[Event "American Cup Blitz 2022"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2022.04.29"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Theodorou, Nikolas"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2561"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[ECO "B21"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Smith-Morra gambit"]
[WhiteFideId "4262875"]
[BlackFideId "5202213"]
[EventDate "2022.04.29"]

1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. c3 dxc3 4. Nxc3 Nc6 5. Nf3 e6 6. Bf4 Bb4 7. Bd3 Nge7 8.
O-O O-O 9. a3 Bxc3 10. bxc3 d5 11. e5 Ng6 12. Bg3 f5 13. exf6 Qxf6 14. c4 dxc4
15. Bxc4 Kh8 16. Re1 e5 17. Bd5 Bg4 18. h3 Bh5 19. Qb3 Bxf3 20. Qxf3 Nd4 21.
Qxf6 gxf6 22. Bxb7 Rab8 23. Rab1 Nc2 24. Rec1 Nxa3 25. Rb3 Rf7 26. Bd5 Rxb3 27.
Bxf7 Rb1 28. Rxb1 Nxb1 29. f3 Kg7 30. Be8 Kf8 31. Bc6 Nc3 32. Be1 Ne2+ 33. Kf2
Nd4 34. Bb4+ Kg7 35. Be4 f5 36. Bb7 Nf4 37. Ba5 Nd3+ 38. Ke3 Nc5 39. Bd5 f4+ 40.
Kf2 Nd3+ 41. Kf1 Nf5 42. Be4 Ng3+ 43. Kg1 Nxe4 44. fxe4 Nc5 45. g3 fxg3 46. Kg2
Nxe4 47. Kf3 Kf6 48. Bc7 Kf5 49. Ba5 a6 50. Bc7 h5 51. Bd8 Nc3 52. Kxg3 e4 53.
Kf2 Nd5 54. Ba5 Kf4 55. Ke2 e3 56. Bd8 0-1

[Event "American Cup Blitz 2022"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2022.04.29"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Repka, Christopher"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2785"]
[BlackElo "2524"]
[ECO "C50"]
[Opening "Giuoco Pianissimo"]
[WhiteFideId "13300474"]
[BlackFideId "14918781"]
[EventDate "2022.04.29"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. O-O h6 6. c3 d6 7. Nbd2 a6 8. Re1
Ba7 9. Nf1 Na5 10. Bd5 O-O 11. a4 Nc6 12. Bb3 Be6 13. Bc2 Ne7 14. Ng3 Qd7 15. h3
Ng6 16. d4 c6 17. Be3 Rfe8 18. Qd2 Qc7 19. Nf5 exd4 20. Bxh6 Bxf5 21. exf5 Ne5
22. Qg5 Nxf3+ 23. gxf3 Nh5 24. Bxg7 f6 25. Bxf6+ Kf7 26. Qg6+ 1-0

[Event "American Cup Blitz 2022"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2022.04.29"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Ali Marandi, Cemil Can"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2523"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[ECO "A46"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[WhiteFideId "6300529"]
[BlackFideId "2020009"]
[EventDate "2022.04.29"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bf4 d5 4. e3 c5 5. c3 Bd6 6. Bg3 O-O 7. Nbd2 Qc7 8. dxc5
Qxc5 9. Bd3 Qc7 10. e4 Bxg3 11. hxg3 Nc6 12. Qe2 h6 13. O-O-O e5 14. exd5 Nxd5
15. Kb1 Re8 16. Rh4 f5 17. Bc4 Be6 18. Nb3 Rad8 19. Rhh1 Bf7 20. Rd2 e4 21. Nh4
Qe5 22. Rhd1 Nce7 23. f4 Qf6 24. Nd4 g6 25. Bb3 a6 26. Rh1 Rc8 27. Qe1 Kg7 28.
g4 fxg4 29. Qxe4 Nc6 30. Qd3 Nxf4 31. Qf1 Bxb3 32. Nxb3 Re7 33. g3 Nh5 34. Qg2
Rf8 35. Nc5 Rff7 36. Nb3 Ne5 37. Nd4 Nf3 38. Rdd1 Qe5 39. Nhxf3 gxf3 40. Qc2 Qe4
41. Rhf1 Nxg3 42. Qxe4 Nxe4 43. Rxf3 Rxf3 44. Nxf3 g5 45. Nd4 Kg6 46. Re1 Nd2+ 0-1

[Event "American Cup Blitz 2022"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2022.04.29"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "Chandra, Akshat"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2756"]
[BlackElo "2488"]
[ECO "C53"]
[Opening "Giuoco Piano"]
[WhiteFideId "3503240"]
[BlackFideId "25006711"]
[EventDate "2022.04.29"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. O-O O-O 7. Re1 h6 8. h3 a5
9. Nbd2 Be6 10. Bb5 Ba7 11. Nf1 Ne7 12. Ng3 c6 13. Ba4 Ng6 14. Bc2 Re8 15. d4
Qc7 16. Be3 b5 17. a4 b4 18. Qd2 Rab8 19. Bd3 bxc3 20. bxc3 c5 21. Nf5 exd4 22.
cxd4 c4 23. Rac1 d5 24. Bxh6 dxe4 25. Bxg7 Bxf5 26. Bxf6 e3 27. Rxe3 Bxd3 28.
Rxe8+ Rxe8 29. Qh6 1-0

[Event "American Cup Blitz 2022"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2022.04.29"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Raja, Harshit"]
[Black "Xiong, Jeffery"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2479"]
[BlackElo "2685"]
[ECO "B10"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "two knights variation"]
[WhiteFideId "5089000"]
[BlackFideId "2047640"]
[EventDate "2022.04.29"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Nc3 g6 4. d4 Bg7 5. e5 Bg4 6. h3 Bxf3 7. Qxf3 e6 8. h4 h5
9. Bg5 Qb6 10. O-O-O Nd7 11. g4 hxg4 12. Qxg4 Nh6 13. Qf4 Nf5 14. h5 gxh5 15.
Bh3 Ne7 16. Rhg1 Bf8 17. Kb1 Ng6 18. Qe3 Be7 19. Bxe7 Nxe7 20. Rg7 c5 21. Na4
Qc6 22. Nxc5 Nxc5 23. dxc5 Rc8 24. Qg5 Qxc5 25. c3 Rf8 26. Rd4 Nc6 27. Rf4 d4
28. Bxe6 Rc7 29. Bb3 dxc3 30. bxc3 Qxc3 31. Rgxf7 Qe1+ 32. Kb2 Qd2+ 33. Kb1 Qd3+
34. Kb2 Qe2+ 35. Kb1 Qe1+ 36. Kb2 Qd2+ 37. Kb1 Qe1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "American Cup Blitz 2022"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2022.04.29"]
[Round "1.6"]
[White "Shankland, Sam"]
[Black "Krush, Irina"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2421"]
[ECO "A30"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "symmetrical variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2004887"]
[BlackFideId "2012782"]
[EventDate "2022.04.29"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. e3 Nf6 5. d4 cxd4 6. exd4 d5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
Qb3 Nxc3 9. Bc4 Nd5 10. Bxd5 e6 11. Bxc6+ bxc6 12. O-O Qd5 13. Qe3 c5 14. Rd1
Bb7 15. b3 cxd4 16. Rxd4 Bc5 17. Rxd5 Bxe3 18. Rd3 Bc5 19. Bb2 O-O 20. Ne5 Rfd8
21. Nd7 Be7 22. Rad1 f5 23. f3 Kf7 24. Kf2 Ke8 25. Nf6+ Kf7 26. Nxh7 Rxd3 27.
Rxd3 Rd8 28. Rxd8 Bxd8 29. f4 Kg8 30. Ng5 Bxg5 31. fxg5 Kf7 32. g3 Ke7 33. Be5
Kd7 34. Ke3 Ba6 35. Bd4 1-0

[Event "American Cup Blitz 2022"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2022.04.29"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Gledura, Benjamin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2652"]
[ECO "B40"]
[Opening "Sicilian defence"]
[WhiteFideId "5202213"]
[BlackFideId "712779"]
[EventDate "2022.04.29"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. Nc3 d5 6. exd5 exd5 7. d4 cxd4 8.
Nxd4 Bg4 9. Nde2 Bb4 10. h3 Bxc3+ 11. bxc3 Bh5 12. O-O O-O 13. Rb1 Bxe2 14. Qxe2
Re8 15. Be3 Qc7 16. Rfd1 b6 17. Bxd5 Nxd5 18. Rxd5 Na5 19. Qg4 Re6 20. Bd4 Rg6
21. Rd7 Qc4 22. Qe4 Nc6 23. Rc7 h6 24. h4 Qe6 25. Re1 Re8 26. Qxe6 Rgxe6 27.
Rxe6 Rxe6 28. h5 Rd6 29. Be3 f6 30. Kg2 Kf8 31. Bf4 Re6 32. Kf3 b5 33. Kg4 a6
34. Kf5 Nd8 35. Rd7 Re8 36. Kg6 Ne6 37. Bd6+ Kg8 38. f4 Kh8 39. Kf7 1-0

[Event "American Cup Blitz 2022"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2022.04.29"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Oparin, Grigoriy"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2674"]
[BlackElo "2785"]
[ECO "A07"]
[Opening "Reti"]
[Variation "King's Indian attack"]
[WhiteFideId "24125890"]
[BlackFideId "13300474"]
[EventDate "2022.04.29"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. c4 dxc4 4. Na3 c5 5. Nxc4 Nc6 6. Bg2 Bg7 7. O-O Nf6 8. d3
Nd5 9. Bd2 O-O 10. Rb1 b6 11. a3 a5 12. Qc1 Rb8 13. Bh6 f6 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. Rd1
e5 16. e3 Be6 17. Qc2 Qe7 18. Rbc1 Bg8 19. Ncd2 Rbc8 20. Ne4 Rfd8 21. Qa4 Bf7
22. Nc3 Qe8 23. Qh4 Nxc3 24. bxc3 Bb3 25. Rd2 a4 26. c4 Rc7 27. Ne1 Ne7 28. g4
g5 29. Qg3 Ng6 30. Be4 b5 31. cxb5 Qxb5 32. Nf3 Qe8 33. h4 h6 34. hxg5 hxg5 35.
Kg2 Bd5 36. Rh1 Bxe4 37. dxe4 Rxd2 38. Nxd2 c4 39. Nf3 c3 40. Qh3 Kg8 41. Qh5 c2
42. Rc1 Kg7 43. Ne1 Qc6 44. f3 Qb5 45. Kf2 Qb2 46. Nd3 Qc3 47. Ke2 Qxa3 48. Rh1
c1=N+ 0-1

[Event "American Cup Blitz 2022"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2022.04.29"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Kevlishvili, Robby"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2781"]
[BlackElo "2494"]
[ECO "A22"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "Bremen, reverse dragon"]
[WhiteFideId "2020009"]
[BlackFideId "1040634"]
[EventDate "2022.04.29"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2 Nb6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. b3
O-O 9. Bb2 Re8 10. Rc1 Bf8 11. Ne4 Nd4 12. Nxd4 exd4 13. e3 Bf5 14. Nc5 Bxc5 15.
Rxc5 Bd3 16. Re1 dxe3 17. dxe3 c6 18. e4 Ba6 19. Qg4 f6 20. Rcc1 Qd7 21. Qh5 Qf7
22. Qa5 Nd7 23. f4 Nf8 24. e5 fxe5 25. Bxe5 Bd3 26. Rcd1 Bf5 27. h3 Ng6 28. Bb2
h6 29. Kh2 Kh7 30. Qc3 Rxe1 31. Rxe1 Rd8 32. Bf1 Rd7 33. Qe3 Re7 34. Qf2 Rxe1
35. Qxe1 Nf8 36. g4 Be6 37. Bd3+ Kg8 38. Qe5 Nd7 39. Qd6 Bd5 40. Bf5 Qe8 41. Be5
Nxe5 42. fxe5 Qf8 43. Qd7 Qc5 44. Qe8+ Qf8 45. Bh7+ 1-0

[Event "American Cup Blitz 2022"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2022.04.29"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Akobian, Varuzhan"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2756"]
[ECO "D27"]
[Opening "QGA"]
[Variation "classical, 6...a6"]
[WhiteFideId "13300580"]
[BlackFideId "3503240"]
[EventDate "2022.04.29"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e3 Nf6 4. Bxc4 e6 5. Nf3 a6 6. O-O c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8.
Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. a3 b5 10. Be2 Bb7 11. b4 Bd6 12. Bb2 Nbd7 13. Nbd2 Ke7 14. Nb3
Rac8 15. Rac1 e5 16. Nfd2 Rxc1 17. Rxc1 Rc8 18. Rxc8 Bxc8 19. Na5 Nb8 20. Bf3
Bc7 21. Ndb3 Be6 22. Nc5 Bd5 23. e4 Ba2 24. Bd1 Nfd7 25. Nxd7 Kxd7 26. Bb3 Bxb3
27. Nxb3 Kc6 28. Kf1 Nd7 29. Ke2 Nb6 30. Nd2 Na4 31. Ba1 Kd7 32. Kd3 Ke6 33. Nb1
Bb6 34. f3 g6 35. Nc3 Nxc3 36. Bxc3 Bg1 37. h3 Bf2 38. g4 Bg3 39. Bd2 Bf2 40.
Bc3 Bb6 41. Bd2 Bd4 42. Bc1 Bb6 43. Bd2 Ba7 44. Bc1 Bb6 45. Bd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "American Cup Blitz 2022"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2022.04.29"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Antipov, Mikhail Al."]
[Black "Shankland, Sam"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2592"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[ECO "B54"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Prins (Moscow) variation"]
[WhiteFideId "4107012"]
[BlackFideId "2004887"]
[EventDate "2022.04.29"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. f3 Nc6 6. c4 e6 7. Nc3 d5 8. cxd5
exd5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Nxd5 Qxd5 12. Qxd5 cxd5 13. Bf4 Bb4+ 14. Kf2
O-O 15. Bd3 Be6 16. Rac1 a5 17. Rc2 a4 18. Be5 Rfe8 19. Bd4 Reb8 20. h4 Be7 21.
h5 h6 22. Rd1 Bf6 23. Bxf6 gxf6 24. Be2 Rb4 25. a3 Rb6 26. Rd4 Rab8 27. Rxa4
Rxb2 28. Rxb2 Rxb2 29. Rb4 Ra2 30. a4 Bd7 31. Rd4 Bc6 32. Ke3 Ra3+ 33. Bd3 Kf8
34. Kd2 Bxa4 35. Rxd5 Ra2+ 36. Ke3 Rxg2 37. Be4 Rg5 38. Rxg5 fxg5 39. Bf5 f6 40.
f4 Be8 41. Bg4 Ke7 42. Ke4 Bd7 43. Bd1 Kd6 44. fxg5 fxg5 45. Kd4 Ke6 46. Bg4+
Ke7 47. Be2 Kf6 48. Ke4 Bc6+ 49. Ke3 Ke5 50. Bd1 Bd5 51. Be2 Be6 52. Kf3 Kf6 53.
Kg3 Kf5 54. Bg4+ Ke5 55. Be2 Ke4 56. Bf3+ Ke3 57. Bd1 Bc4 58. Bc2 Be2 59. Bg6
Kd4 60. Be8 Ke5 61. Bg6 Kf6 62. Be8 Bd1 63. Bg6 Bb3 64. Bd3 Bd1 65. Bg6 Ke7 66.
Kf2 Ke6 67. Kg3 Ke5 68. Be8 Kf6 69. Bg6 Be2 70. Be8 Bc4 71. Ba4 Bf7 72. Bd1 Kf5
73. Bc2+ Ke5 74. Bd1 Ke4 75. Bf3+ Ke3 76. Bd1 Bc4 77. Ba4 Be2 78. Be8 Ke4 79.
Bg6+ Ke5 80. Kf2 Bd1 81. Kg3 Bb3 82. Be8 Bc4 83. Bg6 Ke6 84. Be8 Be2 85. Bg6 Ke7
86. Kf2 Bc4 87. Bc2 Bf7 88. Bd1 Kf6 89. Kg3 Bxh5 90. Bxh5 g4 91. Bxg4 h5 92.
Bxh5 1/2-1/2

[Event "American Cup Blitz 2022"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2022.04.29"]
[Round "2.6"]
[White "Burke, John M"]
[Black "Nyzhnyk, Illya"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2573"]
[BlackElo "2685"]
[ECO "B12"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "advance variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2070901"]
[BlackFideId "14118084"]
[EventDate "2022.04.29"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. h4 h5 5. Bd3 Bxd3 6. Qxd3 Qa5+ 7. c3 e6 8. a4 Qa6
9. Qd1 Ne7 10. Ne2 Nf5 11. b4 Nd7 12. Bg5 Nb6 13. O-O Nc4 14. Na3 Nb2 15. Qc2
Nxa4 16. b5 cxb5 17. Nxb5 Qxb5 18. Rfb1 Qc6 19. Qxa4 Qxa4 20. Rxa4 Be7 21. Rxb7
Bxg5 22. hxg5 O-O 23. Raxa7 Rxa7 24. Rxa7 g6 25. Nf4 Rb8 26. Nd3 Rb3 27. Rc7
Nxd4 28. Nc1 Ra3 29. cxd4 Ra4 30. Nb3 1-0

[Event "American Cup Blitz 2022"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2022.04.29"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Robson, Ray"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2681"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[ECO "E06"]
[Opening "Catalan"]
[Variation "closed, 5.Nf3"]
[WhiteFideId "2023970"]
[BlackFideId "5202213"]
[EventDate "2022.04.29"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. Nc3 dxc4 7. Ne5 Nc6 8. Bxc6
bxc6 9. Nxc6 Qe8 10. Nxe7+ Qxe7 11. Qa4 c5 12. dxc5 Qxc5 13. Be3 Qc7 14. f3 Rd8
15. Kf2 e5 16. Rhd1 Be6 17. Qa3 Nd5 18. Nxd5 Bxd5 19. Rd2 Be6 20. Rad1 Rxd2 21.
Rxd2 h5 22. h4 a5 23. Qc5 Qxc5 24. Bxc5 Rc8 25. Bb6 c3 26. bxc3 Rxc3 27. Bxa5
Ra3 28. Bc7 e4 29. fxe4 Rxa2 30. Rxa2 Bxa2 31. Bf4 Be6 32. Ke3 Ba2 33. Kf2 Be6
34. Ke3 Ba2 35. Kf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "American Cup Blitz 2022"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2022.04.29"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Burke, John M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2785"]
[BlackElo "2573"]
[ECO "C50"]
[Opening "Giuoco Piano"]
[WhiteFideId "13300474"]
[BlackFideId "2070901"]
[EventDate "2022.04.29"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. Re1 O-O 6. d3 h6 7. c3 d6 8. Nbd2
a6 9. Nf1 Re8 10. Ng3 Ba7 11. h3 Be6 12. Bxe6 Rxe6 13. b4 d5 14. Qb3 Qd7 15. a4
Rae8 16. Ra2 Ne7 17. c4 dxe4 18. dxe4 Ng6 19. c5 Nf4 20. Be3 Qd3 21. Qxd3 Nxd3
22. Rb1 Rd8 23. Rd2 Re7 24. b5 Red7 25. b6 cxb6 26. cxb6 Bb8 27. a5 Nf4 28. Rxd7
Rxd7 29. Rc1 Kh7 30. Nd2 g6 31. Kf1 h5 32. Ne2 Nd3 33. Rc8 Bd6 34. f3 Kg7 35.
Nc4 Nb4 36. Nc3 Nc6 37. Bg5 Be7 38. Bxf6+ Bxf6 39. Nd5 Be7 40. Rxc6 bxc6 41.
Nxe5 Rb7 42. Nxe7 Rxe7 43. Nxc6 Rb7 44. Nb4 Kf6 45. Nxa6 Ke7 46. Nc5 Rb8 47. b7
Kd6 48. a6 1-0

[Event "American Cup Blitz 2022"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2022.04.29"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Zatonskih, Anna"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2393"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[ECO "D45"]
[Opening "QGD semi-Slav"]
[Variation "Stoltz variation"]
[WhiteFideId "14101572"]
[BlackFideId "2020009"]
[EventDate "2022.04.29"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. b3 O-O 8. Bd3 b6
9. O-O Bb7 10. Bb2 Re8 11. Rfe1 Rc8 12. Rad1 c5 13. cxd5 exd5 14. Bf5 c4 15. Nb5
Bb8 16. Ba3 g6 17. Bh3 Ne4 18. Ne5 f5 19. f3 Ng5 20. f4 Nxh3+ 21. gxh3 Nf6 22.
Nc3 Ba6 23. Rc1 Bd6 24. Bxd6 Qxd6 25. Qg2 Kg7 26. Ne2 cxb3 27. Ng3 Rxc1 28. Rxc1
Kf8 29. axb3 Rc8 30. Rxc8+ Bxc8 31. h4 Qc7 32. h3 Qc1+ 33. Kh2 Be6 34. h5 gxh5
35. Nf1 Ne4 36. Ng3 Nf6 37. Nf1 Ne4 38. Ng3 Qxe3 39. Nxh5 Qd2 40. Qxd2 Nxd2 41.
b4 a5 42. bxa5 bxa5 43. Nf6 a4 44. Nxh7+ Ke7 45. Nc6+ Kd6 46. Nb4 Nf3+ 47. Kg3
Nxd4 48. h4 Bf7 49. Ng5 Bh5 50. Nh7 a3 51. Nf6 Bf7 52. h5 Nc6 53. h6 Bg6 54. Na2
d4 55. h7 Bxh7 56. Nxh7 Kc5 57. Ng5 d3 58. Ne6+ Kc4 59. Kf2 Nb4 60. Nxb4 Kxb4 0-1

[Event "American Cup Blitz 2022"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2022.04.29"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "Antipov, Mikhail Al."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2756"]
[BlackElo "2592"]
[ECO "C47"]
[Opening "Four knights"]
[Variation "Scotch, 4...exd4"]
[WhiteFideId "3503240"]
[BlackFideId "4107012"]
[EventDate "2022.04.29"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 d5 8.
Bd2 O-O 9. O-O Bxc3 10. Bxc3 dxe4 11. Bxf6 Qxf6 12. Bxe4 Qxb2 13. Bxc6 Rb8 14.
Rb1 Qxb1 15. Qxb1 Rxb1 16. Rxb1 g6 17. h4 Kg7 18. Rb8 Rd8 19. Bf3 Kf8 20. Ra8
Ke7 21. Rxa7 Kd6 22. Ra8 Re8 23. Kh2 Bd7 24. Rxe8 Bxe8 25. Kg3 Ke5 26. c3 f5 27.
Bd1 f4+ 28. Kh2 h6 29. Kg1 Kd5 30. Be2 g5 31. hxg5 hxg5 32. Kf1 Kc5 33. Ke1 Bf7
34. a3 Bd5 35. g3 Be4 36. Kd2 Bd5 37. Bd3 Bf3 38. gxf4 gxf4 39. Ke1 Bg2 40. Ke2
Bd5 41. Kf1 Bf3 42. Kg1 Kb6 43. Bc4 Bd1 44. Kg2 Ka5 45. Kh3 Ka4 46. Kh4 Kxa3 47.
Kg5 Kb2 48. Kxf4 Kxc3 49. Bf7 Kd4 50. Kg5 Bf3 51. Kf4 Be4 52. Kg5 Bf3 53. Kf4
Be4 54. Kg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "American Cup Blitz 2022"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2022.04.29"]
[Round "3.5"]
[White "Shankland, Sam"]
[Black "Xiong, Jeffery"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2685"]
[ECO "D37"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "4.Nf3"]
[WhiteFideId "2004887"]
[BlackFideId "2047640"]
[EventDate "2022.04.29"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 a6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bf4 Bd6 7. Be5 Be6 8. e3
Nc6 9. Bg3 Ne7 10. Bd3 Nf5 11. Be5 Be7 12. Qb3 Nd6 13. Ne2 O-O 14. Nf4 c6 15.
Ng5 Qa5+ 16. Kf1 Nfe4 17. Nxe4 Nxe4 18. Bxe4 dxe4 19. Nxe6 fxe6 20. Qxe6+ Rf7
21. g3 Bg5 22. Bf4 Bxf4 23. gxf4 Qb5+ 24. Kg2 Rf8 25. Rhg1 Kh8 26. Qxe4 Qxb2 27.
Raf1 Qe2 28. Qf3 Qxa2 29. Kh1 Qe6 30. Rg5 h6 31. Re5 Qd6 32. Rg1 Re7 33. Qe4
Rxe5 34. fxe5 Qe6 35. f4 a5 36. Qg6 Qd5+ 37. e4 Qg8 38. f5 Qh7 39. f6 gxf6 40.
exf6 a4 41. Qg7+ 1-0

[Event "American Cup Blitz 2022"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2022.04.29"]
[Round "3.6"]
[White "Nyzhnyk, Illya"]
[Black "Akobian, Varuzhan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[ECO "D32"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "Tarrasch defence"]
[WhiteFideId "14118084"]
[BlackFideId "13300580"]
[EventDate "2022.04.29"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. e3 Nf6 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Bb5 cxd4 8.
Nxd4 Bd7 9. O-O Be7 10. b3 O-O 11. Bb2 Rc8 12. Nce2 Nxd4 13. Nxd4 Bxb5 14. Nxb5
Qb6 15. Nd4 g6 16. Qd3 Ne4 17. Rac1 Bf6 18. Rc2 Nc5 19. Qe2 Ne6 20. Nf5 d4 21.
Nh6+ Kh8 22. Ba3 dxe3 23. Bxf8 Rxf8 24. fxe3 Kg7 25. Ng4 Bg5 26. Rc3 h5 27. Nf2
Re8 28. Qf3 f5 29. Rd1 Bf6 0-1

[Event "American Cup Blitz 2022"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2022.04.29"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2781"]
[BlackElo "2785"]
[ECO "A06"]
[Opening "Reti"]
[Variation "Nimzovich-Larsen attack"]
[WhiteFideId "2020009"]
[BlackFideId "13300474"]
[EventDate "2022.04.29"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. b3 c5 3. e3 Nc6 4. Bb2 a6 5. d4 Nf6 6. Nbd2 Bg4 7. h3 Bh5 8. Be2 e6
9. O-O Rc8 10. a3 cxd4 11. exd4 Be7 12. c4 dxc4 13. bxc4 O-O 14. Rc1 Qb6 15. Qb3
Qxb3 16. Nxb3 Rfd8 17. Rfd1 Nd7 18. d5 exd5 19. cxd5 Na7 20. Na5 Nc5 21. g4 Bg6
22. Ne5 Nb5 23. Rxc5 Bxc5 24. Nxb7 Re8 25. a4 Nd6 26. Nxc5 Rxc5 27. Bxa6 Ra5 28.
Bb5 Nxb5 29. axb5 f6 30. Nc6 Rxb5 31. d6 Be4 32. d7 Bxc6 33. dxe8=Q+ Bxe8 34.
Bd4 Rb3 35. Be3 Bc6 36. Kh2 Kf7 37. Rd6 Be4 38. Rd4 Bc6 39. Rd6 Be4 40. Rd4 Bc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "American Cup Blitz 2022"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2022.04.29"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Shankland, Sam"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[ECO "A07"]
[Opening "Reti"]
[Variation "King's Indian attack"]
[WhiteFideId "5202213"]
[BlackFideId "2004887"]
[EventDate "2022.04.29"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O e5 5. d3 Nc6 6. e4 dxe4 7. dxe4 Qxd1 8.
Rxd1 Bg4 9. c3 Nf6 10. h3 Bd7 11. Nbd2 O-O-O 12. Re1 Ne8 13. Nc4 Be6 14. Bf1 f6
15. Be3 Nd6 16. Nfd2 f5 17. a4 Rhf8 18. a5 f4 19. gxf4 exf4 20. Bc5 Nxc4 21.
Bxf8 Nxd2 22. Bxg7 Nf3+ 23. Kg2 Nxe1+ 24. Rxe1 g5 25. b4 Rg8 26. Bd4 h5 27. a6
g4 28. hxg4 hxg4 29. axb7+ Kxb7 30. Bc5 Ne5 31. Ra1 Nf3 32. Ba6+ Kb8 33. Bxa7+
Kxa7 34. Bc4+ Kb6 35. Bxe6 Nh4+ 36. Kf1 Rg6 37. Bc4 Kb7 38. Bd5+ c6 39. Bf7 Rg7
40. Be6 Nf3 41. Ke2 Ne5 42. Ra5 g3 43. fxg3 fxg3 44. Ra1 Kc7 45. Bh3 Rh7 46. Bg2
Kd6 47. Ra8 Rf7 48. Bh3 Rf2+ 49. Ke3 Rh2 50. Bf5 Rb2 51. Rd8+ Ke7 52. Rg8 g2 53.
Bh3 Rc2 54. Bxg2 Kf7 55. Rg5 Kf6 56. Rf5+ Ke6 57. Bf1 Rc1 58. Kd4 Rd1+ 59. Kc5
Re1 60. Bc4+ Nxc4 61. Kxc6 Rxe4 62. Rc5 Ne5+ 63. Kc7 Nd3 64. Rc6+ Ke5 65. b5 Kd5
66. b6 Nc5 67. Rd6+ Kc4 68. Rh6 Re7+ 69. Kd6 Re4 70. Kc6 Re6+ 71. Rxe6 Nxe6 72.
Kd7 Nc5+ 73. Kc6 Ne6 74. Kd6 Nc5 75. Kc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "American Cup Blitz 2022"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2022.04.29"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Akobian, Varuzhan"]
[Black "Robson, Ray"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2681"]
[ECO "E46"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian"]
[Variation "4.e3 O-O"]
[WhiteFideId "13300580"]
[BlackFideId "2023970"]
[EventDate "2022.04.29"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd2 b6 6. Nf3 Bb7 7. Bd3 d5 8. cxd5
exd5 9. Qc2 Re8 10. a3 Bd6 11. Nb5 c5 12. Nxd6 Qxd6 13. dxc5 bxc5 14. O-O Nbd7
15. b4 Rac8 16. bxc5 Nxc5 17. Bb4 a5 18. Bxc5 Rxc5 19. Qb2 Ba8 20. Nd4 Rb8 21.
Qe2 Ne4 22. Rfc1 h6 23. h3 Rbc8 24. Rxc5 Qxc5 25. a4 g6 26. Qb2 Qc3 27. Qxc3
Rxc3 28. Bxe4 dxe4 29. Rb1 Kg7 30. Rb5 Bc6 31. Rxa5 Rc4 32. Nxc6 Rxc6 33. Re5
Rc4 34. a5 Ra4 35. g4 Kf6 36. Rb5 Ke6 37. h4 f6 38. h5 gxh5 39. Rxh5 Kf7 40. Kg2
Kg6 41. Kg3 Ra2 42. Rb5 Kg7 43. Rb7+ Kg6 44. Rb5 Kg7 45. Kf4 Rxf2+ 46. Kxe4 Rg2
47. Kf5 Rf2+ 48. Ke6 Ra2 49. Kd7 Ra4 50. Kc7 Rxg4 51. a6 Ra4 52. Kb6 Kg6 53. a7
Rxa7 54. Kxa7 h5 55. Kb6 h4 56. Kc5 Kf5 57. Kd4+ Kg4 58. Rb1 h3 59. Rf1 h2 60.
Ke4 Kg3 61. Kf5 Kg2 62. Ra1 Kf3 63. e4 Ke3 64. Rh1 1-0

[Event "American Cup Blitz 2022"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2022.04.29"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Burke, John M"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2573"]
[BlackElo "2756"]
[ECO "C54"]
[Opening "Giuoco Piano"]
[WhiteFideId "2070901"]
[BlackFideId "3503240"]
[EventDate "2022.04.29"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. cxd4 Bb4+ 7. Nbd2 Bxd2+
8. Bxd2 Nxe4 9. d5 Ne7 10. Bb4 d6 11. O-O O-O 12. Re1 a5 13. Bxa5 Nxf2 14. Qd2
Ng4 15. Bc3 Ng6 16. h3 Nf6 17. Qd4 c5 18. dxc6 bxc6 19. Rad1 d5 20. Bb3 Bf5 21.
Ne5 Qc7 22. Rf1 c5 23. Qf2 Be4 24. Nxg6 fxg6 25. Qh4 c4 26. Bxf6 gxf6 27. Bxc4
Qxc4 28. Rxf6 Qc5+ 29. Kh1 Bxg2+ 0-1

[Event "American Cup Blitz 2022"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2022.04.29"]
[Round "4.5"]
[White "Sevian, Samuel"]
[Black "Gledura, Benjamin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2693"]
[BlackElo "2652"]
[ECO "A48"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "East Indian defence"]
[WhiteFideId "2040506"]
[BlackFideId "712779"]
[EventDate "2022.04.29"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Nbd2 d5 4. b4 Bg7 5. e3 O-O 6. c4 c6 7. a4 b6 8. Be2 a5
9. b5 cxb5 10. axb5 dxc4 11. Bxc4 Bb7 12. Ba3 Nbd7 13. Qb3 h6 14. Nh4 e6 15.
Bxf8 Bxf8 16. O-O g5 17. Nhf3 g4 18. Ne1 Bb4 19. Ra2 Rc8 20. Nd3 Bd6 21. Bxe6
Qe7 22. Bc4 h5 23. Nf4 h4 24. Ng6 Qd8 25. Bxf7+ Kg7 26. Nxh4 Bb8 27. g3 Qc7 28.
Be6 Rh8 29. Rc2 1-0

[Event "American Cup Blitz 2022"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2022.04.29"]
[Round "4.6"]
[White "Martinez Alcantara, Jose Eduardo"]
[Black "Kevlishvili, Robby"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2598"]
[BlackElo "2494"]
[ECO "B50"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[WhiteFideId "3805662"]
[BlackFideId "1040634"]
[EventDate "2022.04.29"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. h3 Nc6 5. Bd3 d5 6. e5 Nd7 7. Bb5 Qb6 8. Bxc6
bxc6 9. d3 g6 10. O-O Bg7 11. Re1 O-O 12. c4 Rd8 13. Qe2 Nf8 14. Nc3 Bf5 15. g4
Bc8 16. Na4 Qa5 17. b3 Ne6 18. Be3 Bb7 19. Rad1 Rd7 20. Ng5 Nxg5 21. Bxg5 e6 22.
Qe3 Bf8 23. Bf6 Ba6 24. Rc1 Rb8 25. Re2 Rb4 26. Rec2 h6 27. Kg2 Kh7 28. h4 dxc4
29. dxc4 Rd4 30. Nc3 Rxg4+ 31. Kh3 Bxc4 32. Kxg4 Bxb3+ 33. Kg3 Bxc2 34. Rxc2 c4
35. Ne4 Rb1 36. Kg2 Re1 37. Qf3 Qa4 38. Rd2 c3 39. Nxc3 Bb4 40. Nxa4 1-0

[Event "American Cup Blitz 2022"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2022.04.29"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Akobian, Varuzhan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2785"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[ECO "A40"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn"]
[WhiteFideId "13300474"]
[BlackFideId "13300580"]
[EventDate "2022.04.29"]

1. d4 e6 2. Bf4 Nf6 3. e3 b6 4. Nf3 Bb7 5. Nbd2 Be7 6. h3 O-O 7. Bd3 c5 8. c3
cxd4 9. exd4 d6 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Re1 a6 12. a4 Re8 13. Bh2 Qc7 14. Nc4 h6 15.
Bf1 Bc6 16. Ne3 b5 17. axb5 axb5 18. Nd2 Rxa1 19. Qxa1 Ra8 20. Qb1 Qb7 21. Nf5
exf5 22. Rxe7 Ne4 23. Nxe4 Bxe4 24. Qe1 Qc6 25. f3 Bd5 26. Re8+ Rxe8 27. Qxe8+
Kh7 28. Qe7 Nb6 29. Qxd6 Qxd6 30. Bxd6 Nc4 31. Bc7 Nxb2 32. Bxb5 g5 33. f4 Kg6
34. g3 g4 35. h4 h5 36. Bd8 Kg7 37. Be7 f6 38. Be8 Nc4 39. Bb4 Bf7 40. Bd7 Ne3 1-0

[Event "American Cup Blitz 2022"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2022.04.29"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[ECO "A21"]
[Opening "English, Kramnik-Shirov counterattack"]
[WhiteFideId "5202213"]
[BlackFideId "2020009"]
[EventDate "2022.04.29"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Bb4 3. Nd5 Be7 4. d4 d6 5. Nf3 e4 6. Nd2 f5 7. e3 c6 8. Nxe7
Nxe7 9. b3 O-O 10. Be2 Nd7 11. O-O Nf6 12. Ba3 Be6 13. Rc1 Qd7 14. d5 cxd5 15.
cxd5 Nexd5 16. Nc4 b5 17. Na5 Rac8 18. Qd4 f4 19. exf4 Nxf4 20. Qd2 N6d5 21.
Rxc8 Rxc8 22. Rc1 Rf8 23. Bf1 Bg4 24. Nc6 a6 25. Nd4 h6 26. Rc6 Rf6 27. Rxa6 Bh3
28. Rxd6 Qg4 29. Rxf6 Bxg2 30. Rf8+ Kh7 31. Rxf4 Nxf4 32. Qxf4 Qxf4 33. Bxg2 e3
34. Nf3 e2 35. Bb2 Qb4 36. h3 e1=Q+ 37. Nxe1 Qxe1+ 38. Bf1 Qb1 39. Be5 Qxa2 40.
Bd3+ Kh8 41. Bxb5 Qb1+ 42. Bf1 Qxb3 43. h4 Qe6 44. Bg3 Qg4 45. Bg2 Kh7 46. Kh2
Qd4 47. Bh3 Kg6 48. Bg2 Kf6 49. Bf3 Qd3 50. Kg2 Kf5 51. Bb7 Kf6 52. Bf3 g5 53.
hxg5+ Kxg5 54. Bb7 h5 55. Bc8 h4 56. Bh2 Qe4+ 57. Kg1 Qf3 58. Ba6 Qg4+ 59. Kh1
Qd1+ 60. Kg2 h3+ 0-1

[Event "American Cup Blitz 2022"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2022.04.29"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "Sevian, Samuel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2756"]
[BlackElo "2693"]
[ECO "C77"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "four knights (Tarrasch) variation"]
[WhiteFideId "3503240"]
[BlackFideId "2040506"]
[EventDate "2022.04.29"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. Nc3 b5 6. Bb3 Be7 7. d3 d6 8. a3 Na5
9. Ba2 c5 10. O-O Nc6 11. Bg5 Be6 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. Nd5 g6 14. c3 Bg7 15. a4 O-O
16. Ne3 Bh6 17. Bxe6 fxe6 18. axb5 axb5 19. Rxa8 Qxa8 20. Qb3 Bxe3 21. Qxe6+ Kh8
22. fxe3 Qd8 23. Ra1 Qe7 24. Qxe7 Nxe7 25. Ra6 Nc8 26. d4 exd4 27. exd4 Re8 28.
dxc5 dxc5 29. Rc6 c4 30. Kf2 Kg7 31. Nd4 Ne7 32. Rc7 Kf6 33. Rb7 Nc8 34. Kf3 Nd6
35. Rb6 Ke7 36. e5 Nf7 37. Rb7+ Kf8 38. e6 Ng5+ 39. Kf2 Nxe6 40. Nxe6+ Rxe6 41.
Rxb5 Kg7 42. h4 h5 43. g3 Rd6 44. Ke3 Rd3+ 45. Kf4 Kh6 46. Rb4 Rd2 47. Rxc4 Rxb2
48. Rc8 Rf2+ 49. Ke3 Rg2 50. Kf3 Ra2 51. Rc7 Ra6 52. c4 g5 53. c5 gxh4 54. gxh4
Ra4 55. Rd7 Rxh4 56. c6 Rc4 57. c7 h4 58. Kg2 Rc3 59. Kh2 Kg6 60. Rd4 Rxc7 61.
Rxh4 Rh7 62. Rxh7 Kxh7 1/2-1/2

[Event "American Cup Blitz 2022"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2022.04.29"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Shankland, Sam"]
[Black "Martinez Alcantara, Jose Eduardo"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2598"]
[ECO "E11"]
[Opening "Bogo-Indian defence, Nimzovich variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2004887"]
[BlackFideId "3805662"]
[EventDate "2022.04.29"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. Nc3 b6 6. e3 Bb7 7. Bd3 Bxc3 8.
Bxc3 d6 9. O-O Nbd7 10. Nd2 c5 11. Re1 O-O 12. e4 cxd4 13. Bxd4 Rac8 14. f3 Rfd8
15. Rc1 h6 16. b3 Nh5 17. Bf1 Nf4 18. g3 Ng6 19. Nb1 Nde5 20. f4 Nd7 21. Bf2 Nc5
22. Nc3 a6 23. Qd2 Qc7 24. b4 Nd7 25. h4 Qb8 26. h5 Ne7 27. Rcd1 d5 28. exd5 Nf6
29. Bxb6 Rd7 30. Bc5 Nf5 31. Bh3 Nxg3 32. Qf2 Ngxh5 33. dxe6 Nxf4 34. Qh2 fxe6
35. Rxd7 Nxd7 36. Be3 Nxh3+ 37. Qxh3 Re8 38. c5 Nf6 39. Bf2 Qc8 40. Bd4 Nh7 41.
Ne4 Bxe4 42. Rxe4 Ng5 43. Re3 Nxh3+ 0-1

[Event "American Cup Blitz 2022"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2022.04.29"]
[Round "5.5"]
[White "Robson, Ray"]
[Black "Antipov, Mikhail Al."]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2681"]
[BlackElo "2592"]
[ECO "C50"]
[Opening "Giuoco Pianissimo"]
[Variation "Italian four knights variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2023970"]
[BlackFideId "4107012"]
[EventDate "2022.04.29"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 Nf6 5. Nc3 h6 6. h3 a6 7. a3 d6 8. Be3 Bxe3
9. fxe3 O-O 10. Qe2 b5 11. Bb3 Be6 12. Nd5 Na5 13. Ba2 c6 14. Nxf6+ Qxf6 15. b4
Nb7 16. Bxe6 Qxe6 17. O-O d5 18. Nd2 Nd6 19. exd5 cxd5 20. Nb3 f5 21. Nc5 Qe7
22. Qf3 e4 23. Qg3 Nb7 24. Nb3 Qd6 25. Rf4 g5 26. h4 Qg6 27. Raf1 Nd6 28. Nd4
Rf7 29. R4f2 Re8 30. h5 Qf6 31. Nxf5 Nxf5 32. Rxf5 Qxf5 33. Rxf5 Rxf5 34. Qd6
Rf7 35. Qxh6 1-0

[Event "American Cup Blitz 2022"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2022.04.29"]
[Round "5.6"]
[White "Oparin, Grigoriy"]
[Black "Xiong, Jeffery"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2674"]
[BlackElo "2685"]
[ECO "D27"]
[Opening "QGA"]
[Variation "classical, 6...a6"]
[WhiteFideId "24125890"]
[BlackFideId "2047640"]
[EventDate "2022.04.29"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 dxc4 4. e3 a6 5. Bxc4 Nf6 6. O-O c5 7. Re1 Nc6 8. Nc3
h6 9. d5 exd5 10. Nxd5 Ne4 11. Nd2 Nxf2 12. Kxf2 b5 13. Bb3 c4 14. Nxc4 bxc4 15.
Ba4 Bd7 16. Kg1 Bd6 17. Nf4 Be5 18. Qd5 Qa5 19. Qxa5 Nxa5 20. Bxd7+ Kxd7 21. Bd2
Nc6 22. Rad1 Rab8 23. Bc3+ Ke7 24. Nd5+ Ke6 25. Nf4+ Ke7 26. Nd5+ Ke6 27. Nf4+
Ke7 1/2-1/2

[Event "American Cup Blitz 2022"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2022.04.29"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Martinez Alcantara, Jose Eduardo"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2598"]
[BlackElo "2785"]
[ECO "C77"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Anderssen variation"]
[WhiteFideId "3805662"]
[BlackFideId "13300474"]
[EventDate "2022.04.29"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 b5 6. Bb3 Be7 7. Nc3 d6 8. a3 O-O
9. Nd5 Nxd5 10. Bxd5 Qe8 11. O-O Rb8 12. h3 Kh8 13. Re1 f5 14. c3 Bf6 15. d4 f4
16. dxe5 Nxe5 17. a4 bxa4 18. Nxe5 Bxe5 19. f3 Bd7 20. Qc2 Qg6 21. Kf1 Bb5+ 22.
c4 Bd7 23. c5 Bb5+ 24. Bc4 dxc5 25. Bxb5 axb5 26. Qxc5 Qd6 27. Qxd6 cxd6 28. Rd1
Rfc8 29. g3 fxg3 30. f4 Rf8 31. Kg2 Bxf4 32. Bxf4 Rxf4 0-1

[Event "American Cup Blitz 2022"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2022.04.29"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2781"]
[BlackElo "2756"]
[ECO "C43"]
[Opening "Petrov"]
[Variation "modern attack, Symmetrical variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2020009"]
[BlackFideId "3503240"]
[EventDate "2022.04.29"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 Nxe4 4. Bd3 d5 5. Nxe5 Nd7 6. O-O Nxe5 7. dxe5 Nc5 8.
Be2 c6 9. Be3 Ne6 10. c3 Bc5 11. Bxc5 Nxc5 12. Nd2 O-O 13. Nb3 Qb6 14. Nxc5 Qxc5
15. Qd4 Qe7 16. Bd3 Be6 17. f4 c5 18. Qf2 f5 19. Rad1 Rad8 20. Be2 b6 21. Bf3
Rd7 22. Rd2 Rfd8 23. Rfd1 h6 24. h3 Kh7 25. b3 Kh8 26. Be2 Kh7 27. Kh2 Kh8 28.
Bb5 Rc7 29. Qf3 Rg8 30. Rxd5 Bxd5 31. Qxd5 Rcc8 32. Qd6 Qh4 33. e6 Qf6 34. e7
Qxc3 35. Qe6 Qf6 36. Qxf6 gxf6 37. Rd7 a6 38. Bxa6 Rce8 39. Bb5 Kg7 40. Rb7 Kf7
41. Bc4+ Kg7 42. Bxg8 Kxg8 43. Rxb6 Kf7 44. Rc6 Ra8 45. Rxc5 Rxa2 46. Rxf5 Kxe7
47. Rh5 Rb2 48. Rxh6 Rxb3 49. g4 Kf7 50. Rh7+ Kg6 51. Rc7 Ra3 52. Kg2 Rb3 53.
Rc5 Ra3 54. h4 Rb3 55. h5+ Kg7 56. Rc7+ Kh6 57. Rf7 Rb6 58. Kg3 Ra6 59. Kh4 Rb6
60. g5+ 1-0

[Event "American Cup Blitz 2022"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2022.04.29"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Sevian, Samuel"]
[Black "Akobian, Varuzhan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2693"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[ECO "D34"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "Tarrasch, Prague variation, Normal position"]
[WhiteFideId "2040506"]
[BlackFideId "13300580"]
[EventDate "2022.04.29"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. g3 Nf6 7. Bg2 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Bg5 d4 11. Ne4 Be7 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. Ne1 Re8 14. Nd3 Be7
15. Rc1 Bf8 16. Re1 Qb6 17. Qd2 Nb4 18. a3 Nxd3 19. exd3 Bd7 20. b4 Bc6 21. Qg5
Qd8 22. Qxd8 Raxd8 23. Nd2 Rxe1+ 24. Rxe1 Bb5 25. Bf1 a5 26. bxa5 Bxa3 27. Rb1
Ba6 28. Bg2 Rd7 29. Nf3 f6 30. Nd2 Kf8 31. h4 Ke7 32. h5 Rc7 33. Be4 h6 34. Nb3
Rc3 35. Nxd4 Rc1+ 36. Rxc1 Bxc1 37. Nf5+ Kf8 38. Nd6 Ba3 39. Nxb7 Bb4 40. Nd8
Bxa5 41. Ne6+ Kf7 42. Nf4 Bc7 43. Nd5 Be5 44. Kg2 Bb7 45. Nxf6 Kxf6 46. Bxb7 Bd4
47. f4 Bc3 48. Be4 Bd4 49. Bg6 Bc5 50. Kf3 Bb6 51. Ke4 Bf2 52. g4 Bg1 53. d4 Bf2
54. g5+ hxg5 55. fxg5+ Kxg5 56. Ke5 1-0

[Event "American Cup Blitz 2022"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2022.04.29"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "Krush, Irina"]
[Black "Robson, Ray"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2421"]
[BlackElo "2681"]
[ECO "E47"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian"]
[Variation "4.e3 O-O, 5.Bd3"]
[WhiteFideId "2012782"]
[BlackFideId "2023970"]
[EventDate "2022.04.29"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 b6 6. Nf3 Bb7 7. O-O d5 8. a3 Be7
9. b4 dxc4 10. Bxc4 a6 11. Bb2 Nbd7 12. Qe2 c5 13. b5 cxd4 14. Nxd4 axb5 15.
Ndxb5 Ne5 16. Bb3 Qb8 17. f3 Ra5 18. Kh1 Ba6 19. a4 Rc8 20. Rac1 Ned7 21. e4 h6
22. f4 Nc5 23. Bc2 Bb7 24. e5 Nd5 25. f5 Bg5 26. Nxd5 Bxd5 27. Rcd1 Nxa4 28.
Bxa4 Rxa4 29. Nd6 Ra2 30. Nxc8 Qxc8 31. Rc1 Bxc1 32. Rxc1 0-1

[Event "American Cup Blitz 2022"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2022.04.29"]
[Round "6.5"]
[White "Oparin, Grigoriy"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2674"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[ECO "E10"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[WhiteFideId "24125890"]
[BlackFideId "5202213"]
[EventDate "2022.04.29"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O Nbd7 8. Bc3
c6 9. Nbd2 b6 10. Re1 Bb7 11. e4 Nxe4 12. Nxe4 dxe4 13. Rxe4 c5 14. Re3 cxd4 15.
Nxd4 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 Bf6 17. Qe2 Qc7 18. Rd1 a6 19. b3 Rfd8 20. Nf3 Bxc3 21. Rxc3
Nc5 22. Rc2 Rxd1 23. Qxd1 Rd8 24. Rd2 Rxd2 25. Qxd2 a5 26. h4 f6 27. Qe3 Kf7 28.
a3 Nd7 29. Qe4 h6 30. b4 axb4 31. axb4 Qd6 32. Nd4 f5 33. Qe3 Kf6 34. Nf3 e5 35.
Qc3 g5 36. hxg5+ hxg5 37. Qe3 f4 38. Qe4 Nf8 39. c5 bxc5 40. bxc5 Qxc5 41. g4
Qe7 42. Qf5+ Kg7 43. Nxg5 Qf6 44. Qxf6+ Kxf6 45. Ne4+ Ke6 46. Kf3 Ng6 47. Nc3
Kf6 48. Ke4 Kg5 49. f3 Nh4 50. Nd5 Nxf3 51. Kxf3 e4+ 52. Kxe4 Kxg4 53. Nxf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "American Cup Blitz 2022"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2022.04.29"]
[Round "6.6"]
[White "Xiong, Jeffery"]
[Black "Kevlishvili, Robby"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2494"]
[ECO "B50"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[WhiteFideId "2047640"]
[BlackFideId "1040634"]
[EventDate "2022.04.29"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Qxd4 Nc6 6. Qd3 g6 7. Nd5 Bg7 8. c3
O-O 9. Bg5 Nxd5 10. exd5 Ne5 11. Nxe5 Bxe5 12. Be2 Bf6 13. Be3 Bf5 14. Qd2 Qa5
15. O-O b5 16. Rfc1 a6 17. a4 bxa4 18. b4 Qc7 19. Rxa4 Qb7 20. c4 Rfb8 21. c5
dxc5 22. bxc5 Qb3 23. Rxa6 Rxa6 24. Bxa6 Qa3 25. Bf1 Rb2 26. Qd1 Rb3 27. c6 Rxe3
28. fxe3 Qxe3+ 29. Kh1 Be5 30. Qe1 Qh6 31. h3 Qf4 32. g3 Qd4 33. Bg2 Bd6 1-0

[Event "American Cup Blitz 2022"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2022.04.29"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Sevian, Samuel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2785"]
[BlackElo "2693"]
[ECO "B50"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[WhiteFideId "13300474"]
[BlackFideId "2040506"]
[EventDate "2022.04.29"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Nc6 5. O-O e6 6. a4 Be7 7. Nbd2 O-O 8. c3 b6
9. Re1 Bb7 10. Ba2 Ba6 11. Nf1 Ne5 12. Bb1 Rc8 13. Ng3 Nfd7 14. Nxe5 dxe5 15. f4
exf4 16. Bxf4 Bg5 17. Bd6 Be7 18. Bf4 Bg5 19. Bd6 Be7 1/2-1/2

[Event "American Cup Blitz 2022"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2022.04.29"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Robson, Ray"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2681"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[ECO "E04"]
[Opening "Catalan"]
[Variation "open, 5.Nf3"]
[WhiteFideId "2023970"]
[BlackFideId "2020009"]
[EventDate "2022.04.29"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 a5 7. O-O O-O 8. a3
Bxd2 9. Nbxd2 b5 10. a4 c6 11. Qc2 Na6 12. b3 Nb4 13. Qc1 cxb3 14. Nxb3 bxa4 15.
Nc5 Ba6 16. Nxa6 Rxa6 17. Rxa4 Qb6 18. e3 Qb5 19. Ra3 Rc8 20. Ne5 Nfd5 21. Rd1
Raa8 22. Qc5 a4 23. Rc1 Qxc5 24. Rxc5 Rcb8 25. Bf3 Rb5 26. Rc4 Rb6 27. Bd1 g6
28. Rxa4 Rba6 29. Rxa6 Rxa6 30. Kg2 Ra1 31. Bf3 Rb1 32. Nxc6 Rb2 33. Kg1 Nd3 34.
Bxd5 exd5 35. Ne7+ Kg7 36. Nxd5 Nxf2 37. Rc7 Nh3+ 38. Kf1 Rxh2 39. Nf4 Ng5 40.
d5 Rd2 41. Ne6+ Kf6 42. Nxg5 Kxg5 43. Rxf7 Rxd5 44. Rxh7 Kg4 45. Ke2 Kxg3 46. e4
Re5 47. Ke3 g5 48. Kd4 Re8 49. e5 g4 50. Kd5 Kg2 51. e6 g3 52. e7 Kg1 53. Ke6 g2
54. Kd7 Rxe7+ 55. Kxe7 Kf1 56. Rf7+ Ke2 57. Rg7 Kf2 58. Ke8 g1=Q 59. Rxg1 Kxg1 1/2-1/2

[Event "American Cup Blitz 2022"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2022.04.29"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Xiong, Jeffery"]
[Black "Antipov, Mikhail Al."]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2592"]
[ECO "A48"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "East Indian defence"]
[WhiteFideId "2047640"]
[BlackFideId "4107012"]
[EventDate "2022.04.29"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Nbd2 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. c3 O-O 6. Be2 Nc6 7. O-O e5 8. dxe5
dxe5 9. Qc2 Nd7 10. b4 Qf6 11. a4 b6 12. Nc4 h6 13. Ne3 Kh7 14. Rd1 Ne7 15. a5
Qc6 16. b5 Qf6 17. axb6 cxb6 18. Nc4 Nc5 19. Rd6 Be6 20. Ncxe5 Rfd8 21. Rxd8
Rxd8 22. Rxa7 Bb3 23. Qb1 Bd1 24. Ng4 Qxc3 25. Bd2 Rxd2 26. Bxd1 Rb2 27. Qa1 Nc8
28. Rxf7 Rd2 29. Qxc3 1-0

[Event "American Cup Blitz 2022"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2022.04.29"]
[Round "7.4"]
[White "Shankland, Sam"]
[Black "Oparin, Grigoriy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2674"]
[ECO "D37"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "classical variation (5.Bf4)"]
[WhiteFideId "2004887"]
[BlackFideId "24125890"]
[EventDate "2022.04.29"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. c5 Nh5 8. b4
Nxf4 9. exf4 b6 10. Be2 a5 11. a3 c6 12. O-O Qc7 13. g3 Ba6 14. Qc2 Bf6 15. Rfc1
bxc5 16. bxc5 Nxc5 17. dxc5 Bxc3 18. Ng5 g6 19. Qxc3 Bxe2 20. Re1 Bc4 21. h4
Rae8 22. h5 h6 23. hxg6 hxg5 24. g7 gxf4 25. Qf6 Bd3 26. Re5 Bg6 27. Rh5 Bxh5
28. Qh6 f5 29. Qh8+ 1-0

[Event "American Cup Blitz 2022"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2022.04.29"]
[Round "7.5"]
[White "Akobian, Varuzhan"]
[Black "Martinez Alcantara, Jose Eduardo"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2598"]
[ECO "E46"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian"]
[Variation "4.e3 O-O"]
[WhiteFideId "13300580"]
[BlackFideId "3805662"]
[EventDate "2022.04.29"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd2 b6 6. Bd3 Bb7 7. Nf3 d6 8. Qc2 c5
9. a3 Bxc3 10. Bxc3 Nbd7 11. O-O Rc8 12. Rfd1 Qe7 13. Rac1 Rfd8 14. b4 cxd4 15.
Nxd4 Ne5 16. Nb5 Nxd3 17. Qxd3 Ne4 18. Bb2 Qh4 19. Qe2 a6 20. Nc3 Ng5 21. Rd4
Qh6 22. h4 Ne4 23. Nxe4 e5 24. Rxd6 Rxd6 25. Nxd6 Qxd6 26. e4 h6 27. f3 a5 28.
bxa5 bxa5 29. Qf2 f6 30. c5 Qd3 31. Kh2 Bc6 32. Qc2 Qxc2 33. Rxc2 Rd8 34. Bc3 a4
35. Rb2 Rd3 36. Rb8+ Kf7 37. Bb4 Ke7 38. Rc8 Kd7 39. Rg8 g5 40. h5 Ke6 41. Rg6
Kf7 42. Rxh6 Kg7 43. Rg6+ Kf7 44. Kg3 Bxe4 45. Ba5 Bxg6 46. hxg6+ Kxg6 47. c6
Rd4 48. c7 Rc4 49. Kf2 Kf7 50. Ke3 Ke6 51. g4 Kd5 52. Kd3 Rc6 53. Ke3 Kc5 54.
Ke4 Kb5 55. Bb4 Rxc7 56. Kf5 Rc4 57. Be7 Rf4+ 58. Kg6 Rxf3 59. Bxf6 Rxa3 60.
Bxg5 Rc3 61. Bf6 Rc5 62. g5 a3 63. Kf5 a2 0-1

[Event "American Cup Blitz 2022"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2022.04.29"]
[Round "7.6"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Krush, Irina"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2421"]
[ECO "A30"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "symmetrical variation"]
[WhiteFideId "5202213"]
[BlackFideId "2012782"]
[EventDate "2022.04.29"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. b3 g6 4. Bb2 Nf6 5. g3 Bg7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O b6 8. d4
cxd4 9. Nxd4 Bb7 10. Nc3 Qc8 11. Nc2 Ne5 12. e4 d6 13. Re1 Qc5 14. Rc1 Rfc8 15.
h3 a6 16. Nd4 Qa5 17. Kh2 b5 18. cxb5 axb5 19. Ndxb5 Ba6 20. a4 Rab8 21. f4 Nc6
22. e5 dxe5 23. fxe5 Nh5 24. Nd5 Bxb5 25. axb5 Qxb5 26. Rxc6 Rd8 1-0

[Event "American Cup Blitz 2022"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2022.04.29"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Xiong, Jeffery"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2785"]
[BlackElo "2685"]
[ECO "C50"]
[Opening "Giuoco Piano"]
[WhiteFideId "13300474"]
[BlackFideId "2047640"]
[EventDate "2022.04.29"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. Re1 d6 6. c3 Bb6 7. d4 Bg4 8. Be3
Bxf3 9. gxf3 Nh5 10. Na3 Qh4 11. Kh1 Qf6 12. Bb5 O-O 13. Bxc6 bxc6 14. Rg1 Nf4
15. Nc2 Ne6 16. Rg3 Rab8 17. Qd2 Rfd8 18. d5 cxd5 19. exd5 Nf4 20. Bxf4 Qxf4 21.
Rd1 a5 22. b3 Re8 23. Ne3 a4 24. Qe2 axb3 25. Rg4 Qf6 26. axb3 Bxe3 27. Qxe3
Rxb3 28. Rc4 Re7 29. Ra1 h5 30. Qe4 g6 31. Qe3 Kg7 32. Kg2 Qf5 33. Ra7 h4 34.
Rxh4 g5 35. Rg4 f6 36. h4 e4 37. Rxe4 Rxe4 38. Rxc7+ Kg6 39. Qxe4 Qxe4 40. fxe4
gxh4 41. Rc6 Kg5 42. c4 h3+ 43. Kh2 Rc3 44. Rxd6 Rxc4 45. Re6 Rc2 46. Kxh3 Rxf2
47. Kg3 Rd2 48. Kf3 Rd3+ 49. Ke2 Rd4 50. Ke3 Rd1 51. Re8 Kg6 52. Re7 Kg5 53.
Rg7+ Kh6 54. Rg2 Ra1 55. Kd4 Ra7 56. d6 1-0

[Event "American Cup Blitz 2022"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2022.04.29"]
[Round "8.2"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Shankland, Sam"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2781"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[ECO "D11"]
[Opening "QGD Slav"]
[Variation "4.e3"]
[WhiteFideId "2020009"]
[BlackFideId "2004887"]
[EventDate "2022.04.29"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. b3 Ne4 6. Bd3 Bb4+ 7. Nbd2 Nd7 8. O-O
f5 9. a3 Bc3 10. Ra2 Ba5 11. b4 Nc3 12. Qc2 Nxa2 13. Qxa2 Bc7 14. a4 O-O 15. b5
Nf6 16. Ba3 Bd6 17. Ne5 Qe7 18. Bxd6 Qxd6 19. c5 Qc7 20. Ndf3 Bd7 21. Rc1 Be8
22. Qb3 Bh5 23. Ng5 Rae8 24. b6 axb6 25. cxb6 Qe7 26. a5 Ne4 27. Nh3 Ra8 28. a6
bxa6 29. Nxc6 Qd6 30. b7 Rae8 31. Nf4 Bf7 32. Bxa6 Nd2 33. Qb4 Qxb4 34. Nxb4 Nc4
35. Nfd3 Nd6 36. Rc7 Rb8 37. Nc6 Rbe8 38. Nde5 1-0

[Event "American Cup Blitz 2022"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2022.04.29"]
[Round "8.3"]
[White "Sevian, Samuel"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2693"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[ECO "C50"]
[Opening "Giuoco Piano"]
[WhiteFideId "2040506"]
[BlackFideId "5202213"]
[EventDate "2022.04.29"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 a5 7. Re1 O-O 8. h3 h6
9. Nbd2 Be6 10. Bb5 Qb8 11. Nf1 Qa7 12. Re2 a4 13. Bxc6 bxc6 14. Ng3 Bb6 15. Nh4
Kh7 16. Nhf5 Ng8 17. Nh4 g6 18. Nf3 f5 19. exf5 gxf5 20. d4 Bc4 21. Re1 Rae8 22.
Qc2 e4 23. Nh4 Qa5 24. Bf4 Qd5 25. Qxa4 Ne7 26. Qd1 Qf7 27. Qh5 Qf6 28. Nhxf5
Nxf5 29. Nxf5 Qxf5 30. Qxh6+ Kg8 31. Re3 Qh7 32. Rg3+ Kh8 33. Qg5 Rf5 34. Qg4
Rg8 35. Qxg8+ Bxg8 0-1

[Event "American Cup Blitz 2022"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2022.04.29"]
[Round "8.4"]
[White "Martinez Alcantara, Jose Eduardo"]
[Black "Robson, Ray"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2598"]
[BlackElo "2681"]
[ECO "B50"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[WhiteFideId "3805662"]
[BlackFideId "2023970"]
[EventDate "2022.04.29"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. h3 g6 5. Bd3 Bg7 6. Bc2 e5 7. O-O O-O 8. d4 exd4
9. cxd4 cxd4 10. Nxd4 d5 11. e5 Ne4 12. Nc3 Bxe5 13. Be3 Nxc3 14. bxc3 Nc6 15.
Rb1 Qc7 16. Bb3 Be6 17. Re1 Rad8 18. Bg5 Rd7 19. Nxe6 fxe6 20. Qg4 Qd6 21. Re2
h5 22. Qh4 Bxc3 23. Rd1 Rdf7 24. Kh1 Be5 25. Bh6 Bg7 26. Bc1 Bf6 27. Qa4 Be5 28.
Ba3 Qd8 29. Bxf8 Qxf8 30. Qh4 Rf4 31. Qg3 Kh7 32. Bc2 Qf7 33. Bxg6+ Qxg6 34.
Rxe5 Qxg3 35. fxg3 Rf6 36. Rxh5+ Kg6 37. Rh4 Rf2 38. Rg4+ Kh5 39. a3 b5 40. Rh4+
Kg5 41. Rg4+ Kh5 42. Rg8 e5 43. Rxd5 a6 44. Kh2 Rf6 45. Rd7 Kh6 46. g4 Rg6 47.
Rxg6+ 1-0

[Event "American Cup Blitz 2022"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2022.04.29"]
[Round "8.5"]
[White "Quesada Perez, Yuniesky"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2589"]
[BlackElo "2756"]
[ECO "C43"]
[Opening "Petrov"]
[Variation "modern attack, Symmetrical variation"]
[WhiteFideId "3504409"]
[BlackFideId "3503240"]
[EventDate "2022.04.29"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 Nxe4 4. Bd3 d5 5. Nxe5 Nd7 6. Nxd7 Bxd7 7. O-O Bd6 8.
Nc3 Nxc3 9. bxc3 O-O 10. Qh5 f5 11. Re1 Qf6 12. Qf3 c6 13. Bf4 Rae8 14. c4 dxc4
15. Bxc4+ Kh8 16. c3 b6 17. h3 h6 18. Bb3 c5 19. Qg3 Bxf4 20. Qxf4 cxd4 21. cxd4
Re4 22. Rxe4 fxe4 23. Qxf6 Rxf6 24. Rc1 Rd6 25. d5 a5 26. a3 Bb5 27. Rc7 Kg8 28.
g4 Kf8 29. Kg2 Bd3 30. Kg3 Rf6 31. h4 b5 32. Rb7 g5 33. hxg5 hxg5 34. Kg2 Be2
35. Kg1 a4 36. Ba2 Bd3 37. Kg2 Ke8 38. Rg7 Rb6 39. Rxg5 b4 40. axb4 Rxb4 41. d6
Rd4 42. Ra5 Bc2 43. g5 Rxd6 44. Kg3 Kf8 45. Kf4 Rd2 46. Kg3 Rd3+ 47. Kg4 Rf3 48.
Bc4 Rxf2 49. g6 e3 50. Ra6 Rg2+ 51. Kf3 Rxg6 52. Ra8+ Ke7 53. Kxe3 Rg3+ 54. Kd2
Bb3 55. Bxb3 Rxb3 56. Rxa4 Rb6 57. Rd4 Rd6 58. Rxd6 Kxd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "American Cup Blitz 2022"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2022.04.29"]
[Round "8.6"]
[White "Antipov, Mikhail Al."]
[Black "Kevlishvili, Robby"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2592"]
[BlackElo "2494"]
[ECO "B54"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Prins (Moscow) variation"]
[WhiteFideId "4107012"]
[BlackFideId "1040634"]
[EventDate "2022.04.29"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. f3 e5 6. Nb3 Be6 7. c4 a5 8. Nc3 a4
9. Nd2 Be7 10. Be2 Qa5 11. Ndb1 O-O 12. Bd2 Qa7 13. Nb5 Qb6 14. N1c3 a3 15. Nxa3
Rxa3 16. bxa3 Nc6 17. Rb1 Qa7 18. Nb5 Qb8 19. O-O Rc8 20. Be3 Nd7 21. Qd2 Nc5
22. Rfd1 Rd8 23. Bf1 Rd7 24. Qc3 Qc8 25. Rd2 b6 26. Qc2 Na5 27. Nc3 Bf8 28. Nd5
Bxd5 29. cxd5 Qd8 30. Qb2 Rb7 31. Bb5 Rb8 32. Bxc5 dxc5 33. Qc3 Bd6 34. Rdb2 h6
35. Bf1 Kh7 36. Rb5 Qc7 37. g3 c4 38. Kg2 Bc5 39. Qc2 Bd4 40. R1b4 Rc8 41. Rb1
Ra8 42. a4 Rc8 43. f4 Nb7 44. fxe5 Qxe5 45. Bxc4 Nd6 46. R5b4 Nxc4 47. Rxc4 Rxc4
48. Qxc4 Qxe4+ 49. Kh3 Qf5+ 50. Kg2 Qe4+ 51. Kh3 g5 52. Qf1 g4+ 53. Kh4 Qe7+ 54.
Kxg4 Qg5+ 55. Kh3 Qh5+ 56. Kg2 Qxd5+ 57. Kh3 Qh5+ 58. Kg2 Qd5+ 59. Kh3 Qh5+ 60.
Kg2 Qd5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "American Cup Blitz 2022"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2022.04.29"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2785"]
[ECO "E50"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian"]
[Variation "4.e3 e8g8, 5.Nf3, without ...d5"]
[WhiteFideId "5202213"]
[BlackFideId "13300474"]
[EventDate "2022.04.29"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. d4 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Nf3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 d6 7. Bd3 e5 8. Nd2
Qe7 9. e4 Nc6 10. Bb2 exd4 11. cxd4 Nxe4 12. Bxe4 f5 13. d5 Na5 14. Bc3 b6 15.
O-O fxe4 16. Qe2 Bf5 17. Rae1 Nb7 18. f3 e3 19. Qxe3 Qxe3+ 20. Rxe3 Rae8 21.
Rfe1 Rxe3 22. Rxe3 Nc5 23. g4 Bd7 24. Kg2 Re8 25. Kf2 Kf7 26. Bd4 Rxe3 27. Kxe3
Ba4 28. f4 Bd1 29. h3 h5 30. gxh5 Bxh5 31. f5 Bd1 32. h4 Bc2 33. Kf4 Nd3+ 34.
Kg5 Nc5 35. Kf4 Nd3+ 36. Kg5 Nc5 37. Kf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "American Cup Blitz 2022"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2022.04.29"]
[Round "9.2"]
[White "Martinez Alcantara, Jose Eduardo"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2598"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[ECO "C77"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Anderssen variation"]
[WhiteFideId "3805662"]
[BlackFideId "2020009"]
[EventDate "2022.04.29"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 g6 7. O-O Bg7 8. Re1 O-O
9. h3 Re8 10. Nbd2 b5 11. Bc2 d5 12. Nb3 a5 13. a4 b4 14. Be3 Rb8 15. Rc1 bxc3
16. bxc3 Bf8 17. Nbd2 h6 18. Bb3 Be6 19. exd5 Nxd5 20. Bc4 Nxe3 21. Rxe3 Bxc4
22. Nxc4 Qd5 23. Qe2 Bg7 24. Re1 Red8 25. Ncxe5 Nxe5 26. Nxe5 Bxe5 27. Rxe5 Qxd3
28. Qxd3 Rxd3 29. Rc5 Rd2 30. Rxc7 Rbb2 31. Rf1 Ra2 32. Kh2 Rxa4 33. Kg3 Raa2
34. c4 a4 35. c5 a3 36. Kf3 Rac2 37. Ra7 a2 38. Ra5 Rd3+ 39. Ke4 Rdc3 40. Kd4
Rc4+ 41. Kd5 R4c3 42. Kd4 Rc4+ 43. Kd5 R4c3 44. Kd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "American Cup Blitz 2022"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2022.04.29"]
[Round "9.3"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "Robson, Ray"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2756"]
[BlackElo "2681"]
[ECO "B90"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Najdorf"]
[WhiteFideId "3503240"]
[BlackFideId "2023970"]
[EventDate "2022.04.29"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Rg1 h5 7. h3 g6 8. Be3
Nc6 9. Qd2 Nxd4 10. Bxd4 e5 11. Be3 b5 12. f3 Be6 13. O-O-O Rc8 14. Kb1 h4 15.
a3 Be7 16. Bd3 Qc7 17. f4 exf4 18. Bxf4 Nd7 19. Nd5 Bxd5 20. exd5 Bf6 21. Rgf1
Ne5 22. Be3 Bg7 23. Bg5 Rb8 24. Rf4 O-O 25. Rxh4 Nc4 26. Bxc4 bxc4 27. c3 Qa5
28. Rxc4 Rfe8 29. Rb4 Qc5 30. Be3 Qc7 31. Bd4 Bf8 32. Qf4 Bg7 33. Bxg7 Kxg7 34.
Qd4+ Kg8 35. h4 a5 36. Rxb8 Qxb8 37. Qd3 Re5 38. c4 Qe8 39. c5 dxc5 40. d6 Qd7
41. g4 a4 42. h5 Rg5 43. hxg6 Rxg6 44. Qd5 Rxg4 45. Ka1 c4 46. Qe5 Rg6 47. Rh1
f6 48. Qd5+ Kg7 49. Qh5 Kf7 50. Qd5+ Kg7 51. Re1 Kh6 52. Qh1+ Kg5 53. Rg1+ Kf5
54. Qh3+ Ke5 55. Qxd7 Rxg1+ 56. Ka2 c3 57. Qb5+ Kxd6 58. Qb6+ 1-0

[Event "American Cup Blitz 2022"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2022.04.29"]
[Round "9.4"]
[White "Xiong, Jeffery"]
[Black "Sevian, Samuel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2693"]
[ECO "A45"]
[Opening "Trompovsky attack (Ruth, Opovcensky opening)"]
[WhiteFideId "2047640"]
[BlackFideId "2040506"]
[EventDate "2022.04.29"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 3. Bf4 c5 4. d5 Qb6 5. Bc1 e6 6. Nh3 exd5 7. Qxd5 Nf6 8.
Qb3 d5 9. Nf4 Qd8 10. g3 Nc6 11. Bg2 c4 12. Qe3+ Be7 13. c3 O-O 14. O-O d4 15.
cxd4 Nxd4 16. Qd2 Bf5 17. Nc3 Bb4 18. Rd1 Nc2 19. Rb1 Qa5 20. Nfd5 Nxd5 21. Qxd5
Bxc3 22. e4 Qxd5 23. Rxd5 Be6 24. bxc3 Bxd5 25. exd5 Ne1 26. Ba3 Rfe8 27. Rxb7
Rab8 28. d6 Nxg2 29. d7 Red8 30. Rxb8 Rxb8 31. Be7 Ne1 32. d8=Q+ Rxd8 33. Bxd8
f6 34. Kf1 Nf3 35. Ke2 Ne5 36. Bc7 Nd3 37. Ke3 Kf7 38. Bb8 a6 39. Ba7 Ke6 40.
Kd4 Nxf2 41. Kxc4 Ng4 42. Bg1 Kd6 43. Kd4 Ne5 44. Ke4 Ke6 45. Bd4 Nc4 46. g4
Nd6+ 47. Kd3 Kd5 48. h4 Nc4 49. g5 fxg5 50. hxg5 g6 51. Bg7 Nb2+ 52. Kc2 Nc4 53.
Kd3 Nb2+ 54. Kc2 Nc4 55. Kd3 Nb2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "American Cup Blitz 2022"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2022.04.29"]
[Round "9.5"]
[White "Shankland, Sam"]
[Black "Chandra, Akshat"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2488"]
[ECO "D41"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "Semi-Tarrasch, 5.cd"]
[WhiteFideId "2004887"]
[BlackFideId "25006711"]
[EventDate "2022.04.29"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 cxd4 8.
cxd4 Bb4+ 9. Bd2 Bxd2+ 10. Qxd2 O-O 11. Bc4 Nd7 12. O-O b6 13. d5 Nf6 14. Qf4
exd5 15. Rad1 Be6 16. exd5 Bg4 17. d6 Rc8 18. Bb3 Rc3 19. Rfe1 Bxf3 20. gxf3 Nh5
21. Qg4 Nf6 22. Qd4 Rxf3 23. Re7 g6 24. Rde1 Nh5 25. d7 Rf4 26. Qd5 Rf5 27. Qd4
Nf6 28. Bxf7+ Kh8 29. Re8 1-0

[Event "American Cup Blitz 2022"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2022.04.29"]
[Round "9.6"]
[White "Kevlishvili, Robby"]
[Black "Oparin, Grigoriy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2494"]
[BlackElo "2674"]
[ECO "C95"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "closed, Breyer, Borisenko variation"]
[WhiteFideId "1040634"]
[BlackFideId "24125890"]
[EventDate "2022.04.29"]

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 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. c4 c6 12. Nc3 b4 13. Ne2 Nxe4 14. Qc2 f5 15. c5+
d5 16. Be3 Kh8 17. Nxe5 Nxe5 18. dxe5 f4 19. Nxf4 Bg5 20. Nd3 Bh4 21. Bd4 Bf5
22. Rf1 a5 23. Ba4 Qd7 24. f3 Ng3 25. Rf2 Rae8 26. Qd2 Bxd3 27. Qxd3 Nf5 28. Re2
Ng3 29. Re3 Re6 30. Bc2 g6 31. a3 Kg8 32. axb4 axb4 33. Ra6 Nf5 34. Re2 Bg3 35.
Bb3 Rfe8 36. Bf2 Bxe5 37. Rxc6 Qxc6 38. Bxd5 Qc7 39. f4 Kg7 40. Bxe6 Bxf4 41.
Bxf5 Rxe2 42. Qxe2 gxf5 43. Bd4+ Kf7 44. Qc4+ Ke7 45. Qd5 Bh2+ 46. Kh1 Bg3 47.
Qxf5 Qf4 48. Qxf4 Bxf4 49. b3 Ke6 50. Kg1 Kd5 51. Bf2 Ke4 52. Kf1 Kd3 53. Be1
Kc2 54. Bxb4 Kxb3 55. Be1 Kc4 56. Bf2 Kd3 57. g4 Ke4 58. Kg2 Kd5 59. Kf3 Bc1 60.
h4 Ba3 61. Kf4 Ke6 62. Kg5 Bc1+ 63. Kh5 Bf4 64. g5 1-0

