[Event "St Louis Fall A 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2018.10.10"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Hammer, Jon Ludvig"]
[Black "Hansen, Eric"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2662"]
[BlackElo "2629"]
[ECO "B91"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Najdorf, Zagreb (fianchetto) variation"]
[WhiteFideId "1503707"]
[BlackFideId "2606771"]
[EventDate "2018.10.10"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. g3 e5 7. Nf3 Be7 8. Bg2
O-O 9. O-O b5 10. Nd5 Bb7 11. Nxe7+ Qxe7 12. Nh4 Qe6 13. Re1 Nbd7 14. Qe2 Rac8
15. c3 Rc4 16. f3 d5 17. exd5 Bxd5 18. Qf1 Re8 19. Bd2 h6 20. b3 Rcc8 21. Rac1
a5 22. Bh3 Qc6 23. c4 bxc4 24. bxc4 Bxc4 25. Qf2 Qa6 26. Nf5 Rc6 27. Nd4 Rb6 28.
Bxa5 Qxa5 29. Rxc4 Rb2 30. Rc2 Rxc2 31. Nxc2 Qxa2 32. Ne3 Qb3 33. Bf5 Nc5 34.
Qd2 e4 35. Rc1 Nd3 36. Rf1 Ra8 37. Bxe4 Nxe4 38. fxe4 Ra2 39. Qd1 Qb2 40. Qh5
Ne5 41. Kh1 Qd2 42. Qxe5 Qxh2# 0-1

[Event "St Louis Fall A 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2018.10.10"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Dreev, Aleksey"]
[Black "Bruzon Batista, Lazaro"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2649"]
[BlackElo "2653"]
[ECO "E12"]
[Opening "Queen's Indian"]
[Variation "Petrosian system"]
[WhiteFideId "4100107"]
[BlackFideId "3503739"]
[EventDate "2018.10.10"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 b6 4. a3 Bb7 5. Nc3 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Qc2 Be7 8. Bd2
Nxc3 9. Bxc3 Qd5 10. e3 Nd7 11. Bd3 Qh5 12. Be2 Qf5 13. Qxf5 exf5 14. O-O O-O
15. Rfd1 Rfd8 16. Rac1 Rac8 17. Bc4 Kf8 18. h3 c5 19. Ba2 g6 20. dxc5 Nxc5 21.
Rxd8+ Rxd8 22. Ne5 f6 23. Nf3 Bd5 24. Bxd5 Rxd5 25. Nd4 f4 26. b4 Ne4 27. Ne6+
Kf7 28. Nxf4 Nxc3 29. Rxc3 Rd1+ 30. Kh2 Rd2 31. Kg3 g5 32. Nd3 Ke6 33. Kf3 Kd5
34. g4 a6 35. Nc1 Bd6 36. Rc8 Rd1 37. Ne2 Rh1 38. Nc3+ Ke6 39. Ke2 Ra1 40. Rc6
Rxa3 41. Ne4 Kd5 42. Rxd6+ Kxe4 43. Rxb6 Ra2+ 44. Kf1 Ke5 45. Kg2 Ra1 46. f4+
gxf4 47. exf4+ Kxf4 48. Rxf6+ Kg5 49. Rf5+ Kg6 50. Ra5 Rb1 51. Rxa6+ Kg5 52.
Ra5+ Kg6 53. Rb5 Rb2+ 54. Kg3 Rb3+ 55. Kh4 h6 56. Rb6+ Kh7 57. Rb8 Kg6 58. Rb7
Kf6 59. Rb6+ Kg7 60. b5 Kh7 61. g5 hxg5+ 62. Kxg5 Rxh3 63. Rb7+ Kg8 64. b6 Rb3
65. Kf6 Rb1 66. Rb8+ Kh7 67. Ke6 Kg7 68. Kd6 Kf7 69. Kc6 Ke7 70. Rh8 Rc1+ 71.
Kd5 Rd1+ 72. Ke5 Re1+ 73. Kf4 1-0

[Event "St Louis Fall A 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2018.10.10"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Swiercz, Dariusz"]
[Black "Sethuraman, S.P."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2656"]
[BlackElo "2673"]
[ECO "E04"]
[Opening "Catalan"]
[Variation "open, 5.Nf3"]
[WhiteFideId "1126881"]
[BlackFideId "5021596"]
[EventDate "2018.10.10"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 dxc4 5. Nf3 c5 6. O-O Nc6 7. dxc5 Qxd1 8.
Rxd1 Bxc5 9. Nbd2 c3 10. bxc3 O-O 11. Ne1 Be7 12. Nc2 Bd7 13. Ba3 Bxa3 14. Nxa3
Rfd8 15. Nb3 Be8 16. Nb5 Rac8 17. Nd6 Rc7 18. Nxb7 Rxd1+ 19. Rxd1 Rxb7 20. Bxc6
Bxc6 21. Na5 Rc7 22. Nxc6 Kf8 23. Rd8+ Ne8 24. Nd4 Ke7 25. Ra8 Nd6 26. Rxa7 Rxa7
27. Nc6+ Kd7 28. Nxa7 Kc7 29. c4 Nxc4 30. Nb5+ Kc6 31. Nc3 f5 32. e4 Kc5 33.
exf5 exf5 34. Kg2 g5 35. Kf3 Kd4 36. Nb5+ Kc5 37. Nc7 Kd6 38. Nb5+ Kc5 39. Nc7
Kd6 40. Na6 Ke5 41. Nc5 Kd5 42. Nb3 Nb2 43. Nd2 h6 44. Nf1 Ke5 45. Ne3 Na4 46.
g4 f4 47. Nf5 Nc3 48. a3 h5 49. Nh6 hxg4+ 50. Kxg4 Kf6 51. Ng8+ Kg6 52. Ne7+ Kf6
53. Ng8+ Kg6 54. Ne7+ Kf6 55. Nc6 Nd1 56. Kf3 Nc3 57. h3 Kf5 58. Nd4+ Ke5 59.
Ne2 Ne4 60. Ng1 Nc5 61. Kg4 Kf6 62. h4 gxh4 63. Kxf4 Nd3+ 64. Ke3 Ne5 65. Ke4
Ke6 66. Nh3 Nc4 67. a4 Kd6 68. Kd4 Nb6 69. a5 Nd7 70. f4 Kc6 71. Kc4 Nc5 72. Kb4
Nd3+ 73. Kc4 Nc5 74. Ng5 Nb7 75. Kb4 Nd6 76. Nh3 Nf5 77. Kc4 Nd6+ 78. Kd4 Kb5
79. Ke5 Nc4+ 80. Kd5 Ne3+ 81. Ke4 Nc4 82. Kf3 Kxa5 83. f5 Kb5 84. f6 Kc6 85. Kg4
Kd7 86. Ng5 Nd6 87. Kxh4 Ne8 88. f7 Ke7 89. Kh5 Nd6 90. Kg6 Nxf7 91. Nxf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Louis Fall A 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2018.10.10"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Akobian, Varuzhan"]
[Black "Robson, Ray"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2641"]
[BlackElo "2682"]
[ECO "D80"]
[Opening "Gruenfeld"]
[Variation "Stockholm variation"]
[WhiteFideId "13300580"]
[BlackFideId "2023970"]
[EventDate "2018.10.10"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Bg7 5. Bxf6 Bxf6 6. cxd5 c5 7. dxc5 Nd7 8.
e3 O-O 9. Bc4 Nxc5 10. Nge2 Qb6 11. Bb3 Rd8 12. Nd4 Qb4 13. O-O Bxd4 14. exd4
Nxb3 15. axb3 b5 16. Qe2 Bb7 17. Qxb5 Qxb5 18. Nxb5 Bxd5 19. Nc7 Rab8 20. Nxd5
Rxd5 21. Rxa7 Rxb3 22. Rxe7 Rxb2 23. Re4 Rd2 24. g3 Kg7 25. Rfe1 R5xd4 26. Rxd4
Rxd4 27. h4 h5 28. Kg2 Ra4 29. Re3 Rb4 30. Kf3 Rb2 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Louis Fall A 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2018.10.10"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Kuzubov, Yuriy"]
[Black "Lenderman, Aleksandr"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2626"]
[ECO "E06"]
[Opening "Catalan"]
[Variation "closed, 5.Nf3"]
[WhiteFideId "14112906"]
[BlackFideId "2021285"]
[EventDate "2018.10.10"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4 c5
9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Qxc4 b6 11. Ne5 Ra7 12. Nd3 Be7 13. Bf4 Bb7 14. Bxb7 Rxb7 15.
Nd2 b5 16. axb5 axb5 17. Qc2 Nd5 18. Nf3 Nd7 19. Rfc1 Qb6 20. Qc6 h6 21. Bd2
Qxc6 22. Rxc6 Rd8 23. Kf1 Bf6 24. Rac1 Kh7 25. Ra6 N5b6 26. Ba5 Rc8 27. Rxc8
Nxc8 28. e4 Ra7 29. Rxa7 Nxa7 30. e5 Be7 31. Nd4 Nc5 32. Ke2 Na6 33. Bb6 Nc8 34.
Ba5 Na7 35. Kd2 Kg8 36. Bb6 Nc8 37. Ba5 Na7 38. Kc3 Kf8 39. Bb6 Nc8 40. Ba5 Na7
41. b4 Ke8 42. Bb6 Nc8 43. Bc5 Bxc5 44. Nxc5 Nc7 45. Nc6 Nb6 46. Kd4 Nbd5 47. f4
h5 48. Ke4 Nc3+ 49. Kd3 N3d5 50. Kd4 h4 51. Ke4 hxg3 52. hxg3 Ne7 53. Nxe7 Kxe7
54. Kd4 f5 55. exf6+ gxf6 56. Nd3 Kd6 57. g4 Nd5 58. g5 fxg5 59. fxg5 Ne7 60.
Nc5 Nc6+ 61. Kc3 Ke5 62. g6 Kf6 63. g7 Kxg7 64. Nxe6+ Kf6 65. Nd4 Nxb4 66. Kxb4
Ke5 67. Kxb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Louis Fall A 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2018.10.11"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Hansen, Eric"]
[Black "Lenderman, Aleksandr"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2629"]
[BlackElo "2626"]
[ECO "B10"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "two knights variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2606771"]
[BlackFideId "2021285"]
[EventDate "2018.10.10"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Qe2 Nxe4 6. Qxe4 Be6 7. b3 Nd7 8.
Bb2 Nf6 9. Qe3 Bf5 10. c4 e6 11. h3 h6 12. Be2 Be7 13. O-O O-O 14. Rfe1 Bh7 15.
Ne5 Ne4 16. d3 Bc5 17. d4 Bb4 18. Red1 Qg5 19. f4 Qg3 20. Bf3 Rad8 21. Nd3 Be7
22. Nc1 Qg6 23. Ne2 Ng3 24. Nxg3 Qxg3 25. d5 cxd5 26. cxd5 Bc2 27. Rdc1 Bf5 28.
Be5 Rxd5 29. Rc3 Ra5 30. a4 b6 31. Kh1 Rc5 32. a5 Rfc8 33. axb6 axb6 34. Rxc5
Bxc5 35. Bd4 Bxd4 36. Qxd4 Bxh3 37. Bb7 Rc2 38. Ra8+ Kh7 39. Be4+ f5 0-1

[Event "St Louis Fall A 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2018.10.11"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Robson, Ray"]
[Black "Kuzubov, Yuriy"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2682"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[ECO "C42"]
[Opening "Petrov"]
[Variation "Paulsen attack"]
[WhiteFideId "2023970"]
[BlackFideId "14112906"]
[EventDate "2018.10.10"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nc4 Nxe4 5. Qe2 Qe7 6. Ne3 c6 7. b3 d5 8. Bb2
Na6 9. g3 Be6 10. Bg2 O-O-O 11. c4 Nf6 12. cxd5 Bxd5 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14. Nxd5 Qxa1
15. Nc3 Nc7 16. O-O Qb2 17. Qc4 Be7 18. d4 Kb8 19. Rd1 Rhe8 20. Bf3 Bf6 21. Na4
Qa1 22. Nac3 Ne6 23. d5 cxd5 24. Nxd5 Qxa2 25. Nd2 Qa6 26. Qxa6 bxa6 27. Nb4 Rd6
28. Kg2 Red8 29. Rc1 a5 0-1

[Event "St Louis Fall A 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2018.10.11"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Sethuraman, S.P."]
[Black "Akobian, Varuzhan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2673"]
[BlackElo "2641"]
[ECO "B01"]
[Opening "Scandinavian (centre counter) defence"]
[WhiteFideId "5021596"]
[BlackFideId "13300580"]
[EventDate "2018.10.10"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Bc4 c6 6. Bd2 Qc7 7. Nf3 Bg4 8. h3
Bxf3 9. Qxf3 e6 10. O-O-O Nbd7 11. g4 Nb6 12. Bb3 O-O-O 13. g5 Ne8 14. Ne4 Nd6
15. Bf4 Nd5 16. Be5 Qd7 17. Nxd6+ Bxd6 18. c4 Nc7 19. Bxg7 Rhg8 20. Bf6 Be7 21.
Bc2 Bxf6 22. Qxf6 Ne8 23. Qe5 Nd6 24. b3 Rh8 25. h4 h6 26. f4 Rde8 27. h5 Qe7
28. g6 f6 29. Qe3 Qc7 30. Kb1 Nf5 31. Qf2 Ng7 32. d5 exd5 33. Qxa7 dxc4 34. Qa8+
Qb8 35. Qxb8+ Kxb8 36. Rd7 Rhg8 37. Rf7 c3 38. Rxf6 Re2 39. f5 Ne8 40. Rf7 Nd6
41. Rd7 Nb5 42. Bd3 Rf2 43. Rc1 Na3+ 44. Ka1 Re8 45. g7 Ka7 46. Re7 Nc2+ 47.
Bxc2 Rxc2 48. Rxc2 Rxe7 49. Rxc3 Rxg7 50. Rf3 Kb6 51. Kb2 Kc5 52. f6 Rf7 53. Kc3
Kd5 54. a4 Ke5 55. Kc4 Rxf6 56. Rxf6 Kxf6 57. Kc5 Kg5 58. Kb6 Kxh5 59. a5 Kg5
60. Kxb7 h5 61. a6 h4 62. a7 h3 63. a8=Q 1-0

[Event "St Louis Fall A 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2018.10.11"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Bruzon Batista, Lazaro"]
[Black "Swiercz, Dariusz"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2653"]
[BlackElo "2656"]
[ECO "A33"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "symmetrical, Geller variation"]
[WhiteFideId "3503739"]
[BlackFideId "1126881"]
[EventDate "2018.10.10"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. g3 Qb6 7. Nb3 Ne5 8. e4
Bb4 9. c5 Qc6 10. f3 b6 11. Bf4 Ng6 12. Bd6 bxc5 13. a3 Bxc3+ 14. bxc3 Ba6 15.
Bxa6 Qxa6 16. Nxc5 Qc6 17. Qd4 Nd5 18. exd5 Qxd6 19. dxe6 Qxd4 20. exf7+ Kxf7
21. cxd4 Rab8 22. O-O d6 23. Ne4 d5 24. Ng5+ Kf6 25. f4 h6 26. Nf3 Rhc8 27. f5
Ne7 28. Rae1 Rb6 29. Ne5 Rc7 30. Re2 h5 31. Nd3 Rc4 32. Nc5 Rd6 33. Re6+ Rxe6
34. fxe6+ Kg6 35. Rf7 Nc6 36. Nd3 Rxd4 37. Nf4+ Kh6 38. Rc7 Na5 39. e7 Re4 40.
Rxa7 Nc4 41. Ra6+ Kh7 42. Ne6 1-0

[Event "St Louis Fall A 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2018.10.11"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Hammer, Jon Ludvig"]
[Black "Dreev, Aleksey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2662"]
[BlackElo "2649"]
[ECO "B12"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "advance variation"]
[WhiteFideId "1503707"]
[BlackFideId "4100107"]
[EventDate "2018.10.10"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nd2 e6 5. Nb3 c5 6. dxc5 Bxc5 7. Nxc5 Qa5+ 8. c3
Qxc5 9. Nf3 Qc7 10. Nd4 Qxe5+ 11. Be3 Ne7 12. Qb3 Qc7 13. Nb5 Qd7 14. Bf4 O-O
15. Nc7 e5 16. Bxe5 Nbc6 17. Bg3 Rac8 18. Qxb7 Rb8 19. Qa6 Rxb2 20. Bb5 Rc8 21.
Qa3 Rxb5 22. Nxb5 Qe6+ 23. Kd2 Qe4 24. Rhb1 h5 25. Rb2 h4 26. Nd6 Qd3+ 27. Ke1
h3 28. Rd2 hxg2 29. Rxd3 g1=Q+ 30. Kd2 Qxa1 31. Nxc8 Nxc8 32. Rxd5 Nb6 33. Rc5
Qf1 34. Qb3 Qd3+ 35. Kc1 Qe4 36. Qd1 Qb1+ 37. Kd2 Qxa2+ 38. Ke1 Qe6+ 39. Qe2 Be4
40. Bc7 Nd5 41. f3 Nxc3 42. Rxc3 Nd4 43. Qe3 Nxf3+ 44. Kf2 Qf6 45. Bf4 Qg6 46.
Bg3 a6 47. Qf4 Qb6+ 48. Re3 Qb2+ 49. Re2 Qd4+ 50. Qe3 Qf6 51. Qf4 Qd4+ 52. Qe3
Qf6 53. Qf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Louis Fall A 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2018.10.12"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Dreev, Aleksey"]
[Black "Hansen, Eric"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2649"]
[BlackElo "2629"]
[ECO "D77"]
[Opening "Neo-Gruenfeld, 6.O-O"]
[WhiteFideId "4100107"]
[BlackFideId "2606771"]
[EventDate "2018.10.10"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d5 6. c4 dxc4 7. Na3 c5 8. Nxc4
Be6 9. Nfe5 Qc8 10. dxc5 Nfd7 11. Nxd7 Nxd7 12. c6 bxc6 13. Na5 Bd5 14. Bxd5
cxd5 15. Qxd5 Nb6 16. Qe4 Qa6 17. Nc6 e6 18. Nb4 Qb5 19. Nd3 Rac8 20. Be3 Nc4
21. Rac1 a5 22. a4 Qd5 23. Qxd5 exd5 24. b3 Nxe3 25. Rxc8 Rxc8 26. fxe3 Re8 27.
Kf2 Bc3 28. Nf4 d4 29. Nd5 Kg7 30. exd4 Bxd4+ 31. e3 Ba7 32. Rd1 h5 33. Kf3 g5
34. Rd3 Re5 35. h4 f6 36. b4 axb4 37. Nxb4 Bc5 38. Nd5 Kg6 39. a5 Kf5 40. a6 Ba7
41. e4+ Kg6 42. hxg5 fxg5 43. Rc3 g4+ 44. Kf4 Bb8 45. Rc6+ Re6+ 46. Ke3 Kf7 47.
Rc7+ 1-0

[Event "St Louis Fall A 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2018.10.12"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Swiercz, Dariusz"]
[Black "Hammer, Jon Ludvig"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2656"]
[BlackElo "2662"]
[ECO "C78"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Moeller defence"]
[WhiteFideId "1126881"]
[BlackFideId "1503707"]
[EventDate "2018.10.10"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Bc5 6. c3 b5 7. Bc2 d5 8. d4
dxe4 9. Nxe5 Nxe5 10. dxc5 Qe7 11. Bxe4 Nxe4 12. Qd5 Nxc5 13. Qxa8 O-O 14. Be3
Ncd3 15. Nd2 c5 16. b4 Qd7 17. Qe4 f5 18. Qh4 f4 19. Ne4 Qd5 20. Bxc5 Ng6 21.
Qg5 Rf5 22. Qg4 Qxe4 23. Bd4 Rf8 24. Qh5 f3 25. g3 Rf5 26. Qh3 Ndf4 27. gxf4
Nxf4 28. Qg3 Ne2+ 0-1

[Event "St Louis Fall A 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2018.10.12"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Akobian, Varuzhan"]
[Black "Bruzon Batista, Lazaro"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2641"]
[BlackElo "2653"]
[ECO "E20"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian"]
[Variation "Romanishin-Kasparov (Steiner) system"]
[WhiteFideId "13300580"]
[BlackFideId "3503739"]
[EventDate "2018.10.10"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d5 6. a3 Be7 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Nh3
a5 9. Nf4 c6 10. O-O Na6 11. f3 Nc7 12. e4 dxe4 13. fxe4 c5 14. e5 Nd7 15. Be3
cxd4 16. Bxd4 Nc5 17. Ncd5 Nxd5 18. Nxd5 Be6 19. Be3 Rc8 20. Rc1 Bg5 21. Bxc5
Bxd5 22. Bxd5 Rxc5 23. Rxc5 Be3+ 24. Kg2 Bxc5 25. Bxf7+ Kh8 26. Qxd8 Rxd8 27.
Rc1 Rd2+ 28. Kh3 Bf8 29. Rc8 g5 30. Bh5 Kg7 31. Rc7+ Kh6 32. Bg4 Kg6 33. Rxb7
Bc5 34. Rc7 Bg1 35. Rc6+ Kg7 36. Bh5 Rxb2 37. Kg4 Bd4 38. Rc7+ Kh6 39. Rc6+ Kg7
40. Kf5 Rf2+ 41. Ke4 Bb2 42. Rc7+ Kf8 43. a4 Rxh2 44. Rxh7 Rf2 45. Rh8+ Kg7 46.
Rb8 Ba3 47. Rb6 Rb2 48. Ra6 Rb4+ 49. Kf5 Rxa4 50. Ra7+ Kg8 51. Kf6 1-0

[Event "St Louis Fall A 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2018.10.12"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Kuzubov, Yuriy"]
[Black "Sethuraman, S.P."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2673"]
[ECO "D35"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "exchange variation"]
[WhiteFideId "14112906"]
[BlackFideId "5021596"]
[EventDate "2018.10.10"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 c5 7. Nf3 cxd4 8.
cxd4 Bb4+ 9. Bd2 Bxd2+ 10. Qxd2 O-O 11. Bc4 Nd7 12. O-O b6 13. a4 Bb7 14. Rfe1
Qc7 15. Bd3 e5 16. Rac1 Qd6 17. Bb5 exd4 18. e5 Qg6 19. Nh4 Qg4 20. Rc4 Nxe5 21.
Rxd4 Qh5 22. Be2 Qh6 23. Qxh6 gxh6 24. Bb5 Ng6 25. Nxg6 hxg6 26. Re7 a6 27. Bc4
b5 28. Rxb7 bxc4 29. Rc7 Rac8 30. Rcxc4 Rxc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Louis Fall A 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2018.10.12"]
[Round "3.5"]
[White "Lenderman, Aleksandr"]
[Black "Robson, Ray"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2626"]
[BlackElo "2682"]
[ECO "D12"]
[Opening "QGD Slav"]
[Variation "4.e3 Bf5"]
[WhiteFideId "2021285"]
[BlackFideId "2023970"]
[EventDate "2018.10.10"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Bg6 7. Nxg6 hxg6 8. Rb1
c5 9. cxd5 exd5 10. g3 Nc6 11. Bg2 Qd7 12. O-O Rd8 13. dxc5 Bxc5 14. b3 Qf5 15.
Bb2 O-O 16. Ne2 g5 17. Rc1 Ne4 18. Qc2 Bb6 19. Nc3 Rfe8 20. Rcd1 Nb4 21. Qb1 Qe6
22. Na4 g4 23. Nxb6 axb6 24. a3 Nc6 25. Qd3 Qf5 26. b4 Rd6 27. f3 gxf3 28. Rxf3
Qe6 29. Rf4 Red8 30. Rdf1 f6 31. Rh4 Ne5 32. Bxe5 Qxe5 33. Bxe4 dxe4 34. Qxe4
Qxe4 35. Rxe4 b5 36. Re7 Rd3 37. Rc1 Rxa3 38. Kg2 Ra2+ 39. Kf3 Kh7 40. Rcc7 Rg8
41. Rxb7 Rxh2 42. Rxb5 Kh6 43. Rbb7 Rb2 44. e4 Rc2 45. b5 Rc5 46. b6 Rb5 47. Kf4
Kg6 48. Red7 Kh6 49. Rf7 Kg6 50. Rfe7 Kh6 51. Re6 Ra8 52. Rf7 Ra3 53. b7 Rbb3
54. Ree7 Rf3+ 55. Kg4 Rxg3+ 56. Kf5 Rab3 57. Rf8 Rgf3+ 58. Ke6 Rb6+ 59. Kf7 Rfb3
60. Rh8+ Kg5 61. Rg8 Rxb7 62. Rxg7+ Kf4 63. Rxb7 Rxb7+ 64. Kxf6 Rxg7 65. Kxg7
Kxe4 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Louis Fall A 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2018.10.13"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Dreev, Aleksey"]
[Black "Swiercz, Dariusz"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2649"]
[BlackElo "2656"]
[ECO "D78"]
[Opening "Neo-Gruenfeld, 6.O-O c6"]
[WhiteFideId "4100107"]
[BlackFideId "1126881"]
[EventDate "2018.10.10"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d5 6. c4 c6 7. Qb3 Qb6 8. Nc3
Bf5 9. Re1 e6 10. c5 Qxb3 11. axb3 Nbd7 12. b4 a6 13. Bf4 Rfe8 14. h3 h5 15. Ne5
Nxe5 16. Bxe5 g5 17. f3 g4 18. Nd1 gxf3 19. exf3 Nd7 20. Bxg7 Kxg7 21. Ne3 Bh7
22. f4 Nf6 23. Ra3 Rg8 24. Nf1 Be4 25. Nd2 Bxg2 26. Kxg2 Rab8 27. Re5 Kh6 28. f5
Nd7 29. Re2 exf5 30. Rf2 Rbe8 31. Rxf5 Re2+ 32. Rf2 Rxf2+ 33. Kxf2 Nf6 34. Re3
Kg7 35. Re7 Rb8 36. Kf3 Kf8 37. Re1 b6 38. b3 bxc5 39. bxc5 Ne4 40. Nxe4 dxe4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Louis Fall A 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2018.10.13"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Sethuraman, S.P."]
[Black "Lenderman, Aleksandr"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2673"]
[BlackElo "2626"]
[ECO "A28"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "four knights, Capablanca variation"]
[WhiteFideId "5021596"]
[BlackFideId "2021285"]
[EventDate "2018.10.10"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. d3 g6 5. g3 Bg7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O d6 8. b3 Re8
9. Bb2 Bd7 10. e3 Ng4 11. h3 Nh6 12. Nd2 f5 13. Nd5 Nf7 14. Qc2 Be6 15. f4 Rb8
16. Rae1 Ne7 17. Nc3 Qd7 18. Nf3 c6 19. Rd1 Qc7 20. Qf2 Rbd8 21. fxe5 dxe5 22.
e4 Qa5 23. exf5 Nxf5 24. Ne4 Qxa2 25. g4 N5d6 26. Qc2 Qa5 27. Nfd2 Nxe4 28. Nxe4
Kh8 29. Kh1 Qc7 30. Qf2 b6 31. Nf6 Rf8 32. Qh4 h6 33. Bc1 Qe7 34. g5 Rd4 35. Ne4
Bf5 36. Be3 Rdd8 37. Qg3 Rd7 38. gxh6 Bxh6 39. Bxh6 Nxh6 40. Ng5 Qf6 41. Kh2 Kg7
42. Be4 Rh8 43. Kg2 Qe7 44. Rde1 Rf8 45. Kh2 Rd6 46. Bxf5 Rxf5 47. Rg1 Nf7 48.
Ne4 Re6 49. Rg2 Rh5 50. Qf3 Ng5 51. Nxg5 Rxg5 52. Ra2 Rf5 53. Qe3 Qc7 54. Kh1 c5
55. Qe4 Ref6 56. Kh2 a5 57. Rg2 Qc6 58. Qh4 Qf3 59. Qe4 Qxe4 60. Rxe4 Rf3 61.
Rxe5 Rxd3 62. Re7+ Kh6 63. Rg4 Rf2+ 64. Kg1 Rb2 65. Rh4+ Kg5 66. Rg4+ Kf6 67.
Re1 Rxh3 68. Rf1+ Kg7 0-1

[Event "St Louis Fall A 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2018.10.13"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Bruzon Batista, Lazaro"]
[Black "Kuzubov, Yuriy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2653"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[ECO "E53"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian"]
[Variation "4.e3, main line with ...c5"]
[WhiteFideId "3503739"]
[BlackFideId "14112906"]
[EventDate "2018.10.10"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 c5 7. O-O cxd4 8. exd4
dxc4 9. Bxc4 b6 10. Bg5 Bb7 11. Qe2 Bxc3 12. bxc3 Nbd7 13. Rac1 Qc7 14. Nd2 Nd5
15. f3 Rac8 16. Rfe1 N7f6 17. Qd3 Nf4 18. Qc2 N6d5 19. Qb2 Ng6 20. Bf1 h6 21. c4
Ndf4 22. Bxf4 Qxf4 23. c5 Bd5 24. Ne4 Bxe4 25. Rxe4 Qf6 26. Qa3 Rc7 27. Rb1 Ne7
28. Rc1 Rd8 29. Rc4 Nd5 30. Qb3 bxc5 31. dxc5 Rdc8 32. Re1 Rxc5 33. Rxc5 Qd4+
34. Kh1 Qxc5 35. h3 Qf2 36. Rb1 g6 37. Qb7 Rc7 38. Qa6 Kg7 39. Qd6 Rc2 40. a4
Rd2 41. a5 h5 42. Qe5+ Kh7 43. Qb8 Nc3 44. Qc7 Nxb1 45. Qxf7+ Kh6 46. Qf8+ Kg5
47. Qe7+ Kf5 48. Qf7+ Ke5 49. Qc7+ Kf6 50. Qf4+ Ke7 51. Qg5+ Kd6 52. Qd8+ Kc5
53. Qe7+ Kc6 54. Qxe6+ Rd6 55. Qe4+ Kc7 56. Qe7+ Rd7 57. Qe5+ 1-0

[Event "St Louis Fall A 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2018.10.13"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Hammer, Jon Ludvig"]
[Black "Akobian, Varuzhan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2662"]
[BlackElo "2641"]
[ECO "D31"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "Charousek (Petrosian) variation"]
[WhiteFideId "1503707"]
[BlackFideId "13300580"]
[EventDate "2018.10.10"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. Bf4 Nf6 5. e3 O-O 6. Nf3 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. cxd5
Nxd5 9. Nxd5 exd5 10. Bd3 Bb4+ 11. Nd2 Nc6 12. O-O Be7 13. a3 Bf6 14. Rb1 Re8
15. Nf3 Bg4 16. h3 Bh5 17. g4 Bg6 18. Bxg6 hxg6 19. Qd3 g5 20. Bg3 d4 21. e4 Qe7
22. Rfe1 Be5 23. Bxe5 Nxe5 24. Nxe5 Qxe5 25. Rbc1 Rac8 26. Rxc8 Rxc8 27. Rd1 Rd8
28. Kg2 g6 29. Rd2 a6 30. b4 Kg7 31. Rc2 Re8 32. Rc5 Qxe4+ 33. Qxe4 Rxe4 34.
Rxg5 Kf6 35. Rd5 Ke6 36. Rd8 Ke7 37. Rd5 Ke6 38. Rd8 Ke7 39. Rd5 Ke6 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Louis Fall A 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2018.10.13"]
[Round "4.5"]
[White "Hansen, Eric"]
[Black "Robson, Ray"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2629"]
[BlackElo "2682"]
[ECO "C67"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Berlin defence, open variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2606771"]
[BlackFideId "2023970"]
[EventDate "2018.10.10"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nxe5 8.
Rxe5 O-O 9. d4 Bf6 10. Re1 Re8 11. Rxe8+ Nxe8 12. c3 d5 13. Bf4 g6 14. Nd2 Ng7
15. h3 c6 16. Nf3 Bf5 17. Qd2 Be7 18. Re1 Bd6 19. Bxd6 Qxd6 20. Bd3 Bxd3 21.
Qxd3 Re8 22. Rxe8+ Nxe8 23. Qe2 Ng7 24. Ne5 Qe7 25. Kf1 f6 26. Nd3 Kf7 27. Qxe7+
Kxe7 28. Ke2 Kd6 29. g4 b6 30. Ke3 Ne6 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Louis Fall A 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2018.10.14"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Swiercz, Dariusz"]
[Black "Hansen, Eric"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2656"]
[BlackElo "2629"]
[ECO "A45"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[WhiteFideId "1126881"]
[BlackFideId "2606771"]
[EventDate "2018.10.10"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. e3 Bg7 5. h4 h5 6. Nf3 Bg4 7. Qd2 Bxf3 8. gxf3
O-O 9. O-O-O Nc6 10. Kb1 a6 11. e4 e6 12. Bg5 Qd7 13. Bh3 Ne7 14. Rhg1 b5 15.
Qf4 Nh7 16. Bh6 Qd6 17. e5 Qd8 18. Ne2 Bxh6 19. Qxh6 Kh8 20. Nf4 Rg8 21. Nd3 Rg7
22. Nc5 Ng8 23. Qf4 Qe7 24. Bf1 Nf8 25. Bd3 Nd7 26. Nxd7 Qxd7 27. Rg5 Qe7 28.
Rdg1 Rc8 29. Qg3 Qf8 30. f4 Ne7 31. Qe3 Rh7 32. a3 c6 33. Qd2 c5 34. dxc5 Rxc5
35. Qa5 Qc8 36. Qb4 Kg8 37. Qd4 Rc6 38. R5g3 Kf8 39. Qb4 Qc7 40. Qd4 Ke8 41. a4
bxa4 42. Qxa4 Kf8 43. Qd4 a5 44. Rf3 Rb6 45. Kc1 Rb4 46. Qc3 Qb6 47. Qa3 a4 48.
c3 Rb3 49. Qxa4 Rxb2 50. Bc2 Rb5 51. Qa8+ Kg7 52. Qe8 Qc5 53. Rfg3 Rh6 54. f5
Nxf5 55. Bxf5 exf5 56. e6 Qa3+ 57. Kd2 Rb2+ 58. Kd3 Qa6+ 59. Kd4 Qc4+ 60. Ke5
f6+ 61. Kd6 Rb6+ 62. Ke7 Qc5+ 63. Kd8 Rb8+ 64. Kd7 Rb7+ 0-1

[Event "St Louis Fall A 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2018.10.14"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Akobian, Varuzhan"]
[Black "Dreev, Aleksey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2641"]
[BlackElo "2649"]
[ECO "D13"]
[Opening "QGD Slav"]
[Variation "exchange variation"]
[WhiteFideId "13300580"]
[BlackFideId "4100107"]
[EventDate "2018.10.10"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bf4 e6 7. e3 Be7 8. h3
Bd6 9. Bxd6 Qxd6 10. Bd3 O-O 11. O-O Bd7 12. Rc1 Rac8 13. a3 Rfd8 14. Qe2 Be8
15. Rc2 a6 16. Rfc1 Ne7 17. Ne5 Nd7 18. Nxd7 Bxd7 19. Nb1 Rxc2 20. Rxc2 Rc8 21.
Rxc8+ Nxc8 22. Qc2 h6 23. Nd2 Qc6 24. Qxc6 Bxc6 25. f3 Nd6 26. Kf2 f6 27. g4 Kf7
28. h4 a5 29. e4 dxe4 30. fxe4 e5 31. dxe5 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Louis Fall A 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2018.10.14"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Kuzubov, Yuriy"]
[Black "Hammer, Jon Ludvig"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2662"]
[ECO "E60"]
[Opening "King's Indian, 3.Nf3"]
[WhiteFideId "14112906"]
[BlackFideId "1503707"]
[EventDate "2018.10.10"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 c6 5. Bg2 d5 6. Nbd2 O-O 7. O-O Bf5 8. b3
Qa5 9. Bb2 Ne4 10. e3 Nxd2 11. Nxd2 Bd3 12. Re1 Nd7 13. a3 Nf6 14. Rc1 Bf5 15.
b4 Qb6 16. Nb3 Rad8 17. h3 h5 18. Qe2 g5 19. Nc5 g4 20. h4 Ne4 21. cxd5 cxd5 22.
Nxe4 Bxe4 23. Bxe4 dxe4 24. Rc5 f5 25. Rec1 e6 26. b5 Rf7 27. Qc4 a6 28. a4 axb5
29. Rxb5 Qa6 30. Qb3 Rd6 31. Rc8+ Kh7 32. d5 exd5 33. Rxd5 Rfd7 34. Rxd6 Qxd6
35. Qg8+ Kh6 36. Re8 Bxb2 37. Re6+ Bf6 38. Qh8+ 1-0

[Event "St Louis Fall A 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2018.10.14"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Lenderman, Aleksandr"]
[Black "Bruzon Batista, Lazaro"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2626"]
[BlackElo "2653"]
[ECO "D20"]
[Opening "QGA"]
[Variation "3.e4"]
[WhiteFideId "2021285"]
[BlackFideId "3503739"]
[EventDate "2018.10.10"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 e5 4. Nf3 exd4 5. Bxc4 Bb4+ 6. Nbd2 Nc6 7. O-O Nf6 8.
e5 Nd5 9. Nb3 Nb6 10. Bb5 Bd7 11. a3 Be7 12. Qe2 O-O 13. Rd1 Re8 14. Bd3 Bf6 15.
Bxh7+ Kxh7 16. Qd3+ Kg8 17. exf6 Qxf6 18. Bg5 Qd6 19. Nbxd4 Nxd4 20. Qxd4 Qg6
21. Bh4 Bc6 22. Bg3 Re4 23. Qd2 Rae8 24. Re1 Rxe1+ 25. Rxe1 Rxe1+ 26. Nxe1 Nd5
27. f3 b6 28. Qd4 Qe6 29. Qe5 Qxe5 30. Bxe5 f6 31. Bg3 Kf7 32. Nd3 Ke6 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Louis Fall A 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2018.10.14"]
[Round "5.5"]
[White "Robson, Ray"]
[Black "Sethuraman, S.P."]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2682"]
[BlackElo "2673"]
[ECO "A28"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "four knights, Romanishin variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2023970"]
[BlackFideId "5021596"]
[EventDate "2018.10.10"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e3 Bb4 5. Qc2 Bxc3 6. bxc3 O-O 7. e4 d6 8. g3
Nd7 9. Nh4 Nc5 10. Bg2 a6 11. O-O b5 12. cxb5 axb5 13. Rd1 Ra4 14. d3 Be6 15.
Be3 Qa8 16. d4 Nb3 17. axb3 Rxa1 18. d5 Bd7 19. dxc6 Bxc6 20. f3 g6 21. Bf1 d5
22. exd5 Bxd5 23. Bc5 Rb8 24. Rxa1 Qxa1 25. Nf5 Bxf3 26. Qd2 Qa6 27. Qh6 Qf6 28.
Bd3 Re8 29. Bxb5 Rd8 30. Bd3 e4 31. Ne7+ Kh8 32. Bd4 1-0

[Event "St Louis Fall A 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2018.10.15"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Hansen, Eric"]
[Black "Sethuraman, S.P."]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2629"]
[BlackElo "2673"]
[ECO "B48"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Taimanov variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2606771"]
[BlackFideId "5021596"]
[EventDate "2018.10.10"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. Qd2 Nf6 8. f4
Bb4 9. Bd3 Na5 10. a3 Bxc3 11. Qxc3 Qxc3+ 12. bxc3 d5 13. exd5 exd5 14. Nb3 Nc4
15. Bd4 Ne4 16. Nc5 Ncd6 17. O-O-O O-O 18. Nxe4 Nxe4 19. c4 Be6 20. Rhe1 Rfe8
21. f5 Bxf5 22. cxd5 Rad8 23. g4 Bg6 24. c4 Nd6 25. Bf1 f5 26. Bb6 Rc8 27. c5
Rxe1 28. Rxe1 Ne4 29. gxf5 Nxc5 30. fxg6 Nd7+ 31. Kd2 Nxb6 32. Bh3 Rf8 33. Be6+
Kh8 34. Re4 Nc8 35. Rh4 h6 36. Bxc8 Rxc8 37. Kd3 Kg8 38. Kd4 b5 39. d6 Kf8 40.
Kd5 1-0

[Event "St Louis Fall A 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2018.10.15"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Bruzon Batista, Lazaro"]
[Black "Robson, Ray"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2653"]
[BlackElo "2682"]
[ECO "A30"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "symmetrical variation"]
[WhiteFideId "3503739"]
[BlackFideId "2023970"]
[EventDate "2018.10.10"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. e3 Nf6 5. d4 cxd4 6. exd4 d5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
Qb3 Nxc3 9. Bc4 e6 10. bxc3 Bd7 11. Bd3 Na5 12. Qb1 Bg7 13. Ba3 Bf8 14. Bb4 Bxb4
15. Qxb4 b6 16. h4 Qe7 17. h5 Nc6 18. Qxe7+ Kxe7 19. Kd2 g5 20. Rae1 g4 21. Nh2
Rag8 22. Nf1 Rg5 23. Ne3 Kd6 24. h6 f5 25. Nc4+ Kc7 26. Rh4 Rf8 27. a3 Rf6 28.
Ne3 Ne7 29. Reh1 Rgg6 30. Nc4 Ng8 31. Ne5 Rxh6 32. Rxh6 Rxh6 33. Rxh6 Nxh6 34.
Ke3 Ng8 35. Kf4 Ne7 36. Kg5 Bc8 37. g3 Nd5 38. c4 Nc3 39. Kf6 a6 40. f3 h5 41.
Kg5 Bb7 42. f4 b5 43. Kxh5 Kd6 44. Nf7+ Ke7 45. Ne5 Kd6 46. Nf7+ Ke7 47. Ne5 Be4
48. Bf1 Bf3 49. cxb5 axb5 50. Nxf3 gxf3 51. g4 Kf6 52. g5+ Kg7 53. Bd3 Ne2 54.
Bxb5 Nxf4+ 55. Kh4 Ne2 56. a4 Nxd4 57. Bc4 e5 58. Kg3 e4 59. Kf4 Nc6 60. Bb5 Nb4
61. Bc4 Nc6 62. Bb5 Ne7 63. Bc4 Ng6+ 64. Ke3 Ne5 65. Bb5 Nf7 66. a5 Nxg5 67. Bc4
f4+ 68. Kxf4 e3 69. Kxe3 f2 70. a6 Ne6 71. a7 Nc7 72. Kd4 Kf6 73. Kc5 Ke7 74.
Kc6 Kd8 75. Bf1 Kc8 76. Bh3+ Kd8 77. Kb7 1-0

[Event "St Louis Fall A 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2018.10.15"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Hammer, Jon Ludvig"]
[Black "Lenderman, Aleksandr"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2662"]
[BlackElo "2626"]
[ECO "A07"]
[Opening "Reti"]
[Variation "King's Indian attack (Barcza system)"]
[WhiteFideId "1503707"]
[BlackFideId "2021285"]
[EventDate "2018.10.10"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Be7 5. d3 O-O 6. c4 c5 7. Ne5 Nbd7 8. Bf4
Nxe5 9. Bxe5 b6 10. Nc3 Bb7 11. Qa4 Qc8 12. cxd5 Nxd5 13. Qg4 Nf6 14. Qh3 Rd8
15. Rfc1 Qd7 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. Bxb7 Qxb7 18. Qg2 Qa6 19. Rc2 c4 20. dxc4 Qxc4
21. Qf3 h6 22. Kg2 Qb4 23. Ne4 Be5 24. Rac1 Rab8 25. b3 Qa5 26. g4 Qd5 27. h4 f6
28. Rd2 Qa5 29. Rcc2 Rxd2 30. Nxd2 Rd8 31. Nc4 Qc5 32. Qe4 Qd5 33. Qxd5 Rxd5 34.
e3 Bc7 35. Nd2 Bd8 36. Nf3 Kf7 37. Rc8 e5 38. h5 Rd7 39. Nh4 Be7 40. Kf3 Bb4 41.
Ke4 Rd2 42. Rc7+ Kg8 43. Kf5 Rxf2+ 44. Ke6 f5 45. Rc8+ Bf8 46. gxf5 Rd2 47. Ng6
Rd6+ 48. Kxe5 Rf6 49. e4 1-0

[Event "St Louis Fall A 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2018.10.15"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "Dreev, Aleksey"]
[Black "Kuzubov, Yuriy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2649"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[ECO "D35"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "exchange, positional line, 5...c6"]
[WhiteFideId "4100107"]
[BlackFideId "14112906"]
[EventDate "2018.10.10"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 Bf5 7. Qf3 Bg6 8. Bxf6
Qxf6 9. Qxf6 gxf6 10. Rd1 Nd7 11. Bd3 Nb6 12. b3 a5 13. a4 Bb4 14. Ne2 Nc8 15.
O-O Nd6 16. Na2 Ba3 17. Nac3 Bb4 18. Na2 Ba3 19. Nac3 Bb4 20. Na2 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Louis Fall A 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2018.10.15"]
[Round "6.5"]
[White "Swiercz, Dariusz"]
[Black "Akobian, Varuzhan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2656"]
[BlackElo "2641"]
[ECO "D02"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[WhiteFideId "1126881"]
[BlackFideId "13300580"]
[EventDate "2018.10.10"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O Nbd7 8. Qc2
Ne4 9. Bf4 c6 10. Nc3 g5 11. Bc1 f5 12. b3 b6 13. Bb2 Bb7 14. Ne1 Bf6 15. Rd1
Qe7 16. e3 Rac8 17. Nd3 c5 18. Ba3 Qg7 19. Ne2 Rfd8 20. dxc5 bxc5 21. f3 Nd6 22.
cxd5 Bxd5 23. Nf2 Nb5 24. Bc1 Ne5 25. e4 Nd4 26. Nxd4 cxd4 27. Qe2 Bb7 28. f4
Rxc1 29. fxe5 Rxd1 30. Rxd1 Bxe5 31. exf5 Bxg2 32. Kxg2 exf5 33. Nd3 Qb7+ 34.
Kg1 Bg7 35. Re1 Rf8 36. Qh5 Qa6 37. Qxg5 Qxd3 38. Re7 Rf7 39. Re8+ Rf8 40. Re7
Qb1+ 41. Kg2 Qb2+ 42. Kh3 d3 43. Rxa7 Qd4 44. Ra4 Qd7 45. Qd2 f4+ 46. Kg2 f3+ 0-1

[Event "St Louis Fall A 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2018.10.16"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Akobian, Varuzhan"]
[Black "Hansen, Eric"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2641"]
[BlackElo "2629"]
[ECO "D85"]
[Opening "Gruenfeld"]
[Variation "modern exchange variation"]
[WhiteFideId "13300580"]
[BlackFideId "2606771"]
[EventDate "2018.10.10"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Nf3 c5 8.
Be3 Qa5 9. Qd2 O-O 10. Rc1 Rd8 11. d5 e6 12. c4 Qxd2+ 13. Nxd2 Na6 14. Be2 b6
15. Nb1 f5 16. f3 fxe4 17. fxe4 Re8 18. Nc3 Bd7 19. Kd2 Nc7 20. Bf4 Rac8 21.
Rhf1 exd5 22. exd5 b5 23. Bd3 b4 24. Ne4 Nxd5 25. cxd5 c4 26. Nd6 Bc3+ 27. Rxc3
bxc3+ 28. Kxc3 cxd3+ 29. Nxc8 Rxc8+ 30. Kd2 Bf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Louis Fall A 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2018.10.16"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Kuzubov, Yuriy"]
[Black "Swiercz, Dariusz"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2656"]
[ECO "D12"]
[Opening "QGD Slav"]
[Variation "4.e3 Bf5"]
[WhiteFideId "14112906"]
[BlackFideId "1126881"]
[EventDate "2018.10.10"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. d4 d5 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Be4 7. f3 Bg6 8. Qb3 Qc7
9. Bd2 Be7 10. g3 O-O 11. Nxg6 hxg6 12. Rc1 Qd7 13. Be2 dxc4 14. Qxc4 Rd8 15.
Nb1 Na6 16. b4 Nc7 17. O-O Nfd5 18. Qb3 Nb6 19. Rfd1 Qd5 20. Qb2 Nb5 21. Be1 Qg5
22. Qb3 Nd6 23. Nd2 Nf5 24. Nf1 Qh6 25. Bf2 Rac8 26. a3 a6 27. Rc3 Nd5 28. Rcd3
Nc7 29. e4 Nd6 30. Be3 Bg5 31. f4 Be7 32. Bf3 g5 33. Qc2 Qg6 34. fxg5 Bxg5 35.
Bxg5 Qxg5 36. a4 Nde8 37. Qc3 Nf6 38. Kg2 Qg6 39. Nd2 Nce8 40. Re3 Rc7 41. Nc4
Nd5 42. exd5 cxd5 43. Bxd5 exd5 44. Qe1 Rxc4 45. Rxe8+ Rxe8 46. Qxe8+ Kh7 47.
Qe1 Qc2+ 48. Rd2 Qxa4 49. Qe7 Qxb4 50. Qh4+ Kg8 51. Qd8+ Qf8 52. Qxd5 Qc8 53.
Qe5 Rc2 54. Rxc2 Qxc2+ 55. Kh3 Qc8+ 56. g4 f6 57. Qe7 Qc6 58. Qd8+ Kf7 59. d5
Qc3+ 60. Kg2 Qb2+ 61. Kf1 Qb5+ 62. Kf2 Qc5+ 63. Kf3 Qa3+ 64. Kf2 Qe7 65. Qc8 a5
66. d6 Qxd6 67. Qxb7+ Kg6 68. Qb1+ Kh6 69. Qc1+ g5 70. Qc8 Qxh2+ 71. Kf1 Qf4+
72. Kg2 Qe4+ 73. Kg3 Kg7 74. Kf2 a4 75. Qd7+ Kg6 76. Qc8 Qd4+ 77. Kg3 Qd3+ 78.
Kf2 Qd2+ 79. Kf1 Qd1+ 80. Kf2 Qd4+ 81. Kf3 Qd5+ 82. Kf2 a3 83. Qe8+ Qf7 84. Qa4
a2 85. Ke3 Qe6+ 86. Kd3 f5 87. gxf5+ Qxf5+ 0-1

[Event "St Louis Fall A 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2018.10.16"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Lenderman, Aleksandr"]
[Black "Dreev, Aleksey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2626"]
[BlackElo "2649"]
[ECO "B13"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "exchange variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2021285"]
[BlackFideId "4100107"]
[EventDate "2018.10.10"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. c3 Qc7 6. Ne2 Bg4 7. O-O e6 8. Qe1
Nf6 9. f3 Bh5 10. Qh4 Bg6 11. Bxg6 fxg6 12. Bf4 Qb6 13. Nd2 e5 14. Be3 Bd6 15.
Nb3 O-O 16. Qg5 Qc7 17. Ng3 Rae8 18. Bf2 e4 19. Be3 h6 20. Qh4 exf3 21. Rae1 g5
22. Qh3 g4 23. Qh4 Ne7 0-1

[Event "St Louis Fall A 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2018.10.16"]
[Round "7.4"]
[White "Robson, Ray"]
[Black "Hammer, Jon Ludvig"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2682"]
[BlackElo "2662"]
[ECO "A28"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "four knights, 4.e3"]
[WhiteFideId "2023970"]
[BlackFideId "1503707"]
[EventDate "2018.10.10"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e3 g6 5. d4 d6 6. d5 Ne7 7. c5 Bg7 8. Bb5+ Bd7
9. cxd6 cxd6 10. Bxd7+ Qxd7 11. e4 O-O 12. a4 Qg4 13. h3 Qd7 14. O-O Rfc8 15.
Qd3 h6 16. Be3 g5 17. Qb5 a6 18. Qxd7 Nxd7 19. Nd2 Ng6 20. Ne2 Nf4 21. Ng3 Nd3
22. Nf5 Bf8 23. a5 Nf6 24. f3 Rc2 25. b3 Nh5 26. Nc4 Nhf4 27. Bd2 Rc8 28. Nfe3
R8xc4 29. Nxc4 Ne2+ 30. Kh2 f5 31. Rfd1 fxe4 32. fxe4 Nc5 33. Ne3 Rb2 34. Bb4
Nxe4 35. Rdb1 Rxb1 36. Rxb1 Nd4 37. Nc4 Nb5 38. Rc1 Nd4 39. Nxe5 Nc5 40. Bxc5
Nxb3 41. Rb1 Nxc5 42. Nc4 Be7 43. Kh1 Kg7 44. g4 Kf8 45. Rb6 Bd8 46. Rxd6 Bc7
47. Rf6+ 1-0

[Event "St Louis Fall A 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2018.10.16"]
[Round "7.5"]
[White "Sethuraman, S.P."]
[Black "Bruzon Batista, Lazaro"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2673"]
[BlackElo "2653"]
[ECO "C42"]
[Opening "Petrov"]
[Variation "Nimzovich attack"]
[WhiteFideId "5021596"]
[BlackFideId "3503739"]
[EventDate "2018.10.10"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. d4 Be7 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bf4
a6 9. Qd2 Bf5 10. O-O-O Nbd7 11. Bd3 Bxd3 12. Qxd3 Nb6 13. d5 Qd7 14. b3 O-O-O
15. a4 Qg4 16. g3 Qg6 17. Qd4 Ng4 18. a5 Bf6 19. Qb4 Nd7 20. Ne4 Rhe8 21. Rhe1
Be5 22. Nxe5 Ngxe5 23. h3 f5 24. Nd2 Qf7 25. Qd4 Qf6 26. Be3 Nc5 27. Kb1 Ned7
28. Nf3 Qf7 29. b4 Ne4 30. Kb2 Nef6 31. c3 Re4 32. Qd3 Rde8 33. Nd2 R4e7 34. Nc4
Qh5 35. Nd2 f4 36. gxf4 Qxd5 37. Qg6 Qc6 38. Nb3 Qe4 39. Qxe4 Rxe4 40. Rg1 Nh5
41. Nd4 Rf8 42. f5 Rf7 43. Rg4 Ndf6 44. Rxe4 Nxe4 45. Rg1 Nef6 46. c4 Kd7 47.
Kc2 Ne8 48. b5 Nhf6 49. bxa6 bxa6 50. Rb1 Kc8 51. Nc6 Nd7 52. f4 Nef6 53. Na7+
Kd8 54. Nc6+ Kc8 55. Bf2 Rf8 56. Na7+ Kd8 57. Nc6+ Kc8 58. c5 Re8 59. Na7+ Kd8
60. Nc6+ Kc8 61. Bd4 Nxc5 62. Bxc5 dxc5 63. Na7+ Kd7 64. Rd1+ Ke7 65. Nc6+ Kf8
66. Kc3 Re4 67. Rd8+ Kf7 68. Kd3 Rxf4 69. Ne5+ Ke7 70. Ng6+ Kxd8 71. Nxf4 Kd7
72. Ne6 Kc6 73. Nxg7 Kb5 74. Ne6 Kxa5 75. Kc4 Kb6 76. Nxc5 a5 77. Nb3 Ne8 78.
Kd5 a4 79. Nd2 Kb5 80. Nb1 Kb4 81. Kc6 Kb3 82. Kd7 Nf6+ 83. Kxc7 Kc2 84. Na3+
Kb3 85. Nb5 Kc4 86. Kc6 Ng8 87. Kb6 Kb4 88. Nd4 Kc4 89. Nb5 Ne7 90. Ka5 Nxf5 91.
Kxa4 h5 92. Nc7 Kd4 93. Kb3 Ne3 94. Ne6+ Ke5 95. Ng7 h4 96. Kc3 Nd5+ 97. Kd3 Kf4
98. Ke2 Nc7 99. Kf2 Kg5 100. Kf3 Kg6 101. Kg4 Kxg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Louis Fall A 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2018.10.17"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Hansen, Eric"]
[Black "Bruzon Batista, Lazaro"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2629"]
[BlackElo "2653"]
[ECO "C67"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Berlin defence, open variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2606771"]
[BlackFideId "3503739"]
[EventDate "2018.10.10"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nxe5 8.
Rxe5 O-O 9. d4 Bf6 10. Re1 Re8 11. Rxe8+ Nxe8 12. d5 d6 13. Nd2 Bd7 14. c3 a5
15. a4 Bg5 16. Qb3 Rb8 17. Nf3 Bxc1 18. Rxc1 Nf6 19. Bc4 g6 20. Re1 Kg7 21. h3
c6 22. Nd4 cxd5 23. Bb5 Bxb5 24. Qxb5 Qc7 25. Re3 Rd8 26. Nb3 Ra8 27. Nd4 Rd8
28. g4 h6 29. f4 Qd7 30. Qxa5 Re8 31. Nc2 d4 32. cxd4 Rc8 33. Re2 Qc6 34. d5 Qc4
35. Qd2 Qxa4 36. Kh2 Rc4 37. g5 hxg5 38. fxg5 Nd7 39. Ne3 Ne5 40. Rf2 Rd4 41.
Qc2 Qb4 42. Kg2 Rd3 0-1

[Event "St Louis Fall A 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2018.10.17"]
[Round "8.2"]
[White "Hammer, Jon Ludvig"]
[Black "Sethuraman, S.P."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2662"]
[BlackElo "2673"]
[ECO "A28"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "four knights, Romanishin variation"]
[WhiteFideId "1503707"]
[BlackFideId "5021596"]
[EventDate "2018.10.10"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e3 Bb4 5. Qc2 Bxc3 6. Qxc3 Qe7 7. d4 Ne4 8.
Qd3 exd4 9. Nxd4 O-O 10. Be2 Qb4+ 11. Kf1 Qe7 12. f3 f5 13. Kg1 Nc5 14. Nxc6
bxc6 15. Qc3 a5 16. b3 Ne6 17. c5 Ba6 18. Bxa6 Rxa6 19. Ba3 Raa8 20. h4 f4 21.
e4 a4 22. b4 Rad8 23. Rd1 d6 24. cxd6 Rxd6 25. Rxd6 Qxd6 26. Kh2 Qe7 27. Rd1
Qxh4+ 28. Kg1 Rf6 29. Qxc6 h5 30. Qc2 Rg6 31. Qf2 Rg3 32. Rd3 Ng5 33. Qe2 Nh3+
34. Kf1 Rg6 35. b5 Qg3 36. Rd8+ Kh7 37. Rd5 Kh6 38. Rd8 Kh7 39. Rd5 Kh6 40. Rd8
Kh7 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Louis Fall A 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2018.10.17"]
[Round "8.3"]
[White "Dreev, Aleksey"]
[Black "Robson, Ray"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2649"]
[BlackElo "2682"]
[ECO "D92"]
[Opening "Gruenfeld"]
[Variation "5.Bf4"]
[WhiteFideId "4100107"]
[BlackFideId "2023970"]
[EventDate "2018.10.10"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. Rc1 Be6 7. e3 dxc4 8. Ng5
Bd5 9. e4 h6 10. exd5 hxg5 11. Bxg5 Nxd5 12. Bxc4 Nb6 13. Bb3 Nc6 14. d5 Nd4 15.
O-O Qd7 16. h4 Rfe8 17. a3 Nxb3 18. Qxb3 e6 19. dxe6 Qxe6 20. Qxe6 Rxe6 21. Nb5
Bxb2 22. Nxc7 Bxc1 23. Rxc1 Rc8 24. Nxe6 Rxc1+ 25. Bxc1 fxe6 26. Kf1 Nd5 27. Ke2
b5 28. Bd2 Ne7 29. Kd3 Nc6 30. Bc3 Kf7 31. g4 a5 32. Bb2 Kg8 33. Ke4 Kf8 34. Kf4
Kf7 35. f3 Ne7 36. Ke4 Nc6 37. Ba1 Kg8 38. Bb2 Kf7 39. f4 Kg8 40. f5 exf5+ 41.
gxf5 Kf7 42. fxg6+ Kxg6 43. Kd5 Ne7+ 44. Kc5 Nf5 45. Kxb5 Nxh4 46. a4 Kf7 47.
Kxa5 Nf5 48. Kb6 Nd6 49. Be5 Nc4+ 50. Kb5 Na3+ 51. Kc5 Ke7 52. a5 Kd7 53. a6 Kc8
54. Bd6 Nc2 55. Kb6 Ne3 56. a7 Nd5+ 57. Ka6 1-0

[Event "St Louis Fall A 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2018.10.17"]
[Round "8.4"]
[White "Swiercz, Dariusz"]
[Black "Lenderman, Aleksandr"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2656"]
[BlackElo "2626"]
[ECO "C15"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "Winawer (Nimzovich) variation"]
[WhiteFideId "1126881"]
[BlackFideId "2021285"]
[EventDate "2018.10.10"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. exd5 exd5 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. Ne2 O-O 7. Bg5 c6 8. Qd2
Be7 9. f3 a5 10. O-O Na6 11. Ng3 Nb4 12. Be2 h6 13. Bf4 c5 14. Nb5 c4 15. c3 Na6
16. b3 Be6 17. Rab1 Qd7 18. a4 Rfc8 19. Rfe1 Qc6 20. Bd1 Bf8 21. Bc2 cxb3 22.
Rxb3 Nb8 23. Nf5 Bxf5 24. Bxf5 Nbd7 25. Reb1 Be7 26. Kh1 Bf8 27. Bg3 Be7 28. Re1
Bf8 29. Reb1 Be7 30. Bf4 Bf8 31. Kg1 Be7 32. g4 Ne8 33. Re1 Bf8 34. Rbb1 Rd8 35.
Bc2 Nb6 36. h4 g6 37. h5 g5 38. Qd3 Nf6 39. Bc7 Re8 40. Be5 Nbd7 41. Kg2 Re6 42.
Bg3 Rae8 43. Rxe6 Rxe6 44. Nc7 Re7 45. Rb5 Bg7 46. Rxa5 b6 47. Ra7 Nf8 48. Nb5
Rxa7 49. Nxa7 Qb7 50. Nb5 Ne6 51. Qe3 Qc6 52. Bf5 Nf4+ 53. Bxf4 gxf4 54. Qxf4
Qc4 55. Qd2 Qxa4 56. Bd3 Ne8 57. Qc2 Qa8 58. Bh7+ Kh8 59. Bf5 Qd8 60. Qa2 Bf6
61. Qa7 Kg8 62. Qd7 Qa8 63. Kh3 Kf8 64. Nd6 Nxd6 65. Qxd6+ Kg7 66. Bd3 Qa1 67.
Qxd5 Qh1+ 68. Kg3 Qe1+ 69. Kh3 Qh1+ 70. Kg3 Qe1+ 71. Kh3 Qh1+ 72. Kg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Louis Fall A 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2018.10.17"]
[Round "8.5"]
[White "Akobian, Varuzhan"]
[Black "Kuzubov, Yuriy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2641"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[ECO "D37"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "classical variation (5.Bf4)"]
[WhiteFideId "13300580"]
[BlackFideId "14112906"]
[EventDate "2018.10.10"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. a3 c5 8. cxd5
Nxd5 9. Nxd5 exd5 10. dxc5 Nxc5 11. Be5 Bf6 12. Bxf6 Qxf6 13. Qd4 Qxd4 14. Nxd4
Bd7 15. g3 Rfd8 16. Bg2 Ba4 17. O-O Rac8 18. Rac1 Nb3 19. Rxc8 Rxc8 20. Bxd5
Nxd4 21. exd4 b6 22. b3 Bd7 23. Re1 Kf8 24. Bf3 Bh3 25. Bg2 Bd7 26. Be4 Bh3 27.
d5 Bd7 28. Re3 Ke7 29. Bxh7+ Kd6 30. Be4 Bh3 31. f3 Rc1+ 32. Kf2 Rf1+ 33. Ke2
Rh1 34. Rc3 Rxh2+ 35. Ke3 Bd7 36. Kf4 a5 37. a4 Re2 38. g4 f6 39. g5 fxg5+ 40.
Kxg5 Rg2+ 41. Kf4 g5+ 42. Ke3 g4 43. fxg4 Rg3+ 44. Kd4 Rxc3 45. Kxc3 Bxg4 46. b4
Bd1 47. bxa5 bxa5 48. Bc2 Bxc2 49. Kxc2 Kxd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Louis Fall A 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2018.10.18"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Kuzubov, Yuriy"]
[Black "Hansen, Eric"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2629"]
[ECO "A07"]
[Opening "Reti"]
[Variation "King's Indian attack"]
[WhiteFideId "14112906"]
[BlackFideId "2606771"]
[EventDate "2018.10.10"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. c4 dxc4 4. Qa4+ Nc6 5. Qxc4 Bg7 6. Bg2 e5 7. d3 Nge7 8.
O-O O-O 9. Nbd2 a5 10. Ne4 h6 11. Bd2 Nf5 12. Rfe1 Kh7 13. Rac1 a4 14. Nc5 Qe8
15. e3 Nd6 16. Qc2 f5 17. Bc3 a3 18. bxa3 Rxa3 19. Nd2 Ra7 20. Qb2 b6 21. Ncb3
Bb7 22. d4 e4 23. Bf1 Ne7 24. Bb4 Nd5 25. Bxd6 cxd6 26. Nc4 Qd8 27. Nbd2 h5 28.
Rb1 h4 29. Nxb6 hxg3 30. hxg3 f4 31. exf4 Nxf4 32. Nxe4 Ne6 33. Rbd1 d5 34. Bh3
dxe4 35. Bxe6 Rf6 36. Qb3 Rf3 37. Re3 Rxe3 38. fxe3 Ra6 39. Kg2 Bh6 40. Nc4 Qe7
41. d5 1-0

[Event "St Louis Fall A 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2018.10.18"]
[Round "9.2"]
[White "Lenderman, Aleksandr"]
[Black "Akobian, Varuzhan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2626"]
[BlackElo "2641"]
[ECO "A15"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[WhiteFideId "2021285"]
[BlackFideId "13300580"]
[EventDate "2018.10.10"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. e3 c5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bb5+ Bd7 7. Bxd7+ Qxd7 8.
O-O Nc6 9. d4 c4 10. Bd2 Bb4 11. Ne5 Qe7 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. Qa4 Rc8 14. e4 Bxc3
15. Bxc3 dxe4 16. Bb4 Qe6 17. Qxa7 Nd5 18. Bc5 h5 19. Rae1 Rh6 20. f3 e3 21. f4
Qd7 22. Qa6 f5 23. Qxc4 Re6 24. a4 Ra8 25. Qe2 g6 26. Ra1 Kf7 27. g3 h4 28. a5
hxg3 29. hxg3 Rh8 30. a6 Kf6 31. Kg2 Ree8 32. a7 Qe6 33. Rf3 Qe4 34. Bd6 Ra8 35.
Be5+ 1-0

[Event "St Louis Fall A 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2018.10.18"]
[Round "9.3"]
[White "Robson, Ray"]
[Black "Swiercz, Dariusz"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2682"]
[BlackElo "2656"]
[ECO "A13"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[Variation "Agincourt variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2023970"]
[BlackFideId "1126881"]
[EventDate "2018.10.10"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e3 Nf6 4. b3 b6 5. d4 Bb7 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Bd3 Bb4+ 8. Nbd2
Nbd7 9. Bb2 Qe7 10. O-O O-O 11. Ne5 Nxe5 12. dxe5 Ne4 13. Nxe4 dxe4 14. Bc4 Rad8
15. Qc2 a5 16. h3 Rd2 17. Qc1 Rdd8 18. a3 Bc5 19. Qc2 h6 20. Rfd1 Rfe8 21. Qc3
Kf8 22. Rdc1 Kg8 23. Bb5 c6 24. Be2 Bc8 25. e6 f6 26. Bh5 Bxe6 27. Bxe8 Rd3 28.
Bxc6 Rxc3 29. Rxc3 f5 30. Bb5 Qd6 31. b4 Qd2 32. Rb1 axb4 33. axb4 Bxb4 34. Rc7
Ba2 35. Rxg7+ Kf8 36. Ra7 Qc2 37. Rc1 1-0

[Event "St Louis Fall A 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2018.10.18"]
[Round "9.4"]
[White "Sethuraman, S.P."]
[Black "Dreev, Aleksey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2673"]
[BlackElo "2649"]
[ECO "A09"]
[Opening "Reti opening"]
[WhiteFideId "5021596"]
[BlackFideId "4100107"]
[EventDate "2018.10.10"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 c6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. d4 Bf5 6. Qb3 Ra7 7. Bd2 e6 8. Nh4 Be4
9. f3 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Bd5 11. g3 Bxc4 12. Qxc4 b5 13. Qe2 c5 14. dxc5 Bxc5 15. O-O
O-O 16. Rfd1 Rd7 17. Be1 Qb6 18. Bf2 Rfd8 19. Ng2 Nc6 20. Rxd7 Rxd7 21. Rd1
Rxd1+ 22. Nxd1 h6 23. Ne1 Ne5 24. Nd3 Nxd3 25. Qxd3 Nd5 26. a3 Qc7 27. e4 Nb6
28. Kf1 Bxf2 29. Kxf2 Qc5+ 30. Ne3 Nc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Louis Fall A 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2018.10.18"]
[Round "9.5"]
[White "Bruzon Batista, Lazaro"]
[Black "Hammer, Jon Ludvig"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2653"]
[BlackElo "2662"]
[ECO "C67"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Berlin defence, open variation"]
[WhiteFideId "3503739"]
[BlackFideId "1503707"]
[EventDate "2018.10.10"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nxe5 8.
Rxe5 O-O 9. d4 Bf6 10. Re1 Re8 11. Rxe8+ Nxe8 12. d5 d6 13. c3 c6 14. Qf3 cxd5
15. Qxd5 Nc7 16. Qf3 d5 17. Be3 d4 18. cxd4 Bxd4 19. Nc3 Bxe3 20. Qxe3 Be6 21.
Rd1 Qe7 22. f4 Qb4 23. Rd2 Qa5 24. Qd4 Re8 25. Qd6 Na8 26. Bb5 Rc8 27. Bd3 g6
28. Be2 Qb6+ 29. Qxb6 Nxb6 30. Rd4 Rc7 31. Kf2 Kf8 32. g4 a6 33. h3 Ke7 34. Rb4
Nd5 35. Nxd5+ Bxd5 36. Bf3 Rc2+ 37. Ke3 Bxf3 38. Kxf3 b5 39. a4 bxa4 40. Rxa4
Rxb2 41. Rxa6 Rb3+ 42. Kg2 Kf8 1/2-1/2

