[Event "American Cup Elim"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2026.03.03"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Mishra, Abhimanyu"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2629"]
[ECO "B50"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[WhiteFideId "13300474"]
[BlackFideId "30920019"]
[EventDate "2026.03.05"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Qxd4 Nc6 6. Qe3 g6 7. Bc4 Bg7 8. h3
O-O 9. O-O b6 10. Rd1 Bb7 11. Nd5 Nxd5 12. exd5 Ne5 13. Nxe5 Bxe5 14. c3 Qc7 15.
Qe2 Rfc8 16. Bb3 a5 17. a4 Ba6 18. Qf3 b5 19. Bf4 Bf6 20. Rd2 Rab8 21. Rc2 Qb6
22. Be3 Qd8 23. Qd1 Rb7 24. Bd4 Rcb8 25. axb5 Bxb5 26. c4 Bd7 27. Bxf6 exf6 28.
Rc3 Rb4 29. Ra3 Kg7 30. Qd4 a4 31. Bc2 Rxb2 32. Bxa4 Bxa4 33. Rxa4 Qe8 34. Rf3
Qe1+ 35. Kh2 Qe5+ 36. Qxe5 fxe5 37. Ra6 R8b6 38. Rxb6 Rxb6 39. Rc3 Rb2 40. f3
Rd2 41. c5 dxc5 42. Rxc5 f5 43. h4 Kf6 44. Rc6+ Kf7 45. Rc7+ Kf6 46. Rc6+ Kf7
47. Rc7+ Kf6 48. Rc6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "American Cup Elim"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2026.03.05"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "Robson, Ray"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[ECO "B93"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Najdorf, 6.f4"]
[WhiteFideId "3503240"]
[BlackFideId "2023970"]
[EventDate "2026.03.05"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f4 e5 7. Nf3 Qc7 8. Bd3
b5 9. a4 b4 10. Nd5 Nxd5 11. exd5 Nd7 12. Qe2 Be7 13. Bd2 O-O 14. Bxb4 Bf6 15.
Qe4 g6 16. Qc4 Qb8 17. fxe5 Nxe5 18. Nxe5 Bxe5 19. Bc3 Bxc3+ 20. bxc3 Re8+ 21.
Kd2 Bd7 22. Qd4 Qd8 23. h4 a5 24. Rae1 Rc8 25. Rxe8+ Qxe8 26. Qf4 Qf8 27. h5 Qg7
28. c4 Bxa4 29. Rb1 gxh5 30. g3 Rd8 31. Rb6 Re8 32. Rxd6 Qa1 33. Qg5+ Kf8 34.
Qh6+ Ke7 35. Ra6 Qe5 36. Rxa5 Bd7 37. Qe3 Qxe3+ 38. Kxe3 Rg8 1-0

[Event "American Cup Elim"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2026.03.03"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Mishra, Abhimanyu"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2629"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[ECO "D35"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "exchange, positional line, 5...c6"]
[WhiteFideId "30920019"]
[BlackFideId "13300474"]
[EventDate "2026.03.05"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 h6 7. Bh4 Be7 8. Bd3
O-O 9. Nge2 Re8 10. O-O Nbd7 11. f3 b5 12. Rc1 a5 13. Bf2 a4 14. Ng3 Qa5 15. e4
b4 16. Nb1 dxe4 17. fxe4 c5 18. e5 Ng4 19. Qxg4 Nxe5 20. Qe4 Nxd3 21. Qxd3 Ba6
22. Qf3 Bxf1 23. Rxf1 cxd4 24. Bxd4 Bf6 25. Bxf6 Qb6+ 26. Kh1 Qxf6 27. Qxf6 gxf6
28. Nd2 Rec8 29. Nde4 Rc2 30. Nxf6+ Kh8 31. Rb1 Rac8 32. Kg1 Rc1+ 33. Rxc1 Rxc1+
34. Nf1 Rc2 35. b3 a3 36. Nd5 Rxa2 37. Nxb4 Re2 38. Ng3 Rb2 39. Nf5 Rxb3 40. Nc2
a2 41. Nfd4 Rd3 42. Nf3 Rb3 43. Kf1 Rb2 44. Nfd4 Rb4 45. Nf3 Rb1+ 46. Nfe1 Rb2
47. Na1 Rd2 48. Nec2 Kg7 49. h3 Kg6 50. Ne3 h5 51. h4 f5 52. g3 Rd4 53. Ke2 f4
54. Nec2 Rc4 55. Kf3 Kf5 56. gxf4 Rxf4+ 57. Ke3 Rxh4 58. Nd4+ Kg4 59. Nac2 Rh1
60. Nc6 a1=Q 61. Nxa1 Rxa1 62. Ne5+ Kg3 0-1

[Event "American Cup Elim"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2026.03.05"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Robson, Ray"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[ECO "A30"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "symmetrical variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2023970"]
[BlackFideId "3503240"]
[EventDate "2026.03.05"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Nc3 g6 7. Qb3 e6 8. Ne4
b6 9. d4 cxd4 10. Bg5 Bb4+ 11. Kf1 Be7 12. Nxd4 Na5 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. Qd3 Bb7
15. Nc3 Nxc3 16. Qxc3 O-O 17. Bxb7 Qxb7 18. Nf3 Rac8 19. Qe3 Nc4 20. Qf4 Rfd8
21. Kg1 Qd5 22. b3 Nd6 23. Kg2 Qe4 24. Qxe4 Nxe4 25. Rac1 f6 26. Rhd1 e5 27.
Rxd8+ Rxd8 28. Rc7 a5 29. g4 g5 30. a3 Rd6 31. b4 axb4 32. axb4 Nd2 33. e3 Ne4
34. Kf1 Rd1+ 35. Kg2 Rb1 36. Rc4 Nd6 37. Rc6 Ne4 38. Rc4 Nd6 39. Rc6 Ne4 40.
Rc8+ Kf7 41. Rc7+ Kg8 42. Ng1 Rxb4 43. Rc2 Nc5 44. h3 Kf7 45. Ne2 Ke6 46. Ng3
Rb3 47. Nf5 Kd5 48. Ra2 b5 49. Ra7 Rb2 50. Kf3 b4 51. Rxh7 b3 52. e4+ Kc4 53.
Ne3+ Kb5 54. Rh8 Nd7 55. Rd8 Nb6 56. Rb8 Rc2 57. Rd8 Rc3 58. Rd1 Nc4 59. Rd5+ 0-1

