[Event "Saint Louis Masters 2026"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2026.02.25"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Celik, Hasan Huseyin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2795"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[ECO "C19"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "Winawer, advance, 6...Ne7"]
[WhiteFideId "2020009"]
[BlackFideId "44506759"]
[EventDate "2026.02.25"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Ne7 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7. h4 Nbc6 8. Nf3
h6 9. a4 Qa5 10. Bd2 Bd7 11. h5 Qc7 12. Bd3 c4 13. Be2 O-O-O 14. Qc1 Rdg8 15. g4
f6 16. Bf4 g5 17. hxg6 Nxg6 18. Bg3 fxe5 19. dxe5 Qa5 20. Qd2 Be8 21. Nd4 Ncxe5
22. Rh5 Nf7 23. Nxe6 Ng5 24. Nxg5 hxg5 25. Qd4 Rxh5 26. gxh5 Nf4 27. Bxf4 gxf4
28. Kd2 Qc7 29. Bf3 Qh7 30. Qxa7 Bc6 31. a5 Qg7 32. a6 bxa6 33. Qc5 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Masters 2026"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2026.02.25"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Cordova, Emilio"]
[Black "Oparin, Grigoriy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2494"]
[BlackElo "2658"]
[ECO "D04"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[WhiteFideId "3801497"]
[BlackFideId "24125890"]
[EventDate "2026.02.25"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e3 a6 4. Bd3 Bg4 5. c4 dxc4 6. Bxc4 e6 7. Nc3 c5 8. h3
Bh5 9. g4 Bg6 10. h4 cxd4 11. Nxd4 h5 12. g5 Ng4 13. Be2 Nd7 14. f3 Nge5 15. e4
b5 16. Be3 Rc8 17. O-O Nc4 18. Bxc4 Rxc4 19. Nce2 Ne5 20. b3 Rc8 21. Rc1 Be7 22.
Bf4 Nd7 23. Rxc8 Qxc8 24. Qc1 Qb7 25. Qc6 Qxc6 26. Nxc6 f6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Masters 2026"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2026.02.25"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Pranav, V"]
[Black "Mikaelyan, Arman"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2641"]
[BlackElo "2494"]
[ECO "B27"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Hungarian variation"]
[WhiteFideId "25060783"]
[BlackFideId "13304852"]
[EventDate "2026.02.25"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bc4 Bg7 4. O-O e6 5. c3 Ne7 6. Re1 O-O 7. Bf1 d5 8. e5 d4
9. c4 b6 10. d3 Bb7 11. Bf4 Nd7 12. Nbd2 Qc7 13. Qe2 Kh8 14. g3 a5 15. Bg2 a4
16. a3 Rab8 17. h4 h6 18. Rac1 Bc6 19. Ne4 b5 20. cxb5 Rxb5 21. Nd6 Rb3 22. Rc2
Qb8 23. Nc4 Qa8 24. Kh2 Nd5 25. Rg1 Nxf4 26. gxf4 Qd8 27. Kg3 f6 28. Nfd2 Bxg2
29. Rxg2 fxe5 30. fxe5 Rf5 31. f4 g5 32. hxg5 hxg5 33. Nxb3 gxf4+ 34. Kf2 f3 35.
Rh2+ Kg8 36. Qe4 axb3 37. Rc1 Nxe5 38. Rg1 Qf6 39. Nd6 Rg5 40. Ne8 Qe7 41. Nxg7
Rxg1 42. Qh7+ Kf8 43. Nxe6+ Qxe6 44. Kxg1 Qg4+ 45. Kf1 Qf4 46. Qh8+ Ke7 47. Qh7+
Kf8 48. Qh6+ Qxh6 49. Rxh6 Nxd3 50. Rf6+ Ke7 51. Rxf3 c4 52. Rxd3 cxd3 53. Ke1
Kd6 54. Kd2 Kc5 55. Kxd3 Kd5 56. Ke2 Ke4 57. Kd2 Ke5 58. Kd3 Kd5 59. a4 Kc5 60.
a5 Kb5 61. Ke4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Masters 2026"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2026.02.25"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Putnam, Liam"]
[Black "Aryan, Chopra"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2631"]
[ECO "E48"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian"]
[Variation "4.e3 O-O, 5.Bd3 d5"]
[WhiteFideId "30938279"]
[BlackFideId "5084423"]
[EventDate "2026.02.25"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. a3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 Be7 8. Nf3
c5 9. O-O a6 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. b4 Be7 12. Bb2 b5 13. Bd3 Bb7 14. Qb1 Nbd7 15.
Rd1 h6 16. Ne4 Qc7 17. Rc1 Qb8 18. Bd4 Rc8 19. Nxf6+ Bxf6 20. Bh7+ Kh8 21. Rxc8+
Qxc8 22. Be4 Bxd4 23. Nxd4 Nb6 24. h3 Bxe4 25. Qxe4 Qc3 26. Rd1 Nd5 27. Qd3 Rc8
28. Nb3 Rc4 29. Na5 Qxd3 30. Rxd3 Rc1+ 31. Kh2 g5 32. Nb7 Rc2 33. e4 Nf4 34. Rf3
Kg7 35. Nd6 Rd2 36. e5 Rd3 37. Ne8+ Kg6 38. Nc7 Rxf3 39. gxf3 Nd3 40. Nxa6 Nxe5
41. Kg3 Nc4 42. f4 Kf5 43. fxg5 hxg5 44. Nc7 Nxa3 45. Kf3 f6 46. Ke2 Ke5 47. Kd3
f5 48. Kc3 Kd6 49. Ne8+ Ke7 50. Nc7 Kd7 51. Na6 Kd6 52. Nc5 Nc4 53. Kd3 Ne5+ 54.
Ke3 Ng6 55. Nb3 e5 56. Kf3 Nf4 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis Masters 2026"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2026.02.25"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Mishra, Abhimanyu"]
[Black "Raja, Harshit"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2629"]
[BlackElo "2472"]
[ECO "A46"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[WhiteFideId "30920019"]
[BlackFideId "5089000"]
[EventDate "2026.02.25"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bf4 c5 4. e3 Qb6 5. Nc3 Nh5 6. Bxb8 Rxb8 7. a3 cxd4 8.
exd4 Be7 9. Bd3 Nf4 10. O-O Nxd3 11. Qxd3 d6 12. Rfe1 Bd7 13. Ne4 O-O 14. c4 Qa6
15. b4 Rbc8 16. b5 Qa4 17. Nfd2 d5 18. cxd5 Bxb5 19. Qe3 exd5 20. Nc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Masters 2026"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2026.02.25"]
[Round "1.6"]
[White "Yip, Carissa"]
[Black "Durarbayli, Vasif"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2466"]
[BlackElo "2612"]
[ECO "C47"]
[Opening "Four knights"]
[Variation "Scotch, 4...exd4"]
[WhiteFideId "2090732"]
[BlackFideId "13402935"]
[EventDate "2026.02.25"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 d5 8.
exd5 Qe7+ 9. Qe2 Qxe2+ 10. Kxe2 cxd5 11. Nb5 Kd7 12. Bf4 a6 13. Nd4 Re8+ 14. Kf1
g6 15. c3 Bd6 16. Bxd6 Kxd6 17. Rd1 c5 18. Nc2 a5 19. Ne3 Kc6 20. h4 a4 21. h5
Be6 22. hxg6 hxg6 23. Rh4 Reb8 24. Rd2 c4 25. Bb1 a3 26. Rf4 Ne8 27. Rfd4 Nc7
28. b4 cxb3 29. c4 dxc4 30. Nxc4 Nb5 31. Ne5+ Kc7 32. R4d3 Rh8 33. Kg1 Rh5 34.
f4 Rah8 35. Kf2 Rh1 36. Rd7+ Bxd7 37. Rxd7+ Kb6 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis Masters 2026"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2026.02.25"]
[Round "1.7"]
[White "Woodward, Andy"]
[Black "Munkhdalai, Amilal"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2608"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[ECO "E04"]
[Opening "Catalan"]
[Variation "open, 5.Nf3"]
[WhiteFideId "30953499"]
[BlackFideId "4903250"]
[EventDate "2026.02.25"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 dxc4 5. Nf3 a6 6. O-O Nc6 7. Qd2 Rb8 8. Ne5
Nxe5 9. dxe5 Nd7 10. Qf4 Be7 11. Qg4 g6 12. Qxc4 Nxe5 13. Qc2 O-O 14. Rd1 Bd6
15. Nd2 f5 16. b3 Qe7 17. Bb2 Nf7 18. Nc4 e5 19. Rd3 Be6 20. Rad1 Rfd8 21. R3d2
Bxc4 22. Qxc4 c6 23. e4 fxe4 24. Bxe4 Bc7 25. h4 Rxd2 26. Rxd2 Rd8 27. Re2 Kg7
28. Kg2 Bb6 29. Bf3 Qd6 30. Bc3 Bd4 31. Bd2 Rf8 32. Be4 Qd7 33. Qc1 Kh8 34. Bb4
Rc8 35. Bf3 c5 36. Bd2 Nd6 37. Bh6 Qf5 38. Qe1 b6 39. Bd5 Re8 40. f3 Qd7 41. Bg5
Kg7 42. Qc1 Nf7 43. Be4 Qe6 44. Re1 Nd6 45. Bb1 Kg8 46. h5 Rf8 47. hxg6 hxg6 48.
Bh6 Rf6 49. Bd3 Qd5 50. Qd1 b5 51. Bg5 Rf7 52. Bxg6 Rg7 53. Be4 Nxe4 54. fxe4
Qf7 55. Rf1 Qg6 56. Qg4 Rf7 57. Rf5 c4 58. bxc4 bxc4 59. Rxf7 Kxf7 60. Kf3 Kg7
61. Ke2 Kg8 62. Kd1 Kg7 63. Kc2 Kg8 64. a4 Kg7 65. a5 Kg8 66. Kd1 Kg7 67. Kd2
Kg8 68. Qc8+ Kg7 69. Qg4 Kg8 70. Kd1 Kg7 71. Kc2 Kg8 72. Qc8+ Kg7 73. Qb7+ Qf7
74. Bh6+ Kg8 75. Qc8+ Kh7 76. Qh3 Kg6 77. Bd2 Qf3 78. Qe6+ Kg7 79. Qd7+ Kg6 80.
Qc6+ Kg7 81. Qb7+ Kh8 82. Qc8+ Kg7 83. Qc7+ Kh8 84. Qc8+ Kg7 85. Qc7+ Kh8 86.
Qxc4 Qxe4+ 87. Qd3 Qc6+ 88. Kd1 Qh1+ 89. Be1 Qc6 90. g4 Qe6 91. Qe4 Qb3+ 92. Ke2
Qc4+ 93. Qd3 Qc6 94. Bf2 Bxf2 95. Kxf2 Qc5+ 96. Qe3 Qxa5 97. Qh6+ Kg8 98. Qg6+
Kh8 99. Qh6+ Kg8 100. Qg6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Masters 2026"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2026.02.25"]
[Round "1.8"]
[White "Shlyakhtenko, Robert"]
[Black "Dudin, Gleb"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2453"]
[BlackElo "2596"]
[ECO "D35"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "exchange, positional line, 5...c6"]
[WhiteFideId "30936934"]
[BlackFideId "34184934"]
[EventDate "2026.02.25"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 h6 7. Bh4 Be7 8. Bd3
O-O 9. h3 Ne8 10. Bg3 Nd6 11. Nf3 Nd7 12. Qc2 Nf6 13. O-O Be6 14. Ne5 Re8 15. f3
Rc8 16. Rad1 c5 17. dxc5 Rxc5 18. Qb1 Qc8 19. Na4 Rc7 20. Rc1 b5 21. Nc3 a6 22.
Ne2 Nc4 23. b3 Bc5 24. bxc4 dxc4 25. Nd4 Bxd4 26. exd4 cxd3 27. Nxd3 Rxc1 28.
Rxc1 Qd8 29. Qb2 Bc4 30. Ne5 Qd5 31. a4 Rd8 32. axb5 axb5 33. Nxc4 bxc4 34. Bh4
g5 35. Bf2 Rc8 36. Rc3 Qc6 37. h4 Nd5 38. Rc1 gxh4 39. Bxh4 Re8 40. Re1 c3 41.
Qc1 Rxe1+ 42. Bxe1 c2 43. Bd2 Nc3 44. Qe1 Na2 45. Qg3+ Kh7 46. Qf4 c1=Q+ 47.
Bxc1 Qxc1+ 48. Qxc1 Nxc1 49. Kf2 Kg6 50. Ke3 Kf5 51. g4+ Kg5 52. d5 Nb3 53. Ke4
Nc5+ 54. Ke5 Nd7+ 55. Kd6 Nb6 56. Ke7 f5 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis Masters 2026"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2026.02.25"]
[Round "1.9"]
[White "Bharath, Subramaniyam H"]
[Black "Bilych, Oleksii"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2450"]
[ECO "C50"]
[Opening "Giuoco Pianissimo"]
[WhiteFideId "46634827"]
[BlackFideId "14156504"]
[EventDate "2026.02.25"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 Nf6 5. O-O d6 6. c3 a5 7. Re1 O-O 8. h3 h6
9. Bb3 Ba7 10. d4 b5 11. Be3 a4 12. Bc2 Re8 13. Nbd2 Bd7 14. Rc1 Na5 15. b3 axb3
16. axb3 Nc6 17. Ra1 Qb8 18. Nf1 b4 19. d5 Ne7 20. c4 Bxe3 21. Nxe3 Qb6 22. Qd2
g6 23. Bd3 Kg7 24. Ra2 Rxa2 25. Qxa2 Bc8 26. Ra1 Bb7 27. Qd2 Nd7 28. Ra4 Ra8 29.
Rxb4 Ra1+ 30. Kh2 Qa7 31. Bc2 Nc5 32. Qc3 f6 33. Rb5 Ra3 34. Qd2 Ra2 35. Ng4 Ng8
36. b4 Nxe4 37. Qe3 Ng5 38. Nxg5 hxg5 39. Bb3 Ra3 40. Qxa7 Rxa7 41. c5 dxc5 42.
bxc5 c6 43. Rb6 cxd5 44. c6 Bxc6 45. Rxc6 Rd7 46. Ra6 e4 47. Ba4 Rc7 48. Rd6 f5
49. Ne3 Nf6 50. Rxf6 Ra7 51. Nxd5 Rxa4 52. Rc6 Ra2 53. Rc7+ Kf8 54. Kg1 Ra1+ 55.
Kh2 Ra2 56. Nf6 Rxf2 57. Nh7+ Kg8 58. Nxg5 e3 59. Nf3 f4 60. Rc4 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Masters 2026"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2026.02.25"]
[Round "1.10"]
[White "Kuru, Atilla"]
[Black "Bok, Benjamin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2450"]
[BlackElo "2592"]
[ECO "C53"]
[Opening "Giuoco Piano"]
[WhiteFideId "51607948"]
[BlackFideId "1017063"]
[EventDate "2026.02.25"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. e5 d5 7. Bb5 Ne4 8. cxd4
Bb6 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Be3 Bg4 11. h3 Bh5 12. Rc1 Kh8 13. g4 Bg6 14. h4 Nxc3 15.
bxc3 f6 16. Bxc6 bxc6 17. h5 Be4 18. h6 g6 19. Rh3 Bxf3 20. Qxf3 fxe5 21. Qg3
Qe7 22. Qxe5+ Qxe5 23. dxe5 Rae8 24. Kf1 Kg8 25. Bxb6 axb6 26. c4 d4 27. c5 b5
28. Re1 Rf4 29. Ra3 Rxg4 30. Ra6 Rh4 31. Kg2 Re6 32. Ra8+ Kf7 33. Rc8 Re7 34.
e6+ Rxe6 35. Rxc7+ Kf6 36. Rxe6+ Kxe6 37. Rxh7 Kd5 38. Kg3 Rh5 39. Rd7+ Kxc5 40.
h7 Kc4 41. Kg4 d3 42. f4 d2 43. Rxd2 Rxh7 44. Kg5 Rh1 45. Kxg6 Rg1+ 46. Kf6 Rf1
47. f5 c5 48. Ke6 b4 49. f6 b3 50. axb3+ Kxb3 51. Rd5 c4 52. Rb5+ Ka2 53. Rc5
Kb3 54. f7 c3 55. Ke7 c2 56. f8=Q Rxf8 57. Kxf8 Kb2 58. Rxc2+ Kxc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Masters 2026"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2026.02.25"]
[Round "1.11"]
[White "Antipov, Mikhail Al."]
[Black "Bilovil, Bogdan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2591"]
[BlackElo "2446"]
[ECO "C11"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "Steinitz variation"]
[WhiteFideId "4107012"]
[BlackFideId "14168766"]
[EventDate "2026.02.25"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Bd3 cxd4 8. Ne2
Bb4+ 9. Bd2 Qb6 10. O-O O-O 11. a3 Bxd2 12. Qxd2 h6 13. b4 a6 14. Kh1 f6 15.
Nexd4 Nxd4 16. Nxd4 fxe5 17. fxe5 Rxf1+ 18. Rxf1 Nxe5 19. Qf4 Nxd3 20. cxd3 Bd7
21. h3 Qd8 22. Qd6 Rc8 23. Nxe6 Bxe6 24. Qxe6+ Kh8 25. Re1 d4 26. Qf7 Qh4 27.
Re4 Qg5 28. Qxb7 Rf8 29. Kh2 Kh7 30. h4 Qf6 31. Qd5 Rd8 32. Qe5 Qf2 33. Rg4 Rd7
34. Qe4+ 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Masters 2026"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2026.02.25"]
[Round "1.12"]
[White "Atanasov, Anthony"]
[Black "Lodici, Lorenzo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2441"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[ECO "A45"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[WhiteFideId "2623897"]
[BlackFideId "884189"]
[EventDate "2026.02.25"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 c5 3. dxc5 e6 4. Bd6 Bxd6 5. cxd6 Qb6 6. b3 Ne4 7. e3 Qxd6 8.
Qd4 Qxd4 9. exd4 Nc6 10. Bd3 d5 11. Ne2 Nb4 12. Bxe4 dxe4 13. Kd2 b6 14. Nbc3 f5
15. a3 Nc6 16. Ke3 Kf7 17. Rad1 Rd8 18. h4 Ba6 19. b4 Bc4 20. g4 Rac8 21. gxf5
exf5 22. Nf4 Ne7 23. Rd2 Bd3 24. Rxd3 exd3 25. Kxd3 Rd6 26. Nb5 Rd7 27. c4 Rcd8
28. d5 a6 29. Nc3 Rc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Masters 2026"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2026.02.25"]
[Round "1.13"]
[White "Hong, Andrew"]
[Black "Narayanan, Samrug"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2587"]
[BlackElo "2438"]
[ECO "C50"]
[Opening "Giuoco Pianissimo"]
[WhiteFideId "2099438"]
[BlackFideId "30914051"]
[EventDate "2026.02.25"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 Nf6 5. O-O O-O 6. h3 h6 7. Re1 d6 8. c3 a6
9. a4 Ba7 10. Nbd2 Be6 11. Bxe6 fxe6 12. Nf1 Qe8 13. Be3 Bxe3 14. Rxe3 Qf7 15.
Ng3 a5 16. Qb3 Rab8 17. Rc1 Rfe8 18. Qb5 d5 19. Rce1 Nd7 20. d4 exd4 21. Nxd4
Nxd4 22. cxd4 Nb6 23. b3 dxe4 24. Qxa5 Nd5 25. Rxe4 b5 26. Qd2 bxa4 27. bxa4 Rb4
28. a5 Ra4 29. Rc1 Ra8 30. Rc5 Nf6 31. Re1 Qd7 32. Rd1 Rd8 33. Qe1 Rxd4 34. Rxd4
Qxd4 35. Qxe6+ Kh8 36. Qc6 Qf4 37. Rf5 Rd1+ 38. Kh2 Qh4 39. Qf3 Ra1 40. Nh5 Ng8
41. Qc3 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Masters 2026"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2026.02.25"]
[Round "1.14"]
[White "Adewumi, Tanitoluwa"]
[Black "Warmerdam, Max"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2433"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[ECO "E60"]
[Opening "King's Indian, 3.Nf3"]
[WhiteFideId "30966396"]
[BlackFideId "1048104"]
[EventDate "2026.02.25"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. e3 O-O 5. Be2 b6 6. O-O Bb7 7. Qc2 Be4 8. Qb3
Bb7 9. Qc2 Be4 10. Qb3 Bb7 11. Nc3 Ne4 12. Nxe4 Bxe4 13. Bd2 d6 14. Bc3 Nd7 15.
Rad1 e6 16. Nd2 Bb7 17. Bf3 Qc8 18. Rfe1 a5 19. Qb5 Bxf3 20. Nxf3 c6 21. Qg5 Nf6
22. e4 d5 23. Nd2 Nxe4 24. Nxe4 dxe4 25. Rxe4 Rd8 26. Qd2 Qa6 27. Qe2 b5 28. b3
a4 29. Kf1 axb3 30. axb3 Qa3 31. Qc2 bxc4 32. bxc4 Qa4 33. Qd3 c5 34. Rc1 cxd4
35. Bd2 Qc6 36. Rh4 e5 37. Qh3 h5 38. Qd3 Ra2 39. Be1 f5 40. Qb3 Qa6 41. Kg1 Ra1
42. c5+ Kh7 43. Rxa1 Qxa1 44. Kf1 Qa6+ 45. Kg1 Qe2 46. Qb1 d3 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis Masters 2026"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2026.02.25"]
[Round "1.15"]
[White "Fier, Alexandr"]
[Black "Lu, Maximillian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2572"]
[BlackElo "2424"]
[ECO "B33"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Pelikan, Chelyabinsk variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2107139"]
[BlackFideId "2096242"]
[EventDate "2026.02.25"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8. Na3
b5 9. Nd5 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. c4 b4 12. Nc2 Rb8 13. Be2 Bg5 14. O-O O-O 15.
Qd3 Be6 16. Rfd1 a5 17. b3 g6 18. h3 f5 19. Bf3 Qc8 20. a3 bxa3 21. Rxa3 Rb7 22.
Nde3 Rc7 23. Qe2 Rcf7 24. Rxd6 Be7 25. Rxc6 Qxc6 26. exf5 e4 27. fxe6 Rg7 28.
Bxe4 Qxe4 29. Rxa5 Qxe6 30. Qd2 Kh8 31. Qd4 Bf6 32. Qd5 Qe8 33. Ra6 Rgf7 34. Nd4
Bg7 35. Nf3 Qb8 36. c5 Rb7 37. Nd2 Qf4 38. Ne4 Rb4 39. Ra4 Rxa4 40. bxa4 Re8 41.
Nd6 Rf8 42. Qa2 Bd4 43. g3 Qf6 44. Ne4 Qf3 45. Ng5 Qf6 46. Ne6 Qf7 47. Qd2 Bxe3
48. Qxe3 Re8 49. Qc3+ Kg8 50. Nd4 Rf8 51. Qb2 Qc4 52. c6 Rd8 53. c7 Qxc7 54. Ne6
Rb8 55. Nxc7 Rxb2 56. a5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Masters 2026"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2026.02.25"]
[Round "1.16"]
[White "Park, Evan"]
[Black "Quesada Perez, Yasser"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2419"]
[BlackElo "2562"]
[ECO "C75"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "modern Steinitz defence"]
[WhiteFideId "30931142"]
[BlackFideId "3509362"]
[EventDate "2026.02.25"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. c3 Bd7 6. O-O Nge7 7. d4 Ng6 8. h3
Be7 9. d5 Nb8 10. Bc2 h6 11. c4 Bg5 12. Nc3 Bxc1 13. Rxc1 Qf6 14. Ne1 O-O 15.
Nd3 Qg5 16. Qf3 c5 17. Ba4 Bxa4 18. Nxa4 b5 19. Nb6 Ra7 20. a4 b4 21. a5 f5 22.
exf5 Rxf5 23. Qe3 Qf6 24. Rce1 Rf7 25. f4 Nxf4 26. Nxf4 g5 27. g3 gxf4 28. gxf4
Kf8 29. b3 Ke8 30. Re2 Kd8 31. Rg2 Kc7 32. Kh2 Qe7 33. Rgf2 Qf8 34. Rg2 Nd7 35.
Nxd7 Rxd7 36. Qg3 exf4 37. Qg8 Re7 38. Qxf8 Rxf8 39. Rgf2 Re4 40. Rf3 Kd7 41.
R1f2 Ke7 42. Rg2 Kf6 43. h4 Ke5 44. Rg6 Rf6 45. Rg7 Kd4 46. h5 Re5 47. Ra7 Rxh5+
48. Kg2 Rg6+ 49. Kf1 Rh1+ 50. Ke2 Rh2+ 51. Kf1 Rg3 52. Rxg3 fxg3 53. Rxa6 Ke5
54. Ra8 Ra2 55. a6 Kd4 56. Rg8 Rxa6 57. Rxg3 Ra2 58. Ke1 Rc2 59. Rh3 Rc3 60.
Rh4+ Kd3 61. Rxh6 Rxb3 62. Rxd6 Kxc4 63. Rd8 Re3+ 64. Kf2 Rd3 65. d6 Kc3 66. Rg8
Rxd6 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis Masters 2026"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2026.02.25"]
[Round "1.17"]
[White "Sonis, Francesco"]
[Black "Rorrer, Grayson"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2561"]
[BlackElo "2415"]
[ECO "C17"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "Winawer, advance variation"]
[WhiteFideId "895733"]
[BlackFideId "30944996"]
[EventDate "2026.02.25"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. Nf3 Ne7 6. a3 Ba5 7. dxc5 Bxc3+ 8. bxc3
Nd7 9. c4 Nxc5 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Be2 O-O 12. O-O Nc6 13. Bg5 Qd7 14. Re1 Re8 15.
Bh4 b6 16. Bb5 a6 17. Bf1 Bb7 18. Qd2 Qc7 19. Bg3 Qd7 20. Rad1 Ne7 21. Qb4 Nc8
22. c4 Qe6 23. cxd5 Bxd5 24. Ng5 Qg6 25. Rxd5 Qxg5 26. e6 Qxd5 27. Bc4 Qxe6 28.
Bxe6 Nxe6 29. f4 g6 30. f5 gxf5 31. Bh4 a5 32. Qb3 Ne7 33. Bf6 Ng6 34. Qxb6 Reb8
35. Qc6 Rc8 36. Qd5 Ng7 37. Bxg7 Kxg7 38. Qxf5 Rc4 39. Rf1 Ra7 40. Qf6+ Kg8 41.
Rd1 Rc8 42. h4 h5 43. Rd5 Rc1+ 44. Kh2 Re7 45. Rxh5 Re6 46. Qd8+ Kg7 47. Qd4+
Kg8 48. Rxa5 Ree1 49. h5 Rh1+ 50. Kg3 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Masters 2026"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2026.02.25"]
[Round "1.18"]
[White "Pyrih, Roman"]
[Black "Tiglon, Bryce"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2403"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[ECO "C77"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Anderssen variation"]
[WhiteFideId "14179156"]
[BlackFideId "2087456"]
[EventDate "2026.02.25"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 Bc5 6. O-O d6 7. h3 b5 8. Bb3 Na5
9. c3 Nxb3 10. axb3 Bb6 11. b4 O-O 12. Be3 c6 13. Nbd2 a5 14. d4 exd4 15. Nxd4
Bd7 16. bxa5 Bxa5 17. Qf3 h6 18. b4 Bc7 19. Rxa8 Qxa8 20. Bxh6 c5 21. Nf5 Bxf5
22. Qxf5 Bd8 23. Be3 g6 24. Qf3 cxb4 25. cxb4 Re8 26. Bg5 Nd7 27. Bxd8 Qxd8 28.
Qd3 Qb6 29. Nf3 Qc6 30. Re1 Nb6 31. h4 d5 32. e5 Qc4 33. Qd2 Qg4 34. Qe3 Nd7 35.
Qa7 Nf8 36. Ng5 Qf5 37. Qb7 d4 38. Qxb5 Rd8 39. Qb6 Rd7 40. Ne4 Nh7 41. Nc5 Rd5
42. Qb7 Rd8 43. e6 d3 44. e7 Re8 45. Qc6 Nf6 46. Nxd3 Kg7 47. Qc3 Kh7 48. Qe5
Qxe5 49. Rxe5 Kg7 50. b5 Nd7 51. Re1 Nb6 52. Nb4 f6 53. Nc6 Kf7 54. g4 Nd5 55.
f3 Rh8 56. Kf2 Re8 57. Kg3 Nb6 58. Rd1 Nc8 59. Rd8 Nb6 60. h5 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Masters 2026"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2026.02.25"]
[Round "1.19"]
[White "Akobian, Varuzhan"]
[Black "Kiolbasa, Oliwia"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2549"]
[BlackElo "2397"]
[ECO "D31"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "semi-Slav"]
[WhiteFideId "13300580"]
[BlackFideId "1154613"]
[EventDate "2026.02.25"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. e3 f5 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. cxd5 cxd5 8. Nb5
Bb4+ 9. Bd2 Bxd2+ 10. Qxd2 O-O 11. Nf3 Ne4 12. Bxe4 fxe4 13. Ne5 Bd7 14. Nc3 Nc6
15. f4 exf3 16. Nxf3 Be8 17. O-O Bh5 18. Ne5 Nxe5 19. dxe5 Qg5 20. Qd4 Rac8 21.
Qxa7 Qxe5 22. Rxf8+ Rxf8 23. Rf1 Rxf1+ 24. Kxf1 h6 25. Kg1 Bg6 26. Qd4 Qf5 27.
Qd2 Kh7 28. a4 Qg4 29. Qd4 Qg5 30. Qf4 Qe7 31. b4 Bd3 32. h3 Bc4 33. b5 e5 34.
Qf5+ g6 35. Qf3 d4 36. Ne4 Kg7 37. Nd2 Be6 38. exd4 exd4 39. Qd3 Qb4 40. Nf3
Qxa4 41. Nxd4 Qc4 42. Qe3 Bf7 43. Qe5+ Kg8 44. b6 Qc1+ 45. Kh2 Qb2 46. Qb8+ Kg7
47. Qxb7 Qxd4 48. Qc7 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Masters 2026"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2026.02.25"]
[Round "1.20"]
[White "Abrahamyan, Tatev"]
[Black "Stremavicius, Titas"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2378"]
[BlackElo "2547"]
[ECO "C02"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "advance, Paulsen attack"]
[WhiteFideId "13301918"]
[BlackFideId "12804444"]
[EventDate "2026.02.25"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 f6 6. Bd3 fxe5 7. dxe5 Nh6 8. O-O
Nf5 9. c4 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Be7 11. Qxd8+ Bxd8 12. Nc3 O-O 13. Ne4 b6 14. Rd1 Bc7
15. Nfg5 Nfd4 16. f4 h6 17. Nh3 Bb7 18. Nhf2 Rad8 19. Bd2 g5 20. Ng4 gxf4 21.
Nef6+ Kh8 22. Bxf4 h5 23. Nxh5 Rf5 24. Ngf6 Nxe5 25. Bg3 Nxc4 26. Bxc7 Ne2+ 27.
Kh1 Rxd1+ 28. Rxd1 Bxg2+ 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis Masters 2026"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2026.02.25"]
[Round "1.21"]
[White "Hardaway, Brewington"]
[Black "Rosen, Eric"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2544"]
[BlackElo "2377"]
[ECO "B40"]
[Opening "Sicilian defence"]
[WhiteFideId "30941849"]
[BlackFideId "2032562"]
[EventDate "2026.02.25"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 d5 4. d3 Nc6 5. Qe2 Nge7 6. Bg2 g6 7. h4 h6 8. Bf4 Bg7
9. e5 b5 10. Nbd2 Qb6 11. O-O a5 12. Rfe1 a4 13. c3 Ba6 14. Rac1 Rd8 15. Nf1 b4
16. Ne3 a3 17. bxa3 bxc3 18. Rxc3 c4 19. dxc4 d4 20. Rb3 Qc5 21. Ng4 Bxc4 22.
Qc2 Nd5 23. Nd2 Na5 24. Ne4 Qa7 25. Rb4 h5 26. Ngf6+ Bxf6 27. Nxf6+ Nxf6 28.
exf6 O-O 29. Bh6 Rfe8 30. Bg7 Qc5 31. Qd2 g5 32. Ra4 Ra8 33. Bxa8 Rxa8 34. Rc1
Qd5 35. Qxg5 Qxg5 36. hxg5 Bxa2 37. g6 e5 38. Rxa5 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Masters 2026"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2026.02.25"]
[Round "1.22"]
[White "Sargsyan, Anna M."]
[Black "Kadric, Denis"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2372"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[ECO "C02"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "advance, Euwe variation"]
[WhiteFideId "13308130"]
[BlackFideId "14403803"]
[EventDate "2026.02.25"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. Be2 Nge7 7. Na3 cxd4 8. cxd4
Nf5 9. Nc2 f6 10. g4 Nh6 11. exf6 gxf6 12. g5 Nf7 13. h4 Bd6 14. Rg1 Qe7 15.
gxf6 Qxf6 16. Ng5 O-O-O 17. Nxf7 Qxf7 18. Bh5 Qf5 19. Bg4 Rdg8 20. Bg5 Qg6 21.
Rg2 h6 22. Be3 h5 23. Bf3 Qf5 24. Rc1 Rf8 25. Be2 Qh3 26. Rg7 Qxh4 27. Qd3 Bf4
28. Kd2 Qxf2 29. b4 Kd8 30. Qb5 b6 31. Qa6 Bc8 32. Qd3 Ne7 33. Bxf4 Qxf4+ 34.
Ne3 Bd7 35. Rf1 Qd6 36. Rxf8+ Rxf8 37. a3 Qf4 38. Kc3 h4 39. Ng4 Nf5 40. Rh7 Ba4
41. b5 Qc1+ 42. Kb4 Bc2 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis Masters 2026"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2026.02.25"]
[Round "1.23"]
[White "Alexakis, Dimitris"]
[Black "Ostrovskiy, Aleksandr"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2538"]
[BlackElo "2367"]
[ECO "C17"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "Winawer, advance, 5.a3"]
[WhiteFideId "4277023"]
[BlackFideId "2034239"]
[EventDate "2026.02.25"]

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. Nf3 Nc6 10. h4 Nge7 11. h5 h6 12. a4 Qxa5 13. Ba3 Kg8 14. Rh3 b6 15. Nd4
Nxe5 16. Qh4 g5 17. hxg6 N7xg6 18. Qd8+ Kg7 19. Qc7 Bd7 20. Bd6 Nc4 21. Bxc4
dxc4 22. Qxd7 Qd5 23. Rf3 e5 24. Bf8+ Rhxf8 25. Nf5+ 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Masters 2026"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2026.02.25"]
[Round "1.24"]
[White "Atwell, Rose"]
[Black "Harsha, Bharathakoti"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2337"]
[BlackElo "2538"]
[ECO "D30"]
[Opening "Queen's gambit declined"]
[WhiteFideId "30951011"]
[BlackFideId "5078776"]
[EventDate "2026.02.25"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Bd6 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O Nbd7 8. Qc2
c6 9. Rd1 Qe7 10. b3 Ne4 11. Bc1 f5 12. Nbd2 b6 13. Bb2 a5 14. Ne1 Ba6 15. Nd3
Rac8 16. Rac1 c5 17. dxc5 bxc5 18. Nf4 d4 19. Nxe4 fxe4 20. Qxe4 Bxf4 21. gxf4
Rb8 22. Ba3 Qe8 23. e3 Bb7 24. Qd3 Bxg2 25. Kxg2 e5 26. Qe4 Nf6 27. Qxe5 Qg6+
28. Qg5 Qe4+ 29. f3 Qxe3 30. Qe5 Rfe8 31. Qxe3 Rxe3 32. Bxc5 Re2+ 33. Kg1 Rxa2
34. Bxd4 Nh5 35. Ra1 Rxa1 36. Rxa1 Rxb3 37. Be5 Rb4 38. Rc1 Rb6 39. c5 Rc6 40.
Kf2 Kf7 41. Ke3 Ke6 42. Ke4 g6 43. Kd4 a4 44. Kc4 Rc8 45. Kb5 g5 46. Kxa4 gxf4
47. Bd6 Ng7 48. Re1+ Kd5 49. Kb5 Ra8 50. Rd1+ Ke6 51. Re1+ Kd5 52. Rd1+ Ke6 53.
c6 Nf5 54. Bxf4 Ne7 55. c7 Nd5 56. Rxd5 Kxd5 57. Kb6 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Masters 2026"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2026.02.25"]
[Round "1.25"]
[White "Gazik, Viktor"]
[Black "Wang, Tianqi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2537"]
[BlackElo "2331"]
[ECO "B01"]
[Opening "Scandinavian"]
[Variation "Pytel-Wade variation"]
[WhiteFideId "14928752"]
[BlackFideId "2063824"]
[EventDate "2026.02.25"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd6 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Nb5 Qd8 7. d5 Nb4 8. c4
Na6 9. a3 g6 10. Be2 Bg7 11. O-O O-O 12. Bf4 c6 13. dxc6 bxc6 14. Nc3 Nh5 15.
Be5 f6 16. Bg3 Nxg3 17. hxg3 e5 18. Qa4 Qc7 19. b4 f5 20. c5 e4 21. Nd2 Kh8 22.
Rac1 Nb8 23. Nc4 Nd7 24. Rfd1 Ne5 25. Nd6 Be6 26. b5 h5 27. bxc6 Nxc6 28. Ndb5
Qe7 29. Rd6 Rac8 30. Qa6 Nb8 31. Rxe6 Qg5 32. Qxa7 Qxc1+ 33. Kh2 Bxc3 34. Nxc3
Nc6 35. Qd7 Rg8 36. Nd5 Nb8 37. Qb7 Qxc5 38. Re7 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Masters 2026"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2026.02.25"]
[Round "1.26"]
[White "Kavutskiy, Kostya"]
[Black "Matviishen, Viktor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2330"]
[BlackElo "2533"]
[ECO "D35"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "exchange, positional line"]
[WhiteFideId "2026384"]
[BlackFideId "14129850"]
[EventDate "2026.02.25"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 h6 7. Bh4 Bg4 8. Qc2
O-O 9. h3 Be6 10. Nf3 Ne8 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. Bd3 Nd7 13. O-O c6 14. Rab1 Nd6 15.
b4 Nb6 16. Ne5 Nbc4 17. Bxc4 dxc4 18. Rfe1 Qg5 19. Kh2 f6 20. Nf3 Qh5 21. Ng1 b5
22. a4 a6 23. axb5 axb5 24. Ra1 Qf7 25. Qb2 Qc7 26. Kh1 Rae8 27. e4 f5 28. e5
Nc8 29. Nge2 f4 30. f3 Nb6 31. Qd2 Qe7 32. Ne4 Nd5 33. Nc5 Qh4 34. Ng1 Bf5 35.
Ne4 Re6 36. Re2 Qe7 37. Nc5 Rg6 38. Qe1 Kh7 39. Ra3 Rd8 40. Rea2 Ne3 41. Rxe3
fxe3 42. Qxe3 Qg5 43. Qc3 Qg3 44. Qe3 Ra8 45. Re2 Bxh3 46. gxh3 Ra1 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis Masters 2026"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2026.02.25"]
[Round "1.27"]
[White "Kevlishvili, Robby"]
[Black "Paciorkowski, Lev"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2527"]
[BlackElo "2315"]
[ECO "B91"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Najdorf, Zagreb (fianchetto) variation"]
[WhiteFideId "1040634"]
[BlackFideId "30904625"]
[EventDate "2026.02.25"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. g3 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. Bg2
O-O 9. O-O Be6 10. a4 b6 11. Re1 Nbd7 12. Nd2 Qc7 13. Nf1 Rab8 14. Ne3 b5 15.
axb5 axb5 16. Bd2 b4 17. Ncd5 Bxd5 18. exd5 Nc5 19. Nc4 Rb5 20. b3 Nfd7 21. Qe2
Rfb8 22. Ra2 f5 23. Rea1 Ne4 24. Bxe4 fxe4 25. Qxe4 Nf6 26. Qf5 Qc8 27. Qxc8+
Rxc8 28. Bg5 Rd8 29. Ra7 Bf8 30. Bxf6 gxf6 31. Ne3 Rdb8 32. Kg2 R5b7 33. Kf3 Kf7
34. Ke4 Kg6 35. Nf5 Rxa7 36. Rxa7 Rc8 37. Ne3 f5+ 38. Nxf5 Rxc2 39. Ra8 Kf7 40.
Rb8 Rxf2 41. h4 Re2+ 42. Kd3 Rf2 43. Ne3 Rf3 44. Ke2 Rxg3 45. Rxb4 Rh3 46. Rc4
Be7 47. Rc7 Kf6 48. Ng4+ Kf7 49. Ne3 Kf6 50. Ng4+ Kf7 51. Nxe5+ dxe5 52. d6 Rxh4
53. Rxe7+ Kf6 54. Ke3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Masters 2026"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2026.02.25"]
[Round "1.28"]
[White "Yu, Jennifer"]
[Black "Chasin, Nico"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2309"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[ECO "A37"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "symmetrical variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2078341"]
[BlackFideId "30908477"]
[EventDate "2026.02.25"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. g3 Nc6 5. Bg2 e6 6. O-O Nge7 7. e3 O-O 8. d4 b6
9. b3 Ba6 10. Re1 d5 11. cxd5 exd5 12. Ba3 Nb4 13. Bxb4 cxb4 14. Ne2 Bb7 15. Qd2
a5 16. Rec1 Nf5 17. Ne5 Re8 18. Nf4 Qd6 19. Ned3 g5 20. Nh5 Bh8 21. Rc2 Ba6 22.
Rac1 Ne7 23. Ne5 Bb5 24. e4 f6 25. Ng4 dxe4 26. Bxe4 Rad8 27. Rc7 Bg7 28. Qc2 f5
29. Nxg7 Kxg7 30. Bxf5 Qxd4 31. Re1 Kf8 32. Ne5 Rd5 33. Nf3 Qf6 34. Be4 Rd6 35.
Qc1 h6 36. h4 g4 37. Nd2 Re6 38. Re3 Qd4 39. Nc4 Qf6 40. Qd1 h5 41. Bg2 Bxc4 42.
Rxc4 Rxe3 43. fxe3 Qe5 44. Rf4+ Kg7 45. Qd7 Qb8 46. Re4 Kf8 47. Rf4+ Kg7 48.
Qd4+ Kh6 49. Qf6+ Ng6 50. Qg5+ Kg7 51. Rf6 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Masters 2026"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2026.02.25"]
[Round "1.29"]
[White "Kantor, Gergely"]
[Black "Chirilov, James A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2264"]
[ECO "B94"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Najdorf, 6.Bg5"]
[WhiteFideId "751499"]
[BlackFideId "30976677"]
[EventDate "2026.02.25"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 Nbd7 7. Bc4 Qc7 8.
Qe2 e6 9. O-O-O Nc5 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Rhe1 b5 12. Bd5 Bb7 13. Bxb7 Qxb7 14. Qh5
Rg8 15. g3 Rg5 16. Qxh7 b4 17. Nd5 Rg6 18. Nf4 Rh6 19. Qg8 O-O-O 20. Qg4 f5 21.
exf5 e5 22. f6+ Kb8 23. Nf5 exf4 24. Nxh6 Bxh6 25. Qh5 Rh8 26. Kb1 Ne4 27. Ka1
fxg3 28. hxg3 Nxf6 29. Qf5 Bg7 30. Rxd6 Rh1 31. Rd8+ Kc7 32. Qa5+ 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Masters 2026"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2026.02.25"]
[Round "1.30"]
[White "Apaar Saxena"]
[Black "Heimann, Mark"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2263"]
[BlackElo "2511"]
[ECO "D30"]
[Opening "Queen's gambit declined"]
[WhiteFideId "25937219"]
[BlackFideId "2028441"]
[EventDate "2026.02.25"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c6 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 b5 6. O-O Nf6 7. b3 cxb3 8. Qxb3
Bb7 9. Rd1 Nbd7 10. Nc3 Be7 11. Ne5 Nd5 12. Ne4 Nxe5 13. dxe5 O-O 14. Nd6 Qc7
15. Bb2 a5 16. Rac1 Qb8 17. Bd4 Ra6 18. Bc5 Ba8 19. f4 Rd8 20. e4 Nb6 21. f5 a4
22. Qf3 Nd7 23. fxe6 Nxe5 24. exf7+ Kf8 25. Qf5 Rxd6 26. Rxd6 Bxd6 27. Qxe5
Bxc5+ 28. Qxc5+ Kxf7 29. Rf1+ Kg8 30. Bh3 h6 31. Rf8+ Qxf8 32. Be6+ Qf7 33. Qe7
Qxe6 34. Qxe6+ Kh7 35. Qf5+ 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Masters 2026"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2026.02.25"]
[Round "1.31"]
[White "Mardov, Dimitar"]
[Black "Cervantes Landeiro, Thalia"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2504"]
[BlackElo "2247"]
[ECO "A29"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "four knights, kingside fianchetto"]
[WhiteFideId "30919495"]
[BlackFideId "3520498"]
[EventDate "2026.02.25"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bb4 5. Bg2 O-O 6. Nd5 Be7 7. O-O d6 8. d3
h6 9. Bd2 Be6 10. Ne1 a5 11. Nc2 Qd7 12. Bc3 Bh3 13. f4 Bxg2 14. Kxg2 Nxd5 15.
cxd5 Nb4 16. Nxb4 axb4 17. Bxb4 exf4 18. Rxf4 Bg5 19. Rf1 f5 20. Bc3 Rae8 21.
Qc2 f4 22. Rf3 fxg3 23. hxg3 Rxf3 24. exf3 Qf5 25. Re1 Rf8 26. Qe2 Qxd5 27. Qe4
Qxa2 28. Qxb7 Qf7 29. Re2 c5 30. Qc6 Bf6 31. f4 Bxc3 32. bxc3 Rd8 33. c4 Qg6 34.
Qd5+ Kh8 35. Kf3 Qf6 36. Re6 Qa1 37. Kf2 Qb2+ 38. Re2 Qf6 39. Re6 Qb2+ 40. Re2
Qf6 41. Kf3 Qa1 42. Kg2 Qf6 43. Kh3 Qa1 44. Kg2 Qf6 45. Re6 Qb2+ 46. Kh3 Qb8 47.
f5 Qc8 48. Kh4 Qd7 49. g4 Kh7 50. Kg3 Qc7 51. f6 Rd7 52. Qe4+ Kg8 53. Re8+ Kf7
54. Qe6+ Kg6 55. fxg7+ 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Masters 2026"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2026.02.25"]
[Round "1.32"]
[White "Caglar, Sila"]
[Black "Budisavljevic, Luka"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "WIM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2215"]
[BlackElo "2501"]
[ECO "C50"]
[Opening "Giuoco Piano"]
[WhiteFideId "6364063"]
[BlackFideId "960047"]
[EventDate "2026.02.25"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 a6 7. a4 Ba7 8. Re1 h6
9. Be3 Bxe3 10. Rxe3 O-O 11. Nbd2 Kh8 12. a5 Ng4 13. Re1 f5 14. h3 fxe4 15. dxe4
Nf6 16. Nh4 Qe8 17. Nf1 Nh5 18. Be2 Nf4 19. Bg4 Qf7 20. Re3 Ne7 21. Kh2 g5 22.
Nf3 Rg8 23. g3 Bxg4 24. hxg4 Ne6 25. Kg1 Raf8 26. N1h2 h5 27. Qf1 Rg7 28. b4 Ng8
29. Nd2 Rh7 30. Rf3 Nf6 31. Qg2 Qg6 32. gxh5 Rxh5 33. Re3 g4 34. f3 Ng5 35. Rf1
Kg7 36. f4 Nh3+ 37. Kh1 Rfh8 38. fxe5 dxe5 39. Rf5 Nxe4 40. Qxe4 Rxf5 41. Qxb7
Nf2+ 42. Kg1 Rxh2 43. Kxh2 Qh6+ 44. Kg1 Qxe3 45. Qxc7+ Rf7 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis Masters 2026"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2026.02.25"]
[Round "1.33"]
[White "Kacharava, Nikolozi"]
[Black "Antova, Gabriela"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2501"]
[BlackElo "2168"]
[ECO "C55"]
[Opening "Two knights defence (Modern bishop's opening)"]
[WhiteFideId "13611860"]
[BlackFideId "2915235"]
[EventDate "2026.02.25"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 h6 5. O-O d6 6. a4 Be7 7. a5 a6 8. Re1 O-O
9. Nc3 Be6 10. Nd5 Bxd5 11. exd5 Nb4 12. d4 c6 13. dxe5 dxe5 14. Nxe5 cxd5 15.
Bb3 Bc5 16. Be3 Bxe3 17. Rxe3 Nc6 18. Nxc6 bxc6 19. Qd4 Qd6 20. Qe5 Qxe5 21.
Rxe5 Rab8 22. Re7 Ne4 23. Ba4 Rfc8 24. b3 Nc5 25. f3 Kf8 26. Ra7 Rb7 27. Rxb7
Nxb7 28. b4 Nd6 29. Re1 c5 30. Re5 cxb4 31. Rxd5 Ke7 32. Kf2 Rc3 33. Ke2 Ra3 34.
Bb3 Nb5 35. Kd3 Rxa5 36. Re5+ Kf6 37. Re4 Nd6 38. Rxb4 Rg5 39. Rb6 Ke7 40. g4 a5
41. c4 f6 42. Kd4 h5 43. c5 Ne8 44. Re6+ Kd8 45. h4 Re5 46. Rxe5 fxe5+ 47. Kxe5
hxg4 48. fxg4 Ke7 49. g5 Nc7 50. h5 a4 51. Bc4 a3 52. h6 gxh6 53. gxh6 Kf8 54.
Kf6 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Masters 2026"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2026.02.25"]
[Round "1.34"]
[White "Gueci, Tea"]
[Black "Repka, Christopher"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "WIM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2138"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[ECO "B07"]
[Opening "Robatsch defence"]
[Variation "Geller's system"]
[WhiteFideId "872342"]
[BlackFideId "14918781"]
[EventDate "2026.02.25"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. c3 d6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bd3 O-O 6. O-O Nc6 7. h3 e5 8. d5 Ne7
9. c4 Nd7 10. Nc3 f5 11. Rb1 a5 12. a3 Nc5 13. Bc2 a4 14. Be3 Nxe4 15. Nxe4 fxe4
16. Bxe4 Nf5 17. Bd2 Nh4 18. Nh2 Nf5 19. Nf3 Nd4 20. Nxd4 exd4 21. Qc2 Qh4 22.
Rbe1 Bd7 23. Re2 Rf7 24. Rfe1 Raf8 25. f4 Bh6 26. Qd3 Bxf4 27. Qxd4 Bg3 28. Bc3
Bxe1 29. Rxe1 Qf2+ 30. Qxf2 Rxf2 31. Bf3 R2xf3 32. gxf3 Rxf3 33. Kg2 Rf4 34. Re7
Rf7 35. Re3 Kf8 36. Kg3 g5 37. Bb4 b6 38. b3 axb3 39. Rxb3 Rf4 40. Rc3 Kf7 41.
Rc1 Rh4 42. Rf1+ Ke7 43. Re1+ Kd8 44. Rf1 Rxh3+ 45. Kg2 Rh4 46. Rf7 Rxc4 47.
Rxh7 Rd4 48. Rh8+ Be8 49. Bc3 Rxd5 50. Bf6+ Kd7 51. Rg8 Rd3 52. a4 Ra3 53. Rg7+
Kc6 54. Bd8 Bd7 55. Rxg5 Rxa4 56. Kf2 Re4 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis Masters 2026"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2026.02.25"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Kadric, Denis"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2795"]
[ECO "B20"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Keres variation (2.Ne2)"]
[WhiteFideId "14403803"]
[BlackFideId "2020009"]
[EventDate "2026.02.25"]

1. e4 c5 2. Ne2 Nf6 3. Nbc3 d6 4. g3 Nc6 5. Bg2 g6 6. d3 Bg7 7. h3 O-O 8. O-O
Rb8 9. a4 Ne8 10. Nd5 e6 11. Ne3 Nc7 12. c3 d5 13. f4 d4 14. Nc2 dxc3 15. bxc3
b6 16. Ra3 Bb7 17. c4 Na6 18. e5 Nab4 19. Nxb4 Nxb4 20. a5 Bxg2 21. Kxg2 Qd7 22.
axb6 axb6 23. Qb3 Rfd8 24. Rf3 Qc6 25. Kf2 Bf8 26. Bd2 b5 27. Ra5 Qd7 28. Bxb4
bxc4 29. Qxc4 cxb4 30. d4 Qb7 31. Ra2 Rdc8 32. Qb3 Ra8 33. Rxa8 Rxa8 34. Qb2 Qe4
35. Qc1 Ra3 36. Re3 Qd5 37. Qb1 Kg7 38. h4 h5 39. Qb2 Qh1 40. Qc1 Qd5 41. Qb1
Be7 42. Qb2 Qa8 43. Rb3 Ra2 44. Qb1 Ra1 45. Qd3 Qh1 46. Ke3 Re1 47. Rb2 Qf1 48.
Ke4 Ra1 49. Ke3 Ra3 50. Rb3 Qa1 51. Qc2 Qh1 52. Rxa3 bxa3 53. Qa2 Bb4 54. Kd3
Qf3+ 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis Masters 2026"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2026.02.25"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Aryan, Chopra"]
[Black "Alexakis, Dimitris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2631"]
[BlackElo "2538"]
[ECO "B31"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Nimzovich-Rossolimo attack (with ...g6, without ...d6)"]
[WhiteFideId "5084423"]
[BlackFideId "4277023"]
[EventDate "2026.02.25"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. c3 Nf6 6. Re1 O-O 7. d4 a6 8. Bf1 d5
9. e5 Ne4 10. Be3 cxd4 11. cxd4 f6 12. exf6 exf6 13. Nc3 f5 14. Qb3 f4 15. Bc1
Nxc3 16. bxc3 Rf7 17. Ba3 Bg4 18. Ne5 Bxe5 19. dxe5 Be6 20. Rad1 Rc8 21. Bc5 Na5
22. Qb4 Nc6 23. Qb3 Na5 24. Qb4 Nc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Masters 2026"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2026.02.25"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Durarbayli, Vasif"]
[Black "Gazik, Viktor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2612"]
[BlackElo "2537"]
[ECO "B03"]
[Opening "Alekhine's defence"]
[Variation "exchange variation"]
[WhiteFideId "13402935"]
[BlackFideId "14928752"]
[EventDate "2026.02.25"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. exd6 exd6 6. Nc3 Be7 7. Bd3 O-O 8.
Nge2 Nc6 9. O-O Bg4 10. f3 Bh5 11. b3 Bf6 12. Be3 Re8 13. Qd2 Nb4 14. Bb1 Bg6
15. Ne4 a5 16. N2c3 Be7 17. d5 Bh4 18. a3 Na6 19. Bd3 f5 20. Ng3 Qf6 21. Nge2
Nc5 22. Bxc5 dxc5 23. g3 Bg5 24. f4 Bh6 25. Qc2 Nc8 26. Nb5 Re7 27. Rae1 c6 28.
dxc6 bxc6 29. Nbc3 Nd6 30. Na4 Rae8 31. Qc3 Qxc3 32. Naxc3 Re3 33. Rd1 Bh5 34.
Rd2 g6 35. Nd1 R3e6 36. Nc1 Bg7 37. Kg2 Bd4 38. h3 h6 39. Nf2 g5 40. g4 Bg6 41.
fxg5 hxg5 42. Re2 Rxe2 43. Nxe2 Re3 44. Nxd4 cxd4 45. c5 Ne4 46. gxf5 Nxf2 47.
Rxf2 Bf7 48. Rf3 Bd5 49. Bc4 Re5 50. Bxd5+ Rxd5 51. b4 axb4 52. axb4 d3 53. Rf1
Kf7 54. Rd1 Kf6 55. Kf3 Rd4 56. Ke3 Rxb4 57. Rxd3 Kxf5 58. Rd6 Rb3+ 59. Kd4 Rxh3
60. Rxc6 Rh1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Masters 2026"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2026.02.25"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Dudin, Gleb"]
[Black "Kantor, Gergely"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2596"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[ECO "C84"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "closed defence"]
[WhiteFideId "34184934"]
[BlackFideId "751499"]
[EventDate "2026.02.25"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a4 Bd7
9. c3 O-O 10. Ba2 Na5 11. b4 Nb7 12. axb5 axb5 13. Na3 c5 14. Nc2 h6 15. Bd2 Re8
16. Ne3 Bf8 17. h3 Bc6 18. Qe2 Ra4 19. Bb3 Rxa1 20. Rxa1 d5 21. exd5 Nxd5 22.
Ng4 Qc7 23. Ra6 cxb4 24. cxb4 Nd8 25. Bxh6 Nxb4 26. Nh4 Qd6 27. Nf5 Qg6 28. Rxc6
Nbxc6 29. Nh4 Nd4 30. Qd1 Qc6 31. Bd5 Qd6 32. Bg5 Qxd5 33. Nf6+ gxf6 34. Bxf6
Qe6 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis Masters 2026"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2026.02.25"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Matviishen, Viktor"]
[Black "Bharath, Subramaniyam H"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2533"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[ECO "D35"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "exchange, positional line"]
[WhiteFideId "14129850"]
[BlackFideId "46634827"]
[EventDate "2026.02.25"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 h6 7. Bh4 O-O 8. Bd3
Re8 9. Nge2 c6 10. O-O a5 11. Rc1 Nbd7 12. a4 Nh5 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. Qc2 Ndf6 15.
Rce1 g6 16. Nc1 Ng7 17. f3 c5 18. Bb5 Rd8 19. Nd3 b6 20. Qf2 Bb7 21. g4 Nfe8 22.
e4 dxe4 23. dxc5 Ne6 24. Nxe4 Bxe4 25. Rxe4 bxc5 26. Re5 Qf6 27. Rfe1 N8c7 28.
Bc4 Rd4 29. b3 Rad8 30. Nxc5 Rd1 31. Bf1 R8d2 32. R5e2 Rxe2 33. Rxe2 Nxc5 34.
Qxc5 Qxf3 35. Rf2 Qxg4+ 36. Kh1 Nd5 37. Qa7 Qe4+ 38. Kg1 Qg4+ 39. Kh1 Qe6 40.
Rf3 Re1 41. Qf2 Qe4 42. Kg1 Ne3 43. Qxe1 Qxf3 44. Qe2 Qxf1+ 45. Qxf1 Nxf1 46.
Kxf1 Kf8 47. b4 axb4 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis Masters 2026"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2026.02.25"]
[Round "2.6"]
[White "Mardov, Dimitar"]
[Black "Antipov, Mikhail Al."]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2504"]
[BlackElo "2591"]
[ECO "A37"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "symmetrical variation"]
[WhiteFideId "30919495"]
[BlackFideId "4107012"]
[EventDate "2026.02.25"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. g3 Nc6 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O Be6 7. b3 Qd7 8. Bb2
Bh3 9. Qb1 Bxg2 10. Kxg2 e5 11. e3 f5 12. Nd5 Nf6 13. d3 O-O 14. Nxf6+ Bxf6 15.
Qc2 b6 16. Qe2 a5 17. Nd2 Bg7 18. Kg1 Rae8 19. Rad1 Nd8 20. Ba1 Ne6 21. Qf3 h6
22. Qg2 Rf7 23. f4 Kh7 24. Kh1 exf4 25. gxf4 Bxa1 26. Rxa1 Ng7 27. Rae1 Nh5 28.
Rg1 Re6 29. Nb1 Rg7 30. Nc3 Nf6 31. Nd5 Nxd5 32. Qxd5 Rge7 33. Rg3 Qe8 34. a4
Qh8 35. e4 Qd4 36. Rge3 Qb2 37. e5 Qf2 38. Qf3 Qxf3+ 39. Rxf3 dxe5 40. Rfe3 g5
41. fxe5 f4 42. Re4 Rd7 43. Rd1 Kg6 44. d4 Kf5 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis Masters 2026"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2026.02.25"]
[Round "2.7"]
[White "Budisavljevic, Luka"]
[Black "Hong, Andrew"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2501"]
[BlackElo "2587"]
[ECO "C69"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "exchange, Gligoric variation"]
[WhiteFideId "960047"]
[BlackFideId "2099438"]
[EventDate "2026.02.25"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O f6 6. d4 exd4 7. Nxd4 c5 8.
Ne2 Qxd1 9. Rxd1 Bd7 10. Be3 O-O-O 11. Nbc3 Re8 12. Rd2 Bc6 13. Rad1 b6 14. f3
Ne7 15. Nf4 Ng6 16. Nxg6 hxg6 17. Bf4 Be7 18. Nd5 Bd8 19. Bg3 f5 20. Re1 c4 21.
e5 g5 22. e6 f4 23. Bf2 Bxd5 24. Rxd5 Rh6 25. Rd4 c3 26. bxc3 Rexe6 27. Rde4
Rxe4 28. Rxe4 Rd6 29. Kf1 Bf6 30. Bd4 Rc6 31. Bxf6 gxf6 32. h4 f5 33. Rd4 gxh4
34. c4 Rh6 35. Rxf4 h3 36. gxh3 Rxh3 37. Ke2 Rh5 38. Rd4 Kb7 39. Kd3 Kc6 40. Rd5
a5 41. Kc3 Rg5 42. Kb3 Rh5 43. c3 Rg5 44. f4 Rh5 45. Re5 Kd7 46. Ka3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Masters 2026"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2026.02.25"]
[Round "2.8"]
[White "Warmerdam, Max"]
[Black "Kacharava, Nikolozi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2501"]
[ECO "C65"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Berlin defence"]
[WhiteFideId "1048104"]
[BlackFideId "13611860"]
[EventDate "2026.02.25"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Bg5 Qd6 7. Nbd2 Be6 8.
a3 Nd7 9. b4 Bb6 10. Nc4 Bxc4 11. dxc4 Qxd1+ 12. Rxd1 f6 13. Bc1 c5 14. Ke2 Ke7
15. Rd3 Rhd8 16. Rhd1 c6 17. Nd2 Nf8 18. Nb3 Ne6 19. Be3 Rxd3 20. cxd3 Nd4+ 21.
Bxd4 cxd4 22. Rb1 Bc7 23. a4 a6 24. c5 a5 25. Nxa5 Kd7 26. Nc4 Rxa4 27. h4 h5
28. Kf3 Ra2 29. Rg1 Ke6 30. Rb1 Kd7 31. Rg1 Ke6 32. g4 hxg4+ 33. Rxg4 Kf7 34. h5
Ra1 35. Rh4 Rd1 36. Ke2 Rb1 37. h6 gxh6 38. Rxh6 Kg7 39. Rh3 Rxb4 40. Rg3+ Kf7
41. Rh3 Kg7 42. Rg3+ Kf7 43. Rh3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Masters 2026"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2026.02.25"]
[Round "2.9"]
[White "Quesada Perez, Yasser"]
[Black "Pyrih, Roman"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2562"]
[BlackElo "2403"]
[ECO "B22"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Alapin's variation (2.c3)"]
[WhiteFideId "3509362"]
[BlackFideId "14179156"]
[EventDate "2026.02.25"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 e6 6. Be2 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. Ne5
cxd4 9. cxd4 Nc6 10. Bf3 Qb5 11. Nc3 Qa6 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. Bxc6 bxc6
15. Ne4 Be7 16. Nc5 Qb5 17. Qc2 Rd8 18. Rfd1 a5 19. Rac1 Bf8 20. b3 Rd5 21. Na4
Qa6 22. Qxc6 Qxc6 23. Nxc6 Rb5 24. Ne5 Bb7 25. Rc7 f6 26. Nc3 Rb4 27. Nd3 Rb6
28. Nc5 Rc8 29. Rxc8 Bxc8 30. N3a4 Rd6 31. Rd3 Kf7 32. Kf1 Rc6 33. Rc3 Rc7 34.
Ke2 g5 35. Kd3 f5 36. Nb6 e5 37. Rc4 e4+ 38. Ke3 Bb7 39. Nxb7 Rxb7 40. Rc6 Bg7
41. g3 Bf8 42. Nc4 a4 43. bxa4 Rb1 44. a5 Re1+ 45. Kd2 Ra1 46. a6 Rxa2+ 47. Kc3
f4 48. Kb3 Ra1 49. d5 e3 50. fxe3 fxe3 51. Re6 e2 52. Ne5+ Kg7 53. Nd3 Kf7 54.
Kc4 Ra3 55. Nc5 Ra1 56. Nd3 Ra3 57. Rxe2 Rxa6 58. Ne5+ Kg7 59. Nd7 Ra4+ 60. Kd3
Bd6 61. Re6 Ba3 62. Nb6 Ra6 63. Kc4 Bf8 64. Kb5 Ra7 65. Kc6 Ra2 66. d6 Bxd6 67.
Kxd6 Rxh2 68. Nd5 h5 69. Ne3 Kf7 70. Re7+ Kf6 71. Re6+ Kf7 72. Re5 Kf6 73. Nd5+
Kg6 74. Ne7+ Kh6 75. Ke6 Ra2 76. Kf6 Ra6+ 77. Kf5 Ra3 78. Kf6 Ra6+ 79. Re6 Rxe6+
80. Kxe6 Kg7 81. Nf5+ Kg6 82. Ne3 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Masters 2026"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2026.02.25"]
[Round "2.10"]
[White "Repka, Christopher"]
[Black "Sonis, Francesco"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2561"]
[ECO "B53"]
[Opening "Sicilian, Chekhover variation"]
[WhiteFideId "14918781"]
[BlackFideId "895733"]
[EventDate "2026.02.25"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 a6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Qd3 Nf6 7. Be2 g6 8. Nd5
Bg7 9. c3 O-O 10. O-O Nd7 11. Qc2 b6 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bh4 Bb7 14. Rad1 Rc8 15. a4
Re8 16. h3 Rb8 17. Bc4 Qc8 18. Qe2 e6 19. Ne3 Nc5 20. Rxd6 Nxe4 21. Rdd1 Ne7 22.
Bd3 Nf5 23. Ng4 Nxc3 24. bxc3 Bxf3 25. Qxf3 Nxh4 26. Nf6+ Bxf6 27. Qxf6 Nf5 28.
Rfe1 Ng7 29. Re4 Rd8 30. Rd4 Rxd4 31. Qxd4 a5 32. Qf4 Nh5 33. Qe5 Qf8 34. Be2
Ng7 35. Rd7 Rd8 36. Rb7 Qd6 37. Qe3 Rc8 38. Qxb6 Qxb6 39. Rxb6 Rxc3 40. Ra6 Rc1+
41. Bf1 Nf5 42. Rxa5 Ra1 43. g3 Kg7 44. Kg2 Ra2 45. Ra7 Ne3+ 46. Kg1 Nxf1 47.
Kxf1 g5 48. a5 Kg6 49. a6 Kf6 50. Ra8 h5 51. Kg2 Ra3 52. Kf1 Ra2 53. Kg2 Ra3 54.
Kf1 Ra2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Masters 2026"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2026.02.25"]
[Round "2.11"]
[White "Atwell, Rose"]
[Black "Akobian, Varuzhan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2337"]
[BlackElo "2549"]
[ECO "C01"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "exchange variation"]
[WhiteFideId "30951011"]
[BlackFideId "13300580"]
[EventDate "2026.02.25"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bd3 c5 6. O-O c4 7. Re1+ Be7 8. Bf1
O-O 9. b3 cxb3 10. axb3 Nc6 11. Ne5 Bf5 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. Ba3 Bxa3 14. Rxa3 Qd6
15. f3 c5 16. Ra6 Qc7 17. Nc3 Bxc2 18. Qxc2 cxd4 19. Rxf6 gxf6 20. Qf5 Qxc3 21.
Qxf6 h6 22. Qxh6 d3 23. Re3 Qg7 24. Qh4 d2 25. Rd3 Rad8 26. Rxd2 Rfe8 27. Rd4
Rd6 28. Bb5 Re1+ 29. Kf2 Qe5 30. Rg4+ Rg6 31. Rxg6+ fxg6 32. Qd8+ Kg7 33. Qd7+
Kh6 34. Qh3+ Kg7 35. Qd7+ Kf6 36. Qd8+ Qe7 37. Qh8+ Kf7 38. Qh7+ Kf6 39. Qh8+
Kf7 40. Qh7+ Kf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Masters 2026"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2026.02.25"]
[Round "2.12"]
[White "Stremavicius, Titas"]
[Black "Yu, Jennifer"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2547"]
[BlackElo "2309"]
[ECO "D37"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "4.Nf3"]
[WhiteFideId "12804444"]
[BlackFideId "2078341"]
[EventDate "2026.02.25"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Qb3 c6 7. e4 dxe4 8. Ng5
Nd5 9. Bc4 Bb4 10. Nxe4 O-O 11. O-O Nxc3 12. bxc3 Be7 13. a4 Qa5 14. Ba3 Bxa3
15. Qxa3 Nd7 16. Nd6 Nb6 17. Bxf7+ Rxf7 18. Nxf7 Kxf7 19. Rfe1 Qg5 20. Re5 Qf6
21. Qb3+ Nd5 22. c4 Nf4 23. Rae1 h5 24. Re8 Kg6 25. Qg3+ Kh7 26. a5 h4 27. Qe3
h3 28. Qe4+ Ng6 29. Qf3 Qg5 30. Rxc8 Rxc8 31. Qxh3+ Nh4 32. g3 Rd8 33. Qxh4+
Qxh4 34. gxh4 Rxd4 35. Re7 Rxc4 36. Rxb7 Ra4 37. Rb6 Rxa5 38. Rxc6 Ra4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Masters 2026"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2026.02.25"]
[Round "2.13"]
[White "Apaar Saxena"]
[Black "Hardaway, Brewington"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2263"]
[BlackElo "2544"]
[ECO "D30"]
[Opening "Queen's gambit declined"]
[WhiteFideId "25937219"]
[BlackFideId "30941849"]
[EventDate "2026.02.25"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nd7 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 Rb8 6. O-O b5 7. a4 a6 8. axb5
axb5 9. b3 cxb3 10. Qxb3 Bb7 11. Bf4 Ngf6 12. Nc3 Nd5 13. Bg5 Be7 14. Bxe7 Nxe7
15. Nxb5 Bc6 16. Ra5 O-O 17. Qa4 Nf5 18. Ne5 Nxe5 19. dxe5 Bxg2 20. Kxg2 Qd2 21.
Nxc7 Qxe2 22. Qa3 Rbd8 23. Kg1 Rd3 24. Qa1 Nd4 25. Ra8 Nf3+ 26. Kg2 Rdd8 27. Ra4
Nxe5 28. Rf4 Nd3 29. Rh4 Qc2 30. Qa5 Rd7 31. Rg4 f5 32. Nxe6 Qc6+ 33. Kg1 Qxe6
34. Ra4 f4 35. Raa1 Rdf7 36. Qc3 fxg3 37. Qxd3 gxf2+ 38. Kg2 Qc6+ 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis Masters 2026"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2026.02.25"]
[Round "2.14"]
[White "Oparin, Grigoriy"]
[Black "Boyer, Mahel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2658"]
[BlackElo "2486"]
[ECO "D31"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "3.Nc3"]
[WhiteFideId "24125890"]
[BlackFideId "45102422"]
[EventDate "2026.02.25"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e3 Na5 7. Ne5 a6 8. Bxc4
Nxc4 9. Nxc4 Be7 10. O-O b6 11. Ne5 Bb7 12. Qa4+ Nd7 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. Rfc1 f6
15. Nxd7 Qxd7 16. Qxd7+ Kxd7 17. f3 Rad8 18. Rc2 Kc8 19. Rac1 Kb8 20. b4 e5 21.
Ne2 Rd7 22. a4 Re8 23. Kf2 f5 24. Rc4 Bd5 25. R4c3 Bb7 26. Rc4 Bd5 27. R4c3 Bb7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Masters 2026"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2026.02.25"]
[Round "2.15"]
[White "Raja, Harshit"]
[Black "Pranav, V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2472"]
[BlackElo "2641"]
[ECO "C79"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Steinitz defence deferred (Russian defence)"]
[WhiteFideId "5089000"]
[BlackFideId "25060783"]
[EventDate "2026.02.25"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O d6 6. Re1 Bd7 7. Bxc6 Bxc6 8. d4
exd4 9. Nxd4 Bd7 10. Nc3 Be7 11. Qf3 O-O 12. Bf4 b5 13. e5 dxe5 14. Bxe5 b4 15.
Nd5 Nxd5 16. Qxd5 c5 17. Nc6 Bxc6 18. Qxc6 Re8 19. Rad1 Qc8 20. Qxc8 Raxc8 21.
Kf1 Bf8 22. Bf4 Rxe1+ 23. Kxe1 c4 24. Rd7 Rc6 25. Rc7 Rxc7 26. Bxc7 f5 27. Ke2
Kf7 28. b3 cxb3 29. axb3 Ke6 30. Kd3 Kd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Masters 2026"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2026.02.25"]
[Round "2.16"]
[White "Mikaelyan, Arman"]
[Black "Mishra, Abhimanyu"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2494"]
[BlackElo "2629"]
[ECO "B22"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Alapin's variation (2.c3)"]
[WhiteFideId "13304852"]
[BlackFideId "30920019"]
[EventDate "2026.02.25"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. d4 cxd4 5. cxd4 d6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Bc4 Nb6 8. Bb3
dxe5 9. d5 Na5 10. Nc3 Nxb3 11. Qxb3 e6 12. Nxe5 exd5 13. Qb5+ Bd7 14. Nxd7 Qxd7
15. O-O Be7 16. Be3 Qxb5 17. Nxb5 O-O 18. b3 Rfc8 19. Rac1 Rc6 20. a4 Bb4 21.
Rfd1 f6 22. Kf1 Kf7 23. Ke2 h5 24. h4 Kg6 25. Kf3 Ba5 26. Rb1 Bb4 27. Rbc1 Ba5
28. Rb1 Bb4 29. Rbc1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Masters 2026"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2026.02.25"]
[Round "2.17"]
[White "Lu, Maximillian"]
[Black "Woodward, Andy"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2424"]
[BlackElo "2608"]
[ECO "A62"]
[Opening "Benoni"]
[Variation "fianchetto variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2096242"]
[BlackFideId "30953499"]
[EventDate "2026.02.25"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nc3 g6 7. Nf3 Bg7 8. Bg2
O-O 9. O-O Re8 10. Re1 Nbd7 11. Bf4 Ng4 12. Bg5 Qb6 13. Qb3 Qc7 14. Nb5 Qb8 15.
a4 b6 16. Bf4 Nge5 17. Nd2 a6 18. Na3 Qc7 19. Qc2 h6 20. Ndc4 Rb8 21. Bd2 Rb7
22. Rac1 b5 23. Na5 Rb6 24. b4 c4 25. Bc3 Nf6 26. h3 Bf5 27. e4 Bd7 28. Bd4 Rbb8
29. axb5 axb5 30. Qc3 Qd8 31. Red1 Rc8 32. Ra1 Bxh3 33. f3 Bxg2 34. Kxg2 Nh5 35.
Qe3 f5 36. Nc6 Nxc6 37. Bxg7 f4 38. gxf4 Ne7 39. Bc3 Nf5 40. Qf2 Nxf4+ 41. Kf1
Qg5 42. Nc2 Ng3+ 43. Ke1 Nd3+ 44. Rxd3 cxd3 45. Qd4 Rxc3 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis Masters 2026"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2026.02.25"]
[Round "2.18"]
[White "Bok, Benjamin"]
[Black "Cordova, Emilio"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2592"]
[BlackElo "2494"]
[ECO "B42"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Kan, 5.Bd3"]
[WhiteFideId "1017063"]
[BlackFideId "3801497"]
[EventDate "2026.02.25"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Ne7 6. O-O Nec6 7. Be3 Nxd4 8.
Bxd4 Nc6 9. Be3 Qc7 10. Nd2 Rb8 11. c3 Ne5 12. Be2 b5 13. Kh1 f6 14. c4 Bc5 15.
Bxc5 Qxc5 16. cxb5 axb5 17. Rc1 Qb6 18. f4 Nf7 19. b4 Qd4 20. Bxb5 O-O 21. a4
Qxb4 22. Nc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Masters 2026"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2026.02.25"]
[Round "2.19"]
[White "Lodici, Lorenzo"]
[Black "Kuru, Atilla"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2450"]
[ECO "B60"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Richter-Rauzer, Larsen variation"]
[WhiteFideId "884189"]
[BlackFideId "51607948"]
[EventDate "2026.02.25"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 Bd7 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8.
Bc4 h6 9. Bh4 Qb6 10. Rb1 g6 11. Bxf6 exf6 12. O-O Be7 13. b4 a6 14. a4 O-O 15.
a5 Qa7 16. Na4 f5 17. exf5 Bxf5 18. Bd3 Be6 19. Qd2 Kh7 20. Qc3 Qc7 21. Rbe1
Rfe8 22. Nb6 Rad8 23. f4 Bf8 24. f5 Bxf5 25. Bxf5 gxf5 26. Qd3 Bg7 27. c4 Kg8
28. Rxe8+ Rxe8 29. Qxf5 Re5 30. Qg4 Qd8 31. Qc8 Qxc8 32. Nxc8 d5 33. cxd5 cxd5
34. Rd1 d4 35. Kf2 Kh7 36. Na7 Rf5+ 37. Ke2 Rg5 38. g3 Rh5 39. h4 Re5+ 40. Kd3
Re3+ 41. Kc4 Rxg3 42. b5 Rc3+ 43. Kd5 Ra3 44. Nc6 axb5 45. Kc5 f5 46. Kxb5 f4
47. a6 d3 48. a7 Bd4 49. Rxd3 Rxd3 50. a8=Q Bf6 51. Qe8 Kg7 52. h5 Rd5+ 53. Kc4
Rg5 54. Nb8 Kh7 55. Qf7+ Bg7 56. Nc6 f3 57. Ne7 Rg4+ 58. Kb5 Rg5+ 59. Kc6 Rc5+
60. Kxc5 f2 61. Qg8# 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Masters 2026"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2026.02.25"]
[Round "2.20"]
[White "Paciorkowski, Lev"]
[Black "Fier, Alexandr"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2315"]
[BlackElo "2572"]
[ECO "A39"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "symmetrical, main line with d4"]
[WhiteFideId "30904625"]
[BlackFideId "2107139"]
[EventDate "2026.02.25"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. c4 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. O-O O-O 7. d4 d6 8. dxc5
dxc5 9. Bf4 Nh5 10. Bd2 b6 11. Qc1 Bb7 12. Bh6 e6 13. Rd1 Qe7 14. Bxg7 Nxg7 15.
g4 f5 16. h3 Ne8 17. Qh6 Nf6 18. Qh4 Rae8 19. Qg3 Kh8 20. Ne5 Nxe5 21. Qxe5 Bxg2
22. Kxg2 Kg8 23. f3 h5 24. gxf5 exf5 25. Qxe7 Rxe7 26. Rd6 Kg7 27. h4 Ne8 28.
Rd8 Nc7 29. Rxf8 Kxf8 30. Rd1 Ne6 31. Rd6 Nf4+ 32. Kf2 Re6 33. Rd7 Re7 34. Rd6
Re6 35. Rd7 Re7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Masters 2026"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2026.02.25"]
[Round "2.21"]
[White "Can, Isik"]
[Black "Atanasov, Anthony"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2562"]
[BlackElo "2441"]
[ECO "C42"]
[Opening "Petrov"]
[Variation "classical attack"]
[WhiteFideId "6383742"]
[BlackFideId "2623897"]
[EventDate "2026.02.25"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Be7 7. O-O Nd6 8. Bf4
Nc6 9. c3 g5 10. Be5 f6 11. Bxd6 Qxd6 12. Qc2 Bg4 13. Nbd2 O-O-O 14. Rfe1 h5 15.
Bf5+ Bxf5 16. Qxf5+ Qd7 17. Qxd7+ Kxd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Masters 2026"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2026.02.25"]
[Round "2.22"]
[White "Munkhdalai, Amilal"]
[Black "Kevlishvili, Robby"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2527"]
[ECO "C92"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "closed, Flohr-Zaitsev system (Lenzerheide variation)"]
[WhiteFideId "4903250"]
[BlackFideId "1040634"]
[EventDate "2026.02.25"]

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. Bc2 g6 13. b3 Bg7 14. Bb2 Nb8 15. Bd3
Nbd7 16. a4 c6 17. Bf1 Qc7 18. Qc2 Nh5 19. c4 bxa4 20. Rxa4 exd4 21. Bxd4 Bxd4
22. Nxd4 Nf4 23. Qc3 c5 24. Nc2 Bc6 25. Raa1 a5 26. Ne3 Ne6 27. Nd5 Qd8 28. Nf3
f6 29. Ra2 Ne5 30. Nxe5 fxe5 31. Rea1 Bxd5 32. exd5 Nd4 33. Rxa5 Rb8 34. Rb1
Rxb3 35. Rxb3 Nxb3 36. Ra7 Qb6 37. Rd7 Nd4 38. Qe3 Rd8 39. Rxd8+ Qxd8 40. Kh2
Qf6 41. Kg1 Kg7 42. g3 Qf5 43. Bd3 Nf3+ 44. Kf1 Qxh3+ 45. Ke2 Nd4+ 46. Kd2 Qd7
47. f4 exf4 48. Qxf4 Qe7 49. Qg4 Qg5+ 50. Qxg5 Nf3+ 51. Ke3 Nxg5 52. Kf4 Kf6 53.
Be2 h5 54. Bf1 Nf7 55. Be2 Ne5 56. Bf1 g5+ 57. Ke4 g4 58. Kf4 Ng6+ 59. Ke4 Kg5
60. Bd3 Ne5 61. Bf1 h4 62. gxh4+ Kxh4 63. Kf5 g3 64. Ke6 Nxc4 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis Masters 2026"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2026.02.25"]
[Round "2.23"]
[White "Tiglon, Bryce"]
[Black "Rorrer, Grayson"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2415"]
[ECO "B51"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Canal-Sokolsky (Nimzovich-Rossolimo, Moscow) attack"]
[WhiteFideId "2087456"]
[BlackFideId "30944996"]
[EventDate "2026.02.25"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. d4 cxd4 5. Qxd4 a6 6. Be2 Ngf6 7. O-O e5 8.
Qe3 Nc5 9. Nc3 Be7 10. h3 O-O 11. Rd1 Qc7 12. a4 Be6 13. Ng5 Bd7 14. a5 h6 15.
Nf3 Rac8 16. Nd2 Ne6 17. Nf1 Rfd8 18. Qg3 Bc6 19. Bf3 Kh8 20. Be3 Nc5 21. Nd2 b5
22. axb6 Qxb6 23. Nb3 Qb8 24. Nxc5 dxc5 25. Rdb1 Qa8 26. Be2 Bxe4 27. Bxa6 Bb7
28. Bc4 Qb8 29. Bxf7 Ne4 30. Nxe4 Bxe4 31. Bg6 Qb7 32. Qg4 Bxg6 33. Qxg6 Rd6 34.
Qf5 Rf8 35. Qg4 Qc6 36. Ra4 Bg5 37. Bxg5 hxg5 38. Re4 Rd2 39. Re2 Qd5 40. Qxg5
Rd1+ 41. Re1 Rd2 42. Qh5+ Kg8 43. Re2 Rd1+ 44. Rxd1 Qxd1+ 45. Kh2 Rxf2 46. Qe8+
Rf8 47. Qxe5 g6 48. Qe6+ Kg7 49. Qe7+ Kg8 50. b3 Rf7 51. Qe6 Kg7 52. Qe5+ Kh7
53. Re4 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Masters 2026"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2026.02.25"]
[Round "2.24"]
[White "Harsha, Bharathakoti"]
[Black "Kiolbasa, Oliwia"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2538"]
[BlackElo "2397"]
[ECO "C24"]
[Opening "Bishop's opening"]
[Variation "Berlin defence"]
[WhiteFideId "5078776"]
[BlackFideId "1154613"]
[EventDate "2026.02.25"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 Nc6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Nf3 d6 6. O-O Bxc3 7. bxc3 Na5 8.
Bb3 Nxb3 9. axb3 O-O 10. Nd2 d5 11. Re1 Re8 12. Qf3 c6 13. Nf1 h6 14. h3 a5 15.
g4 Nh7 16. Ne3 dxe4 17. dxe4 Ng5 18. Qg2 g6 19. Rd1 Qf6 20. Nc4 Be6 21. Bxg5
Qxg5 22. Nxa5 Ra7 23. b4 Rea8 24. Rab1 c5 25. Qg3 h5 26. Nb3 cxb4 27. cxb4 hxg4
28. Nc5 Ra3 29. c3 Bc8 30. Rd5 b6 31. Rxe5 Qd8 32. Rd5 Qe7 33. Re5 Qd8 34. Rd5
Qe7 35. Re5 Qd8 36. Nb3 Rxb3 37. Rxb3 Qd1+ 38. Kh2 Be6 39. Rxe6 fxe6 40. Rb2 Ra1
41. Qb8+ Kh7 42. Qc7+ Kg8 43. Qb8+ Kh7 44. Qc7+ Kg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Masters 2026"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2026.02.25"]
[Round "2.25"]
[White "Chasin, Nico"]
[Black "Abrahamyan, Tatev"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2378"]
[ECO "D35"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "exchange, positional line"]
[WhiteFideId "30908477"]
[BlackFideId "13301918"]
[EventDate "2026.02.25"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Be6 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Bf4 c6 8. Bd3
Be7 9. h3 O-O 10. Nf3 Nh5 11. g4 Nxf4 12. exf4 Nb6 13. Qc2 h6 14. O-O-O c5 15.
f5 Bd7 16. dxc5 Bxc5 17. Kb1 Rc8 18. Rc1 Qc7 19. Qd2 Qd6 20. Rhd1 a6 21. g5 Rfd8
22. f6 Nc4 23. Qc2 Qf4 24. Nxd5 Qxf3 25. Qxc4 Bf5 26. Bxf5 Qxf5+ 27. Ka1 hxg5
28. Qb3 Bf8 29. Rxc8 Qxc8 30. Ne7+ Bxe7 31. fxe7 Re8 32. Qe3 Qc7 33. Re1 Qf4 34.
Qe2 Qd6 35. a3 g6 36. Qe3 Qf6 37. Qc5 Kg7 38. Re2 Qf5 39. Re5 Qd7 40. Re3 f6 41.
Ka2 Kf7 42. Qc4+ Kg7 43. Qe4 Kf7 44. Qc4+ Kg7 45. Qb4 Kf7 46. Qc4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Masters 2026"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2026.02.25"]
[Round "2.26"]
[White "Heimann, Mark"]
[Black "Rosen, Eric"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2511"]
[BlackElo "2377"]
[ECO "B47"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Taimanov (Bastrikov) variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2028441"]
[BlackFideId "2032562"]
[EventDate "2026.02.25"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Ncb5 Qb8 7. Bd3 Nf6 8.
O-O Be7 9. c4 O-O 10. Be3 Ne5 11. Nf3 Nxd3 12. Qxd3 a6 13. Nc3 Ng4 14. Bb6 d6
15. a4 Bd7 16. a5 Bc6 17. h3 Ne5 18. Nxe5 dxe5 19. Rfd1 Qe8 20. Rab1 f5 21. b4
fxe4 22. Qe2 e3 23. Bxe3 Rc8 24. Rb3 Qg6 25. Qg4 Qc2 26. Qxe6+ Kh8 27. c5 Bh4
28. Rd2 Qc1+ 29. Rd1 Bxf2+ 30. Bxf2 Qc2 31. Rf1 Rce8 32. Qc4 Rf4 33. Qe2 Qxb3
34. Rc1 Qxb4 35. Nd1 Qxa5 36. Ne3 Qa3 37. Qe1 Ref8 38. Bg3 Re4 39. Bf2 Qb2 40.
Rb1 Qa2 41. Ra1 Qb2 42. Rb1 Qa3 43. Rc1 h6 44. Qd2 Rd4 45. Qe1 Qb2 46. Rc2 Qb3
47. Rc3 Qe6 48. Bg3 Re4 49. Qd2 Ra4 50. Rd3 Ra2 51. Qc3 Bxg2 52. Nxg2 Qxh3 53.
Bf2 Qf5 54. Rd2 Qb1+ 55. Be1 Rxd2 56. Qxd2 Qe4 57. Bf2 Rf6 58. Kh2 Rg6 59. Bg3
Qf3 60. Be1 Qe4 61. Bg3 Kh7 62. Nh4 Rg5 63. Qc3 Rh5 64. Kh3 Qh1+ 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis Masters 2026"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2026.02.25"]
[Round "2.27"]
[White "Celik, Hasan Huseyin"]
[Black "Sargsyan, Anna M."]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2372"]
[ECO "A07"]
[Opening "Reti"]
[Variation "King's Indian attack (Barcza system)"]
[WhiteFideId "44506759"]
[BlackFideId "13308130"]
[EventDate "2026.02.25"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c5 4. O-O Nc6 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Bd7 7. c4 dxc4 8.
Nxc6 Bxc6 9. Bxc6+ bxc6 10. Qa4 Qb6 11. Na3 e6 12. Be3 Qb7 13. Nxc4 Qb5 14. Qxb5
cxb5 15. Na5 Ng4 16. Bd4 e5 17. h3 exd4 18. hxg4 h5 19. Rfd1 Bc5 20. Nb3 Bb6 21.
Nxd4 hxg4 22. Nxb5 Rh3 23. e3 Ke7 24. Nc3 g5 25. Kf1 Rc8 26. Ke2 Rhh8 27. Rd5 f6
28. Rad1 Rhd8 29. Rb5 Ke6 30. Rxd8 Rxd8 31. Na4 Rd6 32. Nxb6 axb6 33. e4 Rc6 34.
a4 Kd6 35. Kd3 Ke6 36. b3 Kd6 37. e5+ Ke6 38. exf6 Kxf6 39. b4 Kg6 40. Re5 Kf6
41. Re2 Kf5 42. Ra2 Kg6 43. a5 bxa5 44. bxa5 Kh5 45. Kd4 Rf6 46. Ke5 Ra6 47. Kf5
Ra8 48. Ra1 Rf8+ 49. Ke6 Re8+ 50. Kf7 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Masters 2026"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2026.02.25"]
[Round "2.28"]
[White "Ostrovskiy, Aleksandr"]
[Black "Putnam, Liam"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2367"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[ECO "B30"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Nimzovich-Rossolimo attack (without ...d6)"]
[WhiteFideId "2034239"]
[BlackFideId "30938279"]
[EventDate "2026.02.25"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. O-O Nge7 5. Re1 a6 6. Bf1 b6 7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4
Nxd4 9. Qxd4 Nc6 10. Qd1 Qc7 11. c4 Bb7 12. Be3 Bd6 13. h3 O-O 14. Nc3 Bh2+ 15.
Kh1 Bf4 16. Qd2 Bxe3 17. Rxe3 Ne5 18. b3 f5 19. exf5 Rxf5 20. Ne4 Raf8 21. Qd6
Qd8 22. Ng3 Nf7 23. Qd2 Rf4 24. Rd1 Bc6 25. Re2 Qh4 26. Kg1 Ng5 27. Qe3 b5 28.
Red2 bxc4 29. bxc4 h6 30. Rd4 a5 31. a3 a4 32. R1d2 e5 33. Qxe5 Nxh3+ 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis Masters 2026"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2026.02.25"]
[Round "2.29"]
[White "Wang, Tianqi"]
[Black "Yip, Carissa"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2331"]
[BlackElo "2466"]
[ECO "A48"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "East Indian defence"]
[WhiteFideId "2063824"]
[BlackFideId "2090732"]
[EventDate "2026.02.25"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Nbd2 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Bd3 O-O 6. O-O Nbd7 7. Re1 e5 8.
dxe5 dxe5 9. a4 Qe7 10. b4 Rd8 11. Nc4 Nh5 12. Bg5 Bf6 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14. Qd2 Nf4
15. Qc3 Re8 16. Bf1 h5 17. g3 Ne6 18. Rad1 Ng5 19. Nxg5 Qxg5 20. Ne3 c6 21. Nc4
Qe7 22. Nd6 Rd8 23. Bh3 Nb6 24. Bxc8 Rxd6 25. Rxd6 Qxd6 26. Bxb7 Rb8 27. Bxc6
Rc8 28. b5 Nxa4 29. Qa1 Qb4 30. Rb1 Qc4 31. Qxe5 Qxc2 32. Ra1 a5 33. Qd4 Nc5 34.
Bd5 Nb3 35. Qf6 Nxa1 36. Bxf7+ 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Masters 2026"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2026.02.25"]
[Round "2.30"]
[White "Chirilov, James A"]
[Black "Shlyakhtenko, Robert"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2264"]
[BlackElo "2453"]
[ECO "B30"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Nimzovich-Rossolimo attack (without ...d6)"]
[WhiteFideId "30976677"]
[BlackFideId "30936934"]
[EventDate "2026.02.25"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. Nc3 g6 5. e5 Nh5 6. O-O Bg7 7. Re1 Nd4 8. Bc4
O-O 9. d3 d6 10. exd6 Qxd6 11. Bg5 Bg4 12. Bxe7 Qd7 13. Bxf8 Bxf3 14. gxf3 Rxf8
15. Re3 Nf4 16. Kh1 Qh3 17. Qf1 Qh5 18. Qg1 Nxc2 19. Rf1 Bxc3 20. bxc3 Qh3 21.
d4 cxd4 22. cxd4 Rc8 23. Bb5 a6 24. Rc1 axb5 25. Qg4 Qxg4 26. fxg4 Rc4 27. Re7
Rxd4 28. Rxb7 Rd2 29. Rxb5 Nd3 30. Rf1 Nxf2+ 31. Kg1 Ne3 32. Rfb1 Nd3 33. Kh1
Rg2 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis Masters 2026"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2026.02.25"]
[Round "2.31"]
[White "Bilych, Oleksii"]
[Black "Kavutskiy, Kostya"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2450"]
[BlackElo "2330"]
[ECO "B40"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Anderssen variation"]
[WhiteFideId "14156504"]
[BlackFideId "2026384"]
[EventDate "2026.02.25"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. a3 d6 7. Be3 Be7 8. Qe2
e5 9. Nb3 Ng4 10. g3 Nxe3 11. Qxe3 a6 12. O-O-O O-O 13. Kb1 b5 14. f4 Rb8 15. h4
b4 16. axb4 Rxb4 17. Nd5 Rb8 18. f5 Nb4 19. Bc4 Nxd5 20. Bxd5 a5 21. Qa7 Bd7 22.
Nxa5 Rb4 23. Nc6 Bxc6 24. Bxc6 Qc8 25. Bd5 Bd8 26. Qa3 Rb6 27. Rd3 Ra6 28. Qb3
Qc5 29. Qb7 Ra4 30. Bb3 Ra7 31. Qd5 Bb6 32. Qxc5 Bxc5 33. Bd5 Rc8 34. c3 Bb6 35.
g4 Kf8 36. g5 Ke7 37. f6+ Kf8 38. Rf3 Bd8 39. Rhf1 Rcc7 40. b4 Rd7 41. Kb2 Bb6
42. h5 Bd8 43. Kb3 Bb6 44. g6 fxg6 45. hxg6 gxf6 46. Rxf6+ Kg7 47. gxh7 Kxh7 48.
R6f3 Kh8 49. Rh3+ Rh7 50. Rg3 Rh2 51. Rf8+ Kh7 52. Be6 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Masters 2026"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2026.02.25"]
[Round "2.32"]
[White "Bilovil, Bogdan"]
[Black "Caglar, Sila"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "WIM"]
[WhiteElo "2446"]
[BlackElo "2215"]
[ECO "A15"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[WhiteFideId "14168766"]
[BlackFideId "6364063"]
[EventDate "2026.02.25"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. b3 d6 4. Nc3 e5 5. g3 g6 6. Bg2 Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8. Ne1 Nc6
9. Nc2 Be6 10. Ne3 Rb8 11. Rb1 Qd7 12. Re1 Nh5 13. Ned5 f5 14. e3 Kh8 15. a3
Rbe8 16. b4 f4 17. Ne4 Bh3 18. Bh1 fxg3 19. fxg3 b6 20. d3 Ne7 21. Nf2 Be6 22.
Rf1 Nf6 23. Nxf6 Rxf6 24. Ne4 Rxf1+ 25. Qxf1 Rf8 26. Qe1 cxb4 27. axb4 b5 28. c5
d5 29. Ng5 Bg4 30. e4 d4 31. Bg2 h6 32. h3 hxg5 33. hxg4 Qxg4 34. Ra1 Nc6 35.
Bd2 Bf6 36. Ra6 Qc8 37. Ra2 Qe6 38. Ra3 Rf7 39. Qe2 Be7 40. Bf3 Qh3 41. Be1 Rh7
42. Qg2 Qc8 43. Qe2 Qh3 44. Ra6 Qc8 45. Ra2 Qh3 46. Qg2 Qe6 47. Qe2 Qh3 48. Qf1
Qe6 49. Rh2 Rxh2 50. Kxh2 a5 51. bxa5 Bxc5 52. Qe2 b4 53. Bg4 Qe7 54. Qa2 Kg7
55. Kg2 Kf6 56. Bd2 Kg7 57. a6 Na7 58. Qd5 Nb5 59. Be6 Kf6 60. Bg8 Na7 61. Qa8
Qf8 62. Qd5 Qe7 63. Bc1 Nb5 64. Qc6+ Kg7 65. Bb3 Nc3 66. Qc8 Qf8 67. Qc7+ Kh6
68. Qxe5 Qd8 69. Bxg5+ 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Masters 2026"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2026.02.25"]
[Round "2.33"]
[White "Narayanan, Samrug"]
[Black "Gueci, Tea"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "WIM"]
[WhiteElo "2438"]
[BlackElo "2138"]
[ECO "B33"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Pelikan, Chelyabinsk variation"]
[WhiteFideId "30914051"]
[BlackFideId "872342"]
[EventDate "2026.02.25"]

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. Nab1 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. a4 b4 12. Nd5 O-O 13. Nd2 Be6 14. Bc4 a5 15.
O-O Rc8 16. c3 Bg5 17. Nf3 Bh6 18. Ba6 Rb8 19. Bb5 Na7 20. Bc4 Nc6 21. Qd3 Ne7
22. Rfd1 Nxd5 23. Bxd5 Bg4 24. cxb4 Rxb4 25. b3 Qf6 26. Bc4 Rd8 27. h3 Be6 28.
Bd5 g6 29. Rab1 Rdb8 30. Qc3 Bf8 31. Bxe6 Qxe6 32. Nd2 d5 33. exd5 Qxd5 34. Nc4
Qc5 35. Qf3 Qc7 36. Re1 Bg7 37. g3 h5 38. h4 Rd8 39. Rbd1 Rd4 40. Rc1 e4 41. Qe3
f5 42. Qg5 Kh7 43. Ne3 Qd6 44. Red1 Bh6 45. Rxd4 Rxd4 46. Nxf5 Bxg5 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis Masters 2026"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2026.02.25"]
[Round "2.34"]
[White "Cervantes Landeiro, Thalia"]
[Black "Adewumi, Tanitoluwa"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2247"]
[BlackElo "2433"]
[ECO "D26"]
[Opening "QGA"]
[Variation "classical, Steinitz variation"]
[WhiteFideId "3520498"]
[BlackFideId "30966396"]
[EventDate "2026.02.25"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. O-O cxd4 7. exd4 Be7 8.
Nc3 O-O 9. Qe2 a6 10. Rd1 b5 11. Bb3 Bb7 12. Bg5 b4 13. Na4 Nbd7 14. Ne5 Qa5 15.
Bh4 Qb5 16. Qe1 Rad8 17. Rac1 Ba8 18. Nxd7 Rxd7 19. Nc5 Ra7 20. Ba4 Qa5 21. b3
Qb6 22. Bxf6 Bxf6 23. Rc4 Rd8 24. Qxb4 Qd6 25. Nd3 Qd5 26. Ne1 Qh5 27. Rdc1 Rb7
28. Qc5 Qg6 29. Qa5 Rbb8 30. Bc6 Bxc6 31. Rxc6 Bxd4 32. Nf3 Bb2 33. Rf1 h6 34.
Rxa6 Qe4 35. Qe1 Qd3 36. Ra4 Rbc8 37. Qe4 Qb5 38. h4 Rd5 39. Rc4 Rcd8 40. Qc2
Ba3 41. Rc8 Qd7 42. Rxd8+ Qxd8 43. Rb1 Be7 44. g3 Rd3 45. Qe2 Qd5 46. Ne5 Rd2
47. Qh5 g6 48. Qxh6 Bc5 49. Rf1 Qxe5 50. Qxd2 Qxg3+ 51. Kh1 Qxh4+ 52. Kg2 Qg4+
53. Kh2 Qh4+ 54. Kg2 Qg4+ 55. Kh2 Qh4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Masters 2026"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2026.02.25"]
[Round "2.35"]
[White "Antova, Gabriela"]
[Black "Park, Evan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2168"]
[BlackElo "2419"]
[ECO "A05"]
[Opening "Reti opening"]
[WhiteFideId "2915235"]
[BlackFideId "30931142"]
[EventDate "2026.02.25"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 c5 4. c4 e6 5. O-O d4 6. e3 Nc6 7. exd4 cxd4 8. d3
Bc5 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Na3 O-O 12. Nc2 a5 13. b3 Kh7 14. a3 f5 15. Rb1
Qd6 16. Qc1 Rd8 17. Nh4 Ra6 18. Bxc6 Rxc6 19. b4 Ba7 20. Nf3 e5 21. Qe1 e4 22.
c5 Qf6 23. Nh4 exd3 24. Na1 b6 25. cxb6 Bxb6 26. bxa5 Bc7 27. Nb3 Rc2 28. Qb4
Be6 29. Nf3 Rc4 30. Qd2 Rc2 31. Qxd3 Rc3 32. Qd1 d3 33. Nfd2 Rc2 34. Qf3 Bxa5
35. Nxa5 Rxd2 36. Nb7 Rd5 37. a4 Ra2 38. a5 Qd4 39. Rfd1 d2 40. Qe2 Qe4 41. Qxe4
fxe4 42. f3 e3 43. Kf1 Re5 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis Masters 2026"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2026.02.26"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Antipov, Mikhail Al."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2795"]
[BlackElo "2591"]
[ECO "E60"]
[Opening "King's Indian defence"]
[WhiteFideId "2020009"]
[BlackFideId "4107012"]
[EventDate "2026.02.25"]

1. c4 g6 2. d4 Nf6 3. f3 e6 4. e4 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Nc3 c6 7. a3 Be7 8. e5 Nh5
9. f4 Ng7 10. Nf3 Nd7 11. Bd3 Nf8 12. Be3 Bf5 13. Bxf5 Nxf5 14. Bf2 Ne6 15. g3
h5 16. Qd3 Qd7 17. O-O-O O-O-O 18. Kb1 Kb8 19. Qc2 Nh6 20. h3 Ka8 21. Qd2 Nf8
22. Ne1 Qf5+ 23. Nd3 Nd7 24. Qe2 Nb6 25. a4 Bb4 26. Na2 Be7 27. b3 Nd7 28. Kb2
Rc8 29. Nc3 a5 30. Rdg1 Nb8 31. Be3 Na6 32. g4 Qd7 33. Qf3 Nb4 34. Nxb4 Bxb4 35.
Bf2 Qe6 36. Ne2 b6 37. Rg2 Nxg4 38. f5 gxf5 39. Nf4 Nxe5 40. Qe2 Nc4+ 41. bxc4
Qxe2+ 42. Nxe2 Rhe8 43. Nc3 dxc4 44. Rg5 b5 45. Ra1 bxa4 46. Rxa4 Rg8 47. Rxf5
Rg2 48. Ra1 Re8 49. Rc1 a4 50. Rc2 a3+ 51. Kb1 Rb8 52. Ka1 Bxc3+ 53. Rxc3 Rb3
54. Rc2 c3 55. Rxf7 Rb2 56. Rxc3 Rbxf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Masters 2026"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2026.02.26"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Bharath, Subramaniyam H"]
[Black "Hardaway, Brewington"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2544"]
[ECO "C55"]
[Opening "Two knights defence (Modern bishop's opening)"]
[WhiteFideId "46634827"]
[BlackFideId "30941849"]
[EventDate "2026.02.25"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Nc3 d6 7. a4 a5 8. Re1
Be6 9. Nd5 Bxd5 10. exd5 Nb4 11. d4 e4 12. Ng5 c6 13. dxc6 bxc6 14. f3 d5 15.
Bb3 h6 16. Nh3 Bd6 17. fxe4 Nxe4 18. c3 Na6 19. Rf1 Rb8 20. Bc2 f5 21. Rb1 Nc7
22. Qh5 Rf6 23. Nf2 Ne6 24. Nd3 Qc7 25. Nf2 Rbf8 26. Nxe4 fxe4 27. Rxf6 Rxf6 28.
Be3 Bf4 29. Re1 c5 30. Bb3 Bxe3+ 31. Rxe3 Qf4 32. Qe2 cxd4 33. cxd4 Nxd4 34. Qe1
Nxb3 35. Rxb3 d4 36. g3 Qf5 37. Rb5 Qf3 38. Rb8+ Kh7 39. Rd8 Qd3 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis Masters 2026"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2026.02.26"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Kantor, Gergely"]
[Black "Aryan, Chopra"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2631"]
[ECO "B12"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "advance variation"]
[WhiteFideId "751499"]
[BlackFideId "5084423"]
[EventDate "2026.02.25"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nd2 e6 5. Nb3 Nd7 6. Nf3 Qc7 7. Be2 c5 8. O-O c4
9. Nbd2 h6 10. c3 Ne7 11. a4 Nc6 12. b3 cxb3 13. Nxb3 Be7 14. Ne1 O-O 15. Bd3
Bxd3 16. Nxd3 f6 17. Qg4 fxe5 18. Qxe6+ Rf7 19. Qxd5 Nf6 20. Qe6 Bd6 21. Qh3 Ne4
22. Ndc5 Bxc5 23. dxc5 Qd7 24. Qxd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Masters 2026"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2026.02.26"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Alexakis, Dimitris"]
[Black "Durarbayli, Vasif"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2538"]
[BlackElo "2612"]
[ECO "C85"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Exchange variation doubly deferred (DERLD)"]
[WhiteFideId "4277023"]
[BlackFideId "13402935"]
[EventDate "2026.02.25"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. Re1 Nd7 8.
d4 exd4 9. Qxd4 O-O 10. Bf4 Nc5 11. Qe3 Ne6 12. Bg3 a5 13. Nc3 Bc5 14. Qe2 a4
15. Rad1 Qe8 16. a3 b5 17. e5 b4 18. Ne4 Ba6 19. Qd2 Rd8 20. Qc1 bxa3 21. Rxd8
Qxd8 22. bxa3 Qd5 23. h4 Be7 24. h5 h6 25. Qe3 Rd8 26. Kh1 c5 27. Nc3 Qc4 28.
Nd2 Qg4 29. Qf3 Qxf3 30. Nxf3 Bb7 31. Bh4 Bxh4 32. Nxh4 Rd4 33. Nf5 Rc4 34. Re3
Rf4 35. Nd5 Rxf2 36. c4 Kf8 37. Ng3 Rd2 38. Ne4 Rd4 39. Ndc3 Rxc4 40. Nd2 Rh4+
41. Kg1 Bc6 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis Masters 2026"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2026.02.26"]
[Round "3.5"]
[White "Woodward, Andy"]
[Black "Gazik, Viktor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2608"]
[BlackElo "2537"]
[ECO "E04"]
[Opening "Catalan"]
[Variation "open, 5.Nf3"]
[WhiteFideId "30953499"]
[BlackFideId "14928752"]
[EventDate "2026.02.25"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 a6 6. O-O Nc6 7. Nbd2 Nxd4 8. Ne5
Be7 9. Ndxc4 O-O 10. a4 Rb8 11. Bf4 Ne8 12. e3 Nf5 13. Qb3 g5 14. Rfd1 Nfd6 15.
Nc6 bxc6 16. Qxb8 gxf4 17. exf4 c5 18. Ne5 Nf6 19. Qa7 Nd5 20. Nc6 Qd7 21. Qxc5
Bb7 22. Ne5 Qc8 23. Qc2 Nb4 24. Qe2 Bxg2 25. Kxg2 Qb7+ 26. Kg1 Qe4 27. Qf1 Nc2
28. Rac1 Nd4 29. f3 Qe3+ 30. Kh1 c5 31. b4 c4 32. Ng4 Qxf3+ 33. Qxf3 Nxf3 34.
Kg2 Rb8 35. Kxf3 Rxb4 36. Ne3 Rxa4 37. Ra1 Rb4 38. Rxa6 Nb5 39. Rd7 Bc5 40. Ng4
Nd4+ 41. Kg2 Nf5 42. Rc6 Rb2+ 43. Kh3 Bg1 44. Rc8+ Kg7 45. Rcc7 Bd4 46. Rxf7+
Kg6 47. Ne5+ Bxe5 48. fxe5 Re2 49. g4 Re3+ 50. Kg2 Nh4+ 51. Kf2 Rxe5 52. Rg7+
Kh6 53. Rxh7+ Kg5 54. Rh5+ 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Masters 2026"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2026.02.26"]
[Round "3.6"]
[White "Kevlishvili, Robby"]
[Black "Lodici, Lorenzo"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2527"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[ECO "B40"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Pin, Koch variation"]
[WhiteFideId "1040634"]
[BlackFideId "884189"]
[EventDate "2026.02.25"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. e5 Nd5 7. Bd2 Nxc3 8.
bxc3 Bf8 9. Bd3 Na6 10. Nb3 Qc7 11. Qe2 Nc5 12. Nxc5 Bxc5 13. O-O b6 14. Kh1 Bb7
15. a4 O-O 16. Bg5 Rfe8 17. Rae1 Be7 18. Bxe7 Rxe7 19. Qg4 d6 20. f4 Rf8 21. Qh3
h6 22. f5 exf5 23. Qxf5 g6 24. Qf2 Qc5 25. Qf4 dxe5 26. Qxh6 e4 27. Be2 Qxc3 28.
Rd1 e3 29. Rf4 Be4 30. Rh4 Qg7 31. Qf4 g5 32. Qxe4 Rxe4 33. Rxe4 Qf6 34. Rxe3
Qf4 35. Ra3 Re8 36. Bd3 Kg7 37. Rf1 Qd6 38. Rc3 Rh8 39. h3 Rh4 40. Rc4 Rxc4 41.
Bxc4 f6 42. Bb3 Kg6 43. Rf3 f5 44. Re3 Kh5 45. Rd3 Qe5 46. Kg1 Kh4 47. Kf2 g4
48. hxg4 fxg4 49. Re3 Qh2 50. Re4 Qg3+ 51. Kf1 Qd6 52. Ke2 Qc6 53. Kd3 Qd6+ 54.
Ke2 Kg5 55. Be6 g3 56. Bb3 Qf6 57. Kd2 Qf2+ 58. Re2 Qd4+ 59. Kc1 Kf4 60. Be6
Qa1+ 61. Kd2 Qxa4 62. Kd3 Qa3+ 63. Kd2 a5 64. Bc4 b5 65. Bd3 Qb4+ 66. c3 Qb2+
67. Bc2 b4 68. Re4+ Kg5 69. cxb4 a4 70. Re3 a3 71. Rxg3+ Kh4 72. Rh3+ Kg4 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis Masters 2026"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2026.02.26"]
[Round "3.7"]
[White "Hong, Andrew"]
[Black "Repka, Christopher"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2587"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[ECO "C79"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Steinitz defence deferred (Russian defence)"]
[WhiteFideId "2099438"]
[BlackFideId "14918781"]
[EventDate "2026.02.25"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O d6 6. Re1 Bd7 7. c3 g6 8. d4 Bg7
9. h3 O-O 10. Bc2 a5 11. a4 exd4 12. cxd4 Nb4 13. Bb3 d5 14. e5 Ne4 15. Nc3 Bf5
16. g4 Be6 17. Nxe4 dxe4 18. Bg5 Qd7 19. Rxe4 h6 20. Bd2 Qc6 21. Bxb4 Qxe4 22.
Bxf8 Rxf8 23. Bxe6 fxe6 24. Ra3 h5 25. Re3 Qd5 26. gxh5 Bh6 27. Rc3 gxh5 28. Qd3
Rf7 29. Kf1 Kg7 30. Ke2 c6 31. Rc5 Qa2 32. Qc2 Qa1 33. Ne1 Bg5 34. Rc3 Bh4 35.
Rf3 Rxf3 36. Nxf3 Be7 37. Ne1 Qa2 38. Nd3 Bg5 39. Nc5 b5 40. Qb3 Qb1 41. Nxe6+
Kh6 42. Nxg5 Kxg5 43. Qe3+ 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Masters 2026"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2026.02.26"]
[Round "3.8"]
[White "Yu, Jennifer"]
[Black "Warmerdam, Max"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2309"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[ECO "A13"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[Variation "Agincourt variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2078341"]
[BlackFideId "1048104"]
[EventDate "2026.02.25"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e3 Nf6 4. b3 Bd6 5. Bb2 O-O 6. d4 b6 7. Bd3 Bb7 8. O-O
Nbd7 9. Nbd2 Ne4 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Ne5 Ndf6 12. Rc1 Qe7 13. f3 Nxd2 14. Qxd2 c5
15. Bb1 Rac8 16. Qd3 g6 17. g4 Ne8 18. f4 Qh4 19. Qe2 Nf6 20. Qg2 cxd4 21. g5
Rxc1 22. Rxc1 dxe3 23. gxf6 Qxf4 24. Rf1 Qh6 25. Bd4 Re8 26. Ng4 Qh4 27. Bd3 h5
28. Nh6+ Kf8 29. Nf5 Bxh2+ 30. Kh1 Qxd4 31. Nxd4 Be5 32. Qg5 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Masters 2026"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2026.02.26"]
[Round "3.9"]
[White "Sonis, Francesco"]
[Black "Atwell, Rose"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2561"]
[BlackElo "2337"]
[ECO "D31"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "Charousek (Petrosian) variation"]
[WhiteFideId "895733"]
[BlackFideId "30951011"]
[EventDate "2026.02.25"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. Bf4 Nf6 5. e3 O-O 6. Rc1 b6 7. a3 dxc4 8. Bxc4
Bb7 9. Nf3 Nbd7 10. h3 c5 11. O-O cxd4 12. exd4 Rc8 13. Ba2 Ne4 14. Qd3 Nxc3 15.
Rxc3 Rxc3 16. bxc3 Bxf3 17. Qxf3 Bxa3 18. Qb7 a5 19. Qc6 Qc8 20. Qb5 Qb7 21. c4
Rc8 22. c5 Qc6 23. Bc4 Qb7 24. Qa6 Qa8 25. Qb5 Qa7 26. Ra1 e5 27. c6 Nf6 28.
dxe5 Nh5 29. Be3 Bc5 30. Bxc5 bxc5 31. Qb7 Rc7 32. Qxa7 Rxa7 33. Rb1 g6 34. Rb7
Ra8 35. c7 Kg7 36. Rb8 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Masters 2026"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2026.02.26"]
[Round "3.10"]
[White "Akobian, Varuzhan"]
[Black "Budisavljevic, Luka"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2549"]
[BlackElo "2501"]
[ECO "E10"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[WhiteFideId "13300580"]
[BlackFideId "960047"]
[EventDate "2026.02.25"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nc3 c6 6. Qc2 g6 7. Bg5 Be7 8. e3
Bf5 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Nbd7 11. O-O O-O 12. Rab1 a5 13. Qc2 Re8 14. a3 Ne4 15.
Nxe4 dxe4 16. Bxe7 Qxe7 17. Nd2 c5 18. Rfe1 Ra6 19. Qb3 Nf6 20. dxc5 Rc8 21.
Rbc1 Rac6 22. h3 Rxc5 23. Rxc5 Rxc5 24. Nb1 Qd7 25. Qb6 Qc6 26. Qd8+ Kg7 27. Nc3
Qc7 28. Rd1 Qxd8 29. Rxd8 Rc6 30. Rd4 Rb6 31. b4 axb4 32. axb4 Re6 33. Kf1 g5
34. Ke2 Kg6 35. Kd2 Kf5 36. Kc2 Ke5 37. Rc4 Rc6 38. Kb3 h5 39. Rxc6 bxc6 40. Kc4
Nd7 41. Ne2 h4 42. Nd4 Kd6 43. Nf5+ Ke6 44. Nd4+ Kd6 45. Nf5+ Ke6 46. Nd4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Masters 2026"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2026.02.26"]
[Round "3.11"]
[White "Kacharava, Nikolozi"]
[Black "Stremavicius, Titas"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2501"]
[BlackElo "2547"]
[ECO "C15"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "Winawer (Nimzovich) variation"]
[WhiteFideId "13611860"]
[BlackFideId "12804444"]
[EventDate "2026.02.25"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. exd5 exd5 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 Nf6 8.
Bg5 h6 9. Bh4 Qe7+ 10. Ne2 g5 11. Bg3 Nh5 12. O-O Be6 13. Qb1 O-O-O 14. Qb5 Nxg3
15. Nxg3 Rd6 16. Rab1 Nd8 17. c4 Rb6 18. Qa4 Ra6 19. Qb3 Rxa3 20. Qb2 dxc4 21.
d5 c3 22. Qb5 Bd7 23. Bf5 Bxf5 24. Nxf5 Qd7 25. Qc5 Ra6 26. Qxc3 Re8 27. Qd3 Re5
28. Ne3 f5 29. f4 gxf4 30. Rxf4 Qe7 31. Nxf5 Qc5+ 32. Kh1 Ra3 33. Qd2 Ra2 34.
Rf2 Kb8 35. h4 Rxd5 36. Qf4 a5 37. Ne3 Rd6 38. g4 Re6 39. Rb3 Ra3 40. Qf5 Qe7
41. Ng2 a4 42. Rxa3 Qxa3 43. Nf4 Rd6 44. Kg2 Qc3 45. Rf3 Qd2+ 46. Kh3 Nc6 47. g5
hxg5 48. hxg5 Nd4 49. Qf8+ Ka7 50. Rg3 Qxc2 51. g6 Qe4 52. Qf7 Nf5 53. Qxc7 Qxf4
54. Qa5+ Kb8 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis Masters 2026"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2026.02.26"]
[Round "3.12"]
[White "Mikaelyan, Arman"]
[Black "Oparin, Grigoriy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2494"]
[BlackElo "2658"]
[ECO "E15"]
[Opening "Queen's Indian"]
[Variation "Nimzovich variation (exaggerated fianchetto)"]
[WhiteFideId "13304852"]
[BlackFideId "24125890"]
[EventDate "2026.02.25"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Nbd2 Bb7 6. Bg2 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. b3
c5 9. dxc5 bxc5 10. Bb2 Qc7 11. Qc2 Rd8 12. e4 d6 13. Nh4 Nfd7 14. f4 Bxh4 15.
gxh4 Nc6 16. Nf3 e5 17. h5 h6 18. Nh4 Nd4 19. Bxd4 cxd4 20. Nf5 Nc5 21. Qe2 Kh7
22. Qg4 Ne6 23. Rad1 Rg8 24. fxe5 dxe5 25. Rd3 Nf4 26. Rg3 g6 27. hxg6+ Rxg6 28.
Qf3 Rag8 29. Kh1 Rg5 30. Nxd4 f5 31. Nb5 Qe7 32. Nc3 Nxg2 33. Qxg2 Rxg3 34. hxg3
f4 35. Rf3 fxg3 36. Kg1 Qg5 37. Rf7+ Rg7 38. Qf3 Qc1+ 39. Nd1 Rxf7 40. Qxf7+ Kh8
41. Qf8+ Kh7 42. Qf7+ Kh8 43. Qf8+ Kh7 44. Qf7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Masters 2026"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2026.02.26"]
[Round "3.13"]
[White "Pranav, V"]
[Black "Bilych, Oleksii"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2641"]
[BlackElo "2450"]
[ECO "C50"]
[Opening "Giuoco Pianissimo"]
[WhiteFideId "25060783"]
[BlackFideId "14156504"]
[EventDate "2026.02.25"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 Nf6 5. a4 d6 6. a5 a6 7. c3 Ba7 8. O-O O-O
9. Be3 Bxe3 10. fxe3 Be6 11. Bxe6 fxe6 12. Nbd2 d5 13. Qe2 Qd6 14. b4 Rad8 15.
Rfd1 Qe7 16. Rab1 Rd7 17. b5 axb5 18. Rxb5 Ra8 19. Ra1 b6 20. a6 Na7 21. Rb4 Nc6
22. Rb5 Na7 23. Rb4 Nc6 24. Rb2 Qd6 25. Ne1 h6 26. h3 Kh7 27. d4 Kh8 28. Qd3
Nxe4 29. Nxe4 dxe4 30. Qxe4 Qd5 31. Qxd5 Rxd5 32. Nd3 Kg8 33. Rf2 Rd6 34. Rc2
Kf7 35. Kf1 Ke7 36. Ke2 Rdd8 37. Ra4 Rd5 38. Rc1 e4 39. Nf2 Ra5 40. Rxa5 Nxa5
41. Nxe4 Rxa6 42. Ra1 Ra8 43. Nd2 Rd8 44. Nf3 Nc4 45. Ra6 Rd5 46. Ra4 Na5 47.
Ne5 Rb5 48. Ra2 Rb1 49. Kd3 Rd1+ 50. Ke4 Rf1 51. c4 Kd6 52. c5+ Ke7 53. cxb6
cxb6 54. Rb2 Nb7 55. Rxb6 Nd6+ 56. Kd3 Ra1 57. g4 h5 58. gxh5 Ra3+ 59. Ke2 Nf5
60. Rb7+ Kf6 61. h4 Nxh4 62. Ng4+ Kg5 63. Rxg7+ Kxh5 64. Nf6+ Kh6 65. Rg8 Nf5
66. Ng4+ Kh5 67. Kf2 Kh4 68. Ke2 Ne7 69. Rg7 Nf5 70. Rg6 Kh5 71. Rg8 Kh4 72. Kf2
Ne7 73. Rg7 Nf5 74. Rg6 Kh5 75. Rg8 Kh4 76. Kf3 Nxd4+ 77. Ke4 Nf5 78. Kf4 Kh5
79. Ne5 Kh6 80. e4 Ne7 81. Ng4+ Kh7 82. Re8 Ra7 83. Ke5 Kg7 84. Kxe6 Ng6 85. Ne3
Ra6+ 86. Kf5 Kf7 87. Rb8 Ra5+ 88. Kg4 Ne5+ 89. Kf4 Ng6+ 90. Kg4 Ne5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Masters 2026"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2026.02.26"]
[Round "3.14"]
[White "Mishra, Abhimanyu"]
[Black "Bilovil, Bogdan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2629"]
[BlackElo "2446"]
[ECO "C11"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "Steinitz, Boleslavsky variation"]
[WhiteFideId "30920019"]
[BlackFideId "14168766"]
[EventDate "2026.02.25"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 a6 8. Ne2 Qb6
9. Qc1 Be7 10. c3 O-O 11. h4 f6 12. h5 h6 13. Rh3 Qa5 14. Bd2 Qc7 15. Nh4 Rf7
16. Ng6 Nf8 17. g4 Bd7 18. Nxe7+ Nxe7 19. exf6 Rxf6 20. Be3 b6 21. Qd2 Rf7 22.
Rg3 Bb5 23. Bh3 Nc8 24. O-O-O Nd6 25. Qc2 Ne4 26. Rgg1 a5 27. Kb1 a4 28. Ng3 a3
29. Nxe4 dxe4 30. c4 cxd4 31. Rxd4 Bc6 32. g5 hxg5 33. Rxg5 axb2 34. h6 Ra5 35.
hxg7 Rxg7 36. Rxg7+ Qxg7 37. Rd2 Kf7 38. Rg2 Qh8 39. Bg4 Ra3 40. Rh2 Qg7 41.
Bh5+ Ke7 42. Qd2 Qc3 43. Qxc3 Rxc3 44. Bxb6 Nd7 45. Ba5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Masters 2026"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2026.02.26"]
[Round "3.15"]
[White "Boyer, Mahel"]
[Black "Dudin, Gleb"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2486"]
[BlackElo "2596"]
[ECO "D45"]
[Opening "QGD semi-Slav"]
[Variation "5...Nd7"]
[WhiteFideId "45102422"]
[BlackFideId "34184934"]
[EventDate "2026.02.25"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Be2 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. Qc2
dxc4 9. a4 e5 10. Bxc4 Qe7 11. h3 a5 12. Rd1 Bb4 13. Ba2 e4 14. Nd2 Re8 15. Bb1
Bxc3 16. bxc3 Qe6 17. Ba3 b5 18. Ba2 Qf5 19. f3 Nb6 20. fxe4 Qg5 21. Kh1 Nxa4
22. Nf3 Qh5 23. Ne5 Be6 24. Rf1 Nxe4 25. Qxe4 Nxc3 26. Qc2 Nxa2 27. Rxa2 b4 28.
Raa1 bxa3 29. Rxa3 f6 30. Nxc6 Bd5 31. Kh2 a4 32. Rf4 Qf7 33. Nb4 Bb3 34. Qd2
Qe7 35. d5 Qxe3 36. Qxe3 Rxe3 37. Rd4 Re7 38. d6 Rd7 39. Nd3 Rc8 40. Nb2 Rc6 41.
Nxa4 Bc2 42. Ra2 Kf7 43. Nb6 Rxb6 44. Rxc2 Rbxd6 45. Rxd6 Rxd6 46. Rc7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Masters 2026"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2026.02.26"]
[Round "3.16"]
[White "Putnam, Liam"]
[Black "Bok, Benjamin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2592"]
[ECO "B96"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Najdorf, 7.f4"]
[WhiteFideId "30938279"]
[BlackFideId "1017063"]
[EventDate "2026.02.25"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 h6 8. Bh4
Qb6 9. a3 Nbd7 10. Bf2 Qc7 11. Qf3 b5 12. O-O-O Rb8 13. g4 b4 14. axb4 Rxb4 15.
h4 e5 16. Bh3 exd4 17. Bxd4 Nb6 18. e5 Rxd4 19. Rxd4 Bb7 20. Qe2 dxe5 21. fxe5
Nfd5 22. e6 Be7 23. exf7+ Kxf7 24. Rf1+ Bf6 25. g5 hxg5 26. Be6+ Kg6 27. Qd3+
Kh6 28. Bxd5 gxh4 29. Rxf6+ gxf6 30. Rg4 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Masters 2026"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2026.02.26"]
[Round "3.17"]
[White "Fier, Alexandr"]
[Black "Raja, Harshit"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2572"]
[BlackElo "2472"]
[ECO "B90"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Najdorf"]
[WhiteFideId "2107139"]
[BlackFideId "5089000"]
[EventDate "2026.02.25"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. Be3
h5 9. Qd2 Nbd7 10. Nd5 Bxd5 11. exd5 g6 12. Be2 Bg7 13. Na5 Qc7 14. c4 O-O 15.
O-O b6 16. Nc6 a5 17. g4 Nb8 18. g5 Nfd7 19. Bd3 Nxc6 20. dxc6 Nc5 21. Bxc5 dxc5
22. Be4 Rad8 23. Qg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Masters 2026"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2026.02.26"]
[Round "3.18"]
[White "Shlyakhtenko, Robert"]
[Black "Can, Isik"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2453"]
[BlackElo "2562"]
[ECO "D45"]
[Opening "QGD semi-Slav"]
[Variation "accelerated Meran (Alekhine variation)"]
[WhiteFideId "30936934"]
[BlackFideId "6383742"]
[EventDate "2026.02.25"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Nf3 a6 6. b3 Bb4 7. Bd2 Nbd7 8. g3 b6
9. Bg2 Qe7 10. O-O Bb7 11. Ne1 O-O 12. Nd3 Bd6 13. Rc1 c5 14. dxc5 bxc5 15. Na4
Ne4 16. Qe2 Bc6 17. Rfd1 Bxa4 18. bxa4 Nb6 19. Ba5 Nxc4 20. Rxc4 dxc4 21. Bxe4
cxd3 22. Qxd3 Bc7 23. Bxa8 Rxa8 24. Bxc7 Qxc7 25. Qd6 Qa5 26. Qc6 Rb8 27. Rd7 h6
28. Rc7 Qd2 29. Qf3 Rf8 30. Rxc5 Qxa2 31. Qf4 Qb1+ 32. Kg2 Qb7+ 33. Qf3 Qb4 34.
Qc6 Rd8 35. Rc4 Qa5 36. Rc5 Qb4 37. Rc4 Qa5 38. Rc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Masters 2026"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2026.02.26"]
[Round "3.19"]
[White "Atanasov, Anthony"]
[Black "Tiglon, Bryce"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2441"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[ECO "C11"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "Swiss variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2623897"]
[BlackFideId "2087456"]
[EventDate "2026.02.25"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bd3 c5 5. Nf3 cxd4 6. Nxd4 e5 7. Nf3 d4 8. Nd5
Nxd5 9. exd5 Qxd5 10. O-O Be7 11. Re1 Nd7 12. Bf5 f6 13. c3 Nc5 14. Bxc8 Rxc8
15. cxd4 exd4 16. Be3 d3 17. Bxc5 Rxc5 18. Re3 d2 19. Nxd2 Rc7 20. Qe2 Kf7 21.
Re1 Bb4 22. Rd3 Qf5 23. Ne4 Rhc8 24. Rd4 Be7 25. Ng3 Qc5 26. Qe6+ Kf8 27. Nf5
Qc6 28. Qb3 Qc5 29. Qe6 Qc6 30. Qb3 Qc5 31. Nh6 gxh6 32. Rg4 Qg5 33. Rxg5 hxg5
34. g3 Rc1 35. Rxc1 Rxc1+ 36. Kg2 Rc7 37. Qa4 b6 38. h4 Kg7 39. Qe4 gxh4 40.
Qg4+ Kh8 41. Qxh4 Rd7 42. Qe4 Rc7 43. Qf4 Rd7 44. a3 Rb7 45. Qc4 Bf8 46. Qe6 Kg7
47. Qg4+ Kh8 48. Qc8 Rf7 49. Kh3 f5 50. Qe6 Kg7 51. Kh4 Be7+ 52. Kh5 Bc5 53.
Qe5+ Kg8 54. Qb8+ Kg7 55. b4 Bf8 56. Qe5+ Kg8 57. Qe6 Kg7 58. Qh6+ Kg8 59. Qg5+
Bg7 60. Qd8+ Rf8 61. Qd5+ Rf7 62. Kg5 Bb2 63. Qb3 Be5 64. Kh6 Bg7+ 65. Kh5 Bd4
66. Qc2 Kg7 67. Qd2 Bf6 68. Qf4 Bb2 69. a4 Bc3 70. g4 Ba1 71. Qc1 Bf6 72. g5 Be5
73. Qe3 Ba1 74. f4 Bb2 75. Qb3 Ba1 76. Qd1 Bc3 77. Qd3 Ba1 78. Qd2 Kg8 79. Qa2 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Masters 2026"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2026.02.26"]
[Round "3.20"]
[White "Park, Evan"]
[Black "Kadric, Denis"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2419"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[ECO "C76"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "modern Steinitz defence, fianchetto (Bronstein) variation"]
[WhiteFideId "30931142"]
[BlackFideId "14403803"]
[EventDate "2026.02.25"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. c3 Bd7 6. d4 g6 7. O-O Bg7 8. h3 Nf6
9. Re1 O-O 10. Bc2 Re8 11. d5 Ne7 12. a4 b5 13. b3 c6 14. c4 cxd5 15. cxd5 Qc7
16. Ra2 Rec8 17. Bd3 Qb7 18. Ba3 Ne8 19. Rae2 Bh6 20. Rc2 bxa4 21. Rxc8 Nxc8 22.
bxa4 Qc7 23. Nfd2 Qa5 24. Nc4 Qxa4 25. Qxa4 Bxa4 26. Nc3 Bb5 27. Rb1 Nc7 28. Bf1
Bf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Masters 2026"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2026.02.26"]
[Round "3.21"]
[White "Pyrih, Roman"]
[Black "Matviishen, Viktor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2403"]
[BlackElo "2533"]
[ECO "B92"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Najdorf, Opovcensky variation"]
[WhiteFideId "14179156"]
[BlackFideId "14129850"]
[EventDate "2026.02.25"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. Qd3
Nc6 9. Nd5 Nxd5 10. exd5 Nb8 11. O-O O-O 12. a4 a5 13. Bd2 Bg5 14. Bxg5 Qxg5 15.
Nd2 Na6 16. Qe3 Qxe3 17. fxe3 Nb4 18. Nc4 Nxd5 19. Bf3 e4 20. Bxe4 Nf6 21. Nxd6
Nxe4 22. Nxe4 Bd7 23. Nc5 Bc6 24. Nb3 Rfe8 25. Rfe1 Be4 26. Nd4 Rac8 27. c3 h5
28. Nb5 Rcd8 29. Rad1 Rxd1 30. Rxd1 Bc2 31. Re1 b6 32. Ra1 Rxe3 33. Nd4 Bg6 34.
Kf2 Re8 35. Re1 Rc8 36. Re7 Rc4 37. Re8+ Kh7 38. Rb8 Rxa4 39. Rxb6 Ra1 40. Ne2
a4 41. c4 Bd3 42. c5 a3 43. Rb3 axb2 44. Rxb2 Ra5 45. Nf4 Bf5 46. Nxh5 Rxc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Masters 2026"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2026.02.26"]
[Round "3.22"]
[White "Rosen, Eric"]
[Black "Mardov, Dimitar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2377"]
[BlackElo "2504"]
[ECO "C47"]
[Opening "Four knights"]
[Variation "Scotch, 4...exd4"]
[WhiteFideId "2032562"]
[BlackFideId "30919495"]
[EventDate "2026.02.25"]

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 Qe7 9. Bg5 Qe6 10. Qf3 Bd6 11. Qe2 h6 12. Bh4 Bf4 13. g3 Be5 14. f4 Bd4+ 15.
Kh1 d6 16. e5 Bxc3 17. bxc3 Qd5+ 18. Qf3 Bg4 19. Qxd5 Nxd5 20. c4 Ne3 21. Rfe1
Nf5 22. Bxf5 Bxf5 23. Be7 Rfe8 24. exd6 cxd6 25. Bxd6 Bxc2 26. Kg2 Bd3 27. c5
Bc4 28. a3 a5 29. Kf2 f6 30. Rxe8+ Rxe8 31. Re1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Masters 2026"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2026.02.26"]
[Round "3.23"]
[White "Gueci, Tea"]
[Black "Celik, Hasan Huseyin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "WIM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2138"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[ECO "B40"]
[Opening "Sicilian defence"]
[WhiteFideId "872342"]
[BlackFideId "44506759"]
[EventDate "2026.02.25"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d3 Nc6 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O Nf6 7. c3 O-O 8. Re1 Bd7
9. a4 a6 10. Nbd2 Qc7 11. Nf1 Rfd8 12. Bd2 Be8 13. Ne3 Rac8 14. Qb1 Ne5 15. d4
cxd4 16. cxd4 Neg4 17. Nxg4 Nxg4 18. Bc3 Nf6 19. Nd2 Qb6 20. Qd3 d5 21. e5 Nd7
22. a5 Qa7 23. f4 Nc5 24. Qe3 Na4 25. g4 b5 26. axb6 Qxb6 27. f5 exf5 28. gxf5
f6 29. Nf3 Nxc3 30. bxc3 a5 31. exf6 Bxf6 32. Ne5 a4 33. Ng4 Bh4 34. Reb1 Qc7
35. Qe6+ Bf7 36. Qe3 Qxc3 37. Qxc3 Rxc3 38. Rxa4 Rc4 39. Rba1 Bg5 40. Ra8 Rc1+
41. Rxc1 Rxa8 42. Rc7 Ra1+ 43. Kf2 Bh4+ 44. Ke3 Ra3+ 45. Kf4 h6 46. f6 Bxf6 47.
Nxf6+ gxf6 48. Kf5 Ra2 49. Bf3 Rf2 50. Kg4 Rxh2 51. Kg3 Rd2 52. Rc8+ Kg7 53. Rc7
Kg6 54. Bh5+ Kxh5 55. Rxf7 Kg6 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis Masters 2026"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2026.02.26"]
[Round "3.24"]
[White "Cordova, Emilio"]
[Black "Wang, Tianqi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2494"]
[BlackElo "2331"]
[ECO "E01"]
[Opening "Catalan"]
[Variation "closed"]
[WhiteFideId "3801497"]
[BlackFideId "2063824"]
[EventDate "2026.02.25"]

1. c4 e6 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. d4 c6 5. Nf3 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Nc3 a5 8. Re1
Nbd7 9. e4 dxc4 10. a4 b6 11. h4 Re8 12. e5 Nd5 13. Ng5 Bxg5 14. hxg5 Nxc3 15.
bxc3 Ra7 16. Bxc6 Bb7 17. Bb5 Ba8 18. Qh5 Qc8 19. f3 Bc6 20. Rb1 Nf8 21. Ba3 Ng6
22. Kf2 f5 23. gxf6 Rf7 24. Rh1 gxf6 25. exf6 Rd8 26. Bxc6 Qxc6 27. Qb5 Qc8 28.
Qxb6 e5 29. g4 exd4 30. cxd4 Qd7 31. Bc5 Nf4 32. Be7 Rxe7 33. fxe7 Qxe7 34. Qb7
Nd3+ 35. Kf1 Rd7 36. Qc6 Nb4 37. Qxc4+ Nd5 38. Rh5 Qe6 39. Qc8+ Kg7 40. Rg5+ 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Masters 2026"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2026.02.26"]
[Round "3.25"]
[White "Harsha, Bharathakoti"]
[Black "Apaar Saxena"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2538"]
[BlackElo "2263"]
[ECO "A06"]
[Opening "Reti opening"]
[WhiteFideId "5078776"]
[BlackFideId "25937219"]
[EventDate "2026.02.25"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. b3 Bf5 4. Ba3 Nbd7 5. c4 e6 6. Bxf8 Nxf8 7. Nc3 c6 8. Be2
N8d7 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. O-O O-O 11. Nd4 Bg6 12. f4 e5 13. fxe5 Nxe5 14. Qe1 Nc6
15. Qh4 Ne4 16. Qxd8 Rfxd8 17. Nxc6 bxc6 18. Nxe4 dxe4 19. Rfd1 a5 20. Rac1 Rd6
21. Rc5 f6 22. Kf2 Bf7 23. Bc4 a4 24. b4 a3 25. Ke2 Rb8 26. Rb1 Rbd8 27. Rd1 Rb8
28. Bxf7+ Kxf7 29. Rc4 f5 30. d4 exd3+ 31. Rxd3 Rxd3 32. Kxd3 Ke7 33. Rd4 Ke6
34. Kc3 Rb5 35. Kc4 Re5 36. Rd3 f4 37. exf4 Re2 38. Rxa3 Rxg2 39. Kc5 Rc2+ 40.
Kb6 Rb2 41. Re3+ Kf5 42. a3 Kxf4 43. Rh3 Rc2 44. Rxh7 g5 45. a4 Rc4 46. b5 cxb5
47. axb5 Rc2 48. Ka7 Ra2+ 49. Kb7 Ke5 50. Rh6 g4 51. b6 Rf2 52. Ka7 Ra2+ 53. Kb8
Kd5 54. b7 Rb2 55. Ka7 Ra2+ 56. Ra6 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Masters 2026"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2026.02.26"]
[Round "3.26"]
[White "Kiolbasa, Oliwia"]
[Black "Chasin, Nico"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2397"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[ECO "C01"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "exchange variation"]
[WhiteFideId "1154613"]
[BlackFideId "30908477"]
[EventDate "2026.02.25"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Bd3 Bg4 6. c3 Bd6 7. O-O Nge7 8. a4
Qd7 9. Na3 a6 10. Nc2 f6 11. c4 dxc4 12. Bxc4 O-O-O 13. b4 Nxb4 14. Nxb4 Bxb4
15. Qb3 Qd6 16. a5 Nc6 17. Rb1 Bf5 18. d5 Bxb1 19. dxc6 Be4 20. Ba3 Qxc6 21.
Bxb4 Bxf3 22. gxf3 Rd4 23. Rc1 Kb8 24. Ba3 Rhd8 25. Bf1 Qd5 26. Qc3 Qg5+ 27. Kh1
Qf4 28. Qb3 Qf5 29. Rc5 Qg6 30. Rc1 Qg5 31. Rc5 Qd2 32. Qf7 R4d7 33. Qb3 Qxf2
34. Rc1 Rd2 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis Masters 2026"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2026.02.26"]
[Round "3.27"]
[White "Abrahamyan, Tatev"]
[Black "Munkhdalai, Amilal"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2378"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[ECO "B90"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Najdorf, Byrne (English) attack"]
[WhiteFideId "13301918"]
[BlackFideId "4903250"]
[EventDate "2026.02.25"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. f3 b5 8. Qd2
Bb7 9. g4 Be7 10. g5 Nfd7 11. O-O-O Nc6 12. Kb1 O-O 13. h4 Nde5 14. Nxc6 Bxc6
15. f4 Nd7 16. Bd3 Nc5 17. h5 Nxd3 18. Qxd3 Qc7 19. h6 g6 20. f5 gxf5 21. Rhg1
b4 22. Nd5 Bxd5 23. exd5 Rac8 24. dxe6 fxe6 25. g6 Qc4 26. gxh7+ Kh8 27. Bd4+ e5
28. Qg3 Bf6 29. Bf2 Qxc2+ 30. Ka1 f4 31. Qg2 Kxh7 32. Rb1 Rg8 33. Qh3 Rxg1 34.
Bxg1 Rg8 35. Qd7+ Kh8 36. Qxd6 Qf5 37. Bc5 f3 38. h7 Rd8 39. Qb6 e4 40. Be3 Qe5
41. Qxb4 Rb8 42. Qd2 Bg7 43. Bf4 Qxb2+ 44. Rxb2 Bxb2+ 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis Masters 2026"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2026.02.26"]
[Round "3.28"]
[White "Kuru, Atilla"]
[Black "Cervantes Landeiro, Thalia"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2450"]
[BlackElo "2247"]
[ECO "B31"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Nimzovich-Rossolimo attack, Gurgenidze variation"]
[WhiteFideId "51607948"]
[BlackFideId "3520498"]
[EventDate "2026.02.25"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. Re1 e5 6. b4 cxb4 7. a3 Nge7 8. axb4
O-O 9. Bb2 d6 10. Bxc6 Nxc6 11. b5 Nd4 12. Nxd4 exd4 13. Ra4 Qb6 14. Na3 Bd7 15.
Qa1 a6 16. Rxd4 axb5 17. Rd3 Bxb2 18. Qxb2 Qc5 19. Nb1 Be6 20. Nc3 Rfc8 21. h4
Qe5 22. Rb1 Rc5 23. Qb4 Rac8 24. g3 d5 25. exd5 Bxd5 26. Re3 Qf5 27. Rbe1 Be6
28. Ne4 Rxc2 29. Nd6 Qc5 30. Qf4 Rc4 31. Nxc4 bxc4 32. Re5 Qc6 33. h5 Bh3 34. f3
Qb6+ 35. Kh2 Be6 36. R1e2 Qd8 37. h6 Qf8 38. g4 b5 39. g5 b4 40. Qf6 c3 41. dxc3
bxc3 42. Rc2 Rc4 43. Kg2 Rc8 44. Re3 Bf5 45. Rcxc3 Rb8 46. Rc7 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Masters 2026"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2026.02.26"]
[Round "3.29"]
[White "Adewumi, Tanitoluwa"]
[Black "Lu, Maximillian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2433"]
[BlackElo "2424"]
[ECO "E15"]
[Opening "Queen's Indian"]
[Variation "4.g3"]
[WhiteFideId "30966396"]
[BlackFideId "2096242"]
[EventDate "2026.02.25"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 e6 3. c4 b6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 c6 7. Bg5 d5 8. Nbd2
Nbd7 9. Rc1 Bb7 10. O-O O-O 11. a3 c5 12. cxd5 exd5 13. e3 Re8 14. Re1 a6 15.
Qc2 Rc8 16. Qf5 Nf8 17. Ne5 Rc7 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. Ng4 Be7 20. Nb1 Bc8 21. Qf3
Be6 22. Nc3 Rd7 23. Ne5 Rd6 24. Nd3 cxd4 25. exd4 Bf6 26. Qe3 Re7 27. Ne5 Rc7
28. h4 Ng6 29. Rcd1 Ne7 30. Qf4 Bxe5 31. Qxe5 Nc6 32. Qf4 h6 33. Rd3 Na5 34. Re2
Nc4 35. Kh2 g5 36. hxg5 hxg5 37. Qc1 Bf5 38. Rd1 Bg4 39. f3 Rh6+ 40. Kg1 Be6 41.
Rf2 Nd6 42. f4 Rg6 43. Qd2 Nc4 44. Qd3 gxf4 45. gxf4 Qh4 46. f5 Rg3 47. Qe2 Bd7
48. Nxd5 Ba4 49. Nxc7 Bxd1 50. Qe8+ Kh7 51. Qxf7+ Rg7 52. Qxc4 b5 53. Qd3 Rxc7
54. f6+ Kh8 55. f7 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Masters 2026"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2026.02.26"]
[Round "3.30"]
[White "Kavutskiy, Kostya"]
[Black "Heimann, Mark"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2330"]
[BlackElo "2511"]
[ECO "A07"]
[Opening "Reti"]
[Variation "King's Indian attack (Barcza system)"]
[WhiteFideId "2026384"]
[BlackFideId "2028441"]
[EventDate "2026.02.25"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O c5 5. c4 d4 6. e3 Nc6 7. exd4 cxd4 8. d3
Nd7 9. b3 Bc5 10. Na3 O-O 11. Nc2 a5 12. a3 Be7 13. Rb1 e5 14. b4 axb4 15. axb4
Qc7 16. Re1 Re8 17. b5 Nd8 18. Nb4 Bxb4 19. Rxb4 Qd6 20. Rb1 Nc5 21. Nh4 f5 22.
Bd5+ Nf7 23. f4 Bd7 24. Nf3 Be6 25. fxe5 Qd8 26. Bxe6 Nxe6 27. Bd2 b6 28. Ra1
Qd7 29. Rxa8 Rxa8 30. Nh4 g6 31. Qf3 Ra2 32. Re2 Qe7 33. Ng2 Ra1+ 34. Kf2 Kg7
35. Nf4 Nfg5 36. Nxe6+ Nxe6 37. Qd5 f4 38. Kg2 g5 39. Rf2 Qf7 40. Qe4 Ra2 41. h4
gxh4 42. gxf4 Nc5 43. Qf3 Qf5 44. Kh2 Qxd3 45. Rg2+ Kf8 46. Qc6 Rxd2 47. Qd6+
Ke8 48. Qb8+ Kd7 49. Qd6+ Kc8 50. Qc6+ Kb8 51. Qxb6+ Nb7 52. Rxd2 Qxd2+ 53. Kh3
Qxf4 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis Masters 2026"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2026.02.26"]
[Round "3.31"]
[White "Yip, Carissa"]
[Black "Ostrovskiy, Aleksandr"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2466"]
[BlackElo "2367"]
[ECO "B12"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "advance variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2090732"]
[BlackFideId "2034239"]
[EventDate "2026.02.25"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. h4 h5 5. c4 e6 6. Nc3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 Nd7 8. Nge2
Be7 9. g3 b5 10. Bb3 Qb6 11. Be3 Rd8 12. Qc1 c5 13. Bc2 Qb7 14. O-O b4 15. Na4
cxd4 16. Bxf5 dxe3 17. Bh3 exf2+ 18. Rxf2 Nxe5 19. Qf4 Qb8 20. Nd4 Nf6 21. Bxe6
Rxd4 22. Qxd4 fxe6 23. Re1 Neg4 24. Rf3 e5 25. Qc4 e4 26. Qc6+ Kf7 27. Qxe4 Re8
28. Qd5+ Kg6 29. Qd3+ Kh6 30. Re6 Rd8 31. Qc2 Rd7 32. Rd3 Rxd3 33. Qxd3 Qc7 34.
b3 a5 35. Kg2 Qb7+ 36. Qf3 Qd7 37. Re2 Bd8 38. Nc5 Qd5 39. Qxd5 Nxd5 40. Kf3 Nc3
41. Rd2 Bc7 42. Ne6 Bxg3 43. Rd8 Bxh4 44. Rh8+ Kg6 45. Nf4+ Kf5 46. Nxh5 Ne5+
47. Kg2 Bf6 48. Ra8 Nxa2 49. Rxa5 Nc3 50. Ra7 Ke4 51. Nxg7 Nd3 52. Ne6 Nf4+ 53.
Nxf4 Kxf4 54. Rf7 Ne4 55. Kf1 Ke3 56. Ke1 Kd3 57. Rc7 Bd4 58. Kd1 Nc5 59. Kc1
Kc3 60. Kb1 Kxb3 61. Rh7 Ne4 62. Rh4 Nc3+ 63. Ka1 Nb5+ 64. Kb1 Na3+ 65. Kc1 Be3+
66. Kd1 Kc3 67. Rxb4 Kxb4 68. Ke2 Nc4 69. Kd3 Kc5 70. Ke4 Bd4 71. Kf4 Kd5 72.
Kf5 Be5 73. Kg4 Ke6 74. Kf3 Kf5 75. Kf2 Ke4 76. Kg2 Bf4 77. Kf2 Ne5 78. Kg2 Ke3
79. Kg1 Kf3 80. Kh1 Ng4 81. Kg1 Nf2 82. Kf1 Bh2 83. Ke1 Ne4 84. Kd1 Ke3 85. Kc2
Nd2 86. Kc3 Bd6 87. Kc2 Bb4 88. Kd1 Kd3 89. Ke1 Bc5 90. Kd1 Bf2 91. Kc1 Nc4 92.
Kb1 Kc3 93. Ka2 Be3 94. Kb1 Kb3 95. Ka1 Bd2 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis Masters 2026"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2026.02.26"]
[Round "3.32"]
[White "Caglar, Sila"]
[Black "Narayanan, Samrug"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "WIM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2215"]
[BlackElo "2438"]
[ECO "C15"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "Winawer, Alekhine (Maroczy) gambit"]
[WhiteFideId "6364063"]
[BlackFideId "30914051"]
[EventDate "2026.02.25"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Ne2 Nc6 5. exd5 exd5 6. a3 Be7 7. Bf4 Be6 8. Ng3
Nf6 9. Be2 O-O 10. O-O Bd6 11. Qd2 Re8 12. Rfe1 a6 13. Bf3 Bxf4 14. Qxf4 Ne7 15.
Nh5 Nxh5 16. Bxh5 Ng6 17. Bxg6 hxg6 18. h4 Rc8 19. Re2 Qf6 20. Qxf6 gxf6 21.
Rae1 Red8 22. f3 Kg7 23. g3 Rd6 24. Rd2 Rh8 25. Nd1 Rdd8 26. Re3 g5 27. hxg5
fxg5 28. Rh2 Rxh2 29. Kxh2 b6 30. b4 Rc8 31. Rc3 Kf6 32. Ne3 Ke7 33. f4 gxf4 34.
gxf4 Kd6 35. Kg3 Rg8+ 36. Kf3 Rh8 37. f5 Bd7 38. Kg4 f6 39. Rd3 Be8 40. Kg3 Bh5
41. a4 Re8 42. Ng2 Rg8+ 43. Kf2 Be8 44. a5 bxa5 45. bxa5 Bd7 46. Rf3 Rb8 47. Ne3
Rb5 48. Rh3 c5 49. c3 cxd4 50. cxd4 Rxa5 51. Rh6 Ke7 52. Rh7+ Ke8 53. Rh8+ Ke7
54. Rh7+ Ke8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Masters 2026"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2026.02.26"]
[Round "3.33"]
[White "Rorrer, Grayson"]
[Black "Chirilov, James A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2415"]
[BlackElo "2264"]
[ECO "B40"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Anderssen variation"]
[WhiteFideId "30944996"]
[BlackFideId "30976677"]
[EventDate "2026.02.25"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bf4 d6 7. Bb5 Bd7 8.
Nxc6 bxc6 9. Ba4 d5 10. a3 Qa5 11. O-O Nxe4 12. Nxe4 Qxa4 13. Nd6+ Bxd6 14. Bxd6
h5 15. Qd3 c5 16. Rae1 Qd4 17. Qg3 Qg4 18. Qe5 Rc8 19. c4 Qd4 20. Qg5 Qf6 21.
Qxd5 Qd4 22. Qxd4 cxd4 23. b3 h4 24. Rd1 h3 25. g3 f6 26. f4 Bc6 27. Rxd4 Kf7
28. Kf2 g5 29. fxg5 Bg2 30. Re1 e5 31. Rd2 Rh5 32. gxf6 Rf5+ 33. Kg1 Kxf6 34.
Rf2 e4 35. Rxf5+ Kxf5 36. Kf2 Ke6 37. Rd1 a5 38. c5 Rd8 39. Ke3 Rd7 40. Kd4 Rf7
41. b4 Rf3 42. Bf4 Rxa3 43. b5 Rb3 44. c6 Rd3+ 45. Rxd3 exd3 46. c7 Kd7 47. b6
a4 48. Kxd3 a3 49. Kc3 a2 50. Kb2 Bd5 51. b7 Bxb7 52. Kxa2 Kc6 53. g4 Kd5 54. g5
Bc8 55. g6 Be6 56. g7 Kc6+ 57. Kb2 Kd7 58. Kc3 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Masters 2026"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2026.02.26"]
[Round "3.34"]
[White "Sargsyan, Anna M."]
[Black "Antova, Gabriela"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2372"]
[BlackElo "2168"]
[ECO "C46"]
[Opening "Four knights"]
[Variation "Gunsberg variation"]
[WhiteFideId "13308130"]
[BlackFideId "2915235"]
[EventDate "2026.02.25"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. a3 d5 5. Bb5 Nxe4 6. Qe2 Nxc3 7. Qxe5+ Qe7 8.
dxc3 Bd7 9. Qxe7+ Bxe7 10. Bf4 O-O-O 11. O-O-O Bg4 12. Rd3 f6 13. Bxc6 bxc6 14.
Nd4 Bd7 15. Nb3 Bf5 16. Re3 Bd6 17. Bxd6 cxd6 18. Rhe1 Bd7 19. Rg3 g5 20. Re7
Rde8 21. Rf7 Ref8 22. Re7 Re8 23. Rxe8+ Rxe8 24. Kd2 c5 25. Nc1 Bb5 26. Rh3 Re7
27. Rh6 Rf7 28. Nb3 Bf1 29. g3 Bg2 30. h4 Be4 31. Nc1 Kd7 32. Ne2 Ke7 33. b4 Bg6
34. hxg5 fxg5 35. f4 Kf6 36. b5 a6 37. c4 dxc4 38. Nc3 Kf5 39. bxa6 Ra7 40. Ke3
Rxa6 41. a4 gxf4+ 42. gxf4 Ke6 43. Kf3 Kf7 44. Rh2 h5 45. Rd2 Ke6 46. Nb5 Ke7
47. Nc3 Ke6 48. Nb5 Ke7 49. Nc3 Be8 50. f5 Bxa4 51. Kf4 Bc6 52. Re2+ Kf7 53. Re6
Ra3 54. Rxd6 Rxc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Masters 2026"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2026.02.26"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Hardaway, Brewington"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2544"]
[BlackElo "2795"]
[ECO "B30"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Nimzovich-Rossolimo attack (without ...d6)"]
[WhiteFideId "30941849"]
[BlackFideId "2020009"]
[EventDate "2026.02.25"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. Bxc6 bxc6 5. d3 Qc7 6. e5 f6 7. Bf4 Ne7 8. O-O
h5 9. Bg3 fxe5 10. Bxe5 d6 11. Bf4 Ng6 12. Bg5 h4 13. h3 e5 14. Qe2 Be7 15. Qe4
Kf7 16. Bxe7 Qxe7 17. Nbd2 Bd7 18. c3 Rab8 19. Nc4 Rh6 20. Rfe1 Kg8 21. Ne3 Rf8
22. Ng4 Bxg4 23. hxg4 Nf4 24. Qxc6 Rg6 25. g5 Qe6 26. Kh2 Nxg2 27. Rxe5 dxe5 28.
Qxe6+ Rxe6 29. Kxg2 e4 30. dxe4 Rxe4 31. Rd1 Ref4 32. Rd3 Kh7 33. b3 Kg6 34. a3
a5 35. Ne5+ Kh5 36. f3 Re8 37. Ng4 Re2+ 38. Kh3 a4 39. c4 axb3 40. Rxb3 Rxc4 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis Masters 2026"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2026.02.26"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Durarbayli, Vasif"]
[Black "Sonis, Francesco"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2612"]
[BlackElo "2561"]
[ECO "B95"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Najdorf, 6...e6"]
[WhiteFideId "13402935"]
[BlackFideId "895733"]
[EventDate "2026.02.25"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f3 Be7 8. Qd2
b5 9. O-O-O b4 10. Nce2 Qa5 11. Nb3 Qa4 12. Kb1 Nbd7 13. g4 Bb7 14. h4 Rc8 15.
Ng3 Ne5 16. Be2 Nc4 17. Bxc4 Rxc4 18. Nh5 Kd7 19. Nxg7 Kc8 20. Nh5 Nxe4 21. Qe2
Nc3+ 22. bxc3 bxc3 23. Bxe7 Bd5 24. Bxd6 Rd8 25. Be7 Rd7 26. Nf6 Rxe7 27. Nxd5
Rb7 28. Ne3 Rc5 29. Qd3 Kb8 30. Qd6+ 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Masters 2026"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2026.02.26"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Quesada Perez, Yasser"]
[Black "Woodward, Andy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2562"]
[BlackElo "2608"]
[ECO "C77"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "four knights (Tarrasch) variation"]
[WhiteFideId "3509362"]
[BlackFideId "30953499"]
[EventDate "2026.02.25"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. Nc3 b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. Nd5 d6 8. c3
Ba7 9. d4 h6 10. O-O O-O 11. Be3 exd4 12. cxd4 Na5 13. Nxf6+ Qxf6 14. e5 dxe5
15. dxe5 Qe7 16. Bxa7 Rxa7 17. Bc2 Bb7 18. Qd3 g6 19. Rfe1 c5 20. e6 Bxf3 21.
Qxf3 fxe6 22. Qg4 Qf6 23. Bxg6 Kh8 24. Qxe6 Qxf2+ 25. Kh1 Qxb2 26. Rf1 Qg7 27.
Rxf8+ Qxf8 28. Re1 Nc4 29. Bd3 Rf7 30. Bxc4 bxc4 31. Qxc4 Rf6 32. h3 Kg7 33. a4
Qd6 34. Qg4+ Rg6 35. Qc8 Rf6 36. a5 Rf7 37. Qg4+ Qg6 38. Qc4 Qd6 39. Rb1 Re7 40.
Rf1 Re6 41. Qg4+ Rg6 42. Qf3 Rf6 43. Qb7+ Kg6 44. Qe4+ Kg7 45. Rb1 Rf7 46. Qe2
Re7 47. Qc4 Rf7 48. Rb6 Qd1+ 49. Kh2 Qd4 50. Qc1 Qf4+ 51. Qxf4 Rxf4 52. Rxa6 c4
53. Rc6 Rf5 54. a6 Ra5 55. Rxc4 Rxa6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Masters 2026"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2026.02.26"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Antipov, Mikhail Al."]
[Black "Kantor, Gergely"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2591"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[ECO "C50"]
[Opening "Giuoco Pianissimo"]
[WhiteFideId "4107012"]
[BlackFideId "751499"]
[EventDate "2026.02.25"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. O-O O-O 6. h3 d6 7. c3 a5 8. Re1 Be6
9. Bb5 Ba7 10. Nbd2 Ne7 11. d4 Ng6 12. Ba4 Nh5 13. Nf1 Nhf4 14. Bc2 Qd7 15. Ne3
exd4 16. cxd4 Rae8 17. h4 d5 18. exd5 Bg4 19. Bxg6 Nxg6 20. Nxg4 Qxg4 21. Bg5 h6
22. Rxe8 Rxe8 23. Be3 Nxh4 24. Nxh4 Qxh4 25. Rc1 Bb6 26. Qf3 Qe4 27. Qxe4 Rxe4
28. Rc3 f5 29. g3 g5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Masters 2026"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2026.02.26"]
[Round "4.5"]
[White "Lodici, Lorenzo"]
[Black "Yu, Jennifer"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2309"]
[ECO "C55"]
[Opening "Two knights defence (Modern bishop's opening)"]
[WhiteFideId "884189"]
[BlackFideId "2078341"]
[EventDate "2026.02.25"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 h6 5. a4 d6 6. a5 a6 7. Nc3 g6 8. Be3 Bg7
9. h3 O-O 10. g4 Ne8 11. g5 h5 12. Nh4 Kh7 13. Ne2 Bh8 14. Ng3 Ng7 15. Rg1 Be6
16. Bxe6 fxe6 17. Kf1 d5 18. Kg2 Qe7 19. Rf1 Rf7 20. Ne2 Rd8 21. Qc1 Rdf8 22. c3
d4 23. Bd2 dxc3 24. bxc3 Qd6 25. Qc2 Rd8 26. Nc1 Qf8 27. Be3 Ne8 28. Nb3 Nd6 29.
Nc5 Re8 30. Qe2 Nb5 31. Rfc1 Nd8 32. Nf3 Qe7 33. h4 Ref8 34. Ng1 Qd6 35. f3 Bg7
36. Qc2 Re8 37. Rf1 Qc6 38. Ne2 Bf8 39. Nb3 Bg7 40. Qb2 Ref8 41. Bg1 Nd6 42. Bh2
Rd7 43. Bg1 Rdf7 44. Nc5 Nb5 45. Qb3 Qe8 46. Rad1 Nd6 47. d4 Qb5 48. Qxb5 axb5
49. Nc1 b6 50. axb6 cxb6 51. N5b3 Nc4 52. Nd3 Nc6 53. dxe5 N6xe5 54. Nxe5 Bxe5
55. Nd4 Ra8 56. Ra1 Rd8 57. Ra2 b4 58. Nc6 Rd3 59. cxb4 Bc3 60. Rff2 Ne3+ 61.
Kh1 Nd1 62. Rf1 Rfxf3 63. Rxf3 Rxf3 64. Ra7+ Kh8 65. Ne7 Rf7 66. Bxb6 Bxb4 67.
Ra8+ Kh7 68. Bd4 e5 69. Bxe5 Rf1+ 70. Kh2 Rf2+ 71. Kg3 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Masters 2026"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2026.02.26"]
[Round "4.6"]
[White "Stremavicius, Titas"]
[Black "Hong, Andrew"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2547"]
[BlackElo "2587"]
[ECO "A07"]
[Opening "Reti"]
[Variation "King's Indian attack (Barcza system)"]
[WhiteFideId "12804444"]
[BlackFideId "2099438"]
[EventDate "2026.02.25"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Be7 5. d4 O-O 6. c4 dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. Qxc4
b5 9. Qc2 Bb7 10. Bf4 Nc6 11. Nbd2 Nd5 12. Rfd1 Nxf4 13. gxf4 Nb4 14. Qc1 a5 15.
a3 Na6 16. Nb3 Bd5 17. Qe3 a4 18. Nc5 Nxc5 19. dxc5 c6 20. Ne5 Rc8 21. Rac1 Rc7
22. Rd2 Qc8 23. Rc3 Rb7 24. Qh3 b4 25. axb4 Rxb4 26. Nd3 Rd4 27. Bxd5 exd5 28.
Qxc8 Rxc8 29. Rdc2 g5 30. fxg5 Bxg5 31. b4 axb3 32. Rxb3 Re4 33. Rb6 Kg7 34. Ra2
Rce8 35. Rxc6 Rxe2 36. Rxe2 Rxe2 37. Rd6 Rd2 38. Rxd5 Bh4 39. Kf1 Rc2 40. Ke1 h6
41. Rd4 Bg5 42. h4 Bf6 43. Rg4+ Kf8 44. Kd1 Rc3 45. Kd2 Bh8 46. Ra4 Bg7 47. f4
h5 48. f5 Ke7 49. Ra7+ Ke8 50. Ra6 Rc4 51. f6 Bh6+ 52. Ke2 Rxh4 53. Kf3 Bg5 54.
Rd6 Rc4 55. c6 h4 56. Ne5 Rc5 57. Nd3 Rc3 58. Kg4 Bxf6 59. Rxf6 Rxd3 60. Kxh4
Rc3 61. Kg4 Ke7 62. Rh6 f6 63. c7 Ke6 64. Rh7 Rc4+ 65. Kf3 Kd6 66. Rf7 Rxc7 67.
Rxf6+ Kd7 68. Rf7+ Kc6 69. Rxc7+ Kxc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Masters 2026"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2026.02.26"]
[Round "4.7"]
[White "Aryan, Chopra"]
[Black "Cordova, Emilio"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2631"]
[BlackElo "2494"]
[ECO "B40"]
[Opening "Sicilian defence"]
[WhiteFideId "5084423"]
[BlackFideId "3801497"]
[EventDate "2026.02.25"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 d6 5. c4 Nc6 6. Nc3 Nf6 7. Be2 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Be3 Bd7 10. Qd2 Qb8 11. Rad1 a6 12. a4 Rc8 13. Nc2 Na5 14. Na3 Be8 15. f4
b5 16. axb5 axb5 17. cxb5 Rxc3 18. bxc3 Nxe4 19. Qb2 d5 20. Ra1 Qc7 21. Bd4 Rb8
22. b6 Qd8 23. Nb5 Nc6 24. Nc7 Bd7 25. Rab1 Bd6 26. Na6 Rb7 27. Bd3 Qa8 28. Be3
Ne7 29. Qc2 Nf5 30. Bd4 Bc6 31. Bxe4 dxe4 32. Nc5 Bxc5 33. Bxc5 Qa5 34. Qf2 h5
35. Bd4 h4 36. h3 Rd7 37. Rfe1 Bb7 38. Kh2 Qa4 39. Rb2 Qc6 40. Kg1 Rd8 41. Kh2
Rd7 42. Qe2 Nxd4 43. cxd4 Rxd4 44. Qf2 Qc3 45. Rc2 Qb4 46. Rc7 e3 47. Qxh4 Rxf4
48. Qd8+ Kh7 49. Qd3+ Be4 50. Qxe3 e5 51. g3 Bf3 52. gxf4 Qb2+ 53. Re2 Bxe2 54.
Qe4+ 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Masters 2026"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2026.02.26"]
[Round "4.8"]
[White "Celik, Hasan Huseyin"]
[Black "Bharath, Subramaniyam H"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[ECO "A07"]
[Opening "Reti"]
[Variation "King's Indian attack (Barcza system)"]
[WhiteFideId "44506759"]
[BlackFideId "46634827"]
[EventDate "2026.02.25"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Bg4 3. Bg2 c6 4. O-O Nd7 5. h3 Bh5 6. d4 e6 7. c4 Ngf6 8. cxd5
exd5 9. Qb3 Qb6 10. Qe3+ Be7 11. Nh4 Bg6 12. Nxg6 hxg6 13. Nc3 Qd8 14. Qd3 O-O
15. h4 Re8 16. Bf3 Bd6 17. Bg5 Nf8 18. e4 dxe4 19. Nxe4 Be7 20. Bxf6 Bxf6 21. d5
cxd5 22. Nxf6+ Qxf6 23. Bxd5 Rad8 24. Qf3 Qxf3 25. Bxf3 Rd2 26. Bxb7 Rb8 27. Ba6
Rbxb2 28. Bc4 Nd7 29. Rae1 Kf8 30. Re3 f6 31. Rfe1 Ne5 32. f4 Rg2+ 33. Kh1 Rh2+
34. Kg1 Rbg2+ 35. Kf1 Rd2 36. Kg1 Rdg2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Masters 2026"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2026.02.26"]
[Round "4.9"]
[White "Putnam, Liam"]
[Black "Akobian, Varuzhan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2549"]
[ECO "C10"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "Rubinstein variation"]
[WhiteFideId "30938279"]
[BlackFideId "13300580"]
[EventDate "2026.02.25"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. Be3 Nd5
8. Bd3 Nxe3 9. fxe3 Bd6 10. Qe2 Qe7 11. c3 e5 12. Nd2 exd4 13. exd4 Qxe2+ 14.
Kxe2 Be6 15. Bc4 O-O 16. Bxe6 Rae8 17. Rae1 Rxe6+ 18. Kf2 Rfe8 19. Nf3 Rxe1 20.
Rxe1 Rxe1 21. Kxe1 f5 22. Ke2 Kf7 23. h3 Kf6 24. Kf2 g5 25. g4 Kg6 26. Ne1 c5
27. Kf3 cxd4 28. cxd4 h5 29. gxh5+ Kxh5 30. Ng2 Kg6 31. a4 Be7 32. Ke3 Kf6 33.
b3 Ke6 34. Kd3 Bd6 35. Ke3 Bg3 36. Kf3 Bh2 37. Ke3 Bg1+ 38. Kd3 Bf2 39. Kc4 f4
40. Kd3 Kd5 41. b4 Bg3 42. b5 b6 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis Masters 2026"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2026.02.26"]
[Round "4.10"]
[White "Budisavljevic, Luka"]
[Black "Atanasov, Anthony"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2501"]
[BlackElo "2441"]
[ECO "D05"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[WhiteFideId "960047"]
[BlackFideId "2623897"]
[EventDate "2026.02.25"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e3 e6 4. Bd3 b6 5. O-O Be7 6. b3 O-O 7. c4 Bb7 8. cxd5
exd5 9. Ba3 Nbd7 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. Nc3 c5 12. Rc1 g6 13. Qe2 a6 14. a4 Rfc8 15.
Rfd1 Rc7 16. Qb2 Rac8 17. Bf1 cxd4 18. Nxd4 Ne5 19. Na2 Ne4 20. Rxc7 Rxc7 21. h3
h5 22. Rc1 Rxc1 23. Nxc1 Qb4 24. Qe2 Qc3 25. Nd3 Nc6 26. Nxc6 Bxc6 27. Qb2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Masters 2026"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2026.02.26"]
[Round "4.11"]
[White "Oparin, Grigoriy"]
[Black "Kacharava, Nikolozi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2658"]
[BlackElo "2501"]
[ECO "C26"]
[Opening "Vienna"]
[Variation "Paulsen-Mieses variation"]
[WhiteFideId "24125890"]
[BlackFideId "13611860"]
[EventDate "2026.02.25"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 Bc5 4. Bg2 c6 5. Nge2 d5 6. exd5 cxd5 7. d4 exd4 8.
Nxd4 Bg4 9. Qd3 Nc6 10. Be3 Qb6 11. Nxc6 Bxe3 12. Qxe3+ Qxe3+ 13. fxe3 bxc6 14.
e4 O-O-O 15. O-O d4 16. Na4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Masters 2026"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2026.02.26"]
[Round "4.12"]
[White "Repka, Christopher"]
[Black "Pranav, V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2641"]
[ECO "B30"]
[Opening "Sicilian defence"]
[WhiteFideId "14918781"]
[BlackFideId "25060783"]
[EventDate "2026.02.25"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. d4 cxd4 6. cxd4 d6 7. exd6 e6 8. Nc3
Bxd6 9. Bd3 O-O 10. O-O h6 11. Re1 Bd7 12. Ne5 Bb4 13. Qh5 Nxe5 14. dxe5 f5 15.
a3 Be8 16. Qf3 Bxc3 17. bxc3 Rc8 18. c4 Nb6 19. Qg3 Kh8 20. Rb1 Rf7 21. Qh3 Kg8
22. Qg3 Kh7 23. c5 Na4 24. Bc2 Rxc5 25. Bxa4 Bxa4 26. Be3 Rc3 27. Qf4 b5 28. h4
Rc4 29. Qf3 Qxh4 30. Qa8 f4 31. Bxa7 f3 32. Re3 fxg2 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis Masters 2026"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2026.02.26"]
[Round "4.13"]
[White "Boyer, Mahel"]
[Black "Mishra, Abhimanyu"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2486"]
[BlackElo "2629"]
[ECO "A49"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "fianchetto without c4"]
[WhiteFideId "45102422"]
[BlackFideId "30920019"]
[EventDate "2026.02.25"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 d5 5. O-O c6 6. a4 a5 7. Bf4 O-O 8. c3 Nbd7
9. Nbd2 Nh5 10. Be3 b6 11. c4 Ba6 12. Qb3 e6 13. Bg5 Qc7 14. Rac1 h6 15. Be7
Rfe8 16. Ba3 Nhf6 17. Rfe1 Rac8 18. e3 dxc4 19. Nxc4 b5 20. Nd6 b4 21. Bxb4 axb4
22. Nxe8 Rxe8 23. Nd2 c5 24. Qxb4 Nd5 25. Qa3 Qb8 26. Nb3 Nb4 27. Bf1 Bxf1 28.
Rxf1 cxd4 29. Nxd4 Bf8 30. a5 Ne5 31. Qa4 Rd8 32. Qb5 Qxb5 33. Nxb5 Rd5 34. Nd4
Rxa5 35. Ra1 Rd5 36. Rfc1 Rd8 37. Ra7 g5 38. Rb7 Nbd3 39. Rc3 g4 40. Kf1 Ra8 41.
Ke2 Nb4 42. Rb5 Nd5 43. Rc2 Nd7 44. Nc6 Kg7 45. Rb7 Nc5 46. Ra7 Rxa7 47. Nxa7 h5
48. Nc6 Kf6 49. b4 Na4 50. e4 Ndb6 51. Kd3 e5 52. Ra2 Ke6 53. Kc2 f5 54. exf5+
Kd5 55. b5 Ke4 56. f6 Kf5 57. f7 Kf6 58. Ra1 e4 59. h4 gxh3 60. Rh1 Kxf7 61.
Rxh3 Kg6 62. Ne5+ Kg5 63. Rh4 Nc5 64. f4+ exf3 65. Nxf3+ Kg6 66. Ne5+ Kg5 67.
Nf3+ Kg6 68. Ne5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Masters 2026"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2026.02.26"]
[Round "4.14"]
[White "Dudin, Gleb"]
[Black "Mikaelyan, Arman"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2596"]
[BlackElo "2494"]
[ECO "B36"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "accelerated fianchetto, Gurgenidze variation"]
[WhiteFideId "34184934"]
[BlackFideId "13304852"]
[EventDate "2026.02.25"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Nxd4 7. Qxd4 d6 8. f3
Bg7 9. Be3 O-O 10. Qd2 a5 11. b3 Bd7 12. Be2 Bc6 13. O-O Nd7 14. Rab1 Nc5 15.
Rfd1 Be5 16. Bf1 e6 17. Ne2 Qe7 18. Nd4 Bd7 19. a3 Rfd8 20. b4 axb4 21. axb4 Ba4
22. Re1 Be8 23. Bf2 Bg7 24. f4 Nd7 25. h3 Nf6 26. Nf3 Qc7 27. Bd4 d5 28. cxd5
exd5 29. e5 Ne4 30. Qb2 Rdc8 31. Bd3 Bh6 32. Bxe4 dxe4 33. Nd2 Bc6 34. Rbc1 Qd8
35. b5 Bd5 36. Rxc8 Rxc8 37. Be3 Bf8 38. Bf2 Bc5 39. Nxe4 Bxe4 40. Rxe4 Qd3 41.
Re2 Bxf2+ 42. Rxf2 Rc5 43. e6 fxe6 44. Qf6 Qe3 45. Qd8+ Kf7 46. Qd7+ Kg8 47.
Qe8+ Kg7 48. Qe7+ Kg8 49. Qe8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Masters 2026"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2026.02.26"]
[Round "4.15"]
[White "Warmerdam, Max"]
[Black "Shlyakhtenko, Robert"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2453"]
[ECO "D05"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game, Rubinstein (Colle-Zukertort) variation"]
[WhiteFideId "1048104"]
[BlackFideId "30936934"]
[EventDate "2026.02.25"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 e6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Bd3 c5 5. b3 Nc6 6. Bb2 b6 7. Nbd2 Bb7 8. Qe2
Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. a3 a5 11. Ne5 a4 12. Rfc1 Nd7 13. Nxd7 Qxd7 14. Bb5 axb3 15.
cxb3 Rfc8 16. a4 cxd4 17. exd4 Qd8 18. Bc3 Rc7 19. Nf3 Rac8 20. Qb2 Na5 21. Bd3
Qf8 22. b4 Nc4 23. Qb3 g6 24. Rc2 Qe8 25. h3 Ra8 26. Be1 Bc6 27. Rca2 Bd7 28.
Ne5 Qc8 29. b5 Bd6 30. Ng4 h5 31. Nh2 e5 32. dxe5 Bxe5 33. Rd1 Be6 34. Nf3 Bf6
35. Qb1 Kg7 36. Qb4 Kg8 37. Qb1 Kg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Masters 2026"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2026.02.26"]
[Round "4.16"]
[White "Munkhdalai, Amilal"]
[Black "Fier, Alexandr"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2572"]
[ECO "C70"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Classical defence deferred"]
[WhiteFideId "4903250"]
[BlackFideId "2107139"]
[EventDate "2026.02.25"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Bc5 5. O-O Nge7 6. c3 Ba7 7. d4 Ng6 8. Be3
O-O 9. d5 Nce7 10. Bxa7 Rxa7 11. d6 Nc6 12. c4 cxd6 13. Nc3 Qe7 14. Qd2 f5 15.
Bc2 f4 16. Rad1 Nh8 17. Qxd6 Qxd6 18. Rxd6 Nf7 19. Rd2 d6 20. Rc1 g5 21. Nd5 g4
22. Ne1 b5 23. Bd3 bxc4 24. Bxc4 Nd4 25. Nc2 Nxc2 26. Rdxc2 Kg7 27. f3 Ng5 28.
Kf2 Be6 29. Nb6 Rf6 30. Bxe6 Rxe6 31. Rc7+ Rxc7 32. Rxc7+ Kh6 33. Rc6 Rg6 34.
Nc4 gxf3 35. gxf3 Nh3+ 36. Ke1 Ng1 37. Kf2 Nh3+ 38. Ke1 Ng1 39. Kf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Masters 2026"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2026.02.26"]
[Round "4.17"]
[White "Can, Isik"]
[Black "Kuru, Atilla"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2562"]
[BlackElo "2450"]
[ECO "B36"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "accelerated fianchetto, Maroczy bind"]
[WhiteFideId "6383742"]
[BlackFideId "51607948"]
[EventDate "2026.02.25"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 d6 7. Be2 Nxd4 8.
Qxd4 Bg7 9. Qd3 O-O 10. O-O Bd7 11. Be3 a6 12. a3 b5 13. cxb5 axb5 14. b4 Qb8
15. Rfc1 Rc8 16. f3 d5 17. exd5 Bf5 18. Qd2 Rxc3 19. Rxc3 Nxd5 20. Bd4 Nxc3 21.
Bxc3 Qb6+ 22. Kh1 Rd8 23. Qe1 e5 24. Rd1 Rc8 25. Qd2 h5 26. h3 Qe6 27. Bxb5 Bxh3
28. Qe3 Qb3 29. Rc1 Bf5 30. Bd2 Rxc1+ 31. Bxc1 Qd1+ 32. Qg1 Qd8 33. Qe1 Qd5 34.
Be2 e4 35. Qd2 Qe5 36. f4 Qe7 37. b5 Bc8 38. a4 h4 39. Bf1 h3 40. gxh3 Qh4 41.
Kh2 Bb7 42. Bg2 Bf8 43. Bb2 g5 44. fxg5 Be7 45. Qd7 Qf4+ 46. Kh1 e3 47. Qxb7 e2
48. Qxe7 Qf1+ 49. Kh2 e1=Q 50. Qd8+ 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Masters 2026"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2026.02.26"]
[Round "4.18"]
[White "Kadric, Denis"]
[Black "Adewumi, Tanitoluwa"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2433"]
[ECO "C53"]
[Opening "Giuoco Piano"]
[WhiteFideId "14403803"]
[BlackFideId "30966396"]
[EventDate "2026.02.25"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nc6 3. Nf3 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. O-O a6 7. Bb3 Ba7 8. Nbd2
h6 9. Re1 O-O 10. Nf1 Re8 11. Ng3 Be6 12. Bc2 d5 13. exd5 Nxd5 14. Bd2 Qf6 15.
h3 Bd7 16. Re4 Qd6 17. Nh4 Nce7 18. Qf3 f5 19. Re2 Qf6 20. Bb3 c6 21. Qh5 Be6
22. Nf3 Ng6 23. Bxd5 cxd5 24. Bxh6 gxh6 25. Qxh6 Qg7 26. Qxg7+ Kxg7 27. Nxe5 Nf4
28. Rd2 d4 29. c4 Kf6 30. Nf3 Bd7 31. Kf1 Bc6 32. Ne1 b5 33. Ne2 Nxe2 34. Rxe2
bxc4 35. Rxe8 Rxe8 36. dxc4 Be4 37. Rd1 f4 38. f3 Bf5 39. Nd3 Bxd3+ 40. Rxd3 a5
41. Rb3 Bc5 42. a3 a4 43. Rb7 Re3 44. Rd7 Ke6 45. Rd5 d3 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis Masters 2026"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2026.02.26"]
[Round "4.19"]
[White "Raja, Harshit"]
[Black "Alexakis, Dimitris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2472"]
[BlackElo "2538"]
[ECO "B31"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Nimzovich-Rossolimo attack (with ...g6, without ...d6)"]
[WhiteFideId "5089000"]
[BlackFideId "4277023"]
[EventDate "2026.02.25"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. d3 Bg7 6. h3 Nf6 7. Nc3 O-O 8. Be3
b6 9. Qd2 e5 10. O-O Ne8 11. a3 a5 12. Rfe1 f6 13. Ne2 Nc7 14. b4 Ne6 15. bxc5
bxc5 16. Qc3 Qe7 17. Ng3 Nd4 18. Nd2 a4 19. Nc4 Be6 20. Rab1 Rfd8 21. h4 Ra7 22.
Rb6 Qc7 23. Reb1 Nb5 24. R1xb5 cxb5 25. Rxe6 bxc4 26. Qxc4 Qf7 27. h5 Bf8 28.
Rxf6 Qxc4 29. dxc4 Rd1+ 30. Kh2 Ra1 31. Rxf8+ Kxf8 32. Bxc5+ Re7 33. hxg6 hxg6
34. Ne2 Kf7 35. Nc3 Rd7 36. Nxa4 Rd2 37. Kg3 Rxc2 38. Nb6 g5 39. Kg4 Raa2 40.
Kf5 Rxf2+ 41. Bxf2 Rxf2+ 42. Kxe5 Rxg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Masters 2026"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2026.02.26"]
[Round "4.20"]
[White "Bilych, Oleksii"]
[Black "Harsha, Bharathakoti"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2450"]
[BlackElo "2538"]
[ECO "B69"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Richter-Rauzer, Rauzer attack, 7...a6 defence, 11.Bxf6"]
[WhiteFideId "14156504"]
[BlackFideId "5078776"]
[EventDate "2026.02.25"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O Be7 9. f4 Bd7 10. Nf3 b5 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. f5 Qb6 13. Kb1 O-O-O 14. a4 b4
15. Ne2 Na5 16. fxe6 fxe6 17. Nf4 b3 18. Nd4 bxc2+ 19. Qxc2+ Kb8 20. Ndxe6 Rc8
21. Nd5 Qb7 22. Qd2 Nb3 23. Qe3 Bxe6 24. Nxe7 Rc5 25. Nf5 Bxf5 26. exf5 Qb4 27.
Qe6 Rhc8 28. Qxd6+ R8c7 29. Bc4 Rxc4 30. Qxb4+ Rxb4 31. Rd6 Kb7 32. Ka2 Na5 33.
Kb1 Nc4 34. Rxf6 Nd2+ 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis Masters 2026"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2026.02.26"]
[Round "4.21"]
[White "Gazik, Viktor"]
[Black "Park, Evan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2537"]
[BlackElo "2419"]
[ECO "C65"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Berlin defence"]
[WhiteFideId "14928752"]
[BlackFideId "30931142"]
[EventDate "2026.02.25"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 d6 5. O-O a6 6. Bxc6+ bxc6 7. c4 c5 8. Nc3
Be7 9. a3 a5 10. Rb1 O-O 11. h3 Ne8 12. b4 cxb4 13. axb4 axb4 14. Rxb4 d5 15.
Ra4 Rxa4 16. Qxa4 dxe4 17. dxe4 Nd6 18. c5 Nb7 19. Rd1 Qe8 20. c6 Nc5 21. Qc2
Qxc6 22. Nxe5 Qe6 23. Nf3 Bb7 24. Nd5 Nxe4 25. Nxc7 Qg6 26. Nd5 Bd6 27. Be3 Ng5
28. Qe2 Nxh3+ 29. Kf1 Ra8 30. Ne5 Qe4 31. Qf3 Qxe5 32. gxh3 Ra1 33. Rxa1 Qxa1+
34. Kg2 Qa8 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis Masters 2026"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2026.02.26"]
[Round "4.22"]
[White "Matviishen, Viktor"]
[Black "Atwell, Rose"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2533"]
[BlackElo "2337"]
[ECO "D31"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "Charousek (Petrosian) variation"]
[WhiteFideId "14129850"]
[BlackFideId "30951011"]
[EventDate "2026.02.25"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bf4 c6 6. e3 Bf5 7. Nge2 Nd7 8. h4
Ngf6 9. Ng3 Be6 10. Bd3 O-O 11. Nf5 Bb4 12. a3 Bxc3+ 13. bxc3 Bxf5 14. Bxf5 Re8
15. h5 h6 16. f3 Nf8 17. Kf2 Ne6 18. Bg3 Qa5 19. Qd3 c5 20. Bh4 Nd7 21. Rhb1 Qc7
22. Bg3 Qc8 23. a4 Nb6 24. Kg1 cxd4 25. cxd4 Nc4 26. e4 dxe4 27. fxe4 Na5 28.
Rc1 Qd8 29. Bxe6 Rxe6 30. Bc7 Qg5 31. d5 Ra6 32. Rc5 Rc8 33. Rac1 Kh7 34. d6 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Masters 2026"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2026.02.26"]
[Round "4.23"]
[White "Rosen, Eric"]
[Black "Kevlishvili, Robby"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2377"]
[BlackElo "2527"]
[ECO "B50"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[WhiteFideId "2032562"]
[BlackFideId "1040634"]
[EventDate "2026.02.25"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Nc3 a6 4. g3 Nc6 5. Bg2 g6 6. d4 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Bd7 8. O-O
Bg7 9. Be3 Nf6 10. Nd5 Rb8 11. c3 O-O 12. h3 Re8 13. Re1 Na5 14. Bg5 e6 15.
Nxf6+ Bxf6 16. Bxf6 Qxf6 17. e5 dxe5 18. Nf3 Red8 19. Nxe5 Bc6 20. Qe2 Bxg2 21.
Kxg2 Nc6 22. Nxc6 bxc6 23. Rad1 Rd5 24. b3 Qxc3 25. Qxa6 Rbd8 26. Rc1 Qb2 27.
Rb1 Qc2 28. Rbc1 Qb2 29. Rb1 Qc2 30. Rbc1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Masters 2026"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2026.02.26"]
[Round "4.24"]
[White "Chasin, Nico"]
[Black "Pyrih, Roman"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2403"]
[ECO "D35"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "exchange, positional line"]
[WhiteFideId "30908477"]
[BlackFideId "14179156"]
[EventDate "2026.02.25"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 h6 7. Bh4 Bg4 8. Qc2
O-O 9. h3 Be6 10. Rd1 Ne8 11. Bg3 Bd6 12. Nge2 Bxg3 13. Nxg3 Nd6 14. Bd3 Nd7 15.
O-O c6 16. f3 Qg5 17. Kh2 f5 18. Qf2 Rae8 19. Nge2 Bf7 20. Nf4 Qf6 21. Bb1 g5
22. Nd3 Nc4 23. Rde1 f4 24. exf4 gxf4 25. Rxe8 Rxe8 26. Ne2 Nf8 27. Nexf4 Ne3
28. Re1 Qxd4 29. Ne2 Qf6 30. Ng3 Qd4 31. Kg1 Ng6 32. f4 Nh4 33. Ne2 Qg7 34. g4
Nhg2 35. Rc1 h5 36. g5 Bg6 37. Kh2 h4 38. Rg1 Be4 39. Nc5 Bxb1 40. Rxb1 Qg6 41.
Rc1 Re7 42. Nd4 b6 43. Nce6 c5 44. f5 Qe8 45. Rg1 cxd4 46. Rxg2 Qb8+ 47. Kh1 Qe5
48. Qf4 Rxe6 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis Masters 2026"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2026.02.26"]
[Round "4.25"]
[White "Bilovil, Bogdan"]
[Black "Mardov, Dimitar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2446"]
[BlackElo "2504"]
[ECO "D35"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "exchange variation"]
[WhiteFideId "14168766"]
[BlackFideId "30919495"]
[EventDate "2026.02.25"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bf4 Bd6 6. Bxd6 Qxd6 7. e3 O-O 8.
Bd3 Bg4 9. Nge2 Bxe2 10. Qxe2 Re8 11. O-O c6 12. Rad1 Nbd7 13. Bb1 Nf8 14. f3
Ne6 15. Qf2 Rad8 16. a3 h6 17. Ne2 c5 18. dxc5 Qxc5 19. Nd4 Nxd4 20. Rxd4 Re5
21. Qd2 Rde8 22. Rc1 Qe7 23. Rd3 g6 24. Rcc3 Kg7 25. Ba2 Qe6 26. Rc5 Rh5 27. b4
b6 28. Rc1 Qe7 29. Qc3 Re5 30. Kf2 Kg8 31. Qd4 Rf5 32. Kg1 Re5 33. Rc6 Kg7 34.
Kf2 h5 35. Rdc3 Qd8 36. b5 R5e6 37. a4 R8e7 38. g3 Re8 39. Bb3 Kg8 40. Rc7 Qd6
41. R3c6 Qa3 42. Rxe6 Rxe6 43. Bxd5 Re7 44. Rc8+ Ne8 45. e4 Kh7 46. Kg2 Qd6 47.
Qc3 Nf6 48. Qb2 Ng8 49. Qd4 Qf6 50. Qxf6 Nxf6 51. Bc6 Kg7 52. Kf2 Nh7 53. h4 f5
54. e5 Nf8 55. f4 Ne6 56. Bd5 Nc5 57. a5 Rd7 58. Bc4 Ne4+ 59. Ke3 bxa5 60. Rc6
a4 61. e6 Rb7 62. Kd4 Kf6 63. Ra6 Ke7 64. Bd5 Rc7 65. Rxa4 Nxg3 66. Ke5 Ne4 67.
Bxe4 fxe4 68. Kxe4 Rb7 69. Ra6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Masters 2026"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2026.02.26"]
[Round "4.26"]
[White "Bok, Benjamin"]
[Black "Ostrovskiy, Aleksandr"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2592"]
[BlackElo "2367"]
[ECO "A07"]
[Opening "Reti"]
[Variation "King's Indian attack (Barcza system)"]
[WhiteFideId "1017063"]
[BlackFideId "2034239"]
[EventDate "2026.02.25"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O c5 5. c4 dxc4 6. Na3 Nc6 7. Nxc4 Be7 8. b3
O-O 9. Bb2 Qc7 10. Nfe5 Bd7 11. a4 Rfd8 12. Rc1 Be8 13. e3 Rac8 14. Qe2 Nd5 15.
Nxc6 Bxc6 16. Be5 Qd7 17. Na5 Nb4 18. Qg4 g6 19. Nxc6 Nxc6 20. Bc3 Nb4 21. Rcd1
Nd5 22. Ba1 Bf6 23. d4 cxd4 24. Bxd4 h5 25. Qe4 Qe7 26. Bxa7 b6 27. Rxd5 Rxd5
28. Bxb6 Qa3 29. a5 Qxb3 30. Qb1 Rb5 31. Qxb3 Rxb3 32. a6 Rxb6 33. a7 Ra6 34.
Bb7 Rxa7 35. Bxc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Masters 2026"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2026.02.26"]
[Round "4.27"]
[White "Tiglon, Bryce"]
[Black "Wang, Tianqi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2331"]
[ECO "C00"]
[Opening "St. George defence"]
[WhiteFideId "2087456"]
[BlackFideId "2063824"]
[EventDate "2026.02.25"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 a6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bd3 c5 5. dxc5 Bxc5 6. exd5 exd5 7. Nf3 Nc6 8.
O-O Nf6 9. Bg5 Be6 10. Re1 O-O 11. Qd2 Re8 12. Rad1 h6 13. Bh4 Rc8 14. a3 Be7
15. h3 Qb6 16. Qc1 Rcd8 17. Bg3 d4 18. Ne4 Nxe4 19. Bxe4 Bf6 20. Bh4 Bxh4 21.
Nxh4 Ne5 22. Nf5 Bc8 23. Ng3 Qf6 24. Qd2 b5 25. b3 Qd6 26. Qa5 g6 27. c3 d3 28.
f4 Qc5+ 29. Kh2 f5 30. Ba8 Nf7 31. Rxe8+ Rxe8 32. Rxd3 Re1 33. Rd4 Qe7 34. Qb6
Kg7 35. Rd2 Qe3 36. Qxe3 Rxe3 37. Ne2 Be6 38. Nd4 Bc8 39. Rc2 g5 40. Bb7 Bd7 41.
Bxa6 gxf4 42. Bxb5 Bc8 43. Rf2 Rxc3 44. Rxf4 Nd6 45. Bf1 Kf6 46. Rf3 Rc1 47. Bd3
Ke5 48. Ne2 Ra1 49. Re3+ Ne4 50. g4 Rxa3 51. gxf5 Bxf5 52. Bb1 Ra1 53. Nc3 Kd4
54. Rd3+ Ke5 55. Re3 Kd4 56. Rd3+ Ke5 57. Rd5+ Ke6 58. Rb5 Nxc3 59. Bxf5+ Kf6
60. Rc5 Ra2+ 61. Kg3 Ne2+ 62. Kg4 Nd4 63. Be4 Re2 64. Bd5 Re3 65. b4 h5+ 66.
Kxh5 Rxh3+ 67. Kg4 Rd3 68. Kf4 Ne6+ 69. Bxe6 Kxe6 70. Ke4 Rd1 71. Rc4 Kd6 72.
Ke3 Kd5 73. Rc5+ Kd6 74. Rc4 Kd5 75. Rc8 Rb1 76. Rc5+ Kd6 77. Rc4 Kd5 78. Rc5+
Kd6 79. Rc4 Kd5 80. Rd4+ Kc6 81. Kd2 Kb5 82. Kc3 Rc1+ 83. Kb3 Rb1+ 84. Kc3 Rc1+
85. Kb2 Rc4 86. Rxc4 Kxc4 87. Ka3 Kb5 88. Kb3 Kb6 89. Kc4 Kc6 90. b5+ Kb6 91.
Kb4 Kb7 92. Ka5 Ka7 93. b6+ Kb7 94. Kb5 Kb8 95. Kc6 Kc8 96. Kc5 Kb7 97. Kb5 Kb8
98. Ka6 Ka8 99. b7+ Kb8 100. Kb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Masters 2026"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2026.02.26"]
[Round "4.28"]
[White "Heimann, Mark"]
[Black "Gueci, Tea"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "WIM"]
[WhiteElo "2511"]
[BlackElo "2138"]
[ECO "D35"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "exchange, positional line, 5...c6"]
[WhiteFideId "2028441"]
[BlackFideId "872342"]
[EventDate "2026.02.25"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 Be7 7. Bd3 h6 8. Bh4
O-O 9. Nge2 Re8 10. O-O a5 11. f3 b5 12. Qc2 Ba6 13. Rad1 Nfd7 14. Bf2 Bh4 15.
Ng3 Nf6 16. Nce2 b4 17. Nc1 Qb6 18. Kh1 Nbd7 19. Bg1 Bxg3 20. hxg3 a4 21. Bxa6
Rxa6 22. Nd3 b3 23. axb3 axb3 24. Qc3 Ra4 25. Rc1 Rc4 26. Qd2 Ra8 27. Rxc4 dxc4
28. Nf4 Qb5 29. Re1 Nd5 30. Ne2 Nb4 31. Nc3 Qh5+ 32. Bh2 Nd3 33. g4 Qh4 34. Rf1
Nb6 35. Kg1 Qd8 36. Bg3 Na4 37. Nxa4 Rxa4 38. Qc3 Qa5 39. Be1 Nxe1 40. Qxe1 Qxe1
41. Rxe1 c3 42. Kf2 cxb2 43. Rb1 Ra1 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis Masters 2026"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2026.02.26"]
[Round "4.29"]
[White "Rorrer, Grayson"]
[Black "Apaar Saxena"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2415"]
[BlackElo "2263"]
[ECO "E06"]
[Opening "Catalan"]
[Variation "closed, 5.Nf3"]
[WhiteFideId "30944996"]
[BlackFideId "25937219"]
[EventDate "2026.02.25"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O a5 7. Nc3 c6 8. b3 b6
9. Qd3 Ba6 10. Rd1 b5 11. Ne5 bxc4 12. bxc4 Nfd7 13. Qc2 Nxe5 14. cxd5 cxd5 15.
dxe5 Qc7 16. Bb2 Nc6 17. Rac1 Rac8 18. e4 d4 19. Nd5 Qb7 20. Nxe7+ Nxe7 21. Qd2
d3 22. Ba3 Rfd8 23. Bxe7 Qxe7 24. Qxa5 Bc4 25. Bf1 Qd7 26. Qb6 h6 27. Qe3 Qa4
28. Qd2 Rc5 29. Qc3 Qxa2 30. Bxd3 Rdc8 31. Qb4 Qb3 32. Qxb3 Bxb3 33. Rxc5 Rxc5
34. Rb1 Rc3 35. Be2 Ba4 36. Rb8+ Kh7 37. Rb7 Kg8 38. h4 g6 39. Rb4 Bc2 40. Rd4
Rc5 41. f4 Kg7 42. Kf2 Bb1 43. Rb4 Bc2 44. Ke3 Ra5 45. Kd2 Ra4 46. Rxa4 Bxa4 47.
Kc3 h5 48. Kd4 Kf8 49. f5 Bd7 50. fxg6 fxg6 51. Kc5 Ke7 52. Bb5 Bc8 53. Kc6 Kd8
54. Kb6 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Masters 2026"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2026.02.26"]
[Round "4.30"]
[White "Narayanan, Samrug"]
[Black "Sargsyan, Anna M."]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2438"]
[BlackElo "2372"]
[ECO "C50"]
[Opening "Giuoco Piano"]
[WhiteFideId "30914051"]
[BlackFideId "13308130"]
[EventDate "2026.02.25"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O d6 5. c3 Nf6 6. d4 Bb6 7. dxe5 Nxe5 8.
Nxe5 dxe5 9. Qe2 Bg4 10. Qe1 Qd7 11. Be3 O-O-O 12. Bxb6 axb6 13. f3 Be6 14. Na3
c6 15. Qe3 b5 16. Bxe6 Qxe6 17. Nc2 Qd6 18. a4 Qd2 19. axb5 Qxc2 20. Qb6 Rd2 21.
Ra8+ Kd7 22. Qxb7+ Ke6 23. Qxc6+ Rd6 24. Qc4+ Ke7 25. Rxh8 Rd2 26. Qc5+ Ke6 27.
Qc8+ Nd7 28. Kh1 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Masters 2026"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2026.02.26"]
[Round "4.31"]
[White "Lu, Maximillian"]
[Black "Cervantes Landeiro, Thalia"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2424"]
[BlackElo "2247"]
[ECO "D34"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "Tarrasch, Reti variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2096242"]
[BlackFideId "3520498"]
[EventDate "2026.02.25"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c5 4. O-O e6 5. c4 Nc6 6. cxd5 exd5 7. d4 Be7 8. Nc3
O-O 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Na4 Be7 11. b3 b5 12. Nc3 a6 13. Bb2 Bb7 14. e3 Rc8 15. Re1
Bc5 16. Re2 d4 17. exd4 Nxd4 18. Nxd4 Bxg2 19. Kxg2 Qxd4 20. Ne4 Qxd1 21. Nxf6+
gxf6 22. Rxd1 Kg7 23. Rd5 h6 24. Rf5 Rc6 25. Bxf6+ Rxf6 26. Rxc5 Rd8 27. Rec2
Rdd6 28. g4 Rf4 29. f3 Rdf6 30. R2c3 Rd4 31. Kg3 Rd2 32. a4 bxa4 33. bxa4 Ra2
34. a5 Ra4 35. R3c4 Ra1 36. Rc1 Ra3 37. R1c3 Ra4 38. h4 Ra1 39. h5 Rg1+ 40. Kh2
Rf1 41. Kg2 Ra1 42. Re5 Ra2+ 43. Kg3 Ra1 44. Rd3 Rg1+ 45. Kh2 Rf1 46. Kg2 Ra1
47. Rdd5 Ra2+ 48. Kg3 Ra3 49. Rf5 Rxf5 50. Rxf5 Ra4 51. Kf2 Ra3 52. Ke2 Rc3 53.
Rd5 Ra3 54. Kf2 Kh7 55. Rc5 Kg7 56. Rf5 Rb3 57. Kg3 Rb4 58. g5 hxg5 59. Rxg5+
Kh6 60. Rc5 Ra4 61. f4 Rd4 62. Kf3 Ra4 63. Kg4 Kg7 64. Kg5 Ra1 65. h6+ Kh7 66.
Kf6 Kxh6 67. Kxf7 Rf1 68. f5 Kh7 69. f6 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Masters 2026"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2026.02.26"]
[Round "4.32"]
[White "Kiolbasa, Oliwia"]
[Black "Caglar, Sila"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "WIM"]
[WhiteElo "2397"]
[BlackElo "2215"]
[ECO "B27"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Hungarian variation"]
[WhiteFideId "1154613"]
[BlackFideId "6364063"]
[EventDate "2026.02.25"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Bg7 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Nb3 Nf6 7. Bc4 d6 8. O-O
O-O 9. Re1 Bd7 10. Nd5 Nxd5 11. exd5 Ne5 12. Bf1 Rc8 13. c3 b5 14. Nd4 Rc5 15.
Nb3 Rc8 16. Qe2 Re8 17. Be3 a5 18. Rad1 a4 19. Nd4 Nc4 20. Bc1 Rc5 21. Nc2 e6
22. dxe6 Rxe6 23. Qf3 Bc6 24. Qg3 Be5 25. f4 Bf6 26. Rxe6 fxe6 27. Ne3 Bb7 28.
Qf2 Rc8 29. Nxc4 bxc4 30. a3 Bd5 31. Be2 Qc7 32. Bg4 Qc6 33. Re1 Re8 34. h4 Re7
35. Re3 h5 36. Bd1 Be4 37. Bxa4 Qxa4 38. Rxe4 Qd1+ 39. Qe1 Qxe1+ 40. Rxe1 Bxh4
41. Rd1 d5 42. Be3 Rb7 43. a4 Bd8 44. Ra1 Ba5 45. Ra2 Kf7 46. Bd4 Ke7 47. Kf2
Kf7 48. Kf3 Rb8 49. g4 Rb7 50. Bc5 Rb8 51. Bd6 Rb7 52. Kg3 d4 53. cxd4 Rb3+ 54.
Kg2 hxg4 55. Bc5 Kf6 56. Ba3 Kf5 57. Ra1 Kxf4 58. Rf1+ Ke4 59. Rf6 c3 60. Rxe6+
Kd3 61. bxc3 Rxa3 62. Rxg6 Bxc3 63. Rxg4 Rxa4 64. Rg3+ Kc4 65. d5 Ra2+ 66. Kh3
Be5 67. Rg2 Ra3+ 68. Kg4 Kxd5 69. Rd2+ Bd4 70. Kf4 Ra8 71. Kf5 Rf8+ 72. Kg6 Rf6+
73. Kg5 Rf1 74. Kg6 Ke5 75. Re2+ Kf4 76. Rd2 Rg1+ 77. Kf7 Ke5 78. Ra2 Kf5 79.
Ke7 Be5 80. Kd7 Rc1 81. Ra7 Rc2 82. Rb7 Rc5 83. Ra7 Ke4 84. Ke6 Rc6+ 85. Kd7 Rh6
86. Ra4+ Bd4 87. Ra5 Bc3 88. Rb5 Rh7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Masters 2026"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2026.02.26"]
[Round "4.33"]
[White "Antova, Gabriela"]
[Black "Abrahamyan, Tatev"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2168"]
[BlackElo "2378"]
[ECO "A48"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "Torre attack"]
[WhiteFideId "2915235"]
[BlackFideId "13301918"]
[EventDate "2026.02.25"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. Nbd2 d6 5. e4 h6 6. Bh4 g5 7. Bg3 Nh5 8. c3
Nxg3 9. hxg3 e6 10. Be2 Nd7 11. Qc2 Qe7 12. Nc4 a6 13. Rd1 b6 14. Ne3 Bb7 15.
Nd2 Rc8 16. Kf1 c5 17. dxc5 Nxc5 18. b4 Nxe4 19. Nxe4 d5 20. Nc4 O-O 21. Nxb6
Rc6 22. Nxd5 exd5 23. Nc5 Rd6 24. Bf3 Bc6 25. g4 Qf6 26. Rc1 Re8 27. Rh3 Bb5+
28. Kg1 Qf4 29. Qd1 Bc4 30. g3 Qe5 31. Nb3 Bxb3 32. Qxb3 Rc8 33. Kg2 Rxc3 34.
Rxc3 Qxc3 35. Bxd5 Qd2 36. Bxf7+ Kf8 37. Be6 Bd4 38. Qf3+ Ke7 39. Qf7+ Kd8 40.
Rxh6 Qe2 41. Qf8+ Kc7 42. Qxd6+ 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Masters 2026"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2026.02.26"]
[Round "4.34"]
[White "Chirilov, James A"]
[Black "Kavutskiy, Kostya"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2264"]
[BlackElo "2330"]
[ECO "B40"]
[Opening "Sicilian defence"]
[WhiteFideId "30976677"]
[BlackFideId "2026384"]
[EventDate "2026.02.25"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d3 Nc6 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. O-O Nge7 7. Re1 e5 8. c3 d6
9. a3 O-O 10. b4 h6 11. Be3 b6 12. b5 Na5 13. Nbd2 f5 14. exf5 gxf5 15. Nb3 Nb7
16. Nh4 d5 17. Qe2 Nd6 18. c4 Bb7 19. Rad1 Qd7 20. a4 Rad8 21. Nd2 Rde8 22. Nb3
dxc4 23. Bxb7 Qxb7 24. dxc4 Ne4 25. Qf3 Qc8 26. Bc1 Ng5 27. Qh5 Nf7 28. Ng6 Nxg6
29. Qxg6 e4 30. Bf4 Ne5 31. Bxe5 Rxe5 32. Rd6 Qe8 33. Qxe8 Rfxe8 34. a5 e3 35.
f3 e2 36. axb6 axb6 37. Nc1 Re3 38. Rxb6 Bc3 39. Rxe2 Rxe2 40. Nxe2 Rxe2 41.
Rxh6 Bd4+ 42. Kh1 Kg7 43. Rc6 Rc2 44. g4 Rxc4 45. b6 Rb4 46. h4 fxg4 47. fxg4 c4
48. g5 Bxb6 49. h5 Bd8 50. Kg2 Rb5 51. h6+ Kh7 52. g6+ Kxh6 53. g7+ Kxg7 54.
Rxc4 Rb3 55. Rc6 Bf6 56. Kf2 Kg6 57. Ke2 Kf5 58. Rc4 Be5 59. Kd2 Ke6 60. Rc5 Kd6
61. Ra5 Bd4 62. Ke2 Bc5 63. Ra8 Re3+ 64. Kd2 Kd5 65. Rg8 Kc4 66. Rg4+ Bd4 67.
Rg8 Rf3 68. Rc8+ Bc5 69. Re8 Ra3 70. Ke2 Ra2+ 71. Kf3 Bd4 72. Re2 Ra8 73. Re7
Kd3 74. Rf7 Ra1 75. Re7 Rf1+ 76. Kg4 Bf6 77. Re6 Kd4 78. Re2 Be5 79. Kg5 Kd5 80.
Kg4 Rf4+ 81. Kg3 Ke6 82. Kg2 Ra4 83. Rf2 Bf4 84. Rc2 Kf5 85. Kf3 Ra3+ 86. Ke2
Kg4 87. Rc4 Re3+ 88. Kd2 Kf5 89. Kc2 Ke5 90. Ra4 Rf3 91. Ra5+ Kd4 92. Ra4+ Kc5
93. Re4 Be3 94. Ra4 Bd4 95. Ra5+ Kb4 96. Ra8 Bc5 97. Kd2 Kc4 98. Ra4+ Kd5 99.
Rg4 Bd4 100. Ke2 Ra3 101. Rg5+ Ke4 102. Rg4+ Kd5 103. Rg5+ Ke4 104. Rg4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Masters 2026"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2026.02.27"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Lodici, Lorenzo"]
[Black "Durarbayli, Vasif"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2612"]
[ECO "C77"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Anderssen variation"]
[WhiteFideId "884189"]
[BlackFideId "13402935"]
[EventDate "2026.02.25"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. c3 d6 8. Nbd2
Bb6 9. a4 Rb8 10. h3 O-O 11. O-O Nh5 12. axb5 axb5 13. Re1 Kh8 14. Nf1 f5 15.
Ng5 g6 16. Nf7+ Rxf7 17. Bxf7 f4 18. Bd5 Qg5 19. Qf3 Ne7 20. d4 Qh4 21. dxe5
dxe5 22. Be3 c5 23. b4 g5 24. Nh2 Bxh3 25. Qxh3 Qxh3 26. gxh3 fxe3 27. fxe3 cxb4
28. cxb4 Nxd5 29. exd5 Nf4 30. Ng4 Kg7 31. Rad1 Rd8 32. d6 Ng6 33. Rd5 Kf7 34.
Rf1+ Kg7 35. Kh1 h5 36. Nxe5 Bxe3 37. Nxg6 Kxg6 38. d7 g4 39. Re1 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Masters 2026"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2026.02.27"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Woodward, Andy"]
[Black "Stremavicius, Titas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2608"]
[BlackElo "2547"]
[ECO "D02"]
[Opening "Queen's bishop game"]
[WhiteFideId "30953499"]
[BlackFideId "12804444"]
[EventDate "2026.02.25"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bf4 c5 4. e3 Nc6 5. Nbd2 e6 6. c3 Be7 7. Ne5 Nd7 8. Nxd7
Qxd7 9. Bd3 b6 10. a4 Bb7 11. h4 Bd6 12. Qg4 Bxf4 13. exf4 cxd4 14. cxd4 Qe7 15.
O-O O-O 16. Nf3 h6 17. Rfe1 Bc8 18. Rac1 Nb4 19. Bb1 Bd7 20. Ne5 Rac8 21. Rxc8
Bxc8 22. Re3 Bd7 23. Qg3 Rc8 24. f5 exf5 25. Ng4 Be6 26. Bxf5 Rc1+ 27. Kh2 Qc7
28. f4 Rf1 29. Nf6+ Kf8 30. Nh5 g5 31. Rc3 Qd6 32. Bxe6 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Masters 2026"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2026.02.27"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Akobian, Varuzhan"]
[Black "Antipov, Mikhail Al."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2549"]
[BlackElo "2591"]
[ECO "E10"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[WhiteFideId "13300580"]
[BlackFideId "4107012"]
[EventDate "2026.02.25"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nc3 c6 6. Qc2 g6 7. Bg5 Be7 8. e3
Bf5 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 O-O 11. O-O Nbd7 12. Rab1 a5 13. Qc2 Re8 14. Rfc1 Rc8
15. h3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Masters 2026"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2026.02.27"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Hong, Andrew"]
[Black "Hardaway, Brewington"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2587"]
[BlackElo "2544"]
[ECO "B61"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Richter-Rauzer, Larsen variation, 7.Qd2"]
[WhiteFideId "2099438"]
[BlackFideId "30941849"]
[EventDate "2026.02.25"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 Bd7 7. Qd2 Rc8 8.
O-O-O Nxd4 9. Qxd4 Qa5 10. Bd2 a6 11. f3 g6 12. Bc4 Bg7 13. Bb3 O-O 14. Qf2 Be6
15. Nd5 Qd8 16. h4 Bxd5 17. exd5 h5 18. g4 b5 19. Qe1 Qb6 20. Rg1 Rfe8 21. Kb1
Qb7 22. gxh5 Nxh5 23. Rg5 Qd7 24. Qg1 Kf8 25. Rxg6 fxg6 26. Qxg6 Qa7 27. Qxh5
Qd4 28. c3 Qe5 29. Qh7 e6 30. dxe6 d5 31. Re1 Qf6 32. Bxd5 Re7 33. Bg5 Bh8 34.
Bh6+ 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Masters 2026"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2026.02.27"]
[Round "5.5"]
[White "Kantor, Gergely"]
[Black "Quesada Perez, Yasser"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2562"]
[ECO "C92"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "closed, 9.h3"]
[WhiteFideId "751499"]
[BlackFideId "3509362"]
[EventDate "2026.02.25"]

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 Re8 10. d4 Bb7 11. a3 Bf8 12. Ba2 h6 13. d5 Na5 14. b3 c6 15. c4 Rc8
16. Re2 Nh5 17. dxc6 Bxc6 18. Nc3 bxc4 19. bxc4 Nf6 20. Rb1 Bd7 21. Qd3 Qc7 22.
Rc2 Be6 23. Nd2 Qc5 24. Na4 Qc6 25. Nb6 Rc7 26. Rcb2 Nd7 27. Nd5 Rb7 28. Rb4 Nc5
29. Qc2 Qd7 30. Nb6 Qd8 31. Nd5 Qh4 32. Nf3 Qh5 33. Be3 Reb8 34. Bxc5 dxc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Masters 2026"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2026.02.27"]
[Round "5.6"]
[White "Pranav, V"]
[Black "Budisavljevic, Luka"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2641"]
[BlackElo "2501"]
[ECO "C02"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "advance, Euwe variation"]
[WhiteFideId "25060783"]
[BlackFideId "960047"]
[EventDate "2026.02.25"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. Be2 f6 7. O-O fxe5 8. Nxe5
cxd4 9. cxd4 Bd6 10. Nxd7 Qxd7 11. Re1 Nf6 12. Nc3 O-O 13. Be3 Kh8 14. Bf3 Rad8
15. Qa4 e5 16. dxe5 Nxe5 17. Qxd7 Nxf3+ 18. gxf3 Nxd7 19. Red1 Ne5 20. Rxd5 Bb8
21. f4 Ng6 22. Rad1 Rxd5 23. Rxd5 Kg8 24. Ne2 a6 25. Rd7 Rf7 26. Rd8+ Rf8 27.
Rd7 Rf7 28. Rd4 Bc7 29. Kg2 Nh4+ 30. Kh3 Nf5 31. Rc4 g6 32. Ng3 Nd6 33. Rc5 Bb6
34. Rc3 Ba5 35. Rd3 Bc7 36. Rd5 Nf5 37. Kg4 Nd6 38. Bd4 h5+ 39. Kf3 Nc4 40. Ne2
Re7 41. Bc3 Rf7 42. h3 Nd6 43. Be5 Nf5 44. Ke4 Kf8 45. Nc3 Bb6 46. f3 Ke8 47.
Na4 Ba7 48. Nc5 Bxc5 49. Rxc5 Rd7 50. Bc3 Kf7 51. a4 Rd1 52. Ke5 Rd7 53. Rc8 Ne7
54. Rh8 Rd5+ 55. Ke4 Rd1 56. Rh7+ Ke6 57. Rh6 Kf7 58. Rh7+ Ke6 59. Rg7 Rh1 60.
Bb4 Nc6 61. Rxb7 Rxh3 62. Bc3 h4 63. Rb6 Kd7 64. Rb7+ Kd6 65. Rg7 Rg3 66. Be1
Rg2 67. Bxh4 Rxb2 68. Rxg6+ Kc5 69. Rg5+ Kb6 70. Rg6 Kc5 71. a5 Rb4+ 72. Kf5 Kd5
73. Bf6 Rb3 74. Kg4 Nxa5 75. Rg5+ Ke6 76. Bh8 Nc6 77. f5+ Kd6 78. f4 Rb1 79. f6
Rh1 80. Bg7 Ke6 81. Rc5 Rg1+ 82. Kh5 Nd8 83. Re5+ Kd6 84. Bf8+ Kc6 85. Rc5+ Kb6
86. Rd5 Kc7 87. Rxd8 Kxd8 88. f7 Rh1+ 89. Kg6 Rg1+ 90. Kf6 Rg4 91. Bd6 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Masters 2026"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2026.02.27"]
[Round "5.7"]
[White "Bharath, Subramaniyam H"]
[Black "Atanasov, Anthony"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2441"]
[ECO "C48"]
[Opening "Four knights"]
[Variation "Rubinstein counter-gambit"]
[WhiteFideId "46634827"]
[BlackFideId "2623897"]
[EventDate "2026.02.25"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. Bc4 c6 6. O-O d6 7. h3 b5 8. Bd3
Nxf3+ 9. Qxf3 g5 10. Be2 h5 11. d4 g4 12. Qd3 gxh3 13. dxe5 hxg2 14. Rd1 Nd7 15.
Qg3 Nxe5 16. Bf4 h4 17. Qxg2 Qf6 18. Bg5 Qg7 19. f4 h3 20. Qg3 Be7 21. Kh1 Bxg5
22. fxg5 Rh6 23. Qf4 Bd7 24. Rg1 Re6 25. Raf1 O-O-O 26. a4 b4 27. Nd1 Rde8 28.
Ne3 Ng6 29. Qxf7 Qe5 30. Ng4 Qxb2 31. Nf6 Ne5 32. Qh5 Qxc2 33. Nxe8 Rxe8 34. g6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Masters 2026"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2026.02.27"]
[Round "5.8"]
[White "Adewumi, Tanitoluwa"]
[Black "Can, Isik"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2433"]
[BlackElo "2562"]
[ECO "D31"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "semi-Slav"]
[WhiteFideId "30966396"]
[BlackFideId "6383742"]
[EventDate "2026.02.25"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bf4 Bd6 6. Bxd6 Qxd6 7. e3 Ne7 8.
Nf3 Nd7 9. Bd3 Nf6 10. Qc2 g6 11. Qb3 O-O 12. O-O Rb8 13. a4 Bf5 14. Bxf5 Nxf5
15. a5 Rfe8 16. Rfd1 Ng4 17. Qa3 Qc7 18. g3 h5 19. Qb3 h4 20. Qc2 hxg3 21. hxg3
Ngxe3 22. fxe3 Qxg3+ 23. Qg2 Qxg2+ 24. Kxg2 Nxe3+ 25. Kf2 Nxd1+ 26. Rxd1 f6 27.
Na4 Re7 28. Rc1 a6 29. Rc3 g5 30. Rb3 Rf8 31. Nc5 Rff7 32. Nh2 Kg7 33. Ng4 Kg6
34. Rf3 Re8 35. Rh3 Ree7 36. Rf3 Rf8 37. b3 Rff7 38. Rh3 Rh7 39. Rf3 Rhf7 40.
Rh3 Rh7 41. Rf3 f5 42. Ne5+ Rxe5 43. dxe5 f4 44. e6 Kf5 45. Rd3 g4 46. Rd4 Rh2+
47. Ke1 f3 48. Rd3 Kf4 49. Rd4+ Kf5 50. Rd3 Rc2 51. Rd2 Rxd2 52. Kxd2 Kf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Masters 2026"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2026.02.27"]
[Round "5.9"]
[White "Sonis, Francesco"]
[Black "Celik, Hasan Huseyin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2561"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[ECO "C19"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "Winawer, advance, 6...Ne7"]
[WhiteFideId "895733"]
[BlackFideId "44506759"]
[EventDate "2026.02.25"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. h4 Nbc6 8. Nf3
Qa5 9. Bd2 Bd7 10. h5 h6 11. Qb1 Qc7 12. Bd3 Na5 13. a4 Nc4 14. Bf4 Bc6 15. dxc5
f6 16. Bh2 Nxe5 17. Nxe5 fxe5 18. O-O O-O 19. Qe1 Nf5 20. Qxe5 Qe7 21. a5 a6 22.
c4 dxc4 23. Bxc4 Rae8 24. Rae1 Qg5 25. f3 Kh8 26. Bd3 Qxh5 27. g4 Qg5 28. Bf4
Qh4 29. gxf5 exf5 30. Bg3 Qh3 31. Qf4 g5 32. Qd4+ Kg8 33. Qd6 Rf6 34. Bc4+ Kh7
35. Re7+ 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Masters 2026"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2026.02.27"]
[Round "5.10"]
[White "Park, Evan"]
[Black "Harsha, Bharathakoti"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2419"]
[BlackElo "2538"]
[ECO "B94"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Najdorf, 6.Bg5"]
[WhiteFideId "30931142"]
[BlackFideId "5078776"]
[EventDate "2026.02.25"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 Nbd7 7. Bc4 Qb6 8.
Bb3 e6 9. Qd2 Be7 10. O-O-O Nc5 11. f3 Qc7 12. g4 b5 13. Be3 O-O 14. Rhg1 b4 15.
Na4 Bd7 16. Nxc5 dxc5 17. g5 Nxe4 18. fxe4 cxd4 19. Bxd4 Bc6 20. Qe3 Rad8 21.
Rdf1 Bb5 22. g6 Rxd4 23. gxf7+ Kh8 24. Qxd4 e5 25. Rxg7 Kxg7 26. Rg1+ 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Masters 2026"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2026.02.27"]
[Round "5.11"]
[White "Yu, Jennifer"]
[Black "Matviishen, Viktor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2309"]
[BlackElo "2533"]
[ECO "D35"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "exchange, positional line"]
[WhiteFideId "2078341"]
[BlackFideId "14129850"]
[EventDate "2026.02.25"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 h6 7. Bh4 O-O 8. Bd3
c6 9. Nge2 Re8 10. O-O a5 11. f3 b5 12. Rc1 Nbd7 13. h3 Ba6 14. Bf2 Bd6 15. a4
b4 16. Bxa6 Rxa6 17. Qd3 Qa8 18. Nb1 c5 19. b3 Rc6 20. Nd2 Rec8 21. dxc5 Nxc5
22. Qb1 Ne6 23. Rxc6 Rxc6 24. Qd3 Be5 25. Rd1 Nc5 26. Qb5 Ne8 27. Nd4 Bxd4 28.
exd4 Nd6 29. Qe2 Nd7 30. Nf1 Qe8 31. Qd3 Qc8 32. Ne3 Rc3 33. Qa6 Qxa6 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis Masters 2026"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2026.02.27"]
[Round "5.12"]
[White "Pyrih, Roman"]
[Black "Oparin, Grigoriy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2403"]
[BlackElo "2658"]
[ECO "A06"]
[Opening "Reti opening"]
[WhiteFideId "14179156"]
[BlackFideId "24125890"]
[EventDate "2026.02.25"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Bd6 5. b3 O-O 6. Bb2 Nc6 7. d4 dxc4 8. Bxc4
e5 9. dxe5 Nxe5 10. Nxe5 Bxe5 11. Qxd8 Rxd8 12. Ke2 c6 13. Na4 Bxb2 14. Nxb2 Ne4
15. Bd3 Nc3+ 16. Kd2 Nd5 17. e4 Nf4 18. g3 Ne6 19. Rac1 c5 20. Ke3 b6 21. Bc4
Rb8 22. a3 a5 23. b4 axb4 24. axb4 cxb4 25. Nd3 Ra8 26. Ra1 Bd7 27. Nxb4 Kf8 28.
Rhd1 Nc5 29. Nd5 Rxa1 30. Rxa1 b5 31. Bxb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Masters 2026"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2026.02.27"]
[Round "5.13"]
[White "Mishra, Abhimanyu"]
[Black "Putnam, Liam"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2629"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[ECO "E20"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian"]
[Variation "Kmoch variation"]
[WhiteFideId "30920019"]
[BlackFideId "30938279"]
[EventDate "2026.02.25"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 d5 5. a3 Be7 6. e4 dxe4 7. fxe4 c5 8. d5
exd5 9. cxd5 Bd6 10. Bb5+ Nbd7 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bh4 a6 13. Bxd7+ Qxd7 14. Nf3 Ng4
15. O-O O-O 16. Qe1 Re8 17. Bg3 Qc7 18. Bxd6 Qxd6 19. h3 Ne5 20. Nxe5 Rxe5 21.
Qg3 Bd7 22. Rf3 f6 23. Raf1 Kh7 24. Kh1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Masters 2026"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2026.02.27"]
[Round "5.14"]
[White "Gueci, Tea"]
[Black "Dudin, Gleb"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "WIM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2138"]
[BlackElo "2596"]
[ECO "B51"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Canal-Sokolsky (Nimzovich-Rossolimo, Moscow) attack"]
[WhiteFideId "872342"]
[BlackFideId "34184934"]
[EventDate "2026.02.25"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. c3 Nf6 5. Qe2 a6 6. Ba4 e6 7. O-O Be7 8. d4 b5
9. Bc2 Bb7 10. Re1 Qc7 11. a4 cxd4 12. axb5 dxc3 13. Nxc3 axb5 14. Rxa8+ Bxa8
15. Nxb5 Qb8 16. Nfd4 O-O 17. Bg5 Rc8 18. Bb1 h6 19. Bh4 Qb6 20. Rd1 Rb8 21. b3
Bf8 22. Nc3 Qb4 23. Na2 Qa3 24. b4 Bxe4 25. Bxe4 Nxe4 26. Nc6 Ra8 27. Qxe4 Qxa2
28. Be7 d5 29. Qe1 Qa4 30. Rc1 Rc8 31. Bxf8 Rxc6 32. Ra1 Qc2 33. Be7 d4 34. b5
Rb6 35. Rc1 Qf5 36. Qb4 d3 37. g4 Qd5 38. Rd1 Rxb5 39. Qc3 Ne5 40. f4 Qf3 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis Masters 2026"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2026.02.27"]
[Round "5.15"]
[White "Mikaelyan, Arman"]
[Black "Warmerdam, Max"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2494"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[ECO "E10"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[WhiteFideId "13304852"]
[BlackFideId "1048104"]
[EventDate "2026.02.25"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 h6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bd2 b6 6. e3 Bxc3 7. Bxc3 Ne4 8. Rc1
Bb7 9. Be2 O-O 10. O-O Nxc3 11. Rxc3 d6 12. c5 a5 13. cxd6 cxd6 14. Qa4 Nd7 15.
Rfc1 Nf6 16. Rc7 Qb8 17. a3 Rc8 18. Rxc8+ Bxc8 19. Nd2 Ra7 20. Ne4 Bd7 21. Nxf6+
gxf6 22. Qc2 d5 23. Bd3 Qd6 24. Qd2 Rc7 25. Re1 Ba4 26. h3 f5 27. Qe2 Qd8 28.
Qf3 Qg5 29. g3 Bb3 30. Kh2 Kf8 31. Rg1 h5 32. Qe2 h4 33. gxh4 Qxh4 34. Qf3 b5
35. Qg3 Qxg3+ 36. Kxg3 Bc4 37. Rc1 Rb7 38. Bc2 b4 39. Rb1 Rc7 40. Ra1 Be2 41.
Bb3 Rb7 42. h4 f6 43. axb4 Rxb4 44. Ra3 Kg7 45. Ba2 Rxb2 46. Rxa5 Kg6 47. Ra8
Bd1 48. Rg8+ Kf7 49. Ra8 Rd2 50. Ra7+ Kg6 51. Bb1 Bb3 52. Rb7 Bc4 53. Rb6 Rd1
54. Bc2 Rg1+ 55. Kh2 Rg4 56. Rxe6 Rxh4+ 57. Kg3 Rg4+ 58. Kf3 Rh4 59. Re8 Rh3+
60. Kf4 Rh4+ 61. Kg3 Rh5 62. Rg8+ Kf7 63. Rd8 Ke6 64. Re8+ Kf7 65. Rb8 Kg6 66.
f3 Rh1 67. Rg8+ Kf7 68. Rb8 Kg6 69. Ba4 Rh7 70. Be8+ Kg5 71. Bc6 f4+ 72. exf4+
Kf5 73. Rg8 Ke6 74. Re8+ Kf5 75. Rg8 Ke6 76. Ba4 Rh1 77. f5+ Kf7 78. Rd8 Rh5 79.
Kg4 Rg5+ 80. Kf4 Rg2 81. Rd7+ Kf8 82. Bc6 Rd2 83. Kg4 Rg2+ 84. Kh4 Rg5 85. Bxd5
Bxd5 86. Rxd5 Ke7 87. Ra5 Rg1 88. Ra7+ Kf8 89. d5 Rd1 90. Kh5 Rxd5 91. Kg6 Rd3
92. Ra8+ Ke7 93. Kg7 Rd6 94. Rf8 Rd1 95. Rxf6 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Masters 2026"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2026.02.27"]
[Round "5.16"]
[White "Fier, Alexandr"]
[Black "Bilovil, Bogdan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2572"]
[BlackElo "2446"]
[ECO "A14"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "Neo-Catalan declined"]
[WhiteFideId "2107139"]
[BlackFideId "14168766"]
[EventDate "2026.02.25"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. d4 dxc4 7. Qc2 b5 8. a4
Bb7 9. axb5 a6 10. bxa6 Nxa6 11. Qxc4 Bd5 12. Qc3 Ne4 13. Qe1 Nb4 14. Rxa8 Qxa8
15. Nc3 Nxc3 16. bxc3 Na2 17. Bd2 c5 18. dxc5 Bxc5 19. Qa1 Rd8 20. Bg5 Rc8 21.
Bd2 Be7 22. Ne1 Bxg2 23. Nxg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Masters 2026"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2026.02.27"]
[Round "5.17"]
[White "Alexakis, Dimitris"]
[Black "Munkhdalai, Amilal"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2538"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[ECO "B32"]
[Opening "Sicilian defence"]
[WhiteFideId "4277023"]
[BlackFideId "4903250"]
[EventDate "2026.02.25"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Qb6 5. Nb3 Nf6 6. Nc3 e6 7. Be3 Qc7 8. a3
a6 9. f4 d6 10. g4 h6 11. h4 b5 12. Bh3 b4 13. axb4 Nxb4 14. g5 hxg5 15. hxg5
Nxe4 16. Nxe4 Nxc2+ 17. Kf2 Nxa1 18. Qxa1 Rb8 19. Ned2 Bb7 20. Bg2 Rxh1 21. Bxh1
Bxh1 22. Qxh1 Qb7 23. Qa1 Be7 24. Nd4 Kf8 25. b3 Kg8 26. Qg1 Rc8 27. g6 Bf6 28.
Qg4 Qd5 29. gxf7+ Kxf7 30. N2f3 Rc3 31. Ng5+ Bxg5 32. fxg5 Qe5 33. Qf3+ Kg6 34.
Ne2 Rc2 35. Kg1 Qa1+ 36. Kf2 Qe5 37. Kg1 Qa1+ 38. Kf2 Qe5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Masters 2026"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2026.02.27"]
[Round "5.18"]
[White "Kevlishvili, Robby"]
[Black "Raja, Harshit"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2527"]
[BlackElo "2472"]
[ECO "B90"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Najdorf"]
[WhiteFideId "1040634"]
[BlackFideId "5089000"]
[EventDate "2026.02.25"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Rg1 g6 7. g4 Nc6 8. g5
Nd7 9. Be3 h6 10. gxh6 Bxh6 11. Bxh6 Rxh6 12. Nf3 Nde5 13. Nxe5 Nxe5 14. Qe2 Qb6
15. O-O-O Be6 16. h3 Rh4 17. b3 Rf4 18. Rg2 Rc8 19. Qd2 Qb4 20. Kb2 Rf3 21. Nb1
Qxe4 22. Rg3 Bf5 23. c4 Rxg3 24. fxg3 Nf3 25. Qf2 Qe5+ 26. Nc3 Ng5 27. Bg2 Ne4
28. Bxe4 Bxe4 29. Rd4 Bc6 30. Rd3 b5 31. Re3 Qf5 32. Qd2 bxc4 33. Qd4 cxb3 34.
axb3 Bb7 35. Qa7 Qd7 36. Qd4 Qf5 37. Qa7 Qd7 38. Qd4 e5 39. Qh4 Qf5 40. g4 Qf4
41. Rd3 e4 42. Qh8+ Ke7 43. Qh4+ g5 44. Qe1 Qe5 45. Rd1 d5 46. Qe3 f6 47. Rd4
Qf4 48. Qe1 Qh2+ 49. Ne2 Kf7 50. Qd2 Bc6 51. Rb4 Qe5+ 52. Nd4 Bb5 53. Qe3 Qh2+
54. Ka3 Qf4 55. Nf5 Qxe3 56. Nxe3 Ke6 57. Rd4 Rd8 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis Masters 2026"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2026.02.27"]
[Round "5.19"]
[White "Mardov, Dimitar"]
[Black "Rorrer, Grayson"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2504"]
[BlackElo "2415"]
[ECO "A28"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "four knights, Capablanca variation"]
[WhiteFideId "30919495"]
[BlackFideId "30944996"]
[EventDate "2026.02.25"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. d3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. g3 Be7 7. Bg2 Be6 8. O-O
O-O 9. Bd2 Qd7 10. Rc1 Nxc3 11. Bxc3 f6 12. Qc2 Bd5 13. Rfd1 Bc5 14. d4 exd4 15.
Bxd4 Nxd4 16. Nxd4 Bxg2 17. Qxc5 Qd5 18. f3 Qxc5 19. Rxc5 Bh3 20. g4 Rad8 21.
Rxc7 Rf7 22. Rxf7 Kxf7 23. Kf2 h5 24. Kg3 hxg4 25. fxg4 Bf1 26. Kf3 Rd5 27. Rd3
g6 28. h4 Bh3 29. Nc2 Rxd3+ 30. exd3 Bf1 31. Ne1 Ke6 32. Kf2 Bh3 33. Kg3 Bf1 34.
Kf4 Be2 35. g5 a5 36. a3 b5 37. gxf6 Kxf6 38. d4 Ke6 39. Ke4 Bd1 40. d5+ Kd6 41.
Ng2 Bb3 42. Nf4 b4 43. Kd4 bxa3 44. bxa3 Ba2 45. Nxg6 Bxd5 46. h5 Bf7 47. Nf4
Bg8 48. h6 Bh7 49. Nh3 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Masters 2026"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2026.02.27"]
[Round "5.20"]
[White "Cordova, Emilio"]
[Black "Rosen, Eric"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2494"]
[BlackElo "2377"]
[ECO "A20"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[WhiteFideId "3801497"]
[BlackFideId "2032562"]
[EventDate "2026.02.25"]

1. c4 e5 2. a3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d3 g6 5. g3 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Bg2 Be6 8. Nf3
h6 9. Bd2 Bg7 10. Rc1 Nd4 11. Na4 b6 12. O-O O-O 13. Nxd4 exd4 14. b4 Rc8 15.
Nb2 Qd7 16. Re1 Rfe8 17. Qa4 c6 18. Nd1 h5 19. e4 dxe3 20. Nxe3 Ne7 21. Bc3 Rc7
22. Bxg7 Kxg7 23. Qc2 Qd4 24. Nc4 Rd8 25. Ne5 c5 26. Re4 Qd6 27. Qb2 Kg8 28.
Rce1 b5 29. h3 cxb4 30. axb4 Rdc8 31. Qd2 Kg7 32. Nf3 Bd5 33. Rf4 Nf5 34. Rxf5
gxf5 35. Nh4 Be6 36. Qg5+ Kf8 37. Qf6 Ke8 38. Nxf5 Qxb4 39. Re4 Qc3 40. Ng7+ Kd7
41. Rd4+ Qxd4 42. Qxd4+ Ke7 43. Qb4+ Rc5 44. d4 a5 45. Qxa5 Rc1+ 46. Kh2 R8c2
47. Qa3+ Kd7 48. d5 Bxd5 49. Qd3 Rxf2 50. Qxd5+ Ke7 51. Nf5+ 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Masters 2026"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2026.02.27"]
[Round "5.21"]
[White "Shlyakhtenko, Robert"]
[Black "Boyer, Mahel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2453"]
[BlackElo "2486"]
[ECO "E73"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "Semi-Averbakh system"]
[WhiteFideId "30936934"]
[BlackFideId "45102422"]
[EventDate "2026.02.25"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Be3 Na6 7. h3 c6 8. Nf3 e5
9. d5 Nh5 10. O-O Nf4 11. Re1 Nxe2+ 12. Rxe2 c5 13. Qd2 Nc7 14. Bh6 f5 15. exf5
gxf5 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. Nxe5 dxe5 18. Rxe5 Ne6 19. Rae1 Rf7 20. Ne2 Nd4 21. Nxd4
cxd4 22. Re8 Qf6 23. Qf4 b6 24. d6 h6 25. R1e7 Bb7 26. Qg3+ Qg5 27. Rxf7+ Kxf7
28. Re7+ Kg6 29. Qxg5+ hxg5 30. Rxb7 Kf6 31. Kf1 d3 32. d7 Ke5 33. Ke1 Kd4 34.
Kd2 Rd8 35. Rc7 f4 36. b4 a5 37. bxa5 bxa5 38. c5 Rb8 39. Rb7 Rxb7 40. d8=Q+ 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Masters 2026"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2026.02.27"]
[Round "5.22"]
[White "Narayanan, Samrug"]
[Black "Bok, Benjamin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2438"]
[BlackElo "2592"]
[ECO "D38"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "Ragozin variation"]
[WhiteFideId "30914051"]
[BlackFideId "1017063"]
[EventDate "2026.02.25"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 Bf5 8. e3
Nbd7 9. Qb3 Qe7 10. a3 Bxc3+ 11. Qxc3 O-O 12. Bd3 Bxd3 13. Qxd3 Qe6 14. O-O Ne4
15. Nd2 c5 16. Nxe4 dxe4 17. Qd2 cxd4 18. Qxd4 Rfc8 19. Rac1 b6 20. b4 a6 21.
Bg3 b5 22. Bc7 Nf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Masters 2026"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2026.02.27"]
[Round "5.23"]
[White "Kuru, Atilla"]
[Black "Tiglon, Bryce"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2450"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[ECO "B12"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "Tartakower (fantasy) variation"]
[WhiteFideId "51607948"]
[BlackFideId "2087456"]
[EventDate "2026.02.25"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. f3 Qb6 4. Nc3 dxe4 5. fxe4 e5 6. Nf3 exd4 7. Nxd4 Nf6 8. e5
Ng4 9. Be2 Nxe5 10. Bf4 Ng6 11. Qd2 Nxf4 12. Qxf4 Be7 13. O-O-O O-O 14. g4 Nd7
15. Nf5 Bf6 16. Rd6 Qd8 17. Qf2 Be5 18. Rd3 g6 19. Ng3 Qb6 20. Qf3 Bg7 21. Qf4
Nc5 22. Rf3 Ne6 23. Qd2 Nd4 24. Rd3 Be6 25. Na4 Nxe2+ 26. Nxe2 Qf2 27. g5 Bd5
28. Rd1 Qxh2 29. Nc5 Qe5 30. Nc3 Be6 31. N5e4 Bf5 32. Re1 Bxe4 33. Rxe4 Qf5 34.
Re2 Rae8 35. Rf2 Qe6 36. Re2 Bxc3 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis Masters 2026"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2026.02.27"]
[Round "5.24"]
[White "Lu, Maximillian"]
[Black "Kadric, Denis"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2424"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[ECO "A15"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[WhiteFideId "2096242"]
[BlackFideId "14403803"]
[EventDate "2026.02.25"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. d4 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. Nc3 Re8 7. O-O Bd7 8. h3 e5
9. e4 Qc8 10. Kh2 Nc6 11. Be3 exd4 12. Nxd4 Nxd4 13. Bxd4 c5 14. Be3 Bc6 15.
Qxd6 Nxe4 16. Nxe4 Bxe4 17. Bxe4 Rxe4 18. Qd5 Re5 19. Qg2 Re7 20. Rab1 Bd4 21.
Bxd4 cxd4 22. Rfe1 Rd7 23. b3 a5 24. Re5 a4 25. Qe4 Qc6 26. Rd1 axb3 27. axb3
Ra2 28. Kg2 Qf6 29. Re8+ Kg7 30. Qf3 Qxf3+ 31. Kxf3 Rd6 32. Re4 Rf6+ 33. Rf4
Rxf4+ 34. Kxf4 Rxf2+ 35. Ke4 g5 36. Rd3 f5+ 37. Kxd4 Kf6 38. b4 h5 39. Kc5 g4
40. hxg4 hxg4 41. Kd4 f4 42. gxf4 Kf5 43. Kc5 Rxf4 44. Rd5+ Ke4 45. Rd7 g3 46.
Rxb7 Rg4 47. Re7+ Kd3 48. b5 g2 49. Re1 Rg5+ 50. Kc6 Kxc4 51. Rc1+ Kb4 52. Rb1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Masters 2026"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2026.02.27"]
[Round "5.25"]
[White "Ostrovskiy, Aleksandr"]
[Black "Gazik, Viktor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2367"]
[BlackElo "2537"]
[ECO "B30"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Nimzovich-Rossolimo attack (without ...d6)"]
[WhiteFideId "2034239"]
[BlackFideId "14928752"]
[EventDate "2026.02.25"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. O-O Nge7 5. Re1 h6 6. h3 a6 7. Bf1 d5 8. exd5
Nxd5 9. d4 Nf6 10. Be3 Nd5 11. Bc1 Nf6 12. Be3 Nd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Masters 2026"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2026.02.27"]
[Round "5.26"]
[White "Atwell, Rose"]
[Black "Chasin, Nico"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2337"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[ECO "B23"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "closed"]
[WhiteFideId "30951011"]
[BlackFideId "30908477"]
[EventDate "2026.02.25"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nge2 Nc6 4. g3 Nf6 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O Be7 7. h3 O-O 8. d3 a6
9. Be3 Qc7 10. g4 b5 11. Ng3 Bb7 12. f4 Nd7 13. Nce2 Nb6 14. f5 Qd8 15. Nh5 exf5
16. exf5 Bg5 17. Nef4 Re8 18. Qd2 c4 19. Ne6 Bxe3+ 20. Qxe3 fxe6 21. f6 Nd7 22.
Qg5 g6 23. Qh6 Re7 24. f7+ Rxf7 25. Rxf7 Qb6+ 26. Rf2 Qd4 27. c3 Qh8 28. Raf1
Re8 29. Rf7 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Masters 2026"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2026.02.27"]
[Round "5.27"]
[White "Wang, Tianqi"]
[Black "Repka, Christopher"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2331"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[ECO "E60"]
[Opening "King's Indian, 3.Nf3"]
[WhiteFideId "2063824"]
[BlackFideId "14918781"]
[EventDate "2026.02.25"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. d4 Bg7 4. g3 b6 5. Bg2 Bb7 6. O-O O-O 7. d5 Ne4 8. Qc2 f5
9. Nfd2 Nf6 10. Nc3 e5 11. e4 f4 12. Nf3 d6 13. gxf4 exf4 14. Bxf4 Nh5 15. Bg3
Nf4 16. Ne2 Nxg2 17. Kxg2 c5 18. Rab1 Nd7 19. Nfg1 Ne5 20. Nf4 Bc8 21. Nd3 g5
22. Nxe5 Bxe5 23. Bxe5 dxe5 24. f3 Rf4 25. Rf2 Qf6 26. Ne2 Rh4 27. Kh1 Bg4 28.
Rbf1 Rf8 29. Qd2 Kh8 30. Ng3 Bh3 31. Rg1 Bg4 32. Rgf1 Bh3 33. Re1 Bg4 34. Kg1
Bd7 35. Qc3 Rh3 36. Ref1 h5 37. Rg2 Kh7 38. Qe3 Rh4 39. Rgf2 Kh6 40. Ne2 Kh7 41.
Kh1 Rh3 42. Ng1 Rh4 43. a3 a5 44. b3 Rf7 45. Qd2 Rf4 46. Ne2 Rh4 47. Qe3 Rh3 48.
Ng1 Rh4 49. Qc3 Qe7 50. Qd2 Qf6 51. b4 axb4 52. axb4 cxb4 53. Qxb4 Rf4 54. Ne2
Rh4 55. d6 Bh3 56. Rd1 Bd7 57. Qxb6 Rxe4 58. Qb1 Qg6 59. Qxe4 Qxe4 60. fxe4 Rxf2
61. Nc1 Rf4 62. Nd3 Rf8 63. Nxe5 Ba4 64. Rc1 Kg7 65. c5 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Masters 2026"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2026.02.27"]
[Round "5.28"]
[White "Antova, Gabriela"]
[Black "Bilych, Oleksii"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2168"]
[BlackElo "2450"]
[ECO "A08"]
[Opening "Reti"]
[Variation "King's Indian attack, French variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2915235"]
[BlackFideId "14156504"]
[EventDate "2026.02.25"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Be7 5. d3 c5 6. Nbd2 Nc6 7. e4 O-O 8. Re1
Qc7 9. c3 dxe4 10. dxe4 e5 11. Nf1 Be6 12. Qc2 h6 13. Ne3 Rfd8 14. Nh4 c4 15.
Qe2 Rd3 16. Nhf5 Bf8 17. Qf3 Bxf5 18. Qxf5 Ne7 19. Qf3 Rdd8 20. h4 b5 21. a4 a6
22. Ng4 Nd7 23. axb5 axb5 24. Rxa8 Rxa8 25. Be3 Nc5 26. Bxc5 Qxc5 27. Rd1 Qc7
28. Bh3 Ra2 29. Rd7 Qc5 30. Rd8 Rxb2 31. Nxh6+ gxh6 32. Be6 Qxf2+ 33. Qxf2 Rxf2
34. Kxf2 fxe6 35. Rb8 Kf7 36. Kf3 h5 37. Rxb5 Nc6 38. Rb7+ Kf6 39. g4 hxg4+ 40.
Kxg4 Na5 41. Rc7 Bh6 42. Rc5 Nb7 43. Rxc4 Nd6 44. Ra4 Bd2 45. h5 Bxc3 46. h6 Kg6
47. Ra6 Nxe4 48. Rxe6+ Nf6+ 49. Kf3 Kf7 50. Rc6 Bd2 51. h7 Nxh7 52. Ke4 Bf4 53.
Kf5 Nf8 54. Rc7+ Ke8 55. Rc4 Bh6 56. Kxe5 Bg7+ 57. Kf5 Ke7 58. Rc7+ Nd7 59.
Rxd7+ Kxd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Masters 2026"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2026.02.27"]
[Round "5.29"]
[White "Caglar, Sila"]
[Black "Heimann, Mark"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "WIM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2215"]
[BlackElo "2511"]
[ECO "B10"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann defence"]
[WhiteFideId "6364063"]
[BlackFideId "2028441"]
[EventDate "2026.02.25"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. d3 g6 4. Nbd2 Bg7 5. g3 b6 6. exd5 cxd5 7. Bg2 Nc6 8. O-O
Bf5 9. Nh4 Be6 10. c3 Qd7 11. d4 g5 12. Nhf3 g4 13. Ne1 h5 14. Nd3 Bf5 15. Nb3
Nf6 16. Bf4 Be4 17. Ne5 Qb7 18. Nd2 Bxg2 19. Kxg2 Nd7 20. Nxd7 Qxd7 21. f3 O-O-O
22. Qe2 f6 23. Qa6+ Qb7 24. Qxb7+ Kxb7 25. h3 gxf3+ 26. Nxf3 Kc8 27. Rae1 Kd7
28. Nh4 e6 29. Bc1 Ne7 30. Re2 Rc8 31. Bd2 Rc6 32. Be1 Rg8 33. Rf3 Bh6 34. Kh2
Bg5 35. Ng2 Nf5 36. h4 Bc1 37. Rc2 Nxd4 38. cxd4 Rxc2 39. Rxf6 Ke7 40. Rf3 a5
41. b4 Rxa2 42. bxa5 bxa5 43. Kh3 Rf8 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis Masters 2026"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2026.02.27"]
[Round "5.30"]
[White "Apaar Saxena"]
[Black "Kiolbasa, Oliwia"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2263"]
[BlackElo "2397"]
[ECO "D30"]
[Opening "Queen's gambit declined"]
[WhiteFideId "25937219"]
[BlackFideId "1154613"]
[EventDate "2026.02.25"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 Ne4 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O f5 7. Be3 Nd7 8. Nbd2
c6 9. Qc2 Bf6 10. Ne1 Nd6 11. Nd3 g5 12. f3 Nf8 13. Bf2 Nf7 14. e4 Ng6 15. cxd5
cxd5 16. exf5 exf5 17. Rfe1+ Be7 18. Nc5 Qd6 19. Bf1 O-O 20. Bd3 b6 21. Na4 Qf6
22. Nc3 Rd8 23. Re2 Bf8 24. Rae1 Ne7 25. Nb5 Nc6 26. Qc3 Bb4 27. Qc1 Bd7 28. a3
Bxd2 29. Qxd2 a6 30. Nc7 Nxd4 31. Bxd4 Qxd4+ 32. Kg2 Ra7 33. Nxa6 Qf6 34. Nb4
Ra5 35. Re7 h6 36. Qe2 Nd6 37. Re5 Qf7 38. Qe3 Rc5 39. Qd4 Re8 40. Nxd5 Rxe5 41.
Rxe5 Nb5 42. Bxb5 Bxb5 43. Re8+ Bxe8 44. Nf6+ Kf8 45. Qd6+ Kg7 46. Nxe8+ Qxe8
47. Qxb6 Rc2+ 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis Masters 2026"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2026.02.27"]
[Round "5.31"]
[White "Abrahamyan, Tatev"]
[Black "Kavutskiy, Kostya"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2378"]
[BlackElo "2330"]
[ECO "B30"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Nimzovich-Rossolimo attack (without ...d6)"]
[WhiteFideId "13301918"]
[BlackFideId "2026384"]
[EventDate "2026.02.25"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. O-O Bd7 5. Re1 a6 6. Bf1 Bg4 7. h3 Bxf3 8. Qxf3
g6 9. c3 Bg7 10. d3 Nf6 11. Nd2 Nd7 12. Qd1 b5 13. Nf3 Qb6 14. Be3 b4 15. d4 O-O
16. Qa4 Rfd8 17. Rac1 Qb7 18. dxc5 bxc3 19. cxd6 cxb2 20. Rxc6 b1=Q 21. Rxb1
Qxb1 22. dxe7 Re8 23. Rd6 Nf6 24. e5 Ne4 25. Rxa6 Rab8 26. Rb6 Nc3 27. Rxb1 Nxa4
28. Rxb8 Rxb8 29. Bb5 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Masters 2026"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2026.02.27"]
[Round "5.32"]
[White "Sargsyan, Anna M."]
[Black "Chirilov, James A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2372"]
[BlackElo "2264"]
[ECO "A48"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "London system"]
[WhiteFideId "13308130"]
[BlackFideId "30976677"]
[EventDate "2026.02.25"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bf4 Bg7 4. e3 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. h3 Nc6 7. c3 Nd7 8. Nbd2
e5 9. Bh2 f5 10. O-O Kh8 11. b4 e4 12. Ne1 Ne7 13. c4 g5 14. f3 exf3 15. Nexf3
Ng6 16. Nb3 Qe7 17. Qd3 g4 18. hxg4 fxg4 19. Nfd2 Nf6 20. Rae1 Bd7 21. c5 Rae8
22. Na5 Bb5 23. Qb3 Bxe2 24. Rxe2 Nh5 25. cxd6 cxd6 26. g3 Bxd4 27. Qd5 Bxe3+
28. Kg2 Nf6 29. Qd3 d5 30. Bg1 d4 31. Nac4 Nd5 32. Bxe3 Nxe3+ 33. Nxe3 dxe3 34.
Rxf8+ Qxf8 35. Qd4+ Kg8 36. Rxe3 Rxe3 37. Qxe3 Qxb4 38. Qe6+ Kg7 39. Ne4 Qb2+
40. Kh1 Qc1+ 41. Kh2 Qh6+ 42. Kg1 Qe3+ 43. Kh2 Qe2+ 44. Kg1 Qd1+ 45. Kh2 Qc2+
46. Kg1 Qb1+ 47. Kh2 Qb2+ 48. Kh1 h5 49. Nd6 Qc1+ 50. Kh2 Qd2+ 51. Kh1 Qd1+ 52.
Kh2 Qc2+ 53. Kh1 Qc1+ 54. Kh2 Qc2+ 55. Kh1 Qc6+ 56. Kh2 h4 57. gxh4 Qc2+ 58. Kg3
Qd3+ 59. Kxg4 Qd1+ 60. Kg3 Qg1+ 61. Kf3 Qf1+ 62. Kg3 Qg1+ 63. Kf3 Nxh4+ 64. Ke2
Qg2+ 65. Kd1 Qf1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Masters 2026"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2026.02.27"]
[Round "5.33"]
[White "Cervantes Landeiro, Thalia"]
[Black "Yip, Carissa"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2247"]
[BlackElo "2466"]
[ECO "E28"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian"]
[Variation "Saemisch variation"]
[WhiteFideId "3520498"]
[BlackFideId "2090732"]
[EventDate "2026.02.25"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Nc6 7. Bd3 e5 8. f3
d6 9. Ne2 Nh5 10. O-O f5 11. a4 b6 12. c5 dxc5 13. Bc4+ Kh8 14. dxc5 Na5 15.
Qxd8 Rxd8 16. Bf7 Ba6 17. Re1 Nf6 18. cxb6 axb6 19. Ng3 g6 20. Rb1 Kg7 21. Ba2
Rd6 22. c4 Bxc4 23. Bxc4 Nxc4 24. Rb4 Rc6 25. Rd1 Kf7 26. e4 f4 27. Ne2 Ra5 28.
g3 g5 29. h4 h6 30. hxg5 hxg5 31. gxf4 gxf4 32. Kf2 Nd6 33. Bb2 Rc2 34. Bc3 Rc5
35. Bb2 Ke6 36. Ke1 Nd7 37. Rc1 Rxc1+ 38. Nxc1 Ra5 39. Bc3 Nc5 40. Kd2 Nxa4 41.
Rb3 Nxc3 42. Rxc3 c5 43. Rc2 Ra3 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis Masters 2026"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2026.02.27"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Woodward, Andy"]
[Black "Lodici, Lorenzo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2608"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[ECO "D30"]
[Opening "Queen's gambit declined"]
[WhiteFideId "30953499"]
[BlackFideId "884189"]
[EventDate "2026.02.25"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c6 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 b5 6. O-O Nf6 7. b3 cxb3 8. Qxb3
Bd6 9. Bg5 Bb7 10. Nc3 Nbd7 11. e4 Be7 12. e5 Nd5 13. Bxe7 Nxe7 14. Ne4 O-O 15.
Nd6 Rb8 16. Rac1 Nb6 17. Ng5 Nbd5 18. Qd3 Nf5 19. h4 h6 20. Nge4 Nde7 21. Rfd1
Ba8 22. h5 Nxd6 23. Nxd6 f5 24. Rc5 Nc8 25. Nxc8 Rxc8 26. Rdc1 Qd7 27. Qc3 Bb7
28. a4 a6 29. a5 Rfd8 30. Rd1 Qe8 31. Bf3 Kh8 32. Kf1 Qd7 33. Be2 Qe8 34. f4 Rd7
35. Kf2 Rcd8 36. Bf3 Rc8 37. Ke3 Rcd8 38. Rd2 Rc7 39. Kd3 Rcd7 40. Kc2 Rc7 41.
Kb2 Rcc8 42. Kc1 Rc7 43. Kd1 Rcc8 44. Ke1 Rc7 45. Kf1 Rcc8 46. Kf2 Rc7 47. d5
exd5 48. Rcxd5 Rxd5 49. Rxd5 c5 50. Rxc5 Rxc5 51. Qxc5 Bxf3 52. Kxf3 Qxh5+ 53.
Ke3 Qg6 54. Qc8+ Kh7 55. Kf2 b4 56. Qc4 Qh5 57. Qxb4 Qh2+ 58. Kf3 Qh1+ 59. Kf2
Qh2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Masters 2026"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2026.02.27"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Hong, Andrew"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2795"]
[BlackElo "2587"]
[ECO "C50"]
[Opening "Giuoco Pianissimo"]
[Variation "Italian four knights variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2020009"]
[BlackFideId "2099438"]
[EventDate "2026.02.25"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. Na4 Bb6 7. a3 O-O 8. O-O
Be6 9. Bxe6 fxe6 10. b4 Qe8 11. c3 h6 12. Ra2 Rd8 13. Re1 Nh5 14. g3 Nf6 15. Kg2
Rd7 16. h3 Rdf7 17. Nh2 Ne7 18. Nxb6 axb6 19. a4 b5 20. Be3 Qc6 21. axb5 Qxb5
22. c4 Qd7 23. b5 b6 24. h4 d5 25. f3 Ng6 26. Qc2 Rd8 27. Rea1 Qe8 28. Ra7 dxe4
29. dxe4 Rfd7 30. R7a3 Nh5 31. Ng4 Kh7 32. Qc1 Qe7 33. R3a2 Nhf4+ 34. gxf4 exf4
35. Bf2 h5 36. Nh2 Nxh4+ 37. Kh1 e5 38. Qe1 Ng6 39. c5 Qe6 40. cxb6 cxb6 41. Qg1
Rd6 42. Qg5 Qh3 43. Rg1 Rc8 44. Rd2 Rf6 45. Be1 Rc3 46. Rd5 Rc2 47. Bd2 Rb2 48.
Qg2 Qe6 49. Qf1 Kh6 50. Qc1 Ra2 51. Qb1 Ra8 52. Bb4 Ra4 53. Qb3 Ra8 54. Qc2 Qh3
55. Qg2 Qxg2+ 56. Kxg2 Ra4 57. Be1 Ra2+ 58. Kh3 Re6 59. Nf1 Ne7 60. Rd8 Ng6 61.
Nd2 Rb2 62. Nc4 Rb3 63. Nd6 Kh7 64. Nf7 Rf6 65. Rg5 Rxf3+ 66. Kg2 Rg3+ 67. Bxg3
Nh4+ 68. Bxh4 f3+ 69. Kf2 Rxf7 70. Rxh5+ 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Masters 2026"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2026.02.27"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Matviishen, Viktor"]
[Black "Pranav, V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2533"]
[BlackElo "2641"]
[ECO "E53"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian"]
[Variation "4.e3, main line with ...c5"]
[WhiteFideId "14129850"]
[BlackFideId "25060783"]
[EventDate "2026.02.25"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 c5 6. Nf3 d5 7. O-O cxd4 8. exd4
dxc4 9. Bxc4 b6 10. Qe2 Bb7 11. Rd1 Bxc3 12. bxc3 Nbd7 13. Bd3 Qc7 14. c4 Rfe8
15. Bb2 Rad8 16. h3 Bc6 17. Re1 Qb7 18. Nh4 Nf8 19. Qe5 Ng6 20. Nxg6 hxg6 21.
Bf1 Ba4 22. Rab1 Bc2 23. Rbc1 Ba4 24. Rb1 Bc2 25. Rbc1 Ba4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Masters 2026"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2026.02.27"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "Aryan, Chopra"]
[Black "Sonis, Francesco"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2631"]
[BlackElo "2561"]
[ECO "C53"]
[Opening "Giuoco Piano"]
[WhiteFideId "5084423"]
[BlackFideId "895733"]
[EventDate "2026.02.25"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 h6 6. b4 Be7 7. Qb3 O-O 8. a4 d6
9. a5 a6 10. O-O Nh7 11. Be3 Ng5 12. Nbd2 Nxf3+ 13. Nxf3 Bg4 14. Nd2 Bg5 15.
Rae1 Qf6 16. h3 Bd7 17. Bxg5 Qxg5 18. Re3 Rae8 19. Rd1 Qg6 20. Rg3 Qh5 21. Rf3
Be6 22. Nf1 Nd8 23. Ng3 Qh4 24. d4 g6 25. dxe5 dxe5 26. Rfd3 c6 27. Bxe6 Nxe6
28. Rd7 Re7 29. Qc4 Rfe8 30. Nf1 Rxd7 31. Rxd7 Re7 32. g3 Qf6 33. Rxe7 Qxe7 34.
Nh2 Qd6 35. Nf3 Ng5 36. Nxg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Masters 2026"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2026.02.27"]
[Round "6.5"]
[White "Durarbayli, Vasif"]
[Black "Kantor, Gergely"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2612"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[ECO "C50"]
[Opening "Giuoco Pianissimo"]
[WhiteFideId "13402935"]
[BlackFideId "751499"]
[EventDate "2026.02.25"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. a4 O-O 6. c3 a5 7. Bg5 Be7 8. Nbd2
d6 9. h3 Kh8 10. Qb3 Qe8 11. Be3 Ng8 12. g4 Nd8 13. d4 exd4 14. Nxd4 Bf6 15. Nb5
Qe7 16. O-O-O g6 17. Rhe1 c6 18. Na3 Ne6 19. f4 Bg7 20. Nf3 Nc7 21. Qb6 Nf6 22.
Bd4 Ne6 23. g5 Nh5 24. Bxg7+ Nhxg7 25. Qe3 f6 26. gxf6 Qxf6 27. f5 gxf5 28. e5
dxe5 29. Nxe5 f4 30. Qf2 f3 31. Rd3 Qg5+ 32. Rd2 Nf4 33. h4 Qf6 34. Qxf3 Be6 35.
Bxe6 Qxe6 36. Nc2 Ng6 37. Nxg6+ Qxg6 38. Qd3 Qxd3 39. Rxd3 Rf7 40. Re5 Rf1+ 41.
Rd1 Rf4 42. Rd4 Rf1+ 43. Rd1 Rf4 44. Nd4 Rxh4 45. Re7 c5 46. Nf3 Rxa4 47. Rdd7
Rg4 48. Rxb7 h5 49. Rf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Masters 2026"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2026.02.27"]
[Round "6.6"]
[White "Antipov, Mikhail Al."]
[Black "Park, Evan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2591"]
[BlackElo "2419"]
[ECO "C50"]
[Opening "Giuoco Pianissimo"]
[WhiteFideId "4107012"]
[BlackFideId "30931142"]
[EventDate "2026.02.25"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. O-O d6 6. c3 a5 7. Re1 O-O 8. h3 h6
9. Nbd2 Be6 10. Bb5 Nd7 11. a3 Re8 12. Nf1 d5 13. exd5 Bxd5 14. Ne3 Bxe3 15.
Bxe3 Qf6 16. Nd2 Qg6 17. Qg4 Qxg4 18. hxg4 a4 19. f4 f6 20. f5 Red8 21. Rad1 Ra5
22. c4 Bf7 23. Ne4 Nd4 24. Bxd7 Rxd7 25. Bxh6 b5 26. Nc5 Re7 27. Bd2 Ra8 28. Bc3
Rd8 29. Bxd4 Rxd4 30. cxb5 Bd5 31. Ne4 Rd7 32. Nf2 Bb3 33. Rc1 R4d5 34. b6 cxb6
35. Rc8+ Rd8 36. Rec1 Rxc8 37. Rxc8+ Kf7 38. Kf1 Ba2 39. Ke2 Rb5 40. Nd1 Ke7 41.
Rc7+ Kf8 42. Ke3 Kg8 43. Rc2 Kh7 44. g3 Bb3 45. Rh2+ Kg8 46. Nc3 Rc5 47. g5 fxg5
48. Rh5 Kf7 49. Rxg5 Rc6 50. Rh5 b5 51. Rh4 Kf6 52. Rb4 Kxf5 53. Rxb5 Rd6 54.
Ne4 Rd5 55. Rb6 Bc2 56. Nf2 Bb3 57. Kf3 Rd4 58. Ke3 Rd8 59. Rb5 Rd5 60. Rb7 Kg6
61. Rb6+ Kf5 62. Kf3 Rd4 63. g4+ Kg5 64. Kg3 g6 65. Kf3 Kh6 66. Ke3 Rd8 67. Rb5
Rc8 68. Ne4 Rc2 69. g5+ Kh5 70. Kf3 Rxb2 71. Rxe5 Rb1 72. Ng3+ Kh4 73. Kf4 Kh3
74. Re3 Rb2 75. Nf5+ Kh2 76. Nd4 Rf2+ 77. Rf3 Ra2 78. Re3 Rf2+ 79. Ke5 Bd1 80.
Kd6 Ra2 81. Nb5 Rg2 82. Nc3 Bh5 83. Ne4 Bd1 84. d4 Bb3 85. d5 Ra2 86. Ke5 Ra1
87. d6 Rd1 88. Re2+ Kg1 89. Nd2 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Masters 2026"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2026.02.27"]
[Round "6.7"]
[White "Quesada Perez, Yasser"]
[Black "Akobian, Varuzhan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2562"]
[BlackElo "2549"]
[ECO "C15"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "Winawer, Alekhine gambit, Kan variation"]
[WhiteFideId "3509362"]
[BlackFideId "13300580"]
[EventDate "2026.02.25"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Ne2 dxe4 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Nxc3 Nc6 7. Bf4 Nf6 8.
Bb5 Nd5 9. Bd2 Nxc3 10. Bxc6+ bxc6 11. Bxc3 Qg5 12. Qd2 h6 13. O-O-O Bb7 14. Bb4
c5 15. Bxc5 f5 16. Rhe1 Qxd2+ 17. Kxd2 g5 18. c4 a5 19. b3 Kf7 20. Kc2 h5 21. a4
h4 22. Ba3 Kg6 23. Bc1 f4 24. Rg1 Kf5 25. Bd2 Rh7 26. Bc3 g4 27. Bd2 Rg7 28.
Rdf1 Rh7 29. Kb2 Rh5 30. Kc2 Rh7 31. Kb2 Rd8 32. Bc3 Ra8 33. Bd2 Rd8 34. Bc3
Rhd7 35. g3 Rxd4 36. Bxd4 Rxd4 37. gxh4 Rd3 38. Rd1 Rh3 39. Rd7 Rxh2 40. Rxc7 e3
41. Rxb7 exf2 42. Rf1 g3 43. Rg7 Rg2 44. c5 Rg1 45. c6 Rxf1 46. c7 Rc1 47. Kxc1
f1=Q+ 48. Kb2 Qf2+ 49. Kb1 Qe1+ 50. Ka2 Qd2+ 51. Kb1 Qc3 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis Masters 2026"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2026.02.27"]
[Round "6.8"]
[White "Dudin, Gleb"]
[Black "Cordova, Emilio"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2596"]
[BlackElo "2494"]
[ECO "C10"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "Fort Knox variation"]
[WhiteFideId "34184934"]
[BlackFideId "3801497"]
[EventDate "2026.02.25"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bd7 5. Nf3 Bc6 6. Bd3 Nd7 7. Qe2 Be7 8. c4
Ngf6 9. Nxf6+ Nxf6 10. Be3 O-O 11. O-O Be4 12. Rad1 c6 13. Ne5 Rc8 14. b3 a6 15.
h4 Bxd3 16. Rxd3 Nd7 17. Nxd7 Qxd7 18. h5 Rfe8 19. h6 g6 20. Rfd1 Bf8 21. Bg5 e5
22. d5 Qf5 23. Be3 cxd5 24. Rxd5 g5 25. Qh5 Be7 26. Rd7 b5 27. cxb5 axb5 28. a4
bxa4 29. bxa4 Qg6 30. Qxg6+ hxg6 31. a5 Ra8 32. R1d5 Bb4 33. Bb6 Bc3 34. Rc7 Bd4
35. Rdd7 Rf8 36. g4 Kh7 37. Rxf7+ Rxf7 38. Rxf7+ Kxh6 39. Kg2 Bxb6 40. axb6 Ra4
41. Kf3 Rb4 42. Rf6 Kg7 43. Rc6 Rf4+ 44. Ke3 Rxg4 45. Kd3 Rb4 46. Kc3 Rb1 47.
Kc4 e4 48. Kc5 Rb2 49. Re6 Rc2+ 50. Kd6 Rxf2 51. Rxe4 Kh6 52. Rb4 Rd2+ 53. Kc7
Rc2+ 54. Kd7 Rd2+ 55. Ke7 Re2+ 56. Kf7 Rf2+ 57. Ke7 Re2+ 58. Kf7 Rf2+ 59. Kg8
Rd2 60. b7 Rd8+ 61. Kf7 Rb8 62. Kf6 Kh5 63. Rb5 Kh4 64. Rxg5 Rxb7 65. Rxg6 Rb6+
66. Kg7 Rxg6+ 67. Kxg6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Masters 2026"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2026.02.27"]
[Round "6.9"]
[White "Raja, Harshit"]
[Black "Bharath, Subramaniyam H"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2472"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[ECO "B40"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Pin variation (Sicilian counter-attack)"]
[WhiteFideId "5089000"]
[BlackFideId "46634827"]
[EventDate "2026.02.25"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Nb5 d5 7. a3 Bxc3+ 8.
Nxc3 d4 9. e5 dxc3 10. Qxd8+ Kxd8 11. exf6 gxf6 12. b3 e5 13. Be3 Bf5 14. O-O-O+
Kc7 15. Bc5 Nc6 16. Bb5 Rhe8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Masters 2026"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2026.02.27"]
[Round "6.10"]
[White "Can, Isik"]
[Black "Mikaelyan, Arman"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2562"]
[BlackElo "2494"]
[ECO "B30"]
[Opening "Sicilian defence"]
[WhiteFideId "6383742"]
[BlackFideId "13304852"]
[EventDate "2026.02.25"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. e5 Ng4 5. Qe2 Qc7 6. d4 cxd4 7. Bf4 f6 8. Na3
Ngxe5 9. Nb5 Nxf3+ 10. Qxf3 Qa5+ 11. c3 e5 12. Bd2 a6 13. cxd4 Qb6 14. Nc3 Nxd4
15. Qh5+ g6 16. Qh4 Bb4 17. O-O Bxc3 18. Bxc3 Nf5 19. Qg4 Ne7 20. Qd1 d5 21.
Bxd5 Nxd5 22. Qxd5 Be6 23. Qf3 O-O 24. a3 Rad8 25. Rad1 Bb3 26. Rxd8 Rxd8 27. h4
Bd5 28. Qg3 Be4 29. Kh2 Qe6 30. Re1 Qf5 31. Re2 Rd3 32. Re3 Rd7 33. Re2 Bc6 34.
Rd2 Rxd2 35. Bxd2 Qe4 36. Bc3 Qe2 37. Qe3 Qc4 38. Qh3 Kf7 39. Kg1 Qe4 40. Qg3
Bd5 41. f3 Qc4 42. Qf2 h6 43. Qb6 g5 44. hxg5 hxg5 45. Qd6 Be6 46. Qb8 Qd5 47.
Qh8 Qd3 48. Qh5+ Kg7 49. Qe8 Bf7 50. Qe7 Qd5 51. Kh2 Kg6 52. Qc7 Be6 53. Qb8 g4
54. fxg4 Bxg4 55. Qe8+ Kg5 56. Qh8 Kg6 57. Qe8+ Kg5 58. Qf8 Bh5 59. Bb4 Bg6 60.
Qd6 Qxd6 61. Bxd6 Kf4 62. Kg1 Ke3 63. Kf1 Bd3+ 64. Ke1 Be4 65. Be7 f5 66. Bf6
Kd4 67. g3 Bc6 68. Kf2 Ke4 69. Bg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Masters 2026"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2026.02.27"]
[Round "6.11"]
[White "Stremavicius, Titas"]
[Black "Shlyakhtenko, Robert"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2547"]
[BlackElo "2453"]
[ECO "A14"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "Neo-Catalan declined"]
[WhiteFideId "12804444"]
[BlackFideId "30936934"]
[EventDate "2026.02.25"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Be7 5. c4 O-O 6. d4 a5 7. b3 a4 8. Ba3 Nc6
9. Ne5 Nxe5 10. dxe5 Nd7 11. cxd5 Bxa3 12. Nxa3 Nxe5 13. Nc4 Qf6 14. Ne3 exd5
15. Nxd5 Qd8 16. bxa4 c6 17. Nc3 Qa5 18. Qc2 Rd8 19. Rfd1 Be6 20. Rab1 Rxd1+ 21.
Rxd1 Nc4 22. Ne4 h6 23. h4 Qe5 24. Kh2 f5 25. Nc3 f4 26. Qe4 fxg3+ 27. fxg3 Qxe4
28. Bxe4 Kf7 29. Rb1 Nd6 30. Bc2 Ke7 31. Bb3 Bg4 32. Rf1 Ra5 33. Rf4 h5 34. Kg1
g5 35. hxg5 Rxg5 36. Kf2 Re5 37. e3 Kd8 38. e4 Ke7 39. Ke3 Nf5+ 40. Kf2 Nd6 41.
Ke3 Nf5+ 42. Kf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Masters 2026"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2026.02.27"]
[Round "6.12"]
[White "Hardaway, Brewington"]
[Black "Pyrih, Roman"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2544"]
[BlackElo "2403"]
[ECO "B91"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Najdorf, Zagreb (fianchetto) variation"]
[WhiteFideId "30941849"]
[BlackFideId "14179156"]
[EventDate "2026.02.25"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. g3 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. Bg5
Nbd7 9. a4 h6 10. Be3 Qc7 11. Nd2 Nc5 12. Bc4 O-O 13. Qe2 Be6 14. a5 Qc6 15.
Bxc5 Qxc5 16. O-O Rac8 17. Ra4 Bd7 18. Ra3 Bg4 19. Qd3 Bh3 20. Re1 Be6 21. Bb3
Bd8 22. Re3 Ng4 23. Rf3 Bxa5 24. Nd1 Bb4 25. Ra4 Bxd2 26. Qxd2 Bxb3 27. Rxb3 Qc6
28. Nc3 Nf6 29. Qe3 b5 30. Ra1 Qb7 31. Qd3 Rfd8 32. Nd5 Nxd5 33. Qxd5 Qc6 34.
Rf3 Rc7 35. Kg2 Rdd7 36. Rd3 g6 37. c3 Kg7 38. f4 exf4 39. gxf4 Re7 40. Kf3 Re6
41. h4 h5 42. Qd4+ Kh7 43. Qd5 Kg7 44. Qd4+ Kg8 45. Qd5 Kh7 46. Rd4 Qd7 47. Rxa6
b4 48. Rxb4 Rf6 49. f5 Qe7 50. Rb8 gxf5 51. Raa8 Qxe4+ 52. Qxe4 fxe4+ 53. Ke3
Rf5 54. Kxe4 Kg6 55. Rd8 Rc4+ 56. Kd3 Rxh4 57. Rxd6+ f6 58. b4 Rh1 59. Kc4 Rb1
60. Rg8+ Kf7 61. Rh8 Kg7 62. Rdd8 Rf4+ 63. Kb5 Rc1 64. Rdg8+ Kf7 65. Rg3 h4 66.
Rh3 Kg7 67. R8xh4 Rxh4 68. Rxh4 Rxc3 69. Rc4 Rb3 70. Kc5 f5 71. b5 Kf6 72. Rb4
Rxb4 73. Kxb4 Ke6 74. Kc5 Kd7 75. Kd5 Kc7 76. Ke5 Kb6 77. Kxf5 Kxb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Masters 2026"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2026.02.27"]
[Round "6.13"]
[White "Atanasov, Anthony"]
[Black "Mardov, Dimitar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2441"]
[BlackElo "2504"]
[ECO "D02"]
[Opening "Queen's bishop game"]
[WhiteFideId "2623897"]
[BlackFideId "30919495"]
[EventDate "2026.02.25"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bf4 c5 4. e3 Nc6 5. Nbd2 Bg4 6. c3 e6 7. Qa4 Nd7 8. Ne5
Ndxe5 9. Bxe5 c4 10. b3 Qd7 11. Bg3 cxb3 12. axb3 a6 13. b4 Rc8 14. b5 axb5 15.
Bxb5 Bd6 16. O-O O-O 17. c4 Bxg3 18. hxg3 dxc4 19. Nxc4 Qc7 20. Bxc6 Be2 21.
Bxb7 Bxf1 22. Bxc8 Bxc4 23. Ba6 Bxa6 24. Qxa6 h6 25. Qe2 Rd8 26. Qf3 Qb8 27. Ra5
Qb6 28. Ra8 Kf8 29. Rxd8+ Qxd8 30. Qc6 Qa5 31. Qd6+ Ke8 32. Qf4 Ke7 33. g4 f6
34. g3 Qb6 35. Qe4 Kf7 36. Kg2 Qa6 37. Kg1 Kf8 38. Qf3 Kf7 39. Kg2 Qb5 40. Qa8
Qd7 41. Kg1 Qc7 42. Kh2 Qe7 43. Qc6 Qa7 44. Kg2 Ke7 45. Kf3 Qb8 46. Kg2 Qa7 47.
Qc8 Kf7 48. Kf3 Qa4 49. Qb7+ Kf8 50. Kg2 Kg8 51. Qc8+ Kf7 52. Qc7+ Kf8 53. Qd6+
Kf7 54. e4 Qc4 55. Qc5 Qd3 56. Qc7+ Kg8 57. Qc8+ Kh7 58. Qxe6 Qxd4 59. Qd5 Qc3
60. Qf5+ Kh8 61. Qf3 Qd4 62. Kh3 Qd2 63. Qf4 Qd1 64. Kg2 Qd3 65. Qf5 Qe2 66. Qg6
Kg8 67. Qe8+ Kh7 68. Qe6 Kh8 69. Qc8+ Kh7 70. Qf5+ Kh8 71. Qf4 Kh7 72. Qf3 Qd2
73. e5 fxe5 74. Qe4+ Kg8 75. Qxe5 Qd7 76. Qe4 Kh8 77. Qf5 Qc6+ 78. Qf3 Qc8 79.
Qe4 Qd7 80. Kh2 Kg8 81. Qf4 Qc8 82. Qd4 Kh8 83. Qe4 Qd7 84. Qf5 Qe7 85. Qc8+ Kh7
86. Qb8 Qe4 87. Qf4 Qe7 88. Qc4 Kh8 89. Qc8+ Kh7 90. Kh3 Qe2 91. Qf5+ Kh8 92.
Qf8+ Kh7 93. Qf7 Qf1+ 94. Kh2 Qe2 95. Qf4 Kh8 96. Kg1 Qe7 97. Kf1 Kh7 98. Qe3
Qb7 99. Ke2 Qb2+ 100. Qd2 Qe5+ 101. Kf3 Qf6+ 102. Qf4 Qc3+ 103. Kg2 Qc6+ 104.
Kg1 Qe8 105. g5 hxg5 106. Qxg5 Qe1+ 107. Kg2 Qe4+ 108. Kh2 Qf3 109. Qh4+ Kg8
110. Qc4+ Kh7 111. Qf1 Kg8 112. Kg1 Kh7 113. Qg2 Qe2 114. Qd5 Kh8 115. Kg2 Kh7
116. Qf3 Qe6 117. Qd3+ g6 118. Qe3 Qd7 119. Qe4 Kg7 120. Qe5+ Kh7 121. Qf6 Qd5+
122. Kh2 Qd7 123. Qf8 Qe6 124. Kg2 Qd5+ 125. Qf3 Qd7 126. Qe4 Kg7 127. Kf3 Qd1+
128. Kf4 Qd2+ 129. Qe3 Qb4+ 130. Kf3 Qb7+ 131. Qe4 Qf7+ 132. Kg2 Qd7 133. g4 Qd6
134. Kh3 Qf6 135. Qe3 Kh7 136. f4 Qd8 137. Qa7+ Kg8 138. Qa6 Kg7 139. Kg3 Qe7
140. Qa1+ Kh7 141. Qe5 Qd8 142. Qe4 Kg7 143. Qe3 Kh7 144. Qc3 Qe7 145. Qd3 Kg7
146. Qd2 Qa3+ 147. Kf2 Qa7+ 148. Qe3 Qd7 149. Kf3 Qd1+ 150. Kg3 Qd8 151. g5 Qd7
152. Qa3 Kh7 153. Kh4 Qb7 154. Qh3 Kg7 155. Qe3 Qd7 156. Kg3 Qb7 157. Qd4+ Kh7
158. Kf2 Qe7 159. Qd5 Qe8 160. Qe5 Qd7 161. Qe4 Qa7+ 162. Ke2 Qa2+ 163. Ke3 Qb3+
164. Qd3 Qe6+ 165. Kf2 Qb6+ 166. Kf3 Qc6+ 167. Qe4 Qc3+ 168. Kg4 Qc8+ 169. Kh4
Qc7 170. Qe5 Qd7 171. Qe3 Kg7 172. Qc3+ Kh7 173. Qh3 Qc6 174. Kg4+ Kg7 175. Qf3
Qd7+ 176. Kg3 Qc7 177. Qa3 Qd7 178. Qa6 Kh7 179. Kf3 Qh3+ 180. Ke4 Qf5+ 181. Ke3
Qc5+ 182. Ke2 Qc7 183. Qa4 Qf7 184. Kd3 Qd5+ 185. Qd4 Qb5+ 186. Qc4 Qf5+ 187.
Ke3 Qd7 188. Qc5 Qe6+ 189. Kd4 Qd7+ 190. Qd5 Qa7+ 191. Ke5 Qg7+ 192. Kd6 Qf8+
193. Kc6 Qa8+ 194. Kc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Masters 2026"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2026.02.27"]
[Round "6.14"]
[White "Tiglon, Bryce"]
[Black "Adewumi, Tanitoluwa"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2433"]
[ECO "C63"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Schliemann defence"]
[WhiteFideId "2087456"]
[BlackFideId "30966396"]
[EventDate "2026.02.25"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 f5 4. d3 fxe4 5. dxe4 Nf6 6. O-O d6 7. Bc4 Bg4 8. h3
Bh5 9. Nc3 Qd7 10. Nd5 O-O-O 11. Qd3 Kb8 12. a4 Bxf3 13. Qxf3 Nd4 14. Qd3 c6 15.
Nxf6 gxf6 16. c3 d5 17. exd5 cxd5 18. cxd4 dxc4 19. Qxc4 exd4 20. Bf4+ Ka8 21.
Rfd1 Bg7 22. a5 a6 23. Rac1 f5 24. Qb4 Rc8 25. Bd6 Rhe8 26. Rxc8+ Rxc8 27. Bc5
Qd5 28. Bb6 Be5 29. Qa3 Rg8 30. f3 Bd6 31. Qe3 Rxg2+ 32. Kf1 Rg3 33. Rd3 Be5 34.
Ke1 f4 35. Qf2 Rxh3 36. Kd2 Qa2 37. Bxd4 Bxd4 38. Qxd4 Rh2+ 39. Ke1 Qxa5+ 40. b4
Rh1+ 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis Masters 2026"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2026.02.27"]
[Round "6.15"]
[White "Celik, Hasan Huseyin"]
[Black "Mishra, Abhimanyu"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2629"]
[ECO "D37"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "4.Nf3"]
[WhiteFideId "44506759"]
[BlackFideId "30920019"]
[EventDate "2026.02.25"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 h6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bf4 Bd6 7. Bxd6 Qxd6 8.
Qc2 O-O 9. e3 a6 10. h3 b6 11. Be2 Nbd7 12. O-O Bb7 13. Rfd1 c5 14. dxc5 bxc5
15. Rac1 Rfe8 16. Qb3 Rab8 17. Qa3 Re6 18. Rc2 Qe7 19. Rcd2 g6 20. Qa5 d4 21.
exd4 Bxf3 22. Bxf3 Re1+ 23. Kh2 Qd6+ 24. g3 Rxd1 25. Nxd1 cxd4 26. Qa3 Rb4 27.
Bg2 h5 28. Ne3 Qb6 29. Nd5 Nxd5 30. Bxd5 Ne5 31. b3 h4 32. Qc1 Qd6 33. Bg2 d3
34. Qc3 hxg3+ 35. fxg3 Rb5 36. Qc8+ Kh7 37. Qa8 Rc5 38. Qe4 Rc1 39. h4 Qe6 40.
Bh3 Ng4+ 41. Qxg4 Qe1 42. Bg2 Qxd2 43. Qd7 Rf1 44. h5 gxh5 45. Kh3 Rf6 46. Be4+
Kg7 47. Bxd3 Qd1 48. Kh4 Rd6 49. Qxd6 Qg4# 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis Masters 2026"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2026.02.27"]
[Round "6.16"]
[White "Wang, Tianqi"]
[Black "Fier, Alexandr"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2331"]
[BlackElo "2572"]
[ECO "E04"]
[Opening "Catalan"]
[Variation "open, 5.Nf3"]
[WhiteFideId "2063824"]
[BlackFideId "2107139"]
[EventDate "2026.02.25"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 a6 6. Ne5 Bb4+ 7. Nc3 Nd5 8. Bd2
Nb6 9. Ne4 a5 10. e3 N8d7 11. f4 O-O 12. O-O f5 13. Nxd7 Bxd7 14. Bxb4 axb4 15.
Nc5 Nd5 16. Bxd5 exd5 17. Nxb7 Qe7 18. Qd2 Rfb8 19. Nc5 Rb5 20. Rfe1 Qd6 21.
Reb1 Be8 22. Rc1 Bh5 23. a4 Rxc5 24. dxc5 Qxc5 25. Kf2 Ra5 26. b3 c3 27. Qd3 Qf8
28. h3 Qf6 29. Qd4 Qe7 30. Rg1 Bf7 31. g4 c5 32. Qd3 c4 33. Qd4 Qh4+ 34. Rg3 Qf6
35. Rd1 Ra8 36. Qc5 cxb3 37. Qxb4 b2 38. Qb3 fxg4 39. hxg4 d4 40. Qc2 dxe3+ 41.
Kg2 Qxf4 42. Kh3 e2 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis Masters 2026"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2026.02.27"]
[Round "6.17"]
[White "Bilovil, Bogdan"]
[Black "Alexakis, Dimitris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2446"]
[BlackElo "2538"]
[ECO "E44"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian"]
[Variation "Fischer variation, 5.Ne2"]
[WhiteFideId "14168766"]
[BlackFideId "4277023"]
[EventDate "2026.02.25"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Ne2 Ne4 6. Bd2 Nxd2 7. Qxd2 Bb7 8. a3
Be7 9. Nf4 c6 10. Bd3 d5 11. Qc2 h6 12. O-O-O dxc4 13. Bxc4 O-O 14. Ba2 Bc8 15.
Bb1 f5 16. Ba2 b5 17. g4 b4 18. axb4 Na6 19. Bxe6+ Kh7 20. Bxf5+ Bxf5 21. gxf5
Nxb4 22. Qe4 Bf6 23. Ne6 Qa5 24. Nxf8+ Rxf8 25. Kd2 c5 26. dxc5 Na2 27. Qc4 Rb8
28. Kc2 Nb4+ 29. Kb1 Na2 30. Kc2 Nb4+ 31. Kd2 Na2 32. Kd3 Rxb2 33. Rb1 Qd8+ 34.
Nd5 Nb4+ 35. Ke4 Qe8+ 36. Kf3 Qh5+ 37. Kg2 Qg5+ 38. Kf3 Qxf5+ 39. Qf4 Qh5+ 40.
Kg2 Qxd5+ 41. e4 Qxc5 42. Rxb2 Bxb2 43. Rb1 Bc3 44. h4 Nd3 45. Qg3 Qd4 46. f3
Qa4 47. Rb7 Qc2+ 48. Kh1 Qd1+ 49. Kg2 Qe2+ 50. Kh3 Nf2+ 51. Kh2 Nxe4+ 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis Masters 2026"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2026.02.27"]
[Round "6.18"]
[White "Harsha, Bharathakoti"]
[Black "Putnam, Liam"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2538"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[ECO "E44"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian"]
[Variation "Fischer variation, 5.Ne2"]
[WhiteFideId "5078776"]
[BlackFideId "30938279"]
[EventDate "2026.02.25"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Ne2 Ne4 6. Bd2 Nxd2 7. Qxd2 Bb7 8. a3
Be7 9. Nf4 d6 10. Bd3 Nd7 11. O-O O-O 12. b4 Re8 13. Bc2 c6 14. Rfd1 Bf8 15. h3
g6 16. Rab1 a6 17. Bb3 d5 18. cxd5 exd5 19. Re1 Nf6 20. Nd3 Bd6 21. Rbc1 Kg7 22.
Qb2 Bc7 23. Ne2 Ne4 24. Ba4 Qd6 25. Ne5 b5 26. Bc2 f6 27. Nf3 Ng5 28. Ng3 Nxf3+
29. gxf3 Re7 30. Qc3 Rae8 31. Bb1 Qd7 32. Kg2 h5 33. Qc2 f5 34. Rg1 Qe6 35. f4
Qf6 36. Kh1 Kf8 37. Nf1 Kf7 38. Nh2 Bxf4 39. exf4 Re2 40. Qd3 Rxf2 41. Rcf1 Qh4
42. Rxf2 Qxf2 43. Rf1 Re1 44. Rxe1 Qxe1+ 45. Kg2 h4 46. Nf1 Qc1 47. Nd2 a5 48.
bxa5 c5 49. Nb3 Qb2+ 50. Qc2 Qxa3 51. Qa2 Qb4 52. Nxc5 Ba8 53. Bd3 Qxd4 54. Qd2
Qxc5 55. Qe1 d4+ 56. Kf2 Qd5 57. Qb1 Qf3+ 58. Ke1 Qe3+ 59. Be2 Qg1+ 60. Bf1 Qe3+
61. Be2 Qg3+ 62. Kd2 Qc3+ 63. Kd1 Bd5 64. Bxb5 Bb3+ 65. Ke2 Qe3+ 66. Kf1 Qxf4+
67. Kg1 Qg3+ 68. Kf1 Qxh3+ 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis Masters 2026"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2026.02.27"]
[Round "6.19"]
[White "Budisavljevic, Luka"]
[Black "Atwell, Rose"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2501"]
[BlackElo "2337"]
[ECO "E11"]
[Opening "Bogo-Indian defence"]
[WhiteFideId "960047"]
[BlackFideId "30951011"]
[EventDate "2026.02.25"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Bxd2+ 5. Qxd2 O-O 6. Nc3 d5 7. e3 dxc4 8.
Bxc4 c5 9. dxc5 Nbd7 10. Rd1 Qa5 11. Ne4 Qc7 12. Nxf6+ Nxf6 13. b4 a5 14. a3
axb4 15. axb4 Bd7 16. O-O b6 17. Qd6 Qxd6 18. cxd6 Ra4 19. Rb1 b5 20. Be2 Ra2
21. Rfe1 Rd8 22. Ne5 Be8 23. Rbd1 Nd5 24. Bf3 f6 25. d7 Bxd7 26. Rxd5 fxe5 27.
Rd6 Kf7 28. Red1 Ke7 29. Bc6 Bxc6 30. Rxd8 e4 31. Rg8 Kf7 32. Rc8 Bd5 33. h4 Rb2
34. Rd4 Kf6 35. Rc5 Bc4 36. Rxe4 Rxb4 37. Rf4+ Kg6 38. Rc7 h5 39. Rff7 Be2 40.
Rxg7+ Kh6 41. Rge7 Bc4 42. e4 Rb1+ 43. Kh2 Re1 44. f3 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Masters 2026"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2026.02.27"]
[Round "6.20"]
[White "Kacharava, Nikolozi"]
[Black "Yu, Jennifer"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2501"]
[BlackElo "2309"]
[ECO "C70"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Cozio defence deferred"]
[WhiteFideId "13611860"]
[BlackFideId "2078341"]
[EventDate "2026.02.25"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nge7 5. Nc3 Ng6 6. h4 h5 7. d4 Nxd4 8. Nxd4
exd4 9. Qxd4 b5 10. Bb3 Bb7 11. Qd3 Nxh4 12. Qg3 Ng6 13. Bg5 Be7 14. Bxe7 Qxe7
15. Qxc7 d6 16. Qb6 d5 17. Nxd5 Qxe4+ 18. Kf1 O-O 19. Qxb7 Rae8 20. Qc7 Qe2+ 21.
Kg1 Re5 22. Qc3 Rd8 23. Qd4 Kh8 24. Rh3 Rf5 25. Qe3 Qg4 26. f3 Qg5 27. Qxg5 Rxg5
28. Ne3 Rd2 29. Kf1 Nf4 30. Rh2 Re5 31. Rd1 Re2 32. Nd5 Nxd5 33. Rxd5 Re1+ 34.
Kf2 R1e2+ 35. Kg3 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Masters 2026"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2026.02.27"]
[Round "6.21"]
[White "Munkhdalai, Amilal"]
[Black "Bok, Benjamin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2592"]
[ECO "B51"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Canal-Sokolsky (Nimzovich-Rossolimo, Moscow) attack"]
[WhiteFideId "4903250"]
[BlackFideId "1017063"]
[EventDate "2026.02.25"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. O-O a6 5. Bd3 Ngf6 6. c3 b5 7. Bc2 Bb7 8. Qe2
e6 9. d4 Be7 10. Re1 O-O 11. Nbd2 Qc7 12. Nf1 Rfc8 13. Bd3 a5 14. Ng3 b4 15. Bd2
Rab8 16. Rac1 bxc3 17. bxc3 a4 18. Bf4 a3 19. Nd2 Nb6 20. d5 c4 21. Bc2 Bxd5 22.
exd5 Nbxd5 23. Bg5 Nxc3 24. Qf3 Qa5 25. Nf5 Bd8 26. Bxf6 Bxf6 27. Nxd6 Nxa2 28.
N2xc4 Nxc1 29. Nxa5 a2 30. Nxc8 a1=Q 31. Nb3 Qa6 32. Rxc1 Rxc8 33. Qd3 Qxd3 34.
Bxd3 Rd8 35. Ba6 g6 36. Rc8 Rxc8 37. Bxc8 Kg7 38. g3 Bd8 39. Kg2 h5 40. Nd2 e5
41. Nc4 Bc7 42. Kf3 f5 43. Ke2 Kf6 44. Ne3 Bd6 45. h3 Bc5 46. g4 fxg4 47. hxg4
e4 48. gxh5 gxh5 49. Bh3 Ke5 50. Bg2 Bd4 51. Nc2 Bc5 52. Ne3 Bd4 53. Bh3 Kf4 54.
Nd5+ Ke5 55. Nc7 Bb6 56. Ne6 h4 57. Ng7 Kf4 58. Nf5 Kg5 59. Nd6 Kf4 60. Bg2 Bc5
61. Nxe4 h3 62. Bh1 Ba7 63. Ng3 Bb6 64. Bb7 Kg5 65. Bc8 Kh4 66. Nf1 Bc7 67. Nd2
h2 68. Bb7 Bb6 69. Kf1 Kg4 70. Bh1 Kh3 71. Ne4 Bd8 72. Ng3 Bc7 73. Bg2+ Kg4 74.
Nh1 Bd6 75. Bb7 Kh3 76. Bc8+ Kh4 77. Kg2 Kg5 78. Ng3 Kf4 79. Bb7 Bc5 80. Nh1 Bb6
81. Kxh2 Bxf2 82. Nxf2 Kf5 83. Kg3 Ke5 84. Be4 Kd4 85. Kf4 Kc4 86. Ke3 Kc5 87.
Kd3 Kd6 88. Kd4 Ke6 89. Ng4 Ke7 90. Kd5 Kd7 91. Bf5+ Ke7 92. Ke5 Kf7 93. Kd6 Ke8
94. Ne5 Kf8 95. Ke6 Kg7 96. Nf7 Kf8 97. Kf6 Kg8 98. Be4 Kf8 99. Bh7 Ke8 100. Ne5
Kd8 101. Ke6 Kc7 102. Nd7 Kc6 103. Bd3 Kc7 104. Bb5 Kd8 105. Nf6 Kc7 106. Nd5+
Kd8 107. Kd6 Kc8 108. Ke7 Kb8 109. Ba6 Ka7 110. Bc8 Kb8 111. Kd8 Ka7 112. Kc7
Ka8 113. Ne7 Ka7 114. Nc6+ Ka8 115. Bb7# 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Masters 2026"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2026.02.27"]
[Round "6.22"]
[White "Warmerdam, Max"]
[Black "Narayanan, Samrug"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2438"]
[ECO "E28"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian"]
[Variation "Saemisch variation"]
[WhiteFideId "1048104"]
[BlackFideId "30914051"]
[EventDate "2026.02.25"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 d5 7. cxd5 exd5 8.
Bd3 b6 9. Ne2 c5 10. O-O Ba6 11. Bxa6 Nxa6 12. Qd3 Nc7 13. dxc5 bxc5 14. c4 Rb8
15. Rd1 Qe7 16. Bd2 h6 17. Nf4 Rfd8 18. Bc3 dxc4 19. Qxc4 Ne4 20. Ba5 Rxd1+ 21.
Rxd1 Nf6 22. Ng6 Qe6 23. Qxc5 Ncd5 24. Nh4 Qa6 25. Be1 Rc8 26. Qd4 Qxa3 27. Nf3
Qc5 28. Ra1 Qxd4 29. Nxd4 Ra8 30. Kf1 a6 31. Ke2 Nc7 32. Ra2 Nfd5 33. Bd2 Re8
34. Kd3 Rb8 35. Ke2 Re8 36. g3 Nb5 37. Kd3 Nxd4 38. exd4 Ra8 39. Kc4 Nf6 40. Bb4
h5 41. f3 Rc8+ 42. Bc5 Ra8 43. Ra5 g6 44. d5 Nd7 45. Bd4 Kf8 46. d6 Ke8 47. Kd5
Nf8 48. Bf6 Nd7 49. Be7 Nb6+ 50. Kc6 Nc4 51. Rd5 Rc8+ 52. Kb7 Kd7 53. Kxa6 Rc6+
54. Kb5 Nxd6+ 55. Bxd6 Rxd6 56. Kc5 Rxd5+ 57. Kxd5 f6 58. f4 Ke7 59. h3 Kd7 60.
g4 hxg4 61. hxg4 Ke7 62. Kc6 Ke6 63. Kc5 g5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Masters 2026"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2026.02.27"]
[Round "6.23"]
[White "Kadric, Denis"]
[Black "Rorrer, Grayson"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2415"]
[ECO "C00"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "Chigorin variation"]
[WhiteFideId "14403803"]
[BlackFideId "30944996"]
[EventDate "2026.02.25"]

1. e4 e6 2. Qe2 c5 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 d6 5. c3 g6 6. Na3 Bg7 7. h4 Nf6 8. Nc2 e5
9. Nf3 O-O 10. d3 d5 11. Bg5 Be6 12. h5 Qd6 13. hxg6 fxg6 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. exd5
Bxd5 16. Ne3 Be6 17. Nd2 Bg7 18. Ne4 Qe7 19. Nc4 Rad8 20. a4 b6 21. Rd1 Rd7 22.
Bh3 Bxh3 23. Rxh3 Qe6 24. Rxh7 Rfd8 25. Rh4 Ne7 26. Rh2 Qc6 27. Qc2 Nf5 28. f3
Qe6 29. Ke2 Qf7 30. Rhh1 Rf8 31. Rhf1 Bh6 32. Rf2 Qd5 33. Rh1 Bg7 34. g4 Ne7 35.
Ne3 Qf7 36. Ng5 Qa2 37. Rff1 Nd5 38. Nxd5 Qxd5 39. Ne4 Rfd8 40. Rd1 Rf8 41. Nd2
Rdf7 42. Rh3 Rd8 43. c4 Qe6 44. Ne4 Rdf8 45. Ng5 Qxg4 46. fxg4 Rf2+ 47. Ke3 Rxc2
48. Rd2 Rxd2 49. Kxd2 Rf4 50. Ne4 Rxg4 51. Kc3 Rg2 52. a5 Rg1 53. axb6 axb6 54.
b4 cxb4+ 55. Kxb4 Rb1+ 56. Kc3 Bf8 57. Rg3 Kf7 58. Rf3+ Kg7 59. Ng5 Bb4+ 60. Kc2
Rg1 61. Kb3 Rb1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Masters 2026"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2026.02.27"]
[Round "6.24"]
[White "Gazik, Viktor"]
[Black "Lu, Maximillian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2537"]
[BlackElo "2424"]
[ECO "B51"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Canal-Sokolsky (Nimzovich-Rossolimo, Moscow) attack"]
[WhiteFideId "14928752"]
[BlackFideId "2096242"]
[EventDate "2026.02.25"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. O-O a6 5. Be2 Ngf6 6. d3 b5 7. a4 Bb7 8. c3 e6
9. Be3 Be7 10. b4 cxb4 11. cxb4 d5 12. axb5 axb5 13. Rxa8 Bxa8 14. e5 Ng4 15. d4
Nxe3 16. fxe3 Bc6 17. Qc2 Nb8 18. Qc3 O-O 19. Nbd2 Be8 20. Nb3 Nd7 21. Ra1 Qb8
22. Nc5 Nb6 23. Ra6 Na4 24. Qa1 Qc8 25. Ra7 Bd8 26. Nxa4 bxa4 27. b5 Qc2 28. Kf1
f6 29. exf6 Bxf6 30. Rxa4 e5 31. dxe5 Bxe5 32. Qxe5 Qxa4 33. Qxd5+ Bf7 34. Qc5
Qe4 35. Kf2 Qb7 36. Bd3 Rc8 37. Qd4 Ra8 38. Be4 Ra2+ 39. Kg1 Qc7 40. h4 g6 41.
b6 Qg3 42. Qd8+ Kg7 43. Qd4+ Kh6 44. Ng5 Qe1+ 45. Kh2 Qxh4+ 46. Nh3 Be6 47. Kg1
Qe1+ 48. Kh2 Qh4 49. Qc5 Qxh3+ 50. Kg1 Ra1+ 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis Masters 2026"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2026.02.27"]
[Round "6.25"]
[White "Kiolbasa, Oliwia"]
[Black "Kevlishvili, Robby"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2397"]
[BlackElo "2527"]
[ECO "B30"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Nimzovich-Rossolimo attack (without ...d6)"]
[WhiteFideId "1154613"]
[BlackFideId "1040634"]
[EventDate "2026.02.25"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. O-O Nge7 5. Re1 a6 6. Bf1 d5 7. exd5 Nxd5 8. d4
Nf6 9. Be3 Be7 10. c4 O-O 11. Nc3 cxd4 12. Nxd4 Ne5 13. h3 Bd7 14. Qb3 Qc7 15.
Rac1 Ng6 16. Nf3 Bc6 17. Bb6 Qb8 18. Nd4 Be8 19. g3 Nd7 20. Na4 Nde5 21. Rcd1 h5
22. Bg2 Qc8 23. c5 Bxa4 24. Qxa4 Bxc5 25. Bxc5 Qxc5 26. Bxb7 Rab8 27. Nb3 Qb6
28. Bg2 Rfd8 29. Qe4 a5 30. Rxd8+ Rxd8 31. Qe3 Qb8 32. Nxa5 Qxb2 33. Re2 Qb5 34.
Nb3 Rd3 35. Qe4 h4 36. Kh2 f5 37. Qa8+ Kh7 38. Rc2 hxg3+ 39. fxg3 Qb4 40. Nc5
Rxg3 41. Nxe6 Qh4 42. Qb8 Nf3+ 43. Kh1 Qxh3+ 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis Masters 2026"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2026.02.27"]
[Round "6.26"]
[White "Heimann, Mark"]
[Black "Antova, Gabriela"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2511"]
[BlackElo "2168"]
[ECO "E11"]
[Opening "Bogo-Indian defence"]
[WhiteFideId "2028441"]
[BlackFideId "2915235"]
[EventDate "2026.02.25"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 c5 5. Bxb4 cxb4 6. e3 b6 7. Bd3 Bb7 8. O-O
a5 9. Qe2 O-O 10. e4 d6 11. Nbd2 Nbd7 12. e5 dxe5 13. dxe5 Nc5 14. Bc2 Nfd7 15.
Nd4 Qe7 16. f4 Rfd8 17. Nb5 Bc6 18. Nf3 Bxb5 19. cxb5 Nf8 20. Rfd1 Ng6 21. Qe3
Rxd1+ 22. Rxd1 Rd8 23. Nd4 Rd5 24. Rd2 Qd7 25. Bd1 Nh4 26. g4 h5 27. h3 Qd8 28.
Be2 Kf8 29. Kf1 Rd7 30. Bc4 Qa8 31. Nc6 Qc8 32. Rd6 Rxd6 33. exd6 Qd7 34. Qd4
Nb7 35. Qxb6 Nxd6 36. Ne5 Qe7 37. Bd3 hxg4 38. hxg4 g5 39. Qxa5 Nb7 40. Qa7 Qc7
41. Kf2 gxf4 42. Qd4 Ke8 43. Qxf4 Nc5 44. Be2 f6 45. g5 Qxe5 46. Qxh4 Ne4+ 47.
Ke1 fxg5 48. Qh5+ Kd8 49. Qf3 Kc7 50. Qe3 Qg3+ 51. Qxg3+ Nxg3 52. Bc4 e5 53. a3
bxa3 54. bxa3 Kb6 55. a4 Ne4 56. Bd3 Nc3 57. Bc2 g4 58. Kf2 e4 59. Kg3 e3 60.
Bd3 Nxa4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Masters 2026"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2026.02.27"]
[Round "6.27"]
[White "Rosen, Eric"]
[Black "Boyer, Mahel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2377"]
[BlackElo "2486"]
[ECO "B07"]
[Opening "Pirc defence"]
[WhiteFideId "2032562"]
[BlackFideId "45102422"]
[EventDate "2026.02.25"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Be3 Bg7 5. Qd2 c6 6. Bh6 Bxh6 7. Qxh6 e5 8.
O-O-O Qe7 9. Be2 Nbd7 10. f4 b5 11. fxe5 dxe5 12. dxe5 Nxe5 13. h3 Be6 14. Nf3
Nfd7 15. Nxe5 Nxe5 16. Qg7 Qg5+ 17. Kb1 Ke7 18. h4 Qf6 19. Qh6 g5 20. Qxf6+ Kxf6
21. hxg5+ Ke7 22. Bf3 Rag8 23. Rh5 Rg7 24. Ne2 Rhg8 25. Nd4 Bd7 26. b4 Rxg5 27.
Rxh7 a5 28. bxa5 Ra8 29. Rdh1 Rxa5 30. R1h5 Rxh5 31. Rxh5 Kf6 32. Rh6+ Kg5 33.
Rh5+ Kf6 34. Rh6+ Kg5 35. Rh5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Masters 2026"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2026.02.27"]
[Round "6.28"]
[White "Bilych, Oleksii"]
[Black "Gueci, Tea"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "WIM"]
[WhiteElo "2450"]
[BlackElo "2138"]
[ECO "B33"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Pelikan (Lasker/Sveshnikov) variation"]
[WhiteFideId "14156504"]
[BlackFideId "872342"]
[EventDate "2026.02.25"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Nd5 Nxd5 8.
exd5 Nb8 9. a4 Be7 10. b4 O-O 11. a5 a6 12. Na3 Bf5 13. Be2 Nd7 14. O-O Bg6 15.
c4 Rc8 16. Qb3 Kh8 17. c5 dxc5 18. Nc4 cxb4 19. d6 Bg5 20. Qxb4 Bxc1 21. Raxc1
Be4 22. Nxe5 Rxc1 23. Rxc1 Nxe5 24. Qxe4 Qxa5 25. Qxb7 Qd2 26. Rc8 Qxd6 27. Qd5
Nf3+ 28. Bxf3 Qb4 29. Rxf8+ Qxf8 30. Qa8 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Masters 2026"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2026.02.27"]
[Round "6.29"]
[White "Ostrovskiy, Aleksandr"]
[Black "Kuru, Atilla"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2367"]
[BlackElo "2450"]
[ECO "C41"]
[Opening "Philidor"]
[Variation "Improved Hanham variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2034239"]
[BlackFideId "51607948"]
[EventDate "2026.02.25"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. Be2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. a4 c6 8. a5
Qc7 9. Re1 Re8 10. Bf1 b5 11. axb6 Nxb6 12. h3 h6 13. b3 Nh7 14. dxe5 dxe5 15.
Ba3 Rd8 16. Qe2 Ng5 17. Nxg5 hxg5 18. Bxe7 Qxe7 19. Qe3 g4 20. hxg4 Bxg4 21. Na4
Nd7 22. Nb2 Nf8 23. Nd3 f6 24. Ra6 Ne6 25. c3 c5 26. Rea1 Kf8 27. b4 Rdc8 28.
Qg3 Bh5 29. Qh3 Bf7 30. Nxc5 Rxc5 31. bxc5 Kg8 32. Qe3 Nxc5 33. R6a5 Rc8 34.
Rxa7 Qd6 35. Ra8 Qc6 36. Rxc8+ Qxc8 37. Ra5 Ne6 38. Ra7 Ng5 39. Ra4 Qg4 40. Be2
Qd7 41. Rb4 Qd6 42. Qd3 Qc7 43. Ra4 Qc8 44. Qe3 Qb7 45. Rb4 Qc8 46. Qd2 Qc7 47.
Qb2 Kh7 48. Bg4 Qd6 49. Qe2 Qc5 50. Qe3 Qc7 51. Bf5+ g6 52. Bg4 Kg7 53. Qd3 Qa7
54. Be2 Qa1+ 55. Rb1 Qa2 56. Rb8 Qa1+ 57. Bf1 Qa7 58. Qd8 Nh7 59. Rc8 Qb7 60.
Rc7 Qxe4 61. Bc4 Ng5 62. Bxf7 Nxf7 63. Qd7 Qb1+ 64. Kh2 Qa2 65. c4 Qxf2 66.
Qxf7+ Kh6 67. Qh7+ Kg5 68. Qh3 Qd4 69. Qg3+ Kf5 70. Rg7 Ke6 71. Qh3+ f5 72.
Rxg6+ Ke7 73. Qh7+ 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Masters 2026"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2026.02.27"]
[Round "6.30"]
[White "Sargsyan, Anna M."]
[Black "Abrahamyan, Tatev"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2372"]
[BlackElo "2378"]
[ECO "C01"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "exchange variation"]
[WhiteFideId "13308130"]
[BlackFideId "13301918"]
[EventDate "2026.02.25"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Nf3 Bd6 5. c4 dxc4 6. Bxc4 Nf6 7. O-O O-O 8.
h3 Nbd7 9. Nc3 Nb6 10. Bb3 c6 11. Re1 Nbd5 12. Bg5 h6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Masters 2026"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2026.02.27"]
[Round "6.31"]
[White "Yip, Carissa"]
[Black "Apaar Saxena"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2466"]
[BlackElo "2263"]
[ECO "C53"]
[Opening "Giuoco Piano"]
[WhiteFideId "2090732"]
[BlackFideId "25937219"]
[EventDate "2026.02.25"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 O-O 8. a4 a5
9. Nbd2 Ba7 10. h3 Qe7 11. g4 Be6 12. Qb3 Bxc4 13. Nxc4 Rab8 14. Qb5 Bc5 15. Ne3
Bxe3 16. fxe3 Qe6 17. Nd2 Nd7 18. d4 exd4 19. exd4 Qg6 20. Rf1 Rfe8 21. O-O-O f6
22. Rf3 Nb6 23. Rdf1 Rf8 24. Bg3 Rbd8 25. Bf4 Qe8 26. b3 Qd7 27. Qh5 Qf7 28.
Qxf7+ Rxf7 29. Bg3 Nd7 30. Kc2 Ne7 31. Nc4 Nc6 32. Ne3 Re8 33. Kd3 Nd8 34. h4
Ne6 35. Rf5 b6 36. Nc4 g6 37. R5f3 Ng7 38. Ne3 Re6 39. Nd5 Ne8 40. Nf4 Ree7 41.
Nxg6 Re6 42. Nf4 Ree7 43. Nd5 Re6 44. b4 axb4 45. cxb4 c5 46. Nf4 Ree7 47. Ng6
c4+ 48. Ke3 Re6 49. d5 Re5 50. Nxe5 dxe5 51. g5 hxg5 52. hxg5 Kg7 53. Bh4 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Masters 2026"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2026.02.27"]
[Round "6.32"]
[White "Chirilov, James A"]
[Black "Caglar, Sila"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "WIM"]
[WhiteElo "2264"]
[BlackElo "2215"]
[ECO "B27"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Hungarian variation"]
[WhiteFideId "30976677"]
[BlackFideId "6364063"]
[EventDate "2026.02.25"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bc4 Bg7 4. O-O Nc6 5. c3 e5 6. b4 cxb4 7. cxb4 Nge7 8. Bb2
O-O 9. Qb3 h6 10. d3 d6 11. h3 g5 12. Nbd2 Ng6 13. Rfe1 h5 14. Nh2 g4 15. hxg4
hxg4 16. Ndf1 Bh6 17. Ne3 Qg5 18. Qd1 g3 19. Nf3 gxf2+ 20. Kxf2 Qf6 21. Nd5 Qd8
22. Bc1 Bxc1 23. Qxc1 Kg7 24. Rh1 Rh8 25. Qe3 Bg4 26. Ng5 b5 27. Bxb5 Nd4 28.
Ba4 Ne6 29. Nf3 Bxf3 30. Qxf3 Qg5 31. Ne3 Nd4 32. Qg4 Qxg4 33. Nxg4 Nf4 34. Rhd1
a5 35. b5 Rab8 36. Rab1 Nfe2 37. Bb3 Nc3 38. Bc4 Nxd1+ 39. Rxd1 Nxb5 40. Ne3 Nd4
41. Kg3 Rh6 42. Rd2 Rg6+ 43. Kf2 a4 44. a3 Rf6+ 45. Kg3 Rg8 46. Kh2 Kh7 47. Nf5
Nxf5 48. exf5 Rxf5 49. Rb2 Kg7 50. Rb6 Rf6 51. Rb7 Ra8 52. Kg1 Ra5 53. Rd7 Kf8
54. g3 Ke8 55. Rb7 d5 56. Bb5+ Kf8 57. Bd7 Rd6 58. Bf5 Rc6 59. Bg4 Rc3 60. Bh5
Rxd3 61. Rxf7+ Kg8 62. g4 Rc5 63. Bg6 Rg3+ 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis Masters 2026"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2026.02.27"]
[Round "6.33"]
[White "Kavutskiy, Kostya"]
[Black "Cervantes Landeiro, Thalia"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2330"]
[BlackElo "2247"]
[ECO "A38"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "symmetrical variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2026384"]
[BlackFideId "3520498"]
[EventDate "2026.02.25"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. d4 cxd4 7. Nxd4 O-O 8. O-O
Nxd4 9. Qxd4 d6 10. Qd3 Bf5 11. e4 Be6 12. b3 a6 13. Bd2 Rb8 14. Rac1 Nd7 15.
Qe2 Ne5 16. f4 Bg4 17. Qe3 Nc6 18. Kh1 Bd7 19. Nd5 e6 20. Nb4 Ne7 21. Bc3 Bxc3
22. Qxc3 a5 23. Nc2 b5 24. Ne3 f5 25. Rfd1 Bc6 26. c5 d5 27. exd5 exd5 28. Qe5
Rc8 29. Nxd5 Nxd5 30. Bxd5+ Bxd5+ 31. Rxd5 Qf6 32. Rd6 Qxe5 33. fxe5 Rc7 34. c6
Kf7 35. Rc5 Rfc8 36. Kg2 b4 37. Kf3 Ke7 38. Kf4 Ra8 39. Rcd5 Rac8 40. Rd7+ Rxd7
41. Rxd7+ 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Masters 2026"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2026.02.28"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Lodici, Lorenzo"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2795"]
[ECO "B44"]
[Opening "Sicilian, Szen (`anti-Taimanov') variation"]
[WhiteFideId "884189"]
[BlackFideId "2020009"]
[EventDate "2026.02.25"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nb5 d6 6. c4 Nf6 7. N1c3 a6 8. Nd4
Be7 9. Be2 O-O 10. O-O d5 11. exd5 exd5 12. cxd5 Nxd5 13. Nxd5 Qxd5 14. Nxc6
Qxc6 15. Bf3 Qb6 16. Bd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Masters 2026"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2026.02.28"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Akobian, Varuzhan"]
[Black "Woodward, Andy"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2549"]
[BlackElo "2608"]
[ECO "E10"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[WhiteFideId "13300580"]
[BlackFideId "30953499"]
[EventDate "2026.02.25"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nc3 c6 6. Qc2 g6 7. Bg5 Be7 8. e3
Bf5 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Nbd7 11. O-O O-O 12. Rab1 Re8 13. Qc2 Ne4 14. Bxe7 Qxe7
15. Nxe4 dxe4 16. Nd2 c5 17. Rfe1 Rac8 18. Rbc1 cxd4 19. Qxc8 Rxc8 20. Rxc8+ Kg7
21. exd4 Qb4 22. Rc2 f5 23. Rec1 Nf6 24. g3 Qxd4 25. Nc4 f4 26. gxf4 Nd5 27. Rd2
Qc5 28. b4 Nxb4 29. Rd7+ Kh6 30. Rc3 Nd3 31. Ne3 Qxc3 32. Ng4+ Kh5 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis Masters 2026"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2026.02.28"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Pranav, V"]
[Black "Antipov, Mikhail Al."]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2641"]
[BlackElo "2591"]
[ECO "C50"]
[Opening "Giuoco Pianissimo"]
[WhiteFideId "25060783"]
[BlackFideId "4107012"]
[EventDate "2026.02.25"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. a4 h6 6. a5 a6 7. O-O d6 8. c3 O-O
9. Be3 Ba7 10. Nbd2 Ne7 11. Bxa7 Rxa7 12. Re1 c5 13. d4 cxd4 14. cxd4 Nc6 15.
Nb3 exd4 16. Nfxd4 Re8 17. f3 Ne5 18. Bf1 b5 19. f4 Rd7 20. Nxb5 Ng6 21. f5 Ne5
22. Nc3 Rb7 23. h3 Qc7 24. Re3 Rb4 25. Ra4 Rb8 26. Nd5 Nxd5 27. Qxd5 Bd7 28. Rd4
Bb5 29. Rc3 Qe7 30. Qxd6 Qh4 31. Bxb5 Rxb5 32. Rd1 Reb8 33. Nc1 Rxb2 34. Ne2
Qxe4 35. Re1 Re8 36. Qxa6 Kh7 37. Rg3 Rd8 38. f6 g5 39. Qa7 Rxe2 40. Rxe2 Qxe2
41. Re3 Rd1+ 42. Kh2 Qf2 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis Masters 2026"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2026.02.28"]
[Round "7.4"]
[White "Hong, Andrew"]
[Black "Aryan, Chopra"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2587"]
[BlackElo "2631"]
[ECO "D21"]
[Opening "QGA"]
[Variation "3.Nf3"]
[WhiteFideId "2099438"]
[BlackFideId "5084423"]
[EventDate "2026.02.25"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 c5 4. e4 cxd4 5. Qxd4 Qxd4 6. Nxd4 Bd7 7. Bxc4 Nc6 8.
Nxc6 Bxc6 9. Nc3 Rc8 10. Be3 e6 11. Rc1 a6 12. f3 Bd6 13. Kf2 Ne7 14. Ne2 Ng6
15. Nd4 Bd7 16. g3 h5 17. h4 Ne5 18. Be2 Ke7 19. Nb3 Bb5 20. Na5 Bxe2 21. Kxe2
Nd7 22. f4 Bb4 23. Nxb7 Rxc1 24. Rxc1 Rb8 25. Rc7 Bd6 26. Bc5 Bxc5 27. Nxc5
Rxb2+ 28. Ke3 Kd6 29. Rxd7+ Kxc5 30. Rxf7 Rxa2 31. Rxg7 Ra3+ 32. Kf2 Kd4 33. Rg5
Ra2+ 34. Kf3 Ra3+ 35. Kg2 Ra2+ 36. Kh3 Kxe4 37. Rxh5 Kf3 38. Rc5 a5 39. Rc3+ Ke4
40. Kg4 a4 41. Rc5 Ke3 42. h5 a3 43. Re5+ Kf2 44. Rxe6 Re2 45. Ra6 Re3 46. h6
Rxg3+ 47. Kf5 Rh3 48. h7 Rxh7 49. Rxa3 Rb7 50. Kg5 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Masters 2026"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2026.02.28"]
[Round "7.5"]
[White "Adewumi, Tanitoluwa"]
[Black "Durarbayli, Vasif"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2433"]
[BlackElo "2612"]
[ECO "D12"]
[Opening "QGD Slav"]
[Variation "4.e3 Bf5"]
[WhiteFideId "30966396"]
[BlackFideId "13402935"]
[EventDate "2026.02.25"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Be4 7. f3 Bg6 8. Qb3 Qb6
9. Nxg6 hxg6 10. Bd2 Bd6 11. Kf2 Qc7 12. cxd5 exd5 13. Bd3 Nbd7 14. Rac1 a6 15.
g3 Nf8 16. Kg2 Ne6 17. Ne2 Qd7 18. Qc2 c5 19. b3 O-O 20. Qb2 Rfe8 21. Rce1 Rac8
22. dxc5 Bxc5 23. Nd4 Bb6 24. Bc3 Ng5 25. h4 Ne6 26. Nxe6 Qxe6 27. h5 Nxh5 28.
g4 d4 29. Bxd4 Bxd4 30. Qxd4 Rcd8 31. Qc4 Qxc4 32. Bxc4 Rd2+ 33. Kh3 b5 34. gxh5
bxc4 35. hxg6 c3 36. Rh2 Rd3 37. Kg3 fxg6 38. Rh4 c2 39. Rc4 Rd2 40. Rc1 Rxe3
41. R1xc2 Rxc2 42. Rxc2 Re6 43. Rc7 Kh7 44. Rb7 a5 45. a4 g5 46. Rb5 Re3 47.
Rxg5 Rxb3 48. Rxa5 Ra3 49. Ra6 g6 50. Kg4 Kh6 51. Ra8 Ra1 52. a5 Ra4+ 53. f4 Ra3
54. a6 Kg7 55. f5 Ra5 56. fxg6 Kxg6 57. Kf4 Kf7 58. Ke4 Kg7 59. Kd4 Rf5 60. Rb8
Ra5 61. Ra8 Rf5 62. Kc4 Rf6 63. Ra7+ Kh8 64. Kd5 Rg6 65. Ra8+ Kh7 66. Ke5 Rg5+
67. Kf6 Rg6+ 68. Kf7 Rg7+ 69. Kf6 Rg6+ 70. Kf5 Rb6 71. Kf4 Rg6 72. Ke3 Rg3+ 73.
Kd4 Rg4+ 74. Kd5 Rg5+ 75. Ke4 Rg6 76. Ra7+ Kh8 77. Kd5 Rg5+ 78. Kc6 Rg6+ 79. Kd5
Rg5+ 80. Ke6 Rg6+ 81. Kf5 Rb6 82. Kg5 Rc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Masters 2026"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2026.02.28"]
[Round "7.6"]
[White "Sonis, Francesco"]
[Black "Matviishen, Viktor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2561"]
[BlackElo "2533"]
[ECO "C95"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "closed, Breyer, Borisenko variation"]
[WhiteFideId "895733"]
[BlackFideId "14129850"]
[EventDate "2026.02.25"]

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 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Bc2 Re8 13. Nf1 Bf8 14. Ng3 a5 15.
Bd2 a4 16. Bd3 c6 17. Rc1 g6 18. Bg5 h6 19. Be3 Bg7 20. Qd2 Kh7 21. dxe5 Nxe5
22. Nxe5 Rxe5 23. Rcd1 Re8 24. f4 Qc7 25. Bb1 Rad8 26. Qf2 c5 27. Bc1 Kg8 28. e5
dxe5 29. Rxd8 Qxd8 30. fxe5 Qd5 31. Bf4 g5 32. Ne4 Nxe4 33. Bxe4 Qd7 34. Bxb7
Qxb7 35. Bg3 Qd5 36. Qe2 c4 37. a3 Re6 38. Qf3 Qxf3 39. gxf3 Kh7 40. Kf2 Kg6 41.
Re4 h5 42. Ke3 h4 43. Bh2 Kf5 44. f4 g4 45. hxg4+ Kxg4 46. Rd4 Rg6 47. Rd2 Bh6
48. Ke4 h3 49. Rf2 Kh4 50. f5 Rg2 51. Rxg2 hxg2 52. e6 fxe6 53. fxe6 Bf8 54. Kd5
Kg4 55. Kc6 Kf5 56. Kd7 Ke4 57. e7 Bxe7 58. Kxe7 Kd3 59. Kd6 Kc2 60. Kc5 Kxb2
61. Kb4 Kc2 62. Bg1 Kb2 63. Bf2 Kc2 64. Be3 Kb2 65. Bd4 Ka2 66. Bc5 Kb2 67. Bb6
Kc2 68. Bd4 Kb2 69. Kxb5 Kb3 70. Kc5 Kxa3 71. Kxc4 Kb2 72. Kb4 a3 73. c4+ Kc2
74. Kxa3 Kd3 75. Bf2 g1=Q 76. Bxg1 Kxc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Masters 2026"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2026.02.28"]
[Round "7.7"]
[White "Kantor, Gergely"]
[Black "Mishra, Abhimanyu"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2629"]
[ECO "B94"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Najdorf, 6.Bg5"]
[WhiteFideId "751499"]
[BlackFideId "30920019"]
[EventDate "2026.02.25"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 Nbd7 7. Bc4 Qb6 8.
Bb3 e6 9. Qd2 Be7 10. O-O-O Nc5 11. f3 Qc7 12. Kb1 h6 13. Be3 b5 14. a3 e5 15.
Nf5 Nxb3 16. cxb3 Bxf5 17. exf5 Qb7 18. b4 O-O 19. h4 a5 20. bxa5 Rxa5 21. Nd5
Nxd5 22. Qxd5 Qa6 23. f6 Bxf6 24. Qxd6 Qa8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Masters 2026"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2026.02.28"]
[Round "7.8"]
[White "Putnam, Liam"]
[Black "Dudin, Gleb"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2596"]
[ECO "C85"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Exchange variation doubly deferred (DERLD)"]
[WhiteFideId "30938279"]
[BlackFideId "34184934"]
[EventDate "2026.02.25"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. Re1 Nd7 8.
d4 exd4 9. Qxd4 O-O 10. Bf4 Nc5 11. Qe3 Bg4 12. Ne5 Bh5 13. Qh3 Ne6 14. Be3 Bf6
15. Qxh5 g6 16. Qf3 Bxe5 17. c3 b5 18. Nd2 Qd3 19. Nb3 Rfd8 20. Na5 Qd7 21. Qg4
h5 22. Qh4 Bg7 23. f4 Qe8 24. f5 Nf8 25. f6 Bh8 26. Nb7 Rd3 27. Nc5 Rxe3 28.
Rxe3 Qe5 29. Nd3 Qxf6 30. Qxf6 Bxf6 31. Rf3 Bg7 32. Raf1 f6 33. Nb4 Re8 34. Re1
Nd7 35. Nxc6 Nc5 36. Rfe3 Re6 37. Nd4 Rd6 38. Kf1 Na4 39. b3 Nc5 40. Nf3 Bh6 41.
e5 Rd8 42. R3e2 f5 43. e6 Re8 44. Ne5 Rxe6 45. Ng4 Ne4 46. Nxh6+ Kg7 47. Nxf5+
gxf5 48. Rd1 Rc6 49. Rd3 Nxc3 50. Rc2 b4 51. a3 a5 52. axb4 axb4 53. Rd4 Rb6 54.
Rd7+ Kf6 55. Rxc7 Ra6 56. Rc4 Ra1+ 57. Kf2 Nd5 58. Rc6+ Kg5 59. Rd6 Nc3 60. Rd4
Ne4+ 61. Ke2 Rh1 62. h3 Rg1 63. Kd3 Kf4 64. Rxb4 Rd1+ 65. Kc4 Ke3 66. Rb8 Rd7
67. b4 Nd2+ 68. Kb5 Rg7 69. Rf8 Ne4 70. Ka4 f4 71. b5 Kd3 72. Rxf4 Nc3+ 73.
Rxc3+ Kxc3 74. b6 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Masters 2026"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2026.02.28"]
[Round "7.9"]
[White "Bharath, Subramaniyam H"]
[Black "Munkhdalai, Amilal"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[ECO "B90"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Najdorf, Lipnitzky attack"]
[WhiteFideId "46634827"]
[BlackFideId "4903250"]
[EventDate "2026.02.25"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Be3 Qc7 8. Bb3
Nbd7 9. f3 Nc5 10. g4 b5 11. g5 Nfd7 12. a3 Nxb3 13. cxb3 Bb7 14. Qd2 Be7 15.
O-O-O O-O 16. Kb1 b4 17. axb4 d5 18. exd5 Bxb4 19. dxe6 Nc5 20. Nc2 a5 21. Qd6
Qxd6 22. Rxd6 Bxf3 23. Rf1 fxe6 24. Bxc5 Bxc5 25. Rxe6 Bg4 26. Rxf8+ Rxf8 27.
Re4 Bf5 28. Re2 Bg6 29. Ka2 Rf2 30. Na3 Rxe2 31. Nxe2 Be3 32. Nc4 Bxg5 33. Nxa5
Bd3 34. Ng3 g6 35. Nc6 Bf4 36. Nb4 Bb5 37. Nd5 Bd6 38. Nf6+ Kf7 39. Nxh7 Bf4 40.
Ne4 Bxh2 41. Nhg5+ Ke7 42. b4 Bf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Masters 2026"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2026.02.28"]
[Round "7.10"]
[White "Fier, Alexandr"]
[Black "Kacharava, Nikolozi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2572"]
[BlackElo "2501"]
[ECO "C67"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Berlin defence, open variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2107139"]
[BlackFideId "13611860"]
[EventDate "2026.02.25"]

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. h3 Be7 10. Nc3 Nh4 11. Nxh4 Bxh4 12. Be3 h5 13. Rad1+ Ke8 14. Ne2
Bd7 15. f3 Be7 16. g4 Rd8 17. Kg2 Bc8 18. Ng3 hxg4 19. hxg4 Rd5 20. Bd4 g6 21.
c4 Ra5 22. e6 f6 23. Rfe1 c5 24. Bc3 Ra6 25. g5 Rf8 26. gxf6 Bxf6 27. Bxf6 Rxf6
28. Ne4 Rf5 29. Ng3 Rf6 30. Ne4 Rf5 31. Ng3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Masters 2026"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2026.02.28"]
[Round "7.11"]
[White "Cordova, Emilio"]
[Black "Can, Isik"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2494"]
[BlackElo "2562"]
[ECO "A06"]
[Opening "Reti opening"]
[WhiteFideId "3801497"]
[BlackFideId "6383742"]
[EventDate "2026.02.25"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 c5 3. b3 g6 4. Bb2 Nf6 5. c4 Bg7 6. cxd5 Qxd5 7. Nc3 Qd8 8. Na4
b6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Masters 2026"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2026.02.28"]
[Round "7.12"]
[White "Mikaelyan, Arman"]
[Black "Quesada Perez, Yasser"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2494"]
[BlackElo "2562"]
[ECO "D41"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "Semi-Tarrasch, 5.cd"]
[WhiteFideId "13304852"]
[BlackFideId "3509362"]
[EventDate "2026.02.25"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 cxd4 6. Qxd4 exd5 7. Bg5 Be7 8.
e3 O-O 9. Be2 h6 10. Bh4 Nc6 11. Qd3 Be6 12. O-O Qb6 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. Nxd5 Bxd5
15. Qxd5 Qxb2 16. Bc4 Rad8 17. Qf5 Qb4 18. Rac1 Qa5 19. Qb1 Rd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Masters 2026"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2026.02.28"]
[Round "7.13"]
[White "Park, Evan"]
[Black "Stremavicius, Titas"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2419"]
[BlackElo "2547"]
[ECO "C11"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "Steinitz, Boleslavsky variation"]
[WhiteFideId "30931142"]
[BlackFideId "12804444"]
[EventDate "2026.02.25"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 a6 8. Ne2 Qb6
9. Qc1 Be7 10. c3 O-O 11. h4 f6 12. h5 h6 13. Rh3 Rf7 14. Kf2 cxd4 15. cxd4 Nf8
16. Kg1 Bd7 17. exf6 Bxf6 18. Ne5 Bxe5 19. dxe5 Qa5 20. a3 Rc8 21. b4 Qd8 22.
Qd2 Ne7 23. Nd4 Ba4 24. Bd3 Nc6 25. Nxc6 Rxc6 26. Bc5 Rfc7 27. Rf1 Bb5 28. f5
exf5 29. Bxb5 axb5 30. Bd6 Rf7 31. Qxd5 Qd7 32. Rhf3 Qe6 33. Qxb5 Nd7 34. Rg3 f4
35. Rg6 Qf5 36. Qd5 Qxh5 37. Re6 Nf6 38. Qd3 Qg4 39. Qh3 Qxh3 40. gxh3 Ne4 41.
Re8+ Kh7 42. e6 Rf6 43. Bxf4 Rg6+ 44. Kh1 Rc3 45. e7 Rxh3+ 46. Bh2 Ng3+ 47. Kg2
Rxh2+ 48. Kf3 Nxf1 49. Rh8+ Kxh8 50. e8=Q+ Kh7 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis Masters 2026"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2026.02.28"]
[Round "7.14"]
[White "Shlyakhtenko, Robert"]
[Black "Hardaway, Brewington"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2453"]
[BlackElo "2544"]
[ECO "C41"]
[Opening "Philidor"]
[Variation "Improved Hanham variation"]
[WhiteFideId "30936934"]
[BlackFideId "30941849"]
[EventDate "2026.02.25"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. Bc4 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Re1 c6 8. a4
Qc7 9. h3 Re8 10. a5 Bf8 11. Ba2 h6 12. Be3 exd4 13. Bxd4 Ne5 14. Nh2 Be6 15.
Bxe6 Rxe6 16. f4 Ned7 17. Ng4 d5 18. Nxf6+ Nxf6 19. e5 Nd7 20. Qd2 a6 21. Na4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Masters 2026"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2026.02.28"]
[Round "7.15"]
[White "Alexakis, Dimitris"]
[Black "Atanasov, Anthony"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2538"]
[BlackElo "2441"]
[ECO "C43"]
[Opening "Petrov"]
[Variation "modern attack, Symmetrical variation"]
[WhiteFideId "4277023"]
[BlackFideId "2623897"]
[EventDate "2026.02.25"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 Nxe4 4. Bd3 d5 5. Nxe5 Nd7 6. Nc3 Nxe5 7. dxe5 Nxc3 8.
bxc3 c5 9. O-O c4 10. Be2 Bc5 11. Bf3 Be6 12. Re1 b5 13. Be3 Qb6 14. Qd2 O-O 15.
h4 a5 16. h5 h6 17. Bxc5 Qxc5 18. a3 Rab8 19. Red1 Rfd8 20. Qd4 Qe7 21. Rd2 Rd7
22. Qe3 Re8 23. Qb6 Qg5 24. Re2 Bg4 25. Bxg4 Qxg4 26. f3 Qxh5 27. Qxb5 Qf5 28.
Rae1 Qe6 29. a4 Ra8 30. Qc5 Rdd8 31. Rb1 Qd7 32. Rb5 d4 33. Qxc4 Qa7 34. Rc5
dxc3 35. Kh2 Qd7 36. e6 fxe6 37. Rxe6 Kh8 38. Rec6 Qd4 39. Rf5 Rd7 40. Rf4 Qe5
41. Re6 Qc7 42. Rc6 Qe5 43. Rc5 Qd6 44. Kh3 Qd2 45. Rcf5 Rdd8 46. Rc5 Qc1 47.
Re4 Qxc2 48. Rc7 Qb2 49. Qxc3 Qxc3 50. Rxc3 Rd5 51. Rc7 Rad8 52. Ra7 Rh5+ 53.
Kg3 Rg5+ 54. Kh3 Rh5+ 55. Kg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Masters 2026"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2026.02.28"]
[Round "7.16"]
[White "Mardov, Dimitar"]
[Black "Raja, Harshit"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2504"]
[BlackElo "2472"]
[ECO "B51"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Canal-Sokolsky (Nimzovich-Rossolimo, Moscow) attack"]
[WhiteFideId "30919495"]
[BlackFideId "5089000"]
[EventDate "2026.02.25"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. O-O a6 5. Be2 Ngf6 6. d3 g6 7. c4 Bg7 8. Nc3
O-O 9. d4 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Nc5 11. f3 Ne6 12. Nc2 Bd7 13. Be3 Bc6 14. Qd2 a5 15. b3
Nd7 16. Rac1 Ndc5 17. Nd5 b6 18. Rfe1 Rb8 19. Bf1 Rb7 20. Na3 Kh8 21. Nb5 Bd7
22. Bf2 g5 23. Be3 Be5 24. g3 Rg8 25. Bg2 Qf8 26. Kh1 Bg7 27. f4 gxf4 28. gxf4
Bh6 29. Rg1 Ng7 30. Nd4 f6 31. Rcf1 e6 32. Nc3 e5 33. Nde2 Bc6 34. Nd5 Rf7 35.
fxe5 Bxe3 36. Qxe3 fxe5 37. Rxf7 Qxf7 38. Rf1 Qg6 39. Qg3 Bxd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Masters 2026"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2026.02.28"]
[Round "7.17"]
[White "Pyrih, Roman"]
[Black "Budisavljevic, Luka"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2403"]
[BlackElo "2501"]
[ECO "A13"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "Wimpey system"]
[WhiteFideId "14179156"]
[BlackFideId "960047"]
[EventDate "2026.02.25"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 c5 3. b3 Nf6 4. Bb2 e6 5. c4 Nc6 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Bb5 Bd6 8. O-O
O-O 9. d4 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Bc7 11. Nd2 Qd6 12. g3 Ba5 13. Nxc6 Bxd2 14. Ne7+ Qxe7
15. Qxd2 Be6 16. Qd4 a6 17. Bd3 Rac8 18. Rfc1 h6 19. Qh4 Rfe8 20. Rxc8 Rxc8 21.
Rd1 Kf8 22. Qa4 Kg8 23. Qd4 Bg4 24. Re1 Qe6 25. Qf4 Nh5 26. Qb4 Bf3 27. Qh4 Nf6
28. Qf4 Be4 29. Rd1 Bxd3 30. Rxd3 Ne4 31. Qe5 Qxe5 32. Bxe5 f6 33. Rxd5 fxe5 34.
Rxe5 Nc3 35. Re7 b5 36. a3 Nb1 37. a4 b4 38. Re6 Nd2 39. Rxa6 Rb8 40. Rd6 Nxb3
41. Rd1 Na5 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis Masters 2026"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2026.02.28"]
[Round "7.18"]
[White "Oparin, Grigoriy"]
[Black "Bilych, Oleksii"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2658"]
[BlackElo "2450"]
[ECO "C85"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Exchange variation doubly deferred (DERLD)"]
[WhiteFideId "24125890"]
[BlackFideId "14156504"]
[EventDate "2026.02.25"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. Re1 Nd7 8.
d4 exd4 9. Qxd4 O-O 10. Nc3 Nf6 11. Bf4 Qxd4 12. Nxd4 Rd8 13. Rad1 Ne8 14. h3 a5
15. g4 a4 16. Nf5 Bxf5 17. Rxd8 Rxd8 18. exf5 Kf8 19. Ne4 a3 20. b3 Bb4 21. c3
Be7 22. Kf1 Nf6 23. Nxf6 gxf6 24. Ke2 Bd6 25. Bh6+ Ke7 26. Kd3+ Kd7 27. Kc2 Rg8
28. Re4 b5 29. h4 c5 30. f3 Kc6 31. Bc1 b4 32. Bd2 Rb8 33. g5 Kd5 34. Kd3 Rg8
35. f4 h6 36. cxb4 cxb4 37. Rd4+ Kc6 38. Kc4 Rb8 39. g6 h5 40. Rd3 fxg6 41. fxg6
f5 42. g7 Rg8 43. Rg3 Be7 44. Bxb4 Bxb4 45. Kxb4 Kd5 46. Re3 Rxg7 47. Re5+ Kd4
48. Rxf5 Rg4 49. Rxh5 Rxf4 50. Rc5 Rf2 51. Rc4+ Kd5 52. Kxa3 c5 53. Ka4 Rf8 54.
Rg4 Ra8+ 55. Kb5 Rb8+ 56. Ka6 Ra8+ 57. Kb6 Rxa2 58. Rg5+ Kd4 59. Rxc5 Rb2 60.
Rb5 Kc3 61. h5 Rd2 62. Kc7 Rd1 63. h6 Rd2 64. Rh5 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Masters 2026"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2026.02.28"]
[Round "7.19"]
[White "Kevlishvili, Robby"]
[Black "Ostrovskiy, Aleksandr"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2527"]
[BlackElo "2367"]
[ECO "D02"]
[Opening "Queen's bishop game"]
[WhiteFideId "1040634"]
[BlackFideId "2034239"]
[EventDate "2026.02.25"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bf4 c5 4. e3 Nc6 5. Nbd2 Nh5 6. dxc5 Nxf4 7. exf4 g6 8.
Nb3 Bh6 9. g3 O-O 10. Bg2 Bg7 11. c3 a5 12. O-O e6 13. Re1 a4 14. Nbd4 Qe7 15.
Rc1 Qxc5 16. Qd2 a3 17. b4 Qb6 18. Nxc6 bxc6 19. Ne5 Rd8 20. h4 Ba6 21. h5 c5
22. hxg6 hxg6 23. Bh3 Rd6 24. Rb1 cxb4 25. Rxb4 Qc7 26. Reb1 Rdd8 27. Qe3 Re8
28. Rb6 Bc8 29. Bf1 Bf8 30. Rc6 Qa5 31. Rb5 Qa4 32. Rbb6 Qc2 33. Rc7 Re7 34. Qc5
Ra5 35. Qc6 Rxc7 36. Qxc7 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Masters 2026"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2026.02.28"]
[Round "7.20"]
[White "Lu, Maximillian"]
[Black "Warmerdam, Max"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2424"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[ECO "A05"]
[Opening "Reti"]
[Variation "King's Indian attack, Spassky's variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2096242"]
[BlackFideId "1048104"]
[EventDate "2026.02.25"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 b5 3. Bg2 Bb7 4. d3 e6 5. e4 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. e5 Nd5 8. c4
bxc4 9. dxc4 Nb6 10. Qc2 Nc6 11. Rd1 d5 12. b3 a5 13. Nc3 Qc8 14. Bg5 dxc4 15.
bxc4 Nxe5 16. Nxe5 Bxg5 17. Ne4 Bxe4 18. Bxe4 Bf6 19. Nc6 g6 20. Rab1 a4 21. Rb5
a3 22. Na5 Ra7 23. Qb3 Kg7 24. Bb7 Qe8 25. Bc6 Qc8 26. Bb7 Qe8 27. Bc6 Qc8 28.
Bb7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Masters 2026"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2026.02.28"]
[Round "7.21"]
[White "Narayanan, Samrug"]
[Black "Tiglon, Bryce"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2438"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[ECO "C64"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "classical defence, Benelux variation"]
[WhiteFideId "30914051"]
[BlackFideId "2087456"]
[EventDate "2026.02.25"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. O-O O-O 6. d4 Bb6 7. dxe5 Nxe4 8.
Bd3 d5 9. exd6 Nxd6 10. Bg5 f6 11. Bf4 Bf5 12. Bxd6 Bxd3 13. Bxf8 Bxf1 14. Qxf1
Qxf8 15. Nbd2 Qf7 16. a4 a6 17. Qc4 Qxc4 18. Nxc4 Bc5 19. Kf1 Kf7 20. Nfd2 Bf8
21. Nb3 Rd8 22. Ke2 Rd5 23. Ne3 Rd8 24. Nc4 Re8+ 25. Kf1 Ne5 26. Nxe5+ Rxe5 27.
Nd2 Rh5 28. h3 Rd5 29. Nf3 h5 30. Re1 g5 31. Re4 Bd6 32. Ke2 f5 33. Rd4 Rxd4 34.
Nxd4 Kf6 35. f3 Ke5 36. Nc2 g4 37. fxg4 fxg4 38. hxg4 hxg4 39. Ne3 Kf4 40. Nf1
Ke4 41. Ne3 Kf4 42. Nf1 Bc5 43. Kd3 Bg1 44. Ke2 Ke4 45. Ng3+ Kf4 46. Nf1 Ba7 47.
Kd3 Bf2 48. Ke2 Bh4 49. Kd3 Bf6 50. Ke2 Bh8 51. Kd3 Be5 52. Ke2 Ke4 53. Ne3 Kf4
54. Nf1 b5 55. axb5 axb5 56. Kd3 c5 57. Ke2 c4 58. Ne3 Bd6 59. g3+ Ke4 60. Nxg4
Bxg3 61. Ne3 Bf4 62. Nc2 Bc1 63. Na3 Bxb2 64. Nxb5 Ke5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Masters 2026"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2026.02.28"]
[Round "7.22"]
[White "Kadric, Denis"]
[Black "Rosen, Eric"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2377"]
[ECO "B36"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "accelerated fianchetto, Maroczy bind"]
[WhiteFideId "14403803"]
[BlackFideId "2032562"]
[EventDate "2026.02.25"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 d6 7. Be2 Nxd4 8.
Qxd4 Bg7 9. Bg5 O-O 10. Qe3 Ng4 11. Qd2 h6 12. Bh4 Ne5 13. f4 Nc6 14. O-O Qa5
15. Rac1 Be6 16. Kh1 Rae8 17. b3 f5 18. exf5 gxf5 19. Rf3 Bf7 20. Rg3 Kh7 21.
Qd3 Nb4 22. Qd2 Nc6 23. Qd1 Qa3 24. Rc2 Qc5 25. Rd2 e5 26. fxe5 dxe5 27. Rd7 e4
28. Bh5 Ne5 29. Bxf7 Rxf7 30. Rxf7 Nxf7 31. Qh5 Qf8 32. Bf6 Bxf6 33. Qxf5+ Kh8
34. Qxf6+ Kh7 35. Nxe4 Nd6 36. Ng5+ Kg8 37. Nf7+ 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Masters 2026"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2026.02.28"]
[Round "7.23"]
[White "Rorrer, Grayson"]
[Black "Harsha, Bharathakoti"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2415"]
[BlackElo "2538"]
[ECO "C11"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "Steinitz, Boleslavsky variation"]
[WhiteFideId "30944996"]
[BlackFideId "5078776"]
[EventDate "2026.02.25"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 a6 8. a3 Qc7
9. Bd3 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Ndxe5 11. fxe5 Qxe5 12. Qd2 Bc5 13. O-O-O Bxd4 14. Bf4 Qf6
15. Bg5 Qf2 16. Ne2 Be5 17. Be3 Qh4 18. Bc5 Bd7 19. g3 Qd8 20. Qe3 b6 21. Bxb6
Bxb2+ 22. Kd2 d4 23. Bxd4 Nxd4 24. Nxd4 O-O 25. Ke2 Qb6 26. Nb3 Qc7 27. a4 Bxa4
28. Bxh7+ Kxh7 29. Qe4+ Kg8 30. Qxa4 Qxc2+ 31. Rd2 Qf5 32. Rf1 Qh5+ 33. Ke3 Rac8
34. Rff2 Rc3+ 35. Rd3 Qe5+ 36. Kd2 Rxd3+ 37. Kxd3 Rd8+ 38. Kc2 Qc3+ 39. Kb1 Qe1+ 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis Masters 2026"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2026.02.28"]
[Round "7.24"]
[White "Atwell, Rose"]
[Black "Heimann, Mark"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2337"]
[BlackElo "2511"]
[ECO "D30"]
[Opening "Queen's gambit declined"]
[WhiteFideId "30951011"]
[BlackFideId "2028441"]
[EventDate "2026.02.25"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. Qc2
Nbd7 9. Rd1 b6 10. b3 Ba6 11. a4 Rc8 12. a5 c5 13. axb6 Qxb6 14. Qa2 Bb7 15. Ba5
Qd6 16. Na3 Qb8 17. Rac1 dxc4 18. Nxc4 cxd4 19. Nxd4 Bxg2 20. Kxg2 Ne5 21. Nxe5
Qxe5 22. Nf3 Qb5 23. Be1 Qb7 24. Rxc8 Rxc8 25. Ra1 Rc7 26. Kg1 Ne4 27. Ba5 Rc6
28. Be1 Bc5 29. Ne5 Rc8 30. Qa6 Rb8 31. Qxb7 Rxb7 32. b4 Bb6 33. Kg2 Rc7 34. f3
f6 35. Nd3 Nc3 36. e4 Nb5 37. Ra2 Kf7 38. Bf2 Rc3 39. Nc5 Rc4 40. Nd3 Nd4 41.
Bxd4 Rxd4 42. Rd2 Ke7 43. Kf1 Kd6 44. b5 Kc7 45. Ke2 e5 46. Ra2 Rc4 47. Kd2 Kb7
48. g4 Bg1 49. g5 fxg5 50. h3 Bb6 51. Nxe5 Rb4 52. Nf7 h6 53. e5 Kc7 54. Nd6 Kd7
55. Rc2 Rd4+ 56. Kc3 Rf4 57. Kd3 Ke6 58. Ke2 Rh4 59. Rc8 Kxe5 60. Nc4+ Kd5 61.
Nxb6+ axb6 62. Rc6 Rxh3 63. Rxb6 Ke5 64. Rc6 Rh2+ 65. Ke3 Rb2 66. b6 Rb3+ 67.
Kf2 Kf4 68. Rc4+ Kf5 69. Rc6 Rb5 70. Rc7 Rxb6 71. Rxg7 h5 72. Rf7+ Rf6 73. Ra7
Kg6 74. Kg2 Re6 75. Ra5 Re3 76. Kf2 Rd3 77. Ra6+ Kf5 78. Ra5+ Kf4 79. Ra4+ Ke5
80. Ra5+ Rd5 81. Ra8 h4 82. Re8+ Kd4 83. Re4+ Kd3 84. Kg2 Rf5 85. Ra4 Ke3 86.
Re4+ Kd3 87. Ra4 Rc5 88. Kh3 Ke3 89. Kg4 Rc2 90. Kxg5 h3 91. Rh4 h2 92. f4 Rg2+
93. Kf6 Kf3 94. f5 Kg3 95. Rh8 Rg1 96. Ke7 Re1+ 97. Kd7 Rf1 98. Ke6 h1=Q 99.
Rxh1 Rxh1 100. f6 Re1+ 101. Kd7 Rf1 102. Ke7 Kg4 103. f7 Rxf7+ 104. Kxf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Masters 2026"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2026.02.28"]
[Round "7.25"]
[White "Yu, Jennifer"]
[Black "Celik, Hasan Huseyin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2309"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[ECO "E44"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian"]
[Variation "Fischer variation, 5.Ne2"]
[WhiteFideId "2078341"]
[BlackFideId "44506759"]
[EventDate "2026.02.25"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Ne2 Ne4 6. Qc2 Bb7 7. Ng3 Qh4 8. Bd3
f5 9. O-O Bxc3 10. bxc3 O-O 11. Ba3 Rf7 12. Rfd1 Nf6 13. f3 Nc6 14. e4 fxe4 15.
Nxe4 Nxe4 16. Bxe4 Na5 17. d5 c5 18. dxc6 Bxc6 19. Rd4 Bxe4 20. Rxe4 Qg5 21. Qd3
Rc8 22. Rd1 Nc6 23. Bd6 h6 24. a3 Qa5 25. Rde1 Qf5 26. Qe3 Na5 27. c5 Nb7 28.
Re5 Qc2 29. Re2 Qb3 30. Qd4 Qxa3 31. R5e3 bxc5 32. Qe5 Rf5 33. Qg3 Rg5 34. Qf4
Qc1+ 35. Kf2 Nxd6 36. Qxd6 Rd5 37. Qe7 Kh7 38. h4 a5 39. h5 a4 40. Re4 Qxc3 41.
Rxa4 c4 42. Qf7 Qd4+ 43. Kg3 Qf6 44. Qxf6 gxf6 45. Rc2 c3 46. Ra3 Rxh5 47. Rcxc3
Rg8+ 48. Kf2 Rh2 49. Rc7 Rgxg2+ 50. Ke3 Re2+ 51. Kf4 Kg6 52. Rxd7 e5+ 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis Masters 2026"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2026.02.28"]
[Round "7.26"]
[White "Boyer, Mahel"]
[Black "Wang, Tianqi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2486"]
[BlackElo "2331"]
[ECO "D45"]
[Opening "QGD semi-Slav"]
[Variation "5...Nd7"]
[WhiteFideId "45102422"]
[BlackFideId "2063824"]
[EventDate "2026.02.25"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nbd7 6. Be2 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. Qc2
dxc4 9. a4 a5 10. Bxc4 e5 11. h3 Qe7 12. b3 exd4 13. Nxd4 Nc5 14. Bb2 Nfe4 15.
Rad1 Re8 16. Rfe1 Bc7 17. f3 Nd6 18. Bf1 Qg5 19. Ba3 Bb6 20. Nxc6 bxc6 21. Rxd6
Rxe3 22. Bc1 Nb7 23. Bxe3 Bxe3+ 24. Kh1 Nxd6 25. Nd1 Bf4 26. Qxc6 Bb7 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis Masters 2026"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2026.02.28"]
[Round "7.27"]
[White "Antova, Gabriela"]
[Black "Bilovil, Bogdan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2168"]
[BlackElo "2446"]
[ECO "A07"]
[Opening "Reti"]
[Variation "King's Indian attack"]
[WhiteFideId "2915235"]
[BlackFideId "14168766"]
[EventDate "2026.02.25"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. d4 Nf6 5. O-O O-O 6. b3 a5 7. Bb2 Nc6 8. c4 a4
9. bxa4 dxc4 10. Na3 c3 11. Bxc3 Nd5 12. Bb2 Nb6 13. Rc1 Nxa4 14. Ba1 Nb6 15.
Bb2 Be6 16. e4 Bxa2 17. Qd2 Na5 18. Qe2 c6 19. Ne5 Be6 20. f4 Na4 21. d5 cxd5
22. Rcd1 d4 23. Bxd4 Nb3 24. Qf2 Nxd4 25. Rxd4 Qb6 26. Rb1 Qc5 27. Nb5 Bxe5 28.
fxe5 Qxe5 29. Qf4 Qc5 30. Qc7 Rac8 31. Qxc5 Nxc5 32. e5 b6 33. Na7 Rc7 34. Nc6
Bb3 35. Rb4 Bc2 36. Ra1 e6 37. Rxb6 Be4 38. Bxe4 Nxe4 39. Kg2 Kg7 40. Ra7 Rxa7
41. Nxa7 Rd8 42. Nc6 Rd2+ 43. Kf3 Ng5+ 44. Kg4 h6 45. h4 Ne4 46. Kf4 Nc5 47. Rb8
Rc2 48. Nd4 Rc4 49. Ke3 Rc3+ 50. Kf4 Nd3+ 51. Ke4 g5 52. hxg5 hxg5 53. Ne2 Nf2+
54. Kd4 Rd3+ 55. Kc4 Re3 56. Rb2 Rxe5 57. Nc3 Ng4 58. Kd4 Re1 59. Ne4 Kg6 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis Masters 2026"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2026.02.28"]
[Round "7.28"]
[White "Bok, Benjamin"]
[Black "Kiolbasa, Oliwia"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2592"]
[BlackElo "2397"]
[ECO "A13"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[WhiteFideId "1017063"]
[BlackFideId "1154613"]
[EventDate "2026.02.25"]

1. c4 e6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. Nf3 Bd6 5. O-O O-O 6. d4 Nbd7 7. Qc2 c6 8. Nbd2
Qe7 9. b3 e5 10. dxe5 Nxe5 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. Bb2 Bg4 13. Bxe5 Bxe5 14. Nxe5 Qxe5
15. Nf3 Bxf3 16. Bxf3 Rac8 17. Qd2 Rc5 18. Rac1 Rfc8 19. Rxc5 Rxc5 20. Rc1 Rxc1+
21. Qxc1 g6 22. Qc8+ Kg7 23. Qxb7 Qa1+ 24. Kg2 Qxa2 25. e3 Qa5 26. Qe7 Qc3 27.
b4 h5 28. h3 a6 29. Qd6 Qc4 30. Qe5 Qc6 31. Qa1 Kg8 32. Be2 d4+ 33. Bf3 Qc3 34.
Qxa6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Masters 2026"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2026.02.28"]
[Round "7.29"]
[White "Abrahamyan, Tatev"]
[Black "Gazik, Viktor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2378"]
[BlackElo "2537"]
[ECO "B00"]
[Opening "KP"]
[Variation "Nimzovich defence"]
[WhiteFideId "13301918"]
[BlackFideId "14928752"]
[EventDate "2026.02.25"]

1. e4 Nc6 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 g6 5. d5 Nb8 6. Be2 Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8. Re1
c6 9. h3 a6 10. a4 a5 11. Bf4 Qb6 12. Qd2 Nbd7 13. Rab1 Nc5 14. Bf1 Rd8 15. Bh6
Bh8 16. Ng5 Bg7 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. b3 Bd7 19. Bc4 Be8 20. Rbd1 Rac8 21. Nf3 Qb4
22. Nd4 Ncd7 23. Re3 Kh8 24. Rg3 Nh5 25. Qh6 Nxg3 26. Na2 Qa3 27. fxg3 Qxa2 28.
Nf3 Kg8 29. Ng5 Nf8 30. Rf1 cxd5 31. Bxd5 Rxc2 32. e5 dxe5 33. Nxf7 Rxd5 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis Masters 2026"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2026.02.28"]
[Round "7.30"]
[White "Repka, Christopher"]
[Black "Caglar, Sila"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "WIM"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2215"]
[ECO "D05"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[WhiteFideId "14918781"]
[BlackFideId "6364063"]
[EventDate "2026.02.25"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e3 e6 4. Bd3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Nbd2 c5 7. b3 Nc6 8. Bb2
b6 9. a3 Bb7 10. dxc5 bxc5 11. e4 Re8 12. Re1 Qb6 13. c4 dxe4 14. Nxe4 Nd4 15.
Nxd4 cxd4 16. c5 Qd8 17. Rc1 Rc8 18. b4 e5 19. Qf3 Nxe4 20. Bxe4 Bxe4 21. Rxe4
Bf6 22. Rce1 Re6 23. Qb3 g5 24. h4 h6 25. Bc1 Bg7 26. hxg5 hxg5 27. Rg4 Rg6 28.
Qf3 Rcc6 29. Bxg5 Qd7 30. Rg3 f5 31. Qb3+ Qf7 32. Bd2 Rxg3 33. Qxg3 Rg6 34. Qh3
f4 35. Qf3 Qa2 36. Qd3 Re6 37. f3 Bf6 38. Rc1 Qd5 39. Qc4 Qxc4 40. Rxc4 Bd8 41.
b5 Kf7 42. Ra4 Re7 43. Ra6 Rb7 44. a4 d3 45. c6 Re7 46. a5 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Masters 2026"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2026.02.28"]
[Round "7.31"]
[White "Gueci, Tea"]
[Black "Yip, Carissa"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "WIM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2138"]
[BlackElo "2466"]
[ECO "C79"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Steinitz defence deferred (Russian defence)"]
[WhiteFideId "872342"]
[BlackFideId "2090732"]
[EventDate "2026.02.25"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O d6 6. Re1 Bd7 7. c3 g6 8. d4 Bg7
9. h3 O-O 10. Bc2 Nh5 11. Be3 Qe8 12. Nbd2 Kh8 13. Nc4 b6 14. a4 f5 15. exf5 e4
16. d5 exf3 17. dxc6 Bxc6 18. Bg5 Qf7 19. Nxd6 cxd6 20. Qxd6 Rac8 21. g4 Nf6 22.
fxg6 hxg6 23. Re7 Qd5 24. Qxd5 Nxd5 25. Ra7 a5 26. Bxg6 Nf4 27. Bxf4 Rxf4 28.
Re1 Rxa4 29. Ree7 Bf8 30. Re6 Bd5 31. Rxb6 Bc6 32. Bd3 Ra1+ 33. Bf1 Bc5 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis Masters 2026"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2026.02.28"]
[Round "7.32"]
[White "Kuru, Atilla"]
[Black "Sargsyan, Anna M."]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2450"]
[BlackElo "2372"]
[ECO "C50"]
[Opening "Giuoco Pianissimo"]
[WhiteFideId "51607948"]
[BlackFideId "13308130"]
[EventDate "2026.02.25"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 d6 5. Nc3 a6 6. a4 h6 7. O-O Nf6 8. Be3 O-O
9. h3 Bxe3 10. fxe3 Be6 11. b3 d5 12. exd5 Nxd5 13. Qd2 Re8 14. Ne4 Qe7 15. Ng3
Qc5 16. Bxd5 Bxd5 17. Qf2 b5 18. Nh4 Ne7 19. c4 bxc4 20. bxc4 Be6 21. Ne4 Qa5
22. g4 Ng6 23. Nf5 Rad8 24. Rad1 Qxa4 25. Neg3 Bxf5 26. gxf5 Nh8 27. Nh5 Rd6 28.
Kh2 Kf8 29. Rg1 g5 30. fxg6 Nxg6 31. Rdf1 Re7 32. Nf6 Rxf6 33. Qxf6 Ke8 34. Rf2
Qd7 35. Qh8+ Nxh8 36. Rg8# 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Masters 2026"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2026.02.28"]
[Round "7.33"]
[White "Apaar Saxena"]
[Black "Kavutskiy, Kostya"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2263"]
[BlackElo "2330"]
[ECO "E62"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "fianchetto, Uhlmann (Szabo) variation"]
[WhiteFideId "25937219"]
[BlackFideId "2026384"]
[EventDate "2026.02.25"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nc3 d6 6. Nf3 Bf5 7. Nh4 Bc8 8. Nf3
Nc6 9. O-O e5 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. Bg5 Be6 12. Qc1 Qc8 13. Rd1 a5 14. b3 Rd8 15.
Nd2 h6 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. Nde4 Rxd1+ 18. Qxd1 Be7 19. Nb5 Na7 20. Qd2 Nxb5 21.
cxb5 Qd7 22. Qxd7 Bxd7 23. Rc1 c6 24. Nc5 Bxc5 25. Rxc5 a4 26. b4 cxb5 27. Bxb7
Ra7 28. Bc8 f6 29. a3 Kf7 30. Kf1 Bxc8 31. Rxc8 Rd7 32. Ke1 Rd5 33. Rc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Masters 2026"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2026.02.28"]
[Round "7.34"]
[White "Cervantes Landeiro, Thalia"]
[Black "Chirilov, James A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2247"]
[BlackElo "2264"]
[ECO "E94"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "orthodox variation"]
[WhiteFideId "3520498"]
[BlackFideId "30976677"]
[EventDate "2026.02.25"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. d4 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O exd4 8. Nxd4
Re8 9. f3 c6 10. Kh1 d5 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. Bg5 Nc6 13. Nxc6 bxc6 14. exd5 cxd5
15. Bb5 Re6 16. Rc1 Bb7 17. Na4 h6 18. Bh4 Ba6 19. Bxa6 Rxa6 20. b3 d4 21. Qd3
Re6 22. Nc5 Re3 23. Qd2 Ne4 24. Qxe3 dxe3 25. Bxd8 e2 26. Be7 exf1=Q+ 27. Rxf1
Re8 28. Nxe4 Rxe7 29. g4 Be5 30. Kg2 Rc7 31. Rf2 Rc1 32. Re2 Kg7 33. h4 Bf4 34.
Nf2 Rc3 35. Re4 g5 36. hxg5 hxg5 37. Rc4 Re3 38. Rc2 Kf6 39. Ne4+ Ke7 40. Kf2
Rd3 41. Ke2 Re3+ 42. Kf2 Rd3 43. Rc4 a5 44. Ke2 Re3+ 45. Kf2 Rd3 46. Ra4 Rd5 47.
Ke2 Ke6 48. Rc4 f5 49. gxf5+ Rxf5 50. Rc6+ Ke7 51. Rc5 Ke6 52. Rc6+ Ke7 53. Rc5
Ke6 54. Kd3 Rxc5 55. Nxc5+ Kd5 56. Na4 Bc1 57. Nb6+ Kc5 58. Nc4 Kb4 59. Kc2 Bf4
60. a3+ Kb5 61. a4+ Kb4 62. Nb2 Ka3 63. Nd3 Bd6 64. Kc3 Be7 65. Kc4 Bd6 66. Nf2
Be7 67. Nd1 Bd8 68. Nc3 Bf6 69. Nb5+ Kb2 70. b4 Bd8 71. bxa5 Bxa5 72. Nd4 Bc3
73. Nc6 Kc2 74. a5 Bxa5 75. Nxa5 Kd2 76. Kd4 Ke2 77. Ke4 Kf2 78. Nc4 Kg3 79. Ne5
Kh3 80. Kf5 Kh4 81. Nf7 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Masters 2026"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2026.02.28"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Woodward, Andy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2795"]
[BlackElo "2608"]
[ECO "C78"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Moeller defence"]
[WhiteFideId "2020009"]
[BlackFideId "30953499"]
[EventDate "2026.02.25"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Bc5 6. c3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a4 Bb7
9. d4 Bb6 10. Re1 h6 11. Be3 Ng4 12. Bd5 Qc8 13. Nbd2 Nxe3 14. fxe3 O-O 15. g4
exd4 16. exd4 Ne7 17. Bxb7 Qxb7 18. g5 h5 19. g6 Nxg6 20. Ng5 Nf4 21. Rf1 f6 22.
Qb3+ d5 23. Rxf4 fxg5 24. Rxf8+ Rxf8 25. a5 Ba7 26. Qxd5+ Qxd5 27. exd5 Rd8 28.
Re1 Rxd5 29. Re7 Bxd4+ 30. cxd4 Rxd4 31. Nf3 Rd5 32. Re5 Rd1+ 33. Kf2 g4 34. Ng5
g6 35. Re6 Kg7 36. Rxa6 Rd2+ 37. Kg3 Rxb2 38. Rc6 Ra2 39. a6 Kh6 40. Nf7+ Kg7
41. Ne5 g5 42. Rg6+ Kh7 43. Rxg5 Ra3+ 44. Kf4 Rxa6 45. Rxh5+ Rh6 46. Kxg4 Rxh5
47. Kxh5 c5 48. Nd3 c4 49. Nb4 c3 50. h4 Kg7 51. Kg5 Kh7 52. h5 Kg7 53. h6+ Kh7
54. Kh5 Kg8 55. Kg6 Kh8 56. Nc6 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Masters 2026"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2026.02.28"]
[Round "8.2"]
[White "Antipov, Mikhail Al."]
[Black "Lodici, Lorenzo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2591"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[ECO "C11"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "Steinitz, Boleslavsky variation"]
[WhiteFideId "4107012"]
[BlackFideId "884189"]
[EventDate "2026.02.25"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 a6 8. Ne2 Be7
9. c3 f6 10. h4 O-O 11. Rh3 b5 12. Qc2 b4 13. Rd1 a5 14. c4 Nb6 15. b3 dxc4 16.
bxc4 Qe8 17. exf6 gxf6 18. dxc5 Nd7 19. Ned4 Nxd4 20. Bxd4 e5 21. fxe5 Nxe5 22.
Rg3+ Kh8 23. Kf2 Bb7 24. Qf5 Bxf3 25. gxf3 Rd8 26. Kg2 Qf7 27. Be2 Nxc4 28. Kh3
Ne5 29. f4 Nc6 30. Bb2 Qxa2 31. Qg5 Qf7 32. Bh5 Qe6+ 33. f5 Qg8 34. Qh6 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Masters 2026"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2026.02.28"]
[Round "8.3"]
[White "Durarbayli, Vasif"]
[Black "Hong, Andrew"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2612"]
[BlackElo "2587"]
[ECO "C50"]
[Opening "Giuoco Piano"]
[WhiteFideId "13402935"]
[BlackFideId "2099438"]
[EventDate "2026.02.25"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. a4 Nf6 5. d3 a6 6. c3 d6 7. O-O Ba7 8. a5 O-O
9. Be3 Bxe3 10. fxe3 Qe7 11. Nbd2 Be6 12. Bxe6 Qxe6 13. Nh4 Ne7 14. Qf3 c6 15.
Ra4 d5 16. exd5 cxd5 17. Nf5 Nxf5 18. Qxf5 Qe7 19. Rb4 Rfe8 20. Qg5 Rac8 21. Nf3
Qc7 22. Nh4 h6 23. Qg3 e4 24. Qh3 Re6 25. d4 Ne8 26. Nf5 Nd6 27. Rb6 Nxf5 28.
Qxf5 Qd7 29. Rxe6 Qxe6 30. Qxe6 fxe6 31. Ra1 e5 32. Kf2 Rc6 33. dxe5 Kf7 34. Ra3
b5 35. axb6 Rxb6 36. b3 Rc6 37. c4 dxc4 38. bxc4 Rxc4 39. Rxa6 Rc2+ 40. Kg3 Re2
41. Ra7+ Ke6 42. Rxg7 Kxe5 43. Rh7 Rxe3+ 44. Kf2 Ra3 45. Rxh6 Ra2+ 46. Kg3 e3
47. Rh8 Ke4 48. h4 Ra1 49. Re8+ Kd3 50. Rd8+ Ke4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Masters 2026"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2026.02.28"]
[Round "8.4"]
[White "Budisavljevic, Luka"]
[Black "Sonis, Francesco"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2501"]
[BlackElo "2561"]
[ECO "E17"]
[Opening "Queen's Indian"]
[Variation "old main line, 6.O-O"]
[WhiteFideId "960047"]
[BlackFideId "895733"]
[EventDate "2026.02.25"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Re1 Re8 8. Nc3
Bb4 9. Bd2 a5 10. Qc2 Bxc3 11. Bxc3 Be4 12. Qa4 d6 13. Rad1 Nbd7 14. Ne5 Bxg2
15. Kxg2 Qc8 16. Qc6 Nf8 17. Nd3 Ng6 18. Qf3 Qa6 19. b3 b5 20. c5 e5 21. dxe5
dxe5 22. e4 Re6 23. Bb2 b4 24. h4 h5 25. Qf5 Rae8 26. Qg5 Qb5 27. f3 Nd7 28. Qe3
Rc6 29. Rc1 Ngf8 30. Red1 f6 31. f4 exf4 32. Nxf4 Rxc5 33. Rxc5 Qxc5 34. Qxc5
Nxc5 35. Rd5 Nxe4 36. Rxa5 Ne6 37. Nxh5 Rd8 38. Kf3 N4c5 39. Nf4 Rd1 40. Nxe6
Nxe6 41. Ra6 Kf7 42. Rc6 Rd2 43. Bc1 Rxa2 44. Rc4 c5 45. Be3 Rb2 46. Bxc5 Rxb3+
47. Be3 Ke7 48. g4 Rb1 49. Ke2 Kd6 50. g5 Kd5 51. Rc8 f5 52. Rb8 f4 53. Bf2 Ke4
54. Re8 f3+ 55. Kd2 Rb2+ 56. Ke1 Kd3 57. Kf1 Rb1+ 58. Be1 Nc5 59. h5 Rb2 60. h6
gxh6 61. gxh6 Rh2 62. Rd8+ Ke3 63. Bd2+ Ke4 64. Re8+ Kd5 65. Bf4 Rh3 66. Kg1 b3
67. Rb8 Kc4 68. Be3 Nd3 69. Rc8+ Kd5 70. Rd8+ Ke4 71. Re8+ Ne5 72. Bc1 Kd5 73.
Rd8+ Kc6 74. Rd4 Kc5 75. Be3 Nc4 76. Bf2 Kb5 77. Rd8 Rxh6 78. Rb8+ Ka4 79. Bd4
Rd6 80. Bc3 Nb6 81. Kf2 Rd3 82. Bg7 Nd7 83. Rd8 Kb4 84. Bh8 Kc4 85. Rc8+ Kd5 86.
Rd8 Ke4 87. Kg3 Nf6 88. Rb8 Nh5+ 89. Kg4 Ke3 90. Re8+ Kd2 91. Rf8 Ke2 92. Re8+
Re3 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis Masters 2026"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2026.02.28"]
[Round "8.5"]
[White "Warmerdam, Max"]
[Black "Yip, Carissa"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2466"]
[ECO "A35"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "symmetrical, four knights system"]
[WhiteFideId "1048104"]
[BlackFideId "2090732"]
[EventDate "2026.02.25"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 c5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 g6 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 d6 7. Bg2 Bd7 8. Nc2
Bg7 9. Bd2 Qc8 10. h3 Ne5 11. b3 Bc6 12. Nd5 e6 13. Nxf6+ Bxf6 14. O-O Bxg2 15.
Kxg2 O-O 16. f3 Rd8 17. Rc1 b6 18. Ne3 Qb7 19. Bc3 Bg7 20. Kh2 Rac8 21. Qd2 Bh6
22. f4 Qe4 23. Rcd1 f5 24. Ng2 Nf7 25. Rf3 Re8 26. Rd3 e5 27. e3 Bf8 28. a4 g5
29. Rd5 Re6 30. Qd3 Qxd3 31. R1xd3 Rc5 32. Bb4 Rxd5 33. cxd5 Re7 34. fxg5 Nxg5
35. Nh4 Ne4 36. Nxf5 Rc7 37. Kg2 a5 38. Be1 Rc1 39. Kf1 h5 40. g4 hxg4 41. hxg4
Rb1 42. Ke2 Rb2+ 43. Kf3 Ng5+ 44. Kg3 Ne4+ 45. Kf3 Ng5+ 46. Kg3 Kf7 47. Rd1 Ne4+
48. Kf3 Ng5+ 49. Kg3 Ne4+ 50. Kf3 Ng5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Masters 2026"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2026.02.28"]
[Round "8.6"]
[White "Kantor, Gergely"]
[Black "Akobian, Varuzhan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2549"]
[ECO "C18"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "Winawer, advance variation"]
[WhiteFideId "751499"]
[BlackFideId "13300580"]
[EventDate "2026.02.25"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Nc6 7. Qg4 g6 8. h4 h6
9. h5 g5 10. f4 f5 11. Qg3 g4 12. dxc5 Qa5 13. a4 Nge7 14. Ne2 O-O 15. Qd3 b6
16. Qb5 Ba6 17. Qxa5 bxa5 18. Be3 Rab8 19. Kd2 Rb2 20. Nc1 Bc4 21. Bxc4 dxc4 22.
Ne2 Rfb8 23. Kc1 Nd5 24. Bf2 Kf7 25. Rd1 Ke8 26. Rd2 Kf7 27. Rd1 Ke7 28. Nd4
Nxd4 29. Rxd4 Kd7 30. c6+ Kxc6 31. Rxc4+ Kd7 32. Bxa7 R8b7 33. g3 Ke8 34. Bc5
Kf7 35. Bd4 Rb8 36. Rc5 R2b7 37. Rxa5 Rc8 38. Ra3 Rcb8 39. Ra7 Rxa7 40. Bxa7 Ra8
41. Bd4 Ke8 42. a5 Ra6 43. c4 Nb4 44. Bb6 Nc6 45. Kb2 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Masters 2026"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2026.02.28"]
[Round "8.7"]
[White "Stremavicius, Titas"]
[Black "Putnam, Liam"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2547"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[ECO "D37"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "4.Nf3"]
[WhiteFideId "12804444"]
[BlackFideId "30938279"]
[EventDate "2026.02.25"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. Qc2 c5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Nxd5 exd5 8.
e3 Bd6 9. b3 O-O 10. Bb2 cxd4 11. Bxd4 Qa5+ 12. Bc3 Bb4 13. Bxb4 Qxb4+ 14. Qd2
a5 15. Be2 Nc5 16. O-O Be6 17. Qd4 Rfc8 18. Rfb1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Masters 2026"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2026.02.28"]
[Round "8.8"]
[White "Matviishen, Viktor"]
[Black "Adewumi, Tanitoluwa"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2533"]
[BlackElo "2433"]
[ECO "D26"]
[Opening "QGA"]
[Variation "classical, Steinitz variation"]
[WhiteFideId "14129850"]
[BlackFideId "30966396"]
[EventDate "2026.02.25"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. O-O cxd4 7. exd4 Be7 8.
Nc3 O-O 9. Re1 a6 10. Ne5 Nc6 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Bf4 a5 13. Rc1 Ba6 14. Bb3 Ra7
15. Qf3 Rd7 16. Qxc6 Bb7 17. Qb5 Qa8 18. Be5 Bxg2 19. Bxf6 Bc6 20. Bxe7 Bxb5 21.
Bxf8 Rxd4 22. Bd6 Bc6 23. Bg3 Bh1 24. f3 Bxf3 25. Rc2 h5 26. h3 a4 27. Bxa4 Rxa4
28. Nxa4 Qxa4 29. Rf2 Bc6 30. b3 Qd4 31. h4 f6 32. Kh2 e5 33. Rc2 Bd7 34. Bf2
Qd3 35. Rec1 Qh3+ 36. Kg1 Bg4 37. Be1 Bf3 38. Kf2 Be4 39. Rc3 Qg2+ 40. Ke3 f5 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis Masters 2026"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2026.02.28"]
[Round "8.9"]
[White "Raja, Harshit"]
[Black "Oparin, Grigoriy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2472"]
[BlackElo "2658"]
[ECO "B10"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "two knights variation"]
[WhiteFideId "5089000"]
[BlackFideId "24125890"]
[EventDate "2026.02.25"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Qe2 Bg4 6. d3 Nxe4 7. dxe4 e6 8.
h3 Bh5 9. Bd2 Nd7 10. O-O-O Qc7 11. Qe3 Bc5 12. Qg5 Bxf3 13. gxf3 Bd4 14. Ba5
Qe5 15. Qd2 Bxb2+ 16. Kb1 Ba3 17. Qxd7+ Kf8 18. Qxb7 Rb8 19. Rd8+ Rxd8 20. Bxd8
Qd4 21. Be2 Qxd8 22. Rd1 Qa5 23. Rd7 Kg8 24. Qc8+ Bf8 25. Qe8 Qb4+ 26. Kc1 h6
27. Bd3 Qe1+ 28. Kb2 Qb4+ 29. Kc1 Qe1+ 30. Kb2 Qb4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Masters 2026"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2026.02.28"]
[Round "8.10"]
[White "Munkhdalai, Amilal"]
[Black "Pranav, V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2641"]
[ECO "C64"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "classical defence, Benelux variation"]
[WhiteFideId "4903250"]
[BlackFideId "25060783"]
[EventDate "2026.02.25"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. O-O O-O 6. d4 Bb6 7. Re1 d6 8. h3
Bd7 9. Na3 h6 10. Ba4 exd4 11. cxd4 d5 12. exd5 Nxd5 13. Bb3 Be6 14. Nc4 Qf6 15.
Nxb6 axb6 16. Be3 Rfd8 17. Rc1 Rd6 18. a3 Nde7 19. Bxe6 Rxe6 20. Ne5 Rd8 21.
Nxc6 bxc6 22. Qg4 Nf5 23. Qf4 Rd7 24. d5 Rxd5 25. Qxc7 Nxe3 26. fxe3 Rd2 27. Rf1
Qxb2 28. Qxf7+ Kh7 29. Qf3 Rg6 30. g4 Qxa3 31. Rcd1 Rxd1 32. Rxd1 Qe7 33. Rd4 c5
34. Rf4 Re6 35. Kf2 Qd6 36. Re4 Rf6 37. Rf4 Qe5 38. Rf5 Qb2+ 39. Kg3 Re6 40. Rd5
Qb1 41. g5 Qg1+ 42. Kh4 hxg5+ 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis Masters 2026"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2026.02.28"]
[Round "8.11"]
[White "Aryan, Chopra"]
[Black "Kevlishvili, Robby"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2631"]
[BlackElo "2527"]
[ECO "C53"]
[Opening "Giuoco Piano"]
[WhiteFideId "5084423"]
[BlackFideId "1040634"]
[EventDate "2026.02.25"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. e5 d5 7. Bb5 Ne4 8. cxd4
Bb6 9. Be3 O-O 10. Nc3 Bg4 11. h3 Bh5 12. Qc2 Bg6 13. Qb3 Ne7 14. O-O c6 15. Bd3
Nd2 16. Nxd2 Bxd3 17. Rfe1 Bg6 18. Na4 Nf5 19. Nf3 Ba5 20. Re2 Nxe3 21. Rxe3 Rb8
22. Rc1 Re8 23. Nc5 Bb6 24. Qc3 Bf5 25. b4 a6 26. Qb2 Qe7 27. a4 Bd8 28. a5 Rc8
29. g4 Bg6 30. Qe2 Ra8 31. Ra1 Qc7 32. h4 h6 33. h5 Bh7 34. Qf1 f5 35. Qg2 Qe7
36. e6 fxg4 37. Qxg4 Rf8 38. Ne5 Bf5 39. Qg3 Bc7 40. f4 Bd6 41. Ned7 Bxc5 42.
Nxc5 Rf6 43. Re5 Kh8 44. Kh2 Rg8 45. Qh4 Qd6 46. Rae1 Re8 47. Rg1 Re7 48. Rg3
Re8 49. Kg1 Re7 50. Kg2 Re8 51. Kg1 Re7 52. Kf2 Re8 53. Rge3 Re7 54. Kg1 Re8 55.
Kg2 Re7 56. Kf2 Re8 57. Kg1 Re7 58. Qe1 Qd8 59. Nd7 Be4 60. R3xe4 dxe4 61. Qxe4
Qe8 62. Nc5 g6 63. Kf2 Qg8 64. Ke2 gxh5 65. f5 Qg3 66. Nd7 Kg7 67. d5 cxd5 68.
Rxd5 Qg5 69. Qe5 h4 70. Nxf6 Qxf6 71. Qd6 Re8 72. Qd7+ Kf8 73. Qd6+ Kg7 74. Kf3
h5 75. Ke4 h3 76. Qg3+ Kf8 77. Qxh3 Rc8 78. Rc5 Rd8 79. Rd5 Rc8 80. Qe3 Rc4+ 81.
Rd4 Rc8 82. Rd7 Qh4+ 83. Ke5 Ke8 84. Qg1 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Masters 2026"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2026.02.28"]
[Round "8.12"]
[White "Mishra, Abhimanyu"]
[Black "Alexakis, Dimitris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2629"]
[BlackElo "2538"]
[ECO "E11"]
[Opening "Bogo-Indian defence, Gruenfeld variation"]
[WhiteFideId "30920019"]
[BlackFideId "4277023"]
[EventDate "2026.02.25"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 d5 5. Qa4+ Nc6 6. e3 O-O 7. a3 Be7 8. Qc2
a5 9. b3 Nb8 10. Bb2 Nbd7 11. Bd3 c5 12. cxd5 exd5 13. O-O b6 14. Ne5 Qc7 15.
Nxd7 Bxd7 16. dxc5 Qxc5 17. Qb1 h6 18. h3 Rac8 19. Bd4 Qd6 20. Qb2 Rfe8 21. Nf3
Ne4 22. Rfd1 Nc5 23. Bf1 a4 24. bxa4 Bxa4 25. Bxg7 Bxd1 26. Rxd1 Na4 27. Qb5
Kxg7 28. Qxa4 Qxa3 29. Qg4+ Kf8 30. Ne5 Rc7 31. Qf4 Bg5 32. Ng6+ Kg7 33. Qxc7
Kxg6 34. Qxb6+ Kg7 35. Rxd5 Qa1 36. Qd4+ Qxd4 37. Rxd4 Bf6 38. Rg4+ Kf8 39. g3
Rb8 40. Rc4 Rb7 41. Kg2 Be5 42. Rc5 Bd6 43. Rd5 Be7 44. Bc4 Rc7 45. Bb3 Rb7 46.
Rd3 Rc7 47. Bd5 Rc2 48. Rb3 Rc7 49. f4 Bc5 50. Kf3 Ba7 51. Kg4 Kg7 52. Kf5 Re7
53. e4 Bf2 54. Rf3 Be1 55. Rf1 Bc3 56. h4 Ra7 57. Rb1 Bf6 58. h5 Be7 59. Rb5 Rc7
60. g4 Rc1 61. Rb7 Kf8 62. Rb6 Kg7 63. g5 hxg5 64. h6+ Kh7 65. Rb7 Bd8 66. Rxf7+
Kxh6 67. Rd7 Rc8 68. Bg8 Be7 69. fxg5+ Kg7 70. Rxe7+ Kxg8 71. e5 Rc6 72. Ra7 Rb6
73. e6 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Masters 2026"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2026.02.28"]
[Round "8.13"]
[White "Kacharava, Nikolozi"]
[Black "Bharath, Subramaniyam H"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2501"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[ECO "B31"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Nimzovich-Rossolimo attack (with ...g6, without ...d6)"]
[WhiteFideId "13611860"]
[BlackFideId "46634827"]
[EventDate "2026.02.25"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. d3 Bg7 6. h3 b6 7. O-O Nf6 8. Nc3
Nd7 9. Be3 e5 10. Qd2 Nf8 11. Bh6 Bf6 12. Nh2 Ne6 13. Ng4 g5 14. h4 gxh4 15. f4
Rg8 16. Nxf6+ Qxf6 17. fxe5 Qxe5 18. Qf2 Qh5 19. e5 Bd7 20. Qf6 Qg6 21. Qxg6
Rxg6 22. Ne4 Ke7 23. Bd2 Rag8 24. Rf2 R8g7 25. Kh2 Nd4 26. Raf1 Be6 27. c3 Nf5
28. Rxf5 Rxg2+ 29. Kh1 Bxf5 30. Rxf5 Rg1+ 31. Kh2 R7g2+ 32. Kh3 Rg6 33. Bg5+ Ke6
34. Rf6+ Rxf6 35. Bxf6 Rh1+ 36. Kg2 Rd1 37. Ng5+ Kf5 38. Nxf7 Rxd3 39. Bxh4 Rd2+
40. Kf3 Rxb2 41. Nd6+ Ke6 42. Bf6 Rxa2 43. Ne8 a5 44. Ng7+ Kf7 45. Nh5 a4 46.
Nf4 Ra1 47. Bh4 Rf1+ 48. Ke4 Rxf4+ 49. Kxf4 a3 50. Kf5 a2 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis Masters 2026"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2026.02.28"]
[Round "8.14"]
[White "Atanasov, Anthony"]
[Black "Fier, Alexandr"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2441"]
[BlackElo "2572"]
[ECO "A45"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[WhiteFideId "2623897"]
[BlackFideId "2107139"]
[EventDate "2026.02.25"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 g6 3. Nd2 Bg7 4. e4 O-O 5. c3 d6 6. Ngf3 c5 7. dxc5 dxc5 8. h3
Nc6 9. Bc4 Nd7 10. O-O Nb6 11. Be2 e5 12. Be3 Qe7 13. a4 Na5 14. Qb1 Rd8 15. Rc1
c4 16. Bxb6 axb6 17. Nxc4 Nb3 18. Nxb6 Rb8 19. Bc4 Nxa1 20. a5 Be6 21. Qxa1 Bxc4
22. Nxc4 Rd3 23. Qb1 Rbd8 24. Qc2 Bh6 25. Ra1 Qc5 26. b3 f5 27. Nd4 R8xd4 28.
cxd4 Qxd4 29. Re1 fxe4 30. Nxe5 Rc3 31. Qxe4 Qxe4 32. Rxe4 Rxb3 33. Nc4 Bf8 34.
Kh2 Bc5 35. f3 Rc3 36. h4 Kg7 37. Kh3 h5 38. Nd2 Rc1 39. Ra4 Bf2 40. g3 Rc2 41.
Ne4 Bg1 42. g4 Rh2+ 43. Kg3 Rb2 44. gxh5 gxh5 45. Kf4 Bh2+ 46. Kf5 Rb3 47. Ng5
Rb5+ 48. Ke6 Bc7 49. a6 bxa6 50. Rxa6 Bg3 51. Ra4 Kg6 52. Nh3 Re5+ 53. Kd7 Rf5
54. f4 Bxh4 55. Ke6 Bf6 56. Ra2 Rb5 57. Rg2+ Kh6 58. Kxf6 Rb6+ 59. Kf5 Rb5+ 60.
Kf6 Rb6+ 61. Kf5 Rb5+ 62. Ke4 Rb4+ 63. Ke5 Rb5+ 64. Ke4 Rb4+ 65. Kd5 Rb3 66. Ng5
h4 67. Nf7+ Kh7 68. Rg4 h3 69. Ke6 Rb4 70. Ng5+ Kh6 71. Rh4+ Kg7 72. Kf5 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Masters 2026"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2026.02.28"]
[Round "8.15"]
[White "Can, Isik"]
[Black "Mardov, Dimitar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2562"]
[BlackElo "2504"]
[ECO "C69"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "exchange variation, 5.O-O"]
[WhiteFideId "6383742"]
[BlackFideId "30919495"]
[EventDate "2026.02.25"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O Qf6 6. d4 exd4 7. Bg5 Qd6 8.
Nxd4 Be7 9. Bxe7 Nxe7 10. Nc3 Bd7 11. Nb3 O-O-O 12. Qh5 Ng6 13. Rad1 Qf6 14. Nc5
Nf4 15. Nxd7 Rxd7 16. Qf3 Rhd8 17. g3 Nh3+ 18. Kg2 Qxf3+ 19. Kxf3 Rd2 20. Rc1
Ng5+ 21. Ke3 Ne6 22. Rfd1 R2d4 23. Rxd4 Nxd4 24. f4 f6 25. g4 c5 26. h4 Kd7 27.
Rd1 Ke6 28. Rd2 h5 29. f5+ Ke5 30. gxh5 Nc6 31. Nd5 Rd7 32. Nxf6 Rxd2 33. Ng4+
Kd6 34. Kxd2 Nd4 35. c3 Nf3+ 36. Ke2 Nxh4 37. Kf2 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Masters 2026"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2026.02.28"]
[Round "8.16"]
[White "Quesada Perez, Yasser"]
[Black "Cordova, Emilio"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2562"]
[BlackElo "2494"]
[ECO "B33"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Pelikan, Chelyabinsk variation"]
[WhiteFideId "3509362"]
[BlackFideId "3801497"]
[EventDate "2026.02.25"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8. Na3
b5 9. Nd5 Qa5+ 10. Bd2 Qd8 11. Bg5 Qa5+ 12. Bd2 Qd8 13. Bg5 Qa5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Masters 2026"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2026.02.28"]
[Round "8.17"]
[White "Hardaway, Brewington"]
[Black "Mikaelyan, Arman"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2544"]
[BlackElo "2494"]
[ECO "B27"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Hungarian variation"]
[WhiteFideId "30941849"]
[BlackFideId "13304852"]
[EventDate "2026.02.25"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. c3 d5 4. e5 Bg4 5. Bb5+ Nc6 6. Bxc6+ bxc6 7. d4 cxd4 8.
cxd4 Qa5+ 9. Nbd2 Qb5 10. h3 Bf5 11. Qb3 a5 12. Qxb5 cxb5 13. Nf1 e6 14. Ke2 Ne7
15. Ng3 h6 16. Bd2 Kd7 17. Rac1 Nc6 18. Nxf5 gxf5 19. g4 fxg4 20. hxg4 Rg8 21.
Rcg1 Rg6 22. Nh4 Rg8 23. Nf3 Rg6 24. Nh4 Rg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Masters 2026"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2026.02.28"]
[Round "8.18"]
[White "Harsha, Bharathakoti"]
[Black "Shlyakhtenko, Robert"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2538"]
[BlackElo "2453"]
[ECO "B30"]
[Opening "Sicilian defence"]
[WhiteFideId "5078776"]
[BlackFideId "30936934"]
[EventDate "2026.02.25"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 e6 4. O-O d5 5. Bb5 Nf6 6. e5 Nd7 7. c4 Be7 8. Bxc6
bxc6 9. d3 O-O 10. Qe2 f6 11. exf6 Bxf6 12. Qxe6+ Kh8 13. Qxc6 Rb8 14. Nbd2 dxc4
15. Nxc4 Bb7 16. Qe6 Bxf3 17. gxf3 Bd4 18. Be3 Rxf3 19. Bxd4 cxd4 20. Qd5 Rf6
21. Rae1 Qf8 22. f4 Rg6+ 23. Kh1 Nb6 24. Nxb6 Rgxb6 25. b3 Rd8 26. Qe5 Rf6 27.
Re4 Rc8 28. Qxd4 Rd6 29. Qe3 Rdd8 30. f5 Qd6 31. Re6 Qd5+ 32. Qf3 Qxf3+ 33. Rxf3
Rc2 34. Rfe3 Kg8 35. Re2 Rxe2 36. Rxe2 Rxd3 37. Rc2 a5 38. Kg2 Kf7 39. Rf2 Kf6
40. Kf1 Re3 41. Rf4 Kg5 42. Rf2 Kf6 43. Rf4 Kg5 44. Rf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Masters 2026"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2026.02.28"]
[Round "8.19"]
[White "Dudin, Gleb"]
[Black "Lu, Maximillian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2596"]
[BlackElo "2424"]
[ECO "A20"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[WhiteFideId "34184934"]
[BlackFideId "2096242"]
[EventDate "2026.02.25"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c6 4. d4 e4 5. a3 d5 6. Nc3 h6 7. f3 exf3 8. Nxf3 Be6
9. O-O Nbd7 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. Qb3 Bd6 12. Nb5 Bb8 13. Bf4 O-O 14. Nc3 Ne4 15.
Rac1 Bxf4 16. gxf4 Ndf6 17. Qb4 a5 18. Qa4 Ng4 19. Nxe4 dxe4 20. Ne5 b5 21. Qd1
Ne3 22. Qd2 Nxf1 23. Rxf1 Bf5 24. d5 Qb6+ 25. e3 Rfd8 26. Rd1 Rac8 27. d6 Qc5
28. Bf1 f6 29. b4 axb4 30. axb4 Qa7 31. d7 Rc7 32. Qd5+ Kh7 33. Nf7 Qxe3+ 34.
Kh1 Bg4 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis Masters 2026"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2026.02.28"]
[Round "8.20"]
[White "Wang, Tianqi"]
[Black "Kadric, Denis"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2331"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[ECO "A01"]
[Opening "Nimzovich-Larsen attack"]
[WhiteFideId "2063824"]
[BlackFideId "14403803"]
[EventDate "2026.02.25"]

1. b3 d6 2. Bb2 e5 3. e4 Nf6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Nf3 c5 6. h3 O-O 7. Bc4 a6 8. a4 Nc6
9. d3 Na5 10. Nd2 Ne8 11. O-O Bg5 12. Bd5 Nc7 13. Nc4 Nxd5 14. Nxd5 Nxc4 15.
bxc4 f5 16. exf5 Bxf5 17. f4 exf4 18. Nxf4 Bf6 19. Bxf6 Qxf6 20. Rb1 Bd7 21. Nd5
Qg5 22. Rf3 Bc6 23. Rxf8+ Rxf8 24. Qg4 Qxg4 25. hxg4 Bxa4 26. Rxb7 Bxc2 27. Ne7+
Kh8 28. Nf5 Bxd3 29. Nxd6 h6 30. Rc7 Ra8 31. Rxc5 a5 32. Rd5 Be2 33. c5 a4 34.
Rd2 Bxg4 35. c6 Ra6 36. Nb5 Rxc6 37. Rd8+ Kh7 38. Ra8 Bd1 39. Ra7 h5 40. Nd4 Rf6
41. Nb5 Rf4 42. Nd6 Bb3 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis Masters 2026"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2026.02.28"]
[Round "8.21"]
[White "Celik, Hasan Huseyin"]
[Black "Park, Evan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2419"]
[ECO "C65"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Berlin defence"]
[WhiteFideId "44506759"]
[BlackFideId "30931142"]
[EventDate "2026.02.25"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 d6 5. O-O a6 6. Bxc6+ bxc6 7. Re1 c5 8. c3
Be7 9. d4 cxd4 10. cxd4 exd4 11. Nxd4 Bd7 12. Nc3 O-O 13. h3 Re8 14. Qf3 h6 15.
Bf4 c5 16. Nc2 Bc6 17. Ne3 Qd7 18. Rad1 Bf8 19. Nc4 Qe6 20. Nxd6 Red8 21. Qe3
Bxd6 22. Bxd6 Rxd6 23. Rxd6 Qxd6 24. e5 Qd4 25. exf6 Re8 26. Qc1 Rxe1+ 27. Qxe1
Qxf6 28. Qe3 Qg6 29. f3 Qc2 30. b3 Qf5 31. Kf2 Qc2+ 32. Kf1 Qf5 33. Ke1 a5 34.
Kd1 a4 35. bxa4 Bxa4+ 36. Ke1 Bc6 37. Kf2 Bd7 38. Kg1 Bc6 39. Kh1 g5 40. a4 h5
41. Kg1 g4 42. fxg4 hxg4 43. Qg3 Kh7 44. Qxg4 Qxg4 45. hxg4 Kg6 46. Kf2 Kg5 47.
Kg3 c4 48. a5 Bb7 49. Nb5 Bc6 50. Nc3 Bb7 51. Nb1 f6 52. Nc3 f5 53. gxf5 Kxf5
54. Kf2 Ke5 55. Ne2 Bxg2 56. Kxg2 Kd5 57. Kf3 Kc6 58. Nd4+ Kb7 59. Ke4 Ka6 60.
Kd5 Kxa5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Masters 2026"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2026.02.28"]
[Round "8.22"]
[White "Bilovil, Bogdan"]
[Black "Pyrih, Roman"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2446"]
[BlackElo "2403"]
[ECO "C41"]
[Opening "Philidor"]
[Variation "Hanham variation"]
[WhiteFideId "14168766"]
[BlackFideId "14179156"]
[EventDate "2026.02.25"]

1. e4 e5 2. d4 d6 3. Nf3 Nd7 4. Bc4 Be7 5. dxe5 Nxe5 6. Nxe5 dxe5 7. Qh5 g6 8.
Qxe5 Nf6 9. Bh6 Qd6 10. Qxd6 cxd6 11. Nc3 Be6 12. Bb3 O-O-O 13. Rd1 Ng4 14. Bg7
Rhe8 15. Bd4 Bxb3 16. axb3 d5 17. Nxd5 Bb4+ 18. Kf1 Rxe4 19. c4 a5 20. f3 Ne3+
21. Ke2 Nxd5+ 22. fxe4 Nf4+ 23. Kf3 Ne6 24. Bc3 Re8 25. Bxb4 axb4 26. Rd5 Kc7
27. Ra1 Kc6 28. Raa5 f6 29. h4 Nc7 30. Rd1 Re7 31. Ra4 Na6 32. Rd8 Kc7 33. Rf8
Nc5 34. Raa8 Nxe4 35. Rac8+ Kb6 36. Rce8 Nd2+ 37. Kf4 Rxe8 38. Rxe8 Nxb3 39. Ke4
Kc5 40. Rc8+ Kd6 41. Rd8+ Kc5 42. Kd3 Nc1+ 43. Ke3 Nb3 44. Rc8+ Kd6 45. Rh8 Kc5
46. Rxh7 Kxc4 47. Rxb7 Na5 48. Ra7 Nc6 49. Rc7 Kd5 50. Rxc6 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Masters 2026"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2026.02.28"]
[Round "8.23"]
[White "Tiglon, Bryce"]
[Black "Bilych, Oleksii"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2450"]
[ECO "C95"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "closed, Breyer, Borisenko variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2087456"]
[BlackFideId "14156504"]
[EventDate "2026.02.25"]

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 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Bc2 Re8 13. Nf1 Bf8 14. Ng3 a5 15.
Bd2 a4 16. Bd3 c6 17. Qc2 Qc7 18. Rad1 h6 19. Be3 Nb6 20. b3 axb3 21. axb3 Nbd7
22. b4 Nb6 23. dxe5 dxe5 24. Nd2 Bc8 25. Rb1 Be6 26. c4 bxc4 27. Nxc4 Nxc4 28.
Bxc4 Qb7 29. Rec1 Ra3 30. Bc5 Bxc5 31. bxc5 Qe7 32. Bxe6 Qxe6 33. Rd1 Rc8 34.
Rd6 Qe8 35. Nf5 Ra7 36. Nxh6+ gxh6 37. Rxf6 Kg7 38. Qd2 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Masters 2026"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2026.02.28"]
[Round "8.24"]
[White "Gazik, Viktor"]
[Black "Atwell, Rose"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2537"]
[BlackElo "2337"]
[ECO "C11"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "Steinitz variation"]
[WhiteFideId "14928752"]
[BlackFideId "30951011"]
[EventDate "2026.02.25"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Nce2 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Nf3 Be7 8. a3
O-O 9. Nf4 Qa5 10. Ra2 Nxd4 11. Nxd4 cxd4 12. b4 Qb6 13. cxd4 a5 14. b5 f6 15.
exf6 Nxf6 16. Bd3 Ne4 17. Be3 Bg5 18. g3 Bxf4 19. Bxf4 Qxd4 20. O-O Qf6 21. Bxe4
dxe4 22. Qb3 a4 23. Qc4 Bd7 24. Rd2 Rfc8 25. Qb4 Be8 26. Rd6 Qf5 27. Rb6 e5 28.
Be3 Rc7 29. Re1 Bh5 30. Qd6 Rd7 31. Qe6+ Qxe6 32. Rxe6 Re8 33. Rxe8+ Bxe8 34.
Rc1 Rd5 35. Rc5 Rxc5 36. Bxc5 Bxb5 37. Bd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Masters 2026"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2026.02.28"]
[Round "8.25"]
[White "Heimann, Mark"]
[Black "Narayanan, Samrug"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2511"]
[BlackElo "2438"]
[ECO "C45"]
[Opening "Scotch"]
[Variation "Schmidt variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2028441"]
[BlackFideId "30914051"]
[EventDate "2026.02.25"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. Qe2 Qe7 7. Nc3 d5 8.
Bg5 d4 9. Nb1 Qxe4 10. Bxf6 Qxe2+ 11. Bxe2 gxf6 12. Nd2 Rb8 13. O-O-O Be6 14.
Kb1 c5 15. Rhe1 Bd6 16. g3 O-O 17. Bc4 Rfe8 18. Re2 Bg4 19. f3 Rxe2 20. Bxe2 Bd7
21. Re1 Re8 22. Kc1 f5 23. f4 Kg7 24. Kd1 Rb8 25. b3 Kf6 26. Bc4 Bc6 27. Ke2 h5
28. Kf2 h4 29. Bf1 hxg3+ 30. hxg3 Rh8 31. Bg2 Bb5 32. Rh1 Re8 33. Re1 Rh8 34.
Rh1 Re8 35. Re1 Rb8 36. Bf1 Bc6 37. Bg2 Bd7 38. Bd5 Bb5 39. Rh1 Re8 40. Nc4 Kg6
41. Re1 Rh8 42. Kg2 Rd8 43. a4 Ba6 44. Na5 Kf6 45. Bb7 Bxb7+ 46. Nxb7 Rg8 47.
Kf3 c4 48. bxc4 Rb8 49. Rb1 Bf8 50. Rb3 Re8 51. Kf2 Re6 52. Rb5 Rc6 53. Na5 Ra6
54. Nb3 Rxa4 55. Nxd4 c5 56. Nc6 Rxc4 57. Rb2 Ke6 58. Nxa7 Bg7 59. Ra2 Rb4 60.
Nc6 Rb6 61. Ne5 Bxe5 62. fxe5 Kxe5 63. Ke3 Rg6 64. Kf3 Rg4 65. Ra3 Rc4 66. Re3+
Re4 67. Rc3 c4 68. Ra3 Kd4 69. Ra5 Re3+ 70. Kf2 Rc3 71. Rxf5 Rxc2+ 72. Ke1 Rg2
73. Rxf7 Kc3 74. Rg7 Kc2 75. g4 c3 76. Kf1 Rh2 77. Rc7 Kd3 78. Rd7+ Ke4 79. Re7+
Kf3 80. Rf7+ Kxg4 81. Ke1 c2 82. Rc7 Kf4 83. Rc8 Ke4 84. Rc3 Kd4 85. Rc8 Kd3 86.
Rd8+ Kc3 87. Rc8+ Kb2 88. Rb8+ Kc1 89. Re8 Rh3 90. Rb8 Re3+ 91. Kf2 Kd2 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis Masters 2026"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2026.02.28"]
[Round "8.26"]
[White "Ostrovskiy, Aleksandr"]
[Black "Repka, Christopher"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2367"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[ECO "C79"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Steinitz defence deferred (Russian defence)"]
[WhiteFideId "2034239"]
[BlackFideId "14918781"]
[EventDate "2026.02.25"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O d6 6. c4 Nxe4 7. d4 Bd7 8. Qe2
Nf6 9. Bxc6 Bxc6 10. dxe5 Qe7 11. Re1 dxe5 12. Nxe5 O-O-O 13. Nc3 Qe6 14. Nxc6
Qxc6 15. Bg5 Bb4 16. Nd5 Nxd5 17. Bxd8 Bxe1 18. cxd5 Qxd5 19. Bxc7 Bxf2+ 20.
Qxf2 Kxc7 21. Qg3+ Kb6 22. Qxg7 Rc8 23. Qf6+ Rc6 24. Qf2+ Qc5 25. Re1 Rd6 26.
Qxc5+ Kxc5 27. Re7 Rd1+ 28. Kf2 Rd2+ 29. Kf3 Rxb2 30. Rxf7 b5 31. Rxh7 Rxa2 32.
h4 Ra3+ 33. Kf4 b4 34. Rb7 b3 35. h5 Ra4+ 36. Kg3 Rb4 37. Rxb4 Kxb4 38. h6 b2
39. h7 b1=Q 40. h8=Q Qd3+ 41. Kf2 Qd2+ 42. Kf3 a5 43. Qb8+ Ka3 44. g4 a4 45.
Qf8+ Kb2 46. Qf6+ Kb1 47. Qb6+ Ka2 48. Qf2 Qxf2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Masters 2026"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2026.02.28"]
[Round "8.27"]
[White "Bok, Benjamin"]
[Black "Yu, Jennifer"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2592"]
[BlackElo "2309"]
[ECO "C55"]
[Opening "Two knights defence (Modern bishop's opening)"]
[WhiteFideId "1017063"]
[BlackFideId "2078341"]
[EventDate "2026.02.25"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 h6 5. c3 d6 6. O-O g5 7. a4 a5 8. Qb3 Qe7
9. Nbd2 Bg7 10. Re1 Nd7 11. Nf1 g4 12. N3d2 Nc5 13. Qd1 h5 14. Ne3 Be6 15. Bb5
Kf8 16. Ndf1 Qf6 17. Bc4 Bxc4 18. Nxc4 Ne7 19. Nxa5 Nxe4 20. dxe4 Rxa5 21. Qb3
b6 22. Qc4 Ra7 23. a5 Qe6 24. Qxe6 fxe6 25. b4 bxa5 26. Be3 Ra8 27. Ra4 Ke8 28.
Rea1 Kd7 29. Rxa5 Rab8 30. b5 Rb7 31. c4 Rhb8 32. Ra8 d5 33. R8a4 Nc8 34. Ng3 h4
35. Nh5 Bh8 36. exd5 exd5 37. cxd5 Rxb5 38. Kf1 Rxd5 39. Rxg4 e4 40. Ng7 Nd6 41.
Rc1 c6 42. h3 Rg8 43. Nh5 Rxg4 44. hxg4 Bb2 45. Rc2 Be5 46. Ke2 Nb5 47. Rd2 Nc3+
48. Ke1 Nb5 49. Bg5 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Masters 2026"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2026.02.28"]
[Round "8.28"]
[White "Kiolbasa, Oliwia"]
[Black "Boyer, Mahel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2397"]
[BlackElo "2486"]
[ECO "B00"]
[Opening "KP"]
[Variation "Nimzovich defence"]
[WhiteFideId "1154613"]
[BlackFideId "45102422"]
[EventDate "2026.02.25"]

1. e4 Nc6 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Be2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Re1 a6 8. Bf1
b5 9. d5 Ne5 10. Nxe5 dxe5 11. dxe6 Bxe6 12. Bg5 c6 13. Qf3 Nd7 14. Bxe7 Qxe7
15. a4 g6 16. Nd1 Nc5 17. axb5 axb5 18. Ne3 Rfd8 19. g3 h5 20. h4 Kg7 21. Bg2
Ra4 22. Rxa4 Nxa4 23. b3 Qb4 24. Rd1 Rxd1+ 25. Qxd1 Nc3 26. Qa1 Qd4 27. Qa8 Qd2
28. Qa1 b4 29. Bf3 Qd4 30. Kg2 Bg4 31. Nxg4 hxg4 32. Bxg4 Qxe4+ 33. Bf3 Qxc2 34.
Bxc6 Qxb3 35. Bf3 Qc4 36. h5 e4 37. Bg4 e3 38. Bf3 e2 39. hxg6 Kxg6 40. Qh1 Qb5
41. Qc1 Qe5 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis Masters 2026"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2026.02.28"]
[Round "8.29"]
[White "Rosen, Eric"]
[Black "Kuru, Atilla"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2377"]
[BlackElo "2450"]
[ECO "D02"]
[Opening "Queen's bishop game"]
[WhiteFideId "2032562"]
[BlackFideId "51607948"]
[EventDate "2026.02.25"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 Nf6 3. Nf3 c5 4. e3 Nc6 5. Nbd2 Nh5 6. Be5 e6 7. Bb5 Bd7 8. c4
cxd4 9. exd4 a6 10. Bxc6 Bxc6 11. c5 a5 12. O-O Be7 13. Re1 O-O 14. Rc1 a4 15.
Qc2 Qa5 16. Re3 Rfc8 17. g4 Nf6 18. Ng5 h6 19. Bxf6 Bxf6 20. Qh7+ Kf8 21. Ngf3
Ke7 22. Nf1 Rh8 23. Qc2 Qc7 24. Ng3 Qf4 25. h3 h5 26. Qd2 Kd7 27. gxh5 Rag8 28.
Kg2 g5 29. Rd1 g4 30. hxg4 Qxg4 31. Rh1 Rxh5 32. Rxh5 Qxh5 33. b4 Bb5 34. Re1
Qg4 35. Rh1 Qe4 36. Re1 Qf5 37. Re3 Qg4 38. Qd1 Kc8 39. Re1 Rh8 40. Rh1 Rxh1 41.
Kxh1 Bh4 42. Kg2 Bxg3 43. fxg3 Qe4 44. Kf2 a3 45. Ne5 f6 46. Nf7 Qf5+ 47. Kg1
Kd7 48. Nd6 Qd3 49. Qxd3 Bxd3 50. Nxb7 e5 51. Nd6 Kc6 52. dxe5 fxe5 53. Nf7 Bb1
54. Nxe5+ Kb5 55. Nf3 Kxb4 56. c6 Kc5 57. c7 Bf5 58. Kf2 Kb6 59. Nd4 Bd7 60. Nc2
Kxc7 61. Nxa3 Kd6 62. Nc2 Kc5 63. Ke3 Kc4 64. Nd4 Kc3 65. Ne2+ Kc4 66. Nd4 Kc3
67. Nf3 Bg4 68. Ne5 d4+ 69. Ke4 Bh5 70. a4 d3 71. Nxd3 Bg6+ 72. Kd5 Bxd3 73. Kc5
Be2 74. a5 Kd3 75. a6 Ke3 76. Kd6 Bxa6 77. g4 Kf4 78. g5 Kxg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Masters 2026"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2026.02.28"]
[Round "8.30"]
[White "Rorrer, Grayson"]
[Black "Antova, Gabriela"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2415"]
[BlackElo "2168"]
[ECO "C70"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Cozio defence deferred"]
[WhiteFideId "30944996"]
[BlackFideId "2915235"]
[EventDate "2026.02.25"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nge7 5. c3 Ng6 6. d4 exd4 7. Nxd4 Be7 8.
O-O O-O 9. f4 b5 10. Bc2 Bb7 11. Be3 Re8 12. Nd2 Bf8 13. Qg4 Na5 14. Rae1 d5 15.
e5 Bc8 16. Qh5 f6 17. Bxg6 hxg6 18. Qxg6 c5 19. exf6 Qxf6 20. Qxe8 cxd4 21. Bxd4
Qf7 22. Bc5 Bb7 23. Qxf7+ Kxf7 24. Bxf8 Rxf8 25. Re5 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Masters 2026"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2026.02.28"]
[Round "8.31"]
[White "Caglar, Sila"]
[Black "Abrahamyan, Tatev"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "WIM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2215"]
[BlackElo "2378"]
[ECO "C15"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "Winawer (Nimzovich) variation"]
[WhiteFideId "6364063"]
[BlackFideId "13301918"]
[EventDate "2026.02.25"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. exd5 exd5 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. a3 Be7 7. h3 O-O 8. Nf3
Nbd7 9. O-O Re8 10. Bf4 c6 11. Qd2 Nf8 12. Rfe1 Be6 13. Re2 a6 14. Be5 b6 15.
Ng5 c5 16. Nxe6 fxe6 17. b3 N6d7 18. f4 Nxe5 19. dxe5 b5 20. Ree1 c4 21. Bf1 b4
22. Na4 cxb3 23. axb4 bxc2 24. Kh2 a5 25. bxa5 Qxa5 26. Qxc2 Qb4 27. g3 Ra5 28.
Reb1 Qd4 29. Ra2 Rea8 30. Rba1 Bb4 31. Bd3 Qe3 32. Qe2 Qxe2+ 33. Bxe2 Nd7 34.
Bd1 Nc5 35. Kg2 Ne4 36. Bc2 Nd2 37. Bd1 Nc4 38. Bb3 g5 39. fxg5 Nxe5 40. Nb6
Rxa2+ 41. Rxa2 Rb8 42. Nxd5 exd5 43. Bxd5+ Kh8 44. Ra8 Rxa8 45. Bxa8 Be1 46. Be4
Kg7 47. h4 Nc4 48. Bd3 Ne5 49. Be4 Bb4 50. Bf5 Bd6 51. Kh3 Nc4 52. Be4 Nd2 53.
Bd3 Nf3 54. Be4 Ng1+ 55. Kg4 Ne2 56. h5 Nxg3 57. h6+ Kh8 58. Bd3 Nh1 59. Kf3 Bc5
60. Bf5 Nf2 61. Bc2 Bb6 62. Kg3 Ba7 63. Kf3 Nh3 64. Kg4 Nf2+ 65. Kf3 Bc5 66. Kg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Masters 2026"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2026.02.28"]
[Round "8.32"]
[White "Kavutskiy, Kostya"]
[Black "Gueci, Tea"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "WIM"]
[WhiteElo "2330"]
[BlackElo "2138"]
[ECO "D35"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "exchange, positional line, 5...c6"]
[WhiteFideId "2026384"]
[BlackFideId "872342"]
[EventDate "2026.02.25"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 Be7 7. Bd3 O-O 8. Nge2
Nbd7 9. O-O Re8 10. a4 a5 11. f3 Nf8 12. Bh4 Ne6 13. Qc2 g6 14. Rad1 Ng7 15. e4
dxe4 16. fxe4 Ng4 17. Bxe7 Qxe7 18. Qd2 f5 19. e5 Qh4 20. h3 Nh6 21. Nf4 g5 22.
Bc4+ Kh8 23. Nfe2 Bd7 24. Kh1 Rad8 25. Ng1 f4 26. Nf3 Qh5 27. Ne4 Ngf5 28. Nfxg5
Ne3 29. e6 Bc8 30. d5 Qg6 31. Rxf4 Nxd5 32. Bxd5 Rxd5 33. Qc3+ Qg7 34. Rxd5 cxd5
35. Nd6 d4 36. Qxd4 Qxd4 37. Rxd4 Rg8 38. Nxc8 Rxc8 39. e7 Ng8 40. Rd8 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Masters 2026"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2026.02.28"]
[Round "8.33"]
[White "Cervantes Landeiro, Thalia"]
[Black "Apaar Saxena"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2247"]
[BlackElo "2263"]
[ECO "D02"]
[Opening "Queen's bishop game"]
[WhiteFideId "3520498"]
[BlackFideId "25937219"]
[EventDate "2026.02.25"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bf4 c5 4. e3 Nc6 5. Nbd2 Qb6 6. dxc5 Qxb2 7. Rb1 Qc3 8.
Bb5 g6 9. O-O Bg7 10. Nb3 O-O 11. Bxc6 bxc6 12. Be5 Qc4 13. Nfd4 Qa4 14. Ne2 Ba6
15. Re1 Bc4 16. Nc3 Qa3 17. Qd4 Nh5 18. Bxg7 Nxg7 19. Nd2 Ba6 20. Rb3 Qa5 21.
Qb4 Qxb4 22. Rxb4 e5 23. Ra4 Bc8 24. Rb1 Ne6 25. Ra5 f6 26. e4 d4 27. Na4 Nc7
28. f3 Ba6 29. Rb3 Bb5 30. Nb2 Rfb8 31. g4 Ne6 32. a4 Nxc5 33. axb5 Nxb3 34.
cxb3 cxb5 35. Nd3 Rc8 36. Kf2 Rc3 37. Nb4 Rc5 38. Ke2 a6 39. Nd5 Kf7 40. Kd1 Ke6
41. b4 Rxd5 42. exd5+ Kxd5 43. Ke2 f5 44. gxf5 gxf5 45. Kd3 Re8 46. Rxa6 e4+ 47.
fxe4+ fxe4+ 48. Ke2 Rg8 49. Rh6 Rg2+ 50. Ke1 d3 51. Rh5+ Kd4 52. Rh4 Kc3 53.
Nxe4+ Kc2 54. Kf1 d2 55. Nxd2 Rxd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Masters 2026"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2026.02.28"]
[Round "8.34"]
[White "Chirilov, James A"]
[Black "Paciorkowski, Lev"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2264"]
[BlackElo "2315"]
[ECO "A05"]
[Opening "Reti"]
[Variation "King's Indian attack"]
[WhiteFideId "30976677"]
[BlackFideId "30904625"]
[EventDate "2026.02.25"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. b3 Bg7 4. Bb2 d5 5. c4 O-O 6. cxd5 Qxd5 7. Bg2 c5 8. O-O
Qh5 9. Re1 Bh3 10. Bh1 Nc6 11. d3 Rac8 12. Nbd2 Rfd8 13. Rc1 b5 14. Qc2 Nb4 15.
Qb1 Bh6 16. a3 Nbd5 17. b4 cxb4 18. Rxc8 Rxc8 19. axb4 Nc3 20. Bxc3 Rxc3 21. Qb2
Rc7 22. Bg2 Bxg2 23. Kxg2 Qd5 24. Nb3 Bg7 25. Qb1 Nd7 26. d4 Rc4 27. Na5 Rc7 28.
e4 Qd6 29. d5 Nb6 30. Rd1 Na4 31. Re1 e6 32. Qd3 a6 33. Qb3 Rc3 34. Qd1 exd5 35.
exd5 h6 36. Nb7 Qd7 37. d6 Qxb7 38. Re7 Nb2 39. d7 Bf8 40. d8=Q Qxe7 41. Qxe7
Nxd1 42. Qd7 Rxf3 43. Kxf3 Nb2 44. Qc6 Nd3 45. Qxa6 Nxb4 46. Qxb5 Nc2 47. Qd7
Nb4 48. Ke4 Na6 49. Qe8 Nc7 50. Qc8 Nb5 51. Ke5 Nd6 52. Qa8 Kg7 53. f4 h5 54.
Qxf8+ Kxf8 55. Kxd6 Ke8 56. f5 Kf8 57. f6 Ke8 58. Kc7 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Masters 2026"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2026.03.01"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Sonis, Francesco"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2561"]
[BlackElo "2795"]
[ECO "B22"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Alapin's variation (2.c3)"]
[WhiteFideId "895733"]
[BlackFideId "2020009"]
[EventDate "2026.02.25"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. d4 e6 6. Bd3 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. Qe2
cxd4 9. cxd4 Nc6 10. Rd1 Nb4 11. Nc3 Qd8 12. Bg5 Nxd3 13. Qxd3 h6 14. Bh4 b6 15.
d5 Nxd5 16. Bxe7 Qxe7 17. Nxd5 exd5 18. Qxd5 Be6 19. Qe5 Rad8 20. Nd4 Qd7 21.
Rd2 Qd6 22. Qxd6 Rxd6 23. a3 Rfd8 24. Rad1 g5 25. f3 Kh7 26. Kf2 Kg6 27. g3 a5
28. Nb3 Rxd2+ 29. Rxd2 Rxd2+ 30. Nxd2 Kf5 31. Ke3 Ke5 32. Kd3 b5 33. Kc3 f5 34.
Kd3 f4 35. gxf4+ Kxf4 36. Ke2 a4 37. Kf2 Bd5 38. Ke2 h5 39. Kf2 h4 40. Ke2 Bc4+
41. Nxc4 bxc4 42. Kf2 g4 43. fxg4 Kxg4 44. Kg2 Kf4 45. Kf2 h3 46. Ke2 Ke4 47.
Kd2 Kf3 48. Kd1 Ke3 49. Kc2 Kf2 50. Kd2 Kf3 51. Kd1 Ke3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Masters 2026"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2026.03.01"]
[Round "9.2"]
[White "Woodward, Andy"]
[Black "Antipov, Mikhail Al."]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2608"]
[BlackElo "2591"]
[ECO "E60"]
[Opening "King's Indian, 3.Nf3"]
[WhiteFideId "30953499"]
[BlackFideId "4107012"]
[EventDate "2026.02.25"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 c6 5. Nc3 d5 6. Qb3 O-O 7. Bg2 Qb6 8. O-O
Rd8 9. cxd5 Qxb3 10. axb3 Nxd5 11. e4 Nb4 12. Bg5 Kf8 13. Rfd1 h6 14. Bf4 N8a6
15. d5 Bd7 16. Ne5 Be8 17. Nc4 g5 18. Bd2 Nc2 19. Ra5 Nab4 20. Na2 Nd3 21. Nc1
Nxc1 22. Bxc1 b5 23. Na3 Nd4 24. Be3 Nxb3 25. Ra6 cxd5 26. exd5 Rd6 27. Rxa7
Rxa7 28. Bxa7 Bxb2 29. Nc2 Ra6 30. Bb8 Bf6 31. d6 exd6 32. Bd5 Nc5 33. Nb4 Ra4
34. Nc6 Kg7 35. Rb1 Ne4 36. Re1 Bxc6 37. Bxc6 Nc3 38. Be8 Ra6 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis Masters 2026"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2026.03.01"]
[Round "9.3"]
[White "Lodici, Lorenzo"]
[Black "Kantor, Gergely"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[ECO "C85"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Exchange variation doubly deferred (DERLD)"]
[WhiteFideId "884189"]
[BlackFideId "751499"]
[EventDate "2026.02.25"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. Qe2 Qd6 8.
d4 Bg4 9. Nbd2 Nd7 10. Nc4 Qe6 11. Ncxe5 Nxe5 12. dxe5 O-O-O 13. h3 Bxf3 14.
Qxf3 Qxe5 15. Qf4 Bd6 16. Qxe5 Bxe5 17. Re1 Rhe8 18. Kf1 c5 19. f4 Bf6 20. Kf2
Bd4+ 21. Kf3 c4 22. Rb1 f5 23. e5 Kd7 24. Be3 Ke6 25. Red1 Bxe3 26. Kxe3 h6 27.
b3 Rxd1 28. Rxd1 cxb3 29. cxb3 g5 30. a4 Rg8 31. g3 Re8 32. Rd4 Rg8 33. Rb4
gxf4+ 34. Kxf4 Rd8 35. Rxb7 Rd4+ 36. Ke3 c5 37. a5 Kxe5 38. Re7+ Kf6 39. Ra7 Rd6
40. Rc7 Re6+ 41. Kd3 Rd6+ 42. Kc4 Rd4+ 43. Kxc5 Rd3 44. Rc6+ Ke5 45. b4 Rxg3 46.
Rxa6 f4 47. Ra8 f3 48. Rf8 Rg5 49. a6 Ke4+ 50. Kb6 Rg6+ 51. Ka5 Rg5+ 52. b5 Rg1
53. a7 Ra1+ 54. Kb6 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Masters 2026"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2026.03.01"]
[Round "9.4"]
[White "Hong, Andrew"]
[Black "Adewumi, Tanitoluwa"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2587"]
[BlackElo "2433"]
[ECO "C53"]
[Opening "Giuoco Piano"]
[WhiteFideId "2099438"]
[BlackFideId "30966396"]
[EventDate "2026.02.25"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. O-O a6 7. a4 Ba7 8. Re1 h6
9. Nbd2 Ng4 10. Re2 Ne7 11. d4 Ng6 12. h3 Nf6 13. Re1 O-O 14. Bb3 Re8 15. Bc2 b5
16. Nf1 Bb7 17. Ng3 c5 18. dxe5 dxe5 19. axb5 axb5 20. Qxd8 Rexd8 21. Be3 Bb6
22. b4 Nd7 23. Rxa8 Rxa8 24. Rd1 Bc6 25. Rd6 Rc8 26. Nf5 Kf8 27. Rd1 c4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Masters 2026"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2026.03.01"]
[Round "9.5"]
[White "Yip, Carissa"]
[Black "Bok, Benjamin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2466"]
[BlackElo "2592"]
[ECO "B12"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "advance variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2090732"]
[BlackFideId "1017063"]
[EventDate "2026.02.25"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Be2 e6 5. Nf3 Nd7 6. Nbd2 h6 7. a4 a5 8. Nb3 Ne7
9. Bd2 Bg6 10. O-O b6 11. Rc1 Rc8 12. Ne1 Nf5 13. c4 dxc4 14. Bxc4 Be7 15. Nd3
O-O 16. Nf4 Bh7 17. Qe2 Bg5 18. Rfd1 Qe7 19. g3 Rcd8 20. h4 Bxf4 21. Bxf4 Nb8
22. h5 b5 23. axb5 a4 24. Na5 cxb5 25. Bd3 Qb4 26. Bd2 Qxb2 27. Bc3 Qxe2 28.
Bxe2 Rd5 29. g4 Nh4 30. Bb4 Re8 31. Kh2 g5 32. Bd6 Be4 33. Kg3 f5 34. f3 f4+ 35.
Kf2 Rxd6 36. exd6 Bd5 37. Rc7 b4 38. Rdc1 Rf8 39. Rc8 Nd7 40. Bb5 Nb6 41. d7
Nxd7 42. Bxd7 a3 43. Rxf8+ Kxf8 44. Bc6 Ba2 45. Ba4 Bd5 46. Bb3 Bxf3 47. Bxe6
Be4 48. d5 Nf3 49. d6 Ne5 50. Rc8+ Kg7 51. d7 Nxd7 52. Bxd7 Bd5 53. Ba4 Be6 54.
Rc7+ Kf6 55. Rc6 a2 56. Rxe6+ Kxe6 57. Bb3+ Ke5 58. Bxa2 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Masters 2026"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2026.03.01"]
[Round "9.6"]
[White "Pranav, V"]
[Black "Can, Isik"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2641"]
[BlackElo "2562"]
[ECO "B42"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Kan, Polugaievsky variation"]
[WhiteFideId "25060783"]
[BlackFideId "6383742"]
[EventDate "2026.02.25"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Bc5 6. Nb3 Ba7 7. Qe2 Ne7 8. Nc3
O-O 9. Be3 Nbc6 10. O-O-O b5 11. Bxa7 Rxa7 12. e5 b4 13. Bxh7+ Kxh7 14. Qh5+ Kg8
15. Ne4 Ng6 16. Ng5 Re8 17. f4 Nce7 18. Nc5 d5 19. exd6 Nd5 20. Qh7+ Kf8 21.
Nce4 Qa5 22. h4 b3 23. a3 bxc2 24. Rxd5 exd5 25. h5 Rxe4 26. Nxe4 Ne7 27. h6 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Masters 2026"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2026.03.01"]
[Round "9.7"]
[White "Bharath, Subramaniyam H"]
[Black "Aryan, Chopra"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2631"]
[ECO "C48"]
[Opening "Four knights"]
[Variation "Rubinstein counter-gambit"]
[WhiteFideId "46634827"]
[BlackFideId "5084423"]
[EventDate "2026.02.25"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. Bc4 Bc5 6. Nxe5 Qe7 7. Nf3 d5 8.
Nxd5 Qxe4+ 9. Ne3 Bg4 10. Be2 Nxe2 11. Qxe2 O-O-O 12. d3 Qe6 13. Ng5 Qc6 14.
Nxg4 Qxg2 15. Nxf6 Qxh1+ 16. Qf1 Qc6 17. Qh3+ Kb8 18. Nfe4 Rhe8 19. Bd2 h6 20.
Nf3 Bb4 21. Bxb4 Qxc2 22. Nd2 Rxd3 23. Qf5 Qxb2 24. Rb1 Qxa2 25. Kf1 Qd5 26.
Qxd5 Rxd5 27. Bc3 f5 28. Ng3 g5 29. Ne2 Red8 30. Ke1 f4 31. f3 Rd3 32. Rb4 Re8
33. Kf2 Rxe2+ 34. Kxe2 Rxc3 35. h4 c5 36. Ra4 b6 37. hxg5 hxg5 38. Ne4 Rc2+ 39.
Kd3 Rg2 40. Nd6 a5 41. Re4 Kc7 42. Re6 a4 43. Kc4 Kd7 44. Rg6 a3 45. Nb5 a2 46.
Rd6+ Ke7 47. Rd1 Rb2 48. Nc3 b5+ 49. Kxc5 b4 50. Nxa2 Rxa2 51. Kxb4 Rc2 52. Kb3
Rc8 53. Ra1 Kf6 54. Kb2 g4 55. fxg4 Kg5 56. Rg1 f3 57. Rg3 Rf8 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis Masters 2026"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2026.03.01"]
[Round "9.8"]
[White "Mishra, Abhimanyu"]
[Black "Stremavicius, Titas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2629"]
[BlackElo "2547"]
[ECO "D35"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "exchange, positional line"]
[WhiteFideId "30920019"]
[BlackFideId "12804444"]
[EventDate "2026.02.25"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 c6 7. Bd3 Nbd7 8. Nf3
h6 9. Bf4 Nh5 10. Be5 Nhf6 11. O-O O-O 12. h3 Nxe5 13. dxe5 Nd7 14. Bc2 Re8 15.
Qd3 Nf8 16. Nd4 a5 17. f4 Bc5 18. Rad1 Ba7 19. Rf3 Qh4 20. a3 Bd7 21. b4 Qe7 22.
Rb1 b5 23. Kh1 Bxd4 24. exd4 axb4 25. axb4 f5 26. Nd1 Ng6 27. Ne3 Rf8 28. g4 Nh4
29. Rg3 Kh8 30. g5 g6 31. gxh6 Qh7 32. Ng2 Nxg2 33. Rxg2 Qxh6 34. Rbg1 Rg8 35.
Rg5 Qh4 36. Qe3 Kh7 37. Kh2 Ra2 38. R1g2 Be6 39. R5g3 Rg7 40. Qc1 Rg8 41. Qd2
Rg7 42. Qe3 Rg8 43. Qc3 Qxf4 44. Qxc6 Ra3 45. Qxe6 Rxg3 46. Rxg3 Qf2+ 47. Rg2
Qf4+ 48. Rg3 Qf2+ 49. Rg2 Qf4+ 50. Kh1 Qf1+ 51. Kh2 Qf4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Masters 2026"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2026.03.01"]
[Round "9.9"]
[White "Putnam, Liam"]
[Black "Durarbayli, Vasif"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2612"]
[ECO "C02"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "advance, Paulsen attack"]
[WhiteFideId "30938279"]
[BlackFideId "13402935"]
[EventDate "2026.02.25"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 cxd4 6. cxd4 Nge7 7. Na3 Nf5 8. Nc2
f6 9. Bd3 fxe5 10. Bxf5 e4 11. Bxe4 dxe4 12. Ng5 Qa5+ 13. Bd2 Qf5 14. Qe2 e3 15.
Bxe3 Nb4 16. Nxb4 Bxb4+ 17. Bd2 Qxg5 18. Bxb4 Qxg2 19. O-O-O Qd5 20. Kb1 Bd7 21.
Rhg1 g6 22. h4 Bc6 23. Rde1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Masters 2026"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2026.03.01"]
[Round "9.10"]
[White "Oparin, Grigoriy"]
[Black "Atanasov, Anthony"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2658"]
[BlackElo "2441"]
[ECO "C20"]
[Opening "KP"]
[Variation "Indian opening"]
[WhiteFideId "24125890"]
[BlackFideId "2623897"]
[EventDate "2026.02.25"]

1. e4 e5 2. d3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Ne2 a6 5. a3 Bc5 6. g3 h5 7. h3 Qf6 8. f4 Nge7
9. Qd2 d6 10. Bg2 Ba7 11. Rf1 Bd7 12. b4 Qh6 13. fxe5 Qxd2+ 14. Kxd2 dxe5 15.
Bb2 f6 16. Nd5 O-O-O 17. c4 Be6 18. Bc3 Rd7 19. Kc2 Nd8 20. a4 c6 21. Nxe7+ Rxe7
22. b5 Rd7 23. Rab1 Bc5 24. Rb2 cxb5 25. axb5 b6 26. bxa6 Nc6 27. Ra1 Kb8 28.
Nc1 Ka7 29. Bf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Masters 2026"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2026.03.01"]
[Round "9.11"]
[White "Shlyakhtenko, Robert"]
[Black "Quesada Perez, Yasser"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2453"]
[BlackElo "2562"]
[ECO "C26"]
[Opening "Vienna"]
[Variation "Falkbeer variation"]
[WhiteFideId "30936934"]
[BlackFideId "3509362"]
[EventDate "2026.02.25"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. d4 exd4 4. Qxd4 Nc6 5. Qd3 Bc5 6. Bf4 d6 7. O-O-O O-O 8.
f3 Be6 9. Qd2 a6 10. g4 b5 11. g5 Nh5 12. Be3 Bxe3 13. Qxe3 f6 14. Bh3 Bxh3 15.
Nxh3 fxg5 16. Nd5 h6 17. Rhg1 Ne7 18. Nxg5 Nxd5 19. Qb3 Nf4 20. Rxd5 Kh8 21. Rg4
Qe7 22. Rh4 Nxd5 23. Qxd5 c6 24. Qd2 Kg8 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis Masters 2026"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2026.03.01"]
[Round "9.12"]
[White "Akobian, Varuzhan"]
[Black "Raja, Harshit"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2549"]
[BlackElo "2472"]
[ECO "D45"]
[Opening "QGD semi-Slav"]
[Variation "Stoltz variation"]
[WhiteFideId "13300580"]
[BlackFideId "5089000"]
[EventDate "2026.02.25"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Be2 O-O 8. O-O
dxc4 9. Bxc4 b5 10. Be2 Bb7 11. Rd1 Qe7 12. e4 e5 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Nd4 g6 15.
f4 Bc5 16. fxe5 Qxe5 17. Be3 Rfd8 18. Qd3 Bb6 19. Bf2 b4 20. Na4 Nxe4 21. Nxb6
Nxf2 22. Kxf2 axb6 23. Qe3 Qf6+ 24. Nf3 Qxb2 25. Rxd8+ Rxd8 26. Qxb6 Rd7 27. Re1
Qc3 28. Rd1 Rxd1 29. Bxd1 Qb2+ 30. Be2 Qxa2 31. Qxb7 b3 32. Qc8+ Kg7 33. Qa6 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Masters 2026"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2026.03.01"]
[Round "9.13"]
[White "Lu, Maximillian"]
[Black "Hardaway, Brewington"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2424"]
[BlackElo "2544"]
[ECO "D35"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "exchange, positional line, 5...c6"]
[WhiteFideId "2096242"]
[BlackFideId "30941849"]
[EventDate "2026.02.25"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 h6 7. Bh4 Be7 8. Bd3
O-O 9. h3 Re8 10. Bg3 c5 11. Nge2 a6 12. dxc5 Nc6 13. O-O Bxc5 14. Bh4 g5 15.
Bg3 d4 16. exd4 Nxd4 17. Nxd4 Bxd4 18. Qd2 Bd7 19. Rad1 Rc8 20. Bh7+ Nxh7 21.
Qxd4 Bc6 22. Bd6 Qf6 23. Bb4 Qxd4 24. Rxd4 Rcd8 25. Rxd8 Rxd8 26. Rd1 Rxd1+ 27.
Nxd1 Nf6 28. Ne3 Nd5 29. Nxd5 Bxd5 30. a3 f5 31. f4 Kf7 32. h4 gxh4 33. Be1 Kg6
34. Bxh4 Kh5 35. g3 Kg4 36. Kf2 Bc6 37. Be7 Bd5 38. Bh4 Bc6 39. Be7 h5 40. Bd8
Be4 41. Be7 Bb1 42. Bf6 Ba2 43. Bg5 Kh3 44. Bh4 Bg8 45. Bg5 Kh2 46. Bh4 Bd5 47.
Bg5 Kh1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Masters 2026"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2026.03.01"]
[Round "9.14"]
[White "Kadric, Denis"]
[Black "Budisavljevic, Luka"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2501"]
[ECO "C00"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "Chigorin variation"]
[WhiteFideId "14403803"]
[BlackFideId "960047"]
[EventDate "2026.02.25"]

1. e4 e6 2. Qe2 Be7 3. g3 d5 4. d3 Nf6 5. Bg2 O-O 6. Nf3 b5 7. O-O c5 8. a4 b4
9. c4 bxc3 10. bxc3 Nc6 11. Na3 a6 12. Bf4 Ra7 13. h4 Re8 14. e5 Nd7 15. h5 h6
16. Nc2 Bb7 17. Rfd1 Ba8 18. d4 Nf8 19. Ne3 cxd4 20. cxd4 Qd7 21. Ng4 Nh7 22.
Bf1 Rc8 23. Qd2 Nb4 24. Rab1 a5 25. Bxh6 gxh6 26. Qxh6 Qd8 27. Rxb4 Bf8 28. Qf4
axb4 29. Bd3 Bg7 30. Bxh7+ Kxh7 31. Ng5+ Kh8 32. h6 Bf8 33. Nf6 b3 34. Qf3 Qc7
35. Nd7 Bxh6 36. Qh5 Qxd7 37. Qxh6+ Kg8 38. Kg2 f6 39. exf6 Qh7 40. Nxh7 Rxh7
41. Qg6+ Kh8 42. Rh1 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Masters 2026"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2026.03.01"]
[Round "9.15"]
[White "Mikaelyan, Arman"]
[Black "Matviishen, Viktor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2494"]
[BlackElo "2533"]
[ECO "D37"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "classical variation (5.Bf4)"]
[WhiteFideId "13304852"]
[BlackFideId "14129850"]
[EventDate "2026.02.25"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. a3 Nbd7 7. Nb5 Ne8 8. e3
dxc4 9. Bxc4 a6 10. Nc3 b5 11. Bd3 c5 12. d5 Nb6 13. dxe6 Bxe6 14. Qc2 h6 15.
Rd1 Qc8 16. Bh7+ Kh8 17. Be4 Ra7 18. Ne5 Bf6 19. O-O Bxe5 20. Bxe5 Nc4 21. Bg3
Nf6 22. Bd3 Rd7 23. Be2 Rfd8 24. Rxd7 Rxd7 25. Rd1 Rxd1+ 26. Nxd1 Qd7 27. f3 a5
28. Bf2 b4 29. e4 bxa3 30. bxa3 Nxa3 31. Qxc5 Qd2 32. Qe3 Qa2 33. h3 Bc4 34. Nc3
Qa1+ 35. Kh2 Bxe2 36. Nxe2 Qb2 37. Ng3 Nc4 38. Qc5 Ne5 39. Nf5 Kh7 40. Qd4 Qxd4
41. Bxd4 Nc4 42. Kg1 Ne8 43. Kf2 f6 44. Ke2 Ned6 45. Nxd6 Nxd6 46. Kd3 Kg6 47.
Bc5 Nf7 48. f4 f5 49. e5 Nd8 50. Kc4 Ne6 51. Be3 Kf7 52. Kb5 g5 53. g3 gxf4 54.
gxf4 Nf8 55. Kxa5 Ne6 56. Kb6 Ke8 57. Kc6 Ke7 58. Bd2 Nd4+ 59. Kd5 Ne6 60. Bc1
Nc7+ 61. Kc6 Ne6 62. Be3 Nd8+ 63. Kc7 Ne6+ 64. Kc8 Ke8 65. Kb7 Kd7 66. Kb6 Ke7
67. Kb5 Kd7 68. Kc4 Ke7 69. Kd3 Kf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Masters 2026"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2026.03.01"]
[Round "9.16"]
[White "Kevlishvili, Robby"]
[Black "Bilovil, Bogdan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2527"]
[BlackElo "2446"]
[ECO "C07"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "Tarrasch, open variation"]
[WhiteFideId "1040634"]
[BlackFideId "14168766"]
[EventDate "2026.02.25"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. Bb5 Bd7 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8.
Bd3 Bd6 9. Qe2 e5 10. c4 d4 11. c5 Bxc5 12. O-O Nf6 13. Nc4 Qe7 14. f4 exf4 15.
Bxf4 Ng4 16. h3 Ne3 17. Nxe3 dxe3 18. Bxe3 Bxe3+ 19. Qxe3 O-O 20. Rac1 a5 21.
Rf2 Rfd8 22. a3 Rab8 23. Bf1 Re8 24. Rc5 Qxe4 25. Qxe4 Rxe4 26. Rxa5 Be6 27. Rc5
Bd5 28. b4 Rd4 29. Rfc2 Kf8 30. b5 cxb5 31. Bxb5 Bb3 32. R2c3 Ba4 33. Bc4 g6 34.
Bd5 Rb5 35. Rxb5 Bxb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Masters 2026"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2026.03.01"]
[Round "9.17"]
[White "Fier, Alexandr"]
[Black "Celik, Hasan Huseyin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2572"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[ECO "E20"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian"]
[Variation "Kmoch variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2107139"]
[BlackFideId "44506759"]
[EventDate "2026.02.25"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 c5 5. d5 b5 6. e4 d6 7. Bd2 Bxc3 8. Bxc3 b4
9. Bd2 O-O 10. Be3 exd5 11. cxd5 Nfd7 12. Nh3 f5 13. Nf4 Ne5 14. Ne6 Bxe6 15.
dxe6 Nbc6 16. f4 Ng4 17. Bc4 Kh8 18. Qf3 Nxe3 19. Qxe3 Nd4 20. O-O-O Qf6 21.
Rhe1 fxe4 22. Qxe4 Rfe8 23. g4 Rad8 24. g5 Qg6 25. Qxg6 hxg6 26. Rxd4 cxd4 27.
Bd3 Kh7 28. h4 Re7 29. h5 Kg8 30. Bxg6 Rc7+ 31. Kd2 Kf8 32. f5 Ke7 33. h6 Rdc8
34. hxg7 Rc2+ 35. Kd3 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Masters 2026"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2026.03.01"]
[Round "9.18"]
[White "Park, Evan"]
[Black "Tiglon, Bryce"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2419"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[ECO "C60"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Cozio defence"]
[WhiteFideId "30931142"]
[BlackFideId "2087456"]
[EventDate "2026.02.25"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nge7 4. c3 d5 5. Nxe5 dxe4 6. d4 exd3 7. Qf3 Be6 8.
Nxc6 Nxc6 9. Bxc6+ bxc6 10. Qxc6+ Bd7 11. Qd5 Ba4 12. Qc4 Qd7 13. Bg5 Qc6 14.
Nd2 Qxc4 15. Nxc4 Bb5 16. b3 Bxc4 17. bxc4 Bc5 18. O-O-O Bxf2 19. Rxd3 O-O 20.
Rd7 f6 21. Bf4 Rae8 22. Rhd1 Re4 23. Bxc7 Rxc4 24. Kc2 Rc8 25. Rd8+ Rxd8 26.
Rxd8+ Kf7 27. Rd7+ Kg6 28. Bd6 Rg4 29. Bf8 Kh6 30. h3 Rg6 31. g4 Kg5 32. Rxg7
Rxg7 33. Bxg7 Kh4 34. Kd3 Kxh3 35. Ke2 Bg3 36. Kf3 Be5 37. g5 Bxc3 38. gxf6 h5
39. Bh8 Bb4 40. f7 Bf8 41. a4 Kh2 42. Be5+ Kh3 43. a5 a6 44. Bf6 h4 45. Bg5 Bb4
46. Bh6 Kh2 47. f8=Q Bxf8 48. Bxf8 h3 49. Bd6+ Kg1 50. Ke4 h2 51. Bxh2+ Kxh2 52.
Kd5 Kg3 53. Kc6 Kf4 54. Kb6 Ke5 55. Kxa6 Kd5 56. Kb7 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Masters 2026"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2026.03.01"]
[Round "9.19"]
[White "Alexakis, Dimitris"]
[Black "Kacharava, Nikolozi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2538"]
[BlackElo "2501"]
[ECO "B54"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Prins (Moscow) variation"]
[WhiteFideId "4277023"]
[BlackFideId "13611860"]
[EventDate "2026.02.25"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. f3 e5 6. Nb3 Be7 7. c4 a5 8. Be3
O-O 9. Nc3 Nc6 10. Be2 Nh5 11. Nd5 a4 12. Nd2 Nf4 13. O-O Bg5 14. Bb6 Qd7 15.
Nb1 Nd4 16. Bxd4 exd4 17. Nxf4 Bxf4 18. Qxd4 Qe6 19. g3 Qe5 20. Qxe5 Bxe5 21. a3
Bxb2 22. Ra2 Bd4+ 23. Kg2 g5 24. Rd1 Be5 25. Rc2 Be6 26. Nc3 f5 27. Nb5 fxe4 28.
fxe4 Rad8 29. Rcd2 Rf6 30. c5 Bb3 31. Rb1 d5 32. Bd1 Rc6 33. Bxb3 axb3 34. Rxb3
Rxc5 35. a4 d4 36. Rb4 d3 37. Kf3 Rc2 38. Rd1 h5 39. h3 Rh2 40. Rg1 Re2 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis Masters 2026"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2026.03.01"]
[Round "9.20"]
[White "Narayanan, Samrug"]
[Black "Harsha, Bharathakoti"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2438"]
[BlackElo "2538"]
[ECO "B62"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Richter-Rauzer, Keres variation"]
[WhiteFideId "30914051"]
[BlackFideId "5078776"]
[EventDate "2026.02.25"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd3 Bd7 8.
O-O-O a6 9. f4 Be7 10. Nf3 Rc8 11. Kb1 Qa5 12. a3 O-O 13. Be2 Rfd8 14. Nd2 b5
15. Nb3 Qc7 16. Qg3 b4 17. axb4 Nxb4 18. Rd4 a5 19. Rhd1 Bc6 20. R1d2 Rb8 21. e5
dxe5 22. Bxf6 Bxf6 23. Rxd8+ Bxd8 24. fxe5 Qb6 25. Nd4 Be7 26. Bb5 Ba8 27. Qf4
Qc7 28. g3 h6 29. h4 Rd8 30. Nb3 Rxd2 31. Nxd2 Qb6 32. b3 Qg1+ 33. Kb2 Nd5 34.
Nxd5 Bxd5 35. Bd3 Bc5 36. Nc4 Qe1 37. h5 a4 38. Nd6 a3+ 39. Ka2 f5 40. exf6 Qc3
41. f7+ Kf8 42. Nc4 Bxc4 43. Qb8+ Kxf7 44. Bg6+ Kf6 45. Qf4+ Ke7 46. Qc7+ Kf6
47. Qf7+ Ke5 48. Qf4+ Kd5 49. Be4+ 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Masters 2026"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2026.03.01"]
[Round "9.21"]
[White "Dudin, Gleb"]
[Black "Munkhdalai, Amilal"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2596"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[ECO "B22"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Alapin's variation (2.c3)"]
[WhiteFideId "34184934"]
[BlackFideId "4903250"]
[EventDate "2026.02.25"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. d4 Nc6 5. Nf3 cxd4 6. cxd4 e6 7. Nc3 Bb4 8.
Bd3 Nf6 9. O-O Qd8 10. a3 Be7 11. Re1 O-O 12. Bc2 b6 13. Qd3 Bb7 14. d5 exd5 15.
Bg5 Ne4 16. Nxe4 f5 17. Bxe7 fxe4 18. Rxe4 Rxf3 19. Qxf3 Nxe7 20. Re2 Nc6 21.
Rae1 Nd4 22. Bxh7+ Kxh7 23. Qh5+ Kg8 24. Re8+ Qxe8 25. Rxe8+ Rxe8 26. Qxe8+ Kh7
27. Qe7 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Masters 2026"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2026.03.01"]
[Round "9.22"]
[White "Atwell, Rose"]
[Black "Warmerdam, Max"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2337"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[ECO "B23"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "closed"]
[WhiteFideId "30951011"]
[BlackFideId "1048104"]
[EventDate "2026.02.25"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nge2 Nf6 4. g3 b5 5. Bg2 Bb7 6. d3 b4 7. Nb1 d5 8. e5 Nfd7
9. f4 Nc6 10. O-O Be7 11. Nd2 g6 12. c3 a5 13. Kh1 h5 14. h3 Qc7 15. a3 Rd8 16.
Nf3 Ba6 17. Be3 Rb8 18. axb4 cxb4 19. c4 dxc4 20. dxc4 Rd8 21. Nfd4 Nxd4 22.
Nxd4 Bc5 23. Qa4 Bb7 24. Qxa5 Bxg2+ 25. Kxg2 Qb7+ 26. Rf3 Qe4 27. Nxe6 fxe6 28.
Bxc5 g5 29. fxg5 Nxc5 30. Qxc5 Rd2+ 31. Kg1 Qxf3 32. Qc8+ Rd8 33. Qxe6+ Kf8 34.
Rf1 Rd1 35. Qd6+ Kg8 36. Qe6+ Kf8 37. Qd6+ Kg8 38. Qe6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Masters 2026"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2026.03.01"]
[Round "9.23"]
[White "Pyrih, Roman"]
[Black "Gazik, Viktor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2403"]
[BlackElo "2537"]
[ECO "B68"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Richter-Rauzer, Rauzer attack, 7...a6 defence, 9...Be7"]
[WhiteFideId "14179156"]
[BlackFideId "14928752"]
[EventDate "2026.02.25"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O Bd7 9. f4 Be7 10. Kb1 b5 11. a3 Qb6 12. Nf3 Rd8 13. Bd3 h6 14. Bh4 b4 15.
axb4 Nxb4 16. e5 dxe5 17. fxe5 Nfd5 18. Nxd5 Nxd5 19. Bxe7 Nxe7 20. Be4 O-O 21.
Qd4 Qa5 22. Qd2 Qb6 23. Qd4 Qa5 24. Qd2 Qb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Masters 2026"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2026.03.01"]
[Round "9.24"]
[White "Repka, Christopher"]
[Black "Rorrer, Grayson"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2415"]
[ECO "D05"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[WhiteFideId "14918781"]
[BlackFideId "30944996"]
[EventDate "2026.02.25"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. e3 d5 4. Bd3 c5 5. O-O c4 6. Be2 b5 7. b3 Bb7 8. Nbd2 Bd6
9. a4 a6 10. bxc4 bxc4 11. Rb1 Bc6 12. e4 Nxe4 13. Nxe4 dxe4 14. Nd2 c3 15. Nc4
O-O 16. Rb3 Bxa4 17. Rxc3 Bb4 18. Rg3 Re8 19. Bh6 Bf8 20. Qa1 Bb5 21. d5 g6 22.
Bxf8 Rxf8 23. dxe6 fxe6 24. Ne5 Bxe2 25. Nxg6 Rf6 26. Nf4+ Kf7 27. Nxe2 Nc6 28.
Qa4 Ne7 29. Qxe4 Ng6 30. Qb7+ Ne7 31. Nc3 Qc8 32. Qe4 Ng6 33. h4 Rf4 34. Rf3
Rxf3 35. Qxf3+ Kg8 36. h5 Nf8 37. Qg3+ Kh8 38. Qe5+ Kg8 39. Qg5+ Kh8 40. Qf6+
Kg8 41. Rd1 Qc5 42. Rd3 Qxh5 43. Rg3+ Ng6 44. Qxe6+ Kg7 45. Qd7+ Kg8 46. Rh3 Nf8
47. Qb7 Qe8 48. Ne4 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Masters 2026"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2026.03.01"]
[Round "9.25"]
[White "Boyer, Mahel"]
[Black "Ostrovskiy, Aleksandr"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2486"]
[BlackElo "2367"]
[ECO "B12"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "advance variation"]
[WhiteFideId "45102422"]
[BlackFideId "2034239"]
[EventDate "2026.02.25"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Bg6 6. O-O a6 7. c3 c5 8. Be3 Nd7
9. g3 Ne7 10. Nh4 Nf5 11. Nxf5 Bxf5 12. g4 Bg6 13. f4 f6 14. Nd2 cxd4 15. cxd4
Qb6 16. exf6 gxf6 17. f5 Bf7 18. Kh1 Be7 19. fxe6 Bxe6 20. Bd3 O-O-O 21. Bf5
Bxf5 22. Rxf5 Nb8 23. Nb1 Qxb2 24. Nc3 Nc6 25. Nxd5 Bd6 26. Rf2 Qb5 27. Qf3 Kb8
28. a4 Qd3 29. Nxf6 Rhf8 30. Rd1 Qb3 31. d5 Rxf6 32. Ba7+ Nxa7 33. Qxb3 Rxf2 34.
Qb6 Rxh2+ 35. Kg1 Bc7 36. Qf6 Rc2 37. d6 Bb6+ 38. Kh1 Nc6 39. Rb1 Ka7 40. a5
Bxa5 41. Qf7 Bb4 42. Qf5 Rc4 43. Qf2+ Ka8 44. Qf3 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis Masters 2026"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2026.03.01"]
[Round "9.26"]
[White "Heimann, Mark"]
[Black "Wang, Tianqi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2511"]
[BlackElo "2331"]
[ECO "C00"]
[Opening "St. George defence"]
[WhiteFideId "2028441"]
[BlackFideId "2063824"]
[EventDate "2026.02.25"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 a6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bd3 c5 5. dxc5 Bxc5 6. exd5 exd5 7. Nxd5 Bxf2+ 8.
Kxf2 Qxd5 9. Qf3 Nf6 10. Qxd5 Nxd5 11. Be4 Ne7 12. b3 Nbc6 13. Ba3 Bf5 14. Bxf5
Nxf5 15. Re1+ Kd7 16. Nf3 Rae8 17. g4 Nfe7 18. Ng5 h6 19. Ne4 Nc8 20. Bb2 Reg8
21. Re3 Kc7 22. Rd1 f6 23. Nc5 Nb6 24. Ne6+ Kc8 25. h4 Nd7 26. Kg3 Re8 27. Rde1
Rhg8 28. h5 g6 29. hxg6 Rxg6 30. Nf4 Rxe3+ 31. Rxe3 Rg8 32. Kh4 Nde5 33. Rg3 Kd7
34. c4 b5 35. cxb5 axb5 36. Nd5 Rg6 37. a3 Kd6 38. Ne3 Ke6 39. Ng2 Rg8 40. Nf4+
Kf7 41. Nd3 Ng6+ 42. Kh3 Rd8 43. Kh2 Nce5 44. Nxe5+ Nxe5 45. Bxe5 fxe5 46. Rc3
Kf6 47. Kg3 Rd2 48. Kf3 Kg5 49. Re3 Kf6 50. Rc3 Kg5 51. Re3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Masters 2026"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2026.03.01"]
[Round "9.27"]
[White "Bilych, Oleksii"]
[Black "Rosen, Eric"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2450"]
[BlackElo "2377"]
[ECO "B61"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Richter-Rauzer, Larsen variation, 7.Qd2"]
[WhiteFideId "14156504"]
[BlackFideId "2032562"]
[EventDate "2026.02.25"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 Bd7 7. Qd2 Rc8 8.
O-O-O Nxd4 9. Qxd4 Qa5 10. f4 Rxc3 11. bxc3 e5 12. Qb4 Qxb4 13. cxb4 Nxe4 14.
Bc4 Nf2 15. fxe5 Nxh1 16. exd6 f6 17. Be3 b5 18. Bb3 Bg4 19. Rd4 h5 20. a4 a6
21. c4 Be6 22. cxb5 Kd7 23. Bxe6+ Kxe6 24. d7 Bd6 25. bxa6 Rd8 26. a7 g5 27.
Rxd6+ Kxd6 28. Bb6 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Masters 2026"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2026.03.01"]
[Round "9.28"]
[White "Kuru, Atilla"]
[Black "Kavutskiy, Kostya"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2450"]
[BlackElo "2330"]
[ECO "B40"]
[Opening "Sicilian defence"]
[WhiteFideId "51607948"]
[BlackFideId "2026384"]
[EventDate "2026.02.25"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 Nc6 4. d3 Nf6 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O d6 7. a4 O-O 8. Re1 Bd7
9. d4 cxd4 10. Nxd4 a6 11. Nc3 Qc7 12. Nxc6 Bxc6 13. a5 b5 14. axb6 Qxb6 15. b3
Qb7 16. Bb2 Rfd8 17. Qd4 a5 18. h3 Qb4 19. Qe3 Qb7 20. Qd4 Qb4 21. Red1 h6 22.
Qe3 Qb7 23. Ba3 Bf8 24. Rd2 Rd7 25. Rad1 Rad8 26. g4 d5 27. Bxf8 Rxf8 28. exd5
Nxd5 29. Nxd5 exd5 30. Qc5 Rc8 31. Qxa5 d4 32. Bxc6 Qxc6 33. Rxd4 Rxd4 34. Rxd4
Qxc2 35. Rd8+ Rxd8 36. Qxd8+ Kh7 37. Qd5 Kg8 38. Kg2 Qa2 39. Qd8+ Kh7 40. Qd3+
Kg8 41. b4 Qa8+ 42. Qf3 Qb8 43. Qe4 Qb5 44. Kg3 h5 45. Kg2 hxg4 46. hxg4 g6 47.
Kf3 Qa4 48. Qd4 Qc6+ 49. Kf4 Qc1+ 50. Ke4 Qc6+ 51. Ke3 Qc1+ 52. Kd3 Kh7 53. Ke4
Qc6+ 54. Ke5 Qe6+ 55. Kf4 Qe2 56. Kg5 Qe7+ 57. Qf6 Qd7 58. Qc3 Qd5+ 59. Kf4 Qd6+
60. Ke4 Qe6+ 61. Kf3 Qd5+ 62. Kg3 Qd6+ 63. Kg2 Qd5+ 64. Qf3 Qc4 65. Kg3 Qxb4 66.
Qxf7+ Kh8 67. Kh4 Qe1 68. Qf6+ Kh7 69. Qf7+ Kh8 70. Qf8+ Kh7 71. Qc5 Qd2 72.
Qe7+ Kh8 73. Kg3 Qc3+ 74. Kf4 Qd2+ 75. Kg3 Qc3+ 76. f3 Qc1 77. Qd7 Qe3 78. Qd8+
Kh7 79. Qc7+ Kh8 80. Qd7 Kg8 81. Qd5+ Kh7 82. Qb7+ Kh8 83. Qe4 Qc1 84. Qd4+ Kh7
85. Kf2 Qc2+ 86. Ke3 Qc1+ 87. Ke4 Qc2+ 88. Ke5 Qc7+ 89. Ke4 Qc2+ 90. Qd3 Qc6+
91. Qd5 Qc3 92. g5 Qb4+ 93. Ke5 Qe7+ 94. Kf4 Qb4+ 95. Ke5 Qe7+ 96. Kd4 Qb4+ 97.
Kd3 Qa3+ 98. Kc4 Qa2+ 99. Kd4 Qd2+ 100. Kc5 Qa5+ 101. Kd6 Qd8+ 102. Ke6 Qg8+
103. Ke5 Qb8+ 104. Kf6 Qb2+ 105. Kf7 Qc3 106. Qe4 Qb3+ 107. Kf8 Qg8+ 108. Ke7
Qb3 109. Kf8 Qg8+ 110. Ke7 Qb3 111. f4 Qc3 112. Kf8 Qh8+ 113. Kf7 Qg8+ 114. Ke7
Qb3 115. f5 Qb6 116. Kf7 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Masters 2026"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2026.03.01"]
[Round "9.29"]
[White "Abrahamyan, Tatev"]
[Black "Yu, Jennifer"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2378"]
[BlackElo "2309"]
[ECO "C47"]
[Opening "Four knights"]
[Variation "Scotch, 4...exd4"]
[WhiteFideId "13301918"]
[BlackFideId "2078341"]
[EventDate "2026.02.25"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 d5 8.
exd5 cxd5 9. O-O O-O 10. h3 c6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Masters 2026"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2026.03.01"]
[Round "9.30"]
[White "Antova, Gabriela"]
[Black "Caglar, Sila"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "WIM"]
[WhiteElo "2168"]
[BlackElo "2215"]
[ECO "C50"]
[Opening "Giuoco Pianissimo"]
[WhiteFideId "2915235"]
[BlackFideId "6364063"]
[EventDate "2026.02.25"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 d6 6. h3 a6 7. a4 O-O 8. O-O h6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Masters 2026"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2026.03.01"]
[Round "9.31"]
[White "Apaar Saxena"]
[Black "Chirilov, James A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2263"]
[BlackElo "2264"]
[ECO "E04"]
[Opening "Catalan"]
[Variation "open, 5.Nf3"]
[WhiteFideId "25937219"]
[BlackFideId "30976677"]
[EventDate "2026.02.25"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 Nbd7 6. O-O c6 7. a4 b6 8. Nfd2
Ba6 9. Bxc6 Rc8 10. Bg2 Nb8 11. Nf3 Nc6 12. Nc3 Be7 13. e4 O-O 14. h3 Nb4 15.
Qe2 Nd3 16. Rd1 Bb4 17. Nb5 Bb7 18. e5 Nd5 19. Nxa7 Ra8 20. Nb5 Bc6 21. Bg5 Qd7
22. Qc2 h6 23. b3 Bxb5 24. axb5 Rxa1 25. Rxa1 Bc3 26. Rb1 N3b4 27. Qe4 cxb3 28.
Rxb3 hxg5 29. Nxg5 g6 30. Qh4 Rc8 31. Be4 Bd2 32. Qh7+ Kf8 33. Bxg6 Bxg5 34. Rf3
Bf4 35. gxf4 Ke8 36. f5 fxg6 37. Qh8+ Kf7 38. fxg6+ Kxg6 39. Rg3+ Kf5 40. Qh5+
Ke4 41. Qg4+ Nf4 42. Re3+ Kxd4 43. Qxf4+ Kc5 44. h4 Nd5 45. Qe4 Nxe3 46. Qxe3+
Kxb5 47. Qe2+ Rc4 48. h5 Qg7+ 49. Kh2 Qg4 50. Qb2+ Rb4 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis Masters 2026"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2026.03.01"]
[Round "9.32"]
[White "Gueci, Tea"]
[Black "Cervantes Landeiro, Thalia"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "WIM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2138"]
[BlackElo "2247"]
[ECO "B31"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Nimzovich-Rossolimo attack (with ...g6, without ...d6)"]
[WhiteFideId "872342"]
[BlackFideId "3520498"]
[EventDate "2026.02.25"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. d3 Qc7 6. a4 a5 7. O-O e5 8. Be3
Nf6 9. Na3 b6 10. Nc4 Nd7 11. Qd2 Bg7 12. Bh6 O-O 13. h3 Ba6 14. b3 Rfe8 15.
Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Ne3 f6 17. Ng4 Qd6 18. Nh4 Re7 19. Rae1 Rf8 20. Qh6+ Kg8 21. Re3
Rg7 22. Rg3 Qe7 23. Ne3 Rff7 24. Rf3 Bc8 25. Nc4 Ba6 26. Ne3 Bc8 27. Nc4 1/2-1/2

