[Event "American Cup Champ"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2022.04.20"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Robson, Ray"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2785"]
[BlackElo "2681"]
[ECO "A13"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[WhiteFideId "13300474"]
[BlackFideId "2023970"]
[EventDate "2022.04.20"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. c4 e6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 d4 4. Nf3 c5 5. O-O Nc6 6. e3 Nf6 7. exd4 cxd4 8. d3
Bd6 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bxf6 Qxf6 11. Nbd2 Qe7 12. Re1 O-O 13. Nb3 Qf6 14. Nfd2 Bc7
15. a3 a5 16. Nc5 Qe7 17. Na4 Bd7 18. Nb3 b6 19. Bxc6 Bxc6 20. Nxd4 Bb7 21. Nb5
Qd7 22. Qe2 Rad8 23. d4 Qc6 24. f3 Rd7 25. Kg2 Bd8 26. Nac3 Bf6 27. Rad1 Qc8 28.
d5 Bxc3 29. Nxc3 exd5 30. Nxd5 Bxd5 31. Rxd5 Rfd8 32. Qe4 b5 33. Rxd7 Qxd7 34.
c5 b4 35. axb4 axb4 36. Qxb4 Qd2+ 37. Qxd2 Rxd2+ 38. Kh3 Rxb2 39. Rc1 Kf8 40. c6
Rb8 41. Kg4 Ke7 42. c7 Rc8 43. Kh5 Kf6 44. Rc6+ Ke5 45. f4+ Kd5 46. Rc1 Kd6 47.
f5 Ke5 48. g4 Kf6 49. Rc6+ Ke7 50. f6+ Kd7 51. Rc2 gxf6 52. Kxh6 1-0

[Event "American Cup Champ"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2022.04.20"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "Shankland, Sam"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2756"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[ECO "C53"]
[Opening "Giuoco Piano"]
[WhiteFideId "3503240"]
[BlackFideId "2004887"]
[EventDate "2022.04.20"]
[EventType "k.o."]

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. a4 a5 11. Nbd2 Nb6 12. Bb3 Qxd3 13. Nxe5 Qf5 14. Nef3 Rae8 15.
g4 Bxg4 16. hxg4 Qxg4+ 17. Kh1 Bxf2 18. Nh2 Rxe1+ 19. Qxe1 Qg3 20. Qf1 Re8 21.
Ndf3 Ne5 22. Qe2 Kf8 23. Bd2 Ng4 24. Qf1 Ne3 25. Bxe3 Rxe3 26. Ng5 Qxg5 27. Qxf2
Qe7 28. Bxf7 Re2 29. Qf3 Re3 30. Qf2 Re2 31. Qf3 Re3 32. Qf2 Re2 1/2-1/2

[Event "American Cup Champ"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2022.04.20"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Sevian, Samuel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2693"]
[ECO "E48"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian"]
[Variation "4.e3 O-O, 5.Bd3 d5"]
[WhiteFideId "5202213"]
[BlackFideId "2040506"]
[EventDate "2022.04.20"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. cxd5 exd5 7. a3 Bd6 8. Qc2
c6 9. Nge2 Re8 10. Bd2 Nbd7 11. f3 c5 12. h4 h5 13. O-O-O a6 14. g4 hxg4 15.
fxg4 Nxg4 16. h5 Nf8 17. Rdg1 Nf2 18. dxc5 Be5 19. h6 g6 20. h7+ Kh8 21. Rh6 Bg7
22. Rh2 Ng4 23. Rh3 Ne5 24. Rhg3 Ne6 25. Nf4 Nxf4 26. exf4 Nxd3+ 27. Qxd3 d4 28.
Ne4 Qd5 29. Ng5 Qxc5+ 30. Kd1 Qd5 31. Qf3 Qa2 32. Nxf7+ Qxf7 33. Rxg6 d3 34. Be3
Qb3+ 35. Ke1 d2+ 36. Kf2 d1=Q 0-1

[Event "American Cup Champ"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2022.04.20"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Xiong, Jeffery"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2781"]
[BlackElo "2685"]
[ECO "C42"]
[Opening "Petrov"]
[Variation "classical attack"]
[WhiteFideId "2020009"]
[BlackFideId "2047640"]
[EventDate "2022.04.20"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bf5 7. O-O Be7 8. Nc3
Nc6 9. Re1 Nxc3 10. bxc3 Bxd3 11. Qxd3 O-O 12. Re2 Qd7 13. Bf4 Rfe8 14. Rae1 a6
15. h3 Bd6 16. Ng5 g6 17. Be5 Be7 18. Nf3 b5 19. Qe3 f6 20. Bg3 Kf7 21. Nh2 h5
22. Qf3 b4 23. Re6 bxc3 24. Bh4 Qxe6 25. Rxe6 Kxe6 26. Qxc3 Kd7 27. Nf1 Rab8 28.
g4 hxg4 29. hxg4 Rb1 30. Kg2 Rd1 31. Qh3 Rxd4 32. Bxf6 Bxf6 33. g5+ Re6 34. gxf6
Rf4 35. Ne3 Rxf6 36. Nxd5 Rf5 37. Ne3 Rh5 38. Qg4 Re5 39. c4 Ne7 40. Qd4+ Kc8
41. Qa7 Ra5 42. Qd4 Rae5 43. Qa7 Rg5+ 44. Kf1 Ra5 45. Qd4 Rae5 46. Qa7 Ra5 47.
Qd4 Rae5 48. Qa7 Ra5 49. Qd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "American Cup Champ"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2022.04.21"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Robson, Ray"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2681"]
[BlackElo "2785"]
[ECO "A15"]
[Opening "English, 1...Nf6 (Anglo-Indian defense)"]
[WhiteFideId "2023970"]
[BlackFideId "13300474"]
[EventDate "2022.04.20"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 e5 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nc3 Nb6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. b3
O-O 9. Bb2 Re8 10. Rc1 Bf8 11. Ne4 a5 12. Rxc6 bxc6 13. Nxe5 Bb7 14. e3 f6 15.
Nxc6 Qd7 16. Qc2 Nd5 17. Rc1 a4 18. bxa4 Re6 19. Qb3 Rxc6 20. Nxf6+ Rxf6 21.
Qxb7 Ra5 22. Bxf6 Nxf6 23. Qb3+ Kh8 24. Qb8 Qd6 25. Rc6 Qb4 26. Qxb4 Bxb4 27.
Rxc7 h5 28. d4 h4 29. gxh4 Kh7 30. Rc4 Be7 31. Bf3 Ra7 32. e4 Nd7 33. h5 Nb6 34.
Rc6 Bd8 35. Bd1 Rc7 36. Rxc7 Bxc7 37. Kg2 Kh6 38. e5 Nd5 39. Kf3 Nc3 40. Bb3
Kxh5 41. e6 Bd6 42. Ke3 Kg6 43. Kd3 Nb1 44. a5 Na3 45. Ba4 Kf6 46. a6 Bb8 47. d5
g5 48. h3 Ba7 49. f3 Ke7 50. Bc6 Bb6 51. Bd7 Ba7 52. Ba4 Bb6 53. Kc3 Nb1+ 54.
Kc2 Na3+ 55. Kc3 Nb1+ 56. Kb4 Kd6 57. e7 Kxe7 58. Kb5 Be3 59. Kc6 Nc3 60. Bb3
Kd8 61. a4 Kc8 62. d6 Bf2 63. Bc2 Be3 64. Bb3 Bf2 65. a5 Kd8 66. Bc4 Na4 67. f4
gxf4 68. h4 Nc3 69. h5 Ne4 70. h6 Nf6 71. Bd3 Kc8 72. h7 Nxh7 73. d7+ 1-0

[Event "American Cup Champ"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2022.04.21"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Shankland, Sam"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2756"]
[ECO "A33"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "symmetrical variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2004887"]
[BlackFideId "3503240"]
[EventDate "2022.04.20"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e6 6. e4 Bb4 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8.
Bd3 e5 9. O-O O-O 10. Qc2 Bc5 11. Na4 Bd4 12. Be3 Bxe3 13. fxe3 d6 14. c5 Bg4
15. h3 Bh5 16. Rac1 dxc5 17. Nxc5 Qe7 18. Nb3 a5 19. Qc5 Qd8 20. Qc3 Re8 21. Nc5
h6 22. Bc2 Bg6 23. Rfd1 Qe7 24. Rd2 Reb8 25. a3 Kh7 26. Kh2 Rb5 27. Bd3 Rbb8 28.
Bc2 Rb5 29. Ba4 Rxc5 30. Qxc5 Qxc5 31. Rxc5 Nxe4 32. Bxc6 Rc8 33. Bxe4 Rxc5 34.
Rd5 Rxd5 35. Bxd5 Kg8 36. b4 axb4 37. axb4 Bd3 38. Kg3 Kf8 39. e4 Ke7 40. Kf2 f6
41. Ke3 Bf1 42. Kf2 Bd3 43. Ke3 Bf1 44. Kf2 Bd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "American Cup Champ"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2022.04.21"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Sevian, Samuel"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2693"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[ECO "D35"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "exchange, positional line, 5...c6"]
[WhiteFideId "2040506"]
[BlackFideId "5202213"]
[EventDate "2022.04.20"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 Bf5 7. Qf3 Bg6 8. Bxf6
Qxf6 9. Qxf6 gxf6 10. Nge2 Nd7 11. h4 Bd6 12. g3 Ke7 13. Nf4 Nb6 14. h5 Bf5 15.
Bd3 Be6 16. h6 Rag8 17. O-O-O Nd7 18. Nh5 Kd8 19. Ng7 Bf8 20. Nf5 Nb6 21. Ne2
Nc4 22. Rh4 Nd6 23. Nxd6 Bxd6 24. Nf4 Rg5 25. Nh5 f5 26. Ng7 Bf8 27. Rdh1 Bxg7
28. hxg7 Rxg7 29. Rh5 Ke7 30. Bxf5 Bxf5 31. Rxf5 Rg6 32. Kd2 h6 33. Rh4 Rf6 34.
Re5+ Re6 35. Rf5 Rf6 36. Re5+ Re6 37. Rf5 Rf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "American Cup Champ"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2022.04.21"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Xiong, Jeffery"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[ECO "A30"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "symmetrical variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2047640"]
[BlackFideId "2020009"]
[EventDate "2022.04.20"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. b3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bb2 Nc6 6. Nc3 Nxc3 7. Bxc3 f6 8.
e3 e5 9. Qc2 Be6 10. Bd3 g6 11. Be4 Rc8 12. Rd1 Bd6 13. O-O Qc7 14. Qb1 O-O 15.
Rc1 Qf7 16. d4 exd4 17. exd4 c4 18. d5 Bxd5 19. Bxd5 Qxd5 20. Rcd1 Qe6 21. Rfe1
Be5 22. bxc4 Qxc4 23. Bxe5 Nxe5 24. Qxb7 Qxa2 25. Ra1 Qf7 26. Rxa7 Nxf3+ 27.
gxf3 Qxb7 28. Rxb7 Rf7 29. Ree7 Rcf8 30. Rxf7 Rxf7 31. Rb8+ Rf8 32. Rb7 Rf7 33.
Rb8+ Rf8 34. Rb7 Rf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "American Cup Champ"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2022.04.21"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Robson, Ray"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2681"]
[BlackElo "2785"]
[ECO "A15"]
[Opening "English, 1...Nf6 (Anglo-Indian defense)"]
[WhiteFideId "2023970"]
[BlackFideId "13300474"]
[EventDate "2022.04.20"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 e5 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nc3 Nb6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. b3
O-O 9. Bb2 Re8 10. Rc1 Bf5 11. d3 Qd7 12. Ne4 f6 13. Qc2 Bh3 14. Rfd1 Bxg2 15.
Kxg2 Qe6 16. d4 exd4 17. Nxd4 Nxd4 18. Rxd4 Rad8 19. Rcd1 Rxd4 20. Rxd4 c5 21.
Rd2 c4 22. Nc3 Bb4 23. Kg1 Rc8 24. Rd4 cxb3 25. Qe4 Qxe4 26. Nxe4 bxa2 27. Rxb4
Rc2 28. Bd4 f5 29. Ng5 Rd2 30. Bc3 Rd1+ 31. Kg2 h6 32. Ne6 Nd5 33. Rxb7 Nxc3 34.
Rxg7+ Kh8 35. Rxa7 a1=Q 36. Rxa1 Rxa1 37. Nd4 Kh7 38. Kf3 Kg6 39. h4 h5 40. Ne6
Nd5 41. Nd4 Kf6 42. e3 Ra2 43. Ne2 Rd2 44. Ng1 Ke5 45. Nh3 Nf6 46. Ng1 Ng4 47.
Nh3 Ra2 48. Kg2 Nxe3+ 0-1

[Event "American Cup Champ"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2022.04.21"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Shankland, Sam"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2756"]
[ECO "A30"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "symmetrical variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2004887"]
[BlackFideId "3503240"]
[EventDate "2022.04.20"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. c4 c5 2. e3 Nf6 3. d4 cxd4 4. exd4 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. d5 O-O 7. Nf3 e6 8. Be2
exd5 9. cxd5 d6 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Be3 Nc5 12. Rc1 Bd7 13. Nd2 Re8 14. Nc4 Nce4
15. Nxe4 Nxe4 16. Bd4 Bb5 17. Re1 Bxc4 18. Bxc4 Rc8 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. Qd4+ Nf6
21. Bb3 Rxc1 22. Rxc1 Qa5 23. Kf1 Re4 24. Qc3 Qb5+ 25. Kg1 Re5 26. Qd4 Qa5 27.
Kf1 h5 28. h3 g5 29. Rc3 Nxd5 30. Rc1 Nf4 31. Rd1 Qb5+ 32. Bc4 Qc6 33. f3 Qc5
34. h4 Qxd4 35. Rxd4 d5 36. hxg5 Nxg2 37. Bb3 Ne3+ 38. Kf2 b6 39. Rd3 Nc4 40. f4
Re4 41. Kf3 b5 42. Bxc4 Rxc4 43. Rxd5 a6 44. Rd6 a5 45. Rd5 Rb4 46. b3 a4 47.
Rd3 axb3 48. axb3 Kg6 49. Rd6+ Kg7 50. Rd3 Kg6 51. Rd6+ Kg7 52. Rd3 Kg6 1/2-1/2

[Event "American Cup Champ"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2022.04.21"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Xiong, Jeffery"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[ECO "A45"]
[Opening "Trompovsky attack (Ruth, Opovcensky opening)"]
[WhiteFideId "2047640"]
[BlackFideId "2020009"]
[EventDate "2022.04.20"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 3. e3 c5 4. Bxf6 gxf6 5. dxc5 Nc6 6. a3 e6 7. b4 a5 8. Nd2
axb4 9. axb4 Rxa1 10. Qxa1 Nxb4 11. Qa4+ Nc6 12. Nb3 Bg7 13. Bb5 Bd7 14. Ne2 O-O
15. O-O f5 16. c4 dxc4 17. Qxc4 Qc7 18. Qa4 Rd8 19. Nf4 Ne5 20. Rb1 Ng4 21. h3
Nf6 22. Bxd7 Rxd7 23. Qa8+ Rd8 24. Qa5 Qe7 25. Nd4 Rc8 26. Nd3 Ne4 27. Qa7 Nxc5
28. Rc1 Bf8 29. Rxc5 Rxc5 30. Nxc5 Qxc5 31. Qxb7 f4 32. Qf3 fxe3 33. Qxe3 Bg7
34. Nf3 Qxe3 35. fxe3 f5 36. g4 Kf7 37. Kf2 Kg6 38. Nh4+ Kg5 39. Nf3+ Kg6 40.
Nh4+ Kg5 41. Nf3+ Kg6 42. Nh4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "American Cup Champ"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2022.04.21"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Robson, Ray"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2785"]
[BlackElo "2681"]
[ECO "B50"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[WhiteFideId "13300474"]
[BlackFideId "2023970"]
[EventDate "2022.04.20"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. Be2 g6 5. O-O Bg7 6. d3 O-O 7. Be3 b6 8. Nbd2
Bb7 9. Qb1 e5 10. d4 exd4 11. cxd4 cxd4 12. Bxd4 Nc6 13. Bc3 d5 14. Bb5 Nxe4 15.
Nxe4 dxe4 16. Bxg7 exf3 17. Bxc6 Bxc6 18. Bxf8 Qg5 19. g3 Qg4 20. Kh1 Rxf8 21.
Qd3 Re8 22. Rac1 Bb7 23. Rfe1 Re2 24. Rxe2 fxe2+ 25. Kg1 Bf3 26. h3 Qf5 27. Qe3
h5 28. Kh2 Kh7 29. Re1 Qd5 30. b3 Kg7 31. Rxe2 Bxe2 32. Qxe2 Qd4 33. h4 a5 34.
Kg2 Qd5+ 35. Qf3 Qe5 36. Qc6 b5 37. a3 b4 38. axb4 axb4 39. Qf3 Qd4 40. Kf1 Kf8
41. Kg2 Ke7 42. Qb7+ Kf6 43. Qf3+ Ke6 44. Qc6+ Ke7 45. Qb7+ Kf6 46. Qf3+ Kg7 47.
Kf1 Qd2 48. Kg2 Qc3 49. Qd5 Qf6 50. Qc5 Qc3 51. Qd5 Qe1 52. Qd4+ Kg8 53. Qd8+
Kh7 54. Qd4 Qe7 55. Qd5 f6 56. Qd4 Kg7 57. Kg1 Qb7 58. Qc4 Kh7 59. Qd4 Qe7 60.
Kg2 f5 61. Kf1 Kg8 62. Qd5+ Kg7 63. Qd4+ Kf7 64. Qd5+ Kf6 65. Qd4+ Ke6 66. Qe3+
Kd7 67. Qxe7+ Kxe7 68. f4 Kd6 69. Ke2 Kc5 70. Ke3 Kd5 71. Kd3 Kc5 72. Ke3 Kd5
73. Kd3 Kc5 74. Ke3 1/2-1/2

[Event "American Cup Champ"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2022.04.21"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "Shankland, Sam"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2756"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[ECO "B90"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Najdorf, Byrne (English) attack"]
[WhiteFideId "3503240"]
[BlackFideId "2004887"]
[EventDate "2022.04.20"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. f3
Nbd7 9. g4 h6 10. Qd2 b5 11. O-O-O Nb6 12. Qf2 Rb8 13. Nc5 b4 14. Nb1 d5 15.
Nxe6 fxe6 16. exd5 Nbxd5 17. Nd2 Qc7 18. Bd3 Be7 19. Bg6+ Kf8 20. Kb1 Nxe3 21.
Qxe3 Nd5 22. Qe4 Bf6 23. Qc4 Qxc4 24. Nxc4 Ke7 25. Rhe1 Rb5 26. Be4 Rd8 27. Rd3
Rc5 28. Nd2 Rcc8 29. a3 a5 30. axb4 axb4 31. Nb3 Nf4 32. Rxd8 Rxd8 33. Na5 Rd2
34. Nc6+ Kf7 35. Nxb4 Rxh2 36. Nc6 g6 37. b4 Ne2 38. Kb2 Bh4 39. Rd1 Kf6 40. Rd8
Bf2 41. Rg8 Nf4 42. Kb3 h5 43. gxh5 gxh5 44. c4 h4 45. c5 h3 46. Rh8 Rh1 47. Nb8
h2 48. Nd7+ Kg5 49. c6 Nd5 50. Bxd5 exd5 51. c7 Rb1+ 52. Ka4 Bh4 53. c8=Q h1=Q
54. Qd8+ Kf5 55. Rh5+ Kg6 56. Qe8+ Kg7 57. Qxe5+ Kf7 58. Rh7+ Kg6 59. Qh5# 1-0

[Event "American Cup Champ"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2022.04.21"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Xiong, Jeffery"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2781"]
[BlackElo "2685"]
[ECO "C10"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "Fort Knox variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2020009"]
[BlackFideId "2047640"]
[EventDate "2022.04.20"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bd7 5. Nf3 Bc6 6. Bd3 Nd7 7. O-O Ngf6 8.
Ned2 Bxf3 9. Nxf3 Bd6 10. Qe2 O-O 11. c4 c6 12. Bd2 Re8 13. Bc3 Qc7 14. Rfe1 a6
15. Rad1 Rad8 16. Bc2 Bf8 17. Ne5 Nxe5 18. dxe5 Nd7 19. h4 b5 20. h5 g6 21. b3
a5 22. Rd3 Bg7 23. Red1 b4 24. Bb2 Nc5 25. Rd6 Nb7 26. R6d2 Rxd2 27. Rxd2 Rd8
28. Rxd8+ Qxd8 29. Qe3 Bf8 30. Bd4 Bh6 31. Qe4 Qg5 32. Bd1 Qc1 33. Qc2 c5 34.
Bb2 Qxc2 35. Bxc2 gxh5 36. g3 Nd8 37. Be4 Kf8 38. Kf1 Ke7 39. Ke2 Kd7 40. Bxh7
Nc6 41. Be4 Nd4+ 42. Kd3 Nf5 43. Bf3 h4 44. gxh4 Nxh4 45. Bg4 Ng6 46. Ke4 Bd2
47. Bh5 Ke7 48. Be2 Nf4 49. Bd1 Nh3 50. Kf3 Nf4 51. Ke4 Nh3 52. Kf3 Nf4 53. Ke4
Nh3 1/2-1/2

[Event "American Cup Champ"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2022.04.21"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Xiong, Jeffery"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2781"]
[BlackElo "2685"]
[ECO "C10"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "Fort Knox variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2020009"]
[BlackFideId "2047640"]
[EventDate "2022.04.20"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bd7 5. Nf3 Bc6 6. Bd3 Nd7 7. O-O Ngf6 8.
Ned2 Bxf3 9. Nxf3 Bd6 10. c4 O-O 11. Qe2 c6 12. Bd2 Qc7 13. Bc3 Rfe8 14. Rfe1 a6
15. Rad1 Rad8 16. Bc2 Bf8 17. Ne5 Nxe5 18. dxe5 Nd7 19. h4 b5 20. h5 g6 21. b3
a5 22. Rd3 b4 23. Bd2 Bg7 24. Bf4 a4 25. bxa4 Nc5 26. Rd6 Nb7 27. Rxd8 Rxd8 28.
h6 Bf8 29. Rd1 Nc5 30. Rxd8 Qxd8 31. Qd2 Qa5 32. Qd1 Qa6 33. Bb3 Be7 34. Be3 Qa5
35. Qd4 Kf8 36. Qd2 Ke8 37. g3 Nxa4 38. Bg5 Bxg5 39. Qxg5 Nc3 40. Qf6 Ne4 41.
Qf3 Qxe5 42. Ba4 Ke7 43. Bxc6 Nd2 44. Qd3 Qd6 45. Qxd6+ Kxd6 46. Bb5 Ne4 47. Ba4
Kc5 48. Kg2 Kxc4 49. Kf3 Kd4 50. Be8 Nd6 51. Bd7 e5 52. Kg4 f5+ 53. Kh4 Ne4 54.
Be8 Nxf2 55. Bxg6 Ng4 56. Bxf5 Nxh6 57. Bxh7 e4 58. Bg6 e3 59. Bh5 Nf5+ 60. Kh3
Kc3 61. Kg2 1-0

[Event "American Cup Champ"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2022.04.22"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2785"]
[BlackElo "2756"]
[ECO "C42"]
[Opening "Petrov"]
[Variation "Nimzovich attack"]
[WhiteFideId "13300474"]
[BlackFideId "3503240"]
[EventDate "2022.04.20"]

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 Nf6 10. Bd3 Re8 11. h4 d5 12. Ng5 h6 13. f3 c5 14. Bb5 Bd7 15.
Bxd7 Qxd7 16. Nh3 Rad8 17. Nf4 Bd6 18. Kb1 Qb5 19. Qc1 d4 20. cxd4 c4 21. g3 c3
22. b3 Qa5 23. Rde1 Ba3 24. Qd1 Rd6 25. Bf2 Rxe1 26. Rxe1 Bb2 27. Qd3 b5 28. a4
Qb4 0-1

[Event "American Cup Champ"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2022.04.22"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Sevian, Samuel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2781"]
[BlackElo "2693"]
[ECO "E49"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian"]
[Variation "4.e3, Botvinnik system"]
[WhiteFideId "2020009"]
[BlackFideId "2040506"]
[EventDate "2022.04.20"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 dxc4 8.
Bxc4 c5 9. Ne2 Qc7 10. Ba2 b6 11. O-O Ba6 12. Re1 Rd8 13. Ng3 Nc6 14. Rb1 Rac8
15. Rb2 h6 16. f4 Na5 17. e4 cxd4 18. cxd4 Qd7 19. Rd2 Bc4 20. Bxc4 Rxc4 21. Bb2
Qa4 22. d5 Qxd1 23. Rdxd1 exd5 24. Bxf6 gxf6 25. Rxd5 Rxd5 26. exd5 Rxf4 27.
Re8+ Kh7 28. Re7 Rd4 29. Rxf7+ Kg6 30. Rxa7 Rxd5 31. Ne2 Rd2 32. Kf2 Nc6 33. Ra8
Nd4 34. Ke3 Rxe2+ 35. Kxd4 Kf7 36. Ra7+ Kg6 37. Ra8 Kf7 38. Ra7+ Kg6 39. Ra8 1/2-1/2

[Event "American Cup Champ"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2022.04.23"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2756"]
[BlackElo "2785"]
[ECO "B12"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "advance variation"]
[WhiteFideId "3503240"]
[BlackFideId "13300474"]
[EventDate "2022.04.20"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 h6 6. O-O Ne7 7. Nbd2 Nd7 8. Nb3 g5
9. a4 Bg7 10. Bd2 O-O 11. c3 f6 12. exf6 Bxf6 13. Ne1 Bg7 14. f4 gxf4 15. Bxf4
Ng6 16. Bd6 Rf7 17. Bd3 Qg5 18. Bxf5 exf5 19. Nf3 Qf6 20. Bg3 Re8 21. Qc2 Re4
22. Rae1 f4 23. Bf2 Qf5 24. Nbd2 Rxe1 25. Nxe1 Qxc2 26. Nxc2 Nf6 27. Re1 a5 28.
Re2 Kf8 29. Kf1 h5 30. h3 f3 31. Nxf3 Nf4 32. Ng5 Nxe2 33. Nxf7 Nxc3 34. Nd6
Nxa4 35. Nxb7 Nxb2 36. Nxa5 Ne4 37. Nxc6 Nd3 38. Bh4 Nf4 39. Ne3 Kf7 40. g3 Ne6
41. Nxd5 Nxd4 42. Nxd4 Bxd4 43. Nf4 Bf6 44. Bxf6 Nxf6 45. Kf2 h4 46. g4 Ne4+ 47.
Kg2 Kf6 48. Nd3 Ng5 49. Ne1 Ne6 50. Kh2 Ng5 51. Kg2 Ne6 52. Nd3 Ng5 53. Nf4 Ne4
54. Ne2 Ke5 55. Nc1 Kd4 56. Nb3+ Ke5 57. Nc1 Kd4 58. Nb3+ Ke5 59. Nc1 1/2-1/2

[Event "American Cup Champ"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2022.04.23"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Sevian, Samuel"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2693"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[ECO "A33"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "symmetrical, Geller variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2040506"]
[BlackFideId "2020009"]
[EventDate "2022.04.20"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 e6 6. g3 Qb6 7. Ndb5 Ne5 8.
Bf4 Nfg4 9. e3 a6 10. h3 axb5 11. hxg4 Nxc4 12. Qb3 d5 13. Bxc4 dxc4 14. Qxb5+
Qxb5 15. Nxb5 Ra5 16. Nd6+ Bxd6 17. Bxd6 f6 18. f3 Rd5 19. Rd1 Rxd1+ 20. Kxd1 e5
21. e4 Kf7 22. Bb4 Rd8+ 23. Ke2 h6 24. Rd1 Rxd1 25. Kxd1 Bd7 26. Kd2 Ba4 27. Bc5
g5 28. Bb4 Kg6 29. Be7 Kf7 30. Bb4 Kg6 31. Be7 Kf7 32. Bb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "American Cup Champ"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2022.04.23"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Sevian, Samuel"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2693"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[ECO "D02"]
[Opening "Queen's bishop game"]
[WhiteFideId "2040506"]
[BlackFideId "2020009"]
[EventDate "2022.04.20"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Bf4 c5 4. e3 Nc6 5. Nbd2 Nh5 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 g5 8. Ne5
Nxe5 9. dxe5 Ng7 10. Bg3 Nf5 11. e4 Nxg3 12. hxg3 e6 13. f4 Bd7 14. exd5 exd5
15. Qh5 Qb6 16. O-O-O c4 17. c3 Bc5 18. Be2 Be3 19. Bg4 O-O-O 20. Kb1 Bxg4 21.
Qxg4+ Kb8 22. Qf5 Qe6 23. Qc2 gxf4 24. gxf4 Bxf4 25. Nf3 Bxe5 26. Rhe1 f6 27.
Ka1 Rhg8 28. Nd4 Qg4 29. Nf5 Qxg2 30. Qa4 Rge8 31. Nd6 Re7 32. Rg1 Qf2 33. Nxc4
Qf4 34. Qb3 Rc7 35. Na3 Qe3 36. Rge1 Qc5 37. Nc2 h5 38. Nb4 Qc4 39. Nxd5 Qxb3
40. axb3 Rh7 41. Re3 h4 42. Rh3 Bg3 43. c4 f5 44. Rf1 Rf8 45. Rf3 f4 46. Ka2 Rh6
47. b4 Rh5 48. b5 Re5 49. Rh1 Re2 50. Kb3 Rfe8 51. c5 R8e5 52. Rd3 f3 53. c6
bxc6 54. bxc6 f2 55. c7+ Kb7 56. Rc1 Re8 57. Rd4 a5 58. Nf6 Rc8 59. Rd5 Rxc7 60.
Rb5+ Ka6 61. Rxc7 Kxb5 0-1

[Event "American Cup Champ"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2022.04.23"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Sevian, Samuel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2781"]
[BlackElo "2693"]
[ECO "B06"]
[Opening "Robatsch (modern) defence"]
[WhiteFideId "2020009"]
[BlackFideId "2040506"]
[EventDate "2022.04.20"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. Be3 a6 5. g4 b5 6. Bg2 Bb7 7. h4 Nd7 8. h5 gxh5
9. g5 c5 10. Nge2 h6 11. Ng3 hxg5 12. Nxh5 Bh6 13. Qd2 cxd4 14. Qxd4 Ne5 15.
O-O-O Rc8 16. Kb1 Rc4 17. Qd2 Rb4 18. b3 Nc4 19. Qe2 Qa5 20. Bc1 g4 21. Nf4 e6
22. Nd3 Bg7 23. Rxh8 Bxh8 24. Qe1 Na3+ 25. Bxa3 Qxa3 26. Nxb4 Qxb4 27. Ne2 Qa3
28. c3 Be5 29. Nd4 Nf6 30. Qe3 Qc5 31. b4 Qc4 32. f4 gxf3 33. Bxf3 a5 34. Be2
Bxe4+ 35. Kb2 Qc8 36. Nxb5 axb4 37. Kc1 d5 38. Qb6 Bf4+ 39. Kb2 bxc3+ 40. Nxc3
Be5 41. Qb4 Nd7 42. Bb5 f5 43. Kb3 Bf3 44. Re1 Bxc3 45. Qxc3 Qxc3+ 46. Kxc3 Ke7
47. a4 Nc5 48. a5 Kd6 49. a6 e5 50. a7 d4+ 51. Kb4 d3 52. Rf1 d2 53. Rxf3 d1=Q
54. a8=Q Qd4+ 55. Bc4 Qd2+ 56. Rc3 Nd7 57. Qa6+ Ke7 58. Qe6+ Kd8 59. Qg8+ Kc7
60. Bb3+ Kb6 61. Qd8+ Ka7 62. Qa5+ Kb8 63. Qc7+ Ka8 64. Ka3 Qd4 65. Qa5+ Kb8 66.
Qb4+ 1-0

[Event "American Cup Champ"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2022.04.24"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2781"]
[BlackElo "2756"]
[ECO "A33"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "symmetrical, Geller variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2020009"]
[BlackFideId "3503240"]
[EventDate "2022.04.20"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e6 6. g3 Qb6 7. Ndb5 Ne5 8.
Bf4 Nfg4 9. e3 a6 10. h3 axb5 11. hxg4 Nxc4 12. g5 d5 13. a4 bxa4 14. Bxc4 dxc4
15. Rxa4 Rxa4 16. Qxa4+ Qc6 17. Qxc6+ bxc6 18. Be5 Ke7 19. Ne4 Bb7 20. Rh4 Ke8
21. Nd2 h6 22. Nxc4 Ba6 23. Nd6+ Bxd6 24. Bxd6 Bb5 25. Be5 Kf8 26. f3 Kg8 27. g6
fxg6 28. Rd4 g5 29. Rd8+ Kh7 30. Rd7 Rg8 31. Kf2 h5 32. e4 Kh6 33. Ke3 Kg6 34.
b3 h4 35. g4 Kh7 36. Kf2 Kg6 37. Bc3 Kh7 38. Re7 Ra8 39. Rxg7+ Kh6 40. Bf6 Ra2+
41. Ke3 e5 42. Bxe5 h3 43. Rg8 c5 44. f4 gxf4+ 45. Kxf4 Rf2+ 46. Kg3 Re2 47. Kf3
Rd2 48. g5+ Kh5 49. Rh8+ Kg6 50. Rh6+ Kf7 51. g6+ Ke7 52. g7 Rg2 53. Rxh3 1-0

[Event "American Cup Champ"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2022.04.25"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2756"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[ECO "C50"]
[Opening "Giuoco Piano"]
[WhiteFideId "3503240"]
[BlackFideId "2020009"]
[EventDate "2022.04.20"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. Re1 Ng4 7. Re2 Kh8 8. h3
f5 9. Bg5 Nf6 10. Nc3 d6 11. exf5 Bxf5 12. Na4 Bb6 13. Nxb6 axb6 14. d4 h6 15.
dxe5 dxe5 16. Bh4 e4 17. Nh2 Qe8 18. Qe1 Rd8 19. Rd1 Rxd1 20. Qxd1 Be6 21. Bxe6
Qxe6 22. Bxf6 Qxf6 23. c3 e3 24. f3 Qe6 25. Qb3 Qxb3 26. axb3 Rd8 27. Nf1 Rd1
28. Rxe3 Na5 29. b4 Nc4 30. Re2 Rb1 31. Kf2 Nxb2 32. Re8+ Kh7 33. Ne3 Nd3+ 34.
Kg3 Re1 35. f4 Nb2 36. Kf2 Rc1 37. f5 c6 38. Re7 Kg8 39. Rxb7 Rxc3 40. Ke2 h5
41. g4 hxg4 42. hxg4 Nc4 43. Nxc4 Rxc4 44. g5 Rxb4 45. Kf3 c5 46. g6 Kf8 47.
Rf7+ Kg8 48. Rb7 Kf8 49. Rf7+ Kg8 50. Re7 Kf8 51. Rb7 Rb1 52. Rf7+ Kg8 53. Rb7
Kf8 54. Rf7+ Kg8 55. Rb7 1/2-1/2

[Event "American Cup Champ"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2022.04.27"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2785"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[ECO "C50"]
[Opening "Giuoco Pianissimo"]
[WhiteFideId "13300474"]
[BlackFideId "2020009"]
[EventDate "2022.04.20"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. O-O O-O 6. h3 d6 7. c3 a5 8. Re1 h6
9. Nbd2 Be6 10. Bb5 Ba7 11. Nf1 Ne7 12. Ng3 c6 13. Ba4 b5 14. Bb3 a4 15. Bxe6
fxe6 16. d4 Ng6 17. Be3 Nd7 18. Nh5 Nf4 19. Bxf4 exf4 20. e5 Qe8 21. Nh4 f3 22.
Ng3 dxe5 23. Nxf3 Qf7 24. dxe5 Nb6 25. Ne4 Nd5 26. a3 c5 27. Nd6 Qg6 28. Nh4 Qg5
29. Qg4 Qxg4 30. hxg4 c4 31. Nf3 Rf4 32. Nxb5 Rxg4 33. Kf1 h5 34. Rad1 Bc5 35.
Nbd4 Nf4 36. g3 Nd3 37. Rxd3 cxd3 38. Nxe6 Be7 39. Rd1 Kf7 40. Nf4 Rd8 41. Nd4
h4 42. Rxd3 hxg3 43. Rf3 gxf2 44. Nfe6+ Ke8 45. Nxd8 Bh4 46. N8e6 Rg1+ 47. Ke2
Re1+ 48. Kd3 g6 49. Nc7+ Kd8 50. Nce6+ Ke8 51. Nc7+ Kd8 52. Nce6+ Ke8 1/2-1/2

[Event "American Cup Champ"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2022.04.28"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2781"]
[BlackElo "2785"]
[ECO "A29"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "four knights, kingside fianchetto"]
[WhiteFideId "2020009"]
[BlackFideId "13300474"]
[EventDate "2022.04.20"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Nd4 5. Bg2 Nxf3+ 6. Bxf3 Bc5 7. d3 O-O 8.
O-O a5 9. Bg2 c6 10. Bd2 d6 11. a3 Be6 12. Qc2 h6 13. Na4 Ba7 14. c5 dxc5 15.
Nxc5 Bxc5 16. Qxc5 Bd5 17. f3 a4 18. e4 Nd7 19. Qe3 Bb3 20. f4 Qb6 21. Qxb6 Nxb6
22. Rac1 Rfd8 23. Rf3 Nd7 24. Bh3 Be6 25. Bxe6 fxe6 26. Kf2 c5 27. Ke2 b6 28.
Bc3 Rac8 29. Rff1 Rf8 30. Ke3 Rc7 31. fxe5 Rxf1 32. Rxf1 Nb8 33. d4 cxd4+ 34.
Bxd4 Rc2 35. Rd1 Nc6 36. Bc3 Rxh2 37. Rd6 Na5 38. Kf3 Kf7 39. Rxb6 Nc4 40. Rb7+
Ke8 41. Rxg7 Nxb2 42. Bb4 Kd8 43. Re7 Nc4 44. Rxe6 h5 45. Bd6 h4 46. Rg6 Rh3 47.
Rg8+ Kd7 48. Rg7+ Ke8 49. Rc7 Rxg3+ 50. Kf4 Nxd6 51. exd6 Rxa3 52. Kf5 Rg3 53.
e5 1-0

