[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2018.10.23"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Cori, Jorge"]
[Black "Wang, Justin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2664"]
[BlackElo "2377"]
[ECO "E14"]
[Opening "Queen's Indian"]
[Variation "4.e3"]
[WhiteFideId "3802272"]
[BlackFideId "30911370"]
[EventDate "2018.10.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. e3 Bb7 5. Bd3 d5 6. O-O Bd6 7. Nc3 O-O 8. Qc2 a6
9. e4 dxe4 10. Nxe4 Nxe4 11. Bxe4 Bxe4 12. Qxe4 Nd7 13. Rd1 h6 14. Be3 Qe7 15.
h3 Nf6 16. Qc2 c5 17. a4 Rfb8 18. Qe2 cxd4 19. Bxd4 Bc5 20. Bc3 a5 21. Ne5 Qb7
22. Rd3 Rd8 23. Rad1 Rxd3 24. Rxd3 Qe4 25. Kf1 Qf4 26. g3 Qe4 27. f3 Qb7 28. b3
Qc7 29. Qd1 Bf8 30. Kg2 Be7 31. h4 Rc8 32. Nd7 Ne8 33. Be5 Qb7 34. Bf4 Rc6 35.
Nb8 Nf6 36. Nxc6 Qxc6 37. Bd6 Bd8 38. Qd2 Ne8 39. Be5 Be7 40. Rd7 Bf8 41. Rd8 f6
42. Bb2 Bc5 43. Bd4 Be7 44. Rb8 Bd6 45. Rxb6 Qc7 46. Qe1 e5 47. Bf2 Bb4 48. Qe4
Qc8 49. c5 Kf8 50. Qd5 Qf5 51. Rb7 Qg6 52. Qe6 h5 53. Qe7+ Kg8 54. Rb8 1-0

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2018.10.23"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Kiewra, Keaton"]
[Black "Bruzon Batista, Lazaro"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2375"]
[BlackElo "2653"]
[ECO "A13"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "Neo-Catalan"]
[WhiteFideId "2019280"]
[BlackFideId "3503739"]
[EventDate "2018.10.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. d4 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O Nbd7 8. Qc2
Ne4 9. Nc3 Nxd2 10. Nxd2 c6 11. e4 dxc4 12. Nxc4 Nb6 13. Ne2 Nxc4 14. Qxc4 Qb6
15. Rab1 a5 16. Rfd1 Rd8 17. e5 Bd7 18. Rd3 Be8 19. h4 Rac8 20. Rb3 Qc7 21. Rc1
Qb8 22. Qc2 b5 23. Rc3 c5 24. dxc5 b4 25. Rc4 Bb5 26. c6 Bxc4 27. Qxc4 Qxe5 28.
Rc2 g6 29. Bf3 Bd6 30. Nd4 Qf6 31. Kg2 Bxg3 32. Nxe6 Qxe6 33. Qxe6 fxe6 34. Kxg3
Rc7 35. Be4 Kf7 36. b3 Ke7 37. h5 gxh5 38. Rc5 h4+ 39. Kf3 Rd2 40. Rxa5 Kd6 41.
Ke3 Rb2 42. Rb5 h3 43. Rxb4 Rxa2 44. Rd4+ Ke7 45. Rd3 h2 46. Rd1 Rb2 47. Rh1
Rxb3+ 48. Kd4 Rb4+ 49. Ke3 Rb3+ 50. Kd4 Rh3 51. Kc5 Rc8 52. Rb1 Rh5+ 53. Kd4 Kd6 0-1

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2018.10.23"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Bok, Benjamin"]
[Black "Grabinsky, Aaron"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2639"]
[BlackElo "2375"]
[ECO "E11"]
[Opening "Bogo-Indian defence, Gruenfeld variation"]
[WhiteFideId "1017063"]
[BlackFideId "2087090"]
[EventDate "2018.10.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 O-O 5. a3 Be7 6. e4 d6 7. Be2 a5 8. Qc2
Nfd7 9. b3 e5 10. Bb2 exd4 11. Nxd4 Nc6 12. N2f3 Bf6 13. O-O Re8 14. Rad1 Nxd4
15. Nxd4 Nc5 16. Bf3 Bd7 17. g3 g6 18. Rfe1 Qe7 19. Bg2 Qf8 20. Bc3 Qg7 21. Ne2
Bg4 22. f3 Be6 23. Bxf6 Qxf6 24. Nc3 h5 25. f4 Rad8 26. Nd5 Bxd5 27. cxd5 a4 28.
b4 Nb3 29. Qxc7 Qb2 30. e5 Rc8 31. Qd7 Red8 32. e6 Qf6 33. exf7+ Kg7 34. Qh3 Nd4
35. Re4 Nf5 36. g4 hxg4 37. Qxg4 Qxf7 38. Re6 Rh8 39. Qe2 Rh4 40. Qb2+ Kh7 41.
Rde1 Rxf4 42. Qd2 Rcc4 43. h3 Qg7 44. Kh2 Qc3 45. Qxc3 Rxc3 46. Be4 Rxa3 47.
Bxf5 Rf2+ 48. Kg1 Rxf5 49. Rxd6 Rxh3 50. Kg2 Rb3 51. Re7+ Kh6 52. Rxb7 a3 1/2-1/2

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2018.10.23"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Wang, Tianqi"]
[Black "Durarbayli, Vasif"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2346"]
[BlackElo "2629"]
[ECO "A46"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[WhiteFideId "2063824"]
[BlackFideId "13402935"]
[EventDate "2018.10.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. c3 g6 4. e3 Bg7 5. Be2 O-O 6. dxc5 a5 7. Nbd2 Qc7 8. O-O
Na6 9. a4 Nxc5 10. Nd4 d5 11. Nb5 Qb6 12. b4 Nce4 13. Bb2 Nxd2 14. Qxd2 Rd8 15.
Rfd1 Bg4 16. Bxg4 Nxg4 17. Qe2 Ne5 18. bxa5 Qxa5 19. Ba3 Nc6 20. Qb2 e6 21. Bc5
Ne5 22. Bd4 Nc4 23. Qb3 Rdc8 24. Bxg7 Kxg7 25. h3 Nb6 26. Rd4 Rc4 27. Nd6 Qxc3
28. Qxc3 Rxc3 29. Nxb7 Rc7 30. Nd6 Rca7 31. Rb4 Nxa4 32. Rc1 Rd7 33. Nc8 Rd8 34.
Ne7 Rdb8 35. Nc6 Rxb4 36. Nxb4 Nb2 37. Rc7 Ra1+ 38. Kh2 h5 39. g4 hxg4 40. hxg4
g5 41. Rb7 Nd1 42. Nd3 Ra2 43. Kg1 Kf6 44. Rb3 Ra4 45. Kf1 Rc4 46. Rb4 Rc7 47.
Rb1 Nc3 48. Rc1 Ke7 49. f3 Kd6 50. Ke1 Rc4 51. Kd2 Nb5 52. Rb1 Na3 53. Rb6+ Kc7
54. Rb3 Rc2+ 55. Kd1 Ra2 56. Rc3+ Kd6 57. Nb4 Ra1+ 58. Rc1 Rxc1+ 59. Kxc1 Nc4
60. Nc2 Ne5 61. Ne1 Kc5 62. Kd2 Kb4 63. Nc2+ Kc5 64. Ke2 Nc6 65. Ne1 Kc4 66. Nd3
f6 67. Nb2+ Kb5 68. Nd3 Nb4 69. Nf2 Kc4 70. Nh1 Kc3 71. Ng3 Kc2 72. Nh5 e5 73.
Nxf6 d4 74. exd4 exd4 75. Ne4 d3+ 76. Ke3 Nd5+ 77. Kd4 d2 78. Nxd2 Nf6 79. Ne4
Nh7 80. Nxg5 Nxg5 81. f4 Nf7 82. g5 Kd2 83. g6 Nh6 84. Ke5 Ke3 85. f5 Ng4+ 86.
Ke6 1-0

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2018.10.23"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Lenderman, Aleksandr"]
[Black "Williams, Justus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2626"]
[BlackElo "2344"]
[ECO "A06"]
[Opening "Reti opening"]
[WhiteFideId "2021285"]
[BlackFideId "2049929"]
[EventDate "2018.10.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 g6 3. c4 e6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 Ne7 6. d4 Nbc6 7. O-O O-O 8. Na3 a5
9. Bd2 b6 10. Qb3 Ba6 11. Rfd1 Qd7 12. Rac1 Rfd8 13. cxd5 exd5 14. Nb5 h6 15. a4
Rac8 16. h4 Kh8 17. Kh2 Ng8 18. Ne5 Nxe5 19. dxe5 Bxe5 20. Bc3 Bg7 21. Bxg7+
Kxg7 22. Rxd5 Qe6 23. Nxc7 Rxc7 24. Rxc7 Nf6 25. Rc6 Rxd5 26. Rxe6 Ng4+ 27. Kg1 1-0

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2018.10.23"]
[Round "1.6"]
[White "Peng, David"]
[Black "Nyzhnyk, Illya"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2341"]
[BlackElo "2626"]
[ECO "B13"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "exchange variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2059355"]
[BlackFideId "14118084"]
[EventDate "2018.10.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. c3 Qc7 6. Ne2 Bg4 7. O-O e6 8. Qe1
Bd6 9. f3 Bf5 10. Bxf5 exf5 11. Bf4 Nge7 12. Qg3 O-O-O 13. Na3 h5 14. Bxd6 Qxd6
15. f4 h4 16. Qh3 g6 17. Nc2 Ng8 18. Ne3 Nf6 19. Nc1 Ne4 20. Nd3 f6 21. Rfd1
Rde8 22. a3 Na5 23. Rac1 Nc4 24. Re1 a5 25. Rc2 Kd8 26. Rce2 b6 27. Nc2 Ke7 28.
Ne3 Kf7 29. Nc2 Kg7 30. Ne3 Re7 31. Nf1 Rhe8 32. Ne3 Ned2 33. Nxc4 dxc4 34. Ne5
fxe5 35. fxe5 Qd8 36. Rxd2 Rxe5 37. dxe5 Qxd2 38. Qxh4 g5 39. Qf2 Qxf2+ 40. Kxf2
Kf7 41. Re2 Ke6 42. Rd2 Rb8 43. Rd4 b5 44. h4 gxh4 45. Rxh4 Kxe5 46. Rd4 Ke6 47.
Kf3 a4 48. g4 fxg4+ 49. Rxg4 Kd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2018.10.23"]
[Round "1.7"]
[White "Prohaszka, Peter2"]
[Black "Colas, Joshua"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2626"]
[BlackElo "2334"]
[ECO "A46"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[WhiteFideId "726265"]
[BlackFideId "2044447"]
[EventDate "2018.10.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bf4 d5 4. e3 c5 5. Nbd2 Bd6 6. Bg3 O-O 7. c3 Qc7 8. dxc5
Qxc5 9. Bd3 Nbd7 10. Qe2 h6 11. Rd1 Bxg3 12. hxg3 e5 13. e4 dxe4 14. Bxe4 Rb8
15. O-O Re8 16. Rfe1 Nb6 17. Nh2 Be6 18. Bc2 Qc6 19. Bb3 Bxb3 20. axb3 Rbd8 21.
Nhf3 Nfd7 22. Ne4 Re6 23. Nh4 Rde8 24. Nf5 Nf6 25. Nxf6+ Rxf6 26. Qg4 g6 27. Ne3
Kg7 28. Rd2 e4 29. Red1 Qb5 30. b4 h5 31. Qe2 Qg5 32. Nd5 Nxd5 33. Rxd5 Re5 34.
f4 1-0

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2018.10.23"]
[Round "1.8"]
[White "Moon, Benjamin"]
[Black "Shimanov, Aleksandr"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2304"]
[BlackElo "2626"]
[ECO "A45"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[WhiteFideId "2064847"]
[BlackFideId "4198603"]
[EventDate "2018.10.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 g6 3. e3 Bg7 4. Nf3 d6 5. h3 O-O 6. c3 b6 7. Bh2 Bb7 8. Be2 c5
9. O-O Nbd7 10. a4 a6 11. Nbd2 Ra7 12. Qb3 Qa8 13. Rfd1 Bc6 14. Qa3 Rc8 15. Ne1
Qb7 16. Nb3 Raa8 17. Rac1 Bh6 18. c4 cxd4 19. Nxd4 Be4 20. b4 a5 21. b5 e5 22.
Nb3 Bf8 23. Nd2 Bf5 24. Bf3 e4 25. Be2 Nc5 26. Nb3 Rd8 27. Nd4 Bd7 28. Qa2 Qc7
29. Rd2 Re8 30. Rcd1 Rad8 31. g4 h6 32. Ng2 g5 33. Bg3 Nh7 34. Nc2 Nb7 35. Nd4
Bg7 36. Nb3 Be5 37. Bxe5 Rxe5 38. Qa1 Rde8 39. Qa3 Nf6 40. Nd4 h5 41. Nc6 hxg4
42. Nxe5 dxe5 43. hxg4 Kg7 44. f4 exf3 45. Bxf3 e4 46. Be2 Rh8 47. Rxd7 Nxd7 48.
Qe7 Qh2+ 49. Kf2 Nf6 50. Qxb7 Rh3 51. Qxb6 Qg3+ 52. Kg1 Rh2 53. Bf1 Nxg4 54.
Qd4+ Kg8 0-1

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2018.10.23"]
[Round "1.9"]
[White "Quesada Perez, Yuniesky"]
[Black "Betaneli, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2622"]
[BlackElo "2272"]
[ECO "C71"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "modern Steinitz defence, Duras (Keres) variation"]
[WhiteFideId "3504409"]
[BlackFideId "2012359"]
[EventDate "2018.10.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. c4 Bd7 6. Nc3 Nge7 7. d3 Nd4 8. Bxd7+
Qxd7 9. Nxd4 exd4 10. Ne2 Nc6 11. Ng3 g6 12. O-O Bg7 13. f4 O-O 14. Bd2 Ne7 15.
f5 Nc6 16. f6 Bh8 17. Bg5 Ne5 18. Rf4 Rfe8 19. Qe2 b5 20. b3 bxc4 21. bxc4 Qa4
22. Raf1 Qa3 23. R4f3 Re6 24. Nf5 gxf5 25. exf5 Rxf6 26. Rg3 Kf8 27. Qh5 Ke7 28.
Qxh7 Qxa2 29. Qh6 Rb8 30. h3 Qe2 31. Ra1 a5 32. Kh2 Qf2 33. c5 dxc5 34. Qh4 Qxf5
35. Rxa5 Kd6 36. Bxf6 Bxf6 37. Qh6 Ng6 38. Qc1 Qe5 39. Ra6+ Rb6 40. Rxb6+ cxb6
41. Qb2 Bh4 42. Qxb6+ Ke7 0-1

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2018.10.23"]
[Round "1.10"]
[White "Ghazarian, Kirk"]
[Black "Gledura, Benjamin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2222"]
[BlackElo "2621"]
[ECO "E69"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "fianchetto, classical main line"]
[WhiteFideId "30908604"]
[BlackFideId "712779"]
[EventDate "2018.10.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nc3 d6 6. Nf3 Nbd7 7. O-O e5 8. e4 c6
9. h3 Qb6 10. Re1 exd4 11. Nxd4 Re8 12. Nc2 Ne5 13. b3 Qa5 14. Bd2 Qc7 15. f4
Nd3 16. Re3 Nc5 17. Qf1 a5 18. Rc1 Qb6 19. Kh2 Nfd7 20. Rce1 Nf8 21. Nd1 Na6 22.
Nc3 Qc7 23. Kh1 Nb4 24. Nxb4 axb4 25. Na4 c5 26. Bf3 Bd7 27. Bd1 Bd4 28. Rf3 Bc6
29. Bc2 Re7 30. f5 Rae8 31. fxg6 hxg6 32. Rf4 Be5 33. Rf3 Ne6 34. Be3 Nd4 35.
Bxd4 Bxd4 36. Rf4 f5 37. Qg2 fxe4 38. Bxe4 Rxe4 39. Rexe4 Rxe4 40. Rxe4 Qf7 41.
Kh2 Qf5 42. Rf4 Qd3 43. Rxd4 Qxd4 44. Qe2 Qe4 45. Qf1 Qc2+ 46. Kg1 Qxa2 47. Nb6
Qxb3 48. Qe1 Qf3 49. Qe6+ Kh8 0-1

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2018.10.23"]
[Round "1.11"]
[White "Cordova, Emilio"]
[Black "Watson, John"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2609"]
[BlackElo "2203"]
[ECO "A04"]
[Opening "Reti opening"]
[WhiteFideId "3801497"]
[BlackFideId "2000768"]
[EventDate "2018.10.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. g3 g6 5. a3 Bg7 6. Bg2 Nge7 7. O-O O-O 8. b4 d5
9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Nxd5 Qxd5 11. Ng5 Qd4 12. Rb1 cxb4 13. axb4 Nxb4 14. d3 a5 15.
Ba3 Ra6 16. Nf3 Qd6 17. Nd2 b6 18. Nc4 Qc5 19. Qd2 Be6 20. Rfc1 Qe7 21. Ne3 Rd8
22. Nc2 Bd7 23. Bxb4 axb4 24. Nxb4 Ra7 25. Nd5 Qa3 26. Rxb6 Be6 27. Nc7 Bd7 28.
Rbb1 h6 29. h4 Qa5 30. Qxa5 Rxa5 31. Nd5 Bg4 32. Ne7+ 1-0

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2018.10.23"]
[Round "1.12"]
[White "Daggupati, Balaji"]
[Black "Liang, Awonder"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2202"]
[BlackElo "2572"]
[ECO "B10"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann defence"]
[WhiteFideId "2090759"]
[BlackFideId "2056437"]
[EventDate "2018.10.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]

1. e4 c6 2. Ne2 d5 3. e5 g6 4. d4 Bg7 5. g3 f6 6. f4 Nh6 7. Bg2 fxe5 8. dxe5 O-O
9. O-O g5 10. Nd4 gxf4 11. gxf4 Nf5 12. Nxf5 Bxf5 13. Be3 Na6 14. c3 Nc7 15. Nd2
Qe8 16. Nf3 Qh5 17. Qb3 b6 18. Nd4 Bh3 19. Bxh3 Qxh3 20. Rf3 Qh5 21. Rg3 c5 22.
Nb5 Nxb5 23. Qxb5 Qf5 24. Rd1 e6 25. Qd3 Kh8 26. Qxf5 Rxf5 27. b4 cxb4 28. cxb4
Rc8 29. Rc1 Rff8 30. Rxc8 Rxc8 31. Bd2 Rc2 32. Rc3 Rxc3 33. Bxc3 Bh6 34. Bd2 b5
35. Kf2 Kg7 36. Kf3 Kg6 37. Be3 Kf5 38. h3 a6 39. Bc1 Bf8 40. Bd2 Be7 41. Bc3
Bh4 42. a3 h5 43. Bd2 d4 44. Bc1 Be1 45. Ke2 Bc3 46. Kd3 h4 47. Kc2 Ke4 48. Kb3
Be1 49. Bb2 d3 0-1

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2018.10.23"]
[Round "1.13"]
[White "Chandra, Akshat"]
[Black "Narayanan, Samrug"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2471"]
[BlackElo "2145"]
[ECO "C15"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "Winawer, Alekhine (Maroczy) gambit"]
[WhiteFideId "25006711"]
[BlackFideId "30914051"]
[EventDate "2018.10.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Ne2 dxe4 5. a3 Be7 6. Nxe4 Nf6 7. Nxf6+ Bxf6 8.
Be3 O-O 9. Qd2 b6 10. O-O-O Bb7 11. Nf4 Nd7 12. Kb1 Re8 13. d5 e5 14. Nh5 Be7
15. Bb5 a6 16. Bc6 Rb8 17. Qe2 g6 18. Bxb7 Rxb7 19. Qxa6 Rb8 20. Ng3 f5 21. Ne2
Bd6 22. Nc3 f4 23. Bc1 e4 24. Rhe1 Nc5 25. Qc4 Qg5 26. b4 Nb7 27. Nxe4 Qxg2 28.
Nf6+ 1-0

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2018.10.23"]
[Round "1.14"]
[White "Yanayt, Eugene"]
[Black "Tang, Andrew"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2137"]
[BlackElo "2469"]
[ECO "E04"]
[Opening "Catalan"]
[Variation "open, 5.Nf3"]
[WhiteFideId "2020165"]
[BlackFideId "2059630"]
[EventDate "2018.10.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 Nc6 6. O-O Rb8 7. e3 Be7 8. Qe2
b5 9. b3 Ba6 10. Rd1 Nd7 11. bxc4 bxc4 12. Ne5 Ncxe5 13. dxe5 Qc8 14. Bc6 Bb5
15. Rxd7 Bxc6 16. Rxe7+ Kxe7 17. Ba3+ Kd8 18. Qxc4 Qb7 19. Nc3 Kc8 20. Rd1 Bf3
21. Rd6 g5 22. e4 g4 23. Kf1 Rd8 24. Ke1 Rd7 25. Kd2 Qb6 26. Ke1 Qa5 27. Bc5
Bxe4 28. Ra6 Rb1+ 29. Ke2 Bd3+ 30. Ke3 Bxc4 0-1

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2018.10.23"]
[Round "1.15"]
[White "Patel, Advait"]
[Black "Polgar-Shutzman, Tom"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2461"]
[BlackElo "2130"]
[ECO "D78"]
[Opening "Neo-Gruenfeld, 6.O-O c6"]
[WhiteFideId "2075105"]
[BlackFideId "2064880"]
[EventDate "2018.10.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O O-O 5. d4 d5 6. c4 c6 7. Nbd2 Bf5 8. b3
Ne4 9. Bb2 Nd7 10. Rc1 Ndf6 11. e3 Bg4 12. h3 Nxd2 13. Qxd2 Bxf3 14. Bxf3 Qd7
15. Bg2 Rfd8 16. Qe2 e6 17. Rc2 Qe7 18. Bc3 Ne8 19. Rfc1 Rd7 20. a4 Nc7 21. Ba5
Ne8 22. Qe1 Nf6 23. Bb4 Qe8 24. Bc3 Rc8 25. Bb2 Qe7 26. b4 Rdc7 27. Bf1 dxc4 28.
Rxc4 Nd5 29. Rc5 Bf8 30. b5 cxb5 31. Rxc7 Rxc7 32. axb5 Qb4 33. Qe2 Rxc1 34.
Bxc1 Nc7 35. Bd2 Qb2 36. Ba5 Qxe2 37. Bxe2 Bd6 38. e4 Na8 39. Kf1 e5 40. Bc3 f6
41. Bc4+ Kf8 42. dxe5 fxe5 43. Ke2 Nb6 44. Bb3 Nd7 45. Bd5 a6 46. Bxb7 axb5 47.
Bc6 Nc5 48. f4 exf4 49. e5 Be7 50. gxf4 Ne6 51. Ke3 b4 52. Bb2 Bc5+ 53. Ke4 Be7 1/2-1/2

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2018.10.23"]
[Round "1.16"]
[White "Eckert, Doug"]
[Black "Wang, Kevin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2124"]
[BlackElo "2447"]
[ECO "B07"]
[Opening "Pirc"]
[Variation "Byrne variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2001993"]
[BlackFideId "2008424"]
[EventDate "2018.10.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Bg5 c6 5. Qe2 Bg7 6. O-O-O O-O 7. e5 dxe5 8.
dxe5 Nd5 9. Nxd5 cxd5 10. f4 Nc6 11. Nf3 Bf5 12. Qb5 a6 13. Qb3 Rc8 14. Bd3 Be6
15. Qa3 Qc7 16. Rhe1 Rfe8 17. Kb1 b5 18. c3 Qb6 19. Nd4 Nxd4 20. cxd4 Bg4 21.
Be2 Bf5+ 22. Bd3 b4 23. Qb3 Bg4 24. Be2 Bxe2 25. Rxe2 Rc4 26. Qd3 e6 27. g4 Rec8
28. h4 h6 29. Be7 Qc7 30. Bc5 Bf8 31. h5 Bxc5 32. dxc5 Qxc5 33. Ree1 Rxf4 34.
hxg6 Qc4 35. gxf7+ Kg7 36. Qd2 Re4 37. Rf1 Re2 38. Qd3 Qxd3+ 39. Rxd3 Rf8 40.
Rdf3 Rxe5 41. Kc2 Re4 42. Rf6 a5 43. Kb3 e5 44. R6f5 Rxg4 45. Rxe5 Rxf7 46. Rd1
Rf3+ 47. Ka4 b3+ 48. Ka3 bxa2+ 49. Kxa2 Ra4+ 50. Kb1 Rb4 51. Rexd5 a4 52. Rg1+
Kf8 53. Rd6 h5 54. Rg2 h4 55. Rd7 Rf7 56. Rd8+ Ke7 57. Ra8 Ke6 58. Ra6+ Ke5 59.
Re2+ Kf5 60. Rf2+ Rf4 61. Rxf4+ Kxf4 62. Rxa4+ Kg3 63. Ra8 Rf4 64. Rg8+ Rg4 65.
Rh8 h3 66. Kc2 h2 67. Rxh2 Kxh2 68. Kc3 Kg3 69. b4 Kf4 70. Kd4 Kf5+ 71. Kc5 Ke6 0-1

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2018.10.23"]
[Round "1.17"]
[White "Escalante Ramirez, Brian Sebasti"]
[Black "Polavaram, Rithik"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2442"]
[BlackElo "2069"]
[ECO "C45"]
[Opening "Scotch"]
[Variation "Schmidt variation"]
[WhiteFideId "3819566"]
[BlackFideId "2081997"]
[EventDate "2018.10.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. Qe2 Bb4+ 7. c3 Be7 8.
e5 Nd5 9. c4 Nb6 10. Qc2 d5 11. exd6 cxd6 12. Bd3 g6 13. Bh6 Bf8 14. Bxf8 Kxf8
15. O-O Kg7 16. Nd2 d5 17. c5 Nd7 18. b4 Ne5 19. Nb3 Qf6 20. Rfe1 h5 21. Bf1 Bf5
22. Qc3 Rae8 23. f4 Nd3 24. Qxf6+ Kxf6 25. Bxd3 Bxd3 26. Nd4 Rc8 27. Re3 Be4 28.
Ra3 Rc7 29. Ra6 Rhc8 30. b5 Bd3 31. a4 Ke7 32. Nxc6+ Rxc6 33. Rxc6 Rxc6 34. bxc6
Kd8 35. Kf2 Kc7 36. Ke3 Be4 37. Ra2 Kxc6 38. Kd4 Bf5 39. Rb2 Be6 40. Rb8 Bd7 41.
Rf8 Be6 42. Rd8 Kb7 43. h4 Kc6 44. Rd6+ Kc7 45. Ra6 Kb7 46. Rd6 Kc7 47. Rxd5
Bxd5 48. Kxd5 f5 49. c6 a6 50. Kc5 Kc8 51. Kb6 Kb8 52. c7+ Kc8 53. Kc6 a5 54.
Kb6 Kd7 55. Kb7 Kd6 56. c8=Q 1-0

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2018.10.23"]
[Round "1.18"]
[White "Gosdin, Kaleb"]
[Black "Ostrovskiy, Aleksandr"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2029"]
[BlackElo "2423"]
[ECO "D31"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "3.Nc3"]
[WhiteFideId "30920442"]
[BlackFideId "2034239"]
[EventDate "2018.10.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. a3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 Nf6 6. e3 c6 7. a4 O-O 8. Nf3
b6 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. Ba3 Re8 11. Bb5 Bd7 12. Bd3 Nc6 13. O-O e5 14. dxe5 Nxe5 15.
Nxe5 Rxe5 16. a5 Bc6 17. axb6 axb6 18. Bb2 Rc8 19. Ba6 Rb8 20. c4 Rg5 21. f3
dxc4 22. Qxd8+ Rxd8 23. Bxc4 Bb5 24. Bxb5 Rxb5 25. Bd4 h6 26. Rfb1 Rxb1+ 27.
Rxb1 Nd7 28. Kf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2018.10.23"]
[Round "1.19"]
[White "Santarius, Erik"]
[Black "Shoykhet, Benjamin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2404"]
[BlackElo "1855"]
[ECO "A64"]
[Opening "Benoni"]
[Variation "fianchetto, 11...Re8"]
[WhiteFideId "2025817"]
[BlackFideId "30919746"]
[EventDate "2018.10.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e6 4. g3 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nc3 g6 7. Bg2 Bg7 8. Nf3
O-O 9. O-O Re8 10. Nd2 a6 11. a4 Nbd7 12. h3 Rb8 13. a5 b5 14. axb6 Nxb6 15. Qc2
Bd7 16. Re1 Bb5 17. Ra2 Nfd7 18. b3 Ne5 19. Rd1 Ned7 20. Nde4 Nf6 21. Bg5 Nxe4
22. Nxe4 Qc7 23. Bf4 Rbd8 24. Qc1 Nc8 25. Bg5 f5 26. Bxd8 Qxd8 27. Ng5 Bh6 28.
Nf7 Bxc1 29. Nxd8 Bg5 30. Ne6 Bf6 31. e3 Re7 32. Bf1 Kf7 33. Bxb5 axb5 34. Ra8
Re8 35. Nc7 Rd8 36. Nxb5 Ke7 37. Na7 Nxa7 38. Rxa7+ Rd7 39. Rxd7+ Kxd7 40. Kf1
Kc7 41. Ke2 Kb6 42. Rc1 Kb5 43. Rc4 h5 44. h4 Be5 45. f4 Bg7 46. Ra4 Bb2 47. Kd3 1-0

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2018.10.24"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Liang, Awonder"]
[Black "Cori, Jorge"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2572"]
[BlackElo "2664"]
[ECO "B48"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Taimanov variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2056437"]
[BlackFideId "3802272"]
[EventDate "2018.10.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. Qf3 Nf6 8.
O-O-O d6 9. Be2 Be7 10. Qg3 O-O 11. f4 Kh8 12. Kb1 Bd7 13. Nf3 Rac8 14. Rd2 d5
15. e5 Ne8 16. Qh3 f5 17. g4 fxg4 18. Qxg4 Bb4 19. Ng5 Ne7 20. Qh5 h6 21. Nf7+
Kg8 22. Nxh6+ gxh6 23. Rg1+ Ng7 24. Rxg7+ Kxg7 25. Bd3 Rh8 26. Qh4 Ng8 27. Rg2+
Kf8 28. Qg4 Be8 29. a3 h5 30. Qg5 Bxa3 31. Nxd5 exd5 32. Qf5+ Bf7 33. e6 Re8 34.
exf7 Qxf7 35. Qxf7+ Kxf7 36. Bg6+ Kf8 37. Bxe8 Be7 38. Bd7 Rh6 39. f5 Rh7 40.
Be6 Nf6 41. Rg6 Ke8 42. Bd4 Nd7 43. Bg8 1-0

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2018.10.24"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Bruzon Batista, Lazaro"]
[Black "Chandra, Akshat"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2653"]
[BlackElo "2471"]
[ECO "A28"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "four knights, Romanishin variation"]
[WhiteFideId "3503739"]
[BlackFideId "25006711"]
[EventDate "2018.10.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e3 Bb4 5. Qc2 Bxc3 6. Qxc3 Qe7 7. d4 Ne4 8.
Qd3 exd4 9. Nxd4 O-O 10. Be2 Qb4+ 11. Kf1 Qe7 12. f3 f5 13. Kg1 Nc5 14. Qc3 d6
15. Nxc6 bxc6 16. b3 Nd7 17. Kf2 c5 18. Rf1 Bb7 19. Bb2 Rae8 20. Rae1 Rf6 21.
Bd1 Rg6 22. Kg1 Re6 23. Bc2 Rf8 24. b4 cxb4 25. Qxb4 Ba6 26. Qc3 Nb6 27. e4 f4
28. c5 dxc5 29. Bb3 c4 30. Bc2 Nd7 31. Rd1 Ne5 32. Rd5 Re8 33. Rfd1 Nd3 34. Ba1
Rg6 35. Ra5 Rb6 36. h3 Nb4 37. Bb1 c5 38. a3 Qb7 39. axb4 cxb4 40. Qd4 c3 41. e5
Qc7 42. Rc5 Qe7 43. Be4 h6 44. Rd5 Rbb8 45. Rd6 Bc8 46. e6 Kh8 47. Bg6 Rf8 48.
Bf7 a5 49. Bxc3 bxc3 50. Qxc3 Bxe6 51. Bxe6 Rf6 52. Qc6 a4 53. Bc4 Rf5 54. Re6
Qa7+ 55. Kh2 Rff8 56. Rd7 1-0

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2018.10.24"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Tang, Andrew"]
[Black "Lenderman, Aleksandr"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2469"]
[BlackElo "2626"]
[ECO "D35"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "exchange variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2059630"]
[BlackFideId "2021285"]
[EventDate "2018.10.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 c5 7. Nf3 cxd4 8.
cxd4 Bb4+ 9. Bd2 Bxd2+ 10. Qxd2 O-O 11. Rc1 b6 12. Bd3 Ba6 13. Bxa6 Nxa6 14. O-O
Qe7 15. Ne5 Rac8 16. Qd3 Qb7 17. Qa3 Nb8 18. Nc4 Qa6 19. Qxa6 Nxa6 20. Nd6 Rcd8
21. e5 Rd7 22. Rc4 Nc7 23. Rfc1 Nd5 24. g3 f5 25. a3 g5 26. Rc6 g4 27. Kf1 Kg7
28. Ke2 Kg6 29. Nc8 Kf7 30. Nd6+ Kg6 31. Nc8 Kf7 32. Nd6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2018.10.24"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Wang, Kevin"]
[Black "Prohaszka, Peter2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2447"]
[BlackElo "2626"]
[ECO "D20"]
[Opening "QGA"]
[Variation "3.e4"]
[WhiteFideId "2008424"]
[BlackFideId "726265"]
[EventDate "2018.10.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 Nc6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. d5 Ne5 6. Bf4 Ng6 7. Be3 Nf6 8. Nbd2
e6 9. Qa4+ Qd7 10. Qxd7+ Nxd7 11. dxe6 Bxe6 12. Nd4 Bc5 13. Nxc4 O-O-O 14. O-O-O
Rhe8 15. Nxe6 Rxe6 16. f3 Nge5 17. Bf4 Nxc4 18. Bxc4 Rc6 19. Kb1 Bd6 20. Bxd6
Rxc4 21. Rc1 Nb6 22. Bf4 c6 23. Rxc4 Nxc4 24. b3 Na3+ 25. Kb2 Nb5 26. a4 Nc7 27.
Rc1 Rd3 28. Kc2 Rd7 29. Be3 b6 30. g4 c5 31. f4 Na6 32. Bd2 Rd4 33. Re1 Nb4+ 34.
Bxb4 Rxb4 35. Kc3 Kd7 36. g5 Ke6 37. h4 f6 38. gxf6 gxf6 39. h5 h6 40. Re3 a6
41. Re1 f5 42. exf5+ Kxf5 43. Rg1 Re4 44. Rg6 Re6 45. Rxe6 Kxe6 46. Kc4 Kf5 47.
Kd5 Kg4 48. Ke5 b5 49. axb5 axb5 50. f5 c4 51. bxc4 bxc4 52. f6 1/2-1/2

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2018.10.24"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Shimanov, Aleksandr"]
[Black "Escalante Ramirez, Brian Sebasti"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2626"]
[BlackElo "2442"]
[ECO "A45"]
[Opening "Trompovsky attack (Ruth, Opovcensky opening)"]
[WhiteFideId "4198603"]
[BlackFideId "3819566"]
[EventDate "2018.10.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 3. h4 c5 4. dxc5 Na6 5. Nd2 Naxc5 6. Nxe4 Nxe4 7. Qd5 Nxg5
8. hxg5 Qb6 9. O-O-O Qxf2 10. e4 Qf4+ 11. Kb1 e6 12. Qd4 Qxg5 13. e5 Qe7 14. Nf3
Qc5 15. Qf4 h6 16. Bd3 g5 17. Qg3 Bg7 18. Rhe1 b5 19. Be4 Rb8 20. Rd3 b4 21.
Red1 Rb5 22. Rd6 Qe3 23. Bc6 Bxe5 24. Qh3 dxc6 25. Rxc6 Bd7 26. Rc4 Rd5 27. Rh1
Qe2 0-1

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2018.10.24"]
[Round "2.6"]
[White "Gledura, Benjamin"]
[Black "Santarius, Erik"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2621"]
[BlackElo "2404"]
[ECO "C02"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "advance, Steinitz variation"]
[WhiteFideId "712779"]
[BlackFideId "2025817"]
[EventDate "2018.10.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. dxc5 e6 5. a3 Bxc5 6. Nf3 Ne7 7. Be2 Ng6 8. O-O
Nd7 9. b4 Be7 10. Bb2 a5 11. b5 Nf4 12. c4 Nb6 13. Nbd2 Bd7 14. cxd5 Nxe2+ 15.
Qxe2 Nxd5 16. a4 O-O 17. Nc4 Bb4 18. Nfd2 Qg5 19. Ne4 Qg6 20. Ned6 b6 21. Rad1
Qg5 22. Rd4 Qe7 23. Rg4 f5 24. exf6 Nxf6 25. Bxf6 Rxf6 26. Ne4 Rf5 27. Nxb6 Raf8
28. Nxd7 Qxd7 29. h4 h6 30. Rc1 R8f7 31. Rc6 Qd4 32. Rxe6 Qa1+ 33. Kh2 Qxa4 34.
Re8+ Kh7 35. Ng5+ hxg5 36. Rxb4 1-0

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2018.10.24"]
[Round "2.7"]
[White "Betaneli, Alexander"]
[Black "Cordova, Emilio"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2272"]
[BlackElo "2609"]
[ECO "A20"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[WhiteFideId "2012359"]
[BlackFideId "3801497"]
[EventDate "2018.10.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 Bc5 4. Nc3 d6 5. e3 Bf5 6. d3 Qd7 7. h3 Nge7 8. Nge2
h6 9. a3 a5 10. d4 Bb6 11. b3 O-O 12. dxe5 Nxe5 13. Nf4 N7g6 14. e4 Be6 15. Nfd5
Bc5 16. Be3 Bxd5 17. Nxd5 c6 18. Bxc5 cxd5 19. Bd4 dxc4 20. bxc4 Nxc4 21. O-O
Rac8 22. a4 Rfe8 23. Rb1 Nge5 24. Rb5 Rc7 25. Ba1 b6 26. Rd5 Rc5 27. Re1 Rxd5
28. exd5 b5 29. axb5 Qxb5 30. f4 Ng6 31. Rxe8+ Qxe8 32. Qd4 Qe3+ 33. Kh2 Qxd4
34. Bxd4 Ne7 35. Be4 Nd2 36. Bg2 a4 37. Bc3 Nc4 38. Be4 a3 39. Kg1 Ne3 40. Bb1
N7xd5 41. Bd2 Nd1 0-1

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2018.10.24"]
[Round "2.8"]
[White "Nyzhnyk, Illya"]
[Black "Wang, Tianqi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2626"]
[BlackElo "2346"]
[ECO "A46"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[WhiteFideId "14118084"]
[BlackFideId "2063824"]
[EventDate "2018.10.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bf4 c5 4. e3 cxd4 5. exd4 d5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Bd3 Nh5 8. Be3
Bd6 9. Ne5 g6 10. f4 O-O 11. g4 Ng7 12. g5 f6 13. gxf6 Qxf6 14. Qg4 Nf5 15. Bf2
Nh6 16. Qg3 Qxf4 17. Qxf4 Rxf4 18. Nxc6 bxc6 19. Bg3 Rb8 20. b3 e5 21. Bxf4 exf4
22. O-O Bh3 23. Rf2 Re8 24. Nd2 g5 25. Nf3 Nf7 26. Re1 Rf8 27. Kh1 Kg7 28. c4
Bb4 29. Rc1 Be6 30. a3 Ba5 31. b4 Bb6 32. Re1 Kf6 33. Nxg5 Nxg5 34. Rxf4+ Ke7
35. Rxf8 Kxf8 36. c5 Bc7 37. h4 Ne4 38. Kg2 Kf7 39. a4 Bd8 40. b5 cxb5 41. axb5
Bf6 42. b6 axb6 43. cxb6 Bxd4 44. b7 Be5 45. Bxe4 dxe4 46. Rb1 Bg4 47. Kf2 Bb8
48. Ra1 Kg6 49. Ra5 h6 50. Ke3 Bf3 51. Ra8 Bh2 52. Ra2 Bb8 53. Ra5 Bh2 54. Rb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2018.10.24"]
[Round "2.9"]
[White "Polgar-Shutzman, Tom"]
[Black "Bok, Benjamin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2130"]
[BlackElo "2639"]
[ECO "B31"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Nimzovich-Rossolimo attack (with ...g6, without ...d6)"]
[WhiteFideId "2064880"]
[BlackFideId "1017063"]
[EventDate "2018.10.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 bxc6 5. O-O Bg7 6. Re1 Nh6 7. c3 O-O 8. d4
cxd4 9. cxd4 d5 10. e5 f6 11. Nbd2 fxe5 12. Nxe5 Bxe5 13. dxe5 Nf5 14. Nf3 c5
15. Qc2 Qb6 16. b3 Bb7 17. e6 d4 18. Ng5 Rf6 19. Ba3 Rc8 20. Re5 h6 21. Ne4 Bxe4
22. Qxe4 Qa5 23. Bb2 Qd2 24. Qe2 Qxe2 25. Rxe2 Rc6 26. Rae1 a5 27. Rc1 Rfxe6 28.
Kf1 Kf7 29. Ba3 c4 30. bxc4 Nd6 31. c5 Nb5 32. Bb2 a4 33. Rc4 Rxe2 34. Kxe2 e5
35. Rxa4 Rxc5 36. Kd3 e4+ 37. Kd2 d3 38. Rxe4 Rc2+ 39. Kxd3 Rxb2 40. a4 Nd6 41.
Rf4+ Ke6 42. h4 Ke5 43. g3 h5 44. Rf8 Ra2 45. Rg8 Kf6 46. Rf8+ Ke6 47. Rf4 Ke5
48. Ke3 Ra3+ 49. Ke2 Ne4 50. Kf1 Rxa4 51. Kg2 Ra2 52. Rf3 Nf6 53. Re3+ Kd4 54.
Rf3 Ng4 55. Rf4+ Kd3 56. Kf1 Ra6 57. Rb4 Ra1+ 58. Kg2 Ra2 59. Rf4 Ke2 60. Re4+
Kd1 61. Kg1 Rxf2 62. Rxg4 hxg4 63. Kxf2 Kd2 64. Kg2 Ke2 0-1

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2018.10.24"]
[Round "2.10"]
[White "Grabinsky, Aaron"]
[Black "Patel, Advait"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2375"]
[BlackElo "2461"]
[ECO "C50"]
[Opening "Giuoco Pianissimo"]
[WhiteFideId "2087090"]
[BlackFideId "2075105"]
[EventDate "2018.10.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. O-O d6 6. c3 O-O 7. a4 a5 8. h3 h6
9. Na3 Ne7 10. Nc2 Ng6 11. Re1 c6 12. Ba2 Bb6 13. d4 exd4 14. Ncxd4 Re8 15. Bb1
d5 16. exd5 Rxe1+ 17. Qxe1 Nxd5 18. Be4 Bc7 19. Bd2 Ndf4 20. Rd1 Qf6 21. Be3 Ne5
22. Kh1 Nfg6 23. Bc1 Nxf3 24. Nxf3 Bf5 25. Bxf5 Qxf5 26. Nd4 Qf6 27. Nf3 Rd8 28.
Rxd8+ Qxd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2018.10.24"]
[Round "2.11"]
[White "Ostrovskiy, Aleksandr"]
[Black "Peng, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2423"]
[BlackElo "2341"]
[ECO "A13"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[WhiteFideId "2034239"]
[BlackFideId "2059355"]
[EventDate "2018.10.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 d5 4. e3 b6 5. b3 Bb7 6. Bb2 Bd6 7. g3 O-O 8. Bg2 a6
9. O-O Nbd7 10. Qe2 Re8 11. Rfd1 e5 12. cxd5 Nxd5 13. Nxd5 Bxd5 14. e4 Bb7 15.
d4 f6 16. dxe5 fxe5 17. Bh3 Nc5 18. Nxe5 Qe7 19. f4 b5 20. Bg2 Rad8 21. Kh1 Ne6
22. a4 1-0

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2018.10.24"]
[Round "2.12"]
[White "Durarbayli, Vasif"]
[Black "Gosdin, Kaleb"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2629"]
[BlackElo "2029"]
[ECO "A80"]
[Opening "Dutch"]
[WhiteFideId "13402935"]
[BlackFideId "30920442"]
[EventDate "2018.10.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]

1. d4 f5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 d5 5. Bf4 Be7 6. e3 O-O 7. h3 c6 8. Bd3 Ne4
9. Qc2 Nd7 10. g4 Nb6 11. Ne5 Bf6 12. O-O-O Qe7 13. Rhg1 Bd7 14. c5 Nc8 15. f3
Nxc3 16. bxc3 b6 17. gxf5 exf5 18. Nxd7 Qxd7 19. Bxf5 Qe7 20. Bxh7+ Kh8 21. Bg6
Qd7 22. h4 Ne7 23. h5 Ng8 24. Qh2 Nh6 25. Bb1 bxc5 26. Qc2 g5 27. hxg6 Bg7 28.
Bxh6 1-0

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2018.10.24"]
[Round "2.13"]
[White "Watson, John"]
[Black "Quesada Perez, Yuniesky"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2203"]
[BlackElo "2622"]
[ECO "E47"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian"]
[Variation "4.e3 O-O, 5.Bd3"]
[WhiteFideId "2000768"]
[BlackFideId "3504409"]
[EventDate "2018.10.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]

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. b4 a5 12. bxa5 Rxa5 13. Nc3 d6 14. Rb1 Nbd7 15.
Re1 h6 16. Nd2 Ra8 17. Nde4 Nxe4 18. Bxe4 Bxe4 19. Rxe4 Nf6 20. Re3 Qc7 21. Qb3
Rec8 22. Qxb6 Qxc4 23. Rb4 Qc6 24. Qxc6 Rxc6 25. Bb2 d5 26. Rb3 Rc4 27. Ne2 Ne4
28. f3 Nd2 29. Rbc3 Rca4 30. Red3 Nc4 31. Bc1 Bxa3 32. Bxa3 Nxa3 33. Kf2 Nc4 34.
Nc1 Ra1 35. Rc2 g5 36. Kg3 Kg7 37. h4 Kg6 38. Kh3 Rb8 39. g3 Rbb1 40. Nb3 Ra3
41. Nc5 Rxd3 42. Nxd3 Rb3 43. Ne1 Re3 44. Rc1 Nd2 45. hxg5 hxg5 46. Kg2 Re2+ 47.
Kh3 Nb3 48. Rd1 Nxd4 49. f4 f5 50. fxg5 Kxg5 51. Ra1 e5 52. Rd1 Kf6 53. Ra1 Ne6
54. Nf3 0-1

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2018.10.24"]
[Round "2.14"]
[White "Wang, Justin"]
[Black "Daggupati, Balaji"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2377"]
[BlackElo "2202"]
[ECO "C92"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "closed, Flohr-Zaitsev system (Lenzerheide variation)"]
[WhiteFideId "30911370"]
[BlackFideId "2090759"]
[EventDate "2018.10.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]

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 Nd7 11. Nbd2 exd4 12. cxd4 Bf6 13. Nf1 Na5 14. Bc2 Re8 15.
Rb1 c5 16. d5 Nc4 17. b3 Nce5 18. N3h2 Ng6 19. Ne3 Bc3 20. Bd2 Bxd2 21. Qxd2 Nf6
22. Nf5 Bc8 23. Ng3 Ra7 24. Rbd1 a5 25. Bd3 Qb6 26. Kh1 b4 27. f4 Rae7 28. Nf3
Bd7 29. Bb1 a4 30. Qc1 axb3 31. axb3 Bc8 32. Qd2 Bb7 33. Nf5 Rxe4 34. Bxe4 Rxe4
35. Rxe4 Nxe4 36. Qe3 Nf6 37. Ng5 Qc7 38. Ne4 Nxd5 39. Qf2 Ndxf4 40. Nfxd6 Bd5
41. Rd2 Bxb3 42. Qxc5 Qxc5 43. Nxc5 Bd5 44. Kh2 Ne5 45. Rd4 g5 46. Rxb4 Nxg2 47.
Nf5 Nc6 48. Rg4 f6 49. h4 h5 50. Rg3 Ne1 51. hxg5 Nf3+ 52. Kh3 fxg5 53. Ne3 g4+
54. Kg2 Nh4+ 55. Kf2 Bf3 56. Nd3 Ng6 57. Rxf3 gxf3 58. Kxf3 Kg7 59. Nf4 Nxf4 60.
Kxf4 Kg6 61. Nf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2018.10.24"]
[Round "2.15"]
[White "Narayanan, Samrug"]
[Black "Kiewra, Keaton"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2145"]
[BlackElo "2375"]
[ECO "B52"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Canal-Sokolsky attack, 3...Bd7"]
[WhiteFideId "30914051"]
[BlackFideId "2019280"]
[EventDate "2018.10.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. O-O Nf6 6. Re1 Nc6 7. c3 e6 8.
d4 cxd4 9. cxd4 d5 10. e5 Ne4 11. Nbd2 Nxd2 12. Bxd2 Be7 13. Rc1 O-O 14. a3 Rac8
15. Qb3 Bd8 16. Qd3 h6 17. Rc2 Bb6 18. Rec1 Rc7 19. b4 Rfc8 20. h3 a6 21. Kf1
Na7 22. Rxc7 Rxc7 23. Rxc7 Bxc7 24. Bc3 Nc8 25. Bb2 Nb6 26. Nd2 Qc6 27. Ke2 Nc4
28. Nxc4 dxc4 29. Qf3 Qb5 30. Kd2 a5 31. Bc3 axb4 32. axb4 Bd8 33. Qe4 Bg5+ 34.
Ke2 Be7 35. Qb1 Kf8 36. Ke3 f5 37. exf6 Qg5+ 38. Ke2 Bxf6 39. Qe4 Qf5 40. Ke3
Ke8 41. Qxf5 exf5 42. Kf4 g6 43. g4 fxg4 44. Kxg4 h5+ 45. Kf4 g5+ 46. Ke4 g4 47.
hxg4 hxg4 48. Kf5 Bh4 1/2-1/2

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2018.10.24"]
[Round "2.16"]
[White "Williams, Justus"]
[Black "Yanayt, Eugene"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2344"]
[BlackElo "2137"]
[ECO "E73"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "Semi-Averbakh system"]
[WhiteFideId "2049929"]
[BlackFideId "2020165"]
[EventDate "2018.10.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Be3 e5 7. d5 Na6 8. g4 Nc5
9. f3 a5 10. h4 h5 11. g5 Ne8 12. Nh3 Bd7 13. Nf2 c6 14. Qd2 cxd5 15. cxd5 Nc7
16. Rc1 N7a6 17. Nb5 Bxb5 18. Bxb5 Nc7 19. Be2 b6 20. Nd1 Qd7 21. Nc3 Rfb8 22.
Kf2 Kh8 23. Kg2 b5 24. Nd1 Bf8 25. Nf2 b4 26. Rhd1 Kg8 27. Bxc5 dxc5 28. Nd3 Qd6
29. Nxc5 a4 30. b3 axb3 31. axb3 Ra3 32. Rc2 Kh7 33. Rdc1 f6 34. Nd7 Ne8 35.
Nxb8 Qxb8 36. Rc8 1-0

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2018.10.24"]
[Round "2.17"]
[White "Colas, Joshua"]
[Black "Eckert, Doug"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2334"]
[BlackElo "2124"]
[ECO "A06"]
[Opening "Reti"]
[Variation "Nimzovich-Larsen attack"]
[WhiteFideId "2044447"]
[BlackFideId "2001993"]
[EventDate "2018.10.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. b3 Bg4 3. Bb2 Bxf3 4. exf3 e6 5. g3 Nf6 6. Bg2 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. f4
c5 9. d3 Nc6 10. Nd2 Rc8 11. Nf3 d4 12. Re1 Nd5 13. h4 h5 14. Ng5 Bxg5 15. fxg5
g6 16. g4 hxg4 17. Qxg4 Kg7 18. Bc1 Rh8 19. Bxd5 Qxd5 20. Re4 Qf5 21. Qg3 e5 22.
Bd2 Rce8 23. Rae1 Re7 24. a3 a5 25. Kg2 b6 26. Rf1 Qd7 27. Rh1 Qd6 28. Qf3 Re6
29. h5 Rxh5 30. Rxh5 gxh5 31. Qxh5 Rg6 32. Rh4 Kf8 33. Qf3 Rg8 34. Kf1 Nd8 35.
Qa8 Kg7 36. Rh6 Ne6 37. Qe4 Kf8 38. Rf6 Ke8 39. Qa8+ Qd8 40. Qc6+ Ke7 41. Qb7+
Kd6 42. f4 Qd7 43. fxe5+ 1-0

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2018.10.24"]
[Round "2.18"]
[White "Polavaram, Rithik"]
[Black "Moon, Benjamin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2069"]
[BlackElo "2304"]
[ECO "E91"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "6.Be2"]
[WhiteFideId "2081997"]
[BlackFideId "2064847"]
[EventDate "2018.10.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Nf3 Bg4 7. Be3 Nfd7 8. Ng1
Bxe2 9. Ngxe2 c5 10. O-O cxd4 11. Nxd4 Nc6 12. f4 Qa5 13. Qd2 Nf6 14. Nxc6 bxc6
15. h3 Qb4 16. b3 Nh5 17. Bd4 Bxd4+ 18. Qxd4 Nxf4 19. Kh2 Ne6 20. Qe3 Qc5 21.
Rae1 Qe5+ 22. Kh1 a5 23. Na4 Nc5 24. Nxc5 dxc5 25. a4 Rad8 26. Rf2 Rd6 27. Qf3
f6 28. Qf4 Qxf4 29. Rxf4 e5 30. Rf3 Kf7 31. g4 Ke6 32. Kg2 Rd2+ 33. Kg3 Rfd8 34.
Rfe3 R2d3 35. Kf3 f5 36. gxf5+ gxf5 37. exf5+ Kxf5 38. Rf1 e4+ 39. Kg3+ Ke5 40.
Re1 Rxe3+ 41. Rxe3 Rd3 42. Kf2 Kf4 43. Rxd3 exd3 44. Ke1 Kg3 45. Kd2 Kxh3 46.
Kxd3 Kg3 47. Ke4 h5 48. Ke5 h4 49. Kd6 h3 50. Kxc6 h2 51. Kxc5 h1=Q 52. Kb6 Qa8
53. c5 Kf4 54. c6 Ke5 55. c7 Kd6 56. b4 axb4 57. a5 b3 0-1

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2018.10.24"]
[Round "2.19"]
[White "Shoykhet, Benjamin"]
[Black "Ghazarian, Kirk"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1855"]
[BlackElo "2222"]
[ECO "A37"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "symmetrical variation"]
[WhiteFideId "30919746"]
[BlackFideId "30908604"]
[EventDate "2018.10.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]

1. c4 c5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Nc3 d6 6. O-O Nh6 7. d4 cxd4 8. Bxh6
Bxh6 9. Nxd4 Bd7 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. b3 O-O 12. Qd3 Rb8 13. e4 Qa5 14. Rfe1 Bg7
15. Rec1 f5 16. c5 Qxc5 17. Rab1 Qxf2+ 18. Kh1 Qd4 19. Qxd4 Bxd4 20. Ne2 Be5 21.
Rd1 fxe4 22. Bxe4 Bg4 23. Re1 d5 24. Bg2 Bg7 25. Rbc1 Bd7 26. Nf4 e5 27. Nd3 e4
28. Nc5 Bf5 29. h3 h5 30. Red1 Be5 31. Na6 Rb6 32. Nc5 Rf6 33. Rf1 Kg7 34. Na4
Rb8 35. Nc3 Bxg3 36. Ne2 Be5 37. h4 d4 38. Rc5 Rb5 39. Rcc1 e3 40. Rxc6 Rxc6 41.
Bxc6 Rc5 0-1

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2018.10.24"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Cordova, Emilio"]
[Black "Bruzon Batista, Lazaro"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2609"]
[BlackElo "2653"]
[ECO "A33"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "symmetrical, Geller variation"]
[WhiteFideId "3801497"]
[BlackFideId "3503739"]
[EventDate "2018.10.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. g3 e6 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Qb6 7. Ndb5 Ne5 8.
Bf4 Nfg4 9. Qa4 g5 10. Bxe5 Qxf2+ 11. Kd1 Nxe5 12. Nc7+ Kd8 13. Nxa8 Qd4+ 14.
Kc2 Nxc4 15. Kb3 Nd2+ 16. Kc2 Nc4 17. Kb3 Nd2+ 18. Kc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2018.10.24"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Escalante Ramirez, Brian Sebasti"]
[Black "Gledura, Benjamin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2442"]
[BlackElo "2621"]
[ECO "C45"]
[Opening "Scotch"]
[Variation "Schmidt variation"]
[WhiteFideId "3819566"]
[BlackFideId "712779"]
[EventDate "2018.10.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. Qe2 Bb4+ 7. c3 Be7 8.
e5 Nd5 9. c4 Nb6 10. Qc2 d6 11. exd6 cxd6 12. Bd3 Nd7 13. O-O Nc5 14. Be2 O-O
15. Nc3 Bf6 16. Be3 Rb8 17. Rad1 Qc7 18. b3 a5 19. Bf3 Be5 20. Rfe1 Ne6 21. Ne2
a4 22. Nd4 axb3 23. axb3 Bd7 24. Be4 g6 25. Nf3 f5 26. Bd3 c5 27. Ng5 Nxg5 28.
Bxg5 Bc6 29. f3 Rfe8 30. Be3 Qg7 31. Bf1 Bxh2+ 32. Kxh2 Rxe3 33. Qd2 Rxe1 34.
Rxe1 Qc7 35. Qg5 Re8 36. Rxe8+ Bxe8 37. Kg1 Qg7 38. Qd2 Qf6 39. Kf2 Bc6 40. b4
cxb4 41. Qxb4 Qd4+ 42. Ke1 Kg7 43. Qd2 Qe5+ 44. Be2 f4 45. Qb4 Be8 46. Qb7+ Bf7
47. Qc7 h5 48. Kf1 Kf6 49. Qd8+ Qe7 50. Qa5 Kg7 51. Qa1+ Kh6 52. Qc1 Qe5 53. Qa3
Kg5 54. Qa7 Kf6 55. Qc7 Kg7 56. Qd7 h4 57. Qc7 Kf6 58. Qd8+ Qe7 59. Qb8 Kg5 60.
Qb6 Be6 61. Bd3 h3 62. Qg1 Qf6 63. gxh3+ Kh6 64. Kg2 Qg5+ 65. Kh2 Qxg1+ 66. Kxg1
Bxh3 67. Kf2 Kg5 68. Ke1 Kf6 69. Kd2 g5 70. Be2 Ke5 71. Kd3 Bc8 72. Kc3 Bb7 73.
Bd1 Ba6 74. Bc2 Bc8 75. Bd1 Bh3 76. Be2 Bg2 77. Kd3 g4 78. fxg4 f3 79. Bd1 f2
80. Be2 f1=Q 81. Bxf1 Bxf1+ 82. Kc3 Bh3 83. g5 Bf5 84. Kb4 Kd4 85. Kb5 Be4 0-1

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2018.10.24"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Bok, Benjamin"]
[Black "Liang, Awonder"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2639"]
[BlackElo "2572"]
[ECO "A05"]
[Opening "Reti opening"]
[WhiteFideId "1017063"]
[BlackFideId "2056437"]
[EventDate "2018.10.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 e6 3. Bg2 Be7 4. O-O O-O 5. c4 d5 6. b3 b6 7. Nc3 Bb7 8. d4
Nbd7 9. Bb2 Rc8 10. Rc1 c5 11. Ne1 cxd4 12. Qxd4 Nc5 13. cxd5 exd5 14. Nc2 Ne6
15. Qd3 d4 16. Nb5 Ba6 17. b4 Nd7 18. Ncxd4 Rxc1 19. Rxc1 Nxd4 20. Bxd4 Bxb4 21.
Qb1 1/2-1/2

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2018.10.24"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Lenderman, Aleksandr"]
[Black "Wang, Kevin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2626"]
[BlackElo "2447"]
[ECO "A06"]
[Opening "Reti opening"]
[WhiteFideId "2021285"]
[BlackFideId "2008424"]
[EventDate "2018.10.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. b3 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Ba3 Nbd7 7. Rc1 dxc4 8. Bxc4
a6 9. Be2 b5 10. d4 Bb7 11. O-O Bf8 12. Bxf8 Kxf8 13. b4 Kg7 14. a4 Qe7 15. Qb3
Nd5 16. axb5 Qxb4 17. Qc2 Rhc8 18. Nxd5 exd5 19. Rb1 Qd6 20. Rfc1 a5 21. Qc3 c6
22. Qa1 a4 23. Ne5 f6 24. Nxd7 Qxd7 25. b6 Ba6 26. Rb4 Qb7 27. Bxa6 Rxa6 28. Qa3
Rca8 29. Rcb1 Ra5 30. R4b2 Qd7 31. h4 h5 32. Rc2 Rb8 33. Qc3 Rb5 34. Rxb5 cxb5
35. Qa5 Rb7 36. Rc5 Qd6 37. Rc7+ Rxc7 38. bxc7 Qd7 39. Qc3 Qc8 40. Qc5 a3 41.
Qe7+ Kh6 42. Qd8 1-0

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2018.10.24"]
[Round "3.5"]
[White "Prohaszka, Peter2"]
[Black "Ostrovskiy, Aleksandr"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2626"]
[BlackElo "2423"]
[ECO "A13"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "Wimpey system"]
[WhiteFideId "726265"]
[BlackFideId "2034239"]
[EventDate "2018.10.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. b3 c5 5. Bb2 Nc6 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Bb5 Bd6 8. O-O
O-O 9. d4 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Bc7 11. Be2 Re8 12. Nd2 Nxd4 13. Bxd4 Qd6 14. g3 Bh3 15.
Re1 Rac8 16. Qb1 Bb6 17. Qb2 Bxd4 18. Qxd4 Qc5 19. Qxc5 Rxc5 20. Nf3 Bg4 21. Nd4
Bxe2 22. Rxe2 Rec8 23. f3 h5 24. h3 Kf8 25. Kf2 g6 26. Rd1 Ke7 27. g4 hxg4 28.
hxg4 Rc1 29. Ree1 Rxd1 30. Rxd1 Nd7 31. Rd2 Rc5 32. Ne2 a5 33. Nf4 Nb6 34. Kg3
Kf8 35. Ne2 Ke7 36. Kf4 Nd7 37. Kg3 Nb6 38. a3 g5 39. Kf2 Nc8 40. b4 axb4 41.
axb4 Rc4 42. Rxd5 Rxb4 43. Rxg5 Rb2 44. Re5+ Kf6 45. f4 Nd6 46. Kf3 Nc8 47. g5+
Kg7 48. Re8 Nd6 49. Rd8 Nf5 50. Ng3 Nxg3 51. Kxg3 b5 52. Rb8 Rb3 53. Kf3 b4 54.
Ke4 Rb1 55. Kf5 b3 56. e4 b2 57. e5 Kh7 58. e6 fxe6+ 59. Kf6 Rg1 60. Rxb2 1-0

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2018.10.24"]
[Round "3.6"]
[White "Wang, Tianqi"]
[Black "Tang, Andrew"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2346"]
[BlackElo "2469"]
[ECO "D30"]
[Opening "Queen's gambit declined"]
[WhiteFideId "2063824"]
[BlackFideId "2059630"]
[EventDate "2018.10.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Be7 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O b6 7. b3 Bb7 8. Bb2 c5
9. Nbd2 Nbd7 10. Rc1 Rc8 11. Rc2 dxc4 12. Bxc4 a6 13. Qb1 b5 14. Be2 cxd4 15.
Rxc8 Qxc8 16. Rc1 Qa8 17. Bxd4 Ba3 18. Bb2 Bb4 19. Bf1 Rd8 20. a3 Be7 21. b4 h6
22. h3 Nd5 23. Bd4 N5b6 24. Ba1 Bd5 25. Ne5 Nxe5 26. Bxe5 Nd7 27. Bd4 Rc8 28.
Rxc8+ Qxc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2018.10.24"]
[Round "3.7"]
[White "Cori, Jorge"]
[Black "Grabinsky, Aaron"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2664"]
[BlackElo "2375"]
[ECO "E10"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[WhiteFideId "3802272"]
[BlackFideId "2087090"]
[EventDate "2018.10.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. e3 a6 5. Bd3 dxc4 6. Bxc4 b5 7. Bd3 Bb7 8. O-O
c5 9. a4 b4 10. Nbd2 Nbd7 11. a5 Be7 12. Qe2 O-O 13. Rd1 cxd4 14. exd4 Bd6 15.
Nc4 Qc7 16. Nfe5 Nd5 17. Bd2 Nxe5 18. dxe5 Bc5 19. Rac1 Qe7 20. Be4 Rac8 21.
Bxd5 Bxd5 22. Nb6 Bxb6 23. axb6 Qb7 24. Bxb4 Rfe8 25. Ba5 Bxg2 26. Rc7 Rxc7 27.
bxc7 Bd5 28. Rd4 Rc8 29. h3 h6 30. Kh2 Qc6 31. Qe3 Qb5 32. Qe1 Qc5 33. Rg4 Bb7
34. b4 Qd5 35. Rg1 Rf8 36. Qc3 Qe4 37. Bb6 Rc8 38. Ba5 g5 39. Qe3 Qd5 40. h4 g4
41. Qf4 Kh7 42. Qxf7+ Kh8 43. Qf6+ Kh7 44. Qe7+ Kg6 45. h5+ Kxh5 46. Qf7+ Kg5
47. Qg7+ Kf5 48. Qf6+ Ke4 49. Re1+ Kd3 50. Rd1+ 1-0

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2018.10.24"]
[Round "3.8"]
[White "Santarius, Erik"]
[Black "Durarbayli, Vasif"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2404"]
[BlackElo "2629"]
[ECO "A64"]
[Opening "Benoni"]
[Variation "fianchetto, 11...Re8"]
[WhiteFideId "2025817"]
[BlackFideId "13402935"]
[EventDate "2018.10.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nc3 g6 7. Bg2 Bg7 8. Nf3
O-O 9. O-O Re8 10. Nd2 a6 11. a4 Nbd7 12. Nc4 Ne5 13. Na3 Bd7 14. h3 b5 15. f4
Nh5 16. Ne4 Bf5 17. fxe5 Rxe5 18. g4 Bxe4 19. gxh5 Bxg2 20. Kxg2 Qe7 21. Rf2
Rxh5 22. Qd3 c4 23. Qf3 Rf5 24. Qe3 Qxe3 25. Bxe3 Rxd5 26. Rb1 Re8 27. Bf4 g5
28. Bh2 f5 29. axb5 axb5 30. Kf1 Re3 31. h4 g4 32. Bf4 Rh3 33. Kg2 Rb3 34. Nc2
c3 35. Ne3 Rc5 36. Bxd6 Bd4 37. Bxc5 Bxc5 38. Nxf5 Bxf2 39. Kxf2 Kf7 40. Rd1
cxb2 41. Rb1 Rb4 42. e3 Ke6 43. Nd4+ Kd5 44. Nc2 Rb3 45. Nd4 Rb4 46. Nc2 Rb3 47.
Nd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2018.10.24"]
[Round "3.9"]
[White "Moon, Benjamin"]
[Black "Nyzhnyk, Illya"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2304"]
[BlackElo "2626"]
[ECO "D00"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn, Mason variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2064847"]
[BlackFideId "14118084"]
[EventDate "2018.10.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 Nf6 3. e3 e6 4. Nf3 c5 5. c3 Nc6 6. Nbd2 Be7 7. h3 Bd6 8. dxc5
Bxc5 9. Bd3 Bd6 10. Bxd6 Qxd6 11. e4 O-O 12. O-O Rd8 13. Qc2 dxe4 14. Bxe4 b6
15. Rad1 Bb7 16. Nc4 Qc5 17. Bxc6 Qxc6 18. Rxd8+ Rxd8 19. Rd1 Rxd1+ 20. Qxd1 Qd5
21. Qxd5 Bxd5 22. Nfd2 Kf8 23. b3 Bxc4 24. bxc4 Ke7 25. Kf1 Nd7 26. Ke2 Nc5 27.
Ke3 e5 28. f4 exf4+ 29. Kxf4 Na4 30. Ke5 Nxc3 31. a3 Kd7 32. Kd4 Ne2+ 33. Ke3
Nc1 34. Nf3 Kd6 35. Kd2 Nb3+ 36. Kc3 Na5 37. Kb4 Nc6+ 38. Kb5 f5 39. Ng5 Nd4+
40. Ka6 h6 41. Nf7+ Ke6 42. Nd8+ Kd7 43. Nf7 Ke6 44. Nd8+ Ke7 45. Nb7 Kd7 46.
Kxa7 Kc7 47. c5 b5 48. Ka6 Kc6 49. h4 g5 50. h5 g4 51. Nd8+ Kxc5 52. Nf7 f4 53.
Ne5 f3 54. g3 Nc2 55. Nxg4 Nxa3 56. Ne5 Nc4 57. Nxf3 b4 58. Ng1 b3 59. Ne2 b2
60. Nc3 Kb4 61. Nb1 Na3 0-1

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2018.10.24"]
[Round "3.10"]
[White "Ghazarian, Kirk"]
[Black "Shimanov, Aleksandr"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2222"]
[BlackElo "2626"]
[ECO "E08"]
[Opening "Catalan"]
[Variation "closed, 7.Qc2"]
[WhiteFideId "30908604"]
[BlackFideId "4198603"]
[EventDate "2018.10.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Nf3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O Nbd7 7. Qc2 c6 8. Rd1
b6 9. b3 Bb7 10. Nc3 Ba6 11. Nd2 b5 12. e3 Rc8 13. Bb2 Qc7 14. Rac1 Qb8 15. Bf1
Qb7 16. cxb5 Bxb5 17. Nxb5 cxb5 18. Qd3 a6 19. Bg2 Nb6 20. Nf3 Ne4 21. Nd2 f5
22. Nf3 Nd7 23. Rxc8 Rxc8 24. Ne1 Bb4 25. Bxe4 dxe4 26. Qe2 Nf6 27. Rc1 Bxe1 28.
Qxe1 Nd5 29. Rxc8+ Qxc8 30. Ba3 Qc3 31. Qe2 g6 32. Bc5 Qc1+ 33. Qf1 Qc2 34. a4
Qxb3 35. axb5 Qxb5 36. Qxb5 axb5 37. Kf1 Kf7 38. Ke2 g5 39. Kd2 Kg6 40. h3 f4
41. exf4 gxf4 42. gxf4 Nxf4 43. Ke3 Kf5 0-1

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2018.10.24"]
[Round "3.11"]
[White "Quesada Perez, Yuniesky"]
[Black "Williams, Justus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2622"]
[BlackElo "2344"]
[ECO "B31"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Nimzovich-Rossolimo attack (with ...g6, without ...d6)"]
[WhiteFideId "3504409"]
[BlackFideId "2049929"]
[EventDate "2018.10.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. d3 Bg7 6. h3 Nf6 7. Nc3 O-O 8. Bf4
Nd7 9. e5 Nb6 10. Qd2 c4 11. d4 Nd5 12. Bh6 Nxc3 13. Bxg7 Kxg7 14. Qxc3 Be6 15.
O-O Bd5 16. Nd2 b5 17. Rfe1 Qc8 18. Nf1 c5 19. Rad1 Rd8 20. dxc5 Qxc5 21. b4 Qb6
22. Ne3 Be6 23. a3 Qc7 24. Kf1 a5 25. Rxd8 Rxd8 26. Rd1 axb4 27. axb4 Rxd1+ 28.
Nxd1 Qa7 29. Ne3 h5 30. Ke2 Kh7 31. Kd2 Kg8 32. Kc1 Kh7 33. Kb2 Qd7 34. Kc1 Qa7
35. Kd2 Kg8 36. Ke2 Kh7 37. g4 hxg4 38. hxg4 Kg8 39. f3 Kh7 40. Kf2 Qd7 41. Kg3
Kg8 42. Kg2 Kh7 43. Nf1 Qd1 44. Qd2 Qa1 45. c3 Qb1 46. Ng3 Kg7 47. Kf2 Qa1 48.
Qe3 Qd1 49. Ne2 Qh1 50. Nd4 Qh2+ 51. Kf1 Bd5 52. Ke1 Qg3+ 53. Kd2 Qh2+ 54. Qe2
Qf4+ 55. Qe3 Qh2+ 56. Kd1 Qg2 57. Ke1 Kg8 58. Qf2 Qh1+ 59. Ke2 Qb1 60. Qe3 Qh1
61. Qf2 Qb1 62. Qe1 Qd3+ 63. Kf2 e6 64. Qc1 Bb7 65. g5 Kf8 66. Qc2 Qxc2+ 67.
Nxc2 Ke7 68. Ke3 Kd7 69. Nd4 Bc6 70. Ne2 Kc7 71. Ng3 Kb6 72. Nf1 Bb7 73. Nh2 Bc6
74. Ng4 Be8 75. Nh6 Kc6 76. Ke4 Kb6 77. Kd4 Kc6 78. Ng8 Kb6 79. Nf6 Bc6 80. f4
Kc7 81. Kc5 Kb7 82. Kd6 1-0

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2018.10.24"]
[Round "3.12"]
[White "Chandra, Akshat"]
[Black "Colas, Joshua"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2471"]
[BlackElo "2334"]
[ECO "B15"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann defence"]
[WhiteFideId "25006711"]
[BlackFideId "2044447"]
[EventDate "2018.10.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd6 4. d4 c6 5. Ne4 Qd8 6. Bc4 Nf6 7. Ng3 e6 8. Nf3
Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Qe2 Nbd7 11. Rd1 Nd5 12. Bb3 b5 13. c4 bxc4 14. Bxc4 a5 15.
Ne5 Nxe5 16. dxe5 f5 17. exf6 Bxf6 18. Ne4 Bd7 19. Be3 a4 20. Bc5 Be7 21. Rac1
Ra5 22. b4 axb3 23. Bxb3 Bxc5 24. Nxc5 Qe8 25. Qc2 Bc8 26. Nd3 Bb7 27. Qd2 Ra8
28. Re1 Rd8 29. Nc5 Bc8 30. Qc2 Kh8 31. Re5 Nf4 32. Rce1 Qf7 33. f3 Qf6 34. a4
Qh6 35. R5e3 e5 36. Rxe5 Bh3 37. gxh3 Rd2 38. Qf5 Nxh3+ 39. Kh1 Nf2+ 40. Kg1
Nh3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2018.10.24"]
[Round "3.13"]
[White "Patel, Advait"]
[Black "Betaneli, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2461"]
[BlackElo "2272"]
[ECO "C72"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "modern Steinitz defence, 5.O-O"]
[WhiteFideId "2075105"]
[BlackFideId "2012359"]
[EventDate "2018.10.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. O-O Bd7 6. c3 g6 7. d4 Bg7 8. Re1 Nf6
9. Nbd2 O-O 10. h3 exd4 11. cxd4 Nb4 12. Bxd7 Qxd7 13. Qb3 a5 14. a3 Nc6 15. d5
Nb8 16. Qxb7 Na6 17. Qb3 Nc5 18. Qc4 Qa4 19. e5 Qxc4 20. Nxc4 dxe5 21. Nfxe5 Nb3
22. Rb1 Nxd5 23. Rd1 Nb6 24. Nxb6 cxb6 25. Nd7 Rfe8 26. Be3 b5 27. Rd5 b4 28.
Rd3 a4 29. axb4 Re4 30. Nb6 Rae8 31. b5 Nd4 32. Nxa4 Nxb5 33. b4 Rc4 34. Rd5 Na3
35. Rb3 Nc2 36. Bc5 Re1+ 37. Kh2 Be5+ 38. g3 Kg7 39. Nb2 Rc3 40. Rxc3 Bxc3 41.
Nd3 Rb1 42. b5 Ba5 43. Ne5 Kf6 44. Nc4 Bc7 45. b6 Bb8 46. Rd8 Ne1 47. Nd2 Rb5
48. Rxb8 1-0

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2018.10.24"]
[Round "3.14"]
[White "Gosdin, Kaleb"]
[Black "Wang, Justin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2029"]
[BlackElo "2377"]
[ECO "E30"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian"]
[Variation "Leningrad variation"]
[WhiteFideId "30920442"]
[BlackFideId "30911370"]
[EventDate "2018.10.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bg5 c5 5. Rc1 cxd4 6. Qxd4 Nc6 7. Bxf6 Qxf6 8.
Qxf6 gxf6 9. e3 b6 10. f4 Bb7 11. Nf3 Rc8 12. Kf2 Na5 13. Nb5 a6 14. Nbd4 Be7
15. Be2 Rg8 16. Rhd1 f5 17. g3 Ba8 18. Nb3 Nb7 19. Ne5 d6 20. Nd3 Nc5 21. Nbxc5
bxc5 22. Bf3 Be4 23. Ke2 Kd7 24. Nf2 Bxf3+ 25. Kxf3 Kc6 26. Rd2 Bf6 27. Rcd1
Rgd8 28. Nd3 a5 29. b3 Rb8 30. Nb2 Bxb2 31. Rxb2 Rb6 32. Rd3 a4 33. Rbd2 Kc7 34.
g4 fxg4+ 35. Kxg4 Rg8+ 36. Kf3 axb3 37. axb3 Rgb8 38. Kg4 Rg8+ 39. Kf3 Ra8 40.
Rg2 Kd7 41. e4 Ra3 42. Rb2 Ke8 43. Kg4 Ke7 44. Rh3 Kf6 45. Rd3 Kg6 46. Kf3 f5
47. Ke3 Ra1 48. Rg2+ Kf6 49. exf5 exf5 50. Rgd2 Ke6 51. Kf3 Rb1 52. Re2+ Kd7 53.
Ree3 Rb2 54. Rd5 Rxh2 55. Rxf5 Rh3+ 56. Ke4 Rxe3+ 57. Kxe3 Rxb3+ 58. Kd2 Rh3 59.
Rf7+ Ke6 60. Rf8 h5 61. Rh8 Kf5 62. Rh6 Kxf4 63. Rxd6 Rg3 64. Ke2 Rg5 65. Kf2
Ke4 66. Rd8 h4 67. Rh8 Rg4 68. Rh5 Kd4 69. Kf3 Rg3+ 70. Kf2 Rc3 71. Rxh4+ Kd3
72. Ke1 Rc1+ 73. Kf2 Rxc4 74. Rh8 Re4 75. Rh3+ Kc2 76. Kf3 Re8 77. Rh2+ Kc3 78.
Rh7 c4 79. Rb7 Kc2 80. Rb6 c3 81. Rb7 Kc1 82. Rc7 c2 83. Rc6 Rb8 84. Ke2 Kb2 0-1

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2018.10.24"]
[Round "3.15"]
[White "Kiewra, Keaton"]
[Black "Polgar-Shutzman, Tom"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2375"]
[BlackElo "2130"]
[ECO "E92"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "Andersson variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2019280"]
[BlackFideId "2064880"]
[EventDate "2018.10.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. d4 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. dxe5 dxe5 8. Qxd8
Rxd8 9. Bg5 Re8 10. Nd5 Nxd5 11. cxd5 c6 12. Bc4 cxd5 13. Bxd5 Nd7 14. Nd2 Nc5
15. O-O-O Be6 16. Bxe6 Nxe6 17. Be3 Rec8+ 18. Kb1 Rc7 19. Rc1 Rd7 20. Nb3 b6 21.
Rhd1 Rad8 22. Rxd7 Rxd7 23. Rc8+ Bf8 24. Kc2 f5 25. a4 Kf7 26. f3 Bb4 27. Rc4
Be1 28. exf5 gxf5 29. f4 exf4 30. Bxf4 Bf2 31. Bd2 Rd5 32. Rc3 Nd4+ 33. Nxd4
Bxd4 34. Rc7+ Kg6 35. Rc6+ Kf7 36. Rc7+ Kg6 37. b4 b5 38. a5 Bg1 39. Bc3 f4 40.
Bd2 Be3 41. Bxe3 fxe3 42. Re7 Rd2+ 43. Kc3 Rxg2 44. Rxe3 Kf6 45. Rh3 Kg6 46. Rd3
Rxh2 47. Rd7 h5 48. Rxa7 h4 49. Ra6+ Kg7 50. Re6 Rg2 51. Re4 h3 52. Rh4 h2 53.
Kd4 Kf7 54. Kc5 Rg5+ 55. Kb6 Rg4 56. Rh7+ Ke6 57. Kxb5 Rg2 58. a6 Kd5 59. a7 Ra2
60. Kb6 Ra4 61. b5 1-0

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2018.10.24"]
[Round "3.16"]
[White "Peng, David"]
[Black "Narayanan, Samrug"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2341"]
[BlackElo "2145"]
[ECO "B56"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[WhiteFideId "2059355"]
[BlackFideId "30914051"]
[EventDate "2018.10.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. g3 e5 7. Nde2 Be6 8. Bg2
Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. h3 Qd7 11. Kh2 Ne8 12. Nd5 f5 13. exf5 Bxf5 14. Be3 Nf6 15.
c4 Nxd5 16. Qxd5+ Be6 17. Qd3 Rac8 18. b3 Bf5 19. Qd2 Bf6 20. Rad1 Rcd8 21. Nc3
Be7 22. Nd5 Be6 23. Nc3 Rf6 24. f4 Rff8 25. Rfe1 Qe8 26. Nb5 Qh5 27. Qe2 Qxe2
28. Rxe2 a6 29. Nc7 Bf7 30. Nd5 Bxd5 31. cxd5 Nb8 32. Bb6 Rc8 33. fxe5 Nd7 34.
exd6 Bxd6 35. Bd4 Nc5 36. Rc1 Nd7 37. Rxc8 Rxc8 38. Re6 Bc5 39. Bxc5 Nxc5 40.
Rb6 Rc7 41. d6 Rd7 42. Bd5+ Kf8 43. Kg2 g6 44. Kf3 Kg7 45. Ke3 Kf6 46. b4 Ke5
47. Bf3 Na4 48. Rxb7 Rxd6 49. Rxh7 Nc3 50. a3 Nb5 51. a4 Nd4 52. Be4 Rb6 53.
Re7+ Kf6 54. Rb7 Nf5+ 55. Kf4 Rd6 56. Bxf5 gxf5 57. Ke3 Re6+ 58. Kf3 Rd6 59. h4
Rd3+ 60. Kf4 Rd4+ 61. Ke3 Re4+ 62. Kf3 Rc4 63. Rb6+ Ke5 64. h5 a5 65. h6 axb4
66. h7 Rc8 67. Rxb4 Kf6 68. Rh4 1-0

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2018.10.24"]
[Round "3.17"]
[White "Daggupati, Balaji"]
[Black "Watson, John"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2202"]
[BlackElo "2203"]
[ECO "C17"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "Winawer, advance, 5.a3"]
[WhiteFideId "2090759"]
[BlackFideId "2000768"]
[EventDate "2018.10.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Ba5 6. b4 cxd4 7. Qg4 Kf8 8. bxa5
dxc3 9. a4 Nc6 10. Nf3 Nge7 11. Bd3 Ng6 12. Ba3+ Kg8 13. Bd6 f6 14. Bxg6 hxg6
15. Qxg6 Rh6 16. Qg3 Bd7 17. O-O Be8 18. exf6 Rg6 19. Qf4 Rxf6 20. Qg3 Rg6 21.
Qf4 Rf6 22. Qg3 Rg6 1/2-1/2

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2018.10.24"]
[Round "3.18"]
[White "Yanayt, Eugene"]
[Black "Polavaram, Rithik"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2137"]
[BlackElo "2069"]
[ECO "E06"]
[Opening "Catalan"]
[Variation "closed, 5.Nf3"]
[WhiteFideId "2020165"]
[BlackFideId "2081997"]
[EventDate "2018.10.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Nf3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Bg5 Nbd7 8. Nc3
c5 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Qc2 h6 11. Bxf6 Nxf6 12. Rad1 Qe7 13. Nd2 e5 14. Nxc4 Bg4
15. h3 Bd7 16. Kh2 Rad8 17. Nd5 Nxd5 18. Rxd5 Be6 19. Rxe5 Qc7 20. Rh5 Bxf2 21.
Rxf2 Qxc4 22. Qxc4 Bxc4 23. b3 Ba6 24. Bd5 g6 25. Re5 Rd7 26. Rf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2018.10.24"]
[Round "3.19"]
[White "Eckert, Doug"]
[Black "Shoykhet, Benjamin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2124"]
[BlackElo "1855"]
[ECO "A04"]
[Opening "Reti opening"]
[WhiteFideId "2001993"]
[BlackFideId "30919746"]
[EventDate "2018.10.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 g6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bg7 6. Nb3 Nf6 7. Nc3 O-O 8.
O-O d6 9. a4 Be6 10. h3 Qd7 11. Kh2 Rac8 12. e4 Rfd8 13. Be3 b6 14. Nd4 Nxd4 15.
Bxd4 Rc4 16. Be3 Rdc8 17. a5 b5 18. e5 Ne8 19. exd6 Nxd6 20. Rc1 Bxc3 21. bxc3
Rxc3 22. a6 Bf5 23. Qd4 Rxc2 24. Rxc2 Rxc2 25. Rd1 Rc7 26. Bb7 Nxb7 27. axb7
Rxb7 28. Qa1 Qc8 29. Bh6 f6 30. Qa2+ Qc4 31. Rd8+ Kf7 32. Rf8+ Ke6 33. Qa6+ Rb6
34. Qxa7 Qc6 35. Qa2+ Qd5 36. Qa5 Rd6 37. Bf4 Bxh3 38. Qe1+ Kd7 39. f3 Re6 40.
Qf2 Ra6 41. Bc1 Be6 42. Qc2 Rc6 43. Qb2 Qh5+ 44. Kg1 Qc5+ 45. Kg2 Qc2+ 0-1

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2018.10.25"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Gledura, Benjamin"]
[Black "Lenderman, Aleksandr"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2621"]
[BlackElo "2626"]
[ECO "A14"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "Neo-Catalan declined"]
[WhiteFideId "712779"]
[BlackFideId "2021285"]
[EventDate "2018.10.23"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Be7 5. c4 O-O 6. d4 c6 7. Nbd2 b6 8. Qc2
Bb7 9. e4 Na6 10. e5 Nd7 11. a3 c5 12. dxc5 Naxc5 13. b4 Ne4 14. Bb2 Nxd2 15.
Nxd2 Qc7 16. Rfc1 Rac8 17. Qa4 Bc6 18. Qb3 d4 19. Bxc6 Qxc6 20. Bxd4 Rfd8 21.
Qe3 a5 22. Rab1 axb4 23. axb4 Qa4 24. Ra1 Qc6 25. b5 Qb7 26. Ne4 Ra8 27. Rxa8
Rxa8 28. Nd6 Bxd6 29. exd6 h6 30. h4 Rc8 31. h5 Qb8 32. Qa3 e5 33. Be3 Re8 34.
Ra1 Rc8 35. Qd3 Qb7 36. Qd5 Qxd5 37. cxd5 Kf8 38. Ra7 Ke8 39. Rb7 g6 40. hxg6
fxg6 41. Rc7 Kd8 42. Rxc8+ Kxc8 43. Bxh6 e4 44. Be3 Nf6 45. Bxb6 Nxd5 46. Bc5
Kd7 47. Kg2 Nc3 48. b6 Kc6 49. Kh3 Nd5 50. Kh4 e3 51. Bxe3 Kxd6 52. Kg5 Ne7 53.
Kf6 1-0

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2018.10.25"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Bruzon Batista, Lazaro"]
[Black "Prohaszka, Peter2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2653"]
[BlackElo "2626"]
[ECO "C65"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Berlin defence"]
[WhiteFideId "3503739"]
[BlackFideId "726265"]
[EventDate "2018.10.23"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 d5 6. Nbd2 O-O 7. O-O dxe4 8.
dxe4 a5 9. a4 Qe7 10. Qe2 Nb8 11. Bd3 Bg4 12. Nc4 Nbd7 13. h3 Bh5 14. Re1 Rfd8
15. Bc2 Ne8 16. Ne3 f6 17. g3 c6 18. Bd2 Nd6 19. Rad1 Ba7 20. Kg2 Nc5 21. Nc4
Nxc4 22. Qxc4+ Bf7 23. Qe2 Bh5 24. Be3 Nd7 25. Bxa7 Rxa7 26. Rd3 Raa8 27. Red1
Nf8 28. Bb3+ Bf7 29. Bxf7+ Kxf7 30. Rxd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2018.10.25"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Liang, Awonder"]
[Black "Cordova, Emilio"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2572"]
[BlackElo "2609"]
[ECO "B31"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Nimzovich-Rossolimo attack (with ...g6, without ...d6)"]
[WhiteFideId "2056437"]
[BlackFideId "3801497"]
[EventDate "2018.10.23"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. d3 Bg7 6. Nc3 Nf6 7. O-O Nd7 8.
Be3 b6 9. a4 a5 10. Qd2 h6 11. h3 e5 12. Nh2 Nf8 13. f4 exf4 14. Rxf4 Ne6 15.
Rf2 Nd4 16. Raf1 Ra7 17. Ne2 Nxe2+ 18. Rxe2 Be6 19. b3 Rd7 20. Kh1 Qh4 21. Rf4
Qe7 22. Ref2 Kd8 23. Re2 Kc8 24. Rf1 Qd8 25. Qe1 g5 26. Qg3 Bf8 27. Ng4 Bd6 28.
e5 Bc7 29. Nf6 Re7 30. Bg1 Kb7 31. Rfe1 Qf8 32. Ne4 Rd7 33. Nf6 Re7 34. c3 Qg7
35. Rb1 Bc8 36. d4 cxd4 37. cxd4 Qxf6 38. exf6 Rxe2 39. Qd3 Re6 40. b4 axb4 41.
Rxb4 Rd8 42. d5 Rxd5 43. Qb3 Ka8 44. Rxb6 Bxb6 45. Qxb6 c5 46. Qc7 Bb7 47. Qxf7
Re2 48. Qf8+ Ka7 49. f7 Rc2 50. Qe7 Rf5 51. f8=Q Rxf8 52. Bxc5+ 1-0

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2018.10.25"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Quesada Perez, Yuniesky"]
[Black "Cori, Jorge"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2622"]
[BlackElo "2664"]
[ECO "B48"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Taimanov variation"]
[WhiteFideId "3504409"]
[BlackFideId "3802272"]
[EventDate "2018.10.23"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. Qd2 Nf6 8.
O-O-O Be7 9. f3 h5 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Bf4 e5 12. Bg5 a5 13. Bc4 a4 14. a3 Qb7 15.
Qd3 d6 16. Bxf6 gxf6 17. f4 exf4 18. Rhf1 Bg4 19. Rde1 Rg8 20. Rxf4 Rg5 21. Qd4
Be6 22. Rf2 Qa7 23. Qxa7 Rxa7 24. Bd3 Bd8 25. g3 Ke7 26. Nd1 Bb6 27. Ne3 Re5 28.
Nf5+ Kd7 29. Rf4 Ra8 30. c3 Rb8 31. Ref1 Ra5 32. Nd4 Bd8 33. Be2 Be7 34. Nf5 Bf8
35. R1f2 d5 36. exd5 Rxd5 37. Bd1 Kc7 38. R4f3 Bc5 39. Rf1 Re5 40. Rf4 Rd8 41.
Nd4 Bc4 42. R1f2 Re1 43. Kd2 Rh1 44. Bf3 Ra1 45. Rxf6 Be6 46. Bxh5 Bxd4 47. cxd4
Rxd4+ 48. Ke3 Rd7 49. Bf3 c5 50. h4 c4 51. Rc2 Rd3+ 52. Kf2 Ra2 53. h5 Rb3 54.
h6 Rbxb2 55. Rxb2 Rxb2+ 56. Ke3 Rh2 57. Be4 Kd6 58. h7 Ke7 59. Rf4 Kf8 60. Rh4
Rxh4 61. gxh4 Kg7 62. Bc2 Bd7 63. Kd4 f5 64. Kxc4 Kxh7 65. Kd5 Kg6 66. Kd6 Bb5
67. Ke5 Kh5 68. Bxf5 Kxh4 1/2-1/2

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2018.10.25"]
[Round "4.5"]
[White "Tang, Andrew"]
[Black "Bok, Benjamin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2469"]
[BlackElo "2639"]
[ECO "E81"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "Saemisch, 5...O-O"]
[WhiteFideId "2059630"]
[BlackFideId "1017063"]
[EventDate "2018.10.23"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nc3 O-O 6. Nge2 a6 7. Be3 Nbd7 8. Qd2
b5 9. cxb5 axb5 10. Nxb5 c6 11. Na3 e5 12. Nc4 d5 13. Nxe5 dxe4 14. Nxc6 Qe8 15.
f4 Bb7 16. Ne5 Rd8 17. Nc3 Nxe5 18. fxe5 Ng4 19. Qe2 Qe6 20. O-O-O Nxe3 21. Qxe3
Qb6 22. Na4 Qa7 23. Nc5 Qxa2 24. Qa3 Qd5 25. Qb4 Bc8 26. Bc4 Qa8 27. Qa3 Qxa3
28. bxa3 Bg4 29. Nxe4 Bxd1 30. Rxd1 Rc8 31. Nd6 Rxc4+ 32. Nxc4 Rc8 33. Kc2 Rxc4+
34. Kb3 Rc8 35. a4 Kf8 36. a5 Rd8 37. Kc2 Rd5 38. Ra1 Rxd4 39. a6 Rd8 40. Ra5
Ra8 41. Kd3 Bxe5 42. Rxe5 Rxa6 43. Rd5 Re6 44. Kd2 Kg7 45. h4 Re4 46. g3 Kh6 47.
Rc5 f5 48. Rc3 Kh5 49. Rc7 Kg4 50. Rxh7 Kxg3 51. h5 gxh5 52. Rxh5 f4 53. Kd3 Re8 0-1

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2018.10.25"]
[Round "4.6"]
[White "Nyzhnyk, Illya"]
[Black "Patel, Advait"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2626"]
[BlackElo "2461"]
[ECO "E90"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "5.Nf3"]
[WhiteFideId "14118084"]
[BlackFideId "2075105"]
[EventDate "2018.10.23"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. h3 e5 7. dxe5 dxe5 8. Qxd8
Rxd8 9. Bg5 Na6 10. Nd5 Rd6 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. Rc1 Bd8 13. c5 Re6 14. Bc4 Nxc5
15. b4 Na6 16. Bxa6 Rxa6 17. Nxc7 Bxc7 18. Rxc7 Rxa2 19. O-O Rb2 20. Ng5 Be6 21.
Nxe6 fxe6 22. Rd1 Rf8 23. Rdd7 Rfxf2 24. g4 Rg2+ 25. Kf1 Rgf2+ 26. Ke1 Rbe2+ 27.
Kd1 Rb2 28. Kc1 1/2-1/2

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2018.10.25"]
[Round "4.7"]
[White "Shimanov, Aleksandr"]
[Black "Wang, Tianqi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2626"]
[BlackElo "2346"]
[ECO "A15"]
[Opening "English, 1...Nf6 (Anglo-Indian defense)"]
[WhiteFideId "4198603"]
[BlackFideId "2063824"]
[EventDate "2018.10.23"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 e6 3. Bg2 d5 4. Nf3 c6 5. b3 Be7 6. Bb2 O-O 7. O-O a5 8. Nc3
Nbd7 9. d3 Re8 10. e4 dxe4 11. Nxe4 a4 12. Nxf6+ Nxf6 13. d4 Qa5 14. Qc2 Rd8 15.
Ne5 Bd7 16. Rad1 Be8 17. Rfe1 Bb4 18. Re2 axb3 19. axb3 Bf8 20. h4 Qb6 21. Re3
c5 22. d5 Ra2 23. Qb1 Qa6 24. Bf3 exd5 25. cxd5 b5 26. Nc6 Bxc6 27. dxc6 Rxd1+
28. Bxd1 Nd5 29. Re8 c4 30. bxc4 bxc4 31. Bf3 Nc7 32. Rb8 Ra5 33. Qd1 Rb5 34.
Rxf8+ Kxf8 35. Qd6+ 1-0

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2018.10.25"]
[Round "4.8"]
[White "Wang, Kevin"]
[Black "Escalante Ramirez, Brian Sebasti"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2447"]
[BlackElo "2442"]
[ECO "A45"]
[Opening "Trompovsky attack (Ruth, Opovcensky opening)"]
[WhiteFideId "2008424"]
[BlackFideId "3819566"]
[EventDate "2018.10.23"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 3. Bf4 c5 4. f3 Nf6 5. dxc5 Qa5+ 6. Nc3 Qxc5 7. e4 d6 8.
Qd2 Be6 9. O-O-O Nbd7 10. g4 Nb6 11. Bb5+ Bd7 12. Be3 Qb4 13. a3 Qa5 14. Bxb6
Qxb6 15. Nd5 Nxd5 16. Bxd7+ Kxd7 17. Qxd5 e6 18. Qd3 Rd8 19. f4 Kc8 20. Nf3 Kb8
21. Ne5 Qc7 22. Rhf1 Rc8 23. Nf3 Be7 24. f5 Qc4 25. Kb1 Qxd3 26. Rxd3 Rc4 27. e5
Rxg4 28. exd6 Bf6 29. fxe6 fxe6 30. Re1 Re8 31. d7 Rd8 32. Rxe6 Kc7 33. Red6 Rc4
34. R6d5 Re4 35. Rc5+ Kb8 36. Rcd5 Kc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2018.10.25"]
[Round "4.9"]
[White "Durarbayli, Vasif"]
[Black "Peng, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2629"]
[BlackElo "2341"]
[ECO "E15"]
[Opening "Queen's Indian"]
[Variation "Nimzovich variation (exaggerated fianchetto)"]
[WhiteFideId "13402935"]
[BlackFideId "2059355"]
[EventDate "2018.10.23"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Qb3 d5 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Bh3 Be7 8. Qa4+
c6 9. Bf4 Bb7 10. Ne5 O-O 11. O-O c5 12. Nd2 Qe8 13. Qxe8 Rxe8 14. dxc5 bxc5 15.
Nb3 Na6 16. Na5 Bc8 17. Bg2 Bd6 18. Nd3 Bxf4 19. Nxf4 Be6 20. Rfd1 Rab8 21. Rd2
Rb5 22. Nb3 Reb8 23. Bxd5 Nxd5 24. Nxd5 c4 25. Nc3 R5b6 26. Rad1 h6 27. Nd4 Rxb2
28. Nc6 Rxd2 29. Rxd2 Rb7 30. Rd8+ Kh7 31. Ra8 Rb6 32. Nd4 Rb7 33. Nc6 Rb6 34.
Nd8 Rb8 35. Rxb8 Nxb8 36. f4 Kg6 37. Kf2 Bc8 38. e4 Nd7 39. Nc6 1-0

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2018.10.25"]
[Round "4.10"]
[White "Wang, Justin"]
[Black "Chandra, Akshat"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2377"]
[BlackElo "2471"]
[ECO "B90"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Najdorf, Byrne (English) attack"]
[WhiteFideId "30911370"]
[BlackFideId "25006711"]
[EventDate "2018.10.23"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. f3
h5 9. Qd2 Nbd7 10. Nd5 Bxd5 11. exd5 g6 12. Be2 Bg7 13. O-O b6 14. Rae1 O-O 15.
c4 Qc7 16. Na1 b5 17. Rc1 Qb8 18. Nb3 Nb6 19. Na5 bxc4 20. Nc6 Qb7 21. Bxc4 Nxc4
22. Rxc4 Rfe8 23. Rb4 Qd7 24. Bg5 Nh7 25. Bh4 f5 26. Re1 f4 27. Qd3 g5 28. Bf2
Qf7 29. Qb3 Kh8 30. Rb7 Qg6 31. Rc1 Rac8 32. Qc4 Qf6 33. Qe2 Qg6 34. Qd1 Qf6 35.
h3 Rf8 36. Rd7 Rfe8 37. Ra7 Ra8 38. Rb7 Rec8 39. Rc3 Nf8 40. Qc2 Qg6 41. Qc1 Qf6
42. Qd1 Ng6 43. Qc2 Rf8 44. Na5 Rf7 45. Rc6 Ne7 46. Rcc7 Raf8 47. Qe4 Ng8 48.
Rc6 Qd8 49. Rxf7 Rxf7 50. Nc4 Rd7 51. Bb6 Qf6 52. Bc5 Bf8 53. Bb4 Qd8 54. Qg6
Rg7 55. Qxh5+ Rh7 56. Qg4 Nf6 57. Qe6 Qe7 58. Bxd6 Qxe6 59. dxe6 Bxd6 60. Nxd6
Kg7 61. e7 Rh8 62. Rxa6 Rb8 63. b4 Ne8 64. Nxe8+ Rxe8 65. Re6 1-0

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2018.10.25"]
[Round "4.11"]
[White "Ostrovskiy, Aleksandr"]
[Black "Kiewra, Keaton"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2423"]
[BlackElo "2375"]
[ECO "B46"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Taimanov variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2034239"]
[BlackFideId "2019280"]
[EventDate "2018.10.23"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Qf3 Qc7 8.
O-O-O Ne5 9. Qg3 b5 10. f4 Nc4 11. Bxc4 Qxc4 12. e5 Nd5 13. Nxd5 Qxd5 14. Nf5
Qe4 15. Nd6+ Bxd6 16. exd6 Bb7 17. Bd4 Qg6 18. Bxg7 Qxg3 19. hxg3 Rg8 20. Rxh7
Bxg2 21. Bf6 Rc8 22. Rd2 Be4 23. Rh6 1-0

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2018.10.25"]
[Round "4.12"]
[White "Colas, Joshua"]
[Black "Santarius, Erik"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2334"]
[BlackElo "2404"]
[ECO "A13"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[Variation "Agincourt variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2044447"]
[BlackFideId "2025817"]
[EventDate "2018.10.23"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 e6 3. g3 dxc4 4. Qa4+ Bd7 5. Qxc4 c5 6. Bg2 Bc6 7. O-O Nf6 8. b3
Be7 9. Bb2 O-O 10. d3 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Qc7 12. Qc2 Rac8 13. Nc4 Rfd8 14. e4 b6 15.
Rad1 Bb7 16. Nfe5 b5 17. Nxd7 Nxd7 18. Ne3 Bf6 19. Bxf6 Nxf6 20. f4 Qb6 21. Qf2
Rc7 22. g4 Rcd7 23. g5 Nh5 24. f5 e5 25. f6 Nf4 26. fxg7 Qg6 27. h4 Qh5 28. Nf5
Bxe4 29. Ng3 Qg4 30. Nxe4 Nh3+ 31. Kh2 Nxf2 32. Nf6+ Kxg7 33. Nxg4 Nxg4+ 34. Kg3
Ne3 35. Rde1 Nxf1+ 36. Bxf1 f6 37. Re3 Rd4 38. gxf6+ Kxf6 39. Rf3+ Rf4 0-1

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2018.10.25"]
[Round "4.13"]
[White "Grabinsky, Aaron"]
[Black "Ghazarian, Kirk"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2375"]
[BlackElo "2222"]
[ECO "A45"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[WhiteFideId "2087090"]
[BlackFideId "30908604"]
[EventDate "2018.10.23"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 c5 3. e3 Nd5 4. Bxb8 Rxb8 5. e4 Nf6 6. e5 Nd5 7. c4 Nb4 8. d5
g6 9. f4 d6 10. a3 Na6 11. Nf3 Bg7 12. Nc3 O-O 13. Be2 dxe5 14. Nxe5 Bd7 15. O-O
Re8 16. Qd2 e6 17. Rad1 exd5 18. Nxd5 Be6 19. Bf3 f6 20. Nd3 b6 21. Rfe1 Kh8 22.
Ne3 Nc7 23. Qf2 Qc8 24. Bc6 Rd8 25. f5 Bxf5 26. Nxf5 Qxf5 27. Qxf5 gxf5 28. Re7
Ne8 29. Rde1 Nd6 30. Nf4 Bf8 31. Rxa7 Nxc4 32. Ne6 Rd6 33. Nxf8 Rxf8 34. Ree7
Rfd8 35. Rxh7+ Kg8 36. Ba4 Ne3 37. Rag7+ Kf8 38. h3 Rd2 39. Rg3 f4 40. Rg6 R8d6
41. Rh4 Kf7 42. Rgh6 Rxg2+ 43. Kh1 Rdd2 44. Rh7+ Ke6 45. Bb3+ c4 46. Bxc4+ Nxc4
47. Rxf4 Rh2+ 48. Kg1 Rdg2+ 49. Kf1 Ne3+ 50. Ke1 Re2# 0-1

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2018.10.25"]
[Round "4.14"]
[White "Williams, Justus"]
[Black "Daggupati, Balaji"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2344"]
[BlackElo "2202"]
[ECO "D43"]
[Opening "QGD semi-Slav"]
[WhiteFideId "2049929"]
[BlackFideId "2090759"]
[EventDate "2018.10.23"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. Qd3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 b5 7. Qd3 Be7 8. e4
b4 9. Na4 Ba6 10. Qc2 Bxf1 11. Kxf1 Qa5 12. b3 O-O 13. Be3 Nbd7 14. Rc1 Rfc8 15.
Nc5 Nxc5 16. dxc5 Nd7 17. g3 Rab8 18. Ne1 Rb5 19. Nd3 Qa6 20. Kg2 Rcb8 21. Rhd1
Qc8 22. Qc4 a5 23. Bd4 Qf8 24. h4 Rd8 25. Rf1 Bf6 26. e5 Be7 27. Be3 Nb8 28. Qe4
Qe8 29. Rc4 Na6 30. Rfc1 Rd5 31. Bd4 Qf8 32. Qe3 Nc7 33. Kh3 Rd7 34. Qe4 Rd5 35.
f3 Rb8 36. Nb2 Nb5 37. Be3 Nc3 38. R1xc3 bxc3 39. Na4 Qd8 40. Nb6 Rd1 41. Rxc3
Rh1+ 42. Kg4 Bxh4 43. f4 Qd1+ 44. Qf3 h5+ 0-1

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2018.10.25"]
[Round "4.15"]
[White "Betaneli, Alexander"]
[Black "Moon, Benjamin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2272"]
[BlackElo "2304"]
[ECO "A10"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[WhiteFideId "2012359"]
[BlackFideId "2064847"]
[EventDate "2018.10.23"]

1. c4 g6 2. g3 Bg7 3. Bg2 d6 4. Nc3 e5 5. e4 c6 6. Nge2 f5 7. d3 Nf6 8. O-O O-O
9. h3 f4 10. gxf4 Nh5 11. f5 gxf5 12. Ng3 Nf4 13. Bxf4 exf4 14. Nxf5 Bxf5 15.
exf5 Rxf5 16. Be4 Rg5+ 17. Kh2 Nd7 18. Rg1 Rxg1 19. Qxg1 Qb6 20. Rb1 f3 21. Bf5
Nf6 22. Re1 Re8 23. Rxe8+ Nxe8 24. Qg3 Qxb2 25. Ne4 Qe5 26. Qxe5 Bxe5+ 27. Kg1
h6 28. Bc8 b6 29. Bd7 Nf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2018.10.25"]
[Round "4.16"]
[White "Shoykhet, Benjamin"]
[Black "Narayanan, Samrug"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1855"]
[BlackElo "2145"]
[ECO "A13"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "Neo-Catalan accepted"]
[WhiteFideId "30919746"]
[BlackFideId "30914051"]
[EventDate "2018.10.23"]

1. c4 e6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. Qa4+ Nbd7 6. Qxc4 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8.
Qc2 c5 9. Nc3 a6 10. b3 Rb8 11. Bb2 b6 12. d4 Bb7 13. Rfd1 Qe7 14. Na4 Be4 15.
Qd2 Rfd8 16. dxc5 Nxc5 17. Nxc5 Bxc5 18. Qg5 Bg6 19. e3 Rxd1+ 20. Rxd1 Rd8 21.
Rxd8+ Qxd8 22. Bd4 h6 23. Qf4 Bb1 24. a4 Bc2 25. Bxc5 Qd1+ 26. Bf1 Bd3 27. Nd2
bxc5 28. Qd6 Nd5 29. e4 Qxd2 30. Bxd3 Qxd3 31. exd5 Qd1+ 32. Kg2 Qxd5+ 33. Qxd5
exd5 34. a5 Kf8 35. Kf3 Ke7 36. h4 Kd6 37. Kf4 c4 0-1

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2018.10.25"]
[Round "4.17"]
[White "Watson, John"]
[Black "Gosdin, Kaleb"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2203"]
[BlackElo "2029"]
[ECO "A42"]
[Opening "Modern defence"]
[Variation "Averbakh system"]
[WhiteFideId "2000768"]
[BlackFideId "30920442"]
[EventDate "2018.10.23"]

1. c4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. e4 d6 4. Nc3 c6 5. Be3 a6 6. Nf3 b5 7. a3 Nd7 8. Rc1 Ngf6
9. h3 O-O 10. cxb5 cxb5 11. Bd3 Bb7 12. O-O Rc8 13. Qe2 Nb6 14. Nd2 Rc7 15. f3
Nfd7 16. Qf2 Qa8 17. Be2 Rfc8 18. Nb3 Nc4 19. Bxc4 Rxc4 20. Na5 R4c7 21. Qd2 Nb6
22. b3 Qb8 23. Na2 e6 24. d5 Rxc1 25. Rxc1 Rxc1+ 26. Qxc1 1-0

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2018.10.25"]
[Round "4.18"]
[White "Polgar-Shutzman, Tom"]
[Black "Yanayt, Eugene"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2130"]
[BlackElo "2137"]
[ECO "B40"]
[Opening "Sicilian defence"]
[WhiteFideId "2064880"]
[BlackFideId "2020165"]
[EventDate "2018.10.23"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. d4 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Bd7 8. O-O
a6 9. Be3 Qc7 10. a4 Ne5 11. Re1 Nc4 12. Bc1 Be7 13. b3 Na5 14. Bb2 O-O 15. Qd3
Rac8 16. Red1 Rfd8 17. Rac1 Qc5 18. Na2 b5 19. axb5 axb5 20. Bc3 Nc6 21. Nxc6
Bxc6 22. Bb4 Qb6 23. Nc3 Rd7 24. Qe2 Qb7 25. Ra1 Ne8 26. Nd5 Bd8 27. Qd3 f5 28.
Nf4 fxe4 29. Qe2 Bb6 30. Bh3 e3 31. Bxe6+ Kh8 32. Bxd7 exf2+ 33. Kf1 Bxd7 34.
Qh5 Qh1+ 35. Ke2 Qe4+ 36. Kf1 Nf6 37. Qf7 Qh1+ 38. Ke2 f1=Q+ 39. Rxf1 Qe4+ 40.
Kd2 Rxc2+ 41. Kd1 Bg4+ 0-1

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2018.10.25"]
[Round "4.19"]
[White "Polavaram, Rithik"]
[Black "Eckert, Doug"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2069"]
[BlackElo "2124"]
[ECO "E46"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian"]
[Variation "Reshevsky variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2081997"]
[BlackFideId "2001993"]
[EventDate "2018.10.23"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Ne2 Re8 6. a3 Bf8 7. d5 a5 8. Ng3 Na6
9. Bd3 Nc5 10. Bc2 exd5 11. cxd5 b5 12. Nxb5 Ba6 13. Nc3 Qb8 14. Nge2 c6 15. h3
cxd5 16. O-O a4 17. Re1 Bc4 18. Nd4 Qa7 19. b4 axb3 20. Nxb3 Nxb3 21. Bxb3 Reb8
22. Bxc4 dxc4 23. e4 Bc5 24. Be3 d6 1/2-1/2

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2018.10.25"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Liang, Awonder"]
[Black "Gledura, Benjamin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2572"]
[BlackElo "2621"]
[ECO "C88"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "closed, anti-Marshall 8.a4"]
[WhiteFideId "2056437"]
[BlackFideId "712779"]
[EventDate "2018.10.23"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4
Bb7 9. d3 d6 10. Bd2 b4 11. c3 Rb8 12. cxb4 Bc8 13. b5 axb5 14. axb5 Rxb5 15.
Nc3 Rb8 16. h3 Be6 17. Nd5 Bxd5 18. Bxd5 Nxd5 19. exd5 Nb4 20. Qb3 c5 21. dxc6
Nxc6 22. Qc4 Qd7 23. Ra6 Rfc8 24. Qa4 Rb7 25. Rc1 Nb8 26. Rxc8+ Qxc8 27. Ra7 Bf8
28. Rxb7 Qxb7 29. Qe8 Na6 30. Bc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2018.10.25"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Bok, Benjamin"]
[Black "Bruzon Batista, Lazaro"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2639"]
[BlackElo "2653"]
[ECO "A35"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "symmetrical, four knights system"]
[WhiteFideId "1017063"]
[BlackFideId "3503739"]
[EventDate "2018.10.23"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. g3 d5 5. d4 e6 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Bg2 cxd4 8.
Nxd4 Nxc3 9. bxc3 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Qxd4 11. cxd4 Bd6 12. a4 Rb8 13. a5 Bd7 14. Be3
a6 15. f4 Ke7 16. Kf2 Rhc8 17. d5 exd5 18. Bxd5 Bc5 19. Rhc1 Bxe3+ 20. Kxe3 Bc6
21. Rc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2018.10.25"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Prohaszka, Peter2"]
[Black "Shimanov, Aleksandr"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2626"]
[BlackElo "2626"]
[ECO "A56"]
[Opening "Benoni defence"]
[WhiteFideId "726265"]
[BlackFideId "4198603"]
[EventDate "2018.10.23"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. e4 O-O 6. Nf3 e6 7. Bd3 exd5 8. cxd5
d6 9. h3 a6 10. a4 Nbd7 11. Bf4 Qe7 12. O-O Nh5 13. Bh2 Ne5 14. Be2 Nxf3+ 15.
Bxf3 Nf6 16. e5 dxe5 17. d6 Qe6 18. Re1 Nd7 19. Bd5 Qf6 20. Ne4 Qd8 21. Qc2 Rb8
22. Nxc5 Nb6 23. Rad1 Nxd5 24. Rxd5 b6 25. d7 bxc5 26. dxc8=Q Qxc8 27. Rxc5 Qb7
28. Bxe5 Bxe5 29. Rexe5 Qxb2 30. Qxb2 Rxb2 31. Re4 Rd8 32. Rf4 Rbd2 33. Rc7 R8d7
34. Rxd7 Rxd7 35. Rf6 a5 36. Ra6 Rd1+ 37. Kh2 Rd5 38. g3 h5 39. h4 Kg7 40. Kg2
Rf5 41. Rb6 Rd5 42. Ra6 Rf5 43. Rb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2018.10.25"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Cori, Jorge"]
[Black "Ostrovskiy, Aleksandr"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2664"]
[BlackElo "2423"]
[ECO "A09"]
[Opening "Reti"]
[Variation "advance variation"]
[WhiteFideId "3802272"]
[BlackFideId "2034239"]
[EventDate "2018.10.23"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 d4 3. e3 Nc6 4. b4 dxe3 5. fxe3 Nxb4 6. Qa4+ Nc6 7. Nc3 Nf6 8.
Rb1 e6 9. Ne5 Bd6 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Qxc6+ Bd7 12. Qf3 O-O 13. Bd3 c5 14. O-O Rc8
15. Bc2 h6 16. Nb5 Bc6 17. Qe2 Bb8 18. Bb2 Nd7 19. Qg4 Qg5 20. Qxg5 hxg5 21. Bc3
a6 22. Na3 Bd6 23. Bd3 f5 24. h3 g6 25. Be2 e5 26. d3 e4 27. Rbd1 exd3 28. Rxd3
Be5 29. Nb1 Rfe8 30. Bxe5 Nxe5 31. Rd2 Nf7 32. Kf2 Re6 33. Bf3 Bxf3 34. gxf3 Rb8
35. Rfd1 Rb4 36. Rc2 Reb6 37. Nd2 Ne5 38. Ke2 Rb2 39. Rdc1 Rxc2 40. Rxc2 Rb4 41.
Nb3 Nxc4 42. Nxc5 Na3 43. Rd2 Rh4 44. Rd6 Rxh3 45. Rxg6+ Kf7 46. Rxg5 Rh2+ 47.
Kd3 Kf6 48. Rg8 Rxa2 49. Rf8+ Kg6 50. Nd7 Nb5 51. Ne5+ Kg7 52. Rf7+ Kg8 53. Rxf5
Ra3+ 54. Kd2 Ra2+ 55. Ke1 Nc3 56. Nc4 Re2+ 57. Kf1 Rc2 58. Rg5+ Kf8 59. Nb6 Ra2
60. Nd5 Nb1 61. Rf5+ Kg7 62. Nb4 Ra3 63. Kf2 a5 64. Nc6 a4 65. Ra5 Nc3 66. e4
Rb3 67. Ra7+ Kg6 68. Nd4 Rb2+ 69. Ke3 Rb4 70. Ra6+ Kf7 71. Kd3 Nb1 72. e5 a3 73.
e6+ Kf6 74. e7+ Kf7 75. Ra8 Rxd4+ 76. Kxd4 Kxe7 77. Kd3 1-0

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2018.10.25"]
[Round "5.5"]
[White "Cordova, Emilio"]
[Black "Durarbayli, Vasif"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2609"]
[BlackElo "2629"]
[ECO "A12"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "New York (London) defensive system"]
[WhiteFideId "3801497"]
[BlackFideId "13402935"]
[EventDate "2018.10.23"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. b3 d5 4. Bb2 Bf5 5. g3 e6 6. Bg2 Nbd7 7. O-O h6 8. d4 Be7
9. Nc3 O-O 10. e3 Ne4 11. Qe2 Qa5 12. Rfc1 Rac8 13. a3 Qa6 14. a4 Nxc3 15. Bxc3
Be4 16. Bf1 dxc4 17. bxc4 c5 18. Nd2 cxd4 19. exd4 Bg6 20. a5 Nf6 21. Bg2 Rfd8
22. Bf3 Rd7 23. h4 Rdc7 24. h5 Bf5 25. g4 Bh7 26. Qe3 Ne8 27. Be2 Qd6 28. f4 Qd8
29. Bb2 b6 30. axb6 axb6 31. Bc3 Bf8 32. Ra6 Rb7 33. Bf3 Rd7 34. Raa1 Nd6 35.
Bb2 Rdc7 36. Be2 Kh8 37. Kg2 f5 38. g5 hxg5 39. fxg5 f4 40. Qe5 Nf5 41. Nf3 Ne3+
42. Kg1 Bd6 43. Qb5 Be4 44. Kf2 Ng4+ 45. Ke1 e5 46. h6 Bc6 47. Qb3 e4 48. d5
exf3 49. hxg7+ Rxg7 50. Bxg7+ Kxg7 51. Ra7+ Bd7 52. Bxf3 Qe7+ 53. Kf1 Ne3+ 54.
Kf2 Bc5 55. Rh1 Nxc4+ 0-1

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2018.10.25"]
[Round "5.6"]
[White "Lenderman, Aleksandr"]
[Black "Wang, Justin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2626"]
[BlackElo "2377"]
[ECO "E32"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian"]
[Variation "classical variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2021285"]
[BlackFideId "30911370"]
[EventDate "2018.10.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. Nf3 c5 6. dxc5 Na6 7. g3 Nxc5 8. Bg2
b6 9. O-O Bb7 10. Nb5 Be4 11. Qd1 Nb7 12. a3 Be7 13. Bf4 Rc8 14. Rc1 a6 15. Nc3
Bxf3 16. Bxf3 Na5 17. b4 Nxc4 18. Bb7 Nh5 19. Bxc8 Qxc8 20. Bd2 b5 21. e4 Qb7
22. Qe2 Nf6 23. Rfd1 h6 24. e5 Nh7 25. Qe4 Qc7 26. Bf4 Ng5 27. Qg2 Rd8 28. h4
Nh7 29. Ne4 Qb6 30. Qf3 Nf8 31. Nd2 Nb2 32. Re1 Qb8 33. Rc2 Na4 34. h5 Nb6 35.
Ne4 Nd5 36. Rd1 Nh7 37. Rxd5 exd5 38. Nf6+ Bxf6 39. exf6 Qa8 40. fxg7 d4 41.
Qxa8 Rxa8 42. Bxh6 Re8 43. Rd2 Re6 44. Bf4 Kxg7 45. Rxd4 Nf6 46. Be3 Nxh5 47.
Rxd7 Kg6 48. Kg2 Nf6 49. Rd8 Ne8 50. Bf4 Kf6 51. Ra8 Ng7 52. Be3 Kg6 53. Kf3 Nf5
54. Bc5 f6 55. Kf4 Ng7 56. g4 Kf7 57. f3 Kg6 58. Ra7 Re5 59. Kg3 Re6 60. f4 f5
61. Bd4 Ne8 62. Be5 Rc6 63. g5 Re6 64. Kh4 Rc6 65. Re7 Rc8 66. Re6+ Kf7 67. Rxa6
Rc1 68. g6+ Ke7 69. Kg5 Rg1+ 70. Kxf5 Kd7 71. Ra7+ Kc6 72. Re7 Nd6+ 73. Bxd6
Kxd6 74. Re3 Kd5 75. Kf6 Kd4 76. Re8 Kc4 77. g7 1-0

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2018.10.25"]
[Round "5.7"]
[White "Escalante Ramirez, Brian Sebasti"]
[Black "Nyzhnyk, Illya"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2442"]
[BlackElo "2626"]
[ECO "C01"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "exchange variation"]
[WhiteFideId "3819566"]
[BlackFideId "14118084"]
[EventDate "2018.10.23"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bd3 Bd6 6. Qe2+ Qe7 7. Qxe7+ Bxe7
8. Bf4 c6 9. O-O h6 10. Re1 Be6 11. Nbd2 Nbd7 12. Nf1 O-O 13. Ng3 Rfe8 14. Nf5
Bxf5 15. Bxf5 Nb6 16. Re2 Bb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2018.10.25"]
[Round "5.8"]
[White "Patel, Advait"]
[Black "Quesada Perez, Yuniesky"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2461"]
[BlackElo "2622"]
[ECO "B85"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Scheveningen, classical main line"]
[WhiteFideId "2075105"]
[BlackFideId "3504409"]
[EventDate "2018.10.23"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be2 a6 7. O-O Nf6 8. Be3
Be7 9. f4 d6 10. Qe1 O-O 11. Qg3 Bd7 12. Rae1 b5 13. a3 Nxd4 14. Bxd4 Bc6 15.
Bd3 Rad8 16. Kh1 Qd7 17. e5 dxe5 18. Bxe5 Nh5 19. Qh3 g6 20. Ne4 f6 21. Bc3 Bxe4
22. Bxe4 f5 23. Bf3 Nf6 24. Re2 Nd5 25. Rd1 Bf6 26. Bxd5 exd5 27. Bxf6 Rxf6 28.
Rde1 Rf7 29. Qh4 Rdf8 30. Qf2 Qc7 31. c3 Rd7 32. Re5 Qc4 33. Rd1 d4 34. cxd4
Rfd8 35. Qe3 Kf8 36. d5 Qc2 37. Re1 Qc7 38. Qd4 Kg8 39. h3 Qc4 40. Qe3 Qc7 41.
Re6 Rf8 42. Rd1 Qc4 43. d6 Qc6 44. Rd4 Qc5 45. Kh2 Kg7 46. b4 Qc6 47. Re7+ Rf7
48. Qe5+ Kh6 49. Re8 Qc3 50. Rg8 Qxa3 51. Qe1 Kh5 52. g4+ fxg4 53. Rd5+ Rf5 54.
Rxf5+ 1-0

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2018.10.25"]
[Round "5.9"]
[White "Santarius, Erik"]
[Black "Tang, Andrew"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2404"]
[BlackElo "2469"]
[ECO "E04"]
[Opening "Catalan"]
[Variation "open, 5.Nf3"]
[WhiteFideId "2025817"]
[BlackFideId "2059630"]
[EventDate "2018.10.23"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 Nc6 6. Qa4 Bd7 7. Qxc4 Na5 8. Qd3
c5 9. O-O Bc6 10. Nc3 Be7 11. Rd1 O-O 12. Ne5 Bxg2 13. Kxg2 Qc7 14. Bf4 Rfd8 15.
e3 cxd4 16. exd4 Qb6 17. b3 Nc6 18. Nf3 Rac8 19. a3 Nd5 20. Na4 Nxf4+ 21. gxf4
Qa5 22. Qe4 Qb5 23. Rd3 Bf6 24. Rad1 Ne7 25. Ne5 Qd5 26. f3 b6 27. R1d2 Qb5 28.
Nb2 Nd5 29. Nbc4 g6 30. Ne3 Bg7 31. Nxd5 Rxd5 32. Nc4 Qd7 33. a4 Re8 34. Ne5 Qc7
35. Qe2 Rc8 36. Qe3 Bh6 37. Re2 Kg7 38. Kg3 Kf8 39. h4 Kg7 40. Re1 Qe7 41. Qe4
Rc2 42. Rde3 Rd2 43. Rd3 Rxd3 44. Nxd3 Qd6 45. Nf2 Rxd4 46. Qe5+ Qxe5 47. fxe5
Rb4 48. Re4 Rxb3 49. Rc4 a5 50. Ne4 Be3 51. Nd6 Bc5 52. Kf4 Rb4 53. Re4 Kf8 54.
Kg5 Ke7 55. Nb5 Rxe4 56. fxe4 h5 57. Kf4 Bf2 58. Nd6 Bxh4 59. Nc8+ Kf8 60. Nxb6
g5+ 61. Ke3 Be1 62. Nc4 Kg7 63. Kf3 Kg6 64. Ke2 Bc3 65. Kf3 g4+ 66. Kf4 Kg7 67.
Kg3 Be1+ 68. Kf4 Kf8 69. Nd6 Bc3 70. Nc4 Ke7 71. Kg3 Be1+ 72. Kf4 f6 73. exf6+
Kxf6 74. e5+ Kg6 75. Nd6 Bd2+ 76. Kg3 Bg5 77. Nc4 Kf5 78. Nxa5 h4+ 79. Kf2 Bf4
80. Nc6 g3+ 0-1

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2018.10.25"]
[Round "5.10"]
[White "Ghazarian, Kirk"]
[Black "Wang, Kevin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2222"]
[BlackElo "2447"]
[ECO "A61"]
[Opening "Benoni defence"]
[WhiteFideId "30908604"]
[BlackFideId "2008424"]
[EventDate "2018.10.23"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nf3 g6 7. Bf4 a6 8. a4 Bg7
9. e3 Bg4 10. Be2 Bxf3 11. Bxf3 O-O 12. h4 Qb6 13. Qd2 Nbd7 14. O-O Ne8 15. e4
Ne5 16. Be2 Qd8 17. h5 Nc7 18. hxg6 hxg6 19. g3 b5 20. axb5 axb5 21. Rxa8 Qxa8
22. Kg2 b4 23. Nd1 f5 24. f3 fxe4 25. fxe4 Qe8 26. b3 Nf7 27. Bd3 Nb5 28. Bxb5
Qxb5 29. Nf2 Ra8 30. Rb1 Ra3 31. Nh3 Qa6 32. Qd1 Ra2+ 33. Kf3 Bd4 34. g4 Kg7 35.
Rc1 Rb2 36. Rb1 Ra2 37. Rc1 Kf6 38. g5+ Kg7 39. Rc2 Ra1 40. Bc1 Ne5+ 41. Kg3 Nd3
42. Qf1 Nxc1 43. Qxa6 Rxa6 44. Rxc1 Ra3 45. Nf4 Rxb3+ 46. Kg4 Re3 47. Ne6+ Kf7
48. Rf1+ Ke7 49. Rh1 Rxe4+ 50. Kf3 Re3+ 51. Kf4 Rxe6 52. Rh7+ Ke8 53. dxe6 d5
54. Rb7 Bc3 55. Rb5 Bd4 56. Rb7 Bc3 57. Rb5 Ke7 58. Rxc5 d4 59. Ke4 Kxe6 60.
Rc6+ Kf7 61. Rc7+ Ke8 62. Rc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2018.10.25"]
[Round "5.11"]
[White "Wang, Tianqi"]
[Black "Daggupati, Balaji"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2346"]
[BlackElo "2202"]
[ECO "A06"]
[Opening "Reti opening"]
[WhiteFideId "2063824"]
[BlackFideId "2090759"]
[EventDate "2018.10.23"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. b3 e6 5. Bb2 Bd6 6. Qc2 Nbd7 7. Nc3 b6 8. Be2
Bb7 9. d4 O-O 10. O-O Qe7 11. Rac1 Rac8 12. Qb1 Rfd8 13. Rfd1 h6 14. h3 Ba3 15.
cxd5 Bxb2 16. Qxb2 cxd5 17. b4 Ne8 18. Qb3 Nd6 19. Nb5 Ba6 20. Rxc8 Nxc8 21. Qa4
Nb8 22. Rc1 Qe8 23. Ne5 Nd6 24. Nc6 Bxb5 25. Bxb5 Rc8 26. Rc2 a6 27. Nxb8 axb5
28. Rxc8 Qxc8 29. Qa7 Ne4 30. Nd7 Nd2 31. h4 Kh7 32. Ne5 Qc1+ 33. Kh2 Nf1+ 34.
Kh3 Nxe3 35. fxe3 Qh1+ 36. Kg3 Qe1+ 37. Kf3 Qf1+ 38. Kg3 Qe1+ 39. Kg4 f5+ 40.
Kh5 Qe2+ 41. g4 fxg4 42. Qf7 g3+ 43. Qf3 Qc2 44. Qf7 Qf5+ 0-1

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2018.10.25"]
[Round "5.12"]
[White "Chandra, Akshat"]
[Black "Moon, Benjamin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2471"]
[BlackElo "2304"]
[ECO "D15"]
[Opening "QGD Slav"]
[Variation "4.Nc3"]
[WhiteFideId "25006711"]
[BlackFideId "2064847"]
[EventDate "2018.10.23"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. e3 Bf5 6. Be2 h6 7. Bd3 Bxd3 8. Qxd3
e6 9. O-O Bb4 10. Bd2 O-O 11. Rfd1 a5 12. b3 Nbd7 13. a3 Be7 14. e4 dxe4 15.
Nxe4 Nxe4 16. Qxe4 Nf6 17. Qe2 Qb6 18. h3 Rad8 19. Be3 Qa6 20. a4 1-0

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2018.10.25"]
[Round "5.13"]
[White "Kiewra, Keaton"]
[Black "Betaneli, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2375"]
[BlackElo "2272"]
[ECO "A06"]
[Opening "Reti opening"]
[WhiteFideId "2019280"]
[BlackFideId "2012359"]
[EventDate "2018.10.23"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. b3 Be7 5. Bb2 O-O 6. d4 b6 7. Bd3 c5 8. O-O cxd4
9. exd4 Bb7 10. Nbd2 Nbd7 11. Qe2 Rc8 12. Rad1 Rc7 13. Ne5 Re8 14. f4 Bf8 15.
Rde1 g6 16. Qe3 dxc4 17. bxc4 Nc5 18. Bc2 b5 19. Qc3 Na6 20. c5 Nxc5 21. dxc5
Rxc5 22. Ndc4 bxc4 23. Ng4 Bg7 24. Nxf6+ Bxf6 25. Qxf6 c3 26. Qxd8 Rxd8 27. Bc1
Rd2 28. Rf2 Rxf2 29. Kxf2 Bd5 30. a4 a5 31. g3 Rc4 32. Ke3 Bc6 33. Kd3 Rc5 34.
Be3 1-0

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2018.10.25"]
[Round "5.14"]
[White "Peng, David"]
[Black "Watson, John"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2341"]
[BlackElo "2203"]
[ECO "C05"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "Tarrasch, closed variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2059355"]
[BlackFideId "2000768"]
[EventDate "2018.10.23"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Ngf3 Nc6 7. c3 Qb6 8. Nb3 a5
9. a4 f6 10. Bb5 cxd4 11. Nbxd4 Nxd4 12. Nxd4 Bc5 13. exf6 gxf6 14. Qh5+ Kd8 15.
Be3 e5 16. fxe5 fxe5 17. Qg5+ Be7 18. Qf5 exd4 19. Bxd4 Nc5 20. Qxd5+ Bd6 21.
Bxh8 Be6 22. Qg5+ Kc7 23. Bd4 Rg8 24. Qe3 Bd7 25. O-O 1-0

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2018.10.25"]
[Round "5.15"]
[White "Narayanan, Samrug"]
[Black "Colas, Joshua"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2145"]
[BlackElo "2334"]
[ECO "B12"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "advance variation"]
[WhiteFideId "30914051"]
[BlackFideId "2044447"]
[EventDate "2018.10.23"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. h4 h5 5. Bd3 Bxd3 6. Qxd3 e6 7. Bg5 Qb6 8. Nd2
Ne7 9. Ne2 Nf5 10. O-O Qa6 11. c4 Nd7 12. g3 Nb6 13. b3 Be7 14. Bxe7 Nxe7 15. a4
Nd7 16. b4 Qb6 17. c5 Qd8 18. b5 Rc8 19. a5 Nf5 20. Nf3 Nb8 21. Nc3 O-O 22. Rfb1
f6 23. bxc6 Nxc6 24. Rxb7 fxe5 25. dxe5 d4 26. Ne4 Qd5 27. Rab1 Nxa5 28. Rxa7
Nc6 29. Rab7 Nxe5 30. Nxe5 Qxe5 31. Rd7 Rb8 32. f4 Rxb1+ 33. Qxb1 Qb8 34. Qxb8
Rxb8 35. c6 Rb1+ 36. Kf2 Rc1 37. Ng5 Rc2+ 38. Kg1 Rc1+ 39. Kh2 Kf8 40. c7 Ke8
41. Rd8+ Ke7 42. c8=Q Rxc8 43. Rxc8 d3 44. Ne4 Nd6 45. Rc7+ Kd8 46. Rc3 Nxe4 47.
Rxd3+ Ke7 48. Kg2 Nd6 49. Kh3 Ne4 50. Re3 Nf2+ 51. Kg2 Ng4 52. Ra3 Kf6 53. Kf3
Nh6 54. Ra8 Nf5 55. Rh8 g6 56. Rh7 Nd4+ 57. Kg2 Nf5 58. Rd7 Ne3+ 59. Kf3 Nf5 60.
g4 hxg4+ 61. Kxg4 Nh6+ 62. Kf3 Nf5 63. Rh7 Nd4+ 64. Kg4 Nf5 65. h5 gxh5+ 66.
Rxh5 Ne3+ 67. Kf3 Nf5 68. Rh8 Kg7 69. Ra8 Kf6 70. Ra3 Nd6 71. Rd3 Nf5 72. Ke4
Nh6 73. Rd8 Nf5 74. Rf8+ Ke7 75. Rb8 Kf6 76. Kf3 Nd4+ 77. Kg4 Nf5 78. Kh5 Ng7+
79. Kh6 Nf5+ 80. Kh7 Kf7 81. Ra8 Nd4 82. Kh6 Kf6 83. Kh7 Kf7 84. Ra7+ Kf6 85.
Kh6 Ne2 86. Ra6 1/2-1/2

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2018.10.25"]
[Round "5.16"]
[White "Yanayt, Eugene"]
[Black "Grabinsky, Aaron"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2137"]
[BlackElo "2375"]
[ECO "E11"]
[Opening "Bogo-Indian defence, Gruenfeld variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2020165"]
[BlackFideId "2087090"]
[EventDate "2018.10.23"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 O-O 5. a3 Be7 6. e4 d6 7. Be2 Nbd7 8. Qc2
e5 9. O-O a5 10. Nb1 exd4 11. Nxd4 Nc5 12. Nc3 a4 13. Kh1 Re8 14. f3 c6 15. Be3
Qa5 16. Rad1 Bf8 17. Bf4 g6 18. g4 h5 19. h3 hxg4 20. hxg4 Ne6 21. Nxe6 Bxe6 22.
Qd2 Nd7 23. Bxd6 Bxd6 24. Qxd6 Ne5 25. c5 Bb3 26. Rde1 Rad8 27. Qf6 Qxc5 28. Kg2
Qe7 29. Qf4 g5 30. Qh2 Ng6 31. Rh1 Nh4+ 32. Kf1 Rd2 33. f4 Qf6 34. Qf2 Ng6 35.
e5 Qxf4 36. Qxf4 gxf4 37. Ne4 Bd5 38. Nxd2 Bxh1 39. Bf3 Bxf3 40. Nxf3 Rd8 41. e6
f6 42. Re4 c5 43. Rxa4 Re8 44. Re4 Kf8 45. Nd2 Ke7 46. Nc4 b5 47. Nb6 Ne5 48.
Nd5+ Kd6 49. Nxf4 Nxg4 50. Re2 c4 51. Kg2 f5 52. Rd2+ Ke5 53. Kg3 Nf6 54. Kf3
Ne4 55. Rd5+ Kf6 56. Rxb5 Rg8 57. Ne2 Ng5+ 58. Ke3 Nxe6 59. Rb6 Ke5 60. Rb5+ Kf6
61. Rb6 Ke7 62. Nf4 Nc7 63. Kd4 Kd7 64. Ke5 Re8+ 65. Kxf5 Rf8+ 66. Ke5 Rxf4 67.
Rd6+ Ke7 68. Rc6 Rf2 69. Rxc7+ Kd8 70. Rb7 Rc2 71. Kd4 Kc8 72. Rb4 Kd7 73. a4
Kd6 74. a5 c3 75. Rb6+ Kc7 76. b4 Rc1 77. Rb5 c2 78. Kc3 Kc6 79. Kb2 Rh1 80.
Rc5+ Kb7 81. Kxc2 Rh3 82. Rc3 Rh4 83. Kb3 Ka6 84. Rc6+ Kb7 85. Rg6 Ka7 86. Ka4
Rh5 87. Rg7+ Ka8 88. a6 Rh6 89. Ka5 Rh5+ 90. b5 Rf5 91. Rd7 Rg5 92. Kb6 Rg6+ 93.
Kc5 Rg5+ 94. Kc6 Rg6+ 95. Rd6 Rg8 96. b6 Rc8+ 97. Kd7 Rc2 98. Rc6 Rd2+ 99. Kc8
Rb2 100. b7+ Ka7 101. Rc7 1-0

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2018.10.25"]
[Round "5.17"]
[White "Shoykhet, Benjamin"]
[Black "Polavaram, Rithik"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1855"]
[BlackElo "2069"]
[ECO "A14"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "Neo-Catalan declined"]
[WhiteFideId "30919746"]
[BlackFideId "2081997"]
[EventDate "2018.10.23"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 e6 3. Bg2 d5 4. Nf3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. d4 dxc4 7. Ne5 Nc6 8. Nxc6
bxc6 9. Bxc6 Rb8 10. Na3 Bxa3 11. bxa3 Nd5 12. Qc2 Ba6 13. Bd2 Qd6 14. Bxd5 Qxd5
15. Bc3 Bb7 16. f3 c5 17. Rfd1 Rfd8 18. Kg2 Rdc8 19. Rab1 f6 20. dxc5 Qxc5 21.
Rd7 Rc7 22. Bb4 Qc6 23. Rd6 Qe8 24. Rbd1 f5 25. Ba5 Rcc8 26. Rd7 Bc6 27. Rxa7
Ba4 28. Qc3 Qf8 29. Rd2 Qf6 30. Qe3 c3 31. Rd3 f4 32. Qc1 c2 33. Bb4 Be8 34. Rb3
Bg6 35. Bc3 e5 36. Qb2 Rxb3 37. Qxb3+ Kh8 38. Qb7 Rg8 39. Qb2 Re8 40. Ra5 fxg3
41. hxg3 Qg5 42. f4 Qh5 43. Rxe5 Rxe5 44. fxe5 Qxe2+ 45. Kg1 Qe3+ 46. Kg2 Be4+
47. Kh3 h5 48. Qb8+ Kh7 49. Bb2 Bf5+ 50. Kg2 Qe2+ 51. Kg1 Be4 0-1

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2018.10.25"]
[Round "5.18"]
[White "Gosdin, Kaleb"]
[Black "Williams, Justus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2029"]
[BlackElo "2344"]
[ECO "E42"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian"]
[Variation "4.e3 c5, 5.Ne2 (Rubinstein)"]
[WhiteFideId "30920442"]
[BlackFideId "2049929"]
[EventDate "2018.10.23"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Bb4+ 3. Nc3 c5 4. e3 Nf6 5. Ne2 b6 6. a3 Ba5 7. Rb1 Na6 8. Qa4
Bb7 9. b4 Bc6 10. b5 Be4 11. Rb2 Nb8 12. Bd2 Bb7 13. dxc5 bxc5 14. Nf4 O-O 15.
Be2 Bc7 16. Nd3 d6 17. O-O Nbd7 18. Nf4 d5 19. cxd5 exd5 20. Qc2 Re8 21. Bc1 Qe7
22. Bf3 Nb6 23. Qf5 Rad8 24. Nce2 Nc4 25. Rc2 Ne5 26. Bb2 Bc8 27. Qg5 h6 28. Qh4
Bf5 29. Rd2 d4 30. Ng3 Bh7 31. Nfh5 Nxh5 32. Qxh5 Bg6 33. Qh3 Nc4 0-1

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2018.10.26"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Gledura, Benjamin"]
[Black "Cori, Jorge"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2621"]
[BlackElo "2664"]
[ECO "D12"]
[Opening "QGD Slav"]
[Variation "4.e3 Bf5"]
[WhiteFideId "712779"]
[BlackFideId "3802272"]
[EventDate "2018.10.23"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Bg6 7. Nxg6 hxg6 8. g3
Nbd7 9. Qd3 dxc4 10. Qxc4 e5 11. Bg2 Nb6 12. Qe2 exd4 13. exd4+ Be7 14. O-O O-O
15. Bg5 Re8 16. Rad1 Nfd5 17. Bxe7 Rxe7 18. Qd2 Qd6 19. Rfe1 Rae8 20. Rxe7 Rxe7
21. Nxd5 Nxd5 22. Re1 a6 23. Bxd5 Rxe1+ 24. Qxe1 Qxd5 25. Qe7 Qxa2 26. Qd8+ Kh7
27. Qh4+ Kg8 28. Qd8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2018.10.26"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Bruzon Batista, Lazaro"]
[Black "Liang, Awonder"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2653"]
[BlackElo "2572"]
[ECO "D30"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[WhiteFideId "3503739"]
[BlackFideId "2056437"]
[EventDate "2018.10.23"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 d5 4. Bg5 dxc4 5. Nc3 a6 6. a4 Nc6 7. e3 Na5 8. Nd2 c5
9. Bxf6 Qxf6 10. d5 Qg6 11. Qf3 exd5 12. Nxd5 Bd6 13. h3 O-O 14. Nxc4 Nxc4 15.
Bxc4 Bf5 16. Nc3 Be5 17. O-O 1/2-1/2

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2018.10.26"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Prohaszka, Peter2"]
[Black "Bok, Benjamin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2626"]
[BlackElo "2639"]
[ECO "D30"]
[Opening "Queen's gambit declined"]
[WhiteFideId "726265"]
[BlackFideId "1017063"]
[EventDate "2018.10.23"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Nc3 O-O 6. Bg2 dxc4 7. O-O Nc6 8. Qa4
Nd5 9. Qc2 Be7 10. Rd1 Rb8 11. Ne5 Nxe5 12. dxe5 c6 13. Ne4 Qc7 14. Nd6 Bxd6 15.
exd6 Qxd6 16. Qxc4 e5 17. Bxd5 Be6 18. Be3 cxd5 19. Bxa7 Ra8 20. Bc5 Qc6 21. Qc1
Rfc8 22. Ba3 f6 23. Qxc6 Rxc6 24. Rdc1 Rxc1+ 25. Rxc1 d4 26. Rc7 b5 27. f4 exf4
28. gxf4 Bxa2 29. Bc5 Re8 30. Re7 Rd8 31. Re4 d3 32. exd3 Rxd3 33. Rd4 Rxd4 34.
Bxd4 Kf7 35. Kf2 Ke6 36. b4 Bd5 37. Kg3 h5 38. h4 g6 1/2-1/2

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2018.10.26"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "Durarbayli, Vasif"]
[Black "Patel, Advait"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2629"]
[BlackElo "2461"]
[ECO "A49"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "fianchetto without c4"]
[WhiteFideId "13402935"]
[BlackFideId "2075105"]
[EventDate "2018.10.23"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 c5 4. d5 b5 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. O-O Bb7 7. c4 d6 8. Nc3 b4
9. Na4 O-O 10. a3 a5 11. Bf4 Nbd7 12. Qc1 Re8 13. Bh6 Bh8 14. Bh3 Bc8 15. axb4
axb4 16. Qf4 Ne5 17. Bxc8 Nxf3+ 18. exf3 Rxc8 19. Rad1 Nd7 20. b3 Ne5 21. Kg2 e6
22. h4 exd5 23. Rxd5 Re6 24. Rfd1 Qc7 25. Qd2 Qc6 26. Nb2 Rce8 27. Bf4 Ra8 28.
Nd3 Nxd3 29. Qxd3 Bd4 30. h5 Ra2 31. Rd2 Rxd2 32. Qxd2 Qe8 33. h6 Qe7 34. Rxd4
cxd4 35. Qxd4 f6 36. Qd5 Kf7 37. Bd2 Qa7 38. Bxb4 Qb6 39. Ba3 Qa6 40. Bb2 Qa2
41. Qb7+ Re7 42. Qd5+ Re6 43. c5 dxc5 44. Bc1 Qa6 45. Be3 Qc6 46. Qc4 g5 47. Qc2
Kg8 48. g4 Re5 49. Bd4 Rd5 50. Qc4 Kf7 51. b4 Kg6 52. Bxc5 f5 53. gxf5+ Rxf5 54.
Qe4 Qxe4 55. fxe4 Rf4 56. f3 g4 57. Kg3 Rxf3+ 58. Kxg4 Rf1 59. b5 Kxh6 60. b6
Kg6 61. Bd6 h5+ 62. Kg3 h4+ 63. Kxh4 Rb1 64. Bc7 Rb4 65. Kg3 Rxe4 66. b7 Rb4 67.
b8=Q Rxb8 68. Bxb8 1/2-1/2

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2018.10.26"]
[Round "6.5"]
[White "Shimanov, Aleksandr"]
[Black "Lenderman, Aleksandr"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2626"]
[BlackElo "2626"]
[ECO "A45"]
[Opening "Trompovsky attack (Ruth, Opovcensky opening)"]
[WhiteFideId "4198603"]
[BlackFideId "2021285"]
[EventDate "2018.10.23"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 3. e3 c5 4. Bxf6 gxf6 5. dxc5 e6 6. Nf3 Bxc5 7. Be2 Nc6 8.
O-O O-O 9. c4 dxc4 10. Qa4 Qe7 11. Qxc4 b6 12. Nc3 Bb7 13. Qh4 Nb4 14. Rfd1 Rfd8
15. a3 Nd5 16. Nxd5 Rxd5 17. b4 Bd6 18. e4 Rxd1+ 19. Rxd1 Kg7 20. e5 1/2-1/2

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2018.10.26"]
[Round "6.6"]
[White "Daggupati, Balaji"]
[Black "Nyzhnyk, Illya"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2202"]
[BlackElo "2626"]
[ECO "B10"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann defence"]
[WhiteFideId "2090759"]
[BlackFideId "14118084"]
[EventDate "2018.10.23"]

1. e4 c6 2. Ne2 d5 3. e5 c5 4. d4 Nc6 5. c3 cxd4 6. cxd4 Bf5 7. Nbc3 e6 8. Ng3
Bg6 9. Bd3 Qb6 10. Bxg6 hxg6 11. Nge2 Nh6 12. Bxh6 Rxh6 13. O-O Be7 14. Rc1 g5
15. Na4 Qc7 16. Nc5 Nxe5 17. Ng3 Nc6 18. Re1 Rh4 19. b4 a6 20. Qa4 Rc8 21. b5
Rxd4 22. Qc2 Rc4 23. Nxe6 fxe6 24. Qg6+ Kf8 25. Rxc4 dxc4 26. bxc6 c3 27. Nh5
Bd6 28. Rxe6 Qf7 29. cxb7 Rb8 30. Re8+ Rxe8 31. Qxd6+ Kg8 32. b8=Q c2 33. Qxe8+
Qxe8 34. Qd2 Qe5 35. g4 Qa1+ 36. Kg2 c1=Q 37. Qd5+ Kh7 38. Ng3 g6 39. Qf7+ Qg7
40. Qe6 Qb7+ 41. Kh3 Qf4 0-1

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2018.10.26"]
[Round "6.7"]
[White "Tang, Andrew"]
[Black "Escalante Ramirez, Brian Sebasti"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2469"]
[BlackElo "2442"]
[ECO "A48"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "East Indian defence"]
[WhiteFideId "2059630"]
[BlackFideId "3819566"]
[EventDate "2018.10.23"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Nbd2 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Bd3 O-O 6. O-O Nc6 7. c3 e5 8. Re1
a5 9. dxe5 dxe5 10. Nc4 Qe7 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bh4 Rd8 13. Qc2 Bg4 14. Be2 Qc5 15.
Ne3 Be6 16. a4 Rd6 17. Nd2 Nb4 18. Qc1 Nd3 19. Bxd3 Rxd3 20. Qc2 Rd7 21. Rad1
Rad8 22. f3 Qc6 23. b3 Qb6 24. Kh1 Qa6 25. Nec4 Bxc4 26. Nxc4 Re8 27. Bxf6 Rxd1
28. Qxd1 Bxf6 29. Qd7 Re7 30. Qd5 Qa7 31. Rd1 Qf2 32. Nxa5 Re8 33. Nxb7 Rb8 34.
a5 Qe2 35. a6 Qxa6 36. Nc5 Qe2 37. Nd7 c6 38. Nxf6+ Kg7 39. Qd6 Rxb3 40. Nd7 1-0

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2018.10.26"]
[Round "6.8"]
[White "Quesada Perez, Yuniesky"]
[Black "Santarius, Erik"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2622"]
[BlackElo "2404"]
[ECO "C02"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "advance, Steinitz variation"]
[WhiteFideId "3504409"]
[BlackFideId "2025817"]
[EventDate "2018.10.23"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. dxc5 e6 5. a3 Bxc5 6. Nf3 a6 7. Bd3 Ne7 8. Qe2 Ng6
9. h4 f5 10. h5 Ne7 11. h6 g6 12. Bg5 Nd7 13. O-O Qc7 14. c4 Nc6 15. Re1 O-O 16.
cxd5 exd5 17. Nc3 Nb6 18. Rac1 Be7 19. Bxe7 Qxe7 20. Qe3 Qd8 21. Ne2 f4 22. Nxf4
d4 23. Qd2 Bg4 24. Nh2 Qg5 25. Nxg4 Qxg4 26. Nh3 Rae8 27. Re4 Qh5 28. e6 Qd5 29.
Rce1 Re7 30. Qe2 Na4 31. Rf4 Nc5 32. Bc4 Qd6 33. Rxf8+ Kxf8 34. Qf3+ Kg8 35.
Qf7+ 1-0

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2018.10.26"]
[Round "6.9"]
[White "Wang, Justin"]
[Black "Cordova, Emilio"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2377"]
[BlackElo "2609"]
[ECO "B32"]
[Opening "Sicilian defence"]
[WhiteFideId "30911370"]
[BlackFideId "3801497"]
[EventDate "2018.10.23"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Qb6 5. Nb3 e6 6. Nc3 Nf6 7. a3 a6 8. Be3
Qc7 9. f4 d6 10. Bd3 b5 11. O-O Bb7 12. Qf3 Be7 13. Qh3 Rc8 14. Bf2 Nb8 15. Rae1
Nbd7 16. Nd4 g6 17. Kh1 e5 18. Nde2 O-O 19. Bh4 Qd8 20. Bg5 exf4 21. Nxf4 Rc5
22. Bh6 Re8 23. Nfd5 Bxd5 24. exd5 Ne5 25. Be3 Rc8 26. Bd4 Qd7 27. Qe3 Nfg4 28.
Qf4 Bf6 29. Be2 Bg7 30. Bxg4 Nxg4 31. Bxg7 Rxe1 32. Rxe1 Kxg7 33. Ne4 Re8 34.
Rf1 f5 35. Ng5 Nf6 36. Qh4 Kg8 37. Qd4 Qe7 38. h3 Nh5 39. Qd2 Ng3+ 40. Kg1 Nxf1
41. Kxf1 Qe5 42. c3 h6 43. Ne6 g5 44. h4 f4 45. Qd3 Rxe6 46. dxe6 Qxe6 47. hxg5
hxg5 48. Kf2 Kg7 49. Qd4+ Kg6 50. Kf3 d5 51. Kf2 Kf5 52. Qd3+ Qe4 53. Qh3+ Kg6
54. b4 Qc2+ 55. Ke1 Qf5 56. Qh8 Qf6 57. Qg8+ Kf5 58. Kd2 Qe6 59. Qh7+ Ke5 60.
Qh8+ Qf6 61. Qe8+ Kd6 62. Qc8 Ke5 63. Qe8+ Kf5 64. Qd7+ Qe6 65. Qh7+ Qg6 66.
Qd7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2018.10.26"]
[Round "6.10"]
[White "Kiewra, Keaton"]
[Black "Chandra, Akshat"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2375"]
[BlackElo "2471"]
[ECO "A04"]
[Opening "Reti opening"]
[WhiteFideId "2019280"]
[BlackFideId "25006711"]
[EventDate "2018.10.23"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. e3 Nf6 5. d4 cxd4 6. exd4 d5 7. Bg5 Be6 8. Bxf6
exf6 9. c5 Bg7 10. Be2 O-O 11. O-O g5 12. Bb5 Bg4 13. Bxc6 bxc6 14. b4 f5 15. b5
Bxf3 16. Qxf3 Bxd4 17. Rac1 Qf6 18. Ne2 Be5 19. bxc6 d4 1/2-1/2

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2018.10.26"]
[Round "6.11"]
[White "Wang, Kevin"]
[Black "Peng, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2447"]
[BlackElo "2341"]
[ECO "A45"]
[Opening "Trompovsky attack (Ruth, Opovcensky opening)"]
[WhiteFideId "2008424"]
[BlackFideId "2059355"]
[EventDate "2018.10.23"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 3. Nd2 Nbd7 4. Ngf3 g6 5. c4 c6 6. e3 Bg7 7. Bd3 O-O 8. h3
Qe8 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. e4 Nc7 11. Qc2 Ne6 12. Be3 Nf6 13. O-O b6 14. b4 Bb7 15. a4
Rb8 16. a5 Nd7 17. axb6 axb6 18. Ra7 Qc8 19. Bc4 Nc7 20. Bg5 Re8 21. Qb3 e6 22.
Bf4 Bf8 23. Ne5 Nxe5 24. Bxe5 Ra8 25. Rxa8 Bxa8 26. f4 b5 27. Be2 Na6 28. f5
Nxb4 29. fxg6 fxg6 30. Rxf8+ 1-0

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2018.10.26"]
[Round "6.12"]
[White "Ostrovskiy, Aleksandr"]
[Black "Yanayt, Eugene"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2423"]
[BlackElo "2137"]
[ECO "A45"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[WhiteFideId "2034239"]
[BlackFideId "2020165"]
[EventDate "2018.10.23"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 g6 3. Nc3 c5 4. d5 d6 5. e4 Bg7 6. Bb5+ Bd7 7. a4 O-O 8. Nf3
Na6 9. O-O Nc7 10. Bxd7 Nxd7 11. Re1 a6 12. Qd3 Rb8 13. a5 b5 14. axb6 Rxb6 15.
b3 Nb5 16. Bd2 Nd4 17. Ra2 Nxf3+ 18. Qxf3 c4 19. bxc4 Qc8 20. Na4 Rb7 21. Qe2
Qc7 22. c5 Nxc5 23. Nxc5 Qxc5 24. Qxa6 Rb6 25. Qd3 Bd4 26. Qe2 Rb7 27. g3 Rfb8
28. c3 Bf6 29. Qd3 Rb2 30. Rea1 Rxa2 31. Rxa2 Kg7 32. Ra6 Rb2 33. Rc6 Qa7 34.
Qe3 Qxe3 35. Bxe3 Rc2 36. c4 Bb2 37. c5 dxc5 38. Bxc5 Re2 39. Be3 Ba3 40. Kf1
Ra2 41. Bd4+ f6 42. Ra6 Kf7 43. Bc3 h5 44. Kg2 h4 45. gxh4 1-0

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2018.10.26"]
[Round "6.13"]
[White "Williams, Justus"]
[Black "Ghazarian, Kirk"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2344"]
[BlackElo "2222"]
[ECO "D10"]
[Opening "QGD Slav defence"]
[WhiteFideId "2049929"]
[BlackFideId "30908604"]
[EventDate "2018.10.23"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Bf4 a6 7. Ne5 Bd7 8. e3
e6 9. Be2 Nxe5 10. Bxe5 Be7 11. O-O O-O 12. Rc1 Rc8 13. Qb3 b5 14. Bd3 b4 15.
Nb1 Qa5 16. a3 Ba4 17. axb4 Bxb4 18. Qa2 Bb5 19. Qxa5 Bxa5 20. Bxb5 axb5 21. Na3
b4 22. Nb5 Ne4 23. Nd6 Rxc1 24. Rxc1 Nd2 25. Nb7 Nb3 26. Rc6 Ra8 27. h4 h5 28.
Bd6 f6 29. Kh2 Ra7 30. Rc8+ Kf7 31. Nxa5 Nxa5 32. Bxb4 Nc4 33. Bc5 Rb7 34. b4
Nb2 35. Ra8 Nd3 36. Ra2 Rb8 37. Kg3 Nxb4 38. Ra7+ Kg6 39. Re7 Nd3 40. Rxe6 Rb2
41. f3 Ne1 42. e4 Rxg2+ 43. Kf4 Nd3+ 44. Ke3 Nc1 45. f4 Re2+ 46. Kf3 dxe4+ 47.
Rxe4 Rd2 48. Re1 Nd3 49. Rg1+ Kf5 50. Ke3 Nxc5 51. Kxd2 Ne6 52. Ke3 Nxf4 53.
Rxg7 Ng6 54. d5 Nxh4 55. d6 Ke6 56. d7 Nf5+ 57. Kf4 1-0

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2018.10.26"]
[Round "6.14"]
[White "Narayanan, Samrug"]
[Black "Wang, Tianqi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2145"]
[BlackElo "2346"]
[ECO "B12"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "advance variation"]
[WhiteFideId "30914051"]
[BlackFideId "2063824"]
[EventDate "2018.10.23"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. h4 h5 5. Bd3 Bxd3 6. Qxd3 e6 7. Bg5 Qa5+ 8. Nd2
Qa6 9. c4 Nd7 10. Ngf3 Ne7 11. O-O Nf5 12. Qc3 dxc4 13. Nxc4 Nb6 14. Ne3 Ne7 15.
Nd2 Ned5 16. Qb3 Qa4 17. Qxa4 Nxa4 18. Nxd5 cxd5 19. Rfc1 Kd7 20. b3 Nb6 21. a4
a6 22. Rc2 Rc8 23. Rac1 Ba3 24. Rxc8 Rxc8 25. Rxc8 Nxc8 26. Kf1 Na7 27. Ke2 Nc6
28. Be3 Na5 29. Kd3 Bb4 30. Kc2 Nc6 31. Nf3 f6 32. Bf4 Ke7 33. Kd3 Kf7 34. Bg3
Kg6 35. Bf4 Kf5 36. Bg3 Ba3 37. Bh2 Bb2 38. Bg3 Nb4+ 39. Ke3 Bc1+ 40. Ke2 Ke4
41. exf6 gxf6 42. Bd6 Nc6 43. Bc5 Bh6 44. Nd2+ Bxd2 45. Kxd2 f5 46. f3+ Kf4 47.
Bd6+ e5 48. Bxe5+ 1-0

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2018.10.26"]
[Round "6.15"]
[White "Colas, Joshua"]
[Black "Polavaram, Rithik"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2334"]
[BlackElo "2069"]
[ECO "A46"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn"]
[Variation "Torre attack"]
[WhiteFideId "2044447"]
[BlackFideId "2081997"]
[EventDate "2018.10.23"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 e6 3. Bg5 h6 4. Bh4 d6 5. e3 g5 6. Bg3 Nh5 7. Nfd2 Nxg3 8. hxg3
Bg7 9. Bd3 Qe7 10. c3 Nd7 11. Na3 a6 12. Nc2 O-O 13. Qe2 f5 14. e4 Qf6 15. O-O-O
d5 16. exd5 exd5 17. Ne3 Nb6 18. g4 fxg4 19. Nxg4 Bxg4 20. Qxg4 Rae8 21. Rdf1
Qf4 22. Qd1 Nc4 23. Bxc4 dxc4 24. g3 Qf7 25. f4 Qd5 26. Qg4 b5 27. fxg5 Qxg5 28.
Rxf8+ Bxf8 29. Qxg5+ hxg5 30. Nf3 Re3 31. Nxg5 Rxg3 32. Ne4 Rg2 33. Rf1 Be7 34.
a3 Kg7 35. Rf5 Rg1+ 36. Kc2 Rg2+ 37. Kb1 Rg1+ 38. Ka2 Re1 39. Nc5 Kg6 40. Rd5 c6
41. Rd7 Bxc5 42. dxc5 Kf5 43. Ra7 Ke6 44. Rxa6 Kd5 45. a4 bxa4 46. Rxa4 Kxc5 47.
Ra5+ Kb6 48. Rg5 c5 49. Rg8 Kc6 50. Rc8+ Kb5 51. Rb8+ Kc6 52. Rh8 Rf1 53. Rh5
Rg1 54. b4 cxb3+ 55. Kxb3 Kb5 56. c4+ Kc6 57. Rh6+ Kc7 58. Ka4 Rb1 59. Ka5 Rb4
60. Rh4 Kc6 61. Rg4 Kc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2018.10.26"]
[Round "6.16"]
[White "Moon, Benjamin"]
[Black "Watson, John"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2304"]
[BlackElo "2203"]
[ECO "A43"]
[Opening "Old Benoni defence"]
[WhiteFideId "2064847"]
[BlackFideId "2000768"]
[EventDate "2018.10.23"]

1. d4 c5 2. dxc5 e6 3. Nc3 Bxc5 4. Ne4 Nf6 5. Nxc5 Qa5+ 6. c3 Qxc5 7. Nf3 Nc6 8.
Qc2 d5 9. Bf4 Nh5 10. Bg3 Nxg3 11. hxg3 f5 12. e3 e5 13. Qa4 e4 14. Nd4 O-O 15.
Bb5 Bd7 16. Bxc6 bxc6 17. Nb3 Qd6 18. Qd4 Rfb8 19. O-O Bc8 20. Rfd1 Be6 21. Rd2
Bf7 22. Nc5 a5 23. a4 h5 24. b4 Kh7 25. Rb2 Qe7 26. Rab1 h4 27. gxh4 Rh8 28.
bxa5 Rag8 29. Rb7 1-0

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2018.10.26"]
[Round "6.17"]
[White "Betaneli, Alexander"]
[Black "Polgar-Shutzman, Tom"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2272"]
[BlackElo "2130"]
[ECO "A20"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[WhiteFideId "2012359"]
[BlackFideId "2064880"]
[EventDate "2018.10.23"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 Bc5 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. a3 a5 6. e3 d6 7. Nge2 O-O 8. O-O
Ba7 9. h3 Bf5 10. d4 h6 11. b3 Re8 12. d5 Nb8 13. e4 Bh7 14. Be3 Nbd7 15. Bxa7
Rxa7 16. Qc2 b6 17. Nb5 Ra8 18. Nec3 Rf8 19. Kh2 Ne8 20. f4 exf4 21. gxf4 Qh4
22. Qf2 Qxf2 23. Rxf2 Nc5 24. Nd4 Nf6 25. e5 Nd3 26. Rd2 dxe5 27. Rxd3 Bxd3 28.
fxe5 Nh5 29. Rd1 Nf4 30. Kg3 g5 31. Be4 Rae8 32. Bxd3 Rxe5 33. Be4 Rfe8 34. Kf3
Nxh3 35. Rd2 h5 36. Nc6 g4+ 37. Kg3 Rxe4 38. Nxe4 Rxe4 39. Kh4 f5 40. Kxh5 g3
41. d6 cxd6 42. Rxd6 g2 43. Rd8+ Kg7 44. Rd7+ Kf6 45. Rd6+ Kf7 46. Rd7+ Ke6 0-1

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2018.10.26"]
[Round "6.18"]
[White "Grabinsky, Aaron"]
[Black "Eckert, Doug"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2375"]
[BlackElo "2124"]
[ECO "A45"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[WhiteFideId "2087090"]
[BlackFideId "2001993"]
[EventDate "2018.10.23"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 d5 3. e3 e6 4. c3 Bd6 5. Bg3 O-O 6. Nd2 b6 7. Ngf3 Bb7 8. Bd3
Ne4 9. Bh4 Be7 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. Qc2 f5 12. Ne5 Nxd2 13. Qxd2 Nd7 14. O-O-O Nxe5
15. dxe5 c5 16. Rhg1 Qh4 17. f4 Rad8 18. g3 Qe7 19. g4 fxg4 20. Rxg4 d4 21. Rdg1
Rf7 22. exd4 cxd4 23. c4 Bf3 24. Rg5 Qb7 25. Qc2 h6 26. Rg6 Kh8 27. Rxe6 Rxf4
28. Qd2 Rdf8 29. Qxf4 1-0

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2018.10.27"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Bok, Benjamin"]
[Black "Gledura, Benjamin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2639"]
[BlackElo "2621"]
[ECO "D13"]
[Opening "QGD Slav"]
[Variation "exchange variation"]
[WhiteFideId "1017063"]
[BlackFideId "712779"]
[EventDate "2018.10.23"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bf4 Nh5 7. Bd2 Nf6 8. e3
g6 9. Be2 Bg7 10. Ne5 O-O 11. O-O Nxe5 12. dxe5 Ne4 13. Nxe4 dxe4 14. Bc3 Qxd1
15. Rfxd1 Be6 16. f4 1/2-1/2

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2018.10.27"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Liang, Awonder"]
[Black "Durarbayli, Vasif"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2572"]
[BlackElo "2629"]
[ECO "C00"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "Schlechter variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2056437"]
[BlackFideId "13402935"]
[EventDate "2018.10.23"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Bd3 c5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. O-O cxd4 7. Re1+ Be7 8.
Bg5 h6 9. Bxe7 Ngxe7 10. h3 Qb6 11. Qc1 O-O 12. Nbd2 Bf5 13. Bxf5 Nxf5 14. Nb3
Nd6 15. Qd1 Rfe8 16. Rxe8+ Rxe8 17. Nfxd4 Ne4 18. c3 a5 19. Qe2 a4 20. Nxc6 bxc6
21. Nd4 Rb8 22. f3 Nd6 23. Rb1 a3 24. b3 c5 25. Nc2 Nb5 26. Qd2 Qf6 27. c4 dxc4
28. bxc4 Qb2 29. Rf1 Nd4 30. Rf2 Qxa2 31. Nxd4 Qxd2 32. Rxd2 cxd4 33. Ra2 Rb3
34. Kh2 Kf8 35. Kg3 Ke7 36. c5 Kd7 37. Rc2 0-1

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2018.10.27"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Cori, Jorge"]
[Black "Shimanov, Aleksandr"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2664"]
[BlackElo "2626"]
[ECO "A15"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[WhiteFideId "3802272"]
[BlackFideId "4198603"]
[EventDate "2018.10.23"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Nc3 g6 7. O-O Bg7 8.
Nxd5 Qxd5 9. d3 O-O 10. Be3 Bd7 11. Nd4 Qd6 12. Nxc6 Bxc6 13. Bxc6 Qxc6 14. Rc1
Qa6 15. Qb3 b6 16. Rc4 Rfd8 17. Rfc1 Rd7 18. h4 1/2-1/2

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2018.10.27"]
[Round "7.4"]
[White "Patel, Advait"]
[Black "Bruzon Batista, Lazaro"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2461"]
[BlackElo "2653"]
[ECO "B96"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Najdorf, 7.f4"]
[WhiteFideId "2075105"]
[BlackFideId "3503739"]
[EventDate "2018.10.23"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Nbd7 8. Qe2
Qc7 9. O-O-O b5 10. a3 Be7 11. g4 Bb7 12. Kb1 h6 13. Bh4 Rc8 14. Rg1 g6 15. Bg3
e5 16. Nb3 Nb6 17. h4 Na4 18. Nd5 Bxd5 19. exd5 Nxg4 20. Bh3 h5 21. Rg2 exf4 22.
Bxf4 Kf8 23. Bxg4 hxg4 24. Rxg4 Bf6 25. Qh2 Qd7 26. Bxd6+ Kg8 27. Rdg1 Rc4 28.
Bf4 Bxb2 29. d6 Bg7 30. Qd2 Rh5 31. Qd3 Nc3+ 32. Kc1 Rd5 33. Qf3 Qf5 0-1

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2018.10.27"]
[Round "7.5"]
[White "Lenderman, Aleksandr"]
[Black "Prohaszka, Peter2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2626"]
[BlackElo "2626"]
[ECO "D17"]
[Opening "QGD Slav"]
[Variation "Krause attack"]
[WhiteFideId "2021285"]
[BlackFideId "726265"]
[EventDate "2018.10.23"]

1. c4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Ne5 Nbd7 7. Nxc4 Nb6 8.
Ne5 a5 9. h4 h6 10. f3 Nfd7 11. e4 Bh7 12. Nd3 e6 13. Be3 Bd6 14. Ne2 O-O 15.
Qb3 Rb8 16. g4 Be7 17. Bf2 Nc8 18. Rc1 Re8 19. Nef4 e5 20. dxe5 Nxe5 21. Be2 Bf6
22. Kf1 Nd6 23. Nh5 b5 24. Nxf6+ Qxf6 25. Nxe5 Qxe5 26. Rc5 Nxe4 27. fxe4 Qxe4
28. Bf3 Qf4 29. axb5 Rxb5 30. Rxb5 cxb5 31. Qxb5 Rb8 32. Qd5 h5 33. Rg1 Qc1+ 34.
Kg2 Qxb2 35. gxh5 a4 36. Re1 a3 37. Re7 a2 38. Qxf7+ Kh8 39. Re8+ Rxe8 40. Qxe8+
Bg8 41. Bd5 1-0

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2018.10.27"]
[Round "7.6"]
[White "Nyzhnyk, Illya"]
[Black "Tang, Andrew"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2626"]
[BlackElo "2469"]
[ECO "D53"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "4.Bg5 Be7"]
[WhiteFideId "14118084"]
[BlackFideId "2059630"]
[EventDate "2018.10.23"]

1. c4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. Nf3 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. Rc1 b6 8. e3 Bb7
9. a3 Nbd7 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Qb3 Re8 12. Be2 c6 13. Bg3 Nh5 14. Be5 Nhf6 15. O-O
Nxe5 16. Nxe5 Nd7 17. f4 Nxe5 18. fxe5 Bg5 19. Ne4 dxe4 20. h4 Bxe3+ 21. Qxe3
Qxh4 22. Rf5 g6 23. g3 Qh3 24. Rf2 c5 25. Bc4 Re7 26. dxc5 Rd8 27. c6 Bxc6 28.
e6 Bd5 29. Rh2 Qg4 30. Qxh6 Qxg3+ 31. Rg2 Qe5 32. exf7+ Rxf7 33. Rxg6+ Rg7 34.
Bxd5+ 1-0

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2018.10.27"]
[Round "7.7"]
[White "Wang, Kevin"]
[Black "Quesada Perez, Yuniesky"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2447"]
[BlackElo "2622"]
[ECO "B22"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Alapin's variation (2.c3)"]
[WhiteFideId "2008424"]
[BlackFideId "3504409"]
[EventDate "2018.10.23"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. Nf3 e6 5. d4 cxd4 6. cxd4 d6 7. Bc4 Nc6 8. O-O
Be7 9. Qe2 O-O 10. Nc3 Nxc3 11. bxc3 dxe5 12. dxe5 Qa5 13. Bd2 Rd8 14. Rfe1 Bd7
15. Bb3 Qc7 16. Qe4 Be8 17. Bg5 h6 18. Bd2 Bf8 19. h4 Na5 20. Bc2 g6 21. Qg4
Rxd2 22. Nxd2 Qxc3 23. Nb3 Nc6 24. Rac1 Ba3 25. Re3 Qb4 26. Re4 Qc3 27. Re3 Qb4
28. Re4 Qc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2018.10.27"]
[Round "7.8"]
[White "Cordova, Emilio"]
[Black "Ostrovskiy, Aleksandr"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2609"]
[BlackElo "2423"]
[ECO "E04"]
[Opening "Catalan"]
[Variation "open, 5.Nf3"]
[WhiteFideId "3801497"]
[BlackFideId "2034239"]
[EventDate "2018.10.23"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 a6 6. O-O Nc6 7. e3 Bd7 8. Qe2
Bd6 9. Qxc4 O-O 10. Qe2 e5 11. dxe5 Nxe5 12. Nxe5 Bxe5 13. Na3 c6 14. Rd1 Qe7
15. Nc4 Bc7 16. b3 Bg4 17. Bf3 Bxf3 18. Qxf3 Rfd8 19. Bb2 Qe4 20. Kg2 Qxf3+ 21.
Kxf3 Ne8 22. Bc3 b6 23. Be5 Rxd1 24. Rxd1 Rd8 25. Rc1 Bxe5 26. Nxe5 c5 27. a4 f6
28. Nc4 Rb8 29. Ke4 b5 30. axb5 axb5 31. Na3 c4 32. bxc4 Nd6+ 33. Kd3 Nxc4 34.
Nxc4 Rd8+ 35. Ke4 bxc4 36. Rxc4 Rd2 37. Kf3 h5 38. Rc5 g6 39. Rc7 Ra2 40. h4 Rb2
41. e4 Ra2 42. Ke3 Rb2 43. Rd7 Kf8 44. f3 Rb3+ 45. Rd3 Rb5 46. Rd5 Rb3+ 47. Rd3
Rb7 48. f4 Rb5 49. Kd4 Kf7 50. Rc3 Rb7 51. e5 fxe5+ 52. fxe5 Ra7 53. Kd5 Ke7 54.
Rc6 Ra5+ 55. Rc5 Ra7 56. Rb5 Kd7 57. e6+ Ke7 58. Ke5 Rc7 59. Ra5 Rc3 60. Ra7+
Ke8 61. Ra8+ Ke7 62. Ra7+ Ke8 63. Kf6 Rf3+ 64. Kxg6 Rxg3+ 65. Kxh5 Re3 66. Ra6
Ke7 67. Kh6 Kf6 68. h5 Rg3 69. Rb6 Rh3 70. Rc6 Rh2 71. Ra6 Rh1 72. Ra2 Kxe6 73.
Rf2 Rg1 74. Kh7 Ke7 75. h6 Rg3 76. Ra2 Kf7 77. Ra7+ Kf8 78. Rg7 Rf3 79. Rg1 Rf7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2018.10.27"]
[Round "7.9"]
[White "Chandra, Akshat"]
[Black "Williams, Justus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2471"]
[BlackElo "2344"]
[ECO "E11"]
[Opening "Bogo-Indian defence, Nimzovich variation"]
[WhiteFideId "25006711"]
[BlackFideId "2049929"]
[EventDate "2018.10.23"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. g3 Nc6 6. Nc3 e5 7. dxe5 Nxe5 8.
Nxe5 Qxe5 9. Bg2 O-O 10. O-O d6 11. Rc1 Bc5 12. a3 Qh5 13. b4 Bb6 14. Na4 Rd8
15. Bc3 Bh3 16. Bxf6 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 gxf6 18. e3 Qe5 19. Qf3 c6 20. Rfd1 Kh8 21.
Rd3 Rg8 22. Rcd1 Rad8 23. b5 Ba5 24. bxc6 bxc6 25. Qxc6 d5 26. Rxd5 Qe4+ 27. Kg1
Qf3 28. Qb5 Qxd1+ 29. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 30. Kg2 Bc7 31. Nc3 Ra1 32. Nd5 Be5 33. Qd7 Kg7
34. c5 Rxa3 35. c6 Rd3 36. Qg4+ Kh8 37. Qc4 Rd2 38. c7 Rc8 39. Qa6 Rxc7 40. Nxc7
Bxc7 41. Qxf6+ Kg8 42. Qg5+ Kf8 43. Qc5+ Bd6 44. Qxa7 Be7 45. Qa5 Rd6 46. Qe5
Rf6 47. f4 h6 48. e4 Bd8 49. h4 Re6 50. Qh8+ Ke7 51. e5 Ra6 52. f5 Ra5 53. f6+
Kd7 54. e6+ fxe6 55. f7 Be7 56. Qe8+ 1-0

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2018.10.27"]
[Round "7.10"]
[White "Escalante Ramirez, Brian Sebasti"]
[Black "Kiewra, Keaton"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2442"]
[BlackElo "2375"]
[ECO "B33"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Pelikan (Lasker/Sveshnikov) variation"]
[WhiteFideId "3819566"]
[BlackFideId "2019280"]
[EventDate "2018.10.23"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nge2 Nf6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e5 6. Ndb5 h6 7. Nd5 Nxd5 8.
exd5 a6 9. dxc6 axb5 10. cxd7+ Bxd7 11. Qd5 Qc7 12. Bd2 Bc5 13. Bc3 O-O-O 14.
Bd3 Bg4 15. Qb3 e4 16. Bxb5 Bxf2+ 17. Kxf2 Qf4+ 18. Kg1 Qe3+ 19. Kf1 Qf4+ 20.
Kg1 Qe3+ 21. Kf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2018.10.27"]
[Round "7.11"]
[White "Wang, Justin"]
[Black "Narayanan, Samrug"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2377"]
[BlackElo "2145"]
[ECO "C18"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "Winawer, advance variation"]
[WhiteFideId "30911370"]
[BlackFideId "30914051"]
[EventDate "2018.10.23"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Qa5 7. Bd2 Qa4 8. Qb1
c4 9. Nh3 Ne7 10. Nf4 Nbc6 11. g3 Bd7 12. Bh3 O-O-O 13. Nh5 g6 14. Nf6 Ng8 15.
Nxg8 Rhxg8 16. O-O g5 17. Qd1 h5 18. Bg2 h4 19. g4 Rg7 20. h3 Ne7 21. Ra2 Rf8
22. Qe1 Rd8 23. f4 Kc7 24. f5 Rgg8 25. fxe6 Bxe6 26. Qc1 Qd7 27. Bf3 Rg6 28. Be2
Rdg8 29. Rf2 Nc6 30. Qf1 Qe7 31. a4 b6 32. Bc1 Qd8 33. Ba3 Kb7 34. Bd6 f6 35.
Bf3 Qd7 36. Qg2 Qf7 37. Ra1 Rd8 38. Raf1 Qg8 39. Be2 fxe5 40. dxe5 Qg7 41. Qh2
Bg8 42. Bf3 Be6 43. Qg2 Qg8 44. Rd1 Ka6 45. Rxd5 Qg7 46. Rdd2 Na5 47. Rd4 Qd7
48. Be4 Rgg8 49. Rf6 Rde8 50. Bb4 Qxa4 51. Bxa5 Kxa5 52. Bc6 Qa1+ 53. Rf1 Qxc3
54. Rd5+ b5 55. Rxb5+ Ka6 56. Bb7+ 1-0

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2018.10.27"]
[Round "7.12"]
[White "Santarius, Erik"]
[Black "Daggupati, Balaji"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2404"]
[BlackElo "2202"]
[ECO "D14"]
[Opening "QGD Slav"]
[Variation "exchange variation, 6.Bf4 Bf5"]
[WhiteFideId "2025817"]
[BlackFideId "2090759"]
[EventDate "2018.10.23"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bf4 Bf5 7. e3 e6 8. Bd3
Bxd3 9. Qxd3 Bd6 10. Bxd6 Qxd6 11. O-O O-O 12. Rac1 Rac8 13. a3 a6 14. Na4 Na5
15. Nc5 Rc7 16. Ne5 Rfc8 17. b4 Nc6 18. f4 Nd8 19. a4 Ne4 20. Rb1 f6 21. Nf3 a5
22. Nxe4 dxe4 23. Qxe4 axb4 24. d5 Rc4 25. Nd4 Qxd5 26. Qxd5 exd5 27. Nf5 R8c5
28. Rfd1 Nc6 29. Nd6 Rc2 30. Nxb7 R5c3 31. Rxd5 Rxe3 32. Rc5 Rec3 33. Rb5 Ra2
34. Kh1 b3 35. h3 Nd4 36. Rb4 Rxh3+ 0-1

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2018.10.27"]
[Round "7.13"]
[White "Peng, David"]
[Black "Ghazarian, Kirk"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2341"]
[BlackElo "2222"]
[ECO "B34"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "accelerated fianchetto, modern variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2059355"]
[BlackFideId "30908604"]
[EventDate "2018.10.23"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Nb3 Nf6 7. Bg5 d6 8. Qd2
h6 9. Bf4 Be6 10. O-O-O a6 11. f3 Bxb3 12. cxb3 Qa5 13. Kb1 b5 14. g4 Nd7 15.
Bg2 Rc8 16. Rc1 Nc5 17. Nd5 Qxd2 18. Bxd2 e6 19. Nf4 Ke7 20. b4 Nd7 21. Nd3 Nde5
22. Nxe5 Bxe5 23. f4 Bd4 24. Bf3 Bb6 25. h4 Nd4 26. Rxc8 Rxc8 27. Bd1 f6 28. Be3
Nb3 29. Bxb3 Bxe3 30. f5 gxf5 31. gxf5 e5 32. Bd5 Rc7 33. a3 Kd8 34. Rh2 Rc1+
35. Ka2 Kc7 36. Rg2 Bd4 37. Rg7+ Kb8 38. Rf7 Rc2 39. Kb1 Rxb2+ 40. Kc1 Rh2 41.
Rxf6 Rxh4 42. Rxd6 Rf4 43. Rxh6 Ka7 44. Rh7+ Kb8 45. Bb7 Ka7 46. Bc8+ Kb8 47.
Bxa6 Rxe4 48. f6 Rf4 49. Rb7+ Kc8 50. f7 Kd8 51. Bxb5 Rf2 52. Rb8+ Ke7 53. Bc4
Bb2+ 54. Kb1 Bxa3 55. Re8+ 1-0

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2018.10.27"]
[Round "7.14"]
[White "Yanayt, Eugene"]
[Black "Colas, Joshua"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2137"]
[BlackElo "2334"]
[ECO "A40"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn"]
[WhiteFideId "2020165"]
[BlackFideId "2044447"]
[EventDate "2018.10.23"]

1. d4 1-0

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2018.10.27"]
[Round "7.15"]
[White "Polgar-Shutzman, Tom"]
[Black "Moon, Benjamin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2130"]
[BlackElo "2304"]
[ECO "B01"]
[Opening "Scandinavian"]
[Variation "Pytel-Wade variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2064880"]
[BlackFideId "2064847"]
[EventDate "2018.10.23"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd6 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 c6 6. Bc4 Bf5 7. O-O e6 8. a4
Nbd7 9. h3 h6 10. Re1 Qc7 11. Bd3 Bxd3 12. Qxd3 Bd6 13. Be3 O-O 14. Rad1 Qa5 15.
Bd2 Bb4 16. b3 Rfd8 17. Na2 Bxd2 18. Qxd2 Qb6 19. Nc3 Rac8 20. Qe2 Qb4 21. Na2
Qb6 22. Nc3 Qb4 23. Na2 Qa3 24. Nc3 Nd5 25. Nb1 Qb4 26. c4 N5f6 27. Qe3 b5 28.
axb5 cxb5 29. Nbd2 a5 30. Rb1 Rb8 31. Rec1 Qd6 32. Ra1 Qa6 33. Ra2 Ra8 34. Rca1
Qb6 35. Nb1 b4 36. Nbd2 Nb8 37. Ne4 Nxe4 38. Qxe4 Nc6 39. Rd1 Ra7 40. Rad2 Ne7
41. Ne5 a4 42. bxa4 Rxa4 43. d5 exd5 44. cxd5 Raa8 45. d6 Ng6 46. Nxf7 Kxf7 47.
Qd5+ Kf6 48. Rd3 Ra3 49. Re1 Nf4 50. Qe5+ Kg6 51. Qe4+ Kg5 52. Qe5+ Kg6 53. Qe4+
Kg5 54. h4+ Kg4 55. Qf3+ Kf5 56. Qe4+ Kg4 57. Qf3+ Kf5 58. Rd5+ Kg6 59. Qe4+ Kf7
60. Qxf4+ Kg8 61. d7 Raa8 62. Rd6 Qc5 63. Qd4 Qxd4 64. Rxd4 Rab8 65. Rxb4 Rxb4
66. Re8+ Kf7 67. Rxd8 Rd4 68. h5 Rd5 69. g3 Ke7 70. Rg8 Kxd7 71. Rxg7+ 1-0

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2018.10.27"]
[Round "7.16"]
[White "Polavaram, Rithik"]
[Black "Grabinsky, Aaron"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2069"]
[BlackElo "2375"]
[ECO "E46"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian"]
[Variation "Reshevsky variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2081997"]
[BlackFideId "2087090"]
[EventDate "2018.10.23"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Ne2 c6 6. a3 Ba5 7. b4 Bc7 8. e4 d5
9. e5 Nfd7 10. c5 f6 11. f4 fxe5 12. fxe5 Nxe5 13. dxe5 Bxe5 14. Be3 a5 15. Rb1
axb4 16. axb4 Qf6 17. Qd2 Ra3 18. Nd1 Qg6 19. Qc1 Ra2 20. Rb3 b6 21. Qb1 Rc2 22.
Nf4 Bxf4 23. Bd3 Qxg2 24. Rg1 Qxh2 25. Qxc2 Bg3+ 26. Rxg3 Qxg3+ 27. Bf2 Qh2 28.
Bf1 b5 29. Rh3 Qe5+ 30. Re3 Qf4 31. Qb2 Na6 32. Rb3 e5 33. Bg2 Qg4 34. Ne3 Qg5
35. Bf1 d4 36. Nd1 Bg4 37. Rg3 Qf4 38. Rxg4 Qxg4 39. Qa2+ Kh8 40. Qxa6 Qe4+ 41.
Kd2 Qd5 42. Qa1 e4 43. Bxd4 Rd8 44. Ke3 Qg5+ 45. Ke2 Qg4+ 46. Ke1 Qg3+ 47. Ke2
Qd3+ 48. Ke1 Qxd4 49. Qxd4 Rxd4 50. Nc3 Rxb4 51. Kd2 g6 52. Ke3 Rb3 53. Kd2 e3+
54. Kc2 Rb4 55. Kd3 Rc4 56. Ne4 Rc1 57. Be2 b4 58. Kxe3 b3 59. Nd2 b2 60. Bd3
Rxc5 61. Kd4 Rc1 62. Ke4 c5 63. Kd5 Rd1 64. Kxc5 Rxd2 65. Kc4 Rxd3 0-1

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2018.10.27"]
[Round "7.17"]
[White "Wang, Tianqi"]
[Black "Betaneli, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2346"]
[BlackElo "2272"]
[ECO "D30"]
[Opening "Queen's gambit declined"]
[WhiteFideId "2063824"]
[BlackFideId "2012359"]
[EventDate "2018.10.23"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. cxd5 exd5 4. Nc3 c6 5. Bf4 Bd6 6. Bg3 Ne7 7. e3 Bf5 8. Qb3
Bxg3 9. hxg3 Qb6 10. Qa3 Nd7 11. Nf3 a5 12. Nh4 Qb4 13. Nxf5 Nxf5 14. Bd3 Nd6
15. Rc1 Nb6 16. Rc2 h6 17. g4 Kd7 18. Kd1 f6 19. Nb1 Nbc4 20. Qc3 Rhe8 21. a3
Qxc3 22. Nxc3 a4 23. Re1 b5 24. Na2 Re7 25. Nb4 Kc7 26. Kc1 Kb6 27. Kb1 Rf8 28.
Rce2 Ne4 29. Kc2 Ned6 30. Kc3 f5 31. gxf5 Nxf5 32. Bxf5 Rxf5 33. Nd3 Rf8 34. f3
Rfe8 35. e4 dxe4 36. fxe4 Kc7 37. Nc5 Nd6 38. e5 Nb7 39. Ne4 c5 40. Nxc5 Nxc5
41. dxc5 Kc6 42. e6 Rd8 43. Re5 Rf8 44. Rd1 Rf2 45. Rd6+ Kc7 46. Ra6 Kb7 47.
Rb6+ Kc7 48. Rxb5 Rxg2 49. Ra5 Rg3+ 50. Kc4 Kc6 51. Ra6+ Kb7 52. Rxa4 h5 53. Rd5
Rg4+ 54. Rd4 1-0

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2018.10.27"]
[Round "7.18"]
[White "Watson, John"]
[Black "Shoykhet, Benjamin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2203"]
[BlackElo "1855"]
[ECO "A31"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "symmetrical, Benoni formation"]
[WhiteFideId "2000768"]
[BlackFideId "30919746"]
[EventDate "2018.10.23"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nf3 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 g6 6. g3 Bg7 7. Bg2 O-O 8. O-O
d6 9. Nc2 Be6 10. Nd5 Rc8 11. Bg5 Ne5 12. Bxf6 exf6 13. b3 f5 14. Qd2 Bxd5 15.
Qxd5 Rc7 16. Rad1 Rd7 17. Qd2 Re8 18. h3 Qb6 19. Kh1 a5 20. Ne3 Nc6 21. Nd5 Qc5
22. e3 Nb4 23. Nf4 Ra8 24. Rc1 Ra6 25. Rfd1 Be5 26. a3 Nc6 27. b4 axb4 28. Nd3
Qb6 29. axb4 Ra8 30. b5 Nb8 31. Nb4 Ra4 32. Nd3 Ra8 33. Rc2 Rc7 34. c5 Qa5 35.
Qxa5 Rxa5 36. Nxe5 dxe5 37. Rd8+ Kg7 38. b6 Rcxc5 39. Rxc5 Rxc5 40. Rxb8 Rb5 41.
Rxb7 e4 42. Bf1 Rb1 43. Kg2 Rb4 44. Rb8 Kf6 45. b7 Ke7 46. Ba6 1-0

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2018.10.27"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Gledura, Benjamin"]
[Black "Nyzhnyk, Illya"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2621"]
[BlackElo "2626"]
[ECO "C11"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "Steinitz, Boleslavsky variation"]
[WhiteFideId "712779"]
[BlackFideId "14118084"]
[EventDate "2018.10.23"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 a6 8. Qd2 Be7
9. Bd3 b5 10. O-O b4 11. Nd1 a5 12. Qf2 c4 13. Be2 a4 14. g4 Nb6 15. Qg2 Ba6 16.
f5 Qd7 17. c3 exf5 18. gxf5 Qxf5 19. Nh4 Qe4 20. Qxg7 O-O-O 21. Qg4+ Kb8 22.
Qxe4 dxe4 23. Nf5 Nd5 24. a3 bxa3 25. Nxe7 Ncxe7 26. Rxa3 Bb5 27. Ra1 Rhg8+ 28.
Kh1 Bd7 29. Rxf7 Nf5 30. Bxc4 Nfxe3 31. Nxe3 Nxe3 32. Rxd7 Nxc4 33. Rxd8+ Rxd8
34. Rxa4 Nd2 35. Ra1 Nf3 36. Kg2 Rf8 37. e6 Kc7 38. e7 Re8 39. Kf2 Kb6 40. Ke3
Rxe7 41. h3 Nh4 42. Rf1 Ng2+ 43. Ke2 e3 44. Rf5 Kc6 45. c4 Re4 46. Rf6+ Kd7 47.
Rf1 Nf4+ 48. Kf3 e2 49. Re1 Rxd4 0-1

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2018.10.27"]
[Round "8.2"]
[White "Bruzon Batista, Lazaro"]
[Black "Lenderman, Aleksandr"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2653"]
[BlackElo "2626"]
[ECO "C07"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "Tarrasch, open variation"]
[WhiteFideId "3503739"]
[BlackFideId "2021285"]
[EventDate "2018.10.23"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. dxc5 Bxc5 6. Ngf3 Nf6 7. Bc4 Qc6 8.
Qe2 O-O 9. O-O b6 10. Nb3 Bb7 11. Nxc5 Qxc5 12. b3 Nbd7 13. Bb2 Qh5 14. Ne5 Qxe2
15. Bxe2 Nxe5 16. Bxe5 Rfd8 17. Rfd1 Ne4 18. f3 Nc5 19. Kf2 f6 20. Bc7 Rdc8 21.
Bd6 Bd5 22. c4 Bc6 23. b4 Nb7 24. Bf4 Ba4 25. Rd2 Rd8 26. Rc1 e5 27. Be3 Rxd2
28. Bxd2 Be8 29. Be3 Rc8 30. Rc3 Bf7 31. Ra3 a5 32. Bxb6 axb4 33. Ra7 Nd8 34.
Bxd8 Rxd8 35. Rb7 Ra8 36. Rxb4 Be8 37. Rb2 Kf8 38. Bd3 Bf7 39. c5 g6 40. c6 Rc8
41. Rc2 Ke7 42. Bb5 Bd5 43. Ke3 Kd6 44. f4 exf4+ 45. Kxf4 Rc7 46. Ke3 Re7+ 47.
Kf2 Kc7 48. g3 Re5 49. a4 Be4 50. Rd2 Bd5 51. Rd3 h5 52. Re3 Be4 53. h4 g5 54.
hxg5 fxg5 55. Kg1 Re8 56. a5 Rb8 57. Rxe4 Rxb5 58. Ra4 Rc5 59. a6 Kb8 60. a7+
Ka8 61. Ra6 h4 62. gxh4 gxh4 63. Kh2 Rc2+ 64. Kh3 Rc4 65. Ra3 Rxc6 66. Kxh4 Rc7
67. Kg3 Rxa7 68. Rxa7+ Kxa7 1/2-1/2

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2018.10.27"]
[Round "8.3"]
[White "Durarbayli, Vasif"]
[Black "Cori, Jorge"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2629"]
[BlackElo "2664"]
[ECO "B48"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Taimanov variation"]
[WhiteFideId "13402935"]
[BlackFideId "3802272"]
[EventDate "2018.10.23"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. Qf3 Nf6 8.
O-O-O d6 9. Nxc6 Qxc6 10. g4 b5 11. g5 Nd7 12. a3 Bb7 13. Qh3 Rc8 14. g6 Nf6 15.
Rg1 Qc7 16. Bd3 e5 17. gxf7+ Qxf7 18. Nd5 Be7 19. f4 exf4 20. Bd4 Rf8 21. Nxf4
g5 22. Nd5 g4 23. Nxf6+ Bxf6 24. Qe3 Qg7 25. Bxf6 Rxf6 26. Kb1 Rc5 27. Be2 Qg5
28. Qd4 h5 29. b4 Re5 30. Bd3 Kf7 31. Rdf1 Kg7 32. Rxf6 Qxf6 33. Rf1 Rf5 34.
Qxf6+ Rxf6 35. Re1 Kh6 36. Re2 h4 37. Kc1 Kg5 38. e5 dxe5 39. Rxe5+ Kf4 40. Rh5
h3 41. Kd2 Be4 42. Rh8 Bxd3 43. cxd3 Kf3 44. Rg8 Rf4 45. Rg6 Kg2 46. Ke3 Rf3+
47. Ke4 Kxh2 48. Rxg4 Rg3 49. Rh4 Kg2 50. d4 h2 51. Rxh2+ Kxh2 52. d5 Rxa3 53.
d6 Ra1 54. Ke5 Rd1 55. Ke6 Kg3 0-1

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2018.10.27"]
[Round "8.4"]
[White "Shimanov, Aleksandr"]
[Black "Liang, Awonder"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2626"]
[BlackElo "2572"]
[ECO "C53"]
[Opening "Giuoco Piano"]
[WhiteFideId "4198603"]
[BlackFideId "2056437"]
[EventDate "2018.10.23"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 Be7 8. Nbd2
d6 9. a4 Nh5 10. g3 Nf6 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. h4 Be6 13. Bxe6 fxe6 14. b4 a5 15. b5
Nb8 16. Qb3 Qe7 17. O-O Nd7 18. d4 Kh8 19. Kg2 Qf7 20. Rae1 Be7 21. dxe5 Nxe5
22. Nxe5 dxe5 23. Qd1 Rad8 24. Qe2 Bxh4 25. Nc4 Be7 26. Nxe5 Qf6 27. Qh5 Kh7 28.
f4 Rd2+ 29. Re2 Rfd8 30. Kh3 Rxe2 31. Qxe2 Bd6 32. Nf3 Qxc3 33. Rd1 Be7 34. Rxd8
Bxd8 35. e5 Kg8 36. Qe4 Qa1 37. g4 Qh1+ 0-1

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2018.10.27"]
[Round "8.5"]
[White "Quesada Perez, Yuniesky"]
[Black "Bok, Benjamin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2622"]
[BlackElo "2639"]
[ECO "C65"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Berlin defence"]
[WhiteFideId "3504409"]
[BlackFideId "1017063"]
[EventDate "2018.10.23"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Nbd2 Be6 7. O-O Nd7 8.
b3 O-O 9. Bb2 f6 10. d4 Bd6 11. Qe2 Bg4 12. Rfe1 exd4 13. Bxd4 Qe7 14. h3 Bh5
15. Qe3 Rfe8 16. Nh4 Rad8 17. Nc4 b6 18. Nf5 Qf8 19. Ncxd6 cxd6 20. Qg3 Ne5 21.
f4 Nd7 22. Re3 Bg6 23. Qg4 Bxf5 24. Qxf5 Qf7 25. Rae1 Qg6 26. Qg4 Qxg4 27. hxg4
Nf8 28. g3 Kf7 29. Kf2 c5 30. Bc3 d5 31. exd5 Rxe3 32. Rxe3 Rxd5 33. Kf3 h6 34.
Rd3 Rxd3+ 35. cxd3 Ke6 36. Ke4 Nd7 37. a3 a6 38. Bd2 Nb8 39. b4 Nc6 40. bxc5
bxc5 41. f5+ Kd7 42. Be3 Ne5 43. Bxc5 Nxg4 44. d4 h5 45. d5 Ne5 46. Bb4 g5 47.
fxg6 Nxg6 48. Kf5 h4 49. gxh4 Nxh4+ 50. Kxf6 Ng2 51. Ke5 Ne3 52. d6 Nc4+ 53. Kd5
Nb6+ 54. Kd4 Kc6 55. Ke5 Nc4+ 56. Ke6 Nxd6 57. Bxd6 Kb7 1/2-1/2

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2018.10.27"]
[Round "8.6"]
[White "Prohaszka, Peter2"]
[Black "Wang, Justin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2626"]
[BlackElo "2377"]
[ECO "E01"]
[Opening "Catalan"]
[Variation "closed"]
[WhiteFideId "726265"]
[BlackFideId "30911370"]
[EventDate "2018.10.23"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Bb4+ 5. Nd2 O-O 6. Nf3 b6 7. O-O Bb7 8. b3
Nbd7 9. Bb2 Re8 10. a3 Bd6 11. Ne5 Qe7 12. b4 Rab8 13. Nxd7 Qxd7 14. c5 bxc5 15.
dxc5 Bf8 16. Nf3 c6 17. Rc1 Qc8 18. Re1 a5 19. Be5 Ra8 20. Qc2 Nd7 21. Bb2 axb4
22. axb4 f5 23. Ne5 Qc7 24. Nxd7 Qxd7 25. Be5 Ba6 26. Ra1 Qb7 27. Qb2 Bb5 28. f3
Rxa1 29. Rxa1 Ra8 30. Kf2 Bc4 31. Rxa8 Qxa8 32. Bf1 Qb7 33. h3 g6 34. Bf6 Kf7
35. Bc3 Be7 36. Bh8 Bf8 37. h4 Kg8 38. Bf6 Kf7 39. Bc3 Ke8 40. Qa1 Be7 41. Bd2
Bf8 42. Qe5 Qd7 43. Bc3 Bb5 44. Bh3 Qe7 45. Qh8 Kd7 46. Be5 Qf7 47. e3 Ke8 48.
Bf1 Bxf1 49. Kxf1 Qa7 50. Qf6 Qa4 51. Qxe6+ Be7 52. Bc3 Qd1+ 53. Be1 Qxf3+ 54.
Bf2 Qd1+ 55. Kg2 Qa4 56. Qg8+ Kd7 57. Qxh7 Qxb4 58. Qxg6 Qe4+ 59. Kg1 Qb1+ 60.
Kh2 Qc2 61. Kg2 Qe4+ 62. Kf1 Qd3+ 63. Kg1 Qb1+ 64. Kg2 Qe4+ 65. Kh2 Qc2 66. Kg1
Qb1+ 67. Kg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2018.10.27"]
[Round "8.7"]
[White "Ostrovskiy, Aleksandr"]
[Black "Chandra, Akshat"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2423"]
[BlackElo "2471"]
[ECO "B38"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "accelerated fianchetto, Maroczy bind, 6.Be3"]
[WhiteFideId "2034239"]
[BlackFideId "25006711"]
[EventDate "2018.10.23"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. e4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Nc3 O-O 8. Be2
d6 9. Qd2 Bd7 10. f3 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 a5 12. O-O Bc6 13. b3 Nd7 14. Be3 Nc5 15.
Rab1 e6 16. Nb5 Be5 17. Nd4 Qh4 18. g3 Bxg3 19. hxg3 Qxg3+ 20. Kh1 Qh3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2018.10.27"]
[Round "8.8"]
[White "Tang, Andrew"]
[Black "Wang, Kevin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2469"]
[BlackElo "2447"]
[ECO "D00"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn, Mason variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2059630"]
[BlackFideId "2008424"]
[EventDate "2018.10.23"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 Nf6 3. e3 Bg4 4. Qd3 c6 5. Qb3 Qb6 6. c4 Nbd7 7. Nc3 dxc4 8.
Bxc4 e6 9. h3 Bh5 10. Nge2 Be7 11. Bh2 Bg6 12. Nf4 Bf5 13. g4 Be4 14. Nxe4 Nxe4
15. Qxb6 axb6 16. Ke2 b5 17. Bb3 Nb6 18. Rhc1 Na4 19. Nd3 Bd6 20. Be5 Bf8 21. f3
Nf6 22. a3 Nd7 23. Bxa4 bxa4 24. h4 Nxe5 25. Nxe5 Bd6 26. Nc4 Be7 27. h5 O-O 28.
f4 Rfd8 29. Rc2 Ra6 30. Rac1 Rd5 31. Nd2 Rb6 32. Kf3 f6 33. Ke2 Rbb5 34. Rd1 e5
35. dxe5 fxe5 36. f5 Kf7 37. Rdc1 h6 38. Ne4 Ra5 39. Rc4 Ra6 40. Nc3 Rc5 41.
Rxc5 Bxc5 42. Rd1 Ke8 43. g5 hxg5 44. Kf3 b5 45. Rh1 g4+ 46. Ke2 Kf7 47. Rg1 b4
48. Ne4 Be7 49. axb4 Rb6 50. Rg2 Rxb4 51. Kd3 Rb3+ 52. Nc3 Bb4 53. Kc2 Bxc3 54.
bxc3 Rb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2018.10.27"]
[Round "8.9"]
[White "Daggupati, Balaji"]
[Black "Patel, Advait"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2202"]
[BlackElo "2461"]
[ECO "C67"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Berlin defence, open variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2090759"]
[BlackFideId "2075105"]
[EventDate "2018.10.23"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bg5 Be7 7. Bxe7 Qxe7 8.
Bxc6 dxc6 9. dxe5 Nf5 10. Nc3 O-O 11. Qe2 Be6 12. Ne4 a5 13. Neg5 Bd7 14. Rad1
h6 15. e6 Bxe6 16. Nxe6 fxe6 17. Ne5 Rfd8 18. Rde1 Re8 19. c3 Rad8 20. Qc2 Rd5
21. Re2 Qg5 22. f4 Qe7 23. Rfe1 Red8 24. Nf3 Qc5+ 25. Kh1 Qd6 26. Rxe6 Qxf4 27.
c4 Rd3 28. R6e4 Qd6 29. Re8+ Rxe8 30. Rxe8+ Kf7 31. Re1 Kg8 32. Re8+ Kf7 33. Re1 1/2-1/2

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2018.10.27"]
[Round "8.10"]
[White "Peng, David"]
[Black "Cordova, Emilio"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2341"]
[BlackElo "2609"]
[ECO "B33"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Pelikan, Chelyabinsk variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2059355"]
[BlackFideId "3801497"]
[EventDate "2018.10.23"]

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. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Nd5 Bg7 11. Bd3 Ne7 12. Nxe7 Qxe7 13. c4 f5 14. O-O O-O 15.
Qe2 d5 16. cxd5 fxe4 17. d6 Qh4 18. Bxe4 Rb8 19. Nc2 f5 20. Bd5+ Kh8 21. Rfd1
Rb6 22. Bb3 Bd7 23. Qe3 Rbb8 24. Qa7 Rbd8 25. Bd5 e4 26. Qxa6 Bxb2 27. Rab1 Be5
28. g3 Qf6 29. Qb6 Be8 30. Na3 Rxd6 31. Qc5 Bh5 32. Rd2 f4 33. Nxb5 Rdd8 0-1

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2018.10.27"]
[Round "8.11"]
[White "Polgar-Shutzman, Tom"]
[Black "Escalante Ramirez, Brian Sebasti"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2130"]
[BlackElo "2442"]
[ECO "B04"]
[Opening "Alekhine's defence"]
[Variation "modern, Keres variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2064880"]
[BlackFideId "3819566"]
[EventDate "2018.10.23"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 g6 5. Bc4 Nb6 6. Bb3 Bg7 7. a4 dxe5 8. Nxe5
O-O 9. O-O a5 10. c3 Na6 11. Qf3 Bxe5 12. dxe5 Nc5 13. Bc2 Be6 14. Bh6 Re8 15.
Nd2 Qd5 16. Qg3 Bd7 17. b4 axb4 18. cxb4 Ncxa4 19. Bb3 Qb5 20. Nf3 Nc3 21. Bxf7+
Kxf7 22. Ng5+ Kg8 23. Qxc3 Qc4 24. Qg3 Qg4 25. Qb3+ Qc4 26. Qg3 Rxa1 27. Rxa1
Qg4 28. Qb3+ e6 29. Qf3 Qxf3 30. Nxf3 Bc6 31. Nd4 Bd5 32. Nb5 Rc8 33. Bg5 Kf7
34. h4 Ke8 35. h5 gxh5 36. Ra3 Be4 37. Rh3 Bg6 38. Nd4 Kd7 39. Rf3 c6 40. Nb3
Bf5 41. Nd4 Rf8 42. Nb3 Nd5 43. Nc5+ Ke8 44. Nxb7 Rg8 45. Bd2 Kd7 46. Nd6 Bg6
47. Ra3 Kc7 48. Ra7+ Kb6 49. Rb7+ Ka6 50. b5+ cxb5 51. Rxb5 h4 52. Kh2 Bd3 53.
Ra5+ Kb6 54. Ra1 Kc5 55. Nf7 Rb8 1/2-1/2

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2018.10.27"]
[Round "8.12"]
[White "Yanayt, Eugene"]
[Black "Kiewra, Keaton"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2137"]
[BlackElo "2375"]
[ECO "A40"]
[Opening "Modern defence"]
[WhiteFideId "2020165"]
[BlackFideId "2019280"]
[EventDate "2018.10.23"]

1. d4 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. e4 e6 4. Nf3 Ne7 5. Be2 d5 6. Nc3 Nbc6 7. e5 O-O 8. h4
dxc4 9. h5 Nf5 10. hxg6 fxg6 11. Bg5 Qd7 12. Ne4 Nfxd4 13. Nf6+ Bxf6 14. Bxf6
Nxf3+ 15. Bxf3 Nb4 16. Rh4 c6 17. Rxc4 Qxd1+ 18. Rxd1 Nd5 19. Bxd5 exd5 20. Rh4
Be6 21. Kd2 Rf7 22. Rdh1 Rd7 23. g4 d4 24. f4 Bd5 25. Re1 c5 26. f5 gxf5 27.
gxf5 Rf7 28. Rh6 Kf8 29. e6 Rxf6 30. Rxf6+ Ke7 31. Rf7+ Kd6 32. Rd7+ Kc6 33.
Rxd5 1-0

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2018.10.27"]
[Round "8.13"]
[White "Grabinsky, Aaron"]
[Black "Narayanan, Samrug"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2375"]
[BlackElo "2145"]
[ECO "C00"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "King's Indian attack"]
[WhiteFideId "2087090"]
[BlackFideId "30914051"]
[EventDate "2018.10.23"]

1. e4 e6 2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. g3 Bd6 5. Bg2 Ne7 6. f4 O-O 7. Ngf3 Nbc6 8. O-O
f6 9. c3 b5 10. a4 b4 11. c4 d4 12. e5 fxe5 13. fxe5 Bc7 14. Ne4 Bb6 15. Bf4 Ng6
16. Nfg5 h6 17. Qh5 Nh8 18. Nd6 hxg5 19. Bxg5 Rxf1+ 20. Rxf1 Qd7 21. Rf8+ 1-0

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2018.10.27"]
[Round "8.14"]
[White "Williams, Justus"]
[Black "Wang, Tianqi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2344"]
[BlackElo "2346"]
[ECO "A05"]
[Opening "Reti opening"]
[WhiteFideId "2049929"]
[BlackFideId "2063824"]
[EventDate "2018.10.23"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 Bf5 4. c4 e6 5. O-O c6 6. d3 Be7 7. Nc3 h6 8. cxd5
exd5 9. Nd4 Bh7 10. e4 dxe4 11. dxe4 Nbd7 12. Qe2 O-O 13. Rd1 Bc5 14. Nb3 Bb6
15. Na4 Qe7 16. Nxb6 axb6 17. f3 Rfe8 18. Qf2 c5 19. h3 Nf8 20. Be3 Red8 21. Nd2
Ne6 22. Nc4 Qc7 23. Rdc1 Nd7 24. a4 Nf6 25. b4 Nd4 26. a5 bxa5 27. Nxa5 Ne6 28.
Bxc5 Nxc5 29. Rxc5 Qb6 30. Rb1 Bg6 31. Nc4 Qe6 32. Rc1 Nd7 33. Rd5 Rdc8 34. Bf1
Nf6 35. Re5 Qa6 36. Rc5 Qe6 37. Nd6 Rxc5 38. Qxc5 Nd7 39. Qd5 Qf6 40. f4 Qb2 41.
Rc8+ Rxc8 42. Nxc8 Nf6 43. Qd8+ Kh7 44. f5 Bh5 45. Qd3 Qxb4 46. Nd6 Qb6+ 47. Kg2
Qb2+ 48. Kg1 Qb6+ 49. Kg2 Qb2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2018.10.27"]
[Round "8.15"]
[White "Polavaram, Rithik"]
[Black "Santarius, Erik"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2069"]
[BlackElo "2404"]
[ECO "D35"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "exchange variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2081997"]
[BlackFideId "2025817"]
[EventDate "2018.10.23"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 c5 7. Rb1 cxd4 8.
cxd4 Nc6 9. Nf3 Bb4+ 10. Bd2 Bxd2+ 11. Qxd2 O-O 12. Bc4 b6 13. O-O Bb7 14. Qd3
Rc8 15. Ba6 Bxa6 16. Qxa6 Nxd4 17. Nxd4 Qxd4 18. Qxa7 Qxe4 19. Qxb6 Ra8 20. Qb3
Ra4 21. Rfe1 Qa8 22. Re2 g6 23. h3 Ra3 24. Qb2 Qa6 25. Rc1 Ra8 26. Rcc2 Rd3 27.
Red2 Rxd2 28. Rxd2 Qc4 29. Qc2 Qf4 30. Qc3 Qe4 31. Kh2 h5 32. Qf6 Qb4 33. Rd8+
Rxd8 34. Qxd8+ Kg7 35. Qc7 Qa4 36. Qe5+ f6 37. Qxe6 Qf4+ 38. Kg1 Qc1+ 39. Kh2
Qf4+ 40. Kg1 1/2-1/2

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2018.10.27"]
[Round "8.16"]
[White "Ghazarian, Kirk"]
[Black "Moon, Benjamin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2222"]
[BlackElo "2304"]
[ECO "E62"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "fianchetto, lesser Simagin (Spassky) variation"]
[WhiteFideId "30908604"]
[BlackFideId "2064847"]
[EventDate "2018.10.23"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nc3 d6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O Bf5 8. d5
Na5 9. Nd2 c6 10. b4 Nxc4 11. Nxc4 Nxd5 12. Nxd5 Bxa1 13. Bh6 Bg7 14. Bxg7 Kxg7
15. Nde3 Bc8 16. a4 d5 17. Nb2 a6 18. Qd4+ f6 19. f4 Qd6 20. Nd3 Be6 21. f5 Bc8
22. Rf4 e5 23. fxe6 Bxe6 24. g4 Rf7 25. g5 Raf8 26. Nf2 h5 27. gxf6+ Kh7 28. Be4
Kh6 29. Rh4 Kg5 30. Bxd5 Kh6 31. Bxe6 Qxe6 32. Qf4+ Kh7 33. Ne4 Kg8 34. Ng5 Qxf6
35. Nxf7 Qe7 36. Qe4 Qxf7 37. Qc4 1-0

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2018.10.27"]
[Round "8.17"]
[White "Betaneli, Alexander"]
[Black "Watson, John"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2272"]
[BlackElo "2203"]
[ECO "A36"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "ultra-symmetrical variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2012359"]
[BlackFideId "2000768"]
[EventDate "2018.10.23"]

1. g3 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. Bg2 c5 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. d3 d6 6. Qd2 e5 7. b3 Nge7 8. Bb2 O-O
9. e3 a6 10. Nge2 Rb8 11. O-O b5 12. Nd5 Nxd5 13. cxd5 Ne7 14. d4 exd4 15. exd4
c4 16. bxc4 bxc4 17. Rac1 Bb7 18. Rxc4 Nxd5 19. Ba3 Re8 20. Rc2 Nb6 21. d5 a5
22. Nd4 Nxd5 23. Nc6 Bxc6 24. Rxc6 Nb4 25. Rxd6 Qe7 26. Rd1 Be5 27. Rd7 Qf6 28.
Bc1 Rbc8 29. Qg5 Nxa2 30. Qxf6 Bxf6 31. Bd5 Rxc1 32. Bxf7+ Kf8 33. Bxa2 Rxd1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2018.10.28"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Nyzhnyk, Illya"]
[Black "Liang, Awonder"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2626"]
[BlackElo "2572"]
[ECO "A46"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[WhiteFideId "14118084"]
[BlackFideId "2056437"]
[EventDate "2018.10.23"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bf4 d5 4. e3 Bd6 5. Bg3 O-O 6. Nbd2 b6 7. Bd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2018.10.28"]
[Round "9.2"]
[White "Cori, Jorge"]
[Black "Lenderman, Aleksandr"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2664"]
[BlackElo "2626"]
[ECO "E51"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian"]
[Variation "4.e3 e8g8, 5.Nf3 d7d5"]
[WhiteFideId "3802272"]
[BlackFideId "2021285"]
[EventDate "2018.10.23"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. e3 O-O 6. Qc2 b6 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Bd3
Bb7 9. O-O a6 10. a3 Bd6 11. b4 Re8 12. b5 Bf8 13. Bb2 axb5 14. Bxb5 c6 15. Bd3
Ba6 16. Rfc1 Bxd3 17. Qxd3 Bd6 18. a4 Ne4 19. Qc2 Nxc3 20. Qxc3 Re6 21. h3 Bc7
22. Qb3 Nd7 23. Rc2 Rc8 24. Rac1 Bb8 25. Qxd5 cxd5 26. Rxc8 Re8 27. Rxd8 Rxd8
28. Rc6 f6 29. Ne1 Kf7 30. Nd3 1-0

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2018.10.28"]
[Round "9.3"]
[White "Gledura, Benjamin"]
[Black "Bruzon Batista, Lazaro"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2621"]
[BlackElo "2653"]
[ECO "E06"]
[Opening "Catalan"]
[Variation "closed, 5.Nf3"]
[WhiteFideId "712779"]
[BlackFideId "3503739"]
[EventDate "2018.10.23"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. d4 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4 c5
9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Qxc4 Nbd7 11. Nc3 b5 12. Qh4 Bb7 13. axb5 axb5 14. Rxa8 Qxa8
15. Nxb5 Ne5 16. Nxe5 Bxg2 17. Rd1 Bh1 18. Qh3 Qb8 19. Kxh1 Qxe5 1/2-1/2

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2018.10.28"]
[Round "9.4"]
[White "Bok, Benjamin"]
[Black "Durarbayli, Vasif"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2639"]
[BlackElo "2629"]
[ECO "A30"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "symmetrical, hedgehog system"]
[WhiteFideId "1017063"]
[BlackFideId "13402935"]
[EventDate "2018.10.23"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 e6 4. g3 b6 5. Bg2 Bb7 6. O-O Be7 7. Re1 d5 8. cxd5
exd5 9. d4 O-O 10. b3 Nc6 11. Bb2 Re8 12. Rc1 cxd4 13. Nxd4 Nxd4 14. Qxd4 Bc5
15. Qf4 Re6 16. Nb5 Ne4 17. e3 Qd7 18. Bh3 Rf8 19. Nd4 Bd6 20. Qf5 Rfe8 21. Nxe6
fxe6 22. Qh5 Rf8 23. Rc2 Nc5 24. Bd4 Qe7 25. Rd1 g6 26. Qg4 Bc8 27. Bxc5 Bxc5
28. b4 e5 29. Qxc8 Rxc8 30. Bxc8 Bxb4 31. Rxd5 Qf6 32. Rd7 Bc5 33. Rcd2 Bb4 34.
Rd1 Qf3 35. Bb7 Qe2 36. Bd5+ Kh8 37. Bb3 Be1 38. Rf7 Bd2 39. h4 a5 40. Rd7 Be1
41. Rf7 Bd2 42. Rd7 Be1 43. Rd8+ Kg7 44. R1d7+ Kh6 45. Rf8 Bxf2+ 46. Rxf2 Qg4
47. Rff7 Qxg3+ 48. Kf1 Qh3+ 49. Ke2 Qg2+ 50. Kd3 Kh5 51. Rxh7+ Kg4 52. h5 Qf1+
53. Ke4 Qf3+ 54. Kxe5 Qxe3+ 55. Kd6 Qc5+ 56. Ke6 gxh5 57. Rdf7 Qc6+ 58. Ke5 Qc3+
59. Kd6 Qd4+ 60. Kc6 Kh4 61. Rfg7 Qc5+ 62. Kb7 b5 63. Be6 Qe5 64. Rg4+ Kh3 65.
Re4+ 1-0

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2018.10.28"]
[Round "9.5"]
[White "Patel, Advait"]
[Black "Prohaszka, Peter2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2461"]
[BlackElo "2626"]
[ECO "B12"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "advance variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2075105"]
[BlackFideId "726265"]
[EventDate "2018.10.23"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Ne7 6. O-O Bg6 7. Nbd2 Nf5 8. Nb3
Nd7 9. Bd2 Be7 10. g4 Nh4 11. Nxh4 Bxh4 12. f4 f5 13. Bd3 Be7 14. gxf5 Bxf5 15.
Bxf5 exf5 16. Qh5+ g6 17. Qh6 Bf8 18. Qh3 Be7 19. Qh6 Bf8 20. Qh3 Be7 21. Qh6
Bf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2018.10.28"]
[Round "9.6"]
[White "Wang, Kevin"]
[Black "Shimanov, Aleksandr"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2447"]
[BlackElo "2626"]
[ECO "B13"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "exchange, Rubinstein variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2008424"]
[BlackFideId "4198603"]
[EventDate "2018.10.23"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. c3 Nf6 6. Bf4 Bg4 7. Qb3 Qd7 8. Nd2
e6 9. Ngf3 Bd6 10. Bxd6 Qxd6 11. O-O O-O 12. Rae1 Bxf3 13. Nxf3 Qc7 14. Qc2 g6
15. Qd2 Kg7 16. Ne5 Nxe5 17. dxe5 Nd7 18. f4 Rae8 19. Kh1 a6 20. Bc2 b5 21. Rf3
h5 22. Rg3 Nc5 23. Qe2 Rh8 24. b4 Nd7 25. a4 h4 26. Rh3 bxa4 27. Bxa4 Ra8 28.
Ra1 a5 29. Bxd7 axb4 30. Rc1 Qxd7 31. cxb4 Rhc8 32. Rb1 Rc4 33. Qe1 Qe7 34. Rhb3
Rxf4 35. b5 Qg5 36. R3b2 Re4 37. Qf2 Qxe5 38. b6 Rb8 39. b7 Rc4 40. h3 Qg3 41.
Qb6 Qc7 42. Qe3 d4 43. Qd2 e5 44. Kg1 e4 45. Rb4 e3 46. Qd3 Rxb4 47. Rxb4 Qc1+
48. Kh2 Qc7+ 49. Kg1 Qc1+ 50. Kh2 Qc5 51. Qxd4+ Qxd4 52. Rxd4 Rxb7 53. Rxh4 Re7 0-1

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2018.10.28"]
[Round "9.7"]
[White "Ostrovskiy, Aleksandr"]
[Black "Quesada Perez, Yuniesky"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2423"]
[BlackElo "2622"]
[ECO "B48"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Taimanov variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2034239"]
[BlackFideId "3504409"]
[EventDate "2018.10.23"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. Qf3 Nf6 8.
O-O-O d6 9. Qg3 Bd7 10. Kb1 Rc8 11. Nxc6 Bxc6 12. Bd3 b5 13. f3 h5 14. h4 b4 15.
Ne2 Qb7 16. e5 dxe5 17. Qxe5 Be7 18. Nf4 Bb5 19. Bxb5+ axb5 20. g4 hxg4 21. fxg4
Qc6 22. g5 O-O 23. Bd4 Qxc2+ 24. Ka1 Ra8 25. a3 b3 26. Qe2 Bxa3 27. Qxc2 bxc2
28. bxa3 cxd1=Q+ 29. Rxd1 Ne4 0-1

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2018.10.28"]
[Round "9.8"]
[White "Cordova, Emilio"]
[Black "Daggupati, Balaji"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2609"]
[BlackElo "2202"]
[ECO "A09"]
[Opening "Reti"]
[Variation "advance variation"]
[WhiteFideId "3801497"]
[BlackFideId "2090759"]
[EventDate "2018.10.23"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 d4 3. e3 Nc6 4. exd4 Nxd4 5. Nxd4 Qxd4 6. Nc3 c6 7. d3 Nh6 8.
Be2 Nf5 9. g4 Nh4 10. Rg1 Qd6 11. Rg3 h5 12. gxh5 Nf5 13. Rg2 Nh4 14. Rg3 Nf5
15. Rg2 Nh4 16. Rg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2018.10.28"]
[Round "9.9"]
[White "Chandra, Akshat"]
[Black "Yanayt, Eugene"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2471"]
[BlackElo "2137"]
[ECO "B50"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[WhiteFideId "25006711"]
[BlackFideId "2020165"]
[EventDate "2018.10.23"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. Be2 b6 5. O-O Bb7 6. d3 g6 7. Nbd2 Bg7 8. Re1
O-O 9. Bf1 e5 10. a3 Nbd7 11. b4 d5 12. Bb2 Re8 13. g3 Rc8 14. Bh3 Rc7 15. exd5
Bxd5 16. c4 Ba8 17. Qc2 Qb8 18. Re2 Qb7 19. Bg2 Ng4 20. Rae1 f5 21. Nh4 Qb8 22.
Bxa8 Qxa8 23. Nhf3 Qd8 24. bxc5 bxc5 25. h3 Nh6 26. Nxe5 Nxe5 27. Bxe5 Rxe5 28.
Rxe5 Bxe5 29. Rxe5 Rd7 30. Rxc5 f4 31. g4 Qe7 32. Rc8+ Kf7 33. Nf3 Rb7 34. c5
Rc7 1-0

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2018.10.28"]
[Round "9.10"]
[White "Wang, Justin"]
[Black "Tang, Andrew"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2377"]
[BlackElo "2469"]
[ECO "C92"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "closed, Flohr-Zaitsev system (Lenzerheide variation)"]
[WhiteFideId "30911370"]
[BlackFideId "2059630"]
[EventDate "2018.10.23"]

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. Nbd2 Bf8 12. a3 h6 13. Bc2 Nb8 14. b3 Nbd7 15. Bb2
g6 16. a4 Bg7 17. Bd3 c6 18. Qc2 Rc8 19. axb5 cxb5 20. d5 Nh5 21. Bf1 Rf8 22.
Ba3 Qb6 23. Bb4 Nf4 24. Ba5 Qa7 25. c4 f5 26. Qd1 bxc4 27. bxc4 Rf6 28. Nh4 Nc5
29. Rb1 Nxe4 30. Nxe4 fxe4 31. Bb6 Qa8 32. g3 Nd3 33. Rxe4 Nc5 34. Re2 Nd7 35.
Reb2 g5 36. Ng2 Rcf8 37. Be3 Bc8 38. h4 R6f7 39. hxg5 hxg5 40. Ne1 e4 41. Rb3 a5
42. Be2 Ba6 43. Ra3 Qd8 44. Bh5 Rf5 45. Bg4 Qf6 46. Bxf5 Qxf5 47. Qh5 Bxc4 48.
Rb7 Bxd5 49. Rxa5 Nf6 50. Qd1 Qe6 51. Rc7 Kh8 52. Raa7 Bh6 53. Bd4 Kg8 54. Re7
Qf5 55. g4 Qxg4+ 56. Qxg4 Nxg4 57. Rh7 1-0

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2018.10.28"]
[Round "9.11"]
[White "Escalante Ramirez, Brian Sebasti"]
[Black "Grabinsky, Aaron"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2442"]
[BlackElo "2375"]
[ECO "B10"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann defence"]
[WhiteFideId "3819566"]
[BlackFideId "2087090"]
[EventDate "2018.10.23"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 g6 3. d4 Bg7 4. Be3 d6 5. Qd2 b5 6. Bd3 Nf6 7. f3 Nbd7 8. a4 b4
9. Nce2 a5 10. b3 O-O 11. h4 e5 12. Rd1 d5 13. h5 Nxh5 14. g4 Nf4 15. Nxf4 exf4
16. Qh2 h6 17. Bxf4 g5 18. Bc7 Qe8 19. Ne2 dxe4 20. Bxe4 Nf6 21. Be5 Nxg4 22.
fxg4 f6 23. Qg2 fxe5 24. Bxc6 Bd7 25. Bd5+ Kh8 26. Bxa8 Qxa8 27. Qxa8 Rxa8 28.
Rg1 exd4 29. Nxd4 Re8+ 30. Kf1 Re4 31. Nf5 Rf4+ 32. Ke2 Bxf5 33. gxf5 Rxf5 34.
Rd7 Rc5 35. Rgd1 Rxc2+ 36. R1d2 Rc6 37. R2d6 Rc2+ 38. Kf3 h5 39. Rg6 g4+ 40. Ke4
Bf8 41. Rg5 Re2+ 42. Kf5 Rh2 43. Kg6 Kg8 44. Rf5 Re2 45. Rd8 1-0

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2018.10.28"]
[Round "9.12"]
[White "Wang, Tianqi"]
[Black "Polgar-Shutzman, Tom"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2346"]
[BlackElo "2130"]
[ECO "A05"]
[Opening "Reti opening"]
[WhiteFideId "2063824"]
[BlackFideId "2064880"]
[EventDate "2018.10.23"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. e3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. b3 Be7 5. Bb2 O-O 6. Be2 b6 7. O-O Bb7 8. Nc3 c5
9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Nxd5 Bxd5 11. d3 Bf6 12. Qc2 Nd7 13. Rac1 Rc8 14. Rfd1 Bb7 15.
Qb1 Bxb2 16. Qxb2 Qf6 17. Qa3 a5 18. h3 Ba6 19. Bf1 h6 20. Qa4 Rfd8 21. Qe4 Rc7
22. Qa4 Bb7 23. Nd2 Bc6 24. Qa3 Bd5 25. d4 Rdc8 26. dxc5 Nxc5 27. Be2 Ne4 28.
Nxe4 Bxe4 29. Rxc7 Rxc7 30. Rc1 Qd8 31. Qb2 Qc8 32. Rxc7 Qxc7 33. Qd4 Bb7 34.
Bc4 Bc6 35. a4 e5 36. Qh4 Qd7 37. Qh5 Qc7 38. Qf5 Bxa4 39. bxa4 Qxc4 40. Qd7
Qc1+ 41. Kh2 Qc4 42. Qe8+ Kh7 43. Qxe5 Qxa4 44. Qf5+ Kg8 45. Qc8+ Kh7 46. Qf5+
Kg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2018.10.28"]
[Round "9.13"]
[White "Kiewra, Keaton"]
[Black "Ghazarian, Kirk"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2375"]
[BlackElo "2222"]
[ECO "A04"]
[Opening "Reti opening"]
[WhiteFideId "2019280"]
[BlackFideId "30908604"]
[EventDate "2018.10.23"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e3 Nf6 5. d4 O-O 6. Be2 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Nc6 8. O-O
d6 9. Qb3 Nd7 10. Rd1 Nc5 11. Qa3 a5 12. Ncb5 Qb6 13. Bd2 Bd7 14. Be1 Nxd4 15.
Nxd4 Ne6 16. Bc3 Qc5 17. Qxc5 Nxc5 18. b3 Bc6 19. f3 f5 20. Rab1 Rfc8 21. a3 Be8
22. Rdc1 Bf7 23. b4 axb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2018.10.28"]
[Round "9.14"]
[White "Williams, Justus"]
[Black "Peng, David"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2344"]
[BlackElo "2341"]
[ECO "E46"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian"]
[Variation "Reshevsky variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2049929"]
[BlackFideId "2059355"]
[EventDate "2018.10.23"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Ne2 d5 6. a3 Be7 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Nf4
c6 9. Bd3 a5 10. O-O Na6 11. Qc2 Nc7 12. Rb1 Bd6 13. b4 Qe7 14. Bd2 Re8 15. b5
Bxa3 16. bxc6 bxc6 17. Na4 Qd6 18. Nb6 Ra7 19. Qa4 Ba6 20. Bxa5 g5 21. Bxa6 Rxa6
22. Nd3 Ng4 23. Ne5 Nxe5 24. dxe5 Rxe5 25. Rfd1 Re8 26. Qg4 Rxa5 27. Nc4 Ra4 28.
Nxd6 Rxg4 29. Nxe8 Nxe8 30. Rb8 Kf8 31. Ra8 Bb4 32. Rda1 Re4 33. Rc8 Re6 34. Kf1
c5 35. Raa8 f5 36. Ke2 Kf7 37. Kf3 Nf6 38. h3 h5 39. h4 g4+ 40. Ke2 f4 41. Rc7+
Kg6 42. Raa7 g3 43. Rg7+ Kh6 44. Rge7 Rxe7 45. Rxe7 gxf2 46. Kxf2 Ng4+ 47. Kf3
fxe3 48. Kf4 Kg6 49. Re6+ Kf7 50. Kf5 c4 0-1

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2018.10.28"]
[Round "9.15"]
[White "Narayanan, Samrug"]
[Black "Santarius, Erik"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2145"]
[BlackElo "2404"]
[ECO "B12"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "advance variation"]
[WhiteFideId "30914051"]
[BlackFideId "2025817"]
[EventDate "2018.10.23"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. h4 h5 5. Bd3 Bxd3 6. Qxd3 e6 7. Bg5 Qb6 8. Nd2
Qa6 9. c4 dxc4 10. Nxc4 Nh6 11. Nf3 Nf5 12. O-O Nd7 13. Qc2 Nb6 14. Ne3 Ne7 15.
Nd2 Ned5 16. a3 Qa4 17. Qxa4 Nxa4 18. Nxd5 cxd5 19. Rfc1 Kd7 20. Rc2 Rc8 21.
Rxc8 Kxc8 22. Rc1+ Kd7 23. Rc2 Nb6 24. Kf1 Na4 25. Ke2 b5 26. Nb3 b4 27. Nc5+
Bxc5 28. dxc5 bxa3 29. c6+ Kc7 30. bxa3 Rb8 31. Be7 Rb2 32. Bd6+ Kb6 33. Rxb2+
Nxb2 34. c7 Kb7 35. g4 g6 36. gxh5 gxh5 37. f4 Nc4 38. f5 exf5 39. Kf3 f6 40.
Kf4 fxe5+ 41. Bxe5 Nxe5 42. Kxe5 f4 43. c8=Q+ Kxc8 44. Kxf4 Kb7 45. Kg5 d4 0-1

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2018.10.28"]
[Round "9.16"]
[White "Watson, John"]
[Black "Polavaram, Rithik"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2203"]
[BlackElo "2069"]
[ECO "A13"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "Neo-Catalan"]
[WhiteFideId "2000768"]
[BlackFideId "2081997"]
[EventDate "2018.10.23"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 d5 4. b3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O c5 7. e3 d4 8. exd4
cxd4 9. Re1 Nc6 10. d3 Ne8 11. Na3 f6 12. Nc2 e5 13. a3 a5 14. Rb1 Rb8 15. b4
axb4 16. axb4 b5 17. Nh4 Na7 18. Bd5+ Rf7 19. Qh5 Nd6 20. c5 Bb7 21. Be6 Bc8 22.
Bb3 Nc4 23. dxc4 Be6 24. cxb5 Bxb3 25. Rxb3 Nxb5 26. Qf3 Nc3 27. Bd2 e4 28. Rxe4
Nxe4 29. Qxe4 Bxc5 30. Nf5 Bb6 31. Ncxd4 Bxd4 32. Nxd4 Re7 33. Qd3 Qd5 34. Nf5
Qxd3 35. Nxe7+ Kf7 36. Rxd3 Kxe7 37. Be3 Ke6 38. Bc5 Rb7 39. f4 h5 40. Kf2 g6
41. Rd6+ Kf7 42. Ke3 Re7+ 43. Kd3 Rb7 44. Kc4 Re7 45. b5 Re2 46. b6 Rxh2 47. b7
Rc2+ 48. Kb3 Rc1 49. Kb2 1-0

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2018.10.28"]
[Round "9.17"]
[White "Shoykhet, Benjamin"]
[Black "Betaneli, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "1855"]
[BlackElo "2272"]
[ECO "A14"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "Neo-Catalan declined"]
[WhiteFideId "30919746"]
[BlackFideId "2012359"]
[EventDate "2018.10.23"]

1. c4 e6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. d4 c6 7. b3 b6 8. Bb2 a5
9. a3 Nbd7 10. Nbd2 Bb7 11. Qc2 Rc8 12. Rad1 c5 13. Qb1 Rc7 14. Qa1 Qa8 15. Rfe1
a4 16. cxd5 exd5 17. Ne5 axb3 18. dxc5 bxc5 19. Nxd7 Rxd7 20. Bh3 Rdd8 21. Nxb3
Qa4 22. Bxf6 gxf6 23. Rb1 Qa7 24. Qc3 d4 25. Qd3 Qa6 26. Qxa6 Bxa6 27. Na5 Rd6
28. Nb7 Rc6 29. Na5 Rc7 30. Rb6 Ra7 31. Nc6 Bd8 32. Rb8 Ba5 33. Rxf8+ Kxf8 34.
Nxa5 Bxe2 35. Rxe2 Rxa5 36. Rd2 Rxa3 37. Bf1 Rc3 38. Kg2 Ke7 39. Ba6 Kd6 40. Bb7
h6 41. f4 d3 42. Be4 c4 43. Kf2 Kc5 44. Ke3 h5 45. Bf5 Rc1 46. Bxd3 Rc3 47. Ke4
cxd3 48. Rxd3 f5+ 49. Ke3 Kc4 50. Rxc3+ Kxc3 51. h3 Kc4 52. Kf3 Kd5 53. g4 fxg4+
54. hxg4 hxg4+ 55. Kxg4 Ke4 56. Kg5 f5 57. Kh4 Kxf4 58. Kh3 Kf3 59. Kh2 Kf2 0-1

