[Event "American Cup Champ"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2025.03.16"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Mishra, Abhimanyu"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2802"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[ECO "E06"]
[Opening "Catalan"]
[Variation "closed, 5.Nf3"]
[WhiteFideId "2016192"]
[BlackFideId "30920019"]
[EventDate "2025.03.15"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4
Bd7 9. Qxc4 Bc6 10. Bf4 Bd6 11. Nc3 Bxf4 12. gxf4 a5 13. e3 Na6 14. Kh1 Nb4 15.
Qe2 Qe7 16. Nb5 Bxf3 17. Bxf3 c6 18. Na3 Ne8 19. Nc2 Nxc2 20. Qxc2 f5 21. Qb3
Nf6 22. Rac1 Nd5 23. Rg1 Rf7 24. Rc5 Kh8 25. Qd1 Qf6 26. Qf1 Rc7 27. Qg2 b6 28.
Rc4 Rac8 29. Rgc1 Qe7 30. h3 Nb4 31. Be2 Na2 32. Rd1 Nb4 33. b3 Nd5 34. Rcc1 Nb4
35. Bc4 Na2 36. Ra1 Nb4 37. Rg1 Rd8 38. Kh2 Qf6 39. Be2 Rdc8 40. Rad1 Nd5 41.
Ba6 Rd8 42. Rc1 Nb4 43. Be2 Rdc8 44. Rc4 Qe7 45. Bf3 Kg8 46. Rcc1 Qf6 47. Be2
Kh8 48. Bc4 Nd5 49. Qg3 Rd8 50. h4 Qf7 51. Be2 Rdc8 52. Ba6 Ra8 53. Be2 Rac8 54.
h5 Nf6 55. Qh4 Qe7 56. Kg2 Nd5 57. Qxe7 Rxe7 58. Bf3 Rec7 59. Bxd5 cxd5 60. Rb1
Kg8 61. b4 Rc4 62. bxa5 bxa5 63. Kf3 Rb4 64. Rxb4 axb4 65. h6 g6 66. Rb1 Rb8 67.
Ke2 b3 68. Kd3 Ra8 69. Rxb3 Rxa4 70. Rb7 Ra2 71. Rg7+ Kh8 72. Re7 Kg8 73. Rxe6
Rxf2 74. Re8+ Kf7 75. Rh8 Kf6 76. Rxh7 g5 77. fxg5+ Kxg5 78. Rd7 Kxh6 79. Rxd5
Kg6 80. Re5 Ra2 81. e4 fxe4+ 82. Rxe4 Kf5 83. Re8 Ra4 84. Kc3 Kf6 85. d5 Kf7 86.
Re2 Kf6 87. Re1 Kf7 88. Re6 Rh4 89. Re2 Ra4 90. Re1 Rh4 91. Re5 Ra4 92. Re1 Rh4
93. Re6 Ra4 94. Re1 Rh4 1/2-1/2

[Event "American Cup Champ"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2025.03.16"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2748"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[ECO "D38"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "Ragozin variation"]
[WhiteFideId "5202213"]
[BlackFideId "3503240"]
[EventDate "2025.03.15"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 d5 4. d4 Bb4 5. Qa4+ Nc6 6. e3 O-O 7. Qc2 Re8 8. Bd2
a6 9. a3 Bd6 10. h3 Bd7 11. Rd1 h6 12. c5 Bf8 13. Ne5 Nxe5 14. dxe5 Ne4 15. Nxe4
dxe4 16. Ba5 Qc8 17. g4 Bc6 18. Bg2 Rd8 19. Rxd8 Qxd8 20. Bxe4 Bxe4 21. Qxe4
Bxc5 22. Qxb7 Rb8 23. Qxc7 Qxc7 24. Bxc7 Rxb2 25. O-O Bxa3 26. Ra1 Be7 27. Rxa6
Bh4 28. f4 Bf2+ 29. Kh1 Bxe3 30. f5 Bf4 31. Ra8+ Kh7 32. Rf8 Rb7 33. Rxf7 Bxe5
34. fxe6 Bxc7 35. e7 Rb1+ 36. Kg2 Re1 37. e8=Q Rxe8 38. Rxc7 Re2+ 39. Kg3 Re3+
40. Kg2 Re2+ 41. Kg3 Re3+ 42. Kg2 Re2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "American Cup Champ"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2025.03.16"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Robson, Ray"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2783"]
[BlackElo "2689"]
[ECO "A08"]
[Opening "Reti"]
[Variation "King's Indian attack"]
[WhiteFideId "2020009"]
[BlackFideId "2023970"]
[EventDate "2025.03.15"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. O-O g6 5. c4 Bg7 6. Qa4+ Nc6 7. Nc3 d4 8. Ne5
O-O 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. Nd1 Bd7 11. d3 e5 12. Bxc6 Bxc6 13. Qxc6 Rc8 14. Qg2 Qd7
15. f3 a5 16. b3 a4 17. Nb2 axb3 18. axb3 Qb7 19. Ra3 Qb4 20. Na4 Bh6 21. Bxh6
Qxa3 22. Bxf8 Rxf8 23. Rb1 Rb8 24. Qf1 Nd7 25. Qd1 f5 26. Qc2 Nf6 27. Kg2 Nd7
28. Kf2 Kf7 29. e4 fxe4 30. dxe4 g5 31. Kg2 Ke6 32. Qd1 h6 33. f4 gxf4 34. Qg4+
Kd6 35. gxf4 Rxb3 36. Rxb3 Qxa4 37. Qg6+ Kc7 38. Rb2 exf4 39. Qxh6 f3+ 40. Kg3
Qxc4 41. Qf4+ Kc8 42. Qxf3 Qc1 43. Ra2 Qg5+ 44. Kf2 c4 45. Qf5 Qe3+ 46. Kg2 d3
47. Qd5 c3 48. Qc6+ Kd8 49. Qxc3 Qxe4+ 50. Kf2 Qf5+ 51. Kg1 Qg4+ 52. Kf2 Qf5+
53. Kg1 Qg4+ 54. Kf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "American Cup Champ"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2025.03.16"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Sevian, Samuel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2748"]
[BlackElo "2692"]
[ECO "A28"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "four knights, Nimzovich variation"]
[WhiteFideId "13300474"]
[BlackFideId "2040506"]
[EventDate "2025.03.15"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e4 Bb4 5. d3 d6 6. Be2 Bg4 7. O-O Bc5 8. Nxe5
Nxe5 9. d4 Bxe2 10. Nxe2 Nxe4 11. Qc2 d5 12. dxc5 O-O 13. b3 Re8 14. Nf4 Nxc5
15. cxd5 Ncd7 16. Bb2 Rc8 17. Qc3 Qg5 18. Qg3 Qxg3 19. hxg3 Ng6 20. Nxg6 hxg6
21. Bd4 Red8 22. Rfd1 a6 23. Rac1 Nf6 24. Bxf6 gxf6 25. Rc5 Rd7 26. Rdc1 Kg7 27.
a4 b6 28. Rc6 Rxd5 29. Rxc7 Rxc7 30. Rxc7 Rd1+ 31. Kh2 Rd3 32. b4 Rd4 33. Ra7
Rxb4 34. Rxa6 f5 35. a5 bxa5 36. Rxa5 Rb2 37. Kg1 Rb1+ 38. Kh2 Rb2 39. Kg1 Rb1+
40. Kh2 Rb2 1/2-1/2

[Event "American Cup Champ"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2025.03.17"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Mishra, Abhimanyu"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2802"]
[ECO "B27"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Hungarian variation"]
[EventDate "2025.03.15"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. c3 d5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. d4 Bg7 6. Na3 cxd4 7. Nb5 Na6
8. Nbxd4 Nf6 9. Bb5+ Bd7 10. Bxa6 bxa6 11. O-O O-O 12. Re1 Rfe8 13. Ne5
Red8 14. Qb3 Be8 15. h3 e6 16. Bf4 a5 17. Qxd5 Nxd5 18. Bg3 Rac8 19. Re2 a4
20. a3 Nb6 21. Rae1 a6 22. f4 Nd5 23. Bh2 Bf8 24. Kh1 Bd6 25. g4 Bb8 26. f5
f6 27. Nef3 e5 28. Ne6 Rd6 29. Nd2 Bc6 30. Ne4 Nc7 31. Nd4 Bb7 32. Kg1 Bxe4
33. Rxe4 Ba7 34. Kh1 Rcd8 35. fxg6 hxg6 36. Nf3 Rd3 37. Kg2 Nd5 38. g5 Rf8
39. gxf6 Rxf6 40. Nxe5 Rf2+ 41. Kh1 Rxh3 42. Ng4 Rxb2 43. Rd1 Ne3 44. Rd7
Kf8 45. Rd8+ Kf7 46. Rd7+ Kf8 47. Rd8+ Kf7 48. Rd7+ Kf8 49. Rd8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "American Cup Champ"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2025.03.17"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2748"]
[ECO "C53"]
[Opening "Giuoco Piano"]
[EventDate "2025.03.15"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. O-O a6 7. a4 Ba7 8.
Re1 O-O 9. h3 b5 10. Bb3 b4 11. a5 Rb8 12. Bc4 bxc3 13. bxc3 Nxa5 14. Rxa5
Rxb1 15. Qc2 Rb8 16. Bxa6 Bb6 17. Ra3 Bxa6 18. Rxa6 h6 19. Nd2 Ra8 20. Rxa8
Qxa8 21. Nc4 Bc5 22. Be3 Bxe3 23. Nxe3 Rb8 24. Rb1 Rxb1+ 25. Qxb1 g6 26. g3
Kg7 27. h4 Qa3 28. Qc2 h5 29. Qd2 Qc5 30. Nf5+ gxf5 31. Qg5+ Kf8 32. Qxf6
fxe4 33. Qd8+ Kg7 34. Qg5+ Kf8 35. Qd8+ Kg7 36. Qg5+ Kf8 37. Qd8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "American Cup Champ"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2025.03.17"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Robson, Ray"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2689"]
[BlackElo "2783"]
[ECO "B35"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "accelerated fianchetto, modern variation with Bc4"]
[EventDate "2025.03.15"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 g6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 O-O
8. Bb3 a5 9. O-O Ng4 10. Qxg4 Nxd4 11. Qd1 Nxb3 12. axb3 d6 13. Bd4 Ra6 14.
Bxg7 Kxg7 15. Qd4+ f6 16. Nd5 Be6 17. c4 Qd7 18. Ra2 Rb8 19. Rfa1 Qd8 20.
h3 Rba8 21. Ra3 Bf7 22. R3a2 Be6 23. Ra3 Bf7 24. R3a2 Be6 1/2-1/2

[Event "American Cup Champ"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2025.03.17"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Sevian, Samuel"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2692"]
[BlackElo "2748"]
[ECO "C55"]
[Opening "Two knights defence (Modern bishop's opening)"]
[EventDate "2025.03.15"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Re1 d6 7. a4 Be6 8.
Nbd2 Qd7 9. c3 h6 10. a5 Bxc4 11. Nxc4 b5 12. Ne3 Rfe8 13. a6 Bf8 14. Nh4
g6 15. h3 Red8 16. Ng4 Nxg4 17. Qxg4 Qxg4 18. hxg4 d5 19. Nf3 g5 20. Be3 d4
21. cxd4 exd4 22. Bd2 Nb4 23. Bxb4 Bxb4 24. Rec1 c5 25. Ne1 c4 26. Nc2 Bf8
27. Na3 Bxa3 28. Rxa3 Rac8 29. Kf1 b4 30. Ra4 cxd3 31. Rd1 Rc2 32. Rxb4 Rd6
33. Rxd3 Rf6 34. f3 Rxa6 35. Rbxd4 Rxb2 36. Rd2 Rxd2 37. Rxd2 Kg7 38. Kf2
Ra3 39. Rd7 Ra2+ 40. Ke3 Ra3+ 41. Kd4 Ra2 42. Ke3 Ra3+ 43. Kd4 Ra2 1/2-1/2

[Event "American Cup Champ"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2025.03.17"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Mishra, Abhimanyu"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2802"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[ECO "A05"]
[Opening "Reti opening"]
[EventDate "2025.03.15"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Be7 5. b3 O-O 6. e3 c5 7. Bb2 Nc6 8.
c4 d4 9. exd4 cxd4 10. Re1 Rb8 11. Na3 Bc5 12. Nc2 b6 13. d3 Bb7 14. a3 a5
15. Rb1 Re8 16. Bc1 e5 17. b4 axb4 18. axb4 Bd6 19. Bg5 h6 20. Bxf6 Qxf6
21. Nd2 Qe7 22. b5 Nb4 23. Nxb4 Bxb4 24. Bxb7 Bxd2 25. Qxd2 Qxb7 26. Qe2
Ra8 27. Ra1 Rxa1 28. Rxa1 e4 29. dxe4 Rxe4 30. Qd3 g6 31. Qd2 h5 32. h4 Qe7
33. Kg2 Qb7 34. Kg1 Qe7 35. Rd1 Kh7 36. Kg2 Qb7 37. Kh2 Qc7 38. Qd3 Rxh4+
39. Kg2 Rg4 40. Re1 Qb7+ 41. Kh2 h4 42. Kh3 Rg5 43. g4 f5 44. f3 fxg4+ 45.
fxg4 Qf7 46. Qe4 Rc5 47. Qxd4 Rxc4 48. Re7 Qxe7 49. Qxc4 g5 50. Qc2+ Kg7
51. Qc3+ Qf6 52. Qc7+ Kg6 53. Qc6 Kf7 54. Qc7+ Ke8 55. Qc8+ Qd8 56. Qe6+
Kf8 57. Qh6+ Kf7 58. Qh7+ Ke6 59. Qf5+ Kd6 60. Qd3+ Kc7 61. Qc3+ Kb8 62.
Qe3 Qc7 63. Kg2 Qc2+ 64. Kg1 Qc5 0-1

[Event "American Cup Champ"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2025.03.17"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2748"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[ECO "A14"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "Neo-Catalan declined"]
[EventDate "2025.03.15"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. c4 e6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. d4 dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8.
Qxc4 b5 9. Qc2 Bb7 10. Bd2 Nc6 11. e3 Nb4 12. Bxb4 Bxb4 13. a3 Bd6 14. Nbd2
Rc8 15. Nb3 Be4 16. Qc3 c5 17. dxc5 Nd7 18. Qd4 Nxc5 19. Nxc5 Bxf3 20. Nb7
Bxb7 21. Bxb7 Rc4 22. Qd2 Qb6 23. Bf3 Be5 24. Rac1 Rd8 25. Qe2 Rdc8 26.
Rxc4 bxc4 27. Rc1 g6 28. Rxc4 Rxc4 29. Qxc4 Bxb2 30. Qb4 Qxb4 31. axb4 Bc3
32. Be2 Bxb4 33. Bxa6 Bc3 34. Bb5 Bb4 35. Ba6 Bc3 36. Bb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "American Cup Champ"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2025.03.17"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Robson, Ray"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2783"]
[BlackElo "2689"]
[ECO "A06"]
[Opening "Reti opening"]
[EventDate "2025.03.15"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 c5 3. b3 f6 4. Bb5+ Bd7 5. Bxd7+ Qxd7 6. c4 d4 7. exd4 cxd4
8. O-O e5 9. d3 Nc6 10. a3 a5 11. Nbd2 Bd6 12. Ne4 Nge7 13. Bd2 O-O 14. b4
axb4 15. c5 Bc7 16. axb4 b5 17. cxb6 Bxb6 18. b5 Rxa1 19. Qxa1 Na7 20. Rb1
Nd5 21. h4 h5 22. Ng3 g6 23. Ne4 Kg7 24. Qa4 Rc8 25. Qb3 Rc7 26. Qb2 Rb7
27. Qc1 Rc7 28. Qb2 Qe7 29. Qa2 Qd7 30. Qa6 Qc8 31. Qa2 Qd7 32. Ba5 Nc8 33.
Bd2 Nce7 34. g3 Nc3 35. Bxc3 dxc3 36. Qc2 Nd5 37. Kg2 Qg4 38. Nh2 Nf4+ 39.
Kh1 Qe2 40. Rc1 Qxc2 41. Rxc2 Nxd3 42. Rxc3 Nxf2+ 43. Kg2 Nxe4 44. Rd3 Nc5
45. Rd6 Rb7 46. Nf3 Kf7 47. Nd2 Ba7 48. Rc6 Ne6 49. Nc4 Ke7 50. b6 Bb8 51.
Na5 Rd7 52. Rc8 Rd2+ 53. Kh3 Bd6 54. Nc4 Rd5 55. Nxd6 Rxd6 56. b7 Rb6 57.
b8=Q Rxb8 58. Rxb8 f5 59. Kg2 Nc5 60. Kf3 Ne4 61. Rb6 Kf7 62. Ra6 Nd2+ 63.
Kf2 Ne4+ 64. Kf3 Nd2+ 65. Kf2 Ne4+ 66. Kf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "American Cup Champ"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2025.03.17"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Sevian, Samuel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2748"]
[BlackElo "2692"]
[ECO "D04"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[EventDate "2025.03.15"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e3 a6 4. Nbd2 Bf5 5. c4 e6 6. Nh4 Bg4 7. Qb3 Nc6 8.
h3 Bh5 9. g4 Bg6 10. Nxg6 hxg6 11. g5 Nh7 12. Rg1 Na5 13. Qa4+ c6 14. cxd5
exd5 15. h4 Be7 16. Nf3 Nf8 17. Bd2 Nc4 18. Bxc4 dxc4 19. Qxc4 Ne6 20.
O-O-O Qd5 21. Qxd5 cxd5 22. Rg4 Bd6 23. e4 dxe4 24. Rxe4 Rc8+ 25. Kb1 O-O
26. d5 Nc5 27. Re3 Rfe8 28. Rxe8+ Rxe8 29. Be3 Ne4 30. Rd3 f6 31. a4 Kf7
32. Nd4 Nc5 33. Rd1 Nxa4 34. Ne6 Rc8 35. Rg1 Be5 36. gxf6 gxf6 37. Rg4 Nxb2
38. Rb4 Nc4 39. Rxb7+ Kg8 40. Bc5 Nd2+ 41. Ka2 Ne4 42. Rg7+ Kh8 43. Be3
Nc3+ 44. Kb3 Nxd5 45. Rxg6 Rc3+ 46. Ka4 Bd6 47. Ka5 Ra3# 0-1

[Event "American Cup Champ"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2025.03.17"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Mishra, Abhimanyu"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2802"]
[ECO "B06"]
[Opening "Robatsch defence"]
[EventDate "2025.03.15"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 a6 4. Be3 d6 5. Qd2 Nd7 6. h4 h6 7. O-O-O b5 8.
f3 Ngf6 9. g4 Nb6 10. d5 Bb7 11. Nh3 c5 12. dxc6 Bxc6 13. Bd4 Qc7 14. g5
hxg5 15. hxg5 Nh5 16. Nf4 Bxd4 17. Qxd4 O-O-O 18. Nxh5 gxh5 19. a4 bxa4 20.
Bxa6+ Kb8 21. Qb4 Ka7 22. Qa5 Na8 23. Qxc7+ Nxc7 24. Bc4 e6 25. Rh4 Ne8 26.
Ne2 Ng7 27. Ng3 Rc8 28. Rxd6 Kb6 29. Bd5 Kc5 30. Rxc6+ Rxc6 31. Bxc6 Kxc6
32. f4 Rd8 33. f5 e5 34. c3 Kc5 35. Kc2 Rg8 36. Nf1 Rh8 37. Nd2 Ne8 38. Nf3
Kd6 39. Rh1 f6 40. g6 Ke7 41. Nh4 Nd6 42. Re1 Rb8 43. Nf3 Nc4 44. Rb1 a3
45. b3 Ne3+ 46. Kd3 Ng4 47. Nd2 h4 48. Rh1 Nf2+ 0-1

[Event "American Cup Champ"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2025.03.17"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2748"]
[ECO "C41"]
[Opening "Philidor"]
[Variation "Improved Hanham variation"]
[EventDate "2025.03.15"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. Bc4 Be7 6. a4 O-O 7. O-O c6 8.
Re1 h6 9. h3 Re8 10. Be3 Bf8 11. Ba2 exd4 12. Bxd4 Qc7 13. Nh4 Be7 14. Nf5
Bf8 15. Qf3 Ne5 16. Nxh6+ gxh6 17. Qxf6 Bg7 18. Qf4 Nf3+ 19. Qxf3 Bxd4 20.
Rad1 Be5 21. Qh5 Be6 22. Bxe6 Rxe6 23. Ne2 Rae8 24. Nd4 Bxd4 25. Rxd4 d5
26. Re3 dxe4 27. Rg3+ Kf8 28. Qc5+ Qe7 29. Qxa7 e3 30. fxe3 Rxe3 31. Rdg4
Rxg3 32. Rxg3 Qe5 33. Rf3 Qxb2 34. Qf2 Qa1+ 35. Kh2 Qe5+ 36. Rf4 Re6 37.
Qg3 Ke7 38. Qa3+ Ke8 39. Qg3 Rg6 40. Qf2 Rf6 41. g3 Rxf4 42. gxf4 Qe4 43.
a5 Ke7 44. Kg3 Ke6 45. Qb6 Kf5 46. Qc5+ Kg6 47. Qb6 Qe1+ 48. Kg2 Qd2+ 49.
Kg3 Qxc2 50. Qxb7 Qc3+ 51. Kg2 Qd2+ 52. Kf3 Qd3+ 53. Kf2 Qd2+ 54. Kf3 Qc3+
55. Kg2 Qd2+ 56. Kf3 Qc3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "American Cup Champ"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2025.03.17"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Robson, Ray"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2689"]
[BlackElo "2783"]
[ECO "B35"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "accelerated fianchetto, modern variation with Bc4"]
[EventDate "2025.03.15"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 g6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 O-O
8. Bb3 Re8 9. h3 d6 10. Qd2 Bd7 11. O-O-O Nxd4 12. Bxd4 b5 13. Rhe1 e5 14.
Be3 a5 15. Qxd6 a4 16. Bxf7+ Kxf7 17. Bg5 Be6 18. Nxb5 a3 19. b3 Qc8 20.
Qxe5 Ra6 21. Nd6+ Rxd6 22. Qxd6 Qc3 23. Qxa3 h6 24. Re3 Qa1+ 25. Kd2 Rd8+
26. Rd3 Rxd3+ 27. cxd3 Nxe4+ 28. dxe4 Qc3+ 29. Ke2 hxg5 30. Qc1 Qa5 31. Qd2
Qa6+ 32. Ke1 Be5 33. Qc2 Kg7 34. Qe2 Qa8 35. Kf1 g4 36. h4 g3 37. Kg1 Qa7
38. Kf1 Qf7 39. Kg1 Qf4 40. fxg3 Qxg3 41. Qf3 Qxh4 42. Kf1 Bg4 43. Qd3 Qh1+
44. Kf2 Qxd1 45. Qxd1 Bxd1 46. Ke3 Bc2 47. Kd2 Bxe4 48. a4 Bxg2 49. b4 g5
50. b5 Bc7 51. Kc3 g4 52. Kb4 g3 53. a5 Bf3 54. b6 Bxb6 55. axb6 g2 0-1

[Event "American Cup Champ"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2025.03.17"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Sevian, Samuel"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2692"]
[BlackElo "2748"]
[ECO "B00"]
[Opening "King's pawn opening"]
[EventDate "2025.03.15"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Bd3 e5 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. c3 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Re1 c6 8.
a4 Qc7 9. Nbd2 Re8 10. Nf1 b6 11. Ng3 h6 12. h3 Bf8 13. b3 Bb7 14. Ba3 Rad8
15. Qc2 Qb8 16. Rad1 a6 17. Bb2 b5 18. axb5 cxb5 19. c4 Rc8 20. Qd2 Bc6 21.
Ra1 bxc4 22. Bxc4 Bb5 23. Bxb5 Qxb5 24. Re3 Qb7 25. Ba3 exd4 26. Qxd4 Nc5
27. Rae1 Nxb3 28. Qd1 Na5 29. R3e2 Nc4 30. Bc1 d5 31. e5 Nd7 32. Nf5 Nc5
33. N3d4 Ne4 34. Qa4 Rxe5 35. Bf4 Nc3 36. Qc2 Nxe2+ 37. Rxe2 Rxe2 38. Qxe2
Qb1+ 39. Kh2 Qe4 40. Qg4 Kh7 41. Nf3 Rc6 42. Ng3 Qe6 43. Qh5 Qg6 44. Qxd5
Nb6 45. Qa2 Rc2 46. Qxa6 Rxf2 47. Be3 Rxf3 48. gxf3 Qc2+ 49. Qe2 Qc7 50.
Kg2 Kg8 51. Qd3 Nd7 52. Bd4 Ne5 53. Bxe5 Qxe5 54. Qe2 Qc7 55. Ne4 Be7 56.
Qd2 Qe5 57. Qc3 Qf5 58. Qd2 Qg6+ 59. Kh1 f5 60. Qd5+ Kh7 61. Nf2 Bh4 62.
Nd3 Bg3 63. f4 Qh5 64. Kg2 Bh4 65. Qf3 Qe8 66. Ne5 Bf6 67. Nc4 Bd4 68. Nd2
Qb5 69. Nf1 Qb2+ 70. Kh1 Qc2 71. Ng3 Qb1+ 72. Nf1 Qb5 73. Kg2 Qb2+ 74. Kh1
Qc2 75. Ng3 Bf2 76. Nf1 Bh4 77. Ne3 Qd3 78. Kg2 Bd8 79. Nf1 Qc2+ 80. Qf2
Qc4 81. Ne3 Qe6 82. Qf3 Bb6 83. Nf1 Qc4 84. Ng3 Qc1 85. Nf1 Bc7 86. Ne3
Qd2+ 87. Kh1 Qb4 88. Kg2 Qb2+ 89. Kh1 Bb6 90. Nf1 Qd4 91. Qg3 Bc7 92. Qe3
Qc4 93. Qf3 0-1

[Event "American Cup Champ"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2025.03.17"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Mishra, Abhimanyu"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2802"]
[ECO "C55"]
[Opening "Two knights defence (Modern bishop's opening)"]
[EventDate "2025.03.15"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 h6 5. O-O Bc5 6. c3 d6 7. Nbd2 O-O 8.
Re1 Bb6 9. b4 Ne7 10. Bb3 a6 11. a4 Ng6 12. Nf1 Be6 13. Be3 Bxe3 14. Nxe3
Re8 15. Bxe6 Rxe6 16. Qb3 Qd7 17. g3 Rd8 18. b5 d5 19. exd5 Nxd5 20. Nxd5
Qxd5 21. Qxd5 Rxd5 22. bxa6 Rxa6 23. d4 exd4 24. Nxd4 Rc5 25. Re3 Ne5 26.
Kg2 g6 27. Rae1 Nc6 28. Nb5 Na7 29. Nd4 Nc6 30. Nb5 Na7 31. Nd4 Nc6 32. Nb5
1/2-1/2

[Event "American Cup Champ"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2025.03.17"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2748"]
[ECO "C50"]
[Opening "Giuoco Pianissimo"]
[EventDate "2025.03.15"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 d6 6. O-O O-O 7. Re1 a6 8.
a4 Ba7 9. h3 Be6 10. Bxe6 fxe6 11. b4 Nh5 12. Be3 Nf4 13. Rf1 Qe8 14. Kh2
Qg6 15. g3 Bxe3 16. fxe3 Nh5 17. g4 Nf6 18. Nbd2 h6 19. Qe2 Nd8 20. Rf2 Nf7
21. Raf1 Ng5 22. Nxg5 Qxg5 23. Nf3 Qg6 24. Nh4 Qg5 25. Nf3 Qg6 26. a5 Nh7
27. Nh4 Qg5 28. Nf3 Qg6 29. Nh4 Qg5 30. Nf3 Qg6 1/2-1/2

[Event "American Cup Champ"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2025.03.17"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Sevian, Samuel"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2692"]
[BlackElo "2748"]
[ECO "C55"]
[Opening "Two knights defence (Modern bishop's opening)"]
[EventDate "2025.03.15"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Re1 d6 7. a4 Be6 8.
Nbd2 Qd7 9. Bb5 a6 10. Bxc6 bxc6 11. d4 exd4 12. Nxd4 Bg4 13. f3 c5 14. Ne2
Be6 15. Nf4 Rfd8 16. Nf1 d5 17. exd5 Bxd5 18. Ng3 Bc6 19. Qxd7 Rxd7 20. Nd3
Bd6 21. Bg5 c4 22. Ne5 Bxe5 23. Rxe5 Nd5 24. Nf5 f6 25. Re6 Nb4 26. Bf4
Nxc2 27. Rc1 Bxa4 28. Re4 Bb3 29. h4 Nb4 30. Rce1 Nd3 31. Re7 Rxe7 32. Rxe7
Nxf4 33. Rxg7+ Kh8 34. Rxc7 c3 35. bxc3 a5 36. Nd4 Ne6 0-1

[Event "American Cup Champ"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2025.03.17"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Mishra, Abhimanyu"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2802"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[ECO "A05"]
[Opening "Reti opening"]
[EventDate "2025.03.15"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Be7 5. b3 O-O 6. Bb2 c5 7. e3 Nc6 8.
Qe2 b6 9. c4 Bb7 10. Rd1 dxc4 11. bxc4 Qc7 12. d3 Rfd8 13. Nc3 a6 14. Rab1
Rab8 15. Ne1 Nb4 16. a3 Bxg2 17. Nxg2 Nc6 18. Ba1 Rb7 19. f4 Rdb8 20. a4
Nb4 21. g4 Qc6 22. g5 Ne8 23. Rd2 Rd8 24. Ne1 Rbd7 25. Rbd1 Nd6 26. Nf3 f6
27. e4 Nf7 28. h4 Rd6 29. gxf6 gxf6 30. Kh2 Kf8 31. e5 R6d7 32. d4 f5 33.
d5 Qc8 34. d6 Nh6 35. dxe7+ Kxe7 36. Rd6 Nf7 37. Rxd7+ Rxd7 38. Bb2 Nh6 39.
Bc1 Ng4+ 40. Kg1 h6 41. Rxd7+ Qxd7 42. Qd2 Nd3 43. Nd5+ exd5 44. Qxd3 dxc4
45. Qxd7+ Kxd7 46. Ba3 Ne3 47. a5 Nc2 48. axb6 Nxa3 49. e6+ Kd6 50. b7 1-0

[Event "American Cup Champ"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2025.03.17"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2748"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[ECO "D04"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[EventDate "2025.03.15"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e3 c5 4. Be2 Nc6 5. O-O Bg4 6. h3 Bxf3 7. Bxf3 e6 8.
c3 Rc8 9. Nd2 a6 10. a3 Bd6 11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. b4 Ba7 13. c4 Ne5 14. cxd5
Nxf3+ 15. Nxf3 Qxd5 16. Bb2 Qxd1 17. Rfxd1 Ke7 18. Rac1 Rhd8 19. Rxd8 Rxc1+
20. Bxc1 Kxd8 21. Bb2 Ke7 22. Kf1 Ne8 23. Ke2 f6 24. a4 Nd6 25. Kd3 e5 26.
Nd2 Ke6 27. Bc3 b5 28. axb5 axb5 29. g4 g6 30. f3 f5 31. gxf5+ gxf5 32. Bb2
Bb6 33. Bc3 Ba7 34. Bb2 Bb6 35. Bc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "American Cup Champ"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2025.03.17"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Sevian, Samuel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2748"]
[BlackElo "2692"]
[ECO "B22"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Alapin's variation (2.c3)"]
[EventDate "2025.03.15"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nf3 e6 6. cxd4 d6 7. Bc4 Nb6 8.
Bb3 dxe5 9. Nxe5 Bb4+ 10. Nc3 N8d7 11. Nf3 Nf6 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bh4 O-O 14.
O-O Be7 15. Ne5 Nfd7 16. Bxe7 Qxe7 17. Qe2 Nf6 18. Rad1 Bd7 19. Rd3 Bc6 20.
Rfd1 Rad8 21. Rg3 Nbd5 22. Bc2 Qb4 23. Qd2 Kh8 24. Rh3 Ng8 25. Bb1 Ndf6 26.
Nxc6 bxc6 27. Ne4 Qe7 28. Rc3 Nd5 29. Rxc6 Rb8 30. Nc3 Ngf6 31. Nxd5 Nxd5
32. a3 a5 33. Be4 Nf6 34. Bf3 Rb5 35. h3 Rfb8 36. Rc2 Qd6 37. Rdc1 Qd8 38.
Qc3 g6 39. d5 exd5 40. Qd4 Kg8 41. Rc6 Nh7 42. R1c2 Ng5 43. Be2 R5b7 44.
Ba6 Qe7 45. Bxb7 Rxb7 46. Rc8+ 1-0

