[Event "St Louis Inv GM 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2017.11.17"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Chirila, Ioan-Cristian"]
[Black "Ashwin, Jayaram"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2557"]
[BlackElo "2474"]
[ECO "A01"]
[Opening "Nimzovich-Larsen attack"]
[WhiteFideId "1211668"]
[BlackFideId "5018137"]
[EventDate "2017.11.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]

1. b3 d6 2. Bb2 Nd7 3. g3 Ngf6 4. Bg2 g6 5. e4 Bg7 6. Ne2 O-O 7. O-O e5 8. c4
Nc5 9. Qc2 c6 10. Nbc3 Re8 11. d4 exd4 12. Nxd4 Qb6 13. Rad1 a5 14. h3 a4 15.
Kh2 axb3 16. axb3 Nfd7 17. f4 Nf8 18. f5 Nfd7 19. Ndb5 cxb5 20. Nd5 Qd8 21. Bxg7
Kxg7 22. b4 Na4 23. cxb5 Nab6 24. Nc7 Ra4 25. Rxd6 Re5 26. Qc3 Qf8 27. Rxb6 Qxb4
28. f6+ Kh6 29. Qxb4 Rxb4 30. Rd6 Rc5 31. Ne6 fxe6 32. Rxd7 Bxd7 33. f7 Rc8 34.
f8=Q+ Rxf8 35. Rxf8 Rxb5 36. Rf7 Bc6 37. h4 Re5 38. g4 g5 39. Kg3 Kg6 40. Re7
gxh4+ 41. Kf4 h3 42. Bh1 Rc5 43. Rxe6+ Kg7 44. g5 Rc1 45. Bf3 h2 46. Rh6 Rc2 47.
Ke3 b5 48. Be2 Bxe4 49. Rxh2 Bg6 50. Rh4 Rc5 51. Rb4 Re5+ 52. Kf2 Be8 53. Bd3
Rxg5 54. Kf3 h5 55. Rd4 Kf6 56. Rf4+ Ke7 57. Rd4 Bc6+ 58. Ke3 Rg3+ 59. Kf2 Rg2+
60. Ke3 Rg3+ 61. Kf2 Rg5 62. Ke3 Ke6 63. Be2 Re5+ 64. Kf2 Rf5+ 65. Kg3 Ke5 66.
Rd8 Rg5+ 67. Kh4 Rg2 68. Bxh5 Be4 69. Bg4 b4 70. Rb8 Kf4 71. Rf8+ Ke3 72. Rb8
Rb2 73. Kg5 b3 74. Be6 Rg2+ 75. Kf6 b2 76. Ba2 Bd3 77. Ke5 Rg5+ 78. Kf6 Rf5+ 79.
Ke7 Rb5 80. Ra8 Kd2 81. Kd7 Rb6 82. Kc7 Ra6 83. Rxa6 Bxa6 84. Kb6 Bc4 85. Bb1
Kc1 0-1

[Event "St Louis Inv GM 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2017.11.17"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Shetty, Atulya"]
[Black "Bartholomew, John"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2403"]
[BlackElo "2442"]
[ECO "A37"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "symmetrical variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2031213"]
[BlackFideId "2019353"]
[EventDate "2017.11.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. Nc3 e6 6. d4 cxd4 7. Nb5 d5 8. cxd5
Qa5+ 9. Nd2 exd5 10. Nd6+ Kf8 11. Nxc8 Rxc8 12. O-O Nf6 13. Nb3 Qb6 14. e3 Bh6
15. Nxd4 Nxd4 16. Qxd4 Qxd4 17. exd4 Bxc1 18. Raxc1 Ke7 19. Bh3 Rc6 20. f3 Kd6
21. Kf2 h5 22. Rfe1 h4 23. Bf1 hxg3+ 24. hxg3 Rh2+ 25. Bg2 Rc4 26. Red1 Rh8 27.
Bf1 Rb4 28. Rc2 Nd7 29. Rd3 Rh2+ 30. Bg2 Rc4 31. Rdd2 a5 32. Kg1 Rh8 33. Bf1 Rb4
34. Rc3 Nb8 35. a3 Rb6 36. Bg2 Nc6 37. f4 Ne7 38. Kf2 Rc8 39. Rxc8 Nxc8 40. Bf3
Rc6 41. Bd1 Nb6 42. b3 Rc3 43. Re2 a4 44. bxa4 Rxa3 45. Rb2 Kc6 46. Rb4 Nc4 47.
Bb3 Nd2 48. Bc2 Rc3 49. Rb2 Nc4 50. Ra2 b6 51. Bb1 Rb3 52. Bc2 Rc3 53. Bb1 Rc1
54. Bc2 Rh1 55. Kg2 Re1 56. Kf2 Re3 57. g4 Rh3 58. Kg2 Rc3 59. Kf2 Ne3 60. Bb1
Nxg4+ 61. Kg2 Ne3+ 62. Kf2 Nc4 63. Re2 Ra3 64. Bc2 Kd6 65. f5 gxf5 66. Ke1 Ne3
67. Bb1 f4 68. Rb2 Nc4 69. Rb4 Rh3 70. Kf2 Rh1 71. Bd3 Rc1 72. Be2 Kc6 73. Bh5
Nd6 74. Be2 Rc3 75. Rb2 Ne4+ 76. Kg2 Rg3+ 77. Kf1 f3 78. Bb5+ Kc7 79. Rc2+ Kd8
80. Rc6 f2 81. Ke2 Rg1 82. Ke3 f1=Q 83. Bxf1 Rxf1 84. Rxb6 Kd7 85. a5 Nd6 86.
Ra6 Ra1 0-1

[Event "St Louis Inv GM 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2017.11.17"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Zierk, Steven"]
[Black "Sadorra, Julio Catalino"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2493"]
[BlackElo "2554"]
[ECO "B43"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Kan, 5.Nc3"]
[WhiteFideId "2034255"]
[BlackFideId "5201268"]
[EventDate "2017.11.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. g3 Nf6 7. Bg2 Bb4 8. Bd2
d6 9. g4 h6 10. h4 h5 11. g5 Ng4 12. Nb3 Nc6 13. Qe2 Na5 14. a3 Nxb3 15. cxb3
Bc5 16. f3 Ne5 17. Rc1 Qb6 18. b4 Bd4 19. f4 Ng4 20. Bf3 Bd7 21. Bxg4 hxg4 22.
Qxg4 a5 23. g6 axb4 24. gxf7+ Kxf7 25. axb4 Qxb4 26. Rh3 Qxb2 27. Rd3 Ra1 28.
Rxa1 Qxa1+ 29. Ke2 Qa6 30. Qg3 Qc4 31. f5 Be5 32. Bf4 Bb5 33. fxe6+ Ke7 34. Qg5+
Kxe6 35. Qf5+ Ke7 36. Bg5+ Bf6 37. Bxf6+ gxf6 38. Nd5+ Kd8 39. Qxf6+ Kd7 40.
Nb6+ 1-0

[Event "St Louis Inv GM 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2017.11.17"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Burke, John M"]
[Black "Sturt, Raven"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2502"]
[BlackElo "2449"]
[ECO "C95"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "closed, Breyer, Borisenko variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2070901"]
[BlackFideId "2007304"]
[EventDate "2017.11.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. a4 c5 13. Bc2 Re8 14. d5 c4 15. b3
cxb3 16. Nxb3 Nb6 17. Na5 Qc7 18. Nxb7 Qxb7 19. axb5 axb5 20. Rb1 Rec8 21. Rxb5
Rxc3 22. Re3 Rac8 23. Rxc3 Rxc3 24. Bd2 Ra3 25. Qc1 Ra8 26. Bd3 Rc8 27. Qb1 Nfd7
28. Ba5 Bd8 29. Nd2 Qa7 30. Qb4 Nc5 31. Bxb6 Bxb6 32. Rxb6 Nxd3 33. Qxd6 h6 34.
Kh2 Qa2 35. Rb8 Rxb8 36. Qxb8+ Kh7 37. Nf3 Qxf2 38. Qc8 Nf4 39. Qg4 f6 40. Nh4
Qa7 41. d6 Qb7 42. d7 Qc7 43. Qd1 Ne6 44. Qd5 Qc1 45. Qxe6 Qf4+ 46. g3 1-0

[Event "St Louis Inv GM 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2017.11.17"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Gurevich, Daniel"]
[Black "Hambleton, Aman"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2471"]
[BlackElo "2484"]
[ECO "D38"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "Ragozin variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2044676"]
[BlackFideId "2606577"]
[EventDate "2017.11.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 O-O 8. e3
Bf5 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 c6 11. a3 Be7 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. h4 g6 14. h5 g5 15. Ne2
Nd7 16. Ng3 Bg7 17. Nf5 a5 18. Nd2 Re8 19. f3 c5 20. O-O Qb6 21. f4 g4 22. dxc5
Nxc5 23. Qe2 Qxb2 24. Qxg4 Kh8 25. Rab1 Qf6 26. Rb5 Bf8 27. Rf3 Ne4 28. Nxe4
dxe4 29. Rg3 Bxa3 30. Rb6 Re6 31. Rxb7 a4 32. Ra7 Ree8 33. Rc7 Bb2 34. Nd6 Qxd6
35. Rxf7 Rg8 36. Qf5 Bg7 37. Rg6 Qxg6 38. hxg6 a3 39. Qh5 Rge8 40. Rxg7 Kxg7 41.
Qd5 Kxg6 42. Qd6+ Kf7 43. Qd7+ Kf6 44. Qd4+ Kf7 45. Qd7+ Kf6 46. Qd4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Louis Inv GM 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2017.11.18"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Ashwin, Jayaram"]
[Black "Hambleton, Aman"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2474"]
[BlackElo "2484"]
[ECO "A63"]
[Opening "Benoni"]
[Variation "fianchetto, 9...Nbd7"]
[WhiteFideId "5018137"]
[BlackFideId "2606577"]
[EventDate "2017.11.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nc3 g6 7. Bg2 Bg7 8. Nf3
O-O 9. O-O Nbd7 10. Bf4 Qe7 11. h3 a6 12. a4 Nh5 13. Bg5 f6 14. Bc1 f5 15. Ng5
f4 16. Ne6 fxg3 17. Nxf8 gxf2+ 18. Rxf2 Nxf8 19. Ra3 Bd4 20. e3 Be5 21. Ne2 Nd7
22. Rf1 Ndf6 23. e4 Bd7 24. Raf3 Rf8 25. Bh6 Rf7 26. b3 Be8 27. Qc2 Nd7 28. Rxf7
Bxf7 29. Bd2 b5 30. axb5 axb5 31. Bc3 b4 32. Bxe5 Nxe5 33. Nc1 Qg5 34. Qf2 Qe7
35. Qe3 Nf6 36. Nd3 Nfd7 37. Nf4 Kg7 38. Qg3 g5 39. h4 g4 40. h5 h6 41. Qf2 Kh7
42. Ra1 Qg5 43. Ne6 Qxh5 44. Ra6 c4 45. bxc4 b3 46. Rxd6 b2 47. Qxb2 g3 48. Rxd7
Qd1+ 49. Bf1 Nf3+ 50. Kg2 Ne1+ 51. Kxg3 Qf3+ 52. Kh2 Qh5+ 53. Bh3 Nf3+ 54. Kg3
Qh4+ 55. Kxf3 Qxh3+ 56. Kf4 Qh4+ 57. Ke3 1-0

[Event "St Louis Inv GM 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2017.11.18"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Sturt, Raven"]
[Black "Gurevich, Daniel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2449"]
[BlackElo "2471"]
[ECO "D20"]
[Opening "QGA"]
[Variation "3.e4"]
[WhiteFideId "2007304"]
[BlackFideId "2044676"]
[EventDate "2017.11.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. Bxc4 Nc6 6. Ne2 Nb6 7. Bb3 Bf5 8.
Nbc3 e6 9. O-O Qd7 10. Be3 O-O-O 11. a3 f6 12. exf6 gxf6 13. Ng3 Bg6 14. Qf3 Be7
15. Rfd1 Na5 16. Ba2 Nac4 17. d5 e5 18. Bxb6 Nxb6 19. a4 a5 20. Bb1 Rhg8 21. Bf5
Bxf5 22. Nxf5 Rg5 23. Nxe7+ Qxe7 24. Ne4 Rg6 25. d6 cxd6 26. Qc3+ Kb8 27. Qxa5
f5 28. Ng3 d5 29. Nxf5 Qg5 30. Ng3 h5 31. Qb5 h4 32. a5 hxg3 33. hxg3 Nc8 34.
Rxd5 Rxd5 35. Qxd5 Rh6 36. Re1 Rh5 37. Qe6 Qg7 38. Rc1 Qh8 39. Rxc8+ Qxc8 40.
Qd6+ Ka8 41. Qd2 Qh8 42. f3 Rh1+ 43. Kf2 Qc8 44. g4 Qc5+ 45. Kg3 Qd4 46. Qg5 Ka7
47. b4 Qc3 0-1

[Event "St Louis Inv GM 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2017.11.18"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Sadorra, Julio Catalino"]
[Black "Burke, John M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2554"]
[BlackElo "2502"]
[ECO "A13"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[Variation "Agincourt variation"]
[WhiteFideId "5201268"]
[BlackFideId "2070901"]
[EventDate "2017.11.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 e6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. b3 O-O 6. Bb2 b6 7. Qc2 c5 8. Ng5 g6
9. h4 d4 10. h5 Nc6 11. hxg6 hxg6 12. Rh6 Ne5 13. Nce4 Nfg4 14. Rh3 Bxg5 15.
Nxg5 Qxg5 16. f4 Qf6 17. Qe4 Bd7 18. exd4 Nc6 19. Be2 Qg7 20. Qb1 Nf6 21. dxc5
bxc5 22. Qd3 Nb4 23. Qc3 e5 24. Rh4 Ne4 25. Qxe5 Qxe5 26. fxe5 Nc2+ 27. Kd1 Nxa1
28. Rxe4 Bf5 29. Rf4 Nxb3 30. axb3 Rab8 31. Rf3 Rb6 32. Ba3 Ra6 33. Bb2 Rb8 34.
Rc3 Rab6 35. d3 a5 36. g4 Bd7 37. Ba3 Rxb3 38. Rxb3 Rxb3 39. Bxc5 Rb2 40. Bf3
Ba4+ 41. Kc1 Rc2+ 42. Kb1 Rd2 43. Be4 Bb3 44. Ba3 a4 45. Bd6 Ra2 46. Bd5 Re2 47.
d4 Kg7 48. g5 Ra2 49. Bb4 Rf2 50. Bc5 Bd1 51. Be7 Bb3 52. Bc5 Ba2+ 53. Kc1 Re2
54. Be7 Bb3 55. Bc5 Rc2+ 56. Kb1 Ra2 57. Be7 a3 58. Bxa3 Rxa3 59. Kb2 Bxc4 60.
Bxc4 Rg3 61. Kc2 Kf8 62. Kd2 Ke7 63. d5 Rxg5 64. d6+ Ke8 65. e6 fxe6 66. Bxe6
Re5 67. d7+ Ke7 68. Bh3 Re4 69. Kd3 Re1 70. Kd2 Re5 71. Kd3 Re1 72. Kd2 Re4 73.
Kd3 Rf4 74. Ke3 g5 75. Be6 Rf8 76. Bg4 Kd6 77. Ke4 Rf4+ 78. Ke3 Ke7 79. Be6 Rh4
80. Bf5 Rh1 81. Bg4 Re1+ 82. Kf2 Re4 83. Kf3 Rd4 84. Kg3 Rd3+ 85. Kf2 Kf6 86.
Ke2 Rd4 87. Ke3 Ke5 88. Bh3 Rd6 89. Bg4 Rd4 90. Bh3 Rd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Louis Inv GM 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2017.11.18"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Bartholomew, John"]
[Black "Zierk, Steven"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2442"]
[BlackElo "2493"]
[ECO "D10"]
[Opening "QGD Slav defence"]
[Variation "exchange variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2019353"]
[BlackFideId "2034255"]
[EventDate "2017.11.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Bf4 Nc6 5. e3 Nf6 6. Nc3 Bf5 7. Qb3 Na5 8.
Qa4+ Bd7 9. Qd1 e6 10. Nf3 Be7 11. h3 a6 12. Bd3 b5 13. O-O O-O 14. Qe2 b4 15.
Nb1 Bb5 16. Rc1 Bd6 17. Bxd6 Qxd6 18. Nbd2 Bxd3 19. Qxd3 Rfc8 20. Ne5 Ne8 21.
Nb3 Nc6 22. Nxc6 Rxc6 23. Rc5 Rxc5 24. Nxc5 Qb6 25. a3 bxa3 26. Qxa3 Nd6 27. b3
Ne4 28. b4 h5 29. Qa5 Qxa5 30. Rxa5 Nxc5 31. dxc5 Rb8 32. Ra4 Kf8 33. Kf1 Ke7
34. Ke2 Kd8 35. Kd3 Kc7 36. Kc3 Kb7 37. Ra2 e5 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Louis Inv GM 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2017.11.18"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Chirila, Ioan-Cristian"]
[Black "Shetty, Atulya"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2557"]
[BlackElo "2403"]
[ECO "A01"]
[Opening "Nimzovich-Larsen attack"]
[Variation "classical variation"]
[WhiteFideId "1211668"]
[BlackFideId "2031213"]
[EventDate "2017.11.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]

1. b3 d5 2. Bb2 Nf6 3. Nf3 c5 4. g3 Nc6 5. Bg2 e6 6. O-O Be7 7. e3 O-O 8. c4 b6
9. Nc3 Ba6 10. d3 Rc8 11. Qe2 Qd7 12. h3 Rfd8 13. Rad1 d4 14. exd4 Nxd4 15. Nxd4
cxd4 16. Ne4 Nxe4 17. Bxe4 b5 18. Bc1 Bb7 19. Bf4 a5 20. Rfe1 Bb4 21. Qf3 Bc6
22. Bxc6 Qxc6 23. Qxc6 Rxc6 24. cxb5 Rc5 25. b6 Bxe1 26. Rxe1 Rd7 27. Re5 Rxe5
28. Bxe5 Rb7 29. Bc7 Kf8 30. Kg2 f5 31. f4 Ke7 32. Kf3 Kd7 33. Ke2 Rxc7 34. bxc7
Kxc7 35. g4 Kd6 36. gxf5 exf5 37. h4 g6 38. a3 h5 39. Kd2 Kc5 40. Kc2 Kb5 41.
Kb1 Kc5 42. Kb2 Kb5 43. Ka2 Kc5 44. a4 Kd6 45. b4 axb4 46. a5 Kc6 47. Kb3 Kb5
48. a6 Kxa6 49. Kxb4 g5 50. hxg5 h4 51. g6 h3 52. g7 h2 53. g8=Q h1=Q 54. Kc5
Ka7 55. Qf7+ Kb8 56. Qe8+ Kc7 57. Qe7+ Kc8 58. Qe6+ Kb8 59. Qb6+ 1-0

[Event "St Louis Inv GM 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2017.11.18"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Shetty, Atulya"]
[Black "Ashwin, Jayaram"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2403"]
[BlackElo "2474"]
[ECO "A20"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[WhiteFideId "2031213"]
[BlackFideId "5018137"]
[EventDate "2017.11.17"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c6 4. d4 e4 5. Nc3 d5 6. Bg5 Nbd7 7. cxd5 cxd5 8. f3
Qa5 9. Bd2 exf3 10. Bxf3 Bb4 11. Nh3 O-O 12. Nf4 Nb6 13. Nd3 Bg4 14. Nb1 Bxd2+
15. Qxd2 Qa4 16. Ne5 Nc4 17. b3 Bxf3 18. bxa4 Nxd2 19. exf3 Nc4 20. Nd2 Rac8 21.
Rb1 Na3 22. Rd1 Nc2+ 23. Kf2 Nxd4 24. Rc1 Rfe8 25. Rxc8 Rxc8 26. Rb1 Rc7 27. Ke3
Ne6 28. Nb3 d4+ 29. Kd2 Nd5 30. Rc1 Rxc1 31. Nxc1 Kf8 32. Kd3 f6 33. Nc4 Nb4+
34. Ke4 Ke7 35. a3 Nc6 36. Nb3 Ng5+ 37. Kd5 Nxf3 38. h4 d3 39. Ke4 Nfe5 40. Nb2
Kd6 41. Nc1 d2 42. Nb3 d1=Q 43. Nxd1 Nc4 44. Nd4 Nd2+ 45. Kd3 Nxd4 46. Kxd4 Nf1
47. g4 Nh2 48. Ne3 Nf3+ 49. Ke4 Nxh4 50. Nc4+ Kc5 51. Na5 b6 52. Nb7+ Kc6 0-1

[Event "St Louis Inv GM 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2017.11.18"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Zierk, Steven"]
[Black "Chirila, Ioan-Cristian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2493"]
[BlackElo "2557"]
[ECO "B32"]
[Opening "Sicilian defence"]
[WhiteFideId "2034255"]
[BlackFideId "1211668"]
[EventDate "2017.11.17"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Qb6 5. Nb3 Nf6 6. Nc3 e6 7. g3 a6 8. Bg2
d6 9. g4 Be7 10. g5 Nd7 11. Qe2 Qc7 12. Be3 b5 13. a3 Nce5 14. Nd2 Nb6 15. f4
Nec4 16. Bd4 O-O 17. Nxc4 Nxc4 18. b3 Ne5 19. Qd2 Bb7 20. Ne2 Ng6 21. h4 e5 22.
Be3 exf4 23. Nxf4 Ne5 24. Nd5 Bxd5 25. exd5 Rac8 26. Rc1 f6 27. O-O fxg5 28.
Rxf8+ Rxf8 29. hxg5 Qc8 30. Rf1 Rxf1+ 31. Kxf1 Qf5+ 32. Kg1 Qg4 33. Kf1 Bd8 34.
Bf4 Qf5 35. Qe3 Bxg5 0-1

[Event "St Louis Inv GM 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2017.11.18"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Burke, John M"]
[Black "Bartholomew, John"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2502"]
[BlackElo "2442"]
[ECO "B67"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Richter-Rauzer, Rauzer attack, 7...a6 defence, 8...Bd7"]
[WhiteFideId "2070901"]
[BlackFideId "2019353"]
[EventDate "2017.11.17"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O Bd7 9. f4 b5 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Kb1 Qb6 12. Nxc6 Bxc6 13. f5 h5 14. fxe6
fxe6 15. Bd3 Bh6 16. Qe1 O-O-O 17. Rf1 Rhf8 18. Ne2 Qc5 19. Nf4 Rfe8 20. Qh4 Qe5
21. Nxh5 Rh8 22. g4 Bg7 23. Qf2 Rxh5 24. gxh5 f5 25. c4 fxe4 26. cxb5 axb5 27.
Rc1 Kb7 28. Qc2 Rc8 29. Be2 Kb6 30. Qb3 e3 31. a4 Qe4+ 32. Rc2 Qxa4 33. Qxe3+
Bd4 34. Qxe6 Bxb2 35. Kxb2 Qxc2+ 36. Kxc2 Bd7+ 37. Kb2 Bxe6 38. Rf6 Bc4 39. Bxc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Louis Inv GM 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2017.11.18"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Gurevich, Daniel"]
[Black "Sadorra, Julio Catalino"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2471"]
[BlackElo "2554"]
[ECO "A07"]
[Opening "Reti"]
[Variation "King's Indian attack (Barcza system)"]
[WhiteFideId "2044676"]
[BlackFideId "5201268"]
[EventDate "2017.11.17"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O c5 5. c4 Nc6 6. cxd5 exd5 7. d4 Be7 8. dxc5
Bxc5 9. a3 O-O 10. b4 Bb6 11. Bb2 Ne4 12. Nc3 Nxc3 13. Bxc3 Bg4 14. e3 d4 15.
exd4 Nxd4 16. Bxd4 Bxf3 17. Qxf3 Bxd4 18. Rad1 Qb6 19. Qxb7 Rad8 20. Qxb6 axb6
21. Rfe1 Bb2 22. a4 Bc3 23. Rxd8 Rxd8 24. Re4 g6 25. Bf1 Rd1 26. Kg2 Kg7 27. Rc4
Be1 28. Re4 Bc3 29. Bc4 Re1 30. Rxe1 Bxe1 31. b5 f5 32. f4 Kf6 33. Kf3 Bb4 34.
h3 h5 35. g4 hxg4+ 36. hxg4 fxg4+ 37. Kxg4 Bd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Louis Inv GM 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2017.11.18"]
[Round "3.5"]
[White "Hambleton, Aman"]
[Black "Sturt, Raven"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2484"]
[BlackElo "2449"]
[ECO "D00"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn, Mason variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2606577"]
[BlackFideId "2007304"]
[EventDate "2017.11.17"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 Nf6 3. e3 e6 4. Nf3 Bd6 5. Nbd2 O-O 6. c3 b6 7. Bd3 Bb7 8. O-O
c5 9. Bxd6 Qxd6 10. Ne5 Ba6 11. Bxa6 Nxa6 12. f4 Nb8 13. Rf3 Nfd7 14. Rh3 g6 15.
Qg4 Qe7 16. Ndf3 Nxe5 17. dxe5 Nd7 18. Ng5 h5 19. Qg3 f5 20. e4 fxe4 21. Nxe4
Qg7 22. Nd6 Qh6 23. Rf1 Kh7 24. Qe3 c4 25. Rg3 Nc5 26. Rg5 Nd3 27. b3 Rad8 28.
h4 Nc5 29. bxc4 dxc4 30. Qe2 Rd7 31. Qxc4 Rfd8 32. Rf3 Rg8 33. Qe2 Rdg7 34. c4
Rf8 35. Qe3 Kh8 36. Rfg3 Kh7 37. Kh2 Rd8 38. f5 Rdg8 39. f6 Rd7 40. f7 Rf8 41.
Qf3 Nb7 42. Rxg6 Qxg6 43. Rxg6 Kxg6 44. Nxb7 Rfxf7 45. Qe4+ Kh6 46. Nd6 Rg7 47.
Qe3+ Kh7 48. Ne8 1-0

[Event "St Louis Inv GM 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2017.11.19"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Ashwin, Jayaram"]
[Black "Sturt, Raven"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2474"]
[BlackElo "2449"]
[ECO "D10"]
[Opening "QGD Slav defence"]
[Variation "exchange variation"]
[WhiteFideId "5018137"]
[BlackFideId "2007304"]
[EventDate "2017.11.17"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Bg5 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. e3 Nf6 7. Qb3 Ne4 8. Bb5+
Nc6 9. Nxe4 dxe4 10. Ne2 O-O 11. Nc3 h6 12. Bh4 g5 13. Bg3 e5 14. dxe5 Nxe5 15.
O-O Be6 16. Qb4 Nd3 17. Bxd3 exd3 18. Rfd1 Qd7 19. Bd6 a5 20. Qa3 Rfd8 21. Rxd3
b5 22. Rad1 Qc6 23. Nd5 Kh8 24. Ne7 Qe4 25. f3 Qc4 26. b3 Qc2 27. R1d2 Qb1+ 28.
Rd1 Qc2 29. R1d2 Qb1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Louis Inv GM 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2017.11.19"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Sadorra, Julio Catalino"]
[Black "Hambleton, Aman"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2554"]
[BlackElo "2484"]
[ECO "E32"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian"]
[Variation "classical variation"]
[WhiteFideId "5201268"]
[BlackFideId "2606577"]
[EventDate "2017.11.17"]

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 Ndc5 11. O-O Bxc3 12. bxc3 Nxd3 13. Qxd3 b6 14. cxd5
Qxd5 15. Rfd1 Nc5 16. Qg3 Qe4 17. Bg5 Bb7 18. Nf3 Qg6 19. Nh4 Qh5 20. Bf6 Qh6
21. f3 Rfe8 22. Bg5 Qh5 23. Bf6 Qh6 24. Qg4 g6 25. Bg5 Qf8 26. Bf6 b5 27. Rd4
Bd5 28. Qf4 Nd7 29. Nf5 exf5 30. Rxd5 Nxf6 31. exf6 Re6 32. Qd4 a6 33. Rd1 h5
34. Qh4 Rae8 35. Qg5 Qa3 36. R5d3 Qc5+ 37. Rd4 Qxc3 38. h4 Qe3+ 39. Qxe3 Rxe3
40. a4 bxa4 41. Kf2 R3e6 42. Rxa4 Rxf6 43. Rd7 Rc6 44. Kg3 Re2 45. Ra7 Rcc2 46.
Rd4 Rxg2+ 47. Kf4 Rgd2 48. Rb4 Rb2 49. Rc4 Rdc2 50. Rd4 Rb8 51. Rdd7 Rf8 52.
Rxa6 Kg7 53. Kg5 Rg2+ 54. Kf4 Rg1 55. Raa7 Rh1 56. Kg5 Rh3 57. Ra6 Rg3+ 58. Kf4
Rg2 59. Raa7 Rb2 60. Ra6 Kh6 61. Ke5 Rb5+ 62. Kf4 Rb4+ 63. Kg3 f4+ 64. Kh3 Rb3
65. Kg2 Rb2+ 66. Kh3 Rf2 67. Rxg6+ Kxg6 68. Rd6+ Kf5 69. Rd5+ Kf6 70. Rd6+ Ke5
71. Rd5+ Kxd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Louis Inv GM 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2017.11.19"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Bartholomew, John"]
[Black "Gurevich, Daniel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2442"]
[BlackElo "2471"]
[ECO "D26"]
[Opening "QGA"]
[Variation "classical variation, 6.O-O"]
[WhiteFideId "2019353"]
[BlackFideId "2044676"]
[EventDate "2017.11.17"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. O-O Nc6 7. a3 a6 8. dxc5
Qxd1 9. Rxd1 Bxc5 10. b4 Be7 11. Bb2 O-O 12. Nbd2 b5 13. Be2 Bb7 14. Nb3 Rfd8
15. Nfd2 Nd7 16. Bf3 Rab8 17. Rac1 Nde5 18. Bxe5 Nxe5 19. Bxb7 Rxb7 20. Ne4
Rxd1+ 21. Rxd1 Nc4 22. Nec5 Ra7 23. g3 g5 24. Rd7 Rxd7 25. Nxd7 Nxa3 26. Ndc5
Nc2 27. Nxa6 Bd6 28. Nd4 Nxd4 29. exd4 g4 30. f4 Kf8 31. Kf2 Ke7 32. Nc5 Kd8 33.
Ke3 Kc7 34. Ke4 Kc6 35. Na6 f5+ 36. Kd3 Kd5 37. Nc5 h5 38. Ke3 Be7 39. Kd3 Bf6
40. Na6 Bd8 41. Ke3 Kd6 42. Nc5 Bf6 43. Na6 h4 44. Kd3 h3 45. Ke3 Kc6 46. Nc5
Kd5 47. Kd3 Bh4 48. gxh4 0-1

[Event "St Louis Inv GM 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2017.11.19"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Chirila, Ioan-Cristian"]
[Black "Burke, John M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2557"]
[BlackElo "2502"]
[ECO "D00"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn, Mason variation, Steinitz counter-gambit"]
[WhiteFideId "1211668"]
[BlackFideId "2070901"]
[EventDate "2017.11.17"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 c5 3. e3 Nc6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. c3 Qb6 6. Qc1 Nh5 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4 g5
9. Bg3 Bg7 10. Nbd2 Nxg3 11. hxg3 Bf5 12. Be2 O-O 13. O-O Rac8 14. Nb3 c4 15.
Nbd2 Qc7 16. Nh2 e5 17. dxe5 Nxe5 18. Ndf3 Nd3 19. Qd2 Qb6 20. Bxd3 Bxd3 21.
Rfd1 Rfe8 22. Nd4 Bxd4 23. cxd4 a5 24. Nf3 Qb4 25. Qc1 Be2 26. Re1 Bxf3 27. gxf3
b5 28. a4 Rb8 29. axb5 Rxb5 30. Re2 Qd6 31. Qd2 Qb6 32. Kg2 Rb8 33. Ra2 Kg7 34.
e4 Qf6 35. Re3 Qb6 36. Re2 Qf6 37. Re3 Qb6 38. Rea3 Rxb2 39. Rxb2 Qxb2 40. Qxb2
Rxb2 41. Rxa5 dxe4 42. fxe4 Rd2 43. d5 Kf6 44. d6 Ke6 45. Rc5 Rd4 46. e5 g4 47.
f4 gxf3+ 48. Kxf3 f6 49. exf6 Kxf6 50. Ke3 Rxd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Louis Inv GM 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2017.11.19"]
[Round "4.5"]
[White "Shetty, Atulya"]
[Black "Zierk, Steven"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2403"]
[BlackElo "2493"]
[ECO "D11"]
[Opening "QGD Slav"]
[Variation "3.Nf3"]
[WhiteFideId "2031213"]
[BlackFideId "2034255"]
[EventDate "2017.11.17"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Qc2 dxc4 5. e4 b5 6. b3 cxb3 7. axb3 Bb7 8. Bd2
a5 9. Bd3 e6 10. O-O h6 11. Rc1 Be7 12. Nc3 Na6 13. e5 Nd7 14. Be2 b4 15. Ne4
O-O 16. Be3 Nc7 17. Qd2 f5 18. exf6 Nxf6 19. Qc2 Ncd5 20. Bd2 Ba6 21. Bxa6 Rxa6
22. Qd3 Qa8 23. Ne5 Nxe4 24. Qxe4 Bf6 25. Nd7 Rf7 26. Nc5 Raa7 27. Re1 Rfe7 28.
Bf4 Nxf4 29. Qxf4 Qd8 30. Rad1 Qd5 31. Qg4 Ra8 32. Re3 Rd8 33. Nxe6 Rde8 34.
Rde1 Qd6 35. h4 Kf7 36. Nf4 Rxe3 37. Rxe3 Bxd4 38. Rxe8 Kxe8 39. Qc8+ Kf7 40.
Qf5+ Bf6 41. Ng6 Qd1+ 42. Kh2 Qd5 43. Qb1 Qd4 44. h5 Be5+ 45. Kh3 Qd7+ 46. g4
Qd5 47. Nxe5+ Qxe5 48. Qg6+ Ke7 49. f3 Kd7 50. Qf7+ Kd6 51. Qf8+ Kc7 52. Qa8 Kb6
53. Qd8+ Kb5 54. Qd3+ Kc5 55. Qc4+ Kb6 56. Qg8 c5 57. Qd8+ Qc7 58. Qd5 Qb7 59.
Qd6+ Qc6 60. Qd8+ Ka6 61. Qd3+ c4 62. bxc4 a4 63. g5 a3 64. Qb3 Ka5 65. Qe3 Qd7+
66. Kg2 a2 67. Qe5+ Ka4 68. gxh6 gxh6 69. c5 Qd2+ 70. Kh3 Qc3 71. Qe8+ Ka3 0-1

[Event "St Louis Inv GM 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2017.11.19"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Zierk, Steven"]
[Black "Ashwin, Jayaram"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2493"]
[BlackElo "2474"]
[ECO "B18"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "classical, 6.h4"]
[WhiteFideId "2034255"]
[BlackFideId "5018137"]
[EventDate "2017.11.17"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 e6 8. h5
Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Nf6 11. Bd2 Be7 12. O-O-O O-O 13. Kb1 c5 14. Ne4 Nc6
15. Bc3 Nb4 16. Bxb4 cxb4 17. Ne5 Nxe4 18. Qxe4 Qd5 19. Qxd5 exd5 20. Rhe1 Rfe8
21. Ng4 Bf6 22. Re3 Kf8 23. Nxf6 Rxe3 24. Nh7+ Kg8 25. fxe3 Kxh7 26. Rf1 Kg8 27.
Kc1 Kf8 28. Rf5 Rd8 29. Kd2 Ke7 30. Kd3 Rd6 31. e4 dxe4+ 32. Kxe4 Rc6 33. Kd3
Ra6 34. Rb5 b6 35. Rxb4 Rxa2 36. b3 Ke6 37. Ra4 Rxa4 38. bxa4 Kf5 39. Kc4 Ke4
40. c3 a6 41. g4 g5 42. d5 Ke5 43. a5 bxa5 44. Kc5 a4 45. d6 a3 46. d7 a2 47.
d8=Q a1=Q 48. Qd4+ 1-0

[Event "St Louis Inv GM 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2017.11.19"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Burke, John M"]
[Black "Shetty, Atulya"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2502"]
[BlackElo "2403"]
[ECO "C07"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "Tarrasch, open variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2070901"]
[BlackFideId "2031213"]
[EventDate "2017.11.17"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 cxd4 5. exd5 Qxd5 6. Bc4 Qd6 7. O-O Nf6 8.
Nb3 Nc6 9. Nbxd4 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 a6 11. Re1 Qc7 12. Qe2 Bd7 13. Bg5 O-O-O 14. Rad1
Bb4 15. c3 Bd6 16. h3 Kb8 17. Nf3 h6 18. Bh4 Ka7 19. Bg3 Bxg3 20. fxg3 Bc6 21.
Ne5 Be4 22. Rxd8 Rxd8 23. Nxf7 Qxf7 24. Qf2+ Ka8 25. Rxe4 Qc7 26. Rh4 e5 27. Bb3
e4 28. Bc2 Qe5 29. Qe3 Qg5 30. Qb6 Re8 31. Ba4 Rc8 32. Rf4 Qxg3 33. Rf2 Qe5 34.
Re2 h5 35. Qe3 h4 36. Bc2 Re8 37. Rd2 Nh5 38. Bxe4 Ng3 39. Rd8+ Rxd8 40. Bxb7+
Kxb7 41. Qxe5 Rd1+ 42. Kf2 Rf1+ 43. Ke3 Re1+ 44. Kd4 Rxe5 45. Kxe5 Kc6 46. a4 g5
47. b4 Ne2 48. b5+ axb5 49. axb5+ Kxb5 50. Kf5 Nf4 51. Kxg5 Nxg2 52. Kg4 Kc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Louis Inv GM 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2017.11.19"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Gurevich, Daniel"]
[Black "Chirila, Ioan-Cristian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2471"]
[BlackElo "2557"]
[ECO "A15"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[WhiteFideId "2044676"]
[BlackFideId "1211668"]
[EventDate "2017.11.17"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Qxd1+ 7. Kxd1 f6
8. Be3 e5 9. Nd2 Be6 10. Bc4 Kf7 11. Kc2 Nd7 12. Rad1 Nb6 13. Bxe6+ Kxe6 14. b3
Nc8 15. f3 Nd6 16. c4 b6 17. Nb1 Nb7 18. Nc3 c6 19. g3 Bb4 20. Kb2 Rad8 21. a3
Bc5 22. Bxc5 Nxc5 23. b4 Nd3+ 24. Kc2 Nf2 25. Rxd8 Rxd8 26. Rf1 Nh3 27. Nd1 f5
28. exf5+ gxf5 29. Ne3 f4 30. gxf4 exf4 31. Ng4 h5 32. Nf2 Ng5 33. h4 Nxf3 34.
Nh3 Nd4+ 35. Kb2 f3 36. Ng5+ Kf5 37. Nxf3 Kg4 38. Ne5+ Kg3 39. Rg1+ Kh3 40. Rh1+
Kg3 41. Rg1+ Kh3 42. Rh1+ Kg2 43. Rd1 Ne6 44. Re1 Nf4 45. Re4 Re8 46. Rxf4 Rxe5
47. Rf7 a5 48. Rf6 axb4 49. axb4 c5 50. Rxb6 cxb4 51. Rxb4 Re4 52. Kc3 Rxh4 53.
Rb2+ Kg3 54. c5 Ra4 55. Rb3 h4 56. c6 Ra8 57. Kd4+ Kg2 58. Rb2+ Kg3 59. Rb3+ Kg2
60. Rb2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Louis Inv GM 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2017.11.19"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Sturt, Raven"]
[Black "Sadorra, Julio Catalino"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2449"]
[BlackElo "2554"]
[ECO "A40"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn"]
[WhiteFideId "2007304"]
[BlackFideId "5201268"]
[EventDate "2017.11.17"]

1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 f5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 d5 5. c4 Bd6 6. O-O O-O 7. Nc3 c6 8. Rb1
Nbd7 9. Qd3 Ne4 10. Bf4 Bxf4 11. gxf4 Rf6 12. Qe3 Rh6 13. Nxe4 fxe4 14. Ne5 Nxe5
15. fxe5 Bd7 16. f3 Qh4 17. h3 Qg3 18. Qf2 Rxh3 19. Qxg3 Rxg3 20. Kh2 Rg5 21.
fxe4 dxe4 22. c5 Rf8 23. Rxf8+ Kxf8 24. e3 Be8 25. Bxe4 Bg6 26. Bxg6 Rxg6 27. b4
Ke7 28. b5 Kd7 29. a4 Rg4 30. Rf1 Ke8 31. bxc6 bxc6 32. Rb1 a5 33. Rb6 Kd7 34.
Rb7+ Kd8 35. Ra7 Re4 36. Rxa5 Rxe3 37. Ra8+ Kd7 38. Ra7+ Kd8 39. a5 Ra3 40. Rxg7
Rxa5 41. Rxh7 Ra3 42. Rh3 Ra2+ 43. Kg3 Rd2 44. Rh4 Rd3+ 45. Kf2 Kc7 46. Ke2 Ra3
47. Rf4 Kd7 48. Rf3 Ra1 49. Ke3 Re1+ 50. Kf4 Rd1 51. Ke3 Re1+ 52. Kd2 Ra1 53.
Rf7+ Kd8 54. Kc3 Rb1 55. Rh7 Rb5 56. Rg7 Rb1 57. Rg4 Kd7 58. Kd3 Re1 59. Kd2 Ra1
60. Ke3 Rf1 61. Rf4 Rg1 62. Kf2 Rd1 63. Kg3 Ke7 64. Kh4 Rh1+ 65. Kg5 Rd1 66. Kh5
Rd2 67. Rh4 Rg2 68. Rg4 Rh2+ 69. Kg6 Rd2 70. Kg7 Ra2 71. Kh7 Rh2+ 72. Kg7 Rh1
73. Kg8 Rd1 74. Rg7+ Ke8 75. Rc7 Rxd4 76. Rxc6 Rg4+ 77. Kh7 Rg5 78. Rxe6+ Kf7
79. Kh6 Kxe6 80. Kxg5 Kxe5 81. c6 Kd6 82. c7 Kxc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Louis Inv GM 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2017.11.19"]
[Round "5.5"]
[White "Hambleton, Aman"]
[Black "Bartholomew, John"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2484"]
[BlackElo "2442"]
[ECO "D00"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn, Mason variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2606577"]
[BlackFideId "2019353"]
[EventDate "2017.11.17"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 Nf6 3. e3 Bg4 4. Nf3 e6 5. c4 dxc4 6. Bxc4 Nbd7 7. Qb3 Bxf3 8.
gxf3 Nb6 9. Rg1 Nxc4 10. Qxc4 c6 11. Nc3 Nd5 12. Be5 Nxc3 13. Qxc3 f6 14. Bf4 g5
15. Bg3 Qd5 16. e4 Qb5 17. O-O-O O-O-O 18. f4 g4 19. Bh4 Be7 20. Rxg4 f5 21.
Bxe7 fxg4 22. Bxd8 Rxd8 23. h3 h5 24. hxg4 hxg4 25. Qe3 Rh8 26. f5 Rh3 27. Qf4
Qc4+ 28. Kb1 Qe2 29. Rc1 Rf3 30. Qxg4 exf5 31. exf5 Qd3+ 32. Ka1 Qxf5 33. Qxf5+
Rxf5 34. Rc2 Kd7 35. Kb1 Kd6 36. Rd2 Kd5 37. Kc2 Rf4 38. Kc3 Rf3+ 39. Kc2 Rf4
40. Kc3 Rf3+ 41. Kc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Louis Inv GM 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2017.11.20"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Ashwin, Jayaram"]
[Black "Sadorra, Julio Catalino"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2474"]
[BlackElo "2554"]
[ECO "D30"]
[Opening "Queen's gambit declined"]
[WhiteFideId "5018137"]
[BlackFideId "5201268"]
[EventDate "2017.11.17"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Nbd2 dxc4 6. Qc2 O-O 7. Bg2 a5 8.
Qxc4 b6 9. a3 Ba6 10. Qc2 Be7 11. Nc4 c5 12. dxc5 Bxc5 13. O-O Nbd7 14. a4 Rc8
15. b3 b5 16. axb5 Bxb5 17. Qb2 Bxc4 18. bxc4 Nb6 19. Bg5 Nxc4 20. Qa2 Qb6 21.
Bxf6 gxf6 22. Nd2 Nxd2 23. Qxd2 Bb4 24. Qf4 Qc5 25. Bb7 Rb8 26. Be4 Qe5 27. Qh4
f5 28. Bd3 Kh8 29. Kh1 Rg8 30. f3 Bc3 31. Ra2 Rg6 32. Rc1 Rbg8 33. Rac2 Bb2 34.
Rb1 Bd4 35. Rc4 Be3 36. Qh3 Bd4 37. Qh4 Bf2 38. Kg2 Be3 39. Qh3 Bf4 40. Qh4 Be3
41. Qh3 Bg5 42. Kf1 Rh6 43. Qg2 Qe3 44. Qg1 Ra8 45. f4 Qxg1+ 46. Kxg1 Bf6 47.
Bc2 Rg6 48. e4 Rgg8 49. e5 Bg7 50. Rb5 Rgb8 51. Rxb8+ Rxb8 52. Rc5 Ra8 53. Ba4
Bf8 54. Rc7 Kg8 55. Kg2 Rd8 56. Bd7 Rb8 57. Rc8 Rxc8 58. Bxc8 a4 59. Ba6 a3 60.
Bc4 Bb4 61. h3 Bd2 62. Kf3 h5 63. g4 h4 64. gxf5 exf5 65. Ba2 Kf8 66. Bb3 Ke7
67. Ba2 f6 68. e6 Kd6 69. Bb3 Bc1 70. Ba2 Kc6 71. Bb3 Bd2 72. Ba2 Kc7 73. Bb3
Kd6 74. Ba2 Kc6 75. Bb3 Bb4 76. Ke3 Bc5+ 77. Kd3 Bd6 78. Ke3 Kc5 79. Kd3 Kb5 80.
Ba2 Kc5 81. Bb3 Kc6 82. Ke3 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Louis Inv GM 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2017.11.20"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Bartholomew, John"]
[Black "Sturt, Raven"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2442"]
[BlackElo "2449"]
[ECO "D78"]
[Opening "Neo-Gruenfeld, 6.O-O c6"]
[WhiteFideId "2019353"]
[BlackFideId "2007304"]
[EventDate "2017.11.17"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 c6 7. Na3 a6 8. Bf4 Qb6
9. Qc1 Bf5 10. c5 Qd8 11. Nh4 Bc8 12. Nc2 Nbd7 13. Nf3 Ne4 14. Bh6 b6 15. Bxg7
Kxg7 16. b4 a5 17. a3 Ba6 18. Re1 bxc5 19. dxc5 e5 20. Ne3 f5 21. Nd2 Nef6 22.
Nb3 axb4 23. axb4 Qe7 24. Na5 Qe6 25. f4 Rab8 26. fxe5 Nxe5 27. Qc3 Bb5 28. Nb3
Qe7 29. Nd4 Kg8 30. Ra5 Ne4 31. Bxe4 fxe4 32. Nxb5 Rxb5 33. Rxb5 Qf6 34. Kh1
cxb5 35. Rf1 Qe6 36. Rxf8+ Kxf8 37. Qd4 Nc6 38. Qxd5 Qxd5 39. Nxd5 Kf7 40. Nc3
Nxb4 41. Nxe4 Ke6 42. Nc3 Na6 43. Nxb5 Nxc5 44. Kg2 Ke5 45. Kf3 Ne4 46. Na3 Nd2+
47. Kf2 h5 48. Nc2 g5 49. Ne1 Ne4+ 50. Ke3 Nc3 51. Nd3+ Kf5 52. Kf3 Ne4 53. Nf2
Nd2+ 54. Kg2 Ke5 55. Nd3+ Kd4 56. h4 gxh4 57. Nf4 hxg3 58. Nxh5 Ke3 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Louis Inv GM 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2017.11.20"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Chirila, Ioan-Cristian"]
[Black "Hambleton, Aman"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2557"]
[BlackElo "2484"]
[ECO "A04"]
[Opening "Reti opening"]
[WhiteFideId "1211668"]
[BlackFideId "2606577"]
[EventDate "2017.11.17"]

1. Nf3 b6 2. g3 Bb7 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. O-O g6 5. d4 c5 6. c3 Bg7 7. Qb3 cxd4 8. Ne5
d5 9. cxd4 O-O 10. Nc3 Nc6 11. Rd1 e6 12. Bf4 Nxe5 13. Bxe5 Qd7 14. a4 Bc6 15.
a5 Qb7 16. a6 Qd7 17. e3 Ne8 18. e4 dxe4 19. Bxe4 Bxe4 20. Nxe4 Rc8 21. Nc3 f6
22. Bf4 g5 23. d5 gxf4 24. dxe6 Qc6 25. e7+ Rf7 26. Rd8 f5 27. Qd5 Qc7 28. Nb5 1-0

[Event "St Louis Inv GM 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2017.11.20"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "Shetty, Atulya"]
[Black "Gurevich, Daniel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2403"]
[BlackElo "2471"]
[ECO "A20"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[WhiteFideId "2031213"]
[BlackFideId "2044676"]
[EventDate "2017.11.17"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nc3 Nb6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. b3
O-O 9. Bb2 Re8 10. Rc1 Bg4 11. d3 Qd7 12. Ne4 f6 13. Nc5 Bxc5 14. Rxc5 Bh3 15.
Bxh3 Qxh3 16. b4 a6 17. a4 Qe6 18. a5 Nd5 19. Ba3 b6 20. Rc1 Rad8 21. Qb3 Nd4
22. Nxd4 exd4 23. Bb2 bxa5 24. bxa5 Kh8 25. Bxd4 Qxe2 26. Qd1 Qe6 27. Re1 Qxe1+
28. Qxe1 Rxe1+ 29. Rxe1 Kg8 30. Bc5 Rb8 31. Be3 Rb3 32. Rc1 Rxd3 33. Rc6 Nxe3
34. fxe3 Rd6 35. Rxc7 Rd5 36. Kg2 Rxa5 37. Ra7 h5 38. h4 Kh7 39. e4 Kg6 40. Kf3
Ra1 41. Kf2 a5 42. Kf3 a4 43. Kf2 a3 44. Kg2 a2 45. Kh2 Kh7 46. Ra8 g6 47. Ra7+
Kg8 48. Kg2 Kf8 49. Kh2 Ke8 50. Kg2 Kd8 51. Kh2 Kc8 52. Kg2 Kb8 53. Ra3 Kb7 54.
Ra4 Kb6 55. Ra8 Kb5 56. Rb8+ Kc4 57. Rc8+ Kd3 58. Rd8+ Ke3 59. Ra8 Rd1 60. Rxa2
Rd2+ 61. Rxd2 Kxd2 62. Kf2 Kd1 63. Kf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Louis Inv GM 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2017.11.20"]
[Round "6.5"]
[White "Zierk, Steven"]
[Black "Burke, John M"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2493"]
[BlackElo "2502"]
[ECO "B90"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Najdorf, Byrne (English) attack"]
[WhiteFideId "2034255"]
[BlackFideId "2070901"]
[EventDate "2017.11.17"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. Bc4 b5 8. Bb3
Be7 9. a3 O-O 10. g4 Bb7 11. f3 d5 12. e5 Nfd7 13. f4 Nc6 14. O-O Nb6 15. Nxc6
Bxc6 16. Bd4 Nc4 17. f5 exf5 18. gxf5 Bc5 19. Rf2 Ne3 20. Qd2 Qg5+ 21. Kh1 Qh4
22. Bxc5 d4+ 23. Nd5 Nxd5 24. Bxd5 Bxd5+ 25. Kg1 Rfc8 26. b4 Qg4+ 27. Rg2 Bxg2
28. Qxg2 Qxf5 29. Bxd4 Qxc2 0-1

[Event "St Louis Inv GM 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2017.11.20"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Burke, John M"]
[Black "Ashwin, Jayaram"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2502"]
[BlackElo "2474"]
[ECO "C07"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "Tarrasch, open variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2070901"]
[BlackFideId "5018137"]
[EventDate "2017.11.17"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 cxd4 5. exd5 Qxd5 6. Bc4 Qd7 7. O-O Nc6 8.
Nb3 Nf6 9. Nbxd4 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 a6 11. Re1 Bc5 12. Be3 Qc7 13. Bb3 O-O 14. Qf3
Bd6 15. Qh3 e5 16. Nf5 e4 17. Bg5 Bxf5 18. Qxf5 Bxh2+ 19. Kh1 Qe5 20. Qxe5 Bxe5
21. Bxf6 Bxf6 22. Bd5 Rac8 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Louis Inv GM 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2017.11.20"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Gurevich, Daniel"]
[Black "Zierk, Steven"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2471"]
[BlackElo "2493"]
[ECO "A38"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "symmetrical variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2044676"]
[BlackFideId "2034255"]
[EventDate "2017.11.17"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. d4 cxd4 7. Nxd4 O-O 8. O-O
Nxd4 9. Qxd4 d6 10. Qd3 Rb8 11. Bg5 Be6 12. Rac1 a6 13. b3 Re8 14. Rfd1 Qa5 15.
Bd2 Qh5 16. a4 Nd7 17. Nd5 Ne5 18. Qe4 Bf5 19. Nf4 Bxe4 20. Nxh5 Bxg2 21. Nxg7
Kxg7 22. Kxg2 Nd7 23. Be3 Rbc8 24. Rd5 Rc6 25. Rcd1 Rec8 26. f4 f5 27. Kf3 Kf7
28. a5 Nf6 29. R5d3 Ne4 30. Bb6 Nf6 31. h3 Nd7 32. Be3 Nc5 33. Bxc5 Rxc5 34. Rd5
R8c6 35. e4 Rxd5 36. Rxd5 e6 37. Rd4 Ke7 38. g4 fxe4+ 39. Kxe4 b6 40. axb6 Rxb6
41. Rd3 Rb8 42. f5 Rf8 43. Rf3 gxf5+ 44. gxf5 Rg8 45. fxe6 Kxe6 46. Kd4 a5 47.
Re3+ Kd7 48. Kc3 Rg2 49. Rd3 Kc6 50. Rd5 Rg3+ 51. Kb2 a4 52. bxa4 Rxh3 53. a5
Re3 54. Rh5 Re5 55. Rxh7 Rxa5 56. Kc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Louis Inv GM 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2017.11.20"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Hambleton, Aman"]
[Black "Shetty, Atulya"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2484"]
[BlackElo "2403"]
[ECO "A20"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[WhiteFideId "2606577"]
[BlackFideId "2031213"]
[EventDate "2017.11.17"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. Nc3 Bc5 5. Nf3 d6 6. e3 a6 7. O-O O-O 8. d4 Ba7
9. h3 Bf5 10. b3 h6 11. g4 Bh7 12. dxe5 dxe5 13. Ba3 Re8 14. Qxd8 Raxd8 15. Rfd1
e4 16. Nh2 Rxd1+ 17. Rxd1 Ne5 18. Nf1 Nf3+ 19. Bxf3 exf3 20. Nd2 Bg6 21. Kh2 Rd8
22. Nxf3 Rxd1 23. Nxd1 c6 24. Kg2 Bc2 25. Nc3 Ne4 26. Nxe4 Bxe4 27. Bd6 Bb6 28.
Kg3 f6 29. Nd2 Bd3 30. Kf3 Kf7 31. Bb4 g6 32. Bc3 f5 33. e4 fxe4+ 34. Nxe4 Ke6
35. Bd2 h5 36. Be3 hxg4+ 37. hxg4 Ke5 38. Bf4+ Ke6 39. Be3 Ke5 40. Nc3 Ba5 41.
Bf4+ Kd4 42. Ne2+ Kc5 43. Ke3 Bc2 44. Nd4 Bb1 45. a3 Bd2+ 46. Kxd2 Kxd4 47. Be3+
Ke4 48. Kc3 Bd3 49. Kb4 Bc2 50. c5 Bd1 51. Ka5 Bxb3 52. Kb6 a5 53. Kxa5 Bc4 54.
Kb6 Ba6 55. f4 Kd5 56. Kc7 Ke6 57. Bd4 Kf7 58. a4 Ke6 59. a5 Kf7 60. Kd6 Bb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Louis Inv GM 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2017.11.20"]
[Round "7.4"]
[White "Sturt, Raven"]
[Black "Chirila, Ioan-Cristian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2449"]
[BlackElo "2557"]
[ECO "D85"]
[Opening "Gruenfeld"]
[Variation "modern exchange variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2007304"]
[BlackFideId "1211668"]
[EventDate "2017.11.17"]

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. Qd2 O-O 10. Rc1 Bg4 11. Be2 Nd7 12. d5 c4 13. Bd4 Rac8 14. Bxg7 Kxg7
15. O-O Rfd8 16. Rb1 Nb6 17. Rfe1 Bxf3 18. Bxf3 e6 19. Bg4 Rb8 20. Qd4+ Kg8 21.
h4 Na4 22. h5 exd5 23. e5 Qc5 24. Qf4 Qe7 25. Re3 Nc5 26. e6 fxe6 27. hxg6 hxg6
28. Rbe1 Rf8 29. Bxe6+ Qxe6 30. Qh6 Ne4 31. f3 Rf5 32. fxe4 Rh5 33. Qf4 Rf8 34.
Qg3 Qf6 35. e5 Qg5 36. Qxg5 Rxg5 37. e6 Re8 38. Re5 Rxe5 39. Rxe5 a6 40. Kf2 Kg7
41. Rxd5 Kf6 42. Rc5 Kxe6 43. Rxc4 Kd5 44. Rd4+ Kc5 45. Kf3 b5 46. Rd7 Re6 47.
g4 Rc6 48. Rd4 a5 49. Ke3 Rf6 50. Rd8 Re6+ 51. Kd3 Re5 52. Rc8+ Kd5 53. Rb8 Kc5
54. Rc8+ Kd6 55. Ra8 Rd5+ 56. Ke4 Re5+ 57. Kf3 a4 58. Ra6+ Ke7 59. Rxg6 Rc5 60.
Rb6 Rxc3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Louis Inv GM 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2017.11.20"]
[Round "7.5"]
[White "Sadorra, Julio Catalino"]
[Black "Bartholomew, John"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2554"]
[BlackElo "2442"]
[ECO "A06"]
[Opening "Reti opening"]
[WhiteFideId "5201268"]
[BlackFideId "2019353"]
[EventDate "2017.11.17"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 g6 5. b3 Bg7 6. Bb2 O-O 7. Be2 dxc4 8. Bxc4
c5 9. d4 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Bd7 11. O-O Nc6 12. Nd5 Rc8 13. Nxc6 Bxc6 14. e4 Nxe4 15.
Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Re1 e6 17. Rxe4 exd5 18. Rd4 Qf6 19. Be2 Rfe8 20. Bf3 Re1+ 21.
Qxe1 Qxd4 22. Rd1 Re8 23. Qa5 b6 24. Rxd4 bxa5 25. Rd1 Rb8 26. Rc1 Rb6 27. Kf1
a4 28. bxa4 Bxa4 29. Bxd5 Bb5+ 30. Ke1 Bd7 31. Rc7 Be6 32. Bxe6 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Louis Inv GM 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2017.11.21"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Ashwin, Jayaram"]
[Black "Bartholomew, John"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2474"]
[BlackElo "2442"]
[ECO "D02"]
[Opening "Queen's bishop game"]
[WhiteFideId "5018137"]
[BlackFideId "2019353"]
[EventDate "2017.11.17"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bf4 c5 4. e3 cxd4 5. exd4 Nc6 6. c3 a6 7. Bd3 Bg4 8. Nbd2
e6 9. Qb3 Qc8 10. h3 Bh5 11. Nh4 Be7 12. g4 Bg6 13. Nxg6 hxg6 14. Qd1 e5 15.
dxe5 Nxg4 16. Qe2 Qe6 17. Nf3 Rh5 18. O-O-O Ngxe5 19. Nxe5 Nxe5 20. Bc2 O-O-O
21. Rhe1 Bd6 22. Bg3 Bc7 23. h4 Qf6 24. Qe3 Nc6 25. Bb3 Bxg3 26. fxg3 d4 27.
cxd4 Nxd4 28. Kb1 Nxb3 29. Rxd8+ Qxd8 30. Qxb3 Rd5 31. a3 Kb8 32. Qa4 Qf6 33.
Re8+ Ka7 34. Qc4 Rb5 35. Qe2 Qd4 36. Ka2 f6 37. Qc2 a5 38. Re7 Qd5+ 39. Ka1 Qh1+
40. Qb1 Qxb1+ 41. Kxb1 Rb3 42. Rxg7 Rxg3 43. Rf7 Rf3 44. Rg7 Rg3 45. Rf7 g5 46.
h5 Rf3 47. h6 g4 48. Ka2 Rf2 49. h7 Rh2 50. Rxf6 Rxh7 51. Rg6 Rh4 52. a4 b6 53.
Rg7+ Ka6 54. Kb3 Rh3+ 55. Kc2 Rg3 56. b3 Rg2+ 57. Kb1 g3 58. Kc1 Rg1+ 59. Kb2
Rg2+ 60. Kb1 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Louis Inv GM 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2017.11.21"]
[Round "8.2"]
[White "Chirila, Ioan-Cristian"]
[Black "Sadorra, Julio Catalino"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2557"]
[BlackElo "2554"]
[ECO "A07"]
[Opening "Reti"]
[Variation "King's Indian attack (Barcza system)"]
[WhiteFideId "1211668"]
[BlackFideId "5201268"]
[EventDate "2017.11.17"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Be7 5. b3 O-O 6. Bb2 b6 7. c4 Bb7 8. e3 c5
9. Qe2 Qc8 10. d3 Rd8 11. Nbd2 Nc6 12. h3 a5 13. a4 Nb4 14. Rad1 Ra7 15. Nb1
dxc4 16. bxc4 Bc6 17. Nc3 Bxf3 18. Bxf3 Rad7 19. d4 cxd4 20. exd4 Rc7 21. Nb5
Rxc4 22. Na7 Qc7 23. Nb5 Qc8 24. Na7 Qc7 25. Nb5 Qc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Louis Inv GM 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2017.11.21"]
[Round "8.3"]
[White "Shetty, Atulya"]
[Black "Sturt, Raven"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2403"]
[BlackElo "2449"]
[ECO "A37"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "symmetrical variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2031213"]
[BlackFideId "2007304"]
[EventDate "2017.11.17"]

1. c4 c5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. Nf3 d6 6. O-O Bf5 7. Qa4 Qd7 8. Nd5
Rc8 9. d3 Bh3 10. Rb1 Bxg2 11. Kxg2 e6 12. Nc3 Nge7 13. a3 O-O 14. Bd2 b6 15. b4
f5 16. Qd1 h6 17. b5 Nd4 18. e3 Nxf3 19. Qxf3 d5 20. Rbd1 Rcd8 21. Be1 e5 22. a4
g5 23. cxd5 Nxd5 24. e4 g4 25. Qe2 Nb4 26. exf5 Qxf5 27. f3 gxf3+ 28. Rxf3 Qxf3+
29. Qxf3 Rxf3 30. Kxf3 Nxd3 31. Ne4 Rd4 32. a5 c4 33. Nf2 e4+ 34. Ke3 Nxe1 35.
Rxe1 bxa5 36. Nxe4 a4 37. Re2 Rd3+ 38. Kf4 a3 39. Kf5 Kf7 40. Rc2 Bb2 41. Rxc4
Rd5+ 42. Kf4 a2 43. Rc7+ Ke6 44. Rc6+ Kd7 0-1

[Event "St Louis Inv GM 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2017.11.21"]
[Round "8.4"]
[White "Zierk, Steven"]
[Black "Hambleton, Aman"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2493"]
[BlackElo "2484"]
[ECO "B47"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Taimanov (Bastrikov) variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2034255"]
[BlackFideId "2606577"]
[EventDate "2017.11.17"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. g3 a6 7. Bg2 Nf6 8. O-O
Nxd4 9. Qxd4 Bc5 10. Bf4 d6 11. Qd2 h6 12. Rad1 e5 13. Be3 Bg4 14. Bxc5 dxc5 15.
Qd6 Qxd6 16. Rxd6 Nd7 17. Nd5 O-O-O 18. f4 Be6 19. Rd1 Nf6 20. fxe5 Nd7 21. Nf4
Nxe5 22. Nxe6 fxe6 23. Bh3 Kc7 24. Rxd8 Rxd8 25. Rxd8 Kxd8 26. Bxe6 g5 27. Kf2
a5 28. h4 Ke7 29. Bd5 b5 30. Ke3 b4 31. hxg5 hxg5 32. Kd2 Nf3+ 33. Ke2 Ne5 34.
c3 bxc3 35. bxc3 Kd6 36. Kd2 Kc7 37. Ke3 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Louis Inv GM 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2017.11.21"]
[Round "8.5"]
[White "Burke, John M"]
[Black "Gurevich, Daniel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2502"]
[BlackElo "2471"]
[ECO "B10"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "two knights variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2070901"]
[BlackFideId "2044676"]
[EventDate "2017.11.17"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e5 Ne4 5. Ne2 Qb6 6. d4 e6 7. Ng3 c5 8. Bd3
Nxg3 9. fxg3 c4 10. Be2 Be7 11. O-O Nc6 12. g4 Bd7 13. c3 f6 14. exf6 gxf6 15.
g5 O-O-O 16. gxf6 Bxf6 17. Kh1 Rhg8 18. b3 cxb3 19. axb3 e5 20. dxe5 Nxe5 21.
Nxe5 Bxe5 22. Qxd5 Qg6 23. Bf3 Bc6 24. Qc4 Rdf8 25. Bxc6 Qxc6 26. Qxc6+ bxc6 27.
Be3 Bxc3 28. Rxf8+ Rxf8 29. Rc1 Bb2 30. Rb1 Re8 31. Bxa7 Re2 32. g3 Kb7 33. Bg1
Kc7 34. Rf1 Kd6 35. Rf7 h6 36. Bf2 Bc1 37. Kg2 Rb2 38. Rf3 Ke5 39. h4 Ke4 40. g4
Bf4 41. Rh3 Be5 42. g5 hxg5 43. hxg5 Kf5 44. Rd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Louis Inv GM 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2017.11.22"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Gurevich, Daniel"]
[Black "Ashwin, Jayaram"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2471"]
[BlackElo "2474"]
[ECO "A07"]
[Opening "Reti"]
[Variation "King's Indian attack, Yugoslav variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2044676"]
[BlackFideId "5018137"]
[EventDate "2017.11.17"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 c6 4. O-O Bg4 5. h3 Bh5 6. c4 e6 7. d4 Be7 8. cxd5
cxd5 9. Qb3 Qb6 10. Qxb6 axb6 11. Nc3 Nc6 12. Be3 Nd7 13. Nb5 O-O 14. Rfc1 Rfc8
15. a3 Na5 16. Rxc8+ Rxc8 17. Rc1 Rc6 18. Rc3 Kf8 19. g4 Bg6 20. Nd2 Bc2 21. b4
Rxc3 22. Nxc3 Nc6 23. f4 Nf6 24. Kf2 Ne8 25. Nf3 Nd6 26. Bc1 Ne4+ 27. Nxe4 dxe4
28. Ne5 Nxd4 29. Ke3 Nb3 30. Bb2 f5 31. g5 b5 32. Bc3 Bd6 33. Bf1 Bxe5 34. Bxe5
g6 35. Bb2 Ke7 36. h4 Kd6 37. Bh3 Kd5 38. Bg2 Bb1 39. Bh3 Kc4 40. Bf1 Bc2 41.
Bg2 b6 42. Bf1 Bb1 43. Bg2 Ba2 44. Bf1 Kd5 45. Bg2 Kc6 46. Bh3 Kd6 47. Bg2 Kd5
48. Bh3 Bb1 49. Bg2 Kc4 50. Bf1 Ba2 51. Bg2 Bb1 52. Bf1 Bc2 53. Bg2 Bb1 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Louis Inv GM 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2017.11.22"]
[Round "9.2"]
[White "Hambleton, Aman"]
[Black "Burke, John M"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2484"]
[BlackElo "2502"]
[ECO "D45"]
[Opening "QGD semi-Slav"]
[Variation "Stoltz variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2606577"]
[BlackFideId "2070901"]
[EventDate "2017.11.17"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. e4 Nxe4 8. Nxe4
dxe4 9. Qxe4 e5 10. dxe5 O-O 11. Bd3 f5 12. Qe2 Nxe5 13. Nxe5 Bxe5 14. O-O Re8
15. Qf3 Qf6 16. Rb1 Be6 17. b3 Rad8 18. Ba3 Rd7 19. Rbd1 Red8 20. Bc1 Bb2 21.
Bxb2 Qxb2 22. Qe3 Bf7 23. Qe2 Qxe2 24. Bxe2 Rd2 25. f4 Kf8 26. Bf3 Ke7 27. Rfe1+
Be6 28. Rxd2 Rxd2 29. Re2 Rxe2 30. Bxe2 Kd6 31. b4 a5 32. a3 axb4 33. axb4 c5
34. b5 Kc7 35. Kf2 Kb6 36. Ke3 Ka5 37. b6 Kxb6 38. Kd2 Ka5 39. Kc3 Ka4 40. Bd3
g6 41. h3 Bd7 42. Be2 h5 43. g3 Ka3 44. h4 Ka2 45. Bd3 Ba4 46. Be2 Kb1 47. Bf3
Bc6 48. Bd1 Kc1 49. Bc2 Be4 50. Bb3 b6 51. Ba4 Bf3 52. Be8 Kd1 53. Bxg6 Bg4 54.
Kd3 Ke1 55. Ke3 Kf1 56. Bf7 Kg2 57. Bd5+ Kxg3 58. Be6 Bh3 59. Bd7 Kg4 0-1

[Event "St Louis Inv GM 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2017.11.22"]
[Round "9.3"]
[White "Sturt, Raven"]
[Black "Zierk, Steven"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2449"]
[BlackElo "2493"]
[ECO "D19"]
[Opening "QGD Slav"]
[Variation "Dutch variation, main line"]
[WhiteFideId "2007304"]
[BlackFideId "2034255"]
[EventDate "2017.11.17"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. e3 e6 7. Bxc4 Bb4 8. O-O
O-O 9. Qe2 Nbd7 10. e4 Bg6 11. Bd3 Bh5 12. Bf4 Re8 13. e5 Nd5 14. Nxd5 cxd5 15.
Rfc1 Nb8 16. h3 Nc6 17. g4 Bg6 18. h4 Qb6 19. Qe3 Rac8 20. h5 Bxd3 21. Qxd3 Be7
22. h6 g6 23. Be3 a6 24. Kg2 Rc7 25. Bd2 Rec8 26. a5 Qa7 27. Qe3 Qb8 28. Qb3 Na7
29. Rxc7 Rxc7 30. Bb4 Qf8 31. Bxe7 Qxe7 32. Qe3 Qf8 33. Rc1 Rxc1 34. Qxc1 Nc6
35. Qc3 Qxh6 36. g5 Qh5 37. Kg3 h6 38. gxh6 Ne7 39. Kg2 Nf5 40. Nh2 Nh4+ 41. Kg3
Nf5+ 42. Kg2 Qxh6 43. Qc8+ Kg7 44. Qxb7 Nh4+ 45. Kh3 Nf5+ 46. Kg2 Qg5+ 47. Kf1
Qc1+ 48. Kg2 Qg5+ 49. Kf1 Qf4 50. Kg1 Nh4 51. Qxa6 Qg5+ 52. Kf1 Qc1+ 53. Ke2
Qc2+ 54. Ke1 Qxb2 55. Qd3 Ng2+ 56. Kf1 Nf4 57. Qd1 Qa3 58. Nf3 Qxa5 59. Kg1 Qa2
60. Qe1 Qc2 61. Qe3 Qf5 62. Ne1 Qg4+ 63. Kf1 g5 64. Qf3 Qf5 65. Kg1 Qb1 66. Qe3
Qd1 67. Kh2 Kg6 68. Nf3 Qf1 69. Nh4+ Kh5 70. Qg3 Ne2 71. Qf3+ Kxh4 72. Qg4+ Kxg4
73. f3+ Kh4 0-1

[Event "St Louis Inv GM 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2017.11.22"]
[Round "9.4"]
[White "Bartholomew, John"]
[Black "Chirila, Ioan-Cristian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2442"]
[BlackElo "2557"]
[ECO "A48"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "Torre attack"]
[WhiteFideId "2019353"]
[BlackFideId "1211668"]
[EventDate "2017.11.17"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. Nbd2 O-O 5. e3 d6 6. Bd3 c5 7. c3 Nc6 8. O-O
cxd4 9. cxd4 h6 10. Bh4 e5 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. Bb5 Ne7 13. e4 a6 14. Ba4 b5 15.
Bb3 Nh5 16. a4 Bb7 17. axb5 axb5 18. Rxa8 Bxa8 19. Bg3 Nf4 20. Bxf4 exf4 21. Qe2
Qb6 22. e5 Nf5 23. Re1 Kh7 24. h3 Nd4 25. Nxd4 Qxd4 26. Nf3 Qb4 27. Ba2 Re8 28.
Rd1 Bxf3 29. Qxf3 Re7 30. Qa3 Qxa3 31. bxa3 Bxe5 32. Rd5 Bc7 33. Kf1 Ba5 34. f3
Re1+ 35. Kf2 Re3 36. Rxb5 Be1+ 37. Kf1 Bg3 38. Rb1 Rxa3 39. Bxf7 Rc3 40. Rb6 Kg7
41. Bd5 Re3 42. Re6 Rxe6 43. Bxe6 Kf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Louis Inv GM 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2017.11.22"]
[Round "9.5"]
[White "Sadorra, Julio Catalino"]
[Black "Shetty, Atulya"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2554"]
[BlackElo "2403"]
[ECO "D10"]
[Opening "QGD Slav defence"]
[Variation "exchange variation"]
[WhiteFideId "5201268"]
[BlackFideId "2031213"]
[EventDate "2017.11.17"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Bf4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. e3 a6 7. Bd3 Bg4 8. Nge2
e6 9. O-O Bd6 10. f3 Bh5 11. Rc1 O-O 12. Na4 e5 13. Bg5 Bg6 14. Nc5 Qe7 15. Nc3
Bxc5 16. Bxg6 hxg6 17. Bxf6 Qxf6 18. Nxd5 Qe6 19. dxc5 Rad8 20. e4 Nb4 21. Nxb4
Rxd1 22. Rfxd1 Qe8 23. Nd5 Qa4 24. Rd3 g5 25. a3 g6 26. b4 a5 27. h3 axb4 28.
axb4 Ra8 29. Rdc3 Rd8 30. c6 bxc6 31. Rxc6 Qb3 32. Kh2 Kg7 33. Ra1 g4 34. hxg4
Qb2 35. Rac1 Qf2 36. Rc8 Rxc8 37. Rxc8 Qh4+ 38. Kg1 Qe1+ 39. Kh2 1/2-1/2

