[Event "Spice Cup Open"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2012.10.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ostrovskiy, Aleksandr A"]
[Black "Corrales Jimenez, Fidel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2377"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[ECO "B51"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Canal-Sokolsky (Nimzovich-Rossolimo, Moscow) attack"]
[WhiteFideId "2034239"]
[BlackFideId "3506690"]
[EventDate "2012.10.16"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. d4 cxd4 5. Qxd4 a6 6. Bxd7+ Bxd7 7. c4 e5 8.
Qd3 Rc8 9. O-O h6 10. Nc3 Nf6 11. b3 Be7 12. a4 O-O 13. Ba3 Re8 14. Rfd1 Rc6 15.
c5 Bf8 16. cxd6 Re6 17. Nd5 Bxd6 18. Bb2 Qe8 19. Nd2 Bc8 20. Nc4 Bf8 21. Rac1
Nd7 22. b4 Rg6 23. b5 axb5 24. axb5 Rc5 25. Ba3 h5 26. Bxc5 Nxc5 27. Qe3 Bg4 28.
Rd2 h4 29. Nc7 Qc8 30. Nd5 Nd7 31. Rdc2 Qd8 32. Nd2 Nf6 33. Nxf6+ gxf6 34. h3
Be6 35. Qc3 Bh6 36. Re1 f5 37. exf5 Bxf5 38. Ne4 Bf4 39. Rce2 Kg7 40. Kh1 Qd5
41. Qf3 Be6 42. Rb1 b6 43. Ree1 f5 44. Nc3 Qxf3 45. gxf3 Bd2 46. Ne2 Bxe1 47.
Rxe1 Bd5 48. Ng1 Kf6 49. Ra1 Kg5 50. Ra4 f4 51. Kg2 Kf5+ 52. Kf1 Rg8 53. Ne2
Bxf3 0-1

[Event "Spice Cup Open"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2012.10.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Troff, Kayden W"]
[Black "Perelshteyn, Eugene"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2312"]
[BlackElo "2528"]
[ECO "E10"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[WhiteFideId "2047896"]
[BlackFideId "2012529"]
[EventDate "2012.10.16"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. Qb3
b6 9. Ne5 Bb7 10. Bf4 Nbd7 11. Nc3 Nxe5 12. Bxe5 Nd7 13. Bf4 c5 14. cxd5 cxd4
15. d6 Bxg2 16. dxe7 Qxe7 17. Kxg2 dxc3 18. Qxc3 Rac8 19. Qf3 e5 20. Bd2 e4 21.
Qf4 Nf6 22. Rac1 Qe6 23. Rxc8 Rxc8 24. Rc1 Rxc1 25. Bxc1 h6 26. Qb8+ Kh7 27.
Qxa7 Qc4 28. Be3 Qxe2 29. Qxf7 Qf3+ 30. Kg1 Qd1+ 31. Kg2 Qf3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Spice Cup Open"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2012.10.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Mogranzini, Roberto"]
[Black "Kavutskiy, Konstantin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2492"]
[BlackElo "2287"]
[ECO "A20"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[WhiteFideId "810894"]
[BlackFideId "2026384"]
[EventDate "2012.10.16"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Bc5 5. Nf3 d6 6. O-O a6 7. d3 h6 8. e3 O-O
9. b3 Bf5 10. h3 Qd7 11. Kh2 Ba7 12. Bb2 Rfe8 13. e4 Bh7 14. Ng1 Nd4 15. f4 Kh8
16. Nge2 Ng8 17. g4 f6 18. f5 Ne7 19. Qd2 c6 20. Ng3 Rf8 21. h4 Rad8 22. Nh5 Qe8
23. Ne2 b5 24. Neg3 Ng8 25. Rac1 g6 26. fxg6 Qxg6 27. Kh3 Qe8 28. Nf5 Bxf5 29.
exf5 bxc4 30. Rxc4 d5 31. Ra4 Bc5 32. b4 Bd6 33. Rxa6 Ra8 34. Rxa8 Qxa8 35. a3
Qa7 36. Ng3 Nb3 37. Qc2 Qa4 38. Bf3 Nc5 39. Bd1 Qxc2 40. Bxc2 Nd7 41. Ba4 Ne7
42. Rc1 Rc8 43. Nh5 Nb6 44. Bb3 Nd7 45. g5 hxg5 46. hxg5 fxg5 47. f6 Ng6 48.
Bxd5 Nb8 49. b5 c5 50. Kg4 1-0

[Event "Spice Cup Open"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2012.10.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Agrest, Inna"]
[Black "Yang, Darwin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "WIM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2204"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[ECO "C15"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "Winawer, Alekhine (Maroczy) gambit"]
[WhiteFideId "1708830"]
[BlackFideId "2029111"]
[EventDate "2012.10.16"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Ne2 dxe4 5. a3 Be7 6. Nxe4 Nf6 7. Qd3 Nbd7 8.
Bf4 O-O 9. O-O-O b6 10. Ng5 Bb7 11. h4 c5 12. Nc3 cxd4 13. Qxd4 Nc5 14. Qe3 Qc8
15. Be2 Bc6 16. Rh3 Na4 17. Be5 Nxc3 18. Bxc3 Rd8 19. Rg3 Rxd1+ 20. Bxd1 h6 21.
Nf3 Kf8 22. Qe5 Qb8 23. Qe3 Qb7 24. Be2 Rc8 25. Ne1 Be4 26. Qf4 Bf5 27. Qa4 Qe4
28. Qa6 Rd8 29. Kb1 g6 30. Bd3 Qxh4 31. Bxf5 exf5 32. Nd3 Ne4 33. Rh3 Qg4 34.
Ne5 Qd1+ 35. Ka2 Qd5+ 0-1

[Event "Spice Cup Open"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2012.10.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Leon Hoyos, Manuel"]
[Black "Kleiman, Jake"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2603"]
[BlackElo "2377"]
[ECO "A13"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "Neo-Catalan accepted"]
[WhiteFideId "5105269"]
[BlackFideId "2020041"]
[EventDate "2012.10.16"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 e6 3. Bg2 d5 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. Qa4+ c6 6. Qxc4 b5 7. Qc2 Bb7 8. d4
Nbd7 9. O-O c5 10. Nc3 b4 11. Na4 Be4 12. Qd1 c4 13. Bg5 Rc8 14. Rc1 Qa5 15.
Bxf6 Nxf6 16. Nc5 Bxc5 17. Rxc4 O-O 18. dxc5 Bd5 19. Rd4 Qxc5 20. b3 Ne4 21. Qd3
Nc3 22. Re1 h6 23. e4 Bc6 24. a4 e5 25. Rc4 Qe7 26. Nh4 Bd7 27. Nf5 Bxf5 28.
exf5 Rxc4 29. Qxc4 Qd6 30. Bf1 e4 31. a5 Rd8 32. a6 Qb6 33. Rxe4 Nxe4 34. Qxe4
Rd2 35. Qf3 Qd4 36. Bc4 Rc2 37. h4 h5 38. Kg2 Rd2 39. Kg1 Rc2 40. Kg2 Rb2 41.
Qa8+ Kh7 42. Qf3 Kg8 43. Kg1 Rb1+ 44. Kh2 Rb2 45. Kg2 Rd2 46. Qa8+ Kh7 47. Qf3
Kg8 48. Kg1 Rd1+ 49. Kh2 Rd2 50. Kg2 Rb2 51. Qa8+ Kh7 52. Qf3 Kg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Spice Cup Open"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2012.10.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Sharevich, Anna"]
[Black "Charbonneau, Pascal"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "WGM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2294"]
[BlackElo "2517"]
[ECO "E06"]
[Opening "Catalan"]
[Variation "closed, 5.Nf3"]
[WhiteFideId "13503189"]
[BlackFideId "2602504"]
[EventDate "2012.10.16"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O Na6 7. b3 c5 8. cxd5
exd5 9. dxc5 Nxc5 10. Bb2 Re8 11. Nd4 Bg4 12. h3 Bh5 13. Nc3 Bg6 14. Rc1 Qb6 15.
Nxd5 Nxd5 16. Bxd5 Rad8 17. Bg2 Bg5 18. Rc4 Ne4 19. Bxe4 Bxe4 20. Kh2 h5 21. h4
Bxh4 22. Qa1 Qg6 23. Rg1 Bf6 24. e3 Be5 25. f4 Bf6 26. Rcc1 Qg4 27. Rce1 Rc8 28.
Bc3 h4 0-1

[Event "Spice Cup Open"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2012.10.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Aripov, Iskandar"]
[Black "Gerzhoy, Leonid"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2155"]
[BlackElo "2469"]
[ECO "D31"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "semi-Slav, Noteboom variation"]
[WhiteFideId "14202395"]
[BlackFideId "2806126"]
[EventDate "2012.10.16"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 e6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bb4 6. e3 b5 7. axb5 cxb5 8. Nd2
Qd7 9. Qh5 Bxc3 10. bxc3 Nf6 11. Qc5 Qc6 12. Qg5 O-O 13. Ba3 Re8 14. Be2 Qd5 15.
Qg3 e5 16. dxe5 Qxd2+ 17. Kxd2 Ne4+ 18. Ke1 Nxg3 19. hxg3 Bb7 20. Kf1 Rxe5 21.
Bd6 Re8 22. Rh5 a6 23. Rc5 Nc6 24. Bf3 Rac8 25. Bxc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Spice Cup Open"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2012.10.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Finegold, Spencer"]
[Black "Priyadharshan, K."]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2081"]
[BlackElo "2407"]
[ECO "D26"]
[Opening "QGA"]
[Variation "4...e6"]
[WhiteFideId "2047527"]
[BlackFideId "5018293"]
[EventDate "2012.10.16"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 a6 6. Bb3 c5 7. O-O Nc6 8. Qe2
cxd4 9. Rd1 Be7 10. exd4 O-O 11. Nc3 Na5 12. Bc2 b5 13. a4 b4 14. Ne4 Bb7 15.
Nc5 Bd5 16. Ne5 Nc6 17. Be3 a5 18. Rac1 Rc8 19. h3 g6 20. Ncd3 b3 21. Bb1 Qb6
22. Nxc6 Rxc6 23. Ne5 Rxc1 24. Rxc1 Qb7 25. f3 Nd7 26. Qb5 Qxb5 27. axb5 Nxe5
28. dxe5 Rb8 29. Bh6 a4 30. Kf2 a3 31. bxa3 Bxa3 32. Rc7 Bb2 33. f4 Bd4+ 34. Kg3
b2 35. Kh2 f6 36. Rg7+ Kh8 37. exf6 Bxf6 38. Rf7 Bd4 39. Rf8+ Rxf8 40. Bxf8 Bc4
41. Bd6 Bxb5 42. Be5+ Bxe5 43. fxe5 g5 44. Kg3 Be8 0-1

[Event "Spice Cup Open"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2012.10.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Polgar-Shutzman, Tom"]
[Black "Neimer, Vitaly"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[BlackElo "2384"]
[ECO "B40"]
[Opening "Sicilian defence"]
[WhiteFideId "2064880"]
[BlackFideId "2807017"]
[EventDate "2012.10.16"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d3 Nc6 4. g3 Nge7 5. Bg2 g6 6. O-O Bg7 7. Re1 O-O 8. e5 d6
9. exd6 Qxd6 10. Nc3 b6 11. Bf4 Qd8 12. Nb5 a6 13. Nc3 Bb7 14. Qc1 Nf5 15. Ne4
e5 16. Bd2 Re8 17. Kh1 Qd7 18. Bg5 Re6 19. g4 Nfd4 20. Nh4 Nb4 21. c3 Nxd3 22.
Qd2 Nxe1 23. Rxe1 Rae8 24. cxd4 exd4 25. f3 c4 26. Rd1 Qa4 27. Bh6 Bxh6 0-1

[Event "Spice Cup Open"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2012.10.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Bartholomew, John"]
[Black "Jung, Hans Rudolf"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2446"]
[BlackElo "2150"]
[ECO "A04"]
[Opening "Reti opening"]
[WhiteFideId "2019353"]
[BlackFideId "2600609"]
[EventDate "2012.10.16"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. g3 d6 5. Bg2 g6 6. O-O Bg7 7. a3 Nge7 8. b4
cxb4 9. axb4 Nxb4 10. Ba3 Nec6 11. Qa4 Na6 12. Nxe5 Bxe5 13. Bxc6+ bxc6 14.
Qxc6+ Bd7 15. Qxa6 O-O 16. Rfd1 Qc8 17. Bxd6 Bxc3 18. dxc3 Qxa6 19. Rxa6 Rfc8
20. Rda1 Rc6 21. e4 Rxa6 22. Rxa6 Bc8 23. Ra5 Bb7 24. f3 a6 25. Kf2 Rc8 26. Bc5
Rd8 27. Ke3 f6 28. Be7 Rc8 29. Bxf6 Rxc4 30. Bd4 Rc8 31. h4 Rc6 32. Rd5 Bc8 33.
h5 Kf7 34. Kf4 Be6 35. hxg6+ hxg6 36. Rd8 Rc8 37. Rxc8 Bxc8 38. c4 a5 39. Ke5
Be6 40. c5 Ke7 41. Bb2 Bd7 42. Ba3 Bc6 43. g4 a4 44. g5 Kd8 45. Kf6 Be8 46. f4
Kd7 47. f5 gxf5 48. exf5 Kc6 49. g6 Kd5 1-0

[Event "Spice Cup Open"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2012.10.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Amanov, Mesgen"]
[Black "Jayakumar, Adarsh"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2507"]
[BlackElo "2290"]
[ECO "D44"]
[Opening "QGD semi-Slav"]
[Variation "anti-Meran, Lilienthal variation"]
[WhiteFideId "14000652"]
[BlackFideId "5026520"]
[EventDate "2012.10.16"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 c6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 b5 7. e5 h6 8. Bh4 g5
9. Nxg5 hxg5 10. Bxg5 Nbd7 11. g3 Bb7 12. Bg2 Qb6 13. exf6 c5 14. d5 O-O-O 15.
O-O b4 16. Rb1 Qa6 17. dxe6 Bxg2 18. e7 Bxf1 19. Kxf1 bxc3 20. bxc3 Re8 21. Qd5
Bxe7 22. fxe7 f6 23. Bf4 Ne5 24. Bxe5 fxe5 25. Qxe5 Rhg8 26. Rb8+ Kd7 27. Qd5+ 1-0

[Event "Spice Cup Open"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2012.10.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Diamant, Andre"]
[Black "Heredia Serrano, Carla"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "WIM"]
[WhiteElo "2471"]
[BlackElo "2188"]
[ECO "A28"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "four knights, 4.e3"]
[WhiteFideId "2108356"]
[BlackFideId "3603687"]
[EventDate "2012.10.16"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. d3 Be7 7. Be2 O-O 8. O-O
Be6 9. a3 f5 10. Qc2 a6 11. Nxd5 Bxd5 12. e4 Be6 13. exf5 Rxf5 14. Be3 Nd4 15.
Bxd4 exd4 16. Nd2 Rc5 17. Qd1 Rb5 18. b3 Bd6 19. Bf3 Qd7 20. Re1 Rf8 21. Re4 Qf7
22. Qe2 Bd5 23. Rxd4 Bxf3 24. Nxf3 Rxb3 25. a4 h6 26. Re4 Qf6 27. d4 Kh8 28. Ne5
Bxe5 29. dxe5 Qb6 30. Rf1 Rb2 31. Qe1 Qe6 32. Qe3 Rb3 33. Qc5 Rf5 34. Qxc7 Rb2
35. Qd8+ Kh7 36. Qd3 Qg6 37. Re3 Rb6 38. e6 Rf8 39. Qd7 Qf6 40. Rf3 Qd8 41. Rxf8
Qxf8 42. e7 1-0

[Event "Spice Cup Open"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2012.10.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Sarkar, Justin"]
[Black "Cassidy, Brian H"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2408"]
[BlackElo "2098"]
[ECO "D35"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "exchange, positional line"]
[WhiteFideId "2010011"]
[BlackFideId "2064910"]
[EventDate "2012.10.16"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. e3 c6 7. Bd3 Bd6 8. Qc2
Nf8 9. Nf3 Ne6 10. Bh4 g6 11. O-O O-O 12. Rab1 Ng7 13. b4 a6 14. a4 Nf5 15. Bg5
h6 16. Bxf6 Qxf6 17. b5 axb5 18. axb5 Nh4 19. Nxh4 Qxh4 20. g3 Qf6 21. bxc6 bxc6
22. Rb6 Bc7 23. Nxd5 Qf3 24. Be4 Qxe4 25. Qxe4 cxd5 26. Rxg6+ fxg6 27. Qxd5+ Kg7
28. Qxa8 Bh3 29. Qb7 Rf7 30. Rc1 Bxg3 31. Qxf7+ 1-0

[Event "Spice Cup Open"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2012.10.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shulman, Yury"]
[Black "Bregadze, Levan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2366"]
[ECO "E47"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian"]
[Variation "4.e3 O-O, 5.Bd3"]
[WhiteFideId "13500520"]
[BlackFideId "13603264"]
[EventDate "2012.10.16"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 c5 6. Nf3 cxd4 7. exd4 d5 8. O-O
dxc4 9. Bxc4 Nc6 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bh4 Be7 12. Re1 Nd5 13. Bxd5 exd5 14. Bxe7 Nxe7
15. Qb3 b6 16. Rac1 Bb7 17. Nb5 Ba6 18. Nc7 Bc4 19. Qa3 Qxc7 20. Rxe7 Qf4 21.
Rce1 a5 22. g3 Qf6 23. Ne5 Bb5 24. Rb7 Ba6 25. Rd7 Rae8 26. Rc1 Qf5 27. Ra7 Rc8
28. Re1 Bb5 29. Rb7 Rc2 30. Qe3 f6 31. Nf3 Re8 32. Qxe8+ Bxe8 33. Rxe8+ Kh7 34.
Kg2 Rc1 35. Ree7 Qd3 36. Rxg7+ Kh8 37. g4 Qf1+ 38. Kg3 Rc2 39. Rge7 Qxf2+ 40.
Kf4 Rc8 41. Rh7+ Kg8 42. Rhg7+ Kh8 43. Rh7+ Kg8 44. Rbg7+ Kf8 45. Rd7 Kg8 46.
Rhg7+ Kh8 47. Rh7+ Kg8 48. Rxh6 Rf8 49. Rg6+ Kh8 50. Rh6+ Kg8 51. Rg6+ Kh8 52.
Rh6+ Kg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Spice Cup Open"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2012.10.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Hambleton, Aman"]
[Black "Ramirez, Alejandro"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2348"]
[BlackElo "2551"]
[ECO "A59"]
[Opening "Benko gambit"]
[Variation "main line"]
[WhiteFideId "2606577"]
[BlackFideId "6500617"]
[EventDate "2012.10.16"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. bxa6 g6 6. Nc3 Bxa6 7. e4 Bxf1 8. Kxf1
d6 9. Nf3 Bg7 10. g3 O-O 11. Kg2 Nbd7 12. Re1 Qb6 13. Re2 Ng4 14. Rc2 Rfb8 15.
Ne1 Nge5 16. b3 c4 17. Rb1 cxb3 18. axb3 Qb4 19. f4 Ng4 20. Nd3 Qd4 21. Qe2 Rc8
22. Bd2 f5 23. exf5 gxf5 24. Re1 Kh8 25. h3 Nh6 26. Be3 Qf6 27. Nb5 Rxc2 28.
Qxc2 Qf7 29. Nb4 Nf6 30. Bd4 Rg8 31. Qd3 Nh5 32. Bxg7+ Rxg7 33. Kf2 Nxg3 34. Nc3
Qh5 35. Rg1 Qxh3 36. Ke1 Qh4 37. Qd4 Ng4 38. Kd1 Qh2 39. Kc1 Nf2 40. Re1 Nfe4
41. Nc2 Kg8 42. b4 Rg4 43. Kb2 Rxf4 44. Nxe4 fxe4 45. b5 Nf5 46. Qg1+ Qxg1 47.
Rxg1+ Ng7 48. Nd4 Rf2+ 49. Kc3 1-0

[Event "Spice Cup Open"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2012.10.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Fierro Baquero, Martha L."]
[Black "Helfst, Matt D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2387"]
[BlackElo "1965"]
[ECO "A13"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "Neo-Catalan"]
[WhiteFideId "3600270"]
[BlackFideId "2044102"]
[EventDate "2012.10.16"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 d5 4. b3 c5 5. Bg2 Nc6 6. O-O Be7 7. e3 O-O 8. Bb2 b6
9. Nc3 Bb7 10. cxd5 exd5 11. d4 Ne4 12. Ne2 Bf6 13. Nf4 Re8 14. Rc1 Rc8 15. Bh3
Rc7 16. Re1 Bc8 17. Bxc8 Rxc8 18. Ba1 Ne7 19. Qd3 Qd7 20. Red1 Qf5 21. h3 h5 22.
Kg2 Red8 23. h4 Ng6 24. Nxg6 fxg6 25. Qe2 Qg4 26. Ng1 Qe6 27. Nh3 Qf5 28. Rf1
Nd6 29. Nf4 c4 30. Qc2 Ne4 31. f3 cxb3 32. Qd3 Nd6 33. Qxb3 Nc4 34. e4 Qd7 35.
Nxd5 1-0

[Event "Spice Cup Open"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2012.10.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Amanov, Zhanibek"]
[Black "Robson, Ray"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2374"]
[BlackElo "2602"]
[ECO "B80"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Scheveningen, fianchetto variation"]
[WhiteFideId "13700189"]
[BlackFideId "2023970"]
[EventDate "2012.10.16"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. g3 Bd7 7. Bg2 Nc6 8. Nb3
Rc8 9. O-O a6 10. a4 Be7 11. a5 Ne5 12. f4 Nc4 13. Qe2 e5 14. f5 b5 15. axb6
Qxb6+ 16. Kh1 h6 17. Rd1 O-O 18. g4 Bb5 19. Qf3 d5 20. Nxd5 Nxd5 21. exd5 e4 22.
Qg3 e3 23. Re1 Bd6 24. Qh3 Rfe8 25. c3 e2 26. Nd4 Bc5 27. g5 hxg5 28. Bxg5 Bxd4
29. cxd4 f6 30. b3 Nb2 31. Bf4 Nd3 32. Bg3 Qxd4 33. d6 Rcd8 34. Qh5 Rxd6 0-1

[Event "Spice Cup Open"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2012.10.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Bykhovsky, Anatoly"]
[Black "Banawa, Jouaquin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2522"]
[BlackElo "2300"]
[ECO "A46"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn"]
[Variation "Torre attack"]
[WhiteFideId "2806991"]
[BlackFideId "5201632"]
[EventDate "2012.10.16"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bg5 c5 4. e3 b6 5. c3 Bb7 6. Nbd2 Be7 7. Bd3 Nc6 8. O-O
cxd4 9. exd4 Nd5 10. Ne4 O-O 11. Bd2 f5 12. Ng3 Bd6 13. Re1 Qc7 14. Rc1 Rae8 15.
c4 Nf4 16. Bf1 Qb8 17. a3 Qa8 18. Ne5 Nxe5 19. dxe5 Nxg2 20. exd6 f4 21. Bxg2
fxg3 22. f3 Bxf3 23. Bxf3 Rxf3 24. Re2 Ref8 25. Rg2 gxh2+ 26. Kxh2 Qe4 27. Qe1
Qd4 28. Bc3 Qf4+ 29. Kg1 Rf7 30. Rd1 Qxc4 31. Qe2 Qc5+ 32. Bd4 Qh5 33. Rc1 h6
34. Qe5 Qxe5 35. Bxe5 Re3 36. Bh2 g5 37. Rf2 Rf5 38. Rc7 Rb3 39. Rxf5 exf5 40.
Be5 Re3 41. Bc3 Kf7 42. Rxd7+ Ke8 43. Rxa7 Rd3 44. Re7+ Kd8 45. Be5 f4 46. Rh7
Rd5 47. Bf6+ Kc8 48. Rc7+ Kb8 49. Re7 Kc8 50. Be5 h5 51. Rc7+ Kd8 52. Bf6+ Ke8
53. Re7+ Kf8 54. d7 Rd1+ 55. Kf2 Rd2+ 56. Ke1 Rd6 57. Bxg5 1-0

[Event "Spice Cup Open"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2012.10.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Mikhalevski, Victor"]
[Black "Schneider, Veronika"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "WGM"]
[WhiteElo "2538"]
[BlackElo "2313"]
[ECO "A15"]
[Opening "English, 1...Nf6 (Anglo-Indian defense)"]
[WhiteFideId "2801914"]
[BlackFideId "721530"]
[EventDate "2012.10.16"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 c6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Bg2 dxc4 5. Qc2 Qd5 6. Na3 Be6 7. O-O Na6 8. Ne1
Qc5 9. b3 cxb3 10. Qb2 Qb6 11. axb3 Nc5 12. Rb1 Nxb3 13. Nd3 Nd4 14. Re1 Qxb2
15. Bxb2 Nb3 16. Be5 Nd7 17. Bc3 f6 18. Nc2 Bf7 19. Na1 Nbc5 20. Nxc5 Nxc5 21.
Rxb7 Bd5 22. Rc7 e5 23. e4 Ne6 24. exd5 Nxc7 25. dxc6 Bd6 26. Nb3 O-O 27. Na5
Nb5 28. Ba1 Bc7 29. Nb7 a5 30. f4 a4 31. Bf1 Bb6+ 32. Kg2 Nd4 33. Bxd4 Bxd4 34.
Bc4+ Kh8 35. Nd6 g6 36. Rb1 a3 37. c7 a2 38. Bxa2 Rxa2 39. Rb8 Ra8 40. Rxa8 Rxa8
41. fxe5 fxe5 42. c8=Q+ Rxc8 43. Nxc8 Kg7 44. Nd6 Bc5 45. Ne4 Bd4 46. Kf3 h5 47.
h3 Kf7 48. Nc3 Ke6 49. Ke4 Bf2 50. Kf3 Bd4 51. Ke4 Bf2 52. g4 hxg4 53. hxg4 Be1
54. Kd3 Bg3 55. Kc4 Bf4 56. Ne4 Bh2 57. Kc5 Bg1+ 58. Kc6 Bh2 59. Ng5+ Kf6 60.
Ne4+ Ke6 61. Ng5+ Kf6 62. Nf3 Bf4 63. Kd5 Bxd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Spice Cup Open"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2012.10.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Hendrickson, Nolan R"]
[Black "Kiewra, Keaton F"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2146"]
[BlackElo "2442"]
[ECO "B23"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "closed"]
[WhiteFideId "2038188"]
[BlackFideId "2019280"]
[EventDate "2012.10.16"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 g6 3. f4 Nc6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bb5 Nd4 6. O-O e6 7. e5 Ne7 8. Nxd4
cxd4 9. Ne4 O-O 10. b3 Qa5 11. a4 Rd8 12. Ba3 Nf5 13. g4 d5 14. Nf6+ Bxf6 15.
exf6 Nd6 16. Qe1 Kh8 17. Qh4 Ne4 18. d3 Nd2 19. Qh6 1-0

[Event "Spice Cup Open"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2012.10.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Corrales Jimenez, Fidel"]
[Black "Diamant, Andre"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2471"]
[ECO "B19"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "classical, Spassky variation"]
[WhiteFideId "3506690"]
[BlackFideId "2108356"]
[EventDate "2012.10.16"]

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. Bf4 Qa5+ 12. Bd2 Bb4 13. c3 Be7 14. c4 Qc7 15.
O-O-O b5 16. Kb1 Ngf6 17. cxb5 cxb5 18. Qxb5 Rb8 19. Qa6 Qd6 20. Qxd6 Bxd6 21.
Rde1 Bxg3 22. fxg3 O-O 23. Ne5 Rb5 24. Nxd7 Nxd7 25. Rc1 Rfb8 26. b3 R8b7 27.
Rc8+ Kh7 28. Bf4 Rd5 29. Ra8 Rxd4 30. Be3 Ra4 31. Rd1 Ra5 32. g4 Nb6 33. Bxb6
axb6 34. Rc8 g6 35. hxg6+ fxg6 36. Rc6 Rg5 37. Rd4 h5 38. Rxe6 hxg4 39. a4 g3
40. Red6 Rf5 41. Rh4+ Kg7 42. Rg4 g5 43. Rxg3 b5 44. a5 b4 45. a6 Rc7 46. Rgd3
Rf1+ 47. Rd1 Rxd1+ 48. Rxd1 Rc6 49. a7 1-0

[Event "Spice Cup Open"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2012.10.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Robson, Ray"]
[Black "Bartholomew, John"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2602"]
[BlackElo "2446"]
[ECO "B42"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Kan, Polugaievsky variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2023970"]
[BlackFideId "2019353"]
[EventDate "2012.10.16"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Bc5 6. Nb3 Be7 7. Be3 Nf6 8. f4
d6 9. N1d2 Nbd7 10. Qe2 Qc7 11. O-O-O b5 12. g4 Nc5 13. Kb1 Bb7 14. Rhf1 O-O-O
15. Bd4 d5 16. Bxc5 Bxc5 17. Nxc5 Qxc5 18. e5 Nd7 19. Nf3 Nb6 20. c3 Kb8 21. f5
exf5 22. Nd4 Rhe8 23. gxf5 b4 24. Nb3 Qe7 25. cxb4 Qxb4 26. Bxa6 Bxa6 27. Qxa6
Rxe5 28. Na5 1-0

[Event "Spice Cup Open"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2012.10.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Hambleton, Aman"]
[Black "Mogranzini, Roberto"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2348"]
[BlackElo "2492"]
[ECO "E83"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "Saemisch, Panno formation"]
[WhiteFideId "2606577"]
[BlackFideId "810894"]
[EventDate "2012.10.16"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Be3 Nc6 7. Nge2 a6 8. Qd2
Bd7 9. Nc1 Nh5 10. Nb3 a5 11. d5 Ne5 12. Nd4 c5 13. Ndb5 f5 14. exf5 Rxf5 15.
O-O-O Rf8 16. a4 Nf6 17. Be2 Ne8 18. h3 Nc7 19. f4 Nxb5 20. Nxb5 Bxb5 21. cxb5
Nd7 22. Bg4 c4 23. Be6+ Kh8 24. Bd4 Nc5 25. Bxg7+ Kxg7 26. Qc3+ Rf6 27. g4 Nxe6
28. g5 Nxf4 29. gxf6+ exf6 30. Kb1 Nd3 31. Rdf1 Ne5 32. h4 h5 33. Rhg1 Qe7 34.
Rc1 Qf7 35. Rgd1 b6 36. Qd4 Qc7 37. Qe4 Rc8 38. Rg1 Qf7 39. Rc3 Rc5 40. Rd1 f5
41. Qd4 Kh7 42. b3 cxb3 43. Rxc5 bxc5 44. Qc3 Qc7 45. Qxb3 Qb6 46. Qe3 Kg7 47.
Qg5 Kf7 48. Qh6 c4 49. Qh7+ Kf8 50. Qh8+ Ke7 51. Qg7+ Kd8 52. Qg8+ Kc7 53. Qg7+
Kb8 54. Qf8+ Kb7 55. Qe7+ Qc7 56. Qe8 f4 57. Kc2 f3 58. b6 Qd7 59. Qxd7+ Nxd7
60. Kc3 Ne5 61. Rb1 f2 62. Kd2 Ng4 63. Ke2 c3 64. Rb3 Ne3 0-1

[Event "Spice Cup Open"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2012.10.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Yang, Darwin"]
[Black "Hendrickson, Nolan R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2146"]
[ECO "D45"]
[Opening "QGD semi-Slav"]
[Variation "accelerated Meran (Alekhine variation)"]
[WhiteFideId "2029111"]
[BlackFideId "2038188"]
[EventDate "2012.10.16"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. e3 e6 6. b3 Bb4 7. Bd2 Nbd7 8. Bd3 O-O
9. O-O Bd6 10. Rc1 h6 11. h3 Re8 12. e4 dxc4 13. bxc4 e5 14. c5 Bc7 15. Be3 exd4
16. Bxd4 Ne5 17. Bxe5 Bxe5 18. Nxe5 Rxe5 19. Na4 Qe8 20. f4 Re7 21. Nb6 Rb8 22.
e5 Nd5 23. Nc4 f5 24. exf6 Nxf6 25. Nd6 Qf8 26. f5 Bd7 27. Bc4+ Kh7 28. Qd3 Re5
29. Qg3 1-0

[Event "Spice Cup Open"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2012.10.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ramirez, Alejandro"]
[Black "Aripov, Iskandar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2551"]
[BlackElo "2155"]
[ECO "C10"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "Rubinstein variation"]
[WhiteFideId "6500617"]
[BlackFideId "14202395"]
[EventDate "2012.10.16"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Bd3 Ngf6 6. Qe2 c5 7. Nxf6+ Nxf6 8.
Nf3 cxd4 9. O-O Be7 10. Rd1 O-O 11. Nxd4 Qc7 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bh4 Rd8 14. Bg3 Qc5
15. Nb3 Qb6 16. a4 a6 17. a5 Qc6 18. Be5 Bd7 19. Nd4 Qc5 20. c3 Bd6 21. Bxf6
gxf6 22. Be4 Rab8 23. Qf3 Qe5 24. g3 Bc8 25. Bc2 f5 26. Rd2 Bd7 27. Rad1 Be8 28.
Qh5 Qf6 29. Qf3 Qe5 30. b4 Be7 31. Bb3 Qf6 32. Re2 Bxb4 33. Nxe6 Rxd1+ 34. Bxd1
Bxc3 35. Qf4 Rc8 36. Bb3 Bc6 37. Nc7 Rd8 38. Qc1 Bxa5 39. Ne6 Rd3 40. Ba2 Rc3
41. Qf4 Ra3 42. Nd4 Ra4 43. Qb8+ Kg7 44. Nxc6 bxc6 45. Qb3 Re4 46. Rc2 Bb4 47.
Kg2 a5 48. Rxc6 Qe7 49. Qf3 Re5 50. Rb6 Re2 51. Rb7 Qe4 52. Bxf7 Qxf3+ 53. Kxf3
Re7 54. Rxe7 Bxe7 55. Bb3 Bc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Spice Cup Open"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2012.10.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Neimer, Vitaly"]
[Black "Amanov, Mesgen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2384"]
[BlackElo "2507"]
[ECO "B25"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "closed, 6.f4"]
[WhiteFideId "2807017"]
[BlackFideId "14000652"]
[EventDate "2012.10.16"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 d6 6. f4 e6 7. Nf3 Nge7 8. O-O O-O
9. Be3 b6 10. d4 Ba6 11. Re1 Qc7 12. a4 Rad8 13. Nb5 Qb8 14. c3 Bb7 15. Bf2 a6
16. Na3 Qc7 17. Rc1 Nb8 18. b4 Nd7 19. h3 Nf6 20. Nd2 h5 21. g4 hxg4 22. hxg4 g5
23. f5 Nh7 24. Qb3 Kh8 25. d5 exd5 26. exd5 Nf6 27. c4 cxb4 28. Nc2 a5 29. Qe3
Neg8 30. Qxg5 Bh6 31. Qh4 Nh7 32. Be3 Bxe3+ 33. Rxe3 Rde8 34. Rh3 f6 35. Nd4 Bc8
36. Ne4 Rxe4 37. Bxe4 Rf7 38. Kg2 b3 39. Ne6 b2 40. Rch1 Qe7 41. Qf2 Bxe6 1-0

[Event "Spice Cup Open"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2012.10.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Priyadharshan, K."]
[Black "Bykhovsky, Anatoly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2407"]
[BlackElo "2522"]
[ECO "B40"]
[Opening "Sicilian defence"]
[WhiteFideId "5018293"]
[BlackFideId "2806991"]
[EventDate "2012.10.16"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 Nge7 5. O-O d5 6. exd5 Qxd5 7. Nc3 Qd7 8. d3
Nf5 9. Bf4 Be7 10. a4 O-O 11. a5 f6 12. Re1 Rd8 13. Nd2 Kh8 14. Nc4 Nfd4 15. Rc1
Bf8 16. Bd2 Rb8 17. Qh5 b5 18. axb6 axb6 19. Ne2 b5 20. Nxd4 Nxd4 21. Na5 Rb6
22. Be4 Nf5 23. g4 g6 24. Qh3 Ne7 25. Nb3 Nc6 26. Qe3 e5 27. h3 Qd6 28. Ra1 Rb8
29. Qxc5 Qxc5 30. Nxc5 Nd4 31. Na6 Bxa6 32. Rxa6 Nxc2 33. Rc1 Nd4 34. Rc7 f5 35.
Bg2 e4 36. Raa7 exd3 37. Rxh7+ Kg8 38. Rhd7 Rxd7 39. Rxd7 Bg7 40. Bd5+ Kh8 41.
Kg2 b4 42. b3 Rc8 43. Bc4 Nc6 44. Bxd3 Ne5 45. Rd5 Nxd3 46. Rxd3 Bc3 47. Be3 Kg7
48. g5 Kf7 49. Kf3 Rh8 50. Kg3 Ra8 51. Rd1 Ra3 52. Rb1 Ke6 53. Kf3 Ra2 54. h4
Rc2 55. Bc5 Kd5 56. Bb6 Rd2 57. Be3 Rc2 58. Bb6 Be5 59. Be3 Bc3 60. h5 gxh5 61.
Rh1 Rb2 62. Rxh5 Rxb3 63. Kf4 Rb1 64. g6 b3 65. Rxf5+ Kc4 66. Rg5 b2 67. g7 Bxg7
68. Rxg7 Rh1 69. Rb7 b1=Q 70. Rxb1 Rxb1 71. Ke4 Rb8 72. Bf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Spice Cup Open"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2012.10.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kleiman, Jake"]
[Black "Shulman, Yury"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2377"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[ECO "C03"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "Tarrasch"]
[WhiteFideId "2020041"]
[BlackFideId "13500520"]
[EventDate "2012.10.16"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 a6 4. Bd3 c5 5. dxc5 Bxc5 6. Ngf3 Nf6 7. Qe2 Nc6 8. c3
Qc7 9. O-O Ba7 10. b4 h6 11. a3 O-O 12. Bb2 e5 13. exd5 Nxd5 14. Qe4 Nf6 15. Qh4
Rd8 16. Bc2 Be6 17. Rae1 Nd4 18. Nxd4 exd4 19. c4 Bxc4 20. Rc1 b5 21. Bb3 Rac8
22. Qh3 Qf4 23. Nxc4 bxc4 24. Bxc4 Rc7 25. Bd3 Nd5 26. Bxa6 Qd2 27. Rxc7 Nxc7
28. Bc1 Qc3 29. Bd3 Ne6 30. Qf5 Bb8 31. g3 g6 32. Qf3 Kg7 33. h4 Re8 34. Kg2 Nf8
35. Rd1 Nd7 36. Bb5 Qxf3+ 37. Kxf3 Ne5+ 38. Kg2 Rd8 39. Bb2 Ba7 40. a4 g5 41.
hxg5 hxg5 42. Re1 f6 43. f4 gxf4 44. gxf4 Ng6 45. Kf3 Bb8 46. Re8 Rxe8 47. Bxe8
Nxf4 48. Bxd4 Ne6 49. Be3 f5 50. Bd7 Kf6 51. a5 f4 52. Bg1 Ng5+ 53. Ke2 f3+ 54.
Kf1 Ne4 55. Bd4+ Ke7 56. Bc6 Nd2+ 57. Kf2 Kd6 58. Ba8 Kd7 59. a6 Nc4 60. a7 Bxa7
61. Bxa7 Ne5 62. b5 1-0

[Event "Spice Cup Open"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2012.10.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kiewra, Keaton F"]
[Black "Agrest, Inna"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "WIM"]
[WhiteElo "2442"]
[BlackElo "2204"]
[ECO "E90"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "5.Nf3"]
[WhiteFideId "2019280"]
[BlackFideId "1708830"]
[EventDate "2012.10.16"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. h3 Na6 7. Bg5 e5 8. dxe5
dxe5 9. Qxd8 Rxd8 10. Nd5 Rd6 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. Rc1 Bd8 13. c5 Re6 14. b4 c6 15.
Bxa6 bxa6 16. Nc3 Rb8 17. O-O Rxb4 18. Rfd1 Ba5 19. Ng5 Re8 20. Rd6 Rc4 21. Ne2
Rxc1+ 22. Nxc1 Rd8 23. Rxd8+ Bxd8 24. Nf3 f6 25. Kf1 Be6 26. Ne1 Bc4+ 27. Ned3
Ba5 28. Ke2 Bc3 29. Kd1 Kf7 30. Kc2 Bd4 31. f3 Ke8 32. Nb3 Be3 33. Kc3 Be6 34.
Nb4 a5 35. Nxa5 Bd4+ 36. Kd3 Bxc5 37. Naxc6 a5 38. Nd5 Bxd5 39. exd5 Bb6 40. a4
Kd7 41. Kc4 Kd6 42. Kb5 Bf2 43. Nxa5 Kxd5 44. Nc4 f5 45. a5 e4 46. Nb6+ Ke6 47.
fxe4 fxe4 48. Kc4 Kd6 49. Nd5 Ba7 50. Nc3 Kc6 51. Nxe4 Bg1 52. Nf6 h5 53. Nd5 g5
54. Nf6 h4 55. Nd5 Bf2 56. Nb4+ Kb7 57. Kb5 Bg1 58. a6+ Ka7 59. Nc6+ Ka8 60. Kc4
Bf2 61. Kd5 Bg1 62. Ke4 Bf2 63. Kf5 Be3 64. Kg4 Bc1 65. Kh5 Be3 66. Ne5 Ka7 67.
Nf3 Kxa6 68. Nxg5 Kb6 69. Kxh4 Kc6 70. Kh5 Kd7 71. Kg6 Bf2 72. Nf3 Ke7 73. h4
Bc5 74. h5 Ba3 75. h6 Bb2 76. Ng5 Kd6 77. h7 Kd5 78. Nf7 Ke4 79. g4 Kf4 1-0

[Event "Spice Cup Open"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2012.10.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kavutskiy, Konstantin"]
[Black "Polgar-Shutzman, Tom"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2287"]
[ECO "D11"]
[Opening "QGD Slav"]
[Variation "4.e3"]
[WhiteFideId "2026384"]
[BlackFideId "2064880"]
[EventDate "2012.10.16"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. e3 e6 5. Bd3 Nbd7 6. b3 Bd6 7. Bb2 O-O 8. O-O
Re8 9. Ne5 Bxe5 10. dxe5 Ne4 11. Bxe4 dxe4 12. Nd2 Qh4 13. g3 Qh6 14. Nxe4 Qg6
15. Nd6 Rd8 16. Qf3 f6 17. exf6 Nxf6 18. Bxf6 Qxf6 19. Qxf6 gxf6 20. Rad1 Kf8
21. Rd2 Ke7 22. Rfd1 e5 23. Nxc8+ Raxc8 24. Rxd8 Rxd8 25. Rxd8 Kxd8 26. Kg2 Ke7
27. Kf3 f5 28. e4 Kf6 29. exf5 Kxf5 30. Ke3 h5 31. h3 c5 32. f3 a6 33. g4+ hxg4
34. fxg4+ Kg5 1-0

[Event "Spice Cup Open"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2012.10.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Boros, Denes"]
[Black "Fierro Baquero, Martha L."]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2492"]
[BlackElo "2387"]
[ECO "B06"]
[Opening "Robatsch defence"]
[WhiteFideId "722340"]
[BlackFideId "3600270"]
[EventDate "2012.10.16"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 c6 4. Be3 d6 5. Qd2 Nd7 6. g4 h6 7. a4 Qa5 8. Nge2 Nb6
9. Nc1 Bxg4 10. b4 Qh5 11. a5 Nd7 12. N1e2 Bf3 13. Nf4 Qh4 14. Bg2 Bxg2 15. Nxg2
Qh3 16. Nf4 Qf3 17. Rg1 Ngf6 18. Qe2 Qxe2+ 19. Nfxe2 O-O 20. f4 Kh7 21. e5 dxe5
22. dxe5 Nh5 23. O-O-O Nb8 24. Ne4 Na6 25. c3 Nc7 26. c4 Na6 27. Rd7 f6 28. b5
cxb5 29. cxb5 Rac8+ 30. Kb1 Nc7 31. N2c3 fxe5 32. fxe5 Bxe5 33. Rxe7+ Bg7 34.
Nd6 Rcd8 35. Rxc7 Rxd6 36. Bc5 Rdd8 37. Bxf8 Rxf8 38. Rxb7 Rf3 39. Nd5 Rb3+ 40.
Ka2 Rb2+ 41. Ka3 Rd2 42. Rd7 1-0

[Event "Spice Cup Open"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2012.10.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gerzhoy, Leonid"]
[Black "Leon Hoyos, Manuel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2469"]
[BlackElo "2603"]
[ECO "E60"]
[Opening "King's Indian, 3.Nf3"]
[WhiteFideId "2806126"]
[BlackFideId "5105269"]
[EventDate "2012.10.16"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 c5 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. e4 d6 7. Be2 Nxd4 8.
Qxd4 Bg7 9. Be3 O-O 10. Qd2 a5 11. O-O a4 12. Rab1 Qa5 13. f3 Be6 14. Rfc1 Rfc8
15. b3 axb3 16. axb3 Qb4 17. Na4 Qxd2 18. Bxd2 Nd7 19. Be3 Kf8 20. Kf2 f5 21.
Bd3 Ne5 22. Bc2 Nd7 23. exf5 gxf5 24. Bd3 Kf7 25. f4 Nc5 26. Nxc5 dxc5 27. Rc2
Ra3 28. Be2 b6 29. b4 Bd4 30. Bxd4 cxd4 31. Rd1 Rb3 32. b5 Rxb5 33. cxb5 Rxc2
34. Rxd4 Ke8 35. Ke3 Bd7 36. Bh5+ Kd8 37. Bf7 e5 38. fxe5 Ke7 39. Bc4 Be8 40.
Be2 Ke6 41. Bf3 Kxe5 42. Rd5+ Ke6 43. Rxf5 Rc3+ 44. Kd4 Kxf5 45. Kxc3 Bxb5 46.
g3 Ke5 47. h4 Bd7 48. Be2 Bc6 49. Bd1 Bg2 50. Be2 Be4 51. Bd1 Kd5 52. Be2 Bg6
53. g4 h6 54. g5 hxg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Spice Cup Open"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2012.10.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Finegold, Benjamin"]
[Black "Troff, Kayden W"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2493"]
[BlackElo "2312"]
[ECO "D80"]
[Opening "Gruenfeld defence"]
[WhiteFideId "2000261"]
[BlackFideId "2047896"]
[EventDate "2012.10.16"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. e3 Bg7 5. Qb3 e6 6. Qa3 c6 7. Nf3 a5 8. c5 O-O
9. Be2 Nbd7 10. O-O Re8 11. b4 b6 12. Rb1 Ba6 13. Bxa6 Rxa6 14. b5 cxb5 15. Rxb5
bxc5 16. dxc5 Qe7 17. Bb2 Rc8 18. Na4 Ne4 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. Rb7 Qe8 21. Rc1 e5
22. h4 Rac6 23. Rxd7 Qxd7 24. Nb6 Qe7 25. Nxc8 Rxc8 26. Qxa5 Rxc5 27. Rxc5 Nxc5
28. Qb4 Qc7 29. a4 Nd3 30. Qd2 Qc4 31. a5 f6 32. Ne1 Nb4 33. Qb2 Qxh4 34. a6
Nxa6 35. Qb7+ Kh6 36. Qxa6 Qb4 37. Nf3 Kg7 38. Qa7+ Kh6 39. Qf7 Qd6 40. Nh2 d4
41. exd4 exd4 42. Nf3 g5 43. Nh2 Qf4 44. g3 Qf5 45. f3 g4 46. Qf8+ Kg5 47. Qg8+
Qg6 48. Qd5+ Qf5 49. Qg8+ Qg6 50. Qd5+ Qf5 51. Qxf5+ Kxf5 52. Nxg4 h5 53. Nf2
Kg5 54. Kg2 f5 55. Nh3+ Kf6 56. Nf4 Ke5 57. Kf2 h4 58. Nd3+ Kf6 59. gxh4 Kg6 60.
Kg3 Kh5 61. Nf4+ Kh6 62. Kf2 1-0

[Event "Spice Cup Open"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2012.10.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Helfst, Matt D"]
[Black "Sharevich, Anna"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackTitle "WGM"]
[WhiteElo "1965"]
[BlackElo "2294"]
[ECO "D02"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[WhiteFideId "2044102"]
[BlackFideId "13503189"]
[EventDate "2012.10.16"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 a5 6. Bg2 dxc4 7. Qc2 Bd6 8. Qxc4
O-O 9. O-O Nbd7 10. Rd1 Qe7 11. Nc3 e5 12. dxe5 Nxe5 13. Nxe5 Bxe5 14. Be3 Qb4
15. Qxb4 axb4 16. Nb5 c6 17. Bd4 Bxd4 18. Nxd4 Bd7 19. Nc2 Rfe8 20. e3 Bg4 21.
Rdc1 Rad8 22. Nxb4 Rd2 23. Nc2 Red8 24. h3 Bf5 25. Nd4 Be4 26. f3 Bg6 27. b3 Nd5
28. Re1 Nc3 29. a4 Nd5 30. f4 Nxe3 31. Rxe3 R2xd4 32. Rae1 Kf8 33. Be4 f5 34.
Bc2 R8d7 35. Kf2 Rd2+ 36. R1e2 Bh5 37. Bxf5 Bxe2 38. Rxe2 Rxe2+ 39. Kxe2 Re7+
40. Kd3 g6 41. Be4 Kf7 42. b4 Ke6 43. Kd4 Kd6 44. a5 Rg7 45. h4 Re7 46. g4 Rf7
47. f5 gxf5 48. Bxf5 h5 49. Ke4 hxg4 50. Bxg4 Rf1 51. h5 Rb1 52. Kf5 Rxb4 53. h6
Rb5+ 54. Kg6 Rxa5 55. Kg7 Rg5+ 0-1

[Event "Spice Cup Open"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2012.10.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Jayakumar, Adarsh"]
[Black "Finegold, Spencer"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2290"]
[BlackElo "2081"]
[ECO "D76"]
[Opening "Neo-Gruenfeld, 6.cd Nxd5, 7.O-O Nb6"]
[WhiteFideId "5026520"]
[BlackFideId "2047527"]
[EventDate "2012.10.16"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O Nb6 8. Nc3
Nc6 9. e3 Re8 10. Re1 a5 11. Qe2 Be6 12. Nd2 Nb4 13. Rd1 c6 14. Nde4 Bc4 15. Qf3
N4d5 16. Nd2 Ba6 17. Nb3 Nxc3 18. bxc3 Na4 19. e4 Qc7 20. Ba3 e5 21. Rac1 Bc4
22. Qe3 Rad8 23. d5 Bf8 24. Bxf8 Rxf8 25. Nc5 Nb6 26. d6 Rxd6 27. Rxd6 Qxd6 28.
Nxb7 Qc7 29. Nxa5 Bxa2 30. Qc5 Na4 31. Qb4 Ra8 32. Qxa4 Rxa5 33. Qc2 Bc4 34. Bf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Spice Cup Open"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2012.10.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Charbonneau, Pascal"]
[Black "Sarkar, Justin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2517"]
[BlackElo "2408"]
[ECO "A37"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "symmetrical variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2602504"]
[BlackFideId "2010011"]
[EventDate "2012.10.16"]

1. c4 g6 2. Nc3 c5 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. Nf3 d6 6. O-O Bf5 7. a3 Qd7 8. b4
Bxc3 9. dxc3 Bh3 10. Bxh3 Qxh3 11. bxc5 dxc5 12. Ng5 Qf5 13. e4 Qf6 14. Rb1 h6
15. Nh3 Qe6 16. Nf4 Qxe4 17. Rxb7 Nd4 18. Qa4+ Kf8 19. Rb2 Nf3+ 20. Kh1 g5 21.
Re2 Qb7 22. Nd5 Qc8 23. Kg2 Nh4+ 24. Kg1 Nf3+ 25. Kg2 Nh4+ 26. Kg1 Nf3+ 27. Kg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Spice Cup Open"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2012.10.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Banawa, Jouaquin"]
[Black "Cassidy, Brian H"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2300"]
[BlackElo "2098"]
[ECO "D35"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "exchange, positional line"]
[WhiteFideId "5201632"]
[BlackFideId "2064910"]
[EventDate "2012.10.16"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. e3 c6 7. Bd3 Bd6 8. Qc2
Nf8 9. O-O-O Ne6 10. Bh4 g6 11. f3 Be7 12. Nge2 Ng7 13. h3 O-O 14. g4 b5 15. Bg3
a5 16. h4 a4 17. h5 g5 18. h6 Nge8 19. Be5 Bd6 20. Rh5 Bxe5 21. Rxg5+ Kh8 22.
dxe5 Nd7 23. f4 Qb6 24. Nd4 Nc5 25. Bxb5 Nb3+ 26. axb3 cxb5 27. Nxd5 Qb7 28. Qc5
Rg8 29. Rxg8+ Kxg8 30. Nf6+ Nxf6 31. exf6 Bf5 32. Nxf5 axb3 33. Rd5 Ra1+ 34. Kd2
Rb1 35. Rd8# 1-0

[Event "Spice Cup Open"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2012.10.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bregadze, Levan"]
[Black "Mikhalevski, Victor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2366"]
[BlackElo "2538"]
[ECO "A15"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[WhiteFideId "13603264"]
[BlackFideId "2801914"]
[EventDate "2012.10.16"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Qa4+ Nc6 6. Ne5 Qd6 7. Nxc6 Qxc6
8. Qxc6+ bxc6 9. b3 Nxc3 10. dxc3 Bg7 11. Bb2 Be6 12. O-O-O a5 13. c4 O-O 14.
Bxg7 Kxg7 15. e3 a4 16. Kb2 c5 17. Bd3 Ra6 18. Bc2 Rb8 19. Kc3 axb3 20. axb3
Rba8 21. Rd2 Rb8 22. Rdd1 Rba8 23. Rd2 Rd6 24. Rhd1 Ra2 25. Bb1 Ra3 26. Rxd6
exd6 27. Rd2 g5 28. Ra2 Rxa2 29. Bxa2 Bf5 30. f3 Kf6 31. b4 cxb4+ 32. Kxb4 c5+
33. Kc3 h5 34. Bb3 h4 35. Bd1 Bg6 36. g3 Bh5 37. Kd2 Ke6 38. e4 hxg3 39. hxg3 f6
40. Ke3 Kd7 41. Be2 Kc6 42. Kd3 Kb6 43. Kc3 Ka5 44. Kb3 Be8 45. g4 Bc6 46. Kc3
Ba4 47. Kd3 Kb4 48. Ke3 Bb3 49. f4 Bxc4 50. Bd1 Bb3 51. Be2 Bc2 52. Ba6 c4 53.
e5 gxf4+ 54. Kd2 Bg6 55. exd6 Be8 56. Ke2 c3 57. Bd3 Kc5 58. Kf3 Kxd6 59. Kxf4
Bd7 60. g5 fxg5+ 61. Kxg5 Ke5 62. Bc2 Bc8 63. Kg6 Bg4 64. Kg7 Be2 65. Kf7 Kd4
66. Kf6 Ke3 0-1

[Event "Spice Cup Open"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2012.10.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Perelshteyn, Eugene"]
[Black "Schneider, Veronika"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "WGM"]
[WhiteElo "2528"]
[BlackElo "2313"]
[ECO "D87"]
[Opening "Gruenfeld"]
[Variation "exchange, Spassky variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2012529"]
[BlackFideId "721530"]
[EventDate "2012.10.16"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 c5 8.
Ne2 O-O 9. Be3 Nc6 10. Rc1 Na5 11. Bd3 b6 12. h4 Be6 13. d5 Bd7 14. h5 e6 15. c4
Qf6 16. f4 exd5 17. cxd5 Qb2 18. e5 Qxa2 19. hxg6 hxg6 20. Kf2 Rfd8 21. Bb1 Qa3
22. Nc3 Nc4 23. Qe2 b5 24. Nd1 Nxe3 25. Nxe3 c4 26. Be4 Rac8 27. Qf3 Qb2+ 28.
Rc2 Qd4 29. Rd1 Qb6 30. Kg3 g5 31. Rh1 Qd4 32. Rh5 f6 33. e6 Be8 34. Nf5 gxf4+
35. Kh2 Bxh5 36. Qxh5 Qc5 37. Qf7+ 1-0

[Event "Spice Cup Open"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2012.10.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Heredia Serrano, Carla"]
[Black "Ostrovskiy, Aleksandr A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "WIM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2188"]
[BlackElo "2377"]
[ECO "B19"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "classical, Spassky variation"]
[WhiteFideId "3603687"]
[BlackFideId "2034239"]
[EventDate "2012.10.16"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. Nf3 Nd7 7. h4 h6 8. h5
Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 e6 11. Bd2 Ngf6 12. O-O-O Be7 13. Kb1 O-O 14. Ne4 Nxe4
15. Qxe4 Nf6 16. Qe2 Qd5 17. Ne5 Qe4 18. Qxe4 Nxe4 19. Be3 Rfd8 20. Rhe1 Rac8
21. c3 b5 22. g4 a5 23. f3 Nd6 24. b3 Nb7 25. Nd3 Kf8 26. Kc2 Ke8 27. f4 c5 28.
Ne5 cxd4 29. Bxd4 Bc5 30. Nf3 Bxd4 31. Nxd4 Rc5 32. Nf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Spice Cup Open"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2012.10.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Jung, Hans Rudolf"]
[Black "Amanov, Zhanibek"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2150"]
[BlackElo "2374"]
[ECO "A00"]
[Opening "Dunst (Sleipner, Heinrichsen) opening"]
[WhiteFideId "2600609"]
[BlackFideId "13700189"]
[EventDate "2012.10.16"]

1. Nc3 d5 2. e4 d4 3. Nce2 e5 4. Ng3 Be6 5. c3 c5 6. d3 Ne7 7. f4 exf4 8. Bxf4
Nbc6 9. Bd2 Qb6 10. Nf3 Qxb2 11. Rb1 Qa3 12. c4 b6 13. Be2 f6 14. O-O Ng6 15.
Nf5 Nge5 16. Ne1 g6 17. Nh6 Bg7 18. h3 Nf7 19. Ng4 Ke7 20. Qc2 h5 21. Nf2 Bh6
22. Rb3 Qa6 23. Bxh6 Rxh6 24. Qb2 Nfe5 25. Nc2 Qb7 26. Na3 Rhh8 27. Nb5 Qd7 28.
Qd2 g5 29. Nh1 h4 30. Nf2 Rag8 31. Rb2 Rg6 32. Na3 Rhg8 33. Bh5 R6g7 34. Nc2 Qd6
35. Ne1 g4 36. hxg4 Bxg4 37. Bxg4 Nxg4 38. Nxg4 Rxg4 39. Qh6 R8g6 40. Qh7+ Rg7
41. Qh6 Ne5 42. Rbf2 Nd7 43. Rf3 Qe5 44. Rf5 Qg3 45. R5f3 Qd6 46. Rh3 Qe6 47.
Rxh4 Rxh4 48. Qxh4 Qg4 49. Qxg4 Rxg4 50. Nf3 Ke6 51. Kf2 Nb8 52. Rh1 Nc6 53. a3
Rg7 54. Rh8 Rb7 55. a4 Nb4 56. Ne1 Rg7 57. Rh5 Rc7 58. Rh6 Rg7 59. Rh5 Kd6 60.
Rf5 Rg6 61. Rh5 a6 62. Rh7 a5 63. Rb7 Kc6 64. Rf7 Na2 65. Kf3 Nc3 66. Kf4 Nxa4
67. Kf5 Rg3 68. Rxf6+ Kc7 69. Ke5 Nb2 70. Rf3 Rxf3 71. gxf3 a4 72. Kf6 a3 73.
Nc2 a2 74. e5 0-1

[Event "Spice Cup Open"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2012.10.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Mogranzini, Roberto"]
[Black "Corrales Jimenez, Fidel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2492"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[ECO "A14"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "Neo-Catalan declined"]
[WhiteFideId "810894"]
[BlackFideId "3506690"]
[EventDate "2012.10.16"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 e6 3. Bg2 d5 4. Nf3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. b3 b6 7. Bb2 Bb7 8. e3 c5
9. Nc3 Nc6 10. cxd5 Nxd5 11. Nxd5 Qxd5 12. d4 Na5 13. dxc5 Bxc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Spice Cup Open"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2012.10.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Neimer, Vitaly"]
[Black "Boros, Denes"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2384"]
[BlackElo "2492"]
[ECO "C02"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "advance, Euwe variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2807017"]
[BlackFideId "722340"]
[EventDate "2012.10.16"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. a3 Nge7 7. h4 Qb6 8. dxc5
Qxc5 9. b4 Qb6 10. c4 Qc7 11. Bb2 dxc4 12. Bxc4 Nxb4 13. Nbd2 Nbc6 14. O-O Nf5
15. Ne4 Be7 16. Rc1 O-O 17. Bd3 Qd8 18. g3 Na5 19. Qe2 Ba4 20. h5 Nh6 21. Nd4
Qd5 22. Rc7 Rae8 23. Rfc1 Nc6 24. Nf3 Bd8 25. Nc3 Qb3 26. Rd7 Ne7 27. Nd4 Qxc3
28. Bxc3 Bxd7 29. Qe4 g6 30. Qxb7 Bc8 31. Qxa7 Nd5 32. Ba5 Re7 33. Qc5 Bb7 34.
hxg6 hxg6 35. a4 Kg7 36. Be4 Bxa5 37. Qxa5 Ra8 38. Qb5 Nc3 39. Rxc3 Bxe4 40. f3
Rb7 41. Qc5 Bd5 42. a5 Rb1+ 43. Kf2 Nf5 44. Nxf5+ gxf5 45. g4 fxg4 46. fxg4 Rh8
47. Qe7 Rb2+ 48. Kg3 Rh6 49. a6 Rg2+ 50. Kf4 Rg6 51. Rg3 Rf2+ 52. Ke3 Ra2 53. a7
Ra4 54. Kd3 Rh6 55. g5 Rhh4 56. Qf6+ Kg8 57. Qd8+ Kg7 58. Qf6+ Kg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Spice Cup Open"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2012.10.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Mikhalevski, Victor"]
[Black "Finegold, Benjamin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2538"]
[BlackElo "2493"]
[ECO "A11"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "Caro-Kann defensive system"]
[WhiteFideId "2801914"]
[BlackFideId "2000261"]
[EventDate "2012.10.16"]

1. c4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 g6 5. b3 Bg7 6. Bb2 O-O 7. O-O Bg4 8. d4
Bxf3 9. Bxf3 e6 10. Nc3 Nbd7 11. e3 Re8 12. Rc1 Nb6 13. Ne2 Nc8 14. Nf4 Nd6 15.
Nd3 h5 16. Qe2 a6 17. Rfd1 Qc7 18. Bg2 Rad8 19. Qe1 Qb8 20. Qe2 Kh7 21. Ba3 Nf5
22. Bb4 Rh8 23. Ne5 Kg8 24. Rc2 Bf8 25. Ba5 Re8 26. Bh3 Bd6 27. Qd3 Kg7 28. Re1
Ne7 29. f3 Bc7 30. Bc3 Qd8 31. Rd1 Nd7 32. Qe2 Nxe5 33. dxe5 Qb8 34. f4 dxc4 35.
bxc4 Rd8 36. Rd6 b5 37. c5 b4 38. Ba1 Qb5 39. Qd2 Nd5 40. Bd4 Ba5 41. Bf1 Qa4
42. Qf2 b3 43. axb3 Qxb3 44. Bc4 Qb1+ 45. Kg2 h4 46. g4 h3+ 47. Kg3 Be1 48. Bf1
Bxf2+ 49. Rxf2 Qe1 50. Kf3 Rb8 51. f5 gxf5 52. gxf5 Rh5 53. Bd3 Rb3 54. f6+ Kh6
55. Rf1 Rf5+ 56. Kg4 Rxf1 57. Rd8 Qd1+ 0-1

[Event "Spice Cup Open"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2012.10.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Sarkar, Justin"]
[Black "Perelshteyn, Eugene"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2408"]
[BlackElo "2528"]
[ECO "D15"]
[Opening "QGD Slav"]
[Variation "4.Nc3"]
[WhiteFideId "2010011"]
[BlackFideId "2012529"]
[EventDate "2012.10.16"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. c5 Bf5 6. Nh4 Bg6 7. Bf4 Nbd7 8. e3 e5
9. Bg3 exd4 10. exd4 Nh5 11. Be2 Be7 12. Bxh5 Bxh4 13. Qe2+ Be7 14. Bxg6 hxg6
15. O-O O-O 16. Bc7 Qxc7 17. Qxe7 Rfe8 18. Qg5 Re6 19. Qd2 Rae8 20. b4 Nf6 21.
a4 Ng4 22. g3 Qe7 23. b5 axb5 24. axb5 Qf6 25. Kg2 Nh6 26. Ra7 Nf5 27. Rd1 R6e7
28. h4 cxb5 29. Qf4 b4 30. Nxd5 Qc6 31. Qf3 Re4 32. Nf4 Nxd4 33. Rxd4 Rxd4 34.
Rxb7 Rc8 35. Qxc6 Rxc6 36. Rb8+ Kh7 37. Rb5 f6 38. Kf3 g5 39. hxg5 fxg5 40. Ke3
Rd1 41. Nd3 Re6+ 42. Kd4 Re8 43. Rb6 Rd8+ 44. Rd6 Rxd6+ 45. cxd6 b3 46. d7 b2
47. d8=Q b1=Q 48. Ke3 Qc2 49. Qd4 Qd2+ 50. Ke4 Qe2+ 51. Qe3 Qxe3+ 52. Kxe3 Kg6
53. g4 Kf6 54. Ke4 Ra1 55. f3 Ke6 56. Nc5+ Kd6 57. Nd3 g6 58. Kd4 Ra4+ 59. Ke3
Kd5 60. Nf2 Ra3+ 61. Ke2 Kd4 62. Ne4 Ra2+ 63. Kf1 Ke3 64. Nxg5 Kf4 0-1

[Event "Spice Cup Open"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2012.10.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Bykhovsky, Anatoly"]
[Black "Kleiman, Jake"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2522"]
[BlackElo "2377"]
[ECO "E11"]
[Opening "Bogo-Indian defence, Gruenfeld variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2806991"]
[BlackFideId "2020041"]
[EventDate "2012.10.16"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 O-O 5. a3 Be7 6. e4 d5 7. e5 Nfd7 8. Bd3
c5 9. Qc2 h6 10. cxd5 exd5 11. O-O Nc6 12. Re1 a5 13. Nf1 cxd4 14. Ng3 Nc5 15.
Nf5 Bxf5 16. Bxf5 Ne6 17. Bxh6 Bg5 18. Bxe6 Bxh6 19. Bh3 g6 20. Rad1 Qe7 21. g3
Bg7 22. Kh1 Rfe8 23. Nh4 Rad8 24. f4 Qc7 25. Rxd4 Qb6 26. Rd3 Ne7 27. Nf3 d4 28.
Qd2 Nc6 29. Ng5 Rd5 30. Bg2 Rb5 31. Re2 Bh6 32. Nf3 Rc5 33. Qe1 Rb5 34. Qf2 Rb3
35. Rdd2 Re3 36. h4 Qc5 37. Kh2 a4 38. Rc2 Rxe2 39. Qxe2 Qb6 40. Ne1 Ne7 41. Be4
Qe6 42. Nd3 b6 43. Nb4 Rd8 44. Rc7 d3 45. Bxd3 b5 46. Bxb5 Bf8 47. Bd3 Qb6 48.
Rc2 Rd4 49. Bc4 Qb7 50. Rd2 Nf5 51. Nd5 Kg7 52. Nc3 Qa7 53. Nb5 Rxd2 54. Nxa7
Rxe2+ 55. Bxe2 Bc5 56. Nb5 Bf2 57. g4 Nd4 58. Nxd4 Bxd4 59. b3 axb3 60. a4 Bc3
61. Kg3 Kf8 62. Kf3 Ke7 63. Bd3 Be1 64. h5 gxh5 65. gxh5 Kf8 66. h6 Bd2 67. f5
Kg8 68. e6 fxe6 69. fxe6 Kf8 70. h7 Bc3 71. a5 Bxa5 1-0

[Event "Spice Cup Open"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2012.10.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Diamant, Andre"]
[Black "Banawa, Jouaquin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2471"]
[BlackElo "2300"]
[ECO "A20"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[WhiteFideId "2108356"]
[BlackFideId "5201632"]
[EventDate "2012.10.16"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. Nc3 g6 5. a3 a5 6. d3 Bg7 7. e3 Nge7 8. Nge2 O-O
9. O-O d6 10. Rb1 h6 11. Bd2 Kh7 12. h3 f5 13. Kh2 Be6 14. Nd5 Bc8 15. Nec3 Nxd5
16. Nxd5 Rb8 17. b4 axb4 18. axb4 b6 19. bxc5 bxc5 20. Rxb8 Nxb8 21. Qb3 Be6 22.
Qb5 Bd7 23. Qb7 Bc6 24. Qa7 Qd7 25. Qb6 Qd8 26. Rb1 Qxb6 27. Rxb6 e4 28. Ne7 Ba8
29. Rxd6 Bf6 30. Nd5 Be5 31. Re6 Nc6 32. Nb6 Bb7 33. Nd7 1-0

[Event "Spice Cup Open"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2012.10.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Bartholomew, John"]
[Black "Kavutskiy, Konstantin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2446"]
[BlackElo "2287"]
[ECO "A15"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[WhiteFideId "2019353"]
[BlackFideId "2026384"]
[EventDate "2012.10.16"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. g3 Bb7 4. Bg2 c5 5. Nc3 g6 6. O-O Bg7 7. d4 cxd4 8. Qxd4
O-O 9. Qh4 d6 10. Rd1 Nbd7 11. Bh6 Rc8 12. b3 a6 13. Rac1 Rc7 14. Ng5 Bxg2 15.
Kxg2 Re8 16. Nd5 Qa8 17. f3 Rcc8 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. Qd4 b5 20. Ne4 bxc4 21. bxc4
Qc6 22. g4 Kg8 23. Ndxf6+ Nxf6 24. Nxf6+ exf6 25. e4 Re6 26. Rd2 Rb8 27. c5 Rc8
28. Rdc2 Rb8 29. Kg3 dxc5 30. Rxc5 Qd6+ 31. Qxd6 Rxd6 32. Rc8+ Rxc8 33. Rxc8+
Kg7 34. Ra8 Rc6 35. h4 h6 36. a4 f5 37. gxf5 gxf5 38. e5 Kg6 39. Rd8 f4+ 40.
Kxf4 Rc4+ 41. Kg3 Rxa4 42. Rd6+ Kf5 43. Rf6+ Kxe5 44. Rxf7 Rb4 45. h5 a5 46. f4+
Ke6 47. Ra7 a4 48. Kg4 Kf6 49. Rh7 Rb1 50. Rxh6+ Kg7 51. Rg6+ Kh7 52. Ra6 Ra1
53. Kg5 Rg1+ 54. Kf6 Ra1 55. f5 a3 56. Kf7 a2 57. f6 Rh1 58. Rxa2 Rxh5 59. Ra7
Rb5 60. Ke7 Kg6 61. f7 Re5+ 62. Kf8 Kh7 63. Ra1 Rf5 64. Ke7 Kg7 65. Rg1+ Kh7 66.
Rh1+ Kg7 67. f8=Q+ Rxf8 68. Rg1+ 1-0

[Event "Spice Cup Open"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2012.10.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Troff, Kayden W"]
[Black "Bregadze, Levan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2312"]
[BlackElo "2366"]
[ECO "E10"]
[Opening "Blumenfeld counter-gambit, Dus-Chotimursky variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2047896"]
[BlackFideId "13603264"]
[EventDate "2012.10.16"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 b5 5. Bg5 exd5 6. cxd5 Qa5+ 7. Nc3 Ne4 8. Qd3
Nxg5 9. Nxg5 Be7 10. Qf5 Bxg5 11. Qe5+ Be7 12. d6 Nc6 13. Qxg7 Bf8 14. Qxh8 Bb7
15. Qf6 Nd4 16. e3 Nc2+ 17. Kd1 Nxa1 18. Nxb5 Rc8 19. Bc4 1-0

[Event "Spice Cup Open"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2012.10.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Polgar-Shutzman, Tom"]
[Black "Jung, Hans Rudolf"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[BlackElo "2150"]
[ECO "B00"]
[Opening "Owen defence"]
[WhiteFideId "2064880"]
[BlackFideId "2600609"]
[EventDate "2012.10.16"]

1. e4 b6 2. Nc3 Bb7 3. f4 e6 4. Nf3 Bb4 5. d3 d5 6. Bd2 Bxc3 7. Bxc3 dxe4 8.
dxe4 Qxd1+ 9. Rxd1 Nf6 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Bd3 Rg8 12. Kf2 Ke7 13. Rhe1 a6 14. g3
Nd7 15. e5 f5 16. c3 Nc5 17. Bc2 Be4 18. Re2 Rad8 19. Nd4 Rd7 20. Ke3 Bb7 21.
Red2 Rgd8 22. g4 Ne4 23. Bxe4 Bxe4 24. gxf5 exf5 25. Ne2 Rxd2 26. Rxd2 Rxd2 27.
Kxd2 c5 28. Ng3 Bb1 29. a3 f6 30. exf6+ Kxf6 31. c4 Kg6 32. b3 a5 33. a4 Be4 34.
h4 Bf3 35. Kc2 Bg4 36. Kd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Spice Cup Open"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2012.10.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Finegold, Spencer"]
[Black "Agrest, Inna"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackTitle "WIM"]
[WhiteElo "2081"]
[BlackElo "2204"]
[ECO "E71"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "Makagonov system (5.h3)"]
[WhiteFideId "2047527"]
[BlackFideId "1708830"]
[EventDate "2012.10.16"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. h3 O-O 6. Be3 Na6 7. Bd3 e5 8. d5 Nh5
9. g3 Qe8 10. Be2 Nf6 11. Qc2 c6 12. g4 Bd7 13. g5 Nh5 14. Bxh5 gxh5 15. Nge2 h4
16. O-O-O Rc8 17. Kb1 b5 18. dxc6 Bxc6 19. Rxd6 bxc4 20. Nc1 Qe7 21. Rhd1 Qb7
22. f3 Rfe8 23. Qf2 Bf8 24. Rh6 Re6 25. Rxe6 fxe6 26. g6 hxg6 27. Qxh4 Rb8 28.
Rd2 Bb4 29. Rg2 Be8 30. Qe1 Nc5 31. Bxc5 Bxc5 32. h4 Qh7 33. Qe2 Bd4 34. Qxc4
Rb6 35. Nb3 Qxh4 36. Rc2 Rc6 37. Qe2 Bb6 38. a3 Rd6 39. Ka2 Rd8 40. Qc4 Qe7 41.
Na4 Bd4 42. Nac5 Bf7 43. Rd2 Rc8 44. Rc2 Rc7 45. Qb5 Rc8 46. Rc1 Be8 47. Qc4 Bf7
48. Qb5 Be8 49. Qb4 Bf7 50. Nd3 Qd8 51. Rxc8 Qxc8 52. Nxd4 exd4 53. Ne5 Qd8 54.
Qc4 Qd6 55. Qc8+ Kg7 56. Qh8+ 1-0

[Event "Spice Cup Open"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2012.10.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Yang, Darwin"]
[Black "Robson, Ray"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2602"]
[ECO "E60"]
[Opening "King's Indian defence"]
[WhiteFideId "2029111"]
[BlackFideId "2023970"]
[EventDate "2012.10.16"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 c5 4. d5 b5 5. cxb5 a6 6. e4 Bg7 7. Na3 O-O 8. Ne2 e6
9. dxe6 fxe6 10. Qd6 axb5 11. Qxc5 d5 12. Ng3 dxe4 13. Bxb5 exf3 14. gxf3 Nfd7
15. Qe3 Ne5 16. f4 Ng4 17. Qf3 Rxa3 18. Qxa3 Qb6 19. Qf3 e5 20. Bc4+ Kh8 21. f5
gxf5 22. Qe2 Nc6 23. h3 Nd4 24. Qd1 Qb4+ 25. Bd2 Qxc4 26. Rc1 Qd5 27. hxg4 Nf3+
28. Kf2 Nxd2 29. Nxf5 Bxf5 30. gxf5 Rxf5+ 31. Ke2 Qg2+ 32. Kd3 e4+ 0-1

[Event "Spice Cup Open"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2012.10.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Amanov, Mesgen"]
[Black "Hambleton, Aman"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2507"]
[BlackElo "2348"]
[ECO "E15"]
[Opening "Queen's Indian"]
[Variation "Nimzovich variation (exaggerated fianchetto)"]
[WhiteFideId "14000652"]
[BlackFideId "2606577"]
[EventDate "2012.10.16"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Qc2 c5 6. Bg2 Bb7 7. d5 exd5 8. cxd5
Bxd5 9. Nc3 Bc6 10. O-O Be7 11. e4 d6 12. Bf4 Nbd7 13. Rad1 Qc7 14. Nd5 Bxd5 15.
exd5 Qd8 16. Nh4 Nh5 17. Bxd6 Bxd6 18. Qe2+ Kf8 19. Qxh5 Qf6 20. Nf5 h6 21. Qh3
Rd8 22. Rfe1 g6 23. Nxd6 Qxd6 24. Bf1 Kg7 25. Bb5 Nb8 26. Qf1 Qf6 27. Qe2 a6 28.
Bxa6 Nxa6 29. Qxa6 Ra8 30. Qc4 Qxb2 31. Re2 Qb4 32. Qc1 c4 33. Rb2 Qa3 34. Qa1
Qc3 35. Qb1 Qa3 36. Rxb6 Qxa2 37. Qe4 Rhe8 38. Qd4+ Kg8 39. d6 Qa7 40. Rdb1 Rad8
41. Qxc4 Rd7 42. Qd5 Red8 43. Rb7 Qa4 44. Rb8 Qa7 45. Rxd8+ Rxd8 46. Rb7 Qa1+
47. Kg2 Qf6 48. d7 Qe7 49. Rc7 Kh7 50. h3 h5 51. h4 Kg7 52. Qc6 Qf6 53. Qc5 Qe6
54. Qd4+ Qf6 55. Qd5 Qe7 56. Kf1 Kh7 57. Qd4 Qe6 58. Kg2 Kg8 59. Kh2 Kh7 60. Kg1
Qe1+ 61. Kg2 Qe6 62. Kf1 Kg8 63. Qc3 Qd6 64. Qa5 Rxd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Spice Cup Open"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2012.10.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Leon Hoyos, Manuel"]
[Black "Amanov, Zhanibek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2603"]
[BlackElo "2374"]
[ECO "A20"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[WhiteFideId "5105269"]
[BlackFideId "13700189"]
[EventDate "2012.10.16"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Bc5 4. Bg2 a6 5. e3 d6 6. Nge2 Nf6 7. b3 Ba7 8. Bb2
O-O 9. O-O Bf5 10. h3 Bd3 11. Kh2 Nd7 12. Rg1 Rb8 13. Nc1 Bg6 14. d3 Ne7 15.
N1e2 b5 16. Rf1 Nc5 17. Nc1 Re8 18. Qd2 h6 19. Rd1 bxc4 20. dxc4 Qd7 21. Qe2 Nc6
22. Nd5 Ne7 23. Nc3 Nc6 24. Rd2 f5 25. Nd5 Kh7 26. Nd3 Ne4 27. Rdd1 Qf7 28. Rac1
Nd8 29. f3 Nc5 30. Nf2 f4 31. gxf4 exf4 32. e4 Nc6 33. Ng4 Re6 34. h4 a5 35. Bc3
Rbe8 36. Rf1 Bh5 37. Bh3 Rg6 38. Qd2 Rf8 39. Rce1 a4 40. e5 axb3 41. axb3 Nxb3
42. Qd3 Nc5 43. Qb1 Kh8 44. exd6 cxd6 45. Rg1 Bxg4 46. Rxg4 Rxg4 47. Bxg4 Na4
48. Ba1 Bf2 49. Re6 Ne5 50. Bxe5 dxe5 51. Re7 Qg8 52. Qc2 Bg3+ 53. Kh3 Nc5 54.
Rxe5 Re8 55. Ne7 Rxe7 56. Rxe7 1-0

[Event "Spice Cup Open"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2012.10.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Sharevich, Anna"]
[Black "Gerzhoy, Leonid"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "WGM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2294"]
[BlackElo "2469"]
[ECO "D02"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[WhiteFideId "13503189"]
[BlackFideId "2806126"]
[EventDate "2012.10.16"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 c6 4. Qc2 dxc4 5. Qxc4 b5 6. Qc2 Bb7 7. e4 Nd7 8. Be2
a6 9. a4 Rc8 10. O-O Qb6 11. Nc3 b4 12. a5 Qa7 13. Na4 Ngf6 14. Bc4 Be7 15. Bg5
c5 16. d5 exd5 17. exd5 O-O 18. Rad1 Bd8 19. Qf5 Bxa5 20. Rfe1 Rce8 21. Rxe8
Rxe8 22. Bxf6 Nxf6 23. d6 Be4 24. Qxc5 Qxc5 25. Nxc5 Bb6 26. d7 Rd8 27. Nxe4
Nxe4 28. Kf1 Nf6 29. Ne5 Kf8 30. Bxa6 Bc7 31. Nc6 Rxd7 32. Rxd7 Nxd7 33. Nxb4
Nc5 34. Bc4 Bd6 35. Nd5 Ne4 36. b3 h5 37. g3 h4 38. gxh4 Bxh2 39. Ke2 Nd6 40.
Bd3 Be5 41. Ke3 Ne8 42. Ke4 Bb8 43. b4 Nd6+ 44. Kf3 Ba7 45. b5 Nc8 46. h5 Bc5
47. Ne3 Ke7 48. Ke4 Nb6 49. f3 Kf6 50. Nd5+ Kg5 51. Nxb6 Bxb6 52. Bc4 Kxh5 53.
Bxf7+ Kg5 54. Kd5 Kf6 55. Kc6 Be3 56. Bh5 Ke7 57. b6 Kd8 58. Bg4 g5 59. Kb7 Bd4
60. Ka6 Be3 61. Ka7 Bd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Spice Cup Open"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2012.10.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shulman, Yury"]
[Black "Heredia Serrano, Carla"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "WIM"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2188"]
[ECO "D16"]
[Opening "QGD Slav accepted"]
[Variation "Alapin variation"]
[WhiteFideId "13500520"]
[BlackFideId "3603687"]
[EventDate "2012.10.16"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 a5 6. e4 Bg4 7. Bxc4 e6 8. O-O
Bb4 9. e5 Nd5 10. Ne4 Nd7 11. h3 Bh5 12. Ng3 Bg6 13. Ng5 h6 14. N5e4 Qb6 15. Kh1
O-O 16. Qg4 Kh8 17. Rd1 Rad8 18. f4 Bxe4 19. Nxe4 f5 20. exf6 N7xf6 21. Qe2 Nxe4
22. Qxe4 Nf6 23. Qe2 c5 24. dxc5 Rxd1+ 25. Qxd1 Bxc5 26. b3 Bd4 27. Ra2 e5 28.
Ba3 Re8 29. Bb5 Rc8 30. fxe5 Bxe5 31. Re2 Rd8 32. Qe1 Bb8 33. Bb2 Qc7 34. Be5
Qc8 35. Bxf6 gxf6 36. Re7 Be5 37. Qb1 1-0

[Event "Spice Cup Open"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2012.10.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Schneider, Veronika"]
[Black "Ramirez, Alejandro"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "WGM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2313"]
[BlackElo "2551"]
[ECO "B03"]
[Opening "Alekhine's defence"]
[Variation "exchange variation"]
[WhiteFideId "721530"]
[BlackFideId "6500617"]
[EventDate "2012.10.16"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. exd6 exd6 6. Nc3 Be7 7. Bd3 O-O 8.
Nge2 Nc6 9. O-O Re8 10. Be3 Nb4 11. b3 Nxd3 12. Qxd3 g6 13. Rfe1 Bf5 14. Qd2 d5
15. c5 Nc8 16. Bh6 c6 17. h3 Bf6 18. Nf4 Ne7 19. g4 Bd7 20. Nce2 Kh8 21. Nd3 Ng8
22. Be3 Bg7 23. Ng3 Be6 24. Kg2 Nf6 25. f3 Nd7 26. h4 b6 27. Rac1 bxc5 28. Nxc5
Nxc5 29. Rxc5 Bd7 30. h5 Kg8 31. hxg6 fxg6 32. Bg5 Qb6 33. Ne2 a5 34. Rd1 Qb4
35. Qxb4 axb4 36. Rc2 Kf7 37. Bf4 h5 38. gxh5 gxh5 39. Bd6 Bf5 40. Rb2 h4 41.
Bxb4 h3+ 42. Kh2 Re3 43. Ng3 Bd7 44. Re1 Rxe1 45. Bxe1 Bxd4 46. Re2 Bf6 47. Nh5
Be7 48. Bg3 Bf5 49. Be5 c5 50. Nf4 d4 51. Nxh3 Ra3 52. f4 Bb1 53. Ng5+ Kg6 54.
Nf3 d3 55. Rd2 Kf5 56. Kg3 Ke4 57. Bb2 Rxa2 58. Kf2 c4 59. bxc4 Bb4 60. f5 Bxd2
61. Nxd2+ Kxf5 62. Bc3 Kf4 63. c5 Bc2 64. Bd4 Ba4 65. Be3+ Ke5 66. Kf3 Bc6+ 67.
Kf2 Kd5 68. Kf3 Ra1 69. Bf2 Rd1 70. Ke3 Bb5 71. Ne4 Kc4 72. Bg3 Bc6 73. Nd2+ Kc3
74. Be5+ Kc2 75. Nc4 Re1+ 76. Kf2 Re2+ 77. Kf1 Re4 0-1

[Event "Spice Cup Open"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2012.10.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Priyadharshan, K."]
[Black "Charbonneau, Pascal"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2407"]
[BlackElo "2517"]
[ECO "B43"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Kan, 5.Nc3"]
[WhiteFideId "5018293"]
[BlackFideId "2602504"]
[EventDate "2012.10.16"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Qf3 Nc6 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8.
Qg3 Qxg3 9. hxg3 e5 10. f4 d6 11. b3 Nf6 12. Ba3 Bb7 13. O-O-O Rd8 14. Be2 Be7
15. Bf3 c5 16. Rhe1 O-O 17. Re3 Rc8 18. Be2 Rfe8 19. Bc4 Bf8 20. f5 Be7 21. Kb1
g6 22. Rf1 Kg7 23. Bc1 Rf8 24. Ree1 Rcd8 25. Bg5 h6 26. Bxf6+ Bxf6 27. g4 h5 28.
gxh5 gxh5 29. Rh1 Rh8 30. Re3 h4 31. Reh3 Bg5 32. Bd5 Bc8 33. Ne2 Rh6 34. Ng1
Rdh8 35. Nf3 f6 36. Bc6 Kf8 37. Kb2 Ke7 38. Kc3 Kd8 39. Kd3 Kc7 40. Bd5 Bd7 41.
Bf7 Bb5+ 42. Bc4 Kb6 43. Rd1 Bf4 44. a4 Bc6 45. Rdh1 Bg3 46. Ng1 Bf4 47. Ne2 Bg5
48. Nc3 a5 49. Ke2 R8h7 50. Rd1 Kc7 51. Bb5 Bb7 52. Be8 Ba6+ 53. Kf2 Rh8 54.
Nd5+ Kd8 55. Bf7 Bb7 56. Nc3 Ke7 57. Bd5 Ba6 58. Be6 Rd8 59. Nd5+ Kf8 60. Nc7
Bb7 61. Bd5 Bc8 62. Bc6 Ke7 63. Rhd3 Rhh8 64. Nd5+ Kf7 65. Nb6 Ke7 66. Nxc8+
Rxc8 67. Rxd6 Rhd8 68. Rd7+ Rxd7 69. Rxd7+ Kf8 70. Bd5 Ke8 71. Ra7 1-0

[Event "Spice Cup Open"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2012.10.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Aripov, Iskandar"]
[Black "Kiewra, Keaton F"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2155"]
[BlackElo "2442"]
[ECO "B81"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Scheveningen, Keres attack"]
[WhiteFideId "14202395"]
[BlackFideId "2019280"]
[EventDate "2012.10.16"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e6 6. g4 h6 7. Bg2 Nc6 8. h3
Be7 9. Be3 a6 10. Qe2 Qc7 11. O-O-O Bd7 12. f4 Na5 13. Rhe1 Nc4 14. Bg1 Rc8 15.
Rd3 b5 16. Kb1 b4 17. Nd1 g6 18. Ne3 e5 19. fxe5 dxe5 20. Nd5 Nxd5 21. exd5 O-O
22. Nc6 Bh4 23. Rf1 Rfe8 24. Rb3 Na5 25. Rxb4 Nxc6 26. dxc6 Bxc6 27. Bxc6 Qxc6
28. Re4 Bg3 29. c3 Bf4 30. Qc2 Red8 31. Be3 g5 32. h4 Qd7 33. hxg5 hxg5 34. Bxf4
exf4 35. Re5 f6 36. Re2 Kg7 37. Rh1 Rh8 38. Reh2 Rxh2 39. Qxh2 Qd3+ 40. Ka1 Rd8
41. Qh6+ Kf7 42. a3 Qg6 43. Qh2 Qe4 44. Qg1 Rd7 45. Rh2 f3 46. Qh1 Kg7 47. Rh8
Rd1+ 48. Qxd1 Kxh8 49. Qd8+ Kg7 50. Qd7+ Kg6 51. Qc8 f5 52. Qg8+ Kf6 53. Qf8+
Ke5 54. Qb8+ Kd5 55. Qg8+ Kc5 56. Qc8+ Kb5 57. c4+ Kb6 58. Qd8+ Kc5 59. Qc7+ Kd4
60. Qd7+ Ke3 61. gxf5 f2 62. Qd1 Qd3 63. Qc1+ Qd2 64. Qb1 Qe1 0-1

[Event "Spice Cup Open"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2012.10.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Cassidy, Brian H"]
[Black "Helfst, Matt D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2098"]
[BlackElo "1965"]
[ECO "C10"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "Fort Knox variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2064910"]
[BlackFideId "2044102"]
[EventDate "2012.10.16"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bd7 5. Nf3 Bc6 6. Bd3 Nd7 7. Qe2 Ngf6 8.
Neg5 Bxf3 9. Qxf3 c6 10. O-O h6 11. Nxe6 fxe6 12. Bg6+ Ke7 13. Re1 Qa5 14. Bf4
Qd5 15. Qe2 b5 16. b3 Nb6 17. c3 Kd7 18. Rac1 Ba3 19. c4 bxc4 20. bxc4 Nxc4 21.
Rxc4 Rhf8 22. Qd3 Nh5 23. Be5 Nf4 24. Bxf4 Rxf4 25. Be4 Qa5 26. Bxc6+ Kd6 27.
Qe3 1-0

[Event "Spice Cup Open"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2012.10.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ostrovskiy, Aleksandr A"]
[Black "Jayakumar, Adarsh"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2377"]
[BlackElo "2290"]
[ECO "B51"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Canal-Sokolsky (Nimzovich-Rossolimo, Moscow) attack"]
[WhiteFideId "2034239"]
[BlackFideId "5026520"]
[EventDate "2012.10.16"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. d4 cxd4 5. Qxd4 a6 6. Bxd7+ Bxd7 7. c4 h6 8.
O-O e5 9. Qd3 Nf6 10. Nc3 Be7 11. Rd1 O-O 12. c5 dxc5 13. Bxh6 Qc7 14. Bg5 c4
15. Qe2 Be6 16. Nd5 Nxd5 17. exd5 Bg4 18. Bxe7 Qxe7 19. Qxc4 e4 20. d6 Qe6 21.
Qxe6 fxe6 22. Ng5 Bxd1 23. Rxd1 Rf6 24. Nxe4 Rf5 25. Rc1 Rd8 26. f3 Rff8 27. Rc7
Rf7 28. Rc5 Rf5 29. b4 a5 30. a3 b6 31. Rc4 Rd5 32. Kf2 b5 33. Rc6 axb4 34. axb4
Kf7 35. Rc7+ Kg6 36. Ke3 Ra8 37. Rc5 Ra3+ 38. Kf4 Rad3 39. g4 e5+ 40. Kg3 R5d4
41. Rxe5 Rxb4 42. h4 Rbd4 43. h5+ Kf7 44. Ng5+ Kf8 45. Ne6+ Kf7 46. Nxd4 Rxd4
47. Rxb5 Rxd6 48. Kf4 Rd4+ 49. Kg5 Ra4 50. Rb7+ Kg8 51. Rb8+ Kh7 52. Rb5 Ra6 53.
f4 Rc6 54. Rd5 Ra6 55. Kf5 Rf6+ 56. Ke4 Ra6 57. g5 Ra1 58. Rd7 Kg8 59. Kf5 Ra5+
60. Kg4 Ra4 61. Rd6 Ra7 62. h6 gxh6 63. Rxh6 Kg7 64. Rb6 1-0

[Event "Spice Cup Open"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2012.10.17"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Corrales Jimenez, Fidel"]
[Black "Priyadharshan, K."]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2407"]
[ECO "C67"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Berlin defence, open variation"]
[WhiteFideId "3506690"]
[BlackFideId "5018293"]
[EventDate "2012.10.16"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5 8.
Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 h6 10. b3 Be7 11. Bb2 Bd7 12. Rad1 Kc8 13. Ne2 Rd8 14. h3 g5
15. g4 Ng7 16. Ng3 c5 17. e6 Nxe6 18. Nf5 Bf8 19. Bf6 Re8 20. Ne5 Nd4 21. Nxd7
Kxd7 22. Bxd4 cxd4 23. Rxd4+ Kc6 24. Rfd1 b5 25. Kf1 Re6 26. Rd7 Rf6 27. Rd8
Rxd8 28. Rxd8 Bd6 29. Rh8 Kc5 30. Rxh6 Rxh6 31. Nxh6 f6 32. Nf5 Be5 33. Ne3 Kb4
34. f4 Bd6 35. fxg5 fxg5 36. Nf5 Be5 37. Ke2 Kc3 38. Kd1 Kb2 39. Ne7 a5 40. Nc6
Bc3 41. Na7 Kxa2 42. Nxb5 Be5 43. Kd2 Kb2 44. Kd3 Kc1 45. Na3 c6 46. Nc4 Bc7 47.
Nd2 Bd8 48. Nf3 Bf6 49. Nd2 Bd8 50. Nc4 Bc7 51. Ne3 Be5 52. Nf5 Bf6 53. Nd6 Bd8
54. Nc8 Kd1 55. Na7 c5 56. Nb5 Be7 57. Na3 Bd8 58. Nc4 Bc7 59. Nd2 Bd8 60. Nf3
Kc1 61. Ne5 Kb2 62. Nc4+ Kc1 63. Nd6 Kb2 64. Nf7 Bf6 65. Nd6 Bd8 66. Kd2 Kb1 67.
Ne4 Be7 68. Nc3+ Kb2 69. Na4+ Kb1 70. Kd1 Bd6 71. Nb6 Bc7 72. Nc4 Bd8 73. Ne5
Bc7 74. Nc4 Bd8 75. Kd2 Bc7 76. Kd3 Kc1 77. Ne3 Kb2 78. Nf5 Bd8 79. Nd6 Bc7 80.
Nf7 Bf4 81. Nd8 c4+ 82. Kxc4 Kxc2 83. Ne6 Be3 84. Nd8 Bd2 85. Nc6 Bc3 86. Ne7
Bb4 87. Nf5 Bd2 88. h4 gxh4 89. Nxh4 Kb2 90. Nf3 Bh6 91. g5 Bf8 92. Nd4 Ka3 93.
Ne6 Be7 94. g6 Bf6 95. g7 Bxg7 96. Nxg7 a4 97. b4 Kb2 98. Nf5 1-0

[Event "Spice Cup Open"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2012.10.17"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Perelshteyn, Eugene"]
[Black "Mogranzini, Roberto"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2528"]
[BlackElo "2492"]
[ECO "E94"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "orthodox variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2012529"]
[BlackFideId "810894"]
[EventDate "2012.10.16"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. d4 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O exd4 8. Nxd4
Re8 9. f3 c6 10. Bf4 Nh5 11. Be3 f5 12. Qd2 f4 13. Bf2 Nd7 14. Rfd1 Qe7 15. b4
Be5 16. Rac1 Ng7 17. Nb3 g5 18. c5 dxc5 19. bxc5 Nf6 20. Qe1 Be6 21. Na5 Qc7 22.
Nc4 Bxc4 23. Bxc4+ Ne6 24. Ne2 Kh8 25. Bxe6 Rxe6 26. Nd4 Ree8 27. Nf5 Rad8 28.
g4 fxg3 29. hxg3 g4 30. f4 Bb2 31. Rxd8 Rxd8 32. Rb1 Rd3 33. Rxb2 Qd7 34. Nd6 1-0

[Event "Spice Cup Open"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2012.10.17"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Finegold, Benjamin"]
[Black "Neimer, Vitaly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2493"]
[BlackElo "2384"]
[ECO "E32"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian"]
[Variation "classical variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2000261"]
[BlackFideId "2807017"]
[EventDate "2012.10.16"]

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. Bd2 Nxd2 10. Nxd2 d5 11. O-O Bd7 12. cxd5 Bxc3 13. Qxc3 Nxd5 14. Qb3 Bc6
15. Nc4 Qc7 16. Rac1 Rfc8 17. Qa3 Qe7 18. Qxe7 Nxe7 19. Nd6 Rd8 20. Bxc6 bxc6
21. Rfd1 Rd7 22. Nc4 Rad8 23. Rxd7 Rxd7 24. Kf1 f6 25. Ke1 Kf7 26. Na5 Rd6 27.
Rc3 e5 28. Nb7 Rd4 29. Nc5 Rb4 30. b3 h5 31. a3 Rd4 32. e3 Rd5 33. Ke2 g5 34.
Rc4 f5 35. h3 Kg6 36. e4 fxe4 37. Nxe4 Rb5 38. b4 Rb6 39. Rc5 Rb5 40. Rc3 a5 41.
bxa5 Rxa5 42. Rc5 Rxa3 43. Rxe5 Nf5 44. Kf1 g4 45. hxg4 hxg4 46. Re6+ Kg7 47.
Rxc6 Ra1+ 48. Kg2 Nd4 49. Rc7+ Kg6 50. Nd2 Rd1 51. Nf1 Nf3 52. Rc4 Kh5 53. Rxg4
Rxf1 54. Rf4 Nd2 55. Rf5+ Kg6 56. Rd5 Rd1 57. Kh3 Ne4 58. Rxd1 Nxf2+ 59. Kg2
Nxd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Spice Cup Open"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2012.10.17"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Boros, Denes"]
[Black "Leon Hoyos, Manuel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2492"]
[BlackElo "2603"]
[ECO "B68"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Richter-Rauzer, Rauzer attack, 7...a6 defence, 9...Be7"]
[WhiteFideId "722340"]
[BlackFideId "5105269"]
[EventDate "2012.10.16"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O Bd7 9. f4 Be7 10. Nf3 b5 11. e5 b4 12. exf6 bxc3 13. Qxc3 gxf6 14. Bh4 d5
15. Kb1 Nb4 16. Qd2 Rb8 17. c3 Nxa2 18. Kxa2 Qa5+ 19. Kb1 Ba4 20. Nd4 Ba3 21.
Nb5 Bxd1 22. Bxf6 Bg4 23. b4 Bf5+ 24. Bd3 Bxd3+ 25. Qxd3 Bxb4 26. cxb4 Qxb4+ 27.
Kc2 Qa4+ 28. Kc3 Rxb5 0-1

[Event "Spice Cup Open"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2012.10.17"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Fierro Baquero, Martha L."]
[Black "Shulman, Yury"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2387"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[ECO "A20"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[WhiteFideId "3600270"]
[BlackFideId "13500520"]
[EventDate "2012.10.16"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. Nc3 Bc5 5. Nf3 d6 6. O-O O-O 7. d3 h6 8. e3 Bf5
9. h3 Qd7 10. Kh2 Rae8 11. a3 a6 12. b4 Ba7 13. Bb2 Be6 14. Rc1 Ne7 15. a4 Rd8
16. b5 Rfe8 17. Qb3 c6 18. Ba3 Ng6 19. Rb1 d5 20. bxc6 bxc6 21. cxd5 cxd5 22. d4
e4 23. Ne5 Nxe5 24. dxe5 d4 25. Qc2 Bc4 26. Nxe4 Nxe4 27. Qxc4 Nd2 28. Qxa6
Nxf1+ 29. Bxf1 dxe3 30. Bd6 Qf5 31. Rb2 Bd4 32. Bd3 Qf3 33. Re2 exf2 0-1

[Event "Spice Cup Open"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2012.10.17"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Charbonneau, Pascal"]
[Black "Hambleton, Aman"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2517"]
[BlackElo "2348"]
[ECO "A30"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "symmetrical, hedgehog system"]
[WhiteFideId "2602504"]
[BlackFideId "2606577"]
[EventDate "2012.10.16"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. g3 b6 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O e6 6. Nc3 Be7 7. d4 cxd4 8. Qxd4
d6 9. Bg5 a6 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. Qf4 O-O 12. Rfd1 Be7 13. Ne4 Bxe4 14. Qxe4 Ra7
15. Rac1 Rc7 16. Qe3 Qc8 17. b3 Nd7 18. Nd4 Re8 19. a4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Spice Cup Open"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2012.10.17"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Troff, Kayden W"]
[Black "Amanov, Mesgen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2312"]
[BlackElo "2507"]
[ECO "D11"]
[Opening "QGD Slav"]
[Variation "4.e3"]
[WhiteFideId "2047896"]
[BlackFideId "14000652"]
[EventDate "2012.10.16"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bg4 5. Nc3 e6 6. h3 Bh5 7. g4 Bg6 8. Ne5 Nbd7
9. Nxg6 hxg6 10. Bd2 g5 11. Qb3 Qc7 12. Bg2 Nb6 13. cxd5 exd5 14. e4 Nxe4 15.
Nxe4 dxe4 16. Bxg5 Be7 17. Be3 Nd5 18. O-O-O f5 19. gxf5 Rh4 20. Bd2 O-O-O 21.
Kb1 Bf6 22. Qa3 Kb8 23. Qg3 Nf4 24. Rhe1 Rxd4 25. Bc3 Rxd1+ 26. Rxd1 Nxg2 27.
Rd8+ Bxd8 28. Be5 Qxe5 29. Qxe5+ Kc8 30. Qe6+ Kc7 31. Qe5+ Kc8 32. Qxg7 e3 33.
fxe3 Nxe3 34. Qg1 Rxh3 35. f6 Bxf6 36. Qg8+ Kd7 37. a3 Rh1+ 38. Ka2 Nd5 39. Qg4+
Kd6 40. Qg3+ Be5 41. Qg6+ Nf6 42. b4 Rh2+ 43. Kb1 Rh3 44. Ka2 b6 45. Qf7 Rh7 46.
Qf8+ Kd5 47. Qa8 b5 48. Qf8 Rh2+ 49. Kb1 Ne4 50. Qf7+ Kd4 51. Qd7+ Bd6 52. Ka1
Kd3 53. a4 bxa4 54. b5 a3 55. Qf5 Rf2 56. Qh3+ Kd4 57. Qd7 cxb5 58. Qxa7+ Kd3
59. Qg7 Bc5 0-1

[Event "Spice Cup Open"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2012.10.17"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Gerzhoy, Leonid"]
[Black "Finegold, Spencer"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2469"]
[BlackElo "2081"]
[ECO "E94"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "orthodox variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2806126"]
[BlackFideId "2047527"]
[EventDate "2012.10.16"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O exd4 8. Nxd4
Re8 9. f3 c6 10. Kh1 Nh5 11. g4 Nf6 12. Be3 h5 13. g5 Nh7 14. Qd2 Nd7 15. Rad1
Qe7 16. Nb3 Be5 17. Bd3 Nc5 18. Nxc5 dxc5 19. f4 Bd4 20. Bxd4 cxd4 21. Ne2 c5
22. e5 Bg4 23. Rde1 h4 24. Ng1 Qd7 25. Nf3 h3 26. Nh4 Nf8 27. f5 Qc6+ 28. Be4
Qc7 29. Bd5 Bxf5 30. Nxf5 gxf5 31. Rxf5 Re6 32. Ref1 1-0

[Event "Spice Cup Open"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2012.10.17"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Sharevich, Anna"]
[Black "Sarkar, Justin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "WGM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2294"]
[BlackElo "2408"]
[ECO "D86"]
[Opening "Gruenfeld"]
[Variation "exchange, classical variation"]
[WhiteFideId "13503189"]
[BlackFideId "2010011"]
[EventDate "2012.10.16"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 c5 8.
Ne2 Nc6 9. Be3 O-O 10. Rc1 cxd4 11. cxd4 Qa5+ 12. Kf1 Qa3 13. Rc3 Qd6 14. h4
Nxd4 15. Nxd4 e5 16. Rd3 exd4 17. Bxd4 Be6 18. Bxe6 Qxe6 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. h5
Qxa2 21. Rhh3 Rac8 22. h6+ Kg8 23. Rc3 Rcd8 24. Rhd3 Rxd3 25. Qxd3 Qa1+ 26. Ke2
Qh1 27. Qe3 Re8 28. Rc4 b5 29. Rb4 Rd8 30. Rd4 Rxd4 31. Qxd4 Qxh6 32. Qxa7 Qh5+
33. f3 Qe5 34. Qa3 Qd4 35. Qa8+ Kg7 36. Qb8 b4 37. e5 Qc4+ 38. Kf2 b3 39. Qb6 h5
40. Qf6+ Kh7 41. Qb6 h4 42. e6 Qxe6 43. Qb4 Kg7 44. Qc3+ Kg8 45. Qb4 Qd5 46. f4
Qd3 47. Qb8+ Kh7 48. Qc7 Qc2+ 0-1

[Event "Spice Cup Open"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2012.10.17"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Bartholomew, John"]
[Black "Yang, Darwin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2446"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[ECO "A14"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "Neo-Catalan declined"]
[WhiteFideId "2019353"]
[BlackFideId "2029111"]
[EventDate "2012.10.16"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. b3 c6 7. d3 Nbd7 8. Bb2 b6
9. Nbd2 Bb7 10. Qc2 Rc8 11. e4 h6 12. Rfe1 a5 13. Rad1 Qc7 14. a3 Rfd8 15. Nf1
Bf8 16. Ne3 dxe4 17. dxe4 c5 18. Nf1 Nb8 19. e5 Rxd1 20. Qxd1 Rd8 21. Qc2 Nfd7
22. g4 Be7 23. Ng3 Nf8 24. Ne4 Ng6 25. g5 hxg5 26. Nexg5 Bxg5 27. Nxg5 Bxg2 28.
Kxg2 Qe7 29. Bc1 Nc6 30. Qe2 Ncxe5 31. Qh5 Nd3 32. Rxe6 Qb7+ 33. Kg3 Qc7+ 34.
Kf3 Nf8 35. Re4 Nxc1 36. Rh4 Qc6+ 0-1

[Event "Spice Cup Open"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2012.10.17"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kiewra, Keaton F"]
[Black "Diamant, Andre"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2442"]
[BlackElo "2471"]
[ECO "B31"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Nimzovich-Rossolimo attack (with ...g6, without ...d6)"]
[WhiteFideId "2019280"]
[BlackFideId "2108356"]
[EventDate "2012.10.16"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. c3 Nf6 6. e5 Nd5 7. d4 cxd4 8. cxd4
O-O 9. Nc3 Nxc3 10. bxc3 d6 11. Ba3 a6 12. Bxc6 bxc6 13. Re1 Qc7 14. Qd2 c5 15.
Qe3 Qa5 16. Bc1 Bb7 17. Bd2 Bxf3 18. gxf3 dxe5 19. dxe5 Rad8 20. Qe2 Bxe5 21.
Bh6 Bxc3 22. Qxe7 Bxa1 23. Rxa1 Qc3 24. Re1 Qxf3 25. Bxf8 Rxf8 26. Qxc5 Rd8 27.
Qe3 Qd5 28. Qe7 Rc8 29. a3 h5 30. Qf6 Qc4 31. h3 Qc6 32. Qxc6 Rxc6 33. Re3 Rc4
34. Kg2 Kg7 35. Rb3 Ra4 36. Rf3 g5 37. Kg3 Kg6 38. Kg2 Ra5 39. Kg3 f5 40. Rc3
f4+ 41. Kf3 Kf5 42. Ke2 g4 43. hxg4+ hxg4 44. Rb3 f3+ 45. Kf1 Rb5 0-1

[Event "Spice Cup Open"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2012.10.17"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Hendrickson, Nolan R"]
[Black "Banawa, Jouaquin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2146"]
[BlackElo "2300"]
[ECO "B23"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Grand Prix attack"]
[WhiteFideId "2038188"]
[BlackFideId "5201632"]
[EventDate "2012.10.16"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. f4 e6 4. Nf3 d5 5. exd5 exd5 6. Bb5 Nf6 7. O-O Be7 8.
Bxc6+ bxc6 9. Ne5 c4 10. b3 cxb3 11. axb3 O-O 12. d4 Bb7 13. Ba3 Ne4 14. Qd3 c5
15. Nxe4 dxe4 16. Qb5 Qb6 17. Qxb6 axb6 18. Nd7 Rfd8 19. Nxb6 Rxa3 20. Rxa3 cxd4
21. Ra7 Bc5 22. b4 Bxb4 23. Rxb7 e3 24. Nd7 Bd2 25. Rfb1 e2 26. Kf2 Re8 27. Ne5
e1=Q+ 28. Rxe1 Bxe1+ 29. Kxe1 f6 30. Rb5 fxe5 31. fxe5 Rc8 32. Kd2 Rf8 33. e6
Rf2+ 34. Ke1 Rf8 35. e7 Re8 36. Re5 Kf7 37. Kd2 Kf6 38. Re2 h5 39. Kd3 g5 40.
Kxd4 Kf5 41. Kd5 h4 1-0

[Event "Spice Cup Open"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2012.10.17"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Jayakumar, Adarsh"]
[Black "Polgar-Shutzman, Tom"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2290"]
[ECO "D13"]
[Opening "QGD Slav"]
[Variation "exchange variation"]
[WhiteFideId "5026520"]
[BlackFideId "2064880"]
[EventDate "2012.10.16"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bf4 e6 7. e3 Ne4 8. Bd3
Nxc3 9. bxc3 Bd6 10. O-O Bxf4 11. exf4 Qf6 12. g3 h6 13. Ne5 O-O 14. Qh5 Rd8 15.
Rae1 Nxe5 16. fxe5 Qg5 17. Qh3 Qe7 18. g4 Qf8 19. g5 g6 20. gxh6 Kh7 21. Qg4 f5
22. exf6 Qxf6 23. Re5 Kxh6 24. h4 Bd7 25. Rfe1 Rf8 26. f4 Rae8 27. h5 Rg8 28.
hxg6 Kg7 29. Rh5 Rh8 30. Ree5 Qd8 31. Qh3 Qe7 32. Rh7+ Rxh7 33. Qxh7+ Kf6 34.
Qh6 1-0

[Event "Spice Cup Open"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2012.10.17"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Agrest, Inna"]
[Black "Helfst, Matt D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "WIM"]
[WhiteElo "2204"]
[BlackElo "1965"]
[ECO "C15"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "Winawer, Alekhine gambit, Kan variation"]
[WhiteFideId "1708830"]
[BlackFideId "2044102"]
[EventDate "2012.10.16"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Ne2 dxe4 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Nxc3 Nc6 7. d5 exd5 8.
Qxd5 Nf6 9. Qxd8+ Nxd8 10. Bg5 e3 11. Bxe3 Ne6 12. Be2 c6 13. O-O-O O-O 14. Bf3
Re8 15. h3 h6 16. g4 Bd7 17. Rd3 Nc7 18. Rhd1 Be6 19. Na4 Bd5 20. Bxd5 Ncxd5 21.
Bd2 Ne4 22. Rf3 b5 23. Nc3 Nxd2 24. Rxd2 Nxc3 25. Rxc3 Re1+ 26. Rd1 Rxd1+ 27.
Kxd1 Rd8+ 28. Ke2 Re8+ 29. Kd3 Re6 30. Kd4 Rf6 31. f3 g5 32. Kc5 Kg7 33. Rd3 Kh7
34. b3 Kg7 35. a4 bxa4 36. bxa4 Rf4 37. Ra3 Rf6 38. a5 Kf8 39. Re3 Rf4 40. c4
Rf6 41. a6 Rf4 42. Kxc6 Rxc4+ 43. Kb7 h5 44. Kxa7 hxg4 45. hxg4 Rb4 46. Re5 f6
47. Re6 Kf7 48. Rb6 Rd4 49. Kb7 Rd7+ 50. Kc6 1-0

[Event "Spice Cup Open"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2012.10.17"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Robson, Ray"]
[Black "Bykhovsky, Anatoly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2602"]
[BlackElo "2522"]
[ECO "B42"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Kan, Polugaievsky variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2023970"]
[BlackFideId "2806991"]
[EventDate "2012.10.16"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Bc5 6. Nb3 Ba7 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. Qg4
Nf6 9. Qg3 d6 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bd2 e5 12. Nd5 O-O 13. Bxh6 Bxf2+ 14. Qxf2 Ng4 15.
Qg3 Nxh6 16. O-O Kh8 17. c3 Be6 18. Ne3 Ne7 19. Bc4 Bxc4 20. Nxc4 b5 21. Ne3 Qb6
22. Kh1 Qc6 23. Rad1 a5 24. Rd3 Rad8 25. Nd2 f6 26. Qf3 Kg8 27. g4 Nf7 28. h4
Nh8 29. Nd5 Nxd5 30. exd5 Qc8 31. Qf5 Kf7 32. Ne4 Qxf5 33. gxf5 Ke7 34. Rg1 Nf7
35. Rxg7 Rg8 36. Rg2 Rh8 37. Rh3 Rh5 38. Ng3 Rh7 39. h5 Rg8 40. Rh4 Rhg7 41. Kh2
Nh6 42. a4 bxa4 43. Rxa4 Ng4+ 44. Kh3 Ne3 45. Rg1 Nxd5 46. h6 Rh7 47. Kg2 Rxh6
48. Rxa5 Nc7 49. Kf2 d5 50. c4 Rh2+ 51. Rg2 Rxg2+ 52. Kxg2 dxc4 53. Kf3 Rb8 54.
Rc5 Nb5 55. Rxc4 Nd4+ 56. Kg4 Kd6 57. b4 Kd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Spice Cup Open"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2012.10.17"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ramirez, Alejandro"]
[Black "Ostrovskiy, Aleksandr A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2551"]
[BlackElo "2377"]
[ECO "D43"]
[Opening "QGD semi-Slav"]
[WhiteFideId "6500617"]
[BlackFideId "2034239"]
[EventDate "2012.10.16"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. g3 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O Nbd7 8. b3 b6
9. Qc2 Ba6 10. Rd1 b5 11. Nd2 Rc8 12. e4 dxc4 13. bxc4 e5 14. dxe5 Nxe5 15. Nf3
Nxf3+ 16. Bxf3 Qa5 17. Bf4 bxc4 18. e5 Nd5 19. Nxd5 cxd5 20. Rxd5 Qa3 21. Be4 h6
22. Bc1 Qb4 23. Rb1 Qe1+ 24. Kg2 Rb8 25. Rxb8 Rxb8 26. Bd2 Qe2 27. Bf3 Rb2 28.
Qxb2 Qf1+ 29. Kxf1 c3+ 30. Qb5 1-0

[Event "Spice Cup Open"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2012.10.17"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kleiman, Jake"]
[Black "Mikhalevski, Victor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2377"]
[BlackElo "2538"]
[ECO "C50"]
[Opening "Giuoco Pianissimo"]
[WhiteFideId "2020041"]
[BlackFideId "2801914"]
[EventDate "2012.10.16"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 d6 6. Nbd2 a6 7. Bb3 Ba7 8. Nf1
Ne7 9. Ng3 Ng6 10. h3 O-O 11. O-O h6 12. Be3 Re8 13. Qd2 Bxe3 14. fxe3 Be6 15.
Bc2 c5 16. d4 b5 17. Qf2 Qb6 18. Nd2 Ra7 19. d5 Bc8 20. Qe2 Nh7 21. Rf2 c4 22.
Raf1 Nh8 23. Kh1 g6 24. Nf3 Qd8 25. Ra1 Ree7 26. Nh2 Rec7 27. Ngf1 Rab7 28. Nd2
Rc5 29. Qf1 Qg5 30. Qe2 Bd7 31. a3 Kg7 32. Rff1 Qd8 33. Qf2 a5 34. Ndf3 b4 35.
axb4 axb4 36. Ba4 Nf6 37. Qh4 bxc3 38. bxc3 g5 39. Nxg5 hxg5 40. Qxg5+ Ng6 41.
Ra2 Qe7 42. Raf2 Nxe4 43. Qxe7 Nxf2+ 0-1

[Event "Spice Cup Open"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2012.10.17"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kavutskiy, Konstantin"]
[Black "Cassidy, Brian H"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2287"]
[BlackElo "2098"]
[ECO "E09"]
[Opening "Catalan"]
[Variation "closed, main line"]
[WhiteFideId "2026384"]
[BlackFideId "2064910"]
[EventDate "2012.10.16"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O c6 7. Qc2 Nbd7 8. Nbd2
b6 9. e4 c5 10. cxd5 exd5 11. e5 Ne8 12. Re1 Nc7 13. Nf1 Bb7 14. Ne3 Re8 15. Nf5
Bf8 16. h4 h6 17. h5 Ne6 18. Be3 Rc8 19. Qd2 Kh7 20. Bf1 cxd4 21. N5xd4 Ndc5 22.
Nxe6 Nxe6 23. Nd4 Nc5 24. f4 Ne4 25. Qg2 Bc5 26. a3 a5 27. Rac1 Re7 28. Rcd1
Rec7 29. Qh3 Qe7 30. Qg4 Rg8 31. e6 g6 32. Bd3 gxh5 33. Qxh5 Bxd4 34. Bxd4 Qxe6
35. Kh2 f5 36. Rc1 Rgc8 37. Rxc7+ Rxc7 38. g4 fxg4 39. Rg1 g3+ 40. Rxg3 Bc8 41.
Rg5 Bb7 42. Re5 Qf7 43. Qxf7+ Rxf7 44. Bxb6 a4 45. Bc2 Bc6 46. Re6 Bd7 47. Rd6
Kg7 48. Rxd5 Nf6 49. Bd4 Re7 50. Rd6 Re2+ 51. Kg1 Rxc2 52. Rxd7+ Kg6 53. Rd6 Kf5
54. Rxf6+ Ke4 55. Bc3 Kf3 56. Re6 Rg2+ 57. Kh1 Rg4 58. f5 h5 59. Rg6 Rf4 60. f6
Kf2 61. Rg2+ Kf1 62. Rh2 h4 63. Be5 Rf5 64. Rxh4 Rxe5 65. Rf4+ 1-0

[Event "Spice Cup Open"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2012.10.17"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Amanov, Zhanibek"]
[Black "Aripov, Iskandar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2374"]
[BlackElo "2155"]
[ECO "A10"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[WhiteFideId "13700189"]
[BlackFideId "14202395"]
[EventDate "2012.10.16"]

1. c4 b6 2. Nc3 Bb7 3. e4 e6 4. Nf3 Bb4 5. Qc2 Ne7 6. Bd3 Na6 7. Na4 Ng6 8. a3
Be7 9. Nc3 Nc5 10. Bf1 e5 11. d4 exd4 12. Nxd4 O-O 13. f3 Bg5 14. Bxg5 Qxg5 15.
Qd2 Qf6 16. O-O-O a5 17. Kb1 c6 18. Nc2 Nf4 19. g3 Nfe6 20. f4 b5 21. e5 Qf5 22.
Bd3 Qxd3 23. Qxd3 Nxd3 24. Rxd3 Nc5 25. Rd4 Nb3 26. Rxd7 Bc8 27. Rd6 b4 28. Na4
Bf5 29. g4 Bxg4 30. Ne3 Bf3 31. Rf1 Be4+ 32. Ka2 bxa3 33. Kxb3 axb2 34. Kxb2
Rfb8+ 35. Kc3 Rb4 36. Rfd1 Bf3 1-0

[Event "Spice Cup Open"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2012.10.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Fierro Baquero, Martha L."]
[Black "Hendrickson, Nolan R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2387"]
[BlackElo "2146"]
[ECO "A20"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[WhiteFideId "3600270"]
[BlackFideId "2038188"]
[EventDate "2012.10.16"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 f5 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. d3 Bb4 6. Bd2 O-O 7. Nd5 a5 8. e3 d6
9. Ne2 Bxd2+ 10. Qxd2 Ne7 11. O-O c6 12. Nxf6+ Rxf6 13. d4 Qc7 14. f4 e4 15. d5
c5 16. Nc3 Bd7 17. g4 g6 18. Rf2 Rf7 19. b3 Re8 20. Qb2 Nc8 21. Kh1 Qd8 22. g5
Na7 23. Bf1 Qc7 24. Be2 Rb8 25. a4 Be8 26. Rg1 Rg7 27. h4 Rd8 28. Rh2 Rdd7 29.
Rg3 Kf8 30. h5 Rdf7 31. Rgh3 Ke7 32. Qc2 Kd8 33. hxg6 hxg6 34. Rh6 Nc8 35. Kg1
Ne7 36. Rh8 Ng8 37. Bf1 b6 38. Bh3 Qe7 39. Ne2 Kc7 40. Qd2 Qd7 41. Ng3 Qe7 42.
Qb2 Bd7 43. Ne2 Be8 44. Qa1 Qd7 45. Kf2 Kb7 46. Rh1 Ka7 47. Nc3 Qc7 48. Bg2 Bd7
49. Ke2 Kb7 50. Kd2 Ka7 51. R1h3 Be8 52. Qh1 Bd7 53. R3h4 Kb7 54. R8h7 Be8 55.
Rh8 Bd7 56. R4h7 Be8 57. Rxg7 Rxg7 58. Qh2 Qe7 59. Qh1 Bd7 60. Kc2 Qf7 61. Kd1
Ne7 62. Qh2 Rg8 63. Rh7 Rg7 64. Rh6 Rg8 65. Rh7 Rg7 66. Rh8 Rg8 67. Qh6 Rg7 68.
Bh3 Rg8 69. Rh7 Qe8 70. Ke2 Kc7 71. Kd2 Kd8 72. Bg2 Kc7 73. Bf1 Kd8 74. Be2 Kc7
75. Bd1 Kd8 76. Bc2 Kc7 77. Ne2 Kd8 78. Bd1 Kc7 79. Rg7 Qf8 80. Rh7 Qe8 81. Bc2
Kd8 82. Nc3 Kc7 83. Qh4 Rf8 84. Kc1 Rf7 85. Qh6 Rxh7 86. Qxh7 Qf8 87. Kd2 Kd8
88. Bd1 Qg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Spice Cup Open"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2012.10.17"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Bregadze, Levan"]
[Black "Heredia Serrano, Carla"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "WIM"]
[WhiteElo "2366"]
[BlackElo "2188"]
[ECO "A07"]
[Opening "Reti"]
[Variation "King's Indian attack (Barcza system)"]
[WhiteFideId "13603264"]
[BlackFideId "3603687"]
[EventDate "2012.10.16"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 Bf5 4. O-O c6 5. d3 Nbd7 6. Nbd2 e5 7. Qe1 Bb4 8. c3
Be7 9. b3 O-O 10. Bb2 a5 11. e4 dxe4 12. dxe4 Bg6 13. c4 Qc7 14. a3 Rfe8 15. Bc3
Bf8 16. Nh4 Nc5 17. Nxg6 hxg6 18. b4 Nd3 19. Qe3 axb4 20. axb4 Nxb4 21. Bxb4
Bxb4 22. Nf3 Qe7 23. h3 Bc5 24. Qe2 Red8 25. Kh2 Rxa1 26. Rxa1 Qd6 27. Rb1 b6
28. Ra1 Bd4 29. Ra2 c5 30. Ra7 Qc6 31. Ng5 Rd7 32. Ra3 Re7 33. Qa2 Ne8 34. Ra8
f6 35. Nf3 Kf7 36. Nh4 Nd6 37. Rb8 Bc3 38. Qb3 Ba5 39. Qd1 Qd7 40. Bf3 Ne8 41.
Qe2 Qc7 42. Ra8 Qb7 43. Bh5 Qxa8 44. Bxg6+ Ke6 45. Qg4+ Kd6 46. Nf5+ Kc7 47.
Nxe7 Nd6 48. Nd5+ Kc6 49. Bf5 1-0

[Event "Spice Cup Open"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2012.10.17"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Jung, Hans Rudolf"]
[Black "Schneider, Veronika"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "WGM"]
[WhiteElo "2150"]
[BlackElo "2313"]
[ECO "B23"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "closed"]
[WhiteFideId "2600609"]
[BlackFideId "721530"]
[EventDate "2012.10.16"]

1. Nc3 c5 2. e4 e6 3. Bc4 a6 4. a4 Nc6 5. f4 Nge7 6. e5 Nf5 7. Nf3 d6 8. O-O
dxe5 9. fxe5 Nxe5 10. Nxe5 Qd4+ 11. Kh1 Qxe5 12. d3 Bd6 13. Bf4 Qd4 14. Bb5+ Kf8
15. Ne2 Qb4 16. c3 Qa5 17. Bxd6+ Nxd6 18. Bc4 Bd7 19. Nf4 Re8 20. Qh5 Kg8 21.
Qe5 Nxc4 22. dxc4 f6 23. Qd6 Bc8 24. Rae1 Kf7 25. Nh5 Re7 26. Qe5 Qc7 27. Rxf6+
Ke8 28. Rf2 Qxe5 29. Rxe5 Rc7 30. Nf4 Rc6 31. g3 Ke7 32. a5 Rd8 33. Nh5 g6 34.
Nf6 Rf8 35. Nd5+ Ke8 36. Rxf8+ Kxf8 37. Nb6 Ke7 38. Na4 Kd6 39. Re2 Rc7 40. Rd2+
Ke7 41. Nb6 Bd7 42. Re2 Kf6 43. Kg1 Bc6 44. Rf2+ Ke7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Spice Cup Open"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2012.10.18"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Robson, Ray"]
[Black "Corrales Jimenez, Fidel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2602"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[ECO "B33"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Pelikan, Chelyabinsk variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2023970"]
[BlackFideId "3506690"]
[EventDate "2012.10.16"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8. Na3
b5 9. Nd5 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. c4 b4 12. Nc2 a5 13. g3 O-O 14. h4 Be6 15. Bh3
Bxd5 16. cxd5 Nb8 17. Ne3 Na6 18. Rc1 Qb8 19. O-O Nc5 20. Rxc5 dxc5 21. Nc4 b3
22. axb3 Qb4 23. d6 a4 24. Qd5 axb3 25. d7 Rab8 26. Rc1 Qb7 27. Qxb7 Rxb7 28.
Nd6 Rb4 29. Rxc5 Be7 30. Rc8 Rd4 31. Nb7 Rxe4 32. Re8 Bf6 33. Nc5 Re1+ 34. Kg2
g6 35. Nxb3 Re2 36. h5 Rxb2 37. Nc5 Rb8 38. Ne4 Bd8 39. g4 g5 40. Rxe5 f6 41.
Re8 Rb6 42. f4 h6 43. Ng3 Rb2+ 44. Kf1 Rb1+ 45. Kg2 Rd1 46. Nf5 Rxd7 47. Nxh6+
Kg7 48. Nf5+ Kf7 49. Rxf8+ Kxf8 50. fxg5 fxg5 51. Kf2 Ra7 52. Bf1 Kf7 53. Bd3
Kf6 54. Ng3 Ke5 55. Ne2 Ra3 56. Bf5 Bb6+ 57. Kg2 Re3 58. Ng1 Ra3 59. Ne2 Ra2 60.
Kf3 Ra3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Spice Cup Open"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2012.10.18"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Perelshteyn, Eugene"]
[Black "Finegold, Benjamin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2528"]
[BlackElo "2493"]
[ECO "C00"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "Labourdonnais variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2012529"]
[BlackFideId "2000261"]
[EventDate "2012.10.16"]

1. e4 e6 2. f4 d5 3. e5 Nh6 4. Nf3 Nf5 5. c3 Be7 6. Bd3 c5 7. O-O h5 8. Bxf5
exf5 9. d4 Nc6 10. Be3 c4 11. Nbd2 Be6 12. Bf2 b5 13. Qe1 b4 14. Bh4 bxc3 15.
bxc3 Qa5 16. Bxe7 Kxe7 17. Qc1 Rab8 18. a4 Rhd8 19. Ng5 Rd7 20. Rf3 Rdb7 21.
Qa3+ Ke8 22. Rh3 g6 23. Nh7 Ne7 24. Nf6+ Kf8 25. Rg3 Rb2 26. Rd1 Qc7 27. h4 a5
28. Kh2 Rc2 29. Nf3 Rb3 30. Qd6 Qxd6 31. exd6 Nc6 32. Ne5 Nxe5 33. dxe5 Rcxc3
34. Rxc3 Rxc3 35. Rxd5 Bxd5 36. d7 Ke7 37. Nxd5+ Kxd7 38. Nxc3 Kc6 39. Kg3 Kc5
40. Na2 Kd4 41. Kf2 Kd3 42. Nc1+ Kd2 43. Ne2 c3 44. Nd4 c2 45. Nb3+ Kc3 46. Nc1
Kd2 47. Na2 Kd3 48. Ke1 Ke3 49. Nc1 Kxf4 50. Kd2 Kg3 51. Nb3 Kxg2 52. Nxa5 f4
53. Nc4 f3 54. Kxc2 g5 55. hxg5 h4 56. g6 fxg6 57. e6 h3 58. e7 h2 59. e8=Q h1=Q
60. Qxg6+ Kf2 61. Nd2 Qa1 62. Qb6+ Kg2 63. Qb3 1-0

[Event "Spice Cup Open"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2012.10.18"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Bykhovsky, Anatoly"]
[Black "Diamant, Andre"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2522"]
[BlackElo "2471"]
[ECO "E94"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "orthodox variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2806991"]
[BlackFideId "2108356"]
[EventDate "2012.10.16"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 d6 5. e4 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O exd4 8. Nxd4
Re8 9. f3 Nc6 10. Be3 Nh5 11. Qd2 Nf4 12. Rfd1 Nxd4 13. Bxd4 Bxd4+ 14. Qxd4
Nxe2+ 15. Nxe2 b6 16. Nc3 Bb7 17. Rac1 Qg5 18. Rc2 f5 19. Nd5 Bxd5 20. Qxd5+ Kg7
21. exf5 Qxf5 22. Qxf5 gxf5 23. b4 Kf6 24. Kf2 Re5 25. c5 bxc5 26. bxc5 Rxc5 27.
Rxc5 dxc5 28. Rd5 Rb8 29. Rxc5 Rb2+ 30. Kg3 Rxa2 31. Rc6+ Kg7 32. Rxc7+ Kg6 33.
Rc6+ Kg7 34. h4 Ra4 35. h5 Ra2 36. Kh3 Ra4 37. Rd6 Ra5 38. Kh4 Ra2 39. h6+ Kf7
40. g3 Ra3 41. f4 Re3 42. Ra6 Re6 43. Rxa7+ Kg6 44. Rg7+ Kxh6 45. Rg5 Rf6 46.
Kh3 Rf8 47. Kg2 Rf7 48. Kf3 Rf6 49. Kf2 Rf8 50. Ke3 Re8+ 51. Kd4 Re4+ 52. Kd5
Rxf4 53. gxf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Spice Cup Open"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2012.10.18"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Shulman, Yury"]
[Black "Neimer, Vitaly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2384"]
[ECO "E15"]
[Opening "Queen's Indian"]
[Variation "Nimzovich variation (exaggerated fianchetto)"]
[WhiteFideId "13500520"]
[BlackFideId "2807017"]
[EventDate "2012.10.16"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Qa4 Bb7 6. Bg2 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. O-O
O-O 9. Nc3 Be7 10. Rd1 a6 11. Bf4 d6 12. Rd2 Qc7 13. Rad1 e5 14. Bg5 Nbd7 15.
Nh4 g6 16. Bxb7 Qxb7 17. Ng2 Rfc8 18. Ne3 Bf8 19. Bxf6 Nxf6 20. Ned5 Nxd5 21.
Nxd5 Rc5 22. Qc2 Rac8 23. b3 b5 24. Qe4 Qc6 25. cxb5 axb5 26. g4 h6 27. Kg2 Rc2
28. Qd3 Rxd2 29. Qxd2 Qc2 30. e3 Kg7 31. Qxc2 Rxc2 32. Nb4 Rc5 33. Rd5 f5 34. f3
Kf6 35. Rxc5 dxc5 36. Nd5+ Kf7 37. e4 fxe4 38. fxe4 c4 39. bxc4 bxc4 40. Kf3 Ke6
41. Ne3 c3 42. Ke2 Kf6 43. h4 h5 44. gxh5 gxh5 45. Kd3 Bc5 46. a4 Ke6 47. a5 Kd7
48. Nf5 Bb4 49. a6 Kc6 50. Ne3 Bc5 51. Nd5 Bf2 52. Ne7+ Kb6 53. Nf5 Be1 54. Nd6
Bxh4 55. Kxc3 Bg3 56. Kd3 Kxa6 57. Ke2 Kb6 58. Kf3 h4 59. Kg2 Kc5 60. Nf7 Kd4
61. Kh1 Kxe4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Spice Cup Open"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2012.10.18"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Mogranzini, Roberto"]
[Black "Ramirez, Alejandro"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2492"]
[BlackElo "2551"]
[ECO "A10"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[WhiteFideId "810894"]
[BlackFideId "6500617"]
[EventDate "2012.10.16"]

1. c4 g6 2. g3 Bg7 3. Bg2 e5 4. Nc3 d6 5. d3 Nf6 6. e4 O-O 7. Nge2 c6 8. O-O
Nbd7 9. h3 a5 10. Be3 Re8 11. Qd2 Nf8 12. f4 exf4 13. Nxf4 Ne6 14. Nxe6 Bxe6 15.
Kh2 Qc7 16. Rac1 Nd7 17. b3 c5 18. Nb5 Qb6 19. Rfd1 Be5 20. d4 cxd4 21. Bxd4 Nc5
22. Bc3 Red8 23. Qf2 Qc6 24. Rxd6 Rxd6 25. Bxe5 Nd3 26. Qd2 Rd7 27. Ba1 Nxc1 28.
Qc3 f6 29. Qxf6 Rf8 30. Qh8+ Kf7 31. Qxh7+ Ke8 32. Qxg6+ Bf7 33. Qg5 Nd3 34. e5
Qc5 35. Qd2 Nxe5 36. Qe1 Re7 37. Qd2 Bd5 38. cxd5 Rf2 39. Qc3 Nf3+ 0-1

[Event "Spice Cup Open"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2012.10.18"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Leon Hoyos, Manuel"]
[Black "Yang, Darwin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2603"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[ECO "A14"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "Neo-Catalan declined"]
[WhiteFideId "5105269"]
[BlackFideId "2029111"]
[EventDate "2012.10.16"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 e6 3. Bg2 d5 4. Nf3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. b3 c6 7. Bb2 Nbd7 8. d3 b6
9. Nbd2 Bb7 10. Qc2 a5 11. a3 Rc8 12. Rac1 c5 13. e3 Qc7 14. Qb1 Qb8 15. cxd5
Bxd5 16. e4 Bc6 17. Nc4 Rfd8 18. Rfe1 Qa7 19. Bc3 a4 20. b4 b5 21. Na5 Ba8 22.
d4 cxb4 23. axb4 Qb6 24. Bf1 Nxe4 25. Rxe4 Bxe4 26. Qxe4 Rxc3 27. Rxc3 Bxb4 28.
Rc6 Qxa5 29. Rxe6 Qa8 30. Bxb5 a3 31. Qxa8 Rxa8 32. Re2 a2 33. Rxa2 Rxa2 34.
Bxd7 Kf8 35. Kf1 Ke7 36. Bb5 Bc3 37. Bc6 Kd6 38. Be4 g6 39. h4 Rb2 40. h5 Rb4
41. hxg6 hxg6 42. Ne5 f5 43. Bf3 Bxd4 44. Nxg6 Rb1+ 45. Kg2 Rb2 46. g4 fxg4 47.
Bxg4 Rxf2+ 48. Kg3 Rf6 49. Bh5 Be3 50. Kh3 Rf5 51. Bg4 Rf6 52. Bh5 Kd5 53. Nh4
Ke4 54. Bg6+ Kf4 55. Ng2+ Kg5 56. Nxe3 Rf3+ 57. Kg2 Rxe3 58. Kf2 Kf4 59. Bf7 Re4
60. Bg6 Re6 61. Bd3 Rh6 62. Ke2 Rh2+ 63. Kd1 Ke3 64. Bf5 Rd2+ 65. Kc1 Rf2 66.
Bh7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Spice Cup Open"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2012.10.18"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Amanov, Mesgen"]
[Black "Hendrickson, Nolan R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2507"]
[BlackElo "2146"]
[ECO "D15"]
[Opening "QGD Slav"]
[Variation "4.Nc3"]
[WhiteFideId "14000652"]
[BlackFideId "2038188"]
[EventDate "2012.10.16"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Bf4 Nc6 7. Rc1 Nh5 8. Bd2
Nf6 9. Bf4 Nh5 10. Be5 f6 11. Bg3 Nxg3 12. hxg3 e5 13. e3 Be6 14. Be2 Be7 15.
O-O O-O 16. Na4 Bg4 17. Nc5 Bxc5 18. Rxc5 Bxf3 19. Bxf3 e4 20. Be2 Qd7 21. Qa4
Kh8 22. Rfc1 f5 23. b4 g5 24. Qb3 Rad8 25. b5 axb5 26. Bxb5 f4 27. Bxc6 bxc6 28.
exf4 gxf4 29. gxf4 Rxf4 30. Qg3 Rf5 31. Rxc6 Rg8 32. Qh3 e3 33. fxe3 Qg7 34. Rc7
Rf7 35. Rxf7 Qxf7 36. Rc8 Qb7 37. Rxg8+ Kxg8 38. Qe6+ Kh8 39. a4 Qa8 40. Qf7 h6
41. Qg6 Qxa4 42. Qxh6+ Kg8 43. Qg5+ 1-0

[Event "Spice Cup Open"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2012.10.18"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Helfst, Matt D"]
[Black "Aripov, Iskandar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1965"]
[BlackElo "2155"]
[ECO "A31"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "symmetrical, Benoni formation"]
[WhiteFideId "2044102"]
[BlackFideId "14202395"]
[EventDate "2012.10.16"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 g6 6. e4 d6 7. Be2 Nxd4 8.
Qxd4 Bg7 9. Be3 O-O 10. Qd2 a5 11. O-O a4 12. Rab1 Be6 13. f3 Qa5 14. Nd5 Qxd2
15. Nxe7+ Kh8 16. Bxd2 Rfe8 17. Nd5 Nxd5 18. cxd5 Bxd5 19. Bb5 Bxa2 20. Ra1 Bd4+
21. Kh1 Re5 22. Bc3 Bxc3 23. Rxa2 Rxb5 24. bxc3 Rb3 25. Rc1 b5 26. Kg1 a3 27.
Kf1 Rc8 28. Rac2 Kg7 29. Ke1 Rbxc3 30. Rxc3 Rxc3 31. Rxc3 b4 32. Rc1 b3 33. Kd2
b2 34. Kc2 bxc1=Q+ 35. Kxc1 Kf6 36. f4 Ke6 37. Kc2 d5 38. e5 d4 0-1

[Event "Spice Cup Open"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2012.10.18"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Mikhalevski, Victor"]
[Black "Gerzhoy, Leonid"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2538"]
[BlackElo "2469"]
[ECO "A13"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[Variation "Agincourt variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2801914"]
[BlackFideId "2806126"]
[EventDate "2012.10.16"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. b3 c5 4. g3 Nc6 5. Bg2 Nf6 6. O-O Be7 7. e3 O-O 8. Bb2 b6
9. Qe2 Bb7 10. Rd1 dxc4 11. bxc4 Rc8 12. d3 Qc7 13. Nbd2 Rfd8 14. Nb3 Ne8 15.
Rac1 Bf6 16. d4 cxd4 17. exd4 Ne7 18. d5 Bxb2 19. Qxb2 exd5 20. cxd5 Qd6 21.
Rxc8 Rxc8 22. Nfd4 Bxd5 23. Nf5 Nxf5 24. Rxd5 Qe6 25. Re5 Qd7 26. Bh3 g6 27.
Bxf5 gxf5 28. Qe2 Ng7 29. Qe3 Re8 30. Nd4 Rxe5 31. Qxe5 Qe8 32. Qf6 Qe1+ 33. Kg2
Qe4+ 34. f3 Qd5 35. a4 Qa2+ 36. Kh3 Qxa4 37. Nc6 Qd1 38. Nxa7 Qf1+ 39. Kh4 Qc4+
40. Kh3 Qf1+ 41. Kh4 Qc4+ 42. Kh3 Qf1+ 43. Kh4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Spice Cup Open"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2012.10.18"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Priyadharshan, K."]
[Black "Boros, Denes"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2407"]
[BlackElo "2492"]
[ECO "C04"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "Tarrasch, Guimard main line"]
[WhiteFideId "5018293"]
[BlackFideId "722340"]
[EventDate "2012.10.16"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nc6 4. Ngf3 Nf6 5. e5 Nd7 6. Bd3 Nb4 7. Be2 c5 8. c3
Nc6 9. O-O a5 10. a4 Be7 11. Re1 O-O 12. Nf1 cxd4 13. cxd4 Nb4 14. Be3 Nb6 15.
b3 Bd7 16. Qd2 Rc8 17. Rec1 Rxc1 18. Rxc1 Qb8 19. Bg5 Bxg5 20. Nxg5 h6 21. Nh3
Rc8 22. Ne3 Rxc1+ 23. Qxc1 Qc8 24. Qd2 Qd8 25. Nf4 Nc8 26. Nd3 Nxd3 27. Bxd3 Na7
28. Qc3 Nc6 29. g3 f6 30. exf6 Qxf6 31. Nc2 Be8 32. Bb5 Bg6 33. Bxc6 bxc6 34.
Ne3 Qf3 35. Qxc6 Be4 36. Qxe6+ Kh7 37. Kf1 Bd3+ 38. Kg1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Spice Cup Open"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2012.10.18"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Sarkar, Justin"]
[Black "Bartholomew, John"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2408"]
[BlackElo "2446"]
[ECO "D31"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "Charousek (Petrosian) variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2010011"]
[BlackFideId "2019353"]
[EventDate "2012.10.16"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. Bf4 Nf6 5. Rc1 O-O 6. Nf3 dxc4 7. e3 a6 8. Bxc4
c5 9. dxc5 Qxd1+ 10. Kxd1 Bxc5 11. Ke2 Nbd7 12. Rhd1 b5 13. Bd3 Bb7 14. Ng5 h6
15. Nge4 Be7 16. f3 Nb6 17. Bd6 Rfe8 18. Bxe7 Rxe7 19. Nxf6+ gxf6 20. Ne4 f5 21.
Nc5 Bd5 22. b3 Rc7 23. Bb1 Rac8 24. Nd3 Kf8 25. Rxc7 Rxc7 26. Nf4 Rc5 27. Kd2
Ke7 28. Rc1 Rxc1 29. Kxc1 Kd6 30. Kb2 Bc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Spice Cup Open"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2012.10.18"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ostrovskiy, Aleksandr A"]
[Black "Troff, Kayden W"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2377"]
[BlackElo "2312"]
[ECO "B51"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Canal-Sokolsky (Nimzovich-Rossolimo, Moscow) attack"]
[WhiteFideId "2034239"]
[BlackFideId "2047896"]
[EventDate "2012.10.16"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nc6 4. Bxc6+ bxc6 5. O-O g6 6. e5 d5 7. h3 Bg7 8. Qe2
Nh6 9. d3 Nf5 10. c3 e6 11. b3 Qb6 12. g4 Ne7 13. c4 h5 14. Nc3 hxg4 15. hxg4 f6
16. Na4 Qc7 17. Bb2 g5 18. Nxc5 Ng6 19. Rfe1 Bf8 20. exf6 Bxc5 21. f7+ Kf8 22.
Bxh8 Qg3+ 23. Kh1 Qh3+ 24. Nh2 Qxh8 25. f4 Nxf4 26. Qd2 Kxf7 27. Rf1 e5 28. cxd5
cxd5 29. Qa5 Bb6 30. Qxd5+ Be6 31. Qb7+ Kf6 32. Rae1 Qxh2+ 33. Kxh2 Rh8+ 0-1

[Event "Spice Cup Open"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2012.10.18"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Heredia Serrano, Carla"]
[Black "Agrest, Inna"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "WIM"]
[BlackTitle "WIM"]
[WhiteElo "2188"]
[BlackElo "2204"]
[ECO "C49"]
[Opening "Four knights"]
[Variation "symmetrical, Metger unpin"]
[WhiteFideId "3603687"]
[BlackFideId "1708830"]
[EventDate "2012.10.16"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 Bxc3 7. bxc3 d6 8.
Bg5 Qe7 9. Re1 Nd8 10. d4 Ne6 11. Bd2 c6 12. Bd3 Nd7 13. a4 a5 14. Be3 Qf6 15.
Qd2 h6 16. Rad1 g5 17. Qc1 Nf4 18. Bxf4 gxf4 19. Qa3 Re8 20. h3 Nf8 21. Rb1 Qg7
22. Kh2 Re6 23. Red1 Rg6 24. Bf1 f5 25. Nh4 Rf6 26. dxe5 dxe5 27. Nxf5 Bxf5 28.
exf5 Rxf5 29. Qb3+ Kh8 30. Qxb7 Qxb7 31. Rxb7 e4 32. Rd6 Rc5 33. Rxh6+ Kg8 34.
Rf6 Rxc3 35. Rxf4 Re8 36. Be2 Rxc2 37. Bh5 Rd8 38. Bf7+ Kh8 39. Rh4+ 1-0

[Event "Spice Cup Open"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2012.10.18"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Amanov, Zhanibek"]
[Black "Charbonneau, Pascal"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2374"]
[BlackElo "2517"]
[ECO "B43"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Kan, 5.Nc3"]
[WhiteFideId "13700189"]
[BlackFideId "2602504"]
[EventDate "2012.10.16"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 b5 6. a3 Bb7 7. g3 Nc6 8. Nb3
Nf6 9. Bg2 d6 10. O-O Be7 11. f4 h6 12. Qe2 O-O 13. Be3 Qc7 14. g4 Nh7 15. Qf2
Bf6 16. h4 Qe7 17. g5 hxg5 18. hxg5 Bxc3 19. bxc3 e5 20. f5 Nxg5 21. f6 gxf6 22.
Qg3 Nd8 23. Nd4 Ne6 24. Nf5 Qc7 25. Qh4 Qxc3 26. Qh6 Nh7 27. Rf3 Qxa1+ 28. Kh2 1-0

[Event "Spice Cup Open"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2012.10.18"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Hambleton, Aman"]
[Black "Kiewra, Keaton F"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2348"]
[BlackElo "2442"]
[ECO "E84"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "Saemisch, Panno main line"]
[WhiteFideId "2606577"]
[BlackFideId "2019280"]
[EventDate "2012.10.16"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Be3 Nc6 7. Nge2 a6 8. Qd2
Rb8 9. Rc1 Bd7 10. Nd1 Re8 11. Nf2 b5 12. c5 dxc5 13. Rxc5 e5 14. d5 Ne7 15. Qc1
Bf8 16. Bg5 Nc8 17. Rc2 Bb4+ 18. Bd2 Bxd2+ 19. Qxd2 Nd6 20. Ng3 Rc8 21. Be2 c6
22. dxc6 Rxc6 23. Rxc6 Bxc6 24. O-O Qe7 25. Rc1 Bb7 26. Nd3 Nc4 27. Qg5 Nd7 28.
Qxe7 Rxe7 29. b3 Nd6 30. Nf1 Kf8 31. Ne3 Ke8 32. a4 f5 33. exf5 e4 34. fxe4 bxa4
35. bxa4 Rxe4 36. fxg6 hxg6 37. Kf2 Rxa4 38. Bf3 Ne4+ 39. Bxe4 Bxe4 40. Nc5 Ra2+
41. Kg3 Nxc5 42. Rxc5 Kd7 43. h4 a5 44. Kf4 Bb1 45. Rb5 Ra1 46. Rd5+ Kc6 47. Rd1
Ra4+ 48. Kg5 Rb4 49. Nd5 Rb5 50. Kf6 Be4 51. Nc3 Rf5+ 52. Kxg6 Bc2 53. Rc1 Rf2+
54. Kg5 Rxg2+ 55. Kf4 Bg6 56. Ne2+ Kb6 57. Kf3 Rh2 58. Nf4 Bc2 59. Kg3 Rd2 60.
h5 a4 61. h6 Ka5 62. Ne6 a3 63. Ng5 Bg6 64. h7 Rd8 65. Kf4 Rh8 66. Ke5 Kb4 67.
Rc7 a2 68. Ra7 Kb3 69. Rb7+ Kc2 70. Ra7 Kb2 71. Rb7+ Kc1 72. Ra7 Kb1 73. Rb7+
Ka1 74. Kf6 Bxh7 75. Nxh7 Re8 76. Ng5 Re2 77. Nf3 Rb2 78. Re7 Rf2 79. Kf5 Rxf3+
80. Ke4 Rb3 81. Kd4 Kb2 82. Re2+ Ka3 83. Re1 0-1

[Event "Spice Cup Open"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2012.10.18"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Cassidy, Brian H"]
[Black "Polgar-Shutzman, Tom"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2098"]
[ECO "B36"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "accelerated fianchetto, Gurgenidze variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2064910"]
[BlackFideId "2064880"]
[EventDate "2012.10.16"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Nxd4 7. Qxd4 d6 8.
Be2 Bg7 9. Be3 O-O 10. Qd2 a5 11. Rc1 a4 12. a3 Ng4 13. Bxg4 Bxg4 14. Bh6 Qa5
15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Nd5 Be6 17. Qxa5 Rxa5 18. Kd2 Bxd5 19. exd5 Rc5 20. Rhe1 Kf6
21. Rc3 Rfc8 22. Rf3+ Kg5 23. Rxe7 Rxc4 24. Rxb7 R8c5 25. Kd3 Rc1 26. Rfxf7
Rxd5+ 27. Ke4 Rd2 28. g3 Kg4 29. Rf4+ Kh3 30. Ke3 Rcc2 31. Rxh7+ Kg2 32. h4 Rxb2
33. Rg7 Rxf2 34. Rxa4 Rb3+ 35. Ke4 Rxg3 36. Raa7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Spice Cup Open"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2012.10.18"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Banawa, Jouaquin"]
[Black "Jung, Hans Rudolf"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2300"]
[BlackElo "2150"]
[ECO "A41"]
[Opening "Queen's Pawn"]
[WhiteFideId "5201632"]
[BlackFideId "2600609"]
[EventDate "2012.10.16"]

1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 Bg4 4. Nc3 Bxf3 5. exf3 e5 6. Be3 exd4 7. Bxd4 Nc6 8.
Be3 Qd7 9. Qd2 Be7 10. O-O-O O-O-O 11. g4 Kb8 12. g5 Nh5 13. Nd5 g6 14. f4 f5
15. Bg2 Ng7 16. Nxe7 Qxe7 17. Bxc6 bxc6 18. Rhe1 Qf7 19. Qb4+ Kc8 20. Bxa7 Rhe8
21. Be3 Re4 22. b3 Rde8 23. a4 Kd7 24. a5 Qg8 25. a6 Ra8 26. f3 Rxe3 27. Rxe3
Ne6 28. Rde1 Nc5 29. a7 1-0

[Event "Spice Cup Open"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2012.10.18"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kleiman, Jake"]
[Black "Sharevich, Anna"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "WGM"]
[WhiteElo "2377"]
[BlackElo "2294"]
[ECO "B22"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Alapin's variation (2.c3)"]
[WhiteFideId "2020041"]
[BlackFideId "13503189"]
[EventDate "2012.10.16"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. Bc4 Nb6 5. Bb3 c4 6. Bc2 Qc7 7. Qe2 Nc6 8. Nf3
g5 9. Na3 g4 10. Nb5 Qb8 11. Nh4 Nxe5 12. O-O a6 13. Nd4 e6 14. f4 gxf3 15.
Nhxf3 Bg7 16. Ng5 Nd5 17. b3 Nf6 18. Ba3 h6 19. Nxf7 Nxf7 20. Bg6 h5 21. Nf5 Bf8
22. Bxf8 Kxf8 23. Rae1 Qe5 24. Qxc4 Qb5 25. Qh4 Qb6+ 26. Nd4 1-0

[Event "Spice Cup Open"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2012.10.18"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Schneider, Veronika"]
[Black "Finegold, Spencer"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "WGM"]
[WhiteElo "2313"]
[BlackElo "2081"]
[ECO "B50"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[WhiteFideId "721530"]
[BlackFideId "2047527"]
[EventDate "2012.10.16"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. Bc4 e6 5. e5 dxe5 6. Nxe5 Nbd7 7. Nf3 Be7 8. d4
O-O 9. O-O Qc7 10. Qe2 Nb6 11. Bb3 c4 12. Bc2 Nbd5 13. Ne5 b5 14. Bg5 Bb7 15.
Nd2 h6 16. f4 Ne8 17. Bxh6 gxh6 18. Qg4+ Ng7 19. Qh3 f5 20. Rae1 h5 21. Bd1 Nf6
22. Re3 Ng4 23. Rg3 Rf6 24. Ndf3 Bd6 25. Ng5 Bxe5 26. fxe5 Rg6 27. Bxg4 Rxg5 28.
Bxh5 Rxg3 29. Qxg3 Bc6 30. Rf4 Be8 31. Bf3 Rd8 32. Rh4 Qf7 33. Qg5 Rd7 34. Qh6
Qg6 35. Qh8+ Kf7 36. Rh7 1-0

[Event "Spice Cup Open"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2012.10.18"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Jayakumar, Adarsh"]
[Black "Bregadze, Levan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2290"]
[BlackElo "2366"]
[ECO "E69"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "fianchetto, classical main line"]
[WhiteFideId "5026520"]
[BlackFideId "13603264"]
[EventDate "2012.10.16"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nf3 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O Nbd7 7. Nc3 e5 8. e4 c6
9. h3 a6 10. Bg5 h6 11. Be3 exd4 12. Nxd4 Re8 13. Qd2 Kh7 14. Rad1 Ne5 15. Qe2
c5 16. Nc2 Be6 17. Nd5 Nxd5 18. exd5 Bf5 19. g4 Bxc2 20. Qxc2 b5 21. b3 bxc4 22.
bxc4 Rb8 23. Rb1 Qa5 24. Be4 Qa3 25. Rb3 Rxb3 26. axb3 Kh8 27. Rb1 Qa5 28. Bd2
Qd8 29. b4 cxb4 30. Bxb4 Qf6 31. Qa4 Rb8 32. Qxa6 Qf4 33. Qxd6 Rxb4 34. Qxb4
Qxe4 35. Rb3 Nf3+ 36. Rxf3 Qxf3 37. Qe7 Bd4 38. Qh4 Qf4 39. d6 Bf6 40. Qg3 Qxg3+
41. fxg3 Be5 42. c5 Bd4+ 0-1

[Event "Spice Cup Open"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2012.10.18"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Yang, Darwin"]
[Black "Amanov, Mesgen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2507"]
[ECO "D45"]
[Opening "QGD semi-Slav"]
[Variation "accelerated Meran (Alekhine variation)"]
[WhiteFideId "2029111"]
[BlackFideId "14000652"]
[EventDate "2012.10.16"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 a6 6. b3 Bb4 7. Bd2 Bd6 8. Bd3 c5
9. O-O O-O 10. Qe2 Nc6 11. Rad1 Qc7 12. h3 b6 13. Rfe1 Re8 14. dxc5 bxc5 15. e4
d4 16. e5 Nxe5 17. Nxe5 dxc3 18. Bxc3 Bb7 19. Ng4 Nxg4 20. Qxg4 Bf8 21. Bf6 g6
22. Be4 Bg7 23. Bxb7 Qxb7 24. Bxg7 Kxg7 25. Qf4 Kg8 26. Rd6 a5 27. Red1 Qc7 28.
Qg5 Re7 29. Rc6 Qxc6 30. Qxe7 a4 31. Rd7 Rf8 32. Rc7 Qe4 33. Qxc5 axb3 34. axb3
Qb1+ 35. Kh2 Qxb3 36. Qe5 Qc2 37. Qd4 Qf5 38. c5 e5 39. Qe3 Qf4+ 40. Qxf4 exf4
41. g3 fxg3+ 42. Kxg3 Kg7 43. Kf4 Re8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Spice Cup Open"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2012.10.18"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Troff, Kayden W"]
[Black "Bartholomew, John"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2312"]
[BlackElo "2446"]
[ECO "D11"]
[Opening "QGD Slav"]
[Variation "4.e3"]
[WhiteFideId "2047896"]
[BlackFideId "2019353"]
[EventDate "2012.10.16"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bd3 Nbd7 6. O-O dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3
Bb7 9. Nbd2 a6 10. a4 b4 11. e4 c5 12. e5 Nd5 13. Nc4 cxd4 14. Nxd4 Nc5 15. Bc2
h5 16. Re1 Rc8 17. a5 Rc7 18. Nf5 Rd7 19. Ncd6+ Bxd6 20. Nxd6+ Kf8 21. Qd4 Rc7
22. Bd2 b3 23. Nxb7 Nxb7 24. Bxb3 Ne7 25. Qb6 Rd7 26. Bb4 Qxb6 27. axb6 a5 28.
Red1 Rxd1+ 29. Rxd1 axb4 30. Rd7 f5 31. Rxb7 Kf7 32. Rc7 Ra8 33. f4 Ra6 34. b7
Rb6 35. h4 Rb5 36. Bc4 Rb6 37. b3 1-0

[Event "Spice Cup Open"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2012.10.18"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Charbonneau, Pascal"]
[Black "Schneider, Veronika"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "WGM"]
[WhiteElo "2517"]
[BlackElo "2313"]
[ECO "B43"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Kan, 5.Nc3"]
[WhiteFideId "2602504"]
[BlackFideId "721530"]
[EventDate "2012.10.16"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Bd3 Nf6 7. O-O Bc5 8. Nb3
Be7 9. f4 d6 10. Qf3 Nbd7 11. Bd2 b6 12. Rae1 Bb7 13. Qh3 h5 14. a4 Ng4 15. Qf3
g6 16. Qe2 Nc5 17. h3 Nxb3 18. cxb3 Qc5+ 19. Kh1 Bh4 20. Rc1 Qd4 21. Nd1 Qg7 22.
Rc7 Ra7 23. Bc3 Bf6 24. e5 dxe5 25. fxe5 Be7 26. Be4 1-0

[Event "Spice Cup Open"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2012.10.18"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Finegold, Spencer"]
[Black "Ostrovskiy, Aleksandr A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2081"]
[BlackElo "2377"]
[ECO "D45"]
[Opening "QGD semi-Slav"]
[Variation "5...Nd7"]
[WhiteFideId "2047527"]
[BlackFideId "2034239"]
[EventDate "2012.10.16"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. b3 Bb4 7. Bd2 O-O 8. Be2
Qe7 9. O-O Bd6 10. Qc2 e5 11. dxe5 Nxe5 12. cxd5 cxd5 13. Nb5 Bb8 14. Rac1 Ne4
15. Nbd4 Bd7 16. Rfd1 Bd6 17. Nxe5 Qxe5 18. f4 Qe7 19. Rf1 Rfe8 20. Bb5 Bxb5 21.
Nxb5 Bc5 22. Nd4 Ba3 23. Rcd1 Rac8 24. Qd3 Bc5 25. Be1 Rcd8 26. Ba5 Rd7 27. Be1
Bb6 28. Rc1 Nc5 29. Qb5 Rdd8 30. Rf3 Ne4 31. Bb4 Qf6 32. Qd3 h6 33. Ba3 Rc8 34.
Bb2 Rxc1+ 35. Bxc1 Bxd4 36. exd4 Rc8 37. Bd2 Qc6 38. Kf1 Qc2 39. Ke2 Qxa2 0-1

[Event "Spice Cup Open"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2012.10.18"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Polgar-Shutzman, Tom"]
[Black "Helfst, Matt D"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "1965"]
[ECO "B01"]
[Opening "Scandinavian (centre counter) defence"]
[WhiteFideId "2064880"]
[BlackFideId "2044102"]
[EventDate "2012.10.16"]

1. e4 d5 2. d3 dxe4 3. dxe4 Qxd1+ 4. Kxd1 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Bd3 Bc5 7. Ke2 Nc6 8.
Bb5 Bd7 9. Bxc6 Bxc6 10. f3 O-O-O 11. Nh3 Bd4 12. Bd2 Rd7 13. Rhd1 Rhd8 14. b4
h6 15. Rab1 a6 16. Be1 Ne8 17. g4 f6 18. Rdc1 Nd6 19. Nf2 Nc4 20. Nfd1 Bg1 21.
b5 axb5 22. Nxb5 Bxb5 23. Rxb5 Bxh2 24. Rc5 Nd6 25. Rb1 Kb8 26. Ne3 Bg1 27. Bf2
Bxf2 28. Kxf2 Nc8 29. Nd5 Ne7 30. Nb4 b6 31. Rc3 Kb7 32. Nd3 Rd6 33. Nc5+ Kc8
34. Na6 Rc6 35. Rbb3 Rxc3 36. Rxc3 c5 37. Nb4 Kb7 38. Nd3 Ra8 39. a3 Nc8 40. Nb2
Nd6 41. a4 Kc6 42. Rd3 c4 43. Rc3 Kc5 44. Nd3+ Kd4 45. Ra3 cxd3 46. Rxd3+ Kc5
47. Rc3+ Nc4 48. Rd3 Ra7 49. c3 Nb2 50. Rd8 Nxa4 51. Rc8+ Kd6 52. Rd8+ Kc6 53.
Rc8+ Rc7 54. Rd8 Nxc3 55. Kg3 b5 56. f4 exf4+ 57. Kxf4 b4 58. Rd3 Kb5 0-1

[Event "Spice Cup Open"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2012.10.18"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Diamant, Andre"]
[Black "Leon Hoyos, Manuel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2471"]
[BlackElo "2603"]
[ECO "B70"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "dragon variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2108356"]
[BlackFideId "5105269"]
[EventDate "2012.10.16"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be2 Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8. Kh1
Nc6 9. Nb3 a6 10. a4 Be6 11. f4 Na5 12. f5 Nxb3 13. cxb3 Bd7 14. Qe1 b5 15. Qh4
b4 16. fxg6 hxg6 17. Nd5 Nxd5 18. exd5 e5 19. Qxb4 Qe7 20. Qd2 f5 21. Qg5 Qe8
22. Bd2 f4 23. Bg4 Rf5 24. Bxf5 Bxf5 25. Rac1 Qf7 26. Bb4 Bf8 27. Rc6 Be7 28.
Qh6 Qxd5 29. Rc7 Re8 30. h3 Be4 31. Kh2 Qxb3 32. Rxf4 exf4 33. Bc3 Kf7 34. Qxf4+
Bf5 35. Qd4 Ke6 36. Qe3+ Kf7 37. Qd4 Ke6 38. Qe3+ Kf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Spice Cup Open"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2012.10.18"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Neimer, Vitaly"]
[Black "Bykhovsky, Anatoly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2384"]
[BlackElo "2522"]
[ECO "B25"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "closed, 6.f4"]
[WhiteFideId "2807017"]
[BlackFideId "2806991"]
[EventDate "2012.10.16"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 d6 6. f4 e6 7. Nf3 Nge7 8. O-O O-O
9. Be3 Rb8 10. Qd2 b5 11. d4 b4 12. Na4 Ba6 13. Rfd1 Bb5 14. dxc5 d5 15. exd5
Nxd5 16. c4 Bxa4 17. cxd5 Bxd1 18. Rxd1 Qxd5 19. Nd4 Qxd4 20. Bxd4 Nxd4 21. c6
Rfc8 22. Rc1 b3 23. c7 Rxc7 24. Rxc7 bxa2 25. Qa5 Rxb2 26. Rc8+ Bf8 27. Qa3 1-0

[Event "Spice Cup Open"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2012.10.18"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Corrales Jimenez, Fidel"]
[Black "Perelshteyn, Eugene"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2528"]
[ECO "B36"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "accelerated fianchetto, Maroczy bind"]
[WhiteFideId "3506690"]
[BlackFideId "2012529"]
[EventDate "2012.10.16"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 d6 7. Be2 Nxd4 8.
Qxd4 Bg7 9. Be3 O-O 10. Qd2 Be6 11. Rc1 Qa5 12. f3 Rfc8 13. b3 a6 14. Na4 Qxd2+
15. Kxd2 Nd7 16. g4 f5 17. exf5 gxf5 18. h3 Rf8 19. f4 Rad8 20. Nc3 d5 21. cxd5
Nf6 22. Bb6 Nxd5 23. Nxd5 Bxd5 24. Bxd8 Rxd8 25. Ke3 Bxh1 26. Rxh1 Bd4+ 27. Kf3
Kg7 28. Bd3 fxg4+ 29. hxg4 h6 30. a4 Bf6 31. Be4 b6 32. Rh5 Bc3 33. g5 Rd6 34.
Rh2 a5 35. Rc2 Bb4 36. Rc7 Rd1 37. Rc6 Rd6 38. Rc8 Rd1 39. Kf2 Bc5+ 40. Ke2 Rd4
41. Kf3 Rd1 42. Rc6 Rd6 43. Rxd6 Bxd6 44. gxh6+ Kxh6 45. f5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Spice Cup Open"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2012.10.18"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Finegold, Benjamin"]
[Black "Sarkar, Justin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2493"]
[BlackElo "2408"]
[ECO "D80"]
[Opening "Gruenfeld defence"]
[WhiteFideId "2000261"]
[BlackFideId "2010011"]
[EventDate "2012.10.16"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. e3 Bg7 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Nxd5 Qxd5 7. Ne2 O-O 8.
Nc3 Qd8 9. Be2 c5 10. d5 e6 11. e4 exd5 12. exd5 b6 13. O-O Bb7 14. Bf3 Nd7 15.
d6 Bxf3 16. Qxf3 Ne5 17. Qd5 Qd7 18. Bf4 Qf5 19. Bxe5 Bxe5 20. Rfe1 Bxc3 21.
Qxf5 gxf5 22. bxc3 Rfe8 23. a4 Rxe1+ 24. Rxe1 Rd8 25. Re7 Rxd6 26. Kf1 Rd3 27.
Rxa7 Rxc3 28. Rb7 Ra3 29. Rxb6 Rxa4 30. Rf6 f4 31. Rf5 Rc4 32. Ke2 Kg7 33. Kf3
Kg6 34. Rd5 Rc2 35. Re5 f5 36. Re8 c4 37. Rc8 Kf6 38. Rh8 Ke5 39. Rxh7 Rc3+ 40.
Ke2 f3+ 41. gxf3 Rc2+ 42. Kf1 c3 43. Rc7 Kd4 44. h4 Rb2 45. h5 c2 46. Ke1 Kd3
47. Rd7+ Kc3 48. Rc7+ Kd3 49. Rd7+ Kc3 50. Rc7+ Kd3 51. Rd7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Spice Cup Open"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2012.10.18"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Banawa, Jouaquin"]
[Black "Fierro Baquero, Martha L."]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2300"]
[BlackElo "2387"]
[ECO "E98"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "orthodox, Aronin-Taimanov, 9.Ne1"]
[WhiteFideId "5201632"]
[BlackFideId "3600270"]
[EventDate "2012.10.16"]

1. d4 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. e4 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5 Ne7
9. Ne1 Nd7 10. Nd3 f5 11. Bd2 fxe4 12. Nxe4 Nf6 13. f3 c6 14. Ndf2 cxd5 15.
Nxf6+ Bxf6 16. cxd5 Nf5 17. Kh1 Qb6 18. Rb1 Bd7 19. Ne4 Be7 20. Bd3 Rac8 21. Qe2
a6 22. f4 Nd4 23. Qe3 Rce8 24. Bc3 Bd8 25. Rbe1 Nf5 26. Qxb6 Bxb6 27. fxe5 dxe5
28. g4 Ne3 29. Nf6+ Rxf6 30. Rxf6 Bd4 31. Bxd4 exd4 32. Rf4 Rf8 33. Rxd4 Nxg4
34. Re7 Nf2+ 35. Kg2 Bh3+ 36. Kg3 Nxd3 37. Rxd3 Bf5 38. Rde3 Rf6 39. Rxb7 1-0

[Event "Spice Cup Open"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2012.10.18"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Agrest, Inna"]
[Black "Jung, Hans Rudolf"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "WIM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2204"]
[BlackElo "2150"]
[ECO "C41"]
[Opening "Philidor"]
[Variation "Improved Hanham variation"]
[WhiteFideId "1708830"]
[BlackFideId "2600609"]
[EventDate "2012.10.16"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nbd7 4. Nf3 e5 5. g4 exd4 6. Nxd4 Nc5 7. Rg1 Ne6 8.
Be3 h5 9. h3 hxg4 10. hxg4 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Qe7 12. Qe2 a6 13. O-O-O Be6 14. f4 c5
15. Bxf6 Qxf6 16. f5 Bd7 17. Nd5 Qg5+ 18. Kb1 O-O-O 19. e5 Bxf5 20. gxf5 Qxg1
21. Bg2 Qh2 22. Qe4 Kb8 23. Rh1 Qxe5 24. Rxh8 Qxe4 25. Bxe4 Be7 26. Rh7 Bf6 27.
Nxf6 gxf6 28. c4 Re8 29. Bd5 Re5 30. Rxf7 Rxf5 31. Rxb7+ Kc8 32. Be6+ Kxb7 1-0

[Event "Spice Cup Open"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2012.10.18"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ramirez, Alejandro"]
[Black "Robson, Ray"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2551"]
[BlackElo "2602"]
[ECO "A16"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "Anglo-Gruenfeld, Smyslov defense"]
[WhiteFideId "6500617"]
[BlackFideId "2023970"]
[EventDate "2012.10.16"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. cxd5 Nxd5 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Rb1 Nd7 8.
c4 O-O 9. Nf3 b6 10. Nd4 Ne5 11. Bxa8 Qxd4 12. Bg2 Bf5 13. d3 Nxd3+ 14. exd3
Bxd3 15. Rb3 Qe5+ 16. Be3 Bxc4 17. f4 Bxb3 18. Qxb3 Qa5+ 19. Kf2 Rd8 20. Re1 c5
21. Bf3 e6 22. Rd1 Rxd1 23. Bxd1 Bd4 24. Bxd4 Qd2+ 25. Be2 Qxd4+ 26. Qe3 Qd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Spice Cup Open"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2012.10.18"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Gerzhoy, Leonid"]
[Black "Shulman, Yury"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2469"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[ECO "D05"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game, Rubinstein (Colle-Zukertort) variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2806126"]
[BlackFideId "13500520"]
[EventDate "2012.10.16"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e3 e6 4. Bd3 c5 5. b3 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Bb2 b6 8. Nbd2
Bb7 9. Ne5 Nbd7 10. Qf3 Qc7 11. Qh3 h6 12. f4 Ne4 13. Nxe4 dxe4 14. Bc4 Nxe5 15.
dxe5 Rad8 16. f5 exf5 17. Qxf5 Bg5 18. Rae1 Qe7 19. e6 fxe6 20. Bxe6+ Kh8 21.
Qg6 Bd5 22. Rxf8+ Qxf8 23. Bxd5 Rxd5 24. Qxe4 Rf5 25. h4 Be7 26. Rd1 Qf7 27. Rd7 1-0

[Event "Spice Cup Open"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2012.10.18"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kiewra, Keaton F"]
[Black "Mikhalevski, Victor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2442"]
[BlackElo "2538"]
[ECO "D91"]
[Opening "Gruenfeld"]
[Variation "5.Bg5"]
[WhiteFideId "2019280"]
[BlackFideId "2801914"]
[EventDate "2012.10.16"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bg5 Ne4 6. Bf4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 c5 8. e3
O-O 9. cxd5 Qxd5 10. Qb3 Qd8 11. Qa3 cxd4 12. cxd4 Nc6 13. h3 Be6 14. Bd3 Bd5
15. Be2 Bxf3 16. Bxf3 Nxd4 17. exd4 Qxd4 18. O-O Qxf4 19. Rab1 Rac8 20. Rxb7 Bd4
21. Qd3 e6 22. Rd7 Rfd8 23. Rxd8+ Rxd8 24. Qe2 Rb8 25. a4 Rb2 26. Qe4 Qd2 27.
Qh4 Qb4 28. Kh1 Rxf2 29. Rd1 Rd2 30. Rf1 Qxa4 31. Qe7 Rf2 32. Rd1 Rxf3 0-1

[Event "Spice Cup Open"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2012.10.18"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Mogranzini, Roberto"]
[Black "Priyadharshan, K."]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2492"]
[BlackElo "2407"]
[ECO "A34"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "symmetrical, Rubinstein system"]
[WhiteFideId "810894"]
[BlackFideId "5018293"]
[EventDate "2012.10.16"]

1. c4 c5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nc3 Nc7 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O e5 8. a3
f6 9. d3 Be6 10. Be3 Qd7 11. Rc1 Rc8 12. Ne4 b6 13. b4 Nd5 14. bxc5 Nxe3 15.
fxe3 Be7 16. Qa4 Na5 17. Qxd7+ Kxd7 18. cxb6 axb6 19. Rb1 Rb8 20. a4 Bb3 21.
Bh3+ Kc7 22. Nc3 Kb7 23. Nd2 Bb4 24. Rfc1 Bc5 25. Kf2 Bf7 26. Nb5 Bg6 27. Rb2
Rbd8 28. Nc4 Nxc4 29. Rxc4 Be8 30. Bg2+ Bc6 31. d4 Bxg2 32. Kxg2 Bd6 33. a5 Bb8
34. axb6 exd4 35. exd4 f5 36. e3 Rhe8 37. Kf3 Re6 38. Nc7 Rh6 39. Rc5 f4 40.
gxf4 Rh3+ 41. Ke4 Rd6 42. Nd5 Re6+ 43. Kd3 Bd6 44. Rc7+ Kb8 45. Rxg7 Rh5 46. b7
Rg6 47. Rxg6 hxg6 48. Nf6 Rh8 49. Nd7+ Ka7 50. b8=Q+ 1-0

[Event "Spice Cup Open"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2012.10.18"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Hendrickson, Nolan R"]
[Black "Kleiman, Jake"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2146"]
[BlackElo "2377"]
[ECO "C41"]
[Opening "Philidor"]
[Variation "Improved Hanham variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2038188"]
[BlackFideId "2020041"]
[EventDate "2012.10.16"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. h3 c6 6. Be3 b5 7. a3 Be7 8. d5 cxd5
9. Nxd5 Bb7 10. Nxf6+ Nxf6 11. Bxb5+ Kf8 12. O-O Nxe4 13. Qe2 Qc7 14. c4 h6 15.
Rad1 g6 16. Nh2 Kg7 17. Ng4 a6 18. Ba4 Rac8 19. Nxe5 Qa5 20. Bc6 Rxc6 21. Nxc6
Bxc6 22. Bd4+ Bf6 23. Bxf6+ Kxf6 24. b4 Qxa3 25. f3 Qxb4 26. fxe4+ Kg7 27. Qf2
Qc5 28. Rd4 Rf8 29. Qf6+ Kg8 30. Qxd6 Qxd6 31. Rxd6 Bxe4 32. Rxa6 Rb8 33. Ra3
Rb2 34. Rf2 Rb1+ 35. Kh2 Rc1 36. Ra7 Bf5 37. Rc7 Rc3 38. Rf3 Rc2 39. Re3 Be6 40.
Rc6 Kg7 41. Kg3 Bxc4 42. Ra3 Rxg2+ 43. Kxg2 Bd5+ 44. Kg3 Bxc6 45. h4 h5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Spice Cup Open"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2012.10.18"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Boros, Denes"]
[Black "Amanov, Zhanibek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2492"]
[BlackElo "2374"]
[ECO "C53"]
[Opening "Giuoco Piano"]
[WhiteFideId "722340"]
[BlackFideId "13700189"]
[EventDate "2012.10.16"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. Bb3 a6 7. Nbd2 Ba7 8. h3 h6
9. Nf1 Be6 10. Bc2 d5 11. Qe2 d4 12. Ng3 Qd7 13. Bd2 b5 14. Nh4 Ne7 15. a4 Ng6
16. Nhf5 O-O 17. Qf3 Nh7 18. Nh5 Bxf5 19. exf5 Nf4 20. Nxf4 exf4 21. O-O Qxf5
22. Qxf4 Qd7 23. Qg3 Kh8 24. Rfe1 c6 25. Re2 Rae8 26. Rae1 Nf6 27. Qh4 Rxe2 28.
Rxe2 Re8 29. Rxe8+ Nxe8 30. Kf1 Kg8 31. Qg3 Qe6 32. Qf3 Nf6 33. Bd1 Bc5 34. Be1
Kf8 35. Qf4 dxc3 36. bxc3 Bd6 37. Qf3 Be5 38. Qe3 Qd6 39. d4 Bf4 40. Qf3 Nd5 41.
Bb3 Bg5 42. Qf5 Kg8 43. Qc8+ Kh7 44. c4 bxc4 45. Bxc4 Qf4 46. Bd3+ g6 47. Qxc6
Qxd4 48. Bc4 Nb6 49. Bxf7 Qd3+ 50. Kg1 Qb1 51. Qe8 Kg7 52. Bg8 Kf6 53. Qe6+ 1-0

[Event "Spice Cup Open"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2012.10.18"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Bregadze, Levan"]
[Black "Kavutskiy, Konstantin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2366"]
[BlackElo "2287"]
[ECO "E11"]
[Opening "Bogo-Indian defence"]
[WhiteFideId "13603264"]
[BlackFideId "2026384"]
[EventDate "2012.10.16"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 c5 5. Bxb4 cxb4 6. a3 bxa3 7. Rxa3 O-O 8.
Nc3 d6 9. b4 a5 10. bxa5 Rxa5 11. Rb3 Nbd7 12. e3 b6 13. Be2 Qe7 14. O-O Ba6 15.
Qb1 Rc8 16. Nd2 d5 17. Nb5 e5 18. Re1 Bxb5 19. cxb5 exd4 20. exd4 Qd6 21. Bd3 g6
22. g3 Ra3 23. Nf3 Rc3 24. Rxc3 Rxc3 25. Ne5 Qa3 26. Kg2 Nf8 27. Qd1 Kg7 28. h4
Ne6 29. Qd2 Qb4 30. Nc6 Qa3 31. Ne5 Qb4 32. Nc6 Qa3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Spice Cup Open"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2012.10.18"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Aripov, Iskandar"]
[Black "Hambleton, Aman"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2155"]
[BlackElo "2348"]
[ECO "A00"]
[Opening "Benko's opening"]
[WhiteFideId "14202395"]
[BlackFideId "2606577"]
[EventDate "2012.10.16"]

1. g3 Nf6 2. Bg2 c5 3. Nf3 e6 4. O-O Qc7 5. Nc3 a6 6. e4 d6 7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4
Be7 9. Re1 O-O 10. a4 Nc6 11. Nb3 b6 12. f4 Bb7 13. g4 Rfd8 14. g5 Nd7 15. Re3
Nc5 16. Rh3 g6 17. Be3 d5 18. Nxc5 bxc5 19. exd5 Nb4 20. Qe2 exd5 21. Nd1 d4 22.
Bc1 Re8 23. Bxb7 Qxb7 24. Qf2 Qe4 25. c3 Nc2 26. Ra2 Bd6 27. b3 Qe1+ 28. Kg2 Re2
29. Rxc2 Qxf2+ 30. Nxf2 Rxc2 31. Ba3 dxc3 32. Kf3 Ra2 33. Bc1 Ra1 34. Nd3 Re8
35. Rg3 Rxc1 36. Nxc1 Re1 37. Nd3 c2 38. Rg2 c1=Q 39. Nxc1 Rxc1 40. Rd2 Bf8 41.
Rd3 c4 42. bxc4 Rxc4 43. Rd8 Rxa4 44. Kg4 a5 45. Ra8 Kg7 46. Ra6 Ra1 47. h4 a4
48. h5 gxh5+ 49. Kxh5 a3 50. Kg4 Rf1 51. Kf5 Bd6 52. Kg4 Rxf4+ 53. Kh5 Rf1 54.
Ra8 Rf2 55. g6 hxg6+ 56. Kg4 a2 57. Kg5 Be5 58. Ra5 a1=Q 59. Ra4 f6+ 60. Kg4
Qxa4+ 61. Kh3 Rf4 62. Kg2 g5 63. Kh3 f5 64. Kg3 Kg6 65. Kh3 Rf3+ 66. Kg2 g4 67.
Kh1 Rf2 68. Kg1 g3 69. Kh1 f4 70. Kg1 f3 71. Kh1 Kf5 72. Kg1 Rh2 73. Kf1 Rg2 74.
Ke1 Qh4 75. Kf1 Bd6 76. Ke1 Rf2 77. Kd1 Re2 78. Kc1 g2 0-1

[Event "Spice Cup Open"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2012.10.18"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Heredia Serrano, Carla"]
[Black "Sharevich, Anna"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "WIM"]
[BlackTitle "WGM"]
[WhiteElo "2188"]
[BlackElo "2294"]
[ECO "B42"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Kan, 5.Bd3"]
[WhiteFideId "3603687"]
[BlackFideId "13503189"]
[EventDate "2012.10.16"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Ne7 6. O-O Nbc6 7. c3 g6 8. Be3
Bg7 9. Nd2 O-O 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Qb3 d6 12. Rfd1 c5 13. Nc4 Qc7 14. Be2 Rb8 15.
Qa3 Rd8 16. Rd2 Bb7 17. Rad1 Bxe4 18. Rxd6 Rxd6 19. Nxd6 Bd5 20. Bxc5 Be5 21. g3
Nf5 22. Nxf5 gxf5 23. Bxa6 Ra8 24. Rxd5 exd5 25. b4 Bd6 26. Bd4 Qe7 27. Be3 f4
28. gxf4 Qe6 29. Qa4 Bxf4 30. Bxf4 Rxa6 31. Qc2 Qg4+ 32. Bg3 Qf3 33. Qd2 h5 34.
Qf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Spice Cup Open"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2012.10.18"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Cassidy, Brian H"]
[Black "Jayakumar, Adarsh"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2098"]
[BlackElo "2290"]
[ECO "B90"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Najdorf, Lipnitzky attack"]
[WhiteFideId "2064910"]
[BlackFideId "5026520"]
[EventDate "2012.10.16"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bb3 Nbd7 8. f4
Nc5 9. e5 dxe5 10. fxe5 Nd5 11. Nxd5 Nxb3 12. Nxb3 Qxd5 13. Qe2 Bd7 14. c4 Bb4+
15. Kf2 Qc6 16. Be3 O-O 17. Rhf1 Rac8 18. Rac1 Qa4 19. Kg1 Qxa2 20. Nd4 Qa5 21.
Qh5 Bd2 22. Bxd2 Qxd2 23. Nf3 Qe3+ 24. Kh1 Bc6 25. Ng5 h6 26. Nxf7 Be8 27. Nxh6+
Qxh6 28. Rxf8+ Kxf8 29. Rf1+ Kg8 30. Qf3 Bc6 31. Qf7+ Kh7 32. Qe7 Rd8 0-1

[Event "Spice Cup Open"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2012.10.18"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Yang, Darwin"]
[Black "Ramirez, Alejandro"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2551"]
[ECO "D45"]
[Opening "QGD semi-Slav"]
[Variation "accelerated Meran (Alekhine variation)"]
[WhiteFideId "2029111"]
[BlackFideId "6500617"]
[EventDate "2012.10.16"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. e3 e6 6. b3 Bb4 7. Bd2 Nbd7 8. Bd3 O-O
9. O-O Bd6 10. Re1 h6 11. Qc2 e5 12. cxd5 cxd5 13. e4 exd4 14. Nxd5 Nxd5 15.
exd5 Nf6 16. Qb2 Bc5 17. Rac1 Qd6 18. Bf4 Qxf4 19. Rxc5 Bg4 20. Qxd4 Qxd4 21.
Nxd4 Rac8 22. Rxc8 Bxc8 23. Re5 Rd8 24. Bc4 Kf8 25. a4 Nd7 26. Re3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Spice Cup Open"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2012.10.18"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Mikhalevski, Victor"]
[Black "Diamant, Andre"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2538"]
[BlackElo "2471"]
[ECO "E63"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "fianchetto, Panno variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2801914"]
[BlackFideId "2108356"]
[EventDate "2012.10.16"]

1. c4 g6 2. g3 Bg7 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. Nc3 O-O 5. d4 d6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O a6 8. Qd3 e5
9. d5 Nb4 10. Qd1 a5 11. Ne1 Na6 12. e4 Nc5 13. Be3 b6 14. f3 Nfd7 15. Rc1 f5
16. exf5 gxf5 17. f4 exf4 18. Bxf4 Ne5 19. Ne2 Qf6 20. Be3 Ng4 21. Bd2 Bd7 22.
h3 Ne5 23. Bc3 Rae8 24. Nf3 Ne4 25. Nxe5 Nxc3 26. Rxc3 Qxe5 27. Rc2 Kh8 28. Kh2
Qf6 29. Nf4 Qh6 30. Qh5 Qxh5 31. Nxh5 Be5 32. h4 Re7 33. Bh3 Be8 34. Nf4 Bd7 35.
b3 Rg8 36. Rf3 Ra8 37. a4 Rf8 38. Re2 Kg7 39. Kg2 Kh6 40. Nd3 Kg6 41. Nf4+ Kh6
42. Ne6 Bxe6 43. dxe6 Rxe6 44. Rxf5 Rxf5 45. Bxf5 Rf6 46. g4 Kg7 47. Rf2 h6 48.
Kf3 Rf7 49. Rg2 Re7 50. g5 hxg5 51. Rxg5+ Kf6 52. Rh5 Bd4 53. Be4 Be5 54. Rh6+
Kg7 55. Rg6+ Kf8 56. h5 Rg7 57. Bf5 Rxg6 58. Bxg6 Kg7 59. Ke4 Bc3 60. Kd5 Bb4
61. Kc6 Bc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Spice Cup Open"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2012.10.18"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Finegold, Benjamin"]
[Black "Mogranzini, Roberto"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2493"]
[BlackElo "2492"]
[ECO "A01"]
[Opening "Nimzovich-Larsen attack"]
[Variation "modern variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2000261"]
[BlackFideId "810894"]
[EventDate "2012.10.16"]

1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 Nc6 3. e3 a6 4. c4 g6 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. d4 exd4 7. Nxd4 Nxd4 8. Bxd4
Nf6 9. Be2 O-O 10. O-O d6 11. Nc3 c5 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. Rc1 Qa5 14. Nd5 Bd8 15.
Qc2 b5 16. Rfd1 Rb8 17. g3 Bb7 18. h4 Bxd5 19. Rxd5 Qc7 20. Rcd1 Be7 21. h5 Rfe8
22. Kg2 Bf8 23. Rh1 Bg7 24. Rh4 Re6 25. Rd1 Qa5 26. hxg6 hxg6 27. Bg4 Rf6 28.
Bf3 bxc4 29. Rxc4 Rb4 30. Bd5 Qb6 31. Qe4 Rf5 32. f4 Qa5 33. Qc2 Rh5 34. g4 Rxc4
35. Bxc4 Rh6 36. g5 Rh5 37. a4 Kf8 38. Bxf7 Kxf7 39. Rxd6 Rh4 1-0

[Event "Spice Cup Open"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2012.10.18"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Bregadze, Levan"]
[Black "Charbonneau, Pascal"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2366"]
[BlackElo "2517"]
[ECO "B20"]
[Opening "Sicilian defence"]
[WhiteFideId "13603264"]
[BlackFideId "2602504"]
[EventDate "2012.10.16"]

1. e4 c5 2. b3 b6 3. Bb2 Bb7 4. Qe2 Nc6 5. Nf3 d6 6. g3 Nf6 7. Bg2 e5 8. O-O Be7
9. d3 O-O 10. c4 Ne8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Spice Cup Open"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2012.10.18"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kavutskiy, Konstantin"]
[Black "Kiewra, Keaton F"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2287"]
[BlackElo "2442"]
[ECO "E70"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "4.e4"]
[WhiteFideId "2026384"]
[BlackFideId "2019280"]
[EventDate "2012.10.16"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 O-O 5. Nf3 c6 6. Be2 d5 7. e5 Ne4 8. O-O
Nxc3 9. bxc3 dxc4 10. Bxc4 c5 11. Re1 cxd4 12. cxd4 Bg4 13. Bb2 Nc6 14. d5 Na5
15. Bb3 Rc8 16. h3 Bxf3 17. Qxf3 Qb6 18. Rad1 Nxb3 19. axb3 Rc2 20. Ba3 Re8 21.
d6 e6 22. d7 Rd8 23. Be7 Bf8 24. Bxd8 Qxd8 25. Qf6 1-0

[Event "Spice Cup Open"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2012.10.18"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kleiman, Jake"]
[Black "Banawa, Jouaquin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2377"]
[BlackElo "2300"]
[ECO "B22"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Alapin's variation (2.c3)"]
[WhiteFideId "2020041"]
[BlackFideId "5201632"]
[EventDate "2012.10.16"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. Bc4 Nb6 5. Bb3 c4 6. Bc2 Nc6 7. Nf3 Qc7 8. Qe2
g5 9. h3 Bg7 10. O-O Nxe5 11. Nxg5 h6 12. Nf3 Rg8 13. Nxe5 Qxe5 14. Qf3 d6 15.
d4 cxd3 16. Bxd3 Bd7 17. Be4 d5 18. Bh7 Rh8 19. Bf4 Qf6 20. Bc2 h5 21. Nd2 Bh6
22. Bxh6 Qxf3 23. Nxf3 Rxh6 24. Ne5 e6 25. f4 f6 26. Nxd7 Kxd7 27. Rad1 Rc8 28.
Rd3 h4 29. Re1 Rc4 30. Rd4 Rxd4 31. cxd4 Kd6 32. Bd3 Rh8 33. Kf2 Nd7 34. Bb5 Nf8
35. Kf3 Rg8 36. Re3 f5 37. Rc3 Nh7 38. Bd3 Nf6 39. Kf2 Nh5 40. Bf1 Nxf4 41. g3
hxg3+ 42. Rxg3 Rxg3 43. Kxg3 e5 44. Kf3 Ng6 45. dxe5+ Kxe5 46. Bd3 Nf4 47. Bf1
Ng6 48. Bd3 d4 49. Bc2 Kf6 50. Kg3 Kg5 51. Bb1 Nh4 52. Bd3 f4+ 53. Kf2 Ng6 54.
Be4 b6 55. Bg2 Ne5 56. Bf1 d3 57. Ke1 Kh4 58. Kf2 Kh5 59. Ke1 Kg5 60. Kf2 Kh4
61. b3 a5 62. a3 Kh5 63. Bg2 d2 64. Ke2 f3+ 0-1

[Event "Spice Cup Open"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2012.10.18"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Fierro Baquero, Martha L."]
[Black "Polgar-Shutzman, Tom"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2387"]
[ECO "B23"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "closed, 2...Nc6"]
[WhiteFideId "3600270"]
[BlackFideId "2064880"]
[EventDate "2012.10.16"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 bxc6 5. d3 d5 6. f4 Bg7 7. Nf3 Bxc3+ 8.
bxc3 dxe4 9. dxe4 Qxd1+ 10. Kxd1 Nf6 11. Re1 Ba6 12. Ba3 O-O-O+ 13. Kc1 Nd7 14.
g3 h6 15. e5 Bc4 16. Nd2 Be6 17. Ne4 Bf5 18. Rb1 Kc7 19. Nxc5 Nxc5 20. Bxc5 Rb8
21. Rxb8 Rxb8 22. Bxe7 Rb6 23. Rd1 Ra6 24. a3 Bd7 25. Bb4 Be6 26. Bd6+ Kc8 27.
Rd4 Kb7 28. a4 Ra5 29. Rb4+ Ka6 30. Bc7 Rc5 31. Kd2 Rd5+ 32. Rd4 c5 33. Rd3 Kb7
34. Bd6 Kc6 35. Ke3 Bf5 36. c4 Rd4 37. Rxd4 cxd4+ 38. Kxd4 Bxc2 39. a5 Bf5 40.
Bb4 a6 41. Bd2 h5 42. Bb4 Be6 43. Be7 Bf5 44. Bd8 Be6 45. Bb6 Bf5 46. e6 fxe6
47. Ke5 Kd7 48. c5 Kc6 49. Kf6 Kd5 50. Ba7 Kc6 51. Ke7 Bg4 52. Bb6 Bf5 53. Kf6
Kd5 54. Kg5 Kc6 55. Kh4 Kd5 56. h3 Kc6 57. g4 hxg4 58. hxg4 Bc2 59. Kg5 Bd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Spice Cup Open"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2012.10.18"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Jung, Hans Rudolf"]
[Black "Finegold, Spencer"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2150"]
[BlackElo "2081"]
[ECO "A00"]
[Opening "Dunst (Sleipner, Heinrichsen) opening"]
[WhiteFideId "2600609"]
[BlackFideId "2047527"]
[EventDate "2012.10.16"]

1. Nc3 d5 2. e4 d4 3. Nce2 e5 4. Ng3 Bd6 5. Bc4 Nf6 6. c3 Nc6 7. Nf3 O-O 8. O-O
Na5 9. Be2 c5 10. b4 cxb4 11. cxd4 exd4 12. e5 d3 13. Bxd3 Bxe5 14. Nxe5 Qd4 15.
Rb1 Qxe5 16. Bb2 Qd6 17. Qc2 h6 18. Rfe1 Rd8 19. Bf5 Nc6 20. Qd1 Nd4 21. Bxd4
Qxd4 22. Bxc8 Raxc8 23. Nf5 Qf4 24. Ne7+ Kh8 25. Nxc8 Rxc8 26. g3 Qd4 27. Re2
Ne4 28. Qe1 Ng5 29. Re8+ Rxe8 30. Qxe8+ Kh7 31. Qe3 Qd5 32. Rb3 f5 33. h4 Ne4
34. Qf3 Qc5 35. Rd3 a5 36. Rd7 a4 37. Kg2 b3 38. axb3 axb3 39. d4 Qb5 40. Rf7
Nd6 41. Rd7 b2 42. Rxd6 b1=Q 0-1

[Event "Spice Cup Open"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2012.10.18"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Helfst, Matt D"]
[Black "Heredia Serrano, Carla"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackTitle "WIM"]
[WhiteElo "1965"]
[BlackElo "2188"]
[ECO "D13"]
[Opening "QGD Slav"]
[Variation "exchange variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2044102"]
[BlackFideId "3603687"]
[EventDate "2012.10.16"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 c6 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bf4 a6 7. e3 Bf5 8. Bd3
Bxd3 9. Qxd3 e6 10. O-O Be7 11. h3 O-O 12. Rfc1 Rc8 13. a3 b5 14. b4 Nd7 15. Nd2
e5 16. Bxe5 Ndxe5 17. dxe5 Nxe5 18. Qe2 Nc4 19. Nf3 Bf6 20. Nd4 Qd6 21. Qd3 Rfd8
22. Nce2 Ne5 23. Qb3 Rc4 24. Rd1 Nc6 25. Rd2 Nxd4 26. Nxd4 Bxd4 27. Rxd4 Rxd4
28. exd4 Re8 29. Rc1 g6 30. Qc3 Kg7 31. Re1 Re6 32. Rxe6 Qxe6 33. Qc5 Qe1+ 34.
Kh2 Qe4 35. Qb6 Qf4+ 36. Kg1 Qc1+ 37. Kh2 Qf4+ 38. Kg1 Qf6 39. Qc5 Qe6 40. Kh2
h5 41. h4 Qf5 42. Kg1 Qb1+ 43. Kh2 Qa2 44. f3 Qc4 45. Qb6 Qd3 46. Qc5 Qc4 47.
Qb6 Qd3 48. Qc5 Qf5 49. Kg3 g5 50. hxg5 Qxg5+ 51. Kf2 Qd2+ 52. Kg1 Qe3+ 53. Kh2
Qf4+ 54. Kg1 Qg5 55. Qb6 h4 56. Kf2 Qg3+ 57. Kf1 h3 58. gxh3 Qxf3+ 59. Ke1 Qxa3
60. Qd6 Qe3+ 61. Kf1 Qxh3+ 62. Kf2 Qh4+ 63. Ke3 Qe4+ 0-1

[Event "Spice Cup Open"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2012.10.18"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Neimer, Vitaly"]
[Black "Corrales Jimenez, Fidel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2384"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[ECO "B19"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "classical, Spassky variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2807017"]
[BlackFideId "3506690"]
[EventDate "2012.10.16"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. Nf3 Nd7 7. h4 h6 8. h5
Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 e6 11. Bf4 Qa5+ 12. Bd2 Bb4 13. c3 Be7 14. c4 Qc7 15.
Ne4 Ngf6 16. O-O-O Rd8 17. Kb1 O-O 18. Rhg1 Nxe4 19. Qxe4 Nf6 20. Qe2 Nxh5 21.
g4 Nf4 22. Qe4 Bg5 23. Nxg5 hxg5 24. Rh1 f5 25. Bxf4 gxf4 26. Qxe6+ Qf7 27. gxf5
Rde8 28. Qg6 Qxf5+ 29. Qxf5 Rxf5 30. Rhe1 Rff8 31. Kc2 Kf7 32. Kd3 Kf6 33. d5
cxd5 34. cxd5 Re5 35. Kd4 Rfe8 36. Rxe5 Rxe5 37. Kc5 Ke7 38. Rg1 g5 39. Rh1 Kf6
40. f3 Re2 41. Kd6 Rxb2 42. Kc7 Rc2+ 43. Kd7 Rxa2 44. d6 Ra3 45. Rf1 b5 46. Ke8
Re3+ 47. Kd8 Rd3 48. d7 a5 49. Ke8 g4 50. fxg4 Kg5 51. d8=Q+ Rxd8+ 52. Kxd8 Kxg4
53. Kc7 b4 54. Kb6 f3 55. Kxa5 Kg3 56. Kxb4 Kg2 57. Rxf3 Kxf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Spice Cup Open"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2012.10.18"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Gerzhoy, Leonid"]
[Black "Boros, Denes"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2469"]
[BlackElo "2492"]
[ECO "D85"]
[Opening "Gruenfeld"]
[Variation "modern exchange variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2806126"]
[BlackFideId "722340"]
[EventDate "2012.10.16"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 c5 8.
Bb5+ Nd7 9. O-O O-O 10. Bg5 Nf6 11. Qe2 Bg4 12. Rfd1 Qa5 13. d5 h6 14. Bxf6 Bxf6
15. Rab1 Qxc3 16. Rd3 Qe5 17. Bc4 Rab8 18. Rdb3 Qc7 19. h3 Bxf3 20. Qxf3 Kg7 21.
g3 Bd4 22. Qf4 Be5 23. Qg4 h5 24. Qe2 h4 25. f4 Bd4+ 26. Kg2 hxg3 27. e5 Bf2 28.
f5 Qd7 29. Rf3 b5 30. e6 Qd6 31. fxg6 f6 32. Rf5 bxc4 33. Rh5 Rh8 34. Rxb8 Qxb8
35. Rh7+ Rxh7 36. gxh7 Qb1 37. Qg4+ Kxh7 38. Qh5+ Kg7 39. Qf7+ Kh6 40. Qf8+ Kg5
41. Qg7+ Kf4 42. Qg4+ Ke5 43. Qh5+ Kd6 44. Qe8 Qe4+ 45. Kf1 Qd3+ 0-1

[Event "Spice Cup Open"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2012.10.18"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Leon Hoyos, Manuel"]
[Black "Amanov, Mesgen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2603"]
[BlackElo "2507"]
[ECO "B13"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "Panov-Botvinnik attack"]
[WhiteFideId "5105269"]
[BlackFideId "14000652"]
[EventDate "2012.10.16"]

1. c4 c6 2. e4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bf4 e6 7. c5 Be7 8. Bb5
O-O 9. Nge2 Bd7 10. O-O a6 11. Ba4 b6 12. Bxc6 Bxc6 13. b4 bxc5 14. dxc5 Nd7 15.
Nd4 Qc8 16. Rc1 Bf6 17. Bd6 Re8 18. Re1 Bb5 19. Ncxb5 axb5 20. Nxb5 Rxa2 21. Bg3
Re7 22. Nd6 Qa8 23. b5 e5 24. c6 Nb6 25. c7 Nc8 26. Nxc8 Qxc8 27. Qxd5 Rb2 28.
Qd8+ 1-0

[Event "Spice Cup Open"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2012.10.18"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Bykhovsky, Anatoly"]
[Black "Sarkar, Justin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2522"]
[BlackElo "2408"]
[ECO "A81"]
[Opening "Dutch defence"]
[WhiteFideId "2806991"]
[BlackFideId "2010011"]
[EventDate "2012.10.16"]

1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. b3 d6 6. Bb2 O-O 7. O-O Ne4 8. c4 Nc6
9. Nc3 e6 10. Rc1 a5 11. e3 Qe7 12. Ne2 Rd8 13. a3 e5 14. d5 Nb8 15. Ne1 h5 16.
Nd3 Nd7 17. b4 axb4 18. axb4 Nb6 19. f3 Nf6 20. Qb3 Bd7 21. Nc3 h4 22. Ra1 hxg3
23. hxg3 Nh5 24. c5 Rxa1 25. Rxa1 Nc8 26. Ne2 Bb5 27. Rd1 Kf8 28. e4 Qe8 29. Re1
Ne7 30. f4 Bxd3 31. Qxd3 exf4 32. Bxg7+ Kxg7 33. Nd4 Nxd5 34. Qb1 Ne3 35. exf5
Nxg3 36. Ne6+ Kh6 37. Qa1 Qh8 38. Nxd8 Qxd8 39. Qd4 Nxg2 40. Kxg2 Nxf5 41. Qxf4+
Qg5+ 42. Qxg5+ Kxg5 43. cxd6 cxd6 44. Kf3 Kf6 45. Ke4 Ke6 46. Rg1 d5+ 47. Kd3
Kf6 48. Rc1 g5 49. Rc7 Nd6 50. Rh7 g4 51. Rd7 Ke5 52. Rg7 Kf4 53. Rd7 Ke5 54.
Rg7 Kf4 55. Ke2 d4 56. Rd7 Ke5 57. Kd3 g3 58. Re7+ Kf4 59. Re1 g2 60. Kxd4 Kf3
61. Kc5 Kf2 62. Ra1 Nc8 63. Ra2+ Kg3 64. Ra1 Kh2 65. Kd5 g1=Q 66. Rxg1 Kxg1 67.
Ke6 Nb6 68. Kd6 Na4 69. Kc7 b5 70. Kc6 Nc3 71. Kc5 Kf2 72. Kd4 Na4 0-1

[Event "Spice Cup Open"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2012.10.18"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Bartholomew, John"]
[Black "Ostrovskiy, Aleksandr A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2446"]
[BlackElo "2377"]
[ECO "A11"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "Caro-Kann defensive system"]
[WhiteFideId "2019353"]
[BlackFideId "2034239"]
[EventDate "2012.10.16"]

1. c4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Bf5 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Qb3 Nc6 7. Qxb7 Bd7 8.
Qb3 e5 9. O-O Rb8 10. Qd1 Bd6 11. d3 O-O 12. Nc3 d4 13. Ne4 Nxe4 14. dxe4 Qe7
15. b3 Bc5 16. Ne1 Rbc8 17. Nd3 Bb6 18. Bd2 a5 19. f4 f6 20. fxe5 fxe5 21. Rxf8+
Rxf8 22. a3 Rb8 23. Qc2 Na7 24. b4 a4 25. Nc5 Bxc5 26. bxc5 Qe6 27. e3 dxe3 28.
Bxe3 Qb3 29. Qd2 Be6 30. Bf2 Qb2 31. Qxb2 Rxb2 32. Rd1 Kf7 33. Bf1 Ra2 34. Rd6
Rxa3 35. c6 Nc8 36. Rd7+ Kf6 37. Ba6 Ne7 38. Rd6 Rc3 39. Be1 Rc1 40. Kf2 a3 41.
c7 a2 42. c8=Q Nxc8 43. Bxc8 a1=Q 0-1

[Event "Spice Cup Open"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2012.10.18"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Shulman, Yury"]
[Black "Troff, Kayden W"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2312"]
[ECO "A28"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "four knights, 4.e3"]
[WhiteFideId "13500520"]
[BlackFideId "2047896"]
[EventDate "2012.10.16"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e3 Bb4 5. Qc2 d6 6. a3 Bxc3 7. Qxc3 a5 8. b3
Ne4 9. Qc2 Ng5 10. Bb2 Nxf3+ 11. gxf3 Qh4 12. Bd3 Nd8 13. f4 exf4 14. Bxg7 Rg8
15. Bb2 Rg2 16. O-O-O f3 17. Be4 Qh3 18. Qc3 Bf5 19. Bxf5 Qxf5 20. e4 Qf4 21.
Qh8+ Kd7 22. Rhe1 Rc8 23. Qxh7 Rxh2 24. Qf5+ Ne6 25. Rh1 Rxf2 26. Qb5+ Ke7 27.
Qxb7 Rg8 28. Bc3 Re2 29. Rhf1 Rg5 30. e5 f2 31. Bxa5 Qxe5 32. Bc3 Qf5 33. a4 Rg3
34. Kb2 Qd3 35. Ka3 Kd7 36. Qb5+ Ke7 37. a5 Qc2 38. Rc1 Qxc1+ 39. Rxc1 Rg1 40.
Qf5 Rxc1 41. Qf6+ Kd7 42. Qxf7+ Kc8 43. Qg8+ Nd8 44. Bf6 Ra1+ 45. Bxa1 f1=Q 46.
Bc3 Qf7 47. Qh8 Re8 48. Qh1 c6 49. Qg1 Qf5 50. Kb2 Qc5 51. Qg7 d5 52. a6 Re7 53.
Qg4+ Rd7 54. Bd4 Qa5 55. a7 dxc4 56. b4 Qxb4+ 57. Kc1 Qa3+ 58. Kd1 c5 59. Bxc5
Qa4+ 60. Kc1 Kb7 61. Bd4 Rf7 62. Qg2+ Nc6 63. Bc5 c3 64. a8=Q+ Qxa8 0-1

[Event "Spice Cup Open"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2012.10.18"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Jayakumar, Adarsh"]
[Black "Agrest, Inna"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "WIM"]
[WhiteElo "2290"]
[BlackElo "2204"]
[ECO "E68"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "fianchetto, classical variation, 8.e4"]
[WhiteFideId "5026520"]
[BlackFideId "1708830"]
[EventDate "2012.10.16"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nf3 d6 6. Nc3 Nbd7 7. O-O e5 8. e4 a6
9. Qc2 exd4 10. Nxd4 Re8 11. Rd1 Rb8 12. h3 c5 13. Nf3 b5 14. Bf4 b4 15. Bxd6
bxc3 16. Bxb8 Qb6 17. Bf4 Qxb2 18. Ne1 Qxc2 19. Nxc2 Nxe4 20. Re1 Bb7 21. Rad1
Nf8 22. Rd3 f5 23. f3 Nf6 24. Rxc3 Rxe1+ 25. Nxe1 Nh5 26. Rb3 Bc6 27. Rb6 Bd7
28. Bd6 Ne6 29. Rxa6 Bd4+ 30. Kh2 f4 31. g4 Nf6 32. Nd3 Ne8 33. Nxf4 Nxd6 34.
Rxd6 Bc8 35. Rxe6 1-0

[Event "Spice Cup Open"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2012.10.18"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Perelshteyn, Eugene"]
[Black "Robson, Ray"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2528"]
[BlackElo "2602"]
[ECO "D31"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "semi-Slav"]
[WhiteFideId "2012529"]
[BlackFideId "2023970"]
[EventDate "2012.10.16"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 c6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bf4 Bf5 6. e3 Qb6 7. Qd2 Nf6 8. Nge2
Nbd7 9. Ng3 Bg6 10. h4 h5 11. O-O-O Bb4 12. Bd3 Ne4 13. Ngxe4 dxe4 14. Bc4 Nf6
15. a3 Bxc3 16. Qxc3 O-O 17. Qb3 Qxb3 18. Bxb3 Rfe8 19. d5 Nxd5 20. Bxd5 cxd5
21. Rxd5 Re7 22. Rhd1 f6 23. Rd8+ Rxd8 24. Rxd8+ Be8 25. Bd6 Re6 26. Kd2 Kf7 27.
Kc3 g5 28. Bg3 Kg6 29. Kd4 Kf5 30. f3 gxh4 31. Bxh4 exf3 32. gxf3 Bc6 33. e4+
Bxe4 34. Bxf6 Bxf3 35. Be5 h4 36. Rf8+ Kg4 37. Bb8 Re4+ 38. Kd3 a6 39. Bc7 Re7
40. Bd8 Re6 41. Rh8 Be4+ 42. Kd4 h3 43. Bc7 Bg2 44. Rf8 Re7 45. Bb8 Re2 46. Kc3
Bc6 47. Rg8+ Kf5 48. Rf8+ Kg5 49. Rg8+ Kf5 50. Rf8+ Ke4 51. Rf4+ Ke3 52. Rh4 Bg2
53. Rh8 Kf2 54. Ba7+ Ke1 55. Bb8 Kd1 56. Rd8+ Kc1 57. b3 Re3+ 58. Rd3 Rxd3+ 59.
Kxd3 Kb2 60. b4 Kxa3 61. Kc3 Ka4 62. Bd6 b6 63. Kc4 b5+ 64. Kc3 a5 65. bxa5 b4+
66. Kb2 Kxa5 67. Kc2 Ka4 68. Kd2 Kb3 0-1

[Event "Spice Cup Open"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2012.10.18"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Amanov, Zhanibek"]
[Black "Hendrickson, Nolan R"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2374"]
[BlackElo "2146"]
[ECO "B76"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "dragon, Yugoslav attack, Rauser variation"]
[WhiteFideId "13700189"]
[BlackFideId "2038188"]
[EventDate "2012.10.16"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 Nc6 8. Qd2
O-O 9. O-O-O d5 10. Qe1 e5 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. exd5 Nxd5 13. Bc4 Be6 14. Ne4 Rb8
15. h4 Qc7 16. Bc5 Rfd8 17. g4 f5 18. gxf5 gxf5 19. Ng3 e4 20. Bb3 Qf4+ 21. Kb1
Qxf3 22. Rf1 Nc3+ 23. bxc3 Rxd1+ 24. Qxd1 Qxc3 25. Kc1 Bxb3 0-1

[Event "Spice Cup Open"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2012.10.18"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Hambleton, Aman"]
[Black "Priyadharshan, K."]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2348"]
[BlackElo "2407"]
[ECO "E32"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian"]
[Variation "classical variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2606577"]
[BlackFideId "5018293"]
[EventDate "2012.10.16"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 Qe8 7. g3 a5 8. b3
d6 9. Bg2 Ra7 10. Nf3 b5 11. O-O a4 12. b4 bxc4 13. Qxc4 Nbd7 14. Qc2 Nb6 15.
Bg5 Ba6 16. Rfe1 Qb5 17. Bxf6 gxf6 18. Nd2 Qh5 19. e4 e5 20. Nf3 Bc8 21. Nh4 Kh8
22. Rac1 Be6 23. Qd3 Qh6 24. Rc3 Rb8 25. Rec1 Rbb7 26. d5 Bd7 27. Qf1 Nc8 28.
Bh3 Bb5 29. Qd1 Ne7 30. Qf3 Qg5 31. Nf5 Bd7 32. Nxe7 Bxh3 33. Nc6 Ra8 34. Na5
Rba7 35. Qe3 Qh5 36. f3 f5 37. exf5 Qxf5 38. Qh6 Rg8 39. Nc6 Rg6 40. Qf8+ Rg8
41. Qxg8+ 1-0

[Event "Spice Cup Open"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2012.10.18"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Sharevich, Anna"]
[Black "Cassidy, Brian H"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "WGM"]
[WhiteElo "2294"]
[BlackElo "2098"]
[ECO "E09"]
[Opening "Catalan"]
[Variation "closed, main line"]
[WhiteFideId "13503189"]
[BlackFideId "2064910"]
[EventDate "2012.10.16"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O c6 7. Qc2 Nbd7 8. Nbd2
b6 9. e4 c5 10. exd5 exd5 11. Ng5 cxd4 12. cxd5 Ba6 13. Re1 d3 14. Qa4 Nc5 15.
Qd4 Rc8 16. Nb3 h6 17. Nh3 Qd7 18. Bd2 Rfd8 19. Nf4 Bd6 20. Bh3 Qb5 21. Bxc8
Rxc8 22. Bc3 Rd8 23. Qe3 Bxf4 24. Qxf4 Nxd5 25. Qh4 Rc8 26. Bd2 Nxb3 27. axb3
Rc2 28. Rxa6 Qxa6 29. Re8+ Kh7 30. Qe4+ g6 31. Qxd5 1-0

[Event "Spice Cup Open"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2012.10.18"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Schneider, Veronika"]
[Black "Aripov, Iskandar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "WGM"]
[WhiteElo "2313"]
[BlackElo "2155"]
[ECO "B22"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Alapin's variation (2.c3)"]
[WhiteFideId "721530"]
[BlackFideId "14202395"]
[EventDate "2012.10.16"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. cxd4 d5 5. exd5 Nf6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 O-O 8.
Nge2 Nbd7 9. Bb3 Nb6 10. Nf4 h6 11. h4 Ne8 12. Be3 Nd6 13. f3 Nbc4 14. Bc1 b5
15. Bc2 Qb6 16. Nfe2 b4 17. Na4 Qa5 18. b3 Na3 19. Be4 f5 20. Bd3 Qxd5 21. Be3
Nab5 22. Rc1 Qf7 23. Qd2 Kh7 24. Qxb4 a5 25. Qd2 Be6 26. O-O Rfd8 27. Rc5 Rab8
28. Rd1 Bd7 29. Rcc1 Qf6 30. Bf2 e5 31. dxe5 Qxe5 32. Qxa5 Ra8 33. Qb6 Rdb8 34.
Qc5 Qe8 35. Qe3 Qd8 36. Bb1 Be8 37. Nc5 Qf6 38. a4 Nc7 39. Bg3 Rd8 40. Nf4 Rac8
41. Nfe6 Nxe6 42. Nxe6 Rxc1 43. Rxc1 Rd7 44. Nxg7 Rxg7 45. Qe5 Qf7 46. Qxd6 Qxb3
47. Qd1 Qb4 48. Be1 Qb6+ 49. Bf2 Qb4 50. h5 Qf4 51. hxg6+ Bxg6 52. Rc5 h5 53.
Rd5 h4 54. Rd4 Qg5 55. Rxh4+ Bh5 56. g4 Kh6 57. Qd6+ Kh7 58. Kh2 Kg8 59. Rxh5
Qxh5+ 60. gxh5 f4 61. Qe6+ Kh8 62. Qe8+ Rg8 63. Bd4# 1-0

[Event "Spice Cup Open"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2012.10.19"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Robson, Ray"]
[Black "Leon Hoyos, Manuel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2602"]
[BlackElo "2603"]
[ECO "B06"]
[Opening "Robatsch defence"]
[WhiteFideId "2023970"]
[BlackFideId "5105269"]
[EventDate "2012.10.16"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 a6 4. f4 b5 5. Nf3 Bb7 6. Bd3 b4 7. Ne2 d6 8. O-O Nd7
9. a3 bxa3 10. Rxa3 e6 11. f5 exf5 12. exf5 Ngf6 13. Bg5 O-O 14. fxg6 hxg6 15.
Ng3 c5 16. Nh4 cxd4 17. Ngf5 gxf5 18. Nxf5 Re8 19. Nxg7 Kxg7 20. Bf5 d3 21. Rxd3
Qb6+ 22. Kh1 Bxg2+ 23. Kxg2 Qb7+ 24. Kg1 Qa7+ 25. Kh1 Qb7+ 26. Kg1 Qa7+ 27. Rf2
Re5 28. Rg3 Qxf2+ 29. Kxf2 Rxf5+ 30. Kg2 Ne4 31. Qd4+ Re5 32. Rg4 f5 33. Rxe4
fxe4 34. Bf4 Nf6 35. Bxe5 dxe5 36. Qxe5 Re8 37. Qg3+ Kf7 38. Kf2 Re5 39. Ke2 Ke6
40. c4 a5 41. Ke3 Rf5 42. Kd4 Rf3 43. Qe5+ Kf7 44. c5 Rb3 45. c6 Rxb2 46. c7 Rc2
47. Qc5 Rxc5 48. Kxc5 1-0

[Event "Spice Cup Open"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2012.10.19"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Diamant, Andre"]
[Black "Finegold, Benjamin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2471"]
[BlackElo "2493"]
[ECO "D13"]
[Opening "QGD Slav"]
[Variation "exchange variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2108356"]
[BlackFideId "2000261"]
[EventDate "2012.10.16"]

1. c4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. e3 e6 7. Bd3 Bd6 8. O-O 1/2-1/2

[Event "Spice Cup Open"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2012.10.19"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Charbonneau, Pascal"]
[Black "Jayakumar, Adarsh"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2517"]
[BlackElo "2290"]
[ECO "A13"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "Neo-Catalan"]
[WhiteFideId "2602504"]
[BlackFideId "5026520"]
[EventDate "2012.10.16"]

1. c4 e6 2. g3 d5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Bg2 c6 5. b3 Nbd7 6. Bb2 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. d4 b6
9. Nc3 Bb7 10. Nd2 e5 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. Nc4 dxc4 13. Bxb7 Rb8 14. Nb5 Be7 15.
Bg2 exd4 16. Bxd4 a6 17. Na7 Qc7 18. Nc6 Rbe8 19. Rc1 Bc5 20. Rxc4 Ne4 21. Nb4
Qa7 22. Qc2 Nd6 23. Bxc5 Nxc5 24. Rd4 Nb5 25. Rd5 Rc8 26. a4 a5 27. Rh5 g6 28.
Rh4 Nd6 29. Nd5 Nf5 30. Nf6+ Kg7 31. Qb2 Nxh4 32. Ne8+ Kh6 33. Qg7+ 1-0

[Event "Spice Cup Open"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2012.10.19"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ostrovskiy, Aleksandr A"]
[Black "Mogranzini, Roberto"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2377"]
[BlackElo "2492"]
[ECO "B07"]
[Opening "Pirc defence"]
[WhiteFideId "2034239"]
[BlackFideId "810894"]
[EventDate "2012.10.16"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. dxe5 dxe5 5. Qxd8+ Kxd8 6. Bc4 Bb4 7. Bd2 Ke7 8.
f3 c6 9. O-O-O Nbd7 10. Nge2 Nb6 11. Bb3 a5 12. a3 Bc5 13. a4 h6 14. Kb1 Be6 15.
Bxe6 Kxe6 16. b3 Nbd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Spice Cup Open"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2012.10.19"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kiewra, Keaton F"]
[Black "Bregadze, Levan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2442"]
[BlackElo "2366"]
[ECO "B52"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Canal-Sokolsky attack, 3...Bd7"]
[WhiteFideId "2019280"]
[BlackFideId "13603264"]
[EventDate "2012.10.16"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. O-O Nc6 6. c3 d5 7. exd5 Qxd5 8.
d4 e6 9. Be3 cxd4 10. cxd4 Qd7 11. Nc3 Bd6 12. Qb3 Nge7 13. Rad1 Na5 14. Qc2 O-O
15. Ng5 Ng6 16. h4 Rfc8 17. Nxh7 Kxh7 18. h5 f5 19. hxg6+ Kxg6 20. Qe2 Rh8 21.
f4 Rh6 22. d5 Rah8 23. Qb5 Qxb5 24. Nxb5 Nc4 25. Bxa7 Nxb2 26. Rd4 Be7 27. dxe6
b6 28. Nd6 Rd8 29. Nxf5 Kxf5 30. Bxb6 Rxd4 31. Bxd4 Nd3 32. Rf3 Ke4 33. Bxg7
Bc5+ 34. Kf1 Rh1+ 35. Ke2 Nxf4+ 36. Kd2 Nxe6 37. Bc3 Rg1 38. Rg3 Nf4 39. Rg8
Be3+ 40. Kc2 Rc1+ 41. Kb3 Nd5 42. Bb2 Rc7 43. a3 Kd3 44. Rd8 Rb7+ 45. Ka2 Kc4
46. Rc8+ Bc5 47. g4 Rf7 48. g5 Rf2 49. Kb1 Rf1+ 50. Ka2 Rf2 51. Kb1 Rg2 52. Bf6
Nxf6 53. gxf6 Rf2 54. Rc6 Kb5 55. Re6 Bxa3 56. f7 Rxf7 57. Kc2 Rf3 58. Kd2 Bc5
59. Re4 Kc6 60. Ke2 Rh3 61. Re5 Kd6 62. Rg5 Bd4 63. Ra5 Bc5 64. Ra8 Re3+ 65. Kd2
Kd5 66. Rd8+ Kc4 67. Rc8 Re6 68. Rc7 Rf6 69. Ke1 Rf5 70. Ke2 Rf2+ 71. Ke1 Rh2
72. Rc8 Kd5 73. Re8 Bd4 74. Re2 Rh1+ 75. Kd2 Kc4 76. Rg2 Rh3 77. Ke2 Re3+ 78.
Kd2 Re4 79. Rg3 Be5 80. Rg2 Bf4+ 81. Kc2 Re3 82. Rg8 Rc3+ 83. Kd1 Kd3 84. Rd8+
Ke3 85. Rd2 Ke4 86. Rc2 Rd3+ 87. Ke2 Be3 88. Ra2 Rb3 89. Kd1 Rc3 90. Ke2 Bd4 91.
Kd1 Rc6 92. Rc2 Ra6 93. Re2+ Be3 94. Rb2 Rc6 95. Ke2 Bd4 96. Ra2 Rg6 97. Ra3
Rg2+ 98. Kd1 Be3 99. Ra8 Rd2+ 100. Ke1 Rb2 101. Kd1 Bd4 102. Ra3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Spice Cup Open"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2012.10.19"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Helfst, Matt D"]
[Black "Bartholomew, John"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "1965"]
[BlackElo "2446"]
[ECO "D10"]
[Opening "QGD Slav defence"]
[Variation "exchange variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2044102"]
[BlackFideId "2019353"]
[EventDate "2012.10.16"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Bf4 Nh5 7. Bg3 Nxg3 8.
hxg3 e6 9. Qc2 g6 10. e3 Bd7 11. a3 Rc8 12. Bd3 Bg7 13. O-O-O e5 14. dxe5 Nxe5
15. Nd4 O-O 16. Kb1 Qb6 17. Be2 Rc5 18. Qb3 Qd6 19. e4 Nc6 20. Ndb5 Qe7 21. Na4
Rxb5 22. Bxb5 dxe4 23. Qe3 a6 24. Bxc6 Bxc6 25. Nc3 b5 26. g4 b4 27. axb4 Qxb4
28. Rd2 Rb8 29. Nd1 Bb5 30. Nc3 Bd3+ 31. Kc1 Bxc3 0-1

[Event "Spice Cup Open"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2012.10.19"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Aripov, Iskandar"]
[Black "Agrest, Inna"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackTitle "WIM"]
[WhiteElo "2155"]
[BlackElo "2204"]
[ECO "C49"]
[Opening "Four knights"]
[Variation "Nimzovich (Paulsen) variation"]
[WhiteFideId "14202395"]
[BlackFideId "1708830"]
[EventDate "2012.10.16"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. O-O O-O 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. d3 Re8 8.
h3 c5 9. Bd2 c6 10. Qe2 h6 11. a3 Ba5 12. Qe3 Nh5 13. g4 Nf4 14. Nxe5 Bc7 15.
Qxf4 Bxe5 16. Qf3 Qh4 17. Nd1 h5 18. Ne3 hxg4 19. Nxg4 Bxg4 20. Qxg4 Qxg4+ 21.
hxg4 c4 22. Bc3 Bf4 23. Kg2 cxd3 24. Kf3 Be5 25. cxd3 Rad8 26. Ke3 g5 27. Rh1 c5
28. Rh5 Bxc3 29. bxc3 Re5 30. Rah1 Rd7 31. Rh8+ Kg7 32. R1h7+ Kf6 33. Rc8 Kg6
34. Rhh8 Kg7 35. d4 cxd4+ 36. cxd4 Ra5 37. e5 f6 38. e6 1-0

[Event "Spice Cup Open"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2012.10.19"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Corrales Jimenez, Fidel"]
[Black "Boros, Denes"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2492"]
[ECO "C18"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "Winawer, classical variation"]
[WhiteFideId "3506690"]
[BlackFideId "722340"]
[EventDate "2012.10.16"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Qc7 7. Qg4 g6 8. Bd2
Bd7 9. Nf3 Nc6 10. Qf4 f6 11. h4 O-O-O 12. Rb1 h6 13. exf6 Qxf4 14. Bxf4 Nxf6
15. Ne5 Be8 16. Nxc6 Bxc6 17. f3 c4 18. g3 Nh5 19. Be5 Rhf8 20. Bh3 Rde8 21. O-O
Kd7 22. Kg2 Rf7 23. Rfe1 Ree7 24. Re3 Rf8 25. Rbe1 Ba4 26. R1e2 a5 27. Kh2 Bc6
28. Kg2 Ba4 29. Kf2 Bc6 30. Re1 Ba4 31. R3e2 Bc6 32. Rb1 Ref7 33. Re3 Re7 34.
Kg2 Ref7 35. Bg4 Nf6 36. Bh3 Nh5 37. Bb8 Rf6 38. Ba7 Ng7 39. Bb6 Nf5 40. Re2 Ra8
41. Bc5 Ra6 42. Re5 Rf7 43. a4 Ra8 44. Ba3 Rf6 45. Bc1 Rg8 46. Re2 Kc8 47. Ra1
Kd7 48. Bd2 Rg7 49. Be1 g5 50. h5 Rg8 51. Bd2 Kd6 52. Bg4 Kd7 53. Kh3 Rg7 54. f4
Nd6 55. fxg5 hxg5 56. Re5 Nf7 57. Rae1 Nxe5 58. Rxe5 Kd6 59. Bxg5 Rxg5 60. Rxg5
Bxa4 61. Rg7 Bc6 62. Rg8 b5 63. Kh4 a4 64. Kg5 Rf7 65. h6 a3 66. Rg7 a2 67. Rxf7
a1=Q 68. h7 Qa8 69. Rf6 Bd7 70. Bh5 Qd8 71. g4 b4 72. cxb4 c3 73. Bf7 Qh8 74.
Kg6 Ke7 75. g5 Kd8 76. Bxe6 Bxe6 77. Rxe6 Kd7 78. Rf6 Ke7 79. b5 Kd7 80. b6 Qe8+
81. Kg7 1-0

[Event "Spice Cup Open"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2012.10.19"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Perelshteyn, Eugene"]
[Black "Neimer, Vitaly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2528"]
[BlackElo "2384"]
[ECO "E20"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian"]
[Variation "Romanishin-Kasparov (Steiner) system"]
[WhiteFideId "2012529"]
[BlackFideId "2807017"]
[EventDate "2012.10.16"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. g3 d5 5. Bg2 O-O 6. Nf3 dxc4 7. O-O Nc6 8. a3
Be7 9. e4 Na5 10. Qe2 Nb3 11. e5 Nd5 12. Rb1 Nb6 13. Be3 Bd7 14. Rbd1 Bc6 15. h4
Qe8 16. Rfe1 Rd8 17. Qc2 h6 18. Qe2 f5 19. d5 Bxd5 20. Nxd5 exd5 21. e6 c5 22.
Bf4 d4 23. Ne5 d3 24. Qf3 d2 25. Re3 Nd5 26. Rxb3 cxb3 27. Nd7 Nxf4 28. Qxf4
Rxd7 29. exd7 Qxd7 30. Rxd2 Qc8 31. Qc4+ Kh8 32. Qxb3 c4 33. Qxb7 Qxb7 34. Bxb7
Bf6 35. Ba6 Rb8 36. Bxc4 Bxb2 37. a4 f4 38. h5 fxg3 39. fxg3 a5 40. Rd5 Bc3 41.
Kg2 Rf8 42. Bd3 Bb4 43. Bf5 Kg8 44. Be6+ Kh8 45. g4 Kh7 46. Rd7 Kh8 47. Bf7 Kh7
48. Kf3 Rb8 49. Ke4 Rc8 50. Kf5 Kh8 51. g5 hxg5 52. Kxg5 Bc5 53. Rd5 Be7+ 54.
Kg4 Rc4+ 55. Kf5 Rc5 56. Rxc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Spice Cup Open"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2012.10.19"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ramirez, Alejandro"]
[Black "Troff, Kayden W"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2551"]
[BlackElo "2312"]
[ECO "A28"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "four knights, Marini variation"]
[WhiteFideId "6500617"]
[BlackFideId "2047896"]
[EventDate "2012.10.16"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. a3 g6 5. g3 Bg7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O d6 8. d3 h6
9. Bd2 Be6 10. b4 Qd7 11. Rc1 Bh3 12. Nd5 Bxg2 13. Kxg2 Nxd5 14. cxd5 Ne7 15.
Qb3 Rfc8 16. b5 a6 17. bxa6 Rxa6 18. Qxb7 Rxa3 19. Rc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Spice Cup Open"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2012.10.19"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Mikhalevski, Victor"]
[Black "Yang, Darwin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2538"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[ECO "A14"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "Neo-Catalan declined"]
[WhiteFideId "2801914"]
[BlackFideId "2029111"]
[EventDate "2012.10.16"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 e6 3. Bg2 d5 4. Nf3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. b3 b6 7. Bb2 Bb7 8. e3 c5
9. Qe2 dxc4 10. bxc4 Nc6 11. Nc3 a6 12. d4 Na5 13. d5 exd5 14. cxd5 Nxd5 15.
Rfd1 Nxc3 16. Bxc3 Qc7 17. Bxa5 bxa5 18. Nd2 Bxg2 19. Kxg2 Rfd8 20. Nc4 Bf6 21.
Rab1 Rxd1 22. Qxd1 Rd8 23. Qf3 Qd7 24. Qe2 h6 25. Nxa5 Qd2 26. Qxd2 Rxd2 27. Rc1
Rxa2 28. Rxc5 Bc3 29. Rc8+ Kh7 30. Rxc3 Rxa5 31. Rc7 Kg6 32. g4 f6 33. Ra7 h5
34. gxh5+ Kh6 35. f4 Ra2+ 36. Kg3 Re2 37. Re7 Kxh5 38. Kf3 Rxh2 39. Rxg7 Kh6 40.
Rg1 Rh5 41. Ke4 Rb5 42. f5 Kh7 43. Rc1 a5 44. Rc6 Kg7 45. Ra6 Kf7 46. Ra7+ Kf8
47. Kf4 Re5 48. e4 Ke8 49. Kg4 Rxe4+ 50. Kh5 Re7 51. Ra8+ Kf7 52. Kh6 Re4 53.
Ra7+ Kf8 54. Kg6 a4 55. Kxf6 Kg8 56. Ra8+ Kh7 57. Kf7 Rb4 58. Ra7 a3 59. f6 a2
60. Rxa2 Rb7+ 61. Ke6 Rb6+ 62. Ke7 Rb7+ 63. Ke8 Rb8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Spice Cup Open"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2012.10.19"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Sarkar, Justin"]
[Black "Gerzhoy, Leonid"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2408"]
[BlackElo "2469"]
[ECO "D31"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "semi-Slav, Abrahams variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2010011"]
[BlackFideId "2806126"]
[EventDate "2012.10.16"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 e6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bb4 6. e3 b5 7. Bd2 a5 8. axb5
Bxc3 9. Bxc3 cxb5 10. b3 Bb7 11. bxc4 b4 12. Bb2 Nf6 13. c5 O-O 14. Bb5 Qc7 15.
O-O Ng4 16. g3 f5 17. Nd2 Rf6 18. Re1 Rh6 19. Nf1 Nf6 20. f3 Nc6 21. Nd2 Ne7 22.
Nc4 Ng4 23. Nd6 Rxh2 24. Bc1 Rf8 25. Rf1 Nc8 26. e4 Nxd6 27. cxd6 Qc3 28. Bf4
Qb2 0-1

[Event "Spice Cup Open"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2012.10.19"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Amanov, Mesgen"]
[Black "Kavutskiy, Konstantin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2507"]
[BlackElo "2287"]
[ECO "E62"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "fianchetto with ...Nc6"]
[WhiteFideId "14000652"]
[BlackFideId "2026384"]
[EventDate "2012.10.16"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. Nc3 Nc6 7. O-O Bd7 8. d5
Na5 9. Nd2 c5 10. Qc2 a6 11. b3 b5 12. Bb2 Rb8 13. Rab1 e5 14. dxe6 Bxe6 15.
cxb5 axb5 16. Nce4 Bf5 17. Nxf6+ Bxf6 18. e4 Be6 19. f4 Bxb2 20. Qxb2 Nc6 21. f5
Bd7 22. Nf3 Re8 23. Rbd1 Rxe4 24. fxg6 hxg6 25. Rxd6 Qe7 26. Ng5 Qxd6 27. Nxe4
Qc7 28. Qf2 Bf5 29. Nxc5 Rc8 30. g4 Be6 31. Re1 Qd6 32. Nxe6 fxe6 33. Kh1 Rf8
34. Qc2 Ne7 35. Qe2 Nd5 36. Qxe6+ Qxe6 37. Rxe6 Nf4 38. Re4 g5 39. Bf1 Rc8 40.
Kg1 Rc1 41. h4 Nh3+ 42. Kg2 gxh4 43. Kxh3 Rxf1 44. Kxh4 Rf2 45. a4 bxa4 46. Rxa4
Rf6 47. Rb4 Ra6 48. Rb7 Rd6 49. b4 Re6 50. Kg5 Ra6 51. Kf5 Rc6 52. b5 Rh6 53. g5
Rd6 54. Re7 Rb6 55. Re5 Kg7 56. Ke4 Rd6 57. Rd5 1-0

[Event "Spice Cup Open"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2012.10.19"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Hendrickson, Nolan R"]
[Black "Bykhovsky, Anatoly"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2146"]
[BlackElo "2522"]
[ECO "B23"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "closed, 2...Nc6"]
[WhiteFideId "2038188"]
[BlackFideId "2806991"]
[EventDate "2012.10.16"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nd4 4. Nf3 Nxb5 5. Nxb5 d6 6. d4 a6 7. Nc3 cxd4 8.
Qxd4 e5 9. Qd3 h6 10. Nd5 Nf6 11. c4 Nxd5 12. cxd5 Be7 13. Be3 O-O 14. Nd2 f5
15. f3 Bh4+ 16. g3 fxe4 17. Nxe4 Rxf3 18. Nd2 Rf7 19. Nc4 Bf5 20. Qd2 Be4 21.
Rg1 Rc8 22. Nb6 Rc2 23. Qb4 Bf3 24. Qxh4 Re2+ 25. Kf1 Bg4+ 0-1

[Event "Spice Cup Open"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2012.10.19"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Shulman, Yury"]
[Black "Amanov, Zhanibek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2374"]
[ECO "E47"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian"]
[Variation "4.e3 O-O, 5.Bd3"]
[WhiteFideId "13500520"]
[BlackFideId "13700189"]
[EventDate "2012.10.16"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 c5 6. Nf3 b6 7. O-O Bb7 8. Na4
cxd4 9. exd4 Re8 10. a3 Bf8 11. Re1 d6 12. Nc3 Nbd7 13. b4 a6 14. Bb2 g6 15. Nd2
Rc8 16. Nb3 e5 17. d5 Nh5 18. Bf1 f5 19. a4 a5 20. bxa5 bxa5 21. Nb5 Nc5 22.
Nxc5 Rxc5 23. Rb1 Qd7 24. Qd2 f4 25. Ba3 f3 26. g3 Nf4 27. Bxc5 dxc5 28. gxf4
Qg4+ 29. Kh1 Bh6 30. Nd6 Rf8 31. h3 Qh4 32. Rxb7 1-0

[Event "Spice Cup Open"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2012.10.19"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Polgar-Shutzman, Tom"]
[Black "Schneider, Veronika"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackTitle "WGM"]
[BlackElo "2313"]
[ECO "A49"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "fianchetto without c4"]
[WhiteFideId "2064880"]
[BlackFideId "721530"]
[EventDate "2012.10.16"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 d5 5. O-O O-O 6. b3 c6 7. Bb2 a5 8. a3 Nbd7
9. Nbd2 Qb6 10. c4 dxc4 11. Nxc4 Qb5 12. Qc2 Rd8 13. Rfd1 Nb6 14. Nxb6 Qxb6 15.
Ne5 Be6 16. Nc4 Qb5 17. Rac1 Bh6 18. f4 Qh5 19. e4 a4 20. Qd2 Bg4 21. Rf1 axb3
22. Qb4 Be2 23. Rfe1 Bxc4 24. Rxc4 Qa5 25. Qxa5 Rxa5 26. Rb4 Rd7 27. Rxb3 Ne8
28. Bc3 Ra4 29. d5 cxd5 30. exd5 Nd6 31. Bb4 Rc7 32. Bxd6 exd6 33. Reb1 Bg7 34.
Bf3 Bd4+ 35. Kh1 b6 36. Rb4 Rxa3 37. Rxd4 Rxf3 38. Rd2 Rb7 39. Rc2 Rd3 40. Rb5
Kf8 41. Rc6 Ke7 42. Rcxb6 Rxb6 43. Rxb6 Rxd5 44. Rb2 h5 45. Kg2 Rd3 46. Kf2 Ke6
47. Ke2 Ra3 48. Kf2 d5 49. Re2+ Kd6 50. Rd2 Rc3 51. Ra2 d4 52. Ra7 Rc7 53. Ra5
Rc2+ 54. Kf3 Rxh2 55. Ke4 Rd2 56. f5 Ke7 57. fxg6 fxg6 58. Ra6 Kf7 0-1

[Event "Spice Cup Open"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2012.10.19"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Finegold, Spencer"]
[Black "Fierro Baquero, Martha L."]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2081"]
[BlackElo "2387"]
[ECO "A42"]
[Opening "Modern defence"]
[Variation "Averbakh system, Kotov variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2047527"]
[BlackFideId "3600270"]
[EventDate "2012.10.16"]

1. d4 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. e4 d6 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. Be3 e5 6. Nge2 Nf6 7. d5 Ne7 8. f3 O-O
9. Qd2 Ne8 10. O-O-O f5 11. Kb1 a6 12. Nc1 Bd7 13. c5 Nf6 14. Be2 Kh8 15. Nb3
Rf7 16. Qc2 Nh5 17. Rhe1 Qf8 18. Na5 Rb8 19. Nc4 Nc8 20. cxd6 cxd6 21. Nb6 Nxb6
22. Bxb6 Bf6 23. Qb3 Rc8 24. g3 Kg8 25. a4 Bd8 26. a5 Nf6 27. Rc1 fxe4 28. Nxe4
Nxe4 29. fxe4 Bg5 30. Rc2 Bh3 31. Rd1 h5 32. Ka2 Kg7 33. Rd3 Bg2 34. Rc4 Rxc4
35. Qxc4 Qe8 36. Ra3 Qd7 37. Qc2 Qe7 38. Rc3 Qf6 39. Rc8 Bh3 40. Rb8 Bh6 41. Bc7
Qf2 42. Bxd6 Qd4 43. Re8 1-0

[Event "Spice Cup Open"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2012.10.19"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Banawa, Jouaquin"]
[Black "Hambleton, Aman"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2300"]
[BlackElo "2348"]
[ECO "E21"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian"]
[Variation "three knights variation"]
[WhiteFideId "5201632"]
[BlackFideId "2606577"]
[EventDate "2012.10.16"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 b6 5. Bg5 Bb7 6. Nd2 h6 7. Bh4 Be7 8. e4
Nxe4 9. Bxe7 Nxc3 10. Bxd8 Nxd1 11. Bxc7 Nxb2 12. c5 Na4 13. Bd6 Nc6 14. Nb3 Nc3
15. f3 Nd5 16. Kd2 f6 17. a4 Kf7 18. a5 bxa5 19. Nxa5 Nxa5 20. Rxa5 Ne7 21. Bd3
Bd5 22. Rha1 Nc6 23. R5a4 a5 24. Bb5 g5 25. Bxc6 Bxc6 26. Rxa5 Rxa5 27. Rxa5 g4
28. fxg4 Bxg2 29. Ra3 Bd5 30. Rh3 Rg8 31. Rxh6 Rxg4 32. Rh7+ Kg6 33. Rxd7 Rxd4+
34. Kc3 e5 35. Bf8 Rc4+ 36. Kd2 Be4 37. Rd6 Kf7 38. Rd8 Bg6 39. Bd6 Ke6 40. Rg8
Bh7 41. Re8+ Kd5 42. Rf8 Rd4+ 43. Ke3 f5 44. Re8 f4+ 45. Kf2 Re4 46. Bb8 Bg6 47.
Re7 Bh5 48. c6 Re2+ 49. Kf1 Bg4 50. h3 Rb2 51. Rxe5+ Kxc6 52. hxg4 Rxb8 53. Kf2
Kd6 54. Re4 Rb3 55. Rxf4 Ke5 56. Rf8 Ke6 57. g5 Rb5 58. Rf6+ Ke7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Spice Cup Open"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2012.10.19"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Cassidy, Brian H"]
[Black "Jung, Hans Rudolf"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2098"]
[BlackElo "2150"]
[ECO "C06"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "Tarrasch, closed variation, main line"]
[WhiteFideId "2064910"]
[BlackFideId "2600609"]
[EventDate "2012.10.16"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ne2 cxd4 8. cxd4
Qb6 9. Nf3 Qb4+ 10. Qd2 Qxd2+ 11. Bxd2 b6 12. a3 f6 13. exf6 gxf6 14. Nf4 Kf7
15. O-O Bd6 16. Rfe1 Nf8 17. Bb5 Bb7 18. Rac1 Rc8 19. b4 Rg8 20. h3 a6 21. Ba4
b5 22. Bb3 Ne7 23. Rxc8 Nxc8 24. Nd3 Nb6 25. Nc5 Bxc5 26. bxc5 Nc4 27. Bc1 Nd7
28. a4 e5 29. axb5 axb5 30. Bc2 e4 31. Nh4 Ke6 32. f3 Nb8 33. Kf2 Nc6 34. fxe4
Ra8 35. Kg3 Ra2 36. Bb1 Ra1 37. exd5+ Kxd5 38. Be4+ Kxd4 39. Nf5+ Kc3 40. Bxc6
Bxc6 41. Bd2+ Nxd2 42. Rxa1 b4 43. Ra6 Bd7 44. Ne3 Ne4+ 45. Kf4 Nxc5 46. Rxf6 b3
47. Kg5 Ne4+ 48. Kh6 0-1

[Event "Spice Cup Open"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2012.10.19"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Heredia Serrano, Carla"]
[Black "Kleiman, Jake"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "WIM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2188"]
[BlackElo "2377"]
[ECO "B53"]
[Opening "Sicilian, Chekhover variation"]
[WhiteFideId "3603687"]
[BlackFideId "2020041"]
[EventDate "2012.10.16"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nc6 5. Bb5 Bd7 6. Bxc6 Bxc6 7. Nc3 e5 8.
Qd3 h6 9. Be3 Nf6 10. O-O-O a6 11. Nh4 g6 12. f4 Qa5 13. fxe5 dxe5 14. Rhf1 Bg7
15. Qc4 Rc8 16. Qb3 Bb5 17. Nxg6 Bxf1 18. Bb6 Bc4 19. Qxc4 1-0

[Event "Spice Cup Open"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2012.10.19"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Priyadharshan, K."]
[Black "Sharevich, Anna"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "WGM"]
[WhiteElo "2407"]
[BlackElo "2294"]
[ECO "A07"]
[Opening "Reti"]
[Variation "King's Indian attack, Yugoslav variation"]
[WhiteFideId "5018293"]
[BlackFideId "13503189"]
[EventDate "2012.10.16"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c6 4. O-O Bg4 5. b3 Nbd7 6. Bb2 Bxf3 7. exf3 e6 8. d4
Bd6 9. c4 O-O 10. f4 b5 11. cxb5 cxb5 12. Qd3 Qb6 13. f5 b4 14. fxe6 fxe6 15.
Nd2 a5 16. Bh3 Rae8 17. Rae1 Bb8 18. Re2 Re7 19. Rfe1 Rfe8 20. Kg2 Qc6 21. f4 g6
22. Rc1 Qb6 23. Qc2 Nh5 24. Rf2 Bd6 25. Kh1 Qb8 26. Nf3 Nhf6 27. Ng5 Nf8 28. Re2
h6 29. Nxe6 Nxe6 30. Qxg6+ Rg7 31. Qxf6 1-0

[Event "Spice Cup Open"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2012.10.19"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Leon Hoyos, Manuel"]
[Black "Corrales Jimenez, Fidel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2603"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[ECO "C42"]
[Opening "Petrov"]
[Variation "Cozio (Lasker) attack"]
[WhiteFideId "5105269"]
[BlackFideId "3506690"]
[EventDate "2012.10.16"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Qe2 Qe7 6. d3 Nf6 7. Qxe7+ Bxe7 8.
Nc3 c6 9. Be2 O-O 10. Bg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Spice Cup Open"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2012.10.19"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Gerzhoy, Leonid"]
[Black "Amanov, Mesgen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2469"]
[BlackElo "2507"]
[ECO "D04"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[WhiteFideId "2806126"]
[BlackFideId "14000652"]
[EventDate "2012.10.16"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e3 c5 4. c4 cxd4 5. exd4 g6 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Qb3 Nc6 8.
Nc3 e6 9. Bb5 Bg7 10. Bg5 Qb6 11. Qa3 f6 12. Nxd5 exd5 13. Bxc6+ bxc6 14. O-O
Kf7 15. Rfe1 Bf8 16. Qe3 fxg5 17. Qe8+ Kg7 18. Re7+ Bxe7 19. Qxe7+ Kg8 20. Qe8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Spice Cup Open"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2012.10.19"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Yang, Darwin"]
[Black "Finegold, Benjamin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2493"]
[ECO "D16"]
[Opening "QGD Slav"]
[Variation "Smyslov variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2029111"]
[BlackFideId "2000261"]
[EventDate "2012.10.16"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Na6 6. e4 Bg4 7. Bxc4 Bxf3 8.
gxf3 e6 9. Be3 Nb4 10. Qd2 a5 11. Rg1 g6 12. O-O-O Be7 13. Bh6 Qd7 14. Kb1 O-O-O
15. Qe3 Nh5 16. Rd2 Qc7 17. f4 Bd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Spice Cup Open"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2012.10.19"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Boros, Denes"]
[Black "Diamant, Andre"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2492"]
[BlackElo "2471"]
[ECO "C92"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "closed, Flohr-Zaitsev system (Lenzerheide variation)"]
[WhiteFideId "722340"]
[BlackFideId "2108356"]
[EventDate "2012.10.16"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Bb7 10. d4 Re8 11. Ng5 Rf8 12. Nf3 Re8 13. Ng5 Rf8 14. Nf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Spice Cup Open"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2012.10.19"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Bykhovsky, Anatoly"]
[Black "Charbonneau, Pascal"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2522"]
[BlackElo "2517"]
[ECO "B40"]
[Opening "Sicilian defence"]
[WhiteFideId "2806991"]
[BlackFideId "2602504"]
[EventDate "2012.10.16"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 d5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Bg2 Nf6 6. O-O Be7 7. d4 O-O 8. dxc5
Bxc5 9. Bg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Spice Cup Open"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2012.10.19"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Hambleton, Aman"]
[Black "Sarkar, Justin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2348"]
[BlackElo "2408"]
[ECO "E32"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian"]
[Variation "classical variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2606577"]
[BlackFideId "2010011"]
[EventDate "2012.10.16"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 Bb7 8. f3
h6 9. Bh4 d5 10. e3 Nbd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Spice Cup Open"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2012.10.19"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Agrest, Inna"]
[Black "Polgar-Shutzman, Tom"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "WIM"]
[WhiteElo "2204"]
[ECO "B35"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "accelerated fianchetto, modern variation with Bc4"]
[WhiteFideId "1708830"]
[BlackFideId "2064880"]
[EventDate "2012.10.16"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 O-O 8.
Bb3 a5 9. a4 Ng4 10. Qxg4 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Bxd4 12. Qg3 Qb6 13. h4 Qb4 14. O-O-O
Bxc3 15. bxc3 Qa3+ 16. Kb1 Ra6 17. h5 b5 18. Qh4 h6 19. hxg6 Rxg6 20. Qh5 Rb6
21. Rd3 Kh7 22. Qf5+ Kg7 23. Rg3+ Rg6 24. Qe5+ Kh7 25. Rxh6+ 1-0

[Event "Spice Cup Open"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2012.10.19"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ramirez, Alejandro"]
[Black "Perelshteyn, Eugene"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2551"]
[BlackElo "2528"]
[ECO "A30"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "symmetrical variation"]
[WhiteFideId "6500617"]
[BlackFideId "2012529"]
[EventDate "2012.10.16"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. O-O e6 6. Nc3 Nge7 7. d3 O-O 8. Bg5
h6 9. Bd2 d5 10. cxd5 exd5 11. a3 Be6 12. Rb1 Rc8 13. b4 c4 14. dxc4 dxc4 15.
Qc1 Nf5 16. Rd1 Qe7 17. e4 Nfd4 18. Nxd4 Nxd4 19. Bxh6 Nb3 20. Qe3 Bxh6 21. Qxh6
Rfd8 22. e5 Bf5 23. Rxd8+ Rxd8 24. Re1 Nd4 25. Nd5 Rxd5 26. Bxd5 Qd7 27. Bg2 c3
28. Qe3 c2 29. h3 Be6 30. Qc3 Bb3 31. Kh2 b5 32. Be4 Ba4 33. Qb2 Qd8 34. h4 Qd7
35. Rc1 Bb3 36. Qc3 Ba4 37. Bxc2 Bxc2 38. Rxc2 Qd5 39. Rc1 Nf3+ 40. Kh3 Nxe5 41.
Re1 f6 42. Qe3 a6 43. Qe4 Qd7+ 44. Kg2 Qd2 45. Re2 1-0

[Event "Spice Cup Open"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2012.10.19"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Troff, Kayden W"]
[Black "Mikhalevski, Victor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2312"]
[BlackElo "2538"]
[ECO "D90"]
[Opening "Gruenfeld"]
[Variation "Flohr variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2047896"]
[BlackFideId "2801914"]
[EventDate "2012.10.16"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qa4+ Bd7 6. Qb3 dxc4 7. Qxc4 O-O 8.
Bf4 Ne8 9. Be5 Nd6 10. Qb3 Bh6 11. e4 Nc6 12. Bg3 Bg4 13. Ne5 Nxe5 14. Bxe5 c5
15. d5 e6 16. Be2 Bxe2 17. Kxe2 Re8 18. Rad1 c4 19. Qb4 Bf8 20. Bxd6 Bxd6 21.
Qxc4 Qg5 22. h4 Qg4+ 23. Kf1 exd5 24. Qe2 Qe6 25. Nxd5 h5 26. Rh3 Kg7 27. Re3
Rac8 28. Qd3 Be5 29. Re2 Qg4 30. g3 Qh3+ 31. Kg1 Rc6 32. Qf3 Kg8 33. Red2 Kg7
34. b4 Rc4 35. a3 Qg4 36. Qxg4 hxg4 37. Ne3 Rxe4 38. Kg2 Re7 39. Rd7 Bb2 40.
Rxe7 Rxe7 41. Nc4 Bf6 42. Rd3 b5 43. Ne3 Re4 44. Nd5 Bb2 45. Rb3 Bd4 46. Rd3 Bb2
47. Nc3 Re5 48. Nd1 Bc1 49. Rc3 Bd2 50. Rc2 Rd5 51. Kf1 Bh6 52. Nc3 Re5 53. Re2
Rf5 54. Re7 a6 55. Ra7 Be3 56. Rxa6 Rxf2+ 57. Ke1 Rf3 58. Ne2 Bf2+ 59. Kd2 Bxg3
60. Nxg3 Rxg3 61. Ra5 f5 62. Rxb5 Rxa3 63. Ke2 f4 64. Rg5 g3 65. Kf1 Kf6 66. Kg2
Ra2+ 67. Kh3 Rh2+ 68. Kg4 Rf2 69. Kh3 Rh2+ 70. Kg4 g2 71. Kf3 Rh3+ 72. Kxg2 Rxh4
73. Rc5 g5 74. b5 Rg4+ 75. Kf2 Rg3 76. Rc8 Rb3 77. Rb8 Kf5 78. b6 Rb2+ 79. Ke1
Kg4 80. b7 f3 81. Kd1 Rb1+ 82. Kc2 f2 83. Rf8 Rxb7 84. Rxf2 Rd7 85. Rg2+ Kf4 86.
Rd2 Rxd2+ 87. Kxd2 Kf3 0-1

[Event "Spice Cup Open"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2012.10.19"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Banawa, Jouaquin"]
[Black "Shulman, Yury"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2300"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[ECO "E98"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "orthodox, Aronin-Taimanov, 9.Ne1"]
[WhiteFideId "5201632"]
[BlackFideId "13500520"]
[EventDate "2012.10.16"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5 Ne7
9. Ne1 Nd7 10. Nd3 f5 11. Bd2 Kh8 12. Rc1 Nf6 13. f3 c5 14. dxc6 Nxc6 15. Be3
Be6 16. b3 Rc8 17. Qd2 a6 18. Rfd1 Nd4 19. Bf1 b5 20. cxb5 axb5 21. Kh1 Rxc3 22.
Qxc3 fxe4 23. fxe4 Nxe4 24. Qe1 Nf5 25. Bf2 Qa8 26. Nb4 Nxf2+ 27. Qxf2 Bh6 28.
Rb1 Ne3 29. Qb2 Nxd1 30. Rxd1 Qe4 31. a3 Bg4 32. Ra1 Be3 33. Bd3 Bd4 34. Qc1 Qb7
35. Qh6 Qg7 36. Qxg7+ Kxg7 37. Rb1 Bf5 38. Bxf5 gxf5 39. Nc2 Bb6 40. g3 Rc8 41.
Nb4 Bc5 42. Nc2 Kf6 43. Kg2 Ra8 44. Rd1 Ke6 45. b4 Bb6 46. Kf3 Rc8 47. Rd2 Rc3+
48. Ke2 d5 0-1

[Event "Spice Cup Open"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2012.10.19"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Mogranzini, Roberto"]
[Black "Heredia Serrano, Carla"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "WIM"]
[WhiteElo "2492"]
[BlackElo "2188"]
[ECO "A09"]
[Opening "Reti"]
[Variation "advance variation"]
[WhiteFideId "810894"]
[BlackFideId "3603687"]
[EventDate "2012.10.16"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 d4 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 e5 5. d3 Bb4+ 6. Nfd2 a5 7. Na3 Nf6 8. O-O
O-O 9. Nc2 Bd6 10. b3 Qe7 11. a3 Bf5 12. Nf3 h6 13. Bb2 Nd7 14. e3 Nc5 15. exd4
Nxd3 16. Bc3 exd4 17. Nfxd4 Nxd4 18. Nxd4 Be4 19. Ra2 Bxg2 20. Kxg2 Qe4+ 21. Qf3
Nc5 22. Nf5 Qxf3+ 23. Kxf3 Nxb3 24. Bxg7 Rfd8 25. Bxh6 Bc5 26. a4 Nd4+ 27. Nxd4
Rxd4 28. Rc1 Rd3+ 29. Kg4 Re8 30. Bf4 Re4 31. Kf5 Re7 32. Rcc2 Bb4 33. h4 b6 34.
Re2 Rxe2 35. Rxe2 Bd6 36. Re8+ Kg7 37. Be3 Bc5 38. Bxc5 bxc5 39. Re5 Rf3+ 40.
Ke4 Rxf2 41. Rxc5 Rg2 42. Kf3 Rc2 43. g4 Rc3+ 44. Kf4 Rc1 45. Kg5 Rc2 46. Rxc7
Ra2 47. h5 Rxa4 48. h6+ Kg8 49. Rc8+ Kh7 50. Rf8 Rxc4 51. Rxf7+ Kg8 52. Rf5 a4
53. Ra5 Kh7 54. Kh5 Rb4 55. g5 Rc4 56. g6+ 1-0

[Event "Spice Cup Open"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2012.10.19"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Jayakumar, Adarsh"]
[Black "Kiewra, Keaton F"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2290"]
[BlackElo "2442"]
[ECO "D71"]
[Opening "Neo-Gruenfeld, 5.cd"]
[WhiteFideId "5026520"]
[BlackFideId "2019280"]
[EventDate "2012.10.16"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Nf3 Nb6 7. Nc3 O-O 8. O-O
Nc6 9. e3 Re8 10. Re1 e5 11. d5 Ne7 12. e4 Bg4 13. h3 Bxf3 14. Qxf3 c6 15. Rd1
cxd5 16. exd5 Nf5 17. d6 Rb8 18. Qd3 Re6 19. Ne4 Nd4 20. Bg5 f6 21. Be3 Kh8 22.
Bxd4 exd4 23. Nc5 Rxd6 24. Nxb7 Rxb7 25. Bxb7 f5 26. Rac1 h5 27. h4 Kh7 28. b3
Nd7 29. f4 Qb6 30. Bf3 Nc5 31. Qc4 d3 32. Kg2 d2 33. Rc2 Nd3 34. Rcxd2 Ne1+ 35.
Rxe1 Rxd2+ 36. Re2 Qe3 37. Rxd2 Qxd2+ 38. Qe2 Qxe2+ 39. Bxe2 Bc3 40. Kf3 Kg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Spice Cup Open"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2012.10.19"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Neimer, Vitaly"]
[Black "Robson, Ray"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2384"]
[BlackElo "2602"]
[ECO "B23"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "closed"]
[WhiteFideId "2807017"]
[BlackFideId "2023970"]
[EventDate "2012.10.16"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. d3 Rb8 6. f4 b5 7. Nf3 b4 8. Nd5 d6
9. O-O e6 10. Ne3 Nge7 11. a3 a5 12. axb4 axb4 13. f5 exf5 14. exf5 Nxf5 15.
Nxf5 Bxf5 16. Qe1+ Ne5 17. d4 cxd4 18. Nxd4 O-O 1/2-1/2

[Event "Spice Cup Open"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2012.10.19"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Bartholomew, John"]
[Black "Finegold, Spencer"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2446"]
[BlackElo "2081"]
[ECO "E81"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "Saemisch, 5...O-O"]
[WhiteFideId "2019353"]
[BlackFideId "2047527"]
[EventDate "2012.10.16"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Nge2 Nbd7 7. Be3 c5 8. Qd2
a6 9. dxc5 Nxc5 10. Nd4 Bd7 11. Be2 Rb8 12. O-O Ne6 13. Rfd1 Nxd4 14. Bxd4 Bc6
15. b4 b5 16. cxb5 Bxb5 17. Bxb5 axb5 18. Rac1 Qd7 19. Bxf6 Bxf6 20. Nd5 Rfc8
21. Nxf6+ exf6 22. Rxc8+ Rxc8 23. Qxd6 Qa7+ 24. Kh1 Qxa2 25. h3 Qb2 26. Rd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Spice Cup Open"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2012.10.19"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Jung, Hans Rudolf"]
[Black "Helfst, Matt D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2150"]
[BlackElo "1965"]
[ECO "A00"]
[Opening "Dunst (Sleipner, Heinrichsen) opening"]
[WhiteFideId "2600609"]
[BlackFideId "2044102"]
[EventDate "2012.10.16"]

1. Nc3 d5 2. e4 dxe4 3. Nxe4 Qd5 4. Nc3 Qa5 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. d4 c6 7. Bd3 Bg4 8. h3
Bh5 9. O-O e6 10. Qe2 Bb4 11. Bd2 O-O 12. a3 Bxc3 13. Bxc3 Qc7 14. Qe5 Qxe5 15.
Nxe5 Nd5 16. Bd2 f6 17. Nc4 Rd8 18. f4 Nb6 19. Na5 Rxd4 20. Nxb7 Be2 21. Bxe2
Rxd2 22. Bd3 N8d7 23. Nd6 f5 24. Rae1 Nf8 25. b4 a5 26. Nb7 axb4 27. axb4 Ra4
28. Rb1 Nd5 29. Nc5 Rxb4 30. Nb3 Rxd3 31. cxd3 Nc3 32. Rb2 Na4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Spice Cup Open"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2012.10.19"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Fierro Baquero, Martha L."]
[Black "Cassidy, Brian H"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2387"]
[BlackElo "2098"]
[ECO "A13"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "Neo-Catalan"]
[WhiteFideId "3600270"]
[BlackFideId "2064910"]
[EventDate "2012.10.16"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. b3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O c6 7. d3 Nbd7 8. Bb2 b6
9. Qc2 Bb7 10. e4 c5 11. e5 Ne8 12. Re1 Nc7 13. Nc3 Re8 14. h4 Nf8 15. Bc1 h6
16. Qe2 Qd7 17. Nh2 f5 18. exf6 Bxf6 19. Bd2 Qf7 20. Rac1 Kh7 21. Bf4 Rad8 22.
Ng4 Bd4 23. Bxc7 Qxc7 24. Nb5 Qb8 25. Nxd4 cxd4 26. cxd5 Bxd5 27. Bxd5 Rxd5 28.
Qe4+ Kg8 29. Rc4 Nd7 30. Qg6 Nf8 31. Nf6+ 1-0

[Event "Spice Cup Open"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2012.10.19"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Bregadze, Levan"]
[Black "Hendrickson, Nolan R"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2366"]
[BlackElo "2146"]
[ECO "B70"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "dragon variation"]
[WhiteFideId "13603264"]
[BlackFideId "2038188"]
[EventDate "2012.10.16"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. h3 Bg7 7. Be3 Nc6 8. g4
O-O 9. Bg2 Nxd4 10. Bxd4 Be6 11. Nd5 Bxd5 12. exd5 Qa5+ 13. c3 Qa6 14. Qe2 Qa5
15. b4 Qa4 16. O-O Rfe8 17. Rab1 b5 18. c4 bxc4 19. Rfc1 Nd7 20. Bxg7 Kxg7 21.
Rxc4 Ne5 22. Rcc1 Rac8 23. f4 Nd7 24. Rc6 a5 25. b5 Qxf4 26. b6 Ne5 27. b7 Rb8
28. Rc7 Qd4+ 29. Qf2 Qxf2+ 30. Kxf2 Red8 31. Rxe7 Kf6 32. Rc7 Rd7 33. Rxd7 Nxd7
34. Rb5 a4 35. Bf3 Ke5 36. a3 Nc5 37. Bd1 f5 38. gxf5 gxf5 39. Ke3 Rxb7 40. Rxb7
Nxb7 41. Bxa4 Na5 42. Bd7 Nc4+ 43. Kd3 Nxa3 44. Bc6 f4 45. h4 h6 46. h5 f3 47.
Ke3 f2 48. Kxf2 Nc4 49. Kf3 Nd2+ 50. Ke3 Ne4 51. Bb5 Nc3 52. Bc4 Ne4 53. Be2 Ng3
54. Bf3 Nf5+ 55. Kd3 Ng7 56. Ke3 Kf5 57. Kd4 Kf4 58. Be2 Nf5+ 59. Kd3 Ke5 60.
Bf3 Ne7 61. Kc4 Nf5 62. Kd3 Nh4 63. Be4 Kf4 64. Kd4 Kg5 65. Kc4 Kxh5 66. Kb5 Kg5
67. Kc6 Kf4 68. Bc2 Ke5 69. Bd1 Nf5 70. Bg4 Ne7+ 71. Kb5 Nxd5 72. Bc8 Nf4 73.
Kc4 h5 74. Kc3 h4 75. Kd2 h3 76. Bg4 Ke4 0-1

[Event "Spice Cup Open"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2012.10.19"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Schneider, Veronika"]
[Black "Priyadharshan, K."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "WGM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2313"]
[BlackElo "2407"]
[ECO "B06"]
[Opening "Robatsch defence"]
[WhiteFideId "721530"]
[BlackFideId "5018293"]
[EventDate "2012.10.16"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d5 4. exd5 Nf6 5. Bb5+ Nbd7 6. Nge2 O-O 7. Bxd7 Qxd7
8. Nf4 b5 9. a3 Bb7 10. O-O Nxd5 11. Ncxd5 Bxd5 12. Nxd5 Qxd5 13. c3 c5 14. dxc5
Qxc5 15. Qf3 a5 16. Be3 Qc4 17. Rad1 b4 18. axb4 axb4 19. cxb4 Qxb4 20. Rd7 Rab8
21. b3 Rfd8 22. Qd5 Rxd7 23. Qxd7 e6 24. Rc1 Bb2 25. Rd1 Qxb3 26. g3 Bf6 27. Bh6
Qb6 28. Be3 Qb5 29. Qc7 Qb7 30. Qf4 Bc3 31. Rc1 Rc8 32. Bd4 Bxd4 33. Rxc8+ Qxc8
34. Qxd4 Qc1+ 35. Kg2 Qc6+ 36. Kg1 Qd5 37. Qc3 h5 38. h4 e5 39. Qe3 Kg7 40. Qg5
Qd1+ 41. Kg2 Qe2 42. Qe7 Qe4+ 43. Kg1 Qf5 44. Qc5 Qb1+ 45. Kg2 Qe4+ 46. Kg1 Qd4
47. Qe7 Qd5 48. Qg5 Qe6 49. Qe3 Qd6 50. Qg5 Qd1+ 51. Kg2 Qd5+ 52. Kg1 Qd6 53.
Qe3 Kf6 54. Qh6 Qd1+ 55. Kg2 Qd5+ 56. Kg1 Ke6 57. Qg5 Qe4 58. Qc1 Qd5 59. Qc8+
Kf6 60. Qc1 Ke7 61. Qc7+ Kf8 62. Qc8+ Kg7 63. Qc1 Qf3 64. Qd2 Qf6 65. Qe3 Qf5
66. Qc1 Qe4 67. Qd2 Qc6 68. Qe3 Kf6 69. Qg5+ Ke6 70. Qd2 f6 71. Qe3 Qb5 72. Qc1
Kd6 73. Qc2 f5 74. Qd2+ Ke6 75. Qc2 Kf6 76. Qd2 Qb1+ 77. Kh2 Qb6 78. Kg1 Qe6 79.
Qg5+ Kf7 80. Qc1 Qd6 81. Qc4+ Kf6 82. Qc1 f4 83. gxf4 exf4 84. Qc3+ Kf5 85. Qh3+
Ke4 86. Qb3 Qf6 87. Qc2+ Ke5 88. Qc5+ Ke6 89. Qc6+ Ke7 90. Qc7+ Kf8 91. Qc8+ Kg7
92. Qh3 Qc6 93. Qd3 Qf6 94. Qh3 Qe5 95. Qf3 Kh6 96. Kg2 Qf6 97. Qh3 Qd8 98. Kh2
Kh7 99. f3 Qd1 100. Qe6 Kh6 101. Qe5 Qd2+ 102. Kh3 Qd7+ 103. Kh2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Spice Cup Open"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2012.10.19"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kavutskiy, Konstantin"]
[Black "Ostrovskiy, Aleksandr A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2287"]
[BlackElo "2377"]
[ECO "A53"]
[Opening "Old Indian defence"]
[WhiteFideId "2026384"]
[BlackFideId "2034239"]
[EventDate "2012.10.16"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nf3 g6 4. Nc3 Bf5 5. Bg5 Bg7 6. e3 O-O 7. Bd3 Bxd3 8. Qxd3
Nbd7 9. e4 e5 10. d5 Nc5 11. Qc2 a5 12. b3 h6 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. h4 h5 15. O-O-O
c6 16. Rdg1 Kg7 17. g4 Rh8 18. gxh5 Rxh5 19. Rg4 Qd7 20. Rg3 Rah8 21. Rgh3 Qg4
22. Kb2 Bxh4 23. Nxh4 Rxh4 24. Rxh4 Rxh4 25. Rxh4 Qxh4 26. a3 cxd5 27. cxd5 Qxf2
28. Ne2 Qg2 29. Nc3 Qxc2+ 30. Kxc2 Kf6 31. b4 axb4 32. axb4 Nd7 33. Kd3 Ke7 34.
Ke3 f5 35. exf5 gxf5 36. Kd3 Nb6 0-1

[Event "Spice Cup Open"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2012.10.19"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Sharevich, Anna"]
[Black "Amanov, Zhanibek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "WGM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2294"]
[BlackElo "2374"]
[ECO "A62"]
[Opening "Benoni"]
[Variation "fianchetto variation"]
[WhiteFideId "13503189"]
[BlackFideId "13700189"]
[EventDate "2012.10.16"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nc3 g6 7. Nf3 Bg7 8. Bg2
O-O 9. O-O Na6 10. h3 Nc7 11. a4 b6 12. e4 Bb7 13. Re1 a6 14. Bf1 Qd7 15. Qb3 b5
16. axb5 axb5 17. Rxa8 Bxa8 18. Bf4 b4 19. Na4 Ncxd5 20. exd5 Bxd5 21. Qd1 Bxf3
22. Qxf3 Qxa4 23. Bxd6 Re8 24. Rxe8+ Nxe8 25. Bxc5 Bxb2 26. Bc4 Qd7 27. Qe2 Nd6
28. Bxd6 Qxd6 29. Qxb2 h5 30. Qb3 Qe7 31. Qd3 Kg7 32. Qd4+ Kg8 33. Qd5 Kg7 34.
Kg2 Kg8 35. Bd3 Kf8 36. f4 Kg8 37. Qe4 Qd7 38. Bc4 Kf8 39. Qd5 Qc7 40. Bb3 h4 1-0

[Event "Spice Cup Open"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2012.10.19"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kleiman, Jake"]
[Black "Aripov, Iskandar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2377"]
[BlackElo "2155"]
[ECO "B10"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "closed (Breyer) variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2020041"]
[BlackFideId "14202395"]
[EventDate "2012.10.16"]

1. e4 c6 2. d3 e5 3. f4 d5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. Qe2 Bd6 6. Nf3 Bg4 7. Nc3 Bxf3 8.
gxf3 Qe6 9. Ne4 Be7 10. Bd2 exf4 11. Bxf4 Nd7 12. h4 O-O-O 13. Bh3 Qd5 14. Nc3
Bb4 15. O-O-O Bxc3 16. bxc3 f5 17. Qe3 b6 18. Bh2 Nh6 19. Qf4 Kb7 20. Rhg1 Rhg8
21. Rde1 Qc5 22. Kb2 Ka6 23. Re6 Nf6 24. d4 Qb5+ 25. Ka1 Nd5 26. Qc1 Kb7 27. Qa3
Qc4 28. Bf1 Qxc3+ 29. Qxc3 Nxc3 30. Re7+ Ka8 31. Ba6 Rb8 32. Bxb8 Kxb8 1-0

