[Event "St Louis Spring B"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2018.03.06"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Chandra, Akshat"]
[Black "Gorovets, Andrey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2496"]
[ECO "C41"]
[Opening "Philidor"]
[Variation "Improved Hanham variation"]
[WhiteFideId "25006711"]
[BlackFideId "13504037"]
[EventDate "2018.03.06"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. Bc4 Be7 6. a4 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. Re1
a5 9. h3 Nb6 10. Bd3 Nfd7 11. Bf1 Re8 12. b3 exd4 13. Nxd4 Bf6 14. Bb2 d5 15.
Qd2 Bg5 16. Qd1 Bf6 17. Re2 Nc5 18. exd5 Rxe2 19. Bxe2 Nxd5 20. Nxd5 Qxd5 21.
Bc4 Qg5 22. Nf3 Qf4 23. Be5 Qf5 24. Qd6 b6 25. Rd1 Be6 26. Bxf6 Qxf6 27. Bxe6
Nxe6 28. Qxc6 Rb8 29. Rd6 Qa1+ 30. Kh2 Qf1 31. Rxe6 fxe6 32. Qxe6+ Kh8 33. Ne5
h6 34. Nf7+ Kg8 35. Ng5+ Kh8 36. Nf7+ Kg8 37. Nxh6+ Kh7 38. Qf5+ Kxh6 39. Qf4+
g5 40. Qd6+ Kh7 41. Qxb8 Qxf2 42. Qc7+ Kh6 43. c3 Qe3 44. b4 axb4 45. cxb4 Qf2
46. a5 bxa5 47. bxa5 Qe2 48. Qd6+ Kh5 49. a6 Qa2 50. a7 g4 51. hxg4+ Kh4 52.
Qf6+ 1-0

[Event "St Louis Spring B"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2018.03.06"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Grabinsky, Aaron"]
[Black "Liang, Awonder"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2375"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[ECO "A05"]
[Opening "Reti opening"]
[WhiteFideId "2087090"]
[BlackFideId "2056437"]
[EventDate "2018.03.06"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 b6 3. Bg2 Bb7 4. c4 e6 5. O-O Be7 6. b3 O-O 7. Bb2 d5 8. cxd5
exd5 9. d4 Nbd7 10. Nc3 Re8 11. Rc1 Bf8 12. e3 Rc8 13. Ne5 c6 14. Nxd7 Qxd7 15.
Qd3 g6 16. Rfd1 Bg7 17. Ba3 Rcd8 18. Qc2 h5 19. h4 Bh6 20. Re1 Qc7 21. Rcd1 Bg7
22. Bb2 Bc8 23. e4 dxe4 24. Nxe4 Nd5 25. Ng5 Bf5 26. Qd2 Qd7 27. Rxe8+ Rxe8 28.
Re1 Bf8 29. a3 Rxe1+ 30. Qxe1 Bc2 31. b4 Qe7 32. Qxe7 Nxe7 33. Nf3 f6 34. d5
Nxd5 35. Nd4 Ba4 36. b5 Nc7 37. bxc6 Kf7 38. Ne2 Bb3 39. Nc3 b5 40. Bc1 Bd6 41.
Be3 a6 42. Bb6 Ne8 43. Ba5 Ke7 44. Nd5+ Ke6 45. Nc3 Bxa3 46. c7 Nd6 47. Bb7 Ke7
48. c8=Q Nxc8 49. Bxc8 b4 50. Nb1 Bc4 51. Nxa3 bxa3 52. f4 a2 53. Bc3 f5 54. Kf2
Kd6 55. Ke3 Kc5 56. Kd2 a5 57. Kc2 Bf7 58. Ba6 Kd5 59. Bd3 Kc5 60. Kb2 a4 61.
Bc2 Kc4 62. Bf6 Kb4 63. Bd3 a3+ 64. Ka1 Kc5 65. Be2 Bd5 66. Ba6 Kb6 67. Bf1 Kc5
68. Bd3 Bf7 69. Bc2 Bd5 70. Bd1 Kb4 71. Be7+ Kc3 72. Bxa3 Kd2 73. Ba4 Ke3 74.
Be8 Kf3 75. Bxg6 Kxg3 76. Bxh5 Kxh4 77. Bd1 Kg3 78. Bd6 Bf7 79. Kb2 Be6 80. Be5
Bf7 81. Kc1 a1=Q+ 82. Bxa1 Kxf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Louis Spring B"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2018.03.06"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Fier, Alexandr"]
[Black "Ali Marandi, Cemil Can"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2582"]
[BlackElo "2538"]
[ECO "A11"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "Caro-Kann defensive system"]
[WhiteFideId "2107139"]
[BlackFideId "6300529"]
[EventDate "2018.03.06"]

1. c4 c6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 g6 4. b3 Bg7 5. Bb2 O-O 6. Bg2 d5 7. d3 Bg4 8. Nbd2
Nbd7 9. O-O Re8 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Nxf3 e6 12. Qc2 Nh5 13. Rac1 a5 14. a3 Bxb2 15.
Qxb2 Qf6 16. Qd2 Qe7 17. Qb2 Qf6 18. Qa2 Qe7 19. Rc2 Ng7 20. Rb1 Qd6 21. Qb2 e5
22. cxd5 cxd5 23. Rbc1 Ne6 24. e3 Nec5 25. Rd1 a4 26. bxa4 Nxa4 27. Qb4 Qxb4 28.
axb4 Rec8 29. Rxc8+ Rxc8 30. Nd2 Nb2 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Louis Spring B"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2018.03.06"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Kannappan, Priyadharshan"]
[Black "Mikhalevski, Victor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2513"]
[BlackElo "2557"]
[ECO "A16"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "Anglo-Gruenfeld, Smyslov defense"]
[WhiteFideId "5018293"]
[BlackFideId "2801914"]
[EventDate "2018.03.06"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. cxd5 Nxd5 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Ba3 Nd7 8.
Nf3 c5 9. Qa4 Qc7 10. O-O O-O 11. d4 b6 12. e4 e5 13. Rad1 Rb8 14. d5 b5 15. Qc2
Qa5 16. Bc1 Nb6 17. Be3 Na4 18. Rc1 c4 19. Rfd1 Bg4 20. h3 Bd7 21. Qd2 Rbc8 22.
Ne1 f6 23. Kh2 Rfe8 24. h4 Bf8 25. Bh3 Bxh3 26. Kxh3 Bd6 27. Qc2 Qc7 28. Kg2 a5
29. Nf3 Qd7 30. Nd2 f5 31. f3 h5 32. exf5 gxf5 33. Bg5 Rf8 34. Nf1 Nc5 35. Ne3
e4 36. Rf1 f4 37. gxf4 Bxf4 38. fxe4 Bxe3 39. Bxe3 Qg4+ 40. Kh2 Qxh4+ 41. Kg1
Nxe4 42. Qg2+ Qg4 43. Qxg4+ hxg4 44. Rfe1 Rfe8 45. Bb6 Nf6 46. d6 Nd7 47. Bxa5
Kf7 48. Bc7 Rxe1+ 49. Rxe1 Re8 50. Rf1+ Ke6 51. Re1+ Kf7 52. Rf1+ Ke6 53. Re1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Louis Spring B"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2018.03.06"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Khachiyan, Melikset"]
[Black "Shtembuliak, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2507"]
[ECO "C11"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "Burn variation"]
[WhiteFideId "13300512"]
[BlackFideId "14113325"]
[EventDate "2018.03.06"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 gxf6 7. Nf3 f5 8.
Nc3 a6 9. d5 c6 10. dxe6 Qxd1+ 11. Rxd1 fxe6 12. Bd3 Bf6 13. O-O Kf7 14. Rfe1 b5
15. Ne5+ Bxe5 16. Rxe5 Nd7 17. Ree1 Rd8 18. Ne2 Nb6 19. Nf4 c5 20. Be2 Rxd1 21.
Rxd1 Ke7 22. Bf3 Ra7 23. Nd3 Nd7 24. Bc6 c4 25. Ne1 Ne5 26. Bf3 Rc7 27. c3 Rc5
28. Kf1 Ng6 29. g3 e5 30. Bh5 Bb7 31. Bxg6 hxg6 32. h4 Rc8 33. Ke2 Be4 34. Ke3
Ke6 35. a3 Rh8 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Louis Spring B"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2018.03.07"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Gorovets, Andrey"]
[Black "Shtembuliak, Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2496"]
[BlackElo "2507"]
[ECO "E20"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian"]
[Variation "Romanishin-Kasparov (Steiner) system"]
[WhiteFideId "13504037"]
[BlackFideId "14113325"]
[EventDate "2018.03.06"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d5 6. a3 Be7 7. Nf3 dxc4 8. O-O
Nc6 9. e4 Na5 10. Be3 Rb8 11. Qe2 b5 12. Rad1 a6 13. Ne5 Bb7 14. g4 Nb3 15. g5
Nd7 16. f4 Nxe5 17. dxe5 Qe8 18. Rf3 Rd8 19. Rh3 g6 20. Rh6 Qc6 21. Nd5 exd5 22.
exd5 Qd7 23. Qe1 Kg7 24. Bh3 Qe8 25. f5 gxf5 26. Rxh7+ Kxh7 27. Qh4+ 1-0

[Event "St Louis Spring B"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2018.03.07"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Mikhalevski, Victor"]
[Black "Khachiyan, Melikset"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2557"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[ECO "A45"]
[Opening "Trompovsky attack (Ruth, Opovcensky opening)"]
[WhiteFideId "2801914"]
[BlackFideId "13300512"]
[EventDate "2018.03.06"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 e6 3. e3 h6 4. Bh4 c5 5. Nd2 d5 6. c3 Be7 7. Bd3 Nbd7 8. f4 b6
9. Ngf3 Bb7 10. Ne5 O-O 11. Qf3 Nxe5 12. fxe5 Ne4 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. Bxe4 dxe4
15. Qg3 f5 16. exf6 Rxf6 17. O-O-O cxd4 18. exd4 e5 19. dxe5 Rf5 20. Nc4 Ba6 21.
Ne3 Rxe5 22. Nd5 Rxd5 23. Rxd5 Qf7 24. Qe5 Bd3 25. b3 Rf8 26. Kb2 Qf2+ 27. Ka3
Qxg2 28. Rd7 Rf6 29. Rd1 Qg4 30. Qb8+ Kh7 31. Qxa7 Rf5 32. b4 Rf2 33. Qc7 Rg2
34. Re1 Qh4 35. Rxd3 Qf2 36. Qc4 Qxe1 37. Rd8 Qc1+ 38. Ka4 Qc2+ 39. Kb5 Rg5+ 40.
Kxb6 Qf2+ 41. Kb7 e3 42. Qe4+ Rg6 43. Rd6 Qf7+ 44. Kb6 e2 45. Rc6 Qf2+ 46. Kb5
Qg2 47. Qxg2 Rxg2 48. Re6 Rxh2 49. a4 Rf2 50. a5 h5 51. c4 h4 52. a6 h3 53. a7
Rf8 54. Rxe2 g5 55. Ka6 g4 56. Rh2 Rf6+ 57. Ka5 Rf1 58. b5 Ra1+ 59. Kb6 Kg6 60.
c5 1-0

[Event "St Louis Spring B"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2018.03.07"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Ali Marandi, Cemil Can"]
[Black "Kannappan, Priyadharshan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2538"]
[BlackElo "2513"]
[ECO "A07"]
[Opening "Reti"]
[Variation "King's Indian attack (Barcza system)"]
[WhiteFideId "6300529"]
[BlackFideId "5018293"]
[EventDate "2018.03.06"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nd7 3. d4 Ngf6 4. Bg2 g6 5. O-O Bg7 6. Nbd2 c5 7. c4 cxd4 8.
Nxd4 O-O 9. cxd5 Nb6 10. e4 Nfxd5 11. N2f3 Nc7 12. h3 Ne6 13. Nb3 Qxd1 14. Rxd1
a5 15. Rb1 a4 16. Na1 Rd8 17. Rxd8+ Nxd8 18. Be3 Nc4 19. Bd4 Nd2 20. Nxd2 Bxd4
21. Nc2 Bg7 22. Nc4 Be6 23. Nb6 Ra5 24. Nd5 Nc6 25. Nce3 Kf8 26. b4 axb3 27.
axb3 Ra2 28. b4 Nd4 29. Rd1 Bd7 30. Nc4 Ba4 31. Rd2 Rxd2 32. Nxd2 Nc2 33. Nc4 e6
34. Ndb6 Bc6 35. e5 Nxb4 36. Na5 Bxg2 37. Kxg2 Nc6 38. Nxc6 bxc6 39. f4 Ke8 40.
Kf3 Bf8 41. Ke4 h5 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Louis Spring B"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2018.03.07"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Liang, Awonder"]
[Black "Fier, Alexandr"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2582"]
[ECO "B31"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Nimzovich-Rossolimo attack (with ...g6, without ...d6)"]
[WhiteFideId "2056437"]
[BlackFideId "2107139"]
[EventDate "2018.03.06"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 bxc6 5. O-O Bg7 6. Re1 Nh6 7. h3 O-O 8. c3
f5 9. e5 Nf7 10. d3 Rb8 11. Qa4 Qc7 12. Bf4 Nd8 13. Qc4+ Ne6 14. Ng5 Rxb2 15.
Nxe6 dxe6 16. Nd2 g5 17. Bxg5 Bxe5 18. Qxc5 Bh2+ 19. Kh1 Bd6 20. Qc4 Rf7 21.
Rab1 Rxb1 22. Rxb1 c5 23. Nf3 Qc6 24. Bf4 Qa6 25. Qxa6 Bxa6 26. Ne5 Bxe5 27.
Bxe5 Bxd3 28. Rb8+ Rf8 29. Rb7 Kf7 30. Bd6 Re8 31. Rxa7 Kf6 32. Bxc5 e5 33. a4
f4 34. a5 h5 35. Rd7 e4 36. Kg1 Be2 37. Rd4 Kf5 38. Ra4 Ba6 39. f3 exf3 40. gxf3
e5 41. Rb4 Rc8 42. Bd6 Bd3 43. c4 Bxc4 44. Rb8 Rxb8 45. Bxb8 e4 46. fxe4+ Kxe4
47. Kf2 Ba6 48. h4 Bc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Louis Spring B"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2018.03.07"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Chandra, Akshat"]
[Black "Grabinsky, Aaron"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2375"]
[ECO "A31"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "symmetrical, Benoni formation"]
[WhiteFideId "25006711"]
[BlackFideId "2087090"]
[EventDate "2018.03.06"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 b6 5. Nc3 Bb7 6. f3 e6 7. e4 d6 8. Be2
Nbd7 9. O-O Be7 10. Be3 O-O 11. Qd2 a6 12. Rfd1 Qc7 13. Rac1 Rac8 14. Kh1 Qb8
15. b4 Rfe8 16. a3 Bd8 17. Nb3 Bc7 18. Bf4 Ne5 19. Bxe5 dxe5 20. c5 Red8 21. Qa2
Rxd1+ 22. Rxd1 Rd8 23. Rc1 g5 24. Bf1 Kg7 25. cxb6 Bxb6 26. Na4 Be3 27. Re1 Ba7
28. Nac5 Rd6 29. Qa1 Nd7 30. Na5 Bc8 31. Nxd7 Rxd7 32. Nc6 Qd6 33. Nxa7 Rxa7 34.
Qc1 Qd8 35. Qc5 Qc7 36. Rc1 Qxc5 37. Rxc5 Bd7 38. Rxe5 Kf6 39. Ra5 Rc7 40. Kg1
Rc1 41. Kf2 Rc2+ 42. Kg3 h5 43. e5+ Ke7 44. Bxa6 f5 45. Bb5 f4+ 46. Kh3 Bxb5 47.
Rxb5 Kf7 48. Rb8 Rc3 49. a4 g4+ 50. Kh4 Rc2 51. Kg5 Rxg2 52. Kxf4 Rf2 53. a5
Rxf3+ 54. Kg5 Rf5+ 55. Kh6 1-0

[Event "St Louis Spring B"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2018.03.08"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Grabinsky, Aaron"]
[Black "Gorovets, Andrey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2375"]
[BlackElo "2496"]
[ECO "D00"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn, Mason variation, Steinitz counter-gambit"]
[WhiteFideId "2087090"]
[BlackFideId "13504037"]
[EventDate "2018.03.06"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 c5 3. e3 cxd4 4. exd4 Nc6 5. c3 Bf5 6. Nf3 e6 7. Nbd2 Bd6 8.
Bxd6 Qxd6 9. Bb5 Ne7 10. Ne5 O-O 11. Ndf3 f6 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. Bd3 Bxd3 14. Qxd3
e5 15. dxe5 fxe5 16. Qe2 Ng6 17. O-O Rae8 18. Rae1 e4 19. Nd4 c5 20. Nb3 Ne5 21.
Qd1 Re6 22. Re3 Nc4 23. Re2 Rh6 24. h3 Ne5 25. Re3 Nc4 26. Re2 Rf5 27. Nd2 Ne5
28. Re3 Rg6 29. Kh1 Nd3 30. Kg1 Nf4 31. g4 Rfg5 32. c4 h5 33. cxd5 Rxd5 34. Qb3
hxg4 35. Nxe4 gxh3+ 36. Kh1 Qb6 37. Qc4 Qb4 38. Qc2 Qb5 39. Rfe1 Qc6 40. Rg3
Rxg3 41. fxg3 Nd3 42. Re3 Ne5 43. Qe2 Rd4 44. b3 Qd7 45. Nc3 Ng4 46. Re8+ Kf7
47. Re4 Qf5 48. Re8 Rd2 49. Qe7+ Kg6 50. Qe6+ Qxe6 51. Rxe6+ Kf5 52. Re2 Rd3 53.
Rc2 Rxg3 54. Na4 Re3 55. Rc1 Kf4 56. Nxc5 Kg3 57. Rg1+ Kh4 58. Rf1 Re2 59. Nd3
Rh2+ 60. Kg1 Rxa2 61. b4 Kg3 62. Kh1 Rh2+ 63. Kg1 Rd2 0-1

[Event "St Louis Spring B"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2018.03.08"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Fier, Alexandr"]
[Black "Chandra, Akshat"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2582"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[ECO "E54"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian"]
[Variation "4.e3, Gligoric system with 7...dc"]
[WhiteFideId "2107139"]
[BlackFideId "25006711"]
[EventDate "2018.03.06"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 c5 6. Nf3 d5 7. O-O dxc4 8. Bxc4
b6 9. a3 Bxc3 10. bxc3 Qc7 11. Bd3 Bb7 12. Bb2 Nbd7 13. Qe2 Be4 14. c4 Rfd8 15.
a4 Rac8 16. Bxe4 Nxe4 17. Rfc1 Qb7 18. a5 Nb8 19. axb6 axb6 20. Rab1 Nc6 21. Ba1
Na5 22. Qb2 cxd4 23. Nxd4 e5 24. Nf5 f6 25. Qa2 Qf7 26. Rxb6 Qxc4 27. Qxc4+ Rxc4
28. Rcb1 Rc7 29. g4 Nd2 30. Rb8 Rxb8 31. Rxb8+ Kf7 32. Kg2 Nc6 33. Rh8 Ra7 34.
Bb2 Ra2 35. Bc3 Ne4 36. Be1 Ra1 37. Rc8 Rxe1 38. Rxc6 g6 39. Rc7+ Kg8 40. Nh6+
Kf8 41. Rf7+ Ke8 42. Rxh7 Re2 43. Rh8+ Ke7 44. Kf3 Nc3 45. h4 e4+ 46. Kg3 Nd1
47. h5 gxh5 48. Nf5+ Kf7 49. Rh7+ Kg8 50. Rd7 Re1 51. gxh5 Rg1+ 52. Kh2 Rg5 53.
Ne7+ Kf8 54. Nd5 Nxf2 55. Nxf6 Rf5 56. Nh7+ Ke8 57. Ra7 Rxh5+ 58. Kg3 Rf5 59.
Kh4 Nd1 60. Ra4 Kf7 61. Ng5+ Kg6 62. Ra3 Nxe3 63. Nxe4 Rf4+ 64. Kg3 Rxe4 65. Kf3
Re6 66. Rxe3 Rxe3+ 67. Kxe3 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Louis Spring B"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2018.03.08"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Kannappan, Priyadharshan"]
[Black "Liang, Awonder"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2513"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[ECO "B51"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Canal-Sokolsky (Nimzovich-Rossolimo, Moscow) attack"]
[WhiteFideId "5018293"]
[BlackFideId "2056437"]
[EventDate "2018.03.06"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. O-O a6 5. Bd3 Ngf6 6. Re1 e6 7. c3 b5 8. a4
Bb7 9. Bc2 c4 10. d4 cxd3 11. Bxd3 bxa4 12. Qxa4 Be7 13. e5 dxe5 14. Nxe5 O-O
15. Nxd7 Qxd7 16. Qxd7 Nxd7 17. Be3 Rfd8 18. Ra5 Nf6 19. Bf1 Rd5 20. Rxd5 Bxd5
21. Nd2 a5 22. Ra1 Rb8 23. Nc4 Bxc4 24. Bxc4 Rxb2 25. Rxa5 Rb1+ 26. Bf1 h6 27.
g3 Ng4 28. Bd4 Nxh2 29. Kxh2 Rxf1 30. Ra8+ Kh7 31. Kg2 Rc1 32. Ra7 Bd6 33. Rd7
Bb8 34. Rb7 Bd6 35. Rd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Louis Spring B"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2018.03.08"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Khachiyan, Melikset"]
[Black "Ali Marandi, Cemil Can"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2538"]
[ECO "C11"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "Burn variation"]
[WhiteFideId "13300512"]
[BlackFideId "6300529"]
[EventDate "2018.03.06"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 gxf6 7. c4 b6 8.
Be2 Nc6 9. Nf3 Bb7 10. Nc3 Rg8 11. d5 exd5 12. cxd5 Nb4 13. Qa4+ Qd7 14. Bb5 c6
15. dxc6 Bxc6 16. Bxc6 Qxc6 17. Qxc6+ Nxc6 18. Nd5 O-O-O 19. Nxe7+ Nxe7 20. O-O
Nd5 21. Rac1+ Kb7 22. Rc4 a5 23. a3 h5 24. h3 Nc7 25. Rf4 Rg6 26. Nh4 Rg5 27.
Rxf6 Rd7 28. Re1 Rb5 29. Re2 Ne6 30. Nf3 Rc7 31. Ne5 Nd4 32. Re4 Nc2 33. Rxf7
Rxf7 34. Nxf7 Rxb2 35. g4 Rb1+ 36. Kh2 hxg4 37. hxg4 Rf1 38. Rf4 Ne1 39. Ne5 Kc7
40. g5 Kd6 41. Nc4+ Ke7 42. Nd2 Nd3 43. Re4+ 1-0

[Event "St Louis Spring B"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2018.03.08"]
[Round "3.5"]
[White "Shtembuliak, Evgeny"]
[Black "Mikhalevski, Victor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2507"]
[BlackElo "2557"]
[ECO "D85"]
[Opening "Gruenfeld"]
[Variation "exchange variation"]
[WhiteFideId "14113325"]
[BlackFideId "2801914"]
[EventDate "2018.03.06"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Qa4+ Nc6 8.
Nf3 O-O 9. Ba3 Bg4 10. Be2 Qd7 11. Qc2 Na5 12. Rd1 Bxf3 13. gxf3 Qh3 14. Bxe7
Rfe8 15. Ba3 Qg2 16. Rf1 Qxh2 17. Bd3 b6 18. Ke2 c5 19. Bb5 Rec8 20. dxc5 Bf8
21. Bd7 Rc7 22. Rh1 Qe5 23. Rd5 Qf6 24. c4 Rxc5 25. Bb2 Rxc4 26. Qb1 Qe7 27.
Rdh5 Qxd7 28. Rxh7 Rd4 29. Qd3 Nc6 30. Rh8+ Kg7 31. e5 Nxe5 32. Qxd4 Qb5+ 33.
Kd1 Re8 34. f4 Bd6 35. Rxe8 Qxe8 36. fxe5 Bc5 37. Qh4 Qd7+ 38. Kc1 1-0

[Event "St Louis Spring B"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2018.03.09"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Gorovets, Andrey"]
[Black "Mikhalevski, Victor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2496"]
[BlackElo "2557"]
[ECO "A45"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[WhiteFideId "13504037"]
[BlackFideId "2801914"]
[EventDate "2018.03.06"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 d5 3. e3 Bg4 4. f3 Bd7 5. Nc3 c5 6. dxc5 Qa5 7. Qd2 Nc6 8. Rd1
O-O-O 9. Nge2 e5 10. Bg5 Be6 11. Nc1 d4 12. Nb5 Nb4 13. exd4 Bxc5 14. Nd3 Nxd3+
15. Bxd3 Qxd2+ 16. Bxd2 exd4 17. b4 Bb6 18. a4 a6 19. a5 axb5 20. axb6 Nd5 21.
Bxb5 Nxb6 22. Bd3 Nc4 23. Bf4 Rhe8 24. Kf2 b5 25. Rhe1 Kb7 26. h4 h6 27. g4 Kb6
28. Bxc4 Bxc4 29. Be5 f6 30. Bxd4+ Kc6 31. c3 Ra8 32. Ra1 Rxe1 33. Rxa8 Re7 34.
h5 Kd5 35. Ra6 Bb3 36. Kg3 Bc4 37. Bc5 Rd7 38. Ra1 Ke6 39. Bd4 Kf7 40. Ra8 Re7
41. Bc5 Re8 42. Ra7+ Kg8 43. Bd4 Rf8 44. Bc5 Rf7 45. Ra8+ Kh7 46. Rd8 f5 47. Bd4
fxg4 48. fxg4 Be2 49. Re8 Bc4 50. Be5 Rf1 51. Re7 Rf7 52. Rxf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Louis Spring B"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2018.03.09"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Ali Marandi, Cemil Can"]
[Black "Shtembuliak, Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2538"]
[BlackElo "2507"]
[ECO "A45"]
[Opening "Trompovsky attack (Ruth, Opovcensky opening)"]
[WhiteFideId "6300529"]
[BlackFideId "14113325"]
[EventDate "2018.03.06"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 e6 3. Nd2 c5 4. e4 cxd4 5. e5 Qa5 6. Nf3 Ne4 7. Bf4 Nc6 8. Bd3
Nxd2 9. Bxd2 Bb4 10. Bxb4 Qxb4+ 11. c3 dxc3 12. O-O cxb2 13. Rb1 b6 14. Re1 Bb7
15. Ng5 Qf4 16. Ne4 O-O 17. Nd6 Nxe5 18. Nxb7 Ng4 19. h3 Qxf2+ 20. Kh1 f5 21.
Bb5 Rac8 22. Qxd7 Rc2 23. Qxe6+ Kh8 24. Be2 Qxe1+ 25. Rxe1 Rc1 26. Bd3 Nf2+ 27.
Kh2 Nxd3 28. Qxf5 Rfc8 29. Nd6 Nxe1 30. Nxc8 h5 31. Ne7 Nf3+ 32. gxf3 1-0

[Event "St Louis Spring B"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2018.03.09"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Liang, Awonder"]
[Black "Khachiyan, Melikset"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[ECO "C53"]
[Opening "Giuoco Piano"]
[WhiteFideId "2056437"]
[BlackFideId "13300512"]
[EventDate "2018.03.06"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 a6 8. Nbd2
Ba7 9. Bb3 g5 10. Bg3 Nh5 11. Nxe5 Nxg3 12. Bxf7+ Kf8 13. Ng6+ Kxf7 14. Nxh8+
Qxh8 15. hxg3 Qf6 16. d4 Kg7 17. Nc4 Bd7 18. Ne3 Re8 19. Qc2 Ne7 20. O-O-O c5
21. dxc5 Bxc5 22. Rhe1 Be6 23. g4 Rc8 24. Kb1 Qf7 25. b3 Qf6 26. Qd2 a5 27. f3
b5 28. b4 axb4 29. cxb4 Bb6 30. Qb2 Rd8 31. g3 Qxb2+ 32. Kxb2 Nc6 33. Nf5+ Bxf5
34. exf5 Bf2 35. Re6 Bxg3 36. Rc1 Be5+ 37. Kb1 Nxb4 38. Rc7+ Kf8 39. Rxh6 Nd5
40. Rch7 Re8 41. Re6 Nc3+ 42. Kc2 Rxe6 43. fxe6 Nxa2 44. Kb3 Nc3 45. Kb4 Ke8 46.
Rh5 Bf6 47. Rh7 d5 48. Rf7 d4 49. Rd7 Be7+ 50. Kb3 Ne2 51. Kc2 b4 52. Rb7 Nf4
53. Rb8+ Bd8 54. Rxb4 d3+ 55. Kd1 Nxe6 56. Rb5 Nf4 57. Kd2 Kd7 58. Rf5 Kc6 59.
Re5 Bf6 60. Ra5 Be7 61. Kc3 Bc5 62. Ra6+ Kb5 63. Ra8 Bb4+ 64. Kb3 Nd5 65. Re8
Be7 66. Rc8 Bf6 67. Re8 Nc3 68. Rb8+ Kc5 0-1

[Event "St Louis Spring B"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2018.03.09"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Chandra, Akshat"]
[Black "Kannappan, Priyadharshan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2513"]
[ECO "D73"]
[Opening "Neo-Gruenfeld, 5.Nf3"]
[WhiteFideId "25006711"]
[BlackFideId "5018293"]
[EventDate "2018.03.06"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. d4 Nf6 5. c4 c6 6. cxd5 cxd5 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. Ne5
O-O 9. O-O e6 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Bf4 Nd7 12. Na4 Ba6 13. Rc1 Qf6 14. Be3 Rfc8 15.
Qd2 Bf8 16. b3 Bb5 17. Nc3 Ba6 18. Na4 Bb5 19. Nc3 Ba6 20. Na4 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Louis Spring B"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2018.03.09"]
[Round "4.5"]
[White "Grabinsky, Aaron"]
[Black "Fier, Alexandr"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2375"]
[BlackElo "2582"]
[ECO "B23"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "closed, 2...Nc6"]
[WhiteFideId "2087090"]
[BlackFideId "2107139"]
[EventDate "2018.03.06"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nd4 4. Nf3 Nxb5 5. Nxb5 d6 6. d4 Nf6 7. Nc3 cxd4 8.
Qxd4 e5 9. Qd3 h6 10. Nd2 Be6 11. Nc4 Qc7 12. Ne3 Be7 13. O-O O-O 14. b3 Rac8
15. Bb2 Qc5 16. a4 Rfd8 17. h3 Rd7 18. Rfd1 a6 19. Ncd5 Bxd5 20. Nxd5 Nxd5 21.
Qxd5 Qxd5 22. Rxd5 Rxc2 23. Bxe5 Rc5 24. Rad1 Rxd5 25. Rxd5 f6 26. Bf4 Kf7 27.
Kf1 Ke6 28. Ke2 Rc7 29. Kd3 Rc6 30. Be3 Rc8 31. h4 f5 32. Rxf5 Bxh4 33. Rh5 Bf6
34. Bd2 Bb2 35. Rf5 g6 36. Rd5 Bc1 37. Bb4 Rc6 38. g3 Rb6 39. Ba5 Rc6 40. Bb4
Rb6 41. Ba5 Rc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Louis Spring B"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2018.03.10"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Fier, Alexandr"]
[Black "Gorovets, Andrey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2582"]
[BlackElo "2496"]
[ECO "D31"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "3.Nc3"]
[WhiteFideId "2107139"]
[BlackFideId "13504037"]
[EventDate "2018.03.06"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. Qa4+ Nc6 6. e3 Bd7 7. Qc2 b5 8. Be2
Ba5 9. O-O Nb4 10. Qb1 Nf6 11. Bd2 c5 12. dxc5 Na6 13. Ne4 Bxd2 14. Nfxd2 O-O
15. a4 Nxe4 16. Nxe4 bxa4 17. Bxc4 Nb4 18. f4 Qc7 19. Qd1 Bc6 20. Nd6 Qa5 21.
Qh5 Nc2 22. Bd3 g6 23. Qe5 Nxa1 24. Be4 Nb3 25. Bxc6 Qxc5 26. Bxa8 Rxa8 27. Ne4
Qxe3+ 28. Kh1 Qd4 29. Qxd4 Nxd4 30. Ra1 Rb8 31. Rxa4 Rxb2 32. h4 Nf5 33. h5 gxh5
34. Rxa7 Rb1+ 35. Kh2 h4 36. Kh3 h5 37. Kh2 Kg7 38. Ra2 Ne3 39. g3 Ng4+ 40. Kg2
h3+ 0-1

[Event "St Louis Spring B"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2018.03.10"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Kannappan, Priyadharshan"]
[Black "Grabinsky, Aaron"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2513"]
[BlackElo "2375"]
[ECO "A40"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn"]
[Variation "Franco-Indian (Keres) defence"]
[WhiteFideId "5018293"]
[BlackFideId "2087090"]
[EventDate "2018.03.06"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Bb4+ 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. a3 Be7 5. e4 d6 6. Bd3 O-O 7. Ne2 e5 8. d5 a5
9. b3 Nh5 10. Nf1 Bg5 11. Ne3 g6 12. g3 Bh3 13. Nc3 Na6 14. Bf1 Bxf1 15. Kxf1
Qe8 16. h4 Bh6 17. Qc2 Kh8 18. g4 Nf4 19. Ng2 Qd7 20. f3 Rae8 21. h5 Bg5 22.
Nxf4 exf4 23. Ne2 Qe7 24. Bb2+ Kg8 25. Qc3 f6 26. Nd4 Nc5 27. Qc2 Qf7 28. b4 Nd7
29. hxg6 Qxg6 30. Ne6 Rxe6 31. dxe6 Ne5 32. Bxe5 fxe5 33. Qd3 Be7 34. bxa5 Ra8
35. Rb1 Ra7 36. a6 b6 37. c5 dxc5 38. Qd7 c6 39. Qc8+ Kg7 40. Rxb6 Ra8 41. Qd7 1-0

[Event "St Louis Spring B"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2018.03.10"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Shtembuliak, Evgeny"]
[Black "Liang, Awonder"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2507"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[ECO "A47"]
[Opening "Queen's Indian defence"]
[WhiteFideId "14113325"]
[BlackFideId "2056437"]
[EventDate "2018.03.06"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 b6 3. Bg5 Bb7 4. Bxf6 gxf6 5. c4 e6 6. Nc3 f5 7. e3 Bg7 8. g3
c5 9. d5 O-O 10. Bg2 a6 11. a4 b5 12. axb5 axb5 13. Nxb5 exd5 14. Nd6 Rxa1 15.
Qxa1 Ba6 16. Nxf5 Bf6 17. Nd2 dxc4 18. O-O d5 19. Rd1 Bc8 20. g4 Bxf5 21. gxf5
Qc8 22. Bxd5 Qxf5 23. Nxc4 Kh8 24. Rd2 Nd7 25. Qd1 Ne5 26. Nxe5 Bxe5 27. Kh1 Rd8
28. f4 Bxb2 29. Bf3 Rxd2 30. Qxd2 Bf6 31. Qd6 Kg7 32. Qd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Louis Spring B"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2018.03.10"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Khachiyan, Melikset"]
[Black "Chandra, Akshat"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[ECO "C50"]
[Opening "Giuoco Pianissimo"]
[WhiteFideId "13300512"]
[BlackFideId "25006711"]
[EventDate "2018.03.06"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 Nf6 5. O-O d6 6. c3 O-O 7. h3 h6 8. Nbd2 a5
9. Re1 Be6 10. Bb5 Ne7 11. d4 exd4 12. cxd4 Ba7 13. Bd3 Ng6 14. d5 Bd7 15. Nc4
Re8 16. Nxa5 Bxf2+ 17. Kxf2 Rxa5 18. Bd2 Ra8 19. Bc3 c6 20. Qd2 cxd5 21. exd5
Rxe1 22. Rxe1 Rxa2 23. Bxg6 fxg6 24. Qf4 Qf8 25. Qc4 Ra8 26. Qc7 Qb8 27. Qxb8+
Rxb8 28. Re7 Rd8 29. Bxf6 gxf6 30. Nd4 Kf8 31. Rh7 Kg8 32. Re7 Kf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Louis Spring B"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2018.03.10"]
[Round "5.5"]
[White "Mikhalevski, Victor"]
[Black "Ali Marandi, Cemil Can"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2557"]
[BlackElo "2538"]
[ECO "A10"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "Anglo-Dutch defense"]
[WhiteFideId "2801914"]
[BlackFideId "6300529"]
[EventDate "2018.03.06"]

1. c4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. d3 O-O 6. e4 d6 7. Nge2 fxe4 8. dxe4
c5 9. O-O Nc6 10. h3 Be6 11. b3 Qd7 12. Nf4 Bf7 13. h4 Nh5 14. Bh3 e6 15. Nfe2
Nd4 16. Be3 Nxe2+ 17. Nxe2 Bxa1 18. Qxa1 Rfe8 19. e5 d5 20. cxd5 Qxd5 21. Bg2
Qd3 22. Re1 Red8 23. Nc3 Be8 24. Bxb7 Rab8 25. Bg2 Rbc8 26. Bg5 Rd4 27. Ne4 Rc7
28. Qc1 c4 29. Nd6 Bc6 30. bxc4 Nxg3 31. Qb2 Rb7 32. Nxb7 Rg4 33. f3 Bxf3 34.
Nd6 Kg7 35. Bxf3 Qxf3 36. Qb7+ Qxb7 37. Nxb7 Ne4+ 38. Kh2 Nxg5 39. hxg5 Rxc4 40.
Nd8 Kf8 41. Kg3 Ke7 42. Nb7 Rc3+ 43. Kf4 Rc4+ 44. Re4 Rc1 45. Nd6 Rf1+ 46. Ke3
Re1+ 47. Kf2 Rc1 48. Rc4 1-0

[Event "St Louis Spring B"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2018.03.11"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Gorovets, Andrey"]
[Black "Ali Marandi, Cemil Can"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2496"]
[BlackElo "2538"]
[ECO "D10"]
[Opening "QGD Slav defence"]
[Variation "exchange variation"]
[WhiteFideId "13504037"]
[BlackFideId "6300529"]
[EventDate "2018.03.06"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. e4 e6 6. exd5 exd5 7. Nf3 Nf6 8.
Bb5 Bd6 9. O-O O-O 10. h3 h6 11. Re1 Be6 12. Ne5 Qb6 13. Bxc6 bxc6 14. Na4 Qb7
15. Bf4 Rfe8 16. Qc2 Rac8 17. Rac1 Qb8 18. Nc5 Bxc5 19. dxc5 Qb7 20. Nf3 Bd7 21.
Nd4 Rxe1+ 22. Rxe1 Qb4 23. Rd1 Re8 24. a3 Qb7 25. b4 Re4 26. Bd6 Qc8 27. f3 Re3
28. Qc1 Re8 29. a4 a6 30. b5 axb5 31. axb5 cxb5 32. c6 Be6 33. Nxb5 Qa6 34. Qc5
Bc8 35. Rc1 Qa2 36. Nd4 Qd2 37. Kh2 Nh5 38. Qc3 Qf2 39. Rc2 Qf1 40. Rc1 Qf2 41.
c7 g5 42. Qc6 Nf6 43. Be5 Ng4+ 44. fxg4 Rxe5 45. Nf5 h5 46. Qc5 Qf4+ 47. Kg1 d4
48. Qc4 d3 49. Qxf4 gxf4 50. Rd1 Bxf5 51. gxf5 Rc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Louis Spring B"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2018.03.11"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Liang, Awonder"]
[Black "Mikhalevski, Victor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2557"]
[ECO "C70"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "fianchetto defence deferred"]
[WhiteFideId "2056437"]
[BlackFideId "2801914"]
[EventDate "2018.03.06"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 g6 5. c3 Bg7 6. O-O Nge7 7. d4 exd4 8. cxd4
b5 9. Bc2 d6 10. h3 O-O 11. Nc3 Na5 12. b3 c5 13. Bg5 h6 14. Be3 f5 15. Rc1 f4
16. Bd2 Nac6 17. Nd5 Nxd5 18. exd5 Nxd4 19. Bxg6 Nxf3+ 20. Qxf3 Qg5 21. Bb1 Bb7
22. Qd3 Rf7 23. g3 Bd4 24. Kh2 fxg3+ 25. Qxg3 Qxg3+ 26. fxg3 Re8 27. Bd3 Rfe7
28. Rce1 Rxe1 29. Rxe1 Rxe1 30. Bxe1 Bxd5 31. Bd2 Kg7 32. Bf4 Be5 33. Bxe5+ dxe5
34. Kg1 e4 35. Bc2 e3 36. Kf1 Bf3 37. Bf5 c4 0-1

[Event "St Louis Spring B"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2018.03.11"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Chandra, Akshat"]
[Black "Shtembuliak, Evgeny"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2507"]
[ECO "C09"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "Tarrasch, open variation, main line"]
[WhiteFideId "25006711"]
[BlackFideId "14113325"]
[EventDate "2018.03.06"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 Nc6 5. exd5 exd5 6. Bb5 Qe7+ 7. Be2 Nf6 8.
dxc5 Qxc5 9. O-O Be7 10. Nb3 Qd6 11. Bg5 O-O 12. Re1 Bf5 13. c3 Rfe8 14. Nfd4
Bg6 15. Bh4 Ne4 16. Bxe7 Rxe7 17. f3 Nf6 18. Bf1 Ne5 19. Nb5 Qd7 20. N3d4 a6 21.
Na3 Rae8 22. Qd2 h5 23. Red1 Qc7 24. Qf2 Nfd7 25. h3 Nc5 26. Rd2 Ncd3 27. Qg3
Nxb2 28. f4 Ned3 29. Bxd3 Qxc3 30. f5 Qxd2 31. fxg6 Qxd3 0-1

[Event "St Louis Spring B"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2018.03.11"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "Grabinsky, Aaron"]
[Black "Khachiyan, Melikset"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2375"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[ECO "D74"]
[Opening "Neo-Gruenfeld, 6.cd Nxd5, 7.O-O"]
[WhiteFideId "2087090"]
[BlackFideId "13300512"]
[EventDate "2018.03.06"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. c4 O-O 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. d4 Nc6 8. e4
Nb6 9. d5 Na5 10. Nc3 c6 11. Nd4 e6 12. Nb3 Nac4 13. dxc6 bxc6 14. Qc2 Qe7 15.
Nd2 Rb8 16. Nxc4 Nxc4 17. b3 Qb4 18. Bf4 Na3 19. Qd3 Bxc3 20. Bxb8 Bxa1 21. Bd6
Rd8 22. Bxb4 Rxd3 23. Bxa3 Bd4 24. Bb4 c5 25. Bxc5 Bxc5 26. Rc1 Ba6 27. Bf1 Rd2
28. Bxa6 Bxf2+ 29. Kf1 Rxa2 30. Be2 Bb6 31. b4 Rb2 32. b5 Kg7 33. Rc3 Rb4 34.
Bd3 Kf6 35. Ke2 Ke5 36. Rc2 Ra4 37. h4 Ra1 38. Rc8 h5 39. Rf8 Ra2+ 0-1

[Event "St Louis Spring B"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2018.03.11"]
[Round "6.5"]
[White "Fier, Alexandr"]
[Black "Kannappan, Priyadharshan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2582"]
[BlackElo "2513"]
[ECO "A30"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "symmetrical variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2107139"]
[BlackFideId "5018293"]
[EventDate "2018.03.06"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. e3 f5 5. d4 e4 6. d5 exf3 7. dxc6 dxc6 8. Qxf3
Nf6 9. Bd2 Be7 10. O-O-O O-O 11. h3 Be6 12. Qe2 a6 13. g4 b5 14. gxf5 Bxc4 15.
Qf3 Bf7 16. Rg1 b4 17. Qg2 Ne8 18. Qxc6 Ra7 19. Be1 Qa5 20. Nd5 Qxa2 21. Nxe7+
Rxe7 22. Qxa6 Qxa6 23. Bxa6 Ra7 24. Bd3 Nf6 25. f3 Bb3 26. Bc2 Ra1+ 27. Kd2 Rd8+
28. Ke2 Bc4+ 29. Bd3 Rxd1 30. Bxc4+ Kh8 31. e4 Rc1 32. b3 Rdd1 33. e5 Nh5 34. e6
Nf6 35. Kf2 Ra1 36. Bb5 Kg8 37. Ke2 Rdc1 38. Kd2 Rd1+ 39. Ke2 Rdc1 40. Kd2 Kf8
41. Bc4 Ng8 42. f6 Nxf6 43. e7+ Ke8 44. Bb5+ Kxe7 45. Rxg7+ Kf8 46. Rg1 Rd1+ 47.
Ke2 Nd5 48. Bc4 Nf4+ 49. Ke3 Rxe1+ 50. Rxe1 Ng2+ 0-1

[Event "St Louis Spring B"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2018.03.12"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Kannappan, Priyadharshan"]
[Black "Gorovets, Andrey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2513"]
[BlackElo "2496"]
[ECO "B38"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "accelerated fianchetto, Maroczy bind, 6.Be3"]
[WhiteFideId "5018293"]
[BlackFideId "13504037"]
[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. f3 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 a5 12. Qd2 Bc6 13. Rfd1 Nd7 14. Bxg7 Kxg7
15. Qd4+ Kg8 16. b3 Qb6 17. Qxb6 Nxb6 18. Rac1 Rac8 19. Kf2 f5 20. exf5 gxf5 21.
f4 Nd7 22. Bd3 Nc5 23. Bb1 Rf7 24. Rd2 Rg7 25. g3 Rf8 26. Re1 h5 27. Bc2 h4 28.
a3 hxg3+ 29. hxg3 Kf7 30. b4 Rh8 31. Rg1 axb4 32. axb4 Ne6 33. Bxf5 Rh2+ 34. Ke1
Rxd2 35. Bxe6+ Kxe6 36. Kxd2 Kf5 37. b5 Bf3 38. Ke3 Bg4 39. Rh1 Ke6 40. Ne4 Bf5
41. Ng5+ Kd7 42. Rh8 Rg6 43. Rb8 Kc7 44. Rf8 Bg4 45. Rf7 Kd7 46. Kd4 Rg8 47. Rh7
Rc8 48. Rh2 Ra8 49. Ne4 Ra3 50. Nc3 e5+ 51. fxe5 dxe5+ 52. Kd3 Bf5+ 53. Kd2 Rb3
54. Re2 Ke6 55. Na4 Kd6 56. Re3 Rb4 57. Nb6 Rb1 58. Kc3 Rc1+ 59. Kb4 Rb1+ 60.
Kc3 Rc1+ 61. Kb4 Rb1+ 62. Rb3 Rxb3+ 63. Kxb3 Kc5 64. Na4+ Kd4 65. c5 e4 66. Kb4
e3 67. Nc3 Bg4 68. b6 e2 69. Nxe2+ Bxe2 70. c6 Bf3 71. cxb7 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Louis Spring B"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2018.03.12"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Khachiyan, Melikset"]
[Black "Fier, Alexandr"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2582"]
[ECO "B23"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "closed, 2...Nc6"]
[WhiteFideId "13300512"]
[BlackFideId "2107139"]
[EventDate "2018.03.06"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 e6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. O-O a6 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. Nd5 d6 8. Ne3
g5 9. c3 h5 10. Bc2 g4 11. Ne1 Bg7 12. f3 gxf3 13. Nxf3 e5 14. Qe1 h4 15. Bb3
Be6 16. d4 cxd4 17. cxd4 Nxd4 18. Nxd4 exd4 19. Nf5 Be5 20. Bf4 Bxb3 21. axb3
Qb6 22. Qa5 Qxa5 23. Rxa5 f6 24. Nxd6+ Bxd6 25. Bxd6 Rc8 26. Rd5 Rc2 27. Rxd4 h3
28. gxh3 Rxh3 29. Bg3 Rh7 30. e5 fxe5 31. Bxe5 Re2 32. Bg3 Ne7 33. Rfd1 Rh5 34.
Rd8+ Kf7 35. R8d7 Rb5 36. R1d3 Ke8 37. Rd8+ Kf7 38. R8d7 Ke8 39. Rd8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Louis Spring B"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2018.03.12"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Shtembuliak, Evgeny"]
[Black "Grabinsky, Aaron"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2507"]
[BlackElo "2375"]
[ECO "A30"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "symmetrical variation"]
[WhiteFideId "14113325"]
[BlackFideId "2087090"]
[EventDate "2018.03.06"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 d6 4. e3 g6 5. d4 cxd4 6. exd4 Bg7 7. Be2 O-O 8. O-O
Bf5 9. d5 Bg4 10. Be3 Nbd7 11. Rc1 a6 12. b3 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 Qa5 14. Be2 Nc5 15.
Bd4 Nfe4 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. Qd4+ Nf6 18. f4 Rfe8 19. Kh1 e5 20. dxe6 Nxe6 21. Qd2
Rad8 22. Bf3 Re7 23. Bd5 Qb6 24. f5 Qd4 25. Qe1 gxf5 26. Rxf5 Rde8 27. h3 Kh8
28. Qf1 Nc5 29. Rf4 Qd2 30. Rf2 Qxc1 31. Qxc1 Re1+ 32. Qxe1 Rxe1+ 33. Kh2 Nxd5
34. Nxd5 Kg7 35. g4 Ne4 36. Rc2 Nf6 37. Nc3 Re3 38. Kg2 Kg6 39. Nd1 Re5 40. Nf2
Kg5 41. Kf3 d5 42. Nd3 Re7 43. Nf4 d4 44. Ng2 Nd7 45. h4+ Kf6 46. Kg3 Re4 47.
Rf2+ Ke6 48. g5 Ne5 49. Rf6+ Ke7 50. Rf4 Re2 51. Rxd4 Rxa2 52. Re4 Kd6 53. Ne3
Nc6 54. Nf5+ Kc5 55. Nh6 Rb2 56. Nxf7 Rxb3+ 57. Kg4 Rb1 58. Kh5 a5 59. Ne5 Nd4
60. Nd7+ Kxc4 61. Nf6 a4 62. Re8 Rh1 63. Nxh7 a3 64. Ra8 Kb3 65. g6 Rg1 66. Ng5
Nf5 67. Nf3 Rg2 68. Rb8 Kc3 69. Rxb7 Rg3 70. Ra7 Kb2 71. Rb7+ Kc1 72. Rc7+ Kb2
73. Rb7+ Kc3 74. Rc7+ Kb4 75. Rb7+ Kc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Louis Spring B"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2018.03.12"]
[Round "7.4"]
[White "Mikhalevski, Victor"]
[Black "Chandra, Akshat"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2557"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[ECO "A13"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[Variation "Agincourt variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2801914"]
[BlackFideId "25006711"]
[EventDate "2018.03.06"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. b3 Nf6 4. g3 d4 5. Bg2 c5 6. e3 Nc6 7. exd4 cxd4 8. O-O
Bd6 9. d3 h6 10. Na3 O-O 11. Re1 Re8 12. Nc2 e5 13. b4 Nxb4 14. Nxb4 Bxb4 15.
Rxe5 Rxe5 16. Nxe5 Qa5 17. Rb1 Bd6 18. Bf4 Qxa2 19. Bxb7 Bxb7 20. Rxb7 Re8 21.
Nd7 Nxd7 22. Bxd6 Nf6 23. Be7 Qa6 24. Qf3 Ng4 25. Bd6 Nf6 26. c5 Qa2 27. Kg2 a5
28. Ra7 a4 29. Qf5 Qc2 30. Be7 Qb3 31. Bxf6 gxf6 32. Qg4+ Kf8 33. Qxd4 a3 34.
Qxf6 Kg8 35. c6 a2 36. c7 Qxd3 37. Qc6 Rc8 38. Ra8 Qf5 39. Qb7 Kh7 40. Qxc8 Qxc8
41. Rxc8 a1=Q 42. Rd8 1-0

[Event "St Louis Spring B"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2018.03.12"]
[Round "7.5"]
[White "Ali Marandi, Cemil Can"]
[Black "Liang, Awonder"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2538"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[ECO "A45"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[WhiteFideId "6300529"]
[BlackFideId "2056437"]
[EventDate "2018.03.06"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 c5 3. dxc5 Qa5+ 4. Qd2 Qxc5 5. Nc3 g6 6. e4 Bg7 7. f3 d6 8. Be3
Qa5 9. Nb5 Qd8 10. e5 dxe5 11. Qxd8+ Kxd8 12. Bxa7 Na6 13. Bb6+ Ke8 14. O-O-O
Be6 15. Nc3 Kf8 16. Bb5 Nb4 17. a3 Nbd5 18. Nxd5 Nxd5 19. Bf2 Bh6+ 20. Kb1 Ra5
21. c4 Kg7 22. cxd5 Bf5+ 23. Ka2 Rxb5 24. Ne2 Bc2 25. Nc3 Bb3+ 26. Kb1 Bxd1 27.
Nxb5 Bb3 28. Bc5 Rd8 29. d6 exd6 30. Nxd6 b6 31. Bb4 Kf6 32. h4 Ke6 33. Ne4 Be3
34. Ng5+ Kf5 35. Nxh7 f6 36. Nf8 g5 37. Be7 Rd2 38. g4+ Kf4 39. Bxf6 gxh4 40.
Ng6+ Kxf3 41. Nxh4+ Kxg4 42. Bxe5 Bd5 43. Rh2 Rxh2 44. Bxh2 Kxh4 45. Kc2 Kg5 46.
Kd3 Bf2 47. Bb8 Kf5 48. Ba7 Be4+ 49. Kc3 Ke5 50. a4 Kd5 51. Kb3 Bc5 52. Kc3 Bd4+
53. Kb3 Bd3 54. Ka3 Kc4 55. b3+ Kc3 56. b4 Kc2 57. Bxb6 Bb2+ 0-1

[Event "St Louis Spring B"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2018.03.13"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Gorovets, Andrey"]
[Black "Liang, Awonder"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2496"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[ECO "A45"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[WhiteFideId "13504037"]
[BlackFideId "2056437"]
[EventDate "2018.03.06"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 c5 3. e3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Nbd2 O-O 6. c3 d6 7. h3 Qb6 8. Qb3
Be6 9. Qa3 cxd4 10. exd4 Qc6 11. c4 d5 12. c5 Ne4 13. Be2 Qc8 14. Qe3 Nc6 15.
O-O Rd8 16. Rac1 Bf5 17. Rfd1 f6 18. Bh6 g5 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. Bd3 Nxd2 21. Rxd2
Qe6 22. Bxf5 Qxf5 23. b4 a6 24. a4 Re8 25. b5 Na5 26. Qd3 Qxd3 27. Rxd3 axb5 28.
axb5 Nc4 29. Nd2 Nxd2 30. Rxd2 Ra4 31. c6 bxc6 32. Rxc6 Rb4 33. Rb6 Kf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Louis Spring B"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2018.03.13"]
[Round "8.2"]
[White "Chandra, Akshat"]
[Black "Ali Marandi, Cemil Can"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2538"]
[ECO "B00"]
[Opening "Owen defence"]
[WhiteFideId "25006711"]
[BlackFideId "6300529"]
[EventDate "2018.03.06"]

1. e4 b6 2. d4 Bb7 3. Bd3 g6 4. c4 Bg7 5. Nf3 e6 6. Nc3 Ne7 7. O-O d6 8. Be3 Nd7
9. Qd2 h6 10. b4 g5 11. d5 O-O 12. Nd4 c5 13. dxc6 Nxc6 14. Nxc6 Bxc6 15. Rac1
Ne5 16. Be2 Ng6 17. Nb5 Be5 18. Rfd1 Qe7 19. Nc3 Rad8 20. Bd4 Bf4 21. Be3 Be5
22. Bd4 Bf4 23. Be3 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Louis Spring B"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2018.03.13"]
[Round "8.3"]
[White "Grabinsky, Aaron"]
[Black "Mikhalevski, Victor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2375"]
[BlackElo "2557"]
[ECO "C55"]
[Opening "Two knights defence (Modern bishop's opening)"]
[WhiteFideId "2087090"]
[BlackFideId "2801914"]
[EventDate "2018.03.06"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 h6 5. O-O d6 6. c3 Be7 7. Re1 O-O 8. Bb3
Nh7 9. Nbd2 Ng5 10. Nxg5 Bxg5 11. Nf1 g6 12. Bxg5 hxg5 13. Ne3 Kg7 14. d4 f6 15.
Qd2 Bd7 16. f3 a5 17. a4 Qb8 18. Kh1 Rh8 19. Bc4 Rh7 20. h3 Qa7 21. Bb5 exd4 22.
cxd4 Bxh3 23. gxh3 Nxd4 24. Kg2 Rah8 25. Bd7 Nb3 26. Qf2 Qa6 27. f4 Nxa1 28.
fxg5 Rf8 29. Rxa1 Qd3 30. Re1 fxg5 31. Qc2 Qxc2+ 32. Nxc2 Rf4 33. Bg4 Kh6 34.
Bf3 Rhf7 35. Re3 Re7 36. Rb3 c6 37. Ne3 Kg7 38. Rc3 d5 39. exd5 Rxa4 40. dxc6
bxc6 41. Bxc6 Ra2 42. Nc4 Rc7 43. Nd6 Rxb2+ 44. Kg3 Rb8 45. Rc4 Kh6 46. Nb5 Rcc8
47. Nd6 Rb3+ 48. Kg2 Rc7 49. Ne8 Rb2+ 50. Kg3 Rb3+ 51. Kg2 Re7 52. Rc2 Ree3 53.
Bd7 Rbd3 54. Bb5 Rg3+ 55. Kf2 Rdf3+ 56. Ke2 Rxh3 57. Bd7 Rh2+ 58. Kxf3 Rxc2 59.
Nf6 Rc4 60. Ng4+ Kh5 61. Ne3 Rf4+ 62. Kg3 a4 63. Nd5 Rd4 64. Nf6+ Kh6 0-1

[Event "St Louis Spring B"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2018.03.13"]
[Round "8.4"]
[White "Fier, Alexandr"]
[Black "Shtembuliak, Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2582"]
[BlackElo "2507"]
[ECO "A05"]
[Opening "Reti opening"]
[WhiteFideId "2107139"]
[BlackFideId "14113325"]
[EventDate "2018.03.06"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. c4 c6 4. Bg2 Bg4 5. Ne5 Be6 6. cxd5 Bxd5 7. Nf3 c5 8. Nc3
Bc6 9. O-O e6 10. d3 Be7 11. e4 O-O 12. Qe2 b5 13. Rd1 b4 14. Nb1 Ba4 15. b3 Bb5
16. Ne5 Nfd7 17. Nf3 Nc6 18. Bb2 Qc7 19. Nbd2 Nde5 20. Nxe5 Nxe5 21. Nc4 Nc6 22.
Qg4 g6 23. f4 Rad8 24. Rac1 Nd4 25. Bxd4 Rxd4 26. e5 Rfd8 27. Be4 a5 28. h4 h5
29. Qf3 Kg7 30. Rd2 a4 31. Rg2 Rh8 32. Rcc2 Rdd8 33. Rcf2 Qd7 34. Nb6 Qa7 35.
bxa4 Qxb6 36. axb5 c4 37. Kh2 c3 38. Bc6 Rd4 39. Qe2 Bc5 40. Rf3 Rdd8 41. Qc2
Rc8 42. Qb3 Rhd8 43. Qc2 Rc7 44. Qe2 Ra7 45. Rf1 Ra3 46. Qc2 Qa7 47. Rb1 Qe7 48.
Re2 Rc8 49. Rb3 Ra5 50. Qb1 Rd8 51. Qc2 Rd4 52. Rb1 Ra3 53. Kh3 Bb6 54. Rd1 Rd8
55. Re4 Qa7 56. Rxb4 Rxa2 57. Qxc3 Ba5 58. b6 Bxb6 59. Rb2 Rc8 60. Rxa2 Qxa2 61.
d4 Qe2 62. Qf3 Qc2 63. Be4 Qb2 64. d5 exd5 65. Bd3 Ra8 66. Rb1 Qd4 67. f5 Ra4
68. fxg6 Qg4+ 69. Qxg4 hxg4+ 70. Kg2 Ra2+ 71. Kf1 Bd4 72. e6 fxe6 73. Rb7+ Kg8
74. Bb5 Rf2+ 75. Ke1 Rb2 76. h5 Rh2 77. Rh7 Bf2+ 78. Kd1 Bxg3 79. Bd7 Rh1+ 80.
Kc2 Be5 81. Bxe6+ Kf8 82. h6 Rh2+ 83. Kb3 Rxh6 84. Rxh6 Kg7 85. Rh5 1-0

[Event "St Louis Spring B"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2018.03.13"]
[Round "8.5"]
[White "Kannappan, Priyadharshan"]
[Black "Khachiyan, Melikset"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2513"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[ECO "B76"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "dragon, Yugoslav attack, Rauser variation"]
[WhiteFideId "5018293"]
[BlackFideId "13300512"]
[EventDate "2018.03.06"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 O-O 8. Qd2
Nc6 9. O-O-O Be6 10. Kb1 Rc8 11. h4 Ne5 12. g4 Bc4 13. Bd3 Qa5 14. a3 Rc7 15.
Ncb5 Qxd2 16. Rxd2 Rc5 17. Nc3 Rb8 18. g5 Nh5 19. Rf1 b5 20. f4 Nd7 21. Nd5 Kf8
22. Nb3 Bxd5 23. Nxc5 dxc5 24. exd5 c4 25. Be2 Ng3 26. Rf3 c3 27. Rxg3 cxd2 28.
Bxa7 Rb7 29. Bf2 Nb6 30. Bxb6 Rxb6 31. Rd3 b4 32. a4 Ra6 33. Rb3 Rxa4 34. c4 e5
35. fxe5 Bxe5 36. Kc2 Ke7 37. Kxd2 Kd6 38. Kc2 Kc5 39. Re3 Bd4 40. Re7 Ra2 41.
Rc7+ Kd6 42. Rxf7 b3+ 43. Kd3 Bxb2 44. Bd1 Be5 45. Bxb3 Rh2 46. Rxh7 Rh3+ 47.
Ke4 Bb2 48. Bd1 Bc1 49. Bg4 Rh1 50. Kd4 Bb2+ 51. Kd3 Ba3 52. Bf3 Rh3 53. Ke4 Bc1
54. c5+ 1-0

[Event "St Louis Spring B"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2018.03.14"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Khachiyan, Melikset"]
[Black "Gorovets, Andrey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2496"]
[ECO "B12"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "advance variation"]
[WhiteFideId "13300512"]
[BlackFideId "13504037"]
[EventDate "2018.03.06"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nc3 e6 5. g4 Bg6 6. Nge2 c5 7. h4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 h5
9. f4 hxg4 10. Bb5+ Nd7 11. f5 Rxh4 12. O-O exf5 13. Nxd5 a6 14. Bg5 Qxg5 15.
Ne6 fxe6 16. Bxd7+ Kd8 17. Nf4 Bc5+ 18. Kg2 Ke7 19. Ba4 Be8 20. Qd2 Kf7 21.
Bxe8+ Rxe8 22. Qc3 b6 23. b4 Bf8 24. Rad1 Qh6 25. Qc6 Bxb4 26. Nd3 Ne7 27. Qb7
Rh2+ 28. Kg1 Qh3 0-1

[Event "St Louis Spring B"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2018.03.14"]
[Round "9.2"]
[White "Shtembuliak, Evgeny"]
[Black "Kannappan, Priyadharshan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2507"]
[BlackElo "2513"]
[ECO "B31"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Nimzovich-Rossolimo attack (with ...g6, without ...d6)"]
[WhiteFideId "14113325"]
[BlackFideId "5018293"]
[EventDate "2018.03.06"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. e4 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. c3 Nf6 6. Re1 O-O 7. h3 a6 8. Bxc6
bxc6 9. d4 cxd4 10. cxd4 d6 11. Nc3 Rb8 12. b3 Nd7 13. Be3 Bb7 14. Rc1 Rc8 15.
Qd2 Re8 16. Bh6 Bh8 17. Ng5 e6 18. f4 Qb6 19. e5 c5 20. Nce4 f6 21. dxc5 Nxc5
22. Qxd6 Rc6 23. Nxf6+ Bxf6 24. exf6 Ne4+ 25. Qc5 Qxc5+ 26. Rxc5 Nxg5 27. Rxc6
Nxh3+ 28. gxh3 Bxc6 29. Rc1 Rc8 30. Kf2 Kf7 31. Bg7 Bb7 32. Rxc8 Bxc8 33. h4 Bb7
34. Ke3 Bd5 35. Kd4 h5 36. Kc5 Be4 37. Kd4 Bb1 38. a3 Bc2 39. b4 g5 40. fxg5 Bb3
41. Ke5 Bc2 42. Bh6 Bb3 43. g6+ Kxg6 44. Be3 Kf7 45. Bd4 Ba4 46. Kd6 Be8 47. Bc3
Bb5 48. Kc5 Ke8 49. Kb6 Kd7 50. Be5 Be2 51. a4 Bd3 52. Ka5 Be2 53. b5 axb5 54.
axb5 Bf3 55. Kb6 Be2 56. Kc5 Bf3 57. Bd6 Ke8 58. Kb6 Kf7 59. Be5 1-0

[Event "St Louis Spring B"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2018.03.14"]
[Round "9.3"]
[White "Mikhalevski, Victor"]
[Black "Fier, Alexandr"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2557"]
[BlackElo "2582"]
[ECO "E10"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[WhiteFideId "2801914"]
[BlackFideId "2107139"]
[EventDate "2018.03.06"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 d5 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. Qc2
Nbd7 9. Bf4 b6 10. Rd1 Ba6 11. Ne5 Rc8 12. cxd5 Nxd5 13. Nxc6 Nb4 14. Qa4 Nxc6
15. Qxa6 Nc5 16. Qc4 Na5 17. Qc3 Ncb3 18. axb3 Rxc3 19. bxc3 Qd7 20. Nd2 Rc8 21.
b4 Nc4 22. Nxc4 Rxc4 23. d5 Rxc3 24. Bh3 f5 25. e4 Qe8 26. dxe6 fxe4 27. Rxa7
Rd3 28. Rxd3 exd3 29. Bg2 g5 30. Be3 g4 31. Bh6 Bxb4 32. Bd5 Bd6 33. Ra8 Bb8 34.
e7+ Kh8 35. Bf7 d2 36. Bxd2 1-0

[Event "St Louis Spring B"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2018.03.14"]
[Round "9.4"]
[White "Ali Marandi, Cemil Can"]
[Black "Grabinsky, Aaron"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2538"]
[BlackElo "2375"]
[ECO "A46"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[WhiteFideId "6300529"]
[BlackFideId "2087090"]
[EventDate "2018.03.06"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 e6 3. Bf4 c5 4. e3 b6 5. Bd3 Bb7 6. h3 Be7 7. c3 O-O 8. Nbd2 d6
9. Qe2 cxd4 10. exd4 Nbd7 11. Bh2 Re8 12. O-O Qc7 13. Rfe1 Bf8 14. Rad1 a6 15.
Ne4 Nxe4 16. Bxe4 Bxe4 17. Qxe4 Nf6 18. Qd3 b5 19. Nd2 Qb7 20. Re2 a5 21. Rde1
Rec8 22. Bg3 d5 23. Bh4 Ne8 24. Nf3 b4 25. Ng5 Nf6 26. Re3 h6 27. Nxe6 fxe6 28.
Bxf6 gxf6 29. Rxe6 bxc3 30. bxc3 Qf7 31. f4 Ra7 32. Qf5 Kg7 33. R1e3 Qg6 34.
Qxd5 Kh8 35. f5 Qf7 36. a4 Bg7 37. Qb5 Qd7 38. Qe2 Rac7 39. Re8+ Rxe8 40. Rxe8+
Kh7 41. Qh5 Qf7 42. Qxf7 Rxf7 43. c4 Rf8 44. Rxf8 Bxf8 45. c5 Kg8 46. Kf2 Kf7
47. g4 Ke7 48. Ke2 Kd7 49. Kd3 Be7 50. Kc4 Bd8 51. d5 Kc7 52. Kb5 Kd7 53. d6 1-0

[Event "St Louis Spring B"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2018.03.14"]
[Round "9.5"]
[White "Liang, Awonder"]
[Black "Chandra, Akshat"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[ECO "A07"]
[Opening "Reti"]
[Variation "King's Indian attack (Barcza system)"]
[WhiteFideId "2056437"]
[BlackFideId "25006711"]
[EventDate "2018.03.06"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nd7 3. Bg2 e5 4. O-O Bd6 5. c4 d4 6. e3 dxe3 7. fxe3 Ngf6 8. d4
c6 9. Nh4 O-O 10. Nc3 Re8 11. c5 Be7 12. b4 exd4 13. exd4 Nf8 14. Nf5 Bxf5 15.
Rxf5 Qd7 16. Qd3 a5 17. b5 Rad8 18. bxc6 bxc6 19. Bb2 Ne6 20. d5 cxd5 21. Nxd5
Bxc5+ 22. Kh1 Nxd5 23. Rxd5 Qc7 24. Rc1 Qb6 25. Ba1 Rxd5 26. Bxd5 Bd4 27. Qb3
Qxb3 28. axb3 Bxa1 29. Rxa1 Nc7 30. Rxa5 Nxd5 1/2-1/2

