[Event "Aimchess US Rapid Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.08.28"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "Duda, Jan-Krzysztof"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[ECO "B90"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Najdorf, Byrne (English) attack"]
[WhiteFideId "3503240"]
[BlackFideId "1170546"]
[EventDate "2021.08.28"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Ng4 7. Bc1 Nc6 8. Be2
Qb6 9. Bxg4 Qxd4 10. Qe2 Ne5 11. Bxc8 Rxc8 12. O-O e6 13. Rd1 Qc4 14. Qxc4 Rxc4
15. a4 Be7 16. f3 g5 17. Be3 Kd7 18. a5 g4 19. Kf2 Rg8 20. Bf4 Ng6 21. Be3 gxf3
22. gxf3 Bh4+ 23. Ke2 Bf6 24. Ra3 Rb4 25. Rb3 Rxb3 26. cxb3 Be5 27. Na4 Nf4+ 28.
Kf1 Ng2 29. Bf2 Bf4 30. Rd3 Bxh2 31. Rc3 d5 32. Nb6+ Ke7 33. Bc5+ Kd8 34. Rc2
Bd6 35. Bd4 Rg6 36. Rxg2 Rxg2 37. Kxg2 dxe4 38. fxe4 f5 39. Nc4 Bf8 40. exf5
exf5 41. Ne3 f4 42. Nd5 Kd7 43. Kf3 Kc6 44. Nxf4 Bb4 45. Bc3 Kb5 46. Ke4 Bxa5
47. Kd5 Bb6 48. Ne6 a5 49. Nd4+ Ka6 50. Nf5 Bf2 51. Kc4 b5+ 52. Kd5 Kb6 53. Bf6
a4 54. b4 Be1 55. Bd4+ Ka6 56. Kc5 h5 57. Bf6 Bf2+ 58. Kc6 Be1 59. Be7 Bf2 60.
Bc5 Be1 61. Nd4 h4 62. Nxb5 Bg3 63. Na3 1-0

[Event "Aimchess US Rapid Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.08.28"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[ECO "E60"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "3.g3"]
[WhiteFideId "13401319"]
[BlackFideId "623539"]
[EventDate "2021.08.28"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 c6 4. Bg2 d5 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. Nf3 Ne4 8. Ne5
Nxc3 9. bxc3 Nc6 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. O-O O-O 12. Qa4 Qb6 13. Ba3 Qa6 14. Qxa6 Bxa6
15. Rfb1 Rfb8 16. Bxe7 Bxe2 17. Bf1 Bxf1 18. Kxf1 Bf8 19. Bxf8 Kxf8 20. Ke2 Ke7
21. Kd3 Kd6 22. Rb3 Rb6 23. Rab1 Rab8 24. h4 h5 25. R1b2 Rxb3 26. axb3 a5 27.
Kc2 Re8 28. Kd2 Rb8 29. Kc2 Re8 30. Kd2 Rb8 31. Kc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aimchess US Rapid Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.08.28"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Hansen, Eric"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2704"]
[BlackElo "2606"]
[ECO "A07"]
[Opening "Reti"]
[Variation "King's Indian attack, Pachman system"]
[WhiteFideId "24101605"]
[BlackFideId "2606771"]
[EventDate "2021.08.28"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O e5 5. d3 Ne7 6. e4 O-O 7. a4 Nbc6 8. c3 a5
9. Na3 h6 10. Nb5 Be6 11. Re1 Qd7 12. d4 exd4 13. Nfxd4 Bg4 14. Bf3 Bxf3 15.
Nxf3 Rad8 16. Bf4 dxe4 17. Qxd7 Rxd7 18. Rxe4 Nd5 19. Bd2 Rfd8 20. Rae1 f5 21.
R4e2 Kf7 22. h4 Nb6 23. b3 Nd5 24. Kg2 b6 25. Kh3 Nf6 26. Bf4 Nd5 27. Be5 Nxe5
28. Nxe5+ Bxe5 29. Rxe5 Nf6 30. Nd4 Ne4 31. Nc6 Rf8 32. f3 Nf2+ 33. Kg2 Nd3 34.
Re7+ Rxe7 35. Rxe7+ Kf6 36. Rxc7 Re8 37. Nd4 Re1 38. Rc6+ Kf7 39. h5 gxh5 40.
Rxb6 Rc1 41. Rxh6 Rxc3 42. Rxh5 Kg6 43. Rxf5 Nc5 44. Rd5 Kf6 45. g4 Nd3 46. Kg3 1-0

[Event "Aimchess US Rapid Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.08.28"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Naroditsky, Daniel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2623"]
[ECO "E94"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "orthodox variation"]
[WhiteFideId "24116068"]
[BlackFideId "2026961"]
[EventDate "2021.08.28"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O exd4 8. Nxd4
Re8 9. f3 Nc6 10. Be3 Nh5 11. Nc2 f5 12. Qd2 Nf6 13. Bg5 Ne5 14. exf5 Bxf5 15.
Ne3 Be6 16. Ned5 Nf7 17. Bh4 Bxd5 18. cxd5 Ne4 19. Nxe4 Qxh4 20. g3 Qh6 21. Qxh6
Nxh6 22. Rac1 Re7 23. b3 Nf5 24. Bd3 Bb2 25. Rb1 Bd4+ 26. Kh1 h6 27. Rfe1 Kg7
28. Nd2 Rae8 29. Rxe7+ Rxe7 30. Be4 a5 31. Nc4 b6 32. Kg2 Ne3+ 33. Nxe3 Bxe3 34.
Re1 Bc5 35. f4 Kf6 36. h4 h5 37. Re2 b5 38. Kf3 b4 39. Rg2 Rh7 40. Bd3 Re7 41.
Be4 Rh7 42. Bd3 Re7 43. Be4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aimchess US Rapid Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.08.28"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Liang, Awonder"]
[Black "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2587"]
[BlackElo "2759"]
[ECO "C78"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Archangelsk (counterthrust) variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2056437"]
[BlackFideId "12573981"]
[EventDate "2021.08.28"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bb7 7. d3 Bc5 8. Nc3
O-O 9. a4 Na5 10. axb5 Nxb3 11. cxb3 axb5 12. Rxa8 Bxa8 13. Nxe5 b4 14. Na4 Be7
15. Qc2 c5 16. Be3 d6 17. Nf3 Qb8 18. h3 Qb5 19. Re1 h6 20. Nh4 Re8 21. Nf5 Bf8
22. Bf4 Re6 23. f3 d5 24. e5 d4 25. Bg3 Nh5 26. Bh2 g6 27. Ng3 Nf4 28. Rd1 Nd5
29. Nf1 Bb7 30. Rc1 Ba6 31. Qc4 Qc6 32. Qc2 Qb5 33. Qc4 Qc6 34. Qc2 Qb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aimchess US Rapid Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.08.28"]
[Round "1.6"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[ECO "C78"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Moeller defence"]
[WhiteFideId "13300474"]
[BlackFideId "12401137"]
[EventDate "2021.08.28"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Bc5 6. c3 b5 7. Bc2 d5 8. a4
dxe4 9. axb5 Bg4 10. bxc6 exf3 11. gxf3 Bh3 12. Re1 O-O 13. Ra5 Qd6 14. b4 Bxf2+
15. Kxf2 e4 16. Kg1 Rae8 17. Re3 Nh5 18. f4 Nxf4 19. Rg5 f5 20. Rgg3 Bg4 21. Qe1
Nh5 22. d4 Nxg3 23. Rxg3 Bf3 24. Nd2 f4 25. Rg5 Qf6 26. h4 h6 27. Nxf3 hxg5 28.
Bb3+ Kh7 29. hxg5 Qf5 30. Qh4+ Kg6 31. Bc2 Re6 32. c4 Kf7 33. d5 Rg6 34. Qxf4
Qxf4 35. Bxf4 exf3 36. Bxg6+ Kxg6 37. Bxc7 f2+ 38. Kf1 Kf5 39. d6 Ke4 40. d7 1-0

[Event "Aimchess US Rapid Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.08.28"]
[Round "1.7"]
[White "Van Foreest, Jorden"]
[Black "Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2698"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[ECO "E20"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian"]
[Variation "Romanishin-Kasparov (Steiner) system"]
[WhiteFideId "1039784"]
[BlackFideId "5029465"]
[EventDate "2021.08.28"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d5 6. Nf3 dxc4 7. O-O Nc6 8. a3
Be7 9. e4 Na5 10. Be3 a6 11. Qc2 b5 12. Rad1 c6 13. d5 exd5 14. exd5 Nxd5 15.
Nxd5 cxd5 16. Ng5 Bxg5 17. Rxd5 Qe8 18. Rxg5 f6 19. Rxg7+ Kxg7 20. Bxa8 Bh3 21.
Rd1 Qxa8 22. f3 Qxf3 23. Re1 Nc6 0-1

[Event "Aimchess US Rapid Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.08.28"]
[Round "1.8"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2847"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[ECO "E00"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[WhiteFideId "1503014"]
[BlackFideId "5202213"]
[EventDate "2021.08.28"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Bf4 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bg3 c5 6. e4 Nf6 7. Nd2 Nc6 8. e5
Nd7 9. Ngf3 cxd4 10. Bc4 Be7 11. O-O O-O 12. Rc1 Nc5 13. a3 a5 14. Nb3 b6 15.
Nbxd4 Nxd4 16. Nxd4 Bb7 17. Nb5 Ne4 18. Nd6 Qb8 19. Qd4 b5 20. Bxb5 Nxg3 21.
hxg3 Bd5 22. Bc6 Bxd6 23. exd6 Ra6 24. Bxd5 Rxd6 25. Rc5 Rxd5 26. Rxd5 exd5 27.
Qxd5 Qxb2 28. Qxa5 g6 29. Qb4 Qf6 30. a4 Rc8 31. a5 h5 32. Qa4 Rc6 33. Qa1 Kg7
34. Rb1 Qxa1 35. Rxa1 Ra6 36. f3 Kf6 37. Kf2 Ke5 38. Ke3 Kd5 39. Kf4 f6 40. g4
hxg4 41. Kxg4 Ke5 42. f4+ Ke6 43. Ra2 Ke7 44. Kf3 Kd6 45. Ke4 Ke6 46. Ra1 Kd6
47. f5 gxf5+ 48. Kxf5 Ke7 49. Kg6 Ke6 50. Re1+ Kd7 51. g4 Kd8 52. Kf7 Rd6 53.
Re4 Rc6 54. Rd4+ Kc8 55. Rf4 1-0

[Event "Aimchess US Rapid Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.08.28"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Duda, Jan-Krzysztof"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[ECO "C48"]
[Opening "Four knights"]
[Variation "Rubinstein counter-gambit, Henneberger variation"]
[WhiteFideId "1170546"]
[BlackFideId "5202213"]
[EventDate "2021.08.28"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. O-O c6 6. Bc4 d6 7. h3 b5 8. Bd3
Nxf3+ 9. Qxf3 g5 10. Be2 g4 11. hxg4 Bxg4 12. Qe3 b4 13. Bxg4 Nxg4 14. Qh3 Nf6
15. Ne2 Nxe4 16. d4 Qd7 17. Qf3 f5 18. a3 bxa3 19. Rd1 Bg7 20. Qxa3 exd4 21. f3
Nc5 22. Nxd4 O-O 23. Bf4 Rfd8 24. Rd2 Ne6 25. Nxe6 Qxe6 26. c3 d5 27. Qa6 d4 28.
Re2 Qd5 29. Kh2 d3 30. Re7 Re8 31. Rae1 Rxe7 32. Rxe7 Bf6 33. Re1 d2 34. Rd1 Be5
35. Qa4 Qb5 36. Qa2+ Kh8 0-1

[Event "Aimchess US Rapid Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.08.28"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2847"]
[ECO "A81"]
[Opening "Dutch defence"]
[WhiteFideId "5029465"]
[BlackFideId "1503014"]
[EventDate "2021.08.28"]

1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. c4 Bg7 5. Nc3 d6 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O a5 8. d5 Na6
9. Be3 Bd7 10. Rc1 c5 11. Qd2 Nc7 12. a4 Nce8 13. b3 Qb6 14. Rb1 Qb4 15. Qc1 Ng4
16. Bd2 Qb6 17. h3 Ne5 18. Ng5 Nc7 19. f4 Nf7 20. Nxf7 Rxf7 21. e4 Re8 22. Re1
e5 23. dxe6 Nxe6 24. exf5 gxf5 25. Nd5 Qd8 26. Bc3 Bc6 27. Kf2 Bd4+ 28. Bxd4
Nxd4 29. Qc3 Kg7 30. Rxe8 Qxe8 31. Re1 Qd8 32. Ne3 Qf6 33. Nc2 Nxc2 34. Qxc2
Qd4+ 35. Kf1 h5 36. h4 Qf6 37. Qd2 Bxg2+ 38. Kxg2 Re7 39. Qxa5 Qb2+ 40. Kf1
Rxe1+ 41. Qxe1 Qxb3 42. Qe7+ Kg8 43. Qe8+ Kg7 44. Qe7+ Kg8 45. Qg5+ Kh8 46.
Qxh5+ Kg7 47. Qg5+ Kh8 48. Qh6+ Kg8 49. Qe6+ Kh8 50. Qf6+ Kg8 51. Qxf5 Qf3+ 52.
Ke1 Qxg3+ 53. Kd2 Qf2+ 54. Kc3 Qe1+ 55. Kc2 Qe2+ 56. Kc3 Qe1+ 57. Kc2 Qe2+ 58.
Kc3 Qe1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aimchess US Rapid Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.08.28"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Black "Van Foreest, Jorden"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2698"]
[ECO "C65"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Berlin defence"]
[WhiteFideId "12401137"]
[BlackFideId "1039784"]
[EventDate "2021.08.28"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Nbd2 Nd7 7. Nc4 f6 8.
O-O Nf8 9. Be3 Bxe3 10. Nxe3 Ne6 11. Kh1 O-O 12. Ng1 a5 13. a4 b6 14. Ne2 c5 15.
b3 Bb7 16. Qe1 Nd4 17. f4 exf4 18. Rxf4 Nxc2 19. Nxc2 Qxd3 20. Na3 Qxb3 21. Nb5
Rf7 22. Qd1 Qxd1+ 23. Rxd1 g5 24. Rf2 Bxe4 25. Nec3 Bc6 26. Re2 Kf8 27. Re6 Bd7
28. Ree1 Bc6 29. Re6 Bd7 30. Ree1 Bc6 31. Kg1 Re8 32. Kf2 Rxe1 33. Rxe1 Re7 34.
Rxe7 Kxe7 35. Nxc7 Kd6 36. N7b5+ Ke5 37. g3 f5 38. Ke3 f4+ 39. gxf4+ gxf4+ 40.
Kd3 Be8 41. Na3 Bg6+ 42. Kd2 Bf7 43. Nc2 Bd5 44. Ne1 Bc6 45. Nd3+ Kf5 46. Ke2 c4
47. Nb2 Ke5 48. Kd2 Bd5 49. Nxd5 Kxd5 50. Kc3 Kc5 51. Nxc4 b5 52. axb5 Kxb5 53.
Ne5 a4 54. h4 h5 55. Kb2 Kb6 56. Kc3 Kb5 57. Kc2 Kb6 58. Kc3 Kb5 59. Kc2 Kb6 60.
Kc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aimchess US Rapid Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.08.28"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2759"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[ECO "C42"]
[Opening "Petrov"]
[Variation "Nimzovich attack"]
[WhiteFideId "12573981"]
[BlackFideId "13300474"]
[EventDate "2021.08.28"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Be3 O-O 8.
Qd2 Nd7 9. O-O-O c6 10. Kb1 d5 11. Bd3 Re8 12. h4 Bc5 13. Bd4 Bxd4 14. cxd4 Nf6
15. Rde1 Ne4 16. Qf4 Qf6 17. Qxf6 Nxf6 18. Ne5 g6 19. Re3 Ng4 20. Nxg4 Bxg4 21.
Rhe1 Rxe3 22. Rxe3 Kf8 23. Kc1 Re8 24. Kd2 Rxe3 25. Kxe3 f6 26. Kf4 Bd7 27. b4
b5 28. c3 Kf7 29. g4 h6 30. g5 hxg5+ 31. hxg5 f5 32. Ke5 Ke7 33. Bc2 a6 34. a4
Bc8 35. a5 Bd7 36. f4 Bc8 37. Bd1 Bd7 38. Be2 Bc8 39. Bf3 Be6 40. Bg2 Bf7 41.
Bh1 Bg8 42. Bg2 Bf7 43. Bh1 Bg8 44. Bg2 Bf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aimchess US Rapid Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.08.28"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Naroditsky, Daniel"]
[Black "Liang, Awonder"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2623"]
[BlackElo "2587"]
[ECO "A01"]
[Opening "Nimzovich-Larsen attack"]
[Variation "modern variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2026961"]
[BlackFideId "2056437"]
[EventDate "2021.08.28"]

1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 Nc6 3. c4 Nge7 4. e3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. a3 Bd6 7. Qc2 Bd7 8. Nf3
Qe7 9. d3 O-O-O 10. b4 f5 11. Nbd2 Rhf8 12. Nc4 a6 13. Be2 Kb8 14. O-O g5 15. d4
e4 16. Nfe5 Bxe5 17. Nxe5 Nxe5 18. dxe5 f4 19. Bd4 f3 20. Bc4 Bc6 21. Bc5 Qd7
22. Rfd1 Qg4 23. Bf1 fxg2 24. Bxg2 Nf4 25. exf4 e3 26. Rxd8+ Rxd8 27. fxe3 gxf4
28. h3 Qg7 29. exf4 Rg8 30. Ra2 Qf7 31. Qb1 Qd5 32. Qc2 Qe6 33. f5 Qxe5 34. Qd1
b6 35. Bd4 Qd5 36. Qd2 Qxf5 37. Qc3 Qe4 38. Kf1 Qb1+ 39. Qe1 Bb5+ 0-1

[Event "Aimchess US Rapid Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.08.28"]
[Round "2.6"]
[White "Hansen, Eric"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2606"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[ECO "C88"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "closed, 7...O-O"]
[WhiteFideId "2606771"]
[BlackFideId "24116068"]
[EventDate "2021.08.28"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. h3
Bb7 9. d3 d5 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Nbd2 Nd4 12. Nxd4 exd4 13. a4 Bb4 14. axb5 axb5
15. Rxa8 Bxa8 16. Qg4 Nf6 17. Qf5 c5 18. Re5 g6 19. Qg5 Nd7 20. Qxd8 Rxd8 21.
Re2 Nb6 22. Ne4 Bxe4 23. Rxe4 c4 24. Bg5 Ra8 25. dxc4 bxc4 26. Bxc4 Nxc4 27.
Rxd4 Ra1+ 28. Kh2 Bd6+ 29. f4 Ne3 30. Rxd6 Nf1+ 31. Kg1 Ng3+ 32. Kh2 Nf1+ 33.
Kg1 Ng3+ 34. Kh2 Nf1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aimchess US Rapid Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.08.28"]
[Round "2.7"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2704"]
[ECO "B12"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "advance variation"]
[WhiteFideId "623539"]
[BlackFideId "24101605"]
[EventDate "2021.08.28"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 c5 6. Be3 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Ne7 8. Nd2
Nbc6 9. N2f3 Bg4 10. O-O g6 11. Nxc6 Nxc6 12. c4 dxc4 13. Qa4 Qa5 14. Qxc4 Bxf3
15. Bxf3 Nxe5 16. Qe4 Bg7 17. Qxb7 Nxf3+ 18. Qxf3 O-O 19. Rad1 Rad8 20. Qb7 Rb8
21. Qxa7 Qxa7 22. Bxa7 Rxb2 23. Bd4 Rxa2 24. Bxg7 Kxg7 25. Ra1 Rd2 26. Rfd1 Rd5
27. g3 Rfd8 28. Rdc1 Rd2 29. Rc3 g5 30. h3 h5 31. Rac1 R8d4 32. R3c2 Rxc2 33.
Rxc2 f5 34. Kg2 Kf6 35. Rc8 h4 36. gxh4 gxh4 37. Rf8+ Kg7 38. Re8 Kf7 39. Ra8
Ke7 40. Rh8 Kd6 41. Ra8 Rb4 42. Ra6+ Kd5 43. Kf3 Rb3+ 44. Kg2 Rb4 45. Kf3 e5 46.
Rh6 e4+ 47. Kg2 Rb2 48. Rh5 Ke5 49. Rh8 Ra2 50. Rb8 Kf4 51. Rb3 Rd2 52. Ra3 Ke5
53. Ra5+ Rd5 54. Ra8 f4 55. Ra3 Rd2 56. Kf1 Rd3 57. Ra5+ Rd5 58. Ra8 Rb5 59.
Re8+ Kd4 60. Rd8+ Rd5 61. Ra8 f3 62. Ra3 Rb5 63. Kg1 Rc5 64. Ra1 Kd3 65. Ra3+
Rc3 66. Ra1 Kd2 67. Ra2+ Rc2 68. Ra3 Rc1+ 69. Kh2 Rc3 70. Ra4 Kd3 71. Ra1 Kd2
72. Ra4 e3 73. fxe3 Kxe3 74. Ra1 Rd3 75. Kg1 Rd2 76. Ra3+ Ke2 77. Ra1 Rb2 78.
Rc1 Rb3 79. Rc2+ Ke3 80. Ra2 Rb1+ 81. Kh2 Rd1 82. Ra3+ Rd3 83. Ra1 Ke2 84. Kg1
f2+ 85. Kg2 Rg3+ 0-1

[Event "Aimchess US Rapid Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.08.28"]
[Round "2.8"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[ECO "C67"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Berlin defence, open variation"]
[WhiteFideId "3503240"]
[BlackFideId "13401319"]
[EventDate "2021.08.28"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5 8.
Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Rd1+ Ke8 10. Nc3 Be7 11. g4 Nh4 12. Nxh4 Bxh4 13. Kg2 f6 14. exf6
Bxf6 15. f3 Bxc3 16. bxc3 Be6 17. Bf4 Rc8 18. Be5 Kf7 19. Kg3 Rhd8 20. Rd4 Rd5
21. f4 g6 22. Rxd5 Bxd5 23. Kh4 h6 24. a3 Re8 25. Re1 b5 26. Re3 c5 27. Rh3 g5+
28. Kh5 Rxe5 29. fxe5 Kg7 30. e6 Be4 0-1

[Event "Aimchess US Rapid Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.08.28"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Duda, Jan-Krzysztof"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[ECO "D35"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "exchange, positional line, 5...c6"]
[WhiteFideId "13401319"]
[BlackFideId "1170546"]
[EventDate "2021.08.28"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 Be7 7. Bd3 Nbd7 8. h3
O-O 9. Qc2 h6 10. Bf4 c5 11. Nf3 a6 12. g4 cxd4 13. exd4 b5 14. g5 Nh5 15. Be3
hxg5 16. Rg1 Nf4 17. h4 Nxd3+ 18. Qxd3 b4 19. Nxd5 Bb7 20. Nxg5 Bxg5 21. Rxg5
Rc8 22. Kd2 Ne5 23. Rxe5 Bxd5 24. Rg1 Rc7 25. Qf5 Be6 26. Qf4 b3 27. Qh6 f6 28.
Rxe6 bxa2 29. Rxa6 Qb8 30. Rxa2 Qb3 31. Ke2 Qxa2 32. Qf4 Qxb2+ 33. Kf3 Qb7+ 34.
Qe4 Qxe4+ 35. Kxe4 Re8+ 36. Kf3 Kf7 37. Rb1 Rd7 38. Rb5 Red8 39. Ke4 Ke6 40.
Rb6+ Kf7 41. Rb5 Rh8 42. h5 Re8+ 43. Kf3 Red8 44. Ke4 Ra8 45. Rc5 Ra1 46. Rb5
Rh1 47. Kf3 Ke6 48. Kg2 Ra1 49. Rb6+ Kf5 50. Kf3 Ra5 51. Rb8 Ke6 52. Rh8 Rad5
53. h6 g6 54. h7 Kf5 55. Ke2 Rf7 56. Kd3 Rdd7 57. Ra8 Rxh7 58. Ra5+ Ke6 59. Ke4
Rh4+ 60. Kf3 Rd5 61. Ra6+ Kf5 62. Kg3 g5 63. Ra8 Rg4+ 64. Kf3 Rg1 65. Ke2 Rh1
66. Kd3 Rh7 67. Ra6 Rhd7 68. Ke2 R7d6 69. Ra1 Ke4 70. Rg1 Ra6 71. Rg4+ Kf5 72.
Kf3 Ra3 73. Re4 Ra6 74. Re8 Re6 75. Rg8 Re7 76. Ra8 Kg6 77. Ra6 Red7 78. Ra8
R5d6 79. Rg8+ Rg7 80. Ra8 f5 81. Rc8 Rd5 82. Rc6+ Kh5 83. Rc8 f4 84. Bc1 Rxd4
85. Rh8+ Kg6 86. Bb2 Rd3+ 87. Kg4 Rb7 88. Rg8+ Kh7 89. Rh8+ Kg6 90. Rg8+ Kh6 91.
Rh8+ Rh7 92. Rxh7+ Kxh7 93. Kxg5 f3 94. Bc1 Rc3 95. Bd2 Ra3 96. Kf4 Ra2 97. Be3
Rxf2 98. Bxf2 Kg6 99. Kxf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aimchess US Rapid Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.08.28"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2704"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[ECO "A05"]
[Opening "Reti opening"]
[WhiteFideId "24101605"]
[BlackFideId "3503240"]
[EventDate "2021.08.28"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. c4 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Nc3 g6 7. Qb3 e6 8. O-O
Bg7 9. Qb5 Qb6 10. Qc4 Qb4 11. Qxb4 Ndxb4 12. Ne4 b6 13. Nd6+ Ke7 14. Nxc8+
Raxc8 15. d3 Rhd8 16. Bg5+ Bf6 17. Bxf6+ Kxf6 18. Rfc1 Nd4 19. Nxd4 cxd4 20. a3
Nd5 21. Kf1 Ke5 22. Ke1 Kd6 23. Kd2 Rc5 24. Rc4 Rdc8 25. b3 e5 26. Bxd5 Kxd5 27.
a4 a6 28. e3 dxe3+ 29. fxe3 f5 30. e4+ fxe4 31. dxe4+ Ke6 32. Rxc5 Rxc5 33. Rf1
Rc8 34. Rf3 Rd8+ 35. Rd3 Rxd3+ 36. Kxd3 Kd6 37. Kc4 Kc6 38. b4 b5+ 39. axb5+
axb5+ 40. Kd3 Kd6 41. Ke3 Ke6 42. Kf3 Kf6 43. Kg4 h6 44. h4 h5+ 45. Kf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aimchess US Rapid Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.08.28"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[ECO "A34"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "symmetrical, three knights system"]
[WhiteFideId "24116068"]
[BlackFideId "623539"]
[EventDate "2021.08.28"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nb4 6. Bc4 Nd3+ 7. Ke2 Nf4+ 8.
Kf1 Ne6 9. h4 Nd4 10. Nb5 Be6 11. d3 Bxc4 12. dxc4 Nxf3 13. Qxd8+ Kxd8 14. gxf3
a6 15. Nc3 e6 16. h5 Bd6 17. Be3 Kc7 18. f4 Nc6 19. e5 Be7 20. Ne4 b6 21. Ke2
Rad8 22. Rad1 Rxd1 23. Rxd1 Rd8 24. Rg1 g6 25. Rh1 Kd7 26. hxg6 hxg6 27. Rh7 Ke8
28. Rh8+ Kd7 29. Rh7 Ke8 30. Rh8+ Kd7 31. Rh7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aimchess US Rapid Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.08.28"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Liang, Awonder"]
[Black "Hansen, Eric"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2587"]
[BlackElo "2606"]
[ECO "E32"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian"]
[Variation "classical variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2056437"]
[BlackFideId "2606771"]
[EventDate "2021.08.28"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. e5 Nfd7 7. exd6 cxd6 8. Nf3
Nf6 9. Bd3 d5 10. cxd5 exd5 11. O-O h6 12. Ne5 Be6 13. Qb3 Qb6 14. Na4 Qa5 15.
a3 Bd6 16. Bf4 Nh5 17. Be3 Bxe5 18. Nc5 Bd6 19. Qxb7 Qc7 20. Qxa8 Bxc5 21. Rfc1
Nd7 22. Qxf8+ Kxf8 23. b4 Nf4 24. Bf1 Bf5 25. bxc5 g5 26. Ra2 Qa5 27. h4 Qa4 28.
g3 Ne6 29. Bg2 Qb3 30. Rd2 Nb8 31. c6 Na6 32. Bf3 Nac7 33. g4 Bg6 34. Kg2 Kg7
35. Rdd1 a5 36. Ra1 Be4 37. Bxe4 dxe4 38. Rab1 Qd5 39. Rdc1 gxh4 40. Kh3 Qd6 41.
Rb7 Ng5+ 42. Kg2 h3+ 43. Kf1 Nf3 44. Ra7 Qxa3 45. Rd1 Qa4 0-1

[Event "Aimchess US Rapid Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.08.28"]
[Round "3.5"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Naroditsky, Daniel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2623"]
[ECO "E73"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "Semi-Averbakh system"]
[WhiteFideId "13300474"]
[BlackFideId "2026961"]
[EventDate "2021.08.28"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Be3 Nc6 7. d5 Ne5 8. f4
Neg4 9. Bd2 Nh6 10. h3 e6 11. g4 exd5 12. exd5 Re8 13. Kf1 c6 14. Nf3 Nfxg4 15.
hxg4 Bxg4 16. Ng5 Bxc3 17. Bxc3 Bxe2+ 18. Qxe2 Rxe2 19. Rxh6 Rc2 20. Rxh7 f6 21.
Rh6 Kg7 22. Rh7+ Kg8 23. Rh6 Kg7 24. Rh7+ Kg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aimchess US Rapid Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.08.28"]
[Round "3.6"]
[White "Van Foreest, Jorden"]
[Black "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2698"]
[BlackElo "2759"]
[ECO "C78"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Archangelsk (counterthrust) variation"]
[WhiteFideId "1039784"]
[BlackFideId "12573981"]
[EventDate "2021.08.28"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bb7 7. d3 Bc5 8. Be3
Bxe3 9. fxe3 O-O 10. Qe1 d6 11. a4 Ne7 12. axb5 axb5 13. Rxa8 Bxa8 14. Nc3 Qd7
15. Qg3 Ng6 16. Ng5 b4 17. Nb1 d5 18. Nd2 h6 19. Ngf3 Nh5 20. Qe1 dxe4 21. Nxe4
Bxe4 22. dxe4 c5 23. Qe2 Nf6 24. Qc4 Qc6 25. Ne1 Qxe4 26. Qxc5 Ng4 27. Nf3 Qxe3+
28. Qxe3 Nxe3 29. Re1 Nf5 30. Nxe5 Nxe5 31. Rxe5 Nd4 32. Bc4 Nxc2 33. Re7 Nd4
34. Rb7 Nc6 35. Bd5 Ne5 36. Rxb4 Rd8 37. Rb5 g5 38. h3 Kg7 39. Be4 Nc4 40. b3
Rd1+ 41. Kf2 Nd6 42. Rb4 Nxe4+ 43. Rxe4 Rb1 44. b4 Rb2+ 45. Kf3 Rb3+ 46. Ke2 f5
47. Rc4 f4 48. Kf2 Kg6 49. Rc6+ Kf5 50. Rxh6 Rxb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aimchess US Rapid Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.08.28"]
[Round "3.7"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2847"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[ECO "C90"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "closed, Suetin variation"]
[WhiteFideId "1503014"]
[BlackFideId "12401137"]
[EventDate "2021.08.28"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. a3 h6 10. d4 Re8 11. Nbd2 Bf8 12. Bc2 Bg4 13. h3 Bh5 14. d5 Nb8 15. a4
Nbd7 16. Qe2 Rb8 17. Nb3 c6 18. dxc6 Nc5 19. axb5 axb5 20. Nxc5 dxc5 21. g4 Bg6
22. c4 bxc4 23. Bd2 Qc8 24. Bc3 Bd6 25. Nh4 Kh7 26. Qxc4 Re7 27. Red1 Qxc6 28.
Nxg6 fxg6 29. Ra6 Rb6 30. Ba4 Rxa6 31. Bxc6 Rxc6 32. b4 Rb7 33. b5 Rcb6 34. Kg2
Bb8 35. Rb1 Ne8 36. Qxc5 Nd6 37. Qxe5 Nxb5 38. Qc5 Bd6 39. Qe3 g5 40. e5 Nxc3
41. Rxb6 Rxb6 42. Qd3+ Kh8 43. exd6 1-0

[Event "Aimchess US Rapid Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.08.28"]
[Round "3.8"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[ECO "C42"]
[Opening "Petrov"]
[Variation "classical attack, Marshall variation"]
[WhiteFideId "5202213"]
[BlackFideId "5029465"]
[EventDate "2021.08.28"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. c4
c6 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. Nc3 Nxc3 11. bxc3 Nd7 12. Re1 Re8 13. Rxe8+ Qxe8 14. Qb3 Nb6
15. Ba3 Bxa3 16. Qxa3 Bg4 17. Ne5 Be6 18. Re1 Qf8 19. Qb3 Re8 20. a4 f6 21. Nf3
Qf7 22. a5 Nc4 23. Bxc4 dxc4 24. Qb5 Rc8 25. Nd2 Bd5 26. Nf1 Bc6 27. Qf5 Bd7 28.
Qf4 Qd5 29. Re7 Be8 30. Qg4 1-0

[Event "Aimchess US Rapid Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.08.28"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Duda, Jan-Krzysztof"]
[Black "Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[ECO "A05"]
[Opening "Reti opening"]
[WhiteFideId "1170546"]
[BlackFideId "5029465"]
[EventDate "2021.08.28"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. O-O e5 5. d3 d5 6. e4 d4 7. a4 Be7 8. Na3 Bg4
9. Qe1 Nd7 10. Kh1 h5 11. h3 Be6 12. Nd2 g5 13. f4 gxf4 14. gxf4 exf4 15. Ndc4
f3 16. Rxf3 Nde5 17. Nxe5 Nxe5 18. Rf5 Ng6 19. Qg3 Bd6 20. e5 h4 21. Qf2 Nxe5
22. Nb5 Rg8 23. Bg5 Rxg5 24. Nxd6+ Kf8 25. Qxh4 Rxg2 26. Qxd8+ Rxd8 27. Kxg2
Bxf5 28. Nxf5 c4 29. Ra3 Rd5 30. Kg3 cxd3 31. cxd3 Nxd3 32. Rxd3 Rxf5 33. Rxd4
b5 34. b3 bxa4 35. bxa4 Rc5 36. h4 Kg7 37. Kg4 Kg6 38. Rd6+ f6 39. Ra6 Rc4+ 40.
Kg3 Rc3+ 41. Kf2 Rc7 42. Ke3 Rh7 43. Ra5 Rxh4 44. Rxa7 Kf5 45. a5 Ra4 46. a6 Ke5
47. Ra8 Kd6 48. a7 Kc7 49. Rf8 Rxa7 50. Rf7+ Kb6 51. Rxa7 Kxa7 52. Kf4 f5 53.
Kxf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aimchess US Rapid Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.08.28"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[ECO "D37"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "classical variation (5.Bf4)"]
[WhiteFideId "12401137"]
[BlackFideId "5202213"]
[EventDate "2021.08.28"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Be2 dxc4 8. O-O
c5 9. dxc5 Nxc5 10. Bxc4 Qxd1 11. Rfxd1 b6 12. Bd6 Bxd6 13. Rxd6 Bb7 14. Rad1
Bxf3 15. gxf3 Nb7 16. R6d4 Rfd8 17. f4 Kf8 18. Be2 Rxd4 19. Rxd4 Rc8 20. Bf3 Nc5
21. Nb5 a5 22. Na7 Rc7 23. Nc6 Rd7 24. Rxd7 Nfxd7 25. Kf1 Nd3 26. b3 Nc1 27. b4
Nxa2 28. bxa5 bxa5 29. Nxa5 Nc5 30. Nc4 Ke7 31. Bd1 Nb4 32. Ke2 h6 33. h4 Ne4
34. Bb3 f6 35. Nd2 Nc3+ 36. Kf1 Nd3 37. Bc2 Nb4 38. Bb3 Nd3 39. Bc2 Nb4 40. Bb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aimchess US Rapid Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.08.28"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2759"]
[BlackElo "2847"]
[ECO "B01"]
[Opening "Scandinavian defence"]
[WhiteFideId "12573981"]
[BlackFideId "1503014"]
[EventDate "2021.08.28"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 Bf5 6. Ne5 c6 7. Bc4 e6 8. g4
Bg6 9. h4 Nbd7 10. Nxd7 Nxd7 11. h5 Be4 12. O-O Bd5 13. Nxd5 cxd5 14. Bd3 Bd6
15. Qf3 O-O-O 16. Be3 g6 17. h6 Rhf8 18. a3 f5 19. c4 e5 20. b4 Qc7 21. c5 Be7
22. Bb5 e4 23. Qh3 f4 24. Bd2 Bg5 25. c6 Nf6 26. cxb7+ Qxb7 27. Rac1+ Kb8 28.
Bc6 Qe7 29. Rc5 e3 30. fxe3 fxe3 31. Be1 Ne4 32. Qh2+ Kc8 33. Bd7+ Kxd7 34. Rc7+
Ke6 35. Qe5# 1-0

[Event "Aimchess US Rapid Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.08.28"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Naroditsky, Daniel"]
[Black "Van Foreest, Jorden"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2623"]
[BlackElo "2698"]
[ECO "A06"]
[Opening "Reti opening"]
[WhiteFideId "2026961"]
[BlackFideId "1039784"]
[EventDate "2021.08.28"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. d4 Nc6 7. Be2 Bd6 8. dxc5
Bxc5 9. O-O O-O 10. b3 a6 11. Bb2 Ba7 12. Rc1 Bg4 13. Nd4 Bxd4 14. Bxg4 Be5 15.
Bf3 Qd6 16. g3 Rad8 17. Bg2 d4 18. Ne4 Nxe4 19. Bxe4 Qh6 20. Qf3 Rd6 21. Bxc6
bxc6 22. exd4 Bxd4 23. Bxd4 Rxd4 24. Rxc6 Rd6 25. Rxd6 Qxd6 26. Rd1 Qa3 27. Qe2
g6 28. Kg2 h5 29. h4 a5 30. Rd5 Qb4 31. Qd2 Re8 32. Qxb4 axb4 33. Kf3 Kg7 34.
Rd4 Ra8 35. Rd2 Kf6 36. Ke3 Ke5 37. Kd3 Rd8+ 38. Kc2 Rc8+ 39. Kb2 f6 40. Rc2 Rb8
41. Rc4 Kd5 42. a4 bxa3+ 43. Kxa3 Re8 44. Kb2 g5 45. Kc3 Re2 46. Rd4+ Kc6 47.
Rd2 Re4 48. Kd3 Rb4 49. Kc3 Re4 50. hxg5 fxg5 51. Kd3 Rb4 52. Rc2+ Kd5 53. Kc3
Re4 54. Ra2 Rg4 55. Ra5+ Kd6 56. Ra6+ Kd5 57. Rg6 Ke5 58. b4 Kf5 59. Rg8 h4 60.
gxh4 gxh4 61. Rh8 Ke5 62. b5 Kd6 63. b6 Kc6 64. Rh6+ Kb7 65. Kd3 Ra4 66. f3 Rb4
67. Ke3 Rxb6 68. Rxb6+ Kxb6 69. Kf4 Kc5 70. Kg4 1-0

[Event "Aimchess US Rapid Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.08.28"]
[Round "4.5"]
[White "Hansen, Eric"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2606"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[ECO "C53"]
[Opening "Giuoco Piano"]
[WhiteFideId "2606771"]
[BlackFideId "13300474"]
[EventDate "2021.08.28"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. O-O d5 7. exd5 Nxd5 8. Re1
Bg4 9. h3 Bh5 10. Nbd2 Nb6 11. Bb5 Bd6 12. Ne4 f5 13. Ng3 Bxf3 14. Qxf3 Qd7 15.
d4 Nxd4 16. cxd4 Qxb5 17. dxe5 Bxe5 18. a4 Qc5 19. a5 Nc4 20. Qb3 Rae8 21. Be3
Qd5 22. Bxa7 Bxb2 23. Red1 Qf7 24. Ra4 f4 25. Nf1 Re4 26. f3 Ne3 27. Qxf7+ Kxf7
28. Nxe3 Rxa4 0-1

[Event "Aimchess US Rapid Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.08.28"]
[Round "4.6"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Liang, Awonder"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2587"]
[ECO "B12"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "advance variation"]
[WhiteFideId "623539"]
[BlackFideId "2056437"]
[EventDate "2021.08.28"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Ne7 6. O-O Bg6 7. c3 Nd7 8. a4 Nf5
9. a5 a6 10. b4 f6 11. Bf4 fxe5 12. Nxe5 Nxe5 13. Bxe5 Bd6 14. Bxd6 Nxd6 15. Nd2
O-O 16. Bg4 Bf5 17. Qe2 Qg5 18. Bxf5 Qxf5 19. Rae1 Rae8 20. Nb3 Nb5 21. Qd2 e5
22. dxe5 Rxe5 23. Nd4 Nxd4 24. cxd4 Ree8 25. f3 Qg6 26. Re5 Rxe5 27. dxe5 Qf5
28. f4 g5 29. g3 h5 30. Qe2 gxf4 31. Rxf4 Qb1+ 32. Qf1 Qxf1+ 33. Kxf1 Re8 34.
Rf5 Kg7 35. Rxh5 Kg6 36. g4 Rf8+ 37. Kg2 Rf4 38. Kg3 Rxb4 39. Rf5 d4 40. h4 Rb1
41. Rf6+ Kg7 42. Rd6 Rd1 43. Kf4 c5 44. h5 d3 45. h6+ Kf7 46. g5 Rf1+ 47. Ke4
Rg1 48. g6+ 1-0

[Event "Aimchess US Rapid Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.08.28"]
[Round "4.7"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[ECO "B90"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Najdorf, Byrne (English) attack"]
[WhiteFideId "3503240"]
[BlackFideId "24116068"]
[EventDate "2021.08.28"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nf3 Be7 8. Bc4
O-O 9. O-O Nc6 10. Re1 Be6 11. Bf1 d5 12. exd5 Nxd5 13. Nxd5 Qxd5 14. Qxd5 Bxd5
15. Rad1 Be6 16. Ng5 Bf5 17. c3 h6 18. Nf3 Be6 19. Bb6 f6 20. Nd4 Bxa2 21. Nxc6
bxc6 22. Rd7 Rf7 23. Ra1 Bf8 24. Rxf7 Bxf7 25. b4 Be6 26. Bxa6 Be7 27. Ra5 Kf8
28. Bb7 Rb8 29. Ra7 Bc8 30. Bxc8 Rxc8 31. Rb7 Ra8 32. Ba7 Rd8 33. Kf1 Rd3 34. c4
Rb3 35. b5 cxb5 36. cxb5 Rb2 37. g4 g6 38. Be3 Ke8 39. b6 f5 40. gxf5 gxf5 41.
f4 exf4 42. Bxf4 Bc5 43. Bxh6 Rxb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aimchess US Rapid Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.08.28"]
[Round "4.8"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2704"]
[ECO "D32"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "Tarrasch defence"]
[WhiteFideId "13401319"]
[BlackFideId "24101605"]
[EventDate "2021.08.28"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. dxc5 d4 7. Na4 Bxc5 8.
Nxc5 Qa5+ 9. Bd2 Qxc5 10. e3 dxe3 11. Bxe3 Qb4+ 12. Qd2 Qxd2+ 13. Nxd2 Nf6 14.
Bb5 O-O 15. Bxc6 bxc6 16. O-O Nd5 17. Rfc1 Rd8 18. Nb3 Nxe3 19. fxe3 Rb8 20. Rc2
Bf5 21. Rf2 Be4 22. Nc5 Re8 23. b3 Bg6 24. Re2 Bh5 25. Ree1 Rbd8 26. Rac1 Rd2
27. a4 Re5 28. h3 f6 29. b4 h6 30. a5 Ra2 31. g4 Bg6 32. Rcd1 h5 33. Rd4 hxg4
34. hxg4 Rb2 35. Na4 Rc2 36. Nc5 Kh7 37. Kf1 Bf7 38. Kg1 Rg5 39. Rf1 Bd5 40. Rf2
Rc1+ 41. Rf1 Rc2 42. Rf2 Rc1+ 43. Rf1 Rc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aimchess US Rapid Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.08.28"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Duda, Jan-Krzysztof"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2704"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[ECO "A15"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[WhiteFideId "24101605"]
[BlackFideId "1170546"]
[EventDate "2021.08.28"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. b3 Bg7 4. Bb2 O-O 5. g3 b6 6. Bg2 Bb7 7. O-O c5 8. d4
cxd4 9. Qxd4 d6 10. Rd1 Nbd7 11. Qc3 Rc8 12. Qe1 a6 13. Nc3 Ne4 14. Rac1 Ndc5
15. Nd4 Nxc3 16. Bxc3 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 Qd7 18. Nc2 Qb7+ 19. f3 Bxc3 20. Qxc3 b5 21.
Ne3 Nd7 22. Qd2 Nf6 23. Rc2 Rc5 24. cxb5 axb5 25. Rxc5 dxc5 26. Rc1 Rc8 27. a4
c4 28. axb5 cxb3 29. Rxc8+ Qxc8 30. Qb2 Qe6 31. Kf2 Nd7 32. Qd4 Nb6 33. Nd1 Nc4
34. e4 f6 35. Ke2 Kf7 36. Qd5 Qxd5 37. exd5 Ke8 38. Kd3 b2 39. Kc2 Na3+ 40. Kxb2
Nxb5 41. f4 Kd7 42. Kb3 Nd4+ 43. Kc4 Nf3 44. h4 Nd2+ 45. Kd3 Nf1 46. g4 Kd6 47.
Ke2 Nh2 48. Ne3 Kc5 49. g5 fxg5 50. hxg5 Kd4 51. f5 Ke5 52. f6 exf6 53. gxf6
Kxf6 54. Kf2 h5 55. Kg3 Ng4 56. Nxg4+ hxg4 57. Kxg4 Ke5 58. Kg5 Kxd5 59. Kxg6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aimchess US Rapid Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.08.28"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[ECO "D27"]
[Opening "QGA"]
[Variation "classical, 6...a6"]
[WhiteFideId "24116068"]
[BlackFideId "13401319"]
[EventDate "2021.08.28"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 dxc4 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. O-O a6 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8.
Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Be2 Ke7 10. Nc3 b5 11. Nd2 Bb7 12. Nb3 Bd6 13. Na5 Bc8 14. Bd2 Rd8
15. Rfd1 Ra7 16. a4 bxa4 17. Nxa4 Bd7 18. Nc4 Bb5 19. Ba5 Bc7 20. Bb4+ Ke8 21.
Rxd8+ Kxd8 22. Bc5 Rb7 23. Bf8 Bxa4 24. Rxa4 g6 25. g3 a5 26. Kg2 Nc6 27. Bf3
Nd5 28. Ra1 Ke8 29. Bd6 Bd8 30. Rd1 Rb5 31. Rd2 Be7 32. Rd1 Ncb4 33. Ra1 Nc6 34.
Bd1 Nb6 35. Bf3 Nd5 36. Bd1 Nb6 37. Nxb6 Rxb6 38. Bc7 Rb7 39. Bxa5 Nxa5 40. Rxa5
Rxb2 41. Ra8+ Bd8 42. Ba4+ Ke7 43. Rc8 h5 44. h4 Ra2 45. Bb3 Rb2 46. Ba4 Ra2 47.
Bb3 Rb2 48. Ba4 Ra2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aimchess US Rapid Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.08.28"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Liang, Awonder"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2587"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[ECO "A05"]
[Opening "Reti opening"]
[WhiteFideId "2056437"]
[BlackFideId "3503240"]
[EventDate "2021.08.28"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. d3 d5 5. O-O e5 6. e4 d4 7. a4 Be7 8. Na3 Bg4
9. h3 Bh5 10. Qe1 Nd7 11. Nh2 O-O 12. h4 f6 13. Bh3 Kh8 14. Bg4 Bxg4 15. Nxg4 a6
16. Bd2 b6 17. Qe2 Rb8 18. Nh2 b5 19. axb5 axb5 20. h5 Qe8 21. Qg4 f5 22. exf5
Nf6 23. Qh3 Qxh5 24. Qg2 Qe8 25. Rae1 Qd7 26. g4 c4 27. Nf3 c3 28. Bc1 Bxa3 29.
bxa3 Rbe8 30. g5 Nd5 31. Nh4 Nde7 32. Qh3 Kg8 33. f4 g6 34. fxe5 Nxf5 35. Nxf5
Rxf5 36. Rxf5 Qxf5 37. Qxf5 gxf5 38. Bf4 b4 39. axb4 Nxb4 40. Re2 Nd5 41. Bh2
Kf7 42. Kf2 Ke6 43. Kf3 Rg8 44. Bf4 Nxf4 45. Kxf4 h6 46. gxh6 Rg4+ 47. Kf3 Rh4
48. Kg3 Rxh6 49. Re1 Rg6+ 50. Kf3 Rg4 51. Re2 Rg1 52. Kf2 Rd1 53. Kf3 Rd2 54.
Rxd2 cxd2 55. Ke2 f4 56. Kxd2 f3 57. Ke1 Kxe5 58. Kf1 Kf4 59. Kf2 Kg4 60. Kf1
Kg3 61. Kg1 f2+ 62. Kf1 Kf3 0-1

[Event "Aimchess US Rapid Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.08.28"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[ECO "E60"]
[Opening "King's Indian, 3.Nf3"]
[WhiteFideId "13300474"]
[BlackFideId "623539"]
[EventDate "2021.08.28"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. g3 c6 5. Bg2 d5 6. Ne5 Ng4 7. cxd5 Nxe5 8. dxe5
Bxe5 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Bh6 Re8 11. O-O cxd5 12. Bxd5 Nc6 13. Qb3 e6 14. Bg2 Nd4 15.
Qc4 Bd7 16. Rad1 Rc8 17. Qb4 Nf5 18. Bg5 Qxg5 19. Rxd7 Bxc3 20. bxc3 Re7 21.
Rxb7 Rxb7 22. Qxb7 Rxc3 23. Qxa7 Qd2 24. Be4 Qd4 25. Qb8+ Kg7 26. Bxf5 exf5 27.
e3 Qf6 28. Qb2 Rc4 29. Rb1 Qxb2 30. Rxb2 Rc1+ 31. Kg2 g5 32. Kf3 Rh1 33. a4 Ra1
34. Rb4 Ra2 35. h4 g4+ 36. Kg2 h5 37. Rf4 Kg6 38. Kf1 Kf6 39. e4 Kg6 40. exf5+
Kf6 41. Ke1 Ke5 42. f6 Ke6 43. Kd1 Rb2 44. Kc1 Re2 45. Kb1 Re5 46. Kb2 Kd6 47.
Kc3 Kc5 48. Rb4 Kc6 49. Kd3 Rf5 50. Ke2 Re5+ 51. Kd3 Rf5 52. Ke3 Rf3+ 53. Ke2
Ra3 54. Rf4 Kd5 55. Kd2 Kc5 56. Kc2 Ra1 57. Kb2 Rf1 58. a5 Kd6 59. a6 Kc7 60.
Rf5 Kb6 61. Kc3 Kxa6 62. Kd2 1-0

[Event "Aimchess US Rapid Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.08.28"]
[Round "5.5"]
[White "Van Foreest, Jorden"]
[Black "Hansen, Eric"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2698"]
[BlackElo "2606"]
[ECO "C53"]
[Opening "Giuoco Piano"]
[WhiteFideId "1039784"]
[BlackFideId "2606771"]
[EventDate "2021.08.28"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. e5 d5 7. Bb5 Ne4 8. cxd4
Bb6 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Be3 Ba5 11. Rc1 f5 12. exf6 Qxf6 13. O-O Bxc3 14. bxc3 Bg4
15. Be2 Nd6 16. h3 Bh5 17. Qb3 Bf7 18. Bg5 Qf5 19. Bh4 Rfe8 20. Rfe1 Na5 21. Qb4
Nc6 22. Qb2 b6 23. Ng5 h6 24. Bg4 Qg6 25. Nxf7 Qxf7 26. Bf3 Na5 27. Bg3 Nac4 28.
Qc2 c6 29. Qa4 Nb5 30. Qb4 a5 31. Qb3 Nd2 32. Rxe8+ Rxe8 33. Qd1 Nxf3+ 34. gxf3
Na3 35. Kg2 Qg6 36. h4 Nc4 37. Rc2 Re3 38. Re2 Rxc3 39. Qe1 Ra3 40. Re8+ Kh7 41.
Qe2 Rxa2 42. h5 Qxh5 43. Qd3+ g6 44. Qd1 Nd2 45. Qe2 Qxf3+ 46. Qxf3 Nxf3 47.
Re7+ Kg8 48. Kxf3 c5 49. Re6 Ra3+ 50. Kf4 cxd4 51. Rxg6+ Kh7 52. Rxb6 d3 53. Rd6
Ra4+ 54. Ke3 Rd4 55. Kd2 h5 56. Be5 Re4 57. f4 a4 58. Kxd3 a3 59. Ra6 h4 60.
Rxa3 Kg6 61. Ra8 Kf5 62. Rg8 Ra4 63. Rg5+ Ke6 64. Bd4 Ra3+ 65. Bc3 Ra4 66. f5+
Kd6 67. Rg6+ Kc5 68. f6 Rf4 69. Ke3 Rf1 70. Rg4 h3 71. Rh4 h2 72. Rxh2 1-0

[Event "Aimchess US Rapid Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.08.28"]
[Round "5.6"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Naroditsky, Daniel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2847"]
[BlackElo "2623"]
[ECO "C02"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "advance, Steinitz variation"]
[WhiteFideId "1503014"]
[BlackFideId "2026961"]
[EventDate "2021.08.28"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. dxc5 e6 5. Qg4 Nd7 6. Nf3 Nxc5 7. Be2 Ne7 8. O-O
Nf5 9. c4 dxc4 10. Rd1 Bd7 11. Bxc4 Qb6 12. Nc3 Be7 13. Nd4 h5 14. Qe2 Nxd4 15.
Rxd4 Bc6 16. Be3 a5 17. Rad1 O-O 18. Qxh5 Qxb2 19. Rg4 g6 20. Bh6 Be8 21. Nd5
exd5 22. Bxd5 Kh7 23. Qh3 Rh8 24. Bf8+ Kg8 25. Rxg6+ Kxf8 26. Qxh8# 1-0

[Event "Aimchess US Rapid Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.08.28"]
[Round "5.7"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2759"]
[ECO "C50"]
[Opening "Giuoco Pianissimo"]
[WhiteFideId "5202213"]
[BlackFideId "12573981"]
[EventDate "2021.08.28"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. O-O d6 6. c3 a6 7. Re1 Ba7 8. a4 O-O
9. h3 h6 10. Nbd2 Re8 11. Nf1 Be6 12. Bxe6 Rxe6 13. b4 d5 14. Qc2 Qd7 15. Be3
Bxe3 16. Nxe3 Ne7 17. c4 dxc4 18. dxc4 Ng6 19. c5 Qc6 20. Rad1 b6 21. Nd5 bxc5
22. b5 axb5 23. axb5 Qb7 24. Qxc5 Nxd5 25. Rxd5 c6 26. bxc6 Rxc6 27. Qe3 Qc7 28.
Red1 Rc3 29. R5d3 Rxd3 30. Qxd3 Rc8 31. g3 Qc3 32. Qe2 Nf8 33. Rd5 Qc4 34. Qxc4
Rxc4 35. Rxe5 f6 36. Re8 Kf7 37. Ra8 Rxe4 38. Ra7+ Re7 39. Rxe7+ Kxe7 40. Kf1
Ne6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aimchess US Rapid Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.08.28"]
[Round "5.8"]
[White "Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi"]
[Black "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[ECO "C92"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "closed, Flohr-Zaitsev system (Lenzerheide variation)"]
[WhiteFideId "5029465"]
[BlackFideId "12401137"]
[EventDate "2021.08.28"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Bb7 10. d4 Re8 11. a3 Bf8 12. d5 Na5 13. Ba2 c6 14. dxc6 Bxc6 15. Bg5
Nc4 16. Nbd2 Nb6 17. Nh2 h6 18. Bh4 Be7 19. Bxf6 Bxf6 20. Qh5 Ra7 21. g3 Na4 22.
Rab1 Nc5 23. b4 Ne6 24. h4 a5 25. Bb3 Be7 26. Ng4 Bf8 27. Ne3 g6 28. Qf3 h5 29.
Nd5 Bxd5 30. Bxd5 Bh6 31. Nb3 axb4 32. axb4 Rc7 33. Red1 Kg7 34. Ra1 Qf6 35.
Qxf6+ Kxf6 36. Ra6 Rxc3 37. Rxd6 Bf8 38. Rb6 Bxb4 39. Rxb5 Bd6 40. Rb6 Bc7 41.
Ra6 Rb8 42. Nd2 Rb6 43. Rxb6 Bxb6 44. Nf1 Bd4 45. Kg2 Nc5 46. Rd2 Nd3 47. Nh2
Bxf2 48. Rxf2+ Nxf2 49. Kxf2 Rc2+ 50. Kg1 Ke7 51. Nf3 f6 52. Kf1 Rc7 53. Ke2
Rc2+ 54. Ke3 Rg2 55. Bb7 Kd6 56. Bc8 Kc7 57. Be6 Kd6 58. Bc8 Ke7 59. g4 Rc2 60.
gxh5 Rxc8 61. hxg6 Rh8 62. g7 Rg8 63. h5 Rxg7 64. Nh4 Rg3+ 65. Kf2 Rh3 66. Nf5+
Kf7 67. Ng3 Rh4 68. Kf3 Kg8 69. Kg2 Kh7 70. Kf3 Rf4+ 71. Kg2 Kh6 0-1

[Event "Aimchess US Rapid Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.08.29"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Duda, Jan-Krzysztof"]
[Black "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[ECO "A07"]
[Opening "Reti"]
[Variation "King's Indian attack (Barcza system)"]
[WhiteFideId "1170546"]
[BlackFideId "12401137"]
[EventDate "2021.08.28"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Bg4 4. h3 Bh5 5. d3 e6 6. Nbd2 Nf6 7. g4 Bg6 8. Nh4
Bc5 9. e3 Bb6 10. Qe2 Nfd7 11. Nxg6 hxg6 12. a3 Na6 13. b4 Bc7 14. c4 Rc8 15.
Bb2 Be5 16. d4 Bf6 17. O-O Nb6 18. c5 Na4 19. Bc1 e5 20. Qd3 O-O 21. g5 Bxg5 22.
dxe5 Nc7 23. Qc2 b5 24. f4 Be7 25. Nf3 Ne6 26. Rd1 f5 27. Rb1 g5 28. Rb3 Rc7 29.
Nd4 Nxd4 30. exd4 gxf4 31. Bxf4 Bg5 32. Rf1 Bxf4 33. Rxf4 Qg5 34. Qf2 Rcf7 35.
h4 Qh6 36. Rbf3 g6 37. Rg3 Rg7 38. Rgf3 Kf7 39. Kf1 Ke6 40. Ke1 Ra8 41. Bh3 a5
42. bxa5 Rxa5 43. Kd1 Ra8 44. Qd2 Ke7 45. Kc2 Rf7 46. Qe1 Ke6 47. Qg3 Rh8 48.
Bf1 Qg7 49. Rf2 Rh6 50. Qg5 Rh5 51. Qd8 Qf8 52. Qa5 Qb8 53. Qa6 Qb7 54. Qxb7
Rxb7 55. Be2 Rh6 56. Kb3 Rbh7 57. h5 Rxh5 58. Bxh5 Rxh5 59. Kb4 Rh1 60. Rg2 Kf7
61. Ka5 Rh3 62. Ka6 Rxa3 63. Kb7 b4 64. Rh4 Kg7 65. Rgh2 Kf7 66. Rh8 f4 67. Kxc6
Nc3 68. Kd6 Ne4+ 69. Kxd5 Nc3+ 70. Kc4 Ke6 71. Kxb4 1-0

[Event "Aimchess US Rapid Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.08.29"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Black "Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2759"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[ECO "C82"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "open, Dilworth variation"]
[WhiteFideId "12573981"]
[BlackFideId "5029465"]
[EventDate "2021.08.28"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. c3 Bc5 10. Nbd2 O-O 11. Bc2 Nxf2 12. Rxf2 Bxf2+ 13. Kxf2 f6 14. Nf1 fxe5
15. Kg1 Bg4 16. Ne3 Be6 17. b3 d4 18. Qd3 g6 19. cxd4 Nxd4 20. Bb2 Nxf3+ 21.
gxf3 Rxf3 22. Qe2 Qg5+ 23. Ng2 Raf8 24. h4 Qg3 25. Bxe5 Qg4 26. Re1 Bd5 27. Bd1
Qf5 28. Bd4 Rg3 29. Bc2 Qd7 0-1

[Event "Aimchess US Rapid Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.08.29"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Naroditsky, Daniel"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2623"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[ECO "C78"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "5.O-O"]
[WhiteFideId "2026961"]
[BlackFideId "5202213"]
[EventDate "2021.08.28"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. d3 d6 8. a4 Rb8
9. axb5 axb5 10. Be3 Bxe3 11. fxe3 O-O 12. Qe1 Qe7 13. Nh4 g6 14. Nc3 Nb4 15.
Qg3 Kg7 16. Nf5+ Bxf5 17. Rxf5 Nd7 18. Raf1 f6 19. Nd5 Nxd5 20. Bxd5 Nb6 21. h4
c6 22. Bxc6 Qc7 23. Bxb5 Qxc2 24. h5 Qxb2 25. h6+ Kh8 26. Qg5 Qxb5 27. Rxf6 Rfe8
28. Rxg6 Nd7 29. Rg7 1-0

[Event "Aimchess US Rapid Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.08.29"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "Hansen, Eric"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2606"]
[BlackElo "2847"]
[ECO "C53"]
[Opening "Giuoco Piano"]
[Variation "centre-holding variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2606771"]
[BlackFideId "1503014"]
[EventDate "2021.08.28"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Bb6 5. d4 Qe7 6. O-O Nf6 7. Re1 d6 8. h3 h6
9. a4 a6 10. Be3 g5 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. Bxb6 cxb6 13. Nbd2 g4 14. hxg4 Bxg4 15.
Qb3 Qc7 16. Bd5 O-O-O 17. c4 Rhg8 18. Qc3 Nd4 19. a5 b5 20. Nxd4 exd4 21. Qb3
Nxd5 22. exd5 bxc4 23. Nxc4 Kb8 24. Rac1 Rge8 25. Nb6 Rxe1+ 26. Rxe1 Bf5 27. Qb4
d3 28. Qd4 Qd6 29. Rc1 h5 30. b4 Re8 31. Qc4 d2 32. Rf1 Bg4 33. Qd4 d1=Q 34.
Rxd1 Bxd1 35. Qxd1 Qxb4 0-1

[Event "Aimchess US Rapid Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.08.29"]
[Round "6.5"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Van Foreest, Jorden"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2698"]
[ECO "C65"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Berlin defence"]
[WhiteFideId "623539"]
[BlackFideId "1039784"]
[EventDate "2021.08.28"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Nbd2 Nd7 7. Nc4 f6 8.
c3 O-O 9. d4 exd4 10. cxd4 Nb6 11. Qb3 Be6 12. dxc5 Nxc4 13. Qc3 Ne5 14. Nxe5
fxe5 15. Be3 Qh4 16. Qc2 Rad8 17. O-O Rd7 18. Rad1 Rfd8 19. Rxd7 Rxd7 20. b3 Bf7
21. h3 h6 22. Kh2 Qd8 23. Qc3 Bg6 24. Qxe5 Re7 25. Qg3 Bxe4 26. Bxh6 Qd3 27.
Qxd3 Bxd3 28. Rd1 Bf5 29. Rd8+ Kf7 30. Be3 Re4 31. g4 Be6 32. Ra8 a6 33. Kg3 Bd5
34. Rb8 1-0

[Event "Aimchess US Rapid Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.08.29"]
[Round "6.6"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[ECO "C53"]
[Opening "Giuoco Piano"]
[WhiteFideId "3503240"]
[BlackFideId "13300474"]
[EventDate "2021.08.28"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. O-O d5 7. exd5 Nxd5 8. Re1
Bg4 9. Nbd2 Nb6 10. h3 Bh5 11. Bb3 Qxd3 12. Nxe5 Qf5 13. Nef3 Rad8 14. Qe2 Nd5
15. Ne4 Bxf3 16. Qxf3 Qxf3 17. gxf3 Bb6 18. a4 h6 19. Rd1 Nde7 20. Rxd8 Rxd8 21.
Kf1 Kf8 22. Be3 Nf5 23. Bxb6 axb6 24. Rd1 Rxd1+ 25. Bxd1 Ne5 26. Ng3 Nh4 27. Ke2
Nhxf3 28. Ke3 Ng1 29. b3 Nxh3 30. f4 Ng6 31. Nh5 Ne7 32. Bg4 Nd5+ 33. Kf3 g6 34.
Bxh3 gxh5 35. Bc8 Nxc3 36. Bxb7 Ke7 37. Ke3 Kd6 38. Kd4 Na2 39. Ke4 Nb4 40. Kf5
Nd5 41. Ba6 h4 42. Kg4 h3 43. Be2 h2 44. Bf3 Kc5 45. f5 Nf6+ 46. Kf4 Kb4 47. Ke5
Ng4+ 48. Kd5 Kxb3 0-1

[Event "Aimchess US Rapid Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.08.29"]
[Round "6.7"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Liang, Awonder"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2587"]
[ECO "D47"]
[Opening "QGD semi-Slav"]
[Variation "Meran, Wade variation"]
[WhiteFideId "13401319"]
[BlackFideId "2056437"]
[EventDate "2021.08.28"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3
Bb7 9. e4 b4 10. Na4 a6 11. O-O c5 12. e5 Nd5 13. Re1 cxd4 14. Nxd4 g6 15. Qg4
Nc5 16. Bg5 Qd7 17. Nxc5 Bxc5 18. Nf3 h6 19. Bd2 Ne7 20. Be4 Bxe4 21. Qxe4 Qd5
22. Bxb4 Qxe4 23. Rxe4 Bxb4 24. Rxb4 Nd5 25. Rc4 Kd7 26. Rac1 Rhb8 27. R1c2 a5
28. Ne1 Nb4 29. Rd2+ Ke8 30. a3 Nd5 31. Nd3 Rb5 32. Rdc2 Rab8 33. Rc8+ Ke7 34.
Rxb8 Rxb8 35. Kf1 g5 36. g3 Nb6 37. Ke2 Na4 38. Kd2 Kd8 39. Kc1 Rb3 40. Rd2 Kc7
41. Kc2 Rb5 42. Re2 Nc5 43. Nxc5 Rxc5+ 44. Kb3 Kb6 45. Re4 Rc1 46. Re3 Rh1 47.
Rf3 Rxh2 48. Rxf7 Kb5 49. Kc3 h5 50. Kd3 h4 51. gxh4 gxh4 52. Ke2 Rh1 53. Re7
Rb1 54. Rxe6 Rxb2+ 55. Kf3 Kc4 56. Rh6 Kd5 57. Rxh4 Rb3+ 58. Kf4 Rxa3 59. Rh6
Ra1 60. Kf5 a4 61. f4 a3 62. Ra6 a2 63. e6 1-0

[Event "Aimchess US Rapid Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.08.29"]
[Round "6.8"]
[White "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2704"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[ECO "A20"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[WhiteFideId "24101605"]
[BlackFideId "24116068"]
[EventDate "2021.08.28"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c6 4. Nf3 e4 5. Nd4 Qb6 6. e3 d5 7. cxd5 cxd5 8. O-O
Nc6 9. d3 Bg4 10. Qd2 Bb4 11. Nc3 O-O 12. dxe4 dxe4 13. h3 Bd7 14. Nxc6 Bxc6 15.
Qc2 Bxc3 16. Qxc3 Rac8 17. Qb3 Qxb3 18. axb3 Rfd8 19. Rxa7 Bb5 20. Re1 Ba6 21.
b4 Rd5 22. b3 Rd3 23. b5 Bxb5 24. Rxb7 Rxb3 25. Bf1 Bc4 26. Rxb3 Bxb3 27. Bb2
Nd7 28. Bd4 Nf8 29. Rb1 Bc4 30. Bxc4 Rxc4 31. Rb8 f6 32. Bb2 Kf7 33. Rb7+ Kg8
34. Ba3 Ng6 35. Bd6 Rc6 36. Bb8 Re6 37. Kg2 Ne5 38. Bxe5 Rxe5 39. g4 h5 40. Kg3
hxg4 41. hxg4 g5 42. Kg2 Kf8 43. Kf1 Re7 44. Rb6 Kf7 45. Ke2 Kg6 46. Rb5 Re6 47.
Rd5 Ra6 48. Rd4 Re6 49. Kd2 Re8 50. Kc3 Ra8 51. Rxe4 Ra2 52. f4 gxf4 53. exf4
Rg2 54. g5 fxg5 55. fxg5 Kxg5 56. Rd4 Rg4 57. Rxg4+ Kxg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aimchess US Rapid Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.08.29"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Duda, Jan-Krzysztof"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[ECO "D97"]
[Opening "Gruenfeld"]
[Variation "Russian, Byrne (Simagin) variation"]
[WhiteFideId "24116068"]
[BlackFideId "1170546"]
[EventDate "2021.08.28"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 Nc6 8. Be2
e5 9. d5 Nd4 10. Nxd4 exd4 11. Qxd4 c6 12. Qc4 b5 13. Qxc6 Bd7 14. Qd6 Re8 15.
e5 b4 16. Qxb4 Rxe5 17. O-O a5 18. Qd4 Nxd5 19. Bh6 Nxc3 20. Qxc3 Rc8 21. Bxg7
Rxc3 22. Bxe5 Rc5 23. Bc3 Qc7 24. Rfd1 Rxc3 25. bxc3 Qxc3 26. Rac1 Qe5 27. Bc4
Bb5 28. Re1 Qf5 29. g3 Kg7 30. Bxb5 Qxb5 31. Rc2 Qa4 32. Rec1 g5 33. h3 h5 34.
Rc5 Kg6 35. R1c2 f6 36. R5c4 Qd7 37. Kh2 Qd3 38. R4c3 Qd6 39. Rc6 Qd3 40. R6c3
Qd6 41. Rc5 Qd3 42. a4 Qb3 43. R5c4 Qd3 44. h4 gxh4 45. gxh4 Qd6+ 46. Kg2 Qd5+
47. Kh2 Qd6+ 48. Kg2 Qd5+ 49. Kh2 Qd6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aimchess US Rapid Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.08.29"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Liang, Awonder"]
[Black "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2587"]
[BlackElo "2704"]
[ECO "C72"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "modern Steinitz defence, 5.O-O"]
[WhiteFideId "2056437"]
[BlackFideId "24101605"]
[EventDate "2021.08.28"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. O-O Bd7 6. c4 Nge7 7. Nc3 g6 8. d4
exd4 9. Nd5 Nxd5 10. cxd5 Ne5 11. Nxd4 Bg7 12. Bb3 Bb5 13. Re1 Qh4 14. Nxb5 axb5
15. h3 O-O 16. Qc2 Rfe8 17. Bd2 Re7 18. f4 Nf3+ 19. gxf3 Qg3+ 20. Kh1 Qxh3+ 21.
Kg1 Qg3+ 22. Kh1 Qxf3+ 23. Kh2 Rae8 24. e5 Bxe5 25. Qe4 Bxf4+ 0-1

[Event "Aimchess US Rapid Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.08.29"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[ECO "C54"]
[Opening "Giuoco Piano"]
[WhiteFideId "13300474"]
[BlackFideId "13401319"]
[EventDate "2021.08.28"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. cxd4 Bb4+ 7. Bd2 Bxd2+ 8.
Nbxd2 d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Qb3 Na5 11. Qa4+ Nc6 12. Qb3 Na5 13. Qa4+ Nc6 14. Qb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aimchess US Rapid Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.08.29"]
[Round "7.4"]
[White "Van Foreest, Jorden"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2698"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[ECO "D27"]
[Opening "QGA"]
[Variation "classical, Geller variation"]
[WhiteFideId "1039784"]
[BlackFideId "3503240"]
[EventDate "2021.08.28"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. O-O a6 7. e4 b5 8. Bd3 Bb7
9. e5 Nd5 10. Nc3 cxd4 11. Nxd5 Qxd5 12. Re1 Nc6 13. Bd2 Nb4 14. Be4 Qd7 15. a4
d3 16. axb5 Nc2 17. Rxa6 Rxa6 18. bxa6 Bxa6 19. Rf1 Be7 20. Ng5 h6 21. Qf3 O-O
22. Nh7 Rc8 23. Nf6+ Bxf6 24. exf6 Qd8 25. Bc3 Nd4 26. Qg4 Qxf6 27. Bxd4 h5 28.
Bxf6 hxg4 29. Bc3 f5 30. Ra1 1-0

[Event "Aimchess US Rapid Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.08.29"]
[Round "7.5"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2847"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[ECO "D80"]
[Opening "Gruenfeld defence"]
[WhiteFideId "1503014"]
[BlackFideId "623539"]
[EventDate "2021.08.28"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. h4 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Na4 Nc6 7. e4 Nb6 8. d5
Ne5 9. h5 Nxa4 10. Qxa4+ Bd7 11. Qa3 Qb6 12. Qc3 Qb4 13. Qxb4 cxb4 14. f4 Ng4
15. hxg6 fxg6 16. e5 Bf5 17. Be2 Bg7 18. Bf3 O-O 19. Ne2 h5 20. Nd4 Bd7 21. Bd2
Rac8 22. Rc1 Rxc1+ 23. Bxc1 Rc8 24. Ke2 Rc4 25. Kd3 Rc5 26. Be3 Bh6 27. g3 Nxe3
28. Kxe3 a5 29. Be4 Kg7 30. Nb3 Rc8 31. Nxa5 Ra8 32. Nxb7 Rxa2 33. Nc5 Bg4 34.
Nd3 g5 35. f5 h4 36. gxh4 gxh4+ 37. Kd4 1-0

[Event "Aimchess US Rapid Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.08.29"]
[Round "7.6"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Hansen, Eric"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2606"]
[ECO "C50"]
[Opening "Giuoco Piano"]
[WhiteFideId "5202213"]
[BlackFideId "2606771"]
[EventDate "2021.08.28"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 a6 7. Re1 O-O 8. h3 h6
9. Bb3 Re8 10. Nbd2 Ba7 11. Nf1 Be6 12. Bc2 d5 13. exd5 Qxd5 14. Ng3 Rad8 15.
Qe2 Bc8 16. Nh4 Ne7 17. Bd2 g5 18. Nf3 Ng6 19. Qf1 Nf4 20. Bxf4 gxf4 21. Ne4
Nxe4 22. dxe4 Qc5 23. Bb3 Kg7 24. Rad1 c6 25. Qe2 a5 26. Nh4 b5 27. a3 Qe7 28.
Qh5 a4 29. Ba2 Qf6 30. Rf1 Rf8 31. Nf3 Bb8 32. c4 Rxd1 33. Rxd1 Be6 34. Ra1 Rd8
35. cxb5 Bxa2 36. Rxa2 Rd1+ 37. Kh2 cxb5 38. Nh4 Rd2 39. Ra1 Ba7 40. Rc1 Bxf2
41. Nf5+ Kh7 42. Rc7 Bg3+ 43. Kh1 Rxb2 44. Rxf7+ Kh8 45. Rd7 Rb1+ 46. Rd1 Rxd1+
47. Qxd1 b4 48. axb4 a3 49. Qa1 1-0

[Event "Aimchess US Rapid Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.08.29"]
[Round "7.7"]
[White "Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi"]
[Black "Naroditsky, Daniel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2623"]
[ECO "E68"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "fianchetto, classical variation, 8.e4"]
[WhiteFideId "5029465"]
[BlackFideId "2026961"]
[EventDate "2021.08.28"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nc3 d6 6. Nf3 Nbd7 7. O-O e5 8. e4
exd4 9. Nxd4 Nc5 10. h3 Re8 11. Re1 Bd7 12. Rb1 a5 13. Kh2 h5 14. Ndb5 Bc6 15.
Qc2 h4 16. g4 Bxb5 17. cxb5 d5 18. Nxd5 Nxd5 19. Qxc5 Nb4 20. Bg5 Be5+ 21. Qxe5
Rxe5 22. Bxd8 Rxd8 23. Bf1 Nxa2 24. Ra1 Nb4 25. Rxa5 Rd2 26. Kg1 b6 27. Ra7 Rc5
28. e5 Nc2 29. Rc1 Rxe5 30. Rxc7 Nd4 31. Rb7 Re3 32. Rc8+ Kg7 33. Bc4 Rg3+ 34.
fxg3 Nf3+ 35. Kf1 Nh2+ 36. Ke1 Nf3+ 37. Kf1 Nh2+ 38. Ke1 Nf3+ 39. Kf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aimchess US Rapid Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.08.29"]
[Round "7.8"]
[White "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Black "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2759"]
[ECO "D37"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "4.Nf3"]
[WhiteFideId "12401137"]
[BlackFideId "12573981"]
[EventDate "2021.08.28"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. g3 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O dxc4 8. e4
Rb8 9. a4 a6 10. a5 b5 11. axb6 Nxb6 12. Qe2 Bb7 13. Rd1 Ne8 14. Be3 Bb4 15. d5
exd5 16. Bxb6 cxb6 17. Nxd5 Bxd5 18. exd5 Nd6 19. Rxa6 Re8 20. Qc2 Bc5 21. Raa1
Qf6 22. Re1 b5 23. b3 Ne4 24. Rxe4 Qxa1+ 25. Bf1 Rxe4 26. Qxe4 Qb2 27. Be2 cxb3
28. Ng5 Qc1+ 0-1

[Event "Aimchess US Rapid Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.08.29"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Duda, Jan-Krzysztof"]
[Black "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2759"]
[ECO "A45"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[WhiteFideId "1170546"]
[BlackFideId "12573981"]
[EventDate "2021.08.28"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 g6 3. e3 Bg7 4. Nf3 O-O 5. Be2 d6 6. h3 c5 7. O-O Nc6 8. c3
cxd4 9. cxd4 Qb6 10. Na3 Be6 11. Qd2 Rac8 12. Rfc1 Qb4 13. Nc2 Qxd2 14. Nxd2 Nd5
15. Bg3 Ncb4 16. Nxb4 Nxb4 17. Rxc8 Rxc8 18. a3 Nd5 19. Bd1 f5 20. Bh2 Kf7 21.
Kf1 Nb6 22. Ke2 Nc4 23. Nxc4 Bxc4+ 24. Kd2 Bd5 25. f3 e5 26. dxe5 dxe5 27. Rc1
Rxc1 28. Kxc1 Ke6 29. Bg1 Bc4 30. g4 a6 31. Bf2 e4 32. gxf5+ Kxf5 33. Bc2 Bd5
34. Bh4 g5 35. fxe4+ Bxe4 36. Bxe4+ Kxe4 37. Bxg5 Kd3 38. Kb1 Bf8 39. Ka2 h5 40.
Kb3 Bc5 41. Ka4 b6 42. e4 Bd4 43. b4 Kxe4 44. b5 a5 45. Kb3 Be3 46. Bd8 Kd3 47.
a4 Bd4 48. Bg5 Bc5 49. Bd8 Bg1 50. Bh4 Bd4 51. Bd8 Bf2 52. h4 Be3 53. Be7 Bd4
54. Bd8 Be3 55. Be7 Bg1 56. Bd8 Bf2 57. Be7 Bd4 58. Bd8 Be3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aimchess US Rapid Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.08.29"]
[Round "8.2"]
[White "Naroditsky, Daniel"]
[Black "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2623"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[ECO "A01"]
[Opening "Nimzovich-Larsen attack"]
[Variation "classical variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2026961"]
[BlackFideId "12401137"]
[EventDate "2021.08.28"]

1. b3 d5 2. Bb2 Bf5 3. d3 Nf6 4. Nd2 e6 5. g3 h6 6. Bg2 Bh7 7. e4 a5 8. a3 a4 9.
b4 c5 10. exd5 cxb4 11. dxe6 bxa3 12. Bxa3 Bxa3 13. Rxa3 Qe7 14. Nc4 Ra6 15. Ne2
b5 16. Qb1 Qc5 17. d4 Qxc4 18. Rc3 Qxe6 19. Qxb5+ Ke7 20. Re3 Ne4 21. Bxe4 Bxe4
22. d5 Qb6 23. Rxe4+ Kd6 24. Qxb6+ Rxb6 25. Nc3 a3 26. Kd2 Ra6 27. Ra1 Nd7 28.
Ra4 Rxa4 29. Nxa4 Ne5 30. f4 Nc4+ 31. Kc3 Rc8 32. Kd4 Nb2 33. Nb6 Rxc2 34. Rxa3
Rd2+ 35. Ke4 Re2+ 36. Kf3 Rc2 37. Ra7 Rc7 38. Ra6 Rb7 39. Ke4 Kc5 40. Nc8 Rb4+
41. Kf3 Kxd5 42. Ne7+ Kc4 43. Nf5 Rb3+ 44. Kg4 h5+ 45. Kh4 Nd3 46. Nxg7 Rb2 47.
h3 Rh2 48. Nxh5 Nf2 49. g4 Rxh3+ 50. Kg5 Rh1 51. Ra7 Ne4+ 52. Kf5 Re1 53. Ra4+
Kd3 54. Ra3+ Kd4 55. Ra4+ Kd3 56. Ra6 Kd4 57. g5 Kc5 58. Ng7 Nd6+ 59. Kf6 Rf1
60. Rxd6 Kxd6 61. f5 Ra1 62. Kxf7 Ke5 63. f6 Ra6 64. Kg6 Kf4 65. Kh6 Ke5 66. Kg6
Kf4 67. Nh5+ Kg4 68. Kh6 Ra5 69. f7 Rxg5 70. Nf6+ Kf5 71. Nh7 Rg6+ 72. Kh5 1-0

[Event "Aimchess US Rapid Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.08.29"]
[Round "8.3"]
[White "Hansen, Eric"]
[Black "Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2606"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[ECO "B33"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Pelikan, Chelyabinsk variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2606771"]
[BlackFideId "5029465"]
[EventDate "2021.08.28"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bf4 e5 8. Bg5
a6 9. Na3 b5 10. Nd5 Be7 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. c3 Bg5 13. g3 Ne7 14. h4 Bh6 15. Nxe7
Qxe7 16. Bg2 O-O 17. Nc2 a5 18. O-O Be6 19. Re1 Rac8 20. Ne3 g6 21. Qd3 b4 22.
cxb4 axb4 23. a4 bxa3 24. bxa3 Rc5 25. Red1 Ra8 26. a4 Rca5 27. Nf5 gxf5 28.
exf5 d5 29. fxe6 fxe6 30. Qc2 e4 31. Rab1 Rxa4 32. Rb6 Ra2 33. Qc6 Rf8 34. Rf1
Bg7 35. Bh3 Kh8 36. Rb7 Qf6 37. Qxe6 Rxf2 38. Qxf6 R2xf6 39. Rxf6 Bxf6 40. Rd7
Be5 41. Rxd5 Bxg3 42. Rf5 Re8 43. Kf1 Bxh4 44. Rh5 Bf6 45. Bf5 Re7 46. Ke2 Kg8
47. Ke3 h6 48. Bxe4 Bg5+ 49. Kd3 Kg7 50. Rh1 Rd7+ 51. Kc4 Kf6 52. Rf1+ Ke5 53.
Bg6 Rd4+ 54. Kc5 Rd8 55. Rf5+ Ke6 56. Rf3 Be7+ 57. Kc4 Bf6 58. Kc5 Rc8+ 59. Kb5
Rc1 60. Re3+ Be5 61. Rh3 Bf4 62. Kb4 Kf6 63. Bh5 Kg5 64. Kb3 Rc5 65. Bf3 Kf6 66.
Kb4 Rc7 67. Kb3 Bg5 68. Be2 Ke5 69. Rc3 Rd7 70. Rd3 Rf7 71. Rf3 Rg7 72. Rh3 Kd4
73. Rd3+ Ke4 74. Rh3 Rd7 75. Kc4 Rd2 76. Bh5 Rc2+ 77. Kb3 Rc1 78. Kb2 Rc7 79.
Kb3 Kf5 80. Rc3 Rb7+ 81. Kc2 Bf6 82. Rh3 Rb2+ 83. Kc1 Rg2 84. Kd1 Kg5 85. Ke1
Bd4 86. Bf3 Rb2 87. Be2 Rb6 88. Rh5+ Kg6 89. Rh3 Rb1+ 90. Kd2 Rb2+ 91. Ke1 Be5
92. Kd1 Rb4 93. Ke1 Bf6 94. Bd3+ Kg7 95. Rh5 Rb2 96. Kd1 Bg5 97. Bc2 Kf6 98. Rh3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aimchess US Rapid Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.08.29"]
[Round "8.4"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[ECO "C50"]
[Opening "Giuoco Pianissimo"]
[WhiteFideId "623539"]
[BlackFideId "5202213"]
[EventDate "2021.08.28"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. Re1 h6 8. Nbd2
a6 9. a4 Ba7 10. h3 Re8 11. b4 Be6 12. Bxe6 Rxe6 13. Qc2 Qd7 14. Rb1 b5 15. Ra1
Ree8 16. Nf1 d5 17. Ng3 Rad8 18. Nf5 Qe6 19. axb5 axb5 20. Be3 Bxe3 21. Nxe3
dxe4 22. dxe4 Ne7 23. Ra5 c6 24. c4 Rb8 25. c5 Rbd8 26. Kh2 Nh7 27. Nf5 Nxf5 28.
exf5 Qd5 29. Raa1 Ng5 30. Nxe5 Qd4 31. Ng4 Qxb4 32. Rxe8+ Rxe8 33. f6 Qf4+ 34.
g3 Qd4 35. Rd1 Nf3+ 36. Kh1 Re1+ 37. Rxe1 Nxe1 38. Qf5 Qd3 39. Qc8+ Kh7 40. Qxc6
Qf1+ 41. Kh2 h5 42. Qe4+ g6 43. Ne5 Qxf2+ 44. Kh1 b4 45. Nxf7 Qf1+ 46. Kh2 Qf2+
47. Kh1 Qf1+ 48. Kh2 Qf2+ 49. Kh1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aimchess US Rapid Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.08.29"]
[Round "8.5"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2847"]
[ECO "B01"]
[Opening "Scandinavian defence"]
[WhiteFideId "3503240"]
[BlackFideId "1503014"]
[EventDate "2021.08.28"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 Bf5 6. Bd2 c6 7. Bc4 Nbd7 8.
Qe2 Qc7 9. O-O-O e6 10. Nh4 Bg6 11. Nxg6 hxg6 12. d5 cxd5 13. Nxd5 Nxd5 14. Bxd5
O-O-O 15. Bf3 Bd6 16. g3 Ne5 17. Bc3 Nxf3 18. Qxf3 f5 19. Qe3 e5 20. Qxa7 Qc6
21. Qa8+ Kd7 22. Qa5 Ke6 23. Rhe1 Bc7 24. Qb4 Rxd1+ 25. Rxd1 Rxh2 26. Qf8 Rh1
27. Be1 Qe4 28. Qxg7 Rxe1 29. Qxg6+ Ke7 30. Qg7+ Ke6 31. Qd7+ Kf6 32. Qxc7 Rxd1+
33. Kxd1 Qd5+ 34. Kc1 Qh1+ 35. Kd2 Qd5+ 36. Kc3 Qf3+ 37. Kb4 Qxf2 38. Qd6+ Kg5
39. Qxe5 Qxc2 40. Qf4+ Kg6 41. Qd4 Kg5 42. a4 Qe4 43. Qxe4 fxe4 44. Kc3 Kg4 45.
Kd2 Kf3 46. Ke1 Kxg3 47. b4 Kf4 48. a5 Ke5 49. b5 Kd5 50. a6 bxa6 51. bxa6 Kc6
52. Ke2 Kb6 53. Ke3 Kxa6 54. Kxe4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aimchess US Rapid Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.08.29"]
[Round "8.6"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Van Foreest, Jorden"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2698"]
[ECO "D10"]
[Opening "QGD Slav defence"]
[WhiteFideId "13401319"]
[BlackFideId "1039784"]
[EventDate "2021.08.28"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Qb3 Nc6 7. Qxb7 Bd7 8.
Qb3 Rb8 9. Qd1 e5 10. dxe5 Nxe5 11. Be2 Bd6 12. Nf3 O-O 13. O-O Qe7 14. a4 Rfc8
15. Nd4 Bb4 16. Bd2 Nc4 17. Bxc4 dxc4 18. Qc2 Bd6 19. h3 a6 20. Rae1 Bc5 21. Bc1
Qe5 22. Rd1 h6 23. Rfe1 Qh5 24. Nde2 Qe5 25. e4 g5 26. Nd5 Be6 27. Nec3 Nh5 28.
Qe2 Nf6 29. Kh1 Nxd5 30. Nxd5 Rb3 31. f4 gxf4 32. Bxf4 Qxb2 33. Qh5 Qg7 34. Bxh6
Qg6 35. Qh4 Bxd5 36. Rxd5 Rg3 37. Red1 Bf8 38. Rd8 1-0

[Event "Aimchess US Rapid Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.08.29"]
[Round "8.7"]
[White "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2704"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[ECO "D38"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "Ragozin variation"]
[WhiteFideId "24101605"]
[BlackFideId "13300474"]
[EventDate "2021.08.28"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. e3 c5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Bd2 O-O 8. Bd3
Nc6 9. O-O Nf6 10. a3 cxd4 11. exd4 Be7 12. Be3 b6 13. Qe2 Bb7 14. Rad1 Rc8 15.
Rfe1 Qc7 16. Bg5 Rfd8 17. Bb1 Na5 18. Ne5 Qd6 19. Bxf6 Bxf6 20. Bxh7+ Kf8 21.
Qh5 Rc7 22. Be4 Ba6 23. Bb1 g6 24. Bxg6 fxg6 25. Nxg6+ Kg7 26. Ne4 Qd5 27. Nf4
Qxh5 28. Nxh5+ Kf7 29. Nhxf6 Rc2 30. d5 exd5 31. Nxd5 Nc6 32. Ng5+ Kg6 33. Ne6
Rh8 34. Ndf4+ Kf6 35. Rd6 Re8 36. Nd4+ 1-0

[Event "Aimchess US Rapid Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.08.29"]
[Round "8.8"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Liang, Awonder"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2587"]
[ECO "D19"]
[Opening "QGD Slav"]
[Variation "Dutch variation, main line"]
[WhiteFideId "24116068"]
[BlackFideId "2056437"]
[EventDate "2021.08.28"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. e3 e6 7. Bxc4 Bb4 8. O-O
O-O 9. Qe2 Bg6 10. Ne5 Nbd7 11. Nxg6 hxg6 12. Rd1 Qc7 13. g3 Rad8 14. Qc2 a5 15.
Na2 Be7 16. Bd2 e5 17. Rac1 Kh8 18. Be1 exd4 19. exd4 Qb6 20. Rd3 c5 21. Re3 Bd6
22. d5 Ne5 23. b3 Bc7 24. Rd1 Nfg4 25. Rc3 f5 26. Bf1 f4 27. Bg2 Bd6 28. Nc1 c4
29. bxc4 Bc5 30. Rd2 Rde8 31. Be4 g5 32. d6 Bxd6 33. gxf4 Rxf4 34. Rh3+ Nh6 35.
Re2 Ref8 36. Nd3 Nxd3 37. Qxd3 Bc5 38. Qg3 Re8 39. Qg2 Qe6 40. Bd3 Qd7 41. Rxe8+
Qxe8 42. Kf1 Qd7 43. Be2 Qf5 44. Rd3 Rd4 45. Rxd4 Bxd4 46. Qxb7 Ng4 47. Qb8+ Kh7
48. Qg3 Ne5 49. Bxa5 g4 50. Be1 Nf3 51. c5 Bxc5 52. Bxf3 gxf3 53. Kg1 Qe4 54.
Qh3+ Kg6 55. Qf1 Bd6 56. Kh1 Bxh2 57. Kxh2 Qf4+ 58. Kh3 Kh5 59. Qb5+ g5 60. Qe8+
Kh6 61. Qh8+ Kg6 62. Qg8+ Kh6 63. Qe6+ Kh5 64. Qe8+ Kh6 65. Qh8+ Kg6 66. Qg8+
Kh6 67. Qh8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aimchess US Rapid Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.08.29"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Liang, Awonder"]
[Black "Duda, Jan-Krzysztof"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2587"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[ECO "B11"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "two knights, 3...Bg4"]
[WhiteFideId "2056437"]
[BlackFideId "1170546"]
[EventDate "2021.08.28"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. Be2 Nf6 5. e5 Nfd7 6. d4 e6 7. h3 Bf5 8. g4 Bg6
9. h4 h5 10. gxh5 Bxh5 11. Ng5 Bxe2 12. Qxe2 Bb4 13. Qf3 Qe7 14. Bd2 f6 15. exf6
gxf6 16. Nh3 Rxh4 17. Qg3 Qh7 18. O-O-O Na6 19. Rde1 O-O-O 20. Rxe6 Nc7 21. Re3
Rg8 22. Qf3 Rh8 23. Ne2 Bd6 24. a3 f5 25. Bb4 f4 26. Rc3 Bxb4 27. axb4 Nb5 28.
Rd3 Qe4 29. Kd2 Nd6 30. b3 Kc7 31. Rh2 Nf8 32. Neg1 Ne6 33. Rg2 Qf5 34. Kc1 Nb5
35. c3 Kb6 36. Kd2 Ra8 37. Qe2 a5 38. Qe5 Qxe5 39. dxe5 axb4 40. cxb4 Rh5 41.
Rg6 Rxe5 42. Nf3 Ra2+ 43. Kd1 Ree2 44. Nhg1 Rxf2 45. Ke1 Nec7 46. Nd2 Rh2 47.
Ne2 Ra1+ 0-1

[Event "Aimchess US Rapid Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.08.29"]
[Round "9.2"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[ECO "B90"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Najdorf, Byrne (English) attack"]
[WhiteFideId "13300474"]
[BlackFideId "24116068"]
[EventDate "2021.08.28"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Ng4 7. Bc1 Nf6 8. Be3
Ng4 9. Bc1 Nf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aimchess US Rapid Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.08.29"]
[Round "9.3"]
[White "Van Foreest, Jorden"]
[Black "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2698"]
[BlackElo "2704"]
[ECO "C91"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "closed, Bogolyubov variation"]
[WhiteFideId "1039784"]
[BlackFideId "24101605"]
[EventDate "2021.08.28"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. d4 Bg4 10. Be3 exd4 11. cxd4 Na5 12. Nbd2 c5 13. Bc2 cxd4 14. Bxd4 Nc6
15. Be3 Rc8 16. h3 Bh5 17. g4 Bg6 18. Nd4 Nxd4 19. Bxd4 d5 20. Bb1 dxe4 21. Nxe4
Nxe4 22. Bxe4 Rc4 23. Bxg6 Rxd4 24. Qe2 Bb4 25. Bc2 Bxe1 26. Rxe1 Rd2 27. Qe4
Qh4 0-1

[Event "Aimchess US Rapid Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.08.29"]
[Round "9.4"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2847"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[ECO "D02"]
[Opening "Queen's bishop game"]
[WhiteFideId "1503014"]
[BlackFideId "13401319"]
[EventDate "2021.08.28"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bf4 Bf5 4. e3 e6 5. c4 Bb4+ 6. Nbd2 c5 7. cxd5 Qxd5 8. a3
Bxd2+ 9. Qxd2 Nc6 10. dxc5 Qxc5 11. b4 Qb6 12. Be2 O-O 13. O-O Rfd8 14. Qb2 Bd3
15. Rac1 Rd5 16. Bxd3 Rxd3 17. Ne5 Nxe5 18. Bxe5 Ne8 19. a4 Rd5 20. h3 Qa6 21.
e4 Rdd8 22. Qb3 b5 23. a5 Qb7 24. Rc5 Rac8 25. Rxc8 Rxc8 26. Qe3 Rc4 27. Rd1 f6
28. Bd4 Qd7 29. Qd2 Nc7 30. Bxa7 Qxd2 31. Rxd2 Na6 32. Be3 Nxb4 33. Rd7 Rxe4 34.
Rb7 h6 35. Rxb5 Nd5 36. a6 Ra4 37. a7 Nxe3 38. Rb8+ Kf7 39. a8=Q Rxa8 40. Rxa8
Nd5 41. Ra7+ Kg6 42. g3 h5 43. Kg2 f5 44. h4 Kf6 45. Kf3 e5 46. Ra6+ Kf7 47. Ke2
g6 48. Ra5 Ke6 49. Kd3 Nf6 50. Ra6+ Kf7 51. Ra7+ Kf8 52. f3 e4+ 53. Ke3 exf3 54.
Kxf3 Nd5 55. Ke2 Ne7 56. Ke3 Nd5+ 57. Kd4 Nf6 58. Ke5 Ne4 59. Rd7 Kg8 60. g4
hxg4 61. h5 g3 62. h6 Kh8 63. Rg7 g5 64. Ra7 g2 65. Ra1 Kh7 66. Rg1 Kxh6 67.
Kxf5 Ng3+ 68. Kg4 Nh5 69. Rxg2 Kg6 70. Kf3 Nf6 71. Rxg5+ Kxg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aimchess US Rapid Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.08.29"]
[Round "9.5"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[ECO "A37"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "symmetrical variation"]
[WhiteFideId "5202213"]
[BlackFideId "3503240"]
[EventDate "2021.08.28"]

1. c4 c5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. Nf3 d6 6. O-O Bg4 7. h3 Bxf3 8. Bxf3
e6 9. d3 Nge7 10. Bd2 O-O 11. a3 d5 12. cxd5 exd5 13. Rb1 Qd7 14. Bg2 Rad8 15.
b4 c4 16. b5 Nd4 17. Bg5 h6 18. Bxe7 Qxe7 19. e3 Nf3+ 20. Bxf3 Bxc3 21. dxc4
dxc4 22. Qa4 Qc5 23. Rbc1 Rd3 24. Be4 Rxe3 25. fxe3 Qxe3+ 26. Kh2 Be5 27. Bf3
Qg5 28. Rg1 Bxg3+ 29. Kh1 Qh4 30. Bg2 Be5 31. Qc2 c3 32. Qe2 Qg3 33. Bf1 Qf4 34.
Re1 Bd6 35. Rg4 Qf6 36. Bg2 Rc8 37. Rf1 Qe5 38. Qxe5 Bxe5 39. Be4 Rc5 40. a4 Kg7
41. Bc2 h5 42. Rg5 b6 43. Rd1 Kh6 44. Rg2 Rc4 45. Rf2 f5 46. Re2 Rc5 47. Rd7 h4
48. Rxa7 Kg5 49. Rb7 Kf4 50. Rxb6 Kf3 51. Bd1 Kf4 52. Rxg6 Rd5 53. Bb3 Rd3 54.
Kg2 1-0

[Event "Aimchess US Rapid Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.08.29"]
[Round "9.6"]
[White "Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[ECO "A35"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "symmetrical, four knights system"]
[WhiteFideId "5029465"]
[BlackFideId "623539"]
[EventDate "2021.08.28"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 dxc4 7. Nxc6 Qxd1+ 8.
Nxd1 bxc6 9. Bg2 Nd5 10. Ne3 Ba6 11. Nxd5 cxd5 12. Bxd5 Rc8 13. Bd2 e6 14. Bf3
Bc5 15. Bc3 f6 16. O-O Ke7 17. Rfc1 Rc7 18. b4 Bd6 19. a4 Bb7 20. Bxb7 Rxb7 21.
b5 Rc8 22. Rc2 a6 23. bxa6 Ra7 24. a5 Rxa6 25. Bd4 Be5 26. Bxe5 fxe5 27. Ra4 c3
28. Ra3 Rc5 29. Raxc3 Rxc3 30. Rxc3 Rxa5 31. Rc7+ Kf6 32. g4 Ra4 33. h3 h5 34.
gxh5 Rh4 35. Kg2 Rxh5 36. e4 Rg5+ 37. Kf3 Rh5 38. Kg3 Rg5+ 39. Kf3 Rh5 40. Kg3
Rg5+ 41. Kf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aimchess US Rapid Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.08.29"]
[Round "9.7"]
[White "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Black "Hansen, Eric"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2606"]
[ECO "D27"]
[Opening "QGA"]
[Variation "classical, 6...a6"]
[WhiteFideId "12401137"]
[BlackFideId "2606771"]
[EventDate "2021.08.28"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 dxc4 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. O-O a6 7. Be2 cxd4 8. exd4
Be7 9. Ne5 O-O 10. Bf3 Nfd7 11. Nc3 Nxe5 12. dxe5 Nc6 13. Bxc6 bxc6 14. Qg4 Qc7
15. Re1 Kh8 16. Bg5 f6 17. Bf4 f5 18. Qh5 Bd7 19. Bg5 Bb4 20. Qh4 c5 21. Rad1
Qb7 22. Re3 Be8 23. Ne2 Bg6 24. Nf4 Qf7 25. Red3 Ra7 26. Rd8 c4 27. Nxg6+ Qxg6
28. Be7 1-0

[Event "Aimchess US Rapid Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.08.29"]
[Round "9.8"]
[White "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Black "Naroditsky, Daniel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2759"]
[BlackElo "2623"]
[ECO "C92"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "closed, Kholmov variation"]
[WhiteFideId "12573981"]
[BlackFideId "2026961"]
[EventDate "2021.08.28"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Be6 10. d4 Bxb3 11. axb3 exd4 12. cxd4 d5 13. e5 Ne4 14. Nc3 f5 15.
exf6 Bxf6 16. Nxe4 dxe4 17. Rxe4 Qd5 18. Rf4 a5 19. Be3 Nb4 20. Rc1 c6 21. Nh2
Be7 22. Rxf8+ Rxf8 23. Nf3 Bd6 24. Bd2 Re8 25. Rc3 c5 26. Be3 Nc6 27. Rd3 Nb4
28. Rd2 c4 29. bxc4 bxc4 30. Re2 Nd3 31. b3 Nb4 32. bxc4 Qxc4 33. Qa4 Rc8 34.
Qd7 Rf8 35. Re1 Qd5 36. Ne5 Nd3 37. Bh6 gxh6 38. Qg4+ Kh8 39. Nxd3 Rg8 40. Qe4
Qxe4 41. Rxe4 a4 42. Re6 Rd8 43. Ne5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aimchess US Rapid Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.08.29"]
[Round "10.1"]
[White "Duda, Jan-Krzysztof"]
[Black "Naroditsky, Daniel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2623"]
[ECO "E81"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "Saemisch, 5...O-O"]
[WhiteFideId "1170546"]
[BlackFideId "2026961"]
[EventDate "2021.08.28"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Be3 c5 7. d5 e6 8. Qd2 exd5
9. cxd5 a6 10. a4 Re8 11. Be2 h5 12. h4 Nh7 13. g3 f5 14. Nh3 fxe4 15. Nxe4 Bf5
16. Nf4 Nf8 17. Ne6 Nxe6 18. dxe6 Bxe6 19. Nxd6 Re7 20. Bxc5 Nc6 21. Kf2 Rd7 22.
Rad1 Nd4 23. Nxb7 Rxb7 24. Bxd4 Rd7 25. Qe3 Bxd4 26. Rxd4 Rxd4 27. Qxe6+ Kg7 28.
Rc1 Qd6 29. Qxd6 Rxd6 30. Rc7+ Kf6 31. Bc4 Rd2+ 32. Ke3 Rxb2 33. Rc6+ Kg7 34.
Bd5 Rf8 35. Rxa6 Rb4 36. Kd3 Rb1 37. Be4 Rf6 38. Rxf6 Kxf6 39. Kc4 Rc1+ 40. Kb4
Rg1 41. a5 Rg2 42. a6 Ra2 43. Kb5 Ke5 44. Bxg6 Kd6 45. Bxh5 Rb2+ 46. Kc4 Ra2 47.
Kd4 Rxa6 48. Bg6 Ra4+ 49. Ke3 Ke5 50. f4+ Kf6 51. Bd3 Ra1 52. g4 Rh1 53. h5 Rh3+
54. Ke4 Rg3 55. Be2 Rg1 56. Kf3 Rh1 57. g5+ Ke6 58. Bc4+ Ke7 59. Kg4 Kf8 60. h6
Rc1 61. Be6 Re1 62. Kf5 Rh1 63. Kf6 Rh4 64. f5 Rh3 65. Kg6 Rh4 66. Kh7 Ke7 67.
g6 Kf6 68. g7 1-0

[Event "Aimchess US Rapid Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.08.29"]
[Round "10.2"]
[White "Hansen, Eric"]
[Black "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2606"]
[BlackElo "2759"]
[ECO "C50"]
[Opening "Giuoco Pianissimo"]
[WhiteFideId "2606771"]
[BlackFideId "12573981"]
[EventDate "2021.08.28"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 d6 6. h3 a6 7. a4 Ba7 8. O-O Qe7
9. b4 h6 10. Be3 Bxe3 11. fxe3 Be6 12. Nbd2 O-O 13. Qb3 Bxc4 14. Qxc4 g6 15. Rf2
Kg7 16. Raf1 Nh7 17. d4 Rae8 18. b5 axb5 19. axb5 Na5 20. Qb4 b6 21. c4 Ng5 22.
Nxg5 hxg5 23. Qc3 f6 24. Ra1 Qe6 25. c5 dxc5 26. dxc5 Rd8 27. Raf1 Nb7 28. cxb6
cxb6 29. Qc4 Qd7 30. Qb4 Nd6 31. Nc4 Qxb5 32. Qxb5 Nxb5 33. Rb2 Nc3 34. Rxb6
Nxe4 35. Rb7+ Kh6 36. Rb6 g4 37. hxg4 Kg5 38. Rb4 Nc5 39. Rb5 Na4 40. Rc1 Rd3
41. Kf1 Rc8 42. Rb4 Nc3 43. Rc2 Nd5 44. Ra4 Rxe3 45. Rd2 Re4 46. Rxd5 Rcxc4 47.
Rxc4 Rxc4 0-1

[Event "Aimchess US Rapid Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.08.29"]
[Round "10.3"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[ECO "C50"]
[Opening "Giuoco Pianissimo"]
[WhiteFideId "623539"]
[BlackFideId "12401137"]
[EventDate "2021.08.28"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 d6 6. O-O h6 7. Re1 O-O 8. Nbd2
Bb6 9. Bb3 Ne7 10. Nc4 c6 11. Nxb6 axb6 12. h3 Ng6 13. d4 b5 14. a3 Re8 15. Bc2
Be6 16. Be3 Qe7 17. Qd2 Nh5 18. Kh2 Rad8 19. a4 bxa4 20. Rxa4 Ra8 21. Rea1 Rxa4
22. Rxa4 Nf6 23. Ra7 Bc8 24. dxe5 Nxe5 25. Nxe5 Qxe5+ 26. Bf4 Nxe4 27. Qe3 Qe6
28. f3 g5 29. Bxe4 gxf4 30. Qxf4 d5 31. Bb1 Qe5 32. Qxe5 Rxe5 33. Ra8 Re8 34.
Kg3 Kf8 35. Kf4 Ke7 36. Bf5 Bd7 37. Ra7 Rb8 38. g4 Be8 39. h4 f6 40. b4 Kd6 41.
Ke3 c5 42. bxc5+ Kxc5 43. Ra5+ Kd6 44. Kd4 Bc6 45. Bg6 b5 46. Ra6 Rc8 47. f4 Kc7
48. Bf5 Rb8 49. Kc5 Be8 50. Rxf6 b4 51. cxb4 Rb5+ 52. Kd4 h5 53. g5 Rxb4+ 54.
Ke5 Kd8 55. Rd6+ Ke7 56. Rxd5 Rb2 57. Rc5 Rh2 58. Rc7+ Kd8 59. Ra7 Rxh4 60. Kd6 1-0

[Event "Aimchess US Rapid Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.08.29"]
[Round "10.4"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[ECO "C53"]
[Opening "Giuoco Piano"]
[WhiteFideId "3503240"]
[BlackFideId "5029465"]
[EventDate "2021.08.28"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. Nbd2 O-O 7. h3 Bb6 8. Bb3
Ne7 9. Nc4 Be6 10. Bc2 Bxc4 11. dxc4 Ng6 12. g3 Re8 13. Nh2 Nf8 14. Ng4 Ne6 15.
Qf3 Nd7 16. h4 h5 17. Ne3 g6 18. Nd5 Bc5 19. b4 c6 20. bxc5 cxd5 21. cxd5 Nexc5
22. g4 hxg4 23. Qxg4 Nf6 24. Qf3 Nh5 25. Rg1 Nf4 26. Bxf4 exf4 27. Qxf4 Qa5 28.
Kd2 Rac8 29. Rg3 Re5 30. Rag1 Kg7 31. h5 Rxh5 32. e5 Nd7 33. Bxg6 Qxd5+ 34. Bd3+
Kh8 35. Qg4 Qxa2+ 36. Bc2 Qd5+ 37. Kc1 Qxe5 38. Qg8+ Rxg8 39. Rxg8# 1-0

[Event "Aimchess US Rapid Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.08.29"]
[Round "10.5"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[ECO "C67"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "open Berlin defence, l'Hermet variation"]
[WhiteFideId "13401319"]
[BlackFideId "5202213"]
[EventDate "2021.08.28"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. dxe5 Nxb5 7. a4 Nbd4 8.
Nxd4 Nxd4 9. Qxd4 d5 10. exd6 Qxd6 11. Qe4+ Qe6 12. Qd4 Qd6 13. Qe4+ Qe6 14. Qd4
Qd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aimchess US Rapid Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.08.29"]
[Round "10.6"]
[White "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2704"]
[BlackElo "2847"]
[ECO "E60"]
[Opening "King's Indian, 3.Nf3"]
[WhiteFideId "24101605"]
[BlackFideId "1503014"]
[EventDate "2021.08.28"]

1. c4 g6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 c5 6. Nc3 d5 7. dxc5 dxc4 8. O-O
Qa5 9. Qd4 Nc6 10. Qxc4 Be6 11. Qh4 Qxc5 12. Be3 Qb4 13. Qxb4 Nxb4 14. Bc5 Nbd5
15. Nd4 Nxc3 16. bxc3 Nd5 17. Nxe6 fxe6 18. Rad1 Rac8 19. Bxa7 Rxc3 20. Bxd5
exd5 21. Rxd5 Ra8 22. Be3 Rxa2 23. Rb1 Rxe2 24. Rxb7 Bf6 25. Kf1 Rexe3 26. fxe3
Rxe3 27. Kf2 Ra3 28. Rbd7 h5 29. Rd3 Ra2+ 30. Rd2 Ra3 31. R7d3 Ra1 32. Rd1 Ra4
33. Re1 Bd4+ 34. Kf3 Bf6 35. Re4 Ra2 36. Re2 Ra4 37. Re4 Ra2 38. Re2 Ra4 39. Re4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aimchess US Rapid Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.08.29"]
[Round "10.7"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Van Foreest, Jorden"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2698"]
[ECO "D38"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "Ragozin variation"]
[WhiteFideId "24116068"]
[BlackFideId "1039784"]
[EventDate "2021.08.28"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Qa4+ Nc6 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 Ne4 8.
e3 O-O 9. Bd3 Nxc3 10. Qc2 Ne4 11. O-O Na5 12. Ne5 Nf6 13. cxd5 exd5 14. Bd2 c6
15. Rab1 Be6 16. a4 Rb8 17. Rb2 Nc4 18. Nxc4 dxc4 19. Bxc4 Bxc4 20. Qxc4 Qd5 21.
Rc1 Qf5 22. f3 Rfd8 23. a5 h6 24. e4 Qd7 25. Bf4 Rbc8 26. Be5 Ne8 27. Rcb1 b5
28. axb6 axb6 29. Rxb6 Nd6 30. Qc5 Qe6 31. Bxd6 Rxd6 32. d5 Qd7 33. Rc1 f5 34.
Rb7 Qxb7 35. Qxd6 fxe4 36. Qe6+ Kh8 37. dxc6 Qb6+ 38. Kh1 Rd8 39. Qxe4 Qc7 40.
f4 Ra8 41. Qe5 Qxc6 42. Rxc6 1-0

[Event "Aimchess US Rapid Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.08.29"]
[Round "10.8"]
[White "Liang, Awonder"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2587"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[ECO "C78"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "5.O-O"]
[WhiteFideId "2056437"]
[BlackFideId "13300474"]
[EventDate "2021.08.28"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. c3 d6 8. d4 Bb6
9. a4 Rb8 10. axb5 axb5 11. Qd3 O-O 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bh4 exd4 14. cxd4 g5 15. Bg3
Nh5 16. Kh1 Kg7 17. Nc3 f5 18. exf5 Bxf5 19. Qxb5 Nxd4 20. Nxd4 Bxd4 21. Qc4 c5
22. Nb5 Nxg3+ 23. fxg3 Be5 24. Qe2 Bg6 25. Bc4 Rxf1+ 26. Rxf1 Qd7 27. Nc3 Rf8
28. Rxf8 Kxf8 29. Bd3 Bxd3 30. Qxd3 Qf7 31. h3 Qf2 32. Kh2 c4 33. Ne4 Qf7 34.
Qa3 Qd5 35. Qf3+ Ke7 36. Qf5 Kd8 37. Qf8+ Kc7 38. Nf6 Qe6 39. Ng4 Bxb2 40. Qf2
Be5 41. Qa7+ Kd8 42. Qb6+ Ke7 43. Qc7+ Kf8 44. Qd8+ Kg7 45. Qc7+ Kg6 46. Qc6 Bd4
47. Qf3 h5 48. Nf2 Qf5 0-1

[Event "Aimchess US Rapid Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.08.30"]
[Round "11.1"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Duda, Jan-Krzysztof"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[ECO "C17"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "Winawer, advance, Bogolyubov variation"]
[WhiteFideId "13300474"]
[BlackFideId "1170546"]
[EventDate "2021.08.28"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. Bd2 Ne7 6. Nb5 Bxd2+ 7. Qxd2 O-O 8. c3
Bd7 9. Nf3 Bxb5 10. Bxb5 Qb6 11. Bd3 cxd4 12. cxd4 Nbc6 13. O-O Qb4 14. Rfd1
Qxd2 15. Rxd2 Rfc8 16. Kf1 h6 17. h4 h5 18. Ke2 Nb4 19. Bb1 Rc7 20. a3 Nbc6 21.
b4 b5 22. Bd3 a5 23. Rb1 axb4 24. axb4 Rb7 25. Rc2 Ra4 26. Rc5 Nxb4 27. Bxb5
Ra2+ 28. Kf1 Na6 29. Rcc1 Nc7 30. Bd3 Raa7 31. g3 g6 32. Rxb7 Rxb7 33. Rc5 Kg7
34. Ke2 Ra7 35. Ng5 Na8 36. Rb5 Nc7 37. Rb6 Na8 38. Ra6 Rxa6 39. Bxa6 Nb6 40.
Bb5 Nf5 41. Kd3 Kf8 42. Kc3 Nc8 43. Nh7+ Kg7 44. Nf6 Nce7 45. Bd3 Kf8 46. Bc2
Kg7 47. Ba4 Kf8 48. Nh7+ Kg7 49. Ng5 Kf8 50. Bc2 Kg7 51. Nf3 Nh6 52. Ne1 Ng4 53.
Nd3 Nf5 54. Bd1 Ngh6 55. Nc5 Ne7 56. Nd7 Nef5 57. Nf6 Kf8 58. Nh7+ Kg7 59. Nf6
Kf8 60. Nh7+ Kg7 61. Nf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aimchess US Rapid Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.08.30"]
[Round "11.2"]
[White "Van Foreest, Jorden"]
[Black "Liang, Awonder"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2698"]
[BlackElo "2587"]
[ECO "D15"]
[Opening "QGD Slav"]
[Variation "Slav gambit"]
[WhiteFideId "1039784"]
[BlackFideId "2056437"]
[EventDate "2021.08.28"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e4 b5 6. Be2 e6 7. a4 b4 8. e5 bxc3
9. exf6 cxb2 10. fxg7 Bxg7 11. Bxb2 Qa5+ 12. Nd2 Ba6 13. Rc1 O-O 14. O-O Nd7 15.
Bxc4 Bxc4 16. Nxc4 Qd5 17. Ne3 Qd6 18. Qf3 Rac8 19. Nc4 Qd5 20. Ba3 Qxf3 21.
gxf3 Rfd8 22. Be7 Bxd4 23. Bxd8 Rxd8 24. Na5 Ne5 25. f4 Bb6 26. fxe5 Bxa5 27.
Rxc6 Rd5 28. f4 Rd4 29. Kh1 Rxa4 30. Ra6 Ra3 31. Rxa7 Bb4 32. Rg1+ Kf8 33. Rb7
Bc5 34. Rb8+ Ke7 35. Rc1 Ra5 36. Rc8 Bb6 37. Rb1 Bd8 38. Rd1 Bb6 39. Rd6 Be3 40.
Rc7+ Ke8 41. Rc4 Ra2 42. Rd3 Bf2 43. Rc8+ Ke7 44. Rb3 Ra7 45. Rh8 Be1 46. Rd3
Ra4 47. Rdd8 f5 48. Rd1 Bf2 49. Rxh7+ Ke8 50. Rb1 1-0

[Event "Aimchess US Rapid Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.08.30"]
[Round "11.3"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2847"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[ECO "B23"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "closed, 2...Nc6"]
[WhiteFideId "1503014"]
[BlackFideId "24116068"]
[EventDate "2021.08.28"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 g6 4. Bb5 Bg7 5. d3 d6 6. e5 dxe5 7. Bxc6+ bxc6 8.
O-O c4 9. h3 Be6 10. Re1 Qc7 11. Qe2 cxd3 12. cxd3 Nf6 13. Nxe5 O-O 14. Bf4 Qb7
15. Rac1 Nd5 16. Bg3 Nxc3 17. Rxc3 Bd5 18. d4 a5 19. h4 Bxa2 20. Nxc6 e6 21. Be5
f6 22. Bd6 Rfe8 23. Ra1 Bd5 24. Nxa5 Qa6 25. Qxa6 Rxa6 26. Bc5 Rb8 27. b4 Bf8
28. Ra4 Bh6 29. Ra1 Raa8 30. Rc2 Bf8 31. Rb2 Rb5 32. Nb3 Rab8 33. Ra5 Rxb4 34.
Bxb4 Rxb4 35. Rxd5 exd5 36. g3 f5 37. Kf1 Bg7 38. Rb1 Kf7 39. Ke2 h5 40. Nd2
Rxb1 41. Nxb1 Bxd4 42. Nd2 f4 43. Kf3 fxg3 44. fxg3 Bf6 45. Nb3 Ke6 46. Nc5+ Kf5
47. Nd3 Be5 48. Nf2 Ke6 49. g4 Bd6 50. gxh5 gxh5 51. Nd1 Ke5 52. Nc3 d4 53. Nb5
Be7 54. Nxd4 Kxd4 55. Kg2 Bxh4 56. Kh1 Bg5 57. Kg2 Ke4 58. Kh1 Kf3 59. Kg1 Kg3
60. Kh1 h4 61. Kg1 h3 62. Kh1 h2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aimchess US Rapid Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.08.30"]
[Round "11.4"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2704"]
[ECO "C72"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "modern Steinitz defence, 5.O-O"]
[WhiteFideId "5202213"]
[BlackFideId "24101605"]
[EventDate "2021.08.28"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. O-O Bd7 6. c3 g6 7. d4 Bg7 8. Re1 Nf6
9. Bxc6 Bxc6 10. dxe5 Nxe4 11. exd6 O-O 12. dxc7 Qxc7 13. Be3 Rfe8 14. Nbd2 Rad8
15. Nd4 Bd5 16. Nxe4 Rxe4 17. Qd2 Rg4 18. g3 Re4 19. Bh6 Bxd4 20. cxd4 Rde8 21.
Rxe4 Rxe4 22. Rc1 Qd8 23. Qa5 Re8 24. Qxd8 Rxd8 25. Rc7 Bc6 26. g4 f5 27. gxf5
Rxd4 28. h3 Rd7 29. Rc8+ Kf7 30. Rf8+ Ke7 31. fxg6 Rd1+ 32. Kh2 Rh1+ 33. Kg3
Rg1+ 34. Kh4 Rxg6 35. Kh5 Rxh6+ 36. Kxh6 Kxf8 37. Kxh7 Kf7 38. h4 Bf3 0-1

[Event "Aimchess US Rapid Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.08.30"]
[Round "11.5"]
[White "Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[ECO "D30"]
[Opening "Queen's gambit declined"]
[WhiteFideId "5029465"]
[BlackFideId "13401319"]
[EventDate "2021.08.28"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 a6 4. c5 b6 5. cxb6 c5 6. Nc3 Nf6 7. e3 Nbd7 8. b3 cxd4
9. exd4 Qxb6 10. Bd3 Bd6 11. O-O O-O 12. Na4 Qb8 13. Bb2 Bb7 14. Rc1 Ne4 15. Qe2
h6 16. g3 Re8 17. Rfe1 Qa7 18. Rc2 Rac8 19. Rec1 Rxc2 20. Rxc2 Qa8 21. a3 Bc6
22. Nc3 Nxc3 23. Bxc3 Bxa3 24. b4 Qb8 25. Bxa6 Ba4 26. Ra2 Bxb4 27. Rb2 Bxc3 28.
Rxb8 Rxb8 29. Bd3 Rb2 30. Qe3 Nf6 31. Qc1 Rb3 32. Bc2 Bb2 33. Qd1 Ra3 34. Kg2
Bxc2 35. Qxc2 Bc3 36. Qb1 Ne4 37. h4 Ra1 38. Qb3 Ra8 39. h5 Kh7 40. Qb7 Ra2 41.
Qxf7 Rxf2+ 42. Kg1 Rxf3 43. Qxf3 Bxd4+ 44. Kg2 Bf6 45. Qg4 Ng5 46. Qa4 e5 47.
Qe8 e4 48. Qg6+ Kh8 49. Qe8+ Kh7 50. Qg6+ Kh8 51. Qe8+ Kh7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aimchess US Rapid Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.08.30"]
[Round "11.6"]
[White "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[ECO "D26"]
[Opening "QGA"]
[Variation "classical variation, 6.O-O"]
[WhiteFideId "12401137"]
[BlackFideId "3503240"]
[EventDate "2021.08.28"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. O-O Nc6 7. dxc5 Qxd1 8.
Rxd1 Bxc5 9. a3 O-O 10. b4 Be7 11. Bb2 Bd7 12. Nbd2 Rfd8 13. Rac1 Be8 14. Kf1
Rac8 15. Be2 Nb8 16. Rxc8 Rxc8 17. Nc4 Nd5 18. Nd4 Ba4 19. Rc1 Be8 20. g3 b5 21.
Na5 Rxc1+ 22. Bxc1 a6 23. e4 Nc3 24. Bd3 Bf6 25. Nab3 e5 26. Nf5 Bc6 27. f3 Na4
28. Ke2 Kf8 29. h4 Bd8 30. Be3 Nd7 31. Na5 Bxa5 32. bxa5 Nb2 33. Bd2 Nxd3 34.
Kxd3 f6 35. Bb4+ Kf7 36. Ke3 g6 37. Nd6+ Ke6 38. f4 exf4+ 39. gxf4 f5 40. e5 h6
41. Kd4 g5 42. Ne8 Nxe5 43. Nc7+ Kd7 44. Kxe5 gxh4 45. Be1 h3 46. Bg3 Kxc7 47.
Kxf5 Bd7+ 48. Kg6 Kd6 49. f5+ Kc5 50. f6 Be6 51. f7 Bxf7+ 52. Kxf7 Kc4 53. Kg6
Kb3 54. Bd6 Ka4 55. Kxh6 Kxa5 56. Kg5 Ka4 57. Kg4 h2 58. Bxh2 Kxa3 59. Kf3 b4
60. Bd6 a5 61. Ke2 Ka2 62. Kd2 b3 0-1

[Event "Aimchess US Rapid Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.08.30"]
[Round "11.7"]
[White "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2759"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[ECO "D90"]
[Opening "Gruenfeld"]
[Variation "Three knights variation"]
[WhiteFideId "12573981"]
[BlackFideId "623539"]
[EventDate "2021.08.28"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. h4 dxc4 6. e4 c5 7. d5 b5 8. h5 Nxh5
9. Nxb5 O-O 10. Bxc4 Bg4 11. Qc2 Na6 12. Be3 Rb8 13. Qd2 Nc7 14. Nc3 Ne8 15. Bh6
Rxb2 16. Qxb2 Bxh6 17. Ne5 Bd7 18. Be2 Bg7 19. Nxd7 Qxd7 20. Bxh5 gxh5 21. Rc1
Qg4 22. Qe2 Qg5 23. Qe3 Qxe3+ 24. fxe3 Be5 25. Rxh5 f6 26. Na4 Nd6 27. Nxc5 Rc8
28. Kd1 Bb2 29. Rc2 Ba3 30. Ne6 Rxc2 31. Kxc2 Nxe4 32. Rh4 1-0

[Event "Aimchess US Rapid Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.08.30"]
[Round "11.8"]
[White "Naroditsky, Daniel"]
[Black "Hansen, Eric"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2623"]
[BlackElo "2606"]
[ECO "C47"]
[Opening "Four knights"]
[Variation "Belgrade gambit"]
[WhiteFideId "2026961"]
[BlackFideId "2606771"]
[EventDate "2021.08.28"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nd5 Be7 6. Bd3 O-O 7. O-O d6 8. h3
Nxd5 9. exd5 Ne5 10. Nxd4 Bf6 11. Be4 Re8 12. c3 Bd7 13. Qc2 g6 14. f4 Nc4 15.
b3 Qe7 16. Re1 Bxd4+ 17. cxd4 Nb6 18. Bd2 Qf6 19. Qc3 Rxe4 20. Rxe4 Nxd5 21. Qf3
Bc6 22. Rae1 Qf5 23. g4 Qd7 24. Qf2 f5 25. Re6 Qf7 26. Qh4 Re8 27. gxf5 gxf5 28.
Qg5+ Kf8 29. Qh6+ Kg8 30. Rxe8+ Bxe8 31. Kh2 Kh8 32. Qg5 Bc6 33. Rg1 Qf8 34. Be1
h6 35. Qh4 Kh7 36. Bf2 Qf7 37. Qg3 a6 38. Be1 Bb5 39. Bc3 Bc6 40. Bb2 Bb5 41.
Re1 Bc6 42. a4 Bd7 43. Rg1 Bc6 44. Re1 Bd7 45. Rg1 Bc6 46. Re1 Bd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aimchess US Rapid Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.08.30"]
[Round "12.1"]
[White "Duda, Jan-Krzysztof"]
[Black "Hansen, Eric"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2606"]
[ECO "E32"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian"]
[Variation "classical variation"]
[WhiteFideId "1170546"]
[BlackFideId "2606771"]
[EventDate "2021.08.28"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 d6 7. Nf3 b6 8. g3
Bb7 9. Bg2 Nbd7 10. O-O c5 11. Rd1 Qe7 12. b3 Rac8 13. Bb2 d5 14. dxc5 Nxc5 15.
Ne5 dxc4 16. Bxb7 Qxb7 17. Nxc4 Rfd8 18. Nd6 Rxd6 19. Rxd6 Nce4 20. Qd3 Nxd6 21.
Qxd6 Qe4 22. Re1 h5 23. Bxf6 gxf6 24. Qe7 Kg7 25. Qxa7 Ra8 26. Qxb6 Rxa3 27. Qc5
Rxb3 28. Qxh5 Qb4 29. Rd1 Qe4 30. h3 Rb2 31. Re1 Qb4 32. Kf1 Qe4 33. Qf3 f5 34.
Qc3+ Kg8 35. f3 Qb7 36. Qf6 Qb5 37. h4 Rc2 38. Qg5+ Kh7 39. g4 Qe5 40. Qh5+ Kg7
41. Qg5+ Kh7 42. gxf5 exf5 43. Qh5+ Kg7 44. Qg5+ Kh7 45. Qg2 Rc4 46. Qh3 Qf6 47.
Kg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aimchess US Rapid Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.08.30"]
[Round "12.2"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Naroditsky, Daniel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2623"]
[ECO "E90"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "Zinnowitz variation"]
[WhiteFideId "623539"]
[BlackFideId "2026961"]
[EventDate "2021.08.28"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. d4 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. Bg5 c5 7. d5 e6 8. Be2 exd5
9. exd5 h6 10. Be3 Bg4 11. Nd2 Bxe2 12. Qxe2 Re8 13. O-O Nbd7 14. Rae1 a6 15. a4
Qb6 16. b3 Qb4 17. Rc1 Re7 18. h3 Rae8 19. Qd3 Nh5 20. Nce4 Qb6 21. g4 Nhf6 22.
Ng3 Ne5 23. Qc2 Qd8 24. Bf4 Qd7 25. Kg2 b5 26. axb5 axb5 27. Ra1 bxc4 28. bxc4
h5 29. g5 Nh7 30. Ra6 h4 31. Nge4 Qf5 32. Nf6+ Nxf6 33. Qxf5 gxf5 34. gxf6 Bxf6
35. Rxd6 Bg7 36. Bxe5 Rxe5 37. Rc6 Bf8 38. Rd1 Re2 39. d6 Rd8 40. Nf3 Re6 41.
Nxh4 Rf6 42. Rxc5 Rfxd6 43. Rxd6 Rxd6 44. Rxf5 Rd2 45. Nf3 Rc2 46. Ne5 Bg7 47.
Nxf7 Rxc4 48. Ng5 Bh6 49. Nf3 Rc2 50. Ne5 Bg7 51. Ng4 Kh7 52. h4 Bd4 53. h5 Rc7
54. Kg3 Bg7 55. Kh4 Rc6 56. f4 Rc7 57. Rd5 Rf7 58. f5 Bh8 59. h6 Bb2 60. Kg5
Bc1+ 61. Kh5 Bb2 62. f6 Bc3 63. Rf5 Bb2 64. Rf1 Bc3 65. Rf2 Bd4 66. Re2 Bc5 67.
Re6 Bf8 68. Kg5 Rb7 69. f7 Rxf7 70. Nf6+ Rxf6 71. Kxf6 Bxh6 72. Kf7 Bf4 73. Re4
Bg5 74. Re1 1-0

[Event "Aimchess US Rapid Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.08.30"]
[Round "12.3"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2759"]
[ECO "C50"]
[Opening "Giuoco Pianissimo"]
[WhiteFideId "3503240"]
[BlackFideId "12573981"]
[EventDate "2021.08.28"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 d6 6. O-O a6 7. a4 Ba7 8. Re1 O-O
9. h3 h6 10. Nbd2 Re8 11. b4 Be6 12. Bxe6 Rxe6 13. Qc2 Qd7 14. Nf1 d5 15. Be3
Bxe3 16. Nxe3 Ne7 17. Rab1 Ng6 18. c4 d4 19. Nf5 Rae8 20. c5 Ne7 21. Ng3 b5 22.
cxb6 cxb6 23. b5 Rc8 24. Qa2 a5 25. Rbc1 Qd8 26. Nf5 Ng6 27. h4 Kh7 28. Rc6
Rcxc6 29. bxc6 Qc7 30. Rc1 Nf4 31. Qd2 Re8 32. Rb1 Ne6 33. Qb2 Rb8 34. Qb5 Nc5
35. Nd2 g6 36. Ng3 Ne8 37. Nc4 Nd6 38. Nxd6 Qxd6 39. Nf1 Rc8 40. Qxb6 Rxc6 41.
Qxa5 Nxd3 42. Qb5 Nf4 43. g3 Ne6 44. Nd2 d3 45. Nc4 Qc7 46. Ne3 d2 47. Rd1 Rc1
48. Kg2 Rxd1 49. Nxd1 Qc2 50. Qe2 Nd4 51. Qg4 h5 52. Qd7 Qxe4+ 53. Kg1 Kg7 0-1

[Event "Aimchess US Rapid Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.08.30"]
[Round "12.4"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[ECO "E35"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian"]
[Variation "classical, Noa variation, 5.cd ed"]
[WhiteFideId "13401319"]
[BlackFideId "12401137"]
[EventDate "2021.08.28"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Nf3 O-O 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4
g5 9. Bg3 Ne4 10. Nd2 Bf5 11. Ndxe4 Bxe4 12. Qd2 c5 13. a3 Ba5 14. e3 cxd4 15.
exd4 Re8 16. O-O-O Nc6 17. f3 Bg6 18. Re1 Bxc3 19. bxc3 Na5 20. Qb2 Rxe1+ 21.
Bxe1 Rc8 22. Qb4 Rc6 23. Bb5 Re6 24. c4 Nxc4 25. Bc3 a5 26. Qb3 Qc7 27. Bxc4
dxc4 28. Qb5 Rb6 29. Qe8+ Kh7 30. Re1 Qf4+ 31. Qe3 Qf5 0-1

[Event "Aimchess US Rapid Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.08.30"]
[Round "12.5"]
[White "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2704"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[ECO "A15"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[WhiteFideId "24101605"]
[BlackFideId "5029465"]
[EventDate "2021.08.28"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. b3 Nc6 4. Bb2 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Nc3 e5 7. e3 Nxc3 8.
Bxc3 Bd6 9. Qc2 Qe7 10. Bd3 h6 11. h4 Bd7 12. h5 Nd4 13. exd4 exd4+ 14. Kf1 dxc3
15. Re1 Be6 16. Qxc3 O-O 17. Rh4 Qd7 18. Bc4 Rae8 19. Rhe4 Bxc4+ 20. Qxc4 Rxe4
21. Qxe4 Rd8 22. g4 b5 23. Kg2 Rc8 24. d3 Be7 25. Ne5 Qe6 26. Ng6 Qxe4+ 27. Rxe4
fxg6 28. Rxe7 gxh5 29. gxh5 c4 30. dxc4 bxc4 31. bxc4 Rxc4 32. Rxa7 Rc5 33. a4
Rxh5 34. Rb7 Ra5 35. Rb4 Kf7 36. Kg3 g5 37. Kg4 Kg6 38. Rb6+ Kg7 39. Rb7+ Kg6
40. Rb6+ Kg7 41. Rb7+ Kg6 42. Rb6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aimchess US Rapid Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.08.30"]
[Round "12.6"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[ECO "D37"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "4.Nf3"]
[WhiteFideId "24116068"]
[BlackFideId "5202213"]
[EventDate "2021.08.28"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. g3 O-O 6. Bg2 dxc4 7. Ne5 Nc6 8. Bxc6
bxc6 9. Nxc6 Qe8 10. Nxe7+ Qxe7 11. Qa4 c5 12. dxc5 Qxc5 13. Be3 Qc7 14. Rd1 e5
15. f3 Be6 16. O-O Qb7 17. Qb5 Qxb5 18. Nxb5 Rab8 19. Nc3 Rxb2 20. Bxa7 Ra8 21.
Be3 h5 22. Rd2 Rxd2 23. Bxd2 Nd5 24. Ra1 Nxc3 25. Bxc3 Ra3 26. Bb2 Ra5 27. Bc3
Ra3 28. Bb4 Ra4 29. a3 f6 30. Kf2 g5 31. Rd1 Kf7 32. Rd6 Ra8 33. Rc6 Rc8 34.
Rxc8 Bxc8 35. Ke3 g4 36. f4 Ke6 37. a4 c3 38. Bxc3 Bd7 39. a5 Bb5 40. fxe5 fxe5
41. Ke4 Bxe2 42. Bxe5 Kd7 43. Kf4 Kc6 44. Kg5 Kb7 45. Kxh5 Ka8 46. Bd4 Kb7 47.
Bb6 Ka8 48. Kh4 Bd1 49. a6 Be2 50. a7 Bd1 51. Bf2 Be2 52. h3 gxh3 53. Kxh3 Bd1
54. Kh4 Be2 55. g4 Bd3 56. g5 Bc2 57. Kh5 Bd1+ 58. Kh6 Bb3 59. g6 Bc2 60. Kg5
Bxg6 61. Kxg6 Kb7 62. Kf5 Ka8 63. Ke6 Kb7 64. Kd5 Ka8 65. Kc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aimchess US Rapid Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.08.30"]
[Round "12.7"]
[White "Liang, Awonder"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2587"]
[BlackElo "2847"]
[ECO "B46"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Taimanov variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2056437"]
[BlackFideId "1503014"]
[EventDate "2021.08.28"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 d5 8.
O-O Nf6 9. e5 Nd7 10. Re1 c5 11. Na4 c4 12. Bf1 Bb7 13. b3 Bc6 14. Nc3 Bb4 15.
Bd2 O-O 16. bxc4 dxc4 17. Ne4 Bxd2 18. Nxd2 c3 19. Nc4 Bb5 20. Qd4 Bxc4 21. Qxc4
Qa5 22. Qd4 Rfd8 23. Re3 Rac8 24. a3 Rc5 25. Qb4 Nxe5 26. Qxa5 Rxa5 27. Rxc3 g5
28. g3 Rd2 29. h3 Kg7 30. Rb1 h5 31. Rb6 g4 32. hxg4 hxg4 33. Kg2 Nf3 34. Rc4
Nd4 35. Bd3 e5 36. Rb7 Rb5 37. Ra7 Rb6 38. Rxd4 exd4 39. Rd7 Rf6 0-1

[Event "Aimchess US Rapid Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.08.30"]
[Round "12.8"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Van Foreest, Jorden"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2698"]
[ECO "B90"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Najdorf, Byrne (English) attack"]
[WhiteFideId "13300474"]
[BlackFideId "1039784"]
[EventDate "2021.08.28"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. f3
Be6 9. Qd2 h5 10. O-O-O Nbd7 11. Kb1 b5 12. Nd5 Nxd5 13. exd5 Bf5 14. Na5 Qc7
15. Nc6 Bf6 16. Bd3 Bxd3 17. cxd3 Nb6 18. Bxb6 Qxb6 19. Rc1 a5 20. Rhe1 O-O 21.
g4 hxg4 22. fxg4 Bh4 23. Re4 Rae8 24. g5 Qf2 25. Qxf2 Bxf2 26. Nxa5 f5 27. gxf6
Rxf6 28. Nc6 Rh6 29. d4 Rxh2 30. dxe5 Bc5 31. b4 Bb6 32. e6 Rd2 33. e7 Bf2 34.
Rc2 Rd1+ 35. Kb2 Bg3 36. Rc3 Bh2 37. Rh3 Rd2+ 38. Kb3 Kf7 39. Rf3+ Kg8 40. Rh4
Be5 41. Rf8+ 1-0

[Event "Aimchess US Rapid Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.08.30"]
[Round "13.1"]
[White "Van Foreest, Jorden"]
[Black "Duda, Jan-Krzysztof"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2698"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[ECO "D30"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[WhiteFideId "1039784"]
[BlackFideId "1170546"]
[EventDate "2021.08.28"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 h6 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7. Nc3 O-O 8. h4
c5 9. g4 cxd4 10. exd4 g6 11. g5 hxg5 12. hxg5 Bg7 13. Qd2 Nc6 14. O-O-O Re8 15.
Rh4 a6 16. Kb1 dxc4 17. Bxc4 e5 18. Qc2 Bf5 19. Ne4 exd4 20. Ka1 d3 21. Rxd3 Nb4
22. Bxf7+ Kxf7 23. Qc4+ Re6 24. Rxd8 Rxd8 25. Rh1 Bxe4 26. Qxb4 Rd3 27. Re1 Bxf3
28. Qf4+ Kg8 29. Qc4 Bd5 30. Qc8+ Kh7 31. Rb1 Re2 32. Qc1 Ra3 0-1

[Event "Aimchess US Rapid Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.08.30"]
[Round "13.2"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2847"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[ECO "D39"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "Ragozin, Vienna variation"]
[WhiteFideId "1503014"]
[BlackFideId "13300474"]
[EventDate "2021.08.28"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 c5 8. e3
cxd4 9. Bxf6 Qxf6 10. cxd4 O-O 11. Bxc4 b6 12. O-O Bb7 13. Qe2 Nd7 14. a4 Rfd8
15. Ba6 Bxa6 16. Qxa6 e5 17. a5 exd4 18. Nxd4 Nc5 19. Qb5 Rac8 20. axb6 axb6 21.
Rab1 Rd6 22. Rfc1 Rcd8 23. h3 h5 24. Qe2 g6 25. Qf3 Kg7 26. Qxf6+ Rxf6 27. Rb5
Ra8 28. Rcb1 Ne4 29. R5b2 Ra3 30. g3 Ra5 31. Kg2 Rc5 32. g4 hxg4 33. hxg4 Nc3
34. Ra1 Ra5 35. Rc1 Rc5 36. f4 Nd5 37. Re1 Nxf4+ 38. exf4 Rxf4 39. Rb4 Rxg4+ 40.
Kf3 Rgg5 41. Rxb6 Rge5 42. Rxe5 Rxe5 43. Rb7 Kf6 44. Nc6 Re6 45. Nd8 Re7 46.
Rxe7 Kxe7 47. Nb7 Kf8 48. Kf4 Kg7 49. Ke5 Kh6 50. Kf6 g5 51. Nd6 g4 52. Nf5+ Kh5
53. Ng3+ Kh4 54. Ne4 g3 55. Nxg3 Kxg3 56. Kxf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aimchess US Rapid Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.08.30"]
[Round "13.3"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Liang, Awonder"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2587"]
[ECO "D12"]
[Opening "QGD Slav"]
[Variation "4.e3 Bf5"]
[WhiteFideId "5202213"]
[BlackFideId "2056437"]
[EventDate "2021.08.28"]

1. c4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Be4 7. f3 Bg6 8. Qb3 Qc7
9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. e4 Nxc3 11. bxc3 Be7 12. Nxg6 hxg6 13. g3 Nd7 14. Kf2 e5 15.
Be3 c5 16. dxe5 Nxe5 17. Qb5+ Nc6 18. Rb1 O-O-O 19. Bc4 Bd6 20. Kg2 Rh5 21. Bd5
a6 22. Qa4 f5 23. f4 Na5 24. e5 Be7 25. Bf3 Rhh8 26. Rxb7 Nxb7 27. Qxa6 Rd7 28.
e6 Rd6 29. Qa8+ Qb8 30. Bxb7+ Kc7 31. Qa5+ Rb6 32. Bd5 Kc8 33. Kf3 Rd8 34. c4
Rxd5 35. cxd5 Qb7 36. Rd1 Rxe6 37. Bxc5 Ra6 38. Qc3 Bxc5 39. Qxc5+ Kd7 40. Qc3
Kd8 41. Qc4 Qa7 42. Rc1 Ra3+ 43. Kg2 Qb7 44. Kh3 g5 45. fxg5 g6 46. Qh4 Qg7 47.
Qh6 Qg8 48. Rc6 f4 49. Rxg6 Qe8 50. Re6 Qd7 51. Qf8+ Kc7 52. Qxa3 1-0

[Event "Aimchess US Rapid Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.08.30"]
[Round "13.4"]
[White "Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[ECO "A35"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "symmetrical, four knights system"]
[WhiteFideId "5029465"]
[BlackFideId "24116068"]
[EventDate "2021.08.28"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. e3 e6 5. d4 d5 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Bb5 cxd4 8.
exd4 Bd6 9. O-O O-O 10. h3 h6 11. Re1 Bf5 12. Ne5 Rc8 13. Bf4 Re8 14. Rc1 Re6
15. Qd2 Qe7 16. Nxc6 bxc6 17. Bxd6 Qxd6 18. Rxe6 Qxe6 19. Bf1 Re8 20. Qf4 Qd7
21. Na4 Re4 22. Qb8+ Re8 23. Qb4 Ne4 24. Nc5 Qd6 25. Re1 Rb8 26. Qa3 Nxc5 27.
dxc5 Qd7 28. Rd1 d4 29. b4 Rd8 30. Bd3 Bxd3 31. Qxd3 Qd5 32. a3 a5 33. Kf1 axb4
34. axb4 g6 35. Kg1 Kg7 36. Rd2 h5 37. h4 Qe5 38. Rd1 Qd5 39. Rd2 Qe5 40. Rd1
Qd5 41. Rd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aimchess US Rapid Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.08.30"]
[Round "13.5"]
[White "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Black "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2704"]
[ECO "B01"]
[Opening "Scandinavian"]
[Variation "Pytel-Wade variation"]
[WhiteFideId "12401137"]
[BlackFideId "24101605"]
[EventDate "2021.08.28"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd6 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 c6 6. h3 g6 7. Bc4 Be6 8. Bb3
Bg7 9. O-O Bxb3 10. axb3 Nbd7 11. Re1 e6 12. Bg5 O-O 13. Qd2 c5 14. Bf4 Qc6 15.
Rad1 Rfd8 16. d5 exd5 17. Nxd5 Qxd5 18. Qxd5 Nxd5 19. Rxd5 Nf8 20. Rxd8 Rxd8 21.
c3 Ne6 22. Be3 b6 23. Kf1 f5 24. Ng5 Nxg5 25. Bxg5 Rd7 26. Re8+ Kf7 27. Ra8 Bf6
28. Be3 Ke6 29. Ke2 Kd5 30. g4 fxg4 31. hxg4 Bd8 32. Rc8 h5 33. Kf3 hxg4+ 34.
Kxg4 Ke4 35. b4 cxb4 36. cxb4 Bf6 37. b3 Kd3 38. Rc1 Re7 39. Rc6 Bc3 40. Rxg6
Kc2 41. b5 Kxb3 42. Bf4 Ka4 43. Rg5 Bd4 44. Bg3 Bc5 45. f4 Kxb5 46. f5 Rf7 47.
Be5 a5 48. f6 a4 49. Kf5 Rf8 50. Ke6 Re8+ 51. Kd7 Ra8 52. f7 Kc4 53. Rg8 Bf8 54.
Bg7 Ra7+ 55. Ke6 Bxg7 56. Rxg7 Rxf7 57. Rxf7 a3 58. Ra7 Kb3 59. Kd5 a2 60. Kc6
Kb2 61. Kxb6 a1=Q 62. Rxa1 Kxa1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aimchess US Rapid Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.08.30"]
[Round "13.6"]
[White "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2759"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[ECO "C67"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Berlin defence, open variation"]
[WhiteFideId "12573981"]
[BlackFideId "13401319"]
[EventDate "2021.08.28"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Nxe5 7. Rxe5+ Be7
8. Bf1 O-O 9. d4 Bf6 10. Re1 Re8 11. c3 Rxe1 12. Qxe1 Nf5 13. Bf4 c6 14. Nd2 d5
15. h3 g6 16. Nf3 Ng7 17. Qd2 Bf5 18. Re1 Qf8 19. Ne5 Re8 20. g4 Bc8 21. Bh6 Qd6
22. Qf4 Qd8 23. Bd3 Ne6 24. Qf3 Qe7 25. Re3 Bg7 26. Bxg7 Kxg7 27. Qg3 f6 28. Nf3
Qc7 29. Qxc7+ Nxc7 30. Rxe8 Nxe8 31. Kg2 Nd6 32. Nd2 g5 33. Kg3 f5 34. f4 h6 35.
Nf1 Kf6 36. Ne3 a5 37. a3 Be6 38. Bc2 Bc8 39. Bd3 Be6 40. Bc2 Bc8 41. Bd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aimchess US Rapid Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.08.30"]
[Round "13.7"]
[White "Naroditsky, Daniel"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2623"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[ECO "B90"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Najdorf"]
[WhiteFideId "2026961"]
[BlackFideId "3503240"]
[EventDate "2021.08.28"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Nb3 g6 7. Be3 Bg7 8. Qd2
h5 9. O-O-O Nbd7 10. f4 Qc7 11. Be2 b5 12. Bf3 Bb7 13. Kb1 O-O 14. h3 Nb6 15.
Qf2 Na4 16. Bd4 e5 17. fxe5 dxe5 18. Nxa4 bxa4 19. Bb6 Qc8 20. Nc5 Bc6 21. Ba5
Rb8 22. Bc3 Nd7 23. Nxd7 Bxd7 24. Qe3 Be6 25. Be2 Bh6 26. Qf3 Qc5 27. Ka1 a3 28.
b3 Rbc8 29. Rd3 Rfd8 30. Rhd1 Rxd3 31. Rxd3 Bc1 32. Bd1 Bc4 33. Rd7 Be6 34. Rd3
Bc4 35. Rd7 Qc6 36. Ra7 Be6 37. Kb1 Bf4 38. Be1 Rd8 39. Be2 Qc5 40. Bf2 Qb4 41.
g3 Bg4 42. hxg4 hxg4 43. c3 gxf3 44. cxb4 fxe2 45. gxf4 Rd1+ 46. Kc2 exf4 47.
Rxa6 Rf1 48. Bh4 g5 49. Kd2 gxh4 50. Kxe2 Ra1 51. b5 h3 52. b6 h2 53. b7 h1=Q
54. b8=Q+ Kh7 55. Qxf4 Qd1+ 56. Ke3 Qc1+ 57. Kf3 Qf1+ 58. Kg4 Qe2+ 59. Kf5 Rf1
60. Rh6+ Kg7 61. Rh4 Rxf4+ 0-1

[Event "Aimchess US Rapid Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.08.30"]
[Round "13.8"]
[White "Hansen, Eric"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2606"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[ECO "C11"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "Burn variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2606771"]
[BlackFideId "623539"]
[EventDate "2021.08.28"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 gxf6 7. Nf3 f5 8.
Nc3 a6 9. g3 b5 10. Bg2 Bb7 11. O-O O-O 12. Ne5 Bxg2 13. Kxg2 c5 14. Qf3 cxd4
15. Qxa8 dxc3 16. Qb7 Bf6 17. Nd3 cxb2 18. Rab1 Qc8 19. Qxc8 Rxc8 20. Nxb2 Nd7
21. Nd3 Nb6 22. Nb4 a5 23. Nd3 b4 24. a3 bxa3 25. Rxb6 a2 26. Ra6 a1=Q 27. Rxa1
Bxa1 28. Rxa5 Bd4 29. Ra4 Bc3 30. h3 Kg7 31. g4 fxg4 32. hxg4 Kf6 33. Kf3 Rc7
34. Re4 Kg5 35. Kg3 Kf6 36. Re2 Ba5 37. f4 Rc3 38. Kf3 Bc7 39. Rh2 Kg6 40. g5 e5
41. Rh6+ Kg7 42. f5 Rxc2 43. f6+ Kg8 44. Rh1 Rc4 45. Re1 h6 46. Nxe5 Rc3+ 47.
Kg4 hxg5 48. Nd7 Rd3 49. Re8+ Kh7 50. Nf8+ Kh6 51. Re7 Rd4+ 52. Kf3 g4+ 53. Ke2
Bd6 54. Rxf7 Re4+ 55. Kd3 Re8 56. Rh7+ Kg5 57. Nd7 Kf4 58. Kd4 g3 59. Kd5 Ba3
60. Rg7 Ra8 61. Nb6 Ra5+ 62. Kc4 Rf5 63. Nd5+ Kf3 64. Rg6 Bd6 65. Ne7 Rc5+ 66.
Kd4 g2 67. Nd5 Rc1 0-1

[Event "Aimchess US Rapid Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.08.30"]
[Round "14.1"]
[White "Duda, Jan-Krzysztof"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[ECO "E60"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "3.g3"]
[WhiteFideId "1170546"]
[BlackFideId "623539"]
[EventDate "2021.08.28"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 c6 4. Bg2 d5 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. b3 O-O 7. Bb2 a5 8. O-O b5
9. cxb5 cxb5 10. Nc3 Ba6 11. Ne5 e6 12. Qd2 Nfd7 13. f4 f6 14. Nd3 f5 15. Nxd5
Nc6 16. Ne3 Nxd4 17. Bxa8 Qxa8 18. Nf2 Rd8 19. Bxd4 Nc5 20. Nc2 Ne4 21. Qe3 1-0

[Event "Aimchess US Rapid Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.08.30"]
[Round "14.2"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "Hansen, Eric"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2606"]
[ECO "C53"]
[Opening "Giuoco Piano"]
[WhiteFideId "3503240"]
[BlackFideId "2606771"]
[EventDate "2021.08.28"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. O-O O-O 7. Re1 a6 8. a4 Ne7
9. d4 Ba7 10. h3 Ng6 11. Bd3 Re8 12. Nbd2 Nh5 13. Nf1 Nhf4 14. Bc2 Qf6 15. Ng3
Be6 16. Nh5 Qe7 17. Bxf4 Nxf4 18. Nxf4 exf4 19. Qd2 Qf6 20. e5 dxe5 21. Rxe5 h6
22. Rae1 Rad8 23. R1e4 g5 24. Bb3 Bd7 25. h4 Rxe5 26. Nxe5 Be6 27. hxg5 hxg5 28.
Bxe6 Qxe6 29. Qe2 Qf5 30. Nd3 Kg7 31. Re5 Qg6 32. Qg4 f6 33. Re7+ Kf8 34. Rxc7
Bb8 35. Rc8 Ke7 36. Qe2+ Kd7 37. Rxd8+ Kxd8 38. f3 Bd6 39. Kf1 Qh7 40. Ke1 Qd7
41. b3 Qc6 42. Kd2 Qd5 43. Kc2 f5 44. Ne5 b5 45. c4 bxc4 46. Qxc4 1-0

[Event "Aimchess US Rapid Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.08.30"]
[Round "14.3"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Naroditsky, Daniel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2623"]
[ECO "A49"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "fianchetto without c4"]
[WhiteFideId "13401319"]
[BlackFideId "2026961"]
[EventDate "2021.08.28"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d6 6. Re1 Nbd7 7. e4 e5 8. Nc3
c6 9. a4 a5 10. h3 Re8 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. Be3 Qc7 13. Qe2 Nb6 14. Rad1 Nfd7 15.
b3 Bf8 16. Nd2 Bc5 17. Na2 Bxe3 18. Qxe3 Qd6 19. Nc1 Qc5 20. Nd3 Qxe3 21. Rxe3
Nf8 22. f4 f6 23. fxe5 fxe5 24. Nf3 Nbd7 25. h4 b5 26. Ra1 Bb7 27. Bh3 bxa4 28.
Rxa4 c5 29. Ra1 Bc6 30. Nb2 Nb6 31. Rc3 Bxe4 32. Nd2 Bf5 33. Bxf5 gxf5 34. Rxc5
Rec8 35. Rxc8 Rxc8 36. Ndc4 Nxc4 37. Nxc4 Ne6 38. Rxa5 Nd4 39. Ra2 f4 40. Kf2
fxg3+ 41. Kxg3 e4 42. Kf4 Re8 43. Nd6 Rd8 44. Nxe4 Rc8 45. Ra7 h6 46. Nf6+ Kf8
47. c4 Nxb3 48. Kf5 Rxc4 49. Kg6 1-0

[Event "Aimchess US Rapid Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.08.30"]
[Round "14.4"]
[White "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2704"]
[BlackElo "2759"]
[ECO "A06"]
[Opening "Reti opening"]
[WhiteFideId "24101605"]
[BlackFideId "12573981"]
[EventDate "2021.08.28"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. b3 O-O 6. Bb2 c5 7. cxd5 exd5 8. d4
Nc6 9. Be2 Ne4 10. O-O Bf6 11. Rc1 cxd4 12. Nxe4 dxe4 13. Nxd4 Nxd4 14. Bxd4
Bxd4 15. Qxd4 Qxd4 16. exd4 Rd8 17. Rfd1 Be6 18. f3 Bd5 19. Rc7 Rac8 20. Rdc1
Rxc7 21. Rxc7 e3 22. Kf1 g6 23. Bd3 Bc6 24. Ke2 Rxd4 25. Kxe3 Rd7 26. Rxd7 Bxd7
27. Be4 b6 28. Kd4 Kf8 29. Kd5 Ke7 30. f4 h6 31. Bd3 Be8 32. b4 Bd7 33. a3 Be8
34. h4 Bd7 35. Bc2 Bb5 36. g3 Bd7 37. a4 Be8 38. a5 Bb5 39. Be4 Bd7 40. Bd3 Be8
41. Ba6 Bd7 42. Bb7 Ba4 43. Bc8 Bb5 44. Bg4 Ba4 45. h5 gxh5 46. Bxh5 f6 47. Be2
Be8 48. Bd3 Bd7 49. Bg6 Ba4 50. Bf5 Be8 51. axb6 axb6 52. Bd3 Bd7 53. Bc2 Be8
54. Bd3 Bd7 55. Bc2 Be8 56. Bd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aimchess US Rapid Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.08.30"]
[Round "14.5"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[ECO "D37"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "4.Nf3"]
[WhiteFideId "24116068"]
[BlackFideId "12401137"]
[EventDate "2021.08.28"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 a6 5. c5 b6 6. cxb6 c5 7. Bf4 Bd6 8. Bxd6
Qxd6 9. dxc5 Qxc5 10. Qd4 Qd6 11. e3 O-O 12. Be2 Nbd7 13. O-O e5 14. Qd2 Nxb6
15. b3 Bb7 16. Rfd1 Rfe8 17. Rac1 h6 18. h3 Rad8 19. Qb2 Qe7 20. Na4 Nxa4 21.
bxa4 Rd7 22. a5 Qd6 23. Rc2 d4 24. exd4 Bxf3 25. Bxf3 Rb8 26. Qc1 exd4 27. Rc6
Qb4 28. Rxa6 d3 29. Qd2 Qd4 30. Ra8 Rxa8 31. Bxa8 Ne4 32. Bxe4 Qxe4 33. Qe3 Qxe3
34. fxe3 Kf8 35. a3 d2 36. Kf2 Rd5 37. a6 Ke7 38. Ke2 Ra5 39. Ra1 Rxa6 40. Kxd2
Rg6 41. g4 h5 42. Rg1 Ra6 43. gxh5 Rxa3 44. Rxg7 Ra5 45. h4 Rxh5 46. Rg4 Ke6 47.
Ke2 f6 48. Kf3 Rh8 49. Kg3 Kf7 50. Rf4 Re8 51. e4 Kg6 52. Kg4 Re5 53. h5+ Rxh5
54. Rxf6+ Kxf6 55. Kxh5 Ke5 56. Kg4 Kxe4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aimchess US Rapid Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.08.30"]
[Round "14.6"]
[White "Liang, Awonder"]
[Black "Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2587"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[ECO "A35"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "symmetrical, four knights system"]
[WhiteFideId "2056437"]
[BlackFideId "5029465"]
[EventDate "2021.08.28"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 d6 6. b3 Bg7 7. Bb2 e5 8. O-O O-O
9. Ne1 Be6 10. Nd5 Rb8 11. Nc2 Ne7 12. e4 b5 13. d3 bxc4 14. dxc4 Nc6 15. f4 Nd4
16. Kh1 Nd7 17. Nce3 exf4 18. gxf4 Qh4 19. Qe1 Qxe1 20. Raxe1 Rfe8 21. Nc7 Rec8
22. Nxe6 Nxe6 23. Bxg7 Kxg7 24. Bh3 Rd8 25. Nd5 Nb6 26. f5 Nd4 27. f6+ Kf8 28.
Ne7 Nd7 29. Bxd7 Rxd7 30. e5 a5 31. Nd5 Ne6 32. Rf3 h5 33. exd6 Rxd6 34. Kg2 Ra8
35. Rfe3 a4 36. Kg3 axb3 37. axb3 Kg8 38. Re5 Kh7 39. R1e3 Rb8 40. Kf2 Rb7 41.
Ke1 Ra7 42. Kf2 Kh6 43. h4 Nc7 44. Re7 Nxd5 45. Rxa7 Nxe3 46. Kxe3 Rxf6 47. Ra5
Rf5 48. b4 cxb4 49. Rxf5 gxf5 50. c5 b3 51. Kd2 f4 52. c6 f3 53. c7 f2 54. Ke2
b2 55. c8=Q f1=Q+ 56. Kxf1 b1=Q+ 57. Kg2 Qe4+ 58. Kg3 Qe5+ 59. Kg2 Qe4+ 60. Kg3
Kg7 61. Qc3+ Kg6 62. Qc8 Qe5+ 63. Kg2 Qd5+ 64. Kg3 Qe5+ 65. Kg2 Kg7 66. Qc4 Qe3
67. Qb4 Kg6 68. Qc4 Qe6 69. Qc2+ Qf5 70. Qc6+ Kh7 71. Qc7 Qg4+ 72. Kf1 Qf3+ 73.
Kg1 Kg6 74. Qd8 Qg4+ 75. Kh2 Kg7 76. Qe7 Qf4+ 77. Kg2 Qf6 78. Qb4 Qf5 79. Kg3
Qd3+ 80. Kg2 Kg6 81. Qf8 Qe4+ 82. Kg1 Qg4+ 83. Kf1 Qf3+ 84. Kg1 Qe3+ 85. Kf1
Qd3+ 86. Kg1 Qd4+ 87. Kg2 Qg7 88. Qc5 Kh6+ 89. Kh2 Qf6 90. Qc1+ Kg7 91. Qg1+ Kh7
92. Qb1+ Qg6 93. Qb4 Qg4 94. Qe7 Kg6 95. Qd8 Qf4+ 96. Kg2 Qe4+ 97. Kh2 Qe5+ 98.
Kg2 f6 99. Qg8+ Kf5 100. Qc8+ Kf4 101. Qc1+ Kg4 102. Qc4+ Qf4 103. Qc8+ Kxh4
104. Qh3+ Kg5 105. Qc3 h4 106. Qd3 h3+ 107. Qxh3 Qg4+ 108. Qg3 Kf5 109. Kh1 Qe4+
110. Kg1 Qd4+ 111. Kg2 Qd2+ 112. Kg1 Ke4 113. Qg4+ Ke5 114. Qg3+ Ke4 115. Qg4+
Qf4 116. Qg2+ Qf3 117. Qc2+ Kf4 118. Qc7+ Kg4 119. Qg7+ Kf5 120. Qd7+ Kf4 121.
Qc7+ Kg4 122. Qg7+ Kh3 123. Qh6+ Kg3 124. Qg6+ Qg4 125. Qd3+ Kf4+ 126. Kf2 Qh4+
127. Kf1 Qh1+ 128. Kf2 Qe4 129. Qd6+ Kg5 130. Qc5+ Kh4 131. Qc7 Qf5+ 132. Ke2
Kh3 133. Qc3+ Kg2 134. Qc6+ Kg3 135. Qc3+ Kg4 136. Qc4+ Qf4 137. Qg8+ Kh3 138.
Qh7+ Kg3 139. Qd3+ Kg4 140. Qg6+ Qg5 141. Qe4+ Qf4 142. Qg6+ Kh3 143. Qh7+ Kg2
144. Qg6+ Qg5 145. Qe4+ Kh2 146. Qh7+ Kg3 147. Qd3+ Kh4 148. Qh7+ Kg4 149. Qe4+
Kg3 150. Qd3+ Kf4 151. Qf3+ Ke5 152. Qe3+ Kf5 153. Qd3+ Ke6 154. Qe4+ Kd6 155.
Qd4+ Ke7 156. Qe3+ Kf7 157. Qxg5 fxg5 158. Kf3 g4+ 159. Kxg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aimchess US Rapid Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.08.30"]
[Round "14.7"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[ECO "C67"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "open Berlin defence, l'Hermet variation"]
[WhiteFideId "13300474"]
[BlackFideId "5202213"]
[EventDate "2021.08.28"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. dxe5 Nxb5 7. a4 Nbd4 8.
Nxd4 Nxd4 9. Qxd4 d5 10. exd6 Qxd6 11. Qe4+ Qe6 12. Qd4 Qd6 13. Qe4+ Qe6 14. Qd4
Qd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aimchess US Rapid Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.08.30"]
[Round "14.8"]
[White "Van Foreest, Jorden"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2698"]
[BlackElo "2847"]
[ECO "A41"]
[Opening "Queen's Pawn"]
[WhiteFideId "1039784"]
[BlackFideId "1503014"]
[EventDate "2021.08.28"]

1. d4 d6 2. e4 g6 3. Nc3 c6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. h3 Bg7 6. Bd3 O-O 7. O-O Nbd7 8. Ne2
e5 9. c3 d5 10. Ng3 dxe4 11. Nxe4 Nxe4 12. Bxe4 exd4 13. Nxd4 Re8 14. Re1 Nb6
15. Bf4 Bxd4 16. cxd4 Be6 17. Qd2 Bd5 18. Bc2 f6 19. b3 Qd7 20. a4 Be6 21. Bg3
Bf5 22. Rxe8+ Rxe8 23. Bd1 Nd5 24. Be2 Kg7 25. Bc4 g5 26. b4 a6 27. Bf1 b5 28.
axb5 axb5 29. Rc1 h5 30. h4 gxh4 31. Bxh4 Re4 32. Bg3 Ne7 33. Re1 Rxe1 34. Qxe1
Nd5 35. f3 Kf7 36. Kh2 Bg6 37. Kh1 Qe6 38. Kg1 Qe3+ 39. Qxe3 Nxe3 40. Bf2 Nd5
41. Be1 Ke6 42. Kf2 Nc7 43. Ke3 Kd5 44. g4 Ne6 45. Bc3 f5 46. gxh5 f4+ 47. Kf2
Bxh5 48. Bd3 Nxd4 49. Be4+ Kc4 50. Bxd4 Kxd4 51. Bxc6 Kc4 52. Kg2 Kxb4 53. Kh3
Kc5 54. Bxb5 Kxb5 55. Kh4 Bxf3 56. Kg5 Bg4 57. Kxf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aimchess US Rapid Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.08.30"]
[Round "15.1"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Duda, Jan-Krzysztof"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2847"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[ECO "B40"]
[Opening "Sicilian defence"]
[WhiteFideId "1503014"]
[BlackFideId "1170546"]
[EventDate "2021.08.28"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c3 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. Bc4 d6 6. d4 Nb6 7. Bb3 cxd4 8. cxd4
Bd7 9. O-O Bc6 10. Nc3 Be7 11. exd6 Qxd6 12. Ne5 N8d7 13. Nxc6 bxc6 14. Ne4 Qb4
15. a3 Qb5 16. Nc3 Qa6 17. Qg4 Bf6 18. Ne4 O-O 19. Bc2 Qc4 20. Nxf6+ Nxf6 21.
Qd1 Rfd8 22. Be3 Qb5 23. Qc1 Nbd5 24. Bg5 h6 25. Bh4 a5 26. Rd1 Rdc8 27. Bg3 c5
28. dxc5 Rxc5 29. Qd2 Rac8 30. Bd3 Qb3 31. h3 a4 32. Bd6 R5c6 33. Be5 Nd7 34.
Bd4 Nc5 35. Bc2 Qb5 36. Bxc5 Rxc5 37. Be4 Qb6 38. Rac1 g5 39. Rxc5 Rxc5 40. Qd4
Rc1 41. Bh7+ Kxh7 42. Qd3+ Kg7 43. Rxc1 Qxb2 44. Rc2 Qa1+ 45. Kh2 h5 46. Rc4
Qe5+ 47. Qg3 Qf6 48. h4 g4 49. Rxa4 e5 50. Re4 Nf4 51. a4 Qd6 52. a5 Qd5 53. Qe3
f5 54. Rxf4 exf4 55. Qe7+ Kg8 56. Qg5+ Kf8 57. a6 g3+ 58. fxg3 f3 59. a7 fxg2
60. Qxh5 Kg7 61. Qe2 Qc5 62. Kxg2 Qxa7 63. Qe5+ Kg8 64. Qxf5 Qb7+ 65. Kh2 Kh8
66. Qe5+ Kh7 67. g4 Qb3 68. h5 Kg8 69. Qf6 Qd3 70. Kg2 Qe3 71. Qf3 Qe5 72. Kh3
Qg5 73. Qe4 Kh8 74. Kg3 Qf6 75. Qf4 Qe7 76. Qd4+ Kg8 77. Kf4 Qf7+ 78. Kg5 Qe7+
79. Qf6 Qe3+ 80. Kg6 Qe4+ 81. Qf5 Qc6+ 82. Kg5 Qc1+ 83. Qf4 Qc5+ 84. Kh4 Qc6 85.
Qg5+ Kh8 86. Qe5+ Kh7 87. Kg5 Qh6+ 88. Kf5 Qf8+ 89. Ke4 Qb4+ 90. Kf3 Qa3+ 91.
Kg2 Qa6 92. Qe4+ Kh8 93. g5 Qd6 94. Kh3 Qd7+ 95. Kh4 Qf7 96. Qd4+ Kg8 97. Qd8+
Kg7 98. h6+ Kh7 99. Qd3+ Kh8 100. Qd4+ Kh7 101. Qe4+ Kh8 102. Kg3 Qc7+ 103. Qf4
Qd7 104. Kh4 Qb7 105. Qf8+ Kh7 106. Qf5+ Kh8 107. Kh5 Qf7+ 108. Kg4 Qc4+ 109.
Kg3 Qc3+ 110. Qf3 Qe5+ 111. Kh4 Qh2+ 112. Kg4 Qc7 113. Qe4 Qd7+ 114. Kh4 Qf7
115. Qd4+ Kh7 116. Qd3+ Kh8 117. Qc3+ Kh7 118. Qc2+ Kh8 119. Kg3 Qd7 120. Qe2
Qd6+ 121. Kg4 Qd7+ 122. Kh4 Qf7 123. Qe5+ Kh7 124. Qe4+ Kh8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aimchess US Rapid Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.08.30"]
[Round "15.2"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Van Foreest, Jorden"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2698"]
[ECO "E32"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian"]
[Variation "classical variation"]
[WhiteFideId "5202213"]
[BlackFideId "1039784"]
[EventDate "2021.08.28"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. e4 d5 6. e5 Ne4 7. Bd3 c5 8. Nf3
cxd4 9. Nxd4 Nd7 10. Bf4 Qh4 11. g3 Qh5 12. O-O g5 13. cxd5 Bxc3 14. bxc3 gxf4
15. dxe6 Nxe5 16. Bxe4 Bxe6 17. Rfe1 Kh8 18. Bxb7 Rab8 19. Bg2 fxg3 20. fxg3 Bc4
21. Qa4 f6 22. Rxe5 fxe5 23. Qxc4 Qg6 24. Nb3 Qc2 25. Be4 Qf2+ 26. Kh1 Rb6 27.
Qc7 Rh6 28. Qxe5+ Rff6 29. Bg2 Kg8 30. h3 Rhg6 31. Rg1 Kg7 32. Nc5 Qf5 33. Qd4
Qf2 34. Ne6+ Kh8 35. Nf4 1-0

[Event "Aimchess US Rapid Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.08.30"]
[Round "15.3"]
[White "Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[ECO "D38"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "Ragozin variation"]
[WhiteFideId "5029465"]
[BlackFideId "13300474"]
[EventDate "2021.08.28"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Qa4+ Nc6 6. e3 O-O 7. Bd2 dxc4 8.
Bxc4 Bd6 9. Qc2 e5 10. dxe5 Nxe5 11. Nxe5 Bxe5 12. f4 Bxc3 13. Bxc3 Ng4 14. Bd4
c5 15. Bxc5 Re8 16. O-O Nxe3 17. Bxe3 Rxe3 18. Rae1 Rxe1 19. Rxe1 b5 20. Bf1 Be6
21. a3 Rc8 22. Qf2 a6 23. g3 g6 24. h4 Qf6 25. Re5 Rc1 26. Qd2 Rb1 27. Kf2 Bc4
28. Bg2 a5 29. Qd4 Kg7 30. h5 h6 31. hxg6 fxg6 32. a4 Bf7 33. axb5 g5 34. b6
gxf4 35. b7 Rd1 36. Rg5+ 1-0

[Event "Aimchess US Rapid Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.08.30"]
[Round "15.4"]
[White "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Black "Liang, Awonder"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2587"]
[ECO "B13"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "exchange, Rubinstein variation"]
[WhiteFideId "12401137"]
[BlackFideId "2056437"]
[EventDate "2021.08.28"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. c3 Nf6 6. Bf4 Bg4 7. Qb3 Qd7 8. Nd2
e6 9. Ngf3 Bd6 10. Bxd6 Qxd6 11. O-O O-O 12. Rfe1 Bxf3 13. Nxf3 Qc7 14. Qc2 g6
15. g3 Kg7 16. Kg2 Rab8 17. Qe2 a6 18. h4 h5 19. Rac1 Ng4 20. Qd2 Rbe8 21. Re2
Na5 22. Rce1 Nc4 23. Qc1 Nd6 24. Qf4 Qb8 25. Ne5 Nxe5 26. dxe5 Nf5 27. Bxf5 exf5
28. Qd4 Re6 29. Qxd5 Rd8 30. Qf3 b5 31. Qe3 Rd5 32. f4 Qd8 33. Qf3 Rd3 34. Re3
Rd2+ 35. R1e2 Rd1 36. b3 Qd7 37. Kh3 Ra1 38. Rd3 Qa7 39. Red2 Re8 40. Rd7 Qg1
41. Rd1 Rxd1 42. Rxd1 Qc5 43. Kg2 Rc8 44. Rd3 Qa3 45. Qe2 Qc1 46. e6 fxe6 47. c4
Kh6 48. Rd6 Re8 49. Qd2 Qb1 50. c5 Rc8 51. b4 Qe4+ 52. Kh2 a5 53. a3 axb4 54.
axb4 Qb1 55. Rxe6 Ra8 56. Re1 Ra2 57. Rxb1 Rxd2+ 58. Kg1 Rc2 59. Ra1 Rc4 60. Kf2
Kg7 61. Ke3 Kf7 62. Ra7+ Ke6 63. Ra6+ Kf7 64. Rb6 Rxb4 65. Kd3 Ke7 66. Rxg6 Rc4
67. c6 Rc1 68. Kd4 b4 69. Kd5 b3 70. Rg7+ Kd8 71. Rb7 Rc3 72. Kd6 Kc8 73. Ra7
Rd3+ 74. Ke6 Rxg3 75. Kxf5 Rg4 76. Ke5 Rxh4 77. Kd6 Kb8 78. Rb7+ Ka8 79. Rxb3
Rxf4 80. c7 Rf8 81. Kc6 Rf6+ 82. Kd5 Rf8 83. Kc6 Rf6+ 84. Kd7 Rf7+ 85. Kd6 Rf8
86. Rb4 Rg8 87. Kc6 Rg6+ 88. Kc5 Rg5+ 89. Kb6 Rg6+ 90. Ka5 Rg8 91. Ka6 h4 92.
Rb6 h3 93. Rd6 1-0

[Event "Aimchess US Rapid Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.08.30"]
[Round "15.5"]
[White "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2759"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[ECO "D13"]
[Opening "QGD Slav"]
[Variation "exchange variation"]
[WhiteFideId "12573981"]
[BlackFideId "24116068"]
[EventDate "2021.08.28"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bf4 a6 7. e3 Bg4 8. h3
Bxf3 9. Qxf3 e6 10. Bd3 Bd6 11. Bg5 Be7 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. O-O O-O 14. Rac1 g6
15. a3 h5 16. Rfd1 Kg7 17. Na4 Qd6 18. Nc5 Rab8 19. b4 Rfc8 20. Bf1 a5 21. Rb1
axb4 22. axb4 b6 23. Nd3 Ra8 24. Rdc1 Ne7 25. Qf4 Nf5 26. b5 Qxf4 27. Nxf4 Rxc1
28. Rxc1 Bg5 29. g3 h4 30. Rc7 Kg8 31. Bd3 hxg3 32. Bxf5 gxf2+ 33. Kxf2 gxf5 34.
Rb7 Bh4+ 35. Kf3 Ra2 36. Ne2 Ra1 37. Nf4 Ra2 38. Ne2 f6 39. Re7 Ra1 40. Nf4 Ra2
41. Ne2 Ra1 42. Nf4 Ra2 43. Ne2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aimchess US Rapid Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.08.30"]
[Round "15.6"]
[White "Naroditsky, Daniel"]
[Black "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2623"]
[BlackElo "2704"]
[ECO "C72"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "modern Steinitz defence, 5.O-O"]
[WhiteFideId "2026961"]
[BlackFideId "24101605"]
[EventDate "2021.08.28"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. O-O Bd7 6. c4 Nf6 7. Nc3 Be7 8. d4
Nxd4 9. Nxd4 exd4 10. Bxd7+ Nxd7 11. Qxd4 Bf6 12. Qd2 O-O 13. Nd5 Re8 14. Re1
Nc5 15. Nxf6+ Qxf6 16. f3 b5 17. Qc2 Ne6 18. cxb5 axb5 19. Be3 h6 20. a3 Reb8
21. Qd2 Ra6 22. f4 Ra4 23. b4 Qe7 24. Qb2 Rba8 25. Bd2 c5 26. f5 Ng5 27. Bxg5
hxg5 28. bxc5 dxc5 29. Qxb5 Qe5 30. Rac1 Qd4+ 31. Kh1 Rxa3 32. Qxc5 Qxc5 33.
Rxc5 Ra1 34. Rcc1 R1a4 35. e5 Re8 36. e6 fxe6 37. fxe6 Ra6 38. e7 Ra7 39. g3
Raxe7 40. Rxe7 Rxe7 41. Rc5 Re1+ 42. Kg2 Re2+ 43. Kg1 Ra2 44. Rxg5 Ra1+ 45. Kg2
Ra2+ 46. Kh3 Kf7 47. Rg4 g6 48. Rc4 Kf6 49. Rc6+ Kg5 50. Rc5+ Kf6 51. g4 g5 52.
Rf5+ Kg6 53. Kg3 Rb2 54. Rf3 Ra2 55. Rb3 Ra4 56. h3 Kf6 57. Rb6+ Kg7 58. Kf3
Ra3+ 59. Ke4 Rxh3 60. Kf5 Ra3 61. Kxg5 Ra5+ 62. Kh4 Rc5 63. Ra6 Rb5 64. Rc6 Ra5
65. Rb6 Rc5 66. Ra6 Rb5 67. Rc6 Ra5 68. Rb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aimchess US Rapid Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.08.30"]
[Round "15.7"]
[White "Hansen, Eric"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2606"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[ECO "C65"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Berlin defence"]
[WhiteFideId "2606771"]
[BlackFideId "13401319"]
[EventDate "2021.08.28"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 d5 6. exd5 Qxd5 7. Bc4 Qd8 8.
Nbd2 O-O 9. Qe2 h6 10. O-O Re8 11. Ne4 Bb6 12. a4 a5 13. Be3 Bxe3 14. Nxf6+ Qxf6
15. fxe3 Qe7 16. Nd2 Be6 17. d4 Rad8 18. Bb5 exd4 19. exd4 Bd5 20. Qf2 Qg5 21.
Rae1 Rxe1 22. Rxe1 Nb8 23. Ne4 Qg6 24. Bd3 Nd7 25. Qh4 Rc8 26. Qe7 Nf8 27. Re2
Qc6 28. Nc5 b6 29. Bb5 Qg6 30. Bd3 Qc6 31. Bb5 Qg6 32. Bd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aimchess US Rapid Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.08.30"]
[Round "15.8"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[ECO "C43"]
[Opening "Petrov"]
[Variation "modern attack, Symmetrical variation"]
[WhiteFideId "623539"]
[BlackFideId "3503240"]
[EventDate "2021.08.28"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 Nxe4 4. Bd3 d5 5. Nxe5 Nd7 6. Nc3 Nxc3 7. bxc3 Nxe5 8.
dxe5 Bc5 9. O-O O-O 10. Qh5 g6 11. Qh6 Re8 12. Bg5 Bf8 13. Bxd8 Bxh6 14. Bxc7
Bf5 15. Rab1 Bxd3 16. cxd3 Rac8 17. Bd6 b6 18. Rb5 Rxc3 19. Rxd5 Rd8 20. f4 Bf8
21. Kf2 Rc6 22. Ke3 Bxd6 23. Rxd6 Rcxd6 24. exd6 Rxd6 25. Rc1 Re6+ 26. Kd2 Kf8
27. g3 b5 28. Rc8+ Kg7 29. d4 Ra6 30. d5 Rxa2+ 31. Kc3 Ra1 32. Kd4 Rd1+ 33. Ke5
b4 34. Rb8 a5 35. Rb5 Rd2 36. d6 h5 37. Rxa5 b3 38. Rb5 b2 39. h3 Kg8 40. Rb8+
Kg7 41. g4 hxg4 42. hxg4 Re2+ 43. Kd5 Rd2+ 44. Kc6 Rc2+ 45. Kd7 Rd2 46. Ke7 Re2+
47. Kd8 Rd2 48. d7 Rc2 49. Rb6 Rd2 50. f5 gxf5 51. gxf5 Rc2 52. f6+ Kg6 53. Rb3
Kxf6 54. Ke8 Re2+ 55. Kf8 Rd2 56. Rb6+ Ke5 57. Ke7 f5 58. Rxb2 Rxd7+ 59. Kxd7 f4
60. Re2+ Kd4 61. Ke6 f3 62. Ra2 Ke3 63. Ke5 f2 64. Ra1 Ke2 65. Ke4 f1=Q 66. Rxf1
Kxf1 1/2-1/2

