[Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2022"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2022.08.29"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2768"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[ECO "A20"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[WhiteFideId "2016192"]
[BlackFideId "2020009"]
[EventDate "2022.08.29"]

1. c4 e5 2. a3 Nc6 3. Nc3 f5 4. g3 Nf6 5. Bg2 a5 6. e3 d6 7. d4 Be7 8. Nge2 O-O
9. O-O Kh8 10. Rb1 Qe8 11. b4 axb4 12. axb4 e4 13. f3 exf3 14. Bxf3 Nd8 15. Nf4
c6 16. b5 Ne6 17. bxc6 bxc6 18. d5 Nxf4 19. exf4 c5 20. Re1 Qf7 21. Bb2 Bd7 22.
Qd3 Rab8 23. Nb5 Ne4 24. Bxe4 fxe4 25. Qxe4 Rfe8 26. Qf3 Bf8 27. Rxe8 Rxe8 28.
Bc3 Qg6 29. Re1 Rxe1+ 30. Bxe1 Qc2 31. Nc3 Be7 32. Qd1 Qxd1 33. Nxd1 Kg8 34. Bc3
h5 35. Ne3 Kf7 36. Kg2 g5 37. Kf3 Bc8 38. Ke4 Bh3 39. Kf3 Bd8 40. Bd2 Bd7 41.
Bc3 Bh3 42. f5 Bf6 43. Bxf6 Kxf6 44. g4 hxg4+ 45. Kg3 Ke5 46. Nxg4+ 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2022"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2022.08.29"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Xiong, Jeffery"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[ECO "C65"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Berlin defence"]
[WhiteFideId "13300474"]
[BlackFideId "2047640"]
[EventDate "2022.08.29"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. O-O Nd7 7. c3 O-O 8. d4
Bd6 9. Bg5 Qe8 10. Nbd2 Qe6 11. Re1 a5 12. Bh4 a4 13. a3 Re8 14. Bg3 exd4 15.
cxd4 Nb6 16. Qc2 Qg6 17. Ne5 Qh5 18. Nd3 Qb5 19. Rac1 Be6 20. Nc5 Bxg3 21. hxg3
Rad8 22. Nf3 Bb3 23. Qc3 Nd7 24. Nxb3 axb3 25. Nd2 Nf6 26. e5 Ng4 27. f3 Nh6 28.
g4 c5 29. Qxc5 Qd3 30. Qc3 Rxd4 31. Nxb3 Qxc3 32. Rxc3 Rd5 33. Rxc7 Rb5 34. Re3
f5 35. Nd4 Rxb2 36. Nxf5 Nxf5 37. gxf5 Rd8 38. e6 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2022"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2022.08.29"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2792"]
[ECO "A20"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[WhiteFideId "12573981"]
[BlackFideId "4168119"]
[EventDate "2022.08.29"]

1. c4 e5 2. d3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. a3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nb6 7. Be2 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Be3 f5 10. b4 f4 11. Bc1 a6 12. Bb2 Bf6 13. Nbd2 g5 14. h3 Be6 15. Rc1
Qd6 16. Nb3 Rad8 17. Nc5 Bc8 18. Re1 h6 19. Qc2 a5 20. bxa5 Nxa5 21. d4 Nc6 22.
d5 Ne7 23. Nd3 c6 24. dxc6 Be6 25. Ndxe5 bxc6 26. Bd4 Qc7 27. Nxc6 Bxd4 28.
Nfxd4 Rd6 29. e5 Rxc6 30. Nxc6 Nf5 31. Qc5 Kg7 32. Nd4 Qd7 33. Nxf5+ 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2022"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2022.08.29"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Shankland, Sam"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[ECO "A33"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "symmetrical variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2004887"]
[BlackFideId "3503240"]
[EventDate "2022.08.29"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e6 6. e4 Bb4 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8.
Bd3 e5 9. O-O O-O 10. Qc2 Bc5 11. a3 d6 12. b4 Bd4 13. Rb1 Be6 14. Ne2 Bb6 15.
h3 Nd7 16. Ng3 Qh4 17. Kh2 Bd4 18. Bb2 c5 19. Ne2 Bxf2 20. Ng1 Qg3+ 21. Kh1 Bxg1
22. Kxg1 cxb4 23. axb4 a5 24. Rf3 Qg5 25. b5 Rfc8 26. Ba3 Qd8 27. Qf2 Nc5 28.
Rd1 Qe7 29. Re3 h6 30. Bf1 Nb7 31. Rc3 Nc5 32. Qe3 Rc7 33. Rc2 Rac8 34. Rcd2 Nb7
35. Bxd6 Nxd6 36. Rxd6 Bxc4 37. b6 Rb7 38. Qc3 Be6 39. Qxa5 Qg5 40. Qa3 Rcb8 41.
Rb1 Qe7 42. Qd3 Bc4 43. Qd2 Bxf1 44. Kxf1 Qh4 45. Qd5 Qf4+ 46. Kg1 Kh7 47. Kh1
f6 48. Qd3 Qf2 49. Qb5 Ra8 50. Qf1 Qc5 51. Qf5+ Kh8 52. Qe6 Rab8 53. Rbd1 Qc2
54. Rd8+ Rxd8 55. Rxd8+ Kh7 56. Qf5+ g6 57. Qe6 Qc1+ 58. Kh2 Qf4+ 59. Kh1 Qf1+
60. Kh2 Qf4+ 61. Kh1 Qf1+ 62. Kh2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2022"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2022.08.29"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[ECO "D85"]
[Opening "Gruenfeld"]
[Variation "exchange variation"]
[WhiteFideId "13401319"]
[BlackFideId "623539"]
[EventDate "2022.08.29"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. g3 Bg7 6. Bg2 Nxc3 7. bxc3 c5 8.
Nf3 O-O 9. O-O Nc6 10. Rb1 cxd4 11. cxd4 Nxd4 12. Nxd4 Qxd4 13. Be3 Qc4 14. Bd5
Qa6 15. Qb3 Qxe2 16. Bc5 Be6 17. Bxe6 Qxe6 18. Qxe6 fxe6 19. Rxb7 Bf6 20. Bxa7
Rfc8 21. a4 Kf7 22. Rd1 Rc4 23. a5 Ra4 24. Bb6 R8xa5 25. Bxa5 Rxa5 26. Rb6 Ra2
27. Rc6 Be5 28. Kf1 Bd6 29. Rc8 Rb2 30. Rd3 Be5 31. Re3 Bd4 32. Rf3+ Bf6 33. Rc6
Rb1+ 34. Kg2 Rb2 35. Re3 Bd4 36. Rf3+ Bf6 37. Rf4 Rb5 38. Re4 Be5 39. Rh4 h5 40.
Re4 Bd6 41. Re3 Rf5 42. Rf3 Kg7 43. h3 Rd5 44. Re3 Kf7 45. Rf3+ Kg7 46. Rc4 Rf5
47. Re4 Kf6 48. Rfe3 e5 49. Rc4 Kf7 50. Rf3 Rf6 51. Rc8 Kg7 52. Rd8 Bc5 53. Rd7
Rb6 54. Rc7 Bd6 55. Rc8 e4 56. Re3 Rb4 57. Rec3 Rb2 58. R8c4 Be5 59. Re3 Bf6 60.
Rcxe4 Ra2 61. Re2 Ra3 62. Rc4 Rb3 63. Re3 Rb2 64. Rce4 Ra2 65. Re2 Ra3 66. f4
Kf7 67. R4e3 Ra4 68. Kf3 Rb4 69. Rd3 Ra4 70. Rd5 Ra3+ 71. Re3 Ra1 72. g4 hxg4+
73. hxg4 Ra7 74. g5 Bg7 75. Red3 Ke6 76. Rb5 Ra6 77. Rb7 Kf7 78. Rdb3 Rc6 79.
Re3 Bf8 80. Ra7 Rb6 81. Rea3 Rc6 82. R7a6 Rxa6 83. Rxa6 e6 84. Ra7+ Kg8 85. Ke4
Bb4 86. Ke5 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2022"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2022.08.29"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Xiong, Jeffery"]
[Black "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[ECO "D02"]
[Opening "Queen's bishop game"]
[WhiteFideId "2047640"]
[BlackFideId "12573981"]
[EventDate "2022.08.29"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Bf4 c5 4. e3 Nc6 5. Nbd2 Bg4 6. c3 e6 7. Qb3 Qc8 8. h3
Bh5 9. g4 Bg6 10. Nh4 Be7 11. Nxg6 hxg6 12. Be2 Qd7 13. Kf1 cxd4 14. exd4 Bd6
15. Be3 Qc7 16. Kg2 Bf4 17. Bxf4 Qxf4 18. Qxb7 O-O 19. Nf3 Rfc8 20. Qa6 Rab8 21.
Rab1 Ne4 22. Rhd1 Rc7 23. Qd3 g5 24. Qc2 Ne7 25. Bd3 Ng6 26. Re1 f5 27. gxf5 g4
28. Bxe4 gxf3+ 29. Kh1 dxe4 30. fxg6 Qf5 31. Kh2 Qf4+ 32. Kh1 Qf5 33. Kh2 Qf4+
34. Kh1 Qf5 35. Kh2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2022"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2022.08.29"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[ECO "A05"]
[Opening "Reti opening"]
[WhiteFideId "2020009"]
[BlackFideId "623539"]
[EventDate "2022.08.29"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. b3 g6 3. Bb2 Bg7 4. g3 d6 5. d4 O-O 6. Bg2 a5 7. O-O a4 8. c4 Bf5
9. bxa4 Qd7 10. Nc3 Ne4 11. Nd5 Nf6 12. Nc3 Ne4 13. Nb5 c6 14. Nc3 Nxc3 15. Bxc3
c5 16. Qb3 Na6 17. e3 Be4 18. Nh4 Bxg2 19. Nxg2 Rfc8 20. Nf4 cxd4 21. exd4 e6
22. Rac1 Nb8 23. a5 Nc6 24. d5 Nxa5 25. Bxa5 Rxa5 26. dxe6 fxe6 27. Rfe1 Bh6 28.
Rcd1 Bxf4 29. gxf4 Rf5 30. Rd4 Rcf8 31. Qe3 R5f6 32. Red1 Qc7 33. Qe2 Qf7 34.
Rxd6 Rxf4 35. R1d2 Qf5 36. Qxe6+ Qxe6 37. Rxe6 Rxc4 38. Re7 Rf7 39. Rxf7 Kxf7
40. Rd7+ Kf6 41. Rxb7 Ra4 42. Rb2 Kf5 43. Kf1 Kf4 44. Kg2 Ra3 45. f3 h5 46. h4
Kf5 47. Kg3 Ra4 48. Rc2 Ra3 49. Rb2 Ra4 50. Rc2 Ra3 51. Rb2 Ra4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2022"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2022.08.29"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[ECO "C50"]
[Opening "Giuoco Piano"]
[WhiteFideId "3503240"]
[BlackFideId "13401319"]
[EventDate "2022.08.29"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. h3 a5 7. c3 d6 8. Re1 h6
9. Nbd2 Be6 10. Bb5 Nd7 11. Nf1 d5 12. Be3 Bd6 13. Ng3 dxe4 14. dxe4 Ne7 15. a4
Nf6 16. Qe2 Qc8 17. Bc4 Rd8 18. Rad1 Ng6 19. Nd2 Bf8 20. Bxe6 Qxe6 21. Nc4 b6
22. b3 Nd7 23. Qg4 Qxg4 24. hxg4 Bc5 25. Nf1 Bxe3 26. Rxe3 Nc5 27. Rb1 f6 28. g3
Rd7 29. f3 Rad8 30. Kg2 Rd1 31. Rb2 Nf8 32. Ree2 R1d3 33. Red2 Nfe6 34. Rdc2 Nb7
35. Nfe3 Nd6 36. Nxd6 Rxe3 37. Nc4 Red3 38. Rd2 Rxc3 39. Rxd8+ Nxd8 40. Rd2 Ne6
41. Rd7 Rxb3 42. Re7 Nd4 43. Rxc7 Rc3 44. Rc8+ Kh7 45. Nxb6 Rxf3 46. Nd7 Kg6 47.
Rc7 h5 48. Nf8+ Kh6 49. gxh5 Ra3 50. g4 Rxa4 51. Ra7 Ra2+ 52. Kh3 Ra3+ 53. Kg2
a4 54. Ng6 Ne6 55. Nh4 Kg5 56. Nf5 Kxg4 57. Re7 Nf4+ 58. Kf2 Ra2+ 59. Ke1 Nxh5 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2022"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2022.08.29"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2768"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[ECO "A06"]
[Opening "Reti opening"]
[WhiteFideId "2016192"]
[BlackFideId "13300474"]
[EventDate "2022.08.29"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 c5 3. b3 Nc6 4. Bb5 f6 5. c4 d4 6. b4 e5 7. bxc5 Bxc5 8. exd4
Bxd4 9. Nxd4 Qxd4 10. O-O Nh6 11. Ba3 Qxa1 12. Bxc6+ bxc6 13. Qh5+ Kd8 14. Nc3
Qxf1+ 15. Kxf1 Bg4 16. Qh4 Bf5 17. Kg1 Bg6 18. f4 Nf5 19. Qf2 Nd4 20. fxe5 fxe5
21. Qh4+ Kc8 22. Qe7 Re8 23. Qxg7 Nf5 24. Qf6 Kb7 25. Ne4 Rad8 26. g4 Nd4 27.
Qg7+ Kc8 28. Nd6+ Rxd6 29. Bxd6 Ne6 30. Qxa7 Rd8 31. c5 Be4 32. a4 Bd5 33. a5 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2022"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2022.08.29"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Shankland, Sam"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2792"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[ECO "E06"]
[Opening "Catalan"]
[Variation "closed, 5.Nf3"]
[WhiteFideId "4168119"]
[BlackFideId "2004887"]
[EventDate "2022.08.29"]

1. c4 e6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. d4 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4
Bd7 9. Qxc4 Bc6 10. Bg5 Nbd7 11. e3 h6 12. Bxf6 Nxf6 13. Nbd2 a5 14. Rfd1 Bb4
15. Qe2 Qe7 16. Nc4 Rfd8 17. Nfe5 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 c5 19. dxc5 Qxc5 20. Qf3 Rd5 21.
Qf4 Rad8 22. Rdc1 Qc7 23. Nf3 Rc5 24. Qxc7 Rxc7 25. Nd4 Rdc8 26. b3 Nd5 27. Nb5
Rc5 28. Nbd6 R8c7 29. Nb5 Rc8 30. Rd1 Nc3 31. Nxc3 Bxc3 32. Ra2 Rb8 33. Rd3 Bf6
34. Nb6 Rc6 35. Nc4 b5 36. axb5 Rxb5 37. Rxa5 Rb7 38. Nd6 Rd7 39. Ra8+ Kh7 40.
Rf8 Rcxd6 41. Rxd6 Rxd6 42. Rxf7 Rb6 43. Ra7 Rxb3 44. Ra6 e5 45. h4 h5 46. Ra4
Kg6 47. Kf3 Kf5 48. Ra5 Rb2 49. Kg2 Rc2 50. Ra4 Be7 51. Ra7 Kf6 52. Ra6+ Kf7 53.
Ra7 Ke6 54. Ra6+ Bd6 55. Ra7 g6 56. Ra6 Rd2 57. Kf1 e4 58. Ke1 Rb2 59. Kf1 Kd5
60. Ra5+ Bc5 61. Ra8 Rb6 62. Rd8+ Rd6 63. Re8 Rf6 64. Kg2 Bd6 65. Rc8 Ke5 66.
Re8+ Kf5 67. Ra8 Be5 68. Ra5 Re6 69. Rb5 g5 70. hxg5 Kxg5 71. Ra5 Kf5 72. Ra8
Rg6 73. Kf1 Kg4 74. Re8 Bxg3 75. fxg3 Kf3 76. Re5 Kxe3 77. Rxh5 Rf6+ 78. Kg2 Ke2
79. Ra5 e3 80. g4 Rf2+ 81. Kg3 Rf3+ 82. Kg2 Rf2+ 83. Kg3 Rf3+ 84. Kg2 Rf2+ 85.
Kg3 Rf3+ 86. Kg2 Rf2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2022"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2022.08.29"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2792"]
[ECO "D41"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "Semi-Tarrasch, 5.cd"]
[WhiteFideId "13401319"]
[BlackFideId "4168119"]
[EventDate "2022.08.29"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 cxd4 6. Qxd4 exd5 7. e4 dxe4 8.
Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Ng5 Be6 10. Nxe6+ fxe6 11. Bg5 Nc6 12. O-O-O+ Ke8 13. Kb1 Bb4 14.
Bxf6 gxf6 15. Nxe4 Ke7 16. a3 Ba5 17. Nc5 Rad8 18. Rc1 Rd2 19. Ne4 Rd4 20. Nc5
Bb6 21. Bb5 Ne5 22. Na4 Ba5 23. Rhd1 Rhd8 24. Rxd4 Rxd4 25. Nc5 Bb6 26. Na4 Bd8
27. Nc5 Rd5 28. Ba4 Bb6 29. Nxb7 Rd2 30. Rc2 Rxf2 31. Rxf2 Bxf2 32. Na5 Kd6 33.
Bb3 Nd3 34. Bc2 Ne1 35. g4 Nf3 36. h3 h6 37. Bd3 Ke5 38. Nc6+ Kf4 39. Nd8 e5 40.
Nf7 e4 41. Ba6 e3 42. Kc2 Nd4+ 43. Kd1 Kf3 44. Bb7+ Kg3 45. Ba6 Kf3 46. Bb7+ Kf4
47. Ba6 Bg1 48. Ke1 Kf3 49. Bb7+ Kg3 50. Ba6 Kxh3 51. Nxh6 Bf2+ 52. Kf1 Nf3 53.
b4 Nd2+ 54. Ke2 Nb1 55. Kf3 Nxa3 56. Bd3 Kh4 57. Nf5+ Kg5 58. Nd6 Be1 59. Ne4+
Kg6 60. b5 Ba5 61. Kxe3 Bb6+ 62. Kd2 f5 63. Ng3 Kg5 64. gxf5 Bc7 65. f6 Bxg3 66.
f7 Bd6 67. Kc3 Bc5 68. Bc4 Kf4 69. Be6 Ke5 70. Ba2 Bf8 71. Kb3 Nxb5 72. Ka4 Nc7
73. Ka5 Kd6 74. Bc4 Kc5 75. Bb3 Bh6 76. Ba2 Kc6 77. Bb1 Bg7 78. Be4+ Kc5 79. Bb1
Kd6 80. Bd3 Ke7 81. Bc4 Bd4 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2022"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2022.08.29"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Shankland, Sam"]
[Black "Xiong, Jeffery"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[ECO "D35"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "exchange, positional line, 5...c6"]
[WhiteFideId "2004887"]
[BlackFideId "2047640"]
[EventDate "2022.08.29"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 Bd6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. Nf3
Be6 9. Ne5 c5 10. O-O Nc6 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. dxc5 Bxc5 13. Rc1 h6 14. Bf4 Bd6 15.
Qa4 c5 16. Rfd1 Rb8 17. b3 Bxf4 18. Qxf4 Rb4 19. Qe5 Re8 20. Be2 Bg4 21. Qg3 Nh5
22. Qxg4 Rxg4 23. Bxg4 Nf6 24. Bf3 d4 25. Ne2 g5 26. h3 Qa5 27. exd4 cxd4 28.
Nxd4 Qxa2 29. Rc6 Rd8 30. Rc4 h5 31. g3 g4 32. hxg4 hxg4 33. Bg2 Qb2 34. Ra4 a5
35. Rc4 Kh7 36. Ra4 Kg6 37. Rc4 Rd6 38. Ra4 Rd8 39. Rc4 Kh7 40. Ra4 Kg8 41. Rc4
Nh7 42. Ra4 Kh8 43. Rc4 Ng5 44. Rc5 Ne6 45. Rh5+ Kg8 46. Bd5 Nxd4 47. Rg5+ Kf8
48. Kg2 Ne6 49. Rxg4 Qe2 50. Bf3 Qxd1 51. Bxd1 Rxd1 52. Ra4 Rd5 53. b4 axb4 54.
Rxb4 Kg7 55. Re4 Kf6 56. Re2 Ra5 57. Rc2 Ra3 58. Rd2 Ng5 59. Re2 Kf5 60. Rb2 Ne4
61. Rb5+ Ke6 62. Rb2 Rd3 63. Re2 Kf5 64. Kf1 Rd1+ 65. Kg2 Rd2 66. Kf3 Ng5+ 67.
Ke3 Rxe2+ 68. Kxe2 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2022"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2022.08.29"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[ECO "E60"]
[Opening "King's Indian, 3.Nf3"]
[WhiteFideId "13300474"]
[BlackFideId "2020009"]
[EventDate "2022.08.29"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 d6 4. Nc3 Bf5 5. Bg5 Bg7 6. e3 O-O 7. Bd3 Bxd3 8. Qxd3
Nbd7 9. O-O h6 10. Bh4 g5 11. Bg3 Nh5 12. Qd1 Nxg3 13. hxg3 c5 14. Rc1 a6 15.
Qd3 e6 16. Rfd1 cxd4 17. exd4 Rc8 18. b4 a5 19. Nb5 Rc6 20. d5 exd5 21. Qxd5 Nb6
22. Qd3 axb4 23. Nxd6 Na4 24. Nf5 Qxd3 25. Rxd3 Re8 26. N3d4 Rc5 27. Nxg7 Kxg7
28. Rb1 Nc3 29. Rxb4 Re1+ 30. Kh2 g4 31. Nf3 gxf3 32. gxf3 Ne2 33. f4 Rg1 34.
Rd5 Rxd5 35. cxd5 Ra1 36. d6 Rd1 37. Rxb7 Rxd6 38. Rb3 Nc1 39. Rb2 Ra6 40. Rc2
Nxa2 41. Rc4 Rb6 42. Kh3 Rb2 43. f3 Nb4 44. g4 Nd3 45. f5 Rb4 46. Rc3 Nf4+ 47.
Kh4 Rb1 48. Rc2 Rg1 49. Rd2 Rg2 50. Rd6 Ne2 51. Kh3 Rg3+ 52. Kh4 Rxf3 53. g5
Rf4+ 54. Kh5 Rxf5 55. Rxh6 Rf1 56. Ra6 Rg1 57. Ra4 Ng3+ 58. Kh4 Nf5+ 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2022"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2022.08.29"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[ECO "C42"]
[Opening "Petrov"]
[Variation "classical attack, close variation"]
[WhiteFideId "623539"]
[BlackFideId "3503240"]
[EventDate "2022.08.29"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d3 Nf6 6. d4 g6 7. Bd3 Bg7 8. O-O
O-O 9. a4 c5 10. Na3 Nc6 11. h3 Nd5 12. Be4 Nf6 13. Bxc6 bxc6 14. dxc5 dxc5 15.
Bf4 Nd5 16. Be5 f6 17. Bg3 Re8 18. Re1 Be6 19. Qd2 Nb6 20. a5 Qxd2 21. Nxd2 Nd7
22. Nac4 Bd5 23. Nd6 Rxe1+ 24. Rxe1 Ne5 25. c4 Bh6 26. cxd5 Bxd2 27. Rd1 Bxa5
28. Bxe5 fxe5 29. Nc4 Bb6 30. dxc6 Rc8 31. Nxe5 Kg7 32. Rd6 Bc7 33. Rd7+ Kf6 34.
Nc4 h5 35. Nd6 Bxd6 36. Rxd6+ Kf7 37. Kf1 g5 38. Ke2 Ke7 39. Rg6 Rb8 40. Rxg5
Rxb2+ 41. Ke3 Kd6 42. Rxc5 Rb3+ 43. Kd4 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2022"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2022.08.29"]
[Round "3.5"]
[White "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2768"]
[ECO "C67"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Berlin defence, open variation"]
[WhiteFideId "12573981"]
[BlackFideId "2016192"]
[EventDate "2022.08.29"]

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 Nf5 13. Bf4 d6 14. Nd2 Bd7
15. Bd3 Bg5 16. Qe4 d5 17. Qe5 Bxf4 18. Qxf4 Nd6 19. Re1 f6 20. Qf3 c6 21. Qh5
g6 22. Bxg6 hxg6 23. Qxg6+ Kf8 24. Qh6+ Kf7 25. Qh7+ Kf8 26. Qh8+ Kf7 27. Qh7+
Kf8 28. Qh8+ Kf7 29. Qh7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2022"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2022.08.29"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Shankland, Sam"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2768"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[ECO "A05"]
[Opening "Reti opening"]
[WhiteFideId "2016192"]
[BlackFideId "2004887"]
[EventDate "2022.08.29"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. e3 c5 3. b3 g6 4. Bb2 Bg7 5. g3 O-O 6. Bg2 d5 7. O-O Nc6 8. Ne5
Nxe5 9. Bxe5 Be6 10. d3 Qd7 11. Re1 Bh3 12. Bh1 h5 13. Nd2 Rad8 14. Qe2 Rfe8 15.
Rad1 h4 16. e4 hxg3 17. hxg3 Bg4 18. f3 Be6 19. Bg2 Bh6 20. Nf1 Nh5 21. Bb2 dxe4
22. dxe4 Qc7 23. f4 c4 24. Bd4 b5 25. Bf3 Nf6 26. b4 c3 27. a3 Bg7 28. Qxb5 Bg4
29. Nh2 Bxf3 30. Nxf3 Qc8 31. Qe2 Qg4 32. Qg2 Nh5 33. Bxg7 Kxg7 34. Kf2 Rd6 35.
e5 Rxd1 36. Rxd1 Rh8 37. Rd3 Qf5 38. Nd4 Qg4 39. Ne2 f6 40. Re3 Kf7 41. Qd5+ Kg7
42. exf6+ Nxf6 43. Rxe7+ Kh6 44. Qh1+ Nh5 45. Qf3 Qh3 46. Qg2 Qg4 47. Qb7 Nf6
48. Rf7 Re8 49. Qh1+ Nh5 50. Qf3 Qh3 51. Nd4 Rd8 52. Qe3 Qh2+ 53. Ke1 Nxg3 54.
f5+ g5 55. Qe6+ Kh5 56. Rh7+ 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2022"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2022.08.29"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[ECO "C65"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Berlin defence"]
[WhiteFideId "13300474"]
[BlackFideId "12573981"]
[EventDate "2022.08.29"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. O-O Nd7 7. c3 h6 8. d4
exd4 9. cxd4 Bd6 10. Nc3 O-O 11. Be3 Nb6 12. Ne5 Bxe5 13. dxe5 Nc4 14. Bc5 Qxd1
15. Raxd1 Re8 16. f4 b6 17. b3 Bg4 18. Rc1 Nxe5 19. fxe5 bxc5 20. Na4 c4 21. Rf4
Be6 22. Nc5 cxb3 23. axb3 Rab8 24. Ra1 Bxb3 25. Rxa7 Bc4 26. Rxc7 Rbc8 27. Rxc8
Rxc8 28. Kf2 Ra8 29. Ke3 Be6 30. Rf2 Re8 31. Rd2 Bc4 32. Rd6 Bf1 33. e6 fxe6 34.
g3 e5 35. Rxc6 Bh3 36. Nd3 Bf1 37. Rc5 Bxd3 38. Kxd3 Kf7 39. Kc4 Kf6 40. Rc6+
Kg5 41. Kd5 Re7 42. Re6 Ra7 43. Rxe5+ Kg4 44. Ke6 g5 45. Rf5 Ra2 46. h4 gxh4 47.
gxh4 Kxh4 48. Kf7 Kg4 49. Rf6 Ra7+ 50. Kg6 Re7 51. Kxh6 Rxe4 52. Kg6 Rf4 53.
Rxf4+ Kxf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2022"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2022.08.29"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2792"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[ECO "D87"]
[Opening "Gruenfeld"]
[Variation "exchange, Spassky variation"]
[WhiteFideId "4168119"]
[BlackFideId "623539"]
[EventDate "2022.08.29"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 c5 8.
Ne2 O-O 9. O-O Nc6 10. Be3 b6 11. Rc1 Bb7 12. Qd2 Rc8 13. Rfd1 cxd4 14. cxd4 e6
15. Bb5 Na5 16. f3 Rxc1 17. Rxc1 a6 18. Bd3 Nc6 19. Bb1 Qd7 20. h4 Rd8 21. Rd1
Na5 22. Bg5 Nc4 23. Qf4 e5 24. Qc1 Rc8 25. dxe5 Qe8 26. Bf6 Nxe5 27. Qf4 Qe6 28.
Bxg7 Kxg7 29. h5 Qe7 30. h6+ Kg8 31. a4 Bc6 32. Ba2 Be8 33. Rd5 Rc5 34. Nc3 Bc6
35. Rxe5 Rxe5 36. Bxf7+ Kh8 37. Nd5 Qg5 38. Qh2 Qc1+ 39. Kf2 Qd2+ 40. Kf1 Qd1+
41. Kf2 Qd4+ 42. Kf1 Bxa4 43. Qf4 Bb5+ 44. Ke1 Qg1+ 45. Kd2 Qd4+ 46. Ke1 Qg1+
47. Kd2 Qd4+ 48. Ke1 Qg1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2022"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2022.08.29"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Xiong, Jeffery"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[ECO "A21"]
[Opening "English, Kramnik-Shirov counterattack"]
[WhiteFideId "2047640"]
[BlackFideId "13401319"]
[EventDate "2022.08.29"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Bb4 3. Nd5 Be7 4. d4 d6 5. e4 Nf6 6. Nxe7 Qxe7 7. f3 exd4 8.
Qxd4 O-O 9. Ne2 c6 10. Bg5 d5 11. e5 c5 12. Qf4 Re8 13. exf6 Qe6 14. O-O-O d4
15. Ng3 Nc6 16. fxg7 Nb4 17. Ne4 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2022"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2022.08.29"]
[Round "4.5"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[ECO "D35"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "exchange, positional line"]
[WhiteFideId "2020009"]
[BlackFideId "3503240"]
[EventDate "2022.08.29"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. d4 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Bb4 6. Qa4+ Nc6 7. Nf3 h6 8.
Bxf6 Qxf6 9. e3 O-O 10. Rc1 Rd8 11. Bd3 Bg4 12. Be2 Bf8 13. O-O Ne7 14. Qb3 Rab8
15. Ne5 Bxe2 16. Nxe2 c6 17. Nd3 Nf5 18. Ng3 Nxg3 19. hxg3 Bd6 20. Qd1 g6 21.
Qf3 Qe7 22. Rb1 h5 23. b4 a6 24. a4 Kg7 25. b5 cxb5 26. axb5 a5 27. b6 a4 28.
Rb5 Qe4 29. Rd1 Be7 30. Nf4 a3 31. Nxd5 Qxf3 32. gxf3 Bf8 33. Nc7 Bd6 34. Rb3
Rd7 35. Nb5 Ra8 36. Ra1 a2 37. Na7 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2022"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2022.08.29"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Xiong, Jeffery"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[ECO "C42"]
[Opening "Petrov"]
[Variation "classical attack, close variation"]
[WhiteFideId "623539"]
[BlackFideId "2047640"]
[EventDate "2022.08.29"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d3 Nf6 6. d4 g6 7. Bd3 Bg7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Re1 c5 10. dxc5 dxc5 11. Nc3 Nc6 12. Bf4 Nb4 13. Bc4 Bf5 14. Re2 Nxc2 15.
Rd2 Nd4 16. Nxd4 cxd4 17. Rxd4 Qb6 18. Bb3 Ne4 19. Rxe4 Bxc3 20. Re2 Bf6 21. Be3
Qa6 22. Rc1 Bg4 23. f3 Rfd8 24. Qe1 Be6 25. Bxe6 Qxe6 26. b3 Re8 27. Rcc2 Qa6
28. Bf2 Rxe2 29. Qxe2 Qxe2 30. Rxe2 a6 31. g4 Rc8 32. Kg2 h5 33. h3 hxg4 34.
hxg4 Kg7 35. f4 Kf8 36. g5 Be7 37. Bd4 Bd6 38. Kf3 Rc1 39. Ke4 Rf1 40. Be5 Ke7
41. Bxd6+ Kxd6 42. Rd2+ Ke6 43. Re2 Kd6 44. Rd2+ Ke6 45. Re2 Kd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2022"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2022.08.29"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2792"]
[ECO "B46"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Taimanov variation"]
[WhiteFideId "3503240"]
[BlackFideId "4168119"]
[EventDate "2022.08.29"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Qc7 7. Qf3 b5 8. Nxc6
Qxc6 9. O-O-O Bb7 10. Qg3 Rc8 11. Bd3 b4 12. Ne2 Nf6 13. f3 h5 14. h4 g6 15. Bd4
Bg7 16. Nf4 Qc7 17. Kb1 Nxe4 18. Bxe4 Bxd4 19. Bxg6 Be5 20. Bxf7+ Kxf7 21. Qg6+
Kf8 22. g3 Rg8 23. Qh7 Rg7 24. Ng6+ Rxg6 25. Qxg6 Bg7 26. Rhe1 Kg8 27. Rd2 Bxf3
28. Rf1 Qc6 29. Rdf2 Qe4 30. Qg5 Be2 31. Rc1 Qd4 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2022"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2022.08.29"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2768"]
[ECO "D37"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "classical variation (5.Bf4)"]
[WhiteFideId "13401319"]
[BlackFideId "2016192"]
[EventDate "2022.08.29"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. a3 c5 8. cxd5
Nxd5 9. Nxd5 exd5 10. dxc5 Nxc5 11. Be2 Bf6 12. Be5 Bf5 13. O-O Be4 14. Bxf6
Qxf6 15. Rc1 Ne6 16. Nd4 Rac8 17. Qd2 Nxd4 18. Qxd4 Qxd4 19. exd4 Rfd8 20. f3
Bc2 21. Kf2 Kf8 22. Ke3 Ke7 23. Kd2 Bf5 24. Bd3 Bxd3 25. Kxd3 Kd6 26. Rfe1 Rxc1
27. Rxc1 Re8 28. a4 a5 29. Kd2 b6 30. Re1 Rxe1 31. Kxe1 Ke6 32. g4 g5 33. Kf2 f6
34. Ke3 h6 35. Kf2 Ke7 36. Ke3 Ke6 37. Kf2 Ke7 38. Ke3 Ke6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2022"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2022.08.29"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[ECO "A20"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[WhiteFideId "12573981"]
[BlackFideId "2020009"]
[EventDate "2022.08.29"]

1. c4 e5 2. d3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. a3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nb6 7. Be2 Be7 8. Be3
O-O 9. O-O f5 10. b4 a6 11. Nbd2 f4 12. Bc5 Be6 13. Rc1 Bd6 14. Nb3 Kh8 15. d4
Bxb3 16. Qxb3 Nxd4 17. Bxd4 exd4 18. e5 Be7 19. Rfd1 Qd5 20. Qb1 c6 21. Rxd4 Qe6
22. Bd3 g6 23. h4 Rad8 24. Rxd8 Rxd8 25. Re1 Na4 26. Qc2 b5 27. Re4 c5 28. Rxf4
c4 29. Bxc4 bxc4 30. Qxa4 c3 31. Qc2 Rc8 32. Rd4 Qf5 33. Qc1 c2 34. Rd2 Qf4 35.
Kf1 a5 36. Ke2 Qc4+ 37. Rd3 axb4 38. axb4 Rd8 39. Ne1 Bxb4 40. Qxc2 Qe4+ 41. Re3
Qxc2+ 42. Nxc2 Rd2+ 43. Kf3 Rxc2 44. e6 Be7 45. Rb3 Kg7 46. g4 Kf6 47. Rb6 Ke5
48. Kg3 Rc3+ 49. f3 Kd5 50. h5 g5 51. Kg2 Rc2+ 52. Kf1 h6 53. Ra6 Ke5 54. Rb6
Rd2 55. Ke1 Rd6 56. Rb5+ Kxe6 57. Ke2 Kf6 58. f4 gxf4 59. Rf5+ Ke6 60. Rxf4 Bg5
61. Re4+ Kd5 62. Ra4 Rb6 63. Kf3 Rb3+ 64. Kf2 Ke5 65. Rc4 Ra3 66. Rb4 Bh4+ 67.
Ke2 Rg3 68. Ra4 Rg2+ 69. Kf3 Rf2+ 70. Ke3 Rf1 71. Ra5+ Ke6 72. Ra6+ Kf7 73. Rxh6
Ra1 74. Rg6 Ra5 75. Rc6 Bg5+ 76. Ke4 Be7 77. Kf4 Kg7 78. Rg6+ Kf7 79. Rc6 Ra1
80. Ke4 Rf1 81. Rb6 Bg5 82. Rb7+ Kg8 83. Rb8+ Kf7 84. Rb7+ Be7 85. g5 Rh1 86.
g6+ Kf6 87. g7 Kxg7 88. Rxe7+ Kh6 89. Re5 Re1+ 90. Kf4 Rxe5 91. Kxe5 Kxh5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2022"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2022.08.29"]
[Round "5.5"]
[White "Shankland, Sam"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[ECO "E37"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian"]
[Variation "classical, Noa variation, main line, 7.Qc2"]
[WhiteFideId "2004887"]
[BlackFideId "13300474"]
[EventDate "2022.08.29"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 Ne4 7. Qc2 c5 8.
dxc5 Nc6 9. Nf3 Qa5+ 10. Bd2 Qxc5 11. e3 Nxd2 12. Nxd2 O-O 13. Bd3 h6 14. O-O
Ne5 15. Bh7+ Kh8 16. cxd5 Qd6 17. f4 Ng4 18. Nc4 Qd8 19. h3 exd5 20. hxg4 dxc4
21. Bf5 Bxf5 22. gxf5 Qb6 23. Rae1 Rfe8 24. Qxc4 Rxe3 25. Rxe3 Qxe3+ 26. Kh2 Qe7
27. Rd1 Re8 28. b4 b6 29. Qd4 Qh4+ 30. Kg1 Kg8 31. f6 gxf6 32. Qf2 Qh5 33. Rd3
Qf5 34. Qf3 Kg7 35. Kh2 Re4 36. Qg3+ Kh7 37. Rd8 Qxf4 38. Qxf4 Rxf4 39. Rd7 a5
40. bxa5 bxa5 41. Rxf7+ Kg6 42. Rc7 Re4 43. Rc5 Re5 44. Rc4 h5 45. g3 Rg5 46.
Rc3 Rg4 47. Rc5 Ra4 48. Rc3 Rd4 49. Kh3 a4 50. Re3 Kg5 51. Rc3 h4 52. gxh4+
Rxh4+ 53. Kg3 Rd4 54. Kf3 f5 55. Ke3 Rh4 56. Kf2 Rh2+ 57. Kg3 Rb2 58. Rc4 Rb3+
59. Kf2 Rxa3 60. Rb4 Ra1 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2022"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2022.08.29"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2792"]
[ECO "C42"]
[Opening "Petrov"]
[Variation "classical attack, Marshall variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2020009"]
[BlackFideId "4168119"]
[EventDate "2022.08.29"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. Re1
Bf5 9. Nbd2 Re8 10. g3 h6 11. Nh4 Bh7 12. Qf3 Nc6 13. c3 Qf6 14. Bxe4 dxe4 15.
Qxf6 gxf6 16. Nc4 Bf8 17. Bf4 Rac8 18. Ne3 Ne7 19. Ng4 Nd5 20. Bxh6 f5 21. Bxf8
fxg4 22. Bh6 Re6 23. Be3 b5 24. a4 a6 25. axb5 axb5 26. Ng2 Rc6 27. Ra5 Rb8 28.
Bf4 Bf5 29. Ne3 Be6 30. Nxd5 Bxd5 31. h3 gxh3 32. Kh2 Kg7 33. Be5+ Kg6 34. Re3
Rc4 35. Ra7 Rb7 36. Ra8 f6 37. Bf4 b4 38. Kxh3 bxc3 39. bxc3 Rb3 40. Ra5 c6 41.
Rc5 Rxc5 42. dxc5 Kf5 43. Bd6 Rb1 44. g4+ Kg6 45. c4 Bxc4 46. Rxe4 Rh1+ 47. Kg3
Bd5 48. Re2 Rg1+ 49. Kf4 Rc1 50. Re3 Rb1 51. Re7 Rb3 52. Re3 Rxe3 53. fxe3 Kf7
54. e4 Bb3 55. e5 fxe5+ 56. Kxe5 Kg6 57. Bb8 Ba4 58. Kd6 Bb5 59. Ke5 Ba4 60. Kd6
Bb5 61. Ke5 Ba4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2022"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2022.08.29"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2768"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[ECO "B54"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Prins (Moscow) variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2016192"]
[BlackFideId "623539"]
[EventDate "2022.08.29"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. e4 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. f3 Nc6 6. Nc3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. Be3
d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxd5 Qxd5 11. Qxd5 Bxd5 12. O-O-O O-O-O 13. Bd3 Kc7 14. c3
Be7 15. Rhe1 h5 16. Kc2 h4 17. Nd2 Be6 18. Ne4 b6 19. b3 f6 20. Nf2 g5 21. Be4
Rxd1 22. Nxd1 Nb8 23. Bc1 f5 24. Bd3 Nd7 25. h3 Rf8 26. Ne3 Nc5 27. Bc4 Bxc4 28.
Nxc4 e4 29. fxe4 Nxe4 30. Nd2 Kd7 31. Nxe4 fxe4 32. Re2 Rf1 33. a4 Bf6 34. Bd2
Rg1 35. Be3 Ra1 36. Bc1 Bxc3 37. Rxe4 Bf6 38. Rg4 Kc6 39. Bxg5 Ra2+ 40. Kd3 Bxg5
41. Rxg5 a5 42. Rg4 Kc5 43. Rg5+ Kc6 44. Rg4 Kc5 45. g3 hxg3 46. Rxg3 b5 47.
Rg5+ Kc6 48. Rxb5 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2022"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2022.08.29"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Black "Shankland, Sam"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[ECO "D34"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "Tarrasch, Prague variation, Normal position"]
[WhiteFideId "12573981"]
[BlackFideId "2004887"]
[EventDate "2022.08.29"]

1. c4 e6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 c5 7. cxd5 exd5 8. d4
Nc6 9. Nc3 Ne4 10. Be3 Nxc3 11. bxc3 c4 12. Qb1 g6 13. Ne5 Bd6 14. Bf4 Rb8 15.
Qb5 Ne7 16. Bh6 a6 17. Qb2 Re8 18. e4 dxe4 19. Nxc4 Bc7 20. Rfe1 Be6 21. Na3 Nf5
22. Bd2 Nd6 23. Bf4 f5 24. d5 Bf7 25. c4 g5 26. Be5 Rxe5 27. Qxe5 Nxc4 28. Qxf5
Nxa3 29. Bxe4 Bg6 30. Qe6+ Kg7 31. Bxg6 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2022"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2022.08.29"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "Xiong, Jeffery"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[ECO "B50"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[WhiteFideId "2047640"]
[BlackFideId "3503240"]
[EventDate "2022.08.29"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Qxd4 Nc6 6. Qd3 g6 7. Nd5 Bg7 8. c3
O-O 9. Bg5 Nxd5 10. exd5 Ne5 11. Nxe5 Bxe5 12. Qd2 Bd7 13. a4 Rc8 14. Be2 Re8
15. Be3 e6 16. dxe6 Rxe6 17. O-O Bc6 18. h3 Qh4 19. Bg4 h6 20. Bxe6 fxe6 21.
Bxh6 Kh7 22. Bg5 Qe4 23. f3 Qc4 24. Qf2 Kg8 25. Rfe1 Rf8 26. Qh4 Qc5+ 27. Be3
Qd5 28. Rad1 Qb3 29. Bd4 Qxa4 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2022"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2022.08.29"]
[Round "6.5"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[ECO "C77"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Anderssen variation"]
[WhiteFideId "13300474"]
[BlackFideId "13401319"]
[EventDate "2022.08.29"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. Nc3 h6 8. Nd5 d6
9. c3 Rb8 10. O-O O-O 11. Re1 Ba7 12. Be3 Bxe3 13. Nxe3 Na5 14. Bc2 c5 15. d4
Nc6 16. d5 Ne7 17. a4 Ng4 18. Nxg4 Bxg4 19. axb5 axb5 20. Qd3 c4 21. Qd1 f5 22.
h3 fxe4 23. Bxe4 Bf5 24. Nd2 Qb6 25. Re3 Rf6 26. Rf3 Rbf8 27. Bxf5 Rxf5 28. Rxf5
Rxf5 29. Ne4 Rf4 30. Ra8+ Kh7 31. Qc2 g6 32. g3 Rf7 33. Qd2 Kg7 34. Re8 Qc7 35.
Kg2 Qd7 36. Rb8 g5 37. Kh2 Qf5 38. Qe2 Nxd5 39. Rxb5 Nc7 40. Rb7 d5 41. Nd6 Qd3
42. Qxe5+ Kg6 43. Nxf7 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2022"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2022.08.29"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2768"]
[ECO "C65"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Berlin defence"]
[WhiteFideId "3503240"]
[BlackFideId "2016192"]
[EventDate "2022.08.29"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. O-O d5 7. Nbd2 dxe4 8.
dxe4 a5 9. a4 Qe7 10. h3 Nb8 11. Re1 c6 12. Bf1 Bd6 13. Nc4 Bc7 14. b4 Rd8 15.
Bd2 axb4 16. cxb4 Ne8 17. Qc2 f6 18. Reb1 Nd6 19. Be3 Nxc4 20. Bxc4+ Be6 21. Nd2
Nd7 22. b5 Rdc8 23. bxc6 bxc6 24. Rb7 Qe8 25. Qb3 Nf8 26. Bxe6+ Qxe6 27. Qxe6+
Nxe6 28. Nc4 Ra6 29. a5 c5 30. g3 Kf8 31. Nb6 Bxb6 32. Rxb6 Rxb6 33. axb6 Ke7
34. f4 Kd6 35. Kf2 Rb8 36. f5 Nf8 37. Ra7 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2022"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2022.08.29"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Shankland, Sam"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[ECO "B33"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Sveshnikov variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2004887"]
[BlackFideId "2020009"]
[EventDate "2022.08.29"]

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. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Nd5 f5 11. g3 fxe4 12. Bg2 Bg7 13. Bxe4 O-O 14. Ne3 Bd7 15.
Qh5 h6 16. Rd1 Qf6 17. O-O Rad8 18. Rd2 Ne7 19. Rfd1 Bc8 20. c4 Qe6 21. c5 d5
22. Nxd5 Nc6 23. Nc2 Nd4 24. Nxd4 exd4 25. Bf3 Bb7 26. Nf4 Bxf3 27. Qxf3 Qxa2
28. b3 Qa3 29. Rc2 Rc8 30. Rdc1 Rfe8 31. Nh5 Bh8 32. Kg2 a5 33. Qg4+ Kf8 34. Qf3
a4 35. bxa4 Qxf3+ 36. Kxf3 bxa4 37. Nf4 Rb8 38. Ra2 Rb3+ 39. Kg2 a3 40. Rd1 Rc3
41. Rd3 Ra8 42. Rf3 Ke8 43. Nd3 Ra7 44. g4 Bg7 45. h4 Bf8 46. h5 Be7 47. Kg3 Kf8
48. Kg2 Kg7 49. Kg3 Bg5 50. Kg2 Be7 51. Kg3 Rb7 52. Kg2 Rbb3 53. Re2 Bf8 54. Ne5
Rxf3 55. Nxf3 Bxc5 56. Rc2 Bb6 57. Rc4 d3 58. Ra4 Bc5 59. Ra5 Bb4 60. Ra4 d2 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2022"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2022.08.29"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[ECO "C67"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Berlin defence, open variation"]
[WhiteFideId "623539"]
[BlackFideId "13300474"]
[EventDate "2022.08.29"]

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. Nc3 Bf6 10. Re1 Re8 11. Nd5 Rxe1 12. Qxe1 b6 13. d3 Bb7 14. Nxf6+
Qxf6 15. Qb4 c5 16. Qg4 Nf5 17. c3 Bc6 18. Bd2 Re8 19. a4 d5 20. a5 d4 21. axb6
axb6 22. c4 g6 23. b4 Ra8 24. Re1 Qd6 25. b5 Bb7 26. Qf4 Qd8 27. g3 Ng7 28. Bh3
f5 29. Qe5 Bf3 30. Bg2 Bxg2 31. Kxg2 Qd7 32. Bh6 Qb7+ 33. Kg1 Rf8 34. Qd6 Re8 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2022"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2022.08.29"]
[Round "7.4"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[ECO "D38"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "Ragozin variation"]
[WhiteFideId "13401319"]
[BlackFideId "12573981"]
[EventDate "2022.08.29"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 dxc4 8.
Bxc4 c5 9. O-O cxd4 10. Ne4 Qf5 11. Qa4+ Nc6 12. Qxb4 Qxe4 13. Bb5 Bd7 14. Bxc6
Bxc6 15. Qxd4 Qg6 16. Nh4 Qg5 17. Qf4 Qxf4 18. exf4 Rd8 19. Rfd1 Ke7 20. g3 g5
21. Ng2 Bf3 22. Rxd8 Rxd8 23. fxg5 hxg5 24. h4 gxh4 25. Nxh4 Bc6 26. Ng2 Rd2 27.
b3 b5 28. b4 Kd6 29. a3 Rd3 30. Ne3 f5 31. Kf1 Rb3 32. Rd1+ Ke5 33. Re1 Be4 34.
Ra1 f4 35. gxf4+ Kxf4 36. a4 a6 37. axb5 axb5 38. Ra6 Kf3 39. Ke1 Rb1+ 40. Kd2
Rb2+ 41. Kc3 Rxf2 42. Nd1 Rc2+ 43. Kb3 Rd2 44. Nc3 Bd3 45. Ka3 Bc4 46. Rb6 Rc2 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2022"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2022.08.29"]
[Round "7.5"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Xiong, Jeffery"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2792"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[ECO "A37"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "symmetrical variation"]
[WhiteFideId "4168119"]
[BlackFideId "2047640"]
[EventDate "2022.08.29"]

1. c4 c5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Nc3 d6 6. O-O e6 7. e3 Nge7 8. d4 O-O
9. b3 Nf5 10. Ne2 cxd4 11. exd4 e5 12. Bb2 e4 13. Ne1 d5 14. cxd5 Qxd5 15. Nc2
Re8 16. Nc3 Qd8 17. d5 Qa5 18. Qe1 Ncd4 19. Nxe4 Qxe1 20. Raxe1 Nxc2 21. Nf6+
Bxf6 22. Rxe8+ Kg7 23. Bxf6+ Kxf6 24. Rc1 Nd6 25. Rd8 Ke7 26. Rh8 Nd4 27. Rc7+
Kf6 28. a4 b5 29. Rd8 bxa4 30. bxa4 Rb8 31. h4 Rb6 32. a5 Ra6 33. Bf1 Rxa5 34.
Rxd6+ Ke5 35. Rd8 Bg4 36. Re7+ Kf6 37. Re4 Ra4 38. Rde8 Bf5 39. Rf4 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2022"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2022.08.29"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Shankland, Sam"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[ECO "C45"]
[Opening "Scotch"]
[Variation "Schmidt variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2004887"]
[BlackFideId "13401319"]
[EventDate "2022.08.29"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. Bd3 d5 7. exd5 cxd5
8. O-O Be7 9. c4 O-O 10. Nc3 Bb7 11. Qf3 Rb8 12. Nxd5 Bxd5 13. cxd5 Qxd5 14. Be2
Bd6 15. Qxd5 Nxd5 16. Bf3 Nb4 17. a3 Nc2 18. Ra2 Nd4 19. Bd1 Nb3 20. Be3 a5 21.
a4 Rb4 22. Bxb3 Rxb3 23. Bd2 Bb4 24. Bxb4 Rxb4 25. Rc1 Rd8 26. g3 g6 27. Rxc7
Rd2 28. Ra7 Rb6 29. Ra1 Rbxb2 30. Rf1 Rd5 31. Re1 Rf5 32. f4 Rd5 33. g4 Rc5 34.
g5 Ra2 35. h4 Kg7 36. Ra8 h5 37. Rd1 Rb2 38. Re1 Rbc2 39. Rd1 Ra2 40. Re1 Rxa4
41. Ree8 Ra1+ 42. Kf2 Rc2+ 43. Kf3 Ra3+ 44. Ke4 Re2+ 45. Kd4 Ra4+ 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2022"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2022.08.29"]
[Round "8.2"]
[White "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[ECO "A04"]
[Opening "Reti opening"]
[WhiteFideId "12573981"]
[BlackFideId "623539"]
[EventDate "2022.08.29"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. e3 Nf6 5. Qc2 g6 6. a3 Bg7 7. Be2 O-O 8. O-O d6
9. d3 b6 10. Rb1 h6 11. b4 Be6 12. Qa4 Rc8 13. Bb2 Qd7 14. Nd2 Rfd8 15. Nde4 Ne8
16. Bf3 f5 17. Nd2 Nf6 18. Bd5 Kh7 19. Bxe6 Qxe6 20. b5 Na5 21. e4 Qd7 22. Nd5
Nxd5 23. cxd5 c4 24. dxc4 Nb7 25. Qxa7 Qc7 26. Qa4 f4 27. Qd1 Nc5 28. Bc3 Ra8
29. Bb4 h5 30. Bxc5 Qxc5 31. a4 Ra7 32. a5 bxa5 33. b6 Rb7 34. Rb5 Qd4 35. c5
dxc5 36. Qc2 c4 37. Nf3 Qd3 38. Qxd3 cxd3 39. Rxa5 Rxb6 40. Ra3 Bf6 41. h4 Rb4
42. Re1 d2 43. Nxd2 Bxh4 44. Nf3 Bf6 45. Ra6 Rf8 46. Re6 g5 47. Nxe5 Bxe5 48.
Rxe5 Kg6 49. Re6+ Rf6 50. Rxf6+ Kxf6 51. e5+ Ke7 52. e6 Rd4 53. Re5 Rd1+ 54. Kh2
g4 55. Rxh5 Rd2 56. Rg5 Rxf2 57. Rxg4 f3 58. Kg1 Rd2 59. Rg7+ Kf6 60. Rf7+ Kg6
61. gxf3 Rxd5 62. f4 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2022"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2022.08.29"]
[Round "8.3"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Xiong, Jeffery"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[ECO "D00"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn, Mason variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2020009"]
[BlackFideId "2047640"]
[EventDate "2022.08.29"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 Bf5 3. e3 e6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bd3 Bxd3 6. cxd3 Bd6 7. Ne5 O-O 8.
O-O Nbd7 9. Nc3 a6 10. e4 Nb6 11. Qf3 c5 12. dxc5 Bxc5 13. a4 Rc8 14. a5 Nbd7
15. Nxd7 Qxd7 16. Be5 Be7 17. Qg3 Nh5 18. Qf3 Nf6 19. Rfd1 Rfd8 20. h3 dxe4 21.
dxe4 Qc6 22. Bd4 h6 23. Qg3 Nh5 24. Qg4 Nf6 25. Qf3 Qc4 26. Bb6 Rxd1+ 27. Rxd1
Bb4 28. Rd4 Qb3 29. e5 Bxc3 30. exf6 Qxb2 31. Qxb7 Qc1+ 32. Kh2 Bxd4 33. Bxd4
Qc7+ 34. Qxc7 Rxc7 35. fxg7 Rc4 36. Bb6 Kxg7 37. g4 h5 38. Kg3 Kg6 39. f3 e5 40.
Bd8 Rc3 41. Kg2 f5 42. gxf5+ Kxf5 43. h4 Ra3 44. Kf2 Ke6 45. Ke2 Kf5 46. Kf2 e4
47. fxe4+ Kxe4 48. Kg2 Kf4 49. Kf2 Ra2+ 50. Ke1 Kf3 51. Kd1 Ra4 52. Kc2 Ra3 53.
Kb2 Rd3 54. Bf6 Kg4 55. Kc2 Rd5 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2022"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2022.08.29"]
[Round "8.4"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2768"]
[BlackElo "2792"]
[ECO "A20"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[WhiteFideId "2016192"]
[BlackFideId "4168119"]
[EventDate "2022.08.29"]

1. c4 e5 2. a3 c6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nf3 d5 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. e4 Nf6 8. f3
Bc5 9. Be3 O-O 10. Nc3 Re8 11. Nc2 Qe7 12. Bxc5 Qxc5 13. Qd4 Qg5 14. Qe3 Qg6 15.
O-O-O Nbd7 16. g4 Nb6 17. Bd3 Be6 18. h4 Nfd7 19. e5 f5 20. Nd4 Nc4 21. Bxc4
Bxc4 22. gxf5 Qh5 23. e6 Nf6 24. Ne4 c5 25. Nxc5 Rac8 26. Ne4 Bxe6+ 27. Kd2 Bxf5
28. Nxf6+ gxf6 29. Qf4 Bg6 30. Rc1 Rcd8 31. Rc4 Qd5 32. Kc3 b5 33. Rc7 a5 34. b4
axb4+ 35. axb4 Ra8 36. Qxf6 Ra3+ 37. Kd2 Ra2+ 38. Kd1 Ra1+ 39. Kd2 Ra2+ 40. Kd1
Ra1+ 41. Kd2 Qa2+ 42. Nc2 Qd5+ 43. Nd4 Ra2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2022"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2022.08.29"]
[Round "8.5"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[ECO "A36"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "ultra-symmetrical variation"]
[WhiteFideId "13300474"]
[BlackFideId "3503240"]
[EventDate "2022.08.29"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. d3 e6 6. h4 h6 7. h5 g5 8. f4 g4 9.
Bxc6 bxc6 10. e4 f5 11. e5 d6 12. exd6 Qxd6 13. Be3 Nf6 14. Nge2 O-O 15. Qd2 Rb8
16. Na4 Nd7 17. Rd1 Bd4 18. b3 e5 19. Kf1 Re8 20. Re1 Rb7 21. Bf2 Bxf2 22. Kxf2
Nf6 23. Nec3 Rbe7 24. fxe5 Qd4+ 25. Kg2 Rxe5 26. Rxe5 Rxe5 27. Qxh6 Re3 28. Qg5+
Kf8 29. h6 Qe5 30. Qf4 Qxf4 31. gxf4 Kg8 32. Nxc5 Be6 33. Nd1 Re2+ 34. Kf1 Rd2
35. Ke1 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2022"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2022.08.29"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[ECO "C50"]
[Opening "Giuoco Pianissimo"]
[WhiteFideId "3503240"]
[BlackFideId "12573981"]
[EventDate "2022.08.29"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. O-O d6 6. c3 O-O 7. h3 a5 8. Re1 Ba7
9. Nbd2 Ne7 10. d4 Ng6 11. Bb3 c6 12. Bc2 exd4 13. cxd4 d5 14. e5 Nh5 15. Nf1
Nhf4 16. Bxf4 Nxf4 17. Qd2 Ne6 18. Ng3 f6 19. Nf5 fxe5 20. Nxe5 g6 21. Nh6+ Kg7
22. Neg4 Nxd4 23. Qc3 Bxg4 24. Nxg4 h5 25. Re6 hxg4 26. Rxg6+ Kf7 27. Re1 Re8
28. Rxg4 Rxe1+ 29. Qxe1 Qf6 30. Bg6+ Kf8 31. Qe3 Ne6 32. Qh6+ Ke7 33. Kh2 Bxf2
34. Qh7+ Kd6 35. Bf5 Rh8 36. Qg6 Qxg6 37. Rxg6 Re8 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2022"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2022.08.29"]
[Round "9.2"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2792"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[ECO "A22"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[WhiteFideId "4168119"]
[BlackFideId "13300474"]
[EventDate "2022.08.29"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 e4 4. Ng5 c6 5. Ngxe4 Nxe4 6. Nxe4 d5 7. cxd5 cxd5 8.
Ng3 h5 9. e3 h4 10. Ne2 Nc6 11. d4 Qf6 12. Nc3 Qg6 13. a3 Bf5 14. Qf3 O-O-O 15.
Be2 Kb8 16. Bd2 Bd6 17. Rc1 a6 18. b4 Ne7 19. b5 a5 20. b6 Rc8 21. O-O Qe6 22.
Rfe1 g5 23. Bf1 Bg4 24. Qxg4 Qxg4 25. Nb5 Qd7 26. Bxa5 Rxc1 27. Rxc1 Rc8 28. Rb1
Rc4 29. e4 Ra4 30. Bd2 Bf4 31. Bb4 dxe4 32. g3 Nd5 33. Bc5 hxg3 34. hxg3 Qg4 35.
Bg2 Ne3 36. Rb3 Qd1+ 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2022"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2022.08.29"]
[Round "9.3"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Shankland, Sam"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[ECO "C67"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Berlin defence, open variation"]
[WhiteFideId "623539"]
[BlackFideId "2004887"]
[EventDate "2022.08.29"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5 8.
Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 Bd7 10. h3 h6 11. b3 Kc8 12. Bb2 Be7 13. Rad1 Rd8 14. Ne2 g5
15. Rfe1 a5 16. a4 c5 17. c4 Bc6 18. Rxd8+ Kxd8 19. Rd1+ Ke8 20. Ne1 h5 21. f3
Rd8 22. Rxd8+ Kxd8 23. g4 hxg4 24. hxg4 Ng7 25. Kf2 Ne6 26. Nd3 b6 27. Ng3 Ke8
28. Nf5 Bd8 29. Bc1 Kf8 30. Be3 Kg8 31. Nc1 Kh7 32. Ne2 Kg6 33. Nc3 f6 34. Nd5
Kf7 35. Nh6+ Kg7 36. Nf5+ Kf7 37. Nxf6 Bxf6 38. exf6 Kxf6 39. Bd2 Ke5 40. Bc3+
Kf4 41. Bd2+ Ke5 42. Ne7 Be8 43. Bc3+ Nd4 44. Ke3 Kd6 45. Nf5+ Nxf5+ 46. gxf5
Bd7 47. f6 Be8 48. f4 gxf4+ 49. Kxf4 Ke6 50. Kg5 c6 51. Kh6 Kf7 52. Be5 b5 53.
Bc7 bxc4 54. bxc4 Kxf6 55. Bxa5 Bf7 56. Bb6 Bxc4 57. Bxc5 Ke6 58. a5 Kd5 59. Bb6
c5 60. Bxc5 Kxc5 61. a6 Bxa6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2022"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2022.08.29"]
[Round "9.4"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[ECO "D38"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "Ragozin variation"]
[WhiteFideId "13401319"]
[BlackFideId "2020009"]
[EventDate "2022.08.29"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 c5 8. cxd5
exd5 9. Be2 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Nc6 11. a3 Bxc3+ 12. bxc3 O-O 13. O-O Rd8 14. a4 b6
15. Nxc6 Qxc6 16. Qd4 Be6 17. a5 Rac8 18. Rfc1 Qc5 19. axb6 axb6 20. h3 Rd6 21.
Ba6 Rc7 22. Bd3 Rdc6 23. Ra8+ Rc8 24. Rxc8+ Rxc8 25. Qxc5 bxc5 26. c4 Kf8 27.
cxd5 Bxd5 28. e4 Be6 29. Bc4 Ke7 30. f4 Bxc4 31. Rxc4 Kd6 32. Kf2 Ra8 33. Rc2
Ra3 34. Rd2+ Kc6 35. Rd8 Ra7 36. Ke3 g6 37. e5 Kb5 38. g4 Rc7 39. Kd3 c4+ 40.
Kc3 Kc5 41. h4 Ra7 42. Kb2 Ra4 43. Rf8 c3+ 44. Kxc3 Rxf4 45. e6 Kd6 46. Rxf7
Rxg4 47. e7 Kd7 48. h5 gxh5 49. Rf6 Kxe7 50. Rxh6 h4 51. Kd3 Kf7 52. Ke3 Kg7 53.
Rh5 Kg6 54. Rh8 Kg7 55. Rh5 Kg6 56. Rh8 Kg7 57. Rh5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2022"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2022.08.29"]
[Round "9.5"]
[White "Xiong, Jeffery"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2768"]
[ECO "B10"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "anti-Caro-Kann defence"]
[WhiteFideId "2047640"]
[BlackFideId "2016192"]
[EventDate "2022.08.29"]

1. e4 c6 2. c4 e5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Qc7 5. d4 Bb4 6. dxe5 Nxe4 7. Qd4 Nc5 8. Be3
Ne6 9. Qh4 d6 10. exd6 Qxd6 11. Rd1 Qe7 12. Qg3 O-O 13. Bd3 f5 14. Qh4 Qxh4 15.
Nxh4 Nc5 16. O-O Nxd3 17. Rxd3 Be6 18. b3 Nd7 19. Ne2 Ne5 20. Rdd1 Nxc4 21. bxc4
Bxc4 22. Rd4 Bxe2 23. Rxb4 Bxf1 24. Kxf1 b6 25. Rd4 c5 26. Rd7 f4 27. Bc1 Rad8
28. Rxd8 Rxd8 29. Bxf4 Rd1+ 30. Ke2 Ra1 31. Be5 Rxa2+ 32. Ke3 Ra3+ 33. Ke2 a5
34. Nf5 g6 35. Nd6 Rb3 36. f4 a4 37. Kd2 b5 38. Kc2 c4 39. g4 a3 40. f5 gxf5 41.
gxf5 a2 42. f6 c3 43. f7+ Kf8 44. Bf4 Rb2+ 45. Kxc3 Rxh2 46. Bxh2 a1=Q+ 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2022"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2022.08.30"]
[Round "10.1"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2768"]
[ECO "A28"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "four knights, Capablanca variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2020009"]
[BlackFideId "2016192"]
[EventDate "2022.08.29"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. d3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. g3 Nxc3 7. bxc3 Bc5 8.
Bg2 O-O 9. O-O Bb6 10. Bg5 Qd6 11. Nd2 Qg6 12. Be3 Be6 13. a4 Bxe3 14. fxe3 Qh6
15. e4 Na5 16. Rb1 b6 17. Nf3 f6 18. Nh4 Rad8 19. Qc2 Qe3+ 20. Kh1 Qc5 21. Nf5
g6 22. Nh4 Qe7 23. Nf3 c5 24. Rf2 Kg7 25. c4 Nc6 26. Nd2 Nb4 27. Qb3 Bd7 28. Nf1
f5 29. exf5 Rxf5 30. Rxf5 Bxf5 31. Qc3 Bd7 32. Ra1 Qd6 33. a5 Qd4 34. Qxd4 exd4
35. axb6 axb6 36. Ra7 Kg8 37. Nd2 Bg4 38. Re7 Kf8 39. Re4 Bf5 40. Rf4 Kg7 41. g4
Bd7 42. Ne4 h6 43. h4 Rf8 44. Rxf8 Kxf8 45. Nf6 Ba4 46. Kg1 Kf7 47. g5 hxg5 48.
hxg5 Na2 49. Bd5+ Kg7 50. Kf2 Nc3 51. Bf3 Kf7 52. Ke1 Ke6 53. Kf2 Kf5 54. Nh7
Nd1+ 55. Kg3 Nc3 56. Bg4+ Ke5 57. Nf8 Be8 58. Nh7 b5 59. cxb5 Bxb5 60. Nf6 c4
61. dxc4 Bxc4 62. Kf2 Kf4 63. Bf3 Kxg5 64. Ne4+ Kf4 65. Nd2 Nd1+ 66. Ke1 Ne3 67.
Bb7 Bd5 68. Bxd5 Nxd5 69. Kf2 Nc3 70. Nf3 Ne4+ 71. Ke1 d3 72. Nd4 d2+ 73. Kd1 g5
74. Nf3 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2022"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2022.08.30"]
[Round "10.2"]
[White "Xiong, Jeffery"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[ECO "D27"]
[Opening "QGA"]
[Variation "classical, Rubinstein variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2047640"]
[BlackFideId "13300474"]
[EventDate "2022.08.29"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. O-O a6 7. a4 Nc6 8. Qe2
Qc7 9. Rd1 b6 10. Nc3 Bb7 11. d5 exd5 12. Bxd5 Bd6 13. e4 O-O 14. e5 Bxe5 15.
Bxc6 Bxh2+ 16. Nxh2 Bxc6 17. Bg5 Rfe8 18. Qd3 Ne4 19. Nxe4 Rxe4 20. a5 bxa5 21.
Bd8 Qb7 22. Bxa5 Qxb2 23. Bc3 Qb8 24. Rxa6 Rxa6 25. Qxa6 Re6 26. Qa5 Rd6 27.
Rxd6 Qxd6 28. Nf1 h6 29. Ne3 Be4 30. Qa4 Bg6 31. Qb5 Kh7 32. Qc4 f6 33. Bb2 Qd2
34. Qc1 Qxc1+ 35. Bxc1 Bd3 36. Bb2 h5 37. Kh2 Kg6 38. Kg3 Kg5 39. f4+ Kg6 40.
Kh4 Be4 41. Ba3 c4 42. Bb2 Bd3 43. g3 Be2 44. f5+ Kh6 45. Bc3 Kh7 46. Nd5 Bg4
47. Ne7 Kh6 48. Bb4 Kh7 49. Bd2 Kh8 50. Nd5 Bxf5 51. Kxh5 Kh7 52. Ne3 Be6 53.
Bc3 g6+ 54. Kh4 Kg7 55. g4 Kf7 56. Kg3 g5 57. Kf3 Kg6 58. Ke4 Bxg4 59. Nxg4 f5+
60. Kf3 fxg4+ 61. Kxg4 Kf7 62. Kxg5 Ke6 63. Kf4 Kd5 64. Kf5 Kc5 65. Ke5 Kb5 66.
Kd4 Ka4 67. Kxc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2022"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2022.08.30"]
[Round "10.3"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2792"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[ECO "E04"]
[Opening "Catalan"]
[Variation "open, 5.Nf3"]
[WhiteFideId "4168119"]
[BlackFideId "12573981"]
[EventDate "2022.08.29"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 c5 6. O-O Nc6 7. dxc5 Qxd1 8.
Rxd1 Bxc5 9. Nbd2 c3 10. bxc3 O-O 11. Nb3 Be7 12. c4 Bd7 13. Bb2 Rfd8 14. Nfd4
Rac8 15. Rac1 Be8 16. h4 Nxd4 17. Rxd4 b6 18. Rxd8 Rxd8 19. Bd4 Ba4 20. e3 Rc8
21. c5 Bxb3 22. axb3 bxc5 23. b4 Nd7 24. Bf1 Rc7 25. Bb5 Bd6 26. Bb2 Nb6 27. Rd1
Be7 28. Be5 Rc8 29. Ba6 Re8 30. bxc5 Bxc5 31. Rc1 Bf8 32. Rc7 Re7 33. Rc6 Rd7
34. Bd4 h6 35. h5 Bd6 36. Bb5 Rd8 37. Kg2 Bb8 38. Bxb6 axb6 39. Rxb6 Kf8 40. Rb7
Be5 41. f4 Rb8 42. Rxb8+ Bxb8 43. Kf3 Ke7 44. Ba4 Ba7 45. Bb5 Bb6 46. Ba4 Ba7
47. Bb5 Bb6 48. Ba4 Ba7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2022"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2022.08.30"]
[Round "10.4"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "Shankland, Sam"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[ECO "C50"]
[Opening "Giuoco Piano"]
[WhiteFideId "3503240"]
[BlackFideId "2004887"]
[EventDate "2022.08.29"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 a6 7. a4 h6 8. Re1 Ba7
9. Nbd2 Be6 10. Bxe6 fxe6 11. b4 O-O 12. Nf1 Ne7 13. h3 Ng6 14. Ra2 Qe7 15. Be3
Bxe3 16. Rxe3 a5 17. b5 Nd7 18. g3 Rf7 19. N1d2 Raf8 20. Nc4 b6 21. d4 exd4 22.
cxd4 e5 23. dxe5 Ngxe5 24. Nfxe5 Nxe5 25. Nxe5 Qxe5 26. Rc2 g5 27. Qg4 Kh7 28.
Kg2 Qa1 29. e5 dxe5 30. Qe4+ Kg7 31. Qxe5+ Qxe5 32. Rxe5 Rd8 33. Re4 Rd6 34.
Rec4 Rdf6 35. h4 Kg6 36. hxg5 hxg5 37. Rc6 Rxc6 38. Rxc6+ Kf5 39. f3 g4 40.
fxg4+ Kxg4 41. Rc4+ Kg5 42. g4 Kh4 43. Kh2 Rd7 44. Kg2 Rf7 45. Kh2 Rd7 46. Kg2
Rf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2022"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2022.08.30"]
[Round "10.5"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[ECO "C80"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "open, 8...Be6"]
[WhiteFideId "623539"]
[BlackFideId "13401319"]
[EventDate "2022.08.29"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. Be3 Be7 10. c3 Na5 11. Nd4 O-O 12. f3 Nc5 13. f4 Ncxb3 14. axb3 c5 15.
Nxe6 fxe6 16. g3 d4 17. cxd4 cxd4 18. Bf2 Bb4 19. Qf3 Rc8 20. Rd1 Qd5 21. Qxd5
exd5 22. Rxa5 Bxa5 23. Bxd4 Rc2 24. Nc3 Rxb2 25. Nxd5 Rd2 26. Rxd2 Bxd2 27. e6
Rd8 28. e7 Re8 29. Bc5 Kf7 30. Nc7 Rc8 31. e8=Q+ Rxe8 32. Nxe8 Kxe8 33. Kf2 a5
34. Ke2 Bc3 35. Kd3 Bf6 36. Bb6 a4 37. bxa4 bxa4 38. Kc4 Kd7 39. Kb4 Kc6 40. Ba7
Kd5 41. Kxa4 Ke4 42. Kb5 Kf3 43. Bb8 h5 44. Kc4 Kg2 45. Kd5 Kxh2 46. f5 Kh3 47.
Ke6 Kg4 48. Bc7 Bc3 49. Bb8 Bb2 50. Bc7 Bd4 51. Bb8 Bc3 52. Bc7 Bb2 53. Bb8 Bc3
54. Bc7 Bb2 55. Bb8 Bc3 56. Bc7 Bb2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2022"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2022.08.30"]
[Round "11.1"]
[White "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Black "Xiong, Jeffery"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[ECO "A36"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "ultra-symmetrical variation"]
[WhiteFideId "12573981"]
[BlackFideId "2047640"]
[EventDate "2022.08.29"]

1. c4 c5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. d3 e6 6. h4 h6 7. Nh3 Nf6 8. Nf4 d6
9. Qd2 Bd7 10. b3 Qe7 11. Bb2 a6 12. e3 Rb8 13. d4 cxd4 14. exd4 b5 15. O-O bxc4
16. d5 Ne5 17. Ba3 cxb3 18. axb3 Rxb3 19. dxe6 fxe6 20. Bxd6 Nc4 21. Qd1 Qxd6
22. Qxb3 Nd2 23. Rad1 g5 24. Nxe6 Bxe6 25. Rxd2 Bxb3 26. Rxd6 gxh4 27. gxh4 Kf7
28. Rxa6 Rc8 29. Ne4 Nxe4 30. Bxe4 Bd4 31. Rxh6 Rg8+ 32. Kh1 Rg4 33. Bg2 Kg7 34.
Rh5 Kg6 35. Rg5+ Rxg5 36. hxg5 Kxg5 37. Kg1 Kf4 38. Rb1 Be6 39. Rb4 Ke5 40. Rb5+
Kd6 41. Be4 Bc4 42. Rh5 Bf7 43. Rf5 Be6 44. Rg5 Bf7 45. Kg2 Ke7 46. f4 Bb3 47.
Rb5 Bf7 48. Kg3 Kf6 49. Ra5 Bc3 50. Ra6+ Ke7 51. Kg4 Be6+ 52. Bf5 Bd5 53. Bd3
Be6+ 54. Kf3 Bd5+ 55. Be4 Bf7 56. Rc6 Bd4 57. Rh6 Bc3 58. Rh1 Kf6 59. Rc1 Bd4
60. Kg4 Be6+ 61. f5 Bf7 62. Rc6+ Ke5 63. Bd3 Bd5 64. Ra6 Be3 65. Kh5 Bf7+ 66.
Kg4 Bb3 67. Ra5+ Kf6 68. Rb5 Bd1+ 69. Kg3 Ba4 70. Ra5 Bb3 71. Be4 Bc4 72. Ra4
Bb5 73. Rb4 Bd7 74. Kg4 Bc5 75. Rb7 Ba4 76. Rc7 Bd1+ 77. Kh3 Bd6 78. Rd7 Ke5 79.
Bd3 Ba4 80. Ra7 Bb3 81. Ra6 Be7 82. Kg4 Bd1+ 83. Kg3 Bb3 84. Rb6 Bd5 85. Kg4 Kd4
86. Bc2 Bc5 87. Rb5 Be7 88. Bb3 Be4 89. Rb6 Bd3 90. f6 Bc5 91. f7 Ke5 92. Rb8
Be2+ 93. Kg3 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2022"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2022.08.30"]
[Round "11.2"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[ECO "C42"]
[Opening "Petrov"]
[Variation "classical attack, close variation"]
[WhiteFideId "623539"]
[BlackFideId "2020009"]
[EventDate "2022.08.29"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d3 Nf6 6. d4 d5 7. Bd3 Bd6 8. Qe2+
Be6 9. Ng5 Qe7 10. Nxe6 fxe6 11. c3 O-O 12. O-O c5 13. Nd2 Nc6 14. Nf3 Rae8 15.
Bd2 Qc7 16. g3 e5 17. dxe5 Nxe5 18. Nxe5 Rxe5 19. Qd1 Qd7 20. Bf4 Re7 21. Bxd6
Qxd6 22. Qd2 g6 23. Rad1 Kg7 24. Bc2 Rfe8 25. Rfe1 Re5 26. Kg2 b6 27. h3 Qc6 28.
Rxe5 Rxe5 29. Re1 d4+ 30. Kg1 Qe6 31. Rxe5 Qxe5 32. cxd4 cxd4 33. a3 Nd7 34. b4
Qd5 35. Qe2 Ne5 36. Qe4 Qxe4 37. Bxe4 Nc4 38. Bd3 Nb2 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2022"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2022.08.30"]
[Round "11.3"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[ECO "D20"]
[Opening "QGA"]
[Variation "3.e4"]
[WhiteFideId "13401319"]
[BlackFideId "3503240"]
[EventDate "2022.08.29"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 e5 4. Nf3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Bxd2+ 6. Nbxd2 exd4 7. Bxc4 Nc6
8. O-O Nge7 9. Ng5 Ne5 10. Bb3 N7c6 11. Qh5 Bg4 12. Bxf7+ Ke7 13. Qh4 h6 14.
Ne6+ g5 15. Nxd8 gxh4 16. Nxc6+ Nxc6 17. f3 Bd7 18. Bb3 Na5 19. Rac1 Rac8 20.
Rc5 b6 21. Re5+ Kf6 22. Rd5 Be6 23. Rxd4 Nxb3 24. Nxb3 c5 25. Rd2 Rhd8 26. Rfd1
Rxd2 27. Rxd2 a5 28. Kf2 a4 29. Nc1 b5 30. a3 b4 31. Ke3 bxa3 32. bxa3 Rb8 33.
Rc2 c4 34. Ne2 Rb3+ 35. Rc3 Rb2 36. h3 Bf7 37. f4 Bh5 38. g4 hxg3 39. Nxg3 Bf7
40. e5+ Ke6 41. Ke4 Rb3 42. f5+ Ke7 43. Kd4 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2022"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2022.08.30"]
[Round "11.4"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2768"]
[ECO "C67"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Berlin defence, open variation"]
[WhiteFideId "13300474"]
[BlackFideId "2016192"]
[EventDate "2022.08.29"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5 8.
Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 Bd7 10. b3 h6 11. Bb2 Kc8 12. Rad1 b6 13. Rd3 c5 14. Rfd1 Be6
15. Rd8+ Kb7 16. Rxa8 Kxa8 17. Nd5 Kb7 18. Nf4 Bc8 19. Rd8 Ne7 20. e6 Bxe6 21.
Nxe6 fxe6 22. Re8 Ng6 23. Rxe6 Ne7 24. Bxg7 Bxg7 25. Rxe7 Bc3 26. Kf1 a5 27. g4
a4 28. bxa4 Rf8 29. Re3 Ba1 30. Nd2 Bd4 31. Rf3 Ra8 32. Rf4 Rxa4 33. c3 Rxa2 34.
cxd4 Rxd2 35. dxc5 b5 36. h4 Rd5 37. Re4 Rxc5 38. f4 Rc1+ 39. Kf2 Rc2+ 40. Ke3
c5 41. f5 Rc1 42. f6 Re1+ 43. Kf4 Rf1+ 44. Ke5 b4 45. Rf4 Rxf4 46. Kxf4 b3 47.
f7 b2 48. f8=Q b1=Q 49. Qxc5 Qf1+ 50. Ke5 Qe1+ 51. Kf5 Qxh4 52. Qe3 Ka6 53. Qe6+
Ka5 54. Qe5+ Ka4 55. Qf4+ Kb5 56. Kg6 Qh3 57. Qf5+ Kc6 58. Qh5 Qc3 59. Qxh6 Qd3+
60. Kf7+ Kb7 61. Qf6 Qh7+ 62. Kf8 Qc2 63. g5 Qc8+ 64. Kg7 Qg4 65. g6 Ka7 66.
Qe7+ Ka6 67. Kf7 Qh5 68. Qf6+ Ka7 69. Kf8 Ka8 70. g7 Qc5+ 71. Kf7 Qd5+ 72. Qe6
Qh5+ 73. Kf8 Qc5+ 74. Ke8 Qb5+ 75. Kf7 Qh5+ 76. Kg8 Qh2 77. Qd5+ Ka7 78. Kf7
Qf2+ 79. Kg6 Qc2+ 80. Qf5 Qg2+ 81. Kf6 Qb2+ 82. Qe5 Qf2+ 83. Ke7 Qg2 84. Qc5+
Kb7 85. Qb4+ Ka7 86. Qa3+ Kb6 87. Qb3+ Kc7 88. g8=Q Qe4+ 89. Kf8 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2022"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2022.08.30"]
[Round "11.5"]
[White "Shankland, Sam"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2792"]
[ECO "E04"]
[Opening "Catalan"]
[Variation "open, 5.Nf3"]
[WhiteFideId "2004887"]
[BlackFideId "4168119"]
[EventDate "2022.08.29"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 c5 6. O-O Nc6 7. Qa4 Bd7 8. Qxc4
b5 9. Qc3 b4 10. Qd3 cxd4 11. Nxd4 Rc8 12. Nxc6 Bxc6 13. Qxd8+ Kxd8 14. Rd1+ Kc7
15. Bxc6 Kxc6 16. Be3 Bc5 17. Bxc5 Kxc5 18. a3 Rhd8 19. Nd2 Kb5 20. Nf3 b3 21.
Kf1 Rxd1+ 22. Rxd1 Rc2 23. Rb1 Ka4 24. Ke1 Ne4 25. Nd4 Rc4 26. Rd1 e5 27. Nf5
Rc2 28. f3 Nc5 29. Rb1 Ne6 30. Ne3 Nd4 31. Nxc2 bxc2 32. Rc1 Kb3 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2022"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2022.08.30"]
[Round "12.1"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2792"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[ECO "D06"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "symmetrical (Austrian) defence"]
[WhiteFideId "4168119"]
[BlackFideId "13401319"]
[EventDate "2022.08.29"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c5 3. cxd5 Qxd5 4. Nf3 cxd4 5. Nc3 Qa5 6. Nxd4 Nf6 7. a3 g6 8. g3
Bg7 9. Bg2 O-O 10. Nb3 Qh5 11. h3 Nc6 12. Bf4 Rd8 13. Qc1 Na5 14. Nxa5 Qxa5 15.
b4 Qa6 16. O-O Be6 17. Be5 Rac8 18. Qb2 Ne8 19. Bxg7 Nxg7 20. Rac1 Nf5 21. Ne4
b6 22. e3 Nd6 23. Nxd6 Rxd6 24. h4 h5 25. Rxc8+ Qxc8 26. Rc1 Qd8 27. Qc2 a5 28.
Bf3 Rd3 29. bxa5 bxa5 30. Qc5 a4 31. Qb4 Qd6 32. Qxa4 Qxa3 33. Qe8+ Kg7 34. Rb1
Rb3 35. Rd1 Rd3 36. Rxd3 Qxd3 37. Qxe7 Qb1+ 38. Kg2 Bc4 39. Qe5+ Kh7 40. Kh2 Qc2
41. Kg2 Qb1 42. Kh2 Qc2 43. Kg2 Qb1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2022"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2022.08.30"]
[Round "12.2"]
[White "Xiong, Jeffery"]
[Black "Shankland, Sam"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[ECO "B50"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[WhiteFideId "2047640"]
[BlackFideId "2004887"]
[EventDate "2022.08.29"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Qxd4 Nc6 6. Qd3 Bd7 7. Nd5 e6 8.
Nxf6+ Qxf6 9. c3 Qg6 10. Bf4 e5 11. Bg3 Be7 12. Rd1 O-O 13. Be2 f5 14. exf5 Bxf5
15. Qb5 Be4 16. Nd2 Bxg2 17. Rg1 Bh3 18. Qxb7 Rfc8 19. Nf3 Rab8 20. Qa6 Qf7 21.
Rd2 Kh8 22. Bh4 Bxh4 23. Nxh4 Qf4 24. Nf3 Bg4 25. Rg3 e4 26. Ng5 Bxe2 27. Qxe2
Rxb2 28. Rxb2 Qc1+ 29. Qd1 Qxb2 30. Nf7+ Kg8 31. Nh6+ Kh8 32. Nf7+ Kg8 33. Nh6+
Kh8 34. Nf7+ Kg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2022"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2022.08.30"]
[Round "12.3"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2768"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[ECO "A13"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "Wimpey system"]
[WhiteFideId "2016192"]
[BlackFideId "12573981"]
[EventDate "2022.08.29"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. b3 c5 5. Bb2 Nc6 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Bb5 Bd6 8. O-O
O-O 9. d4 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Bc7 11. Nd2 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 Qd6 13. g3 Ba5 14. a3 Bh3 15.
Re1 Bxd2 16. Qxd2 Ne4 17. Qe2 Rac8 18. Bd3 Bf5 19. b4 Qg6 20. Red1 Ng5 21. f4
Bxd3 22. Qxd3 Nf3+ 23. Kg2 Rc2+ 24. Qxc2 Qxc2+ 25. Kxf3 Rc8 26. Re1 Qxh2 27.
Rac1 Rc2 28. Rxc2 Qxc2 29. Bxa7 f6 30. Bd4 Kf7 31. Re2 Qe4+ 32. Kf2 b5 33. Rd2
g5 34. fxg5 fxg5 35. Kg1 Kg6 36. Bc5 Qf3 37. Kh2 Qe4 38. Bd4 h5 39. Rf2 h4 40.
gxh4 Qxh4+ 41. Kg2 Qe4+ 42. Kg1 Qb1+ 43. Kh2 Qd3 44. Kg3 Qe4 45. Kh2 Kh5 46. Kg3
Qg4+ 47. Kh2 Qd1 48. Rg2 Kg6 49. Bc5 Qh5+ 50. Kg1 Qd1+ 51. Kh2 Qh5+ 52. Kg1 Qf3
53. Bd4 Qd1+ 54. Kh2 Qd3 55. Bc5 Qxa3 56. Rd2 Qb3 57. Kg3 Qc4 58. Rd4 Qf1 59.
Rd2 Qe1+ 60. Rf2 Kh5 61. Kg2 Kg4 62. Ra2 Qg3+ 63. Kh1 Kh3 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2022"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2022.08.30"]
[Round "12.4"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[ECO "B12"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "advance variation"]
[WhiteFideId "3503240"]
[BlackFideId "623539"]
[EventDate "2022.08.29"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Ne7 6. O-O h6 7. Nbd2 Nd7 8. Nb3 g5
9. a4 Bg7 10. a5 Qc7 11. Bd2 Ng6 12. Ne1 c5 13. g4 Be4 14. f3 cxd4 15. fxe4 dxe4
16. Nxd4 Bxe5 17. Nb5 Qc5+ 18. Kh1 a6 19. Nc3 Qc6 20. Ng2 Rd8 21. Qe1 O-O 22.
Qf2 f5 23. gxf5 exf5 24. Ra4 Nc5 25. Rc4 Rxd2 26. Rxc5 Qd6 27. b4 Kh7 28. Qe1
Bxc3 29. Rxc3 f4 30. Bd3 e3 31. Rc4 f3 32. Rg1 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2022"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2022.08.30"]
[Round "12.5"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[ECO "C67"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Berlin defence, open variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2020009"]
[BlackFideId "13300474"]
[EventDate "2022.08.29"]

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. Nc3 Ne8 10. Nd5 Bd6 11. Re1 c6 12. Ne3 Be7 13. Nf5 Bf6 14. Qe2 Nc7
15. Nd6 Ne6 16. c3 Qc7 17. Nxc8 Raxc8 18. d4 d5 19. Qg4 Rce8 20. Bd2 g6 21. a4
a5 22. Bd3 h5 23. Qg3 Qxg3 24. hxg3 b6 25. Rab1 Kg7 26. b4 axb4 27. Rxb4 Bd8 28.
Be3 Bc7 29. Rc1 Ra8 30. Bc2 Ra5 31. c4 c5 32. dxc5 bxc5 33. Rbb1 dxc4 34. Bd1
Rd8 35. Rxc4 Be5 36. Bf3 Bd4 37. Bc1 Rd6 38. Kf1 Raa6 39. Rb3 Bf6 40. Rb7 Nd4
41. Bd1 Nc6 42. Be2 Na5 43. Rc7 Bd8 44. Rc8 Nxc4 45. Bxc4 Rac6 46. Rxc6 Rxc6 47.
Bd2 Rd6 48. Ke2 Kg8 49. a5 Rd4 50. Bb5 c4 51. a6 Bb6 52. Be3 Re4 53. Kf3 Rxe3+
54. fxe3 c3 55. Ke2 c2 56. Kd2 Bxe3+ 57. Kxc2 Kf8 58. Kd3 Bf2 59. Ke4 Ke7 60.
Kd5 Kd8 61. Kc6 Kc8 62. Bc4 Kb8 63. Bxf7 Bxg3 64. Bxg6 h4 65. Bf5 Ka7 66. Kb5
Bh2 67. Kc6 Bg3 68. Kb5 Bh2 69. Kc6 Bg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2022"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2022.08.30"]
[Round "13.1"]
[White "Shankland, Sam"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2768"]
[ECO "B06"]
[Opening "Robatsch defence"]
[WhiteFideId "2004887"]
[BlackFideId "2016192"]
[EventDate "2022.08.29"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 a6 4. Be3 d6 5. Qd2 b5 6. f3 Nd7 7. h4 Ngf6 8. O-O-O
Nb6 9. Bh6 Bf8 10. Bxf8 Rxf8 11. Nh3 Bxh3 12. Rxh3 h5 13. Bd3 e6 14. e5 Nfd7 15.
f4 d5 16. Ne2 Qe7 17. Kb1 c5 18. dxc5 Qxc5 19. c3 O-O-O 20. Nd4 Kb7 21. b3 Rc8
22. Rc1 Rc7 23. Rhh1 Rfc8 24. Rc2 Qe7 25. g3 Nc5 26. Rhc1 Ka8 27. Ka1 Rb7 28.
Qe3 Qd8 29. Bf1 Rbc7 30. Bg2 Ncd7 31. Qe2 Ka7 32. Qe3 Kb8 33. Kb2 Qe7 34. Bf1
Nc5 35. Ka1 Ncd7 36. Kb2 Qc5 37. Kb1 Rb7 38. Qd2 Ka8 39. Ka1 Nb8 40. Bd3 Nc6 41.
Nf3 Qa3 42. Rg1 Na5 43. Nd4 Nc6 44. Nf3 Rbc7 45. Kb1 Nd7 46. Qc1 Qa5 47. Qe3
Ncb8 48. Rgc1 Rxc3 49. Qd2 b4 50. Nd4 R8c7 51. a4 Qc5 52. Ne2 Rxb3+ 53. Ka2 Ra3+
54. Kb1 Qa5 55. Rxc7 Qxa4 56. Qb2 Rb3 57. Nd4 Rxb2+ 58. Kxb2 Qa3+ 59. Kc2 Nb6
60. Nb3 Qa2+ 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2022"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2022.08.30"]
[Round "13.2"]
[White "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[ECO "A28"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "four knights, Marini variation"]
[WhiteFideId "12573981"]
[BlackFideId "13300474"]
[EventDate "2022.08.29"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. a3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Qc2 Nxc3 7. bxc3 Bd6 8.
g3 O-O 9. Bg2 Re8 10. d3 Bf5 11. O-O e4 12. Nh4 exd3 13. exd3 Bd7 14. Rb1 b6 15.
Nf3 Rc8 16. Nd2 Bf5 17. Bxc6 Bxg3 18. hxg3 Bxd3 19. Qb3 Re6 20. Bd5 Rf6 21. Ne4
Rf5 22. Bxf7+ Rxf7 23. Ng5 Qf6 24. Nxf7 Qxf7 25. Qxf7+ Kxf7 26. Be3 Ke6 27. Rbd1
Bxf1 28. Kxf1 c5 29. c4 h5 30. Ke2 Rh8 31. Bg5 a6 32. a4 Rb8 33. Bf4 Rb7 34.
Rd6+ Ke7 35. Rd5 g6 36. a5 bxa5 37. Rxc5 Rb2+ 38. Bd2 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2022"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2022.08.30"]
[Round "13.3"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2792"]
[ECO "C42"]
[Opening "Petrov"]
[Variation "classical attack, Marshall variation"]
[WhiteFideId "623539"]
[BlackFideId "4168119"]
[EventDate "2022.08.29"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. c4
c6 9. Nc3 Nxc3 10. bxc3 dxc4 11. Bxc4 Bf5 12. Ng5 h6 13. Qf3 Bg6 14. Ne4 Bxh2+
15. Kxh2 Qh4+ 16. Qh3 Qxh3+ 17. gxh3 Bxe4 18. Rg1 Re8 19. Bxh6 g6 20. Rge1 Nd7
21. Bf1 Bd5 22. c4 Rxe1 23. Rxe1 Be6 24. Rb1 b6 25. Re1 Rc8 26. a4 Nf6 27. Bg5
Ne8 28. Rc1 Nd6 29. h4 Rc7 30. Bf4 Rd7 31. d5 cxd5 32. cxd5 Bf5 33. Be5 Kf8 34.
f3 Ke7 35. Re1 f6 36. Bc3+ Kf7 37. Bb4 Kg7 38. Ba6 Bc2 39. Bxd6 Rxd6 40. Re7+
Kf8 41. Rxa7 Bxa4 42. Bc4 Be8 43. Rb7 g5 44. hxg5 fxg5 45. Kg3 Bd7 46. f4 g4 47.
Be2 Rxd5 48. Rxb6 Ra5 49. Bxg4 Bxg4 50. Kxg4 Kf7 51. Rb7+ Kf6 52. Rb6+ Kf7 53.
Rb7+ Kf6 54. Rb6+ Kf7 55. Rb7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2022"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2022.08.30"]
[Round "13.4"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Xiong, Jeffery"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[ECO "D30"]
[Opening "Queen's gambit declined"]
[WhiteFideId "13401319"]
[BlackFideId "2047640"]
[EventDate "2022.08.29"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 dxc4 4. Qa4+ Bd7 5. Qxc4 Bc6 6. Nc3 Bxf3 7. gxf3 c6 8.
e4 Nd7 9. Be3 Ngf6 10. O-O-O Be7 11. Kb1 O-O 12. h4 Qa5 13. Qb3 Nb6 14. h5 Rfd8
15. Rg1 Qxh5 16. Be2 Qa5 17. a3 c5 18. f4 Rac8 19. f5 exf5 20. dxc5 Rxd1+ 21.
Rxd1 Bxc5 22. Bd2 Nbd7 23. e5 Nxe5 24. Nd5 Qd8 25. Bg5 Bd6 26. Nxf6+ gxf6 27.
Qg3 fxg5 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2022"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2022.08.30"]
[Round "13.5"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[ECO "C72"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "modern Steinitz defence, 5.O-O"]
[WhiteFideId "3503240"]
[BlackFideId "2020009"]
[EventDate "2022.08.29"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. O-O Bd7 6. c3 g6 7. d4 Bg7 8. Re1 Nf6
9. Nbd2 O-O 10. Bc2 Re8 11. h3 b5 12. Nf1 Na5 13. Ng3 c5 14. d5 Nc4 15. b3 Nb6
16. Bg5 h6 17. Be3 a5 18. Qd2 Kh7 19. Nh2 a4 20. f4 exf4 21. Bxf4 Qc7 22. Rac1
axb3 23. axb3 Ra2 24. Nf3 Bc8 25. Re2 Nbd7 26. Rf1 Ne5 27. Nxe5 dxe5 28. Be3 Rf8
29. Bd3 Rxd2 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2022"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2022.08.30"]
[Round "14.1"]
[White "Xiong, Jeffery"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[ECO "A35"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "symmetrical, four knights system"]
[WhiteFideId "2047640"]
[BlackFideId "623539"]
[EventDate "2022.08.29"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. e4 e5 5. d3 d6 6. a3 Be7 7. Rb1 O-O 8. b4 b6
9. g3 Nd4 10. Bg2 Be6 11. O-O Bg4 12. Be3 Qd7 13. bxc5 bxc5 14. Bxd4 cxd4 15.
Na2 Rfb8 16. Qc2 Rb6 17. Rb4 Qc8 18. Rfb1 Nd7 19. Nd2 Bd8 20. Rxb6 axb6 21. Nb4
Rxa3 22. Nd5 Be6 23. Nb3 Nc5 24. Nxc5 Qxc5 25. Rb5 Ra1+ 26. Rb1 Qa5 27. Bf1 Ra2
28. Rb2 Rxb2 29. Qxb2 Qe1 30. Qb4 Qxb4 31. Nxb4 Bd7 32. Nd5 Kf8 33. f4 b5 34.
cxb5 Bxb5 35. Be2 Ba5 36. Kf2 Ke8 37. h4 Kd8 38. Bf1 Bd7 39. Be2 Bd2 40. Bh5 f6
41. Ke2 Ba5 42. f5 Bc6 43. Bf7 h6 44. Kf3 Ba4 45. Ke2 Bc6 46. Kf3 Be1 47. Nb6
Kc7 48. Nc4 Ba4 49. Nb2 Bc2 50. Ke2 Bc3 51. Nc4 Ba4 52. Bd5 Be8 53. g4 h5 54. g5
Kd7 55. Nb6+ Kc7 56. Nc4 Bb4 57. g6 Ba4 58. Nb2 Bb5 59. Nd1 Ba4 60. Nf2 Kd8 61.
Nh1 Ke7 62. Ng3 Ba3 63. Nxh5 Kf8 64. Ng3 Bc1 65. Nh1 Be3 66. Nf2 Bb5 67. Ng4 Bf4
68. Bc4 Bc6 69. Bd5 Bb5 70. Bc4 Bc6 71. Bb3 Bb5 72. h5 Bg5 73. Bc4 Bc6 74. Kd1
Ba4+ 75. Ke2 Bc6 76. Nf2 Ba4 77. Bd5 Bh6 78. Bc4 Bg5 79. Ng4 Bc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2022"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2022.08.30"]
[Round "14.2"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2792"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[ECO "D20"]
[Opening "QGA"]
[Variation "3.e4"]
[WhiteFideId "4168119"]
[BlackFideId "3503240"]
[EventDate "2022.08.29"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 e5 4. Nf3 Bb4+ 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. Nxe5 b5 7. Be2 Nxe4 8.
O-O Bxc3 9. bxc3 Nxc3 10. Qc2 Nxe2+ 11. Qxe2 O-O 12. Ba3 Nd7 13. Bxf8 Qxf8 14.
a4 Nxe5 15. Qxe5 b4 16. d5 Bb7 17. a5 Qc5 18. Rfd1 Rd8 19. h4 c3 20. Rd3 Rxd5
21. Rxd5 Bxd5 22. Re1 h6 23. Qf5 Qc6 24. Qc8+ Kh7 25. Re8 c2 26. Rh8+ Kg6 27.
Qg4+ Kf6 28. Qf4+ Ke6 29. Qg4+ Ke7 30. Qxb4+ Kd7 31. Qg4+ Be6 32. Qd4+ Bd5 33.
Qg4+ Ke7 34. Qb4+ Ke6 35. Qg4+ Ke7 36. Qb4+ Qd6 37. Qe1+ Qe6 38. Qb4+ Qd6 39.
Qe1+ Be6 40. Qe3 Qd1+ 41. Kh2 c1=Q 42. Qe5 Qd6 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2022"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2022.08.30"]
[Round "14.3"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2768"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[ECO "A05"]
[Opening "Reti opening"]
[WhiteFideId "2016192"]
[BlackFideId "13401319"]
[EventDate "2022.08.29"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. e3 g6 3. d4 Bg7 4. c4 O-O 5. Be2 d6 6. O-O Bf5 7. b3 e5 8. Bb2 Nc6
9. Nbd2 exd4 10. Nxd4 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 c6 12. Qc1 Nd7 13. Nf3 Ne5 14. Rd1 Qe7 15.
Ne1 Rfd8 16. Qb2 d5 17. c5 Re8 18. b4 a6 19. a4 Qf8 20. Rac1 Nd7 21. Nf3 Bg4 22.
Bxg7 Qxg7 23. Nd4 Bxe2 24. Qxe2 h5 25. b5 axb5 26. axb5 Ne5 27. h3 Qf6 28. Ra1
Nc4 29. bxc6 bxc6 30. Qc2 Rxa1 31. Rxa1 Qe7 32. Nxc6 Qxc5 33. Nd4 Rb8 34. Nf3
Qd6 35. Qc3 Qb4 36. Qd3 Qb2 37. Qd1 Nd6 38. Ne1 Ne4 39. Nd3 Qf6 40. Rc1 d4 41.
Rc4 Nc3 42. Qc2 Re8 43. h4 Qa6 44. Rxd4 Qa1+ 45. Kh2 Ne2 46. Qxe2 Qxd4 47. g3
Qe4 48. Nf4 Rb8 49. Qd3 Qf3 50. Qc2 Rd8 51. Nh3 Rd1 52. Ng1 Qd5 53. e4 Qd2 54.
Qxd2 Rxd2 55. Kg2 Kg7 56. Kf3 Kf6 57. Ke3 Ra2 58. Nf3 Ra3+ 59. Ke2 Ke7 60. Ne5
Ke6 61. Nd3 Kd6 62. Ke3 f6 63. Ke2 Ra2+ 64. Ke3 Ra3 65. Ke2 Ke6 66. Nf4+ Kf7 67.
f3 Ra2+ 68. Ke3 Ra3+ 69. Ke2 Ra2+ 70. Ke3 Rb2 71. Nd3 Rg2 72. Kf4 Rd2 73. Nb4
Rb2 74. Nd3 Rb3 75. Nc1 Ra3 76. Ne2 Ra5 77. Nd4 g5+ 78. Ke3 Ra3+ 79. Kf2 g4 80.
fxg4 hxg4 81. Nf5 Rf3+ 82. Kg2 Kg6 83. Ne7+ Kh5 84. Nd5 Kg6 85. Ne7+ Kh6 86. Nd5
Kg7 87. Ne7 Ra3 88. Nf5+ Kg6 89. Kf2 Rb3 90. Ne7+ Kf7 91. Nf5 Rf3+ 92. Kg2 Kg6
93. Ne7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2022"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2022.08.30"]
[Round "14.4"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[ECO "A13"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[Variation "Agincourt variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2020009"]
[BlackFideId "12573981"]
[EventDate "2022.08.29"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. g3 dxc4 4. Qa4+ Nd7 5. Qxc4 a6 6. Qc2 b5 7. Bg2 Bb7 8. O-O
Ngf6 9. d3 c5 10. Nc3 Be7 11. a4 Qb6 12. b3 O-O 13. Bb2 Rac8 14. e4 Rfd8 15. Qe2
c4 16. bxc4 bxc4 17. dxc4 Nxe4 18. a5 Nxc3 19. Bxc3 Qb3 20. Rfc1 Qxc4 21. Qxc4
Rxc4 22. Ne5 Rc7 23. Bxb7 Rxb7 24. Nc6 Re8 25. Nxe7+ Rxe7 26. Bd4 h6 27. Rc8+
Kh7 28. Rac1 e5 29. Be3 Re6 30. Kg2 Nf6 31. R1c6 Rb5 32. R6c7 Kg6 33. Rf8 Nd5
34. Rcxf7 Nxe3+ 35. fxe3 Rxa5 36. Ra7 Ra2+ 37. Kf3 Rf6+ 38. Rxf6+ gxf6 39. g4
Ra4 40. h3 h5 41. Ra8 hxg4+ 42. hxg4 a5 43. Ra7 Ra1 44. Ra8 a4 45. Rg8+ Kf7 46.
Ra8 a3 47. Kf2 a2 48. Kg2 Ke6 49. Ra6+ Kd5 50. Ra4 Kc5 51. Ra8 Kc4 52. Ra7 Kd3
53. Ra3+ Ke4 54. Kh2 Kf3 55. Ra6 Kxe3 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2022"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2022.08.30"]
[Round "14.5"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Shankland, Sam"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[ECO "D34"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "Tarrasch, Prague variation, Normal position"]
[WhiteFideId "13300474"]
[BlackFideId "2004887"]
[EventDate "2022.08.29"]

1. c4 e6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 c5 7. cxd5 exd5 8. d4
Nc6 9. Nc3 Be6 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. Na4 Be7 12. Be3 Re8 13. Nc5 Bc8 14. Rc1 h6 15.
Nd3 Bg4 16. h3 Bf5 17. Nd4 Be4 18. Bxe4 Nxe4 19. Qa4 Bf6 20. Nxc6 bxc6 21. Bd4
Bxd4 22. Qxd4 Nd2 23. Rfd1 Rxe2 24. Qf4 g5 25. Qg4 Qe7 26. Rxc6 Qe4 27. Rxh6
Nf3+ 28. Kh1 Kg7 29. Rh5 f5 30. Qxe4 dxe4 31. Kg2 Rd8 32. g4 f4 33. Nxf4 Rxd1
34. Nxe2 Re1 35. h4 Nxh4+ 36. Rxh4 gxh4 37. Nc3 e3 38. fxe3 Rxe3 39. Nb5 Kg6 40.
Kf2 Rd3 41. Nxa7 h3 42. Nc6 Kg5 43. Ne5 Rd2+ 44. Kg3 h2 45. Nf3+ Kg6 46. Nxh2
Rxb2 47. Nf3 Rxa2 48. Ne5+ Kg5 49. Nf3+ Kg6 50. Ne5+ Kg5 51. Nf3+ Kg6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2022"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2022.08.30"]
[Round "15.1"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2792"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[ECO "C35"]
[Opening "KGA"]
[Variation "Cunningham, Euwe defence"]
[WhiteFideId "4168119"]
[BlackFideId "2020009"]
[EventDate "2022.08.29"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 Be7 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. e5 Nh5 6. Nc3 O-O 7. d4 d6 8. O-O
Bg4 9. h3 Be6 10. d5 Bf5 11. Nd4 Bg6 12. e6 Bf6 13. exf7+ Rxf7 14. Ne6 Qe7 15.
Bd3 Nd7 16. Bxg6 hxg6 17. Nxc7 Rc8 18. Ne6 Bxc3 19. bxc3 Rxc3 20. Rb1 Ne5 21.
Nxf4 Ng3 22. Re1 Qh4 23. Rb4 g5 24. Bd2 Rc4 25. Rxc4 Nxc4 26. Re8+ Kh7 27. Rh8+
Kxh8 28. Ng6+ Kg8 29. Nxh4 gxh4 30. Bg5 Nb6 31. Bxh4 Rf1+ 32. Qxf1 Nxf1 33. Kxf1
Nxd5 34. Bg3 Nb4 35. Bxd6 Nxa2 36. Ke2 Nc3+ 37. Kd3 Nd5 38. Kd4 Nf6 39. Bb8 a6
40. g4 Kf7 41. Bf4 Ke6 42. Bd2 Nd7 43. c4 b5 44. cxb5 axb5 45. Kc3 Nf6 46. Kb4
Ne4 47. Be1 Ng5 48. Bc3 Nxh3 49. Bxg7 Nf2 50. Kxb5 Nxg4 51. Ka4 Ne5 52. Bxe5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2022"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2022.08.30"]
[Round "15.2"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2768"]
[ECO "B06"]
[Opening "Robatsch (modern) defence"]
[WhiteFideId "623539"]
[BlackFideId "2016192"]
[EventDate "2022.08.29"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. h3 c5 5. dxc5 Qa5+ 6. Bd2 Qxc5 7. Nc3 Nf6 8. Bd3
O-O 9. O-O a6 10. Re1 e5 11. Be3 Qc7 12. a4 Nc6 13. Bc4 Be6 14. Bb3 h6 15. Qd2
Kh7 16. Red1 Rad8 17. Qe2 Rd7 18. Rac1 Rc8 19. Nd5 Bxd5 20. Bxd5 Nxd5 21. Rxd5
Ne7 22. Rd3 Qc4 23. Nd2 Qxa4 24. b3 Qb5 25. Nc4 d5 26. exd5 Rxd5 27. Rcd1 Rcd8
28. Bb6 Rxd3 29. Rxd3 Rxd3 30. Qxd3 Nd5 31. Ba7 Nf4 32. Qf3 Qd7 33. Bb8 f6 34.
Nd6 b5 35. Qa8 a5 36. Kh2 a4 37. bxa4 bxa4 38. c4 Nd3 39. Qd5 Nb4 40. Qb5 Nc6
41. Ne4 a3 42. Bd6 a2 43. Qb2 f5 44. Qxa2 fxe4 45. c5 Qf5 46. Kg1 Nd4 47. Qc4
Qf4 48. c6 e3 49. fxe3 Nf3+ 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2022"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2022.08.30"]
[Round "15.3"]
[White "Shankland, Sam"]
[Black "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[ECO "E04"]
[Opening "Catalan"]
[Variation "open, 5.Nf3"]
[WhiteFideId "2004887"]
[BlackFideId "12573981"]
[EventDate "2022.08.29"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 c5 6. O-O Nc6 7. Qa4 Bd7 8. Qxc4
b5 9. Qc3 b4 10. Qd3 cxd4 11. Nxd4 Ne5 12. Qa6 Rc8 13. Bf4 Ng6 14. Be3 Bc5 15.
Nd2 O-O 16. Rac1 e5 17. Nc2 Be6 18. Rfd1 Bxe3 19. fxe3 Ng4 20. Qxa7 Rc7 21. Qa4
Qc8 22. Nf1 b3 23. axb3 Rxc2 24. Rxc2 Qxc2 25. Rd2 Qxb3 26. Qxb3 Bxb3 27. Rd3
Rb8 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2022"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2022.08.30"]
[Round "15.4"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "Xiong, Jeffery"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[ECO "C42"]
[Opening "Petrov"]
[Variation "Nimzovich attack"]
[WhiteFideId "3503240"]
[BlackFideId "2047640"]
[EventDate "2022.08.29"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Be3 O-O 8.
Qd2 Nd7 9. O-O-O c6 10. h4 Nf6 11. Bd3 Bg4 12. Rde1 Re8 13. Ng5 h6 14. f3 Bd7
15. c4 d5 16. Bd4 hxg5 17. hxg5 Ne4 18. fxe4 Bxg5 19. Be3 Bxe3 20. Rxe3 Qg5 21.
cxd5 cxd5 22. Rh8+ Kxh8 23. Rh3+ Bxh3 24. Qxg5 dxe4 25. Qh4+ Kg8 26. Bxe4 Be6
27. Qh7+ Kf8 28. Qh8+ Ke7 29. Qxg7 Rab8 30. Qg5+ Kd6 31. Qf4+ Kd7 32. Qd2+ Ke7
33. Qb4+ Kf6 34. Qd4+ Ke7 35. Qxa7 Kf8 36. Bxb7 Kg8 37. Bf3 Bf5 38. b3 Rbc8 39.
c4 Rcd8 40. Kb2 Rd2+ 41. Kc3 Rc2+ 42. Kb4 Bg6 43. a4 Rb2 44. Ka3 Rb1 45. a5 Kh7
46. a6 Re6 47. Bb7 Bc2 48. Ka2 Ree1 49. Qd4 Bxb3+ 50. Ka3 Bc2 51. a7 Rb3+ 52.
Ka2 Re2 53. Qh4+ Kg7 54. Qg4+ 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2022"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2022.08.30"]
[Round "15.5"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[ECO "A45"]
[Opening "Trompovsky attack (Ruth, Opovcensky opening)"]
[WhiteFideId "13401319"]
[BlackFideId "13300474"]
[EventDate "2022.08.29"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 3. Bxf6 gxf6 4. c4 e5 5. e3 exd4 6. Qxd4 Nc6 7. Qxd5 Qxd5 8.
cxd5 Nb4 9. Na3 Nxd5 10. O-O-O Nc3 11. bxc3 Bxa3+ 12. Kc2 Be6 13. Ne2 Bd6 14.
Nd4 Ke7 15. Bd3 c5 16. Nf5+ Bxf5 17. Bxf5 Rad8 18. a4 b6 19. Rd5 Bc7 20. Rxd8
Rxd8 21. Bxh7 Rh8 22. Bf5 Rxh2 23. Rd1 Bd6 24. Bh3 c4 25. Kd2 f5 26. f4 Ke6 27.
Ke2 Be7 28. Kf2 a6 29. Rb1 Kd5 30. Rd1+ Kc5 31. Kg3 Rxh3+ 32. gxh3 Bf6 33. Rc1
b5 34. axb5 axb5 35. Kf3 b4 36. cxb4+ Kxb4 37. Rb1+ Ka3 38. Rb7 Bc3 39. Ke2 Bb4
40. h4 Kb3 41. h5 c3 42. Kd3 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2022"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2022.08.30"]
[Round "16.1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2768"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[ECO "A05"]
[Opening "Reti opening"]
[WhiteFideId "2016192"]
[BlackFideId "3503240"]
[EventDate "2022.08.29"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. e3 c5 3. b3 g6 4. Bb2 Bg7 5. g3 b6 6. Bg2 Bb7 7. O-O O-O 8. d3 d5
9. Nbd2 Nc6 10. Qe2 Qc7 11. c4 Rfd8 12. a3 e5 13. cxd5 Nxd5 14. Rac1 Qe7 15.
Rfd1 Rac8 16. Bh3 Rc7 17. e4 Nf6 18. Nc4 Nd7 19. Ne3 Nd4 20. Nxd4 exd4 21. Nc4
f5 22. Bg2 fxe4 23. dxe4 Ne5 24. Nxe5 Bxe5 25. Qc4+ Kh8 26. f4 Bg7 27. e5 Bxg2
28. Kxg2 g5 29. Rxd4 gxf4 30. gxf4 Rg8 31. Kh1 cxd4 32. Qxc7 Qh4 33. e6 Qf2 34.
Qc2 Qxf4 35. Re1 Qf3+ 36. Qg2 Qxg2+ 37. Kxg2 d3 38. Bxg7+ Kxg7 39. Kf3 Kf6 40.
e7 Re8 41. Re3 d2 42. Rd3 Rxe7 43. Rxd2 Rc7 44. Rd6+ Ke5 45. Rd3 b5 46. Kg4 a5
47. Rh3 Kd4 48. Rh5 Rb7 49. a4 bxa4 50. bxa4 Ra7 51. Rb5 Rg7+ 52. Kh5 Ra7 53.
Kh6 Kc4 54. h4 Kd4 55. h5 Kc4 56. Rb1 Rd7 57. Rb5 Ra7 58. Kg5 Kd4 59. Kf6 Ra6+
60. Ke7 Kc4 61. Kd7 Rf6 62. Ke7 Rf1 63. Rxa5 Kb4 64. Ra6 Rf5 65. h6 Rf2 66. Rf6
Rh2 67. Kf8 Kxa4 68. Kg7 Kb5 69. Kxh7 Kc5 70. Kg7 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2022"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2022.08.30"]
[Round "16.2"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Shankland, Sam"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[ECO "A04"]
[Opening "Reti opening"]
[WhiteFideId "2020009"]
[BlackFideId "2004887"]
[EventDate "2022.08.29"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. b3 d6 3. Bb2 e5 4. c4 Nc6 5. e3 g6 6. Be2 Bg7 7. O-O Nge7 8. Nc3
O-O 9. d3 h6 10. Nd2 Be6 11. Bf3 d5 12. cxd5 Nxd5 13. Nxd5 Bxd5 14. Qe2 Qd7 15.
Rfd1 Rad8 16. a3 b6 17. Rab1 Rfe8 18. Ba1 Bxf3 19. Nxf3 a5 20. e4 Re6 21. Rd2
Rd6 22. Rbd1 h5 23. h3 Qe6 24. Rb1 Bh6 25. Rdd1 f6 26. Qc2 Kh7 27. Bc3 Qd7 28.
Ne1 Nd4 29. Bxd4 cxd4 30. b4 Rc8 31. Qa2 a4 32. b5 Qe6 33. Qb2 Rd7 34. Nc2 g5
35. Nb4 g4 36. Qe2 Rg7 37. h4 g3 38. fxg3 Rxg3 39. Qxh5 Rcg8 40. Rb2 R8g6 41.
Kh2 Kg7 42. Rc2 Bf4 43. Kg1 Qh3 44. Rc7+ Kf8 45. Qh8+ 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2022"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2022.08.30"]
[Round "16.3"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[ECO "A45"]
[Opening "Trompovsky attack (Ruth, Opovcensky opening)"]
[WhiteFideId "13300474"]
[BlackFideId "623539"]
[EventDate "2022.08.29"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 3. Bxf6 gxf6 4. c4 c5 5. cxd5 Qxd5 6. e3 cxd4 7. Nc3 Qa5 8.
exd4 Bg7 9. Bb5+ Bd7 10. Bxd7+ Nxd7 11. Ne2 O-O 12. O-O f5 13. Ng3 Nf6 14. d5 e6
15. Qb3 Qb6 16. Qxb6 axb6 17. Rfe1 Rfe8 18. dxe6 fxe6 19. Rad1 Bf8 20. a3 Kf7
21. Kf1 Rac8 22. Nge2 e5 23. Rc1 Bh6 24. Rcd1 Bf8 25. Rc1 Bh6 26. Rcd1 Bf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2022"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2022.08.30"]
[Round "16.4"]
[White "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[ECO "A20"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[WhiteFideId "12573981"]
[BlackFideId "13401319"]
[EventDate "2022.08.29"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c6 4. d4 e4 5. a3 d5 6. Nc3 Be7 7. Bg5 Nbd7 8. Qb3 O-O
9. e3 h6 10. Bxf6 Nxf6 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. Nge2 Bd6 13. O-O Bb8 14. f3 exf3 15.
Bxf3 Be6 16. Qxb7 Bd6 17. Qa6 Rb8 18. b4 Bh3 19. Rf2 Ng4 20. Bxg4 Bxg4 21. Nxd5
Re8 22. Nec3 h5 23. e4 h4 24. e5 hxg3 25. hxg3 Bf8 26. Qd3 Qg5 27. Ne4 Qg6 28.
Nef6+ 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2022"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2022.08.30"]
[Round "16.5"]
[White "Xiong, Jeffery"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2792"]
[ECO "B40"]
[Opening "Sicilian defence"]
[WhiteFideId "2047640"]
[BlackFideId "4168119"]
[EventDate "2022.08.29"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c3 d5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. Na3 Nf6 6. d4 a6 7. Nc4 Nbd7 8. Bg5
Be7 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. dxc5 Qxd1+ 11. Rxd1 Nxc5 12. Nb6 Rb8 13. Bd3 Ke7 14. Bc2
Nd7 15. Nxc8+ Rhxc8 16. h4 b5 17. a3 a5 18. g4 g6 19. g5 Bg7 20. h5 Rc7 21. hxg6
hxg6 22. Rh7 Kf8 23. Rh4 Nb6 24. Bb3 Nd7 25. Bc2 Ne5 26. Nxe5 Bxe5 27. Bd3 Rc5
28. Ke2 Bg7 29. Rg1 Rd8 30. Rg3 Rdd5 31. f4 Rd8 32. Rh1 Rcd5 33. Rd1 Rb8 34. Bc2
Rc5 35. Bb3 b4 36. cxb4 axb4 37. Rgd3 Bxb2 38. Rd8+ Rxd8 39. Rxd8+ Ke7 40. axb4
Rb5 41. Re8+ Kd6 42. Rd8+ Kc7 43. Rf8 Rf5 44. Bc2 Rxf4 45. Bxg6 f6 46. gxf6 Rxf6
47. Rxf6 Bxf6 48. Kd3 Kb6 49. Bf7 Be7 50. Bxe6 Bxb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2022"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2022.08.30"]
[Round "17.1"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Shankland, Sam"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[ECO "A45"]
[Opening "Trompovsky attack (Ruth, Opovcensky opening)"]
[WhiteFideId "13401319"]
[BlackFideId "2004887"]
[EventDate "2022.08.29"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 3. Bxf6 exf6 4. e3 Be6 5. Nd2 Nd7 6. Bd3 Nb6 7. Qf3 Bd6 8.
Ne2 O-O 9. g4 c5 10. c3 cxd4 11. exd4 Re8 12. Kf1 Qd7 13. h3 Na4 14. Rb1 b5 15.
Kg2 b4 16. Nf1 Rac8 17. cxb4 Bxb4 18. Ne3 Nb6 19. b3 Rc7 20. h4 Nc8 21. g5 Be7
22. Nf4 Rd8 23. Nh5 fxg5 24. hxg5 Bxg5 25. Qg3 Qe7 26. Nxg7 Rc3 27. Nxe6 fxe6
28. Rxh7 Qf6 29. Ng4 Qf4 30. Nh6+ Kf8 31. Rf7+ 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2022"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2022.08.30"]
[Round "17.2"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[ECO "C67"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Berlin defence, open variation"]
[WhiteFideId "623539"]
[BlackFideId "12573981"]
[EventDate "2022.08.29"]

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. Nc3 Ne8 10. Nd5 Bd6 11. Re1 c6 12. Ne3 Be7 13. c4 Nc7 14. d4 d5 15.
cxd5 Bb4 16. Bd2 Bxd2 17. Qxd2 Nxd5 18. Nxd5 Qxd5 19. Re5 Qd6 20. Bc4 Bd7 21. a3
Rae8 22. Qc3 Rxe5 23. dxe5 Qe7 24. Rd1 Be6 25. Bxe6 Qxe6 26. h3 f6 27. exf6 Qxf6
28. Qxf6 Rxf6 29. Rd7 Rf7 30. Rd8+ Rf8 31. Rd7 Rf7 32. Rd8+ Rf8 33. Rd7 Rf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2022"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2022.08.30"]
[Round "17.3"]
[White "Xiong, Jeffery"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[ECO "D02"]
[Opening "Queen's bishop game"]
[WhiteFideId "2047640"]
[BlackFideId "2020009"]
[EventDate "2022.08.29"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Bf4 Bg4 4. Ne5 Bf5 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 Bxd3 7. cxd3 e6 8.
Nc3 Nxe5 9. dxe5 Nd7 10. h4 h5 11. d4 Be7 12. Qe2 c6 13. O-O-O a5 14. Kb1 a4 15.
g4 g6 16. Bg5 Nb6 17. f4 hxg4 18. Qxg4 Nc4 19. Qe2 Qa5 20. Bxe7 Kxe7 21. Rc1 Ra6
22. Ka1 Rb6 23. Nd1 Rb3 24. Rxc4 dxc4 25. axb3 axb3+ 26. Kb1 Ra8 27. Kc1 Qb4 28.
Kb1 Ra2 29. Qe1 Qa4 30. Kc1 Ra1+ 31. Kd2 c3+ 32. Kxc3 Rc1+ 33. Kd3 Qc4+ 34. Ke4
Qd5+ 35. Kd3 c5 36. Rg1 Rc2 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2022"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2022.08.30"]
[Round "17.4"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2792"]
[BlackElo "2768"]
[ECO "C36"]
[Opening "KGA"]
[Variation "Abbazia defence, modern variation"]
[WhiteFideId "4168119"]
[BlackFideId "2016192"]
[EventDate "2022.08.29"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 d5 4. exd5 Nf6 5. Bb5+ Nbd7 6. O-O Be7 7. Be2 O-O 8.
c4 c6 9. dxc6 bxc6 10. d4 Bd6 11. Nc3 Re8 12. c5 Bc7 13. Bc4 Ng4 14. Qb3 Re7 15.
h3 Rb8 16. Qa4 Ne3 17. Bxe3 fxe3 18. Qxc6 Bb7 19. Qa4 Bg3 20. Qc2 Nf6 21. d5
Nxd5 22. Ng5 Bf2+ 23. Rxf2 exf2+ 24. Qxf2 h6 25. Nxd5 Bxd5 26. Rd1 hxg5 27. Rxd5
Rd7 28. Rd6 Qe7 29. Rxd7 Qxd7 30. c6 Qc7 31. Bd5 Rd8 32. Qf5 Qe7 33. Bf3 g6 34.
Qc2 Qe5 35. b4 Kg7 36. a3 Re8 37. Qd2 Qa1+ 38. Kh2 Qe5+ 39. Kg1 Qf6 40. Kh2 Rd8
41. Qe3 a6 42. a4 Qd6+ 43. Kh1 Qxb4 44. Qe5+ Kg8 45. Qxg5 Qb1+ 46. Kh2 Qb8+ 47.
Kh1 Re8 48. Qd2 Qg3 49. Be2 Rb8 50. Qc2 Qf2 51. c7 Rc8 52. Qc4 Qb6 53. Qxa6 Qxc7
54. Qd3 Qf4 55. Bf1 Rc1 56. Kg1 Qxa4 57. Qe3 Qc6 58. Qf4 Qc5+ 59. Kh1 Qc7 60.
Qf3 Qc6 61. Qf4 Qc7 62. Qf3 Qc4 63. Kg1 Qd4+ 64. Kh1 Kg7 65. Kh2 Rc3 66. Qe2
Qf4+ 67. Kh1 Qe3 68. Qb5 Rc1 69. Qb2+ f6 70. Qb7+ Kh6 71. Qa6 Qf2 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2022"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2022.08.30"]
[Round "17.5"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[ECO "C67"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Berlin defence, open variation"]
[WhiteFideId "3503240"]
[BlackFideId "13300474"]
[EventDate "2022.08.29"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nxe5 8.
Rxe5 O-O 9. d4 Bf6 10. Re1 Re8 11. Bf4 Rxe1 12. Qxe1 Ne8 13. Nc3 Bxd4 14. Nd5 d6
15. Bg5 f6 16. Bc4 Kh8 17. Be3 Bxb2 18. Rb1 Be5 19. f4 c6 20. Bd3 cxd5 21. Qh4
h6 22. fxe5 dxe5 23. Bg6 Kg8 24. Bxh6 gxh6 25. Qxh6 Qe7 26. Rb3 Bg4 27. Qh4 Qd7
28. h3 Be6 29. Bxe8 Rxe8 30. Rg3+ Kf8 31. Qxf6+ Bf7 32. Qg7+ Ke7 33. Qxe5+ Qe6
34. Qc7+ Kf8 35. Qc5+ Re7 36. Qxa7 Bg6 37. Qd4 Rf7 38. Re3 Be4 39. Rg3 Qd6 40.
Qh8+ Ke7 41. Rg8 Qf6 42. Qh5 Qf2+ 43. Kh2 Qf4+ 44. Kg1 Kd7 45. Qh8 Kc7 46. Rc8+
Kb6 47. Qd8+ Kb5 48. Qe8+ Kb4 49. a3+ Kxa3 50. Ra8+ Kb2 51. Qb5+ Kc1 52. Ra1+
Kd2 53. Qb4+ Kxc2 54. Ra2+ Kd1 55. Qb3+ Ke1 56. Qc3+ Kd1 57. Ra1+ 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2022"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2022.08.30"]
[Round "18.1"]
[White "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[ECO "A36"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "ultra-symmetrical variation"]
[WhiteFideId "12573981"]
[BlackFideId "3503240"]
[EventDate "2022.08.29"]

1. c4 c5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. d3 d6 6. Qd2 e6 7. b3 Nge7 8. Bb2 O-O
9. Nf3 d5 10. O-O d4 11. Na4 b6 12. e3 e5 13. exd4 exd4 14. a3 a5 15. Rfe1 Rb8
16. Bc1 h6 17. Qd1 g5 18. Ra2 Bd7 19. h4 g4 20. Nh2 h5 21. f3 Ne5 22. fxg4 hxg4
23. Rae2 f6 24. Re4 Bc6 25. Nxg4 Bxe4 26. Rxe4 Nxg4 27. Rxg4 f5 28. Rg5 Rf6 29.
Bf4 Rc8 30. Be5 Rg6 31. Bd5+ Kf8 32. Qh5 Bxe5 33. Rxg6 Nxg6 34. Qxg6 Qc7 35.
Nxb6 Rd8 36. Qg8+ Ke7 37. Qf7+ 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2022"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2022.08.30"]
[Round "18.2"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2792"]
[ECO "A45"]
[Opening "Trompovsky attack (Ruth, Opovcensky opening)"]
[WhiteFideId "13300474"]
[BlackFideId "4168119"]
[EventDate "2022.08.29"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 3. Bxf6 gxf6 4. c4 c5 5. cxd5 Qxd5 6. e3 cxd4 7. Nc3 Qa5 8.
exd4 Bg7 9. Bb5+ Bd7 10. Qg4 Bxb5 11. Qxg7 Rf8 12. Qxh7 Nc6 13. Nf3 e6 14. d5
Nb4 15. dxe6 O-O-O 16. e7 Nd3+ 17. Kf1 Nc1+ 18. Kg1 Rd1+ 19. Nxd1 Ne2+ 20. Kf1
Nd4+ 21. Kg1 Ne2+ 22. Kf1 Nf4+ 23. Kg1 Qe1+ 24. Nxe1 Ne2+ 25. Kf1 Ng3+ 26. Kg1
Ne2+ 27. Kf1 Ng3+ 28. Kg1 Ne2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2022"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2022.08.30"]
[Round "18.3"]
[White "Shankland, Sam"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[ECO "A20"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[WhiteFideId "2004887"]
[BlackFideId "623539"]
[EventDate "2022.08.29"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. O-O Nb6 7. Nc3 Be7 8. a3
O-O 9. d3 Be6 10. Be3 Nd5 11. Nxd5 Bxd5 12. Rc1 Re8 13. Qa4 a6 14. Nd2 Bxg2 15.
Kxg2 Qd5+ 16. Nf3 Bd6 17. Qc4 Qxc4 18. Rxc4 Nd8 19. Nd2 Ne6 20. g4 Rad8 21. Ne4
Be7 22. Rfc1 c6 23. b4 g6 24. g5 Rd5 25. h4 h6 26. Rh1 hxg5 27. hxg5 Kg7 28. Kf3
Rh8 29. Rxh8 Kxh8 30. Kg4 Kg7 31. Rc1 Kf8 32. Bc5 a5 33. Rc3 Ke8 34. e3 a4 35.
Bxe7 Kxe7 36. Nc5 Nxc5 37. bxc5 Ke6 38. Kf3 Rd8 39. Ke4 Rh8 40. Rc4 Rh4+ 41. f4
exf4 42. exf4 Rh1 43. Rxa4 Re1+ 44. Kf3 Kd5 45. Re4 Rxe4 46. dxe4+ Kxc5 47. f5
Kd6 48. Kf4 b5 49. e5+ Ke7 50. e6 gxf5 51. exf7 Kxf7 52. Kxf5 c5 53. Ke5 Kg6 54.
Kd5 c4 55. Kd4 Kxg5 56. a4 bxa4 57. Kxc4 a3 58. Kb3 a2 59. Kxa2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2022"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2022.08.30"]
[Round "18.4"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[ECO "E06"]
[Opening "Catalan"]
[Variation "closed, 5.Nf3"]
[WhiteFideId "2020009"]
[BlackFideId "13401319"]
[EventDate "2022.08.29"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qa4 b6 8. Qxc4
Bb7 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. Nc3 Nd7 12. e4 c5 13. e5 cxd4 14. exf6 dxc3 15.
fxg7 Kxg7 16. Rad1 Rc8 17. Qg4+ Kh7 18. bxc3 Qe7 19. Qa4 Nf6 20. Qxa7 Qc7 21.
Qa4 Kg7 22. Rc1 Ra8 23. Qb3 Qc5 24. Rb1 Bd5 25. Qxb6 Qxc3 26. Rfc1 Qa3 27. Ne5
Bxg2 28. Kxg2 Qxa2 29. Qd4 Ra4 30. Qd1 Re4 31. Ra1 Qb2 32. Nc4 Qb4 33. Rab1 Qe7
34. Qf3 Rd8 35. Ne3 Rd2 36. Rd1 Ra2 37. Re1 Qa7 38. h3 h5 39. g4 hxg4 40. hxg4
Qc5 41. Qg3 Qg5 42. Kg1 Nxg4 43. Ng2 Rxe1+ 44. Rxe1 Rxf2 45. Re4 f5 46. Rxe6
Qc1+ 47. Re1 Qc5 48. Kh1 Rc2 49. Qh4 Nf2+ 50. Kh2 Ng4+ 51. Kh1 Kg6 52. Re6+ Kf7
53. Re1 Nf2+ 54. Kh2 Ng4+ 55. Kh1 Rc1 56. Qh7+ Kf6 57. Qh8+ Kg6 58. Nf4+ Kg5 59.
Ne6+ 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2022"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2022.08.30"]
[Round "18.5"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Xiong, Jeffery"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2768"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[ECO "A20"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[WhiteFideId "2016192"]
[BlackFideId "2047640"]
[EventDate "2022.08.29"]

1. c4 e5 2. a3 Nf6 3. d3 g6 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. b4 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Bb2 Bg7 8. e3
Qe7 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. Rc1 Rd8 11. Qc2 a5 12. b5 Na7 13. e4 Nf4 14. a4 Bg4 15. g3
Bxf3 16. Nxf3 Ne6 17. Bh3 c6 18. b6 Nc8 19. O-O Nxb6 20. Qb3 Ra6 21. Ba3 Qf6 22.
Bg2 Bf8 23. Bb2 Nc5 24. Rxc5 Bxc5 25. Bxe5 Qe7 26. Ba1 Nd7 27. Bh3 Rb6 28. Qc3
Qf6 29. Qxf6 Nxf6 30. Bxf6 Rxd3 31. Ne5 Bd4 32. Nxd3 Bxf6 33. e5 Be7 34. Rd1 Rb3
35. e6 f5 36. Bf1 Kg7 37. h4 Kf6 38. Nf4 Rb4 39. Rd7 Rb2 40. Bg2 Rb4 41. Bf3 Rb2
42. Kg2 Rb4 43. Bd1 Rb2 44. Kh3 Rb4 45. f3 Rb1 46. g4 fxg4+ 47. fxg4 h6 48. Nxg6
Kxe6 49. Rxe7+ Kf6 50. Rd7 1-0

