[Event "ch-USA Seniors 2026"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2026.07.14"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Kaidanov, Gregory"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2492"]
[BlackElo "2471"]
[ECO "B18"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "classical, 6.h4"]
[WhiteFideId "2008564"]
[BlackFideId "2000091"]
[EventDate "2026.07.14"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 e6 8. h5
Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Nf6 11. Bf4 Bb4+ 12. c3 Bd6 13. Bxd6 Qxd6 14. O-O-O
Nbd7 15. Qe2 c5 16. dxc5 Qxc5 17. Rh4 O-O 18. Rhd4 Qc7 19. Kb1 Nb6 20. Ne5 Rad8
21. Qd2 Rd5 22. Rxd5 Nfxd5 23. Qd4 Rd8 24. Ka1 Nd7 25. Nxd7 Rxd7 26. Qxa7 Ne3
27. Rg1 Nc4 28. Qa4 Nxb2 29. Kxb2 Rd2+ 30. Kb1 Qb6+ 31. Qb3 Qxf2 32. Rc1 Qxg3
33. Qxb7 Qd3+ 34. Ka1 Qe2 35. Qb3 Qxh5 36. c4 Qc5 37. Qb5 Qd4+ 38. Kb1 Qd3+ 39.
Ka1 Rxg2 40. Qb8+ Kh7 41. c5 Qd4+ 42. Kb1 Qd3+ 43. Ka1 Qd2 44. Qb1+ f5 45. Rc4
Qe2 46. Rc3 Qe5 47. Qc1 Re2 48. c6 Re1 49. Qxe1 Qxe1+ 50. Kb2 Qf2+ 51. Ka3 Qa7+
52. Kb4 Qb6+ 53. Ka4 Qc7 54. Kb5 e5 55. a4 e4 56. a5 f4 57. a6 f3 0-1

[Event "ch-USA Seniors 2026"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2026.07.14"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Goldin, Alexander"]
[Black "Rachels, Stuart"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2537"]
[BlackElo "2431"]
[ECO "D05"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game, Rubinstein (Colle-Zukertort) variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2019540"]
[BlackFideId "2000350"]
[EventDate "2026.07.14"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e3 e6 4. Bd3 c5 5. b3 cxd4 6. exd4 Bd6 7. Bb2 O-O 8. O-O
b6 9. Qe2 Nc6 10. a3 Bb7 11. Nbd2 Ne7 12. Ne5 g6 13. Rae1 Nf5 14. g4 Ng7 15. f4
Qe7 16. b4 a5 17. c3 Nfe8 18. f5 exf5 19. Qg2 Qc7 20. gxf5 f6 21. Ng4 g5 22.
Nh6+ Kh8 23. Qh3 Bf4 24. Re2 Nd6 25. Rfe1 Bxd2 26. Rxd2 Nc4 27. Bxc4 dxc4 28.
Qg3 Qd7 29. d5 Rfe8 30. Red1 Nh5 31. Qf2 Nf4 32. Qxb6 Ra6 33. Qc5 Kg7 34. Ng4
Qxf5 35. Nf2 Bxd5 36. Rxd5 Rae6 37. Kf1 Qc2 38. Rd7+ Kg6 39. h3 Re1+ 0-1

[Event "ch-USA Seniors 2026"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2026.07.14"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Akopian, Vladimir"]
[Black "Novikov, Igor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2551"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[ECO "B90"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Najdorf"]
[WhiteFideId "13300032"]
[BlackFideId "14100037"]
[EventDate "2026.07.14"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 e6 7. Be3 b5 8. Qd2
Nbd7 9. g4 h6 10. a3 Bb7 11. O-O-O Ne5 12. Rg1 Rc8 13. h4 Nfd7 14. g5 hxg5 15.
hxg5 Nb6 16. g6 Nbc4 17. gxf7+ Kxf7 18. Bxc4 Nxc4 19. Qg2 Qf6 20. Bg5 Qg6 21.
Nce2 e5 22. Nf5 d5 23. Qf2 Bc5 24. Ned4 exd4 25. Be7 Qxf5 26. exf5 Bxe7 27. Rxd4
Bf6 28. Kb1 Rh5 29. Rdg4 Rxf5 30. Qg3 g5 31. Qh2 Kg6 32. f4 Ne3 33. Rxg5+ Bxg5
34. fxg5 Rf7 35. Qh6+ Kf5 36. g6 Re7 37. Qg5+ 1-0

[Event "ch-USA Seniors 2026"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2026.07.14"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Fishbein, Alexander"]
[Black "Kraai, Jesse"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2408"]
[BlackElo "2375"]
[ECO "C01"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "exchange variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2000377"]
[BlackFideId "2002035"]
[EventDate "2026.07.14"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 c4 7. Bc2 Bd6 8. Qe2+
Qe7 9. Qxe7+ Bxe7 10. O-O O-O 11. Bf4 Nh5 12. Bg5 f6 13. Bc1 Bd6 14. b3 cxb3 15.
axb3 Nc6 16. Ba3 Bxa3 17. Nxa3 a6 18. g3 Bg4 19. Nh4 f5 20. f4 g6 21. Bd3 Nf6
22. Nc2 Rfe8 23. Rfe1 Kf8 24. Kg2 Rxe1 25. Rxe1 Re8 26. Rxe8+ Kxe8 27. Ne3 Kd7
28. h3 Bh5 29. b4 Na7 30. Kf1 Kc6 31. Ke1 Nb5 32. Kd2 Nd6 33. Kc2 b6 34. Kb3 b5
35. Kc2 Nc4 36. Bxc4 dxc4 37. Nhg2 Be2 38. Kb2 Bf3 39. Nh4 Be4 40. g4 fxg4 41.
hxg4 Nd5 42. Nxd5 Bxd5 43. Kc1 Kb6 44. g5 Be4 45. Kd2 a5 46. bxa5+ Kxa5 47. Ke3
Bd5 48. f5 gxf5 49. Nxf5 b4 50. Kd2 b3 51. Ne3 Bf7 52. Nd1 Kb5 53. Nb2 Kc6 54.
Ke3 Kd5 55. Kf4 Bg6 56. Nd1 Bd3 57. Nb2 Ke6 58. Nd1 Bg6 59. Nb2 Bd3 60. Nd1 Bg6
61. Nb2 Bd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-USA Seniors 2026"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2026.07.14"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Onischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2428"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[ECO "D35"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "exchange variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2008572"]
[BlackFideId "14101025"]
[EventDate "2026.07.14"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bf4 c6 6. e3 Bd6 7. Bg3 Bf5 8. Qb3
Bxg3 9. hxg3 Qb6 10. f3 Na6 11. g4 Bg6 12. Nh3 Qxb3 13. axb3 Nb4 14. Kd2 Ke7 15.
Nf4 a5 16. g5 Nd7 17. Nxg6+ fxg6 18. e4 dxe4 19. Re1 Rae8 20. Rxe4+ Kd8 21. Reh4
Nf8 22. Bd3 Re7 23. Be4 Kc7 24. Ne2 Rd7 25. Ke3 Re7 26. Kd2 Rd7 27. Ke3 Re7 28.
Kd2 1/2-1/2

