[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2017.10.21"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Williams, Justus"]
[Black "Bruzon Batista, Lazaro"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2371"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[ECO "A63"]
[Opening "Benoni"]
[Variation "fianchetto, 9...Nbd7"]
[WhiteFideId "2049929"]
[BlackFideId "3503739"]
[EventDate "2017.10.21"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 g6 6. Nc3 d6 7. Bg2 Bg7 8. Nf3
O-O 9. O-O Nbd7 10. Nd2 Re8 11. h3 a6 12. a4 Rb8 13. Nc4 Nb6 14. Na3 Bd7 15. a5
Nc8 16. Nc4 Bb5 17. Qb3 Bxc4 18. Qxc4 Nd7 19. Qa4 Na7 20. Bf4 Ne5 21. Rab1 b5
22. axb6 Qxb6 23. Ra1 Nb5 24. Qxa6 Nd4 25. Rfb1 Qc7 26. Qa4 Qe7 27. Qd1 Rb6 28.
e3 Nb3 29. Ra3 Reb8 30. Bf1 Nd2 31. Rba1 Nef3+ 32. Kh1 g5 33. Bg2 gxf4 34. exf4
Nb3 35. Ra7 Qe8 36. Qxf3 Nxa1 37. Rxa1 Rxb2 38. Ne4 Rb1+ 39. Rxb1 Rxb1+ 40. Kh2
Qe7 41. Qa3 Rb4 42. Qa8+ Bf8 43. Ng5 h6 44. Nf3 Rb2 45. Qc8 Rxf2 46. Qg4+ Kh8
47. Nh4 Qe8 48. Kg1 Ra2 49. Qf5 Bg7 50. Be4 Qg8 51. g4 c4 52. g5 Ra8 53. Kf2
Bd4+ 54. Kf3 c3 55. g6 Ra2 56. Qh5 Qg7 57. Qf5 Qg8 58. Qxf7 Bg7 59. Qc7 c2 60.
Nf5 Ra3+ 61. Kg4 Rc3 62. Qxd6 c1=Q 63. Nxg7 Qg1+ 64. Kf5 Rc8 65. Nh5 Rf8+ 0-1

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2017.10.21"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Cori, Jorge"]
[Black "Grabinsky, Aaron"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2657"]
[BlackElo "2366"]
[ECO "A15"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[WhiteFideId "3802272"]
[BlackFideId "2087090"]
[EventDate "2017.10.21"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 b6 4. e4 d6 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Bb7 7. Bd3 Nbd7 8. O-O
g6 9. Re1 Bg7 10. Bg5 O-O 11. Qd2 Rc8 12. Bf1 Ne5 13. b3 Nc6 14. Nxc6 Bxc6 15.
Rad1 Re8 16. Nd5 Qd7 17. a4 Qe6 18. Bd3 Nd7 19. h3 Nc5 20. Bc2 Qd7 21. h4 h5 22.
f3 Ne6 23. Be3 Rcd8 24. f4 Nf8 25. f5 Be5 26. Rf1 Nh7 27. Bf4 Bg7 28. Bh6 e6 29.
Bxg7 exd5 30. Bc3 dxe4 31. Qh6 1-0

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2017.10.21"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Heimann, Mark"]
[Black "Robson, Ray"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2363"]
[BlackElo "2644"]
[ECO "A27"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "three knights system"]
[WhiteFideId "2028441"]
[BlackFideId "2023970"]
[EventDate "2017.10.21"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 f5 4. d4 e4 5. d5 exf3 6. dxc6 fxg2 7. cxd7+ Bxd7 8.
Bxg2 c6 9. Qd4 Be6 10. Qe3 Kf7 11. Bd2 Qh4 12. b3 Nf6 13. Qg3 Qxg3 14. hxg3 Rd8
15. Be3 Ng4 16. Bxa7 Bb4 17. Rc1 Ra8 18. Bd4 Rxa2 19. f3 Nf6 20. Bc5 Bxc3+ 21.
Rxc3 Re8 22. Be3 b5 23. Kf2 bxc4 24. bxc4 Rb8 25. Rhc1 Rbb2 26. Bf1 h6 27. Bd4
g5 28. Re3 f4 29. gxf4 gxf4 30. Rxe6 Kxe6 31. Bh3+ Ke7 32. Bxb2 Rxb2 33. Rg1 Nh5
34. Rg6 Ng3 35. Bf1 Rb1 36. Bh3 Rb2 37. Bf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2017.10.21"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Shimanov, Aleksandr"]
[Black "Peng, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2330"]
[ECO "A05"]
[Opening "Reti opening"]
[WhiteFideId "4198603"]
[BlackFideId "2059355"]
[EventDate "2017.10.21"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 g6 4. c4 Bg7 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. d4 Nc6 7. Nc3 Nb6 8. e3
O-O 9. O-O Re8 10. a3 e5 11. d5 Na5 12. Qc2 c6 13. b4 Nac4 14. dxc6 bxc6 15. Rd1
Qc7 16. Ne4 Bf5 17. Nfd2 Rad8 18. Re1 c5 19. a4 Nxd2 20. Bxd2 c4 21. Rac1 1-0

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2017.10.21"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Santarius, Erik"]
[Black "Swiercz, Dariusz"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2318"]
[BlackElo "2639"]
[ECO "B51"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Canal-Sokolsky (Nimzovich-Rossolimo, Moscow) attack"]
[WhiteFideId "2025817"]
[BlackFideId "1126881"]
[EventDate "2017.10.21"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. d4 cxd4 5. Qxd4 a6 6. Bxd7+ Bxd7 7. c4 Nf6 8.
Nc3 g6 9. O-O Bg7 10. Qd3 O-O 11. Be3 b5 12. cxb5 Bxb5 13. Nxb5 axb5 14. Bd4 Qb8
15. a3 Qb7 16. Rfe1 b4 17. e5 dxe5 18. Bxe5 bxa3 19. Rxa3 Rxa3 20. Qxa3 Ra8 21.
Qd3 Qd5 22. Qxd5 Nxd5 23. Bxg7 Kxg7 24. g3 Rb8 25. Re2 e6 26. h4 h6 27. Kg2 Rb4
28. Ne5 Rb3 29. Nf3 Rb4 30. Ne5 g5 31. hxg5 hxg5 32. Kh3 Rb3 33. Kg2 Kf6 34.
Ng4+ Ke7 35. Ne5 f6 36. Nc4 Rb5 37. Ne3 Nxe3+ 38. Rxe3 Rxb2 39. g4 Rb5 40. Kg3
Kd6 41. Rf3 Ke7 42. Re3 Ra5 43. Rb3 Rd5 44. Ra3 Rd1 45. Ra5 Kd6 46. Ra3 Ke5 47.
Re3+ Kd5 48. Kg2 Rd4 49. Kg3 e5 50. f3 Kc4 51. Kf2 Rd2+ 52. Kg3 Kd4 53. Ra3 Kc5
54. Ra6 Rd6 55. Ra4 Kb5 56. Ra8 Kc4 57. Kf2 Rd2+ 58. Ke3 Rd3+ 59. Ke4 Rd4+ 60.
Ke3 Rf4 61. Ra6 Kb5 62. Rd6 Kc5 63. Re6 Kd5 64. Ra6 e4 65. fxe4+ Ke5 66. Ra5+
Ke6 67. Ra6+ Kf7 68. Ra7+ Kg6 69. Ra6 Kf7 70. Ra7+ Kg6 71. Ra6 Rxg4 72. e5 Rf4
73. Rxf6+ Rxf6 74. exf6 Kxf6 75. Kf3 Kf5 76. Kg3 g4 77. Kg2 Kf4 78. Kf2 g3+ 79.
Kg2 Ke5 80. Kxg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2017.10.21"]
[Round "1.6"]
[White "Durarbayli, Vasif"]
[Black "Furfine, Jacob"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "CM"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2297"]
[ECO "B12"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "advance variation"]
[WhiteFideId "13402935"]
[BlackFideId "2099462"]
[EventDate "2017.10.21"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Ne7 6. O-O h6 7. a4 a5 8. Nbd2 Nd7
9. Nb3 g5 10. Ne1 c5 11. f4 c4 12. Nd2 gxf4 13. Kh1 Ng6 14. b3 cxb3 15. Nxb3 Rc8
16. Bb5 h5 17. Nd3 b6 18. Ra2 Bg4 19. Qe1 f3 20. gxf3 Bf5 21. Rg1 Be7 22. c3 h4
23. Nf4 Qc7 24. Nxg6 fxg6 25. c4 dxc4 26. Nd2 Qb7 27. Ne4 Qd5 28. Qe3 Rh5 29.
Ba3 Kf7 30. Bxe7 Kxe7 31. Bxd7 Bxe4 32. fxe4 Qxd7 33. Rxg6 Qe8 34. Rg7+ Kd8 35.
Rag2 Qxa4 36. Qf3 Rh6 37. Qf8+ Qe8 38. Qd6+ 1-0

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2017.10.21"]
[Round "1.7"]
[White "Young, Angelo"]
[Black "Quesada Perez, Yuniesky"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2292"]
[BlackElo "2619"]
[ECO "A07"]
[Opening "Reti"]
[Variation "King's Indian attack (Barcza system)"]
[WhiteFideId "5200490"]
[BlackFideId "3504409"]
[EventDate "2017.10.21"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Bg4 4. d3 Nd7 5. O-O e6 6. Nbd2 Bd6 7. Qe1 Ne7 8. b3
O-O 9. Bb2 a5 10. a3 c5 11. a4 Nc6 12. e4 Nb6 13. Qe3 f6 14. Rfe1 d4 15. Qe2 e5
16. h3 Bh5 17. Nb1 Qe7 18. Qf1 Bf7 19. Na3 Qd7 20. Bc1 Be6 21. Bd2 Nb4 22. Bxb4
cxb4 23. Nc4 Nxc4 24. dxc4 g6 25. Rad1 Rae8 26. Rd3 b6 27. Re2 Qc7 28. Qc1 Bc8
29. g4 Rf7 30. Ne1 Kh8 31. Nf3 Rg8 32. Qe1 Bf8 33. Qd2 Qd6 34. Kh1 Bg7 35. c3
bxc3 36. Rxc3 Bh6 37. Qd1 Bf4 38. Ne1 h5 39. f3 Rh7 40. Kg1 hxg4 41. fxg4 f5 42.
g5 Bxg5 43. Rd3 Bf4 44. Rf3 g5 45. Nd3 Be3+ 46. Rexe3 dxe3 47. Rf1 Qd4 48. Qe2
fxe4 49. Nc1 Qd2 50. Bxe4 Rxh3 51. Bd5 Re8 52. Qg2 Qxg2+ 53. Kxg2 Rh4 54. Rf6
Bg4 55. Nd3 e4 56. Ne1 Bf3+ 57. Kg3 Rg4+ 58. Kh2 Kg7 59. Rxf3 Rh8+ 0-1

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2017.10.21"]
[Round "1.8"]
[White "Sevian, Samuel"]
[Black "Tsay, Vincent"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2265"]
[ECO "C17"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "Winawer, advance, 5.a3"]
[WhiteFideId "2040506"]
[BlackFideId "30931835"]
[EventDate "2017.10.21"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Ba5 6. Bd2 Nc6 7. Nb5 Nxd4 8. Nxd4
cxd4 9. Bb5+ Bd7 10. Bxd7+ Kxd7 11. Nf3 Ne7 12. O-O Bxd2 13. Qxd2 Nc6 14. Rfe1
Ke8 15. Nxd4 Nxd4 16. Qxd4 Kf8 17. Rad1 Qe7 18. Qa4 Qe8 19. Qb4+ Qe7 20. Qa4 Qe8
21. Qd4 Qe7 22. Qe3 h5 23. Rd4 Rc8 24. c3 g6 25. Rf4 b6 26. Qg3 Kg7 27. Rf6 Rc4
28. h3 Rd8 29. Qg5 Qc7 30. Re3 Re4 31. Rxe4 dxe4 32. Rf4 Rd1+ 33. Kh2 Re1 34.
Kg3 Kg8 35. Qf6 Re2 36. Kh4 e3 37. Rd4 Rxf2 38. Rd8+ Qxd8 39. Qxd8+ Kg7 40. Kg3
h4+ 41. Qxh4 Rxb2 42. Qe4 e2 43. Kf2 Ra2 44. a4 a6 45. Qb4 e1=Q+ 46. Kxe1 Rxg2
47. Qxb6 Rg3 48. c4 1-0

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2017.10.21"]
[Round "1.9"]
[White "Plotkin, Victor"]
[Black "Prohaszka, Peter2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2262"]
[BlackElo "2614"]
[ECO "B10"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "two knights variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2606674"]
[BlackFideId "726265"]
[EventDate "2017.10.21"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ exf6 6. Bc4 Bd6 7. Qe2+ Qe7
8. Qxe7+ Kxe7 9. O-O Rd8 10. d4 Bf5 11. c3 g5 12. Re1+ Kf8 13. Nd2 Nd7 14. Ne4
Bc7 15. b3 Kg7 16. Ba3 Bg6 17. Rad1 Re8 18. Nd6 Bxd6 19. Bxd6 Nb6 20. f3 Bc2 21.
Rxe8 Rxe8 22. Rd2 Bf5 23. Kf2 Rd8 24. Bg3 Nxc4 25. bxc4 Be6 26. c5 f5 27. Bd6
Kg6 28. Rb2 b5 29. cxb6 axb6 30. Bc7 Rc8 31. Bxb6 Ra8 32. Bc7 Ra3 33. Bd6 Rxc3
34. Bc5 Rc1 35. Ke2 Ra1 36. a3 f4 37. Kd3 h5 38. Kc3 Bd5 39. h3 f5 40. Bd6 g4
41. hxg4 fxg4 42. fxg4 hxg4 43. Bxf4 Rxa3+ 44. Kb4 Rd3 45. Kc5 Kf5 46. g3 Ke4
47. Rf2 Rc3+ 48. Kd6 Rf3 49. Re2+ Kxd4 50. Be5+ Kd3 51. Rh2 Rf5 52. Rh4 Rg5 53.
Bf4 Rg6+ 54. Kc5 Ke4 55. Rh5 Kf3 56. Re5 Rf6 57. Re3+ Kf2 58. Rc3 Bf3 59. Rc2+
Kf1 60. Kd4 Re6 61. Be5 Re8 62. Bf4 Re4+ 63. Kc5 Ra4 64. Kd6 Ra5 65. Ke6 Rb5 66.
Kd6 Ke1 67. Ke6 Be4 68. Rh2 c5 69. Ke5 Bd3 70. Bd2+ Kd1 71. Be3 Be2 72. Kd5 c4+
73. Kd4 Rf5 74. Rh1+ Bf1 75. Rh4 Be2 76. Rh1+ Bf1 77. Rh4 Rf7 78. Rxg4 Rd7+ 79.
Ke5 Ke2 80. Bd4 Bg2 81. Bc3 Rd5+ 82. Kf6 Kd3 83. Be5 c3 84. Ra4 c2 85. Bf4 Bh3
86. Ra3+ Kc4 87. Ra1 Kb3 88. Bc1 Rf5+ 89. Kg6 Rf1 90. Kg5 Be6 91. Ra3+ Kb4 92.
Ra1 Kb5 93. Kh4 Rg1 94. Kg5 Rxg3+ 95. Kf4 Rg1 96. Ke3 Rd1 97. Ke4 Bb3 98. Ke3
Kc4 99. Ke4 Ba2 100. Ke3 Kb3 101. Ke2 Rh1 102. Kd3 Bb1 103. Ra3+ Kb4 0-1

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2017.10.21"]
[Round "1.10"]
[White "Cordova, Emilio"]
[Black "Wang, Justin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2608"]
[BlackElo "2254"]
[ECO "E12"]
[Opening "Queen's Indian"]
[Variation "4.Nc3"]
[WhiteFideId "3801497"]
[BlackFideId "30911370"]
[EventDate "2017.10.21"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 e6 3. c4 b6 4. Nc3 Bb7 5. Bg5 Be7 6. Qc2 h6 7. Bh4 d5 8. e3 O-O
9. Rc1 Nbd7 10. Be2 c5 11. O-O dxc4 12. dxc5 Nxc5 13. Bxc4 Qc8 14. Nd4 a6 15. a3
Nce4 16. Nxe4 Bxe4 17. Qe2 Qb7 18. f3 Bg6 19. Bg3 Nd5 20. e4 Nf6 21. b4 Nh5 22.
Be5 Bf6 23. Bxf6 Nxf6 24. Bd3 b5 25. Qe3 Qa7 26. Kf2 Rac8 27. Nc6 Qd7 28. Ne5
Qb7 29. Rxc8 Rxc8 30. Rc1 Nd7 31. Nxd7 Qxd7 32. Rxc8+ Qxc8 33. Qc5 Qd8 34. Ke2
Qf6 35. Qc1 Qd4 36. h4 h5 37. Qc8+ Kh7 38. Qxa6 Qb2+ 39. Kf1 Qa1+ 40. Ke2 Qb2+
41. Ke3 Qc1+ 42. Kf2 Qd2+ 43. Be2 Qd4+ 44. Kf1 Qa1+ 45. Kf2 Qd4+ 46. Kg3 Qd2 47.
Qxb5 f5 48. exf5 Qe1+ 49. Kf4 Bxf5 50. Ke3 Qg1+ 51. Kd2 Qd4+ 52. Bd3 Qb2+ 53.
Ke1 Qc3+ 54. Ke2 Qb2+ 55. Kf1 Qc1+ 56. Kf2 Qd2+ 57. Be2 Qd4+ 58. Kf1 Qa1+ 59.
Kf2 Qd4+ 60. Kg3 g5 61. hxg5 h4+ 62. Kh2 Qf4+ 63. Kh1 Qg3 64. Bd3 Qe1+ 65. Bf1
Kg6 66. Qe2 Qc3 67. b5 Qd4 68. a4 Qb6 69. Qd2 e5 70. a5 Qb8 71. b6 Kh5 72. Bc4
Kg6 73. Qd5 Kxg5 74. Qg8+ 1-0

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2017.10.21"]
[Round "1.11"]
[White "Colas, Joshua"]
[Black "Nyzhnyk, Illya"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2242"]
[BlackElo "2594"]
[ECO "D02"]
[Opening "Queen's bishop game"]
[WhiteFideId "2044447"]
[BlackFideId "14118084"]
[EventDate "2017.10.21"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bf4 e6 4. e3 c5 5. c3 Nc6 6. Nbd2 Be7 7. Ne5 O-O 8. Bd3
Nd7 9. Nxd7 Bxd7 10. O-O a6 11. Nf3 f5 12. Ne5 Nxe5 13. Bxe5 Bb5 14. Bxb5 axb5
15. dxc5 Bxc5 16. Qd3 Qd7 17. Bd4 Bd6 18. f4 Qc6 19. a3 Qc4 20. Rad1 g6 21. g3
Rfe8 22. Kg2 Re7 23. Bf6 Rf7 24. Bd4 Re8 25. h4 h5 26. Rd2 Rd7 27. Rfd1 Qc6 28.
Qf1 e5 29. fxe5 Bxe5 30. Bxe5 Rxe5 31. Qf3 Qe6 32. Kf2 Re7 33. Re2 Re4 34. Rd4
Kg7 35. Kf1 Qe5 36. Kf2 Re6 37. Kf1 Rxd4 38. exd4 Qxe2+ 39. Qxe2 Rxe2 40. Kxe2
g5 41. hxg5 Kg6 42. Ke3 Kxg5 43. Kf3 b6 44. b3 f4 45. gxf4+ Kf5 46. Kg3 Ke4 47.
b4 Kf5 48. Kh4 Kxf4 49. Kxh5 Ke4 0-1

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2017.10.21"]
[Round "1.12"]
[White "Rambaldi, Francesco"]
[Black "Guo, Arthur"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2574"]
[BlackElo "2219"]
[ECO "A46"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[WhiteFideId "20657307"]
[BlackFideId "30903114"]
[EventDate "2017.10.21"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bf4 d5 4. e3 Bd6 5. Bg3 O-O 6. Nbd2 b6 7. c3 Ba6 8. Bxa6
Nxa6 9. Qe2 Nb8 10. e4 dxe4 11. Nxe4 Nxe4 12. Qxe4 Nd7 13. O-O-O Nf6 14. Qc2 b5
15. Bh4 Be7 16. Rhe1 Nd5 17. Bxe7 Qxe7 18. Qe4 Qf6 19. Rd2 a5 20. Ne5 Rfd8 21.
Rd3 Qg5+ 22. Kb1 f6 23. Nf3 Qf5 24. Rd2 Kf7 25. Rde2 Rd6 26. Nd2 Rc8 27. g3 a4
28. a3 h5 29. h4 g6 30. Qc2 Re8 31. Ne4 Rd7 32. f3 Rde7 33. Qd3 e5 34. dxe5 Rxe5
35. Ng5+ Kg7 36. Ne4 c6 37. Ka1 R8e7 38. Rf1 Qh3 39. Rg1 Qd7 40. f4 Qa7 41. Rge1
R5e6 42. f5 Re5 43. fxg6 Qb8 44. g4 hxg4 45. Ng3 Qc8 46. Rxe5 Rxe5 47. Rxe5 fxe5
48. h5 Kh6 49. Qd2+ Nf4 50. Qd6 Qe8 51. Qf6 Nd5 52. Nf5+ Kxh5 53. Ng3+ Kh6 54.
Nf5+ Kh5 55. Ng3+ Kh6 56. Qh4+ Kg7 57. Qh7+ Kf6 58. Ne4+ Ke6 59. Nc5+ Kd6 60.
Ne4+ Ke6 61. Ng5+ Kd6 62. Nf7+ Kc5 63. g7 Ne7 64. Nxe5 Qg8 65. Qe4 Nd5 66. Qxg4
Kd6 67. Nf7+ Qxf7 68. g8=Q Qf1+ 69. Ka2 Nxc3+ 70. bxc3 Qf2+ 71. Kb1 Qe1+ 72. Kc2
Qf2+ 73. Kd1 Qf1+ 74. Kd2 Qf2+ 75. Qe2 Qf4+ 76. Kc2 1-0

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2017.10.21"]
[Round "1.13"]
[White "Betaneli, Alexander"]
[Black "Li, Ruifeng"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2204"]
[BlackElo "2564"]
[ECO "A48"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "East Indian defence"]
[WhiteFideId "2012359"]
[BlackFideId "2061074"]
[EventDate "2017.10.21"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. e3 Bg7 4. c4 O-O 5. Be2 c5 6. dxc5 Na6 7. O-O Nxc5 8. b4
Nce4 9. Bb2 b6 10. Nbd2 Bb7 11. Nxe4 Bxe4 12. Rc1 Qc7 13. Nd4 Rac8 14. Nb5 Qb7
15. f3 Bc6 16. Nd4 d6 17. Nxc6 Qxc6 18. Qb3 Nd7 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. f4 Nf6 21. Bf3
Qd7 22. e4 e5 23. f5 g5 24. g4 h6 25. Rfd1 Qe7 26. Qe3 Rc6 27. Be2 Rfc8 28. a4
a5 29. b5 Rc5 30. h3 Kf8 31. Kg2 Qc7 32. h4 d5 33. hxg5 d4 34. Qf3 hxg5 35. Rh1
Ke7 36. Bd3 Qb8 37. Kg3 Rh8 38. Rxh8 Qxh8 39. Rh1 Qb8 40. Rh6 Rc8 41. Qh1 Qd6
42. Rh8 Rxh8 43. Qxh8 Qa3 0-1

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2017.10.21"]
[Round "1.14"]
[White "Azarov, Sergei"]
[Black "Yoo, Christopher Woojin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2556"]
[BlackElo "2194"]
[ECO "B94"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Najdorf, 6.Bg5"]
[WhiteFideId "13501470"]
[BlackFideId "30909694"]
[EventDate "2017.10.21"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 Nbd7 7. f4 Qc7 8. Be2
e6 9. O-O Be7 10. Kh1 h6 11. Bh4 b5 12. Bf3 Rb8 13. a3 g5 14. e5 gxh4 15. exf6
Nxf6 16. Nc6 Rb6 17. Nxe7 Kxe7 18. Qe1 h3 19. Qh4 hxg2+ 20. Bxg2 Bb7 21. Rae1 b4
22. f5 Rg8 23. Bxb7 bxc3 24. Bf3 e5 25. b4 Rc6 26. Bd5 Rg4 27. Qxh6 Nxd5 28. f6+
Ke6 29. Qh5 Rf4 30. Qh3+ Kxf6 31. Qh6+ Ke7 32. Rxf4 Nxf4 33. Qxf4 Rc4 34. Qg5+
f6 35. Qg7+ Ke6 36. Qg8+ Qf7 37. Qa8 Qg6 38. Qxa6 Qg4 39. Qa8 Qg6 40. b5 Qxc2
41. Qg8+ 1-0

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2017.10.21"]
[Round "1.15"]
[White "Black, James"]
[Black "Liang, Awonder"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2164"]
[BlackElo "2554"]
[ECO "A20"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[WhiteFideId "2048280"]
[BlackFideId "2056437"]
[EventDate "2017.10.21"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c6 4. d4 e4 5. Nc3 d5 6. cxd5 cxd5 7. Bg5 Nbd7 8. f3
Be7 9. fxe4 dxe4 10. e3 O-O 11. Nh3 Nb6 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. O-O Nc4 14. Nxe4 Nxe3
15. Nxf6+ gxf6 16. Qd3 Nxf1 17. Nf4 Bf5 18. Qxf5 Ne3 19. Qd3 Nxg2 20. Kxg2 Kh8
21. d5 Qd6 22. Ne2 Rfe8 23. Nc3 Qb6 24. Rf1 Re3 25. Qd2 Rae8 26. Rf4 R3e5 27.
Rd4 a6 28. Rh4 Qe3 29. Qc2 f5 30. Rf4 b5 31. a3 a5 32. Rf3 Qe1 33. Kh3 b4 34.
axb4 axb4 35. Na4 Qe4 0-1

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2017.10.21"]
[Round "1.16"]
[White "Kannappan, Priyadharshan"]
[Black "Rosenthal, Nicholas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2516"]
[BlackElo "2164"]
[ECO "A14"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "Neo-Catalan declined"]
[WhiteFideId "5018293"]
[BlackFideId "2045150"]
[EventDate "2017.10.21"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 e6 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. c4 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. d4 b6 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Bf4
Re8 9. Nc3 Bd6 10. Rc1 a6 11. Qb3 Bb7 12. Rc2 Nc6 13. a3 Na5 14. Qa2 Nc4 15.
Rfc1 Rc8 16. Bxd6 Qxd6 17. Nb1 c5 18. e3 Na5 19. dxc5 bxc5 20. b3 d4 21. exd4
cxd4 22. Rxc8 Rxc8 23. Rxc8+ Bxc8 24. b4 Be6 25. Qe2 Nb3 26. Nbd2 d3 27. Qe3
Nxd2 28. Nxd2 Kf8 29. h3 Nd7 30. Ne4 Qd5 31. Nd2 Qd6 32. Ne4 Qd5 33. f4 Qb3 34.
Nf2 Qxa3 35. Qxd3 Qxb4 36. f5 Bxf5 37. Qxf5 Qd6 38. Ne4 Qe6 39. Qxh7 Nf6 40.
Qh8+ Ke7 41. Qh4 a5 42. Kh2 Kf8 43. Qh8+ Ke7 44. Qh4 Kf8 45. Nxf6 gxf6 46. Qh8+
Ke7 47. Qa8 Qe5 48. h4 f5 49. Qd5 f6 50. Qc4 Kf8 51. Bd5 Kg7 52. Bf3 Qe3 53. Kg2
Qe5 54. Kh3 Qe3 55. Bh5 Qe7 56. Qe2 Qb7 57. Bf3 Qc7 58. Qe6 Qe5 59. Bd5 Kh6 60.
Qg8 Qe7 61. Bf7 1-0

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2017.10.21"]
[Round "1.17"]
[White "Easton, Jack"]
[Black "Leon Hoyos, Manuel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2162"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[ECO "A67"]
[Opening "Benoni"]
[Variation "Taimanov variation"]
[WhiteFideId "30900069"]
[BlackFideId "5105269"]
[EventDate "2017.10.21"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3 exd5 5. cxd5 g6 6. e4 d6 7. f4 Bg7 8. Bb5+
Nfd7 9. Nf3 O-O 10. O-O a6 11. Bd3 b5 12. Kh1 Bb7 13. f5 Nf6 14. fxg6 hxg6 15.
Bg5 Nbd7 16. Qe1 Qb6 17. Qh4 Rae8 18. Rae1 c4 19. Bc2 Nh7 20. Nd1 Ne5 21. Ne3
Nxf3 22. Rxf3 Re5 23. Bf4 g5 24. Bxg5 Nxg5 25. Rg3 Qa5 26. Rd1 f6 27. Ng4 Qxa2
28. Nxe5 Qxb2 29. Ng6 Qxc2 30. Qh5 Re8 31. Rf1 Nxe4 32. Rgf3 Ng5 33. Nh4 Re5 34.
Rg3 Bxd5 35. Ng6 Bf7 0-1

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2017.10.21"]
[Round "1.18"]
[White "Yermolinsky, Alex"]
[Black "Wang, Jason"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "CM"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2153"]
[ECO "A07"]
[Opening "Reti"]
[Variation "King's Indian attack, Keres variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2005492"]
[BlackFideId "30908124"]
[EventDate "2017.10.21"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Bg4 3. Bg2 Nd7 4. c4 e6 5. Qb3 Nc5 6. Qc2 Nf6 7. d3 c6 8. O-O
Bd6 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. b3 Ncd7 11. Bb2 e5 12. h3 Bh5 13. Rae1 Qe7 14. Nh4 Bg6 15.
e4 dxe4 16. dxe4 Rfd8 17. Nf5 Qf8 18. Nf3 Bc7 19. g4 Re8 20. Rd1 Rad8 21. Rfe1
h6 22. Bc3 Nh7 23. b4 f6 24. c5 Qf7 25. Bf1 Ndf8 26. Bd2 Ne6 27. Bxh6 Qf8 28.
Rxd8 Rxd8 29. Bc4 gxh6 30. Bxe6+ Kh8 31. Kg2 Ng5 32. Nxg5 fxg5 33. Rd1 Rxd1 34.
Qxd1 Be8 35. Nd6 Bg6 36. Bf5 Be8 37. Nxb7 Qe7 38. Nd6 Qd8 39. Qa4 Bxd6 40. cxd6 1-0

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2017.10.21"]
[Round "1.19"]
[White "Baginskaite, Camilla"]
[Black "Chandra, Akshat"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "WGM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2140"]
[BlackElo "2483"]
[ECO "D30"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "Vienna variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2014599"]
[BlackFideId "25006711"]
[EventDate "2017.10.21"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Bg5 Bb4+ 5. Nc3 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 O-O 8. Rc1
Nc6 9. a3 Bxc3+ 10. Rxc3 dxc4 11. Bxc4 e5 12. dxe5 Nxe5 13. Nxe5 Qxe5 14. O-O
Bf5 15. Qd5 Qxd5 16. Bxd5 c6 17. Bf3 Rfd8 18. g4 Bd3 19. Rd1 Bb5 20. b3 Rxd1+
21. Bxd1 Rd8 22. Bc2 a5 23. Kg2 Rd2 24. h4 Kf8 25. g5 hxg5 26. hxg5 Ke7 27. Kg3
Kd6 28. b4 a4 29. f4 b6 30. e4 c5 31. bxc5+ bxc5 32. Kf3 Rh2 33. Ke3 Re2+ 34.
Kf3 Re1 35. Kf2 Rf1+ 36. Ke3 c4 37. e5+ Kc5 38. g6 fxg6 39. Bxg6 Rg1 40. Be4
Re1+ 41. Kf3 Kd4 42. Rc2 Re3+ 0-1

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2017.10.21"]
[Round "1.20"]
[White "Quintiliano Pinto, Renato R."]
[Black "Cervantes Landeiro, Thalia"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "WFM"]
[WhiteElo "2451"]
[BlackElo "2107"]
[ECO "D90"]
[Opening "Gruenfeld"]
[Variation "Flohr variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2117568"]
[BlackFideId "3520498"]
[EventDate "2017.10.21"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qa4+ Bd7 6. Qb3 dxc4 7. Qxc4 O-O 8.
Bf4 Na6 9. e4 c5 10. e5 Nh5 11. Be3 cxd4 12. Qxd4 Bc6 13. Be2 Qxd4 14. Nxd4 Nb4
15. a3 Nd5 16. Nxc6 bxc6 17. Nxd5 cxd5 18. g4 Bxe5 19. gxh5 Bxb2 20. Rd1 Rfd8
21. Bf3 e6 22. Rd3 Rac8 23. O-O a6 24. Rb1 Bh8 25. Rb6 d4 26. Bd2 e5 27. Rxa6 f5
28. Bd1 Bg7 29. hxg6 h6 30. Bb3+ Kh8 31. Rh3 f4 32. Ra7 1-0

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2017.10.21"]
[Round "1.21"]
[White "Voelker, James"]
[Black "Patel, Advait"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2098"]
[BlackElo "2448"]
[ECO "C51"]
[Opening "Evans gambit"]
[Variation "Cordel variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2018853"]
[BlackFideId "2075105"]
[EventDate "2017.10.21"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4 Bxb4 5. c3 Be7 6. d4 Na5 7. Bd3 d6 8. dxe5
dxe5 9. Nxe5 Nf6 10. O-O O-O 11. Qc2 c6 12. c4 Ng4 13. Nxg4 Bxg4 14. Be3 Bf6 15.
Nc3 b5 16. cxb5 cxb5 17. Bxb5 Rc8 18. Bd2 Rc5 19. Bd3 Qc7 20. Rac1 Rc8 21. e5
Bxe5 22. Qa4 Nc4 23. Nd5 Bxh2+ 24. Kh1 Qe5 25. Rce1 Rxd5 26. Rxe5 Nxe5 27. Bxh7+
Kh8 28. Kxh2 Rc4 29. Qxa7 Kxh7 30. Be3 Be2 31. Re1 Rh4+ 32. Kg3 Rg4+ 33. Kh3 Bb5
34. f3 Rg6 35. Rh1 Nc6 0-1

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2017.10.21"]
[Round "1.22"]
[White "Barcenilla, Rogelio"]
[Black "Proleiko, Julian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2446"]
[BlackElo "2095"]
[ECO "A11"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "Caro-Kann defensive system"]
[WhiteFideId "5200059"]
[BlackFideId "30900255"]
[EventDate "2017.10.21"]

1. c4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e3 Nf6 4. b3 Bf5 5. Bb2 e6 6. Be2 h6 7. O-O Bd6 8. d3 O-O
9. Nbd2 Bh7 10. a3 a5 11. d4 Nbd7 12. c5 Bc7 13. b4 Qe7 14. b5 e5 15. b6 Bb8 16.
a4 e4 17. Ne1 Ne8 18. g3 f5 19. Ng2 g5 20. f4 exf3 21. Bxf3 Ndf6 22. Bc3 Ng7 23.
Nb3 h5 24. Qe1 Ng4 25. Bxg4 hxg4 26. Nxa5 Ne8 27. Nb3 Nf6 28. Nd2 Bg6 29. a5 Ra6
30. Qf2 Rf7 31. Ne1 f4 32. exf4 gxf4 33. gxf4 Nh5 34. Ng2 Nxf4 35. Nxf4 Bxf4 36.
Rae1 Qg5 37. Re8+ Kg7 38. Qe2 Qh5 39. Rxf4 Rxf4 40. Rb8 Rf7 41. Qe5+ Qxe5 42.
dxe5 Re7 43. Nb3 Bd3 44. Nd4 Kg6 45. e6 Kg5 46. Rf8 Bg6 47. Bd2+ Kh5 48. Rh8+
Rh7 49. Rxh7+ Bxh7 50. Nxc6 Ra8 51. Ne5 d4 52. c6 Be4 53. c7 Kh4 54. Nd7 Rh8 55.
Bf4 Bf3 56. e7 Ra8 57. Nb8 Rxa5 58. c8=Q Ra1+ 59. Bc1 1-0

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2017.10.21"]
[Round "1.23"]
[White "Polgar-Shutzman, Tom"]
[Black "Sturt, Raven"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2055"]
[BlackElo "2446"]
[ECO "C47"]
[Opening "Four knights"]
[Variation "Scotch, 4...exd4"]
[WhiteFideId "2064880"]
[BlackFideId "2007304"]
[EventDate "2017.10.21"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 d5 8.
exd5 cxd5 9. O-O O-O 10. h3 h6 11. Qf3 Re8 12. Bf4 c6 13. Rad1 Qe7 14. Ne2 Bd6
15. Nd4 c5 16. Bxd6 Qxd6 17. Nb5 Qb6 18. b3 Bd7 19. Nc3 Bc6 20. Qf4 Qa5 21. Qg3
d4 22. Ne2 Ne4 23. Qf4 Re6 24. Ng3 Rae8 25. Rde1 Nf6 26. Rxe6 Rxe6 27. Bc4 Bd5
28. Bxd5 Nxd5 29. Qb8+ Kh7 30. Qb7 Ne7 31. Qf3 f5 32. Qd3 Re5 33. a4 Qb6 34. Qc4
Qg6 35. Ne2 Nd5 36. c3 Qe6 37. Nc1 Nxc3 38. Nd3 Qxc4 39. bxc4 Re6 40. a5 Ne4 41.
Rb1 Nd2 42. Rd1 Nxc4 43. Nxc5 Rd6 44. a6 Nb2 45. Rd2 d3 46. Kf1 Rd5 47. Ne6 g5
48. f4 Nc4 49. Ke1 Nxd2 50. Kxd2 Rd6 51. Nc5 gxf4 52. Nxd3 f3 53. gxf3 Rxa6 54.
Ke3 Ra3 55. Kd4 Rxd3+ 56. Kxd3 Kg6 57. Kd4 f4 58. Ke4 a5 0-1

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2017.10.21"]
[Round "1.24"]
[White "Kaliksteyn, Alexander"]
[Black "Swindell, Shawn"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2425"]
[BlackElo "2018"]
[ECO "D00"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn, Mason variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2007630"]
[BlackFideId "2064588"]
[EventDate "2017.10.21"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 Nf6 3. e3 c5 4. c3 e6 5. Nd2 Nc6 6. Bd3 Be7 7. Ngf3 Nh5 8. Bg3
Nxg3 9. hxg3 g6 10. Qe2 Bd7 11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. e4 d4 13. Nb3 dxc3 14. Nxc5 cxb2
15. Qxb2 Qa5+ 1-0

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2017.10.21"]
[Round "1.25"]
[White "Gosdin, Kaleb"]
[Black "Jacobson, Brandon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2011"]
[BlackElo "2396"]
[ECO "D07"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "Chigorin defence"]
[WhiteFideId "30920442"]
[BlackFideId "30901561"]
[EventDate "2017.10.21"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. cxd5 Bxf3 5. gxf3 Qxd5 6. e3 e5 7. Nc3 Bb4 8.
Bd2 Bxc3 9. bxc3 Qd6 10. Rb1 b6 11. Bg2 Nge7 12. f4 exf4 13. e4 Rd8 14. O-O O-O
15. e5 Qg6 16. Bxf4 Nd5 17. Qc1 Na5 18. Bg5 Nxc3 19. Qxc3 Qxg5 20. f4 Qg4 21.
Rbd1 c6 22. Kh1 Qf5 23. Bh3 Qh5 24. Bg2 Qe2 25. f5 Qc4 26. Qe3 f6 27. e6 Rfe8
28. d5 Rd6 29. dxc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2017.10.21"]
[Round "1.26"]
[White "Kavutskiy, Konstantin"]
[Black "Mercado, Luisa Fernanda"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "WFM"]
[WhiteElo "2390"]
[BlackElo "1944"]
[ECO "D12"]
[Opening "QGD Slav"]
[Variation "4.e3 Bf5"]
[WhiteFideId "2026384"]
[BlackFideId "4400984"]
[EventDate "2017.10.21"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 dxc4 6. Bxc4 e6 7. O-O Be7 8. Qe2
O-O 9. e4 Bg4 10. Be3 Nbd7 11. Rfd1 b5 12. Bd3 b4 13. Na4 Qa5 14. b3 c5 15. dxc5
Nxc5 16. Bxc5 Bxc5 17. e5 Bxf3 18. Qxf3 Nd5 19. Be4 Rfd8 20. Rd3 Rac8 21. Qh3 g6
22. Bxd5 exd5 23. e6 fxe6 24. Qxe6+ Kg7 25. Rad1 Qc7 26. Nxc5 Qxc5 27. Qe5+ Kg8
28. g3 d4 29. Qe6+ Kg7 30. Qe4 Qc6 31. Qe7+ Kg8 32. Qxb4 Qa6 33. Rxd4 Rxd4 34.
Qxd4 1-0

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2017.10.21"]
[Round "1.27"]
[White "Mathur, Rithwik"]
[Black "Thavandiran, Shiyam"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "1986"]
[BlackElo "2385"]
[ECO "A45"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[WhiteFideId "30913667"]
[BlackFideId "2605058"]
[EventDate "2017.10.21"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. e3 Bg7 5. h4 O-O 6. h5 c5 7. hxg6 hxg6 8. Qd2
Nc6 9. dxc5 Qa5 10. Nf3 Qxc5 11. O-O-O Bg4 12. Be2 Ne4 13. Na4 Qb4 14. Qxb4 Nxb4
15. a3 Na2+ 16. Kb1 Bd7 17. Kxa2 Bxa4 18. Rhf1 Rac8 19. Nd4 e5 0-1

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2017.10.21"]
[Round "1.28"]
[White "Rahul, Srivatshav P"]
[Black "Shoykhet, Benjamin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2373"]
[BlackElo "1819"]
[ECO "D00"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn, Mason variation"]
[WhiteFideId "25059653"]
[BlackFideId "30919746"]
[EventDate "2017.10.21"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 Nf6 3. e3 Bf5 4. c4 dxc4 5. Bxc4 e6 6. Qb3 Nbd7 7. Nc3 Nb6 8.
Be2 c6 9. Nf3 Bd6 10. Ne5 O-O 11. O-O h6 12. Rfd1 Qe7 13. Bf3 Nbd5 14. Bg3 Nxc3
15. bxc3 Ne4 16. Nc4 Bxg3 17. hxg3 Rfd8 18. a4 Ng5 19. a5 Nxf3+ 20. gxf3 Rab8
21. e4 Bg6 22. a6 Bh5 23. Kg2 Qf6 24. Ne5 bxa6 25. Qc4 c5 26. g4 cxd4 27. Nc6
Rbc8 28. gxh5 e5 29. Rxa6 Rc7 30. cxd4 Rd6 31. d5 Qg5+ 32. Kf1 Rf6 33. Ke2 Qxh5
34. Qd3 Rb7 35. Ra2 Rd7 36. Rxa7 Rdd6 37. Ne7+ Kh7 38. Nf5 Rb6 39. d6 g6 40. d7
gxf5 41. d8=Q fxe4 42. Qxe4+ 1-0

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2017.10.22"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Bruzon Batista, Lazaro"]
[Black "Kannappan, Priyadharshan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2516"]
[ECO "C65"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Berlin defence"]
[WhiteFideId "3503739"]
[BlackFideId "5018293"]
[EventDate "2017.10.21"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Nc3 d6 6. Na4 Bb6 7. c3 O-O 8. Nxb6
axb6 9. O-O Ne7 10. Ba4 Ng6 11. Bc2 d5 12. h3 dxe4 13. dxe4 Qxd1 14. Rxd1 Bd7
15. Nh2 Rfd8 16. f3 Be6 17. Rxd8+ Rxd8 18. Nf1 Nd7 19. Be3 Kf8 20. a4 Ra8 21.
Ra3 Ne7 22. Nd2 Nc8 23. Bd3 Nd6 24. Kf2 h5 25. Be2 f6 26. h4 g6 27. g3 Ke7 28.
b4 f5 29. exf5 Bxf5 30. g4 hxg4 31. fxg4 Bc2 32. a5 bxa5 33. bxa5 Nf6 34. c4
Nfe4+ 35. Ke1 Nxd2 36. Kxd2 Be4 37. c5 Nf7 38. Kc3 Rh8 39. h5 gxh5 40. gxh5 Rg8
41. Ra4 Bd5 42. Rh4 Rg3 43. Kd2 Kf8 44. h6 Kg8 45. Bc4 Rg2+ 46. Kd3 c6 47. Bxd5
cxd5 48. Rb4 Nd8 49. a6 Nc6 50. Rxb7 e4+ 51. Kc3 Rg3 52. Kd2 d4 53. Bf4 Rg2+ 54.
Ke1 1-0

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2017.10.22"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Liang, Awonder"]
[Black "Cori, Jorge"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2554"]
[BlackElo "2657"]
[ECO "B47"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Taimanov (Bastrikov) variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2056437"]
[BlackFideId "3802272"]
[EventDate "2017.10.21"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be2 a6 7. O-O Nf6 8. Be3
Bb4 9. Na4 Be7 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Nb6 Rb8 12. Nxc8 Qxc8 13. Bd4 c5 14. Be5 Rb6
15. Bf3 O-O 16. a4 d6 17. Bc3 Nd7 18. a5 Rc6 19. Qd2 c4 20. Rfd1 Qc7 21. Ra4 Rb8
22. Be2 h6 23. Bf1 Bf6 24. Qe3 Rc8 25. Bd4 d5 26. exd5 exd5 27. b4 Re6 28. Qd2
Bg5 29. Qc3 Nf6 30. Raa1 Ne4 31. Qf3 Qb7 32. g3 Bf6 33. Qa3 c3 34. Bh3 Rc4 35.
Bxe6 Bxd4 36. Rxd4 Rxd4 37. Bf5 Nd6 38. Bh3 Nb5 39. Qc1 Rd2 40. Qe1 Nd4 41. Qe8+
Kh7 42. Bd7 Nf3+ 43. Kg2 Ng5 44. Re1 Qxb4 45. Re7 Qd4 46. Bf5+ g6 47. Rxf7+ Nxf7
48. Qxf7+ Qg7 49. Bxg6+ Kh8 50. Qe8+ Qg8 51. Qe5+ Qg7 52. Qe8+ Qg8 53. Qc6 d4
54. Bf5 Qg5 55. Qe8+ Kg7 56. Qd7+ Kf8 57. h4 Qf6 58. Qc8+ Kg7 59. Qc7+ Qf7 60.
Qe5+ Qf6 61. Qc7+ Kf8 62. Qc8+ Kf7 63. Qd7+ Kf8 64. Qc8+ Kg7 65. Qc7+ Kf8 66.
Qc8+ Kg7 67. Qc7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2017.10.22"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Leon Hoyos, Manuel"]
[Black "Shimanov, Aleksandr"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[ECO "B04"]
[Opening "Alekhine's defence"]
[Variation "modern, Larsen variation"]
[WhiteFideId "5105269"]
[BlackFideId "4198603"]
[EventDate "2017.10.21"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 dxe5 5. Nxe5 c6 6. Be2 Bf5 7. O-O Nd7 8. Nf3
e6 9. c4 N5f6 10. Nh4 Bg6 11. Nd2 Bd6 12. Nxg6 hxg6 13. Nf3 Ng4 14. h3 Ngf6 15.
b3 Qc7 16. Be3 O-O 17. Qc1 c5 18. Rd1 Rfe8 19. Rb1 b6 20. dxc5 bxc5 21. Qd2 Bf8
22. Bf4 e5 23. Bh2 Qb7 24. Qe3 e4 25. Ng5 Ne5 26. Bxe5 Rxe5 27. Rd2 Be7 28. f4
Rf5 29. g4 Rxg5 30. fxg5 Nh7 31. h4 Re8 32. Bf1 Qb8 33. Bg2 Bd6 34. Rf1 Bh2+ 35.
Kh1 Qg3 36. Qxg3 Bxg3 37. Re2 Bxh4 38. Rxe4 Rxe4 39. Bxe4 Nxg5 40. Bd5 Bg3 41.
Kg2 Bd6 42. Rh1 Bc7 43. Kf2 Bd6 44. Ke3 Be5 45. Kd3 Bc7 46. Kc2 Kf8 47. Rh8+ Ke7
48. Kd3 f5 49. Rc8 Bd8 50. Rxc5 Nh3 51. Rc6 fxg4 52. Ke3 g5 53. c5 Nf4 54. Be4
Ba5 55. Kf2 Ne6 56. Kg3 Bb4 57. Kxg4 Nxc5 58. Bf5 a5 59. Kxg5 a4 60. bxa4 Nxa4
61. Rc4 Bd2+ 62. Kg6 Nb6 63. Re4+ Kf8 64. Be6 Bc3 65. Bf7 1-0

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2017.10.22"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Yermolinsky, Alex"]
[Black "Durarbayli, Vasif"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[ECO "D30"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "Hastings variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2005492"]
[BlackFideId "13402935"]
[EventDate "2017.10.21"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. Qb3 a5 8. e3
Nd7 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Bd3 Be7 11. O-O O-O 12. Rad1 Rd8 13. Bb1 Nf8 14. Ne5 b5 15.
e4 b4 16. Na4 Ba6 17. Rfe1 Rac8 18. Qg3 h5 19. Re3 dxe4 20. Rxe4 c5 21. Rde1
Rxd4 22. Rxd4 cxd4 23. Bd3 h4 24. Ng4 Qe6 0-1

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2017.10.22"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Quesada Perez, Yuniesky"]
[Black "Quintiliano Pinto, Renato R."]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2619"]
[BlackElo "2451"]
[ECO "B90"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Najdorf, Adams attack"]
[WhiteFideId "3504409"]
[BlackFideId "2117568"]
[EventDate "2017.10.21"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e6 7. g4 Nfd7 8. Be3
b5 9. a3 Bb7 10. h4 Be7 11. g5 Nc6 12. Rg1 Rc8 13. f4 Nxd4 14. Qxd4 e5 15. Qd2
exf4 16. Bd4 O-O 17. Bh3 Rc4 18. O-O-O Ne5 19. Qxf4 Qc7 20. Bf1 Rxd4 21. Rxd4
Qc5 22. Ne2 f6 23. g6 Nxg6 24. Qg4 Bc8 25. Qg3 Qh5 26. Rh1 f5 27. exf5 Bxf5 28.
Qb3+ Kh8 29. Ng3 Qh6+ 30. Kb1 Bd7 31. Bh3 Bxh3 32. Rxh3 Ne5 33. Qd5 Qe3 34. Rd1
g6 35. Qe6 Nc4 36. Ne4 Qe2 37. Rhh1 Rf2 38. Qc8+ Rf8 39. Qb7 Rf7 40. Rde1 Qg2
41. Rhg1 Qf3 42. Rgf1 1-0

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2017.10.22"]
[Round "2.6"]
[White "Chandra, Akshat"]
[Black "Sevian, Samuel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2483"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[ECO "E21"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian"]
[Variation "three knights variation"]
[WhiteFideId "25006711"]
[BlackFideId "2040506"]
[EventDate "2017.10.21"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 b6 5. e3 Bb7 6. Bd3 O-O 7. O-O c5 8. Na4
cxd4 9. exd4 Re8 10. a3 Bf8 11. b4 a5 12. c5 axb4 13. axb4 bxc5 14. dxc5 d6 15.
Bb2 dxc5 16. Nxc5 Rxa1 17. Bxa1 Bxc5 18. bxc5 Qe7 19. Bb5 Rc8 20. Qd6 Qxd6 21.
cxd6 Rd8 22. Rd1 Nd5 23. Rb1 Bc6 24. Ne5 Bxb5 25. Rxb5 f6 26. Nd3 Nc6 27. Nc5
Rxd6 28. g3 Nde7 29. Rb1 Kf7 30. Kg2 Rd5 31. Ne4 Rd7 32. Bc3 Nd5 33. Be1 Ne5 34.
Rc1 Nd3 35. Rb1 h5 36. h4 Kg6 37. Bd2 Re7 38. Rb3 Ne5 39. Nc3 Rd7 40. Na4 Nc4
41. Be1 Re7 42. Rb5 Nd6 43. Rc5 Ra7 44. Nc3 Nxc3 45. Rxc3 e5 46. Rd3 Nf5 47. f3
Ra2+ 48. Rd2 Ne3+ 49. Kf2 Ra3 50. Ke2 Nf5 0-1

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2017.10.22"]
[Round "2.7"]
[White "Prohaszka, Peter2"]
[Black "Barcenilla, Rogelio"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2614"]
[BlackElo "2446"]
[ECO "E62"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "fianchetto, lesser Simagin (Spassky) variation"]
[WhiteFideId "726265"]
[BlackFideId "5200059"]
[EventDate "2017.10.21"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nc3 d6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O Bf5 8. b3 a6
9. Bb2 Rb8 10. Rc1 Na5 11. Qd2 b6 12. Nh4 Bd7 13. Nd5 Ne8 14. b4 Nb7 15. e4 c6
16. Ne3 a5 17. a3 axb4 18. axb4 Ra8 19. Ra1 Nc7 20. Rxa8 Qxa8 21. Ra1 Qb8 22.
Nf3 Rd8 23. Qe2 Rc8 24. h4 Nd8 25. h5 Qb7 26. d5 Ra8 27. Bxg7 Kxg7 28. Qb2+ f6
29. Rxa8 Nxa8 30. e5 dxe5 31. Nxe5 Be8 32. dxc6 Qc7 33. h6+ 1-0

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2017.10.22"]
[Round "2.8"]
[White "Patel, Advait"]
[Black "Cordova, Emilio"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2448"]
[BlackElo "2608"]
[ECO "B28"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "O'Kelly variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2075105"]
[BlackFideId "3801497"]
[EventDate "2017.10.21"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 a6 3. c3 e6 4. d4 d5 5. e5 Nc6 6. Bd3 cxd4 7. cxd4 Nge7 8. Nc3
h6 9. O-O Bd7 10. h4 Rc8 11. Bf4 Na5 12. Qe2 Nec6 13. Rad1 Be7 14. h5 Qb6 15.
Bb1 Nc4 16. Bc1 Bf8 17. g3 Qa7 18. Kg2 b5 19. a3 N6a5 20. Rd3 Qb6 21. Bc2 b4 22.
axb4 Qxb4 23. Nh4 Nc6 24. Ba4 Be7 25. b3 N4a5 26. Bd2 Qb7 27. Qg4 Rg8 28. f4
Bxh4 29. Qxh4 Ne7 30. g4 Bxa4 31. bxa4 Nc4 32. Be1 g6 33. Kh1 Qb3 34. Qxe7+ Kxe7
35. Nxd5+ exd5 36. Rxb3 Rb8 37. Bh4+ Kd7 38. Rxb8 Rxb8 39. hxg6 fxg6 40. f5 g5
41. e6+ Ke7 42. Bg3 Rb7 43. Re1 Nd2 44. Be5 Nf3 45. Rc1 h5 46. Rc6 Rb1+ 47. Kg2
Ne1+ 48. Kf2 Nd3+ 49. Ke3 Nxe5 50. dxe5 Re1+ 51. Kd4 Rd1+ 52. Kc5 Rc1+ 53. Kxd5
Rd1+ 54. Kc5 Rc1+ 55. Kb6 Rxc6+ 56. Kxc6 hxg4 57. Kd5 g3 58. f6+ Ke8 59. e7 1-0

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2017.10.22"]
[Round "2.9"]
[White "Nyzhnyk, Illya"]
[Black "Kaliksteyn, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2594"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[ECO "E63"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "fianchetto, Panno variation"]
[WhiteFideId "14118084"]
[BlackFideId "2007630"]
[EventDate "2017.10.21"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. d4 d6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O a6 8. b3 Rb8
9. Bb2 b5 10. cxb5 axb5 11. Rc1 b4 12. Na4 Bd7 13. Qc2 Na5 14. e4 Bxa4 15. bxa4
Nd7 16. e5 e6 17. Qxc7 d5 18. Nd2 Nb6 19. Qxd8 Rfxd8 20. Rc2 Nxa4 21. Ba1 Bf8
22. Rb1 Rdc8 23. Rbc1 Rxc2 24. Rxc2 b3 25. axb3 Nxb3 26. Nxb3 Rxb3 27. Ra2 Ba3
28. Bf1 Nc3 29. Rc2 Ne4 30. Kg2 Bb4 31. Rb2 Rxb2 1/2-1/2

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2017.10.22"]
[Round "2.10"]
[White "Sturt, Raven"]
[Black "Rambaldi, Francesco"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2446"]
[BlackElo "2574"]
[ECO "E10"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[WhiteFideId "2007304"]
[BlackFideId "20657307"]
[EventDate "2017.10.21"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O Nbd7 8. Qc2
c6 9. Rd1 b6 10. Bf4 Bb7 11. Nbd2 Nh5 12. Be3 Bd6 13. Ne1 Nhf6 14. Nd3 Qe7 15.
Bf4 Rac8 16. Bxd6 Qxd6 17. e4 dxe4 18. Nxe4 Nxe4 19. Bxe4 Nf6 20. Ne5 Qc7 21.
Bg2 c5 22. Qe2 Bxg2 23. Kxg2 Nd7 24. Nxd7 Qxd7 25. d5 Rfe8 26. dxe6 Qc6+ 27. Qf3
Qxe6 28. Rd5 Rcd8 29. Rad1 Rxd5 30. Rxd5 g6 31. b3 Qe7 32. a3 Rd8 33. Qd3 Rxd5
34. cxd5 Qd6 35. Qe4 Kf8 36. f4 f5 37. Qd3 Ke7 38. Kh3 Kd8 39. a4 Kc7 40. Qc4
Qd7 41. a5 Kd6 42. axb6 axb6 43. Qa6 Kxd5 44. Qxb6 Qe7 45. Qb5 Kd4 46. Qc4+ Ke3
47. Qc3+ Kf2 48. Qc2+ Kf3 49. Qd3+ Qe3 50. Qf1+ Ke4 51. Qc4+ Qd4 52. Qe2+ Qe3
53. Qc4+ Kf3 54. Qf1+ Ke4 55. Qc4+ Qd4 56. Qe2+ Qe3 57. Qc2+ Qd3 58. Qxc5 Qxb3
59. Kh4 Qf3 60. Qe7+ Kd3 61. Kh3 Qf1+ 62. Kh4 Qf3 63. Qa3+ Ke2 64. Qb2+ Kf1 65.
Kg5 Kg1 66. Kf6 Qg2 67. Qc3 Kxh2 68. Kg7 Qxg3 69. Qd2+ Qg2 70. Qe1 h5 71. Qh4+
Kg1 72. Qe1+ Kh2 73. Qh4+ Qh3 74. Qf2+ Kh1 75. Kxg6 Qg2+ 76. Qxg2+ Kxg2 77. Kxf5
h4 78. Kg6 h3 79. f5 h2 80. f6 h1=Q 81. Kg7 Qa1 82. Kg6 Kg3 0-1

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2017.10.22"]
[Round "2.11"]
[White "Li, Ruifeng"]
[Black "Kavutskiy, Konstantin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2564"]
[BlackElo "2390"]
[ECO "C78"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Archangelsk (counterthrust) variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2061074"]
[BlackFideId "2026384"]
[EventDate "2017.10.21"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bb7 7. d3 Be7 8. Nc3
d6 9. a3 O-O 10. Re1 h6 11. h3 Re8 12. Be3 Bf8 13. Qd2 Na5 14. Ba2 c5 15. Nd5
Nc6 16. c3 Rb8 17. Rad1 Nxd5 18. Bxd5 Ne7 19. Bxb7 Rxb7 20. d4 exd4 21. cxd4 Nc6
22. dxc5 dxc5 23. Qc3 Qe7 24. Rd5 c4 25. Bc5 Qe6 26. Bxf8 Kxf8 27. Qd2 Qe7 28.
Rd1 Kg8 29. e5 Rc7 30. Qe3 Rb7 31. Qe4 Rc7 32. Nh4 Qg5 33. Rc5 Re6 34. Rd6 Rxe5
35. Rxe5 Nxe5 36. Nf5 Ng6 37. g3 Nf8 38. f4 Qh5 39. Qe5 1-0

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2017.10.22"]
[Round "2.12"]
[White "Thavandiran, Shiyam"]
[Black "Azarov, Sergei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2385"]
[BlackElo "2556"]
[ECO "C48"]
[Opening "Four knights"]
[Variation "Spanish variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2605058"]
[BlackFideId "13501470"]
[EventDate "2017.10.21"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bd6 5. d3 h6 6. O-O O-O 7. a3 Re8 8. h3
Bf8 9. Re1 a6 10. Ba4 d6 11. Ne2 Be6 12. c4 Bd7 13. Ng3 Ne7 14. d4 Bxa4 15. Qxa4
exd4 16. Nxd4 g6 17. Be3 c5 18. Nde2 Nc6 19. Qc2 Bg7 20. Rad1 Qc7 21. Nc3 h5 22.
Bg5 Nd4 23. Qd3 Qc6 24. Bxf6 Bxf6 25. Nd5 Bg7 26. Ne2 Ne6 27. b3 b5 28. f4 bxc4
29. bxc4 Nd4 30. Rb1 Ra7 31. f5 Rb7 32. fxg6 Nxe2+ 33. Qxe2 fxg6 34. Qd3 Kh7 35.
Rxb7 Qxb7 36. Rb1 Qf7 37. Qf3 Qd7 38. e5 Bxe5 39. Rb7 Qxb7 40. Nf6+ Bxf6 41.
Qxb7+ Re7 42. Qxa6 Be5 43. Kf2 Bd4+ 44. Kf1 Be5 45. Ke2 Bd4+ 46. Kd1 Re3 47. a4
Rd3+ 48. Ke2 Re3+ 49. Kd1 Rd3+ 50. Kc2 Rc3+ 51. Kd2 Kh6 52. Qb5 Ra3 53. Qc6 h4
54. Ke2 Kg5 55. Qxd6 Rxa4 56. Qe7+ Kh5 57. Qh7+ Kg5 58. Qe7+ Kh5 59. Qh7+ Kg5
60. Kd3 Ra3+ 61. Ke4 Re3+ 62. Kd5 Re2 63. Qd7 Rxg2 64. Qe7+ Kh5 65. Qh7+ Kg5 66.
Qe7+ Kh5 67. Qh7+ Kg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2017.10.22"]
[Round "2.13"]
[White "Robson, Ray"]
[Black "Rahul, Srivatshav P"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2644"]
[BlackElo "2373"]
[ECO "B49"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Taimanov variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2023970"]
[BlackFideId "25059653"]
[EventDate "2017.10.21"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. Be2 b5 8. Nxc6
Qxc6 9. Qd4 Bb7 10. a3 Be7 11. O-O-O Rc8 12. Rd2 f6 13. Rhd1 Rd8 14. g4 Nh6 15.
g5 Nf7 16. h4 h5 17. f4 Nd6 18. gxf6 gxf6 19. Bd3 Nf7 20. Bf2 Qc7 21. Ne2 Rc8
22. Qe3 b4 23. axb4 Bxb4 24. c3 Be7 25. e5 Nh6 26. Bg6+ Kf8 27. Rxd7 1-0

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2017.10.22"]
[Round "2.14"]
[White "Swiercz, Dariusz"]
[Black "Heimann, Mark"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2639"]
[BlackElo "2363"]
[ECO "E11"]
[Opening "Bogo-Indian defence"]
[WhiteFideId "1126881"]
[BlackFideId "2028441"]
[EventDate "2017.10.21"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Bxd2+ 5. Qxd2 O-O 6. g3 d5 7. Bg2 Nbd7 8.
O-O c6 9. Ne5 Nxe5 10. dxe5 Nd7 11. f4 Qe7 12. cxd5 exd5 13. Nc3 f6 14. e6 Qxe6
15. Nxd5 Qd6 16. Qb4 Qxb4 17. Nxb4 Re8 18. Bf3 Nc5 19. Rac1 Ne4 20. Rfd1 a5 21.
Nc2 Bf5 22. Ne3 Bg6 23. Rd7 Nd2 24. Rxd2 Rxe3 25. Rd7 Rb8 26. Kf2 Re6 27. Rc5
Be8 28. Rc7 b6 29. Rc3 Rd8 30. Bxc6 Kf8 31. Bxe8 Rdxe8 32. e3 f5 33. Ke2 Rh6 34.
h4 Rg6 35. Kf3 h5 36. Rb7 Kg8 37. Rb3 Ree6 38. Rb5 Rgf6 39. Rd5 Re8 40. Rdd7 Rg6
41. b3 Rc8 42. Rd5 Rf6 43. Re7 Kh7 44. Ree5 Kg6 45. Rd7 Kh6 46. Ree7 Rg6 47. Rf7
Rc5 48. Rde7 Rc1 49. Re8 Rg4 50. Rxf5 Rg1 51. Rxh5+ 1-0

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2017.10.22"]
[Round "2.15"]
[White "Jacobson, Brandon"]
[Black "Santarius, Erik"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2396"]
[BlackElo "2318"]
[ECO "D05"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game, Zukertort variation"]
[WhiteFideId "30901561"]
[BlackFideId "2025817"]
[EventDate "2017.10.21"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 e6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nbd2 c5 5. b3 cxd4 6. exd4 Qa5 7. Bb2 Ba3 8.
Bxa3 Qxa3 9. c3 O-O 10. Qc1 Qxc1+ 11. Rxc1 b6 12. a4 Ba6 13. Bb5 Rc8 14. O-O Bb7
15. Ne5 Na6 16. c4 Rc7 17. c5 bxc5 18. dxc5 Nxc5 19. b4 Na6 20. Bxa6 Rxc1 21.
Rxc1 Bxa6 22. b5 Bb7 23. Rc7 Rb8 24. Nb3 Ne8 25. Rxf7 Nd6 26. Rd7 Nc4 27. f4 Nb6
28. Rc7 Nxa4 29. Na5 Ba8 30. Rxa7 d4 31. Nac6 d3 32. Nxb8 d2 33. Rd7 1-0

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2017.10.22"]
[Round "2.16"]
[White "Grabinsky, Aaron"]
[Black "Gosdin, Kaleb"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2366"]
[BlackElo "2011"]
[ECO "A01"]
[Opening "Nimzovich-Larsen attack"]
[Variation "Dutch variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2087090"]
[BlackFideId "30920442"]
[EventDate "2017.10.21"]

1. b3 f5 2. Bb2 e6 3. g3 Nf6 4. c4 d5 5. Bg2 Bd6 6. Nf3 Qe7 7. Qc2 O-O 8. O-O c6
9. d4 b6 10. Nbd2 Bb7 11. Ne5 Nbd7 12. Rac1 c5 13. cxd5 exd5 14. Ndc4 Bxe5 15.
Nxe5 Nxe5 16. dxe5 Ng4 17. b4 c4 18. Qc3 Rfe8 19. Rfd1 Rad8 20. f4 b5 21. Rd4
Qe6 22. Rcd1 Rd7 23. h3 Nh6 24. Kh2 a6 25. Qd2 Red8 26. Bc3 Kh8 27. Bf3 Bc6 28.
e3 Ng8 29. Qg2 Ne7 30. g4 g6 31. Be1 g5 32. Bc3 Rg8 33. Rg1 h6 34. Qf2 Kh7 35.
Rd2 Rdd8 36. Bd4 Ng6 37. Bd1 Rdf8 38. Bc2 Nh4 39. Qg3 Kh8 40. Rf2 Bd7 41. Rgf1
fxg4 42. f5 1-0

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2017.10.22"]
[Round "2.17"]
[White "Rosenthal, Nicholas"]
[Black "Williams, Justus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2164"]
[BlackElo "2371"]
[ECO "B40"]
[Opening "Sicilian defence"]
[WhiteFideId "2045150"]
[BlackFideId "2049929"]
[EventDate "2017.10.21"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d3 Nc6 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. O-O Nge7 7. c3 e5 8. Be3 d6
9. d4 exd4 10. cxd4 Bg4 11. dxc5 Bxf3 12. Bxf3 Bxb2 13. Nd2 dxc5 14. Rb1 Bd4 15.
Bxd4 Qxd4 16. Rxb7 Rd8 17. Nb3 Qf6 18. Qe2 c4 19. Nd2 Rxd2 20. Qxd2 Qxf3 21.
Qd7+ Kf8 22. Rc7 Qxe4 23. f3 Qe3+ 24. Kg2 Kg7 25. Rxc6 Nxc6 26. Qxc6 Rb8 27. Rf2
c3 28. Rc2 Rb2 29. Rxb2 cxb2 30. Qb5 Qd4 31. g4 Kh6 32. h4 Qc3 0-1

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2017.10.22"]
[Round "2.18"]
[White "Peng, David"]
[Black "Easton, Jack"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2330"]
[BlackElo "2162"]
[ECO "B01"]
[Opening "Scandinavian (centre counter) defence"]
[WhiteFideId "2059355"]
[BlackFideId "30900069"]
[EventDate "2017.10.21"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 c6 6. Bd2 Bf5 7. g3 e6 8. Bg2
Nbd7 9. O-O Be7 10. h3 Bg6 11. a4 Bb4 12. Ne2 O-O 13. c3 Bd6 14. Re1 Qb6 15. b3
a5 16. Be3 Nd5 17. Nh4 Nxe3 18. fxe3 Bh5 19. g4 Qd8 20. Nf3 Bg6 21. Nf4 Be4 22.
Qe2 Qc7 23. Rf1 e5 24. Nd3 exd4 25. exd4 Rae8 26. Qd2 c5 27. Rae1 cxd4 28. Nxd4
Bxg2 29. Kxg2 Nc5 30. Nxc5 Bxc5 31. Rxe8 Rxe8 32. Qf4 Qxf4 33. Rxf4 Re3 34. Rf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2017.10.22"]
[Round "2.19"]
[White "Furfine, Jacob"]
[Black "Wang, Jason"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "CM"]
[BlackTitle "CM"]
[WhiteElo "2297"]
[BlackElo "2153"]
[ECO "D00"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn, Mason variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2099462"]
[BlackFideId "30908124"]
[EventDate "2017.10.21"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 Nf6 3. e3 c5 4. Nc3 a6 5. dxc5 e6 6. Na4 Bxc5 7. Nxc5 Qa5+ 8. c3
Qxc5 9. Nf3 Nc6 10. Bd3 O-O 11. O-O Re8 12. Ne5 Nxe5 13. Bxe5 Qe7 14. c4 Nd7 15.
Bg3 dxc4 16. Bxc4 b5 17. Bb3 Bb7 18. Qd6 Nc5 19. Bc2 Ne4 20. Qxe7 Rxe7 21. Be5
Rc8 22. Bd3 Rd7 23. Rfd1 Rcd8 24. Be2 Rxd1+ 25. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 26. Bxd1 f6 27. Bd4
Kf7 28. f3 e5 29. Bb6 Nd6 30. b3 Bd5 31. Kf2 Ke7 32. g4 Nb7 33. Bc2 g6 34. h4
Kd6 35. h5 Bf7 36. h6 Kc6 37. Ba7 Nd6 38. Bb8 Be8 39. Bxd6 Kxd6 40. b4 Bf7 41.
a3 Kc6 42. Be4+ Kb6 43. f4 exf4 44. exf4 a5 45. Ke3 axb4 46. axb4 Kc7 47. Kd4
Kd6 48. g5 f5 49. Bf3 Be6 50. Bb7 Bf7 51. Bc8 Be8 52. Ba6 Bd7 53. Bb7 Be6 54.
Ba8 Bf7 55. Bf3 Be6 56. Be2 Bd7 57. Bd1 Be6 58. Bc2 Bf7 59. Bd3 Be8 60. Bf1 Bd7
61. Bh3 Be6 62. Bg2 Bf7 63. Bh1 Be6 64. Bf3 Bf7 65. Bc6 Kxc6 66. Ke5 Kd7 67. Kf6
Bc4 68. Kg7 Ke7 69. Kxh7 Kf7 70. Kh8 Bd5 71. h7 Bc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2017.10.22"]
[Round "2.20"]
[White "Cervantes Landeiro, Thalia"]
[Black "Young, Angelo"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "WFM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2107"]
[BlackElo "2292"]
[ECO "A44"]
[Opening "Semi-Benoni ('blockade variation')"]
[WhiteFideId "3520498"]
[BlackFideId "5200490"]
[EventDate "2017.10.21"]

1. d4 c5 2. d5 e5 3. e4 d6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bb5+ Nd7 6. Nf3 a6 7. Be2 b5 8. a4 b4
9. Nb1 Ngf6 10. Nbd2 a5 11. b3 O-O 12. O-O g6 13. Re1 Nb6 14. h3 Ra7 15. Bf1
Nfd7 16. Nc4 Nxc4 17. Bxc4 f5 18. Bh6 Rf7 19. exf5 gxf5 20. Qd2 f4 21. Bd3 Kh8
22. Kh2 Nf6 23. Ng5 Ng4+ 24. hxg4 Bxg5 25. Bxg5 Qxg5 26. f3 h5 27. gxh5 Qxh5+
28. Kg1 Rg7 29. Bf1 Qh4 30. Qf2 Qh5 31. Qd2 Qxf3 32. Qe2 Qxe2 33. Bxe2 Bf5 34.
Ra2 Rg3 35. Bf3 e4 36. Rxe4 Bxe4 37. Bxe4 Re3 38. Bf3 Rc7 39. Ra1 c4 0-1

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2017.10.22"]
[Round "2.21"]
[White "Tsay, Vincent"]
[Black "Baginskaite, Camilla"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "WGM"]
[WhiteElo "2265"]
[BlackElo "2140"]
[ECO "E10"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[WhiteFideId "30931835"]
[BlackFideId "2014599"]
[EventDate "2017.10.21"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 a5 6. Bg2 O-O 7. Qc2 dxc4 8. O-O
Nc6 9. Rd1 Bxd2 10. Rxd2 b5 11. Nc3 Rb8 12. a4 Nb4 13. Qc1 c6 14. Ne5 Qb6 15.
Rd1 Bb7 16. Qf4 Nbd5 17. Qh4 Rbd8 18. e3 Ne7 19. axb5 cxb5 20. Bxb7 Qxb7 21.
Rxa5 Nf5 22. Qf4 Nd6 23. Rda1 Ra8 24. Nd7 Rxa5 25. Nxf6+ gxf6 26. Rxa5 Qb6 27.
Ra1 Kg7 28. e4 b4 29. Ne2 Rc8 30. e5 fxe5 31. dxe5 Ne8 32. Rd1 Qb7 33. Qg5+ Kf8
34. Qh6+ Ke7 35. Nf4 Qe4 36. Qg5+ Kf8 37. Nh5 Qg6 38. Qh4 c3 39. Qxb4+ Kg8 40.
Nf6+ Nxf6 41. exf6 c2 42. Rc1 Qxf6 0-1

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2017.10.22"]
[Round "2.22"]
[White "Proleiko, Julian"]
[Black "Plotkin, Victor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2095"]
[BlackElo "2262"]
[ECO "D37"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "4.Nf3"]
[WhiteFideId "30900255"]
[BlackFideId "2606674"]
[EventDate "2017.10.21"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 c6 7. e3 Be7 8. Bd3
Nh5 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. O-O O-O 11. Rb1 g6 12. b4 Ndf6 13. b5 c5 14. dxc5 Qxc5 15.
Qb3 Be6 16. Nd4 Ng7 17. Rfc1 Rac8 18. h3 Rfd8 19. Qb2 Qe7 20. b6 a5 21. Ncb5
Nge8 22. Qd2 Rxc1+ 23. Rxc1 Qb4 24. Qxb4 axb4 25. Rb1 Nd7 26. Nc7 Nxc7 27. bxc7
Rc8 28. Rc1 Ne5 29. Be2 Kf8 30. Rc5 Ke7 31. f4 Nd7 32. Rb5 Rxc7 33. Rxb4 Nc5 34.
Bf3 Rc8 35. Nb3 Kd6 36. Nxc5 Kxc5 37. Rxb7 Ra8 38. Rb2 Ra3 39. Kf2 Kc4 40. Rd2
Kc3 41. Ke2 Ra5 42. Rd3+ Kc4 43. Rd4+ Kc5 44. a4 Ra7 45. g4 f5 46. Kf2 Bf7 47.
Be2 Be8 48. Bd1 fxg4 49. hxg4 Bc6 50. Kf3 Rb7 51. f5 g5 52. Kg3 Rb2 53. Bf3 Rb3
54. Kf2 Rb2+ 55. Ke1 Ra2 56. Bd1 Kd6 57. Rd2 Ra3 58. Rh2 Rxe3+ 59. Kd2 Re7 60.
Rh6+ Kc5 61. Rh5 Ra7 62. Rxg5 Bxa4 63. Be2 Kd6 64. Bd3 Ke5 65. Rh5 Kf4 66. Be2
Be8 67. Rh3 d4 68. Rf3+ Ke5 69. Bd3 Rg7 70. Rf2 Bf7 71. Re2+ Kf6 72. Re4 h5 73.
gxh5 Rg2+ 74. Ke1 Bxh5 75. Rxd4 Bf7 76. Rd6+ Ke5 77. Rd7 Bd5 78. Ra7 Rh2 79. Ra5
Kd4 80. Be2 Rh6 1/2-1/2

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2017.10.22"]
[Round "2.23"]
[White "Wang, Justin"]
[Black "Voelker, James"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2254"]
[BlackElo "2098"]
[ECO "C77"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Anderssen variation"]
[WhiteFideId "30911370"]
[BlackFideId "2018853"]
[EventDate "2017.10.21"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 Bc5 6. c3 O-O 7. Bxc6 bxc6 8.
Nxe5 d5 9. d4 Bd6 10. Nxc6 Qe8 11. e5 Qxc6 12. O-O Be7 13. exf6 Qxf6 14. Be3 Bd6
15. Nd2 Qg6 16. Qf3 c6 17. Bf4 Be7 18. Rfe1 Re8 19. Qg3 Bf5 20. Qxg6 Bxg6 21.
Re3 Bf8 22. Rae1 Rec8 23. Nb3 a5 24. Nc5 Bxc5 25. dxc5 f6 26. f3 Re8 27. Re7
Rxe7 28. Rxe7 Re8 29. Rc7 Re2 30. Rxc6 Rxb2 31. Rd6 Rc2 32. c6 Rxc3 33. c7 Kf7
34. Rd7+ Ke6 35. Rd8 1-0

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2017.10.22"]
[Round "2.24"]
[White "Swindell, Shawn"]
[Black "Colas, Joshua"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2018"]
[BlackElo "2242"]
[ECO "A01"]
[Opening "Nimzovich-Larsen attack"]
[Variation "symmetrical variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2064588"]
[BlackFideId "2044447"]
[EventDate "2017.10.21"]

1. b3 b6 2. Bb2 Bb7 3. e3 e6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Be2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. c4 c5 8. d4 d6
9. Nc3 a6 10. Qc2 Nc6 11. Rad1 Qc7 12. Qb1 cxd4 13. exd4 Na7 14. d5 e5 15. Bd3
b5 16. Rfe1 bxc4 17. bxc4 g6 18. Bc1 Rab8 19. Qc2 Nc8 20. Bh6 Re8 21. h4 Nb6 22.
Bg5 Rbc8 23. Bxf6 Bxf6 24. Ne4 Bg7 25. Nfd2 f5 26. Ng5 e4 27. Bf1 Nxd5 28. h5 h6
29. Nh3 g5 0-1

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2017.10.22"]
[Round "2.25"]
[White "Guo, Arthur"]
[Black "Polgar-Shutzman, Tom"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2219"]
[BlackElo "2055"]
[ECO "A45"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[WhiteFideId "30903114"]
[BlackFideId "2064880"]
[EventDate "2017.10.21"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 g6 3. e3 Bg7 4. Nf3 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. h3 b6 7. O-O Bb7 8. c3
Nbd7 9. Nbd2 Ne4 10. Nc4 Qe8 11. a4 a6 12. Bh2 e5 13. Qb3 Rb8 14. Rad1 Qe7 15.
Rfe1 Rfe8 16. Qc2 Rbd8 17. b4 Kh8 18. Bf1 f5 19. Nb2 Ng5 20. Nxg5 Qxg5 21. Nd3
Qe7 22. a5 Qf7 23. axb6 cxb6 24. b5 a5 25. Nb2 Rc8 26. Na4 Bd5 27. Qb2 Bb3 28.
Ra1 Red8 29. Ra3 Bxa4 30. Rxa4 Qe6 31. Raa1 Nf6 32. Rac1 Re8 33. Qa3 Red8 34.
Bd3 Nd7 35. Bb1 Nf6 36. Ba2 Qe8 37. Qb2 Qe7 38. Qb3 Ne8 1-0

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2017.10.22"]
[Round "2.26"]
[White "Mercado, Luisa Fernanda"]
[Black "Betaneli, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "WFM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "1944"]
[BlackElo "2204"]
[ECO "C71"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "modern Steinitz defence"]
[WhiteFideId "4400984"]
[BlackFideId "2012359"]
[EventDate "2017.10.21"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. d4 Bd7 6. O-O Nxd4 7. Bxd7+ Qxd7 8.
Nxd4 exd4 9. Qxd4 Ne7 10. b3 Nc6 11. Qc3 O-O-O 12. Bb2 d5 13. exd5 Qxd5 14. Qh3+
Qd7 15. Qxd7+ Rxd7 16. c4 Nb4 17. a3 Nc2 18. Ra2 Nd4 19. b4 c5 20. bxc5 Bxc5 21.
Nc3 Re8 22. Na4 Ba7 23. Ba1 Re6 24. g3 Rc6 25. c5 Bxc5 26. Rc1 Ba7 27. Rxc6+
bxc6 28. Kg2 f6 29. Bc3 Rd5 30. Rb2 Nb5 31. Bb4 Kd7 32. Re2 c5 33. Ba5 Rd4 34.
Nb6+ Bxb6 35. Bxb6 Kc6 36. Re6+ Rd6 37. Rxd6+ Nxd6 38. Bd8 Nc4 39. a4 Kd7 0-1

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2017.10.22"]
[Round "2.27"]
[White "Yoo, Christopher Woojin"]
[Black "Mathur, Rithwik"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2194"]
[BlackElo "1986"]
[ECO "B66"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Richter-Rauzer, Rauzer attack, 7...a6"]
[WhiteFideId "30909694"]
[BlackFideId "30913667"]
[EventDate "2017.10.21"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O Be7 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. f4 Nxd4 11. Qxd4 b5 12. g3 Rb8 13. Bg2 Qc7 14. f5 b4
15. Ne2 e5 16. Qd3 Bd7 17. Kb1 a5 18. Nc1 a4 19. g4 Rb6 20. h4 O-O 21. Bf3 Rc8
22. Rhg1 Bb5 23. Qd2 Rc6 24. Rg2 Kh8 25. g5 Rg8 26. Rdg1 Qc8 27. g6 fxg6 28.
fxg6 Rg7 29. gxh7 Bf8 30. h5 Kxh7 31. Rxg7+ Bxg7 32. Qg2 Qf8 33. Qg6+ Kh8 34. h6 1-0

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2017.10.22"]
[Round "2.28"]
[White "Shoykhet, Benjamin"]
[Black "Black, James"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1819"]
[BlackElo "2164"]
[ECO "A11"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "Caro-Kann defensive system"]
[WhiteFideId "30919746"]
[BlackFideId "2048280"]
[EventDate "2017.10.21"]

1. c4 c6 2. g3 e5 3. d4 exd4 4. Qxd4 d5 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Nc3 Be6 7. Bg2 Nc6 8.
Qd1 Nf6 9. e3 Bc5 10. Nge2 O-O 11. O-O Qd7 12. Nf4 Rad8 13. a3 a6 14. b4 Ba7 15.
Bb2 d4 16. exd4 Bc4 17. Re1 Nxd4 18. Ne4 Nxe4 19. Bxe4 f5 20. Bd5+ Bxd5 21. Bxd4
Bxd4 22. Qxd4 Be4 23. Qxd7 Rxd7 24. Ne6 Re8 25. Nc5 Rde7 26. Nxe4 Rxe4 27. Rxe4
Rxe4 28. Rd1 Kf7 29. Rd7+ Re7 30. Rd6 Rc7 31. Rb6 Ke7 32. a4 Kd7 33. a5 Rc1+ 34.
Kg2 Kc7 35. b5 axb5 36. Rxb5 g6 37. h4 Re1 38. Kf3 Re4 1/2-1/2

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2017.10.22"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Prohaszka, Peter2"]
[Black "Bruzon Batista, Lazaro"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2614"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[ECO "D02"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[WhiteFideId "726265"]
[BlackFideId "3503739"]
[EventDate "2017.10.21"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O Nbd7 8. Qc2
c6 9. Bf4 b6 10. Nbd2 Nh5 11. Be3 Bb7 12. Rfd1 Nhf6 13. Bf4 Nh5 14. Be3 Nhf6 15.
Bf4 Nh5 1/2-1/2

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2017.10.22"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Durarbayli, Vasif"]
[Black "Li, Ruifeng"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2564"]
[ECO "B94"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Najdorf, 6.Bg5"]
[WhiteFideId "13402935"]
[BlackFideId "2061074"]
[EventDate "2017.10.21"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 Nbd7 7. Qe2 h6 8. Bh4
g6 9. O-O-O e5 10. Nb3 Be7 11. Qd2 b5 12. a3 Bb7 13. Bd3 Kf8 14. Kb1 Kg7 15. f4
exf4 16. Bf2 Ng4 17. Bd4+ Bf6 18. Qxf4 Bxd4 19. Nxd4 Nde5 20. h3 Qf6 21. Qd2
Nxd3 22. cxd3 Qxd4 23. hxg4 Rac8 24. Rdf1 Qe5 25. Rf3 Qg5 26. Qf2 Rc7 27. Rf1
Rf8 28. Rf6 Rd7 29. Ne2 Qxg4 30. Nd4 Kg8 31. Rf4 Qg5 32. Ne6 Qe7 33. Rf6 Re8 34.
Qh4 h5 35. Ng5 Qe5 36. Nxf7 Rxf7 37. Rxf7 Bc8 38. Qf6 Qxf6 39. R7xf6 1-0

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2017.10.22"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Rambaldi, Francesco"]
[Black "Quesada Perez, Yuniesky"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2574"]
[BlackElo "2619"]
[ECO "C50"]
[Opening "Giuoco Piano"]
[WhiteFideId "20657307"]
[BlackFideId "3504409"]
[EventDate "2017.10.21"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 a6 7. a4 Ba7 8. Re1 O-O
9. h3 Ne7 10. d4 Ng6 11. Bb3 h6 12. Nbd2 Re8 13. Bc2 Be6 14. Nf1 c6 15. Ng3 Bb8
16. Be3 Bc7 17. Qd2 d5 18. exd5 Bxd5 19. Nxe5 Nxe5 20. dxe5 Bxe5 21. Bf4 Qc7 22.
Rxe5 Rxe5 23. Bxe5 Qxe5 1/2-1/2

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2017.10.22"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Sevian, Samuel"]
[Black "Leon Hoyos, Manuel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[ECO "B38"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "accelerated fianchetto, Maroczy bind, 6.Be3"]
[WhiteFideId "2040506"]
[BlackFideId "5105269"]
[EventDate "2017.10.21"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. c4 Bg7 6. Be3 Qb6 7. Nb3 Qd8 8. Nd4
Qb6 9. Nb3 Qd8 10. Qd2 Nf6 11. Nc3 d6 12. Be2 O-O 13. O-O a5 14. f3 a4 15. Nd4
Nxd4 16. Bxd4 Bd7 17. Rac1 Bc6 18. Rc2 Nd7 19. Be3 Qa5 20. Nd5 Bxd5 21. Qxa5
Rxa5 22. cxd5 Nc5 23. Rfc1 b5 24. Bd2 Ra7 25. Kf1 Rb7 26. Bb4 Na6 27. Bd2 Nc5
28. Bb4 Na6 29. Bd2 Nc5 30. Bb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2017.10.22"]
[Round "3.5"]
[White "Cori, Jorge"]
[Black "Patel, Advait"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2657"]
[BlackElo "2448"]
[ECO "A36"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "ultra-symmetrical variation"]
[WhiteFideId "3802272"]
[BlackFideId "2075105"]
[EventDate "2017.10.21"]

1. c4 g6 2. Nc3 Bg7 3. g3 c5 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. d3 d6 6. f4 e6 7. Bxc6+ bxc6 8. Nf3
Nh6 9. e4 f5 10. e5 dxe5 11. Nxe5 Nf7 12. Qe2 O-O 13. Kd1 Bxe5 14. fxe5 Qd4 15.
Re1 Rd8 16. Kc2 a5 17. Bf4 a4 18. Rad1 Ra6 19. h4 Rd7 20. Qd2 Rb7 21. Rb1 Qd8
22. Qf2 Ra5 23. g4 Re7 24. Qg3 Re8 25. Rg1 Kh8 26. Rbe1 Rg8 27. Qf2 Qe7 28. gxf5
exf5 29. e6 Bxe6 30. Bd2 Ra6 31. Ne2 Qd6 32. Bc3+ Rg7 33. Nf4 1-0

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2017.10.22"]
[Round "3.6"]
[White "Liang, Awonder"]
[Black "Robson, Ray"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2554"]
[BlackElo "2644"]
[ECO "C78"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Archangelsk (counterthrust) variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2056437"]
[BlackFideId "2023970"]
[EventDate "2017.10.21"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bb7 7. d3 Be7 8. Re1
O-O 9. Nbd2 d6 10. c3 Na5 11. Bc2 c5 12. Nf1 Re8 13. h3 h6 14. Ng3 Bf8 15. d4
cxd4 16. cxd4 d5 17. Nxe5 dxe4 18. Bf4 Rc8 19. a3 Qd5 20. Nf5 Red8 21. b4 Nc4
22. Bb3 Qe6 23. Ne3 Nd5 24. Bg3 Ndxe3 25. Rxe3 Qb6 26. Qe2 Qxd4 27. Rd1 Qxd1+
28. Bxd1 Nxe3 29. Qxe3 Rxd1+ 30. Kh2 Bd5 31. Nd7 Rcc1 32. Bf4 Rh1+ 33. Kg3 Rc6
34. Nxf8 Kxf8 35. Qd4 Rg6+ 36. Kh4 Rxg2 37. Bxh6 gxh6 38. Qxd5 Rg6 39. Qd8+ Kg7
40. Qd4+ Kg8 41. Qd8+ Kg7 42. Qd4+ Rf6 43. Qxe4 Rc1 44. Qg4+ Rg6 45. Qd4+ Kg8
46. f4 Rc4 47. Qe5 Re6 48. Qb8+ Kg7 49. Kg3 Rf6 50. f5 Rxf5 51. Qd6 Rc3+ 52. Kh4
Rf4+ 53. Qxf4 Rc4 54. Kg3 Rxf4 55. Kxf4 Kg6 0-1

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2017.10.22"]
[Round "3.7"]
[White "Kaliksteyn, Alexander"]
[Black "Swiercz, Dariusz"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2425"]
[BlackElo "2639"]
[ECO "A48"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "London system"]
[WhiteFideId "2007630"]
[BlackFideId "1126881"]
[EventDate "2017.10.21"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bf4 Bg7 4. e3 O-O 5. Be2 c5 6. c3 b6 7. h3 Bb7 8. O-O d5
9. Nbd2 Nc6 10. Ne5 Nd7 11. Nxc6 Bxc6 12. Nf3 b5 13. Ne5 Nxe5 14. Bxe5 Bxe5 15.
dxe5 Qb6 16. b4 Rfc8 17. Qd2 e6 18. bxc5 Qxc5 19. Qd4 Bd7 20. Qxc5 Rxc5 21. Rfb1
Rac8 22. Rb3 g5 23. g4 a5 24. Rab1 a4 25. Rb4 Rxc3 26. Bxb5 Bxb5 27. Rxb5 Rc1+
28. Rxc1 Rxc1+ 29. Kg2 Rc2 30. a3 Ra2 31. Rb4 Rxa3 32. e4 dxe4 33. Rxe4 Kg7 34.
Rb4 Ra1 35. Rc4 a3 36. Ra4 Kg6 37. Ra6 h5 38. Kh2 h4 39. Kg2 Kg7 40. Ra8 f5 41.
Ra7+ Kf8 42. gxf5 exf5 43. f3 a2 44. e6 Ke8 45. e7 Kf7 46. Ra8 Kxe7 47. Ra6 Kd7
48. Ra7+ Kc6 49. Ra6+ Kb5 50. Ra8 Kb4 51. Rb8+ Kc3 52. Rc8+ Kd4 53. Rb8 Kc3 54.
Rc8+ Kd4 55. Ra8 Kd5 56. Ra7 Kd6 57. Ra5 Kc6 58. Ra6+ Kb5 59. Ra8 Kc4 60. Rc8+
Kb3 61. Rb8+ Kc2 62. Ra8 Kc3 63. Rc8+ Kd3 64. Ra8 Rc1 65. Rxa2 f4 66. Ra5 Rc2+
67. Kg1 Ke2 68. Rxg5 Kxf3 69. Rg8 0-1

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2017.10.22"]
[Round "3.8"]
[White "Thavandiran, Shiyam"]
[Black "Nyzhnyk, Illya"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2385"]
[BlackElo "2594"]
[ECO "B11"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "two knights, 3...Bg4"]
[WhiteFideId "2605058"]
[BlackFideId "14118084"]
[EventDate "2017.10.21"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Nc3 Bg4 4. h3 Bxf3 5. Qxf3 e6 6. d4 Nf6 7. Bd3 dxe4 8.
Nxe4 Qxd4 9. O-O Nbd7 10. Be3 Qd5 11. Rfd1 Be7 12. c4 Qa5 13. a3 O-O 14. Bd2 Qb6
15. Bc3 Qc7 16. Rd2 Rfd8 17. Rad1 Nxe4 18. Qxe4 Nf8 19. g3 Bf6 20. Bxf6 gxf6 21.
h4 Rd7 22. Qf3 Kg7 23. Qg4+ Kh8 24. Qf3 f5 25. Qe3 Rad8 26. Kg2 Kg7 27. h5 h6
28. Bb1 Rxd2 29. Rxd2 Rxd2 30. Qxd2 Qe5 31. f4 Qf6 32. Kh3 c5 33. Qg2 Qd4 34. g4
Qe3+ 35. Qg3 fxg4+ 36. Kxg4 f5+ 37. Kh4+ Qxg3+ 38. Kxg3 Kf6 39. Kf3 e5 40. Bc2
exf4 41. Kxf4 Ne6+ 42. Kg3 Kg5 43. b4 b6 0-1

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2017.10.22"]
[Round "3.9"]
[White "Azarov, Sergei"]
[Black "Jacobson, Brandon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2556"]
[BlackElo "2396"]
[ECO "B92"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Najdorf, Opovcensky variation"]
[WhiteFideId "13501470"]
[BlackFideId "30901561"]
[EventDate "2017.10.21"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Kh1 b6 10. Be3 Bb7 11. f3 b5 12. a4 b4 13. Nd5 Nxd5 14. exd5 Nd7 15. c4
a5 16. Qd2 Rc8 17. Rfd1 Nc5 18. Nxc5 dxc5 19. d6 Bf6 20. Bd3 Qd7 21. Be4 Rfd8
22. Bxb7 Qxb7 23. Qd5 Qb6 24. Rd2 Rd7 25. Rad1 b3 26. h3 g6 27. f4 exf4 28. Bxf4
Qc6 29. Qxc6 Rxc6 30. Re2 Kg7 31. Rd3 Rb6 32. Re8 Bd4 33. Rxd4 cxd4 34. c5 Rc6
35. Be5+ Kh6 36. Bxd4 Kg5 37. Rh8 h5 38. Kg1 h4 39. Kf2 Rb7 40. Ke3 f5 41. Kd3
Rd7 42. Re8 1-0

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2017.10.22"]
[Round "3.10"]
[White "Shimanov, Aleksandr"]
[Black "Rahul, Srivatshav P"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2373"]
[ECO "A00"]
[Opening "Benko's opening"]
[WhiteFideId "4198603"]
[BlackFideId "25059653"]
[EventDate "2017.10.21"]

1. g3 Nf6 2. Bg2 g6 3. e4 d6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. f4 O-O 6. Nf3 e5 7. d3 c6 8. O-O exf4
9. gxf4 d5 10. e5 Ng4 11. d4 f6 12. Ne2 Na6 13. Ng3 Nh6 14. Kh1 Nc7 15. Bd2 fxe5
16. fxe5 Nf5 17. Qe1 Nxg3+ 18. Qxg3 Bf5 19. Bb4 Re8 20. c3 a5 21. Bc5 Ne6 22.
Bd6 Be4 23. Rf2 Bh6 24. Ne1 Ng5 25. Nd3 Bxg2+ 26. Rxg2 Ne4 27. Qh3 Bf8 28. Nf4
Bg7 29. Rag1 Qc8 30. Qxc8 Raxc8 31. Nxg6 hxg6 32. Rxg6 Kh8 33. Rxg7 Nf2+ 34. Kg2
Kxg7 35. Kxf2+ Kf7 36. Rg3 Re6 37. Rf3+ Kg7 38. h4 Rg6 39. Be7 Re8 40. Bg5 Kg8
41. Rf5 c5 42. dxc5 b6 43. Be3 bxc5 44. Bxc5 Rg4 45. h5 Rh4 46. Kg3 Re4 47. Bd4
Re2 48. Rf2 R8xe5 49. Bxe5 Rxe5 50. Kg4 d4 51. Kf4 1-0

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2017.10.22"]
[Round "3.11"]
[White "Cordova, Emilio"]
[Black "Williams, Justus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2608"]
[BlackElo "2371"]
[ECO "A46"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[WhiteFideId "3801497"]
[BlackFideId "2049929"]
[EventDate "2017.10.21"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. c4 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Bd6 6. Nc3 c6 7. Qc2 Nbd7 8. e4
dxe4 9. Nxe4 Nxe4 10. Qxe4 c5 11. Bc3 Nf6 12. Qe2 cxd4 13. Nxd4 Qe7 14. Bg2 Bb4
15. O-O Bxc3 16. bxc3 Nd7 17. Rab1 Nc5 18. Qe5 O-O 19. Rfd1 Na4 20. Qa5 Nc5 21.
Qa3 e5 22. Nb3 Bf5 23. Qxc5 Qxc5 24. Nxc5 Bxb1 25. Rxb1 Rac8 26. Nd7 Rfd8 27.
Rxb7 Rxc4 28. Bd5 Rxc3 29. Nxe5 Rc1+ 30. Kg2 Re1 31. Bxf7+ Kf8 32. f4 Re2+ 33.
Kf3 Rxh2 34. Bb3 1-0

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2017.10.22"]
[Round "3.12"]
[White "Kannappan, Priyadharshan"]
[Black "Grabinsky, Aaron"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2516"]
[BlackElo "2366"]
[ECO "A00"]
[Opening "Benko's opening"]
[WhiteFideId "5018293"]
[BlackFideId "2087090"]
[EventDate "2017.10.21"]

1. g3 c5 2. Bg2 Nc6 3. Nf3 g6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bg7 6. Nb3 d6 7. O-O Nf6 8. Nc3
O-O 9. h3 Be6 10. e4 Rc8 11. Nd5 Nd7 12. c3 Nb6 13. Re1 Nc4 14. Qe2 b5 15. a4 a6
16. axb5 axb5 17. Nd2 Nxd2 18. Bxd2 b4 19. Nxb4 Nxb4 20. cxb4 Bxb2 21. Rab1 Bd4
22. Be3 Qb6 23. Bxd4 Qxd4 24. Qe3 Qxe3 25. Rxe3 Rc2 26. b5 Rb8 27. b6 Rc6 28. b7
Rc7 29. e5 d5 30. Reb3 Kf8 31. g4 g5 32. Rb6 Ke8 33. R1b5 Rc1+ 34. Kh2 Rc2 35.
Bxd5 Bxd5 36. Rxd5 e6 37. Rd3 Rxf2+ 38. Kg3 Rc2 39. h4 h6 40. Ra3 Kd7 41. Rf3
Ke7 42. Rb1 1/2-1/2

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2017.10.22"]
[Round "3.13"]
[White "Young, Angelo"]
[Black "Yermolinsky, Alex"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2292"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[ECO "A46"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[WhiteFideId "5200490"]
[BlackFideId "2005492"]
[EventDate "2017.10.21"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 b6 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O c5 6. dxc5 Bxc5 7. c4 O-O 8. Nc3
Nc6 9. Bf4 Qe7 10. a3 a5 11. Na4 d5 12. cxd5 Nxd5 13. Bg5 f6 14. e4 fxg5 15.
exd5 Rad8 16. Nxc5 bxc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2017.10.22"]
[Round "3.14"]
[White "Colas, Joshua"]
[Black "Chandra, Akshat"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2242"]
[BlackElo "2483"]
[ECO "A47"]
[Opening "Queen's Indian defence"]
[WhiteFideId "2044447"]
[BlackFideId "25006711"]
[EventDate "2017.10.21"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 b6 3. Bf4 Bb7 4. e3 g6 5. Be2 Bg7 6. O-O O-O 7. c4 d6 8. Nc3
Nbd7 9. h3 Ne4 10. Nxe4 Bxe4 11. Qd2 e5 12. Bg3 Qe7 13. Rad1 Rad8 14. Rfe1 h6
15. b4 f5 16. Nh2 g5 17. f3 Bb7 18. Bf2 h5 19. d5 Nf6 20. e4 f4 21. c5 Bc8 22.
Qc2 Qf7 23. Qa4 g4 24. hxg4 hxg4 25. Nxg4 Bxg4 26. fxg4 Nxe4 27. Qc2 Ng3 28.
cxb6 cxb6 29. Bxg3 fxg3 30. Bf3 Qf6 31. Qf5 Qxf5 32. gxf5 Rxf5 33. Re4 Bh6 34.
Rg4+ Kf7 35. Rc4 Kf6 36. b5 Rg8 37. Rd3 Rf4 38. Rxf4+ Bxf4 39. Rc3 Kf5 40. Rc4
Be3+ 41. Kf1 Bd4 42. Ke2 Rh8 43. Kd3 Rh4 44. Rc7 Bc5 45. Rf7+ Kg6 46. Re7 Rd4+
47. Kc3 Ra4 48. Re8 Ra3+ 49. Kd2 Rxf3 50. gxf3 Kf7 0-1

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2017.10.22"]
[Round "3.15"]
[White "Quintiliano Pinto, Renato R."]
[Black "Wang, Justin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2451"]
[BlackElo "2254"]
[ECO "E16"]
[Opening "Queen's Indian"]
[Variation "Capablanca variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2117568"]
[BlackFideId "30911370"]
[EventDate "2017.10.21"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 e6 3. c4 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Bb4+ 6. Nbd2 O-O 7. O-O d5 8. Ne5
c6 9. Ndf3 Bd6 10. Bf4 dxc4 11. Nxc4 Bxf4 12. gxf4 Na6 13. Rc1 Qe7 14. Nfe5 Nd5
15. Nd3 Rfd8 16. Qb3 Rac8 17. Nce5 Rc7 18. Qa4 Rdc8 19. Rfd1 f6 20. Nf3 c5 21.
Nd2 cxd4 22. Rxc7 Rxc7 23. Qxd4 Nc5 24. Nxc5 bxc5 25. Qa4 Bc6 26. Qb3 Rb7 27.
Qa3 Rb4 28. e3 Qb7 29. Nb3 Qb6 30. f5 Rg4 31. Nxc5 Rxg2+ 32. Kxg2 Nxe3+ 33. Kg1
Nxd1 34. b4 Qd8 35. Qg3 Nc3 0-1

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2017.10.22"]
[Round "3.16"]
[White "Barcenilla, Rogelio"]
[Black "Guo, Arthur"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2446"]
[BlackElo "2219"]
[ECO "A36"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "symmetrical, Botvinnik system"]
[WhiteFideId "5200059"]
[BlackFideId "30903114"]
[EventDate "2017.10.21"]

1. e4 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 d6 6. d3 Nf6 7. Nge2 O-O 8. O-O
Rb8 9. h3 a6 10. a4 Nd4 11. Nxd4 cxd4 12. Nd5 Nxd5 13. exd5 b5 14. cxb5 axb5 15.
a5 b4 16. Bd2 Ba6 17. Qb3 Qd7 18. Rfc1 Qf5 19. Be4 Qxh3 20. Rc6 Ra8 21. Qxb4 h5
22. Re1 h4 23. Bg2 Qg4 24. gxh4 Be5 25. Re4 Qd1+ 26. Re1 Qg4 27. Rxa6 Rxa6 28.
Qb7 Raa8 29. Qxe7 Kg7 30. Qg5 Qd7 31. h5 Rh8 32. h6+ Kh7 33. f4 f6 34. Qg3 Rab8
35. b4 Rhe8 36. fxe5 dxe5 37. Rc1 Rbc8 38. Rc6 Rxc6 39. dxc6 Qf7 40. b5 f5 41.
b6 e4 42. b7 e3 43. Be1 f4 44. Qh3 Qc7 45. Qd7+ Qxd7 46. cxd7 1-0

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2017.10.22"]
[Round "3.17"]
[White "Betaneli, Alexander"]
[Black "Sturt, Raven"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2204"]
[BlackElo "2446"]
[ECO "C47"]
[Opening "Four knights"]
[Variation "Scotch, 4...exd4"]
[WhiteFideId "2012359"]
[BlackFideId "2007304"]
[EventDate "2017.10.21"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 d5 8.
exd5 cxd5 9. O-O O-O 10. h3 h6 11. Qf3 Re8 12. Bf4 c6 13. Rfe1 Be6 14. a3 Bd6
15. Ne2 c5 16. c3 a5 17. Rad1 Rb8 18. Bc1 Nd7 19. Qh5 Qf6 20. f4 d4 21. Bc2 Bc4
22. Qf3 Bxe2 23. Rxe2 Rxe2 24. Qxe2 Bxf4 25. Bxf4 Qxf4 26. cxd4 cxd4 27. Qe4 Qg3
28. Qxd4 Nf8 29. Rf1 Ne6 30. Qf2 Qc7 31. Be4 Rb5 32. Bf5 Nf8 33. Bb1 Rb6 34. Ba2
Rf6 35. Qe3 Rxf1+ 36. Kxf1 Qc2 37. Qe2 Qc1+ 38. Kf2 a4 39. g3 Ng6 40. Kg2 Qc8
41. b3 Qc6+ 42. Kh2 Kf8 43. bxa4 Qxa4 44. Qc4 Qa7 45. Qc8+ Ke7 46. Qf5 Ke8 47.
Bc4 Qc7 48. Ba6 Ke7 49. Qe4+ Ne5 50. Qb7 Kd6 51. Qxc7+ Kxc7 52. Be2 Kb6 53. g4
Ka5 54. Bd1 f6 55. Kg3 g5 56. h4 Nc4 57. hxg5 fxg5 58. Kf3 Ne5+ 59. Ke4 Nxg4 60.
Bxg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2017.10.22"]
[Round "3.18"]
[White "Kavutskiy, Konstantin"]
[Black "Yoo, Christopher Woojin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2390"]
[BlackElo "2194"]
[ECO "D85"]
[Opening "Gruenfeld"]
[Variation "exchange variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2026384"]
[BlackFideId "30909694"]
[EventDate "2017.10.21"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Qa4+ Nd7 8.
Nf3 O-O 9. Be2 c5 10. O-O Qc7 11. Bg5 Nf6 12. d5 b6 13. Qc2 Bb7 14. Rad1 Rfd8
15. c4 Ng4 16. h3 Ne5 17. Nxe5 Bxe5 18. f4 Bg7 19. e5 b5 20. d6 exd6 21. Bxd8
Rxd8 22. Rxd6 Rxd6 23. exd6 Qxd6 24. cxb5 Bd4+ 25. Kh1 Qe7 26. a4 f5 27. Bf3 Be4
28. Qc4+ Kg7 29. Bxe4 fxe4 30. f5 e3 31. fxg6 hxg6 32. a5 Qd7 33. b6 axb6 34.
axb6 Qe7 35. Qb5 Bc3 36. Qb3 Bb4 37. Qb2+ Kh7 38. Qa2 Kg7 39. Qa7 c4 40. Qxe7+
Bxe7 41. b7 Bd6 42. Re1 Bf4 43. Rxe3 1-0

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2017.10.22"]
[Round "3.19"]
[White "Baginskaite, Camilla"]
[Black "Heimann, Mark"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "WGM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2140"]
[BlackElo "2363"]
[ECO "E11"]
[Opening "Bogo-Indian defence"]
[WhiteFideId "2014599"]
[BlackFideId "2028441"]
[EventDate "2017.10.21"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 a5 5. g3 d5 6. Qc2 Nc6 7. Bg2 dxc4 8. Qxc4
Qd5 9. Qd3 Qf5 10. Qc4 Qd5 11. Qd3 Qf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2017.10.22"]
[Round "3.20"]
[White "Wang, Jason"]
[Black "Peng, David"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "CM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2153"]
[BlackElo "2330"]
[ECO "E12"]
[Opening "Queen's Indian"]
[Variation "Petrosian system"]
[WhiteFideId "30908124"]
[BlackFideId "2059355"]
[EventDate "2017.10.21"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. a3 Bb7 5. Nc3 d5 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Bg5 Be7 8. Qa4+
c6 9. e3 O-O 10. Bd3 Nbd7 11. Qc2 c5 12. O-O Ne4 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. dxc5 bxc5 15.
Rfd1 f5 16. Rac1 Ndf6 17. Qe2 Rad8 18. Bb1 Kh8 19. Ba2 Rfe8 20. Qc2 Ng4 21. Rf1
d4 22. exd4 cxd4 23. Nb1 d3 24. Qc7 d2 25. Qxe7 Rxe7 26. Rcd1 Ba6 27. Nbxd2 Bxf1
28. Kxf1 Red7 29. Ke2 Ngxf2 30. Rf1 Rxd2+ 0-1

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2017.10.22"]
[Round "3.21"]
[White "Santarius, Erik"]
[Black "Easton, Jack"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2318"]
[BlackElo "2162"]
[ECO "B01"]
[Opening "Scandinavian (centre counter) defence"]
[WhiteFideId "2025817"]
[BlackFideId "30900069"]
[EventDate "2017.10.21"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. d4 Nc6 4. Ne2 e5 5. Nbc3 Bb4 6. Bd2 Bxc3 7. Bxc3 exd4
8. Nxd4 Nxd4 9. Qxd4 Qxd4 10. Bxd4 Nf6 11. O-O-O O-O 12. Bc4 Be6 13. Bxe6 fxe6
14. Rhe1 Kf7 15. Bxf6 Kxf6 16. Rd7 Rf7 17. Red1 Raf8 18. f3 Re7 19. b4 a6 20.
Rd8 Rxd8 21. Rxd8 e5 22. Rf8+ Ke6 23. Rb8 b6 24. Kd2 Rd7+ 25. Kc3 Rd6 26. Re8+
Kd5 27. Re7 Rg6 28. Rd7+ Kc6 29. Rd2 b5 30. Re2 Kd5 31. Kb3 Rf6 32. Rd2+ Kc6 33.
c4 bxc4+ 34. Kxc4 Rf4+ 35. Kc3 g5 36. Re2 Kd5 37. Rd2+ Kc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2017.10.22"]
[Round "3.22"]
[White "Gosdin, Kaleb"]
[Black "Furfine, Jacob"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackTitle "CM"]
[WhiteElo "2011"]
[BlackElo "2297"]
[ECO "D58"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "Tartakower (Makagonov-Bondarevsky) system"]
[WhiteFideId "30920442"]
[BlackFideId "2099462"]
[EventDate "2017.10.21"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. e3 b6 8. Rc1 Bb7
9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. cxd5 exd5 11. b4 c6 12. Be2 Nd7 13. Qb3 Re8 14. O-O Nf8 15. b5
c5 16. dxc5 bxc5 17. Rfd1 d4 18. Ne4 Ne6 19. Nxc5 Nxc5 20. Rxc5 Qb6 21. Rdc1
dxe3 22. fxe3 Re7 23. Bc4 Rd8 24. Kh1 g6 25. Bd5 Kg7 26. Bxb7 Qxb7 27. Rc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2017.10.22"]
[Round "3.23"]
[White "Plotkin, Victor"]
[Black "Shoykhet, Benjamin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2262"]
[BlackElo "1819"]
[ECO "B27"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Hungarian variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2606674"]
[BlackFideId "30919746"]
[EventDate "2017.10.21"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. c3 Bg7 4. d4 cxd4 5. cxd4 d5 6. e5 Nc6 7. h3 f6 8. Bb5 Bd7
9. Qe2 Qb6 10. Nc3 Nxd4 11. Nxd4 Qxd4 12. Bxd7+ Kxd7 13. e6+ Ke8 14. Qb5+ Kf8
15. O-O Rd8 16. Qxb7 Qb6 17. Qxb6 axb6 18. Bf4 d4 19. Rfd1 f5 20. Rac1 Nf6 21.
Rd3 Ne4 22. Nxe4 fxe4 23. Rb3 Bf6 24. Rxb6 Kg7 25. a4 g5 26. Bd2 Rc8 27. Rbc6
Rxc6 28. Rxc6 Rb8 29. b4 Be5 30. b5 Ra8 31. a5 e3 32. fxe3 dxe3 33. Bxe3 Rxa5
34. Bxg5 Rxb5 35. Bxe7 Bg3 36. Kf1 Re5 37. Bb4 Re4 38. Bc3+ Kf8 39. Rb6 Ke7 40.
Bb4+ Kf6 41. e7+ Kf7 42. Rb5 Bh4 43. g4 Bxe7 44. Bd2 Rd4 45. Be3 Re4 46. Kf2 Kg6
47. Rb6+ Kf7 48. Rc6 Bh4+ 49. Kf3 Re6 50. Rc7+ Re7 51. Rc5 Bf6 52. g5 Be5 53.
Kg4 Bg7 54. Bf4 Re6 55. Kf5 Bf8 56. Rb5 Bd6 57. Rb6 Bxf4 58. Rxe6 Bxg5 59. Rb6
h6 60. Rb7+ Kf8 61. Kg6 Ke8 62. Kg7 Kd8 63. Kf7 Kc8 64. Rb4 Kc7 65. h4 Be3 66.
Re4 Bd2 67. Ke6 Kc6 68. Rc4+ Kb5 69. Rc2 Be1 70. h5 Bh4 71. Kf5 Bg5 72. Kg6 Kb6
73. Rc8 1-0

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2017.10.22"]
[Round "3.24"]
[White "Black, James"]
[Black "Proleiko, Julian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2164"]
[BlackElo "2095"]
[ECO "A11"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "Caro-Kann defensive system"]
[WhiteFideId "2048280"]
[BlackFideId "30900255"]
[EventDate "2017.10.21"]

1. c4 c6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. Nf3 Bf5 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Qb3 Nc6 7. O-O Qd7 8. d3
g6 9. Bf4 Bg7 10. Ne5 Nxe5 11. Bxe5 Be6 12. Rc1 O-O 13. Na3 Rfc8 14. Nc2 Bh6 15.
e3 Ng4 16. Bd4 a5 17. Na3 Bg7 18. Nb5 f6 19. Rxc8+ Rxc8 20. Nc3 Rd8 21. Bh3 f5
22. Nb5 Bxd4 23. Nxd4 Bf7 24. Qb5 Qxb5 25. Nxb5 Rc8 26. Bxg4 fxg4 27. Nc3 e6 28.
d4 g5 29. Kf1 Bg6 30. Ke1 Kg7 31. Rc1 Rc4 32. Kd2 a4 33. Ne2 Rb4 34. Rc7+ Kf6
35. Kc1 a3 36. b3 e5 37. dxe5+ Kxe5 38. Nd4 Rb6 39. Re7+ Kf6 40. Rd7 Ke5 41. Rc7
Kf6 42. Rd7 Be4 43. Kd2 Bb1 44. Rxd5 Bxa2 45. Rf5+ Kg6 46. Ra5 Bxb3 47. Ra7 Bf7
48. e4 Rb1 49. Rxa3 h5 50. e5 Bd5 51. Ra5 Bg2 52. e6 Bf3 53. Nxf3 gxf3 54. Re5
Rb2+ 55. Kd3 Re2 56. Rxe2 fxe2 57. Kxe2 Kf6 58. f4 gxf4 59. gxf4 Kxe6 0-1

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2017.10.22"]
[Round "3.25"]
[White "Polgar-Shutzman, Tom"]
[Black "Tsay, Vincent"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2055"]
[BlackElo "2265"]
[ECO "C01"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "exchange variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2064880"]
[BlackFideId "30931835"]
[EventDate "2017.10.21"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Bb5 Bd6 6. c4 dxc4 7. d5 a6 8. Ba4
b5 9. dxc6 bxa4 10. O-O Ne7 11. Qxa4 Be6 12. Nc3 O-O 13. Ng5 Bf5 14. Nge4 Nd5
15. Nxd6 Nxc3 16. Qxc4 Ne2+ 17. Qxe2 Qxd6 18. Qf3 Qg6 19. Bf4 Rfc8 20. Rfe1 Be6
21. Re5 Rab8 22. Qc3 h6 23. Re3 Qh5 24. Rg3 g6 25. Re1 Rb5 26. b4 Rd5 27. h3 Rd1
28. Rxd1 Qxd1+ 29. Kh2 Qh5 30. Bc1 Kh7 31. Bb2 Rg8 32. Rf3 Qg5 33. Rf6 Bd5 34.
Qf3 Rf8 35. Qg3 Qxg3+ 36. Kxg3 Bxa2 37. Be5 Bd5 38. Bxc7 Rc8 39. Be5 Rxc6 40.
Rxc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2017.10.22"]
[Round "3.26"]
[White "Swindell, Shawn"]
[Black "Rosenthal, Nicholas"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2018"]
[BlackElo "2164"]
[ECO "A01"]
[Opening "Nimzovich-Larsen attack"]
[Variation "classical variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2064588"]
[BlackFideId "2045150"]
[EventDate "2017.10.21"]

1. b3 d5 2. Bb2 c5 3. e3 Nc6 4. f4 Nf6 5. Nf3 e6 6. Be2 Bd6 7. O-O Qe7 8. Ne5
O-O 9. Qe1 Nd7 10. Nf3 e5 11. fxe5 Ndxe5 12. Nc3 Be6 13. Kh1 Rad8 14. Qh4 Nxf3
15. Qxe7 Bxe7 16. Bxf3 Bf6 17. Na4 Bxb2 18. Nxb2 Bf5 19. Na4 b6 20. d3 Ne5 21.
Nc3 Nxf3 22. Rxf3 Bg6 23. Ne2 Bh5 24. Rf2 Rfe8 25. Nf4 Bg4 26. h3 Bc8 27. Rf3 d4
28. Re1 Re5 29. Rg3 Rde8 30. e4 f5 31. Nh5 R8e7 32. Rf1 g6 33. Nf6+ Kg7 34. Nd5
Rd7 35. Rf4 Bb7 36. Rh4 Bxd5 37. exd5 Re2 0-1

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2017.10.22"]
[Round "3.27"]
[White "Mathur, Rithwik"]
[Black "Cervantes Landeiro, Thalia"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackTitle "WFM"]
[WhiteElo "1986"]
[BlackElo "2107"]
[ECO "A15"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[WhiteFideId "30913667"]
[BlackFideId "3520498"]
[EventDate "2017.10.21"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Qb3 Nb6 6. d4 Bg7 7. Bf4 O-O 8.
Rd1 a5 9. e4 Bg4 10. Be2 N8d7 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Bxf3 Qc8 13. O-O e5 14. dxe5 Nxe5
15. Be2 a4 16. Qb5 Qe6 17. Nd5 Nxd5 18. exd5 Qf5 19. Be3 c6 20. dxc6 bxc6 21.
Qc5 Rfe8 22. Rfe1 Bf8 23. Qc3 Rab8 24. a3 Bg7 25. Bd4 Rb3 26. Qc1 Reb8 27. Bc3
h5 28. f4 Nd7 29. Bxg7 Kxg7 30. Qxc6 Qc5+ 31. Qxc5 Nxc5 32. Bc4 Rxb2 33. Re7
R8b7 34. Rxb7 Rxb7 35. Rd5 Rb1+ 36. Kh2 Ne6 37. Rd7 Rb6 38. Ra7 Kf6 39. Rxa4
Nxf4 40. Ra6 Rxa6 41. Bxa6 Ke5 42. Bc4 g5 43. Kg3 Nd5 44. Bxd5 Kxd5 1-0

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2017.10.22"]
[Round "3.28"]
[White "Voelker, James"]
[Black "Mercado, Luisa Fernanda"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackTitle "WFM"]
[WhiteElo "2098"]
[BlackElo "1944"]
[ECO "C43"]
[Opening "Petrov"]
[Variation "modern attack, main line"]
[WhiteFideId "2018853"]
[BlackFideId "4400984"]
[EventDate "2017.10.21"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 exd4 4. e5 Ne4 5. Qxd4 d5 6. exd6 Nxd6 7. Nc3 Nc6 8.
Qf4 Nf5 9. Bb5 Bd6 10. Qe4+ Qe7 11. O-O Qxe4 12. Nxe4 O-O 13. Nxd6 Nxd6 14. Be2
Nb4 15. Bf4 Nxc2 16. Rac1 Nb4 17. Rxc7 Nf5 18. Rc4 Nd5 19. Bc1 Be6 20. Ng5 Bd7
21. Rd1 Bc6 22. b3 h6 23. Nf3 Rfe8 24. Bf1 Red8 25. Rc5 Nde7 26. Rxd8+ Rxd8 27.
Ne5 Rd1 28. Nxc6 Nxc6 29. g3 Nfd4 30. Kg2 b6 31. Rc3 Nb4 32. a3 Nbc2 33. Be3
Ne1+ 34. Kh3 Ndf3 35. g4 h5 36. gxh5 Rd5 37. Kg3 Rxh5 38. Be2 Rf5 39. h4 Rf6 40.
h5 1-0

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2017.10.23"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Bruzon Batista, Lazaro"]
[Black "Durarbayli, Vasif"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[ECO "B31"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Nimzovich-Rossolimo attack (with ...g6, without ...d6)"]
[WhiteFideId "3503739"]
[BlackFideId "13402935"]
[EventDate "2017.10.21"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. e5 Ng4 7. Bxc6 dxc6 8.
Re1 O-O 9. d3 Nh6 10. h3 Nf5 11. Bf4 Be6 12. Ne4 b6 13. c3 Bh8 14. g4 Ng7 15. d4
cxd4 16. Nxd4 Bd5 17. Bg5 Bxe4 18. Rxe4 Qc7 19. Qa4 Rac8 20. Rae1 Qb7 21. Bh6 c5
22. Nf3 b5 23. Qc2 Rfd8 24. Ng5 Qc6 25. Qe2 Ne6 26. Nxe6 Qxe6 27. Qxb5 Rb8 28.
Qa5 Bg7 29. Bc1 Rdc8 30. c4 h5 31. b3 hxg4 32. hxg4 Rb7 33. f3 Rd7 34. Kg2 a6
35. Qc3 Rcd8 36. Qe3 Rd4 37. Rxd4 Rxd4 38. Bb2 Rd8 39. Ba3 f5 40. exf6 Qxe3 41.
Rxe3 Rd2+ 42. Kg3 exf6 43. Bxc5 Rxa2 44. Re8+ Kf7 45. Re7+ Kg8 46. Rb7 Bh6 47.
Bd4 Bd2 48. f4 f5 49. Rg7+ Kf8 50. Rxg6 Be1+ 51. Kf3 Rd2 52. Bc5+ Kf7 53. Rxa6
Bh4 54. gxf5 Rd3+ 55. Kg4 Bd8 56. Rd6 1-0

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2017.10.23"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Nyzhnyk, Illya"]
[Black "Cori, Jorge"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2594"]
[BlackElo "2657"]
[ECO "A34"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "symmetrical variation"]
[WhiteFideId "14118084"]
[BlackFideId "3802272"]
[EventDate "2017.10.21"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 g6 3. e3 Bg7 4. d4 cxd4 5. exd4 Nf6 6. Bg5 O-O 7. Nf3 d5 8. Bxf6
exf6 9. cxd5 Nd7 10. Be2 Nb6 11. Qb3 a5 12. a4 Qd6 13. O-O Qb4 14. Qa2 Bf5 15.
Rfe1 Rac8 16. h3 Bh6 17. g4 Bd7 18. Ne4 Bg7 19. Nc5 f5 20. g5 f4 21. Nxd7 Nxd7
22. Qa3 Nb6 23. Qxb4 axb4 24. a5 Nxd5 25. Bd1 Nc7 26. Bb3 Nb5 27. Ra4 Nxd4 28.
Nxd4 Bxd4 29. Rxb4 Bxb2 30. Rxb7 Rc5 31. Ree7 Rxg5+ 32. Kf1 Kg7 33. a6 Ra5 34.
a7 f3 35. Red7 Be5 36. Kg1 Kh6 37. Rd1 f6 38. Bd5 Rd8 39. Bxf3 Rxd1+ 40. Bxd1
Bd4 41. Bb3 Bxa7 42. Bg8 Kg5 43. Rxh7 Bd4 44. Rd7 Be5 45. Kg2 Rb5 46. Rd2 Ra5 1/2-1/2

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2017.10.23"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Robson, Ray"]
[Black "Sevian, Samuel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2644"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[ECO "C97"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "closed, Chigorin defence"]
[WhiteFideId "2023970"]
[BlackFideId "2040506"]
[EventDate "2017.10.21"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Qc7 12. d5 c4 13. b4 cxb3 14. axb3 Bd7 15. Ba3
Bd8 16. Nbd2 Qb8 17. b4 Nc4 18. Nxc4 bxc4 19. Ba4 Bb5 20. Bc1 h6 21. Nh4 Bxa4
22. Rxa4 Nxd5 23. exd5 Bxh4 24. Qg4 Qd8 25. Bxh6 Bxf2+ 26. Kf1 Qf6 27. Bg5 Qg6
28. Kxf2 f5 29. Qh4 f4 30. Kg1 Qc2 31. Raa1 f3 32. Qf2 Qxc3 33. Be7 Rf7 34. Bxd6
e4 35. Bc5 Re8 36. Rad1 fxg2 37. Qxg2 e3 38. Qg3 Qb3 39. d6 Qa4 40. Bxe3 Qxb4
41. Qg4 Qb5 42. Rc1 Qa5 43. d7 Rd8 44. Rf1 Rdxd7 45. Qxc4 Qe5 46. Bf4 Qh5 47.
Rc3 Rd5 48. Rg3 Rdf5 49. Rf2 Qd1+ 50. Kg2 Kh8 51. Be3 Qd7 52. Rd2 Qe8 53. Qh4+ 1-0

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2017.10.23"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Swiercz, Dariusz"]
[Black "Prohaszka, Peter2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2639"]
[BlackElo "2614"]
[ECO "A11"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "Caro-Kann defensive system"]
[WhiteFideId "1126881"]
[BlackFideId "726265"]
[EventDate "2017.10.21"]

1. c4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nc3 g6 5. d4 Bg7 6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O Be6 8. b3 Ne4
9. Bb2 Nxc3 10. Bxc3 Bf5 11. b4 Nd7 12. Qb3 Nf6 13. Rfc1 Ne4 14. Be1 a6 15. a4
Be6 16. Qc2 Bf5 17. Qb2 Be6 18. Ne5 f6 19. Nd3 Nd6 20. Nc5 Bf7 21. cxd5 cxd5 22.
a5 e5 23. Bc3 Qe7 24. b5 axb5 25. Bxb5 Rfc8 26. Bf1 Rc7 27. Na4 exd4 28. exd4
Nc4 29. Bxc4 dxc4 30. Nb6 Rd8 31. Re1 Qd6 32. d5 Re7 33. Red1 Re4 1-0

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2017.10.23"]
[Round "4.5"]
[White "Quesada Perez, Yuniesky"]
[Black "Azarov, Sergei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2619"]
[BlackElo "2556"]
[ECO "C63"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Schliemann defence, Berger variation"]
[WhiteFideId "3504409"]
[BlackFideId "13501470"]
[EventDate "2017.10.21"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 f5 4. Nc3 fxe4 5. Nxe4 d5 6. Nxe5 dxe4 7. Nxc6 Qg5 8.
Qe2 Nf6 9. f4 Qxf4 10. Nxa7+ Bd7 11. Bxd7+ Kxd7 12. Qb5+ Ke6 13. Qb3+ Kd7 14.
Qxb7 Bd6 15. Qb5+ Ke6 16. Qb3+ Kd7 17. Qb5+ Ke6 18. Qb3+ Kd7 19. Qb5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2017.10.23"]
[Round "4.6"]
[White "Li, Ruifeng"]
[Black "Rambaldi, Francesco"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2564"]
[BlackElo "2574"]
[ECO "C53"]
[Opening "Giuoco Piano"]
[WhiteFideId "2061074"]
[BlackFideId "20657307"]
[EventDate "2017.10.21"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. Nbd2 a6 7. Bb3 Ba7 8. h3
d6 9. Nf1 d5 10. Qe2 Re8 11. Ng3 h6 12. Nh2 Be6 13. Ng4 Nh7 14. O-O Qd7 15. Qf3
Rad8 16. Nxh6+ gxh6 17. Nh5 Kh8 18. Bxh6 Rg8 19. Nf6 Nxf6 20. Qxf6+ Kh7 21. Qh4
Rg6 22. Bg5+ Kg7 23. Bxd8 Nxd8 24. Kh2 d4 25. f4 exf4 26. Qxf4 Nc6 27. Bxe6 Qxe6
28. Qf5 Qd6+ 29. Kh1 Ne5 30. Rf4 Qe7 31. Raf1 c6 32. Qh5 Qg5 33. Qxg5 Rxg5 34.
g4 Rg6 35. Rf5 f6 36. g5 Rxg5 37. Rxf6 dxc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2017.10.23"]
[Round "4.7"]
[White "Wang, Justin"]
[Black "Shimanov, Aleksandr"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2254"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[ECO "B17"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "Steinitz variation"]
[WhiteFideId "30911370"]
[BlackFideId "4198603"]
[EventDate "2017.10.21"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. c3 g6 8.
Bc4 Bg7 9. O-O O-O 10. Re1 Nd5 11. Bg5 Re8 12. Qd2 Bg4 13. Ne5 Be6 14. Bh6 Bf6
15. Rad1 Nc7 16. Bxe6 Nxe6 17. Qe3 Bxe5 18. Qxe5 Qd5 19. f4 Rad8 20. f5 Qxe5 21.
Rxe5 gxf5 22. Rxf5 f6 23. Be3 Rd5 24. Rdf1 Red8 25. g4 Kf7 26. Kg2 Rg8 27. h3
Ng7 28. R5f2 Ne6 29. Rf5 b5 30. b3 Rgd8 31. Kf3 Rxf5+ 32. gxf5 Nc7 33. c4 bxc4
34. bxc4 Ne8 35. Ke4 Rb8 36. d5 Nd6+ 37. Kd4 cxd5 38. c5 Nc4 39. Bf4 Rc8 40. Rb1
Ke8 41. Rb7 Na5 42. Rb5 Nc6+ 43. Kxd5 Nd8 44. a3 Kd7 45. h4 h5 46. Bb8 Rc6 47.
Bxa7 Ra6 48. Bb8 Rxa3 49. Rb6 Rd3+ 50. Ke4 Rd1 51. Bg3 Rg1 52. Bb8 Rf1 53. Bg3
Rh1 54. Kd5 Rh3 55. Bb8 Rd3+ 56. Ke4 Rd2 57. Bg3 Rd1 58. Bb8 Nc6 59. Bg3 Rd4+
60. Ke3 Rd5 61. Ke4 Rxc5 62. Rb7+ Kd8 63. Bf2 Re5+ 64. Kf4 Ke8 65. Rb6 Nd8 66.
Bd4 Ra5 67. Rb8 Ra4 68. Ke3 Kd7 69. Rb6 Nc6 70. Bc5 Ra5 71. Bb4 Re5+ 72. Kf4 Kc7
73. Ra6 Nxb4 74. Ra4 Nd5+ 75. Kf3 Rxf5+ 76. Kg3 Kd6 0-1

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2017.10.23"]
[Round "4.8"]
[White "Chandra, Akshat"]
[Black "Cordova, Emilio"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2483"]
[BlackElo "2608"]
[ECO "E11"]
[Opening "Bogo-Indian defence, Nimzovich variation"]
[WhiteFideId "25006711"]
[BlackFideId "3801497"]
[EventDate "2017.10.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. g3 c5 6. Bxb4 cxb4 7. Bg2 O-O 8.
O-O a5 9. a3 Na6 10. c5 d6 11. cxd6 Qxd6 12. Nbd2 bxa3 13. bxa3 Bd7 14. Nc4 Qc7
15. Nfe5 Rad8 16. Qb1 Bc6 17. Nxc6 bxc6 18. e3 Rb8 19. Qe1 Rb5 20. Rc1 c5 21.
Ne5 Nd5 22. Qe2 Qb7 23. e4 Nc3 24. Rxc3 cxd4 25. Rc6 Nb8 26. Rc7 Qb6 27. Nf3 Rb3
28. Rc4 Rd8 29. e5 d3 30. Qe4 h6 31. Rd1 Rxa3 32. Bf1 Nd7 33. Rxd3 Ra2 34. Qe3 1-0

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2017.10.23"]
[Round "4.9"]
[White "Patel, Advait"]
[Black "Barcenilla, Rogelio"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2448"]
[BlackElo "2446"]
[ECO "C55"]
[Opening "Two knights defence (Modern bishop's opening)"]
[WhiteFideId "2075105"]
[BlackFideId "5200059"]
[EventDate "2017.10.21"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 h6 5. O-O d6 6. c3 g6 7. Re1 Bg7 8. Nbd2
O-O 9. Nf1 Na5 10. Bb5 a6 11. Ba4 b5 12. Bc2 c5 13. h3 Re8 14. d4 Qc7 15. d5 Nc4
16. a4 Bd7 17. b3 Na5 18. b4 cxb4 19. cxb4 Rac8 20. Ra2 Nc4 21. a5 Nh5 22. Kh2
Qd8 23. g3 Rc7 24. Nh4 Nf4 25. Nf5 gxf5 26. gxf4 Qh4 27. exf5 Qxf2+ 28. Kh1 Qh4
29. Kg2 Kh8 30. Bb1 Rg8 31. Kh1 exf4 32. Re4 Be5 33. Bxf4 Bxf4 34. Qd4+ Ne5 35.
Rxf4 Qe1 36. Bd3 Qc3 37. Rc2 Qxd4 38. Rxd4 Rgc8 39. Rxc7 Rxc7 40. Be4 Kg7 41.
Kg2 Rc3 42. Bb1 Rc1 43. Be4 Rc3 44. Nd2 Nc4 45. Nxc4 bxc4 46. Bf3 Bxf5 47. Be2
Bd3 48. Bxd3 cxd3 49. Kf3 Kf6 50. Re4 d2+ 51. Ke2 Rd3 52. Kd1 Rxd5 53. Rc4 Ke6
54. Rc6 Rd4 55. Rxa6 Rxb4 56. Ra8 Rb2 57. a6 Ra2 58. a7 Kd5 59. Ke2 h5 60. h4
Kd4 61. Rd8 Rxa7 62. Rxd6+ Ke5 63. Rxd2 Ra4 64. Kf3 Rxh4 65. Kg3 Rg4+ 66. Kf3 0-1

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2017.10.23"]
[Round "4.10"]
[White "Kavutskiy, Konstantin"]
[Black "Liang, Awonder"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2390"]
[BlackElo "2554"]
[ECO "E17"]
[Opening "Queen's Indian"]
[Variation "old main line, 6.O-O"]
[WhiteFideId "2026384"]
[BlackFideId "2056437"]
[EventDate "2017.10.21"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Re1 a5 8. Bf4 d6
9. Nc3 Ne4 10. Qc2 Nxc3 11. bxc3 a4 12. c5 h6 13. cxb6 cxb6 14. Rab1 Nd7 15. e4
Qc7 16. Qd2 Rfc8 17. Rbc1 Bf8 18. Qe2 a3 19. h4 e5 20. Be3 Bxe4 21. Bxh6 Bxf3
22. Bxf3 gxh6 23. Bd5 Ra4 24. Bb3 Bg7 25. g4 d5 26. g5 hxg5 27. hxg5 exd4 28.
cxd4 Qxc1 29. Rxc1 Rxc1+ 30. Kg2 Nf8 31. Qd2 Rb1 32. Qd3 Rb2 33. Kg3 Ne6 34. g6
fxg6 35. Qf3 Nxd4 36. Bxd5+ Kh7 0-1

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2017.10.23"]
[Round "4.11"]
[White "Peng, David"]
[Black "Kannappan, Priyadharshan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2330"]
[BlackElo "2516"]
[ECO "C55"]
[Opening "Two knights defence (Modern bishop's opening)"]
[WhiteFideId "2059355"]
[BlackFideId "5018293"]
[EventDate "2017.10.21"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 h6 5. O-O d6 6. c3 g5 7. Na3 Bg7 8. Bb3 O-O
9. Nc4 Be6 10. Re1 Re8 11. Ne3 d5 12. Qc2 d4 13. Nf1 Nh5 14. Bxe6 fxe6 15. h3
Rf8 16. Qe2 Qe8 17. Bd2 Qg6 18. Rac1 Rf7 19. N1h2 dxc3 20. bxc3 Kh7 21. g3 Raf8
22. Kh1 Nf6 23. Be3 Qh5 24. Kg2 Kh8 25. Rh1 Qg6 26. Rhe1 Nh7 27. Qb2 Rb8 28. Qd2
Rd7 29. Rcd1 Nf6 30. Qb2 a6 31. Qb3 Nh7 32. d4 exd4 33. cxd4 Qxe4 34. Bxg5 Qd5
35. Bf4 Qxb3 36. axb3 Nf8 37. Ng4 h5 38. Nge5 Nxe5 39. Bxe5 Rbd8 40. Rc1 c6 41.
Re4 Bxe5 42. Nxe5 Rxd4 43. Nf7+ Kg7 44. Nxd8 Rxe4 45. Nxb7 Rb4 46. Na5 Rb5 47.
b4 Rxb4 48. Rxc6 h4 49. Rxa6 hxg3 50. fxg3 Kf6 51. Nc6 Rb2+ 52. Kf3 Rb3+ 53. Kg4
Rc3 54. h4 Nd7 55. Nd8 Rc4+ 56. Kh3 Re4 1/2-1/2

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2017.10.23"]
[Round "4.12"]
[White "Yermolinsky, Alex"]
[Black "Plotkin, Victor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2262"]
[ECO "A55"]
[Opening "Old Indian"]
[Variation "main line"]
[WhiteFideId "2005492"]
[BlackFideId "2606674"]
[EventDate "2017.10.21"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nf3 Nbd7 4. Nc3 e5 5. e4 Be7 6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. Qc2
Qc7 9. Rd1 Ne8 10. Rb1 a5 11. Be3 g6 12. Na4 Ng7 13. dxe5 dxe5 14. c5 Ne6 15. a3
Nf4 16. Bc4 Nf6 17. Nb6 Rb8 18. Nxc8 Rbxc8 19. g3 N4h5 20. b4 axb4 21. axb4 Ng4
22. Bd2 b5 23. Bf1 Rcd8 24. Bc3 Bf6 25. Rxd8 Rxd8 26. Bh3 Nh6 27. Rd1 Ng7 28.
Rxd8+ Qxd8 29. Qd2 Qxd2 30. Bxd2 1-0

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2017.10.23"]
[Round "4.13"]
[White "Sturt, Raven"]
[Black "Young, Angelo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2446"]
[BlackElo "2292"]
[ECO "A44"]
[Opening "Semi-Benoni ('blockade variation')"]
[WhiteFideId "2007304"]
[BlackFideId "5200490"]
[EventDate "2017.10.21"]

1. d4 c5 2. d5 e5 3. e4 d6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. b3 a6 6. a4 Bg5 7. Bb2 b6 8. h3 Ne7 9.
g3 Ra7 10. Bg2 O-O 11. Nge2 f5 12. exf5 Nxf5 13. Ne4 Raf7 14. O-O h6 15. Qd3 Nd7
16. f4 exf4 17. Nxf4 Bxf4 18. Rxf4 Ne5 19. Qd2 Qe7 20. Raf1 b5 21. a5 b4 22. Kh2
Bd7 23. Re1 Nd4 24. Bxd4 cxd4 25. Qxb4 Rxf4 26. gxf4 Rxf4 27. Qxd6 Ng4+ 28. Kg3 1-0

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2017.10.23"]
[Round "4.14"]
[White "Proleiko, Julian"]
[Black "Kaliksteyn, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2095"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[ECO "E81"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "Saemisch, 5...O-O"]
[WhiteFideId "30900255"]
[BlackFideId "2007630"]
[EventDate "2017.10.21"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Nge2 c5 7. d5 e6 8. Ng3 exd5
9. cxd5 a6 10. a4 h5 11. Bg5 Qb6 12. Qd2 Nh7 13. Be3 h4 14. Nge2 Nd7 15. Bf2 h3
16. g4 Ne5 17. Ng1 f5 18. gxf5 gxf5 19. a5 Qc7 20. Bxh3 fxe4 21. Bxc8 Raxc8 22.
fxe4 Qf7 23. Kf1 Ng4 24. Nd1 Bd4 25. Ra3 Nxf2 26. Rf3 Nxe4 27. Qh6 Qxd5 28. Ke2
Neg5 0-1

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2017.10.23"]
[Round "4.15"]
[White "Jacobson, Brandon"]
[Black "Betaneli, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2396"]
[BlackElo "2204"]
[ECO "D05"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[WhiteFideId "30901561"]
[BlackFideId "2012359"]
[EventDate "2017.10.21"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e3 e6 4. Bd3 b6 5. b3 Bb7 6. O-O Nbd7 7. c4 g6 8. Nc3 Bg7
9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Nxd5 exd5 11. Ba3 Bf8 12. Bxf8 Kxf8 13. Rc1 Kg7 14. Bb5 Rc8 15.
Bc6 Bxc6 16. Rxc6 Nb8 17. Rc3 Qd6 18. Qc2 c6 19. Rc1 f6 20. h4 Rhe8 21. g3 Re6
22. Kg2 Nd7 23. Ne1 f5 24. Nd3 h5 25. b4 b5 26. a4 a6 27. Nc5 Nxc5 28. Rxc5 Rb8
29. axb5 cxb5 30. Rc7+ Kh6 31. Qd2 Re7 32. R7c6 Qd7 33. Rxa6 Re6 34. e4+ Kh7 35.
Rxe6 Qxe6 36. Rc7+ Kg8 37. Qh6 Qxe4+ 38. Kh2 1-0

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2017.10.23"]
[Round "4.16"]
[White "Aripova, Nazima"]
[Black "Thavandiran, Shiyam"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "1758"]
[BlackElo "2385"]
[ECO "C00"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "Two knights variation"]
[WhiteFideId "14202409"]
[BlackFideId "2605058"]
[EventDate "2017.10.21"]

1. e4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. d4 c5 6. dxc5 Nc6 7. Bf4 Bxc5 8. Bd3
f6 9. exf6 Qxf6 10. Bg5 Qf7 11. O-O O-O 12. Bh4 Qh5 13. Bg3 a6 14. Qe2 Nf6 15.
Ne5 Qxe2 16. Bxe2 Bd4 17. Nf3 Ba7 18. Rad1 Nh5 19. Bd6 Rd8 20. Bc7 Rd7 21. Be5
Rf7 22. Bd6 Nf4 23. Ne5 Nxe5 24. Bxe5 Bd7 25. Bf3 Nh3+ 26. gxh3 Rxf3 27. Kg2
Raf8 28. Bg3 g5 29. Rd2 h5 30. h4 gxh4 31. Bxh4 Bc6 32. Rg1 Kh7 33. Bg3 d4 0-1

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2017.10.23"]
[Round "4.17"]
[White "Grabinsky, Aaron"]
[Black "Baginskaite, Camilla"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackTitle "WGM"]
[WhiteElo "2366"]
[BlackElo "2140"]
[ECO "D02"]
[Opening "Queen's bishop game"]
[WhiteFideId "2087090"]
[BlackFideId "2014599"]
[EventDate "2017.10.21"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Bf4 c5 4. c3 Qb6 5. Qb3 Nc6 6. dxc5 Qxc5 7. e3 e6 8. Nbd2
Be7 9. Bd3 Nh5 10. Bg3 Nxg3 11. hxg3 Bd7 12. Rc1 h6 13. Bb1 e5 14. O-O Be6 15.
Qa4 O-O 16. b4 Qd6 17. b5 Nb8 18. c4 Nd7 19. Rfd1 Rfc8 20. cxd5 Rxc1 21. Rxc1
Bxd5 22. Rd1 g6 23. Qc2 Be6 24. Nc4 Qc5 25. Na5 Qb6 26. Qa4 Rc8 27. Nb3 Rc4 28.
Qa5 Bb4 29. Qxb6 axb6 30. Bd3 Rc3 31. Be4 Nc5 32. Nxc5 Rxc5 33. a4 Ba5 34. Bxb7
Bb3 35. Rd8+ Kg7 36. e4 Kf6 37. g4 Bxa4 38. Bd5 Bxb5 39. Rf8 Rc7 40. Rh8 Kg7 41.
Rb8 Kf6 42. g3 Bd7 43. Nh2 b5 44. Kg2 Bc3 45. Nf3 b4 46. g5+ hxg5 47. Rb6+ Be6
48. Bxe6 fxe6 49. Nh2 Ra7 50. Kf3 Ke7 51. Kg4 Ra2 52. Nf3 Rxf2 53. Nxg5 Rf6 54.
Nh7 Rf7 55. Ng5 Rf6 56. Nh7 Rf1 57. Ng5 Rb1 58. Nxe6 b3 59. Nc5 b2 60. Nd3 Bd4
61. Rb4 Kf6 62. Rb3 Rd1 63. Nxb2 Rb1 64. Rf3+ Kg7 65. Nc4 Rb8 66. Rf1 Rc8 67.
Nd6 Rd8 68. Rf7+ Kg8 69. Rf6 Kg7 70. Re6 Rd7 71. Nc4 Rc7 72. Nxe5 Bxe5 73. Rxe5
Kf6 74. Ra5 Rc4 75. Ra6+ Kg7 76. Kf4 Kf7 77. g4 Rb4 78. Ra7+ Ke6 79. Ra6+ Kf7
80. Rc6 Rb1 81. Ra6 Rc1 82. Rd6 Ra1 83. Kg5 Re1 84. Rf6+ Ke7 85. Kxg6 Rxe4 86.
g5 Rg4 87. Rf1 Rg2 88. Kh6 Ke6 89. g6 Ke7 90. Kh7 Rh2+ 91. Kg8 Rg2 92. g7 Rg3
93. Re1+ Kd7 94. Re4 1-0

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2017.10.23"]
[Round "4.18"]
[White "Guo, Arthur"]
[Black "Quintiliano Pinto, Renato R."]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2219"]
[BlackElo "2451"]
[ECO "B91"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Najdorf, Zagreb (fianchetto) variation"]
[WhiteFideId "30903114"]
[BlackFideId "2117568"]
[EventDate "2017.10.21"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. g3 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. a4
Nc6 9. Bg2 Nb4 10. Bg5 Be6 11. O-O Rc8 12. a5 Qd7 13. Nc1 O-O 14. Nd3 Nxd3 15.
cxd3 h6 16. Be3 d5 17. d4 exd4 18. Bxd4 Nxe4 19. Nxe4 dxe4 20. Bxe4 Rc4 21. Bxg7
Qxd1 22. Rfxd1 Kxg7 23. Bxb7 Bc8 24. Bxc8 Rfxc8 25. b3 Rc2 26. Ra4 Rc1 27. Rxc1
Rxc1+ 28. Kg2 Rc3 29. Re4 Kf8 30. b4 Ke8 31. Re5 Rb3 32. Rh5 Bf8 33. Rf5 Bg7 34.
Rf4 Rb2 35. Re4+ Kd7 36. Rf4 Ke6 37. Rc4 Bf8 38. Rc6+ Bd6 39. Rxa6 Rxb4 40. Ra8
Rb2 41. a6 Bc5 42. a7 Rxf2+ 43. Kh3 Kf6 44. Rh8 Bxa7 45. Rxh6+ Kg5 46. Rh8 Rc2
47. Rg8+ Kh6 48. Kg4 Kh7 49. Ra8 Bd4 50. h4 Rc3 51. Ra5 f6 52. Ra2 Be5 53. Rg2
Kg6 54. h5+ Kh6 55. Kh4 f5 56. g4 Bf6+ 0-1

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2017.10.23"]
[Round "4.19"]
[White "Rahul, Srivatshav P"]
[Black "Colas, Joshua"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2373"]
[BlackElo "2242"]
[ECO "A05"]
[Opening "Reti opening"]
[WhiteFideId "25059653"]
[BlackFideId "2044447"]
[EventDate "2017.10.21"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. d3 O-O 6. Nbd2 c5 7. e4 Nc6 8. Re1
d4 9. a4 e5 10. Nc4 Qc7 11. Rf1 Be6 12. b3 h6 13. Ne1 Nd7 14. f4 f5 15. exf5
Bxf5 16. Nf3 e4 17. dxe4 Bxe4 18. Ng5 Bf5 19. g4 hxg5 20. gxf5 Rxf5 21. Be4 Ne7
22. Bxf5 Nxf5 23. fxg5 d3 24. Bb2 Nb6 25. Qxd3 Rd8 26. Qe2 Nd4 27. Qe4 Nxc4 28.
bxc4 Kh7 29. Ra3 Qd7 30. Re3 b6 31. Qg2 Qd6 32. Rh3+ Kg8 33. Bxd4 cxd4 34. Rf6
Qd7 35. Rxg6 1-0

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2017.10.23"]
[Round "4.20"]
[White "Williams, Justus"]
[Black "Yoo, Christopher Woojin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2371"]
[BlackElo "2194"]
[ECO "D72"]
[Opening "Neo-Gruenfeld, 5.cd, main line"]
[WhiteFideId "2049929"]
[BlackFideId "30909694"]
[EventDate "2017.10.21"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. d4 Bg7 6. e4 Nb6 7. Ne2 c5 8. d5
O-O 9. O-O e6 10. Nbc3 exd5 11. exd5 Na6 12. Bf4 Bf5 13. b3 Nb4 14. Qd2 c4 15.
Bg5 Qd7 16. Bh6 Bxh6 17. Qxh6 Bd3 18. Rfd1 Qd6 19. bxc4 Nxc4 20. Nf4 Bf5 21. Qh4
Qe5 22. Nce2 Nb2 23. Rd2 Nc4 24. Rdd1 Nb2 25. Rd2 Nc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2017.10.23"]
[Round "4.21"]
[White "Heimann, Mark"]
[Black "Gosdin, Kaleb"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2363"]
[BlackElo "2011"]
[ECO "B06"]
[Opening "Robatsch (modern) defence"]
[WhiteFideId "2028441"]
[BlackFideId "30920442"]
[EventDate "2017.10.21"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. Qe2 O-O 6. e5 dxe5 7. dxe5 Nd5 8. O-O
Bg4 9. Nbd2 c6 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Nxf3 e6 12. h4 Nd7 13. h5 b5 14. Bb3 Nc5 15. Bg5
Qc7 16. c4 bxc4 17. Bxc4 Nb6 18. Rac1 Rfe8 19. Rfe1 Rac8 20. Qe3 Nxc4 21. Rxc4
Nd7 22. hxg6 hxg6 23. Qf4 Rb8 24. b3 Rb5 25. Rce4 Rd5 26. Bh6 Qd8 27. Qh2 Nc5
28. Rh4 Rd1 29. Bxg7 Rxe1+ 30. Nxe1 Kxg7 31. Rh7+ Kf8 32. Qf4 Qd7 33. Rh8+ 1-0

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2017.10.23"]
[Round "4.22"]
[White "Rosenthal, Nicholas"]
[Black "Santarius, Erik"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2164"]
[BlackElo "2318"]
[ECO "B10"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "closed (Breyer) variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2045150"]
[BlackFideId "2025817"]
[EventDate "2017.10.21"]

1. e4 c6 2. d3 e5 3. f4 exf4 4. Bxf4 d5 5. exd5 Qxd5 6. Nf3 Qe6+ 7. Be2 Bd6 8.
Bxd6 Qxd6 9. Nbd2 Nf6 10. Nc4 Qc7 11. Qd2 O-O 12. O-O-O Be6 13. Nd4 Bxc4 14.
dxc4 Nbd7 15. g4 Rfe8 16. Nf5 Nf8 17. Bd3 Ng6 18. Rhf1 Nxg4 19. h4 f6 20. Rg1
N6e5 21. h5 Rad8 22. Kb1 Nxc4 23. Bxc4+ Kh8 24. Qg2 Ne3 25. Nxe3 Rxe3 26. h6 g6
27. Qf2 1-0

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2017.10.23"]
[Round "4.23"]
[White "Furfine, Jacob"]
[Black "Mathur, Rithwik"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "CM"]
[WhiteElo "2297"]
[BlackElo "1986"]
[ECO "D37"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "4.Nf3"]
[WhiteFideId "2099462"]
[BlackFideId "30913667"]
[EventDate "2017.10.21"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. g3 dxc4 6. Bg2 c6 7. a4 Bb4 8. O-O
O-O 9. Qc2 Qe7 10. Rd1 e5 11. Bg5 exd4 12. Rxd4 h6 13. Bf4 Bc5 14. Rdd1 Re8 15.
Nd4 Nf8 16. Nf5 Bxf5 17. Qxf5 Ng6 18. e3 Rad8 19. Bf1 Bb4 20. Bxc4 Nxf4 21. Qxf4
Bxc3 22. bxc3 Rxd1+ 23. Rxd1 Rd8 24. Rd4 Rxd4 25. cxd4 Qb4 26. Qb8+ Kh7 27. Bd3+
g6 28. Kg2 Kg7 29. Qxa7 Qd2 30. Qxb7 Ng4 31. Bxg6 Qxf2+ 32. Kh3 Kxg6 33. Qxc6+
Nf6 34. Qb5 Qxe3 35. a5 Qxd4 36. a6 Qd7+ 37. Qxd7 Nxd7 38. a7 Nb6 39. Kg4 Na8
40. Kf4 Kf6 41. g4 Nc7 42. h4 Kg6 43. Ke4 Kf6 44. Kf4 Kg6 45. Ke4 f6 46. Kd3 h5
47. gxh5+ Kxh5 48. Ke4 Kg4 49. h5 Kg5 50. Kd4 Nb5+ 51. Kd5 Nxa7 52. Ke6 Nb5 53.
h6 Kg6 54. h7 Nc7+ 55. Ke7 Nd5+ 56. Ke6 Kxh7 57. Kxd5 Kg6 58. Ke4 Kg5 59. Kf3
Kf5 60. Kg3 Ke4 61. Kf2 Kf4 62. Kg2 Ke3 63. Kg3 f5 64. Kg2 f4 0-1

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2017.10.23"]
[Round "4.24"]
[White "Easton, Jack"]
[Black "Tsay, Vincent"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2162"]
[BlackElo "2265"]
[ECO "D45"]
[Opening "QGD semi-Slav"]
[Variation "accelerated Meran (Alekhine variation)"]
[WhiteFideId "30900069"]
[BlackFideId "30931835"]
[EventDate "2017.10.21"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Nf3 a6 6. Qc2 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. a3 O-O
9. b4 Bd6 10. Bb2 Re8 11. Rd1 Qc7 12. Qb3 dxc4 13. Qxc4 Qxc4 14. Bxc4 Be7 15.
Ne5 Nbd7 16. Nxd7 Bxd7 17. Ne4 Ba4 18. Rd4 Bc6 19. Nc5 e5 20. Rd3 Bxc5 21. bxc5
Bxg2 22. Rg1 Be4 23. Rd6 Kf8 24. Rg5 Rac8 25. Bxe5 Rxc5 26. Bxf6 Rxc4 27. Bxg7+
Ke7 28. Rd4 Rxd4 29. Bxd4 Kd7 30. Re5 Rxe5 31. Bxe5 Ke6 32. Bd4 Kd5 33. a4 Kc4
34. a5 Kd3 35. f4 Bf3 36. Kf2 Ke4 37. Kg3 h5 38. Bb6 Be2 39. Kf2 Bc4 40. Kg3 Be2 1/2-1/2

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2017.10.23"]
[Round "4.25"]
[White "Wang, Jason"]
[Black "Black, James"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "CM"]
[WhiteElo "2153"]
[BlackElo "2164"]
[ECO "A44"]
[Opening "Semi-Benoni ('blockade variation')"]
[WhiteFideId "30908124"]
[BlackFideId "2048280"]
[EventDate "2017.10.21"]

1. d4 c5 2. d5 e5 3. e4 d6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. Be2 Bxf3 7. Bxf3 Bg5 8. Bxg5
Qxg5 9. Qe2 a6 10. a4 Ne7 11. g3 O-O 12. O-O Ng6 13. Bg2 Re8 14. Nd1 Nd7 15. Ne3
Ngf8 16. c3 g6 17. Qd3 Qe7 18. Rfd1 Nf6 19. a5 Rac8 20. Nc4 Nh5 21. Bh3 Rc7 22.
Qd2 Qf6 23. Rf1 g5 24. Qd1 Ng7 25. Kh1 h5 26. f3 Ng6 27. Qb3 Qe7 28. Qb6 Rd8 29.
Rad1 Ne8 30. Bf5 Qf6 31. Kg1 Kg7 32. Kh1 Ne7 33. f4 exf4 34. gxf4 Nxf5 35. fxg5
Qe7 36. Rde1 Nh4 37. e5 Kh8 38. Re3 Qxg5 39. Rg3 Qe7 40. Qb3 dxe5 41. Qd1 Ng7
42. Qd2 Nhf5 43. Rg5 Rxd5 44. Qg2 e4 45. Rg1 f6 46. Rxh5+ Kg8 47. Rh3 Qf7 48.
Qxe4 Re7 49. Qf3 Nd6 50. Rhg3 Ne8 51. h3 Kf8 52. b3 Rf5 53. Qg4 Qd5+ 54. R3g2
Rg5 55. Qh4 Re2 56. Ne3 Rxe3 57. Kh2 Qe5+ 58. Kh1 Qxc3 0-1

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2017.10.23"]
[Round "4.26"]
[White "Shoykhet, Benjamin"]
[Black "Polgar-Shutzman, Tom"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1819"]
[BlackElo "2055"]
[ECO "A15"]
[Opening "English, 1...Nf6 (Anglo-Indian defense)"]
[WhiteFideId "30919746"]
[BlackFideId "2064880"]
[EventDate "2017.10.21"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nf3 O-O 5. O-O d6 6. Nc3 Nc6 7. Rb1 a5 8. a3 e5
9. d3 h6 10. b4 axb4 11. axb4 Be6 12. h3 Nd7 13. Nd2 Ne7 14. Kh2 c6 15. Nb3 f5
16. Na5 Qc7 17. Bd2 f4 18. Qc2 g5 19. Ra1 g4 20. hxg4 fxg3+ 21. fxg3 Nf6 22. Ne4
Nxg4+ 23. Kg1 Nf5 24. Qb2 Qe7 25. b5 Nxg3 26. Nxg3 Qh4 27. Rf3 Qh2+ 28. Kf1 Qxg3
29. Kg1 Qh2+ 30. Kf1 e4 31. Bc3 exf3 32. exf3 Ne3+ 0-1

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2017.10.23"]
[Round "4.27"]
[White "Cervantes Landeiro, Thalia"]
[Black "Mercado, Luisa Fernanda"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "WFM"]
[BlackTitle "WFM"]
[WhiteElo "2107"]
[BlackElo "1944"]
[ECO "D02"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[WhiteFideId "3520498"]
[BlackFideId "4400984"]
[EventDate "2017.10.21"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 Bf5 4. Bg2 e6 5. O-O Be7 6. b3 h6 7. Bb2 O-O 8. c4 c6
9. Nc3 Ne4 10. Nd2 Nxc3 11. Bxc3 Nd7 12. Re1 Bg6 13. e3 b5 14. e4 dxc4 15. bxc4
Nb6 16. Rb1 bxc4 17. a4 a5 18. Bf1 Bb4 19. Qc2 Nxa4 20. Bxb4 axb4 21. Rxb4 Qxd4
22. Rxc4 Qb2 23. Qxb2 Nxb2 24. Rxc6 Rfd8 25. Nf3 Ra4 26. Rc2 Rb4 27. Ne5 Bxe4
28. Rc7 f6 29. Nd7 Bf5 30. Nc5 e5 31. Be2 Rd2 32. h4 Na4 33. Rb7 Rxb7 34. Nxb7
Nc3 35. Bf3 e4 36. Bg2 Nd1 37. Bxe4 Bxe4 38. Rxe4 Nxf2 39. Re3 Ng4 40. Re4 f5
41. Re7 Kh7 42. Nc5 Nf6 43. Ne6 Nh5 44. Nf8+ Kg8 45. Ne6 Kh7 46. Nf8+ Kg8 47.
Ne6 1/2-1/2

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2017.10.23"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Robson, Ray"]
[Black "Bruzon Batista, Lazaro"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2644"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[ECO "C50"]
[Opening "Giuoco Piano"]
[WhiteFideId "2023970"]
[BlackFideId "3503739"]
[EventDate "2017.10.21"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 a6 7. a4 Ba7 8. Nbd2
O-O 9. h3 Ne7 10. Re1 Ng6 11. Nf1 c6 12. Bb3 d5 13. Bg5 dxe4 14. dxe4 h6 15.
Qxd8 Rxd8 16. Be3 Bxe3 17. Rxe3 a5 1/2-1/2

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2017.10.23"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Shimanov, Aleksandr"]
[Black "Swiercz, Dariusz"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2639"]
[ECO "A28"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "four knights, Romanishin variation"]
[WhiteFideId "4198603"]
[BlackFideId "1126881"]
[EventDate "2017.10.21"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e3 Bb4 5. Qc2 Bxc3 6. bxc3 d6 7. d3 O-O 8. Be2
Ne7 9. O-O Ng6 10. Rb1 Re8 11. Nd2 b6 12. Rd1 Bg4 13. f3 Bd7 14. Nf1 c6 1/2-1/2

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2017.10.23"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Cori, Jorge"]
[Black "Azarov, Sergei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2657"]
[BlackElo "2556"]
[ECO "A13"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[WhiteFideId "3802272"]
[BlackFideId "13501470"]
[EventDate "2017.10.21"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. d4 O-O 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 c5 8. O-O
cxd4 9. exd4 Nc6 10. Re1 b6 11. a3 Bb7 12. Ba2 Rc8 13. Qd3 h6 14. Be3 Re8 15.
Rad1 Bf8 16. Bf4 Ne7 17. Rxe6 Bxf3 18. Rxf6 Bxd1 19. Rxf7 Kh8 20. Qxd1 Ng6 21.
Be3 Rc7 22. Qg4 Rxf7 23. Bxf7 1-0

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2017.10.23"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Leon Hoyos, Manuel"]
[Black "Quesada Perez, Yuniesky"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2619"]
[ECO "C50"]
[Opening "Giuoco Pianissimo"]
[WhiteFideId "5105269"]
[BlackFideId "3504409"]
[EventDate "2017.10.21"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 Nf6 5. O-O d6 6. c3 a6 7. a4 Ba7 8. h3 O-O
9. Re1 Ne7 10. d4 Ng6 11. Nbd2 exd4 12. cxd4 d5 13. exd5 Nxd5 14. Ne4 c6 15. Ne5
Bf5 16. Qf3 Bxe4 17. Qxe4 Re8 18. Qg4 Qd6 19. Be3 Re6 20. Nf3 Rae8 21. Bd2 Nf8
22. Re5 f6 23. Ree1 Rxe1+ 24. Rxe1 Rxe1+ 25. Bxe1 Qe6 26. Bxd5 cxd5 27. Qf4 Qd7
28. b3 Ne6 29. Qg4 Qc6 30. Bd2 Bb8 31. Nh4 g6 32. Nxg6 hxg6 33. Qxg6+ Ng7 34.
Bh6 Qc7 35. Qxf6 Kh7 36. f4 Nh5 37. Qf5+ Kxh6 38. Qg5+ Kh7 39. Qxh5+ Kg7 40.
Qg5+ Kh7 41. Qh5+ Kg7 42. Qg5+ Kh7 43. Qxd5 Qc1+ 44. Kf2 Qd2+ 45. Kf3 Qxf4+ 46.
Ke2 Qc7 47. Qe4+ Kg7 48. h4 Qf7 49. Qg4+ Kh7 50. h5 Kh6 51. Qc8 Qxh5+ 52. g4
Qh2+ 53. Kd3 Qh3+ 54. Kc2 Qg2+ 55. Kb1 Qe4+ 56. Ka2 Qe2+ 57. Kb1 Qe4+ 58. Ka2
Bf4 59. Qh8+ Kg5 60. Qh5+ Kf6 61. Qh8+ Kf7 62. Qc8 Ke7 63. g5 Bxg5 64. Qc5+ Kf6
65. d5 Qe2+ 66. Ka3 Qe7 67. d6 Qd7 68. Qd4+ Kg6 69. b4 Qe6 70. Qd3+ Qf5 71. Qc3
Qd5 72. Qc2+ Kf6 73. Qc8 Qd3+ 74. Kb2 Qd2+ 75. Kb3 Qd3+ 76. Kb2 Qe2+ 77. Ka3
Qe3+ 78. Kb2 Qd4+ 79. Kb3 Qe3+ 80. Kb2 Qe5+ 81. Kb3 Qe6+ 82. Qc4 b5 83. axb5
axb5 0-1

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2017.10.23"]
[Round "5.5"]
[White "Barcenilla, Rogelio"]
[Black "Nyzhnyk, Illya"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2446"]
[BlackElo "2594"]
[ECO "A13"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[WhiteFideId "5200059"]
[BlackFideId "14118084"]
[EventDate "2017.10.21"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. b3 d5 4. Bb2 Bd6 5. Qc2 Nbd7 6. d4 c6 7. Nbd2 Qe7 8. e3
e5 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. a3 Bc7 11. e4 N5f6 12. d5 Nb8 13. Nc4 cxd5 14. exd5 Nxd5 15.
O-O-O Be6 16. Ncxe5 O-O 17. Bc4 Bxe5 18. Nxe5 Rc8 19. Rd2 Na6 20. Rhd1 b5 21.
Rxd5 Bxd5 22. Rxd5 bxc4 23. Nxc4 Nc5 24. Re5 Qh4 25. Kb1 Nxb3 26. Qxb3 Rxc4 27.
g3 Qg4 28. Qe3 Qg6+ 29. Ka1 h6 30. Re7 Rb8 31. Qe5 Rc1+ 0-1

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2017.10.23"]
[Round "5.6"]
[White "Rambaldi, Francesco"]
[Black "Chandra, Akshat"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2574"]
[BlackElo "2483"]
[ECO "D43"]
[Opening "QGD semi-Slav"]
[WhiteFideId "20657307"]
[BlackFideId "25006711"]
[EventDate "2017.10.21"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 Be6 7. Qb3 Nbd7 8. e3
c5 9. Bxf6 Nxf6 10. Qxb7 Rb8 11. Qxa7 c4 12. Qa4+ Bd7 13. Qc2 Qb6 14. Rb1 g6 15.
Ne5 Bb4 16. Nxd7 Kxd7 17. Rc1 Ba5 18. g3 Qxb2 19. Bh3+ Kd6 20. O-O Qxc2 21. Rxc2
Bxc3 22. Rxc3 Rb2 23. Bg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2017.10.23"]
[Round "5.7"]
[White "Sevian, Samuel"]
[Black "Yermolinsky, Alex"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[ECO "B32"]
[Opening "Sicilian defence"]
[WhiteFideId "2040506"]
[BlackFideId "2005492"]
[EventDate "2017.10.21"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Qb6 5. Nb3 Nf6 6. Nc3 e6 7. Qe2 Bb4 8.
Bd2 O-O 9. a3 Be7 10. Be3 Qc7 11. f4 d5 12. e5 Nd7 13. Qg4 b6 14. Bb5 Nc5 15.
Nd4 Nxd4 16. Bxd4 f5 17. Qh3 Ne4 18. O-O Bc5 19. Ne2 a5 20. Qe3 Bd7 21. Bd3 Rfc8
22. Rac1 b5 23. Bxe4 fxe4 24. c3 Be7 25. g4 Rf8 26. Ng3 Bh4 27. Nh5 Be8 28. Qh3
Bxh5 29. Qxh4 Bg6 30. Rf2 Qc4 31. Re1 Qd3 32. Re3 Qb1+ 33. Kg2 h6 34. h3 b4 35.
Qe7 bxa3 36. bxa3 Rfe8 37. Qh4 Rf8 38. Qe7 Rfe8 39. Qd7 Rad8 40. Qa4 Rb8 41. f5
exf5 42. Qd7 Rbd8 43. Qc6 Kh7 44. gxf5 Bh5 45. Rf1 Qa2+ 46. Kg3 Rc8 47. Qd6 Rcd8
48. Qa6 Ra8 49. Qc6 Rac8 50. Qd7 Rcd8 51. Qa4 Bf3 52. Rfxf3 exf3 53. Rxf3 Qd2
54. Qc6 Qg5+ 55. Kh2 Rb8 56. c4 dxc4 57. Qe4 Kh8 58. Rg3 Qd2+ 59. Rg2 Qd3 60.
Qg4 Rg8 61. e6 Rb7 62. f6 1-0

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2017.10.23"]
[Round "5.8"]
[White "Prohaszka, Peter2"]
[Black "Sturt, Raven"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2614"]
[BlackElo "2446"]
[ECO "D00"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn, Mason variation"]
[WhiteFideId "726265"]
[BlackFideId "2007304"]
[EventDate "2017.10.21"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 Nf6 3. e3 e6 4. Nf3 Bd6 5. Bg3 b6 6. Bd3 Bb7 7. Nbd2 Nbd7 8. Ne5
O-O 9. O-O Ne4 10. Nxe4 dxe4 11. Bb5 Nxe5 12. dxe5 Be7 13. Qg4 Qd5 14. Ba4 Qc5
15. Rfd1 Rad8 16. c3 b5 17. Bc2 b4 18. Bxe4 Bxe4 19. Qxe4 bxc3 20. bxc3 Rxd1+
21. Rxd1 Qxc3 22. h4 Qc5 23. Kh2 a5 24. Rd4 Rd8 25. Rc4 Qb6 26. Rc6 Qb7 27. Qc4
Rc8 28. Qc2 Bf8 29. e4 Qb4 30. Bf4 Qe1 31. Kg3 h5 32. Qd3 a4 33. Rc1 Qa5 34. Qd7
Qa6 35. Rc6 Qb7 36. Kh2 Qb5 37. Rxc7 Qxd7 38. Rxd7 Rc2 39. Rd2 Rxd2 40. Bxd2 Be7
41. g3 Kf8 42. Kg2 Ke8 43. Kf3 Kd7 44. Ke2 Kc6 45. Kd3 Kb5 46. f3 g6 47. Be1 Bd8
48. g4 Bc7 49. Bc3 Bd8 50. g5 Bb6 51. Be1 Bc7 52. Bc3 Bb6 53. Be1 Bc7 54. f4 Bb6
55. f5 Bc7 56. Bc3 Bb6 57. Bd4 Ba5 58. Bc3 Bb6 59. Bd4 Ba5 60. Bc3 Bb6 61. Bd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2017.10.23"]
[Round "5.9"]
[White "Thavandiran, Shiyam"]
[Black "Li, Ruifeng"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2385"]
[BlackElo "2564"]
[ECO "C48"]
[Opening "Four knights"]
[Variation "Spanish variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2605058"]
[BlackFideId "2061074"]
[EventDate "2017.10.21"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bd6 5. d3 h6 6. O-O O-O 7. a3 Re8 8. Bc4
Bf8 9. Nh4 d6 10. Ng6 Bg4 11. f3 Be6 12. Bxe6 fxe6 13. f4 exf4 14. Bxf4 Kh7 15.
Nxf8+ Rxf8 16. Ne2 Nh5 17. Qd2 Qh4 18. Qe3 e5 19. Bg3 Qg5 20. Qxg5 hxg5 21. Bf2
Nf4 22. Rae1 Rf6 23. g3 Nxe2+ 24. Rxe2 Raf8 25. Ree1 g4 26. Be3 Kg6 27. Rf2 b6
28. Kg2 Ne7 29. Ref1 Rh8 30. Rh1 Rxf2+ 31. Bxf2 Rh3 32. Be3 Ng8 33. Rf1 Nf6 34.
Rf5 Kf7 35. Rf1 Ke6 36. Rf5 Rh8 37. Rg5 Kf7 38. Rf5 g6 39. Rf1 Ke6 40. Bg5 Nd7
41. Rh1 Rh5 42. Be3 c6 43. h3 d5 44. exd5+ cxd5 45. hxg4 Rxh1 46. Kxh1 Nf6 47.
Kg2 Nxg4 48. Kf3 Kf5 49. c4 d4 50. Bd2 Nf6 51. Bh6 g5 52. Bf8 g4+ 53. Kf2 e4 54.
Bg7 Nh5 55. Bxd4 exd3 56. Ke3 d2 57. Kxd2 Ke4 58. Bg1 Nxg3 59. c5 bxc5 60. Bxc5
a6 61. b4 Kd5 62. Ke3 Ne4 63. Bf8 Nc3 64. Kf4 Kc4 65. Kxg4 Kb3 66. Kf3 Nb5 67.
Ke2 Kc2 68. Ke3 Nxa3 69. Kd4 Kb3 70. Kc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2017.10.23"]
[Round "5.10"]
[White "Liang, Awonder"]
[Black "Jacobson, Brandon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2554"]
[BlackElo "2396"]
[ECO "B10"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "two knights variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2056437"]
[BlackFideId "30901561"]
[EventDate "2017.10.21"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Qe2 Bg4 6. h3 Bh5 7. Nxf6+ gxf6 8.
d3 e6 9. g4 Bg6 10. Bg2 Rg8 11. Bd2 Na6 12. a3 Nc5 13. Be3 Na4 14. Nh4 f5 15.
Nxg6 hxg6 16. d4 Nb6 17. O-O-O Nd5 18. Bd2 b5 19. h4 Qd7 20. Kb1 fxg4 21. Qxg4
Rb8 22. Bxd5 Qxd5 23. h5 Bd6 24. h6 Kd7 25. Bb4 a5 26. Bxd6 Qxd6 27. Qf3 Ke7 28.
Rh4 Qd5 29. Qg3 Rb7 30. h7 Rh8 31. Re1 Qf5 32. Re5 Qf6 33. Rc5 Kf8 34. Rf4 Qg7
35. Rxc6 Qxh7 36. Rc8+ Kg7 37. Rxf7+ 1-0

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2017.10.23"]
[Round "5.11"]
[White "Cordova, Emilio"]
[Black "Grabinsky, Aaron"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2608"]
[BlackElo "2366"]
[ECO "E41"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian"]
[Variation "e3, Huebner variation"]
[WhiteFideId "3801497"]
[BlackFideId "2087090"]
[EventDate "2017.10.21"]

1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 Bb4+ 4. Nc3 c5 5. e3 Nc6 6. Bd3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 d6 8.
Nd2 e5 9. Nb3 b6 10. O-O O-O 11. h3 e4 12. Bc2 Ba6 13. Nd2 d5 14. Ba3 Na5 15.
dxc5 Nxc4 16. Nxc4 Bxc4 17. cxb6 Bxf1 18. Qxf1 Qxb6 19. Bxf8 Rxf8 20. Bb3 Rc8
21. Rb1 Qc5 22. Qa6 h6 23. Rd1 Rc7 24. Qa4 g6 25. Rc1 Kg7 26. Rc2 Nd7 27. Qd4+
Qxd4 28. cxd4 Rxc2 29. Bxc2 f5 30. f3 Kf6 31. Kf2 Nb6 32. g4 Kg5 33. Kg3 Nc4 34.
h4+ Kf6 35. Kf2 Nd2 36. gxf5 gxf5 37. fxe4 fxe4 38. Kg3 a5 39. Ba4 Nc4 40. Kf4
Nb6 41. Bb5 Ke6 42. Kg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2017.10.23"]
[Round "5.12"]
[White "Kannappan, Priyadharshan"]
[Black "Heimann, Mark"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2516"]
[BlackElo "2363"]
[ECO "C07"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "Tarrasch, open variation"]
[WhiteFideId "5018293"]
[BlackFideId "2028441"]
[EventDate "2017.10.21"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 cxd4 5. exd5 Qxd5 6. Bc4 Qd6 7. O-O Nf6 8.
Nb3 Nc6 9. Nbxd4 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 a6 11. Re1 Qc7 12. Qe2 Bd6 13. Bg5 Bxh2+ 14. Kh1
Bf4 15. Bxf6 gxf6 16. Bxe6 O-O 17. Bf5 Kh8 18. Qf3 Bxf5 19. Nxf5 Rae8 20. g3 Bd2
21. Rxe8 Rxe8 22. Nd4 Qb6 23. Nb3 Bg5 24. Kg2 Kg7 25. Rd1 Qb5 26. Rd5 Qa4 27. a3
Re5 28. Rd4 Qe8 29. Rd1 Qb5 30. Nd4 Qxb2 31. Nf5+ Kf8 32. Rd8+ Re8 33. Qe4 Qe5
34. Qb4+ Kg8 35. Ne7+ 1-0

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2017.10.23"]
[Round "5.13"]
[White "Quintiliano Pinto, Renato R."]
[Black "Peng, David"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2451"]
[BlackElo "2330"]
[ECO "E17"]
[Opening "Queen's Indian"]
[Variation "old main line, 6.O-O"]
[WhiteFideId "2117568"]
[BlackFideId "2059355"]
[EventDate "2017.10.21"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Re1 d5 8. cxd5
exd5 9. Nc3 Nbd7 10. Bf4 Ne4 11. Rc1 c5 12. dxc5 Nxc3 13. Rxc3 bxc5 14. Qb3 Nb6
15. Rcc1 d4 16. Red1 Qe8 17. Qc2 Nd5 18. Ng5 g6 19. Bd2 Qb5 20. Qd3 a6 21. b3
Qb6 22. Nf3 Bf6 23. Qc4 Nc3 24. Bxc3 dxc3 25. Ne1 Rfd8 26. Rxd8+ Rxd8 27. Bxb7
Qxb7 28. Nd3 Qe7 29. Qxa6 Qxe2 30. Qxf6 Rxd3 31. Kg2 Qe4+ 32. f3 Qe2+ 33. Kh3
Rxf3 34. Qd8+ Kg7 35. Qd1 Qe4 36. Qc2 Rd3 0-1

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2017.10.23"]
[Round "5.14"]
[White "Wang, Justin"]
[Black "Patel, Advait"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2254"]
[BlackElo "2448"]
[ECO "C77"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Anderssen variation"]
[WhiteFideId "30911370"]
[BlackFideId "2075105"]
[EventDate "2017.10.21"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. a4 Rb8 8. axb5
axb5 9. O-O O-O 10. h3 h6 11. Nc3 d6 12. Ne2 Re8 13. Ng3 d5 14. exd5 Nxd5 15. c3
Bf8 16. d4 e4 17. Ne5 Nxe5 18. dxe5 Bb7 19. Qd4 Nb6 20. e6 fxe6 21. Qxd8 Rbxd8
22. Ra7 Bd5 23. Bxd5 exd5 24. Rxc7 Nc4 25. Rb7 b4 26. Rd1 Ne5 27. Nh5 Nd3 28.
Nf4 d4 29. cxd4 Rxd4 30. Be3 Nxf4 31. Rxd4 Ne2+ 32. Kf1 Nxd4 33. Bxd4 Rd8 34.
Be3 Rc8 35. Bd4 Rc4 36. Rd7 Rc2 37. Be5 g5 38. g3 Bc5 39. Rg7+ Kf8 40. Rc7 Rxf2+
41. Ke1 Be3 42. Rc4 Rh2 43. Rxe4 Bc5 44. h4 Kf7 45. hxg5 hxg5 46. Rc4 Be3 0-1

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2017.10.23"]
[Round "5.15"]
[White "Rosenthal, Nicholas"]
[Black "Kavutskiy, Konstantin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2164"]
[BlackElo "2390"]
[ECO "B40"]
[Opening "Sicilian defence"]
[WhiteFideId "2045150"]
[BlackFideId "2026384"]
[EventDate "2017.10.21"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d3 Nc6 4. g3 Nf6 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. c3 d6 8. Qe2 e5
9. Rd1 Qc7 10. Na3 Re8 11. h3 h6 12. d4 exd4 13. cxd4 Bf8 14. dxc5 d5 15. Bf4
Qa5 16. Nd2 Nd4 17. Qd3 Bxc5 18. exd5 Bf5 19. Qf1 Ne2+ 20. Kh2 Nxf4 21. Ndc4 Qb4
22. gxf4 b5 23. Ne3 Qxf4+ 24. Kg1 Bd6 25. Qxb5 Rxe3 26. fxe3 Qxe3+ 27. Kh1 Qg3
28. Kg1 Bxh3 0-1

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2017.10.23"]
[Round "5.16"]
[White "Mathur, Rithwik"]
[Black "Rahul, Srivatshav P"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1986"]
[BlackElo "2373"]
[ECO "E89"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "Saemisch, orthodox main line"]
[WhiteFideId "30913667"]
[BlackFideId "25059653"]
[EventDate "2017.10.21"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Ne2 O-O 6. Be3 e5 7. d5 c6 8. Nbc3 cxd5
9. cxd5 Bd7 10. a4 Na6 11. Nc1 Nh5 12. g4 Nf4 13. Nd3 f5 14. gxf5 gxf5 15. Qd2
fxe4 16. fxe4 Bg4 17. Rg1 Qh4+ 18. Nf2 Bh5 19. Ne2 Nc5 20. Bxc5 dxc5 21. Ng3
Qxh2 22. Nh3 Qxd2+ 23. Kxd2 Bg6 24. Re1 Bh6 25. Kd1 Kh8 26. Rh1 Rad8 27. Ng1 Kg7
28. Nh3 Nxd5 0-1

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2017.10.23"]
[Round "5.17"]
[White "Baginskaite, Camilla"]
[Black "Williams, Justus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "WGM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2140"]
[BlackElo "2371"]
[ECO "D30"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "Vienna variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2014599"]
[BlackFideId "2049929"]
[EventDate "2017.10.21"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 d5 4. Bg5 Bb4+ 5. Nc3 O-O 6. e3 c5 7. a3 Bxc3+ 8. bxc3
Qa5 9. Qc2 Ne4 10. Bd3 cxd4 11. Be7 Re8 12. Bb4 Qc7 13. cxd4 Nd7 14. a4 Ndf6 15.
O-O b6 16. Rfc1 Ba6 17. Ne5 Rac8 18. f3 Nc5 19. Bxc5 bxc5 20. cxd5 Bxd3 21. Qxd3
Qd6 22. dxe6 Qxe6 23. Qc4 Nd5 24. e4 Nf4 25. Qxe6 Nxe6 26. dxc5 Nf4 27. Ng4 Ne2+
28. Kf2 Nxc1 29. Rxc1 Re6 30. Ke3 Rec6 31. Kd4 Rd8+ 32. Ke3 f6 33. Nf2 Kf7 34.
Nd3 Rb8 35. Kd4 Ke6 36. f4 Ra6 37. Rc4 Kd7 38. Kd5 Kc7 39. e5 Rd8+ 40. Ke4 fxe5
41. Nxe5 Rd2 42. Kf3 Re6 43. c6 Re8 44. h4 Rb8 45. g4 g6 46. Ke3 Rh2 47. Rd4
Rxh4 48. Rd7+ Kb6 49. a5+ Kc5 50. c7 Rh3+ 51. Kf2 Rc8 52. g5 Kb5 53. Kg2 Rh5 54.
Nf7 Kc6 55. Ne5+ Kb7 56. Rd6 Rxc7 57. a6+ Kc8 58. Nc6 Rf7 59. Kg3 Kc7 60. Re6
Kd7 61. Nd4 Rh1 62. Re4 Kd6 63. Nb5+ Kc6 64. Re5 Rg1+ 65. Kf2 Rd1 66. Nc3 Rd3
67. Ne2 Rd6 68. Ra5 Kb6 69. Ra2 Rc7 70. Ke3 Re7+ 71. Kf3 Kb5 72. Ra1 Rd3+ 0-1

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2017.10.23"]
[Round "5.18"]
[White "Young, Angelo"]
[Black "Easton, Jack"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2292"]
[BlackElo "2162"]
[ECO "D02"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[WhiteFideId "5200490"]
[BlackFideId "30900069"]
[EventDate "2017.10.21"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 Bf5 4. Bg2 c6 5. c4 e6 6. O-O Nbd7 7. Nfd2 Be7 8. Nc3
O-O 9. b3 Rc8 10. Bb2 Qc7 11. Re1 Rfd8 12. Rc1 Qb8 13. e3 b5 14. e4 dxe4 15.
Ncxe4 Nxe4 16. Bxe4 Bxe4 17. Rxe4 Bf6 18. Qe2 bxc4 19. Nxc4 c5 20. Rd1 cxd4 21.
Bxd4 Bxd4 22. Rexd4 Nf6 23. Nd6 Rc6 24. Qd2 Nd5 25. Nf5 Re8 26. Qg5 exf5 27.
Rxd5 f4 28. Rd8 Rc8 29. Rxe8+ Rxe8 30. Qxf4 Qxf4 31. gxf4 Kf8 32. Rd7 a6 33. Rd6
Ra8 34. b4 a5 35. b5 a4 36. Kf1 Rb8 37. Rd5 Ke7 38. Ke2 Ke6 39. Re5+ Kd6 40. Kd3
f6 41. Rf5 g6 42. Rxf6+ Ke7 43. Ra6 Rxb5 44. Rxa4 Rh5 45. Ra7+ Kd6 46. a4 Rxh2
47. Ke3 Kc5 48. Rb7 Kc6 49. Re7 Rh1 50. Re5 Ra1 51. a5 Ra3+ 52. Ke4 Kd6 53. Rb5
Kc6 54. Re5 Rb3 55. Rd5 Kc7 56. Rd3 Rb7 57. a6 Ra7 58. Ra3 Kd6 59. f5 gxf5+ 60.
Kxf5 Kc5 61. f4 Kb6 62. Kf6 h5 63. f5 h4 64. Kg5 Kc5 65. Ra5+ Kc4 66. Kxh4 Kb4
67. Ra1 1-0

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2017.10.23"]
[Round "5.19"]
[White "Plotkin, Victor"]
[Black "Voelker, James"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2262"]
[BlackElo "2098"]
[ECO "C50"]
[Opening "Giuoco Pianissimo"]
[WhiteFideId "2606674"]
[BlackFideId "2018853"]
[EventDate "2017.10.21"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. O-O O-O 6. Nc3 h6 7. h3 a6 8. Be3 d6
9. a3 Nd4 10. Bxd4 Bxd4 11. Nxd4 exd4 12. Ne2 c5 13. c3 dxc3 14. Nxc3 b5 15. Bb3
Bb7 16. Re1 Re8 17. Qf3 Qc7 18. Qg3 Re7 19. Re3 c4 20. Bc2 Rae8 21. Rae1 cxd3
22. Bxd3 Nd7 23. Bb1 Ne5 24. Ba2 Nc4 25. Bxc4 bxc4 26. R3e2 Re6 27. f3 f5 28.
exf5 Qc5+ 29. Qf2 Qxf5 30. Rxe6 Rxe6 31. Rxe6 Qxe6 32. Qd4 Qe1+ 33. Kh2 Qe6 34.
Nd1 Kh8 35. Ne3 d5 36. Ng4 Qd6+ 37. Ne5 Kg8 38. f4 Qf6 39. Kg3 g5 40. fxg5 hxg5
41. Qe3 Kg7 42. Qd4 Qd6 43. Kf2 Qf6+ 44. Ke3 Kh7 45. Nf3 Qf5 46. Qe5 d4+ 47.
Kxd4 Qd3+ 48. Kc5 Bxf3 49. gxf3 Qxf3 50. Qxg5 c3 51. Qe7+ Kg8 52. Qe6+ Kh7 53.
Qe7+ Kg8 54. bxc3 Qxc3+ 55. Kb6 Qxh3 56. Kxa6 Qd3+ 57. Kb6 Qd4+ 58. Qc5 Qf6+ 59.
Ka5 Qf4 60. a4 Qd2+ 61. Kb5 Qd7+ 62. Qc6 Qf5+ 63. Kb6 Qb1+ 64. Ka7 Qg1+ 65. Ka8
Qa1 66. Qc8+ Kh7 67. Qc7+ Kh8 68. a5 Qa4 69. Qc8+ Kh7 70. a6 Kh6 71. Qe6+ Kh5
72. Qd5+ Kh4 73. Kb7 Qb4+ 74. Kc7 Qe7+ 75. Kc8 Qa3 76. Qd4+ Kh3 77. Qd7+ Kh2 78.
Qc7+ Kg1 79. Qb6+ Kh2 80. a7 Qf8+ 81. Kb7 Qf3+ 82. Qc6 Qb3+ 83. Kc7 Qf7+ 84. Qd7
Qc4+ 85. Kb6 Qb4+ 86. Qb5 Qd6+ 87. Qc6 Qb4+ 88. Kc7 Qe7+ 89. Kb8 Qb4+ 90. Kc7
Qe7+ 91. Kb6 Qb4+ 92. Qb5 Qd6+ 93. Kb7 Qe7+ 94. Ka6 Qa3+ 95. Qa5 Qd3+ 96. Kb6
Qd8+ 97. Ka6 Qc8+ 98. Kb5 Qf5+ 99. Kb4 Qb1+ 100. Kc4 Qe4+ 101. Kb3 Qb1+ 102. Ka4
Qa2+ 103. Kb5 Qd5+ 104. Ka6 Qd6+ 105. Qb6 Qd3+ 106. Kb7 Qd5+ 107. Qc6 Qb3+ 108.
Kc7 Qf7+ 109. Qd7 Qc4+ 110. Kb8 Qg8+ 111. Qc8 Qb3+ 112. Ka8 Qa4 113. Qh8+ Kg1
114. Qg7+ Kh2 115. Qe5+ Kg1 116. Qc5+ Kh2 117. Kb7 Qb3+ 118. Kc6 Qf3+ 119. Qd5
Qc3+ 120. Kd6 Qf6+ 121. Kc7 Qe7+ 122. Kb6 Qb4+ 123. Kc6 Qa4+ 124. Kb7 Qb4+ 125.
Kc8 Qf8+ 126. Qd8 Qf5+ 127. Qd7 Qf8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2017.10.23"]
[Round "5.20"]
[White "Yoo, Christopher Woojin"]
[Black "Proleiko, Julian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2194"]
[BlackElo "2095"]
[ECO "B17"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "Steinitz variation"]
[WhiteFideId "30909694"]
[BlackFideId "30900255"]
[EventDate "2017.10.21"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. Be2 Bf5
8. O-O e6 9. c3 Bd6 10. Bd3 Bg4 11. h3 Bh5 12. Be2 Qc7 13. Ne5 Bg6 14. Nc4 Be7
15. Bf3 O-O 16. Qe2 Rac8 17. Ne5 Bd6 18. Re1 Nd7 19. Nc4 Bh2+ 20. Kh1 Bf4 21.
Bxf4 Qxf4 22. Rad1 h6 23. Qe3 Qc7 24. Ne5 Nxe5 25. dxe5 Qa5 26. Rd7 Rb8 27. a3
Qb5 28. Qd2 c5 29. Be4 Bxe4 30. Rxe4 Qb6 31. Rg4 Kh8 32. Rf4 Kg8 33. Qd6 Qxd6
34. exd6 f5 35. Rc4 Rfd8 36. Re7 b6 37. Rxe6 Rb7 38. Rf4 Kf7 39. Re5 g6 40. g4
Rxd6 41. gxf5 g5 42. Rfe4 Kf6 43. Kg2 Rbd7 44. Re3 h5 45. h4 gxh4 46. Kh3 Rd3
47. Kxh4 Rxe3 48. Rxe3 Rd2 49. b4 Rxf2 50. bxc5 bxc5 51. Rd3 Rxf5 52. Rd7 Rf4+
53. Kxh5 Ra4 54. Rc7 c4 55. Kg4 Ke5 56. Kf3 Kd5 57. Rd7+ Kc6 58. Rh7 Rxa3 59.
Ke4 Rxc3 60. Kd4 Rc1 61. Rxa7 Kb5 62. Rb7+ Ka4 63. Ra7+ Kb5 64. Rb7+ Ka5 65. Rb8
c3 66. Rb3 c2 67. Kc3 Ka4 68. Rb2 Rh1 69. Rxc2 Rh3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2017.10.23"]
[Round "5.21"]
[White "Black, James"]
[Black "Polgar-Shutzman, Tom"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2164"]
[BlackElo "2055"]
[ECO "E70"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "Kramer system"]
[WhiteFideId "2048280"]
[BlackFideId "2064880"]
[EventDate "2017.10.21"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nge2 O-O 6. f3 c5 7. d5 e6 8. Ng3 exd5
9. cxd5 h5 10. Bg5 Qb6 11. Qd2 Nh7 12. Be3 Nd7 13. Be2 Qd8 14. O-O h4 15. Nh1 f5
16. exf5 gxf5 17. Nf2 Ne5 18. Nh3 Re8 19. Nf4 Bh6 20. Kh1 Ng6 21. Ne6 Bxe3 22.
Qxe3 Ngf8 23. Bc4 Qf6 24. Rfe1 a6 25. a4 Bd7 26. a5 Re7 27. Qf4 Rae8 28. Qxd6
Ng5 29. Qxc5 Ngxe6 30. dxe6 Bxe6 31. Nd5 Bxd5 32. Qxd5+ Kg7 33. Rxe7+ Rxe7 34.
Qd2 Ng6 35. Rc1 Qe5 36. Kg1 Kh7 37. Bf1 Nf4 38. b4 Rg7 39. Rc5 Nh3+ 40. Kh1 Qf4
41. Qxf4 Nf2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2017.10.23"]
[Round "5.22"]
[White "Colas, Joshua"]
[Black "Furfine, Jacob"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "CM"]
[WhiteElo "2242"]
[BlackElo "2297"]
[ECO "A13"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "Neo-Catalan accepted"]
[WhiteFideId "2044447"]
[BlackFideId "2099462"]
[EventDate "2017.10.21"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 dxc4 5. Qa4+ Nbd7 6. Qxc4 c5 7. O-O Rb8 8.
Qc2 b6 9. Nc3 Bb7 10. d3 Rc8 11. Bf4 a6 12. a4 Be7 13. e4 O-O 14. Rfd1 Nb8 15.
d4 cxd4 16. Nxd4 Qe8 17. Bxb8 Rxb8 18. e5 Nd5 19. Nxd5 exd5 20. Re1 Bb4 21. Re2
Qc8 22. Rd1 Rd8 23. Qb1 Qg4 24. h3 Qg6 25. Qxg6 hxg6 26. Nc2 Bc5 27. Red2 Rbc8
28. Kh2 Rd7 29. f4 Rcd8 30. Nd4 Kf8 31. h4 Ke7 32. Rc2 f5 33. Nb3 Bb4 34. Nc1
Ke6 35. Ne2 Bc5 36. Nc1 Rc8 37. Kh3 a5 38. Nb3 g5 39. fxg5 Kxe5 40. Re2+ Kd6 41.
Red2 Ke5 42. Re2+ Kd6 43. Red2 Ke5 44. Re2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2017.10.23"]
[Round "5.23"]
[White "Tsay, Vincent"]
[Black "Guo, Arthur"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2265"]
[BlackElo "2219"]
[ECO "B22"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Alapin's variation (2.c3)"]
[WhiteFideId "30931835"]
[BlackFideId "30903114"]
[EventDate "2017.10.21"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. d4 cxd4 5. cxd4 Nc6 6. Nf3 e6 7. Nc3 Qd8 8.
Be2 Nf6 9. O-O Be7 10. Be3 O-O 11. Rc1 Nb4 12. Ne5 Nbd5 13. Bf3 Bd7 14. Nxd5
Nxd5 15. Qb3 Bc6 16. Nxc6 bxc6 17. Rxc6 Rb8 18. Qa4 Rxb2 19. Qxa7 Nb4 20. Qb6
Rxa2 21. Qxd8 Rxd8 22. Rb6 Nc2 23. Rd1 Ra3 24. Rb7 Bf8 25. h3 Nxe3 26. fxe3 Rxe3
27. d5 g6 28. Kf1 Re5 29. dxe6 Rxd1+ 30. Bxd1 Rxe6 31. Bb3 Rf6+ 32. Kg1 Bc5+ 33.
Kh2 h5 34. Bc4 Rf4 35. Bd5 Rf1 36. Rb2 Bd6+ 37. g3 h4 38. Kg2 Rf5 39. Be4 Re5
40. Rd2 Be7 41. Bf3 Rg5 42. g4 Ra5 43. Re2 Bd6 44. Rd2 Bg3 45. Rc2 Kg7 46. Rd2
Kf6 47. Re2 Ra3 48. Re4 Kg5 49. Re2 f5 50. gxf5 gxf5 51. Bd5 Rd3 52. Bf3 Bd6 53.
Bc6 Rg3+ 54. Kf1 Rxh3 55. Rg2+ Kf6 56. Rd2 Bf4 57. Rf2 Ke5 58. Bb7 Rb3 59. Re2+
Be3 60. Bc6 Kf4 61. Kg2 Bd4 62. Rd2 h3+ 63. Kh2 Be5 64. Re2 Bb8 65. Re1 Kg4+ 66.
Kh1 Bg3 67. Rf1 Rb2 68. Bd7 Bf2 69. Bc6 Kg3 70. Bd5 Kf4 71. Bc6 Ke3 72. Bd5 Kf4
73. Bc6 Rd2 74. Bb7 Kg5 75. Bc6 Bg3 76. Bb7 Bc7 77. Bc6 Kg4 78. Bb7 Kg3 79. Rf3+
Kg4 80. Rf1 Bf4 81. Rg1+ Bg3 82. Rf1 Bd6 83. Bc6 Bc5 84. Bb7 f4 85. Bc6 Bf2 86.
Bb7 Kg3 87. Bc6 Rd6 88. Bb7 Rg6 89. Be4 Rh6 90. Bb7 Rh8 91. Bc6 f3 92. Bd5 Rh7
93. Be4 Rg7 94. Bd5 h2 95. Bc6 Kh3 96. Bd7+ Rxd7 97. Re1 Kg3 98. Rf1 Kf4 99.
Rxf2 Ke3 100. Ra2 f2 101. Ra3+ Ke2 102. Ra2+ Rd2 103. Ra1 Rd1+ 104. Rxd1 Kxd1
105. Kg2 h1=Q+ 106. Kxh1 f1=Q+ 107. Kh2 Qf3 108. Kg1 Ke2 109. Kh2 Qg4 110. Kh1
Kf2 111. Kh2 Qh4# 0-1

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2017.10.23"]
[Round "5.24"]
[White "Gosdin, Kaleb"]
[Black "Wang, Jason"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackTitle "CM"]
[WhiteElo "2011"]
[BlackElo "2153"]
[ECO "A07"]
[Opening "Reti"]
[Variation "King's Indian attack, Keres variation"]
[WhiteFideId "30920442"]
[BlackFideId "30908124"]
[EventDate "2017.10.21"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Bg4 3. Bg2 Nd7 4. d3 c6 5. O-O Ngf6 6. Nbd2 e5 7. e4 Bd6 8. h3
Be6 9. Ng5 O-O 10. Qe2 Qc7 11. Kh1 Rfe8 12. Ndf3 Rad8 13. Nh4 Bf8 14. Nxe6 Rxe6
15. Nf5 Nc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2017.10.23"]
[Round "5.25"]
[White "Undrahbuyan Baasanjav"]
[Black "Cervantes Landeiro, Thalia"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackTitle "WFM"]
[WhiteElo "2023"]
[BlackElo "2107"]
[ECO "B90"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Najdorf, Lipnitzky attack"]
[WhiteFideId "4900235"]
[BlackFideId "3520498"]
[EventDate "2017.10.21"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. f4 Qc7 8. Bb3
Nbd7 9. f5 Nc5 10. Qe2 Be7 11. Bg5 b5 12. O-O-O b4 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. Na4 Nxb3+
15. axb3 Bd7 16. g4 Rc8 17. h4 Be5 18. Kb1 Bxa4 19. bxa4 Qc4 20. b3 Qxe2 21.
Nxe2 Ke7 22. Nd4 Rc3 23. fxe6 fxe6 24. Rhf1 Rhc8 25. Rf2 Bg3 26. Rg2 Bxh4 27. g5
Bg3 28. Rf1 Be5 29. Nf3 Rf8 30. Nd2 Rxf1+ 31. Nxf1 Rf3 32. Nd2 Rf4 33. Kc1 Rh4
34. Kd1 Bc3 35. g6 hxg6 36. Ke2 Bxd2 37. Kxd2 Rxe4 38. Rxg6 Kf7 39. Rg5 d5 40.
c3 bxc3+ 41. Kxc3 Re3+ 42. Kc2 Kf6 43. Rg4 g5 44. Rb4 Re1 45. Kd2 Rb1 46. Kc2
Rh1 47. a5 Ra1 48. Kb2 0-1

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2017.10.23"]
[Round "5.26"]
[White "Mercado, Luisa Fernanda"]
[Black "Swindell, Shawn"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "WFM"]
[WhiteElo "1944"]
[BlackElo "2018"]
[ECO "B14"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "Panov-Botvinnik attack, 5...e6"]
[WhiteFideId "4400984"]
[BlackFideId "2064588"]
[EventDate "2017.10.21"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nf3 Be7 7. Bd3 dxc4 8.
Bxc4 O-O 9. O-O Nbd7 10. Re1 Nb6 11. Bb3 Nbd5 12. Ne5 h6 13. a3 Qd6 14. Qd3 Rd8
15. Bc2 Bd7 16. Qg3 Kf8 17. Qh3 Kg8 18. Bd2 Rac8 19. Rad1 Be8 20. Bc1 b5 21. Rd3
Bf8 22. Rg3 Kh8 23. Bg5 b4 24. axb4 Qxb4 25. Ng4 Nxg4 26. Qxg4 f5 27. Qe2 Rd6
28. Bxh6 Qxd4 29. Nxd5 Qxd5 30. Bf4 Rb6 31. Be5 Qc4 32. Bd3 Qc1 33. Bd4 Qf4 34.
Be5 Qc1 35. Bd4 Rd6 36. Bc3 Rxc3 37. bxc3 Qxc3 38. Bxf5 Qb4 39. Rh3+ Kg8 40.
Bxe6+ Rxe6 41. Qxe6+ Bf7 42. Qe4 1-0

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2017.10.23"]
[Round "5.27"]
[White "Borczon, John"]
[Black "Shoykhet, Benjamin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1788"]
[BlackElo "1819"]
[ECO "A44"]
[Opening "Semi-Benoni ('blockade variation')"]
[WhiteFideId "2071991"]
[BlackFideId "30919746"]
[EventDate "2017.10.21"]

1. d4 c5 2. d5 e5 3. e4 d6 4. f4 g6 5. Nf3 Nd7 6. Bb5 exf4 7. Bxf4 Bg7 8. Nc3
Qb6 9. Qd2 a6 10. Bxd7+ Bxd7 11. Rb1 Ne7 12. O-O O-O 13. Bh6 Rae8 14. Bxg7 Kxg7
15. Rbe1 Qc7 16. e5 Nf5 17. exd6 Nxd6 18. Ne5 Rxe5 19. Rxe5 Nc4 20. d6 Nxd2 21.
dxc7 Nxf1 22. Kxf1 Rc8 23. Rxc5 Bc6 24. Kf2 Rxc7 25. Nd5 Rd7 26. c4 Bxd5 27.
cxd5 Kf6 28. Ke3 Ke5 29. d6+ Kxd6 30. Rc3 Ke6 31. Rb3 b5 32. Ra3 Rd6 33. Ra5 f5
34. h4 h6 35. a4 bxa4 36. Rxa4 Rb6 37. Ra5 g5 38. hxg5 hxg5 39. b4 g4 40. g3 Kf6
41. Ke2 Kg5 42. Kf2 Rxb4 43. Rxa6 Rb2+ 44. Kf1 Rh2 45. Ra5 Rh6 46. Kg2 Re6 47.
Kf2 Kf6 48. Rb5 Re5 49. Rb6+ Kg5 50. Rb4 Re4 51. Rb5 Kf6 52. Ra5 Re6 53. Rb5 Ke7
54. Rxf5 Rf6 55. Rf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2017.10.24"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Bruzon Batista, Lazaro"]
[Black "Swiercz, Dariusz"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2639"]
[ECO "A05"]
[Opening "Reti"]
[Variation "King's Indian attack"]
[WhiteFideId "3503739"]
[BlackFideId "1126881"]
[EventDate "2017.10.21"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. b3 Bg7 4. Bb2 c5 5. Bg2 Nc6 6. c4 d6 7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4
Bd7 9. Nc3 O-O 10. O-O Nxd4 11. Qxd4 Bc6 12. Nd5 Bxd5 13. Bxd5 Ne8 14. Qd2 Bxb2
15. Qxb2 Qb6 16. Rfc1 Nf6 17. Bf3 Rfc8 18. Rab1 a5 19. a3 Rc7 20. h4 h5 21. b4
axb4 22. axb4 Rac8 23. c5 dxc5 24. bxc5 Qxb2 25. Rxb2 Rxc5 26. Rxc5 Rxc5 27.
Rxb7 1/2-1/2

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2017.10.24"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Quesada Perez, Yuniesky"]
[Black "Cori, Jorge"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2619"]
[BlackElo "2657"]
[ECO "B31"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Nimzovich-Rossolimo attack (with ...g6, without ...d6)"]
[WhiteFideId "3504409"]
[BlackFideId "3802272"]
[EventDate "2017.10.21"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. d3 Bg7 6. h3 e5 7. a3 a5 8. Be3
Qe7 9. Nbd2 Nf6 10. Nc4 Nd7 11. a4 b6 12. Qd2 Ba6 13. Bh6 Bxh6 14. Qxh6 Bxc4 15.
dxc4 O-O-O 16. O-O-O Nf6 17. Qg5 Rxd1+ 18. Rxd1 Re8 19. Qe3 h5 20. Ng5 Nd7 21.
Nf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2017.10.24"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Nyzhnyk, Illya"]
[Black "Robson, Ray"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2594"]
[BlackElo "2644"]
[ECO "D73"]
[Opening "Neo-Gruenfeld, 5.Nf3"]
[WhiteFideId "14118084"]
[BlackFideId "2023970"]
[EventDate "2017.10.21"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. c4 c6 6. cxd5 cxd5 7. Nc3 Ne4 8. Qb3
Nxc3 9. bxc3 O-O 10. Nd2 e6 11. e4 Nc6 12. O-O 1/2-1/2

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2017.10.24"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "Chandra, Akshat"]
[Black "Shimanov, Aleksandr"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2483"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[ECO "E67"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "fianchetto, classical variation"]
[WhiteFideId "25006711"]
[BlackFideId "4198603"]
[EventDate "2017.10.21"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nc3 d6 6. Nf3 Nbd7 7. O-O e5 8. b3
Re8 9. e4 c6 10. Be3 exd4 11. Nxd4 Nc5 12. f3 h5 13. Qd2 Qe7 14. Rfe1 Nfd7 15.
Rad1 Ne5 16. Qc2 Ne6 17. Nxe6 Bxe6 18. Bd4 c5 19. Bf2 h4 20. Nd5 Bxd5 21. exd5
Qf6 22. f4 Ng4 23. Bh3 Nxf2 24. Qxf2 Qc3 25. Kg2 Bd4 26. Rxe8+ Rxe8 27. Qd2 Re3
28. Qxc3 Rxc3 29. Rd2 f5 30. gxh4 Re3 31. h5 Kg7 32. hxg6 Kxg6 33. Rc2 a6 34.
Rd2 b5 35. cxb5 axb5 36. Rc2 Rd3 37. Re2 Be3 38. Rc2 Bxf4 39. Rf2 Kg5 40. Rf3
Rxd5 41. Rf2 Rd3 42. Rf3 Rd4 43. Kf1 Rd1+ 44. Kg2 d5 45. Rf1 Rxf1 46. Kxf1 c4
47. Ke1 d4 48. Bf1 d3 49. a4 bxa4 50. bxa4 Be3 51. a5 f4 0-1

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2017.10.24"]
[Round "6.5"]
[White "Durarbayli, Vasif"]
[Black "Rambaldi, Francesco"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2574"]
[ECO "C65"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Berlin defence"]
[WhiteFideId "13402935"]
[BlackFideId "20657307"]
[EventDate "2017.10.21"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. O-O d5 7. exd5 Qxd5 8. Bc4
Qd8 9. b4 Be7 10. Nbd2 Bf5 11. Qc2 Nd5 12. Ne4 a6 13. a4 Bg4 14. Ned2 Qd6 15.
Kh1 Rfd8 16. Qb3 Bh5 17. a5 Qd7 18. Re1 Nf4 19. Re3 Qg4 20. Ne1 Bg6 21. Ne4 Na7
22. h3 Qd7 23. Nf3 Nc6 24. Kg1 h6 25. Bd2 Kf8 26. b5 axb5 27. Qxb5 f6 28. d4
exd4 29. cxd4 Nd5 30. Ree1 b6 31. Bd3 Bf7 32. axb6 Rxa1 33. Rxa1 Nxb6 34. Nc5
Qe8 35. Be3 Nd5 36. Re1 Ncb4 37. Bd2 Nxd3 38. Qxd3 Kg8 39. Nh4 Qc6 40. Nf5 Bf8
41. Re4 h5 42. Qg3 Kh7 43. Qf3 g6 44. Ne3 Nxe3 45. Bxe3 Bd5 46. Qf4 Kg8 47. Re6
Bxe6 48. Qxf6 Bxc5 49. Qxg6+ Kf8 50. dxc5 Rd1+ 51. Kh2 Qd5 52. Bg5 Bf7 53. Qf6
Qe6 54. Qh8+ Bg8 55. Qxh5 Rd5 56. f4 Qf5 57. c6 Qxf4+ 58. Bxf4 Rxh5 59. Bxc7 Rh6
60. g4 Rxc6 61. Be5 Be6 62. Kg3 Rc1 63. Bd4 Kf7 0-1

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2017.10.24"]
[Round "6.6"]
[White "Sevian, Samuel"]
[Black "Liang, Awonder"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2554"]
[ECO "C92"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "closed, Flohr-Zaitsev system (Lenzerheide variation)"]
[WhiteFideId "2040506"]
[BlackFideId "2056437"]
[EventDate "2017.10.21"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Bb7 10. d4 Re8 11. Nbd2 exd4 12. cxd4 Nd7 13. Nf1 Na5 14. Bc2 Bf6 15.
N1h2 c5 16. Ng4 cxd4 17. Nxd4 Bxd4 18. Qxd4 Rc8 19. Qd1 h5 20. Ne3 Nf6 21. f3 d5
22. exd5 Nxd5 23. Be4 Nxe3 24. Qxd8 Rexd8 25. Bxe3 Bxe4 26. Bb6 Re8 27. Bxa5 Bd5
28. a3 Bb3 29. Rxe8+ Rxe8 30. Re1 Rxe1+ 31. Bxe1 1/2-1/2

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2017.10.24"]
[Round "6.7"]
[White "Rahul, Srivatshav P"]
[Black "Prohaszka, Peter2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2373"]
[BlackElo "2614"]
[ECO "D20"]
[Opening "Queen's gambit accepted"]
[WhiteFideId "25059653"]
[BlackFideId "726265"]
[EventDate "2017.10.21"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e3 e5 4. Bxc4 exd4 5. exd4 Bd6 6. Nf3 Nf6 7. O-O O-O 8.
h3 h6 9. Nc3 Nc6 10. Qc2 Nb4 11. Qb1 Be6 12. Bxe6 fxe6 13. Re1 Qd7 14. Bd2 Nbd5
15. Qg6 Qe8 16. Qd3 Qf7 17. Ne5 Bxe5 18. Rxe5 Nb4 19. Qc4 Nc6 20. Re2 Rad8 21.
Be3 a6 22. Rd1 Nd5 23. Ne4 e5 24. dxe5 Nxe5 25. Qb3 Nxe3 26. Rxd8 Rxd8 27. Rxe3
Qxb3 28. Rxb3 b6 29. Rc3 c5 30. f4 Nd3 31. Ra3 Rd4 32. Nc3 Nb4 33. Rb3 a5 34.
Na4 c4 35. Re3 Nd5 36. Re8+ Kf7 37. Rd8 Ke7 38. Rb8 Kd6 39. Rb7 Kc6 40. Rxg7
Rxf4 41. Nc3 Nxc3 42. Rg6+ Kc5 43. bxc3 b5 44. Ra6 a4 45. Rxh6 Rf5 46. Rh8 Rd5
47. Rc8+ Kb6 48. h4 Kb7 49. Rf8 b4 50. Rf4 b3 51. axb3 axb3 52. Rf1 Rd3 53. Rc1
Kc6 54. h5 Kc5 55. h6 Rxc3 56. h7 Rxc1+ 57. Kh2 b2 58. h8=Q b1=Q 59. Qe5+ Kb4
60. Qd6+ Kc3 61. Qe5+ Kc2 62. Qf5+ Kb2 63. Qb5+ Ka1 64. Qe5+ Qb2 65. Qa5+ Qa2
66. Qe5+ c3 67. Qe3 Qb2 0-1

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2017.10.24"]
[Round "6.8"]
[White "Li, Ruifeng"]
[Black "Grabinsky, Aaron"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2564"]
[BlackElo "2366"]
[ECO "A00"]
[Opening "Benko's opening"]
[WhiteFideId "2061074"]
[BlackFideId "2087090"]
[EventDate "2017.10.21"]

1. g3 Nf6 2. Bg2 d5 3. f4 c5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. d3 g6 6. O-O Bg7 7. e3 Qc7 8. Qe2 e5
9. e4 dxe4 10. dxe4 O-O 11. c3 Re8 12. f5 gxf5 13. exf5 Bxf5 14. Nh4 Bg4 15. Qf2
e4 16. h3 Be6 17. Bg5 Bc4 18. Bxf6 Bxf1 19. Qxf1 Bxf6 20. Qxf6 Qxg3 21. Nf5 Qg6
22. Nh6+ Kf8 23. Ng4 Rad8 24. Na3 Re6 25. Qf2 b6 26. Rf1 Kg7 27. Nc4 Rf8 28.
Nge3 Ne7 29. Kh2 Kh8 30. Nd2 Rd8 31. Nxe4 f5 32. Nxf5 Nxf5 33. Qxf5 Qxf5 34.
Rxf5 Kg7 35. Kg3 Rd1 36. Rf2 Re7 37. Bf3 Rd3 38. Rg2 Kf8 39. Kf2 Rf7 40. Rg3 Rg7
41. Ke2 Rxg3 42. Nxg3 Rd7 43. Be4 Rg7 44. Nh5 Rf7 45. Ke3 Ke7 46. Nf4 Kf6 47. h4
Rd7 48. a3 h6 49. h5 Rd1 50. Bg6 Rh1 51. Nd5+ Ke5 52. Ne7 Rh2 53. Nc6+ Kd5 54.
Nxa7 Rxb2 55. Bf7+ Ke5 56. a4 Kf6 57. Be8 Ke7 58. Bg6 Kd7 59. Bf5+ Kd6 60. Nc8+
Kc7 61. Ne7 Kd6 62. Ng8 Ra2 63. Nxh6 Rxa4 64. Ng4 Ra3 65. Kd2 Ra1 66. h6 Rh1 67.
c4 Ke7 68. h7 Kf7 69. Ne3 Kg7 70. Bd3 Rh5 71. Be4 Rh2+ 72. Kd3 Rb2 73. Kc3 Rb4
74. Nd5 b5 1/2-1/2

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2017.10.24"]
[Round "6.9"]
[White "Azarov, Sergei"]
[Black "Kavutskiy, Konstantin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2556"]
[BlackElo "2390"]
[ECO "B48"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Taimanov variation"]
[WhiteFideId "13501470"]
[BlackFideId "2026384"]
[EventDate "2017.10.21"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. Qf3 Bd6 8.
O-O-O Be5 9. g3 b5 10. Qe2 Bb7 11. Bg2 Nge7 12. f4 Bxd4 13. Bxd4 Nxd4 14. Rxd4
Bc6 15. Rhd1 O-O 16. e5 Qa5 17. a3 Rab8 18. Be4 Rfc8 19. Kb1 h6 20. Qd3 b4 21.
Rxb4 Rxb4 22. axb4 Qxb4 23. Qd6 Qb7 24. Qxe7 Rb8 25. Qa3 Bxe4 26. Nxe4 Qxe4 27.
Rxd7 Qh1+ 28. Ka2 Qxh2 29. Qd6 Rc8 30. Rd8+ Rxd8 31. Qxd8+ Kh7 32. Qd3+ g6 33.
c4 Qf2 34. Qc3 Qc5 35. b4 Qc6 36. Ka3 h5 37. Qd3 a5 38. bxa5 Qc5+ 39. Ka4 Qc6+
40. Kb4 Qb7+ 41. Ka3 Qc7 42. Qc3 Qc5+ 43. Ka4 Kh6 44. Qb4 Qc6+ 45. Qb5 Qg2 46.
a6 Qxg3 47. a7 Qg2 48. Qb8 Qa2+ 49. Kb4 Qb2+ 50. Kc5 Qa3+ 51. Kc6 Qa4+ 52. Kd6 1-0

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2017.10.24"]
[Round "6.10"]
[White "Sturt, Raven"]
[Black "Kannappan, Priyadharshan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2446"]
[BlackElo "2516"]
[ECO "E15"]
[Opening "Queen's Indian"]
[Variation "Nimzovich variation (exaggerated fianchetto)"]
[WhiteFideId "2007304"]
[BlackFideId "5018293"]
[EventDate "2017.10.21"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Nbd2 Bb4 6. Qa4 c5 7. a3 Bxd2+ 8. Bxd2
cxd4 9. Bg2 Bb7 10. O-O Bc6 11. Qd1 Bxf3 12. Bxf3 Nc6 13. Bb4 Qc7 14. e3 a5 15.
Bd2 Rc8 16. Rc1 dxe3 17. Bxe3 d6 18. Bxc6+ Qxc6 19. Qd4 O-O 20. Qxb6 Qxb6 21.
Bxb6 a4 22. Rfd1 Rc6 23. Be3 h6 24. c5 d5 25. Rd4 Ra8 26. Rb4 Nd7 27. Rb7 Ne5
28. f4 Nc4 29. Bd4 Na5 30. Rb6 Rac8 31. Rc3 Nb3 32. Rbxb3 axb3 33. Rxb3 f6 34.
Re3 Kf7 35. b4 Ra6 36. Kf2 Ke7 37. Ke2 g5 38. Kd2 Rg8 39. f5 e5 40. Bb2 Kd7 41.
g4 Kc6 42. Rh3 d4 43. Rxh6 Kd5 44. Rh7 Kc4 45. h3 Raa8 46. c6 Rh8 47. Rb7 Rxh3
48. c7 Rh2+ 49. Ke1 Rc8 50. b5 Rxb2 51. b6 Rh8 52. c8=Q+ Rxc8 53. Rc7+ Kd3 54.
Rxc8 Rxb6 55. Re8 Ke3 56. Kf1 d3 0-1

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2017.10.24"]
[Round "6.11"]
[White "Patel, Advait"]
[Black "Thavandiran, Shiyam"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2448"]
[BlackElo "2385"]
[ECO "C11"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "Steinitz, Boleslavsky variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2075105"]
[BlackFideId "2605058"]
[EventDate "2017.10.21"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 Be7 8. Qd2
O-O 9. Be2 a6 10. O-O b5 11. Nd1 b4 12. Nf2 a5 13. dxc5 Nxc5 14. Nd4 Nxd4 15.
Bxd4 Ba6 16. Bd3 Qc7 17. Qe3 Rac8 18. Rac1 Nxd3 19. cxd3 Qd7 20. b3 Rxc1 21.
Rxc1 Rc8 22. g4 Bh4 23. Rxc8+ Qxc8 24. Qd2 Be7 25. Kg2 h6 26. Kf3 Qc6 27. Kg3
Bb5 28. Nd1 Kh7 29. Kf2 Qa6 30. Kg2 Qc6 31. Kf2 Kg8 32. Ne3 Kf8 33. Ke2 Ke8 34.
Qc2 Qa6 35. Kd2 Kd7 36. Ke2 Ke8 37. Kd2 Kd7 38. Ke2 Ke8 39. Kd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2017.10.24"]
[Round "6.12"]
[White "Peng, David"]
[Black "Barcenilla, Rogelio"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2330"]
[BlackElo "2446"]
[ECO "C55"]
[Opening "Two knights defence (Modern bishop's opening)"]
[WhiteFideId "2059355"]
[BlackFideId "5200059"]
[EventDate "2017.10.21"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 h6 5. O-O d6 6. c3 g6 7. d4 Qe7 8. Re1 Bg7
9. Nbd2 O-O 10. h3 Bd7 11. Nf1 Na5 12. Bd3 c5 13. Ne3 cxd4 14. Nd5 Qd8 15. Nxf6+
Qxf6 16. b4 Nc6 17. b5 Nd8 18. cxd4 exd4 19. Bb2 Ne6 20. Bc4 Ng5 21. Nxd4 Bxh3
22. Rb1 Qf4 23. Bf1 Be5 24. g3 Qf6 25. Be2 Ne6 26. Nxe6 fxe6 0-1

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2017.10.24"]
[Round "6.13"]
[White "Jacobson, Brandon"]
[Black "Cordova, Emilio"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2396"]
[BlackElo "2608"]
[ECO "A46"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn"]
[Variation "Yusupov-Rubinstein system"]
[WhiteFideId "30901561"]
[BlackFideId "3801497"]
[EventDate "2017.10.21"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. e3 b6 4. Bd3 Bb7 5. O-O c5 6. c4 Be7 7. Nc3 h6 8. Bc2 d6
9. d5 exd5 10. cxd5 O-O 11. e4 a6 12. a4 Re8 13. Re1 Nbd7 14. Nd2 Qb8 15. b3 Nh7
16. Bb2 Bf6 17. Nc4 Nhf8 18. e5 Bxe5 19. Nxe5 dxe5 20. Ne4 Ng6 21. Qg4 Ndf8 22.
Rad1 Bc8 23. Qf3 Bd7 24. a5 Rc8 25. Qc3 bxa5 26. Ba3 Bg4 27. f3 Bd7 28. Nxc5 Bb5
29. Qe3 Qd6 30. Bf5 Re8 31. Bb2 Nh4 32. Bb1 Nfg6 33. Ne4 Qd7 34. Qf2 Qd8 35. g3
Nf5 36. d6 Nd4 37. Bxd4 exd4 38. Qxd4 Ne5 39. Kg2 Bc6 40. f4 Nd7 41. Kg1 Rb8 42.
Nd2 Rxe1+ 43. Rxe1 Nf6 44. Qc5 Bd5 45. Re7 Be6 46. Rc7 Rb5 47. Qc6 Rd5 48. Qc2
Rxd6 49. Ne4 Nxe4 0-1

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2017.10.24"]
[Round "6.14"]
[White "Williams, Justus"]
[Black "Yermolinsky, Alex"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2371"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[ECO "A04"]
[Opening "Reti opening"]
[WhiteFideId "2049929"]
[BlackFideId "2005492"]
[EventDate "2017.10.21"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. Nb3 O-O 7. a3 Bxc3+ 8.
bxc3 Qc7 9. c5 b6 10. Qd4 Nc6 11. Qf4 e5 12. cxb6 axb6 13. Qh4 d5 14. g3 Na5 15.
Qb4 d4 16. Bg2 Bb7 17. Bxb7 Qxb7 18. O-O Nd5 19. Nxa5 Rxa5 20. Qb2 Nxc3 21. Re1
Rc8 22. Qd2 Rac5 0-1

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2017.10.24"]
[Round "6.15"]
[White "Heimann, Mark"]
[Black "Young, Angelo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2363"]
[BlackElo "2292"]
[ECO "A10"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[WhiteFideId "2028441"]
[BlackFideId "5200490"]
[EventDate "2017.10.21"]

1. c4 g6 2. Nc3 Bg7 3. g3 e6 4. Bg2 Ne7 5. d4 d5 6. Nf3 O-O 7. h4 dxc4 8. h5
Nbc6 9. hxg6 fxg6 10. Bg5 Qe8 11. Qd2 Nf5 12. O-O-O b5 13. g4 b4 14. gxf5 bxc3
15. Qxc3 Rxf5 16. Bh6 Bxh6+ 17. Rxh6 Rb8 18. Rdh1 Nb4 19. Qa3 Qf8 20. Rxh7 Rh5
21. R7xh5 gxh5 22. Qxa7 Rb7 23. Qa5 Qh6+ 24. Nd2 Rb6 25. Rxh5 Nxa2+ 26. Kd1 Qf6
27. Qxa2 Qxf2 28. Rg5+ Kf7 29. Qxc4 Qg1+ 30. Bf1 Qxg5 31. Qxc7+ Bd7 32. Qxb6 Qe3
33. Qb4 Qg1 34. Qd6 Ke8 35. Qf4 Bc6 36. Nc4 Bd5 37. Ne5 Qg7 38. e4 Bb3+ 39. Kd2
Qb7 40. Be2 Ba2 41. Bh5+ 1-0

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2017.10.24"]
[Round "6.16"]
[White "Yoo, Christopher Woojin"]
[Black "Quintiliano Pinto, Renato R."]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2194"]
[BlackElo "2451"]
[ECO "B90"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Najdorf"]
[WhiteFideId "30909694"]
[BlackFideId "2117568"]
[EventDate "2017.10.21"]

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 O-O 10. O-O-O a5 11. a4 Nc6 12. g4 Nb4 13. Kb1 Rc8 14. g5 Ne8 15. h4
d5 16. exd5 Bf5 17. Rc1 Nc7 18. d6 Bxd6 19. Nxa5 Ncd5 20. Nxb7 Qd7 21. Bb5 Nxc3+
22. bxc3 Qe6 23. c4 Be7 24. Nc5 Rxc5 25. Qxb4 Rc7 26. Qb3 Rfc8 27. Rhd1 Rxc4 28.
Bxc4 Rxc4 29. Rd7 Qxd7 30. Qxc4 Be6 31. Qb5 Qd6 32. Bf2 Qa3 33. Qb2 Qxa4 34. Re1
f6 35. gxf6 gxf6 36. Re4 Qa6 37. Be1 Ba3 38. Qb8+ Kf7 39. Qc7+ Kg8 40. Qb8+ Kf7
41. Bb4 Ba2+ 42. Kxa2 Bxb4+ 43. Kb2 Ba3+ 44. Kb1 Qf1+ 45. Ka2 Qxf3 46. Qb7+ Be7
47. Qd5+ Kg7 48. Rxe5 Qa3+ 49. Kb1 fxe5 50. Qg2+ Kh8 51. Qd5 Qb4+ 52. Ka2 Qd6
53. Qa8+ Kg7 54. Qg2+ Qg6 55. Qe2 Qe6+ 56. Kb1 e4 0-1

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2017.10.24"]
[Round "6.17"]
[White "Polgar-Shutzman, Tom"]
[Black "Plotkin, Victor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2055"]
[BlackElo "2262"]
[ECO "C47"]
[Opening "Four knights"]
[Variation "Scotch, 4...exd4"]
[WhiteFideId "2064880"]
[BlackFideId "2606674"]
[EventDate "2017.10.21"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 d5 8.
exd5 cxd5 9. O-O O-O 10. h3 Be6 11. Qf3 Rb8 12. Bf4 Bd6 13. b3 c6 14. Ne2 Qc7
15. Rfe1 Rb4 16. Bxd6 Qxd6 17. c3 Rb7 18. Ng3 Re7 19. Nh5 Nxh5 20. Qxh5 g6 21.
Qh6 Rfe8 22. Re3 Bd7 23. Rae1 c5 24. Rxe7 Rxe7 25. Rxe7 Qxe7 26. Qe3 Qxe3 27.
fxe3 Kg7 28. c4 Be6 29. cxd5 Bxd5 30. e4 Bc6 31. Kf2 Kf6 32. Ke3 Ke5 33. g3 f6
34. Bc2 g5 35. Bd3 Bd7 36. h4 h6 37. Be2 Be8 38. Bg4 Bc6 39. Bf5 Kd6 40. Bg6 Bd7
41. Bf7 Ke5 42. Bg6 Be6 43. Bh7 a5 44. Bg6 Kd6 45. Be8 c4 46. bxc4 Kc5 47. hxg5
hxg5 48. a3 Kxc4 49. a4 Kb4 50. Kd4 Bb3 51. Bd7 Bxa4 52. Bxa4 Kxa4 53. Kc4 Ka3
54. Kc3 a4 55. g4 Ka2 56. Kc2 a3 57. Kc1 Kb3 58. Kb1 Kc4 0-1

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2017.10.24"]
[Round "6.18"]
[White "Proleiko, Julian"]
[Black "Wang, Justin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2095"]
[BlackElo "2254"]
[ECO "A45"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[WhiteFideId "30900255"]
[BlackFideId "30911370"]
[EventDate "2017.10.21"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 e6 3. e3 c5 4. Nd2 Nc6 5. c3 d5 6. Ngf3 Bd6 7. Bxd6 Qxd6 8. Bb5
O-O 9. O-O Bd7 10. a4 Rfb8 11. Re1 a6 12. Bf1 e5 13. Nc4 dxc4 14. dxe5 Qxd1 15.
Rexd1 Na5 16. exf6 Be6 17. fxg7 Nb3 18. Ra3 Rd8 19. Be2 Kxg7 20. Kf1 b5 21. axb5
axb5 22. Rxd8 Rxd8 23. Ke1 Bf5 24. Ra7 Bg6 25. Bd1 Nc1 26. Ne5 Rd5 27. Ra1 Rxe5
28. Rxc1 f5 29. g3 Re8 30. Ra1 Rb8 31. Ra7+ Kf6 32. Rc7 b4 33. Rxc5 bxc3 34.
bxc3 Rb1 35. Rxc4 Bh5 36. Rd4 Bf3 37. c4 Ke5 38. c5 Ra1 39. Rd2 Ke6 40. c6 Bxc6
41. Ke2 Ke5 42. f4+ Ke6 43. Kf2 Be4 44. g4 fxg4 45. Bxg4+ Kf6 46. Bf3 Bg6 47. e4
Ra4 48. Ke3 Ra3+ 49. Rd3 Ra7 50. e5+ Ke7 51. Rd2 Ra3+ 52. Kf2 Bf5 53. Re2 Rc3
54. Kg3 Ra3 55. Rf2 Be4 56. Kg4 h5+ 57. Kg3 Ke6 58. Kg2 Re3 59. Bxe4 Rxe4 60.
Kg3 Kf5 61. Kh4 Rc4 62. Rf1 Rc2 63. h3 Rc3 64. Rf2 Ra3 65. Re2 Ra7 66. e6 Re7
67. Kg3 Kf6 68. Re5 Kg6 69. Kh4 Kf6 70. Rxh5 Rg7 71. Re5 Ke7 72. Re3 Rg8 73. Kh5
Rh8+ 74. Kg6 Rg8+ 75. Kf5 Ra8 76. h4 Ra5+ 77. Re5 Ra1 78. Rd5 Rh1 79. Rd7+ Ke8
80. Kg5 Rg1+ 81. Kf6 Rg4 82. f5 Rxh4 83. Rg7 Rh6+ 84. Rg6 Rh8 85. Kg7 Rh5 86. f6
Rf5 87. Rg1 Rf2 88. e7 Rf3 89. Kg6 Rf2 90. Ra1 Rg2+ 91. Kh5 Kf7 92. Ra8 Rh2+ 93.
Kg4 1-0

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2017.10.24"]
[Round "6.19"]
[White "Guo, Arthur"]
[Black "Black, James"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2219"]
[BlackElo "2164"]
[ECO "B13"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "exchange, Rubinstein variation"]
[WhiteFideId "30903114"]
[BlackFideId "2048280"]
[EventDate "2017.10.21"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. c3 Nf6 6. Bf4 g6 7. Nf3 Bg7 8. Nbd2
Bf5 9. Bxf5 gxf5 10. h3 e6 11. Qe2 Ne4 12. g4 fxg4 13. hxg4 Qf6 14. Be3 Nxd2 15.
Kxd2 a6 16. g5 Qe7 17. Qd3 f5 18. Bf4 Na5 19. Rae1 Rc8 20. Re2 Rc6 21. Kc1 Nc4
22. Rhe1 Rf8 23. g6 hxg6 24. Ng5 Rf6 25. Qf3 Qd7 26. Nh7 Rf7 27. Qg3 Bh6 28.
Bxh6 Rxh7 29. Qxg6+ Kd8 30. Rxe6 Rxe6 31. Rxe6 Qf7 32. Bg5+ Kc8 33. Re8+ Kc7 34.
Re7+ 1-0

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2017.10.24"]
[Round "6.20"]
[White "Colas, Joshua"]
[Black "Mathur, Rithwik"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2242"]
[BlackElo "1986"]
[ECO "D77"]
[Opening "Neo-Gruenfeld, 6.O-O"]
[WhiteFideId "2044447"]
[BlackFideId "30913667"]
[EventDate "2017.10.21"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. d4 Nf6 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 dxc4 7. Na3 c3 8. bxc3
c5 9. e3 Nc6 10. Bb2 Bf5 11. Nc4 Rc8 12. Nce5 Qb6 13. Nxc6 bxc6 14. Ba3 Nd7 15.
Nd2 Qa6 16. Bb2 Bd3 17. Re1 Rb8 18. Qc1 cxd4 19. exd4 e5 20. Nb3 Rfe8 21. Bh3 f5
22. Bg2 e4 23. h4 Bf8 24. h5 c5 25. hxg6 Qxg6 26. dxc5 Nxc5 27. Nxc5 Bxc5 28.
Ba3 Bb6 29. Qf4 Rbc8 30. Rac1 Rc4 31. Qd6 Qxd6 32. Bxd6 Rec8 33. Be5 Kf7 34. Bh3
Ke6 35. Bg7 R4c7 36. Rcd1 Bc2 37. Rd2 Rxg7 38. Rxc2 Rxg3+ 39. Kh2 Rgxc3 40. Rxc3
Rxc3 41. Rxe4+ Kf6 42. Re2 Bc7+ 43. Kg2 f4 44. Bg4 Kg5 45. Bf3 h5 46. Be4 h4 47.
Rc2 f3+ 48. Kg1 Rxc2 49. Bxc2 Bb6 50. Be4 Kf4 51. Bd5 a5 52. a4 h3 53. Bc6 Bc5
54. Kh2 Bxf2 55. Kxh3 Bg1 56. Bb7 Bf2 57. Bc6 Be1 58. Bb7 Bc3 59. Bc6 Be5 60.
Bb7 Bd4 61. Bc6 Ke3 62. Kg4 f2 63. Bb5 Be5 64. Ba6 Kd2 65. Kf3 Ke1 1/2-1/2

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2017.10.24"]
[Round "6.21"]
[White "Furfine, Jacob"]
[Black "Aripova, Nazima"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "CM"]
[WhiteElo "2297"]
[BlackElo "1758"]
[ECO "A45"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[WhiteFideId "2099462"]
[BlackFideId "14202409"]
[EventDate "2017.10.21"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 g6 3. e3 Bg7 4. Nf3 O-O 5. Be2 d6 6. h3 Nbd7 7. O-O b6 8. Bh2
Bb7 9. c4 c5 10. Nc3 Ne4 11. Nxe4 Bxe4 12. Qd2 Nf6 13. d5 Bf5 14. Ne1 a6 15. f3
Bd7 16. Nd3 b5 17. b3 Nh5 18. Rab1 b4 19. g4 Bc3 20. Qc2 Ng7 21. a4 Ra7 22. Rbd1
a5 23. Kg2 Bc8 24. Bg3 Ne8 25. e4 f6 26. f4 Ng7 27. e5 Bd7 28. Bf3 f5 29. e6 Be8
30. Nc1 h6 31. Ne2 Bf6 32. Kh2 Kh8 33. Bf2 fxg4 34. hxg4 g5 35. Be3 Ra8 36. fxg5
Bxg5 37. Bxg5 hxg5 38. Kg2 1-0

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2017.10.24"]
[Round "6.22"]
[White "Easton, Jack"]
[Black "Gosdin, Kaleb"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2162"]
[BlackElo "2011"]
[ECO "A42"]
[Opening "Modern defence"]
[Variation "Averbakh system"]
[WhiteFideId "30900069"]
[BlackFideId "30920442"]
[EventDate "2017.10.21"]

1. d4 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. e4 d6 4. Nc3 Nd7 5. Be3 e5 6. Nge2 Ne7 7. f3 a6 8. Nc1
exd4 9. Bxd4 Ne5 10. Be2 c5 11. Bf2 Be6 12. Nd5 O-O 13. O-O b5 14. Bh4 Bxd5 15.
cxd5 Qd7 16. Qc2 Rab8 17. Rb1 f5 18. Nb3 f4 19. Qd2 h6 20. Qa5 g5 21. Be1 Ra8
22. Nd2 N7g6 23. b3 Bf6 24. a4 Bd8 25. Qc3 Bf6 26. Qc2 Rfb8 27. Bf2 b4 28. Nc4
a5 29. Nxe5 Bxe5 30. Bb5 Qg7 31. Rfd1 Bf6 32. Bc4 Rc8 33. h3 Qe7 34. Kf1 Qe5 35.
Ke2 Kg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2017.10.24"]
[Round "6.23"]
[White "Cervantes Landeiro, Thalia"]
[Black "Baginskaite, Camilla"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "WFM"]
[BlackTitle "WGM"]
[WhiteElo "2107"]
[BlackElo "2140"]
[ECO "E48"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian"]
[Variation "4.e3 O-O, 5.Bd3 d5"]
[WhiteFideId "3520498"]
[BlackFideId "2014599"]
[EventDate "2017.10.21"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Ne2 Re8 8. O-O
Bd6 9. Bd2 a6 10. Rc1 Nc6 11. f3 Nb4 12. Bb1 c5 13. a3 Nc6 14. Na4 cxd4 15. exd4
Nh5 16. Be1 Qg5 17. Nb6 Bh3 18. Ng3 Rxe1 19. Qxe1 Rd8 20. gxh3 Nxg3 21. hxg3
Bxg3 22. Qe2 Bf4+ 23. Kh1 Bxc1 24. Qc2 Be3 25. Qxh7+ Kf8 26. Bf5 Qh6 27. Nd7+
Ke7 28. Qxh6 Bxh6 29. Re1+ Kd6 30. Nc5 Kc7 31. Nb3 g6 32. Bd3 Bg7 33. Rc1 Re8
34. Bf1 Kb6 35. Rd1 Re3 36. Rd3 Rxd3 37. Bxd3 Nxd4 38. Nxd4 Bxd4 39. b3 Bb2 40.
Kg2 Kc5 41. Kf2 Kd4 42. Ke2 Bxa3 43. f4 Kc3 44. h4 Be7 45. f5 gxf5 46. Bxf5 a5
47. h5 Kxb3 0-1

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2017.10.24"]
[Round "6.24"]
[White "Shoykhet, Benjamin"]
[Black "Tsay, Vincent"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "1819"]
[BlackElo "2265"]
[ECO "A13"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[WhiteFideId "30919746"]
[BlackFideId "30931835"]
[EventDate "2017.10.21"]

1. c4 e6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 dxc4 4. Qa4+ Nd7 5. Nf3 a6 6. Qxc4 b5 7. Qe4 Rb8 8. Nd4
Ne7 9. Qc2 c5 10. Nf3 Bb7 11. b3 Nc6 12. Bb2 Nf6 13. O-O Be7 14. Nc3 O-O 15.
Rac1 Qd7 16. Rfd1 Rbc8 17. Qb1 Rfd8 18. e3 Rc7 19. d4 cxd4 20. Nxd4 Qc8 21. Nxc6
Bxc6 22. Bxc6 Rxc6 23. Rxd8+ Bxd8 24. Ne2 Nd5 25. Rxc6 Qxc6 26. Nd4 Qd7 27. e4
Ne7 28. Qc2 Bb6 29. Qc3 f6 30. Kg2 Kf7 31. Nf3 e5 32. a4 Qd1 33. axb5 axb5 34.
Ba3 Qe2 35. Bc5 Bxc5 36. Qxc5 g5 37. h3 h5 38. Nxg5+ fxg5 39. Qxe5 Qd3 40. Qxg5
Qxe4+ 41. Kg1 Qf5 42. Qh4 Nc6 43. g4 Ne5 44. gxf5 Nf3+ 45. Kf1 Nxh4 46. Ke2 Nxf5
47. Kd3 h4 48. Ke4 Ke6 49. b4 Ne7 50. Kd4 Kd6 0-1

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2017.10.24"]
[Round "6.25"]
[White "Jackson Jr, Reginald"]
[Black "Undrahbuyan Baasanjav"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "2023"]
[ECO "A45"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[WhiteFideId "30919428"]
[BlackFideId "4900235"]
[EventDate "2017.10.21"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 d6 3. e3 Nbd7 4. Nf3 g6 5. Nbd2 Bg7 6. Bd3 O-O 7. h3 Re8 8. e4
e5 9. dxe5 dxe5 10. Be3 Nf8 11. O-O Nh5 12. Bg5 f6 13. Bh4 Qd6 14. Nc4 Qc5 15.
Kh1 Be6 16. Nfd2 Nf4 17. Nb3 Qc6 18. Ne3 Rad8 19. Qd2 b6 20. Rad1 Qd7 21. Bc4
Qe7 22. Bxe6+ Qxe6 23. Qc3 c5 24. Qc4 Qxc4 25. Nxc4 N8e6 26. Rxd8 Rxd8 27. Ne3
Kf7 28. Rd1 Rxd1+ 29. Nxd1 f5 30. Nc3 Nd4 31. exf5 gxf5 32. Nxd4 exd4 33. Nb5
Ke6 34. Nxa7 c4 35. Nc6 d3 36. cxd3 cxd3 0-1

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2017.10.25"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Rambaldi, Francesco"]
[Black "Bruzon Batista, Lazaro"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2574"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[ECO "C50"]
[Opening "Giuoco Piano"]
[WhiteFideId "20657307"]
[BlackFideId "3503739"]
[EventDate "2017.10.21"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 a6 7. a4 Ba7 8. Re1 O-O
9. h3 Ne7 10. d4 Ng6 11. Bb3 c6 12. Nbd2 exd4 13. cxd4 d5 14. e5 Nh5 15. Nf1 f6
16. Bc2 Nhf4 17. Ra3 Bb8 18. Ng3 fxe5 19. Nxe5 Bxe5 20. dxe5 Be6 21. Nh5 Qh4 22.
Nxf4 Nxf4 23. Rg3 c5 24. b4 cxb4 25. Bb3 Kh8 26. Be3 Rac8 27. Rf3 g5 28. Bd4 Rg8
29. a5 Rcf8 30. Qd2 Nxg2 31. Bxd5 Nxe1 32. Rf6 g4 33. hxg4 Bxd5 34. Kf1 Bc4+ 0-1

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2017.10.25"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Swiercz, Dariusz"]
[Black "Cori, Jorge"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2639"]
[BlackElo "2657"]
[ECO "E00"]
[Opening "Catalan opening"]
[WhiteFideId "1126881"]
[BlackFideId "3802272"]
[EventDate "2017.10.21"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Bxd2+ 5. Qxd2 d5 6. Bg2 O-O 7. Nf3 b6 8.
cxd5 exd5 9. O-O Bb7 10. b4 Ne4 11. Qb2 c6 12. Nbd2 Nd6 13. a4 Qe7 14. e3 Nd7
15. Rfc1 Rfe8 16. a5 Rab8 17. a6 Ba8 18. Qa3 Nb5 19. Qa4 Nc7 20. Bh3 b5 21. Qc2
Nb6 22. Qc5 Na4 23. Qxa7 f6 24. Nb3 Nxa6 25. Qxa6 Bb7 26. Rxa4 Bxa6 27. Rxa6
Qxb4 28. Nc5 Qb2 29. Nd3 Qe2 30. Nfe1 b4 31. Bf1 Qg4 32. Raxc6 b3 33. Rb1 Rec8
34. Rxc8+ Qxc8 35. Nc5 Qc6 36. Ned3 1-0

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2017.10.25"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Robson, Ray"]
[Black "Quesada Perez, Yuniesky"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2644"]
[BlackElo "2619"]
[ECO "C45"]
[Opening "Scotch"]
[Variation "Potter variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2023970"]
[BlackFideId "3504409"]
[EventDate "2017.10.21"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nb3 Bb6 6. Nc3 Nf6 7. Bg5 h6 8.
Bh4 d6 9. f3 Be6 10. Bb5 g5 11. Bf2 Bxf2+ 12. Kxf2 Nd7 13. Nd5 a6 14. Bxc6 bxc6
15. Ne3 c5 16. Re1 Ne5 17. Kg1 O-O 18. Nc1 Rb8 19. b3 Qd7 20. Ne2 f5 21. exf5
Bxf5 22. Rf1 Rbe8 23. Qd2 Qg7 24. Rae1 Bc8 25. Ng3 Kh8 26. Nd5 Rf7 27. Nh5 Qg6
28. f4 gxf4 29. Nhxf4 Qg5 30. h4 Qg4 31. Ng6+ Kg7 32. Rxf7+ Kxf7 33. Rf1+ Kg7
34. Nxc7 Qxg6 35. Nxe8+ Qxe8 36. Qxd6 Ng4 37. Qxc5 Qe6 38. h5 Nf6 39. Qd4 Bb7
40. c4 Bc6 41. b4 Be8 42. Kh2 Bxh5 43. b5 axb5 44. cxb5 Be8 45. a4 Kg6 46. Kg1
Ng4 47. b6 Bc6 48. a5 Bb7 49. Qd3+ Kg5 50. Qd2+ Kh5 51. Re1 Qf5 52. Rf1 Qc5+ 53.
Kh1 Qb5 54. Re1 Qb3 55. Kg1 Qg3 56. Kf1 Ba6+ 0-1

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2017.10.25"]
[Round "7.4"]
[White "Shimanov, Aleksandr"]
[Black "Nyzhnyk, Illya"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2594"]
[ECO "D10"]
[Opening "QGD Slav defence"]
[Variation "exchange variation"]
[WhiteFideId "4198603"]
[BlackFideId "14118084"]
[EventDate "2017.10.21"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Bf4 Nc6 6. Nf3 Nh5 7. Be5 e6 8. e3
a6 9. Bd3 Be7 10. Rc1 Nxe5 11. dxe5 g6 12. O-O O-O 13. Na4 Bd7 14. Nc5 Rc8 15.
b4 Rc7 16. Qb3 Qb8 17. Rc2 Rfc8 18. Rb1 Be8 19. g4 Ng7 20. Bxa6 bxa6 21. Nxa6
Rxc2 22. Nxb8 R8c3 23. Qxc3 Rxc3 24. b5 Ra3 25. b6 Bc5 26. Nd4 Bxb6 27. Rxb6
Rxa2 28. Na6 Ra1+ 29. Kg2 Rc1 30. Nb4 Rc8 31. Ra6 h6 32. Ra7 Kf8 33. Nd3 Rc3 34.
Nf4 Rc8 35. Nfe2 Rd8 36. Nc1 Rd7 37. Ra8 Rc7 38. Nce2 Ke7 39. f4 Rb7 40. h3 Rc7
41. Ng3 Rb7 42. f5 gxf5 43. gxf5 f6 44. exf6+ Kxf6 45. fxe6 Re7 46. Ra6 Bg6 47.
Nge2 Bd3 48. Nf4 Bxa6 49. Nxd5+ Ke5 50. Nxe7 Nxe6 51. Nec6+ Kd6 52. Nxe6 Kxe6
53. Kg3 Kf5 54. Ne7+ Ke4 55. Kf2 Bc4 56. h4 Be6 57. Ng6 Bc8 58. Ne7 Be6 59. Nc6
Bd5 60. Nd4 Bb7 61. Nb5 Ke5 62. Kg3 Ba6 63. Nc3 Bc8 64. Kf3 Bd7 65. Nd1 Bc6+ 66.
Ke2 Bb5+ 67. Kd2 Kf5 68. Nf2 Kg6 69. Ng4 Kh5 70. Nxh6 1/2-1/2

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2017.10.25"]
[Round "7.5"]
[White "Kannappan, Priyadharshan"]
[Black "Sevian, Samuel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2516"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[ECO "A20"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[WhiteFideId "5018293"]
[BlackFideId "2040506"]
[EventDate "2017.10.21"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 Bc5 4. Nc3 a6 5. e3 d6 6. Nge2 Ba7 7. b3 h5 8. h3 f5
9. d4 Bd7 10. Qd2 h4 11. Nd5 hxg3 12. fxg3 Nf6 13. Bb2 e4 14. Nef4 Nxd5 15. Nxd5
Be6 16. Nf4 Bf7 17. g4 g6 18. O-O-O Qh4 19. gxf5 gxf5 20. Rdg1 O-O-O 21. Bf1
Rhg8 22. Bc3 Ne7 23. Qe1 Qf6 24. Be2 Ng6 25. Nh5 Qh8 26. Qf2 Ne7 27. Nf4 c5 28.
Kc2 cxd4 29. exd4 Nc6 30. Rd1 Rde8 31. Qe3 Qh4 32. Rhg1 Rxg1 33. Rxg1 Rg8 34.
Rxg8+ Bxg8 35. Bd1 Bf7 36. Ne2 Bg6 37. Qf4 Qf6 38. d5 Ne5 39. Ng3 Nd3 40. Qh6
Bd4 41. Ba5 Ba1 42. Bh5 Qb2+ 43. Kd1 Nf2+ 44. Ke1 Nd3+ 45. Kd1 Bxh5+ 46. Nxh5
Nf2+ 47. Ke1 Nd3+ 48. Kd1 Qb1+ 49. Ke2 Qxa2+ 50. Bd2 Bc3 51. Nf6 Kb8 52. Nd7+
Kc7 53. Nf6 Nc1+ 54. Ke1 Bxd2+ 55. Qxd2 Qa1 56. Nh5 Nxb3+ 57. Qd1 Qc3+ 58. Kf2
Qxh3 0-1

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2017.10.25"]
[Round "7.6"]
[White "Prohaszka, Peter2"]
[Black "Liang, Awonder"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2614"]
[BlackElo "2554"]
[ECO "E62"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "fianchetto, Uhlmann (Szabo) variation"]
[WhiteFideId "726265"]
[BlackFideId "2056437"]
[EventDate "2017.10.21"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nc3 d6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O e5 8. dxe5
Nxe5 9. b3 Nxf3+ 10. Bxf3 Bh3 11. Re1 c6 12. Bb2 Re8 13. Qd2 Qa5 14. Rad1 Rad8
15. Nd5 Qxd2 16. Nxf6+ Bxf6 17. Rxd2 Bxb2 18. Rxb2 Be6 19. Rd1 Rd7 20. Rbd2 Red8
21. Bg2 Kf8 22. f4 a5 23. Kf2 a4 24. Bf3 f5 25. Rd4 Kf7 26. R1d2 axb3 27. axb3
Ke7 28. e4 fxe4 29. Rxe4 Kf6 30. Red4 h5 31. Kg2 d5 32. cxd5 Bxd5 33. Bxd5 Rxd5
34. Rxd5 cxd5 35. Kf2 Rd6 36. h3 Rb6 37. Rd3 Rb4 38. Kf3 Ke6 39. g4 hxg4+ 40.
hxg4 Kd6 41. Kg3 Ke6 42. Re3+ Kf6 43. g5+ Kf7 44. Kg4 Kg8 45. Re6 Kf7 46. Rd6
Rxb3 47. Rxd5 Rb1 48. Rd7+ Kg8 49. Rc7 Rb3 50. Rc4 Kg7 51. Rc7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2017.10.25"]
[Round "7.7"]
[White "Barcenilla, Rogelio"]
[Black "Azarov, Sergei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2446"]
[BlackElo "2556"]
[ECO "A13"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[WhiteFideId "5200059"]
[BlackFideId "13501470"]
[EventDate "2017.10.21"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. cxd5 exd5 4. d4 c6 5. Qc2 Bd6 6. Nf3 Ne7 7. Bg5 f6 8. Bh4
Bf5 9. Qd2 g5 10. Bg3 Ng6 11. Bxd6 Qxd6 12. e3 Be4 0-1

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2017.10.25"]
[Round "7.8"]
[White "Thavandiran, Shiyam"]
[Black "Durarbayli, Vasif"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2385"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[ECO "B33"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Pelikan, Chelyabinsk variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2605058"]
[BlackFideId "13402935"]
[EventDate "2017.10.21"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8. Na3
b5 9. Nd5 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. c4 b4 12. Nc2 O-O 13. Be2 a5 14. O-O Bg5 15. Qd3
Be6 16. Rfd1 g6 17. Nde3 Qb6 18. Nd5 Qb8 19. Qg3 Qd8 20. Bg4 Kh8 21. Qh3 f5 22.
exf5 gxf5 23. Be2 Rc8 24. a3 bxa3 25. Qxa3 f4 26. Nc3 Be7 27. Nd5 Bh4 28. Bf3
Bf5 29. Qc3 Qe8 30. Rd2 Qg6 31. Nxf4 Qh6 32. Ne2 Bg5 33. Ne3 Rf6 34. Rxd6 Bxe3
35. Rxf6 Bxf2+ 36. Kxf2 Qxf6 37. Bxc6 Be4+ 38. Kg1 Bxc6 39. Rxa5 Rd8 40. Ra1 Qg5
41. Qg3 Qxg3 42. hxg3 Rd2 43. Kf2 Rxb2 44. Ra5 Rc2 45. Rxe5 Rxc4 46. Re7 Kg8 47.
Nf4 Be4 48. Ke3 Bg6 49. Kf3 Bf7 50. Kg4 Kg7 51. Ra7 1/2-1/2

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2017.10.25"]
[Round "7.9"]
[White "Cordova, Emilio"]
[Black "Leon Hoyos, Manuel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2608"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[ECO "A37"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "symmetrical variation"]
[WhiteFideId "3801497"]
[BlackFideId "5105269"]
[EventDate "2017.10.21"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. Nc3 d6 6. O-O e6 7. a3 Nge7 8. d3 O-O
9. Bd2 h6 10. Rb1 b6 11. b4 Bb7 12. Qa4 Qd7 13. Rfd1 g5 14. e3 Ng6 15. d4 g4 16.
Ne1 cxd4 17. exd4 Bxd4 18. Nb5 Bg7 19. Nxd6 Qxd6 20. Bf4 Qe7 21. Bd6 Qe8 22.
Bxf8 Bxf8 23. c5 b5 24. Qxb5 Qc8 25. Rbc1 Nge5 26. Qe2 Qc7 27. b5 Na5 28. c6 Bc8
29. Nd3 Nf3+ 30. Bxf3 gxf3 31. Qxf3 Bxa3 32. Ne5 Bxc1 33. Rd7 1-0

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2017.10.25"]
[Round "7.10"]
[White "Yermolinsky, Alex"]
[Black "Li, Ruifeng"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2564"]
[ECO "D30"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "Hastings variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2005492"]
[BlackFideId "2061074"]
[EventDate "2017.10.21"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. d4 c6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. Qb3 Qe7 8. e4
g6 9. exd5 exd5+ 10. Kd2 Bg7 11. Re1 Be6 12. cxd5 cxd5 13. Nxd5 Qd6 14. Rxe6+
fxe6 15. Qxb7 Qxd5 16. Qxg7 Rf8 17. Bd3 Nd7 18. Rc1 Rxf3 19. gxf3 Qg5+ 20. f4
Qxf4+ 21. Kd1 Qxf2 22. Qxh6 Qxd4 23. Qxg6+ Ke7 24. Rc4 Qxb2 25. Qh7+ Kd6 26. Qe4
Rh8 27. Rc6+ Ke7 28. Rxe6+ Kd8 29. Qa8+ Qb8 30. Qxb8+ Nxb8 31. Re2 Kc7 32. Re7+
Kd6 33. Rh7 Rxh7 34. Bxh7 Nc6 35. Kd2 Ke5 36. Kc3 Kf4 37. Bg8 a5 38. Kc4 Nb4 39.
a4 Kg4 40. Be6+ Kh4 41. Kd4 Nc2+ 42. Kc5 Nb4 43. Bc4 Nc2 44. Kb6 Ne3 45. Bb3 Nf1
46. Kxa5 Nxh2 47. Kb6 1-0

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2017.10.25"]
[Round "7.11"]
[White "Grabinsky, Aaron"]
[Black "Chandra, Akshat"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2366"]
[BlackElo "2483"]
[ECO "D00"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn, Mason variation, Steinitz counter-gambit"]
[WhiteFideId "2087090"]
[BlackFideId "25006711"]
[EventDate "2017.10.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 c5 3. e3 cxd4 4. exd4 Nc6 5. c3 Bf5 6. Nf3 e6 7. Nbd2 Nf6 8. Nh4
Bg4 9. Qb3 Bd6 10. Bxd6 Qxd6 11. h3 Bh5 12. Bd3 O-O-O 13. g4 Bg6 14. Nxg6 hxg6
15. O-O-O Qf4 16. f3 Rh4 17. Bb5 Qc7 18. Bxc6 Qxc6 19. Qa3 Kb8 20. Kb1 Qc7 21.
Rc1 Qf4 22. Nb3 Nd7 23. Na5 Rhh8 24. Qb4 Nb6 25. Ka1 Rc8 26. Nb3 Rc7 27. Rcf1
Nc4 28. Nc5 Ne3 29. Rf2 Ka8 30. Rg1 Nc4 31. Re1 Qg3 32. Nd3 Qxh3 33. b3 Nb6 34.
Ne5 Qg3 35. Rfe2 Rhc8 36. Kb2 Qf4 37. Rc1 Nd7 38. Nxd7 Rxd7 39. Qb5 Rdc7 40. Rf2
a6 41. Qd3 Rh8 42. Qd2 Qg3 43. Qe3 Rcc8 44. c4 dxc4 45. bxc4 Rhd8 46. Rd2 Rd7
47. Rc3 Qc7 48. Qe4 Rcd8 49. d5 Qa5 50. Rcd3 Qb4+ 51. Ka1 Rh8 52. f4 exd5 53.
Qf3 Qxc4 54. Rb2 Re8 55. Qd1 Qxf4 56. Rd4 Qf6 57. Qd2 Rde7 58. a3 Re2 59. Qc3
Rxb2 60. Kxb2 Qf2+ 61. Rd2 Qb6+ 62. Ka2 Qe6 63. Qxg7 Qxg4 64. Qxf7 Qc4+ 65. Kb2
Re3 66. Qf8+ Ka7 67. Qf2 Qb3+ 68. Kc1 d4 69. Rb2 Qc3+ 70. Kb1 Re1+ 71. Ka2 Qc4+
72. Rb3 Re2+ 0-1

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2017.10.25"]
[Round "7.12"]
[White "Quintiliano Pinto, Renato R."]
[Black "Patel, Advait"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2451"]
[BlackElo "2448"]
[ECO "E94"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "orthodox, Donner variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2117568"]
[BlackFideId "2075105"]
[EventDate "2017.10.21"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O c6 8. dxe5
dxe5 9. Nxe5 Nxe4 10. Nxe4 Bxe5 11. Bg5 Qc7 12. f4 Bxb2 13. Bf6 Re8 14. Bxb2
Rxe4 15. Qd2 Nd7 16. Bd3 Re7 17. c5 b5 18. Rae1 Qd8 19. Bxb5 Rxe1 20. Rxe1 cxb5
21. Qd4 Qf6 22. Re8+ 1-0

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2017.10.25"]
[Round "7.13"]
[White "Peng, David"]
[Black "Sturt, Raven"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2330"]
[BlackElo "2446"]
[ECO "C55"]
[Opening "Two knights defence (Modern bishop's opening)"]
[WhiteFideId "2059355"]
[BlackFideId "2007304"]
[EventDate "2017.10.21"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. a4 d5 7. exd5 Nxd5 8. h3
Re8 9. Re1 Bf8 10. Ng5 Re7 11. Nc3 Ncb4 12. Nxd5 Nxd5 13. Qh5 h6 14. Nf3 Nf6 15.
Qh4 Qd6 16. Qg3 Nh5 17. Qh2 Be6 18. Qxe5 Bxc4 19. Qxd6 Rxe1+ 20. Nxe1 Bxd6 21.
dxc4 Re8 22. Be3 a6 23. Nd3 Nf6 24. Rd1 Nd7 25. Kf1 f5 26. Bf4 Bxf4 27. Nxf4 Nc5
28. b3 c6 29. a5 g5 30. Ne2 Kf7 31. Rd6 Re6 32. Rd8 Re7 33. Nd4 f4 34. Nf5 Re6
35. f3 Kg6 36. Nd4 Rf6 37. b4 Na4 38. Nb3 Nb2 39. Rd4 Re6 40. Nc5 Re7 41. Ne4
Na4 42. Rd6+ Kg7 43. Ke2 Nc3+ 44. Kd3 Nd1 45. g3 Nf2+ 46. Ke2 fxg3 47. Kf1 Nxe4
48. fxe4 h5 49. Kg2 h4 50. c3 Rxe4 51. Rd7+ Kf6 52. c5 Re2+ 53. Kg1 g4 0-1

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2017.10.25"]
[Round "7.14"]
[White "Kavutskiy, Konstantin"]
[Black "Guo, Arthur"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2390"]
[BlackElo "2219"]
[ECO "A05"]
[Opening "Reti opening"]
[WhiteFideId "2026384"]
[BlackFideId "30903114"]
[EventDate "2017.10.21"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 e6 3. Bg2 d5 4. O-O Be7 5. d3 O-O 6. Nbd2 Nbd7 7. c4 c6 8. b3
b6 9. Bb2 Bb7 10. a3 a6 11. Rc1 Rc8 12. Rc2 Bd6 13. Qa1 Re8 14. Rfc1 c5 15. e3
dxc4 16. Nxc4 Be7 17. Ncd2 b5 18. d4 Qb6 19. dxc5 Bxc5 20. b4 Bf8 21. Bd4 Qd6
22. Rxc8 Rxc8 23. Rxc8 Bxc8 24. Ng5 Qc7 25. Qc3 Qxc3 26. Bxc3 Nb6 27. Bd4 Nfd7
28. Nge4 e5 29. Ba1 f6 30. f4 exf4 31. gxf4 Kf7 32. Kf2 Na4 33. Nb3 Ndb6 34.
Ned2 Be7 35. Nd4 Bd7 36. Bb7 Bc8 37. Be4 g6 38. Nc6 Be6 39. Bc2 Bd5 40. Nxe7
Kxe7 41. e4 Be6 42. Ke3 Nd7 43. Nb3 Nab6 44. Na5 f5 45. Kd4 Kd6 46. h4 h6 47.
Nb7+ Kc7 48. Nc5 Nxc5 49. bxc5 Nd7 50. h5 gxh5 51. exf5 Bf7 52. Bc3 Nf6 53. Ba5+
Kc6 54. Bd8 Nd5 55. Be4 Bg8 56. Bh4 a5 57. Be1 a4 58. Bf3 Bf7 59. Bh4 Bg8 60.
Bf2 Bf7 61. Be1 b4 62. axb4 a3 63. Bxd5+ Bxd5 64. b5+ Kxb5 65. Kxd5 a2 66. Bc3
h4 67. Ke4 Kxc5 68. f6 Kd6 69. Kf3 h5 70. Kg2 Ke6 71. Kh3 1-0

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2017.10.25"]
[Round "7.15"]
[White "Plotkin, Victor"]
[Black "Rahul, Srivatshav P"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2262"]
[BlackElo "2373"]
[ECO "B22"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Alapin's variation (2.c3)"]
[WhiteFideId "2606674"]
[BlackFideId "25059653"]
[EventDate "2017.10.21"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Qa5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. Na3 d6 5. Nc4 Qc7 6. d4 Bg4 7. d5 Nb8 8. Bf4
Nd7 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 Ngf6 11. g4 g6 12. a4 Bg7 13. Bg2 Nb6 14. Ne3 Nfd7 15.
Qe2 Ne5 16. a5 Nbd7 17. Bg3 g5 18. Nf5 Bf6 19. h4 h6 20. h5 c4 21. O-O Nd3 22.
Rfd1 N7e5 23. Ne3 Rc8 24. Bf1 Nf4 25. Qc2 Kf8 26. Be2 b5 27. axb6 axb6 28. Kf1
b5 29. Ra6 Qc5 30. Rda1 Ned3 31. Bxd3 cxd3 32. Qd2 b4 33. cxb4 Qb5 34. R6a5 Qb6
35. Nf5 e6 36. Ra8 Rd8 37. R1a6 Qc7 38. Bxf4 gxf4 39. Rc6 Qd7 40. Rxd8+ Bxd8 41.
Rxd6 Qc7 42. dxe6 fxe6 43. Qxd3 Bg5 44. Rxe6 Kf7 45. Rd6 Rd8 46. Qd5+ Kf8 47.
Rxd8+ Bxd8 48. Qc5+ 1-0

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2017.10.25"]
[Round "7.16"]
[White "Heimann, Mark"]
[Black "Proleiko, Julian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2363"]
[BlackElo "2095"]
[ECO "A07"]
[Opening "Reti"]
[Variation "King's Indian attack, Yugoslav variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2028441"]
[BlackFideId "30900255"]
[EventDate "2017.10.21"]

1. g3 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c6 4. O-O Bg4 5. b3 e6 6. Bb2 Nbd7 7. d3 Be7 8. e4
dxe4 9. dxe4 Nxe4 10. Bxg7 Rg8 11. Bb2 Bf6 12. Qc1 Ng5 13. Nbd2 Nxf3+ 14. Nxf3
Bxb2 15. Qxb2 Qa5 16. b4 Qh5 17. Nd4 O-O-O 18. b5 c5 19. Nc6 Bf3 20. Nxd8 Bxg2
21. Kxg2 Ne5 22. Qa3 Ng6 23. Nxb7 Kb8 24. Kh1 Ne5 25. Na5 Nf3 26. Nc6+ Kc8 27.
Qa6+ Kd7 28. Rfd1+ 1-0

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2017.10.25"]
[Round "7.17"]
[White "Baginskaite, Camilla"]
[Black "Jacobson, Brandon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "WGM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2140"]
[BlackElo "2396"]
[ECO "D07"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "Chigorin defence"]
[WhiteFideId "2014599"]
[BlackFideId "30901561"]
[EventDate "2017.10.21"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 Nc6 3. cxd5 Qxd5 4. e3 e5 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Bd2 Bxc3 7. Bxc3 exd4 8.
Ne2 Nf6 9. Nxd4 O-O 10. Nxc6 Qxc6 11. Be2 Ne4 12. Be5 Bf5 13. O-O Rad8 14. Qc1
Qe6 15. Bc3 Qg6 16. Rd1 Ng5 17. f3 Nh3+ 18. Kf1 Rxd1+ 19. Qxd1 c5 20. Qd5 Qg5
21. f4 Qh4 22. g3 Nxf4 23. Qxf5 Qxh2 24. Qxf4 Qh1+ 25. Kf2 Qxa1 26. Qe5 f6 27.
Bc4+ Kh8 28. Qe7 1-0

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2017.10.25"]
[Round "7.18"]
[White "Mathur, Rithwik"]
[Black "Williams, Justus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "1986"]
[BlackElo "2371"]
[ECO "A45"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[WhiteFideId "30913667"]
[BlackFideId "2049929"]
[EventDate "2017.10.21"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 c5 3. e3 b6 4. Nf3 Bb7 5. Nc3 cxd4 6. exd4 e6 7. Bd3 Bb4 8. O-O
Bxc3 9. bxc3 d6 10. c4 O-O 11. Rb1 Be4 12. Re1 Bg6 13. Bxg6 hxg6 14. Qd3 Nh5 15.
Bg5 Qc7 16. Nd2 Rc8 17. Qf3 Nd7 18. g4 Nhf6 19. Bxf6 Nxf6 20. g5 Nh7 21. h4 Nf8
22. Rb3 Rd8 23. d5 e5 24. Qg3 Rac8 25. Rbe3 b5 26. f4 Nd7 27. h5 exf4 28. Qxf4
Ne5 29. h6 gxh6 30. gxh6 Qe7 31. h7+ Kh8 32. Nf3 Rxc4 33. Nxe5 dxe5 34. Qxe5+
Qxe5 35. Rxe5 Kxh7 36. Re7 Rg4+ 37. Kf2 Rf4+ 38. Ke3 Rf5 39. Rd1 Kg7 40. d6 Rf6
41. Rxa7 Re6+ 42. Kf4 Rdxd6 43. Rb1 Rd4+ 44. Kf3 b4 45. Ra4 Ree4 46. a3 b3 47.
cxb3 Rxa4 48. bxa4 Rxa4 49. Rb3 g5 50. Kg3 Kg6 51. Kf3 f5 52. Kg3 Kh5 53. Rc3
f4+ 54. Kg2 Rd4 55. Kf2 g4 56. Kg2 Rd2+ 57. Kg1 Kh4 58. Rb3 Ra2 59. Kh1 f3 60.
Kg1 Kg3 61. Rb1 Rg2+ 62. Kh1 Rh2+ 0-1

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2017.10.25"]
[Round "7.19"]
[White "Voelker, James"]
[Black "Furfine, Jacob"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackTitle "CM"]
[WhiteElo "2098"]
[BlackElo "2297"]
[ECO "B14"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "Panov-Botvinnik attack, 5...e6"]
[WhiteFideId "2018853"]
[BlackFideId "2099462"]
[EventDate "2017.10.21"]

1. d4 c6 2. e4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nf3 Be7 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
Bd3 Nc6 9. O-O O-O 10. a3 Nxc3 11. bxc3 b6 12. Qe2 Bb7 13. Qe4 g6 14. Bh6 Re8
15. h4 Rc8 16. h5 Na5 17. Qg4 Bxf3 18. gxf3 f5 19. Qg2 Kf7 20. Rfe1 Rg8 21. Qf1
Bd6 22. Qe2 Qf6 23. f4 gxh5+ 24. Bg5 Bxf4 25. Qxh5+ Qg6 0-1

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2017.10.25"]
[Round "7.20"]
[White "Young, Angelo"]
[Black "Rosenthal, Nicholas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2292"]
[BlackElo "2164"]
[ECO "E01"]
[Opening "Catalan"]
[Variation "closed"]
[WhiteFideId "5200490"]
[BlackFideId "2045150"]
[EventDate "2017.10.21"]

1. d4 e6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. c4 c6 5. Qc2 Bd6 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O Nbd7 8. Nbd2
Re8 9. Rd1 Qc7 10. e4 dxe4 11. Nxe4 Nxe4 12. Qxe4 e5 13. c5 Be7 14. Be3 exd4 15.
Bxd4 Nf8 16. b4 Be6 17. Be5 Qc8 18. Qc2 Ng6 19. Bc3 Bd5 20. h4 h5 21. a3 Qc7 22.
Qf5 a5 23. Qxh5 Bxf3 24. Bxf3 axb4 25. axb4 b6 26. Qf5 Rxa1 27. Rxa1 bxc5 28.
bxc5 Qc8 29. Qxc8 Rxc8 30. Ra6 Bxc5 31. Rxc6 Rxc6 32. Bxc6 Bd6 33. Be4 Be5 34.
Bb4 Nf8 35. Kg2 g6 36. Bd3 Kg7 37. Kf3 Bd4 38. Be2 f5 39. Kg2 Nd7 40. Bf3 Nf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2017.10.25"]
[Round "7.21"]
[White "Tsay, Vincent"]
[Black "Gosdin, Kaleb"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2265"]
[BlackElo "2011"]
[ECO "A42"]
[Opening "Modern defence"]
[Variation "Averbakh system"]
[WhiteFideId "30931835"]
[BlackFideId "30920442"]
[EventDate "2017.10.21"]

1. d4 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. e4 Nd7 5. Nf3 e5 6. Be2 Nh6 7. O-O O-O 8. d5 f5
9. exf5 Nxf5 10. Ne4 Nc5 11. Nfg5 Nxe4 12. Nxe4 Nd4 13. Bg4 Qh4 14. h3 Bxg4 15.
Qxg4 Qxg4 16. hxg4 Rab8 17. a4 a5 18. Ra3 h6 19. Bd2 Ra8 20. Rd3 Rfd8 21. Rh3
Ne2+ 22. Kh1 Nf4 23. Rb3 b6 24. Re1 g5 25. Ra3 Ra7 26. g3 Ng6 27. b4 axb4 28.
Bxb4 Rda8 29. Rea1 Nf8 30. a5 Nd7 31. Kg2 Kf7 32. R1a2 Ke7 33. Nc3 bxa5 34. Rxa5
Rxa5 35. Rxa5 Rb8 36. Nb5 Rb7 37. Ra6 Nb6 38. c5 Nxd5 39. cxd6+ cxd6 40. Bxd6+
Kd7 41. Na3 Rb6 42. Ra7+ Ke6 43. Rxg7 Rxd6 44. Nc4 Rd7 45. Rg6+ Nf6 46. Rxh6 Rd4
47. Ne3 Kf7 48. Kf3 Kg7 49. Nf5+ 1-0

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2017.10.25"]
[Round "7.22"]
[White "Wang, Justin"]
[Black "Polgar-Shutzman, Tom"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2254"]
[BlackElo "2055"]
[ECO "B31"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Nimzovich-Rossolimo attack (with ...g6, without ...d6)"]
[WhiteFideId "30911370"]
[BlackFideId "2064880"]
[EventDate "2017.10.21"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. d3 Bg7 6. h3 e5 7. Be3 Qe7 8. a4
a5 9. Na3 Nf6 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bh4 Qc7 12. Qd2 Nh5 13. O-O O-O 14. Bg3 Nxg3 15.
fxg3 Be6 16. b3 Rad8 17. Nc4 b6 18. Rae1 Rb8 19. Ne3 Rfd8 20. Ra1 Ra8 21. Nh2
Kh7 22. Neg4 f5 23. Nf2 f4 24. g4 g5 25. Qc3 Bf6 26. Nf3 Rf8 27. g3 Bh8 28. Kg2
Qf7 29. Rae1 Rg8 30. gxf4 gxf4 31. Rh1 Qe7 32. Reg1 b5 33. axb5 cxb5 34. Kf1 c4
35. bxc4 bxc4 36. g5 cxd3 37. cxd3 hxg5 38. h4 g4 39. Ng5+ Kh6 40. Qc6 Rg6 41.
Qxa8 Bg7 42. Nxg4+ Bxg4 43. Qg8 Kh5 44. Rxg4 Kxg4 45. Qh7 Bh6 46. Qxe7 1-0

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2017.10.25"]
[Round "7.23"]
[White "Mercado, Luisa Fernanda"]
[Black "Yoo, Christopher Woojin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "WFM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "1944"]
[BlackElo "2194"]
[ECO "B23"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Grand Prix attack"]
[WhiteFideId "4400984"]
[BlackFideId "30909694"]
[EventDate "2017.10.21"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. f4 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bc4 d6 6. O-O e6 7. d3 Nge7 8. Qe1
O-O 9. f5 gxf5 10. Qh4 fxe4 11. dxe4 Ng6 12. Qh5 f6 13. a3 Qe7 14. Be3 Nce5 15.
Ba2 Bd7 16. Rad1 Rad8 17. Rd2 b5 18. Nxe5 Nxe5 19. Rf4 Be8 20. Qh3 c4 21. Rh4 h5
22. Ne2 f5 23. exf5 exf5 24. Rf4 Ng4 25. Bf2 Bh6 26. Bh4 Qe5 27. Qg3 Bxf4 28.
Nxf4 Rd7 29. h3 Rg7 30. Qf3 Bc6 31. Qxc6 Qe3+ 32. Kh1 Qxd2 33. hxg4 Qc1+ 34. Kh2
Qxf4+ 35. Bg3 Qxg4 36. Bxd6 Qe4 37. Qxe4 fxe4 38. Bxf8 Kxf8 0-1

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2017.10.25"]
[Round "7.24"]
[White "Black, James"]
[Black "Easton, Jack"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2164"]
[BlackElo "2162"]
[ECO "A20"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[WhiteFideId "2048280"]
[BlackFideId "30900069"]
[EventDate "2017.10.21"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c6 4. d4 exd4 5. Qxd4 Na6 6. Nc3 Bc5 7. Qd2 Nc7 8. a3
a5 9. Nf3 O-O 10. O-O d5 11. cxd5 Ncxd5 12. Rd1 Qb6 13. e3 Nxc3 14. Qxc3 Be6 15.
Nd4 Rfd8 16. Rd2 Bd5 17. Nc2 Ne4 18. Bxe4 Bxe4 19. b4 axb4 20. axb4 Bf8 21. Rxa8
Rxa8 22. Rd4 Bxc2 23. Qxc2 Bxb4 24. Bb2 Be7 25. Rg4 f6 26. Rh4 Qb5 27. Qxh7+ Kf7
28. Rg4 Rg8 29. Qg6+ Kf8 30. Bc3 c5 31. Qf5 Qc6 32. Re4 Kf7 33. g4 g6 34. Qf4
Rd8 35. Qf3 Rd5 36. Kg2 f5 37. gxf5 gxf5 38. Qh5+ 1-0

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2017.10.25"]
[Round "7.25"]
[White "Shoykhet, Benjamin"]
[Black "Cervantes Landeiro, Thalia"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackTitle "WFM"]
[WhiteElo "1819"]
[BlackElo "2107"]
[ECO "A04"]
[Opening "Reti opening"]
[WhiteFideId "30919746"]
[BlackFideId "3520498"]
[EventDate "2017.10.21"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. Nc3 e5 4. g3 d6 5. Bg2 f5 6. d3 Nf6 7. O-O O-O 8. Rb1 a5
9. a3 Nc6 10. b4 axb4 11. axb4 h6 12. b5 Ne7 13. Qb3 Kh7 14. Bb2 g5 15. Ra1 Rxa1
16. Rxa1 f4 17. Nd2 fxg3 18. hxg3 Ng4 19. Nce4 Bf5 20. Ra7 Kh8 21. Rxb7 Qe8 22.
Rxc7 Bxe4 23. Nxe4 Qh5 24. Bf3 Qh2+ 25. Kf1 Nf5 26. b6 Nxg3+ 27. fxg3 Qh1# 0-1

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2017.10.25"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Bruzon Batista, Lazaro"]
[Black "Quesada Perez, Yuniesky"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2619"]
[ECO "C67"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Berlin defence, open variation"]
[WhiteFideId "3503739"]
[BlackFideId "3504409"]
[EventDate "2017.10.21"]

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. c3 Rxe1 12. Qxe1 Ne8 13. Bf4 d5 14. Bd3 g6
15. Nd2 Ng7 16. Qe2 c6 17. Re1 Bf5 18. Bxf5 Nxf5 19. Nf3 Ng7 20. h3 Ne6 21. Be5
Qe7 1/2-1/2

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2017.10.25"]
[Round "8.2"]
[White "Swiercz, Dariusz"]
[Black "Sevian, Samuel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2639"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[ECO "D12"]
[Opening "QGD Slav"]
[Variation "4.e3 Bf5"]
[WhiteFideId "1126881"]
[BlackFideId "2040506"]
[EventDate "2017.10.21"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Bg6 7. Qb3 Qc7 8. Nxg6
hxg6 9. g3 Be7 10. Bg2 O-O 11. O-O Nbd7 12. cxd5 cxd5 13. e4 dxe4 14. Nxe4 Nxe4
15. Bxe4 Nb6 16. Qf3 Rab8 17. Bf4 Bd6 18. Rac1 Qd7 19. Bxd6 Qxd6 20. Rfd1 Nd5
21. Bxd5 exd5 22. Rc5 Rbd8 23. Qa3 b6 24. Rc3 Qxa3 25. Rxa3 Rd7 26. Rc1 Re8 27.
Re3 Re4 28. Rc8+ Kh7 29. Rxe4 dxe4 30. Rc4 b5 31. Rc5 Rxd4 32. Rxb5 Rd1+ 33. Kg2
Rd2 34. Kf1 f5 35. a4 a6 36. Rb6 a5 37. Rb5 Kh6 38. b3 Rb2 39. h3 Kg5 40. Ke1
Kh5 41. Rxa5 Rxb3 42. Ra8 Rb2 43. a5 Ra2 44. a6 g5 45. g4+ fxg4 46. a7 Kg6 47.
hxg4 Kh7 48. Kd1 Kg6 49. Kc1 Kh7 50. Kb1 Ra5 51. Kb2 Kg6 52. Kc3 Ra1 53. Kd4 Ra2
54. Kxe4 Ra1 55. Kd5 Ra2 56. Kc5 Ra1 57. Kb5 Rb1+ 58. Kc6 Rc1+ 59. Kd6 Ra1 60.
Ke7 Ra2 61. Kf8 Kh7 62. f3 Ra3 63. Ke7 Kg6 64. Ke8 Kh7 65. Kd7 Ra1 1/2-1/2

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2017.10.25"]
[Round "8.3"]
[White "Azarov, Sergei"]
[Black "Shimanov, Aleksandr"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2556"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[ECO "B12"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "advance variation"]
[WhiteFideId "13501470"]
[BlackFideId "4198603"]
[EventDate "2017.10.21"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 c5 6. Be3 Qb6 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. O-O
Qxb2 9. Qe1 cxd4 10. Bxd4 Nxd4 11. Nxd4 Bb4 12. Ndb5 Ba5 13. Rb1 Qxc2 14. Rc1
Qb2 15. g4 Bg6 16. f4 Be4 17. Rf2 Kf8 18. Bd3 Qb4 19. a3 Qe7 20. Bxe4 dxe4 21.
Kg2 h5 22. g5 e3 23. Rf3 Qd7 24. Nd6 Ne7 25. Qxe3 Bxc3 26. Qxc3 Nd5 27. Qd4 g6
28. Rc5 Rg8 29. h4 b6 30. Rxd5 exd5 31. f5 gxf5 32. Rxf5 Rg7 33. Rf6 Qc7 34. Kh3
Rd8 35. Nxf7 Rxf7 36. e6 Rxf6 37. Qxf6+ Kg8 38. Qg6+ Kf8 39. Qf6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2017.10.25"]
[Round "8.4"]
[White "Nyzhnyk, Illya"]
[Black "Prohaszka, Peter2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2594"]
[BlackElo "2614"]
[ECO "D30"]
[Opening "Queen's gambit declined"]
[WhiteFideId "14118084"]
[BlackFideId "726265"]
[EventDate "2017.10.21"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O Nbd7 8. Qc2
c6 9. Bf4 b6 10. Ne5 Nxe5 11. Bxe5 Bb7 12. Rd1 Rc8 13. Qa4 a6 1/2-1/2

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2017.10.25"]
[Round "8.5"]
[White "Cori, Jorge"]
[Black "Rambaldi, Francesco"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2657"]
[BlackElo "2574"]
[ECO "D02"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[WhiteFideId "3802272"]
[BlackFideId "20657307"]
[EventDate "2017.10.21"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. e3 Be7 5. Nc3 O-O 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 a6 8. O-O
c5 9. Qe2 b5 10. Bb3 Bb7 11. Rd1 Nbd7 12. e4 b4 13. d5 bxc3 14. dxe6 fxe6 15.
Ng5 Qb6 16. Bxe6+ Kh8 17. Bxd7 h6 18. Ne6 Rf7 19. bxc3 Bxe4 20. Nf4 g5 21. Be6
Rff8 22. Bd5 Bxd5 23. Nxd5 Nxd5 24. Rxd5 Bf6 25. Be3 Rac8 26. Rad1 Bxc3 27. Bxg5
Bg7 28. Be3 Rc6 29. g3 Qb4 30. Qh5 Re6 31. Rxc5 Qb2 32. Rf5 Rfe8 33. Rf7 Kg8 34.
Rdd7 Qb1+ 35. Kg2 Bf8 36. Rg7+ Kh8 37. Qf7 Qe4+ 38. f3 Qc2+ 39. Kh3 1-0

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2017.10.25"]
[Round "8.6"]
[White "Chandra, Akshat"]
[Black "Robson, Ray"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2483"]
[BlackElo "2644"]
[ECO "E60"]
[Opening "King's Indian, 3.Nf3"]
[WhiteFideId "25006711"]
[BlackFideId "2023970"]
[EventDate "2017.10.21"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 c5 5. Bg2 Qa5+ 6. Bd2 Qb6 7. dxc5 Qxc5 8.
Qb3 Nc6 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Be3 Qa5 11. O-O d6 12. h3 Bd7 13. Rac1 Rfc8 14. a3 Rab8
15. Rfd1 h6 16. Qa2 Be6 17. b4 Qd8 18. Nd5 b5 19. Nd4 Nxd4 20. Bxd4 Rxc4 21.
Rxc4 bxc4 22. Qxc4 Nxd5 23. Bxd5 Rc8 24. Qb3 Bxd5 25. Qxd5 Bxd4 26. Qxd4 Qd7 27.
Qe3 Rc2 28. h4 h5 29. Rc1 Ra2 30. b5 Rb2 31. a4 Rb4 32. Qc3 Rxa4 33. Qc6 Qg4 34.
Qe8+ Kg7 35. Qxe7 Qe4 36. Qxe4 Rxe4 37. e3 Rb4 38. Ra1 Rxb5 39. Rxa7 Kf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2017.10.25"]
[Round "8.7"]
[White "Liang, Awonder"]
[Black "Cordova, Emilio"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2554"]
[BlackElo "2608"]
[ECO "C60"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "fianchetto (Smyslov/Barnes) defence"]
[WhiteFideId "2056437"]
[BlackFideId "3801497"]
[EventDate "2017.10.21"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. d4 exd4 5. Bg5 Be7 6. Bxe7 Qxe7 7. Bxc6 dxc6 8.
Qxd4 Nf6 9. Nc3 Bg4 10. Nd2 c5 11. Qe3 O-O-O 12. h3 Bd7 13. O-O-O Bc6 14. f3 b6
15. Rhe1 h5 16. Nc4 Rhe8 17. Rxd8+ Rxd8 18. Qg5 Re8 19. Rd1 Nd7 20. Qg3 h4 21.
Qf4 g5 22. Qd2 f6 23. Ne3 Ne5 24. f4 gxf4 25. Nf5 Qh7 26. Qxf4 Qg6 27. Qxh4 Qxg2
28. Qh7 Kb8 29. Ne7 Bd7 30. Rxd7 Qg5+ 31. Kb1 Nxd7 32. Nc6+ Kc8 33. b3 Qg1+ 34.
Kb2 Qg3 35. Nxa7+ Kd8 36. Nc6+ Kc8 37. Nb5 c4 38. e5 c3+ 39. Ka3 Rd8 40. Nba7+ 1-0

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2017.10.25"]
[Round "8.8"]
[White "Yermolinsky, Alex"]
[Black "Kannappan, Priyadharshan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2516"]
[ECO "A39"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "symmetrical, main line with d4"]
[WhiteFideId "2005492"]
[BlackFideId "5018293"]
[EventDate "2017.10.21"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. O-O O-O 7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4
Qa5 9. Nb3 Qh5 10. Nd5 d6 11. Nf4 Qf5 12. e4 Qd7 13. Qe2 b6 14. Be3 Ba6 15. Rfd1
Rac8 16. Rac1 Rfd8 17. Nd4 e5 18. Nxc6 Qxc6 19. Nd5 Nxd5 20. exd5 Qe8 21. b3 f5
22. a4 Rb8 23. Qd2 Bc8 24. a5 bxa5 25. Qxa5 Rxb3 26. Bg5 Rd7 27. c5 h6 28. c6
Rf7 29. Qd8 Qxd8 30. Bxd8 Bf6 31. Bxf6 Rxf6 32. Rb1 Rxb1 33. Rxb1 Rf7 34. f4
exf4 35. gxf4 Rc7 36. h4 Kf7 37. Kf2 Kf6 38. Kg3 Re7 39. Rb8 Rc7 40. Bf1 Kg7 41.
Bd3 Kf6 42. Ra8 Kg7 43. Rb8 Kf6 44. Kf3 Ke7 45. h5 gxh5 46. Kg3 Kf6 47. Kh4 Kg6
48. Ra8 Kf6 49. Kxh5 Kg7 50. Rb8 Kf6 51. Bc2 Kg7 52. Ra8 Kf6 53. Kxh6 a5 54. Ba4
Ke7 55. Kg5 Kd8 56. Bc2 Rg7+ 57. Kf6 Rg8 58. Kf7 Rh8 59. Bxf5 Kc7 60. Bxc8 Rxc8
61. Rxa5 Kb6 62. Ra1 Kc5 63. Rd1 1-0

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2017.10.25"]
[Round "8.9"]
[White "Kavutskiy, Konstantin"]
[Black "Quintiliano Pinto, Renato R."]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2390"]
[BlackElo "2451"]
[ECO "D30"]
[Opening "Queen's gambit declined"]
[WhiteFideId "2026384"]
[BlackFideId "2117568"]
[EventDate "2017.10.21"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Nbd7 5. b3 c6 6. Bb2 Bd6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O b6
9. Qc2 Bb7 10. Nc3 Rc8 11. Rad1 Qe7 12. e4 dxc4 13. bxc4 e5 14. Ne2 c5 15. dxe5
Nxe5 16. Nxe5 Bxe5 17. Bxe5 Qxe5 18. f4 Qe7 19. e5 Ng4 20. Bxh7+ Kh8 21. Bf5 Qh4
22. Bxg4 Qxg4 23. Nc3 Rfd8 24. Nd5 Bxd5 25. cxd5 c4 26. Rf3 Kg8 27. d6 c3 28.
Rdf1 Rc4 29. Rh3 g6 30. Rg3 Qh4 31. Rxg6+ 1-0

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2017.10.25"]
[Round "8.10"]
[White "Barcenilla, Rogelio"]
[Black "Thavandiran, Shiyam"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2446"]
[BlackElo "2385"]
[ECO "A15"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[WhiteFideId "5200059"]
[BlackFideId "2605058"]
[EventDate "2017.10.21"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. b3 c5 4. Bb2 a6 5. g3 b6 6. Bg2 Bb7 7. O-O d6 8. d4 cxd4
9. Qxd4 Nbd7 10. Nc3 Be7 11. Rfd1 O-O 12. Rac1 Qc7 13. h3 Rfe8 14. g4 h6 15. Qe3
Rac8 16. Qf4 Qb8 17. Qg3 Nf8 18. Ne1 Ng6 19. Bxb7 Qxb7 20. Ng2 b5 21. cxb5 axb5
22. Nf4 Ne5 23. Nd3 Ned7 24. Qg2 d5 25. e3 b4 26. Na4 Rxc1 27. Rxc1 Rc8 28. Qf1
Rxc1 29. Qxc1 Ne4 30. f3 Ng5 31. Kg2 d4 32. e4 Nxe4 33. Bxd4 Ng5 34. Qe3 Qc6 35.
Qe2 Qd5 36. Bb2 e5 37. Bxe5 Nxe5 38. Nxe5 Ne6 39. Qe3 Bg5 40. Nb6 Qb5 0-1

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2017.10.25"]
[Round "8.11"]
[White "Sturt, Raven"]
[Black "Heimann, Mark"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2446"]
[BlackElo "2363"]
[ECO "A40"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn"]
[WhiteFideId "2007304"]
[BlackFideId "2028441"]
[EventDate "2017.10.21"]

1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 b5 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O c5 6. a4 b4 7. c3 Nc6 8. Bg5 d5
9. Nbd2 Be7 10. cxb4 Nxb4 11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. Nb3 Bd6 13. Rc1 h6 14. Bxf6 Qxf6 15.
Nc5 Bxc5 16. Rxc5 Qxb2 17. Qb1 Qxb1 18. Rxb1 a5 19. Nd2 O-O 20. Nb3 Nc6 21. e4
dxe4 22. Bxe4 Nd8 23. Bg2 Bxg2 24. Kxg2 Nb7 25. Rc7 Nd6 26. Rd1 Rfc8 27. Rxc8+
Nxc8 28. Rd8+ Kh7 29. Nd2 Nb6 30. Rxa8 Nxa8 31. Nc4 Kg6 32. Kf3 Kf5 33. Ke3 e5
34. Kd3 Ke6 35. Kc3 Kd5 36. Nxa5 Nb6 37. Kb4 Ke4 38. Nc4 Nxa4 39. Kxa4 f6 40.
Kb5 Kf3 41. Kc5 Kxf2 42. Kd5 Kg2 43. Ne3+ Kxh2 44. Nf5 g6 45. Nxh6 Kxg3 46. Ng8
f5 47. Kxe5 f4 48. Nf6 g5 49. Kf5 Kh4 50. Ke4 Kg3 51. Kf5 f3 52. Kxg5 f2 53.
Ne4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2017.10.25"]
[Round "8.12"]
[White "Kaliksteyn, Alexander"]
[Black "Plotkin, Victor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2425"]
[BlackElo "2262"]
[ECO "D02"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[WhiteFideId "2007630"]
[BlackFideId "2606674"]
[EventDate "2017.10.21"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c3 e6 4. Bf4 c5 5. e3 Nc6 6. Nbd2 Bd6 7. Bg3 O-O 8. Bd3
cxd4 9. exd4 Re8 10. Ne5 Ne7 11. O-O Ng6 12. Qe2 a6 13. Ndf3 Qe7 14. Ng5 Rf8 15.
Rae1 Bd7 16. h4 Nh8 17. h5 h6 18. Nh3 Bb5 19. Bh4 Bxd3 20. Qxd3 g5 21. Nxg5 hxg5
22. Bxg5 Qd8 23. Re3 Be7 24. Rg3 Nxh5 25. Bxe7+ Nxg3 26. Qxg3+ 1-0

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2017.10.25"]
[Round "8.13"]
[White "Leon Hoyos, Manuel"]
[Black "Grabinsky, Aaron"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2366"]
[ECO "B10"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "anti-Caro-Kann defence"]
[WhiteFideId "5105269"]
[BlackFideId "2087090"]
[EventDate "2017.10.21"]

1. e4 c6 2. c4 g6 3. d4 Bg7 4. Nc3 d6 5. f3 e5 6. Nge2 Ne7 7. Be3 O-O 8. Qd2 Nd7
9. Ng3 a6 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. c5 Re8 12. Na4 Nf8 13. Qxd8 Rxd8 14. Nb6 Rb8 15.
Nxc8 Rbxc8 16. Bc4 Bf6 17. Nf1 Kg7 18. Nd2 Ng8 19. Nb3 Rd7 20. Ke2 Bd8 21. g4 h6
22. h4 Nf6 23. Bd2 Bc7 24. Bc3 Re8 25. Nd2 Ne6 26. Bxe6 Rxe6 27. Nc4 Kf8 28.
Rac1 Rd8 29. Bd2 Kg7 30. Rc3 h5 31. g5 Nd7 32. Be3 Re7 33. Rb3 Rb8 34. Rd1 Nf8
35. Rdd3 Rd7 36. Bd2 Rxd3 37. Rxd3 Ne6 38. b4 Re8 39. Rd7 Kf8 40. Bc3 Re7 41.
Rxe7 Nf4+ 42. Ke3 Kxe7 43. Bxe5 Bxe5 44. Nxe5 Ng2+ 45. Kf2 Nf4 46. a3 a5 47.
bxa5 Ke6 48. Nxc6 Nd3+ 49. Ke2 Nxc5 50. Nd8+ 1-0

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2017.10.25"]
[Round "8.14"]
[White "Patel, Advait"]
[Black "Baginskaite, Camilla"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "WGM"]
[WhiteElo "2448"]
[BlackElo "2140"]
[ECO "B52"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Canal-Sokolsky attack, 3...Bd7"]
[WhiteFideId "2075105"]
[BlackFideId "2014599"]
[EventDate "2017.10.21"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. O-O Bg7 7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4
O-O 9. h3 Nc6 10. Be3 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Be6 12. b3 a6 13. Ba4 Qa5 14. Qd3 Nh5 15.
Bxg7 Nxg7 16. f4 Rfc8 17. Rac1 Rc7 18. Kh1 Rac8 19. Rf3 f6 20. Rc2 g5 21. g3 h6
22. Qd2 Qc5 23. Rd3 gxf4 24. gxf4 Qh5 25. f5 Bf7 26. Rg3 Kh8 27. Ne2 Qh4 28. Kh2
b5 29. Nf4 bxa4 30. Rg4 Qxg4 31. hxg4 axb3 32. axb3 1-0

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2017.10.25"]
[Round "8.15"]
[White "Williams, Justus"]
[Black "Furfine, Jacob"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "CM"]
[WhiteElo "2371"]
[BlackElo "2297"]
[ECO "A07"]
[Opening "Reti"]
[Variation "King's Indian attack (Barcza system)"]
[WhiteFideId "2049929"]
[BlackFideId "2099462"]
[EventDate "2017.10.21"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c6 4. c4 g6 5. d4 Bg7 6. Nc3 dxc4 7. e3 Nd5 8. Nd2 e5
9. Nxc4 exd4 10. exd4 O-O 11. O-O Be6 12. Ne3 Nb6 13. d5 cxd5 14. Nexd5 Nc6 15.
Be3 Nxd5 16. Nxd5 Qa5 17. Bd2 Qd8 18. Bc3 Bxd5 19. Bxd5 Bxc3 20. bxc3 Rc8 21.
Re1 Qc7 22. Qf3 b6 23. Rad1 Ne5 24. Qf4 Nc4 25. Qf6 Rfe8 26. h4 Nd6 27. h5 Rxe1+
28. Rxe1 Re8 29. Re5 Rxe5 30. Qxe5 gxh5 31. c4 Qd8 32. Qxh5 Qf6 33. Qg4+ Kf8 34.
Qd7 Qe7 35. Qh3 Kg7 36. Qg4+ Kf8 37. Qd4 Kg8 38. a4 Ne8 39. a5 bxa5 40. c5 Nc7
41. c6 a4 42. Bf3 a3 43. Qxa7 Kg7 44. Qa5 Ne6 45. Bd5 Nc7 46. Ba2 f6 47. Qf5 Qe5
48. Qd7+ Kh6 49. Bg8 Qe1+ 50. Kg2 Qe4+ 51. Kh2 Qc2 52. Kg1 Qb1+ 53. Kg2 Qe4+ 54.
Kh2 Qc2 55. Qd4 Kg7 56. Bc4 a2 57. Qg4+ Kh6 58. Qf4+ Kg6 59. Qg4+ Kh6 60. Qf4+
Kg6 61. Qg4+ Kh6 1/2-1/2

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2017.10.25"]
[Round "8.16"]
[White "Rahul, Srivatshav P"]
[Black "Black, James"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2373"]
[BlackElo "2164"]
[ECO "A07"]
[Opening "Reti"]
[Variation "King's Indian attack (Barcza system)"]
[WhiteFideId "25059653"]
[BlackFideId "2048280"]
[EventDate "2017.10.21"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Bg4 4. d3 e6 5. O-O Nf6 6. Nbd2 Be7 7. e4 O-O 8. Re1
Na6 9. e5 Nd7 10. h3 Bh5 11. Nf1 c5 12. g4 Bg6 13. Ng3 Rc8 14. g5 Re8 15. h4 Nf8
16. Nh2 f5 17. exf6 gxf6 18. h5 Bf7 19. gxf6 Bxf6 20. Ng4 Bg7 21. Bh6 Bxh6 22.
Nxh6+ Kg7 23. Ng4 Qg5 24. Ne5 Qf4 25. Re3 Nb8 26. Nxf7 Qxf7 27. Qg4+ Kh8 28.
Rae1 Nc6 29. c3 Rcd8 30. h6 Re7 31. Nh5 Ng6 32. Rxe6 Nce5 33. R1xe5 Nxe5 34.
Qg7+ 1-0

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2017.10.25"]
[Round "8.17"]
[White "Guo, Arthur"]
[Black "Peng, David"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2219"]
[BlackElo "2330"]
[ECO "B43"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Kan, 5.Nc3"]
[WhiteFideId "30903114"]
[BlackFideId "2059355"]
[EventDate "2017.10.21"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Bd3 Nf6 7. O-O d6 8. Qe2
Be7 9. a4 Nc6 10. Nb3 b6 11. f4 Bb7 12. Bd2 O-O 13. g4 Rfe8 14. g5 Nd7 15. Qh5
g6 16. Qh4 Na5 17. Nxa5 bxa5 18. Be3 Bf8 19. Rf3 Bg7 20. Rh3 Nf8 21. Rf1 Qc6 22.
Ne2 Qxa4 23. b3 Qb4 24. Ng3 a4 25. bxa4 Qxa4 26. Bf2 Qc6 27. Ne2 e5 28. f5 gxf5
29. Ng3 d5 30. exf5 f6 31. g6 hxg6 32. fxg6 e4 33. Nf5 Bc8 34. Nxg7 Bxh3 35. Nh5
Nd7 36. Bd4 Qe6 37. Ng3 Re7 38. Rxf6 Nxf6 39. Bxf6 Rg7 40. Bxg7 Kxg7 41. Nh5+
Kf8 42. Nf6 Qb6+ 0-1

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2017.10.25"]
[Round "8.18"]
[White "Proleiko, Julian"]
[Black "Young, Angelo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2095"]
[BlackElo "2292"]
[ECO "A48"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "London system"]
[WhiteFideId "30900255"]
[BlackFideId "5200490"]
[EventDate "2017.10.21"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 g6 3. Bf4 Nh5 4. Be3 d6 5. g3 Bg7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. c4 a6
9. Qd2 Re8 10. Bh6 Bh8 11. Nc3 b5 12. d5 b4 13. Ne4 c5 14. a3 bxa3 15. Rxa3 Nd7
16. Neg5 Rb8 17. g4 Nhf6 18. h3 Qb6 19. Qe3 Qxb2 20. Nxf7 Nb6 21. Rb3 Qa2 22.
Qd3 Kxf7 23. Rfb1 Nfd7 24. h4 Bf6 25. Bh3 Kg8 26. g5 Ne5 27. Nxe5 Bxe5 28. Bxc8
Rexc8 29. h5 gxh5 30. g6 Nd7 31. Qf5 hxg6 32. Qxg6+ Kh8 33. Rxb8 Rxb8 34. Rxb8+
Nxb8 35. Be3 Qxe2 36. Qh6+ Kg8 37. Qe6+ Kg7 38. Qh6+ Kf7 39. Qe6+ Ke8 40. Qc8+
Kf7 41. Qe6+ Kg7 42. Qh6+ Kg8 43. Qe6+ Kg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2017.10.25"]
[Round "8.19"]
[White "Tsay, Vincent"]
[Black "Rosenthal, Nicholas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2265"]
[BlackElo "2164"]
[ECO "D11"]
[Opening "QGD Slav"]
[Variation "3.Nf3"]
[WhiteFideId "30931835"]
[BlackFideId "2045150"]
[EventDate "2017.10.21"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 e6 4. Nbd2 Nf6 5. g3 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O b6 8. Qc2
Bb7 9. e4 Na6 10. a3 c5 11. exd5 exd5 12. dxc5 Nxc5 13. b4 Ne6 14. Bb2 dxc4 15.
Nxc4 Rc8 16. Rfd1 Qc7 17. Rac1 Bd5 18. Bxf6 Bxc4 19. Be5 Qb7 20. Ng5 Qxg2+ 21.
Kxg2 Bxg5 22. f4 Bd8 23. Qxc4 Rxc4 24. Rxc4 a5 25. Rd7 axb4 26. axb4 b5 27. Rc6
h6 28. Bd6 Re8 29. Rc8 g6 30. Be7 1-0

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2017.10.25"]
[Round "8.20"]
[White "Yoo, Christopher Woojin"]
[Black "Wang, Justin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2194"]
[BlackElo "2254"]
[ECO "C78"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Archangelsk (counterthrust) variation"]
[WhiteFideId "30909694"]
[BlackFideId "30911370"]
[EventDate "2017.10.21"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bb7 7. d3 Be7 8. Re1
O-O 9. Nbd2 d6 10. a3 Na5 11. Ba2 c5 12. Nf1 Bc8 13. Ng3 Be6 14. Bxe6 fxe6 15.
h3 Qc7 16. b4 Nc6 17. c3 Rfc8 18. Be3 Nd8 19. a4 cxb4 20. cxb4 Qc3 21. Qb1 Qc6
22. Qb3 Qd7 23. Bd2 Ne8 24. axb5 axb5 25. Ne2 Nc6 26. Nc3 Nc7 27. Be3 Rab8 28.
d4 exd4 29. Nxd4 Bf6 30. Red1 Kh8 31. Nxc6 Qxc6 32. Bd4 Ne8 33. Rac1 Qc4 34.
Qxc4 Rxc4 35. Nxb5 Rxb4 36. Bxf6 R4xb5 37. Be7 R5b6 38. Rd3 h6 39. Rcd1 d5 40.
exd5 exd5 41. Rxd5 Re6 42. Bc5 Rb5 43. Be3 Rxd5 44. Rxd5 Kh7 45. g3 Nf6 46. Rb5
g5 47. g4 Kg6 48. Kg2 Rd6 49. Re5 Nd7 50. Re4 Nf6 51. Re5 Nd7 52. Ra5 Nf6 53. f4
gxf4 54. Bxf4 Rc6 55. Be5 Nd7 56. Bd4 Rd6 57. Be3 Re6 58. Bf4 Nf6 59. Be5 Nd7
60. Bf4 Nf6 61. Kf3 Rc6 62. Re5 Ra6 63. h4 Ra3+ 64. Be3 Ra4 65. h5+ Kg7 66. Bf4
Ra3+ 67. Re3 Rxe3+ 68. Bxe3 Kh7 69. Bd2 Nd7 70. Ke4 Nc5+ 71. Kf5 Nd3 72. Be3 Nb4
73. Ke6 Nc2 74. Bf2 Nb4 75. Kd6 Nd3 76. Bg3 Nb4 77. Bf4 Nd3 78. Be3 Ne1 79. Ke6
Nc2 80. Bc5 Ne1 81. Bf2 Nd3 82. Bg3 Nc5+ 83. Kf5 Nd3 84. Be5 Nc5 85. Bd4 Nb3 86.
Be3 Na5 87. Ke6 Nc6 88. Bc5 Nd8+ 89. Ke7 Nc6+ 90. Kf6 Na5 91. Ke6 Nc4 92. Kd5
Nd2 93. Be3 Nf3 94. Ke4 Ne1 95. Bd2 Nc2 96. Kd3 Na3 97. Bb4 Nb5 98. Ke4 Nc7 99.
Ke5 Nb5 100. Ba5 Na3 101. Kd4 Nc2+ 102. Kd3 Na3 103. Bc3 Nb5 104. Be5 Na3 105.
Kc3 Kg8 106. Kb3 Nb5 107. Kb4 Na7 108. Kc5 Nc8 109. Bf4 Kh7 110. Kd5 Nb6+ 111.
Ke6 Nc4 112. Bc1 Nb6 113. Be3 Nc4 114. Bd4 Nd2 115. Be3 Nc4 116. Bf4 Nb2 117.
Kf6 Nc4 118. Ke6 Nb6 119. Kd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2017.10.25"]
[Round "8.21"]
[White "Jacobson, Brandon"]
[Black "Mathur, Rithwik"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2396"]
[BlackElo "1986"]
[ECO "D05"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[WhiteFideId "30901561"]
[BlackFideId "30913667"]
[EventDate "2017.10.21"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e3 e6 4. Bd3 b6 5. O-O Bb7 6. b3 Bd6 7. c4 O-O 8. cxd5
exd5 9. Ba3 Re8 10. Bxd6 Qxd6 11. Nc3 a6 12. Rc1 Nbd7 13. Qe2 Ne4 14. Qb2 c5 15.
Rfd1 Qf6 16. dxc5 Ndxc5 17. Bb1 Rac8 18. Nd4 g6 19. a3 Nxc3 20. Rxc3 Ne6 21.
Rcd3 Nxd4 22. Rxd4 Rc7 23. h3 Kg7 24. Bd3 Rec8 25. b4 Kg8 26. a4 Re8 27. Qe2
Qxd4 28. exd4 Rxe2 29. Bxe2 Kf8 30. a5 b5 31. Re1 Bc8 32. h4 Be6 33. Ra1 Rc2 34.
Bd3 Rc3 35. Be2 Rc2 36. Bd3 Rc3 37. Be2 Rc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2017.10.25"]
[Round "8.22"]
[White "Cervantes Landeiro, Thalia"]
[Black "Voelker, James"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "WFM"]
[WhiteElo "2107"]
[BlackElo "2098"]
[ECO "A46"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[WhiteFideId "3520498"]
[BlackFideId "2018853"]
[EventDate "2017.10.21"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bf4 c5 4. e3 Nc6 5. Nbd2 d5 6. c3 Nh5 7. Bg5 Qb6 8. Rb1
h6 9. Bh4 g5 10. Ne5 Ng7 11. Bg3 Nf5 12. Qh5 Qc7 13. Bb5 Bd6 14. Ndf3 Ng7 15.
Qxf7+ Qxf7 16. Nxf7 Kxf7 17. Bxd6 cxd4 18. Bxc6 bxc6 19. cxd4 Nf5 20. Ba3 Bb7
21. Kd2 Rac8 22. g4 Ng7 23. h4 Kf6 24. hxg5+ hxg5 25. Bd6 Rcg8 26. Rbc1 Kg6 27.
Be7 Ne8 28. Ne5+ Kg7 29. Bxg5 Nd6 30. f3 Nf7 31. Nxf7 Kxf7 32. Bf4 Kg6 33. Be5
Rxh1 34. Rxh1 Rc8 35. Bf4 Re8 36. Rh6+ Kg7 37. g5 1-0

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2017.10.25"]
[Round "8.23"]
[White "Easton, Jack"]
[Black "Mercado, Luisa Fernanda"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackTitle "WFM"]
[WhiteElo "2162"]
[BlackElo "1944"]
[ECO "D10"]
[Opening "QGD Slav defence"]
[WhiteFideId "30900069"]
[BlackFideId "4400984"]
[EventDate "2017.10.21"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 dxc4 4. e3 b5 5. a4 b4 6. Ne4 Qd5 7. Nd2 Ba6 8. Qc2 c3
9. bxc3 Bxf1 10. Kxf1 a5 11. c4 Qd8 12. Ngf3 e6 13. Nb3 Nf6 14. e4 Be7 15. h4
Na6 16. Rh3 Nd7 17. Bf4 O-O 18. Qe2 Re8 19. Ng5 g6 20. e5 c5 21. Qg4 cxd4 22.
Nxd4 Qc7 23. Rc1 Nac5 24. Re3 Nf8 25. h5 Qb6 26. Rh3 Bxg5 27. Bxg5 Ncd7 28. Qf4
Qc5 29. Bf6 Nxf6 30. exf6 g5 31. Rg3 h6 32. Nb3 Qf5 33. Qxf5 exf5 34. Rf3 f4 35.
g3 fxg3 36. fxg3 Nd7 37. Rf5 Ne5 38. c5 Nc6 39. Rd5 Re3 40. Nd4 Rc8 41. Nf5 Re6
42. Rd6 Kh7 43. g4 Ne5 44. Re1 0-1

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2017.10.25"]
[Round "8.24"]
[White "Gosdin, Kaleb"]
[Black "Polgar-Shutzman, Tom"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2011"]
[BlackElo "2055"]
[ECO "E63"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "fianchetto, Panno variation"]
[WhiteFideId "30920442"]
[BlackFideId "2064880"]
[EventDate "2017.10.21"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Nf3 O-O 5. g3 d6 6. Bg2 Nc6 7. O-O a6 8. Bf4
Rb8 9. Rc1 b5 10. Nd5 Bd7 11. Qd2 Ne4 12. Qc2 f5 13. cxb5 axb5 14. Rfd1 e6 15.
Nc3 Nb4 16. Qb3 Nxc3 17. Rxc3 Nd5 18. Rc2 Qe7 19. Rdc1 Rfc8 20. Ng5 Nxf4 21.
gxf4 c5 22. dxc5 dxc5 23. Qe3 Bd4 24. Qd2 Rd8 25. e3 Bf6 26. Rxc5 Bxg5 27. fxg5
Qxg5 28. Qc3 Rbc8 29. Qe5 Rxc5 30. Rxc5 Bc6 31. Qg3 Rd1+ 32. Bf1 Qxg3+ 33. fxg3
Be4 34. Rc3 b4 35. Rc8+ Kf7 36. Rc7+ Kf6 37. Kf2 Rd2+ 38. Ke1 Rxb2 39. Rxh7 Rxa2
40. Rc7 b3 0-1

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2017.10.25"]
[Round "8.25"]
[White "Ashwin, Jayaram"]
[Black "Shoykhet, Benjamin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2474"]
[BlackElo "1819"]
[ECO "D20"]
[Opening "QGA"]
[Variation "3.e4"]
[WhiteFideId "5018137"]
[BlackFideId "30919746"]
[EventDate "2017.10.21"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 e5 4. Nf3 Bb4+ 5. Nc3 exd4 6. Nxd4 Nf6 7. Qa4+ c6 8.
Qxb4 Qxd4 9. Bxc4 c5 10. Qb3 O-O 11. Be3 Qe5 12. f4 Qe7 13. e5 Ng4 14. Nd5 Qd8
15. Bxc5 Re8 16. O-O-O Nd7 17. Bd6 Nf2 18. Nc7 Nxh1 19. Bxf7+ Kh8 20. Rxh1 Nc5
21. Qc4 Be6 22. Nxe6 Nxe6 23. Bxe6 Qb6 24. Kb1 Rad8 25. Bc7 Qf2 26. Bxd8 Rxd8
27. Bd5 Rf8 28. Bf3 Qe3 29. Rd1 h6 30. Qd4 1-0

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2017.10.26"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Quesada Perez, Yuniesky"]
[Black "Swiercz, Dariusz"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2619"]
[BlackElo "2639"]
[ECO "C67"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Berlin defence, open variation"]
[WhiteFideId "3504409"]
[BlackFideId "1126881"]
[EventDate "2017.10.21"]

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. c3 Rxe1 12. Qxe1 Ne8 13. Bd3 d5 14. Bf4 g6
15. Nd2 Ng7 16. Qe2 c6 17. Re1 Bf5 18. Bxf5 Nxf5 19. Nf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2017.10.26"]
[Round "9.2"]
[White "Cori, Jorge"]
[Black "Bruzon Batista, Lazaro"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2657"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[ECO "D63"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "Orthodox defence, 7.Rc1"]
[WhiteFideId "3802272"]
[BlackFideId "3503739"]
[EventDate "2017.10.21"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 O-O 6. Rc1 Nbd7 7. Nf3 h6 8. Bh4
c5 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Bxe7 Nxe7 11. Bb5 cxd4 12. Nxd4 Nf6 13. O-O Bd7 14. Qb3 Bxb5
15. Qxb5 Qb8 16. Na4 b6 17. Qa6 Nfd5 18. Nc3 Rc8 19. Nxd5 Nxd5 20. a3 Rc7 21.
Nb5 Rd7 22. g3 Nc7 23. Nxc7 Rxc7 24. Rfd1 Rxc1 25. Rxc1 Qe5 26. Qb7 Rd8 27. Rc8
Rxc8 28. Qxc8+ Kh7 29. Qc2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2017.10.26"]
[Round "9.3"]
[White "Shimanov, Aleksandr"]
[Black "Liang, Awonder"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2554"]
[ECO "A48"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "Torre attack"]
[WhiteFideId "4198603"]
[BlackFideId "2056437"]
[EventDate "2017.10.21"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. c3 O-O 5. Nbd2 d6 6. e4 c5 7. d5 e6 8. dxe6
Bxe6 9. Bc4 Qe7 10. O-O Nc6 11. Re1 Rad8 12. Bd5 Qd7 13. Bxe6 Qxe6 14. Qc2 h6
15. Bh4 Rfe8 16. h3 Ra8 17. a4 Nh5 18. Nf1 Qc4 19. N3d2 Qe6 20. Ne3 g5 21. Bg3
Nxg3 22. fxg3 Ne7 23. Nf3 d5 24. exd5 Nxd5 25. Nf5 Qf6 26. Rad1 Rxe1+ 27. Rxe1
Bf8 28. Qe4 Rd8 29. h4 b6 30. hxg5 hxg5 31. Kf2 Qg6 32. Ne5 Qf6 33. Ng4 Qg6 34.
Qe5 Qh5 35. Nfe3 Bg7 36. Nxd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2017.10.26"]
[Round "9.4"]
[White "Sevian, Samuel"]
[Black "Azarov, Sergei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2556"]
[ECO "C77"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Anderssen variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2040506"]
[BlackFideId "13501470"]
[EventDate "2017.10.21"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 Bc5 6. O-O d6 7. c3 O-O 8. Re1
Ba7 9. h3 Ne7 10. Nbd2 Ng6 11. Nf1 Nh5 12. d4 Nhf4 13. Ng3 Qf6 14. Nh5 Qe7 15.
Bxf4 Nxf4 16. Nxf4 exf4 17. Bc2 c5 18. Qd3 cxd4 19. cxd4 Bd7 20. e5 g6 21. Qa3
Bc6 22. exd6 Qf6 23. d5 Bxd5 24. Rad1 Rac8 25. Ba4 Bc5 26. b4 Bxf3 27. Qxf3 Bxd6
28. Qxb7 f3 29. Qxf3 Qxf3 30. gxf3 Bxb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2017.10.26"]
[Round "9.5"]
[White "Nyzhnyk, Illya"]
[Black "Yermolinsky, Alex"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2594"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[ECO "D37"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "4.Nf3"]
[WhiteFideId "14118084"]
[BlackFideId "2005492"]
[EventDate "2017.10.21"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 d5 4. Nc3 a6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 Be6 7. e3 Nbd7 8. Bd3
Bd6 9. O-O O-O 10. Qc2 h6 11. Bh4 c6 12. Na4 Qc7 13. Bg3 Bxg3 14. hxg3 Rae8 15.
Nc5 Bg4 16. b4 Re7 17. a4 Nxc5 18. Qxc5 Bxf3 19. gxf3 Rxe3 20. fxe3 1/2-1/2

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2017.10.26"]
[Round "9.6"]
[White "Robson, Ray"]
[Black "Kaliksteyn, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2644"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[ECO "B12"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "advance variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2023970"]
[BlackFideId "2007630"]
[EventDate "2017.10.21"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 c5 6. Be3 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Ne7 8. O-O
Nbc6 9. Bb5 a6 10. Bxc6+ bxc6 11. c4 Qd7 12. Nc3 dxc4 13. Nxf5 Nxf5 14. Qxd7+
Kxd7 15. Na4 Nxe3 16. fxe3 Ke8 17. Rac1 g6 18. Nb6 Rd8 19. Nxc4 Be7 20. Rfd1 Rd5
21. Kf2 h5 22. e4 Rxd1 23. Rxd1 h4 24. Na5 c5 25. Nc6 h3 26. g3 Rf8 27. Ke2 f5
28. exf6 Bxf6 29. b3 Be7 30. Ne5 g5 31. Ng4 Rf7 32. Rd3 Rf8 33. Nf2 Rh8 34. g4 1-0

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2017.10.26"]
[Round "9.7"]
[White "Prohaszka, Peter2"]
[Black "Kavutskiy, Konstantin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2614"]
[BlackElo "2390"]
[ECO "E62"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "fianchetto, Larsen system"]
[WhiteFideId "726265"]
[BlackFideId "2026384"]
[EventDate "2017.10.21"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nc3 d6 6. Nf3 c6 7. O-O Bf5 8. Ng5 e5
9. d5 a5 10. dxc6 bxc6 11. Nge4 Nxe4 12. Nxe4 Bxe4 13. Bxe4 Qd7 14. Be3 f5 15.
Bg2 e4 16. Qd2 Qe6 17. Rfd1 Rd8 18. Rac1 Na6 19. b3 c5 20. a3 Nc7 21. f3 a4 22.
bxa4 Rxa4 23. Bxc5 Rxc4 24. fxe4 fxe4 25. Bb6 Rd7 26. Bh3 Qxh3 27. Rxc4 Be5 28.
Rxc7 Rxc7 29. Bxc7 Bxg3 30. Qd5+ Kg7 31. hxg3 Qxg3+ 32. Kf1 Qh3+ 33. Kf2 e3+ 34.
Kg1 1-0

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2017.10.26"]
[Round "9.8"]
[White "Thavandiran, Shiyam"]
[Black "Chandra, Akshat"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2385"]
[BlackElo "2483"]
[ECO "C50"]
[Opening "Giuoco Piano"]
[WhiteFideId "2605058"]
[BlackFideId "25006711"]
[EventDate "2017.10.21"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. a4 O-O 7. c3 a5 8. Re1 h6
9. h3 Be6 10. Bxe6 fxe6 11. Qb3 Qd7 12. Be3 Nh5 13. Nbd2 Nf4 14. Bxc5 dxc5 15.
Re3 b6 16. Qb5 Rf6 17. Kh2 g5 18. b4 axb4 19. cxb4 Rf7 20. g3 Nxb4 21. Qxd7 Rxd7
22. Nxe5 Rxd3 23. Nxd3 Nfxd3 24. Rf3 b5 25. Nb3 bxa4 26. Nc1 c4 27. Na2 c5 28.
Kg1 a3 29. Kf1 Nc2 30. Rb1 Nd4 31. Re3 Nb4 32. Nc3 a2 33. Nxa2 Nxa2 34. f4 c3 0-1

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2017.10.26"]
[Round "9.9"]
[White "Durarbayli, Vasif"]
[Black "Leon Hoyos, Manuel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[ECO "B38"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "accelerated fianchetto, Maroczy bind, 6.Be3"]
[WhiteFideId "13402935"]
[BlackFideId "5105269"]
[EventDate "2017.10.21"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. c4 Bg7 6. Be3 Qb6 7. Nb3 Qd8 8. Qd2
Nf6 9. f3 a5 10. Nc3 d6 11. Na4 Nd7 12. Be2 b6 13. Bh6 O-O 14. h4 Nc5 15. Nc3
Bxh6 16. Qxh6 e5 17. Rd1 Be6 18. h5 Ra7 19. hxg6 fxg6 20. Nb5 Rg7 21. Rxd6 Qc8
22. Nxc5 bxc5 23. Qg5 Qe8 24. Kf2 Nd8 25. Qxe5 Re7 26. Qh2 Bc8 27. Rd5 Bb7 28.
Nd6 Qc6 29. Qh4 Rd7 30. e5 Ne6 31. Ne4 Nf4 32. Rxd7 Qxd7 33. Rd1 1-0

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2017.10.26"]
[Round "9.10"]
[White "Cordova, Emilio"]
[Black "Sturt, Raven"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2608"]
[BlackElo "2446"]
[ECO "D73"]
[Opening "Neo-Gruenfeld, 5.Nf3"]
[WhiteFideId "3801497"]
[BlackFideId "2007304"]
[EventDate "2017.10.21"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. c4 c6 6. b3 O-O 7. Bb2 dxc4 8. bxc4
c5 9. O-O Qb6 10. Qb3 Ne4 11. e3 Nc6 12. Ne5 Nd6 13. Nd2 Be6 14. Rab1 Rfc8 15.
Nxc6 bxc6 16. Qa3 Nxc4 17. Nxc4 Bxc4 18. Rfc1 Qa6 19. Qxc5 Bd3 20. Ra1 Rab8 21.
Bc3 e6 22. a4 Bf8 23. Qe5 Bg7 24. Qc5 Bf8 25. Qe5 Bg7 26. Qf4 Rb3 27. Bf3 c5 28.
Bd1 cxd4 29. Bxb3 dxc3 30. Bc2 h5 31. Qf3 Rb8 32. e4 Bxc2 33. Rxc2 Rb2 34. Rxc3
Bxc3 35. Qxc3 Qe2 36. Qd4 Rd2 37. Qxa7 Qxe4 38. Qe3 Qd5 39. Qe1 h4 40. a5 h3 41.
Qf1 Qd4 42. Re1 Ra2 43. a6 g5 44. Rd1 Qb6 45. Rb1 Qc5 46. Rb5 Qc6 47. Rxg5+ Kf8
48. Rh5 Ra1 49. Rxh3 Rxf1+ 50. Kxf1 Qxa6+ 51. Kg1 f5 52. Rh4 e5 53. h3 Qa1+ 54.
Kg2 Qa8+ 55. Kg1 Qf3 56. Rh8+ Kg7 57. Rd8 f4 58. gxf4 exf4 0-1

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2017.10.26"]
[Round "9.11"]
[White "Rambaldi, Francesco"]
[Black "Patel, Advait"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2574"]
[BlackElo "2448"]
[ECO "A49"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "fianchetto without c4"]
[WhiteFideId "20657307"]
[BlackFideId "2075105"]
[EventDate "2017.10.21"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d6 6. b3 e5 7. dxe5 dxe5 8. Ba3
Qxd1 9. Rxd1 Re8 10. c4 Nc6 11. Nc3 e4 12. Ne1 Bf5 13. Nc2 Ng4 14. Nd5 e3 15.
Ncxe3 Nxe3 16. fxe3 Rac8 17. Rac1 a5 18. Kf2 h5 19. Rd2 Kh7 20. Bf3 Ne5 21. Rcd1
Ng4+ 22. Bxg4 Bxg4 23. Bb2 Bxb2 24. Rxb2 Kg7 25. Rbd2 Re5 26. Nc3 Rce8 27. e4 c6
28. Rd8 R8e7 29. Rb8 Bh3 30. Rdd8 R5e6 31. Ra8 Rf6+ 32. Ke3 Rf1 33. Rd1 Rxd1 34.
Nxd1 Bg2 35. Rxa5 Bxe4 36. Nc3 Bf5+ 37. Kf4 Bg4 38. e4 Re6 39. Ra7 Rf6+ 40. Ke5
Rf3 41. Na4 b5 42. Nc5 Rf2 43. h4 Rf3 44. Kd6 bxc4 45. bxc4 Rxg3 46. e5 Re3 47.
Rb7 Re2 48. a4 g5 49. hxg5 h4 50. e6 Bxe6 51. Nxe6+ Rxe6+ 52. Kc5 Re5+ 53. Kb6
Re4 54. Kc5 Re5+ 55. Kxc6 Ra5 56. Rb4 Kg6 57. c5 h3 58. Kd6 Kxg5 59. c6 h2 60.
Rb1 Rxa4 61. c7 Rc4 62. Rh1 f5 63. Rxh2 f4 64. Rh8 f3 65. c8=Q Rxc8 66. Rxc8 Kg4
67. Ke5 f2 68. Rf8 Kg3 69. Ke4 Kg2 70. Rg8+ Kh2 71. Rf8 Kg2 72. Ke3 f1=Q 73.
Rxf1 Kxf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2017.10.26"]
[Round "9.12"]
[White "Heimann, Mark"]
[Black "Barcenilla, Rogelio"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2363"]
[BlackElo "2446"]
[ECO "A15"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[WhiteFideId "2028441"]
[BlackFideId "5200059"]
[EventDate "2017.10.21"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. b4 Bg7 4. Bb2 O-O 5. g3 a5 6. a3 d5 7. cxd5 axb4 8. axb4
Rxa1 9. Bxa1 Nxd5 10. Bxg7 Kxg7 11. Qb3 f6 12. Bg2 Be6 13. Qb2 Qd6 14. b5 c5 15.
O-O Nd7 16. d4 c4 17. e4 N5b6 18. Nc3 Ra8 19. Re1 Qa3 20. Qd2 Na4 21. Rc1 Nxc3
22. Rxc3 Qb4 23. Qc1 Nb6 24. d5 Bg4 25. Nd4 Qc5 26. Nc2 Bd7 27. Na3 Bxb5 28.
Nxb5 Qxb5 29. Bf1 Ra4 30. Kg2 Qc5 31. Qc2 Qd4 32. Be2 Rb4 33. Kg1 Kf7 34. Bf1
Ke8 35. Be2 Kd7 36. Kg2 Kc7 37. Bf1 Kd6 38. Be2 Kc5 39. Qc1 Na4 40. Rc2 c3 41.
Bf3 Kb6 42. Re2 Rb2 43. Qa1 Rxe2 44. Bxe2 Qxe4+ 45. Bf3 Qc4 46. Qb1+ Ka5 47.
Qxb7 c2 48. Qa7+ Kb4 49. Qxe7+ Nc5 50. Qe1+ Qc3 51. Qc1 Nd3 0-1

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2017.10.26"]
[Round "9.13"]
[White "Furfine, Jacob"]
[Black "Kannappan, Priyadharshan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "CM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2297"]
[BlackElo "2516"]
[ECO "D00"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn"]
[Variation "Chigorin variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2099462"]
[BlackFideId "5018293"]
[EventDate "2017.10.21"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bf4 e6 4. e3 Bb4 5. Ne2 O-O 6. h4 c5 7. a3 cxd4 8. exd4
Be7 9. Qd2 Nc6 10. h5 Bd7 11. f3 Na5 12. b3 Ne8 13. g4 f6 14. Ng3 Nc6 15. Be3
Nd6 16. f4 f5 17. g5 Rc8 18. h6 g6 19. Na4 b6 20. Nb2 Ne4 21. Nxe4 fxe4 22. b4
Bd6 23. c4 Ne7 24. c5 Bb8 25. Bh3 bxc5 26. dxc5 e5 27. Bxd7 Qxd7 28. fxe5 Qg4
29. Rg1 Qh4+ 30. Bf2 Qh2 31. Rf1 Rf3 32. O-O-O Rcf8 0-1

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2017.10.26"]
[Round "9.14"]
[White "Quintiliano Pinto, Renato R."]
[Black "Tsay, Vincent"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2451"]
[BlackElo "2265"]
[ECO "D45"]
[Opening "QGD semi-Slav"]
[Variation "accelerated Meran (Alekhine variation)"]
[WhiteFideId "2117568"]
[BlackFideId "30931835"]
[EventDate "2017.10.21"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Nf3 a6 6. c5 b6 7. cxb6 Qxb6 8. Bd3 a5
9. O-O Ba6 10. Re1 Bxd3 11. Qxd3 Nbd7 12. e4 dxe4 13. Nxe4 Be7 14. Be3 Nxe4 15.
Qxe4 Nf6 16. Qc2 Nd5 17. Ne5 Rc8 18. Rac1 Bd6 19. Nc4 Qc7 20. Nxd6+ Qxd6 21. Bd2
O-O 22. Bxa5 Ra8 23. Qd2 Rfb8 24. a3 Rb3 25. Qc2 Qb8 26. Bb4 Rxb4 27. axb4 Qxb4
28. Qxc6 Rf8 29. Qc2 Qxd4 30. Re4 Qf6 31. Rc4 Ne7 32. Rc7 h6 33. b4 Re8 34. b5
Qg5 35. b6 Nd5 36. b7 Nxc7 37. Qxc7 Qb5 38. h3 Qb2 39. Rc6 Qa1+ 40. Kh2 Qa7 41.
Qc8 Qb8+ 42. Qxb8 Rxb8 43. Rc8+ 1-0

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2017.10.26"]
[Round "9.15"]
[White "Peng, David"]
[Black "Rahul, Srivatshav P"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2330"]
[BlackElo "2373"]
[ECO "B48"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Taimanov variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2059355"]
[BlackFideId "25059653"]
[EventDate "2017.10.21"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. Qf3 Nf6 8.
O-O-O Ne5 9. Qg3 b5 10. a3 Be7 11. f4 Bxa3 12. Qe1 Bb4 13. fxe5 Qxe5 14. Bd3 Bb7
15. Nf3 Qc7 16. Bd2 Rc8 17. Kb1 Qa5 18. Qg3 Bxc3 19. Bxc3 b4 20. Bxf6 gxf6 21.
Rhf1 Qh5 22. Nd2 Qg5 23. Qf2 Rg8 24. Qb6 Bc6 25. Nc4 Kf8 26. Rf3 Qb5 27. Qf2 b3
28. Nd6 Qa4 29. cxb3 Qxb3 30. Bc2 1-0

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2017.10.26"]
[Round "9.16"]
[White "Plotkin, Victor"]
[Black "Williams, Justus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2262"]
[BlackElo "2371"]
[ECO "B22"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Alapin's variation (2.c3)"]
[WhiteFideId "2606674"]
[BlackFideId "2049929"]
[EventDate "2017.10.21"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. cxd4 d5 5. Nc3 dxe4 6. Bc4 Bg7 7. Qb3 e6 8. d5
exd5 9. Bxd5 Qe7 10. Bf4 Nd7 11. Nxe4 Be5 12. Bxe5 Nxe5 13. Ne2 Nf6 14. Nxf6+
Qxf6 15. f4 Nc6 16. Qc3 Qxc3+ 17. Nxc3 Nb4 18. Be4 O-O 19. a3 Nc6 20. Kf2 Be6
21. Rhd1 Kg7 22. Nb5 Rad8 23. Bxc6 bxc6 24. Nd4 Bg4 25. Nf3 Rb8 26. Rd2 c5 27.
Rc1 Rfc8 28. Rc3 Rb5 29. h3 Be6 30. Ng5 Bb3 31. Ne4 Rc6 32. Nd6 Rb8 33. Nc4 Rb5
34. Nd6 Rb8 35. Ne4 c4 36. Rd7 Ba4 37. Rd2 Bb3 38. Rd7 Ba4 39. Rd2 h6 40. Nd6
Bb3 41. Rd4 Ba2 42. Rd2 Rbb6 43. Ne4 Bb3 44. Re3 Kg8 45. Nc3 Rd6 46. Ree2 Kg7
47. g3 Rd3 48. Rxd3 cxd3 49. Rd2 Bc2 50. b4 Rc6 51. Nb5 Ra6 52. Ke3 Re6+ 53. Kd4
a6 54. Nc3 h5 55. a4 Kf8 56. b5 axb5 57. axb5 Ke8 58. Ne4 Ba4 59. Rb2 Bc2 60.
Nd2 Kd7 61. Nc4 Kc7 62. Kc3 Kb7 63. h4 f6 64. Ra2 Re7 65. Ra6 Rc7 66. Rc6 Rxc6
67. bxc6+ Kxc6 68. Nb2 Kd5 69. Nxd3 Bxd3 70. Kxd3 f5 71. Ke3 Kc5 72. Kd3 Kd5 73.
Ke3 Kc4 74. Ke2 Kc5 75. Ke3 Kc4 76. Ke2 1/2-1/2

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2017.10.26"]
[Round "9.17"]
[White "Grabinsky, Aaron"]
[Black "Proleiko, Julian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2366"]
[BlackElo "2095"]
[ECO "A45"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[WhiteFideId "2087090"]
[BlackFideId "30900255"]
[EventDate "2017.10.21"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 c5 3. dxc5 Na6 4. Qd4 Qa5+ 5. c3 Qxc5 6. e3 g6 7. Nd2 Bg7 8.
Nb3 Qxd4 9. exd4 b6 10. Nf3 Bb7 11. Be2 O-O 12. O-O d6 13. Rfe1 Nc7 14. Nfd2
Rfc8 15. Rac1 Kf8 16. c4 Ne6 17. Be3 d5 18. Bf3 Rab8 19. c5 Ne4 20. cxb6 axb6
21. Nb1 f5 22. Rcd1 Ba6 23. Na3 Kf7 24. g3 Ra8 25. Nc1 Rxc1 26. Bxc1 Nxd4 27.
Kg2 e6 28. Nb1 Bb7 29. a3 Nxf3 30. Kxf3 d4 31. Ke2 Ba6+ 32. Kf3 Nc5 33. Kg2 e5
34. Nd2 Nd3 35. Rg1 Rc8 36. Nf3 Kg8 37. Ng5 Bb7+ 38. f3 e4 39. Rxd3 exd3 40. Rd1
Rc2+ 41. Bd2 Rxb2 42. Kf2 Bf8 43. Ne6 Bc5 44. Nf4 Ba6 45. Ke1 g5 46. Ne6 h6 47.
Rc1 Rc2 48. Rb1 Bc4 49. Nc7 Ba2 50. Rb5 Bc4 51. Rb1 Ra2 52. Na8 Bd5 53. Nxb6
Bxf3 54. Nc4 Bd5 55. Ne5 Bxa3 56. Nxd3 Be4 57. Rb8+ Kg7 58. Nc1 Bxc1 59. Bxc1
Rxh2 60. Bb2 Kg6 61. Bxd4 Kh5 62. Kf1 Kg4 63. Rb3 Rd2 64. Bf2 h5 65. Be1 Ra2 66.
Rb6 Ra1 67. Rb3 Bf3 68. Rb4+ Kh3 69. Rb5 Bg2+ 70. Kf2 Ra2+ 71. Kg1 Re2 72. Bf2
Be4 73. Rb3 Ra2 74. Be1 Rg2+ 75. Kf1 Bd5 76. Rc3 g4 77. Bf2 Be4 78. Rc8 Bd3+ 79.
Ke1 Rh2 80. Rc3 Be4 81. Ke2 Bf3+ 82. Ke3 Be4 83. Rc1 h4 84. Rg1 Bg2 85. Be1 hxg3
86. Kf4 Rh1 87. Rxh1+ Bxh1 88. Bxg3 Be4 89. Be1 Kg2 90. Bh4 Kf1 91. Bg3 Ke2 92.
Bh4 Bb1 93. Bg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2017.10.26"]
[Round "9.18"]
[White "Young, Angelo"]
[Black "Yoo, Christopher Woojin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2292"]
[BlackElo "2194"]
[ECO "B50"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[WhiteFideId "5200490"]
[BlackFideId "30909694"]
[EventDate "2017.10.21"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5+ Bd7 5. Bxd7+ Qxd7 6. O-O Nc6 7. d3 e6 8.
Nd2 Be7 9. f4 O-O 10. h3 Ne8 11. Kh1 Nc7 12. Ne2 f5 13. c3 Kh8 14. a4 b6 15. Nf3
fxe4 16. dxe4 d5 17. Be3 Qe8 18. e5 Qg6 19. Qb1 Qxb1 20. Rfxb1 Rab8 21. g4 g5
22. Rf1 d4 23. cxd4 Nd5 24. Bg1 gxf4 25. Rac1 Ncb4 26. Rfd1 Ne3 27. Rd2 c4 28.
Nc3 Nd3 29. Rb1 Bb4 30. Re2 Bxc3 31. bxc3 Nd5 32. Rc2 h6 33. g5 Rf5 34. h4 h5
35. Kh2 Kg7 36. g6 Kxg6 37. Bf2 Ne3 38. Rg1+ Kh6 39. Rd2 Nxf2 40. Rxf2 Ng4+ 41.
Kg2 Nxf2 42. Kxf2 b5 43. Rb1 a6 44. Nd2 Rf7 45. Ne4 Rg7 46. Nc5 Rb6 47. Ne4 Rg4
48. Nf6 Rg3 49. Nd7 Rc6 50. axb5 axb5 51. Rxb5 Ra6 52. Rb2 Rxc3 53. Nc5 Raa3 54.
d5 Rf3+ 55. Kg2 Rg3+ 56. Kf2 Raf3+ 57. Ke2 Re3+ 58. Kf2 Rxe5 59. Nxe6 Rb3 60.
Ra2 Rxd5 61. Ra6 Rdb5 62. Nd4+ Rb6 63. Ra5 Rd3 64. Nf5+ Kg6 65. Ne7+ Kf7 66. Nd5
Rb2+ 67. Ke1 Rb1+ 68. Ke2 f3+ 69. Kf2 Rb2+ 70. Kg3 f2+ 71. Kg2 f1=Q+ 0-1

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2017.10.26"]
[Round "9.19"]
[White "Wang, Justin"]
[Black "Cervantes Landeiro, Thalia"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackTitle "WFM"]
[WhiteElo "2254"]
[BlackElo "2107"]
[ECO "C65"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Berlin defence"]
[WhiteFideId "30911370"]
[BlackFideId "3520498"]
[EventDate "2017.10.21"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 d6 6. O-O Bd7 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4
Bb6 9. Nbd2 a6 10. Ba4 Ba7 11. Re1 b5 12. Bb3 g5 13. Bg3 Bg4 14. Nf1 Ne7 15. d4
Ng6 16. dxe5 Bxf3 17. Qxf3 dxe5 18. Qf5 Qe7 19. Ne3 Bxe3 20. fxe3 Nh5 21. Rf1
Rh7 22. Bd5 Nxg3 23. hxg3 Rd8 24. Bc6+ Kf8 25. Qxg6 Rg7 26. Qf5 Rd6 27. Bd5 f6
28. Qc8+ Rd8 29. Qxa6 1-0

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2017.10.26"]
[Round "9.20"]
[White "Baginskaite, Camilla"]
[Black "Guo, Arthur"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "WGM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2140"]
[BlackElo "2219"]
[WhiteFideId "2014599"]
[BlackFideId "30903114"]
[EventDate "2017.10.21"]

0-1

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2017.10.26"]
[Round "9.21"]
[White "Mercado, Luisa Fernanda"]
[Black "Black, James"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "WFM"]
[WhiteElo "1944"]
[BlackElo "2164"]
[ECO "B23"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "closed, Korchnoi variation"]
[WhiteFideId "4400984"]
[BlackFideId "2048280"]
[EventDate "2017.10.21"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 e6 3. g3 d5 4. exd5 exd5 5. d4 cxd4 6. Qxd4 Be6 7. Bg2 Nc6 8.
Qa4 Bc5 9. Nge2 Ne7 10. O-O O-O 11. Nf4 Nd4 12. Nxe6 fxe6 13. Be3 Nef5 14. Bxd4
Nxd4 15. Rad1 a6 16. b4 b5 17. Qa3 Bb6 18. Rd2 Nf3+ 19. Bxf3 Rxf3 20. Qb2 Qc7
21. Rd3 Raf8 22. Nd1 R3f6 23. c3 h5 24. Qe2 h4 25. Qg4 hxg3 26. hxg3 Qf7 27. Rd2
Rg6 28. Qh4 Qf3 0-1

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2017.10.26"]
[Round "9.22"]
[White "Polgar-Shutzman, Tom"]
[Black "Mathur, Rithwik"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2055"]
[BlackElo "1986"]
[ECO "C07"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "Tarrasch, open variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2064880"]
[BlackFideId "30913667"]
[EventDate "2017.10.21"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 cxd4 5. exd5 Qxd5 6. Bc4 Qd6 7. O-O Nf6 8.
Nb3 Nc6 9. Nbxd4 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Qxd4 11. Nxd4 Bd7 12. Re1 Rc8 13. Bb3 Bc5 14. c3
h6 15. Bf4 O-O 16. Rad1 Rfd8 17. h3 b5 18. Rd3 a5 19. Red1 a4 20. Nxe6 axb3 21.
Nxd8 bxa2 22. Nb7 Bf5 23. Nxc5 Rxc5 24. Rd8+ Kh7 25. Ra1 Be6 26. Rd6 Bc4 27. Be3
Rc7 28. Rd4 Be6 29. Rd6 Bc4 30. Rd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2017.10.26"]
[Round "9.23"]
[White "Voelker, James"]
[Black "Shoykhet, Benjamin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2098"]
[BlackElo "1819"]
[ECO "B21"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Smith-Morra gambit"]
[WhiteFideId "2018853"]
[BlackFideId "30919746"]
[EventDate "2017.10.21"]

1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. c3 d3 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bxd3 g6 7. Nf3 Bg7 8. h3 d6
9. O-O O-O 10. Be3 h6 11. Qd2 Kh7 12. Nd5 Nd7 13. Rac1 Nc5 14. Bb1 a5 15. b3 b6
16. Nh2 Bb7 17. Rcd1 e6 18. Nc3 Nb4 19. f3 Re8 20. Rfe1 f5 21. exf5 gxf5 22. Bd4
Qd7 23. Ng4 e5 24. Bxe5 dxe5 25. Qxd7 Nxd7 26. Rxd7 Bc8 27. Nf6+ Kh8 28. Rxg7
Kxg7 29. Nxe8+ Kf8 30. Nd6 1-0

