Kenneth still on top , shares lead with 4 others after round 6 ! 2016 National Juniors Chess Championships

Melwyn Kenneth Baltazar

WIM Janelle Frayna

Kenneth still on top , shares lead with 4 others after round 6 !

Melwyn Kenneth Baltazar scores back to back victories against CM Romy Fagon and Carlo Caranyagan to share the lead with 5 points after sixth round of the 2016 National Junior Chess Championship held at the PSC Hall in Vito Cruz Manila. Paul Robert Evangelista and Jeth Romy Morado both from the Far Eastern University drew their Board 1 battle while Mark Labog (4.5 pts)was held to a draw by Rhenz Sevillano (4pts).Dale Bernardo also from FEU won against Kyz Llantada of Arellano University to join the leaders.

2016 NATIONAL JUNIORS CHESS CHAMPIONSHIPS
OPEN
Town : PSC Athletes DIning Hall, RMSC
Rating-Ø : 1906
Date : 2016/04/23 To 2016/04/27
Ranking Crosstable after Round 6
Rank	Name	Rtg	Pts	Wins	Draws	Loses	Rtg+/-
1	MORADO Jeth Romy	2123	5	3	2	0	34
2	LABOG Mark Kevin	2288	5	4	2	0
3	BALTAZAR Melwyn Kenneth	2179	5	5	0	1	35
4	EVANGELISTA Paul Robert	1981	5	4	2	0	34
5	BERNARDO Dale	1991	5	3	2	0	52
6	BERSAMINA Paulo	2378	4½	3	1	1	-11
7	SEVILLANO Rhenzi Kyle	2059	4½	3	3	0	34
8	GRASPELA Coellier	1979	4½	4	1	1	-16
9	MICIANO John Marvin	2044	4	3	2	1	-16
10	QUIZON Daniel	1777	4	3	2	1	52
11	FAGON Romy	1964	4	3	2	1	-4
12	VINLUAN Brylle Gever	1873	4	3	2	1	19
13	FRAYNA Janelle Mae	2285	4	3	2	1	-19
14	PANGILINAN Stephen Rome	1928	4	4	0	2	1
15	FORTIN Artrino Paul	2033	4	4	0	2	-22
16	CARANYAGAN Carlo	2089	4	3	2	1	-21
17	BUSA Nelson Jr.	2040	3½	3	1	2
18	GARONG Stevenson	1915	3½	1	3	1	34
19	MENDIOGARIN Jhoemar	2111	3½	2	3	1
20	JOTA Jonathan	2078	3½	2	1	2	-42
21	CURIOSO Romulo	1929	3½	3	1	2	-3
22	CASTRO Jose Carlo	2123	3½	2	3	1	-51
23	ABUTON Kristian Glen	1931	3½	2	3	1	-13
24	LLANTADA Kyz	1985	3½	3	1	2	-18
25	PALASIGUE Gal Brien	2019	3½	2	1	2
26	PARADO Jeremy Lorenz	1981	3½	3	1	2
27	RILLORAZA Istraelito	2033	3½	3	1	2
28	PAGALA Izrie Phileo	1808	3½	2	3	1
29	BERNARDO Darry	1966	3½	3	1	2	-5
30	AZOTE Ahmad Ali	1985	3	2	0	3
31	MORDIDO Justine Diego	1641	3	2	2	2	-8
32	BACOJO Mark Jay	1619	3	2	2	2	10
33	LUCHINA Christian David	1935	3	3	0	3
34	INONCILLO John Christopher	2029	3	2	2	2
35	ONCITA John Philip	2006	3	3	0	3
36	ARIAS Joshua	2025	3	3	0	3
37	RIVERA Jeff Russell	1913	3	1	2	2
38	ALMODAL Antonio Iii	2026	3	2	2	2
39	YONGCO Joshua Michael	1932	3	1	2	2
40	LABASANO Mac Quay	1892	3	2	2	2
41	OCSAN Melito	1988	2½	2	1	3
42	AQUINO Jethro Dino	1938	2½	2	1	3
43	CERVERO Tristan Jared	1785	2½	2	1	3	-10
44	BASILGO Adrian Basil	1953	2½	2	1	3
45	IGNACIO Robin B.	2008	2½	2	1	3
46	AGUILAR Arvie	1850	2½	2	1	2
47	ERESE James Michael	1971	2½	2	1	3
48	DADULA Peter John	1955	2½	2	1	3
49	LABANDA Jarvey	1933	2½	2	1	3
50	BALQUIN Alfredo Jr.	1880	2½	1	1	3
51	ANCHETA Carl Jaedrianne	1859	2½	1	3	2
52	PALASIGUE Bien Bryan	1964	2½	1	3	2
53	MEDINA Vince Angelo	2117	2	2	0	2	-15
54	GADDI Johann Cedrick	1945	2	1	2	3
55	PILIEN Elijah Derek	1809	2	0	2	3
56	SANTOS Michael Kent Angelo	1777	2	2	0	4
57	PILIEN Aaron Gavriel	1727	2	1	0	4
58	PUNZALAN Ricky Rose	0	2	1	2	3
59	DAIT Arvin Chester	1984	1½	1	1	4
60	ARAGONES Jerome Angelo	1892	1½	0	3	3
61	ORENSE David Joshua	1791	1½	1	1	4
62	ORENSE James Deniel	1736	1½	0	1	4
63	GONZALES Ron Francis	0	1½	0	1	4
64	RUIZ Jose Mar	0	½	0	1	4

Round 6 on 2016/04/26
Bo.	Name	Pts	Res.	Pts	Name
1	MORADO Jeth Romy	4½	½  -  ½	4½	EVANGELISTA Paul Robert
2	SEVILLANO Rhenzi Kyle	4	½  -  ½	4½	LABOG Mark Kevin
3	BALTAZAR Melwyn Kenneth	4	1  -  0	4	CARANYAGAN Carlo
4	BERNARDO Dale	4	1  -  0	3½	LLANTADA Kyz
5	BERSAMINA Paulo	3½	1  -  0	3½	CURIOSO Romulo
6	VINLUAN Brylle Gever	3½	½  -  ½	3½	FRAYNA Janelle Mae
7	QUIZON Daniel	3½	½  -  ½	3½	MICIANO John Marvin
8	BUSA Nelson Jr.	3½	0  -  1	3½	GRASPELA Coellier
9	MENDIOGARIN Jhoemar	3	½  -  ½	3	CASTRO Jose Carlo
10	FORTIN Artrino Paul	3	1  -  0	3	BACOJO Mark Jay
11	ARIAS Joshua	3	0  -  1	3	FAGON Romy
12	PANGILINAN Stephen Rome	3	1  -  0	3	AZOTE Ahmad Ali
13	GARONG Stevenson	3	½  -  ½	3	PAGALA Izrie Phileo
14	LUCHINA Christian David	3	0  -  1	2½	JOTA Jonathan
15	OCSAN Melito	2½	0  -  1	2½	RILLORAZA Istraelito
16	BERNARDO Darry	2½	1  -  0	2½	IGNACIO Robin B.
17	ABUTON Kristian Glen	2½	1  -  0	2½	AQUINO Jethro Dino
18	CERVERO Tristan Jared	2½	0  -  1	2½	PARADO Jeremy Lorenz
19	MORDIDO Justine Diego	2½	½  -  ½	2½	RIVERA Jeff Russell
20	INONCILLO John Christopher	2½	½  -  ½	2½	LABASANO Mac Quay
21	PALASIGUE Gal Brien	2½	+  -  -	2½	AGUILAR Arvie
22	MEDINA Vince Angelo	2	-  -  +	2	YONGCO Joshua Michael
23	SANTOS Michael Kent Angelo	2	0  -  1	2	ALMODAL Antonio Iii
24	ONCITA John Philip	2	1  -  0	2	PILIEN Aaron Gavriel
25	ANCHETA Carl Jaedrianne	2	½  -  ½	2	ERESE James Michael
26	PALASIGUE Bien Bryan	2	½  -  ½	2	BALQUIN Alfredo Jr.
27	DAIT Arvin Chester	1½	0  -  1	1½	LABANDA Jarvey
28	ORENSE David Joshua	1½	0  -  1	1½	DADULA Peter John
29	BASILGO Adrian Basil	1½	1  -  0	1½	GONZALES Ron Francis
30	GADDI Johann Cedrick	1½	½  -  ½	1½	PUNZALAN Ricky Rose
31	PILIEN Elijah Derek	1½	½  -  ½	1	ARAGONES Jerome Angelo
32	RUIZ Jose Mar	½	-  -  +	½	ORENSE James Deniel

2016 US CHAMPIONSHIPS

Ranking after round 10
[Event "ch-USA 2016"]

1	GM Caruana, Fabiano	7.5
2	GM So, Wesley	7.0
3	GM Nakamura, Hikaru	7.0
4	GM Robson, Ray	6.5					.
5	GM Onischuk, Alexander	5.5
6	GM Xiong, Jeffery	5.0
7	GM Kamsky, Gata	4.5
8	GM Lenderman, Aleksandr	4.0
9	GM Akobian, Varuzhan	4.0
10	GM Shankland, Samuel L	4.0
11	GM Shabalov, Alexander	3.5
12	IM Chandra, Akshat	1.5

[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2016.04.21"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Xiong, Jeffery"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 g6 5. d4 exd4 6. Bg5 Be7 7. Bxe7 Ngxe7 8.
Bxc6 Nxc6 9. Nxd4 Qf6 10. c3 O-O 11. O-O b6 12. Qf3 Qxf3 13. Nxf3 Re8 14. Nbd2
d6 15. Rfe1 Bb7 16. Re3 Re7 17. Rae1 Rae8 18. Nf1 a5 19. h3 a4 20. N3d2 Ne5 21.
c4 Kf8 22. f3 h5 23. Ra3 f5 24. Rxa4 Nd3 25. Re3 Bc6 26. Ra7 Nxb2 27. Rb3 Na4
28. exf5 gxf5 29. Ng3 Rf7 30. Nxh5 Re2 31. Nf1 f4 32. Rd3 Nc5 33. Rd2 Re1 34. a4
Rc1 35. Nxf4 Rxf4 36. Rxc7 Be8 37. Rxd6 Nxa4 38. Rd8 Rcxc4 39. Rh7 Rh4 40. Rb7
Rh6 41. Ne3 Rc1+ 42. Kh2 Nc5 43. Rbb8 Re6 44. Nf5 Rce1 1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-USA 2016"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2016.04.21"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4 7. e4 g5 8. Bg3 b5
9. Be2 Bb7 10. Qc2 Nbd7 11. Rd1 Nh5 12. d5 cxd5 13. exd5 exd5 14. Nxd5 Nxg3 15.
hxg3 Bg7 16. Ne3 Qa5+ 17. Kf1 Nf6 18. Qf5 Qb6 19. Qe5+ Kf8 20. Rd6 Qc7 21. Nf5
Ne8 22. Nxg7 Qxd6 23. Ne6+ Kg8 0-1

[Event "ch-USA 2016"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2016.04.21"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Robson, Ray"]
[Black "Chandra, Akshat"]
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. exd5 Qxd5 7. Nb5 Na6 8.
Nc3 Qd6 9. Qe2 Bd7 10. a3 Be7 11. Nc4 Qc7 12. Qe5 O-O 13. Bf4 Qc8 14. O-O-O Bc6
15. f3 Rd8 16. Rxd8+ Bxd8 17. Nd6 Qd7 18. Bc4 Bc7 19. Rd1 Rd8 20. Qe3 Bb6 21.
Qe2 Qe7 22. Nxb7 Rxd1+ 23. Nxd1 Nc7 24. Nd6 Nh5 25. Be5 Qg5+ 26. Kb1 Nf4 27.
Bxf4 Qxf4 28. Nc8 Bc5 29. b4 Bb7 30. bxc5 Bxc8 31. Qd3 Nd5 32. Bxd5 exd5 33.
Qxd5 Qb8+ 34. Nb2 Be6 35. Qd6 Qc8 36. c6 h6 37. c7 Kh7 38. Nd3 Qb7+ 39. Kc1 Qc8
40. Nc5 1-0

[Event "ch-USA 2016"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2016.04.21"]
[Round "7.4"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Akobian, Varuzhan"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Be7 7. O-O Nc6 8. c4
Nb4 9. Be2 O-O 10. Nc3 Bf5 11. a3 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Nc6 13. Re1 Re8 14. Ra2 Na5 15.
cxd5 Qxd5 16. Rb2 c6 17. Ne5 Bxa3 18. Bf3 Qd6 19. Rbe2 Bxc1 20. Qxc1 Be6 21. Be4
Rad8 22. Qb1 g6 23. f4 c5 24. f5 cxd4 25. fxe6 Rxe6 26. Nxf7 Kxf7 27. Bd5 Qxd5
28. Rxe6 dxc3 29. R6e5 Qd4+ 30. Kh1 b6 31. Qa2+ Kg7 32. Re7+ Kh6 33. Qf7 Nc4 34.
Qxh7+ Kg5 35. R7e6 Qd3 36. h4+ Kf4 37. Qh6+ 1-0

[Event "ch-USA 2016"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2016.04.21"]
[Round "7.5"]
[White "Onischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Shankland, Samuel L"]
1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Qc2 h6 7. Bxf6 Bxf6 8. Rd1
c5 9. dxc5 Qa5 10. e3 Qxc5 11. Be2 dxc4 12. Nd2 Bxc3 13. Qxc3 Bd7 14. b4 Qe7 15.
Nxc4 Bc6 16. Ne5 Bd5 17. O-O Nc6 18. Nxc6 Bxc6 19. b5 Bd5 20. a4 b6 21. Rc1 Rad8
22. Rfd1 Rd7 23. f3 Rfd8 24. a5 bxa5 25. Qxa5 Qg5 26. Qc3 Qe7 27. Qc5 Qxc5 28.
Rxc5 Bb3 29. Rxd7 Rxd7 30. Rc8+ Kh7 31. Rc3 Bd5 32. e4 Bb7 33. Kf2 Kg6 34. Ra3
Bc8 35. e5 f6 36. exf6 Kxf6 37. Rc3 Bb7 38. Ke3 e5 39. Bd3 g5 40. g4 Re7 41. Bf5
Kg7 42. Ra3 Bd5 43. Ra6 Rb7 44. Bd3 Bf7 45. Kd2 Be8 46. Ra5 Rc7 47. Be4 Kf8 48.
Ra6 Rc5 49. Rxh6 Kg7 50. Rh7+ Kf6 51. Rh6+ Kg7 52. Rh7+ Kf6 53. Rxa7 Rxb5 54.
Ra6+ Kg7 55. Ke3 Bf7 56. Kf2 Rb8 57. Kg3 Rh8 58. Rd6 Rh4 59. Bd5 Bxd5 60. Rxd5
Kf6 61. Rd8 Kf7 62. Ra8 Rh6 63. Ra7+ Kf8 64. Rc7 Rf6 65. Rh7 Ra6 66. Rh5 Rg6 67.
Kf2 Ke7 68. Ke3 Kf6 69. Ke4 Rg8 70. h4 1-0

[Event "ch-USA 2016"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2016.04.21"]
[Round "7.6"]
[White "Lenderman, Aleksandr"]
[Black "Kamsky, Gata"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 O-O 6. Nf3 Na6 7. g3 Nxc5 8. Bg2
b6 9. O-O Bb7 10. Nb5 Be4 11. Qd1 Nb7 12. a3 Be7 13. Bf4 Rc8 14. Rc1 a6 15. Nc3
Bc6 16. b4 a5 17. Qb3 axb4 18. axb4 Nd6 19. Nb1 b5 20. c5 Nc4 21. Nd4 Bxg2 22.
Kxg2 d5 23. Nxb5 Qd7 24. N1c3 Ne4 25. Nxe4 Qxb5 26. Qc3 Qb7 27. Nd2 g5 28. Qf3
Qxb4 29. Nxc4 dxc4 30. Be3 c3 31. Rfd1 g4 32. Qf4 Qxf4 33. gxf4 Bxc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-USA 2016"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2016.04.22"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Robson, Ray"]
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 Qd8 16. O-O Rb8 17. Rxb8 Qxb8 18. f5 Qc8 19. f6 gxf6 20. Qf4 Qc4 21.
exf6 Rg8 22. Nxd5 exd5 23. Re1+ Kd8 24. Qb8+ Bc8 25. Qa7 Be6 26. Bb6+ Kc8 27.
Qa8+ Kd7 28. Qb7+ Kd6 29. Ba7 Rxg2+ 30. Kxg2 Qg4+ 31. Kh1 Qf3+ 32. Kg1 Qg4+ 33.
Kh1 Qf3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-USA 2016"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2016.04.22"]
[Round "8.2"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Onischuk, Alexander"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Bc5 6. c3 b5 7. Bc2 d5 8. d4
dxe4 9. Nxe5 Nxe5 10. dxc5 Nd3 11. Bg5 O-O 12. Nd2 Bb7 13. Qe2 Qd5 14. Bxf6 gxf6
15. Qe3 Rad8 16. f3 Qxc5 17. Qxc5 Nxc5 18. Nxe4 Bxe4 19. fxe4 Rd2 20. Rf2 Rfd8
21. Raf1 Na4 22. Bxa4 bxa4 23. a3 Rxf2 24. Rxf2 Rd1+ 25. Rf1 Rd2 26. Rxf6 Rxb2
27. Rxa6 Rb3 28. Rxa4 Rxc3 29. h3 Kg7 30. Kf2 c5 31. Ra6 c4 32. a4 Rc2+ 33. Kf3
Ra2 34. g4 Ra3+ 35. Kf4 c3 36. Rc6 Rxa4 37. Rxc3 h6 38. Rg3 Kf6 39. h4 Ra1 40.
Rb3 Rh1 41. e5+ Kg7 42. h5 Rf1+ 43. Rf3 Re1 44. Kf5 Re2 45. Rf1 Rg2 46. Rf4 Re2
47. Rf1 Rg2 48. Rf3 Rg1 49. Rf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-USA 2016"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2016.04.22"]
[Round "8.3"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. O-O Qc7 7. Qe2 d6 8. c4
g6 9. Nc3 Bg7 10. h3 O-O 11. Rd1 Nfd7 12. Nf3 Nc6 13. Be3 Nde5 14. Rac1 Qe7 15.
Bb1 Bd7 16. Nh2 f5 17. f4 Nf7 18. Qd2 Be8 19. Nf3 Rd8 20. exf5 gxf5 21. Bf2 Rc8
22. Re1 Qf6 23. Qe2 Ncd8 24. Bh4 Qh6 25. Be7 Bd7 26. Bxf8 Bxf8 27. Qf2 Qxf4 28.
b3 Bg7 29. Ne2 Qh6 30. Rcd1 Nc6 31. Qb6 Nfe5 32. Nh2 Bf8 33. Qxb7 Be7 34. Kh1
Kh8 35. Ng1 Rg8 36. Nhf3 Be8 37. c5 Ng4 38. Rd2 dxc5 39. Bxf5 Qxd2 40. Nxd2 Nf2+
41. Kh2 Bd6+ 42. g3 Bxg3+ 43. Kg2 Ne7 44. Bxe6 1-0

[Event "ch-USA 2016"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2016.04.22"]
[Round "8.4"]
[White "Shankland, Samuel L"]
[Black "Xiong, Jeffery"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 3. e3 c5 4. Bxf6 gxf6 5. dxc5 e6 6. Nf3 Bxc5 7. Be2 Nc6 8.
O-O Bd7 9. c4 dxc4 10. Bxc4 O-O 11. Nc3 Be7 12. Qe2 Qa5 13. Nd4 Kh8 14. Rfd1
Rad8 15. Bb5 f5 16. Bxc6 Bxc6 17. Nxc6 bxc6 18. Qc2 Bf6 19. g3 Rxd1+ 20. Rxd1
Rd8 21. Rxd8+ Qxd8 22. b3 Be5 23. Na4 Qd5 24. Nc5 Kg8 25. Nd3 Qe4 26. Kf1 Bd6
27. Ke2 Qg2 28. Ne1 Qd5 29. Nf3 Kf8 30. Qd3 Ke7 31. Qxd5 cxd5 32. Nd4 Kd7 33.
Kd3 a5 34. f4 Bc5 35. Nc2 f6 36. Nd4 Bb4 37. Kc2 h5 38. Kd3 Bc5 39. Ke2 Bb4 40.
Kf3 Bc5 41. Ke2 Bb4 42. Kd3 Bc5 43. Kc3 Bb4+ 44. Kc2 Ba3 45. Kd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-USA 2016"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2016.04.22"]
[Round "8.5"]
[White "Akobian, Varuzhan"]
[Black "Kamsky, Gata"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. g4 a6 7. g5 Nfd7 8. h4 b5
9. h5 Nc6 10. Nf3 e5 11. d5 Nd4 12. Be3 b4 13. Na4 f5 14. hxg6 hxg6 15. Nh4 f4
16. Bxd4 Qxg5 17. Bc5 Nxc5 18. Nxc5 dxc5 19. Nf3 Qe7 20. Rg1 Rf6 21. Rg5 Rd6 22.
Kd2 Bd7 23. Qh1 Kf7 24. Rg2 Rh8 25. Rh2 Rxh2 26. Qxh2 g5 27. Qh5+ Kf8 28. Qxg5
Qxg5 29. Nxg5 Rh6 30. Rg1 Bf6 31. Nf3 c6 32. b3 Ke7 33. Rg8 Rh8 34. Rxh8 Bxh8
35. Nh2 a5 36. Bg4 Be8 37. Be2 Kd6 38. Nf3 Bf6 39. Nh2 Bh4 40. Ke1 Bg6 41. Nf3
Bd8 42. Nd2 Bg5 43. Bf3 Be8 44. Ke2 Bd7 45. Bh5 Bh4 46. Bg6 Bg4+ 47. Ke1 Bd7 48.
Kf1 Bh3+ 49. Kg1 Bg4 50. f3 1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-USA 2016"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2016.04.22"]
[Round "8.6"]
[White "Chandra, Akshat"]
[Black "Lenderman, Aleksandr"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. c3 Bg7 4. d4 cxd4 5. cxd4 d5 6. e5 Nh6 7. Bb5+ Bd7 8. Be2
Nc6 9. O-O Bg4 10. Be3 Bxf3 11. Bxf3 Nf5 12. Nc3 e6 13. Qd2 f6 14. exf6 Qxf6 15.
Ne2 h5 16. Kh1 O-O 17. Rad1 Kh7 18. b4 a6 19. a3 Rac8 20. Qd3 Rcd8 21. Qb1 Bh6
22. Bxh6 Kxh6 23. Qc1+ Kg7 24. Qb2 Nh4 25. Ng1 Nf5 26. Ne2 Rf7 27. a4 Nh4 28.
Ng1 Qg5 29. Nh3 Qe7 30. b5 Qb4 31. Qe2 axb5 32. axb5 Na5 33. Ng5 Re7 34. Qe5+
Kg8 35. g3 Nxf3 36. Nxf3 Qxb5 37. Qf6 Qe8 38. Nh4 Rg7 39. Rfe1 Rd6 40. Qe5 Qd8
41. Ng2 Nc6 42. Qe3 Qf6 43. Nf4 Re7 44. h4 Qf5 45. Qa3 Rdd7 46. Kg2 Kg7 47. Re3
e5 48. dxe5 Rxe5 49. Rxe5 Qxe5 50. Qc5 d4 51. Qxe5+ Nxe5 52. Rxd4 Rxd4 53. Ne6+
Kf6 54. Nxd4 Nc6 55. Nb5 Ke5 56. f3 Nd4 57. Nc3 b5 58. Kf2 b4 59. Ne4 b3 60. Nd2
Kd5 61. Ke3 b2 62. Nb1 Kc4 63. g4 Nb5 64. gxh5 gxh5 65. f4 Nd6 66. Nd2+ Kc3 67.
Nb1+ Kc2 68. Na3+ Kc1 69. Kd4 Nb5+ 70. Nxb5 b1=Q 71. Nd6 Qb2+ 72. Ke4 Qf6 73.
Nc4 Qxh4 74. Ne5 Qf6 75. f5 h4 76. Nd3+ Kd2 77. Nf4 Qg5 78. Ke5 Qg3 0-1

[Event "ch-USA 2016"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2016.04.23"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Xiong, Jeffery"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. Nbd2 Nc5 10. c3 Be7 11. Bc2 d4 12. Nb3 d3 13. Nxc5 dxc2 14. Qxd8+ Rxd8
15. Nxe6 fxe6 16. Be3 Rd5 17. Rfc1 Nxe5 18. Nxe5 Rxe5 19. Bd4 Rg5 20. Rxc2 Kf7
21. Be3 Re5 22. c4 b4 23. Rd1 Rd8 24. Rxd8 Bxd8 25. Rd2 Ke8 26. g3 Bg5 27. Bxg5
Rxg5 28. Kf1 Ra5 29. b3 Ra3 30. Ke2 c5 31. Kd1 a5 32. Kc1 a4 33. Kb2 axb3 34.
axb3 Ke7 35. Re2 Ra7 36. f4 g6 37. Re5 Kd6 38. Kb1 Rf7 39. Kc2 Rf5 40. Rxf5 exf5
41. h4 h5 1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-USA 2016"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2016.04.23"]
[Round "9.2"]
[White "Lenderman, Aleksandr"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Be7 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bf4 c6 6. e3 Bf5 7. g4 Be6 8. h4
Nd7 9. g5 h6 10. g6 f5 11. Bg3 Ngf6 12. Nh3 Nb6 13. Nf4 Bd7 14. f3 O-O 15. Kf2
Rc8 16. Bd3 c5 17. Kg2 cxd4 18. exd4 Bd6 19. Qb3 Kh8 20. Bb5 Bxf4 21. Bxf4 Nh5
22. Be5 Bxb5 23. Qxb5 Nc4 24. Rae1 Nxe5 25. Rxe5 Qf6 26. Kf2 Qxg6 27. Rg1 Qf6
28. Rh1 Nf4 29. Ke3 Ng6 30. Rxd5 Nxh4 31. Rd7 Qg5+ 32. Kd3 Nxf3 33. Rd1 Qg2 34.
Rxb7 Rfe8 35. Rc7 Rb8 36. Qc6 Red8 37. Kc4 Rxd4+ 38. Kc5 Rxd1 39. Nxd1 Qg1+ 40.
Kc4 Qd4# 0-1

[Event "ch-USA 2016"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2016.04.23"]
[Round "9.3"]
[White "Onischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 c5 6. Nf3 d5 7. O-O cxd4 8. exd4
dxc4 9. Bxc4 b6 10. Bg5 Bb7 11. Rc1 Nc6 12. a3 Be7 13. Qd3 h6 14. Be3 Bd6 15.
Ba6 Bxa6 16. Qxa6 Ne7 17. Rc2 Qc8 18. Qxc8 Raxc8 19. Rfc1 Bb8 20. h3 Rfd8 21.
Kf1 Kf8 22. Ke2 Nfd5 23. Nxd5 Rxc2+ 24. Rxc2 Nxd5 25. Ne5 f6 26. Nc6 Rc8 27. Nb4
Rxc2+ 28. Nxc2 Ke7 29. Kd3 Kd7 30. Bd2 Bd6 31. Ne3 Nf4+ 32. Ke4 f5+ 33. Kf3 g5
34. Nc4 Ng6 35. g4 Kc6 36. d5+ exd5 37. Nxd6 fxg4+ 38. Kxg4 Kxd6 39. Kf5 Ne7+
40. Kf6 d4 41. Bb4+ Kd7 42. Bd2 d3 43. Ke5 Ng6+ 44. Kf5 Nf4 45. h4 Nh3 46. hxg5
Nxg5 47. Kf4 Ne6+ 48. Ke3 Nc5 49. Be1 Kd6 50. b4 Ne6 51. Kxd3 Kd5 52. Bc3 h5 53.
Bf6 b5 54. Ke3 a6 55. f4 Nf8 56. f5 Nd7 57. Ba1 h4 58. Kf3 h3 59. Kg3 Ke4 60. f6
Kf5 61. Kxh3 Nxf6 62. Kg3 Ne4+ 63. Kf3 Nd2+ 64. Ke2 Nc4 65. a4 bxa4 66. Kd3 Na3
67. Bg7 Nb5 68. Kc2 Ke4 69. Kb2 Kd3 70. Bf8 Kc4 71. Be7 Nd4 72. Ka3 Kb5 73. Bf8
Nc6 74. Bd6 Nd4 75. Bf8 Nf3 76. Be7 Nd2 77. Bf8 Nc4+ 78. Ka2 Ne3 79. Ka3 Nc2+
80. Kb2 Nxb4 81. Bxb4 Kxb4 82. Ka2 a5 83. Kb2 a3+ 84. Ka2 a4 85. Ka1 Kb3 86. Kb1
a2+ 87. Ka1 a3 1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-USA 2016"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2016.04.23"]
[Round "9.4"]
[White "Robson, Ray"]
[Black "Shankland, Samuel L"]
1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Be7 5. b3 O-O 6. Bb2 b6 7. c4 Bb7 8. e3 c5
9. Nc3 Qc8 10. Rc1 Rd8 11. cxd5 Nxd5 12. d4 Nxc3 13. Bxc3 Be4 14. Ne5 Bxg2 15.
Kxg2 Qb7+ 16. Qf3 Qxf3+ 17. Nxf3 Nc6 18. dxc5 Bxc5 19. Rfd1 f6 20. Kf1 Kf7 21.
Rxd8 Rxd8 22. b4 Nxb4 23. Bxb4 Bxb4 24. Rc7+ Ke8 25. Rxa7 Rd7 26. Ra4 Bc5 27.
Ke2 Kf7 28. Nd2 Rc7 29. Rc4 Ra7 30. a4 Be7 31. Nb3 e5 32. e4 b5 1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-USA 2016"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2016.04.23"]
[Round "9.5"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Akobian, Varuzhan"]
1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Nbd2 O-O 6. Bg2 b6 7. O-O Bb7 8. Qc2
Nbd7 9. Rd1 Re8 10. Ne5 c5 11. cxd5 exd5 12. Ndf3 cxd4 13. Bf4 Bc5 14. a3 Nxe5
15. Bxe5 d3 16. exd3 Rc8 17. Qa4 Qd7 18. Qf4 Qg4 19. b4 Bf8 20. Nd4 Qxf4 21.
Bxf4 a5 22. Bh3 Rc3 23. Nb5 Rc2 24. bxa5 bxa5 25. Rab1 Bc8 26. Bg2 Bd7 27. Nc7
Ree2 28. Rb8 Rxf2 29. Bf1 Rxf4 30. gxf4 Rxc7 31. Ra8 a4 32. Rb1 Rc8 0-1

[Event "ch-USA 2016"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2016.04.23"]
[Round "9.6"]
[White "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Black "Chandra, Akshat"]
1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 Nc6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bd6 5. Na3 a6 6. Be2 e4 7. d4 exd3 8. Qxd3
Qe7 9. Nc4 Bb4+ 10. c3 Bc5 11. Nf3 d5 12. Ncd2 O-O 13. a3 Rd8 14. b4 Ba7 15. c4
dxc4 16. Qxc4 Bf5 17. O-O Ne4 18. Nxe4 Bxe4 19. h4 h6 20. Qc3 f6 21. Rad1 Bg6
22. Qc4+ Bf7 23. Qg4 Rxd1 24. Rxd1 Rd8 25. Rc1 h5 26. Qf5 Qe6 27. Qxe6 Bxe6 28.
Bxa6 Nxb4 29. Bxb7 Nd3 30. Rc6 Bd5 31. Rxc7 Bxe3 32. fxe3 Nxb2 33. Nd4 Bxb7 34.
Rxb7 Nc4 35. Kf2 Nxa3 36. Nf5 Rd2+ 37. Kg3 Nc2 38. e4 Kf8 39. Nxg7 Ne1 40. Ne6+
Kg8 41. Nf4 Ra2 42. Rd7 Kf8 43. Rd5 Kf7 44. e5 fxe5 45. Rxe5 Nc2 46. Rf5+ Ke7
47. Rxh5 Kf6 48. Rg5 Ra3+ 49. Kf2 Nd4 50. Nd5+ Ke6 51. Ne3 Ra2+ 52. Kg1 Re2 53.
Rg4 Ke5 54. Nc4+ Kd5 55. Nb6+ Ke5 56. Nd7+ Kd5 57. Nf6+ Ke5 58. Nh5 Re4 59.
Rxe4+ Kxe4 60. Kh2 Kf5 61. Kh3 Ne6 62. Kg3 Nc5 63. Kf3 Nd3 64. g4+ Ke5 65. Ke3
Nc5 66. Nf4 Nb7 67. Nd3+ Kf6 68. Kf4 Nd6 69. g5+ Kg6 70. Kg4 Ne4 71. h5+ Kg7 72.
Nf4 Nd6 73. h6+ Kh7 74. Kh5 Ne8 75. g6+ Kh8 76. Kg5 Nc7 77. Kf6 Kg8 78. Ke7 Kh8
79. Kf7 Ne6 80. Kxe6 1-0