[Event "St Louis Spring A"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2018.03.06"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Akobian, Varuzhan"]
[Black "Swiercz, Dariusz"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2654"]
[ECO "D50"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "4.Bg5"]
[WhiteFideId "13300580"]
[BlackFideId "1126881"]
[EventDate "2018.03.06"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxc4 5. e3 c5 6. dxc5 Qxd1+ 7. Rxd1 Bxc5 8.
Bxc4 a6 9. Nf3 Nbd7 10. Nd2 b5 11. Be2 Bb7 12. O-O Be7 13. Bf3 Bxf3 14. Nxf3 Rc8
15. Rc1 h6 16. Bxf6 Nxf6 17. a4 bxa4 18. Nxa4 O-O 19. Ne5 Nd5 20. g3 Bf6 21. Nd3
a5 22. Rxc8 Rxc8 23. Rc1 Rb8 24. Kf1 Nb4 25. Ndc5 Be7 26. Ke2 g6 27. Nd7 Rb5 28.
Rc7 Nd5 29. Ra7 Nf6 30. Ra8+ Kg7 31. Rb8 Rh5 32. Nxf6 Bxf6 33. h4 Rd5 34. Nc3
Rd7 35. Ne4 Be7 36. Rb3 a4 37. Rb5 a3 38. bxa3 Bxa3 39. Rb3 Be7 40. Rd3 Ra7 41.
Kf3 h5 42. Ke2 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Louis Spring A"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2018.03.06"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Shankland, Samuel"]
[Black "Bruzon Batista, Lazaro"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2668"]
[BlackElo "2673"]
[ECO "B47"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Taimanov (Bastrikov) variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2004887"]
[BlackFideId "3503739"]
[EventDate "2018.03.06"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. f4 Nxd4 7. Qxd4 a6 8. a4
b6 9. Be3 Rb8 10. Be2 Ne7 11. O-O Nc6 12. Qc4 Bc5 13. Bxc5 Na5 14. Qd3 bxc5 15.
e5 Bb7 16. Rad1 c4 17. Qg3 O-O 18. Bf3 Bxf3 19. Rxf3 Rxb2 20. Ne4 Kh8 21. Qe1
Rfb8 22. Ng5 Kg8 23. Nxh7 Qb6+ 24. Kh1 Rb1 25. Ng5 Rxd1 26. Qxd1 Qb1 27. Rf1
Qxd1 28. Rxd1 Kf8 29. h4 Ke7 30. Ne4 Rc8 31. Rd6 Nc6 32. Rd1 f6 33. Nd6 Rb8 34.
exf6+ gxf6 35. c3 Rh8 36. g3 Na5 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Louis Spring A"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2018.03.06"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Edouard, Romain"]
[Black "Ganguly, Surya Shekhar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2612"]
[BlackElo "2657"]
[ECO "A15"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[WhiteFideId "633429"]
[BlackFideId "5002150"]
[EventDate "2018.03.06"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. b3 Bg7 4. Bb2 c5 5. g3 d6 6. d4 Ne4 7. Nbd2 Qa5 8. Qc1
Bg4 9. Bg2 Nc6 10. d5 Bxf3 11. exf3 Nxd2 12. Bxg7 Nxb3+ 13. Qc3 Nxa1 14. dxc6
Qxc3+ 15. Bxc3 Nc2+ 16. Kd2 Nd4 17. cxb7 Rb8 18. Bxd4 cxd4 19. f4 Kd7 20. Rb1
Kc7 21. Kd3 Rhd8 22. Rb3 e6 23. Ra3 Kb6 24. Rb3+ Kc7 25. Ra3 d5 26. cxd5 exd5
27. Rxa7 Rxb7 28. Rxb7+ Kxb7 29. Kxd4 Kc6 30. h4 f6 31. Bf3 Rd7 32. Bg2 Rd8 33.
Bf3 Rd7 34. Bg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Louis Spring A"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2018.03.06"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Zherebukh, Yaroslav"]
[Black "Xiong, Jeffery"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2633"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[ECO "B92"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Najdorf, Opovcensky variation"]
[WhiteFideId "14116804"]
[BlackFideId "2047640"]
[EventDate "2018.03.06"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Be3 Be6 10. a4 Nbd7 11. Qd2 Rc8 12. a5 Re8 13. Bf3 h6 14. Nc1 Nh7 15. g3
Bg5 16. Nd3 Nb8 17. Bxg5 Qxg5 18. Qxg5 hxg5 19. Rfd1 Nc6 20. Ne2 g4 21. Bg2 Ng5
22. c3 Red8 23. Ne1 Kf8 24. Rd2 Ke7 25. Nc2 Nf3+ 26. Bxf3 gxf3 27. Nc1 d5 28.
exd5 Bxd5 29. Kf1 Be6 30. Rxd8 Rxd8 31. Ke1 g5 32. Ra4 g4 33. Ne3 f5 34. h4 gxh3
35. Rh4 Kf7 36. Nf1 Nxa5 37. b4 Nc4 38. Rxh3 Kg6 39. Rh4 b6 0-1

[Event "St Louis Spring A"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2018.03.06"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Onischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Ipatov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2681"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[ECO "A40"]
[Opening "Modern defence"]
[WhiteFideId "14101025"]
[BlackFideId "14116731"]
[EventDate "2018.03.06"]

1. d4 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. Nc3 e6 4. e4 Ne7 5. Nf3 d5 6. e5 Nbc6 7. Be2 h6 8. O-O O-O
9. Re1 b6 10. cxd5 Nxd5 11. Nxd5 Qxd5 12. Bd3 Bb7 13. Be4 Qd7 14. Be3 Rab8 15.
Qd2 Kh7 16. Rac1 Ne7 17. Qc2 Bxe4 18. Qxe4 Qd5 19. Qxd5 Nxd5 20. Rc6 Rfd8 21.
Rec1 a5 22. Kf1 Rd7 23. Ke2 Rb7 24. a3 a4 25. Ne1 Ne7 26. R6c2 Nf5 27. Nd3 h5
28. Rc4 b5 29. Rc6 Bf8 30. Nc5 Bxc5 31. R1xc5 b4 32. Rc4 bxa3 33. bxa3 g5 34.
Rxa4 Rb3 35. Kd2 Rb1 36. Rac4 Ra1 37. Rxc7 Ra2+ 38. Rc2 Rxc2+ 39. Rxc2 Nxd4 40.
Bxd4 Rxd4+ 41. Kc3 Rh4 42. h3 g4 43. hxg4 Rxg4 44. f3 Rg8 45. a4 Kg6 46. a5 Kf5
47. Re2 h4 48. Kb4 Rb8+ 49. Kc5 Rc8+ 50. Kb6 Rb8+ 51. Kc7 Ra8 52. Ra2 Kxe5 53.
a6 Kf4 54. Kb7 Re8 55. a7 f5 56. a8=Q Rxa8 57. Kxa8 e5 58. Kb7 h3 59. gxh3 Kxf3
60. Kc6 1-0

[Event "St Louis Spring A"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2018.03.07"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Swiercz, Dariusz"]
[Black "Xiong, Jeffery"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2654"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[ECO "E60"]
[Opening "King's Indian, 3.Nf3"]
[WhiteFideId "1126881"]
[BlackFideId "2047640"]
[EventDate "2018.03.06"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 c6 5. Bg2 d5 6. Qb3 dxc4 7. Qxc4 O-O 8. O-O
Bf5 9. Bf4 Nbd7 10. Qc1 Rc8 11. Nc3 Qb6 12. h3 Nd5 13. Bh6 Nxc3 14. bxc3 Be4 15.
Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Ne5 Nxe5 17. Bxe4 Nc4 18. Bd3 Na5 19. Rb1 Qc7 20. c4 Rfe8 21. c5
e5 22. dxe5 Rxe5 23. Qc3 f6 24. Rb4 Rd8 25. Re4 b6 26. cxb6 axb6 27. Rxe5 Qxe5
28. Qb4 Qc7 29. Rb1 c5 30. Qxb6 Qxb6 31. Rxb6 c4 32. Bb1 Rd2 33. Rb5 Nc6 34. Rc5
Ne7 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Louis Spring A"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2018.03.07"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Akobian, Varuzhan"]
[Black "Shankland, Samuel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2668"]
[ECO "A58"]
[Opening "Benko gambit accepted"]
[WhiteFideId "13300580"]
[BlackFideId "2004887"]
[EventDate "2018.03.06"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. bxa6 g6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. e4 O-O 8. e5 Ne8
9. Nf3 d6 10. exd6 Nxd6 11. Be2 Nxa6 12. O-O Bb7 13. Bf4 Nb4 14. Be5 Nf5 15.
Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Bc4 Nd6 17. b3 e6 18. dxe6 Nxc4 19. bxc4 Qf6 20. Nd5 Nxd5 21. cxd5
fxe6 22. dxe6 Bxf3 23. Qxf3 Qxf3 24. gxf3 Kf6 25. a4 Rfc8 26. Rfe1 Ke7 27. Re4
c4 28. Kf1 c3 29. Ke2 Ra5 30. Rc1 c2 31. h4 Rc6 32. Kd2 Rd5+ 33. Ke2 Ra5 34. Kd2
Rd5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Louis Spring A"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2018.03.07"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Ganguly, Surya Shekhar"]
[Black "Onischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2657"]
[BlackElo "2681"]
[ECO "C50"]
[Opening "Giuoco Pianissimo"]
[WhiteFideId "5002150"]
[BlackFideId "14101025"]
[EventDate "2018.03.06"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 d6 6. a4 a6 7. O-O Ba7 8. Re1 O-O
9. h3 Be6 10. Bxe6 fxe6 11. Be3 Bxe3 12. Rxe3 Qd7 13. a5 Ne7 14. Nbd2 Ng6 15.
Nc4 Rae8 16. b4 Qf7 17. Ra2 Nf4 18. Rd2 Qg6 19. Ne1 Nd7 20. Rg3 Qf7 21. Ne3 Nf6
22. Kh2 Kh8 23. Ng4 h6 24. Re3 Qh5 25. Nxf6 Qxd1 26. Rxd1 gxf6 27. d4 Ng6 28.
Nf3 Kg7 29. c4 Kf7 30. b5 Ra8 31. Rb3 axb5 32. Rxb5 Ra7 33. Rdb1 Rb8 34. g3 Ne7
35. d5 exd5 36. cxd5 c6 37. dxc6 Nxc6 38. a6 Rxa6 39. Rxb7+ Rxb7 40. Rxb7+ Ne7
41. Nh4 Ke8 42. g4 Ra4 43. f3 Rd4 44. Rb8+ Kf7 45. Rb7 Ke8 46. Rb8+ Kf7 47. Rh8
Kg7 48. Rd8 Kf7 49. Nf5 Nxf5 50. gxf5 Ke7 51. Rh8 d5 52. Rh7+ Kd6 53. Rxh6 dxe4
54. fxe4 Rxe4 55. Rxf6+ Kd5 56. Kg3 Rf4 57. Rf8 Ke4 58. f6 Kf5 59. f7 Ke6 60.
Re8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Louis Spring A"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2018.03.07"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Bruzon Batista, Lazaro"]
[Black "Edouard, Romain"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2673"]
[BlackElo "2612"]
[ECO "B39"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "accelerated fianchetto, Breyer variation"]
[WhiteFideId "3503739"]
[BlackFideId "633429"]
[EventDate "2018.03.06"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. e4 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. c4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Nc3 Ng4 8.
Qxg4 Nxd4 9. Qd1 e5 10. Bd3 O-O 11. O-O d6 12. Qd2 Be6 13. b3 a6 14. Rad1 Qd7
15. Kh1 b5 16. Nd5 Bxd5 17. cxd5 f5 18. Bxd4 fxe4 19. Bxe5 Bxe5 20. Bxe4 Qg4 21.
Rde1 Qh4 22. g3 Bxg3 23. fxg3 Rxf1+ 24. Rxf1 Qxe4+ 25. Qg2 Qe7 26. Qd2 Qe4+ 27.
Qg2 Qe7 28. Qd2 Re8 29. Kg1 Qe5 30. Rc1 a5 31. Qd3 b4 32. Rc2 Qe3+ 33. Qxe3 Rxe3
34. Kf2 Rd3 35. Ke2 Rxd5 36. Rc7 Re5+ 37. Kf3 h5 38. Rd7 Rd5 39. Ra7 g5 40. g4
hxg4+ 41. Kxg4 Kf8 42. Kf3 Ke8 43. Ke4 Re5+ 44. Kd4 Kd8 45. h3 Kc8 46. Kd3 Kb8
47. Rd7 Rd5+ 48. Kc4 Kc8 49. Ra7 Rc5+ 50. Kd4 Re5 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Louis Spring A"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2018.03.07"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Ipatov, Alexander"]
[Black "Zherebukh, Yaroslav"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2633"]
[ECO "D56"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "Lasker defence"]
[WhiteFideId "14116731"]
[BlackFideId "14116804"]
[EventDate "2018.03.06"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. e3 Ne4 8. Bxe7
Qxe7 9. Rc1 c6 10. Bd3 Nxc3 11. Rxc3 Nd7 12. O-O dxc4 13. Bxc4 b6 14. Bd3 c5 15.
Be4 Rb8 16. Qc2 Bb7 17. Bxb7 Rxb7 18. Rc1 a5 19. a3 Re8 20. h3 e5 21. dxc5 Nxc5
22. b4 axb4 23. axb4 Nd7 24. Rc7 Rxc7 25. Qxc7 Nf6 26. Qxb6 Nd5 27. Qb5 Nxb4 28.
Rb1 Nc2 29. Rc1 Na3 30. Qc5 Qxc5 31. Rxc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Louis Spring A"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2018.03.08"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Shankland, Samuel"]
[Black "Swiercz, Dariusz"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2668"]
[BlackElo "2654"]
[ECO "C45"]
[Opening "Scotch"]
[Variation "Mieses variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2004887"]
[BlackFideId "1126881"]
[EventDate "2018.03.06"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8.
c4 Nb6 9. Nc3 Ba6 10. Qe4 f6 11. exf6 Qxe4+ 12. Nxe4 gxf6 13. Nxf6+ Kf7 14. Ng4
Re8+ 15. Ne3 Bxc4 16. Bxc4+ Nxc4 17. O-O Re4 18. Nxc4 Rxc4 19. Be3 Bg7 20. Rad1
d6 21. Rc1 Rxc1 22. Rxc1 Bxb2 23. Rxc6 Rc8 24. Kf1 Ke6 25. Ke2 Kd5 26. Ra6 c5
27. Rxa7 Kc4 28. Ra4+ Kb5 29. Ra7 Kc4 30. Ra4+ Kb5 31. Ra7 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Louis Spring A"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2018.03.08"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Edouard, Romain"]
[Black "Akobian, Varuzhan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2612"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[ECO "A13"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "Neo-Catalan accepted"]
[WhiteFideId "633429"]
[BlackFideId "13300580"]
[EventDate "2018.03.06"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 dxc4 5. Qa4+ Bd7 6. Qxc4 c5 7. Ne5 Qc8 8.
Qd3 Nc6 9. Nxd7 Nxd7 10. Nc3 Be7 11. Qb5 O-O 12. Bxc6 bxc6 13. Qd3 Nb6 14. b3 c4
15. bxc4 Qa6 16. O-O Bf6 17. Rb1 Rfd8 18. Qf3 Nxc4 19. Ne4 Be7 20. Qc3 Nd6 21.
Bb2 Bf8 22. Nxd6 Rxd6 23. Ba3 Rd5 24. Bxf8 Rxf8 25. d3 Qxa2 26. Rb2 Qa6 27. Rc1
Rb5 28. Rbc2 Rb6 29. Qe5 Qb7 30. Rc4 Rc8 31. h4 Rb1 32. Rxb1 Qxb1+ 33. Kg2 Qb7
34. Rc5 Rd8 35. Qc3 h6 36. e4 Rd6 37. Rc4 Qb1 38. Rxc6 Rxc6 39. Qxc6 Qxd3 40.
Qa8+ Kh7 41. Qxa7 Qxe4+ 42. Kg1 Qf3 43. Qd4 Kg6 44. Qe5 h5 45. Qg5+ Kh7 46. Qe5
Qd1+ 47. Kh2 Qd5 48. Qe2 Kg6 49. Qc2+ Qf5 50. Qe2 e5 51. Kg2 e4 52. Qe3 Qf3+ 53.
Qxf3 exf3+ 54. Kxf3 Kf5 55. Kg2 Ke4 56. f3+ Ke3 57. g4 g6 58. g5 Ke2 59. Kg3 Ke3
60. Kg2 Ke2 61. Kg3 Kf1 62. Kf4 Kf2 63. Ke5 Kg3 64. Kf6 Kxh4 65. f4 Kg4 66. Kxf7
Kf5 0-1

[Event "St Louis Spring A"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2018.03.08"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Onischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Bruzon Batista, Lazaro"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2681"]
[BlackElo "2673"]
[ECO "E04"]
[Opening "Catalan"]
[Variation "open, 5.Nf3"]
[WhiteFideId "14101025"]
[BlackFideId "3503739"]
[EventDate "2018.03.06"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 a6 6. Ne5 c5 7. Be3 Nd5 8. Nc3
Nxe3 9. fxe3 Nd7 10. Nxc4 Be7 11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. Nd6+ Bxd6 13. Qxd6 Qe7 14. Qd4
Nf6 15. O-O O-O 16. Rad1 Rb8 17. Qe5 Ra8 18. Rf4 Ra7 19. Rdf1 Nd7 20. Nd5 Qd8
21. Qd4 b6 22. Rg4 f6 23. Nb4 Bb7 24. Bxb7 Rxb7 25. Nxa6 Qa8 26. Nb4 Ne5 27.
Rgf4 Nf7 28. Qe4 Qc8 29. h4 Rc7 30. Nd3 e5 31. R4f2 Rc4 32. Qf5 Qxf5 33. Rxf5
Nh6 34. R5f3 Rc2 35. Nxe5 Rxb2 36. Nc4 Rxa2 37. Nxb6 Rxe2 38. R1f2 Re1+ 39. Rf1
Re2 40. R1f2 Rxf2 41. Kxf2 Rb8 42. Nc4 Ng4+ 43. Ke2 h5 44. Rf5 g6 45. Rc5 Rb1
46. e4 Rb3 47. Rc8+ Kf7 48. Rc7+ Ke6 49. Rc6+ Kf7 50. Rc7+ Kf8 51. Rc8+ Ke7 52.
Rc7+ Kd8 53. Rg7 Rxg3 54. Rxg6 Rg2+ 55. Ke1 Rh2 56. e5 fxe5 57. Rg5 Rxh4 58.
Nxe5 Nf6 59. Rf5 Re4+ 60. Kf2 Rxe5 61. Rxe5 Ng4+ 62. Kg3 Nxe5 63. Kh4 Ke7 64.
Kxh5 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Louis Spring A"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2018.03.08"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Zherebukh, Yaroslav"]
[Black "Ganguly, Surya Shekhar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2633"]
[BlackElo "2657"]
[ECO "B48"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Taimanov variation"]
[WhiteFideId "14116804"]
[BlackFideId "5002150"]
[EventDate "2018.03.06"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. Qf3 Nf6 8.
O-O-O h5 9. Nxc6 dxc6 10. h3 b5 11. e5 Nd5 12. Nxd5 exd5 13. Bd3 Be6 14. Rhe1
Qxe5 15. Bf4 Qf6 16. Qe3 Bc5 17. Qd2 O-O-O 18. Bg5 Qxf2 19. Qa5 Bb6 20. Qxa6+
Kc7 21. Bxd8+ Rxd8 22. Re2 Qc5 23. Rf1 Rf8 24. Rfe1 Rb8 25. Rf1 Kd6 26. Kb1 Bc8
27. Qa3 Qxa3 28. bxa3 Be6 29. Bf5 Bd4 30. Rf3 h4 31. Bg4 Ra8 32. Kc1 Ra4 33.
Bxe6 fxe6 34. g3 hxg3 35. Rxg3 Bf6 36. Ree3 e5 37. Kd1 e4 38. h4 Ke5 39. h5 Kf4
40. Rb3 d4 41. Rg1 e3 42. Ke2 Rc4 43. Kd3 Rc5 44. Rh1 Rg5 45. Rf1+ Ke5 46. c3
Kd5 47. cxd4 Bxd4 48. Rf4 Bc5 49. a4 Rg2 50. Rf5+ Kd6 51. Rb1 Rd2+ 52. Ke4 bxa4
53. Rc1 e2 54. Re1 Rxa2 55. Kd3 a3 56. Rf4 Rb2 57. Ra4 Rb4 58. Rxb4 Bxb4 59.
Rxe2 Kd5 60. Rg2 Be7 61. Kc2 c5 62. Kb1 Bf6 63. Ka2 Bb2 64. Rg6 c4 65. h6 gxh6
66. Rxh6 Kc5 67. Rh2 Kd4 68. Rh4+ Kc3 69. Rh3+ Kb4 70. Rh4 Kc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Louis Spring A"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2018.03.08"]
[Round "3.5"]
[White "Xiong, Jeffery"]
[Black "Ipatov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[ECO "B08"]
[Opening "Pirc"]
[Variation "classical system, 5.Be2"]
[WhiteFideId "2047640"]
[BlackFideId "14116731"]
[EventDate "2018.03.06"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. Be2 Nf6 5. Nc3 O-O 6. O-O a6 7. a4 Nc6 8. Bg5 h6
9. Be3 e5 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. Qc1 Nd4 12. Rd1 Ng4 13. Bd2 f5 14. Nxd4 exd4 15.
Bxg4 fxg4 16. Bxh6 Qh4 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. Nd5 Qxf2+ 19. Kh1 Qh4 20. Rxd4 c5 21.
g3 Qh5 22. Rc4 b6 23. Qd2 Be6 24. a5 Rad8 25. Kg1 Bxd5 26. exd5 Rxd5 27. Qc3+
Kg8 28. axb6 Rf2 29. h4 Rdd2 30. Rxc5 Rg2+ 31. Kh1 Rh2+ 32. Kg1 Rhg2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Louis Spring A"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2018.03.09"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Shankland, Samuel"]
[Black "Edouard, Romain"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2668"]
[BlackElo "2612"]
[ECO "D27"]
[Opening "QGA"]
[Variation "classical, 6...a6"]
[WhiteFideId "2004887"]
[BlackFideId "633429"]
[EventDate "2018.03.06"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. O-O a6 7. Nc3 b5 8. Be2
Nbd7 9. d5 exd5 10. Nxd5 Bb7 11. Nxf6+ Qxf6 12. a4 b4 13. e4 h6 14. Ra2 Rd8 15.
b3 Ne5 16. Rd2 Nxf3+ 17. Bxf3 Rxd2 18. Bxd2 Be7 19. Be3 Qe6 20. Bg4 Qc6 21. Be2
O-O 22. f3 Bc8 23. Bc4 Be6 24. Qe2 Rd8 25. Rc1 Qd6 26. g3 Bxc4 27. Qxc4 Qd3 28.
Kf2 Qxc4 29. Rxc4 Rd3 30. Bxc5 Bxc5+ 31. Rxc5 Rxb3 32. Ra5 Rb2+ 33. Ke3 Rxh2 34.
Rxa6 b3 35. Rb6 Ra2 36. Rxb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Louis Spring A"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2018.03.09"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Akobian, Varuzhan"]
[Black "Onischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2681"]
[ECO "E12"]
[Opening "Queen's Indian"]
[Variation "Petrosian system"]
[WhiteFideId "13300580"]
[BlackFideId "14101025"]
[EventDate "2018.03.06"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. a3 Ba6 5. Qc2 c5 6. d5 exd5 7. cxd5 g6 8. Nc3
Bg7 9. e4 Bxf1 10. Kxf1 d6 11. Qa4+ Qd7 12. Qxd7+ Nbxd7 13. Bf4 Ke7 14. h3 a6
15. a4 Ne8 16. Nd2 Ne5 17. Ke2 f5 18. exf5 gxf5 19. Bxe5 Bxe5 20. Nc4 Rb8 21.
Rhe1 Bxc3 22. bxc3 Nc7 23. Kf3+ Kd7 24. Re2 b5 25. axb5 axb5 26. Ne3 Ra8 27.
Rea2 Rxa2 28. Rxa2 Re8 29. g4 fxg4+ 30. hxg4 Re5 31. Rd2 h5 32. gxh5 Rxh5 33.
Rd1 Ke7 34. Kg4 Re5 35. Kf4 Kf7 36. Kf3 Rg5 37. Kf4 Kg6 38. Kf3 Rh5 39. Ke4 Ne8
40. Rb1 Nf6+ 41. Kf3 Nxd5 42. Nxd5 Rxd5 43. Rxb5 Rd3+ 44. Ke2 c4 45. Rb2 Kf5 46.
Rd2 Rxc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Louis Spring A"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2018.03.09"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Ganguly, Surya Shekhar"]
[Black "Xiong, Jeffery"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2657"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[ECO "A34"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "symmetrical, three knights system"]
[WhiteFideId "5002150"]
[BlackFideId "2047640"]
[EventDate "2018.03.06"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e3 Nc6 6. Bb5 Nxc3 7. bxc3 Bd7 8.
O-O e6 9. d4 Be7 10. Rb1 O-O 11. Re1 Qc7 12. e4 Rfd8 13. g3 Bf6 14. Bf4 Qa5 15.
Bf1 cxd4 16. cxd4 b6 17. Bc7 Rdc8 18. Bd6 Be7 19. Bxe7 Nxe7 20. Ne5 Be8 21. Nc4
Qa4 22. Nd6 Rd8 23. e5 Nc8 24. Nxe8 Qxe8 25. Bb5 Qf8 26. Bc6 Rb8 27. Qa4 Ne7 28.
Be4 a5 29. Rb5 Qe8 30. Qb3 Rxd4 31. Rxb6 Rxb6 32. Qxb6 Qd8 33. Qc5 g6 34. Bf3
Rd2 35. Re4 Nf5 36. Ra4 Qd3 37. Ra3 Qb1+ 38. Kg2 Qe1 39. Rxa5 Kg7 40. Ra8 Ne3+
41. Kh3 Qf1+ 42. Kh4 Rd4+ 0-1

[Event "St Louis Spring A"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2018.03.09"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Bruzon Batista, Lazaro"]
[Black "Zherebukh, Yaroslav"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2673"]
[BlackElo "2633"]
[ECO "E60"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "3.g3"]
[WhiteFideId "3503739"]
[BlackFideId "14116804"]
[EventDate "2018.03.06"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 c6 4. Bg2 d5 5. Qa4 Bg7 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Nf3 Nb6 8. Qc2
Bg4 9. e3 O-O 10. Nbd2 Na6 11. O-O c5 12. Qe4 Be6 13. Qxb7 Nb4 14. Ng5 Bc8 15.
Qe4 cxd4 16. a3 N4d5 17. exd4 e5 18. Ndf3 h6 19. Nxf7 Rxf7 20. Nxe5 Rf6 21. Bd2
Bf5 22. Qe2 Qe8 23. Rfe1 Qa4 24. Bb4 Re8 25. Bc5 Rfe6 26. Qd2 g5 27. Rac1 Rd8
28. h3 Bf6 29. Kh2 Bg7 30. Bf3 Qb3 31. Bg2 Rde8 32. Qa5 Qxb2 33. Qxa7 Bg6 34.
Qb7 Qxf2 35. Rf1 Qb2 36. Nxg6 Re2 37. Qf7+ Kh7 38. Rg1 Ne3 0-1

[Event "St Louis Spring A"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2018.03.09"]
[Round "4.5"]
[White "Swiercz, Dariusz"]
[Black "Ipatov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2654"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[ECO "E10"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[WhiteFideId "1126881"]
[BlackFideId "14116731"]
[EventDate "2018.03.06"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. Qc2
b6 9. Rd1 Bb7 10. Bf4 Nbd7 11. Nc3 dxc4 12. Ne5 Nd5 13. Nxc4 Nxf4 14. gxf4 Qc7
15. e3 Rad8 16. Rac1 c5 17. d5 exd5 18. Nxd5 Bxd5 19. Rxd5 b5 20. Ne5 Nxe5 21.
Rxe5 Bd6 22. Rd5 Be7 23. a4 a6 24. Rcd1 g6 25. axb5 axb5 26. b3 Rxd5 27. Rxd5
Rd8 28. Rxd8+ Qxd8 29. Bf1 Qd7 30. Qd3 Qxd3 31. Bxd3 b4 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Louis Spring A"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2018.03.10"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Edouard, Romain"]
[Black "Swiercz, Dariusz"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2612"]
[BlackElo "2654"]
[ECO "A20"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[WhiteFideId "633429"]
[BlackFideId "1126881"]
[EventDate "2018.03.06"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bc5 7. Ba3 Bxa3 8.
Qa4+ Bd7 9. Qxa3 Bc6 10. Bxc6+ Nxc6 11. Rb1 b6 12. Nf3 Qd6 13. Qxd6 cxd6 14. c4
O-O-O 15. d3 Rhe8 16. Ng5 f6 17. Ne4 d5 18. cxd5 Rxd5 19. g4 Kd7 20. Kd2 Rc8 21.
Rhc1 Ra5 22. Rb2 Ne7 23. Rxc8 Nxc8 24. Nc3 Nd6 25. a4 Kc6 26. Rc2 Rc5 27. Ra2 a6
28. Ra1 Kb7 29. e3 b5 30. axb5 Nxb5 31. Na4 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Louis Spring A"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2018.03.10"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Onischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Shankland, Samuel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2681"]
[BlackElo "2668"]
[ECO "D85"]
[Opening "Gruenfeld"]
[Variation "exchange variation"]
[WhiteFideId "14101025"]
[BlackFideId "2004887"]
[EventDate "2018.03.06"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bd2 Bg7 6. e4 Nxc3 7. Bxc3 O-O 8.
Qd2 c5 9. d5 Bxc3 10. bxc3 Qd6 11. f4 Nd7 12. e5 Qc7 13. Nf3 c4 14. Rd1 Nb6 15.
d6 exd6 16. exd6 Qc5 17. Qd4 Qxd4 18. Rxd4 Be6 19. Kf2 Rac8 20. Ng5 Bd5 21. Be2
Rfd8 22. Rhd1 Rc5 23. Ne4 Bxe4 24. Rxe4 Kf8 25. Re5 Na4 26. Rxc5 Nxc5 27. Kf3
Na4 28. Bxc4 Nb2 29. Rd4 Nxc4 30. Rxc4 Rxd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Louis Spring A"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2018.03.10"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Zherebukh, Yaroslav"]
[Black "Akobian, Varuzhan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2633"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[ECO "C19"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "Winawer, advance, poisoned pawn variation"]
[WhiteFideId "14116804"]
[BlackFideId "13300580"]
[EventDate "2018.03.06"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Qg4 Kf8 8. a4
Qc7 9. Qd1 Kg8 10. Nf3 b6 11. a5 bxa5 12. Ba3 c4 13. Ng5 Nbc6 14. Be2 f6 15. Nf3
fxe5 16. Bxe7 Qxe7 17. Nxe5 Nxe5 18. dxe5 Qc7 19. O-O Bd7 20. Qd4 a4 21. Rab1 h6
22. Rb4 a5 23. Rb6 Kh7 24. Bg4 Rhe8 25. Rd6 Rab8 26. f4 a3 27. Ra1 a4 28. Rxa3
Rb1+ 29. Kf2 Qb7 30. Kg3 Re7 31. Qc5 Rb5 32. Rb6 Qxb6 33. Qxe7 Qe3+ 34. Bf3 Rb7
35. h4 Qe1+ 36. Kh3 Qh1+ 37. Kg3 Qe1+ 38. Kh3 Qh1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Louis Spring A"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2018.03.10"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Xiong, Jeffery"]
[Black "Bruzon Batista, Lazaro"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2673"]
[ECO "B50"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[WhiteFideId "2047640"]
[BlackFideId "3503739"]
[EventDate "2018.03.06"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Bb5+ Bd7 5. Bxd7+ Nfxd7 6. d5 g6 7. c4 Bg7 8.
Qc2 Na6 9. O-O Nc7 10. Nc3 a6 11. b3 b5 12. Bb2 O-O 13. Nd1 Bxb2 14. Nxb2 e6 15.
Rad1 exd5 16. exd5 Re8 17. Qc3 Rb8 18. Rfe1 Qf6 19. Qxf6 Nxf6 20. Rxe8+ Ncxe8
21. Nd3 Ne4 22. Rc1 a5 23. Nb2 Nc7 24. Re1 f5 25. h4 a4 26. Ng5 a3 27. Nd3 Nxg5
28. hxg5 Kf7 29. Kh2 Re8 30. Rxe8 Kxe8 31. Ne1 Kf7 32. Nc2 b4 33. f4 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Louis Spring A"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2018.03.10"]
[Round "5.5"]
[White "Ipatov, Alexander"]
[Black "Ganguly, Surya Shekhar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2657"]
[ECO "E04"]
[Opening "Catalan"]
[Variation "open, 5.Nf3"]
[WhiteFideId "14116731"]
[BlackFideId "5002150"]
[EventDate "2018.03.06"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 c5 6. O-O Nc6 7. dxc5 Qxd1 8.
Rxd1 Bxc5 9. Nbd2 c3 10. bxc3 O-O 11. Nb3 Be7 12. c4 Bd7 13. Bb2 Rfd8 14. Nfd4
Rab8 15. Nxc6 Bxc6 16. Bxc6 bxc6 17. Be5 Rxd1+ 18. Rxd1 Rb6 19. Bd4 Ra6 20. Bc5
Kf8 21. Rd8+ Ne8 22. e4 Rxa2 23. e5 Bxc5 24. Nxc5 Ra5 25. Nd3 Ra4 26. Rd7 a5 27.
Nc5 Rxc4 28. Nb7 c5 29. Nxa5 Rc1+ 30. Kg2 c4 31. Rd4 c3 32. Rc4 g5 33. h3 Kg7
34. Nb3 Re1 35. Rc8 Kf8 36. f4 gxf4 37. gxf4 Re3 38. Nd4 Re4 39. Nb5 c2 40. Kf3
Rb4 41. Nd6 c1=Q 42. Rxc1 Nxd6 43. exd6 Rd4 44. Rc8+ Kg7 45. Rd8 Kf6 46. Ke3 Rd1
47. Ke4 Rd2 48. Ke3 Rd1 49. Ke4 Rd2 50. Ke3 Rd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Louis Spring A"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2018.03.11"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Swiercz, Dariusz"]
[Black "Ganguly, Surya Shekhar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2654"]
[BlackElo "2657"]
[ECO "B47"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Taimanov (Bastrikov) variation"]
[WhiteFideId "1126881"]
[BlackFideId "5002150"]
[EventDate "2018.03.06"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. g3 a6 7. Bg2 Nf6 8. O-O
d6 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. Na4 Bb7 11. c4 c5 12. Qe2 Be7 13. b3 O-O 14. Bb2 Nd7 15.
Rad1 Bc6 16. Nc3 Bf6 17. Nb1 a5 18. Bxf6 Nxf6 19. Nc3 a4 20. e5 dxe5 21. Bxc6
Qxc6 22. Nxa4 Rfd8 23. Qxe5 Ne4 24. Qf4 e5 25. Qf3 Qg6 26. h4 f5 27. Nc3 Nxc3
28. Rxd8+ Rxd8 29. Qxc3 e4 30. Qe5 h6 31. Re1 Rd3 32. Kg2 Qh5 33. Qf4 Rf3 34.
Qd2 Rd3 35. Qf4 Rf3 36. Qd2 Rd3 37. Qe2 Rf3 38. a4 Qg6 39. a5 Rxb3 40. Qa2 Rb7
41. Qd2 Qc6 42. Rd1 Kh7 43. Qd5 Qc8 44. g4 g6 45. Qe5 Rf7 46. Rd6 fxg4 47. Qxe4
Rxf2+ 48. Kxf2 Qf8+ 49. Kg2 Qxd6 50. h5 Qd2+ 51. Kg3 Qxa5 52. Qe7+ Kg8 53. Qe8+
Kg7 54. Qe7+ Kg8 55. Qe6+ Kg7 56. Qxg6+ Kh8 57. Qf6+ Kh7 58. Qf7+ Kh8 59. Qe8+
Kg7 60. Qg6+ Kh8 61. Qxh6+ Kg8 62. Qg6+ Kh8 63. Qf6+ Kh7 64. Kxg4 Qc7 65. h6 Qb7
66. Qg7+ Qxg7+ 67. hxg7 Kxg7 68. Kg5 Kf7 69. Kf5 Ke7 70. Ke5 Kd7 71. Kd5 Kd8 72.
Kd6 Kc8 73. Kc6 Kb8 74. Kxc5 Kc7 75. Kd5 Kd7 76. c5 Kc7 77. c6 Kc8 78. Kd6 Kd8
79. c7+ Kc8 80. Kc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Louis Spring A"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2018.03.11"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Edouard, Romain"]
[Black "Onischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2612"]
[BlackElo "2681"]
[ECO "A14"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "Neo-Catalan declined"]
[WhiteFideId "633429"]
[BlackFideId "14101025"]
[EventDate "2018.03.06"]

1. c4 e6 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. Nf3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. d4 dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4
Bd7 9. Qxc4 Bc6 10. Bg5 Bd5 11. Qd3 Be4 12. Qe3 Bc6 13. Nc3 Nbd7 14. Qd3 h6 15.
Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Rfd1 Qe7 17. e4 Qb4 18. Qc2 Nb6 19. a5 Nd7 20. d5 exd5 21. Nxd5
Bxd5 22. Rxd5 Rfd8 23. e5 Nxe5 24. Rxe5 Bxe5 25. Nxe5 c6 26. Qf5 Qe7 27. Re1 Re8
28. Re3 Qf6 29. Qxf6 gxf6 30. Nd7 Rxe3 31. fxe3 Rd8 32. Bh3 Kg7 33. Kf2 h5 34.
Bf5 Rh8 35. Ke2 h4 36. g4 h3 37. Kf3 Rd8 38. b4 Kh6 39. Kg3 Re8 40. e4 Kg5 41.
Kxh3 Kf4 42. Kg2 Rh8 43. h3 Ke3 44. Kg3 Kd4 45. h4 Kc3 46. h5 Kxb4 47. Nxf6 1-0

[Event "St Louis Spring A"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2018.03.11"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Akobian, Varuzhan"]
[Black "Xiong, Jeffery"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[ECO "D85"]
[Opening "Gruenfeld"]
[Variation "exchange variation"]
[WhiteFideId "13300580"]
[BlackFideId "2047640"]
[EventDate "2018.03.06"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Ba3 Nd7 8.
Bc4 c5 9. Qb3 O-O 10. Nf3 cxd4 11. cxd4 Nb6 12. Be2 Be6 13. Qb4 Rc8 14. O-O Bc4
15. Rfe1 Bxe2 16. Rxe2 Nc4 17. Rd1 Qd7 18. Bc1 a5 19. Qb3 b5 20. Rc2 Rfd8 21. h3
h6 22. d5 e6 23. h4 Qe8 24. Re1 exd5 25. exd5 Qd7 26. Rd1 Qf5 27. a4 Rxd5 28.
Rxd5 Qxd5 29. axb5 Qd1+ 30. Kh2 Bf8 31. Rc3 Qxb3 32. Rxb3 a4 33. Rb1 a3 34. b6
Bg7 35. b7 Rb8 36. Bf4 a2 0-1

[Event "St Louis Spring A"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2018.03.11"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "Shankland, Samuel"]
[Black "Zherebukh, Yaroslav"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2668"]
[BlackElo "2633"]
[ECO "B90"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Najdorf, Byrne (English) attack"]
[WhiteFideId "2004887"]
[BlackFideId "14116804"]
[EventDate "2018.03.06"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. a3 Be7 8. g4 d5
9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxd5 Qxd5 11. Rg1 Qa5+ 12. Qd2 Qxd2+ 13. Kxd2 Nd7 14. h3 O-O
15. Rd1 Nf6 16. Bg2 Nd5 17. Nf5 exf5 18. Bxd5 fxg4 19. hxg4 Be6 20. Bxe6 fxe6
21. Ke2 Rad8 22. Bb6 Rc8 23. c3 Bc5 24. Bxc5 Rxc5 25. Rd3 b5 26. Re3 Kf7 27. Rd1
Ke7 28. Rd4 h5 29. gxh5 Rxh5 30. Rg4 g5 31. Rge4 Rf6 32. c4 Rh2 33. Rf3 Rxf3 34.
Kxf3 Rh3+ 35. Kg2 Rb3 36. cxb5 axb5 37. a4 bxa4 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Louis Spring A"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2018.03.11"]
[Round "6.5"]
[White "Bruzon Batista, Lazaro"]
[Black "Ipatov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2673"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[ECO "C84"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "closed defence"]
[WhiteFideId "3503739"]
[BlackFideId "14116731"]
[EventDate "2018.03.06"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a4 b4
9. Nbd2 Na5 10. Ba2 O-O 11. c3 Rb8 12. Re1 c5 13. d4 Qc7 14. dxe5 dxe5 15. Nc4
Nxc4 16. Bxc4 bxc3 17. bxc3 a5 18. Qc2 Nd7 19. Be3 Nb6 20. Bf1 Be6 21. Nd2 h6
22. Reb1 Bg5 23. Bxg5 hxg5 24. Rb5 Qa7 25. c4 Bd7 26. Rxc5 Nxa4 27. Rd5 Rb2 28.
Qc1 Rfb8 29. c5 Bc6 30. Rxe5 Qd7 31. Nc4 Qd4 32. Nxb2 Rxb2 33. Rf5 Bxe4 34. Rxa4
Qxa4 35. Qxb2 Bxf5 36. Qb8+ Kh7 37. Qe5 Qe4 38. Qc3 Qb4 39. Qe5 Qb1 40. Qc3 a4
41. c6 Qb3 42. Qc5 Be6 43. Qxg5 a3 44. Qh4+ Kg6 45. c7 a2 46. Qe4+ f5 47. Qe5
Kh7 48. h3 Bd7 49. Qd4 Qb1 50. Qh4+ Kg6 51. Qg3+ Kf7 52. Qd6 Qxf1+ 53. Kxf1
a1=Q+ 54. Ke2 Qa2+ 55. Kf3 Bc8 56. Kg3 Qc4 57. f3 g5 58. f4 Qc3+ 59. Kh2 g4 60.
h4 Qf6 61. Qd8 Qe6 62. h5 Kg7 63. Kg3 Qe1+ 64. Kh2 Qe6 65. Kg3 Bb7 66. Kh4 Qf6+
67. Kg3 Qc3+ 68. Kh4 Qf6+ 69. Kg3 Qe6 70. Kh4 Qf6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Louis Spring A"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2018.03.12"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Onischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Swiercz, Dariusz"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2681"]
[BlackElo "2654"]
[ECO "D85"]
[Opening "Gruenfeld"]
[Variation "exchange variation"]
[WhiteFideId "14101025"]
[BlackFideId "1126881"]
[EventDate "2018.03.06"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bd2 Nb6 6. Nf3 Bg7 7. Bf4 O-O 8. e3
Be6 9. Be2 c5 10. dxc5 N6d7 11. Nd4 Nxc5 12. Nxe6 Nxe6 13. Bg3 Nc6 14. O-O Nc5
15. Rc1 Bxc3 16. Rxc3 Ne4 17. Rd3 Nxg3 18. hxg3 Qc7 19. Rd7 Qb6 20. Qb3 Qxb3 21.
axb3 Rab8 22. Bf3 e6 23. Rc1 Rfd8 24. Bxc6 bxc6 25. Rxd8+ Rxd8 26. Rxc6 Rd1+ 27.
Kh2 Rd2 28. Kg1 Rxb2 29. Ra6 Rxb3 30. Rxa7 h5 31. Ra4 Rb1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Louis Spring A"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2018.03.12"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Zherebukh, Yaroslav"]
[Black "Edouard, Romain"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2633"]
[BlackElo "2612"]
[ECO "B38"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "accelerated fianchetto, Maroczy bind, 6.Be3"]
[WhiteFideId "14116804"]
[BlackFideId "633429"]
[EventDate "2018.03.06"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Nc3 d6 8. Be2
O-O 9. O-O Bd7 10. Nb3 a5 11. Nd2 Bc8 12. Rc1 Nd7 13. Nb3 a4 14. Nd4 Nxd4 15.
Bxd4 Bxd4 16. Qxd4 Qb6 17. Qxb6 Nxb6 18. f4 Be6 19. Nb5 Rfc8 20. b3 axb3 21.
axb3 Bd7 22. Nd4 Ra2 23. e5 dxe5 24. fxe5 e6 25. Bf3 Bc6 26. Nxc6 bxc6 27. Rfd1
Ra7 28. Rd6 Rac7 29. b4 Kf8 30. c5 Nd5 31. Bxd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Louis Spring A"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2018.03.12"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Xiong, Jeffery"]
[Black "Shankland, Samuel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2668"]
[ECO "A48"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "East Indian defence"]
[WhiteFideId "2047640"]
[BlackFideId "2004887"]
[EventDate "2018.03.06"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Nbd2 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Bd3 O-O 6. O-O Nc6 7. c3 e5 8. dxe5
Nxe5 9. Nxe5 dxe5 10. Nc4 Qe7 11. Qe2 Rd8 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bh4 b6 14. Rfd1 Bb7 15.
Ne3 a5 16. a4 h5 17. Bc4 Bh6 18. f3 Rxd1+ 19. Rxd1 Rd8 20. Nd5 Bxd5 21. Bxd5 g5
22. Bf2 Nxd5 23. Rxd5 Rxd5 24. exd5 f5 25. g4 hxg4 26. fxg4 f4 27. Qe4 Bg7 28.
Kg2 Qd7 29. h3 Kf7 30. Kf3 Kf6 31. b3 Ke7 32. c4 Qd6 33. Qh7 Kf7 34. Qf5+ Kg8
35. Ke4 Qb4 36. Qe6+ Kh7 37. Kf5 Qxb3 38. Qg6+ Kg8 39. Qe8+ Kh7 40. Qh5+ Kg8 41.
Qe8+ Kh7 42. Qg6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Louis Spring A"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2018.03.12"]
[Round "7.4"]
[White "Ganguly, Surya Shekhar"]
[Black "Bruzon Batista, Lazaro"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2657"]
[BlackElo "2673"]
[ECO "C55"]
[Opening "Two knights defence (Modern bishop's opening)"]
[WhiteFideId "5002150"]
[BlackFideId "3503739"]
[EventDate "2018.03.06"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Re1 d6 7. a4 Be6 8. Nbd2
Bxc4 9. Nxc4 Re8 10. Bd2 a5 11. h3 b6 12. c3 h6 13. Qb3 Bf8 14. Rad1 d5 15. Ne3
dxe4 16. dxe4 Nxe4 17. Bc1 Nd6 18. Qd5 Qd7 19. Nc4 Rad8 20. Nfxe5 Nxe5 21. Nxe5
Qxa4 22. c4 Qc2 23. g4 Rxe5 24. Qxe5 Ne4 25. Bd2 Nxd2 26. Qf4 g5 27. Qf5 Qxf5
28. gxf5 Rd3 29. Kh1 Bd6 30. Kg2 Kg7 31. Re8 Rd4 32. Rc8 Nf3 0-1

[Event "St Louis Spring A"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2018.03.12"]
[Round "7.5"]
[White "Ipatov, Alexander"]
[Black "Akobian, Varuzhan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[ECO "D30"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[WhiteFideId "14116731"]
[BlackFideId "13300580"]
[EventDate "2018.03.06"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Bg5 Be7 5. Qc2 h6 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7. e3 c5 8. cxd5
cxd4 9. Bb5+ Ke7 10. exd4 exd5 11. O-O Be6 12. Re1 Qd6 13. Nc3 Nc6 14. Bxc6 Qxc6
15. Ne5 Bxe5 16. Rxe5 f6 17. Re3 Rhe8 18. Qh7 Kf8 19. Rg3 Re7 20. h3 Bg8 21. Qh8
Qe6 22. Rc1 Rc8 23. Kh2 Rcc7 24. Rf3 Qd6+ 25. g3 a6 26. Rf5 Qe6 27. Rxd5 Re8 28.
Rh5 b5 29. d5 Qb6 30. Rf5 b4 31. d6 Qxd6 32. Nd5 Rxc1 33. Nxf6 Ke7 34. Qxg7+ Kd8
35. Nxe8 Bd5 36. Rxd5 Qxd5 37. Qf6+ Kxe8 38. Qh8+ Kd7 39. Qg7+ Kc8 40. Qf8+ Kb7
41. Qxb4+ Qb5 42. Qd2 Qc6 43. Qb4+ Qb6 44. Qe7+ Rc7 45. Qe2 Rf7 46. f4 Rc7 47.
g4 Qb5 48. Qe4+ Qc6 49. Qb4+ Qb6 50. Qe4+ Kb8 51. Qe8+ Ka7 52. Qe2 Qc5 53. Kg3
Re7 54. Qd2 Qe3+ 55. Qxe3+ Rxe3+ 56. Kh4 Kb7 57. g5 hxg5+ 58. fxg5 Kc7 59. g6
Re2 60. Kg5 Kd7 61. g7 Ke7 62. g8=N+ Ke6 63. Nf6 Rg2+ 64. Ng4 Rxb2 65. h4 Rxa2
66. h5 Rg2 67. h6 Kf7 68. Kf5 Rxg4 0-1

[Event "St Louis Spring A"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2018.03.13"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Swiercz, Dariusz"]
[Black "Bruzon Batista, Lazaro"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2654"]
[BlackElo "2673"]
[ECO "B94"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Najdorf, 6.Bg5"]
[WhiteFideId "1126881"]
[BlackFideId "3503739"]
[EventDate "2018.03.06"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 Nbd7 7. Bc4 Qb6 8.
Bb3 e6 9. Qd2 Be7 10. O-O-O Nc5 11. f3 Qc7 12. g4 b5 13. a3 Bd7 14. Ba2 Rb8 15.
b4 Nb7 16. Be3 Rc8 17. Kb2 O-O 18. h4 a5 19. g5 Nh5 20. Ncxb5 Qb8 21. Na7 Rc7
22. Ndb5 Bxb5 23. Nxb5 Rd7 24. Nd4 Nd8 25. c3 g6 26. Rhe1 Qa8 27. Bb3 Ng7 28.
Qc2 d5 29. f4 Rc7 30. exd5 axb4 31. axb4 Bxb4 32. Nb5 Rc8 33. Qf2 Ba5 34. Bc5
Qb8 35. Bxf8 Kxf8 36. dxe6 Ngxe6 37. Re5 Nc6 38. Red5 Ne7 39. Re5 Nc6 40. Red5
Ne7 41. Qe3 Nxd5 42. Rxd5 Bb6 43. Qe4 Rc5 44. f5 Qh2+ 45. Ka3 gxf5 46. Qxf5 Qxh4
47. Nd6 Qh5 48. Qf6 Qg6 49. Qh8+ Qg8 50. Qxg8+ Kxg8 51. Ne4 Rxd5 52. Bxd5 Kg7
53. c4 Kg6 54. Kb4 Nxg5 55. Nxg5 Kxg5 56. Bxf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Louis Spring A"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2018.03.13"]
[Round "8.2"]
[White "Akobian, Varuzhan"]
[Black "Ganguly, Surya Shekhar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2657"]
[ECO "D59"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "Tartakower (Makagonov-Bondarevsky) system, 8.cd Nxd5"]
[WhiteFideId "13300580"]
[BlackFideId "5002150"]
[EventDate "2018.03.06"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. Nf3 b6 8. cxd5
Nxd5 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. Rc1 Bb7 11. Be2 Rc8 12. O-O Nxc3 13. Rxc3 Nd7 14. Qa4 c5
15. Rfc1 cxd4 16. Rxc8+ Rxc8 17. Rxc8+ Bxc8 18. Nxd4 Nc5 19. Qa3 a5 20. Nb3 e5
21. Nxc5 Qxc5 22. Qxc5 bxc5 23. Bc4 Kf8 24. Kf1 Ke7 25. Ke2 f6 26. e4 Kd6 27. f3
Bd7 28. Kd3 Bc8 29. Ke3 Bd7 30. Kd3 Bc8 31. Ke3 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Louis Spring A"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2018.03.13"]
[Round "8.3"]
[White "Edouard, Romain"]
[Black "Xiong, Jeffery"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2612"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[ECO "A20"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[WhiteFideId "633429"]
[BlackFideId "2047640"]
[EventDate "2018.03.06"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nc3 Nb6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. a3
O-O 9. b4 Be6 10. Rb1 f6 11. b5 Nd4 12. e3 Nxf3+ 13. Bxf3 Nd5 14. Ne2 Qd7 15. d4
Rad8 16. Qc2 Kh8 17. Bg2 Bh3 18. Bxh3 Qxh3 19. e4 Nb6 20. Be3 Qe6 21. d5 Qd7 22.
a4 f5 23. f3 fxe4 24. fxe4 Qg4 25. Kg2 Qg6 26. Bxb6 axb6 27. Rxf8+ Rxf8 28. Rf1
Rxf1 29. Kxf1 Bc5 30. Kg2 Qg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Louis Spring A"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2018.03.13"]
[Round "8.4"]
[White "Onischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Zherebukh, Yaroslav"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2681"]
[BlackElo "2633"]
[ECO "D85"]
[Opening "Gruenfeld"]
[Variation "exchange variation"]
[WhiteFideId "14101025"]
[BlackFideId "14116804"]
[EventDate "2018.03.06"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bd2 Bg7 6. e4 Nxc3 7. Bxc3 O-O 8.
Qd2 c5 9. d5 e6 10. Bc4 Bxc3 11. bxc3 a6 12. dxe6 Bxe6 13. Bxe6 fxe6 14. Nf3
Qxd2+ 15. Kxd2 Nd7 16. Ke3 b5 17. a4 Rfb8 18. axb5 axb5 19. Rxa8 Rxa8 20. Rb1
Ra3 21. Rxb5 Rxc3+ 22. Kd2 Ra3 23. Rb7 Nf6 24. Ng5 e5 25. Rb8+ Kg7 26. Rb7+ Kg8
27. Rb8+ Kg7 28. Ne6+ Kf7 29. Ng5+ Kg7 30. Ne6+ Kf7 31. Ng5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Louis Spring A"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2018.03.13"]
[Round "8.5"]
[White "Shankland, Samuel"]
[Black "Ipatov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2668"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[ECO "A40"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn"]
[WhiteFideId "2004887"]
[BlackFideId "14116731"]
[EventDate "2018.03.06"]

1. d4 Na6 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Bf5 5. Bg5 Qd7 6. Nc3 dxe5 7. Qxd7+ Bxd7 8.
Nxe5 Be6 9. Bf4 O-O-O 10. e3 Nf6 11. Be2 Bb4 12. O-O Bxc3 13. bxc3 Ne4 14. Rfc1
Rd2 15. Bf3 f5 16. Bg3 Rhd8 17. Bh4 R8d6 18. Be7 Rb6 19. Rd1 Rbb2 20. Bxe4 fxe4
21. Rxd2 Rxd2 22. Kf1 Nb8 23. Ke1 Rc2 24. Rd1 Nd7 25. Nxd7 Bxd7 26. Rd4 Rxa2 27.
Rxe4 Ra1+ 28. Kd2 Ra2+ 29. Ke1 a5 30. Rh4 a4 31. Rxh7 b6 32. Rh8+ Kb7 33. Rd8
Ra1+ 34. Ke2 Be6 35. Rd1 Bxc4+ 36. Ke1 Ra2 37. Rd2 Ra1+ 38. Rd1 Ra2 39. Rd2 Ra1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Louis Spring A"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2018.03.14"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Xiong, Jeffery"]
[Black "Onischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2681"]
[ECO "A62"]
[Opening "Benoni"]
[Variation "fianchetto variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2047640"]
[BlackFideId "14101025"]
[EventDate "2018.03.06"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 g6 6. Nc3 d6 7. Bg2 Bg7 8. Nf3
O-O 9. O-O a6 10. a4 Re8 11. Bf4 Qc7 12. h3 Nbd7 13. Qd2 Rb8 14. Rab1 b5 15.
axb5 axb5 16. b4 Ne4 17. Nxe4 Rxe4 18. Ng5 Re8 19. Ne4 Rxe4 20. Bxe4 c4 21. Bh6
Bh8 22. Be3 Nb6 23. Bd4 Bxd4 24. Qxd4 Bxh3 25. Rfe1 Qe7 26. Ra1 h5 27. Ra6 h4
28. Bf3 Qb7 29. Rea1 hxg3 30. fxg3 Na4 31. Rxd6 Qe7 32. Rc6 Bd7 33. Rc7 Qd6 34.
Qf4 Rb6 35. Kg2 Kf8 36. e4 Ke7 37. Ra7 f6 38. Rh1 1-0

[Event "St Louis Spring A"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2018.03.14"]
[Round "9.2"]
[White "Bruzon Batista, Lazaro"]
[Black "Akobian, Varuzhan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2673"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[ECO "C02"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "advance, Paulsen attack"]
[WhiteFideId "3503739"]
[BlackFideId "13300580"]
[EventDate "2018.03.06"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. a3 c4 7. Nbd2 Na5 8. Be2 Bd7
9. Rb1 Ne7 10. O-O Qc7 11. Re1 Nc8 12. Nf1 Nb3 13. Bf4 Nb6 14. N3d2 Na5 15. h4
Be7 16. h5 h6 17. Bh2 Ba4 18. Qc1 O-O-O 19. Bg4 Bg5 20. f4 Bh4 21. Re2 Nb3 22.
Nxb3 cxb3 23. Nd2 Qd7 24. Nf3 Be7 25. Bh3 Bb5 26. Re3 Nc4 27. Re1 g6 28. Qd1 Ba4
29. Kh1 Rdg8 30. Qe2 Bb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Louis Spring A"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2018.03.14"]
[Round "9.3"]
[White "Zherebukh, Yaroslav"]
[Black "Swiercz, Dariusz"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2633"]
[BlackElo "2654"]
[ECO "C67"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Berlin defence, open variation"]
[WhiteFideId "14116804"]
[BlackFideId "1126881"]
[EventDate "2018.03.06"]

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. b3 Ke8 10. Bb2 Be7 11. Nc3 Nh4 12. Nd4 Nf5 13. Nce2 Nxd4 14. Nxd4
c5 15. Nb5 Kd7 16. f4 Kc6 17. c4 a6 18. Nc3 g6 19. Nd5 Re8 20. Rad1 Be6 21. Rd2
h5 22. Rfd1 Bf8 23. Nf6 Reb8 24. Bc3 b5 25. Nd5 a5 26. Nf6 bxc4 27. bxc4 a4 28.
h3 a3 29. Nd7 Rd8 30. Nxf8 Rxf8 31. Rc2 Ra4 32. Bd2 Rd8 33. Kf2 Rxc4 34. Rxc4
Bxc4 35. Ke1 Rd3 36. Rc1 Bd5 37. Bb4 c4 38. Kf2 h4 39. Kf1 Rd4 40. Bxa3 Rd2 41.
Be7 Rxa2 42. Bxh4 Bxg2+ 43. Kg1 Kd5 44. Rd1+ Ke4 45. Rc1 Kd5 46. Rd1+ Ke6 47.
Be1 Bxh3 48. Rd4 Rg2+ 49. Kh1 Re2 50. Ba5 Bg2+ 51. Kg1 Bd5 52. Kf1 Rh2 53. Ke1
c6 54. Rd2 Rh4 55. Rf2 Kf5 56. Bd2 Rh3 0-1

[Event "St Louis Spring A"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2018.03.14"]
[Round "9.4"]
[White "Ganguly, Surya Shekhar"]
[Black "Shankland, Samuel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2657"]
[BlackElo "2668"]
[ECO "B34"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "accelerated fianchetto, modern variation"]
[WhiteFideId "5002150"]
[BlackFideId "2004887"]
[EventDate "2018.03.06"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 g6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bg7 6. Nb3 Nf6 7. Be2 O-O 8.
O-O d6 9. Re1 b6 10. Bf1 Bb7 11. Bg5 Rc8 12. Nd5 e6 13. Nc3 a6 14. Qd2 b5 15.
Rad1 Ne5 16. f3 Nc4 17. Bxc4 bxc4 18. Nc1 Qb6+ 19. Be3 Qxb2 20. N1e2 Qa3 21.
Qxd6 Qxd6 22. Rxd6 Rc6 23. Rxc6 Bxc6 24. Rb1 Nd7 25. Rb4 Rc8 26. Rxc4 Ne5 27.
Rc5 Nd7 28. Ra5 Bb7 29. Ra3 Rc4 30. Kf2 f5 31. exf5 gxf5 32. Ke1 Kf7 33. Kd2 Ne5
34. Rb3 Rc7 35. Ke1 Nc4 36. Bf2 e5 37. Na4 Bf8 38. Nc5 Bc8 39. Nd3 Bd6 40. Bg3
Be6 41. f4 e4 42. Ne5+ Nxe5 43. fxe5 Be7 44. Rb2 Ba3 45. Rb6 Bc5 46. Rxa6 Bb4+
47. c3 Bxc3+ 48. Nxc3 Rxc3 49. Ra7+ Kg6 50. Ra6 Kf7 51. a4 e3 52. Rd6 Rc4 53.
Ke2 f4 54. Be1 Rxa4 55. Rb6 Ra2+ 56. Kf3 Ra1 57. Bh4 Rf1+ 58. Ke4 e2 59. Rb7+
Kg6 60. Rb6 Kh5 61. Rxe6 Kxh4 62. Kf5 h5 0-1

[Event "St Louis Spring A"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2018.03.14"]
[Round "9.5"]
[White "Ipatov, Alexander"]
[Black "Edouard, Romain"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2612"]
[ECO "A07"]
[Opening "Reti"]
[Variation "King's Indian attack"]
[WhiteFideId "14116731"]
[BlackFideId "633429"]
[EventDate "2018.03.06"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. d4 Nf6 5. O-O O-O 6. c3 c6 7. a4 Ne4 8. Nbd2
Nxd2 9. Nxd2 e5 10. dxe5 Bxe5 11. e4 dxe4 12. Nxe4 Qxd1 13. Rxd1 Bg4 14. f3 Bf5
15. Bh6 Bg7 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. Nd6 Na6 18. Bf1 Rab8 19. Nxf5+ gxf5 20. Rd4 Rfe8
21. Rad1 Nc5 22. a5 b6 23. Rd6 bxa5 24. Rxc6 Ne6 25. Rd2 Re7 26. Bc4 a4 27. Ra6
Ng5 28. Kf2 Reb7 29. h4 Rxb2 30. Rxb2 Rxb2+ 31. Ke3 Ne6 32. Bxe6 fxe6 33. Rxe6
Rc2 34. Kd3 Rf2 35. Ke3 Rc2 36. Ra6 Rxc3+ 37. Kf4 a3 38. h5 h6 39. Rxa7+ Kf6 40.
Ra6+ Kg7 41. Ra5 Rb3 42. g4 fxg4 43. Kxg4 Rb2 44. Rxa3 Rg2+ 45. Kh4 Rh2+ 46. Kg4
Rg2+ 47. Kh3 Rg5 48. Kh4 Rf5 49. Ra7+ Kg8 50. Ra3 Kg7 51. Rb3 Kg8 52. Ra3 1/2-1/2

