[Event "Champions Showdown Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2019.02.23"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2828"]
[ECO "A22"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[WhiteFideId "5007003"]
[BlackFideId "2020009"]
[EventDate "2019.02.23"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. e3 Bb4 4. Nge2 c6 5. a3 Ba5 6. b4 Bc7 7. Bb2 O-O 8. d4 d5
9. cxd5 cxd5 10. Nb5 e4 11. Nxc7 Qxc7 12. h3 Nc6 13. Nf4 Be6 14. g4 Rac8 15. g5
Ne8 16. g6 hxg6 17. Rg1 Qd7 18. h4 Nf6 19. h5 Bg4 20. Rxg4 Qxg4 21. Qxg4 Nxg4
22. hxg6 Ne7 23. gxf7+ Kxf7 24. Kd2 g5 25. Nh3 Kg6 26. f4 Nf5 27. Be2 Ngxe3 28.
Bc3 Rh8 29. Nxg5 Rh2 30. Rg1 Kf6 31. b5 Rxc3 32. Kxc3 Rxe2 33. Nh7+ Ke7 34. Rg6
Rc2+ 35. Kb4 Rc4+ 36. Ka5 Nxd4 0-1

[Event "Champions Showdown Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2019.02.23"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Duda, Jan-Krzysztof"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[ECO "A14"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "Neo-Catalan declined"]
[WhiteFideId "1170546"]
[BlackFideId "2016192"]
[EventDate "2019.02.23"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. b3 c5 7. Bb2 Nc6 8. cxd5
Nxd5 9. Na3 b6 10. Nc4 Ba6 11. Rc1 Rc8 12. a3 Bf6 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14. d3 Rfd8 15.
Qd2 Qe7 16. Qb2 Qf6 17. Nce5 Nde7 18. Rc2 Nd4 19. Nxd4 Qxe5 20. Nf3 Qxb2 21.
Rxb2 Bb7 22. Rc1 Bd5 23. Kf1 f6 24. Bh3 Kf7 25. Nd2 Bb7 26. Rbc2 h5 27. b4 cxb4
28. axb4 b5 29. Nb3 Rxc2 30. Rxc2 Bd5 31. Nc5 f5 32. f3 g5 33. e4 Bc6 34. Ra2 g4
35. Bg2 Rd4 36. Rxa7 Rxb4 37. Ra2 Rb1+ 38. Kf2 b4 39. exf5 exf5 40. fxg4 hxg4
41. Ke3 b3 42. Rf2 Bxg2 43. Rxg2 Nc6 44. Kf4 b2 45. Kg5 Nd4 46. Na4 Ne6+ 47. Kh5
Ra1 48. Rxb2 Rxa4 49. Rb7+ Kf6 50. Rh7 Ra2 51. Rh6+ Kf7 52. Rh7+ Kf6 53. Rh6+
Ke5 54. Kg6 Nd4 55. Rh8 Ra6+ 56. Kf7 Nf3 57. h4 gxh3 0-1

[Event "Champions Showdown Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2019.02.23"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Navara, David"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[ECO "E25"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian"]
[Variation "Saemisch, Keres variation"]
[WhiteFideId "309095"]
[BlackFideId "5202213"]
[EventDate "2019.02.23"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
dxc5 Qa5 9. e4 Nf6 10. Be3 O-O 11. Kf2 Rd8 12. Qb3 Nfd7 13. Rd1 Rf8 14. Nh3 Qc7
15. Bb5 Nxc5 16. Qc4 b6 17. Bxc5 bxc5 18. Qd3 Qa5 19. e5 h6 20. Bc4 Ba6 21. Bxa6
Nxa6 22. Qc4 Rad8 23. Nf4 Nc7 24. a4 Nd5 25. Nxd5 exd5 26. Rxd5 Rxd5 27. Qxd5
Qxc3 28. Rd1 c4 29. e6 fxe6 30. Qxe6+ Kh8 31. Qe2 Qb4 32. Rd4 Rc8 33. Qe6 Qc5
34. Qd5 Qb6 35. a5 Qb2+ 36. Rd2 Qb4 37. Rd4 Qb2+ 38. Kg3 c3 39. Rc4 Qb8+ 40. f4
c2 41. Qe6 0-1

[Event "Champions Showdown Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2019.02.23"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[ECO "D55"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "Petrosian variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2900084"]
[BlackFideId "3503240"]
[EventDate "2019.02.23"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 h6 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7. Nf3 O-O 8. Rc1
c6 9. Bd3 Nd7 10. O-O dxc4 11. Bxc4 e5 12. Bb3 exd4 13. exd4 Nb6 14. h3 Bf5 15.
Re1 Re8 16. Qd2 a5 17. a3 Qd6 18. Re3 Rxe3 19. Qxe3 Rd8 20. Re1 Nd5 21. Bxd5
cxd5 22. Ne5 Be6 23. Qd3 Qb6 24. Na4 Qd6 25. Nc5 Bc8 26. Qb5 Qc7 27. Ncd3 Bf5
28. Nf4 Be4 29. f3 Bxe5 30. dxe5 Bf5 31. Nxd5 Qd7 32. Qxd7 Rxd7 33. Nc3 Kf8 34.
Kf2 g5 35. Rd1 Rc7 36. Rd5 b6 37. Ke3 Be6 38. Rd6 Rb7 39. Kd4 Ke7 40. b4 axb4
41. axb4 f6 42. Nd5+ Bxd5 43. Kxd5 fxe5 44. Rxh6 Rd7+ 45. Kxe5 Rd2 46. g4 Rf2
47. Kf5 Rxf3+ 48. Kxg5 Rb3 49. Rxb6 Rxh3 50. Kg6 1-0

[Event "Champions Showdown Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2019.02.23"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Rapport, Richard"]
[Black "Shankland, Samuel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[ECO "A45"]
[Opening "Trompovsky attack (Ruth, Opovcensky opening)"]
[WhiteFideId "738590"]
[BlackFideId "2004887"]
[EventDate "2019.02.23"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e4 h6 5. Bd2 d5 6. exd5 exd5 7. Bd3 O-O 8.
Nge2 c5 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. O-O Nc6 11. a3 Ne5 12. Nf4 Re8 13. Bb5 Bg4 14. Be2 d4
15. Na2 Rc8 16. Nc1 Bd6 17. f3 Bf5 18. Ncd3 Nxd3 19. Bxd3 Qd7 20. a4 Bxd3 21.
Nxd3 Nd5 22. Re1 Qf5 23. Rxe8+ Rxe8 24. Qf1 Qh5 25. g3 Ne3 26. Bxe3 Rxe3 27. Kg2
Qa5 28. Re1 Qxa4 29. Rxe3 dxe3 30. Qe2 Qd4 31. c3 Qb6 32. b4 a6 33. Nb2 Bf8 34.
Nd1 a5 35. bxa5 Qb3 36. Nxe3 Qxc3 37. Nc4 g6 38. h4 h5 39. Qe4 Bc5 40. Qe8+ Kg7
41. Ne5 Qc2+ 42. Kh3 Qf5+ 43. Kg2 Bd6 44. f4 Qe4+ 45. Kh2 Qe2+ 46. Kh3 Bxe5 47.
fxe5 Qf1+ 48. Kh2 Qf2+ 49. Kh3 Qg1 0-1

[Event "Champions Showdown Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2019.02.23"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2828"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[ECO "B47"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Taimanov (Bastrikov) variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2020009"]
[BlackFideId "5007003"]
[EventDate "2019.02.23"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Ndb5 Qb8 7. f4 a6 8. Nd4
Nxd4 9. Qxd4 b5 10. Be3 Ne7 11. O-O-O Nc6 12. Qd2 d6 13. g4 Qc7 14. Kb1 Rb8 15.
g5 Na5 16. b3 Bd7 17. f5 Qb7 18. Qf2 Nc4 19. Bc1 Ne5 20. Bh3 Qc7 21. Ne2 Bc6 22.
Nd4 Bxe4 23. Rhe1 Bxf5 24. Bxf5 exf5 25. Nxf5 g6 26. Ne3 Bg7 27. Ba3 O-O 28. Nd5
Qd8 29. Bxd6 Qxg5 30. h4 Ng4 31. Qg3 Qh5 32. Bxb8 Nh6 33. Be5 Nf5 34. Qc3 Bxe5
35. Qxe5 1-0

[Event "Champions Showdown Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2019.02.23"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Duda, Jan-Krzysztof"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[ECO "D30"]
[Opening "QGD Slav"]
[WhiteFideId "2016192"]
[BlackFideId "1170546"]
[EventDate "2019.02.23"]

1. c4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e3 Nf6 4. d4 e6 5. Nbd2 Nbd7 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. e4 e5 8. cxd5
cxd5 9. exd5 O-O 10. O-O exd4 11. Ne4 Nxe4 12. Bxe4 Nf6 13. Qxd4 Nxe4 14. Qxe4
Re8 15. Qd4 Bf5 16. Bg5 Qa5 17. Bd2 Qb6 18. Bc3 Qxd4 19. Nxd4 Bd7 20. Rfe1 f6
21. Ne6 Kf7 22. Nd4 Rac8 23. Rxe8 Rxe8 24. Re1 Rxe1+ 25. Bxe1 Be5 26. Bc3 Bxd4
27. Bxd4 a5 28. a3 a4 29. f3 Bb5 30. Kf2 Bc4 31. d6 Ke6 32. Bc5 b6 33. Bb4 Bb5
34. h4 f5 35. Ke3 h5 36. Kf4 g6 37. Kg5 Kf7 38. Bc3 Bc6 39. Bd4 b5 40. Bc5 Bd7
41. Bb4 Bc6 42. Kf4 Ke6 43. Ke3 Kd5 44. Kf4 Ke6 45. Ke3 Kd5 46. Kf4 Ke6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Champions Showdown Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2019.02.23"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Navara, David"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[ECO "B13"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "exchange variation"]
[WhiteFideId "5202213"]
[BlackFideId "309095"]
[EventDate "2019.02.23"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. c3 Nf6 6. h3 g6 7. Bf4 Bf5 8. Be2
Bg7 9. Nd2 O-O 10. Ngf3 Ne4 11. O-O f6 12. Nxe4 Bxe4 13. Re1 e5 14. dxe5 fxe5
15. Be3 h6 16. Qb3 Kh7 17. Rad1 d4 18. cxd4 exd4 19. Bc1 Bd5 20. Qa3 Qf6 21. b4
Rae8 22. Bb2 Qf4 23. Bc1 Qf7 24. Bb2 Re4 25. Bf1 Rf4 26. b5 Bxf3 27. bxc6 Bxd1
28. Re7 Qf6 29. cxb7 Rxf2 30. Bc4 Rxg2+ 0-1

[Event "Champions Showdown Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2019.02.23"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[ECO "C53"]
[Opening "Giuoco Piano"]
[WhiteFideId "3503240"]
[BlackFideId "2900084"]
[EventDate "2019.02.23"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. Nbd2 a6 7. Bb3 O-O 8. Nf1
d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Ng3 f6 11. O-O Be6 12. Be3 Bxe3 13. fxe3 Qd7 14. Qe2 Rad8
15. Rad1 Rfe8 16. Kh1 Qe7 17. Nh4 g6 18. Nf3 Kg7 19. Qf2 Rf8 20. d4 exd4 21.
exd4 Na5 22. Bc2 Nc4 23. Rde1 Qd7 24. Bd3 Nd6 25. Qd2 b5 26. b3 Nb6 27. Re2 Rde8
28. Ref2 Bd5 29. h3 a5 30. Kh2 a4 31. Bc2 axb3 32. axb3 Ne4 33. Nxe4 Bxe4 34.
Bxe4 Rxe4 35. Ne5 Qd6 36. Kh1 Nd5 37. Ng4 f5 38. Ne5 b4 39. cxb4 Qxb4 40. Qg5
Qxd4 41. Ng4 Ne3 42. Nxe3 Qxe3 43. Qxe3 Rxe3 44. Rc2 Rf7 45. Rfc1 Rxb3 46. Rxc7
Rxc7 47. Rxc7+ Kh6 48. Kh2 f4 49. Rc5 g5 50. Rc7 Kg6 51. Kg1 h6 52. Rc6+ Kh5 53.
Kf2 Ra3 54. Rd6 Ra2+ 55. Kf3 Ra1 56. Kf2 Ra3 57. Rc6 Rb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Champions Showdown Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2019.02.23"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Shankland, Samuel"]
[Black "Rapport, Richard"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[ECO "E94"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "orthodox, 7...Nbd7"]
[WhiteFideId "2004887"]
[BlackFideId "738590"]
[EventDate "2019.02.23"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nf3 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. e4 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nbd7 8. Qc2
Qe7 9. Be3 c6 10. Rad1 h6 11. d5 c5 12. Ne1 Kh8 13. Nd3 Ng8 14. a3 b6 15. b4 Ba6
16. bxc5 Nxc5 17. Nb4 Bc8 18. a4 f5 19. f3 Nf6 20. a5 Nh5 21. Ra1 Bd7 22. Nc6
Qf6 23. Nb5 Nf4 24. g3 Nh3+ 25. Kh1 f4 26. Bxc5 bxc5 27. g4 h5 28. gxh5 gxh5 29.
Ncxa7 Bh6 30. Nc6 Rf7 31. a6 Rg7 32. a7 Qg5 33. Bd3 Qf6 34. Nb8 Bxb5 35. cxb5
Raxa7 36. Rxa7 Rxa7 37. Nc6 Rb7 38. Qg2 Ng5 39. Qa2 Kh7 40. b6 Nh3 41. Qg2 Ng5
42. Rb1 Bf8 43. Ba6 Rg7 44. Bc8 Nxe4 45. Qc2 Qg5 46. fxe4 f3 47. Bf5+ Kh6 48. b7
Qe3 49. b8=Q f2 50. Qc1 0-1

[Event "Champions Showdown Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2019.02.23"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2828"]
[ECO "A46"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn"]
[Variation "Torre attack"]
[WhiteFideId "5007003"]
[BlackFideId "2020009"]
[EventDate "2019.02.23"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bg5 d5 4. Nbd2 Be7 5. e3 O-O 6. Bd3 c5 7. c3 b6 8. Qe2
Bb7 9. O-O Nbd7 10. Rad1 h6 11. Bh4 a6 12. Ne5 b5 13. f4 b4 14. f5 exf5 15. Bxf5
bxc3 16. bxc3 Nxe5 17. dxe5 Nd7 18. Bg3 Nb6 19. Ne4 Bc8 20. Nd6 Bxd6 21. exd6
Bxf5 22. Rxf5 Qd7 23. Rdf1 Rae8 24. Rh5 Nc4 25. Bf4 f5 26. Qd3 Qe6 27. Rd1 Nb2
28. Qxd5 Nxd1 29. Qxd1 Rb8 30. h3 Rb2 31. Qf3 Rxa2 32. Qb7 Rd2 33. Qxa6 Qg6 34.
Qc4+ Kh7 0-1

[Event "Champions Showdown Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2019.02.23"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Duda, Jan-Krzysztof"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[ECO "A18"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "Mikenas-Carls, Flohr variation"]
[WhiteFideId "1170546"]
[BlackFideId "2016192"]
[EventDate "2019.02.23"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. e4 d5 4. e5 d4 5. exf6 dxc3 6. bxc3 Qxf6 7. f4 c5 8. g3
Bd7 9. Bg2 Bc6 10. Nf3 Be7 11. O-O O-O 12. d4 Rd8 13. f5 exf5 14. Bg5 Qd6 15.
Bf4 Qf6 16. Bc7 Rc8 17. Be5 Qg6 18. d5 Be8 19. Rb1 Nd7 20. Rxb7 Qa6 21. Qb3 Bd8
22. Rb5 Nxe5 23. Nxe5 Bxb5 24. cxb5 c4 25. Nxc4 Qf6 26. d6 Rab8 27. Bd5 Rc5 28.
Ne3 Rxc3 29. Bxf7+ Kh8 30. Qd5 Bb6 31. Rxf5 Qh6 32. Kg2 Qxe3 33. d7 Rc5 34. Be8
Rxe8 35. Qf7 Rg8 36. Rf4 Qe2+ 37. Rf2 Qe4+ 38. Rf3 Rc3 0-1

[Event "Champions Showdown Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2019.02.23"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Navara, David"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[ECO "A33"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "symmetrical, Geller variation"]
[WhiteFideId "309095"]
[BlackFideId "5202213"]
[EventDate "2019.02.23"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e6 6. g3 Qb6 7. Ndb5 Ne5 8.
Bg2 a6 9. Na4 Qd8 10. Nbc3 Nxc4 11. b3 Ne5 12. Bf4 d6 13. Bxe5 dxe5 14. Qxd8+
Kxd8 15. Nb6 Rb8 16. O-O Bc5 17. Rfd1+ Ke7 18. Nca4 Bxb6 19. Nxb6 Nd7 20. Nc4 b6
21. Rac1 Rd8 22. b4 a5 23. b5 f6 24. Bc6 Nf8 25. Rxd8 Kxd8 26. Rd1+ Kc7 27. Rd6
h6 28. a4 Ng6 29. Be8 Ne7 30. Bf7 Bd7 31. Bxe6 Be8 32. e4 Nc8 33. Bxc8 Rxc8 34.
Rxb6 Rd8 35. Ra6 Rd4 36. Nxa5 Rxa4 37. b6+ Kb8 38. b7 Rxa5 39. Rxa5 Kxb7 40. Rc5
Bc6 41. f3 Kc7 42. Ra5 Kd6 43. Ra7 Bd7 44. h4 h5 45. Kf2 g5 46. Ra8 Ke7 47. Rh8
Be8 48. Ke3 Kf7 49. hxg5 1-0

[Event "Champions Showdown Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2019.02.23"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[ECO "E32"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian"]
[Variation "classical variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2900084"]
[BlackFideId "3503240"]
[EventDate "2019.02.23"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. Nf3 c5 6. dxc5 Na6 7. g3 Nxc5 8. Bg2
Nce4 9. O-O Nxc3 10. bxc3 Be7 11. e4 d6 12. e5 dxe5 13. Nxe5 Qc7 14. Qe2 Nd7 15.
Bf4 Nxe5 16. Bxe5 Bd6 17. Rfe1 Rb8 18. Bxd6 Qxd6 19. Rad1 Qc5 20. Qe5 Qxe5 21.
Rxe5 b6 22. c5 Ba6 23. h4 Rfd8 24. Rb1 Bc4 25. cxb6 Rxb6 26. Rb4 Bxa2 27. Ra5
Bd5 28. Bxd5 exd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Champions Showdown Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2019.02.23"]
[Round "3.5"]
[White "Rapport, Richard"]
[Black "Shankland, Samuel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[ECO "A45"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[WhiteFideId "738590"]
[BlackFideId "2004887"]
[EventDate "2019.02.23"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bf4 g6 4. e3 Bg7 5. Nb5 Na6 6. Nf3 O-O 7. h3 Bf5 8. a3 c5
9. Be2 Ne4 10. O-O Qb6 11. c3 Rfd8 12. a4 Rd7 13. Ne5 Rdd8 14. b3 Bd7 15. Qe1
Be8 16. Bd3 Rdc8 17. Bh2 Nd6 18. Qe2 cxd4 19. exd4 Nxb5 20. axb5 Nc7 21. Qf3
Nxb5 22. Bxb5 Qxb5 23. b4 b6 24. Rfe1 f6 25. Ng4 Qd7 26. Bf4 h5 27. Ne3 e6 28.
Ra3 a5 29. bxa5 bxa5 30. g4 g5 31. Bh2 h4 32. c4 dxc4 33. d5 Bf7 34. Nxc4 Rxc4
35. dxe6 Qc6 36. exf7+ Kxf7 37. Qf5 Rc1 38. Re3 Rxe1+ 39. Rxe1 Re8 40. Qxa5
Rxe1+ 41. Qxe1 Bf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Champions Showdown Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2019.02.23"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2828"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[ECO "B02"]
[Opening "Alekhine's defence"]
[Variation "Brooklyn defence"]
[WhiteFideId "2020009"]
[BlackFideId "5007003"]
[EventDate "2019.02.23"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Ng8 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Bd3 Bg6 7. O-O d5 8. Ne2 c5
9. c3 Nc6 10. Nf4 Bxd3 11. Qxd3 cxd4 12. cxd4 Nge7 13. Nh5 Qb6 14. Be3 Nf5 15.
g4 Nfe7 16. Rfc1 h6 17. Rc3 O-O-O 18. a3 Kb8 19. b4 Nc8 20. Rac1 a6 21. Nd2 Qb5
22. Qc2 Nb6 23. h3 Rc8 24. Kg2 Be7 25. Qd1 f6 26. Nxg7 fxe5 27. Nxe6 Bf6 28. Nf3
e4 29. Ne5 Bxe5 30. dxe5 Nc4 31. a4 Qxb4 32. Qxd5 N6xe5 33. Bf4 Ka7 34. Bxe5 1-0

[Event "Champions Showdown Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2019.02.23"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Duda, Jan-Krzysztof"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[ECO "D30"]
[Opening "QGD Slav"]
[WhiteFideId "2016192"]
[BlackFideId "1170546"]
[EventDate "2019.02.23"]

1. c4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nbd2 Nbd7 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. e4 e5 8. cxd5
cxd5 9. exd5 O-O 10. O-O exd4 11. Nxd4 Nb6 12. Nf5 Bf4 13. d6 Bxf5 14. Bxf5 Qxd6
15. g3 Bxd2 16. Qxd2 Qc5 17. Qc2 Rac8 18. Qb1 Rc6 19. Be3 Qb5 20. Qd3 Qxd3 21.
Bxd3 Nbd5 22. Bd2 Rd8 23. Rfd1 Rcd6 24. Bc2 Nb6 25. Bf4 Rxd1+ 26. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 27.
Bxd1 Nfd5 28. Be5 Nc8 29. Bf3 Nce7 30. Bd6 b6 31. Kf1 f6 32. Be2 Kf7 33. Bc4 Ke8
34. Ke2 Kd7 35. Ba3 Kc6 36. Bd3 g6 37. Kd2 a5 38. Be4 f5 39. Bf3 Kd7 40. Kd3 Nc7
41. b3 Nc6 42. Be2 Nb5 43. Bb2 Nd6 44. a3 Ne4 45. Ke3 Ne7 46. f3 Nd6 47. Kd4
Nc6+ 48. Kd5 Nd8 49. a4 Ne6 50. Ke5 Nd8 51. Ba3 Nc6+ 52. Kd5 Ne7+ 53. Kd4 Nc6+
54. Kd5 Ne7+ 55. Kd4 Nc6+ 56. Ke3 Nb4 57. Bxb4 axb4 58. Kd4 Ke6 59. f4 h6 60.
Bf3 g5 61. fxg5 hxg5 62. Bd5+ Kf6 63. h4 f4 64. hxg5+ Kxg5 65. Ke5 Nc4+ 66. Bxc4 1-0

[Event "Champions Showdown Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2019.02.23"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Navara, David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[ECO "B19"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "classical, Spassky variation"]
[WhiteFideId "5202213"]
[BlackFideId "309095"]
[EventDate "2019.02.23"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. h5
Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 e6 11. Bd2 Ngf6 12. O-O-O Be7 13. Ne4 O-O 14. Kb1 Nxe4
15. Qxe4 Nf6 16. Qe2 Qd5 17. c4 Qe4+ 18. Qxe4 Nxe4 19. Be3 f5 20. g3 Bg5 21.
Bxg5 hxg5 22. Rhf1 Rad8 23. Ne5 Rd6 24. g4 Rfd8 25. f3 Ng3 26. Rg1 Ne2 27. Rg2
Rxd4 28. Rxd4 Nxd4 29. gxf5 Nxf5 30. Rxg5 Rd1+ 31. Kc2 Re1 32. f4 Re4 33. h6
Nxh6 34. Rg6 Nf5 35. Rxe6 Kh7 36. Re8 Rxf4 37. Kc3 Re4 38. Kd3 Re3+ 39. Kd2 g5
40. Re6 g4 41. Re7+ Kg8 42. Re8+ Kg7 43. Re7+ Nxe7 44. Kxe3 Nf5+ 45. Kf4 Nd6 46.
c5 Nf7 47. Nxg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Champions Showdown Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2019.02.23"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[ECO "C53"]
[Opening "Giuoco Piano"]
[WhiteFideId "3503240"]
[BlackFideId "2900084"]
[EventDate "2019.02.23"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 a6 6. Nbd2 O-O 7. O-O d6 8. Bb3
h6 9. Re1 Re8 10. Nf1 Ba7 11. Ng3 Be6 12. Bc2 d5 13. exd5 Bxd5 14. h3 Qd7 15.
Nh4 Bc5 16. Nhf5 Bf8 17. Be3 Rad8 18. Qd2 Be6 19. Nxh6+ gxh6 20. Bxh6 Nh7 21. d4
f5 22. Rad1 f4 23. Bxf8 Rxf8 24. Ne4 Qg7 25. Kh2 exd4 26. Nc5 Bd5 27. Be4 Bxe4
28. Rxe4 dxc3 29. Qc2 Rxd1 30. Qxd1 cxb2 31. Ne6 Qg6 32. f3 Ng5 33. Nxg5 Qxg5
34. Qb3+ Rf7 35. Qxb2 Rg7 36. Re2 b6 37. Qc2 Ne7 38. Qxc7 Nf5 39. Qxb6 Ne3 40.
Qe6+ Kh7 0-1

[Event "Champions Showdown Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2019.02.23"]
[Round "4.5"]
[White "Shankland, Samuel"]
[Black "Rapport, Richard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[ECO "A41"]
[Opening "Queen's Pawn"]
[WhiteFideId "2004887"]
[BlackFideId "738590"]
[EventDate "2019.02.23"]

1. d4 d6 2. e4 Nf6 3. Bd3 Nc6 4. Nf3 e5 5. c3 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. a3 a5 8. h3 Re8
9. Re1 Bf8 10. Nbd2 Bd7 11. Nf1 a4 12. Ng3 Na5 13. Be3 c5 14. Nd2 b5 15. f4 cxd4
16. cxd4 exd4 17. Bxd4 g6 18. Rc1 Bg7 19. Bc3 Rc8 20. Nf3 Nb3 21. Rc2 Nc5 22.
Rd2 Nb3 23. Rde2 Bh6 24. f5 Bg7 25. Bc2 Qb6+ 26. Kh1 Nc5 27. e5 dxe5 28. Nxe5
Red8 29. Qc1 Be8 30. fxg6 hxg6 31. Qg5 Nd5 32. Nxg6 fxg6 33. Rxe8+ Rxe8 34.
Qxd5+ Kh8 35. Rxe8+ Rxe8 36. Qf7 Rg8 37. Bxg6 Qe6 38. Bxg7+ Rxg7 39. Qf8+ Qg8
40. Qf6 Nd7 41. Qh4+ Rh7 42. Bxh7 Qxh7 43. Qd8+ Qg8 44. Qxd7 Qxg3 45. Qxb5 Qf4
46. Qh5+ 1-0

[Event "Champions Showdown Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2019.02.23"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2828"]
[ECO "D04"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[WhiteFideId "5007003"]
[BlackFideId "2020009"]
[EventDate "2019.02.23"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e3 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. dxc5 a5 6. Bb5 e6 7. b4 Bd7 8. Bb2 b6
9. Bxc6 Bxc6 10. Nd4 Qd7 11. cxb6 axb4 12. O-O Ba4 13. Qf3 e5 14. Nf5 Bc2 15.
Ng3 h5 16. Rc1 Bd3 17. cxb4 Bd6 18. Nc3 Bxb4 19. e4 Bxc3 20. Bxc3 dxe4 21. Qf5
O-O 22. Bxe5 Ra5 23. Qxd7 Nxd7 24. Bc7 h4 25. Nf1 Re8 26. Ne3 Re6 27. b7 Rb5 28.
a4 Rxb7 29. a5 Ra6 30. h3 Kh7 31. Nd5 Rb5 32. Ne3 Nc5 33. Bb6 Nb3 34. Ra3 0-1

[Event "Champions Showdown Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2019.02.23"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Duda, Jan-Krzysztof"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[ECO "A18"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "Mikenas-Carls variation"]
[WhiteFideId "1170546"]
[BlackFideId "2016192"]
[EventDate "2019.02.23"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. e4 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. e5 Ne4 6. Nf3 Bf5 7. d3 Nxc3 8.
bxc3 c5 9. d4 c4 10. a4 Nc6 11. Be2 Be7 12. Ba3 Bxa3 13. Rxa3 f6 14. Ra2 O-O 15.
O-O Qa5 16. Qd2 Rae8 17. exf6 Rxf6 18. Bd1 Rfe6 19. Rb2 Qc7 20. Ng5 Rf6 21. Bh5
Rd8 22. Re1 h6 23. Nf3 g6 24. Qxh6 Rdf8 25. Qg5 Be4 26. Nd2 Bf5 27. Bf3 Qf7 28.
Rb5 Rd6 29. g4 Be4 30. Re3 a6 31. Rb6 Qc7 32. Bxe4 dxe4 33. Nxe4 Qxb6 34. Nxd6
Qb1+ 35. Kg2 Qc2 36. Nf5 1-0

[Event "Champions Showdown Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2019.02.23"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Navara, David"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[ECO "A33"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "symmetrical, Geller variation"]
[WhiteFideId "309095"]
[BlackFideId "5202213"]
[EventDate "2019.02.23"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e6 6. g3 Qb6 7. Ndb5 Ne5 8.
Bg2 a6 9. Na4 Qd8 10. Nbc3 Nxc4 11. b3 Ne5 12. Bf4 d6 13. Qd4 Nc6 14. Bxc6+ bxc6
15. Rd1 d5 16. e4 Be7 17. Nb6 c5 18. Qa4+ Bd7 19. Nxd7 Qxd7 20. Qxd7+ Kxd7 21.
exd5 Nxd5 22. Nxd5 exd5 23. Rxd5+ Kc6 24. Rf5 f6 25. Be3 g6 26. Rf4 Rhb8 27. Ke2
Rb4 28. Rc1 Rxf4 29. Bxf4 a5 30. Rc4 f5 31. Be3 h5 32. h4 Bd6 33. Kd3 Rd8 34.
Kc2 Re8 35. Kb2 Re5 36. Ka3 Kb5 37. Kb2 Rd5 38. Kc2 Kc6 39. Rc3 Re5 40. Rd3 Re4
41. Rc3 Re6 42. Rc4 Re8 43. a3 Re6 44. Bxc5 Bxc5 45. b4 axb4 46. axb4 Kb5 47.
Rxc5+ Kxb4 48. Rc7 Re2+ 49. Kd3 Rxf2 50. Ke3 Rg2 51. Kf3 Ra2 52. Rc6 Kb5 53.
Rxg6 Ra5 54. Kf4 Kc4 55. Rf6 Kd3 56. Rxf5 Ra4+ 57. Kf3 1-0

[Event "Champions Showdown Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2019.02.23"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[ECO "D26"]
[Opening "QGA"]
[Variation "classical variation, 6.O-O"]
[WhiteFideId "2900084"]
[BlackFideId "3503240"]
[EventDate "2019.02.23"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e3 Nf6 4. Bxc4 e6 5. Nf3 c5 6. O-O Nc6 7. Qe2 a6 8. Rd1
b5 9. dxc5 Qc7 10. Bd3 Nb4 11. a4 bxa4 12. Nc3 Bxc5 13. Nxa4 Be7 14. Bb1 O-O 15.
e4 Bb7 16. Bg5 Rfd8 17. Rc1 Qa5 18. e5 Qb5 19. Qe1 Bxf3 20. gxf3 Nfd5 21. Nc3
Nxc3 22. Bxe7 Ne2+ 23. Kg2 Nxc1 24. Bxd8 Rxd8 25. Qxc1 Qxe5 26. Ra3 Nd5 27. Ra4
g6 28. Ba2 Ne7 29. Rxa6 Rb8 30. Qc3 Qg5+ 31. Kf1 Rc8 32. Qe3 Qb5+ 0-1

[Event "Champions Showdown Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2019.02.23"]
[Round "5.5"]
[White "Rapport, Richard"]
[Black "Shankland, Samuel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[ECO "A45"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[WhiteFideId "738590"]
[BlackFideId "2004887"]
[EventDate "2019.02.23"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bf4 g6 4. e3 Bg7 5. Nb5 Na6 6. Nf3 O-O 7. h3 Bf5 8. c3 c6
9. Na3 Nc7 10. Be2 Be4 11. O-O Bxf3 12. Bxf3 Nd7 13. e4 e5 14. dxe5 Nxe5 15.
Bxe5 Bxe5 16. exd5 cxd5 17. Qb3 Qf6 18. Bxd5 Rad8 19. Rad1 b6 20. Bb7 Ne6 21.
Rxd8 Rxd8 22. Rd1 Nc5 23. Rxd8+ Qxd8 24. Qd5 Qg5 25. g3 Qc1+ 26. Kg2 Bxc3 27.
Nc4 Bxb2 28. Bc8 Qc3 29. Nd6 Qf6 30. Ba6 Bd4 31. Qa8+ 1-0

[Event "Champions Showdown Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2019.02.23"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2828"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[ECO "A21"]
[Opening "English, Kramnik-Shirov counterattack"]
[WhiteFideId "2020009"]
[BlackFideId "5007003"]
[EventDate "2019.02.23"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Bb4 3. Nd5 Be7 4. Nf3 d6 5. e4 Nf6 6. Nxe7 Qxe7 7. d3 O-O 8. Be2
Bg4 9. O-O Nc6 10. Be3 Bxf3 11. Bxf3 Nd7 12. Bg4 Nc5 13. g3 a6 14. Qd2 b5 15.
cxb5 axb5 16. Rfc1 Nd4 17. Bxd4 exd4 18. Be2 f5 19. exf5 Rxf5 20. Bf1 Qf7 21.
Re1 Rxa2 22. Rxa2 Qxa2 23. Bh3 Re5 24. Rxe5 dxe5 25. Qg5 Qf7 26. b4 Nd7 27. Qd8+
Nf8 28. Bg2 Qf6 29. Bd5+ Kh8 30. Qxc7 h5 31. h4 Kh7 32. Be4+ Kg8 33. Qb8 g5 34.
hxg5 Qxg5 35. Bd5+ Kg7 36. Qb7+ Kh6 37. Qxb5 h4 38. Kh2 hxg3+ 39. fxg3 Qd2+ 40.
Bg2 Ng6 41. Qa6 e4 42. dxe4 d3 43. Qd6 Qe2 44. g4 d2 45. g5+ Kxg5 46. Qg3+ Kh6
47. Qh3+ Kg7 48. Qd7+ Kf6 49. Qf5+ Kg7 50. Qd7+ Kh6 51. Qh3+ Kg5 52. Qf5+ Kh6
53. Qh3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Champions Showdown Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2019.02.23"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Duda, Jan-Krzysztof"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[ECO "A25"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "closed system"]
[WhiteFideId "2016192"]
[BlackFideId "1170546"]
[EventDate "2019.02.23"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. e3 d6 6. Nge2 f5 7. d4 Nf6 8. dxe5
dxe5 9. Qxd8+ Nxd8 10. e4 c6 11. exf5 Bxf5 12. h3 Ne6 13. Be3 Bd3 14. b3 O-O-O
15. Rd1 Bf8 16. Nc1 Bb4 17. Rxd3 Rxd3 18. Nxd3 Bxc3+ 19. Ke2 Nd4+ 20. Bxd4 Bxd4
21. Rd1 Kc7 22. Ne1 a5 23. Nc2 Bc5 24. a3 Ra8 25. h4 Ng4 26. Bh3 Nxf2 27. Rd7+
Kb6 28. Bg2 Ng4 29. b4 axb4 30. axb4 Bd4 31. c5+ Ka6 32. Be4 Rf8 33. Bd3+ Ka7
34. Nxd4 exd4 35. b5 cxb5 36. Be4 Re8 37. Rxb7+ Ka6 38. Rb6+ Ka5 39. Kf3 Ne5+
40. Kf4 Nc4 41. Rb7 Rf8+ 42. Kg5 Kb4 43. Rc7 Rd8 44. c6 Ne5 45. Re7 Nxc6 46.
Bxc6 d3 47. Bf3 d2 48. Rxh7 Rd3 49. Be2 Rxg3+ 50. Kf4 Rd3 51. Bd1 Ka3 52. Ke4
Rd6 53. Ke3 b4 54. Rb7 Rd5 55. Ke2 Rd4 56. Bc2 Rxh4 57. Kxd2 Kb2 58. Bxg6 Rh2+
59. Ke3 b3 60. Bf7 Rh3+ 61. Kd4 Kc2 62. Bg6+ Kc1 63. Rf7 Kb2 64. Be4 Ka3 65.
Ra7+ Kb2 66. Bd3 Rh4+ 67. Ke3 Rh2 68. Rf7 Kc3 69. Rc7+ Kb2 70. Bc4 Rc2 71. Kd4
Kc1 72. Rh7 Kb2 73. Rh3 Rd2+ 74. Kc5 Rg2 75. Kb4 Kc1 76. Kc3 Rc2+ 77. Kxb3 Rb2+
78. Kc3 Rc2+ 79. Kd4 Rd2+ 80. Bd3 Kb2 81. Rh8 Rf2 82. Rb8+ Kc1 83. Ke3 Rb2 84.
Rc8+ Kd1 85. Rg8 1-0

[Event "Champions Showdown Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2019.02.23"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Navara, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[ECO "A14"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "Neo-Catalan declined"]
[WhiteFideId "5202213"]
[BlackFideId "309095"]
[EventDate "2019.02.23"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Be7 5. c4 O-O 6. d4 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 b6 16. Rg1 Qc8 17. Ne5 Bxg2+ 18. Rxg2 c5 19. Rag1 g6 20. Nb5 Qb7 21. h4 cxd4
22. Nxd4 Kh8 23. Ndf3 Rac8 24. Nd4 Rfd8 25. Kh2 Rxd4 26. exd4 Rc2 27. Qe3 Qc7
28. f5 exf5 29. Qh6 Ng8 30. Qf8 f6 31. Rxg6 hxg6 32. Rxg6 Rxf2+ 33. Kh3 Rf3+ 34.
Nxf3 Qh7 35. Rxf6 Nd5 36. Rxf5 Ne3 37. Rg5 Qd7+ 1-0

[Event "Champions Showdown Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2019.02.23"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[ECO "D05"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[WhiteFideId "3503240"]
[BlackFideId "2900084"]
[EventDate "2019.02.23"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. e3 d5 4. Bd3 Be7 5. O-O b6 6. b3 Bb7 7. c4 Nbd7 8. cxd5
Nxd5 9. Bb2 O-O 10. Nc3 Nxc3 11. Bxc3 c5 12. Qe2 cxd4 13. Bxd4 Nc5 14. Bxc5 Bxc5
15. Rfd1 Qe7 16. Ba6 Bxf3 17. Qxf3 Rad8 18. g3 g6 19. Kg2 Rxd1 20. Rxd1 Rd8 21.
Rxd8+ Qxd8 22. Bc4 Kg7 23. h4 h5 24. Qb7 Qe7 25. Qc6 Qd6 26. Qb7 Qe7 27. Qe4 a5
28. a4 Qf6 29. Bb5 Qb2 30. Bc4 Qf6 31. Bb5 Qb2 32. Qd3 Bb4 33. Bc4 Be1 34. Qf1
Bb4 35. Qd1 Qd2 36. Qxd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Champions Showdown Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2019.02.23"]
[Round "6.5"]
[White "Shankland, Samuel"]
[Black "Rapport, Richard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[ECO "E16"]
[Opening "Queen's Indian"]
[Variation "Riumin variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2004887"]
[BlackFideId "738590"]
[EventDate "2019.02.23"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Nc3 O-O 8. Bf4
Na6 9. O-O Ne4 10. Qa4 Nxc3 11. bxc3 Nb8 12. Rad1 d6 13. Qc2 f5 14. c5 Be4 15.
Qb3 Qd7 16. cxd6 cxd6 17. d5 exd5 18. Nd4 Kh8 19. f3 Na6 20. fxe4 dxe4 21. Qe6
Qxe6 22. Nxe6 Rf6 23. Nd4 Rf7 24. Nb5 d5 25. Rxd5 Rc8 26. Be5 Kg8 27. Bd4 g6 28.
Nxa7 Ra8 29. Nc6 Bc5 30. g4 Rc7 31. Ne5 Bxd4+ 32. cxd4 Nb4 33. Rd6 Nc2 34. gxf5
Ne3 35. fxg6 Nxf1 36. Bxe4 Rf8 37. gxh7+ Kg7 38. h8=Q+ Rxh8 39. Kxf1 Rxh2 40.
Rd7+ Rxd7 41. Nxd7 Rh4 42. Bd3 Rxd4 43. Nxb6 Kf6 44. Nc4 Rd8 45. a4 Ke6 46. a5
Rf8+ 47. Ke1 Kd5 48. Kd2 Kd4 49. e3+ Kc5 50. Kc3 Kb5 51. e4 Kc5 52. a6 Rc8 53.
Nd2 Kb6+ 54. Kd4 Rd8+ 55. Ke3 Kc5 56. Nf3 Re8 57. e5 Kd5 58. Be4+ 1-0

[Event "Champions Showdown Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2019.02.23"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2828"]
[ECO "D02"]
[Opening "Queen's bishop game"]
[WhiteFideId "5007003"]
[BlackFideId "2020009"]
[EventDate "2019.02.23"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Bf4 c5 4. e3 Nc6 5. Nbd2 cxd4 6. exd4 Bg4 7. c3 e6 8. Qb3
Bd6 9. Ne5 Qc7 10. Nxg4 Bxf4 11. Nxf6+ gxf6 12. Nf3 O-O-O 13. g3 Bd6 14. O-O-O
Kb8 15. Kb1 Na5 16. Qc2 Rc8 17. Bd3 a6 18. Qe2 Ka7 19. Rc1 b5 20. Nd2 Nc4 21.
Bxc4 bxc4 22. b3 Ba3 23. Rc2 Rb8 24. Ka1 Rhc8 25. bxc4 dxc4 26. Rb1 Rb5 27. Qf3
f5 28. Rxb5 axb5 29. Nb1 Bd6 30. a4 Qa5 31. d5 b4 32. cxb4 Qxb4 33. Qc3 Qc5 34.
Nd2 exd5 35. Nf3 d4 36. Qb2 d3 37. Rc3 Rb8 38. Qa2 Rb4 39. Qd2 Rxa4+ 40. Kb1
Qb5+ 0-1

[Event "Champions Showdown Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2019.02.23"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Duda, Jan-Krzysztof"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[ECO "A18"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "Mikenas-Carls variation"]
[WhiteFideId "1170546"]
[BlackFideId "2016192"]
[EventDate "2019.02.23"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. e4 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. e5 Ne4 6. Nf3 Bf5 7. d3 Nxc3 8.
bxc3 c5 9. d4 c4 10. a4 Nc6 11. Be2 Be7 12. O-O O-O 13. Ne1 Qa5 14. Bd2 f6 15.
exf6 Rxf6 16. Nc2 Be6 17. Ne3 Bd6 18. g3 Ne7 19. Rb1 Qc7 20. Bf3 a6 21. Bg2 Rb8
22. f4 b5 23. f5 Bf7 24. axb5 axb5 25. Qc2 h5 26. Kh1 Qd7 27. Rf2 Ra8 28. Rbf1
b4 29. Nxc4 b3 30. Qb1 dxc4 31. Bxa8 Nd5 32. Qe4 Bf8 33. Kg1 Ra6 34. Bxd5 Bxd5
35. Qe2 Bf7 36. f6 g6 37. Qe4 Re6 38. Qf3 Rb6 39. Bc1 Ra6 40. Re2 Ra1 41. Qf4
Qb7 42. Bb2 Ra2 43. Rfe1 Qd5 44. Bc1 Qa5 45. Rxa2 Qxa2 46. Qd2 Qa6 47. Qf2 Qa5
48. Bb2 Bh6 49. h3 Qd5 50. Kh2 Bf8 51. Re5 Qa8 52. Bc1 h4 53. Bf4 Qa1 54. Re1 b2
55. gxh4 b1=Q 56. Rxb1 Qxb1 57. Qg3 Qc2+ 58. Kg1 Kh7 59. Qf3 Qf5 60. Qg3 Qb1+
61. Kf2 Qc2+ 62. Ke1 Qf5 63. Bg5 Qe6+ 64. Kd2 Bd6 65. Qg4 Qxg4 66. hxg4 Be6 67.
Ke3 Bxg4 68. Ke4 Be6 69. d5 Bh3 70. Kd4 Bf1 71. Bc1 Kg8 72. Bh6 Kf7 73. Bg5 Bd3
74. Ke3 Be5 75. d6 Bxd6 76. Kd4 Bc7 77. Kd5 Bg3 78. Kd4 Ke6 79. Kc5 Be5 0-1

[Event "Champions Showdown Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2019.02.23"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Navara, David"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[ECO "E21"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian"]
[Variation "three knights variation"]
[WhiteFideId "309095"]
[BlackFideId "5202213"]
[EventDate "2019.02.23"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 c5 5. g3 cxd4 6. Nxd4 O-O 7. Bg2 d5 8. O-O
dxc4 9. Qa4 Na6 10. Ndb5 Nd5 11. Rd1 Qe8 12. Nxd5 exd5 13. Rxd5 Bd7 14. Be3 Bc6
15. Rf5 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 Qc6+ 17. Kg1 Be7 18. Nc3 Qxa4 19. Nxa4 g6 20. Rd5 Bf6 21.
Rc1 Rfc8 22. Rd7 b5 23. Rd6 bxa4 24. Rxf6 Nb4 25. Rf4 Nd5 26. Rfxc4 Rxc4 27.
Rxc4 Nxe3 28. fxe3 Rb8 29. Rxa4 Rxb2 30. Kf2 Rb7 31. g4 Kg7 32. Ra6 Kf8 33. Kf3
Re7 34. Kf4 Kg7 35. h4 Rb7 36. a4 Rb4+ 37. e4 Rb7 38. e5 Rb4+ 39. e4 Rb7 40. e6
Kf6 41. g5+ Ke7 42. exf7 Kxf7 43. Ke5 Ke7 44. Rc6 Rd7 45. a5 Rb7 46. a6 Rb5+ 47.
Kf4 Kd7 48. Rf6 Ke7 49. h5 gxh5 50. Rh6 Kf7 51. Rxh7+ Kg6 52. Rxa7 Ra5 53. Ra8
h4 54. a7 Kg7 55. Kg4 1-0

[Event "Champions Showdown Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2019.02.23"]
[Round "7.4"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[ECO "A20"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[WhiteFideId "2900084"]
[BlackFideId "3503240"]
[EventDate "2019.02.23"]

1. c4 e5 2. d3 Bb4+ 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. a3 Bxd2+ 6. Bxd2 e4 7. dxe4 Nxe4 8.
e3 O-O 9. Qc2 Re8 10. Bd3 d5 11. Rd1 Bg4 12. Bc3 Bxf3 13. gxf3 Ng5 14. cxd5
Nxf3+ 15. Kf1 Nce5 16. Bxh7+ Kh8 17. Be4 Qh4 18. Bxf3 Nxf3 19. Qf5 Qc4+ 20. Qd3
Qg4 21. h3 Qh5 22. Qc4 Nh2+ 23. Ke1 Nf3+ 24. Kf1 Ne5 25. Qe2 Nf3 26. Qc4 Ne5 27.
Qe2 Nf3 28. Qc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Champions Showdown Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2019.02.23"]
[Round "7.5"]
[White "Rapport, Richard"]
[Black "Shankland, Samuel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[ECO "A45"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[WhiteFideId "738590"]
[BlackFideId "2004887"]
[EventDate "2019.02.23"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c3 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. Nd2 O-O 5. e3 d5 6. Ngf3 Nbd7 7. h3 Re8 8. Bf4
Nh5 9. Bh2 e5 10. dxe5 Nxe5 11. Be2 Nxf3+ 12. Nxf3 c6 13. O-O Qb6 14. Qb3 Nf6
15. Nd2 Be6 16. Rfd1 Nd7 17. a4 Nc5 18. Qa3 a5 19. Bd6 Nd7 20. Qb3 Bf5 21. Qxb6
Nxb6 22. Bc7 Nd7 23. Nf3 Nc5 24. Nd4 Bd7 25. Bd6 Ne4 26. Bf4 h6 27. Nb3 b6 28.
Nd4 Rec8 29. Bd3 Nc5 30. Bc2 Ne6 31. Nxe6 Bxe6 32. Bb3 f5 33. Rac1 Kf7 34. h4
Bf6 35. Bxh6 Bxh4 36. Bf4 Bf6 37. Kf1 g5 38. Bg3 Ra7 39. Rd2 Re7 40. c4 d4 41.
Rd3 c5 42. f4 dxe3 43. Rxe3 Bxb2 44. Rce1 Bd4 45. fxg5 Bxe3 46. Rxe3 Kg6 47. Bf4
Rce8 48. Kf2 Bg8 49. Rh3 Rh7 50. Rd3 Rhe7 51. Rd2 Re4 52. g3 Bxc4 53. Bd1 Bf7
54. Bf3 Rd4 55. Rb2 Rb4 56. Rd2 Rxa4 57. Bc6 Rd4 58. Rxd4 cxd4 59. Bxe8 Bxe8 60.
Bc7 a4 61. Bxb6 d3 62. Ke3 Bb5 63. Bd8 a3 64. Bf6 a2 65. Kd2 Bc4 66. Ke3 Kh5 67.
Kd2 Kg4 68. g6 Kxg3 69. g7 f4 70. Be5 Kg4 71. g8=Q+ Bxg8 72. Kxd3 f3 73. Ke3 Bc4
74. Kf2 Kf5 75. Bc3 0-1

[Event "Champions Showdown Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2019.02.23"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2828"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[ECO "C00"]
[Opening "French defence"]
[WhiteFideId "2020009"]
[BlackFideId "5007003"]
[EventDate "2019.02.23"]

1. d4 e6 2. e4 b6 3. Nf3 Bb7 4. Bd3 g6 5. O-O Bg7 6. c4 d6 7. Nc3 Nd7 8. Be3 h6
9. d5 Bxc3 10. bxc3 e5 11. Qd2 g5 12. a4 a5 13. c5 dxc5 14. Bb5 f6 15. Qe2 Ne7
16. Nxe5 fxe5 17. Qh5+ Kf8 18. Bxg5 Kg7 19. Bxe7 Qxe7 20. Qg4+ Kh7 21. Bxd7 Rhg8
22. Bf5+ Kh8 23. Qh5 Qf6 24. f4 exf4 25. Rxf4 Rg5 26. Qh4 Kg7 27. Be6 Qxc3 28.
Raf1 Qd4+ 29. Kh1 Rh8 30. Rf7+ Kg6 31. Rxc7 Ba6 32. Bf7+ Kg7 33. Bh5+ Kg8 34.
Rf8+ 1-0

[Event "Champions Showdown Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2019.02.23"]
[Round "8.2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Duda, Jan-Krzysztof"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[ECO "D30"]
[Opening "QGD Slav"]
[WhiteFideId "2016192"]
[BlackFideId "1170546"]
[EventDate "2019.02.23"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. e3 e6 5. Nbd2 Nbd7 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. e4 e5 8. cxd5
cxd5 9. exd5 O-O 10. O-O exd4 11. Nxd4 Nb6 12. Nf5 Nbxd5 13. Nxd6 Qxd6 14. Nc4
Qc7 15. h3 Rd8 16. Qf3 b6 17. Bg5 Bb7 18. Be2 h6 19. Bxf6 Nxf6 20. Qa3 Re8 21.
Ne3 Qf4 22. Rfe1 Re5 23. Ng4 Re6 24. Nxf6+ Rxf6 25. Qe3 Qxe3 26. fxe3 Re8 27.
Bf1 a5 28. Rad1 g5 29. a3 Kg7 30. Rd4 Re5 31. b4 h5 32. Bd3 h4 33. Bc4 Be4 34.
Bf1 Rc6 35. bxa5 bxa5 36. Bc4 Bg6 37. Bd5 Rc3 38. e4 Rxa3 39. Rf1 Rc3 40. Ra1
Rc5 41. Rda4 f5 42. Rxa5 Rxa5 43. Rxa5 fxe4 44. Ra7+ Kf8 45. Bc4 Bh5 46. Rh7 Bg6
47. Rc7 e3 48. Be2 Be4 49. Rc3 Bd5 50. Kf1 Rf5+ 51. Kg1 Re5 52. Kf1 Ke7 53. Bf3
Bxf3 54. gxf3 e2+ 55. Ke1 Kf6 56. Rc8 Re3 57. Rf8+ Kg7 58. Rf5 Kg6 59. Rf8 Re7
60. f4 g4 61. Rg8+ Rg7 62. Rh8 Rh7 63. Rg8+ Rg7 64. Rh8 gxh3 65. Rxh4 Rf7 66.
Rxh3 Rxf4 67. Kxe2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Champions Showdown Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2019.02.23"]
[Round "8.3"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Navara, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[ECO "D11"]
[Opening "QGD Slav"]
[Variation "4.e3"]
[WhiteFideId "5202213"]
[BlackFideId "309095"]
[EventDate "2019.02.23"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. e3 Bg4 5. Nc3 e6 6. h3 Bh5 7. g4 Bg6 8. Ne5 Nbd7
9. Nxg6 hxg6 10. g5 Ne4 11. Nxe4 dxe4 12. h4 Bb4+ 13. Bd2 Qa5 14. a3 Bxd2+ 15.
Qxd2 Qxd2+ 16. Kxd2 f5 17. c5 Rd8 18. Kc3 e5 19. b4 exd4+ 20. exd4 Nf8 21. Bc4
Ke7 22. Rad1 Ne6 23. d5 cxd5 24. Bxd5 Rd7 25. Bxe6 Kxe6 26. Rxd7 Kxd7 27. Rd1+
Kc7 28. Rd6 Rxh4 29. Rxg6 Rf4 30. b5 Rxf2 31. Rxg7+ Kc8 32. Rf7 Rg2 33. Rxf5 e3
34. a4 Kc7 35. Kd3 e2 36. Kd2 Kc8 37. Rf8+ Kc7 38. Rf7+ Kc8 39. Rg7 Kb8 40. g6
Kc8 41. c6 bxc6 42. bxc6 a5 43. Rg8+ Kc7 44. g7 Rg6 1-0

[Event "Champions Showdown Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2019.02.23"]
[Round "8.4"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[ECO "C53"]
[Opening "Giuoco Piano"]
[WhiteFideId "3503240"]
[BlackFideId "2900084"]
[EventDate "2019.02.23"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 a6 6. Bb3 O-O 7. O-O d6 8. Nbd2
Re8 9. h3 Be6 10. Bc2 h6 11. Re1 d5 12. exd5 Bxd5 13. Nh2 Qd7 14. Ne4 Nxe4 15.
dxe4 Be6 16. Qf3 Ne7 17. Ng4 Ng6 18. Ne3 Rad8 19. Nf5 Nf4 20. Bxf4 exf4 21. Rad1
Qc6 22. Qxf4 Qb6 23. b4 Bf8 24. e5 Bxa2 25. Rxd8 Rxd8 26. Re3 Kh8 27. Nd4 c5 28.
bxc5 Bxc5 29. e6 Bxd4 30. exf7 Bxf7 31. cxd4 Bg8 32. Re7 Qd6 33. Qxd6 Rxd6 34.
Rxb7 g5 35. Rb4 Kg7 36. Kf1 Bd5 37. f3 Bc6 38. Kf2 Bb5 39. Ke3 Re6+ 40. Be4 Kf6
41. d5 Rb6 42. Rb2 Ke5 43. g3 Rb8 44. f4+ Kd6 45. fxg5 hxg5 46. Rf2 Rc8 47. Rf6+
Kc5 48. Rf5 a5 49. d6+ Kb6 50. Rxg5 a4 51. Bd5 Rd8 52. Kd4 Rxd6 53. Ke5 Rd8 54.
Rf5 Kc5 55. Be6 a3 56. Rf3 Kb4 57. Rb3+ Ka4 58. Rb1 Re8 59. Kf6 Rd8 60. g4 Rd6
61. Ke5 Rd3 62. g5 Re3+ 63. Kf6 Rf3+ 64. Kg7 Re3 65. Bf7 Rxh3 66. g6 Rg3 67. Kf6
Bd3 68. Re1 a2 69. g7 Bb1 70. Bxa2 Bxa2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Champions Showdown Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2019.02.23"]
[Round "8.5"]
[White "Shankland, Samuel"]
[Black "Rapport, Richard"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[ECO "E80"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "Saemisch variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2004887"]
[BlackFideId "738590"]
[EventDate "2019.02.23"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 c6 6. Be3 a6 7. c5 O-O 8. Nge2 b5
9. cxd6 exd6 10. Nf4 Nbd7 11. Be2 Re8 12. Qd2 Nb6 13. O-O Bb7 14. b3 Qe7 15. Bf2
Qf8 16. a4 b4 17. Nd1 a5 18. Nb2 Nfd7 19. Rac1 Rac8 20. Rfd1 Red8 21. Bh4 Re8
22. Bg3 Nf6 23. Bf2 Nfd7 24. Be3 Nf6 25. Nbd3 Nfd7 26. h4 c5 27. Nb2 cxd4 28.
Bxd4 Nc5 29. Qe3 Bh6 30. Bxc5 Rxc5 31. Rxc5 dxc5 32. Bc4 Rd8 33. Rxd8 Qxd8 34.
g3 Bg7 35. e5 Qd4 36. Qxd4 cxd4 37. e6 Nxc4 38. exf7+ Kxf7 39. Nxc4 Bxf3 40.
Nxa5 Bd1 41. Kf2 h6 42. Ke1 Bf3 43. Nc4 g5 44. hxg5 hxg5 45. Nd3 Ke6 46. Nxb4
Bf8 47. Nd3 Be4 48. Kd2 Kd7 49. a5 Kc7 50. b4 Kc6 51. a6 Kb5 52. Nce5 Kxa6 53.
Nd7 Bxd3 54. Kxd3 Bxb4 55. Kxd4 g4 56. Ne5 Be1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Champions Showdown Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2019.02.23"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2828"]
[ECO "B42"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Kan, Polugaievsky variation"]
[WhiteFideId "5007003"]
[BlackFideId "2020009"]
[EventDate "2019.02.23"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Bc5 6. Nb3 Be7 7. Qg4 g6 8. Qe2
d6 9. a4 Nc6 10. Be3 Nf6 11. N1d2 Ne5 12. a5 O-O 13. O-O Bd7 14. Nc4 Nxc4 15.
Bxc4 Bc6 16. Bd3 e5 17. Nd2 d5 18. Bb6 Qd7 19. Rfe1 Rfe8 20. Rad1 d4 21. Nf3 Bf8
22. c3 dxc3 23. Bxa6 Qg4 24. Bd3 cxb2 25. h3 Qh5 26. Qxb2 Nd7 27. Bb5 Bxb5 28.
Qxb5 Nxb6 29. axb6 Re7 30. Rd7 Rae8 31. Rc1 g5 32. Rcc7 g4 33. hxg4 Qxg4 34.
Rxe7 Rxe7 35. Rxe7 Bxe7 36. Qxe5 Qd7 37. Nd4 Bd8 38. g3 f6 39. Qc5 Kf7 40. Qc4+
Kg7 41. Ne6+ Kg6 42. Nf8+ 1-0

[Event "Champions Showdown Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2019.02.23"]
[Round "9.2"]
[White "Duda, Jan-Krzysztof"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[ECO "A18"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "Mikenas-Carls variation"]
[WhiteFideId "1170546"]
[BlackFideId "2016192"]
[EventDate "2019.02.23"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. e4 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. e5 Ne4 6. Nf3 Bf5 7. d3 Nxc3 8.
bxc3 c5 9. d4 c4 10. a4 Nc6 11. Be2 Be7 12. O-O Na5 13. Nd2 O-O 14. f4 f6 15. g4
Bd7 16. f5 fxe5 17. dxe5 Bc5+ 18. Kg2 d4 19. Bf3 Bc6 20. Ne4 Bxe4 21. Bxe4 dxc3
22. Bf4 Bd4 23. Qf3 Nb3 24. Rad1 Qa5 25. f6 gxf6 26. exf6 Rxf6 27. Bd5+ Kg7 28.
Bxc4 Raf8 29. Qxb7+ Kh8 30. Bxb3 c2 31. Rxd4 Qc3 1-0

[Event "Champions Showdown Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2019.02.23"]
[Round "9.3"]
[White "Navara, David"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[ECO "D35"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "exchange variation"]
[WhiteFideId "309095"]
[BlackFideId "5202213"]
[EventDate "2019.02.23"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 c5 7. Nf3 cxd4 8.
cxd4 Bb4+ 9. Bd2 Bxd2+ 10. Qxd2 O-O 11. Rd1 b6 12. h4 Ba6 13. Bxa6 Nxa6 14. h5
h6 15. O-O Rc8 16. Rfe1 Qd6 17. Ne5 Nb4 18. Rc1 Nc6 19. Qc2 Nxe5 20. Qxc8 Rxc8
21. Rxc8+ Kh7 22. dxe5 Qxe5 23. Ra8 a5 24. Ra6 Qb5 25. Ra7 Qxh5 26. Rc1 Kg6 27.
Rb7 Qe2 28. Rxb6 Qxa2 29. Ra6 a4 30. f3 h5 31. Rc5 h4 32. Rca5 h3 33. gxh3 Qe2
34. Rxa4 Qxf3 35. R6a5 Qg3+ 36. Kf1 Qxh3+ 37. Kf2 Qh2+ 38. Kf3 e5 39. Ra7 Qf4+
40. Ke2 Kh6 41. Rb4 g5 42. Kd3 Qf3+ 43. Kd2 g4 44. Rbb7 f6 45. Rh7+ Kg5 46.
Rhg7+ Kf4 47. Rg6 Kxe4 48. Ra4+ Kf5 0-1

[Event "Champions Showdown Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2019.02.23"]
[Round "9.4"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[ECO "A20"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[WhiteFideId "2900084"]
[BlackFideId "3503240"]
[EventDate "2019.02.23"]

1. c4 e5 2. a3 Nf6 3. d3 c6 4. Nf3 Bd6 5. Nc3 O-O 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 Re8 8. e3 Bf8
9. Be2 d6 10. O-O Nbd7 11. d4 Qc7 12. Rc1 a6 13. h3 b6 14. Bg3 Bb7 15. b4 Rad8
16. c5 bxc5 17. bxc5 dxc5 18. dxe5 Nxe5 19. Qc2 Nxf3+ 20. Bxf3 Qa5 21. Qa4 Qxa4
22. Nxa4 Ne4 23. Bxe4 Rxe4 24. Nxc5 Bxc5 25. Rxc5 Ra4 26. Rb1 Rd7 27. Rb3 f6 28.
Kh2 Kf7 29. f3 Re7 30. e4 Rd4 31. Bf4 Rd1 32. h4 Ra1 33. Rd3 Ra2 34. h5 Rb2 35.
a4 Rb4 36. Ra3 Rb1 37. e5 fxe5 38. Bxe5 Bc8 39. Bd6 Reb7 40. Rxc6 Bd7 41. Rxa6
R1b2 42. Be5 Re2 43. f4 Rc2 44. Rg3 Ke8 45. Ra8+ Rc8 46. Rxc8+ Bxc8 47. Rxg7 Rb3
48. Rh7 Rb6 49. Rh8+ Kd7 50. a5 Ra6 51. Bc3 Rc6 52. Bd4 Bb7 53. Rh7+ Kc8 54. Be5
Rc2 55. Rg7 Ra2 56. Rc7+ Kb8 57. Rc2+ 1-0

[Event "Champions Showdown Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2019.02.23"]
[Round "9.5"]
[White "Rapport, Richard"]
[Black "Shankland, Samuel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[ECO "D02"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[WhiteFideId "738590"]
[BlackFideId "2004887"]
[EventDate "2019.02.23"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c3 e6 4. Nbd2 c5 5. e3 b6 6. Ne5 Bd6 7. Bd3 Bb7 8. O-O
O-O 9. b3 Nbd7 10. f4 Ne4 11. Bxe4 dxe4 12. Bb2 cxd4 13. exd4 f6 14. Nec4 Be7
15. Ne3 f5 16. c4 Bf6 17. Qc2 Qe7 18. Rad1 Rfd8 19. Kh1 g6 20. Nb1 Rac8 21. Nc3
a6 22. d5 Nc5 23. dxe6 Qxe6 24. Ncd5 Bxb2 25. Qxb2 Nd3 26. Qd4 b5 27. g4 bxc4
28. bxc4 Bxd5 29. Nxd5 fxg4 30. Rd2 Kf7 31. Re2 Rxc4 32. Qxc4 Qxd5 33. Rxe4 h5
34. f5 Qxc4 35. fxg6+ Kxg6 36. Rxc4 Ne5 37. Ra4 Nf3 38. Rxa6+ Kg5 39. Ra3 Rd2
40. Raxf3 gxf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Champions Showdown Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2019.02.23"]
[Round "10.1"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2828"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[ECO "D31"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "Charousek (Petrosian) variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2020009"]
[BlackFideId "5007003"]
[EventDate "2019.02.23"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Be7 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bf4 c6 6. e3 Bf5 7. g4 Be6 8. h3 h5
9. gxh5 Nf6 10. h6 g6 11. Nf3 Nh5 12. Bh2 Rxh6 13. Qd2 Nd7 14. e4 Rh8 15. exd5
cxd5 16. O-O-O Rc8 17. Kb1 Bb4 18. Rc1 Qa5 19. Bd3 Bxc3 20. bxc3 Ng7 21. Ka1 Kf8
22. Ng5 Bf5 23. Rhe1 Bxd3 24. Qxd3 Nf5 25. Bf4 Rh4 26. Bd2 Kg8 27. Rg1 Qa6 28.
Qf3 Nf6 29. Bf4 Kf8 30. Be5 Ne4 31. Nxe4 Rxe4 32. Rge1 f6 33. Bf4 Rce8 34. Rxe4
Rxe4 35. Be3 Qd3 36. Bh6+ 1-0

[Event "Champions Showdown Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2019.02.23"]
[Round "10.2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Duda, Jan-Krzysztof"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[ECO "D38"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "Ragozin variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2016192"]
[BlackFideId "1170546"]
[EventDate "2019.02.23"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. d4 Bb4 5. Qa4+ Nc6 6. e3 O-O 7. Qc2 Re8 8. a3
Bf8 9. Bd2 e5 10. dxe5 Nxe5 11. cxd5 Nxd5 12. O-O-O Nxf3 13. gxf3 Nxc3 14. Bxc3
Qh4 15. Rg1 Be6 16. f4 Rad8 17. Bd3 Bg4 18. Bxh7+ Kh8 19. Rxd8 Rxd8 20. Be4 b5
21. f3 Bh3 22. Rg3 Kg8 23. Qf2 Qh6 24. f5 c5 25. f4 b4 26. axb4 cxb4 27. Bd4 Re8
28. Bd3 Rc8+ 29. Kd2 b3 30. Qf3 Bf1 31. Qxf1 Bb4+ 32. Ke2 Qxh2+ 33. Qg2 Qh5+ 34.
Qf3 Qh2+ 35. Rg2 Qh4 36. Rxg7+ Kf8 37. Rxf7+ Kxf7 38. Qb7+ Be7 39. Qxc8 Qh2+ 40.
Kd1 Qg1+ 41. Kd2 Qg2+ 42. Kc3 a5 43. Bc4+ 1-0

[Event "Champions Showdown Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2019.02.23"]
[Round "10.3"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Navara, David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[ECO "A28"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "four knights, Romanishin variation"]
[WhiteFideId "5202213"]
[BlackFideId "309095"]
[EventDate "2019.02.23"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e3 Bb4 5. Qc2 Bxc3 6. Qxc3 Qe7 7. d4 exd4 8.
Nxd4 Ne4 9. Qd3 Qb4+ 10. Bd2 Qxd2+ 11. Qxd2 Nxd2 12. Kxd2 d6 13. Nxc6 bxc6 14.
c5 a5 15. Kc3 Be6 16. Be2 Kd7 17. Rhd1 Bd5 18. g3 Rhe8 19. Rd4 Re4 20. Rxe4 Bxe4
21. Rd1 Bd5 22. a3 Rb8 23. Rd4 dxc5 24. Ra4 Ra8 25. Kc2 Kd6 26. Bd3 f5 27. h4 g6
28. h5 Ke5 29. hxg6 hxg6 30. Rh4 Rd8 31. Be2 Be4+ 32. Kc3 g5 33. Rh7 Kd6 34.
Rh6+ Kd7 35. f3 Bd5 36. Rg6 Re8 37. Kd2 Rb8 38. Kc2 Re8 39. Kd2 Rb8 40. Kc2 Re8
41. Kd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Champions Showdown Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2019.02.23"]
[Round "10.4"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[ECO "A46"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn"]
[Variation "Yusupov-Rubinstein system"]
[WhiteFideId "3503240"]
[BlackFideId "2900084"]
[EventDate "2019.02.23"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. e3 b6 4. Bd3 Bb7 5. O-O Be7 6. c4 d5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. e4
Nb4 9. Bb5+ c6 10. Be2 c5 11. a3 N4a6 12. Bb5+ Kf8 13. Nc3 Nc7 14. Be2 cxd4 15.
Nxd4 Nc6 16. Nxc6 Bxc6 17. Bf4 Qxd1 18. Rfxd1 Ne8 19. Rac1 Nf6 20. Bf3 Nd7 21.
Ne2 Ba4 22. b3 Bb5 23. a4 Bxe2 24. Rxd7 Bxf3 25. gxf3 Bc5 26. Be3 Bxe3 27. fxe3
g5 28. Rcc7 Kg7 29. Rxf7+ Kg6 30. Rg7+ Kh6 31. Rge7 Rae8 32. Rxa7 1-0

[Event "Champions Showdown Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2019.02.23"]
[Round "10.5"]
[White "Shankland, Samuel"]
[Black "Rapport, Richard"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[ECO "A54"]
[Opening "Old Indian"]
[Variation "Ukrainian variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2004887"]
[BlackFideId "738590"]
[EventDate "2019.02.23"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nc3 e5 4. e3 Be7 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. d5 Nb8 7. e4 a5 8. h3 Na6
9. Be3 O-O 10. g4 Nd7 11. Qd2 Ndc5 12. O-O-O c6 13. Kb1 Bd7 14. Be2 cxd5 15.
cxd5 b5 16. Bxc5 Nxc5 17. Bxb5 Nxe4 18. Nxe4 Bxb5 19. Rc1 Rb8 20. Rc3 a4 21.
Rhc1 Qb6 22. h4 Bd7 23. Rg1 Rfc8 24. h5 Rxc3 25. Nxc3 Qb4 26. Ka1 a3 27. bxa3
Qxa3 28. Ne4 Qxf3 0-1

[Event "Champions Showdown Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2019.02.23"]
[Round "11.1"]
[White "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2828"]
[ECO "B67"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Richter-Rauzer, Rauzer attack, 7...a6 defence, 8...Bd7"]
[WhiteFideId "5007003"]
[BlackFideId "2020009"]
[EventDate "2019.02.23"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O Bd7 9. f3 h6 10. Be3 Be7 11. Kb1 Qc7 12. h4 b5 13. Nxc6 Bxc6 14. Bd3 Nd7
15. Ne2 Ne5 16. Nd4 Bd7 17. g4 Rb8 18. g5 h5 19. f4 Ng4 20. f5 e5 21. Ne2 Bc6
22. Nc3 Qb7 23. Rhe1 O-O 24. Bg1 Bd8 25. Be2 Ba5 26. Bxg4 hxg4 27. f6 b4 28. Nd5
b3 29. Ne7+ Kh7 30. c3 bxa2+ 31. Ka1 Bxe4 32. h5 gxf6 33. g6+ fxg6 34. Nxg6 Rfd8
35. b4 Bc7 36. Qxa2 Rd7 37. Qe6 Rg7 38. Qxf6 Qc6 39. Rxe4 Qxe4 40. Nf8+ Rxf8 41.
Qxf8 Qc2 42. Rb1 Qxc3+ 43. Rb2 Qc1+ 44. Ka2 Qc4+ 45. Kb1 Qe4+ 46. Ka2 d5 47. h6
Rd7 48. Bc5 Qc4+ 49. Kb1 Qe4+ 50. Ka2 d4 51. Rf2 Qd5+ 52. Kb2 e4 53. Rf5 Be5 54.
Rg5 d3+ 55. Ka3 Bb2+ 56. Kxb2 Qxg5 57. Qe8 Qf5 58. Bd6 Rxd6 59. Qe7+ Kxh6 60.
Qxd6+ Kg5 61. Qg3 Qf4 62. Qg1 e3 0-1

[Event "Champions Showdown Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2019.02.23"]
[Round "11.2"]
[White "Duda, Jan-Krzysztof"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[ECO "A18"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "Mikenas-Carls variation"]
[WhiteFideId "1170546"]
[BlackFideId "2016192"]
[EventDate "2019.02.23"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. e4 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. e5 Ne4 6. Nf3 Bf5 7. d3 Nxc3 8.
bxc3 c5 9. d4 c4 10. a4 Nc6 11. Be2 Be7 12. O-O O-O 13. Ba3 Na5 14. Bxe7 Qxe7
15. Nd2 f6 16. f4 fxe5 17. fxe5 Qg5 18. Rf3 Be6 19. Rg3 Qf4 20. Rb1 b6 21. Kh1
Rad8 22. Bf3 Bf5 23. Rb5 Be6 24. Qe1 Kh8 25. Nf1 Nc6 26. Ne3 Ne7 27. a5 Rb8 28.
a6 Rbd8 29. h3 Qh4 30. Rb1 Nf5 31. Nxf5 Bxf5 32. Rd1 b5 33. Kh2 Qh6 34. Qe2 Qxa6
35. Rg5 Qh6 36. Qd2 Bxh3 37. Rg3 Qxd2 38. Rxd2 Bc8 39. Ra2 a6 40. e6 Rfe8 41.
Bg4 Rd6 42. Re3 g6 43. Re5 h5 44. Bh3 Kg7 45. Rf2 Re7 46. Rfe2 a5 47. Rb2 b4 48.
cxb4 c3 49. Rb3 Rc6 50. Re1 axb4 51. Rxb4 Bxe6 52. Rb5 c2 53. Bxe6 Rexe6 54. Rc1
Red6 55. Rc5 Rxc5 56. dxc5 Rc6 57. Rxc2 Kf6 58. Kg3 Ke5 59. Rc1 d4 60. Kh4 Kd5
61. Kg5 Rxc5 62. Rd1 Rc6 63. g4 hxg4 64. Kxg4 Rf6 65. Kg5 Rf8 66. Kxg6 Kc4 0-1

[Event "Champions Showdown Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2019.02.23"]
[Round "11.3"]
[White "Navara, David"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[ECO "D35"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "exchange variation"]
[WhiteFideId "309095"]
[BlackFideId "5202213"]
[EventDate "2019.02.23"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 c5 7. Nf3 cxd4 8.
cxd4 Bb4+ 9. Bd2 Bxd2+ 10. Qxd2 O-O 11. Bc4 Nd7 12. O-O b6 13. Rad1 Bb7 14. Rfe1
Rc8 15. Bb3 Re8 16. d5 exd5 17. exd5 Nc5 18. d6 Bxf3 19. Rxe8+ Qxe8 20. gxf3 Qd7
21. Re1 Re8 22. Rxe8+ Qxe8 23. Qg5 Kf8 24. Kg2 Qd7 25. Qd5 Nxb3 26. axb3 f6 27.
f4 g6 28. f3 a5 29. Qd4 Qe6 30. Kf2 Ke8 31. Qxb6 Qd5 32. Ke3 Qd1 33. Qb5+ Kf8
34. Qd3 Qe1+ 35. Kd4 Qb4+ 36. Kd5 Qb7+ 37. Kc5 Qa7+ 38. Kb5 Qb7+ 39. Kxa5 Qa7+
40. Kb4 Qb6+ 41. Ka3 Qc5+ 42. b4 Qc1+ 43. Kb3 Ke8 44. Qe4+ Kf8 45. Qe7+ Kg8 46.
Qd8+ 1-0

[Event "Champions Showdown Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2019.02.23"]
[Round "11.4"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[ECO "E21"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian"]
[Variation "three knights variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2900084"]
[BlackFideId "3503240"]
[EventDate "2019.02.23"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 c5 5. g3 Nc6 6. Bg2 Ne4 7. Bd2 Nxd2 8. Qxd2
cxd4 9. Nxd4 O-O 10. O-O Ne5 11. b3 a6 12. Rfd1 Qa5 13. Rdc1 Nc6 14. e3 Ba3 15.
Rd1 Bb4 16. Nde2 Qc7 17. a3 Be7 18. Ne4 Na5 19. Rab1 d6 20. h4 Rd8 21. N2c3 Rb8
22. Rdc1 b6 23. Qe2 Bb7 24. Nd5 Qd7 25. Nxb6 Qc7 26. Nd5 exd5 27. cxd5 Qb6 28.
b4 Bxd5 29. bxa5 Qxa5 30. Qd2 Qxd2 31. Nxd2 Be6 32. Nf3 d5 33. a4 Bd7 34. a5 Bb4
35. Nd4 Bxa5 36. Bxd5 Rxb1 37. Rxb1 Bc3 38. Rb7 Bxd4 39. exd4 Be6 40. Bxe6 fxe6
41. Rb6 Kf7 42. Rxa6 Rxd4 43. Ra2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Champions Showdown Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2019.02.23"]
[Round "11.5"]
[White "Rapport, Richard"]
[Black "Shankland, Samuel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[ECO "A45"]
[Opening "Trompovsky attack (Ruth, Opovcensky opening)"]
[WhiteFideId "738590"]
[BlackFideId "2004887"]
[EventDate "2019.02.23"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 e6 3. e3 b6 4. c3 Bb7 5. Nd2 h6 6. Bh4 c5 7. Ngf3 Be7 8. Bd3
O-O 9. O-O cxd4 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. exd4 Be7 12. Qe2 d6 13. Rfe1 Nd7 14. Ba6 Qc8
15. Bxb7 Qxb7 16. a4 a6 17. Nf1 b5 18. Ne3 Nf6 19. Nd2 d5 20. Qd3 bxa4 21. Rxa4
Rfc8 22. Ra2 a5 23. Rea1 Nd7 24. b3 Bd8 25. g3 Rab8 26. c4 dxc4 27. bxc4 Qc7 28.
Ne4 Rb4 29. Rxa5 Qxa5 30. Rxa5 Bxa5 31. c5 Ra8 32. c6 Nb6 33. Nd6 Rd8 34. Nb7
Rdxd4 35. Qa6 Rb1+ 36. Kg2 Be1 37. c7 Rd2 38. Nc4 Rxf2+ 39. Kh3 Nc8 40. Qa8 Rb5
41. Qxc8+ Kh7 42. Qd8 Rh5+ 43. Qh4 Rxh4+ 44. gxh4 1-0

[Event "Champions Showdown Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2019.02.23"]
[Round "12.1"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2828"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[ECO "A09"]
[Opening "Reti accepted"]
[WhiteFideId "2020009"]
[BlackFideId "5007003"]
[EventDate "2019.02.23"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Na3 Nf6 4. Nxc4 c5 5. g3 Nc6 6. Bg2 Be6 7. b3 Bd5 8. O-O
g6 9. Bb2 Bg7 10. Rc1 b6 11. Ne3 O-O 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. Nxd5 Qxd5 14. d4 Qd6 15.
dxc5 bxc5 16. Nd2 Rad8 17. Ne4 Qxd1 18. Rfxd1 Rxd1+ 19. Rxd1 Nb4 20. a4 Rc8 21.
Rd7 a6 22. Rb7 Kf8 23. e3 Be5 24. Bf1 f5 25. Ng5 h6 26. Ne6+ Kf7 27. Bc4 Kf6 28.
Rb6 Bd6 29. a5 Rb8 30. Nxc5 Rxb6 31. Nd7+ Kg7 1-0

[Event "Champions Showdown Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2019.02.23"]
[Round "12.2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Duda, Jan-Krzysztof"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[ECO "A04"]
[Opening "Reti"]
[Variation "Lisitsin gambit deferred"]
[WhiteFideId "2016192"]
[BlackFideId "1170546"]
[EventDate "2019.02.23"]

1. Nf3 f5 2. d3 Nf6 3. e4 fxe4 4. dxe4 Nxe4 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. Ng5 d6 7. Bxh7 Nxh7 8.
Qh5+ Kd7 9. Qg4+ Ke8 10. Qh5+ Kd7 11. Nf7 Qe8 12. Qh3+ Kc6 13. Qf3+ Kd7 14. Nxh8
Nf6 15. Bg5 Nc6 16. Nc3 Ne5 17. Qe2 c6 18. f4 Nf7 19. Ng6 Kc7 20. Nxf8 Qxf8 21.
O-O Bg4 22. Qe3 Bf5 23. Rae1 e6 24. Qe2 d5 25. h3 Qc5+ 26. Kh2 Nd6 27. Qe5 Rf8
28. Ne2 Ng4+ 29. hxg4 Rh8+ 30. Kg3 Kc8 31. Nd4 1-0

[Event "Champions Showdown Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2019.02.23"]
[Round "12.3"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Navara, David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[ECO "A28"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "four knights, 4.e3"]
[WhiteFideId "5202213"]
[BlackFideId "309095"]
[EventDate "2019.02.23"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e3 g6 5. d4 d6 6. Be2 Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8. b3
exd4 9. exd4 d5 10. Bg5 dxc4 11. bxc4 h6 12. Bf4 g5 13. Be3 Ng4 14. Qd2 f5 15.
h3 Nxe3 16. fxe3 f4 17. Rad1 g4 18. hxg4 Bxg4 19. exf4 Bxf3 20. Rxf3 Qxd4+ 21.
Qxd4 Nxd4 22. Rf2 Ne6 23. Bg4 Nxf4 24. Nd5 Nxd5 25. Rxd5 Rae8 26. Rxf8+ Kxf8 27.
Bh5 Re1+ 28. Kf2 Ra1 29. Rd2 Ke7 30. Bg4 Be5 31. Re2 Kf6 32. Rd2 Bd6 33. Rb2 b6
34. Rd2 Ke5 35. Bf3 a5 36. Rd5+ Kf6 37. Rd2 a4 38. Ke3 Bb4 39. Re2 a3 40. Kd3
Rc1 41. Rc2 Rb1 42. Re2 Bd6 43. Kc2 Rb2+ 44. Kd3 Rb1 45. Kc2 Ra1 46. Kb3 Kg5 47.
Bd5 h5 48. Rf2 Rb1+ 49. Kc3 Be5+ 50. Kd3 h4 51. Re2 Bd6 52. Kc2 Ra1 53. Kb3 Kf4
54. Re4+ Kg3 55. Re2 Rb1+ 56. Kc2 Rf1 57. Kb3 Bc5 58. Rd2 Rb1+ 59. Kc2 Ra1 60.
Kb3 Bd6 61. Re2 Rb1+ 62. Kc2 Rf1 63. Kb3 Kh2 64. Kc2 Bc5 65. Kb3 Rb1+ 66. Kc2
Ra1 67. Kb3 Kg3 68. Rd2 Rg1 69. Re2 Bf2 70. Re7 Rb1+ 71. Kc3 Rb2 72. Rxc7 Bc5
73. Rg7+ Kf4 74. Rf7+ Kg4 75. Rg7+ Kf4 76. Rf7+ Ke5 77. Rh7 Rxa2 78. Rh5+ Kf6
79. Rxh4 Rf2 80. Rh1 a2 81. Ra1 Ke5 82. Kb3 b5 83. Rxa2 bxc4+ 84. Bxc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Champions Showdown Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2019.02.23"]
[Round "12.4"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[ECO "D04"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[WhiteFideId "3503240"]
[BlackFideId "2900084"]
[EventDate "2019.02.23"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e3 c6 4. Nbd2 Bf5 5. Bd3 Bg6 6. Ne5 e6 7. Nxg6 hxg6 8. c4
Nbd7 9. O-O Bd6 10. h3 O-O 11. Nf3 Qe7 12. a3 e5 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. cxd5 Nxd3 15.
Qxd3 Nxd5 16. Bd2 Rad8 17. Qc2 Rfe8 18. Rac1 Rd7 19. e4 Nf4 20. Bxf4 Bxf4 21.
Rce1 Bc7 22. g3 Qe6 23. Kg2 Red8 24. Re3 Bb6 25. Rc3 Ba5 26. b4 Bb6 27. Re1 a5
28. Re2 axb4 29. axb4 Rd1 30. h4 R1d7 31. e5 Rd1 32. Ng5 Qd5+ 33. Rf3 Rd3 34.
Qxd3 Qxd3 35. Rxd3 Rxd3 36. e6 fxe6 37. Rxe6 Rd8 38. Re7 Bd4 39. Rxb7 Bf6 40.
Ne6 Re8 41. Nf4 g5 42. hxg5 Bxg5 43. Nh5 Re7 44. Rb6 Bd2 45. f4 Kf7 46. g4 g6
47. Ng3 Bxf4 48. Rxc6 Rb7 49. Rc4 Bd6 50. Ne4 Bxb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Champions Showdown Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2019.02.23"]
[Round "12.5"]
[White "Shankland, Samuel"]
[Black "Rapport, Richard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[ECO "A53"]
[Opening "Old Indian defence"]
[WhiteFideId "2004887"]
[BlackFideId "738590"]
[EventDate "2019.02.23"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. d5 Ne5 5. Nxe5 dxe5 6. Nc3 e6 7. e4 Bc5 8. Bd3
O-O 9. O-O h6 10. Rb1 exd5 11. cxd5 c6 12. dxc6 bxc6 13. Qc2 Qe7 14. Bd2 Be6 15.
b3 Rfd8 16. Be2 Bd4 17. Na4 c5 18. Bc3 Rac8 19. Ba6 Rb8 20. Bxd4 cxd4 21. Qc5
Qd6 22. Bd3 Qxc5 23. Nxc5 Bc8 24. Rfc1 g5 25. b4 Rd6 26. b5 Nd7 27. a4 Kg7 28.
f3 Nf8 29. a5 h5 30. Kf2 h4 31. Bc4 Ng6 32. Nd3 Bd7 33. Ke1 g4 34. fxg4 Bxg4 35.
Kd2 f5 36. Bd5 Rxd5 37. exd5 e4 38. Nc5 e3+ 39. Kd3 Nf4+ 40. Kxd4 Ne2+ 41. Kxe3
Nxc1 42. Rxc1 Rxb5 43. d6 Kf6 44. d7 Ke7 45. h3 f4+ 46. Kxf4 Bxd7 47. Re1+ Kd6
48. Nxd7 Kxd7 49. Re5 Rb2 50. Rg5 Ke6 51. Rg7 Kf6 52. Rxa7 Rxg2 53. Rh7 Kg6 54.
Rh8 Ra2 55. Ra8 Ra3 56. a6 Kg7 57. Kg4 Ra4+ 58. Kg5 Kh7 59. Ra7+ Kg8 60. Kf6
Rf4+ 61. Ke5 Ra4 62. Kd5 Ra3 63. Kc4 Ra1 64. Kb5 Ra3 65. Rb7 Rb3+ 66. Kc4 Rxh3
67. a7 1-0

[Event "Champions Showdown Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2019.02.24"]
[Round "13.1"]
[White "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2828"]
[ECO "C15"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "Winawer (Nimzovich) variation"]
[WhiteFideId "5007003"]
[BlackFideId "2020009"]
[EventDate "2019.02.23"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. exd5 exd5 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. Ne2 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. h3
Re8 9. a3 Bd6 10. Bf4 Ne4 11. Bxe4 dxe4 12. Re1 f5 13. d5 Bxf4 14. Nxf4 Qg5 15.
g3 Qf6 16. f3 Nd7 17. fxe4 Ne5 18. Kg2 Bd7 19. exf5 Bxf5 20. Ne4 Qh6 21. Qh5
Qxh5 22. Nxh5 Bxe4+ 23. Rxe4 cxd5 24. Re2 Nc4 25. Rae1 Rxe2+ 26. Rxe2 Kf7 27. c3
Rd8 28. Rf2+ Kg8 29. Nf4 Rd6 30. a4 g6 31. b3 Ne3+ 32. Kf3 Nf5 33. g4 Ne7 34.
Rd2 Kf7 35. c4 d4 36. c5 Rf6 37. Ke4 Nc6 38. b4 Nxb4 39. Rxd4 Na6 40. Rd7+ Ke8
41. Rxh7 Nxc5+ 42. Ke5 Ra6 43. Nd5 Nd7+ 44. Kf4 Rxa4+ 45. Kg3 Nc5 46. Nf6+ Kd8
47. h4 b5 48. h5 gxh5 49. gxh5 Ra6 50. Rh8+ Ke7 51. Nd5+ Kf7 52. Rb8 Ra3+ 53.
Kf4 a6 54. h6 Rh3 55. Rc8 Ne6+ 56. Ke5 Rxh6 57. Rc6 Rh5+ 58. Kd6 Rh6 59. Ke5 a5
60. Nf4 Nxf4 61. Rxh6 Ng6+ 62. Kd4 b4 63. Rh5 a4 64. Rb5 b3 65. Rb4 Nf4 66. Rxa4
Ne6+ 67. Kc3 Kf6 68. Ra5 Ke7 69. Kxb3 Kd6 70. Kc4 Kc6 71. Ra6+ Kd7 72. Rb6 Ke7
73. Kd5 Nc7+ 74. Ke5 Kd7 75. Rd6+ Ke7 76. Rd1 Ne6 77. Rd2 Nc7 78. Rd6 Ne8 79.
Re6+ Kd7 80. Rh6 Nc7 81. Kd4 Ne6+ 82. Ke4 Nc7 83. Ke5 Nb5 84. Rb6 Nc7 85. Rd6+
Ke7 86. Rc6 Kd7 87. Rc5 Ne8 88. Rd5+ Ke7 89. Ra5 Nc7 90. Ra7 Kd7 91. Rxc7+ Kxc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Champions Showdown Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2019.02.24"]
[Round "13.2"]
[White "Duda, Jan-Krzysztof"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[ECO "A14"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "Neo-Catalan declined"]
[WhiteFideId "1170546"]
[BlackFideId "2016192"]
[EventDate "2019.02.23"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. b3 c5 7. Bb2 d4 8. e3 Nc6
9. exd4 cxd4 10. Re1 Ne8 11. Na3 f6 12. d3 e5 13. Nc2 Nc7 14. a3 a5 15. Rb1 Be6
16. Bc1 Qd7 17. Qe2 b5 18. Nd2 a4 19. b4 bxc4 20. Nxc4 Rab8 21. Bb2 Nb5 22. f4
Kh8 23. fxe5 f5 24. Nd6 Nc3 25. Bxc3 dxc3 26. d4 Bb3 27. b5 Na7 28. Nb4 Bxd6 29.
Bc6 Qd8 30. exd6 Qxd6 31. Qe5 Qxe5 32. Rxe5 Rfd8 33. Rc1 Bc4 34. Rxc3 Bxb5 35.
d5 g6 36. Re7 Nc8 37. Rc7 Nd6 38. Re3 Ne4 39. g4 Rd6 40. Rh3 Ng5 41. Re3 Ne4 42.
Bxb5 Rxb5 43. gxf5 gxf5 44. Rh3 h6 45. Rh5 Rf6 46. Kg2 Rb8 47. Kf3 Rg8 48. Kf4
Rg4+ 49. Ke5 Rg5 50. Rxg5 hxg5 51. Nc6 Rh6 52. Ne7 Nd6 53. Nxf5 Nxf5 54. Kxf5
Kg8 55. Rc2 Kf7 56. Kxg5 Rh3 57. Rc7+ Ke8 58. d6 Rxa3 59. h4 Rg3+ 60. Kh6 Rd3
61. Ra7 Rxd6+ 62. Kg5 Rd5+ 63. Kf6 Rd6+ 64. Ke5 Rb6 65. h5 Kf8 66. Rxa4 Kg7 67.
Rg4+ Kh6 68. Rg6+ Rxg6 69. hxg6 Kxg6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Champions Showdown Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2019.02.24"]
[Round "13.3"]
[White "Navara, David"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[ECO "D31"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "Charousek (Petrosian) variation"]
[WhiteFideId "309095"]
[BlackFideId "5202213"]
[EventDate "2019.02.23"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Be7 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bf4 c6 6. e3 Bf5 7. Nge2 Nd7 8. Ng3
Bg6 9. Rc1 Nf8 10. h4 h5 11. Qb3 Qb6 12. Nxd5 Qxb3 13. Nc7+ Kd7 14. axb3 Rc8 15.
d5 Bb4+ 16. Kd1 Rxc7 17. Bxc7 Kxc7 18. dxc6 bxc6 19. Bc4 Ne6 20. Ke2 Nf6 21. f4
Re8 22. Kf3 Ng4 23. Bxe6 fxe6 24. Rc4 c5 25. Ne4 Bxe4+ 26. Rxe4 e5 27. Rc1 Kd6
28. Rd1+ Ke6 29. fxe5 Nxe5+ 30. Ke2 Rf8 31. Rf4 Rxf4 32. exf4 Nc6 33. Rd3 Nd4+
34. Ke3 Kf5 35. Rd1 a5 36. g3 g6 37. Kf2 Ke4 38. g4 hxg4 39. Kg3 Kf5 40. Rd3
Ne2+ 41. Kf2 Nxf4 42. Rd8 Ne6 43. Rd5+ Kf4 44. Rd6 Ke5 45. Ra6 Kf5 46. Rd6 Nd4
47. Rd5+ Kf6 48. Rd6+ Kg7 49. Rd7+ Kh6 50. Kg3 Nxb3 51. Kxg4 Nd4 52. Rc7 Nf5 53.
h5 Ne3+ 54. Kf3 Nd5 55. Rd7 Nf6 56. Rd6 Nxh5 57. b3 Ng7 58. Kg4 Nf5 59. Rd7 Nd4 0-1

[Event "Champions Showdown Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2019.02.24"]
[Round "13.4"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[ECO "E60"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "3.g3"]
[WhiteFideId "2900084"]
[BlackFideId "3503240"]
[EventDate "2019.02.23"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nc3 c5 6. Nf3 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Nc6 8. O-O
Qa5 9. e3 d6 10. Bd2 Bd7 11. b3 Rfc8 12. Rc1 Rab8 13. Nxc6 Bxc6 14. e4 Qa3 15.
Rc2 a6 16. Bc1 Qa5 17. Bd2 Qd8 18. Be3 b5 19. cxb5 axb5 20. Qd2 b4 21. Nd5 Nxd5
22. exd5 Bc3 23. Qc1 Bb5 24. Rd1 Bf6 25. Bh3 Rxc2 26. Qxc2 Qa5 27. Bd2 Qa3 28.
Bc1 Qa6 29. Bd2 Be2 30. Re1 Bf3 31. Qc7 Ra8 32. Bg2 Bxg2 33. Kxg2 Qxa2 34. Qb7
Rf8 35. Qxb4 Qa8 36. Qc4 Rc8 37. Qd3 Rc5 38. Be3 Rxd5 39. Qe4 e6 40. Rc1 h5 41.
h4 Qb7 42. Qf3 Bg7 43. Bg5 Rb5 44. Qxb7 Rxb7 45. Rb1 Bc3 46. Kf3 f6 47. Be3 d5
48. Ke2 e5 49. Kd3 d4 50. Bc1 Kf7 51. f4 Ke6 52. fxe5 fxe5 53. Ke4 Rf7 54. Bg5
Rf2 55. b4 Re2+ 56. Kd3 Rg2 57. Kc4 Ra2 58. b5 Ra8 59. b6 Kd6 60. b7 Rb8 61. Kd3
Kc6 62. Bf6 Rxb7 63. Rxb7 Kxb7 64. Bxe5 Kc6 65. Bxd4 Be1 66. Be5 Kd5 67. Bf4 Bb4
68. Bb8 Bc5 69. Bf4 Ke6 70. Ke4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Champions Showdown Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2019.02.24"]
[Round "13.5"]
[White "Rapport, Richard"]
[Black "Shankland, Samuel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[ECO "A45"]
[Opening "Trompovsky attack (Ruth, Opovcensky opening)"]
[WhiteFideId "738590"]
[BlackFideId "2004887"]
[EventDate "2019.02.23"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 e6 3. Nd2 h6 4. Bh4 Be7 5. e4 d6 6. Bd3 Nbd7 7. Ne2 Nf8 8. f3
Ng6 9. Bf2 e5 10. O-O O-O 11. c3 d5 12. exd5 Nxd5 13. Bxg6 fxg6 14. dxe5 g5 15.
Ne4 Bf5 16. N4g3 Bg6 17. Qb3 c6 18. Qxb7 Kh7 19. Qxc6 Rc8 20. Qa4 Nb6 21. Qxa7
Nc4 22. Rad1 Qe8 23. Rd7 Bd8 24. Rxg7+ Kh8 25. e6 Bf6 26. Bd4 Ne5 27. e7 Bxg7 1-0

[Event "Champions Showdown Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2019.02.24"]
[Round "14.1"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2828"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[ECO "C24"]
[Opening "Bishop's opening"]
[Variation "Berlin defence"]
[WhiteFideId "2020009"]
[BlackFideId "5007003"]
[EventDate "2019.02.23"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 c6 4. Nf3 d5 5. Bb3 a5 6. a3 a4 7. Ba2 Bd6 8. Nc3 dxe4
9. Ng5 O-O 10. Ncxe4 Nxe4 11. Nxe4 Bf5 12. Qf3 Bxe4 13. dxe4 Nd7 14. O-O Qe7 15.
Bd2 Nc5 16. Rad1 Ne6 17. Bc3 Nd4 18. Bxd4 exd4 19. g3 c5 20. Bc4 Qd7 21. Qd3 Ra5
22. f4 b5 23. Bd5 Bb8 24. c4 dxc3 25. Qxc3 Ra6 26. e5 Qe7 27. Kg2 c4 28. Qf3 Ra7
29. Rfe1 Kh8 30. e6 fxe6 31. Rxe6 Qc5 32. Be4 Re7 33. Rd5 Qc7 34. Rxe7 Qxe7 35.
Rxb5 c3 36. Rb7 Qe6 37. bxc3 Qa2+ 38. Kh3 Qe6+ 39. Qg4 Qf6 40. Qh5 Qe6+ 41. Qg4
Qf6 42. c4 Bd6 43. Qf3 Qh6+ 44. Kg2 Bc5 45. Rb5 Qd6 46. Qh5 1-0

[Event "Champions Showdown Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2019.02.24"]
[Round "14.2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Duda, Jan-Krzysztof"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[ECO "A13"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "Wimpey system"]
[WhiteFideId "2016192"]
[BlackFideId "1170546"]
[EventDate "2019.02.23"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. b3 c5 5. Bb2 Nc6 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Be2 Bd6 8. O-O
O-O 9. d4 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Qe7 11. Nd2 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 Bf5 13. Nb1 Ne4 14. Nc3 Nxc3
15. Bxc3 Be5 16. Bxe5 Qxe5 17. Qd2 Rac8 18. Rac1 b6 19. Ba6 Rxc1 20. Rxc1 Rd8
21. f3 Be6 22. Qc3 Qxc3 23. Rxc3 Kf8 24. Rc7 d4 25. exd4 Rd7 26. Rxd7 Bxd7 27.
Bd3 h6 28. Kf2 g5 29. Ke3 Ke7 30. Bc4 f6 31. b4 Bf5 32. Bd3 Be6 33. a3 Bf7 34.
Bh7 Bd5 35. g3 Kd6 36. Bc2 Bc6 37. Bb3 Bb7 38. h4 Bc6 39. Bc2 Bd5 40. Be4 Be6
41. Kd3 Bf7 42. Kc3 Be6 43. Kd2 Bf7 44. Ke3 Be6 45. Bh7 Bd5 46. Bc2 Bc6 47. f4
Bd5 48. Be4 Bf7 49. Bf3 Bg6 50. Bg4 Bc2 51. Be2 Bg6 52. Bd3 Bf7 53. Be4 Bh5 54.
Kd3 Bf7 55. Bf5 Bd5 56. Be4 Bf7 57. Ke3 Bh5 58. Bc2 Bf7 59. Bd1 Bg6 60. Bf3 Bf7
61. Be4 Bh5 62. fxg5 fxg5 63. Bf5 Bd1 64. Bg6 Kd5 65. Bf7+ Kd6 66. Bc4 Bh5 67.
Kd2 Bg4 68. Kc3 Bf5 69. Be2 Be4 70. Kc4 Bc6 71. Bg4 Be8 72. Bf5 Bc6 73. Kd3 Bf3
74. Ke3 Bd5 75. Be4 Bf7 76. Kd2 Be6 77. Kc3 Bf7 78. Kd3 Be6 79. Bf3 Bf5+ 80. Kc4
Bd7 81. Bd1 Bc6 82. a4 a5 83. bxa5 bxa5 84. Kd3 Bd5 85. Ke3 Bc6 86. Bb3 Bb7 87.
Kd2 Bc6 88. Kd3 Bb7 89. Bc4 Bc6 90. Bb5 Bd5 91. Ke3 Ke7 92. Kd2 Kd6 93. Ke2 Ke7
94. Kd3 Kd6 95. Bc4 Bc6 96. Bb3 Bb7 97. Bd1 Bd5 98. Bc2 Ke7 99. Ke3 Kd6 100. Bd3
Bc6 101. Bb5 Bd5 102. Kd2 Be4 103. Kc3 Bd5 104. Kd3 Ke7 105. Bc4 Bc6 106. Bb3
Kd6 107. Ke3 Bb7 108. hxg5 hxg5 109. d5 Ke5 110. Kf3 Bc8 111. Ke3 Bf5 112. d6
Kxd6 113. Kd4 Bd7 114. Bd1 Be6 115. Bc2 Bd7 116. Bd1 Be6 117. Bc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Champions Showdown Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2019.02.24"]
[Round "14.3"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Navara, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[ECO "C02"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "advance, Steinitz variation"]
[WhiteFideId "5202213"]
[BlackFideId "309095"]
[EventDate "2019.02.23"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. dxc5 e6 5. Nf3 Bxc5 6. a3 f6 7. b4 Be7 8. Bb2 a5
9. b5 Nd7 10. Nbd2 Qc7 11. exf6 Ngxf6 12. c4 Bc5 13. Bd3 O-O 14. O-O Nb6 15. Rc1
Qe7 16. a4 Bd7 17. cxd5 Nbxd5 18. Ne4 Rac8 19. Nxc5 Rxc5 20. Qd2 Nb4 21. Rxc5
Qxc5 22. Bxf6 Rxf6 23. Bxh7+ Kxh7 24. Qxd7 Rxf3 25. gxf3 Qf5 26. Qd4 Qxf3 27.
Qh4+ Kg8 28. Qg3 Qe4 29. f3 Qe3+ 30. Qf2 Qg5+ 31. Kh1 Nd3 32. Qg3 Qe3 33. Rg1
Nf2+ 34. Kg2 Nd3 35. Kh1 Nf2+ 36. Kg2 Nd3 37. Rf1 Qe2+ 38. Kg1 Qe3+ 39. Kh1 Qe2
40. Qg2 Qe3 41. h3 Nf4 42. Qg3 Qe2 43. Rg1 Nh5 44. Qg4 Qe5 45. Qg5 1-0

[Event "Champions Showdown Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2019.02.24"]
[Round "14.4"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[ECO "C65"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Berlin defence"]
[WhiteFideId "3503240"]
[BlackFideId "2900084"]
[EventDate "2019.02.23"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Nbd2 d6 6. c3 O-O 7. O-O Ne7 8. d4
exd4 9. cxd4 Bb6 10. Re1 Bg4 11. h3 Bh5 12. a4 a6 13. Bf1 Nc6 14. a5 Nxa5 15. d5
c5 16. b3 Bc7 17. Bb2 b5 18. g4 Bg6 19. Nh4 Nxe4 20. Nxg6 Nxd2 21. Nxf8 Naxb3
22. Ne6 fxe6 23. dxe6 Qe7 24. Bg2 Rf8 25. Rxa6 c4 26. Bc3 Nc5 27. Ra7 Ndb3 28.
Qd5 Kh8 29. Rxc7 Qxc7 30. e7 Re8 31. Qf7 1-0

[Event "Champions Showdown Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2019.02.24"]
[Round "14.5"]
[White "Shankland, Samuel"]
[Black "Rapport, Richard"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[ECO "A84"]
[Opening "Dutch defence"]
[WhiteFideId "2004887"]
[BlackFideId "738590"]
[EventDate "2019.02.23"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 3. e3 Nf6 4. Bd3 Bb4+ 5. Nd2 c5 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O b6 8. d5
Bxd2 9. Nxd2 exd5 10. cxd5 d6 11. e4 Ba6 12. Bxa6 Nxa6 13. exf5 Qd7 14. Nc4 Qxf5
15. Nxd6 Qxd5 16. Bf4 Nb4 17. Qe2 Nh5 18. Be5 Nd3 19. Rad1 Nhf4 20. Bxf4 Nxf4
21. Qg4 Qxa2 22. Nf5 Ng6 23. Rd7 Rf7 24. Rxf7 Qxf7 25. Nd6 Qb3 26. h4 Rf8 27. h5
Ne5 28. Qe4 Qe6 29. Nb5 Qf5 30. Qd5+ Kh8 31. Nd6 Qf6 32. f4 Ng4 33. Re1 Qd4+ 34.
Qxd4 cxd4 35. Re7 d3 36. Ne4 Rd8 37. Kf1 Nf6 38. Nd2 Nxh5 39. Rxa7 Nxf4 40. Kf2
Re8 41. Kf3 Ng6 42. Nc4 h6 43. Nxb6 Rd8 44. Ra1 Ne5+ 45. Ke4 d2 46. Nd5 Nc4 47.
b3 Nb2 0-1

[Event "Champions Showdown Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2019.02.24"]
[Round "15.1"]
[White "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2828"]
[ECO "C11"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "Steinitz variation"]
[WhiteFideId "5007003"]
[BlackFideId "2020009"]
[EventDate "2019.02.23"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Nce2 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Nf3 b5 8. Nf4
Qb6 9. Be2 a5 10. Be3 Ba6 11. O-O h6 12. Rc1 O-O-O 13. a4 c4 14. b3 Ba3 15. axb5
Bxc1 16. bxc6 Bxe3 17. cxd7+ Rxd7 18. fxe3 g5 19. Nh5 cxb3 20. Bxa6+ Qxa6 21.
Qxb3 Rb7 22. Qa3 Kb8 23. Nf6 Rc8 24. Qd6+ Ka7 25. e4 Rc6 26. Qa3 Qb5 27. exd5
exd5 28. Ra1 Ka6 29. h3 Rbc7 30. Ne8 Ra7 31. Nd6 Qb6 32. Qa2 Rac7 33. Qe2+ Ka7
34. Nb5+ Kb7 35. Nxc7 Kxc7 36. Qa2 1-0

[Event "Champions Showdown Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2019.02.24"]
[Round "15.2"]
[White "Duda, Jan-Krzysztof"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[ECO "A14"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "Neo-Catalan declined"]
[WhiteFideId "1170546"]
[BlackFideId "2016192"]
[EventDate "2019.02.23"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. cxd5 exd5 7. b3 c5 8. d4
b6 9. Bb2 a5 10. Nc3 Bb7 11. Rc1 Na6 12. e3 Re8 13. Qd3 Nb4 14. Qb1 c4 15. Ne5
cxb3 16. axb3 Ba6 17. Rfd1 Bd6 18. h3 Rc8 19. f4 Bb7 20. g4 Ne4 21. Nxe4 Rxc1
22. Bxc1 dxe4 23. Bxe4 Bxe4 24. Qxe4 Bxe5 25. fxe5 f6 26. Ba3 Rxe5 27. Qf3 Re7
28. Bxb4 axb4 29. Ra1 Re8 30. Kg2 Qc7 31. Ra8 Qc2+ 32. Kg3 Qc7+ 33. Kg2 Qc2+ 34.
Kf1 Rxa8 35. Qxa8+ Kf7 36. Qd5+ Kf8 37. Qd6+ Kf7 38. Qxb4 Qc1+ 39. Kf2 Qc2+ 40.
Kf3 Qd1+ 41. Kf2 Qc2+ 42. Kg3 Qc7+ 43. Kf3 Qh2 44. Qxb6 Qxh3+ 45. Kf2 Qh2+ 46.
Kf3 Qh3+ 47. Kf2 Qh2+ 48. Ke1 Qg1+ 49. Kd2 Qxg4 50. Qc7+ Kg6 51. b4 h5 52. b5
Qg2+ 53. Kc3 h4 54. b6 h3 55. b7 h2 56. b8=Q h1=Q 57. Kb4 Qb2+ 58. Kc5 Qa3+ 59.
Kc4 Qf1+ 60. Kd5 Qf3+ 61. Ke6 Qf5# 0-1

[Event "Champions Showdown Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2019.02.24"]
[Round "15.3"]
[White "Navara, David"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[ECO "D31"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "Charousek (Petrosian) variation"]
[WhiteFideId "309095"]
[BlackFideId "5202213"]
[EventDate "2019.02.23"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Be7 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bf4 c6 6. e3 Bf5 7. Nge2 Nd7 8. Ng3
Bg6 9. Be2 Ngf6 10. h4 h5 11. Bg5 Bd6 12. f4 Qb6 13. Qd2 O-O-O 14. Rc1 Kb8 15.
a3 Rde8 16. Bxf6 Nxf6 17. b4 Re7 18. O-O Rhe8 19. Rf3 Ng4 20. Nf1 Qd8 21. b5
Bxa3 22. Ra1 Bb4 23. bxc6 bxc6 24. Qb2 a5 25. f5 Bh7 26. Na2 Rb7 27. Nxb4 Rxb4
28. Qc3 Qb6 29. Bd1 g6 30. Nd2 gxf5 31. Nb3 f4 32. Nxa5 Kc7 33. Nxc6 Rc4 34.
Ra7+ Qxa7 35. Nxa7 Rxc3 36. Nb5+ Kc6 37. Nxc3 Rxe3 38. Rxe3 fxe3 39. Kf1 Kd6 40.
Bxg4 hxg4 41. Ke2 g3 42. Kxe3 Bg6 43. Kf4 Bh5 44. Kxg3 f6 45. Kf4 Ke6 46. g4 Bg6
47. Ne2 Bd3 48. Ke3 Bc2 49. Nf4+ Kd6 50. g5 fxg5 51. hxg5 Bf5 52. Kf3 Kc6 53.
Kg3 Bb1 54. Kg4 Kb5 55. g6 Bxg6 56. Nxg6 Kc4 57. Nf4 Kxd4 58. Nxd5 Kxd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Champions Showdown Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2019.02.24"]
[Round "15.4"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[ECO "E60"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "3.g3"]
[WhiteFideId "2900084"]
[BlackFideId "3503240"]
[EventDate "2019.02.23"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 c5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bg2 Qa5+ 6. Nc3 Nc6 7. O-O cxd4 8.
Nxd4 Qc5 9. e3 Qxc4 10. Ndb5 O-O 11. b3 Qg4 12. Bb2 d6 13. Bf3 Qh3 14. Bg2 Qh5
15. Qxh5 Nxh5 16. Rac1 Bd7 17. Ba3 Nf6 18. Nc7 Rac8 19. N7d5 Nxd5 20. Nxd5 Rfe8
21. Rfd1 Kf8 22. h3 h5 23. f4 Be6 24. Kf2 Red8 25. Rc2 Na5 26. Nc7 Bf5 27. Rcc1
Bd7 28. b4 Nc6 29. Nd5 Nb8 30. Re1 Rxc1 31. Rxc1 Rc8 32. Rxc8+ Bxc8 33. b5 Nd7
34. Bb4 Nc5 35. b6 axb6 36. Nxb6 Nd3+ 37. Ke2 Bxh3 38. Bxh3 Nxb4 39. a3 Nc2 40.
a4 e6 41. Bg2 d5 42. e4 Bd4 43. Nc8 Ne3 44. Bh1 dxe4 45. Bxe4 Nd5 46. a5 Bc3 47.
Nb6 Nxb6 48. axb6 Bd4 49. Bxb7 Bxb6 50. Kf3 Kg7 51. g4 hxg4+ 52. Kxg4 f5+ 53.
Kf3 Kf6 54. Ba6 Bc7 55. Bb5 Bxf4 56. Kxf4 e5+ 57. Kf3 e4+ 58. Kf4 g5+ 59. Ke3
Ke5 60. Bd7 g4 61. Kf2 Kf4 62. Bc8 Kg5 63. Bb7 Kf6 64. Bc8 Ke5 65. Bd7 Kf4 66.
Bc8 g3+ 67. Kg2 Kg4 68. Bd7 Kf4 69. Bxf5 Kxf5 70. Kxg3 Ke5 71. Kf2 Kd4 72. Ke2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Champions Showdown Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2019.02.24"]
[Round "15.5"]
[White "Rapport, Richard"]
[Black "Shankland, Samuel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[ECO "D00"]
[Opening "Levitsky attack (Queen's bishop attack)"]
[WhiteFideId "738590"]
[BlackFideId "2004887"]
[EventDate "2019.02.23"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bg5 f6 3. Bf4 Nc6 4. Bg3 Nh6 5. e3 Nf5 6. c4 e5 7. cxd5 Qxd5 8. Nc3
Bb4 9. a3 Bxc3+ 10. bxc3 Be6 11. Nf3 O-O-O 12. Be2 h5 13. dxe5 Qa5 14. Qc2 h4
15. Bf4 g5 16. Bxg5 fxg5 17. Nxg5 Qxe5 18. Nxe6 Nxe3 19. fxe3 Qxe6 20. O-O Qxe3+
21. Kh1 Kb8 22. Bg4 Ne5 23. Bh3 Nd3 24. Bf5 a6 25. Rf3 Qe1+ 26. Rxe1 Nxe1 27.
Qb1 Nxf3 28. Be4 1-0

[Event "Champions Showdown Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2019.02.24"]
[Round "16.1"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2828"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[ECO "E46"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian"]
[Variation "Reshevsky variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2020009"]
[BlackFideId "5007003"]
[EventDate "2019.02.23"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Ne2 c6 6. a3 Ba5 7. b4 Bc7 8. Bb2 d5
9. Ng3 Nbd7 10. Rc1 Re8 11. cxd5 exd5 12. Bd3 Nf8 13. b5 Ng4 14. Be2 Qh4 15.
Bxg4 Bxg4 16. Qd2 Bxg3 17. fxg3 Qg5 18. O-O Qxe3+ 19. Qxe3 Rxe3 20. bxc6 bxc6
21. Na4 Rc8 22. Nc5 Ne6 23. Rfe1 Rxe1+ 24. Rxe1 Rb8 25. Bc3 Nxc5 26. dxc5 Be6
27. Re2 Rb1+ 28. Kf2 h5 29. Rb2 Rc1 30. Bd4 Rc4 31. Ke3 Ra4 32. Rb3 Kh7 33. Bb2
d4+ 0-1

[Event "Champions Showdown Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2019.02.24"]
[Round "16.2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Duda, Jan-Krzysztof"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[ECO "E15"]
[Opening "Queen's Indian"]
[Variation "Nimzovich variation (exaggerated fianchetto)"]
[WhiteFideId "2016192"]
[BlackFideId "1170546"]
[EventDate "2019.02.23"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. d4 e6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 c6 6. Bg2 d5 7. O-O Be7 8. Ne5 Nfd7
9. Nf3 dxc4 10. Qc2 cxb3 11. axb3 Bb7 12. Rd1 O-O 13. Nc3 Na6 14. e4 Nb4 15. Qb1
a5 16. Bf4 Re8 17. h4 h6 18. Nd2 c5 19. Nc4 cxd4 20. Rxd4 Bc5 21. Rd2 Re7 22.
Nb5 Qf8 23. Qd1 Nf6 24. Bd6 Nxe4 25. Bxe7 Qxe7 26. Bxe4 Bxe4 27. Nc3 Bc6 28. Ne5
Qf6 29. Qe1 Rf8 30. Kh2 Ba8 31. f4 Qf5 32. Nd7 Rc8 33. Nxc5 Qxc5 34. Rc1 Qf5 35.
Rcd1 Nd5 36. Nxd5 Bxd5 37. Qe3 b5 38. Ra1 b4 39. Rxa5 Qb1 40. Raxd5 exd5 41. Qd3
Qxd3 42. Rxd3 Rc3 43. Rxd5 Rxb3 44. Rd8+ Kh7 45. h5 Rc3 46. Rb8 b3 47. Rb7 Rc2+
48. Kh3 b2 49. Kg4 Rf2 50. Kf5 Re2 51. Kg4 Kg8 52. Rb8+ Kh7 53. Rb7 Rh2 54. Kf3
f5 55. Rb8 Rc2 56. Ke3 Rc3+ 57. Kf2 Rc2+ 58. Ke3 Rh2 59. Kf3 g5 60. hxg6+ Kxg6
61. Rb6+ Kh5 62. Rb5 Kg6 63. Rb6+ Kf7 64. Ke3 Rg2 65. Kd4 Re2 66. Kd5 Kg7 67.
Kd4 h5 68. Kd3 Rg2 69. Kd4 Re2 70. Kd3 Rg2 71. Kd4 Rxg3 72. Rxb2 h4 73. Ke5 Kg6
74. Rb6+ Kh5 75. Kxf5 Rg8 76. Rb7 Rf8+ 77. Ke4 Kg6 78. Rb6+ Rf6 79. Rxf6+ Kxf6
80. Kf3 Kf5 81. Kg2 h3+ 82. Kxh3 Kxf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Champions Showdown Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2019.02.24"]
[Round "16.3"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Navara, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[ECO "C02"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "advance, Steinitz variation"]
[WhiteFideId "5202213"]
[BlackFideId "309095"]
[EventDate "2019.02.23"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. dxc5 e6 5. Nf3 Bxc5 6. a3 f6 7. b4 Be7 8. Bb2 a5
9. b5 Nd7 10. Nbd2 Nh6 11. Be2 O-O 12. O-O Ng4 13. exf6 Bxf6 14. Bxf6 Qxf6 15.
c4 a4 16. Rc1 Kh8 17. h3 Nge5 18. Re1 Ng6 19. Nf1 e5 20. Ne3 e4 21. Ng4 exf3 22.
Nxf6 fxe2 23. Rxe2 Nxf6 24. cxd5 Nf4 25. Rd2 Ne4 26. Rd4 Bf5 27. f3 Nxh3+ 28.
gxh3 Nd6 29. b6 Rf6 30. h4 Raf8 31. Kh2 Bc8 32. Rxa4 Rxf3 33. Qxf3 Rxf3 34. Ra8
Rf2+ 35. Kg1 Rf8 36. a4 Kg8 37. a5 Re8 38. a6 bxa6 1-0

[Event "Champions Showdown Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2019.02.24"]
[Round "16.4"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[ECO "C65"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Berlin defence"]
[WhiteFideId "3503240"]
[BlackFideId "2900084"]
[EventDate "2019.02.23"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Nbd2 d6 6. c3 O-O 7. O-O a6 8. Ba4
b5 9. Bc2 Bb6 10. Re1 Ng4 11. Re2 Ne7 12. h3 Nf6 13. Re1 Ng6 14. Nf1 Re8 15. Ng3
h6 16. d4 c5 17. a4 cxd4 18. cxd4 Rb8 19. axb5 axb5 20. Be3 Be6 21. Qd2 Rc8 22.
d5 Bd7 23. Bd3 Bxe3 24. Qxe3 Nf4 25. Bf1 Rc2 26. Rec1 Rxc1 27. Rxc1 Qb8 28. Ne2
Nxe2+ 29. Bxe2 Rc8 30. Ra1 b4 31. Nd2 Bb5 32. Bd3 Bxd3 33. Qxd3 Qc7 34. b3 Qc3
35. Qxc3 bxc3 36. Nc4 Nxe4 37. Rc1 Rb8 38. f3 Nd2 39. Rxc3 Nxb3 40. Nxd6 Nd4 41.
Rc7 Rd8 42. Nxf7 Rxd5 43. Re7 Nf5 44. Rxe5 Rd1+ 45. Kh2 Kxf7 46. Rxf5+ Kg6 47.
g4 Rd3 48. Kg3 Ra3 49. Re5 Rb3 50. Kf2 Ra3 51. Re3 Ra2+ 52. Kg3 Ra4 53. f4 Kh7
54. f5 Kg8 55. Kf3 Rb4 56. Re4 Rb3+ 57. Re3 Rb4 58. Rc3 Ra4 59. Kg3 Rb4 60. Kh4
Kh7 61. Rc7 Kg8 62. Kh5 Rb6 63. Re7 Ra6 64. Re6 Ra8 65. Kg6 Rb8 66. Rc6 Rd8 67.
h4 Rb8 68. g5 hxg5 69. hxg5 Kh8 70. Re6 Rg8 71. Kf7 Ra8 72. Re8+ 1-0

[Event "Champions Showdown Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2019.02.24"]
[Round "16.5"]
[White "Shankland, Samuel"]
[Black "Rapport, Richard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[ECO "A14"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "Neo-Catalan declined"]
[WhiteFideId "2004887"]
[BlackFideId "738590"]
[EventDate "2019.02.23"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. d4 Ne4 7. Qc2 c6 8. b3 Nd7
9. Bb2 Qe8 10. Nc3 f5 11. e3 Bd6 12. Ne2 g5 13. Ne5 Nxe5 14. dxe5 Be7 15. f3 Nc5
16. Nd4 Bd7 17. b4 Na6 18. a3 f4 19. Bh3 Nc7 20. Rae1 fxg3 21. hxg3 dxc4 22.
Qxc4 Qg6 23. e4 Kh8 24. Nf5 exf5 25. e6+ Bf6 26. Bxf6+ Qxf6 27. exd7 f4 28. e5
Qh6 29. Kg2 fxg3 30. e6 Nd5 31. e7 Nf4+ 32. Qxf4 gxf4 33. e8=Q Raxe8 34. Rxe8
Qf6 35. Rxf8+ Qxf8 36. Re1 Qf6 37. Re2 Kg7 38. Rd2 Qd8 39. Bg4 h5 40. Bxh5 Kf6
41. Bg4 Kg7 42. Rd4 Kg6 43. Rxf4 a5 44. Re4 Qf8 45. Re6+ Kg5 46. Re8 1-0

[Event "Champions Showdown Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2019.02.24"]
[Round "17.1"]
[White "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2828"]
[ECO "E53"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian"]
[Variation "4.e3, main line with ...c5"]
[WhiteFideId "5007003"]
[BlackFideId "2020009"]
[EventDate "2019.02.23"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 c5 7. cxd5 exd5 8. dxc5
Nbd7 9. Bd2 Nxc5 10. Be2 Ne6 11. O-O a6 12. Qb3 Bd6 13. Rfd1 b5 14. Be1 Bb7 15.
Nd4 Nc5 16. Qc2 Rc8 17. a3 Re8 18. Bf3 Nfe4 19. Rac1 Qg5 20. Qe2 Rcd8 21. g3 Be5
22. Bg2 Bxd4 23. Rxd4 Nb3 24. Rcd1 Nxd4 25. Rxd4 Nc5 26. Qd1 Ne6 27. Rd3 Nc7 28.
Ne2 h6 29. Bc3 Ne6 30. b4 d4 31. Bxb7 dxc3 32. Nxc3 Qf5 33. Nd5 Kh8 34. Bxa6 Ng5
35. Bb7 Nf3+ 36. Kh1 Qh3 0-1

[Event "Champions Showdown Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2019.02.24"]
[Round "17.2"]
[White "Duda, Jan-Krzysztof"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[ECO "A14"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "Neo-Catalan declined"]
[WhiteFideId "1170546"]
[BlackFideId "2016192"]
[EventDate "2019.02.23"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. cxd5 exd5 7. b3 Bd6 8. Bb2
Re8 9. d3 c5 10. d4 Nc6 11. Nc3 Bg4 12. dxc5 Bxc5 13. h3 Bxf3 14. Bxf3 Ne4 15.
Kg2 Bd4 16. Rc1 Qa5 17. Qe1 Bxc3 18. Bxc3 Qxa2 19. b4 a6 20. Rd1 Rad8 21. e3 Ng5
22. Qe2 Qxe2 23. Bxe2 d4 24. Bd2 d3 25. Bg4 Ne5 26. Bc3 Nc6 27. Bf5 Ne4 28. Bxe4
Rxe4 29. Rb1 Rc4 30. Rb3 d2 31. Rd1 Rd3 32. Rxd2 Rdxc3 33. Rxc3 Rxc3 34. Rd7 b5 0-1

[Event "Champions Showdown Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2019.02.24"]
[Round "17.3"]
[White "Navara, David"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[ECO "E25"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian"]
[Variation "Saemisch, Keres variation"]
[WhiteFideId "309095"]
[BlackFideId "5202213"]
[EventDate "2019.02.23"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. d4 Bb4 4. f3 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
dxc5 Qa5 9. e4 Nf6 10. Be3 O-O 11. Kf2 Nfd7 12. Ne2 Nxc5 13. Nd4 Bd7 14. a4 Qc7
15. a5 Rd8 16. Qb1 e5 17. Nb5 Bxb5 18. Bxb5 Nbd7 19. Rd1 Nf6 20. Qb4 Rxd1 21.
Rxd1 b6 22. Bxc5 bxc5 23. Qa3 Rb8 24. Bc4 h6 25. Rd2 g5 26. h3 Kg7 27. Kg3 h5
28. Rd1 Kg6 29. h4 gxh4+ 30. Kxh4 Qe7 31. Kh3 h4 32. Qa4 Rd8 33. Rb1 Nh5 34.
Qc6+ Rd6 35. Rb7 Nf4+ 36. Kh2 Rxc6 37. Rxe7 Rd6 38. Rxe5 Rd2 39. Bxf7+ Kh6 40.
Rf5 Nxg2 41. Kh3 Ne1 42. Kxh4 Rd3 43. Kg4 Rxc3 44. Bd5 Nc2 45. Rf6+ Kg7 46. Kg5
Nd4 47. Rf7+ Kh8 48. Kh6 1-0

[Event "Champions Showdown Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2019.02.24"]
[Round "17.4"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[ECO "E92"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "Petrosian system, Stein variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2900084"]
[BlackFideId "3503240"]
[EventDate "2019.02.23"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. d4 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. d5 a5 8. h3 Na6
9. Bg5 Qe8 10. Nd2 Nd7 11. a3 Nb6 12. b3 Bd7 13. O-O Nc5 14. Rc1 f5 15. b4 axb4
16. axb4 Nca4 17. Nb5 Rc8 18. Qc2 h6 19. Bh4 g5 20. Bg3 f4 21. Bh2 h5 22. f3 Rf6
23. Ra1 c6 24. dxc6 bxc6 25. Nxd6 Rxd6 26. c5 Rg6 27. cxb6 Nxb6 28. Nb3 g4 29.
fxg4 hxg4 30. hxg4 Bxg4 31. Nc5 Bf8 32. Qb3+ Qf7 33. Qxf7+ Kxf7 34. Ra7+ Kg8 35.
Bxg4 Rxg4 36. Rc1 Rd8 37. Rc2 Bxc5+ 38. bxc5 Rd1+ 39. Kf2 Nd7 40. g3 Rd3 41.
gxf4 exf4 42. Rb2 Kf7 43. Rbb7 Ke6 44. Rxd7 Rxd7 45. Rxd7 Kxd7 46. Kf3 Rg5 47.
Bxf4 Rxc5 48. Ke2 Rc3 0-1

[Event "Champions Showdown Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2019.02.24"]
[Round "17.5"]
[White "Rapport, Richard"]
[Black "Shankland, Samuel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[ECO "D01"]
[Opening "Richter-Veresov attack"]
[WhiteFideId "738590"]
[BlackFideId "2004887"]
[EventDate "2019.02.23"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bg5 Nbd7 4. e3 c6 5. Nf3 e6 6. Bd3 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. h3
c5 9. a3 a6 10. Ne5 h6 11. Bf4 Nxe5 12. dxe5 Nd7 13. Qg4 f5 14. Qg6 Rf7 15. Qxe6
Nf6 16. Bxf5 Bxe6 17. Bxe6 Ne8 18. Nxd5 Nc7 19. Nxc7 Rb8 20. Bxf7+ Kxf7 21. Rad1
Qf8 22. Rd7 Rd8 23. Rfd1 Rxd7 24. e6+ 1-0

[Event "Champions Showdown Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2019.02.24"]
[Round "18.1"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2828"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[ECO "C42"]
[Opening "Petrov"]
[Variation "Nimzovich attack"]
[WhiteFideId "2020009"]
[BlackFideId "5007003"]
[EventDate "2019.02.23"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Be3 Nc6 8.
Qd2 Be6 9. O-O-O Qd7 10. h4 h6 11. Nd4 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 Rg8 13. Kb1 O-O-O 14. c4
Qc6 15. Qc3 g6 16. Be2 h5 17. b3 Bg4 18. Bxg4+ hxg4 19. g3 a6 20. h5 gxh5 21.
Rxh5 d5 22. Re1 Bg5 23. c5 Rde8 24. Reh1 Qg6 25. a4 Re2 26. Rh8 Rxh8 27. Rxh8+
Kd7 28. Rb8 Bd2 29. Qd3 Qxd3 30. cxd3 Be1 31. Rf8 Ke7 32. Rc8 Kd7 33. Rf8 Ke7
34. Rc8 Kd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Champions Showdown Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2019.02.24"]
[Round "18.2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Duda, Jan-Krzysztof"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[ECO "D11"]
[Opening "QGD Slav"]
[Variation "4.e3"]
[WhiteFideId "2016192"]
[BlackFideId "1170546"]
[EventDate "2019.02.23"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. e3 e6 5. Bd3 Nbd7 6. O-O Bd6 7. Nc3 dxc4 8. Bxc4
b5 9. Bb3 O-O 10. e4 b4 11. e5 bxc3 12. exd6 Ba6 13. Re1 Qb8 14. bxc3 Qxd6 15.
a4 c5 16. Ba3 Rac8 17. Ne5 Qc7 18. Nxd7 Nxd7 19. d5 exd5 20. Qxd5 Nf6 21. Qf5
Rfd8 22. Re3 Rb8 23. Bc2 Rd5 24. Qf3 Bb7 25. Qe2 Rbd8 26. Re1 Qc6 27. Qb5 h6 28.
Re7 R5d7 29. f3 Rxe7 30. Rxe7 Ba8 31. Qxc6 Bxc6 32. Rc7 Bd7 33. Bxc5 Be6 34. Bd4
a6 35. Rc6 a5 36. Ra6 Nd5 37. Rxa5 Rc8 38. Be4 Nf4 39. Ra8 Rxa8 40. Bxa8 1-0

[Event "Champions Showdown Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2019.02.24"]
[Round "18.3"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Navara, David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[ECO "B19"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "classical, Spassky variation"]
[WhiteFideId "5202213"]
[BlackFideId "309095"]
[EventDate "2019.02.23"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. h5
Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 e6 11. Bd2 Ngf6 12. O-O-O Be7 13. Kb1 O-O 14. Ne4 c5
15. g4 Nxg4 16. Qe2 Qb6 17. Ne5 Ndxe5 18. dxe5 f5 19. exf6 Nxf6 20. Rdg1 Nxe4
21. Qxe4 Bf6 22. b3 c4 23. Bxh6 cxb3 24. axb3 Rf7 25. Bc1 Qxf2 26. Bb2 Bxb2 27.
Kxb2 Qf5 28. Qe2 Qf2 29. Qxe6 Qf6+ 30. Qxf6 Rxf6 31. Rg5 Kh7 32. Rd1 Rf7 33. Rd6
Rc8 34. c4 Re8 35. Ka3 Re3 36. Rgd5 Rff3 37. Rb5 Re7 38. Rbd5 Ree3 39. Rb5 Re7
40. Rbd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Champions Showdown Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2019.02.24"]
[Round "18.4"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[ECO "C65"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Berlin defence"]
[WhiteFideId "3503240"]
[BlackFideId "2900084"]
[EventDate "2019.02.23"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Nbd2 d6 6. c3 O-O 7. O-O a6 8. Ba4
Ba7 9. h3 Ne7 10. d4 Ng6 11. Re1 c5 12. dxe5 dxe5 13. Bc2 b5 14. Nf1 h6 15. Qe2
Bb7 16. g3 Qc7 17. Kh2 Rad8 18. a4 Bc6 19. axb5 axb5 20. b3 Bb6 21. Bb2 Qb7 22.
N3d2 Rd7 23. Red1 Rfd8 24. f3 Nh5 25. Ne3 c4 26. Ndf1 cxb3 27. Bxb3 Nf6 28. Nf5
Bc5 29. N1e3 Qb6 30. Ng4 Nxg4+ 31. hxg4 Ne7 32. Rxd7 Rxd7 33. Rd1 Qd8 34. Kh3
Kf8 35. Bc1 Nxf5 36. gxf5 Rxd1 37. Bxd1 Qd6 38. Bb3 Ba3 39. Be3 Bc5 40. Qd1 Ke7
41. Bd2 Bd7 42. Kg2 Bc6 43. Qc2 f6 44. Be1 Kd8 45. Kf1 Kc7 46. Ke2 Kb6 47. Be6
Kc7 48. Qa2 Kb6 49. Bd2 Kc7 50. Bg8 Kb6 51. Qf7 Qe7 52. Qb3 Qd6 53. Bf7 Qe7 54.
Be6 Qd6 55. Qa2 Kc7 56. Bf7 Kb7 57. Bd5 Bxd5 58. exd5 e4 59. Bf4 exf3+ 60. Kxf3
Qd7 61. g4 h5 62. Qd2 hxg4+ 63. Kxg4 g6 64. Qd3 Kb6 65. Qe4 b4 66. cxb4 gxf5+
67. Qxf5 Qxf5+ 68. Kxf5 Bxb4 69. Kxf6 Kb5 70. Ke6 Kc4 71. Bd6 Be1 72. Ba3 Bg3
73. Bb2 Kc5 74. Be5 Bh4 75. d6 Kc6 76. d7 Bd8 77. Bd6 Ba5 78. Ke7 Bb6 79. Ba3
Kd5 80. Bc1 Ba5 81. Bf4 Bb6 82. Bg5 Ba5 83. Ke8 Ke6 84. Bd8 Be1 85. Bc7 Bh4 86.
Bb6 Bg5 87. Bc5 Bh4 88. Bb6 Bg5 89. Bd8 Bd2 90. Bh4 Ba5 91. Bf2 Bc7 92. Bc5 Ba5
93. Ba7 Bc7 94. Bb8 Ba5 95. Bf4 Bb6 96. Bg5 Ba5 97. Bd8 Be1 98. Bc7 Bh4 99. Bb6
Bg5 100. Bc5 Bh4 101. Be3 Bf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Champions Showdown Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2019.02.24"]
[Round "18.5"]
[White "Shankland, Samuel"]
[Black "Rapport, Richard"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[ECO "A37"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "symmetrical variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2004887"]
[BlackFideId "738590"]
[EventDate "2019.02.23"]

1. c4 c5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Nc3 d6 6. O-O h5 7. e3 Bxc3 8. bxc3
Qd7 9. d3 b6 10. e4 Bb7 11. Ng5 h4 12. f4 hxg3 13. hxg3 f6 14. Nf3 Qg4 15. Kf2
f5 16. Ng5 Nf6 17. Be3 Qxd1 18. Raxd1 Ng4+ 19. Ke2 Rh2 20. Rg1 fxe4 21. Nxe4 Na5
22. Kf3 Nf6 23. Rh1 Rxg2 24. Kxg2 Nxe4 25. dxe4 Bxe4+ 26. Kf2 Bxh1 27. Rxh1 Kd7
28. Rh7 Rg8 29. Kf3 Nxc4 30. Bc1 Ke6 31. Kg4 Kf6 32. Kf3 d5 33. g4 b5 34. g5+
Ke6 35. Kg4 Nd6 36. Be3 d4 37. cxd4 Nf5 38. Bf2 cxd4 39. Kf3 Rd8 40. Rh1 a6 41.
Rc1 d3 42. Ke4 d2 43. Rd1 Nd6+ 0-1

[Event "Champions Showdown Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2019.02.24"]
[Round "19.1"]
[White "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2828"]
[ECO "D37"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "4.Nf3"]
[WhiteFideId "5007003"]
[BlackFideId "2020009"]
[EventDate "2019.02.23"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Qc2 c5 6. cxd5 cxd4 7. Nxd4 exd5 8.
Bf4 O-O 9. e3 Nc6 10. Bd3 Nxd4 11. exd4 Be6 12. O-O Rc8 13. Qb3 Bd6 14. Bg3 Bxg3
15. hxg3 Qd7 16. Rfe1 g6 17. Rac1 Kg7 18. Qa4 Rxc3 19. Qxd7 Rxc1 20. Qxe6 fxe6
21. Rxc1 Ne8 22. Bb5 Nd6 23. Bd7 Rf6 24. g4 g5 25. f3 Kf8 26. Bc8 Ke8 27. Rc7
Kd8 28. Rxh7 Kxc8 29. Kf2 Nf7 30. Ke3 Kd7 31. g3 Ke7 32. Rh1 Rh6 33. Rc1 Kd7 34.
f4 Rh2 35. f5 Rxb2 36. Rh1 Ke7 37. Rc1 Kd7 38. Rh1 Rxa2 39. Rh7 Ke7 40. Rg7 Ra3+
41. Kf2 exf5 42. gxf5 Kf6 43. Rh7 g4 0-1

[Event "Champions Showdown Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2019.02.24"]
[Round "19.2"]
[White "Duda, Jan-Krzysztof"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[ECO "C53"]
[Opening "Giuoco Piano"]
[WhiteFideId "1170546"]
[BlackFideId "2016192"]
[EventDate "2019.02.23"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. Nbd2 O-O 7. O-O a5 8. h3 h6
9. Re1 Re8 10. Nf1 Ne7 11. d4 exd4 12. cxd4 Bb4 13. Re2 d5 14. e5 Ne4 15. Bd3
Nc6 16. a3 Bf8 17. Bxe4 dxe4 18. Rxe4 f6 19. Bf4 fxe5 20. Bxe5 Nxe5 21. Nxe5 Be6
22. Ne3 c6 23. Qh5 Bd6 24. Re1 Bxe5 25. Rxe5 Bf7 26. Qg4 Qf6 27. Nf5 Rad8 28.
R1e3 h5 29. Qf4 Kh7 30. Rxe8 Bxe8 31. Re7 Bf7 32. Qe5 Kg6 33. Rxb7 Qxf5 34.
Qxf5+ Kxf5 35. Rxf7+ Kg6 36. Ra7 Rxd4 37. Rxa5 Rd1+ 38. Kh2 Rd2 39. Rc5 Rxb2 40.
Rxc6+ Kh7 41. f3 Ra2 42. Ra6 h4 43. f4 Rf2 44. Ra4 Kg6 45. Kg1 Ra2 46. Ra5 Kh6
47. Rg5 g6 48. Rg4 Kh5 49. Rg5+ Kh6 50. Ra5 Rc2 51. f5 g5 52. f6 Kg6 53. f7 Rc8
54. Ra7 Kg7 55. Kf2 Rc4 56. a4 Rc2+ 57. Kf3 Rc3+ 58. Kf2 Rc2+ 59. Kg1 Rc1+ 60.
Kh2 Ra1 61. a5 Kf8 62. a6 Kg7 63. g4 Ra3 64. Kg2 Kf8 65. Kf2 Kg7 66. Ke2 Kf8 67.
Kd2 Kg7 68. Kc2 Rxh3 69. Rd7 Rh2+ 70. Rd2 Rh3 71. a7 1-0

[Event "Champions Showdown Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2019.02.24"]
[Round "19.3"]
[White "Navara, David"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[ECO "C50"]
[Opening "Giuoco Pianissimo"]
[WhiteFideId "309095"]
[BlackFideId "5202213"]
[EventDate "2019.02.23"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. a4 d5 7. exd5 Nxd5 8. O-O
a5 9. Re1 Bg4 10. h3 Bh5 11. Nbd2 Nb6 12. Bb5 Bd6 13. Ne4 Na7 14. Ng3 Bg6 15.
Nxe5 Bxe5 16. Rxe5 c6 17. Be3 cxb5 18. axb5 Nd7 19. Rd5 f5 20. b4 f4 21. Bc5
fxg3 22. Bxf8 gxf2+ 23. Kf1 Bf7 24. Qg4 Qxf8 25. Rxd7 Nxb5 26. c4 Nc3 27. Rxa5
Rxa5 28. bxa5 Qe8 29. Kxf2 h5 30. Qd4 Nd1+ 31. Kg1 Qe1+ 32. Kh2 Nf2 33. Qf4 Nd1
34. Qxf7+ 1-0

[Event "Champions Showdown Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2019.02.24"]
[Round "19.4"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[ECO "B00"]
[Opening "King's pawn opening"]
[WhiteFideId "2900084"]
[BlackFideId "3503240"]
[EventDate "2019.02.23"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. f3 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. Be3 a6 6. Qd2 h6 7. Bd3 Nbd7 8. Nge2
b5 9. a4 b4 10. Nd1 a5 11. c3 bxc3 12. bxc3 Ba6 13. Nf2 Qc8 14. O-O Nb6 15. Rfe1
Nc4 16. Bxc4 Bxc4 17. d5 c5 18. dxc6 Qxc6 19. Nd4 Qc8 20. Nb5 h5 21. Bd4 O-O 22.
Nd1 Rb8 23. Ne3 Bxb5 24. axb5 Rxb5 25. c4 Rb3 26. Rxa5 Bh6 27. Qc2 Qb7 28. Nd5
Nxd5 29. exd5 Qb4 30. Rea1 Be3+ 31. Bxe3 Rxe3 32. Rb5 Re1+ 33. Kf2 Qxb5 34. Rxe1
Qc5+ 35. Kg3 Re8 36. Re4 Qa3 37. Qe2 Kf8 38. h4 Qc3 39. Kh3 Qf6 40. Qe3 Ra8 41.
Qh6+ Ke8 42. Qd2 Ra1 43. Kg3 Rb1 44. Qa2 Ra1 45. Qe2 Kf8 46. Qd2 Rh1 47. Qh6+
Ke8 48. Qd2 Rb1 49. Qa2 Ra1 50. Qe2 Ra8 51. Qe3 Kf8 52. Qh6+ Ke8 53. Qe3 Rc8 54.
Qa7 Kf8 55. Qe3 Rc5 56. Qh6+ Kg8 57. Qe3 Rc7 58. Qb6 Rc8 59. Qb7 Re8 60. Qb6 Qc3
61. Qc7 Kf8 62. Qb6 Rc8 63. Qb7 Re8 64. Qb6 Qa1 65. Qe3 Qf6 66. Qh6+ Qg7 67. Qe3
Qf6 68. Qh6+ Kg8 69. Qe3 Kg7 70. Qe2 Kf8 71. Qe3 Rc8 72. Qh6+ Ke8 73. Qe3 Rc7
74. Qb6 Rc5 75. Qb8+ Kd7 76. Qb7+ Kd8 77. Qb8+ Rc8 78. Qb6+ Ke8 79. Qb5+ Kf8 80.
Qb7 Re8 81. Qb6 Ra8 82. Qe3 Ra2 83. Qh6+ Kg8 84. Qe3 Qb2 85. Qg1 Kf8 86. Kh3 Qd2
87. Qf1 Rc2 88. Kg3 Rb2 89. Kh3 Rc2 90. Kg3 g5 91. hxg5 Qxg5+ 92. Kh2 f5 93. Rd4
Kf7 94. Kh3 f4 95. Kh2 Qg3+ 96. Kh1 h4 97. Re4 h3 98. Re2 hxg2+ 99. Rxg2 Qh4+
100. Kg1 Rxg2+ 101. Qxg2 Qe1+ 102. Kh2 Kf6 103. Qg4 Qf2+ 104. Kh1 Qf1+ 105. Kh2
Qe2+ 106. Kh3 Qe5 107. Kh4 Qe1+ 108. Kh3 Qh1# 0-1

[Event "Champions Showdown Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2019.02.24"]
[Round "19.5"]
[White "Rapport, Richard"]
[Black "Shankland, Samuel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[ECO "D01"]
[Opening "Richter-Veresov attack"]
[WhiteFideId "738590"]
[BlackFideId "2004887"]
[EventDate "2019.02.23"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bg5 e6 4. e3 c5 5. Nf3 a6 6. a3 Be7 7. Bd3 O-O 8. dxc5
Bxc5 9. O-O h6 10. Bxf6 Qxf6 11. e4 Rd8 12. e5 Qe7 13. Ne2 Nc6 14. Nf4 b5 15.
Re1 Bb7 16. Qd2 b4 17. Nh5 a5 18. Qf4 Qf8 19. Qg4 Kh8 20. Ng5 Ne7 21. Nf4 g6 22.
Qh3 Qg7 23. Re2 Bc8 24. axb4 Bxb4 25. c3 Bc5 26. Ra4 Bd7 27. Ra2 a4 28. Nf3 Kg8
29. Bc2 Nc6 30. Nd3 Be7 31. Rxa4 Rxa4 32. Bxa4 Nxe5 33. Ndxe5 Bxa4 34. Nd4 Bf6
35. Ng4 h5 36. Nxf6+ Qxf6 37. Qg3 Kg7 38. h4 Rc8 39. Re5 Kf8 40. Rg5 Bd7 41.
Qd6+ Qe7 42. Qf4 Kg7 43. Qg3 Kf8 44. Re5 Qf6 45. Re3 Kg7 46. Rf3 Qe7 47. Qe5+ f6
48. Qe3 e5 49. Nc2 Bg4 50. Rg3 Bf5 51. Qd2 d4 52. Nb4 dxc3 53. bxc3 Rd8 54. Qe3
Qc7 55. Kh2 Qd6 56. Qf3 Bg4 57. Qe4 f5 58. Qc6 Qxc6 59. Nxc6 Rd5 60. Re3 Kf6 61.
Nb4 Rd1 62. f3 f4 63. Rd3 Rxd3 64. Nxd3 Bf5 65. Nf2 Ke6 66. g3 Kd5 67. gxf4 exf4
68. Nd1 Kc4 69. Kg2 Kd3 70. Kg1 Ke2 71. Nf2 Kxf3 72. c4 Kg3 73. c5 Kxh4 74. c6
Kg3 75. c7 Kf3 76. Nd3 h4 77. Ne5+ Kg3 78. Nxg6 f3 79. Kf1 h3 80. Ne7 Bd3+ 81.
Ke1 f2+ 82. Kd2 Ba6 83. Nf5+ Kf4 84. Ne3 h2 85. Nd5+ Kf3 0-1

[Event "Champions Showdown Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2019.02.24"]
[Round "20.1"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2828"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[ECO "C77"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Anderssen variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2020009"]
[BlackFideId "5007003"]
[EventDate "2019.02.23"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. O-O d6 8. c3 h6
9. Re1 O-O 10. h3 Re8 11. Nbd2 Be6 12. Bc2 d5 13. exd5 Bxd5 14. b4 Bf8 15. a4 g6
16. Qe2 Bg7 17. Ne4 Nxe4 18. dxe4 Bc4 19. Qe3 Qe7 20. Nd2 Be6 21. Bd3 Rab8 22.
axb5 axb5 23. Qe2 Bd7 24. Nb3 Nd8 25. Be3 Ne6 26. g3 c6 27. Ra7 Ra8 28. Rea1
Rxa7 29. Rxa7 Qd6 30. h4 Rc8 31. Bc2 Be8 32. h5 g5 33. Qf3 Qd8 34. Na5 Rc7 35.
Bb6 Qb8 36. Ra6 Qc8 37. Bxc7 Qxa6 38. Bd6 c5 39. Be7 Qa7 40. Bd6 Qb6 41. Qd3
cxb4 42. Bxb4 Bf8 43. Bxf8 Kxf8 44. Nb3 Qd8 45. Qe3 Qc7 46. Bd1 Qc4 47. Nd2 Qc5
48. Qd3 b4 49. cxb4 Qxb4 50. Nf3 f6 51. Bb3 Nd4 52. Nxd4 Qxd4 53. Qa6 Qd8 54.
Qe6 Bxh5 55. Qg8+ Ke7 56. Qg7+ Kd6 57. Qxh6 Bf3 58. Bd5 Kc5 59. Qg7 Qa5 60. Qe7+
Kd4 61. Kh2 Qa1 0-1

[Event "Champions Showdown Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2019.02.24"]
[Round "20.2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Duda, Jan-Krzysztof"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[ECO "D11"]
[Opening "QGD Slav"]
[Variation "4.e3"]
[WhiteFideId "2016192"]
[BlackFideId "1170546"]
[EventDate "2019.02.23"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. e3 e6 5. Bd3 Nbd7 6. O-O Bd6 7. Nc3 dxc4 8. Bxc4
b5 9. Bb3 b4 10. Na4 c5 11. dxc5 Nxc5 12. Nxc5 Bxc5 13. Qc2 Qb6 14. Ba4+ Bd7 15.
Ne5 Bb5 16. Nc4 Qa6 17. Bxb5+ Qxb5 18. b3 O-O 19. Bb2 Be7 20. Rad1 Rfd8 21.
Rxd8+ Rxd8 22. Rd1 Rxd1+ 23. Qxd1 Qd5 24. Qc2 Ne4 25. f3 Nc5 26. Kf1 h6 27. Bd4
a6 28. Qd2 Qf5 29. Qd1 h5 30. Ke2 Qg5 31. g3 Qf5 32. e4 Qh3 33. Qg1 Nd7 34. Nb2
e5 35. Nd3 Qe6 36. Bb2 a5 37. Qa7 Qc6 38. Qe3 a4 39. Qc1 Qe6 40. Qc8+ Kh7 41.
Nxe5 axb3 42. Qxd7 Qa6+ 43. Nd3 bxa2 44. Qxe7 a1=Q 45. Bxa1 Qxa1 46. Qxb4 Qg1
47. Qe1 Qxh2+ 48. Ke3 g5 49. e5 h4 50. gxh4 gxh4 51. Nf4 Kh6 52. Qd1 Qg3 53.
Qd6+ Kh7 54. Qf6 Qg1+ 55. Ke4 Qe1+ 56. Kf5 Qb1+ 57. Kg5 Qg1+ 58. Kh5 h3 59.
Qxf7+ 1-0

[Event "Champions Showdown Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2019.02.24"]
[Round "20.3"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Navara, David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[ECO "E49"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian"]
[Variation "4.e3, Botvinnik system"]
[WhiteFideId "5202213"]
[BlackFideId "309095"]
[EventDate "2019.02.23"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 dxc4 8.
Bxc4 c5 9. Ne2 Nc6 10. O-O e5 11. Bb2 Be6 12. Bxe6 fxe6 13. c4 exd4 14. exd4
cxd4 15. Nxd4 Nxd4 16. Bxd4 Rc8 17. Bxa7 Qxd1 18. Rfxd1 Rxc4 19. Rab1 Rc7 20.
Bb6 Rcf7 21. Rd6 Nd5 22. Rxe6 Nxb6 23. Rexb6 Rxf2 24. Rxb7 Ra2 25. R7b3 h5 26.
h3 Kh7 27. Rc3 h4 28. Rb4 g5 29. Rb7+ Kg6 30. Rc6+ Rf6 31. Rxf6+ Kxf6 32. Ra7
Kf5 33. a4 Kf6 34. a5 Kg6 35. a6 Kh6 36. Ra8 Kg7 37. a7 Kh7 38. Kf1 Kg7 39. Ke1
Kh7 40. Kd1 Kg7 41. Kc1 Kh7 42. Kb1 Ra6 43. Kb2 Kg7 44. Kc3 Ra4 45. Kd3 Kh7 46.
Kc3 Kg7 47. Kb3 Ra6 48. Kb4 Ra2 49. Kc5 Kh7 50. Kd5 Kg7 51. Ke5 Re2+ 52. Kf5
Rf2+ 53. Ke6 Re2+ 54. Kd7 Rd2+ 55. Ke6 Re2+ 56. Kf5 Rf2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Champions Showdown Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2019.02.24"]
[Round "20.4"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[ECO "C65"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Berlin defence"]
[WhiteFideId "3503240"]
[BlackFideId "2900084"]
[EventDate "2019.02.23"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. O-O d6 6. c3 O-O 7. Nbd2 a6 8. Ba4
Ne7 9. d4 exd4 10. cxd4 Ba7 11. Re1 Bg4 12. h3 Bh5 13. Bc2 Nc6 14. g4 Bg6 15.
Nf1 d5 16. e5 Bxc2 17. Qxc2 Ne4 18. Be3 f6 19. Rad1 fxe5 20. Nxe5 Nxe5 21. dxe5
Nxf2 22. Bxa7 Rxa7 23. Qc5 Nxd1 24. Qxa7 Nf2 25. Qe3 Qh4 26. Qg3 Nxh3+ 27. Kh2
Qxg3+ 28. Kxg3 Ng5 29. Nd2 Re8 30. b4 Ne4+ 31. Nxe4 Rxe5 32. Rc1 Rxe4 33. Rxc7
Rxb4 34. g5 b5 35. Rd7 Ra4 36. Rxd5 Kf7 37. Rd6 Rxa2 38. Kf4 Ra4+ 39. Kf5 Ke7
40. Rb6 Kd7 41. Rb7+ Kc6 42. Rxg7 Rh4 43. Rf7 b4 0-1

[Event "Champions Showdown Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2019.02.24"]
[Round "20.5"]
[White "Shankland, Samuel"]
[Black "Rapport, Richard"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[ECO "A15"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[WhiteFideId "2004887"]
[BlackFideId "738590"]
[EventDate "2019.02.23"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 Nc6 3. g3 e5 4. d3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. O-O O-O 7. Nc3 d6 8. Rb1 a5
9. a3 Re8 10. Nd2 Nd4 11. e3 Ne6 12. b4 axb4 13. axb4 h5 14. Bb2 h4 15. Qb3 hxg3
16. hxg3 Ng4 17. Ra1 Rb8 18. Ra7 Qg5 19. Nf3 Qh6 20. Rfa1 Bd7 21. Ne4 b5 22. c5
dxc5 23. bxc5 Bc6 24. Qc2 f5 25. Ned2 Nxe3 26. fxe3 Qxe3+ 27. Kf1 Nxc5 28. Re1
Qxd3+ 29. Qxd3 Nxd3 30. Rxc7 Rbc8 31. Rxc6 Rxc6 32. Nxe5 Rd6 33. Nxd3 Rxe1+ 34.
Kxe1 Rxd3 35. Bf1 Rxg3 36. Bxg7 Kxg7 37. Bxb5 Kf6 38. Kf2 Ra3 39. Be2 g5 40. Nf1
g4 41. Ne3 g3+ 42. Kf3 g2 0-1

[Event "Champions Showdown Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2019.02.24"]
[Round "21.1"]
[White "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2828"]
[ECO "D37"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "classical variation (5.Bf4)"]
[WhiteFideId "5007003"]
[BlackFideId "2020009"]
[EventDate "2019.02.23"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Be2 dxc4 8. O-O
a6 9. a4 b6 10. Bxc4 Bb7 11. Qe2 Nh5 12. Rad1 Nxf4 13. exf4 Nf6 14. Rfe1 Bb4 15.
Ne5 Nd5 16. Qd2 Rc8 17. Nd3 Bd6 18. Ne4 Nf6 19. Ng3 g6 20. Ne5 Nd5 21. Nd3 Qh4
22. Ne2 Rfd8 23. h3 a5 24. Qc1 Bf8 25. Nc3 Bg7 26. Bxd5 Bxd5 27. Ne5 Bb7 28. Qe3
Qe7 29. Ne4 Rf8 30. Rc1 Bd5 31. Rc3 Qb4 32. b3 h6 33. Rec1 c5 34. Qd3 Rcd8 35.
Nd2 cxd4 36. Rc7 Qd6 37. Ndf3 Ba8 38. R7c4 Qa3 39. R1c2 Bd5 40. Rxd4 Qxb3 41.
Rc3 Qa2 42. h4 Rc8 43. h5 Qa1+ 44. Kh2 Qxc3 45. Qe2 gxh5 46. Rd3 Qb4 47. Nd4 Qe7
48. Rg3 Qh4+ 0-1

[Event "Champions Showdown Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2019.02.24"]
[Round "21.2"]
[White "Duda, Jan-Krzysztof"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[ECO "C53"]
[Opening "Giuoco Piano"]
[WhiteFideId "1170546"]
[BlackFideId "2016192"]
[EventDate "2019.02.23"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. O-O O-O 7. Nbd2 a5 8. h3
Be6 9. Re1 Bxc4 10. Nxc4 h6 11. Be3 Bxe3 12. Nxe3 Re8 13. Qb3 Qd7 14. Rad1 a4
15. Qc2 b5 16. Nh2 b4 17. Nhg4 Nxg4 18. hxg4 a3 19. b3 bxc3 20. Qxc3 Nd4 21. Nf5
c5 22. Re3 h5 23. gxh5 Nxf5 24. exf5 Qxf5 25. Rh3 Rab8 26. Qc1 Rb4 27. Qxa3 Rg4
28. Re1 Rg5 29. Ree3 Rxh5 30. Ref3 Qg6 31. Qa7 Rxh3 32. Rxh3 f5 33. a4 e4 34.
dxe4 Rxe4 35. Qa8+ Kf7 36. Qb7+ Re7 37. Qd5+ Qe6 38. Qf3 Qe1+ 39. Kh2 Qe5+ 40.
g3 Qe4 41. Qh5+ Kg8 42. Rh4 Qc2 43. Qh7+ Kf7 44. Rf4 Re5 45. a5 Qd3 46. Qh5+ Kg8
47. Qg6 Qa6 48. b4 c4 49. Rxf5 Rxf5 50. Qxf5 c3 51. Qe6+ Kh8 52. Qe8+ Kh7 53.
Qh5+ Kg8 54. Qd5+ Kh8 55. Qh5+ Kg8 56. Qe8+ Kh7 57. Qe3 Qc4 58. a6 c2 59. a7
c1=Q 60. Qxc1 Qxc1 61. a8=Q Qc2 62. Qf3 Qc4 63. Qh5+ Kg8 64. Qe8+ Kh7 65. b5 Qc5
66. Kg1 d5 67. Qc6 Qd4 68. b6 Qd1+ 69. Kg2 Qb1 70. Qe6 d4 71. Qh3+ Kg8 72. Qc8+
Kh7 73. b7 Qe4+ 74. Kh2 Qf3 75. Qh3+ 1-0

[Event "Champions Showdown Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2019.02.24"]
[Round "21.3"]
[White "Navara, David"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[ECO "C50"]
[Opening "Giuoco Pianissimo"]
[WhiteFideId "309095"]
[BlackFideId "5202213"]
[EventDate "2019.02.23"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. a4 d5 7. exd5 Nxd5 8. O-O
a5 9. Re1 Bg4 10. Nbd2 Nb6 11. Bb5 Bd6 12. h3 Bh5 13. Ne4 Na7 14. d4 Nxb5 15.
axb5 exd4 16. Nxd6 Qxd6 17. Qxd4 Qxd4 18. Nxd4 Rfc8 19. Nf5 Rd8 20. Bf4 Nd5 21.
Ne7+ Kf8 22. Nxd5 Rxd5 23. c4 Rd7 24. Re5 Bd1 25. Rc5 b6 26. Rxc7 Rxc7 27. Bxc7
Bb3 28. c5 bxc5 29. b6 Bd5 30. Rd1 Bc6 31. Re1 f6 32. Bd6+ Kg8 33. Re7 Rd8 34.
Bg3 Kf8 35. Ra7 Rd1+ 36. Kh2 Rb1 37. b7 Bxb7 38. Rxb7 c4 39. Bd6+ 1-0

[Event "Champions Showdown Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2019.02.24"]
[Round "21.4"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[ECO "A49"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "fianchetto without c4"]
[WhiteFideId "2900084"]
[BlackFideId "3503240"]
[EventDate "2019.02.23"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. d4 Nf6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 c5 5. O-O cxd4 6. Nxd4 O-O 7. c4 Nc6 8. Nc3
Qa5 9. e3 d6 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Bd2 Qc7 12. Rc1 a5 13. b3 Nd7 14. e4 Ne5 15. Rc2
Nd3 16. Qe2 Nc5 17. Be3 Be6 18. f4 Na6 19. Rfc1 Nb4 20. Rd2 Bd7 21. h3 Rab8 22.
Kh2 c5 23. a3 Bxc3 24. Rxc3 Nc6 25. Qd1 Be6 26. g4 f6 27. a4 Bf7 28. h4 Rb6 29.
g5 fxg5 30. hxg5 Be6 31. Rcd3 Nd4 32. Rxd4 cxd4 33. Rxd4 Qb8 34. Rd3 Rb4 35. Bd2
Qb6 36. Bxb4 Qxb4 37. Qf3 Qe1 38. Qg3 Qc1 39. Re3 Qd2 40. e5 Bf5 41. exd6 Qxd6
42. Bd5+ e6 43. Bg2 Qd2 44. Qe1 Qb2 45. Qc3 Qf2 46. Qe5 Rd8 47. Re2 Qh4+ 48. Kg1
Rd1+ 49. Bf1 Qg3+ 50. Rg2 Qf3 51. Qb8+ Kf7 52. Qa7+ Kf8 53. Qc5+ Ke8 54. Qc8+
Rd8 55. Qc5 Qxf4 56. Qf2 Qc1 57. c5 Rd1 58. Rg3 Rd2 59. Qe3 Rc2 60. Qxc1 Rxc1
61. b4 axb4 62. Rb3 Rxc5 63. Rxb4 Rc1 64. Kf2 Ra1 65. Rb8+ Ke7 66. Rb7+ Kd6 67.
Bb5 Ke5 68. Rxh7 Kf4 69. Re7 Ra2+ 70. Ke1 Ke3 71. Kf1 Be4 72. Kg1 Ra1+ 73. Kh2
Kf2 74. Rf7+ Bf3 0-1

[Event "Champions Showdown Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2019.02.24"]
[Round "21.5"]
[White "Rapport, Richard"]
[Black "Shankland, Samuel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[ECO "A00"]
[Opening "Dunst (Sleipner, Heinrichsen) opening"]
[WhiteFideId "738590"]
[BlackFideId "2004887"]
[EventDate "2019.02.23"]

1. Nc3 c5 2. Nf3 d5 3. d4 e6 4. e4 Nf6 5. exd5 Nxd5 6. Nxd5 Qxd5 7. Be3 cxd4 8.
Qxd4 Qxd4 9. Nxd4 a6 10. O-O-O Be7 11. Be2 O-O 12. Rhe1 Nd7 13. f4 Nf6 14. Bf3
Rd8 15. g4 Nd5 16. Nf5 exf5 17. Bxd5 fxg4 18. Bb6 Re8 19. Bc5 Be6 20. Bxe7 Rxe7
21. f5 Bxd5 22. Rxe7 Bc6 23. Rd4 h5 24. Kd2 Kf8 25. Re5 f6 26. Re6 Kf7 27. Ke3
Rf8 28. Rdd6 Kg8 29. Kf4 Kh7 30. c4 Kh6 31. b4 Rc8 32. Re7 Bf3 33. c5 Bc6 34.
Re2 Rf8 35. Red2 Re8 36. Re6 Ra8 37. Re7 Rc8 38. a4 g5+ 39. fxg6 Kxg6 40. Rb2
Rd8 41. b5 axb5 42. axb5 Bh1 43. c6 bxc6 44. b6 Rd3 45. Re3 Rd4+ 46. Kg3 Rd8 47.
Ra3 c5 48. Rc3 Kg5 49. Rxc5+ f5 50. h4+ gxh3 51. Kxh3 Rd3+ 52. Kh2 Be4 53. b7
Rd1 54. b8=Q 1-0

[Event "Champions Showdown Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2019.02.24"]
[Round "22.1"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2828"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[ECO "E04"]
[Opening "Catalan"]
[Variation "open, 5.Nf3"]
[WhiteFideId "2020009"]
[BlackFideId "5007003"]
[EventDate "2019.02.23"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 c5 6. O-O Nc6 7. Na3 cxd4 8. Nxc4
Bc5 9. b3 O-O 10. Bb2 d3 11. e3 Rb8 12. Rc1 b6 13. Nfe5 Nxe5 14. Nxe5 Bb7 15.
Qxd3 Qxd3 16. Nxd3 Ba6 17. Rfd1 Bxd3 18. Rxd3 Rfd8 19. Rcd1 Rxd3 20. Rxd3 h5 21.
Bf3 Be7 22. Bxf6 Bxf6 23. Rd7 a5 24. Bxh5 g6 25. Bf3 Rd8 26. Rb7 Rd2 27. a4 Bd8
28. Bc6 Kf8 29. Bb5 Rd6 30. h4 Bf6 31. Kf1 Bc3 32. g4 Bf6 33. h5 gxh5 34. gxh5
Bg5 35. Ke2 Bf6 36. h6 Kg8 37. Bd3 Bd8 38. h7+ 1-0

[Event "Champions Showdown Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2019.02.24"]
[Round "22.2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Duda, Jan-Krzysztof"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[ECO "D11"]
[Opening "QGD Slav"]
[Variation "4.e3"]
[WhiteFideId "2016192"]
[BlackFideId "1170546"]
[EventDate "2019.02.23"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. e3 e6 5. Bd3 Nbd7 6. O-O Bd6 7. Nc3 dxc4 8. Bxc4
b5 9. Bb3 b4 10. Na4 c5 11. dxc5 Nxc5 12. Nxc5 Bxc5 13. Ba4+ Ke7 14. Ne5 Bb7 15.
a3 Qd5 16. Qxd5 Nxd5 17. Nd3 Bd6 18. e4 Nb6 19. e5 Nxa4 20. exd6+ Kxd6 21. axb4
Nb6 22. Be3 f6 23. Bc5+ Kd7 24. Ra5 Nc4 25. Raa1 a6 26. b3 Nd6 27. Rfd1 Bd5 28.
Nf4 Kc6 29. Nxe6 Nb5 30. Nxg7 Rhg8 31. Rac1 Bxg2 32. Be3+ Kb7 33. Rd7+ 1-0

[Event "Champions Showdown Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2019.02.24"]
[Round "22.3"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Navara, David"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[ECO "A33"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "symmetrical, Geller variation"]
[WhiteFideId "5202213"]
[BlackFideId "309095"]
[EventDate "2019.02.23"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e6 6. g3 Qb6 7. Nb3 Ne5 8. e4
Bb4 9. c5 Qc6 10. f3 b6 11. Bf4 Ng6 12. Bd6 bxc5 13. a3 Bxc3+ 14. bxc3 a5 15. e5
Ne4 16. fxe4 Qxe4+ 17. Qe2 Qxh1 18. Nxc5 Bb7 19. Nxb7 Qxb7 20. Bg2 Qb3 21. Qd3
Qb2 22. Bxa8 Qxa1+ 23. Ke2 Qb2+ 24. Kf3 f6 25. exf6 gxf6 26. Be4 Ne5+ 27. Bxe5
fxe5 28. Bxh7 Rf8+ 29. Kg4 Qxh2 30. Qg6+ Ke7 31. Qg7+ Rf7 32. Qg5+ Kd6 33. Bd3
Qh1 34. Qe3 Rg7+ 0-1

[Event "Champions Showdown Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2019.02.24"]
[Round "22.4"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[ECO "C65"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Berlin defence"]
[WhiteFideId "3503240"]
[BlackFideId "2900084"]
[EventDate "2019.02.23"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Nbd2 d6 6. c3 O-O 7. O-O a6 8. Ba4
Ne7 9. d4 exd4 10. cxd4 Ba7 11. Re1 Bg4 12. h3 Bh5 13. Bc2 Nc6 14. g4 Bg6 15. d5
Nb8 16. b3 c6 17. Bb2 cxd5 18. exd5 Bxc2 19. Qxc2 Nbd7 20. Qf5 Rc8 21. Nc4 Rc5
22. Rad1 Bb8 23. Ba3 b5 24. Bxc5 Nxc5 25. Ncd2 g6 26. Qg5 Bc7 27. Re3 Bb6 28.
Nd4 Ncd7 29. N2f3 Qa8 30. Re7 Bd8 31. Ree1 Nxd5 32. Qh6 Bf6 33. Ng5 Bxg5 34.
Qxg5 Ne5 35. Qh4 Rc8 36. Rc1 Rxc1 37. Rxc1 Nf4 38. Qg3 Qe4 39. Rd1 Ned3 40. Kh2
Qxd4 41. Qe3 Qd5 42. f3 Kg7 43. Kg3 g5 44. Rd2 Qc5 45. Rxd3 Nxd3 46. Qxd3 Qe5+
47. Kg2 Qb2+ 48. Kg3 Qe5+ 49. Kg2 Qb2+ 50. Kg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Champions Showdown Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2019.02.24"]
[Round "22.5"]
[White "Shankland, Samuel"]
[Black "Rapport, Richard"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[ECO "A05"]
[Opening "Reti"]
[Variation "King's Indian attack"]
[WhiteFideId "2004887"]
[BlackFideId "738590"]
[EventDate "2019.02.23"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O O-O 5. c4 c6 6. b3 d6 7. Bb2 Qa5 8. h3 e5
9. d3 Re8 10. e4 Na6 11. Nc3 Nc5 12. a3 Qb6 13. b4 Ne6 14. Rb1 a5 15. c5 Qd8 16.
Na4 axb4 17. axb4 dxc5 18. bxc5 Nd7 19. Qc2 Ra5 20. Bc3 Rb5 21. Bd2 Qe7 22. Be3
Ra5 23. Rfc1 f5 24. Bd2 Rb5 25. Rxb5 cxb5 26. Nc3 Qxc5 27. Qb3 Kh8 28. Nxb5 Qb6
29. Be3 Ndc5 30. Qc4 Bd7 31. Nc3 Rc8 32. exf5 gxf5 33. Qh4 f4 34. Bxc5 Rxc5 35.
Rb1 Qd8 36. Ne4 Qxh4 37. Nxh4 Rb5 38. Ra1 h6 39. Nd6 Rb6 40. Ra8+ Bf8 41. Ng6+
Kg7 42. Nxf8 Rxd6 43. Nxe6+ Bxe6 44. Ra7 Bc8 45. Ra5 fxg3 46. fxg3 Rxd3 47. Rxe5
Rxg3 48. Kh2 Rc3 49. Bxb7 Kf6 50. Rb5 Rxh3+ 51. Kg2 Bd7 52. Rd5 Be6 53. Rd6 Rc3
54. Bd5 Ke5 55. Rxe6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Champions Showdown Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2019.02.24"]
[Round "23.1"]
[White "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2828"]
[ECO "B90"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Najdorf"]
[WhiteFideId "5007003"]
[BlackFideId "2020009"]
[EventDate "2019.02.23"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Nb3 e6 7. g4 Nc6 8. g5
Nd7 9. h4 b5 10. a3 Bb7 11. Rh3 Qc7 12. h5 Nce5 13. f4 Nc4 14. Bxc4 bxc4 15. Nd4
O-O-O 16. Qe2 Nc5 17. b4 cxb3 18. cxb3 e5 19. Nf5 Kb8 20. Rb1 g6 21. hxg6 fxg6
22. Ne3 Nxe4 23. Ned5 Qd7 24. Rd3 Nxc3 25. Nxc3 Bg7 26. Kd1 Rhe8 27. Qd2 e4 28.
Rd4 e3 29. Qd3 Bxd4 30. Qxd4 e2+ 31. Ke1 Qh3 32. Nxe2 Re4 33. Qb6 Rde8 34. Qxd6+
Ka8 35. Rb2 Qh1+ 0-1

[Event "Champions Showdown Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2019.02.24"]
[Round "23.2"]
[White "Duda, Jan-Krzysztof"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[ECO "A45"]
[Opening "Trompovsky attack (Ruth, Opovcensky opening)"]
[WhiteFideId "1170546"]
[BlackFideId "2016192"]
[EventDate "2019.02.23"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 c5 3. Bxf6 gxf6 4. d5 Qb6 5. Qc1 f5 6. c4 Bg7 7. Nc3 d6 8. e3
Nd7 9. Nf3 e5 10. Nh4 Nf8 11. g3 Ng6 12. Ng2 e4 13. Be2 Qa5 14. O-O Bxc3 15.
bxc3 Ne5 16. a4 Bd7 17. Nf4 O-O-O 18. Nh5 Kb8 19. Qc2 Bc8 20. Rfb1 Qc7 21. a5
Qe7 22. h3 Rhg8 23. Kh2 Rg6 24. Ra2 Rh6 25. Nf4 Rg8 26. Qd1 Ng6 27. Nh5 f4 28.
exf4 Nh4 29. Rab2 e3 30. Rxb7+ Bxb7 31. a6 Ka8 32. Rxb7 Qe4 33. f3 Qe8 34. Qb1
Qc8 35. g4 Rxh5 36. Bd1 e2 37. Bxe2 Rf5 38. Kg3 Rf6 39. Bd1 Nf5+ 40. Kf2 Ne7 41.
Ba4 Re8 42. Bxe8 1-0

[Event "Champions Showdown Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2019.02.24"]
[Round "23.3"]
[White "Navara, David"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[ECO "C50"]
[Opening "Giuoco Pianissimo"]
[WhiteFideId "309095"]
[BlackFideId "5202213"]
[EventDate "2019.02.23"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. a4 h6 7. b4 Be7 8. O-O d6
9. h3 Nb8 10. Re1 c6 11. Bb3 Nbd7 12. Nbd2 Re8 13. d4 Bf8 14. Bb2 g6 15. a5 Bg7
16. Nc4 Qe7 17. dxe5 Nxe5 18. Nfxe5 dxe5 19. Nd6 Rd8 20. Nxc8 Raxc8 21. Qf3 c5
22. Red1 Rxd1+ 23. Rxd1 c4 24. Ba2 b5 25. axb6 axb6 26. Bc1 b5 27. Bb1 Rd8 28.
Be3 Rxd1+ 29. Qxd1 Qd7 30. Qe2 h5 31. Bc2 Kh7 32. Qf3 Qe6 33. Bg5 Ne8 34. Qd1
Bh6 35. Bd8 f6 36. Kf1 Kg7 37. Ke2 Qd6 38. Qxd6 Nxd6 39. Bc7 Ne8 40. Bb6 Kf7 41.
Bc5 h4 42. g3 Nc7 43. Bd1 Ne6 44. Bb6 Ng5 45. Be3 Kg7 46. Bxg5 Bxg5 47. g4 Kh6
48. Bc2 Bf4 49. Bd1 Kg5 50. Bc2 Bc1 51. Bd1 Kf4 52. Bc2 Bb2 53. Kd2 Kf3 54. g5
fxg5 55. Bd1+ Kxf2 56. Kc2 Ba1 57. Bg4 Kg3 58. Bf5 gxf5 59. exf5 g4 60. f6 gxh3
61. f7 h2 62. f8=Q h1=Q 63. Qg7+ Kh3 64. Qd7+ Kh2 65. Qf5 Qg2+ 66. Kd1 Bxc3 67.
Qd7 Qd2+ 0-1

[Event "Champions Showdown Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2019.02.24"]
[Round "23.4"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[ECO "B07"]
[Opening "Pirc defence"]
[WhiteFideId "2900084"]
[BlackFideId "3503240"]
[EventDate "2019.02.23"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. h3 Bg7 5. Be3 a6 6. f4 O-O 7. Bd3 b5 8. e5 dxe5
9. dxe5 Nd5 10. Nxd5 Qxd5 11. Nf3 c5 12. O-O Bb7 13. c3 Nd7 14. a4 Qc6 15. Qe2
bxa4 16. Bc2 Nb6 17. f5 Qb5 18. Qf2 Bxf3 19. Qxf3 Bxe5 20. Be4 Rad8 21. Bh6 Bg7
22. Bxg7 Kxg7 23. Rf2 Nd7 24. Re1 Qb8 25. Bc2 Qd6 26. Bxa4 Nf6 27. Bb3 Rd7 28.
Bc4 Rfd8 29. Rfe2 a5 30. b3 Qc7 31. fxg6 hxg6 32. Re5 Rd1 33. Rxe7 Qxe7 34. Rxd1
Rxd1+ 35. Qxd1 Qe3+ 36. Kh1 Qxc3 37. Qf1 Qe5 38. Qf3 Qe1+ 39. Kh2 Qe5+ 40. Kh1
Qc7 41. Qc3 Qd8 42. Qe5 Qd1+ 43. Kh2 Qd4 44. Qc7 Nd5 45. Bxd5 Qxd5 46. Qxa5 Qe5+
47. Kh1 Kf6 48. Qb5 Kf5 49. Qc4 Qa1+ 50. Kh2 Qe5+ 51. Kh1 Kf6 52. Kg1 Ke7 53.
Kf1 f6 54. Kf2 g5 55. Kf3 Kd6 56. Qd3+ Kc6 57. Qc4 Kb6 58. g3 Qf5+ 59. Kg2 Qe5
60. h4 Qf5 61. b4 cxb4 62. Qxb4+ Kc6 63. Qc4+ Kd6 64. Qd4+ Ke7 65. hxg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Champions Showdown Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2019.02.24"]
[Round "23.5"]
[White "Rapport, Richard"]
[Black "Shankland, Samuel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[ECO "B20"]
[Opening "Sicilian defence"]
[WhiteFideId "738590"]
[BlackFideId "2004887"]
[EventDate "2019.02.23"]

1. e4 c5 2. Qh5 Nf6 3. Qh4 d6 4. Nf3 e6 5. Bb5+ Bd7 6. a4 Be7 7. d3 Nc6 8. O-O
h6 9. Qg3 Nh5 10. Qh3 e5 11. Bxc6 bxc6 12. Qxh5 g6 13. Qxh6 Rxh6 14. Bxh6 f6 15.
Be3 Kf7 16. Na3 Bg4 17. Nd2 g5 18. h3 Be6 19. g4 d5 20. f3 c4 21. dxc4 d4 22.
Bf2 Qa5 23. Rfd1 Rb8 24. Nb3 Qxa4 25. Kg2 Bxc4 26. Nd2 Be2 27. Re1 Bb5 28. Nxb5
Qxb5 29. b3 a5 30. Nc4 Ra8 31. Ra4 d3 32. cxd3 Qxb3 33. Rxa5 Rxa5 34. Nxa5 Qc3
35. Nc4 Qxd3 36. Ne3 Bc5 37. Nf1 Qc2 38. Ne3 Qa2 39. Kg3 Bd4 40. Rf1 c5 41. Nd5
Qe2 42. Kg2 c4 43. Nb4 c3 44. Na2 Qxa2 0-1

[Event "Champions Showdown Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2019.02.24"]
[Round "24.1"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2828"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[ECO "A01"]
[Opening "Nimzovich-Larsen attack"]
[Variation "symmetrical variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2020009"]
[BlackFideId "5007003"]
[EventDate "2019.02.23"]

1. b3 b6 2. Bb2 Bb7 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. d3 e6 5. e4 c5 6. Nbd2 d5 7. e5 Nfd7 8. d4
cxd4 9. Nxd4 Be7 10. f4 O-O 11. Qh5 g6 12. Qh6 Nc6 13. Nxc6 Bxc6 14. O-O-O a5
15. Nf3 a4 16. h4 Re8 17. Ng5 Nf8 18. Bd3 axb3 19. axb3 Bxg5 20. hxg5 Qd7 21.
Bc3 Qe7 22. Rh4 Qc5 23. Bb2 Ra2 24. f5 Qe3+ 25. Kb1 Rxb2+ 26. Kxb2 Qxe5+ 27. c3
exf5 28. Rhh1 d4 29. c4 Qa5 30. Rc1 Qd2+ 31. Bc2 Qc3+ 32. Kb1 Ra8 0-1

[Event "Champions Showdown Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2019.02.24"]
[Round "24.2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Duda, Jan-Krzysztof"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[ECO "E15"]
[Opening "Queen's Indian"]
[Variation "Nimzovich variation (exaggerated fianchetto)"]
[WhiteFideId "2016192"]
[BlackFideId "1170546"]
[EventDate "2019.02.23"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 e6 3. c4 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 c6 6. Bg2 d5 7. Qc2 Be7 8. O-O Nbd7
9. Rd1 Rc8 10. Bf4 O-O 11. Nc3 dxc4 12. e4 b5 13. bxc4 bxc4 14. d5 cxd5 15. exd5
Nxd5 16. Nxd5 exd5 17. Rxd5 Bb7 18. Rdd1 Bf6 19. Ng5 Bxg5 20. Bxb7 Bxf4 21. Bxc8
Qxc8 22. gxf4 Nc5 23. Qe2 Nd3 24. Qf3 Qf5 25. Rab1 g6 26. Rb7 Rc8 27. Kg2 Nxf4+
28. Kh1 c3 29. Rb3 c2 30. Rc1 Rc4 31. Re3 Kg7 32. Rc3 Rb4 33. Rb3 Rd4 34. Rc3
Rd2 35. Re3 Nd3 36. Qxf5 gxf5 37. Rxd3 Rxd3 38. Rxc2 Ra3 39. Kg2 Kg6 40. Rc6+ f6
41. Rc2 f4 42. f3 Kg5 43. Rc5+ Kg6 44. Rc2 a5 45. Rb2 a4 46. Rc2 Kg5 47. Rc5+ f5
48. Rc2 Rd3 49. Rc7 Rd2+ 50. Kh3 h6 51. Rc4 Rxa2 52. Rb4 a3 53. Ra4 Kf6 54. Ra5
Ke6 55. Ra6+ Ke5 56. Ra4 Ke6 57. Ra5 Kf6 58. Ra7 Ke5 59. Ra4 Kd5 60. Rxf4 Rc2
61. Rxf5+ Kc4 62. Ra5 a2 63. f4 Kb4 64. Ra8 Rc3+ 65. Kg4 Ra3 66. Rb8+ Ka4 67.
Ra8+ Kb3 68. Rb8+ Kc2 69. Rc8+ Kd2 70. Rd8+ Ke2 71. Re8+ Kf2 0-1

[Event "Champions Showdown Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2019.02.24"]
[Round "24.3"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Navara, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[ECO "A06"]
[Opening "Reti"]
[Variation "Nimzovich-Larsen attack"]
[WhiteFideId "5202213"]
[BlackFideId "309095"]
[EventDate "2019.02.23"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. b3 Bg4 3. Bb2 Nf6 4. h3 Bxf3 5. exf3 e6 6. g3 c5 7. Bg2 Nc6 8. f4
Bd6 9. O-O O-O 10. Re1 Re8 11. c4 d4 12. d3 Qd7 13. Qf3 a5 14. a4 Re7 15. Nd2
Rae8 16. Ba3 Qc7 17. Rad1 g6 18. h4 Rd7 19. Bh3 Bf8 20. Re2 Nb4 21. Nf1 Qc6 22.
Nh2 Qxf3 23. Nxf3 Nc6 24. Rde1 b6 25. f5 gxf5 26. Bxf5 Nb4 27. Ne5 Rc7 28. Bh3
Bd6 29. Rd1 Kg7 30. Bc1 Na2 31. Rxa2 Bxe5 32. Re2 Bd6 33. Rde1 h6 34. g4 Nd7 35.
Kg2 Nf8 36. h5 Nh7 37. f4 Rce7 38. g5 f5 39. Kf3 Kh8 40. Bd2 Kg7 41. Rg2 Kh8 42.
gxh6 Rg8 43. Rg6 Nf8 44. Rf6 Kh7 45. Bxf5+ exf5 46. Rxd6 Rxe1 47. Bxe1 Rg1 48.
Bh4 Rh1 49. Be7 Rh3+ 50. Kf2 Rxd3 51. Bxf8 Rxb3 52. Rd7+ Kg8 53. h7+ Kh8 54. Bd6 1-0

[Event "Champions Showdown Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2019.02.24"]
[Round "24.4"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[ECO "B23"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "closed"]
[WhiteFideId "3503240"]
[BlackFideId "2900084"]
[EventDate "2019.02.23"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nc6 5. Qd2 g6 6. b3 Bh6 7. f4 e5 8. Nb5
Bxf4 9. Qxd6 Qxd6 10. Nxd6+ Kf8 11. Ba3 Nge7 12. Nf3 Kg7 13. g3 Be3 14. Nc4 Bh6
15. Ncxe5 Re8 16. Bb2 f6 17. Nc4 Nf5 18. Bd3 b5 19. Ncd2 Nd6 20. O-O a6 21. Rfe1
Nf7 22. a4 Rb8 23. axb5 axb5 24. Nf1 Nfe5 25. Nxe5 Nxe5 26. Bxe5 Rxe5 27. Kf2
Rb7 28. Ne3 Rbe7 29. Nd5 Rf7 30. Ne3 Bb7 31. Ng4 Rh5 32. Nxh6 Rxh2+ 33. Kg1 Rxh6
34. Bxb5 Rh5 35. Bd3 f5 36. exf5 gxf5 37. Bc4 Rd7 38. Bd3 Kf6 39. Ra5 Rg7 40.
Kf2 Rh2+ 41. Ke3 Re7+ 42. Kd4 Rxe1 43. Rxf5+ Kg7 44. Rg5+ Kf6 45. Rf5+ Ke7 46.
Ra5 Kd6 47. Ra7 Re7 48. b4 Rg2 49. c4 Rxg3 50. c5+ Kc7 51. Bb5 Rg4+ 52. Kc3 Kb8
53. Ra1 Re3+ 54. Kd2 Rxb4 55. Kxe3 Rxb5 56. Rc1 Kc7 57. Rc2 Bc8 58. Kf4 Bd7 59.
Rh2 Rb4+ 60. Ke5 Rc4 61. Rxh7 Rxc5+ 62. Kf4 Kd6 63. Rh6+ Be6 64. Rh8 Rc4+ 65.
Kg3 Ke5 66. Rf8 Rb4 67. Rf1 Bf5 68. Re1+ Be4 69. Re3 Kf5 70. Rc3 Ke5 71. Re3 Ra4
72. Rc3 Kd4 73. Rb3 Bd5 74. Rb2 Ra3+ 75. Kf4 Rf3+ 76. Kg4 Be4 77. Rb4+ Ke5 78.
Rb5+ Kd6 79. Rb6+ Kc5 80. Rb8 Rf7 81. Rd8 Bd5 82. Kg5 Kd4 83. Kg4 Ke5 84. Re8+
Be6+ 85. Kg3 Rf6 86. Rb8 Rg6+ 87. Kf2 Bd5 88. Rb4 Be4 89. Rb8 Rg2+ 90. Ke3 Rg3+
91. Kf2 Ra3 92. Rb2 Kf4 93. Rd2 Bd3 94. Ke1 Kf3 95. Rf2+ Ke4 96. Rb2 Kd4 97. Kd2
Bc4 98. Rc2 Rh3 99. Rb2 Bb3 100. Kc1 Rh1+ 101. Kd2 Kc4 102. Ke3 Kc3 103. Rg2 Bc2
104. Rg7 Re1+ 105. Kf4 Bd3 106. Rc7+ Bc4 107. Rd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Champions Showdown Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2019.02.24"]
[Round "24.5"]
[White "Shankland, Samuel"]
[Black "Rapport, Richard"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[ECO "A05"]
[Opening "Reti"]
[Variation "King's Indian attack"]
[WhiteFideId "2004887"]
[BlackFideId "738590"]
[EventDate "2019.02.23"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. b3 Bg7 4. Bb2 O-O 5. Bg2 c6 6. c4 d6 7. Nc3 e5 8. O-O Re8
9. e4 Na6 10. d4 exd4 11. Nxd4 Nc5 12. Re1 a5 13. h3 Qb6 14. Rb1 Nfd7 15. Re2 a4
16. Nxa4 Nxa4 17. bxa4 Qc7 18. Bc3 Nb6 19. Qb3 Nxa4 20. Ba1 Nc5 21. Qe3 Ra4 22.
Rc2 Qe7 23. Re1 Bd7 24. Nb3 Bxa1 25. Nxc5 dxc5 26. Rxa1 Rea8 27. Rb1 Be6 28.
Rcb2 R8a7 29. Qf4 Kg7 30. Qb8 Rxa2 31. Rxa2 Rxa2 32. Rxb7 Qf6 33. Qf4 Qxf4 34.
gxf4 Bxc4 35. Rc7 Ra6 36. e5 Be6 37. Bxc6 Bxh3 38. Bd5 Be6 39. Bxe6 Rxe6 40.
Rxc5 1/2-1/2

