[Event "St Louis Winter A 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2018.11.05"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Shimanov, Aleksandr"]
[Black "Sasikiran, Krishnan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2671"]
[ECO "A45"]
[Opening "Trompovsky attack (Ruth, Opovcensky opening)"]
[WhiteFideId "4198603"]
[BlackFideId "5004985"]
[EventDate "2018.11.05"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 3. e3 c6 4. Bd3 Bg4 5. f3 Bh5 6. Ne2 Nbd7 7. Nbc3 e5 8. Qd2
Bb4 9. a3 Ba5 10. Ng3 Bg6 11. Nf5 O-O 12. O-O Bc7 13. g4 Re8 14. Rae1 h6 15. Bh4
Bxf5 16. Bxf5 Nf8 17. Na4 Ng6 18. Bxg6 fxg6 19. Nc5 g5 20. Bg3 b6 21. Na6 Bd6
22. dxe5 Bxe5 23. Bxe5 Rxe5 24. Nb4 Re6 25. c3 c5 26. Nc2 Qe8 27. Qd3 Qa4 28.
Re2 Rae8 29. Rfe1 a5 30. Rd1 R8e7 31. Rde1 Qc6 32. Rf1 a4 33. Rd2 b5 34. Rfd1
Rd7 35. Qf5 Rdd6 36. Kg2 Qe8 37. Qd3 Qc6 38. Qf5 Kf7 39. Kg1 Qe8 40. Qd3 Qb8 41.
Qf5 g6 42. Qd3 Rd7 43. Qf1 Qb7 44. Qf2 Rde7 45. Qg3 Kg7 46. Qf2 Rf7 47. Qg3 Kh7
48. Qg2 Qe7 49. Qe2 Qe8 50. Qg2 Qf8 51. Qe2 Qb8 52. Qg2 Kg7 53. Kh1 Qe8 54. Kg1
Re5 55. Qg3 Qe6 56. h3 Qe8 57. Qg2 Re6 58. Qg3 Qc6 59. Kg2 Qe8 60. Kg1 Kh7 61.
Qg2 Qb8 62. Kh1 Kg7 63. Kg1 Qc7 64. Kh1 Qb7 65. Kg1 Qa8 66. Kh1 Qc6 67. Kg1 Nd7
68. Rxd5 Nb6 69. Rd8 Nc4 70. e4 Ne5 71. Ne1 Ref6 72. Rb8 Nxf3+ 73. Nxf3 Rxf3 74.
Rdd8 Qxe4 75. Rg8+ Kh7 76. Rh8+ Kg7 77. Rhg8+ Kf6 78. Rb6+ Ke7 79. Rb7+ Qxb7 80.
Qe2+ Kf6 81. Qc2 Qd5 82. Rxg6+ Ke7 83. Qe2+ Kf8 0-1

[Event "St Louis Winter A 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2018.11.05"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Xiong, Jeffery"]
[Black "Melkumyan, Hrant"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2668"]
[ECO "E04"]
[Opening "Catalan"]
[Variation "open, 5.Nf3"]
[WhiteFideId "2047640"]
[BlackFideId "13302485"]
[EventDate "2018.11.05"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 a5 7. Qc2 c5 8. dxc5
Bxc5 9. Na3 Nbd7 10. Nxc4 O-O 11. O-O b6 12. Ne1 Ba6 13. Bxa8 Qxa8 14. b3 Rc8
15. Qd1 Qd5 16. Rc1 Ne4 17. Nf3 Bxc4 18. bxc4 Qc6 19. Bf4 f6 20. Qd3 Nf8 21. Be3
e5 22. Nd2 Bxe3 23. Qxe3 Nc5 24. Nb3 Nb7 25. Qf3 Qxf3 26. exf3 Ne6 27. Rfd1 Rc7
28. f4 exf4 29. Nd4 Kf7 30. Rb1 fxg3 31. hxg3 Ng5 32. Rxb6 Rd7 33. Rbb1 Kg6 34.
Ne2 Rc7 35. Nf4+ Kf7 36. Nd5 Rd7 37. Nb6 Rc7 38. Rd7+ Rxd7 39. Nxd7 Nd8 40. Rb5
Nc6 41. Nb8 Nd4 42. Rxa5 Ngf3+ 43. Kg2 g5 44. c5 1-0

[Event "St Louis Winter A 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2018.11.05"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Sevian, Samuel"]
[Black "Swiercz, Dariusz"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2641"]
[BlackElo "2636"]
[ECO "B90"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Najdorf"]
[WhiteFideId "2040506"]
[BlackFideId "1126881"]
[EventDate "2018.11.05"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Nb3 g6 7. Be2 Bg7 8. Be3
Nc6 9. Nd5 Nd7 10. Qc1 e6 11. Nc3 b5 12. Bh6 O-O 13. Bxg7 Kxg7 14. Qd2 Nf6 15.
a3 Ne5 16. Rd1 Bb7 17. f3 Nc4 18. Bxc4 bxc4 19. Nd4 Qe7 20. O-O e5 21. Nde2 Rfd8
22. Ng3 d5 23. Qg5 Kf8 24. Qh6+ Kg8 25. exd5 Nxd5 26. Nxd5 Rxd5 27. Rxd5 Bxd5
28. Rd1 Rd8 29. Qe3 Rd7 30. Kf2 Kg7 31. Ne2 f6 32. Nc3 Bf7 33. Rxd7 Qxd7 34. Ne4
Bd5 35. Nc3 Bf7 36. Ne4 Bd5 37. Nc5 Qb5 38. b4 cxb3 39. cxb3 a5 40. Qc3 Kf7 41.
b4 axb4 42. axb4 Qc4 43. Qxc4 Bxc4 44. Ke3 Ke7 45. g4 Bb5 46. h4 f5 47. gxf5
gxf5 48. f4 Kd6 49. fxe5+ Kxe5 50. Nd3+ Bxd3 51. Kxd3 Kd5 52. h5 Kc6 53. Ke3 Kb5
54. Kf4 Kxb4 55. Kxf5 Kc5 56. Kg5 Kd6 57. Kh6 Ke7 58. Kxh7 Kf7 59. h6 Kf8 60.
Kg6 Kg8 61. h7+ Kh8 62. Kh6 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Louis Winter A 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2018.11.05"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Motylev, Alexander"]
[Black "Miroshnichenko, Evgenij"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2661"]
[BlackElo "2606"]
[ECO "C42"]
[Opening "Petrov's defence"]
[WhiteFideId "4121830"]
[BlackFideId "14102595"]
[EventDate "2018.11.05"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nd3 Nxe4 5. Qe2 Qe7 6. Nf4 Nf6 7. d4 Qxe2+ 8.
Bxe2 Bf5 9. c3 Nbd7 10. f3 h5 11. h4 d5 12. Nd2 Bd6 13. Nf1 Nf8 14. Ng3 Bd7 15.
Kf2 Ne6 16. Nd3 g6 17. Ne5 c5 18. Be3 Bc6 19. Rad1 cxd4 20. cxd4 Nd7 21. f4 Nxe5
22. dxe5 Bc7 23. Bf3 d4 24. Bd2 O-O-O 25. Rc1 Bxf3 26. Kxf3 Kb8 27. Ne4 Ng7 28.
Rhd1 Nf5 29. g3 d3 30. Bc3 Rhe8 31. Nf2 Bb6 32. Rxd3 Bxf2 33. Rxd8+ Rxd8 34.
Kxf2 b6 35. Be1 Rd3 36. Ke2 Re3+ 37. Kd2 Rf3 38. Rc6 Nxg3 39. Bxg3 Rxg3 40. Rf6
Kc8 41. Rxf7 Rg4 42. Ke3 Rxh4 43. Rxa7 Rg4 44. Rh7 Kd8 45. a4 Ke8 46. b4 1-0

[Event "St Louis Winter A 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2018.11.05"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Robson, Ray"]
[Black "Quesada Perez, Yuniesky"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2676"]
[BlackElo "2612"]
[ECO "A20"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[WhiteFideId "2023970"]
[BlackFideId "3504409"]
[EventDate "2018.11.05"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. Nf3 Bc5 5. O-O d6 6. e3 O-O 7. d4 Bb6 8. h3
exd4 9. exd4 h6 10. Nc3 a6 11. a3 Ne7 12. Re1 c6 13. d5 cxd5 14. cxd5 Ng6 15.
Be3 Re8 16. Qd2 Bd7 17. Bd4 Bxd4 18. Qxd4 Qc7 19. Nd2 Rac8 20. Rxe8+ Rxe8 21.
Qb4 a5 22. Qd4 Ne5 23. a4 Rc8 24. Bf1 h5 25. Ra3 Bf5 26. f4 Ng6 27. Nb5 Qd7 28.
Nc4 Rc5 29. Bg2 Bxh3 30. Nbxd6 b6 31. Bxh3 Qxh3 32. Ne4 Nxe4 33. Qxe4 h4 34.
gxh4 Qg4+ 35. Kf2 Nxf4 36. Qe8+ Kh7 37. Rg3 Nh3+ 38. Kg2 Qxc4 39. Kxh3 Qxd5 40.
Qe2 Qh1+ 41. Kg4 f5+ 42. Kh5 Qc6 43. Qd2 f4+ 44. Rg5 Qf3# 0-1

[Event "St Louis Winter A 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2018.11.06"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Sasikiran, Krishnan"]
[Black "Quesada Perez, Yuniesky"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2671"]
[BlackElo "2612"]
[ECO "C67"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Berlin defence, open variation"]
[WhiteFideId "5004985"]
[BlackFideId "3504409"]
[EventDate "2018.11.05"]

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 c6 14. Nd2 d5
15. a4 Nd6 16. a5 Bf5 17. Nf3 a6 18. Ne5 Bg5 19. Qe3 h6 20. Nf3 Bxf4 21. Qxf4 f6
22. Nd2 Qe7 23. c4 Qe6 24. c5 Nf7 25. Ra3 Qd7 26. Re3 Kf8 27. h4 g5 28. Qf3 Re8
29. Rxe8+ Kxe8 30. Be2 Qe6 31. hxg5 hxg5 32. Nf1 Qe4 33. Qe3 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Louis Winter A 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2018.11.06"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Miroshnichenko, Evgenij"]
[Black "Robson, Ray"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2606"]
[BlackElo "2676"]
[ECO "A07"]
[Opening "Reti"]
[Variation "King's Indian attack (Barcza system)"]
[WhiteFideId "14102595"]
[BlackFideId "2023970"]
[EventDate "2018.11.05"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. c4 c6 5. b3 a5 6. Bb2 Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8. Nc3 Ne4
9. cxd5 cxd5 10. d4 Bf5 11. Ne5 Nxc3 12. Bxc3 Qd6 13. Qd2 a4 14. e3 Nc6 15. Nxc6
Qxc6 16. Bb4 Qd7 17. Rac1 axb3 18. axb3 Rfc8 19. Rxc8+ Rxc8 20. Rc1 e6 21. Bf1
h5 22. h4 Rxc1 23. Qxc1 Qc6 24. Qxc6 bxc6 25. Ba6 Bc2 26. Bb7 Bxb3 27. Bxc6 Bf6
28. Bc5 Bd8 29. Bb4 Bd1 30. f4 Kg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Louis Winter A 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2018.11.06"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Swiercz, Dariusz"]
[Black "Motylev, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2636"]
[BlackElo "2661"]
[ECO "D16"]
[Opening "QGD Slav"]
[Variation "Soultanbeieff variation"]
[WhiteFideId "1126881"]
[BlackFideId "4121830"]
[EventDate "2018.11.05"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 e6 6. e3 c5 7. Bxc4 cxd4 8. exd4
Nc6 9. O-O Be7 10. Qe2 O-O 11. Rd1 Nd5 12. Bd3 Bf6 13. h4 Re8 14. Bb1 g6 15. Bg5
Bxg5 16. hxg5 Nxc3 17. bxc3 Bd7 18. Qe3 Rc8 19. Nd2 Ne7 20. Ne4 Nd5 21. Qd2 Kg7
22. Nd6 Bxa4 23. Nxe8+ Bxe8 24. Rc1 Bb5 25. Rxa7 Ba6 26. c4 Ne7 27. Qb2 Kg8 28.
Be4 Nc6 29. Bxc6 Rxc6 30. d5 Rd6 31. Qf6 exd5 32. Ra8 Qxa8 33. Qxd6 Bxc4 34. Re1
Bb5 35. Qxd5 Bc6 36. Qe5 Qd8 37. Kh2 h6 38. gxh6 Qh4+ 39. Kg1 Qxh6 40. Rd1 Kh7
41. Rd3 Qc1+ 42. Kh2 g5 43. Rg3 Qf4 44. Qxg5 Qxg5 45. Rxg5 f6 46. Rc5 Kg6 47.
Kg3 Kf7 48. f3 Ke6 49. Kf4 Kd6 50. Rc1 Bd7 51. Rd1+ Ke6 52. g4 b5 53. Rd4 Bc6
54. Ke3 Bd5 55. f4 Bc4 56. Rd8 Ke7 57. Rb8 Be6 58. f5 Bc4 59. Rb6 Bf1 60. Kf4
Bc4 61. Kg3 Kf7 62. Rb7+ Ke8 63. Kh4 Kd8 64. Kh5 Kc8 65. Re7 b4 66. Re4 Bf7+ 67.
Kh6 b3 68. Kg7 Bd5 69. Rb4 Kd7 70. Kxf6 Kd6 71. g5 Kc5 72. Rb8 Bc4 73. g6 1-0

[Event "St Louis Winter A 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2018.11.06"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Melkumyan, Hrant"]
[Black "Sevian, Samuel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2668"]
[BlackElo "2641"]
[ECO "A28"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "four knights, 4.e3"]
[WhiteFideId "13302485"]
[BlackFideId "2040506"]
[EventDate "2018.11.05"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e3 Bb4 5. Qc2 d6 6. Ne2 a5 7. a3 Bc5 8. d4 Ba7
9. d5 Ne7 10. Ng3 O-O 11. Bd3 c6 12. dxc6 bxc6 13. O-O Ng6 14. b4 Bg4 15. Nd2 d5
16. h3 Be6 17. Bb2 Bb8 18. Rfd1 Qe7 19. Bf1 h5 20. Be2 h4 21. Ngf1 Rc8 22. Bc3
Rd8 23. Nb3 Ne4 24. Be1 Bf5 25. Qb2 Ng5 26. Nxa5 Nxh3+ 27. Kh1 Rxa5 28. bxa5 Ng5
29. f3 Qf6 30. Nh2 Ba7 31. cxd5 cxd5 32. e4 dxe4 33. Rxd8+ Qxd8 34. Rd1 Qf6 35.
Qb7 Be3 36. a6 h3 37. g4 exf3 38. Bxf3 Bc2 39. Qc8+ Kh7 40. Qxc2 Nxf3 41. Qf5 e4
42. Qxf6 gxf6 43. Nxf3 exf3 44. Bg3 Ne5 45. Rf1 Nxg4 46. Rxf3 Ba7 47. Rb3 Kg6
48. Rb7 Be3 49. a7 Bxa7 50. Rxa7 f5 51. a4 f6 52. a5 1-0

[Event "St Louis Winter A 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2018.11.06"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Shimanov, Aleksandr"]
[Black "Xiong, Jeffery"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[ECO "B23"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "closed"]
[WhiteFideId "4198603"]
[BlackFideId "2047640"]
[EventDate "2018.11.05"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Nxd7 5. f4 g6 6. Nf3 Bg7 7. Qe2 e6 8.
Nb5 Qb8 9. Qd3 Ke7 10. O-O a6 11. Nc3 b5 12. Qe2 b4 13. Nd1 Ngf6 14. c4 bxc3 15.
Nxc3 Re8 16. e5 dxe5 17. fxe5 Ng4 18. d4 cxd4 19. Ng5 Nh6 20. Nxh7 Rh8 21. Nd5+
exd5 22. Bg5+ Ke6 23. Bxh6 Rxh7 24. Qg4+ Ke7 25. Qg5+ Ke8 26. Bxg7 Rxg7 27. Rae1
Rh7 0-1

[Event "St Louis Winter A 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2018.11.07"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Xiong, Jeffery"]
[Black "Sasikiran, Krishnan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2671"]
[ECO "D80"]
[Opening "Gruenfeld"]
[Variation "Stockholm variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2047640"]
[BlackFideId "5004985"]
[EventDate "2018.11.05"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Ne4 5. Bh4 Bg7 6. cxd5 Nxc3 7. bxc3 Qxd5 8.
e3 Qa5 9. Qd2 b6 10. Be2 Nd7 11. Bf3 Rb8 12. Ne2 Bb7 13. Bxb7 Rxb7 14. Qd3 e6
15. a4 c6 16. O-O O-O 17. Rfd1 Re8 18. Nc1 Qh5 19. Bg3 e5 20. Nb3 Qg4 21. Rab1
Rc7 22. a5 h6 23. c4 c5 24. h3 Qe6 25. axb6 axb6 26. d5 Qd6 27. Nd2 f5 28. Ra1
Kh7 29. Ra6 Qf8 30. Bh2 Ra8 31. Rda1 Rxa6 32. Rxa6 Qc8 33. Qa3 Rb7 34. Qa4 b5
35. cxb5 Nb6 36. Rxb6 Rxb6 37. Nc4 Rb8 38. Bxe5 Bxe5 39. Nxe5 Qb7 40. b6 Qxd5
41. Nd7 Ra8 42. Qb5 Ra1+ 43. Kh2 Qd6+ 44. f4 Qd1 45. Nf6+ Kg7 46. Nd5 Qg1+ 47.
Kg3 Qe1+ 48. Kh2 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Louis Winter A 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2018.11.07"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Sevian, Samuel"]
[Black "Shimanov, Aleksandr"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2641"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[ECO "B18"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "classical variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2040506"]
[BlackFideId "4198603"]
[EventDate "2018.11.05"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Nc5 Nd7 6. Bd3 Bxd3 7. Nxd3 e6 8.
Nf3 Ngf6 9. O-O Be7 10. c4 c5 11. b3 O-O 12. Bb2 cxd4 13. Bxd4 Qc7 14. Qe2 Rad8
15. Rad1 Nc5 16. Qb2 Nxd3 17. Rxd3 Rd7 18. Rfd1 Rfd8 19. h3 a6 20. Ne5 Rd6 21.
Qe2 Nd7 22. Nf3 f6 23. Bc3 e5 24. Rxd6 Bxd6 25. Nh4 Nc5 26. Nf5 Bf8 27. Ne3
Rxd1+ 28. Qxd1 Ne6 29. Nd5 Qc6 30. Qg4 Kf7 31. Qh5+ Kg8 32. Qf5 b5 33. Qe4 Qd7
34. Bb4 Bxb4 35. Nxb4 a5 36. Nd5 Nd4 37. Nb6 Qd8 38. c5 Qc7 39. Qd5+ Kf8 40. a3
Qc6 41. Qd8+ Kf7 42. Nc8 Qxc5 43. Qd7+ Kf8 44. Qd8+ Kf7 45. Qd7+ Kf8 46. Qd8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Louis Winter A 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2018.11.07"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Motylev, Alexander"]
[Black "Melkumyan, Hrant"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2661"]
[BlackElo "2668"]
[ECO "C67"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Berlin defence, open variation"]
[WhiteFideId "4121830"]
[BlackFideId "13302485"]
[EventDate "2018.11.05"]

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 Bc7 13. Nf5 d5 14. Ne7+ Kh8
15. Nxc8 Rxc8 16. d3 f5 17. g3 Qf6 18. c3 Nd6 19. Qh5 Nf7 20. Be3 Bb6 21. Bxb6
axb6 22. Qe2 Nd6 23. Qe7 Kg8 24. Qxf6 Rxf6 25. c4 dxc4 26. dxc4 Kf8 27. Re3 Rc7
28. Rd1 g6 29. Rb3 Nc8 30. Rd8+ Kg7 31. Rbd3 Rf8 32. f4 Rxd8 33. Rxd8 Kf6 34.
Kf2 Ke6 35. Re8+ Ne7 36. Rh8 h5 37. Ra8 Rc8 38. Ra7 Rc7 39. Ke3 Nc8 40. Ra8 Re7
41. Bd3 Kd7+ 42. Kf2 Kc7 43. h4 Rd7 44. Ke3 Re7+ 45. Kd2 Rd7 46. Ke3 Re7+ 47.
Kd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Louis Winter A 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2018.11.07"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Robson, Ray"]
[Black "Swiercz, Dariusz"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2676"]
[BlackElo "2636"]
[ECO "A10"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "Anglo-Dutch defense"]
[WhiteFideId "2023970"]
[BlackFideId "1126881"]
[EventDate "2018.11.05"]

1. c4 f5 2. b3 e5 3. Bb2 d6 4. d4 e4 5. d5 Nf6 6. e3 Be7 7. Nc3 O-O 8. Nge2 Ng4
9. Nd4 Bh4 10. g3 Bf6 11. Be2 Ne5 12. a3 a5 13. O-O Qe7 14. b4 Na6 15. Qb3 Kh8
16. Rad1 Bd7 17. Kg2 Rab8 18. Rd2 Qf7 19. Rfd1 Rbe8 20. Ne6 Bxe6 21. dxe6 Qxe6
22. Nd5 Nf3 23. Bxf3 exf3+ 24. Kxf3 Bxb2 25. Rxb2 f4 26. gxf4 c6 27. Nc3 Rxf4+
28. Ke2 Qg4+ 29. Kd3 axb4 30. axb4 Qf5+ 31. e4 Qh3+ 32. Kc2 Rxf2+ 33. Kb1 Rf3
34. Rc2 Qe6 35. Rcd2 Qe5 36. Kb2 Rf6 37. Qa3 Rh6 38. Qa5 Rxh2 39. Rxh2 Qxh2+ 40.
Kb3 c5 41. Qa2 Qxa2+ 42. Nxa2 cxb4 43. Rxd6 Nc5+ 44. Kxb4 Nxe4 45. Rd7 g5 46.
Nc3 Nxc3 47. Kxc3 g4 48. Rxb7 g3 49. Rb1 g2 50. c5 Rg8 51. Rg1 h5 52. c6 h4 53.
c7 h3 54. Kd3 Rc8 0-1

[Event "St Louis Winter A 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2018.11.07"]
[Round "3.5"]
[White "Quesada Perez, Yuniesky"]
[Black "Miroshnichenko, Evgenij"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2612"]
[BlackElo "2606"]
[ECO "C42"]
[Opening "Petrov"]
[Variation "classical attack"]
[WhiteFideId "3504409"]
[BlackFideId "14102595"]
[EventDate "2018.11.05"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8.
Nbd2 Nd6 9. c3 Bf5 10. Bxf5 Nxf5 11. Qb3 Rb8 12. Re1 Qd7 13. Nf1 O-O 14. Bf4 Bd6
15. Bxd6 Qxd6 16. Re2 Rfe8 17. Rae1 Rxe2 18. Rxe2 g6 19. Ne3 Nxe3 20. Rxe3 b6
21. Qb5 a5 22. g3 Kg7 23. Kg2 Rd8 24. h4 h5 25. Qe2 Rd7 26. Ng5 Re7 27. Qf3 f6
28. Nh3 Rxe3 29. Qxe3 Ne7 30. Nf4 Kf7 31. a4 Qd7 32. b3 c6 33. Qd3 Qf5 34. Qxf5
Nxf5 35. Kf3 Ng7 36. b4 Nf5 37. bxa5 bxa5 38. Nd3 Nd6 39. Nc5 Nc4 40. Nb7 Nb6
41. Nxa5 Nxa4 42. Nxc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Louis Winter A 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2018.11.08"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Sasikiran, Krishnan"]
[Black "Miroshnichenko, Evgenij"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2671"]
[BlackElo "2606"]
[ECO "C42"]
[Opening "Petrov"]
[Variation "Nimzovich attack"]
[WhiteFideId "5004985"]
[BlackFideId "14102595"]
[EventDate "2018.11.05"]

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 Nf6 10. Bd3 c5 11. Rhe1 Be6 12. Kb1 Qa5 13. c4 Qxd2 14. Bxd2
Rfe8 15. Ng5 Bd7 16. f3 Bc6 17. a3 h6 18. Ne4 Nxe4 19. Bxe4 Bxe4 20. Rxe4 Bf8
21. Bf4 g5 22. Bg3 f5 23. Ree1 Kf7 24. Kc1 Rxe1 25. Rxe1 Re8 26. Rxe8 Kxe8 27.
Kd2 Kd7 28. Be1 h5 29. h3 Bg7 30. b3 Ke6 31. Kd3 Bf6 32. a4 Bd8 33. g4 hxg4 34.
fxg4 fxg4 35. hxg4 a5 36. Ke4 b6 37. Bc3 Be7 38. Bg7 Bd8 39. Bb2 Be7 40. Bc1 Bd8
41. Be3 Be7 42. Bd2 Bd8 43. c3 Be7 44. b4 Bd8 45. Be1 Be7 46. Bf2 Bf6 47. Be1
Be7 48. b5 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Louis Winter A 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2018.11.08"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Swiercz, Dariusz"]
[Black "Quesada Perez, Yuniesky"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2636"]
[BlackElo "2612"]
[ECO "D45"]
[Opening "QGD semi-Slav"]
[Variation "Stoltz variation"]
[WhiteFideId "1126881"]
[BlackFideId "3504409"]
[EventDate "2018.11.05"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. b3 O-O 8. Be2 b6
9. O-O Bb7 10. Bb2 Qe7 11. Rfd1 Rac8 12. Rac1 Rfd8 13. g3 Ba3 14. Bxa3 Qxa3 15.
Ne5 Qe7 16. Qb2 Nxe5 17. dxe5 Nd7 18. f4 f6 19. exf6 Nxf6 20. Bf3 dxc4 21. bxc4
Qc5 22. Rxd8+ Rxd8 23. Nd1 e5 24. Qxe5 Qxe5 25. fxe5 Nd7 26. e6 Ne5 27. Be4 Bc8
28. e7 Re8 29. c5 b5 30. Nc3 Bg4 31. Rb1 Rxe7 32. a4 a6 33. axb5 axb5 34. Rb4
Ra7 35. Bc2 Ra1+ 36. Rb1 Ra3 37. Rb3 Ra1+ 38. Rb1 Nf3+ 39. Kf2 Rxb1 40. Bxb1
Nxh2 41. Na2 Nf3 42. Nb4 Ne5 43. Be4 Bd7 44. Ke2 Kf7 45. Kf2 h5 46. Ke2 Kf6 47.
Ke1 Kg5 48. Kf2 Kg4 49. Bg2 g5 50. Bf1 h4 51. gxh4 Kxh4 52. Bg2 g4 53. Na6 g3+
54. Kg1 Bg4 55. Nb4 Bf3 56. Bxf3 Nxf3+ 57. Kg2 Ne1+ 58. Kg1 Kh3 59. Nxc6 Nf3+ 0-1

[Event "St Louis Winter A 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2018.11.08"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Melkumyan, Hrant"]
[Black "Robson, Ray"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2668"]
[BlackElo "2676"]
[ECO "A28"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "four knights, Romanishin variation"]
[WhiteFideId "13302485"]
[BlackFideId "2023970"]
[EventDate "2018.11.05"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e3 Bb4 5. Qc2 Bxc3 6. Qxc3 Qe7 7. d4 Ne4 8.
Qd3 exd4 9. Nxd4 O-O 10. Be2 Qb4+ 11. Kf1 Qe7 12. f3 f5 13. Qd1 Nc5 14. Kf2 Qh4+
15. g3 Qe7 16. Nb5 d6 17. Nc3 Be6 18. Nd5 Qf7 19. b3 a5 20. Nf4 Bd7 21. Bb2 Rfe8
22. Bc3 Ne5 23. Qd4 Bc6 24. Rhf1 Ne6 25. Qd1 a4 26. h4 b6 27. Qd2 Rab8 28. Rac1
axb3 29. axb3 b5 30. Nxe6 Rxe6 31. Rfd1 h6 32. Bd4 bxc4 33. Bxe5 Rxe5 34. Bxc4
d5 35. Bf1 Bb5 36. Qd4 Re7 37. Bd3 Bxd3 38. Rxd3 Qe6 39. Rdc3 Kh7 40. b4 Qd6 41.
Rc5 Ra8 42. R1c2 Ra3 43. Re2 c6 44. b5 cxb5 45. Rxd5 Qc6 46. Rc5 Qe6 47. Qf4 Rf7
48. Rxb5 Ra1 49. Qe5 Qc4 50. Qxa1 Qxb5 51. Qb2 Rb7 52. Qxb5 Rxb5 53. h5 g6 54.
hxg6+ Kxg6 55. Rd2 Kg5 56. Kg2 Rb3 57. Re2 Ra3 58. Kh3 h5 59. f4+ Kg6 60. Kg2
Ra1 61. Rb2 Re1 62. Rb6+ Kg7 63. Re6 Ra1 64. Rd6 Rb1 65. Rd2 Kg6 66. Kf3 Rf1+
67. Ke2 Rg1 68. Rd8 Kg7 69. Rd5 Kg6 70. Kf2 Ra1 71. Rb5 Rc1 72. Ra5 Rb1 73. Ra6+
Kg7 74. Re6 Ra1 75. Kg2 Re1 76. Re8 Ra1 77. e4 fxe4 78. Rxe4 Kg6 79. Re5 Rb1 80.
Kf3 Rb3+ 81. Re3 Rb4 82. Ra3 Rc4 83. Ra6+ Kg7 84. Ra1 Kg6 85. Re1 Ra4 86. Re6+
Kg7 87. Rd6 Ra3+ 88. Kg2 Ra1 89. Rb6 Rc1 90. Rb8 Ra1 91. Rb3 Kg6 92. Kf3 Ra4 93.
Re3 Rb4 94. Re8 Rb3+ 95. Re3 Rb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Louis Winter A 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2018.11.08"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Shimanov, Aleksandr"]
[Black "Motylev, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2661"]
[ECO "A07"]
[Opening "Reti"]
[Variation "King's Indian attack (Barcza system)"]
[WhiteFideId "4198603"]
[BlackFideId "4121830"]
[EventDate "2018.11.05"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Bg4 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. c4 c6 5. Ne5 Be6 6. cxd5 Bxd5 7. Nf3 c5 8. Nc3
Bc6 9. O-O e6 10. Re1 Nbd7 11. e4 e5 12. d3 Be7 13. Nh4 O-O 14. Nf5 Re8 15. f4
Bf8 16. a4 b6 17. b3 Nb8 18. Bb2 Bb7 19. fxe5 Rxe5 20. Nb5 Nc6 21. Qd2 a6 22.
Qg5 g6 23. Na3 Nd4 24. Nc4 Re6 25. Nxd4 cxd4 26. Bh3 h6 27. Qf4 Nh5 28. Qd2 Re8
29. Rf1 b5 30. axb5 axb5 31. Na5 Bc8 32. Nc6 Rxa1 33. Nxd8 Rxf1+ 34. Bxf1 Rxd8
35. Qa5 Be7 36. Qxb5 Ng7 37. Qb6 Ne6 38. Bh3 Rd6 39. Qa7 Rd7 40. Qb8 Rd8 41. b4
Bg5 42. Qb6 Nc5 43. Bxc8 Nxd3 44. Bxd4 Rxc8 45. b5 Be7 46. Qb7 Rc1+ 47. Kg2 Rc2+
48. Kf1 Bf8 49. b6 Nc5 50. Qa8 Ne6 51. Be5 Rc1+ 52. Ke2 Rc4 53. Bd6 Kg7 54.
Bxf8+ Nxf8 55. b7 Nd7 56. Qd8 Rxe4+ 57. Kf1 1-0

[Event "St Louis Winter A 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2018.11.08"]
[Round "4.5"]
[White "Xiong, Jeffery"]
[Black "Sevian, Samuel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2641"]
[ECO "C50"]
[Opening "Giuoco Pianissimo"]
[WhiteFideId "2047640"]
[BlackFideId "2040506"]
[EventDate "2018.11.05"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 d6 6. a4 a6 7. O-O h6 8. Re1 O-O
9. h3 Re8 10. Nbd2 Be6 11. Bxe6 Rxe6 12. b4 Ba7 13. Qc2 Ne7 14. Nf1 Ng6 15. Ng3
c6 16. Rb1 Qc7 17. Bd2 Rc8 18. c4 Nd7 19. Nf5 Ne7 20. Ng3 Rg6 21. Be3 Bxe3 22.
Rxe3 a5 23. b5 Nc5 24. d4 exd4 25. Nxd4 Nd7 26. Ndf5 Re8 27. Qc3 cxb5 28. Rxb5
Nc5 29. Nxg7 Rxg7 30. Nh5 Rg6 31. Rg3 Ne6 32. f4 Rxg3 33. Qxg3+ Kf8 34. f5 Ng5
35. h4 Qxc4 36. hxg5 Qc1+ 37. Kh2 Qxg5 38. Qxg5 hxg5 39. Nf6 Rc8 40. Rxb7 Nc6
41. Nh7+ Kg7 42. Nxg5 Ne5 43. Ne6+ Kf6 44. Nc7 Nd3 45. Kg3 Ke5 46. Nb5 Rg8+ 47.
Kf3 Ne1+ 48. Ke2 Nxg2 49. Re7+ Kf6 50. Rd7 Ke5 51. Nxd6 f6 52. Kd3 Nf4+ 53. Kc4
Rb8 54. Nb7 Kxe4 55. Nxa5 Rc8+ 56. Kb5 Nd5 57. Nb7 Nc3+ 58. Kb4 Nd5+ 59. Kb3
Rc3+ 60. Kb2 Rc7 61. Nd6+ Ke5 62. Rd8 Nb6 63. Kb3 Ra7 64. Nb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Louis Winter A 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2018.11.09"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Sevian, Samuel"]
[Black "Sasikiran, Krishnan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2641"]
[BlackElo "2671"]
[ECO "B23"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "closed"]
[WhiteFideId "2040506"]
[BlackFideId "5004985"]
[EventDate "2018.11.05"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nc6 5. Qd2 Nf6 6. b3 e6 7. Bb2 a6 8. f4 b5
9. Bd3 Bb7 10. Nf3 Nb4 11. a3 Nxd3+ 12. cxd3 d5 13. e5 d4 14. Nxd4 Qxd4 15. exf6
Qxf6 16. Ne4 Qh4+ 17. Qf2 Qxf2+ 18. Kxf2 Rd8 19. Rhd1 f6 20. b4 Be7 21. Rac1 Bd5
22. Ke3 O-O 23. Rc7 Rf7 24. Rdc1 h6 25. g3 f5 26. Nc5 Ra8 27. Bd4 a5 28. bxa5
Rxa5 29. Rb1 Bd6 30. Rc8+ Rf8 31. Rxf8+ Kxf8 32. Nd7+ Ke8 33. Nb6 Ba2 34. Rc1
Rxa3 35. Bxg7 Ra6 36. Bd4 b4 37. Rc6 Be7 38. Rc8+ Kf7 39. Nd7 Bd6 40. Rh8 Ke7
41. Nb6 Ra3 42. Rh7+ Kf8 43. Nc8 Bb8 44. Rb7 Bc4 45. Bc5+ Ke8 46. Rxb8 Rxd3+ 47.
Kf2 Kd7 48. Rxb4 Bd5 49. Nb6+ Kc6 50. Be3 1-0

[Event "St Louis Winter A 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2018.11.09"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Motylev, Alexander"]
[Black "Xiong, Jeffery"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2661"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[ECO "C50"]
[Opening "Giuoco Pianissimo"]
[Variation "Italian four knights variation"]
[WhiteFideId "4121830"]
[BlackFideId "2047640"]
[EventDate "2018.11.05"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Na4 Bb6 7. a3 O-O 8. h3
Be6 9. Bxe6 fxe6 10. O-O Qe8 11. Nxb6 axb6 12. Bd2 h6 13. g3 d5 14. Qe2 dxe4 15.
dxe4 Qg6 16. Rae1 Qxe4 17. Qxe4 Nxe4 18. Rxe4 Rxf3 19. Bf4 exf4 20. Kg2 Rfxa3
21. bxa3 fxg3 22. fxg3 Rxa3 23. Rxe6 Rc3 24. h4 Rxc2+ 25. Kh3 Rc5 26. Re8+ Kh7
27. Rf7 Ne5 28. Rfe7 Ng6 29. Rf7 Ne5 30. Rfe7 Ng6 31. Rf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Louis Winter A 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2018.11.09"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Robson, Ray"]
[Black "Shimanov, Aleksandr"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2676"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[ECO "E70"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "Kramer system"]
[WhiteFideId "2023970"]
[BlackFideId "4198603"]
[EventDate "2018.11.05"]

1. c4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. e4 d6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Nge2 a6 6. Ng3 c6 7. f4 e5 8. fxe5
dxe5 9. d5 h5 10. Be2 b5 11. Bg5 b4 12. Na4 h4 13. Nf1 h3 14. g3 Qa5 15. Nd2
cxd5 16. cxd5 Bd7 17. Nc4 Bxa4 18. Nxa5 Bxd1 19. Bxf6 Bxf6 20. Bxd1 Bg5 21. Ba4+
Kf8 22. Ke2 Kg7 23. Rhd1 Ra7 24. d6 Rc8 25. d7 Rc5 26. d8=Q Bxd8 27. Rxd8 Rxa5
28. b3 Rxa4 29. bxa4 Nc6 30. Rd3 Nd4+ 31. Kd1 Rd7 32. Rb1 a5 33. Rb2 Rd6 34. Rf2
f5 35. exf5 gxf5 36. Ke1 Rc6 37. Kd1 Kg6 38. Re3 Rc5 39. g4 fxg4 40. Re4 Kg5 41.
Rf8 Nf3 42. Rg8+ Kf5 43. Rexg4 Rc3 44. Rg3 Nxh2 45. Rxc3 bxc3 46. Rg3 Ng4 47.
Kc2 h2 48. Rh3 e4 49. Kxc3 Kf4 50. Kb2 e3 51. Kc2 Ke4 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Louis Winter A 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2018.11.09"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Quesada Perez, Yuniesky"]
[Black "Melkumyan, Hrant"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2612"]
[BlackElo "2668"]
[ECO "B31"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Nimzovich-Rossolimo attack (with ...g6, without ...d6)"]
[WhiteFideId "3504409"]
[BlackFideId "13302485"]
[EventDate "2018.11.05"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. Nc3 e5 6. Bc4 d6 7. a3 h6 8. b4 Nge7
9. d3 O-O 10. Rb1 Kh7 11. bxc5 dxc5 12. Nd5 b6 13. Re1 Qd6 14. a4 Rb8 15. Bb2
Nxd5 16. Bxd5 Nb4 17. Bb3 Be6 18. Bc3 a5 19. Nd2 Rbe8 20. Qc1 Bxb3 21. Rxb3 Re6
22. Qb2 Qc6 23. Ra3 f5 24. Nc4 Rfe8 25. g3 R8e7 26. Raa1 f4 27. g4 h5 28. g5 f3
29. Kh1 Rf7 30. Re3 Re8 31. Qb3 Rf4 32. Rg1 Qe6 33. Ree1 Rf7 34. Rg3 h4 35. Rgg1
Rff8 36. Rb1 Re7 37. Ne3 Qd7 38. Rg4 Rf4 39. Rbg1 Ref7 40. h3 Rxg4 41. Rxg4 Rf4
42. Kh2 Qf7 43. Qxf7 Rxf7 44. Rxh4+ Kg8 45. Rg4 Rd7 46. Rg1 Nxc2 47. Nxc2 Rxd3
48. Ba1 Rd2 49. Rc1 Rxf2+ 50. Kg3 Rg2+ 51. Kxf3 Rxg5 52. Ne3 Rh5 53. Rh1 Kf7 54.
Kg2 Rh8 55. Rb1 Rd8 56. Nd5 1-0

[Event "St Louis Winter A 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2018.11.09"]
[Round "5.5"]
[White "Miroshnichenko, Evgenij"]
[Black "Swiercz, Dariusz"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2606"]
[BlackElo "2636"]
[ECO "A48"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "Torre attack"]
[WhiteFideId "14102595"]
[BlackFideId "1126881"]
[EventDate "2018.11.05"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. e3 O-O 5. Be2 c5 6. Nbd2 b6 7. O-O Bb7 8. a4
d5 9. c3 Nc6 10. Qb3 Rc8 11. Rfd1 Na5 12. Qa3 c4 13. Rac1 Re8 14. b4 Nc6 15. Qa2
h6 16. Bf4 e6 17. h3 a6 18. Ne5 b5 19. axb5 axb5 20. Ra1 Ra8 21. Qb2 Nd7 22.
Nxc6 Bxc6 23. Rxa8 Qxa8 24. Ra1 Qb7 25. Nf3 Ra8 26. Bd1 Ra6 27. Rxa6 Qxa6 28.
Ne5 Nxe5 29. Bxe5 f6 30. Bg3 Qa8 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Louis Winter A 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2018.11.10"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Sasikiran, Krishnan"]
[Black "Swiercz, Dariusz"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2671"]
[BlackElo "2636"]
[ECO "B12"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "advance variation"]
[WhiteFideId "5004985"]
[BlackFideId "1126881"]
[EventDate "2018.11.05"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nd2 e6 5. Nb3 Nd7 6. Nf3 Ne7 7. Be2 Nc8 8. O-O
Be7 9. Ne1 c5 10. dxc5 Nxc5 11. Nxc5 Bxc5 12. Bb5+ Kf8 13. Bd3 Ne7 14. Bg5 Bxd3
15. Nxd3 Bb6 16. a4 a6 17. Ra3 h6 18. Bd2 Rc8 19. Rb3 Qc7 20. Bb4 Ba7 21. Nf4
Qd7 22. Nh5 Kg8 23. Rg3 Ng6 24. Qd3 Qe8 25. b3 Rh7 26. Kh1 b5 27. a5 Kh8 28.
Rxg6 fxg6 29. Nf4 Kg8 30. Nxg6 Bc5 31. Bd2 Qf7 32. f3 h5 33. h4 Rc6 34. g4 Be7
35. Kg2 Bd8 36. c3 Qe8 37. f4 Rh6 38. f5 exf5 39. Qxd5+ Kh7 40. gxf5 Rhxg6+ 41.
fxg6+ Rxg6+ 42. Kf3 Bxh4 43. Qe4 Qd7 44. Be3 Bg3 45. Ke2 h4 46. Rf5 Qc6 47. Qd3
Qe8 48. Rg5 Qe6 49. Rh5+ Kg8 50. Qd8+ Kf7 51. Rh8 Qg4+ 52. Kd2 Re6 53. Qg8+ Kg6
54. Rh6+ 1-0

[Event "St Louis Winter A 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2018.11.10"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Melkumyan, Hrant"]
[Black "Miroshnichenko, Evgenij"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2668"]
[BlackElo "2606"]
[ECO "D37"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "4.Nf3"]
[WhiteFideId "13302485"]
[BlackFideId "14102595"]
[EventDate "2018.11.05"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 a6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 Be6 7. Qb3 Ra7 8. e3
Nbd7 9. Bd3 Be7 10. Qc2 O-O 11. h3 c5 12. dxc5 Nxc5 13. O-O h6 14. Bf4 Ra8 15.
Rad1 Rc8 16. Be5 Nfe4 17. Qe2 Nxc3 18. Bxc3 Bf6 19. Bd4 Bd7 20. Rfe1 Re8 21. Bb1
Bb5 22. Qd2 Ne4 23. Bxf6 Nxd2 24. Bxd8 Nxf3+ 25. gxf3 Rexd8 26. Rd2 Kf8 27. Red1
Ke7 28. Kg2 Ba4 29. b3 Bc6 30. Bf5 Bd7 31. Bxd7 Rxd7 32. Rxd5 Rxd5 33. Rxd5 Rc2
34. Ra5 g5 35. Ra4 Rb2 36. Kg3 Kf6 37. f4 Kg6 38. f3 gxf4+ 39. Kxf4 Rh2 40. Kg3
Re2 41. e4 f6 42. Kf4 Rh2 43. Rb4 b5 44. Rd4 Rxh3 45. Rd6 Rh5 46. b4 a5 47. bxa5
b4 48. a6 Ra5 49. Rb6 Kf7 50. Rxb4 Rxa2 51. Rb7+ Kg6 52. Ra7 h5 53. Ra8 Ra5 54.
a7 Kg7 55. Kg3 Ra1 56. f4 1-0

[Event "St Louis Winter A 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2018.11.10"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Shimanov, Aleksandr"]
[Black "Quesada Perez, Yuniesky"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2612"]
[ECO "D37"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "4.Nf3"]
[WhiteFideId "4198603"]
[BlackFideId "3504409"]
[EventDate "2018.11.05"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. d4 d5 4. Nc3 a6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 Be6 7. e3 Nbd7 8. Bd3
Bd6 9. O-O c6 10. h3 Qc7 11. Qd2 O-O 12. Rac1 Rfe8 13. Rfe1 Rac8 14. Bf4 Bxf4
15. exf4 Nb6 16. b3 Qd6 17. Ne5 c5 18. Bb1 cxd4 19. Qxd4 Qc5 20. Ne2 Qxd4 21.
Nxd4 Rxc1 22. Rxc1 Rc8 23. Re1 Bd7 24. g4 Re8 25. f3 h6 26. Kf2 Kf8 27. h4 Rd8
28. a4 a5 29. Rc1 Rc8 30. Rxc8+ Bxc8 31. Ke3 Nfd7 32. Nb5 Nc5 33. Bc2 Ke7 34. f5
Bd7 35. Kd4 Na6 36. Nc3 f6 37. Nd3 Kd6 38. Bd1 Be8 39. Nf4 Nc7 40. Be2 Bf7 41.
Bb5 Nc8 42. Bd3 Na7 43. Nb5+ Naxb5+ 44. axb5 b6 45. Ne2 Be8 46. Nc3 Bd7 47. h5 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Louis Winter A 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2018.11.10"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "Xiong, Jeffery"]
[Black "Robson, Ray"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2676"]
[ECO "C65"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Berlin defence"]
[WhiteFideId "2047640"]
[BlackFideId "2023970"]
[EventDate "2018.11.05"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. h3 Ne7 8. d4 Bb6
9. Bd3 Ng6 10. Re1 c6 11. Be3 Nh5 12. Nbd2 Nhf4 13. Bf1 exd4 14. Bxd4 d5 15. Nb3
dxe4 16. Rxe4 Bf5 17. Re1 Qc7 18. Bxb6 Qxb6 19. Nbd4 Bd7 20. b4 Rad8 21. Qb3 Qc7
22. a4 b6 23. a5 c5 24. axb6 axb6 25. Qc4 Rc8 26. bxc5 bxc5 27. Nb5 Qb6 28. Ne5
Nxe5 29. Qxf4 Bxb5 30. Rxe5 Bxf1 31. Rxf1 Rfe8 32. Rfe1 Rxe5 33. Rxe5 h6 34. Re7
Qg6 35. Kh2 Rd8 36. Qe5 Rd2 37. Qf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Louis Winter A 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2018.11.10"]
[Round "6.5"]
[White "Sevian, Samuel"]
[Black "Motylev, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2641"]
[BlackElo "2661"]
[ECO "A29"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "four knights, kingside fianchetto"]
[WhiteFideId "2040506"]
[BlackFideId "4121830"]
[EventDate "2018.11.05"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. O-O Be7 8. a3
O-O 9. b4 Re8 10. d3 Bf8 11. Bb2 a5 12. b5 Nd4 13. Nd2 a4 14. Rb1 c6 15. bxc6
Nxc6 16. Bxc6 bxc6 17. Qc2 Be6 18. Nce4 f5 19. Nc3 h5 20. h4 Be7 21. Bc1 g5 22.
hxg5 Bxg5 23. Nf3 Bf6 24. Qd2 Bg7 25. Qc2 Bf6 26. Qd2 Bg7 27. Qc2 Bf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Louis Winter A 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2018.11.11"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Motylev, Alexander"]
[Black "Sasikiran, Krishnan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2661"]
[BlackElo "2671"]
[ECO "C84"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "closed defence"]
[WhiteFideId "4121830"]
[BlackFideId "5004985"]
[EventDate "2018.11.05"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a3 O-O
9. Nc3 Na5 10. Ba2 Be6 11. Bxe6 fxe6 12. b4 Nc6 13. Bd2 d5 14. Re1 Qd7 15. Na2
Bd6 16. c3 h6 17. Nc1 a5 18. Nb3 a4 19. Nc1 Rf7 20. Ne2 dxe4 21. dxe4 Nxe4 22.
Ng3 Nf6 23. Qe2 Rb8 24. Rac1 Nd5 25. Ne4 Qe8 26. Be3 Nce7 27. c4 bxc4 28. Rxc4
Ng6 29. g3 Rf5 30. Nfd2 Rd8 31. Qd1 Nge7 32. Qg4 Kh7 33. Nf3 Qf7 34. Qh3 Kg8 35.
Nh4 Rf8 36. Rc2 Rh5 37. g4 Rxh4 38. Qxh4 Qg6 39. Rc4 Nf6 40. Nxf6+ Rxf6 41. Rd1
Qe8 42. Qh3 Qb5 43. Qf1 Qb7 44. g5 hxg5 45. Qg2 Qb5 46. Rdc1 Nf5 47. Qa8+ Rf8
48. Qc6 Qd5 49. Qxd5 exd5 50. Rg4 Kf7 51. Rxg5 Kf6 52. Rg4 d4 53. Bd2 Ke6 54. f3 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Louis Winter A 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2018.11.11"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Robson, Ray"]
[Black "Sevian, Samuel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2676"]
[BlackElo "2641"]
[ECO "C65"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Berlin defence"]
[WhiteFideId "2023970"]
[BlackFideId "2040506"]
[EventDate "2018.11.05"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 d6 5. O-O Bd7 6. c4 g6 7. h3 Bg7 8. Nc3 O-O
9. Be3 Nb8 10. Bxd7 Nbxd7 11. Qb3 b6 12. d4 exd4 13. Nxd4 Nc5 14. Qc2 Re8 15. f3
Nh5 16. Qd2 Qc8 17. Rad1 Qb7 18. Bh6 Bh8 19. Nd5 c6 20. Ne3 Rad8 21. Ne2 b5 22.
cxb5 Qxb5 23. Nc3 Qb4 24. Ng4 Ne6 25. Be3 Bg7 26. Rf2 a5 27. Qc2 Nhf4 28. Qc1 h5
29. Bxf4 hxg4 30. fxg4 Nxf4 31. Qxf4 Rd7 32. Qd2 Be5 33. Kh1 Rb7 34. Qc2 Qc5 35.
Rd3 Rb4 36. g3 a4 37. a3 Rb3 38. Qe2 Reb8 39. Qf3 Qc4 40. Rdd2 Bxc3 41. bxc3
Rxc3 42. Qf6 Rxg3 43. Kh2 Qb3 44. Qxf7+ Qxf7 45. Rxf7 Rxa3 46. Rf6 Kg7 47. Rfxd6
Rh8 48. Kg2 Rhxh3 49. Rxc6 Rag3+ 50. Kf2 Rxg4 51. Rd4 a3 52. Ra6 Rgg3 53. Rdd6
Rf3+ 54. Kg2 Rhg3+ 55. Kh2 Rb3 56. e5 Rg5 57. e6 Re5 58. Rd2 Kf6 59. Rf2+ Kg5
60. Rg2+ Kh5 61. Ra2 Ree3 62. e7 Rxe7 63. R6xa3 Rb6 64. Rh3+ Kg5 65. Rg2+ Kf6
66. Rhg3 Kg7 67. Rg1 Re5 68. R1g2 Rc6 69. Rg5 Re1 70. R5g3 Rf6 71. Rg4 Kf7 72.
Ra4 Rff1 73. Ra7+ Kf8 74. Rb2 Re7 75. Rxe7 Kxe7 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Louis Winter A 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2018.11.11"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Quesada Perez, Yuniesky"]
[Black "Xiong, Jeffery"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2612"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[ECO "B51"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Canal-Sokolsky (Nimzovich-Rossolimo, Moscow) attack"]
[WhiteFideId "3504409"]
[BlackFideId "2047640"]
[EventDate "2018.11.05"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. c3 Nf6 5. Qe2 a6 6. Ba4 b5 7. Bc2 Bb7 8. O-O
e6 9. d4 Be7 10. Re1 O-O 11. Nbd2 Rc8 12. Nf1 Qc7 13. Bd3 cxd4 14. cxd4 e5 15.
d5 Nh5 16. Ng3 Nf4 17. Bxf4 exf4 18. Nh5 g6 19. Nxf4 Bf6 20. Qd2 Nc5 21. Rac1
Qb6 22. h3 Bg7 23. b4 Na4 24. Rxc8 Rxc8 25. Ne2 Nb2 26. Rc1 Re8 27. Ng3 Nxd3 28.
Qxd3 a5 29. a3 Rc8 30. Rxc8+ Bxc8 31. Ne2 Bd7 32. Nfd4 axb4 33. axb4 Qa6 34. Kh2
g5 35. Qd2 h6 36. f4 gxf4 37. Nxf4 Qa1 38. Nc6 Kh7 39. Qf2 Bxc6 40. dxc6 Bd4 41.
Qd2 Qg1+ 42. Kg3 Be3 43. Qxd6 h5 44. Kh4 Qe1+ 45. Kxh5 1-0

[Event "St Louis Winter A 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2018.11.11"]
[Round "7.4"]
[White "Miroshnichenko, Evgenij"]
[Black "Shimanov, Aleksandr"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2606"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[ECO "A05"]
[Opening "Reti opening"]
[WhiteFideId "14102595"]
[BlackFideId "4198603"]
[EventDate "2018.11.05"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. d3 Nc6 6. a3 O-O 7. c3 a5 8. a4 d5
9. Na3 e5 10. e4 h6 11. exd5 Nxd5 12. Re1 Be6 13. Nc4 Qc7 14. Qe2 Rfe8 15. Bd2
Bf5 16. Nh4 Be6 17. Nf3 Bf5 18. Nh4 Be6 19. Nf3 Bf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Louis Winter A 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2018.11.11"]
[Round "7.5"]
[White "Swiercz, Dariusz"]
[Black "Melkumyan, Hrant"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2636"]
[BlackElo "2668"]
[ECO "C67"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Berlin defence, open variation"]
[WhiteFideId "1126881"]
[BlackFideId "13302485"]
[EventDate "2018.11.05"]

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 c6 14. Nd2 d5
15. Bd3 g6 16. Qe2 Ng7 17. Re1 Bf5 18. Bxf5 Nxf5 19. Nf3 Ng7 20. Be5 Ne6 21. Qe3
Bxe5 22. Nxe5 Qg5 23. Qxg5 Nxg5 24. f3 Ne6 25. Kf2 Kg7 26. g3 Re8 27. Nd3 Kf8
28. h4 f6 29. Rh1 h5 30. Re1 Kf7 31. Re2 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Louis Winter A 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2018.11.12"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Sasikiran, Krishnan"]
[Black "Melkumyan, Hrant"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2671"]
[BlackElo "2668"]
[ECO "C67"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Berlin defence, open variation"]
[WhiteFideId "5004985"]
[BlackFideId "13302485"]
[EventDate "2018.11.05"]

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. h3 Be7 10. Nc3 Nh4 11. Rd1+ Ke8 12. Nxh4 Bxh4 13. g4 h5 14. f3 f6
15. exf6 gxf6 16. Bf4 Kf7 17. Rd2 Rg8 18. Rg2 Be6 19. Bxc7 f5 20. gxh5 Bf6 21.
Bf4 b5 22. a3 a5 23. Rxg8 Rxg8+ 24. Kh2 Rd8 25. h6 Bc4 26. Re1 Kg6 27. Nd1 Bd5
28. Rf1 Bxf3 29. Rxf3 Rxd1 30. c3 Rb1 31. Rf2 b4 32. axb4 axb4 33. Rg2+ Kh7 34.
cxb4 Rxb2 35. Rxb2 Bxb2 36. Bd2 Be5+ 37. Kg2 Bd6 38. Kf3 Kg6 39. Ke2 Kh7 40. Kd3
Kg6 41. Kd4 Kh7 42. Kc4 Kg6 43. Be3 Kh7 44. Bc5 Bg3 45. Bf8 Be1 46. Kd4 Kg8 47.
Bd6 Bd2 48. Ke5 f4 49. Ke4 Kh7 50. Bf8 Kg6 51. Kd3 Be1 52. Ke2 Bc3 53. Kf3 Bd2
54. Kg4 Kh7 55. Bd6 Kg6 56. Kf3 Kh7 57. Ke2 Bc3 58. Kd3 Be1 59. Ke4 Kxh6 60.
Kxf4 Kh5 61. Kf3 Bd2 62. Be7 Bc3 63. Ke4 Bxb4 64. Bxb4 Kh4 65. Kd4 c5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Louis Winter A 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2018.11.12"]
[Round "8.2"]
[White "Shimanov, Aleksandr"]
[Black "Swiercz, Dariusz"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2636"]
[ECO "C53"]
[Opening "Giuoco Piano"]
[WhiteFideId "4198603"]
[BlackFideId "1126881"]
[EventDate "2018.11.05"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. O-O a6 7. a4 O-O 8. Bg5 h6
9. Bh4 Ba7 10. Na3 g5 11. Nxg5 hxg5 12. Bxg5 Kg7 13. Qf3 Rh8 14. Nc2 Kg6 15. h4
Bg4 16. Qg3 Qd7 17. Ne3 Rag8 18. d4 Nxe4 19. Bd3 Bf5 20. Qf3 d5 21. g4 Bxg4 22.
Nxg4 f5 23. Nxe5+ Nxe5 24. dxe5 Nxg5 25. hxg5 Rh5 26. Rfe1 Qe6 27. Kg2 Rgh8 28.
Rh1 Rxg5+ 29. Kf1 Rxh1+ 30. Qxh1 Qxe5 31. Re1 Qf4 32. Re6+ Kf7 33. Re2 Kg7 34.
Re7+ Kf6 35. Re2 Kg7 36. Re7+ Kf6 37. Re2 Rg8 38. Qxd5 Qc1+ 39. Re1 Rg1+ 40.
Kxg1 Qxe1+ 41. Kg2 Qxf2+ 42. Kh3 Qe3+ 43. Kg2 Qg1+ 44. Kh3 Qg4+ 45. Kh2 Qg1+ 46.
Kh3 Qg4+ 47. Kh2 Bg1+ 48. Kh1 Bc5 49. Qd8+ Ke5 50. Qxc7+ Bd6 51. Qc4 Qh3+ 52.
Kg1 Qe3+ 53. Kg2 Bc5 54. Bf1 Qf2+ 55. Kh3 Qf3+ 56. Kh2 Qf4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Louis Winter A 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2018.11.12"]
[Round "8.3"]
[White "Xiong, Jeffery"]
[Black "Miroshnichenko, Evgenij"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2606"]
[ECO "C42"]
[Opening "Petrov"]
[Variation "classical attack, close variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2047640"]
[BlackFideId "14102595"]
[EventDate "2018.11.05"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d3 Nf6 6. d4 Be7 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O
c5 9. Nc3 Nc6 10. d5 Nb4 11. Re1 Nxd3 12. Qxd3 Bg4 13. h3 Bxf3 14. Qxf3 Qd7 15.
a4 Rfe8 16. Bf4 Bf8 17. Bg5 Rxe1+ 18. Rxe1 Re8 19. Rxe8 Nxe8 20. Qg4 Qxg4 21.
hxg4 f6 22. Bf4 Kf7 23. f3 Ke7 24. Ne4 Kd7 25. Kf2 Nc7 26. c4 a5 27. Bd2 b6 28.
f4 Ne8 29. Bc3 Ke7 30. Kf3 Kf7 31. g5 f5 32. Nd2 g6 33. g4 Bg7 34. Nb1 Bxc3 35.
Nxc3 Ng7 36. gxf5 Nxf5 37. Ne4 Ke7 38. Ng3 Nxg3 39. Kxg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Louis Winter A 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2018.11.12"]
[Round "8.4"]
[White "Sevian, Samuel"]
[Black "Quesada Perez, Yuniesky"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2641"]
[BlackElo "2612"]
[ECO "A29"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "four knights, kingside fianchetto"]
[WhiteFideId "2040506"]
[BlackFideId "3504409"]
[EventDate "2018.11.05"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bb4 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. d3 Re8 8. Nd5
Nxd5 9. cxd5 Ne7 10. d4 e4 11. Ng5 h6 12. Nxe4 Nxd5 13. Bd2 Bxd2 14. Nxd2 c6 15.
e4 Nc7 16. Re1 Nb5 17. Nc4 d5 18. exd5 Rxe1+ 19. Qxe1 cxd5 20. Ne3 Nxd4 21. Rd1
Nc6 22. Nxd5 Bg4 23. Rd2 Qe8 24. Qxe8+ Rxe8 25. h3 Re1+ 26. Kh2 Re2 27. Rxe2
Bxe2 28. Nc3 Bd3 29. Bxc6 bxc6 30. Kg2 Kf8 31. Kf3 Ke7 32. Ke3 Bf1 33. h4 Kd6
34. b4 Ke5 35. f4+ Kf5 36. Ne4 Kg4 37. Kf2 Bc4 38. a3 Bd5 39. Nd6 Be6 40. Ne4
Bd5 41. Nd6 g5 42. hxg5 hxg5 43. fxg5 Kxg5 44. Nc8 a6 45. Nb6 Be6 46. Na4 Bc4
47. Nb2 Bd5 48. Nd3 Kf5 49. Nc5 Bc4 50. Ke3 Kg4 51. Kf2 Kf5 52. a4 Ke5 53. Ke3
Kd5 54. Nd7 Bf1 55. Nb6+ Ke5 56. Kf2 Bd3 57. Ke3 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Louis Winter A 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2018.11.12"]
[Round "8.5"]
[White "Motylev, Alexander"]
[Black "Robson, Ray"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2661"]
[BlackElo "2676"]
[ECO "C88"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Trajkovic counter-attack"]
[WhiteFideId "4121830"]
[BlackFideId "2023970"]
[EventDate "2018.11.05"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bb7 7. Re1 Be7 8. d3
O-O 9. Nc3 d6 10. a3 Qd7 11. Ne2 Nd8 12. Ng3 Ne6 13. c3 c5 14. d4 exd4 15. cxd4
c4 16. Bc2 d5 17. e5 Ne4 18. Nxe4 dxe4 19. Bxe4 Bxe4 20. Rxe4 Nc5 21. Re2 Nb3
22. Rb1 Rad8 23. Be3 h6 24. Qc2 Qd5 25. Qf5 Rd7 26. Rbe1 Qe6 27. g4 Bd8 28. Kg2
Bb6 29. Qxe6 fxe6 30. d5 Bxe3 31. dxe6 Rd4 32. Rxe3 Rxg4+ 33. Kh3 h5 34. e7 Re8
35. e6 Nd4 36. Ne5 Rf4 37. Rd1 Nxe6 38. Nc6 Rf6 39. Kh4 g5+ 40. Kg3 Ng7 41. Nd4
Rd6 42. Re5 Kf7 43. f4 Rxe7 44. Nf5 gxf4+ 45. Kxf4 Ne6+ 46. Rxe6 Rdxe6 47. Nxe7
Kxe7 48. Rd2 Rd6 49. Rg2 Kf6 50. Ke4 Rd3 51. a4 h4 52. axb5 axb5 53. Rg4 h3 54.
Rf4+ Ke6 55. Rh4 b4 56. Rh6+ Kd7 57. Rb6 b3 58. Rb4 Rd2 59. Rxc4 Rxh2 60. Rc3
Re2+ 61. Kd4 Rd2+ 62. Ke3 Rxb2 0-1

[Event "St Louis Winter A 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2018.11.13"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Robson, Ray"]
[Black "Sasikiran, Krishnan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2676"]
[BlackElo "2671"]
[ECO "C88"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "closed, anti-Marshall 8.a4"]
[WhiteFideId "2023970"]
[BlackFideId "5004985"]
[EventDate "2018.11.05"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4
b4 9. d3 d6 10. a5 Be6 11. Bxe6 fxe6 12. Nbd2 Rb8 13. c3 d5 14. Qe2 bxc3 15.
bxc3 Rb5 16. exd5 exd5 17. Nxe5 Nxe5 18. Qxe5 Bd6 19. Qe2 d4 20. cxd4 Bxh2+ 21.
Kf1 Qxd4 22. Ba3 Bd6 23. Qe6+ Kh8 24. Qc4 Qa7 25. Nf3 h6 26. Kg1 Qb8 27. Bxd6
cxd6 28. Qc6 Qa8 29. Qxd6 Rd5 30. Qb4 Rb5 31. Qc4 Rc8 32. Qf7 Rf8 33. Qc4 Rc8
34. Qf4 Nd5 35. Qg3 Rf8 36. Ne5 Nf4 37. Ra4 Rb1 38. Ng6+ Kg8 39. Rxb1 Ne2+ 40.
Kh2 Nxg3 41. Nxf8 Qe8 42. Rg4 Nf1+ 43. Rxf1 Qe2 44. f3 Qxf1 45. Ne6 Qxd3 46.
Rxg7+ Kh8 47. f4 Qd5 48. Re7 Qxa5 49. Re8+ Kh7 50. g4 Kg6 51. f5+ Kf6 52. Rf8+
Ke5 53. Rc8 Qd2+ 54. Kg3 a5 55. Re8 Qe1+ 56. Kh3 Qh1+ 57. Kg3 Qg1+ 58. Kf3 Kd6
59. Nf4 Kd7 60. Re3 Qa1 61. Nd3 Kd8 62. Ne5 a4 63. Nc6+ Kc7 64. Nb4 Qf1+ 65. Kg3
Qc4 66. Nd3 Qc3 67. Rf3 Qf6 68. Nb4 Kd6 69. Kh3 Kc5 70. Nc2 Kc4 71. Na3+ Kd5 72.
Nc2 Ke4 73. Ra3 Qc6 74. Ne1 Kf4 75. Rf3+ Kg5 76. f6 Qxf6 77. Rxf6 Kxf6 78. Nc2
Kg5 79. Kg3 h5 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Louis Winter A 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2018.11.13"]
[Round "9.2"]
[White "Quesada Perez, Yuniesky"]
[Black "Motylev, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2612"]
[BlackElo "2661"]
[ECO "B67"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Richter-Rauzer, Rauzer attack, 7...a6 defence, 8...Bd7"]
[WhiteFideId "3504409"]
[BlackFideId "4121830"]
[EventDate "2018.11.05"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O Bd7 9. f4 b5 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Kb1 Qb6 12. Nxc6 Bxc6 13. f5 b4 14. Ne2 e5
15. Ng3 h5 16. Bc4 h4 17. Nf1 Bxe4 18. Qe2 Bxf5 19. Ne3 Be6 20. Qf3 Rc8 21. Bxe6
fxe6 22. Qxf6 Rh6 23. Qg5 Qc7 24. Rhf1 Qg7 25. Qxg7 Bxg7 26. Rxd6 a5 27. Ra6 Rf6
28. Rxf6 Bxf6 29. Rxa5 e4 30. Ng4 Kf7 31. a4 Bd4 32. Kc1 e3 33. Kd1 e2+ 34. Kxe2
Rxc2+ 35. Kd3 Rxg2 36. Rg5 Rxb2 37. Kxd4 Ra2 38. a5 1-0

[Event "St Louis Winter A 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2018.11.13"]
[Round "9.3"]
[White "Miroshnichenko, Evgenij"]
[Black "Sevian, Samuel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2606"]
[BlackElo "2641"]
[ECO "A08"]
[Opening "Reti"]
[Variation "King's Indian attack, French variation"]
[WhiteFideId "14102595"]
[BlackFideId "2040506"]
[EventDate "2018.11.05"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O c5 5. d3 Nc6 6. Nbd2 Be7 7. e4 O-O 8. Re1
b5 9. a4 b4 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Nc4 Bb7 12. Bd2 Rc8 13. h4 h6 14. Kh2 Bf6 15. Re2
Nb6 16. Nxb6 Qxb6 17. Rb1 Ne7 18. b3 Rfd8 19. Qh1 Nf5 20. Be3 Bd4 21. Nd2 Bd5
22. Bxd5 exd5 23. Qf3 Qf6 24. Bxd4 Nxd4 25. Qxf6 gxf6 26. Re7 Re8 27. Re3 Nxc2
28. Rxe8+ Rxe8 29. Rc1 Ne1 30. Rxc5 Re2 31. Nf1 Rxf2+ 32. Kg1 Rg2+ 33. Kh1 Rb2
34. Rxd5 Rxb3 35. Rb5 Rb2 36. d4 Kf8 37. a5 Nf3 38. d5 Ke7 39. Rb7+ Kd6 40. Rxa7
Rf2 41. a6 Rxf1+ 42. Kg2 Nd2 0-1

[Event "St Louis Winter A 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2018.11.13"]
[Round "9.4"]
[White "Swiercz, Dariusz"]
[Black "Xiong, Jeffery"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2636"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[ECO "B90"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Najdorf, Byrne (English) attack"]
[WhiteFideId "1126881"]
[BlackFideId "2047640"]
[EventDate "2018.11.05"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nf3 Qc7 8. Be2
h6 9. O-O Be7 10. a4 Be6 11. Nd5 Nxd5 12. exd5 Bf5 13. Bd3 Bxd3 14. cxd3 Nd7 15.
Qb3 Nf6 16. Nd2 O-O 17. Ne4 Rac8 18. Rfc1 Qd7 19. Nxf6+ Bxf6 20. Rc4 Rxc4 21.
dxc4 e4 22. Qc2 Rc8 23. Rc1 b5 24. axb5 axb5 25. Qxe4 Bxb2 26. Rc2 Bf6 27. cxb5
Rxc2 28. Qxc2 Qxb5 29. Qe4 Bg5 30. Bxg5 hxg5 31. g3 g6 32. h3 Qb2 33. Kg2 Kg7
34. Qe3 Kf6 35. h4 gxh4 36. Qf4+ Ke7 37. Qxh4+ Qf6 38. Qc4 g5 39. f4 gxf4 40.
gxf4 Qb2+ 41. Kg3 Kf6 42. Qe4 Qd2 43. Kg4 Qd1+ 44. Kg3 Qg1+ 45. Kh3 Qg8 46. Kh4
Qg1 47. Kh3 Qg6 48. Qxg6+ Kxg6 49. Kg4 Kf6 50. Kg3 Kf5 51. Kf3 Kg6 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Louis Winter A 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2018.11.13"]
[Round "9.5"]
[White "Melkumyan, Hrant"]
[Black "Shimanov, Aleksandr"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2668"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[ECO "A41"]
[Opening "Queen's Pawn"]
[WhiteFideId "13302485"]
[BlackFideId "4198603"]
[EventDate "2018.11.05"]

1. d4 d6 2. e4 Nf6 3. Bd3 e5 4. c3 d5 5. dxe5 Nxe4 6. Nf3 Nc5 7. Bc2 Bg4 8. O-O
Be7 9. Bf4 Ne6 10. Bg3 O-O 11. Nbd2 Bh5 12. Qb1 Bg6 13. Rd1 c6 14. Nf1 Nd7 15.
Ne3 Bc5 16. Nf5 a5 17. b4 axb4 18. cxb4 Bb6 19. a4 f6 20. a5 Ba7 21. Re1 Nxe5
22. Rxe5 fxe5 23. Bh4 Bxf5 24. Bxd8 Bxc2 25. Qxc2 Raxd8 26. a6 Nd4 27. Nxd4 Bxd4
28. Rf1 bxa6 29. Qxc6 Rf6 30. Qb7 h6 31. g3 Kh8 32. Kg2 e4 33. Rd1 Rxf2+ 34. Kh3
Bf6 35. Rxd5 Re8 36. Qc6 Re7 37. Rd8+ Kh7 38. Re8 Rxe8 39. Qxe8 Re2 40. Qd7 h5
41. Qd1 Rb2 42. Qxh5+ Kg8 43. Qe8+ Kh7 44. Qxe4+ g6 45. Qf4 Bg7 46. Qc4 Bf8 47.
Qh4+ Bh6 48. Qe7+ Bg7 49. Qd6 Ra2 50. Qe6 Ra4 51. Qb3 Ra1 52. Qc4 a5 53. Qh4+
Bh6 54. b5 a4 55. g4 g5 56. Qg3 a3 57. Qd3+ Kh8 58. Qg6 Bf8 59. Qh5+ Kg8 60.
Qxg5+ Kf7 61. Qd5+ Kg6 62. Qf5+ 1-0

