[Event "Saint Louis Rapid 2022"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2022.08.26"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Xiong, Jeffery"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2792"]
[ECO "D41"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "Semi-Tarrasch, 5.cd"]
[WhiteFideId "2047640"]
[BlackFideId "4168119"]
[EventDate "2022.08.26"]

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. Bc4 Ke7 13. Nxe4 Kf7 14.
Bxf6 gxf6 15. O-O-O Rd8 16. Rxd8 Nxd8 17. Rd1 Be7 18. Nd6+ Kg6 19. a3 f5 20. b4
Kf6 21. Kb2 h5 22. Nb5 Nc6 23. Nc7 Rd8 24. Rxd8 Nxd8 25. g3 Kf7 26. Kc2 Bf6 27.
Nb5 a6 28. Nc3 Nc6 29. Ne2 b5 30. Ba2 Be5 31. Nc1 Nd4+ 32. Kd1 Nf3 33. Nd3 Bd6
34. Ke2 Nd4+ 35. Ke3 Nc2+ 36. Kd2 Nxa3 37. Kc3 Kf6 38. f4 Bc7 39. Nc5 a5 40.
Nxe6 axb4+ 41. Kxb4 Bd6+ 42. Kc3 b4+ 43. Kd3 Nb5 44. Nd4 Nc3 45. Be6 Bc5 46. Bd7
Ne4 47. Nxf5 b3 48. Nh4 Bg1 49. Nf3 Nc5+ 50. Kc3 Bxh2 51. Nxh2 Nxd7 52. Kxb3
Nc5+ 53. Kc4 Ne4 54. Nf1 Kf5 55. Kd4 Nxg3 56. Nxg3+ Kxf4 57. Nxh5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Rapid 2022"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2022.08.26"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Shankland, Sam"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[ECO "C50"]
[Opening "Giuoco Piano"]
[WhiteFideId "2020009"]
[BlackFideId "2004887"]
[EventDate "2022.08.26"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 a6 7. a4 h6 8. Nbd2 Ba7
9. Re1 Be6 10. b4 O-O 11. Bxe6 fxe6 12. Nf1 Ne7 13. Ng3 Ng6 14. d4 Qe7 15. h3
Nd7 16. Be3 Rf7 17. Ra2 Raf8 18. Nh2 Kh7 19. Rb2 Qh4 20. a5 c6 21. Qg4 Qxg4 22.
Nxg4 exd4 23. cxd4 d5 24. e5 Nh4 25. Nh2 g5 26. Nhf1 Kg6 27. f3 h5 28. Nd2 g4
29. fxg4 hxg4 30. Kh1 Rh8 31. Rb3 Kg7 32. Rd3 gxh3 33. gxh3 Ng6 34. Kg2 Nh4+ 35.
Kh2 Kf8 36. Rf1 Rxf1 37. Ngxf1 Rg8 38. Ng3 Ke8 39. Bg1 Rf8 40. Ne2 Bb8 41. Kh1
Bc7 42. Rg3 Bd8 43. Nc1 Nf5 44. Rg4 Rh8 45. Kh2 Nh6 46. Rg2 Nf5 47. Nd3 Be7 48.
Bf2 Kf7 49. Nf3 Nf8 50. Nc5 Bxc5 51. bxc5 Ng6 52. Rg4 Rh6 53. h4 Ke7 54. Kh3 Kd7
55. Ne1 Nfe7 56. Ng2 Rh8 57. Be3 Ke8 58. Bg5 Kf7 59. Bf6 Rh5 60. Kg3 Nf5+ 61.
Kf2 Nh6 62. Rg3 Nf5 63. Rxg6 Kxg6 64. Nf4+ Kh6 65. Bg5+ Rxg5 66. hxg5+ Kxg5 67.
Nxe6+ Kg6 68. Ke2 Kf7 69. Ng5+ Kg6 70. Nf3 Ng7 71. Ke3 Ne6 72. Ne1 Kf5 73. Nd3
Kg5 74. Nb2 Kg6 75. Na4 Kf7 76. Nb6 Ke8 77. Nc8 Kd7 78. Nd6 Kc7 79. Nf5 Kd7 80.
Ng3 Ke7 81. Nh5 Kf7 82. Nf4 Ng7 83. Kf3 Nf5 84. Ne2 Ng7 85. Ng3 Ke7 86. Kg4 Ne6
87. Ne2 Kf7 88. Kf5 Ng7+ 89. Kg5 Ne6+ 90. Kg4 Nc7 91. Kf4 Ne6+ 92. Ke3 Ke7 93.
Ng3 Ng7 94. Kf3 Ne6 95. Nf5+ Ke8 96. Kf2 Kd7 97. Kg3 Ke8 98. Kf3 Kf8 99. Ke3 Nd8
100. Nd6 Ke7 101. Ke2 Kd7 102. Kf3 Ke7 103. Nf5+ Kf7 104. Ke3 Kg6 105. Nd6 Kg7
106. Ke2 Kf8 107. Kf3 Ke7 108. Nf5+ Kf7 109. Ke3 Ke8 110. Ng7+ Kf7 111. Nh5 Ne6
112. Nf4 Ng7 113. Kf3 Nf5 114. Ne2 Ke7 115. Kg4 Ne3+ 116. Kg5 Nc2 117. Kg6 Ke6
118. Kg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Rapid 2022"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2022.08.26"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2768"]
[ECO "C50"]
[Opening "Giuoco Pianissimo"]
[WhiteFideId "3503240"]
[BlackFideId "2016192"]
[EventDate "2022.08.26"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. O-O a6 6. c3 d6 7. a4 Ba7 8. Re1 O-O
9. h3 h6 10. Nbd2 Re8 11. b4 Be6 12. Bxe6 Rxe6 13. Bb2 Ne7 14. Nf1 Ng6 15. c4 c6
16. Ng3 d5 17. Bc3 d4 18. Bd2 a5 19. b5 Bc5 20. Rb1 Nd7 21. Nf5 Bf8 22. g3 Nc5
23. Bc1 cxb5 24. Rxb5 Rb6 25. h4 Rxb5 26. cxb5 Ne7 27. Nxe5 Nxf5 28. exf5 Qf6
29. Ba3 Qxf5 30. Bxc5 Bxc5 31. Nc4 f6 32. Re4 h5 33. Qe2 b6 34. Rf4 Qd5 35. Re4
Qf5 36. Re6 Kf7 37. Nd6+ Bxd6 38. Rxd6 Re8 39. Qd1 Qe5 40. Qb3+ Kg6 41. Qd5 Qe1+
42. Kg2 Qd1 43. Rd7 Rf8 44. Qe4+ Kh6 45. Qe7 Rg8 46. Rxd4 Rc8 47. Qe3+ Kh7 48.
Qe4+ Kh6 49. Qe3+ Kh7 50. Qf3 Rc1 51. Qxd1 Rxd1 52. Kf3 Rd2 53. Rd6 Kg6 54. Ke4
Ra2 55. Rxb6 Rxa4+ 56. d4 Ra1 57. Ra6 a4 58. b6 a3 59. Kd5 a2 60. b7 Rb1 61.
Rxa2 Rxb7 62. Kc6 Rb4 63. d5 Kf5 64. Re2 g5 65. d6 Rc4+ 66. Kd5 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Rapid 2022"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2022.08.26"]
[Round "1.4"]
[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 "2022.08.26"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Be7 3. Nc3 d6 4. d4 f5 5. Bh3 exd4 6. Qxd4 Nc6 7. Qd3 Bf6 8. Bxf5
Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 Ne5 10. Qc2 Bxf5 11. Qxf5 Qd7 12. Qxd7+ Kxd7 13. c5 dxc5 14. Bf4
Ng6 15. Rd1+ Kc6 16. Nf3 Re8 17. h4 h5 18. Ng5 Nf6 19. f3 Nd5 20. Bd2 Nb6 21. e4
Nc4 22. Ke2 b5 23. Be1 Nb2 24. Rd5 Na4 25. Bd2 Ne7 26. Re5 Nc8 27. Re6+ Nd6 28.
Rg6 Rh6 29. Rxg7 Nf5 30. Nh3 Rf6 31. Rg5 b4 32. Rc1 a5 33. Nf4 bxc3 34. Bxc3
Nxg3+ 35. Rxg3 Rxf4 36. Be1 Rf6 37. Rg5 Ref8 38. Rg3 Rd6 39. Bxa5 Nb2 40. Rc2
Nd3 41. Bd2 Nf4+ 42. Bxf4 Rxf4 43. Rg5 Rxh4 44. Rgxc5+ Kb6 45. Rxc7 Rh1 46. R7c3 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Rapid 2022"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2022.08.26"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[ECO "D27"]
[Opening "QGA"]
[Variation "classical, 6...a6"]
[WhiteFideId "13300474"]
[BlackFideId "623539"]
[EventDate "2022.08.26"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 dxc4 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 a6 6. O-O c5 7. Nbd2 cxd4 8.
Nxd4 Be7 9. Be2 O-O 10. b3 b5 11. a4 bxa4 12. Rxa4 Bd7 13. Ra1 Nc6 14. Bf3 Rc8
15. Bxc6 Bxc6 16. Rxa6 Bb7 17. Ra7 Qb6 18. Ra4 Rfd8 19. Nc4 Qc7 20. Bd2 Rd5 21.
Qe2 Bc5 22. Na5 Ne4 23. Be1 Bxd4 24. exd4 Ba8 25. Rc4 Qd7 26. Rxc8+ Qxc8 27. Nc4
Rxd4 28. f3 Nf6 29. Bc3 Rd8 30. Bxf6 gxf6 31. Qe3 Bd5 32. Rc1 Qb8 33. Nb6 Kg7
34. b4 Rd6 35. Nxd5 Rxd5 36. Rb1 h5 37. Qf2 Qb5 38. h3 Kf8 39. Kh1 Qb8 40. Qb2
Kg7 41. Qf2 Rb5 42. Qd4 Rd5 43. Qf2 Rb5 44. Qd4 Rd5 45. Qf2 Rb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Rapid 2022"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2022.08.26"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2768"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[ECO "A06"]
[Opening "Reti opening"]
[WhiteFideId "2016192"]
[BlackFideId "12573981"]
[EventDate "2022.08.26"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. b3 Be7 5. Bb2 O-O 6. g3 b6 7. Bg2 Bb7 8. O-O c5
9. Qe2 Qc8 10. Nc3 Rd8 11. Rac1 Nc6 12. d3 d4 13. exd4 Nxd4 14. Nxd4 Bxg2 15.
Kxg2 cxd4 16. Nb1 Qb7+ 17. Kg1 h5 18. Nd2 h4 19. gxh4 Rac8 20. Qf3 Qa6 21. Kh1
Rc5 22. Rg1 Rf5 23. Qg2 Nh5 24. a3 Bxh4 25. Rcf1 g6 26. Ne4 Be7 27. Ng3 Nxg3+
28. fxg3 b5 29. g4 Rxf1 30. Rxf1 bxc4 31. bxc4 e5 32. Bc1 Rb8 33. Qf3 Qb7 34.
Kg2 Qxf3+ 35. Kxf3 Rb1 36. Ke2 f5 37. gxf5 gxf5 38. Kd2 Bxa3 39. c5 Bxc5 40.
Rxf5 Bd6 41. Kc2 Rb7 42. h4 Rc7+ 43. Kd1 Rc3 44. Rf6 Ba3 45. Bg5 Rxd3+ 46. Ke2
Rh3 47. Rg6+ Kf7 48. Rf6+ Kg7 49. Kf2 Be7 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis Rapid 2022"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2022.08.26"]
[Round "2.2"]
[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 "2022.08.26"]

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 Qd6 17. h4 a6 18. Bd3 Nc6 19. Bc4 Na5 20. Bb3 h5 21. Bh6 Nxb3
22. axb3 a5 23. Bxg7 Kxg7 24. Qg5 Qd8 25. Nc3 Qd6 26. Nb5 Qd7 27. Nc3 Qd6 28. d5
exd5 29. e5 Qd8 30. Qf4 Qe7 31. Nb5 Rxc1 32. Rxc1 Rc8 33. Re1 Rc5 34. Nd6 Bc8
35. b4 axb4 36. Qxb4 Be6 37. Ra1 Kh7 38. Qxb6 Qc7 39. Qxc7 Rxc7 40. Ra8 Rc1+ 41.
Kh2 Re1 42. f4 d4 43. Rd8 d3 44. Ne8 Bf5 45. Nf6+ Kg7 46. Kg3 Re3+ 47. Kf2 Re2+
48. Kf3 Bg4+ 49. Kg3 d2 50. Rg8+ Kh6 51. Rh8+ Kg7 52. Rg8+ Kh6 53. Ne8 Kh7 54.
Nf6+ Kh6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Rapid 2022"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2022.08.26"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[ECO "A45"]
[Opening "Trompovsky attack (Ruth, Opovcensky opening)"]
[WhiteFideId "13401319"]
[BlackFideId "13300474"]
[EventDate "2022.08.26"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 3. Bxf6 gxf6 4. c4 c6 5. e3 e6 6. Nc3 Nd7 7. cxd5 cxd5 8.
Bd3 f5 9. h3 h5 10. h4 a6 11. Nge2 Nf6 12. Nf4 Bd6 13. g3 Bd7 14. a3 Qb6 15. Rb1
Rc8 16. Nce2 Qa5+ 17. Kf1 Rc7 18. Kg2 Ba4 19. b3 Bd7 20. b4 Qa4 21. Qxa4 Bxa4
22. b5 axb5 23. Bxb5+ Bxb5 24. Rxb5 O-O 25. Rhb1 Ra8 26. Rxb7 Rxb7 27. Rxb7 Rxa3
28. Nh3 Ra2 29. Nef4 Bxf4 30. gxf4 Ne4 31. Rb8+ Kg7 32. Rb7 Kg8 33. Rb8+ Kg7 34.
Rb7 Kg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Rapid 2022"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2022.08.26"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Xiong, Jeffery"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[ECO "A22"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "Bremen, Smyslov system"]
[WhiteFideId "2047640"]
[BlackFideId "2020009"]
[EventDate "2022.08.26"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 Bb4 4. Bg2 O-O 5. e4 Bxc3 6. bxc3 c6 7. Nf3 d5 8. cxd5
cxd5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. O-O Nc6 11. Re1 Re8 12. d4 exd4 13. Bg5 Rxe1+ 14. Qxe1 Qd6
15. Nxd4 Nxd4 16. Rd1 Qe6 17. Bxd5 Qxe1+ 18. Rxe1 Ne6 19. Bf4 a5 20. Be3 Nd8 21.
c4 Nc6 22. a3 Bf5 23. Bb6 h5 24. f3 a4 25. Re2 Bd3 26. Rd2 Bf5 27. Re2 Bd3 28.
Re3 Bc2 29. Kf2 Rc8 30. Ke2 g5 31. h4 gxh4 32. gxh4 Kg7 33. Kf2 Kf6 34. Re2 Bd3
35. Rb2 Kg6 36. Ke3 Bf5 37. Rg2+ Kf6 38. Kf4 Bd3 39. Rb2 Bg6 40. Bc5 Nd8 41.
Rb6+ Ne6+ 42. Bxe6 fxe6 43. Bd4+ Ke7 44. Rxb7+ Kd6 45. Rb6+ Kd7 46. c5 Bc2 47.
Kg5 e5 48. Bxe5 Rxc5 49. f4 Rd5 50. Rb7+ Ke6 51. Rb6+ Kd7 52. Kxh5 Rd3 53. Bb2
Rg3 54. Rb4 Ke6 55. Rb5 Rg2 56. Bc3 Rg3 57. Bb2 Rg2 58. f5+ Kd7 59. f6 Bb3 60.
Bd4 Ke6 61. Re5+ Kd6 62. Rg5 Rd2 63. Be5+ Ke6 64. Bc3 Ra2 65. Kg6 Rf2 66. h5 Rf3
67. Bb2 Rf2 68. Bd4 Rf4 69. Be5 Rf3 70. h6 Bc2+ 71. Kg7 Rb3 72. Bc7 Rf3 73. Re5+
Kd7 74. Re7+ Kc6 75. f7 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Rapid 2022"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2022.08.26"]
[Round "2.5"]
[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 "2022.08.26"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e6 6. e3 Be7 7. Be2 O-O 8. O-O
d5 9. cxd5 Nxd4 10. exd4 Nxd5 11. Nxd5 exd5 12. Qb3 Bf6 13. Be3 Qd6 14. Rac1 Be6
15. Rc3 Qb6 16. Qxb6 axb6 17. a3 Rfc8 18. Rfc1 Rxc3 19. Rxc3 Rc8 20. Rb3 Bd8 21.
Kf1 Bd7 22. Bb5 Bf5 23. Bd3 Bxd3+ 24. Rxd3 f6 25. Rb3 Kf7 26. Ke2 h5 27. Kd3 Ke6
28. f3 Kd7 29. h3 Bc7 30. Rc3 Bd6 31. Rxc8 Kxc8 32. g4 g6 33. Kc3 b5 34. Kb3 Kd7
35. Bd2 f5 36. Bb4 Bf4 37. Bc3 Be3 38. Kb4 Kc6 39. Kb3 fxg4 40. fxg4 hxg4 41.
hxg4 Bf4 42. Kb4 Bd6+ 43. Kb3 Kd7 44. Bb4 Bf4 45. Bc3 Bd6 46. Bb4 Bf4 47. Bc3
Bd6 48. Bb4 Bf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Rapid 2022"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2022.08.26"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[ECO "C83"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "open, classical defence"]
[WhiteFideId "623539"]
[BlackFideId "13401319"]
[EventDate "2022.08.26"]

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. c3 Be7 10. Be3 Qd7 11. Nbd2 Nxd2 12. Qxd2 Na5 13. Bg5 c5 14. Rad1 Rd8 15.
Bc2 Nc4 16. Qc1 h6 17. Bxe7 Qxe7 18. b3 Nb6 19. h3 O-O 20. Qe3 Rc8 21. Rfe1 Rfd8
22. Bb1 Rc7 23. Rd2 Rcd7 24. Red1 Kf8 25. Nh2 d4 26. cxd4 Nd5 27. Qg3 b4 28. Nf3
Nc3 29. Re1 cxd4 30. Bd3 a5 31. Qf4 a4 32. bxa4 Kg8 33. Bb5 Nxb5 34. axb5 Qc5
35. Re4 Bd5 36. Rexd4 Bxf3 37. Rxd7 Qc1+ 38. Rd1 Qxf4 39. Rxd8+ Kh7 40. gxf3
Qxe5 41. R8d5 Qf6 42. Kg2 Qg6+ 43. Kh2 Qf6 44. R1d3 Qb2 45. Rd2 Qf6 46. R5d4
Qe5+ 47. f4 Qxb5 48. Rb2 Qa5 49. Rdxb4 Qa3 50. R4b3 Qa4 51. Kg3 g5 52. fxg5 hxg5
53. Rf3 f5 54. Rxf5 Qa3+ 55. Rb3 Qxa2 56. Rb7+ Kh6 57. Rf6+ 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Rapid 2022"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2022.08.26"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "Xiong, Jeffery"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[ECO "B33"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Pelikan, Chelyabinsk variation"]
[WhiteFideId "3503240"]
[BlackFideId "2047640"]
[EventDate "2022.08.26"]

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. c3 Bg5 12. Nc2 Rb8 13. Bd3 O-O 14. Ncb4 Nxb4 15.
cxb4 Be6 16. Bc2 a5 17. a3 Bxd5 18. Qxd5 Qc7 19. Bd1 axb4 20. axb4 Qc4 21. Bb3
Qxb4+ 22. Ke2 Rbc8 23. Ra7 Kh8 24. Rha1 f5 25. exf5 Qg4+ 26. Qf3 Qd4 27. Kf1 e4
28. Qg4 Bc1 29. Rf7 Qd3+ 30. Qe2 Rxf7 31. Bxf7 Bxb2 32. Rd1 Rc1 33. Rxc1 Bxc1
34. Qxd3 exd3 35. Ke1 Bf4 36. g3 Be5 37. Kd2 Bd4 38. f3 Bg1 39. h3 Bh2 40. g4
Be5 41. Kxd3 b4 42. Ke4 g6 43. f4 gxf5+ 44. Kxf5 Kg7 45. Bb3 Bc3 46. g5 h6 47.
h4 Bd4 48. Kg4 hxg5 49. hxg5 Bb6 50. Bc4 d5 51. Bxd5 Bc7 52. Bb3 Bd6 53. Kf5 Bc7
54. Ke4 Bd6 55. Bc2 Bc7 56. Kf3 Bd6 57. Kg4 Bc7 58. Bb3 Bd6 59. f5 Be7 60. Kf4
Bd8 61. Bc4 Be7 62. Bb3 Bd8 63. Bc4 Be7 64. Bb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Rapid 2022"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2022.08.26"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Black "Shankland, Sam"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[ECO "C65"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Berlin defence"]
[WhiteFideId "12573981"]
[BlackFideId "2004887"]
[EventDate "2022.08.26"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Nbd2 Bd6 7. Nc4 Qe7 8.
h3 Nd7 9. O-O Nb6 10. Ne3 f6 11. a4 Be6 12. a5 Nd7 13. d4 g6 14. a6 b6 15. c4 c5
16. dxc5 Nxc5 17. Nd5 Qf7 18. Re1 O-O 19. b4 Nd7 20. b5 Nc5 21. Qc2 Rac8 22. Bh6
Rfd8 23. Rad1 c6 24. bxc6 Nxa6 25. Nxf6+ Qxf6 26. Bg5 Qg7 27. Bxd8 Rxd8 28. Rd2
Qc7 29. Qb2 Be7 30. Rxd8+ Bxd8 31. Qxe5 Qxe5 32. Nxe5 Nb4 33. c5 b5 34. Rd1 Bc7
35. Rd6 Bxd6 36. cxd6 Kf8 37. f4 a5 38. g4 Nxc6 39. Nxc6 a4 40. f5 gxf5 41. gxf5
a3 42. fxe6 a2 43. d7 a1=Q+ 44. Kg2 Qb2+ 45. Kf3 Qc3+ 46. Kg4 h5+ 47. Kxh5 Qxh3+
48. Kg5 Qg3+ 49. Kf5 Qf2+ 50. Kg4 Qg2+ 51. Kf5 Qf2+ 52. Kg4 Qg2+ 53. Kf5 Qf2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Rapid 2022"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2022.08.26"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2768"]
[ECO "A28"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "four knights, Nimzovich variation"]
[WhiteFideId "13300474"]
[BlackFideId "2016192"]
[EventDate "2022.08.26"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e4 Bb4 5. d3 d6 6. Be2 a5 7. O-O Bc5 8. Nd2
Nd4 9. Nb3 Nxb3 10. axb3 Nd7 11. Kh1 Nf8 12. Na4 Ba7 13. Qe1 Bd7 14. Bd2 Ne6 15.
Bxa5 Nd4 16. Bd1 O-O 17. Bd2 f5 18. b4 fxe4 19. dxe4 b5 20. cxb5 Bxb5 21. Rg1
Ne6 22. Be3 Bxe3 23. fxe3 Qd7 24. b3 Bd3 25. Bf3 Ng5 26. Qd2 Nxe4 27. Bxe4 Bxe4
28. Nc5 Qf5 29. Nxe4 Rxa1 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis Rapid 2022"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2022.08.26"]
[Round "3.5"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2792"]
[ECO "E41"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian"]
[Variation "4.e3 c5"]
[WhiteFideId "2020009"]
[BlackFideId "4168119"]
[EventDate "2022.08.26"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 d5 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 dxc4 8.
Bxc4 Qc7 9. Ba2 b6 10. Ne2 O-O 11. O-O Ba6 12. Re1 Rd8 13. Ng3 Nc6 14. Rb1 Rac8
15. Rb2 Na5 16. e4 cxd4 17. cxd4 Qc3 18. Rd2 Nc4 19. Bxc4 Bxc4 20. Bb2 Qb3 21.
Qa1 Qa2 22. Qxa2 Bxa2 23. d5 Ne8 24. Bd4 Bb3 25. dxe6 Bxe6 26. f4 f6 27. Be3
Rxd2 28. Bxd2 Rc2 29. Be3 Nd6 30. Rc1 Bb3 31. Rxc2 Bxc2 32. Bd2 a5 33. Kf2 Nc4
34. Bc1 b5 35. Nf1 Bxe4 36. Ne3 Nd6 37. Bd2 Nb7 38. g4 Kf7 39. h4 Ke6 40. h5 g6
41. hxg6 hxg6 42. Bc3 a4 43. Ke2 Nc5 44. Bd4 Nd3 45. Nd1 b4 46. axb4 Nxb4 47.
Nc3 Bc6 48. Bc5 Na6 49. Ba3 Nb8 50. Ke3 Nd7 51. Kd4 Kf7 52. Bd6 Nf8 53. Kc4 Bd7
54. Kb4 Bxg4 55. Nxa4 Ne6 56. Kc3 Ng7 57. Nc5 Nf5 58. Bb8 Bf3 59. Kd3 Ke7 60.
Bc7 Bc6 61. Ke2 Nd4+ 62. Ke3 Nb5 63. Ba5 Kd6 64. Bb4 Kd5 65. Ne4 Ke6 66. Ng3 Nc7
67. Bd2 Kd6 68. Kf2 Nd5 69. f5 g5 70. Ne4+ Ke5 71. Nxg5 fxg5 72. Bxg5 Kxf5 73.
Bd8 Kf4 74. Ba5 Ba4 75. Bd2+ Ke4 76. Ba5 Bd1 77. Ke1 Bh5 78. Kf2 Ne3 79. Bd8 Bf3
80. Bb6 Ng4+ 81. Kg3 Bd1 82. Bd8 Kf5 83. Ba5 Nf6 84. Kf2 Ng4+ 85. Kg3 Ne5 86.
Bc7 Bc2 87. Bxe5 Kxe5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Rapid 2022"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2022.08.27"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Shankland, Sam"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[ECO "E51"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian"]
[Variation "4.e3 e8g8, 5.Nf3 d7d5"]
[WhiteFideId "2004887"]
[BlackFideId "13300474"]
[EventDate "2022.08.26"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 d5 5. e3 O-O 6. Bd2 Re8 7. Rc1 b6 8. cxd5
exd5 9. a3 Bf8 10. g3 c5 11. Bg2 Ba6 12. Ne2 Nc6 13. dxc5 bxc5 14. O-O Qb6 15.
Re1 Rad8 16. Qc2 Bxe2 17. Rxe2 d4 18. Ree1 d3 19. Qa4 Ne4 20. Red1 a6 21. Ng5
Nxg5 22. Bxc6 Re6 23. Ba5 Qxb2 24. Bxd8 Nh3+ 25. Kg2 Nxf2 26. Rb1 Nxd1+ 27. Rxb2
Nxb2 28. Qb3 d2 29. Bf3 d1=Q 30. Bxd1 Nxd1 31. Bg5 Rd6 32. e4 h6 33. Bc1 Rd4 34.
e5 c4 35. Qb6 Re4 36. Qxa6 Re2+ 37. Kf1 Rc2 38. Bf4 g5 39. Ke1 gxf4 40. Kxd1
Rxh2 41. gxf4 c3 42. Kc1 Rf2 43. Qc8 Rxf4 44. Qxc3 Ra4 45. Qg3+ Kh8 46. e6 fxe6
47. Qe5+ Kh7 48. Qxe6 Rxa3 49. Qf5+ Kg7 50. Qe5+ Kf7 51. Qf5+ Kg7 52. Qe5+ Kf7
53. Qf5+ Kg7 54. Qe5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Rapid 2022"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2022.08.27"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2792"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[ECO "E10"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[WhiteFideId "4168119"]
[BlackFideId "13401319"]
[EventDate "2022.08.26"]

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. h4 b6 10. Nc3 Ba6 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. Rfc1 Bb7 13. Bf4 Rc8 14. Qb3 a6 15. a4
h6 16. e3 Nh5 17. Bh3 Rc4 18. Qd1 Nxf4 19. exf4 Bd6 20. Bf1 Rc7 21. Bd3 Nf6 22.
Qe2 Qa8 23. Ne5 Rfc8 24. f3 h5 25. Qe3 Bb4 26. Rc2 g6 27. Rac1 Kg7 28. Bxg6 fxg6
29. Qd3 Ne4 30. fxe4 dxe4 31. Qe3 Bd5 32. g4 hxg4 33. Rg2 Kh7 34. Rxg4 Rg8 35.
Kh2 Qc8 36. f5 gxf5 37. Rxg8 Kxg8 38. Qg5+ Rg7 39. Nxd5 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Rapid 2022"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2022.08.27"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2768"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[ECO "B54"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Prins (Moscow) variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2016192"]
[BlackFideId "623539"]
[EventDate "2022.08.26"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. f3 Nc6 6. Nc3 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. Be3
Be6 9. Qe2 O-O 10. O-O-O h5 11. Nd5 Rc8 12. Kb1 Bxd5 13. exd5 Na5 14. Qb5 Qc7
15. Bd3 Nxb3 16. Qxb3 Nd7 17. Bf5 g6 18. Bxd7 Qxd7 19. Bxa7 b6 20. Bxb6 Rb8 21.
a4 Bd8 22. a5 Bxb6 23. axb6 Rb7 24. Rhe1 Rfb8 25. Qd3 Rxb6 26. b3 Rb5 27. Kb2
Qb7 28. f4 exf4 29. Re4 Ra5 30. Rde1 Qa8 31. Qc3 Rxd5 32. Rxf4 Rc8 33. Ra4 Qb7
34. Rc4 Rdc5 35. Rxc5 dxc5 36. Qf3 Qc7 37. Qg3 Qc6 38. Qf3 Qc7 39. g3 c4 40. Qc3
Qb7 41. b4 Rb8 42. Qxc4 Qxb4+ 43. Qxb4 Rxb4+ 44. Ka3 Rg4 45. Kb3 h4 46. Re3 hxg3
47. hxg3 f5 48. c4 f4 49. gxf4 Rxf4 50. c5 Kg7 51. c6 g5 52. Re8 Rf7 53. Kc4 Kf6
54. Kd5 g4 55. Re5 g3 56. Kd6 g2 57. Re1 Re7 58. Rc1 Re6+ 59. Kd7 Re7+ 60. Kd6
Re6+ 61. Kd5 Re5+ 62. Kd4 Re6 63. c7 g1=Q+ 64. Rxg1 Rc6 65. Rf1+ Ke7 66. Rh1
Rxc7 67. Rh7+ Kd6 68. Rh6+ Kd7 69. Rh7+ Kd6 70. Rxc7 Kxc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Rapid 2022"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2022.08.27"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[ECO "C42"]
[Opening "Petrov"]
[Variation "classical attack"]
[WhiteFideId "2020009"]
[BlackFideId "3503240"]
[EventDate "2022.08.26"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8.
Nbd2 Bf5 9. Re1 Nxd2 10. Qxd2 Qd7 11. Bb5 O-O 12. Ne5 Qd6 13. Bxc6 bxc6 14. Qf4
Bxc2 15. Bd2 Rae8 16. Qg3 f6 17. Bh6 Bg6 18. Nxg6 Qxg3 19. Nxe7+ Rxe7 20. hxg3
Rxe1+ 21. Rxe1 gxh6 22. Re6 Rb8 23. b3 Rb4 24. Rxc6 Rxd4 25. Rxc7 a5 26. Ra7
Rd1+ 27. Kh2 Rd2 28. Rxa5 Rxf2 29. g4 Kf7 30. Kg3 Rc2 31. Ra6 Kg6 32. b4 Rb2 33.
Ra4 h5 34. gxh5+ Kxh5 35. a3 Kg5 36. Ra5 f5 37. Rxd5 Rb3+ 38. Kf2 Rxa3 39. b5
Ra2+ 40. Kf3 Rb2 41. Rd7 Rb3+ 42. Kf2 Rb2+ 43. Kf3 Rb3+ 44. Kf2 Rb2+ 45. Kf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Rapid 2022"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2022.08.27"]
[Round "4.5"]
[White "Xiong, Jeffery"]
[Black "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[ECO "C47"]
[Opening "Four knights"]
[Variation "Scotch, 4...exd4"]
[WhiteFideId "2047640"]
[BlackFideId "12573981"]
[EventDate "2022.08.26"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 d5 8.
exd5 O-O 9. O-O cxd5 10. h3 c6 11. Qf3 Bd6 12. Bf4 Rb8 13. b3 Rb4 14. Ne2 Bxf4
15. Nxf4 Qd6 16. c4 a5 17. Rfd1 a4 18. Bc2 axb3 19. Bxb3 Ba6 20. Rac1 Rd8 21.
Ne2 Qe5 22. Nd4 Bb7 23. Nf5 Bc8 24. Ne3 d4 25. c5 d3 26. Nc4 Qxc5 27. Rxd3 Rxd3
28. Qxd3 Be6 29. Qd2 Ne4 30. Qf4 Nf6 31. Ne5 Qf8 32. Qf3 Bxb3 33. axb3 c5 34.
Ra1 Qe8 35. Ra8 Rb8 36. Rxb8 Qxb8 37. Qc3 h6 38. Qxc5 Qxb3 39. Qc8+ Kh7 40. Qf5+
Kg8 41. Qc8+ Kh7 42. Qf5+ Kg8 43. Qc8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Rapid 2022"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2022.08.27"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2792"]
[ECO "C42"]
[Opening "Petrov"]
[Variation "classical attack, Marshall variation"]
[WhiteFideId "3503240"]
[BlackFideId "4168119"]
[EventDate "2022.08.26"]

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. Re1 Bf5 10. Qb3 Qd7 11. a3 dxc4 12. Bxc4 b5 13. Bd3 Nf6 14. Bg5 Nd5 15.
Bxf5 Qxf5 16. Nc3 Nd7 17. Nxd5 Qxd5 18. Qxd5 cxd5 19. Be7 Bxe7 20. Rxe7 Nb6 21.
Ne5 Rfe8 22. Rb7 f6 23. Nd7 Nxd7 24. Rxd7 Re2 25. Rc1 Rae8 26. g3 Re1+ 27. Rxe1
Rxe1+ 28. Kg2 a6 29. Rd6 Rd1 30. Rxa6 b4 31. Ra4 bxa3 32. bxa3 Rd3 33. Kf1 Rd2
34. Ke1 Ra2 35. Ra7 h5 36. h4 Kh7 37. Ra5 Kh6 38. Rxd5 Rxa3 39. Ke2 g5 40. Rf5
Kg6 41. Rf3 Ra1 42. Kd3 Rh1 43. hxg5 fxg5 44. d5 h4 45. gxh4 gxh4 46. Ke2 h3 47.
Rd3 h2 48. Rh3 Kf6 49. Rh5 Ke7 50. Rh6 Kd7 51. Kf3 Rd1 52. Rxh2 Rxd5 53. Ke4 Ra5
54. f4 Ke6 55. Rh6+ Kf7 56. Rh7+ Kf6 57. Rh6+ Kf7 58. Rh7+ Kf6 59. Rh6+ Kf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Rapid 2022"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2022.08.27"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[ECO "C65"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Berlin defence"]
[WhiteFideId "12573981"]
[BlackFideId "2020009"]
[EventDate "2022.08.26"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4 g5
9. Bg3 Nh5 10. Nbd2 Qf6 11. d4 Nxg3 12. hxg3 exd4 13. Bxc6 dxc3 14. Bxb7 Bxb7
15. bxc3 Qxc3 16. Rb1 Bb6 17. a4 Rab8 18. Rb5 Ba6 19. Rf5 Bxf1 20. Nxf1 Rfe8 21.
Nxg5 hxg5 22. Qh5 Bxf2+ 23. Kh2 Qg7 24. Rxf2 Rxe4 25. Rf5 Re5 26. Ne3 Qh8 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis Rapid 2022"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2022.08.27"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Xiong, Jeffery"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[ECO "C42"]
[Opening "Petrov"]
[Variation "classical attack"]
[WhiteFideId "13300474"]
[BlackFideId "2047640"]
[EventDate "2022.08.26"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bf5 7. O-O Be7 8. Re1
O-O 9. Nbd2 Nd6 10. Nf1 Bg6 11. Bf4 Nd7 12. Ng3 Re8 13. c3 Nf8 14. Bxg6 hxg6 15.
Qc2 Qc8 16. Qb3 Nc4 17. Nf1 Ne6 18. Bg3 c5 19. Ne3 Nxe3 20. Rxe3 cxd4 21. Nxd4
Nxd4 22. cxd4 Qd7 23. Rae1 Bf6 24. Be5 Bxe5 25. dxe5 d4 26. e6 fxe6 27. Rxe6
Rxe6 28. Rxe6 Qf7 29. g3 Rd8 30. Re2 Qxb3 31. axb3 Rd5 32. Rd2 Rb5 33. Rxd4 Rxb3
34. Rd2 a5 35. h4 a4 36. Kg2 b5 37. g4 Kh7 38. f3 Rb4 39. Kg3 Rc4 40. Rd5 Rb4
41. Rd2 Rc4 42. Rd5 Rb4 43. Rd2 Rc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Rapid 2022"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2022.08.27"]
[Round "5.4"]
[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 "2022.08.26"]

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 Bc6 17. c3 Re8 18. Bd2 Nf5 19. a4 h6 20. b4 cxb4 21.
Qxb4 Nh4 22. Qf4 Re6 23. Qxf6 Rxf6 24. f3 g5 25. Be3 Nf5 26. Bf2 Re6 27. a5 Ne3
28. Bxe3 Rxe3 29. axb6 axb6 30. Rb1 b5 31. Kf2 Re8 32. d4 Ra8 33. Bxb5 Ra2+ 34.
Be2 d5 35. Ke3 Bd7 36. g3 Rc2 37. Rb3 Kg7 38. h4 Be6 39. hxg5 hxg5 40. Bd3 Rh2
41. g4 Rh3 42. Bf1 Rh2 43. Rb6 Rc2 44. Rc6 Kf8 45. Bd3 Rc1 46. Rc7 Ke8 47. Kd2
Ra1 48. Bf5 Kf8 49. Rb7 Rf1 50. Ke2 Rc1 51. Rc7 Rh1 52. Bxe6 fxe6 53. Rc5 Ke7
54. c4 Kd6 55. cxd5 e5 56. Ra5 exd4 57. Kd3 Rf1 58. Ke4 d3 59. Ra6+ Kd7 60. Ra2
Kd6 61. Rd2 Re1+ 62. Kd4 Re5 63. Rxd3 Rxd5+ 64. Ke4 Rxd3 65. Kxd3 Kd5 66. Kd2
Kd6 67. Ke2 Ke6 68. Ke3 Ke5 69. f4+ gxf4+ 70. Kf3 Kf6 71. Kxf4 Kg6 72. Ke3 Kg5
73. Kd2 Kxg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Rapid 2022"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2022.08.27"]
[Round "5.5"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2768"]
[ECO "D41"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "Semi-Tarrasch, 5.cd"]
[WhiteFideId "13401319"]
[BlackFideId "2016192"]
[EventDate "2022.08.26"]

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 Ke8 12. Bb5+ Kf7 13. O-O-O a6 14.
Ba4 Bb4 15. Bxf6 gxf6 16. Nxe4 f5 17. a3 Be7 18. Nd6+ Kf6 19. Rhe1 Nc6 20. Nxb7
Rhc8 21. Kb1 Rab8 22. Nd6 Rd8 23. Nc4 Rxd1+ 24. Bxd1 Nd4 25. Ka2 Rc8 26. Bb3 Bc5
27. f4 h5 28. g3 h4 29. Ne5 Bd6 30. Bc4 a5 31. b3 hxg3 32. hxg3 Rd8 33. Re3 Bc5
34. Rd3 Rd6 35. Rd1 Nc2 36. Be2 Kg7 37. Rxd6 Bxd6 38. Nc4 Bc7 39. Kb2 Nd4 40.
Bd3 Kf6 41. Ne3 Bb6 42. Nc4 Bc7 43. Kc3 Nb5+ 44. Kd2 Nd6 45. Ne5 Nf7 46. Nc6 e5
47. Ke3 Bb6+ 48. Ke2 Bc7 49. Bc4 exf4 50. Bxf7 Kxf7 51. gxf4 Ke6 52. Ke3 Kd5 53.
Ne7+ Ke6 54. Ng6 Bd6 55. a4 Kd5 56. Nh4 Bc5+ 57. Kd3 Bd6 58. Ke3 Bc5+ 59. Kf3
Kd4 60. Nxf5+ Kc3 61. Ke4 Kxb3 62. Kd5 Bf8 63. Nd4+ Kxa4 64. Kc4 Ka3 65. f5 Kb2
66. Kb5 Kc3 67. Ne6 Bh6 68. f6 a4 69. Kxa4 Kc4 70. f7 Kd5 71. f8=N Bxf8 72. Nxf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Rapid 2022"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2022.08.27"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Xiong, Jeffery"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[ECO "D85"]
[Opening "Gruenfeld"]
[Variation "modern exchange variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2047640"]
[BlackFideId "623539"]
[EventDate "2022.08.26"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Nf3 c5 8.
Bb5+ Nc6 9. O-O O-O 10. Bxc6 bxc6 11. Qc2 cxd4 12. cxd4 Bg4 13. Ne5 Qxd4 14. Bb2
Qb6 15. Rfb1 Rfb8 16. h3 Be6 17. Nd7 Qxb2 18. Rxb2 Rxb2 19. Qxc6 Rd8 20. Rd1
Rbb8 21. Qa4 Rbc8 22. f4 h5 23. Ne5 Rxd1+ 24. Qxd1 Bxe5 25. fxe5 Bxa2 26. Qd7
Be6 27. Qxe7 Rc1+ 28. Kf2 Rc2+ 29. Kf3 Ra2 30. g4 hxg4+ 31. hxg4 a5 32. Qd8+ Kg7
33. Qf6+ Kg8 34. Qd8+ Kg7 35. Qf6+ Kg8 36. Qd8+ Kg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Rapid 2022"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2022.08.27"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Shankland, Sam"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[ECO "D45"]
[Opening "QGD semi-Slav"]
[Variation "5...Nd7"]
[WhiteFideId "2004887"]
[BlackFideId "13401319"]
[EventDate "2022.08.26"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 d5 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Be2 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. b3 e5
9. dxe5 Nxe5 10. cxd5 Nxf3+ 11. Bxf3 Be5 12. Bb2 Nxd5 13. Bxd5 cxd5 14. Na4 Bxb2
15. Nxb2 Qf6 16. Qd2 Rd8 17. Rfd1 Bf5 18. Qd4 Qxd4 19. Rxd4 Rac8 20. Rd2 f6 21.
Rad1 Bc2 22. Rc1 Bg6 23. Rxc8 Rxc8 24. f3 Rc1+ 25. Kf2 Bb1 26. Nd1 Bxa2 27. Rxa2
Rxd1 28. Rxa7 Rd2+ 29. Kf1 b6 30. Rb7 Rd3 31. Rxb6 Rxe3 32. Rb7 d4 33. Rd7 Rxb3
34. Rxd4 Rb1+ 35. Kf2 Rb2+ 36. Kf1 Rb1+ 37. Kf2 Rb2+ 38. Kf1 Rb1+ 39. Kf2 Rb2+
40. Kf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Rapid 2022"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2022.08.27"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[ECO "B12"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "advance variation"]
[WhiteFideId "3503240"]
[BlackFideId "12573981"]
[EventDate "2022.08.26"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Ne7 6. c3 h6 7. O-O Nd7 8. Nbd2 a5
9. a4 Bh7 10. Nb3 Qb6 11. Ne1 Nf5 12. Bd3 Be7 13. Nd2 g5 14. h3 Nh4 15. Bxh7
Rxh7 16. Ndf3 Ng6 17. Nc2 Qa6 18. Nfe1 h5 19. g3 g4 20. h4 f6 21. exf6 Nxf6 22.
Bg5 Ne4 23. Bxe7 Rxe7 24. Nd3 O-O-O 25. Re1 e5 26. dxe5 Rf8 27. Rxe4 dxe4 28.
Nc5 Qc4 29. Qd6 Qf7 30. Rf1 Nxe5 31. Ne3 Qf6 32. Qd1 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis Rapid 2022"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2022.08.27"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2792"]
[BlackElo "2768"]
[ECO "E06"]
[Opening "Catalan"]
[Variation "closed, 5.Nf3"]
[WhiteFideId "4168119"]
[BlackFideId "2016192"]
[EventDate "2022.08.26"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 b5 8. a4
Bb7 9. axb5 a6 10. Nc3 axb5 11. Rxa8 Bxa8 12. Nxb5 Bd5 13. Rd1 Nc6 14. Qa4 Nd7
15. h4 Nb6 16. Qa1 Qd7 17. Nc3 f5 18. Bf4 Bd6 19. Ne5 Qe8 20. e4 fxe4 21. Nxe4
Bxe5 22. Bxe5 Nxe5 23. dxe5 Nd7 24. f4 h6 25. Qb1 Qe7 26. Kh2 Rb8 27. Qc2 Nc5
28. Nxc5 Qxc5 29. Rd2 c6 30. Re2 Qd4 31. Bxd5 cxd5 32. Qg6 Rxb2 33. Qxe6+ Kh8
34. Qc8+ Kh7 35. Qf5+ Kh8 36. Qf8+ Kh7 37. Qf5+ Kh8 38. Qf8+ Kh7 39. Qf5+ Kh8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Rapid 2022"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2022.08.27"]
[Round "6.5"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[ECO "E46"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian"]
[Variation "4.e3 O-O"]
[WhiteFideId "2020009"]
[BlackFideId "13300474"]
[EventDate "2022.08.26"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd2 c5 6. a3 Bxc3 7. Bxc3 Ne4 8. Ne2
b6 9. d5 d6 10. dxe6 fxe6 11. f3 Nxc3 12. Nxc3 Bb7 13. h4 Qe7 14. Qc2 Nd7 15.
O-O-O Rad8 16. Bd3 h6 17. Kb1 Ne5 18. Be2 d5 19. cxd5 exd5 20. f4 d4 21. exd4
cxd4 22. fxe5 dxc3 23. Qxc3 Bxg2 24. Rhg1 Rxd1+ 25. Bxd1 Be4+ 26. Ka1 Bd5 27.
Bb3 Bxb3 28. Qxb3+ Kh8 29. Qg3 Re8 30. Re1 Qe6 31. Qf4 a5 32. Qd4 Kh7 33. Qd3+
Kh8 34. Qd4 Kh7 35. Qd3+ Kh8 36. Qd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Rapid 2022"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2022.08.28"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Xiong, Jeffery"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[ECO "D41"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "Semi-Tarrasch, 5.cd"]
[WhiteFideId "13401319"]
[BlackFideId "2047640"]
[EventDate "2022.08.26"]

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 f5 17. Ng5 Bc5 18. Bc4 e5 19. Ne6 Bb6 20. f4 Rhg8
21. fxe5 Nxe5 22. Bd5 Kf6 23. Nf4 Rgd8 24. Bxb7 Rxd1+ 25. Rxd1 Rd8 26. Rxd8 Bxd8
27. Kc2 Ng6 28. Nd5+ Ke5 29. b4 Ne7 30. Nc3 Bb6 31. Kd3 Ng6 32. Kc4 Bg1 33. h3
Bf2 34. a4 Kf4 35. Ne2+ Ke5 36. a5 Kd6 37. Kb5 Kc7 38. Bf3 Ne5 39. Nc3 Be1 40.
Nd5+ Kd6 41. Ne3 Nd3 42. Nxf5+ Ke5 43. Ne7 Nxb4 44. a6 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Rapid 2022"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2022.08.28"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[ECO "C67"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Berlin defence, open variation"]
[WhiteFideId "623539"]
[BlackFideId "2020009"]
[EventDate "2022.08.26"]

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 Ke8 10. h3 h5 11. Bf4 Be7 12. Rad1 Nh4 13. Nxh4 Bxh4 14. Ne2
g5 15. Bg3 Bxg3 16. Nxg3 Ke7 17. f4 gxf4 18. Rxf4 Be6 19. Nf5+ Bxf5 20. Rxf5
Rag8 21. Kh2 Rh7 22. Rd2 h4 23. Rf4 Ke6 24. Rdd4 Rhg7 25. Rf2 Rh7 26. a4 c5 27.
Rf6+ Kxe5 28. Rdf4 Rd8 29. R4f5+ Ke4 30. Rxc5 c6 31. Rf2 Ke3 32. Rcf5 Rd1 33.
R5f3+ Ke4 34. Re2+ Kd5 35. Re7 Rc1 36. Rf2 b5 37. axb5 cxb5 38. Rxa7 Rg7 39. c3
Rb1 40. Rd7+ 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Rapid 2022"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2022.08.28"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2792"]
[ECO "D40"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "Semi-Tarrasch defence"]
[WhiteFideId "12573981"]
[BlackFideId "4168119"]
[EventDate "2022.08.26"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c5 5. e3 Nc6 6. a3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 a6 8. Ba2 b5
9. Qc2 cxd4 10. exd4 Nxd4 11. Nxd4 Qxd4 12. Nd5 Nxd5 13. Qc6+ Ke7 14. Qxa8 Qe5+
15. Kf1 Qd4 16. Bg5+ Kd7 17. Bxd5 Qxd5 18. Qxd5+ exd5 19. Rd1 Bb7 20. Be3 b4 21.
axb4 Bxb4 22. Bd4 Rc8 23. h4 Rc2 24. Rh3 g6 25. Rf3 f5 26. h5 a5 27. hxg6 hxg6
28. Rg3 Ba6+ 29. Kg1 Be2 30. Ra1 Bh5 31. Rd3 Be2 32. Re3 Bh5 33. Re5 Kd6 34. Re8
Kd7 35. Rb8 Be2 36. Rb6 g5 37. Rg6 g4 38. Bc3 Bc5 39. Bxa5 Rxb2 40. Bc3 Rb3 41.
Be5 Bc4 42. Rd1 Bd3 43. Rc1 Bc4 44. Rd1 Bd3 45. Rc1 Bc4 46. Rd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Rapid 2022"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2022.08.28"]
[Round "7.4"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Shankland, Sam"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2768"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[ECO "C65"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Berlin defence"]
[WhiteFideId "2016192"]
[BlackFideId "2004887"]
[EventDate "2022.08.26"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. O-O Bd6 7. Bg5 h6 8.
Bh4 g5 9. Bg3 Bg4 10. h3 Bh5 11. Nbd2 Nd7 12. c3 Qf6 13. b4 O-O-O 14. Qe2 Kb8
15. Qe3 Nf8 16. Nh2 Ne6 17. f3 Nf4 18. Bf2 b6 19. Rfd1 c5 20. Rab1 cxb4 21. cxb4
Be7 22. Rb3 Rd4 23. a3 Rhd8 24. Ndf1 Qe6 25. Rc3 Bg6 26. Ng3 f5 27. Nhf1 fxe4
28. fxe4 h5 29. Rd2 g4 30. hxg4 hxg4 31. Rdc2 Rxd3 32. Rxd3 Nxd3 33. Rc3 Qd7 34.
Rc2 c5 35. Qh6 Qe6 36. Be3 cxb4 37. axb4 Nxb4 38. Rb2 Nd3 39. Rb1 Nf4 40. Rb2
Qf6 41. Nf5 Rh8 42. Qg7 Qxg7 43. Nxg7 Bxe4 44. Ng3 Bg6 45. N7f5 Bd8 46. Bf2 Nd3
47. Re2 Nxf2 48. Rxf2 Rf8 49. Ne3 Rf4 50. Rd2 Bg5 51. Rd6 Rd4 52. Rxg6 Bxe3+ 53.
Kf1 a5 54. Rxb6+ Kc7 55. Rb5 a4 56. Nf5 Rf4+ 57. Ke2 Bd4 58. Nxd4 Re4+ 59. Kf2
Rxd4 60. Rxe5 Kb6 61. Ke3 Rb4 62. Re8 Kb5 63. Kd3 a3 64. Re5+ Ka4 65. Kc2 Rb2+
66. Kc1 Rxg2 67. Kb1 g3 68. Re3 Kb4 69. Rf3 Rg1+ 70. Ka2 Kc4 71. Rxa3 Kd4 72.
Kb2 Ke4 73. Kc2 g2 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis Rapid 2022"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2022.08.28"]
[Round "7.5"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[ECO "D02"]
[Opening "Queen's bishop game"]
[WhiteFideId "13300474"]
[BlackFideId "3503240"]
[EventDate "2022.08.26"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bf4 e6 4. e3 c5 5. c3 Bd6 6. Bb5+ Nc6 7. Bxc6+ bxc6 8.
Bxd6 Qxd6 9. Qa4 O-O 10. Qa3 Ne4 11. Nfd2 e5 12. Nxe4 dxe4 13. Qxc5 Qg6 14. Nd2
Qxg2 15. O-O-O Qxf2 16. Rde1 Rb8 17. Rhf1 Qxh2 18. Rh1 Qf2 19. Rhf1 Qh2 20. Rh1
Qf2 21. Rhf1 Qh2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Rapid 2022"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2022.08.28"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[ECO "C65"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Berlin defence"]
[WhiteFideId "12573981"]
[BlackFideId "13300474"]
[EventDate "2022.08.26"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. O-O Re8 7. Bg5 a6 8. Bxc6
dxc6 9. Bh4 Be7 10. Bg3 Bd6 11. Nbd2 Nh5 12. Bh4 Qd7 13. Nc4 Qg4 14. Bg5 Nf4 15.
Ne3 Qh5 16. Bxf4 exf4 17. Nc4 Bg4 18. h3 Bxh3 19. gxh3 Qxh3 20. Nxd6 cxd6 21.
Ng5 Qh4 22. Nf3 Qh3 23. Ng5 Qh4 24. Nf3 Qh3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Rapid 2022"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2022.08.28"]
[Round "8.2"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Shankland, Sam"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2792"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[ECO "E10"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[WhiteFideId "4168119"]
[BlackFideId "2004887"]
[EventDate "2022.08.26"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. Qc2
b6 9. Rd1 Bb7 10. b3 Nbd7 11. Nc3 Ba6 12. e4 dxc4 13. e5 Nd5 14. Ne4 c3 15. Bg5
h6 16. Bxe7 Qxe7 17. Nxc3 Nxc3 18. Qxc3 Rac8 19. Nd2 c5 20. Ne4 cxd4 21. Qxd4
Rfd8 22. Nd6 Rc5 23. f4 f6 24. exf6 Qxf6 25. Qa4 Ra5 26. Qc6 Nb8 27. Qc7 Rc5 28.
Qxa7 Bd3 29. Nb7 Qd4+ 30. Kh1 Rc2 31. Nxd8 Rxg2 32. Qf7+ Kh7 33. Kxg2 Qd5+ 34.
Kf2 Qd4+ 35. Kg2 Qd5+ 36. Kh3 Bf5+ 37. Qxf5+ Qxf5+ 38. Kg2 Qe4+ 39. Kf2 e5 40.
fxe5 Nd7 41. Re1 Qf5+ 42. Ke2 Qxe5+ 43. Kd3 Nc5+ 44. Kc4 Qc7 45. b4 Na4+ 46. Kb5
Nc3+ 47. Ka6 Qxd8 48. a4 Nd5 49. Rec1 Nxb4+ 50. Kb5 Nd3 51. Rd1 Qd4 52. Ka6 Nc5+
53. Kxb6 Qb4+ 54. Kc6 Nxa4 55. Rac1 Nc3 56. Re1 Qd4 57. Ra1 Qd5+ 58. Kc7 Nb5+
59. Kb6 Nd4 60. Rac1 Qd6+ 61. Kb7 Nb3 62. Rb1 Nc5+ 63. Ka7 Qc7+ 64. Ka8 Na4 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis Rapid 2022"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2022.08.28"]
[Round "8.3"]
[White "Xiong, Jeffery"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2768"]
[ECO "E73"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "Semi-Averbakh system"]
[WhiteFideId "2047640"]
[BlackFideId "2016192"]
[EventDate "2022.08.26"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Be3 e5 7. d5 Na6 8. Nf3 Ng4
9. Bg5 f6 10. Bh4 h5 11. Nd2 Nh6 12. f3 Nf7 13. a3 Bh6 14. Qc2 c5 15. Bf2 Nc7
16. Bd3 Bd7 17. b4 b6 18. Rb1 f5 19. bxc5 dxc5 20. exf5 gxf5 21. O-O Qf6 22.
Rbe1 Ne8 23. a4 Kh8 24. Re2 Rg8 25. a5 h4 26. Rb1 Ng7 27. axb6 axb6 28. d6 Be6
29. Rxb6 Nh5 30. Nb3 Nf4 31. Bxc5 Nxe2+ 32. Qxe2 Rab8 33. Rxb8 Rxb8 34. Nb5 h3
35. g3 Rxb5 36. cxb5 Bxb3 37. Bc4 Bxc4 38. Qxc4 Nxd6 39. Qd5 Bf8 40. f4 Ne4 41.
Bxf8 exf4 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis Rapid 2022"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2022.08.28"]
[Round "8.4"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[ECO "B90"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Najdorf, Byrne (English) attack"]
[WhiteFideId "3503240"]
[BlackFideId "623539"]
[EventDate "2022.08.26"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. f3
Be7 9. Qd2 O-O 10. O-O-O Nbd7 11. g4 b5 12. g5 Nh5 13. Kb1 Nb6 14. Na5 Rc8 15.
Nd5 Nxd5 16. exd5 Bxd5 17. Qxd5 Qxa5 18. c4 Nf4 19. Bxf4 exf4 20. h4 Qa4 21. Bd3
bxc4 22. Qe4 g6 23. h5 d5 24. Qxe7 cxd3 25. hxg6 Qc2+ 26. Ka1 d2 27. a3 Qc1+ 28.
Ka2 Qc4+ 29. Ka1 Qc1+ 30. Ka2 Qc4+ 31. Ka1 Qc1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Rapid 2022"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2022.08.28"]
[Round "8.5"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[ECO "C50"]
[Opening "Giuoco Piano"]
[WhiteFideId "2020009"]
[BlackFideId "13401319"]
[EventDate "2022.08.26"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. Re1 Ng4 7. Re2 Nd4 8.
Nxd4 exd4 9. Bf4 d6 10. h3 Ne5 11. Bb3 a5 12. a4 Kh8 13. Nd2 Qf6 14. Bg3 g5 15.
Re1 Rg8 16. Qh5 Bb4 17. Red1 Rg6 18. Rac1 Bc5 19. Bxe5 dxe5 20. Qf3 Kg7 21.
Qxf6+ Kxf6 22. c3 c6 23. Rf1 g4 24. Kh2 Ke7 25. g3 Rf6 26. c4 Bb4 27. Nb1 gxh3
28. Bd1 Bd7 29. Rc2 Rh6 30. Nd2 f5 31. Nf3 fxe4 32. dxe4 d3 33. Rc1 Bg4 34. Nxe5
Be2 35. Rh1 Bd2 36. Rb1 Rf8 37. f3 Re6 38. f4 Rxf4 39. gxf4 Bxf4+ 40. Kxh3 Rxe5
41. Kg2 Rxe4 42. Rxh7+ Kd6 43. Rxb7 Bd2 44. Bb3 Rg4+ 45. Kf2 Rf4+ 46. Kg3 Rg4+
47. Kf2 Kc5 48. Rh1 Rf4+ 49. Kg3 Rf3+ 50. Kg2 Rf6 51. Bd1 Rg6+ 52. Kf2 Rf6+ 53.
Kg2 Re6 54. Rd7 Bb4 55. Kf2 Rf6+ 56. Ke3 Re6+ 57. Kf4 Kxc4 58. Kf5 Re8 59. Kf6
Re3 60. Rh4+ Kc5 61. Rh1 Rf3+ 62. Ke5 Re3+ 63. Kf4 Re8 64. Kg3 Rf8 65. Re7 Bxd1
66. Rxd1 d2 67. Re4 Kd5 68. Rh4 c5 69. b3 Ke5 70. Kg2 Rd8 71. Kf2 Rd3 72. Ke2
Rxb3 73. Rg1 Ra3 74. Rg5+ Kf6 75. Rd5 Rg3 76. Rh6+ Ke7 77. Re5+ Kf7 78. Rf5+ Kg7
79. Rhf6 c4 80. Rf7+ Kg8 81. Rd7 c3 82. Rb5 Rg2+ 83. Ke3 c2 84. Rb8+ Bf8 85.
Rdd8 d1=Q 86. Rxf8+ Kg7 87. Rg8+ Kf6 88. Rbf8+ Ke7 89. Re8+ Kd6 90. Rd8+ Kc5 91.
Rc8+ Kb4 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis Rapid 2022"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2022.08.28"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2768"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[ECO "A20"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[WhiteFideId "2016192"]
[BlackFideId "2020009"]
[EventDate "2022.08.26"]

1. c4 e5 2. a3 Nf6 3. d3 c6 4. Nf3 Bd6 5. Bg5 Bc7 6. Nc3 h6 7. Bh4 d6 8. e3 O-O
9. Be2 Bf5 10. d4 Nbd7 11. O-O Re8 12. Qb3 Rb8 13. Rad1 e4 14. Nd2 g5 15. Bg3
Bg6 16. Rde1 h5 17. f3 exf3 18. Bxf3 h4 19. Bf2 Nf8 20. e4 Ne6 21. Qd1 c5 22. d5
Nd4 23. Be3 Re5 24. Be2 Qe7 25. Nf3 Nxf3+ 26. gxf3 Nh5 27. Bd3 Ba5 28. Qc1 Qf6
29. Re2 Nf4 30. Rd2 h3 31. Bf2 a6 32. a4 Ree8 33. Bb1 b5 34. cxb5 axb5 35. axb5
Bxc3 36. Qxc3 Qxc3 37. bxc3 Rxb5 38. Be3 Ra8 39. Ba2 Ra3 40. Bc4 Rb8 41. Rc1 Kg7
42. Kf2 Kf6 43. Rdc2 Ke5 44. Rg1 Kf6 45. Kg3 Ra4 46. Bf1 Nxd5 47. Bc1 Nf4 48.
Bxh3 d5 49. Bg4 dxe4 50. fxe4 Rxe4 51. Rf2 Rb3 52. Bd2 Ke5 53. Bf3 Rc4 54. Re1+
Kd6 55. Rff1 Rb2 56. Rd1 Ke7 57. Rfe1+ Kf6 58. Re8 Bh5 59. Bxh5 Nxh5+ 60. Kf3
Rh4 61. Rc8 Rh3+ 62. Kg4 Rh4+ 63. Kf3 Rxh2 64. Rc6+ Kg7 65. Bxg5 Rbf2+ 66. Ke4
Ng3+ 67. Kd3 Rh5 68. Rxc5 Rf3+ 69. Kd4 Nf5+ 70. Rxf5 Rxf5 71. Bd2 Rd5+ 72. Ke4
Kh7 73. c4 Rd7 74. Ke3 Rh3+ 75. Ke2 Rh2+ 76. Ke3 f5 77. c5 f4+ 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis Rapid 2022"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2022.08.28"]
[Round "9.2"]
[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 "open Berlin defence, l'Hermet variation"]
[WhiteFideId "623539"]
[BlackFideId "12573981"]
[EventDate "2022.08.26"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. dxe5 Nxb5 7. a4 Nbd4 8.
Nxd4 d5 9. exd6 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Qxd6 11. Qe4+ Qe6 12. Qd4 Qd6 13. Qe4+ Qe6 14. Qd4
Qd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Rapid 2022"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2022.08.28"]
[Round "9.3"]
[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 "2022.08.26"]

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. f4 Bg4 12. Bxf7+ Nxf7 13. Qxg4 Nxg5 14.
fxg5 Qc8 15. Qg3 Qd7 16. g6 O-O-O 17. Rf7 Qd6 18. Qxd6 Rxd6 19. gxh7 Rxh7 20.
Nf3 Nd8 21. Rf5 g6 22. Rf8 Re7 23. e5 Rd5 24. Rg8 Kd7 25. Rxg6 Nc6 26. e6+ Rxe6
27. Rxe6 Kxe6 28. Rd1 Ne5 29. Nxd4+ Kd7 30. Re1 Nd3 31. Re4 Nxb2 32. g4 c5 33.
Nf3 Nd3 34. g5 Rd6 35. h4 Re6 36. Ra4 a6 37. h5 Ke7 38. Rg4 Ne5 39. Nxe5 Rxe5
40. g6 Kf8 41. h6 Rh5 42. g7+ Kg8 43. Rg6 c4 44. Rd6 Kh7 45. Rd8 Rg5+ 46. Kf2 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Rapid 2022"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2022.08.28"]
[Round "9.4"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2792"]
[ECO "D02"]
[Opening "Queen's bishop game"]
[WhiteFideId "13300474"]
[BlackFideId "4168119"]
[EventDate "2022.08.26"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Bf4 e6 4. e3 Bd6 5. Nbd2 O-O 6. Bd3 c5 7. dxc5 Bxf4 8.
exf4 Qc7 9. g3 Qxc5 10. O-O b6 11. Re1 Ba6 12. Ne5 Bxd3 13. cxd3 Nbd7 14. Rc1
Qb5 15. Qc2 h6 16. a4 Qb4 17. Nc6 Qd6 18. b4 Rfc8 19. Nf3 a6 20. Nfe5 b5 21.
axb5 axb5 22. Ra1 d4 23. Rxa8 Rxa8 24. Qb2 Nxe5 25. Nxe5 Qd5 26. Ra1 Rxa1+ 27.
Qxa1 Nd7 28. Nxd7 Qxd7 29. Qa8+ Kh7 30. Qe4+ Kg8 31. Qe5 f6 32. Qc5 Kh7 33. h4
Kg8 34. Kg2 Qb7+ 35. f3 Qd7 36. g4 Qd5 37. Qxd5 exd5 38. f5 Kf8 39. Kf1 Ke8 40.
Ke1 Kd8 41. Kd1 Kc8 42. Ke1 Kb8 43. Kd1 Ka8 44. Ke1 Kb8 45. Kd1 Ka8 46. Ke1 Kb8
47. Kd1 Ka8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Rapid 2022"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2022.08.28"]
[Round "9.5"]
[White "Shankland, Sam"]
[Black "Xiong, Jeffery"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[ECO "E21"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian"]
[Variation "three knights variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2004887"]
[BlackFideId "2047640"]
[EventDate "2022.08.26"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 d6 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 b6 8. Nd2
g5 9. Bg3 Bb7 10. e3 Nbd7 11. h4 Rg8 12. hxg5 hxg5 13. a4 Qe7 14. a5 O-O-O 15.
axb6 axb6 16. Ra7 Rh8 17. Rg1 Nb8 18. Qa4 Nh5 19. c5 dxc5 20. Bb5 Nxg3 21. fxg3
cxd4 22. cxd4 e5 23. Nc4 exd4 24. Ke2 Qf6 25. Rf1 d3+ 26. Ke1 Qc3+ 27. Kd1 f5
28. g4 d2 29. Qc2 Qxc2+ 30. Kxc2 Be4+ 0-1

