[Event "St Louis Fall B 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2017.09.06"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Pichot, Alan"]
[Black "Friedel, Joshua E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2547"]
[ECO "C67"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Berlin defence, open variation"]
[WhiteFideId "110973"]
[BlackFideId "2017199"]
[EventDate "2017.09.06"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bd3 Nxe5 8.
Rxe5 O-O 9. Nc3 c6 10. Re1 Re8 11. b3 Bf8 12. Ba3 Re6 13. Qf3 g6 14. Qf4 Be7 15.
Ne2 Ne8 16. Bb2 Bg5 17. Qg3 Bf6 18. Bxf6 Qxf6 19. Nf4 Rxe1+ 20. Rxe1 Ng7 21. Qe3
d6 22. c3 Bd7 23. Ne2 Ne6 24. Qg3 Nc5 25. Bc2 Re8 26. f3 Bf5 27. Nd4 Rxe1+ 28.
Qxe1 Bxc2 29. Nxc2 Ne6 30. Ne3 h5 31. d4 d5 32. h4 Qf4 33. Qf2 a5 34. g3 Qd6 35.
f4 Ng7 36. Qd2 Qe6 37. Qd3 Qh3 38. Nf1 Nf5 39. Qf3 Nxh4 40. Qe2 Nf5 41. Qe8+ Kg7
42. Qe5+ Kh7 43. Qc7 Nh6 44. Qxb7 Qe6 45. Qa6 Qe4 46. Qxc6 Ng4 47. Qc7 Kg7 48.
f5 Qxf5 49. Qf4 Qd3 50. Qd2 Qxd2 51. Nxd2 Kf6 52. a4 Ke6 53. b4 Ne3 54. Nb3 Nd1
55. bxa5 Kd6 56. a6 Kc7 57. c4 dxc4 58. Nc5 Kb6 59. d5 Nc3 60. d6 Ne2+ 61. Kf2
Nd4 62. Nd7+ Kxa6 63. Ne5 c3 64. d7 Ne6 65. Ke3 Nd8 66. Kd3 g5 67. Kxc3 h4 68.
gxh4 gxh4 69. Kd4 h3 70. Nf3 Kb6 71. Ke5 Kc7 72. Kf4 Kxd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Louis Fall B 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2017.09.06"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Prasanna, Raghuram Rao"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2563"]
[BlackElo "2464"]
[ECO "B48"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Taimanov variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2008572"]
[BlackFideId "5022401"]
[EventDate "2017.09.06"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bd3 a6 8. O-O
Nxd4 9. Bxd4 Bc5 10. Bxc5 Qxc5 11. Kh1 b5 12. Qe2 Bb7 13. e5 b4 14. exf6 bxc3
15. fxg7 Rg8 16. b4 Rxg7 17. f3 Qc7 18. Rad1 Ke7 19. Be4 Rag8 20. Rf2 Rg5 21.
Bxb7 Qxb7 22. Qc4 Qc6 23. Qh4 Ke8 24. Qxh7 Qb6 25. Re2 Qxb4 26. Qd3 Qb5 27. Qd4
R8g6 28. Rde1 Qc5 29. Qd3 a5 30. Rd1 Qc7 31. f4 Rc5 32. f5 Rf6 33. fxe6 fxe6 34.
Re4 Rf7 35. h3 Qc6 36. Rde1 Rg5 37. Qe3 Rgf5 38. Qg3 Qc5 39. Kh2 Rg5 40. Re5
Rxe5 41. Rxe5 Qd4 42. Qg8+ Ke7 43. Qg5+ Kd6 44. Rxa5 Rf2 45. Ra6+ Kc7 46. Qa5+
Kb7 47. Qb5+ Kc7 48. Ra4 Qd6+ 49. Kg1 Rf5 50. Qc4+ Rc5 51. Qe2 Rd5 52. Qc4+ Rc5
53. Qe2 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Louis Fall B 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2017.09.06"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Abrahamyan, Tatev"]
[Black "Ni, Shiqun"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "WGM"]
[BlackTitle "WGM"]
[WhiteElo "2333"]
[BlackElo "2426"]
[ECO "C42"]
[Opening "Petrov"]
[Variation "classical attack"]
[WhiteFideId "13301918"]
[BlackFideId "8608466"]
[EventDate "2017.09.06"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bf5 7. O-O Be7 8. Nc3
O-O 9. Re1 Nxc3 10. bxc3 Bxd3 11. Qxd3 Nc6 12. Re2 Na5 13. Bf4 Bf6 14. Rae1 Nc4
15. Be5 c6 16. Bxf6 Qxf6 17. Ne5 Nxe5 18. Rxe5 b5 19. Qg3 a5 20. h4 Qd6 21. h5
h6 22. Rg5 Qxg3 23. Rxg3 Rfe8 24. Kf1 Kf8 25. Rge3 Rxe3 26. Rxe3 Re8 27. Ke2
Rxe3+ 28. Kxe3 Ke7 29. g4 Ke6 30. f4 g6 31. hxg6 fxg6 32. a3 Kf7 33. Kf3 h5 34.
Kg3 hxg4 35. Kh4 Ke6 36. Kxg4 Kf6 37. Kg3 Kf5 38. Kf3 Ke6 39. Kg4 Kf6 40. Kg3
Kf5 41. Kf3 a4 42. Kg3 c5 43. dxc5 d4 44. c6 Ke6 45. Kg4 dxc3 46. Kg5 b4 47.
Kxg6 b3 48. f5+ Kd6 49. f6 bxc2 50. f7 c1=Q 51. f8=Q+ Kxc6 52. Qc8+ Kd6 53. Qa6+
Kd5 54. Qb5+ Kd4 55. Qxa4+ Kd3 56. Qb5+ Kc2 57. a4 Qb1 58. Kf7 Qb3+ 59. Ke7 Kb2
60. Qe5 Ka2 61. a5 c2 62. Qe1 Qa3+ 0-1

[Event "St Louis Fall B 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2017.09.06"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Ramirez, Alejandro"]
[Black "Pavlidis, Antonios"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2563"]
[BlackElo "2536"]
[ECO "B48"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Taimanov variation"]
[WhiteFideId "6500617"]
[BlackFideId "4212312"]
[EventDate "2017.09.06"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. Qd2 Nf6 8. f4
Bb4 9. Bd3 Na5 10. a3 Bxc3 11. Qxc3 Qxc3+ 12. bxc3 d5 13. exd5 Nxd5 14. Bd2 Nb6
15. Rb1 Nbc4 16. Rb4 e5 17. Bxc4 Nxc4 18. Rxc4 exd4 19. cxd4 O-O 20. d5 Bf5 21.
Ba5 Rac8 22. Rc7 Rxc7 23. Bxc7 Bxc2 24. Kd2 Be4 25. d6 Bc6 26. Rc1 Bd7 27. Kd3
Re8 28. Kd4 f6 29. Ba5 Kf7 30. Rc7 Ke6 31. Kc5 Rc8 32. Kb6 f5 33. Bb4 a5 34.
Kxa5 Rg8 35. Kb6 g5 36. Rc2 Bc6 37. Re2+ Be4 38. g4 Rg7 39. gxf5+ Kxf5 40. fxg5
Bc6 41. h4 Kg4 42. Rc2 1-0

[Event "St Louis Fall B 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2017.09.06"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Arribas Lopez, Angel"]
[Black "Chandra, Akshat"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2481"]
[ECO "C00"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "Chigorin variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2283352"]
[BlackFideId "25006711"]
[EventDate "2017.09.06"]

1. e4 e6 2. Qe2 c5 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 g6 5. d3 Bg7 6. c3 Nge7 7. h4 h5 8. Nh3 d6
9. Na3 Rb8 10. O-O b5 11. Bf4 O-O 12. Rad1 e5 13. Be3 Bg4 14. f3 Be6 15. Ng5
Bxa2 16. b4 Bb3 17. Rb1 cxb4 18. cxb4 f6 19. Rxb3 fxg5 20. hxg5 d5 21. Rbb1 Nd4
22. Qa2 Kh8 23. f4 dxe4 24. dxe4 Qd7 25. Kh2 a5 26. bxa5 b4 27. Nc4 Qe6 28. Bh3
Qc6 29. Bxd4 exd4 30. f5 b3 31. Qe2 Rfc8 32. fxg6 Qxg6 33. Bxc8 Rxc8 34. Rxb3
Rd8 35. a6 Qxa6 36. Qxh5+ Kg8 37. Qf7+ Kh7 38. Rb6 1-0

[Event "St Louis Fall B 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2017.09.07"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Friedel, Joshua E"]
[Black "Chandra, Akshat"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2547"]
[BlackElo "2481"]
[ECO "D30"]
[Opening "Queen's gambit declined"]
[WhiteFideId "2017199"]
[BlackFideId "25006711"]
[EventDate "2017.09.06"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 b6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bb5+ c6 7. Bd3 Bd6 8. O-O
O-O 9. Nc3 Re8 10. Re1 Ne4 11. Ne5 Bxe5 12. dxe5 Nxc3 13. bxc3 Nd7 14. f4 Nc5
15. Bb2 Nxd3 16. Qxd3 Qd7 17. e4 dxe4 18. Qxe4 Qd5 19. Qxd5 cxd5 20. a4 Bf5 21.
a5 bxa5 22. Rxa5 Reb8 23. Ba3 Rb3 24. Bc5 Rxc3 25. Bxa7 Be4 26. Re2 h5 27. Kf2
Kh7 28. Bd4 Rxa5 29. Bxc3 Ra3 30. Bb2 Rb3 31. Bc1 Kg6 32. Ra2 Rc3 33. Bd2 Rc2
34. Rxc2 Bxc2 35. Ke3 Kf5 36. h3 Be4 37. g4+ hxg4 38. hxg4+ Kxg4 39. Bc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Louis Fall B 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2017.09.07"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Pavlidis, Antonios"]
[Black "Arribas Lopez, Angel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2536"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[ECO "B76"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "dragon, Yugoslav attack, Rauser variation"]
[WhiteFideId "4212312"]
[BlackFideId "2283352"]
[EventDate "2017.09.06"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 Nc6 8. Qd2
O-O 9. O-O-O d5 10. Qe1 e5 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. exd5 cxd5 13. Bg5 Be6 14. Bc4 Qb6
15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Nxd5 Bxd5 17. Rxd5 e4 18. Rb5 Qc7 19. Qxe4 Rae8 20. Qd3 Qf4+
21. Kb1 Re3 22. g3 Rxd3 23. gxf4 Rxf3 24. f5 g5 25. a4 h5 26. Rd1 Rf4 27. Bb3
Rd4 28. Rxd4 Bxd4 29. c3 Be3 30. Bd1 Kg7 31. h3 Kh6 32. Re5 Bf4 33. Re7 Rd8 34.
Be2 f6 35. a5 g4 36. hxg4 h4 37. Rxa7 h3 38. Re7 h2 39. Bf3 Rd6 40. Re1 Kg5 41.
Kc2 Rd2+ 42. Kb3 Bg3 43. Ra1 Bf2 44. a6 Kf4 45. Bh1 Ba7 46. Re1 Kxg4 47. Re4+
Kxf5 48. Re7 Bg1 49. a7 Bxa7 50. Rxa7 Rd1 51. Bg2 Rd2 52. Bh1 Rd1 53. Bg2 Rd2
54. Bh3+ Kf4 55. Ra1 Kg3 56. Bc8 Rd8 57. Bf5 Rd5 58. Be4 Re5 59. Bh1 f5 60. Kc4
Kf2 61. b4 f4 62. b5 f3 63. b6 Kg3 64. b7 Re8 65. Kc5 1-0

[Event "St Louis Fall B 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2017.09.07"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Ni, Shiqun"]
[Black "Ramirez, Alejandro"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "WGM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2426"]
[BlackElo "2563"]
[ECO "B40"]
[Opening "Sicilian defence"]
[WhiteFideId "8608466"]
[BlackFideId "6500617"]
[EventDate "2017.09.06"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c3 d5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. d4 Nf6 6. Na3 Be7 7. Nb5 Na6 8. Be2
O-O 9. O-O cxd4 10. Qxd4 Bd7 11. Rd1 Qxd4 12. Nbxd4 Rfd8 13. b3 Nc5 14. c4 Be8
15. Bb2 a5 16. Nc2 Nfe4 17. Ne5 f6 18. Nd3 Nxd3 19. Bxd3 Bg6 20. Bxe4 Bxe4 21.
Nd4 e5 22. Ne6 Rxd1+ 23. Rxd1 Bc6 24. Nc7 Rd8 25. Nd5 Bxd5 26. cxd5 Kf7 27. Kf1
Bc5 28. Ke2 Ke7 29. f3 Kd6 30. Bc3 b6 31. Rd3 Re8 32. Kd1 e4 33. fxe4 Rxe4 34.
Rh3 Rg4 35. g3 h6 36. Rh5 Rg5 37. Rh4 Rf5 38. Rg4 g5 39. Be1 Kxd5 40. Rc4 Rf1
41. Ke2 Rh1 42. h4 b5 43. Rc2 Rh2+ 44. Kd3 Rxc2 45. Kxc2 Bb4 46. hxg5 fxg5 47.
Bf2 Ke4 48. Bb6 a4 0-1

[Event "St Louis Fall B 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2017.09.07"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Prasanna, Raghuram Rao"]
[Black "Abrahamyan, Tatev"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "WGM"]
[WhiteElo "2464"]
[BlackElo "2333"]
[ECO "A46"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn"]
[Variation "Torre attack"]
[WhiteFideId "5022401"]
[BlackFideId "13301918"]
[EventDate "2017.09.06"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bg5 Be7 4. Nbd2 d5 5. e3 O-O 6. Bd3 b6 7. Ne5 Bb7 8. Qf3
Nbd7 9. Qh3 Ne4 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. Nxd7 Qxd7 12. f3 Nf6 13. g4 g6 14. c3 c5 15.
Qg3 a5 16. h4 Ba6 17. Bc2 cxd4 18. exd4 b5 19. Qf4 Qe7 20. h5 b4 21. cxb4 axb4
22. Kf2 Rac8 23. Rac1 Rc6 24. Ba4 Rxc1 25. Rxc1 Rc8 26. Rxc8+ Bxc8 27. Qb8 Qf8
28. Qe5 Bd7 29. Qxf6 Bxa4 30. Nf1 gxh5 31. gxh5 h6 32. Ne3 Qg7 33. Qf4 Kh7 34.
Qc7 Qf6 35. Kg3 Be8 36. Qf4 Qg7+ 37. Qg4 Qf6 38. Kf2 Bb5 39. Nc2 Qe7 40. Qf4 Bd3
41. Ne3 f5 42. Ng2 Bb5 43. Qe5 Be8 44. Nf4 Qh4+ 45. Kg2 Qg5+ 46. Kh3 Bf7 47. Kh2
Qh4+ 48. Kg2 Qg5+ 49. Kf2 Qh4+ 50. Ke3 Qe1+ 51. Ne2 Qb1 52. Qf6 Bxh5 53. Qe7+
Kh8 54. Qxe6 Kg7 55. Qe5+ Kh7 56. Qe7+ Kg8 57. Qxb4 Qxa2 58. Qb8+ Kh7 59. Qc7+
Kg8 60. Qc8+ Kg7 61. Qxf5 Qb3+ 62. Kf2 Bf7 63. Qe5+ Kh7 64. Qf6 Kg8 65. Qxh6
Qxb2 66. Qg5+ Kf8 67. Qe3 Qc2 68. Qc3 Qa2 69. Qc7 Qd2 70. Qd6+ Kg8 71. Qe5 Qc2
72. Kg3 Qd1 73. Nf4 Qg1+ 74. Ng2 Qf1 75. Qe3 Qb1 76. Nh4 Kf8 77. Qh6+ Ke8 78.
Qc6+ Kf8 79. Qd6+ Kg8 80. Qd8+ Kh7 81. Qf6 Qe1+ 82. Kh2 Qe2+ 83. Ng2 Kg8 84. Kg3
Qd3 85. Nf4 Qf1 86. Qd8+ Kh7 87. Qh4+ Kg8 88. Qh2 Qe1+ 89. Qf2 Qd1 90. Nh3 Qd3
91. Kh2 Kf8 92. Ng5 Bg6 93. Ne6+ Kf7 94. Nf4 Qf5 95. Qe3 Bh5 96. Kg3 Qg5+ 97.
Kf2 Qh4+ 98. Ke2 Qh2+ 99. Kd3 Kf8 100. Qe5 1-0

[Event "St Louis Fall B 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2017.09.07"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Pichot, Alan"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2563"]
[ECO "B72"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "dragon, 6.Be3"]
[WhiteFideId "110973"]
[BlackFideId "2008572"]
[EventDate "2017.09.06"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 a6 7. f3 b5 8. Qd2
Bb7 9. a4 b4 10. Na2 e5 11. Qxb4 Qc7 12. Nb3 d5 13. Qc3 Nc6 14. Bg5 d4 15. Qd2
Nd7 16. Bd3 h6 17. Bh4 a5 18. O-O Bg7 19. c3 O-O 20. Bf2 Rfd8 21. Rac1 Qd6 22.
cxd4 exd4 23. Bg3 Qe7 24. Bb5 Ndb8 25. Nc5 Bc8 26. Nd3 Qe6 27. b4 axb4 28. Naxb4
Nxb4 29. Qxb4 Bf8 30. Qd2 Ba6 31. Nf4 Qb3 32. Rb1 Qc3 33. Qxc3 dxc3 34. Nd5 c2
35. Rb2 Rc8 36. Rc1 Bc5+ 37. Kf1 Ba3 38. Rcxc2 Bxb2 39. Ne7+ Kg7 40. Nxc8 1-0

[Event "St Louis Fall B 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2017.09.08"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Friedel, Joshua E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2563"]
[BlackElo "2547"]
[ECO "C49"]
[Opening "Four knights"]
[WhiteFideId "2008572"]
[BlackFideId "2017199"]
[EventDate "2017.09.06"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 Bxc3 7. bxc3 d6 8.
Nd2 Bd7 9. f4 exf4 10. c4 Bg4 11. Qe1 Nh5 12. Bxc6 bxc6 13. Nb3 Qg5 14. Qa5 f5
15. Rf2 c5 16. exf5 Rxf5 17. Qxc7 Qg6 18. Nd2 f3 19. Ne4 fxg2 20. Be3 Rxf2 21.
Nxf2 Bf3 22. Rb1 h6 23. Rb8+ Rxb8 24. Qxb8+ Kh7 25. Qf8 Bb7 26. Qe7 Bc6 27. Qc7
Bf3 28. Qe7 d5 29. Qxc5 Ng3 30. Nh3 Ne2+ 31. Kf2 g1=Q+ 32. Nxg1 Nxg1 0-1

[Event "St Louis Fall B 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2017.09.08"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Abrahamyan, Tatev"]
[Black "Pichot, Alan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "WGM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2333"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[ECO "B47"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Taimanov (Bastrikov) variation"]
[WhiteFideId "13301918"]
[BlackFideId "110973"]
[EventDate "2017.09.06"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. f4 a6 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8.
Bd3 d5 9. O-O Nf6 10. Qe2 Be7 11. Kh1 Bb7 12. f5 e5 13. Bd2 h5 14. Rae1 Bd6 15.
Rf3 Kf8 16. Bg5 Qb6 17. b3 Qa5 18. Bxf6 gxf6 19. Na4 Ke7 20. c4 Rag8 21. Rd1 Rg4
22. Qc2 Rhg8 23. Rf2 h4 24. c5 Bc7 25. a3 Bb8 26. b4 Qd8 27. h3 Rg3 28. Nc3 d4
29. Ne2 Re3 30. Ng1 Qf8 31. Nf3 Qg7 32. Nd2 Qg5 33. Nc4 Rg3 34. Na5 Ba8 35. Bxa6
Qe3 36. Bf1 Qxa3 37. Nc4 Qxb4 38. Nb6 Rc3 39. Qa2 Ra3 40. Qc2 Bc7 41. Rb1 Qc3
42. Nc4 Qxc2 43. Rxc2 Ra7 44. Rcb2 Ra4 45. Kg1 Rg3 46. Nb6 Ra5 47. Nc4 Ra7 48.
Nb6 Kd8 49. Bc4 Rc3 50. Rb3 Rc2 51. R3b2 Rxb2 52. Rxb2 Bxb6 53. cxb6 Rd7 54. Kf2
c5 55. Kf3 Bb7 56. Bd3 Ke7 57. Ra2 Rd6 58. Rb2 Rd8 59. Bc4 Rg8 60. Ra2 Rg3+ 61.
Kf2 Bxe4 62. Ra7+ Kd8 63. Rxf7 Rxg2+ 64. Kf1 Rc2 65. Be6 Rb2 66. Rf8+ Ke7 67.
Rf7+ Ke8 68. Rxf6 d3 69. Bc4 d2 70. Re6+ Kd7 0-1

[Event "St Louis Fall B 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2017.09.08"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Ramirez, Alejandro"]
[Black "Prasanna, Raghuram Rao"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2563"]
[BlackElo "2464"]
[ECO "A30"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "symmetrical variation"]
[WhiteFideId "6500617"]
[BlackFideId "5022401"]
[EventDate "2017.09.06"]

1. c4 c5 2. b3 Nc6 3. g3 e5 4. Bg2 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. e3 Nge7 7. Nge2 O-O 8. O-O
f5 9. Bb2 d6 10. Nd5 Be6 11. d3 Rb8 12. Qd2 a6 13. d4 cxd4 14. exd4 e4 15. Ndf4
Bf7 16. d5 Ne5 17. Nd4 Bh6 18. Qc3 Qd7 19. f3 exf3 20. Bxf3 Rfc8 21. Nde6 b5 22.
Rae1 bxc4 23. Rxe5 dxe5 24. Qxe5 c3 25. Bc1 g5 26. Nh5 Bxh5 27. Bxh5 Ng6 28.
Qxf5 Qe8 29. d6 Rb7 30. Qd5 Rf7 31. Nc7 Qf8 32. Bg4 1-0

[Event "St Louis Fall B 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2017.09.08"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Arribas Lopez, Angel"]
[Black "Ni, Shiqun"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "WGM"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2426"]
[ECO "A06"]
[Opening "Reti opening"]
[WhiteFideId "2283352"]
[BlackFideId "8608466"]
[EventDate "2017.09.06"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. b3 Bf5 4. Bb2 e6 5. Nh4 Bg4 6. f3 Bh5 7. g3 Nbd7 8. Be2
Bd6 9. d3 c6 10. Ng2 Bg6 11. g4 h6 12. f4 Qe7 13. Nd2 O-O-O 14. a3 Ne8 15. b4 f5
16. h3 e5 17. Nf3 exf4 18. Nxf4 Bh7 19. Qd2 fxg4 20. hxg4 Nef6 21. b5 cxb5 22.
Nd4 a6 23. Nfe6 Rde8 24. O-O-O Kb8 25. Kb1 Nc5 26. g5 hxg5 27. Nxg5 Bg6 28. Rhg1
Na4 29. Nge6 Bxa3 30. Ba1 Rh6 31. Rdf1 Bb4 32. c3 Bc5 33. Rg3 Bxd4 34. Nxd4 Nc5
35. Ka2 Ne6 36. Rfg1 Nxd4 37. cxd4 Bh5 38. Bf1 g5 39. Bc3 Rh7 40. Bb4 Qe6 41.
Rxg5 Qxe3 42. Bd6+ Ka8 43. Qxe3 Rxe3 44. Rh1 Bg6 45. Rxh7 Bxh7 46. Re5 Ng4 47.
Rg5 Rf3 48. Rxg4 Rxf1 49. Kb3 Rf7 50. Bc5 Kb8 51. Kb4 Kc7 52. Ka5 Bxd3 53. Rg8
Bf5 54. Rf8 Rxf8 55. Bxf8 Kc6 56. Be7 Bc8 57. Bd8 b4 58. Kxb4 b6 59. Bh4 a5+ 60.
Ka4 Bg4 61. Be1 Bd1+ 62. Ka3 Kb5 63. Bd2 Ka6 64. Be1 b5 65. Bh4 b4+ 66. Ka2 Kb5
67. Bd8 a4 68. Be7 a3 0-1

[Event "St Louis Fall B 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2017.09.08"]
[Round "3.5"]
[White "Chandra, Akshat"]
[Black "Pavlidis, Antonios"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2481"]
[BlackElo "2536"]
[ECO "E60"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "3.g3"]
[WhiteFideId "25006711"]
[BlackFideId "4212312"]
[EventDate "2017.09.06"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. e3 e5 7. Nge2 exd4 8. exd4
d6 9. O-O Ne7 10. b3 Re8 11. Ba3 Nf5 12. Qc2 c6 13. Rad1 Bd7 14. h3 h5 15. Kh2
Nh6 16. Ng1 Bf5 17. Qc1 Ne4 18. Nxe4 Bxe4 19. d5 c5 20. Bb2 Bxg2 21. Kxg2 Nf5
22. Rfe1 Nd4 23. Rxe8+ Qxe8 24. Re1 Qd7 25. Ne2 Nxe2 26. Rxe2 Re8 27. Bxg7 Kxg7
28. Qc3+ f6 29. Rxe8 Qxe8 30. Qa5 Qe4+ 31. Kg1 Qb1+ 32. Kg2 Qe4+ 33. Kg1 Qb1+
34. Kg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Louis Fall B 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2017.09.09"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Friedel, Joshua E"]
[Black "Pavlidis, Antonios"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2547"]
[BlackElo "2536"]
[ECO "D74"]
[Opening "Neo-Gruenfeld, 6.cd Nxd5, 7.O-O"]
[WhiteFideId "2017199"]
[BlackFideId "4212312"]
[EventDate "2017.09.06"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O Nc6 8. Nc3
e5 9. Bg5 Nxc3 10. bxc3 f6 11. Qb3+ Kh8 12. Be3 e4 13. Nd2 f5 14. f3 exf3 15.
Nxf3 Na5 16. Qa4 Qe8 17. Qxe8 Rxe8 18. Bf4 b6 19. Bxc7 Bb7 20. Be5 Rac8 21. Rac1
Bxf3 22. Bxg7+ Kxg7 23. Bxf3 Re3 24. g4 fxg4 25. Bxg4 Rcxc3 26. Bf3 Nc4 27. Bd5
Nd6 28. Rxc3 Rxc3 29. Rd1 Nf5 30. Rd2 Re3 31. Bf3 Kf6 32. Kf2 h5 33. a4 Ke6 34.
d5+ Kd7 35. a5 b5 36. Rb2 a6 37. Rc2 Nd4 38. Kxe3 Nxc2+ 39. Kf4 Nd4 40. Be4 Kd6
41. Bxg6 Nxe2+ 42. Ke3 Nc3 43. Bxh5 Nxd5+ 44. Kd4 Ne7 45. Bg4 Nc6+ 46. Kc3 Nxa5
47. Bc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Louis Fall B 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2017.09.09"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Ni, Shiqun"]
[Black "Chandra, Akshat"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "WGM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2426"]
[BlackElo "2481"]
[ECO "C03"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "Tarrasch"]
[WhiteFideId "8608466"]
[BlackFideId "25006711"]
[EventDate "2017.09.06"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Be7 4. e5 c5 5. c3 cxd4 6. cxd4 Qb6 7. Ndf3 Bb4+ 8. Bd2
Nc6 9. Rc1 Bd7 10. Bxb4 Qxb4+ 11. Qd2 Nge7 12. Bd3 O-O 13. Ne2 Rac8 14. Qxb4
Nxb4 15. Bb1 f6 16. Rxc8 Rxc8 17. Kd2 Nbc6 18. Rc1 Rf8 19. Ke3 Be8 20. Nf4 fxe5
21. Nxe6 Rf6 22. Nc7 exd4+ 23. Nxd4 Nxd4 24. Kxd4 Bc6 25. f3 Kf7 26. Bd3 h5 27.
b4 Rf4+ 28. Kc3 h4 29. h3 Rf6 30. Kd4 Rf4+ 31. Kc3 Rf6 32. Kd4 Rf4+ 33. Kc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Louis Fall B 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2017.09.09"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Prasanna, Raghuram Rao"]
[Black "Arribas Lopez, Angel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2464"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[ECO "B78"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "dragon, Yugoslav attack, 10.O-O-O"]
[WhiteFideId "5022401"]
[BlackFideId "2283352"]
[EventDate "2017.09.06"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 O-O 8. Qd2
Nc6 9. Bc4 Bd7 10. O-O-O Rc8 11. Bb3 Ne5 12. Kb1 Re8 13. h4 h5 14. Bh6 Nc4 15.
Bxc4 Rxc4 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. g4 hxg4 18. h5 Rh8 19. hxg6 fxg6 20. f4 e5 21. Nde2
Rxh1 22. Rxh1 Nxe4 23. Nxe4 Rxe4 24. fxe5 Qe8 25. e6 Bxe6 26. Qh6+ Kf7 27. Qh7+
Kf6 28. Qh4+ Kg7 29. Qh6+ Kf7 30. Qh7+ Kf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Louis Fall B 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2017.09.09"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Pichot, Alan"]
[Black "Ramirez, Alejandro"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2563"]
[ECO "B48"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Taimanov variation"]
[WhiteFideId "110973"]
[BlackFideId "6500617"]
[EventDate "2017.09.06"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. Qf3 d6 8. Nxc6
bxc6 9. Qg3 Nf6 10. Be2 Rb8 11. b3 Be7 12. O-O O-O 13. f4 d5 14. Bd4 Rb4 15. Be5
Qa7+ 16. Kh1 g6 17. f5 Nxe4 18. Nxe4 Rxe4 19. f6 Bc5 20. Bd3 Bf2 21. Rxf2 Rxe5
22. Qxe5 Qxf2 23. Rf1 Qh4 24. Qd6 Qd4 25. Qxc6 e5 26. Bxa6 Bf5 27. a4 Qd2 28.
Qd6 Be4 29. Rg1 Bxg2+ 30. Rxg2 Qd1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Louis Fall B 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2017.09.09"]
[Round "4.5"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Abrahamyan, Tatev"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "WGM"]
[WhiteElo "2563"]
[BlackElo "2333"]
[ECO "E12"]
[Opening "Queen's Indian"]
[Variation "Petrosian system"]
[WhiteFideId "2008572"]
[BlackFideId "13301918"]
[EventDate "2017.09.06"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. a3 Ba6 5. Qb3 c5 6. d5 exd5 7. cxd5 g6 8. Qe3+
Qe7 9. Qxe7+ Kxe7 10. Nc3 d6 11. Bf4 Nbd7 12. h3 Bg7 13. O-O-O Rhd8 14. e4 Bxf1
15. Rhxf1 Ne8 16. Kc2 Rab8 17. a4 a6 18. Rde1 b5 19. e5 dxe5 20. Nxe5 Nxe5 21.
Bxe5 Bxe5 22. Rxe5+ Kf8 23. axb5 axb5 24. Ra1 b4 25. Ne4 b3+ 26. Kc3 f6 27. Re6
Nc7 28. Rxf6+ Kg8 29. Kd3 Rb4 30. Nxc5 Rxd5+ 31. Kc3 Rdd4 0-1

[Event "St Louis Fall B 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2017.09.10"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Abrahamyan, Tatev"]
[Black "Friedel, Joshua E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "WGM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2333"]
[BlackElo "2547"]
[ECO "C84"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "closed defence"]
[WhiteFideId "13301918"]
[BlackFideId "2017199"]
[EventDate "2017.09.06"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O
9. Nbd2 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. Re1 Nc6 12. Nf1 Be6 13. Ng3 h6 14. h3 Re8 15. Be3 d5
16. d4 exd4 17. cxd4 dxe4 18. Nxe4 c4 19. Ne5 Nb4 20. Bb1 Nxe4 21. Bxe4 Rc8 22.
Qh5 Nd5 23. Ng4 Bxg4 24. Qxd5 Qxd5 25. Bxd5 Bd7 26. Bd2 Bd6 27. Ba5 Kf8 28. a3
Rxe1+ 29. Rxe1 Bc6 30. Bxc6 Rxc6 31. g3 Rc8 32. Kg2 Re8 33. Re3 f5 34. g4 g6 35.
gxf5 gxf5 36. Kf3 Kf7 37. Bc3 Rc8 38. d5 Rc5 39. Re6 Rxd5 40. Rxh6 Rd3+ 41. Ke2
f4 42. h4 f3+ 43. Ke1 Bxa3 44. Rxa6 Be7 45. Ra7 Ke6 46. Rb7 Rd5 47. Rb6+ Kf7 48.
Rb7 Ke8 49. Rb8+ Kd7 50. Rb7+ Kd8 51. Ba5+ Ke8 52. Rb8+ Kf7 53. Rb7 Ke6 54. Rb6+
Kf5 55. h5 Bd8 56. Ra6 Bxa5+ 57. Rxa5 Kg5 58. Ra3 Re5+ 59. Kd1 Rf5 60. b3 Kxh5
61. bxc4 bxc4 62. Rc3 Kg4 63. Rxc4+ Kh3 64. Kd2 Re5 65. Kd3 Kg2 66. Rc2 Kf1 0-1

[Event "St Louis Fall B 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2017.09.10"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Ramirez, Alejandro"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2563"]
[BlackElo "2563"]
[ECO "A15"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[WhiteFideId "6500617"]
[BlackFideId "2008572"]
[EventDate "2017.09.06"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 d5 4. e3 a6 5. d4 b5 6. cxd5 cxd5 7. Bd3 Bb7 8. O-O
e6 9. Bd2 Bd6 10. Qe2 Ne4 11. Rfc1 O-O 12. Be1 Nd7 13. Nd2 f5 14. f3 Nxd2 15.
Qxd2 e5 16. dxe5 Nxe5 17. Bg3 Qb6 18. Be2 Rad8 19. Qd4 Bc5 20. Qxe5 Bxe3+ 21.
Kf1 d4 22. Nd1 Bxc1 23. Rxc1 d3 24. Bxd3 Rxd3 25. Rc7 Qh6 26. Nf2 Rd5 27. Qe7 f4
28. Bxf4 Rxf4 29. Rxb7 Rf8 30. Rc7 Qg6 31. Qe4 Rd1+ 32. Ke2 Rg1 33. Qd5+ Kh8 34.
g3 Qb1 35. Qd4 Re8+ 36. Ne4 Rg2+ 37. Ke3 Qg1+ 38. Kd3 Qd1+ 0-1

[Event "St Louis Fall B 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2017.09.10"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Arribas Lopez, Angel"]
[Black "Pichot, Alan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[ECO "B40"]
[Opening "Sicilian defence"]
[WhiteFideId "2283352"]
[BlackFideId "110973"]
[EventDate "2017.09.06"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d3 Nc6 4. g3 Nf6 5. Bg2 d5 6. Nbd2 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. e5
Nd7 9. Re1 b5 10. Nf1 a5 11. h4 b4 12. Bf4 a4 13. N1h2 a3 14. b3 Ba6 15. Qd2 Rc8
16. Bh3 Nd4 17. h5 Nxf3+ 18. Nxf3 c4 19. h6 g6 20. dxc4 dxc4 21. Rad1 cxb3 22.
Qxd7 bxc2 23. Qxd8 Rfxd8 24. Ra1 Bc4 25. Nd2 Bxa2 26. Rxa2 c1=Q 27. Rxc1 Rxc1+
28. Bf1 Rxf1+ 29. Kxf1 Rxd2 30. Rxd2 b3 31. Rd7 a2 0-1

[Event "St Louis Fall B 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2017.09.10"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Chandra, Akshat"]
[Black "Prasanna, Raghuram Rao"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2481"]
[BlackElo "2464"]
[ECO "D10"]
[Opening "QGD Slav defence"]
[Variation "exchange variation"]
[WhiteFideId "25006711"]
[BlackFideId "5022401"]
[EventDate "2017.09.06"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Bg5 Nc6 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. Bxf6 gxf6 7. e3 e6 8.
Nf3 Bd7 9. Bd3 f5 10. O-O Bd6 11. Rc1 O-O 12. Re1 Rc8 13. Kh1 Kh8 14. Na4 Qa5
15. Nc3 Qb6 16. Na4 Qa5 17. Nc3 Qb6 18. a3 Na5 19. b4 Nc4 20. Na4 Bxa4 21. Qxa4
Nb2 22. Qb3 Nxd3 23. Qxd3 a5 24. b5 Rc7 25. g4 Rfc8 26. Rxc7 Qxc7 27. gxf5 Rg8
28. a4 Qe7 29. e4 Bb4 30. Rg1 Rxg1+ 31. Kxg1 Qf6 32. e5 Qg7+ 33. Kf1 Qg4 34.
fxe6 fxe6 35. Ke2 b6 36. Qe3 Be7 37. Kf1 Qh3+ 38. Kg1 Qg4+ 39. Kh1 Qf5 40. Ng1
Qc2 41. Qf4 Kg7 42. Qg4+ Kf7 43. Ne2 Qxa4 44. Nf4 Qxb5 45. Qxe6+ Ke8 46. Kg2 Qd7
47. Qg8+ Bf8 48. Nxd5 Qf5 49. Nf6+ Ke7 50. Qc4 Kd8 51. Qd5+ Kc7 52. Qf7+ Kc6 53.
Qe8+ Kb7 54. Qxf8 Qg6+ 55. Kf3 Qd3+ 56. Kf4 Qd2+ 57. Kf5 Qxf2+ 58. Ke6 Qxd4 59.
Qd6 Qh4 60. Qd7+ Ka6 61. Qd3+ Ka7 62. Kf7 1-0

[Event "St Louis Fall B 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2017.09.10"]
[Round "5.5"]
[White "Pavlidis, Antonios"]
[Black "Ni, Shiqun"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "WGM"]
[WhiteElo "2536"]
[BlackElo "2426"]
[ECO "C42"]
[Opening "Petrov"]
[Variation "classical attack, Jaenisch variation"]
[WhiteFideId "4212312"]
[BlackFideId "8608466"]
[EventDate "2017.09.06"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. c4
Nb4 9. Be2 O-O 10. Nc3 Bf5 11. a3 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Nc6 13. Re1 Re8 14. Ra2 Na5 15.
cxd5 Qxd5 16. Rb2 b6 17. Ne5 Qd6 18. Bf3 Rad8 19. Rbe2 Be6 20. Be4 Bf6 21. Qd3
g6 22. Qg3 Bg7 23. Bf4 Qxa3 24. h4 Nc4 25. Nc6 Rc8 26. h5 Bd7 27. hxg6 hxg6 28.
Nb4 Nd6 29. Bd5 Bf5 30. Be5 Bxe5 31. dxe5 Nb5 32. Re3 Nxc3 33. Na2 Qc5 34. Nxc3
b5 35. e6 f6 36. Rf3 Kf8 37. Rxf5 gxf5 1-0

[Event "St Louis Fall B 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2017.09.11"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Friedel, Joshua E"]
[Black "Ni, Shiqun"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "WGM"]
[WhiteElo "2547"]
[BlackElo "2426"]
[ECO "C47"]
[Opening "Four knights"]
[Variation "Scotch, 4...exd4"]
[WhiteFideId "2017199"]
[BlackFideId "8608466"]
[EventDate "2017.09.06"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 d5 8.
exd5 cxd5 9. O-O O-O 10. h3 c6 11. Qf3 Re8 12. Bf4 Qe7 13. Rad1 Bd7 14. Ne2 Ne4
15. a3 Bc5 16. c4 a5 17. Ng3 Nxg3 18. Qxg3 Qf6 19. cxd5 cxd5 20. Bxh7+ Kxh7 21.
Rxd5 Bb5 22. Rc1 Bxf2+ 23. Qxf2 Re4 24. Rxb5 Rxf4 25. Qe3 g6 26. Rb6 Qf5 27. Rb5
Qf6 28. Qe5 Qh4 29. Qe1 Qf6 30. Qc3 Qd6 31. Rc5 Rb8 32. Rxa5 Qb6+ 33. Rc5 Qxb2
34. Qxb2 Rxb2 35. R5c2 Rb3 36. Rc3 Rb2 37. Rf1 Rxf1+ 38. Kxf1 f5 39. g4 Kh6 40.
gxf5 gxf5 41. a4 Ra2 42. Rc4 Kg5 43. h4+ Kh5 44. Ke1 Rh2 45. Kd1 Rf2 46. Ke1 Rh2
47. Rb4 Ra2 48. Rf4 Kg6 49. Kd1 Rh2 50. Ke1 Ra2 51. Rb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Louis Fall B 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2017.09.11"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Prasanna, Raghuram Rao"]
[Black "Pavlidis, Antonios"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2464"]
[BlackElo "2536"]
[ECO "A48"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "Torre attack"]
[WhiteFideId "5022401"]
[BlackFideId "4212312"]
[EventDate "2017.09.06"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. Nbd2 O-O 5. c3 d6 6. e4 c5 7. dxc5 dxc5 8. Qc2
Nc6 9. Be2 Qc7 10. O-O h6 11. Bh4 Nh5 12. Rfe1 Rd8 13. Nc4 Be6 14. Ne3 Rd7 15.
Red1 Rad8 16. Nd2 Nf4 17. Bf1 Nh5 18. Be2 Nf4 19. Bf1 Nh5 20. Be2 Nf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Louis Fall B 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2017.09.11"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Pichot, Alan"]
[Black "Chandra, Akshat"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2481"]
[ECO "C65"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Berlin defence"]
[WhiteFideId "110973"]
[BlackFideId "25006711"]
[EventDate "2017.09.06"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Nbd2 Nd7 7. Nc4 O-O 8.
Qe2 Re8 9. Bd2 b5 10. Ne3 a5 11. h4 Nf8 12. O-O-O a4 13. g4 b4 14. Nc4 b3 15.
Kb1 bxc2+ 16. Kxc2 Ng6 17. Bc3 Bxg4 18. Rdg1 Bh5 19. Rg5 Nf4 20. Qd1 f6 21. Rxh5
Nxh5 22. Nfxe5 fxe5 23. Qxh5 Bd4 24. Rg1 Bxc3 25. bxc3 Qf6 26. Rg2 Rad8 27. Ne3
Kh8 28. Qg4 Re7 29. f3 Qd6 30. Rd2 Qa3 31. Qg5 Qxa2+ 32. Kd1 Qb3+ 33. Ke2 Rde8
34. Nf5 Rd7 35. h5 h6 36. Nxh6 gxh6 37. Qxh6+ Kg8 38. Qg6+ Kf8 39. c4 Rd6 40.
Qf5+ Ke7 41. h6 Rxh6 42. Qg5+ Rf6 43. Qxe5+ Kf7 44. Qh5+ Kf8 45. Qh8+ Ke7 46.
Qg7+ Rf7 47. Qd4 Rg8 48. Ke3 Qb1 49. e5 Qe1+ 50. Re2 Rxf3+ 0-1

[Event "St Louis Fall B 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2017.09.11"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Arribas Lopez, Angel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2563"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[ECO "E74"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "Averbakh, 6...c5"]
[WhiteFideId "2008572"]
[BlackFideId "2283352"]
[EventDate "2017.09.06"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Bg5 c5 7. d5 h6 8. Bf4 b5
9. cxb5 a6 10. Qd2 axb5 11. Bxb5 Qa5 12. Bd3 Na6 13. Nge2 Nb4 14. Bb1 Ng4 15.
O-O g5 16. Bg3 Ne5 17. h4 gxh4 18. Bxh4 e6 19. a3 Ba6 20. dxe6 Nc4 21. exf7+
Rxf7 22. axb4 Qxa1 23. Qd5 Nb6 24. Qxd6 Bxe2 25. Nxe2 Qxb2 26. Qxb6 Qxe2 27.
Qxc5 Ra1 28. b5 Qg4 29. Bg3 h5 30. Qd5 h4 31. Qd8+ Bf8 32. Bxh4 Rd7 33. Qg5+
Qxg5 34. Bxg5 Bc5 35. e5 Kf7 36. Bf5 Rdd1 37. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 38. Kh2 Bxf2 39. e6+
Kg7 40. e7 Re1 41. Bd7 Kg6 42. Bh4 1-0

[Event "St Louis Fall B 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2017.09.11"]
[Round "6.5"]
[White "Abrahamyan, Tatev"]
[Black "Ramirez, Alejandro"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "WGM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2333"]
[BlackElo "2563"]
[ECO "B06"]
[Opening "Robatsch defence"]
[Variation "two knights, Suttles variation"]
[WhiteFideId "13301918"]
[BlackFideId "6500617"]
[EventDate "2017.09.06"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 c6 4. Nf3 d6 5. h3 Qc7 6. a4 Nd7 7. Be2 Ngf6 8. O-O
O-O 9. Be3 e5 10. Qd2 exd4 11. Nxd4 Re8 12. f3 b6 13. Rad1 Bb7 14. Nb3 Bf8 15.
Bf4 Ne5 16. Bh2 Rad8 17. f4 Ned7 18. f5 Nxe4 19. Nxe4 Rxe4 20. Bd3 Re5 21. Qf2
Be7 22. fxg6 fxg6 23. Qf7+ Kh8 24. Bxg6 hxg6 25. Qxg6 Nf8 26. Bxe5+ dxe5 27.
Qh5+ Kg7 28. Qf7+ Kh6 29. Rf6+ 1-0

[Event "St Louis Fall B 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2017.09.12"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Ramirez, Alejandro"]
[Black "Friedel, Joshua E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2563"]
[BlackElo "2547"]
[ECO "A13"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[WhiteFideId "6500617"]
[BlackFideId "2017199"]
[EventDate "2017.09.06"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. b3 d5 4. e3 Be7 5. Bb2 O-O 6. Nc3 b6 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Be2
Re8 9. O-O Bb7 10. Rc1 Nbd7 11. Rc2 a6 12. Qb1 b5 13. b4 c6 14. Ba1 Nb6 15. d3
a5 16. a3 axb4 17. axb4 Ra6 18. Nd4 Nbd7 19. Na2 Qa8 20. Nb3 Bc8 21. Bc3 Nf8 22.
Nd4 Bd7 23. Nc1 Ra4 24. Bd1 h5 25. Qb2 N8h7 26. Nf3 Bd6 27. Rd2 Ra6 28. Be5 Bf8
29. Ne2 Bg4 30. Ned4 Nd7 31. Bg3 g6 32. h3 Bxf3 33. Nxf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Louis Fall B 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2017.09.12"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Arribas Lopez, Angel"]
[Black "Abrahamyan, Tatev"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "WGM"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2333"]
[ECO "C00"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "Schlechter variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2283352"]
[BlackFideId "13301918"]
[EventDate "2017.09.06"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Bd3 dxe4 4. Bxe4 Nf6 5. Bf3 c5 6. Ne2 Nc6 7. Be3 e5 8.
Bxc6+ bxc6 9. dxe5 Qxd1+ 10. Kxd1 Ng4 11. Nd2 Nxe5 12. Re1 Ng4 13. Nf4 Nxe3+ 14.
Rxe3+ Be7 15. Ke2 Bg4+ 16. f3 Bf5 17. Ne4 O-O-O 18. Rd1 Rxd1 19. Kxd1 Rd8+ 20.
Ke2 Rd4 21. c3 Ra4 22. a3 Bxe4 23. Rxe4 Rxe4+ 24. fxe4 Bd6 25. g3 Kd7 26. Kd3 g5
27. Ng2 h5 28. Ne3 Ke6 29. Nf5 Bf8 30. h3 Ke5 31. Ne3 Ke6 32. Ke2 Bd6 33. Kf3
Bc7 34. Nf5 Kf6 35. Ke3 Bb6 36. Kd3 Ke5 37. Ng7 c4+ 38. Kxc4 Kxe4 39. Nxh5 Kf3
40. Kd3 f5 41. b4 Bc7 42. Ng7 Kxg3 43. Nxf5+ Kxh3 44. Nd4 g4 45. Nxc6 g3 46. Nd4
g2 47. Ne2 Kg4 48. Ke4 Bh2 49. c4 Kg5 50. Kf3 g1=Q 51. Nxg1 Bxg1 52. Ke4 Kf6 53.
Kd5 Be3 54. Kc6 Ke6 55. c5 a5 56. Kb7 axb4 57. c6 Bf4 58. axb4 1-0

[Event "St Louis Fall B 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2017.09.12"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Chandra, Akshat"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2481"]
[BlackElo "2563"]
[ECO "A05"]
[Opening "Reti opening"]
[WhiteFideId "25006711"]
[BlackFideId "2008572"]
[EventDate "2017.09.06"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 c6 4. O-O h6 5. d3 Bf5 6. c4 dxc4 7. Ne5 Nbd7 8. Nxc4
e5 9. b3 Be7 10. Bb2 Qc7 11. Nbd2 O-O 12. h3 Rad8 13. Qc2 Rfe8 14. a3 Bf8 15. b4
Bg6 16. Rfc1 Nb6 17. Qb3 Nxc4 18. Nxc4 Nd7 19. a4 e4 20. d4 Qb8 21. Ba3 Bf5 22.
b5 cxb5 23. Qxb5 Be6 24. Bxf8 Nxf8 25. e3 Bd5 26. Nd2 Re6 27. Rc5 Rb6 28. Qa5
Ra6 29. Qb4 Ne6 30. Rc3 f5 31. Bf1 Rb6 32. Qa5 f4 33. gxf4 Nxf4 34. exf4 Qxf4
35. Re3 Rg6+ 36. Bg2 Rdd6 37. Nf1 Rg5 38. Qd2 Rdg6 39. Rg3 Rxg3 40. fxg3 Qxd2
41. Nxd2 Rxg3 42. Kf2 Rd3 43. Nxe4 Bc6 44. a5 Rxd4 45. Ke3 Rb4 46. a6 Kf8 47.
axb7 Rxb7 48. Bf1 Re7 49. Bd3 Bd7 50. h4 Bf5 51. h5 g6 52. Ra6 Kg7 53. Kf4 Rf7
54. hxg6 Bxg6+ 55. Ke3 Re7 56. Kd4 Rd7+ 57. Kc3 Rc7+ 58. Kb4 Re7 59. Nc5 Bxd3
60. Nxd3 h5 61. Kc3 h4 62. Ra4 a5 63. Rxh4 a4 64. Rxa4 Kf6 65. Kd4 Kf5 66. Ra5+
Kg4 67. Ne5+ Kg3 68. Ra3+ Kf2 69. Ke4 Rb7 70. Nd3+ Kg2 71. Nf4+ Kf2 72. Rf3+ Ke1
73. Nd5 Rb8 74. Ra3 Kf2 75. Ra2+ Kg3 76. Ra3+ Kf2 77. Nf6 Rb4+ 78. Ke5 Rb8 79.
Ne4+ Ke2 80. Nd6 Rh8 81. Kd4 Rd8 82. Ra2+ Kf3 83. Ke5 Rb8 84. Ra3+ Ke2 85. Nc4
Re8+ 86. Kd4 Rd8+ 87. Ke4 Re8+ 88. Ne5 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Louis Fall B 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2017.09.12"]
[Round "7.4"]
[White "Pavlidis, Antonios"]
[Black "Pichot, Alan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2536"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[ECO "C18"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "Winawer, classical variation"]
[WhiteFideId "4212312"]
[BlackFideId "110973"]
[EventDate "2017.09.06"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Qc7 7. a4 Ne7 8. Nf3
b6 9. Bb5+ Bd7 10. Bd3 Nbc6 11. O-O h6 12. Re1 O-O 13. Bf4 f5 14. exf6 Qxf4 15.
fxe7 Nxe7 16. Ne5 Be8 17. f3 Rc8 18. g3 Qg5 19. a5 b5 20. Kh1 cxd4 21. f4 Qf6
22. Ng4 Qf7 23. Ne5 Qf6 24. Ng4 Qf7 25. Ne5 Qf6 26. Ng4 Qf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Louis Fall B 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2017.09.12"]
[Round "7.5"]
[White "Ni, Shiqun"]
[Black "Prasanna, Raghuram Rao"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "WGM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2426"]
[BlackElo "2464"]
[ECO "B32"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Labourdonnais-Loewenthal (Kalashnikov) variation"]
[WhiteFideId "8608466"]
[BlackFideId "5022401"]
[EventDate "2017.09.06"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d6 6. c4 Be7 7. N1c3 a6 8. Na3
f5 9. exf5 Bxf5 10. Bd3 Be6 11. O-O Nf6 12. Nc2 O-O 13. b3 Rc8 14. Bg5 Ng4 15.
Bxe7 Qxe7 16. Qd2 Qh4 17. h3 Nf6 18. Rfe1 Rcd8 19. Rad1 Nh5 20. Be4 Nf4 21. Nd5
Bxd5 22. Bxd5+ Kh8 23. Qe3 Rf6 24. Be4 Rdf8 25. Rd2 Ne7 26. Qg3 Qh5 27. Qg4 Qf7
28. Ne3 Nc6 29. Nd5 Nxd5 30. Bxd5 Qc7 31. Bxc6 bxc6 32. Qe4 a5 33. c5 dxc5 34.
Qxe5 Qb6 35. Qe3 a4 36. bxa4 Qb4 37. Rc1 c4 38. Qc3 Qxa4 39. Qxc4 Qa5 40. Qc3
Qg5 41. Rcd1 h6 42. Qe3 Qf5 43. Rd8 Qxf2+ 44. Qxf2 Rxf2 45. Rxf8+ Rxf8 46. a4
Ra8 47. Ra1 Kg8 48. Kf2 Kf7 49. Ke3 Ke6 50. Kd4 Kd6 51. a5 Kc7 52. a6 Kb6 53.
Rb1+ Kxa6 54. Kc5 Rf8 55. Rb6+ Ka5 56. Rxc6 Rf5+ 57. Kd4 Rf7 58. Kd5 Rf5+ 59.
Ke4 Rg5 60. Kf3 Kb5 61. Rc2 Rc5 62. Rd2 Kc6 63. Rd4 Rd5 64. Rg4 Rd7 65. Ke4 Rf7
66. Ke5 Kd7 67. Ra4 Ke7 68. Ra7+ Kf8 69. Ra8+ Ke7 70. Rg8 Kd7 71. g4 Ke7 72. h4
Kd7 73. Ra8 Ke7 74. g5 hxg5 75. hxg5 Rf1 76. Ra7+ Kf8 77. Ke6 Kg8 78. Ke5 Kh7
79. Ra6 Rf2 80. Rb6 Rf1 81. Ra6 Rf2 82. Rb6 Rf1 83. Ra6 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Louis Fall B 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2017.09.13"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Friedel, Joshua E"]
[Black "Prasanna, Raghuram Rao"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2547"]
[BlackElo "2464"]
[ECO "D18"]
[Opening "QGD Slav"]
[Variation "Dutch variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2017199"]
[BlackFideId "5022401"]
[EventDate "2017.09.06"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Bxc4 e6 8. O-O
Bb4 9. Qe2 O-O 10. e4 Bg6 11. Bd3 Be7 12. a5 Bh5 13. e5 Nd5 14. Nxd5 cxd5 15.
Qe3 Bg6 16. Bd2 Nb8 17. Bxg6 hxg6 18. Qb3 Qd7 19. Bg5 Nc6 20. Bxe7 Qxe7 21. a6
bxa6 22. Rxa6 Rfb8 23. Qa4 Nd8 24. b3 Rb4 25. Qa3 Qb7 26. Rb1 Rb5 27. Qa4 Nc6
28. Rc1 Ne7 29. Rc3 Nf5 30. g4 Ne7 31. Kg2 g5 32. Kg3 Rb4 33. Rxa7 Qxa7 34. Qxb4
Ng6 35. Nxg5 Rb8 36. Qd6 Rf8 37. Qc5 Qa1 38. Rc1 Qa6 39. Nf3 Qd3 40. Qc2 Qb5 41.
h4 Rb8 42. h5 Nf8 43. Rb1 Qb4 44. Qc1 Qb7 45. h6 g6 46. b4 Rc8 47. Qf4 Nh7 48.
b5 Rc3 49. Qd2 Rc4 50. b6 f5 51. Qa5 Rc8 52. Qa7 Rb8 53. Rc1 1-0

[Event "St Louis Fall B 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2017.09.13"]
[Round "8.2"]
[White "Pichot, Alan"]
[Black "Ni, Shiqun"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "WGM"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2426"]
[ECO "C42"]
[Opening "Petrov's defence"]
[WhiteFideId "110973"]
[BlackFideId "8608466"]
[EventDate "2017.09.06"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. O-O Be7 7. c3 O-O 8.
Bc2 b6 9. d4 Bb7 10. Re1 Nbd7 11. Bg5 Re8 12. Nbd2 Nd5 13. Bxe7 Rxe7 14. c4 Nb4
15. Rxe7 Qxe7 16. Bf5 Nf6 17. Qa4 d5 18. a3 Nc6 19. Rc1 dxc4 20. Qxc4 Rd8 21. b4
a6 22. Re1 Qd6 23. Ne4 Nxe4 24. Bxe4 b5 25. Qc3 g6 26. h4 h5 27. Ne5 Re8 28. f4
Nd8 29. Bxb7 Nxb7 30. f5 Nd8 31. fxg6 fxg6 32. Re3 Re6 33. Qd3 Kg7 34. Nf3 Rxe3
35. Qxe3 Ne6 36. Qe4 c6 37. Kf2 Qd5 38. Qxd5 cxd5 39. Ke3 Kf6 40. Ne5 Ng7 41. g4
Ne6 42. Nd7+ Ke7 43. Nc5 hxg4 44. Nxe6 Kxe6 45. Kf4 g3 46. Kxg3 Kf5 47. Kf3 g5
48. hxg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Louis Fall B 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2017.09.13"]
[Round "8.3"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Pavlidis, Antonios"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2563"]
[BlackElo "2536"]
[ECO "B20"]
[Opening "Sicilian defence"]
[WhiteFideId "2008572"]
[BlackFideId "4212312"]
[EventDate "2017.09.06"]

1. e4 c5 2. Na3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 Bg7 6. f4 O-O 7. Nf3 a6 8. Bxc6
bxc6 9. O-O d6 10. Qe1 a5 11. Bd2 a4 12. Rd1 Rb8 13. Bc1 Be6 14. Qh4 Bxa2 15. f5
e6 16. c4 Nd7 17. Bg5 f6 18. Bc1 exf5 19. exf5 Ne5 20. Qg3 g5 21. Rf2 Nxf3+ 22.
Qxf3 Qd7 23. h4 h6 24. d4 Bb3 25. Rd3 cxd4 26. Rxd4 Rbe8 27. Bd2 Re5 28. Bc3
Rfe8 29. hxg5 hxg5 30. Rd3 Re4 31. Qh5 Re3 32. Rf3 Rxf3 33. Qxf3 d5 34. Qf2 Re4
35. cxd5 Bxd5 36. Nc2 Rf4 37. Qd2 Qxf5 38. Ne3 Qe4 39. Nxd5 cxd5 40. Rxd5 Qb1+
41. Qd1 Qxd1+ 42. Rxd1 Bf8 43. g3 Bc5+ 44. Kg2 Rf2+ 45. Kh3 Be7 46. Bd4 Rc2 47.
Rd3 f5 48. g4 f4 49. Rd1 Kf7 50. Ra1 Bd6 51. Bg1 Rxb2 52. Rxa4 f3 53. Ra1 Rg2 0-1

[Event "St Louis Fall B 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2017.09.13"]
[Round "8.4"]
[White "Abrahamyan, Tatev"]
[Black "Chandra, Akshat"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "WGM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2333"]
[BlackElo "2481"]
[ECO "C50"]
[Opening "Giuoco Pianissimo"]
[WhiteFideId "13301918"]
[BlackFideId "25006711"]
[EventDate "2017.09.06"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. O-O d6 6. c3 O-O 7. Nbd2 a5 8. Re1
a4 9. a3 h6 10. Bb5 Bd7 11. Nf1 Ne7 12. Bxd7 Nxd7 13. d4 exd4 14. cxd4 Bb6 15.
Ng3 f5 16. Qc2 fxe4 17. Qxe4 Rf7 18. Nh5 Ra5 19. Qg4 Nf6 20. Nxf6+ Rxf6 21. Bd2
Rd5 22. h3 Nf5 23. Re4 Kh7 24. Rae1 Rg6 25. Qf4 Qf6 26. Bc3 c6 27. g4 Bd8 28.
Re6 Qf7 29. Re8 Bg5 30. Nxg5+ Rxg5 31. Kf1 Rg6 32. Rd8 Rf6 33. Ree8 g5 34. Qe4
Rg6 35. gxf5 Rxf5 36. Rh8+ 1-0

[Event "St Louis Fall B 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2017.09.13"]
[Round "8.5"]
[White "Ramirez, Alejandro"]
[Black "Arribas Lopez, Angel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2563"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[ECO "A01"]
[Opening "Nimzovich-Larsen attack"]
[Variation "modern variation"]
[WhiteFideId "6500617"]
[BlackFideId "2283352"]
[EventDate "2017.09.06"]

1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 Nc6 3. Nf3 e4 4. Nd4 Nxd4 5. Bxd4 Nf6 6. e3 Be7 7. c4 c5 8. Bb2
O-O 9. Nc3 d6 10. Qc2 Bf5 11. d3 Qa5 12. O-O-O exd3 13. Bxd3 Bg6 14. e4 a6 15.
f4 h6 16. f5 Bh7 17. g4 Nxg4 18. Nd5 Bg5+ 19. Kb1 Ne3 20. Nxe3 Bxe3 21. f6 g6
22. Rhe1 Bd4 23. Qc1 Bxb2 24. Kxb2 g5 25. h4 Rfe8 26. hxg5 Re5 27. Qf4 Bg6 28.
Rh1 Rxg5 29. Rdg1 Rxg1 30. Rxg1 Qd8 31. e5 Kh7 32. e6 1-0

[Event "St Louis Fall B 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2017.09.14"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Arribas Lopez, Angel"]
[Black "Friedel, Joshua E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2547"]
[ECO "C45"]
[Opening "Scotch"]
[Variation "Schmidt variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2283352"]
[BlackFideId "2017199"]
[EventDate "2017.09.06"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. Bd3 d5 7. Qe2 dxe4 8.
Nc3 Bb4 9. Bxe4 O-O 10. Bxc6 Rb8 11. Be3 Ng4 12. Bxa7 Qf6 13. O-O-O Bxc3 14.
bxc3 Qxc6 15. Bxb8 Qxc3 16. Qe7 Bf5 17. Qxc7 Qa3+ 18. Kb1 Nxf2 19. Rd8 Nxh1 20.
Qb6 Rxd8 21. Qxd8+ Qf8 22. Qxf8+ Kxf8 23. Ba7 Be4 0-1

[Event "St Louis Fall B 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2017.09.14"]
[Round "9.2"]
[White "Chandra, Akshat"]
[Black "Ramirez, Alejandro"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2481"]
[BlackElo "2563"]
[ECO "B30"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Nimzovich-Rossolimo attack (without ...d6)"]
[WhiteFideId "25006711"]
[BlackFideId "6500617"]
[EventDate "2017.09.06"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. O-O Nge7 5. c3 a6 6. Ba4 b5 7. Bc2 Bb7 8. a4 d5
9. axb5 axb5 10. Rxa8 Qxa8 11. Re1 Na7 12. d4 dxe4 13. Ng5 cxd4 14. Nxe4 Nec6
15. Qh5 Be7 16. Ng5 g6 17. Qh6 Bf8 18. Qh3 Be7 19. Qh6 Bf8 20. Qh3 Be7 21. Bb3
Nc8 22. Qh6 Bf8 23. Qh4 Be7 24. Qh6 Bf8 25. Qh4 Be7 26. Qf4 Nd6 27. cxd4 h6 28.
Ne4 Nxe4 29. Qxe4 Na5 30. Qe5 Rh7 31. Bxe6 fxe6 32. Qxe6 Rf7 33. Bd2 Nc6 34.
Qxg6 Qd8 35. Bxh6 Qd5 36. Nc3 Qf5 37. Qxf5 Rxf5 38. d5 Re5 39. Rxe5 Nxe5 40.
Nxb5 Kd7 41. Bg7 Nd3 42. Nd4 Nxb2 43. Nc6 Nd3 44. Nxe7 Kxe7 45. Kf1 Bxd5 46. Bh6
Kf6 47. Ke2 Bxg2 48. Kxd3 Kf5 49. Ke3 Bc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Louis Fall B 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2017.09.14"]
[Round "9.3"]
[White "Pavlidis, Antonios"]
[Black "Abrahamyan, Tatev"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "WGM"]
[WhiteElo "2536"]
[BlackElo "2333"]
[ECO "C19"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "Winawer, advance, poisoned pawn variation"]
[WhiteFideId "4212312"]
[BlackFideId "13301918"]
[EventDate "2017.09.06"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Ne7 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7. Qg4 cxd4 8. Bd3
Qc7 9. Ne2 dxc3 10. Qxg7 Rg8 11. Qxh7 Qxe5 12. h4 Rxg2 13. Bg5 Nbc6 14. Qh5 b6
15. Kf1 Rh2 16. Rg1 Rh3 17. Ng3 Qg7 18. Re1 Bd7 19. Bxe7 Nxe7 20. Ne4 Qd4 21.
Ng5 Qxh4 22. Qxf7+ Kd8 23. Qf8+ Be8 24. Rxe6 1-0

[Event "St Louis Fall B 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2017.09.14"]
[Round "9.4"]
[White "Ni, Shiqun"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "WGM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2426"]
[BlackElo "2563"]
[ECO "B03"]
[Opening "Alekhine's defence"]
[Variation "exchange variation"]
[WhiteFideId "8608466"]
[BlackFideId "2008572"]
[EventDate "2017.09.06"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. exd6 cxd6 6. Nc3 g6 7. Be3 Bg7 8. Rc1
O-O 9. b3 Bf5 10. Nf3 d5 11. c5 Nc8 12. b4 a6 13. Be2 Nc6 14. a3 e6 15. O-O Bg4
16. Ne1 Bxe2 17. Nxe2 N8e7 18. Nf3 Nf5 19. Qd3 Nxe3 20. Qxe3 Qf6 21. Rfd1 Rfe8
22. Rb1 e5 23. dxe5 Nxe5 24. Nxe5 Rxe5 25. Qd3 Rae8 26. Nd4 Re4 27. Nf3 g5 28.
h3 Qf5 29. Kf1 d4 30. Rd2 Qe6 31. Rdd1 Qg6 32. Rb3 f5 33. Nd2 Qe6 34. Qc4 Re2
35. Qxe6+ R8xe6 36. Rd3 h6 37. a4 Re7 38. Rc1 Kf8 39. b5 axb5 40. axb5 R2e6 41.
Nb3 Re4 42. Na5 Be5 43. b6 Ke8 44. c6 bxc6 45. Nxc6 Rb7 46. Rb1 Kd7 47. Nxe5+
Rxe5 48. Rxd4+ Kc6 49. Rdb4 Rd5 50. g3 Rc5 51. Kg2 Rd5 52. Rc1+ Rc5 53. Re1 Kd6
54. Rb2 Rd5 55. Re8 Kc5 56. Rc8+ Kd6 57. Rd8+ 1-0

[Event "St Louis Fall B 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2017.09.14"]
[Round "9.5"]
[White "Prasanna, Raghuram Rao"]
[Black "Pichot, Alan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2464"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[ECO "B32"]
[Opening "Sicilian defence"]
[WhiteFideId "5022401"]
[BlackFideId "110973"]
[EventDate "2017.09.06"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Qb6 5. Nb3 Nf6 6. Nc3 e6 7. Bd3 a6 8. Be3
Qc7 9. f4 d6 10. Qf3 b5 11. g4 Be7 12. g5 Nd7 13. O-O-O Bb7 14. Kb1 Nc5 15. Qh3
b4 16. Ne2 Nxd3 17. cxd3 a5 18. g6 fxg6 19. Nbd4 Nd8 20. Nxe6 Nxe6 21. Qxe6 Qd7
22. Qxd7+ Kxd7 23. h4 d5 24. h5 dxe4 25. dxe4+ Ke6 26. Ng3 Rad8 27. Bd4 Rhf8 28.
h6 Rxf4 29. hxg7 Rh4 30. Rhf1 Rg8 31. Rc1 Rg4 32. Rc7 Bxe4+ 33. Nxe4 Rxe4 34.
Rd1 Bd6 35. Rc6 Kd5 36. Ra6 Rxd4 37. Rxd4+ Kxd4 38. Rxd6+ Ke5 39. Ra6 Rxg7 40.
Rxa5+ Kf6 41. Rb5 g5 42. Rb6+ Kf5 43. Rb5+ Kf4 44. Rxb4+ Kf3 45. Rb6 g4 46. Rf6+
Kg2 47. a4 g3 48. a5 h5 49. Rh6 Kf3 50. Rf6+ Kg4 51. Rf1 h4 0-1

