[Event "Champ Showdown 9LX 2022"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2022.09.14"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2771"]
[WhiteFideId "3503240"]
[BlackFideId "5202213"]
[Variant "Chess960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "rbkrbqnn/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RBKRBQNN w DAda - 0 1"]
[EventDate "2022.09.14"]

1. e4 c6 2. Ng3 Ng6 3. d4 d5 4. e5 f6 5. Ba5 Bc7 6. Bxc7 Kxc7 7. f4 fxe5 8. fxe5
Qf4+ 9. Rd2 Nh6 10. c3 Bd7 11. Bxg6 Qxf1+ 12. Nxf1 hxg6 13. Ne3 Rf8 14. O-O-O g5
15. Nf3 g4 16. Ne1 Bf5 17. Nd3 Bxd3 18. Rxd3 Rf4 19. Rf1 g5 20. Rdd1 Raf8 21.
Kd2 g3 22. hxg3 Rf2+ 23. Kc1 Kd7 24. Rxf2 Rxf2 25. Rd2 Rf7 26. Kd1 Nf5 27. Nxf5
Rxf5 28. Ke2 Ke6 29. Rd1 Rf7 30. Rh1 Kf5 31. Kf3 Kg6+ 32. Ke3 Kf5 33. Kf3 Kg6+
34. Ke2 Kf5 35. Kf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Champ Showdown 9LX 2022"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2022.09.14"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2683"]
[BlackElo "2792"]
[WhiteFideId "4102142"]
[BlackFideId "4168119"]
[Variant "Chess960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "rbkrbqnn/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RBKRBQNN w DAda - 0 1"]
[EventDate "2022.09.14"]

1. e4 c6 2. f4 d5 3. c3 h5 4. d4 f6 5. Bg3 e6 6. Nf3 Nh6 7. Nf2 Ng6 8. Nh3 dxe4
9. Bxe4 Nf5 10. Re1 Bf7 11. Qd3 Nge7 12. Qc2 Qh8 13. O-O-O h4 14. Bf2 Qh5 15.
Kb1 Bc7 16. Nd2 Nd5 17. Bf3 Qh6 18. g4 hxg3 19. hxg3 Nxg3 20. Bxg3 Qxh3 21. Rg1
Ne3 0-1

[Event "Champ Showdown 9LX 2022"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2022.09.14"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2759"]
[BlackElo "2812"]
[WhiteFideId "13300474"]
[BlackFideId "4100018"]
[Variant "Chess960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "rbkrbqnn/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RBKRBQNN w DAda - 0 1"]
[EventDate "2022.09.14"]

1. e4 c6 2. f4 d5 3. e5 f6 4. Bg3 Bh5 5. Re1 fxe5 6. fxe5 Qxf1 7. Rxf1 Nh6 8. c3
Bg6 9. d4 Bxb1 10. Rxb1 N8f7 11. Bh4 Kd7 12. Nh3 Rg8 13. Ng5 Nxg5 14. Bxg5 Bc7
15. Ng3 Raf8 16. Kd2 e6 17. Nh5 Nf7 18. Be3 Bd8 19. Ke2 Ke8 20. Rf4 g6 21. Ng3
Be7 22. Nh1 c5 23. Nf2 cxd4 24. Bxd4 a6 25. a4 g5 26. Rf3 g4 27. Rf4 h5 28. Nd3
Nh6 29. b4 Kd7 30. b5 a5 31. Bb6 Rxf4 32. Nxf4 Rg5 33. Nd3 Nf7 34. Rf1 Ke8 35.
Bc7 Bd8 36. Rxf7 1-0

[Event "Champ Showdown 9LX 2022"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2022.09.14"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2768"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[WhiteFideId "2016192"]
[BlackFideId "13401319"]
[Variant "Chess960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "rbkrbqnn/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RBKRBQNN w DAda - 0 1"]
[EventDate "2022.09.14"]

1. g4 e5 2. c3 Ng6 3. h4 Nxh4 4. f4 Ng6 5. Bxg6 hxg6 6. fxe5 c6 7. Bg3 d6 8.
exd6 Bxd6 9. Nf3 Nf6 10. Bh4 Bd7 11. g5 Nh5 12. e4 Qe7 13. Re1 O-O 14. Nf2 a5
15. O-O-O b5 16. e5 Bc7 17. Ne4 Rfd8 18. Kb1 b4 19. Ka1 Bg4 20. Qg2 Qe6 21. Nf2
Bf5 22. Nd4 Rxd4 23. cxd4 a4 24. Ne4 Qd5 25. Bf2 Kf8 26. Qh1 Be6 27. b3 axb3 28.
Nc5 b2+ 0-1

[Event "Champ Showdown 9LX 2022"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2022.09.14"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[WhiteFideId "2020009"]
[BlackFideId "12573981"]
[Variant "Chess960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "rbkrbqnn/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RBKRBQNN w DAda - 0 1"]
[EventDate "2022.09.14"]

1. e4 c6 2. Ng3 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 Ng6 6. a4 e6 7. c3 Qe7 8. Bd2
Bc6 9. Bxg6 hxg6 10. Bg5 Bd6 11. Qe2 Qc7 12. O-O O-O 13. Ne5 Ne4 14. Nxc6 Nxg3
15. hxg3 bxc6 16. b4 Rfe8 17. Qd3 e5 18. dxe5 Rxe5 19. Bf4 Re4 20. Bxd6 Qxd6 21.
b5 Rae8 22. a5 cxb5 23. Qxb5 Rb8 24. Qd3 Qc5 25. Rad1 Rb5 26. a6 Qc4 27. Qxc4
Rxc4 28. Rfe1 Kf8 29. Re5 Rxc3 30. Rde1 Rc8 31. Re7 Rb1 32. Rxf7+ Kxf7 33. Rxb1
Ke6 34. Kf1 Rc6 35. Rb7 Rxa6 36. Rxg7 Ke5 37. Ke2 d4 38. f4+ Kf5 39. Kd3 Rd6 40.
Rxa7 Kg4 41. Rg7 Kf5 42. Rg8 Kg4 43. Rg7 Kf5 44. Rh7 Kg4 45. Rh3 g5 46. fxg5
Kxg5 47. Rh4 Rd8 48. Rxd4 Rxd4+ 49. Kxd4 Kg4 50. Kc5 Kxg3 51. Kb6 Kxg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Champ Showdown 9LX 2022"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2022.09.14"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[WhiteFideId "13401319"]
[BlackFideId "2020009"]
[Variant "Chess960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "rbbnknrq/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RBBNKNRQ w GAga - 0 1"]
[EventDate "2022.09.14"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nc3 g6 4. e3 c6 5. g3 Nd7 6. Nd2 Nb6 7. a4 a5 8. Ba2 Be6
9. O-O O-O 10. Qf3 h5 11. b3 c5 12. bxc4 cxd4 13. exd4 Nc6 14. d5 Bg4 15. Qe3
Nb4 16. Rb1 Be5 17. Nb5 Nxa4 18. Bb3 Nc3 19. Nxc3 Bxc3 20. Ba3 Qd4 21. Ne4 Qxe3
22. fxe3 Be5 23. Nf2 Bf5 24. e4 Bd7 25. Rfd1 Bd6 26. Kg2 Rfc8 27. Rdc1 b6 28.
Bb2 Bc5 29. Bc3 b5 30. cxb5 Bxb5 31. Be1 Nd3 32. Nxd3 Bxd3 33. Bc2 Be3 0-1

[Event "Champ Showdown 9LX 2022"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2022.09.14"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2771"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[WhiteFideId "5202213"]
[BlackFideId "12573981"]
[Variant "Chess960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "rbbnknrq/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RBBNKNRQ w GAga - 0 1"]
[EventDate "2022.09.14"]

1. d4 d6 2. c3 e5 3. g4 g5 4. dxe5 Qxe5 5. Nd2 c6 6. Nf3 Qe7 7. Ne3 d5 8. Nf5
Bxf5 9. Bxf5 Nde6 10. h4 h6 11. Bd2 Bc7 12. hxg5 hxg5 13. Qh6 Nf4 14. e3 Be5 15.
Kf1 N4g6 16. e4 dxe4 17. Bxg5 Bf6 18. Bxf6 Qxf6 19. Nd2 Ne6 20. Nxe4 Qe5 21. Rd1
Rd8 22. Rxd8+ Kxd8 23. Qe3 Ngf4 24. Bxe6 Nxe6 25. Rg3 Rh8 26. Kg2 Kc8 27. a4 Kb8
28. Nd2 Qd5+ 29. Nf3 f6 30. g5 fxg5 31. Qe5+ Qxe5 32. Nxe5 Kc7 33. Rg4 Rf8 34.
Kg3 Rf5 35. Nf3 Kd6 36. Nd4 Rd5 37. Re4 Nc5 38. Re2 Nxa4 39. Kg4 Kd7 40. Nf5 Rb5
41. Re4 Nc5 42. Re7+ Kd8 43. Re2 Na4 44. Re4 Nxb2 45. Kxg5 a5 46. Kf6 a4 47. Nd4
Ra5 48. Re7 Kc8 49. Ne6 Kb8 50. f4 a3 51. Nd4 a2 52. Nc2 a1=Q 53. Nxa1 Rxa1 54.
f5 Nc4 55. Re6 Rf1 56. Kg6 Kc7 57. Re7+ Kd6 58. Rxb7 Ne5+ 59. Kf6 Rf3 60. Rb3
Nd7+ 61. Kg6 Rg3+ 62. Kf7 Rg5 0-1

[Event "Champ Showdown 9LX 2022"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2022.09.14"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2683"]
[WhiteFideId "3503240"]
[BlackFideId "4102142"]
[Variant "Chess960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "rbbnknrq/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RBBNKNRQ w GAga - 0 1"]
[EventDate "2022.09.14"]

1. d4 g6 2. c3 e5 3. d5 d6 4. g4 a5 5. c4 Ba7 6. Nc3 f6 7. Qf3 Qg7 8. Ng3 Nd7 9.
h4 Nc5 10. Bc2 Rf8 11. Be3 Bd7 12. O-O-O Nf7 13. Nce4 Nxe4 14. Nxe4 Bxe3+ 15.
Qxe3 f5 16. gxf5 Bxf5 17. h5 Qh6 18. Nf6+ Ke7 19. Qxh6 Nxh6 20. Nxh7 Bxc2 21.
Nxf8 Bxd1 22. Nxg6+ Kf6 23. Kxd1 Nf5 24. e4 Nd4 25. Rg3 Rg8 26. Nxe5 Rxg3 27.
Nd7+ Kg5 28. fxg3 Kxh5 29. e5 dxe5 30. Nxe5 Kg5 31. Kd2 Kf5 32. Nd7 1-0

[Event "Champ Showdown 9LX 2022"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2022.09.14"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2792"]
[BlackElo "2759"]
[WhiteFideId "4168119"]
[BlackFideId "13300474"]
[Variant "Chess960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "rbbnknrq/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RBBNKNRQ w GAga - 0 1"]
[EventDate "2022.09.14"]

1. d4 g6 2. c3 e5 3. dxe5 Qxe5 4. Ng3 Nfe6 5. O-O a5 6. e4 Ba7 7. Be3 Nf4 8.
Bxa7 Rxa7 9. Ne3 d6 10. Re1 O-O 11. Bc2 a4 12. a3 Qb5 13. Rab1 Be6 14. h4 Ba2
15. Ra1 Qxb2 16. h5 Bb3 17. Qh4 Nde6 18. Qf6 Ra5 19. Reb1 Qxc2 20. Nxc2 Bxc2 21.
Rxb7 Nxh5 22. Nxh5 Rxh5 23. Re1 Re5 24. f3 Ng7 25. Rxc7 Ne8 26. Qd8 Nxc7 27.
Qxd6 Ree8 28. Qxc7 Rc8 29. Qa5 Bb3 30. Re3 Rfd8 31. f4 Rd2 32. Qe5 Rdd8 33. f5
Re8 34. Qf4 Rc4 35. f6 1-0

[Event "Champ Showdown 9LX 2022"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2022.09.14"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2812"]
[BlackElo "2768"]
[WhiteFideId "4100018"]
[BlackFideId "2016192"]
[Variant "Chess960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "rbbnknrq/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RBBNKNRQ w GAga - 0 1"]
[EventDate "2022.09.14"]

1. g4 c6 2. c4 g5 3. h4 gxh4 4. Qxh4 d5 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Nc3 e6 7. e3 Ng6 8. Qh5
Nc6 9. g5 Bd7 10. d4 a6 11. Nh2 Bd6 12. Ng4 Be7 13. Bd2 O-O-O 14. Rh1 Rg7 15. a3
Kb8 16. Bc2 e5 17. Nf6 Be6 18. Ne2 Rc8 19. Bc3 e4 20. f3 exf3 21. Qxf3 Qd8 22.
Ng3 Bxf6 23. Qxf6 Qc7 24. Kf2 Rgg8 25. Rxh7 Nf8 26. Rh6 Ka8 27. Rg1 Na5 28. Ne2
Nc4 29. Bd3 Qd7 30. Rgh1 Ng6 31. Nf4 Nxf4 32. exf4 Nd6 33. Rh8 Ne4+ 34. Bxe4
dxe4 35. Rxg8 Rxg8 36. Rh8 Rxh8 37. Qxh8+ Ka7 38. Qe5 Bd5 39. f5 b6 40. a4 a5
41. Ke3 Bb7 42. b3 Qd8 43. f6 Qc8 44. d5 Qg4 45. Bd4 Qf3+ 46. Kd2 Qd3+ 47. Ke1
Qb1+ 48. Kf2 Qxb3 49. d6 Qc2+ 50. Kg3 e3 51. Qxe3 Qg2+ 52. Kf4 Qh2+ 53. Qg3 Qd2+
54. Ke5 Qa2 55. Kf4 Qd5 56. Ke3 Qe4+ 57. Kf2 Qxd4+ 58. Kf1 Be4 0-1

[Event "Champ Showdown 9LX 2022"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2022.09.14"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2768"]
[BlackElo "2792"]
[WhiteFideId "2016192"]
[BlackFideId "4168119"]
[Variant "Chess960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "rkbbnqnr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RKBBNQNR w HAha - 0 1"]
[EventDate "2022.09.14"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Qxf4 Ne7 4. Ne2 d5 5. exd5 Nxd5 6. Qf3 Nef6 7. h3 Qd6 8.
d4 Re8 9. Nd3 Ne4 10. Ne5 Rxe5 11. dxe5 Qxe5 12. Rf1 a5 13. Qd3 Ra6 14. c4 Nb4
15. Qxd8 Rd6 16. Qxd6 Qxd6 17. b3 Nd2+ 18. Bxd2 Qxd2 19. a3 Bf5+ 0-1

[Event "Champ Showdown 9LX 2022"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2022.09.14"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2812"]
[WhiteFideId "2020009"]
[BlackFideId "4100018"]
[Variant "Chess960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "rkbbnqnr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RKBBNQNR w HAha - 0 1"]
[EventDate "2022.09.14"]

1. e4 e5 2. Ne2 f5 3. exf5 Qxf5 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Qf7 6. Nef3 Bf6 7. Qd3 Ne7 8.
Bf4 d6 9. Be2 h6 10. O-O g5 11. Be3 Ng7 12. Nd2 Ngf5 13. a4 Bd7 14. Nxf5 Bxf5
15. Qa3 O-O 16. Bd3 Bg7 17. Rae1 b6 18. Bc4 d5 19. Bd4 Ng6 20. Bxg7 Kxg7 21. Bb5
c5 22. b4 Rac8 23. bxc5 bxc5 24. Nb3 Nf4 25. Nxc5 Qf6 26. Qe3 Rf7 27. Nb3 Rc3
28. Qe5 Bxc2 29. Nd4 Bd3 30. Qxf6+ Kxf6 31. Re3 Rfc7 32. Rfe1 Bxb5 33. Nxb5 Rxe3
34. fxe3 Re7 35. Rf1 Rxe3 36. g3 Ke5 37. gxf4+ gxf4 38. Nxa7 Ra3 39. a5 Ke4 40.
Nc6 d4 41. Rd1 d3 42. Nb4 Rxa5 43. Nxd3 Rg5+ 44. Kf1 1-0

[Event "Champ Showdown 9LX 2022"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2022.09.14"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[WhiteFideId "12573981"]
[BlackFideId "13401319"]
[Variant "Chess960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "rkbbnqnr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RKBBNQNR w HAha - 0 1"]
[EventDate "2022.09.14"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. d4 g5 4. h4 Ngf6 5. Qd3 d5 6. exd5 h6 7. Qb3 a5 8. a4 Ra6
9. c4 Rb6 10. Qc2 Nd6 11. Be2 Nf5 12. Ngf3 g4 13. Bd3 Ng3 14. Rg1 gxf3 15. Nxf3
Nfh5 16. c5 Rf6 17. Ra3 Nf5 18. Rb3 Rg8 19. Qc4 Ne3 20. Bxe3 fxe3 21. Ne5 Qe8
22. Be2 Nf4 23. Bf3 e2 24. d6 cxd6 25. Bxb7 dxe5 26. Bc6+ Kc7 27. Bxe8 Rxe8 28.
d5 Nxd5 29. Qxd5 Rf1+ 30. Ka2 Re6 31. c6 e1=Q 32. Rb7+ Bxb7 33. Qd7+ Kb6 34.
Qxb7+ Kc5 35. Qb5+ Kd6 36. Rxf1 Qb4 37. Qd3+ Qd4 38. Qb3 Qb4 39. Qd3+ Qd4 40.
Qb3 Qb4 41. Qd3+ Qd4 42. Qb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Champ Showdown 9LX 2022"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2022.09.14"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2683"]
[BlackElo "2771"]
[WhiteFideId "4102142"]
[BlackFideId "5202213"]
[Variant "Chess960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "rkbbnqnr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RKBBNQNR w HAha - 0 1"]
[EventDate "2022.09.14"]

1. e4 e5 2. Ne2 f5 3. exf5 Nh6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Nxf5 6. Nxf5 Qxf5 7. g4 Qf7 8.
Nd3 d6 9. f4 h5 10. h3 g6 11. Bf3 Nf6 12. Rg1 hxg4 13. hxg4 Be6 14. Bd2 c6 15.
a4 Bb6 16. Rh1 Rxh1 17. Qxh1 a5 18. Qg2 Qd7 19. g5 Nd5 20. O-O-O Kc7 21. Re1 Re8
22. Be4 Bf5 23. Bxd5 cxd5 24. Qxd5 Rxe1+ 25. Bxe1 Qxa4 26. Qf7+ Kb8 27. Qf8+ Kc7
28. Qf7+ Qd7 29. Qb3 Qe7 30. Qc3+ Kd7 31. Bf2 Bc7 32. Qb3 Qe4 33. Bb6 Qh1+ 34.
Kd2 Qg2+ 35. Kc1 Bxb6 36. Qxb6 Bxd3 37. cxd3 Qc6+ 38. Qxc6+ bxc6 39. Kd2 Ke6 40.
Ke3 Kf5 41. Kf3 a4 42. Ke3 c5 43. Kf3 d5 44. Ke3 Kg4 0-1

[Event "Champ Showdown 9LX 2022"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2022.09.14"]
[Round "3.5"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2759"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[WhiteFideId "13300474"]
[BlackFideId "3503240"]
[Variant "Chess960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "rkbbnqnr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RKBBNQNR w HAha - 0 1"]
[EventDate "2022.09.14"]

1. e4 e5 2. Ne2 Ne7 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 f5 5. exf5 exd4 6. Nexd4 Nxf5 7. Qb5 Ne7 8.
Re1 c6 9. Qb3 Bb6 10. a4 Nc7 11. a5 Bxd4 12. Nxd4 Qxf2 13. Re4 c5 14. Rxe7 Qxd4
15. Bf3 c4 16. Qb4 a6 17. Bg5 Nb5 18. O-O-O Qc5 19. Qxc5 dxc5 20. c3 Ka7 21.
Rxg7 h6 22. Be3 Rb8 23. Bxc5+ Ka8 24. Rg6 1-0

[Event "Champ Showdown 9LX 2022"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2022.09.15"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2683"]
[BlackElo "2759"]
[WhiteFideId "4102142"]
[BlackFideId "13300474"]
[Variant "Chess960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "qnbbrnkr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/QNBBRNKR w HEhe - 0 1"]
[EventDate "2022.09.14"]

1. d4 d5 2. b3 b6 3. c4 e6 4. Nbd2 Ng6 5. Nf3 Nh4 6. N1d2 Nxf3+ 7. Nxf3 Nd7 8.
O-O Ba6 9. Qc3 c5 10. e3 O-O 11. Bb2 dxc4 12. bxc4 Bf6 13. Nd2 Bb7 14. Bf3 Bxf3
15. Nxf3 Rc8 16. Qb3 cxd4 17. exd4 Rc7 18. Rc1 Rfc8 19. a4 h6 20. h3 Nf8 21. Ba3
Ng6 22. Bd6 Rd7 23. c5 bxc5 24. dxc5 Qc6 25. Rb1 Ne7 26. Rfe1 Nf5 27. Rxe6 Nxd6
28. Rxd6 Rxd6 29. cxd6 Qxd6 30. Qb7 Qc7 31. a5 Qxb7 32. Rxb7 a6 33. Rb6 Ra8 34.
Rc6 Bd8 35. Rc5 Be7 36. Rc4 Rd8 37. Rc6 Rd6 38. Rc8+ Kh7 39. Kf1 Bd8 40. Ne5
Bxa5 41. Nxf7 Rd1+ 42. Ke2 Rd2+ 43. Ke3 Rb2 44. f4 Rb3+ 45. Ke4 Kg6 46. Ne5+ Kh5
47. Nf3 Rb4+ 48. Kf5 Rb5+ 49. Ke6 Kg6 50. Ne5+ Kh7 51. Nd7 Bb4 52. f5 h5 53. g4
hxg4 54. hxg4 Kh6 55. Rc6 Kg5 56. Rxa6 Kxg4 57. f6 gxf6 58. Nxf6+ Kf3 59. Nd5
Ke4 60. Ra4 Rxd5 61. Rxb4+ Rd4 62. Rxd4+ Kxd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Champ Showdown 9LX 2022"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2022.09.15"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2771"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[WhiteFideId "5202213"]
[BlackFideId "13401319"]
[Variant "Chess960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "qnbbrnkr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/QNBBRNKR w HEhe - 0 1"]
[EventDate "2022.09.14"]

1. e4 e5 2. Ng3 d6 3. b4 Ng6 4. O-O O-O 5. a4 Nd7 6. d4 a5 7. b5 Nb6 8. Nd2 Bg5
9. c3 Be6 10. Bc2 Qd8 11. Rd1 Nc4 12. Nb3 Bxc1 13. Qxc1 Qf6 14. Ne2 Nb6 15. Nd2
Rd8 16. Rfe1 h5 17. Bb3 h4 18. h3 Bc8 19. Qc2 Rfe8 20. Qd3 Be6 21. Bxe6 Qxe6 22.
Qc2 d5 23. c4 dxe4 24. d5 Qe7 25. Nxe4 Qb4 26. c5 Nxd5 27. Rb1 Qa3 28. Qc4 Ngf4
29. Nxf4 exf4 30. Kh2 Re5 31. Red1 Rd7 32. Rd3 Ne3 0-1

[Event "Champ Showdown 9LX 2022"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2022.09.15"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2792"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[WhiteFideId "4168119"]
[BlackFideId "2020009"]
[Variant "Chess960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "qnbbrnkr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/QNBBRNKR w HEhe - 0 1"]
[EventDate "2022.09.14"]

1. e4 e5 2. c3 b6 3. d3 d5 4. Nbd2 Ng6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. h4 dxe4 7. dxe4 h6 8. Ng3
Nd7 9. Ba4 a6 10. Be3 b5 11. Bb3 Nf6 12. Qc1 Ng4 13. h5 Ne7 14. Rh4 Nc6 15. Bd5
Bxh4 16. Nxh4 Be6 17. Bc5 Bxd5 18. Bxf8 Kxf8 19. exd5 Qd8 20. dxc6 Qxh4 21. Qc2
Nf6 22. Qf5 Qf4 23. Rd1 Qc4 24. Re1 e4 25. f3 e3 26. Nf1 Qd5 27. Qxd5 Nxd5 28.
g3 Re6 29. f4 Ke7 30. Kg2 e2 31. Nd2 Kd6 32. Nb3 Ne3+ 33. Kf3 Nc2 34. Rxe2 Ne1+
35. Kf2 Nd3+ 36. Kf1 Rxe2 37. Kxe2 Nxb2 38. Nd4 g6 39. g4 Ke7 40. hxg6 fxg6 41.
f5 gxf5 42. Nxf5+ Kf6 43. Nxh6 Nc4 44. Nf5 Ne5 45. Ne3 Ke6 46. g5 Nxc6 47. Kf3
b4 48. cxb4 Nxb4 49. a3 Nd3 50. Ke4 Nc5+ 51. Kd4 Nd7 52. Nd5 c5+ 53. Ke4 c4 54.
Nf4+ Kd6 55. Kd4 c3 56. Kxc3 Ke5 57. Nh3 Kf5 58. Kb4 Ne5 59. a4 Kg4 60. Ka5 Kxh3
61. Kxa6 Kg4 62. Kb5 Kf5 63. a5 Nf7 64. Kc6 Ne5+ 65. Kc7 1-0

[Event "Champ Showdown 9LX 2022"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2022.09.15"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2768"]
[WhiteFideId "3503240"]
[BlackFideId "2016192"]
[Variant "Chess960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "qnbbrnkr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/QNBBRNKR w HEhe - 0 1"]
[EventDate "2022.09.14"]

1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 d6 3. c4 Ng6 4. d4 e4 5. d5 Ne5 6. Ng3 f5 7. O-O h5 8. f4 Ng4 9.
e3 h4 10. Nh1 Nf6 11. Nc3 Nbd7 12. Nf2 c6 13. Be2 Bb6 14. Qc1 cxd5 15. Nxd5 Nxd5
16. cxd5 Nf6 17. Qd2 a6 18. Bd4 Qa7 19. Rd1 Bxd4 20. Qxd4 Qxd4 21. Rxd4 Bd7 22.
Rc1 Kf7 23. Nd1 Rc8 24. Rxc8 Rxc8 25. Rc4 Rb8 26. Nc3 Ke7 27. a4 b5 28. axb5
axb5 29. Rd4 Rc8 30. Nxb5 Rc1+ 31. Kf2 Bxb5 32. Bxb5 Ng4+ 33. Ke2 Rg1 34. Ra4
Rxg2+ 35. Ke1 Rxh2 36. Ra7+ Kf8 37. Ra8+ Kf7 38. Ra7+ Kg8 39. Be8 Kh7 40. Ra6
Nf6 41. Bf7 h3 42. Kf1 Rb2 0-1

[Event "Champ Showdown 9LX 2022"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2022.09.15"]
[Round "4.5"]
[White "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Black "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2812"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[WhiteFideId "4100018"]
[BlackFideId "12573981"]
[Variant "Chess960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "qnbbrnkr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/QNBBRNKR w HEhe - 0 1"]
[EventDate "2022.09.14"]

1. d4 d6 2. e4 e5 3. dxe5 dxe5 4. Ng3 Ne6 5. O-O O-O 6. Nd2 Nc6 7. c3 Bg5 8. Nc4
Bxc1 9. Qxc1 Nf4 10. Nh5 Be6 11. Nxe5 Nxh5 12. Nxc6 Bc4 13. Nd4 Bxf1 14. Kxf1
Nf6 15. e5 Nd7 16. e6 fxe6 17. Nxe6 Rf6 18. Bb3 Kh8 19. Nxc7 Rxe1+ 20. Qxe1 Qd8
21. Nd5 Rf8 22. Qe3 Nf6 23. Nxf6 Rxf6 24. g3 b6 25. Qe4 Qf8 26. Qe3 Qa8 27. Kg1
Rf8 28. h4 Re8 29. Qd2 Qe4 30. Kh2 Qe2 31. Qd4 Rf8 32. Kg2 Qxb2 0-1

[Event "Champ Showdown 9LX 2022"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2022.09.15"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2792"]
[WhiteFideId "12573981"]
[BlackFideId "4168119"]
[Variant "Chess960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "rbqkbrnn/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RBQKBRNN w FAfa - 0 1"]
[EventDate "2022.09.14"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Ng3 Ng6 4. d4 Bxg3 5. hxg3 d6 6. Bc3 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Bd7 8.
O-O O-O 9. b3 e5 10. Nf3 Bf5 11. Rd1 Rd8 12. Bb2 Bxb1 13. Qxb1 Qg4 14. Re1 h5
15. e4 h4 16. Nxh4 Nxh4 17. gxh4 Qxh4 18. Qd3 Ng4 19. Qf3 Rf8 20. Rad1 f5 21.
Qg3 Qxg3 22. fxg3 fxe4 23. Rxd6 Rf2 24. Bxe5 Rxa2 25. Rxe4 Nxe5 26. Rxe5 Rf8 27.
g4 Rff2 28. Rd8+ Kf7 29. Rf5+ Rxf5 30. gxf5 b6 31. g4 Rb2 32. g5 Rxb3 33. Rd7+
Kf8 34. g6 Ra3 35. Kf2 Ra5 36. Rf7+ Kg8 37. Ke3 a6 38. Kd4 Rc5 39. Rb7 Kf8 40.
Rxb6 Rxf5 41. Rxa6 Rg5 42. Re6 1-0

[Event "Champ Showdown 9LX 2022"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2022.09.15"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2768"]
[BlackElo "2683"]
[WhiteFideId "2016192"]
[BlackFideId "4102142"]
[Variant "Chess960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "rbqkbrnn/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RBQKBRNN w FAfa - 0 1"]
[EventDate "2022.09.14"]

1. Ng3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. f4 Ng6 4. e3 e6 5. Ne4 Nxe4 6. Bxe4 f5 7. Bf3 d6 8. Qc3
e5 9. h4 Bc6 10. h5 Ne7 11. Bh4 Qe6 12. d4 cxd4 13. exd4 Bxf3+ 14. Nxf3 O-O 15.
d5 Qf7 16. O-O-O Rc8 17. Kb1 e4 18. Ng5 Qxh5 19. Ne6 Qf7 20. Bxe7 Qxe7 21. Rh1
Bc7 22. Rh5 Rf8 23. Rdh1 h6 24. Rxh6 1-0

[Event "Champ Showdown 9LX 2022"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2022.09.15"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[WhiteFideId "2020009"]
[BlackFideId "3503240"]
[Variant "Chess960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "rbqkbrnn/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RBQKBRNN w FAfa - 0 1"]
[EventDate "2022.09.14"]

1. c4 c5 2. f4 Ng6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nf3 d5 5. Bg3 e6 6. Nf2 Bc6 7. O-O O-O 8. Ne5
Bxe5 9. fxe5 Nh5 10. Bxg6 fxg6 11. Bh4 Qd7 12. b3 dxc4 13. bxc4 h6 14. Qd1 Rf7
15. Qe2 Raf8 16. Nd3 b6 17. Rxf7 Rxf7 18. Rf1 Rxf1+ 19. Kxf1 g5 20. Be1 g6 21.
Nf2 Kh7 22. Kg1 Ng7 23. Ng4 Ne8 24. d3 h5 25. Nf2 g4 26. Bc3 Qf7 27. Qd2 g5 28.
d4 Ng7 29. Qd3+ Qg6 30. e4 cxd4 31. Qxd4 Ne8 32. Bd2 Ng7 33. Qe3 Ne8 34. h3 gxh3
35. Nxh3 g4 36. Ng5+ Kg8 37. Qf4 Ng7 38. Bb4 Qe8 39. Qf6 a5 40. Bd6 h4 41. Kh2
h3 42. gxh3 gxh3 43. Kxh3 Qh5+ 44. Kg3 Qe8 45. Kf2 Bb7 46. Ke3 Ba6 47. Kd4 Bb7
48. Qh6 Qh5 49. Qxh5 Nxh5 50. Nxe6 Bc8 51. Nc7 Nf4 52. Nd5 Ne6+ 53. Kc3 Bb7 54.
Nxb6 Bxe4 55. c5 Kf7 56. Nc4 a4 57. Kb4 Nd8 58. Kxa4 Ke6 59. Kb4 Nc6+ 60. Kc3
Bf3 61. a4 Be2 62. a5 Kd5 63. Ne3+ Ke6 64. Bc7 Kd7 65. Bd6 Nxa5 66. Nd5 Bf1 67.
Nf4 Nc6 68. e6+ Ke8 69. Nd5 Bh3 70. Nc7+ Kd8 71. Kc4 Bf1+ 72. Kc3 Bh3 73. Kd3
Bg2 74. Ke3 Ne7 75. Kf2 Be4 76. Kg3 Nd5 77. Nb5 Bd3 78. Nd4 Bc4 79. Kg4 Ne7 80.
Bxe7+ Kxe7 81. Kf5 1-0

[Event "Champ Showdown 9LX 2022"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2022.09.15"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2812"]
[WhiteFideId "13401319"]
[BlackFideId "4100018"]
[Variant "Chess960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "rbqkbrnn/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RBQKBRNN w FAfa - 0 1"]
[EventDate "2022.09.14"]

1. Ng3 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. c4 e6 4. d4 Ng6 5. Bc3 Bf4 6. e3 Bxg3 7. hxg3 d6 8. Qd2
Ke7 9. dxc5 Qxc5 10. Bb4 Qc7 11. O-O a5 12. Ba3 Bc6 13. Rd1 Rfd8 14. Nd4 Ne5 15.
Qc3 Ke8 16. Bc2 Bd7 17. b3 b5 18. Qd2 b4 19. Bb2 Bc6 20. e4 h6 21. Qf4 Kf8 22.
c5 Ng6 1-0

[Event "Champ Showdown 9LX 2022"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2022.09.15"]
[Round "5.5"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2759"]
[BlackElo "2771"]
[WhiteFideId "13300474"]
[BlackFideId "5202213"]
[Variant "Chess960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "rbqkbrnn/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RBQKBRNN w FAfa - 0 1"]
[EventDate "2022.09.14"]

1. c4 c5 2. Bxh7 Bxh2 3. Qc3 Nf6 4. Bc2 Qc6 5. Nf3 Bc7 6. O-O-O O-O-O 7. d4 d5
8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Qxc5 Qa6 10. Kb1 b6 11. Qa3 Qxa3 12. bxa3 Bb5 13. Bd3 Bxd3+ 14.
Rxd3 Nf4 15. Rd1 Nxe2 16. Bb4 Ng6 17. Rfe1 Nef4 18. Rxe7 Nxe7 19. Bxe7 Nxg2 20.
Bxf8 Rxf8 21. Rg1 Rh8 22. Rxg2 Rxh1+ 23. Kb2 g6 24. Ng5 f6 25. Ne4 f5 26. Nf6
Rd1 27. Kc3 Rc1+ 28. Kb3 Rc6 29. Nh7 Bd8 30. Ng5 Bxg5 31. Rxg5 Kd7 32. d5 Rc5
33. Rxg6 Rxd5 34. Rg7+ Kc6 35. Kc3 Rc5+ 36. Kb3 Rb5+ 37. Kc3 Ra5 38. Kb4 Kd6 39.
f4 Kd5 40. Re7 Kd4 41. a4 Kd3 42. Re5 Rc5 43. Re7 a5+ 44. Kb3 Rc3+ 45. Kb2 Rc2+
46. Kb3 Rc3+ 47. Kb2 Rc4 48. Ka3 Rxf4 49. Re6 Re4 50. Rxb6 Re5 51. Rb5 Ke4 52.
Kb2 f4 53. Kc2 Rd5 54. Rxd5 Kxd5 55. Kd3 Ke5 56. Ke2 Ke4 57. Kf2 Kd4 58. Kf3 Ke5
59. Ke2 Kf5 60. Kf3 Kg5 61. Kg2 Kg4 62. Kf2 f3 63. a3 Kf4 64. Kf1 Ke3 65. Ke1
Kd3 66. Kf2 Ke4 67. Kf1 Kf5 68. Kf2 Ke4 69. Kf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Champ Showdown 9LX 2022"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2022.09.15"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2771"]
[BlackElo "2812"]
[WhiteFideId "5202213"]
[BlackFideId "4100018"]
[Variant "Chess960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "qrnkrbbn/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/QRNKRBBN w EBeb - 0 1"]
[EventDate "2022.09.14"]

1. e4 e5 2. f3 f6 3. Ng3 c5 4. c3 b5 5. d4 exd4 6. cxd4 c4 7. b3 d5 8. Qc3 a5 9.
Qc2 Bb4 10. Re3 Nb6 11. bxc4 Nxc4 12. Bxc4 dxc4 13. a4 Ng6 14. Nf5 Nf4 15. axb5
Rxb5 16. Qa4 Rb8 17. Nxg7 Re7 18. Nf5 Rd7 19. Ra3 Bxa3 20. Qxa3 Ne6 21. Ra1 Rb5
22. Kc2 c3 23. Nd3 Rb3 24. Qxa5+ Qxa5 25. Rxa5 Nc7 26. Nc5 Rb2+ 27. Kxc3 Rxg2
28. Nxd7 Kxd7 29. Be3 Rxh2 30. Nh6 Ra2 31. Rxa2 Bxa2 32. d5 Nb5+ 33. Kd2 Nd6 34.
Bc5 f5 35. Bxd6 fxe4 36. Bg3 Bxd5 37. f4 Ke6 38. Bh4 Bc6 39. Ke3 1-0

[Event "Champ Showdown 9LX 2022"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2022.09.15"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[WhiteFideId "3503240"]
[BlackFideId "12573981"]
[Variant "Chess960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "qrnkrbbn/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/QRNKRBBN w EBeb - 0 1"]
[EventDate "2022.09.14"]

1. e4 e5 2. f3 Ne7 3. Ne2 O-O-O 4. O-O-O d5 5. exd5 Nxd5 6. d4 Ng6 7. a4 a5 8.
Nhg3 f6 9. Ne4 f5 10. N4g3 f4 11. Ne4 Ne3 12. Bxe3 fxe3 13. d5 Bxd5 14. N2c3
Bxe4 15. Rxd8+ Rxd8 16. Nxe4 Qa7 17. Qa2 Nf4 18. Qc4 Qd4 19. g3 e2 20. Qxd4 Rxd4
21. Bxe2 Nxe2+ 22. Rxe2 Rxa4 23. Ng5 Ra1+ 24. Kd2 Rb1 25. Kc3 a4 26. Rxe5 Bd6
27. Ra5 b5 28. Nf7 Be7 29. Ne5 b4+ 30. Kd3 a3 31. bxa3 bxa3 32. Nc4 Ra1 33. Kc3
Rf1 34. f4 Rf3+ 35. Kd4 Rf2 36. Nxa3 Rxh2 37. Nc4 Rxc2 38. Ne5 Bf6 39. g4 h6 40.
Kd5 Kb7 41. Rb5+ Ka6 42. Rb8 Rd2+ 43. Kc6 Rc2+ 44. Kd5 Be7 45. Rg8 Rc5+ 46. Ke6
Bf6 47. Nd7 Rc6+ 48. Kf5 Kb5 49. Nxf6 Rxf6+ 50. Ke5 Rf7 51. f5 c5 52. Ke6 Rb7
53. Kd5 c4 54. Rc8 Rd7+ 55. Ke6 Rd4 56. g5 hxg5 57. Rc7 Re4+ 58. Kd5 Rf4 59. Ke5
Kb4 60. Rxg7 c3 61. Rxg5 c2 62. Rg1 Rf2 63. f6 Kc3 64. Ke6 Re2+ 65. Kf5 Kd2 66.
f7 c1=Q 67. Rxc1 Kxc1 68. Kf6 Rf2+ 69. Ke7 Rxf7+ 70. Kxf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Champ Showdown 9LX 2022"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2022.09.15"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2759"]
[BlackElo "2768"]
[WhiteFideId "13300474"]
[BlackFideId "2016192"]
[Variant "Chess960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "qrnkrbbn/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/QRNKRBBN w EBeb - 0 1"]
[EventDate "2022.09.14"]

1. e4 e5 2. f3 f6 3. Ne2 c5 4. Nc3 b6 5. Nf2 Ne7 6. Ng4 d5 7. exd5 Nxd5 8. Bb5
Re7 9. Nxd5 Bxd5 10. Ne3 Bc6 11. a4 Ng6 12. Qa2 Nf4 13. O-O-O O-O-O 14. Bf2 a6
15. Bf1 Kc7 16. Bg3 Red7 17. Bxf4 exf4 18. Nc4 b5 19. axb5 axb5 20. Qa5+ Qxa5
21. Nxa5 Ra8 22. b4 cxb4 23. Nxc6 Kxc6 24. Bd3 Rxd3 25. cxd3 Bc5 26. Kc2 Ra2+
27. Kb1 b3 28. Rc1 Kd6 29. Re8 Rxd2 30. Rc3 Rd1+ 31. Rc1 Rd2 32. Rc3 Rxg2 33.
Rxb3 b4 34. d4 Kd7 35. Rh8 Bd6 36. Rxh7 Kc6 37. Rb2 Rg1+ 38. Kc2 Kd5 39. Kd3 Re1
40. Rxg7 Re3+ 41. Kd2 Rxf3 42. Ke2 Rh3 43. Kf1 b3 44. Rb7 Kc4 45. Rb6 Ba3 46.
Rb1 b2 47. R1xb2 Bxb2 48. Rxb2 Kxd4 49. Rb4+ Ke5 50. Rb5+ Ke4 51. Rb4+ Kf5 52.
Kg2 Ra3 53. Rb8 Ra2+ 54. Kf3 Ra3+ 55. Kg2 Rc3 56. Kf2 Re3 57. Ra8 Rb3 58. Rc8
Rb5 59. Kf3 Re5 60. Ra8 Re3+ 61. Kf2 Rc3 62. Rb8 Rh3 63. Kg2 Rh7 64. Kf3 Rxh2
65. Rb5+ Kg6 66. Kxf4 Rh4+ 67. Kg3 Ra4 68. Kf3 Rc4 69. Kg3 Kf7 70. Kf3 Ke6 71.
Rb6+ Kf5 72. Rb5+ Kg6 73. Kg3 f5 74. Rb8 f4+ 75. Kg4 Ra4 76. Rf8 Rb4 77. Rxf4
Rxf4+ 78. Kxf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Champ Showdown 9LX 2022"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2022.09.15"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2683"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[WhiteFideId "4102142"]
[BlackFideId "2020009"]
[Variant "Chess960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "qrnkrbbn/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/QRNKRBBN w EBeb - 0 1"]
[EventDate "2022.09.14"]

1. f4 d5 2. b3 Nd6 3. c4 b6 4. cxd5 Qxd5 5. Ng3 f5 6. Nd3 c5 7. Rc1 Ng6 8. Nxc5
bxc5 9. Rxc5 Qb7 10. e4 fxe4 11. f5 Nf4 12. Nxe4 e5 13. Qc3 Qb4 14. Qxb4 Rxb4
15. Nc3 Nxf5 16. Rcxe5 Rxe5 17. Rxe5 Nd4 18. g3 Ng6 19. Ra5 Nc6 20. Ra6 Nge5 21.
Bg2 Nb8 22. Rxa7 Be6 23. Nd5 Bxd5 24. Bxd5 Rb5 25. Be4 h6 26. Ra5 Rxa5 27. Bb6+
Kd7 28. Bxa5 Nbc6 29. Bc3 Kc7 30. Ke2 Ng4 31. h3 Nf6 32. Kf3 Bd6 33. Bxc6 Kxc6
34. g4 Kd5 35. a4 Be7 36. d3 g5 37. a5 Nd7 38. b4 Bd6 39. a6 Kc6 40. b5+ Kxb5
41. a7 Nb6 42. Bg7 Ka6 43. Bxh6 Be7 44. Ke4 Kxa7 45. Kf5 Kb7 46. Bxg5 Bf8 47. h4
Kc6 48. h5 Kd5 49. h6 Nd7 50. h7 Bg7 51. Be7 Ne5 52. Bf6 1-0

[Event "Champ Showdown 9LX 2022"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2022.09.15"]
[Round "6.5"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2792"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[WhiteFideId "4168119"]
[BlackFideId "13401319"]
[Variant "Chess960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "qrnkrbbn/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/QRNKRBBN w EBeb - 0 1"]
[EventDate "2022.09.14"]

1. f4 d5 2. g3 f6 3. d4 Nd6 4. Nd3 Ng6 5. Bh3 e6 6. Nhf2 b6 7. Bg2 e5 8. dxe5
fxe5 9. e4 dxe4 10. Nxe4 Bd5 11. Nxd6 Bf3+ 12. Kd2 Bxd6 13. Bh3 e4 14. b4 Re7
15. Nc5 Nxf4 16. gxf4 bxc5 17. bxc5 Bxf4+ 18. Kc3 e3 19. Red1+ Ke8 20. Rxb8+
Qxb8 21. Rd4 c6 22. Kd3 Qb5+ 23. c4 Qb4 24. Kc2 e2 25. Rxf4 e1=N+ 0-1

[Event "Champ Showdown 9LX 2022"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2022.09.16"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2768"]
[BlackElo "2771"]
[WhiteFideId "2016192"]
[BlackFideId "5202213"]
[Variant "Chess960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "bqnbrkrn/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/BQNBRKRN w GEge - 0 1"]
[EventDate "2022.09.14"]

1. c4 Ng6 2. b4 e5 3. Ng3 b5 4. c5 d5 5. d3 O-O 6. e4 Bg5 7. O-O Nce7 8. Bg4 d4
9. Nce2 a5 10. a3 Rd8 11. Nf5 Nxf5 12. Bxf5 Ne7 13. Bg4 Nc6 14. f4 Bh6 15. bxa5
Qb7 16. Bb2 Qa7 17. Qc2 Qxa5 18. g3 Bb7 19. Rb1 Ba6 20. Bc1 Qa4 21. Qd2 Bc8 22.
Bxc8 Rxc8 23. Qd1 Rb8 24. fxe5 Qxd1 25. Rxd1 Bxc1 26. Rdxc1 Rfd8 27. Rb3 Nxe5
28. c6 Rd6 29. Rc5 f6 30. Rcxb5 Rxb5 31. Rxb5 Nxd3 32. Rb8+ Kf7 33. Rb7 Rxc6 34.
Nxd4 Rc1+ 35. Kg2 Ke7 36. a4 Kd7 37. a5 Ra1 38. Rb5 Ra2+ 39. Kf1 Ne5 40. Rd5+
Ke7 41. Rc5 c6 42. Rc2 Rxc2 43. Nxc2 Kd6 44. Nd4 g6 45. Ke2 Kc5 46. Ke3 h6 47.
h3 Nc4+ 48. Kd3 Nxa5 49. Ne6+ Kd6 50. Nf4 g5 51. Nh5 Ke5 52. Ng7 Nb7 53. Nf5
Nc5+ 54. Ke3 Nxe4 55. g4 Nd6 56. Ne7 c5 57. Ng8 Ke6 58. Nxh6 Ke7 59. Kd3 Kf8 60.
Kc3 Kg7 61. Nf5+ Nxf5 62. gxf5 Kh6 63. Kc4 0-1

[Event "Champ Showdown 9LX 2022"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2022.09.16"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2759"]
[WhiteFideId "2020009"]
[BlackFideId "13300474"]
[Variant "Chess960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "bqnbrkrn/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/BQNBRKRN w GEge - 0 1"]
[EventDate "2022.09.14"]

1. c4 Ng6 2. Ng3 c5 3. b4 cxb4 4. Qxb4 b6 5. d4 O-O 6. O-O e5 7. d5 Be7 8. Qa4
b5 9. Qxb5 Qxb5 10. cxb5 Bxd5 11. Bb3 Be6 12. Bxe6 dxe6 13. Nb3 f5 14. Rc1 Nd6
15. Nc5 Nxb5 16. Nxe6 Rf6 17. Nc7 Nxc7 18. Rxc7 f4 19. Ne4 Ra6 20. Rc2 Ra4 21.
f3 Bd8 22. g3 Bb6+ 23. Kg2 Rd8 24. Rb1 Ra5 25. Bc3 Rad5 26. Bd2 h6 27. a4 fxg3
28. hxg3 Nf8 29. Ra2 Ne6 30. a5 Bd4 31. Rb7 h5 32. Rc2 R5d7 33. Rxd7 Rxd7 34. e3
Bc5 35. Kf2 Be7 36. Ke2 Kf7 37. Rc6 Rc7 38. Ra6 Nd8 39. Nd6+ Bxd6 40. Rxd6 Nb7
41. Rd5 Ke6 42. e4 Rd7 43. a6 Nd8 44. Rc5 Rd6 45. Rc7 Rd7 46. Rc8 Nf7 47. Bb4
Nd8 48. Bc5 g5 49. Be3 g4 50. f4 exf4 51. gxf4 h4 52. Rc5 Rh7 53. f5+ Kd7 54.
Bf4 Nc6 55. Kf2 Rh5 56. Kg2 h3+ 57. Kh2 Nd4 58. Rd5+ 1-0

[Event "Champ Showdown 9LX 2022"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2022.09.16"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2683"]
[WhiteFideId "12573981"]
[BlackFideId "4102142"]
[Variant "Chess960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "bqnbrkrn/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/BQNBRKRN w GEge - 0 1"]
[EventDate "2022.09.14"]

1. c4 c5 2. Qxh7 Ng6 3. b3 e5 4. Qh3 Rh8 5. Qxd7 Ba5 6. Bc2 e4 7. Ng3 b6 8. Rd1
Nce7 9. Bxe4 Rd8 10. Qa4 Bxe4 11. Nxe4 Qf4 12. Nxc5 Rxd2 13. b4 bxc5 14. bxa5
Nf5 15. Rxd2 Qxd2 16. O-O Qh6 17. h3 Nf4 18. Be5 Nxh3+ 19. gxh3 Qg5+ 20. Kh2
Rxh3+ 21. Kxh3 Qh4+ 22. Kg2 Qe4+ 23. Kg1 Qg4+ 24. Kh2 Qh4+ 25. Kg2 Qe4+ 26. Kg1
Qg4+ 27. Bg3 Nxg3 28. fxg3 Qxg3+ 29. Kh1 Qh3+ 30. Kg1 Qg3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Champ Showdown 9LX 2022"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2022.09.16"]
[Round "7.4"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[WhiteFideId "13401319"]
[BlackFideId "3503240"]
[Variant "Chess960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "bqnbrkrn/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/BQNBRKRN w GEge - 0 1"]
[EventDate "2022.09.14"]

1. c4 Ng6 2. Ng3 e5 3. O-O O-O 4. b4 b5 5. c5 d5 6. d3 Bg5 7. e4 Nce7 8. Bg4 Qd8
9. Nce2 d4 10. Bb2 Nf4 11. Nxf4 Bxf4 12. Ne2 Bd2 13. Rd1 Bh6 14. Bc1 Bxc1 15.
Rxc1 Bc6 16. a3 f5 17. Qa2+ Kh8 18. exf5 Nxf5 19. Bxf5 Rxf5 20. Ng3 Rf4 21. Rce1
Bd5 22. Qd2 Qg5 23. f3 Re6 24. Ne2 Rf5 25. Qxg5 Rxg5 26. Ng3 Rgg6 27. Re2 Re8
28. f4 Rge6 29. Rxe5 Rxe5 30. fxe5 g6 31. Ne2 Rxe5 32. Nxd4 Kg7 33. Kf2 a6 34.
Ra1 Re8 35. g3 Rf8+ 36. Ke3 Re8+ 37. Kd2 Rf8 38. Re1 Rf2+ 39. Re2 Rxe2+ 40. Nxe2
Kf6 41. Ke3 g5 42. Nc3 Bg2 43. a4 bxa4 44. Nxa4 Kf5 45. Kf2 Bc6 46. Nc3 h6 47.
d4 Bb7 48. Ke3 Bg2 49. b5 axb5 50. Nxb5 c6 51. Nc3 h5 52. d5 cxd5 53. Kd4 Ke6
54. Nb5 Kd7 55. Nd6 h4 56. Nf7 hxg3 57. hxg3 Ke6 58. Nd6 Bh3 59. Nb5 Kf5 60. Ke3
Ke5 61. Nd4 Bc8 62. Nc6+ Ke6 63. Kd4 Bd7 64. Nb4 Bc8 65. Nxd5 Bb7 66. Ne3 Bc6
67. Nc4 Kf5 68. Ne3+ Ke6 69. Nc2 Kf5 70. Nb4 Bb7 71. Ke3 Ke5 72. c6 Bc8 73. Kd3
Kf5 74. Ke3 Ke5 75. Nc2 Kd5 76. Nd4 Ba6 77. Nc2 Bc8 78. Nd4 Ba6 79. g4 Bc8 80.
Nf5 Ke5 81. Kf3 Be6 82. c7 Bd5+ 83. Kg3 Be6 84. Ne7 1-0

[Event "Champ Showdown 9LX 2022"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2022.09.16"]
[Round "7.5"]
[White "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2812"]
[BlackElo "2792"]
[WhiteFideId "4100018"]
[BlackFideId "4168119"]
[Variant "Chess960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "bqnbrkrn/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/BQNBRKRN w GEge - 0 1"]
[EventDate "2022.09.14"]

1. c4 Ng6 2. b4 c5 3. Ng3 cxb4 4. Qxb4 b6 5. d4 O-O 6. Nd3 e6 7. e4 Nf4 8. Bc2
Nxd3 9. Bxd3 Ne7 10. O-O Ng6 11. Nh5 Nf4 12. Nxf4 Qxf4 13. g3 Qc7 14. d5 Be7 15.
Qd2 f6 16. e5 f5 17. d6 Qc6 18. f3 Bd8 19. Bd4 g5 20. h3 Rf7 21. Kh2 h5 22. h4
Rg7 23. hxg5 Bxg5 24. Be3 Bxe3 25. Qxe3 Kh7 26. Re2 Reg8 27. Rg2 Rg6 28. Qf4
R8g7 29. Rff2 Qc5 30. Re2 Kg8 31. Rg1 Rg4 32. fxg4 hxg4 33. Be4 Qxc4 34. Rge1
Bxe4 35. Rxe4 fxe4 36. Qxe4 Qxa2+ 37. Re2 Qd5 0-1

[Event "Champ Showdown 9LX 2022"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2022.09.16"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2759"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[WhiteFideId "13300474"]
[BlackFideId "12573981"]
[Variant "Chess960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "bnrbkrqn/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/BNRBKRQN w FCfc - 0 1"]
[EventDate "2022.09.14"]

1. f4 f5 2. b3 b6 3. e3 e6 4. Bf3 Bxf3 5. Rxf3 Nc6 6. Nf2 Ng6 7. c4 e5 8. Nc3
Qe6 9. O-O-O O-O 10. d4 exd4 11. exd4 Nxf4 12. Kb1 Qh6 13. Nh3 Nxh3 14. gxh3 Bh4
15. Nd5 Ne7 16. Nxe7+ Bxe7 17. Rdf1 Rce8 18. Bb2 Bd6 19. c5 bxc5 20. dxc5 Be5
21. Bxe5 Rxe5 22. Qd4 Qe6 23. Rd1 Re1 24. Rd3 Rxd1+ 25. Rxd1 f4 26. Qxd7 Qxd7
27. Rxd7 f3 28. Rd1 Kf7 29. Kc2 Kg6 30. Rf1 Kg5 31. Kd2 Kh4 32. Ke3 Kxh3 33. Kf2
g5 34. Rd1 Kxh2 35. Rd5 h6 36. b4 Kh3 37. Rd1 h5 38. a4 Kh4 39. Rh1+ Kg4 40. b5
Re8 41. Rb1 Re2+ 42. Kg1 Kg3 43. a5 Rg2+ 0-1

[Event "Champ Showdown 9LX 2022"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2022.09.16"]
[Round "8.2"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2771"]
[BlackElo "2792"]
[WhiteFideId "5202213"]
[BlackFideId "4168119"]
[Variant "Chess960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "bnrbkrqn/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/BNRBKRQN w FCfc - 0 1"]
[EventDate "2022.09.14"]

1. b3 b6 2. f4 e6 3. e3 f5 4. Be2 Bf6 5. Bxf6 Rxf6 6. g4 fxg4 7. Qxg4 O-O-O 8.
O-O-O Rg6 9. Qh4 Rh6 10. Qg3 Rg6 11. Qh4 Rh6 12. Qg3 Rg6 13. Qh4 Rh6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Champ Showdown 9LX 2022"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2022.09.16"]
[Round "8.3"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2812"]
[WhiteFideId "3503240"]
[BlackFideId "4100018"]
[Variant "Chess960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "bnrbkrqn/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/BNRBKRQN w FCfc - 0 1"]
[EventDate "2022.09.14"]

1. f4 b6 2. g4 e6 3. Ng3 Ng6 4. b3 f6 5. e3 Nh4 6. e4 c5 7. d3 Nc6 8. Nd2 Bc7 9.
Nh5 O-O-O 10. Qf2 Ng6 11. Be2 Nge7 12. O-O-O d5 13. h4 d4 14. f5 Be5 15. Nf4
Bxf4 16. Qxf4 e5 17. Qg3 Qf7 18. g5 Rg8 19. Rg1 b5 20. Bb2 Kb8 1-0

[Event "Champ Showdown 9LX 2022"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2022.09.16"]
[Round "8.4"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2768"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[WhiteFideId "2016192"]
[BlackFideId "2020009"]
[Variant "Chess960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "bnrbkrqn/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/BNRBKRQN w FCfc - 0 1"]
[EventDate "2022.09.14"]

1. f4 b6 2. f5 f6 3. b3 g6 4. g4 gxf5 5. gxf5 c5 6. e3 Bc7 7. Bh5+ Nf7 8. O-O-O
Nc6 9. Nc3 Qxg1 10. Rxg1 O-O-O 11. Nd5 Nh6 12. Nxc7 Kxc7 13. Ng3 Rg8 14. Rdf1
Rg5 15. Rf4 Rdg8 16. Re1 Ng4 17. Bf7 Rf8 18. Ne4 Rg7 19. Bh5 Nh6 20. d4 Rg2 21.
dxc5 Rxh2 22. cxb6+ axb6 23. Bd1 Ne5 24. Nc3 Bc6 25. a4 Nhf7 26. Nb5+ Bxb5 27.
axb5 Ra8 28. Bc3 h5 29. Rg1 Nd6 30. Kb1 Nxb5 31. Bxe5+ fxe5 32. Rc4+ Kd6 33. Rb4
Nc3+ 34. Kb2 Nd5 35. Re4 Ra2+ 36. Kxa2 Nc3+ 37. Kb2 Nxe4 38. Rg8 Nf6 39. Rh8 h4
40. b4 h3 41. Kb3 e4 42. c4 Rd2 43. Bc2 h2 44. Rh6 Re2 45. Kc3 Ke5 46. c5 bxc5
47. b5 Nd5+ 48. Kb2 Nxe3 49. b6 Rxc2+ 50. Ka3 0-1

[Event "Champ Showdown 9LX 2022"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2022.09.16"]
[Round "8.5"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2683"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[WhiteFideId "4102142"]
[BlackFideId "13401319"]
[Variant "Chess960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "bnrbkrqn/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/BNRBKRQN w FCfc - 0 1"]
[EventDate "2022.09.14"]

1. f4 b6 2. f5 e5 3. b4 f6 4. c4 Be7 5. a3 c5 6. b5 d5 7. cxd5 Qxd5 8. Rf3 Nf7
9. Nc3 Qd4 10. e3 Qd7 11. Rg3 O-O 12. Qf2 c4 13. a4 e4 14. Ne2 Ne5 15. Bxe5 fxe5
16. Nc3 Rcd8 17. Rh3 g6 18. f6 Rxf6 19. Qe2 Bb4 20. Ng3 Bxc3 21. Qxc4+ Re6 22.
Qxc3 Bd5 23. Bg4 Rf8 24. Qc7 h5 25. Qxd7 Nxd7 26. Bxe6+ Bxe6 27. Rh4 Nc5 28.
Rxc5 bxc5 29. Rxe4 Bb3 30. Rxe5 Bxa4 31. Rxc5 Rb8 32. Rc7 Bxb5 33. Rxa7 Bc6 34.
Ra6 Rc8 35. Ne2 Kf7 36. Nf4 h4 37. Kf2 g5 38. Nh3 1-0

[Event "Champ Showdown 9LX 2022"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2022.09.16"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2792"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[WhiteFideId "4168119"]
[BlackFideId "3503240"]
[Variant "Chess960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "rnkqnrbb/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RNKQNRBB w FAfa - 0 1"]
[EventDate "2022.09.14"]

1. e4 f5 2. exf5 Rxf5 3. d4 g5 4. g4 Rf8 5. c3 e5 6. dxe5 Nc6 7. Bxc6 dxc6 8.
Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nd2 Bxe5 10. Nd3 Bd6 11. Ne4 Nf6 12. Nxd6 cxd6 13. h3 Bc4 14.
O-O-O Nd5 15. b3 Bxd3 16. Rxd3 Kd7 17. Bh2 Nf4 18. Rd2 Rae8 19. Kc2 Re6 20. Rfd1
Rff6 21. Bg3 Nxh3 22. Rh1 Rh6 23. Rd4 c5 24. Rd5 Nf4 25. Rxh6 Rxh6 26. Rxg5 Ne2
27. Rg7+ Kc6 28. g5 Rh3 29. g6 hxg6 30. Rxg6 Nxg3 31. Rxg3 Rh2 32. Rf3 b5 33. a4
bxa4 34. bxa4 c4 35. Rf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Champ Showdown 9LX 2022"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2022.09.16"]
[Round "9.2"]
[White "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2768"]
[WhiteFideId "12573981"]
[BlackFideId "2016192"]
[Variant "Chess960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "rnkqnrbb/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RNKQNRBB w FAfa - 0 1"]
[EventDate "2022.09.14"]

1. e4 g5 2. d4 f5 3. exf5 Rxf5 4. g4 Ra5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Nc3 Nd6 7. h3 e5 8. dxe5
Nxe5 9. Nd4 Nec4 10. b3 Qf8 11. f4 gxf4 12. Qf3 Ne5 13. Qxf4 Qxf4+ 14. Rxf4 Ng6
15. Rf1 h5 16. O-O-O hxg4 17. hxg4 O-O-O 18. Bf3 Ne5 19. Be2 Bh7 20. a4 Rc5 21.
Ncb5 Nxb5 22. axb5 Rd5 23. Nf5 Rxd1+ 24. Rxd1 Bf6 25. Bd4 Rf8 26. Rh1 Bxf5 27.
gxf5 Nd3+ 28. Bxd3 Bxd4 29. Kd2 Kd8 30. Be4 c6 31. Kd3 Bf6 32. bxc6 bxc6 33. Ke2
Kc7 34. Kf3 a5 35. Bd3 Kb6 36. Rh7 d5 37. Rd7 Bc3 38. Kf4 Bf6 39. Kf3 Kc5 40.
Ra7 Bc3 41. Rd7 Rh8 42. Kf4 Rg8 43. Re7 Kd6 44. Re6+ Kd7 45. Rg6 Bd2+ 46. Kf3
Rf8 47. Kg4 Bc3 48. Kg5 Bd2+ 49. Kg4 Rf7 50. Re6 Rg7+ 51. Rg6 Rxg6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Champ Showdown 9LX 2022"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2022.09.16"]
[Round "9.3"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2759"]
[WhiteFideId "13401319"]
[BlackFideId "13300474"]
[Variant "Chess960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "rnkqnrbb/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RNKQNRBB w FAfa - 0 1"]
[EventDate "2022.09.14"]

1. e4 f5 2. exf5 Rxf5 3. d4 g5 4. g4 Ra5 5. Qd2 Rxa2 6. Rxa2 Bxa2 7. b3 Bxb1 8.
Kxb1 e6 9. f4 gxf4 10. Rxf4 Nc6 11. Rf8 Bg7 12. Rf7 Qh4 13. Bxc6 bxc6 14. Qe2
Qg5 15. Bf2 a5 16. Nd3 Qg6 17. Rf3 Nd6 18. Nc5 Nb7 19. Na4 Nd6 20. Nc5 Nb7 21.
Na4 Nd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Champ Showdown 9LX 2022"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2022.09.16"]
[Round "9.4"]
[White "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2812"]
[BlackElo "2683"]
[WhiteFideId "4100018"]
[BlackFideId "4102142"]
[Variant "Chess960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "rnkqnrbb/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RNKQNRBB w FAfa - 0 1"]
[EventDate "2022.09.14"]

1. g4 g6 2. f4 f5 3. gxf5 gxf5 4. c3 c6 5. Qa4 Bd5 6. Bxd5 cxd5 7. Nf3 Nc6 8.
Na3 b6 9. Nb5 Nc7 10. Nbd4 Bxd4 11. Bxd4 Kb7 12. O-O-O Ne6 13. e3 Qe8 14. Qb3
Nexd4 15. cxd4 e6 16. Qa3 Rc8 17. Kb1 Rg8 18. Qd6 Qe7 19. Qxe7 Nxe7 20. Rg1 h6
21. Ne5 d6 22. Nf7 Kc7 23. Nxh6 Rh8 24. Rg7 Kd7 25. Nf7 Rxh2 26. Ng5 Rg8 27. Rf7
Rg6 28. Rf8 Rg8 29. Rf6 Rg6 30. Rf8 Rg8 31. Rf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Champ Showdown 9LX 2022"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2022.09.16"]
[Round "9.5"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2771"]
[WhiteFideId "2020009"]
[BlackFideId "5202213"]
[Variant "Chess960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "rnkqnrbb/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RNKQNRBB w FAfa - 0 1"]
[EventDate "2022.09.14"]

1. g4 g6 2. f4 f5 3. gxf5 gxf5 4. c3 d6 5. d3 Qd7 6. Nd2 c5 7. a4 Nc6 8. a5 Nc7
9. Qa4 Bd5 10. Bxd5 Nxd5 11. Nc2 O-O-O 12. Ne3 Nxe3 13. Bxe3 Kc7 14. Qa2 Rg8 15.
Nf3 Bf6 16. O-O-O e6 17. Rg1 Qe7 18. Bf2 d5 19. Qa3 b6 20. d4 c4 21. axb6+ axb6
22. Qxe7+ Nxe7 23. Ng5 Bxg5 24. fxg5 f4 25. Rg4 Rdf8 26. Rdg1 Kd7 27. h4 Rf5 28.
h5 Nc8 29. Be1 Nd6 30. Bd2 Rgf8 31. g6 Rxh5 32. g7 Rg8 33. Bxf4 Nf5 34. Kd2 Ke8
35. Be5 Ne7 36. Ra1 Nc6 37. Bd6 Rf5 38. Bf8 Rf7 39. Ra6 Rb7 40. Rh4 Nb8 41. Ra8
h5 42. Bd6 Kf7 43. Be5 Kg6 44. Rf4 Rbxg7 45. Rxb8 Rxb8 46. Bxb8 1-0

