[Event "Saint Louis Rapid 2023"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2023.11.14"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Robson, Ray"]
[Black "Xiong, Jeffery"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2696"]
[BlackElo "2681"]
[ECO "C42"]
[Opening "Petrov"]
[Variation "classical attack"]
[WhiteFideId "2023970"]
[BlackFideId "2047640"]
[EventDate "2023.11.14"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Be7 7. O-O Bf5 8. Re1
O-O 9. Nbd2 Nd6 10. Nf1 Bg6 11. Bf4 Nd7 12. Ng3 Re8 13. Ne5 Bxd3 14. Qxd3 Nf8
15. Re2 Ne6 16. Bd2 Bg5 17. Rae1 c6 18. c3 Bxd2 19. Qxd2 Qg5 20. Re3 Nf4 21. Nd3
Ne6 22. Qd1 Nc4 23. R3e2 Nc7 24. Ne5 Nd6 25. Re3 Re6 26. f4 Qxf4 27. Nh5 Qh6 28.
Ng4 Qg5 29. Rg3 Qh4 30. Ne5 g6 31. Rf1 Qe7 32. Nf4 Rf6 33. Ng4 Rf5 34. Nh6+ Kh8
35. Nxf5 Nxf5 36. Rgf3 Re8 37. Qd2 Nd6 38. Nd3 f6 39. Qf4 Ne4 40. Re3 Ne6 41.
Qh4 Ng7 42. Re2 Nf5 43. Qf4 Kg7 44. Nf2 Nfd6 45. Ng4 Nf5 46. Nf2 Nfd6 47. Ng4
Nf5 48. Rfe1 Qd6 49. Qxd6 Nfxd6 50. Nf2 f5 51. Nd3 Kf6 52. Rf1 h5 53. h4 Re7 54.
Nf4 Nf7 55. Rfe1 Nh6 56. g3 Ng4 57. Kg2 Rh7 58. Rh1 Rh8 59. Kf3 Rd8 60. Nh3 Nh6
61. Nf4 Nf7 62. Rd1 Nfd6 63. Nd3 Rg8 64. Nf4 Nc4 65. Nh3 a5 66. Kf4 a4 67. a3
Ra8 68. Ng5 Ra5 69. Rg1 Rb5 70. Rgg2 Rb3 71. Nf3 Rb5 72. Ne1 Ra5 73. Nd3 Ra8 74.
Ne1 Rg8 75. Nd3 Ra8 76. Nc5 b5 77. Nd3 Re8 78. Re1 Rg8 79. Nb4 Rc8 80. Rge2 Ncd6
81. Kf3 Nc4 82. Kf4 Ncd6 83. Nd3 Nc4 84. Nc5 Rg8 85. Rh1 Rd8 86. Nd3 Rg8 87. Kf3
Ncd2+ 88. Kg2 Nc4 89. Nf4 Re8 90. Rh3 Rh8 91. Kf1 Ncd2+ 92. Kg2 Nc4 93. Rh1 Re8
94. Rf1 Rg8 95. Rh1 Re8 96. Nd3 Rg8 97. Nf4 Re8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Rapid 2023"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2023.11.14"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[ECO "D38"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "Ragozin variation"]
[WhiteFideId "12401137"]
[BlackFideId "5202213"]
[EventDate "2023.11.14"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Qa4+ Nc6 6. e3 O-O 7. Qc2 Re8 8. Bd2
a6 9. a3 Bd6 10. Rd1 h6 11. h3 Bd7 12. Be2 dxc4 13. Bxc4 b5 14. Bd3 e5 15. O-O
Qe7 16. d5 Nd8 17. e4 c6 18. Rfe1 Nb7 19. dxc6 Bxc6 20. Nh4 Bd7 21. Qc1 Rac8 22.
Bc2 Bc5 23. Nf3 a5 24. Qb1 b4 25. axb4 Bxb4 26. Nd5 Nxd5 27. exd5 Qf6 28. Bxb4
axb4 29. Nd2 Qb6 30. Nf3 Qf6 31. Nd2 Nd6 32. Ne4 Qg6 33. Nc5 Bf5 34. Bxf5 Nxf5
35. Nd7 Qg5 36. Qe4 Nh4 37. g3 Ng6 38. d6 Qd8 39. Qf5 e4 40. Nf6+ Qxf6 41. Qxf6
gxf6 42. d7 Ne5 43. dxc8=Q 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Rapid 2023"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2023.11.14"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Sevian, Samuel"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2696"]
[BlackElo "2771"]
[ECO "A22"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "Bremen, Smyslov system"]
[WhiteFideId "2040506"]
[BlackFideId "4168119"]
[EventDate "2023.11.14"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. g3 Bb4 4. Bg2 O-O 5. e4 Bxc3 6. bxc3 c6 7. Nf3 d5 8. cxd5
cxd5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. O-O Nc6 11. Re1 e4 12. Nd4 Nxd4 13. cxd4 Bf5 14. d3 exd3
15. Qf3 Qa5 16. Bg5 Be6 17. Qxd3 h6 18. Bxh6 gxh6 19. Rxe6 Nb4 20. Rg6+ fxg6 21.
Qxg6+ Kh8 22. Qxh6+ Kg8 23. Qg6+ Kh8 24. Be4 Qc7 25. a3 Nc6 26. Qh6+ Kg8 27.
Bd5+ Rf7 28. Re1 Ne7 29. Bxf7+ Kxf7 30. Qe6+ 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Rapid 2023"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2023.11.14"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[ECO "D85"]
[Opening "Gruenfeld"]
[Variation "modern exchange variation"]
[WhiteFideId "24116068"]
[BlackFideId "623539"]
[EventDate "2023.11.14"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Nf3 c5 8. h3
O-O 9. Be2 cxd4 10. cxd4 Nc6 11. Be3 Qa5+ 12. Bd2 Qa3 13. d5 Ne5 14. O-O Bd7 15.
Rb1 Ba4 16. Qe1 Nd3 17. Bxd3 Qxd3 18. Bg5 Rfe8 19. Qa5 b5 20. Rbc1 h6 21. Rfe1
Rac8 22. Rxc8 Rxc8 23. Bxe7 Bd1 24. Qd2 Qxd2 25. Nxd2 Ba4 26. e5 Rc2 27. Bb4 a5
28. Bxa5 Rxa2 29. e6 fxe6 30. dxe6 Ra1 31. Rxa1 Bxa1 32. Ne4 Bb3 33. e7 Kf7 34.
Bb4 Bd5 35. Nd6+ Kxe7 36. Nxb5+ Kd7 37. Na3 Bb2 38. Nc2 Be4 39. Ne1 Bd4 40. Bd2
h5 41. Kf1 Ke6 42. g4 hxg4 43. hxg4 Bc6 44. f3 Bb5+ 45. Kg2 Bf6 46. Kg3 Be5+ 47.
Bf4 Bc3 48. Ng2 Bf1 49. Ne3 Be1+ 50. Kh2 Be2 51. Nc2 Bc3 52. Kg2 Bd3 53. Ne3 Bd2
54. Nd5 Kxd5 55. Bxd2 Ke6 56. f4 Be4+ 57. Kg3 Bd3 58. f5+ gxf5 59. gxf5+ Bxf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Rapid 2023"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2023.11.14"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2795"]
[BlackElo "2777"]
[ECO "C65"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Berlin defence"]
[WhiteFideId "2020009"]
[BlackFideId "12573981"]
[EventDate "2023.11.14"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. h3 Qe7 7. Nc3 Bd7 8.
Qe2 O-O-O 9. Be3 Bd6 10. a3 Kb8 11. Nd2 Be6 12. b4 g6 13. Rb1 Nh5 14. O-O f6 15.
Rfd1 Qf7 16. f3 Nf4 17. Qf2 b6 18. a4 g5 19. a5 h5 20. Bxf4 exf4 21. d4 g4 22.
h4 Rhg8 23. axb6 axb6 24. Qf1 gxf3 25. Nxf3 Bc4 26. Qe1 Rg3 27. Rd2 Rdg8 28. Kh1
Qd7 29. Kh2 Rxf3 30. gxf3 Rg3 31. Kh1 Rxf3 32. Rh2 Rf1+ 33. Qxf1 Bxf1 34. Rxf1
f3 35. e5 fxe5 36. Ne4 exd4 37. Nxd6 Qxd6 38. Rxf3 Qxb4 39. Rhf2 Qe1+ 40. Kg2
Qe4 41. Kf1 Qxh4 42. Ke2 c5 43. Kd3 Kb7 44. Rf1 Qg4 45. Rf7 h4 46. R1f4 Qg6+ 47.
Kd2 h3 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis Rapid 2023"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2023.11.14"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Sevian, Samuel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2696"]
[ECO "C77"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Anderssen variation"]
[WhiteFideId "5202213"]
[BlackFideId "2040506"]
[EventDate "2023.11.14"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 Bc5 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 d6 8. d4
exd4 9. Nxd4 Bd7 10. Bxc6 bxc6 11. Nc3 Rb8 12. Nb3 Bb4 13. Qd3 Qe7 14. O-O-O O-O
15. Rhe1 Qe5 16. Bg3 Qh5 17. a3 Bxc3 18. Qxc3 Rfe8 19. f3 Qg5+ 20. Qd2 Qb5 21.
Qa5 Be6 22. Qxb5 cxb5 23. Nd4 Nd7 24. Re3 Rb7 25. Rc3 a5 26. Nc6 b4 27. Re3 Ra8
28. e5 dxe5 29. Bxe5 bxa3 30. Rxa3 a4 31. Bc3 Rb6 32. Nd4 Nc5 33. Re1 Bd7 34.
Re5 Nb7 35. Rd5 Rd6 36. Nf5 Rxd5 37. Ne7+ Kh7 38. Nxd5 Re8 39. Bd2 c5 40. Re3
Rxe3 41. Bxe3 Kg6 42. Kd2 Kf5 43. Nf4 Ke5 44. Kc3 Bb5 45. Nh5 g6 46. Ng3 h5 47.
Ne4 Bf1 48. g3 Bg2 49. Nd2 Kd5 50. Kd3 Nd6 51. Bf4 Nf5 52. c4+ Kc6 53. Be5 Ne7
54. Bf6 Nc8 55. Be5 Nb6 56. h4 Nd7 57. Bc3 Bh3 58. Ke3 Be6 59. Kd3 Bf5+ 60. Ke3
Be6 61. Kd3 Bf5+ 62. Ke3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Rapid 2023"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2023.11.14"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2771"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[ECO "C50"]
[Opening "Giuoco Pianissimo"]
[WhiteFideId "4168119"]
[BlackFideId "24116068"]
[EventDate "2023.11.14"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. a4 d6 6. a5 Bb4+ 7. Bd2 Bxd2+ 8.
Nbxd2 O-O 9. O-O Bd7 10. c3 b6 11. b4 Ne7 12. Re1 Ng6 13. d4 c5 14. Bf1 Qc7 15.
Qb3 b5 16. dxc5 dxc5 17. c4 Rab8 18. Rec1 Be6 19. Ng5 bxc4 20. Nxc4 Rxb4 21.
Nxe6 fxe6 22. Qc2 h6 23. f3 Rfb8 24. a6 Kh7 25. Na5 Rc8 26. Qc3 Qb6 27. Nc4 Qc7
28. Ra2 Rcb8 29. Rac2 Rb1 30. Qa5 Qe7 31. Rxb1 Rxb1 32. Na3 Rb3 33. Nb5 Ne8 34.
Qd2 c4 35. Nc3 Nd6 36. Na4 Qc7 37. Qf2 Qa5 38. Nc5 Rb1 39. g3 Nf8 40. Kg2 Rb5
41. Nb7 Nxb7 42. axb7 Rxb7 43. Bxc4 Rc7 44. Ra2 Qb4 45. Bf1 a5 46. Rb2 Qc3 47.
Ra2 Nd7 48. Qe2 Nc5 49. Rc2 Qb4 50. Qb5 Qxb5 51. Bxb5 g5 52. Kf1 Kg7 53. Ke2 Kf6
54. Ke3 Ke7 55. h4 Na6 56. Ra2 Rc3+ 57. Kf2 Nc7 58. Rxa5 gxh4 59. gxh4 Nxb5 60.
Rxb5 Kf6 61. Rb8 Kg7 62. Kg3 h5 63. Re8 Rc6 64. Kf2 Ra6 65. Ke2 Ra2+ 66. Ke3
Ra3+ 67. Kf2 Ra2+ 68. Kg3 Ra6 69. Rb8 Rc6 70. Rb3 Kf6 71. Ra3 Rb6 72. Ra7 Kg6
73. Ra8 Kg7 74. Ra7+ Kg6 75. Ra8 Kg7 76. Ra7+ Kg6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Rapid 2023"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2023.11.14"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Xiong, Jeffery"]
[Black "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2681"]
[BlackElo "2777"]
[ECO "D38"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "Ragozin variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2047640"]
[BlackFideId "12573981"]
[EventDate "2023.11.14"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Qa4+ Nc6 6. e3 O-O 7. Bd2 Re8 8. a3
Bf8 9. Rd1 a6 10. Bc1 h6 11. Be2 dxc4 12. Qxc4 b5 13. Qxc6 Bd7 14. Qb7 Rb8 15.
Qxa6 Ra8 16. Qb7 Rb8 17. Qa6 Ra8 18. Qb7 Rb8 19. Qa6 Ra8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Rapid 2023"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2023.11.14"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Robson, Ray"]
[Black "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2696"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[ECO "C50"]
[Opening "Giuoco Pianissimo"]
[WhiteFideId "2023970"]
[BlackFideId "12401137"]
[EventDate "2023.11.14"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 d6 6. O-O O-O 7. Re1 Bb6 8. h3
Ne7 9. d4 Ng6 10. Bd3 c6 11. Be3 d5 12. dxe5 dxe4 13. exf6 exf3 14. fxg7 Re8 15.
Bxg6 Qxd1 16. Rxd1 hxg6 17. g4 Kxg7 18. Bxb6 axb6 19. Kh2 Re2 20. Nd2 Be6 21.
Kg3 Rd8 22. Nxf3 Rxd1 23. Rxd1 Rxb2 24. a4 Rb3 25. Rd3 Ra3 26. Nd4 Bc4 27. Re3
Rxa4 28. Re7 c5 29. Nc2 Bd5 30. Ne3 Bc6 31. c4 Ra5 32. h4 b5 33. cxb5 Rxb5 34.
h5 gxh5 35. gxh5 Rb1 36. Kf4 Kf6 37. Rc7 c4 38. h6 c3 39. h7 Rh1 40. Nc2 Rxh7
41. Ke3 Rh3+ 42. Kd4 Rf3 43. Rc8 Rxf2 44. Kxc3 Ke5 45. Nd4 f5 46. Kd3 Be4+ 47.
Ke3 Rf1 48. Rc5+ Kd6 49. Rb5 Re1+ 50. Kd2 Rf1 51. Ke2 f4 52. Kxf1 Bd3+ 53. Kf2
Bxb5 54. Nxb5+ Kc5 55. Nc3 Kc4 56. Ne4 b5 57. Nd6+ Kc5 58. Nxb5 Kxb5 59. Kf3 Kc5
60. Kxf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Rapid 2023"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2023.11.14"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2795"]
[ECO "C92"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "closed, Kholmov variation"]
[WhiteFideId "623539"]
[BlackFideId "2020009"]
[EventDate "2023.11.14"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Be6 10. d4 Bxb3 11. axb3 Re8 12. d5 Nb8 13. Nbd2 Qc8 14. Nf1 c6 15.
dxc6 Qxc6 16. Ng3 h6 17. Nh4 Nbd7 18. Nhf5 Bf8 19. b4 Re6 20. Ne3 Nb6 21. Qf3 d5
22. exd5 Nbxd5 23. Nxd5 Nxd5 24. Ne4 Rae8 25. Rd1 Nf6 26. Nxf6+ Rxf6 27. Qxc6
Rxc6 28. Rd7 f5 29. g3 Re7 30. Rd8 Kf7 31. Be3 Re8 32. Rd7+ Re7 33. Rd5 Ree6 34.
Bc5 Be7 35. Re1 Bf6 36. h4 Kg6 37. Kg2 h5 38. Kf3 Rc8 39. Red1 Rce8 40. Rd7 e4+
41. Ke3 Be5 42. Bd4 Bxd4+ 43. R1xd4 Kf6 44. R4d5 g5 45. hxg5+ Kxg5 46. Rf7 Re5
47. Rg7+ Kh6 48. Rdd7 R5e6 49. Rh7+ Kg6 50. Rhg7+ Kh6 51. Rh7+ Kg6 52. Rdg7+ Kf6
53. Ra7 Kg6 54. Rhg7+ Kh6 55. Rgd7 Kg6 56. Rd5 h4 57. gxh4 Rh8 58. Rd1 Rxh4 59.
Ra1 f4+ 60. Kd4 Kf5 61. Rf7+ Kg4 62. Re1 Kf3 63. Re3+ Kxf2 64. Rxe4 Rxe4+ 65.
Kxe4 f3+ 66. Kd3 Rg4 67. b3 Kg2 68. Ke3 Rg8 69. c4 Re8+ 70. Kd2 f2 71. Rg7+ Kf1
72. c5 Re2+ 73. Kd1 Re6 74. Kd2 Re2+ 75. Kd1 Re3 76. c6 Rxb3 77. c7 Rc3 78. Kd2
Rc6 79. Rf7 Kg2 80. Rg7+ Kf1 81. Rf7 Rc4 82. Rg7 Rc6 83. Rf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Rapid 2023"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2023.11.14"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2795"]
[BlackElo "2771"]
[ECO "A28"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "four knights, Nimzovich variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2020009"]
[BlackFideId "4168119"]
[EventDate "2023.11.14"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e4 Bb4 5. d3 d6 6. a3 Bc5 7. b4 Bb6 8. Na4 Bg4
9. Be2 Bxf3 10. Bxf3 Bd4 11. Rb1 a6 12. Bd2 Qd7 13. Nc3 O-O 14. O-O Ba7 15. Bg5
Qe6 16. Nd5 Ne8 17. Bg4 Qg6 18. Be7 Nd4 19. c5 c6 20. Ne3 Nf6 21. Bf5 Qg5 22.
Bxf8 Rxf8 23. Nc4 g6 24. Bh3 dxc5 25. bxc5 Rb8 26. Nd6 Bxc5 27. Nxb7 Bxa3 28.
Kh1 Nh5 29. g3 Qe7 30. Qa4 Kg7 31. Na5 Rb5 32. Nc4 Bc5 33. Qxa6 Nf6 34. Ne3 h5
35. Bg2 h4 36. Nd5 cxd5 37. Rxb5 Nxb5 38. Qxb5 Ng4 39. Qb2 Qf6 40. Kg1 hxg3 41.
hxg3 Qg5 42. Bf3 Nxf2 43. Rxf2 Qxg3+ 44. Kf1 dxe4 45. Bxe4 Bd4 46. Qe2 Qxf2+ 47.
Qxf2 Bxf2 48. Kxf2 f5 49. Bc6 Kf6 50. Be8 g5 51. Kg3 Ke6 52. Bg6 e4 53. dxe4
fxe4 54. Bxe4 Ke5 55. Kg4 Kxe4 56. Kxg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Rapid 2023"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2023.11.14"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[ECO "B52"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Canal-Sokolsky attack, Sokolsky variation"]
[WhiteFideId "12573981"]
[BlackFideId "623539"]
[EventDate "2023.11.14"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Nc6 7. d4 cxd4 8.
Nxd4 g6 9. f3 Bg7 10. Be3 O-O 11. O-O a6 12. Qd3 Rfc8 13. b3 b5 14. cxb5 Ne5 15.
Qd2 d5 16. Nc6 Nxc6 17. bxc6 Rxc6 18. e5 Ne8 19. f4 Nc7 20. Rac1 Rd8 21. Ne2
Rxc1 22. Rxc1 Ne6 23. Qa5 d4 24. Rd1 Qc8 25. Bxd4 Nxd4 26. Rxd4 Rxd4 27. Nxd4
Qc1+ 28. Kf2 Qxf4+ 29. Nf3 Bh6 30. Qd8+ Kg7 31. Qxe7 Qe3+ 32. Kg3 Qf4+ 33. Kf2
Qe3+ 34. Kg3 Qf4+ 35. Kf2 Qe3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Rapid 2023"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2023.11.14"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[ECO "D41"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "Semi-Tarrasch, 5.cd"]
[WhiteFideId "24116068"]
[BlackFideId "5202213"]
[EventDate "2023.11.14"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 cxd4 6. Qxd4 exd5 7. e4 dxe4 8.
Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Ng5 Be6 10. Be2 Bb4 11. O-O Nc6 12. Ncxe4 Nxe4 13. Nxe4 Ke7 14.
Be3 Rhd8 15. a3 Nd4 16. Ba6 bxa6 17. axb4 Bc4 18. Rfd1 Ne6 19. Rxd8 Rxd8 20.
Bxa7 f5 21. Nc5 Rd2 22. b3 Bb5 23. Re1 Be2 24. h4 Rd1 25. Rxd1 Bxd1 26. Nxa6
Bxb3 27. Nc5 Nxc5 28. Bxc5+ Ke6 29. b5 h5 30. Kh2 Ba4 31. b6 Bc6 32. f3 g6 33.
Kg3 Ke5 34. Bf2 f4+ 35. Kh2 Kd6 36. Bd4 Bb5 37. Be5+ Kc6 38. Bc7 Ba6 39. Kg1 Bb5
40. Kf2 Bc4 41. Ke1 Bb5 42. Kf2 Bc4 43. Bxf4 Kxb6 44. g4 hxg4 45. fxg4 Kc6 46.
h5 gxh5 47. gxh5 Bd3 48. h6 Bc2 49. Be3 Bd3 50. Bf4 Bc2 51. Be3 Bd3 52. Bf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Rapid 2023"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2023.11.14"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Sevian, Samuel"]
[Black "Robson, Ray"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2696"]
[BlackElo "2696"]
[ECO "C50"]
[Opening "Giuoco Pianissimo"]
[WhiteFideId "2040506"]
[BlackFideId "2023970"]
[EventDate "2023.11.14"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. O-O d6 6. c3 a5 7. Re1 Ba7 8. Bb3 h6
9. Bc2 O-O 10. h3 Re8 11. d4 Bd7 12. a4 exd4 13. cxd4 Nb4 14. Nc3 Nxc2 15. Qxc2
c6 16. Bd2 Be6 17. Rad1 Qd7 18. Ne2 Nxe4 19. Bxa5 Bxh3 20. gxh3 Qxh3 21. Ng3
Nxg3 22. fxg3 Qxg3+ 23. Qg2 Qf4 24. Kh1 Qf5 25. Bc3 d5 26. Rg1 Qh5+ 27. Nh2 g5
28. Rd3 Re2 29. Rh3 Rxg2 30. Rxh5 Rxg1+ 31. Kxg1 Kg7 32. Ng4 f5 33. Ne5 c5 34.
Kf1 cxd4 35. Bd2 Re8 36. Nd3 Kg6 37. Rh3 f4 38. Nb4 Re5 39. a5 Re7 40. Rb3 Rd7
41. Nd3 Kf5 42. Bb4 g4 43. Bf8 h5 44. Rb5 f3 45. Bc5 Bxc5 46. Nxc5 Rc7 47. Kf2
h4 48. b4 h3 49. Kg3 Re7 50. Nb3 Re2 51. Rxd5+ Ke6 52. Rh5 Rg2+ 53. Kf4 Kd6 54.
b5 d3 55. Rh6+ Kd5 56. Rh5+ Kc4 57. a6 bxa6 58. Na5+ Kc3 59. bxa6 f2 60. Rc5+
Kb4 61. Rc1 Rg1 62. Nc6+ Kb5 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis Rapid 2023"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2023.11.14"]
[Round "3.5"]
[White "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Black "Xiong, Jeffery"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2681"]
[ECO "A34"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "symmetrical, three knights system"]
[WhiteFideId "12401137"]
[BlackFideId "2047640"]
[EventDate "2023.11.14"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nb4 6. Bc4 Nd3+ 7. Ke2 Nf4+ 8.
Kf1 Ne6 9. h4 Nc6 10. d3 Ned4 11. Nb5 e6 12. Bf4 Nxb5 13. Bxb5 Bd7 14. Rc1 Rc8
15. Kg1 a6 16. Bxc6 Bxc6 17. Ne5 Bd6 18. Nxc6 Rxc6 19. e5 Be7 20. Rh3 Qd4 21.
Qd2 f5 22. exf6 Bxf6 23. b3 O-O 24. h5 Qb2 25. Rc2 Qa1+ 26. Rc1 Qb2 27. Rc2 Qa1+
28. Qc1 Qxc1+ 29. Bxc1 Bd4 30. Kf1 h6 31. f3 Rf5 32. g4 Rf8 33. f4 e5 34. f5 Re8
35. Kg2 b5 36. Kf3 c4 37. dxc4 e4+ 38. Ke2 bxc4 39. Be3 Be5 40. bxc4 Rd8 41. c5
Rd3 42. Rh1 Ra3 43. Rb1 Bc7 44. Rb4 Kf7 45. Rxe4 Bb8 46. Rd2 Bg3 47. Rd7+ Kf8
48. Bd4 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Rapid 2023"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2023.11.15"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Xiong, Jeffery"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2681"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[ECO "D27"]
[Opening "QGA"]
[Variation "classical, Rubinstein variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2047640"]
[BlackFideId "623539"]
[EventDate "2023.11.14"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 a6 6. O-O c5 7. a4 Nc6 8. Qe2
cxd4 9. Rd1 Be7 10. exd4 O-O 11. Nc3 Nb4 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. Ne5 Qc7
15. Ng4 Be7 16. d5 exd5 17. Nxd5 Nxd5 18. Bxd5 Bxg4 19. Qxg4 Rad8 20. Qf3 b6 21.
b3 a5 22. Rd3 Bc5 23. Rad1 Rd6 24. Qe2 Rf6 25. Rf3 Qe7 26. Qxe7 Bxe7 27. Rxf6
Bxf6 28. Bc4 Rd8 29. Rxd8+ Bxd8 30. Bd5 Be7 31. Bc4 Bd8 32. Bd5 Be7 33. Bc4 Bd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Rapid 2023"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2023.11.15"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Black "Sevian, Samuel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2696"]
[ECO "D38"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "Ragozin variation"]
[WhiteFideId "12401137"]
[BlackFideId "2040506"]
[EventDate "2023.11.14"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Qa4+ Nc6 6. e3 O-O 7. Qc2 Re8 8. Bd2
h6 9. a3 Bf8 10. Be2 e5 11. dxe5 Nxe5 12. cxd5 Nxd5 13. Nxe5 Rxe5 14. e4 Nxc3
15. Bxc3 Rg5 16. Rd1 Qe8 17. O-O Bh3 18. Bf3 Qe6 19. Rfe1 Qg6 20. g3 Bc5 21. Bd4
Bxd4 22. Rxd4 Qf6 23. Rd3 Re8 24. Bg2 Bxg2 25. Kxg2 Rb5 26. b4 a5 27. Qxc7 axb4
28. a4 Qe5 29. Qxe5 Rbxe5 30. Rd4 b3 31. Rb4 Ra8 32. Kf3 f5 33. Rxb3 Rxa4 34.
Rxb7 Raxe4 35. Rxe4 Rxe4 36. Rb5 g6 37. h4 h5 38. Rb7 Ra4 39. Rc7 Re4 40. Rb7
Ra4 41. Rc7 Re4 42. Rb7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Rapid 2023"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2023.11.15"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2771"]
[BlackElo "2777"]
[ECO "C45"]
[Opening "Scotch"]
[Variation "Mieses variation"]
[WhiteFideId "4168119"]
[BlackFideId "12573981"]
[EventDate "2023.11.14"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8.
c4 Ba6 9. f4 g5 10. fxg5 Bg7 11. Nd2 Bxe5 12. Nf3 Bg7 13. Rb1 O-O 14. Qxe7 Nxe7
15. b3 Rae8 16. Kf2 f6 17. gxf6 Bxf6 18. Bb2 Ng6 19. Bd3 Ne5 20. Bxe5 Bxe5 21.
Rhe1 Bd4+ 22. Kf1 Be3 23. Re2 d5 24. Ke1 c5 25. Kd1 d4 26. Kc2 Bb7 27. Nh4 Bc8
28. h3 Bf2 29. Rxe8 Rxe8 30. Nf3 Rf8 31. Be4 a5 32. Kd3 Bg3 33. Rf1 Kg7 34. Nd2
Rxf1 35. Nxf1 Bd6 36. Nd2 h5 37. Nf3 Kf6 38. a4 Bg3 39. Ke2 h4 40. Kd3 Bd7 41.
Ke2 Bc8 42. Kd3 Bd7 43. Ke2 Bc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Rapid 2023"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2023.11.15"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2795"]
[ECO "C79"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Steinitz defence deferred (Russian defence)"]
[WhiteFideId "5202213"]
[BlackFideId "2020009"]
[EventDate "2023.11.14"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O d6 6. Bxc6+ bxc6 7. d4 exd4 8.
Nxd4 c5 9. Nc6 Qd7 10. Na5 Qa4 11. Nb3 Be6 12. Nc3 Qc6 13. Re1 Be7 14. Bg5 h6
15. Bh4 O-O 16. Nd5 Bxd5 17. exd5 Qd7 18. c4 Rfe8 19. h3 Qa4 20. Rxe7 Rxe7 21.
Bxf6 gxf6 22. Qg4+ Kf8 23. Qf4 Rae8 24. Kh2 Re1 25. Qxh6+ Kg8 26. Rxe1 Rxe1 27.
Qxf6 Qxc4 28. Qg5+ Kf8 29. Na5 Qd4 30. Nc6 Qxb2 31. f4 Qg7 32. Qh4 Re2 33. Qd8+
Re8 34. Qh4 f6 35. Qh5 Re3 36. g4 f5 37. Qxf5+ Kg8 38. Qb1 Qf7 39. f5 Qxd5 40.
Qb8+ Kh7 41. Qxc7+ Kh6 42. g5+ Kxg5 43. Qg7+ Kxf5 44. Qg4+ Kf6 45. Qf4+ Kg6 46.
Qxe3 Qxc6 47. Qe6+ Kg7 48. h4 Qa4 49. Qe7+ Kg8 50. Qe6+ Kg7 51. Qe7+ Kg8 52.
Qe6+ Kg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Rapid 2023"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2023.11.15"]
[Round "4.5"]
[White "Robson, Ray"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2696"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[ECO "D12"]
[Opening "QGD Slav"]
[Variation "4.e3 Bf5"]
[WhiteFideId "2023970"]
[BlackFideId "24116068"]
[EventDate "2023.11.14"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Bg6 7. Be2 Nbd7 8. g3
Bd6 9. O-O Qe7 10. b3 Ne4 11. Bb2 O-O 12. Kg2 a5 13. Bd3 f5 14. Nxg6 hxg6 15. f3
Nxc3 16. Bxc3 Nf6 17. Qe2 e5 18. dxe5 Bxe5 19. Bxe5 Qxe5 20. cxd5 cxd5 21. Bb5
Rac8 22. Rac1 Rc3 23. Rxc3 Qxc3 24. Rd1 Rc8 25. Qd2 Qc5 26. Qxa5 g5 27. a4 Qxe3
28. Qd2 Qxb3 29. Rc1 Rxc1 30. Qxc1 Qa2+ 31. Kg1 g4 32. fxg4 fxg4 33. Qc8+ Kf7
34. Qxb7+ Kg6 35. Bd3+ Kh6 36. Qb4 Qa1+ 37. Kg2 Qa2+ 38. Kg1 Qa1+ 39. Kg2 Qa2+
40. Kg1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Rapid 2023"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2023.11.15"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[ECO "B31"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Nimzovich-Rossolimo attack (with ...g6, without ...d6)"]
[WhiteFideId "24116068"]
[BlackFideId "12401137"]
[EventDate "2023.11.14"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O Bg7 6. d3 e5 7. a3 Qe7 8. b4
Nf6 9. bxc5 Qxc5 10. a4 Qe7 11. Nbd2 O-O 12. Nc4 Nh5 13. a5 Rd8 14. h3 Nf4 15.
Rb1 Qc7 16. Be3 Be6 17. Nfd2 h6 18. Qf3 Nd5 19. exd5 cxd5 20. Nb6 Rab8 21. c4 d4
22. Nd5 Bxd5 23. cxd5 dxe3 24. fxe3 Qxa5 25. Qxf7+ Kh8 26. Ne4 Qxd5 27. Qxg6
Qxd3 28. Kh2 Rf8 29. Rxf8+ Rxf8 30. Rxb7 Rg8 31. Rxa7 Qxe3 32. Rf7 Qd3 33. Rf3
Qb1 34. Rf7 Qc2 35. h4 Qb1 36. Rf3 Bf8 37. Rxf8 Rxf8 38. Qxh6+ Kg8 39. Qe6+ Kh8
40. Qxe5+ Kg8 41. Qd5+ Kh8 42. Qd4+ Kg8 43. Nf6+ Kf7 44. Nd7 Re8 45. Ne5+ Rxe5
46. Qxe5 Kg8 47. h5 Kh7 48. Qf4 Qd3 49. Qf3 Qd6+ 50. Kh3 Qe6+ 51. Kh4 Qe7+ 52.
Kg4 Qg7+ 53. Kh3 Qd7+ 54. Kh2 Qd6+ 55. Qg3 Qf6 56. Qg4 Qe5+ 57. Kh3 Qe3+ 58. Qf3
Qe6+ 59. Kg3 Qe5+ 60. Qf4 Qe6 61. Kh2 Qd5 62. Kg3 Qe6 63. Kf3 Qb3+ 64. Kg4 Qd1+
65. Qf3 Qd4+ 66. Kg5 Qg7+ 67. Kf5 Qf7+ 68. Kg4 Qg7+ 69. Kh4 Qe7+ 70. Kg3 Qe5+
71. Qf4 Qd5 72. Qf6 Qd3+ 73. Kh2 Qe3 74. Qf5+ Kg7 75. Qg4+ Kh7 76. Qg6+ Kh8 77.
Qg3 Qe6 78. Qc7 Qf5 79. Qc3+ Kh7 80. Qf3 Qe5+ 81. g3 Kh6 82. Kg2 Qxh5 83. Qxh5+
Kxh5 84. g4+ Kxg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Rapid 2023"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2023.11.15"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[ECO "C42"]
[Opening "Petrov"]
[Variation "classical attack"]
[WhiteFideId "12573981"]
[BlackFideId "5202213"]
[EventDate "2023.11.14"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bf5 7. O-O Be7 8. Re1
O-O 9. Nbd2 Nd6 10. Nf1 Bxd3 11. Qxd3 c6 12. Bf4 Na6 13. h4 Nc7 14. Ng5 g6 15.
Nh2 Nf5 16. Ng4 Bd6 17. Qxf5 gxf5 18. Nh6+ Kg7 19. Nxf5+ Kg6 20. Nxd6 h5 21.
Nxb7 Qc8 22. Nc5 Re8 23. Rxe8 Nxe8 24. Re1 Qf5 25. Nd3 f6 26. Re7 Ng7 27. Rf7
Rg8 28. Be5 Ne8 29. f3 Qc8 30. Nf4+ Kf5 31. Nxh5 Rxg5 32. Nxf6 Kg6 33. Rf8 Rf5
34. Rxe8 Qb7 35. h5+ Kf7 36. Rb8 Qe7 37. h6 Rxe5 38. dxe5 Qxe5 39. Rf8+ Kg6 40.
h7 Qe1+ 41. Kh2 Qh4+ 42. Kg1 Qe1+ 43. Kh2 Qh4+ 44. Kg1 Qe1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Rapid 2023"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2023.11.15"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Robson, Ray"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2795"]
[BlackElo "2696"]
[ECO "A28"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "four knights, Romanishin variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2020009"]
[BlackFideId "2023970"]
[EventDate "2023.11.14"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e3 Bb4 5. Qc2 Bxc3 6. bxc3 O-O 7. e4 d6 8. g3
a6 9. a4 Rb8 10. Bg2 Be6 11. d3 b5 12. axb5 axb5 13. cxb5 Rxb5 14. O-O Qd7 15.
Bg5 Nh5 16. Qe2 Bg4 17. Rfb1 Rxb1+ 18. Rxb1 h6 19. Be3 Nf6 20. Qf1 d5 21. h3 Be6
22. exd5 Nxd5 23. Bd2 Rd8 24. Rb5 Nde7 25. Ne1 Bd5 26. Be3 Bxg2 27. Qxg2 f5 28.
Kh2 Qe6 29. Rb7 Qc8 30. Rb5 Qe6 31. Qf3 Kh7 32. Qe2 Rd5 33. Rb7 Rd7 34. Nf3 Qd5
35. d4 Nxd4 36. Ng5+ Kg6 37. Bxd4 hxg5 38. Rb5 Qf7 39. Rxe5 Kh7 40. Qf3 Qg6 41.
Bc5 g4 42. Qf4 Nd5 43. Qxf5 Qxf5 44. Rxf5 gxh3 45. Bd4 c5 46. Be5 Kg6 47. Rf8
Re7 48. f4 Nf6 49. Bxf6 gxf6 50. Rc8 Kf5 51. Kxh3 Rh7+ 52. Kg2 Rd7 53. Rxc5+ Kg4
54. Kf2 Rd3 55. f5 Rf3+ 56. Ke2 Kxg3 57. c4 Kg4 58. Rc8 Rxf5 59. c5 Rd5 60. c6
Kf5 61. Ke3 Ke6 62. c7 Re5+ 63. Kf4 Kd7 64. Rf8 Kxc7 65. Rxf6 Ra5 66. Rf5 Rxf5+
67. Kxf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Rapid 2023"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2023.11.15"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2771"]
[ECO "C70"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[WhiteFideId "623539"]
[BlackFideId "4168119"]
[EventDate "2023.11.14"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Be7 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Bc5 7. O-O O-O 8. Nxe5
b5 9. cxb5 Nd4 10. d3 axb5 11. Nxb5 Ne6 12. Nf3 Ba6 13. Nc3 c6 14. Be3 Bxe3 15.
fxe3 Qb6 16. Qd2 Nc5 17. Bc2 Qxb2 18. Rfb1 Qa3 19. d4 Ne6 20. e5 Nd5 21. Nxd5
cxd5 22. Rb3 Qe7 23. Qb4 Qd8 24. Bd3 Bxd3 25. Rxd3 Ra6 26. a4 Qa8 27. Rb3 h6 28.
a5 Rc8 29. h3 Nd8 30. Qb5 Nc6 31. Qxd5 Nxa5 32. Qxa8 Rcxa8 33. Rba3 R6a7 34. d5
Nc6 35. Rxa7 Rxa7 36. Rxa7 Nxa7 37. e4 Nb5 38. Kf2 Kf8 39. Ke3 Nc3 40. Nd4 g6
41. Kd3 Nd1 42. Nb5 Ke7 43. Nc3 Nb2+ 44. Kd4 h5 45. h4 Ke8 46. Ne2 Nd1 47. Nf4
Ke7 48. e6 dxe6 49. dxe6 fxe6 50. Ke5 Kf7 51. Nxe6 Ne3 52. Nf4 Nc4+ 53. Kd5 Ne3+
54. Kd4 Nc2+ 55. Kc5 Ne3 56. e5 Nf5 57. Kc6 Nxh4 58. Kd7 Nf5 59. e6+ Kf6 60.
Nd5+ Kg5 61. e7 Nxe7 62. Kxe7 h4 63. Kf7 h3 64. gxh3 Kh4 65. Kxg6 Kxh3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Rapid 2023"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2023.11.15"]
[Round "5.5"]
[White "Sevian, Samuel"]
[Black "Xiong, Jeffery"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2696"]
[BlackElo "2681"]
[ECO "C43"]
[Opening "Petrov"]
[Variation "modern attack, Symmetrical variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2040506"]
[BlackFideId "2047640"]
[EventDate "2023.11.14"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 Nxe4 4. dxe5 d5 5. Nbd2 Qd7 6. Bd3 Nc5 7. Be2 Ne6 8.
O-O Be7 9. Re1 O-O 10. Nf1 c5 11. Ng3 Rd8 12. Nf5 Bf8 13. c3 Nc6 14. Bb5 a6 15.
Ba4 b5 16. Bc2 d4 17. cxd4 Ncxd4 18. N5xd4 Nxd4 19. Be4 Bb7 20. Nxd4 Bxe4 21.
Rxe4 cxd4 22. Qd3 Qf5 23. Bd2 Rd5 24. f4 Rc8 25. Rae1 h5 26. h3 Be7 27. Kh2 h4
28. Kh1 Rc6 29. Qb3 Rc4 30. Qd3 Rc6 31. Qb3 Rc4 32. Qd3 Rc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Rapid 2023"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2023.11.15"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Robson, Ray"]
[Black "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2696"]
[BlackElo "2777"]
[ECO "E71"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "Makagonov system (5.h3)"]
[WhiteFideId "2023970"]
[BlackFideId "12573981"]
[EventDate "2023.11.14"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. h3 O-O 6. Be3 Nc6 7. d5 Ne5 8. f4 Ned7
9. Nge2 c6 10. g4 cxd5 11. cxd5 b6 12. Nd4 Nc5 13. Nc6 Qe8 14. Bg2 Ba6 15. Bxc5
bxc5 16. Qd2 e6 17. O-O-O exd5 18. exd5 Qd7 19. Rhe1 Rae8 20. Bf3 h6 21. g5 Nh7
22. Bg4 Qc7 23. h4 h5 24. Bh3 f5 25. gxf6 Bxf6 26. Rg1 Kh8 27. Rxg6 Bxh4 28. Be6
Bf6 29. Rdg1 Rxe6 30. dxe6 Qxc6 31. Nd5 Bd4 32. Ne7 Qe8 33. Rg8+ Rxg8 34. Rxg8+
Qxg8 35. Nxg8 Kxg8 36. Qg2+ Kh8 37. Qa8+ Kg7 38. Qxa7+ Kg6 39. Qf7+ Kh6 40. f5
Kg5 41. Qxh7 h4 42. Qg6+ Kf4 43. e7 Bb5 44. f6 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Rapid 2023"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2023.11.15"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Sevian, Samuel"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2696"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[ECO "C67"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Berlin defence, open variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2040506"]
[BlackFideId "24116068"]
[EventDate "2023.11.14"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5 8.
Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 Bd7 10. Bf4 h6 11. Rad1 Kc8 12. g4 Ne7 13. h3 c5 14. Bg3 b6
15. e6 fxe6 16. Rd3 Ng6 17. Rfd1 Bc6 18. Rd8+ Kb7 19. Rxa8 Kxa8 20. Ne5 Nxe5 21.
Rd8+ Kb7 22. Bxe5 Bd6 23. Rxh8 Bxe5 24. Kf1 b5 25. Ke2 b4 26. Nd1 a5 27. b3 Bb5+
28. Ke1 c4 29. Ne3 cxb3 30. axb3 a4 31. bxa4 Bxa4 32. Rf8 c5 33. Rf7+ Kc6 34.
Re7 Kd6 35. Rb7 Kc6 36. Re7 Kd6 37. Ra7 Bb5 38. Kd1 Bd4 39. Rb7 Kc6 40. Rb8 c4
41. Rc8+ Kd7 42. Rb8 Kc6 43. Rd8 Bb6 44. Re8 Kd7 45. Rf8 b3 46. Kc1 Bd4 47. Rf4
Bf6 48. Kb1 bxc2+ 49. Kxc2 c3 50. Nd1 e5 51. Rb4 Bf1 52. Ne3 Bxh3 53. Kxc3 Bg5
54. Kd3 Ke6 55. f3 Bxe3 56. Kxe3 Bf1 57. Rb6+ Kf7 58. Ke4 Be2 59. Rb2 Bd1 60.
Rd2 Bb3 61. Kxe5 g5 62. Rd3 Ba2 63. Rd7+ Kg6 64. Rb7 Bc4 65. Rb6+ Kg7 66. Rd6
Bb3 67. Rc6 Ba2 68. Kf5 Bb1+ 69. Ke6 Ba2+ 70. Ke7 Bd5 71. Rc3 Ba2 72. Rc7 Bb3
73. Rc3 Bd5 74. Kd6 Ba2 75. Ra3 Bb1 76. Ke6 Bc2 77. Rc3 Bb1 78. Rc7+ Kg6 79. Ke7
Kg7 80. Ke8+ Kg8 81. Rc5 Kg7 82. Kd7 Bd3 83. Ke6 Bb1 84. Ke7 Bd3 85. Rc1 Bh7 86.
Ke6 Kg6 87. Rc8 Kg7 88. Rc7+ Kg6 89. Ke5 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis Rapid 2023"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2023.11.15"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2795"]
[ECO "D37"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "4.Nf3"]
[WhiteFideId "12401137"]
[BlackFideId "2020009"]
[EventDate "2023.11.14"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 a6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 Be6 7. e3 Nbd7 8. h3
Bd6 9. Bd3 c6 10. O-O O-O 11. Re1 Qc7 12. Qd2 Rfe8 13. Bf4 Nb6 14. b3 h6 15.
Rac1 Qe7 16. Bxd6 Qxd6 17. Ne5 Rac8 18. Bb1 Rc7 19. Ne2 Ne4 20. Qa5 Nc8 21. Nf4
Rce7 22. Bxe4 dxe4 23. Red1 Qd8 24. Qc5 Bd5 25. Nxd5 cxd5 26. Rc2 Kh7 27. Rdc1
Nb6 28. a4 f6 29. Ng4 Na8 30. Qb4 Rd7 31. Nh2 Qe7 32. Qa5 Qa3 33. Rc8 Rd6 34.
Nf1 Rxc8 35. Rxc8 Nb6 36. Rc3 Qb2 37. Qb4 Nc4 38. Ng3 Rd7 39. Nxe4 Rc7 40. Kh2
f5 41. Ng3 a5 42. Rxc4 axb4 43. Rxc7 Qxf2 44. Rxb7 f4 45. Nh1 Qxe3 46. Rxb4 Qd2 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis Rapid 2023"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2023.11.15"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "Xiong, Jeffery"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2681"]
[BlackElo "2771"]
[ECO "E21"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian"]
[Variation "three knights variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2047640"]
[BlackFideId "4168119"]
[EventDate "2023.11.14"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 O-O 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 d5 7. e3 c5 8. cxd5
exd5 9. dxc5 g5 10. Bg3 Ne4 11. Rc1 Nc6 12. Bd3 Bg4 13. Bxe4 dxe4 14. Qxd8 Rfxd8
15. Ne5 Nxe5 16. Bxe5 Rac8 17. h4 gxh4 18. Rxh4 h5 19. f3 exf3 20. gxf3 Bxc3+
21. Rxc3 Bxf3 22. Bf6 Rd1+ 23. Kf2 Rc6 24. Bd4 Bg4 25. Rb3 Rd2+ 26. Ke1 Rd1+ 27.
Kf2 Rc7 28. Rh2 Kh7 29. Ra3 a6 30. Rb3 Be6 31. Rb6 Rd2+ 32. Kg3 Rxh2 33. Kxh2
Bxa2 34. Kg3 Be6 35. Kh4 Kg6 36. b4 Rd7 37. c6 bxc6 38. Rxc6 Rd5 39. Rc5 Rxc5
40. Bxc5 Bg4 41. Bd4 Be6 42. Bc5 Bg4 43. Bd4 Be6 44. Bc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Rapid 2023"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2023.11.15"]
[Round "6.5"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[ECO "B90"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Najdorf, Lipnitzky attack"]
[WhiteFideId "5202213"]
[BlackFideId "623539"]
[EventDate "2023.11.14"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Be3 b5 8. Bb3
Be7 9. a3 O-O 10. Qe2 Bb7 11. f3 Nbd7 12. g4 Rc8 13. g5 Nh5 14. f4 Nxf4 15. Bxf4
e5 16. Ne6 fxe6 17. Bxe6+ Kh8 18. Bd2 Rxc3 19. Bxc3 Bxg5 20. Bxd7 Qxd7 21. Rf1
Rc8 22. Qf3 h6 23. Bd2 Bh4+ 24. Kd1 Qc6 25. Qd3 Qxe4 26. Qxe4 Bxe4 27. c3 Bd3
28. Rf3 e4 29. Rh3 Bf2 30. Be3 Bxe3 31. Rxe3 Rf8 32. a4 Rf1+ 33. Re1 Rf2 34.
axb5 axb5 35. h4 Rxb2 36. Ra8+ Kh7 37. Rd8 Kg6 38. Rxd6+ Kh5 39. Rd7 g6 40. Rd6
Rg2 41. Rh1 Bc4 42. Re1 Rg4 43. Rd4 Kxh4 44. Rexe4 Rxe4 45. Rxe4+ Kg3 46. Re7 h5
47. Rg7 Bd3 48. Kd2 Bf5 49. Rb7 h4 50. Rxb5 h3 51. Re5 h2 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis Rapid 2023"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2023.11.16"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Black "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[ECO "C65"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Berlin defence"]
[WhiteFideId "12573981"]
[BlackFideId "12401137"]
[EventDate "2023.11.14"]

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 Re8 9. g3 a5 10. a4 b6 11. Nh4 Nf8 12. Be3 Bb4 13. Nf5 Bxf5 14. exf5 Qd5 15.
c3 Be7 16. Qg4 Nd7 17. Rfd1 Nf6 18. Qe2 h6 19. g4 Rad8 20. f3 Bc5 21. Bxc5 Qxc5+
22. Qf2 Qxf2+ 23. Kxf2 c5 24. Rd2 Nd5 25. Re1 f6 26. d4 cxd4 27. cxd4 Nb4 28.
Re4 Kf8 29. Kg3 Nc6 30. dxe5 Rxd2 31. Nxd2 Nxe5 32. Rd4 Ke7 33. f4 Nc6 34. Re4+
Kd7 35. Kh4 Rxe4 36. Nxe4 Ke7 37. g5 Nd4 38. gxf6+ gxf6 39. Kh5 Kf7 40. Kxh6
Nxf5+ 41. Kh5 Ne3 42. Kh4 c6 43. Kg3 Kg6 44. Kf3 Nf5 45. Nd2 Nd6 46. b3 b5 47.
Ke3 Kf5 48. h3 Nb7 49. Nf3 bxa4 50. Nd4+ Kg6 51. bxa4 c5 52. Nb5 Kf5 53. Kf3 c4
54. Ke3 Nc5 55. Nd6+ Kg6 56. Nxc4 Nxa4 57. Nxa5 Nc5 58. Nc6 Kh5 59. f5 Kg5 60.
Nd4 Nb7 61. Kf3 Nd6 62. Kg3 Nxf5+ 63. Nxf5 Kxf5 64. Kf3 Kg5 65. h4+ Kxh4 66. Kf4
f5 67. Kxf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Rapid 2023"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2023.11.16"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Robson, Ray"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2696"]
[ECO "A29"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "four knights, kingside fianchetto"]
[WhiteFideId "623539"]
[BlackFideId "2023970"]
[EventDate "2023.11.14"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bb4 5. Nd5 e4 6. Nh4 O-O 7. a3 Bc5 8. Bg2
d6 9. O-O Re8 10. d3 exd3 11. Qxd3 Ne5 12. Qc3 Bg4 13. b4 Nxd5 14. cxd5 Bb6 15.
Ra2 a5 16. b5 a4 17. Kh1 Qd7 18. Rb2 Ra5 19. f4 Ng6 20. Nxg6 hxg6 21. Qd3 Bh3
22. e4 Bxg2+ 23. Kxg2 f5 24. Re1 Rxe4 25. Rxe4 fxe4 26. Qxe4 Rxb5 27. Qxg6 Rxd5
28. Re2 Rf5 29. Bb2 Qc6+ 30. Kh3 Qd7 31. Kg2 Qc6+ 32. Kh3 Qd7 33. Kg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Rapid 2023"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2023.11.16"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Xiong, Jeffery"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2681"]
[ECO "B90"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Najdorf"]
[WhiteFideId "24116068"]
[BlackFideId "2047640"]
[EventDate "2023.11.14"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. a4 e5 7. Nf3 Be7 8. Bg5
Be6 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. Nd5 Nd7 11. Bc4 Rc8 12. b3 Qa5+ 13. b4 Qd8 14. Bb3 a5 15.
Qd2 axb4 16. Qxb4 Nc5 17. O-O O-O 18. a5 Nxb3 19. Qxb3 Bxd5 20. Qxd5 Rc5 21.
Qxb7 Rxa5 22. c4 Rc5 23. Rfc1 Qc8 24. Qxc8 Rfxc8 25. Ra4 h5 26. g3 d5 27. exd5
Rxd5 28. Re1 Rdc5 29. Nd2 Bd8 30. Nb3 Rxc4 31. Rxc4 Rxc4 32. Rxe5 Bb6 33. Rxh5
Rc2 34. Rf5 Rb2 35. Rf3 Bxf2+ 36. Rxf2 Rxb3 37. Kg2 g6 38. Re2 Ra3 39. Rf2 Rb3
40. Re2 Ra3 41. Rf2 Rb3 42. Re2 Ra3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Rapid 2023"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2023.11.16"]
[Round "7.4"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Sevian, Samuel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2795"]
[BlackElo "2696"]
[ECO "C53"]
[Opening "Giuoco Piano"]
[WhiteFideId "2020009"]
[BlackFideId "2040506"]
[EventDate "2023.11.14"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. b4 Bb6 7. a4 a5 8. b5 Ne7
9. O-O Ng6 10. Nbd2 O-O 11. d4 h6 12. Re1 Re8 13. h3 c6 14. Bd3 Bc7 15. Ba3 Nh5
16. Bf1 Nhf4 17. Nc4 Be6 18. b6 Bb8 19. dxe5 Bxc4 20. Bxc4 Nxe5 21. Nxe5 Rxe5
22. Qf3 d5 23. Qxf4 Rxe4 24. Qf5 g6 25. Qf3 Rxc4 26. Re7 Rf4 27. Qe3 Re4 28.
Rxe4 dxe4 29. Qxe4 Bd6 30. Bc1 Qf8 31. Be3 Bc5 32. Rd1 Re8 33. Bxc5 Rxe4 34.
Bxf8 Kxf8 35. Rd7 Re7 36. Rd8+ Re8 37. Rd7 Re7 38. Rd8+ Re8 39. Rd7 Re7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Rapid 2023"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2023.11.16"]
[Round "7.5"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2771"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[ECO "C85"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Exchange variation doubly deferred (DERLD)"]
[WhiteFideId "4168119"]
[BlackFideId "5202213"]
[EventDate "2023.11.14"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. Nc3 Nd7 8.
d4 exd4 9. Qxd4 O-O 10. Bf4 Nc5 11. Qe3 Ne6 12. Rad1 Qe8 13. Bg3 Bc5 14. Qd2 f6
15. Ne1 b5 16. Nd3 Bb6 17. Kh1 Bb7 18. f3 Rd8 19. Ne2 c5 20. Qc1 Nd4 21. Nxd4
cxd4 22. b4 a5 23. a3 Qc6 24. Qb2 Qc4 25. Bf2 axb4 26. axb4 f5 27. e5 Ra8 28.
Ra1 Ra4 29. Rxa4 bxa4 30. Ra1 Ra8 31. Ra3 h6 32. h3 Bc6 33. Nc5 Bxc5 34. bxc5
Rd8 35. Rd3 Qxc5 36. Bxd4 Qc4 37. e6 Qxe6 38. Bxg7 Rxd3 39. cxd3 a3 40. Qc3 a2
41. Be5 Kf7 42. Qa5 Bd7 43. Qxc7 Qd5 44. Kh2 h5 45. Kg3 Ke6 46. f4 Bc6 47. Kh4
Qxg2 48. Qd6+ Kf7 49. Qf6+ Ke8 50. Qe6+ Kd8 51. Qd6+ Ke8 52. Bf6 Kf7 53. Qe7+
Kg8 54. Qe6+ Kf8 55. Qxf5 Be8 56. Bd4+ Bf7 57. Qc5+ Ke8 58. Qc8+ Ke7 59. Bc5+
Kf6 60. Qh8+ Kf5 61. Qe5+ Kg6 62. Bd4 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Rapid 2023"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2023.11.16"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2795"]
[ECO "C50"]
[Opening "Giuoco Pianissimo"]
[WhiteFideId "24116068"]
[BlackFideId "2020009"]
[EventDate "2023.11.14"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. O-O h6 6. c3 d6 7. Re1 O-O 8. Nbd2
a5 9. Nf1 a4 10. Ng3 Bb6 11. h3 Bd7 12. Bb5 Ne7 13. Bxd7 Qxd7 14. d4 Ng6 15. Be3
exd4 16. Bxd4 Bxd4 17. cxd4 Qb5 18. Qc2 Rac8 19. Re3 Rfe8 20. Rae1 c5 21. d5 Qd7
22. b3 axb3 23. axb3 b5 24. Qb2 Nf4 25. Qd2 c4 26. bxc4 bxc4 27. Nd4 Nd3 28.
Ngf5 Nh5 29. Rxd3 cxd3 30. Qxd3 g6 31. Nxh6+ Kh7 32. Qd2 Qe7 33. Ng4 Qf8 34. Nf3
Qg7 35. e5 dxe5 36. Ngxe5 f6 37. Ng4 Rxe1+ 38. Qxe1 Rd8 39. Qe4 Qf7 40. Ne3 Kg8
41. g4 Ng7 42. Nd4 Re8 43. Qd3 f5 44. gxf5 gxf5 45. Ndxf5 Qg6+ 46. Kf1 Kh7 47.
Qc2 Qa6+ 48. Kg2 Qg6+ 49. Ng3 Qxc2 50. Nxc2 Kg6 51. Ne3 Kg5 52. Kf3 Rf8+ 53. Ke2
Rh8 54. d6 Ne6 55. Ne4+ Kf4 56. Nd2 Rxh3 57. Ndc4 Ke4 58. Nd2+ Kd4 59. d7 Rh8
60. Nf3+ Ke4 61. Nd2+ Ke5 62. Ndc4+ Kd4 63. Na5 Nd8 64. Nb3+ Ke5 65. Kd3 Kd6 66.
Nd4 Kxd7 67. f4 Nb7 68. Ke4 Re8+ 69. Kf3 Nc5 70. Ng4 Ra8 71. f5 Ra3+ 72. Kf4 Ra4
73. Ke5 Nd3+ 74. Ke4 Nb4 75. Ke5 Ra5+ 76. Kf6 Nd5+ 77. Kg5 Ra8 78. Nf6+ Nxf6 79.
Kxf6 Rf8+ 80. Ke5 Rxf5+ 81. Nxf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Rapid 2023"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2023.11.16"]
[Round "8.2"]
[White "Robson, Ray"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2696"]
[BlackElo "2771"]
[ECO "D87"]
[Opening "Gruenfeld"]
[Variation "exchange, Spassky variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2023970"]
[BlackFideId "4168119"]
[EventDate "2023.11.14"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 c5 8.
Ne2 O-O 9. O-O Nc6 10. Be3 Bg4 11. f3 Bd7 12. Rb1 Rc8 13. Qd2 e6 14. h4 cxd4 15.
cxd4 Qa5 16. Qb2 Rfd8 17. Rfc1 Bf6 18. Bf2 b6 19. Be1 Qh5 20. g4 Qh6 21. g5 Bxg5
22. hxg5 Qxg5+ 23. Bg3 b5 24. Bb3 a5 25. Kf2 Be8 26. a3 b4 27. a4 h5 28. Rc5 Qf6
29. Rbc1 h4 30. Bf4 Qh8 31. Rh1 h3 32. Qc1 e5 33. dxe5 Rd3 34. Bd5 Qh5 35. Ng1
Nxe5 36. Rxh3 Rc3 37. Rxc8 Nd3+ 38. Kg3 Nxf4 39. Rxe8+ Kh7 40. Qxf4 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Rapid 2023"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2023.11.16"]
[Round "8.3"]
[White "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[ECO "D90"]
[Opening "Gruenfeld"]
[Variation "Three knights variation"]
[WhiteFideId "12401137"]
[BlackFideId "623539"]
[EventDate "2023.11.14"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Na4 O-O 7. e4 Nb6 8. Be3
Nxa4 9. Qxa4 c5 10. Rd1 cxd4 11. Nxd4 Bg4 12. f3 Bd7 13. Qa3 a6 14. Be2 e6 15.
O-O Qc7 16. Nb3 Rc8 17. Nc5 Bc6 18. Rd2 Nd7 19. Nxd7 Bxd7 20. Rfd1 Bc6 21. Qb4
h5 22. Qb6 Qxb6 23. Bxb6 Bh6 24. Rc2 Kf8 25. Kf2 Ke8 26. Be3 Bg7 27. Bd4 Bf8 28.
Rdc1 Rd8 29. Bb6 Rd7 30. Rd1 Rxd1 31. Bxd1 Bd6 32. h4 Ke7 33. g3 e5 34. Be2 Rc8
35. Ke3 Bd7 36. Rxc8 Bxc8 37. Bc4 Be6 38. Kd3 Kd7 39. Bxe6+ fxe6 40. Ba5 b5 41.
Bc3 Kc6 42. b3 Bc7 43. Bb2 Bd6 44. Bc3 Bc7 45. Bb2 Bd6 46. Bc3 Bc7 47. Bb2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Rapid 2023"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2023.11.16"]
[Round "8.4"]
[White "Xiong, Jeffery"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2681"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[ECO "D43"]
[Opening "QGD semi-Slav"]
[WhiteFideId "2047640"]
[BlackFideId "5202213"]
[EventDate "2023.11.14"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 Nd7 8. Be2
g6 9. O-O Bg7 10. cxd5 exd5 11. b4 a6 12. a4 O-O 13. b5 Qd6 14. bxc6 bxc6 15.
Rb1 Rd8 16. a5 c5 17. dxc5 Nxc5 18. Rb6 Qf8 19. Nd4 Ne6 20. Na4 Bd7 21. Rb1 Nxd4
22. exd4 Bxa4 23. Qxa4 Qe7 24. Bf3 Rac8 25. Rfc1 Rxc1+ 26. Rxc1 Qf6 27. Qc6 Qf4
28. Rf1 Bxd4 29. Bxd5 Rd6 30. Qc7 Rf6 31. Qxf4 Rxf4 32. Bb7 Rf6 33. g3 Bc3 34.
Rc1 Bxa5 35. Ra1 Bb6 36. Rxa6 Bxf2+ 37. Kg2 Bb6 38. Bf3 h5 39. h4 Kg7 40. Kh3
Rd6 41. Be2 Kf6 42. Kg2 Ke7 43. Kh3 Kf6 44. Kg2 Ke5 45. Bc4 f5 46. Be2 Kd4 47.
Kf3 Re6 48. Ra4+ Kc5 49. Ra2 Kb4 50. Bd1 Re3+ 51. Kg2 Rd3 52. Bf3 Be3 53. Ra6
Rd2+ 54. Kh3 Bg1 55. Bg2 f4 56. Rf6 fxg3 57. Rxg6 Rc2 58. Rg5 Rc5 59. Rxc5 Bxc5
60. Kxg3 Be7 61. Bf3 Bxh4+ 62. Kxh4 Kc5 63. Kxh5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Rapid 2023"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2023.11.16"]
[Round "8.5"]
[White "Sevian, Samuel"]
[Black "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2696"]
[BlackElo "2777"]
[ECO "C92"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "closed, 9.h3"]
[WhiteFideId "2040506"]
[BlackFideId "12573981"]
[EventDate "2023.11.14"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Re8 10. d4 Bb7 11. Nbd2 Bf8 12. Bc2 h6 13. d5 Nb8 14. b3 c6 15. c4 a5
16. Nf1 Qc7 17. Ne3 bxc4 18. bxc4 Na6 19. Bb2 Nb4 20. Bb1 Bc8 21. Nh2 Rb8 22.
Bc3 cxd5 23. exd5 g6 24. Qd2 Qa7 25. a3 Na6 26. Bc2 Nc5 27. Neg4 Bxg4 28. Nxg4
Nxg4 29. hxg4 Qa6 30. Qe2 Nb3 31. Rab1 Nd4 32. Bxd4 exd4 33. Qf1 Rxb1 34. Rxb1
Qc8 35. Ba4 Re5 36. Bd1 d3 37. Qxd3 Re1+ 38. Kh2 Qc5 39. Rb2 Bg7 40. Re2 Be5+
41. g3 Rxe2 42. Qxe2 Qxa3 43. Kg2 Kg7 44. Qc2 Qb4 45. Qa2 Bd4 46. Ba4 Qe1 47.
Qc2 Qa1 48. Be8 Kf8 49. Bb5 Bc5 50. Bc6 Kg7 51. Bb5 Qe5 52. Bc6 f5 53. gxf5 gxf5
54. Ba4 Kf6 55. Qd2 Kg6 56. Bc2 h5 57. Qd3 Kf6 58. f4 Qd4 59. Qxf5+ Ke7 60. Qg5+
Qf6 61. Qxh5 Qb2 62. Qh7+ Kd8 63. Kh3 Qa1 64. Kg4 Qe1 65. Ba4 Qe7 66. Qxe7+ Kxe7
67. Kf5 Kf7 68. g4 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Rapid 2023"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2023.11.16"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Sevian, Samuel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2696"]
[ECO "C80"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "open, Bernstein variation"]
[WhiteFideId "623539"]
[BlackFideId "2040506"]
[EventDate "2023.11.14"]

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 Nc5 11. Bc2 d4 12. Nb3 d3 13. Bb1 Nxb3 14. axb3 Bf5 15.
h3 O-O 16. Re1 Qd7 17. b4 Rfd8 18. Bf4 a5 19. g4 Bg6 20. Ba2 Rf8 21. e6 Qd8 22.
bxa5 Rxa5 23. Bg3 Kh8 24. exf7 h6 25. b4 Ra4 26. Be6 Rxa1 27. Qxa1 Bxf7 28. Bxf7
Rxf7 29. Qd1 Bf6 30. Re3 Rd7 31. Qd2 Bg5 32. Nxg5 Qxg5 33. Re8+ Kh7 34. Qxg5
hxg5 35. Re1 d2 36. Rd1 Rd3 37. Bxc7 Rxc3 38. Rxd2 Nxb4 39. Be5 Rxh3 40. Bg3 Rh6
41. Rb2 Nd3 42. Rxb5 Rg6 43. Kf1 Nf4 44. Rf5 Ne6 45. Be5 Kg8 46. Rf3 Nf8 47. Ra3
Re6 48. Ra5 Nh7 49. f3 Re7 50. Kf2 Kf7 51. Bd4 Kg6 52. Be3 Re6 53. Ke2 Re7 54.
Ra3 Nf6 55. Kd3 Rd7+ 56. Bd4 Rb7 57. Ra5 Rb3+ 58. Bc3 Rb7 59. Bd2 Rd7+ 60. Ke2
Re7+ 61. Kd3 Rd7+ 62. Ke2 Re7+ 63. Kd3 Rd7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Rapid 2023"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2023.11.16"]
[Round "9.2"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Xiong, Jeffery"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2795"]
[BlackElo "2681"]
[ECO "C50"]
[Opening "Giuoco Pianissimo"]
[WhiteFideId "2020009"]
[BlackFideId "2047640"]
[EventDate "2023.11.14"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 Nc6 4. Nf3 Bc5 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 Be7 7. Bg3 d6 8. a4
O-O 9. a5 a6 10. Nbd2 Be6 11. Bxe6 fxe6 12. O-O Nh7 13. c3 Ng5 14. Qb3 Qd7 15.
Rfe1 Rab8 16. h3 Bf6 17. Qc4 Rbd8 18. b4 Ne7 19. Qb3 Ng6 20. d4 Kh7 21. Rad1
exd4 22. cxd4 Be7 23. Qc2 Nxf3+ 24. Nxf3 Nf4 25. Re3 Kg8 26. d5 e5 27. Rc3 Rc8
28. Rc1 Bd8 29. Bxf4 Rxf4 30. g3 Rf7 31. Kg2 Qb5 32. Rb1 c6 33. Qb3 Rcc7 34.
dxc6 bxc6 35. Rd1 Be7 36. Rdd3 Bf8 37. Nh4 Kh7 38. Rf3 d5 39. exd5 Bxb4 40. Rxc6
Bxa5 41. Qc2+ Kg8 42. Rxc7 Rxc7 43. Qe4 Rc1 44. Rd3 Re1 45. Qg6 e4 46. Nf5 Bc3
47. Nxh6+ Kh8 48. Nf7+ Kg8 49. Ng5 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Rapid 2023"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2023.11.16"]
[Round "9.3"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Robson, Ray"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2696"]
[ECO "C65"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Berlin defence"]
[WhiteFideId "5202213"]
[BlackFideId "2023970"]
[EventDate "2023.11.14"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 Qe7 8.
Nbd2 Bg4 9. h3 Bh5 10. g4 Bg6 11. Nc4 O-O-O 12. Qe2 Bd6 13. O-O-O Qe6 14. Kb1
Rde8 15. Bg3 Nd7 16. Nh4 Bh7 17. Nf5 Bf8 18. f3 g6 19. Nfe3 Bc5 20. f4 exf4 21.
Bxf4 f5 22. gxf5 gxf5 23. exf5 Bxf5 24. Qh2 b5 25. d4 bxc4 26. dxc5 Nxc5 27. Qd2
Nb7 28. Qc3 Qe4 29. Nxf5 Qxf5 30. Rd4 c5 31. Rxc4 Rh7 32. b3 h5 33. Rg1 Rhe7 34.
Kb2 Re4 35. Rxe4 Qxe4 36. Bd2 Qd4 37. Rg5 Re2 38. Bc1 Re1 39. Rxc5 Qxc3+ 40.
Rxc3 Kd7 41. Rd3+ Nd6 42. Rd5 h4 43. Rh5 Re4 44. Bg5 Nf5 45. Rh7+ Kd6 46. Bd8 c5
47. Rxa7 Re3 48. Rf7 Ke6 49. Rc7 Kd6 50. Rf7 Ke6 51. Rf6+ Ke5 52. Rc6 Kd5 53.
Rc8 Nd6 54. c4+ Ke6 55. Rxc5 Rxh3 56. a4 Rh2+ 57. Ka3 h3 58. Bc7 Rh1 59. Bxd6
Kxd6 60. Rh5 h2 61. Kb4 Kc6 62. a5 Kb7 63. Rh6 Ka7 64. a6 Ka8 65. Rh7 Kb8 66. c5
Ka8 67. a7 Rb1 68. Rxh2 Kxa7 69. Rh7+ Ka6 70. Rh6+ Kb7 71. Kc4 Kc7 72. b4 Rc1+
73. Kb5 Rb1 74. Rh7+ Kb8 75. c6 Kc8 76. Kc5 Re1 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Rapid 2023"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2023.11.16"]
[Round "9.4"]
[White "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[ECO "D34"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "Tarrasch, Prague variation, Normal position"]
[WhiteFideId "12573981"]
[BlackFideId "24116068"]
[EventDate "2023.11.14"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 c5 7. cxd5 exd5 8. d4
Nc6 9. Nc3 h6 10. Be3 c4 11. Ne5 Bb4 12. Qa4 a5 13. Qb5 Na7 14. Qa4 Bf5 15. a3
Be7 16. h3 Rb8 17. b4 axb4 18. axb4 Nc6 19. g4 Bxb4 20. Na2 Ra8 21. Nxc6 Rxa4
22. Nxd8 Bg6 23. Nxb4 Rxb4 24. Ra8 c3 25. Rc8 c2 26. f4 Be4 27. g5 Bxg2 28. Kxg2
Ne4 29. Rc1 Nd6 30. Rb8 Nc4 31. Bf2 Na3 32. Nc6 Rb1 33. Ne7+ Kh7 34. Rxf8 Rxc1
35. Be3 Re1 36. Kf2 c1=Q 37. Bxc1 Rxc1 38. Rxf7 hxg5 39. f5 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Rapid 2023"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2023.11.16"]
[Round "9.5"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2771"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[ECO "B32"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Labourdonnais-Loewenthal (Kalashnikov) variation"]
[WhiteFideId "4168119"]
[BlackFideId "12401137"]
[EventDate "2023.11.14"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d6 6. N1c3 a6 7. Na3 Be6 8. Nc4
Rb8 9. Ne3 g6 10. Bc4 Bh6 11. Bxe6 fxe6 12. Nc4 Bxc1 13. Rxc1 Nd4 14. Ne2 Rc8
15. b3 b5 16. Nxd4 bxc4 17. Nxe6 Qe7 18. Qg4 cxb3 19. Ng7+ Kd8 20. Ne6+ Ke8 21.
Ng5 Rxc2 22. Rxc2 bxc2 23. Qc8+ Qd8 24. Qc6+ Ke7 25. O-O h6 26. Nf3 Nf6 27. Qxc2
Qc8 28. Qd3 Qc6 29. Qa3 Nd7 30. Rd1 Nc5 31. Rd5 Rb8 32. h3 Qa4 33. Rxe5+ Kd7 34.
Qxa4+ Nxa4 35. Ra5 Nc3 36. e5 Rb6 37. h4 d5 38. Nd4 Rb1+ 39. Kh2 Rb4 40. e6+ Ke8
41. Nf3 Ke7 42. Rxa6 Re4 43. Ra7+ Kxe6 44. Rh7 Kf6 45. h5 gxh5 46. Rxh6+ Ke7 47.
Rxh5 Kd6 48. Rh6+ Kc5 49. Ng5 Re1 50. Ne6+ Kb5 51. f4 Kc4 52. f5 d4 53. Nf4 Rf1
54. g3 Rf2+ 55. Kh3 Nd5 56. Rc6+ Kb5 57. Rc5+ Kxc5 58. Nd3+ Kd6 59. Nxf2 Ke5 60.
g4 Kf4 61. a4 Kf3 62. Nd3 Ke3 63. Nb2 Kf4 64. a5 Kg5 65. a6 Nf4+ 66. Kg3 Nd5 67.
a7 Nb6 68. Nd3 Na8 69. Nc5 1-0

