St Louis Blitz Round 1

 

[Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2020"]

[Site "lichess.org INT"]

[Date "2020.09.18"]

[Round "1.2"]

[White "Xiong, Jeffery"]

[Black "So, Wesley"]

[Result "1-0"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 d5 7. Nf3 dxc4 8.

Qxc4 b6 9. Bg5 Ba6 10. Qa4 h6 11. Bh4 c5 12. dxc5 bxc5 13. Rd1 Qb6 14. Bxf6 gxf6

15. e3 Bxf1 16. Kxf1 Nc6 17. h4 Rfd8 18. Rb1 Rd5 19. Rh3 Rad8 20. Kg1 Kf8 21.

Rg3 Ke7 22. Rg4 h5 23. Rc4 Ne5 24. Nxe5 Rxe5 25. b4 Red5 26. Rbc1 cxb4 27. Rxb4

Qd6 28. Rb7+ Rd7 29. Qxa7 Rxb7 30. Qxb7+ Kf8 31. Qb4 Qxb4 32. axb4 Rb5 33. Rc4

Ke7 34. g4 hxg4 35. Rxg4 f5 36. Rc4 Rb8 37. Kg2 Kf6 38. Kf3 Kg6 39. Ke2 Kh5 40.

Kd3 e5 41. Kc3 e4 42. Rc7 Kxh4 43. Rxf7 Kg4 44. Kb3 Rb6 45. Rf8 Rb7 46. Rd8 Kf3

47. Rd2 f4 48. exf4 Kxf4 49. Rd5 Rf7 50. b5 Kf3 51. Rd2 Kg2 52. Re2 Kf3 53. Re3+

Kf4 54. Kb4 Rf6 55. Ka5 Rf5 56. Ka6 Rc5 57. b6 Rc2 58. b7 Ra2+ 59. Kb6 Rb2+ 60.

Kc7 Rc2+ 61. Kd7 Rb2 62. Kc6 Rc2+ 63. Kd5 Rd2+ 64. Kc4 Rxf2 65. Rb3 Rc2+ 66. Kb5 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2020"]

[Site "lichess.org INT"]

[Date "2020.09.18"]

[Round "1.1"]

[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]

[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]

[Result "1-0"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. e3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Qh5 Nc6 6. Bb5 Nb4 7. Qxe5+ Be6 8.

Qe4 a6 9. Be2 Be7 10. a3 Nd5 11. Nf3 O-O 12. O-O Na5 13. Nd4 Nxc3 14. dxc3 Bd5

15. Qg4 Nb3 16. Nxb3 Bxb3 17. e4 Bc5 18. Bg5 Qd6 19. Bf4 Qe7 20. Qg3 Rad8 21. e5

Qe6 22. h4 Kh8 23. h5 h6 24. Bg4 Qc6 25. Bf3 Bd5 26. Rad1 Bxf3 27. Qxf3 Qxf3 28.

gxf3 c6 29. Kg2 Rfe8 30. Bg3 Kg8 31. f4 Be7 32. f5 Bc5 33. Kf3 a5 34. Ke4 a4 35.

f4 Be7 36. Bf2 b5 37. Rg1 Kf8 38. Bb6 Rb8 39. Bc7 Rb7 40. Bd6 c5 41. Bxe7+ Rbxe7

42. Rxg7 Kxg7 43. f6+ Kf8 44. fxe7+ Kxe7 45. Rd5 Rc8 46. f5 Rc6 47. f6+ Ke8 48.

Rd6 Rc8 49. Rb6 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2020"]

[Site "lichess.org INT"]

[Date "2020.09.18"]

[Round "1.3"]

[White "Harikrishna, Pentala"]

[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]

[Result "0-1"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e3 Nf6 4. b3 b6 5. Bb2 Bb7 6. Nc3 Nbd7 7. d4 Bd6 8. cxd5

exd5 9. g3 Qe7 10. Bg2 a6 11. O-O O-O-O 12. a4 h5 13. Qc1 h4 14. Ba3 hxg3 15.

hxg3 Ne4 16. Nxe4 dxe4 17. Nd2 f5 18. Nc4 Bxa3 19. Qxa3 Qe6 20. Rfc1 Kb8 21. Nd2

g5 22. Qb4 Nf6 23. Qc4 Nd5 24. g4 f4 25. Nxe4 Qxg4 26. f3 Qh4 27. exf4 gxf4 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2020"]

[Site "lichess.org INT"]

[Date "2020.09.18"]

[Round "1.5"]

[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]

[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]

[Result "1/2-1/2"]

1. b3 d5 2. Bb2 Bf5 3. d3 e6 4. Nd2 Nf6 5. g3 h6 6. Bg2 Be7 7. e4 Bh7 8. exd5

exd5 9. Ngf3 O-O 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Re1 Re8 12. a3 c6 13. Nf1 a5 14. Ne3 Bc5 15.

Qd2 Qb6 16. Nh4 Bd4 17. Bxd4 Qxd4 18. Nhf5 Qb6 19. Rab1 Qc7 20. Nd4 Qb6 21. Ndf5

Qc7 22. b4 axb4 23. axb4 Bxf5 24. Nxf5 Re5 25. Ne3 Rae8 26. b5 Nf8 27. bxc6 bxc6

28. Qb4 N8d7 29. Qf4 Qa5 30. Red1 Nf8 31. Ra1 Qc3 32. Qa4 Ne6 33. Ra3 Qd4 34.

Qxd4 Nxd4 35. Ra6 h5 36. Kf1 Rxe3 37. fxe3 Nxc2 38. Kg1 Nxe3 39. Re1 c5 40. Rc6

c4 41. dxc4 dxc4 42. Bf1 Nxf1 43. Rxe8+ Nxe8 44. Kxf1 Nf6 45. Rxc4 g6 46. Kg2

Kg7 47. Kf3 Ng4 48. Rc2 Kf6 49. h3 Nh6 50. Rc6+ Kg7 51. Kf4 Nf5 52. Rc5 Nh6 53.

Ra5 Ng8 54. Ke5 Nh6 55. Ke4 Kf6 56. Kf4 Kg7 57. g4 hxg4 58. hxg4 Ng8 59. Ra7 Nf6

60. Rb7 Nd5+ 61. Kf3 Nf6 62. Rb5 Nh7 63. Kf4 Nf6 64. Ra5 Nh7 65. Ra4 Kf6 66.

Ra6+ Kg7 67. Ke5 Ng5 68. Kd6 Kf6 69. Ra1 Ne4+ 70. Kd5 Ng5 71. Rf1+ Kg7 72. Kd6

f5 73. gxf5 gxf5 74. Rxf5 Kg6 75. Rf1 Nf7+ 76. Ke7 Ng5 77. Rf4 Nh3 78. Rf3 Ng5

79. Rf8 Ne4 80. Rf7 Ng5 81. Rf6+ Kh5 82. Rf4 Kg6 83. Kd6 Nf7+ 84. Kd5 Ng5 85.

Rf1 Nf7 86. Ke4 Ng5+ 87. Kf4 Nf7 88. Ra1 Kf6 89. Ra6+ Ke7 90. Ke4 Nd6+ 91. Ke5

Nf7+ 92. Kd5 Ng5 93. Rg6 Nf7 94. Re6+ Kd7 95. Re7+ Kxe7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2020"]

[Site "lichess.org INT"]

[Date "2020.09.18"]

[Round "1.4"]

[White "Aronian, Levon"]

[Black "Firouzja, Alireza"]

[Result "1-0"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Be3 e5 7. d5 Na6 8. g4 Nc5

9. Bf3 Bd7 10. b4 Na6 11. Rb1 Qc8 12. g5 Ne8 13. h4 f6 14. Be2 fxg5 15. hxg5 Rf7

16. c5 Nb8 17. Nf3 a5 18. a3 axb4 19. axb4 Qd8 20. Nd2 Bf8 21. Nc4 Na6 22. c6

bxc6 23. dxc6 Be6 24. b5 Nc5 25. Bxc5 dxc5 26. Qxd8 Rxd8 27. Nd5 Bxd5 28. exd5

Nd6 29. b6 cxb6 30. Rxb6 Ra8 31. O-O Nxc4 32. Bxc4 Bd6 33. Rfb1 Ra4 34. Rb8+ Kg7

35. Rd8 Rxc4 36. Rxd6 Rg4+ 37. Kf1 Rb4 38. Rxb4 cxb4 39. Rd7 b3 40. Rb7 1-0