[Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2024"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2024.08.15"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2802"]
[BlackElo "2721"]
[ECO "A45"]
[Opening "Trompovsky attack (Ruth, Opovcensky opening)"]
[WhiteFideId "2016192"]
[BlackFideId "623539"]
[EventDate "2024.08.15"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 3. e3 e6 4. c4 Be7 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Nc3 c6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. h3
Ne8 9. Bf4 Bd6 10. Qf3 Bxf4 11. Qxf4 Qd6 12. Qh4 g6 13. Nf3 Nd7 14. Qh6 Qf6 15.
b4 Nd6 16. b5 Nc5 17. Bc2 Nxb5 18. Ng5 Qh8 19. Nxb5 cxb5 20. h4 Ne6 21. Bb3 Rd8
22. Rc1 Qg7 23. Qxg7+ Kxg7 24. Kd2 a5 25. Nxe6+ Bxe6 26. Rc7 b6 27. Rhc1 Rd6 28.
a3 b4 29. axb4 axb4 30. Rb1 Bf5 31. Rb2 Ra1 32. Bd1 Rb1 33. Rxb1 Bxb1 34. Bb3
Bf5 35. f3 Bd7 36. g4 h6 37. g5 hxg5 38. hxg5 Be6 39. Ra7 Kf8 40. Ra4 Bd7 41.
Rxb4 Ke7 42. Bc2 b5 43. Bd3 Ra6 44. Kc3 Rc6+ 45. Kd2 Ra6 46. e4 dxe4 47. fxe4
Ra4 48. Rxa4 bxa4 49. Kc3 f6 50. gxf6+ Kxf6 51. e5+ Kf7 52. d5 g5 53. Bc4 g4 54.
d6+ Ke8 55. e6 g3 56. exd7+ Kxd7 57. Bd5 Kxd6 58. Bg2 a3 59. Kb3 a2 60. Kxa2 Kc7
61. Kb2 Kb6 62. Kc3 Ka7 63. Kd4 Kb6 64. Ke3 Kc5 65. Kf4 Kd4 66. Kxg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2024"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2024.08.15"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Abdusattorov, Nodirbek"]
[Black "Praggnanandhaa, R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2762"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[ECO "C47"]
[Opening "Four knights"]
[Variation "Scotch, 4...exd4"]
[WhiteFideId "14204118"]
[BlackFideId "25059530"]
[EventDate "2024.08.15"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 d5 8.
exd5 O-O 9. O-O cxd5 10. h3 c6 11. Qf3 Re8 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bh4 Bd6 14. Rfe1 Rxe1+
15. Rxe1 Be6 16. Ne2 c5 17. c3 Rb8 18. b3 Rb6 19. Bc2 Ra6 20. a4 Rb6 21. Qd3 g5
22. Bg3 Bxg3 23. Nxg3 Kf8 24. Qf3 d4 25. cxd4 cxd4 26. Rd1 Rd6 27. b4 Kg7 28. b5
Qc7 29. Bb3 Qd7 30. Bxe6 fxe6 31. Rd3 Rd5 32. Qd1 Qd6 33. a5 Qc5 34. Rb3 Rd7 35.
b6 axb6 36. axb6 Rb7 37. Qb1 h5 38. Rb5 Qc3 39. Rxg5+ Kf8 40. Qg6 Qe1+ 41. Kh2
Qxf2 42. Qh6+ Ke8 43. Qh8+ Kd7 44. Rg7+ Kc6 45. Qc8+ Kb5 46. Qxb7 h4 47. Qc7
hxg3+ 48. Rxg3 Nd5 49. Rb3+ Nb4 50. b7 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2024"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2024.08.15"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[ECO "A29"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "four knights, kingside fianchetto"]
[WhiteFideId "4168119"]
[BlackFideId "5202213"]
[EventDate "2024.08.15"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Nd4 5. Bg2 Nxf3+ 6. Bxf3 Bc5 7. Na4 Be7 8.
d4 Bb4+ 9. Kf1 e4 10. Bg2 d5 11. a3 Bd6 12. cxd5 h6 13. Nc3 Qe7 14. h3 O-O 15.
g4 Re8 16. g5 hxg5 17. Bxg5 Bf5 18. e3 c6 19. h4 Rac8 20. h5 Qd8 21. Rh4 Be7 22.
Bxf6 Bxf6 23. Rf4 Bh7 24. dxc6 Bg5 25. cxb7 Rxc3 26. bxc3 Bxf4 27. exf4 Qb8 28.
Qa4 Re7 29. Rb1 e3 30. Qxa7 Bd3+ 31. Kg1 exf2+ 32. Kxf2 Qxf4+ 33. Kg1 Kh7 34.
b8=Q Qe3+ 35. Kh1 Rxa7 36. Qxa7 Bxb1 37. Qxf7 Qxc3 38. Qf4 Qxa3 39. Be4+ Bxe4+
40. Qxe4+ Kg8 41. Kg2 Qb2+ 42. Kh3 Qc1 43. d5 Kf7 44. Qe6+ Kf8 45. Qf5+ Ke7 46.
Qe4+ Kf7 47. Kg4 Qg1+ 48. Kf5 g6+ 49. Kf4 Qh2+ 50. Ke3 Qg1+ 51. Ke2 gxh5 52.
Qe6+ Kf8 53. Kd3 Qg3+ 54. Kd2 Qf4+ 55. Kc3 Qg3+ 56. Kd4 Qg4+ 57. Qxg4 hxg4 58.
Ke4 g3 59. Kf3 Ke7 60. Kxg3 Kd6 61. Kh2 Kxd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2024"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2024.08.15"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2793"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[ECO "A29"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "four knights, kingside fianchetto"]
[WhiteFideId "2020009"]
[BlackFideId "13300474"]
[EventDate "2024.08.15"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bc5 5. d3 O-O 6. Bg2 Re8 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bxf6
Qxf6 9. O-O a5 10. Ne4 Qe7 11. Nxc5 Qxc5 12. Rc1 d6 13. Nd2 Qb6 14. b3 a4 15.
bxa4 Qa5 16. c5 dxc5 17. Bxc6 bxc6 18. Ne4 Qxa4 19. Rc2 c4 20. Rxc4 Qxd1 21.
Rxd1 Rxa2 22. Re1 f5 23. Nc3 Ra6 24. f3 Kf7 25. Kf2 Ke7 26. Rc1 Be6 27. Rc5 Kd6
28. Nd1 Rb8 29. Ne3 Rb2 30. f4 exf4 31. gxf4 g6 32. h4 h5 33. R5c3 Rb4 34. Kf3
Kd7 35. Nc2 Rba4 36. Ke3 Ra8 37. Nd4 Bd5 38. Nxc6 Bxc6 39. Rxc6 Re8+ 40. Kf3 Ra2
41. Rxc7+ Kd6 42. R1c6+ Kd5 43. e4+ fxe4+ 44. dxe4+ 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2024"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2024.08.15"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2748"]
[ECO "A36"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "ultra-symmetrical variation"]
[WhiteFideId "12573981"]
[BlackFideId "3503240"]
[EventDate "2024.08.15"]

1. c4 c5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. d3 d6 6. Nf3 e6 7. Bd2 Nge7 8. a3 b6
9. Rb1 Bb7 10. O-O Qd7 11. b4 O-O 12. e3 Rfd8 13. Qe2 Ne5 14. Nxe5 Bxe5 15. Ne4
Bxe4 16. Bxe4 Rac8 17. Rfd1 Qa4 18. d4 Bg7 19. bxc5 dxc5 20. dxc5 bxc5 21. Be1
Qxa3 22. Rb7 Nf5 23. Rdd7 Rxd7 24. Rxd7 Qa1 25. g4 Nh4 26. f4 h6 27. Qd1 Qxd1
28. Rxd1 g5 29. Rd7 Rb8 30. fxg5 hxg5 31. Bg3 Rc8 32. Rxa7 Bf8 33. Kf1 Rd8 34.
Ke2 Bd6 35. Be1 Be5 36. h3 Rb8 37. Ra5 Rb2+ 38. Kd3 Rb3+ 39. Ke2 Rb2+ 40. Kd1
Bd6 41. Bc3 Rh2 42. Ra8+ Bf8 43. Be5 Rxh3 44. Bd6 Rxe3 45. Bc2 Kg7 46. Bxf8+ Kf6
47. Bxc5 Rh3 48. Bd4+ Ke7 49. Ra7+ Kd6 50. Be4 e5 51. Ra6+ Ke7 52. Bxe5 Re3 53.
Bf6+ Kd7 54. Bd5 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2024"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2024.08.15"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Praggnanandhaa, R"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[ECO "A45"]
[Opening "Trompovsky attack (Ruth, Opovcensky opening)"]
[WhiteFideId "25059530"]
[BlackFideId "4168119"]
[EventDate "2024.08.15"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 3. e3 c5 4. Bxf6 gxf6 5. dxc5 Nc6 6. Bb5 e6 7. b4 Bg7 8. Nd2
O-O 9. Rb1 a5 10. a3 axb4 11. axb4 f5 12. Ne2 e5 13. O-O Be6 14. Ng3 Kh8 15. Qh5
Qf6 16. Nf3 Ra2 17. Ng5 h6 18. Nxe6 fxe6 19. Bxc6 bxc6 20. Qd1 f4 21. exf4 Qxf4
22. Nh5 Qf5 23. b5 cxb5 24. Rxb5 Rxc2 25. Ng3 Qg6 26. Qb1 Kh7 27. Rb7 Rxc5 28.
Nh5 Qxb1 29. Rxg7+ Kh8 30. Rxb1 Rfc8 31. g4 Rc1+ 32. Rxc1 Rxc1+ 33. Kg2 Rc4 34.
h3 d4 35. Re7 Kg8 36. Rxe6 Rc5 37. Rxh6 Kf7 38. Ng3 Rd5 39. Ne4 Ke7 40. Rh7+ Ke6
41. Rh6+ Ke7 42. Ra6 Rb5 43. h4 Rb4 44. h5 d3 45. Kf3 Rb3 46. Ke3 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2024"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2024.08.15"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2793"]
[ECO "C53"]
[Opening "Giuoco Piano"]
[WhiteFideId "5202213"]
[BlackFideId "2020009"]
[EventDate "2024.08.15"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. O-O h6 7. Re1 O-O 8. h3 Bb6
9. Nbd2 Ne7 10. a4 c6 11. d4 Ng6 12. Bd3 Re8 13. Bc2 exd4 14. cxd4 Ba5 15. Re3
Bb4 16. Nf1 c5 17. Ng3 cxd4 18. Nxd4 Bc5 19. Rc3 Bd7 20. Be3 Rc8 21. Bb3 b6 22.
Rac1 Nh4 23. Nb5 Bxb5 24. axb5 Qe7 25. Bxc5 dxc5 26. Re3 Qe5 27. Qc2 Rcd8 28.
Rce1 g5 29. Qc4 Qe6 30. Qa4 Qe7 31. e5 Nd5 32. e6 f5 33. Rd3 Nf4 34. Rd7 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2024"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2024.08.15"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2721"]
[BlackElo "2748"]
[ECO "C67"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Berlin defence, open variation"]
[WhiteFideId "623539"]
[BlackFideId "3503240"]
[EventDate "2024.08.15"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5 8.
Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 Ke8 10. Ne4 h6 11. b3 Be6 12. Bb2 c5 13. h3 b6 14. g4 Ne7 15.
Nh2 h5 16. f4 hxg4 17. hxg4 Rd8 18. Rae1 Bd5 19. Rf2 Nc6 20. c4 Bxe4 21. Rxe4
Rd1+ 22. Kg2 Nb4 23. Bc3 Nd3 24. Rd2 Ne1+ 25. Kg3 Be7 26. Nf3 Rxd2 27. Bxd2 Nxf3
28. Kxf3 Rh3+ 29. Ke2 Rg3 30. f5 Rg2+ 31. Kd3 Rg3+ 32. Kc2 Rg2 33. f6 Bf8 34. g5
gxf6 35. exf6+ Kd7 36. Kd3 Bd6 37. a4 a5 38. Bc1 Rg3+ 39. Be3 Rg2 40. Bd2 Rg3+
41. Kc2 Rg2 42. Kd3 Rg3+ 43. Kc2 Rg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2024"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2024.08.15"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Abdusattorov, Nodirbek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2802"]
[BlackElo "2762"]
[ECO "A04"]
[Opening "Reti opening"]
[WhiteFideId "2016192"]
[BlackFideId "14204118"]
[EventDate "2024.08.15"]

1. Nf3 e6 2. g3 b6 3. d3 Bb7 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. e4 d5 6. e5 Nfd7 7. O-O Be7 8. Re1 c5
9. c3 Nc6 10. d4 b5 11. h4 b4 12. Be3 O-O 13. Nbd2 bxc3 14. bxc3 Ba6 15. Qa4 Qc8
16. Bg5 Rb8 17. Bxe7 Nxe7 18. Bf1 Bxf1 19. Nxf1 Qc6 20. Qd1 Rb2 21. Ne3 Rfb8 22.
Re2 Qa6 23. Rc2 h6 24. h5 Qa3 25. Qc1 cxd4 26. Nd1 dxc3 27. Rxc3 Qa4 28. Nxb2
Qg4 29. Nd1 Qxh5 30. Rb1 Nb6 31. Qd2 Nf5 32. Rb4 Rd8 33. Rf4 d4 34. Rd3 Nd5 35.
Rfxd4 Nxd4 36. Nxd4 Rb8 37. Qe2 Qg6 38. Rb3 Rc8 39. Kh2 Rc1 40. Ne3 Nc3 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2024"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2024.08.15"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[ECO "B10"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "two knights variation"]
[WhiteFideId "13300474"]
[BlackFideId "12573981"]
[EventDate "2024.08.15"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Qe2 Bf5 6. Nxf6+ gxf6 7. d3 Nd7 8.
g3 e5 9. Bg2 Qc7 10. O-O h5 11. Rb1 O-O-O 12. b4 Nb6 13. Rb3 Bg4 14. c4 h4 15.
h3 Bh5 16. g4 Bg6 17. Be3 Kb8 18. a4 Nc8 19. a5 Qd7 20. Rd1 Bg7 21. b5 c5 22.
Bxc5 e4 23. Nd4 Qc7 24. Nc6+ bxc6 25. bxc6+ Ka8 26. Rdb1 Nd6 27. dxe4 Qxc6 28.
Bxd6 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2024"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2024.08.15"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[ECO "C50"]
[Opening "Giuoco Pianissimo"]
[WhiteFideId "12573981"]
[BlackFideId "5202213"]
[EventDate "2024.08.15"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 Nf6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 d6 7. c3 a5 8. O-O Ba7
9. Na3 g5 10. Bg3 Bg4 11. Bb5 O-O 12. h3 Bh5 13. Nc4 Ne7 14. Ba4 c6 15. Bc2 Bg6
16. Nxd6 Qxd6 17. Bxe5 Qe6 18. Bb3 Nfd5 19. exd5 Nxd5 20. Re1 Qf5 21. d4 Rfe8
22. Bxd5 cxd5 23. Qa4 Qc8 24. Bg3 f6 25. Qxa5 Be4 26. Qb5 Re6 27. Nd2 Rb6 28.
Qa5 Ra6 29. Qc7 Qxc7 30. Bxc7 Bf5 31. Re7 Re6 32. Rxe6 Bxe6 33. Re1 Kf7 34. Nb3
Rc8 35. Bg3 Bb6 36. a4 Ra8 37. a5 Bd8 38. Bd6 Bf5 39. Nc5 Bc8 40. b4 h5 41. Na4
Ra6 42. Bc5 Re6 43. Ra1 Bd7 44. Nb6 Bc6 45. b5 Bxb6 46. axb6 Bxb5 47. Ra8 Re8
48. Ra5 Bc6 49. Bd6 h4 50. Rc5 Re1+ 51. Kh2 Rb1 52. Rxc6 bxc6 53. Bb4 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2024"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2024.08.15"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2748"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[ECO "C11"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "Steinitz, Boleslavsky variation"]
[WhiteFideId "3503240"]
[BlackFideId "13300474"]
[EventDate "2024.08.15"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 Be7 8. Qd2 a6
9. Be2 b5 10. O-O O-O 11. Nd1 cxd4 12. Nxd4 Nxd4 13. Bxd4 Nb8 14. Ne3 Nc6 15. c3
b4 16. Bd3 Rb8 17. Qf2 bxc3 18. bxc3 Nxd4 19. cxd4 Rb4 20. Nc2 Ra4 21. f5 exf5
22. Bxf5 Bxf5 23. Qxf5 Qc8 24. Qd3 Bg5 25. Ne3 Bxe3+ 26. Qxe3 Qc4 27. Rf4 Rxa2
28. Rxa2 Qxa2 29. e6 Qb1+ 30. Kf2 Qc2+ 31. Kg1 Qb1+ 32. Kf2 Qc2+ 33. Kg1 Qc6 34.
e7 Re8 35. Rf1 Qe6 36. Qxe6 fxe6 37. Ra1 Kf7 38. Rxa6 Rxe7 39. Kf2 Rb7 40. Ra4
Rb3 41. Ra7+ Kf6 42. Ra4 g5 43. Ra7 h5 44. Ra4 h4 45. h3 Kf5 46. Ra8 Rd3 47.
Rf8+ Kg6 48. Re8 Kf6 49. Rf8+ Kg7 50. Re8 Kf7 51. Ra8 Rxd4 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2024"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2024.08.15"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Praggnanandhaa, R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2793"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[ECO "C50"]
[Opening "Giuoco Piano"]
[WhiteFideId "2020009"]
[BlackFideId "25059530"]
[EventDate "2024.08.15"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 a6 7. a4 Ba7 8. Nbd2
Nh5 9. b4 Qf6 10. Nb3 Nf4 11. Bxf4 Qxf4 12. Re1 O-O 13. Qd2 Qf6 14. b5 Ne7 15.
d4 h6 16. Bf1 Ng6 17. bxa6 bxa6 18. Na5 Bg4 19. Re3 exd4 20. Nxd4 Ne5 21. Rg3
Bd7 22. Kh1 Rfe8 23. h3 Bb6 24. Nc4 Nxc4 25. Bxc4 Re7 26. a5 Bc5 27. Re1 Rae8
28. Rge3 Qg5 29. Bd3 Bc8 30. Qa2 Qh4 31. Qe2 Bxd4 32. cxd4 Qg5 33. e5 dxe5 34.
dxe5 Qf4 35. Re4 Qg5 36. f4 Qg6 37. Re3 Bf5 38. Bxa6 Ra8 39. Bc4 Rxa5 40. g4
Qc6+ 41. Kh2 Rc5 42. Bb3 Be6 43. Bd1 Bc4 44. Qf2 Bb5 45. f5 Ba4 46. Bf3 Qb6 47.
f6 Rc2 48. Qxc2 Bxc2 49. fxe7 Qe6 50. Rc3 Qxe7 51. Rxc2 Qb4 52. Rce2 c5 53. Kg2
c4 54. e6 fxe6 55. Rxe6 c3 56. R1e2 Qc4 57. Rc6 Qd3 58. Rc8+ Kf7 59. Rf2 Ke7 60.
Rc7+ Kd6 61. Rc6+ Kd7 62. Rc5 Qe3 63. Rd5+ Kc7 64. Rc2 Kb6 65. Rd6+ Kb5 66. Rc6
h5 67. R6xc3 Qd4 68. Rb3+ Ka4 69. Rb7 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2024"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2024.08.15"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2802"]
[ECO "D45"]
[Opening "QGD semi-Slav"]
[Variation "accelerated Meran (Alekhine variation)"]
[WhiteFideId "4168119"]
[BlackFideId "2016192"]
[EventDate "2024.08.15"]

1. c4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. d4 e6 6. b3 Bb4 7. Bd2 Nbd7 8. Bd3 O-O
9. O-O Qe7 10. h3 h6 11. Bc2 Rd8 12. a3 Bxa3 13. Rxa3 Qxa3 14. c5 b6 15. b4 Qxb4
16. Nxd5 Qc4 17. Ne7+ Kh8 18. Bb3 Qd3 19. Nxc6 Rf8 20. Bc2 Qb5 21. Ba4 Qb2 22.
Bc1 Qc3 23. Qe2 a5 24. Bb2 Ba6 25. Bb5 Bxb5 26. Qxb5 Qc2 27. Rc1 Qf5 28. Ne7 Qh5
29. Ne5 Nxe5 30. dxe5 Ng8 31. Nxg8 bxc5 32. Ne7 Rfb8 33. Qc6 Qg5 34. Nd5 exd5
35. Rxc5 Qg6 36. e6 Qxe6 37. Qxe6 fxe6 38. Bd4 Rb7 39. Rc6 a4 40. Rxe6 Kh7 41.
Rd6 a3 42. Rxd5 Rb1+ 43. Kh2 Rd1 44. Rd7 Rxd4 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2024"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2024.08.15"]
[Round "3.5"]
[White "Abdusattorov, Nodirbek"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2762"]
[BlackElo "2721"]
[ECO "B22"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Alapin's variation (2.c3)"]
[WhiteFideId "14204118"]
[BlackFideId "623539"]
[EventDate "2024.08.15"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. d4 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bf5 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Na3 cxd4 8.
Nb5 O-O-O 9. Nfxd4 Nxd4 10. cxd4 e5 11. Qc1+ Kd7 12. Qc7+ Ke8 13. Bc4 Bb4+ 14.
Ke2 Qd7 15. Qxd7+ Nxd7 16. a3 Be7 17. Rhd1 a6 18. Nc7+ Kf8 19. Nd5 Bd6 20. Rac1
h6 21. Bb3 g6 22. Nb6 Kg7 23. Nc4 Bb8 24. Na5 exd4 25. Bxd4+ Be5 26. Nxb7 Rb8
27. Rc7 Rhe8 28. Kf1 Bxd4 29. Rxd4 Ne5 30. f4 Nd3 31. Rxf7+ Kh8 32. g4 Re1+ 33.
Kg2 Be4+ 34. Kg3 Re3+ 35. Kh4 Nxf4 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2024"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2024.08.15"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2721"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[ECO "C07"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "Tarrasch, open variation"]
[WhiteFideId "623539"]
[BlackFideId "13300474"]
[EventDate "2024.08.15"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. Bb5 Bd7 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8.
Bd3 Qc7 9. Qe2 Ne7 10. Nf3 Ng6 11. e5 c5 12. O-O Be7 13. c3 Rb8 14. Re1 Qb7 15.
b3 Bb5 16. Bxb5+ Qxb5 17. c4 dxc4 18. bxc4 Qa6 19. g3 Rb4 20. Nd2 Qc6 21. a3 Rb6
22. Ra2 Bd8 23. Bb2 O-O 24. h4 h6 25. Bc3 Bc7 26. h5 Ne7 27. Ne4 Rfb8 28. Rd2
Rb3 29. Red1 Nf5 30. a4 Nd4 31. Bxd4 cxd4 32. Rxd4 Rb1 33. Rxb1 Rxb1+ 34. Kh2
Rb4 35. Nf6+ Kh8 36. Qe4 Qxe4 37. Nxe4 Bxe5 38. Rd8+ Kh7 39. Nc5 Rxc4 40. Nd7
Bd6 41. a5 Ra4 42. Kg2 Rxa5 43. Rc8 Rxh5 44. Rc6 Rd5 45. Ra6 Be7 46. Rxa7 Kg6
47. Nb6 Bc5 48. Nxd5 Bxa7 49. Ne7+ Kf6 50. Nc6 Bc5 51. f4 g5 52. Kf3 gxf4 53.
gxf4 h5 54. Ne5 Bd6 55. Nc4 Bc7 56. Ne3 Bb6 57. Nf1 Kg6 58. Ng3 f5 59. Ne2 h4
60. Kg2 Kh5 61. Kh3 Be3 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2024"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2024.08.15"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Abdusattorov, Nodirbek"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2762"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[ECO "B22"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Alapin's variation (2.c3)"]
[WhiteFideId "14204118"]
[BlackFideId "4168119"]
[EventDate "2024.08.15"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 e6 6. Be2 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. Na3
cxd4 9. Nb5 Qd8 10. Nbxd4 Nxd4 11. Nxd4 O-O 12. Bf4 a6 13. Bf3 Nd5 14. Bg3 Bf6
15. Re1 Bd7 16. Bxd5 exd5 17. Be5 Re8 18. Qh5 Bxe5 19. Rxe5 Qb6 20. Re2 g6 21.
Qf3 Re4 22. h3 Rae8 23. Rd2 h5 24. Rf1 h4 25. b3 Bb5 26. Nxb5 Qxb5 27. Qf6 Qxf1+ 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2024"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2024.08.15"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2748"]
[ECO "D15"]
[Opening "QGD Slav"]
[Variation "4.Nc3"]
[WhiteFideId "5202213"]
[BlackFideId "3503240"]
[EventDate "2024.08.15"]

1. c4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Bf4 Nc6 7. Rc1 Bf5 8. e3
e6 9. Be2 Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. Na4 Rc8 12. a3 Ne4 13. h3 Bd6 14. Bxd6 Nxd6 15.
Nc5 Qe7 16. Qa4 Nb8 17. Rc3 Rc7 18. Rfc1 Rfc8 19. Nd2 h6 20. Qb4 Nc6 21. Qb6 Nd8
22. Ndb3 Rc6 23. Qb4 R6c7 24. Qb6 Rc6 25. Qb4 R6c7 26. Na5 Nc6 27. Nxc6 Rxc6 28.
Nxb7 Rxc3 29. Rxc3 Rxc3 30. bxc3 Qxb7 31. Qxd6 Qb1+ 32. Kh2 Qe1 33. Qxa6 Qxf2
34. Bd3 Bxd3 35. Qxd3 Qa2 36. Qa6 Qd2 37. Qc8+ Kh7 38. a4 Qxe3 39. Qc7 f6 40.
Qg3 Qe2 41. a5 Qa2 42. Qd3+ Kh8 43. Qb5 Qd2 44. Qb8+ Kh7 45. a6 e5 46. Qb1+ e4
47. a7 Qf4+ 48. Kh1 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2024"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2024.08.15"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Praggnanandhaa, R"]
[Black "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[ECO "A45"]
[Opening "Trompovsky attack (Ruth, Opovcensky opening)"]
[WhiteFideId "25059530"]
[BlackFideId "12573981"]
[EventDate "2024.08.15"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 3. e3 c6 4. Nd2 Bf5 5. Bxf6 exf6 6. Ngf3 Bd6 7. c4 dxc4 8.
Bxc4 O-O 9. O-O Nd7 10. Qb3 Nb6 11. Bd3 Be6 12. Qc2 g6 13. Ne4 Bc7 14. b4 Nd5
15. a3 Bg4 16. Be2 Re8 17. Rfe1 Rc8 18. h3 Bf5 19. Bd3 b6 20. Rac1 Bb8 21. Nc3
Be6 22. Ba6 Rc7 23. Nxd5 cxd5 24. Qb3 Ree7 25. Bd3 Kg7 26. Qb2 h5 27. Rxc7 Rxc7
28. Rc1 Qd6 29. Rxc7 Bxc7 30. Qc2 a5 31. bxa5 bxa5 32. Qc5 Qd8 33. a4 Bd6 34.
Qc6 Bb4 35. Bb5 Bf5 36. Kf1 Be4 37. Ke2 g5 38. Bd3 Qe7 39. Qc2 Bxd3+ 40. Qxd3
Qc7 41. Kd1 Qd7 42. Qc2 g4 43. Ng1 Qd6 44. g3 Qa6 45. Qe2 Qc6 46. Qc2 Qa6 47.
Qe2 Qc6 48. Qc2 Qa6 49. Qe2 Qc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2024"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2024.08.15"]
[Round "4.5"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2802"]
[BlackElo "2793"]
[ECO "A05"]
[Opening "Reti opening"]
[WhiteFideId "2016192"]
[BlackFideId "2020009"]
[EventDate "2024.08.15"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 c5 3. e3 Nc6 4. d4 d5 5. Bg2 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Bg4 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8.
Qd3 e5 9. b3 Bb4+ 10. c3 e4 11. Qa6 Be7 12. Qxc6+ Bd7 13. Qa6 Rb8 14. Ba3 O-O
15. Bxe7 Qxe7 16. Qa3 Qe5 17. O-O Qh5 18. Nd2 Bh3 19. f3 exf3 20. Rxf3 Ng4 21.
Bxh3 Qxh3 22. Nf1 Rb6 23. Qb2 Ne5 24. Rf4 Nd3 25. Qg2 Qxg2+ 26. Kxg2 Nxf4+ 27.
gxf4 Rc6 28. Rd1 Rxc3 29. Kf3 Rd8 30. Rd4 g6 31. h4 Kg7 32. Nd2 a5 33. Kf2 Re8
34. Nf1 Rc2+ 35. Kf3 Rc5 36. Ng3 Kh6 37. Ne2 Re7 38. a3 f6 39. b4 axb4 40. axb4
Rc4 41. Rxd5 Rxb4 42. Rd3 Rb1 43. Ng3 Rb2 44. h5 Rh2 45. Rd6 Kg7 46. e4 Rh4 47.
Ra6 Rb7 48. Ra3 Kf7 49. hxg6+ hxg6 50. Rc3 Ra7 51. Rb3 Rh2 52. Nf1 Rha2 53. Ne3
R2a3 54. Rb1 Rc3 55. Re1 Ra4 56. Re2 Ke6 57. Rb2 Raa3 58. Re2 g5 59. Re1 g4+ 60.
Kf2 g3+ 61. Kf3 g2 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2024"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2024.08.15"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Abdusattorov, Nodirbek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2793"]
[BlackElo "2762"]
[ECO "E15"]
[Opening "Queen's Indian"]
[Variation "Nimzovich variation (exaggerated fianchetto)"]
[WhiteFideId "2020009"]
[BlackFideId "14204118"]
[EventDate "2024.08.15"]

1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Nc3 d5 8. cxd5
exd5 9. Bg2 O-O 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Rc1 Bb7 12. Bf4 Nh5 13. Be5 a6 14. e3 Nhf6 15.
Nh4 Re8 16. Bxc7 Qxc7 17. Nxd5 Qb8 18. Nc7 Bxg2 19. Kxg2 Rc8 20. Nxa8 Rxc1 21.
Qxc1 Qxa8+ 22. Kg1 g6 23. Qc7 Ba3 24. Ng2 Kg7 25. f3 Nf8 26. Nf4 Qe8 27. e4 Ne6
28. Nxe6+ Qxe6 29. Rd1 Qe8 30. Kg2 Qb5 31. Qc4 Qa5 32. Qe2 Be7 33. Rc1 b5 34.
Rc6 Qb4 35. d5 Nd7 36. e5 Qd4 37. e6 Nf6 38. exf7 Nxd5 39. Rxa6 Ne3+ 40. Kh3
Qd7+ 41. g4 Qd4 42. Re6 Bc5 43. b4 Ba7 44. Re4 Qb6 45. Rf4 Kf8 46. Qb2 g5 47.
Qh8+ 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2024"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2024.08.15"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "Praggnanandhaa, R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2748"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[ECO "C53"]
[Opening "Giuoco Piano"]
[WhiteFideId "3503240"]
[BlackFideId "25059530"]
[EventDate "2024.08.15"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 a6 6. O-O d6 7. a4 Ba7 8. Re1 O-O
9. h3 Nh5 10. Bg5 Nf6 11. Nbd2 h6 12. Be3 Bxe3 13. Rxe3 a5 14. Bb5 Ne7 15. d4
Ng6 16. Qc2 Nh7 17. Bf1 Ng5 18. Rd1 Qf6 19. Nc4 Be6 20. dxe5 dxe5 21. b4 b6 22.
bxa5 bxa5 23. Rb1 Bd7 24. Ncd2 Ne6 25. Bb5 Bxb5 26. Rxb5 c6 27. Rb6 Nc5 28. g3
Qe6 29. Kg2 Rab8 30. Rxb8 Rxb8 31. Ne1 Nf8 32. Nd3 Nfd7 33. Nxc5 Nxc5 34. Re1 g6
35. h4 h5 36. Nf3 Kg7 37. Rd1 Rb3 38. Ra1 f6 39. Nd2 Rb7 40. Rd1 Rd7 41. Rb1 Nd3
42. Nf1 Qc4 43. Nd2 Qe6 44. Nf1 Qc4 45. Nd2 Qc5 46. Nf1 f5 47. exf5 gxf5 48. Kg1
f4 49. Qe2 Qxc3 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2024"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2024.08.15"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2802"]
[ECO "C01"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "exchange variation"]
[WhiteFideId "12573981"]
[BlackFideId "2016192"]
[EventDate "2024.08.15"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Nf3 Bd6 5. c4 Nf6 6. c5 Be7 7. h3 b6 8. Be3
O-O 9. Nc3 Ba6 10. Bxa6 Nxa6 11. Qa4 Nb8 12. O-O c6 13. b4 Qc7 14. Rfe1 Nbd7 15.
Bf4 Qxf4 16. Rxe7 a5 17. Qxc6 axb4 18. Nxd5 Nxd5 19. Qxd5 Nf6 20. Qc4 bxc5 21.
Qxc5 b3 22. Qc4 b2 23. Rb1 Rfc8 24. Qxf7+ 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2024"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2024.08.15"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[ECO "C20"]
[Opening "KP"]
[Variation "Indian opening"]
[WhiteFideId "13300474"]
[BlackFideId "5202213"]
[EventDate "2024.08.15"]

1. e4 e5 2. d3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Bc5 4. g3 a5 5. Bg2 d6 6. Nge2 Nge7 7. O-O O-O 8. Kh1
f5 9. f4 fxe4 10. Nxe4 Bb6 11. fxe5 Rxf1+ 12. Qxf1 dxe5 13. Bd2 Be6 14. Ng5 Bd5
15. Nc3 Bxg2+ 16. Qxg2 h6 17. Nge4 Nd4 18. Rc1 Qc8 19. Ne2 Qe6 20. c4 Nxe2 21.
Qxe2 Bd4 22. Bc3 Bxc3 23. bxc3 Rd8 24. Rf1 Qd7 25. Rf3 b6 26. Kg2 Nf5 27. Nf2
Re8 28. Qe4 Nd6 29. Qd5+ Qe6 30. Qc6 Qe7 31. Qd5+ Qe6 32. Qc6 Re7 33. Ne4 Nxe4
34. Qxe4 Qd6 35. h4 Re8 36. d4 Qe6 37. d5 Qd6 38. g4 Rf8 39. Rxf8+ Kxf8 40. g5
hxg5 41. Qf5+ Kg8 42. hxg5 g6 43. Qc8+ Kg7 44. Qe8 a4 45. Kf3 Qc5 46. Qxe5+ Kg8
47. Qe6+ Kh7 48. Qf7+ Kh8 49. Qf6+ Kh7 50. Qd4 Qf8+ 51. Qf4 Qc5 52. Qf7+ Kh8 53.
Qe8+ Kg7 54. Qd7+ Kg8 55. Qe6+ Kg7 56. Qe4 Qf8+ 57. Ke3 Qd6 58. Kd4 Qc5+ 59. Kd3
Qd6 60. Qd4+ Kf7 61. Qf2+ Kg7 62. Qe3 Kf7 63. Qh3 Qf4 64. Qe6+ Kg7 65. Qe7+ Kg8
66. c5 b5 67. Qe6+ Kg7 68. Qd7+ Kg8 69. Qxb5 Qf1+ 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2024"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2024.08.15"]
[Round "5.5"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2721"]
[ECO "A22"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[WhiteFideId "4168119"]
[BlackFideId "623539"]
[EventDate "2024.08.15"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 e4 4. Ng5 c6 5. Qa4 b5 6. cxb5 d5 7. e3 Bd7 8. d4 Bd6
9. Bd2 O-O 10. Qb3 h6 11. Nh3 g5 12. f3 Bxh3 13. gxh3 exf3 14. Bd3 Qd7 15. O-O-O
Qxh3 16. Kb1 Rd8 17. Rdf1 cxb5 18. Nxd5 Nbd7 19. Nxf6+ Nxf6 20. e4 Qg4 21. e5
Ne4 22. Be3 Bxe5 23. dxe5 f2 24. Ka1 Rxd3 25. Qxd3 Qf3 26. Qd4 Rc8 27. e6 fxe6
28. Qd7 Rc2 29. Qxe6+ Kh7 30. Rd1 Rc7 31. Rhf1 Qxe3 32. Qf5+ 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2024"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2024.08.15"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2802"]
[BlackElo "2748"]
[ECO "A05"]
[Opening "Reti opening"]
[WhiteFideId "2016192"]
[BlackFideId "3503240"]
[EventDate "2024.08.15"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 c5 3. e3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. exd4 d5 6. Bg2 Bf5 7. O-O e6 8. Qe2
Be7 9. c3 O-O 10. Nbd2 Ne4 11. Nb3 h6 12. Ne5 Nxe5 13. dxe5 Nc5 14. Nd4 Be4 15.
h4 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 Rc8 17. Bf4 a6 18. Rad1 b5 19. a3 Qb6 20. Rfe1 Rfe8 21. Qg4 Kh7
22. Qh5 Kg8 23. Qg4 Kh7 24. Be3 Qb7 25. h5 a5 26. f4 b4 27. cxb4 axb4 28. f5
bxa3 29. bxa3 exf5 30. Qxf5+ Kg8 31. Qg4 Qa6 32. Nf5 Bf8 33. Nxh6+ Kh7 34. Qf5+
g6 35. Qxf7+ Bg7 36. Ng4 Ne4 37. hxg6+ 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2024"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2024.08.15"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2793"]
[ECO "A21"]
[Opening "English, Kramnik-Shirov counterattack"]
[WhiteFideId "4168119"]
[BlackFideId "2020009"]
[EventDate "2024.08.15"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Bb4 3. Nd5 a5 4. a3 Bc5 5. e3 c6 6. d4 Ba7 7. Nc3 d6 8. dxe5
dxe5 9. Qxd8+ Kxd8 10. Nf3 f6 11. b4 Bb6 12. Rb1 axb4 13. axb4 Be6 14. Be2 Nd7
15. O-O Nh6 16. Rd1 Nf7 17. c5 Bc7 18. b5 Ke7 19. Ne4 Bf5 20. Nfd2 Rhd8 21. g4
Be6 22. bxc6 bxc6 23. Rb7 Rdc8 24. Nc4 Nd8 25. Rb1 Ra4 26. Ned6 Rca8 27. Bd2 g6
28. Bb4 Rb8 29. Nb6 Bxb6 30. cxb6 c5 31. Be1 Nxb6 32. f3 Ra2 33. Bf1 Nc6 34. Ne4
Na4 35. Bb5 Rb2 36. Bxc6 Rxb1 37. Bxa4 Rxd1 38. Bxd1 Rb1 39. Nc3 Ra1 40. Kf2 h5
41. gxh5 gxh5 42. h4 Ra3 43. Bc2 Bb3 44. Bg6 Bf7 45. Be4 Be6 46. Ke2 Bc4+ 47.
Kd2 Be6 48. Bd3 Ra8 49. Bf2 Rg8 50. Bf1 Rd8+ 51. Kc1 Ra8 52. Kb2 Rb8+ 53. Kc2
Ra8 54. e4 Kd6 55. Kb2 Rb8+ 56. Kc1 Ra8 57. Kd2 Ra1 58. Be2 Ra8 59. Bb5 Rg8 60.
Ke1 Rb8 61. Kd2 Bb3 62. Bf1 Be6 63. Kc1 Ra8 64. Kb2 Rb8+ 65. Kc2 Ra8 66. Be3 Rg8
67. Kd2 Rg3 68. Be2 Rg2 69. Ke1 Rg8 70. Nb1 Ra8 71. Nc3 Ra1+ 72. Kd2 Ra8 73.
Nb5+ Kc6 74. Nc3 Kd6 75. f4 Bg4 76. fxe5+ fxe5 77. Bc4 Ra1 78. Bd5 Rh1 79. Nb5+
Kd7 80. Bg5 Be6 81. Kc3 Rh2 82. Kc4 Rc2+ 83. Nc3 Bxd5+ 84. exd5 e4 85. Be3 Rh2
86. Bg5 Rc2 87. Kb3 Rg2 88. Nxe4 Rg4 89. Nf6+ Kd6 90. Nxg4 hxg4 91. Bf4+ Kxd5
92. Bg3 Ke4 93. Kc4 Kf3 94. Bb8 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2024"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2024.08.15"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Abdusattorov, Nodirbek"]
[Black "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2762"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[ECO "B12"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann defence"]
[WhiteFideId "14204118"]
[BlackFideId "12573981"]
[EventDate "2024.08.15"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d6 3. Nc3 Qc7 4. Nf3 e5 5. a4 Nf6 6. Bc4 Be7 7. O-O Bg4 8. Be3
Nbd7 9. Be2 O-O 10. a5 Rfe8 11. d5 cxd5 12. exd5 a6 13. Na4 Rac8 14. c3 e4 15.
Nd4 Bxe2 16. Nxe2 Ng4 17. Bd4 Bf6 18. h3 Bxd4 19. Qxd4 Ngf6 20. b4 Re5 21. c4
Rg5 22. Rac1 Ne5 23. Qe3 h6 24. Nb6 Re8 25. Kh1 Nd3 26. Rb1 Nd7 27. f4 Rg6 28.
f5 Rg5 29. Nxd7 Qxd7 30. f6 g6 31. Nf4 Ne5 32. Qxe4 Rf5 33. Nd3 Nf3 34. Qg4 h5
35. Qg3 Nd2 36. Rxf5 Qxf5 37. Re1 Ne4 38. Qe3 Nxf6 39. Qg3 Ne4 40. Qe3 h4 41.
Kg1 Nf6 42. Qd4 Rxe1+ 43. Nxe1 Qb1 44. Qxh4 Qxb4 45. Nf3 Qc3 46. Qf4 Ne8 47. Ng5
Qf6 48. Qe3 Qd8 49. Ne4 Qe7 50. Qd4 f5 51. Nd2 Nf6 52. Nf3 Ne4 53. Qb6 Nc5 54.
Qb2 Qe3+ 55. Kh1 Qe7 56. h4 Ne4 57. Kg1 Qg7 58. Qb6 Qe7 59. Qd4 Qf6 60. Qa7 Qe7
61. Qd4 Nf6 62. Qb2 Ng4 63. Qd2 Qe4 64. Qe1 Ne3 65. Qg3 Qb1+ 66. Ne1 Ng4 67. Kf1
Qb4 68. Qf4 Qxc4+ 69. Qxc4 Ne3+ 70. Ke2 Nxc4 71. Nd3 Nxa5 72. Nf4 Kf7 73. Kd3 b5
74. Ne6 Nb7 75. Kd4 b4 76. Kc4 a5 77. Nd4 Nc5 78. Nb5 Ke7 79. Nd4 b3 80. Kc3 a4
81. h5 gxh5 82. Nxf5+ Kd7 83. Kb2 Nd3+ 84. Ka3 b2 85. Ka2 a3 86. Ne3 Nc1+ 87.
Kb1 Ne2 88. Nd1 h4 89. Ka2 Nf4 90. Ne3 Nxg2 91. Nxg2 h3 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2024"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2024.08.15"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2721"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[ECO "C67"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Berlin defence, open variation"]
[WhiteFideId "623539"]
[BlackFideId "5202213"]
[EventDate "2024.08.15"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5 8.
Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 Ke8 10. Ne4 b6 11. Bf4 Be7 12. Rfe1 Be6 13. Nfg5 Bxg5 14. Nxg5
Ke7 15. Rad1 h6 16. Nxe6 Kxe6 17. g4 Nh4 18. Rd3 h5 19. h3 hxg4 20. hxg4 Rad8
21. Ree3 Ng6 22. Bg3 Ne7 23. f4 g6 24. Kg2 c5 25. Kf3 Nd5 26. Re2 c4 27. Rd1 c3
28. b3 Nb4 29. Rxd8 Rxd8 30. a3 Nc6 31. Re3 Rd2 32. Rxc3 Rxc2 33. Rxc2 Nd4+ 34.
Ke4 Nxc2 35. f5+ gxf5+ 36. gxf5+ Kd7 37. a4 c5 38. a5 bxa5 39. Bf2 Na1 40. Bxc5
Nxb3 41. Ba3 a4 42. Kd5 a5 43. f6 Ke8 44. e6 fxe6+ 45. Kxe6 Nd4+ 46. Kd5 Kf7 47.
Kxd4 Kxf6 48. Kc4 Kg6 49. Bb4 axb4 50. Kxb4 Kf6 51. Kxa4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2024"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2024.08.15"]
[Round "6.5"]
[White "Praggnanandhaa, R"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[ECO "A45"]
[Opening "Trompovsky attack (Ruth, Opovcensky opening)"]
[WhiteFideId "25059530"]
[BlackFideId "13300474"]
[EventDate "2024.08.15"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 3. e3 c5 4. Bxf6 gxf6 5. dxc5 e6 6. Nf3 Nd7 7. c4 dxc4 8.
Bxc4 Nxc5 9. Qc2 a6 10. a4 Qa5+ 11. Nbd2 Bd7 12. O-O Rc8 13. Be2 Nxa4 14. Qb1
Qb4 15. Ne4 Be7 16. Rd1 Qxb2 17. Qxb2 Nxb2 18. Rdb1 Bc6 19. Nc3 Nc4 20. Nd4 Nd6
21. Nxc6 Rxc6 22. Rb3 f5 23. Bf3 Rc7 24. Rab1 Bf6 25. Ne2 Kd7 26. Bxb7 Nxb7 27.
Rxb7 Ra8 28. R7b4 a5 29. Ra4 Be7 30. Nf4 Bd6 31. Rd1 Ke7 32. Nd3 Rb7 33. Kf1 Rb5
34. Rc1 Rab8 35. Ke2 Rd5 36. Rc3 Kf6 37. h3 h5 38. Kf3 Rb1 39. Ke2 Rg1 40. g3
Rb1 41. Kf3 Bb4 42. Nxb4 Rxb4 43. Ra2 a4 44. Raa3 Rdb5 45. Rc7 Ra5 46. Rcc3 Rd5
47. Rc7 Rd2 48. Ra7 Rbb2 49. e4 Rxf2+ 50. Ke3 Rbe2+ 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2024"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2024.08.15"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "Abdusattorov, Nodirbek"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2748"]
[BlackElo "2762"]
[ECO "C55"]
[Opening "Two knights defence (Modern bishop's opening)"]
[WhiteFideId "3503240"]
[BlackFideId "14204118"]
[EventDate "2024.08.15"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. a4 d6 7. a5 a6 8. Re1 Kh8
9. Nc3 Bg4 10. h3 Bh5 11. Be3 Qc8 12. Kh2 Nd8 13. d4 exd4 14. Bxd4 Ne6 15. Be3
c6 16. Be2 d5 17. exd5 cxd5 18. Nxd5 Rd8 19. c4 Nxd5 20. cxd5 Bc5 21. Rc1 Qb8+
22. Kg1 Bxe3 23. fxe3 Qa7 24. Qb3 Nf4 25. Bc4 Nxh3+ 26. Kh2 Nf2 27. e4 Ng4+ 28.
Kh1 Rac8 29. e5 Qf2 30. d6 Qg3 31. Kg1 Qf2+ 32. Kh1 Qg3 33. Kg1 Nf2 34. Qe3 Nh3+
35. Kf1 Nf4 36. Qf2 Qg4 37. Rc3 Re8 38. Nh2 Qg5 39. Nf3 Bxf3 40. Rxf3 Rxc4 41.
d7 Rd8 42. g3 Ne6 43. Rxf7 h6 44. Rd1 Qh5 45. g4 Qh1+ 46. Ke2 Re4+ 47. Kd2 Qh3
48. Rf1 Rd4+ 49. Kc1 Qd3 50. b3 Qxb3 51. Qb2 Rc4+ 52. Kb1 Qd3+ 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2024"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2024.08.15"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2802"]
[ECO "C07"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "Tarrasch, open variation"]
[WhiteFideId "13300474"]
[BlackFideId "2016192"]
[EventDate "2024.08.15"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. dxc5 Nf6 5. exd5 Qxd5 6. Nb3 Qxd1+ 7. Kxd1 Nbd7
8. Bb5 a6 9. Ba4 Be7 10. f3 O-O 11. Be3 Nd5 12. Bd4 e5 13. Bf2 Rd8 14. Ne2 N7b6
15. cxb6 Nxb6+ 16. Kc1 Nxa4 17. Ng3 Be6 18. Re1 Rac8 19. Be3 f5 20. Bd2 Rd5 21.
Ne2 Rd6 22. Nc3 Nb6 23. Rxe5 Nc4 24. Re2 Rcd8 25. g3 Bf6 26. a4 b6 27. f4 Bf7
28. Rf2 R6d7 29. Rb1 Re8 30. Nd1 Bh5 31. c3 Be2 32. Ne3 Rxe3 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2024"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2024.08.15"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2793"]
[BlackElo "2721"]
[ECO "D78"]
[Opening "Neo-Gruenfeld, 6.O-O c6"]
[WhiteFideId "2020009"]
[BlackFideId "623539"]
[EventDate "2024.08.15"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 c6 5. Bg2 d5 6. O-O O-O 7. Nc3 Ne4 8. Qb3
dxc4 9. Qxc4 Bf5 10. Rd1 Nd7 11. Qb3 Nd6 12. Nh4 Be6 13. Qc2 Qb6 14. Nf3 Bg4 15.
e4 e5 16. d5 Rac8 17. Be3 Qa6 18. h3 Bxf3 19. Bxf3 cxd5 20. Rxd5 Nf6 21. Be2 Qc6
22. Rc5 Qd7 23. Rd1 Qe6 24. Qa4 a6 25. Kg2 b5 26. Qxa6 Nc4 27. Qxe6 Nxe3+ 28.
fxe3 fxe6 29. Rxc8 Rxc8 30. Bxb5 Bh6 31. Rd3 Kf7 32. a4 Bf8 33. a5 Bc5 34. Kf3
Rb8 35. a6 Ke7 36. b4 Ba7 37. Bc6 Rxb4 38. Nb5 Bb6 39. a7 Bxa7 40. Nxa7 h5 41.
Nc8+ Kf7 42. Ra3 g5 43. Ra7+ Kg6 44. g4 Rb2 45. Re7 h4 46. Be8+ Nxe8 47. Rxe8
Kf6 48. Rf8+ Kg7 49. Re8 Kf6 50. Rf8+ Kg7 51. Rd8 Rh2 52. Rd7+ Kf6 53. Nd6 Rxh3+
54. Kf2 Rg3 55. Ne8+ Kg6 56. Rg7+ Kh6 57. Re7 Kg6 58. Rxe6+ Kf7 59. Rxe5 Rxg4
60. Nd6+ Kf6 61. Rf5+ Ke6 62. Ne8 h3 63. Ng7+ Ke7 64. Ra5 Rg2+ 65. Kf1 Kf6 66.
Nf5 g4 67. Nh4 Rb2 68. Rh5 g3 69. e5+ Ke6 70. Rh6+ Kd5 71. e6 Rb1+ 72. Ke2 h2
73. Ng2 h1=Q 74. Rxh1 Rxh1 75. Kf3 Kxe6 76. Kxg3 Rh8 77. Nf4+ Kf5 78. Kf3 Re8
79. Ne2 Rxe3+ 80. Kxe3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2024"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2024.08.15"]
[Round "7.4"]
[White "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[ECO "C42"]
[Opening "Petrov's defence"]
[WhiteFideId "12573981"]
[BlackFideId "4168119"]
[EventDate "2024.08.15"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Bd3 d5 6. Qe2 Be7 7. Bxe4 dxe4 8.
Qxe4 O-O 9. O-O c5 10. d3 Nc6 11. Nc3 Re8 12. Be3 Bf8 13. Qf4 b6 14. Rad1 Bd6
15. Qg5 Bb7 16. Qh5 g6 17. Qh3 Bc8 18. Qh6 Bf8 19. Qf4 Bd6 20. Qg5 Qxg5 21. Bxg5
Bg4 22. Ne4 Bxf3 23. gxf3 Be5 24. c3 f5 25. Nf6+ Bxf6 26. Bxf6 Kf7 27. Bg5 Re2
28. d4 cxd4 29. cxd4 Rxb2 30. Rfe1 Re8 31. d5 Rxe1+ 32. Rxe1 Nd4 33. Re7+ Kf8
34. Kg2 h6 35. Bf6 Rd2 36. Rxa7 Ne2 37. Bg7+ Ke8 38. Bxh6 Rxd5 39. Bg5 Kf8 40.
Ra6 Rd1 41. f4 Rb1 42. Ra7 Nd4 43. Be7+ Kg8 44. Bf6 Ne6 45. Be5 Rb4 46. Kg3 Rc4
47. h4 Rc6 48. Kf3 Kf8 49. Ke3 Ke8 50. Rh7 Rc4 51. Rb7 Re4+ 52. Kf3 Ra4 53. Rxb6
Kf7 54. Rb7+ Ke8 55. Bd6 Nd4+ 56. Ke3 Nc2+ 57. Kd3 Rxa2 58. Re7+ Kd8 59. Re2 Kd7
60. Bc5 Ne1+ 61. Rxe1 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2024"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2024.08.15"]
[Round "7.5"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Praggnanandhaa, R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[ECO "A15"]
[Opening "English, 1...Nf6 (Anglo-Indian defense)"]
[WhiteFideId "5202213"]
[BlackFideId "25059530"]
[EventDate "2024.08.15"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 e5 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. O-O Nb6 7. Nc3 Be7 8. d3
O-O 9. Be3 Re8 10. Rc1 Bf8 11. Bg5 f6 12. Be3 Be6 13. Nd2 Rb8 14. Nb3 Nd5 15.
Bc5 Bf7 16. Bxf8 Rxf8 17. Nxd5 Bxd5 18. Bxd5+ Qxd5 19. Rc5 Qf7 20. Qc2 Rfd8 21.
Rc1 Rd6 22. Qc4 Qxc4 23. R5xc4 Kf8 24. Kf1 Ke8 25. f4 exf4 26. gxf4 Kd8 27. Kf2
g6 28. h4 h5 29. Nc5 Ne7 30. Ne4 Rc6 31. Rxc6 bxc6 32. b3 f5 33. Nc5 Rb4 34. Kf3
Nd5 35. Ne6+ Ke7 36. Rxc6 Rb6 37. Nd4 Kd7 38. Rc5 Nf6 39. Rc4 a6 40. e4 fxe4+
41. dxe4 Ng4 42. e5 Nh6 43. Ke4 Ng4 44. Kf3 Nh2+ 45. Ke4 Ng4 46. Rc2 Kd8 47. f5
gxf5+ 48. Nxf5 Rb5 49. Rd2+ Ke8 50. e6 Re5+ 51. Kf4 Re1 52. Ng7+ Ke7 53. Rd7+
Kf6 54. Nxh5+ Kxe6 55. Rxc7 Ne5 56. Ng7+ Kd5 57. Rc3 Kd4 58. Rg3 Rf1+ 59. Kg5
Ke4 60. h5 Nf3+ 61. Kh6 Kf4 62. Rg6 a5 63. Ra6 Rd1 64. Rf6+ Kg4 65. Rg6+ Kf4 66.
Ne6+ Kf5 67. Ng7+ Kf4 68. Rc6 Ne5 69. Rf6+ Kg4 70. Rf5 Nf3 71. Kh7 Ng5+ 72. Kg6
Rd6+ 73. Rf6 Rd5 74. Rc6 Nh3 75. Rc4+ Nf4+ 76. Kh7 Kg5 77. h6 Re5 78. Rc6 Nd5
79. Rg6+ Kf4 80. Ne6+ Kf5 81. Kg7 Ne7 82. Rf6+ Ke4 83. h7 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2024"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2024.08.15"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2793"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[ECO "C50"]
[Opening "Giuoco Pianissimo"]
[WhiteFideId "2020009"]
[BlackFideId "12573981"]
[EventDate "2024.08.15"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. O-O O-O 6. h3 d6 7. c3 Bb6 8. a4 a5
9. Nbd2 Ne7 10. Re1 h6 11. Ba2 c6 12. d4 Ng6 13. Qc2 Re8 14. Nc4 Bc7 15. dxe5
Nxe5 16. Nfxe5 dxe5 17. Be3 Be6 18. Bc5 Nh5 19. Ne3 Bxa2 20. Rxa2 Nf4 21. Rd1
Qg5 22. Kh2 Rad8 23. Raa1 Ne6 24. Ba3 Qf4+ 25. Kg1 Ng5 26. Rxd8 Bxd8 27. Rd1
Nxe4 28. b3 Bh4 29. Ng4 h5 30. Bc1 Qf5 31. f3 hxg4 32. Qxe4 Qxe4 33. fxe4 gxh3
34. gxh3 Rd8 35. Rxd8+ Bxd8 36. c4 g6 37. Kg2 f5 38. Kf3 Kf7 39. Bd2 Ke6 40. Bc1
Be7 41. Be3 Bb4 42. Bb6 Kd7 43. Ba7 c5 44. Bb6 Ke6 45. Bd8 Bc3 46. Bb6 Bb4 47.
Bd8 Bc3 48. Bb6 Bb4 49. Bd8 Bc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2024"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2024.08.15"]
[Round "8.2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2802"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[ECO "A08"]
[Opening "Reti"]
[Variation "King's Indian attack"]
[WhiteFideId "2016192"]
[BlackFideId "5202213"]
[EventDate "2024.08.15"]
[EventType "blitz"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. d4 Nf6 5. O-O e6 6. e3 Be7 7. b3 O-O 8. dxc5
Bxc5 9. Bb2 b6 10. c4 Bb7 11. Qe2 dxc4 12. Rd1 Qe7 13. Qxc4 Rfd8 14. Nc3 Rxd1+
15. Rxd1 Rd8 16. Qe2 h6 17. Ne1 Rxd1 18. Qxd1 Nb4 19. a3 Nc6 20. b4 Bd6 21. Qa4
Qd7 22. Ne4 Nxe4 23. Bxe4 a6 24. Qd1 Qc7 25. Nf3 f5 26. Bd3 Ne5 27. Be2 Qc6 28.
Bxe5 Bxe5 29. h4 Bb2 30. a4 Bf6 31. b5 axb5 32. axb5 Qd5 33. Qxd5 Bxd5 34. Nd2
Kf8 35. Bc4 Ke7 36. Bxd5 exd5 37. Nb3 Kd6 38. Kf1 d4 39. Ke2 Kd5 40. exd4 Bxd4
41. Kf3 Be5 42. g4 Kc4 43. Nd2+ Kxb5 44. gxf5 Kc5 45. Ke4 Bf6 46. h5 b5 47. f4
b4 48. Kd3 Kd5 49. Nb3 Bc3 50. Nc1 Bb2 51. Nb3 Bc3 52. Nc1 Bd4 53. Nb3 Bb6 54.
Nd2 Bd8 55. Ne4 b3 56. Nc3+ Kc5 57. Nd1 Bf6 58. Kd2 Kd5 59. Kd3 b2 60. Ne3+ Kc5
61. Kc2 Kd4 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2024"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2024.08.15"]
[Round "8.3"]
[White "Abdusattorov, Nodirbek"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2762"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[ECO "C02"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "advance, Euwe variation"]
[WhiteFideId "14204118"]
[BlackFideId "13300474"]
[EventDate "2024.08.15"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. Be2 Nge7 7. O-O Nf5 8. dxc5
Bxc5 9. Bd3 Nh4 10. Nbd2 Ng6 11. Nb3 Bb6 12. Bxg6 hxg6 13. Bg5 f6 14. exf6 gxf6
15. Bf4 e5 16. Bg3 Be6 17. Re1 Qd7 18. a4 a6 19. Nbd2 g5 20. b4 g4 21. b5 axb5
22. axb5 Rxa1 23. Qxa1 Ne7 24. Nxe5 fxe5 25. c4 Bd4 26. Qa8+ Qc8 27. Qa3 Ng6 28.
cxd5 Bxd5 29. Rc1 Qd7 30. Nf1 Kf7 31. Ne3 Be6 32. Rd1 Qxb5 33. Rc1 Rc8 34. Re1
Qc5 35. Qa4 b5 36. Qd1 Bxe3 37. fxe3 b4 38. h4 gxh3 39. Qh5 Kg7 40. Qg5 Rf8 41.
Ra1 Rf5 42. Qd8 Qxe3+ 43. Kh2 hxg2 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2024"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2024.08.15"]
[Round "8.4"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Praggnanandhaa, R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2721"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[ECO "C70"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Cozio defence deferred"]
[WhiteFideId "623539"]
[BlackFideId "25059530"]
[EventDate "2024.08.15"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nge7 5. c3 Ng6 6. d4 exd4 7. cxd4 Bb4+ 8.
Nc3 d5 9. O-O dxe4 10. Nxe4 O-O 11. d5 Nce7 12. a3 Ba5 13. b4 Bb6 14. Bb3 Bg4
15. h3 Bxf3 16. Qxf3 Bd4 17. Ra2 Nc8 18. Rd1 Be5 19. Bg5 Qe8 20. Re2 Nd6 21.
Nf6+ gxf6 22. Bxf6 Bxf6 23. Rxe8 Nxe8 24. d6 cxd6 25. Qxb7 Rd8 26. Qxa6 Be5 27.
b5 Nc7 28. Qc6 Ne6 29. Bxe6 fxe6 30. b6 Ne7 31. Qc4 Nd5 32. b7 Rb8 33. Rb1 Nc3
34. Qxe6+ Kh8 35. Rb6 Ne2+ 36. Kf1 Ng3+ 37. Ke1 Ne4 38. f3 Nc5 39. Qe7 Rg8 40.
Qc7 Ne6 41. Qc6 Nd4 42. Qe4 Rxg2 43. f4 Re2+ 44. Qxe2 Nxe2 45. fxe5 Nf4 46. exd6
Nd3+ 47. Kd1 Nc5 48. Rc6 Nxb7 49. Rb6 Rd8 50. Rxb7 Rxd6+ 51. Kc2 Ra6 52. Rb3 Kg7
53. Rf3 Ra8 54. Kb3 Rb8+ 55. Ka2 Ra8 56. Rf4 Kg6 57. h4 h5 58. a4 Kh6 59. Kb3
Rb8+ 60. Kc3 Ra8 61. Kb4 Rg8 62. a5 Rg4 63. Rc4 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2024"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2024.08.15"]
[Round "8.5"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2748"]
[ECO "D45"]
[Opening "QGD semi-Slav"]
[Variation "accelerated Meran (Alekhine variation)"]
[WhiteFideId "4168119"]
[BlackFideId "3503240"]
[EventDate "2024.08.15"]

1. c4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. d4 e6 6. b3 Bb4 7. Bd2 Nbd7 8. Bd3 O-O
9. O-O Bd6 10. Qc2 e5 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. dxe5 Nxe5 13. Nxe5 Bxe5 14. f4 Bb8 15.
Ne2 Ba7 16. Qb2 Re8 17. Nd4 Ne4 18. Be1 Qf6 19. b4 Nd6 20. Bf2 Bxd4 21. Qxd4
Qxd4 22. exd4 Bf5 23. Bxf5 Nxf5 24. Rfc1 h5 25. Rc5 Rad8 26. g3 Re2 27. a4 g6
28. b5 Rb2 29. Re1 Rb4 30. Re5 axb5 31. axb5 Ra8 32. Re2 Rd8 33. Re5 Rb2 34. Rc7
Ra8 35. Rxb7 Raa2 36. Be1 Rg2+ 37. Kf1 Rxh2 38. Kg1 Nxd4 39. Re8+ Kg7 40. Bc3
Rhd2 41. Bxd2 Rxd2 42. Re3 Rb2 43. b6 Nf5 44. Rd3 d4 45. Rb8 h4 46. gxh4 Nxh4
47. Kf1 Nf5 48. Ke1 Ne3 49. Rd2 Rb3 50. b7 Kf6 51. Ke2 Nf5 52. Rd3 Rb2+ 53. Kf3
Rb4 54. Ra3 Nd6 55. Ra6 Ke7 56. Ra7 Rb3+ 57. Kg2 Kd7 58. Rf8 Nxb7 59. Rxf7+ Kc6
60. Ra6+ Kd5 61. Rxg6 d3 62. Rg8 d2 63. Rd7+ Nd6 64. Rxd6+ Kxd6 65. Rd8+ Ke6 66.
Rxd2 Kf5 67. Rd4 Ra3 68. Kf2 Rb3 69. Ke2 Ra3 70. Rd3 Rxd3 71. Kxd3 Kxf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2024"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2024.08.15"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[ECO "B50"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[WhiteFideId "13300474"]
[BlackFideId "4168119"]
[EventDate "2024.08.15"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 e6 5. O-O Be7 6. Nbd2 a6 7. a4 Nc6 8. c3 O-O
9. Re1 b6 10. Bb3 Bb7 11. Nf1 b5 12. Ng3 b4 13. h3 Rc8 14. Bf4 Re8 15. Qd2 Qa5
16. Rac1 Bf8 17. Bg5 Nd7 18. d4 bxc3 19. bxc3 cxd4 20. cxd4 h6 21. Be3 d5 22.
exd5 exd5 23. Qd3 Nf6 24. Qf5 Ne7 25. Qb1 Rxc1 26. Rxc1 Bc8 27. Ne5 Be6 28. Qd3
Rc8 29. Rxc8 Nxc8 30. Bc2 Nd6 31. Nh5 Bf5 32. Qe2 Bxc2 33. Nxf6+ gxf6 34. Nd7
Bg6 35. Nxf6+ Kh8 36. Qg4 Qd8 37. Bf4 Bg7 38. Nxd5 Nf5 39. Ne3 Nxd4 40. Kh2 Kh7
41. Bg3 Qe8 42. Nd5 Qe6 43. Nc7 Qxg4 44. hxg4 Bd3 45. f3 Ne6 46. Nd5 Bc4 47. Nb6
Bb3 48. Be1 Bd4 49. a5 Bxb6 50. axb6 Bd5 51. Kg3 Kg6 52. Kf2 Nd4 53. Bc3 Nb5 54.
Bb4 Nd4 55. Bc3 Nb3 56. Ke3 a5 57. g3 a4 58. Bb4 Bb7 59. f4 h5 60. f5+ Kg5 61.
gxh5 Kxh5 62. Kf4 Nd4 63. g4+ Kh6 64. g5+ Kh7 65. Bc3 Ne2+ 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2024"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2024.08.15"]
[Round "9.2"]
[White "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2721"]
[ECO "D79"]
[Opening "Neo-Gruenfeld, 6.O-O, main line"]
[WhiteFideId "12573981"]
[BlackFideId "623539"]
[EventDate "2024.08.15"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 c6 4. Bg2 d5 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. O-O O-O 7. cxd5 cxd5 8. Ne5
Nc6 9. Nc3 Bf5 10. Bf4 Rc8 11. Rc1 h5 12. e3 h4 13. g4 Be6 14. h3 Qa5 15. a3
Nxe5 16. Bxe5 Nd7 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. Qb3 Qb6 19. Qxb6 Nxb6 20. Nb5 Bd7 21. Nc3 e6
22. b3 g5 23. Na2 a5 24. a4 Rxc1 25. Rxc1 Rc8 26. Rxc8 Nxc8 27. Nc3 Nd6 28. f4
f6 29. fxg5 fxg5 30. Bf1 Be8 31. Bd3 b6 32. Kf2 Bc6 33. Kf3 Kf6 34. Kf2 Be8 35.
Ke2 Bc6 36. Kf2 e5 37. Be2 Ne4+ 38. Nxe4+ dxe4 39. dxe5+ Kxe5 40. Ke1 Kd6 41.
Kd2 Kc5 42. Kc3 b5 43. axb5 Bxb5 44. Bxb5 Kxb5 45. Kc2 Kb4 46. Kb2 Kb5 47. Kc2
Kb4 48. Kb2 Kb5 49. Kc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2024"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2024.08.15"]
[Round "9.3"]
[White "Praggnanandhaa, R"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2802"]
[ECO "A45"]
[Opening "Trompovsky attack (Ruth, Opovcensky opening)"]
[WhiteFideId "25059530"]
[BlackFideId "2016192"]
[EventDate "2024.08.15"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 c5 3. d5 Qb6 4. Nc3 d6 5. e4 g6 6. Rb1 Bg7 7. Nf3 h6 8. Bf4 g5
9. Be3 Ng4 10. Bd2 f5 11. Bb5+ Kd8 12. Qe2 f4 13. h4 a6 14. Bd3 Rg8 15. hxg5
hxg5 16. b4 c4 17. Bxc4 Bf6 18. b5 a5 19. Na4 Qxf2+ 20. Qxf2 Nxf2 21. Kxf2 Nd7
22. g4 b6 23. Bd3 Kc7 24. c4 Nf8 25. e5 dxe5 26. c5 Nd7 27. cxb6+ Nxb6 28. Rhc1+
Kb7 29. Nxb6 Kxb6 30. Rc6+ Kb7 31. d6 Kb8 32. dxe7 Bxe7 33. Nxe5 Rd8 34. Ke2 Rd5
35. Bc3 Bd6 36. Be4 Rxe5 37. Rxc8+ 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2024"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2024.08.15"]
[Round "9.4"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2748"]
[BlackElo "2793"]
[ECO "C55"]
[Opening "Two knights defence (Modern bishop's opening)"]
[WhiteFideId "3503240"]
[BlackFideId "2020009"]
[EventDate "2024.08.15"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. a4 d6 7. a5 a6 8. Re1 h6
9. h3 Re8 10. Nc3 Bf8 11. Bd2 Be6 12. Bxe6 Rxe6 13. Nd5 Nb8 14. c4 Nbd7 15. b4
Nh7 16. Be3 g6 17. Qc2 c6 18. Nc3 Re8 19. Rab1 Bg7 20. Na4 Nhf8 21. Bd2 Ne6 22.
b5 cxb5 23. cxb5 Rc8 24. Qa2 Ndc5 25. Nxc5 Nxc5 26. bxa6 bxa6 27. Qd5 Rb8 28.
Rb4 Qc7 29. Reb1 Rxb4 30. Bxb4 Rb8 31. Nd2 Rb5 32. Bxc5 Rxc5 33. Qa8+ Kh7 34.
Nc4 Rb5 35. Rxb5 axb5 36. Ne3 b4 37. Nc4 b3 38. Qa6 d5 39. exd5 e4 40. d6 Qc5
41. d7 b2 42. Qb7 exd3 43. d8=Q Qxc4 44. Qbb8 h5 45. Kh2 Qc2 46. Qg8+ Kh6 47.
Qf4+ g5 48. Qf5 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2024"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2024.08.15"]
[Round "9.5"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Abdusattorov, Nodirbek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2762"]
[ECO "A13"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[WhiteFideId "5202213"]
[BlackFideId "14204118"]
[EventDate "2024.08.15"]

1. c4 e6 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. Nf3 d4 5. d3 c5 6. e4 Nc6 7. e5 Nd7 8. Qe2 Be7
9. h4 Rb8 10. O-O a6 11. Bg5 b5 12. Nbd2 O-O 13. b3 Bb7 14. Rfe1 Nb4 15. Nf1
bxc4 16. bxc4 Bxf3 17. Bxf3 Bxg5 18. hxg5 Qxg5 19. a3 Nxd3 20. Qxd3 Nxe5 21. Qe2
Nxf3+ 22. Qxf3 h5 23. Qf4 Qxf4 24. gxf4 d3 25. Rab1 Kh7 26. Kg2 Kg6 27. Kf3 a5
28. Nd2 a4 29. Rb5 Rfd8 30. Rxc5 Rb2 31. Ke3 Ra2 32. Rh1 Rxa3 33. Rcxh5 f6 34.
Ra5 Rd7 35. Rc1 Ra2 36. Rc3 Ra1 37. c5 Re1+ 38. Kf3 Rd1 39. c6 Rc7 40. Ke3 Rh1
41. Rxa4 Kf5 42. Kxd3 e5 43. fxe5 fxe5 44. f3 g5 45. Rc5 Rh6 46. Re4 Re6 47.
Rec4 Rh6 48. Ke3 Rh1 49. Re4 Kf6 50. Rexe5 Re1+ 51. Kd4 Rd1 52. Kd3 Rxc6 53.
Rf5+ Ke6 54. Rce5+ Kd7 55. Ke2 Rcc1 56. Rxg5 Kd6 57. Rd5+ Kc6 58. Rc5+ 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2024"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2024.08.16"]
[Round "10.1"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2721"]
[BlackElo "2802"]
[ECO "C70"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Classical defence deferred"]
[WhiteFideId "623539"]
[BlackFideId "2016192"]
[EventDate "2024.08.15"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Bc5 5. c3 Nge7 6. O-O Ba7 7. d4 Ng6 8. Bxc6
dxc6 9. Nxe5 Nxe5 10. dxe5 Qe7 11. Qf3 Qxe5 12. Bf4 Qe7 13. Qg3 Be6 14. Bxc7 f6
15. Nd2 h5 16. Nf3 g5 17. Nd4 h4 18. Qd6 Qxd6 19. Bxd6 Kf7 20. b4 Bc4 21. Rfe1
Rad8 22. e5 Rhe8 23. Re3 fxe5 24. Bxe5 Bxd4 25. cxd4 Bd5 26. h3 Re6 27. a3 Kg6
28. f3 Rde8 29. Kf2 R6e7 30. a4 Rf7 31. a5 Rh7 32. Rae1 Rhe7 33. Rg1 Rh7 34.
Ree1 Kf5 35. Bd6 Re6 36. Rxe6 Kxe6 37. Bc5 Kf6 38. Re1 Rd7 39. Re5 Be6 40. Ke3
Rd5 41. Re4 Rd7 42. f4 g4 43. hxg4 Bxg4 44. Re5 Bf5 45. Bb6 Kg6 46. Re8 Rg7 47.
Bd8 Kh7 48. Bg5 h3 49. gxh3 Bxh3 50. Ke4 Rf7 51. Ke5 Rf5+ 52. Kd6 Rd5+ 53. Kc7
Rxd4 54. Be7 Re4 55. Kxb7 Bd7 56. Rd8 Rxe7 57. Kxa6 Bg4 58. Rd4 Re6 59. Kb6 Bf3
60. Kc5 Be2 61. Rd6 Re4 62. Rxc6 Rc4+ 63. Kd6 Rxb4 64. f5 Ra4 65. f6 Rxa5 66. f7
Kg7 67. Ke7 Ra7+ 68. Kd6 Bh5 69. f8=Q+ Kxf8 70. Rc8+ Be8 71. Rc5 Ra6+ 72. Ke5
Ke7 73. Rd5 Rh6 74. Kd4 Bc6 75. Re5+ Kd6 76. Rg5 Rh4+ 77. Ke3 Bd5 78. Kd3 Kc5
79. Ke3 Re4+ 80. Kd3 Rf4 81. Ke3 Rf3+ 82. Ke2 Ra3 83. Rg7 Kd4 84. Rd7 Ra2+ 85.
Kd1 Ke4 86. Kc1 Rh2 87. Rd8 Kd4 88. Kd1 Rf2 89. Ke1 Rf5 90. Kd2 Rh5 91. Ke2 Rh2+
92. Kd1 Ke4 93. Kc1 Rf2 94. Rd7 Kd4 95. Kd1 Ra2 96. Rd8 Ke5 97. Kc1 Be4 98. Rd2
Ra7 99. Rd8 Rb7 100. Kd2 Rc7 101. Re8+ Kf4 102. Rf8+ Bf5 103. Re8 Rc2+ 104. Kd1
Rh2 105. Kc1 Be4 106. Rd8 Ke3 107. Rd2 Rh7 108. Rd8 Rb7 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2024"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2024.08.16"]
[Round "10.2"]
[White "Praggnanandhaa, R"]
[Black "Abdusattorov, Nodirbek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2762"]
[ECO "A46"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn"]
[Variation "Torre attack"]
[WhiteFideId "25059530"]
[BlackFideId "14204118"]
[EventDate "2024.08.15"]

1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bg5 d5 4. e3 Be7 5. Nbd2 Nbd7 6. Bd3 b6 7. O-O Bb7 8. Qe2
O-O 9. c3 Ne4 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. a4 e5 12. dxe5 Nec5 13. a5 Nxe5 14. Nxe5 Qxe5
15. Nf3 Qf6 16. Qc2 g6 17. Be2 Bc8 18. axb6 Bf5 19. Qd1 Qxb6 20. Qxd5 Be6 21.
Qd4 Qxb2 22. Qxc5 Qxe2 23. Rxa7 Rxa7 24. Qxa7 Bd5 25. Re1 Qb2 26. Qxc7 Ra8 27.
Qc5 Bxf3 28. gxf3 Ra2 29. e4 Ra3 30. Rd1 Ra8 31. Kg2 h5 32. Rd7 Qc1 33. Qe5 Rc8
34. Qf6 Rf8 35. h4 Qb2 36. Rd8 Rxd8 37. Qxd8+ Kh7 38. Qd5 Kg8 39. c4 Qf6 40. Qg5
Qc6 41. c5 Kg7 42. Qe5+ Kg8 43. Qd6 Qc8 44. c6 Qa6 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2024"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2024.08.16"]
[Round "10.3"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[ECO "E06"]
[Opening "Catalan"]
[Variation "closed, 5.Nf3"]
[WhiteFideId "5202213"]
[BlackFideId "4168119"]
[EventDate "2024.08.15"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4
Bd7 9. Qxc4 Bc6 10. Bg5 Nbd7 11. Nc3 h6 12. Bxf6 Nxf6 13. a5 Qd6 14. Rfd1 Qb4
15. Qxb4 Bxb4 16. Ne5 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 Rfd8 18. e3 c5 19. Ra4 cxd4 20. Rxb4 dxc3
21. Rxd8+ Rxd8 22. bxc3 Rd5 23. Nc4 Rd7 24. Ne5 Rc7 25. c4 Kf8 26. Kf3 Ke7 27.
c5 Nd7 28. Nxd7 Kxd7 29. Ke4 Kc6 30. Rb6+ Kxc5 31. g4 Kc4 32. h4 g5 33. hxg5
hxg5 34. Ke5 Rc5+ 35. Kf6 Rb5 36. Rd6 Rxa5 37. Kxf7 b5 38. Rc6+ Kd3 39. Rd6+ Ke2
40. f4 b4 41. Rb6 gxf4 42. exf4 Rb5 43. Rxe6+ Kf3 44. g5 b3 45. Re1 Kxf4 46. g6
a5 47. g7 Rf5+ 48. Ke7 Rg5 49. Kf7 Kf3 50. Re5 Rxg7+ 51. Kxg7 a4 52. Rb5 Ke2 53.
Rb4 Kd2 54. Rxa4 b2 55. Rb4 Kc3 56. Rxb2 Kxb2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2024"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2024.08.16"]
[Round "10.4"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2793"]
[ECO "C20"]
[Opening "KP"]
[Variation "Indian opening"]
[WhiteFideId "13300474"]
[BlackFideId "2020009"]
[EventDate "2024.08.15"]

1. e4 e5 2. d3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Bc5 4. Nf3 d6 5. Na4 Nge7 6. Nxc5 dxc5 7. c3 O-O 8.
Be2 h6 9. O-O Ng6 10. Be3 b6 11. a3 a5 12. Rc1 Ba6 13. Qa4 Qd7 14. Rfd1 Rfd8 15.
Qc2 Qe6 16. Bf1 Qf6 17. b4 axb4 18. axb4 cxb4 19. cxb4 Bb5 20. d4 Ba4 21. Qc3
Bxd1 22. Rxd1 exd4 23. Nxd4 Nge5 24. h3 Nxd4 25. Rxd4 Qe7 26. f4 Ng6 27. e5 Rxd4
28. Qxd4 Rd8 29. Qe4 Nf8 30. Bc4 Qd7 31. Kh2 b5 32. Be2 Qd5 33. Qc2 Ne6 34. Kg3
g5 35. Bf3 gxf4+ 36. Bxf4 Qd4 37. Bxh6 Qxe5+ 38. Kf2 Qd4+ 39. Be3 Qxb4 40. Qf5
Qb2+ 41. Kg3 Qg7+ 42. Kh2 b4 43. Qh5 Qg6 44. Qh4 b3 45. Be4 f5 46. Bb1 Qg7 47.
Bxf5 Qe5+ 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2024"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2024.08.16"]
[Round "10.5"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2748"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[ECO "B15"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "Tartakower (Nimzovich) variation"]
[WhiteFideId "3503240"]
[BlackFideId "12573981"]
[EventDate "2024.08.15"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ exf6 6. c3 Bd6 7. Bd3 O-O 8.
Qc2 Re8+ 9. Ne2 h5 10. O-O Na6 11. Bd2 h4 12. h3 Nc7 13. Rae1 Ne6 14. f4 Bc7 15.
f5 Ng5 16. Bf4 Bd7 17. Qc1 c5 18. dxc5 Bc6 19. Nd4 Qd5 20. Nxc6 bxc6 21. Bxc7
Qxd3 22. b4 Qc4 23. a3 Re4 24. Bf4 Rxe1 25. Qxe1 Ne4 26. Rf3 Rd8 27. Kh2 Rd3 28.
Qe2 Rxc3 29. Qxc4 Rxc4 30. Bc7 g5 31. fxg6 fxg6 32. Rd3 Kf7 33. Bb8 a6 34. Rd1
g5 35. Bc7 f5 36. Rb1 f4 37. a4 Rc2 38. Kh1 Ng3+ 39. Kg1 Ne2+ 40. Kh1 Nd4 41.
Be5 Nf5 42. b5 cxb5 43. axb5 axb5 44. Bd6 Ke6 45. Re1+ Ne3 46. Bc7 Rxc5 47. Bb6
Rc3 48. Rb1 Nf5 49. Rxb5 Rc1+ 50. Kh2 Ng3 51. Bg1 Rc2 52. Rxg5 f3 53. Rxg3 hxg3+
54. Kxg3 Rxg2+ 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2024"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2024.08.16"]
[Round "11.1"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Praggnanandhaa, R"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[ECO "A28"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "four knights, Romanishin variation"]
[WhiteFideId "4168119"]
[BlackFideId "25059530"]
[EventDate "2024.08.15"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e3 Bb4 5. Qc2 Bxc3 6. Qxc3 Qe7 7. a3 a5 8. b4
d6 9. b5 Nb8 10. Bb2 O-O 11. Be2 Nbd7 12. d4 exd4 13. Nxd4 Nc5 14. Qc2 Re8 15.
O-O Qe4 16. Qxe4 Nfxe4 17. Rac1 b6 18. Rfd1 Bb7 19. f3 Ng5 20. Kf2 Nge6 21. Nf5
f6 22. h4 Rad8 23. g4 Kf8 24. h5 Kf7 25. e4 Ng5 26. Ne3 Nge6 27. Bf1 g6 28. Nd5
Bxd5 29. cxd5 Nf8 30. hxg6+ hxg6 31. Be2 Nfd7 32. Rh1 Rh8 33. Ke3 Rde8 34. g5
Ne5 35. gxf6 g5 36. Rxh8 Rxh8 37. Rg1 Kxf6 38. Bc1 Rh3 39. Rg2 g4 40. Bb2 gxf3
41. Rf2 Ke7 42. Rxf3 Rxf3+ 43. Bxf3 Nc4+ 44. Kd4 Nxb2 45. e5 dxe5+ 46. Kxe5 Nc4+
47. Kd4 Nxa3 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2024"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2024.08.16"]
[Round "11.2"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2793"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[ECO "E26"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian"]
[Variation "Saemisch, O'Kelly variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2020009"]
[BlackFideId "5202213"]
[EventDate "2024.08.15"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 b6 7. Bd3 Bb7 8. f3
O-O 9. e4 Ne8 10. Nh3 Nc6 11. Be3 Na5 12. O-O Ba6 13. Qe2 Qe7 14. e5 Rc8 15. f4
cxd4 16. cxd4 f5 17. d5 Bxc4 18. d6 Qd8 19. Rac1 Bd5 20. Ba6 Rc6 21. Ng5 h6 22.
Nf3 Rxc1 23. Rxc1 Nc6 24. Bc4 Bxc4 25. Qxc4 g6 26. a4 Ng7 27. Nd4 Nxd4 28. Qxd4
Qa8 29. Rc7 Rd8 30. a5 Ne8 31. axb6 axb6 32. Rc1 b5 33. h3 Rc8 34. Rxc8 Qxc8 35.
Qb6 Qc3 36. Kh2 Ng7 37. Bf2 Qd2 38. Bg3 g5 39. fxg5 hxg5 40. Bf2 f4 41. Kg1 Qd1+
42. Kh2 Qd2 43. Kh1 Kh7 44. Bg1 Nf5 45. Qxb5 Ng3+ 46. Kh2 Kh6 47. Qxd7 Nf1+ 48.
Kh1 Ng3+ 49. Kh2 Nf1+ 50. Kh1 Ng3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2024"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2024.08.16"]
[Round "11.3"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2748"]
[BlackElo "2721"]
[ECO "B90"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Najdorf, Byrne (English) attack"]
[WhiteFideId "3503240"]
[BlackFideId "623539"]
[EventDate "2024.08.15"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Ng4 7. Bc1 Nf6 8. Be3
Ng4 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bh4 g5 11. Bg3 Bg7 12. h3 Ne5 13. Nf5 Bxf5 14. exf5 Nbc6 15.
Nd5 e6 16. fxe6 fxe6 17. Ne3 O-O 18. Be2 d5 19. O-O Ng6 20. c4 d4 21. Nc2 Nf4
22. Bxf4 Rxf4 23. Ne1 e5 24. g3 Rf8 25. Bf3 Qd7 26. Nd3 Kh8 27. Kg2 Rae8 28. Be4
Ne7 29. Nc5 Qc8 30. Nxb7 Nf5 31. c5 Rf7 32. c6 Ref8 33. Qd3 Qc7 34. Rac1 Rf6 35.
Nc5 Nd6 36. Nd7 h5 37. Nxf8 Bxf8 38. Rfe1 Bh6 39. Rc5 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2024"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2024.08.16"]
[Round "11.4"]
[White "Abdusattorov, Nodirbek"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2762"]
[BlackElo "2802"]
[ECO "C01"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "exchange variation"]
[WhiteFideId "14204118"]
[BlackFideId "2016192"]
[EventDate "2024.08.15"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bd6 6. O-O Nge7 7. c3 O-O 8.
Qc2 h6 9. h3 Be6 10. Nbd2 Qd7 11. Re1 Bf5 12. Nf1 Bxd3 13. Qxd3 Nf5 14. Bd2 Rfe8
15. N1h2 Bxh2+ 16. Kxh2 Nd6 17. Bf4 Ne4 18. Re2 Re6 19. Ne5 Nxe5 20. dxe5 Nc5
21. Qd4 Rc6 22. Bg3 Ne6 23. Qd3 Rd8 24. Rd1 d4 25. Red2 Qe7 26. cxd4 Rxd4 27.
Qe3 Rxd2 28. Rxd2 Qc5 29. Qe4 Qc4 30. Qf3 Rb6 31. Rd7 Ng5 32. Qf5 Rg6 33. h4 Qe6
34. Rd8+ Kh7 35. Qd3 Qg4 36. hxg5 Qxg5 37. Qf3 Qxd8 38. Qxf7 Qc8 39. Kg1 c6 40.
b4 h5 41. Bf4 Qg4 42. g3 h4 43. Kg2 hxg3 44. fxg3 b6 45. Kf2 Qe6 46. Qf8 Qxa2+
47. Kf3 Qd5+ 48. Kf2 a5 49. bxa5 bxa5 50. Qf5 Qa2+ 51. Kg1 Qe6 52. Qe4 c5 53.
Qh1+ Kg8 54. Qa8+ Kf7 55. Qb7+ Qe7 56. Qf3 Kg8 57. Qa8+ Kf7 58. Qf3 Qe8 59. Qd5+
Re6 60. Qxc5 a4 61. Kh2 Qc6 62. Qb4 Re8 63. Kg1 Rc8 64. Qb1 Qc5+ 65. Kh1 Rh8+
66. Kg2 Qd5+ 67. Kf2 Rh2+ 68. Ke3 Qb3+ 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2024"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2024.08.16"]
[Round "11.5"]
[White "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[ECO "C11"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "Steinitz, Boleslavsky variation"]
[WhiteFideId "12573981"]
[BlackFideId "13300474"]
[EventDate "2024.08.15"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 Be7 8. a3 a6
9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Bxc5 Nxc5 11. b4 Nd7 12. Bd3 Qb6 13. Qd2 O-O 14. Qf2 Qxf2+ 15.
Kxf2 Nb6 16. Ne2 Bd7 17. c3 Na7 18. Nfd4 Rfc8 19. h4 Bb5 20. Nxb5 Nxb5 21. Rh3
Na4 22. Rc1 Nb2 23. f5 Nxa3 24. Nd4 Nxd3+ 25. Rxd3 Nb5 26. fxe6 Nxd4 27. exf7+
Kxf7 28. Rxd4 Ke6 29. Rcd1 Rxc3 30. Rxd5 Rf8+ 31. Kg1 Rf7 32. b5 a5 33. b6 Rb3
34. Rxa5 Rxb6 35. Rd2 Rd7 36. Re2 Rb4 37. h5 Rh4 38. Rb5 Rxh5 39. Rb6+ Ke7 40.
e6 Rc7 41. Reb2 Rg5 42. Rxb7 Rxb7 43. Rxb7+ Kxe6 44. Kf2 Kf6 45. g3 Rc5 46. Rb3
Kg5 47. Kf3 h5 48. Ra3 Kf5 49. Rb3 Ra5 50. Rc3 g6 51. Rb3 Ke5 52. Re3+ Kd4 53.
Rb3 Rf5+ 54. Kg2 Rc5 55. Rb4+ Kd3 56. Rb3+ Rc3 57. Rb6 g5 58. Rb5 Rc2+ 59. Kg1
g4 60. Rxh5 Ke4 61. Ra5 Re2 62. Kf1 Rb2 63. Ra4+ Kf3 64. Ra3+ Ke4 65. Ra4+ Kf3
66. Ra3+ Ke4 67. Ra4+ Kf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2024"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2024.08.16"]
[Round "12.1"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[ECO "D73"]
[Opening "Neo-Gruenfeld, 5.Nf3"]
[WhiteFideId "5202213"]
[BlackFideId "12573981"]
[EventDate "2024.08.15"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. d4 Nf6 5. c4 dxc4 6. Na3 O-O 7. O-O c5 8. dxc5
c3 9. Nb5 Na6 10. Nxc3 Nxc5 11. Be3 Nce4 12. Nxe4 Nxe4 13. Bd4 Bxd4 14. Qxd4
Qxd4 15. Nxd4 Nd6 16. Rac1 e5 17. Nb3 Be6 18. Na5 e4 19. Rfd1 Rac8 20. h4 Rxc1
21. Rxc1 Rc8 22. Rd1 Nc4 23. Nxc4 Rxc4 24. b3 Rc2 25. Bxe4 Rxa2 26. Bxb7 Bxb3
27. Rb1 Be6 28. e4 a5 29. Bd5 Bxd5 30. exd5 Rd2 31. Rb5 a4 32. Ra5 a3 33. Rxa3
Rxd5 34. Kg2 h5 35. Ra4 Rc5 36. Ra3 Rd5 37. Ra4 Rc5 38. Ra3 Rd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2024"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2024.08.16"]
[Round "12.2"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2748"]
[ECO "C20"]
[Opening "KP"]
[Variation "Indian opening"]
[WhiteFideId "13300474"]
[BlackFideId "3503240"]
[EventDate "2024.08.15"]

1. e4 e5 2. d3 Nf6 3. f4 exf4 4. Bxf4 Nc6 5. Be2 Be7 6. c4 O-O 7. Nc3 Nd4 8. Nf3
Bc5 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bh4 d6 11. Rf1 c6 12. Nd2 g5 13. Bf2 Be6 14. Nb3 Nxb3 15. axb3
Bxf2+ 16. Rxf2 c5 17. d4 Qe7 18. Qd3 Nd7 19. O-O-O Rad8 20. Kb1 a6 21. Qg3 cxd4
22. Rxd4 Ne5 23. h4 Kg7 24. Nd1 b5 25. Ne3 f6 26. Bg4 Bxg4 27. Nxg4 Nxg4 28.
Qxg4 bxc4 29. bxc4 Rb8 30. c5 Rbd8 31. Rfd2 Rfe8 32. cxd6 Qe6 33. Qg3 Rd7 34.
hxg5 hxg5 35. Rc2 Kf7 36. Rc7 Rd8 37. Rxd7+ Rxd7 38. Qd3 a5 39. Rd5 a4 40. Qd4
Kg6 41. Ka2 Kf7 42. Ka3 Kg6 43. Kxa4 Rd8 44. Kb3 Qd7 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2024"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2024.08.16"]
[Round "12.3"]
[White "Praggnanandhaa, R"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2793"]
[ECO "A45"]
[Opening "Trompovsky attack (Ruth, Opovcensky opening)"]
[WhiteFideId "25059530"]
[BlackFideId "2020009"]
[EventDate "2024.08.15"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 c6 3. Nc3 d5 4. e3 Bf5 5. Bxf6 exf6 6. Bd3 Bg6 7. Nf3 Bd6 8.
O-O Nd7 9. e4 dxe4 10. Nxe4 Bc7 11. c3 O-O 12. Re1 Re8 13. Qc2 a5 14. Ng3 Bxd3
15. Qxd3 g6 16. Rxe8+ Qxe8 17. Re1 Qf8 18. Nf1 a4 19. N1d2 Kg7 20. g3 Rd8 21.
Qc2 b5 22. c4 Ba5 23. cxb5 cxb5 24. Rc1 Nb6 25. Ne4 Qe7 26. Nc5 Nd5 27. Qd3 Rb8
28. Kg2 Qd6 29. a3 b4 30. Nxa4 bxa3 31. bxa3 Bd8 32. Nc5 Rb2 33. Rc2 Rb1 34. Re2
Rb8 35. a4 Bb6 36. Qc4 Rc8 37. Qa6 Qc6 38. Rc2 Nb4 39. Ne6+ Qxe6 40. Qxc8 Nxc2
41. Qxc2 Qd5 42. Qd3 h5 43. Qb5 Qd8 44. d5 Qc7 45. Ne1 Ba7 46. Qb3 Qc5 47. Nd3
Qd4 48. a5 h4 49. a6 Qe4+ 50. Kf1 h3 51. Nf4 Qh1+ 52. Ke2 Qxh2 53. Qf3 Qg1 54.
Nxh3 Qa1 55. Qd3 Qa2+ 56. Kf1 Qa1+ 57. Kg2 Qa4 58. Nf4 Qd7 59. Qc4 Qe7 60. Qd3
Qd6 61. Ne2 Qc5 62. Qf3 Qb6 63. Nc3 Qxa6 64. Ne4 Bd4 65. d6 Qc6 66. Qd3 Bb6 67.
Kh2 f5 68. Ng5 Bd8 69. Nf3 Bf6 70. Nd2 Qd7 71. Qd5 Bd8 72. Nc4 Kg8 73. Kg2 Bf6
74. Nb6 Qd8 75. Qc6 Kg7 76. d7 f4 77. Nd5 Bg5 78. Nxf4 Qe7 79. Qd5 Bf6 80. Nd3
Qd8 81. Nc5 Qb6 82. Nb7 Bd8 83. Qe5+ Bf6 84. Qd5 Bd8 85. Nxd8 Qxd8 86. Qe5+ Kf8
87. Qd6+ Kg7 88. f3 f6 89. Qe6 Qb8 90. Qe7+ 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2024"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2024.08.16"]
[Round "12.4"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2802"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[ECO "B21"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Grand Prix attack"]
[WhiteFideId "2016192"]
[BlackFideId "4168119"]
[EventDate "2024.08.15"]

1. e4 c5 2. f4 d5 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. d3 Nc6 6. Nf3 dxe4 7. dxe4 Qxd1+
8. Kxd1 Nf6 9. Nbd2 g6 10. c3 Bh6 11. g3 e5 12. Re1 exf4 13. Nc4 O-O-O+ 14. Kc2
Ne8 15. Bxf4 Bxf4 16. gxf4 Nd6 17. Nxd6+ Rxd6 18. Rad1 Rxd1 19. Rxd1 f6 20. Rd5
Re8 21. Nd2 c4 22. Rd6 f5 23. Nxc4 Rxe4 24. Rxc6+ bxc6 25. Nd6+ Kd7 26. Nxe4
fxe4 27. Kd2 Ke6 28. Ke3 Kf5 29. b4 h6 30. h4 Kg4 31. c4 Kxh4 32. c5 g5 33. b5
g4 34. bxc6 g3 35. c7 g2 36. Kf2 Kh3 37. c8=Q+ Kh2 38. Qg4 e3+ 39. Kxe3 g1=N 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2024"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2024.08.16"]
[Round "12.5"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Abdusattorov, Nodirbek"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2721"]
[BlackElo "2762"]
[ECO "B54"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[WhiteFideId "623539"]
[BlackFideId "14204118"]
[EventDate "2024.08.15"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Bc4 g6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. Be3 Ng4 8.
Bb5+ Kf8 9. O-O Be5 10. Qd2 Bxh2+ 11. Kh1 Be5 12. f4 Bg7 13. e5 Kg8 14. Rad1 e6
15. Nf3 d5 16. Ne4 Bd7 17. Nd6 Bxb5 18. Nxb5 Nc6 19. Nd6 Bf8 20. Bc5 b6 21. Ba3
h6 22. c3 Ne7 23. Qe2 Qc7 24. Nd4 h5 25. Rd3 Nf5 26. N4xf5 gxf5 27. Rc1 Bxd6 28.
exd6 Qc4 29. Rf1 h4 30. Rff3 Qe4 31. Qf1 h3 32. Rxh3 Qxd3 33. Qxd3 Rxh3+ 34.
Qxh3 Nf2+ 35. Kg1 Nxh3+ 36. gxh3 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2024"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2024.08.16"]
[Round "13.1"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2721"]
[ECO "D05"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game, Zukertort variation"]
[WhiteFideId "13300474"]
[BlackFideId "623539"]
[EventDate "2024.08.15"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. e3 e6 4. Nbd2 c5 5. b3 b6 6. Bb2 Be7 7. Bb5+ Bd7 8. Bd3
Nc6 9. a3 a6 10. Ne5 b5 11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. b4 Bd6 13. f4 Qb6 14. Qf3 Qc7 15. Nxc6
Bxc6 16. Qg3 Ne4 17. Bxe4 dxe4 18. c4 f6 19. Rc1 O-O 20. cxb5 axb5 21. Nxe4 Be7
22. O-O Rad8 23. Qg4 Qd7 24. Rfd1 Qc8 25. Rxd8 Bxd8 26. Nd6 Qd7 27. Rxc6 Be7 28.
Ne8 Rxe8 29. Qxe6+ Qxe6 30. Rxe6 Kf7 31. Rb6 Bd8 32. Rb7+ Re7 33. Rxe7+ Kxe7 34.
Kf2 g6 35. Ke2 f5 36. Kd3 Kd6 37. e4 h5 38. g3 Kc6 39. Be5 Bb6 40. Bd4 Bd8 41.
Bc5 Kd7 42. Kd4 Ke6 43. Ba7 Be7 44. e5 g5 45. Bc5 Bd8 46. Kc3 gxf4 47. gxf4 Bh4
48. a4 Be1+ 49. Kb3 bxa4+ 50. Kxa4 Bd2 51. b5 Bxf4 52. Bd6 Be3 53. Bc7 f4 54. b6
f3 55. b7 Ba7 56. Bb6 Bb8 57. Kb3 Kxe5 58. Kc4 Kd6 59. Kd3 Kc6 60. Bf2 Kxb7 61.
Ke4 Bxh2 62. Kxf3 h4 63. Bxh4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2024"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2024.08.16"]
[Round "13.2"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Abdusattorov, Nodirbek"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2762"]
[ECO "A13"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "Neo-Catalan accepted"]
[WhiteFideId "4168119"]
[BlackFideId "14204118"]
[EventDate "2024.08.15"]

1. c4 e6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. Qa4+ Nbd7 6. Qxc4 a6 7. Qc2 c5 8.
Nc3 Qc7 9. d4 b5 10. O-O Bb7 11. Bf4 Bd6 12. Bxd6 Qxd6 13. Rfd1 O-O 14. dxc5
Qxc5 15. a3 Rac8 16. Rac1 Nb6 17. Qb1 Nc4 18. Nd2 Ng4 19. Nde4 Qa7 20. h3 Nge3
21. Ng5 g6 22. Bxb7 Nxd1 23. Rxd1 Qxb7 24. b3 Ne3 25. Nce4 Nxd1 26. Qxd1 f6 27.
Nd6 Rfd8 28. Nxe6 Rxd6 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2024"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2024.08.16"]
[Round "13.3"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2748"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[ECO "C67"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Berlin defence, open variation"]
[WhiteFideId "3503240"]
[BlackFideId "5202213"]
[EventDate "2024.08.15"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nxe5 8.
Rxe5 O-O 9. Nc3 Bf6 10. Re1 Re8 11. Nd5 Rxe1 12. Qxe1 b6 13. g3 Bb7 14. Bg2 Bxd5
15. Bxd5 c6 16. Bg2 Qe7 17. Qf1 Re8 18. c3 Bg5 19. h4 Bh6 20. d4 Bxc1 21. Qxc1
Qe2 22. Bf1 Qf3 23. Bg2 Qe2 24. Bf1 Qf3 25. Bg2 Qe2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2024"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2024.08.16"]
[Round "13.4"]
[White "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Black "Praggnanandhaa, R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[ECO "E68"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "fianchetto, classical variation, 8.e4"]
[WhiteFideId "12573981"]
[BlackFideId "25059530"]
[EventDate "2024.08.15"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. d4 d6 6. Nf3 Nbd7 7. O-O e5 8. e4
Re8 9. h3 b6 10. Re1 exd4 11. Nxd4 Bb7 12. Nc2 Nc5 13. f3 Nfd7 14. Nd5 Ne5 15.
Bf1 c6 16. Nc3 d5 17. cxd5 cxd5 18. exd5 Ned7 19. Be3 Nf6 20. Nb4 a5 21. Nc6 Qd7
22. Kg2 Nxd5 23. Qxd5 Qxc6 24. Qxc6 Bxc6 25. Rad1 Rad8 26. Bg5 Rxd1 27. Rxd1 h6
28. Bc1 h5 29. h4 Be5 30. Kf2 Kg7 31. Be2 Rc8 32. Be3 a4 33. a3 Ne6 34. f4 Bf6
35. Rd6 Nc5 36. Bf3 Bxf3 37. Kxf3 Bxc3 38. bxc3 Ne6 39. Ke2 Kg8 40. Kd3 b5 41.
Rb6 Rd8+ 42. Ke4 Re8 43. Kf3 Rc8 44. Bd2 Rd8 45. Ke2 Rd5 46. Be3 Kf8 47. Rc6 Ke7
48. c4 bxc4 49. Rxc4 Ra5 50. Rb4 Ra6 51. Kd3 Kf6 52. Ke4 Ra5 53. Rb6 Ke7 54. Bd2
Ra7 55. Bb4+ Kd7 56. f5 gxf5+ 57. Kxf5 Rc7 58. Kf6 Rc2 59. Rd6+ Kc8 60. Kxf7 Nc7
61. Kg6 Rg2 62. Rd3 Ne6 63. Kxh5 Kc7 64. Kg4 Ng7 65. Bc3 Ne8 66. Be5+ Kc6 67. h5
Re2 68. Kf5 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2024"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2024.08.16"]
[Round "13.5"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2793"]
[BlackElo "2802"]
[ECO "A50"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[WhiteFideId "2020009"]
[BlackFideId "2016192"]
[EventDate "2024.08.15"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. d4 c6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Bf4 Nc6 6. e3 a6 7. Bd3 Bg4 8. Nge2
e6 9. O-O Bd6 10. Bxd6 Qxd6 11. Na4 O-O 12. Rc1 Rab8 13. Qb3 Bxe2 14. Bxe2 e5
15. dxe5 Qxe5 16. Bf3 d4 17. Rfe1 Qa5 18. Nc5 dxe3 19. Qxe3 Qxa2 20. Qc3 Qa5 21.
Qxa5 Nxa5 22. b4 Nc6 23. Nxa6 bxa6 24. Rxc6 Rxb4 25. Rxa6 Rfb8 26. g3 Rb1 27.
Rxb1 Rxb1+ 28. Kg2 Rb8 29. h4 h5 30. Ra8 Rxa8 31. Bxa8 g6 32. Bf3 Kg7 33. Ba8
Kg8 34. Bf3 Kg7 35. Ba8 Kg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2024"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2024.08.16"]
[Round "14.1"]
[White "Abdusattorov, Nodirbek"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2762"]
[BlackElo "2793"]
[ECO "C47"]
[Opening "Four knights"]
[Variation "Scotch, 4...exd4"]
[WhiteFideId "14204118"]
[BlackFideId "2020009"]
[EventDate "2024.08.15"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 d6 8.
O-O h6 9. Na4 O-O 10. a3 Ba5 11. b4 Bb6 12. Bb2 Re8 13. Qf3 Be6 14. c4 Nd7 15.
Qe2 c5 16. Kh1 cxb4 17. axb4 a5 18. f4 f6 19. e5 f5 20. exd6 cxd6 21. c5 dxc5
22. Bc4 Nf8 23. Rad1 Qc7 24. Be5 Qa7 25. Bxe6+ Nxe6 26. Qc4 Kh7 27. Rd6 Bc7 28.
Rxe6 Bxe5 29. Rxe5 cxb4 30. Rxf5 Qd7 31. Qc2 b3 32. Qb1 Qd2 33. Re5+ Kh8 34.
Qxb3 Rab8 35. Qc3 Qa2 36. Nc5 Rg8 37. Re6 Kh7 38. Qd3+ Kh8 39. Qd4 Kh7 40. Qe4+
Kh8 41. Qe5 Kh7 42. Nd7 Qc4 43. Qe4+ Qxe4 44. Rxe4 Rb5 45. Ra1 Rd8 46. Ne5 Rd2
47. Rea4 Rc2 48. h3 Rbb2 49. Rg1 Rb5 50. Kh2 g5 51. Nf3 Rcb2 52. fxg5 hxg5 53.
Rga1 Rf5 54. R1a3 Rbb5 55. Nd4 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2024"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2024.08.16"]
[Round "14.2"]
[White "Praggnanandhaa, R"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2748"]
[ECO "D02"]
[Opening "Queen's bishop game"]
[WhiteFideId "25059530"]
[BlackFideId "3503240"]
[EventDate "2024.08.15"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bf4 e6 4. e3 c5 5. Nbd2 Qb6 6. Rb1 Bd6 7. Bg3 Nbd7 8. Be2
O-O 9. O-O Bxg3 10. hxg3 Qc7 11. c4 b6 12. cxd5 Nxd5 13. Rc1 Qd8 14. e4 Ne7 15.
Nc4 Ba6 16. Nd6 Bxe2 17. Qxe2 Nc8 18. Nc4 Qe7 19. Rfd1 h6 20. e5 Rd8 21. g4 Rb8
22. Qe3 Nf8 23. b3 Qc7 24. dxc5 Rxd1+ 25. Rxd1 bxc5 26. g5 h5 27. Nfd2 Nb6 28.
Nd6 Nd5 29. Qf3 Ng6 30. N2c4 h4 31. g3 hxg3 32. fxg3 Rf8 33. Re1 Qe7 34. Qh5 Rb8
35. Re2 Qc7 36. Rf2 Rf8 37. Rh2 Rb8 38. Qh7+ Kf8 39. Rf2 a5 40. Qxg6 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2024"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2024.08.16"]
[Round "14.3"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2802"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[ECO "D04"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[WhiteFideId "2016192"]
[BlackFideId "12573981"]
[EventDate "2024.08.15"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e3 c5 4. c4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e6 6. Nc3 Nc6 7. Be2 Bd6 8. O-O
O-O 9. Nf3 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Ne5 11. Be2 Nxf3+ 12. Bxf3 Be5 13. Qb3 Rb8 14. Bd2 Bd7
15. Rfd1 Qc7 16. h3 Bc6 17. Bxc6 Qxc6 18. Rac1 Rfd8 19. Ne2 Qa6 20. Bc3 Bxc3 21.
Nxc3 h6 22. Qb5 Rxd1+ 23. Rxd1 Qxb5 24. Nxb5 a6 25. Nd6 Rd8 26. Rd2 Kf8 27. Ne4
Rxd2 28. Nxd2 Ke7 29. Kf1 Nd7 30. Ke2 Kd6 31. Kd3 Kc6 32. Kc3 Nf6 33. e4 e5 34.
a3 b5 35. b4 Ne8 36. Nb3 Nd6 37. Na5+ Kc7 38. Kd3 Kb6 39. h4 h5 40. f3 Kc7 41.
Ke3 f6 42. Kd3 Kb6 43. Ke3 Kc7 44. Kd3 Kb6 45. Ke3 Kc7 46. Kd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2024"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2024.08.16"]
[Round "14.4"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[ECO "D77"]
[Opening "Neo-Gruenfeld, 6.O-O"]
[WhiteFideId "5202213"]
[BlackFideId "13300474"]
[EventDate "2024.08.15"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. d4 Nf6 5. c4 O-O 6. O-O Nc6 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Nc3
Nb6 9. e3 Re8 10. Re1 a5 11. Qe2 e5 12. Nxe5 Nxe5 13. dxe5 Bxe5 14. f4 Bxc3 15.
bxc3 Bf5 16. Bxb7 Be4 17. Bxa8 Bxa8 18. c4 Qe7 19. e4 Qe6 20. c5 Nd7 21. Bb2
Nxc5 22. f5 Qb6 23. Bd4 Rxe4 24. Qb2 Qxb2 25. Bxb2 gxf5 26. Rxe4 Bxe4 27. Rd1
Nd3 28. Bc3 a4 29. Rb1 f6 30. Bxf6 Kf7 31. Bc3 c5 32. Rb6 Nc1 33. Bd2 Nxa2 34.
Ra6 Nb4 35. Bxb4 cxb4 36. Rxa4 b3 37. Rb4 Bc2 38. Rb6 Ke7 39. Kf2 Kd7 40. Ke3
Kc7 41. Rb4 Kc6 42. Kd4 h5 43. Kc3 Kd5 44. Rh4 Ke5 45. Rxh5 Ke4 46. Rh4+ Kf3 47.
Rf4+ Kg2 48. h4 Kxg3 49. h5 Kxf4 50. h6 Kg3 51. h7 f4 52. h8=Q f3 53. Qg7+ Kf2
54. Kd2 Kf1 55. Ke3 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2024"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2024.08.16"]
[Round "14.5"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2721"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[ECO "B90"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Najdorf, Byrne (English) attack"]
[WhiteFideId "623539"]
[BlackFideId "4168119"]
[EventDate "2024.08.15"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. f3
Be6 9. Qd2 h5 10. Be2 Nbd7 11. Nd5 Bxd5 12. exd5 Qb8 13. a4 Bd8 14. a5 O-O 15.
O-O b6 16. c3 Nc5 17. Nxc5 bxc5 18. b4 cxb4 19. cxb4 Qb7 20. Rfd1 e4 21. Rac1
exf3 22. Bxf3 Ng4 23. Bd4 Bf6 24. Bxg4 Bxd4+ 25. Qxd4 hxg4 26. Qxg4 Rac8 27. Qd4
Rfe8 28. h3 Re5 29. Qb6 Rxc1 30. Qxb7 Rxd1+ 31. Kh2 Rd2 32. Qxa6 Rg5 33. Qf1 Rb2
34. a6 Rxb4 35. a7 Ra4 36. Qb1 Rxd5 37. Qb8+ Kh7 38. a8=Q Rxa8 39. Qxa8 Rf5 40.
g4 Rf6 41. Kg3 g6 42. h4 Re6 43. Qf8 Rf6 44. h5 gxh5 45. gxh5 d5 46. h6 Rg6+ 47.
Kf4 d4 48. Kf5 Rg1 49. Qxf7+ Kxh6 50. Qf6+ Kh7 51. Qh4+ Kg8 52. Qxd4 Rg7 53. Kf6
Kh8 54. Qe5 Kh7 55. Qe8 Rg3 56. Qe4+ Kg8 57. Qc4+ 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2024"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2024.08.16"]
[Round "15.1"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2748"]
[BlackElo "2802"]
[ECO "C55"]
[Opening "Two knights defence (Modern bishop's opening)"]
[WhiteFideId "3503240"]
[BlackFideId "2016192"]
[EventDate "2024.08.15"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 h6 5. O-O d6 6. c3 g5 7. Bb3 Bg7 8. Nbd2
O-O 9. h3 Be6 10. Re1 Re8 11. Nf1 d5 12. Ng3 a6 13. Nh2 Qd7 14. Nh5 dxe4 15.
Nxf6+ Bxf6 16. dxe4 Qxd1 17. Rxd1 h5 18. Nf1 Kg7 19. Bxe6 fxe6 20. Be3 Rad8 21.
b4 Ne7 22. Nd2 Nc8 23. Kf1 Nd6 24. a4 g4 25. hxg4 hxg4 26. Ke2 Kg6 27. c4 Nc8
28. c5 Na7 29. Nb3 Nc6 30. b5 Nd4+ 31. Bxd4 exd4 32. Kd3 axb5 33. axb5 Be5 34.
Na5 Rb8 35. Nc4 Bg7 36. Ra7 Rf8 37. Rf1 Rf7 38. Ke2 Rd7 39. Nb2 Rf7 40. Nd3 e5
41. Rc1 Re7 42. Rca1 Ree8 43. Rh1 Bf6 44. Rha1 Rh8 45. Rb1 Rhc8 46. b6 c6 47.
Rba1 Rh8 48. Rb1 Rh2 49. g3 Rhh8 50. Raa1 Kf7 51. Ra7 Ke6 52. Nb4 Be7 53. Rc1
Rh2 54. Nxc6 bxc6 55. Rc7 Ra8 56. Rxc6+ Kf7 57. b7 Ra2+ 58. Kd3 Rb2 59. Rb6
Rhxf2 60. b8=Q 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2024"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2024.08.16"]
[Round "15.2"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2793"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[ECO "D35"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "exchange, positional line"]
[WhiteFideId "2020009"]
[BlackFideId "4168119"]
[EventDate "2024.08.15"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Bb4 6. e3 h6 7. Bh4 Bf5 8. Bd3
Bxd3 9. Qxd3 c6 10. Nf3 Nbd7 11. O-O O-O 12. Ne5 Be7 13. f4 Nxe5 14. fxe5 Nd7
15. Bg3 Bh4 16. Bf4 Qe8 17. e4 dxe4 18. Nxe4 Qe6 19. Nd6 f5 20. Be3 Qd5 21. Rad1
Be7 22. Nxf5 Rf7 23. Bxh6 Raf8 24. Qg3 Kh7 25. Bxg7 Rxf5 26. Bxf8 Rxf1+ 27. Rxf1
Nxf8 28. Qh3+ Kg7 29. Qg4+ Ng6 30. b3 c5 31. dxc5 Qxc5+ 32. Kh1 Qxe5 33. Qf3 b6
34. g3 Kh6 35. Rf2 Bc5 36. Rf1 a5 37. Qd3 Qe6 38. a4 Qc6+ 39. Qf3 Qe6 40. Kg2
Kg7 41. Rd1 Ne7 42. h4 Nf5 43. Qg4+ Kf6 44. Kh3 Nd4 45. Qxe6+ Kxe6 46. Rd3 Kf5
47. g4+ Kf4 48. g5 Kf5 49. Rg3 Ne6 50. Rf3+ Nf4+ 51. Kg3 Bd6 52. g6 Ke4 53. Kg4
Nxg6 54. Rf6 Ne5+ 55. Kh3 Bc5 56. h5 Nd7 57. Rf7 Ne5 58. Rf1 Be3 59. Rf6 Nd7 60.
Re6+ Kf3 61. h6 Bxh6 62. Rxh6 Ke4 63. Rd6 Ne5 64. Rxb6 Kd4 65. Rb5 Nc6 66. Kg4 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2024"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2024.08.16"]
[Round "15.3"]
[White "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Black "Abdusattorov, Nodirbek"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2762"]
[ECO "A13"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "Neo-Catalan accepted"]
[WhiteFideId "12573981"]
[BlackFideId "14204118"]
[EventDate "2024.08.15"]

1. c4 e6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. Qa4+ Nbd7 6. Qxc4 a6 7. Qc2 c5 8.
Nc3 Qc7 9. d4 b5 10. Bf4 Qa7 11. d5 exd5 12. a4 b4 13. Nxd5 Nxd5 14. Qe4+ Be7
15. Qxd5 Nf6 16. Qd3 Bb7 17. O-O O-O 18. Ne5 Rad8 19. Qb3 Bd6 20. Rad1 Bxg2 21.
Kxg2 Bxe5 22. Bxe5 Qe7 23. Bf4 Nd5 24. Qc4 Qe6 25. b3 Nxf4+ 26. gxf4 Qxc4 27.
bxc4 Rxd1 28. Rxd1 Rb8 29. Kf3 b3 30. Rb1 Rb4 31. Ke3 a5 32. Kd3 g6 33. Kc3 Rxa4
34. Rxb3 Rb4 35. Ra3 a4 36. Ra2 Kg7 37. e3 Kf6 38. Rd2 Rb6 39. Rd5 a3 40. Rd2
Kf5 41. f3 Re6 42. Re2 a2 43. Kb2 Ra6 44. Ka1 Ra3 45. h4 h5 46. Rxa2 Rxe3 47.
Ra5 Kxf4 48. Rxc5 Kxf3 49. Kb2 Kg4 50. Rc7 Rf3 51. c5 Kxh4 52. c6 g5 53. Rd7 Rf5
54. c7 Rc5 55. Rxf7 g4 56. Kb3 Kh3 57. Kb4 Rc1 58. Kb5 g3 59. Kb6 g2 60. Rg7 h4
61. Kb7 Kh2 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2024"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2024.08.16"]
[Round "15.4"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2721"]
[ECO "D85"]
[Opening "Gruenfeld"]
[Variation "modern exchange variation"]
[WhiteFideId "5202213"]
[BlackFideId "623539"]
[EventDate "2024.08.15"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Nf3 c5 8.
Rb1 O-O 9. Be2 cxd4 10. cxd4 Qa5+ 11. Bd2 Qxa2 12. O-O Bg4 13. Rxb7 Bxf3 14.
Bxf3 Bxd4 15. e5 Na6 16. Rxe7 Rad8 17. e6 fxe6 18. Qe1 Nc5 19. Bc3 Nd3 20. Bxd4
Nxe1 21. Rg7+ Kh8 22. Rd7+ Kg8 23. Rg7+ Kh8 24. Rd7+ Kg8 25. Rg7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2024"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2024.08.16"]
[Round "15.5"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Praggnanandhaa, R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[ECO "C20"]
[Opening "KP"]
[Variation "Indian opening"]
[WhiteFideId "13300474"]
[BlackFideId "25059530"]
[EventDate "2024.08.15"]

1. e4 e5 2. d3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. g4 h6 5. Bg2 Bb4 6. h4 d5 7. g5 d4 8. a3 Bxc3+
9. bxc3 Ng8 10. cxd4 Nxd4 11. c3 Nc6 12. f4 exf4 13. Bxf4 hxg5 14. hxg5 Rxh1 15.
Bxh1 Nge7 16. d4 Ng6 17. Be3 Na5 18. Nf3 Bd7 19. Nd2 Qe7 20. Qb1 Qe6 21. Qb4 Qh3
22. Bf3 Nh4 23. O-O-O Nc6 24. Qxb7 Rb8 25. Qxc7 Nxf3 26. d5 Rc8 27. Qd6 Nce5 28.
Nxf3 Rxc3+ 29. Kb1 Nxf3 30. Bc5 Rxc5 31. Qxc5 Ne5 32. Qb4 f6 33. gxf6 gxf6 34.
Rd2 Kf7 35. Ka2 Qe3 36. Qd4 Qe1 37. Rg2 Qf1 38. Rf2 Qc4+ 39. Qxc4 Nxc4 40. Kb3
Ne5 41. Kc3 Ke7 42. Kd4 a6 43. Rf1 Bb5 44. Rh1 Kd6 45. Rh6 Ke7 46. Rh7+ Kd6 47.
Rh6 Ke7 48. Rh7+ Kd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2024"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2024.08.16"]
[Round "16.1"]
[White "Abdusattorov, Nodirbek"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2762"]
[BlackElo "2748"]
[ECO "C47"]
[Opening "Four knights"]
[Variation "Scotch, 4...exd4"]
[WhiteFideId "14204118"]
[BlackFideId "3503240"]
[EventDate "2024.08.15"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 O-O 8.
O-O d5 9. exd5 cxd5 10. h3 c5 11. Bg5 Be6 12. a3 Bxc3 13. bxc3 h6 14. Bh4 c4 15.
Be2 Bf5 16. Bf3 Be4 17. Re1 Re8 18. Rb1 Qd6 19. Bxf6 Qxf6 20. Bxe4 dxe4 21. Qd4
Rad8 22. Rxe4 Rxe4 23. Qxe4 Qxc3 24. a4 Qd4 25. Qc6 Qc3 26. Qe4 Qd4 27. Qe2 a5
28. g3 g6 29. Qe7 Qd6 30. Qa7 Qd2 31. Qc7 Qd5 32. Rb5 Qd1+ 33. Kg2 c3 34. Qxc3
Qd4 35. Qb3 Ra8 36. Rb7 Rf8 37. c4 Qe4+ 38. Kg1 Qe1+ 39. Kg2 Qe4+ 40. Kh2 Qe2
41. Qb6 Qxc4 42. Qxa5 Qe4 43. Rb2 Ra8 44. Qc3 Qxa4 45. Qe5 Qd7 46. Re2 h5 47. h4
Rd8 48. Qe4 Qd5 49. Qxd5 Rxd5 50. Kg2 Kg7 51. Kh2 Kg8 52. Kg2 Kg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2024"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2024.08.16"]
[Round "16.2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2802"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[ECO "A07"]
[Opening "Reti"]
[Variation "King's Indian attack, Pachman system"]
[WhiteFideId "2016192"]
[BlackFideId "13300474"]
[EventDate "2024.08.15"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O e5 5. d3 Ne7 6. c4 O-O 7. Nc3 d4 8. Ne4
Nbc6 9. a3 a5 10. Rb1 f5 11. Ned2 a4 12. b4 axb3 13. Nxb3 h6 14. Ne1 Ra7 15. Nc2
b6 16. e3 dxe3 17. fxe3 Bb7 18. Bb2 Na5 19. Bxb7 Nxb7 20. d4 e4 21. Qe2 c5 22.
dxc5 bxc5 23. Bxg7 Kxg7 24. Rfd1 Qc7 25. Qd2 Rd8 26. Qc3+ Kf7 27. Rf1 Ra6 28.
Nc1 Qa5 29. Qe5 Nd6 30. Nb3 Nxc4 31. Qxe4 Qc3 32. Qh4 Nxe3 33. Nxe3 Qxe3+ 34.
Kh1 Re6 35. Qc4 Rd5 36. a4 Qe4+ 37. Qxe4 Rxe4 38. Ra1 c4 39. Nc1 Nc6 40. Na2 Rd2
41. Nc3 Re3 42. Nb1 Rb2 43. Rc1 Ree2 44. a5 Rxh2+ 45. Kg1 Nd4 46. Ra3 Ne2+ 47.
Kxh2 Nxc1+ 48. Kh3 Rxb1 49. a6 Rb8 50. Rc3 Nd3 51. Rxc4 Ne5 52. Rc7+ Kf6 53. a7
Ra8 54. Rb7 Kg5 55. Rc7 h5 56. Kg2 h4 57. Kh3 hxg3 58. Kxg3 f4+ 59. Kg2 Kf5 60.
Kf2 g5 61. Kf1 g4 62. Kf2 g3+ 63. Kg2 Ng6 64. Rg7 Kf6 65. Rb7 Ne5 66. Rc7 Kf5
67. Kg1 f3 68. Kf1 Rh8 69. Kg1 f2+ 70. Kg2 Rh2+ 71. Kxg3 f1=N# 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2024"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2024.08.16"]
[Round "16.3"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2721"]
[BlackElo "2793"]
[ECO "C78"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "5.O-O"]
[WhiteFideId "623539"]
[BlackFideId "2020009"]
[EventDate "2024.08.15"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. c3 d6 8. d4 Bb6
9. Be3 O-O 10. Nbd2 Na5 11. Bc2 Ng4 12. a4 Nxe3 13. fxe3 Bd7 14. b4 Nc6 15. Bb3
bxa4 16. Bxa4 a5 17. Bb3 exd4 18. bxa5 Nxa5 19. exd4 Nxb3 20. Qxb3 h6 21. Nc4
Rb8 22. Nxb6 Rxb6 23. Qc2 Re8 24. Rae1 Qb8 25. Rf2 c5 26. e5 cxd4 27. cxd4 Be6
28. h3 Bd5 29. exd6 Rxe1+ 30. Nxe1 Rxd6 31. Qf5 Qd8 32. Qf4 f6 33. Rd2 Re6 34.
Nc2 Qe7 35. Kh2 Re4 36. Qb8+ Kh7 37. Nb4 Bb7 38. Nc2 Bd5 39. Nb4 Bf7 40. Nc2 Bg6
41. Qg3 f5 42. d5 f4 43. Qa3 Qe5 44. Qa1 Qg5 45. Qa3 f3 46. Rf2 Re2 47. Rxe2
fxe2 48. Ne1 Qxd5 49. Qe3 Qd1 50. Nf3 Qd6+ 51. Kg1 Qd1+ 52. Kh2 Bb1 53. g4 Qf1
54. Kg3 Bg6 55. h4 Qd1 56. h5 Bb1 57. g5 e1=Q+ 58. Nxe1 hxg5 59. Nf3 Qd6+ 60.
Kg4 Qf4+ 61. Qxf4 gxf4 62. Kxf4 g6 63. hxg6+ Kxg6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2024"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2024.08.16"]
[Round "16.4"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[ECO "A29"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "four knights, kingside fianchetto"]
[WhiteFideId "4168119"]
[BlackFideId "12573981"]
[EventDate "2024.08.15"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Bc5 7. Qc2 Ndb4 8.
Qb1 Be6 9. a3 Nd5 10. O-O O-O 11. Ne4 Be7 12. d3 h6 13. b4 a5 14. bxa5 f5 15.
Ned2 Nc3 16. Qxb7 Nxe2+ 17. Kh1 Bd5 18. Re1 Nb4 19. Qxd5+ Nxd5 20. Rxe2 Bf6 21.
Nxe5 Nc3 22. Re1 Bxe5 23. Rxe5 Qxd3 24. Nf3 Ne4 25. Be3 c5 26. Bf1 Qc3 27. Rc1
Qxa3 28. Kg2 Rxa5 29. Rc2 Kh7 30. Bc4 Qa4 31. Rc1 Nd6 32. Bd3 c4 33. Bc2 Qa3 34.
Re6 Re8 35. Rxe8 Nxe8 36. Nd4 Nd6 37. Rb1 Rd5 38. Rb6 Qa2 39. Bb1 Qa8 40. Kg1
Qd8 41. Rc6 Qd7 42. Rb6 Ne4 43. Bxe4 fxe4 44. Ne2 Rd1+ 45. Kg2 Qg4 46. Ng1 Qc8
47. Ne2 c3 48. Rb3 Qc4 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2024"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2024.08.16"]
[Round "16.5"]
[White "Praggnanandhaa, R"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[ECO "D02"]
[Opening "Queen's bishop game"]
[WhiteFideId "25059530"]
[BlackFideId "5202213"]
[EventDate "2024.08.15"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bf4 c5 4. e3 Nc6 5. Bb5 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Bd7 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8.
Be2 g6 9. O-O Bg7 10. Be5 O-O 11. c4 Be6 12. cxd5 cxd5 13. Nc3 Ne4 14. Bxg7 Kxg7
15. Qd4+ Nf6 16. Rac1 Qb6 17. Na4 Qxd4 18. exd4 Rfb8 19. b3 Bd7 20. Nc5 Bb5 21.
Bxb5 Rxb5 22. Nd3 Rb7 23. Rc5 a5 24. f3 e6 25. Rfc1 Ne8 26. Rc6 h5 27. Kf2 Kf6
28. h4 Ng7 29. g4 hxg4 30. fxg4 g5 31. h5 Ne8 32. Ke3 Kg7 33. Rf1 Rd8 34. Ra6
Nd6 35. Rxa5 f5 36. Ne5 fxg4 37. Nxg4 Nf5+ 38. Kd3 Rb4 39. Ra7+ Kf8 40. Kc3 Rxd4
41. Rxf5+ exf5 42. Kxd4 fxg4 43. h6 Rd6 44. Ra8+ 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2024"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2024.08.16"]
[Round "17.1"]
[White "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2793"]
[ECO "A00"]
[Opening "Amar (Paris) opening"]
[WhiteFideId "12573981"]
[BlackFideId "2020009"]
[EventDate "2024.08.15"]

1. Nh3 d5 2. g3 e5 3. d4 exd4 4. Qxd4 Nc6 5. Qd1 Nf6 6. Bg2 Bc5 7. Nf4 d4 8. O-O
O-O 9. c4 Re8 10. Nd2 a5 11. Nb3 Ba7 12. a4 Ne5 13. Nxa5 c6 14. b4 Bb6 15. c5
Bxa5 16. bxa5 Bf5 17. Bb2 g5 18. Qxd4 Qxd4 19. Bxd4 gxf4 20. gxf4 Ned7 21. f3
Rxe2 22. Rfd1 Nd5 23. Bf1 Rc2 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2024"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2024.08.16"]
[Round "17.2"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2802"]
[ECO "D06"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "symmetrical (Austrian) defence"]
[WhiteFideId "5202213"]
[BlackFideId "2016192"]
[EventDate "2024.08.15"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c5 3. cxd5 Nf6 4. Nf3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nxd5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. e4 Ndb4 8.
a3 Qxd1+ 9. Kxd1 Na6 10. Be3 g6 11. Nc3 Bg7 12. Kc2 Bg4 13. Bb5 Nc7 14. Bxc6+
bxc6 15. Nd4 Nb5 16. Ndxb5 cxb5 17. Nxb5 Rc8+ 18. Nc3 Rc7 19. f3 Bd7 20. Rac1
Bxc3 21. bxc3 Ba4+ 22. Kd2 f6 23. Rb1 Kf7 24. Rb4 Rd8+ 25. Rd4 Rxd4+ 26. Bxd4 e5
27. Be3 Rb7 28. Kd3 Rb2 29. Bxa7 Rxg2 30. h4 f5 31. exf5 gxf5 32. Re1 Ke6 33.
Bb8 Bc2+ 34. Kc4 e4 35. fxe4 fxe4 36. Kd4 Rd2+ 37. Ke3 Rd3+ 38. Kf4 Rxc3 39. Re3
Rc8 40. Ba7 h6 41. Rg3 Rf8+ 42. Ke3 Kd5 43. Rg6 Rf3+ 44. Kd2 Ba4 45. Be3 Rh3 46.
Rxh6 Kc4 47. Rh8 Rh2+ 48. Ke1 Kd3 49. Bf4 Re2+ 50. Kf1 Bb5 51. Rd8+ Kc2 52. Kg1
e3 53. Rc8+ Kd3 54. Rc5 Bc4 55. Re5 Re1+ 56. Kg2 e2 57. Bg3 Ra1 58. h5 Rxa3 59.
h6 Ra7 60. Rh5 Rh7 61. Kf2 Kd2 62. Re5 Rf7+ 63. Kg2 Bd3 64. Kh3 Rf6 65. Rh5 Rf3
66. Re5 Rf6 67. Kg4 Rg6+ 68. Kf3 Kd1 69. Re7 Rxh6 70. Ke3 Ba6 71. Rd7+ Kc1 72.
Rc7+ Kb1 73. Re7 Rf6 74. Kd2 Rf3 75. Rc7 Rxg3 76. Rc6 Rd3+ 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2024"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2024.08.16"]
[Round "17.3"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Abdusattorov, Nodirbek"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2762"]
[ECO "C01"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "exchange variation"]
[WhiteFideId "13300474"]
[BlackFideId "14204118"]
[EventDate "2024.08.15"]

1. d4 e6 2. e4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Nf3 Bd6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 O-O 7. cxd5 Bg4 8.
Be2 Nbd7 9. O-O Nb6 10. Bg5 Be7 11. h3 Bh5 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. Qb3 Bxf3 14. Bxf3
Bxd4 15. Rad1 Be5 16. Ne4 Bd6 17. g3 a5 18. a3 a4 19. Qc3 Nd7 20. h4 h6 21. Rfe1
f5 22. Nxd6 cxd6 23. Re6 Rc8 24. Qd4 Ne5 25. Rxe5 dxe5 26. Qxe5 Qf6 27. Qf4 Qxb2
28. d6 Qxa3 29. d7 Rcd8 30. Bxb7 Qb2 31. Bd5+ Kh8 32. Qxa4 f4 33. gxf4 Qe2 34.
Rd4 Qg4+ 35. Bg2 Qxh4 36. Qc4 Qg4 37. Qd3 Rxf4 38. Rxf4 Qxf4 39. Bh3 Qg5+ 40.
Kf1 Qf6 41. Qe3 Kh7 42. Qe4+ g6 43. Qe8 Kg7 44. Kg2 Qc6+ 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2024"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2024.08.16"]
[Round "17.4"]
[White "Praggnanandhaa, R"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2721"]
[ECO "A45"]
[Opening "Trompovsky attack (Ruth, Opovcensky opening)"]
[WhiteFideId "25059530"]
[BlackFideId "623539"]
[EventDate "2024.08.15"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 3. e3 c5 4. Bxf6 exf6 5. Nc3 Be6 6. Nge2 Nc6 7. Nf4 cxd4 8.
exd4 Bb4 9. Bb5 O-O 10. Bxc6 bxc6 11. O-O Bd6 12. Qf3 Qb6 13. Nxe6 fxe6 14. Qe3
e5 15. dxe5 fxe5 16. Na4 Qc7 17. c4 Rf4 18. b3 d4 19. Qe2 e4 20. g3 d3 21. Qe3
Rg4 22. h3 Rg6 23. Qxe4 Bxg3 24. Kh1 Qd7 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2024"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2024.08.16"]
[Round "17.5"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2748"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[ECO "B04"]
[Opening "Alekhine's defence"]
[Variation "modern, Larsen variation"]
[WhiteFideId "3503240"]
[BlackFideId "4168119"]
[EventDate "2024.08.15"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 dxe5 5. Nxe5 g6 6. Bc4 Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8. Re1
Nb6 9. Bb3 N8d7 10. Qe2 Nxe5 11. dxe5 a5 12. a4 Be6 13. Bxe6 fxe6 14. Nd2 Qd5
15. Nf3 Rf5 16. b3 Raf8 17. Rd1 Qc6 18. Nd4 Rxe5 19. Qxe5 Bxe5 20. Nxc6 Bxa1 21.
Nxa5 Rb8 22. Be3 Bc3 23. Bxb6 cxb6 24. Nc4 Ba5 25. Rd7 Kf8 26. g4 Ke8 27. Rd3
Kf7 28. Kg2 Kf6 29. Rf3+ Kg7 30. Rd3 Kf6 31. h4 h6 32. Kg3 g5 33. Rf3+ Kg7 34.
h5 Rc8 35. Rd3 Rc7 36. Kf3 Bb4 37. Ke4 Bc5 38. f3 Bg1 39. Rd8 Bh2 40. Rd2 Bf4
41. Rd1 Kf7 42. Rd8 Rc5 43. Rd7 b5 44. axb5 Rxb5 45. Rd8 Rb4 46. Kd3 Rb5 47. Ke4
Rb4 48. Kd3 Rb5 49. Rh8 Kg7 50. Re8 Kf7 51. Rh8 Kg7 52. Rc8 Kf7 53. Ke2 Rd5 54.
Ra8 b5 55. Na3 Rd2+ 56. Ke1 b4 57. Nc4 Rxc2 58. Ra4 Rc3 59. Rxb4 Rxf3 60. Rb7
Rg3 61. b4 Rxg4 62. Ke2 Rg2+ 63. Kf3 Rc2 64. Na5 Rc3+ 65. Ke4 Re3+ 66. Kd4 g4
67. Nc6 g3 68. Nxe7 Kf6 69. Ng8+ 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2024"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2024.08.16"]
[Round "18.1"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[ECO "C15"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "Winawer (Nimzovich) variation"]
[WhiteFideId "4168119"]
[BlackFideId "13300474"]
[EventDate "2024.08.15"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. a3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 dxe4 6. Qg4 Nf6 7. Qxg7 Rg8 8.
Qh6 Nbd7 9. Ne2 b6 10. c4 Bb7 11. Bb2 Qe7 12. h3 O-O-O 13. O-O-O Ne8 14. c5 bxc5
15. dxc5 Qxc5 16. Nd4 Nd6 17. Qd2 Qg5 18. Qxg5 Rxg5 19. h4 Rgg8 20. Rh3 Nb6 21.
Nb3 Ndc4 22. Rxd8+ Rxd8 23. Bf6 Rg8 24. Bg5 Bd5 25. Nc5 Nd7 26. Nxe4 Bxe4 27.
Bxc4 Bxg2 28. Rg3 Be4 29. Re3 Bd5 30. Ba6+ Kb8 31. Bd3 h5 32. Be2 f6 33. Bf4 e5
34. Bg3 Bf7 35. f4 Re8 36. Bb5 exf4 37. Rxe8+ Bxe8 38. Bxf4 Kc8 39. Kd2 Kd8 40.
Bxd7 Kxd7 41. Be3 a6 42. Bd4 Ke6 43. Ke3 Kf5 44. c4 Bf7 45. c5 Bd5 46. Bc3 c6
47. a4 Bb3 48. a5 Bd1 49. Bb2 Ke6 50. Kd4 Bf3 51. Bc3 Bg4 52. Bb2 Kf5 53. Ke3
Bd1 54. Bc3 Bb3 55. Bb2 Ke6 56. Kd4 Kf5 57. Ke3 Ke6 58. Kd4 Kf5 59. Ke3 Ke6 60.
Kd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2024"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2024.08.16"]
[Round "18.2"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2721"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[ECO "B00"]
[Opening "King's pawn opening"]
[WhiteFideId "623539"]
[BlackFideId "12573981"]
[EventDate "2024.08.15"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 c6 3. Nf3 Qc7 4. c4 e5 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. Be2 Be7 7. O-O Nbd7 8. b3
Nf8 9. Re1 Bg4 10. d5 cxd5 11. exd5 Ng6 12. Be3 O-O 13. Rc1 a6 14. b4 Bxf3 15.
Bxf3 Qxc4 16. a3 Rac8 17. Na4 Qh4 18. h3 e4 19. Rxc8 Rxc8 20. Bg4 Nxg4 21. Qxg4
Qxg4 22. hxg4 b5 23. Nb6 Rc3 24. Bd4 Rxa3 25. Rxe4 Rd3 26. Nc8 Bf8 27. Kf1 Rb3
28. Re8 Rxb4 29. Be3 Rb3 30. Nxd6 Rd3 31. Nf5 Rxd5 32. Ra8 b4 33. Rxa6 Rb5 34.
Nd4 Rb8 35. Nc6 Rb7 36. Na5 Rb5 37. Nb3 Ne5 38. Ra8 f6 39. Bc5 Nd7 40. Bxf8 Nxf8
41. Ke2 Rb7 42. Nc5 b3 43. Ra1 Rb5 44. Nd3 Ne6 45. Rb1 Kf7 46. Kd2 Kg6 47. f4
Nc7 48. Kc3 h5 49. gxh5+ Kxh5 50. Nf2 Kh4 51. Ne4 Kg4 52. g3 f5 53. Nd2 b2 54.
Nc4 Kxg3 55. Nxb2 Kxf4 56. Nd3+ Kg5 57. Rg1+ Kf6 58. Nf4 g5 59. Nh5+ Kg6 60.
Nf4+ Kh6 61. Nd3 f4 62. Kc4 Ra5 63. Nf2 Kg6 64. Kd4 Ne6+ 65. Ke4 Nc5+ 66. Kf3
Kf5 67. Rc1 Ra3+ 68. Kg2 Nd3 69. Nxd3 Rxd3 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2024"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2024.08.16"]
[Round "18.3"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Praggnanandhaa, R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2802"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[ECO "C77"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Anderssen variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2016192"]
[BlackFideId "25059530"]
[EventDate "2024.08.15"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 Bc5 6. O-O b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 h6
9. Be3 Bxe3 10. fxe3 O-O 11. Qe1 Be6 12. Bc2 Ne7 13. Nh4 c5 14. Nd2 Ng6 15. Nf5
a5 16. a4 b4 17. Bb3 Rb8 18. Bc4 Kh7 19. cxb4 Rxb4 20. b3 Bxc4 21. dxc4 Rb6 22.
Ng3 Qd7 23. Ne2 Qe6 24. Nc3 Ne7 25. Qb1 Kg8 26. Qd3 Nc6 27. Rf3 Nb4 28. Qe2 Nh7
29. Raf1 Rb7 30. Nb5 Rd7 31. R3f2 Ng5 32. h4 Nh7 33. Nb1 Nf6 34. N1c3 Ne8 35. h5
Nc7 36. Rf5 Ne8 37. Qf3 Nc7 38. Qg3 Kh8 39. Qf2 Nca6 40. Rd1 Kg8 41. Ne2 Nc6 42.
Nec3 Nab4 43. Qg3 Ne7 44. Rf3 Kh8 45. Rdf1 Ng8 46. Nd5 Nxd5 47. exd5 Qe7 48. Rf5
Rb7 49. Qe1 Qd8 50. R1f3 Rd7 51. Rf1 Rb7 52. Qg3 Qe7 53. R1f3 Qd8 54. Qf2 Qe7
55. Kf1 Rd7 56. Ke1 Qe8 57. Kd1 f6 58. Rh3 Ne7 59. Rff3 f5 60. e4 f4 61. g3 Ng8
62. gxf4 Nf6 63. Qe3 Ng4 64. Qg1 Nf6 65. Qg6 exf4 66. Qxe8 Rxe8 67. Rxf4 Re5 68.
Rfh4 Kg8 69. Nc3 Rb7 70. Kc2 Kf8 71. Rf3 Ke8 72. Rf5 Rbe7 73. Kd3 Rxf5 74. exf5
Re5 75. Ne4 Ke7 76. Ng3 Re1 77. Rh2 Rd1+ 78. Kc2 Rg1 79. Re2+ Kd7 80. Re3 Ng4
81. Rc3 Rg2+ 82. Kd1 Rh2 83. Ne4 Rxh5 84. Rg3 Rh4 85. f6 g5 86. f7 Ke7 87. Nxd6
Rh1+ 88. Ke2 Rh2+ 89. Ke1 h5 90. Rf3 Kf8 91. Ne4 Rh1+ 92. Kd2 Rh2+ 93. Kc3 Ne5
94. Rf5 Rh3+ 95. Kb2 Nd3+ 96. Ka3 Rh1 97. b4 axb4+ 98. Kb3 Rh3 99. Nxg5 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2024"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2024.08.16"]
[Round "18.4"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2793"]
[BlackElo "2748"]
[ECO "A07"]
[Opening "Reti"]
[Variation "King's Indian attack, Pachman system"]
[WhiteFideId "2020009"]
[BlackFideId "3503240"]
[EventDate "2024.08.15"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O e5 5. d3 Ne7 6. Nc3 Nbc6 7. e4 dxe4 8. Nxe4
O-O 9. Re1 h6 10. Bd2 b6 11. b4 a6 12. a4 Be6 13. Rb1 Nd4 14. Nxd4 exd4 15. h4
Nd5 16. a5 Qd7 17. f4 f5 18. Nf2 b5 19. h5 gxh5 20. Qxh5 Rae8 21. Qf3 c6 22. Re2
Re7 23. Rbe1 Rfe8 24. Bh3 Nf6 25. Kh2 Bd5 26. Rxe7 Rxe7 27. Rxe7 Qxe7 28. Qd1
Qe6 29. Qe1 h5 30. Qxe6+ Bxe6 31. Kg1 Bf8 32. Ne4 Ng4 33. Nc5 Bxc5 34. bxc5 Bd5
35. Bc1 Kf7 36. Bb2 Ne3 37. Bxd4 Nxc2 38. Bb2 Kg6 39. Kf2 Nb4 40. Ke3 Bh1 41.
Kd4 Kf6 42. Ke3+ Kg6 43. Bf1 Nd5+ 44. Kd4 Kf6 45. Be2 Ke6 46. Bxh5 Nf6 47. Bg6
Bd5 48. Ke3 Ng4+ 49. Kd2 Bf3 50. Bg7 Bd5 51. Kc3 Bf3 52. Bd4 Bd5 53. Bh7 Bg2 54.
Bg8+ Kd7 55. Bf7 Bf3 56. Bg7 Bg2 57. Kd2 Bf3 58. Bc3 Bg2 59. Bg8 Bf3 60. Bg7 Bg2
61. Kc3 Bf3 62. Kd4 Bg2 63. Bf8 Bf3 64. Bf7 Bg2 65. Bg6 Ke6 66. Bd6 Bh1 67. Kc3
Bg2 68. Bh5 Nf6 69. Be2 Ng4 70. Bd1 Bh1 71. Kd4 Bd5 72. Bf8 Nf6 73. Ke3 Ng4+ 74.
Kd4 Nf6 75. Bg7 Ng4 76. Kc3 Kf7 77. Bd4 Ke6 78. Bg1 Kf7 79. Bc2 Ke6 80. Kd2 Kf7
81. d4 Ke6 82. Bd3 Nf6 83. Bf2 Be4 84. Be2 Bd5 85. Be1 Ng4 86. Bd1 Nf6 87. Ke3
Ng4+ 88. Kd2 Nf6 89. Ke3 Ng4+ 90. Kd2 Nf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2024"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2024.08.16"]
[Round "18.5"]
[White "Abdusattorov, Nodirbek"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2762"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[ECO "D02"]
[Opening "Queen's bishop game"]
[WhiteFideId "14204118"]
[BlackFideId "5202213"]
[EventDate "2024.08.15"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Bf4 c5 4. e3 Nc6 5. Nbd2 cxd4 6. exd4 Bf5 7. c3 e6 8. Qb3
Bd6 9. Bxd6 Qxd6 10. Be2 O-O 11. O-O Rab8 12. a4 Ne4 13. Rfe1 Qc7 14. Qa3 Nxd2
15. Nxd2 Ne7 16. a5 Nc8 17. Nf3 Bg4 18. Ne5 Bxe2 19. Rxe2 Nd6 20. Qb4 Rfc8 21.
g3 h6 22. Kg2 Nc4 23. Nd3 Qd6 24. Qxd6 Nxd6 25. g4 g6 26. h4 Kg7 27. a6 b6 28.
Rh1 Rh8 29. h5 g5 30. f3 Rbc8 31. Ra1 Rc7 32. Kg3 Kf6 33. Nb4 Rg8 34. Rf1 Kg7
35. Kh3 Kf8 36. Kg3 Kg7 37. Kh3 Kf8 38. Kg3 Kg7 1/2-1/2

