[Event "American Cup Champ"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2023.03.17"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Sevian, Samuel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2768"]
[BlackElo "2687"]
[ECO "C77"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Morphy defence, Duras variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2016192"]
[BlackFideId "2040506"]
[EventDate "2023.03.17"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c4 Bg4 7. h3 Bxf3 8. Qxf3
Nd7 9. Be3 Be7 10. Nc3 Nf8 11. Ne2 Ne6 12. d4 exd4 13. Nxd4 Nxd4 14. Bxd4 O-O
15. Bxc6 bxc6 16. Rd1 Re8 17. O-O Bf6 18. c5 Re6 19. Bxf6 Qxf6 20. Qxf6 gxf6 21.
f3 Rb8 22. Rf2 Rb5 23. Rc2 dxc5 24. Rd7 Rd6 25. Rxc7 c4 26. Kf2 Rb6 27. Ke3 Kg7
28. Ra7 Rd3+ 29. Kf4 Rd4 30. h4 Kg6 31. h5+ Kg7 32. Ra8 h6 33. a4 c5 34. a5 Rc6
35. Rb8 Kh7 36. Ke3 Kg7 37. Ke2 Re6 38. g4 Rc6 39. Rd2 Rc7 40. Rb6 Rcd7 41. Rxd4
cxd4 42. Rxa6 Rc7 43. Rd6 Rb7 44. Rb6 Rc7 45. a6 c3 46. bxc3 Rxc3 47. a7 Ra3 48.
Rb7 Re3+ 49. Kd2 Ra3 50. Rc7 f5 51. e5 fxg4 52. fxg4 1-0

[Event "American Cup Champ"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2023.03.18"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Sevian, Samuel"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2687"]
[BlackElo "2768"]
[ECO "D37"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "4.Nf3"]
[WhiteFideId "2040506"]
[BlackFideId "2016192"]
[EventDate "2023.03.17"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 h6 5. Bf4 Bd6 6. Bxd6 Qxd6 7. e3 O-O 8. Rc1
a6 9. a3 b6 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Be2 Nbd7 12. O-O Bb7 13. b4 c6 14. Qb3 a5 15. Rfd1
axb4 16. axb4 Ra7 17. Ra1 Rfa8 18. Rxa7 Rxa7 19. Ne1 Ne4 20. Nxe4 dxe4 21. f3
Nf6 22. fxe4 Nxe4 23. Nf3 Bc8 24. Qc2 Bf5 25. Ne5 Qf6 26. Bd3 Qg5 27. Re1 Ra1
28. Rxa1 Qxe3+ 29. Kf1 Nd2+ 30. Qxd2 Qxd2 31. Ra8+ Kh7 32. Bxf5+ g6 33. Bd3 Qc1+
34. Ke2 Qb2+ 35. Ke3 c5 36. bxc5 bxc5 37. Rd8 cxd4+ 38. Rxd4 Qxg2 39. Rd7 Qg1+
40. Ke4 Qe1+ 41. Kd5 Qa5+ 42. Ke4 Qe1+ 43. Kd5 Qa5+ 44. Ke4 Qe1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "American Cup Champ"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2023.03.17"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[ECO "D35"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "exchange, positional line, 5...c6"]
[WhiteFideId "13300474"]
[BlackFideId "3503240"]
[EventDate "2023.03.17"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 Bf5 7. Qf3 Bg6 8. Bxf6
Qxf6 9. Qxf6 gxf6 10. Nf3 Nd7 11. Nh4 Be7 12. Ne2 f5 13. Nf3 Bb4+ 14. Kd1 Bd6
15. Ne1 Ke7 16. Nd3 Bh5 17. f3 Bg6 18. Nef4 a5 19. Ke1 Nf8 20. g3 Ne6 21. Rc1
Rhe8 22. Kf2 Kf6 23. Be2 Re7 24. Bd1 Kg7 25. Re1 Ree8 26. Re2 Re7 27. Rc3 Kf8
28. a3 Bxf4 29. Nxf4 Nxf4 30. exf4 f6 31. Rb3 Rxe2+ 32. Bxe2 b5 33. Rc3 Be8 34.
Bd3 Bd7 35. g4 Ke7 36. Bxf5 Bxf5 37. gxf5 Kd7 38. Rc1 a4 39. Rg1 Re8 40. h4 Re7
41. h5 c5 42. dxc5 Kc6 43. h6 Kxc5 44. Rg6 Kc4 45. Rxf6 Rb7 46. Re6 Kb3 47. Re2
Rb6 48. Ke3 Rf6 49. Rg2 Rf8 50. Kd4 Rxf5 51. Rf2 Ka2 52. Ke3 Kb3 53. Rd2 Kc4 54.
Rd3 Kc5 55. Rc3+ Kd6 56. Rc8 Rf6 57. Rd8+ Kc5 58. Rc8+ Kd6 59. Re8 Rxh6 60. f5
Rh4 61. Rd8+ Ke5 62. f4+ Kxf5 63. Rxd5+ Kf6 64. Rxb5 Rh2 65. Ke4 Re2+ 66. Kf3
Rd2 67. Kg3 Re2 68. Rb7 Kf5 69. Kf3 Rh2 70. Rb5+ Kf6 71. Ke4 Re2+ 72. Kd3 Rf2
73. Rb7 h5 74. Ke3 Rg2 75. Kf3 Rd2 76. Kg3 Re2 77. Rb6+ Kf5 78. Rb5+ Kf6 79. Kf3
Rd2 80. Ke3 Rg2 81. Kf3 Rd2 82. Ke4 Re2+ 83. Kd3 Rf2 84. Ke3 Rg2 85. Rb6+ Kf5
86. Kf3 Rd2 87. Rb4 Rc2 88. Kg3 Rd2 89. Rb8 Re2 90. Rf8+ Kg6 91. Rg8+ Kf6 92.
Rb8 Kf5 93. Rb4 Rd2 94. Rxa4 Rxb2 95. Ra5+ Kf6 96. Kf3 Rb3+ 97. Ke4 h4 98. Rh5
Rxa3 99. Rh6+ Kf7 100. Rh7+ Kf6 101. Rh6+ Kf7 102. Rh7+ Kf6 103. Rh6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "American Cup Champ"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2023.03.18"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[ECO "C67"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Berlin defence, open variation"]
[WhiteFideId "3503240"]
[BlackFideId "13300474"]
[EventDate "2023.03.17"]
[EventType "k.o."]

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. h3 Be7 10. Nc3 Nh4 11. Nxh4 Bxh4 12. Rd1+ Ke8 13. Ne2 h5 14. f3
Bf5 15. c3 Rd8 16. Be3 Be7 17. g4 Be6 18. Rxd8+ Kxd8 19. Nf4 hxg4 20. Nxe6+ fxe6
21. hxg4 a6 22. Kg2 g6 23. f4 Ke8 24. Rd1 Rh7 25. Rh1 Rxh1 26. Kxh1 Bf8 27. Bf2
Bh6 28. Bg3 Kd7 29. Kg2 Ke8 30. Kf3 Kd7 31. Ke4 Ke8 32. Be1 Kd7 33. Bf2 Ke8 34.
Be3 Kd7 35. Kd3 Bf8 36. Ke4 Bh6 37. Bc5 Ke8 38. Bb4 Kd7 39. Ba3 Ke8 40. Bc5 Kd7
41. Bb4 Ke8 42. c4 Kd7 43. b3 Ke8 44. Ba5 Kd7 45. f5 gxf5+ 46. gxf5 exf5+ 47.
Kxf5 Be3 48. e6+ Ke8 49. Bxc7 Bf2 50. Bd6 Bd4 51. Ke4 Bf2 52. Kd3 Bh4 53. Ke4
Bf2 54. Kf5 Bd4 55. Kf4 Bf2 56. Be5 Ke7 57. Kf5 Ke8 58. Bf6 Be1 59. Bg5 Bb4 60.
Ke5 Bc5 61. Bh4 Be3 62. Be1 Bg1 63. Bc3 Bh2+ 64. Kf5 Bg3 65. Be5 Bf2 66. Bd6 Bd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "American Cup Champ"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2023.03.18"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[ECO "C67"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Berlin defence, open variation"]
[WhiteFideId "3503240"]
[BlackFideId "13300474"]
[EventDate "2023.03.17"]
[EventType "k.o."]

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. h3 Be7 10. Nc3 Nh4 11. Nxh4 Bxh4 12. Rd1+ Ke8 13. Ne2 Be7 14. g4
f5 15. exf6 Bxf6 16. Ng3 Kf7 17. Ne4 Be6 18. Bf4 Bd5 19. Nxf6 gxf6 20. Kh2 h5
21. Kg3 hxg4 22. hxg4 Rh7 23. c4 Bxc4 24. Rd7+ Kg6 25. Rxh7 Kxh7 26. Re1 Rg8 27.
b3 Bd5 28. Re7+ Rg7 29. Rxc7 Rxc7 30. Bxc7 c5 31. f4 c4 32. bxc4 Bxc4 33. a3 Kg6
34. f5+ Kf7 35. Kf4 a6 36. Bb6 Bb3 37. Bd4 Bc4 38. a4 b5 39. axb5 axb5 40. Bc3
Be2 41. Bb4 Bd1 42. Bc3 Be2 43. Bb4 Bd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "American Cup Champ"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2023.03.19"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[ECO "A30"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "symmetrical variation"]
[WhiteFideId "13300474"]
[BlackFideId "3503240"]
[EventDate "2023.03.17"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. c4 c5 2. e3 Nf6 3. d4 cxd4 4. exd4 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. d5 O-O 7. Be2 e6 8. Nf3
exd5 9. cxd5 d6 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bh4 Re8 13. Nd2 Nc5 14. f3 Bf5 15.
Nb3 Nxb3 16. Qxb3 g5 17. Bf2 Nd7 18. Bb5 a6 19. Bxd7 Qxd7 20. Na4 Qb5 21. Qa3
Re2 22. Rae1 Rc2 23. Re7 Rac8 24. h3 Rxf2 25. Rxf2 Bd4 26. Qxd6 Qxa4 27. Qxh6
Qd1+ 0-1

[Event "American Cup Champ"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2023.03.17"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Shankland, Sam"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2761"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[ECO "C78"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Moeller defence"]
[WhiteFideId "5202213"]
[BlackFideId "2004887"]
[EventDate "2023.03.17"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Bc5 6. c3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a4 Ba7
9. d3 b4 10. a5 Rb8 11. Re1 O-O 12. Be3 Bxe3 13. Rxe3 Be6 14. Bxe6 fxe6 15. Nbd2
bxc3 16. bxc3 d5 17. exd5 Nxd5 18. Re1 Nf4 19. Qa4 Qd7 20. Rad1 Rb5 21. Qe4 Rxa5
22. g3 Nd5 23. Nxe5 Nxe5 24. Qxe5 Ra3 25. Ne4 Nxc3 26. Nxc3 Rf5 27. Qxe6+ Qxe6
28. Rxe6 Rxc3 29. Rxa6 Rd5 30. d4 Rc4 31. Re1 Rdxd4 32. Re7 Kf8 33. Rae6 Rc2 34.
Re8+ Kf7 35. R8e7+ Kf8 36. Re8+ Kf7 37. R8e7+ Kf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "American Cup Champ"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2023.03.18"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Shankland, Sam"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2761"]
[ECO "C67"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Berlin defence, open variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2004887"]
[BlackFideId "5202213"]
[EventDate "2023.03.17"]
[EventType "k.o."]

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. Nc3 Ke8 10. h3 h5 11. Ne2 b6 12. Bg5 c5 13. Rad1 Bb7 14. Nc3 Bxf3
15. gxf3 c6 16. Ne4 Be7 17. f4 Bxg5 18. fxg5 Ke7 19. Nd6 Ke6 20. Rd3 Nxd6 21.
exd6 Kd7 22. Rf3 f6 23. gxf6 gxf6 24. Rxf6 Raf8 25. Rg6 Rhg8 26. Rg3 Kxd6 27.
Kg2 Ke5 28. Re1+ Kf5 29. Re7 Rxg3+ 30. fxg3 Rd8 31. Rf7+ Kg6 32. Rf2 c4 33. Re2
Kf5 34. Rf2+ Kg6 35. Re2 Kf5 36. Rf2+ Kg6 1/2-1/2

[Event "American Cup Champ"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2023.03.18"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Shankland, Sam"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2761"]
[ECO "C67"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Berlin defence, open variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2004887"]
[BlackFideId "5202213"]
[EventDate "2023.03.17"]
[EventType "k.o."]

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. Nc3 Be7 10. Bf4 Nh4 11. Rad1+ Ke8 12. Nxh4 Bxh4 13. Ne2 a6 14.
Rfe1 g5 15. Bd2 g4 16. e6 Bxe6 17. Bc3 Rg8 18. Nf4 Rd8 19. Rxd8+ Kxd8 20. Nxe6+
fxe6 21. Rxe6 Bg5 22. Kf1 Kd7 23. Re4 Be7 24. g3 Bd6 25. Kg2 h5 26. h3 b5 27.
Bd2 c5 28. b3 Rg6 29. c4 b4 30. Be1 a5 31. f3 gxf3+ 32. Kxf3 a4 33. Bf2 Rf6+ 34.
Ke2 Rf8 35. g4 hxg4 36. hxg4 Rh8 37. g5 Rg8 38. Be3 Be7 39. bxa4 Ra8 40. g6 Rxa4
41. g7 Rxa2+ 42. Bd2 Ra8 43. Rg4 Rg8 44. Kd3 Ke6 45. Kc2 Kf5 46. Rg2 Bf6 47. Kb3
Bd4 48. Bc1 Ke6 49. Bh6 Kf7 50. Bf4 Bxg7 51. Bxc7 Ra8 52. Ra2 Rh8 53. Rh2 Re8
54. Rf2+ Kg8 55. Rg2 Re3+ 56. Ka4 Kf7 57. Rg3 Re8 58. Rf3+ Kg6 59. Rg3+ Kh7 60.
Rh3+ Kg8 61. Rg3 Kh7 62. Rh3+ Kg8 63. Rg3 Kf7 64. Rf3+ Bf6 65. Bd6 Ra8+ 66. Kb5
Ra3 67. Rf1 Ke6 68. Bxc5 Ra8 69. Bxb4 Rb8+ 70. Ka4 Ra8+ 71. Kb3 Be5 72. Re1 Rb8
73. Re2 Kf5 74. c5 Rg8 75. Kc4 Rg4+ 76. Kb5 Rg8 77. Ba5 Rb8+ 78. Bb6 Ra8 79. c6
Rb8 80. Kc5 Rc8 81. Kd5 Bf4 82. Re7 Kf6 83. Rd7 Bg3 84. Bd4+ Kf5 85. Rf7+ Kg4
86. Rg7+ Kf3 87. Re7 Rd8+ 88. Rd7 Rc8 89. Bc5 Bc7 90. Bd6 Ba5 91. Ra7 Be1 92.
Rf7+ Kg4 93. Re7 Ba5 94. Ra7 Be1 95. Rf7 Ba5 96. Rf8 Rxf8 97. Bxf8 Kf5 98. Kd6
Ke4 99. Kd7 Kd5 100. Bd6 Bb6 101. Bc7 Bf2 102. Bf4 Bb6 103. Bd2 Kc4 104. Kc8 Kb5
105. Kb7 Bd8 106. Be1 Bb6 107. Bg3 Ba5 108. Bc7 Bc3 109. Bd6 Ba5 110. Bf4 Bb6
111. Bd2 Bd8 112. Be1 Bb6 113. Bg3 Ba5 114. Bc7 Bc3 115. Bb6 Be5 116. Ba7 Bf4
117. Be3 Be5 118. Bb6 Bf4 119. Bc7 Bd2 120. Bb8 Ba5 121. Ba7 Bd8 122. c7 Bxc7
123. Kxc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "American Cup Champ"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2023.03.19"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Shankland, Sam"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2761"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[ECO "C55"]
[Opening "Two knights defence (Modern bishop's opening)"]
[WhiteFideId "5202213"]
[BlackFideId "2004887"]
[EventDate "2023.03.17"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Nc3 d6 7. a4 Na5 8. Ba2
Nc6 9. h3 Be6 10. Bxe6 fxe6 11. Ne2 a5 12. Ng3 d5 13. c3 Nd7 14. Re1 d4 15. cxd4
exd4 16. e5 Nc5 17. Ne4 Qd5 18. Bg5 Bxg5 19. Nfxg5 Nxe4 20. Rxe4 h6 21. Nf3 Rf5
22. Rc1 Raf8 23. Qe2 Rf4 24. Rc4 Rxe4 25. Qxe4 Rd8 26. Kf1 Rd7 27. Ke2 Kf8 28.
h4 Ke7 29. Qh7 Kf7 30. h5 Kf8 31. Qh8+ Kf7 32. Qh7 Kf8 33. Kf1 Kf7 34. b3 Kf8
35. Qh8+ Kf7 36. Qa8 Ke7 37. Qg8 Nxe5 38. Rxd4 Qc6 39. Qxg7+ Nf7 40. Rxd7+ Qxd7
41. Ne5 Qe8 42. g4 1-0

[Event "American Cup Champ"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2023.03.17"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Robson, Ray"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2766"]
[BlackElo "2702"]
[ECO "E10"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[WhiteFideId "2020009"]
[BlackFideId "2023970"]
[EventDate "2023.03.17"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Nbd2 O-O 6. Bg2 dxc4 7. O-O b5 8. a4
c6 9. Ne1 Ba6 10. Nc2 Be7 11. axb5 Bxb5 12. Nb1 Nbd7 13. Nc3 Nd5 14. e4 Nxc3 15.
bxc3 Nb6 16. h4 a6 17. Qh5 Qe8 18. Re1 Rd8 19. Na3 Na4 20. Qf3 c5 21. d5 Bf6 22.
Bd2 exd5 23. exd5 Qd7 24. Rab1 Nb6 25. Bg5 Bxg5 26. hxg5 Qxd5 27. Qxd5 Nxd5 28.
Nxb5 axb5 29. Rxb5 Nxc3 30. Rxc5 Rc8 31. Rxc8 Rxc8 32. Bh3 Rd8 33. Bf1 Kf8 34.
Bxc4 Rd4 35. Be2 Ne4 36. Rd1 Rxd1+ 37. Bxd1 Nxg5 38. Kg2 Ke7 39. f4 Ne6 40. Kf3
Kf6 41. Ba4 h6 42. Ke3 g6 43. Bc6 Ng7 44. Bd5 Nf5+ 45. Kf2 Ke7 46. Bc4 f6 47.
Bd3 Kd6 48. Bc4 Kc5 49. Bf7 g5 50. Kf3 Kd4 51. Be6 Nd6 52. Bd7 Kd3 53. Kg4 Ne4
54. Kf3 Nd2+ 55. Kg4 Ne4 56. Kf3 Kd4 57. Bc6 Nd6 58. Bd7 Kd3 59. Kg4 Ke4 60. Kh5
Nf5 61. fxg5 hxg5 62. Kg6 Nxg3 63. Kxf6 Kf4 64. Bc8 Nf1 65. Kg6 Ne3 66. Be6 Nc2
67. Bc8 Nb4 68. Bh3 Nc6 69. Kf6 Ne5 70. Bc8 Ng4+ 71. Kg6 Nh2 72. Kf6 Nf3 73. Bh3
Nd4 74. Bd7 Nb3 75. Bc8 Nc5 76. Kg6 Ne4 77. Bh3 Nd2 78. Bc8 Nc4 79. Bh3 Ne5+ 80.
Kf6 g4 81. Bxg4 Nxg4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "American Cup Champ"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2023.03.18"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Robson, Ray"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2702"]
[BlackElo "2766"]
[ECO "C47"]
[Opening "Four knights"]
[Variation "Scotch, 4...exd4"]
[WhiteFideId "2023970"]
[BlackFideId "2020009"]
[EventDate "2023.03.17"]
[EventType "k.o."]

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 Rd8 17. Bf3 Kf8 18. Rb8 Re8 19. h4 Ba6 20. Rb3
Be2 21. Bxe2 Rxe2 22. Rc3 Re4 23. g3 Ra4 24. Rxc7 Rxa2 25. c4 a5 26. Ra7 Rc2 27.
Rxa5 Rxc4 28. Kg2 g6 29. Kf3 Kg7 30. Kg2 Kf8 31. Kf3 Kg7 32. Kg2 Kf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "American Cup Champ"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2023.03.18"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Robson, Ray"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2702"]
[BlackElo "2766"]
[ECO "E50"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian"]
[Variation "4.e3 e8g8, 5.Nf3, without ...d5"]
[WhiteFideId "2023970"]
[BlackFideId "2020009"]
[EventDate "2023.03.17"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Nf3 b6 6. Bd3 Bb7 7. O-O c5 8. Re1 d5
9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Bd2 cxd4 11. exd4 Be7 12. Ne4 Nd7 13. a3 h6 14. Qe2 Rc8 15. Ne5
N5f6 16. Ng3 Bd5 17. Bf4 Nxe5 18. dxe5 Nd7 19. Qg4 Bg5 20. Nh5 f5 21. exf6 Nxf6
22. Nxf6+ Qxf6 23. Bg3 Bf4 24. Bxf4 Qxf4 25. Qxf4 Rxf4 26. f3 Rf7 27. Rac1 Rfc7
28. Rxc7 Rxc7 29. Kf2 Kf7 30. Ke3 Kf6 31. h4 a5 32. Rg1 Rc5 33. g4 Bc4 34. g5+
hxg5 35. hxg5+ Ke7 36. b4 axb4 37. axb4 Rc8 38. Rc1 b5 39. Bxc4 bxc4 40. Kd4
Rd8+ 41. Ke4 Rc8 42. Kd4 Rd8+ 43. Ke4 Rc8 44. f4 Kd6 45. Kd4 Rf8 46. Ke4 Rc8 47.
Rc3 g6 48. Kd4 Rf8 49. Ke4 Rc8 50. Kd4 Rf8 51. Rf3 Rc8 52. Ra3 Rf8 53. Ra6+ Kd7
54. Kxc4 Rxf4+ 55. Kc3 Rf5 56. Ra5 e5 57. Ra7+ Kc8 58. Kc4 Rxg5 59. Kd5 Rf5 60.
Rg7 e4+ 61. Kxe4 Rb5 62. Rxg6 Rxb4+ 63. Kd5 Kb7 64. Kc5 Rb1 65. Rh6 Ka7 66. Rg6
Kb7 67. Rh6 Ka7 68. Rg6 Kb7 69. Rh6 1/2-1/2

[Event "American Cup Champ"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2023.03.19"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Robson, Ray"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2766"]
[BlackElo "2702"]
[ECO "E01"]
[Opening "Catalan"]
[Variation "closed"]
[WhiteFideId "2020009"]
[BlackFideId "2023970"]
[EventDate "2023.03.17"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Bb4+ 5. Nd2 O-O 6. Nf3 dxc4 7. Qc2 c5 8. O-O
cxd4 9. Nxc4 Nc6 10. Rd1 Qe7 11. a3 Bd6 12. Nxd4 Nxd4 13. Rxd4 Bc7 14. Rd1 Rb8
15. Bd2 Rd8 16. Bb4 Qe8 17. Nd6 Bxd6 18. Bxd6 Ra8 19. Bc7 Rd7 20. Rxd7 Nxd7 21.
Rd1 a5 22. Qb3 h6 23. Qb5 a4 24. Rd4 Qe7 25. Bxb7 e5 26. Bxe5 Ra7 27. Bxc8 Nxe5
28. Re4 f6 29. Rxa4 Rc7 30. Bf5 g6 31. Ra8+ Kh7 32. Qb8 Qg7 33. Be6 h5 34. b4 f5
35. b5 h4 36. gxh4 Kh6 37. Qh8+ Qxh8 38. Rxh8+ Kg7 39. Rc8 Rb7 40. a4 Kf6 41.
Bd5 Rd7 42. Rc5 Ke7 43. b6 Kd6 44. Rb5 Rh7 45. a5 Nd7 46. Bf3 Nb8 47. Rd5+ Ke7
48. Rd4 Rh8 49. Kg2 Ke6 50. e3 Ke5 51. Bb7 f4 52. a6 fxe3 53. fxe3 Nxa6 54. Bxa6 1-0

[Event "American Cup Champ"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2023.03.19"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2768"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[ECO "C42"]
[Opening "Petrov's defence"]
[WhiteFideId "2016192"]
[BlackFideId "3503240"]
[EventDate "2023.03.17"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nd3 Nxe4 5. Qe2 Qe7 6. Nf4 Nf6 7. d4 Qxe2+ 8.
Bxe2 Nc6 9. c3 d5 10. Bf3 Ne7 11. h4 h5 12. g3 Bf5 13. O-O O-O-O 14. Re1 c6 15.
Nd2 Ng6 16. Ng2 Bd6 17. Ne3 Rde8 18. a4 Ng4 19. Ndf1 Nxe3 20. Nxe3 Bd3 21. Bg2
Ne7 22. Rd1 Bf5 23. Nxf5 Nxf5 24. b4 Bc7 25. Bh3 g6 26. Kf1 Kb8 27. Bxf5 gxf5
28. Rd3 f4 29. Bxf4 Bxf4 30. gxf4 Rhg8 31. Rg3 Rxg3 32. fxg3 f5 33. Kf2 Kc7 34.
a5 Re4 35. Rb1 a6 36. Rc1 Kd6 37. Rc2 Ke6 38. Re2 Rxe2+ 39. Kxe2 Kd7 40. Kd2 Kd6
41. Kc2 Ke6 42. Kb3 Kd7 43. c4 Kc7 44. Kc3 Kd7 45. cxd5 cxd5 46. b5 axb5 47. Kb4
Kc6 48. Kb3 Kd7 49. Kc3 Kd6 50. Kb3 Kd7 51. Kc3 Kd6 52. Kb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "American Cup Champ"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2023.03.20"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2768"]
[ECO "B32"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Labourdonnais-Loewenthal (Kalashnikov) variation"]
[WhiteFideId "3503240"]
[BlackFideId "2016192"]
[EventDate "2023.03.17"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d6 6. N1c3 a6 7. Na3 Be6 8. Nc4
Rb8 9. Nd5 Bxd5 10. exd5 Nce7 11. g3 b5 12. Ne3 g6 13. a4 Nf6 14. axb5 axb5 15.
Bg2 Bh6 16. O-O O-O 17. Qd3 Nd7 18. Bd2 Nc5 19. Qe2 Qc7 20. b4 Nd7 21. Ra5 Bxe3
22. Bxe3 Nf5 23. Ra7 Rb7 24. Rxb7 Qxb7 25. Bd2 Ra8 26. Qd3 Ra2 27. Rd1 Nf6 28.
Bg5 Kg7 29. Bh3 Nd4 30. c3 Nc2 31. Qf3 Ng8 32. Bf1 Ra3 33. Bc1 Rb3 34. Qe4 Rxc3
35. Bb2 Nf6 36. Qh4 Rb3 37. Bc1 Ng8 38. Qd8 Qe7 39. Qa5 Nd4 40. Be3 Nf3+ 41. Kg2
Qf6 42. Be2 e4 43. Qxb5 Qb2 44. Qa6 Nf6 45. h3 h5 46. Kf1 Qe5 47. Kg2 Rxe3 48.
fxe3 h4 49. gxh4 Qh2+ 0-1

[Event "American Cup Champ"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2023.03.19"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2766"]
[BlackElo "2761"]
[ECO "D26"]
[Opening "QGA"]
[Variation "classical variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2020009"]
[BlackFideId "5202213"]
[EventDate "2023.03.17"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. Nc3 a6 7. Bb3 b5 8. e4
cxd4 9. Nxd4 Bd6 10. O-O Bb7 11. Re1 Be5 12. Nd5 Nbd7 13. Nf3 O-O 14. Nxe5 Nxe5
15. Bf4 exd5 16. Bxe5 dxe4 17. Rc1 Rc8 18. Rxc8 Bxc8 19. Qxd8 Rxd8 20. Bxf6 gxf6
21. Rxe4 Be6 22. Kf1 Bxb3 23. axb3 Rd2 24. Re2 Rd1+ 25. Re1 Rd2 26. Re2 Rd1+ 27.
Re1 Rd2 28. Re2 1/2-1/2

[Event "American Cup Champ"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2023.03.20"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2761"]
[BlackElo "2766"]
[ECO "E36"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian"]
[Variation "classical, Noa variation, 5.a3"]
[WhiteFideId "5202213"]
[BlackFideId "2020009"]
[EventDate "2023.03.17"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 dxc4 7. Qxc4 b6 8.
Nf3 Ba6 9. Qa4+ Qd7 10. Qc2 O-O 11. Bg5 c5 12. dxc5 Rc8 13. Rd1 Qe7 14. e4 Bxf1
15. Kxf1 h6 16. Bxf6 Qxf6 17. e5 Qe7 18. Qe4 Nc6 19. cxb6 axb6 20. g3 b5 21. Nd4
Nxd4 22. Rxd4 Ra4 23. Rxa4 bxa4 24. Kg2 Qd7 25. Re1 Qb5 26. Re2 Rc1 27. h4 g6
28. Kh2 h5 29. Rc2 Rxc2 30. Qxc2 Qxe5 31. Qxa4 Qxb2 32. Qa7 e5 33. a4 e4 34. Kg2
Qb4 35. Qa8+ Kg7 36. Qc6 e3 37. fxe3 Qd2+ 38. Kh3 Qxe3 39. a5 Qd3 40. Qc5 Qd7+
41. Kg2 Qd2+ 42. Kf3 Qd3+ 43. Kf4 f6 44. Qe7+ Kh6 45. Qxf6 Qd2+ 46. Kf3 Qd3+ 47.
Kg2 Qd2+ 48. Kh3 Qd7+ 49. Kh2 Qd2+ 50. Kh3 Qd7+ 51. Kg2 Qd2+ 52. Kh3 Qd7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "American Cup Champ"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2023.03.20"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2761"]
[BlackElo "2766"]
[ECO "C78"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "5.O-O"]
[WhiteFideId "5202213"]
[BlackFideId "2020009"]
[EventDate "2023.03.17"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. a4 Bb7 8. d3
O-O 9. c3 d6 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bxf6 Qxf6 12. Bd5 Rab8 13. b4 Bb6 14. Na3 bxa4 15.
Nc4 Ne7 16. Bxb7 Rxb7 17. Rxa4 Ra8 18. Qe2 Qe6 19. Rfa1 Rba7 20. R1a3 Nc6 21. g3
a5 22. bxa5 Nxa5 23. Nxb6 cxb6 24. Rb4 Ra6 25. Rb5 Nc6 26. Rxa6 Rxa6 27. Kg2 Ne7
28. Qe3 Ra3 29. c4 Nc8 30. Nh4 g6 31. Nf3 Kg7 32. h4 Qf6 33. Nd2 Ra5 34. Rb2 Ra3
35. Nb1 Ra1 36. Nc3 Qe6 37. Nd5 Qg4 38. Nc3 Ra3 39. Qd2 Ra1 40. Nd5 Rd1 41. Qc3
Ra1 42. Ne3 Qd7 43. Rxb6 Nxb6 44. Qxa1 Na4 45. f4 Qe8 46. fxe5 dxe5 47. h5 Nc5
48. hxg6 Kxg6 49. Nf5 Kh7 50. Qa3 Qc6 51. Qa7 Nd7 52. Qa5 Qg6 53. Qd5 Nf6 54.
Qxe5 Ng4 55. Qd4 Qg5 56. Qc3 h5 57. c5 f6 58. Qb2 Ne5 59. c6 Qg4 60. Qb7+ Kh8
61. Qb8+ Kh7 62. Qc7+ Kh8 63. Qd8+ 1-0

[Event "American Cup Champ"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2023.03.21"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2766"]
[BlackElo "2761"]
[ECO "D26"]
[Opening "QGA"]
[Variation "classical variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2020009"]
[BlackFideId "5202213"]
[EventDate "2023.03.17"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. Nc3 a6 7. Bb3 Nc6 8. O-O
b5 9. Qe2 Bb7 10. Rd1 Be7 11. dxc5 Qc7 12. e4 O-O 13. e5 Nd7 14. Bf4 Nxc5 15.
Bc2 Nb4 16. Rac1 Nxc2 17. Rxc2 Rac8 18. a3 Rfd8 19. Nd4 Qb6 20. Rcd2 Na4 21.
Nxa4 bxa4 22. Qg4 Rd5 23. h4 Kh8 24. Be3 Qc7 25. Qf4 Kg8 26. Nf5 Rxd2 27. Nxe7+
Qxe7 28. Rxd2 Bc6 29. Qg4 Kh8 30. Rd4 Rd8 31. Rf4 Qd7 32. Kh2 Qc7 33. Qh5 Be8
34. Rb4 f6 35. Bb6 Bxh5 36. Bxc7 Rc8 37. Ba5 Be8 38. Rb6 Bc6 39. Rxa6 f5 40. f3
h6 41. Kg3 Bd5 42. Bb4 Bb3 43. Ra7 Kg8 44. Bc3 Rd8 45. Kf2 Kh7 46. Rb7 Kg6 47.
Bb4 Rc8 48. Ke3 Kh7 49. Bc3 Rd8 50. g4 fxg4 51. fxg4 Bd1 52. Rb4 h5 53. gxh5 Kh6
54. Rb6 Bb3 55. Rb7 Kxh5 56. Rxg7 Kxh4 57. Bb4 Kh5 58. Bd6 Rc8 59. Bc7 Kh6 60.
Rd7 Rg8 61. Ba5 Rg1 62. Rd8 Rd1 63. Rg8 Kh7 64. Rg4 Rd5 65. Bc3 Rd1 66. Ke2 Bc2
67. Bd2 Rb1 68. Rb4 Rh1 69. Bc3 Kg6 70. Rb8 Kf5 71. Ke3 Rd1 72. Rf8+ Kg5 73. Bd2
Kh5 74. Rg8 Rb1 75. Bc3 Rd1 76. Rg2 Rd3+ 77. Kf4 Bb3 78. Bd2 Bd5 79. Rh2+ Kg6
80. Be3 Rb3 81. Rf2 Kf7 82. Kg5+ Ke8 83. Bd4 Rd3 84. Bc3 Rf3 85. Rh2 Kd7 86. Rh4
Bb3 87. Rb4 Rf5+ 88. Kg6 Rf1 89. Rb6 Rg1+ 90. Kf6 Rf1+ 91. Kg5 Rf5+ 92. Kg4 Bd1+
93. Kg3 Bb3 94. Rd6+ Kc7 95. Rd2 Rf1 96. Rh2 Rf7 97. Bd2 Rf1 98. Be3 Kc6 99. Rh4
Bd5 100. Bf2 Bb3 101. Kf3 Rb1 102. Bd4 Re1 103. Bc3 Bd5+ 104. Kf2 Re4 105. Rh8
Bb3 106. Rd8 Bd5 107. Rd6+ Kb5 108. Kg3 Bb3 109. Rd8 Bd5 110. Kf2 Bb3 111. Rb8+
Kc6 112. Ra8 Bd5 113. Ra6+ Kb5 114. Rd6 Bb3 115. Bd4 Bd5 116. Rb6+ Kc4 117. Bc3
Kd3 118. Rb5 Re2+ 119. Kg3 Re4 120. Ra5 Bb3 121. Bb4 Kc2 122. Kf3 Bd5 123. Kf2
Bb3 124. Bc3 Bd5 125. Kf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "American Cup Champ"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2023.03.21"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2768"]
[BlackElo "2761"]
[ECO "C65"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Berlin defence"]
[WhiteFideId "2016192"]
[BlackFideId "5202213"]
[EventDate "2023.03.17"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. O-O Nd4 6. Be3 Nxf3+ 7. Qxf3 Bxe3 8.
Qxe3 c6 9. Bc4 d6 10. Nd2 Qb6 11. Qxb6 axb6 12. f4 exf4 13. Rxf4 b5 14. Bb3 Be6
15. a3 O-O 16. Raf1 Rae8 17. Bxe6 Rxe6 18. Nf3 d5 19. e5 Nd7 20. d4 f6 21. h3
Re7 22. exf6 Rxf6 23. Rxf6 Nxf6 24. Re1 Rxe1+ 25. Nxe1 Ne4 26. Nd3 Kf7 27. Kf1
Ke6 28. Ke2 g5 29. g4 h6 30. Ke3 Kd6 31. Ne5 Ke6 32. Nd3 Kd6 33. Ne5 Ke6 34. Nd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "American Cup Champ"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2023.03.22"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2761"]
[BlackElo "2768"]
[ECO "E32"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian"]
[Variation "classical variation"]
[WhiteFideId "5202213"]
[BlackFideId "2016192"]
[EventDate "2023.03.17"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. e4 d5 6. e5 Ne4 7. Nf3 c5 8. Bd3
cxd4 9. Nxd4 Nd7 10. Bf4 Qh4 11. g3 Qh5 12. O-O g5 13. cxd5 gxf4 14. dxe6 Nxc3
15. exd7 Bxd7 16. bxc3 Rac8 17. Qd1 Qxd1 18. Raxd1 Bxc3 19. Bf5 Rcd8 20. Bxd7
Rxd7 21. Nf5 Rxd1 22. Rxd1 Bxe5 23. Rd7 b5 24. Rxa7 fxg3 25. hxg3 b4 26. Kg2 h5
27. Kh3 Kh7 28. Ra6 Rd8 29. f4 Bc3 30. Kh4 Rd5 31. Rh6+ Kg8 32. Kg5 Bg7 33. Rxh5
Rd2 34. Kg4 Bc3 35. Rh6 Rxa2 36. Rb6 Ra7 37. Kg5 Kh7 38. Rh6+ Kg8 39. Rb6 Kh7
40. Rh6+ Kg8 41. Rb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "American Cup Champ"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2023.03.22"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2761"]
[BlackElo "2768"]
[ECO "B30"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Nimzovich-Rossolimo attack (without ...d6)"]
[WhiteFideId "5202213"]
[BlackFideId "2016192"]
[EventDate "2023.03.17"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e5 4. O-O Bd6 5. c3 a6 6. Ba4 b5 7. Bb3 c4 8. Bc2 Nf6
9. d4 cxd3 10. Qxd3 Be7 11. Bg5 d6 12. Rd1 Nh5 13. Bxe7 Kxe7 14. a4 Rb8 15. axb5
axb5 16. Na3 Nf4 17. Qe3 Qb6 18. Nd4 Nxd4 19. cxd4 Rd8 20. Bb3 Be6 21. Nc2 Kf8
22. Rd2 Rdc8 23. g3 Bxb3 24. Qxb3 Ne6 25. Rad1 b4 26. Kg2 g6 27. h4 h5 28. dxe5
dxe5 29. Rd7 Rc7 30. Qf3 Rxd7 31. Rxd7 Nd8 32. Ne3 Qc6 33. Rd5 Qe6 34. Qd1 Qf6
35. Rd7 Kg7 36. Rd6 Qe7 37. Rd7 Qf6 38. Nd5 Qe6 39. Nc7 Qc6 40. Qd5 Qxd5 41.
exd5 Nb7 42. Ne6+ Kg8 43. Ng5 Nd8 44. Kf3 b3 45. Ke4 Nb7 46. Kxe5 Nc5 47. Rc7
Nd3+ 48. Kf6 Nxb2 49. Nxf7 Nc4 50. Nh6+ Kf8 51. Rf7+ Ke8 52. Re7+ Kd8 53. Nf7+
Kc8 54. d6 Rb6 55. Re8+ Kb7 56. Ke7 b2 57. d7 b1=Q 58. d8=Q Qb4+ 59. Nd6+ Qxd6+
60. Qxd6 Nxd6 61. Rg8 Nf5+ 62. Ke8 Kc7 63. Rf8 Nh6 64. Rf4 Re6+ 65. Kf8 Kd6 66.
Kg7 Nf5+ 67. Kf7 Kd5 68. Rf3 Ra6 69. Rb3 Ke4 70. Rc3 Nd6+ 71. Kg7 Kd4 72. Rb3
Nf5+ 73. Kh7 Ke5 74. Rb8 Ne7 75. Kg7 Ra7 76. Rb5+ Ke6 77. Rb6+ Kf5 78. Rb5+ Kg4
79. Rb4+ Kh3 80. Kh6 Ra6 81. Kg5 Nd5 82. Rd4 Nc3 83. Kh6 Kg2 84. g4 Ne2 85. Rb4
Kf3 86. gxh5 gxh5+ 87. Kxh5 Nf4+ 88. Kg5 Ra5+ 89. Kh6 Kg4 90. Kg7 Kf5 91. Rb7
Ne6+ 92. Kh6 Kf6 93. h5 Ra8 94. f4 Rh8+ 95. Rh7 Ra8 96. Rb7 Nxf4 97. Rb6+ Ne6
98. Kh7 Ra7+ 99. Kh6 Rd7 100. Rxe6+ Kxe6 101. Kg6 Rd1 102. h6 Rg1+ 103. Kh7 Kf7 0-1

[Event "American Cup Champ"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2023.03.23"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2768"]
[BlackElo "2761"]
[ECO "B06"]
[Opening "Robatsch (modern) defence"]
[WhiteFideId "2016192"]
[BlackFideId "5202213"]
[EventDate "2023.03.17"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. h4 Nf6 5. f3 Nc6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nge2 O-O 8. dxe5
dxe5 9. Qxd8 Rxd8 10. a3 Be6 11. Ng3 h5 12. Bg5 a6 13. Bd3 Rd6 14. O-O-O Nd7 15.
Bf1 Nd4 16. Nce2 c5 17. Kb1 f6 18. Be3 Nb6 19. c3 Bb3 20. Rc1 Ne6 21. Re1 Nc4
22. Nc1 Nxe3 23. Nxb3 Bh6 24. Rg1 c4 25. Na1 Rad8 26. Be2 Rd2 27. Nf1 Rxe2 28.
Rxe2 Rd1+ 29. Ka2 Rxf1 30. Rxf1 Nxf1 31. Nc2 Nc5 32. Re1 Nd2 33. a4 Nxa4 34. Nb4
Kf7 35. Nd5 Nc5 36. Rd1 b5 37. Ka3 Bf8 38. Ka2 Ndb3 39. f4 exf4 40. Nxf4 Bh6 41.
Nd5 Nxe4 42. Nc7 Nec5 43. Rd8 Nc1+ 44. Kb1 N1d3 45. Nd5 Nf4 46. Nb4 Nxg2 47. Rc8
Bf8 48. Rc7+ Ke6 49. Rc6+ Ke5 50. Rc8 Bd6 51. Rd8 Nxh4 52. Nc6+ Ke6 0-1

[Event "American Cup Champ"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2023.03.23"]
[Round "3.5"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2761"]
[BlackElo "2768"]
[ECO "B30"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Nimzovich-Rossolimo attack (without ...d6)"]
[WhiteFideId "5202213"]
[BlackFideId "2016192"]
[EventDate "2023.03.17"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e5 4. O-O Bd6 5. c3 a6 6. Ba4 b5 7. Bb3 c4 8. Bc2 Nf6
9. d4 cxd3 10. Qxd3 Be7 11. Rd1 d6 12. Bg5 Nh5 13. Be3 O-O 14. Nbd2 Rb8 15. b4
Kh8 16. Bb3 Qc7 17. Nf1 f5 18. Ng3 fxe4 19. Qxe4 Nf6 20. Qd3 d5 21. Qe2 e4 22.
Nd4 Bg4 23. f3 exf3 24. gxf3 Bh3 25. Nxc6 Qxc6 26. Bd4 Rbe8 27. Re1 Bxb4 28. Qd3
Bc5 29. Kh1 Bxd4 30. Qxd4 Qc7 31. Qh4 Rxe1+ 32. Rxe1 Qxc3 0-1

[Event "American Cup Champ"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2023.03.23"]
[Round "3.6"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2768"]
[BlackElo "2761"]
[ECO "B06"]
[Opening "Robatsch (modern) defence"]
[WhiteFideId "2016192"]
[BlackFideId "5202213"]
[EventDate "2023.03.17"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. Qe2 O-O 6. e5 dxe5 7. dxe5 Nd5 8. h3
Nb6 9. Bb3 Nc6 10. O-O Na5 11. Nc3 Nxb3 12. axb3 Bd7 13. Rd1 Qc8 14. Bg5 Re8 15.
Qe3 c5 16. Bh6 Bh8 17. Ra5 Bc6 18. Rxc5 Rd8 19. Nd4 e6 20. b4 Nd7 21. Nxc6 bxc6
22. Ra5 Qc7 23. f4 Nb6 24. Raa1 Qb7 25. Qc5 Nd5 26. Ne4 Bg7 27. Bg5 Rdb8 28. c3
h6 29. Bf6 Nxf4 30. Bxg7 Kxg7 31. Rf1 Nd3 32. Qd4 Qb6 33. Nd6 Qxd4+ 34. cxd4 Rf8
35. b5 cxb5 36. Nxb5 a6 37. Nd6 Nxb2 38. Rac1 Ra7 39. Rf3 Na4 40. Rb3 Rd7 41.
Rc4 1-0

[Event "American Cup Champ"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2023.03.24"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2768"]
[BlackElo "2761"]
[ECO "A28"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "four knights, Nimzovich variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2016192"]
[BlackFideId "5202213"]
[EventDate "2023.03.17"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e4 Bb4 5. d3 d6 6. a3 Bc5 7. b4 Bb6 8. Na4 Bg4
9. Be2 Bxf3 10. Bxf3 Nd4 11. Nxb6 axb6 12. O-O Qd7 13. Bb2 Nxf3+ 14. Qxf3 O-O
15. Qe2 Rfe8 16. f4 b5 17. c5 Qe6 18. Rac1 c6 19. cxd6 Nd7 20. Qf2 f6 21. d4
exf4 22. e5 fxe5 23. dxe5 Nxe5 24. Rce1 Qd5 25. Qe2 Nc4 26. Qxe8+ Rxe8 27. Rxe8+
Kf7 28. Re7+ Kg6 29. Rxg7+ Kh6 30. Ba1 Ne3 31. h4 Qd3 32. Rxf4 Qd1+ 33. Kf2 Qxa1
34. Rg5 Nd5 35. d7 Qh8 36. Re4 Qf6+ 37. Kg1 Qd6 38. d8=Q Qxd8 39. Re6+ Nf6 40.
Kh2 Qd4 41. Kg3 b6 42. Rxc6 Qe3+ 43. Kh2 Qf4+ 44. Kh3 Qf1 45. Re6 Qf2 46. Rc6
Qe3+ 47. Kh2 Qd4 48. Kg3 Qxh4+ 49. Kxh4 1/2-1/2

[Event "American Cup Champ"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2023.03.25"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2761"]
[BlackElo "2768"]
[ECO "E32"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian"]
[Variation "classical variation"]
[WhiteFideId "5202213"]
[BlackFideId "2016192"]
[EventDate "2023.03.17"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 d5 7. Bg5 h6 8.
Bxf6 Qxf6 9. Nf3 dxc4 10. Qxc4 Nc6 11. Qc3 Re8 12. Rd1 e5 13. d5 Nb8 14. e3 Bg4
15. Be2 Nd7 16. O-O Rac8 17. Qb4 Bxf3 18. Bxf3 Qb6 19. Qxb6 axb6 20. Bg4 Rcd8
21. Bxd7 Rxd7 22. e4 Rd6 23. Rd3 b5 24. Rc1 c6 25. Kf1 Kf8 26. Ke2 Ke7 27. dxc6
bxc6 28. Rcd1 Rxd3 29. Rxd3 Ra8 30. b4 h5 31. h4 g6 32. f3 f6 33. Ke3 Ke6 34.
Rc3 Kd6 35. Rd3+ Ke6 36. Rc3 Kd6 37. Rd3+ Ke6 1/2-1/2

[Event "American Cup Champ"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2023.03.25"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2761"]
[BlackElo "2768"]
[ECO "C65"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Berlin defence"]
[WhiteFideId "5202213"]
[BlackFideId "2016192"]
[EventDate "2023.03.17"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. O-O Nd4 6. Nxd4 Bxd4 7. c3 Bb6 8.
Na3 c6 9. Ba4 d6 10. Bc2 Be6 11. Qe2 h6 12. Nc4 Bc7 13. f4 exf4 14. Bxf4 Bxc4
15. dxc4 Qe7 16. Rad1 O-O-O 17. Kh1 Rhe8 18. Rfe1 Kb8 19. Qf3 g5 20. Bg3 h5 21.
Qf5 h4 22. Bf2 Nh5 23. Kg1 f6 24. b4 Nf4 25. Bd4 Rf8 26. a4 Qf7 27. Bb3 Rde8 28.
a5 Ne6 29. Be3 Nf4 30. Bd4 a6 31. Rd2 Ka8 32. Ba2 Qe7 33. Bb3 Rd8 34. Rdd1 Bb8
35. b5 Ba7 36. Ba4 Bxd4+ 37. cxd4 cxb5 38. cxb5 Rc8 39. bxa6 bxa6 40. Rb1 Rb8
41. Rb6 Rxb6 42. axb6 Kb8 43. Qa5 Qb7 44. Bd1 h3 45. g3 Ng2 46. Re2 Rc8 47. Bb3
Rc1+ 48. Kf2 Rb1 49. Bd5 Qxb6 50. Qxb6+ Rxb6 51. Be6 f5 52. Bxf5 Rb3 53. Be6 Rc3
54. Bxh3 Nf4 55. gxf4 Rxh3 56. Kg2 Rh4 57. fxg5 Rg4+ 58. Kf3 Rxg5 59. h4 Rg8 60.
h5 Kc7 61. h6 Kd7 62. h7 Rh8 63. Rh2 Ke7 64. Rh5 Kf7 65. Rh6 d5 66. Rxa6 1-0

[Event "American Cup Champ"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2023.03.26"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2768"]
[BlackElo "2761"]
[ECO "E46"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian"]
[Variation "4.e3 O-O"]
[WhiteFideId "2016192"]
[BlackFideId "5202213"]
[EventDate "2023.03.17"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd2 d5 6. Nf3 b6 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Bd3
Bd6 9. O-O Re8 10. a3 c5 11. Rc1 c4 12. Bb1 Bg4 13. h3 Bh5 14. Qa4 Nbd7 15. Nh4
a6 16. Qc2 Ne4 17. Nf5 Bf3 18. Ng3 Bxg3 19. fxg3 Bh5 20. Nxd5 Be2 21. Rf4 Ndc5
22. dxc5 Bd3 23. Qd1 Qxd5 24. Be1 Qxc5 25. Bxd3 Qxe3+ 26. Kh2 Qxd3 27. Qg4 Rad8
28. Bc3 Nxc3 29. Rxc3 Qg6 30. Qh4 b5 31. Rcf3 Rd7 32. Rg4 Qd6 33. Rf6 Re6 34.
Qg5 g6 35. Rgf4 Rxf6 36. Rxf6 Qe7 37. Qf4 Rd2 38. Rxg6+ hxg6 39. Qxd2 Qe5 40. h4
Kg7 41. Kh3 a5 42. g4 Qf6 43. h5 Qe5 44. h6+ Kh7 45. g5 b4 46. axb4 axb4 47.
Qxb4 Qe3+ 48. g3 Qe6+ 49. Kh4 Qe4+ 50. g4 Qg2 51. Qb8 Qf2+ 52. Kh3 Qe3+ 53. Kh4
Qf2+ 54. Qg3 Qxb2 55. Qf4 Kg8 56. h7+ Kh8 57. Kg3 Qc3+ 58. Kg2 Qb2+ 59. Kf3 Qb3+
60. Ke4 c3 61. Qd6 c2 62. Qc5 Kxh7 0-1

[Event "American Cup Champ"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2023.03.26"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2768"]
[BlackElo "2761"]
[ECO "A06"]
[Opening "Reti opening"]
[WhiteFideId "2016192"]
[BlackFideId "5202213"]
[EventDate "2023.03.17"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. b3 Be7 5. Bb2 O-O 6. Nc3 c5 7. cxd5 exd5 8. d4
Nc6 9. Be2 Ne4 10. dxc5 Bf6 11. Rc1 Qa5 12. Nd4 Nxc5 13. Nxc6 bxc6 14. O-O Ne4
15. Qc2 Bxc3 16. Bxc3 Nxc3 17. Qxc3 Qxa2 18. Bf3 Qa6 19. Qxc6 Qxc6 20. Rxc6 Be6
21. Rd1 Rab8 22. Rc7 Rxb3 23. Rxa7 Rfb8 24. Raa1 R3b5 25. h4 g6 26. Kh2 Kg7 27.
Kg3 Kf6 28. Ra6 R8b6 29. Rxb6 Rxb6 30. Bxd5 Bxd5 31. Rxd5 h5 32. Rd2 Rb4 33. f3
Ra4 34. e4 Ra1 35. Kf4 Rh1 36. g3 Rg1 37. e5+ Kg7 38. Rd7 Re1 39. Ra7 Re2 40.
Ra3 Re1 41. Ra5 Re2 42. Ra6 Re1 43. Ra4 Re2 44. Re4 Ra2 45. Re1 Ra4+ 46. Ke3
Ra3+ 47. Kf2 Kf8 48. Re3 Ra5 49. f4 Ke7 50. Rb3 Ra1 51. Rb7+ Ke6 52. Rb6+ Ke7
53. f5 Ra2+ 54. Kf3 Ra3+ 55. Kf4 Ra4+ 56. Kg5 Rg4+ 57. Kh6 gxf5 58. Rf6 Rxg3 59.
Rxf5 Ke6 60. Rf6+ Kxe5 61. Rxf7 Ke6 62. Ra7 Kf6 63. Kxh5 Rg8 64. Rh7 Rg2 65.
Rh6+ Kf7 66. Rg6 Rxg6 1/2-1/2

[Event "American Cup Champ"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2023.03.26"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2761"]
[BlackElo "2768"]
[ECO "C67"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Berlin defence, open variation"]
[WhiteFideId "5202213"]
[BlackFideId "2016192"]
[EventDate "2023.03.17"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nxe5 8.
Rxe5 O-O 9. Nc3 Ne8 10. Nd5 Bd6 11. Re2 Nf6 12. Nxf6+ Qxf6 13. d4 b6 14. Qd3 Bb7
15. Bd2 Rae8 16. Rae1 Re6 17. c4 Rfe8 18. Bc3 Qf4 19. g3 Qf3 20. Qxf3 Bxf3 21.
Rxe6 fxe6 22. d5 Bg4 23. Bd3 Re7 24. dxe6 Bxe6 25. Kg2 Bf7 26. b3 Rxe1 27. Bxe1
Be5 28. f4 Bb2 29. Be4 c6 30. Kf3 g6 31. g4 a5 32. a4 d5 33. cxd5 cxd5 34. Bc2
Ba3 35. Bc3 Bc5 36. Be5 Kf8 37. f5 gxf5 38. Bxf5 h6 39. Bf4 Kg7 40. Be5+ Kf8 41.
h4 d4 42. h5 Kg8 43. Bc2 d3 44. Bd1 Bd5+ 45. Kf4 Kh7 46. Bc3 Bg2 47. Bf3 Bf1 48.
Ke4 Kg8 49. Bd2 Kg7 50. Bc3+ Kg8 51. Bd2 Kg7 52. Bf4 Bf2 53. Be5+ Kf7 54. Bc3
Bc5 55. Be1 Kg8 56. Bd2 Kg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "American Cup Champ"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2023.03.26"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2761"]
[BlackElo "2768"]
[ECO "C50"]
[Opening "Giuoco Pianissimo"]
[WhiteFideId "5202213"]
[BlackFideId "2016192"]
[EventDate "2023.03.17"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 d6 6. O-O a6 7. Re1 Ba7 8. a4 O-O
9. h3 h6 10. Nbd2 Re8 11. b4 Be6 12. Bxe6 Rxe6 13. Bb2 Ne7 14. Nf1 Ng6 15. Ng3
Nh7 16. d4 Ng5 17. Nxg5 Qxg5 18. Qg4 Rae8 19. Rad1 Qxg4 20. hxg4 exd4 21. cxd4
d5 22. Kf1 f6 23. f3 c6 24. exd5 cxd5 25. Rxe6 Rxe6 26. Rc1 Rc6 27. Nf5 Kf7 28.
b5 Rxc1+ 29. Bxc1 axb5 30. axb5 Nf8 31. Nd6+ Ke6 32. Nxb7 Bxd4 33. Ba3 Ng6 34.
Nd6 Bb2 35. Bb4 Bc3 36. Ba3 Bb2 37. Bc5 Bd4 38. Nb7 Bxc5 39. Nxc5+ Kd6 40. b6
Ne5 41. b7 Kc7 42. Kf2 d4 43. Ke2 g6 44. Kd2 h5 45. gxh5 gxh5 46. Ke2 Ng6 47.
Kf2 h4 48. Ne6+ Kxb7 49. Nxd4 Kc7 50. Ke3 Kd6 51. Ke4 Ke7 52. Kf5 Kf7 53. Kg4
Ne5+ 54. Kxh4 Kg6 55. Kg3 Nd3 56. Kg4 Ne5+ 57. Kf4 Nd3+ 58. Ke3 Ne5 59. Ke4 Nd7
60. Ne6 Nb6 61. Nf4+ Kg5 62. Ne6+ Kg6 63. Nf4+ Kg5 64. Nd5 Nd7 65. Ne3 Nc5+ 66.
Kd5 Nd3 67. g3 Kg6 68. f4 Nf2 69. Ke6 Ne4 70. Nf1 Nc5+ 71. Kd5 Nd7 72. Ne3 Nb6+
73. Ke6 Na4 74. Nd5 Nc5+ 75. Ke7 Ne4 76. g4 f5 77. g5 Nxg5 78. fxg5 f4 79. Nxf4+
Kxg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "American Cup Champ"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2023.03.26"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2768"]
[BlackElo "2761"]
[ECO "A06"]
[Opening "Reti opening"]
[WhiteFideId "2016192"]
[BlackFideId "5202213"]
[EventDate "2023.03.17"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. b3 Be7 5. Bb2 O-O 6. Nc3 c5 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Rc1
d4 9. Na4 dxe3 10. fxe3 b6 11. Be2 Nd5 12. O-O Nc6 13. Qe1 Bb7 14. Qg3 Bf6 15.
Bxf6 Nxf6 16. Nc3 Nb4 17. Ne5 Qxd2 18. Rfd1 Qb2 19. Nc4 1-0

