[Event "American Cup Elim"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2024.03.14"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Sevian, Samuel"]
[Black "Oparin, Grigoriy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2697"]
[BlackElo "2671"]
[ECO "B67"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Richter-Rauzer, Rauzer attack, 7...a6 defence, 8...Bd7"]
[WhiteFideId "2040506"]
[BlackFideId "24125890"]
[EventDate "2024.03.14"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O Bd7 9. f3 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Be7 11. h4 h6 12. Be3 h5 13. Kb1 Qc7 14. Qd2 b5
15. Bg5 b4 16. Ne2 a5 17. c4 e5 18. Ng3 g6 19. Be2 Ba4 20. Rdf1 Bc6 21. Rd1 Rd8
22. Rhf1 Nh7 23. f4 Nxg5 24. fxg5 Qb6 25. Bd3 Rd7 26. Rf3 Rf8 27. Rdf1 Bd8 28.
Nh1 Qd4 29. Ng3 Qc5 30. R1f2 Bb6 31. Nf1 Qd4 32. Ng3 Qc5 33. Nf1 Qd4 34. Ng3 Qc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "American Cup Elim"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2024.03.14"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "Shankland, Sam"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2674"]
[ECO "B33"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Pelikan, Chelyabinsk variation"]
[WhiteFideId "3503240"]
[BlackFideId "2004887"]
[EventDate "2024.03.14"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bf4 e5 8. Bg5
a6 9. Na3 b5 10. Nd5 Be7 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. c3 Bg5 13. Nc2 Rb8 14. Be2 O-O 15.
O-O Be6 16. Qd3 g6 17. Rfd1 Kg7 18. Ncb4 Nxb4 19. Nxb4 Rb6 20. Nd5 Rb7 21. Bf3
a5 22. Qe2 Qc8 23. Rd3 b4 24. cxb4 axb4 25. h3 Qc5 26. b3 Rc8 27. Bg4 Qc2 28.
Qf1 f5 29. exf5 gxf5 30. Be2 Kh8 31. Rdd1 Qc5 32. Bc4 Rg7 33. Nxb4 Bxc4 34. Qxc4
Qxc4 35. bxc4 Rxc4 36. a3 Ra7 37. Rab1 Rxa3 38. Rxd6 Be7 39. Rb6 Rxb4 40. R6xb4
Bxb4 41. Rxb4 Ra1+ 42. Kh2 Kg7 43. Rb7+ Kg6 44. Rb6+ Kg7 45. Rb7+ Kg6 46. Rb6+
Kg7 47. Rb7+ Kg6 1/2-1/2

[Event "American Cup Elim"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2024.03.14"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Oparin, Grigoriy"]
[Black "Sevian, Samuel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2671"]
[BlackElo "2697"]
[ECO "A45"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[WhiteFideId "24125890"]
[BlackFideId "2040506"]
[EventDate "2024.03.14"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bf4 e6 4. Nb5 Na6 5. e3 c6 6. Nc3 Qb6 7. a3 Be7 8. Nf3 c5
9. Rb1 Bd7 10. Ne5 cxd4 11. Qxd4 Qxd4 12. exd4 Nb8 13. Nb5 Bxb5 14. Bxb5+ Nfd7
15. O-O a6 16. Bd3 Nxe5 17. Bxe5 O-O 18. c3 Nd7 19. Bf4 Rfc8 20. a4 Nb6 21. Ra1
Nc4 22. Ra2 Na5 23. g3 Rc6 24. h4 h5 25. Rd1 Bd6 26. Bg5 Rac8 27. Kg2 Kf8 28.
Re1 Be7 29. Bf4 Bd6 30. Bg5 Be7 31. Bf4 Bd6 32. Be3 Rb6 33. Bg5 Be7 34. Bf4 Nc4
35. Re2 Na5 36. Re1 Nc4 37. Re2 Na5 38. Re1 Nc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "American Cup Elim"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2024.03.14"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Shankland, Sam"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2674"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[ECO "E24"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian"]
[Variation "Saemisch variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2004887"]
[BlackFideId "3503240"]
[EventDate "2024.03.14"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. a3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 b6 6. f3 Nc6 7. e4 Na5 8. Bd3
Ba6 9. Qe2 c5 10. Nh3 cxd4 11. cxd4 Nb3 12. e5 Ng8 13. Rb1 Nxd4 14. Qf2 Nc6 15.
Qg3 Qc7 16. f4 Nge7 17. O-O Ng6 18. Ng5 Nce7 19. Bd2 Nf5 20. Qh3 Bxc4 21. Rfc1
Qc5+ 22. Kh1 b5 23. Bxf5 exf5 24. Qxf5 Qd5 25. Qe4 O-O 26. Qxd5 Bxd5 27. Rxb5
Bc6 28. Rb4 Nh4 29. Kg1 h6 30. Ne4 Rfb8 31. Nd6 a5 32. Rxb8+ Rxb8 33. Be1 Nxg2
34. Rxc6 Nxe1 35. Rc3 Rb2 36. f5 Rc2 37. Rb3 g5 38. Kf1 Ng2 39. Ne8 Nf4 40. Rb8
Rc1+ 41. Kf2 Nd3+ 42. Ke3 Nxe5 43. Nf6+ Kg7 44. Nh5+ Kh7 45. Nf6+ Kg7 46. Nh5+
Kh7 47. Nf6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "American Cup Elim"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2024.03.14"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Oparin, Grigoriy"]
[Black "Sevian, Samuel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2671"]
[BlackElo "2697"]
[ECO "A20"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[WhiteFideId "24125890"]
[BlackFideId "2040506"]
[EventDate "2024.03.14"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 c6 3. Nf3 e4 4. Nd4 d5 5. cxd5 Qxd5 6. Nc2 Nf6 7. Nc3 Qe5 8. Bg2
Na6 9. O-O Be7 10. a3 O-O 11. b4 Rd8 12. Bb2 Bf5 13. Ne3 Bg6 14. Qb3 Qh5 15.
Rad1 Nc7 16. Qc4 Qe5 17. Na4 Qh5 18. Nc5 b5 19. Qc2 Bxc5 20. Bxf6 gxf6 21. bxc5
Ne6 22. d3 Nd4 23. Qb2 Nxe2+ 24. Kh1 exd3 25. Qxf6 Qxc5 26. Ng4 Qd4 27. Qg5 Nc3
28. Nf6+ Kh8 29. Rd2 Rd6 30. Ng4 Re8 31. h4 f6 32. Qf4 Qxf4 33. gxf4 Re2 0-1

[Event "American Cup Elim"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2024.03.14"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Shankland, Sam"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2674"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[ECO "E28"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian"]
[Variation "Saemisch variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2004887"]
[BlackFideId "3503240"]
[EventDate "2024.03.14"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 d6 7. f3 e5 8. e4
Nh5 9. Be3 f5 10. exf5 exd4 11. cxd4 Bxf5 12. Ne2 Qe7 13. Qd2 Bg6 14. Nc3 Nc6
15. Be2 Rae8 16. Nd5 Qf7 17. O-O b6 18. Rae1 Na5 19. g4 Nf6 20. Nxf6+ Qxf6 21.
Bf2 c5 22. dxc5 dxc5 23. h4 Rd8 24. Qa2 Bd3 25. Kg2 Qf7 26. Bg3 Nxc4 27. Kh3 b5
28. Rd1 Bxe2 29. Qxe2 Rde8 30. Qf2 Ne3 31. Bd6 Nxd1 32. Qxc5 Ne3 33. Rf2 a6 34.
h5 Nd5 35. Bxf8 Rxf8 36. Qc6 Nf4+ 37. Kg3 h6 38. Rd2 Nxh5+ 0-1

[Event "American Cup Elim"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2024.03.14"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Sevian, Samuel"]
[Black "Oparin, Grigoriy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2697"]
[BlackElo "2671"]
[ECO "E15"]
[Opening "Queen's Indian"]
[Variation "Nimzovich variation (exaggerated fianchetto)"]
[WhiteFideId "2040506"]
[BlackFideId "24125890"]
[EventDate "2024.03.14"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Bg2 d5 8. Ne5 c6
9. O-O Nfd7 10. Nxd7 Nxd7 11. Bc3 dxc4 12. Bxc6 Rc8 13. Bg2 O-O 14. b4 Rc7 15.
Nd2 Nf6 16. e4 Bb7 17. b5 Qd7 18. a4 a6 19. bxa6 Bxa6 20. Qc2 Rb8 21. Rfb1 Rcc8
22. Nf1 Ne8 23. Ne3 Nd6 24. d5 Ne8 25. Ng4 Bd6 26. Ne5 Bxe5 27. Bxe5 Rb7 28. Qc3
b5 29. axb5 Rxb5 30. Rxb5 Bxb5 31. Bh3 Qe7 32. dxe6 fxe6 33. Ra7 Qxa7 34. Bxe6+
Kh8 35. Bxc8 Qe7 36. Qd4 Nf6 37. Bf5 h5 38. h3 h4 39. g4 Be8 40. Bd6 Qb7 41. Be5
Qe7 42. Kh2 Bf7 43. Bf4 Nh7 44. Bd2 Qc7+ 45. Kg2 Nf8 46. Bc3 Ne6 47. Bxe6 Bxe6
48. Qe3 Kg8 49. Qg5 Qd7 50. f3 Qa7 51. Qxh4 Qe3 52. Qd8+ Kh7 53. Qd4 Qh6 54. Kg3
Bf7 55. Qe5 Qg6 56. h4 Qh6 57. g5 1-0

[Event "American Cup Elim"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2024.03.14"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "Shankland, Sam"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2674"]
[ECO "B90"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Najdorf, Byrne (English) attack"]
[WhiteFideId "3503240"]
[BlackFideId "2004887"]
[EventDate "2024.03.14"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. a3 b5 8. g4 Bb7
9. Bg2 Nfd7 10. g5 Nc6 11. f4 h6 12. Nxe6 fxe6 13. Qh5+ Ke7 14. O-O-O g6 15. Qg4
hxg5 16. e5 Rh4 17. Qg3 Ke8 18. Ne4 Ncxe5 19. fxe5 Bxe4 20. Bxg5 Qxg5+ 21. Qxg5
Bh6 22. Qxh6 Rxh6 23. Bxe4 d5 24. Bd3 Nxe5 25. Rhe1 Rh5 26. Be2 Rf5 27. Bd3
Nxd3+ 28. Rxd3 Ke7 29. Rde3 Rf6 30. R1e2 Rh8 31. b3 Kd6 32. Rg3 a5 33. Reg2 Rh6
34. Rg5 e5 35. h4 Rxh4 36. Rxg6 Rxg6 37. Rxg6+ Kc5 38. Ra6 Kd4 39. Rxa5 Kc3 40.
Kd1 Rh1+ 41. Ke2 Rh2+ 42. Kd1 Rd2+ 43. Ke1 Rxc2 44. Rxb5 Kd4 45. a4 e4 46. a5 e3
47. a6 Ra2 48. b4 Rxa6 0-1

[Event "American Cup Elim"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2024.03.14"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "Shankland, Sam"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2674"]
[ECO "B33"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Pelikan, Chelyabinsk variation"]
[WhiteFideId "3503240"]
[BlackFideId "2004887"]
[EventDate "2024.03.14"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bf4 e5 8. Bg5
a6 9. Na3 b5 10. Nd5 Be7 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. c3 Bg5 13. Nc2 Rb8 14. Be2 O-O 15.
O-O Ne7 16. Ncb4 Bb7 17. Nxe7+ Qxe7 18. Qd3 g6 19. Nd5 Qe6 20. Rad1 Bd8 21. Qg3
Kh8 22. Qe3 f5 23. Bf3 Qf7 24. Qe2 Bg5 25. Rd3 a5 26. a3 Bc6 27. b4 Rfc8 28.
bxa5 Bd8 29. Nb4 fxe4 30. Bxe4 Bxe4 31. Qxe4 Bxa5 32. Rxd6 Qf5 33. Qe3 Bxb4 34.
axb4 Qf4 35. Re1 Kg7 36. g3 Qxe3 37. Rxe3 Re8 38. Rd5 Kf6 39. Rc5 Re6 40. Kg2
Rbb6 41. Rd3 Rec6 42. Rdd5 Rxc5 43. Rxc5 Kf5 44. Kf3 Rd6 45. Ke3 Rb6 46. f4 1-0

[Event "American Cup Elim"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2024.03.14"]
[Round "1.6"]
[White "Shankland, Sam"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2674"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[ECO "D02"]
[Opening "Queen's bishop game"]
[WhiteFideId "2004887"]
[BlackFideId "3503240"]
[EventDate "2024.03.14"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Bf4 e6 4. e3 c5 5. c3 Bd6 6. Bd3 Bxf4 7. exf4 Qb6 8. Qc1
cxd4 9. Nxd4 Nc6 10. Nf3 O-O 11. O-O Rd8 12. Nbd2 Bd7 13. Nb3 Rac8 14. Re1 a6
15. Qd2 g6 16. h4 Be8 17. Nbd4 Nxd4 18. Nxd4 Qd6 19. Re2 Bd7 20. Rae1 Re8 21. f3
Nh5 22. Re5 f6 23. g4 fxe5 24. fxe5 Qe7 25. gxh5 Qxh4 26. hxg6 Qg3+ 27. Kf1 hxg6
28. Re2 Re7 29. Rg2 Qh3 30. Qg5 Rg7 31. Kf2 Rf8 32. Ke3 Qh4 1-0

[Event "American Cup Elim"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2024.03.14"]
[Round "1.7"]
[White "Shankland, Sam"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2674"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[ECO "D02"]
[Opening "Queen's bishop game"]
[WhiteFideId "2004887"]
[BlackFideId "3503240"]
[EventDate "2024.03.14"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Bf4 e6 4. e3 c5 5. c3 Bd6 6. Bd3 Bxf4 7. exf4 Qb6 8. Qc1
cxd4 9. Nxd4 Nc6 10. Nf3 O-O 11. O-O d4 12. cxd4 Nxd4 13. Nxd4 Qxd4 14. Rd1 Qb6
15. Na3 Bd7 16. Nc4 Qc7 17. Ne5 Rac8 18. Qe3 Qb6 19. Qxb6 axb6 20. f5 Bc6 21.
fxe6 fxe6 22. Bc4 Bd5 23. Rac1 Rfd8 24. f3 Kf8 25. Kf2 Ke7 26. a4 Nd7 27. Bxd5
Nxe5 28. Be4 Rxc1 29. Rxc1 Rd2+ 30. Kg3 Rxb2 31. Rc7+ Kf6 32. Rxb7 Nc4 33. f4
Nd6 0-1

[Event "American Cup Elim"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2024.03.14"]
[Round "1.8"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "Shankland, Sam"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2674"]
[ECO "B90"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Najdorf, Byrne (English) attack"]
[WhiteFideId "3503240"]
[BlackFideId "2004887"]
[EventDate "2024.03.14"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. a3 b5 8. g4 Bb7
9. Bg2 Nfd7 10. g5 Nc6 11. f4 Rc8 12. O-O Nxd4 13. Qxd4 h6 14. a4 hxg5 15. fxg5
Ne5 16. axb5 axb5 17. Nxb5 Rh4 18. Rad1 Rxc2 19. Rf2 Rc6 20. Qxe5 dxe5 21. Rxd8+
Kxd8 22. Rxf7 Be7 23. Nc3 Rg4 24. Kf2 g6 25. Rg7 Ba6 26. Rxg6 Rh4 27. h3 Rd6 28.
Rg8+ Kd7 29. g6 Rd3 30. Ra8 Bb7 31. g7 Bxa8 32. g8=Q Bc6 33. Qb8 Rh7 34. Ke2 Rd6
35. Bc5 Rg7 36. Bxd6 1-0

[Event "American Cup Elim"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2024.03.16"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Sevian, Samuel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2697"]
[ECO "C02"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "advance, Euwe variation"]
[WhiteFideId "5202213"]
[BlackFideId "2040506"]
[EventDate "2024.03.14"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. Be2 Nge7 7. O-O Ng6 8. Be3
Be7 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. g3 h6 11. Re1 a5 12. a4 cxd4 13. cxd4 Bb4 14. Bd3 f5 15. h4
Be8 16. h5 Nh8 17. Nh2 f4 18. Bxf4 Rxf4 19. gxf4 Qh4 20. Ndf3 Qxf4 21. Qc1 Qf8
22. Re3 Bxh5 23. Qf1 Ng6 24. Bxg6 Bxg6 25. Qg2 Be4 26. Qg4 Bf5 27. Qg3 Qf7 28.
Rd1 Kh7 29. Ne1 Rf8 30. Nhf3 Be4 31. Nh4 Qh5 32. f3 Nxd4 33. Rxd4 Bc5 34. fxe4
Bxd4 35. Neg2 g5 36. Nf5 exf5 37. exf5 Rxf5 38. e6 Qe8 39. Kh2 Bxe3 40. Qxe3 Qe7 0-1

[Event "American Cup Elim"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2024.03.16"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2804"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[ECO "D35"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "exchange, positional line, 5...c6"]
[WhiteFideId "2020009"]
[BlackFideId "3503240"]
[EventDate "2024.03.14"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 Bf5 7. Nge2 h6 8. Bf4
Nbd7 9. Ng3 Bh7 10. h4 Bb4 11. Bd3 Bxd3 12. Qxd3 O-O 13. f3 Re8 14. a3 Bf8 15.
Kf2 g6 16. Nge2 Bg7 17. g4 h5 18. Rag1 hxg4 19. fxg4 c5 20. h5 cxd4 21. exd4
Ne4+ 22. Nxe4 Rxe4 23. Qf3 Qb6 24. Kg3 Qxb2 25. Rg2 Rc8 26. h6 Bxd4 27. Nxd4
Qxd4 28. Rd1 Qf6 29. g5 Qf5 30. Rc1 Rce8 31. Bd2 Qe6 32. Rh1 Kh7 33. Rh4 Qd6+
34. Bf4 Ne5 35. Qb3 Re7 36. Rf2 Qc6 37. Rh1 Nc4 38. Rf3 Ne5 39. Rf2 Qe6 40. Rh4
Nc4 41. Rf3 Nd6 42. Bxd6 Qxd6+ 43. Rhf4 Rxf4 44. Rxf4 Re4 45. Qf3 Qe5 46. Kg4
Qf5+ 0-1

[Event "American Cup Elim"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2024.03.16"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Sevian, Samuel"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2697"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[ECO "C50"]
[Opening "Giuoco Pianissimo"]
[WhiteFideId "2040506"]
[BlackFideId "5202213"]
[EventDate "2024.03.14"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. Re1 a5 8. h3 Be6
9. Bb5 Ba7 10. Nbd2 Ne7 11. Nf1 Ng6 12. Ng3 c6 13. Ba4 d5 14. exd5 Nxd5 15. d4
exd4 16. Nxd4 Qc7 17. Ngf5 Rae8 18. Bb3 Bd7 19. Bxd5 cxd5 20. Ng3 Rxe1+ 21. Qxe1
f5 22. Nge2 f4 23. Nf3 Ne5 24. Ned4 Bxd4 25. Nxd4 f3 26. g3 Qd6 27. b3 Nc6 28.
Nxc6 bxc6 29. Qf1 Qe5 30. Bd2 Qh5 31. h4 Re8 32. Be3 Re4 33. Rd1 Rxh4 34. gxh4
Qg4+ 35. Kh2 Qxh4+ 36. Kg1 Bh3 37. Rd4 Qh5 38. Qd3 Bg2 0-1

[Event "American Cup Elim"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2024.03.16"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2804"]
[ECO "B90"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Najdorf, Byrne (English) attack"]
[WhiteFideId "3503240"]
[BlackFideId "2020009"]
[EventDate "2024.03.14"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Ng4 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4
g5 9. Bg3 Bg7 10. h3 Nf6 11. Qf3 O-O 12. O-O-O Nc6 13. Nxc6 bxc6 14. e5 Nd5 15.
Nxd5 cxd5 16. h4 g4 17. Qxd5 Rb8 18. Qe4 Qb6 19. b3 Qa5 20. Bd3 f5 21. exf6 Rxf6
22. Rhe1 Qa3+ 23. Kd2 Qa5+ 24. Kc1 Qa3+ 25. Kd2 Qa5+ 26. Kc1 Qa3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "American Cup Elim"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2024.03.16"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Sevian, Samuel"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2697"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[ECO "C50"]
[Opening "Giuoco Pianissimo"]
[WhiteFideId "2040506"]
[BlackFideId "5202213"]
[EventDate "2024.03.14"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. Bg5 Be7 7. Nbd2 Na5 8. Bb5
h6 9. Bh4 d6 10. Nf1 d5 11. Qe2 a6 12. Ba4 dxe4 13. dxe4 b5 14. Bc2 Nc4 15. Rd1
Nd7 16. Bxe7 Qxe7 17. Bb3 Ndb6 18. Ne3 Nxe3 19. Qxe3 a5 20. O-O a4 21. Bd5 Rb8
22. a3 Bd7 23. Rfe1 Rfc8 24. g3 c6 25. Ba2 Be6 26. Bxe6 Qxe6 27. Nd2 Rd8 28. Qe2
Qa2 29. Nf1 Nc4 30. Ne3 Nxe3 31. fxe3 g6 32. Kg2 h5 33. Rd2 Rxd2 34. Qxd2 Qc4
35. Kf3 Qe6 36. Kg2 h4 37. Qe2 hxg3 38. hxg3 Kg7 39. g4 Rh8 40. Rh1 Rxh1 41.
Kxh1 Kh6 42. Kh2 Kg5 43. Kg3 Qd7 44. c4 f6 45. cxb5 cxb5 46. Kf2 Kh4 47. Qe1
Qxg4 48. Qb4 Qd7 49. Qe1 Kg5 50. Qe2 Qc6 51. Kf3 f5 52. Kf2 Qc4 53. Qd1 Qxe4 54.
Qd8+ Kg4 55. Qd1+ Kh4 56. Qe2 Qd5 57. Qc2 Kh3 58. Kg1 Qf3 59. Qh2+ Kg4 60. Qd2
g5 61. Kh2 e4 62. Kg1 Qg3+ 63. Kf1 Qf3+ 64. Kg1 f4 65. exf4 e3 66. Qd8 Qf2+ 67.
Kh1 Qf1+ 68. Kh2 Qxf4+ 69. Kg1 Kg3 0-1

[Event "American Cup Elim"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2024.03.16"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2804"]
[ECO "B90"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Najdorf, Byrne (English) attack"]
[WhiteFideId "3503240"]
[BlackFideId "2020009"]
[EventDate "2024.03.14"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. a3 Be7 8. f3 h5
9. Bc4 Qc7 10. Ba2 Nc6 11. Qe2 b5 12. O-O Bd7 13. Rad1 h4 14. h3 Nh5 15. Qf2 Ne5
16. Nde2 a5 17. f4 Nc4 18. Bxc4 Qxc4 19. e5 d5 20. f5 b4 21. axb4 axb4 22. b3
Qc6 23. Na4 Qxc2 24. Nb6 Ra6 25. Rc1 Qxf5 26. Qxf5 exf5 27. Nxd5 Bd8 28. Nc7+
Bxc7 29. Rxc7 Rc6 30. Rc1 Rxc1+ 31. Nxc1 f4 32. Bc5 Rh6 33. Nd3 Rg6 34. Kf2 Bc6
35. Re7+ Kd8 36. Rxf7 Rxg2+ 37. Ke1 Bd5 38. Nxf4 Bxf7 39. Nxg2 g5 40. Bxb4 Bd5
41. Nxh4 gxh4 42. Bd2 Bxb3 43. Bg5+ Kd7 44. Bxh4 Be6 45. Bg5 Bxh3 46. Kd2 Ke6
47. Bf6 Kd5 48. Kc3 Nf4 49. Kb4 Be6 50. Kc3 Ke4 51. Kd2 Kd4 52. Bg7 Nd3 53. Bf6
Nc5 54. Bg7 Ne4+ 55. Kc2 Kc4 56. Bf6 Bd7 57. Bg7 Ba4+ 58. Kb2 Nc5 59. Bf8 Nd3+
60. Ka3 Bd7 61. e6 Bxe6 62. Ka4 Bd7+ 63. Ka5 Ne5 64. Kb6 Kd5 65. Bg7 Nc4+ 66.
Kc7 Ba4 67. Bh8 Nd6 68. Ba1 Bd1 69. Bh8 Kc5 70. Bd4+ Kxd4 71. Kxd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "American Cup Elim"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2024.03.16"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Sevian, Samuel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2697"]
[ECO "E91"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "6.Be2"]
[WhiteFideId "5202213"]
[BlackFideId "2040506"]
[EventDate "2024.03.14"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 Nc6 7. Be3 Ng4 8. Bg5
h6 9. Bh4 g5 10. Bg3 e5 11. d5 Nd4 12. Nxd4 exd4 13. Nb5 Nf6 14. f3 Nh5 15. Bf2
d3 16. Bxd3 Bxb2 17. Rb1 Bg7 18. O-O Nf4 19. Bc2 h5 20. Be3 Ng6 21. Qd2 Bf6 22.
Nxa7 Rxa7 23. Bxa7 b6 24. a4 Ne5 25. Bb3 c5 26. Bc2 Nxc4 27. Qd3 Bd4+ 28. Kh1
Ne5 29. Bxb6 Qf6 30. Qe2 h4 31. Ba5 Ng6 32. Bd2 Be5 33. f4 gxf4 34. a5 Bd4 35.
a6 c4 36. Qxc4 h3 37. Qe2 hxg2+ 38. Qxg2 Bxa6 39. Rxf4 Qg7 40. Rf3 Rc8 41. Bd3
Bxd3 42. Rxd3 Be5 43. Rdb3 Qf8 44. Rf1 Rc2 45. Rbf3 Qg7 46. Rxf7 Qxf7 47. Rxf7
Kxf7 48. Qf2+ Kg8 49. Qf5 Kg7 50. Qg5 Bf6 51. Qh6+ Kf7 52. Qh7+ Bg7 53. Bh6 1-0

[Event "American Cup Elim"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2024.03.16"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2804"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[ECO "C65"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Berlin defence"]
[WhiteFideId "2020009"]
[BlackFideId "3503240"]
[EventDate "2024.03.14"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. O-O Nd7 7. Nbd2 O-O 8.
Nc4 f6 9. a4 a5 10. Nh4 Rf7 11. Kh1 Nf8 12. Be3 Bxe3 13. Nxe3 Ne6 14. Nhf5 c5
15. b3 Kh8 16. f3 Nd4 17. Ng3 Be6 18. Qd2 Qd6 19. Rf2 b6 20. h3 Rd8 21. Rb1 Kg8
22. Qc3 g6 23. Nc4 Bxc4 24. Qxc4 Ne6 25. Ne2 Kg7 26. Rbf1 Nf4 27. Ng1 Qe6 28. g3
Qxc4 29. bxc4 Ne6 30. f4 Rdf8 31. Re1 Nd4 32. h4 f5 33. Nh3 exf4 34. Nxf4 Re8
35. Ref1 Rd7 36. Nd5 c6 37. Nc3 h5 38. Kg2 fxe4 39. Nxe4 Nf5 40. Kh3 Re5 41. Rb1
Rb7 42. g4 hxg4+ 43. Kxg4 Nh6+ 44. Kh3 Nf5 45. Rg1 Rb8 46. h5 Ne7 47. hxg6 Rh8+
48. Kg3 Nxg6 49. Rgf1 Re7 50. Rf6 Ne5 51. R6f5 Rh6 52. Re1 Nf7 53. Rb1 Nd6 54.
Nxd6 Rxd6 55. Rxb6 Re2 56. Rb7+ Kg6 57. Rf2 Re1 58. Ra7 Re5 59. Rxa5 Rde6 60.
Ra8 Kg7 61. Ra7+ Kg6 62. a5 Re1 63. a6 Ra1 64. Rg2 Kf5 65. Ra8 Rg6+ 66. Kf2 Rf6
67. Ke2 Re6+ 68. Kd2 Re7 69. Rf2+ Kg6 70. Rg8+ Kh7 71. Rg5 Kh6 72. Rxc5 Re6 73.
Rcf5 Kg6 74. R5f3 1-0

[Event "American Cup Elim"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2024.03.16"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2804"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[ECO "D35"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "exchange, positional line, 5...c6"]
[WhiteFideId "2020009"]
[BlackFideId "3503240"]
[EventDate "2024.03.14"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 Bf5 7. Qf3 Bg6 8. Bxf6
Qxf6 9. Qxf6 gxf6 10. h4 h5 11. Rd1 Nd7 12. Bd3 Rg8 13. Nge2 Bd6 14. Kf1 Bxd3
15. Rxd3 f5 16. g3 Ke7 17. Kg2 Nf6 18. Rdd1 Ne4 19. Nc1 a5 20. N3e2 a4 21. Nd3
Ra5 22. Rc1 Rh8 23. Rc2 Rg8 24. Rb1 Rb5 25. Nef4 Nf6 26. b4 axb3 27. axb3 Ra8
28. b4 Ra3 29. Rcb2 Ke8 30. Rb3 Rxb3 31. Rxb3 Rb6 32. Kf3 Ke7 33. Nc5 Bxc5 34.
dxc5 Ra6 35. b5 Ra2 36. bxc6 bxc6 37. Rb7+ Ke8 38. Rc7 Ne4 39. Nh3 Ra6 40. Ng5
Nxc5 41. Rxf7 Ne4 42. Rxf5 Nd2+ 43. Kg2 Ra2 44. Nh3 Ne4 45. Rxh5 Ke7 46. Rf5 Ke6
47. Rf8 c5 48. h5 c4 49. h6 Ra7 50. Nf4+ Ke5 51. Rh8 Nf6 52. g4 c3 53. g5 Ne4
54. g6 c2 55. Rc8 1-0

[Event "American Cup Elim"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2024.03.16"]
[Round "2.6"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2804"]
[ECO "C70"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Cozio defence deferred"]
[WhiteFideId "3503240"]
[BlackFideId "2020009"]
[EventDate "2024.03.14"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nge7 5. c3 Ng6 6. d4 exd4 7. cxd4 Bb4+ 8.
Nc3 d5 9. O-O Bxc3 10. exd5 Qxd5 11. bxc3 O-O 12. h3 Na5 13. Re1 b5 14. Bc2 Bf5
15. Bxf5 Qxf5 16. a4 Nc4 17. Qe2 h6 18. Qe4 Qxe4 19. Rxe4 c6 20. h4 h5 21. g3 f6
22. Re6 Rfc8 23. axb5 axb5 24. Rxa8 Rxa8 25. Kg2 Rc8 26. Re2 Kf7 27. Ra2 Rc7 28.
Ra8 Ne7 29. Ng1 Nd5 30. Ne2 Ncb6 31. Ra6 Re7 32. Kf1 Rb7 33. Ba3 Rc7 34. Bd6 Rc8
35. Ra7+ Kg6 36. Rb7 Ra8 37. Bc5 Na4 38. Bb4 Nab6 39. Kg2 Nc4 40. Kf3 Re8 41.
Ra7 Nd2+ 0-1

[Event "American Cup Elim"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2024.03.17"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2804"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[ECO "E46"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian"]
[Variation "Reshevsky variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2020009"]
[BlackFideId "5202213"]
[EventDate "2024.03.14"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Ne2 d5 6. a3 Be7 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Nf4
c6 9. Bd3 Re8 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Bd2 Nf8 12. f3 Ne6 13. Nxe6 Bxe6 14. Qe1 c5 15.
Qf2 cxd4 16. exd4 Nd7 17. Ne2 Nb6 18. Nf4 Qd7 19. Nxe6 Qxe6 20. Rfe1 Qd7 21. Bf4
Nc4 22. b3 Na5 23. Bc2 g6 24. h4 Nc6 25. b4 Bf6 26. Rxe8+ Rxe8 27. Rd1 Qd8 28.
g3 Qb6 29. Ba4 Qa6 30. Bxc6 bxc6 31. Qb2 Re2 32. Qc3 Rg2+ 33. Kxg2 Qe2+ 34. Kh3
Qxd1 35. Be5 Qf1+ 36. Kg4 Qb1 37. Kf4 Qf5+ 38. Ke3 Qe6 39. Kf2 Bd8 40. Qe3 Bb6
41. Qf4 Bd8 42. Bc7 Bf6 43. Bd6 a6 44. Bb8 h5 45. Be5 Be7 46. Qh6 Bf6 47. Qf4
Be7 48. Qh6 Bf6 49. Bxf6 Qxf6 50. Qe3 Qf5 51. Qe2 Qh3 52. Qe8+ Kg7 53. Qe5+ Kh7
54. Qc7 Qh2+ 55. Kf1 Qh1+ 56. Kf2 Qh2+ 57. Kf1 Qh1+ 58. Kf2 Qh2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "American Cup Elim"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2024.03.17"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2804"]
[ECO "A45"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[WhiteFideId "5202213"]
[BlackFideId "2020009"]
[EventDate "2024.03.14"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bf4 Bf5 4. e3 e6 5. Bd3 Bg6 6. h4 Bd6 7. h5 Bxd3 8. Qxd3
h6 9. O-O-O Nbd7 10. Nge2 a6 11. f3 Qe7 12. g4 O-O-O 13. Kb1 Kb8 14. Bxd6 Qxd6
15. e4 dxe4 16. Nxe4 Qb6 17. Nd2 Ne5 18. Qb3 Qxb3 19. axb3 Nc6 20. Nc4 Nd5 21.
c3 Rhf8 22. Ng3 b6 23. b4 Kb7 24. Rhe1 Nf4 25. Re4 Nd5 26. Kc2 Ra8 27. Ra1 Rfe8
28. Kb3 Rf8 29. Ne5 Nxe5 30. Rxe5 Rfd8 31. Ne4 Ne7 32. Nf2 Nc6 33. Re4 Rd5 34.
Nd3 a5 35. Rf4 f6 36. Re4 e5 37. b5 Rxb5+ 38. Kc4 Ka6 39. d5 Na7 40. f4 Rd8 41.
fxe5 Kb7 42. e6 Rbxd5 43. e7 b5+ 44. Kb3 Re8 45. Nf4 Rd7 46. Ng6 Nc6 47. Rae1
Rd2 48. Re6 a4+ 49. Ka3 b4+ 50. cxb4 Nd4 51. R6e4 Nc2+ 52. Kxa4 Nxe1 53. Rxe1
Rxb2 54. Kb5 Rc2 55. Ka4 Rc3 56. b5 Rc4+ 57. Kb3 Rxg4 58. Kc3 Rg5 59. Nf4 Kc8
60. Kc4 Rg4 61. Kd5 Rxf4 62. Ke6 Rd4 63. Ra1 Re4+ 0-1

[Event "American Cup Elim"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2024.03.17"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2804"]
[ECO "B40"]
[Opening "Sicilian defence"]
[WhiteFideId "5202213"]
[BlackFideId "2020009"]
[EventDate "2024.03.14"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bd3 d5 4. exd5 exd5 5. O-O Nf6 6. Bb5+ Bd7 7. Bxd7+ Nbxd7
8. d4 Be7 9. dxc5 Nxc5 10. Nd4 O-O 11. Nf5 Ne6 12. Be3 Re8 13. Nc3 Bf8 14. Qf3
Bb4 15. Ne2 Bc5 16. Rad1 Qb6 17. Nh6+ Kf8 18. Bc1 Rad8 19. b3 Qc6 20. Nf5 Ne4
21. Bb2 g6 22. Nfd4 Nxd4 23. Nxd4 Qf6 24. Qd3 Kg8 25. Ba1 h5 26. g3 h4 27. Nf3
Qb6 28. Nd4 Bf8 29. gxh4 Bg7 30. h5 Re5 31. hxg6 Qxg6+ 32. Kh1 Rh5 33. Nf3 Bxa1
34. Rxa1 Rh3 35. Rae1 Rd6 36. Re3 Qh6 37. Rg1+ Rg6 38. Rxg6+ Qxg6 39. Qf1 Qh5
40. Qg2+ Kf8 41. c4 dxc4 42. bxc4 f5 43. Ng1 Rxe3 44. fxe3 Qh4 45. Qb2 b6 46.
Qe5 Qg5 47. Qb8+ Ke7 48. Qxa7+ Ke8 49. Qb8+ Kd7 50. Qb7+ Ke8 51. Qc8+ Ke7 52.
Qc7+ Ke8 53. Qf4 Qg6 54. Ne2 Qh5 55. Nd4 Qd1+ 56. Kg2 Qd2+ 57. Kh3 Nf2+ 58. Kh4
Nd3 59. Qb8+ Kf7 60. Qc7+ Kg8 61. Qg3+ Kf7 62. Nxf5 Qxa2 63. Kg5 Qa7 64. Qd6 Nc5
65. Qf6+ Ke8 66. Qh8+ 1-0

[Event "American Cup Elim"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2024.03.17"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2804"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[ECO "C67"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Berlin defence, open variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2020009"]
[BlackFideId "5202213"]
[EventDate "2024.03.14"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nxe5 8.
Rxe5 O-O 9. d4 Bf6 10. Re1 Re8 11. Bf4 Rxe1 12. Qxe1 Ne8 13. c3 d5 14. Bd3 g6
15. Nd2 Ng7 16. Bh6 Bg5 17. Bxg5 Qxg5 18. Nf3 Qf6 19. Qd2 Bf5 20. Bf1 Re8 21.
Qh6 Nh5 22. Ne5 Qg7 23. Qd2 f6 24. Nd3 Bxd3 25. Bxd3 Qe7 26. g3 f5 27. a4 Kg7
28. a5 c6 29. a6 b6 30. c4 dxc4 31. Bxc4 Nf6 32. Bf1 Ne4 33. Qc2 Qf6 34. Rd1 Rd8
35. Bg2 Rxd4 36. Bxe4 fxe4 37. Rxd4 Qxd4 38. Qxc6 Qd1+ 39. Kg2 Qf3+ 40. Kg1 Qd1+
41. Kg2 Qf3+ 42. Kg1 1/2-1/2

[Event "American Cup Elim"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2024.03.17"]
[Round "3.5"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2804"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[ECO "C65"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Berlin defence"]
[WhiteFideId "2020009"]
[BlackFideId "5202213"]
[EventDate "2024.03.14"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Nbd2 Nd7 7. O-O a5 8.
Nc4 Qe7 9. Be3 f6 10. Qd2 b6 11. a3 Qf7 12. b4 Be7 13. bxa5 b5 14. Nb2 O-O 15.
c4 Nc5 16. Qc3 Ne6 17. d4 exd4 18. Nxd4 Nxd4 19. Bxd4 c5 20. Be3 b4 21. axb4
cxb4 22. Qb3 Ba6 23. Rfc1 Qe6 24. Nd3 Qxe4 25. Nc5 Bxc5 26. Bxc5 Rfb8 27. f3 Qf5
28. Bf2 c5 29. Rd1 Rd8 30. Rd5 Rxd5 31. cxd5 Rc8 32. Rc1 c4 33. Qxb4 Qxd5 34. h3
h6 35. Qe1 Kh7 36. Rd1 Qb7 37. Bd4 Rd8 38. Rb1 Qc8 39. Qc3 Rd6 40. Qc2+ Kh8 41.
Ba7 Rd8 42. Qc3 Rd3 43. Qe1 Rd8 44. Qe7 c3 45. Rb8 Qxb8 46. Bxb8 Rxb8 47. Kf2 c2
48. Qe3 Rc8 49. Qc1 Bd3 50. Ke3 Bg6 51. a6 Ra8 52. g4 Rxa6 53. h4 Rd6 0-1

[Event "American Cup Elim"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2024.03.17"]
[Round "3.6"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2804"]
[ECO "E91"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "6.Be2"]
[WhiteFideId "5202213"]
[BlackFideId "2020009"]
[EventDate "2024.03.14"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Nf3 Qe8 7. e5 Nfd7 8. exd6
cxd6 9. O-O Nc6 10. Re1 Qd8 11. Be3 Nb6 12. b3 Bf5 13. Rc1 d5 14. c5 Nc8 15. h3
e6 16. Qd2 h5 17. Bh6 a5 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. Bb5 N8a7 20. Bxc6 Nxc6 21. Nb5 Rb8
22. Nd6 Qf6 23. Ne5 Nxe5 24. Rxe5 h4 25. Qxa5 Qg5 26. Rd1 Rfd8 27. Qd2 Qh5 28.
b4 Ra8 29. Rc1 Ra3 30. Re3 Rda8 31. Rxa3 Rxa3 32. Qf4 Qe2 33. b5 Rxa2 34. Qxh4
Qd2 35. Rf1 Bd3 36. Ne8+ Kf8 37. Qh8+ Ke7 38. Nd6 Bxf1 39. Nc8+ Kd7 40. Nb6+ Ke7
41. Nc8+ Kd7 42. Nb6+ Ke7 43. Nc8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "American Cup Elim"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2024.03.18"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Robson, Ray"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2696"]
[ECO "E47"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian"]
[Variation "4.e3 O-O, 5.Bd3"]
[WhiteFideId "5202213"]
[BlackFideId "2023970"]
[EventDate "2024.03.14"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 c5 6. Ne2 d5 7. cxd5 cxd4 8. exd4
Nxd5 9. a3 Bd6 10. O-O Nc6 11. Re1 Qh4 12. g3 Qh5 13. Nxd5 exd5 14. Bf4 Rd8 15.
Qd2 Bf8 16. Bc7 Rd7 17. Ba5 g5 18. Bb4 Nxb4 19. axb4 Rd8 20. Nc3 Bxb4 21. h4 Bg4
22. Qxg5+ Qxg5 23. hxg5 a5 24. Re3 Bxc3 25. bxc3 a4 26. Ra3 Bd1 27. Re7 Bb3 28.
Rxb7 Rdc8 29. Raxb3 axb3 30. Rxb3 Rab8 31. Rxb8 Rxb8 32. c4 Rb3 33. Bf1 dxc4 34.
Bxc4 Rb4 35. Be2 Rxd4 36. f4 Ra4 37. Kf2 Ra3 38. Bf3 Kg7 39. Kg2 Ra2+ 40. Kh3 f6
41. gxf6+ Kxf6 42. Be4 h6 43. Bd3 Rd2 44. Be4 Ke6 45. Kg4 Rh2 46. Bg6 Kf6 47.
Be8 Ke7 48. Bg6 Kf6 49. Be8 Ke7 50. Bg6 Kf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "American Cup Elim"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2024.03.18"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Robson, Ray"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2696"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[ECO "E48"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian"]
[Variation "4.e3 O-O, 5.Bd3 d5"]
[WhiteFideId "2023970"]
[BlackFideId "5202213"]
[EventDate "2024.03.14"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. a3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 Be7 8. Nf3
c5 9. O-O a6 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. Qe2 b5 12. Ba2 Bb7 13. e4 Qc7 14. e5 Nfd7 15. Bf4
Bxf3 16. Qxf3 Nc6 17. Ne4 Ndxe5 18. Qh5 Bd4 19. Rad1 Rfd8 20. Rd3 Qe7 21. Rh3 h6
22. Bg5 Qe8 23. Bxh6 Ng6 24. Bg5 f6 25. Re1 Ra7 26. Nxf6+ Bxf6 27. Rxe6 Qf7 28.
Rxf6 gxf6 29. Qxg6+ Kf8 30. Rh8+ 1-0

[Event "American Cup Elim"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2024.03.18"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Robson, Ray"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2696"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[ECO "D14"]
[Opening "QGD Slav"]
[Variation "exchange, Trifunovic variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2023970"]
[BlackFideId "5202213"]
[EventDate "2024.03.14"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Bf4 Nc6 6. e3 Bf5 7. Nf3 e6 8. Qb3
Bb4 9. Bb5 O-O 10. Bxc6 Bxc3+ 11. Qxc3 Ne4 12. Qa3 bxc6 13. Rc1 Rc8 14. Nd2 Nxd2
15. Kxd2 Re8 16. Rhd1 f6 17. Ke1 e5 18. Bg3 Qb6 19. Kf1 exd4 20. Rxd4 Re4 21.
Rxe4 dxe4 22. Bd6 Be6 23. Kg1 Qb7 24. Bc5 a5 25. b3 Ra8 26. h3 Bd5 27. Qa4 Qb5
28. Qxb5 cxb5 29. Bd4 a4 30. Rc5 axb3 31. axb3 Bxb3 32. Rxb5 Bf7 33. g4 h6 34.
Kg2 Re8 35. h4 Re7 36. Kg3 Kh7 37. g5 fxg5 38. hxg5 h5 39. Re5 Rxe5 40. Bxe5 Kg6
41. Kh4 Be6 42. Bd4 Bd5 43. Be5 Be6 44. Bd4 Bd5 45. Be5 Be6 46. Bd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "American Cup Elim"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2024.03.18"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Robson, Ray"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2696"]
[ECO "A08"]
[Opening "Reti"]
[Variation "King's Indian attack"]
[WhiteFideId "5202213"]
[BlackFideId "2023970"]
[EventDate "2024.03.14"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. O-O g6 5. d3 Bg7 6. Nbd2 Nc6 7. e4 O-O 8. Re1
b6 9. c3 dxe4 10. dxe4 Ng4 11. e5 Rb8 12. e6 f5 13. Ng5 Nce5 14. h3 Nh6 15. Ndf3
Nd3 16. Bf4 Nxf4 17. gxf4 Bb7 18. Qd7 Bxf3 19. Bxf3 Bf6 20. Rad1 b5 21. Qxa7 Qb6
22. Rd7 Qxa7 23. Rxa7 b4 24. c4 b3 25. a4 Bxb2 26. Rxe7 Bf6 27. Rd7 b2 28. Rb1
Rfd8 29. a5 Rxd7 30. exd7 Rb3 31. Bd5+ Kh8 32. a6 Ra3 33. Rxb2 Rxa6 34. Rb8+ Kg7
35. Ne6+ 1-0

[Event "American Cup Elim"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2024.03.18"]
[Round "4.5"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Robson, Ray"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2696"]
[ECO "A45"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[WhiteFideId "5202213"]
[BlackFideId "2023970"]
[EventDate "2024.03.14"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bf4 a6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 b5 6. Ne5 Bb7 7. Nd3 b4 8. Na4
Nbd7 9. Be2 a5 10. O-O Bc6 11. c3 bxc3 12. Nxc3 Bd6 13. Ne5 Bb7 14. Nb5 O-O 15.
Rc1 Bxe5 16. dxe5 Ne8 17. a4 c6 18. Nd4 c5 19. Nb5 Nc7 20. Nd6 Ba6 21. Bxa6 Nxa6
22. e4 Nb4 23. Rc3 c4 24. Rh3 g6 25. exd5 exd5 26. Qg4 Qe7 27. Nf5 Qe6 28. Qh4
h5 29. g4 Nd3 30. Bh6 gxf5 31. Bxf8 fxg4 32. Rg3 Rxf8 33. Qxh5 N7xe5 34. f4 Qg6
35. Qh4 Qe4 36. fxe5 Qd4+ 37. Kh1 Qe4+ 38. Rg2 Nxe5 39. Qg5+ Kh7 40. Rf4 Qe3 41.
Qh4+ Kg7 42. Rgxg4+ Ng6 43. Qf6+ Kh7 44. Rxg6 1-0

[Event "American Cup Elim"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2024.03.18"]
[Round "4.6"]
[White "Robson, Ray"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2696"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[ECO "D26"]
[Opening "QGA"]
[Variation "classical variation, 6.O-O"]
[WhiteFideId "2023970"]
[BlackFideId "5202213"]
[EventDate "2024.03.14"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. O-O Nc6 7. a3 a6 8. dxc5
Qxd1 9. Rxd1 Bxc5 10. b4 Be7 11. Bb2 O-O 12. Nbd2 b5 13. Be2 Bb7 14. Nb3 Rfd8
15. Nfd4 Nxd4 16. Bxd4 Bd5 17. Na5 Rac8 18. f3 Ba8 19. e4 h6 20. Kf1 g5 21. Nb3
Nd7 22. Rd2 f5 23. exf5 exf5 24. Rad1 Kf7 25. Bd3 Bd5 26. Na5 Be6 27. Bb1 Ne5
28. Bxf5 Bxf5 29. Bxe5 Rxd2 30. Rxd2 Rc1+ 31. Kf2 Ke6 32. Bd4 h5 33. Nb7 Rc2 34.
Rxc2 Bxc2 35. Ke3 Kd5 36. g3 g4 37. f4 Bf5 38. Na5 Bc2 39. Bc3 h4 40. Kd2 Ba4
41. Ke2 Bc2 42. Ke3 h3 43. Be5 Bd8 44. Nb7 Bb6+ 45. Kd2 Bg1 46. Kxc2 Bxh2 47.
Bb8 0-1

