"63rd ch-USA 2019"] [Site "Saint Louis USA"] Round 2

[Event "63rd ch-USA 2019"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2019.03.20"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Sevian, Samuel"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8. Na3
b5 9. Nd5 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. c4 b4 12. Nc2 a5 13. g3 O-O 14. Bg2 g6 15. O-O
Bg7 16. Qd3 Be6 17. a3 bxa3 18. Qxa3 Qb8 19. Rfd1 Ra7 20. b3 Rb7 21. Rab1 Nd4
22. Nxd4 exd4 23. Bf1 h5 24. Bd3 h4 25. Qxa5 Rxb3 26. Qd2 Bxd5 27. exd5 Bf6 28.
Qc2 Rxb1 29. Rxb1 Qa7 30. Qd2 Kg7 31. Qf4 Qa3 32. Qe4 Rh8 33. Rb7 Qc1+ 34. Bf1
hxg3 35. hxg3 Rh5 36. Rb1 Qc3 37. Rd1 Be5 38. Bd3 Qb2 39. Qe2 Qb8 40. Rb1 Qc8
41. Qf3 Bf6 42. Re1 Re5 43. Rxe5 Bxe5 1/2-1/2

[Event "63rd ch-USA 2019"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Opening "Catalan"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Ne5 Nc6 8. Bxc6
bxc6 9. Nxc6 Qe8 10. Nxe7+ Qxe7 11. Qa4 e5 12. dxe5 Qxe5 13. Re1 Be6 14. Nc3 Ne4
15. Qc2 Nxc3 16. Qxc3 Qxc3 17. bxc3 Rab8 18. f3 Rfd8 19. Bf4 Rb2 20. Rad1 Rxd1
21. Rxd1 h5 22. Rd8+ Kh7 23. Rd2 Rxd2 24. Bxd2 Kg6 25. Kf2 Bh3 26. Bf4 c6 27. a4
Kf5 28. a5 a6 29. Ke3 Bf1 30. Kf2 Bh3 31. Ke3 Bf1 32. Kf2 Bh3 1/2-1/2

[Round "1.3"]
[White "Shankland, Samuel"]
[Black "Robson, Ray"]
[Opening "QGD Slav"]
1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bg4 5. h3 Bh5 6. g4 Bg6 7. Ne5 e6 8. Nd2 Nbd7
9. h4 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Nxe5 11. dxe5 Ne4 12. h5 Nxd2 13. Bxd2 Bd3 14. Qb3 Bxc4 15.
Qxc4 Qd5 16. Qxd5 cxd5 17. Ke2 Be7 18. e4 O-O-O 19. Be3 Kb8 20. Kd3 b6 21. Rac1
Rd7 22. Rc2 Rc8 23. Rxc8+ Kxc8 24. f4 dxe4+ 25. Kxe4 Rc7 26. Rh2 Kd7 27. b3 Ke8
28. f5 Rc3 29. Kd4 Rc6 30. Kd3 Rc7 31. Rf2 Bb4 32. f6 gxf6 33. exf6 Rc3+ 34. Ke4
Rxe3+ 35. Kxe3 Bc5+ 36. Ke2 Bxf2 37. Kxf2 Kd7 38. Kf3 e5 39. Ke4 Kd6 40. Kf5 Kd5
41. g5 e4 42. g6 hxg6+ 43. hxg6 fxg6+ 44. Kxg6 e3 45. f7 e2 46. f8=Q e1=Q 47.
Qa8+ Kd6 48. Qb8+ Kc6 49. Qc8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "63rd ch-USA 2019"]
White "Akobian, Varuzhan"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Opening "QGD"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 c5 7. Rb1 Be7 8.
Nf3 O-O 9. Bc4 a6 10. a4 Qc7 11. Bd3 Nc6 12. O-O cxd4 13. cxd4 Nb4 14. Ba3 Nxd3
15. Qxd3 Bxa3 16. Qxa3 Bd7 17. Ne5 Rfc8 18. Rfc1 Qd8 19. Nxd7 Qxd7 20. Qb2 Qxa4
21. Rxc8+ Rxc8 22. Qxb7 Qc4 23. h3 h6 24. d5 exd5 25. exd5 Rd8 26. Rd1 Qb5 27.
Qxb5 axb5 28. d6 Kf8 29. Rd5 Rb8 30. d7 Ke7 31. d8=Q+ Rxd8 32. Rxb5 Kf8 33. g3 1/2-1/2

[Event "63rd ch-USA 2019"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Gareyev, Timur"]
[Black "Xiong, Jeffery"]
[Opening "Reti"]
1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 d4 3. b4 Bg4 4. Ne5 Bf5 5. e3 Nf6 6. g4 Be4 7. f3 Bg6 8. Bb2
dxe3 9. dxe3 Nbd7 10. Nxg6 hxg6 11. Nc3 e6 12. c5 c6 13. g5 Nd5 14. Nxd5 exd5
15. f4 Qe7 16. Qd2 Rh4 17. Qf2 Qe4 18. a3 Qxh1 19. Qxh4 a5 20. Qf2 axb4 21. axb4
Rxa1+ 22. Bxa1 Qe4 23. Bc3 b6 24. Kd2 bxc5 25. b5 cxb5 26. Bxb5 c4 27. Qe2 Qb1
28. Bxd7+ Kxd7 29. Qg4+ Qf5 30. h3 Kc6 31. Ke2 Kb5 32. Bd4 Qxg4+ 33. hxg4 Kb4
34. e4 dxe4 35. Kd2 Bc5 36. Bxg7 Kb3 37. f5 e3+ 38. Ke2 c3 0-1

[Event "63rd ch-USA 2019"]
[Round "1.6"]
[White "Liang, Awonder"]
[Black "Lenderman, Aleksandr"]
[ECO "B40"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 d5 8.
O-O Be7 9. Qf3 O-O 10. Re1 a5 11. exd5 exd5 12. h3 Bd6 13. Ne2 Re8 14. Bg5 Be5
15. Rab1 h6 16. Bf4 Qd6 17. Bxe5 Rxe5 18. c4 Be6 19. Red1 Re8 20. Qg3 Bd7 21.
Nd4 Nh5 22. Qf3 Nf4 23. Bf1 Qf6 24. g3 Rg5 25. Kh2 Re4 26. Nb3 Nxh3 27. Qxf6
gxf6 28. Nc5 Nxf2 29. Nxd7 Ng4+ 30. Kg1 Re7 31. Nb6 Ne3 32. Rd2 Rxg3+ 33. Kf2
Rg5 34. Bh3 Re4 35. cxd5 cxd5 36. Nd7 Kg7 37. Nc5 Rh4 38. Kxe3 Rxh3+ 39. Kd4
Rh4+ 40. Ke3 d4+ 41. Rxd4 Rh3+ 42. Kf2 Rxc5 43. Rg1+ Rg5 44. Rg2 Rh1 45. Ra4 Rc1
46. Kf3 Rc5 47. Rh2 h5 48. Rhh4 Kg6 49. b3 Rc3+ 50. Kf2 Rd5 51. Rhe4 Rf5+ 52.
Kg2 Rc2+ 53. Kg3 Kg5 54. Rec4 Rcf2 55. Rc3 Rf1 56. Kh3 Rh1+ 57. Kg2 Rd1 58. Rg3+
Kh6 59. Rf3 Rd2+ 60. Kg3 Rg5+ 61. Kh3 Kg6 62. Rc3 Rd1 63. Kh2 Rdd5 64. Rc8 Kg7
65. Kh3 Rd3+ 66. Kh2 Re5 67. Rc2 Rdd5 68. b4 axb4 69. Rxb4 Rd3 70. Rf2 f5 71.
Rg2+ Kf6 72. Rh4 Re4 73. Rxh5 Rg4 74. Rb2 Kg6 75. Rh8 Ra3 76. Rg8+ Kf6 77. Rh8
Rga4 78. Kg2 Kg5 79. Rg8+ Kf4 80. Rf2+ Ke5 81. Re8+ Kf6 82. Rh8 Rg4+ 83. Kh2 f4
84. Rg2 Rg6 85. Rb2 Kf5 86. Rhb8 Rh6+ 87. Kg1 Kg4 88. R8b3 Rxb3 89. Rxb3 Rc6 90.
a3 Rc1+ 91. Kf2 Rc2+ 92. Kf1 Ra2 93. Rc3 f3 94. Rc8 Rxa3 95. Rg8+ Kf4 96. Rf8
Ra7 97. Kf2 Re7 98. Rb8 Re2+ 99. Kf1 Ra2 100. Rf8 Ra7 101. Kf2 f5 102. Rb8 Re7
103. Ra8 Re2+ 104. Kf1 Rb2 105. Rc8 Rd2 106. Ra8 Rd4 107. Kf2 Re4 108. Rb8 Re2+
109. Kf1 Rh2 110. Ra8 Rh4 111. Rb8 Kg3 112. Rg8+ Rg4 113. Rb8 Rc4 114. Rg8+ Kf4
115. Kf2 Rc2+ 116. Kf1 f2 117. Rb8 Kg4 118. Rb4+ f4 119. Rb3 f3 120. Rb4+ Kf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "63rd ch-USA 2019"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Xiong, Jeffery"]
[Black "Akobian, Varuzhan"]
[Opening "French"]
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e5 Nfd7 6. Bxe7 Qxe7 7. f4 a6 8. Qg4
g6 9. Nf3 c5 10. dxc5 Nc6 11. Bd3 Nxc5 12. O-O Bd7 13. Qg3 Rc8 14. Kh1 Nxd3 15.
cxd3 Qb4 16. Rab1 Nd4 17. a3 Qc5 18. Nd2 Nf5 19. Qh3 Qe3 20. Qxe3 Nxe3 21. Rfc1
Ke7 22. Kg1 h5 23. Nf3 Nf5 24. Kf2 d4 25. Ne4 Ba4 26. b3 Bc6 27. Nfd2 Bd5 28.
Nc4 Rc6 29. Na5 Rcc8 30. Nc4 Rc6 31. Na5 Rcc8 32. Ke2 h4 33. Kd2 b6 34. Nc4 Rc6
35. a4 Rb8 36. Nf6 Bxg2 37. a5 bxa5 38. Nxa5 Rxc1 39. Rxc1 Kd8 40. Ne4 Rb5 41.
Nc6+ Ke8 42. Nf6+ Kf8 43. Na7 Rxb3 44. Rc8+ Kg7 45. Rg8+ Kh6 46. Nc8 Bc6 47. Nd6
Nxd6 48. Rh8+ Kg7 49. Rg8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "63rd ch-USA 2019"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2019.03.21"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Robson, Ray"]
[Opening "Scotch"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8.
h4 Qe6 9. Nd2 d6 10. exd6 Bxd6 11. Nc4 Bc5 12. a3 O-O 13. Qxe6 Bxe6 14. Bd3 Rfe8
15. O-O a5 16. Ne5 Bc8 17. Nc4 Be6 18. Re1 Nb6 19. Ne5 Bd5 20. Be3 Bd6 21. Bd4
c5 22. Bc3 c4 23. Bf1 Na4 24. Bd4 c5 25. Bxc4 Bxe5 26. Bxd5 Bxd4 27. Bc6 Rxe1+
28. Rxe1 Rd8 29. Bxa4 Bxb2 30. Re7 Kf8 31. Ra7 Rd1+ 32. Kh2 Rd4 33. Rxa5 Rxh4+
34. Kg1 Bxa3 35. Ra8+ Ke7 36. Ra7+ Kf8 37. Ra8+ Ke7 38. Ra7+ Kf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "63rd ch-USA 2019"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Lenderman, Aleksandr"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[ECO "D27"]
[Opening "QGA"]
1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 dxc4 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. O-O a6 7. b3 cxd4 8. Nxd4
Be7 9. Bb2 O-O 10. Nd2 b5 11. Be2 Bb7 12. Bf3 Ra7 13. Rc1 Qd7 14. Bxb7 Rxb7 15.
N2f3 Rc7 16. Rxc7 Qxc7 17. Qb1 Qb7 18. Rc1 Rc8 19. Ne5 Nfd7 20. Ndf3 Nxe5 21.
Nxe5 Nd7 22. Nxd7 Rxc1+ 23. Qxc1 Qxd7 24. Qc2 f6 25. g3 e5 26. e4 Kf7 27. Bc1
Bd6 28. Be3 Qc7 29. Qxc7+ Bxc7 30. Kf1 Ke6 1/2-1/2

[Event "63rd ch-USA 2019"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Gareyev, Timur"]
[Opening "Catalan opening"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 a5 5. Bg2 O-O 6. Nf3 b6 7. O-O Ba6 8. Ne5
Ra7 9. Bxb4 axb4 10. Qa4 c5 11. a3 bxa3 12. Nxa3 Rc7 13. dxc5 bxc5 14. Rfd1 d5
15. e4 d4 16. b4 Nfd7 17. Nxd7 Qxd7 18. Qxd7 Nxd7 19. bxc5 Nxc5 20. e5 Nb3 21.
Rab1 Na5 22. Bf1 Bxc4 23. Rdc1 d3 24. Bxd3 Bxd3 25. Rxc7 Bxb1 26. Nxb1 Nb3 27.
Nc3 Nd4 28. Kg2 f6 29. exf6 Rxf6 30. Rd7 Nf5 31. Ne4 Rf8 32. Nc5 Re8 33. g4 Nh4+
34. Kg3 Ng6 35. f4 Nf8 36. Rc7 h6 37. h4 Ra8 38. h5 Ra3+ 39. Kf2 Rh3 40. Re7 Rc3
41. Ne4 Rd3 42. g5 Rd7 43. Re8 Kf7 44. Ra8 Ke7 45. Ke3 Rd1 46. g6 Rd5 47. Nf6
Kxf6 48. Rxf8+ Ke7 49. Rf7+ Kd6 50. Rxg7 Rxh5 51. Rd7+ Kxd7 52. g7 Rh3+ 53. Kf2
Rh4 54. Kg3 Rh1 55. Kg2 Rh4 56. g8=Q Rxf4 57. Qg7+ Kd6 58. Qxh6 Rf5 59. Qg7 Kd5
60. Kg3 Kd6 61. Kg4 Kd5 62. Qc7 Kd4 63. Qd6+ Rd5 64. Qxe6 Re5 65. Qc6 Rc5 66.
Qb6 Kd5 67. Kf5 Kd4+ 68. Ke6 Kc4 69. Kd6 Rd5+ 70. Kc6 Re5 71. Qa6+ Kd4 72. Qa2
Rf5 73. Qb2+ Ke4 74. Kd6 Rg5 75. Qc2+ Kf4 76. Ke6 Re5+ 77. Kf6 Re3 78. Qf5+ Kg3
79. Kg5 Kg2 80. Kh4 Kg1 81. Qf4 Re2 82. Kh3 Ra2 83. Qg4+ Kf1 84. Qc4+ Re2 85.
Kg3 Ke1 86. Qc1# 1-0

[Round "2.5"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "Shankland, Samuel"]
[ECO "B48"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. Qd2 Nf6 8.
O-O-O Be7 9. f3 b5 10. g4 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Bb7 12. Kb1 O-O 13. Rg1 Rac8 14. h4 Rfd8
15. Bh3 Ne8 16. g5 Bc5 17. h5 Bxd4 18. Qxd4 Qc5 19. Qd2 d5 20. e5 d4 21. g6 dxc3
22. gxf7+ Kxf7 23. Qf4+ Ke7 24. Qg5+ Kf7 25. Qf4+ Ke7 26. Qg5+ Kf7 27. Qf4+ Ke7
28. Qg5+ Kf7 29. Qf4+ Ke7 30. Qg5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "63rd ch-USA 2019"]
[Round "2.6"]
[White "Sevian, Samuel"]
[Black "Liang, Awonder"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 e6 8. Ne5
Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Nd7 11. Bf4 Ngf6 12. O-O-O Be7 13. Qf3 Qa5 14. Kb1 Qd5
15. Qe2 b5 16. f3 b4 17. Rhe1 O-O 18. Ne4 Rac8 19. g4 Qb5 20. Nxd7 Nxd7 21. Qg2
Kh8 22. Qd2 Rfd8 23. Bd6 Bf8 24. Qf4 Kg8 25. g5 h5 26. Bc7 Re8 27. Be5 Red8 28.
Bc7 Re8 29. Ng3 Nb6 30. Bxb6 axb6 31. Nxh5 Red8 32. Re5 Rd5 33. Rg1 Rxe5 34.
dxe5 Qe2 35. Qg4 g6 36. Nf6+ Kh8 37. Qe4 Qxe4 38. Nxe4 Rd8 39. Kc1 Ra8 40. Kb1
Rd8 41. Re1 Kg7 42. b3 Be7 43. Kc1 Rh8 44. Rh1 b5 45. Kb2 Rd8 46. Kc1 Rd5 47. f4
Rd4 48. Re1 c5 49. Kb2 c4 50. bxc4 bxc4 51. Re3 Bf8 52. c3 Rd1 53. Nd6 Rd2+ 54.
Kb1 b3 55. axb3 cxb3 56. Re4 Rc2 57. Rc4 Rd2 58. Ne8+ Kg8 59. Rc8 f5 60. Nd6 Kg7
61. Rc7+ Kg8 62. Rd7 Rf2 63. c4 Rxf4 64. c5 Rf1+ 65. Kb2 f4 66. c6 f3 67. c7 f2
68. c8=Q Rb1+ 69. Kxb1 f1=Q+ 70. Kb2 Qe2+ 71. Kxb3 Qd1+ 72. Qc2 Qd5+ 73. Kb4
Qd4+ 74. Kb5 Qxe5+ 75. Ka6 Qa1+ 76. Kb7 Bg7 77. Ne4 1-0