[Event "St Louis Fall A 2022"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2022.11.02"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Nyzhnyk, Illya"]
[Black "Oparin, Grigoriy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2687"]
[BlackElo "2683"]
[ECO "A21"]
[Opening "English, Kramnik-Shirov counterattack"]
[WhiteFideId "14118084"]
[BlackFideId "24125890"]
[EventDate "2022.11.02"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Bb4 3. Qc2 d6 4. Nf3 c5 5. a3 Ba5 6. g3 Nc6 7. Bg2 Nge7 8. O-O
Bf5 9. d3 Qd7 10. Bd2 O-O 11. Nd5 Bxd2 12. Nxe7+ Qxe7 13. Qxd2 a5 14. Rab1 Rab8
15. Ng5 Qd7 16. f4 h6 17. Ne4 Bxe4 18. Bxe4 f5 19. Bxc6 bxc6 20. Qxa5 Qe6 21.
Qd2 Rb3 22. a4 Rfb8 23. a5 exf4 24. Rxf4 Qe5 25. d4 cxd4 26. Rxd4 Rxg3+ 27. hxg3
Qxg3+ 28. Kh1 Qh3+ 29. Kg1 Qg3+ 30. Kh1 Qh3+ 31. Kg1 Qg3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Louis Fall A 2022"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2022.11.02"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Ganguly, Surya Shekhar"]
[Black "Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2589"]
[BlackElo "2724"]
[ECO "C45"]
[Opening "Scotch"]
[Variation "Schmidt variation"]
[WhiteFideId "5002150"]
[BlackFideId "5029465"]
[EventDate "2022.11.02"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 O-O 8.
O-O d5 9. exd5 cxd5 10. h3 c6 11. Qf3 h6 12. Bf4 Re8 13. Rfe1 Rxe1+ 14. Rxe1 Be6
15. Rd1 Bd6 16. Ne2 Rb8 17. Nd4 Rxb2 18. Bxh6 gxh6 19. Nxc6 Qf8 20. Qxf6 Rb6 21.
Ne5 Qg7 22. Nd7 Qxf6 23. Nxf6+ Kf8 24. Bf1 Rb2 25. c4 d4 26. Ne4 Ba3 27. Rd2
Rxd2 28. Nxd2 Bf5 29. g4 Bc2 30. Bg2 d3 31. Be4 a5 32. Kf1 Bb4 33. Nf3 Bd1 34.
a3 Be2+ 35. Kg2 d2 0-1

[Event "St Louis Fall A 2022"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2022.11.02"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Theodorou, Nikolas"]
[Black "Niemann, Hans Moke"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2598"]
[BlackElo "2699"]
[ECO "E10"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[WhiteFideId "4262875"]
[BlackFideId "2093596"]
[EventDate "2022.11.02"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O Nbd7 8. Qc2
c6 9. Bf4 b6 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. Rc1 Bb7 12. Qb3 Rc8 13. Rxc8 Qxc8 14. Nc3 a6 15.
Rc1 Qa8 16. Na4 b5 17. Nc5 Rc8 18. Nxd7 Rxc1+ 19. Bxc1 Nxd7 20. Qc2 Qc8 21.
Qxc8+ Bxc8 22. Bf4 f6 23. Bc7 Kf7 24. Bh3 Nf8 25. Ne1 Ke8 26. Nd3 Kd7 27. Ba5
Bd6 28. f4 Ke7 29. Kf2 Nd7 30. e3 Nb8 31. Bf1 Nc6 32. Bb6 Nb4 33. Nxb4 Bxb4 34.
Bd3 h6 35. a3 Bd6 36. Bc5 Bd7 37. Ke1 a5 38. Bxd6+ Kxd6 39. b4 axb4 40. axb4 f5 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Louis Fall A 2022"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2022.11.02"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Hakobyan, Aram"]
[Black "Abasov, Nijat"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2613"]
[BlackElo "2646"]
[ECO "D41"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "Semi-Tarrasch, 5.cd"]
[WhiteFideId "13306677"]
[BlackFideId "13402960"]
[EventDate "2022.11.02"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Nxd5 7. Bd2 Be7 8.
e3 O-O 9. Be2 e5 10. Nxd5 Qxd5 11. Nb5 Qxg2 12. Bf3 Qg6 13. Nc7 Na6 14. Nxa8 Nb4
15. Qa4 Nc2+ 16. Ke2 Rd8 17. Qc4 Be6 18. Qe4 Bf5 19. Qxb7 Bd3+ 20. Kd1 Nxa1 21.
Kc1 Bb1 22. e4 Bxa2 23. Bd1 Bg5 24. f4 Qd6 0-1

[Event "St Louis Fall A 2022"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2022.11.02"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Yu, Yangyi"]
[Black "Nguyen, Thai Dai Van"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2716"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[ECO "A20"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[WhiteFideId "8603820"]
[BlackFideId "358878"]
[EventDate "2022.11.02"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 Bc5 4. d3 O-O 5. Nc3 c6 6. Nf3 d6 7. O-O a5 8. h3 Re8
9. a3 h6 10. e4 Be6 11. b3 d5 12. exd5 cxd5 13. cxd5 Bxd5 14. Nxd5 Nxd5 15. Bb2
Nc6 16. d4 exd4 17. Nxd4 Nc3 18. Bxc3 Nxd4 19. Kh2 Nb5 20. Qxd8 Rexd8 21. Bxa5
Rxa5 22. b4 Bxb4 23. axb4 Rxa1 24. Rxa1 Rd4 25. Bxb7 Rxb4 26. Bc6 Nd4 27. Ra8+
Kh7 28. Bd5 Ne6 29. Ra7 Kg6 30. Kg2 Kf6 31. h4 h5 32. Ra6 Rd4 33. Bxe6 fxe6 34.
Ra5 g6 35. Ra8 Rd5 36. Kf3 Rf5+ 37. Ke3 Re5+ 38. Kf3 Rf5+ 39. Ke3 Re5+ 40. Kf3
Rf5+ 41. Ke4 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Louis Fall A 2022"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2022.11.03"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Oparin, Grigoriy"]
[Black "Nguyen, Thai Dai Van"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2683"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[ECO "E32"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian"]
[Variation "classical variation"]
[WhiteFideId "24125890"]
[BlackFideId "358878"]
[EventDate "2022.11.02"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 Bb7 8. f3
h6 9. Bh4 d5 10. cxd5 c5 11. d6 Qxd6 12. dxc5 Qxc5 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. Qxc5 bxc5
15. e3 Rd8 16. Ne2 Rd3 17. Nc3 Rxe3+ 18. Kf2 Re5 19. Bd3 Nd7 20. Rad1 Nb6 21. f4
Rh5 22. Ne4 Bxe4 23. Bxe4 Rb8 24. h4 Nd5 25. g4 Rxb2+ 26. Kf3 f5 27. Bxf5 Rxf5
28. gxf5 Rb3+ 29. Kf2 Rb2+ 30. Kf3 Rb3+ 31. Kf2 Rb2+ 32. Kf3 Rb3+ 33. Kf2 Rb2+
34. Kf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Louis Fall A 2022"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2022.11.03"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Abasov, Nijat"]
[Black "Yu, Yangyi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2646"]
[BlackElo "2716"]
[ECO "B84"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Scheveningen (Paulsen), classical variation"]
[WhiteFideId "13402960"]
[BlackFideId "8603820"]
[EventDate "2022.11.02"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 a6 6. Be2 e6 7. f4 Be7 8. Be3
O-O 9. g4 Qa5 10. Bd3 Nc6 11. Nb3 Qc7 12. g5 Nd7 13. Rg1 b5 14. Rg3 Re8 15. Qh5
Nb4 16. O-O-O Nxd3+ 17. Rxd3 b4 18. Nd1 Bb7 19. Nf2 Rac8 20. Rd2 Qc4 21. Qe2
Qxe2 22. Rxe2 Bd8 23. Rd2 Nc5 24. Nxc5 dxc5 25. Rg1 c4 26. Rd7 Bc7 27. Re1 Bc6
28. Rd4 b3 29. axb3 cxb3 30. e5 bxc2 31. Ne4 Red8 32. Nd6 Bxd6 33. Rxd6 Rxd6 34.
exd6 Bd7 35. Re2 Rc6 36. Rxc2 Rxd6 37. Rd2 Rxd2 38. Kxd2 h6 39. gxh6 gxh6 40.
Bb6 Kg7 41. Ke3 Kf6 42. Bd8+ Kf5 43. b4 Kg4 44. h4 f5 45. Bf6 Kg3 46. Bg7 h5 47.
Bf6 e5 48. Bg5 exf4+ 49. Bxf4+ Kxh4 50. Kf3 Bc6+ 51. Kf2 Kg4 52. Ke3 h4 53. Bc7
Kg5 54. Bd8+ Kh5 55. Bc7 Kg6 56. Bd8 h3 57. Bc7 Kf6 58. Bf4 Be4 59. Kd4 Ke6 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Louis Fall A 2022"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2022.11.03"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi"]
[Black "Theodorou, Nikolas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2724"]
[BlackElo "2598"]
[ECO "D32"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "Tarrasch defence"]
[WhiteFideId "5029465"]
[BlackFideId "4262875"]
[EventDate "2022.11.02"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. e3 Nf6 5. Nf3 a6 6. cxd5 exd5 7. g3 c4 8. Bg2 Bb4
9. O-O O-O 10. Ne5 Nc6 11. Bd2 Re8 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. b3 a5 14. bxc4 Bxc3 15.
Bxc3 Ba6 16. Re1 Bxc4 17. f3 Ra7 18. e4 dxe4 19. fxe4 Rae7 20. Qa4 Bd3 21. e5
Nd5 22. Qxa5 Qxa5 23. Bxa5 Ra7 24. Bxd5 cxd5 25. Bb4 Rb7 26. a3 h5 27. Re3 Bc4
28. Rf3 Kh7 29. Kf2 Re6 30. Re1 Rc6 31. Rc1 Re6 32. Rg1 f6 33. Re1 Rbb6 34. Ree3
Kg6 35. Rf4 Rb7 36. g4 hxg4 37. Rxg4+ Kh7 38. Rf4 Rbb6 39. Rh3+ Kg8 40. Ke3 Rb8
41. Rfh4 Rbe8 42. Bd6 Kf7 43. Kd2 fxe5 44. dxe5 Rg6 45. Kc3 Rg1 46. Rg3 Rc1+ 47.
Kd2 Rh1 48. Rf4+ Kg8 49. Rg2 Rb1 50. Kc2 Rb7 51. Rgf2 Kh7 52. Rh4+ Kg8 53. e6 d4
54. e7 Bf7 55. Bb4 Rd7 56. Rhf4 Bg6+ 57. Kd2 Rc7 58. Rxd4 Bf7 59. Rd8 Rc8 60.
Rxe8+ 1-0

[Event "St Louis Fall A 2022"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2022.11.03"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Niemann, Hans Moke"]
[Black "Hakobyan, Aram"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2699"]
[BlackElo "2613"]
[ECO "C50"]
[Opening "Giuoco Pianissimo"]
[WhiteFideId "2093596"]
[BlackFideId "13306677"]
[EventDate "2022.11.02"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 Nf6 5. O-O d6 6. c3 a6 7. a4 Ba7 8. Re1 O-O
9. h3 Re8 10. b4 Be6 11. Bxe6 Rxe6 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14. Nbd2 Ne7 15. Nf1
d5 16. Ne3 Bxe3 17. Rxe3 dxe4 18. dxe4 Rd6 19. Qe2 Ng6 20. g3 Rad8 21. c4 R6d7
22. c5 c6 23. Raa3 Nf8 24. Qb2 Qe6 25. Kg2 f6 26. Nh4 Rd2 27. Qc3 Nh7 28. Nf3
R2d7 29. h4 Nf8 30. Re2 Qg4 31. Qc4+ Kh7 32. Nh2 Qh5 33. Ree3 Rd1 34. Nf3 Ng6
35. Qe2 Nf4+ 36. gxf4 Qg4+ 37. Kh2 Qxf4+ 38. Kg2 Qg4+ 39. Kh2 Qf4+ 40. Kg2 Qg4+
41. Kh2 Qf4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Louis Fall A 2022"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2022.11.03"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Nyzhnyk, Illya"]
[Black "Ganguly, Surya Shekhar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2687"]
[BlackElo "2589"]
[ECO "C53"]
[Opening "Giuoco Piano"]
[WhiteFideId "14118084"]
[BlackFideId "5002150"]
[EventDate "2022.11.02"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. Nbd2 O-O 7. h3 a6 8. a4 Ba7
9. O-O Ne7 10. Re1 Ng6 11. Nf1 Be6 12. Bxe6 fxe6 13. Ng3 Qd7 14. a5 Kh8 15. d4
exd4 16. cxd4 h6 17. Qb3 c6 18. Qc2 e5 19. Be3 Nh7 20. Nf5 exd4 21. Bxd4 Bxd4
22. N3xd4 Rae8 23. Ra3 Ng5 24. h4 Ne6 25. Rd1 Ngf4 26. Nf3 d5 27. g3 g6 28. Nxh6
Qg7 29. exd5 Ne2+ 30. Qxe2 Nd4 31. Qxe8 Rxe8 32. Rxd4 Rf8 33. Rd1 Qxb2 34. Rad3
Qe2 35. d6 Rxf3 36. R3d2 Qe5 37. d7 Rxg3+ 38. fxg3 Qxg3+ 39. Rg2 Qe3+ 40. Kh2
Qf4+ 41. Rg3 1-0

[Event "St Louis Fall A 2022"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2022.11.04"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Hakobyan, Aram"]
[Black "Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2613"]
[BlackElo "2724"]
[ECO "E48"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian"]
[Variation "4.e3 O-O, 5.Bd3 d5"]
[WhiteFideId "13306677"]
[BlackFideId "5029465"]
[EventDate "2022.11.02"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Ne2 Re8 8. O-O
b6 9. Bd2 Bd6 10. Nf4 Bxf4 11. exf4 c5 12. dxc5 bxc5 13. Re1 Ba6 14. Rxe8+ Qxe8
15. Qf3 Qd7 16. Re1 Bxd3 17. Nxd5 Nc6 18. Ne7+ Nxe7 19. Qxa8+ Nc8 20. Bc3 Bb5
21. Bxf6 Bc6 22. Qb8 gxf6 23. f5 Kg7 24. Qg3+ Kf8 25. Qf4 Qd5 26. f3 Kg7 27.
Qg3+ Kf8 28. Qf4 Kg7 29. Qg3+ Kf8 30. Qf4 Kg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Louis Fall A 2022"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2022.11.04"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Theodorou, Nikolas"]
[Black "Nyzhnyk, Illya"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2598"]
[BlackElo "2687"]
[ECO "D12"]
[Opening "QGD Slav"]
[Variation "4.e3 Bf5"]
[WhiteFideId "4262875"]
[BlackFideId "14118084"]
[EventDate "2022.11.02"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Be4 7. f3 Bg6 8. Bd2 Be7
9. Nxg6 hxg6 10. Qc2 Nbd7 11. O-O-O a6 12. c5 b6 13. cxb6 Qxb6 14. Na4 Qb7 15.
Kb1 O-O 16. g4 Rfc8 17. g5 Ne8 18. e4 c5 19. exd5 cxd4 20. Qb3 Qxb3 21. axb3 Nc7
22. dxe6 Nxe6 23. f4 Nec5 24. Nxc5 Nxc5 25. Bc4 Rab8 26. Rhe1 Bd6 27. b4 Na4 28.
Bb3 Nb6 29. f5 Nc4 30. fxg6 Nxd2+ 31. Rxd2 Bxb4 32. gxf7+ Kf8 33. Re8+ Rxe8 34.
fxe8=R+ Kxe8 35. Rxd4 Be7 36. Ba4+ Kf7 37. Rf4+ Ke6 38. Re4+ Kf7 39. g6+ Kf6 40.
Bc2 Bd6 41. Ra4 Rb6 42. Rh4 Rb4 43. Rh8 a5 44. Ra8 Be5 45. Ra6+ Ke7 46. b3 a4
47. Rxa4 Rxa4 48. bxa4 Bxh2 49. a5 Bg1 50. Kb2 Kf8 51. Kb3 Kg8 52. Be4 Kh8 53.
Bd5 Bb6 54. axb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Louis Fall A 2022"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2022.11.04"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Ganguly, Surya Shekhar"]
[Black "Oparin, Grigoriy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2589"]
[BlackElo "2683"]
[ECO "D40"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "Semi-Tarrasch defence"]
[WhiteFideId "5002150"]
[BlackFideId "24125890"]
[EventDate "2022.11.02"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 c5 5. e3 Nc6 6. a3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 a6 8. O-O b5
9. Ba2 Bb7 10. Qe2 cxd4 11. Rd1 b4 12. exd4 bxc3 13. d5 Nxd5 14. Rxd5 Qc7 15.
Rd3 Be7 16. Rxc3 O-O 17. Be3 Rac8 18. Rac1 Bf6 19. Rc5 Qb8 20. Bb1 Ne7 21. Ng5
Nf5 22. b4 h6 23. Ne4 Bxe4 24. Bxe4 Nxe3 25. Qxe3 Bg5 26. Rxc8 Rxc8 27. Rxc8+
Qxc8 28. Qc5 Qxc5 29. bxc5 Kf8 30. a4 Ke7 31. Kf1 Bf6 32. g4 Bd4 33. c6 Kd6 34.
Ke2 f5 35. gxf5 exf5 36. Bxf5 Kxc6 37. Bd3 a5 38. h3 Kd6 39. Kf3 Ke5 40. Bb5 Bb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Louis Fall A 2022"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2022.11.04"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Yu, Yangyi"]
[Black "Niemann, Hans Moke"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2716"]
[BlackElo "2699"]
[ECO "E21"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian"]
[Variation "three knights variation"]
[WhiteFideId "8603820"]
[BlackFideId "2093596"]
[EventDate "2022.11.02"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 O-O 5. Bg5 c5 6. d5 h6 7. Bh4 d6 8. e3 exd5
9. cxd5 Nbd7 10. Bd3 Qa5 11. O-O Bxc3 12. bxc3 Nxd5 13. c4 N5f6 14. Nd2 Re8 15.
Qc2 Qc7 16. Rae1 b6 17. e4 Bb7 18. Nb1 a6 19. a4 b5 20. axb5 axb5 21. cxb5 c4
22. Qxc4 Qxc4 23. Bxc4 g5 24. Bg3 Nxe4 25. f3 Nxg3 26. Rxe8+ Rxe8 27. hxg3 d5
28. Rd1 dxc4 29. Rxd7 Bxf3 30. gxf3 Re1+ 31. Kf2 Rxb1 32. Rc7 Rxb5 33. Rxc4 h5
34. Rc6 Rb2+ 35. Kg1 Kg7 36. Rc4 Kg6 37. Ra4 f6 38. Rc4 Rd2 39. Ra4 Kf5 40. Rb4
Ra2 41. Rb5+ Kg6 42. Rb4 Ra6 43. Kg2 Ra7 44. Kf2 Rh7 45. Kg2 h4 46. Kh3 hxg3+
47. Kxg3 Ra7 48. Rb6 Kg7 49. Rb5 Ra6 50. Rb7+ Kg6 51. Rb8 f5 52. Rg8+ Kh6 53.
Rf8 Ra5 54. Rf6+ Kh5 55. Kh3 f4 56. Rf8 Ra1 57. Rh8+ Kg6 58. Rg8+ Kf6 59. Kg2
Ra2+ 60. Kf1 Kf5 61. Kg1 Rd2 62. Kf1 Rb2 63. Kg1 Ra2 64. Kf1 Rd2 65. Ke1 Rd6 66.
Kf2 Rg6 67. Rf8+ Rf6 68. Rg8 Rf7 69. Kf1 Kf6 70. Kg2 Rg7 71. Rf8+ Kg6 72. Ra8
Rh7 73. Ra6+ Kh5 74. Ra8 Rb7 75. Rh8+ Kg6 76. Rg8+ Kf6 77. Kf2 Rb2+ 78. Kf1 Rd2
79. Ke1 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Louis Fall A 2022"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2022.11.04"]
[Round "3.5"]
[White "Nguyen, Thai Dai Van"]
[Black "Abasov, Nijat"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2646"]
[ECO "C65"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Berlin defence"]
[WhiteFideId "358878"]
[BlackFideId "13402960"]
[EventDate "2022.11.02"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Nbd2 Nd4 6. Ba4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. Nxd4
Bxd4 9. c3 Bb6 10. exd5 Bg4 11. Nf3 O-O 12. h3 Bh5 13. g4 Bg6 14. Nxe5 Re8 15.
d4 Nd7 16. O-O Nxe5 17. dxe5 Rxe5 18. Bf4 Re4 19. Bg3 Qf6 20. d6 Rd8 21. Bd5
Rxd6 22. Bxd6 cxd6 23. Bxe4 Bxe4 24. g5 Qe5 25. Qg4 g6 26. Rfe1 d5 27. Rad1 h5
28. gxh6 Qf6 29. Re3 Kh7 30. h4 b4 31. Rf1 bxc3 32. bxc3 Kxh6 33. c4 Qe5 34.
Ree1 Bc7 35. Qg5+ Qxg5+ 36. hxg5+ Kxg5 37. f3 Bd3 38. cxd5 Bxf1 39. Kxf1 Bd6 40.
Re4 Kf5 41. Ke2 g5 42. Kd3 a6 43. Kd4 1-0

[Event "St Louis Fall A 2022"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2022.11.05"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Ganguly, Surya Shekhar"]
[Black "Theodorou, Nikolas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2589"]
[BlackElo "2598"]
[ECO "B22"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Alapin's variation (2.c3)"]
[WhiteFideId "5002150"]
[BlackFideId "4262875"]
[EventDate "2022.11.02"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Bc4 Nb6 6. Bb3 c4 7. Bc2 d6 8. exd6
Qxd6 9. O-O Bg4 10. Re1 O-O-O 11. Qe2 e5 12. Na3 g6 13. Nxc4 Nxc4 14. Qxc4 Bxf3
15. gxf3 f5 16. Ba4 Qd5 17. Qxd5 Rxd5 18. Bb3 Rd3 19. Bc4 Rd6 20. d4 Bg7 21. Kg2
h6 22. Bb5 exd4 23. Bf4 Rf6 24. cxd4 g5 25. Be5 Nxe5 26. dxe5 Re6 27. Rac1+ Kb8
28. Rc5 Rc8 29. Rd5 Rc2 30. Ba4 Rc7 31. f4 gxf4 32. Kf3 Rc4 33. b3 Rc2 34. Rd8+
Rc8 35. Rxc8+ Kxc8 36. Kxf4 a6 37. Kxf5 Re7 38. b4 Bxe5 39. Rxe5 Rf7+ 1-0

[Event "St Louis Fall A 2022"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2022.11.05"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Oparin, Grigoriy"]
[Black "Abasov, Nijat"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2683"]
[BlackElo "2646"]
[ECO "D47"]
[Opening "QGD semi-Slav"]
[Variation "neo-Meran (Lundin variation)"]
[WhiteFideId "24125890"]
[BlackFideId "13402960"]
[EventDate "2022.11.02"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3
b4 9. Ne4 Bb7 10. Nxf6+ Nxf6 11. O-O Be7 12. a3 a5 13. e4 O-O 14. Qe2 c5 15. Rd1
c4 16. Bb1 Rc8 17. axb4 axb4 18. Bg5 Nd7 19. Ra7 Bxg5 20. Rxb7 Be7 21. d5 exd5
22. exd5 Bd6 23. Bf5 Rc7 24. Rxc7 Qxc7 25. Bxd7 Qxd7 26. Qxc4 Rc8 27. Qd3 h6 28.
g3 Rc5 29. Nd2 Rc8 30. Nc4 Bc5 31. Kg2 Re8 32. b3 Qa7 33. d6 Bxf2 34. d7 Rd8 35.
Ne5 Bb6 36. Nc6 Qa8 37. Qd5 Rf8 38. Ne7+ Kh7 39. Qxa8 Rxa8 40. Nd5 Bc5 41. Nxb4 1-0

[Event "St Louis Fall A 2022"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2022.11.05"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Niemann, Hans Moke"]
[Black "Nguyen, Thai Dai Van"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2699"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[ECO "C50"]
[Opening "Giuoco Piano"]
[WhiteFideId "2093596"]
[BlackFideId "358878"]
[EventDate "2022.11.02"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 h6 7. Re1 a5 8. Nbd2
O-O 9. Nf1 a4 10. Rb1 Be6 11. b4 axb3 12. axb3 Bb6 13. Ne3 Qd7 14. Bxe6 fxe6 15.
b4 Bxe3 16. Bxe3 b5 17. h3 Ra3 18. Qc2 Rfa8 19. c4 Ra2 20. Qc3 R2a3 21. Qc1 R3a4
22. Bd2 bxc4 23. Qxc4 Na7 24. Ra1 Nb5 25. Rxa4 Rxa4 26. Qc2 Ra3 27. Qc4 Ra4 28.
Rc1 Ra3 29. Be3 Kh7 30. Kh2 Kg8 31. d4 Nxe4 32. d5 Nf6 33. dxe6 Qe8 34. e7+ Kh7
35. Nh4 Ra8 36. Nf5 Rb8 37. f4 e4 38. g4 Qg8 39. e8=Q Qxe8 40. Rg1 d5 41. Qc5
Qe6 42. Rg2 Nd7 43. Qc2 Ra8 44. Qb2 Qf6 45. Qxf6 gxf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Louis Fall A 2022"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2022.11.05"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi"]
[Black "Yu, Yangyi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2724"]
[BlackElo "2716"]
[ECO "C43"]
[Opening "Petrov"]
[Variation "modern attack, Symmetrical variation"]
[WhiteFideId "5029465"]
[BlackFideId "8603820"]
[EventDate "2022.11.02"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 Nxe4 4. Bd3 d5 5. Nxe5 Nd7 6. O-O Nxe5 7. dxe5 Nc5 8.
Be2 c6 9. c3 Bf5 10. Be3 Ne6 11. Bg4 Bxg4 12. Qxg4 h5 13. Qe2 Bc5 14. Bxc5 Nxc5
15. Nd2 Qb6 16. b4 Ne6 17. Nb3 g6 18. Rad1 O-O-O 19. a4 Kb8 20. a5 Qc7 21. Qe3
g5 22. Nd4 Rhe8 23. Rde1 Rg8 24. Qh3 Nf4 25. Qf5 Qd7 26. Re3 Qxf5 27. Nxf5 a6
28. Nd4 g4 29. Kh1 Rde8 30. g3 Ne6 31. f4 gxf3 32. Rfxf3 Rg4 33. Nf5 d4 34. cxd4
Nxd4 35. Nxd4 Rxd4 36. Rf4 Rd5 37. Rxf7 Rexe5 38. Rxe5 Rxe5 39. Rf4 c5 40. bxc5
Rxc5 41. Ra4 b6 42. axb6 Kb7 43. g4 Kxb6 44. gxh5 Rxh5 45. Kg2 Kb5 46. Ra1 a5
47. Kg3 a4 48. h4 Kb4 49. Kg4 Rh8 50. h5 a3 51. Kg5 Kb3 52. h6 a2 53. Kg6 Kb2
54. Rxa2+ Kxa2 55. Kg7 Rxh6 56. Kxh6 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Louis Fall A 2022"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2022.11.05"]
[Round "4.5"]
[White "Nyzhnyk, Illya"]
[Black "Hakobyan, Aram"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2687"]
[BlackElo "2613"]
[ECO "A07"]
[Opening "Reti"]
[Variation "King's Indian attack, Pachman system"]
[WhiteFideId "14118084"]
[BlackFideId "13306677"]
[EventDate "2022.11.02"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O e5 5. d3 Ne7 6. e4 O-O 7. exd5 Nxd5 8. Re1
Nc6 9. Nc3 Nde7 10. Bg5 h6 11. Be3 Be6 12. Qd2 Nf5 13. Bc5 Re8 14. Ba3 Qd7 15.
b3 Rad8 16. Bb2 b6 17. Nd1 Nfd4 18. Ne3 Bh3 19. Nxd4 exd4 20. Bxh3 Qxh3 21. Nf1
Ne5 22. Qd1 c5 23. f4 Nc6 24. a3 Re6 25. Qf3 Rde8 26. Rxe6 Qxe6 27. Bc1 Ne7 28.
Bd2 Qc6 29. Qxc6 Nxc6 30. Kf2 f5 31. a4 Kf7 32. h3 Bf6 33. Re1 Rxe1 34. Kxe1 Ke6
35. Nh2 a6 36. Nf3 h5 37. Ke2 b5 38. axb5 axb5 39. Be1 Kd5 40. Bd2 Nd8 41. Be1
Ne6 42. h4 Nd8 43. Bd2 Nc6 44. Be1 Kd6 45. Bd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Louis Fall A 2022"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2022.11.06"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Yu, Yangyi"]
[Black "Nyzhnyk, Illya"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2716"]
[BlackElo "2687"]
[ECO "C42"]
[Opening "Petrov"]
[Variation "classical attack, Marshall variation"]
[WhiteFideId "8603820"]
[BlackFideId "14118084"]
[EventDate "2022.11.02"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. Re1
Bf5 9. c4 c6 10. Qb3 Qd7 11. c5 Bc7 12. g3 Qc8 13. Nc3 Nxc3 14. Bxf5 Qxf5 15.
Nh4 Qc8 16. bxc3 Na6 17. Bg5 Rb8 18. Qc2 Qd7 19. Nf5 Rfe8 20. Re7 Rxe7 21. Nxe7+
Kh8 22. Qf5 Qxf5 23. Nxf5 h6 24. Be3 Ra8 25. Rb1 b6 26. Ne7 Nb8 27. Re1 Kh7 28.
Kg2 g6 29. h4 h5 30. g4 hxg4 31. h5 gxh5 32. Rh1 Bd8 33. Rxh5+ Kg7 34. Nf5+ Kg6
35. Ng3 f6 36. Rh6+ Kf7 37. Rh7+ Kg6 38. Rh4 Na6 39. Rxg4+ Kf7 40. Nh5 Bc7 41.
Rg7+ Ke6 42. f4 Rf8 43. Kf3 f5 44. Rg5 Kd7 45. Ng7 Bd8 46. Rh5 Bf6 47. Nxf5 Rh8
48. Rxh8 Bxh8 49. cxb6 axb6 50. Nh6 c5 51. f5 Nc7 52. Nf7 Bf6 53. Ne5+ Ke7 54.
a4 Ne8 55. Ng4 c4 56. Bf4 Kd7 57. Be5 Bg5 58. Ne3 Kc6 59. Nc2 Nd6 60. Nb4+ Kd7
61. Nxd5 Nxf5 62. Ke4 1-0

[Event "St Louis Fall A 2022"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2022.11.06"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Hakobyan, Aram"]
[Black "Ganguly, Surya Shekhar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2613"]
[BlackElo "2589"]
[ECO "C78"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "5.O-O"]
[WhiteFideId "13306677"]
[BlackFideId "5002150"]
[EventDate "2022.11.02"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. c3 d6 8. d4 Bb6
9. Be3 O-O 10. Nbd2 Bg4 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. Qe2 Na5 13. Bc2 Bxe3 14. Qxe3 Bxf3 15.
Nxf3 Nc4 16. Qe2 Qe7 17. a4 c6 18. b3 Nb6 19. Qe3 Nbd7 20. Rfd1 g6 21. Rd2 Kg7
22. Rad1 bxa4 23. bxa4 Rfb8 24. Qg5 Ra7 25. Nh4 Kf8 26. Rd6 Rb2 27. Qc1 Rab7 28.
Rxc6 Qa3 29. h3 Rb8 30. Qh6+ Ke8 31. Qg5 Rxc2 32. Rxf6 Qe7 33. Rxd7 Kxd7 34. Nf3
Ke8 35. Nxe5 Rb1+ 36. Kh2 Rxf2 37. Ng4 h6 38. Qxh6 Rxf6 39. Qh8+ Kd7 40. Nxf6+
Ke6 41. Ng4 Qc7+ 42. e5 Kd5 43. Qf6 Rb2 44. Ne3+ Kc5 45. Qf4 Qd7 46. a5 Qe6 47.
Qd4+ Kc6 48. c4 Rb3 49. Nd5 Kb7 50. Nb6 Ra3 51. Nd7 Kc8 52. Nc5 Qf5 53. e6 Qb1
54. Qd7+ 1-0

[Event "St Louis Fall A 2022"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2022.11.06"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Theodorou, Nikolas"]
[Black "Oparin, Grigoriy"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2598"]
[BlackElo "2683"]
[ECO "E04"]
[Opening "Catalan"]
[Variation "open, 5.Nf3"]
[WhiteFideId "4262875"]
[BlackFideId "24125890"]
[EventDate "2022.11.02"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 c5 6. O-O Nc6 7. dxc5 Qxd1 8.
Rxd1 Bxc5 9. Nbd2 c3 10. bxc3 O-O 11. Nb3 Be7 12. Nfd4 Nxd4 13. cxd4 Nd5 14. Na5
Bb4 15. Nc4 b6 16. Ne3 Rd8 17. Bd2 Ba3 18. Nc4 Be7 19. e4 Nf6 20. d5 exd5 21.
exd5 Nxd5 22. Bg5 Bxg5 23. Bxd5 Bg4 24. f3 Rxd5 25. Rxd5 Bf6 26. Rc1 Bxf3 27.
Rd7 Bg4 28. Rb7 h5 29. Nd6 Bd4+ 30. Kf1 Rd8 31. Ne4 Rd5 32. Nf2 Rf5 33. Rc2 a5
34. Re7 Bf3 35. Re8+ Kh7 36. Ke1 Bd5 37. Ne4 Be5 38. Re2 f6 39. Re7 b5 40. a3 b4
41. axb4 axb4 42. Nd2 b3 43. Kd1 h4 44. gxh4 Kh6 45. Re8 Kh7 46. Re7 Kg6 47. Rd7
Bc6 48. Ra7 b2 49. Kc2 Bd4 50. Ra3 Rc5+ 51. Kd3 Be5 52. Rf2 Bb5+ 53. Ke4 f5+ 54.
Ke3 Rc1 55. Rg2+ Kf6 56. Rb3 f4+ 57. Kf2 Bc6 58. Rg5 Rc2 59. Ke2 f3+ 60. Kd3 Rc1
61. Rxe5 Kxe5 62. Rxb2 Re1 63. Rb6 Bd5 64. Rb8 f2 65. Rf8 Be4+ 66. Kc3 Bf5 67.
Rf7 Rc1+ 68. Kb4 Rd1 69. Nc4+ Kf4 0-1

[Event "St Louis Fall A 2022"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2022.11.06"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Abasov, Nijat"]
[Black "Niemann, Hans Moke"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2646"]
[BlackElo "2699"]
[ECO "E10"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[WhiteFideId "13402960"]
[BlackFideId "2093596"]
[EventDate "2022.11.02"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O Nbd7 8. Qc2
c6 9. Rc1 a5 10. e3 b5 11. cxb5 cxb5 12. a3 Ne4 13. Be1 a4 14. Nc3 Nd6 15. Bf1
Ba6 16. Bd3 g6 17. h4 Nc4 18. Qe2 Rc8 19. Na2 Nb8 20. e4 dxe4 21. Bxe4 Nd7 22.
Nb4 Qb6 23. Nxa6 Qxa6 24. Rc2 Bf6 25. Rac1 e5 26. dxe5 Ndxe5 27. Nxe5 Bxe5 28.
Bd5 Rfe8 29. Qf3 Qf6 30. Qxf6 Bxf6 31. Bc3 Ne5 32. Ba5 Nc4 33. Bc3 Ne5 34. Ba5
Nc4 35. Bc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Louis Fall A 2022"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2022.11.06"]
[Round "5.5"]
[White "Nguyen, Thai Dai Van"]
[Black "Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2724"]
[ECO "D41"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "Semi-Tarrasch, 5.cd"]
[WhiteFideId "358878"]
[BlackFideId "5029465"]
[EventDate "2022.11.02"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 cxd4 6. Qxd4 exd5 7. e4 dxe4 8.
Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Ng5 Be6 10. Nxe6+ fxe6 11. Bg5 Nc6 12. Bc4 Ke7 13. Nxe4 Kf7 14.
Bxf6 gxf6 15. O-O-O Rd8 16. Rxd8 Nxd8 17. Rd1 Be7 18. Rd7 f5 19. Nd6+ Kf6 20.
Nxb7 Nxb7 21. Rxb7 Bc5 22. Rc7 Bxf2 23. Rc6 Re8 24. Kd2 Re7 25. b4 Ke5 26. Ke2
Bg1 27. h3 f4 28. Bb3 Kf5 29. Bc2+ Ke5 30. Bb3 Kf5 31. Bc2+ Ke5 32. Bb3 Kf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Louis Fall A 2022"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2022.11.07"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Nyzhnyk, Illya"]
[Black "Nguyen, Thai Dai Van"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2687"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[ECO "E50"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian"]
[Variation "4.e3 e8g8, 5.Nf3, without ...d5"]
[WhiteFideId "14118084"]
[BlackFideId "358878"]
[EventDate "2022.11.02"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 O-O 5. e3 c5 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 d6 8. Bd3
e5 9. dxe5 dxe5 10. Nxe5 Qe7 11. f4 Nbd7 12. Nf3 b6 13. O-O Bb7 14. Re1 Rad8 15.
e4 Nxe4 16. Ng5 f5 17. Nxe4 Bxe4 18. Bxe4 fxe4 19. Qd5+ Qf7 20. a4 Nf6 21. Qxf7+
Rxf7 22. a5 Rd3 23. axb6 axb6 24. Ra3 h6 25. Kf1 Ng4 26. h3 Nf6 27. Re3 Rd1+ 28.
Re1 Rd3 29. Re3 Nh5 30. Rxd3 exd3 31. Kf2 Nxf4 32. Bxf4 Rxf4+ 33. Ke3 d2 34. Ra1
Rxc4 35. Kxd2 b5 36. Ra8+ Kf7 37. Rc8 Ra4 38. Rxc5 Ra2+ 39. Ke1 Rxg2 40. Rxb5
Rg3 41. h4 Rxc3 42. Kf2 Rh3 43. Rb4 g5 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Louis Fall A 2022"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2022.11.07"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Ganguly, Surya Shekhar"]
[Black "Yu, Yangyi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2589"]
[BlackElo "2716"]
[ECO "B22"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Alapin's variation (2.c3)"]
[WhiteFideId "5002150"]
[BlackFideId "8603820"]
[EventDate "2022.11.02"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Nf6 4. Bb5+ Nbd7 5. Nf3 a6 6. Ba4 b5 7. Bc2 Bb7 8. O-O
Bxd5 9. d4 e6 10. a4 b4 11. a5 Qc7 12. Re1 Rd8 13. Bg5 Be7 14. Nbd2 bxc3 15.
bxc3 O-O 16. Ne5 cxd4 17. cxd4 h6 18. Bh4 Qc3 19. Ndc4 Bxc4 20. Re3 Qxe3 21.
fxe3 Nxe5 22. Rb1 Ng6 23. Bg3 Nd5 24. Qf3 Bg5 25. Re1 Bb5 26. Bb3 Rc8 27. Bxd5
exd5 28. Qxd5 Rfe8 29. e4 Bd2 30. Rd1 Be3+ 31. Kh1 Rcd8 32. Qc5 Rxe4 33. h4 Bxd4
34. Qf5 Rde8 35. h5 Nf8 36. Rc1 Nh7 37. Rc8 Nf6 38. Bd6 Re1+ 39. Kh2 Bg1+ 40.
Kg3 Ne4+ 0-1

[Event "St Louis Fall A 2022"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2022.11.07"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Theodorou, Nikolas"]
[Black "Hakobyan, Aram"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2598"]
[BlackElo "2613"]
[ECO "E06"]
[Opening "Catalan"]
[Variation "closed, 5.Nf3"]
[WhiteFideId "4262875"]
[BlackFideId "13306677"]
[EventDate "2022.11.02"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. Nc3 dxc4 7. Ne5 Nc6 8. Bxc6
bxc6 9. Nxc6 Qe8 10. Nxe7+ Qxe7 11. Qa4 Nd5 12. O-O a5 13. Re1 Qb4 14. a3 Qxa4
15. Nxa4 Rd8 16. Rd1 Bd7 17. Nc5 Bc6 18. Bd2 Nb6 19. Bf4 Ra7 20. Rac1 Na4 21.
Rd2 c3 22. bxc3 Nxc5 23. dxc5 Rxd2 24. Bxd2 Rb7 25. c4 a4 26. Bb4 Kf8 27. f4 Ke7
28. g4 Rb8 29. Kf2 f6 30. h4 e5 31. fxe5 fxe5 32. Kg3 Ke6 33. Rd1 Be4 34. Rd2 h6
35. h5 Ra8 36. Kh4 Rf8 37. Ba5 Rf4 38. Kg3 Rf7 39. Rd8 Re7 40. Bc3 Bb7 41. Rf8
Be4 42. c6 Bxc6 43. Rf5 Rf7 44. Rxe5+ Kd7 45. g5 Rf1 46. g6 Rc1 47. Re3 Rg1+ 48.
Kf2 Rh1 49. Bxg7 Rxh5 50. Bc3 Rh2+ 51. Ke1 Rg2 52. g7 Bb7 53. Be5 Ke6 54. Bg3+
Kf7 55. Re7+ Kg8 56. Be5 Bc6 57. Rxc7 Be8 58. Re7 Bh5 59. Bd4 Bf7 60. c5 Rg6 61.
Rd7 Be8 62. Rd8 Kf7 63. c6 1-0

[Event "St Louis Fall A 2022"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2022.11.07"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "Oparin, Grigoriy"]
[Black "Niemann, Hans Moke"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2683"]
[BlackElo "2699"]
[ECO "C65"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Berlin defence"]
[WhiteFideId "24125890"]
[BlackFideId "2093596"]
[EventDate "2022.11.02"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Nbd2 O-O 6. Nb3 Bd6 7. O-O Re8 8.
Bg5 h6 9. Bh4 a6 10. Bxc6 dxc6 11. Re1 c5 12. Nfd2 b5 13. a4 g5 14. Bg3 Bg4 15.
f3 Be6 16. Bf2 Qe7 17. Nf1 c4 18. dxc4 bxc4 19. Nbd2 Bb4 20. c3 Bc5 21. Qe2
Bxf2+ 22. Kxf2 Nh5 23. g3 Qc5+ 24. Kg2 Rab8 25. Rab1 Red8 26. Ne3 Rd3 27. Ndf1
Rbd8 28. Rbd1 Qc6 29. Nd5 Bxd5 30. Rxd3 cxd3 31. Qxd3 Nf6 32. Ne3 Rb8 33. Nxd5
Rxb2+ 34. Re2 Rxe2+ 35. Qxe2 Nxd5 36. exd5 Qxc3 37. Qxa6 Qd2+ 38. Kg1 Qd4+ 39.
Kg2 Kg7 40. Qb5 Qd2+ 41. Kg1 g4 42. fxg4 e4 43. Kf1 Qd1+ 44. Kf2 Qd2+ 45. Kf1
Qd1+ 46. Kf2 Qd2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Louis Fall A 2022"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2022.11.07"]
[Round "6.5"]
[White "Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi"]
[Black "Abasov, Nijat"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2724"]
[BlackElo "2646"]
[ECO "D02"]
[Opening "Queen's bishop game"]
[WhiteFideId "5029465"]
[BlackFideId "13402960"]
[EventDate "2022.11.02"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Bf4 c5 4. e3 Qb6 5. Nbd2 cxd4 6. exd4 Bg4 7. Nb3 e6 8. h3
Bh5 9. g4 Bg6 10. Ne5 Nbd7 11. Nxg6 hxg6 12. Bg2 Bd6 13. Be3 Qc7 14. Qe2 Nb6 15.
c3 Nc4 16. Nd2 Nxe3 17. fxe3 Bg3+ 18. Kd1 O-O-O 19. Kc2 e5 20. g5 Nh5 21. Qg4+
Kb8 22. Rhf1 exd4 23. exd4 Rhe8 24. Rad1 Re7 25. Kb1 a6 26. Nb3 Ka7 27. Nc1 Qd6
28. Nd3 a5 29. Bf3 Rg8 30. h4 f5 31. Qh3 Rh8 32. Rh1 Re3 33. Qg2 Rd8 34. Qf1
Rde8 35. Bxh5 gxh5 36. Qxf5 g6 37. Qf1 Re2 38. Ne5 Qa6 39. c4 R8xe5 40. dxe5
Qxc4 41. Ka1 Bxe5 42. Rb1 d4 43. Qc1 Rc2 44. Qg1 b6 45. Qf1 d3 46. Qf8 Qb5 47.
Qa3 d2 48. Qb3 Qxb3 49. axb3 b5 50. Rhf1 b4 51. Rbd1 Rxb2 52. Rf7+ Kb6 53. Re7
Bc3 54. Re3 Rxb3+ 55. Ka2 Rb2+ 56. Ka1 Kb5 0-1

[Event "St Louis Fall A 2022"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2022.11.08"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Hakobyan, Aram"]
[Black "Oparin, Grigoriy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2613"]
[BlackElo "2683"]
[ECO "C45"]
[Opening "Scotch"]
[Variation "Mieses variation"]
[WhiteFideId "13306677"]
[BlackFideId "24125890"]
[EventDate "2022.11.02"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8.
Nd2 Rb8 9. c4 Nf4 10. Qe3 Ng6 11. f4 Qc5 12. Qe4 Be7 13. Nb3 Qb4+ 14. Bd2 d5 15.
exd6 Qxd6 16. O-O-O O-O 17. f5 Qe5 18. Bd3 Bf6 19. Bc3 Qxe4 20. Bxe4 Bxc3 21.
bxc3 Ne5 22. c5 Ba6 23. Nd4 Bc4 24. Nxc6 Nxc6 25. Bxc6 Bxa2 26. Rhe1 h5 27. Re7
Rb1+ 28. Kc2 Rfb8 29. Rxb1 Bxb1+ 30. Kc1 Bxf5 31. Bd5 c6 32. Bxf7+ Kf8 33. Rxa7
Rb5 34. Bxh5 Rxc5 35. Kd2 Be4 36. Ra8+ Ke7 37. Re8+ Kf6 38. Rxe4 Rxh5 39. h3 Rg5
40. g4 Rd5+ 41. Ke3 g5 42. Rc4 c5 43. Ra4 Re5+ 44. Kd3 Re1 45. Ra5 Rh1 46. Rxc5
Rxh3+ 47. Ke4 Ke6 48. c4 1-0

[Event "St Louis Fall A 2022"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2022.11.08"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Yu, Yangyi"]
[Black "Theodorou, Nikolas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2716"]
[BlackElo "2598"]
[ECO "B33"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Pelikan (Lasker/Sveshnikov) variation"]
[WhiteFideId "8603820"]
[BlackFideId "4262875"]
[EventDate "2022.11.02"]

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. Bd2 Nd7 11. a5 O-O 12. c4 f5 13. Be2 a6 14. Nc3 e4 15.
O-O Ne5 16. Ra3 Kh8 17. Rb3 Qe8 18. Bf4 Bd8 19. Qd4 Bf6 20. Qd2 Qe7 21. c5 g5
22. cxd6 Qg7 23. Be3 f4 24. Bc5 Bf5 25. d7 f3 26. Bxf8 Rxf8 27. Rxb7 Qh6 28. Rb6
Nxd7 29. Rxf6 Rxf6 30. gxf3 exf3 31. Bxf3 Qh4 32. Re1 Rh6 33. Re8+ Kg7 34. Qe3
Qxh2+ 35. Kf1 Rg6 36. Be4 Bxe4 37. Nxe4 Qh1+ 38. Ke2 Kh6 39. Qf3 Qb1 1-0

[Event "St Louis Fall A 2022"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2022.11.08"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Nguyen, Thai Dai Van"]
[Black "Ganguly, Surya Shekhar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2589"]
[ECO "C55"]
[Opening "Two knights defence (Modern bishop's opening)"]
[WhiteFideId "358878"]
[BlackFideId "5002150"]
[EventDate "2022.11.02"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 d5 5. exd5 Nxd5 6. O-O Be7 7. Re1 f6 8. d4
Nb6 9. Bb3 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 Qxd4 11. Qxd4 exd4 12. Bf4 Bf5 13. Bxc7 Kd7 14. Nd2 Bc5
15. Ne4 Bxe4 16. Bxb6 axb6 17. Rxe4 b5 18. Rae1 Rad8 19. h4 Kc7 20. h5 h6 21.
Rg4 Rd7 22. Kf1 Rhd8 23. Be6 Re7 24. Bf5 Rxe1+ 25. Kxe1 Re8+ 26. Kf1 Re7 27. a3
b4 28. axb4 Bxb4 29. c3 Bc5 30. cxd4 Bb4 31. f3 Kd6 32. d5 Bd2 33. Be6 b5 34.
Ke2 Bc1 35. Rb4 Kc5 36. Rb3 b4 37. Kd3 Bf4 38. Ke4 Be5 39. f4 Kc4 40. fxe5 Kxb3
41. exf6 gxf6 42. Kf5 Kxb2 43. d6 Re8 44. Kxf6 1-0

[Event "St Louis Fall A 2022"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2022.11.08"]
[Round "7.4"]
[White "Abasov, Nijat"]
[Black "Nyzhnyk, Illya"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2646"]
[BlackElo "2687"]
[ECO "B22"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Alapin's variation (2.c3)"]
[WhiteFideId "13402960"]
[BlackFideId "14118084"]
[EventDate "2022.11.02"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 e6 6. Na3 a6 7. Nc4 Nbd7 8. Ne3
Qc6 9. Be2 Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. c4 cxd4 12. Nxd4 Qc7 13. b3 b6 14. Bf3 Bb7 15.
Bb2 Rfd8 16. Bxb7 Qxb7 17. Qe2 Nc5 18. Rfd1 Rd7 19. Nf3 Rad8 20. Ne5 Rxd1+ 21.
Rxd1 Rxd1+ 22. Qxd1 Ncd7 23. h3 Nxe5 24. Bxe5 Qc6 25. Qd4 Ne8 26. Qd3 Nf6 27.
Qd4 Ne8 28. Qd3 Nf6 29. Qd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Louis Fall A 2022"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2022.11.08"]
[Round "7.5"]
[White "Niemann, Hans Moke"]
[Black "Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2699"]
[BlackElo "2724"]
[ECO "E53"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian"]
[Variation "4.e3, main line with ...c5"]
[WhiteFideId "2093596"]
[BlackFideId "5029465"]
[EventDate "2022.11.02"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 c5 6. Nf3 d5 7. cxd5 exd5 8. dxc5
Nbd7 9. Bd2 Nxc5 10. Be2 Ne6 11. Qb3 Be7 12. O-O a6 13. a4 Nc5 14. Qa2 Be6 15.
Nd4 Bd6 16. Rfd1 Qe7 17. Be1 Rfd8 18. f3 Bd7 19. Bf2 Qe5 20. g3 Qh5 21. b4 Ne6
22. f4 Ng4 23. h4 Bxb4 24. Nxd5 Nxd4 25. Rxd4 Bc5 26. Rd2 Be6 27. Rad1 Re8 28.
Qb1 Qh6 29. Bxg4 Bxg4 30. Rc1 Bf8 31. e4 Bf3 32. Re1 Qe6 33. f5 Qe5 34. Nb6 Bc5
35. Kh2 Bxb6 36. Bxb6 Bxe4 37. Rde2 Bxb1 38. Rxe5 Rxe5 39. Rxe5 f6 40. Rd5 Be4
41. Rd8+ Rxd8 42. Bxd8 b5 43. axb5 axb5 44. g4 b4 45. Ba5 b3 46. Bc3 h5 47. Kg3
Bc2 48. Bb2 hxg4 49. Kxg4 Bd1+ 50. Kg3 Kh7 51. Bc1 Be2 52. Kh3 Bf3 53. Kg3 Bd1
54. Kh3 Kg8 55. Kg3 Kf7 56. Kf4 Ke7 57. Ba3+ Kd7 58. Ke4 Bc2+ 59. Kf4 Kc6 60. h5
Bd1 61. h6 gxh6 62. Bb2 Kd5 63. Bxf6 Kc4 64. Ke3 Bg4 65. Ke4 Bh5 66. Bb2 Be8 67.
Ba1 h5 68. Bb2 Bf7 69. Ba1 Bd5+ 70. Ke3 Bc6 71. Bb2 Bd7 72. Ke4 Kc5 73. Ba3+ Kc6
74. Bb2 Be8 75. Bc3 Bf7 76. Bb2 Kd7 77. Bc3 Bg8 78. Bb2 Kc6 79. Bc3 Kc5 80. Bb2
Kc4 81. Ba1 Bd5+ 82. Ke3 Bc6 83. Bb2 Bg2 84. Ba1 Bc6 85. Bb2 Bd7 86. Ke4 Kb4 87.
Kf4 Kc5 88. Ke4 Kd6 89. Ba3+ Kc7 90. Bb2 Kd8 91. Ba1 h4 92. f6 Ke8 93. Kf3 Kf7
94. Kg2 Kg6 95. Kh2 Be6 96. Bb2 Kg5 97. Ba1 Kf4 98. Bb2 Ke4 99. f7 Bxf7 100. Kh3
Kd3 101. Kxh4 Kc2 102. Bf6 b2 103. Bxb2 Kxb2 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Louis Fall A 2022"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2022.11.09"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Hakobyan, Aram"]
[Black "Yu, Yangyi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2613"]
[BlackElo "2716"]
[ECO "D37"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "4.Nf3"]
[WhiteFideId "13306677"]
[BlackFideId "8603820"]
[EventDate "2022.11.02"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 Bb4 7. e3 h6 8.
Bxf6 Qxf6 9. Qb3 Qd6 10. a3 Ba5 11. Qb5 Bxc3+ 12. bxc3 O-O 13. Bd3 c5 14. a4 c4
15. Bc2 Nf6 16. O-O Bd7 17. Qb2 Rfb8 18. Ne5 b5 19. Nxd7 Qxd7 20. Rfb1 a6 21.
axb5 axb5 22. Rxa8 Rxa8 23. Qxb5 Qxb5 24. Rxb5 g6 25. Kf1 Ra2 26. Bb1 Ra3 27.
Ke2 Rxc3 28. Kd2 Ra3 29. f3 h5 30. e4 dxe4 31. fxe4 Ng4 32. e5 Nxh2 33. d5 Rb3
34. Rxb3 cxb3 35. Kc3 Ng4 36. e6 fxe6 37. Bxg6 exd5 38. Bxh5 Ne3 39. Kxb3 Nxg2
40. Bf3 Nf4 41. Bxd5+ Nxd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Louis Fall A 2022"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2022.11.09"]
[Round "8.2"]
[White "Oparin, Grigoriy"]
[Black "Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2683"]
[BlackElo "2724"]
[ECO "E32"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian"]
[Variation "classical variation"]
[WhiteFideId "24125890"]
[BlackFideId "5029465"]
[EventDate "2022.11.02"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. e4 d5 6. e5 Ne4 7. Bd3 c5 8. Nf3
cxd4 9. Nxd4 Nd7 10. Bf4 Qh4 11. g3 Qh5 12. O-O g5 13. cxd5 Bxc3 14. bxc3 exd5
15. Be3 Nxe5 16. f3 Nc5 17. Bf5 Ne6 18. g4 Qh4 19. Rad1 Nc4 20. Bc1 Bd7 21. Ne2
Bc6 22. Ng3 Nf4 23. Rd4 Rfe8 24. Bd3 Ne6 25. Nf5 Qh3 26. Qf2 Ne5 27. Be2 f6 28.
Kh1 h5 29. f4 Nxg4 30. Bxg4 hxg4 31. fxg5 fxg5 32. Kg1 Rf8 33. Ne7+ Kg7 34. Nf5+
Kg8 35. Ne7+ Kh8 36. Ng6+ Kg7 37. Nxf8 Rxf8 38. Qe2 Rxf1+ 39. Qxf1 Nxd4 40. cxd4
Qc3 41. Bxg5 Qxd4+ 42. Kg2 Kg6 43. Bf4 Qe4+ 44. Kg3 Bb5 45. Qd1 Be2 46. Qb3 Kf5
47. Bb8 Bd3 0-1

[Event "St Louis Fall A 2022"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2022.11.09"]
[Round "8.3"]
[White "Nyzhnyk, Illya"]
[Black "Niemann, Hans Moke"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2687"]
[BlackElo "2699"]
[ECO "B33"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Pelikan, Chelyabinsk variation"]
[WhiteFideId "14118084"]
[BlackFideId "2093596"]
[EventDate "2022.11.02"]

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. c3 O-O 12. Nc2 Rb8 13. a4 bxa4 14. Ncb4 Nxb4 15.
Nxb4 Bb7 16. Nxa6 Ra8 17. Qxa4 d5 18. Qb5 Qe7 19. Be2 Ra7 20. Ra3 dxe4 21. O-O
e3 22. f3 e4 23. fxe4 Qxe4 24. Bf3 Qe7 25. Qe2 Bxf3 26. Rxf3 Re8 27. Ra1 Qd6 28.
Rf5 Qd2 29. Kf1 Rxa6 0-1

[Event "St Louis Fall A 2022"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2022.11.09"]
[Round "8.4"]
[White "Ganguly, Surya Shekhar"]
[Black "Abasov, Nijat"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2589"]
[BlackElo "2646"]
[ECO "B45"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Taimanov variation"]
[WhiteFideId "5002150"]
[BlackFideId "13402960"]
[EventDate "2022.11.02"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. e5 Nd5 8.
Ne4 Qc7 9. f4 Qb6 10. a3 a5 11. c4 Ne3 12. Qd3 Nxf1 13. Rxf1 Ba6 14. Bd2 Qxb2
15. Ke2 c5 16. Rfb1 Qd4 17. Qxd4 cxd4 18. Kd3 f5 19. Nd6+ Bxd6 20. exd6 Rc8 21.
Rb5 a4 22. Ba5 Bxb5 23. cxb5 Rc5 24. Rb1 Kf7 25. Bc7 Rc3+ 26. Kxd4 Rxa3 27. b6
Ra2 28. b7 a3 29. b8=Q Rxb8 30. Rxb8 Rxg2 31. Ba5 a2 32. Bc3 Rd2+ 33. Ke3 Rxd6
34. Ra8 Rc6 35. Kd3 Rd6+ 36. Ke3 Rc6 37. Kd3 Rd6+ 38. Kc4 Rc6+ 39. Kb3 Rb6+ 40.
Kxa2 h6 41. h4 g5 42. fxg5 hxg5 43. hxg5 f4 44. Ra4 Kg6 45. Rxf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Louis Fall A 2022"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2022.11.09"]
[Round "8.5"]
[White "Theodorou, Nikolas"]
[Black "Nguyen, Thai Dai Van"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2598"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[ECO "E04"]
[Opening "Catalan"]
[Variation "open, 5.Nf3"]
[WhiteFideId "4262875"]
[BlackFideId "358878"]
[EventDate "2022.11.02"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 c5 6. O-O Nc6 7. dxc5 Qxd1 8.
Rxd1 Bxc5 9. Nbd2 c3 10. bxc3 O-O 11. Nb3 Be7 12. Nfd4 Bd7 13. Nb5 Ne5 14. Ba3
Bxa3 15. Nxa3 Rac8 16. f4 Ng6 17. Bxb7 Rc7 18. Ba6 Rxc3 19. Rac1 Rxc1 20. Rxc1
e5 21. fxe5 Nxe5 22. Rc7 h5 23. Rxa7 Rd8 24. Bb7 Bc6 25. Bxc6 Nxc6 26. Ra4 Rd1+
27. Kg2 Re1 28. Kf2 Rh1 29. Kg2 Re1 30. Kf2 Rh1 31. h3 Rh2+ 32. Kf1 Ne7 33. Nd4
h4 34. Nf3 Rh1+ 35. Kg2 Ra1 36. Nc4 hxg3 37. Ra8+ Kh7 38. Nce5 Ne4 39. Nxf7 Nd5
40. N7g5+ Nxg5 41. Nxg5+ Kg6 42. Nf3 Nc3 43. Kxg3 Rxa2 44. Rxa2 Nxa2 45. e4 Nc3
46. Kf4 Kf6 47. h4 Kg6 48. e5 Nd5+ 49. Ke4 Nc7 50. Ke3 Kf5 51. Kd4 Kf4 52. Ng5
Nb5+ 53. Kd5 Nc7+ 54. Kd6 Nb5+ 55. Ke6 Nc7+ 56. Kf7 Kxe5 57. Kxg7 Kf5 58. Kf7
Nd5 59. Nh7 Kg4 60. Nf6+ Kxh4 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Louis Fall A 2022"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2022.11.10"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Yu, Yangyi"]
[Black "Oparin, Grigoriy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2716"]
[BlackElo "2683"]
[ECO "C65"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Berlin defence"]
[WhiteFideId "8603820"]
[BlackFideId "24125890"]
[EventDate "2022.11.02"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 d6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 O-O 7. c3 a6 8. Ba4
Re8 9. h3 Bf8 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bh4 b5 12. Bb3 Na5 13. Bc2 c5 14. a4 b4 15. cxb4
cxb4 16. Nbd2 Be7 17. Bg3 Nd7 18. d4 Bf6 19. Nb3 Bb7 20. Nxa5 Qxa5 21. Nd2 Rac8
22. Bb3 d5 23. Qg4 Rcd8 24. exd5 Bxd5 25. Nc4 Bxc4 26. Bxc4 Re7 27. Qf5 b3 28.
Re4 Rde8 29. Rae1 Kh8 30. Bxb3 g6 31. Qf3 Bg7 32. R4e2 f5 33. Qc6 Qb4 34. Qc3
Qxc3 35. bxc3 Bf6 36. Bc4 f4 37. Bh2 g5 38. Bxa6 exd4 39. Rxe7 Rxe7 40. Rxe7
Bxe7 41. cxd4 1-0

[Event "St Louis Fall A 2022"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2022.11.10"]
[Round "9.2"]
[White "Nguyen, Thai Dai Van"]
[Black "Hakobyan, Aram"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2613"]
[ECO "D38"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "Ragozin variation"]
[WhiteFideId "358878"]
[BlackFideId "13306677"]
[EventDate "2022.11.02"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. Qb3 c5 8. cxd5
exd5 9. dxc5 Bxc3+ 10. Qxc3 Qxc3+ 11. bxc3 Na6 12. Rd1 Be6 13. e4 dxe4 14. Bxa6
bxa6 15. Nd4 Rc8 16. c6 Bxa2 17. Ra1 Bc4 18. Kd2 O-O 19. Ke3 Bb5 20. Rhc1 f5 21.
g3 g5 22. c4 Bxc6 23. Rxa6 Bd5 24. c5 f4+ 25. gxf4 gxf4+ 26. Kd2 e3+ 27. fxe3 f3
28. Rg1+ Kh7 29. Rxa7+ Kh8 30. Ra6 Rc7 31. Rxh6+ Rh7 32. Rxh7+ Kxh7 33. Nxf3
Rxf3 34. Kd3 Rh3 35. Kd4 Bc6 36. Rb1 Rxh2 37. Rb6 Rh6 38. Rxc6 Rxc6 39. Kd5 Rc8
40. c6 Kg6 41. Kd6 Kf5 42. c7 Ke4 43. Kd7 Rxc7+ 44. Kxc7 Kxe3 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Louis Fall A 2022"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2022.11.10"]
[Round "9.3"]
[White "Abasov, Nijat"]
[Black "Theodorou, Nikolas"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2646"]
[BlackElo "2598"]
[ECO "D32"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "Tarrasch, von Hennig-Schara gambit"]
[WhiteFideId "13402960"]
[BlackFideId "4262875"]
[EventDate "2022.11.02"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. cxd5 cxd4 5. Qa4+ Bd7 6. Qxd4 exd5 7. Qxd5 Nf6 8.
Qg5 Nc6 9. Bd2 h6 10. Qg3 Bc5 11. Rc1 O-O 12. Nh3 Nd4 13. e3 Re8 14. Qh4 Bc6 15.
Nb5 Nf5 16. Qf4 Ne4 17. Rd1 Nxf2 18. Nxf2 Nxe3 19. Bxe3 Qa5+ 20. Nc3 Bxe3 21.
Qg4 h5 22. Qc4 Qf5 23. Nd3 Rad8 24. Be2 Bxg2 25. Rf1 Bxf1 26. Bxf1 Qf3 27. a4 a5
28. Qb5 Bg5+ 29. Ne2 Qe3 0-1

[Event "St Louis Fall A 2022"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2022.11.10"]
[Round "9.4"]
[White "Niemann, Hans Moke"]
[Black "Ganguly, Surya Shekhar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2699"]
[BlackElo "2589"]
[ECO "C65"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Berlin defence"]
[WhiteFideId "2093596"]
[BlackFideId "5002150"]
[EventDate "2022.11.02"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Nbd2 Be6 7. O-O Qd6 8.
b3 a5 9. a3 Nd7 10. Ng5 a4 11. Nxe6 Qxe6 12. Bb2 axb3 13. cxb3 O-O 14. b4 Be7
15. Qc2 Nb6 16. Nb3 Na4 17. Bc1 c5 18. bxc5 Bxc5 19. Nxc5 Qc6 20. Be3 b6 21.
Rfc1 bxc5 22. Bxc5 Rfd8 23. Bb4 Qxc2 24. Rxc2 Ra7 25. Rd1 f6 26. Kf1 c5 27. Bxc5
Nxc5 28. Rxc5 Rxa3 29. Ke2 Rd7 30. h4 Kf7 31. g3 Ke6 32. Rc6+ Kf7 33. h5 h6 34.
f4 Ra2+ 35. Rd2 Ra3 36. Ke3 Rb3 37. Ra6 Rc3 38. Rd1 Rb3 39. fxe5 fxe5 40. Rg6
Ra3 41. g4 Rb3 42. g5 hxg5 43. Rxg5 Kf6 44. Rg3 Ke6 45. Kd2 Rb2+ 46. Kc3 Rh2 47.
Rg6+ Kf7 48. Rdg1 Kf8 49. R6g5 Rc7+ 50. Kb3 Rd2 51. R1g3 Rd1 52. Rf5+ Kg8 53. h6
Rb1+ 54. Ka2 Rb6 55. Rxg7+ Rxg7 56. hxg7 Rd6 57. Rxe5 Rxd3 58. Rg5 Rd4 59. Rg4
Rb4 60. Ka3 Rb7 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Louis Fall A 2022"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2022.11.10"]
[Round "9.5"]
[White "Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi"]
[Black "Nyzhnyk, Illya"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2724"]
[BlackElo "2687"]
[ECO "D12"]
[Opening "QGD Slav"]
[Variation "4.e3 Bf5"]
[WhiteFideId "5029465"]
[BlackFideId "14118084"]
[EventDate "2022.11.02"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Be4 7. f3 Bg6 8. Bd2 Be7
9. Nxg6 hxg6 10. Qc2 Nbd7 11. O-O-O a6 12. Kb1 dxc4 13. Bxc4 c5 14. g4 cxd4 15.
exd4 Nb6 16. Bb3 Rc8 17. Qd3 Nbd5 18. Nxd5 Nxd5 19. f4 Qd7 20. f5 gxf5 21. gxf5
exf5 22. Rde1 Nf6 23. Re5 Kf8 24. Rxf5 Rh4 25. Bc3 Bd6 26. Rhf1 Rxh2 27. a3 Qe7
28. Re1 Qd7 29. Ref1 Qe7 30. Qf3 Re8 31. Bd5 b5 32. Bc6 b4 33. axb4 Rb8 34. Re1
Qa7 35. Rxf6 gxf6 36. Qxf6 Be7 37. Qf4 Rh7 38. d5 Rd8 39. d6 1-0

