[Event "American Cup Elim"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2023.03.19"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Sevian, Samuel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2687"]
[ECO "C77"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Anderssen variation"]
[WhiteFideId "13300474"]
[BlackFideId "2040506"]
[EventDate "2023.03.19"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 Bc5 6. c3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. Bg5 h6
9. Bh4 Bd7 10. Nbd2 Qe7 11. O-O g5 12. Bg3 Bb6 13. a4 Rb8 14. axb5 axb5 15. Re1
h5 16. h4 g4 17. Nh2 Nh7 18. Nhf1 Nf8 19. Ne3 Bxe3 20. fxe3 Ng6 21. Rf1 Be6 22.
Bd5 Nd8 23. Ra7 Nxh4 24. Rxc7 Nf3+ 25. Nxf3 Qxc7 26. Nh4 Nc6 27. Nf5 Bxf5 28.
Rxf5 h4 29. Rxf7 Qxf7 30. Bxf7+ Kxf7 31. Be1 h3 32. Bg3 Ne7 33. d4 hxg2 34. Kxg2
Rh5 35. Qb3+ Kf6 36. c4 Ng6 37. Qb4 Ke6 38. c5 exd4 39. Qb3+ Kf6 40. exd4 Re8
41. cxd6 Rxe4 42. Qc2 Nf4+ 43. Bxf4 Rxf4 44. d7 Rh8 45. Qc8 1-0

[Event "American Cup Elim"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2023.03.19"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Sevian, Samuel"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2687"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[ECO "E32"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian"]
[Variation "classical variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2040506"]
[BlackFideId "13300474"]
[EventDate "2023.03.19"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. c4 Nf6 2. d4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 Bb7 8. e3
d5 9. Nf3 Nbd7 10. cxd5 Bxd5 11. Ne5 Nxe5 12. dxe5 Ne4 13. Bxd8 Nxc3 14. Be7
Rfe8 15. Bh4 Na4 16. Bb5 Nxb2 17. Bxe8 Rxe8 18. f3 c5 19. e4 Bc6 20. Ke2 c4 21.
Kd2 b5 22. Kc3 Nd3 23. a4 a6 24. axb5 Bxb5 25. Bg3 Rc8 26. h4 h5 27. Bh2 Kf8 28.
Rhg1 Ke7 29. g4 hxg4 30. Rxg4 g6 31. Rg5 Rh8 32. Bg3 Kd7 33. h5 gxh5 34. Rh1 Kc6
35. Rg7 Rd8 36. Rd1 Rd7 37. f4 Ba4 38. Rd2 Bb3 39. f5 a5 40. fxe6 fxe6 41. Rg6
Kb5 42. Rxe6 Rg7 43. Bh2 Ka4 44. Rc6 Nb4 45. Rb6 Rg4 46. Re2 Na2+ 47. Kd4 c3 48.
Rc6 Rg8 49. e6 Re8 50. Bf4 Rxe6 51. Rc5 Rb6 52. Bc7 Rb4+ 53. Kd3 Bc4+ 54. Rxc4
Nc1+ 55. Kxc3 Nxe2+ 56. Kd3 Rxc4 57. Kxc4 h4 58. Bh2 Ng3 59. e5 Nf5 60. e6 h3
61. Be5 Ka3 62. Kd5 Ne7+ 63. Ke4 Nc6 64. Bd6+ Kb3 65. Ke3 Ne7 66. Kf3 Nf5 67.
Bc5 a4 68. e7 Nxe7 69. Bxe7 a3 70. Bxa3 Kxa3 71. Kg3 h2 72. Kxh2 1/2-1/2

[Event "American Cup Elim"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2023.03.19"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Shankland, Sam"]
[Black "Robson, Ray"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2702"]
[ECO "C67"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Berlin defence, open variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2004887"]
[BlackFideId "2023970"]
[EventDate "2023.03.19"]
[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 Bd7 10. h3 h6 11. b3 c5 12. Bb2 Nd4 13. Nxd4 cxd4 14. Ne4 c5
15. c3 dxc3 16. Bxc3 Kc7 17. Rad1 a5 18. f4 a4 19. f5 axb3 20. axb3 Bc6 21. Rfe1
Ra2 22. g4 Rc2 23. e6 fxe6 24. fxe6 Kb6 25. Rd3 Be7 26. Nd2 Ra8 27. Bxg7 Bg5 28.
Nc4+ Kb5 29. e7 Raa2 30. Bb2 Rg2+ 31. Kf1 Rgxb2 32. Nxb2 Rxb2 33. e8=Q Bxe8 34.
Rxe8 Kb4 35. Re4+ Kb5 36. Re2 Rb1+ 37. Kg2 Kb4 38. Re4+ Kb5 39. Re6 Ka5 40. h4
Bxh4 41. Rxh6 Rb2+ 42. Kf3 Be1 43. g5 Rf2+ 44. Ke4 Bd2 45. Rf6 Re2+ 46. Kf5 Rf2+
47. Kg6 Rg2 48. Rd5 b6 49. Re6 Bc3 50. Kf7 Bd4 51. g6 b5 52. Rf5 Kb4 53. Rf3 Rg4
54. Rd6 Bc3 55. Rdd3 Be5 56. Rd5 Bd4 57. Rxd4+ Rxd4 58. g7 Rg4 59. g8=Q Rxg8 60.
Kxg8 c4 61. bxc4 bxc4 62. Kf7 c3 63. Ke6 c2 64. Rf1 Kc3 65. Kd5 Kb2 66. Rf2 Kb1
67. Rxc2 Kxc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "American Cup Elim"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2023.03.19"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Robson, Ray"]
[Black "Shankland, Sam"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2702"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[ECO "C55"]
[Opening "Two knights defence (Modern bishop's opening)"]
[WhiteFideId "2023970"]
[BlackFideId "2004887"]
[EventDate "2023.03.19"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Nc3 d6 7. a3 Bg4 8. h3
Bh5 9. Be3 Kh8 10. Kh1 Qc8 11. Rg1 Nd4 12. g4 Nxf3 13. Qxf3 Bg6 14. Bb3 c6 15.
Ne2 h6 16. Ng3 Nh7 17. Nf5 Qd8 18. Qg3 Bg5 19. h4 Bxe3 20. Nxe3 f6 21. f4 exf4
22. Qxf4 Qd7 23. Nf5 Rad8 24. Rae1 Bf7 25. Bxf7 Qxf7 26. d4 Qe6 27. Re3 Rd7 28.
Kh2 Kg8 29. Rge1 c5 30. c3 cxd4 31. cxd4 Rc8 32. R1e2 a5 33. e5 dxe5 34. dxe5
Rc4 35. Qg3 Nf8 36. exf6 Qxf6 37. Ne7+ Kh7 38. Rf3 Qa6 39. Rxf8 Rcc7 40. Qe5
Rxe7 41. Qf5+ g6 42. Rxe7+ Rxe7 43. Rh8+ Kxh8 44. Qf8+ Kh7 45. Qxe7+ Kg8 46.
Qe8+ Kg7 47. Qe7+ Kg8 48. Qe8+ Kg7 49. Qe7+ Kg8 50. Qe8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "American Cup Elim"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2023.03.19"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Robson, Ray"]
[Black "Shankland, Sam"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2702"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[ECO "C50"]
[Opening "Giuoco Pianissimo"]
[Variation "Italian four knights variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2023970"]
[BlackFideId "2004887"]
[EventDate "2023.03.19"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Nc3 a6 6. O-O d6 7. a4 h6 8. Be3 O-O
9. Bxc5 dxc5 10. h3 Qd6 11. Nd2 b6 12. Nd5 Rb8 13. Nxf6+ Qxf6 14. Qf3 Qxf3 15.
Nxf3 Re8 16. c3 Na5 17. Bd5 Be6 18. Bxe6 Rxe6 19. b4 cxb4 20. cxb4 Nc6 21. b5
Nb4 22. Rfc1 Rb7 23. Ra3 f6 24. Kf1 a5 25. Ke2 c6 26. bxc6 Rc7 27. Nd2 Kf8 28.
g3 Ke7 29. f4 exf4 30. gxf4 g5 31. f5 Rexc6 32. Rxc6 Rxc6 33. Nc4 h5 34. Ra1 Rc5
35. Kd2 Kd8 36. Rb1 Kc7 37. Rb2 Kc6 38. Rb3 h4 39. Rb2 Kc7 40. Rb1 Kd8 41. Rb3
Ke7 42. Rc3 Rc6 43. Ne3 Rd6 44. Ng4 Na6 45. Ke3 Nc5 46. Ra3 Rc6 47. d4 Nd7 48.
e5 Rc4 49. Kd3 Rb4 50. e6 Nb8 51. Rc3 Na6 52. Rc8 Rxa4 53. Rh8 b5 54. Rh7+ Kd6
55. Rd7+ Kc6 56. d5+ Kb6 57. Rd6+ Kb7 58. Rxa6 1-0

[Event "American Cup Elim"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2023.03.20"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Shankland, Sam"]
[Black "Robson, Ray"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2702"]
[ECO "C67"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Berlin defence, open variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2004887"]
[BlackFideId "2023970"]
[EventDate "2023.03.19"]
[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 Bd7 10. h3 h6 11. b3 c5 12. Nd5 Nd4 13. Nxd4 cxd4 14. Rd1 c6
15. Nf4 g5 16. Nh5 Kc7 17. Rxd4 Bc5 18. Rc4 Be7 19. Bb2 Rhd8 20. Re4 Bf5 21. Re2
Rd5 22. g4 Bg6 23. Ng3 Rad8 24. Nf5 Bf8 25. Rae1 a5 26. Kg2 a4 27. Bc3 R8d7 28.
Re3 b5 29. R1e2 b4 30. Be1 a3 31. Nd6 Rd4 32. c3 bxc3 33. Bxc3 Rd1 34. Bb4 Bg7
35. Ne8+ Kb6 36. Nxg7 c5 37. Bxa3 Ra7 38. b4 Bd3 39. bxc5+ Kc6 40. Bb4 Bxe2 41.
Rxe2 Ra1 42. a3 Rd7 43. e6 fxe6 44. Rxe6+ Kb5 45. Nf5 Rdd1 46. c6 Rac1 47. Rxh6
Rh1 48. Ng3 Rhg1+ 49. Kf3 Kc4 50. Bd2 Rc2 51. Bxg5 Rb1 52. Be3 Rb8 53. c7 Rf8+
54. Nf5 Ra2 55. c8=Q+ Rxc8 56. Nd6+ Kd3 57. Nxc8 Rc2 58. Rd6+ 1-0

[Event "American Cup Elim"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2023.03.20"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Robson, Ray"]
[Black "Shankland, Sam"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2702"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[ECO "B92"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Najdorf, Opovcensky variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2023970"]
[BlackFideId "2004887"]
[EventDate "2023.03.19"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. O-O
Be7 9. Re1 O-O 10. Bf3 Nbd7 11. a4 Qb8 12. a5 Rc8 13. h3 Bd8 14. Be3 b5 15. axb6
Bxb3 16. cxb3 Bxb6 17. Bg4 Bxe3 18. Rxe3 Rd8 19. Bxd7 Rxd7 20. Rf3 Qd8 21. b4 d5
22. exd5 Nxd5 23. Nxd5 Rxd5 24. Qe2 g6 25. Rxa6 Rxa6 26. Qxa6 e4 27. Rf4 Rd1+
28. Kh2 f5 29. Qe6+ Kg7 30. g4 Qc7 31. Kg2 Qxf4 32. Qe7+ Kg8 33. Qe8+ Kg7 34.
Qe7+ Kg8 35. Qe8+ Kg7 36. Qe7+ Kg8 37. Qe8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "American Cup Elim"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2023.03.20"]
[Round "1.6"]
[White "Shankland, Sam"]
[Black "Robson, Ray"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2702"]
[ECO "C69"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "exchange variation, Alapin gambit"]
[WhiteFideId "2004887"]
[BlackFideId "2023970"]
[EventDate "2023.03.19"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O Bg4 6. h3 h5 7. d3 Qf6 8. Nbd2
Ne7 9. Re1 Ng6 10. d4 Nf4 11. dxe5 Qg6 12. Nh4 Bxd1 13. Nxg6 Nxg6 14. Rxd1 O-O-O
15. e6 fxe6 16. Re1 Bb4 17. c3 Be7 18. Nf3 e5 19. Be3 Kd7 20. g3 Ke6 21. Kg2 Rd7
22. Rad1 Rhd8 23. Rxd7 Rxd7 24. Bg5 Bf8 25. Kf1 b5 26. Ke2 c5 27. Rd1 Bd6 28.
Be3 c4 29. h4 Rd8 30. Ng5+ Ke7 31. Nh3 Rf8 32. Rf1 b4 33. cxb4 Rb8 34. Rc1 Rxb4
35. Rc2 c3 36. b3 a5 37. f3 Nf8 38. Rxc3 a4 39. Nf2 axb3 40. axb3 Ne6 41. Nd3
Rb5 42. f4 exf4 43. gxf4 Kd7 44. e5 Be7 45. f5 Nd8 46. Bg5 c6 47. Kf3 Ra5 48.
Ke4 Ra2 49. e6+ Ke8 50. Nf4 Ra1 51. Nxh5 Re1+ 52. Re3 Rg1 53. Nxg7+ Kf8 54. f6
Bxf6 55. Bxf6 Nxe6 56. Nxe6+ 1-0

[Event "American Cup Elim"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2023.03.21"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2766"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[ECO "A18"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "Mikenas-Carls variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2020009"]
[BlackFideId "13300474"]
[EventDate "2023.03.19"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. e4 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. e5 Ne4 6. Nf3 Bf5 7. Be2 d4 8. Nxe4
Bxe4 9. d3 Bd5 10. O-O Nc6 11. Bf4 h6 12. Bg3 g5 13. Qa4 Bg7 14. Nxd4 Bxg2 15.
Ne6 fxe6 16. Bh5+ Ke7 17. Qa3+ Kd7 18. Kxg2 Bxe5 19. Bxe5 Nxe5 20. d4 Nc6 21. d5
exd5 22. Bg4+ Ke8 23. Qf3 Rf8 24. Rae1+ Ne7 25. Bh5+ Kd7 26. Qh3+ Nf5 27. Re5 c6
28. Rxf5 Kc7 29. Re1 Qd6 30. Bf7 Rad8 31. Re6 Qc5 32. Qg3+ Kb6 33. Rxh6 a5 34.
Qxg5 Qc2 35. Rf3 Ka7 36. Qe5 Qa4 37. Rg6 Qe4 38. Qxe4 dxe4 39. Rf5 Rd2 40. Re6
a4 41. Rxe4 b5 42. b3 Rxa2 43. bxa4 Rxa4 44. Rxa4+ bxa4 45. h4 Kb6 46. Rf3 c5
47. h5 Ka5 48. h6 Rh8 49. Rh3 1-0

[Event "American Cup Elim"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2023.03.21"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2766"]
[ECO "C77"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Anderssen variation"]
[WhiteFideId "13300474"]
[BlackFideId "2020009"]
[EventDate "2023.03.19"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 Bc5 6. O-O b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3 d6
9. Bg5 h6 10. Bh4 g5 11. Bg3 Bb6 12. a4 Rb8 13. Nbd2 Nh7 14. Re1 Kh8 15. axb5
axb5 16. Nf1 f5 17. exf5 Bxf5 18. Ne3 Bg6 19. Nd5 Nf6 20. Nxb6 Rxb6 21. d4 exd4
22. Nxd4 Nxd4 23. Qxd4 c5 24. Qd1 b4 25. Bc2 Bxc2 26. Qxc2 Qd7 27. cxb4 cxb4 28.
Qd3 Kg7 29. f3 Rf7 30. Ra5 Rc6 31. Bf2 Re7 32. Rd1 Qe6 33. h4 gxh4 34. Bxh4 Qe3+
35. Qxe3 Rxe3 36. Rd4 b3 37. Rf4 d5 38. Bf2 Rd3 39. Bd4 Kg6 40. Ra8 Kg5 41. Be5
Re6 42. Rd4 Rxd4 43. Bxd4 Re2 44. Rd8 h5 45. Rd6 Nh7 46. Rxd5+ Kg6 47. Rd6+ Kf5
48. Rh6 Re7 49. Rxh5+ Ng5 50. f4 Kxf4 51. Bf6 Rf7 52. Bxg5+ Kg4 53. Rh3 Kxg5 54.
Rg3+ Kh4 55. Rxb3 Rd7 56. Kf2 Rd2+ 57. Ke3 Rxg2 58. Rb5 Rg4 59. b4 Kg3 60. Kd3
Rf4 61. Kc3 Kf3 62. Re5 1-0

[Event "American Cup Elim"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2023.03.21"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2766"]
[ECO "C77"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Anderssen variation"]
[WhiteFideId "13300474"]
[BlackFideId "2020009"]
[EventDate "2023.03.19"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 g6 7. O-O Bg7 8. Be3 O-O
9. Nbd2 h6 10. h3 Nd7 11. d4 f5 12. exf5 gxf5 13. dxe5 dxe5 14. Bxc6 bxc6 15.
Nb3 Qf6 16. Re1 Re8 17. Qc2 Qf7 18. Rad1 e4 19. Nfd4 f4 20. Bc1 c5 21. Ne2 e3
22. fxe3 f3 23. Nf4 Bb7 24. Qg6 Qxg6 25. Nxg6 Rad8 26. Nf4 Ba8 27. gxf3 Ne5 28.
Kf2 Nxf3 29. Rf1 c4 30. Nc5 Bf6 31. Rxd8 Rxd8 32. Ke2 Rd6 33. Rxf3 Bxf3+ 34.
Kxf3 Rd1 35. Ne2 Rf1+ 36. Kg4 Re1 37. Kf3 Rf1+ 38. Kg2 Re1 39. Kf2 Bh4+ 40. Kf3
Kf7 41. e4 Rf1+ 42. Kg4 Be7 43. Nxa6 Re1 44. Kf3 Rf1+ 45. Kg2 Re1 46. Kf2 Rh1
47. Bxh6 Rxh3 48. Bf4 c5 49. Nc7 Rh1 50. Nd5 Bh4+ 51. Kf3 Rf1+ 52. Kg4 Bd8 53.
Be3 Re1 54. Kf3 Rf1+ 55. Kg2 Re1 56. Kf2 Bh4+ 57. Kf3 Rf1+ 58. Kg4 Re1 59. Kxh4
Rxe2 60. Kg4 Rxb2 61. Bxc5 Rxa2 62. Bd4 Ra1 63. Kf5 1-0

[Event "American Cup Elim"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2023.03.22"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2766"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[ECO "C65"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Berlin defence"]
[WhiteFideId "2020009"]
[BlackFideId "13300474"]
[EventDate "2023.03.19"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Nbd2 Be6 7. O-O Bd6 8.
Nb3 b6 9. Bg5 Qd7 10. Bh4 c5 11. Nbd2 Nh5 12. Ng5 Nf4 13. Nxe6 Nxe6 14. Nc4 f6
15. f3 a5 16. a4 h5 17. Bf2 h4 18. h3 Be7 19. Qe1 g5 20. Ne3 O-O-O 21. Nf5 Nd4
22. Ne3 Ne6 23. Kh2 Kb7 24. Qc3 Nd4 25. Nc4 Rhf8 26. Rfe1 Qc6 27. Qd2 Qd7 28.
Be3 Qe6 29. Qf2 Qc6 30. Reb1 Kc8 31. Rd1 Qe6 32. Kh1 Rd7 33. c3 Nc6 34. Qc2 Rfd8
35. Rd2 Kb8 36. Rad1 Bf8 37. Qb3 Qe8 38. Qb5 Qe6 39. Qa6 Rf7 40. Bf2 Rfd7 41.
Na3 Na7 42. Ra1 Qc6 43. Qc4 Rd6 44. Nb5 Nxb5 45. axb5 Qd7 46. d4 exd4 47. cxd4
cxd4 48. b4 Qe6 49. Qc1 R6d7 50. bxa5 Bb4 51. Rda2 Bxa5 52. Be1 d3 53. Bxa5 bxa5
54. Qd2 Kb7 55. Rxa5 Rb8 56. Ra6 Qe5 57. b6 cxb6 58. Ra7+ Kc8 59. Rc1+ Kd8 60.
Rxd7+ Kxd7 61. Qxd3+ Ke7 62. Qa3+ Ke8 63. Qa7 Rd8 64. Qg7 Qf4 65. Ra1 Qd6 66. e5
Qf8 67. Qc7 Qe7 68. Qc6+ Kf7 69. exf6 Qe6 70. Ra7+ Kxf6 71. Qc3+ Kf5 72. Qc2+
Kf6 73. Qb2+ Kf5 74. Qb1+ Kf6 75. Rh7 Ke5 76. Rg7 Qf6 77. Qe1+ Kd5 78. Re7 Rd6
79. Qe4+ Kc5 80. Rc7+ Rc6 81. Qc2+ Kb5 82. Qe2+ Kb4 83. Qe4+ Kb5 84. Qd5+ Rc5
85. Qb3+ Ka6 86. Qd3+ Ka5 87. Ra7+ Kb4 88. Qa3+ Kc4 89. Qa4+ Kd5 90. Qd1+ Ke5
91. Rd7 Qe6 92. Rd8 Rd5 93. Qe2+ 1-0

[Event "American Cup Elim"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2023.03.22"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2766"]
[ECO "C77"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Anderssen variation"]
[WhiteFideId "13300474"]
[BlackFideId "2020009"]
[EventDate "2023.03.19"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 g6 7. O-O Bg7 8. Be3 O-O
9. Nbd2 h6 10. h3 Nd7 11. d4 f5 12. dxe5 dxe5 13. exf5 gxf5 14. Bxc6 bxc6 15.
Nb3 Qf6 16. Re1 Re8 17. Qc2 Qf7 18. Rad1 Nf8 19. Nc5 a5 20. Qa4 Ng6 21. Bc1 Rb8
22. Nd2 Rb5 23. Ndb3 Bf8 24. Nd3 Rd5 25. Nxa5 f4 26. Nb4 Rxd1 27. Qxd1 Nh4 28.
Kh2 e4 29. Naxc6 Bd6 30. Kh1 f3 31. g4 Ng2 32. Rg1 h5 33. Qd5 hxg4 34. hxg4 Qxd5
35. Nxd5 Kf7 36. Rxg2 fxg2+ 37. Kxg2 Bxg4 38. Nd4 Rh8 39. Ne3 Rh2+ 40. Kg1 Bf3
41. Nxf3 exf3 42. Nf5 Rg2+ 43. Kf1 Bh2 44. Ke1 Rg1+ 45. Kd2 Bf4+ 0-1

[Event "American Cup Elim"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2023.03.22"]
[Round "2.6"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2766"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[ECO "B06"]
[Opening "Robatsch (modern) defence"]
[WhiteFideId "2020009"]
[BlackFideId "13300474"]
[EventDate "2023.03.19"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. Be3 a6 5. a4 Nc6 6. Nf3 Nf6 7. h3 O-O 8. Be2 e6
9. O-O Ne7 10. a5 b5 11. axb6 cxb6 12. e5 dxe5 13. dxe5 Nd7 14. Ne4 Bb7 15. Nd6
Bc6 16. Bf4 b5 17. Re1 Qc7 18. Qd2 Nb6 19. Bh6 Nbd5 20. Bxg7 Kxg7 21. Nd4 Qb6
22. h4 Nc8 23. Ne4 Rd8 24. h5 Nde7 25. h6+ Kf8 26. Nxe6+ fxe6 27. Qf4+ Nf5 28.
Ng5 Kg8 29. Rad1 Nce7 30. Nxe6 Rxd1 31. Rxd1 Bxg2 32. Ng5 Bb7 33. e6 Rd8 34. Rd7
Bc6 35. Rd3 Qb8 36. Qd2 Rxd3 37. Bxd3 Qf8 38. Qc3 Be8 39. Qe5 Qxh6 40. Nf3 Qg7
41. Qb8 Qf8 42. Ne5 Nc6 43. Nxc6 Bxc6 44. Qc7 Qd6 45. Qf7+ Kh8 46. Qf6+ Ng7 47.
Kf1 Be8 48. Be2 Kg8 49. c4 Qxe6 50. Qd4 bxc4 51. Qd8 h5 52. Bf3 Kh7 53. Bd5 Qf5
54. Qd6 Bb5 55. Kg1 Qg5+ 56. Kh1 Qh4+ 57. Kg1 Qg4+ 58. Kh1 c3 59. bxc3 Qh3+ 60.
Kg1 Qf1+ 61. Kh2 Qxf2+ 62. Kh1 Qe1+ 63. Kg2 Bf1+ 64. Kh2 Qxc3 65. Qd8 Qe5+ 66.
Kg1 Bd3 67. Bg8+ Kh6 68. Qxd3 Nf5 69. Qxa6 Qe3+ 70. Kf1 Qc1+ 71. Kg2 Qb2+ 72.
Kg1 Qd4+ 73. Kf1 Qf4+ 74. Kg1 Qe3+ 75. Kf1 h4 76. Qb7 h3 0-1

[Event "American Cup Elim"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2023.03.22"]
[Round "2.7"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2766"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[ECO "A13"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "Neo-Catalan"]
[WhiteFideId "2020009"]
[BlackFideId "13300474"]
[EventDate "2023.03.19"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 d5 4. d3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O c5 7. Ne5 Qc7 8. f4
Nbd7 9. Nxd7 Bxd7 10. e4 dxe4 11. dxe4 Bc6 12. Nc3 a6 13. Qe2 Rfd8 14. g4 h6 15.
h4 h5 16. gxh5 b5 17. h6 b4 18. Nd1 g6 19. Bf3 Kh7 20. Nf2 Nh5 21. Bxh5 gxh5 22.
Qxh5 Rg8+ 23. Kh2 Rg6 24. Be3 Rf8 25. Qf3 f5 26. h5 Rxh6 27. Rg1 Be8 28. Rg3
Bxh5 0-1

[Event "American Cup Elim"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2023.03.21"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "Shankland, Sam"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[ECO "B90"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Najdorf, Byrne (English) attack"]
[WhiteFideId "3503240"]
[BlackFideId "2004887"]
[EventDate "2023.03.19"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Ng4 7. Bc1 Nc6 8. h3
Nf6 9. Be3 e5 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. f4 Be7 12. fxe5 dxe5 13. Qxd8+ Bxd8 14. O-O-O
Be6 15. Bd3 Nh5 16. Na4 Nf4 17. Bf1 Bg5 18. Kb1 O-O 19. g3 Nxh3 20. Bb6 Nf4 21.
gxf4 exf4 22. Rg1 Bh4 23. Nc5 g5 24. Nxe6 fxe6 25. Bc4 Rae8 26. Rd2 Kg7 27. Rd6
Rf6 28. e5 Rg6 29. Bd3 h5 30. Rd7+ Kh6 31. Rf7 Bg3 32. Bxg6 Kxg6 33. Rf6+ Kh7
34. Bf2 h4 35. Bxg3 fxg3 36. Kc1 Rd8 37. Rxe6 Rd4 38. Rxc6 Re4 39. Kd2 g4 40.
Rc3 Rxe5 41. Rc4 Rg5 42. Ke3 Rg8 43. Kf4 Kh6 44. Rh1 g2 45. Rxh4+ Kg7 46. Rxg4+
Kh8 47. Rxg8+ Kxg8 48. Rc3 1-0

[Event "American Cup Elim"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2023.03.21"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Shankland, Sam"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[ECO "C43"]
[Opening "Petrov"]
[Variation "modern attack, Symmetrical variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2004887"]
[BlackFideId "3503240"]
[EventDate "2023.03.19"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 Nxe4 4. Bd3 d5 5. Nxe5 Nd7 6. Nxd7 Bxd7 7. Nc3 Qh4 8.
Nxe4 dxe4 9. g3 Bb4+ 10. c3 Qe7 11. Bc2 Bd6 12. O-O O-O 13. f3 exf3 14. Qxf3
Rae8 15. Bf4 Bxf4 16. Qxf4 Bh3 17. Rfd1 Qe3+ 18. Qxe3 Rxe3 19. Re1 Rfe8 20. Rxe3
Rxe3 21. Kf2 Re6 22. d5 Re5 23. c4 Kf8 24. Rd1 Ke7 25. b4 Bg4 26. Rd2 b6 27. Bd3
Kd6 28. Bf1 Rf5+ 29. Kg1 Re5 30. Rd4 Bd7 31. Kf2 a5 32. a3 axb4 33. axb4 Re8 34.
Bd3 h6 35. Bc2 Ra8 36. Ke3 Ra2 37. Bb3 Ra3 38. Rd3 Bf5 39. Rc3 Bc2 40. c5+ bxc5
41. bxc5+ Ke5 42. d6 cxd6 43. cxd6 Kxd6 44. Rxc2 Rxb3+ 45. Kf2 Ra3 46. Rb2 Rc3
47. Re2 Ra3 48. Rb2 Rc3 49. Re2 Ra3 50. Rb2 1/2-1/2

[Event "American Cup Elim"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2023.03.22"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[ECO "C42"]
[Opening "Petrov's defence"]
[WhiteFideId "13300474"]
[BlackFideId "3503240"]
[EventDate "2023.03.19"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Bd3 d5 6. O-O Be7 7. Re1 O-O 8.
Bxe4 dxe4 9. Rxe4 c5 10. d3 Nc6 11. Nc3 b6 12. Bf4 Bb7 13. Re1 Nd4 14. Nxd4 cxd4
15. Ne4 Rc8 16. Nd2 Re8 17. f3 h6 18. Bg3 Qd5 19. Re2 Bf8 20. Rxe8 Rxe8 21. Nb3
g5 22. h3 h5 23. Qd2 g4 24. hxg4 hxg4 25. Rf1 gxf3 26. Rxf3 Qh5 27. Rf2 Bh6 28.
Bf4 Bg7 29. Nc1 Re6 30. Ne2 Rg6 31. Ng3 Qd5 32. b3 Bf6 33. Qe2 Bc6 34. Qh5 Qxh5
35. Nxh5 Bh4 36. g3 Be7 37. Re2 Kf8 38. Rh2 Bf3 39. Be5 Bg5 40. Bxd4 Re6 41. Nf4
Bxf4 42. Rh8+ Ke7 43. gxf4 Re2 44. Rc8 Ke6 45. Rc7 f6 46. a4 Kf5 47. Bf2 Rd2 48.
Kf1 Bd1 49. Ke1 Rxc2 50. Rxa7 Bg4 51. Bxb6 Kxf4 52. Re7 Rb2 53. Re4+ Kf3 54. Rb4
f5 55. a5 Ra2 56. Kd1 f4 57. Kc1 Bf5 58. Rd4 Ke2 59. Rxf4 1-0

[Event "American Cup Elim"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2023.03.22"]
[Round "3.2"]
[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 "2023.03.19"]

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. Be3 h5 13. f3 Bf5 14. g4 Bxc2
15. Rac1 Bh7 16. f4 Re8 17. Rcd1+ Kc8 18. Bf2 Be7 19. f5 b6 20. Bg3 Kb7 21. Kg2
Rad8 22. Rxd8 Rxd8 23. Rd1 Rxd1 24. Nxd1 c5 25. Kf3 Kc6 26. Ne3 hxg4+ 27. hxg4
b5 28. Ke4 c4 29. Nd5 Bc5 30. Be1 Kd7 31. Bb4 Bf2 32. Bf8 c6 33. Nb4 g6 34. Na6
gxf5+ 35. gxf5 Kc8 36. Bc5 Kb7 37. Bxf2 Kxa6 38. Kf4 Kb7 39. Kg5 c5 40. e6 fxe6
41. f6 Bg8 42. Kg6 e5 43. f7 Bxf7+ 44. Kxf7 Kc6 45. Ke6 a5 46. Bg3 a4 47. Bxe5
b4 48. Bf6 c3 49. bxc3 bxc3 50. Bxc3 a3 51. Ke5 c4 52. Kd4 Kb7 53. Kc5 Ka8 54.
Kb4 Kb8 55. Kxa3 Ka8 56. Kb4 Kb8 57. Kb5 Ka8 58. a4 Kb8 59. Kb6 Ka8 60. a5 Kb8
61. a6 Ka8 62. a7 1/2-1/2

[Event "American Cup Elim"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2023.03.23"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2761"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[ECO "D37"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "4.Nf3"]
[WhiteFideId "5202213"]
[BlackFideId "13300474"]
[EventDate "2023.03.19"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. e3 Be7 6. b3 O-O 7. Bb2 b6 8. Bd3
Bb7 9. Qc2 h6 10. Rd1 c5 11. cxd5 Nxd5 12. Nxd5 Bxd5 13. dxc5 Bxc5 14. O-O Qe7
15. Bh7+ Kh8 16. Be4 Bxe4 17. Qxe4 a5 18. Qf4 Kh7 19. g4 Nf6 20. g5 hxg5 21.
Nxg5+ Kg8 22. Kh1 Rfd8 23. Rxd8+ Qxd8 24. Rg1 Be7 25. e4 Qe8 26. Qh4 Qc6 27. f3
e5 28. Bxe5 Ra7 29. Bxf6 Bxf6 30. Qh7+ Kf8 31. Qf5 Bxg5 32. Qxg5 f6 33. Qh5 Kg8
34. Rd1 Ra8 35. h4 Qe6 36. Kg2 Rc8 37. Kg3 Qe7 38. Qd5+ Kh8 39. Qd6 Qe8 40. Qxb6
Qe5+ 41. Kh3 Rc3 42. Kg4 Rc2 43. Qd8+ Kh7 44. Rd2 Qe6+ 45. Kg3 Qe5+ 46. Kh3 Rc3
47. Kg2 Qf4 48. Rf2 Rc5 49. Qd7 Qxh4 50. Qh3 Qxh3+ 51. Kxh3 g5 52. Rd2 a4 53.
bxa4 Rc4 54. Rd6 Kg7 55. a5 Ra4 56. a6 Rxa2 57. Kg4 Ra5 58. Kh5 Kf7 59. Rb6 Ra4
60. Rb7+ Ke6 61. a7 Ke5 62. Re7+ Kf4 63. Rf7 Kxf3 64. e5 Ke4 65. exf6 Kf5 66.
Kh6 g4 67. Kg7 g3 68. Rb7 g2 69. Rb1 Rxa7+ 70. f7 Kf4 71. Kg8 Ra8+ 72. f8=R+
Rxf8+ 73. Kxf8 Kg3 74. Ra1 Kh2 75. Ra2 Kh1 76. Rxg2 Kxg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "American Cup Elim"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2023.03.23"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2761"]
[ECO "C42"]
[Opening "Petrov's defence"]
[WhiteFideId "13300474"]
[BlackFideId "5202213"]
[EventDate "2023.03.19"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. O-O Be7 7. Re1 O-O 8.
Bf1 d5 9. d4 Re8 10. c4 Nc6 11. Nc3 h6 12. h3 dxc4 13. Bxc4 Bd6 14. Rxe8+ Qxe8
15. Be3 Bf5 16. Nh4 Bh7 17. Qf3 Qd7 18. Bxh6 Nxd4 19. Qxb7 Re8 20. Be3 Nc2 21.
Bb5 Qc8 22. Qxc8 Rxc8 23. Rd1 Nxe3 24. fxe3 Bc5 25. Bd3 Rb8 26. b3 Re8 27. Bxh7+
Kxh7 28. Rd3 Bxe3+ 29. Kf1 Bb6 30. g4 g6 31. Nf3 Kg7 32. Nd2 Ba5 33. a3 c5 34.
Nc4 Bxc3 35. Rxc3 Ne4 36. Rd3 f5 37. gxf5 gxf5 38. Nd6 Nxd6 39. Rxd6 Re3 40. Rd5
Rxb3 41. Rxc5 Rxa3 42. Rxf5 Rxh3 43. Ra5 Rf3+ 44. Ke2 Rf6 45. Rxa7+ Rf7 46.
Rxf7+ Kxf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "American Cup Elim"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2023.03.23"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2761"]
[ECO "C67"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Berlin defence, open variation"]
[WhiteFideId "13300474"]
[BlackFideId "5202213"]
[EventDate "2023.03.19"]

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 Be6 11. Ng5 Nd4 12. Nxe6 fxe6 13. Bg5 Nxc2 14. Rad1
Nb4 15. Ne4 Nxa2 16. g4 Nb4 17. f4 h6 18. Bh4 Nd5 19. f5 Ne3 20. fxe6 Nxd1 21.
Rf7 Rc8 22. Bf6 Rg8 23. g5 Ne3 24. g6 Nd5 25. Bh4 Be7 26. Bxe7 Nxe7 27. Nd6+
cxd6 28. exd6 Nxg6 29. h4 Rb8 30. h5 Nf8 0-1

[Event "American Cup Elim"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2023.03.24"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2761"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[ECO "B06"]
[Opening "Robatsch (modern) defence"]
[WhiteFideId "5202213"]
[BlackFideId "13300474"]
[EventDate "2023.03.19"]

1. d4 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. Bc4 a6 5. O-O e6 6. a4 b6 7. Qe2 Nd7 8. Nbd2 Bb7
9. Re1 Ngf6 10. h3 d5 11. exd5 Nxd5 12. Ne4 h6 13. Bxd5 Bxd5 14. c4 Bb7 15. Bf4
O-O 16. Rad1 Rc8 17. Ne5 g5 18. Bh2 f5 19. Nc3 f4 20. Nxd7 Qxd7 21. Qxe6+ Qxe6
22. Rxe6 Rce8 23. Rxe8 Rxe8 24. Kf1 Bc8 25. f3 Be6 26. b3 Bf5 27. Ne4 b5 28.
axb5 axb5 29. Bg1 Ra8 30. d5 Ra3 31. cxb5 Rxb3 32. Bd4 Rxb5 33. Bxg7 Kxg7 34. d6
cxd6 35. Nxd6 Re5 36. Nxf5+ Rxf5 37. h4 gxh4 38. Kg1 h3 39. gxh3 Kf6 40. h4 Rh5
41. Kg2 Re5 42. Rd6+ Re6 43. Rd5 Re5 44. Rd6+ Re6 45. Rd5 Re8 46. Rd6+ Re6 47.
Rd5 1/2-1/2

