Thursday, February 21, 2019

"2019 Saint Louis Champions Showdown Rapid"



Day 1
Rapid 1Rapid 2Rapid 3Rapid 4Total Score
J. Duda10214
H. Nakamura12014
P. Harikrishna01001
F. Caruana21227
D. Navara20103
W. So02125
V. Topalov12115
L. Dominguez10113
R. Rapport22217
S. Shankland00011



[Event "]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2019.02.20"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bf5 7. O-O Be7 8. c4
dxc4 9. Bxc4 O-O 10. Re1 Nc6 11. d5 Nb8 12. Nd4 Bg6 13. Nc3 Nd6 14. Bd3 Nd7 15.
Bf4 a6 16. Bxg6 hxg6 17. h3 Bf6 18. Rc1 Nb6 19. Nf3 Rc8 20. Qb3 Qd7 21. Ne5 Bxe5
22. Bxe5 Rfe8 23. Qb4 Nb5 24. Nxb5 Qxb5 25. Qd4 Qxd5 26. Bxg7 Qxd4 27. Bxd4 Nd5
28. g3 f6 29. Kg2 Kf7 30. h4 Rxe1 31. Rxe1 c5 32. Be3 b5 33. Kf3 c4 34. Bd2 b4
35. Rc1 f5 36. g4 fxg4+ 37. Kxg4 c3 38. bxc3 bxc3 39. Be1 Rc4+ 40. Kf3 Rxh4 41.
Ke2 Rh3 42. f3 Rh2+ 43. Kd3 Nb4+ 44. Kc4 Nxa2 45. Bg3 Rg2 46. Ra1 Rxg3 47. Rxa2
Rxf3 48. Kd4 g5 49. Rxa6 g4 50. Ke4 c2 51. Ra1 Kf6 52. Rc1 Rf2 0-1

[Event "Champions Showdown Rapid"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2019.02.20"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Duda, Jan-Krzysztof"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. O-O O-O 7. Re1 h6 8. Nbd2
a5 9. a4 Ne7 10. Nf1 Ng6 11. Ng3 c6 12. Bb3 Re8 13. h3 d5 14. exd5 Nxd5 15. d4
exd4 16. Rxe8+ Qxe8 17. Bxd5 cxd5 18. Nxd4 Bd7 19. Be3 Bf8 20. Ndf5 Be6 21. Bd4
f6 22. Qf3 Qf7 23. Re1 Ra6 24. Nh5 Kh7 25. Qd3 Bd7 26. Nh4 f5 27. Nxg6 Rxg6 28.
Nf4 Ra6 29. b3 g5 30. Ne2 Re6 31. Be3 Re8 32. Bb6 Kg8 33. Rd1 Qe6 34. Qxd5 Qxd5
35. Rxd5 Rxe2 36. Rxd7 Re1+ 37. Kh2 Rb1 38. Rd5 Rxb3 39. Bd4 b6 40. Rxf5 Bg7 41.
Rd5 Bxd4 42. cxd4 Rb4 43. Rd6 Kg7 44. d5 Rxa4 45. Rxb6 Rd4 46. d6 a4 47. Ra6 a3
48. Kg3 a2 49. d7 Rxd7 50. Rxa2 Rd4 51. Ra7+ Kg6 52. Ra6+ Kg7 53. Re6 Ra4 54.
Kf3 Rf4+ 55. Ke3 Ra4 56. g3 Rb4 57. Kf3 Ra4 58. Re4 Ra2 59. h4 gxh4 60. Rxh4 Kg6
61. Re4 h5 62. Ke3 Rb2 63. Ra4 Rb6 64. Kf3 Rb2 65. Kg2 Rc2 66. Rf4 Ra2 67. Kh3
Rb2 68. Rf8 Kg7 69. Rf4 Kg6 70. Kg2 Ra2 71. Rb4 Rc2 72. Kf3 Ra2 73. Ke3 Ra6 74.
Rb5 Re6+ 75. Kf3 Ra6 76. Re5 Rb6 77. Kf4 Rf6+ 78. Ke3 Ra6 79. f4 Ra3+ 80. Kf2
Ra2+ 81. Kf3 Ra3+ 82. Kg2 Ra1 83. Rg5+ Kh6 84. Rg8 Kh7 85. Rb8 Kg6 86. Rb6+ Kg7
87. Re6 Kh7 88. Kf3 Rf1+ 89. Ke2 Rg1 90. Kf2 Ra1 91. Re1 Ra2+ 92. Kf3 Kg6 93.
Re6+ Kg7 94. f5 Ra4 95. Rg6+ Kh7 96. Rg5 Kh6 97. Rg6+ Kh7 98. Re6 Kg7 99. Re4
Ra6 100. Rh4 Ra3+ 101. Kf4 Kh6 102. g4 Ra4+ 103. Ke5 Rxg4 104. Rxg4 hxg4 105.
Kf4 g3 106. Kxg3 Kg5 107. f6 Kxf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Champions Showdown Rapid"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2019.02.20"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Navara, David"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1-0"]
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 Be7 10. c3 O-O 11. Bc2 f5 12. Nb3 Qd7 13. Nfd4 Nxd4 14. Nxd4 c5 15.
Nxe6 Qxe6 16. f3 Ng5 17. a4 Rad8 18. axb5 axb5 19. Ra7 Rd7 20. Rxd7 Qxd7 21. f4
Ne4 22. Bxe4 fxe4 23. f5 d4 24. f6 gxf6 25. Bh6 Rf7 26. cxd4 Qe6 27. d5 1-0

[Event "Champions Showdown Rapid"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2019.02.20"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 c6 4. Nf3 d5 5. Bb3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Bxd2+ 7. Qxd2 a5 8. a4
O-O 9. exd5 cxd5 10. Nxe5 Nc6 11. f4 Re8 12. O-O Nxe5 13. fxe5 Rxe5 14. Nc3 h6
15. Rae1 Rg5 16. d4 Bh3 17. Re2 Be6 18. Ref2 Rc8 19. Rf4 Nh5 20. R4f3 Nf6 21.
Rf4 Bh3 22. R1f2 Be6 23. Qd3 Qd6 24. Rf1 b6 25. Nd1 Re8 26. c3 Bd7 27. Ne3 Bh3
28. Rxf6 gxf6 29. Rf2 Bd7 30. Rf3 Qe6 31. h4 Rg7 32. Bxd5 Qd6 33. c4 Rg3 34. Nf1
Rg7 35. Ng3 f5 36. Nxf5 Bxf5 37. Qxf5 Qe7 38. Rf4 Qe1+ 39. Rf1 Qe3+ 40. Kh1 Kh8
41. Qf6 Kh7 42. Bxf7 Qg3 43. Bd5 Re3 44. Qf5+ Kh8 45. Qf4 Qxf4 46. Rxf4 Rg6 47.
c5 bxc5 48. dxc5 Re1+ 49. Kh2 Rc1 50. c6 Rd6 51. Bf3 Rd2 52. b4 axb4 53. Rxb4
Kg7 54. a5 Ra2 55. Rb5 Ra4 56. Kg3 Kf6 57. h5 Rc3 58. Rb6 Kg5 59. a6 Ra2 60. c7
Rxc7 61. Rg6+ Kf5 62. Rxh6 Rg7+ 63. Kh3 Ra1 64. Kh2 Kg5 65. Rb6 Ra5 66. Rb7 Kh6
67. Be2 Rg8 68. Kh3 Re8 69. Rb6+ Kg5 70. Bf3 Rg8 71. Rd6 Ra4 72. Kh2 Ra3 73. Kg3
Ra5 74. Kf2 Ra3 75. Ke2 Rb8 76. Rg6+ Kf5 77. Kf2 Rh8 78. Kg1 Ra4 79. Kh2 Ra3 80.
Rb6 Kg5 81. Rg6+ Kf5 82. Kg1 Ra2 83. Rb6 Kg5 84. Kh2 Rh6 85. Rxh6 Kxh6 86. Bb7
Kxh5 87. Kg3 Kg5 88. Kf3 Kf5 89. Ke3 Ke5 90. Kd3 Ra4 91. Kc3 Kd6 92. Kb3 Ra1 93.
Kc4 Ra5 94. Kb4 Ra1 95. Kb5 Rb1+ 96. Kc4 Ra1 97. Kd4 Ra4+ 98. Ke3 Ke5 99. Kf3
Kf5 100. Bc8+ Kg5 101. Ke3 Kh4 102. Kf3 Ra3+ 103. Kf4 Ra4+ 104. Ke5 Kg3 105. Bb7
Rxa6 106. Bxa6 Kxg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Champions Showdown Rapid"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2019.02.20"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Rapport, Richard"]
[Black "Shankland, Samuel"]
[Result "1-0"]
1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Qc2 Bd6 6. Nf3 Ne7 7. Bg5 f6 8. Bd2
Na6 9. a3 Nc7 10. e4 dxe4 11. Nxe4 Bg4 12. Qb3 b6 13. Bc4 Ned5 14. O-O Be7 15.
h3 Be6 16. Qc2 Qd7 17. Rac1 O-O-O 18. Rfe1 Kb7 19. b4 Rhe8 20. Qb3 b5 21. Bf1
Nb6 22. Qc2 Bd5 23. Bf4 Ne6 24. Bg3 Na4 25. Rcd1 Qc8 26. Ned2 g6 27. Nb3 Bd6 28.
Bxd6 Rxd6 29. Nfd2 f5 30. Nc4 Bxc4 31. Na5+ Kb8 32. Nxc4 bxc4 33. Qxa4 Nxd4 34.
Bxc4 f4 35. b5 c5 36. b6 Rxe1+ 37. Rxe1 axb6 38. Re8 Rd8 39. Re7 Nc6 40. Re6 Na5
41. Rxb6+ Nb7 42. Be2 Qc7 43. Qa6 1-0

[Event "Champions Showdown Rapid"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2019.02.20"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Nbd2 Be6 7. Qe2 Bd6 8.
h3 Nd7 9. b3 a5 10. a4 O-O 11. O-O Re8 12. Bb2 Qf6 13. Rae1 Bb4 14. Rd1 b5 15.
axb5 cxb5 16. d4 Qg6 17. Kh1 Qh5 18. d5 Bg4 19. Kg1 Bxf3 20. Nxf3 Reb8 21. Ra1
Bd6 22. Ra2 a4 23. Rfa1 f5 24. bxa4 bxa4 25. Ba3 fxe4 26. Qxe4 Nf6 27. Qc4 e4
28. Bxd6 cxd6 29. Nd4 Qxd5 30. Qxd5+ Nxd5 31. Rxa4 Rxa4 32. Rxa4 e3 33. fxe3
Nxe3 34. Ra7 Re8 35. Kf2 g6 36. Rd7 Nc4 37. g4 Rf8+ 38. Kg3 Rf7 39. Rd8+ Rf8 40.
Rxf8+ Kxf8 41. Kf4 h6 42. Ke4 Ke7 43. c3 Nb6 44. h4 Na4 45. Ne2 Nc5+ 46. Kd5 Nd7
47. g5 hxg5 48. hxg5 Ne5 49. Nf4 Kd7 50. c4 Nf7 51. Nxg6 Nxg5 52. c5 dxc5 53.
Kxc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Champions Showdown Rapid"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2019.02.20"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Duda, Jan-Krzysztof"]
[Result "1-0"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 d5 8.
exd5 O-O 9. O-O Bg4 10. f3 Bh5 11. dxc6 Qd4+ 12. Kh1 Bxc3 13. bxc3 Qxc3 14. Rb1
Bg6 15. Rb3 Qxc6 16. Bb2 Rad8 17. Qa1 Bxd3 18. cxd3 Rfe8 19. Rc1 Qe6 20. Bxf6
Qxf6 21. Qxf6 gxf6 22. h3 Rd7 23. Rc2 Re5 24. Kg1 Red5 25. Rcc3 Kg7 26. Kf2 c5
27. Ra3 f5 28. Ra4 Rxd3 29. Rxc5 Rd2+ 30. Kg3 f4+ 31. Rxf4 Rxa2 32. Rg4+ Kf8 33.
Rc8+ Ke7 34. Rh8 a5 35. Rxh7 Ra7 36. Rf4 Kf8 37. h4 a4 38. h5 Kg8 39. Rh6 a3 40.
Rg4+ Kf8 41. Rh8+ Ke7 42. h6 Ra1 43. h7 Rh1 44. Rh4 Rxh4 45. Kxh4 Ra4+ 46. g4 a2
47. Re8+ Kxe8 48. h8=Q+ Kd7 49. Qa1 Ra3 50. Qd4+ Ke8 51. Qe5+ Kd7 52. Qd5+ 1-0

[Event "Champions Showdown Rapid"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Navara, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. O-O Nd4 6. Nxd4 Bxd4 7. c3 Bb6 8.
Ba4 c6 9. Na3 d6 10. Bc2 O-O 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bh4 g5 13. Bg3 Bg4 14. Qd2 Nh5 15.
Nc4 Bc7 16. d4 Qe7 17. Ne3 Bd7 18. Rad1 Rad8 19. Qe2 Nf4 20. Qf3 Qf6 21. Kh1 Qg6
22. Rd2 Qh5 23. Bd1 Qxf3 24. Bxf3 Be6 25. h4 exd4 26. Rxd4 Bb6 27. Rd2 d5 28.
exd5 Nxd5 29. Nxd5 Bxd5 30. Bxd5 Rxd5 31. Rxd5 cxd5 32. Rd1 Rd8 33. Rd3 d4 34.
c4 Rc8 35. b3 Bc5 36. hxg5 hxg5 37. Be5 Rc6 38. Rd2 Re6 39. Bxd4 Bxd4 40. Rxd4
Re2 41. Rd7 Rxf2 42. a4 b6 43. Rxa7 Rb2 44. Rb7 Rxb3 45. a5 Rc3 46. a6 Kg7 47.
a7 Ra3 48. g4 Kf6 49. Rxb6+ Ke5 50. Rb7 Kf4 51. Kg2 Ra2+ 52. Kf1 Kxg4 53. c5 f5
54. c6 Ra1+ 55. Kf2 Ra2+ 56. Ke1 Ra1+ 57. Kd2 Ra2+ 58. Kc3 1-0

[Event "Champions Showdown Rapid"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
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 Nf4 10. Qe4 Ng6 11. f4 d5 12. Qa4 Bd7 13. Nf3 c5 14. Bb5 c6 15.
Be2 Be7 16. h5 Nf8 17. Bd2 c4 18. O-O-O c5 19. Qa3 Qb6 20. Ba5 Qb7 21. Nh4 Ne6
22. Nf5 Nxf4 23. Nxe7 Nxe2+ 24. Kd2 c3+ 25. Kxe2 Bg4+ 26. Kf2 Qxe7 27. Rxd5 O-O
28. Bxc3 Qg5 29. Qxc5 Qf4+ 30. Kg1 Qc1+ 31. Kh2 Qf4+ 32. Kg1 Qc1+ 33. Kh2 Qf4+
34. g3 Qe4 35. Rd2 Rad8 36. Rf2 Bxh5 37. Re1 Qg6 38. Rf4 Qxc2+ 39. Qf2 Qg6 40.
Qxa7 Bg4 41. Qf2 Rd3 42. Kg1 Be6 43. Rf3 Rfd8 44. Rxd3 Rxd3 45. Re3 Rxe3 46.
Qxe3 Bxa2 47. Kf2 h6 48. Qd4 Be6 49. Qf4 Bd5 50. Ke3 Qb6+ 51. Qd4 Qc6 52. Kd2
Be6 53. Qd8+ Kh7 54. Qd3+ g6 55. Qe3 Qg2+ 56. Ke1 Bc4 57. Qf2 Qe4+ 58. Kd2 Qd3+
59. Ke1 Be6 60. Qf4 g5 61. Qf2 Kg6 62. Bd4 Bc4 63. Qe3 Qc2 64. Bc3 Qg2 65. Qf2
Qe4+ 66. Kd2 Kh5 67. Qe3 Qg2+ 68. Kc1 Be6 69. Be1 Bf5 70. Qd2 Qe4 71. Qc3 Kg4
72. b4 Qe2 73. Qd4+ Kh3 74. Qc3 Be6 75. Bd2 Kg2 76. Be1 Kf1 77. Bd2 Kf2 78. Qa3
Qc4+ 79. Kb2 Qd4+ 80. Bc3 Qd1 81. b5 Qe2+ 82. Kc1 Qxb5 83. Bd4+ Kg2 84. Qe3 Qf1+
85. Kd2 Bg4 86. Bc5 Qd1+ 87. Kc3 Qf3 88. Kd2 Kxg3 89. Bf8 Qxe3+ 90. Kxe3 h5 91.
Be7 h4 92. Bxg5 h3 93. Bf4+ Kg2 0-1

[Event "Champions Showdown Rapid"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Shankland, Samuel"]
[Black "Rapport, Richard"]
[Result "0-1"]
1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. Bc4 Be7 6. a4 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. a5 h6
9. h3 exd4 10. Nxd4 Nc5 11. Qf3 Ncxe4 12. Nxe4 Nxe4 13. Qxe4 d5 14. Bxd5 Qxd5
15. Qxd5 cxd5 16. Rd1 a6 17. c3 Bd7 18. Be3 Rac8 19. Rd2 Rfe8 20. Ne2 Bc6 21.
Nf4 Rcd8 22. Rad1 Ba4 23. Re1 Bc6 24. g3 Bf6 25. Red1 Ba4 26. Ra1 Bc6 27. Bb6
Rd7 28. Ng2 Re4 29. f3 Re8 30. Kf2 Bg5 31. Be3 Bd8 32. h4 Kh7 33. Nf4 Bc7 34.
Ne2 Bb5 35. Bf4 Rxe2+ 36. Rxe2 Bxf4 37. gxf4 Bxe2 38. Kxe2 d4 39. c4 Kg6 40.
Rg1+ Kf5 41. Rxg7 d3+ 42. Kd2 Kxf4 43. Rh7 Kxf3 44. Rxh6 f5 45. Rg6 Rd4 46. h5
Rxc4 47. h6 Ke4 48. Re6+ Kd5 49. h7 Rh4 50. Re7 Kd4 51. Rd7+ Ke4 52. Re7+ Kd4
53. Rd7+ Ke4 54. Rxb7 Rh2+ 55. Kd1 f4 56. b4 f3 57. b5 axb5 58. a6 f2 59. Re7+
Kd4 60. Rf7 Rxh7 61. Rxf2 Kc3 62. Rf1 Rh6 0-1

[Event "Champions Showdown Rapid"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 Nxe4 4. dxe5 d5 5. Nbd2 Nxd2 6. Qxd2 c5 7. c3 Nc6 8.
Qf4 h6 9. Bd3 Be6 10. O-O g5 11. Qe3 Qc7 12. b4 g4 13. Nh4 Qxe5 14. bxc5 O-O-O
15. Nf5 Bxc5 16. Qxc5 Bxf5 17. Bb5 Qd6 18. Ba3 Qxc5 19. Bxc5 Kc7 20. f3 gxf3 21.
Rxf3 Be6 22. a4 b6 23. Be3 d4 24. Bf4+ Kb7 25. Bxc6+ Kxc6 26. Be5 Rhg8 27. Bxd4
Rd5 28. Rf4 h5 29. Rb1 Rdg5 30. g3 Ra5 31. Rb4 Rg4 32. Kf2 Rxf4+ 33. gxf4 h4 34.
c4 Bd7 35. Ke3 Kd6 36. Bc3 Ke6 37. h3 Bxa4 38. Be1 Bd7 39. Bxh4 Ra3+ 40. Kd4
Rxh3 41. Bf2 Kd6 42. Rb2 Ra3 43. Ke4 Ra4 44. Kd3 Be6 45. c5+ bxc5 46. Rb7 Kc6
47. Re7 Rxf4 48. Be3 Ra4 49. Bd2 Ra2 50. Bc3 a5 51. Be5 a4 52. Ra7 Kd5 53. Bf4
Kc6 54. Be3 Bf5+ 0-1

[Event "Champions Showdown Rapid"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2019.02.20"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Duda, Jan-Krzysztof"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. O-O O-O 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4 a6
9. a4 Ba7 10. Nbd2 g5 11. Bg3 g4 12. Bh4 Kg7 13. Re1 Ne7 14. Bxf6+ Kxf6 15. Nh4
Kg7 16. Nf1 Ng8 17. g3 Qf6 18. Ne3 Bxe3 19. Rxe3 Ne7 20. d4 Ng6 21. Ng2 Qg5 22.
Qb3 b6 23. Bd5 Rb8 24. Rf1 Ne7 25. Bc4 Bb7 26. Nh4 b5 27. axb5 axb5 28. Bd3 Bc8
29. dxe5 Qxe5 30. Nf5+ Nxf5 31. exf5 Qf6 32. Qd1 Bxf5 33. Bxf5 Qxf5 34. Qd4+ Kh7
35. f3 gxf3 36. Rexf3 Qg6 37. Rf6 Qg7 38. R1f4 c5 39. Qd5 Qg5 40. Rxf7+ Rxf7 41.
Rxf7+ Kh8 42. Qxd6 Re8 43. Rf8+ Rxf8 44. Qxf8+ Kh7 45. Qf7+ Kh8 46. Qf8+ Kh7 47.
Qf7+ Kh8 48. Qe8+ Kg7 49. Qd7+ Kh8 50. Qxb5 Qe3+ 51. Kg2 Qe4+ 52. Kf2 Qf5+ 53.
Ke3 Qe5+ 54. Kd2 Qg5+ 55. Kc2 Qf5+ 56. Kb3 Qd5+ 57. Qc4 Qh5 58. h4 Qe5 59. Qf4
Qe6+ 60. c4 Qb6+ 61. Kc2 Qg6+ 62. Kc1 Qc6 63. b3 Kg7 64. Qe5+ Kh7 65. Qf5+ Kg7
66. Qe5+ Kh7 67. Kd2 Qg2+ 68. Qe2 Qg1 69. Qd3+ Kg7 70. Qe3 Qg2+ 71. Kc3 Qc6 72.
Qe5+ Kh7 73. Qf5+ Kg7 74. h5 Kh8 75. g4 Qd6 76. Qe4 Qf6+ 77. Kc2 Qd6 78. Qe8+ 1-0

[Event "Champions Showdown Rapid"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2019.02.20"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Navara, David"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Nbd2 Be6 7. O-O Bd6 8.
b3 Nd7 9. Nc4 Qe7 10. Nxd6+ cxd6 11. Ng5 O-O 12. d4 h6 13. Nxe6 Qxe6 14. c4 c5
15. dxc5 dxc5 16. Bb2 Nf6 17. Qf3 Rfd8 18. Rfd1 b6 19. h3 Rxd1+ 20. Rxd1 Re8 21.
Qf5 Qc6 22. Bxe5 Qxe4 23. Qxe4 Nxe4 24. Bb2 Ng5 25. Kf1 Re7 26. h4 Ne6 27. g3 f6
28. f4 Kf7 29. h5 Ke8 30. Kf2 Rd7 31. Rxd7 Kxd7 32. Kf3 Nd8 33. Ke4 Ke6 34. g4
Nf7 35. Bc3 Nd6+ 36. Kd3 Nf7 37. a3 a5 38. Ke3 Nd6 39. Kd3 Nf7 40. Bd2 Nd6 41.
b4 axb4 42. axb4 Nb7 43. Be3 f5 44. g5 Kf7 45. g6+ Ke6 46. Bd2 cxb4 47. Bxb4
Nc5+ 48. Ke3 Nd7 49. Bc3 Nf6 50. Bxf6 Kxf6 51. Kd4 Ke6 52. c5 b5 53. c6 Kd6 54.
c7 Kxc7 55. Kc5 b4 56. Kxb4 Kb6 57. Kc4 Kc6 58. Kd4 Kd6 59. Kc4 Kc6 60. Kd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Champions Showdown Rapid"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2019.02.20"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. Nbd2 d6 7. O-O a6 8. Bb3
Re8 9. Ng5 Re7 10. h3 h6 11. Ngf3 Be6 12. Nh4 d5 13. exd5 Bxd5 14. Qe2 Bxb3 15.
Nxb3 Bb6 16. Nf5 Re6 17. Be3 Nd4 18. cxd4 exd4 19. Nbxd4 Bxd4 20. Qf3 Bxe3 21.
fxe3 Qxd3 22. Qxb7 Rae8 23. Qxc7 Nd5 24. Qg3 Rg6 25. Qf3 Qe4 26. Rad1 Nxe3 27.
Rd8 Rxg2+ 28. Kh1 Kh7 29. Rxe8 Qxe8 30. Nxe3 Rxb2 31. Nf5 Qe5 32. Ng3 Rxa2 33.
Qd3+ Kg8 34. Qb3 Qb2 35. Qxf7+ Kh7 36. Qf5+ Kh8 37. Qf8+ Kh7 38. Qf5+ Kh8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Champions Showdown Rapid"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2019.02.20"]
[Round "3.5"]
[White "Rapport, Richard"]
[Black "Shankland, Samuel"]
[Result "1-0"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 3. e3 Nbd7 4. Nf3 h6 5. Bh4 e6 6. c4 Be7 7. Nc3 O-O 8. Rc1
c6 9. a3 a6 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. Bd3 b5 12. O-O Bb7 13. Nd2 Nb6 14. Qe2 Nc4 15. Nb3
Rc8 16. a4 b4 17. Bxf6 gxf6 18. Ne4 Nxb2 19. Nxf6+ Bxf6 20. Qxb2 Qd6 21. Nc5
Rxc5 22. Qxb4 Rc6 23. Qxb7 Rxc1 24. Rxc1 Qa3 25. Qb1 Qxa4 26. g3 a5 27. Rc7 Qa3
28. Qd1 Bg7 29. Ra7 Qc3 30. Kg2 Rc8 31. Qb1 Qb4 32. Bh7+ Kf8 33. Qd3 Qb6 34. Ra6
Qb4 35. Qd1 Rb8 36. Qf3 Rb6 37. Bg6 f6 38. Ra8+ Rb8 39. Ra7 Rb7 40. Ra6 Rb6 41.
Qe2 Kg8 42. Ra7 Rb7 43. Qa6 Rxa7 44. Qxa7 Kh8 45. Qd7 e5 46. dxe5 fxe5 47. Qxd5
a4 48. Qd8+ Qf8 49. Qa5 a3 50. Be4 Bf6 51. Bd5 Bg7 52. Qa4 Qd6 53. Qe8+ Qf8 54.
Qe6 Bf6 55. h4 Bg7 56. Kh3 Bf6 57. Kg4 Bg7 58. Kh5 Bf6 59. Kg6 Bg7 60. e4 Qd8
61. Qf7 Qf8 62. Qxf8+ Bxf8 63. h5 Bg7 64. Kf7 Kh7 65. Bc4 Kh8 66. Bb3 Kh7 67.
Ba2 Kh8 68. f3 Kh7 69. f4 exf4 70. gxf4 Bb2 71. e5 1-0

[Event "Champions Showdown Rapid"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2019.02.20"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Result "1-0"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Qd3 Nf6 7. Ndb5 Qb8 8.
Qg3 d6 9. Be3 a6 10. Nd4 h5 11. f3 e5 12. Nb3 Be6 13. O-O-O Qc7 14. Kb1 Rc8 15.
Qf2 b5 16. Qd2 Qb7 17. Be2 Nb8 18. Nd5 Nxd5 19. exd5 Bf5 20. Bd3 Bxd3 21. Qxd3
Be7 22. f4 Bf6 23. Nd2 Nd7 24. Ne4 Be7 25. Qe2 f5 26. Nf2 e4 27. g3 Bf6 28. h3
Nb6 29. Bxb6 Qxb6 30. g4 g6 31. Nxe4 fxe4 32. Qxe4+ Kd8 33. Qxg6 Rf8 34. g5 Bh8
35. Rhe1 Qc5 36. Re6 Kc7 37. f5 Kb8 38. f6 Rg8 39. Qe4 Rxg5 40. a4 Rg3 41. Rf1
Rg1 42. Rxg1 Qxg1+ 43. Ka2 Qc5 44. f7 Bg7 45. Re8 Qc4+ 46. Qxc4 bxc4 47. a5 Bf8
48. Ka3 Kc7 49. Kb4 Kd7 50. Rxc8 Kxc8 51. Kxc4 Kd7 52. b4 Ke7 53. b5 axb5+ 54.
Kxb5 Kd7 55. Kb6 Kc8 56. Kc6 h4 57. c4 1-0

[Event "Champions Showdown Rapid"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2019.02.20"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Duda, Jan-Krzysztof"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bc4 Nxe4 4. Qh5 Nd6 5. Bb3 Be7 6. Qxe5 O-O 7. Qf4 Ne8 8.
d4 Nc6 9. a3 Nf6 10. d5 Bd6 11. Qa4 Re8+ 12. Nge2 Ne5 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bxf6 Qxf6
15. O-O Qg6 16. Ng3 c6 17. Rfe1 b5 18. Qe4 Bb7 19. dxc6 Bxc6 20. Bd5 Qxe4 21.
Ngxe4 Bc7 22. b3 a6 23. Rad1 Rad8 24. h3 Ng6 25. g3 Kf8 26. Kg2 Ne7 27. Bxc6
dxc6 28. Nc5 a5 29. N3e4 Rxd1 30. Rxd1 Nd5 31. c4 bxc4 32. bxc4 Nb6 33. Rc1 f5
34. Nd2 Bd6 35. Nd3 Bxa3 36. Ra1 Bb4 37. Nxb4 axb4 38. Ra6 Rb8 39. Nb3 Nxc4 40.
Rxc6 Na3 41. h4 Rb5 42. Rc8+ Kf7 43. Rc7+ Kf6 44. h5 Rd5 45. Rb7 Nc2 46. Kf1 Re5
47. Rc7 Re1+ 48. Kg2 Na1 49. Nc5 b3 50. Rb7 Rb1 51. f4 Rb2+ 52. Kh3 Rb1 53. Kg2
b2 54. Nd3 Nc2 55. Rxb2 Ne3+ 56. Kf3 Rxb2 57. Nxb2 Ng4 58. Nd3 Ke6 59. Nc5+ Kd6
60. Nb3 Kd5 61. Nd2 Nf6 62. Nf1 Ke6 63. Ne3 Nxh5 64. g4 fxg4+ 65. Kxg4 Nf6+ 66.
Kf3 Nd5 67. Nc2 Ne7 68. Nd4+ Kd5 69. Ne2 Nf5 70. Nc3+ Kd4 71. Nb5+ Kd3 72. Nc7
h5 73. Ne8 Kd4 74. Nc7 Kd3 75. Ne8 g6 76. Nf6 Kd4 77. Nd7 Nh4+ 78. Kg3 Nf5+ 79.
Kf3 Ne7 80. Nf6 Nc6 81. Nxh5 gxh5 82. Kg3 Ke4 83. Kh4 Kxf4 84. Kxh5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Champions Showdown Rapid"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2019.02.20"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Navara, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. O-O Nd4 6. Nxd4 Bxd4 7. c3 Bb6 8.
Ba4 c6 9. Na3 d6 10. Bc2 O-O 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bh4 g5 13. Bg3 Bg4 14. Qd2 Nh5 15.
Nc4 Be6 16. Rad1 Kg7 17. Qe2 Nxg3 18. hxg3 h5 19. d4 Bxc4 20. Qxc4 exd4 21. cxd4
d5 22. exd5 Qxd5 23. Qd3 Rh8 24. Rfe1 Rae8 25. Rxe8 Rxe8 26. Qh7+ Kf6 27. Bb3
Qd7 28. Qh6+ Ke7 29. Qxg5+ f6 30. Re1+ Kd8 31. Qxf6+ Kc7 32. Rxe8 Qxe8 33. Qf7+
Qxf7 34. Bxf7 Bxd4 35. b3 b5 36. Bxh5 Kd6 37. Kf1 c5 38. Bf7 Ke7 39. Bd5 Kd6 40.
Bf7 Ke7 41. Bg8 a5 42. f4 c4 43. bxc4 b4 44. c5 a4 45. c6 Kd6 46. Ke2 Kxc6 47.
Kd3 Bf2 48. g4 Kd6 49. g5 Ke7 50. Ke4 Kf8 51. Bc4 Kg7 52. Kf3 Be1 53. Kg4 b3 54.
axb3 a3 55. b4 Bxb4 56. Ba2 Bd2 57. f5 Bc1 58. Kh5 Bb2 59. f6+ Kh8 60. Kg4 Bc3
61. Kf5 Bd4 62. Bb1 Bc5 63. g6 Bf8 64. g7+ 1-0

[Event "Champions Showdown Rapid"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2019.02.20"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nb3 Bb6 6. Nc3 d6 7. Qe2 a5 8. a4
Nb4 9. Bf4 Nf6 10. O-O-O Qe7 11. Qd2 O-O 12. f3 Be6 13. Nd4 d5 14. e5 Bxd4 15.
Qxd4 Nd7 16. Nb5 c5 17. Qf2 d4 18. Qg3 Bf5 19. Rd2 Nd5 20. Nd6 Bg6 21. Nc4 Nxf4
22. Qxf4 f6 23. exf6 Rxf6 24. Qc7 Re6 25. Bd3 Ne5 26. Qxe7 Nxd3+ 27. cxd3 Rxe7
28. Kc2 Bf7 29. b3 Ra6 30. Rdd1 Rg6 31. g3 Bd5 32. Rhe1 Rge6 33. Rxe6 Rxe6 34.
f4 Bxc4 35. bxc4 Rh6 36. Rd2 Rb6 37. Re2 Rb4 38. Re7 h5 39. h3 b6 40. Rb7 Kh7
41. g4 hxg4 42. hxg4 Kg6 43. Rc7 Rxa4 44. Rc6+ Kf7 45. Rxb6 Ra2+ 46. Rb2 Ra3 47.
Rb5 a4 48. Rxc5 Ra2+ 49. Kc1 Rg2 50. Rd5 Rxg4 51. Rxd4 g5 52. Rd7+ Ke6 53. Rg7
Rxf4 54. Rxg5 Rf2 55. Ra5 Ra2 56. d4 a3 57. Re5+ Kd7 58. Re3 Kd6 59. Rc3 Kc6 60.
Rc2 Ra1+ 61. Kd2 Rh1 62. Kc3 Rd1 63. Rh2 Kb6 64. Ra2 Rc1+ 65. Kb4 Rd1 66. d5
Rb1+ 67. Kc3 Rc1+ 68. Kd3 Rd1+ 69. Kc2 Rh1 70. Rxa3 Kc5 71. Ra4 Rh3 72. Kb2 Rg3
73. Ra3 Rg2+ 74. Kb3 Rg3+ 75. Ka4 Rg8 76. Rc3 Rb8 77. Ka3 Rb7 78. Rc2 Rb8 79.
Rb2 Rh8 80. Rc2 Rb8 81. Rc1 Rb7 82. Ka4 Rb8 83. Rc2 Rb7 84. Ka3 Rb8 85. Rb2 Rh8
86. Rb4 Rh3+ 87. Rb3 Rh8 88. Rb4 Rh3+ 89. Ka4 Rh8 90. Ka3 Rh3+ 91. Rb3 Rh8 92.
Rc3 Rb8 93. Ka2 Rb7 94. Rc2 Rb8 95. Rb2 Rh8 96. Kb3 Rh3+ 97. Ka4 Kxc4 98. Rd2
Rh8 99. Ka5 Kc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Champions Showdown Rapid"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2019.02.20"]
[Round "4.5"]
[White "Shankland, Samuel"]
[Black "Rapport, Richard"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. Bc4 Be7 6. a4 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. a5 h6
9. Re1 Re8 10. d5 b5 11. Bb3 cxd5 12. Nxd5 Bb7 13. a6 Bxd5 14. Bxd5 Nxd5 15.
Qxd5 Rb8 16. Be3 Qc7 17. Nd2 Rec8 18. Rec1 Nf6 19. Qd3 Ng4 20. Nf1 Nxe3 21. Nxe3
Bg5 22. c3 Bxe3 23. Qxe3 Rb6 24. Qd3 Qc4 25. Rd1 Rcc6 26. g3 Rxa6 27. Rxa6 Rxa6
28. Kg2 Qxd3 29. Rxd3 Kf8 30. Rd5 Rb6 31. f4 exf4 32. gxf4 Ke7 33. Kf3 a6 34. h4
Rc6 35. Rd1 a5 36. h5 Rc5 37. Kg4 Ke6 38. Rd2 a4 39. Rd1 Rc4 40. Re1 b4 41. cxb4
Rxb4 42. Re2 f6 43. Kf3 f5 44. e5 Rb3+ 45. Kg2 dxe5 46. Rxe5+ Kf6 47. Ra5 Rxb2+
48. Kg3 Rb3+ 49. Kh4 Rb1 50. Ra6+ Kf7 51. Ra7+ Ke6 52. Rxa4 Rh1+ 53. Kg3 Rxh5
54. Ra6+ Kd5 55. Ra5+ Kd4 56. Ra4+ Kd3 57. Ra3+ Kc4 58. Ra4+ Kb5 59. Ra1 g6 60.
Rc1 Kb6 61. Ra1 g5 62. fxg5 hxg5 63. Rf1 g4 64. Kf4 Kc5 65. Rd1 Kc4 66. Rd8 Kc3
67. Rd7 Kc2 68. Rd8 Rh7 69. Kxf5 Rg7 70. Kf6 g3 71. Kxg7 g2 72. Rc8+ Kd2 73.
Rd8+ Ke2 74. Re8+ Kf2 75. Rf8+ Kg3 76. Rf6 g1=Q 77. Rg6+ Kf2 78. Rxg1 Kxg1 1/2-1/2

"Aeroflot Open A 2019" 28 players extract full points in a field of 101 players at the start of the 2019 Aeroflot Open "A"


[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2019"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2019.02.20"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Moroni, Luca Jr"]
[Black "Wei, Yi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. a3 Bc5 7. Nb3 Bb6 8. c5
Bc7 9. g3 O-O 10. Bg2 b6 11. O-O Be5 12. Bf4 Bxf4 13. Bxc6 dxc6 14. Qxd8 Rxd8
15. gxf4 Ba6 16. Rfd1 Nd5 17. Nxd5 Rxd5 18. Rxd5 exd5 19. e3 Rb8 20. Rc1 Bc4 21.
Nd2 bxc5 22. Nxc4 dxc4 23. Rxc4 Rxb2 24. Rxc5 Rb6 25. a4 Kf8 26. a5 Rb5 27. Rxc6
Rxa5 28. Rc8+ Ke7 29. Rc7+ Kf8 30. Rc8+ Ke7 31. Rc7+ Kf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2019"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Fedoseev, Vladimir"]
[Black "Petrosyan, Manuel"]
[Result "1-0"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 e6 3. Nd2 h6 4. Bh4 c5 5. e3 Nc6 6. c3 b6 7. Ngf3 Be7 8. Bd3
Bb7 9. a3 O-O 10. O-O d5 11. Qe2 Ne4 12. Bxe7 Nxe7 13. Rad1 Qc7 14. Bb1 a5 15.
Ne5 Ba6 16. Nd3 Ng6 17. Qg4 Nf6 18. Qh3 cxd4 19. cxd4 e5 20. dxe5 Nxe5 21. Nf3
Bxd3 22. Bxd3 Nxf3+ 23. Qxf3 Qe5 24. Rd2 Ne4 25. Rc2 Rac8 26. Rfc1 Rxc2 27. Rxc2
Rd8 28. Qd1 Nc5 29. Bf1 g6 30. g3 Kg7 31. Rd2 Ne4 32. Rd4 Qf5 33. f3 Ng5 34. f4
Ne6 35. e4 Qf6 36. e5 Qe7 37. Rxd5 Qc7 38. Rxd8 Nxd8 39. Qd5 Ne6 40. Bc4 a4 41.
Kf2 h5 42. Kg2 Qc8 43. Kf2 Qc7 44. Ke1 b5 45. Qxb5 Qa7 46. Bxe6 fxe6 47. Kf1 Qe3
48. Qd7+ Kh6 49. Qxe6 Qf3+ 50. Kg1 h4 51. Qf6 1-0

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2019"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Fier, Alexandr"]
[Black "Wang, Hao"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 e6 8. Ne5
Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Nd7 11. Bf4 Nxe5 12. Bxe5 Qa5+ 13. c3 Nf6 14. O-O Ng4
15. Rfe1 O-O-O 16. Qf3 Nxe5 17. dxe5 Qc7 18. Rad1 Rd5 19. c4 Rxd1 20. Rxd1 Qxe5
21. Qxf7 Bd6 22. Qg6 Rd8 23. Ne4 Be7 24. Rxd8+ Kxd8 25. g3 Qxb2 26. Qxe6 Qxa2
27. Kg2 Qb2 28. c5 Qd4 29. Qg8+ Kd7 30. f3 a5 31. Qb8 Qb2+ 32. Kh3 Qb3 33. Nd6
Qe6+ 34. g4 Bxd6 35. cxd6 Qxd6 36. Qxb7+ Qc7 37. Qa8 Qe5 38. h5 Qc3 39. Kg2 Qe5
40. Qa7+ Ke6 41. Qa8 Qb2+ 42. Kg3 Qc3 43. Kg2 Kd5 44. Qg8+ Kc5 45. Qf8+ Kc4 46.
Qf7+ Kd3 47. Qf5+ Ke2 48. Qe4+ Kd2 49. f4 c5 50. g5 c4 51. gxh6 gxh6 52. f5 Qg7+
53. Kf3 c3 54. Qe2+ Kc1 55. Qf1+ Kb2 56. Qb5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2019"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Black "Abdusattorov, Nodirbek"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bg5 d5 4. c4 Be7 5. Nc3 h6 6. Bf4 O-O 7. e3 c5 8. dxc5
Bxc5 9. a3 Nc6 10. Qc2 Qa5 11. Ra2 Ne4 12. Bd3 Nxc3 13. bxc3 d4 14. exd4 Nxd4
15. Nxd4 Bxd4 16. O-O Be5 17. Be3 Qc7 18. f4 Bd6 19. Qf2 b6 20. Bd4 Bc5 21. Re2
Rd8 22. Re5 Ba6 23. Rfe1 Bxd4 24. cxd4 Qd6 25. c5 bxc5 26. Be4 Rac8 27. dxc5 Qd4
28. Qxd4 Rxd4 29. f5 Bd3 30. Bb7 Rc7 31. fxe6 fxe6 32. Bf3 Bc4 33. Rc1 Kf7 34.
Kf2 Kf6 35. Re4 Rxe4 36. Bxe4 Ba2 37. Ke3 Ke5 38. g3 Bd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2019"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Karthikeyan, Murali"]
[Black "Kovalev, Vladislav"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. c3 d6 8. Bg5 h6
9. Bh4 Bd7 10. Nbd2 Bb6 11. Nf1 g5 12. Bg3 Ne7 13. Ne3 Ng6 14. O-O Nh7 15. Nd2
Nf6 16. Nf3 Nh7 17. Nd2 Nf6 18. Nf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2019"]
[Round "1.6"]
[White "Mamedov, Rauf"]
[Black "Lomasov, Semyon"]
[Result "1-0"]
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. a3 Bd7 10. Qf3 Bc6 11. Qg3 Qxg3 12. hxg3 Nc7 13. Nc4 O-O-O 14. Be3 b6
15. Ne5 Be8 16. Bd3 Bd6 17. Nc4 Be7 18. f3 Nfd5 19. Bd2 h5 20. g4 h4 21. O-O-O
f6 22. Ne4 Bb5 23. g5 Kb7 24. Rde1 Bc6 25. Rh2 e5 26. Reh1 Nf4 27. Bxf4 exf4 28.
gxf6 gxf6 29. Nc3 Rhg8 30. Ne2 f5 31. Kb1 Bg5 32. Bxf5 Bb5 33. Bd3 Rge8 34. Nc3
Bxc4 35. Bxc4 Re3 36. Nd1 Re5 37. Nf2 b5 38. Bd3 Kb6 39. Be4 Re7 40. Nh3 Bh6 41.
Nf2 Bg5 42. Nd3 Ne6 43. b4 a5 44. Rxh4 axb4 45. axb4 Bxh4 46. Rxh4 Rd4 47. Rh5
Nc7 48. Kb2 Rg7 49. Rh2 Rf7 50. Rh6+ Ka7 51. c3 Rc4 52. Ne5 Rg7 53. Bd3 Rxg2+
54. Kb3 Rf2 55. Bxc4 bxc4+ 56. Kxc4 Re2 57. Nc6+ Kb7 58. Nd4 Re3 59. Rh7 Kb6 60.
Rf7 1-0

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2019"]
[Round "1.7"]
[White "Lalith, Babu M R"]
[Black "Inarkiev, Ernesto"]
[Result "0-1"]
1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. Qc2
Nbd7 9. Rd1 b6 10. b3 Ba6 11. Bf4 Rc8 12. Nc3 dxc4 13. bxc4 Bxc4 14. Nd2 Ba6 15.
Qa4 Bb7 16. Qxa7 Ba8 17. e4 Bb4 18. Rac1 Nh5 19. a3 Bxc3 20. Rxc3 Nxf4 21. gxf4
Rc7 22. Qa4 Qh4 23. Rf3 c5 24. f5 exf5 25. Rxf5 cxd4 26. Qxd4 Nc5 27. Nf3 Qxe4
28. Re5 Qc2 29. Ne1 Qg6 30. Qd6 Rcc8 31. Qxg6 fxg6 32. Re7 Rf6 33. Bxa8 Rxa8 34.
Nc2 h6 35. Rd2 g5 36. Rde2 Ra4 37. h3 Kh7 38. R2e3 Raf4 39. Re2 Nd3 40. R7e6
Rxf2 41. Rxf2 Rxe6 42. Rd2 Nf4 0-1

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2019"]
[Round "1.8"]
[White "Nabaty, Tamir"]
[Black "Santos Ruiz, Miguel"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 d5 3. e3 c5 4. dxc5 e6 5. b4 a5 6. c3 Bd7 7. Nd2 axb4 8. cxb4
b6 9. cxb6 Bxb4 10. Bc7 Qe7 11. Nf3 O-O 12. a4 Bd6 13. Bxd6 Qxd6 14. a5 Qc5 15.
Nb3 Qb4+ 16. Nfd2 Ba4 17. Qb1 Ne4 18. Bd3 Bxb3 19. Bxe4 Rxa5 20. Bxh7+ Kh8 21.
Rxa5 Qxa5 22. Bd3 Bc4 23. Bxc4 dxc4 24. Ke2 c3 25. Nc4 Qd5 26. Qb4 Kg8 27. Qxc3
Qxg2 28. Rb1 Qg4+ 29. Kf1 Rc8 30. Rc1 Qh3+ 31. Ke1 Qxh2 32. Qd3 Qh1+ 33. Kd2 Qf3
34. Rf1 Qc6 35. Rc1 Nd7 36. Rc2 Nc5 37. Qa3 Qd5+ 38. Ke2 Qh5+ 39. Ke1 Qh1+ 40.
Ke2 Qh5+ 41. Ke1 Qg6 42. e4 Qxe4+ 43. Ne3 Nd3+ 44. Qxd3 Qxd3 45. Rxc8+ Kh7 46.
Rc7 Qb1+ 47. Ke2 Qxb6 48. Rxf7 Qb5+ 49. Ke1 Qd3 50. Rf3 Kg8 51. Rg3 Kf7 52. Ng4
Qb1+ 53. Ke2 Qb2+ 54. Kf1 Ke7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2019"]
[Round "1.9"]
[White "Tsydypov, Zhamsaran"]
[Black "Korobov, Anton"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 d6 7. c3 O-O 8. Nbd2
b5 9. Bc2 Bb7 10. Re1 Nb8 11. Nf1 Nbd7 12. Ng3 Re8 13. Bb3 Nc5 14. Bc2 Bf8 15.
b4 Ncd7 16. Bb3 g6 17. Ng5 Re7 18. f4 exf4 19. Bxf4 Bg7 20. a4 h6 21. Nf3 Ne5
22. Qd2 Kh7 23. Rf1 Nxf3+ 24. gxf3 c5 25. d4 cxb4 26. cxb4 bxa4 27. Bxa4 Rc8 28.
Be3 Nd7 29. Rfc1 Nb6 30. Bb3 d5 31. Qd3 dxe4 32. fxe4 h5 33. Rxc8 Qxc8 34. Rf1
h4 35. d5 Nd7 36. Bg5 Ne5 37. Qe2 Rd7 38. Bxh4 Qc3 39. Ba4 Rxd5 40. exd5 Qd4+
41. Rf2 Bxd5 42. Be7 Nf3+ 43. Kh1 Ng5+ 44. Rg2 Nh3 45. Bc5 Qa1+ 46. Qd1 Nf4 47.
Qxa1 Bxa1 48. Kg1 Nxg2 49. b5 axb5 50. Bxb5 Nh4 51. Kf2 f5 52. Bd3 Bf6 53. Be3
Kg7 54. Bf1 Kf7 55. Ne2 g5 56. Bd4 Be7 57. Nc3 Be6 58. Ne2 Bd6 59. Ng3 g4 60.
Be2 Kg6 61. Bb6 f4 62. Bd3+ Kh6 63. Ne2 Kh5 64. Be4 Bd7 65. Bd5 Nf5 66. Nd4 Ng7
67. Be4 Be5 68. Nc6 Bf6 69. Bd4 Bh4+ 70. Kg1 Ne6 71. Bf2 Ng5 72. Bxh4 Nxe4 73.
Ne5 Kxh4 74. Nxd7 Kh3 75. Ne5 f3 76. Kf1 f2 77. Nf3 g3 78. hxg3 Kxg3 79. Ke2 Nd6
80. Ne1 Nb7 81. Nd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2019"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2019.02.20"]
[Round "1.10"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. d4 cxd4 6. Qxd4 Nc6 7. Qd3 Nf6
8. Bg5 e6 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. O-O-O a6 11. f4 O-O-O 12. Nge2 Kb8 13. Qh3 h5 14.
Rhf1 b5 15. Kb1 Na5 16. a3 Bh6 17. f5 Bg5 18. Nd4 Rhe8 19. Qxh5 Nc4 20. Rf2 Rh8
21. Qe2 Rxh2 22. a4 Ne3 23. Re1 b4 24. Qxa6 bxc3 25. Qb6+ Kc8 26. Nb5 Rxg2 27.
Rxg2 Nxg2 28. Re2 Nf4 29. Rh2 1-0

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2019"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2019.02.20"]
[Round "1.11"]
[White "Sychev, Klementy"]
[Black "Sasikiran, Krishnan"]
[Result "0-1"]
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. c3 Be7 10. Bf4 Nc5 11. Nd4 Nxd4 12. cxd4 Nxb3 13. Qxb3 O-O 14. Rc1 Rc8
15. Qe3 c5 16. dxc5 d4 17. Qa3 d3 18. Be3 Qd5 19. Nd2 Qxe5 20. b4 Qd5 21. Qxa6
Bh3 22. gxh3 Rc6 23. Qxc6 Qxc6 24. Rd1 h5 25. Nf1 Rd8 26. Rac1 h4 27. Rd2 Bf6
28. a3 Be5 29. f4 Bf6 30. Bf2 Rd7 31. Ne3 Qe4 32. Ng2 Qf3 33. c6 Rc7 34. Rcd1
Qxh3 35. Rxd3 Qe6 36. Nxh4 Rxc6 37. Ng2 Rc2 38. Re1 Qc6 39. Rg3 Rc1 40. Rd3
Rxe1+ 41. Nxe1 Qe4 42. Rf3 Bb2 43. Bg3 Bc3 44. Rf1 Bd4+ 45. Bf2 Qxf4 46. Kg2
Qg4+ 47. Kh1 Qe2 0-1

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