[Event "American Cup Elim w"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2026.03.03"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Sargsyan, Anna M."]
[Black "Zatonskih, Anna"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2372"]
[BlackElo "2328"]
[ECO "C01"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "exchange variation"]
[WhiteFideId "13308130"]
[BlackFideId "14101572"]
[EventDate "2026.03.05"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bd3 Bd6 6. O-O O-O 7. h3 h6 8. c4
dxc4 9. Bxc4 Nbd7 10. Nc3 Nb6 11. Bb3 Re8 12. Re1 Rxe1+ 13. Qxe1 Qe7 14. Qxe7
Bxe7 15. Bf4 c6 16. Re1 Kf8 17. Ne5 Nbd5 18. Nxd5 Nxd5 19. Bxd5 cxd5 20. Rc1 g5
21. Bg3 Ke8 22. f4 f6 23. Nd3 Bf5 24. Nc5 b6 25. Na6 Bd6 26. Rc6 Kd7 27. Rxd6+
Kxd6 28. fxg5+ Kd7 29. Nc7 Rf8 30. gxh6 Be4 31. Nb5 Rg8 32. Kf2 Rg6 33. Nxa7
Rxh6 34. Nb5 Rh8 35. Nc3 Ke6 36. Bc7 Kd7 37. Bxb6 Rb8 38. Na4 Bb1 39. a3 Bc2 40.
Ba7 Re8 41. Nc3 Kc6 42. Bc5 f5 43. b4 Be4 44. g3 f4 1-0

[Event "American Cup Elim w"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2026.03.05"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Krush, Irina"]
[Black "Li, Rachael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "WIM"]
[WhiteElo "2402"]
[BlackElo "2358"]
[ECO "A41"]
[Opening "Queen's Pawn"]
[WhiteFideId "2012782"]
[BlackFideId "30929849"]
[EventDate "2026.03.05"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 g6 4. Nc3 Bf5 5. Nh4 Bd7 6. e4 e5 7. Nf3 Bg7 8. Be2
O-O 9. O-O Nc6 10. d5 Ne7 11. Ne1 Ne8 12. Nd3 f5 13. Bd2 Nf6 14. f3 a5 15. c5 f4
16. Qb3 b6 17. cxd6 cxd6 18. Nb5 Ne8 19. Rac1 g5 20. Nf2 h5 21. Rc2 Ng6 22. Rfc1
g4 23. fxg4 Nh4 24. Nc7 Nxc7 25. Rxc7 hxg4 26. Rxd7 Qxd7 27. Bxg4 Qd8 28. Be6+
Kh7 29. Qh3 Kg6 30. Rc6 Qg5 31. Rxd6 Bf6 32. Ng4 b5 33. Qd3 Rfe8 34. h3 Kg7 35.
Rd7+ Re7 36. Rd6 b4 37. Rc6 Rd8 38. g3 Ng6 39. h4 Qh5 40. Nxf6 Qd1+ 41. Kg2 Rf8
42. Ng4 Rxe6 43. Rc7+ Kh8 44. dxe6 Qxg4 45. Kh2 Rg8 46. Qd7 Qxg3+ 47. Kh1 Qxh4+
48. Kg2 Nf8+ 0-1

[Event "American Cup Elim w"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2026.03.03"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Zatonskih, Anna"]
[Black "Sargsyan, Anna M."]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2328"]
[BlackElo "2372"]
[ECO "D11"]
[Opening "QGD Slav"]
[Variation "3.Nf3"]
[WhiteFideId "14101572"]
[BlackFideId "13308130"]
[EventDate "2026.03.05"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Qb3 dxc4 5. Qxc4 Bf5 6. g3 Bxb1 7. Rxb1 Qd5 8.
Qxd5 cxd5 9. Ne5 Nbd7 10. Nd3 e6 11. e3 Bd6 12. Be2 Ke7 13. f3 Rhc8 14. O-O e5
15. dxe5 Nxe5 16. Nxe5 Bxe5 17. Rd1 Bc7 18. Kf2 Bb6 19. Bd3 Nd7 20. Bf5 g6 21.
Bxd7 Rc2+ 22. Ke1 Kxd7 23. Rxd5+ Ke6 24. Rd2 Rc4 25. b3 Rc3 26. Re2 f5 27. Bd2
Rd3 28. Rc1 Rad8 29. Rc3 Rxc3 30. Bxc3 Rd3 31. Bd2 h5 32. Kd1 g5 33. Kc2 Rd7 34.
e4 g4 35. f4 Bd4 36. exf5+ Kxf5 37. Be3 Rc7+ 38. Kd3 Bf6 39. Bxa7 Rc1 40. Be3
Rh1 41. a4 h4 42. gxh4 Bxh4 43. a5 Ra1 44. b4 Be1 45. Bd2 Bxd2 46. Rxd2 Kxf4 47.
Kc4 Ke3 48. Rd7 Rh1 49. Rxb7 Rxh2 50. a6 g3 51. Rg7 Kf3 52. b5 Ra2 53. Kc5 g2
54. Kb6 1-0

[Event "American Cup Elim w"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2026.03.05"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Li, Rachael"]
[Black "Krush, Irina"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "WIM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2358"]
[BlackElo "2402"]
[ECO "B24"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "closed"]
[WhiteFideId "30929849"]
[BlackFideId "2012782"]
[EventDate "2026.03.05"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 Rb8 6. Nge2 b5 7. O-O e6 8. a3 d6
9. f4 Nge7 10. Be3 Nd4 11. b4 O-O 12. Rb1 a6 13. Qd2 Bb7 14. Bf2 e5 15. fxe5
dxe5 16. Nd1 c4 17. Ne3 Qd7 18. Nc3 f5 19. Ned5 f4 20. gxf4 Nxd5 21. Nxd5 Bxd5
22. exd5 c3 23. Qd1 exf4 24. Bxd4 Bxd4+ 25. Kh1 Rbe8 26. Be4 Re5 27. Qf3 Rh5 28.
Rbe1 Rh4 29. d6 Qxd6 30. Bd5+ Kh8 31. Re6 Qd7 32. Rfe1 g5 33. Bc6 Qf7 34. Qd5 f3
35. Re8 Rxh2+ 36. Kxh2 Qh5+ 37. Kg3 Qh4# 0-1

[Event "American Cup Elim w"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2026.03.03"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Sargsyan, Anna M."]
[Black "Zatonskih, Anna"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2372"]
[BlackElo "2328"]
[ECO "C01"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "exchange variation"]
[WhiteFideId "13308130"]
[BlackFideId "14101572"]
[EventDate "2026.03.05"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bd3 Bd6 6. O-O O-O 7. Bg5 Bg4 8. h3
Bh5 9. Nbd2 Nbd7 10. c3 c6 11. Qb3 Qc7 12. a4 a5 13. c4 dxc4 14. Bxc4 Rab8 15.
Rfe1 h6 16. Bxf6 Nxf6 17. Ne5 b5 18. axb5 cxb5 19. Bxb5 Bb4 20. Rec1 Qb6 21. Rc6
Qxb5 22. Nf1 Rbd8 23. Qg3 Kh8 24. Qh4 Bg6 25. Rac1 Be4 26. Ne3 Rxd4 27. Rxf6
Qxe5 28. Rf4 Rfd8 29. Re1 Bxe1 30. Ng4 Qg5 0-1

[Event "American Cup Elim w"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2026.03.05"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Li, Rachael"]
[Black "Krush, Irina"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "WIM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2358"]
[BlackElo "2402"]
[ECO "A06"]
[Opening "Reti"]
[Variation "Nimzovich-Larsen attack"]
[WhiteFideId "30929849"]
[BlackFideId "2012782"]
[EventDate "2026.03.05"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. Nf3 d5 2. b3 Bg4 3. Bb2 Bxf3 4. exf3 e6 5. g3 Nf6 6. Bg2 g6 7. f4 Bg7 8. d3
O-O 9. Nd2 c6 10. Nf3 Nbd7 11. h4 h5 12. Ng5 Ne8 13. d4 Nef6 14. Qd2 c5 15.
O-O-O Qc7 16. Kb1 c4 17. c3 cxb3 18. axb3 a5 19. Ba3 Rfc8 20. Rc1 a4 21. b4 Nb6
22. Bf1 Nc4 23. Qa2 Ng4 24. Rc2 Nxa3+ 25. Qxa3 Bxd4 26. c4 dxc4 27. Bxc4 Qb6 28.
Rhc1 Rd8 29. f5 gxf5 30. Ka2 Bxf2 31. Qf3 Qe3 32. Qxb7 Ra7 33. Qc6 Rad7 34. Nxe6
Rd2 35. Nxd8 Rxd8 36. Qg6+ Kh8 37. Qxh5+ Kg7 38. Qxf7+ Kh8 1-0

[Event "American Cup Elim w"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2026.03.03"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Zatonskih, Anna"]
[Black "Sargsyan, Anna M."]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2328"]
[BlackElo "2372"]
[ECO "D11"]
[Opening "QGD Slav"]
[Variation "3.Nf3"]
[WhiteFideId "14101572"]
[BlackFideId "13308130"]
[EventDate "2026.03.05"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Qb3 dxc4 5. Qxc4 Bf5 6. g3 e6 7. Bg2 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Qb3 Qc8 10. Nc3 Nbd7 11. Nh4 Bg4 12. h3 Bh5 13. e4 Rd8 14. Be3 Nf8 15.
Rac1 Ne8 16. Nf3 f6 17. Rfd1 Bf7 18. Qc2 Qd7 19. a3 Rac8 20. b4 Nd6 21. Nd2 Bg6
22. Qb2 b6 23. Ne2 Bf7 24. Nf4 Qe8 25. Qc2 e5 26. Ne2 Nb5 27. Qb2 Ne6 28. Nf3
Bg6 29. d5 cxd5 30. exd5 Nf8 31. Nc3 Nd6 32. Nd2 Rc7 33. Nce4 Rdc8 34. Nxd6 Bxd6
35. Rxc7 Rxc7 36. Rc1 Qc8 37. Rxc7 Qxc7 38. Bf1 Bf7 39. Bc4 f5 40. Bb3 b5 41.
Nf1 Nd7 42. Qc2 Qxc2 43. Bxc2 g6 44. Bxa7 Bxd5 45. Nd2 Kf8 46. Bd3 Bc6 47. f3
Ke7 48. Kf2 Kd8 49. Be3 Kc7 50. Nb3 Nb6 51. Na5 Bd7 52. g4 f4 53. Bc1 Nd5 54.
Bb2 Kb6 55. Be4 Ne3 56. Bd3 Nd1+ 57. Ke1 Nxb2 58. Be2 0-1

[Event "American Cup Elim w"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2026.03.05"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Krush, Irina"]
[Black "Li, Rachael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "WIM"]
[WhiteElo "2402"]
[BlackElo "2358"]
[ECO "E00"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[WhiteFideId "2012782"]
[BlackFideId "30929849"]
[EventDate "2026.03.05"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Bf4 Bb4+ 4. Nd2 Nh5 5. Bg3 O-O 6. e3 Nf6 7. Bd3 d5 8. cxd5
exd5 9. Qc2 c6 10. Bh4 h6 11. Nf3 Nbd7 12. O-O Re8 13. a3 Bd6 14. b4 a6 15. Rab1
Qe7 16. Nb3 g5 17. Bg3 Ne4 18. Bxd6 Qxd6 19. Bxe4 dxe4 20. Nfd2 Nf6 21. Qc5 Qc7
22. Rfc1 Be6 23. h3 Rad8 24. Nc4 Rd5 25. Qb6 Qb8 26. Ne5 Rb5 27. Nxc6 Rxb6 28.
Nxb8 Rxb8 29. Nc5 Bd5 30. Rc3 Rc6 31. Rbc1 Rbc8 32. a4 b6 0-1

[Event "American Cup Elim w"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2026.03.03"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Zatonskih, Anna"]
[Black "Sargsyan, Anna M."]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2328"]
[BlackElo "2372"]
[ECO "E10"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[WhiteFideId "14101572"]
[BlackFideId "13308130"]
[EventDate "2026.03.05"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. e3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Bxd2+ 6. Nbxd2 O-O 7. Qc2 b6 8.
Be2 Bb7 9. O-O Nbd7 10. Rac1 Rc8 11. Qa4 a5 12. Rfd1 dxc4 13. Nxc4 Ne4 14. Nce5
Nxe5 15. dxe5 Bd5 16. Qc2 Qe7 17. Ba6 Rcd8 18. Bd3 f5 19. exf6 Nxf6 20. e4 Ba8
21. e5 Ng4 22. Bxh7+ Kh8 23. Be4 Rxd1+ 24. Rxd1 Rxf3 25. Bxf3 Bxf3 26. gxf3 Nxe5
27. Qe4 Qg5+ 28. Kh1 c6 29. f4 1-0

[Event "American Cup Elim w"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2026.03.03"]
[Round "1.6"]
[White "Sargsyan, Anna M."]
[Black "Zatonskih, Anna"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2372"]
[BlackElo "2328"]
[ECO "D05"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[WhiteFideId "13308130"]
[BlackFideId "14101572"]
[EventDate "2026.03.05"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 e6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Bd3 b6 5. O-O Bb7 6. b3 Nbd7 7. Bb2 Bd6 8. Ne5
O-O 9. Nd2 c5 10. f4 Ne4 11. Bxe4 dxe4 12. Ndc4 Be7 13. Nxd7 Qxd7 14. Qg4 f5 15.
Qg3 Bf6 16. Rad1 Qe7 17. dxc5 Bxb2 18. Nxb2 bxc5 19. c4 Rad8 20. Qf2 e5 21. Rxd8
Rxd8 22. fxe5 g6 23. Qf4 Rd2 24. Rf2 Rd8 25. g4 fxg4 26. Na4 Rd1+ 27. Kg2 Bc6
28. Nc3 Rd8 29. Qf6 Re8 30. Qxc6 Qxe5 31. Qd5+ Kg7 32. Rf7+ Kh6 33. Qxe5 Rxe5
34. Rxa7 Rf5 35. Nxe4 Rf3 36. Rxh7+ Kxh7 37. Ng5+ Kh6 38. Nxf3 gxf3+ 39. Kxf3 1-0

[Event "American Cup Elim w"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2026.03.03"]
[Round "1.7"]
[White "Zatonskih, Anna"]
[Black "Sargsyan, Anna M."]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2328"]
[BlackElo "2372"]
[ECO "E10"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[WhiteFideId "14101572"]
[BlackFideId "13308130"]
[EventDate "2026.03.05"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. e3 c5 5. Nc3 cxd4 6. exd4 Nc6 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
Bd3 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Qe2 Nf6 11. Rd1 Nb4 12. Bb1 Bd7 13. Ne5 Rc8 14. Bg5 Bc6
15. Nxc6 Rxc6 16. Bf4 Nbd5 17. Ne4 Nxe4 18. Qxe4 Nf6 19. Qf3 Qd5 20. Qe2 Rfc8
21. a3 Qh5 22. f3 Bd6 23. Be5 Bxe5 24. dxe5 Nd5 25. Be4 Nf4 26. Qd2 Nd5 27. Bxd5
exd5 28. Qxd5 h6 29. Qe4 Rc2 30. e6 fxe6 31. Qxe6+ Kh8 32. Re1 Qc5+ 33. Kh1 Qf2
34. Qg4 Rg8 35. Rf1 Qe2 36. b4 a6 37. h3 Rf8 38. Rae1 Qd2 39. Re7 Rg8 40. Rfe1
Rc1 41. Rxc1 Qxc1+ 42. Kh2 Qxa3 43. Qd4 a5 44. Rxb7 axb4 45. Rxb4 Qa8 46. Qe5
Qe8 47. Qg3 Qe7 48. Rb6 Rf8 49. Rc6 Qf7 50. Rc7 Qf6 51. h4 Kh7 52. h5 0-1

