The United States Chess Championships are underway in Saint Louis. The event, which sees America’s top male and female players fighting for their respective national titles, began on April 13th and will run until the 30th. Each section is a 12-player round robin. Fabiano Caruana, Hikaru Nakamura and Wesley So, are top seeds, with Anna Zatonskih, Irina Krush, Tatev Abrahamyan favourites in the Women’s section.
The players are currently enjoying their first rest day, after 5-rounds of play. Fabiano Caruana and Wesley So will be enjoying it slightly more, setting the pace on 4-points from the 5-rounds. Just behind them is Ray Robson on 3½. Defending Champion, Hikaru Nakamura is a point off the lead due to a defeat at the hands of Caruana in the fourth round.
In their Sicilian Scheveningen, Nakamura avoided Caruana’s victorious game with Van Wely in this year’s Tata Steel Chess Tournament, by playing 7…h5 rather than Van Wely’s 7…b5. There followed 8.a4 Nc6 and then Caruana’s novelty of 9.Bc4 – 9.Bd2 and 9.Qd2 had been tried before, with Black leading the dispute by 3½ to ½. Could Fabiano recover the balance a little?
Well, Nakamura will have been quite satisfied, equalising rather nicely. That being said, his decision to castle long on his 17th move looked rather suspect. However, he was not punished, Caruana playing 18.f5 rather than 18.e5, which looks much more to the point. The point is that after 18.e5 Ne8, (18…dxe5 19.fxe5 then Rxf7, clearly better), White has choices of good continuations, one of which is 19.Ne4 Qa5 20.Rd3 with a good initiative.
It was Nakamura’s 24…Qb4, however, (Diagram 1.1), which was to prove decisive, allowing the very natural 25.Nd5. From this point, all roads led to Rome for White, 25…Qxe4 26.Nxf6 Bxf6 27.Rxd6 would be winning and Nakamura’s 25…Nxd5 turned out no better. There came 26.Bxd5 and with Rb3 a huge danger now, the predicament of the Queen is clear. Nakamura obviously felt that he had this covered with 26…Bxa4, but after 27.Ra3!, he was painfully enlightened. Black has no good continuation, c2-c3 will follow quickly and material loss is unavoidable. Nakamura was soon resigning the point.
Current Standings:
Caruana, So — 4
Robson — 3½
Nakamura, Xiong, Onischuk — 3
Shankland — 2½
Shabalov — 2
Kamsky, Lenderman — 1½
Akobian, Chandra – 1
Games so far:
[Event “ch-USA 2016”]
[Site “Saint Louis USA”]
[Date “2016.04.14”]
[Round “1.1”]
[White “Caruana, Fabiano”]
[Black “Akobian, Varuzhan”]
[Result “1-0”]
[WhiteTitle “GM”]
[BlackTitle “GM”]
[WhiteElo “2795”]
[BlackElo “2615”]
[ECO “B01”]
[Opening “Scandinavian defence”]
[WhiteFideId “2020009”]
[BlackFideId “13300580”]
[EventDate “2016.04.14”]
1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bc4 Bg4 5. f3 Bf5 6. Nc3 Nbd7 7. g4 Nb6 8.
b3 Bc8 9. Bb2 Nfxd5 10. Nxd5 Nxd5 11. Qe2 e6 12. O-O-O b6 13. Nh3 Bb7 14. f4 Bd6
15. f5 Qe7 16. Bxg7 Rg8 17. Bb2 O-O-O 18. Rhf1 Rde8 19. f6 Qf8 20. g5 h6 21. Rg1
hxg5 22. Nxg5 Rh8 23. h3 Rh6 24. Rdf1 a5 25. Kb1 Kb8 26. Rg4 Rd8 27. h4 Ka7 28.
Be5 Rd7 29. Bb5 Rd8 30. Bxd6 cxd6 31. Bc4 Nc7 32. Nxf7 Qxf7 33. Rg7 Qf8 34. Rxc7
Rxf6 35. Rxf6 Qxf6 36. Qxe6 Qxh4 37. Bd5 Rb8 38. Qf7 Qe1+ 39. Kb2 Qe5+ 40. c3 1-0
[Event “ch-USA 2016”]
[Site “Saint Louis USA”]
[Date “2016.04.14”]
[Round “1.2”]
[White “Nakamura, Hikaru”]
[Black “Lenderman, Aleksandr”]
[Result “1-0”]
[WhiteTitle “GM”]
[BlackTitle “GM”]
[WhiteElo “2787”]
[BlackElo “2618”]
[ECO “D43”]
[Opening “QGD semi-Slav”]
[WhiteFideId “2016192”]
[BlackFideId “2021285”]
[EventDate “2016.04.14”]
1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 c6 5. g3 dxc4 6. Bg2 b5 7. O-O Bb7 8. b3
cxb3 9. Qxb3 Be7 10. Ne5 a6 11. Rd1 O-O 12. Ne4 Qc7 13. Ng5 a5 14. Bh3 a4 15.
Qc2 Bc8 16. Bf4 Qd8 17. Ng4 g6 18. Nxf6+ Bxf6 19. Ne4 Bg7 20. Bg2 Qb6 21. Bd6
Re8 22. Rac1 Qd8 23. Bc5 Ba6 24. Bb4 Qc7 25. d5 exd5 26. Nd6 Qd7 27. Nxe8 Qxe8
28. e4 d4 29. e5 h5 30. f4 f6 31. Rxd4 fxe5 32. fxe5 Bc8 33. Rcd1 Bd7 34. Rd6
Qxe5 35. Qxg6 Qf5 36. Bc3 Qf7 37. Rf1 Qxg6 38. Rxg6 1-0
[Event “ch-USA 2016”]
[Site “Saint Louis USA”]
[Date “2016.04.14”]
[Round “1.3”]
[White “So, Wesley”]
[Black “Kamsky, Gata”]
[Result “1-0”]
[WhiteTitle “GM”]
[BlackTitle “GM”]
[WhiteElo “2773”]
[BlackElo “2678”]
[ECO “C95”]
[Opening “Ruy Lopez”]
[Variation “closed, Breyer, Borisenko variation”]
[WhiteFideId “5202213”]
[BlackFideId “2000024”]
[EventDate “2016.04.14”]
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 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Bc2 Re8 13. Nf1 Bf8 14. Ng3 g6 15.
Bg5 h6 16. Bd2 Bg7 17. a4 c6 18. axb5 axb5 19. Rxa8 Qxa8 20. Nh4 Qd8 21. Qc1 Kh7
22. Nhf5 gxf5 23. Nxf5 Re6 24. Bxh6 Ne8 25. Bg5 Bf6 26. Bxf6 Qxf6 27. d5 Re7 28.
g4 1-0
[Event “ch-USA 2016”]
[Site “Saint Louis USA”]
[Date “2016.04.14”]
[Round “1.4”]
[White “Shankland, Samuel L”]
[Black “Chandra, Akshat”]
[Result “1-0”]
[WhiteTitle “GM”]
[BlackTitle “IM”]
[WhiteElo “2656”]
[BlackElo “2477”]
[ECO “C07”]
[Opening “French”]
[Variation “Tarrasch, open variation”]
[WhiteFideId “2004887”]
[BlackFideId “25006711”]
[EventDate “2016.04.14”]
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 cxd4 5. exd5 Qxd5 6. Bc4 Qd6 7. O-O Nf6 8.
Nb3 Nc6 9. Nbxd4 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 a6 11. Re1 Qc7 12. Bf1 Bd6 13. Nf5 Bxh2+ 14. Kh1
Kf8 15. Qd4 exf5 16. Qxf6 h6 17. Qd4 Bd6 18. Bc4 Bd7 19. b3 Qc5 20. Qh4 b5 21.
Be3 Qc7 22. Bd5 Bc6 23. Rad1 Kg8 24. Qh5 Bxd5 25. Rxd5 g6 26. Qd1 Bf8 27. Bd4
Rh7 28. Bf6 Qb6 29. Bd4 Qc6 30. Bb2 f6 31. Rd8 Rxd8 32. Qxd8 Rf7 33. Re8 Qxc2
34. Ba3 b4 35. Bxb4 Qc1+ 36. Re1 Qc7 37. Qxc7 Rxc7 38. Re8 Rf7 39. Ra8 Kg7 40.
Bxf8+ Rxf8 41. Rxa6 g5 42. b4 Rd8 43. b5 Rd2 44. b6 Rb2 45. g3 Kg6 46. Kg2 h5
47. a4 f4 48. gxf4 g4 49. a5 h4 50. Ra8 Kf5 51. Rh8 h3+ 52. Kg3 Rb3+ 53. Kh2 Rb2
54. a6 Rxf2+ 55. Kg1 g3 56. Rxh3 Kg4 57. Rh8 Rb2 58. a7 Rb1+ 59. Kg2 Rb2+ 60.
Kf1 g2+ 61. Kg1 Kg3 62. Rg8+ Kh3 63. a8=Q 1-0
[Event “ch-USA 2016”]
[Site “Saint Louis USA”]
[Date “2016.04.14”]
[Round “1.5”]
[White “Onischuk, Alexander”]
[Black “Xiong, Jeffery”]
[Result “1/2-1/2”]
[WhiteTitle “GM”]
[BlackTitle “GM”]
[WhiteElo “2664”]
[BlackElo “2618”]
[ECO “D20”]
[Opening “Queen’s gambit accepted”]
[WhiteFideId “14101025”]
[BlackFideId “2047640”]
[EventDate “2016.04.14”]
1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e3 b5 4. a4 b4 5. Bxc4 Nf6 6. Qf3 c6 7. Ne2 e6 8. e4 Bb7
9. Bg5 Be7 10. Nd2 h6 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. e5 Be7 13. Ne4 O-O 14. Rd1 Ba6 15. Bb3
Nd7 16. Nf4 Qa5 17. Qg3 Nxe5 18. Nxe6 Nd3+ 19. Rxd3 fxe6 20. Re3 Kh8 21. Qe5
Qxe5 22. dxe5 Rad8 23. Bxe6 Rd3 24. Rxd3 Bxd3 25. Nd6 Bxd6 26. exd6 Rf6 27. Kd2
Rxe6 28. Kxd3 Rxd6+ 29. Kc2 c5 30. Rd1 b3+ 31. Kc1 Ra6 32. Rd8+ Kh7 33. Kd2 Rxa4
34. Kc3 Ra1 35. Rd2 a5 36. Kxb3 a4+ 37. Kc4 a3 38. bxa3 Rxa3 39. Kxc5 h5 40. Kd4
Ra5 41. Ke4 g6 42. f4 Kg7 43. h3 Kf7 44. Rd6 Ra2 45. g4 hxg4 46. hxg4 Ra7 47. g5
Rb7 48. Ke5 Ra7 49. Rf6+ Kg7 50. Rc6 Re7+ 51. Kd6 Re4 52. Rc7+ Kg8 53. Rc8+ 1/2-1/2
[Event “ch-USA 2016”]
[Site “Saint Louis USA”]
[Date “2016.04.14”]
[Round “1.6”]
[White “Shabalov, Alexander”]
[Black “Robson, Ray”]
[Result “0-1”]
[WhiteTitle “GM”]
[BlackTitle “GM”]
[WhiteElo “2528”]
[BlackElo “2663”]
[ECO “D43”]
[Opening “QGD semi-Slav”]
[WhiteFideId “2008572”]
[BlackFideId “2023970”]
[EventDate “2016.04.14”]
1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. g3 dxc4 6. Bg2 b5 7. O-O Bb7 8. e4 Be7
9. e5 Nd5 10. Ne4 Nd7 11. Bg5 O-O 12. Nd6 Bxg5 13. Nxb7 Qe7 14. a4 Bh6 15. axb5
cxb5 16. Nd6 N7b6 17. Nxb5 Qb4 18. Nd6 Qxb2 19. Ra5 Nc3 20. Qa1 Bc1 21. Qxb2
Bxb2 22. Nd2 Ne2+ 23. Kh1 Rab8 24. N2xc4 Nxc4 25. Nxc4 Bxd4 26. f4 g6 27. Ra2
Nc3 28. Rd2 Bc5 29. Rd3 Na4 30. Rd2 Rfd8 31. Rc2 Bb4 32. Ra1 Nc3 33. Bf1 Nb5 34.
Kg2 Rbc8 35. Rca2 Rc7 36. Ra4 Bc5 37. Ra5 Nc3 38. Rc1 Bb4 39. Ra6 Rd4 40. Nd6
Rd2+ 41. Kh3 h5 42. Ne8 Ne2 0-1
[Event “ch-USA 2016”]
[Site “Saint Louis USA”]
[Date “2016.04.15”]
[Round “2.1”]
[White “Caruana, Fabiano”]
[Black “Shankland, Samuel L”]
[Result “1-0”]
[WhiteTitle “GM”]
[BlackTitle “GM”]
[WhiteElo “2795”]
[BlackElo “2656”]
[ECO “C19”]
[Opening “French”]
[Variation “Winawer, advance, poisoned pawn variation”]
[WhiteFideId “2020009”]
[BlackFideId “2004887”]
[EventDate “2016.04.14”]
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Ne7 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7. Qg4 O-O 8. Bd3
Nbc6 9. Qh5 Ng6 10. Nh3 Qc7 11. Be3 c4 12. Bxg6 fxg6 13. Qg4 Qf7 14. Nf4 Ne7 15.
h4 h6 16. Qe2 Bd7 17. g4 b5 18. f3 a5 19. Kf2 Rab8 20. Kg3 Be8 21. Bd2 b4 22.
axb4 axb4 23. Rhb1 Nc6 24. Qe3 b3 25. Bc1 Bd7 26. Ba3 bxc2 27. Rc1 Rfc8 28. Rxc2
Ra8 29. Rca2 Be8 30. Bd6 Rxa2 31. Rxa2 Qd7 32. Qc1 Bf7 33. Qb1 Qe8 34. Qb7 Kh7
35. Ra6 Kg8 36. Bc7 Ne7 37. Bd6 Nc6 38. Kg2 Kh7 39. Kh3 Kg8 40. Kg3 Kh7 41. Nh3
Kg8 42. g5 h5 43. Nf4 Kh7 44. Ng2 Bg8 45. Ne3 Bf7 46. Nc2 Bg8 47. Na3 Bf7 48.
Kf2 Bg8 49. Ke3 Bf7 50. Kd2 Bg8 51. Kc2 Bf7 52. Kc1 Kg8 53. Nb5 Ne7 54. Na7 1-0
[Event “ch-USA 2016”]
[Site “Saint Louis USA”]
[Date “2016.04.15”]
[Round “2.2”]
[White “Kamsky, Gata”]
[Black “Nakamura, Hikaru”]
[Result “1/2-1/2”]
[WhiteTitle “GM”]
[BlackTitle “GM”]
[WhiteElo “2678”]
[BlackElo “2787”]
[ECO “A45”]
[Opening “Queen’s pawn game”]
[WhiteFideId “2000024”]
[BlackFideId “2016192”]
[EventDate “2016.04.14”]
1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 e6 3. e3 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nd2 d5 6. Ngf3 Bd6 7. Bg3 O-O 8. Bd3
b6 9. e4 Be7 10. Ne5 Nxe5 11. dxe5 Nxe4 12. Nxe4 dxe4 13. Bxe4 Qxd1+ 14. Rxd1
Rb8 15. Ke2 Ba6+ 16. Ke3 Rfd8 17. f4 Rxd1 18. Rxd1 Rd8 19. Rxd8+ Bxd8 20. Bf2 h5
21. b3 Bb5 22. c4 Bd7 23. h3 g6 24. g4 hxg4 25. hxg4 Kg7 26. g5 Be7 27. Kd3 Kf8
28. a4 a5 29. Be3 Ke8 30. Bf2 Kd8 1/2-1/2
[Event “ch-USA 2016”]
[Site “Saint Louis USA”]
[Date “2016.04.15”]
[Round “2.3”]
[White “Chandra, Akshat”]
[Black “So, Wesley”]
[Result “0-1”]
[WhiteTitle “IM”]
[BlackTitle “GM”]
[WhiteElo “2477”]
[BlackElo “2773”]
[ECO “B12”]
[Opening “Caro-Kann”]
[Variation “advance variation”]
[WhiteFideId “25006711”]
[BlackFideId “5202213”]
[EventDate “2016.04.14”]
1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. h4 h5 5. c4 e6 6. Nc3 Ne7 7. Nge2 Nd7 8. Ng3 Bg6
9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Be2 Qa5 11. Bd2 Nb4 12. O-O Qb6 13. Bg5 Nc2 14. Rc1 Nxd4 15.
Bxh5 Bxh5 16. Nxh5 Nxe5 17. Re1 Nef3+ 18. gxf3 Rxh5 19. f4 g6 20. Na4 Qb4 21.
Re4 Bg7 22. Nc5 Qxb2 23. Rc4 Rxg5+ 24. fxg5 O-O-O 25. Nb3 Nxb3 26. Qxb3 Qa1+ 27.
Kg2 Rd1 28. Qc2 Kd8 29. Kf3 Ke8 30. Rb4 Rc1 31. Qe2 b5 32. Rb3 Rh1 33. Kg4 Kf8
34. Rg3 Kg8 35. Ree3 Qd4+ 36. Re4 f5+ 37. gxf6 Qxf6 38. f4 Qxh4+ 39. Kf3 Rh2 40.
Qd3 Qh5+ 0-1
[Event “ch-USA 2016”]
[Site “Saint Louis USA”]
[Date “2016.04.15”]
[Round “2.4”]
[White “Robson, Ray”]
[Black “Onischuk, Alexander”]
[Result “1-0”]
[WhiteTitle “GM”]
[BlackTitle “GM”]
[WhiteElo “2663”]
[BlackElo “2664”]
[ECO “A46”]
[Opening “Queen’s pawn game”]
[WhiteFideId “2023970”]
[BlackFideId “14101025”]
[EventDate “2016.04.14”]
1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 e6 3. Bf4 d5 4. e3 c5 5. c3 Nc6 6. Nbd2 Bd6 7. Bg3 Qe7 8. Ne5
Bxe5 9. dxe5 Nd7 10. Bb5 a6 11. Bxc6 bxc6 12. Qa4 Bb7 13. Bh4 f6 14. exf6 gxf6
15. c4 Rg8 16. O-O h5 17. Qd1 Rg4 18. Bg3 Qh7 19. Rc1 a5 20. Re1 Ba6 21. cxd5
cxd5 22. e4 d4 23. Qa4 Bb7 24. Qb3 1-0
[Event “ch-USA 2016”]
[Site “Saint Louis USA”]
[Date “2016.04.15”]
[Round “2.5”]
[White “Akobian, Varuzhan”]
[Black “Xiong, Jeffery”]
[Result “1/2-1/2”]
[WhiteTitle “GM”]
[BlackTitle “GM”]
[WhiteElo “2615”]
[BlackElo “2618”]
[ECO “D83”]
[Opening “Gruenfeld”]
[Variation “Gruenfeld gambit, Capablanca variation”]
[WhiteFideId “13300580”]
[BlackFideId “2047640”]
[EventDate “2016.04.14”]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. e3 O-O 6. Rc1 Be6 7. b3 c5 8. cxd5
Bg4 9. Nge2 cxd4 10. Qxd4 Bxe2 11. Kxe2 Nbd7 12. g3 Nh5 13. Qb4 Nb6 14. Bg2 Bxc3
15. Qxc3 Nxd5 16. Qc5 Ndxf4+ 17. gxf4 Rc8 18. Qd5 Qb6 19. Qxb7 Qe6 20. Be4 Rfd8
21. Rxc8 Rxc8 22. Rd1 Nf6 23. Bf3 Rc2+ 24. Rd2 Rc1 25. Rd1 Rc2+ 26. Rd2 Rc1 27.
Rd1 Rc2+ 1/2-1/2
[Event “ch-USA 2016”]
[Site “Saint Louis USA”]
[Date “2016.04.15”]
[Round “2.6”]
[White “Lenderman, Aleksandr”]
[Black “Shabalov, Alexander”]
[Result “1/2-1/2”]
[WhiteTitle “GM”]
[BlackTitle “GM”]
[WhiteElo “2618”]
[BlackElo “2528”]
[ECO “D45”]
[Opening “QGD semi-Slav”]
[Variation “Stoltz variation”]
[WhiteFideId “2021285”]
[BlackFideId “2008572”]
[EventDate “2016.04.14”]
1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Bd2 O-O 8. O-O-O
b5 9. cxb5 c5 10. Kb1 Bb7 11. dxc5 Nxc5 12. Nd4 Qe7 13. f3 Rfc8 14. Be1 Qe8 15.
g4 Bf8 16. g5 Nh5 17. Be2 g6 18. f4 a6 19. Rc1 axb5 20. Bxb5 Qd8 21. Qe2 e5 22.
fxe5 Qxg5 23. Bd2 Qxe5 24. Rcf1 Bg7 25. Be1 Ne4 26. Nxe4 dxe4 27. Rhg1 Nf6 28.
h4 Nd5 29. Bg3 Qe7 30. Rc1 Nb4 31. Rxc8+ Rxc8 32. h5 Qc5 33. hxg6 hxg6 34. a3
Nd5 35. Bf2 Qb6 36. Ka1 Bxd4 37. exd4 e3 38. Bg3 Qxd4 39. Rd1 Qe4 40. Bd3 Qa4
41. Bb1 Nf4 42. Qg4 f5 43. Bxf5 e2 44. Rb1 Rc3 45. Be6+ Kg7 46. Qxf4 Rxa3+ 47.
bxa3 Qxa3+ 48. Ba2 Qc3+ 49. Rb2 e1=Q+ 50. Bxe1 Qxe1+ 51. Bb1 Qa5+ 52. Ba2 Qe1+ 1/2-1/2
[Event “ch-USA 2016”]
[Site “Saint Louis USA”]
[Date “2016.04.16”]
[Round “3.1”]
[White “So, Wesley”]
[Black “Caruana, Fabiano”]
[Result “1/2-1/2”]
[WhiteTitle “GM”]
[BlackTitle “GM”]
[WhiteElo “2773”]
[BlackElo “2795”]
[ECO “A35”]
[Opening “English”]
[Variation “symmetrical, four knights system”]
[WhiteFideId “5202213”]
[BlackFideId “2020009”]
[EventDate “2016.04.14”]
1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. e3 e6 5. d4 d5 6. a3 a6 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. b4 Bd6
9. Bb2 O-O 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Be2 Be6 12. O-O Qe7 13. Rc1 a5 14. Nb5 axb4 15.
Nxd6 Qxd6 16. axb4 Qxb4 17. Bxf6 gxf6 18. Rb1 Qe7 19. Rb5 Rfd8 20. Nd4 Kg7 21.
Re1 Nxd4 22. Qxd4 Bf5 23. Rxd5 Rxd5 24. Qxd5 Be4 25. Qd1 Qb4 26. Rf1 Ra2 27. Qd7
Bg6 28. Bf3 b5 29. h4 Rd2 30. Qh3 h5 31. Qg3 Qd6 32. Qxd6 Rxd6 33. Rd1 Rb6 34.
e4 b4 35. Rd2 f5 36. exf5 Bxf5 37. Bxh5 b3 38. Rb2 Bc2 39. Bf3 Rb5 40. Be2 Rb4
41. Bf3 Rxh4 42. Bd5 Rb4 43. Kf1 f5 44. Ke2 Kf6 45. f4 Ke7 46. Bg8 Kf8 47. Bd5
Kg7 48. Ke3 Kg6 49. Bf3 Kf6 50. Bd5 Kg6 51. Bf3 Rc4 52. g4 Rc3+ 53. Kf2 Bd3 54.
Bd1 Bc4 55. Ke1 Rg3 56. Kf2 Rh3 57. Ke1 Be6 58. Re2 Bc4 59. Rb2 Kf6 60. Kd2 Rd3+
61. Kc1 Rc3+ 62. Kd2 Rg3 63. gxf5 Kxf5 64. Kc1 Kxf4 65. Rh2 Ke3 66. Kb2 Kd4 67.
Rh4+ Kc5 68. Ka3 Bd5 69. Rh5 Kd4 70. Rxd5+ Kxd5 71. Bxb3+ Kd4 72. Kb2 Rg2+ 73.
Ka1 Kc3 74. Ba2 Rg7 75. Bb1 Rb7 76. Ba2 Kc2 77. Bd5 Re7 78. Bg8 Re1+ 79. Ka2 Rh1
80. Bd5 Rh4 81. Bb3+ Kc3 82. Be6 Rf4 83. Bg8 Rf2+ 84. Kb1 Rb2+ 85. Ka1 Kc2 86.
Bh7+ Kc1 87. Bg8 Rb1+ 88. Ka2 Rb8 89. Bf7 Rb2+ 90. Ka1 Rb7 91. Bd5 Ra7+ 92. Ba2
Kc2 1/2-1/2
[Event “ch-USA 2016”]
[Site “Saint Louis USA”]
[Date “2016.04.16”]
[Round “3.2”]
[White “Xiong, Jeffery”]
[Black “Robson, Ray”]
[Result “1/2-1/2”]
[WhiteTitle “GM”]
[BlackTitle “GM”]
[WhiteElo “2618”]
[BlackElo “2663”]
[ECO “D00”]
[Opening “Queen’s pawn, Mason variation”]
[WhiteFideId “2047640”]
[BlackFideId “2023970”]
[EventDate “2016.04.14”]
1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 Nf6 3. e3 c5 4. dxc5 g6 5. c3 Bg7 6. Nd2 O-O 7. Ngf3 Nbd7 8. Nb3
Ne4 9. Qxd5 Ndxc5 10. Qxd8 Rxd8 11. Nxc5 Nxc5 12. Bc7 Rd7 13. Be5 Bxe5 14. Nxe5
Rd5 15. f4 Be6 16. Nf3 Na4 17. Nd4 Nxb2 18. Rb1 Na4 19. Nxe6 fxe6 20. Bc4 Rd6
21. Rxb7 Nxc3 22. O-O Kf8 23. Rc1 Nd5 24. Bb3 Rb6 25. Rxb6 axb6 26. Kf2 Nb4 27.
Kf3 b5 28. Rc5 Nxa2 29. Rxb5 Nc3 30. Rb6 Ra1 31. Bc4 Nd5 32. Rxe6 Nf6 33. Rb6
Rc1 34. Be6 Rf1+ 35. Ke2 Rg1 36. Kf2 Rh1 37. g4 Rxh2+ 38. Kg1 Re2 39. g5 Rxe3
40. gxf6 exf6 41. Kf2 Re4 42. Kf3 f5 43. Rb8+ Kg7 44. Rb7+ Kf6 45. Bd5 Re7 46.
Rb6+ Kg7 47. Rd6 Kf8 48. Be6 Kg7 49. Rc6 Kf6 50. Bc4+ Kg7 51. Rd6 Rc7 52. Be2
Re7 53. Rc6 Kf8 54. Kf2 Kg7 55. Bf3 Kf8 56. Kg3 Kg7 57. Kh4 h6 58. Kg3 Kh7 59.
Bd5 Kg7 60. Kf3 Kh7 61. Kf2 Kg7 62. Bc4 Kh7 63. Be2 Kg7 64. Rc4 Kf6 65. Rc8 Kg7
66. Rd8 Kh7 67. Bf3 Kg7 68. Bd5 Kh7 69. Rd6 Kg7 70. Be6 Kf6 71. Bd5+ 1/2-1/2
[Event “ch-USA 2016”]
[Site “Saint Louis USA”]
[Date “2016.04.16”]
[Round “3.3”]
[White “Nakamura, Hikaru”]
[Black “Chandra, Akshat”]
[Result “1/2-1/2”]
[WhiteTitle “GM”]
[BlackTitle “IM”]
[WhiteElo “2787”]
[BlackElo “2477”]
[ECO “A13”]
[Opening “English opening”]
[Variation “Agincourt variation”]
[WhiteFideId “2016192”]
[BlackFideId “25006711”]
[EventDate “2016.04.14”]
1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 e6 3. g3 dxc4 4. Bg2 a6 5. O-O Nf6 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Qxc4 b5 8. Qb3
Bb7 9. a4 c5 10. d3 Bd5 11. Qc2 Nbd7 12. Nc3 Bc6 13. Ne1 Bxg2 14. Nxg2 Rb8 15.
axb5 axb5 16. Ra6 Qc7 17. Qb3 b4 18. Nb1 Nb6 19. Bg5 Nfd7 20. Nd2 O-O 21. Ne4 h6
22. Be3 Be7 23. Rfa1 Ra8 24. Rxa8 Rxa8 25. Rxa8+ Nxa8 26. Qa2 Nab6 27. Nd2 Qc6
28. Ne1 Qa4 29. Qxa4 Nxa4 30. b3 Nc3 31. Kf1 f5 32. Nc4 Kf7 33. Bd2 Nb5 34. Nc2
Bf6 35. e4 Ne5 36. exf5 exf5 37. Be3 Nd7 38. h4 Ke6 39. Ne1 Nd4 40. Bxd4 Bxd4
41. Nf3 Bf6 42. Ke2 1/2-1/2
[Event “ch-USA 2016”]
[Site “Saint Louis USA”]
[Date “2016.04.16”]
[Round “3.4”]
[White “Shankland, Samuel L”]
[Black “Akobian, Varuzhan”]
[Result “1-0”]
[WhiteTitle “GM”]
[BlackTitle “GM”]
[WhiteElo “2656”]
[BlackElo “2615”]
[ECO “C10”]
[Opening “French”]
[Variation “Rubinstein variation”]
[WhiteFideId “2004887”]
[BlackFideId “13300580”]
[EventDate “2016.04.14”]
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Bd3 c5 7. Nxf6+ Nxf6 8.
Be3 Qc7 9. Qd2 Nd5 10. c3 c4 11. Bc2 Bd6 12. Qe2 b5 13. Bd2 Bb7 14. O-O O-O 15.
Qe4 g6 16. Qh4 Bf4 17. Be4 Bxd2 18. Nxd2 Rab8 19. g3 a5 20. Rfc1 Nb6 21. Re1 b4
22. Qh6 Nd5 23. Rac1 bxc3 24. bxc3 Nf6 25. Bxb7 Rxb7 26. Qg5 Kg7 27. Qe5 Qxe5
28. Rxe5 Nd5 29. Nxc4 Rc7 30. Nxa5 Ra8 31. Nb3 Rxc3 32. Re2 Rd3 33. Rb2 Nb4 34.
a4 Nd5 35. a5 Rb8 36. Rcb1 Ra8 37. a6 Rxa6 38. Nc5 Raa3 39. Rb7 Rd2 40. Nxe6+
Kf6 41. Nd8 Kf5 42. Rxf7+ Ke4 43. Re1+ Kxd4 44. Ne6+ Kc4 45. Rc1+ Nc3 46. Rxh7
Kb5 47. Rb7+ Kc6 48. Rxc3+ Rxc3 49. Rc7+ Kd6 50. Rxc3 Kxe6 51. Rf3 Rd4 52. h4
Ke5 53. Kg2 Ke6 54. Kh3 Ke5 55. g4 Rd1 56. g5 Rd6 57. h5 1-0
[Event “ch-USA 2016”]
[Site “Saint Louis USA”]
[Date “2016.04.16”]
[Round “3.5”]
[White “Shabalov, Alexander”]
[Black “Kamsky, Gata”]
[Result “1/2-1/2”]
[WhiteTitle “GM”]
[BlackTitle “GM”]
[WhiteElo “2528”]
[BlackElo “2678”]
[ECO “A05”]
[Opening “Reti”]
[Variation “King’s Indian attack”]
[WhiteFideId “2008572”]
[BlackFideId “2000024”]
[EventDate “2016.04.14”]
1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. b3 Bg7 4. Bb2 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. d4 c6 7. Nbd2 a5 8. a4 d5
9. O-O Bf5 10. Ne5 Nbd7 11. Nd3 Ne4 12. Nf3 Nd6 13. Rc1 Qb6 14. Nfe5 Rfd8 15. e3
Nxe5 16. dxe5 Ne8 17. Qe2 Nc7 18. f4 f6 19. exf6 exf6 20. Nf2 Re8 21. Rce1 Re7
22. Qd2 Ne8 23. Bd4 Qc7 24. c4 dxc4 25. bxc4 Be6 26. Rc1 Rd8 27. Qe2 f5 28. Bxg7
Kxg7 29. Qb2+ Kg8 30. e4 fxe4 31. Nxe4 Bf5 32. Nf2 h5 33. Qc3 Qb6 1/2-1/2
[Event “ch-USA 2016”]
[Site “Saint Louis USA”]
[Date “2016.04.16”]
[Round “3.6”]
[White “Onischuk, Alexander”]
[Black “Lenderman, Aleksandr”]
[Result “1-0”]
[WhiteTitle “GM”]
[BlackTitle “GM”]
[WhiteElo “2664”]
[BlackElo “2618”]
[ECO “D10”]
[Opening “QGD Slav defence”]
[WhiteFideId “14101025”]
[BlackFideId “2021285”]
[EventDate “2016.04.14”]
1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. e3 Bf5 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Qb3 Qc7 6. Nc3 e6 7. Nf3 Nc6 8. Nh4
Be4 9. Bd2 Be7 10. Nxe4 dxe4 11. d5 exd5 12. Nf5 g6 13. Nd4 Qd7 14. Bb5 Bf6 15.
Bc3 Kf8 16. O-O Kg7 17. f3 Nxd4 18. exd4 Qd6 19. fxe4 dxe4 20. Rae1 Rc8 21. Rxe4
Rc7 22. Bb4 Bxd4+ 23. Kh1 Qb6 24. Rxd4 Qxd4 25. Bc3 Rxc3 26. bxc3 Qd6 27. Qxf7+
Kh6 28. Qf8+ Qxf8 29. Rxf8 Kg7 30. Rb8 b6 31. Rb7+ Kh6 32. Rf7 g5 33. Bd3 g4 34.
Kg1 Kg5 35. Rf8 Kh6 36. Ra8 a5 37. Rb8 Kg7 38. Rb7+ Kf8 39. Rb8+ Kg7 40. Rb7+
Kf8 41. Rxb6 Ne7 42. Rb8+ Kg7 43. Rxh8 Kxh8 44. Be4 Kg7 45. Kf2 Kf6 46. Ke3 Ke5
47. Bxh7 Nd5+ 48. Kd2 Kf4 49. Kd3 g3 50. hxg3+ Kxg3 51. Be4 1-0
[Event “ch-USA 2016”]
[Site “Saint Louis USA”]
[Date “2016.04.17”]
[Round “4.1”]
[White “Caruana, Fabiano”]
[Black “Nakamura, Hikaru”]
[Result “1-0”]
[WhiteTitle “GM”]
[BlackTitle “GM”]
[WhiteElo “2795”]
[BlackElo “2787”]
[ECO “B90”]
[Opening “Sicilian”]
[Variation “Najdorf”]
[WhiteFideId “2020009”]
[BlackFideId “2016192”]
[EventDate “2016.04.14”]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 e6 7. Be3 h5 8. a4 Nc6
9. Bc4 Qc7 10. Qe2 Be7 11. O-O Ne5 12. Bb3 Bd7 13. f4 Neg4 14. Kh1 Nxe3 15. Qxe3
Qc5 16. Rad1 g6 17. Qe2 O-O-O 18. f5 e5 19. Nf3 gxf5 20. Ng5 f4 21. Rd3 Kb8 22.
Nxf7 h4 23. Nxh8 Rxh8 24. Qf2 Qb4 25. Nd5 Nxd5 26. Bxd5 Bxa4 27. Ra3 h3 28. c3
Qb5 29. b3 Bh4 30. bxa4 Qd3 31. g3 1-0
[Event “ch-USA 2016”]
[Site “Saint Louis USA”]
[Date “2016.04.17”]
[Round “4.2”]
[White “Shankland, Samuel L”]
[Black “So, Wesley”]
[Result “1/2-1/2”]
[WhiteTitle “GM”]
[BlackTitle “GM”]
[WhiteElo “2656”]
[BlackElo “2773”]
[ECO “D37”]
[Opening “QGD”]
[Variation “classical variation (5.Bf4)”]
[WhiteFideId “2004887”]
[BlackFideId “5202213”]
[EventDate “2016.04.14”]
1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. d4 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. a3 c5 8. cxd5
Nxd5 9. Nxd5 exd5 10. dxc5 Nxc5 11. Be5 Bf6 12. Be2 Bf5 13. O-O Be4 14. Bxf6
Qxf6 15. Nd4 Ne6 16. Rc1 Nxd4 17. Qxd4 Qxd4 18. exd4 Rac8 19. f3 Bc2 20. Kf2
Rfd8 21. Ke3 Rc7 22. Kd2 Rdc8 23. Rfe1 Kf8 24. Bb5 a6 25. Re8+ Rxe8 26. Bxe8
Kxe8 27. Rxc2 Rxc2+ 28. Kxc2 Kd7 29. Kd3 Ke6 30. Ke3 Kf5 31. g3 h5 32. b4 b5 33.
Kf2 1/2-1/2
[Event “ch-USA 2016”]
[Site “Saint Louis USA”]
[Date “2016.04.17”]
[Round “4.3”]
[White “Akobian, Varuzhan”]
[Black “Robson, Ray”]
[Result “1/2-1/2”]
[WhiteTitle “GM”]
[BlackTitle “GM”]
[WhiteElo “2615”]
[BlackElo “2663”]
[ECO “D45”]
[Opening “QGD semi-Slav”]
[Variation “Stoltz variation”]
[WhiteFideId “13300580”]
[BlackFideId “2023970”]
[EventDate “2016.04.14”]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O
dxc4 9. Bxc4 b5 10. Bb3 Bb7 11. Rd1 Rc8 12. a3 a6 13. e4 c5 14. Bg5 cxd4 15.
Rxd4 Qc7 16. Bxf6 Nxf6 17. Rxd6 Qxd6 18. e5 Qc5 19. exf6 Bxf3 20. fxg7 Rfd8 21.
gxf3 Qg5+ 22. Kh1 Rd2 23. Qe4 Rxf2 24. Rg1 Qh5 25. Rg2 Rf1+ 26. Rg1 Rf2 27. Rg2
Rf1+ 28. Rg1 Qxf3+ 29. Qxf3 Rxf3 30. Bc2 Rf2 31. Bb1 h6 32. Ne4 Rf4 33. b4 Rd8
34. Nc5 Rf3 35. Be4 Rf2 36. Bb1 Rf3 37. Be4 Rf2 38. Bb1 1/2-1/2
[Event “ch-USA 2016”]
[Site “Saint Louis USA”]
[Date “2016.04.17”]
[Round “4.4”]
[White “Kamsky, Gata”]
[Black “Onischuk, Alexander”]
[Result “1/2-1/2”]
[WhiteTitle “GM”]
[BlackTitle “GM”]
[WhiteElo “2678”]
[BlackElo “2664”]
[ECO “A45”]
[Opening “Queen’s pawn game”]
[WhiteFideId “2000024”]
[BlackFideId “14101025”]
[EventDate “2016.04.14”]
1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 d5 3. e3 c5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Nbd2 cxd4 6. exd4 Bf5 7. c3 e6 8. Qb3
Qc8 9. Nh4 Be4 10. Nxe4 Nxe4 11. Bd3 Bd6 12. Bxe4 Bxf4 13. Bd3 g5 14. Nf3 g4 15.
Ng1 h5 16. Ne2 Bh6 17. Bb5 a6 18. Bxc6+ Qxc6 19. Nc1 Bxc1 20. Rxc1 Qb5 21. Qc2
O-O-O 22. a4 Qc4 23. b3 Qc7 24. O-O Kb8 25. Qd2 Rd6 26. c4 dxc4 27. Rxc4 Rc6 28.
Rfc1 Rxc4 29. Rxc4 Qd6 30. Qg5 f5 31. g3 e5 32. dxe5 Qd1+ 33. Kg2 Qf3+ 1/2-1/2
[Event “ch-USA 2016”]
[Site “Saint Louis USA”]
[Date “2016.04.17”]
[Round “4.5”]
[White “Lenderman, Aleksandr”]
[Black “Xiong, Jeffery”]
[Result “1/2-1/2”]
[WhiteTitle “GM”]
[BlackTitle “GM”]
[WhiteElo “2618”]
[BlackElo “2618”]
[ECO “D83”]
[Opening “Gruenfeld”]
[Variation “Gruenfeld gambit, Capablanca variation”]
[WhiteFideId “2021285”]
[BlackFideId “2047640”]
[EventDate “2016.04.14”]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. e3 O-O 6. Rc1 Be6 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
Nxd5 Qxd5 9. b3 Qa5+ 10. Qd2 Qxd2+ 11. Kxd2 c6 12. Nf3 Bd5 13. Bc4 Bxf3 14. gxf3
e6 15. b4 a6 16. a4 Nd7 17. Rhd1 Rfc8 18. a5 Bf8 19. Kc3 Nf6 20. e4 Nd5+ 21.
Bxd5 exd5 22. exd5 cxd5+ 23. Kb3 f6 24. Re1 Kf7 25. Bc7 Re8 26. Rxe8 Rxe8 27.
Bg3 g5 28. Rc7+ Re7 29. Rc5 Re8 30. Rc7+ Re7 31. Rc1 Re2 32. Rc7+ 1/2-1/2
[Event “ch-USA 2016”]
[Site “Saint Louis USA”]
[Date “2016.04.17”]
[Round “4.6”]
[White “Chandra, Akshat”]
[Black “Shabalov, Alexander”]
[Result “1/2-1/2”]
[WhiteTitle “IM”]
[BlackTitle “GM”]
[WhiteElo “2477”]
[BlackElo “2528”]
[ECO “B19”]
[Opening “Caro-Kann”]
[Variation “classical, Spassky variation”]
[WhiteFideId “25006711”]
[BlackFideId “2008572”]
[EventDate “2016.04.14”]
1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. h5
Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 e6 11. Bd2 Ngf6 12. O-O-O Bd6 13. Kb1 Qb6 14. Ne4 Nxe4
15. Qxe4 Nf6 16. Qe1 Qc7 17. Qe2 O-O-O 18. c4 Rhe8 19. Bc3 Kb8 20. Ne5 Ka8 21.
g4 Nh7 22. Rd3 Nf8 23. Rhd1 f6 24. Ng6 Nxg6 25. hxg6 Qd7 26. Re3 Re7 27. Re1
Rde8 28. Re4 a6 29. Qd3 Kb8 30. R1e3 Kc8 31. Qe2 Kd8 32. Qf3 Kc8 33. Qe2 Kd8 34.
a3 f5 35. gxf5 exf5 36. Rxe7 Rxe7 37. d5 cxd5 38. cxd5 Bc5 39. Re5 Qd6 40. b4
Ba7 41. Rxe7 Qxe7 42. Qxe7+ Kxe7 43. Bxg7 h5 44. Be5 h4 45. d6+ Ke6 46. g7 Kf7
47. d7 Bb6 48. Kc2 h3 49. Kd3 f4 50. Bxf4 Kxg7 51. Ke2 Kf7 52. Be3 Bc7 53. Bf4 1/2-1/2
[Event “ch-USA 2016”]
[Site “Saint Louis USA”]
[Date “2016.04.18”]
[Round “5.1”]
[White “Shabalov, Alexander”]
[Black “Caruana, Fabiano”]
[Result “1/2-1/2”]
[WhiteTitle “GM”]
[BlackTitle “GM”]
[WhiteElo “2528”]
[BlackElo “2795”]
[ECO “A07”]
[Opening “Reti”]
[Variation “King’s Indian attack”]
[WhiteFideId “2008572”]
[BlackFideId “2020009”]
[EventDate “2016.04.14”]
1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. d4 c6 5. O-O Nf6 6. b3 O-O 7. Bb2 Bf5 8. c4
Nbd7 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. Nc3 Rc8 11. Rc1 Nb8 12. Ne5 Nc6 13. e3 h5 14. Qe2 Nxe5 15.
dxe5 Ne4 16. Nb5 Qa5 17. Nd4 Bd7 18. f3 Nc5 19. Bc3 Qb6 20. f4 Ne4 21. Bb2 Qa5
22. a4 Rxc1 23. Rxc1 Rc8 24. Rxc8+ Bxc8 25. Bxe4 dxe4 26. Kf2 Qc5 27. Qb5 Qxb5
28. Nxb5 Be6 29. b4 a6 30. Nc7 Bd7 31. b5 axb5 32. axb5 e6 33. Ba3 f6 34. Bd6
Kf7 35. h3 fxe5 36. fxe5 Bh6 37. Ke2 Bg5 38. Kd2 Kg7 39. b6 Kf7 40. Na6 Bc6 41.
Nc5 Bd5 42. Ke2 Ke8 43. Bc7 Ke7 44. Kf2 Ke8 45. Ke2 Ke7 1/2-1/2
[Event “ch-USA 2016”]
[Site “Saint Louis USA”]
[Date “2016.04.18”]
[Round “5.2”]
[White “So, Wesley”]
[Black “Akobian, Varuzhan”]
[Result “1-0”]
[WhiteTitle “GM”]
[BlackTitle “GM”]
[WhiteElo “2773”]
[BlackElo “2615”]
[ECO “C10”]
[Opening “French”]
[Variation “Rubinstein variation”]
[WhiteFideId “5202213”]
[BlackFideId “13300580”]
[EventDate “2016.04.14”]
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. c3 c5 8.
Be3 cxd4 9. Bxd4 Be7 10. Bd3 O-O 11. Qc2 h6 12. O-O-O Qa5 13. Kb1 Rd8 14. Ne5
Bd7 15. Qe2 Bc6 16. Rhe1 Bd5 17. c4 Bxg2 18. Bc3 Qb6 19. Rg1 Bc6 20. Nxf7 Kxf7
21. Rxg7+ Kxg7 22. Qxe6 Qxf2 23. Qxe7+ Kg8 24. Bh7+ 1-0
[Event “ch-USA 2016”]
[Site “Saint Louis USA”]
[Date “2016.04.18”]
[Round “5.3”]
[White “Robson, Ray”]
[Black “Lenderman, Aleksandr”]
[Result “1/2-1/2”]
[WhiteTitle “GM”]
[BlackTitle “GM”]
[WhiteElo “2663”]
[BlackElo “2618”]
[ECO “A07”]
[Opening “Reti”]
[Variation “King’s Indian attack (Barcza system)”]
[WhiteFideId “2023970”]
[BlackFideId “2021285”]
[EventDate “2016.04.14”]
1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Bg4 4. O-O Nd7 5. h3 Bh5 6. d4 e6 7. c4 Ngf6 8. cxd5
exd5 9. Nh4 Ne4 10. Nc3 Nd6 11. Bf4 Nf6 12. Qb3 Qb6 13. Qa4 O-O-O 14. Rac1 Kb8
15. b4 Ka8 16. Qb3 Nde4 17. g4 Bg6 18. b5 Nxc3 19. Rxc3 c5 20. dxc5 Bxc5 21. a4
Ne4 22. Bxe4 Bxe4 23. a5 Qf6 24. Rxc5 Qxf4 25. f3 Qg3+ 26. Ng2 Rhe8 27. a6 Bg6
28. Rxd5 Rb8 29. Rd7 Qe5 30. Rc1 Re7 31. f4 Qe4 32. axb7+ Rxb7 33. Rc8+ Rb8 34.
Rxe7 Qxe7 35. Qd5+ Qb7 36. Qxb7+ Kxb7 37. Rxb8+ Kxb8 38. f5 Kc7 39. fxg6 hxg6
40. Kf2 Kb6 41. Ke3 Kxb5 42. Kd4 a5 43. Ne3 a4 44. g5 Kb4 45. Nc4 f5 46. Kd3 Kb3
47. e3 Kb4 48. Kd4 Kb3 49. Kd3 Kb4 50. Ne5 Kb3 51. Kd2 a3 52. Nf3 a2 53. Nd4+
Kb2 54. Nc2 Kb3 55. Kd3 Kb2 56. Kd2 Kb3 57. h4 Kb2 1/2-1/2
[Event “ch-USA 2016”]
[Site “Saint Louis USA”]
[Date “2016.04.18”]
[Round “5.4”]
[White “Nakamura, Hikaru”]
[Black “Shankland, Samuel L”]
[Result “1-0”]
[WhiteTitle “GM”]
[BlackTitle “GM”]
[WhiteElo “2787”]
[BlackElo “2656”]
[ECO “B11”]
[Opening “Caro-Kann”]
[Variation “two knights, 3…Bg4”]
[WhiteFideId “2016192”]
[BlackFideId “2004887”]
[EventDate “2016.04.14”]
1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. h3 Bxf3 5. Qxf3 e6 6. g3 g6 7. d4 Bg7 8. Be3
Nf6 9. Bg2 O-O 10. O-O Na6 11. e5 Nd7 12. Qd1 c5 13. f4 cxd4 14. Bxd4 Nb4 15.
Ne2 Qc7 16. c3 Nc6 17. Be3 Rfc8 18. Kh1 b5 19. Rc1 Bf8 20. g4 Bc5 21. Nd4 Qb6
22. Bg1 b4 23. f5 bxc3 24. bxc3 Ncxe5 25. fxe6 fxe6 26. Nxe6 Bxg1 27. Rxg1 Kh8
28. Qxd5 Rab8 29. Rge1 Qb2 30. c4 Rb6 31. c5 Rbc6 32. Rcd1 h6 33. Nf4 Rf6 34.
Nd3 Nxd3 35. Qxd7 Nf2+ 36. Kg1 Rcf8 37. Qd2 1-0
[Event “ch-USA 2016”]
[Site “Saint Louis USA”]
[Date “2016.04.18”]
[Round “5.5”]
[White “Xiong, Jeffery”]
[Black “Kamsky, Gata”]
[Result “1-0”]
[WhiteTitle “GM”]
[BlackTitle “GM”]
[WhiteElo “2618”]
[BlackElo “2678”]
[ECO “B03”]
[Opening “Alekhine’s defence”]
[Variation “exchange variation”]
[WhiteFideId “2047640”]
[BlackFideId “2000024”]
[EventDate “2016.04.14”]
1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. exd6 cxd6 6. Nc3 g6 7. Be3 Bg7 8. Rc1
O-O 9. b3 Bf5 10. d5 e5 11. dxe6 Bxe6 12. Nge2 d5 13. c5 Nc6 14. Nd4 Bxd4 15.
Bxd4 Re8 16. cxb6 Qh4 17. Ne2 axb6 18. Qd2 Bf5 19. Kd1 Rxe2 20. Bxe2 Nxd4 21. f3
Qf2 22. Re1 Be6 23. Rc3 Nc6 24. Bf1 Qh4 25. Bb5 Nd4 26. Bf1 Nf5 27. Rd3 d4 28.
g3 Qf6 29. Ke2 Bd7 30. a4 b5 31. a5 Bc6 32. Kf2 Ne3 33. Be2 Rd8 34. Kg1 Kg7 35.
Bd1 Bxf3 36. Bxf3 Qxf3 37. Rexe3 dxe3 38. Qb2+ 1-0
[Event “ch-USA 2016”]
[Site “Saint Louis USA”]
[Date “2016.04.18”]
[Round “5.6”]
[White “Onischuk, Alexander”]
[Black “Chandra, Akshat”]
[Result “1-0”]
[WhiteTitle “GM”]
[BlackTitle “IM”]
[WhiteElo “2664”]
[BlackElo “2477”]
[ECO “E32”]
[Opening “Nimzo-Indian”]
[Variation “classical variation”]
[WhiteFideId “14101025”]
[BlackFideId “25006711”]
[EventDate “2016.04.14”]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 b6 5. e4 c5 6. d5 Qe7 7. Be2 exd5 8. exd5
Qe4 9. Qd2 Qe7 10. Nf3 O-O 11. O-O Bxc3 12. bxc3 d6 13. Re1 Bg4 14. Bd3 Qc7 15.
Nh4 Re8 16. Rxe8+ Nxe8 17. Qg5 Bc8 18. Bf4 Nd7 19. Nf5 Ne5 20. Nxd6 Qxd6 21.
Bxe5 Qd7 22. Qh4 h6 23. Re1 Qg4 24. Qe7 Qd7 25. Bg3 Qxe7 26. Rxe7 Kf8 27. Re1
Ba6 28. a4 Nf6 29. Bf1 Bc8 30. a5 Bf5 31. Bc7 Nd7 32. f3 h5 33. g3 Rc8 34. Bd6+
Kg8 35. h3 bxa5 36. Ra1 Bc2 37. Rxa5 Bb3 38. Ra3 Bd1 39. Rxa7 Nb6 40. Ra6 Na4
41. Be7 1-0
[/pgn]
In the Women’s section, those who expected the likes of Anna Zatonskih and Irina Krush to be contesting the event between themselves might have a bit of egg on their faces. Nazi Paikidze is currently topping the table with a very nice 4/5. Hot on her heels are Abrahamyan and Krush with 3½-points. Zatonskih is a whole point off the lead with 3-points.
Paikidze, who moved to the US from Georgia in 2014, is playing nice, positive chess and is so far being rewarded. She got her campaign off with a draw against Zatonskih in round one and matched that with another versus Abrahamyan in round four. The rest of her scores have been full points, taken from Gorti (saccing rook in favour of 2-knights), Eswaran and Yu. Hopefully she will be able to maintain this form in the second half of the event.
Current Standings:
Paikidze — 4
Abrahamyan, Krush — 3½
Zatonskih — 3
Bykovtsev, Yip, Foisir — 2½
Yu, Nemcova, Gorti — 2
Eswaran — 1½
Melekhina — 1
Games so far (Women):
[Event “ch-USA w 2016”]
[Site “Saint Louis USA”]
[Date “2016.04.14”]
[Round “1.1”]
[White “Paikidze, Nazi”]
[Black “Zatonskih, Anna”]
[Result “1/2-1/2”]
[WhiteTitle “IM”]
[BlackTitle “IM”]
[WhiteElo “2346”]
[BlackElo “2470”]
[ECO “D02”]
[Opening “Queen’s pawn game”]
[WhiteFideId “13603620”]
[BlackFideId “14101572”]
[EventDate “2016.04.14”]
1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. Qc2
b6 9. b3 Ne4 10. Bf4 Bb7 11. Ne5 f6 12. Nd3 Na6 13. Nd2 f5 14. Be5 Nb4 15. Nxb4
Bxb4 16. Nxe4 fxe4 17. f3 exf3 18. exf3 Qe7 19. c5 bxc5 20. a3 Ba5 21. dxc5 Ba6
22. Rf2 Rad8 23. Qb2 Bc7 24. Bxc7 Qxc7 25. Re1 Rfe8 26. f4 d4 27. Re5 d3 28. Rd2
Rb8 29. Qc3 Qb7 30. b4 Qd7 31. Be4 Rbd8 32. Kg2 Re7 33. Rh5 g6 34. Re5 Bb5 35.
h4 Qd4 36. Qxd4 Rxd4 37. Kf2 a5 38. bxa5 Kf7 39. h5 Ra7 40. Ke3 Ra4 41. hxg6+
hxg6 42. Rg5 R4xa5 43. Rxg6 Rxa3 44. Rh6 R7a4 45. Rh7+ Kg8 46. Rd7 Rc4 47. R2xd3
Rxd3+ 48. Bxd3 Rc3 49. Ke4 Bxd3+ 50. Rxd3 Rxc5 51. Rd7 Kf8 52. g4 Rd5 53. Rc7
Rc5 54. Kd4 Rd5+ 55. Ke3 Rc5 56. Ke4 Ke8 57. g5 Kf8 58. g6 Rf5 59. Rxc6 Rf6 60.
Ke5 Rf5+ 61. Ke4 Rf6 62. Ke5 Rf5+ 63. Kxe6 Rxf4 64. Rc7 Kg8 65. Ke5 Rf1 1/2-1/2
[Event “ch-USA w 2016”]
[Site “Saint Louis USA”]
[Date “2016.04.14”]
[Round “1.2”]
[White “Nemcova, Katerina”]
[Black “Krush, Irina”]
[Result “1/2-1/2”]
[WhiteTitle “WGM”]
[BlackTitle “GM”]
[WhiteElo “2367”]
[BlackElo “2465”]
[ECO “B47”]
[Opening “Sicilian”]
[Variation “Taimanov (Bastrikov) variation”]
[WhiteFideId “322750”]
[BlackFideId “2012782”]
[EventDate “2016.04.14”]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. f4 a6 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8.
Bd3 d5 9. O-O Nf6 10. Kh1 Be7 11. Qf3 O-O 12. Be3 Bb7 13. exd5 exd5 14. Bd4 Rad8
15. b4 c5 16. bxc5 Ne4 17. Nxe4 dxe4 18. Bxe4 Bxe4 19. Qxe4 Bxc5 20. Bxc5 Qxc5
21. Rad1 Rc8 22. Qa4 Qc4 23. Qxc4 Rxc4 24. Rf2 h6 25. g3 Rb8 26. Rd6 a5 27. Ra6
a4 28. f5 Rb2 29. a3 h5 30. f6 gxf6 31. Raxf6 Rcxc2 32. Rxc2 Rxc2 33. Rf4 Ra2
34. Rxa4 Kg7 35. Ra6 f6 36. Kg1 Kg6 37. Ra5 Kh6 38. a4 Kg6 39. h4 Kh6 40. Kf1
Kg6 41. Kg1 Kh6 42. Rf5 Rxa4 43. Rxf6+ Kg7 44. Rf5 Kg6 45. Rg5+ Kh6 46. Kg2 Ra2+
47. Kh3 Rb2 48. Ra5 Kg6 49. Ra6+ Kg7 50. Rc6 1/2-1/2
[Event “ch-USA w 2016”]
[Site “Saint Louis USA”]
[Date “2016.04.14”]
[Round “1.3”]
[White “Abrahamyan, Tatev”]
[Black “Bykovtsev, Agata”]
[Result “1-0”]
[WhiteTitle “WGM”]
[BlackTitle “WIM”]
[WhiteElo “2342”]
[BlackElo “2219”]
[ECO “B90”]
[Opening “Sicilian”]
[Variation “Najdorf, Adams attack”]
[WhiteFideId “13301918”]
[BlackFideId “2046547”]
[EventDate “2016.04.14”]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e6 7. g4 Be7 8. g5
Nfd7 9. Bg2 O-O 10. f4 Nc6 11. Be3 Nxd4 12. Qxd4 e5 13. Qd2 exf4 14. Bxf4 Ne5
15. Nd5 Nc4 16. Nxe7+ Qxe7 17. Qd4 Be6 18. b3 Na3 19. O-O-O Rac8 20. Rd2 Rfd8
21. Qb4 Nb5 22. e5 Qe8 23. exd6 a5 24. Qa4 Bd7 25. Qe4 Qxe4 26. Bxe4 Nc3 27.
Bxb7 Rb8 28. Bg2 Nxa2+ 29. Kb2 Nb4 30. Re1 Na6 31. Re7 Nc5 32. Bd5 Be6 33. d7 1-0
[Event “ch-USA w 2016”]
[Site “Saint Louis USA”]
[Date “2016.04.14”]
[Round “1.4”]
[White “Foisor, Sabina-Francesca”]
[Black “Melekhina, Alisa”]
[Result “1/2-1/2”]
[WhiteTitle “WGM”]
[BlackTitle “FM”]
[WhiteElo “2258”]
[BlackElo “2205”]
[ECO “B39”]
[Opening “Sicilian”]
[Variation “accelerated fianchetto, Breyer variation”]
[WhiteFideId “1212915”]
[BlackFideId “2022613”]
[EventDate “2016.04.14”]
1. Nf3 g6 2. c4 c5 3. e4 Bg7 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Nc3 Ng4 8.
Qxg4 Nxd4 9. Qd1 e5 10. Bd3 O-O 11. O-O d6 12. Qd2 Be6 13. Rac1 a6 14. b3 Rb8
15. Bxd4 exd4 16. Ne2 b5 17. cxb5 axb5 18. Qb4 Qb6 19. Rc2 Rfd8 20. Nf4 d5 21.
exd5 Bxd5 22. Nxd5 Rxd5 23. Rfc1 Bf8 24. Qe1 Qf6 25. Rc6 Qg5 26. Qe4 Rbd8 27.
Qf3 Bc5 28. Re1 Re5 29. Rxe5 Qxe5 30. g3 Be7 31. Kg2 Kg7 32. Rb6 b4 33. Bc4 Qf5
34. Qxf5 gxf5 35. Bd3 Ra8 36. Bb1 Rd8 37. Bd3 Ra8 38. Bb1 Rd8 39. Bd3 1/2-1/2
[Event “ch-USA w 2016”]
[Site “Saint Louis USA”]
[Date “2016.04.14”]
[Round “1.5”]
[White “Yu, Jennifer R”]
[Black “Eswaran, Ashritha”]
[Result “1/2-1/2”]
[WhiteTitle “WFM”]
[BlackTitle “WIM”]
[WhiteElo “2157”]
[BlackElo “2225”]
[ECO “A18”]
[Opening “English”]
[Variation “Mikenas-Carls, Flohr variation”]
[WhiteFideId “2078341”]
[BlackFideId “2080788”]
[EventDate “2016.04.14”]
1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. e4 d5 4. e5 d4 5. exf6 dxc3 6. bxc3 Qxf6 7. d4 c5 8. Nf3
cxd4 9. cxd4 Bb4+ 10. Bd2 Bxd2+ 11. Qxd2 O-O 12. Be2 Nc6 13. Rd1 Rd8 14. Qe3 b6
15. O-O Bb7 16. Rd2 Ne7 17. Rfd1 Nf5 18. Qf4 Rac8 19. d5 exd5 20. cxd5 Rc5 21.
d6 Bxf3 22. Qxf3 Qe6 23. Qf4 Qe5 24. Qxe5 Rxe5 25. g3 g6 26. d7 Ng7 27. a4 Ne6
28. Bb5 Nc5 29. Rd6 Kf8 30. f4 Re6 31. R6d4 Ke7 32. Kf2 f5 33. Kf3 a6 34. Bf1
Re4 35. Rd6 Rxa4 36. Rxb6 Ra3+ 37. Kg2 Ra2+ 38. Kg1 Rxd7 39. Re1+ Kd8 40. Rc1
Ne4 41. Rxa6 Rxa6 42. Bxa6 Rd6 43. Bb7 Nf6 44. Ra1 Rd2 45. Bf3 Ke7 46. Ra7+ Ke6
47. Bb7 Rd1+ 48. Kf2 Ng4+ 49. Ke2 Rc1 50. h3 Nf6 51. Ra6+ Ke7 52. Bf3 h5 53.
Ra7+ Kf8 54. Ra8+ Kg7 55. Ra7+ Kf8 56. Ra8+ 1/2-1/2
[Event “ch-USA w 2016”]
[Site “Saint Louis USA”]
[Date “2016.04.14”]
[Round “1.6”]
[White “Yip, Carissa”]
[Black “Gorti, Akshita”]
[Result “1-0”]
[BlackTitle “FM”]
[WhiteElo “2164”]
[BlackElo “2184”]
[ECO “C04”]
[Opening “French”]
[Variation “Tarrasch, Guimard main line”]
[WhiteFideId “2090732”]
[BlackFideId “2072505”]
[EventDate “2016.04.14”]
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nc6 4. Ngf3 Nf6 5. e5 Nd7 6. c3 f6 7. exf6 Qxf6 8. Nb3
Bd6 9. Be2 O-O 10. Bg5 Qf7 11. Bh4 h6 12. O-O e5 13. dxe5 Ndxe5 14. Bg3 Bd7 15.
Nfd4 Nxd4 16. cxd4 Nc4 17. Nc5 Bxg3 18. hxg3 Nxb2 19. Qb3 Nc4 20. Bxc4 dxc4 21.
Qxb7 Bf5 22. Rac1 Rad8 23. Qb2 Qd5 24. Rfd1 Bg4 25. Rd2 Bh5 26. Qb7 Qg5 27. Ne4
Qa5 28. Rxc4 Bf7 29. Rc5 Qa4 30. Nc3 Qa3 31. Rxc7 Rde8 32. Rd1 a5 33. Qc6 Rb8
34. Qc5 Qb2 35. Rb1 Qd2 36. Rxb8 Rxb8 37. Rc8+ Rxc8 38. Qxc8+ Kh7 39. d5 Qe1+
40. Kh2 Qxf2 41. d6 Bh5 42. d7 Bf3 43. Qh8+ Kg6 44. Qe8+ Kh7 45. Qg8+ Kxg8 46.
d8=Q+ Kf7 47. Qd7+ Kg8 48. Qc8+ 1-0
[Event “ch-USA w 2016”]
[Site “Saint Louis USA”]
[Date “2016.04.15”]
[Round “2.1”]
[White “Abrahamyan, Tatev”]
[Black “Yu, Jennifer R”]
[Result “1-0”]
[WhiteTitle “WGM”]
[BlackTitle “WFM”]
[WhiteElo “2342”]
[BlackElo “2157”]
[ECO “B90”]
[Opening “Sicilian”]
[Variation “Najdorf”]
[WhiteFideId “13301918”]
[BlackFideId “2078341”]
[EventDate “2016.04.14”]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. Be3
Be7 9. Qd2 O-O 10. O-O-O Nbd7 11. g4 b5 12. g5 b4 13. gxf6 bxc3 14. Qxc3 Nxf6
15. Na5 Rc8 16. Nc6 Qd7 17. Nxe7+ Qxe7 18. Qa5 Rc6 19. Kb1 d5 20. exd5 Nxd5 21.
Rxd5 Bxd5 22. Qxd5 Rd6 23. Qe4 Rd1+ 24. Bc1 Qg5 25. f4 Qxf4 26. Qxf4 exf4 27.
Bg2 Rxh1 28. Bxh1 Re8 29. c4 Re1 30. Bb7 Kf8 31. c5 Ke7 32. c6 Kd6 33. Kc2 g5
34. Bd2 Re5 35. Bc3 Rf5 36. Bxa6 f3 37. Bf1 g4 38. b4 Kxc6 39. b5+ Kb7 40. Bd2
Rh5 41. Bf4 Rc5+ 42. Kb2 Rd5 43. Kc2 Rd4 44. Be3 Re4 45. Bf2 f5 46. Bd3 Re6 47.
a4 Rh6 48. Bg3 Kb6 49. Kb3 Rf6 50. Bf2+ Kb7 51. a5 h5 52. b6 Rf8 53. a6+ Kc6 54.
b7 h4 55. Bxf5 Kc7 56. Be4 1-0
[Event “ch-USA w 2016”]
[Site “Saint Louis USA”]
[Date “2016.04.15”]
[Round “2.2”]
[White “Eswaran, Ashritha”]
[Black “Yip, Carissa”]
[Result “0-1”]
[WhiteTitle “WIM”]
[WhiteElo “2225”]
[BlackElo “2164”]
[ECO “B92”]
[Opening “Sicilian”]
[Variation “Najdorf, Opovcensky variation”]
[WhiteFideId “2080788”]
[BlackFideId “2090732”]
[EventDate “2016.04.14”]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Ng4 7. Bc1 Nf6 8. Be2
e5 9. Nb3 Be7 10. a4 O-O 11. O-O Be6 12. Bf3 Nbd7 13. Bg5 Bc4 14. Re1 b5 15.
Bxf6 Nxf6 16. Nd2 Rc8 17. Nxc4 bxc4 18. Qd2 Rc5 19. Nd1 Qb8 20. Qc3 Bd8 21. Qa3
Ba5 22. c3 Qc7 23. Ne3 Bb6 24. Qa2 g6 25. Qb1 Rc6 26. Qc1 Bxe3 27. Rxe3 Rb8 28.
Qd2 Rcb6 29. Ra2 Qb7 30. h4 h5 31. Re2 Kg7 32. g3 Qc6 33. Bg2 Qc5 34. Kh1 Qc8
35. a5 Rc6 36. Ra4 Rb5 37. Re1 Qc7 38. Rea1 Rcc5 39. f3 Rxa5 40. Rxa5 Rxa5 41.
Rxa5 Qxa5 42. Qxd6 Qa1+ 43. Kh2 Qxb2 44. Qxe5 Qb5 45. Qd4 Qd7 46. Qxc4 a5 47. e5
Ng8 48. f4 Nh6 49. Qd4 Ng4+ 50. Kg1 Qxd4+ 51. cxd4 a4 52. Bd5 a3 53. Bb3 Ne3 54.
d5 Kf8 55. d6 Nc2 56. d7 Ke7 57. Bxf7 Kxd7 58. Kf2 Nb4 59. Kf3 a2 60. Bxa2 Nxa2
61. g4 Ke6 62. f5+ gxf5 63. gxh5 Nb4 64. Ke3 Kxe5 65. h6 Nd5+ 66. Kf3 Nf6 67. h5
f4 68. Ke2 Ke4 69. Kf1 Kf3 70. h7 Nxh7 71. h6 Nf6 0-1
[Event “ch-USA w 2016”]
[Site “Saint Louis USA”]
[Date “2016.04.15”]
[Round “2.3”]
[White “Zatonskih, Anna”]
[Black “Nemcova, Katerina”]
[Result “1/2-1/2”]
[WhiteTitle “IM”]
[BlackTitle “WGM”]
[WhiteElo “2470”]
[BlackElo “2367”]
[ECO “E10”]
[Opening “Queen’s pawn game”]
[WhiteFideId “14101572”]
[BlackFideId “322750”]
[EventDate “2016.04.14”]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. e3 a6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Nbd2 c5 7. Bb2 cxd4 8. exd4
Ne4 9. Bd3 f5 10. O-O O-O 11. a3 Bd6 12. Re1 Nd7 13. Nf1 Ndf6 14. Rc1 Bd7 15.
Ne5 Rc8 16. f3 Ng5 17. Rc2 dxc4 18. Bxc4 b5 19. Bd3 Rxc2 20. Bxc2 Bc8 21. Qe2
Nd5 22. Bc1 Nf7 23. Nd3 Qb6 24. Qf2 Rd8 25. b4 a5 26. Bd2 axb4 27. axb4 Qc6 28.
Bb3 Bb8 29. Nc5 Qd6 30. g3 Kh8 31. Ne3 Nf6 32. Nxf5 exf5 33. Bxf7 Qxd4 34. Qxd4
Rxd4 35. Bc3 Rd8 36. Bxf6 gxf6 37. Re8+ Rxe8 38. Bxe8 Be5 39. Bxb5 Bc3 40. Nd3
f4 41. g4 h5 42. h3 hxg4 43. hxg4 Be6 44. Ba6 Bb3 45. b5 Bd2 46. Kg2 Be3 47. Nf2
Bc4 48. Ne4 Kg7 49. Nd6 Bd3 50. Bc8 Kf8 51. Bf5 Ke7 52. Nc8+ Kd8 53. Bxd3 Kxc8
54. Kf1 Bc5 55. Ke2 Bf8 56. Be4 Kc7 57. Kd3 Bh6 58. Kc4 Kb6 59. Bd3 Bg5 60. Kd5
Bh6 61. Kd6 Bg5 62. Ke6 Kc7 63. Be2 Kb6 64. Kd6 Bh6 65. Bd3 1/2-1/2
[Event “ch-USA w 2016”]
[Site “Saint Louis USA”]
[Date “2016.04.15”]
[Round “2.4”]
[White “Krush, Irina”]
[Black “Foisor, Sabina-Francesca”]
[Result “1-0”]
[WhiteTitle “GM”]
[BlackTitle “WGM”]
[WhiteElo “2465”]
[BlackElo “2258”]
[ECO “A07”]
[Opening “Reti”]
[Variation “King’s Indian attack (Barcza system)”]
[WhiteFideId “2012782”]
[BlackFideId “1212915”]
[EventDate “2016.04.14”]
1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 Bf5 4. O-O e6 5. d3 h6 6. Nbd2 Be7 7. b3 c5 8. Ne5
Bh7 9. Bb2 O-O 10. e4 Nbd7 11. f4 d4 12. Nxd7 Qxd7 13. g4 Ne8 14. Nf3 Rd8 15. h4
Nc7 16. g5 f6 17. Bc1 Qe8 18. Qe1 hxg5 19. hxg5 fxg5 20. Nxg5 Bxg5 21. fxg5
Rxf1+ 22. Bxf1 e5 23. Bd2 Ne6 24. Qg3 Nf8 25. Bh3 Qe7 26. g6 Nxg6 27. Bg5 Qe8
28. Bxd8 Qxd8 29. Qg4 Nf4 30. Qc8 Qxc8 31. Bxc8 b6 32. Kf2 Kf7 33. Rh1 Bg6 34.
Kg3 Bh5 35. Bg4 g6 36. Bxh5 gxh5 37. Kh4 Kg6 38. Rg1+ Kh6 39. Rg8 Ng6+ 40. Kg3
Kg5 41. Rg7 h4+ 42. Kf3 a5 43. a4 Kh5 44. Rb7 Nf4 45. Rxb6 Nh3 46. Rb5 Ng5+ 47.
Kf2 Kg4 48. Rxc5 Nh3+ 49. Kg2 Nf4+ 50. Kh2 h3 51. Rxa5 Ng2 52. Rxe5 Ne1 53. Rf5
Nxc2 54. a5 Nb4 55. Rf1 Nxd3 56. a6 1-0
[Event “ch-USA w 2016”]
[Site “Saint Louis USA”]
[Date “2016.04.15”]
[Round “2.5”]
[White “Gorti, Akshita”]
[Black “Paikidze, Nazi”]
[Result “0-1”]
[WhiteTitle “FM”]
[BlackTitle “IM”]
[WhiteElo “2184”]
[BlackElo “2346”]
[ECO “D45”]
[Opening “QGD semi-Slav”]
[Variation “Stoltz variation”]
[WhiteFideId “2072505”]
[BlackFideId “13603620”]
[EventDate “2016.04.14”]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. g4 h6 8. h3 e5
9. Bd2 O-O 10. g5 exd4 11. exd4 Re8+ 12. Be2 hxg5 13. O-O-O dxc4 14. Bxg5 Qc7
15. Bxc4 b5 16. Bd3 Rb8 17. Rhg1 b4 18. Ne2 Kf8 19. Ng3 c5 20. Nf5 Bb7 21. Nd2
cxd4 22. Nc4 Bf4+ 23. Kb1 g6 24. Bxf4 Qxf4 25. Nfd6 Re6 26. Nxb7 Rxb7 27. Nd6
Rb8 28. Nxf7 Kxf7 29. Bc4 Qf5 30. Bxe6+ Kxe6 31. Rxd4 Qxc2+ 32. Kxc2 Kf7 33.
Rgd1 Rb7 34. Rd6 Ne5 35. f4 Nc4 36. R6d3 Re7 37. Kb3 Ne3 38. Rc1 Nfd5 39. Re1 a5
40. a3 Kf6 41. axb4 axb4 42. Rd4 Rh7 43. Rh1 Rh4 44. Ka4 Kf5 45. Rg1 Nxf4 46.
Rxb4 Ned5 47. Rd4 Rxh3 48. Rc1 Ke5 49. Rd2 Re3 50. Rg1 Re4+ 51. Ka3 Kf5 52. Rc2
g5 53. Rc8 Ne6 54. Rd1 Ke5 55. Rb8 g4 56. b4 Re3+ 57. Kb2 Re2+ 58. Ka3 Ne3 59.
Rg1 Nd4 60. b5 Kd5 61. Rd8+ Kc5 62. Rc1+ Nc4+ 0-1
[Event “ch-USA w 2016”]
[Site “Saint Louis USA”]
[Date “2016.04.15”]
[Round “2.6”]
[White “Bykovtsev, Agata”]
[Black “Melekhina, Alisa”]
[Result “1-0”]
[WhiteTitle “WIM”]
[BlackTitle “FM”]
[WhiteElo “2219”]
[BlackElo “2205”]
[ECO “B27”]
[Opening “Sicilian”]
[Variation “Hungarian variation”]
[WhiteFideId “2046547”]
[BlackFideId “2022613”]
[EventDate “2016.04.14”]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nf6 5. e5 Nc6 6. Qa4 Nd5 7. Qe4 Ndb4 8.
Bb5 Qa5 9. Nc3 Bg7 10. O-O O-O 11. a3 d5 12. exd6 Bf5 13. axb4 Qxa1 14. Qh4 exd6
15. Nd5 f6 16. Bxc6 bxc6 17. Ne7+ Kh8 18. Nxf5 gxf5 19. Nd4 Qa2 20. Nxf5 Rf7 21.
Nxd6 Rd7 22. Nf5 Qd5 23. Qg4 Rg8 24. c4 Qd3 25. Be3 Bf8 26. Qf4 Bd6 27. Nxd6
Qxd6 28. Qxd6 Rxd6 29. g3 Rd7 30. Ra1 Rb8 31. Bc5 Rbb7 32. Ra6 Rbc7 33. Be3 Kg7
34. h4 Kg6 35. Kg2 h5 36. Kf3 Rd3 37. Ke4 Rb3 38. Bc5 Rxb2 39. Bd6 Rc8 40. Kd4
Rxf2 41. Rxa7 Rf5 42. Rd7 Ra8 43. Rc7 Ra6 44. Bf8 Re5 45. Rg7+ Kf5 46. Bd6 Re6
47. Kc5 Ra4 48. Bf4 Ke4 49. Rh7 Kd3 50. Rd7+ Kc3 51. Rd1 Re4 52. Rc1+ Kb3 53.
Kxc6 Kxb4 54. Kd5 Re8 55. c5 Rd8+ 56. Bd6 Kb5 57. Rb1+ Ka6 58. Kc6 Ka7 59. Kc7
Rg8 60. Kd7 Ra6 61. Re1 Kb7 62. Re7 Rc8 63. Rh7 Raa8 64. Ke6+ Kc6 65. Kxf6 Ra3
66. Rxh5 Rg8 67. Rg5 Rf3+ 68. Rf5 Rd3 69. h5 Rxd6+ 70. cxd6 Rxg3 71. h6 Kxd6 72.
h7 Rh3 73. Kg7 Rg3+ 74. Kf8 Rh3 75. Rf7 Ke6 76. Kg8 Rh2 77. Ra7 Rg2+ 78. Rg7 Kd5 1-0
[Event “ch-USA w 2016”]
[Site “Saint Louis USA”]
[Date “2016.04.16”]
[Round “3.1”]
[White “Yip, Carissa”]
[Black “Abrahamyan, Tatev”]
[Result “1/2-1/2”]
[BlackTitle “WGM”]
[WhiteElo “2164”]
[BlackElo “2342”]
[ECO “C03”]
[Opening “French”]
[Variation “Tarrasch”]
[WhiteFideId “2090732”]
[BlackFideId “13301918”]
[EventDate “2016.04.14”]
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 h6 4. Ngf3 Nf6 5. e5 Nfd7 6. Bd3 c5 7. c3 Nc6 8. O-O g5
9. Qe2 Qb6 10. dxc5 Nxc5 11. Bc2 Bg7 12. h3 Nd7 13. Ba4 O-O 14. Bxc6 bxc6 15.
Re1 Ba6 16. Qe3 Nc5 17. c4 dxc4 18. Qc3 Nd3 19. Re3 Qb5 20. a4 Qd5 21. Re4 c5
22. Qa5 Bb7 23. Qc3 f5 24. exf6 Bxf6 25. Qxc4 Qxc4 26. Rxc4 Bd5 27. Rc2 Rab8 28.
Rb1 Rfc8 29. Nf1 Nxc1 30. Rbxc1 Bxb2 31. Rb1 Ba3 32. Rxb8 Rxb8 33. Ne5 Bb3 34.
Rc3 Bb2 35. Rxc5 Bxa4 36. Ng4 Bg7 37. Ra5 Bc6 38. Rxa7 Rb1 39. Nh2 Be5 40. g3
Rb2 41. Ng4 Bg7 42. Rc7 Bf3 43. Rc1 Bxg4 44. hxg4 Bd4 45. Ne3 Bxe3 1/2-1/2
[Event “ch-USA w 2016”]
[Site “Saint Louis USA”]
[Date “2016.04.16”]
[Round “3.2”]
[White “Melekhina, Alisa”]
[Black “Krush, Irina”]
[Result “1/2-1/2”]
[WhiteTitle “FM”]
[BlackTitle “GM”]
[WhiteElo “2205”]
[BlackElo “2465”]
[ECO “B00”]
[Opening “King’s pawn opening”]
[WhiteFideId “2022613”]
[BlackFideId “2012782”]
[EventDate “2016.04.14”]
1. e4 d6 2. Nc3 c5 3. f4 Nc6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. Bb5 Rc8 6. O-O e6 7. Bxc6+ Rxc6 8. d3
Nf6 9. Qe1 Bxf3 10. Rxf3 Be7 11. f5 Nd7 12. Qe2 Ne5 13. Rh3 Bf6 14. Bf4 Qe7 15.
Rf1 a6 16. Nd1 g6 17. c3 O-O 18. Nf2 Rcc8 19. Qd2 Bg7 20. Bh6 f6 21. fxe6 Rfe8
22. b3 Nc6 23. Bxg7 Qxg7 24. d4 cxd4 25. cxd4 Ne7 26. Ng4 Rf8 27. Qf4 f5 28.
Nh6+ Kh8 29. Qxd6 Nc6 30. Nf7+ Kg8 31. exf5 Qxd4+ 32. Qxd4 Nxd4 33. Nd6 Rc7 34.
g4 gxf5 35. gxf5 Rg7+ 36. Rg3 Ne2+ 37. Kg2 Nxg3 38. hxg3 Rd8 39. f6 Rxd6 40.
fxg7 Rxe6 41. Rd1 Re2+ 42. Kf3 Rxa2 43. Rd8+ Kxg7 44. Rd7+ Kg6 45. Rxb7 1/2-1/2
[Event “ch-USA w 2016”]
[Site “Saint Louis USA”]
[Date “2016.04.16”]
[Round “3.3”]
[White “Paikidze, Nazi”]
[Black “Eswaran, Ashritha”]
[Result “1-0”]
[WhiteTitle “IM”]
[BlackTitle “WIM”]
[WhiteElo “2346”]
[BlackElo “2225”]
[ECO “A46”]
[Opening “Queen’s pawn game”]
[WhiteFideId “13603620”]
[BlackFideId “2080788”]
[EventDate “2016.04.14”]
1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bf4 d5 4. e3 c5 5. c3 Nc6 6. Nbd2 Bd6 7. Bg3 O-O 8. Bd3
Qe7 9. Ne5 Nd7 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. O-O Bxg3 12. hxg3 e5 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Be2 f5
15. Nf3 Nxf3+ 16. Bxf3 c4 17. Qa4 Bd7 18. b3 Qc5 19. bxc4 Be6 20. Rab1 Rab8 21.
cxd5 Bxd5 22. Bxd5+ cxd5 23. Qd7 Rxb1 24. Rxb1 Qxc3 25. Qxd5+ Kh8 26. Qxf5 Rc8
27. Qd7 a5 28. a4 h6 29. Qf5 Rd8 30. Kh2 Re8 31. Rb5 Qa3 32. Rxa5 Rf8 33. Qc2
Qb4 34. Ra7 Qg4 35. Rb7 Rc8 36. Qd2 Qxa4 37. Qd7 Qxd7 38. Rxd7 Rc2 39. f3 Kh7
40. g4 Kg6 41. Rd6+ Kf7 42. Kg3 Re2 43. e4 Ke7 44. Rb6 Kf7 45. Ra6 Ke7 46. g5
hxg5 47. Rg6 Kf7 48. Rxg5 Kf6 49. Kf4 g6 50. g4 Re1 51. Ra5 Rf1 52. e5+ Kg7 53.
Ra7+ Kf8 54. Ra6 Kg7 55. Kg5 Rxf3 56. Ra7+ Kf8 57. Kxg6 Re3 58. Kf6 Rf3+ 59. Ke6
Rg3 60. Rf7+ Ke8 61. Rf4 Rg1 62. Kf6 Kf8 63. g5 Rg2 64. g6 Rg1 65. e6 Rg2 66.
e7+ Ke8 67. g7 Rg3 68. g8=Q+ Rxg8 69. Rd4 1-0
[Event “ch-USA w 2016”]
[Site “Saint Louis USA”]
[Date “2016.04.16”]
[Round “3.4”]
[White “Foisor, Sabina-Francesca”]
[Black “Zatonskih, Anna”]
[Result “1/2-1/2”]
[WhiteTitle “WGM”]
[BlackTitle “IM”]
[WhiteElo “2258”]
[BlackElo “2470”]
[ECO “E14”]
[Opening “Queen’s Indian”]
[Variation “4.e3”]
[WhiteFideId “1212915”]
[BlackFideId “14101572”]
[EventDate “2016.04.14”]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. e3 Bb7 5. Bd3 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. b3 d5 8. cxd5
exd5 9. Ba3 c5 10. Nc3 Nbd7 11. Rc1 Rc8 12. Bf5 g6 13. Bh3 cxd4 14. Bxe7 Qxe7
15. Qxd4 Rcd8 16. Bxd7 Rxd7 17. Rfd1 Rc8 18. Nb5 Rxc1 19. Rxc1 Ba6 20. a4 Ne8
21. Ne5 Bxb5 22. axb5 Rc7 23. Rxc7 Qxc7 24. Nc6 Qd6 25. Qxd5 Qxd5 26. Ne7+ Kf8
27. Nxd5 Nd6 28. Nc3 Ke7 29. e4 g5 30. f3 Ke6 31. Kf2 Ke5 32. Ke3 f5 33. g3 fxe4
34. Nxe4 Nf5+ 35. Kd3 h6 36. b4 Ne7 37. Nf2 Nf5 38. Ne4 Ne7 39. Nc3 Nf5 40. Ne2
Kd5 41. f4 gxf4 42. gxf4 h5 43. Ng3 Nd6 44. Nxh5 Nxb5 45. Ng7 a5 46. bxa5 bxa5
47. h4 Nd6 48. h5 Nf7 49. Nf5 a4 50. Ne3+ Kc5 51. Kc3 Nh6 52. f5 a3 53. f6 Kd6
54. Kb3 Ke6 55. Kxa3 Kxf6 56. Ng4+ 1/2-1/2
[Event “ch-USA w 2016”]
[Site “Saint Louis USA”]
[Date “2016.04.16”]
[Round “3.5”]
[White “Nemcova, Katerina”]
[Black “Gorti, Akshita”]
[Result “0-1”]
[WhiteTitle “WGM”]
[BlackTitle “FM”]
[WhiteElo “2367”]
[BlackElo “2184”]
[ECO “C06”]
[Opening “French”]
[Variation “Tarrasch, closed variation, main line”]
[WhiteFideId “322750”]
[BlackFideId “2072505”]
[EventDate “2016.04.14”]
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ne2 cxd4 8. cxd4
f6 9. exf6 Nxf6 10. Nf3 Bd6 11. O-O Qc7 12. h3 O-O 13. Be3 Bd7 14. Re1 Rae8 15.
Rc1 Qb8 16. Nc3 a6 17. Bb1 Re7 18. Rf1 Be8 19. Qd2 b5 20. Ng5 b4 21. Ne2 e5 22.
dxe5 Nxe5 23. Rfd1 Bh5 24. g4 Bf7 25. Nd4 Nc4 26. Rxc4 dxc4 27. Nxf7 Rfxf7 28.
Nc6 Bh2+ 29. Kf1 Qb5 30. Nxe7+ Rxe7 31. Qd8+ Re8 32. Qb6 Qxb6 33. Bxb6 Be5 34.
g5 Nh5 35. Re1 Kf7 36. Be4 Nf4 37. b3 cxb3 38. axb3 Bc3 39. Re3 Bd2 40. Bd3 Bxe3
41. Bc4+ Kg6 42. fxe3 Nxh3 43. Bxa6 Nxg5 44. Bd3+ Ne4 45. Kg2 Kf5 46. Ba5 h5 47.
Bxb4 g5 48. Bc5 Ra8 49. Be7 Ra2+ 50. Kg1 g4 51. b4 Rd2 52. Ba6 Ng5 53. Bc8+ Kg6
54. Kf1 g3 55. Bb7 h4 56. Bxg5 Kxg5 57. Bc8 Rb2 58. b5 Rxb5 59. Kg1 Rb2 60. Bd7
Re2 61. e4 Rxe4 62. Kg2 Re2+ 63. Kg1 Kf4 64. Bc8 Kf3 65. Bb7+ Re4 0-1
[Event “ch-USA w 2016”]
[Site “Saint Louis USA”]
[Date “2016.04.16”]
[Round “3.6”]
[White “Yu, Jennifer R”]
[Black “Bykovtsev, Agata”]
[Result “1/2-1/2”]
[WhiteTitle “WFM”]
[BlackTitle “WIM”]
[WhiteElo “2157”]
[BlackElo “2219”]
[ECO “E62”]
[Opening “King’s Indian”]
[Variation “fianchetto, Kavalek (Bronstein) variation”]
[WhiteFideId “2078341”]
[BlackFideId “2046547”]
[EventDate “2016.04.14”]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. g3 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Bg2 c6 7. O-O Qa5 8. e4 e5
9. h3 exd4 10. Nxd4 Qc5 11. Nde2 Ne8 12. b3 Nd7 13. Be3 Qa5 14. Qc2 a6 15. Rad1
b5 16. e5 Nxe5 17. f4 Bf5 18. Qd2 Nxc4 19. bxc4 bxc4 20. Bxc6 Rd8 21. Nd5 Qxd2
22. Rxd2 Bxh3 23. Rc1 Rb8 24. Ba7 Rb2 25. Rxb2 Bxb2 26. Rxc4 Bg4 27. Nec3 Bxc3
28. Rxc3 Be6 29. Ne7+ Kg7 30. Bd4+ f6 31. Bxe8 Rxe8 32. Rc7 Kf8 33. Bxf6 Bxa2
34. Kf2 Kf7 35. Bg5 Ke6 36. Nc6 h5 37. Ne7 Bb1 38. Ke3 Rb8 39. Kd4 Rb3 40. Nd5
Rd3+ 41. Kc4 Rxg3 42. Re7+ Kf5 43. Ne3+ Rxe3 44. Rxe3 Be4 45. Kd4 d5 46. Rg3 a5
47. Ke3 a4 48. Rg1 a3 49. Ra1 Kg4 50. Rxa3 h4 51. Ra1 h3 52. Rg1+ Kf5 53. Rc1 1/2-1/2
[Event “ch-USA w 2016”]
[Site “Saint Louis USA”]
[Date “2016.04.17”]
[Round “4.1”]
[White “Abrahamyan, Tatev”]
[Black “Paikidze, Nazi”]
[Result “1/2-1/2”]
[WhiteTitle “WGM”]
[BlackTitle “IM”]
[WhiteElo “2342”]
[BlackElo “2346”]
[ECO “B06”]
[Opening “Robatsch defence”]
[Variation “two knights, Suttles variation”]
[WhiteFideId “13301918”]
[BlackFideId “13603620”]
[EventDate “2016.04.14”]
1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 c6 4. Nf3 d6 5. h3 Nf6 6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O Nbd7 8. a4 e5
9. Re1 Qe7 10. Bf1 Rd8 11. g3 Nf8 12. Bg2 h6 13. Be3 b6 14. Qd2 Kh7 15. Nh2 exd4
16. Bxd4 Ne6 17. Be3 Rb8 18. Rad1 Bb7 19. Ng4 h5 20. Nxf6+ Qxf6 21. f4 d5 22.
exd5 cxd5 23. Nxd5 Bxd5 24. Bxd5 Nc7 25. c4 Nxd5 26. cxd5 Qxb2 27. Qxb2 Bxb2 28.
Bd4 Bxd4+ 29. Rxd4 Rd7 30. d6 Rbd8 31. Red1 Kg7 1/2-1/2
[Event “ch-USA w 2016”]
[Site “Saint Louis USA”]
[Date “2016.04.17”]
[Round “4.2”]
[White “Yu, Jennifer R”]
[Black “Yip, Carissa”]
[Result “1-0”]
[WhiteTitle “WFM”]
[WhiteElo “2157”]
[BlackElo “2164”]
[ECO “A16”]
[Opening “English”]
[Variation “Anglo-Gruenfeld, Czech defense”]
[WhiteFideId “2078341”]
[BlackFideId “2090732”]
[EventDate “2016.04.14”]
1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. cxd5 Nxd5 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Nb6 6. Nf3 Bg7 7. O-O Nc6 8. d3
O-O 9. Rb1 Bf5 10. h3 e5 11. b4 Nd4 12. Nxd4 exd4 13. Ne4 Nd5 14. Bd2 c6 15. b5
Qe7 16. bxc6 bxc6 17. Qc2 Rac8 18. Rb3 c5 19. Rfb1 Nb6 20. Rb5 Rfe8 21. Bg5 f6
22. Bf4 Bxe4 23. Bxe4 f5 24. Bf3 Be5 25. Bxe5 Qxe5 26. Rc1 Nd7 27. Qc4+ Kh8 28.
Rb7 Qd6 29. Rxa7 Ne5 30. Qd5 Nxf3+ 31. Qxf3 Qb6 32. Rb7 Qe6 33. Rc2 c4 34. dxc4
Rxc4 35. Rxc4 Qxc4 36. Qf4 Rxe2 37. Qb8+ Qg8 38. Qd6 Re1+ 39. Kh2 1-0
[Event “ch-USA w 2016”]
[Site “Saint Louis USA”]
[Date “2016.04.17”]
[Round “4.3”]
[White “Bykovtsev, Agata”]
[Black “Krush, Irina”]
[Result “0-1”]
[WhiteTitle “WIM”]
[BlackTitle “GM”]
[WhiteElo “2219”]
[BlackElo “2465”]
[ECO “B88”]
[Opening “Sicilian”]
[Variation “Sozin, Leonhardt variation”]
[WhiteFideId “2046547”]
[BlackFideId “2012782”]
[EventDate “2016.04.14”]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 e6 7. O-O Be7 8. Bb3
a6 9. Kh1 O-O 10. f4 Nxd4 11. Qxd4 b5 12. f5 b4 13. Ne2 e5 14. Qd3 a5 15. Bg5
Ba6 16. Bc4 Bxc4 17. Qxc4 Ng4 18. Bxe7 Qxe7 19. Qd3 Qh4 20. Qg3 Qxg3 21. Nxg3
Rfc8 22. Rac1 Rc4 23. Rfe1 Rac8 24. Re2 Kf8 25. Kg1 g6 26. h3 Nf6 27. Rf1 Ke7
28. Rff2 h5 29. b3 Rd4 30. h4 Rc3 31. Rf3 Rd1+ 32. Kh2 Ng4+ 33. Kh3 Rc1 34. fxg6
fxg6 35. Rd3 R3xc2 36. Rd5 Rc3 0-1
[Event “ch-USA w 2016”]
[Site “Saint Louis USA”]
[Date “2016.04.17”]
[Round “4.4”]
[White “Zatonskih, Anna”]
[Black “Melekhina, Alisa”]
[Result “1-0”]
[WhiteTitle “IM”]
[BlackTitle “FM”]
[WhiteElo “2470”]
[BlackElo “2205”]
[ECO “A58”]
[Opening “Benko gambit accepted”]
[WhiteFideId “14101572”]
[BlackFideId “2022613”]
[EventDate “2016.04.14”]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. bxa6 g6 6. Nc3 Bxa6 7. g3 d6 8. Bg2
Bg7 9. Nf3 Nbd7 10. Rb1 O-O 11. O-O Qa5 12. Bd2 Bb7 13. Qc2 Qa7 14. e4 Ba6 15.
Rfd1 Ng4 16. h3 Nge5 17. Nxe5 Nxe5 18. Bc1 Rfb8 19. b3 Rb4 20. Be3 Qc7 21. Rbc1
Rab8 22. Ne2 Qd8 23. f4 Nd7 24. Kh2 Rc8 25. Bf2 Rbb8 26. Qd2 c4 27. Nd4 Bxd4 28.
Bxd4 cxb3 29. axb3 Nc5 30. Bxc5 Rxc5 31. Rxc5 dxc5 32. Qa2 Qb6 33. Rc1 Bd3 34.
Rc3 c4 35. bxc4 Qd4 36. Rb3 Rxb3 37. Qxb3 Bxc4 38. Qb4 Kf8 39. Qb8+ Kg7 40. Qc7
Bd3 41. Qxe7 Qf2 42. Qc7 Qd2 43. Qe5+ f6 44. Qd4 Qc2 45. e5 Bf1 46. exf6+ Kg8
47. Qe4 Qxe4 48. Bxe4 Kf7 49. g4 Kxf6 50. Kg3 Ke7 51. h4 Kd6 52. h5 gxh5 53. g5
Bc4 54. Kh4 Be2 55. Bxh7 Kxd5 56. g6 Bd3 57. Kxh5 Kd4 58. Kg5 Ke3 59. f5 1-0
[Event “ch-USA w 2016”]
[Site “Saint Louis USA”]
[Date “2016.04.17”]
[Round “4.5”]
[White “Gorti, Akshita”]
[Black “Foisor, Sabina-Francesca”]
[Result “0-1”]
[WhiteTitle “FM”]
[BlackTitle “WGM”]
[WhiteElo “2184”]
[BlackElo “2258”]
[ECO “D37”]
[Opening “QGD”]
[Variation “4.Nf3”]
[WhiteFideId “2072505”]
[BlackFideId “1212915”]
[EventDate “2016.04.14”]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. Bf4 dxc4 6. e3 Nb6 7. Ne5 Bb4 8.
Nxc4 Nfd5 9. Qb3 Bd7 10. a4 Bxc3+ 11. bxc3 Nxf4 12. exf4 O-O 13. Ne5 Bc6 14.
Nxc6 bxc6 15. g3 Qd5 16. Qxd5 exd5 17. a5 Nc8 18. Bd3 Rb8 19. Ra2 Nd6 20. Kd2 c5
21. dxc5 Nb7 22. Re1 Nxc5 23. Re7 Rfc8 24. Bf5 Kf8 25. Re1 Rd8 26. Rb1 Rxb1 27.
Bxb1 Rb8 28. Bc2 Ke7 29. f3 Kd6 30. Bd1 Rb5 31. Be2 Rxa5 32. Rb2 Ra1 33. Bd1 Nd7
34. Rb7 Kc6 35. Rb2 Nb6 36. Be2 Rh1 37. h4 a5 38. Bb5+ Kc5 39. Ke3 c6 40. Bd3 h6
41. f5 f6 42. Kf4 Rc1 43. Bc2 a4 44. g4 a3 45. Ra2 Kc4 0-1
[Event “ch-USA w 2016”]
[Site “Saint Louis USA”]
[Date “2016.04.17”]
[Round “4.6”]
[White “Eswaran, Ashritha”]
[Black “Nemcova, Katerina”]
[Result “1/2-1/2”]
[WhiteTitle “WIM”]
[BlackTitle “WGM”]
[WhiteElo “2225”]
[BlackElo “2367”]
[ECO “C41”]
[Opening “Philidor”]
[Variation “exchange variation”]
[WhiteFideId “2080788”]
[BlackFideId “322750”]
[EventDate “2016.04.14”]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. g3 Bg7 7. Bg2 O-O 8. O-O
Nbd7 9. b3 Re8 10. Bb2 Nc5 11. Re1 c6 12. Qd2 Qb6 13. Rab1 Bg4 14. h3 Bd7 15. a3
Rad8 16. Kh2 Bc8 17. b4 Ncd7 18. f4 Qc7 19. Nb3 Nb6 20. Na5 Be6 21. Qd3 Qc8 22.
Ne2 d5 23. Bxf6 Bxf6 24. e5 Bf5 25. Qd2 Bg7 26. Nd4 Bd7 27. Ndb3 Nc4 28. Nxc4
dxc4 29. Na5 Bxh3 30. Qf2 Bxg2 31. Qxg2 c3 32. Nc4 Bf8 33. Rbd1 Qf5 34. Qe2 h5
35. Ne3 Qe6 36. Rd3 a5 37. bxa5 Bxa3 38. Nd1 Bb4 39. Nf2 Bxa5 40. Red1 Rxd3 41.
Qxd3 h4 42. Ne4 hxg3+ 43. Kg2 Kg7 44. Ng5 Qd5+ 45. Qxd5 cxd5 46. Rxd5 Bd8 47.
Ne4 Be7 48. Rd7 Kf8 49. Nxc3 Rc8 50. Nd5 Rxc2+ 51. Kxg3 Rd2 52. Rxe7 Rxd5 53.
Rxb7 Rd3+ 54. Kg4 Re3 55. Kg5 Kg7 56. Kg4 1/2-1/2
[Event “ch-USA w 2016”]
[Site “Saint Louis USA”]
[Date “2016.04.18”]
[Round “5.1”]
[White “Krush, Irina”]
[Black “Zatonskih, Anna”]
[Result “1/2-1/2”]
[WhiteTitle “GM”]
[BlackTitle “IM”]
[WhiteElo “2465”]
[BlackElo “2470”]
[ECO “D35”]
[Opening “QGD”]
[Variation “exchange, positional line, 5…c6”]
[WhiteFideId “2012782”]
[BlackFideId “14101572”]
[EventDate “2016.04.14”]
1. c4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 Bf5 7. Qf3 Bg6 8. Bxf6
Qxf6 9. Qxf6 gxf6 10. Nge2 Bd6 11. g3 Nd7 12. Nf4 Nb6 13. h4 h5 14. O-O-O O-O-O
15. Nxg6 fxg6 16. Bd3 f5 17. Ne2 Nd7 18. Nf4 Rhg8 19. Kd2 Rde8 20. Rb1 a5 21. a3
Kb8 22. Be2 Rc8 23. Nd3 c5 24. dxc5 Nxc5 25. Nxc5 Bxc5 26. Bd3 Rgf8 27. Rhf1
Rce8 28. b4 axb4 29. axb4 Bb6 30. Rbe1 Rf6 31. Re2 Bc7 32. Rc1 d4 33. exd4 Rd8
34. d5 Rxd5 35. Re8+ Bd8 36. Rc5 Rd7 37. Ke2 Rfd6 38. Rc3 Ka7 39. Rg8 Kb6 40.
Ra3 Bc7 41. Bc4 f4 42. gxf4 Rf6 43. Rg3 Rdd6 44. Bd3 Rxf4 45. R3xg6 Rxb4 46.
Rxd6+ Bxd6 47. Rg6 Kc7 48. Rh6 Rxh4 49. Bg6 b5 50. Rxh5 Rg4 51. Bf7 b4 52. f3
Rg7 53. Bd5 Rg1 54. Kd3 Rc1 55. Rh4 Kb6 56. Rc4 Rd1+ 57. Ke4 Re1+ 58. Kd3 Rd1+
59. Ke4 Bc5 60. Rc2 Kb5 61. f4 Re1+ 62. Kf5 Bd4 63. Bc4+ Kc5 64. Bf7+ Bc3 65.
Rg2 Rf1 66. Kg5 Rb1 67. Ba2 Rb2 68. Rxb2 Bxb2 69. f5 Kd6 1/2-1/2
[Event “ch-USA w 2016”]
[Site “Saint Louis USA”]
[Date “2016.04.18”]
[Round “5.2”]
[White “Paikidze, Nazi”]
[Black “Yu, Jennifer R”]
[Result “1-0”]
[WhiteTitle “IM”]
[BlackTitle “WFM”]
[WhiteElo “2346”]
[BlackElo “2157”]
[ECO “B91”]
[Opening “Sicilian”]
[Variation “Najdorf, Zagreb (fianchetto) variation”]
[WhiteFideId “13603620”]
[BlackFideId “2078341”]
[EventDate “2016.04.14”]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. g3 g6 7. Bg2 Bg7 8. O-O
O-O 9. h3 Qc7 10. Be3 Nc6 11. a4 Rb8 12. Nde2 b6 13. Nd5 Nxd5 14. exd5 Ne5 15.
b3 Bb7 16. Nd4 Rfe8 17. Qd2 e6 18. c4 Rbc8 19. Rac1 Qb8 20. f4 Nd7 21. b4 exd5
22. cxd5 b5 23. a5 Nf6 24. Nc6 Bxc6 25. dxc6 d5 26. Bd4 Ne4 27. Bxe4 Bxd4+ 28.
Qxd4 Rxe4 29. Qb6 Qc7 30. Rfd1 Rc4 31. Rxc4 dxc4 32. Qc5 Kg7 33. Rd6 c3 34.
Qxc3+ Kh6 35. g4 f6 36. Qxf6 Qa7+ 37. Kg2 Rc7 38. g5+ Kh5 39. Qe6 1-0
[Event “ch-USA w 2016”]
[Site “Saint Louis USA”]
[Date “2016.04.18”]
[Round “5.3”]
[White “Nemcova, Katerina”]
[Black “Abrahamyan, Tatev”]
[Result “1/2-1/2”]
[WhiteTitle “WGM”]
[BlackTitle “WGM”]
[WhiteElo “2367”]
[BlackElo “2342”]
[ECO “C15”]
[Opening “French”]
[Variation “Winawer, Alekhine (Maroczy) gambit”]
[WhiteFideId “322750”]
[BlackFideId “13301918”]
[EventDate “2016.04.14”]
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Ne2 Nc6 5. a3 Ba5 6. exd5 exd5 7. Qd3 Nge7 8.
Ng3 O-O 9. Be3 Be6 10. Be2 Qd7 11. O-O Nf5 12. Nxf5 Bxf5 13. Qd2 Ne7 14. Rae1 c6
15. Bf4 Ng6 16. Bg3 Bc7 17. Nd1 Rae8 18. Bf3 Ne7 19. Ne3 Be6 20. Bxc7 Qxc7 21.
Ng4 Nf5 22. Bd1 Nd6 23. c3 Bf5 24. Ne3 Bg6 25. Bc2 Bxc2 26. Nxc2 Qd7 27. Nb4 Nc4
28. Qc1 Rxe1 29. Rxe1 Re8 30. Nd3 Re7 31. Kf1 Qe8 1/2-1/2
[Event “ch-USA w 2016”]
[Site “Saint Louis USA”]
[Date “2016.04.18”]
[Round “5.4”]
[White “Yip, Carissa”]
[Black “Bykovtsev, Agata”]
[Result “0-1”]
[BlackTitle “WIM”]
[WhiteElo “2164”]
[BlackElo “2219”]
[ECO “B99”]
[Opening “Sicilian”]
[Variation “Najdorf, 7…Be7 main line”]
[WhiteFideId “2090732”]
[BlackFideId “2046547”]
[EventDate “2016.04.14”]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Be7 8. Qf3
Qc7 9. O-O-O Nbd7 10. g4 Rb8 11. Bh4 g6 12. g5 Nh5 13. f5 Ne5 14. Qf2 b5 15. Be2
b4 16. Nb1 h6 17. Rhg1 hxg5 18. Bxg5 Bxg5+ 19. Rxg5 Nf6 20. fxg6 Nxe4 21. g7 Rg8
22. Qh4 Nxg5 23. Qxg5 Qe7 24. Qh6 Bb7 25. h4 Rc8 26. h5 f6 27. Rg1 Kd7 28. Qh7
f5 29. Qh6 Nf7 30. Qg6 Ne5 31. Qh6 Nf7 32. Qd2 d5 33. Rg6 Ne5 34. Rxe6 Qxg7 35.
Rd6+ Ke8 36. Re6+ Kd7 37. b3 Qg1+ 38. Kb2 Nc6 39. Re3 Nxd4 40. Qxd4 Qg7 41.
Qxg7+ Rxg7 42. Bd3 Rf8 43. Rf3 Ke6 44. Rf4 a5 45. Nd2 Ke5 46. Rf2 Bc8 47. Nf3+
Kf6 48. Nd4 Kg5 49. Be2 f4 50. Bf3 Kh6 51. Ne2 Rg5 52. a3 Bg4 53. axb4 axb4 54.
Kc1 Kxh5 55. Kd2 Bxf3 56. Rxf3 Kg4 57. Nd4 Rh5 58. c3 Rh2+ 59. Kd3 bxc3 60. Kxc3
Rh3 0-1
[Event “ch-USA w 2016”]
[Site “Saint Louis USA”]
[Date “2016.04.18”]
[Round “5.5”]
[White “Foisor, Sabina-Francesca”]
[Black “Eswaran, Ashritha”]
[Result “1/2-1/2”]
[WhiteTitle “WGM”]
[BlackTitle “WIM”]
[WhiteElo “2258”]
[BlackElo “2225”]
[ECO “A46”]
[Opening “Queen’s pawn”]
[Variation “Yusupov-Rubinstein system”]
[WhiteFideId “1212915”]
[BlackFideId “2080788”]
[EventDate “2016.04.14”]
1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. e3 b6 4. Bd3 Bb7 5. O-O c5 6. c4 Be7 7. Nc3 cxd4 8. exd4
d5 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Ne5 O-O 11. Qg4 f5 12. Qe2 Bf6 13. Bc4 Nd7 14. Nc6 Qe8 15.
Nxd5 exd5 16. Bxd5+ Kh8 17. Qd1 Qc8 18. Qf3 b5 19. Ne5 Bxd5 20. Qxd5 Bxe5 21.
dxe5 Qe8 22. Bf4 Nb6 23. Qb3 Rc8 24. Rad1 Rc4 25. g3 Na4 26. Qa3 b4 27. Qb3 Qb5
28. Rc1 Re4 29. Rc7 Nb6 30. Qe6 Qd5 31. Qe7 Qg8 32. Rc5 Re8 33. Qxa7 Nd5 34. Qd7
Nxf4 35. gxf4 Rxf4 36. Rfc1 Rg4+ 37. Kf1 Rg6 38. Qxe8 Qxe8 39. Rc8 Re6 40. f4
Kg8 41. R1c4 Qxc8 42. Rxc8+ Kf7 43. Rb8 Ra6 44. Rxb4 Rxa2 45. Rb7+ Ke6 46. Kf2
g5 47. Rb6+ Kd5 48. Ke3 Ra4 49. Rd6+ Kc5 50. fxg5 Re4+ 51. Kf3 Rxe5 52. Rd7 Re1
53. Rxh7 Rf1+ 54. Kg3 Kd4 55. Rd7+ Ke3 56. Re7+ Kd3 57. h4 Rg1+ 58. Kf3 Rf1+ 59.
Kg2 Rf4 60. Kg3 Rg4+ 61. Kh3 Rg1 62. Kh2 Rg4 63. Rh7 Ke3 64. Rh6 f4 65. g6 f3
66. g7 Rxg7 67. Re6+ Kf2 68. h5 Rg5 69. Rh6 Ke2 70. Kh3 f2 71. Re6+ Kf1 72. Kh4
Rf5 73. Rc6 Ke2 74. Rc2+ Kd3 75. Rxf2 Rxf2 76. h6 Ke4 77. Kg5 Rxb2 78. h7 Rb8
79. Kf6 Kf4 80. Kg7 Rb7+ 81. Kg6 Rb8 1/2-1/2
[Event “ch-USA w 2016”]
[Site “Saint Louis USA”]
[Date “2016.04.18”]
[Round “5.6”]
[White “Melekhina, Alisa”]
[Black “Gorti, Akshita”]
[Result “0-1”]
[WhiteTitle “FM”]
[BlackTitle “FM”]
[WhiteElo “2205”]
[BlackElo “2184”]
[ECO “C02”]
[Opening “French”]
[Variation “advance, Nimzovich system”]
[WhiteFideId “2022613”]
[BlackFideId “2072505”]
[EventDate “2016.04.14”]
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Bd3 Bd7 6. O-O Rc8 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. a3
Nge7 9. Bf4 Ng6 10. Bg3 O-O 11. c4 a5 12. cxd5 exd5 13. Bxg6 hxg6 14. Qxd5 Ne7
15. Qd2 Nf5 16. Nc3 Bc6 17. Qf4 Qb6 18. Rab1 Rfd8 19. Na4 Bxa4 20. Qxa4 Nd4 21.
Nxd4 Rxd4 22. Qc2 Rcd8 23. Rbc1 Bf8 24. Rfe1 Rd2 25. Qc4 R8d4 26. Qc8 Rd8 27.
Qg4 Bc5 28. Rf1 Bd4 29. Bh4 Re8 30. Rc8 Rxc8 31. Qxc8+ Kh7 32. Qh3 Qe6 33. Qxe6
fxe6 34. b4 a4 35. Bg5 Ra2 36. Bc1 Bxe5 37. g3 Bf6 38. Re1 Ra1 39. Rf1 Kg8 40.
Kg2 Kf7 41. f4 Ke8 42. h3 Kd7 43. Kf2 Kc6 44. Ke2 Kb5 45. Rd1 Kc4 46. Rd7 Bc3
47. Bd2 Bxd2 48. Kxd2 Rxa3 49. Rxb7 Rxg3 50. b5 Rg2+ 51. Kc1 Kb3 52. b6 Rc2+ 53.
Kb1 a3 54. Rc7 Rf2 55. Rc1 Rxf4 56. b7 Rb4 57. Ka1 a2 58. Re1 Rxb7 59. Re3+ Kc4
60. Rxe6 Ra7 61. Rxg6 Kd5 62. h4 Ke5 63. h5 Kf5 64. Rg2 Kf6 65. Rh2 Kg5 66. Rh1
Kh6 67. Rh2 Ra5 68. Rg2 Rg5 69. Rb2 Kxh5 70. Kxa2 Ra5+ 71. Kb1 g5 72. Kc1 Rd5
73. Rh2+ Kg4 74. Kc2 Kf4 75. Rf2+ Kg3 76. Re2 g4 77. Re4 Kf3 78. Re8 g3 79. Rf8+
Kg2 80. Kc3 Kg1 81. Kc4 Rd7 82. Kc3 g2 83. Rh8 Rf7 84. Kd2 Kf2 0-1
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More Information: US Championships 2016 Website
