[Event "St Louis Fall A 2019"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2019.09.10"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Bortnyk, Olexandr"]
[Black "Robson, Ray"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2602"]
[BlackElo "2653"]
[ECO "B22"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Alapin's variation (2.c3)"]
[WhiteFideId "14120828"]
[BlackFideId "2023970"]
[EventDate "2019.09.10"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. d4 cxd4 6. cxd4 d6 7. Bc4 Nb6 8. Bb5
dxe5 9. Nxe5 Bd7 10. Nxd7 Qxd7 11. Nc3 e6 12. O-O Be7 13. Qg4 O-O 14. Rd1 Rfd8
15. Bh6 Bf8 16. Bg5 Be7 17. Bh6 Bf8 18. Bg5 Be7 19. d5 exd5 20. Qxd7 Rxd7 21.
Bxe7 Rxe7 22. Nxd5 Nxd5 23. Rxd5 a6 24. Bxc6 bxc6 25. Rc5 Re2 26. b3 Rd8 27. Ra5
Rdd2 28. Rxa6 g6 29. Rf1 Rxa2 30. Rxc6 Reb2 31. Rb6 Ra3 32. b4 Rab3 33. g3 Rxb4
34. Rxb4 Rxb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Louis Fall A 2019"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2019.09.10"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Ipatov, Alexander"]
[Black "Melkumyan, Hrant"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2653"]
[ECO "A37"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "symmetrical, Botvinnik system reversed"]
[WhiteFideId "14116731"]
[BlackFideId "13302485"]
[EventDate "2019.09.10"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 e5 6. d3 Nge7 7. O-O d6 8. Rb1
O-O 9. a3 a5 10. Bd2 h6 11. Ne1 Be6 12. Nc2 d5 13. cxd5 Nxd5 14. Ne3 Nde7 15.
Na4 b6 16. b4 cxb4 17. axb4 b5 18. Nc5 Ba2 19. bxa5 Bxb1 20. Qxb1 Nd4 21. Re1
Ra7 22. Kf1 Nec6 23. Nd5 Nxa5 24. e3 Nf5 25. Qxb5 Nd6 26. Qa4 Qe8 27. Qh4 Qb5
28. Kg1 Nf5 29. Qb4 Qxb4 30. Bxb4 Nc6 31. Bc3 Nce7 32. Rb1 Rc8 33. Nxe7+ Rxe7
34. Ne4 Rd7 35. Bf1 Nd6 36. Nxd6 Rxd6 37. Rb3 Rdc6 38. Bb2 Rc2 39. Bh3 Ra8 40.
Ba3 Bf8 41. Bb2 Bd6 42. d4 Rb8 43. Rxb8+ Bxb8 44. Ba3 exd4 45. exd4 Ba7 46. Bc5
Bxc5 47. dxc5 Rxc5 48. Bg4 g5 49. Bf3 Kg7 50. Kg2 Kf6 51. Bb7 Ke5 52. Kf3 Rc7
53. Ba6 Rc3+ 54. Kg2 Kd4 55. Be2 Rc6 56. Bh5 Rf6 57. Be2 Kc3 58. Kf1 Kd2 59. Bc4
Rf5 60. Kg2 Ke1 61. f3 Kd2 62. Kf2 Kc3 63. Ba2 Kd4 64. h4 gxh4 65. gxh4 Rf4 66.
Kg3 Ke3 67. Bd5 f5 68. h5 Ra4 69. Bc6 f4+ 0-1

[Event "St Louis Fall A 2019"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2019.09.10"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Lenderman, Aleksandr"]
[Black "Akobian, Varuzhan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2618"]
[ECO "D61"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "Orthodox defence, Rubinstein variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2021285"]
[BlackFideId "13300580"]
[EventDate "2019.09.10"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 O-O 6. Qc2 Nbd7 7. Nc3 h6 8. Bh4
c6 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Bd3 Re8 11. O-O Ne4 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. Rab1 Ng5 14. Nxg5 hxg5
15. b4 Nf6 16. Ne2 Bd7 17. Qc5 Ne4 18. Qxe7 Rxe7 19. Bxe4 Rxe4 20. Rfc1 Ree8 21.
Nc3 Rac8 22. a4 Bf5 23. Ra1 Bd3 24. Nd1 g4 25. Rc3 Bf5 26. Nb2 Kf8 27. Nd3 Bxd3
28. Rxd3 Ke7 29. Rc3 Kd6 30. Rac1 Re7 31. g3 g5 32. Kg2 f5 33. h3 gxh3+ 34. Kxh3
g4+ 35. Kg2 Rh8 36. Kf1 Rh1+ 37. Ke2 Rxc1 38. Rxc1 Rh7 39. a5 a6 40. Kd3 Rh2 41.
Ke2 Rh7 42. Kd3 Rh2 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Louis Fall A 2019"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2019.09.10"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Durarbayli, Vasif"]
[Black "Smirin, Ilia"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2626"]
[BlackElo "2599"]
[ECO "E00"]
[Opening "Catalan opening"]
[WhiteFideId "13402935"]
[BlackFideId "2801990"]
[EventDate "2019.09.10"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 c5 4. Nf3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 d5 6. Bg2 e5 7. Nf3 d4 8. O-O
Nc6 9. e3 Be7 10. exd4 exd4 11. b4 Bxb4 12. Nxd4 O-O 13. Nxc6 Qxd1 14. Rxd1 bxc6
15. Ba3 Rb8 16. Bxc6 Bh3 17. Bxb4 Rxb4 18. Nd2 h5 19. Rab1 Rfb8 20. Rb3 R8b6 21.
Bf3 Ra4 22. c5 Rba6 23. c6 Rxa2 24. Ne4 Nxe4 25. Bxe4 g6 26. c7 Kg7 27. Bg2 Bc8
28. Rb8 Rd6 29. Rf1 Be6 30. c8=Q Bxc8 31. Rxc8 Rdd2 32. Rc5 a5 33. Bd5 Ra3 34.
Rb1 Rad3 35. Bc6 Ra3 36. Rc4 Raa2 37. Rf4 f5 38. h4 Rac2 1-0

[Event "St Louis Fall A 2019"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2019.09.10"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Van Foreest, Jorden"]
[Black "Swiercz, Dariusz"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2622"]
[BlackElo "2648"]
[ECO "D41"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "Semi-Tarrasch, 5.cd"]
[WhiteFideId "1039784"]
[BlackFideId "1126881"]
[EventDate "2019.09.10"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 cxd4 8.
cxd4 Bb4+ 9. Bd2 Bxd2+ 10. Qxd2 O-O 11. Bd3 Nc6 12. Bc2 Qa5 13. Qxa5 Nxa5 14.
Bd3 b6 15. Kd2 Bb7 16. Rac1 Rac8 17. h4 h6 18. Ke3 Nc6 19. a3 Rfd8 20. Rc3 Ne7
21. Rhc1 Rxc3 22. Rxc3 Rc8 23. Rxc8+ Nxc8 24. g4 Kf8 25. Ne5 Ke7 26. f4 Nd6 27.
f5 b5 28. fxe6 fxe6 29. Ng6+ Kf7 30. Nf4 a6 31. g5 hxg5 32. hxg5 Ke7 33. Ng6+
Kf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Louis Fall A 2019"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2019.09.11"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Robson, Ray"]
[Black "Swiercz, Dariusz"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2653"]
[BlackElo "2648"]
[ECO "B30"]
[Opening "Sicilian defence"]
[WhiteFideId "2023970"]
[BlackFideId "1126881"]
[EventDate "2019.09.10"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Bc4 Be7 5. d3 d6 6. O-O Nf6 7. Ng5 O-O 8. f4
Bg4 9. Qe1 exf4 10. Bxf4 Nd4 11. Qd2 Qd7 12. a4 a6 13. e5 dxe5 14. Bxe5 Bf5 15.
Rae1 h6 16. Nf3 Rae8 17. h3 Bh7 18. Nxd4 cxd4 19. Bxf6 Bxf6 20. Rxe8 Rxe8 21.
Nd5 Bg5 22. Qf2 Bg6 23. Kh1 Be3 24. Qg3 Kh7 25. Bb3 f5 26. Qf3 Re5 27. Nb6 Qc7
28. Nc4 Re8 29. Nxe3 dxe3 30. Re1 f4 31. g3 Qa5 32. Re2 fxg3 33. Qxg3 Qh5 34.
Qg4 Qe5 35. Re1 Bh5 36. Qe4+ Qxe4+ 37. dxe4 Rxe4 38. Bd5 Re7 39. a5 g5 40. Kg2
Kg6 41. c4 Kf5 42. b4 Kf4 43. b5 Bg6 44. Rf1+ Ke5 45. Bf3 Bd3 46. Rc1 Kd4 47.
bxa6 bxa6 48. c5 e2 49. Kf2 e1=Q+ 50. Rxe1 Rxe1 51. Kxe1 Kxc5 52. Kf2 Kb4 53.
Kg3 Kxa5 54. Kg4 Bg6 55. h4 gxh4 56. Be2 Kb6 0-1

[Event "St Louis Fall A 2019"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2019.09.11"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Smirin, Ilia"]
[Black "Van Foreest, Jorden"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2599"]
[BlackElo "2622"]
[ECO "B30"]
[Opening "Sicilian defence"]
[WhiteFideId "2801990"]
[BlackFideId "1039784"]
[EventDate "2019.09.10"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Bc4 d6 5. d3 Be7 6. h3 Nf6 7. O-O O-O 8. a3 a6
9. Nd5 b5 10. Nxf6+ Bxf6 11. Bd5 Qc7 12. b4 Be6 13. Bxe6 fxe6 14. c3 Ne7 15. Be3
Ng6 16. g3 c4 17. a4 d5 18. Bc5 Rfd8 19. axb5 dxe4 20. Nd2 exd3 21. Qf3 Ne7 22.
Bxe7 Bxe7 23. bxa6 Bg5 24. Ne4 Be7 25. b5 Qb6 26. Rfb1 Rd5 27. Qe3 Bc5 28. Nxc5
Rxc5 29. Rb4 h6 30. Rab1 Rb8 31. Qe4 d2 32. Qc2 Rd5 33. Rd1 Rbd8 34. Qe4 Rxb5
35. Rxb5 Qxb5 36. a7 Qd5 37. Qxd5 exd5 38. Rxd2 Ra8 39. Rxd5 Rxa7 40. Rxe5 Ra1+
41. Kg2 Rc1 42. Re3 Kf7 43. Kf3 Rc2 44. Ke4 Rd2 45. Rf3+ Ke6 46. h4 Rd1 47. h5
Rd5 48. g4 Rd1 49. Re3 Kf6 50. Kf4 Rc1 51. Rf3 Ke6 52. g5 Rh1 53. Kg4 Rg1+ 54.
Rg3 Rf1 55. Re3+ Kf7 56. g6+ Kf6 57. Rf3+ Ke6 58. Rf7 Rg1+ 59. Kf4 Rg5 60. Ke4
Re5+ 61. Kd4 Rxh5 62. Kxc4 Rf5 63. Rxg7 Rxf2 64. Rg8 Rg2 65. Kb5 h5 66. c4 Rb2+
67. Kc6 Kf6 68. c5 h4 69. g7 Rh2 70. Kc7 h3 71. c6 Rh1 72. Rf8+ Kxg7 73. Rf3 Kg6
74. Rc3 Kg5 75. Kc8 h2 76. Rc2 Kf4 77. c7 Kg3 78. Rc3+ Kg2 79. Rc2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Louis Fall A 2019"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2019.09.11"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Akobian, Varuzhan"]
[Black "Durarbayli, Vasif"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2618"]
[BlackElo "2626"]
[ECO "D85"]
[Opening "Gruenfeld"]
[Variation "modern exchange variation"]
[WhiteFideId "13300580"]
[BlackFideId "13402935"]
[EventDate "2019.09.10"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Nf3 c5 8.
Be3 Qa5 9. Nd2 cxd4 10. Nc4 Qd8 11. cxd4 O-O 12. Rc1 f5 13. Qb3 Be6 14. Qxb7 Nd7
15. Qa6 Nb6 16. d5 Bf7 17. Nxb6 axb6 18. Qxb6 Qxb6 19. Bxb6 Rfb8 20. Be3 Bb2 21.
Rd1 Bc3+ 22. Bd2 Bxd2+ 23. Rxd2 Rb1+ 24. Rd1 Rxd1+ 25. Kxd1 Rxa2 26. exf5 gxf5
27. Ke1 Bxd5 28. f3 e5 29. Be2 Ra1+ 30. Bd1 Kg7 31. Kd2 Bb3 32. g3 Kf6 33. Re1
Ra2+ 34. Ke3 f4+ 35. Kd3 Bxd1 36. Rxd1 Rf2 37. gxf4 Rxf3+ 38. Ke2 Rxf4 39. Rd6+
Kg5 40. Re6 Rf5 41. Ke3 Kg4 42. Rh6 Rf7 43. Ke4 Kg5 44. Re6 Rf2 45. Rxe5+ Kg4
46. h3+ Kh4 47. Rf5 Rxf5 48. Kxf5 Kxh3 49. Kg5 Kg3 50. Kh6 Kg4 51. Kxh7 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Louis Fall A 2019"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2019.09.11"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Melkumyan, Hrant"]
[Black "Lenderman, Aleksandr"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2653"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[ECO "D38"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "Ragozin variation"]
[WhiteFideId "13302485"]
[BlackFideId "2021285"]
[EventDate "2019.09.10"]

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. Be2 c6 10. Qb3 Qb6 11. Nd2 O-O 12. Bg3 Rfe8 13. O-O Bf8 14. Rfc1 a5 15.
a3 Qxb3 16. Nxb3 a4 17. Nd2 Re6 18. Bd1 b5 19. Bc2 Bxc2 20. Rxc2 Nb6 21. Ne2 Nc4
22. Nf4 Ree8 23. Nd3 Ne4 24. Nxe4 dxe4 25. Nf4 Rad8 26. Ne2 Rd7 27. h3 f6 28.
Nc3 Nb6 29. Rac1 Kf7 30. Nd1 Nc4 31. Nc3 Nb6 32. Kf1 Re6 33. Ke2 f5 34. Nb1 Nc4
35. Nd2 Nxd2 36. Rxd2 Rd5 37. Bc7 Ke8 38. Bb6 Kd7 39. Rdc2 Be7 40. Bc5 Bf6 41.
Rb1 Re8 42. b3 axb3 43. Rxb3 Ra8 44. Ra2 Ke6 45. a4 bxa4 46. Rba3 Rd7 47. Rxa4
Rxa4 48. Rxa4 Rb7 49. Bb4 Rb5 50. g3 h5 51. Bc3 c5 52. Kd2 cxd4 53. Bxd4 Bxd4
54. Rxd4 Rb2+ 55. Ke1 Rb1+ 56. Ke2 h4 57. gxh4 Rh1 58. Rd8 g6 59. Rh8 Kf7 60.
Rh7+ Kg8 61. Ra7 Rxh3 62. Kf1 Rxh4 63. Kg2 Rh7 64. Ra6 Kg7 65. Rb6 Rh8 66. Kg3
Rc8 67. Ra6 Kh6 68. Rb6 Kg5 69. Ra6 Rc3 70. Kg2 Kh5 71. Rf6 Rc1 72. Re6 g5 73.
Re5 Kg4 74. Re8 Rc4 75. Re7 Rb4 76. Re5 Ra4 77. Re8 Ra5 78. Re7 Kh5 79. Re6 Ra4
80. Rf6 Kg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Louis Fall A 2019"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2019.09.11"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Bortnyk, Olexandr"]
[Black "Ipatov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2602"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[ECO "C42"]
[Opening "Petrov"]
[Variation "Cozio (Lasker) attack"]
[WhiteFideId "14120828"]
[BlackFideId "14116731"]
[EventDate "2019.09.10"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Qe2 Qe7 6. d3 Nf6 7. Nc3 Qxe2+ 8.
Bxe2 Be7 9. h3 O-O 10. Bf4 h6 11. O-O-O Be6 12. Nd4 Bd7 13. Rhe1 Nc6 14. Bg4
Bxg4 15. Nxc6 bxc6 16. hxg4 Rfe8 17. f3 Nd5 18. Bd2 Bg5 19. Nxd5 cxd5 20. Bxg5
hxg5 21. d4 Kf8 22. Kd2 Rab8 23. Rxe8+ Kxe8 24. b3 Kd7 25. Rh1 Ke7 26. g3 f6 27.
Re1+ Kd7 28. Rh1 Ke7 29. a4 a5 30. Re1+ Kd7 31. Rh1 Ke7 32. Re1+ Kd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Louis Fall A 2019"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2019.09.12"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Ipatov, Alexander"]
[Black "Robson, Ray"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2653"]
[ECO "D11"]
[Opening "QGD Slav"]
[Variation "Breyer variation"]
[WhiteFideId "14116731"]
[BlackFideId "2023970"]
[EventDate "2019.09.10"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nbd2 Bf5 5. Nh4 Be4 6. Nxe4 Nxe4 7. Nf3 e6 8. a3
Nd7 9. e3 Bd6 10. Bd3 f5 11. O-O O-O 12. b4 Qf6 13. Bb2 g5 14. g3 h5 15. Ne5
Nxe5 16. dxe5 Bxe5 17. Bxe5 Qxe5 18. Qxh5 Rf7 19. f4 gxf4 20. Bxe4 Rh7 21. Qg5+
Rg7 22. Qh6 fxe4 23. Qxf4 Qxf4 24. Rxf4 Rf7 25. Rg4+ Kf8 26. Rc1 Rf3 27. b5 Ke7
28. Rg7+ Kd6 29. c5+ Ke5 30. Re1 cxb5 31. Rxb7 a6 32. Rb6 Rc8 33. c6 a5 34. Kg2
Kd6 35. g4 b4 36. axb4 axb4 37. c7+ Kxc7 38. Rxb4 Rg8 39. h3 Rh8 40. Rc1+ Kd6
41. Rb6+ Ke5 42. Rcc6 Rh6 43. g5 Rg6 44. h4 Rxe3 45. Rc2 Rf3 46. Rf2 Rxf2+ 47.
Kxf2 Kf4 48. Rb8 e5 49. Rf8+ Kg4 50. Rf6 Kh5 51. Rf8 Kxh4 52. Ke3 Rxg5 53. Rh8+
Kg3 54. Rd8 d4+ 55. Kxe4 Kf2 56. Ra8 Rg4+ 0-1

[Event "St Louis Fall A 2019"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2019.09.12"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Lenderman, Aleksandr"]
[Black "Bortnyk, Olexandr"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2602"]
[ECO "B07"]
[Opening "Pirc defence"]
[WhiteFideId "2021285"]
[BlackFideId "14120828"]
[EventDate "2019.09.10"]

1. d4 d6 2. e4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. dxe5 dxe5 5. Qxd8+ Kxd8 6. Bc4 Ke8 7. Nf3 Bd6 8.
h3 c6 9. Bg5 Nbd7 10. O-O-O Bc7 11. Rhe1 h6 12. Be3 b5 13. Bf1 a5 14. Nd2 a4 15.
a3 Nf8 16. Na2 Ne6 17. c4 Bd7 18. cxb5 cxb5 19. Nc3 Rb8 20. Nf3 b4 21. axb4 Rxb4
22. Nd5 Rb7 23. Ba6 Rb8 24. Nxc7+ Nxc7 25. Bc4 Ne6 26. Nxe5 Ke7 27. Rxd7+ Nxd7
28. Nc6+ Kf6 29. Nxb8 Rxb8 30. Re2 Ne5 31. Rc2 Rb4 32. Bd5 Nf4 33. Bxf4 Nd3+ 34.
Kd2 Nxf4 35. Bc6 Ke5 36. Kc3 Rb3+ 37. Kc4 Nxg2 38. Bxa4 Rxh3 39. b4 Ra3 40. Bc6
Nf4 41. b5 Ne6 42. b6 Nd8 43. Bd5 Ra1 44. Rb2 Rc1+ 45. Kb5 f5 46. exf5 Kxf5 47.
Re2 Rb1+ 48. Kc5 Rc1+ 49. Kd6 Rd1 50. Re7 Rd2 51. Rxg7 Rxf2 52. Rd7 Rb2 53. Kc7
Ne6+ 54. Bxe6+ Kxe6 55. Rd6+ Ke7 56. Rxh6 Rc2+ 57. Rc6 Rd2 58. b7 Rd7+ 59. Kb6
Rd8 60. Rc8 1-0

[Event "St Louis Fall A 2019"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2019.09.12"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Durarbayli, Vasif"]
[Black "Melkumyan, Hrant"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2626"]
[BlackElo "2653"]
[ECO "C65"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Berlin defence"]
[WhiteFideId "13402935"]
[BlackFideId "13302485"]
[EventDate "2019.09.10"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. O-O Qe7 7. Nbd2 Bg4 8.
h3 Bxf3 9. Qxf3 Nd7 10. Nc4 f6 11. a3 a5 12. Qg3 Nf8 13. Be3 Bxe3 14. Qxe3 Ne6
15. g3 O-O 16. Kg2 a4 17. Qd2 b5 18. Ne3 Rad8 19. f4 exf4 20. gxf4 Nd4 21. f5 c5
22. Rae1 c4 23. Nd5 Qc5 24. Nf4 cxd3 25. cxd3 Qc2 26. Qxc2 Nxc2 27. Re2 Nd4 28.
Re3 Rfe8 29. Kf2 Kf7 30. Rg3 Re5 31. h4 Rc5 32. Rfg1 Rg8 33. h5 h6 34. Ke3 Nc2+
35. Kd2 Nd4 36. Ke3 Nc2+ 37. Kd2 Nd4 38. Kd1 Rc6 39. R1g2 Rd6 40. Kd2 Rc6 41.
Kd1 Rd6 42. Ke1 Rc6 43. Ne2 Nb3 44. Nc3 Nd4 45. Kd2 Rd6 46. Ke3 c6 47. Rg6 c5
48. R6g3 Rdd8 49. Kf4 Rde8 50. Nd5 Rd8 51. Ne3 Nc6 52. Nd5 Nd4 53. Rg6 Nc6 54.
Rc2 Ne5 55. Rg3 Rc8 56. Ke3 Rgd8 57. Rcg2 Rg8 58. Nf4 Rc6 59. Ne6 Rxe6 60. fxe6+
Kxe6 61. Rxg7 Rd8 62. Rd2 Rb8 63. Ke2 Nc6 64. Rc7 Nd4+ 65. Ke3 Kd6 66. Rg7 Nc6
67. Rf2 Ke6 68. Rg6 Rf8 69. Rxh6 Ne5 70. Rf4 Rf7 71. Ke2 Rf8 72. Rf5 Rf7 73. Rh8
Rg7 74. h6 Rg2+ 75. Rf2 1-0

[Event "St Louis Fall A 2019"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2019.09.12"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Van Foreest, Jorden"]
[Black "Akobian, Varuzhan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2622"]
[BlackElo "2618"]
[ECO "C11"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "Steinitz, Boleslavsky variation"]
[WhiteFideId "1039784"]
[BlackFideId "13300580"]
[EventDate "2019.09.10"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 Qb6 8. Na4
Qa5+ 9. c3 c4 10. b4 Qc7 11. Be2 Be7 12. O-O O-O 13. Bf2 b5 14. Nc5 a5 15. a3
Nxc5 16. dxc5 f5 17. h4 axb4 18. axb4 Rxa1 19. Qxa1 h5 20. Qb2 g6 21. Ra1 Bb7
22. g3 Ra8 23. Rxa8+ Bxa8 24. Qa1 Qb8 25. Qa6 Qb7 26. Qxb7 Bxb7 27. Nd4 Nxd4 28.
Bxd4 Bc6 29. Bf3 Kf7 30. Be2 Kg8 31. Bf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Louis Fall A 2019"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2019.09.12"]
[Round "3.5"]
[White "Swiercz, Dariusz"]
[Black "Smirin, Ilia"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2648"]
[BlackElo "2599"]
[ECO "A62"]
[Opening "Benoni"]
[Variation "fianchetto variation"]
[WhiteFideId "1126881"]
[BlackFideId "2801990"]
[EventDate "2019.09.10"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 g6 6. Nc3 d6 7. Bg2 Bg7 8. Nf3
O-O 9. O-O Re8 10. Re1 a6 11. a4 Nbd7 12. Qc2 Ne5 13. Nxe5 Rxe5 14. Bf4 Re8 15.
h3 Rb8 16. a5 b5 17. axb6 Rxb6 18. e4 Nh5 19. Be3 Bd7 20. Ra2 Qb8 21. Kh2 Rb4
22. Nd1 Bb5 23. Bd2 Bc4 24. Ra1 Bb3 25. Qc1 Ra4 26. Bc3 Rxa1 27. Qxa1 Qb6 28.
Ne3 Nf6 29. Qc1 h5 30. g4 hxg4 31. Nxg4 Nxg4+ 32. hxg4 Bd4 33. Qh6 Qd8 34. g5
Qe7 35. f4 Qf8 36. Qxf8+ Kxf8 37. Ra1 Bxc3 38. bxc3 Bc4 39. Kg3 Bd3 40. Ra4 Rb8
41. c4 Ra8 42. Kf2 a5 43. Ke3 Bc2 44. Ra1 a4 45. Kd2 Bb3 46. Kc3 Ke7 47. e5 Rh8 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Louis Fall A 2019"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2019.09.13"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Robson, Ray"]
[Black "Smirin, Ilia"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2653"]
[BlackElo "2599"]
[ECO "C97"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "closed, Chigorin defence"]
[WhiteFideId "2023970"]
[BlackFideId "2801990"]
[EventDate "2019.09.10"]

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 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Qc7 12. d5 Bd7 13. b3 Rfe8 14. Nbd2 g6 15. Nf1
Nh5 16. Ng3 Nxg3 17. fxg3 Nb7 18. Be3 c4 19. b4 a5 20. a4 Rec8 21. axb5 Bxb5 22.
Ba4 Qd7 23. Bxb5 Qxb5 24. Ra4 Bd8 25. Nd2 Bb6 26. Bxb6 Qxb6+ 27. Kh2 axb4 28.
Nxc4 Qc7 29. Rxb4 Rab8 30. Qf3 Nc5 31. Qf6 Rd8 32. Rxb8 Qxb8 33. Rf1 Rd7 34. Qf3
Qd8 35. Qe3 Qc7 36. Rb1 Nb7 37. Qa7 Kg7 38. Rb4 h5 39. Qe3 Qc5 40. Qf3 Qc7 41.
g4 hxg4 42. Qxg4 Qd8 43. Rb1 Rc7 44. Ne3 Nc5 45. Nf5+ Kf8 46. Qh4 Ke8 47. Rb8
Qxb8 48. Qh8+ Kd7 49. Qxb8 gxf5 50. exf5 Rc8 51. Qa7+ Rc7 52. Qb6 Ne4 53. c4 Nc5
54. h4 Rc8 55. f6 Ne4 1-0

[Event "St Louis Fall A 2019"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2019.09.13"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Akobian, Varuzhan"]
[Black "Swiercz, Dariusz"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2618"]
[BlackElo "2648"]
[ECO "D85"]
[Opening "Gruenfeld"]
[Variation "exchange variation"]
[WhiteFideId "13300580"]
[BlackFideId "1126881"]
[EventDate "2019.09.10"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Ba3 O-O 8.
Nf3 b6 9. Bc4 Bb7 10. Qe2 c5 11. O-O Qc7 12. Rac1 Nc6 13. Rfd1 Rac8 14. h4 Na5
15. Bd3 e6 16. h5 Qc6 17. Rb1 Rfd8 18. Bc1 cxd4 19. cxd4 Qe8 20. hxg6 hxg6 21.
Bg5 f6 22. Bd2 Nc6 23. Bc3 g5 24. Bc4 Nb8 25. Nd2 Nd7 26. Rbc1 Nf8 27. Bb3 Bc6
28. Qa6 Rc7 29. Bb2 Bb5 30. Qa3 Rxc1 31. Rxc1 a5 32. Nc4 a4 33. Bd1 Qc6 34. d5
Qc5 35. Ne3 Qxa3 36. Bxa3 Bd3 37. Be7 Ra8 38. Bf3 Ng6 39. Bd6 f5 40. dxe6 g4 41.
exf5 gxf3 42. fxg6 Bxg6 43. Nd5 Rd8 44. Ne7+ Kh7 45. Nxg6 Kxg6 46. e7 Re8 47.
Rc6 b5 48. Rb6 fxg2 49. Rxb5 Bf6 50. Ra5 Bxe7 51. Re5 Kf7 52. Rxe7+ Rxe7 53.
Bxe7 Kxe7 54. Kxg2 Kd6 55. Kf3 Kc5 56. Ke4 Kb4 57. f4 Ka3 58. f5 Kxa2 59. f6 a3
60. f7 Kb2 61. f8=Q a2 62. Qb4+ Kc2 63. Qa3 Kb1 64. Qb3+ Ka1 65. Qc3+ Kb1 66.
Kd3 1-0

[Event "St Louis Fall A 2019"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2019.09.13"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Melkumyan, Hrant"]
[Black "Van Foreest, Jorden"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2653"]
[BlackElo "2622"]
[ECO "D37"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "4.Nf3"]
[WhiteFideId "13302485"]
[BlackFideId "1039784"]
[EventDate "2019.09.10"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e4 Bb4 6. Bxc4 Nxe4 7. O-O Nf6 8.
Qa4+ Nc6 9. Ne5 Rb8 10. d5 exd5 11. Nxd5 Nxd5 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. Qxc6+ Qd7 14.
Qxd5 O-O 15. Bf4 Qg4 16. Qg5 Bd6 17. Qxg4 Bxg4 18. Bxd6 cxd6 19. b3 Rfe8 20.
Rfe1 Kf8 21. Kf1 a5 22. Rxe8+ Rxe8 23. f3 Be6 24. Bd3 Rc8 25. Ke2 Rc5 26. Kd2
Ke7 27. Re1 Kd7 28. Re4 h6 29. Rd4 Kc6 30. Be4+ Kc7 31. Bc2 Rb5 32. f4 Kc6 33.
Be4+ Kc5 34. Ke3 Rb4 35. Rd1 d5 36. Rc1+ Kd6 37. Bc2 g5 38. fxg5 hxg5 39. g3 f5
40. a3 f4+ 41. gxf4 Rxf4 42. Rg1 Rh4 43. Rxg5 Rxh2 44. Kd3 Rf2 45. Bd1 Ra2 46.
Kc3 d4+ 47. Kd3 Rxa3 48. Kxd4 Bxb3 49. Bxb3 Rxb3 50. Rxa5 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Louis Fall A 2019"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2019.09.13"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Bortnyk, Olexandr"]
[Black "Durarbayli, Vasif"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2602"]
[BlackElo "2626"]
[ECO "C24"]
[Opening "Bishop's opening"]
[Variation "Berlin defence"]
[WhiteFideId "14120828"]
[BlackFideId "13402935"]
[EventDate "2019.09.10"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 c6 4. Nf3 d5 5. Bb3 a5 6. a3 a4 7. Ba2 Bd6 8. Qe2 O-O
9. h3 Nbd7 10. O-O h6 11. Re1 Re8 12. Qf1 Nf8 13. Nc3 Bb8 14. g4 Ng6 15. Qg2 Be6
16. g5 hxg5 17. Nxg5 Ra5 18. Nxe6 Rxe6 19. Bg5 Qd7 20. Kh1 Nh7 21. exd5 cxd5 22.
Bd2 Nf6 23. Rg1 Rc5 24. Rae1 Kf8 25. Be3 Ra5 26. Bg5 Ba7 27. Bd2 Rc6 28. b4 axb3
29. Bxb3 Rxa3 30. Nb5 Rxb3 31. cxb3 Rc2 32. Bb4+ Bc5 33. Na3 Bxb4 34. Nxc2 Bxe1
35. Nxe1 Qb5 36. Qg5 Qxb3 37. Qf5 Qb6 38. Qc8+ Ne8 39. Nf3 Ne7 40. Qg4 f6 41.
Qh4 Qb3 42. Qh8+ Kf7 43. Rg3 d4 44. h4 Qd1+ 45. Kh2 Qf1 46. Ng5+ fxg5 47. Rf3+
Nf6 48. hxg5 Ng6 49. Rxf6+ gxf6 50. Qxf6+ Ke8 51. Qxg6+ Kd7 52. Qf7+ Kd6 53. g6
Qxd3 54. g7 Qh7+ 55. Kg3 Qd3+ 56. Qf3 1-0

[Event "St Louis Fall A 2019"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2019.09.13"]
[Round "4.5"]
[White "Ipatov, Alexander"]
[Black "Lenderman, Aleksandr"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[ECO "D38"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "Ragozin variation"]
[WhiteFideId "14116731"]
[BlackFideId "2021285"]
[EventDate "2019.09.10"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4 7. a3 Bxc3+ 8.
bxc3 Nbd7 9. e3 b5 10. a4 c6 11. Be2 a6 12. O-O Bb7 13. Qb1 Qc8 14. Qb2 O-O 15.
Rfb1 Nd5 16. Bg3 c5 17. Nd2 cxd4 18. exd4 Bc6 19. Ne4 f5 20. Nd6 Qd8 21. axb5
axb5 22. Rxa8 Bxa8 23. f3 Bc6 24. Bf1 Qe7 25. Nxb5 Bxb5 26. Qxb5 Nxc3 27. Qb4
Qxb4 28. Rxb4 Nd5 29. Rxc4 Ne3 30. Rc7 Nxf1 31. Bd6 Rd8 32. Kxf1 Nf6 33. Be5 Rd7
34. Rc8+ Kf7 35. h4 Nd5 36. Kf2 Ne7 37. Rc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Louis Fall A 2019"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2019.09.14"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Lenderman, Aleksandr"]
[Black "Robson, Ray"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2653"]
[ECO "D11"]
[Opening "QGD Slav"]
[Variation "4.e3"]
[WhiteFideId "2021285"]
[BlackFideId "2023970"]
[EventDate "2019.09.10"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. e3 Bg4 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Nc3 e6 7. Qa4+ Nbd7 8.
Ne5 a6 9. Nxg4 Nxg4 10. Qb3 b5 11. h3 Ngf6 12. Bd3 Bd6 13. O-O O-O 14. Bd2 Nb6
15. Rfc1 Rc8 16. a4 b4 17. Ne2 a5 18. Be1 Qd7 19. Bb5 Qa7 20. f3 e5 21. Bh4 Qe7
22. dxe5 Qxe5 23. Bg3 Qe7 24. Bxd6 Qxd6 25. Qd3 Nfd7 26. Bxd7 Nxd7 27. Nf4 Nf6
28. b3 h6 29. Kf2 Rfe8 30. Qd2 Rcd8 31. Qd4 Rc8 32. Nd3 Qe7 33. Rxc8 Rxc8 34.
Rc1 Rxc1 35. Nxc1 Qc7 36. Qd2 Qe5 37. Ne2 Qf5 38. Qc1 Qd3 39. Nd4 g6 40. Qc5
Qd2+ 41. Ne2 Qa2 42. Qd4 Kg7 43. Qd3 Qb2 44. h4 h5 45. Qd1 Qe5 46. Qd4 Qf5 47.
Qb2 Kg8 48. Nf4 Nd7 49. Qc1 Qe5 50. Ne2 Qf6 51. Qc8+ Nf8 52. Qc7 Qxh4+ 53. Kf1
Qg5 54. Qxa5 Qxe3 55. Qxb4 Ne6 56. Qc3 Qa7 57. Qd3 d4 58. Qb5 Qc7 59. Ke1 Qc2
60. Qc4 Qb2 61. Kd1 h4 62. Qc2 Qa3 63. Nc1 Nc5 64. Qc4 d3 65. Nxd3 Nxb3 66. Kc2
Na1+ 67. Kd2 Nb3+ 68. Ke3 Qa2 69. Qc8+ Kh7 70. Qc3 Qxa4 71. Qf6 Kg8 72. Qd8+ Kg7
73. f4 Qa7+ 74. Kf3 Nd4+ 75. Kg4 Nf5 76. Qe8 Qg1 77. Qe5+ Kh7 78. Kg5 h3 79. Ne1
h2 80. Qe8 h1=Q 81. Qxf7+ Ng7 82. Nf3 Qh5+ 0-1

[Event "St Louis Fall A 2019"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2019.09.14"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Durarbayli, Vasif"]
[Black "Ipatov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2626"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[ECO "B00"]
[Opening "Owen defence"]
[WhiteFideId "13402935"]
[BlackFideId "14116731"]
[EventDate "2019.09.10"]

1. e4 b6 2. d4 Bb7 3. Bd3 g6 4. c3 Bg7 5. Bg5 d6 6. Nf3 Nd7 7. Nbd2 h6 8. Bh4
Ngf6 9. e5 dxe5 10. dxe5 Nc5 11. Bb5+ Nfd7 12. b4 Ne6 13. Bg3 c5 14. O-O Nc7 15.
Bc4 b5 16. Bb3 c4 17. Bc2 Ne6 18. a4 a6 19. h4 Nb6 20. Re1 O-O 21. h5 g5 22. Qe2
Nxa4 23. Bxa4 bxa4 24. Nxc4 Rc8 25. Na5 Ba8 26. Rec1 Qb6 27. Rxa4 Qb5 28. Ra2
Rfd8 29. Nb3 Bd5 30. Nbd4 Qxe2 31. Rxe2 g4 32. Nf5 gxf3 33. Re3 Bf8 34. gxf3 Ng5
35. Nh4 e6 36. Rce1 Rc4 37. Kh2 Rdc8 38. f4 Ne4 39. f5 Nxg3 40. Kxg3 Rxc3 41. f6 0-1

[Event "St Louis Fall A 2019"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2019.09.14"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Van Foreest, Jorden"]
[Black "Bortnyk, Olexandr"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2622"]
[BlackElo "2602"]
[ECO "B04"]
[Opening "Alekhine's defence"]
[Variation "modern, Larsen variation"]
[WhiteFideId "1039784"]
[BlackFideId "14120828"]
[EventDate "2019.09.10"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 dxe5 5. Nxe5 c6 6. h3 g6 7. Bc4 Bg7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Re1 Nd7 10. Nf3 a5 11. a4 N7b6 12. Bb3 Bf5 13. Bg5 Re8 14. Qd2 Qc7 15.
Na3 Qd7 16. Rad1 h6 17. Bxh6 Bxh3 18. Ne5 Bxe5 19. dxe5 Be6 20. Qg5 Qc7 21. Rd4
Bf5 22. c4 Nb4 23. Re3 Nd7 24. Qxf5 Qxe5 25. Qxe5 Nxe5 26. Rxe5 1-0

[Event "St Louis Fall A 2019"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2019.09.14"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Swiercz, Dariusz"]
[Black "Melkumyan, Hrant"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2648"]
[BlackElo "2653"]
[ECO "C45"]
[Opening "Scotch"]
[Variation "Mieses variation"]
[WhiteFideId "1126881"]
[BlackFideId "13302485"]
[EventDate "2019.09.10"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8.
h4 a5 9. c4 Ba6 10. b3 f6 11. exf6 Nxf6 12. Nc3 O-O-O 13. Bb2 Qd6 14. Rh3 Re8
15. Re3 Rxe3 16. Qxe3 Qc5 17. Qxc5 Bxc5 18. Be2 Re8 19. Kf1 Bd4 20. Na4 Bxb2 21.
Nxb2 c5 22. Na4 d6 23. Bf3 Rf8 24. Re1 Kd8 25. Rd1 Ke7 26. Re1+ Kd8 27. Rd1 Ke7
28. Re1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Louis Fall A 2019"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2019.09.14"]
[Round "5.5"]
[White "Smirin, Ilia"]
[Black "Akobian, Varuzhan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2599"]
[BlackElo "2618"]
[ECO "C07"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "Tarrasch, open variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2801990"]
[BlackFideId "13300580"]
[EventDate "2019.09.10"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. Bb5 Bd7 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8.
Bd3 Qc7 9. Qe2 Ne7 10. g3 Ng6 11. f4 Bc5 12. Nb3 Bb6 13. Be3 O-O 14. O-O c5 15.
c4 d4 16. Bf2 f5 17. Qh5 Rae8 18. Rae1 Qc8 19. exf5 exf5 20. Rxe8 Bxe8 21. Qd1
Bc6 22. Be2 Qb7 23. Be1 Re8 24. Bd2 Ne7 25. Nc1 Be4 26. Nd3 Nc6 27. a3 a5 28.
Re1 Ba7 29. Bf3 Qd7 30. Nf2 Bxf3 31. Rxe8+ Qxe8 32. Qxf3 g6 33. Qd5+ Kg7 34. Kf1
a4 35. g4 Ne7 36. Qb7 Bb8 37. gxf5 gxf5 38. Qb6 Ng6 39. Qxc5 Qd7 40. Nd3 Kh6 41.
Qb5 Qc8 42. Qd5 Ba7 43. c5 Bb8 44. Ke2 Qe8+ 45. Kd1 Qc8 46. Qxd4 Qc6 47. Kc2 Bc7
48. Nb4 Qf3 49. Nd5 Bd8 50. c6 Qb3+ 51. Kc1 1-0

[Event "St Louis Fall A 2019"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2019.09.15"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Robson, Ray"]
[Black "Akobian, Varuzhan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2653"]
[BlackElo "2618"]
[ECO "C11"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "Steinitz, Boleslavsky variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2023970"]
[BlackFideId "13300580"]
[EventDate "2019.09.10"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 Qb6 8. Na4
Qa5+ 9. c3 b6 10. Bd2 c4 11. b4 Qa6 12. Be2 Be7 13. O-O O-O 14. Qc2 f5 15. Nb2
b5 16. a4 Nb6 17. a5 Nd7 18. Nd1 Rf7 19. Ng5 Bxg5 20. fxg5 Ne7 21. h4 Bb7 22.
Nf2 Qc6 23. Nh3 a6 24. Nf4 Nf8 25. h5 g6 26. Rf2 Bc8 27. Raf1 Bd7 28. g3 Be8 29.
Rh2 Rg7 30. Kg2 gxh5 31. Rfh1 Bg6 32. Qd1 Kf7 33. Bxh5 Ke8 34. Bf3 Kd7 35. Qe2
Re8 36. Kf2 Ra8 37. Ke1 Kc7 38. Kd1 Nd7 39. Kc1 Rag8 40. Rh6 Nf8 41. Qg2 Qe8 42.
Kb2 Qf7 43. Rf1 Qe8 44. g4 fxg4 45. Bxg4 Be4 46. Qf2 Rxg5 47. Nxe6+ Nxe6 48.
Bxg5 Rxg5 49. Rxe6 Rxg4 50. Qf7 Rg2+ 51. Kc1 Qxf7 52. Rxf7 Rc2+ 53. Kd1 Rxc3 54.
Rfxe7+ Kd8 55. Re8+ Kd7 56. R6e7+ 1-0

[Event "St Louis Fall A 2019"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2019.09.15"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Melkumyan, Hrant"]
[Black "Smirin, Ilia"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2653"]
[BlackElo "2599"]
[ECO "E81"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "Saemisch, 5...O-O"]
[WhiteFideId "13302485"]
[BlackFideId "2801990"]
[EventDate "2019.09.10"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Nge2 a6 7. Ng3 Nc6 8. d5 Ne5
9. f4 Ned7 10. Be2 e6 11. dxe6 fxe6 12. O-O b6 13. Be3 Bb7 14. Qc2 Qe7 15. Rae1
Bh6 16. Bf3 Rab8 17. Kh1 Bg7 18. e5 dxe5 19. fxe5 Nxe5 20. Bxb7 Rxb7 21. Bg5
Ned7 22. Nd5 Qe8 23. Nf4 e5 24. c5 bxc5 25. Nd3 Qe6 26. Bxf6 Rxf6 27. Rxf6 Bxf6
28. Ne4 Be7 29. b3 Rb8 30. Ndxc5 Nxc5 31. Nxc5 Qc6 32. Qc4+ Kh8 33. Nxa6 Qxc4
34. bxc4 Rb2 35. g3 Rxa2 36. Nxc7 Rc2 37. Rxe5 Bd6 38. Re8+ Kg7 39. Nb5 Bc5 40.
Rc8 Rxc4 41. Rc7+ Kg8 42. Kg2 Rc1 43. Nd4 Ba3 44. Ra7 Bb2 45. Ra8+ Kf7 46. Ra7+
Kg8 47. Ra8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Louis Fall A 2019"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2019.09.15"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Bortnyk, Olexandr"]
[Black "Swiercz, Dariusz"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2602"]
[BlackElo "2648"]
[ECO "C24"]
[Opening "Bishop's opening"]
[Variation "Berlin defence"]
[WhiteFideId "14120828"]
[BlackFideId "1126881"]
[EventDate "2019.09.10"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 c6 4. Nf3 d5 5. Bb3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Bxd2+ 7. Qxd2 a5 8. a4
O-O 9. exd5 cxd5 10. Nxe5 Nc6 11. d4 Qb6 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. O-O Ne4 14. Qe3 Ba6
15. Re1 Qb4 16. f3 Rae8 17. Nd2 Qxd2 18. fxe4 Qb4 19. e5 f6 20. Rad1 fxe5 21.
dxe5 Rf5 22. h3 Rfxe5 23. Qxe5 Rxe5 24. Rxe5 h6 25. Re6 Qc5+ 26. Kh1 Bc4 27.
Rde1 Bxb3 28. cxb3 d4 29. Re8+ Kh7 30. Rd8 Qb4 31. Rf1 c5 32. Rf3 Qe1+ 33. Kh2 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Louis Fall A 2019"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2019.09.15"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "Ipatov, Alexander"]
[Black "Van Foreest, Jorden"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2622"]
[ECO "D37"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "4.Nf3"]
[WhiteFideId "14116731"]
[BlackFideId "1039784"]
[EventDate "2019.09.10"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e4 Bb4 6. Bg5 c5 7. Bxc4 cxd4 8.
Nxd4 Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 Qa5 10. Bb5+ Bd7 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. Bxd7+ Nxd7 13. O-O Qxc3
14. Rb1 Rd8 15. Nb5 Qc6 16. Nd6+ Kf8 17. Nxb7 Rb8 18. Na5 Qxe4 19. Qd6+ Kg7 20.
Rxb8 Nxb8 21. Qg3+ Qg6 22. Qc7 Na6 23. Qd6 Nb8 24. Qc7 Na6 25. Qd6 Nb8 26. Qc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Louis Fall A 2019"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2019.09.15"]
[Round "6.5"]
[White "Lenderman, Aleksandr"]
[Black "Durarbayli, Vasif"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2626"]
[ECO "E17"]
[Opening "Queen's Indian"]
[Variation "old main line, 6.O-O"]
[WhiteFideId "2021285"]
[BlackFideId "13402935"]
[EventDate "2019.09.10"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. g3 Bb7 4. Bg2 e6 5. O-O Be7 6. d4 O-O 7. Re1 Na6 8. a3 c5
9. d5 exd5 10. Nh4 Ne4 11. cxd5 Bxh4 12. Bxe4 Bf6 13. Nc3 d6 14. Bf4 Nc7 15. Qd3
h6 16. Rad1 Re8 17. Qc2 b5 18. Bg2 b4 19. Ne4 Be5 20. Bxe5 Rxe5 21. axb4 cxb4
22. Nd2 Bxd5 23. Nc4 Rh5 24. Bxd5 Rxd5 25. Rxd5 Nxd5 26. Rd1 Nb6 27. Nxd6 Qf6
28. Rd3 Rd8 29. Qd2 Qe6 30. Rd4 a5 31. Nb7 Rxd4 32. Qxd4 Nc4 33. Nxa5 Nxa5 34.
Qd8+ Kh7 35. Qxa5 Qe4 36. e3 Qb1+ 37. Kg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Louis Fall A 2019"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2019.09.16"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Durarbayli, Vasif"]
[Black "Robson, Ray"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2626"]
[BlackElo "2653"]
[ECO "B13"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "Panov-Botvinnik attack"]
[WhiteFideId "13402935"]
[BlackFideId "2023970"]
[EventDate "2019.09.10"]

1. c4 c6 2. e4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 Be6 7. g3 dxc4 8. Bg2
Nd5 9. Nge2 h6 10. Be3 g5 11. h4 Bg7 12. Qa4 Qd7 13. a3 Nxc3 14. Nxc3 Nxd4 15.
Qxd7+ Bxd7 16. O-O-O Nb3+ 17. Kb1 O-O-O 18. Nd5 e6 19. Ne7+ Kc7 20. hxg5 hxg5
21. Bxg5 Ba4 22. Bf4+ Kb6 23. Bg5 Rxh1 24. Rxh1 Rd3 25. Bf4 Nd2+ 26. Kc1 c3 27.
Nc8+ Ka6 28. b4 Nc4 29. Be4 c2 30. b5+ Ka5 0-1

[Event "St Louis Fall A 2019"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2019.09.16"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Van Foreest, Jorden"]
[Black "Lenderman, Aleksandr"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2622"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[ECO "B48"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Taimanov variation"]
[WhiteFideId "1039784"]
[BlackFideId "2021285"]
[EventDate "2019.09.10"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8.
Qf3 Nf6 9. Qg3 Qxg3 10. hxg3 Rb8 11. b3 Bb4 12. Bd2 d5 13. Bd3 e5 14. f3 h6 15.
O-O-O O-O 16. Kb2 d4 17. Na4 Nd7 18. Bxb4 Rxb4 19. c3 dxc3+ 20. Kxc3 Rd4 21. Be2
c5 22. Rxd4 exd4+ 23. Kc4 Ne5+ 24. Kxc5 d3 25. Kd4 dxe2 26. Kxe5 Rd8 27. Re1 Rd2
28. Kf4 Rxa2 29. Ke3 Be6 30. Nc5 Bxb3 31. Nxb3 Ra3 32. Kxe2 Rxb3 33. Ra1 Rb2+
34. Ke3 Rxg2 35. g4 g5 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Louis Fall A 2019"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2019.09.16"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Swiercz, Dariusz"]
[Black "Ipatov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2648"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[ECO "D97"]
[Opening "Gruenfeld"]
[Variation "Russian, Alekhine (Hungarian) variation"]
[WhiteFideId "1126881"]
[BlackFideId "14116731"]
[EventDate "2019.09.10"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 a6 8. Be2
b5 9. Qb3 c5 10. dxc5 Be6 11. Qc2 Nbd7 12. c6 Nb8 13. Ng5 Nxc6 14. Nxe6 fxe6 15.
Nxb5 Rc8 16. Nc3 Nd4 17. Qd3 Nd7 18. O-O Nc5 19. Qh3 Na4 20. Bg4 Nxc3 21. bxc3
Rxc3 22. Be3 Qd6 23. Rac1 Ra3 24. Kh1 h5 25. Bf3 Kh7 26. e5 Qxe5 27. Bxd4 Qxd4
28. Qxe6 Qe5 29. Qxe5 Bxe5 30. Rc2 Rd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Louis Fall A 2019"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2019.09.16"]
[Round "7.4"]
[White "Smirin, Ilia"]
[Black "Bortnyk, Olexandr"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2599"]
[BlackElo "2602"]
[ECO "B06"]
[Opening "Robatsch (modern) defence"]
[WhiteFideId "2801990"]
[BlackFideId "14120828"]
[EventDate "2019.09.10"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. Be3 a6 5. Qd2 b5 6. f3 Nd7 7. h4 h5 8. Nh3 Bb7
9. Ng5 Rc8 10. a4 b4 11. Bc4 e6 12. Ne2 c5 13. Ba2 a5 14. Rd1 c4 15. c3 b3 16.
Bb1 Ne7 17. f4 Nf6 18. O-O Bh6 19. f5 Bxg5 20. Bxg5 Nxe4 21. Bxe4 Bxe4 22. fxe6
fxe6 23. Rf6 Bf5 24. Nf4 Kd7 25. Rf7 Re8 26. Re1 Rc7 27. Qe3 Kc6 28. Nxe6 Bxe6
29. Qxe6 Nd5 30. Rxc7+ Nxc7 31. Qxc4+ Kd7 32. Bxd8 Rxe1+ 33. Kf2 1-0

[Event "St Louis Fall A 2019"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2019.09.16"]
[Round "7.5"]
[White "Akobian, Varuzhan"]
[Black "Melkumyan, Hrant"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2618"]
[BlackElo "2653"]
[ECO "E36"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian"]
[Variation "classical, Noa variation, 5.a3"]
[WhiteFideId "13300580"]
[BlackFideId "13302485"]
[EventDate "2019.09.10"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 dxc4 7. Qxc4 b6 8.
Nf3 Ba6 9. Qa4+ Qd7 10. Qc2 h6 11. Bf4 O-O 12. Be5 Ng4 13. Qe4 f5 14. Qf4 Nc6
15. Rc1 Rac8 16. e3 Bxf1 17. Rxf1 Ne7 18. h3 Nd5 19. Qg3 Ngf6 20. Bxf6 Rxf6 21.
Qe5 Qb5 22. Rc2 Qd3 23. Rd2 Qc4 24. Rg1 Ne7 25. Kd1 Ng6 26. Qg3 c5 27. Rc2 Qa6
28. Kc1 cxd4 29. exd4 f4 30. Qg4 Rxc2+ 31. Kxc2 Qe2+ 32. Kb1 Qxf2 33. Rc1 Qg3
34. Rc8+ Nf8 35. Ra8 h5 36. Qxh5 Qxg2 37. Ka2 Qe2 38. Rxa7 Qe4 39. Rc7 Rg6 40.
a4 Qd5+ 41. Qxd5 exd5 42. b4 Ne6 43. Rc3 Ng5 44. Nxg5 Rxg5 45. a5 bxa5 46. bxa5
Rf5 47. Rf3 Kf7 48. a6 Ke6 49. a7 Rf8 50. Rxf4 Ra8 51. h4 Rxa7+ 52. Kb3 Rc7 53.
h5 Rc1 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Louis Fall A 2019"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2019.09.17"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Robson, Ray"]
[Black "Melkumyan, Hrant"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2653"]
[BlackElo "2653"]
[ECO "C92"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "closed, Flohr-Zaitsev system (Lenzerheide variation)"]
[WhiteFideId "2023970"]
[BlackFideId "13302485"]
[EventDate "2019.09.10"]

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

[Event "St Louis Fall A 2019"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2019.09.17"]
[Round "8.2"]
[White "Bortnyk, Olexandr"]
[Black "Akobian, Varuzhan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2602"]
[BlackElo "2618"]
[ECO "C15"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "Winawer (Nimzovich) variation"]
[WhiteFideId "14120828"]
[BlackFideId "13300580"]
[EventDate "2019.09.10"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. exd5 exd5 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. Ne2 Nge7 7. Bg5 f6 8.
Bf4 Bf5 9. O-O Qd7 10. Re1 O-O-O 11. Be3 g5 12. a3 Bxc3 13. Nxc3 Bxd3 14. Qxd3
Nf5 15. Na4 b6 16. b4 Rhe8 17. Rab1 Kb8 18. Nc3 h5 19. a4 h4 20. f3 h3 21. g3
Nxe3 22. Rxe3 Rxe3 23. Qxe3 Qf5 24. Rb2 Nxd4 25. Kf2 Nxc2 26. Qe7 Rc8 27. Nb5 a6
28. Qe2 axb5 29. Rxc2 bxa4 30. Ra2 Qd7 31. b5 Re8 32. Qf1 Qe7 33. Qxh3 Qe1+ 34.
Kg2 Re2+ 35. Rxe2 Qxe2+ 36. Kg1 Qxb5 37. Qh8+ Kb7 38. Qxf6 a3 39. Qa1 Qb2 40.
Qd1 a2 0-1

[Event "St Louis Fall A 2019"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2019.09.17"]
[Round "8.3"]
[White "Ipatov, Alexander"]
[Black "Smirin, Ilia"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2599"]
[ECO "E90"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "5.Nf3"]
[WhiteFideId "14116731"]
[BlackFideId "2801990"]
[EventDate "2019.09.10"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. h3 e5 7. dxe5 dxe5 8. Qxd8
Rxd8 9. Bg5 Na6 10. Nd5 Rd6 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. Rc1 Bd8 13. c5 Re6 14. a3 c6 15.
Bxa6 cxd5 16. Bd3 dxe4 17. Bxe4 Re7 18. O-O f5 19. Bd5+ Kf8 20. Rfd1 Rb8 21. b4
Bc7 22. Nd2 Bd7 23. Bb3 e4 24. Nc4 Be6 25. Rb1 b6 26. c6 b5 27. Ne3 Bxb3 28.
Rxb3 Re6 29. Rc3 Rc8 30. g3 Bb6 31. Rdc1 Rd6 32. Kf1 Ke7 33. Ke2 Kd8 34. a4 a6
35. a5 Bxe3 36. fxe3 Kc7 37. g4 fxg4 38. hxg4 Rf8 39. Rh1 Rf7 40. g5 Rd5 41. Rh4
Re7 42. Rg4 Rd6 43. Rf4 Rxc6 44. Rxc6+ Kxc6 45. Rf8 Kd5 46. Rc8 Re6 47. Rc5+ Kd6
48. Rc8 Re5 49. Rd8+ Ke6 50. Re8+ Kf5 51. Rh8 Kxg5 52. Rxh7 Re6 53. Rb7 Kf5 54.
Kf2 Ke5 55. Kg3 Kd5 56. Rc7 Rf6 57. Rc5+ Kd6 58. Rg5 Rf3+ 59. Kg4 Rxe3 60. Kf4
Re1 61. Rxg6+ Kd5 62. Rxa6 Kc4 63. Re6 Kxb4 64. a6 Kc3 65. Rxe4 Rf1+ 66. Ke5 b4
67. Kd5 Ra1 68. Re3+ Kd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Louis Fall A 2019"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2019.09.17"]
[Round "8.4"]
[White "Lenderman, Aleksandr"]
[Black "Swiercz, Dariusz"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2648"]
[ECO "A06"]
[Opening "Reti"]
[Variation "Nimzovich-Larsen attack"]
[WhiteFideId "2021285"]
[BlackFideId "1126881"]
[EventDate "2019.09.10"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. b3 Bg4 3. Bb2 Nd7 4. g3 Ngf6 5. Bg2 e6 6. d3 Bc5 7. Nbd2 Qe7 8. a3
a5 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Nxf3 c6 11. c4 O-O 12. O-O Rfe8 13. e3 Bd6 14. Nd4 g6 15. Qc2
e5 16. Ne2 h5 17. cxd5 cxd5 18. Nc3 Rac8 19. Qe2 Qe6 20. Rac1 Nc5 21. Qd1 Bf8
22. d4 exd4 23. Nxd5 Nxd5 24. Qxd4 Nf6 25. Qxf6 Qxf6 26. Bxf6 Nxb3 27. Rxc8 Rxc8
28. Bxb7 Rb8 29. Bd5 Bxa3 30. Rb1 a4 31. Bc6 Rb6 32. Bxa4 Rxf6 33. Rxb3 Be7 34.
Rb7 Kf8 35. Bb3 Rd6 36. Kf1 Rd2 37. Rc7 Rd3 38. Ba4 Ra3 39. Rc4 Ra2 40. Bc2 Ra1+
41. Ke2 Rc1 42. Kf3 Kg7 43. Kg2 Bf6 44. f4 Bd8 45. e4 h4 46. gxh4 Bxh4 47. e5 f5
48. Rc7+ Kh6 49. Rc8 g5 50. fxg5+ Kxg5 51. Bxf5 Rxc8 52. Bxc8 Kf4 53. e6 Ke3 54.
e7 Bxe7 55. h4 Bxh4 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Louis Fall A 2019"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2019.09.17"]
[Round "8.5"]
[White "Durarbayli, Vasif"]
[Black "Van Foreest, Jorden"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2626"]
[BlackElo "2622"]
[ECO "B97"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Najdorf, 7...Qb6"]
[WhiteFideId "13402935"]
[BlackFideId "1039784"]
[EventDate "2019.09.10"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qb6 8. a3
Nbd7 9. Bh4 e5 10. Nf3 Be7 11. Be2 O-O 12. Qd2 Qxb2 13. O-O Qb6+ 14. Kh1 Qd8 15.
Rad1 b5 16. Qe1 Qc7 17. Bg5 h6 18. fxe5 dxe5 19. Bc1 Nc5 20. Nh4 Ncxe4 21. Nxe4
Nxe4 22. Bf3 f5 23. Ng6 Rf6 24. Bxe4 fxe4 25. Nxe7+ Qxe7 26. Rxf6 Qxf6 27. Qxe4
Ra7 28. h3 Rc7 29. Qe2 Bb7 30. Rd3 Qg6 31. Kh2 Be4 32. Rg3 Rxc2 33. Qxc2 Qxg3+
34. Kxg3 Bxc2 35. Bb2 e4 36. Kf4 Kf7 37. Bc3 Bd3 38. g4 g5+ 39. Kg3 e3 40. Bd4
e2 41. Bc3 Kg6 42. Kf2 Bc4 43. Kf3 h5 44. Kf2 Be6 45. Kf3 Bd7 46. Bd2 Bc6+ 47.
Kf2 Bd5 48. Bc3 Be6 49. Kf3 Bc4 50. Kf2 Bd3 51. Bd2 hxg4 52. hxg4 Kf6 53. Bc3+
Ke6 54. Bd2 Kd5 55. Bxg5 Kc4 56. Be7 a5 57. g5 b4 58. axb4 axb4 59. g6 Bxg6 60.
Bxb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Louis Fall A 2019"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2019.09.18"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Van Foreest, Jorden"]
[Black "Robson, Ray"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2622"]
[BlackElo "2653"]
[WhiteFideId "1039784"]
[BlackFideId "2023970"]
[EventDate "2019.09.10"]

0-1

[Event "St Louis Fall A 2019"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2019.09.18"]
[Round "9.2"]
[White "Swiercz, Dariusz"]
[Black "Durarbayli, Vasif"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2648"]
[BlackElo "2626"]
[ECO "C78"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "5.O-O"]
[WhiteFideId "1126881"]
[BlackFideId "13402935"]
[EventDate "2019.09.10"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. a4 Rb8 8. c3 d6
9. d4 Bb6 10. a5 Ba7 11. h3 O-O 12. Be3 Ra8 13. Nbd2 h6 14. Qe2 Bb7 15. Rfd1 Re8
16. dxe5 Nxe5 17. Nxe5 Rxe5 18. Bxa7 Rxa7 19. f4 Re7 20. e5 Ra8 21. Nf3 Nh5 22.
Nd4 Nxf4 23. Qg4 g5 24. g3 Ng6 25. e6 Ne5 26. Qh5 fxe6 27. Nxe6 Rxe6 28. Qxh6
Nf3+ 29. Kf2 Nd4 30. Bxe6+ Nxe6 31. Qxe6+ Kg7 32. Kg1 Bc8 33. Qe4 Rb8 34. g4 Bb7
35. Qd4+ Kg8 36. Rf1 c5 37. Qd3 Qe8 38. Rf6 Kg7 39. Raf1 Rd8 40. Rf7+ 1-0

[Event "St Louis Fall A 2019"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2019.09.18"]
[Round "9.3"]
[White "Smirin, Ilia"]
[Black "Lenderman, Aleksandr"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2599"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[ECO "C42"]
[Opening "Petrov"]
[Variation "Nimzovich attack"]
[WhiteFideId "2801990"]
[BlackFideId "2021285"]
[EventDate "2019.09.10"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Bf4 O-O 8.
Qd2 Nd7 9. O-O-O Nc5 10. Kb1 Re8 11. Nd4 Ne4 12. Qe3 Bh4 13. Bb5 Bd7 14. Bxd7
Qxd7 15. Qf3 Bxf2 16. Rhf1 Bxd4 17. Rxd4 Qe6 18. Bc1 d5 19. Qh5 c6 20. Rd3 Rad8
21. c4 dxc4 22. Rxd8 Rxd8 23. Qa5 Qd5 24. Qxa7 c3 25. Re1 cxb2 26. Bxb2 Nd2+ 27.
Ka1 Nc4 28. Qd4 Qxd4 29. Bxd4 f6 30. Bc5 b6 31. Bb4 c5 32. Bc3 b5 33. Rb1 b4 34.
Be1 Ne3 35. Kb2 Nxg2 36. Bf2 Rd5 37. Kb3 Nf4 38. c3 Rd3 39. Bxc5 Rxc3+ 40. Kxb4
Nd5+ 41. Kb5 Rc2 42. Kc6 Nf4 43. a4 Ne6 44. Rb5 Nd4+ 45. Kd6 Nxb5+ 46. axb5 Rxh2
47. b6 Rb2 48. Kc6 Kf7 49. b7 Rxb7 50. Kxb7 Ke6 51. Kc6 Ke5 52. Bd6+ Ke4 53. Kd7
f5 54. Ke6 f4 55. Kf7 h5 56. Kg6 h4 57. Kg5 f3 0-1

[Event "St Louis Fall A 2019"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2019.09.18"]
[Round "9.4"]
[White "Akobian, Varuzhan"]
[Black "Ipatov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2618"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[ECO "A40"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn"]
[WhiteFideId "13300580"]
[BlackFideId "14116731"]
[EventDate "2019.09.10"]

1. d4 Na6 2. e4 c6 3. Nf3 g6 4. c4 Bg7 5. Nc3 d6 6. h3 e5 7. Be3 exd4 8. Nxd4
Nf6 9. Qd2 O-O 10. O-O-O Re8 11. f3 d5 12. cxd5 cxd5 13. e5 Nd7 14. f4 Nb6 15.
Ndb5 Re6 16. Kb1 Qf8 17. g4 Bd7 18. Nd6 Bc6 19. Bxb6 axb6 20. Bxa6 Rxd6 21. Bd3
Rdd8 22. Rhe1 Qc5 23. a3 Re8 24. g5 Bf8 25. h4 b5 26. Na2 Qb6 27. Bc2 b4 28.
Nxb4 Ra5 29. Re3 Rea8 30. Rb3 Qa7 31. h5 Ba4 32. hxg6 fxg6 33. Nxd5 Bxb3 34.
Bxb3 Kh8 35. Rh1 b6 36. e6 Bg7 37. e7 1-0

[Event "St Louis Fall A 2019"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2019.09.18"]
[Round "9.5"]
[White "Melkumyan, Hrant"]
[Black "Bortnyk, Olexandr"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2653"]
[BlackElo "2602"]
[ECO "A40"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn"]
[WhiteFideId "13302485"]
[BlackFideId "14120828"]
[EventDate "2019.09.10"]

1. d4 Na6 2. e4 c6 3. Nf3 g6 4. c4 Bg7 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be2 Bg4 7. Be3 Bxf3 8. Bxf3
e5 9. d5 c5 10. Qb3 Rb8 11. Nb5 Ra8 12. g4 Nc7 13. h4 Nxb5 14. Qxb5+ Qd7 15. a4
a5 16. g5 h5 17. Bg2 f5 18. Bd2 Ne7 19. Ke2 Qxb5 20. axb5 b6 21. b4 cxb4 22.
Bxb4 Kd7 23. Bd2 Rhf8 24. Be3 Rab8 25. f3 Kc7 26. Rhd1 Rbd8 27. Bh3 Rf7 28. Ra2
Bf8 29. Rad2 f4 30. Bf2 Nc8 31. Ra2 Kb7 32. Rda1 Rc7 33. Kd3 Be7 34. Be1 Kb8 35.
Be6 Bf8 36. Bc3 Re8 37. Bxa5 bxa5 38. Rxa5 Nb6 39. Ra6 Rb7 40. Bf7 Rxf7 41.
Rxb6+ Rb7 42. Rba6 Kc7 43. c5 dxc5 44. Kc4 Reb8 45. Rf6 Be7 46. d6+ Bxd6 47. Rd1
Rb6 48. Rxg6 Bf8 49. Rxb6 Rxb6 50. Ra1 Kb7 51. Kd5 Rxb5 52. Ke6 Kb8 53. Rc1 Bg7
54. Kf5 Kc7 55. Kg6 Bf8 56. Kxh5 Rb3 57. Kg4 Rb2 58. h5 Kd7 59. Kf5 Rg2 60. Rd1+
Ke8 61. g6 Bh6 62. Ra1 c4 63. Ke6 Kd8 64. Rd1+ Kc7 65. Rc1 Rg5 66. Rxc4+ Kb7 67.
Rc5 Rxh5 68. Rxe5 Rh1 69. Kf7 Kc6 70. Re8 Ra1 71. Rh8 Ra7+ 72. Ke6 Bg7 73. Rc8+
Kb6 74. Re8 Ra3 75. Re7 Ba1 76. g7 Bxg7 77. Rxg7 Rxf3 78. e5 Re3 79. Rf7 f3 80.
Kd5 Rd3+ 81. Ke4 Ra3 82. Kd5 Rd3+ 83. Ke6 Kc6 84. Rf4 Re3 85. Rc4+ Kb5 86. Rc2
Re2 87. Rc3 f2 88. Rf3 Kc5 89. Rf4 Kc6 90. Rf3 1/2-1/2

