[Event "Champ Showdown 9LX 2023"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2023.09.08"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Sevian, Samuel"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2698"]
[BlackElo "2742"]
[WhiteFideId "2040506"]
[BlackFideId "13300474"]
[Variant "Chess960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "rkbnqrnb/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RKBNQRNB w KQkq - 0 1"]
[EventDate "2023.09.08"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 Nc6 4. Nxd5 Nxd5 5. Bxd5 Nxd4 6. Qb4 e5 7. Be3 a5 8.
Qc5 g6 9. O-O-O b6 10. Qc3 Bb7 11. Bxb7 Kxb7 12. Rfe1 Nf5 13. Qc4 Nxe3 14. fxe3
e4 15. Nh3 Qc6 16. Qd5 a4 17. a3 Ra5 18. Qxc6+ Kxc6 19. Nf4 Be5 20. Rf1 Re8 21.
g4 Bd6 22. h3 f5 23. c3 Rae5 24. Kc2 Bc5 25. Ng2 fxg4 26. hxg4 Rg5 27. Rf6+ Kb7
28. Rd7 Re7 29. Rxe7 Bxe7 30. Rf4 h5 31. Rxe4 Rxg4 32. Rxg4 hxg4 33. Kd3 Kc6 34.
e4 Bg5 35. e3 Kd6 36. Nf4 g3 37. Ke2 Bh6 38. Nd3 b5 39. Ne1 c5 40. Kf3 Bg7 41.
Nd3 Be5 42. Kg2 g5 43. Kf3 c4 44. Ne1 Kc5 45. Nc2 g4+ 46. Kg2 Kb6 47. Nd4 Ka6
48. Nc6 Bc7 49. Nb4+ Kb7 50. Nd5 Be5 51. Nb4 Kb6 52. Nc2 Kc5 53. Nd4 Kb6 54. Ne2
Kc6 55. Nd4+ Kb6 56. Ne2 Ka6 57. Kg1 Kb6 58. Kf1 Ka6 59. Kg2 Kb6 60. Nf4 Kc6 61.
Kxg3 b4 62. axb4 Bxc3 63. bxc3 a3 64. Ne2 a2 65. Nd4+ Kd6 66. Nc2 Ke5 67. b5
Kxe4 68. b6 Kd3 69. Na1 Kxc3 70. b7 1-0

[Event "Champ Showdown 9LX 2023"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2023.09.08"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Shankland, Sam"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2698"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[WhiteFideId "2004887"]
[BlackFideId "2020009"]
[Variant "Chess960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "rkbnqrnb/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RKBNQRNB w KQkq - 0 1"]
[EventDate "2023.09.08"]

1. d4 f5 2. g3 g6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. d5 Ne5 5. Nxe5 Bxe5 6. Ne3 d6 7. Bd2 Qb5 8. Nd1
f4 9. a4 Qc4 10. b3 Qa6 11. Nb2 Bh3 12. Rg1 fxg3 13. hxg3 Nf6 14. f4 Bxb2 15.
Kxb2 e6 16. dxe6 Bxe6 17. e4 O-O-O 18. Bc3 Ng4 19. Rd1 h5 20. Qd2 Qb6 21. Bd4 c5
22. Bc3 Rd7 23. Ba5 Qa6 24. Bf3 Qc6 25. Qe2 Re8 26. Rge1 Bf7 27. Bc3 Kb8 28.
Bxg4 hxg4 29. Qxg4 Rde7 30. f5 gxf5 31. exf5 d5 32. Rxe7 Rxe7 33. Qg5 Re8 34.
Qg7 Qc7 35. Re1 d4 36. Bd2 Rxe1 37. Bf4 1-0

[Event "Champ Showdown 9LX 2023"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2023.09.08"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "Xiong, Jeffery"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2693"]
[WhiteFideId "3503240"]
[BlackFideId "2047640"]
[Variant "Chess960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "rkbnqrnb/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RKBNQRNB w KQkq - 0 1"]
[EventDate "2023.09.08"]

1. e4 e5 2. d3 d6 3. g3 g6 4. f4 exf4 5. Bxf4 f5 6. exf5 Bxf5 7. a4 Qxe1 8. Rxe1
Nc6 9. Ne3 Bd7 10. a5 a6 11. c3 O-O-O 12. Kc2 Rde8 13. Nf3 h6 14. h4 Bg7 15. Nd5
Rxe1 16. Nxe1 Nce7 17. Nxe7+ Nxe7 18. d4 Nf5 19. Nd3 g5 20. hxg5 hxg5 21. Bxg5
Nxg3 22. Bg2 Re8 23. Re1 Rxe1 24. Nxe1 Bf5+ 25. Nd3 Be4 26. Bh3+ Bf5 27. Bg2 Be4
28. Bh3+ Bf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Champ Showdown 9LX 2023"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2023.09.08"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2812"]
[WhiteFideId "5202213"]
[BlackFideId "4100018"]
[Variant "Chess960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "rkbnqrnb/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RKBNQRNB w KQkq - 0 1"]
[EventDate "2023.09.08"]

1. e4 e5 2. b3 d6 3. Bb2 Ne7 4. Ne3 f5 5. exf5 Nxf5 6. O-O-O g5 7. g3 Nd4 8. c3
Nf5 9. Be4 Nc6 10. f4 Nxe3 11. Qxe3 gxf4 12. gxf4 Bg4 13. Rde1 O-O-O 14. h3 exf4
15. Qd3 Be6 16. Bxc6 bxc6 17. Nf3 Kb7 18. Qe4 Be5 19. Qb4+ Ka8 20. Nxe5 dxe5 21.
Rxe5 Qd7 22. c4 Qd3 23. Rf2 Bf5 24. Rxf5 Rxf5 25. Bc3 f3 26. Qe7 Rd7 27. Qe6 Kb7
28. Kb2 Rff7 29. a4 Rde7 30. Qh6 Re2 31. a5 Rxf2 32. a6+ Kb6 33. Qg5 c5 34. Qg8
Rxd2+ 35. Bxd2 Qxd2+ 36. Kb1 Qd3+ 37. Kb2 Qd4+ 38. Ka2 Rg7 0-1

[Event "Champ Showdown 9LX 2023"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2023.09.08"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Robson, Ray"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2699"]
[WhiteFideId "2016192"]
[BlackFideId "2023970"]
[Variant "Chess960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "rkbnqrnb/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RKBNQRNB w KQkq - 0 1"]
[EventDate "2023.09.08"]

1. d4 g6 2. Nf3 d6 3. e4 e5 4. dxe5 dxe5 5. b3 b6 6. Ba3 Ne7 7. Ne3 Ba6 8. Rg1
Ne6 9. O-O-O Nd4 10. Kb1 O-O-O 11. g3 c5 12. c4 f5 13. exf5 gxf5 14. Nxd4 exd4
15. Nf1 Ng8 16. Nd2 Nf6 17. b4 Qd7 18. Qf1 Rfe8 19. Qd3 cxb4 20. Bxb4 Nd5 21.
Qf3 Nxb4 22. Qa8+ Kc7 23. Qxa7+ Kc8 24. Qa8+ Kc7 25. Qa7+ Kc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Champ Showdown 9LX 2023"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2023.09.08"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Robson, Ray"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2742"]
[BlackElo "2699"]
[WhiteFideId "13300474"]
[BlackFideId "2023970"]
[Variant "Chess960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "qbrnbknr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/QBRNBKNR w KQkq - 0 1"]
[EventDate "2023.09.08"]

1. d4 c5 2. dxc5 Rxc5 3. Nf3 d5 4. b3 Nf6 5. O-O b6 6. Ne3 Qb7 7. Bb4 Rc8 8. c4
dxc4 9. Nf5 Nc6 10. Be4 Qd7 11. Ba3 h6 12. Rxc4 Qe6 13. Rfc1 b5 14. Rxc6 Bxc6
15. Nxe7 Qxe4 16. Nxc8+ Ke8 17. Nd6+ Bxd6 18. Bxd6 Kd7 19. Bg3 Rc8 20. Qe5 Bb7
21. Rd1+ Bd5 22. Qxe4 1-0

[Event "Champ Showdown 9LX 2023"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2023.09.08"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2812"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[WhiteFideId "4100018"]
[BlackFideId "2016192"]
[Variant "Chess960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "qbrnbknr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/QBRNBKNR w KQkq - 0 1"]
[EventDate "2023.09.08"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. b3 Nc6 4. e3 b6 5. O-O O-O 6. d4 cxd4 7. exd4 d5 8. Ne3
e6 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Nxd5 exd5 11. Bd2 Bd7 12. h3 Rfe8 13. Bd3 Bd6 14. Qb1 h6 15.
b4 Qb8 16. Qb3 Bf4 17. Qb2 Bxd2 18. Qxd2 Qd6 19. b5 Na5 20. Ne5 Nc4 21. Nxc4
dxc4 22. Rxc4 Rcd8 23. Rc2 Be6 24. Rd1 Bd5 25. Bf1 Re7 26. Qc1 Red7 27. Qe3 Qb4
28. Rdc1 Be6 29. Rc8 Qxd4 30. Rxd8+ Rxd8 31. Qxd4 Rxd4 32. a3 Ra4 33. Rc3 Kf8
34. f3 Ke7 35. Kf2 g5 36. Rd3 Rc4 37. Ke3 f5 38. g3 Rc1 39. Be2 Rc2 40. f4 gxf4+
41. gxf4 Bc4 42. Rd2 Rxd2 43. Kxd2 Bxe2 44. Kxe2 Kd6 45. Kd3 Kc5 46. Kc3 Kxb5
47. Kd4 Ka4 48. Ke5 b5 49. Kxf5 Kxa3 50. Ke5 b4 51. f5 b3 52. f6 b2 53. f7 b1=Q
54. f8=Q+ Qb4 55. Qxh6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Champ Showdown 9LX 2023"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2023.09.08"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Xiong, Jeffery"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2693"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[WhiteFideId "2047640"]
[BlackFideId "5202213"]
[Variant "Chess960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "qbrnbknr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/QBRNBKNR w KQkq - 0 1"]
[EventDate "2023.09.08"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. O-O Ne6 4. b3 b5 5. cxb5 Nf4 6. Nc3 Be5 7. Kh1 d6 8. a4
Nxe2 9. Rd1 Nf4 10. Rg1 Nxg2 11. Kxg2 Bd7 12. Bd3 Bg4 13. Be2 Nh5 0-1

[Event "Champ Showdown 9LX 2023"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2023.09.08"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[WhiteFideId "2020009"]
[BlackFideId "3503240"]
[Variant "Chess960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "qbrnbknr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/QBRNBKNR w KQkq - 0 1"]
[EventDate "2023.09.08"]

1. d4 c5 2. dxc5 Rxc5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. b3 d5 5. a4 Rc8 6. O-O O-O 7. Ne3 Nc6 8. c4
dxc4 9. Rxc4 Bd7 10. Nf5 Bxf5 11. Bxf5 e6 12. Bd3 Ne7 13. Bb4 Nfd5 14. Ba3 Rfe8
15. Rfc1 Bf4 16. e3 Bh6 17. Ne5 Rxc4 18. Rxc4 Qd8 19. Bxh7+ Kxh7 20. Nxf7 Qa5
21. Qb1+ Nf5 22. Nxh6 gxh6 23. e4 Nc3 24. Qe1 Rd8 25. Bb4 1-0

[Event "Champ Showdown 9LX 2023"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2023.09.08"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Sevian, Samuel"]
[Black "Shankland, Sam"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2698"]
[BlackElo "2698"]
[WhiteFideId "2040506"]
[BlackFideId "2004887"]
[Variant "Chess960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "qbrnbknr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/QBRNBKNR w KQkq - 0 1"]
[EventDate "2023.09.08"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. O-O O-O 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. b3 Be5 7. Bc3 Qb8 8. h3
Nxd4 9. Bxd4 d6 10. Ne3 Bc6 11. Nf5 Rfe8 12. Rfd1 g6 13. Nh6+ Kg7 14. Ng4 Nxg4
15. hxg4 f6 16. e3 Rcd8 17. Qc3 Qc8 18. f3 Qe6 19. Rd2 Rh8 20. Rcd1 Rde8 21. f4
Bxd4 22. exd4 Qxg4 23. d5 Bd7 24. Qd4 h5 25. Re1 h4 26. Rde2 Kf7 27. c5 h3 28.
Qe3 e5 29. Qf3 hxg2 30. Qxg4 Bxg4 31. Rxg2 exf4 32. Rxe8 Rxe8 33. Bxg6+ Kxg6 34.
Rxg4+ Kf5 35. Rg7 dxc5 36. Rxb7 Rd8 37. Rxa7 Rxd5 38. Kf2 Rd2+ 39. Kf3 Rd3+ 40.
Kf2 f3 41. Ra4 Kg5 42. Rc4 f5 43. Rxc5 Rd2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Champ Showdown 9LX 2023"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2023.09.08"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Shankland, Sam"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2698"]
[BlackElo "2742"]
[WhiteFideId "2004887"]
[BlackFideId "13300474"]
[Variant "Chess960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "nqbrkbrn/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/NQBRKBRN w KQkq - 0 1"]
[EventDate "2023.09.08"]

1. d4 c6 2. Ng3 d5 3. c3 g6 4. e4 Bg7 5. e5 f6 6. f4 fxe5 7. dxe5 O-O 8. Be2 Nf7
9. O-O Nh6 10. Nb3 Nc7 11. Be3 Ng4 12. Bd2 Nh6 13. Qc1 Bg4 14. Bxg4 Nxg4 15.
Rde1 Qc8 16. Qd1 Nh6 17. h3 Ne6 18. Qc2 c5 19. c4 b6 20. Rd1 Qa6 21. cxd5 Rxd5
22. f5 Nxf5 23. Nxf5 gxf5 24. Bc3 Rxd1 25. Qxd1 Qb7 26. Qh5 Qe4 27. Nd2 Nf4 28.
Nxe4 Nxh5 29. Ng5 Ng3 30. Re1 Bh6 31. Kf2 Bxg5 32. Kxg3 e6 33. Kf3 Rd8 34. Ke2
h5 35. a4 Kf7 36. Rb1 Rd5 37. Kf3 Rd3+ 38. Ke2 Rd5 39. g3 Kg6 40. Rf1 a6 41. Ra1
Be7 42. b3 Bf8 0-1

[Event "Champ Showdown 9LX 2023"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2023.09.08"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "Sevian, Samuel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2698"]
[WhiteFideId "3503240"]
[BlackFideId "2040506"]
[Variant "Chess960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "nqbrkbrn/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/NQBRKBRN w KQkq - 0 1"]
[EventDate "2023.09.08"]

1. c3 Ng6 2. h4 c5 3. Ng3 h5 4. d4 cxd4 5. cxd4 e6 6. a3 Be7 7. Rh1 Rh8 8. e4
Bxh4 9. Nxh5 Rxh5 10. g3 b5 11. Be2 Rh8 12. gxh4 Nf4 13. Bf3 Bb7 14. Nb3 e5 15.
Nc5 Ne6 16. Nxb7 Qxb7 17. dxe5 Qc7 18. Qd3 Qxe5 19. Qd5 f6 20. Be2 Nac7 21. Qxe5
fxe5 22. Be3 a6 23. Bg4 Ke7 24. Ke2 Ne8 25. Rhg1 Rc8 26. h5 Rc2+ 27. Kd3 Rc6 28.
Ke2 Rc2+ 29. Kd3 Rc6 30. Ke2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Champ Showdown 9LX 2023"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2023.09.08"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[WhiteFideId "5202213"]
[BlackFideId "2020009"]
[Variant "Chess960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "nqbrkbrn/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/NQBRKBRN w KQkq - 0 1"]
[EventDate "2023.09.08"]

1. c4 g6 2. d4 c5 3. Ng3 cxd4 4. Rxd4 f5 5. Rh4 e5 6. Nc2 h5 7. Bg5 Qc7 8. e4
Nf7 9. Bxd8 Qxd8 10. Rh3 h4 11. Ne2 fxe4 12. Nc3 d5 13. cxd5 Bxh3 14. gxh3 Ng5
15. Bg2 Nb6 16. Nxe4 Nxe4 17. Bxe4 Nxd5 18. Bxd5 Qxd5 19. Ne3 Qb5 20. Qe4 Qxb2
21. O-O Be7 22. Rb1 Qd4 23. Qxb7 Kf7 24. Rd1 Qb6 25. Rd7 Qxb7 26. Rxb7 Rd8 27.
Rxa7 e4 28. Ra4 Rd2 29. Nc4 Rc2 30. Ne5+ Kg7 31. Ng4 Bc5 32. a3 Rc3 33. Rxe4
Rxh3 34. Ne3 Rf3 35. Kg2 Rf7 36. a4 h3+ 37. Kf1 Rb7 38. Ke2 Bd6 39. Ng4 g5 40.
Rd4 Bf4 41. Rd3 Rb2+ 42. Kf3 Ra2 43. Rd4 Kf7 44. Rb4 Ke6 45. Ke4 Re2+ 46. Kf3
Ra2 47. Ke4 Re2+ 48. Kd3 Ra2 49. Rb6+ Kd5 50. Nf6+ Kc5 51. Nd7+ Kd5 52. Nf6+ Kc5
53. Nd7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Champ Showdown 9LX 2023"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2023.09.08"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Xiong, Jeffery"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2693"]
[WhiteFideId "2016192"]
[BlackFideId "2047640"]
[Variant "Chess960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "nqbrkbrn/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/NQBRKBRN w KQkq - 0 1"]
[EventDate "2023.09.08"]

1. c4 Ng6 2. h4 c5 3. Ng3 h5 4. e3 Rh8 5. Be2 Nxh4 6. Qe4 Ng6 7. Bxh5 Rh6 8. d4
cxd4 9. Rh1 d3 10. f4 e6 11. Kf2 d5 12. cxd5 Rxd5 13. Rxd3 Nb6 14. Rhd1 Be7 15.
Rxd5 Nxd5 16. Bf3 Nh4 17. Be2 Bd7 18. Nb3 Bc6 19. Qe5 Qxe5 20. fxe5 Ng6 21. Nh5
Rh7 22. Na5 Nxe5 23. Nxc6 bxc6 24. Nf4 g5 25. Nd3 Nxd3+ 26. Bxd3 Rh4 27. Kf3 Bd6
28. e4 g4+ 29. Kf2 Nf4 30. Bc2 Be5 31. Ba4 Rh2 32. Bxc6+ Kf8 33. Bxf4 Bxf4 34.
b4 Be5 35. a4 g3+ 36. Kf3 Rh4 37. Ke2 Rf4 38. Rf1 Rxf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Champ Showdown 9LX 2023"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2023.09.08"]
[Round "3.5"]
[White "Robson, Ray"]
[Black "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2699"]
[BlackElo "2812"]
[WhiteFideId "2023970"]
[BlackFideId "4100018"]
[Variant "Chess960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "nqbrkbrn/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/NQBRKBRN w KQkq - 0 1"]
[EventDate "2023.09.08"]

1. d4 Ng6 2. Ng3 d5 3. c3 c6 4. h4 h5 5. Bg5 Nc7 6. e3 Ne6 7. Bd3 Nxg5 8. hxg5
Qd6 9. Bf5 h4 10. Ne2 Bxf5 11. Qxf5 e6 12. Qg4 e5 13. f4 exf4 14. exf4 Qd7 15.
Qxd7+ Kxd7 16. f5 Ne7 17. O-O Re8 18. Nc1 Nc8 19. Nd3 Bd6 20. Nb3 b6 21. Nd2 f6
22. Nf3 Bg3 23. Nf2 Nd6 24. Ng4 Re4 25. Nf2 Re2 26. Ng4 Ne4 27. Rb1 Kd6 28. Rfd1
fxg5 29. Kf1 Rc2 30. Rd3 Rf8 31. Ne3 Rf2+ 32. Kg1 h3 33. c4 Rh8 34. cxd5 h2+ 35.
Kh1 Rxf3 36. Nc4+ Kxd5 37. Rxf3 Kxc4 0-1

[Event "Champ Showdown 9LX 2023"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2023.09.09"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Xiong, Jeffery"]
[Black "Robson, Ray"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2693"]
[BlackElo "2699"]
[WhiteFideId "2047640"]
[BlackFideId "2023970"]
[Variant "Chess960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "nbqrbnkr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/NBQRBNKR w KQkq - 0 1"]
[EventDate "2023.09.08"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bb4 Ng6 3. h4 e5 4. c3 h5 5. Bxg6 fxg6 6. Ne3 c6 7. Nb3 Bf7 8. Nd2
e4 9. c4 Qd7 10. f3 Bf4 11. Qc3 Nb6 12. b3 exf3 13. Nxf3 dxc4 14. Nxc4 Nxc4 15.
bxc4 Qe6 16. Kf2 Re8 17. e4 Qxc4 18. Qxc4 Bxc4 19. Rhe1 Kh7 20. Bd2 Rhf8 21.
Bxf4 Rxf4 22. g3 Rf7 23. Ke3 Rfe7 24. Ng5+ Kg8 25. a4 a5 26. Ra1 Rd7 27. Nf3 c5
28. dxc5 Rd3+ 29. Kf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Champ Showdown 9LX 2023"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2023.09.09"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2742"]
[BlackElo "2812"]
[WhiteFideId "13300474"]
[BlackFideId "4100018"]
[Variant "Chess960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "nbqrbnkr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/NBQRBNKR w KQkq - 0 1"]
[EventDate "2023.09.08"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bb4 e6 3. Ng3 b6 4. Be7 Rd7 5. Ba3 h5 6. h4 c5 7. dxc5 Bxg3 8. fxg3
Rc7 9. c4 dxc4 10. Qxc4 bxc5 11. O-O Nb6 12. Qf4 f6 13. Nb3 Bg6 14. Bxg6 Nxg6
15. Qf2 Ne5 16. Bxc5 Ng4 17. Qd4 Nd5 18. Rd3 Kh7 19. Rc1 Qa6 20. Rdd1 Rhc8 21.
Qd3+ Qxd3 22. exd3 a5 23. Ba3 Rc2 24. Rxc2 Rxc2 25. Nd4 Rf2 26. Re1 Rd2 27. Nf3
Rxd3 28. Bc5 e5 29. Kf1 Kg6 30. Re2 Rd1+ 31. Re1 Rd3 32. Re2 Nde3+ 33. Bxe3
Nxe3+ 34. Kf2 Ng4+ 35. Ke1 Kf5 36. Rd2 Re3+ 37. Kf1 a4 38. Re2 Ke4 39. Ne1 Kd5
40. Rxe3 Nxe3+ 41. Ke2 Nf5 42. Kf3 Kc4 43. g4 Nxh4+ 44. Kg3 Ng6 45. gxh5 Nf4 46.
Kg4 Nd3 47. Nf3 e4 48. Ng1 e3 49. Kf3 Nxb2 50. Kxe3 Kb4 51. Ne2 Nd1+ 52. Kd2 Nf2
53. Nc3 Ng4 54. Nd5+ Ka3 55. Nc3 Kb4 56. Nd5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Champ Showdown 9LX 2023"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2023.09.09"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[WhiteFideId "2020009"]
[BlackFideId "2016192"]
[Variant "Chess960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "nbqrbnkr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/NBQRBNKR w KQkq - 0 1"]
[EventDate "2023.09.08"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bb4 e6 3. Ng3 h5 4. h4 b6 5. c4 dxc4 6. Be7 Rd7 7. Bxf8 Kxf8 8. Qxc4
c5 9. Nb3 Nc7 10. O-O-O Qa6 11. Qxa6 Nxa6 12. dxc5 Bxg3 13. fxg3 Nxc5 14. Nxc5
bxc5 15. Be4 Ke7 16. Bf3 g6 17. Kc2 a5 18. Kc3 Rc7 19. Rd2 a4 20. Rhd1 Bb5 21.
e3 Rb8 22. g4 hxg4 23. Bxg4 Bc6 24. Bf3 Bxf3 25. gxf3 c4 26. Rd4 a3 27. R1d2
Rcb7 28. bxa3 Ra8 29. Kxc4 Rxa3 30. R4d3 Ra4+ 31. Kc3 Rba7 32. e4 Kf6 33. Rb2
Ke5 34. h5 gxh5 35. Rb5+ Kf4 36. Rxh5 Ra3+ 37. Kc2 Rxa2+ 38. Kd1 Rg2 39. Rh4+
Ke5 0-1

[Event "Champ Showdown 9LX 2023"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2023.09.09"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Sevian, Samuel"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2698"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[WhiteFideId "2040506"]
[BlackFideId "5202213"]
[Variant "Chess960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "nbqrbnkr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/NBQRBNKR w KQkq - 0 1"]
[EventDate "2023.09.08"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nb3 Ne6 3. Ng3 d5 4. cxd5 Rxd5 5. d4 Ba4 6. e4 Rd8 7. Nf5 Qc7 8. d5
Nf4 9. Qe3 Ng6 10. Rc1 Bxb3 11. Rxc5 Qd7 12. Qxb3 O-O 13. Bc3 Rc8 14. Rxc8 Rxc8
15. O-O Be5 16. Bxe5 Nxe5 17. Qg3 Ng6 18. h4 e6 19. dxe6 fxe6 20. h5 Nh8 21. Nd6
Rd8 22. e5 Nf7 23. Qd3 g6 24. hxg6 Nxe5 25. gxh7+ Kh8 26. Qc3 Qxd6 27. f4 Nb6
28. fxe5 Qe7 29. Qf3 Qc5+ 30. Kh1 Nd7 31. Rd1 Qxe5 32. Qf7 Qe2 33. Qf6+ 1-0

[Event "Champ Showdown 9LX 2023"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2023.09.09"]
[Round "4.5"]
[White "Shankland, Sam"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2698"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[WhiteFideId "2004887"]
[BlackFideId "3503240"]
[Variant "Chess960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "nbqrbnkr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/NBQRBNKR w KQkq - 0 1"]
[EventDate "2023.09.08"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nb3 Ng6 3. Ne3 Nf4 4. Kf1 e6 5. d4 b6 6. g3 Nh5 7. Be4 cxd4 8. Nxd4
Nc7 9. Bb4 d6 10. Bf3 Nf6 11. g4 h6 12. h4 Na6 13. Bc3 Nc5 14. Qc2 Na4 15. Bb4
Nc5 16. Kg2 g6 17. g5 hxg5 18. hxg5 Rxh1 19. Rxh1 Nh7 20. Ng4 e5 21. Qc1 Ne6 22.
Rxh7 Kxh7 23. Qh1+ Kg8 24. Nf6+ Kf8 25. Qh8+ Ke7 26. Nd5+ Kd7 27. Nxe6 fxe6 28.
Qg7+ 1-0

[Event "Champ Showdown 9LX 2023"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2023.09.09"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Sevian, Samuel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2698"]
[WhiteFideId "2016192"]
[BlackFideId "2040506"]
[Variant "Chess960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "nnqbbrkr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/NNQBBRKR w KQkq - 0 1"]
[EventDate "2023.09.08"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Qxc4 Nb6 4. Qc1 Na6 5. b4 e6 6. Nb3 Be7 7. a3 h5 8. h4
Ba4 9. Nc3 Bxb3 10. Bxb3 Qd8 11. Qf4 c6 12. e3 Nd5 13. Qf3 Nac7 14. Ne2 Nb5 15.
Ba2 Nb6 16. Nf4 Rh6 17. Nxh5 Nxa3 18. Qg4 Rg6 19. Qe2 Nd5 20. g4 Rh6 21. g5 Rh8
22. e4 Nc7 23. d5 cxd5 24. exd5 Nxd5 25. Rh3 Nc2 26. Rd3 g6 27. Bxd5 exd5 28.
Nf4 Nxe1 29. Rxe1 Rxh4 30. Nxg6 fxg6 31. Qxe7 Qxe7 32. Rxe7 Rxb4 33. Rxd5 Rg4+
34. Kf1 Rgf4 35. Rxb7 Rxf2+ 36. Kg1 Rf1+ 37. Kg2 R1f7 38. Rxf7 Rxf7 39. Rd6 Kg7
40. Ra6 Kh7 41. Kg3 Rg7 42. Kf4 Rf7+ 43. Kg3 Rb7 44. Kf4 Kg7 45. Ke5 Rb5+ 46.
Kf4 Rf5+ 47. Kg4 Rf7 48. Kg3 Re7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Champ Showdown 9LX 2023"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2023.09.09"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Shankland, Sam"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2698"]
[WhiteFideId "5202213"]
[BlackFideId "2004887"]
[Variant "Chess960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "nnqbbrkr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/NNQBBRKR w KQkq - 0 1"]
[EventDate "2023.09.08"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Qxc4 Nb6 4. Qc1 Na6 5. b4 e5 6. dxe5 Be7 7. a3 c5 8. bxc5
Nxc5 9. Bb4 Bb5 10. Nc3 Ba6 11. Bc2 Qc7 12. f4 Rc8 13. Rf3 Ne6 14. Bxe7 Qxe7 15.
Nb3 O-O 16. O-O Rfd8 17. f5 Nf8 18. e6 fxe6 19. f6 gxf6 20. Rxf6 Rxc3 21. Bxh7+
Qxh7 22. Qxc3 Nd5 23. Qd2 Qg7 24. Rf7 Qg6 25. R7f3 Qg7 26. Rg3 Ng6 27. Nc5 Rd6
28. Nxe6 1-0

[Event "Champ Showdown 9LX 2023"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2023.09.09"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2742"]
[WhiteFideId "3503240"]
[BlackFideId "13300474"]
[Variant "Chess960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "nnqbbrkr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/NNQBBRKR w KQkq - 0 1"]
[EventDate "2023.09.08"]

1. d4 d6 2. e4 c5 3. Nb3 b5 4. dxc5 dxc5 5. c4 Nb6 6. N1d2 e5 7. h4 h5 8. f3 Be7
9. Bf2 b4 10. Re1 Ba4 11. Na1 Bd7 12. Nc2 Nc6 13. Ne3 Nd4 14. Nd5 Bd6 15. Nb3
Re8 16. Nxd4 cxd4 17. b3 Rh6 18. Bc2 Bc5 19. Bd3 Rg6 20. Kh2 Bd6 21. Qd2 Nxd5
22. cxd5 f5 23. Rc1 Qd8 24. Rhe1 f4 25. Re2 Be7 26. Qe1 Kh7 27. Kh1 Rf8 28. Rec2
Bd6 29. Kh2 Kh8 30. Qe2 Qb6 31. Kh1 Rb8 32. Kh2 Qd8 33. Qe1 a5 34. Qe2 a4 35.
Qe1 axb3 36. axb3 Ra8 37. Qe2 Kh7 38. Bb5 Bxb5 39. Qxb5 Be7 40. Kh3 Rb6 41. Qd3
Rg6 0-1

[Event "Champ Showdown 9LX 2023"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2023.09.09"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Robson, Ray"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2699"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[WhiteFideId "2023970"]
[BlackFideId "2020009"]
[Variant "Chess960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "nnqbbrkr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/NNQBBRKR w KQkq - 0 1"]
[EventDate "2023.09.08"]

1. d4 c5 2. dxc5 Qxc5 3. Nb3 Qc8 4. Nc3 d6 5. e4 Nd7 6. f4 Nab6 7. Bf2 h5 8. Re1
e5 9. O-O exf4 10. Qxf4 Ne5 11. Nd4 Bc6 12. Ncb5 Bxb5 13. Nxb5 Qd7 14. Nd4 Na4
15. b3 Nc3 16. a4 g6 17. Bf3 Bb6 18. Qd2 Rc8 19. Bh4 Nc6 20. Bf2 Ne5 21. Kh1 h4
22. h3 Kg7 23. Be3 Qe7 24. Bg5 f6 25. Bf4 Ba5 26. Bh2 Bb4 27. Qf2 Rce8 28. Re3
a5 29. Kg1 Na2 30. Kh1 Nc3 31. Kg1 Rc8 32. Kh1 b6 33. Rg1 Kf7 34. Rf1 Kg7 35.
Rg1 Na2 36. Rd1 Rc3 37. Nb5 Rxe3 38. Qxe3 Bc5 39. Qd2 Nb4 40. Be2 Rd8 41. c3
Nbc6 42. Rf1 Qf7 43. Qc2 d5 44. exd5 Rxd5 45. Qe4 Rd2 46. Bc4 Nxc4 47. bxc4 Qd7
48. Qxh4 Be7 49. Bf4 g5 50. Bxg5 fxg5 0-1

[Event "Champ Showdown 9LX 2023"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2023.09.09"]
[Round "5.5"]
[White "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Black "Xiong, Jeffery"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2812"]
[BlackElo "2693"]
[WhiteFideId "4100018"]
[BlackFideId "2047640"]
[Variant "Chess960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "nnqbbrkr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/NNQBBRKR w KQkq - 0 1"]
[EventDate "2023.09.08"]

1. d4 d6 2. e4 e5 3. dxe5 dxe5 4. Be2 Be7 5. c4 Nc6 6. Nc2 Nd4 7. Nxd4 exd4 8.
Bd3 c5 9. f4 Bc6 10. Bg3 Re8 11. Nd2 Nc7 12. Qc2 O-O 13. Rf2 g6 14. f5 Bg5 15.
Nf1 Na6 16. a3 Qd8 17. Qe2 Bh4 18. Qg4 Bf6 19. Nd2 Nb8 20. O-O Nd7 21. Nf3 h5
22. Qh3 Bxe4 23. Bxe4 Rxe4 24. Bd6 0-1

[Event "Champ Showdown 9LX 2023"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2023.09.09"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Xiong, Jeffery"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2742"]
[BlackElo "2693"]
[WhiteFideId "13300474"]
[BlackFideId "2047640"]
[Variant "Chess960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "nnqbrkbr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/NNQBRKBR w KQkq - 0 1"]
[EventDate "2023.09.08"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Qxc4 f6 4. Qc1 Nb6 5. Nb3 Nc6 6. f3 e5 7. dxe5 Nxe5 8.
Bf2 Bf7 9. O-O O-O 10. Bc2 Be7 11. Nc3 Rd8 12. Qb1 g6 13. Qc1 c5 14. Ne4 c4 15.
Nd4 Nd5 16. Rd1 a6 17. Ng3 Rfe8 18. Ngf5 gxf5 19. Bxf5 Qb8 20. Ne6 Bf8 21. Nxd8
Rxd8 22. Rd4 Ne7 23. Rxd8 Qxd8 24. Rd1 Qc7 25. Be4 N7g6 26. g3 Bc5 27. Bxc5
Qxc5+ 28. Kg2 b5 29. Qh6 Qb6 30. h4 b4 31. h5 Nf8 32. g4 Qe6 33. Rd8 1-0

[Event "Champ Showdown 9LX 2023"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2023.09.09"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2812"]
[WhiteFideId "2020009"]
[BlackFideId "4100018"]
[Variant "Chess960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "nnqbrkbr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/NNQBRKBR w KQkq - 0 1"]
[EventDate "2023.09.08"]

1. d4 f6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 Bxd5 5. Nc3 Bf7 6. e4 a6 7. a4 axb5 8. axb5
d6 9. f4 Ba5 10. Bf2 Bc4+ 11. Kg1 Nc7 12. b6 Na8 13. Nb3 Bxc3 14. Qxc3 Nxb6 15.
Na5 Bf7 16. b4 Na6 17. bxc5 Nxc5 18. h3 O-O 19. Kh2 Nbd7 20. Bg4 Qa6 21. Bf3 Rc8
22. Qd2 Rc7 23. Re3 Rb8 24. Ra1 Qb5 25. Rc3 Qb4 26. Qc2 Qb2 27. Qxb2 Rxb2 28.
Be3 g6 29. e5 fxe5 30. Nc6 e4 31. Bxe4 Nxe4 32. Nxe7+ Kf8 33. Nxg6+ hxg6 34.
Rxc7 Be6 35. Ra4 Nec5 36. Rd4 Re2 37. Bc1 Ke7 38. Ba3 Kd8 39. Rc6 Ne4 40. Bxd6
Nxd6 41. Rcxd6 Ke7 42. Ra6 Bf5 43. Kg3 Nf6 44. Ra7+ Bd7 45. Kf3 Rb2 46. g4 Rb3+
47. Kf2 Ke6 48. g5 Rb2+ 49. Ke1 Nd5 50. Rxd7 Nxf4 51. Ra7 Nxh3 52. Ra5 Rg2 53.
Rb4 Nxg5 54. Kf1 Rg3 55. Rb6+ Kd7 56. Ra7+ Kc8 57. Rxg6 Ne4 58. Re6 Kb8 59. Rf7 1-0

[Event "Champ Showdown 9LX 2023"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2023.09.09"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Sevian, Samuel"]
[Black "Robson, Ray"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2698"]
[BlackElo "2699"]
[WhiteFideId "2040506"]
[BlackFideId "2023970"]
[Variant "Chess960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "nnqbrkbr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/NNQBRKBR w KQkq - 0 1"]
[EventDate "2023.09.08"]

1. f4 d5 2. Bxa7 c5 3. Bxb8 Qxb8 4. e3 e5 5. fxe5 Qxe5 6. Bf3 f5 7. Nb3 b6 8.
Nc3 Bf7 9. Qd1 Qd6 10. Qe2 Nc7 11. Nb5 Nxb5 12. Qxb5 O-O 13. a4 f4 14. a5 fxe3
15. dxe3 Bh5 16. O-O-O Bxf3 17. gxf3 bxa5 18. Qxc5 Qxc5 19. Nxc5 Rxf3 20. Rxd5
Rfxe3 21. Nb7 Bc7 22. Nxa5 Re1+ 23. Rxe1 Rxe1+ 24. Kd2 Rh1 25. b4 Rxh2+ 26. Kd3
h5 27. Nc4 h4 28. b5 Rf2 29. b6 Bg3 30. Rg5 Kh7 31. Ne3 Rf8 32. c4 Kh6 33. Rf5
Rd8+ 34. Ke2 g5 35. c5 Rc8 36. b7 Rd8 37. c6 Kg6 38. Rc5 Bc7 39. Nd5 Bd6 40. c7
Re8+ 41. Kd3 Bxc7 42. Rxc7 h3 43. Rc8 h2 44. b8=Q h1=Q 45. Qd6+ Kh5 46. Rxe8
Qd1+ 47. Kc4 Qa4+ 48. Qb4 Qc6+ 49. Kd4 1-0

[Event "Champ Showdown 9LX 2023"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2023.09.09"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "Shankland, Sam"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2698"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[WhiteFideId "2004887"]
[BlackFideId "2016192"]
[Variant "Chess960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "nnqbrkbr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/NNQBRKBR w KQkq - 0 1"]
[EventDate "2023.09.08"]

1. d4 f6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 Bxd5 5. Nc3 Bf7 6. e4 a6 7. a4 Ba5 8. Be2
axb5 9. axb5 Nb6 10. f3 d6 11. Bf2 N8d7 12. O-O Qb7 13. Nc2 O-O 14. Ne3 Ra8 15.
Qc2 Rfc8 16. Ra1 Bb4 17. Ra6 c4 18. Nf5 Kf8 19. Rxa8 Rxa8 20. Nd4 Bc5 21. f4 e5
22. Nc6 Na4 23. Bxc5 Ndxc5 24. fxe5 Nxc3 25. Qxc3 dxe5 26. Bxc4 Qb6 27. Kh1 Nxe4
28. Qb4+ Qc5 29. Qxc5+ Nxc5 30. Bxf7 Kxf7 31. Nxe5+ Ke6 32. b4 Ne4 33. Nc6 Nd6
34. Re1+ Kd5 35. Rd1+ Kc4 36. b6 Kb5 37. Na5 Re8 38. b7 Ne4 39. Kg1 Kb6 40. Rd7
f5 41. Rxg7 h5 42. g3 Rd8 43. Kg2 Nc3 44. Kh3 Rh8 45. Nc4+ Ka7 46. Ne5 1-0

[Event "Champ Showdown 9LX 2023"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2023.09.09"]
[Round "6.5"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[WhiteFideId "3503240"]
[BlackFideId "5202213"]
[Variant "Chess960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "nnqbrkbr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/NNQBRKBR w KQkq - 0 1"]
[EventDate "2023.09.08"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Qxc4 f6 4. Qc1 Bxa2 5. Nb3 e6 6. Nc3 Bxb3 7. Bxb3 c6 8.
e4 O-O 9. f4 Kh8 10. Bf2 Bb6 11. Na4 f5 12. O-O fxe4 13. Rxe4 Nc7 14. Rfe1 Nd7
15. Nxb6 Nxb6 16. g3 Nbd5 17. Qd2 Nf6 18. Re5 Ng4 19. Rh5 g6 20. Rg5 Nxf2 21.
Qxf2 Qd7 22. h4 Rf5 23. Qe3 Qd6 24. Kh2 Kg7 25. Kh3 h6 26. Rxf5 gxf5 27. Bc4 Nd5
28. Qb3 Qb4 29. Qxb4 Nxb4 30. Rxe6 Rxe6 31. Bxe6 Kf6 32. Bc8 b6 33. Bd7 Nd3 34.
b3 Nc1 35. Bxc6 Nxb3 36. d5 Nd4 37. g4 fxg4+ 38. Kxg4 b5 39. Kg3 b4 40. Kf2 b3 0-1

[Event "Champ Showdown 9LX 2023"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2023.09.10"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Black "Sevian, Samuel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2812"]
[BlackElo "2698"]
[WhiteFideId "4100018"]
[BlackFideId "2040506"]
[Variant "Chess960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "rnnqbkrb/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RNNQBKRB w KQkq - 0 1"]
[EventDate "2023.09.08"]

1. g3 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd3 g6 4. c3 Nd6 5. Nd2 Bd7 6. Bg2 Qc8 7. O-O Bf5 8. Nb3
Nc4 9. Qc1 O-O 10. f3 e5 11. e4 dxe4 12. fxe4 Bg4 13. Rf2 a5 14. a4 Qd8 15. h3
Bc8 16. Re2 b6 17. Bf2 Ba6 18. Qc2 Nd7 19. Rd1 Rc8 20. Ree1 Re8 21. Nbc1 Qc7 22.
b3 Nd6 23. Ne2 exd4 24. Bxd4 Nxe4 25. Bxh8 Kxh8 26. Kh2 Ndf6 27. c4 Rcd8 28.
Nef4 Kg8 29. Qb2 Bc8 30. Rf1 h5 31. Nf2 0-1

[Event "Champ Showdown 9LX 2023"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2023.09.10"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2742"]
[WhiteFideId "5202213"]
[BlackFideId "13300474"]
[Variant "Chess960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "rnnqbkrb/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RNNQBKRB w KQkq - 0 1"]
[EventDate "2023.09.08"]

1. g3 d5 2. c4 Bc6 3. cxd5 Bxd5 4. Bxd5 Qxd5 5. Nc3 Qd7 6. O-O g6 7. Nb3 O-O 8.
Rc1 Na6 9. d4 Rd8 10. e3 Nd6 11. Qf3 Rac8 12. Ne4 Qf5 13. Qxf5 Nxf5 14. Bc3 b6
15. Rc2 Nd6 16. Nxd6 cxd6 17. Rfc1 Rd7 18. Bd2 Rxc2 19. Rxc2 Rc7 20. Rxc7 Nxc7
21. e4 Kf8 22. Kf1 Ke8 23. Ke2 Kd7 24. g4 e6 25. Kd3 f5 26. f3 Bf6 27. Nc1 fxg4
28. fxg4 Na6 29. b4 d5 30. e5 Be7 31. b5 Nc7 32. a4 a6 33. bxa6 Nxa6 34. Ne2 Nb8
35. Ng1 Nc6 36. Nf3 Ke8 37. Bg5 Bf8 38. Bf6 Bh6 39. h4 Kf7 40. h5 Nb4+ 41. Kc3
Nc6 42. Bg5 Bf8 43. h6 Ke8 44. Bd2 Be7 45. Kd3 Kd7 46. Bg5 Bf8 47. Nh4 Ne7 48.
Bd2 g5 49. Bxg5 Ng8 50. Ke3 Nxh6 51. Bxh6 Bxh6+ 52. Kd3 Bg5 53. Nf3 h6 54. Kc3
Kc6 55. Ne1 Be7 56. Nd3 Bg5 57. Ne1 Be7 58. Nf3 Bg5 59. Nxg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Champ Showdown 9LX 2023"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2023.09.10"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[WhiteFideId "2016192"]
[BlackFideId "3503240"]
[Variant "Chess960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "rnnqbkrb/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RNNQBKRB w KQkq - 0 1"]
[EventDate "2023.09.08"]

1. g3 d5 2. d3 g6 3. Bc3 d4 4. Bd2 Bc6 5. Bh6+ Bg7 6. Bxg7+ Kxg7 7. Bxc6 Nxc6 8.
c3 e5 9. Nb3 b6 10. N1d2 N8e7 11. Nf3 a5 12. a4 Qd6 13. Qc2 Rad8 14. Rc1 Rd7 15.
O-O Re8 16. Rfd1 f6 17. Nbd2 Nf5 18. Qb3 Qe6 19. Qxe6 Rxe6 20. Ne1 Nd8 21. Nc2
h5 22. Na3 Nb7 23. Nb3 c5 24. Nc4 Rc6 25. Nbd2 Nbd6 26. Na3 Rdc7 27. Rc2 Rc8 28.
Rdc1 Kf7 29. Kf1 g5 30. Re1 Re8 31. Rb1 e4 32. dxe4 Nxe4 33. Nb5 Nxd2+ 34. Rxd2
dxc3 35. bxc3 Re4 36. Ra1 Ke7 37. f3 Ree6 38. e4 Nd6 39. Rad1 Nxb5 40. Rd7+ Kf8
41. axb5 Rc8 42. Rh7 Rce8 43. Rxh5 g4 44. Kf2 gxf3 45. Rh8+ Kg7 46. Rxe8 Rxe8
47. Kxf3 Ra8 48. Kf4 a4 49. Ra1 a3 50. Ra2 Kg6 51. h4 Ra4 52. h5+ Kxh5 53. Kf5
Kh6 54. Kxf6 Kh5 55. e5 1-0

[Event "Champ Showdown 9LX 2023"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2023.09.10"]
[Round "7.4"]
[White "Robson, Ray"]
[Black "Shankland, Sam"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2699"]
[BlackElo "2698"]
[WhiteFideId "2023970"]
[BlackFideId "2004887"]
[Variant "Chess960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "rnnqbkrb/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RNNQBKRB w KQkq - 0 1"]
[EventDate "2023.09.08"]

1. c4 c6 2. g3 g6 3. Nc3 O-O 4. d4 d5 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Bxd5 Nc6 7. e3 e5 8. dxe5
Bxe5 9. O-O Nb6 10. Bg2 Qxd1 11. Nxd1 Rd8 12. Bc3 Na4 13. Nb3 Bxc3 14. Nxc3 Nxb2
15. Nd5 f5 16. Nc5 Bf7 17. Nf6+ Kg7 18. Nfd7 Nd3 19. Rfb1 Na5 20. Bxb7 Nxc5 21.
Nxc5 Rd2 22. Bf3 Rc8 23. Rb5 Nc4 24. Nb3 Rb2 25. Rc1 Rc7 26. Bd5 a6 27. Rxc4 0-1

[Event "Champ Showdown 9LX 2023"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2023.09.10"]
[Round "7.5"]
[White "Xiong, Jeffery"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2693"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[WhiteFideId "2047640"]
[BlackFideId "2020009"]
[Variant "Chess960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "rnnqbkrb/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RNNQBKRB w KQkq - 0 1"]
[EventDate "2023.09.08"]

1. e4 g6 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. O-O Nd6 5. g3 Qf5 6. d3 Bc6 7. Bd2 Bxh1 8.
Kxh1 Nc6 9. Bh6+ Bg7 10. Bxg7+ Kxg7 11. Nd2 Rad8 12. Qe2 h5 13. Ncb3 h4 14. Rae1
Rh8 15. g4 Qd5+ 16. Qf3 Qxf3+ 17. Nxf3 e6 18. h3 b6 19. Kg2 Ne7 20. Ng1 c5 21.
d4 cxd4 22. Nxd4 Nc4 23. Re2 Nd5 24. Kh2 Nf4 25. Rc2 e5 26. Nde2 Nd2 27. Ra1
Rhe8 28. Nxf4 exf4 29. Kg2 Rd3 30. f3 Ree3 31. Kf2 Nxf3 32. Ne2 Ng5 0-1

[Event "Champ Showdown 9LX 2023"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2023.09.10"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2742"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[WhiteFideId "13300474"]
[BlackFideId "2020009"]
[Variant "Chess960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "rnbbqnkr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RNBBQNKR w KQkq - 0 1"]
[EventDate "2023.09.08"]

1. d4 d6 2. e4 e5 3. dxe5 dxe5 4. a4 Ng6 5. a5 O-O 6. Be3 Be6 7. Nbd2 a6 8. Nf3
Nc6 9. h4 f6 10. c3 Be7 11. g3 Rd8 12. h5 Nh8 13. Nh4 Qd7 14. Bc2 Nf7 15. Nf5
Nd6 16. Nxe7+ Qxe7 17. Nd2 h6 18. Qe2 Qf7 19. Ra4 Rd7 20. Kg2 Rfd8 21. Rh4 Nb5
22. Bb1 Kh8 23. Kh2 Nd6 24. Bc2 f5 25. Qf3 Nb5 26. Nf1 f4 27. gxf4 Bb3 28. Bxb3 0-1

[Event "Champ Showdown 9LX 2023"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2023.09.10"]
[Round "8.2"]
[White "Sevian, Samuel"]
[Black "Xiong, Jeffery"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2698"]
[BlackElo "2693"]
[WhiteFideId "2040506"]
[BlackFideId "2047640"]
[Variant "Chess960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "rnbbqnkr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RNBBQNKR w KQkq - 0 1"]
[EventDate "2023.09.08"]

1. d4 d6 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 dxe5 4. Nc3 c6 5. b3 Be7 6. Bc2 Ng6 7. Ng3 O-O 8. Nf5
Bxf5 9. Bxf5 Nd7 10. g3 Rd8 11. h4 Bb4 12. a3 Ba5 13. b4 Bc7 14. Be3 Ne7 15.
Bxd7 Qxd7 16. Bxa7 Qg4 17. Bc5 Rfe8 18. e4 Ng6 19. Qe2 Qxe2 20. Nxe2 Rd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Champ Showdown 9LX 2023"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2023.09.10"]
[Round "8.3"]
[White "Shankland, Sam"]
[Black "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2698"]
[BlackElo "2812"]
[WhiteFideId "2004887"]
[BlackFideId "4100018"]
[Variant "Chess960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "rnbbqnkr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RNBBQNKR w KQkq - 0 1"]
[EventDate "2023.09.08"]

1. d4 d6 2. e4 e5 3. dxe5 dxe5 4. Ne3 Ne6 5. O-O O-O 6. a4 Bg5 7. Nd2 Nd7 8. a5
Nf6 9. b3 Qd8 10. Nec4 Re8 11. Bb2 Nd4 12. Nxe5 Nxc2 13. Bxc2 Bxd2 14. Qe2 Bf4
15. Rad1 Qe7 16. Nd3 Bxh2+ 17. Kxh2 Ng4+ 18. Kg3 h5 19. Rh1 Qg5 20. f4 Qg6 21.
f5 Bxf5 22. Nf4 1-0

[Event "Champ Showdown 9LX 2023"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2023.09.10"]
[Round "8.4"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "Robson, Ray"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2699"]
[WhiteFideId "3503240"]
[BlackFideId "2023970"]
[Variant "Chess960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "rnbbqnkr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RNBBQNKR w KQkq - 0 1"]
[EventDate "2023.09.08"]

1. d4 d5 2. e4 dxe4 3. Qxe4 Nbd7 4. Ng3 c5 5. dxc5 Nxc5 6. Qc4 b6 7. Nc3 Bb7 8.
Bf3 Ng6 9. Bxb7 Nxb7 10. h4 h6 11. h5 Ne5 12. Qe2 Nc6 13. Be3 e6 14. O-O-O O-O
15. Rhe1 Rc8 16. Kb1 Be7 17. a3 Nca5 18. Bd4 Nc6 19. Be3 Nca5 20. Bd4 Nc6 21.
Be3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Champ Showdown 9LX 2023"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2023.09.10"]
[Round "8.5"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[WhiteFideId "5202213"]
[BlackFideId "2016192"]
[Variant "Chess960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "rnbbqnkr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RNBBQNKR w KQkq - 0 1"]
[EventDate "2023.09.08"]

1. d4 d6 2. e4 e5 3. d5 c6 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. Ne3 Nf6 6. Bf3 Ng6 7. g3 Bh3 8. Qd1
Qd7 9. Qd3 Bb6 10. Nc4 Bd4 11. Be3 cxd5 12. Nxd5 Nxd5 13. exd5 Bxe3 14. Nxe3 f5
15. Bg2 e4 16. Qf1 Bxg2 17. Qxg2 f4 18. gxf4 Nxf4 19. Qxe4 O-O 20. O-O-O Nh3 21.
Qe6+ Qxe6 22. dxe6 Nxf2 23. e7 Rfe8 24. Nd5 Nxh1 25. Rxh1 Rac8 26. b4 Kf7 27.
Re1 Rc4 28. c3 b5 29. Kc2 h5 30. Kd3 g6 31. a4 a6 32. axb5 axb5 33. Re2 g5 34.
Rf2+ Kg7 35. Rf5 Rg4 36. Nf6 Rxe7 37. Nxg4 hxg4 38. Rxg5+ Kf6 39. Rxg4 Rh7 40.
h4 Ke6 41. Ke4 Rc7 42. Kd3 Rh7 43. Re4+ Kd5 44. Rd4+ Ke5 45. Ke2 d5 46. Kf3 Rf7+
47. Kg4 Rc7 48. Rd3 Ke4 49. Rd4+ Ke5 50. Rd3 Ke4 51. Rg3 Rg7+ 52. Kh3 Rh7 53.
Kg4 Rg7+ 54. Kh3 Rh7 55. Rg5 Rc7 56. Rg4+ Ke5 57. Rg5+ Kf4 58. Rxd5 Rxc3+ 59.
Kg2 Rc2+ 60. Kf1 Kf3 61. Ke1 Rc4 62. Rxb5 Ke3 63. Kd1 Rxh4 64. Kc2 Kd4 65. Kb3
Rh1 66. Rg5 1-0

[Event "Champ Showdown 9LX 2023"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2023.09.10"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Sevian, Samuel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2698"]
[WhiteFideId "2020009"]
[BlackFideId "2040506"]
[Variant "Chess960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "rnknqrbb/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RNKNQRBB w KQkq - 0 1"]
[EventDate "2023.09.08"]

1. f4 f5 2. g3 g6 3. Nbc3 Nbc6 4. e4 d6 5. Nf2 Ne6 6. exf5 gxf5 7. Bd5 Ned4 8.
Bxg8 Rxg8 9. Nd3 e5 10. fxe5 dxe5 11. Bxd4 Nxd4 12. Ne2 e4 13. Nxd4 Bxd4 14. Nf4
O-O-O 15. O-O-O Qa4 16. Kb1 Rd6 17. Ne2 Ra6 18. Nc1 Bxb2 19. Kxb2 Rgg6 20. Rxf5
Qa3+ 21. Ka1 Rgb6 22. Rf8+ Kd7 23. Rf7+ Kc8 24. Rf8+ Qxf8 25. Qxe4 Qg7+ 26. d4
Re6 27. Qd3 Qg6 28. Qd2 Qh6 29. Qf2 Rf6 30. Qg2 Qe3 31. Qh3+ Kb8 32. Qxh7 Qc3+
33. Kb1 Rab6+ 34. Nb3 a5 35. Qg8+ Ka7 36. a4 Rfc6 37. Rc1 Rc4 0-1

[Event "Champ Showdown 9LX 2023"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2023.09.10"]
[Round "9.2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2742"]
[WhiteFideId "2016192"]
[BlackFideId "13300474"]
[Variant "Chess960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "rnknqrbb/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RNKNQRBB w KQkq - 0 1"]
[EventDate "2023.09.08"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Rxf4 d5 4. g3 g6 5. Rf1 d4 6. Nf2 Ndc6 7. Ng4 Nd7 8. Nh6
d3 9. c3 Nce5 10. Bg2 Bg7 11. Nxg8 Rxg8 12. Bh3 O-O-O 13. Na3 a6 14. Qd1 Kb8 15.
Qb3 Bf8 16. Nc4 Nxc4 17. Qxc4 Ne5 18. Qb3 Qc6 19. Be3 g5 20. O-O-O Bc5 21. Rf5
f6 22. Bxc5 Qxc5 23. Rxf6 g4 24. Bg2 Rg6 25. Rf5 Rb6 26. Qa4 Rb5 27. Rdf1 Qb6
28. b3 Rd6 29. Kb1 Ka7 30. Ka1 Rh6 31. Rh1 Rd6 32. Rhf1 Rh6 33. Rh1 Rd6 34. Qa3
Rf6 35. Rxf6 Qxf6 36. Qc1 Rb6 37. Qg1 Qg5 38. Qf2 c5 39. Rf1 Qe7 40. Qe3 a5 41.
Rf5 c4 42. b4 axb4 43. Qd4 bxc3 44. Qxc3 Nc6 45. Qxc4 Qa3 46. Qc3 Qa4 47. Rc5
Nb4 48. a3 Qd1+ 0-1

[Event "Champ Showdown 9LX 2023"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2023.09.10"]
[Round "9.3"]
[White "Robson, Ray"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2699"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[WhiteFideId "2023970"]
[BlackFideId "5202213"]
[Variant "Chess960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "rnknqrbb/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RNKNQRBB w KQkq - 0 1"]
[EventDate "2023.09.08"]

1. e4 f5 2. exf5 Rxf5 3. Ne3 Rf8 4. f4 g6 5. Nc3 Nbc6 6. O-O-O Qf7 7. b3 Nd4 8.
g4 N8c6 9. f5 O-O-O 10. Bd5 Qg7 11. Bxg8 Qxg8 12. Ned5 gxf5 13. Bxd4 Bxd4 14.
gxf5 Qg7 15. Qe4 Rf7 16. Nb5 Qe5 17. Rde1 Bb2+ 18. Kd1 Qxe4 19. Rxe4 a6 20. Nbc3
e6 21. Nb4 Ne7 22. f6 Nf5 23. Rg1 Rxf6 24. Nd3 Bxc3 25. dxc3 Rdf8 26. Ke2 d6 27.
c4 e5 28. c3 b6 29. Rg2 Kd7 30. Nb4 a5 31. Nd5 R6f7 32. Reg4 Kc6 33. Rg8 Rxg8
34. Rxg8 Ne7 35. Nxe7+ Rxe7 36. a4 Re6 37. Rg4 Rh6 38. h4 Rg6 39. Re4 Rg3 40.
Kd2 h5 41. b4 axb4 42. cxb4 Ra3 43. Kc2 Rxa4 44. Kb3 Ra1 45. Re2 Rh1 46. b5+ Kc5
47. Rd2 Rh3+ 48. Ka4 Rxh4 49. Kb3 Rxc4 50. Rh2 h4 0-1

[Event "Champ Showdown 9LX 2023"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2023.09.10"]
[Round "9.4"]
[White "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2812"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[WhiteFideId "4100018"]
[BlackFideId "3503240"]
[Variant "Chess960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "rnknqrbb/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RNKNQRBB w KQkq - 0 1"]
[EventDate "2023.09.08"]

1. e4 g5 2. f4 gxf4 3. Rxf4 Nbc6 4. g3 d6 5. Ne3 Ne6 6. Rf1 Ncd4 7. Nc3 c5 8.
Nf5 O-O-O 9. Nd5 Nc6 10. c3 Nc7 11. Qe2 e6 12. Nxc7 Kxc7 13. Nh6 Kb8 14. O-O-O
Bg7 15. Nxg8 Rxg8 16. Kb1 Rc8 17. d4 cxd4 18. cxd4 Rc7 19. Be3 e5 20. d5 Nd4 21.
Qd3 Qd7 22. Rc1 Rgc8 23. Rxc7 Rxc7 24. Bg2 Qg4 25. Qd1 Qg6 26. g4 Bh6 27. Bxd4
Rc1+ 28. Qxc1 Bxc1 29. Bxe5 dxe5 30. Rxc1 Qxg4 31. Rc2 Qd1+ 32. Rc1 Qd3+ 33. Rc2
f5 34. exf5 Qxf5 35. b3 e4 36. d6 0-1

[Event "Champ Showdown 9LX 2023"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2023.09.10"]
[Round "9.5"]
[White "Xiong, Jeffery"]
[Black "Shankland, Sam"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2693"]
[BlackElo "2698"]
[WhiteFideId "2047640"]
[BlackFideId "2004887"]
[Variant "Chess960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "rnknqrbb/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RNKNQRBB w KQkq - 0 1"]
[EventDate "2023.09.08"]

1. f4 f5 2. g3 g6 3. Nbc3 c6 4. e4 fxe4 5. Nxe4 d5 6. Nc5 Nd7 7. Bg2 b6 8. Nxd7
Qxd7 9. Nf2 Kb7 10. O-O-O d4 11. Nd3 Bd5 12. Qe2 Nf7 13. Bxd5 cxd5 14. Rde1 Rae8
15. Qe6 Qxe6 16. Rxe6 Ng5 17. Ree1 Nh3 18. Ne5 g5 19. Bxd4 gxf4 20. Nd7 Bxd4 21.
Nxf8 Rxf8 22. Rxe7+ Ka6 23. Rxh7 Nf2 24. gxf4 Rxf4 25. Kb1 Bxb2 26. Kxb2 Nd3+
27. Kc3 Rxf1 28. Kxd3 Ra1 29. Rh5 Rxa2 30. Rxd5 Ra1 31. h4 Kb7 32. h5 Kc6 33.
Rg5 a5 34. c4 Rh1 35. Kc3 Rc1+ 36. Kd4 a4 37. Rg3 Rh1 38. Ra3 Rh4+ 39. Kc3 b5
40. d3 1/2-1/2

