[Event "St Louis Winter B 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2018.11.05"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Van Foreest, Lucas"]
[Black "Hakobyan, Aram"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2499"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[ECO "C50"]
[Opening "Giuoco Piano"]
[WhiteFideId "1039792"]
[BlackFideId "13306677"]
[EventDate "2018.11.05"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O d6 5. c3 Nf6 6. d3 a6 7. a4 Ba7 8. Re1 O-O
9. h3 b5 10. Ba2 b4 11. d4 Rb8 12. Be3 bxc3 13. bxc3 exd4 14. cxd4 Nb4 15. Nc3
Nxa2 16. Rxa2 d5 17. Bg5 dxe4 18. Nxe4 Qd5 19. Nxf6+ gxf6 20. Bxf6 Qxa2 21. Qc1
Qb1 22. Qxb1 Rxb1 23. Rxb1 Bb6 24. Re1 a5 25. Re3 h6 26. Ne5 Kh7 27. Nc6 Kg6 28.
Rf3 Bf5 29. Be5 Bd7 30. Ne7+ Kh7 31. Bf6 Re8 32. Rg3 h5 33. Rg7+ Kh6 34. Ng8+
Rxg8 35. Rxg8 Bxa4 36. f4 1-0

[Event "St Louis Winter B 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2018.11.05"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Kevlishvili, Robby"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2451"]
[BlackElo "2526"]
[ECO "C91"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "closed, Bogolyubov variation"]
[WhiteFideId "1040634"]
[BlackFideId "2000091"]
[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. c3
d6 9. d4 Bg4 10. Be3 Bh5 11. Nbd2 Na5 12. dxe5 dxe5 13. h3 Nxb3 14. axb3 Bd6 15.
b4 Qe7 16. Qc2 Nd7 17. Nh2 f6 18. Nhf1 Bf7 19. Nb3 Qe6 20. Ra3 Rfc8 21. Rea1 Bf8
22. Nc5 Bxc5 23. Bxc5 Qc6 24. Be3 Nf8 25. Nd2 Rd8 26. Nb3 Ne6 27. Na5 Qe8 28.
Nb7 Rdb8 29. Nc5 Nxc5 30. Bxc5 Qc6 31. f3 Rd8 32. Qf2 Be6 33. Kh2 Bc8 34. Qe2
Bb7 35. c4 Qd7 36. cxb5 Qxb5 37. Qc2 Qd7 38. Rc3 Rac8 39. Rc1 Qe6 40. Be3 Rd7
41. Qa4 c6 42. Bb6 h6 43. Rd1 Re8 44. Rxd7 Qxd7 45. Qb3+ Qf7 46. Qxf7+ Kxf7 47.
Rd3 Bc8 48. Kg3 Re7 49. Rd6 Re6 50. Rd8 Re8 51. Rd6 Re6 52. Rd8 Re8 53. Rd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Louis Winter B 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2018.11.05"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Andriasian, Zaven"]
[Black "Perelshteyn, Eugene"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2603"]
[BlackElo "2493"]
[ECO "B35"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "accelerated fianchetto, modern variation with Bc4"]
[WhiteFideId "13302000"]
[BlackFideId "2012529"]
[EventDate "2018.11.05"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 Qa5 8.
O-O O-O 9. Bb3 d6 10. h3 Bd7 11. Re1 Rac8 12. Qe2 Nh5 13. Nf5 gxf5 14. Qxh5 f4
15. Qxa5 Nxa5 16. Bxf4 Rxc3 17. bxc3 Bxc3 18. e5 Bxa1 19. Rxa1 dxe5 20. Bxe5
Nxb3 21. axb3 f6 22. Bd4 a6 23. f4 Kf7 24. c3 h5 25. Ra5 Kg6 26. Rc5 Rc8 27. Kf2
Rxc5 28. Bxc5 e5 29. fxe5 fxe5 30. Ke3 Kf5 31. g4+ hxg4 32. hxg4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Louis Winter B 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2018.11.05"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Ali Marandi, Cemil Can"]
[Black "Gareyev, Timur"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2552"]
[BlackElo "2584"]
[WhiteFideId "6300529"]
[BlackFideId "14200937"]
[EventDate "2018.11.05"]

1-0

[Event "St Louis Winter B 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2018.11.05"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Theodorou, Nikolas"]
[Black "Mikhalevski, Victor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2539"]
[BlackElo "2574"]
[ECO "D78"]
[Opening "Neo-Gruenfeld, 6.O-O c6"]
[WhiteFideId "4262875"]
[BlackFideId "2801914"]
[EventDate "2018.11.05"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 c6 6. O-O d5 7. Qb3 Qb6 8. Nc3
Rd8 9. Bd2 Bf5 10. Na4 Qxb3 11. axb3 Na6 12. Rfc1 h6 13. Ba5 Rdc8 14. Ne5 e6 15.
b4 Bf8 16. b5 cxb5 17. cxb5 Nb4 18. Bxb4 Bxb4 19. Nc5 Bd2 20. Rd1 Bb4 21. Rac1
Rc7 22. Ne4 Ne8 23. Nf6+ Kf8 24. Nxe8 Rxc1 25. Rxc1 Rxe8 26. Ra1 Re7 27. g4 Bc2
28. Rxa7 f6 29. Nf3 g5 30. h3 b6 31. Ra8+ Kf7 32. Rb8 Ra7 33. Rxb6 Ra2 34. Rb7+
Ke8 35. Rb6 Kd7 36. Rb7+ Ke8 37. Rb6 Kd7 38. Rb7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Louis Winter B 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2018.11.06"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Hakobyan, Aram"]
[Black "Mikhalevski, Victor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2574"]
[ECO "A45"]
[Opening "Trompovsky attack (Ruth, Opovcensky opening)"]
[WhiteFideId "13306677"]
[BlackFideId "2801914"]
[EventDate "2018.11.05"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 3. e3 c5 4. Bxf6 gxf6 5. dxc5 e6 6. Nf3 Bxc5 7. Be2 Qb6 8.
Qc1 Nc6 9. O-O O-O 10. Nbd2 Rd8 11. e4 Bf8 12. exd5 Rxd5 13. Ne4 Bg7 14. c4 Rd8
15. Qc3 Qc7 16. Nxf6+ Kh8 17. Ng5 Nd4 18. Qh3 Nxe2+ 19. Kh1 h6 20. Rad1 Bxf6 21.
Qxh6+ Kg8 22. Qxf6 Rf8 23. f4 e5 24. fxe5 Qb6 25. Rd6 Qa5 26. Nxf7 1-0

[Event "St Louis Winter B 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2018.11.06"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Gareyev, Timur"]
[Black "Theodorou, Nikolas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2584"]
[BlackElo "2539"]
[ECO "E92"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "classical variation"]
[WhiteFideId "14200937"]
[BlackFideId "4262875"]
[EventDate "2018.11.05"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Nf3 e5 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4
exd4 9. Nxd4 g5 10. Bg3 Re8 11. f3 Nc6 12. Bf2 Ne5 13. h4 g4 14. Qd2 a6 15.
O-O-O b5 16. cxb5 axb5 17. Bxb5 Bd7 18. f4 c5 19. Nf5 Nxe4 20. Nxe4 Bxf5 21.
Nxd6 Qb6 22. Qd5 Nd3+ 23. Rxd3 Bxd3 24. Qxf7+ Kh8 25. Nxe8 Bxb2+ 26. Kxb2 Qxb5+
27. Ka1 Qxe8 28. Qd5 Qe4 29. Qxc5 Qc4 30. Qe5+ Kh7 31. Qb2 Rxa2+ 32. Qxa2 Qc3+
33. Qb2 Qa5+ 34. Qa2 Qc3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Louis Winter B 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2018.11.06"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Perelshteyn, Eugene"]
[Black "Ali Marandi, Cemil Can"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2493"]
[BlackElo "2552"]
[ECO "D10"]
[Opening "QGD Slav defence"]
[Variation "exchange variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2012529"]
[BlackFideId "6300529"]
[EventDate "2018.11.05"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Bg5 e6 6. e3 Be7 7. Bd3 Nc6 8. Nf3
Nh5 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. O-O Bd7 11. Ne5 Nxe5 12. dxe5 g6 13. Be2 Ng7 14. e4 Bc6 15.
exd5 exd5 16. Bf3 O-O 17. Nxd5 Qxe5 18. Re1 Qxb2 19. Re2 Qb5 20. Nc7 Qa5 21.
Nxa8 Bxf3 22. gxf3 Qg5+ 23. Kh1 Rxa8 24. Qb3 b6 25. Qe3 Qf6 26. Rc1 Re8 27. Qc3
Qf5 28. Rxe8+ Nxe8 29. Qc6 Kf8 30. Qe4 Qb5 31. Qd4 f6 32. Qe3 Qd7 33. Kg2 Kf7
34. Qb3+ Kg7 35. Rd1 Qc6 36. Qd5 Qc2 37. Qd7+ Kh6 38. Qh3+ Kg5 39. f4+ Kxf4 40.
Rd4+ Kg5 41. Rg4+ Kf5 42. Rc4+ 1-0

[Event "St Louis Winter B 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2018.11.06"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Andriasian, Zaven"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2526"]
[BlackElo "2603"]
[ECO "B51"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Canal-Sokolsky (Nimzovich-Rossolimo, Moscow) attack"]
[WhiteFideId "2000091"]
[BlackFideId "13302000"]
[EventDate "2018.11.05"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nc6 4. O-O Bd7 5. Re1 Nf6 6. h3 g6 7. c3 Bg7 8. d4
O-O 9. Bf1 Rc8 10. e5 dxe5 11. d5 Na5 12. Nxe5 b5 13. d6 e6 14. Bg5 h6 15. Bh4
c4 16. Nd2 g5 17. Bg3 Nb7 18. a4 a6 19. axb5 axb5 20. Ne4 Nxe4 21. Rxe4 Bc6 22.
Rd4 Bd5 23. d7 Rc7 24. Rxd5 exd5 25. Qxd5 Bxe5 26. Qxe5 Rxd7 27. Qxb5 Nd6 28.
Qd5 Qe7 29. Rd1 Rfd8 30. Rd4 Ne8 31. Qxc4 Rxd4 32. cxd4 Nd6 33. Qc5 Qe6 34. Qb6
Qe7 35. Bd3 h5 36. h4 gxh4 37. Be5 f6 38. Bf4 Nf7 39. Kh2 Kg7 40. Bc4 Ng5 41.
Bd3 Nf7 42. b4 Nh6 43. f3 Nf7 44. b5 Qd7 45. Be4 h3 46. Qc5 hxg2 47. Kxg2 Qxd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Louis Winter B 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2018.11.06"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Van Foreest, Lucas"]
[Black "Kevlishvili, Robby"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2499"]
[BlackElo "2451"]
[ECO "D13"]
[Opening "QGD Slav"]
[Variation "exchange variation"]
[WhiteFideId "1039792"]
[BlackFideId "1040634"]
[EventDate "2018.11.05"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bf4 Nh5 7. Bd2 e6 8. e3
Nf6 9. Bd3 Bd6 10. O-O O-O 11. e4 dxe4 12. Nxe4 Be7 13. Qe2 Bd7 14. Rfd1 Rc8 15.
Rac1 Re8 16. Bb1 Qb6 17. Nxf6+ Bxf6 18. Ne5 Re7 19. Be3 Qd8 20. Ng4 Re8 21.
Nxf6+ Qxf6 22. Qg4 Qe7 23. Qh5 g6 24. Qf3 b6 25. Be4 Na5 26. b3 Rxc1 27. Bxc1 f5
28. Bd3 Bc6 29. Qg3 Bd5 30. h4 Nc6 31. Bb5 Rc8 32. Bh6 Qc7 33. Bf4 Qf7 34. Rc1
h5 35. Qg5 Kh7 36. Qh6+ Kg8 37. Be5 Qh7 38. Qg5 Qf7 39. f3 Kh7 40. Rxc6 Rxc6 41.
Qd8 g5 42. Bxc6 Bxc6 43. Qh8+ Kg6 44. hxg5 Kxg5 45. Bf4+ Kxf4 46. Qh6+ Kg3 47.
Qg5# 1-0

[Event "St Louis Winter B 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2018.11.07"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Kevlishvili, Robby"]
[Black "Hakobyan, Aram"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2451"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[ECO "C67"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Berlin defence, open variation"]
[WhiteFideId "1040634"]
[BlackFideId "13306677"]
[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 Nf5 8.
Nxc6 dxc6 9. d3 O-O 10. Nd2 Re8 11. Nf3 Be6 12. Bf4 Bd6 13. Qd2 Qf6 14. Ne5 h6
15. c3 c5 16. Nc4 Bd5 17. Bxd6 Nxd6 18. Rxe8+ Rxe8 19. Re1 Rd8 20. Qe3 b6 21.
Nxd6 Qxd6 22. a3 Be6 23. h3 a5 24. Qe5 Qxe5 25. Rxe5 g5 26. g3 Kg7 27. Kg2 Kf6
28. Re3 b5 29. f4 b4 30. Re5 c4 31. d4 Bd5+ 32. Kf2 bxa3 33. bxa3 gxf4 34. gxf4
c6 35. Bg2 a4 36. Bxd5 cxd5 37. Ke3 Kg6 38. Re7 Rb8 39. Rd7 Rb3 40. Rd6+ f6 41.
Rxd5 Rxc3+ 42. Ke4 Rxa3 43. Ra5 Ra1 44. d5 a3 45. d6 a2 46. d7 Re1+ 47. Kf3 Rd1
48. h4 Rxd7 49. h5+ Kf7 50. Rxa2 c3 51. Ke2 Ke6 52. Ra5 Rd2+ 53. Ke3 Rd5 54.
Ra6+ Rd6 55. Ra2 Rc6 56. Rc2 Kf5 57. Kf3 Rc8 58. Ke3 Kg4 59. Ke4 Re8+ 60. Kd3
Kxf4 61. Rg2 Re3+ 62. Kc2 Rg3 63. Re2 Kg5 64. Re6 Rf3 65. Re8 Kxh5 0-1

[Event "St Louis Winter B 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2018.11.07"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Andriasian, Zaven"]
[Black "Van Foreest, Lucas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2603"]
[BlackElo "2499"]
[ECO "C50"]
[Opening "Giuoco Pianissimo"]
[WhiteFideId "13302000"]
[BlackFideId "1039792"]
[EventDate "2018.11.05"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. O-O O-O 6. Nbd2 d6 7. c3 Ne7 8. d4
exd4 9. cxd4 Bb6 10. Bd3 Bg4 11. h3 Bh5 12. Re1 Nc6 13. g4 Bg6 14. d5 Nb4 15.
Bb1 Re8 16. a3 Na6 17. b4 Nb8 18. Bb2 c6 19. Nc4 cxd5 20. Nxb6 axb6 21. exd5
Rxe1+ 22. Qxe1 Na6 23. Bxg6 hxg6 24. Rd1 Nc7 25. Qc3 Qd7 26. Ng5 Re8 27. Qf3 Qe7
28. Kg2 b5 29. h4 Qe2 30. Bxf6 gxf6 31. Qxe2 Rxe2 32. Nf3 Re4 33. Rd4 Re2 34.
Kg3 Kg7 35. Rd3 Re4 36. Rd4 Re2 37. Rd3 Re4 38. Rd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Louis Winter B 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2018.11.07"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Ali Marandi, Cemil Can"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2552"]
[BlackElo "2526"]
[ECO "A45"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[WhiteFideId "6300529"]
[BlackFideId "2000091"]
[EventDate "2018.11.05"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 d6 3. Nc3 c6 4. e4 Qa5 5. Qe2 e5 6. dxe5 dxe5 7. Bd2 Bg4 8. f3
Be6 9. g4 Nbd7 10. h4 b5 11. Nd5 b4 12. Qa6 Qxa6 13. Nc7+ Kd8 14. Nxe6+ fxe6 15.
Bxa6 Nc5 16. Bc4 a5 17. a3 Rb8 18. axb4 axb4 19. Nh3 Bd6 20. Ra7 Nfd7 21. Ke2 h6
22. g5 Ke7 23. gxh6 gxh6 24. Rg1 Kf6 25. Nf2 h5 26. Bg5+ Kf7 27. Be3 Rb7 28.
Raa1 Be7 29. Bg5 Nb6 30. Bd3 b3 31. Bxe7 Rxe7 32. Rg5 Kf6 33. Rag1 Rhh7 34. f4
Reg7 35. Nh3 Nxd3 36. cxd3 Rxg5 37. hxg5+ Kg6 38. fxe5 Rf7 39. Ke3 1-0

[Event "St Louis Winter B 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2018.11.07"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Theodorou, Nikolas"]
[Black "Perelshteyn, Eugene"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2539"]
[BlackElo "2493"]
[ECO "E60"]
[Opening "King's Indian, 3.Nf3"]
[WhiteFideId "4262875"]
[BlackFideId "2012529"]
[EventDate "2018.11.05"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O c6 7. Nc3 Qb6 8. c5
dxc5 9. Na4 Qb5 10. Nxc5 Na6 11. a4 Qb6 12. a5 Qb5 13. Nxa6 Qxa6 14. Re1 Bf5 15.
Ne5 Nd7 16. e4 Nxe5 17. exf5 Rad8 18. fxg6 Nxg6 19. Be3 c5 20. d5 Bxb2 21. Rb1
Bc3 22. Re2 Qxa5 23. h4 Bf6 24. h5 Ne5 25. Bf4 Nc4 26. Rxb7 e5 27. Be4 Nd6 28.
Bb1 Qc3 29. Rb3 Qc4 30. Rxe5 Bxe5 31. Bxe5 Rfe8 32. Bf6 Rb8 33. Bd3 Qa4 34. Qd2
Re1+ 35. Kh2 Rxb3 36. Qh6 Nf5 37. Bxf5 1-0

[Event "St Louis Winter B 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2018.11.07"]
[Round "3.5"]
[White "Mikhalevski, Victor"]
[Black "Gareyev, Timur"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2574"]
[BlackElo "2584"]
[ECO "E15"]
[Opening "Queen's Indian"]
[Variation "Nimzovich variation (exaggerated fianchetto)"]
[WhiteFideId "2801914"]
[BlackFideId "14200937"]
[EventDate "2018.11.05"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Qa4 Bb7 6. Bg2 c5 7. dxc5 bxc5 8. O-O
Be7 9. Rd1 O-O 10. Bf4 Qb6 11. Nc3 Rd8 12. Rd2 d6 13. Rad1 a6 14. g4 Ne8 15. Qc2
Nd7 16. g5 Bc6 17. h4 Qb7 18. Bg3 Nf8 19. b3 Ra7 20. Ne1 Qa8 21. f4 g6 22. Bxc6
Qxc6 23. e4 Ng7 24. Ng2 f5 25. Ne3 Rad7 26. Bh2 Kh8 27. Qd3 Re8 28. exf5 gxf5
29. Qe2 Bd8 30. h5 Ba5 31. Rd3 Ree7 32. Na4 Kg8 33. Qg2 Qc8 34. Qf3 e5 35. Nd5
Re6 36. fxe5 dxe5 37. Bxe5 Rxe5 38. Nf6+ Kh8 39. Rxd7 Nxd7 40. Rxd7 f4 1-0

[Event "St Louis Winter B 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2018.11.08"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Hakobyan, Aram"]
[Black "Gareyev, Timur"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2584"]
[ECO "E70"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "4.e4"]
[WhiteFideId "13306677"]
[BlackFideId "14200937"]
[EventDate "2018.11.05"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 O-O 5. f3 c5 6. d5 e6 7. Nge2 exd5 8. cxd5
d6 9. Bg5 Re8 10. Qd2 a6 11. a4 Nbd7 12. Ng3 Qa5 13. Ra3 Qb4 14. Be2 Ne5 15. O-O
Nfd7 16. Qc1 Nc4 17. Bxc4 Qxc4 18. Be3 Ne5 19. a5 b5 20. axb6 Rb8 21. Na4 Bd7
22. b3 Qxc1 23. Rxc1 Bxa4 24. Rxa4 Nd3 25. Rc2 Rxb6 26. Nf1 Rxb3 27. Nd2 Rb5 28.
Kf1 Nb4 29. Rc1 Nd3 30. Rc2 f5 31. Ke2 Nb4 32. Rc1 Bb2 33. Rd1 Bd4 34. Nc4 fxe4
35. Bxd4 cxd4 36. Nxd6 exf3+ 37. Kf1 Nxd5 38. Nxe8 Ne3+ 39. Kf2 Nxd1+ 40. Kxf3
Rf5+ 41. Kg3 Nc3 42. Rxa6 d3 43. Nd6 d2 44. Nxf5 d1=Q 0-1

[Event "St Louis Winter B 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2018.11.08"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Perelshteyn, Eugene"]
[Black "Mikhalevski, Victor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2493"]
[BlackElo "2574"]
[ECO "A48"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "East Indian defence"]
[WhiteFideId "2012529"]
[BlackFideId "2801914"]
[EventDate "2018.11.05"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. Nb5 Na6 6. e3 O-O 7. h3 Ne4 8. Nd2
c6 9. Nxe4 dxe4 10. Nc3 c5 11. Be5 f6 12. Bh2 Qa5 13. Bc4+ Kh8 14. O-O f5 15.
Be5 Rd8 16. Bxg7+ Kxg7 17. Qe2 cxd4 18. exd4 Rxd4 19. Rad1 Rxd1 20. Rxd1 Nc7 21.
Rd8 Be6 22. Rxa8 Bxc4 23. Qxc4 Nxa8 24. Qd4+ Kg8 25. Qc4+ Kg7 26. Qd4+ Kg8 27.
Qd7 Kf7 28. Qxb7 Nc7 29. Qb3+ Ne6 30. a4 Qc5 31. Qd5 Qb4 32. Qb5 Qd4 33. Qd5 a6
34. a5 e3 35. Qxd4 Nxd4 36. fxe3 Nxc2 37. Nd5 e6 38. Nb6 Nxe3 39. b4 Nc2 40. b5
Nb4 41. bxa6 Nxa6 42. Kf2 e5 43. Nd7 e4 44. Ke3 Ke7 45. Ne5 Kd6 46. Nf7+ Kd5 47.
Ng5 h5 48. g4 Ke5 49. gxf5 gxf5 50. Nf7+ Ke6 51. Ng5+ Ke5 52. Nf7+ Kf6 53. Nd6
Ke6 54. Nc4 Kd5 55. Nb6+ Kc6 56. Nc8 Kd7 57. Nb6+ Kc6 58. Nc8 Kd7 59. Nb6+ Kd6
60. Nc4+ Kc5 61. Ne5 Nb4 62. Kf4 Kb5 63. Kxf5 e3 64. Kg5 e2 65. Nf3 Nc2 66. Kxh5
Kxa5 67. Kg4 Ne3+ 68. Kg3 Kb6 69. Kf2 Nf5 70. Kxe2 Kc5 71. Ng5 Kd6 72. Kf3 Ke5
73. Kg4 Kf6 74. Kf4 Kg6 75. Ne4 Ng7 76. Kg4 Nf5 77. Kf4 Ng7 78. Kg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Louis Winter B 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2018.11.08"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Theodorou, Nikolas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2526"]
[BlackElo "2539"]
[ECO "B22"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Alapin's variation (2.c3)"]
[WhiteFideId "2000091"]
[BlackFideId "4262875"]
[EventDate "2018.11.05"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Na3 a6 6. Be2 e6 7. O-O Be7 8. Nc4
Nbd7 9. d4 cxd4 10. Nxd4 O-O 11. b3 Re8 12. Bf3 Qc5 13. Re1 Nb6 14. Nxe6 Bxe6
15. Be3 Qf5 16. Bxb6 Bxc4 17. bxc4 Bc5 18. Bxc5 Rxe1+ 19. Qxe1 Qxc5 20. Bxb7 Re8
21. Qf1 Qa3 22. Qc1 Qa5 23. Qd2 g6 24. Rd1 Kg7 25. g3 Rb8 26. Bf3 Qa3 27. Qd4 h6
28. c5 Qxa2 29. c6 Qa5 30. Kg2 Rb3 31. Rc1 Rb2 32. h4 Rb5 33. c4 Rc5 34. Rb1 Rf5
35. g4 Qc5 36. Qxc5 Rxc5 37. Rb4 a5 38. Rb5 Rxc4 39. g5 hxg5 40. hxg5 Ng8 41.
Bd5 Rg4+ 42. Kf1 Rxg5 43. c7 Ne7 44. Rxa5 Rh5 45. Rb5 Rh3 46. Bc4 Rc3 47. Rc5
Nc8 48. Ke2 Kf6 49. Kd2 Ra3 50. Rd5 Ra7 51. Rd7 Nb6 52. Rd6+ Kg5 53. Rc6 f5 54.
Bf7 Nc8 55. Bxg6 Ne7 56. Bf7 Ra8 57. Re6 Ra2+ 58. Ke1 Ra1+ 59. Ke2 Ra2+ 60. Kf1
Ra1+ 61. Re1 Rxe1+ 62. Kxe1 Kf6 63. Bd5 1-0

[Event "St Louis Winter B 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2018.11.08"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Van Foreest, Lucas"]
[Black "Ali Marandi, Cemil Can"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2499"]
[BlackElo "2552"]
[ECO "C00"]
[Opening "French defence"]
[WhiteFideId "1039792"]
[BlackFideId "6300529"]
[EventDate "2018.11.05"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 b6 3. Nc3 Bb7 4. Bd3 Nf6 5. Qe2 Bb4 6. Nf3 d5 7. exd5 Qxd5 8. O-O
Bxc3 9. bxc3 Nbd7 10. Bg5 h6 11. c4 Qd6 12. Bh4 Nh5 13. Be4 Bxe4 14. Qxe4 O-O
15. Ne5 f5 16. Qf3 Nhf6 17. Bg3 Qxd4 18. Rad1 Nxe5 19. Qxa8 Rxa8 20. Rxd4 Nc6
21. Rdd1 e5 22. f4 e4 23. Bh4 Ne8 24. c5 Kf7 25. g4 bxc5 26. Rd5 Nd4 27. gxf5
Nd6 28. Bf2 Re8 29. Bxd4 cxd4 30. Rxd4 Kf6 31. Ra4 e3 32. Kg2 Kxf5 33. Re1 Re4
34. Rxa7 Kxf4 35. Rxc7 Nf5 36. Rf1+ Kg4 37. h3+ Kg5 38. Rc5 g6 39. Kf3 Rh4 40.
Rg1+ Kf6 41. Rc6+ Ke5 42. Rcxg6 Rxh3+ 43. Kg2 Rh4 44. Rb1 Re4 45. Rg8 Rc4 46.
Rb5+ Ke6 47. Re8+ Kd7 48. Ree5 Rxc2+ 49. Kh3 e2 50. Rxe2 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Louis Winter B 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2018.11.08"]
[Round "4.5"]
[White "Kevlishvili, Robby"]
[Black "Andriasian, Zaven"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2451"]
[BlackElo "2603"]
[ECO "B90"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Najdorf, Byrne (English) attack"]
[WhiteFideId "1040634"]
[BlackFideId "13302000"]
[EventDate "2018.11.05"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Ng4 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bc1
Nf6 9. Bc4 e6 10. Be3 Nc6 11. f4 Qc7 12. Bb3 Be7 13. f5 Nxd4 14. Bxd4 Bd7 15.
Qd3 b5 16. a3 e5 17. Bf2 Bc6 18. Bh4 Nd7 19. Bxe7 Kxe7 20. Qg3 Rhg8 21. O-O-O
Nf6 22. Rd3 Bxe4 23. Nxe4 Nxe4 24. Qh4+ Nf6 25. Rhd1 Rad8 26. g4 a5 27. h3 Qb6
28. Qe1 Rd7 29. Rg3 Rb8 30. c3 b4 31. cxb4 axb4 32. a4 Qc6+ 33. Kb1 Qe4+ 34.
Rgd3 Qxe1 35. Rxe1 Rc7 36. Rg3 Nd7 37. g5 hxg5 38. Rxg5 Nc5 39. Bd5 Kf6 40. Reg1
Rg8 41. h4 e4 42. h5 Rh8 43. a5 e3 44. Rxg7 Rxh5 45. R7g3 Rxf5 46. Bg2 Nb3 47.
a6 Nd2+ 48. Ka2 Ra5# 0-1

[Event "St Louis Winter B 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2018.11.09"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Andriasian, Zaven"]
[Black "Hakobyan, Aram"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2603"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[ECO "C50"]
[Opening "Giuoco Pianissimo"]
[WhiteFideId "13302000"]
[BlackFideId "13306677"]
[EventDate "2018.11.05"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. O-O d6 6. c3 a6 7. Bb3 Ba7 8. Nbd2
Qe7 9. Nc4 h6 10. Re1 O-O 11. Ne3 Ng4 12. h3 Nxe3 13. Bxe3 Bxe3 14. Rxe3 Qf6 15.
Nh2 Be6 16. Ng4 Qh4 17. Rg3 Na5 18. Bxe6 fxe6 19. Qa4 Nc6 20. Qb3 Nd8 21. Re1
Kh8 22. d4 exd4 23. cxd4 Qe7 24. Nh2 Nc6 25. Nf3 Rab8 26. Rg4 Qf7 27. Qc2 Rbc8
28. Re3 e5 29. dxe5 dxe5 30. Rb3 Rb8 31. Kh2 Kh7 32. Qc5 Qf6 33. Rd3 Rf7 34. Rd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Louis Winter B 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2018.11.09"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Ali Marandi, Cemil Can"]
[Black "Kevlishvili, Robby"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2552"]
[BlackElo "2451"]
[ECO "D43"]
[Opening "QGD semi-Slav"]
[WhiteFideId "6300529"]
[BlackFideId "1040634"]
[EventDate "2018.11.05"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 c6 5. g3 dxc4 6. Bg2 b5 7. O-O Bb7 8. Ne5 a6
9. b3 b4 10. Ne4 Nxe4 11. Bxe4 c3 12. a3 a5 13. axb4 Bxb4 14. Qd3 f5 15. Bf3 O-O
16. Ba3 Nd7 17. Nxc6 Bxc6 18. Bxc6 Rc8 19. Bxb4 axb4 20. Qc4 Qf6 21. Qb5 Rb8 22.
Qa4 Nb6 23. Qxb4 Nd5 24. Qa5 Nb4 25. Bd7 Nc2 26. Qxc3 Nxa1 27. Rxa1 Rbd8 28. Qc7
Qxd4 29. Bxe6+ Kh8 30. Ra4 Qd1+ 31. Kg2 Qxe2 32. Bxf5 Rd1 33. Qc5 Qf1+ 34. Kf3
Qd3+ 35. Kg2 Qf1+ 36. Kf3 Rdd8 37. Rf4 Qh1+ 38. Kg4 Qxh2 39. b4 Rf6 40. b5 Rdf8
41. Qe5 Rh6 42. Kf3 Qh1+ 43. Ke2 Qh5+ 44. g4 Qf7 45. Kf1 Qb3 46. Bc2 Rh1+ 47.
Kg2 Qh3# 0-1

[Event "St Louis Winter B 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2018.11.09"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Theodorou, Nikolas"]
[Black "Van Foreest, Lucas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2539"]
[BlackElo "2499"]
[ECO "E20"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian"]
[Variation "Romanishin-Kasparov (Steiner) system"]
[WhiteFideId "4262875"]
[BlackFideId "1039792"]
[EventDate "2018.11.05"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d5 6. Nf3 dxc4 7. O-O Nc6 8. a3
Be7 9. e4 a6 10. Be3 b5 11. Qc2 Bb7 12. Rad1 Na5 13. d5 exd5 14. exd5 Nb3 15.
Ne5 Bc5 16. Bg5 Re8 17. Ng4 Nxg4 18. Bxd8 Raxd8 19. d6 Bxg2 20. dxc7 Rxd1 21.
Rxd1 Bb7 22. Rd8 Rf8 23. Qe4 Bxf2+ 24. Kg2 Bxe4+ 25. Nxe4 Rxd8 26. cxd8=R# 1-0

[Event "St Louis Winter B 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2018.11.09"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Mikhalevski, Victor"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2574"]
[BlackElo "2526"]
[ECO "E15"]
[Opening "Queen's Indian"]
[Variation "Nimzovich variation (exaggerated fianchetto)"]
[WhiteFideId "2801914"]
[BlackFideId "2000091"]
[EventDate "2018.11.05"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Qa4 Bb7 6. Bg2 g6 7. Qc2 Bg7 8. Nc3
O-O 9. O-O d5 10. Ne5 Na6 11. Bg5 c6 12. Ng4 h5 13. Ne5 Qe8 14. e4 c5 15. exd5
cxd4 16. Nb5 exd5 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. Nxg6 d3 19. Qxd3 dxc4 20. Nd6 cxd3 21. Nxe8
Rfxe8 22. Bxb7 fxg6 23. Bxa6 Rad8 24. Rab1 d2 25. h4 Kg7 26. Rfd1 Re4 27. Bf1
Rb4 28. b3 Bc3 29. Bc4 b5 30. a3 Rxc4 31. bxc4 bxc4 32. Kg2 Be5 33. Rb7+ Kh6 34.
Re7 Bb2 35. Rxa7 c3 36. Rc7 Ra8 37. Kf1 Rxa3 38. Ke2 Ra6 39. Kd3 Rd6+ 40. Kc2 g5
41. f4 gxf4 42. gxf4 Rf6 43. Rf1 Re6 44. Kd1 Ra6 45. Kc2 Re6 46. Rd1 Re4 47. Rf7
Kg6 48. Rf8 Kg7 49. Rf5 Kh6 50. Rf7 Kg6 51. Rf8 Kg7 52. Rf5 Kh6 53. Rf6+ Kg7 54.
Rf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Louis Winter B 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2018.11.09"]
[Round "5.5"]
[White "Gareyev, Timur"]
[Black "Perelshteyn, Eugene"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2584"]
[BlackElo "2493"]
[ECO "A45"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[WhiteFideId "14200937"]
[BlackFideId "2012529"]
[EventDate "2018.11.05"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. e3 Bg7 5. h4 h5 6. Nf3 Bg4 7. Qd2 Bxf3 8. gxf3
c6 9. e4 e6 10. O-O-O Nbd7 11. Kb1 a6 12. Bd3 b5 13. Rhg1 Nb6 14. Be5 Bh6 15.
Qe1 Rg8 16. exd5 cxd5 17. f4 Kf8 18. f3 Nfd7 19. Bd6+ Kg7 20. b3 Kh7 21. Ne2 Nc4
22. Bb4 a5 23. Bc3 b4 24. bxc4 bxc3 25. Qxc3 dxc4 26. Bxc4 Nb6 27. Bb5 Nd5 28.
Qd3 Rb8 29. c4 Nxf4 30. Nxf4 Bxf4 31. a4 Qf6 32. Qc3 Rgd8 33. Rge1 Qxh4 34. Qxa5
Qf6 35. Qc3 h4 36. Kc2 h3 37. d5 Qxc3+ 38. Kxc3 exd5 39. cxd5 h2 40. Re4 Rxd5
41. Rxf4 Rxd1 42. Rh4+ Kg7 43. Rxh2 Rc8+ 44. Kb4 Rb1+ 45. Ka5 Ra8+ 0-1

[Event "St Louis Winter B 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2018.11.10"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Hakobyan, Aram"]
[Black "Perelshteyn, Eugene"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2493"]
[ECO "E11"]
[Opening "Bogo-Indian defence, Nimzovich variation"]
[WhiteFideId "13306677"]
[BlackFideId "2012529"]
[EventDate "2018.11.05"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. g3 Nc6 6. Bg2 Bxd2+ 7. Nbxd2 O-O 8.
O-O d6 9. e4 e5 10. d5 Nb8 11. b4 a5 12. a3 Na6 13. Qb3 c6 14. Rfc1 Bd7 15. Ne1
axb4 16. axb4 c5 17. b5 Nb4 18. Nd3 Nxd3 19. Qxd3 Rfb8 20. Ra3 Qd8 21. Rca1 Ne8
22. f4 Rxa3 23. Rxa3 Ra8 24. Qc3 f6 25. Qa1 Nc7 26. Nb3 b6 27. Nd2 Rxa3 28. Qxa3
Qa8 29. Qxa8+ Nxa8 30. Kf2 Kf8 31. Nb1 Ke7 32. Nc3 Kd8 33. Bf3 Kc8 34. Ke3 Kd8
35. h4 Ke7 36. g4 h6 37. g5 hxg5 38. hxg5 Bh3 39. Be2 Nc7 40. Na4 Na8 41. Kf3
Bd7 42. Kg3 g6 43. Bf1 Kf7 44. Kf3 Ke7 45. Be2 Kf7 46. Ke3 Ke7 47. Bd1 Kf7 48.
Bf3 Ke7 49. Nb2 Nc7 50. Be2 Kf7 51. Na4 Na8 52. Kf3 Ke7 53. Kg3 Kf7 54. Bf3 Ke7
55. Bd1 Kf7 56. Be2 Ke7 57. Bf3 Kf7 58. Nb2 Nc7 59. Nd3 Ne8 60. Nf2 Ng7 61. gxf6
Kxf6 62. Bg4 exf4+ 63. Kxf4 Nh5+ 64. Kf3 Be8 65. Nd3 Ke7 66. Nb2 Kd8 67. Na4 Kc7
68. Nc3 Kd8 69. Na4 Kc7 70. Nc3 Kd8 71. Ke3 Kc7 72. Be6 g5 73. e5 dxe5 74. Ne4
Nf4 75. Nxg5 Bg6 76. Bg4 Kd6 77. Bf3 Ke7 78. Be4 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Louis Winter B 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2018.11.10"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Gareyev, Timur"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2526"]
[BlackElo "2584"]
[ECO "C77"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "four knights (Tarrasch) variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2000091"]
[BlackFideId "14200937"]
[EventDate "2018.11.05"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bc5 6. O-O d6 7. d4 exd4 8. Nxd4
Bd7 9. Nxc6 Bxc6 10. Bxc6+ bxc6 11. b3 O-O 12. Bb2 Re8 13. Qd3 Nd7 14. Na4 Ba7
15. Qg3 f6 16. Rae1 Re6 17. Qc3 Ne5 18. Kh1 Qd7 19. f3 Rae8 20. Rd1 Qc8 21. Qa5
Be3 22. Nc3 f5 23. exf5 Rh6 24. Ne4 Qxf5 25. Qxc7 Bf4 26. g3 Bxg3 27. Nxg3 Qxc2 0-1

[Event "St Louis Winter B 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2018.11.10"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Van Foreest, Lucas"]
[Black "Mikhalevski, Victor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2499"]
[BlackElo "2574"]
[ECO "D37"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "4.Nf3"]
[WhiteFideId "1039792"]
[BlackFideId "2801914"]
[EventDate "2018.11.05"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. d4 Nbd7 5. Bf4 Bb4 6. e3 c5 7. dxc5 Qa5 8. Be2
Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 Nxc5 10. O-O O-O 11. Bd6 Re8 12. Qd4 b6 13. Ne5 Nfe4 14. Nc6 Qa4
15. Ne7+ Kh8 16. Nxc8 Raxc8 17. Bxc5 bxc5 18. Qd3 Qxc4 19. Qxc4 dxc4 20. Rfc1
Nd6 21. Rc2 Red8 22. Rd1 Nb5 23. Rxd8+ Rxd8 24. a4 Na3 25. Rb2 g6 26. Kf1 Kg7
27. Ke1 Rd7 28. f3 f5 29. Bf1 Kf6 30. Be2 h6 31. Bf1 g5 32. Be2 h5 33. g3 h4 34.
gxh4 gxh4 35. f4 Rg7 36. Kf2 Rd7 37. Ke1 e5 38. Rd2 Re7 39. Rd6+ Kg7 40. fxe5
Rxe5 41. Kf2 Nb1 42. Rd7+ Kf6 43. Bxc4 Nxc3 44. a5 Ne4+ 45. Kf3 Re7 46. Rd5 Re5
47. Rd7 Ng5+ 48. Kf2 Re4 49. Bd3 Ra4 50. Rxa7 c4 51. Be2 c3 52. a6 Ne4+ 53. Kf3
c2 54. Rc7 Nd2+ 55. Kf2 Nc4 56. Rc6+ Kg5 0-1

[Event "St Louis Winter B 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2018.11.10"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "Kevlishvili, Robby"]
[Black "Theodorou, Nikolas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2451"]
[BlackElo "2539"]
[ECO "C67"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Berlin defence, open variation"]
[WhiteFideId "1040634"]
[BlackFideId "4262875"]
[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 Nf5 8.
Nf3 O-O 9. d4 d5 10. c3 Bd6 11. Nbd2 Qf6 12. Bd3 h6 13. Nf1 Nh4 14. Nxh4 Qxh4
15. g3 Qg4 16. Qxg4 Bxg4 17. Ne3 Rfe8 18. Bd2 Be6 19. Ng2 Ne7 20. Bf4 Rad8 21.
Bxd6 Rxd6 22. Nf4 Bd7 23. Re3 Kf8 24. Rae1 Ng8 25. Rxe8+ Bxe8 26. f3 Ne7 27. Kf2
a5 28. h4 Bd7 29. g4 g6 30. Kg3 b6 31. Bc2 c5 32. dxc5 bxc5 33. Nd3 c4 34. Ne5
Be6 35. b3 cxb3 36. Bxb3 Rd8 37. Nd3 Rc8 38. Nf4 Bd7 39. Nxd5 Nxd5 40. Bxd5 Rxc3
41. Rd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Louis Winter B 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2018.11.10"]
[Round "6.5"]
[White "Andriasian, Zaven"]
[Black "Ali Marandi, Cemil Can"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2603"]
[BlackElo "2552"]
[ECO "C00"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "Schlechter variation"]
[WhiteFideId "13302000"]
[BlackFideId "6300529"]
[EventDate "2018.11.05"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Bd3 Nc6 4. Nf3 Nb4 5. Nc3 Nxd3+ 6. Qxd3 dxe4 7. Nxe4 Nf6 8.
Bg5 Be7 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. O-O-O b6 11. Qe3 Qd5 12. Nc3 Qd7 13. Qh6 Bb7 14. Qg7
O-O-O 15. Qxf7 Rhg8 16. Rhg1 Bb4 17. Qxd7+ Rxd7 18. Rd3 e5 19. d5 Bxc3 20. Rxc3
Bxd5 21. g3 Rgd8 22. Rd1 Bxf3 23. Rxd7 Kxd7 24. Rxf3 Ke6 25. Rc3 c5 26. Ra3 Rd7
27. Ra4 Kf5 28. Rh4 b5 29. a4 a6 30. axb5 axb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Louis Winter B 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2018.11.11"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Ali Marandi, Cemil Can"]
[Black "Hakobyan, Aram"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2552"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[ECO "D03"]
[Opening "Torre attack (Tartakower variation)"]
[WhiteFideId "6300529"]
[BlackFideId "13306677"]
[EventDate "2018.11.05"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 3. Nf3 Ne4 4. Bf4 f6 5. h3 e5 6. dxe5 fxe5 7. Bxe5 Nc6 8. e3
Nxe5 9. Nxe5 Qh4 10. Qxd5 Qxf2+ 11. Kd1 Nd6 12. Bb5+ Nxb5 13. Qxb5+ c6 14. Nxc6
Qxg2 15. Ne5+ Ke7 16. Rf1 Bxh3 17. Rf7+ Ke6 18. Qd7+ Kxe5 19. Qd4+ Ke6 20. Qd7+
Ke5 21. Qd4+ Ke6 22. Qd7+ Ke5 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Louis Winter B 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2018.11.11"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Theodorou, Nikolas"]
[Black "Andriasian, Zaven"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2539"]
[BlackElo "2603"]
[ECO "B13"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "exchange, Rubinstein variation"]
[WhiteFideId "4262875"]
[BlackFideId "13302000"]
[EventDate "2018.11.05"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. c3 Nf6 6. Bf4 g6 7. Nf3 Bg7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Nbd2 Bg4 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 a6 12. Rfe1 Re8 13. Nb3 e6 14. Rad1 Nd7 15.
Qg3 Rc8 16. h4 h5 17. Bg5 Qc7 18. Qf3 Qd6 19. Bf4 Qe7 20. Bg5 Qd6 21. Bf4 Qe7
22. Qg3 Qd8 23. Nd2 Qb6 24. Rb1 e5 25. Qh3 Rcd8 26. Nb3 e4 27. Be2 Nf8 28. Be3
Ne7 29. g4 hxg4 30. Bxg4 f5 31. Be2 Ne6 32. Nc5 Nxc5 33. dxc5 Qc7 34. h5 f4 35.
hxg6 Nxg6 36. Bh5 Re5 37. Bxg6 Rg5+ 38. Kf1 Rxg6 39. Bd4 Bxd4 40. cxd4 f3 41.
Rec1 Qg7 42. Qh2 Rh6 43. Qg1 Qxg1+ 0-1

[Event "St Louis Winter B 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2018.11.11"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Mikhalevski, Victor"]
[Black "Kevlishvili, Robby"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2574"]
[BlackElo "2451"]
[ECO "A07"]
[Opening "Reti"]
[Variation "King's Indian attack"]
[WhiteFideId "2801914"]
[BlackFideId "1040634"]
[EventDate "2018.11.05"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. d4 Nf6 5. O-O c6 6. c4 dxc4 7. a4 a5 8. Na3
Nbd7 9. Nxc4 Nb6 10. b3 O-O 11. Bd2 Nxc4 12. bxc4 c5 13. e3 Ne4 14. Be1 Qc7 15.
d5 e6 16. Rc1 Rd8 17. Qc2 f5 18. Nd2 Nd6 19. e4 e5 20. exf5 gxf5 21. Nb1 f4 22.
Bc3 Rf8 23. Rfe1 Bf5 24. Qb2 Nxc4 25. Qb3 Nd6 26. Bxe5 Bxe5 27. Rxe5 Rae8 28.
Rxe8 Rxe8 29. Na3 b6 30. Nc4 Nxc4 31. Qxc4 Qd6 32. gxf4 Bg6 33. Rc3 Re1+ 34. Bf1
Re4 35. Qb5 Rxf4 36. Qc6 Rf6 37. Qxd6 Rxd6 38. Bc4 Bf7 39. Rd3 Be8 40. Bb3 c4
41. Re3 Kf8 42. Bxc4 Bxa4 43. Kg2 Be8 44. Rb3 Rf6 45. Kg3 Ba4 46. Rb1 Ke7 47. f4
Bc2 48. Rb2 Bf5 49. Kf3 Kd8 50. Ke3 Kc7 51. Bb5 Rf7 52. Kd4 Bg6 53. Rf2 Kd6 54.
Be8 Rf5 55. Bxg6 Rxd5+ 56. Ke4 hxg6 57. Rg2 Kc5 58. Rxg6 Rd2 59. f5 Rxh2 60. f6
Rf2 61. Rg5+ Kc4 62. Rg4 Rxf6 63. Ke5+ Kb3 64. Kxf6 a4 65. Rg3+ Kb2 66. Rg2+ Kb3
67. Rg3+ Kb2 68. Rg5 a3 69. Rb5+ Kc2 70. Rxb6 a2 71. Ra6 Kb2 72. Ke5 a1=Q 73.
Rxa1 Kxa1 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Louis Winter B 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2018.11.11"]
[Round "7.4"]
[White "Gareyev, Timur"]
[Black "Van Foreest, Lucas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2584"]
[BlackElo "2499"]
[ECO "E32"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian"]
[Variation "classical variation"]
[WhiteFideId "14200937"]
[BlackFideId "1039792"]
[EventDate "2018.11.05"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 d5 7. e3 b6 8. Nf3
Ba6 9. b4 Bxc4 10. Bxc4 dxc4 11. Qxc4 Qd5 12. Qxc7 Nc6 13. O-O Ne4 14. Qf4 Rac8
15. Nd2 Nc3 16. Qf3 Ne7 17. Re1 Na4 18. Nf1 Nf5 19. Qd1 b5 20. Bd2 Nd6 21. f3
Rfd8 22. Qb1 Nc4 23. Re2 e5 24. dxe5 Nxe5 25. Ng3 Nc4 26. Be1 Qe5 27. f4 Qd5 28.
Nf5 Qd7 29. h3 Nd6 30. Rd2 Qxf5 31. Rxd6 Qxb1 32. Rxd8+ Rxd8 33. Rxb1 f5 34. Rc1
Nb6 35. Rc5 Rd5 36. Bc3 Rxc5 37. bxc5 Nd5 38. Bd4 h5 39. Kf2 Ne7 40. e4 g6 41.
g4 hxg4 42. hxg4 Kf7 43. exf5 gxf5 44. gxf5 Nxf5 45. c6 Ke6 46. Bc5 a5 47. Ke2
Nd6 48. Bb6 Nc4 49. Bd8 Kd6 50. c7 Kd7 51. f5 Nd6 52. f6 Kc8 53. Kd3 Nf7 54. Kd4
Nxd8 55. cxd8=Q+ Kxd8 56. Kc5 b4 57. axb4 axb4 58. Kxb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Louis Winter B 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2018.11.11"]
[Round "7.5"]
[White "Perelshteyn, Eugene"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2493"]
[BlackElo "2526"]
[ECO "E12"]
[Opening "Queen's Indian"]
[Variation "4.Nc3"]
[WhiteFideId "2012529"]
[BlackFideId "2000091"]
[EventDate "2018.11.05"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Nc3 Bb7 5. a3 g6 6. Qc2 Bxf3 7. exf3 Nc6 8. Be3
Bg7 9. d5 Ne7 10. O-O-O O-O 11. dxe6 fxe6 12. g4 c6 13. h4 d5 14. h5 Qe8 15.
hxg6 hxg6 16. Kb1 Qf7 17. cxd5 Nfxd5 18. Bd3 Nxc3+ 19. bxc3 Rad8 20. Be4 Rxd1+
21. Rxd1 Nd5 22. Bd2 Qf6 23. Ka2 b5 24. Bxg6 Qxf3 25. Bh7+ Kh8 26. Be4 Qxg4 27.
Rh1+ Kg8 28. Bh7+ Kf7 29. Rh4 Qg2 30. Rh2 Qg4 31. Rh4 Qxh4 32. Qg6+ Ke7 33. Bg5+
Qxg5 34. Qxg5+ Bf6 35. Qg3 Bxc3 36. Be4 Bd4 37. f3 Kd7 38. Bxd5 cxd5 39. Qg4 Be5
40. Qb4 Rb8 41. Qa5 Rb7 42. Qa6 Rc7 43. Qxb5+ Ke7 44. Qb4+ Kf7 45. Qh4 Rc2+ 46.
Kb1 Rc7 47. Qh5+ Kf6 48. Qh4+ Kf7 49. Qh5+ Kf6 50. Qh4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Louis Winter B 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2018.11.12"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Hakobyan, Aram"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2526"]
[ECO "E00"]
[Opening "Catalan opening"]
[WhiteFideId "13306677"]
[BlackFideId "2000091"]
[EventDate "2018.11.05"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 a5 5. Bg2 O-O 6. Nf3 b6 7. O-O Ba6 8. Qc2
c5 9. Bg5 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Ra7 11. Nc3 Rc7 12. Ncb5 Rc8 13. Qd3 Re8 14. Rfd1 h6 15.
Bd2 Bxd2 16. Rxd2 d5 17. Qa3 Rc5 18. Nb3 Rc6 19. cxd5 exd5 20. Nc3 Qd6 21. Qxd6
Rxd6 22. Rad1 Kf8 23. e4 Rde6 24. Nd4 R6e7 25. Nf5 Re6 26. Nxd5 Nxe4 27. Bxe4
Rxe4 28. Nfe3 Bb7 29. Nc7 Rc8 30. Rd8+ Ke7 31. Nf5+ Kf6 32. Rxc8 Bxc8 33. Nd6 1-0

[Event "St Louis Winter B 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2018.11.12"]
[Round "8.2"]
[White "Van Foreest, Lucas"]
[Black "Perelshteyn, Eugene"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2499"]
[BlackElo "2493"]
[ECO "B06"]
[Opening "Robatsch (modern) defence"]
[WhiteFideId "1039792"]
[BlackFideId "2012529"]
[EventDate "2018.11.05"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. Bc4 c6 5. O-O d5 6. Bb3 Bg4 7. Nc3 e6 8. h3 Bxf3
9. Qxf3 Ne7 10. Bg5 O-O 11. Rfe1 f6 12. Bh4 Na6 13. Bg3 Qd7 14. Ne2 g5 15. Nc1
f5 16. exd5 exd5 17. c3 Ng6 18. Nd3 f4 19. Bh2 Rae8 20. Bc2 Rxe1+ 21. Rxe1 Re8
22. Qh5 Rxe1+ 23. Nxe1 Qe8 24. Kf1 Bf6 25. Nf3 c5 26. Nxg5 Bxg5 27. Qxg5 Qb5+
28. Ke1 Qxb2 29. Qxd5+ Kf8 30. Kd2 cxd4 31. Qxd4 Qxa2 32. Bxf4 Nxf4 33. Qxf4+
Kg7 34. Qg5+ Kf7 35. Qf5+ Ke8 36. Qc8+ 1-0

[Event "St Louis Winter B 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2018.11.12"]
[Round "8.3"]
[White "Kevlishvili, Robby"]
[Black "Gareyev, Timur"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2451"]
[BlackElo "2584"]
[ECO "C80"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "open, 8...Be6"]
[WhiteFideId "1040634"]
[BlackFideId "14200937"]
[EventDate "2018.11.05"]

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 Qd7 12. f3 Nc5 13. f4 g6 14. Bc2 Nc4 15. Bc1
Bg4 16. Qe1 Ne6 17. b3 Nb6 18. f5 Nxd4 19. cxd4 Bxf5 20. Bxf5 gxf5 21. Nc3 c5
22. Ne2 Rg8 23. Be3 c4 24. Ng3 Bh4 25. Qa5 Bxg3 26. Qxb6 Rg6 27. Qa5 Bh4 28. Rf3
Rc8 29. Qd2 cxb3 30. axb3 Rcc6 31. Raf1 Qc8 32. g3 Rc2 33. Qe1 Qc3 34. Qd1 Qxb3
35. Bf2 Qc4 36. Rxf5 Bg5 37. Qf3 Rc3 38. Qh5 Bh6 39. e6 fxe6 40. Rf6 Kd7 41.
Rf7+ Kc6 42. Qe5 1-0

[Event "St Louis Winter B 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2018.11.12"]
[Round "8.4"]
[White "Andriasian, Zaven"]
[Black "Mikhalevski, Victor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2603"]
[BlackElo "2574"]
[ECO "B70"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "dragon variation"]
[WhiteFideId "13302000"]
[BlackFideId "2801914"]
[EventDate "2018.11.05"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 g6 6. Bc4 Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8. h3
Nc6 9. Be3 Nxe4 10. Nxe4 Bxd4 11. Bxd4 d5 12. Nf6+ exf6 13. Bb3 Be6 14. Qd2 Kg7
15. Be3 Re8 16. Rad1 d4 17. Bxd4 Bxb3 18. axb3 Nxd4 19. Qxd4 Qxd4 20. Rxd4 Re2
21. Rc4 Rd8 22. Rc7 b6 23. b4 Rdd2 24. c3 Rxb2 25. Rxa7 Rec2 26. Rb7 Rxc3 27.
Rxb6 f5 28. Rb7 Rcc2 29. g3 h5 30. Kg2 Rc4 31. Rd1 Rcc2 32. Rf1 Re2 33. Kf3 Red2
34. Kg2 Rdc2 35. Kf3 Rc3+ 36. Kg2 f4 37. gxf4 h4 38. Re7 Rg3+ 39. Kh2 Rf3 40.
Kg2 Rxf4 41. Re3 f5 42. b5 Rc4 43. b6 Kh6 44. b7 Rxb7 45. Rfe1 Kg5 46. Re6 Rb2
47. R1e2 Rxe2 48. Rxe2 Rc3 49. Re8 Kf6 50. Rh8 Rc4 51. Rh7 Rf4 52. Ra7 Re4 53.
Ra8 Kf7 54. Ra7+ Re7 55. Ra8 Re8 56. Ra7+ Kf6 57. Ra6+ Kg5 58. Rb6 Ra8 59. Rb7
Kh6 60. Rf7 Rb8 61. Kf3 Rb5 62. Kg2 Rb3 63. Kh2 Kg5 64. Kg2 Kh6 65. Kh2 Rb5 66.
Kg2 Ra5 67. Kh2 g5 68. Rf6+ Kh5 69. f3 f4 70. Kg2 Ra2+ 71. Kg1 Rb2 72. Re6 Rc2
73. Rf6 Rd2 74. Re6 Rb2 75. Rf6 Re2 76. Rd6 Re8 77. Kf2 Re7 78. Rc6 Ra7 79. Re6
Ra2+ 80. Kg1 Ra8 81. Kf2 Rg8 82. Ke2 Rg7 83. Rd6 Ra7 84. Kf2 Ra8 85. Re6 Rg8 86.
Ke2 Rg6 87. Rxg6 Kxg6 88. Kd3 Kf7 89. Kd4 Ke7 90. Ke4 Kf6 91. Kd4 Kf5 92. Kd5
Kf6 93. Kd4 Ke6 94. Ke4 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Louis Winter B 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2018.11.12"]
[Round "8.5"]
[White "Ali Marandi, Cemil Can"]
[Black "Theodorou, Nikolas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2552"]
[BlackElo "2539"]
[ECO "D79"]
[Opening "Neo-Gruenfeld, 6.O-O, main line"]
[WhiteFideId "6300529"]
[BlackFideId "4262875"]
[EventDate "2018.11.05"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O d5 5. d4 O-O 6. c4 c6 7. cxd5 cxd5 8. Nc3
Ne4 9. Ne5 Nxc3 10. bxc3 Nc6 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Qa4 Qb6 13. Ba3 Qa6 14. Qxa6 Bxa6
15. Rfb1 Rfb8 16. Bxe7 Bxe2 17. Bd6 Rd8 18. Bc7 Rdc8 19. Bd6 Rd8 20. Bc5 Bf8 21.
Bxf8 Kxf8 22. Rb7 Rdb8 23. Rc7 Rc8 24. Rd7 Rd8 25. Rc7 Rdc8 26. Rb7 Rcb8 27. Rc7
Rc8 28. Rd7 Rd8 29. Rc7 Rdc8 30. Rd7 Rd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Louis Winter B 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2018.11.13"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Theodorou, Nikolas"]
[Black "Hakobyan, Aram"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2539"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[ECO "A45"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[WhiteFideId "4262875"]
[BlackFideId "13306677"]
[EventDate "2018.11.05"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bf4 a6 4. e3 e6 5. g4 h6 6. h4 c5 7. Bh3 Nc6 8. Nge2 b5
9. Ng3 Nd7 10. Bg2 Nb6 11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. e4 e5 13. exd5 exf4 14. Nge4 Ne5 15.
Nxc5 Bxg4 16. Qd4 Qf6 17. Kf1 f3 18. Bh3 Bxh3+ 19. Rxh3 O-O 20. Rg3 Rfe8 21. Re1
b4 22. Nd1 Nbc4 23. Ne3 Nd6 24. Nd3 a5 25. Kg1 Re7 26. Kh2 Rae8 27. Reg1 g6 28.
h5 g5 29. Nxe5 Qxe5 30. Qxe5 Rxe5 31. Ng4 Re2 32. Nf6+ Kf8 33. Nxe8 Rxf2+ 34.
R3g2 Rxg2+ 35. Rxg2 Nf5 36. Nd6 Nxd6 37. Rg3 f2 38. Rf3 Ne4 39. Kg2 Ke7 40. c4
bxc3 41. bxc3 f6 42. c4 Kd6 43. Rb3 f1=B+ 44. Kxf1 Nd2+ 45. Ke2 Nxb3 46. axb3
Ke5 47. Kf3 f5 48. Kg3 g4 49. Kh4 Kd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Louis Winter B 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2018.11.13"]
[Round "9.2"]
[White "Mikhalevski, Victor"]
[Black "Ali Marandi, Cemil Can"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2574"]
[BlackElo "2552"]
[ECO "A40"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn"]
[Variation "Keres defence"]
[WhiteFideId "2801914"]
[BlackFideId "6300529"]
[EventDate "2018.11.05"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 b6 3. a3 Bb7 4. Nc3 f5 5. d5 Nf6 6. g3 g6 7. Bg2 Bg7 8. Nh3 O-O
9. O-O Na6 10. b4 Qe8 11. Ra2 h6 12. e4 fxe4 13. Nxe4 Nxe4 14. Bxe4 exd5 15. Bg2
c6 16. cxd5 Nc7 17. Nf4 Nxd5 18. Nxd5 cxd5 19. Rd2 Rf5 20. Rxd5 Rf7 21. Rd6 Bxg2
22. Kxg2 Qe4+ 23. f3 Qf5 24. g4 Qb1 25. Qd5 Rf8 26. Bxh6 1-0

[Event "St Louis Winter B 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2018.11.13"]
[Round "9.3"]
[White "Gareyev, Timur"]
[Black "Andriasian, Zaven"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2584"]
[BlackElo "2603"]
[ECO "D19"]
[Opening "QGD Slav"]
[Variation "Dutch variation"]
[WhiteFideId "14200937"]
[BlackFideId "13302000"]
[EventDate "2018.11.05"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. e3 e6 7. Bxc4 Bb4 8. O-O
O-O 9. Nh4 Nbd7 10. Nxf5 exf5 11. f3 Rc8 12. Qd3 Nb6 13. Ba2 c5 14. Rd1 g6 15.
Bd2 Qd7 16. Qb5 Rfd8 17. a5 Nbd5 18. Qxd7 Rxd7 19. Rac1 Nxc3 20. Bxc3 Bxc3 21.
Rxc3 Re8 22. Rxc5 Rxe3 23. Bc4 Ree7 24. d5 Rd6 25. Kf2 Kg7 26. Re1 Red7 27. Re5
b6 28. axb6 axb6 29. Rc6 Kf8 30. b4 Rd8 31. b5 Ng8 32. Ke3 Ne7 33. Rxd6 Rxd6 34.
Kd4 Rd8 35. Re2 Nc8 36. Ra2 Ke7 37. g4 fxg4 38. fxg4 Rd7 39. Re2+ Kf8 40. Ra2
Ke7 41. g5 Ra7 42. Rc2 Ra4 43. Kc3 Nd6 44. Kb3 Ra1 45. Be2 Rb1+ 46. Kc3 Nxb5+
47. Bxb5 Rxb5 48. Kd4 Rb1 49. Rc7+ Kd6 50. Rc6+ Ke7 51. Rc7+ Kd6 52. Rc6+ Ke7 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Louis Winter B 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2018.11.13"]
[Round "9.4"]
[White "Perelshteyn, Eugene"]
[Black "Kevlishvili, Robby"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2493"]
[BlackElo "2451"]
[ECO "D10"]
[Opening "QGD Slav defence"]
[Variation "exchange variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2012529"]
[BlackFideId "1040634"]
[EventDate "2018.11.05"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Bg5 Ne4 6. Nxe4 dxe4 7. a3 h6 8.
Bd2 Qxd4 9. Qc2 Bd7 10. Bc3 Qa4 11. b3 Qc6 12. Qb2 Qg6 13. e3 Nc6 14. b4 e6 15.
Ne2 f6 16. Nf4 Qf7 17. Be2 h5 18. O-O-O e5 19. Nd5 Be6 20. Bc4 O-O-O 21. Qb3 Kb8
22. b5 Nd4 23. Bxd4 exd4 24. Rxd4 Rc8 25. Kb1 Bc5 26. Rd2 Rhd8 27. Rhd1 Rd6 28.
a4 Rcd8 29. a5 Bxd5 30. Rxd5 Qc7 31. Rc1 Rc8 32. Rxh5 Qxa5 33. Be6 Rxe6 34.
Rhxc5 Rxc5 35. Rxc5 Re8 36. Kb2 Rd8 37. Rc2 Qb6 38. h4 a6 39. bxa6 Qxa6 40. Qa3
Qb5+ 41. Qb3 Qe5+ 42. Ka2 Rd3 43. Qb4 Rd6 44. Kb1 Rd1+ 45. Rc1 Rd5 46. Qf8+ Ka7
47. Rc4 Rb5+ 48. Rb4 Ra5 49. Kc2 Ra2+ 50. Kb3 Qb2+ 51. Kc4 Qc2+ 0-1

[Event "St Louis Winter B 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2018.11.13"]
[Round "9.5"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Van Foreest, Lucas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2526"]
[BlackElo "2499"]
[ECO "A18"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "Mikenas-Carls, Flohr variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2000091"]
[BlackFideId "1039792"]
[EventDate "2018.11.05"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. e4 d5 4. e5 d4 5. exf6 dxc3 6. bxc3 Qxf6 7. Nf3 b6 8. d4
Bb7 9. Bd3 Bd6 10. Bg5 Bxf3 11. Qd2 Bf4 12. Bxf4 Bxg2 13. Rg1 Bb7 14. Rg3 Qe7
15. Rxg7 Nd7 16. Bxc7 Nc5 17. Bg3 Nxd3+ 18. Qxd3 O-O-O 19. Qe3 Qf6 20. Be5 Qe7
21. Qg3 Rhf8 22. a4 Qd7 23. Kd2 Qc6 24. Qf4 Qxc4 25. a5 Qb3 26. Rc1 Qa2+ 27. Rc2
Qxa5 28. Bd6 Rxd6 29. Qxd6 Rd8 30. Qf4 e5 31. Qg4+ Kb8 32. Rg8 Rxg8 33. Qxg8+
Bc8 34. Qg5 f6 35. Qxf6 exd4 36. Qxd4 Bf5 37. Rc1 Qa2+ 38. Ke1 Qe6+ 39. Qe3 Qd5
40. Qf4+ Kb7 41. c4 Qc5 42. Qf3+ Kb8 43. Qe3 Qb4+ 44. Kf1 Bc8 45. Kg1 a5 46. h3
a4 47. c5 bxc5 48. Rxc5 Bb7 49. Qe5+ Ka7 50. Rb5 Qc4 51. Qe3+ Kb8 52. Rc5 Qb4
53. Rc3 Qb1+ 54. Kh2 Qb4 55. Kg3 Ka8 56. Rd3 Qa5 57. f4 h6 58. Qe8+ Ka7 59. Qe3+
Ka8 60. Qe5 Qb4 1-0

