[Event "Saint Louis Rapid 2024"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2024.08.12"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Aronian,L"]
[Black "Praggnanandhaa,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[EventDate "2024.08.12"]
[ECO "E20"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 c5 5. d5 b5 6. e4 O-O 7. e5 Ne8 8. f4
exd5 9. cxd5 d6 10. Nf3 c4 11. a4 Nc7 12. axb5 Nxb5 13. Bd2 Bxc3 14. bxc3
dxe5 15. Bxc4 Nd6 16. Be2 Ne4 17. Ng5 Nxg5 18. fxg5 Qxd5 19. O-O Bb7 20.
Rf2 Nd7 21. Be3 Nb6 22. Qb1 Qc6 23. c4 Nxc4 24. Bxc4 Qxc4 25. h3 a5 26. Qb2
Qe4 27. Re2 Rfe8 28. Bb6 Qf5 29. Be3 Be4 30. Bd2 Bd3 31. Re3 e4 32. Rg3
Rec8 33. Qd4 Qc5 34. Qxc5 Rxc5 35. Ra4 Rd5 36. Bc3 Bc2 37. Ra2 Bd3 38. Ra4
Rf5 39. h4 Rc5 40. Bd2 Ra6 41. h5 Rf5 42. Kh2 Kf8 43. h6 Rc5 44. Rg4 Kg8
45. Rh4 gxh6 46. Rxh6 Ra8 47. Rd6 Bc2 48. Rad4 a4 49. Rd8+ Rxd8 50. Rxd8+
Kg7 51. Be3 Rc4 52. Ra8 Bd1 53. Kg3 Kg6 54. Kf4 Kg7 55. Rd8 Bc2 56. Bd4+
Rxd4 57. Rxd4 a3 58. Rd6 a2 59. Ra6 Bb1 60. Ke3 Kf8 61. Ra7 Ke8 62. Kd2 Kf8
63. Ke3 Kg8 64. Ra8+ Kg7 65. Ra6 Kf8 66. Ra7 Ke8 67. Kd2 Kd8 68. Kc1 Ke8
69. Kd2 Kd8 70. Kc1 e3 71. Ra3 Kd7 72. Kb2 Ke6 73. Rxe3+ Kf5 74. Rf3+ Kxg5
75. Rxf7 h5 76. Rf3 Kg4 77. Rh3 h4 78. Ka1 Be4 79. Kxa2 Bxg2 80. Rxh4+ Kxh4
1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Rapid 2024"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2024.08.12"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi,I"]
[Black "Firouzja,Alireza"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[EventDate "2024.08.12"]
[ECO "A29"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Bc5 7. Na4 Be7
8. O-O e4 9. Ne1 Bf5 10. Nc3 Nxc3 11. bxc3 Qd7 12. Rb1 Bc5 13. d4 Bb6 14.
Nc2 O-O 15. Ne3 Bg6 16. a4 f5 17. Bh3 Rf6 18. Rb5 a6 19. Rd5 Qf7 20. Ba3
Re8 21. c4 h6 22. Qd2 Kh7 23. a5 Ba7 24. Qb2 Nd8 25. Rd1 c6 26. Re5 Ne6 27.
Bg2 Bb8 28. Rb1 Qd7 29. Qxb7 Qxd4 30. Bb2 Qa7 31. Qb6 Qa8 32. Rd1 Bc7 33.
Qb4 Qb8 34. Qc3 Bxe5 35. Qxe5 Qxe5 36. Bxe5 Rf7 37. Rd6 Nf8 38. Bc3 Re6 39.
Rd8 Nd7 40. h4 Nc5 41. Bh3 h5 42. Bb4 Nb3 43. Bc3 Nc5 44. Rc8 Nb7 45. Ra8
c5 46. Nd5 Rc6 47. e3 Nd6 48. Bf1 Rb7 49. Nb6 Bf7 50. Be5 Rcxb6 51. axb6
Rxb6 52. Bxd6 Rxd6 53. Rc8 Kg6 54. Rxc5 Rd1 55. Kg2 Rc1 56. Be2 a5 57. Rxa5
Rc2 58. Ra6+ Kh7 59. Ra7 Kg8 60. Bd1 Rc1 61. Bb3 g6 62. Rc7 Kf8 63. g4 hxg4
64. Kg3 Be8 65. c5 Rc3 66. Be6 Rc2 67. Bb3 Rc3 68. Bd5 Rc2 69. Be6 Bb5 70.
Kf4 Rxf2+ 71. Ke5 f4 72. Rf7+ Ke8 73. Rxf4 g3 74. Rg4 g2 75. Rxg6 Ke7 76.
h5 Be8 77. Rg7+ Kf8 78. h6 Rc2 79. Rg8+ Ke7 80. h7 Rxc5+ 81. Bd5 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Rapid 2024"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2024.08.12"]
[Round "1"]
[White "So,W"]
[Black "Caruana,F"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2793"]
[EventDate "2024.08.12"]
[ECO "C50"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O d6 5. c3 Nf6 6. d3 h6 7. Nbd2 a5 8.
Re1 O-O 9. Nf1 a4 10. Ng3 Ra5 11. Bd2 Be6 12. Bxe6 fxe6 13. h3 Bb6 14. b4
axb3 15. axb3 Rxa1 16. Qxa1 Ne7 17. d4 Ng6 18. Be3 Nd7 19. Qd1 Qf6 20. b4
Nf4 21. Kh2 exd4 22. cxd4 Qf7 23. b5 Ra8 24. Qb3 Ng6 25. Re2 Re8 26. Ra2
Rf8 27. Nd2 Nh4 28. Ra1 d5 29. exd5 exd5 30. Qc2 Re8 31. Nb3 Nf8 32. Nc5 c6
33. bxc6 bxc6 34. Nd3 Bc7 35. Ne5 Bxe5 36. dxe5 Nfg6 37. Qxc6 Nxe5 38. Qb5
d4 39. Ra7 Qxa7 40. Qxe8+ Kh7 41. Qxe5 dxe3 42. Qe4+ Ng6 43. h4 Qe7 44.
Qxe7 Nxe7 45. fxe3 Kg6 46. Kg1 Kf6 47. Kf2 Ke6 48. Nh5 g6 49. Nf4+ Kf6 50.
e4 Nc6 51. Ke3 g5 52. hxg5+ Kxg5 53. Kf3 Ne5+ 54. Kg3 Nc4 55. Nh3+ Kf6 56.
Kf4 Ne5 57. Kg3 Nc4 58. Nf2 Ke5 59. Kf3 h5 60. Kg3 Nd6 61. Kh4 Kf4 62. Kxh5
Kg3 63. e5 Nc8 64. Kg5 Kxf2 65. g4 Kf3 66. e6 Nd6 67. e7 Kg3 68. Kh5 Kf4
69. g5 Kf5 70. g6 Kf6 71. Kh6 Nf5+ 72. Kh7 Kxe7 73. g7 Nxg7 74. Kxg7
1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Rapid 2024"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2024.08.12"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Dominguez Perez,L"]
[Black "Abdusattorov,Nodirbek"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2748"]
[BlackElo "2762"]
[EventDate "2024.08.12"]
[ECO "B76"]

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. O-O-O d5 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Bd4 e5 13. Bc5 Be6 14.
Ne4 Re8 15. h4 h5 16. Bc4 Nf4 17. Qxd8 Rexd8 18. Bxe6 Nxe6 19. Be7 Bh6+ 20.
Kb1 Rxd1+ 21. Rxd1 f5 22. Nf6+ Kf7 23. Rd7 Nf4 24. g3 Ne2 25. Bf8+ Kxf8 26.
Nh7+ Ke8 27. Nf6+ Kf8 28. Nh7+ Ke8 29. Nf6+ Kf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Rapid 2024"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2024.08.12"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nakamura,Hi"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave,M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2802"]
[BlackElo "2721"]
[EventDate "2024.08.12"]
[ECO "B21"]

1. e4 c5 2. f4 d5 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. d3 Nc6 6. Nf3 g6 7. c3 Bg7
8. Qe2 e6 9. Be3 b6 10. e5 f6 11. d4 fxe5 12. fxe5 Nge7 13. O-O O-O 14. g4
Rac8 15. h3 b5 16. Na3 b4 17. Nb5 bxc3 18. bxc3 cxd4 19. cxd4 Nb4 20. Nd6
Rc2 21. Qd1 Rc6 22. Ng5 Nc8 23. Rb1 Nxd6 24. Rxb4 Nc4 25. Bc1 Rcc8 26. Rb3
Rxf1+ 27. Qxf1 h6 28. Nf3 Qa4 29. Rb7 Qc6 30. Rb1 Rf8 31. Qd3 Qd7 32. Rb3
Qf7 33. Kg2 g5 34. Rc3 Bh8 35. Rb3 Bg7 36. Rc3 Rb8 37. Rb3 Rf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Rapid 2024"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2024.08.12"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Firouzja,Alireza"]
[Black "So,W"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[EventDate "2024.08.12"]
[ECO "C24"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 Bc5 4. Nf3 d6 5. c3 O-O 6. O-O Nc6 7. Bg5 h6 8.
Bh4 a6 9. b4 Ba7 10. Nbd2 Qe7 11. a4 Be6 12. Bd5 g5 13. Nxg5 Nxd5 14. Nxe6
Qxh4 15. exd5 fxe6 16. g3 Qh3 17. dxc6 Rf5 18. Kh1 bxc6 19. Qe2 Raf8 20. f3
Rg5 21. Ne4 Rg6 22. d4 d5 23. Nf2 Qf5 24. Ng4 exd4 25. Ne5 d3 26. Qxd3 Qxd3
27. Nxd3 c5 28. bxc5 e5 29. Nxe5 Re6 30. f4 c6 31. Rab1 Rfe8 32. Nd7 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Rapid 2024"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2024.08.12"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Caruana,F"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez,L"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2793"]
[BlackElo "2748"]
[EventDate "2024.08.12"]
[ECO "C50"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 a6 7. a4 Ba7 8.
Nbd2 O-O 9. h3 h6 10. Re1 Re8 11. b4 Be6 12. Bxe6 Rxe6 13. Qc2 Ne7 14. Nf1
d5 15. Ng3 dxe4 16. dxe4 Qe8 17. c4 Nc6 18. Rb1 a5 19. bxa5 Nxa5 20. Rb5
Nc6 21. Nf5 Nd7 22. Ba3 Bb6 23. Rd1 Ra7 24. c5 Ba5 25. Ne3 b6 26. cxb6 Bxb6
27. Nd5 Nf6 28. Bb2 Qa8 29. Nxb6 cxb6 30. Ra1 Ra6 31. Ra3 Nd7 32. Bc3 Nc5
33. a5 Nd7 34. Qd3 Qc8 35. Qc4 bxa5 36. Nxe5 Ndxe5 37. Bxe5 Qe8 38. Rb1
Nxe5 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis Rapid 2024"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2024.08.12"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Praggnanandhaa,R"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave,M"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2721"]
[EventDate "2024.08.12"]
[ECO "A35"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 g6 7. h4 Bg7 8.
h5 Bf5 9. h6 Bf6 10. Nh2 Nxc3 11. dxc3 Qxd1+ 12. Kxd1 O-O-O+ 13. Ke1 Na5
14. e4 Bd7 15. Bf1 Be5 16. Nf3 Bg4 17. Be2 Nc4 18. Ng5 Bxe2 19. Kxe2 Nd6
20. Rd1 Rd7 21. Rd5 f6 22. Rxc5+ Rc7 23. Rxc7+ Kxc7 24. Nf3 Nxe4 25. Nxe5
fxe5 26. Be3 Rd8 27. a4 a5 28. Ra3 Kc6 29. Rb3 Nd6 30. Rb6+ Kc7 31. b3 Ne4
32. Re6 Nxc3+ 33. Kf1 Nd5 34. Bd2 b6 35. Ke2 Kd7 36. Rxe5 e6 37. Re4 Rf8
38. Rc4 Rf5 39. g4 Rf8 40. Be3 Rf6 41. Bd2 Rf8 42. f3 Kd6 43. Be1 e5 44.
Bg3 g5 45. Be1 Rf6 46. b4 Nf4+ 47. Kf1 Kd5 48. Rc7 axb4 49. Rxh7 Kc4 50.
Rc7+ Kb3 51. h7 Rh6 52. Bd2 Kxa4 53. Bxf4 exf4 54. Ke2 b3 55. Kd3 Kb4 56.
Rb7 b5 57. Rd7 Rh1 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis Rapid 2024"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2024.08.12"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Aronian,L"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi,I"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[EventDate "2024.08.12"]
[ECO "E46"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd2 d5 6. Nf3 c5 7. a3 Bxc3 8.
Bxc3 Ne4 9. Rc1 Nxc3 10. Rxc3 cxd4 11. Qxd4 Nc6 12. Qd2 Qf6 13. cxd5 Rd8
14. Bb5 Rxd5 15. Bd3 Bd7 16. e4 Rh5 17. Be2 Be8 18. O-O Rd8 19. Qc1 Rh6 20.
Rd1 e5 21. Rd5 Qe7 22. Bc4 Rhd6 23. Qe3 Bd7 24. Rxd6 Qxd6 25. Rd3 Qe7 26.
Bd5 h6 27. h3 Rc8 28. b4 b6 29. Qd2 Kh7 30. Bxf7 Rc7 31. Bd5 a5 32. bxa5
bxa5 33. Rc3 a4 34. Qd1 Rc8 35. Kh2 Nd4 36. Rxc8 Nxf3+ 37. Qxf3 Bxc8 38. g3
Bd7 39. h4 g5 40. hxg5 hxg5 41. Kg1 Kg7 42. Qc3 Qd6 43. Kf1 Kf6 44. f4 gxf4
45. gxf4 Qb8 46. Ke2 Qe8 47. Qf3 Qc8 48. fxe5+ Kxe5 49. Qg3+ Kd4 50. Qg7+
Kc5 51. Qe7+ Kb6 52. Qd6+ Ka7 53. Kd3 Bb5+ 54. Kd4 Qh8+ 55. e5 Qh4+ 56. Kc5
Qf2+ 57. Kxb5 Qb2+ 58. Qb4 Qxe5 59. Qa5+ Kb8 60. Qd8+ 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Rapid 2024"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2024.08.12"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Abdusattorov,Nodirbek"]
[Black "Nakamura,Hi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2762"]
[BlackElo "2802"]
[EventDate "2024.08.12"]
[ECO "D02"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bf4 c5 4. e3 Nc6 5. Nbd2 Nh5 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 g5 8.
Ne5 Nxe5 9. dxe5 Ng7 10. Bg3 Nf5 11. Qf3 a6 12. Bd3 Nxg3 13. Qxg3 c4 14.
Be2 Qb6 15. O-O-O c3 16. Nb3 cxb2+ 17. Kb1 Bf5 18. Nd4 Bg6 19. e6 Bg7 20.
Bd3 Bxd4 21. exf7+ Bxf7 22. exd4 O-O-O 23. h4 Qf6 24. Rde1 e6 25. Qe5 Qxe5
26. Rxe5 g4 27. Kxb2 Rdf8 28. Rf1 Bg8 29. Kc3 Rf6 30. Be2 Rg6 31. Kd2 Bf7
32. Rb1 Kc7 33. Ke3 Be8 34. h5 Rg7 35. Rxe6 Bxh5 36. Reb6 Re8+ 37. Kd2 Kc8
38. Bxa6 Rf7 39. Bxb7+ Kc7 40. Bxd5 Rxf2+ 41. Kd3 Ree2 42. Rc6+ Kd8 43.
Rb8+ Kd7 44. Rb7+ Kd8 45. Rxh6 Be8 46. Rb8+ Kc7 47. Rb7+ Kc8 48. Rb2 Ba4
49. Rh8+ 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Rapid 2024"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2024.08.12"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nakamura,Hi"]
[Black "Caruana,F"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2802"]
[BlackElo "2793"]
[EventDate "2024.08.12"]
[ECO "C60"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nge7 4. Nc3 Ng6 5. h4 Nd4 6. Bc4 h5 7. Ng5 d5 8.
Bxd5 Bg4 9. f3 Nxh4 10. d3 Be7 11. Bxf7+ Kd7 12. fxg4 Bxg5 13. gxh5 Nxg2+
14. Kf2 Nf4 15. Qg4+ Kd6 16. Bxf4 Bxf4 17. Qxg7 c6 18. Rag1 Rh6 19. Bb3 b5
20. Ne2 Nxe2 21. Kxe2 Kc5 22. c3 Kb6 23. Rg6 Rxg6 24. Qxg6 Qd7 25. h6 Rd8
26. Bd5 Kc7 27. h7 Rh8 28. Be6 Qe7 29. Qf7 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Rapid 2024"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2024.08.12"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave,M"]
[Black "Abdusattorov,Nodirbek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2721"]
[BlackElo "2762"]
[EventDate "2024.08.12"]
[ECO "B51"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. d4 cxd4 5. Qxd4 a6 6. Be2 Ngf6 7. Nc3 g6
8. e5 dxe5 9. Nxe5 Nxe5 10. Qxe5 Bg7 11. O-O Be6 12. Rd1 Qc8 13. Be3 O-O
14. Bd4 Rd8 15. Bf3 Qc4 16. Qc5 Rac8 17. Qxc4 Rxc4 18. Be3 Rxd1+ 19. Rxd1
h5 20. h3 b5 21. a3 Bf5 22. Bb7 b4 23. Bxa6 Rc6 24. Bb5 bxc3 25. Bxc6 cxb2
26. Rb1 Ne8 27. Bxe8 Bxc2 28. Rxb2 Bxb2 29. a4 Bc3 30. Bb6 Bd3 31. a5 Ba6
32. g3 e5 33. Bc6 f5 34. Bg2 Kf7 35. Bf1 Bb7 36. a6 Bc6 37. h4 Ke7 38. Bg2
Kd6 39. a7 e4 40. Bf1 Ba8 41. Bc4 Ke7 42. Be3 Bf6 43. Bg5 Bxg5 44. hxg5 Kf8
45. Kf1 Ke7 46. Ke2 f4 47. gxf4 h4 48. Kf1 Kd6 49. Bf7 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Rapid 2024"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2024.08.12"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Dominguez Perez,L"]
[Black "Firouzja,Alireza"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2748"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[EventDate "2024.08.12"]
[ECO "B19"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8.
h5 Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 e6 11. Bd2 Ngf6 12. O-O-O Be7 13. Ne4 Nxe4 14.
Qxe4 Nf6 15. Qe2 Qd5 16. Kb1 Qb5 17. c4 Qf5+ 18. Ka1 Qe4 19. Be3 Ng4 20.
Nd2 Qf5 21. Nf1 Bd6 22. Bd2 O-O-O 23. f3 Nf6 24. Ne3 Qg5 25. Nd5 Qf5 26. g4
Qc2 27. Rc1 Qa4 28. Nxf6 gxf6 29. Be3 Kb8 30. Rhd1 Qa5 31. Rd3 f5 32. Bd2
Qc7 33. gxf5 exf5 34. d5 c5 35. a3 f4 36. Bc3 Rde8 37. Qc2 Rhg8 38. Rdd1
Rg5 39. Qh7 Rxh5 40. Rh1 Rg5 41. Rxh6 a6 42. Rf6 Re3 43. Rxf7 Qb6 44. Rf6
Rg2 45. Rc2 Rxc3 46. Rxg2 Qb3 47. bxc3 Qxa3+ 48. Kb1 Qb3+ 49. Ka1 Qa3+ 50.
Kb1 Qb3+ 51. Kc1 Qxc3+ 52. Qc2 Qe1+ 53. Qd1 Qc3+ 54. Qc2 Qe1+ 55. Qd1 Qc3+
56. Qc2 Qe1+ 57. Qd1 Qc3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Rapid 2024"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2024.08.12"]
[Round "3"]
[White "So,W"]
[Black "Aronian,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[EventDate "2024.08.12"]
[ECO "B90"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nf3 Be7 8.
Bc4 Be6 9. Bxe6 fxe6 10. Ng5 Qd7 11. Qf3 Nc6 12. Qh3 Nd8 13. Bb6 h6 14.
O-O-O O-O 15. Bxd8 hxg5 16. Bxe7 Qxe7 17. Qg3 Rac8 18. Qxg5 Rc6 19. f3 Rfc8
20. Kb1 Qc7 21. Rd3 d5 22. exd5 exd5 23. Nxd5 Nxd5 24. Rxd5 Rxc2 25. Rhd1
Rxb2+ 26. Kxb2 Qc2+ 27. Ka1 Qc3+ 28. Kb1 Qc2+ 29. Ka1 Qc3+ 30. Kb1 Qc2+ 31.
Ka1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Rapid 2024"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2024.08.12"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi,I"]
[Black "Praggnanandhaa,R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[EventDate "2024.08.12"]
[ECO "A29"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bb4 5. Bg2 O-O 6. Nh4 d6 7. O-O a5 8.
d3 h6 9. Bd2 Re8 10. Rc1 Be6 11. Nd5 Bxd5 12. cxd5 Bxd2 13. Qxd2 Nb4 14. e4
Nxa2 15. Rce1 Nb4 16. f4 c6 17. dxc6 Nxc6 18. Nf5 Ra6 19. h3 Nd4 20. Nxd4
Qb6 21. Qf2 Qxd4 22. Qxd4 exd4 23. e5 dxe5 24. fxe5 Rae6 25. Bxb7 Rxe5 26.
Rxe5 Rxe5 27. Rf4 Nh5 28. Rxd4 Nxg3 29. Kf2 Nf5 30. Rd7 g5 31. Bd5 Re7 32.
Rd8+ Kg7 33. Ra8 Re5 34. Bc4 Nd6 35. b3 Rf5+ 36. Kg2 h5 37. Ra6 Ne8 38. Ra7
Nd6 39. Rd7 Nxc4 40. bxc4 Kg6 41. d4 a4 42. c5 a3 43. c6 Rf6 44. d5 Rf5 45.
c7 a2 46. Rd6+ 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Rapid 2024"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2024.08.13"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Praggnanandhaa,R"]
[Black "Abdusattorov,Nodirbek"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2762"]
[EventDate "2024.08.12"]
[ECO "A10"]

1. c4 g6 2. e4 e5 3. d4 Nf6 4. f3 exd4 5. Qxd4 Nc6 6. Qf2 Bg7 7. Nc3 O-O 8.
Be3 d6 9. Nge2 Ne5 10. Nf4 c6 11. h4 Be6 12. Nxe6 fxe6 13. Qd2 Nh5 14. Rh3
Qa5 15. a3 Rad8 16. O-O-O a6 17. g4 Nxf3 18. Qc2 Bxc3 19. Qxc3 Qxc3+ 20.
bxc3 Ng7 21. Be2 Ne5 22. h5 Ne8 23. g5 gxh5 24. Rxh5 Rd7 25. Rh6 Re7 26. c5
d5 27. Bd4 Ng6 28. exd5 exd5 29. Bd3 Nf4 30. g6 Nxd3+ 31. Rxd3 Rf1+ 32. Kd2
hxg6 33. Rg3 Kf7 34. Rgxg6 Ree1 35. Rg2 Rd1+ 36. Kc2 Rc1+ 37. Kb2 Rb1+ 38.
Ka2 Ra1+ 39. Kb3 Nf6 40. Bxf6 Rxf6 41. Rh7+ Ke6 42. Re2+ Kf5 43. Kb2 Rf1
44. Rxb7 Rf4 45. Rb4 Re4 46. Rh2 a5 47. Rb6 Kg4 48. Rb8 Kg3 49. Rd2 a4 50.
Rb6 Kf3 51. Rxd5 Re2+ 52. Kc1 Ke4 53. Rd6 Rf1+ 54. Rd1 Rff2 55. Rd4+ Ke5
56. Rb8 Rc2+ 57. Kb1 Rxc3 58. Rxa4 Kd5 59. Rb2 Rf1+ 60. Ka2 Rcc1 61. Rd2+
Kxc5 62. Rh4 Ra1+ 63. Kb2 Rab1+ 64. Ka2 Ra1+ 65. Kb2 Rfb1+ 66. Kc2 Rc1+ 67.
Kb2 Kb5 68. Rb4+ Ka5 69. Rd8 Rab1+ 70. Ka2 Ra1+ 71. Kb2 Rab1+ 72. Ka2 Rxb4
73. Ra8+ Kb5 74. Rb8+ Ka6 75. axb4 Rc3 76. Kb2 Rf3 77. Kc2 Ka7 78. Rh8 Kb6
79. Rh5 Rg3 80. Kb2 Rf3 81. Kc2 Rg3 82. Kb2 Rf3 83. Kc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Rapid 2024"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2024.08.13"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi,I"]
[Black "So,W"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[EventDate "2024.08.12"]
[ECO "A28"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e3 Bb4 5. Qc2 Bxc3 6. Qxc3 Qe7 7. a3 d5
8. d4 exd4 9. Nxd4 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 c5 11. Qh4 Be6 12. cxd5 Nxd5 13. Qxe7+
Kxe7 14. h4 Nb6 15. h5 Bc4 16. Rh4 Bxf1 17. Kxf1 f6 18. Bd2 g5 19. Re4+ Kf7
20. Ba5 Rhe8 21. Rxe8 Kxe8 22. Rd1 Ke7 23. Ke2 f5 24. Bxb6 axb6 25. Rd5 Ke6
26. e4 Ra4 27. f3 fxe4 28. Rxg5 exf3+ 29. Kxf3 Kf6 30. Rd5 Rd4 31. Rxd4
cxd4 32. Ke4 Kg5 33. Kxd4 Kxh5 34. Kc4 Kh4 35. Kb5 Kg3 36. Kxb6 Kxg2 37.
Kxb7 h5 38. a4 h4 39. a5 h3 40. a6 h2 41. a7 h1=Q 42. a8=Q Kf2+ 43. Kb8
Qh8+ 44. Ka7 Qd4+ 45. Kb8 Qxb2+ 46. Qb7 Qxb7+ 47. Kxb7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Rapid 2024"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2024.08.13"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Caruana,F"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave,M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2793"]
[BlackElo "2721"]
[EventDate "2024.08.12"]
[ECO "E60"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 c6 5. Bg2 Qa5+ 6. Nbd2 O-O 7. O-O d5 8.
b3 Bf5 9. Bb2 Ne4 10. Nxe4 Bxe4 11. e3 e6 12. Qe2 Nd7 13. Rfc1 Nf6 14. a4
Rfe8 15. Ba3 Rad8 16. Bc5 Nd7 17. cxd5 exd5 18. Bd6 c5 19. Qd1 b6 20. Bf1
Re6 21. Bc7 Rc8 22. Bf4 h6 23. h4 Rd8 24. Bb5 a6 25. Bc7 axb5 26. axb5 Qxb5
27. Bxd8 Qc6 28. Ra7 Re8 29. Bc7 Qe6 30. Nd2 Bf5 31. Bf4 cxd4 32. exd4 Bg4
33. Nf3 Qf5 34. Rc3 Nf6 35. Qd3 Ne4 36. Rcc7 Ng5 37. Qxf5 Nxf3+ 38. Kg2
gxf5 39. Rxf7 Bxd4 40. Bxh6 Ne1+ 41. Kh2 Nf3+ 42. Kg2 Ne1+ 43. Kh2 Nf3+ 44.
Kg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Rapid 2024"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2024.08.13"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Firouzja,Alireza"]
[Black "Nakamura,Hi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2802"]
[EventDate "2024.08.12"]
[ECO "C02"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. a3 Nh6 7. Bd3 cxd4 8.
O-O Bd7 9. b4 Rc8 10. b5 Ne7 11. Nxd4 Nef5 12. a4 Nxd4 13. a5 Qc5 14. Ba3
Ne2+ 15. Qxe2 Qc7 16. Bb2 Be7 17. Nd2 O-O 18. c4 dxc4 19. Bxc4 Rfd8 20.
Rfc1 Qb8 21. Nf3 Nf5 22. Bd3 Bf8 23. h4 Be8 24. Bxf5 exf5 25. e6 Rxc1+ 26.
Rxc1 Qd6 27. Ng5 fxe6 28. Qxe6+ Qxe6 29. Nxe6 Rd2 30. Bd4 Bd7 31. Be3 Rd3
32. Nxf8 Kxf8 33. a6 b6 34. Rc7 Bxb5 35. Rxa7 Ra3 36. Ra8+ Kf7 37. a7 Ra6
38. Bxb6 Bc6 39. Rc8 Rxb6 40. Rxc6 Rb1+ 41. Kh2 Ra1 42. Rc7+ Kf6 43. Kg3
Ra4 44. Kf3 f4 45. Ke2 h5 46. Kd3 g5 47. hxg5+ Kxg5 48. Kc3 h4 49. Kb3 Ra1
50. f3 h3 51. gxh3 Kh4 52. Rg7 Kxh3 53. Kb4 Ra2 54. Kb5 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Rapid 2024"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2024.08.13"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Aronian,L"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2748"]
[EventDate "2024.08.12"]
[ECO "D10"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bd2 dxc4 6. Bxc4 c5 7. Nf3 a6 8.
Rc1 b5 9. Be2 Nbd7 10. Ne5 Bb7 11. Bf3 Qb6 12. Nxd7 Nxd7 13. Ne4 cxd4 14.
exd4 Be7 15. Nc5 Bxf3 16. Qxf3 Ra7 17. Nb3 O-O 18. O-O Nf6 19. Rc6 Qd8 20.
Rfc1 Nd5 21. a3 Qd7 22. Qg3 Raa8 23. Bh6 Bf6 24. Bg5 Bxg5 25. Qxg5 h6 26.
Qd2 Rfc8 27. Rxc8+ Rxc8 28. Rc5 Ne7 29. g3 Rd8 30. Qf4 Nc6 31. d5 exd5 32.
Nd4 Nxd4 33. Qxd4 Qe6 34. Rc1 Rd6 35. Rd1 Qf5 36. h4 h5 37. Kg2 Kh7 38. Rd2
g6 39. b4 Qe6 40. Rd3 Qf5 41. Rf3 Qd7 42. Rd3 Kg8 43. Re3 Re6 44. Rd3 Rd6
45. Re3 Rc6 46. Rd3 Rd6 47. Re3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Rapid 2024"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2024.08.13"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Dominguez Perez,L"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi,I"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2748"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[EventDate "2024.08.12"]
[ECO "B47"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be2 Be7 7. Qd3 Nxd4
8. Qxd4 Bf6 9. Qb4 a6 10. Be3 b5 11. O-O-O Ne7 12. Qc5 Qxc5 13. Bxc5 Bb7
14. f3 Bxc3 15. bxc3 Rc8 16. Bb4 d5 17. e5 Ng6 18. Rhe1 Nxe5 19. Bxb5+ axb5
20. Rxe5 Kd7 21. Rde1 Rc4 22. g3 Rhc8 23. f4 g6 24. R5e3 Re4 25. Rxe4 dxe4
26. Kd2 Bd5 27. Ra1 Ra8 28. a3 h6 29. h4 g5 30. hxg5 hxg5 31. fxg5 Rg8 32.
Rf1 Ke8 33. Bd6 Rxg5 34. Ke3 e5 35. g4 Kd7 36. Rf6 Be6 37. Bb8 Ke7 38. Rh6
Bxg4 39. Bd6+ Kd7 40. Kxe4 Bf5+ 41. Kd5 Be6+ 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis Rapid 2024"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2024.08.13"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave,M"]
[Black "Firouzja,Alireza"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2721"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[EventDate "2024.08.12"]
[ECO "B10"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Qe2 Bf5 6. d3 e6 7. g3 Nbd7
8. Bg2 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. a4 a5 11. b3 h6 12. Bb2 Qc7 13. Ned2 Nd5 14. Nc4
Bf6 15. Nfe5 Nxe5 16. Nxe5 Rad8 17. h3 Bh7 18. Kh2 Rfe8 19. f4 Nb4 20. Bc3
Nd5 21. Bb2 Nb4 22. Bc3 Nd5 23. Bd2 Nb4 24. Bc3 Nd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Rapid 2024"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2024.08.13"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nakamura,Hi"]
[Black "Aronian,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2802"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[EventDate "2024.08.12"]
[ECO "B21"]

1. e4 c5 2. f4 d5 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. d3 dxe4 6. dxe4 Qxd1+ 7.
Kxd1 Nc6 8. Nf3 Nf6 9. Nbd2 Rd8 10. Ke2 g6 11. c3 Bh6 12. e5 Nd5 13. g3 f6
14. Ne4 b6 15. exf6 exf6 16. Re1 O-O 17. Bd2 f5 18. Nf2 Bg7 19. Kf1 Rfe8
20. Rxe8+ Rxe8 21. Rd1 Bf6 22. Nd3 Kf7 23. c4 Ne3+ 24. Bxe3 Rxe3 25. Kf2
Re4 26. b3 Ke7 27. Nde1 Nb4 28. a3 Nc6 29. Nc2 h6 30. Rd3 g5 31. Ne3 Nd4
32. Nxd4 Bxd4 33. Kf3 Bxe3 34. Rxe3 g4+ 35. Ke2 Rxe3+ 36. Kxe3 a5 37. a4
Kd7 38. Kd3 Ke7 39. Ke3 Kd7 40. Kd3 Ke7 41. Ke3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Rapid 2024"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2024.08.13"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Abdusattorov,Nodirbek"]
[Black "Caruana,F"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2762"]
[BlackElo "2793"]
[EventDate "2024.08.12"]
[ECO "A03"]

1. f4 d5 2. Nf3 Bg4 3. Ne5 Bf5 4. e3 e6 5. Be2 Nd7 6. O-O Bd6 7. Nxd7 Qxd7
8. b3 Nf6 9. Bb2 h5 10. Bf3 O-O-O 11. Nc3 Kb8 12. Ne2 Rde8 13. Ng3 Bg6 14.
Be5 h4 15. Ne2 Bxe5 16. fxe5 Ne4 17. Nf4 Bf5 18. d3 Ng5 19. Bg4 h3 20. g3
g6 21. c4 c6 22. Rc1 Qc7 23. d4 Qa5 24. Bxf5 gxf5 25. Qc2 Ne4 26. Qb2 Rc8
27. b4 Qa4 28. Nd3 dxc4 29. Nc5 Nxc5 30. bxc5 Qa6 31. Rc3 b5 32. cxb6 axb6
33. Rxc4 Rc7 34. Rb4 Rb7 35. Qc2 Rc8 36. Rfb1 Qa5 37. Qb2 Kc7 38. a4 Kd7
39. e4 fxe4 40. Qf2 Rf8 41. Qf1 Qd5 42. Qxh3 Kc7 43. Qf1 c5 44. Rc4 Kb8 45.
Rb5 Rc8 46. Qe2 e3 47. h4 Rg8 48. Kh2 Rg4 49. a5 Rxd4 50. Rxd4 Qxd4 51.
axb6 c4 52. Kh3 c3 53. h5 Rxb6 54. h6 Rxb5 55. Qxb5+ Kc7 56. h7 Qe4 57.
Qc5+ Kb7 58. Qe7+ Ka6 59. Qd6+ Kb5 60. Qb8+ Kc4 61. h8=Q Qh1+ 62. Kg4 Qe4+
63. Kg5 Qf5+ 64. Kh4 Qe4+ 65. g4 Kd3 66. Qb1+ c2 67. Qf1+ Kd2 68. Qd8+ Qd5
69. Qc7 e2 70. Qxc2+ Kxc2 71. Qxe2+ Kc3 72. Kg5 Qd8+ 73. Kf4 Qd4+ 74. Kg5
Qd8+ 75. Kf4 Qd4+ 76. Kg5 Qd8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Rapid 2024"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2024.08.13"]
[Round "5"]
[White "So,W"]
[Black "Praggnanandhaa,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[EventDate "2024.08.12"]
[ECO "E32"]

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. e3 c5 11. dxc5 Nbd7 12. cxd5 g5 13. dxe6 Nd5 14. Qd2
Nxc5 15. exf7+ Rxf7 16. Bc4 gxh4 17. e4 Qe7 18. Ne2 Nxe4 19. fxe4 Qxe4 20.
Bxd5 Bxd5 21. O-O-O Bb3 22. Nc3 Qf5 23. Rde1 Rd7 24. Qe2 Rad8 25. Rhf1 Qg5+
26. Kb1 Rd2 27. Qf3 Qg6+ 28. Ka1 Rxg2 29. Ne4 Bc4 30. Rd1 Rxd1+ 31. Rxd1
Rg1 32. Nf6+ Kh8 33. Nh5 Rxd1+ 34. Qxd1 Qd3 35. Qg1 Qf1+ 36. Qxf1 Bxf1 37.
Kb1 Kh7 38. Nf4 Kg7 39. Kc1 Kf6 40. Kd2 Kf5 41. Ke3 Ba6 42. Nd5 Bb7 43. Nc3
Bc6 44. Ne2 Kg4 45. Kf2 Bd7 46. Nc3 Kf4 47. Ke2 Be6 48. Kf2 Bc4 49. b4 Bd3
50. Nd5+ Ke4 51. Ne7 a6 52. Ng6 Kd4 53. Nxh4 Be4 54. Ke2 Kc3 55. Ke3 Bh7
56. Nf3 Kb3 57. Kd2 Kxa3 58. Kc3 Ka4 59. Ne5 Kb5 60. h4 h5 61. Nd7 Bg6 62.
Nf6 Bf7 63. Ne4 Bd5 64. Ng3 Bf7 65. Ne2 Kc6 66. Kd4 Be6 67. Ng3 Bg4 68. Ne4
Bf3 69. Ng5 Bd5 70. Nh3 Kd6 71. Nf4 Bf7 72. Ke4 Kc6 73. Kd4 Kb5 74. Kc3 a5
75. bxa5 Kxa5 76. Nd3 Kb5 77. Ne5 Be8 78. Nd3 Kc6 79. Kb4 Kd5 80. Nf4+ Kd6
81. Kc4 Ke5 82. Nxh5 Bxh5 83. Kb5 Kf4 84. Kxb6 Kg4 85. Kc5 Kxh4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Rapid 2024"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2024.08.13"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Aronian,L"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave,M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2721"]
[EventDate "2024.08.12"]
[ECO "A06"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. c4 dxc4 4. Bxc4 e6 5. b3 c5 6. Bb2 a6 7. O-O Be7 8.
d4 cxd4 9. Nxd4 O-O 10. Nd2 b5 11. Be2 Bb7 12. Bf3 Ra7 13. Qe2 Qd7 14. Rfc1
Rc8 15. Rxc8+ Qxc8 16. a4 bxa4 17. Rxa4 Bxf3 18. Qxf3 Rc7 19. Rc4 Rxc4 20.
Nxc4 Nbd7 21. Qc6 Qxc6 22. Nxc6 Bf8 23. Bxf6 gxf6 24. Kf1 Nc5 25. Nd2 Bd6
26. Ke2 f5 27. f3 Kf8 28. b4 Nd7 29. h3 Nb6 30. e4 Ke8 31. exf5 exf5 32. b5
axb5 33. Nd4 b4 34. Nxf5 Bf4 35. Nb3 Kd7 36. Kd3 Be5 37. h4 Ke6 38. g4 Nd7
39. h5 Bc3 40. f4 Nf6 41. Ne3 Kd6 42. Nf5+ Ke6 43. Ne3 Kd6 44. Nf5+ Ke6 45.
Ne3 Kd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Rapid 2024"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2024.08.13"]
[Round "6"]
[White "So,W"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2748"]
[EventDate "2024.08.12"]
[ECO "D15"]

1. c4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Bf4 Nc6 7. Rc1 Bf5
8. e3 e6 9. Be2 Be7 10. h3 h6 11. O-O O-O 12. Na4 Bd6 13. Bxd6 Qxd6 14. Nc5
Rab8 15. a3 Ne4 16. Bd3 Rfc8 17. Bxe4 Bxe4 18. Nxe4 dxe4 19. Nd2 f5 20. Nc4
Qd8 21. Qb3 b5 22. Nd2 Qd6 23. Rc5 Ne7 24. Rfc1 Rxc5 25. Rxc5 Rc8 26. Rxc8+
Nxc8 27. Qc3 Ne7 28. Nb3 Kf7 29. Nc5 Nd5 30. Qc2 Qc6 31. Qd1 g6 32. Qd2 Nc7
33. Qc3 Nd5 34. Qd2 Nc7 35. g3 Nd5 36. Kg2 Nc7 37. Qa5 Ke7 38. Qb4 Nd5 39.
Qd2 Nc7 40. Qa5 Kf7 41. a4 bxa4 42. Nxa4 Nd5 43. Nc5 Qb5 44. Qxa6 Qxa6 45.
Nxa6 Ke7 46. Nc5 Kd6 47. Na4 Nb4 48. Kf1 Nd3 49. Ke2 Nc1+ 50. Kf1 Nd3 51.
h4 g5 52. hxg5 hxg5 53. g4 Nb4 54. Nc5 Nd5 55. Kg2 Nf6 56. Kg3 Kd5 57. gxf5
exf5 58. b4 f4+ 59. Kh3 Kc4 60. exf4 gxf4 61. Nxe4 Nxe4 62. Kg4 Nxf2+ 63.
Kxf4 Nd3+ 64. Ke4 Nxb4 65. d5 Nxd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Rapid 2024"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2024.08.13"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi,I"]
[Black "Nakamura,Hi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2802"]
[EventDate "2024.08.12"]
[ECO "D45"]

1. c4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. d4 e6 6. b3 Nbd7 7. Bd3 Bb4 8.
Bd2 Qe7 9. O-O O-O 10. Re1 e5 11. dxe5 Nxe5 12. Nxe5 Qxe5 13. Nxd5 Nxd5 14.
cxd5 Bxd2 15. Qxd2 Qxd5 16. Rad1 Qc5 17. Bc4 Bf5 18. e4 Bg4 19. Rc1 Qe7 20.
Qf4 Be6 21. Bxe6 fxe6 22. Qe5 Rad8 23. Rcd1 Rd7 24. g3 Rfd8 25. Rxd7 Rxd7
26. Re3 Qd6 27. Qc3 c5 28. a4 b5 29. axb5 axb5 30. Kg2 h6 31. h4 Qc6 32.
Qe5 c4 33. bxc4 bxc4 34. Ra3 Rc7 35. Rc3 Rd7 36. Ra3 Rc7 37. Rc3 Rd7 38.
Ra3 Rc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Rapid 2024"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2024.08.13"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Praggnanandhaa,R"]
[Black "Caruana,F"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2793"]
[EventDate "2024.08.12"]
[ECO "C65"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Ne7 5. Nc3 c6 6. Bc4 d6 7. Bb3 h6 8.
d4 Qc7 9. Nh4 g5 10. Nf3 Ng6 11. Be3 Ng4 12. h3 Nxe3 13. fxe3 g4 14. Nh2
exd4 15. exd4 gxh3 16. O-O d5 17. exd5 hxg2 18. Kxg2 Nf4+ 19. Kh1 Bh3 20.
Qe1+ Be7 21. Rf2 O-O-O 22. Qe3 Rhg8 23. dxc6 Qxc6+ 24. d5 Qg6 25. Qe4 Bc5
0-1

[Event "Saint Louis Rapid 2024"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2024.08.13"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Firouzja,Alireza"]
[Black "Abdusattorov,Nodirbek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2762"]
[EventDate "2024.08.12"]
[ECO "B96"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 h6 8.
Bh4 Qb6 9. a3 Be7 10. Bf2 Qc7 11. Qf3 e5 12. Nf5 Bxf5 13. exf5 d5 14. Nxd5
Qa5+ 15. Nc3 e4 16. Qh3 h5 17. Be2 Nbd7 18. O-O-O O-O-O 19. Rd4 Bc5 20. Rc4
Kb8 21. Bxc5 Nxc5 22. Qe3 Ncd7 23. Nxe4 Rhe8 24. Qc3 Qxc3 25. Nxc3 Nb6 26.
Rc5 Nbd7 27. Ra5 Rc8 28. Bd3 Nc5 29. Bc4 Re7 30. Rd1 b6 31. Rxa6 Nxa6 32.
Bxa6 Rc5 33. Rd8+ Kc7 34. Rc8+ Kd6 35. Nb5+ Kd7 36. Rxc5 bxc5 37. Bb7 Re2
38. a4 Ne8 39. Bf3 Rf2 40. a5 Nc7 41. Nc3 h4 42. Ne4 Rf1+ 43. Kd2 h3 44.
Nxc5+ Ke7 45. Nd3 Kf6 46. Ke3 hxg2 47. Bxg2 Ra1 48. b4 Ra2 49. Kd2 Kxf5 50.
Kc3 g5 51. fxg5 Kxg5 52. Bb7 Kf6 53. Kb3 Ra1 54. Kb2 Rg1 55. a6 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Rapid 2024"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2024.08.14"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave,M"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi,I"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2721"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[EventDate "2024.08.12"]
[ECO "B50"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. h3 a6 5. a4 Nc6 6. d4 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Bd7 8.
Be3 e6 9. Be2 Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. Re1 Rc8 12. Nxc6 Bxc6 13. Bd3 Nd7 14. a5
Bf6 15. Qd2 Nc5 16. f3 Nxd3 17. cxd3 d5 18. Bb6 Qd6 19. d4 dxe4 20. fxe4
Qd7 21. Rf1 Bd8 22. Bc5 Be7 23. b4 Rfd8 24. Rfd1 h6 25. Qf2 Bf6 26. Rd3 Bb5
27. Nxb5 Qxb5 28. Rad1 Rd7 29. Rf3 Qa4 30. Rdd3 Rxc5 31. dxc5 Rxd3 32. Rxd3
Qxb4 33. Rd7 Qxe4 34. g3 Qc6 35. Rd6 Qc7 36. Rb6 Bc3 37. c6 bxc6 38. Rxa6
Bxa5 39. Ra8+ Kh7 40. Ra7 Qd8 41. Rb7 f5 42. Qb2 Bc7 43. Qc3 Qd6 44. Kf2 c5
45. h4 c4 46. h5 Qc5+ 47. Ke2 Be5 48. Qe3 Qd5 49. Qf3 Qd6 50. g4 c3 51. Qd3
Qc6 52. gxf5 Qg2+ 53. Ke3 Qh3+ 54. Ke2 Qxh5+ 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis Rapid 2024"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2024.08.14"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Abdusattorov,Nodirbek"]
[Black "Aronian,L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2762"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[EventDate "2024.08.12"]
[ECO "A45"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 d5 3. e3 c5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Nbd2 Nh5 6. Be5 e6 7. Bb5 Bd7 8.
Bxc6 Bxc6 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. g4 Nf6 11. g5 Nh5 12. Qe2 Rc8 13. Rg1 Bd6 14.
O-O-O Ba4 15. b3 Bc6 16. Bb2 O-O 17. Nd4 g6 18. f4 a5 19. N2f3 a4 20. Kb1
Qa5 21. Ne5 axb3 22. cxb3 Ra8 23. Ba1 Bxe5 24. fxe5 Ra6 25. Qd2 Rfa8 26.
Qxa5 Rxa5 27. Rd2 Ng7 28. h4 Nf5 29. Bc3 R5a6 30. Nxf5 exf5 31. Bb4 d4 32.
exd4 Be4+ 33. Ka1 Bd5 34. a3 Rc6 35. Rf1 Rac8 36. Kb2 Kg7 37. Rff2 h6 38.
Rd3 hxg5 39. hxg5 Rh8 40. Be7 Rh1 41. a4 Rc7 42. Bd6 Rc8 43. a5 Rch8 44.
Rc3 R8h3 45. Rfc2 f4 46. e6 Bxe6 47. Be5+ Kf8 48. Bxf4 Rxc3 49. Rxc3 Rh3
50. Bg3 Ke8 51. b4 Rh5 52. Rc5 Rh3 53. d5 Bf5 54. Be5 Re3 55. d6 Re2+ 56.
Ka3 Re3+ 57. Kb2 Re2+ 58. Ka3 Re3+ 59. Ka4 Bd7+ 60. b5 Re1 61. Ka3 Rb1 62.
Bb2 Rd1 63. a6 bxa6 64. b6 Rd3+ 65. Bc3 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Rapid 2024"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2024.08.14"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Dominguez Perez,L"]
[Black "Praggnanandhaa,R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2748"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[EventDate "2024.08.12"]
[ECO "B66"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O Be7 9. Kb1 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 h6 11. Be3 Qc7 12. f3 b5 13. Qd2 Bb7 14. h4
h5 15. Bg5 Rc8 16. Bd3 O-O 17. Ne2 e5 18. Ng3 g6 19. Bh6 Rfd8 20. Nf5 d5
21. Nxe7+ Qxe7 22. exd5 Bxd5 23. Bg5 Bc4 24. g4 Qe6 25. Bxf6 Qxf6 26. gxh5
Bxd3 27. cxd3 gxh5 28. Rhg1+ Kf8 29. Qb4+ Qd6 30. Qe4 Rc5 31. Qh7 Qf6 32.
Rg8+ Ke7 33. Rxd8 Kxd8 34. Qxh5 Ke7 35. Qg4 Rd5 36. h5 Rd4 37. Qc8 Qxf3 38.
Qc5+ Kf6 39. Qc2 Qxh5 40. Qc6+ Kg7 41. Rg1+ Rg4 42. Rf1 Qg6 43. Qd5 Rg5 44.
a3 Rf5 45. Re1 Qg3 46. Qe4 Rh5 47. Ka2 Qg6 48. Qe3 Rg5 49. Rh1 Qf5 50. Ka1
Rg6 51. Re1 Rd6 52. Rh1 Qf4 53. Qh3 Rh6 54. Rg1+ Rg6 55. Rh1 Qh6 56. Qf3
Qg5 57. Qf2 Qg3 58. Qf5 Qg5 59. Qc8 Rh6 60. Rf1 Rf6 61. Rh1 Rh6 62. Rf1 Qg6
63. Qc5 Rh5 64. Qe3 Rg5 65. Rh1 Qf5 66. Qe2 Qf4 67. Rf1 Qg3 68. Rh1 Qg2 69.
Qe1 Qg3 70. Qe4 Rg6 71. Ka2 Rh6 72. Rf1 Qg5 73. Rf5 Qg3 74. Rxe5 Rd6 75.
Rh5 Re6 76. Qd4+ Rf6 77. Qd8 Qe3 78. Qh8+ Kg6 79. Qh7+ 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Rapid 2024"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2024.08.14"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Nakamura,Hi"]
[Black "So,W"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2802"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[EventDate "2024.08.12"]
[ECO "A08"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. d4 Nf6 5. O-O e6 6. e3 Be7 7. dxc5 O-O 8.
Qe2 e5 9. c4 d4 10. Rd1 Bxc5 11. exd4 Nxd4 12. Nxd4 Bxd4 13. h3 Be6 14. Be3
Qb6 15. b3 Rad8 16. Nc3 a6 17. Rac1 h6 18. Qf3 Rd7 19. Ne2 Bxe3 20. Qxe3
Qxe3 21. fxe3 Rfd8 22. Rxd7 Rxd7 23. Nc3 Kf8 24. c5 Ke7 25. Kf1 Nd5 26.
Nxd5+ Bxd5 27. Bxd5 Rxd5 28. c6 bxc6 29. Rxc6 a5 30. Ke2 e4 31. Rc4 f5 32.
h4 h5 33. Rc6 Kf7 34. Rc1 Ke7 35. Rc3 Ke6 36. a3 Kd6 37. b4 axb4 38. axb4
Rb5 39. Rc4 Rb7 40. Kd2 Ra7 41. Kc2 Ra2+ 42. Kb3 Rg2 43. b5 Rxg3 44. b6
Rxe3+ 45. Ka2 Re2+ 46. Ka3 Re1 47. Ka2 Re2+ 48. Kb1 Re1+ 49. Kb2 Re2+ 50.
Kb1 Re1+ 51. Kb2 Re2+ 52. Kb1 Re1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Rapid 2024"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2024.08.14"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Caruana,F"]
[Black "Firouzja,Alireza"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2793"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[EventDate "2024.08.12"]
[ECO "C67"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. a4 Be7 7. Nc3 a6
8. Bf1 e4 9. Nxe4 Nxe4 10. Rxe4 d5 11. Re1 Bg4 12. h3 Bh5 13. Be2 O-O 14.
d4 Bd6 15. Ne5 Bxe2 16. Rxe2 Re8 17. Nxc6 bxc6 18. Rxe8+ Qxe8 19. Be3 Qe4
20. Qd2 Re8 21. Re1 Re6 22. Qc3 c5 23. Kf1 c4 24. Bd2 Qf5 25. b3 cxb3 26.
Qxb3 h5 27. Rxe6 fxe6 28. Be3 Kf7 29. Qc3 e5 30. Qc6 exd4 31. Bxd4 Qe4 32.
Be3 g6 33. Bd2 Qd4 34. Be1 Qc4+ 35. Qxc4 dxc4 36. Ke2 Ke6 37. g4 hxg4 38.
hxg4 Kd5 39. Bd2 Bc5 40. Be3 Bd6 41. Bg5 Bc5 42. Bf4 c6 43. Bd2 Ke4 44. f3+
Kd5 45. Bc3 Bb6 46. f4 Ke4 47. f5 gxf5 48. g5 Kd5 49. g6 Ke6 50. Kf3 Bc7
51. Ke3 Bd6 52. Bg7 f4+ 53. Ke4 f3 54. Bd4 f2 55. Bxf2 Kf6 56. Kd4 Kxg6 57.
Kxc4 Kf6 58. Bc5 Bc7 59. Bd4+ Ke6 60. Kc5 Kd7 61. Bc3 Bd8 62. Be5 Ba5 63.
Bf4 Bd8 64. Be5 Ba5 65. Bf4 Bd8 66. Be5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Rapid 2024"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2024.08.14"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Dominguez Perez,L"]
[Black "Nakamura,Hi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2748"]
[BlackElo "2802"]
[EventDate "2024.08.12"]
[ECO "C11"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 cxd4 8.
Nxd4 Qb6 9. Qd2 Qxb2 10. Rb1 Qa3 11. Bb5 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 a6 13. Bxd7+ Bxd7
14. Rb3 Qe7 15. Rxb7 Rc8 16. O-O Qd8 17. f5 exf5 18. Kh1 Bc5 19. Bxc5 Rxc5
20. Nxd5 Be6 21. Re7+ Kf8 22. Qb4 Bxd5 23. Qxc5 Bxg2+ 24. Kxg2 Qxe7 25.
Qc8+ Qe8 26. Qc7 g6 27. Qd6+ Kg8 28. Rb1 Qa8+ 29. Kg3 Qe4 30. Rb8+ Kg7 31.
Qf6+ Kh6 32. Rxh8 Qe3+ 33. Kg2 Qe2+ 34. Kg1 Qe1+ 35. Kg2 Qe2+ 36. Kg1 Qe1+
37. Kg2 Qe2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Rapid 2024"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2024.08.14"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Aronian,L"]
[Black "Caruana,F"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2793"]
[EventDate "2024.08.12"]
[ECO "E21"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 b6 5. Bd2 Bb7 6. e3 O-O 7. Rc1 d6 8.
Be2 Nbd7 9. O-O a5 10. Ne1 e5 11. Nc2 Re8 12. b3 exd4 13. exd4 Bxc3 14.
Bxc3 Ne4 15. Be1 d5 16. f3 Nd6 17. Bf2 dxc4 18. bxc4 Qg5 19. Re1 Ba6 20.
Na3 h6 21. Bf1 Nf6 22. Qa4 Qd2 23. Red1 Qb4 24. Qb3 Nf5 25. Qxb4 axb4 26.
Nc2 Bc8 27. Nxb4 Ne3 28. Bxe3 Rxe3 29. c5 Ra4 30. Nc6 bxc5 31. Rxc5 Be6 32.
Ne7+ Kf8 33. d5 Bd7 34. Nc6 Rxa2 35. Nb8 Ra7 36. Rdc1 Re5 37. f4 Re4 38.
Nxd7+ Nxd7 39. Rxc7 Rxc7 40. Rxc7 Nb6 41. d6 Rd4 42. Rc6 Rb4 43. g3 Ke8 44.
Bh3 g6 45. Rc8+ 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Rapid 2024"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2024.08.14"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi,I"]
[Black "Abdusattorov,Nodirbek"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2762"]
[EventDate "2024.08.12"]
[ECO "A35"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. e3 e6 5. d4 d5 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Bb5 cxd4
8. Nxd4 Bd7 9. Nf3 Bb4 10. O-O Bxc3 11. bxc3 O-O 12. c4 a6 13. Bxc6 Bxc6
14. Ba3 Re8 15. Nd4 dxc4 16. Nxc6 bxc6 17. Qc1 Ne4 18. f3 Ng5 19. e4 Qa5
20. Bd6 Rad8 21. Qa3 Qxa3 22. Bxa3 Rd3 23. Bb4 Rb8 24. a3 Ne6 25. Rfc1 c5
26. Be1 Rb2 27. Rxc4 Re3 28. Kf1 h5 29. Bg3 Ree2 30. Rb1 Ra2 31. Ra1 Rf2+
32. Bxf2 Rxa1+ 33. Ke2 Nf4+ 34. Kd2 Rxa3 35. g3 Nd3 36. Ke2 Nxf2 37. Kxf2
Ra5 38. e5 Kf8 39. f4 Ke7 40. f5 g6 41. g4 Rb5 42. fxg6 fxg6 43. gxh5 gxh5
44. Rh4 a5 45. Rxh5 Ke6 46. Ke3 a4 47. Kd3 Ra5 48. Kc2 a3 49. Kb1 a2+ 50.
Ka1 Ra4 51. Rg5 c4 52. Rg3 Kxe5 53. h4 Kd4 54. h5 Ra8 55. h6 c3 56. h7 c2
57. Rg1 Ke3 58. Rh1 Rh8 59. Rh3+ Kd4 60. Rh4+ Kd5 61. Rh5+ Ke4 62. Rh4+ Kf5
63. Rc4 Rxh7 64. Rxc2 Ra7 65. Rxa2 Rxa2+ 66. Kxa2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Rapid 2024"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2024.08.14"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Praggnanandhaa,R"]
[Black "Firouzja,Alireza"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[EventDate "2024.08.12"]
[ECO "D10"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. e4 dxe4 6. d5 Ne5 7. Qa4+ Bd7
8. Qxe4 Ng6 9. Nf3 Nf6 10. Qd4 e6 11. dxe6 Bxe6 12. Bg5 Qxd4 13. Nxd4 Bb4
14. Bb5+ Ke7 15. O-O h6 16. Nxe6 hxg5 17. Nxg7 Bxc3 18. bxc3 Nd5 19. c4 Nc3
20. Rfe1+ Kf8 21. Nf5 a6 22. Bd7 Rd8 23. Rac1 Nxa2 24. Rcd1 Nh4 25. Ne3 Nc3
26. Rc1 Rxd7 27. Rxc3 Ng6 28. Rb3 Kg7 29. Reb1 Rb8 30. Rb6 Rc7 31. Rxa6
bxa6 32. Rxb8 Ne5 33. Rb4 a5 34. Ra4 Rc5 35. Kf1 Kg6 36. g4 Kf6 37. Ke2 Ke6
38. h3 Ng6 39. Kd3 Nf4+ 40. Kd4 Kd6 41. Nf5+ Kc6 42. Ra3 Ne2+ 43. Ke4 Nf4
44. Kd4 Ne2+ 45. Ke3 Nf4 46. Nd4+ Kb6 47. Ra4 Re5+ 48. Kf3 Nxh3 49. Nb3 Nf4
50. c5+ Kb5 51. Rxa5+ Kb4 52. c6 Re8 53. Rxg5 Ne6 54. Rf5 Kxb3 55. Kg3 Re7
56. g5 Rc7 57. f4 Kc4 58. Kg4 Nd4 59. Rf6 Nxc6 60. f5 Ne5+ 61. Kh4 Kd5 62.
g6 fxg6 63. fxg6 Nxg6+ 64. Rxg6 Rc6 65. Rxc6 Kxc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Rapid 2024"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2024.08.14"]
[Round "8"]
[White "So,W"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave,M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2721"]
[EventDate "2024.08.12"]
[ECO "D73"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. d4 Nf6 5. c4 c6 6. cxd5 cxd5 7. Nc3 O-O 8.
Ne5 Nc6 9. O-O Bf5 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Bf4 Nh5 12. Bg5 h6 13. Be3 c5 14. Qd2
e5 15. Bxh6 cxd4 16. Nxd5 Bxh6 17. Qxh6 e4 18. Nf4 Nxf4 19. Qxf4 Qb8 20.
Qxb8 Raxb8 21. Rfd1 Rfd8 22. b3 Rbc8 23. Rd2 e3 24. Rb2 Rc3 25. h3 d3 26.
exd3 Rdxd3 27. fxe3 Rxe3 28. g4 Be4 29. Bxe4 Rxe4 30. Rh2 a5 31. Rf1 a4 32.
bxa4 Rxa4 33. Kh1 Raa3 34. h4 Rc4 35. h5 Rxg4 36. hxg6 Rxg6 37. Rg1 Rxg1+
38. Kxg1 f5 39. Rf2 f4 40. Rxf4 Rxa2 41. Rf2 Rxf2 42. Kxf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Rapid 2024"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2024.08.14"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Abdusattorov,Nodirbek"]
[Black "So,W"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2762"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[EventDate "2024.08.12"]
[ECO "D02"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bf4 c5 4. e3 Nc6 5. Nbd2 e6 6. c3 Nh5 7. Bg5 f6 8.
Bh4 g6 9. Be2 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Ng7 11. O-O Nxd4 12. cxd4 Nf5 13. Bg3 Bd7 14.
e4 dxe4 15. Nxe4 Bc6 16. Nc3 Nxd4 17. Bc4 e5 18. f4 b5 19. Bd3 b4 20. Ne4
f5 21. fxe5 fxe4 22. Bc4 Nf5 23. Qb3 Qb6+ 24. Kh1 O-O-O 25. Be6+ Kb7 26.
Bxf5 gxf5 27. Qf7+ Qc7 28. Qxf5 e3 29. Rac1 Rd2 30. Qf6 Bxg2+ 31. Kg1 Bc5
32. Rfe1 Bd5 33. Kf1 Qd7 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis Rapid 2024"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2024.08.14"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Nakamura,Hi"]
[Black "Praggnanandhaa,R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2802"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[EventDate "2024.08.12"]
[ECO "A05"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. b3 Bg7 4. Bb2 b6 5. c4 Bb7 6. Bg2 c5 7. e3 O-O 8.
O-O d5 9. Qe2 Nc6 10. Ne5 Qc7 11. f4 Rad8 12. d3 a6 13. Nd2 dxc4 14. bxc4
Nd7 15. Nxc6 Bxc6 16. Bxg7 Bxg2 17. Qxg2 Kxg7 18. Nf3 Nb8 19. Rfd1 Rd6 20.
Rab1 Kg8 21. Rb3 Nc6 22. a3 Rb8 23. Qc2 Rbd8 24. Qc3 Na5 25. Rb2 Qc6 26.
Ne5 Qa8 27. Ng4 f6 28. Nf2 Qf3 29. Qc1 Qc6 30. Qc2 Qf3 31. Re1 Kg7 32. Qe2
Qxe2 33. Rexe2 e5 34. Rec2 exf4 35. gxf4 Re6 36. Re2 Rde8 37. Kg2 Kf7 38.
Kf3 Nc6 39. Ne4 Ne7 40. Ng3 Nc6 41. Ne4 Ne7 42. a4 a5 43. Rb3 h6 44. Reb2
f5 45. Nc3 Nc6 46. Nd5 Nb4 47. Re2 g5 48. Nc7 g4+ 49. Kf2 Rd6 50. Nxe8 Rxd3
51. Rxd3 Nxd3+ 52. Kg3 Kxe8 53. e4 fxe4 54. Kxg4 Kf7 55. Kf5 e3 56. Rxe3
Nb2 57. Rc3 Nxa4 58. Rb3 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Rapid 2024"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2024.08.14"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Firouzja,Alireza"]
[Black "Aronian,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[EventDate "2024.08.12"]
[ECO "C17"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Ba5 6. Qg4 Ne7 7. b4 cxb4 8.
Nb5 b3+ 9. Bd2 Bxd2+ 10. Kxd2 Nf5 11. Bd3 h5 12. Qf4 g5 13. Qf3 Bd7 14. Ne2
bxc2 15. Nbc3 Nh4 16. Qg3 Nc6 17. f4 Rg8 18. Nb5 Na5 19. Nd6+ Kf8 20. Raf1
Nf5 21. Bxf5 exf5 22. Qc3 Rg6 23. Qb4 Kg8 24. Nxb7 Nxb7 25. Qxb7 Rc6 26.
Rc1 Rb8 27. Qxa7 Rc4 28. Rxc2 Ra8 29. Qb7 Rb8 30. Qa7 Bc6 31. Rxc4 dxc4 32.
Rc1 Rb2+ 33. Rc2 Rxc2+ 34. Kxc2 Qd5 35. Qe7 Qe4+ 36. Kd2 g4 37. Qg5+ Kf8
38. Qd8+ Kg7 39. Qg5+ Kf8 40. Qd8+ Kg7 41. Qg5+ Kf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Rapid 2024"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2024.08.14"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave,M"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez,L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2721"]
[BlackElo "2748"]
[EventDate "2024.08.12"]
[ECO "C67"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5
Nf5 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 Ke8 10. Bf4 Be7 11. g4 Nh4 12. Nxh4 Bxh4 13. h3 h5
14. f3 Be6 15. Kg2 Be7 16. Rfd1 Rd8 17. Ne2 Rd5 18. Nd4 hxg4 19. hxg4 Bc5
20. Nxe6 fxe6 21. c4 Rxd1 22. Rxd1 Be7 23. Be3 b6 24. f4 g6 25. a4 a6 26.
Rh1 Rxh1 27. Kxh1 b5 28. b3 Bb4 29. Kg2 Bc3 30. Kf3 g5 31. f5 exf5 32. gxf5
Bxe5 33. Bxg5 bxc4 34. bxc4 Kf7 35. Ke4 Bd6 36. Bd8 Bg3 37. Bg5 Bd6 38. Be3
Kf6 39. Bd4+ Kf7 40. c5 Bg3 41. Kd3 Be1 42. Bc3 Bf2 43. Kc4 Be3 44. Kb4 Bf2
45. Ka5 Bxc5 46. Kxa6 Be3 47. a5 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Rapid 2024"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2024.08.14"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Caruana,F"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi,I"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2793"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[EventDate "2024.08.12"]
[ECO "A07"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Bg4 3. Bg2 e6 4. c4 c6 5. Qb3 Qb6 6. d3 Nd7 7. O-O Ngf6 8.
Be3 Bc5 9. Bxc5 Nxc5 10. Qc2 O-O 11. Nbd2 a5 12. b3 Rfe8 13. a3 e5 14. cxd5
cxd5 15. Rac1 Rac8 16. Qb2 Bxf3 17. Nxf3 Qxb3 18. Rb1 Qxb2 19. Rxb2 g6 20.
Rb5 a4 21. Bh3 Ne6 22. Rxb7 Rc7 23. Rxc7 Nxc7 24. Rb1 e4 25. Nd4 exd3 26.
exd3 Kg7 27. Kf1 Na6 28. Rb5 Rb8 29. Ra5 Rb6 30. Ke2 h5 31. Bc8 Nc7 32.
Rxa4 Nb5 33. Nxb5 Rxb5 34. Ke3 Rb8 35. Bh3 Rb2 36. Rb4 Ra2 37. a4 Kf8 38.
Bc8 Ne8 39. h4 Nd6 40. Bh3 Ke7 41. Rd4 Ra3 42. Rb4 Ra2 43. Rf4 Ra3 44. Kd2
Nb7 45. Rd4 Ra2+ 46. Kc3 Nd6 47. Bg2 Rxf2 48. Bxd5 Rf1 49. Rf4 Rg1 50. a5
f5 51. Rf2 Rxg3 52. a6 Rg4 53. Bc4 Nc8 54. Rb2 Rxh4 55. Rb7+ Kd6 56. a7
Nxa7 57. Rxa7 Rg4 58. Bf7 Ke5 59. Ra6 g5 60. Bxh5 Rg1 61. Bg6 Rc1+ 62. Kd2
Rf1 63. Ke2 Rf4 64. Ke3 Kd5 65. Bf7+ Kc5 66. Rf6 Rf1 67. Ke2 Rf4 68. Bg6
Kd4 69. Rxf5 Rg4 70. Kf3 Rg1 71. Kf2 Rg4 72. Ra5 Kc3 73. Be4 1-0

