[Event "ch-USA Seniors 2026"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2026.07.23"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Kraai, Jesse"]
[Black "Akopian, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2375"]
[BlackElo "2551"]
[ECO "E16"]
[Opening "Queen's Indian"]
[Variation "Capablanca variation"]
[EventDate "2026.07.14"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 c5 7. d5 Bxd2+ 8.
Nfxd2 exd5 9. Nc3 O-O 10. O-O a6 11. cxd5 b5 12. a4 b4 13. Nce4 d6 14. Nc4
Nxe4 15. Bxe4 a5 16. Qc2 g6 17. f4 Ba6 18. Bd3 f5 19. Rfe1 Qf6 20. Rad1 Re8
21. e4 fxe4 22. Bxe4 Nd7 23. Nxa5 c4 24. b3 cxb3 25. Nxb3 Qc3 26. Qxc3 bxc3
27. Bc2 Bc4 28. Nd4 Rxe1+ 29. Rxe1 Nb6 30. f5 gxf5 31. Nxf5 Nxd5 32. Nxd6
Nb4 33. Re4 Nxc2 34. Rxc4 Na3 35. Rxc3 Rxa4 36. Rc7 Ra6 37. Nf5 Rf6 38. g4
h5 39. Ne7+ Kf8 40. g5 Re6 41. Nf5 Re5 42. Rc8+ Kf7 43. Nh6+ Kg6 44. Rc6+
Kg7 45. h4 Nb5 46. Rc4 Kg6 47. Kf2 Re6 48. Kf3 Ra6 49. Kf4 Nd6 50. Rd4 Ne8
51. Ke5 Ra1 52. Ke6 Ng7+ 53. Kd7 Ra7+ 54. Kd6 Nf5+ 55. Nxf5 Kxf5 56. Rc4
Kg6 57. Rd4 Ra6+ 58. Ke5 Ra5+ 59. Rd5 Ra1 60. Rd6+ Kg7 61. Rd4 Re1+ 62. Kf5
Rf1+ 63. Rf4 Ra1 64. Re4 Rf1+ 65. Ke5 Rf2 66. Ke6 Ra2 67. Ke5 Ra1 68. Kf5
Rf1+ 69. Rf4 Ra1 70. Re4 Rf1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-USA Seniors 2026"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2026.07.23"]
[Round "9.2"]
[White "Fishbein, Alexander"]
[Black "Onischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2408"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[ECO "B10"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann defence"]
[EventDate "2026.07.14"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. d3 Qc7 4. Nbd2 Nd7 5. exd5 cxd5 6. d4 Ngf6 7. Bd3 e6
8. O-O b6 9. Re1 Bd6 10. Qe2 O-O 11. Ne5 Bb7 12. c3 a5 13. a4 Qc8 14. Bc2
Re8 15. Ndf3 Ne4 16. Nxd7 Qxd7 17. Ne5 Qc7 18. f3 Nf6 19. Bd3 Nd7 20. Bb5
Nxe5 21. dxe5 Bc5+ 22. Be3 Bc6 23. Rac1 Bxe3+ 24. Qxe3 Bxb5 25. axb5 Rec8
26. b3 Qc5 27. Qxc5 Rxc5 28. c4 g5 29. Red1 Rac8 30. Kf2 Kg7 31. Ke3 Kg6
32. g4 h5 33. h3 dxc4 34. bxc4 Rxe5+ 35. Kd4 Rec5 36. Kd3 h4 37. Re1 Kf6
38. Rc2 e5 39. Rc3 Rd8+ 40. Kc2 Rd4 41. Kb3 Ke6 42. Re4 Rd2 43. Rc2 Rd1 44.
Re3 Rb1+ 45. Ka3 Rbxb5 46. Rd3 Rb4 47. Rcd2 Rc6 48. Rd7 Rbxc4 49. Rb7 Rd4
50. Re2 Rd3+ 51. Ka4 Rxf3 52. Kb5 Rd6 53. Rc2 Rb3+ 54. Ka6 Rxh3 55. Rf2 f6
0-1

[Event "ch-USA Seniors 2026"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2026.07.23"]
[Round "9.3"]
[White "Novikov, Igor"]
[Black "Kaidanov, Gregory"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2492"]
[ECO "D61"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "Orthodox defence, Rubinstein variation"]
[EventDate "2026.07.14"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. e3 O-O 7. Qc2 h6 8.
Bh4 c5 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Bxe7 Nxe7 11. Be2 cxd4 12. Nxd4 Nf6 13. O-O Bd7 14.
Rfd1 Qb6 15. Qb3 Qxb3 16. Nxb3 Rfd8 17. Bf3 Bc6 18. Bxc6 Nxc6 19. Kf1 Kf8
20. Ke2 Ke7 21. Rac1 Rxd1 22. Rxd1 Rd8 23. Rxd8 Kxd8 24. Nc5 b6 25. N5e4
Nxe4 26. Nxe4 Kd7 27. f4 Ne7 28. Kd3 Kc6 29. Nc3 Nd5 30. Nxd5 Kxd5 31. e4+
Kc5 32. Kc3 b5 33. b4+ Kd6 34. g3 f6 35. Kd4 e5+ 36. fxe5+ fxe5+ 37. Ke3
Ke6 38. Kf3 Kf6 39. h4 h5 40. Ke3 Ke6 41. Kf3 Kf6 42. Ke3 Ke6 43. Kf3 Kf6
1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-USA Seniors 2026"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2026.07.23"]
[Round "9.4"]
[White "Rachels, Stuart"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2431"]
[BlackElo "2428"]
[ECO "B90"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Najdorf"]
[EventDate "2026.07.14"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. a4 e5 7. Nf3 h6 8.
Nd2 Be7 9. Nd5 Nxd5 10. exd5 O-O 11. a5 Bf5 12. Nc4 Nd7 13. Be2 Rc8 14. O-O
Bg6 15. Be3 Bg5 16. Nxd6 Rxc2 17. Bd3 Rxb2 18. Bxg6 fxg6 19. Qc1 Bxe3 20.
Qxb2 Bd4 21. Qxb7 Nc5 22. Qc6 Qh4 23. Ra2 Nd3 24. g3 Qg4 25. Nb5 axb5 26.
Qe6+ Qxe6 27. dxe6 b4 28. a6 Ra8 29. Ra5 b3 30. Rd1 b2 31. Rb5 Nc5 32. a7
Rxa7 33. Rb8+ Kh7 0-1

[Event "ch-USA Seniors 2026"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2026.07.23"]
[Round "9.5"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Goldin, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2471"]
[BlackElo "2537"]
[ECO "C47"]
[Opening "Four knights"]
[Variation "Scotch, 4...exd4"]
[EventDate "2026.07.14"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3
O-O 8. O-O d5 9. exd5 Bg4 10. f3 Bh5 11. Bg5 cxd5 12. Bxf6 Qxf6 13. Nxd5
Qxb2 14. Rb1 Bc5+ 15. Kh1 Qd4 16. Rb4 Qe5 17. Re1 Qd6 18. Ne7+ Kh8 19. Rh4
Qf6 20. Rxh5 Bxe7 21. Bxh7 Rad8 22. Qe2 Rfe8 23. Qe4 g5 24. Bf5+ Kg7 25.
Bd7 Rh8 26. Rxh8 Rxh8 27. Qxe7 Qxe7 28. Rxe7 Rd8 29. Re5 Rxd7 30. Rxg5+ Kf6
31. h4 Rd1+ 32. Kh2 Ra1 33. Ra5 Rc1 34. Rc5 Ra1 35. Rc6+ Kg7 36. Rxc7 Rxa2
37. g4 a5 38. Kg3 a4 39. Ra7 Ra1 40. Kf4 a3 41. h5 a2 42. g5 Kg8 43. h6 Kh8
44. c4 Rc1 45. Rxa2 Rxc4+ 46. Kf5 1-0

