[Event "GCT 2021 Saint Louis - Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "11.08.2021"]
[Round "1R"]
[White "Shankland, Sam"]
[Black "Rapport, Richard"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle ""]
[BlackTitle ""]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[ECO "E06"]
[Opening "Catalan"]
[Variation "closed, 5.Nf3"]
[WhiteFideId "2004887"]
[BlackFideId "738590"]
[EventDate "2021.08.13"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Be7 4. Bg2 d5 5. Nf3 O-O 6. b3 a5 7. O-O a4 8. Ba3 Nc6
9. e3 Ne4 10. Qc1 Bxa3 11. Nxa3 Nb4 12. Rd1 Qe7 13. Nb5 Bd7 14. a3 axb3 15. axb4
Qxb4 16. Rb1 Ra2 17. Ne1 Nxf2 18. Qc3 Qxc4 19. Qxc4 dxc4 20. Nc3 Nxd1 21. Nxa2
Nxe3 22. Nc3 b5 23. Bf3 b4 24. Ne4 Nc2 25. Nc5 Bb5 26. d5 Na3 27. Rb2 exd5 28.
Bxd5 Re8 29. Be4 Re5 30. Rd2 g6 31. Rd5 Rxd5 32. Bxd5 b2 0-1

[Event "GCT 2021 Saint Louis - Rapid"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "11.08.2021"]
[Round "1R"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "Xiong, Jeffery"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle ""]
[BlackTitle ""]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[ECO "C50"]
[Opening "Giuoco Pianissimo"]
[WhiteFideId "3503240"]
[BlackFideId "2047640"]
[EventDate "2021.08.13"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. Re1 Ne7 8. d4
Bb6 9. a4 c6 10. dxe5 Ng4 11. Rf1 Nxe5 12. Nxe5 dxe5 13. Qxd8 Rxd8 14. a5 Bc7
15. Be3 Bd7 16. Rd1 Bg4 17. Rxd8+ Rxd8 18. Nd2 Nc8 19. f3 Bd7 20. b4 Kf8 21. Kf1
Ke7 22. Ke2 f6 23. Kd1 Be6 24. Bxe6 Kxe6 25. Kc2 g6 26. Nb3 b6 27. axb6 axb6 28.
Ra6 f5 29. Nd2 Kd7 30. Nc4 b5 31. Nd2 Nd6 32. Nb3 Nb7 33. Ra7 Kc8 34. Na5 Nxa5
35. bxa5 fxe4 36. fxe4 Rf8 37. Ra8+ Bb8 38. a6 1-0

[Event "GCT 2021 Saint Louis - Rapid"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "11.08.2021"]
[Round "1R"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle ""]
[BlackTitle ""]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[ECO "D31"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "Janowski variation"]
[WhiteFideId "5202213"]
[BlackFideId "12401137"]
[EventDate "2021.08.13"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 a6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. Bg5 Be6 7. e3 Nbd7 8. Bd3
Bd6 9. O-O c6 10. h3 O-O 11. Qd2 Re8 12. Rae1 h6 13. Bf4 Qc7 14. a3 Rad8 15. Qc1
Nb6 16. Re2 Qc8 17. Ne5 Bf5 18. Bxf5 Qxf5 19. Qd1 Nc4 20. Nxc4 dxc4 21. Bxd6
Rxd6 22. Qa4 b5 23. Qb4 Rde6 24. a4 Ne4 25. Nxe4 Qxe4 26. Qc3 Qd5 27. axb5 axb5
28. Rfe1 c5 29. dxc5 Rg6 30. e4 Qxc5 31. Rd1 b4 32. Qd4 Rc6 33. Qxc5 Rxc5 34.
Rd4 f5 35. e5 c3 36. bxc3 bxc3 37. Rc2 Rexe5 38. Rd3 Kf7 39. Rdxc3 Rxc3 40. Rxc3
Kf6 41. h4 g5 42. hxg5+ hxg5 43. Rc6+ Re6 44. Rc5 Re5 45. Rc6+ Re6 46. Rc5 Re5
47. Rc6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT 2021 Saint Louis - Rapid"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "11.08.2021"]
[Round "1R"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle ""]
[BlackTitle ""]
[WhiteElo "2806"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[ECO "A48"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "East Indian defence"]
[WhiteFideId "2020009"]
[BlackFideId "4102142"]
[EventDate "2021.08.13"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. e3 O-O 6. Be2 c5 7. dxc5 Nbd7 8.
Nxd5 Nxd5 9. Qxd5 Bxb2 10. O-O Bxa1 11. Rxa1 Qa5 12. Bh6 Qxc5 13. Qb3 Qb6 14.
Bxf8 Kxf8 15. Rd1 Qxb3 16. cxb3 e6 17. Rc1 Ke7 18. Nd4 a6 19. f4 Kd6 20. Bf3 Rb8
21. b4 e5 22. Nb3 f5 23. Kf2 e4 24. Be2 Nf6 25. Rd1+ Ke7 26. a4 Be6 27. Nc5 Nd7
28. Nxe6 Kxe6 29. Bc4+ Ke7 30. a5 Rc8 31. Rd4 Nb8 32. b5 Rc5 33. bxa6 bxa6 34.
Bg8 Nc6 35. Rd2 h6 36. Bh7 g5 37. fxg5 hxg5 38. g4 fxg4 39. Bxe4 Nxa5 40. Ra2
Nc4 41. Bd3 a5 42. Bxc4 Rxc4 43. Rxa5 Kf6 44. Kg3 Re4 45. Ra6+ Kf5 46. Ra5+ Kf6
47. Ra6+ Kf5 48. Ra5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT 2021 Saint Louis - Rapid"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "11.08.2021"]
[Round "1R"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle ""]
[BlackTitle ""]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[ECO "E32"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian"]
[Variation "classical variation"]
[WhiteFideId "13401319"]
[BlackFideId "2016192"]
[EventDate "2021.08.13"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 d5 7. Bg5 dxc4 8.
Qxc4 b6 9. Rd1 Ba6 10. Qa4 h6 11. Bh4 Qe7 12. Nf3 Rd8 13. g4 Bb7 14. Bg2 Nbd7
15. Rg1 c5 16. g5 hxg5 17. Nxg5 Bxg2 18. Rxg2 Nf8 19. Ne4 Ng6 20. Bg5 Qb7 21.
Bxf6 Qxe4 22. f3 Qf4 23. Bxd8 Rxd8 24. Qxa7 Qh4+ 25. Kf1 Nf4 26. Qc7 Nxg2 27.
Kxg2 Rd5 28. Kh1 Rxd4 29. Rxd4 Qxd4 30. Qxb6 Qd1+ 31. Kg2 Qxe2+ 32. Kg3 Qe5+ 33.
Kg2 Qe2+ 34. Kg3 Qe5+ 35. Kg2 Qe2+ 36. Kg3 Qe5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT 2021 Saint Louis - Rapid"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "11.08.2021"]
[Round "2R"]
[White "Rapport, Richard"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle ""]
[BlackTitle ""]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[ECO "E32"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian"]
[Variation "classical variation"]
[WhiteFideId "738590"]
[BlackFideId "2016192"]
[EventDate "2021.08.13"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 d5 7. Bg5 dxc4 8.
Qxc4 b6 9. Rd1 Ba6 10. Qa4 h6 11. Bh4 Qe7 12. Nf3 Rd8 13. e3 Bxf1 14. Rxf1 c5
15. dxc5 Rxd1+ 16. Qxd1 g5 17. Bg3 Qxc5 18. Qd8+ Kg7 19. Be5 Qc1+ 20. Ke2 Qc4+
21. Ke1 Qc1+ 22. Ke2 Qc4+ 23. Ke1 Qc1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT 2021 Saint Louis - Rapid"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "11.08.2021"]
[Round "2R"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle ""]
[BlackTitle ""]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[ECO "C42"]
[Opening "Petrov"]
[Variation "classical attack, Marshall variation"]
[WhiteFideId "4102142"]
[BlackFideId "13401319"]
[EventDate "2021.08.13"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. c4
c6 9. Qc2 Na6 10. a3 Bg4 11. Ne5 Bf5 12. b4 c5 13. cxd5 cxd4 14. Bxe4 Rc8 15.
Nc6 Bxe4 16. Qxe4 bxc6 17. dxc6 Qb6 18. Bb2 Rfd8 19. Nd2 Nb8 20. Nf3 Nxc6 21.
Rad1 Re8 22. Qg4 Bf8 23. Nxd4 Ne5 24. Qh3 a5 25. Nf5 Ng6 26. Bd4 Qe6 27. Qf3
axb4 28. axb4 Rb8 29. Bc5 Ne5 30. Qe4 Nc6 31. Qf4 Bxc5 32. bxc5 Qe5 33. Qf3 Qf6
34. Rd6 Ne5 35. Qe4 Ng6 36. Nh6+ Kh8 37. Qxe8+ Rxe8 38. Rxf6 gxf6 39. Nxf7+ Kg8
40. Nh6+ Kf8 41. g3 Ne5 42. Rc1 Rc8 43. Nf5 Nd3 44. Ra1 Rxc5 45. Ra8+ Kf7 46.
Ra7+ Kg6 47. Ne7+ Kg5 48. Ng8 Kg6 49. Ne7+ Kg5 50. Rd7 Rc3 51. Nd5 Rc1+ 52. Kg2
Rc2 53. h4+ Kh6 54. Kg1 0-1

[Event "GCT 2021 Saint Louis - Rapid"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "11.08.2021"]
[Round "2R"]
[White "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle ""]
[BlackTitle ""]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2806"]
[ECO "D02"]
[Opening "Queen's bishop game"]
[WhiteFideId "12401137"]
[BlackFideId "2020009"]
[EventDate "2021.08.13"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Bf4 e6 4. e3 Bd6 5. Nbd2 c5 6. c3 O-O 7. Bg3 b6 8. Bd3
Ba6 9. Bxa6 Nxa6 10. Qe2 Nb8 11. Ne5 Qc7 12. O-O Nc6 13. f4 Ne7 14. Bh4 Nd7 15.
Rad1 cxd4 16. exd4 Nf5 17. Bf2 Be7 18. Nd3 Nf6 19. Rde1 Rae8 20. g4 Nd6 21. Bg3
Nfe4 22. Kg2 Nxd2 23. Qxd2 Ne4 24. Qd1 Bd6 25. g5 f5 26. gxf6 Rxf6 27. Nf2 Nxf2
28. Rxf2 Bxf4 29. Rxf4 Rxf4 30. Qe2 Qf7 31. Bxf4 Qxf4 32. Rf1 Qd6 33. Qh5 Qe7
34. Qe5 b5 35. Rf3 a6 36. a3 h6 37. h3 Rf8 38. Re3 Kh8 39. Qxe6 Qg5+ 40. Rg3
Qd2+ 41. Kh1 Rf1+ 42. Rg1 Rxg1+ 43. Kxg1 Qc1+ 44. Kg2 Qxb2+ 45. Kg1 Qc1+ 46. Kf2
Qd2+ 47. Kf1 Qxc3 48. Qxd5 Qc4+ 49. Qxc4 bxc4 50. Ke2 g5 51. d5 Kg7 52. Ke3 h5
53. Kd4 g4 54. d6 Kf7 0-1

[Event "GCT 2021 Saint Louis - Rapid"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "11.08.2021"]
[Round "2R"]
[White "Xiong, Jeffery"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle ""]
[BlackTitle ""]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[ECO "C89"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Marshall counter-attack, 11...c6"]
[WhiteFideId "2047640"]
[BlackFideId "5202213"]
[EventDate "2021.08.13"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3
d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Rxe5 c6 12. d3 Bd6 13. Re1 Bf5 14. Qf3 Qh4 15.
g3 Qh3 16. Be3 Bxd3 17. Nd2 Bf5 18. Ne4 Bxe4 19. Qxe4 Rae8 20. Qf3 Nxe3 21. Rxe3
Rxe3 22. Qxe3 Qf5 23. Rd1 Bc5 24. Qf4 Qxf4 25. gxf4 a5 26. a3 a4 27. Ba2 Re8 28.
Rd7 Re2 29. Rd8+ Bf8 30. Rd7 g6 31. Bxf7+ Kh8 32. b4 axb3 33. Bxb3 Bxa3 34. Rd8+
Kg7 35. Rd7+ Re7 36. Rxe7+ Bxe7 37. Kg2 Kf6 38. Kf3 Bd6 39. Ke4 Bc5 40. f3 Bf2
41. Bc2 c5 42. Kd5 Be3 43. h3 b4 44. cxb4 cxb4 45. Kc4 Bd2 46. Be4 Ke6 47. Kb3
Kd6 48. Kc4 Bc3 49. Bc2 Ke6 50. Be4 Kf6 51. Kb3 Kg7 52. Kc4 Kf7 53. Kb3 Kf6 54.
Kc4 Bd2 55. Kb3 Bxf4 56. Kxb4 Kg5 57. Bd5 Kh4 58. Be6 Kg3 59. Kc4 Kxf3 60. Kd3
g5 61. Bc8 h5 62. Bd7 g4 63. Bxg4+ hxg4 64. hxg4 Bd2 65. Kxd2 Kxg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT 2021 Saint Louis - Rapid"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "11.08.2021"]
[Round "2R"]
[White "Shankland, Sam"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle ""]
[BlackTitle ""]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[ECO "D27"]
[Opening "QGA"]
[Variation "classical, Geller variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2004887"]
[BlackFideId "3503240"]
[EventDate "2021.08.13"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 a6 6. O-O c5 7. e4 b5 8. Be2
Nxe4 9. a4 b4 10. Nbd2 Bb7 11. Nxe4 Bxe4 12. Be3 cxd4 13. Nxd4 Nc6 14. Rc1 Nxd4
15. Bxd4 Bd6 16. g3 O-O 17. Bxg7 Bxg3 18. hxg3 Kxg7 19. Rc4 Qxd1 20. Rxd1 Bd5
21. Rxb4 a5 22. Rg4+ Kf6 23. b4 axb4 24. Rxb4 Rfc8 25. Ra1 Ra5 26. Rb5 Rxb5 27.
Bxb5 h5 28. a5 Kg5 29. a6 h4 30. gxh4+ Kxh4 31. a7 Kg5 32. Kf1 Kf6 33. Ke1 Ke7
34. Kd2 Kd6 35. Kd3 Ra8 36. Kd4 Kc7 37. Bd3 Kb6 38. Be4 Bxe4 39. Kxe4 Rxa7 40.
Rxa7 Kxa7 41. Ke5 Kb6 42. Kf6 Kc5 43. Kxf7 Kd5 44. f4 Ke4 45. Kxe6 Kxf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT 2021 Saint Louis - Rapid"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "11.08.2021"]
[Round "3R"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "Rapport, Richard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle ""]
[BlackTitle ""]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[ECO "C53"]
[Opening "Giuoco Piano"]
[WhiteFideId "3503240"]
[BlackFideId "738590"]
[EventDate "2021.08.13"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 h6 6. O-O d6 7. b4 Bb6 8. Nbd2
O-O 9. Re1 a6 10. a4 Ng4 11. Re2 Ne7 12. d4 Ng6 13. Re1 Qf6 14. Bb2 h5 15. Bf1
c6 16. h3 Nh6 17. a5 Ba7 18. Nc4 Re8 19. Bc1 Nf4 20. Bxf4 exf4 21. e5 dxe5 22.
Nfxe5 g6 23. Qf3 Kg7 24. Nd3 Rxe1 25. Rxe1 g5 26. Qxh5 Bf5 27. Qf3 Rh8 28. Nce5
Bc8 29. h4 g4 30. Qxf4 Qxh4 31. g3 Qh5 32. Bg2 Bb8 33. Qd2 Ng8 34. Nf4 Qh6 35.
Kf1 Nf6 36. Ke2 Nh5 37. Nxh5+ Qxh5 38. Rh1 Qf5 39. Rxh8 Kxh8 40. Qd3 Qe6 41. Qe3
Qa2+ 42. Qd2 Qe6 43. Kf1 Bc7 44. Qg5 Bxe5 45. Qxe5+ Kg8 46. Qxe6 Bxe6 47. Ke2
Kg7 48. Ke3 f5 49. Kf4 Kf6 50. Bf1 Bd7 51. Bd3 Bc8 52. Bc4 Bd7 53. d5 Be8 54.
Bd3 1-0

[Event "GCT 2021 Saint Louis - Rapid"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "11.08.2021"]
[Round "3R"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Shankland, Sam"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle ""]
[BlackTitle ""]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[ECO "D12"]
[Opening "QGD Slav"]
[Variation "4.e3 Bf5"]
[WhiteFideId "5202213"]
[BlackFideId "2004887"]
[EventDate "2021.08.13"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Be4 7. f3 Bg6 8. Qb3 Qc7
9. cxd5 cxd5 10. Bd2 Nc6 11. O-O-O a6 12. Nxg6 hxg6 13. Kb1 Nd7 14. Rc1 Be7 15.
Bd3 Rc8 16. Ne2 O-O 17. h4 b5 18. h5 g5 19. Ka1 Nb6 20. Bb1 Nc4 21. Be1 Bf6 22.
Qd3 Rfd8 23. b3 Nd6 24. Bb4 Kf8 25. Bc5 e5 26. Nc3 Ne7 27. Qh7 Ke8 28. Rhe1 Kd7
29. dxe5 Bxe5 30. Bd4 Bxd4 31. exd4 Qa5 32. Kb2 Re8 33. Qxg7 Qb4 34. Bd3 Nc4+
35. Bxc4 bxc4 36. Qxf7 cxb3 37. Qe6+ Kd8 38. a3 Qb8 39. Nxd5 Rxc1 40. Rxc1 Ng8
41. Qxa6 1-0

[Event "GCT 2021 Saint Louis - Rapid"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "11.08.2021"]
[Round "3R"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Xiong, Jeffery"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle ""]
[BlackTitle ""]
[WhiteElo "2806"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[ECO "B10"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann defence"]
[WhiteFideId "2020009"]
[BlackFideId "2047640"]
[EventDate "2021.08.13"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. d3 g6 4. e5 Bg7 5. d4 f6 6. h3 Bf5 7. Bd3 Bxd3 8. cxd3 Nd7
9. Qe2 e6 10. O-O Nh6 11. exf6 Qxf6 12. Re1 Nf5 13. Nbd2 O-O 14. Nb3 Rae8 15.
Bd2 e5 16. Bb4 Nd6 17. Nc5 Nxc5 18. dxe5 b6 19. exf6 Rxe2 20. Rxe2 Bxf6 21. d4
Nce4 22. Rc1 c5 23. dxc5 Rc8 24. c6 1-0

[Event "GCT 2021 Saint Louis - Rapid"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "11.08.2021"]
[Round "3R"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle ""]
[BlackTitle ""]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[ECO "C26"]
[Opening "Vienna"]
[Variation "Falkbeer variation"]
[WhiteFideId "13401319"]
[BlackFideId "12401137"]
[EventDate "2021.08.13"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. d4 exd4 4. Qxd4 Nc6 5. Qd3 Bc5 6. Bf4 O-O 7. f3 d5 8.
O-O-O d4 9. Nb1 Be6 10. a3 Qe7 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bh4 Ne5 13. Qd2 Ng6 14. Bg3 Rfd8
15. Bd3 Bb6 16. h4 c5 17. h5 c4 18. hxg6 cxd3 19. Qxd3 Rac8 20. e5 Bc4 21. Qd2
Bb3 22. exf6 Qe3 23. gxf7+ Kxf7 0-1

[Event "GCT 2021 Saint Louis - Rapid"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "11.08.2021"]
[Round "3R"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle ""]
[BlackTitle ""]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[ECO "E60"]
[Opening "King's Indian, 3.Nf3"]
[WhiteFideId "2016192"]
[BlackFideId "4102142"]
[EventDate "2021.08.13"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 c6 5. Bg2 d5 6. Qb3 a5 7. cxd5 a4 8. Qd1
cxd5 9. O-O O-O 10. Nc3 Qa5 11. Bd2 Nc6 12. e3 Qa6 13. Re1 Bf5 14. Bf1 Qa7 15.
h3 h5 16. Nh4 Bd7 17. Nf3 Bf5 18. a3 Rfd8 19. Bg2 Qa6 20. Bf1 Qa7 21. Rc1 Ne4
22. Nh4 Nxd2 23. Qxd2 Bc8 24. f4 Qa5 25. Qg2 e6 26. Bd3 Ne7 27. g4 hxg4 28. hxg4
Bd7 29. Rf1 Qb6 30. Nf3 Rdc8 31. Rc2 Qd8 32. Qh3 f6 33. Nh4 Be8 34. Rh2 Bf7 35.
Nf3 Qd6 36. g5 f5 37. Ne5 Rxc3 38. bxc3 Qxa3 39. Qh7+ Kf8 40. Nd7+ Ke8 1-0

[Event "GCT 2021 Saint Louis - Rapid"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "12.08.2021"]
[Round "4R"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle ""]
[BlackTitle ""]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[ECO "C53"]
[Opening "Giuoco Piano"]
[WhiteFideId "3503240"]
[BlackFideId "5202213"]
[EventDate "2021.08.13"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. Re1 a6 8. a4 h6
9. h3 Re8 10. Nbd2 Be6 11. Bxe6 Rxe6 12. b4 Ba7 13. Qc2 Qd7 14. Rb1 b5 15. Ra1
Ree8 16. Nf1 d5 17. Bd2 Rad8 18. Ng3 Qe6 19. Nf5 Kh8 20. g4 dxe4 21. dxe4 Qc4
22. Qa2 Qxa2 23. Rxa2 Rd3 24. Kg2 h5 25. g5 Ng8 26. axb5 axb5 27. c4 bxc4 28. b5
Nd4 29. N3xd4 Bxd4 30. Rc1 c3 31. Be1 g6 32. Ng3 f6 33. Kf1 Rf3 34. Kg2 Rd3 35.
Kf1 h4 36. Ke2 Rd2+ 37. Bxd2 cxd2 38. Rxc7 hxg3 39. fxg3 fxg5 40. Rxd2 Nf6 41.
b6 Bxb6 42. Rc6 Nxe4 43. Rxb6 Nxd2 44. Kxd2 Kg7 45. Ke3 Ra8 46. Rb7+ Kh6 47. Re7
Ra3+ 48. Kf2 g4 49. hxg4 Ra5 50. Re6 Kg5 51. Kf3 Rb5 52. Kf2 Rb2+ 53. Kf3 Rb3+
54. Kf2 Kxg4 55. Rxg6+ Kf5 56. Ra6 Rb2+ 57. Ke3 Rb3+ 58. Kf2 Ke4 59. Ra4+ Kd3
60. Kf3 Kd2+ 61. Ke4 Re3+ 62. Kf5 Rxg3 63. Kxe5 Rc3 64. Rd4+ Rd3 65. Rxd3+ Kxd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT 2021 Saint Louis - Rapid"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "12.08.2021"]
[Round "4R"]
[White "Shankland, Sam"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle ""]
[BlackTitle ""]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2806"]
[ECO "E39"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian"]
[Variation "classical, Pirc variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2004887"]
[BlackFideId "2020009"]
[EventDate "2021.08.13"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 O-O 6. a3 Bxc5 7. Nf3 d5 8. Bg5
Be7 9. e3 h6 10. Bh4 Nc6 11. Rd1 Qa5 12. Bd3 Bd7 13. O-O Rac8 14. cxd5 Nxd5 15.
Nxd5 exd5 16. Bxe7 Nxe7 17. Qd2 Qb6 18. Nd4 Nc6 19. Bb5 Bg4 20. Be2 Bd7 21. Bf3
Be6 22. Qe2 Ne5 23. h3 Rc4 24. Bh5 Bd7 25. Qd2 Rfc8 26. Be2 R4c7 27. Qb4 Qg6 28.
Kh2 Nc4 29. Bxc4 dxc4 30. Ne2 Bc6 31. f3 Qg5 32. Qc3 Re7 33. e4 b5 34. Nd4 Bd7
35. f4 Qc5 36. e5 Ree8 37. Rf3 Rcd8 38. Rg3 Bc8 39. e6 f6 40. f5 Bb7 41. Rg4 g5
42. fxg6 Qe5+ 43. Rg3 h5 44. h4 Be4 45. Qe3 f5 46. Qh6 Qg7 47. Qxh5 Rd5 48. Rg5
Re7 49. Nxf5 Qe5+ 50. Ng3 Qxb2 51. Nxe4 1-0

[Event "GCT 2021 Saint Louis - Rapid"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "12.08.2021"]
[Round "4R"]
[White "Xiong, Jeffery"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle ""]
[BlackTitle ""]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[ECO "D90"]
[Opening "Gruenfeld"]
[Variation "Three knights variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2047640"]
[BlackFideId "13401319"]
[EventDate "2021.08.13"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. d4 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. h4 c6 6. cxd5 cxd5 7. Bf4 Nc6 8. e3
O-O 9. Qb3 b6 10. Be2 Bg4 11. Ne5 Na5 12. Qd1 Bxe2 13. Qxe2 Rc8 14. Qa6 e6 15.
O-O Nh5 16. Bh2 Bxe5 17. Bxe5 Nc4 18. Nb5 Qxh4 19. Nd6 Nxd6 20. Bxd6 Rfd8 21.
Qb7 Qe4 22. Rac1 Rc2 23. Qxa7 Rdc8 24. Rxc2 Qxc2 25. Qxb6 Nf6 26. Qb7 Ne4 27.
Bc5 Re8 28. Qb5 Rc8 29. Qb7 Re8 30. Qb5 Rc8 31. Qb7 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT 2021 Saint Louis - Rapid"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "12.08.2021"]
[Round "4R"]
[White "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle ""]
[BlackTitle ""]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[ECO "E32"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian"]
[Variation "classical variation"]
[WhiteFideId "12401137"]
[BlackFideId "2016192"]
[EventDate "2021.08.13"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 d5 7. Bg5 dxc4 8.
Qxc4 b6 9. Rd1 Ba6 10. Qa4 h6 11. Bh4 Qe7 12. Nf3 Rd8 13. e4 Bxf1 14. Rxf1 g5
15. Nxg5 hxg5 16. Bxg5 e5 17. Rd3 Rxd4 18. Bxf6 Rxa4 19. Bxe7 Rxe4+ 20. Kd2 Nc6
21. Bf6 Rf4 22. Bg5 Rg4 23. Rg3 Rd4+ 24. Ke2 Kh7 25. Rh3+ Kg7 26. Bh6+ Kg8 27.
Rc1 Rd6 28. Be3 Rad8 29. Rh4 b5 30. g3 R8d7 31. Rc5 a6 32. a4 bxa4 33. Rxa4 Nd4+
34. Bxd4 exd4 35. Kd3 Rf6 36. f4 Rb6 37. b4 Re6 38. Re5 Rc6 39. Ra3 Rc1 40. Rxa6
Rd1+ 41. Kc2 Rg1 42. Rg5+ Kh7 43. Rh5+ Kg7 44. Rg5+ Kf8 45. Ra8+ Ke7 46. Re5+
Kf6 47. Ra6+ Kg7 48. Rg5+ Kf8 49. Ra8+ Ke7 50. Re5+ Kf6 51. Ra6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT 2021 Saint Louis - Rapid"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "12.08.2021"]
[Round "4R"]
[White "Rapport, Richard"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle ""]
[BlackTitle ""]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[ECO "A20"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[WhiteFideId "738590"]
[BlackFideId "4102142"]
[EventDate "2021.08.13"]

1. c4 e5 2. b3 Nf6 3. Bb2 Nc6 4. Nf3 e4 5. Nd4 Bc5 6. Nf5 O-O 7. e3 d5 8. cxd5
Nb4 9. Ng3 Nbxd5 10. Nc3 Re8 11. Nxd5 Nxd5 12. Bc4 c6 13. O-O Bd6 14. d3 exd3
15. Qxd3 Be6 16. Rad1 Bf8 17. e4 Nf4 18. Qf3 Qc7 19. Nf5 Bxf5 20. exf5 b5 21.
Rd4 bxc4 22. Rxf4 cxb3 23. axb3 Bd6 24. Rh4 Be5 25. Bc1 Qd6 26. Qh5 h6 27. Rg4
Kf8 28. Be3 Rab8 29. b4 Rxb4 30. Rxb4 Qxb4 31. f6 Kg8 32. fxg7 Bxg7 33. Bxh6 Re1
34. Bxg7 Rxf1+ 35. Kxf1 Kxg7 36. Qg5+ Kh7 37. Qf5+ Kg7 38. Qg5+ Kh7 39. Qf5+ Kg7
40. Qg5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT 2021 Saint Louis - Rapid"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "12.08.2021"]
[Round "5R"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle ""]
[BlackTitle ""]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[ECO "C50"]
[Opening "Giuoco Pianissimo"]
[WhiteFideId "4102142"]
[BlackFideId "12401137"]
[EventDate "2021.08.13"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 Nc6 4. Nf3 Bc5 5. O-O h6 6. a4 a5 7. Be3 Bxe3 8. fxe3
O-O 9. Nc3 d6 10. d4 Bg4 11. Qd2 Bh5 12. Qf2 Ng4 13. Qe1 Nb4 14. Bb3 Kh8 15. h3
Nf6 16. dxe5 dxe5 17. Nxe5 Qe7 18. Qg3 Rae8 19. Rf5 Kh7 20. Raf1 Bg6 21. Nxg6
fxg6 22. Rxa5 Nxe4 23. Nxe4 Rxf1+ 24. Kxf1 Qxe4 25. Rc5 Na6 26. Rc4 Qe7 27. c3
Qe6 28. a5 Qf5+ 29. Kg1 Qb1+ 30. Kh2 Qxb2 31. Ba4 c6 32. Bxc6 bxc6 33. Rxc6 g5
34. Qd6 Qc2 35. Rxa6 Rxe3 36. Ra7 Qf5 37. Qd4 Qe5+ 38. Qxe5 Rxe5 39. a6 Rc5 40.
Rb7 Rxc3 41. a7 Ra3 42. Kg1 Kg6 43. Kf2 h5 44. Ke2 h4 45. Kd2 Kf5 46. Rxg7 Ke4
47. Kc2 Kf4 48. Kb2 Ra6 49. Kb3 Ke3 50. Rf7 Kd4 51. Kb4 Ra1 52. Kb5 Kd5 53. Kb6
Kd6 54. Kb7 Rb1+ 55. Kc8 Ra1 56. Kb8 1-0

[Event "GCT 2021 Saint Louis - Rapid"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "12.08.2021"]
[Round "5R"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Xiong, Jeffery"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle ""]
[BlackTitle ""]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[ECO "D30"]
[Opening "Queen's gambit declined"]
[WhiteFideId "2016192"]
[BlackFideId "2047640"]
[EventDate "2021.08.13"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. cxd5 exd5 4. Nc3 c6 5. Bf4 Bf5 6. e3 Nd7 7. Nf3 Ngf6 8. h3
Be7 9. a3 a5 10. g4 Bg6 11. Bd3 Bxd3 12. Qxd3 O-O 13. O-O Re8 14. Nd2 Nf8 15.
Bg3 Bd6 16. f4 b5 17. Rac1 Qb6 18. Bf2 Ne6 19. Bh4 Nd7 20. f5 Nc7 21. Bf2 c5 22.
e4 Bf4 23. Rcd1 Qh6 24. Ncb1 cxd4 25. Bxd4 Ne5 26. Bxe5 Bxe5 27. Nc3 Rad8 28.
Nxd5 Nxd5 29. exd5 Bxb2 30. Rf3 Re5 31. Nf1 Qb6+ 32. Kg2 Qd6 33. Qxb5 Bxa3 34.
Qxa5 Bc5 35. Re1 Rxd5 36. Qa4 Re5 37. Rxe5 Qxe5 38. Qc2 Rb8 39. Rc3 Qd5+ 40. Kh2
Bd6+ 41. Kg1 h5 42. gxh5 Be5 43. Rc8+ Rxc8 44. Qxc8+ Kh7 45. Qc2 Kh6 46. Qd2+
Qxd2 47. Nxd2 Kg5 48. Nf3+ Kxf5 49. h6 gxh6 50. Kg2 Ke4 51. Nd2+ Kf4 52. Nf3 f5
53. Nh4 Bf6 54. Nxf5 Kxf5 55. h4 Bxh4 56. Kh1 h5 57. Kg2 Kg4 58. Kh2 Bg3+ 59.
Kg2 h4 60. Kg1 h3 61. Kh1 Kf3 62. Kg1 h2+ 63. Kh1 Bf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT 2021 Saint Louis - Rapid"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "12.08.2021"]
[Round "5R"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Shankland, Sam"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle ""]
[BlackTitle ""]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[ECO "D45"]
[Opening "QGD semi-Slav"]
[Variation "Stoltz variation"]
[WhiteFideId "13401319"]
[BlackFideId "2004887"]
[EventDate "2021.08.13"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. b3 O-O 8. Be2 b6
9. O-O Bb7 10. Bb2 Qe7 11. Rad1 Rad8 12. e4 dxe4 13. Nxe4 Nxe4 14. Qxe4 f5 15.
Qe3 c5 16. Rfe1 cxd4 17. Nxd4 e5 18. Nb5 Bc5 19. Qg3 f4 20. Qh3 Nf6 21. Nc3
Bxf2+ 22. Kxf2 Bc8 23. Rxd8 Rxd8 24. g4 Rd2 25. Rd1 Bxg4 0-1

[Event "GCT 2021 Saint Louis - Rapid"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "12.08.2021"]
[Round "5R"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Rapport, Richard"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle ""]
[BlackTitle ""]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[ECO "C50"]
[Opening "Giuoco Pianissimo"]
[WhiteFideId "5202213"]
[BlackFideId "738590"]
[EventDate "2021.08.13"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 d6 5. O-O h6 6. c3 Bb6 7. Re1 Nge7 8. b4 a6
9. Bb3 O-O 10. Nbd2 Kh8 11. Nc4 Ba7 12. a4 f5 13. Ra2 b5 14. Ne3 f4 15. Nd5 Bg4
16. h3 Bh5 17. axb5 axb5 18. d4 exd4 19. Nxf4 Rxf4 20. Bxf4 Qf8 21. Bh2 dxc3 22.
g4 Bf7 23. Bxf7 Qxf7 24. Rc2 Qc4 25. Qc1 Nd4 26. Rxc3 Ne2+ 27. Rxe2 Qxe2 28. Qe1
Qb2 29. Qd2 Qxb4 30. Rxc7 Qxe4 31. Kg2 Nd5 32. Rf7 b4 33. Bxd6 Rd8 34. Qb2 Bd4
35. Qxd4 Qxd4 36. Nxd4 Rxd6 37. Kf3 Rb6 38. Nb3 Rc6 39. Nd4 Rc4 40. Ke4 Nf6+ 41.
Ke5 Rc3 42. Rb7 Rxh3 43. Kf5 Kh7 44. Rxb4 Rd3 45. f3 Nd5 46. Ra4 Nb6 47. Rb4 Nd5
48. Ra4 Nb6 49. Rb4 Nd5 50. Ra4 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT 2021 Saint Louis - Rapid"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "12.08.2021"]
[Round "5R"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle ""]
[BlackTitle ""]
[WhiteElo "2806"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[ECO "A05"]
[Opening "Reti opening"]
[WhiteFideId "2020009"]
[BlackFideId "3503240"]
[EventDate "2021.08.13"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. O-O e5 5. e4 d6 6. d3 g6 7. c4 Bg7 8. Nc3 O-O
9. a3 Nd4 10. h3 a5 11. Nxd4 exd4 12. Nb5 a4 13. f4 Ne8 14. f5 Bd7 15. b3 axb3
16. Qxb3 Be5 17. Bf4 g5 18. Bxe5 dxe5 19. a4 f6 20. Rfb1 Bc6 21. Qd1 Kh8 22. Kh2
Ra5 23. Qd2 Qa8 24. Qd1 Qd8 25. Bf3 Qe7 26. Qd2 Ra6 27. a5 Rg8 28. g4 Nd6 29.
Nxd6 Qxd6 30. Kg3 Kg7 31. h4 h6 32. Rh1 Raa8 33. Bd1 Qc7 34. Ba4 Rxa5 35. hxg5
hxg5 36. Qh2 Kf8 37. Bxc6 bxc6 38. Qh6+ Kf7 39. Qh7+ Rg7 40. Qh5+ Ke7 41. Qh8
Rf7 42. Rh7 1-0

[Event "GCT 2021 Saint Louis - Rapid"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "12.08.2021"]
[Round "6R"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle ""]
[BlackTitle ""]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2806"]
[ECO "C50"]
[Opening "Giuoco Pianissimo"]
[WhiteFideId "5202213"]
[BlackFideId "2020009"]
[EventDate "2021.08.13"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 h6 5. c3 Nf6 6. b4 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. Re1 d6
9. a4 Nb8 10. Bb3 c6 11. Nbd2 a5 12. b5 Nbd7 13. d4 cxb5 14. axb5 exd4 15. cxd4
Nb6 16. Ba3 a4 17. Bc2 Be6 18. h3 d5 19. e5 Nh5 20. g3 Bxa3 21. Rxa3 Qe7 22.
Ree3 Rfc8 23. Nh4 g6 24. Nf5 gxf5 0-1

[Event "GCT 2021 Saint Louis - Rapid"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "12.08.2021"]
[Round "6R"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle ""]
[BlackTitle ""]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[ECO "C42"]
[Opening "Petrov"]
[Variation "classical attack, Marshall variation"]
[WhiteFideId "3503240"]
[BlackFideId "13401319"]
[EventDate "2021.08.13"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. c4
c6 9. Qb3 dxc4 10. Bxc4 b5 11. Bd3 Nf6 12. Re1 Na6 13. a3 Bg4 14. Bc2 Re8 15.
Ne5 Qc7 16. Qg3 c5 17. Bg5 cxd4 18. Bxf6 Qxc2 19. Qxg4 Qg6 20. Qxg6 hxg6 21.
Bxg7 Kxg7 22. Nf3 Rxe1+ 23. Nxe1 Bf4 24. Nd3 Rc8 25. Kf1 Nc5 26. Nxf4 Nb3 27.
Ra2 Rc1+ 28. Ke2 Rxb1 29. Nd3 a5 30. g4 a4 31. Kf3 Rd1 32. Nb4 d3 0-1

[Event "GCT 2021 Saint Louis - Rapid"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "12.08.2021"]
[Round "6R"]
[White "Rapport, Richard"]
[Black "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle ""]
[BlackTitle ""]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[ECO "A07"]
[Opening "Reti"]
[Variation "King's Indian attack (Barcza system)"]
[WhiteFideId "738590"]
[BlackFideId "12401137"]
[EventDate "2021.08.13"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Bg4 4. c4 e6 5. O-O Nf6 6. d3 dxc4 7. dxc4 Qxd1 8.
Rxd1 Nbd7 9. Bf4 O-O-O 10. Nbd2 Be7 11. h3 Bh5 12. g4 Bg6 13. Nh4 Nc5 14. Nxg6
hxg6 15. Nf3 Rxd1+ 16. Rxd1 Rd8 17. Rc1 Nfd7 18. b4 Ne4 19. c5 f5 20. e3 Bf6 21.
Bf1 Bc3 22. b5 e5 23. Bh2 Rf8 24. bxc6 bxc6 25. Nh4 fxg4 26. Nxg6 Rxf2 27. Bg2
Ndxc5 28. Bxe4 Nxe4 29. Rxc3 Rf6 30. Rxc6+ Rxc6 31. Ne7+ Kd7 32. Nxc6 Kxc6 33.
Bxe5 gxh3 34. Bxg7 Kd5 35. Kh2 Nf2 36. Kg3 Ng4 37. Kxh3 Nxe3 38. Bh8 Kc4 39. Kg3
Nd5 40. Kf3 Nb4 41. a4 Nd3 42. Ke3 a5 43. Bf6 Nc5 44. Bd8 Kb4 45. Bxa5+ Kxa5 46.
Kf3 Nxa4 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT 2021 Saint Louis - Rapid"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "12.08.2021"]
[Round "6R"]
[White "Shankland, Sam"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle ""]
[BlackTitle ""]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[ECO "E32"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian"]
[Variation "classical variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2004887"]
[BlackFideId "2016192"]
[EventDate "2021.08.13"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. Nf3 d5 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bxf6 Qxf6 8. a3
Bxc3+ 9. Qxc3 dxc4 10. Qxc4 Nc6 11. Qc3 Re8 12. Rd1 e5 13. d5 Nb8 14. e3 Bg4 15.
Be2 Nd7 16. O-O Bxf3 17. Bxf3 e4 18. Qxc7 exf3 19. Qxd7 fxg2 20. Rfe1 Qxb2 21.
Rb1 Qxa3 22. Rxb7 Rf8 23. e4 a5 24. Re3 Qc1+ 25. Kxg2 a4 26. Ra7 Rab8 27. Qc6
Qxc6 28. dxc6 Ra8 29. Rxa8 Rxa8 30. Ra3 Rc8 31. Rxa4 Rxc6 32. Ra5 Rc3 33. Rb5
Ra3 34. Rd5 Rc3 35. Rb5 Ra3 36. Rd5 Rc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT 2021 Saint Louis - Rapid"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "12.08.2021"]
[Round "6R"]
[White "Xiong, Jeffery"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle ""]
[BlackTitle ""]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[ECO "D02"]
[Opening "Queen's bishop game"]
[WhiteFideId "2047640"]
[BlackFideId "4102142"]
[EventDate "2021.08.13"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bf4 e6 4. e3 Bd6 5. Nbd2 O-O 6. Bd3 b6 7. Qe2 Bb7 8. c3
c5 9. Ne5 Nc6 10. Ndf3 Qc7 11. Nxc6 Bxc6 12. Bxd6 Qxd6 13. Ne5 Rab8 14. a4 Nd7
15. f4 f5 16. g4 Nxe5 17. fxe5 Qe7 18. gxf5 exf5 19. Qg2 Qh4+ 20. Qg3 Qxg3+ 21.
hxg3 g6 22. Bb5 Rbc8 23. Ke2 Kg7 24. Kf3 h5 25. Kf4 a5 26. Be2 Kh6 27. Kf3 Kg5
28. Kf2 Bd7 29. Bf3 Be6 30. Rac1 Rc7 31. Rhg1 Kh6 32. Rcd1 cxd4 33. Rxd4 Rc5 34.
Rgd1 Re8 35. Bxd5 Bxd5 36. Rxd5 Rxe5 37. Rd6 b5 38. Rb6 bxa4 39. Rdd6 Rb5 40.
Rxg6+ Kh7 41. Kf3 Rxb2 42. Ra6 Rb7 43. Kf4 Rbe7 44. Rh6+ Kg7 45. Rhg6+ Kh7 46.
Rh6+ Kg7 47. Rhg6+ Kh7 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT 2021 Saint Louis - Rapid"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "13.08.2021"]
[Round "7R"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[EventDate "2021.08.09"]
[ECO "D37"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e4 Bb4 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bxf6 Qxf6
8. Bxc4 c5 9. e5 Qd8 10. O-O cxd4 11. Ne4 O-O 12. Qe2 Be7 13. Rfd1 Qa5 14.
a3 Rd8 15. b4 Qb6 16. Ng3 Bd7 17. Rxd4 Bc6 18. Rg4 Bxf3 19. Qxf3 Nc6 20.
Nh5 g5 21. Nf6+ Kg7 22. Qf4 Rh8 23. h4 Rad8 24. hxg5 h5 25. Rh4 Rd4 26. Qh2
Rxh4 27. Qxh4 Qd4 28. Qxd4 Nxd4 29. Rd1 Rd8 30. Kf1 h4 31. f4 a5 32. bxa5
Bxa3 33. Rb1 Rc8 34. Bd3 Rc1+ 35. Kf2 Rxb1 36. Bxb1 Nc6 37. Kf3 Nxa5 38.
Kg4 b5 39. Kxh4 b4 40. Ne8+ Kf8 41. Nd6 b3 42. g6 fxg6 43. Kg5 Bxd6 44.
exd6 Nc4 45. d7 Ke7 46. Kxg6 Ne3 47. g3 b2 48. Kh5 Kxd7 49. g4 Ke7 50. Kg5
Kf7 51. f5 exf5 52. gxf5 Nxf5 53. Bxf5 b1=Q 54. Bxb1 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT 2021 Saint Louis - Rapid"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "13.08.2021"]
[Round "7R"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Rapport, Richard"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2806"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[EventDate "2021.08.09"]
[ECO "B40"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Be2 Qc7 7. Ndb5 Qb8
8. f4 d6 9. Be3 Be7 10. g4 Nd7 11. h4 O-O 12. g5 a6 13. Nd4 Nxd4 14. Qxd4
b5 15. a3 Bb7 16. O-O-O Nc5 17. f5 e5 18. Qd2 Nxe4 19. Nxe4 Bxe4 20. f6 Bd8
21. fxg7 Re8 22. Rhf1 Bb6 23. h5 Rc8 24. Bd3 Bxd3 25. Qxd3 Bxe3+ 26. Qxe3
Qc7 27. Qf2 e4 28. c3 Qe7 29. Qf6 Re8 30. Rxd6 e3 31. Re1 e2 32. h6 Qe3+
33. Rd2 Re6 34. Rexe2 Qxe2 35. Rxe2 Rxe2 36. Qc6 Ree8 37. Kc2 Rec8 38. Qf3
Ra7 39. Kb3 Re7 40. a4 Re6 41. axb5 axb5 42. Qb7 Ree8 43. Kb4 Rb8 44. Qf3
Re6 45. b3 Rg6 46. Qf5 Re6 47. Qd5 Rg6 48. Qe5 Rgb6 49. Ka5 b4 50. cxb4
Rxb4 51. Qd5 Rxb3 52. g6 Ra3+ 0-1

[Event "GCT 2021 Saint Louis - Rapid"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "13.08.2021"]
[Round "7R"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Dominguez, Leiner"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[EventDate "2021.08.09"]
[ECO "D26"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. O-O Nc6 7. Nc3 a6 8.
Qe2 b5 9. Bb3 Bb7 10. d5 Nxd5 11. Rd1 Qb8 12. Bxd5 exd5 13. Nxd5 Bd6 14.
Nb6 Ra7 15. Qd3 Be7 16. Qd7+ Kf8 17. Qf5 Kg8 18. b3 h5 19. Bb2 Rh6 20. Rac1
Qe8 21. Nd5 Bf8 22. Qg5 Qe6 23. Nf4 Qg4 24. h3 Qxg5 25. Nxg5 Ba8 26. Ba3 b4
27. Bb2 a5 28. Ne4 a4 29. Nxc5 axb3 30. axb3 h4 31. Nd7 Be7 32. Nb6 Bb7 33.
Rd7 Rd6 34. Rxd6 Bxd6 35. Nc8 Bxc8 36. Rxc6 Bc7 37. Nd5 1-0

[Event "GCT 2021 Saint Louis - Rapid"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "13.08.2021"]
[Round "7R"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Shankland, Sam"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[EventDate "2021.08.09"]
[ECO "B52"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. O-O Bg7 7. d4 cxd4 8.
Nxd4 O-O 9. h3 a6 10. Bxd7 Nbxd7 11. Qe2 Rc8 12. Be3 Ne5 13. b3 b5 14. f4
Ned7 15. Rfd1 bxc4 16. bxc4 e5 17. fxe5 Nxe5 18. c5 Qa5 19. Rac1 dxc5 20.
Nb3 Qb4 21. Qxa6 c4 22. Nd4 Nd3 23. Nc6 Qd6 24. Qxc4 Rxc6 25. Qxd3 Qxd3 26.
Rxd3 Rfc8 27. Ne2 Rxc1+ 28. Nxc1 Nxe4 29. a4 Ra8 30. Nb3 Bc3 31. Nc5 Nxc5
32. Bxc5 Ba5 33. Rd7 Rc8 34. Be3 Rc4 35. Rd4 Rc8 36. Rd5 Ra8 37. Rd7 Re8
38. Kf2 Re4 39. Rd4 Re5 40. Kf3 h5 41. Rc4 Re8 42. Bd4 Ra8 43. Ke4 Kf8 44.
Kd5 Bd8 45. Kc6 Rc8+ 46. Kb5 Rb8+ 47. Ka6 Ke8 48. Bc3 Rb6+ 49. Ka7 Rb3 50.
a5 Rxc3 51. Rxc3 Bxa5 52. Rc6 Kd7 53. Kb7 Bb4 54. Kb6 Bd6 55. Kb5 h4 56.
Ra6 Ke6 57. Kc6 g5 58. Ra2 f6 59. Re2+ Be5 60. Rf2 Bd4 61. Re2+ Be5 62. Rf2
Bd4 63. Re2+ Be5 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT 2021 Saint Louis - Rapid"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "13.08.2021"]
[Round "7R"]
[White "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Black "Xiong, Jeffery"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[EventDate "2021.08.09"]
[ECO "B12"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nd2 e6 5. Nb3 Nd7 6. Be3 Qc7 7. Nf3 f6 8.
Bd3 Bg4 9. exf6 Ngxf6 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 Bd6 12. c4 Bb4+ 13. Kf1 O-O 14.
Qe2 Rae8 15. g3 e5 16. dxe5 Nxe5 17. Kg2 c5 18. Bg5 Qc6 19. Bxf6 Nxd3 20.
Qxd3 dxc4+ 0-1

[Event "GCT 2021 Saint Louis - Rapid"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "13.08.2021"]
[Round "8R"]
[White "Shankland, Sam"]
[Black "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[EventDate "2021.08.09"]
[ECO "A13"]

1. c4 e6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. Qa4+ c6 6. Qxc4 b5 7. Qc2 Bb7
8. O-O Nbd7 9. Nc3 Rc8 10. b3 Be7 11. Bb2 a6 12. Ne4 c5 13. Nxf6+ Bxf6 14.
a4 Bxb2 15. Qxb2 O-O 16. axb5 axb5 17. b4 Qf6 18. Qxf6 Nxf6 19. bxc5 Rxc5
20. Rfb1 h6 21. d4 Rc7 22. Rxb5 Rfc8 23. h3 Be4 24. Rb2 Rc2 25. Rxc2 Rxc2
26. e3 Rb2 27. Rd1 Nd5 28. Rd2 Rb1+ 29. Kh2 Nc3 30. Ne5 f6 31. Nd3 Bxd3 32.
Rxd3 Rc1 33. Rd2 Kf7 34. Bf3 f5 35. Rb2 Kf6 36. Rb6 Rc2 37. Kg2 Rd2 38. g4
g6 39. h4 f4 40. Rc6 Nd1 41. g5+ hxg5 42. hxg5+ Kxg5 43. Bxd1 Rxd1 44. Rxe6
Kf5 45. Re5+ Kg4 46. Re6 f3+ 47. Kh2 g5 48. Re4+ Kf5 49. Re5+ Kg4 50. d5
Rf1 51. Re4+ Kf5 52. Rd4 Rxf2+ 53. Kg3 Ra2 54. Kxf3 Ra7 55. Re4 Rd7 56. Re8
g4+ 57. Kg3 Rh7 58. e4+ Kg5 59. Re5+ Kf6 60. Rf5+ Ke7 61. Kxg4 Kd6 62. Rf6+
1-0

[Event "GCT 2021 Saint Louis - Rapid"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "13.08.2021"]
[Round "8R"]
[White "Dominguez, Leiner"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[EventDate "2021.08.09"]
[ECO "C53"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. O-O h6 7. b4 Bb6 8.
Nbd2 O-O 9. Re1 Ne7 10. Bb3 Ng6 11. a4 c6 12. a5 Bc7 13. d4 Re8 14. dxe5
Nxe5 15. Nxe5 Rxe5 16. Bb2 Re8 17. c4 Be6 18. h3 d5 19. cxd5 cxd5 20. e5
Ne4 21. Nxe4 dxe4 22. Bxe6 Rxe6 23. Rxe4 b6 24. Bc3 bxa5 25. bxa5 Qxd1+ 26.
Rxd1 Rc6 27. Re3 Rb8 28. f4 Rb5 29. f5 Rb3 30. Rdd3 Kf8 31. e6 Rb1+ 32. Kf2
fxe6 33. fxe6 Ke8 34. Bxg7 Bxa5 35. Re2 Bb6+ 36. Kg3 h5 37. Rf3 Rb4 38.
Rf8+ Ke7 39. Rf7+ Ke8 40. Rf8+ Ke7 41. Rf7+ Ke8 42. e7 Bc7+ 43. Kf2 Bb6+
44. Kf3 Rb3+ 45. Kf4 Be3+ 46. Rxe3 Rc4+ 47. Bd4 Rxd4+ 48. Ke5 Rxe3+ 49.
Kxd4 Kxf7 50. Kxe3 h4 51. Kd4 Kxe7 52. Kc5 Kf6 53. Kb5 Ke5 54. Ka6 Kf4 55.
Kxa7 Kg3 56. Kb6 Kxg2 57. Kc5 Kxh3 0-1

[Event "GCT 2021 Saint Louis - Rapid"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "13.08.2021"]
[Round "8R"]
[White "Rapport, Richard"]
[Black "Xiong, Jeffery"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[EventDate "2021.08.09"]
[ECO "A07"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O e5 5. d3 Nc6 6. Nc3 Nge7 7. e4 d4 8.
Ne2 h6 9. c3 dxc3 10. bxc3 b6 11. Qc2 O-O 12. Rd1 Ba6 13. d4 exd4 14. cxd4
Nb4 15. Qd2 c5 16. Bb2 cxd4 17. Nexd4 Nd3 18. Ba3 Bxd4 19. Nxd4 Qxd4 20.
Bxe7 Rfe8 21. e5 Rxe7 22. Bxa8 Rxe5 23. Re1 Rf5 24. Re8+ Kh7 25. Rf1 Qf6
26. Be4 Ne5 27. Rd1 Bb5 28. Rc8 Bd3 29. Bg2 Ba6 30. Rc7 Nd3 31. Rf1 Ne5 32.
Rd1 Nd3 33. Qc3 Qe6 34. Qb3 Qe8 35. Bc6 Qe2 36. Rxf7+ Kh8 37. Qc3+ Re5 38.
Ba4 Kg8 39. Bb3 1-0

[Event "GCT 2021 Saint Louis - Rapid"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "13.08.2021"]
[Round "8R"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[EventDate "2021.08.09"]
[ECO "E53"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 c5 6. Nf3 d5 7. cxd5 exd5 8.
dxc5 Nbd7 9. Bd2 Nxc5 10. Be2 Ne6 11. Qb3 Be7 12. O-O Nc5 13. Qc2 Nce4 14.
Nxe4 Nxe4 15. Rfd1 Qb6 16. Be1 Rd8 17. a4 Bg4 18. a5 Qf6 19. Qb3 Nc5 20.
Qb4 Bh5 21. Bc3 Qd6 22. Rac1 Rac8 23. Bd4 b6 24. axb6 axb6 25. Qc3 Qb8 26.
Be5 Qb7 27. b4 Nd7 28. Bc7 Bxb4 29. Qxb4 Rxc7 30. Qe7 Rdc8 31. Rxc7 Rxc7
32. Ba6 Qc6 33. Ne5 Qc2 34. Rf1 Nf8 35. Qg5 Be2 36. Bxe2 Qxe2 37. Qd8 Qc2
38. h4 Qc5 39. Rd1 Qe7 40. Qxe7 Rxe7 41. Rxd5 f6 42. Nc4 Re4 43. Nxb6 Rxh4
44. f4 Rh6 45. Rd8 Kf7 46. Ra8 Rh5 47. Ra7+ Kg8 48. e4 Rb5 49. Nd5 Rb8 50.
Ne7+ Kh8 51. g3 Ne6 52. Kf2 h5 53. Nf5 Rb2+ 54. Kf3 Rb3+ 55. Kg2 Rb2+ 56.
Kf3 Rb3+ 57. Kf2 Rb2+ 58. Kf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT 2021 Saint Louis - Rapid"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "13.08.2021"]
[Round "8R"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2806"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[EventDate "2021.08.09"]
[ECO "C80"]

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. Be3 Be7 10. c3 Qd7 11. Nbd2 Nxd2 12. Qxd2 Na5 13. Nd4 c5 14.
Nxe6 fxe6 15. Bc2 Nc4 16. Qe2 Nxe5 17. Rae1 O-O 18. Qh5 Ng6 19. Bd2 Rf7 20.
f4 Nf8 21. f5 e5 22. Rxe5 Bf6 23. Re2 Re8 24. Rxe8 Qxe8 25. Re1 Qd8 26. Qf3
d4 27. Be4 Kh8 28. c4 Re7 29. Bd3 Rxe1+ 30. Bxe1 Nd7 31. Bg3 Nb6 32. b3
bxc4 33. bxc4 h6 34. Qc6 Qe7 35. Qe6 Na4 36. Qxe7 Bxe7 37. Kf2 Kg8 38. Kf3
Kf7 39. Bc2 Nc3 40. a3 a5 41. Bc7 a4 42. g4 Bg5 43. Bb6 Be7 44. h4 Ke8 45.
g5 hxg5 46. hxg5 Bxg5 47. Bxc5 Bf6 48. Kg4 Kd7 49. Kh5 Kc7 50. Kg6 Ne2 51.
Kf7 Nf4 52. Bf8 d3 53. Bxa4 Nh5 54. c5 Bb2 55. Bd1 1-0

[Event "GCT 2021 Saint Louis - Rapid"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "13.08.2021"]
[Round "9R"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2806"]
[EventDate "2021.08.09"]
[ECO "C78"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Bc5 6. c3 b5 7. Bc2 d5 8.
d4 dxe4 9. dxe5 Qxd1 10. Rxd1 exf3 11. exf6 gxf6 12. Be4 Bd7 13. Nd2 fxg2
14. Nb3 Bb6 15. Nd4 Bxd4 16. cxd4 O-O-O 17. Bf4 Rhe8 18. Bxg2 Ne7 19. Rac1
c6 20. d5 Kb7 21. Rc5 cxd5 22. Bxd5+ Bc6 23. Bxc6+ Nxc6 24. Rxd8 Nxd8 25.
Rc7+ Kb6 26. Rd7 b4 27. Kf1 Kb5 28. Be3 Kc6 29. Ra7 Kd5 30. Ra8 Rf8 31. Bh6
Re8 32. Bd2 Kc5 33. Be3+ Kb5 34. Rb8+ Kc6 35. Rxb4 Ne6 36. Rb6+ Kd5 37.
Rxa6 f5 38. Ra5+ Ke4 39. Ke2 Nf4+ 40. Bxf4 Kxf4+ 41. Kf1 Rc8 42. Ra4+ Ke5
43. Rb4 1-0

[Event "GCT 2021 Saint Louis - Rapid"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "13.08.2021"]
[Round "9R"]
[White "Svidler, Petereter"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[EventDate "2021.08.09"]
[ECO "C67"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1
Nxe5 8. Rxe5 O-O 9. d4 Bf6 10. Re1 Re8 11. Bf4 Rxe1 12. Qxe1 Ne8 13. c3 d5
14. Bd3 g6 15. Nd2 Ng7 16. Nf3 Bf5 17. Bxf5 Nxf5 18. Qe2 c6 19. Re1 Ng7 20.
Be5 Bxe5 21. Nxe5 Qd6 22. Qf3 f6 23. Nd3 Re8 24. Rxe8+ Nxe8 25. Qg4 Qe7 26.
Kf1 Nd6 27. Qe2 Qxe2+ 28. Kxe2 h5 29. Nf4 Kf7 30. Kd3 h4 31. g3 g5 32. Ne2
Kg6 33. f3 hxg3 34. hxg3 g4 35. Nf4+ Kf5 36. Ke2 Nc4 37. Nd3 a5 38. b3
gxf3+ 39. Kxf3 Nd2+ 40. Ke3 Ne4 41. c4 Nc3 42. cxd5 cxd5 43. Nf4 Nxa2 44.
Nxd5 Ke6 45. Nf4+ Kd6 46. Kd2 Nb4 47. g4 Nd5 48. Nh5 b5 49. Ng3 a4 50. bxa4
bxa4 51. Kd3 a3 52. Kc2 Ne3+ 53. Kb3 Nxg4 54. Ne4+ Kd5 55. Nxf6+ Nxf6 56.
Kxa3 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT 2021 Saint Louis - Rapid"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "13.08.2021"]
[Round "9R"]
[White "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Black "Dominguez, Leiner"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[EventDate "2021.08.09"]
[ECO "D20"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 e5 4. Nf3 Bb4+ 5. Nc3 exd4 6. Nxd4 Nd7 7. Bxc4
Ngf6 8. O-O O-O 9. Bg5 Ne5 10. Be2 c6 11. Kh1 h6 12. Bxf6 Qxf6 13. f4 Ng4
14. Bxg4 Bxg4 15. Qxg4 Qxd4 16. Rad1 Qc4 17. e5 Bxc3 18. bxc3 Rad8 19. h3
Qxc3 20. Rb1 Qc4 21. Rfc1 Qe6 22. Rxb7 Qxg4 23. hxg4 Rd4 24. g3 Rd2 25. e6
Rxa2 26. Rxc6 fxe6 27. Rcc7 Rd8 28. Rxg7+ Kf8 29. Rgf7+ Kg8 30. Rg7+ Kf8
31. Rgd7 Rxd7 32. Rxd7 e5 33. fxe5 Re2 34. Rd5 Kf7 35. Ra5 Kg6 36. Kg1 Kg5
37. Kf1 Re4 38. Rxa7 Kxg4 39. Kf2 Rxe5 40. Ra4+ Kg5 41. Kg2 h5 42. Kh3 Rd5
43. Rb4 Re5 44. Ra4 Rd5 45. Rb4 Re5 46. Ra4 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT 2021 Saint Louis - Rapid"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "13.08.2021"]
[Round "9R"]
[White "Xiong, Jeffery"]
[Black "Shankland, Sam"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[EventDate "2021.08.09"]
[ECO "A15"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. b3 d5 4. Bb2 Bd6 5. g3 O-O 6. Bg2 b6 7. O-O Bb7 8.
Nc3 Nbd7 9. Rc1 a6 10. cxd5 exd5 11. e3 Re8 12. Ne2 g6 13. Qc2 c5 14. d4
Rc8 15. dxc5 bxc5 16. Rfd1 Qe7 17. Nf4 Nb6 18. Qd3 d4 19. b4 Na4 20. Ba1
Be4 21. Qd2 Bxf4 22. exf4 Nc3 23. Rxc3 dxc3 24. Qxc3 Rc6 25. Ne5 Rd6 26.
Rxd6 Qxd6 27. Ng4 Qd1+ 28. Bf1 Qxg4 29. Qxf6 Kf8 30. Qd6+ Kg8 31. Qf6 Kf8
32. Qg7+ Ke7 33. Bf6+ Ke6 34. Be5 Kd7 35. Qxf7+ Re7 36. Qc4 Rxe5 37. fxe5
Qf3 38. Bh3+ Kd8 39. Qg8+ Kc7 40. Qc8+ Kb6 41. Qxc5+ Kb7 42. Qe7+ Kb8 43.
Qd6+ Ka7 44. Qd7+ Kb8 45. Qc8+ Ka7 46. Qc5+ Ka8 47. Qc8+ Ka7 48. Qd7+ Kb8
49. Qd6+ Ka7 50. Qd4+ Ka8 51. Qxe4+ 1-0

[Event "GCT 2021 Saint Louis - Rapid"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "13.08.2021"]
[Round "9R"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Rapport, Richard"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[EventDate "2021.08.09"]
[ECO "E17"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. g3 Bb7 4. Bg2 e6 5. O-O Be7 6. d4 O-O 7. d5 exd5 8.
Nh4 c6 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Nf5 Nc7 11. e4 d5 12. Re1 Bf6 13. e5 Be7 14. Qg4 g6
15. Bh6 Re8 16. Nd2 Bf8 17. Bxf8 Rxf8 18. Nh6+ Kg7 19. Nf5+ Kg8 20. Nh6+
Kg7 21. Nf5+ Kg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT 2021 Saint Louis - Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "14.08.2021"]
[Round "1B"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle ""]
[BlackTitle ""]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2806"]
[ECO "C55"]
[Opening "Two knights defence (Modern bishop's opening)"]
[WhiteFideId "4102142"]
[BlackFideId "2020009"]
[EventDate "2021.08.14"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 h6 5. c3 Bc5 6. O-O d6 7. b4 Bb6 8. Nbd2
O-O 9. Re1 Ne7 10. Bb3 Ng6 11. a4 c6 12. a5 Bc7 13. d4 Re8 14. dxe5 Nxe5 15.
Nxe5 Rxe5 16. Bb2 d5 17. c4 Bg4 18. f3 Be6 19. cxd5 cxd5 20. f4 Bg4 21. Qc2 Re8
22. e5 Nh5 23. Rf1 g6 24. Qd3 Ng7 25. Bxd5 Be6 26. Ne4 Nh5 27. Rad1 Qh4 28. Bxe6
Rxe6 29. g3 Qe7 30. f5 gxf5 31. Nc5 Rg6 32. Rxf5 Ng7 33. Rf6 Rd8 34. Qf3 Rxd1+
35. Qxd1 Bxe5 36. Rxg6 Bxb2 37. Rd6 Nf5 38. Rd7 Qe5 39. Qg4+ Kf8 40. Qf4 Bd4+
41. Kf1 Ne3+ 42. Ke2 Qh5+ 43. g4 Nxg4 44. Rd8+ Ke7 45. Qd6# 1-0

[Event "GCT 2021 Saint Louis - Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "14.08.2021"]
[Round "1B"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle ""]
[BlackTitle ""]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[ECO "C50"]
[Opening "Giuoco Pianissimo"]
[WhiteFideId "3503240"]
[BlackFideId "5202213"]
[EventDate "2021.08.14"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 d6 6. O-O h6 7. b4 Bb6 8. Nbd2
O-O 9. Re1 Ne7 10. Bb3 c6 11. a4 Ng6 12. a5 Bc7 13. d4 Re8 14. dxe5 dxe5 15. Qc2
Nh7 16. Bc4 Qf6 17. g3 Bh3 18. Be2 Nf4 19. Bf1 Bxf1 20. Nxf1 Ne6 21. Kg2 Rad8
22. h4 Qg6 23. Kh1 Nf6 24. N1h2 Rd7 25. Bb2 Red8 26. c4 Ng4 27. Nxg4 Qxg4 28.
Ra3 g5 29. Bc1 Kh7 30. Nh2 Qh5 31. g4 Qxh4 32. Kg2 Nf4+ 33. Bxf4 gxf4 34. Rh3
Qg5 35. Nf3 Qxg4+ 36. Kh2 f6 37. Rg1 Qe6 38. Qe2 Rg8 39. Rxg8 Qxg8 40. Nh4 Rg7
41. Qf3 Qxc4 42. Nf5 Rg6 43. Ne7 Rg5 44. Nf5 Rg6 45. Ne7 Rg5 46. Nf5 Rg6 47. Ne7 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT 2021 Saint Louis - Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "14.08.2021"]
[Round "1B"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Shankland, Sam"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle ""]
[BlackTitle ""]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[ECO "D47"]
[Opening "QGD semi-Slav"]
[Variation "Meran variation"]
[WhiteFideId "13401319"]
[BlackFideId "2004887"]
[EventDate "2021.08.14"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3
Bd6 9. O-O O-O 10. a3 Bb7 11. Qc2 Rc8 12. b4 a5 13. Rb1 c5 14. Nxb5 cxb4 15. Qe2
Be7 16. e4 bxa3 17. Bxa3 Bxa3 18. Nxa3 Ba8 19. Nb5 Rb8 20. Rfd1 Qe7 21. h3 g6
22. Qe1 a4 23. Rdc1 Rfc8 24. Nd2 Nb6 25. Rxc8+ Rxc8 26. e5 Nfd5 27. Nd6 Rb8 28.
N2e4 Qa7 29. Nb5 Qe7 30. Bf1 Bc6 31. Nbd6 Qa7 32. Qc1 Be8 33. Ra1 Kg7 34. h4 Nd7
35. Bb5 Qxd4 36. Rxa4 Qxe5 37. Nxe8+ Rxe8 38. Bxd7 Rd8 39. Bc6 Rc8 40. Ng3 Nb6
41. Ra2 Nd5 42. Rc2 Nb4 43. Rc4 Nd3 44. Qd2 Qa1+ 45. Nf1 Ne5 46. Rc1 Qa7 47. Be4
Rxc1 48. Qxc1 Qd4 49. Qe3 Qa1 50. Bf3 h5 51. Be2 Nd7 52. g3 Nf6 53. Bf3 Nd7 54.
Kg2 Ne5 55. Nd2 Qb2 56. Be2 Nd7 57. Nc4 Qa1 58. Bf3 Kg8 59. Qd2 Nf6 60. Qd8+ Kg7
61. Nd6 Qa7 62. Qc8 Qe7 63. Qc5 Kf8 64. Qe5 Kg8 65. Bc6 Ng4 66. Qd4 Qc7 67. Bf3
Nh6 68. Ne8 e5 69. Nxc7 exd4 70. Be4 1-0

[Event "GCT 2021 Saint Louis - Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "14.08.2021"]
[Round "1B"]
[White "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Black "Xiong, Jeffery"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle ""]
[BlackTitle ""]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[ECO "C15"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "Winawer (Nimzovich) variation"]
[WhiteFideId "12401137"]
[BlackFideId "2047640"]
[EventDate "2021.08.14"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. exd5 exd5 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. Ne2 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. Bg5
Bg4 9. f3 Bh5 10. a3 Bd6 11. Qd2 Nbd7 12. Rae1 Bg6 13. Bf4 Nb6 14. g4 Re8 15.
Bxd6 Qxd6 16. Ng3 Bxd3 17. Qxd3 Nc4 18. Nd1 Qf4 19. Kg2 h5 20. h3 Nd2 21. Rxe8+
Rxe8 22. Rf2 Nc4 23. Re2 hxg4 24. hxg4 g6 25. a4 Nb6 26. b3 Nbd7 27. Rxe8+ Nxe8
28. Qe3 Qxe3 29. Nxe3 Nd6 30. Kf2 Kf8 31. Ke2 Ke7 32. Kd3 Nf8 33. c4 Ne6 34. Ne2
dxc4+ 35. bxc4 c5 36. d5 Ng5 37. Ng1 f5 38. f4 Ngf7 39. g5 Ne4 40. Nf3 Nf2+ 41.
Ke2 Ne4 42. Nh4 Nc3+ 43. Kd3 Nxa4 44. Nxg6+ Ke8 45. Nxf5 a5 46. Ne5 Nb6 47. g6 1-0

[Event "GCT 2021 Saint Louis - Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "14.08.2021"]
[Round "1B"]
[White "Rapport, Richard"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle ""]
[BlackTitle ""]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[ECO "E32"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian"]
[Variation "classical variation"]
[WhiteFideId "738590"]
[BlackFideId "2016192"]
[EventDate "2021.08.14"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 d5 7. Bg5 dxc4 8.
Qxc4 b6 9. Rd1 Ba6 10. Qa4 h6 11. Bh4 Qe7 12. Nf3 Rd8 13. e3 Bxf1 14. Rxf1 c5
15. dxc5 Rxd1+ 16. Qxd1 g5 17. Bg3 Qxc5 18. Qd8+ Kg7 19. Be5 Qc1+ 20. Ke2 Qc4+
21. Ke1 Qc1+ 22. Ke2 Qc4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT 2021 Saint Louis - Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "14.08.2021"]
[Round "2B"]
[White "Xiong, Jeffery"]
[Black "Rapport, Richard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle ""]
[BlackTitle ""]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[ECO "A47"]
[Opening "Queen's Indian defence"]
[WhiteFideId "2047640"]
[BlackFideId "738590"]
[EventDate "2021.08.14"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 b6 3. Bg5 Bb7 4. Nbd2 e6 5. g3 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O h6 8. Bxf6
Bxf6 9. c3 d6 10. a4 a5 11. e4 Nd7 12. Re1 e5 13. d5 g6 14. b4 Bg7 15. Bh3 Qe7
16. Nb3 Nf6 17. bxa5 bxa5 18. Rb1 c6 19. c4 cxd5 20. cxd5 Bc8 21. Bxc8 Rfxc8 22.
Qd3 Qd7 23. Qb5 Qxb5 24. axb5 a4 25. b6 Rcb8 26. Nbd2 a3 27. Nc4 Ra4 28. Nfd2
Nd7 29. Rb3 Nc5 30. Rb5 Bf8 31. Ra1 a2 32. Rb2 Nd7 33. Raxa2 Rxa2 34. Rxa2 Nxb6
35. Rb2 Nxc4 36. Nxc4 Ra8 37. Rb6 Ra4 38. Rc6 Kg7 39. Kg2 Rb4 40. Kf3 Rb3+ 41.
Ke2 Rb4 42. Kd3 Rb3+ 43. Kd2 Rb4 44. f3 f5 45. Kc3 Ra4 46. exf5 gxf5 47. Nxd6
Ra3+ 48. Kc4 Rxf3 49. Rc7+ Kg6 50. Nf7 Bg7 51. d6 e4 52. d7 Rc3+ 53. Kd5 Rxc7
54. Ne5+ Bxe5 55. d8=Q Rf7 56. Kxe5 e3 57. Qg8+ Rg7 58. Qe6+ Kh5 59. Kf4 Rg4+
60. Kf3 Rg5 61. Qf7+ Rg6 62. Qxf5+ Rg5 63. Qf7+ 1-0

[Event "GCT 2021 Saint Louis - Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "14.08.2021"]
[Round "2B"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle ""]
[BlackTitle ""]
[WhiteElo "2806"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[ECO "E47"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian"]
[Variation "4.e3 O-O, 5.Bd3"]
[WhiteFideId "2020009"]
[BlackFideId "2016192"]
[EventDate "2021.08.14"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 c5 6. Ne2 d5 7. cxd5 cxd4 8. exd4
Nxd5 9. O-O Nc6 10. a3 Bd6 11. Re1 Re8 12. Bc2 Qh4 13. g3 Qh5 14. Ne4 Bf8 15.
N2c3 Qxd1 16. Rxd1 Rd8 17. Bg5 Be7 18. Nxd5 exd5 19. Bxe7 Nxe7 20. Nc3 Be6 21.
f3 Rac8 22. Rac1 g6 23. Kf2 Kg7 24. Bb3 h5 25. h4 Rc6 26. Ne2 Rb6 27. Rc3 Nc6
28. Rd2 Rd6 29. Nf4 Ne7 30. Ba4 Ra6 31. Rc7 Kf6 32. Be8 Rd8 33. Bb5 Rb6 34. Ba4
Ra6 35. Bb3 Rb6 36. Ba2 Rdd6 37. Rc5 Rbc6 38. Rdc2 b6 39. R5c3 Rxc3 40. Rxc3 Rd7
41. Bb3 Nf5 42. Ne2 Ne7 43. Ba4 Rb7 44. Bb5 a5 45. Bd3 Rb8 46. Nf4 Rc8 47. Rxc8
Bxc8 48. Bb5 Bb7 49. Bd7 Ng8 50. Ba4 Ne7 51. g4 hxg4 52. fxg4 g5 53. hxg5+ Kxg5
54. Kg3 Bc8 55. Bd1 f5 56. Nh3+ Kg6 57. Nf4+ Kf6 58. Bf3 fxg4 59. Bxg4 Bxg4 60.
Kxg4 a4 61. Kf3 Kf5 62. Ke3 b5 63. Ne2 Nc8 64. Nc3 Nd6 65. Nxd5 Nc4+ 66. Kd3
Nxb2+ 67. Kc3 Nc4 68. Kb4 Ke4 69. Nc3+ Kxd4 70. Nxb5+ Kd3 71. Kxa4 Nxa3 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT 2021 Saint Louis - Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "14.08.2021"]
[Round "2B"]
[White "Shankland, Sam"]
[Black "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle ""]
[BlackTitle ""]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[ECO "C45"]
[Opening "Scotch"]
[Variation "Schmidt variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2004887"]
[BlackFideId "12401137"]
[EventDate "2021.08.14"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. Bd3 d5 7. exd5 cxd5
8. O-O Be7 9. c4 O-O 10. Nc3 d4 11. Ne4 Bb7 12. Nxf6+ Bxf6 13. Bf4 Re8 14. Qh5
Be4 15. Rad1 Qd7 16. b3 h6 17. h3 c6 18. Bg3 Bxd3 19. Rxd3 Re4 20. b4 Rae8 21.
b5 Re1 22. Rxe1 Rxe1+ 23. Kh2 Rc1 24. bxc6 Qxc6 25. Rb3 Qe6 26. c5 Kh7 27. Bf4
Rc2 28. Qf3 Rxc5 29. Rb7 Rc3 30. Qd1 Be5 31. Bxe5 Qxe5+ 32. g3 Qd5 33. Rb2 d3
34. Rd2 Qe4 35. Kg1 a5 36. a4 g6 37. h4 h5 38. Qf1 Qc4 39. Kh2 Qd4 40. Qd1 Qe4
41. Kg1 Qc6 42. Qf1 Rc1 43. Rd1 d2 0-1

[Event "GCT 2021 Saint Louis - Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "14.08.2021"]
[Round "2B"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle ""]
[BlackTitle ""]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[ECO "C53"]
[Opening "Giuoco Piano"]
[WhiteFideId "5202213"]
[BlackFideId "13401319"]
[EventDate "2021.08.14"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. e5 d5 7. Bb5 Ne4 8. cxd4
Bb6 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Be3 Bd7 11. Bd3 Ba5 12. Rc1 f6 13. Qb3 Nxc3 14. bxc3 fxe5 15.
Qxd5+ Kh8 16. Nxe5 Bf5 17. Qxd8 Raxd8 18. Nxc6 bxc6 19. Bxf5 Rxf5 20. Ke2 Kg8
21. c4 c5 22. dxc5 Re8 23. Rhd1 Rxc5 24. Rd5 Bb6 25. Kd3 Rc6 26. c5 Ba5 27. Rc4
Rf6 28. Rd7 Be1 29. f3 Rf7 30. Rxf7 Kxf7 31. Ra4 a5 32. Rf4+ Kg6 33. Rg4+ Kf7
34. Rd4 Bb4 35. Rd7+ Re7 36. Rxe7+ Kxe7 37. Bd4 g6 38. Bc3 Bxc5 39. Bxa5 Kd6 40.
Kc4 Bg1 41. h3 h5 42. Bc3 Kc6 43. Bd4 Bh2 44. a4 Bd6 45. Bc3 Bg3 46. Bd2 h4 47.
Bg5 Kb6 48. Kd5 Ka5 49. Ke6 Kxa4 50. Kf7 c5 51. Kxg6 c4 52. f4 c3 53. f5 c2 1-0

[Event "GCT 2021 Saint Louis - Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "14.08.2021"]
[Round "2B"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle ""]
[BlackTitle ""]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[ECO "C80"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "open, 8...Be6"]
[WhiteFideId "4102142"]
[BlackFideId "3503240"]
[EventDate "2021.08.14"]

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. Be3 Be7 10. c3 O-O 11. Nbd2 Bg4 12. Re1 Nxe5 13. Nxe4 Bxf3 14. Qxd5 Qxd5
15. Bxd5 Rad8 16. Bb7 Bxe4 17. Bxe4 Nc4 18. a4 Nxe3 19. Rxe3 Bc5 20. Re2 b4 21.
cxb4 Bxb4 22. g3 a5 23. Rc1 Rd7 24. Bc6 Re7 25. Rxe7 Bxe7 26. Bb5 Bd6 27. Re1 g6
28. Re8 Rxe8 29. Bxe8 Kg7 30. Bb5 Kg8 31. b3 Kg7 32. Bc4 Kf8 33. Bb5 Kg7 34. Bc4
Kf8 35. Bb5 Kg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT 2021 Saint Louis - Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "14.08.2021"]
[Round "3B"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle ""]
[BlackTitle ""]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[ECO "A48"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "Torre attack"]
[WhiteFideId "13401319"]
[BlackFideId "4102142"]
[EventDate "2021.08.14"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. Nbd2 c5 5. Bxf6 Bxf6 6. Ne4 Qb6 7. Nxf6+ Qxf6
8. c3 cxd4 9. cxd4 Nc6 10. e3 O-O 11. Rc1 d6 12. Bb5 Bd7 13. O-O Rfc8 14. a3 Bg4
15. Be2 e5 16. dxe5 dxe5 17. h3 Bf5 18. Qb3 e4 19. Nd2 Qe7 20. Rc3 Rd8 21. Qc2
h5 22. Bb5 Rac8 23. Bxc6 Rxc6 24. Rxc6 bxc6 25. Rc1 h4 26. Nb3 Bxh3 27. gxh3
Qg5+ 28. Kf1 Qf5 29. Ke1 c5 30. Nxc5 Rc8 31. b4 Qxh3 32. Qxe4 1-0

[Event "GCT 2021 Saint Louis - Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "14.08.2021"]
[Round "3B"]
[White "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle ""]
[BlackTitle ""]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[ECO "C65"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Berlin defence"]
[WhiteFideId "12401137"]
[BlackFideId "5202213"]
[EventDate "2021.08.14"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Nbd2 Nd7 7. Nc4 f6 8.
O-O Nf8 9. Be3 Bd6 10. d4 Be6 11. Qe2 exd4 12. Nxd4 Qe7 13. Nxd6+ cxd6 14. Rad1
Ng6 15. f4 Bd7 16. Nf5 Bxf5 17. exf5 Nh4 18. Qh5+ g6 19. fxg6 Qxe3+ 20. Kh1
O-O-O 21. g7 Rhg8 22. Qxh4 Rxg7 23. Qxf6 Rxg2 24. Qf5+ Kb8 25. Kxg2 Rg8+ 26. Kh1
Rg1+ 27. Rxg1 Qf3+ 28. Rg2 Qxd1+ 29. Rg1 Qf3+ 30. Rg2 Qd1+ 31. Rg1 Qf3+ 32. Rg2
Qd1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT 2021 Saint Louis - Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "14.08.2021"]
[Round "3B"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle ""]
[BlackTitle ""]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2806"]
[ECO "B41"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Kan, Maroczy bind (Reti variation)"]
[WhiteFideId "3503240"]
[BlackFideId "2020009"]
[EventDate "2021.08.14"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Bb4 7. Qd3 O-O 8. e5
Ne8 9. Bf4 d6 10. exd6 Bxd6 11. Bxd6 Qxd6 12. O-O-O Qc7 13. Qg3 Nd7 14. Qxc7
Nxc7 15. Be2 Nf6 16. f4 Bd7 17. Bf3 Rab8 18. b4 Rfc8 19. Kb2 a5 20. a3 h5 21.
Rhe1 axb4 22. axb4 g6 23. Kb3 Be8 24. Ra1 Rd8 25. Red1 Ng4 26. Bxg4 hxg4 27. b5
Kg7 28. Kb4 Kf6 29. Nb3 Rxd1 30. Rxd1 Ke7 31. Na4 b6 32. Nc3 Ra8 33. Ra1 Rxa1
34. Nxa1 e5 35. fxe5 Ke6 36. c5 bxc5+ 37. Kxc5 Kxe5 38. Nc2 Ne6+ 39. Kc4 f5 40.
b6 Bc6 41. g3 g5 42. Nb4 Bb7 43. Nb5 f4 44. Nd3+ Kf6 45. Nd6 Ba6+ 46. Kc3 Nd8
47. Nc5 Bf1 48. b7 Nc6 49. Kd2 Ke5 50. Nf7+ Kd4 51. Ne6+ Kd5 52. Ned8 Nb8 53.
Nxg5 fxg3 54. hxg3 Ba6 55. Ke3 Kd6 56. Kf4 Ke7 57. Nge6 Bxb7 58. Nxb7 Kxe6 59.
Kxg4 Nc6 60. Nc5+ Kf6 61. Ne4+ Kg6 62. Kf4 Nd4 63. g4 Nc6 64. g5 Nd8 65. Nc5 Nf7
66. Ne4 Nxg5 67. Nxg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT 2021 Saint Louis - Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "14.08.2021"]
[Round "3B"]
[White "Rapport, Richard"]
[Black "Shankland, Sam"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle ""]
[BlackTitle ""]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[ECO "A07"]
[Opening "Reti"]
[Variation "King's Indian attack"]
[WhiteFideId "738590"]
[BlackFideId "2004887"]
[EventDate "2021.08.14"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O e5 5. d3 Nc6 6. Nc3 d4 7. Ne4 Nge7 8. c3 h6
9. cxd4 exd4 10. Qa4 O-O 11. b4 b6 12. b5 Na5 13. Bb2 a6 14. bxa6 Rxa6 15. Qc2
c5 16. e3 Nac6 17. exd4 cxd4 18. a4 Be6 19. Ba3 Qd7 20. Rfb1 Rfa8 21. Bc1 Nd5
22. a5 f5 23. Ned2 Ncb4 24. Qb3 bxa5 25. Nc4 a4 26. Qb2 Nxd3 27. Qd2 Nxc1 28.
Rxc1 Nc3 29. Nce5 Qe8 30. Re1 Rd8 31. Qd3 Ra5 32. h4 Ne4 33. h5 Bxe5 34. hxg6
Bg7 35. Nh4 Qb5 36. Bxe4 fxe4 37. Qxe4 Bd5 38. Qe7 Qd7 39. Qb4 Ra6 40. Re7 Qd6
41. Rxg7+ Kf8 42. Qxd4 Bg8 43. Qb2 a3 44. Rxg8+ Kxg8 45. Qb7 Rd7 46. Qc8+ Rd8
47. Qb7 Rd7 48. Qc8+ Rd8 49. Qc4+ Qe6 50. Qc7 Qd7 51. Qc4+ Qe6 52. Qxe6+ Rxe6
53. Rxa3 Rf6 54. Ra5 Kg7 55. Kg2 Rd2 56. Ra7+ Kg8 57. Ra8+ Kg7 58. Ra7+ Kg8 59.
Ra8+ Kg7 60. Ra7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT 2021 Saint Louis - Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "14.08.2021"]
[Round "3B"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Xiong, Jeffery"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle ""]
[BlackTitle ""]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[ECO "D32"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "Tarrasch, von Hennig-Schara gambit"]
[WhiteFideId "2016192"]
[BlackFideId "2047640"]
[EventDate "2021.08.14"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. cxd5 cxd4 5. Qxd4 Nc6 6. Qd1 exd5 7. e3 Nf6 8.
Nf3 Bb4 9. Be2 Ne4 10. Bd2 Bg4 11. O-O O-O 12. Be1 Bxc3 13. bxc3 Rc8 14. Nd4
Bxe2 15. Nxe2 b6 16. f3 Nf6 17. Bh4 Re8 18. Nf4 Rxe3 19. Bxf6 gxf6 20. Nxd5 Re5
21. c4 Na5 22. f4 Re6 23. Qh5 Nxc4 24. Rf3 Ne5 25. Rg3+ Ng6 26. Rh3 h6 27. Rd3
Rd6 28. Rad1 Rc5 29. Qf3 Kf8 30. h4 Ne7 31. Nxe7 Rxd3 32. Rxd3 1-0

[Event "GCT 2021 Saint Louis - Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "14.08.2021"]
[Round "4B"]
[White "Shankland, Sam"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle ""]
[BlackTitle ""]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[ECO "D37"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "4.Nf3"]
[WhiteFideId "2004887"]
[BlackFideId "2016192"]
[EventDate "2021.08.14"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. cxd5 exd5 6. h3 c6 7. Bf4 Bd6 8. e3
Bf5 9. Ne5 Ne4 10. Qb3 Qb6 11. g4 Be6 12. Nxe4 dxe4 13. Nc4 Qb4+ 14. Qxb4 Bxb4+
15. Kd1 Nd7 16. a3 Be7 17. Na5 c5 18. dxc5 Nxc5 19. Bb5+ Bd7 20. Bxd7+ Kxd7 21.
Ke2 Rac8 22. Rad1+ Ke6 23. Rd4 Bf6 24. Rd6+ Ke7 25. Rhd1 Nd3 26. Rd5 Rc2+ 27.
Rd2 Rhc8 28. Nxb7 Rc1 29. R5xd3 exd3+ 30. Rxd3 R8c2+ 31. Kf3 Bh4 32. Bd6+ Ke8
33. Bg3 Bxg3 34. Kxg3 Rg1+ 35. Kf3 Ke7 36. Nd6 g6 37. Ne4 Rxb2 38. Rc3 Rb7 39.
Rc5 h6 40. h4 Rh1 41. h5 gxh5 42. gxh5 Rhb1 43. Ng3 R1b5 44. Rc6 R5b6 45. Nf5+
Kd7 46. Rc4 Rf6 47. Kg4 Rb1 48. e4 Rg1+ 49. Kf4 Rg5 50. Ra4 a6 51. Rb4 Rxh5 52.
Rb7+ Kc6 53. Ra7 Kb5 54. Rd7 Ka4 55. Rd3 Rh1 56. Ke5 Re6+ 57. Kd5 Rb1 58. Nd4
Re8 59. e5 Rd8+ 60. Ke4 Re1+ 61. Kf5 h5 62. f4 h4 63. Kf6 h3 64. Rxh3 Rxd4 65.
f5 Rde4 0-1

[Event "GCT 2021 Saint Louis - Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "14.08.2021"]
[Round "4B"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Rapport, Richard"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle ""]
[BlackTitle ""]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[ECO "C53"]
[Opening "Giuoco Piano"]
[WhiteFideId "5202213"]
[BlackFideId "738590"]
[EventDate "2021.08.14"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. e5 d5 7. Bb5 Ne4 8. cxd4
Bb6 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Be3 h6 11. O-O Bg4 12. h3 Nxd4 13. Bxd4 Bxf3 14. Qxf3 Bxd4
15. Nxe4 dxe4 16. Qxe4 Bxb2 17. Bd3 g6 18. Bc4 Kg7 19. Rad1 Qe7 20. e6 fxe6 21.
Qxb7 Be5 22. Rfe1 Qc5 23. Rd7+ Kh8 24. Rxe5 Qxe5 25. Rxc7 Qe1+ 26. Kh2 Qe5+ 27.
Kg1 Qe1+ 28. Kh2 Qe5+ 29. Kg1 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT 2021 Saint Louis - Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "14.08.2021"]
[Round "4B"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle ""]
[BlackTitle ""]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[ECO "C50"]
[Opening "Giuoco Pianissimo"]
[WhiteFideId "4102142"]
[BlackFideId "12401137"]
[EventDate "2021.08.14"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 d6 6. O-O h6 7. b4 Bb6 8. Nbd2
O-O 9. Re1 a5 10. b5 Ne7 11. d4 Ng6 12. Bf1 Be6 13. Qc2 Re8 14. Bb2 a4 15. c4
exd4 16. Nxd4 Nd7 17. N2f3 Nge5 18. Rad1 Bg4 19. Be2 Bxf3 20. Nxf3 Nxf3+ 21.
Bxf3 Ne5 22. Be2 Qh4 23. Bd4 Bxd4 24. Rxd4 Nd7 25. g3 Qf6 26. Red1 b6 27. Kg2
Nc5 28. f3 Re7 29. Rd5 Re5 30. Qc3 Rae8 31. Rxe5 Qxe5 32. Qxe5 dxe5 33. a3 f6
34. Kf2 Kf7 35. Ke3 Ke7 36. Rd5 g5 37. f4 Kf8 38. fxe5 Rxe5 39. Rxe5 fxe5 40.
Bd1 Kf7 41. Bc2 Kg6 42. Bd1 h5 43. h4 g4 44. Bc2 Kf6 45. Bd1 Ke6 46. Bc2 Kd6 47.
Kd2 Ke6 48. Kc3 Ke7 49. Kd2 Kd6 50. Kc3 Kd7 51. Kd2 Ke7 52. Kc3 Kd6 53. Kd2 Nb7
54. Bxa4 Kc5 55. Kc3 Nd6 56. Bc2 Nxc4 57. a4 Na5 58. Bd3 c6 59. bxc6 Nxc6 60.
Bc4 Nd4 61. Kd3 Ne2 62. Bf7 Nxg3 63. Ke3 Kb4 64. Bg6 Nf1+ 65. Ke2 Nh2 66. Bxh5
Nf3 67. Bxg4 Nxh4 68. Bd7 Ng6 69. Kf3 Kc5 70. Kg4 Kd4 71. Kf5 Nf4 72. Bc6 0-1

[Event "GCT 2021 Saint Louis - Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "14.08.2021"]
[Round "4B"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Xiong, Jeffery"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle ""]
[BlackTitle ""]
[WhiteElo "2806"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[ECO "D12"]
[Opening "QGD Slav"]
[Variation "4.e3 Bf5"]
[WhiteFideId "2020009"]
[BlackFideId "2047640"]
[EventDate "2021.08.14"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Be4 7. f3 Bg6 8. Qb3 Qc7
9. Bd2 Be7 10. g3 Bh5 11. Be2 Nbd7 12. cxd5 Nxd5 13. Nxd5 exd5 14. Ng2 Bg6 15.
Nf4 Bd6 16. O-O O-O 17. Rac1 Qb6 18. Qc3 Rfe8 19. Rfe1 a5 20. a3 Re7 21. Bf1
Rae8 22. Nxg6 hxg6 23. Qxa5 Qxa5 24. Bxa5 Rxe3 25. Kf2 Rxe1 26. Bxe1 Nf8 27. Bc3
Ne6 28. a4 Ra8 29. a5 Kf8 30. Ke2 Ke7 31. Kd3 Kd7 32. Be1 g5 33. Bh3 Rh8 34.
Bxe6+ Kxe6 35. Rc2 Kd7 36. Re2 f6 37. Bd2 Bc7 38. b4 Bd6 39. Kc3 Kc7 40. Kd3 Kd7
41. Kc3 Ra8 42. h4 gxh4 43. gxh4 Rh8 44. Rg2 Rh7 45. Kd3 Ke6 46. Re2+ Kf5 47.
Be1 Rh8 48. Rb2 Re8 49. Bd2 Bf4 50. b5 Bxd2 51. Kxd2 Ra8 52. bxc6 bxc6 53. Ra2
Kf4 54. Kc3 Kxf3 55. Kb4 f5 56. Kc5 Ke3 57. Kxc6 Kxd4 58. a6 f4 59. Kb7 Rf8 60.
a7 f3 61. a8=Q Rxa8 62. Rxa8 f2 63. Rf8 Ke3 64. Re8+ Kf3 65. Kc6 d4 66. Kd5 d3 0-1

[Event "GCT 2021 Saint Louis - Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "14.08.2021"]
[Round "4B"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle ""]
[BlackTitle ""]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[ECO "C42"]
[Opening "Petrov"]
[Variation "Nimzovich attack"]
[WhiteFideId "3503240"]
[BlackFideId "13401319"]
[EventDate "2021.08.14"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Be3 O-O 8.
Qd2 Nd7 9. O-O-O Nf6 10. Bd3 Re8 11. Rhe1 Bg4 12. h3 Bxf3 13. gxf3 c6 14. Rg1 g6
15. h4 Nh5 16. f4 Qa5 17. Kb1 Ng7 18. f5 Nxf5 19. h5 Nxe3 20. hxg6 hxg6 21. Qxe3
Bf6 22. Qh3 Bg7 23. f4 Qh5 24. Qg3 Qc5 25. Bxg6 fxg6 26. Qxg6 Re7 27. f5 Qe5 28.
f6 Rf7 29. fxg7 Rxg7 30. Qh6 Re8 31. Rh1 Re6 32. Qh8+ Kf7 33. Qc8 d5 34. Rdf1+
Ke7 35. Qf8+ Kd7 36. Qa8 Kc7 37. a3 Rg2 38. Qxa7 Re7 39. Qa5+ Kd7 40. Rhg1 Qe2
41. Rc1 Rxg1 42. Rxg1 Qf2 43. Rc1 Re1 44. b3 Rxc1+ 45. Kxc1 d4 46. cxd4 Qxd4 47.
Qd2 Qxd2+ 48. Kxd2 Kd6 49. Kd3 Kc5 50. c4 b5 51. b4+ Kb6 52. Kd4 1-0

[Event "GCT 2021 Saint Louis - Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "14.08.2021"]
[Round "5B"]
[White "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle ""]
[BlackTitle ""]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[ECO "D20"]
[Opening "QGA"]
[Variation "3.e4"]
[WhiteFideId "12401137"]
[BlackFideId "3503240"]
[EventDate "2021.08.14"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 e5 4. Nf3 Bb4+ 5. Nc3 exd4 6. Nxd4 Nd7 7. Bxc4 Ngf6 8.
O-O O-O 9. f3 Qe7 10. Qe2 Ne5 11. Bb3 Bxc3 12. bxc3 c5 13. Ba3 Ng6 14. Rad1 b6
15. c4 Bd7 16. Nc2 Nh5 17. Ne3 Nhf4 18. Qf2 Be6 19. Kh1 f5 20. Bc2 fxe4 21. Bxe4
Rad8 22. Bb2 Qg5 23. g3 Nh5 24. Rxd8 Qxd8 25. f4 Nf6 26. Bf3 Bh3 27. Rd1 Qe7 28.
Nd5 Nxd5 29. cxd5 Qd6 30. Re1 Nxf4 31. gxf4 Qxf4 32. Re3 Bg4 33. Kg2 Qg5 34. Kf1
Qf5 35. Kg2 Bxf3+ 36. Qxf3 Qg5+ 37. Qg3 Qxd5+ 38. Kg1 Qf7 39. Rf3 Qe7 40. Rxf8+
Kxf8 41. Be5 Qf7 1-0

[Event "GCT 2021 Saint Louis - Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "14.08.2021"]
[Round "5B"]
[White "Rapport, Richard"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle ""]
[BlackTitle ""]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[ECO "A04"]
[Opening "Reti opening"]
[WhiteFideId "738590"]
[BlackFideId "4102142"]
[EventDate "2021.08.14"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. g3 e5 6. Nb5 Bb4+ 7. Bd2 a6 8.
N5c3 d5 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Bg2 Be6 11. O-O Nb6 12. Na4 Be7 13. Nxb6 Qxb6 14. Nc3
Rd8 15. Qc2 O-O 16. Rad1 Nd4 17. Be3 Qb4 18. Qb1 Bf5 19. Qa1 Qc4 20. Kh1 Bb4 21.
Bxb7 Bxc3 22. bxc3 Nxe2 23. Rxd8 Rxd8 24. Rd1 Rd3 25. Bg2 Be4 26. Qb1 Rxd1+ 27.
Qxd1 h6 28. f3 Bd5 29. Qd2 Nxc3 30. a3 Bxf3 31. Kg1 Bxg2 32. Kxg2 0-1

[Event "GCT 2021 Saint Louis - Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "14.08.2021"]
[Round "5B"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle ""]
[BlackTitle ""]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[ECO "C67"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "open Berlin defence, l'Hermet variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2016192"]
[BlackFideId "5202213"]
[EventDate "2021.08.14"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. dxe5 Nxb5 7. a4 Nbd4 8.
Nxd4 Nxd4 9. Qxd4 d5 10. exd6 Qxd6 11. Qe4+ Qe6 12. Qd4 Qd6 13. Qe4+ Qe6 14. Qd4
Qd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT 2021 Saint Louis - Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "14.08.2021"]
[Round "5B"]
[White "Xiong, Jeffery"]
[Black "Shankland, Sam"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle ""]
[BlackTitle ""]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[ECO "A18"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "Mikenas-Carls, Flohr variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2047640"]
[BlackFideId "2004887"]
[EventDate "2021.08.14"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. e4 d5 4. e5 d4 5. exf6 dxc3 6. bxc3 Qxf6 7. Nf3 b6 8. g3
Bb7 9. Bg2 Qd8 10. O-O Be7 11. d4 Nd7 12. a4 a5 13. Re1 O-O 14. Bf4 Re8 15. Rb1
Ra7 16. d5 exd5 17. cxd5 Ra8 18. Nd4 Bd6 19. Rxe8+ Qxe8 20. Bxd6 cxd6 21. Nc6
Qf8 22. Bh3 Nc5 23. Rxb6 Re8 24. Nxa5 Ba6 25. Nc6 Be2 26. Qd2 Bf3 27. Bg2 Nxa4
28. Rb4 Bxg2 29. Kxg2 Nc5 30. h4 g6 31. Rb1 Qg7 32. Qd4 Qf8 33. h5 gxh5 34. Rh1
Qh6 35. Qd1 Qg6 36. Qxh5 Nd3 37. Qxg6+ hxg6 38. Rb1 Re4 39. Kf3 Rc4 40. Rb3 Rc5
41. Ke3 Nc1 42. Ra3 Rxd5 43. Ne7+ 1-0

[Event "GCT 2021 Saint Louis - Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "14.08.2021"]
[Round "5B"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle ""]
[BlackTitle ""]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2806"]
[ECO "D38"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "Ragozin variation"]
[WhiteFideId "13401319"]
[BlackFideId "2020009"]
[EventDate "2021.08.14"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. Qa4+ Nc6 8. e3
O-O 9. Rc1 Rd8 10. Be2 a6 11. cxd5 exd5 12. O-O Bf8 13. Qb3 Na5 14. Qd1 Nc6 15.
a3 Rb8 16. Na4 Bd6 17. Nc5 Ne7 18. b4 g5 19. Nd2 Nf5 20. Bg4 Kg7 21. h3 Rh8 22.
Qf3 c6 23. Ndb3 Bc7 24. e4 dxe4 25. Nxe4 Qg6 26. d5 h5 27. Qc3+ f6 28. Bxf5 Bxf5
29. d6 Bxe4 30. dxc7 Rbc8 31. Nc5 Bd5 32. Rcd1 Qf7 33. f4 g4 34. f5 Rxc7 35.
hxg4 hxg4 36. Qg3 Re7 37. Rfe1 Rhe8 38. Qxg4+ Kf8 39. Qh4 Rxe1+ 40. Rxe1 Rxe1+
41. Qxe1 Qh5 42. Nd7+ Kf7 43. Qe8+ Kxe8 44. Nxf6+ Kf7 45. Nxh5 Be4 46. Ng3 Bb1
47. Kf2 Kf6 48. Kf3 b6 49. Kf4 c5 50. bxc5 bxc5 51. Ne4+ 1-0

[Event "GCT 2021 Saint Louis - Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "14.08.2021"]
[Round "6B"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Shankland, Sam"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle ""]
[BlackTitle ""]
[WhiteElo "2806"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[ECO "B62"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Richter-Rauzer, Keres variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2020009"]
[BlackFideId "2004887"]
[EventDate "2021.08.14"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 d6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd3 Be7 8.
O-O-O O-O 9. Kb1 Bd7 10. Nb3 a5 11. a3 a4 12. Nd4 Qa5 13. Bd2 Qb6 14. Be3 Nxd4
15. Bxd4 Qa5 16. Be2 Rfc8 17. Qe3 b5 18. Na2 Qc7 19. Bc3 Qb7 20. Bf3 e5 21. Nb4
Rc4 22. Rhe1 Rac8 23. h3 Be6 24. g4 Nd7 25. Bg2 h6 26. Bf1 R4c7 27. Nd5 Bg5 28.
Qf3 Rc5 29. Bd3 Bxd5 30. exd5 Rxc3 31. bxc3 Nf6 32. Kb2 Qb6 33. Re4 Nxd5 34. h4
Bxh4 35. Qf5 Ne7 36. Qd7 Rd8 37. Qxb5 Qc7 38. Rc4 Qa7 39. Rxa4 Qc7 40. Rb4 Bxf2
41. Qb7 Qxb7 42. Rxb7 Nc6 43. a4 Bc5 44. Be4 Na5 45. Rb5 Nc4+ 46. Kb3 Ne3 47.
Rd3 Rc8 48. a5 Nxg4 49. a6 Nf2 50. Bb7 Rf8 51. Rf3 e4 52. Rxc5 exf3 53. Rf5 Ng4
54. Rxf3 Rb8 55. Rf4 Ne5 56. Rb4 h5 57. a7 Rf8 58. Bd5 g5 59. Rb8 1-0

[Event "GCT 2021 Saint Louis - Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "14.08.2021"]
[Round "6B"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Xiong, Jeffery"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle ""]
[BlackTitle ""]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[ECO "D12"]
[Opening "QGD Slav"]
[Variation "4.e3 Bf5"]
[WhiteFideId "5202213"]
[BlackFideId "2047640"]
[EventDate "2021.08.14"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Be4 7. f3 Bg6 8. Qb3 Qc7
9. Bd2 Be7 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. O-O-O Nc6 12. Nxg6 hxg6 13. Kb1 a6 14. Bd3 Kf8 15.
Rc1 Rb8 16. Ne2 Rxh2 17. Rxh2 Qxh2 18. e4 dxe4 19. fxe4 Rd8 20. Qxb7 Nxd4 21.
Nxd4 Rxd4 22. Rc8+ Rd8 23. Ba5 Qg1+ 24. Rc1 Qd4 25. Bxa6 Rd7 26. Qb8+ Ne8 27.
Bb5 Qxe4+ 28. Ka1 Qb7 29. Qh2 Bf6 30. Qh8+ Ke7 31. Bb4+ Nd6 32. Bxd6+ Kxd6 33.
Rd1+ Kc5 34. Rxd7 Bxb2+ 35. Kb1 Qe4+ 36. Kxb2 Qb4+ 37. Kc2 Qe4+ 38. Rd3 Qxg2+
39. Kb3 Qb7 40. Qe8 1-0

[Event "GCT 2021 Saint Louis - Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "14.08.2021"]
[Round "6B"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle ""]
[BlackTitle ""]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[ECO "C53"]
[Opening "Giuoco Piano"]
[WhiteFideId "4102142"]
[BlackFideId "2016192"]
[EventDate "2021.08.14"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 a6 6. a4 d6 7. O-O Ba7 8. a5 O-O
9. Be3 h6 10. Nbd2 Re8 11. Bxa7 Rxa7 12. Re1 Be6 13. Bxe6 Rxe6 14. d4 Re8 15. d5
Ne7 16. c4 Nd7 17. b4 c5 18. bxc5 Nxc5 19. Nb3 Nd7 20. Qd2 Ra8 21. Rec1 Rc8 22.
Qb4 Qc7 23. Rab1 Ng6 24. g3 Ne7 25. Qd2 f5 26. exf5 Nxf5 27. Qc2 e4 28. Nfd2 Nf6
29. Re1 e3 30. Qxf5 exd2 31. Nxd2 Qxa5 32. Ne4 Nxe4 33. Rxe4 Qc7 34. Re6 Rf8 35.
Qg6 Qc5 36. Rf1 Rc7 37. Re8 Rf7 38. Qe6 Rxe8 39. Qxe8+ Rf8 40. Qe6+ Kh8 41. Qe7
Kg8 42. Qe6+ Rf7 43. Qe8+ Rf8 44. Qe6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT 2021 Saint Louis - Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "14.08.2021"]
[Round "6B"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "Rapport, Richard"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle ""]
[BlackTitle ""]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[ECO "C53"]
[Opening "Giuoco Piano"]
[WhiteFideId "3503240"]
[BlackFideId "738590"]
[EventDate "2021.08.14"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 h6 6. O-O d6 7. b4 Bb6 8. Nbd2
O-O 9. Re1 Ne7 10. Bb3 Ng6 11. a4 c6 12. a5 Bc7 13. d4 Re8 14. dxe5 dxe5 15. Qc2
Nh7 16. Bc4 Qf6 17. g3 Bg4 18. Be2 Rad8 19. Kg2 Qe6 20. Ng1 Bxe2 21. Rxe2 b6 22.
Qa2 Qg4 23. f3 Qc8 24. Nb3 Rd3 25. Qc2 Red8 26. Rd2 Rxd2+ 27. Bxd2 Qe6 28. c4
Nf6 29. Be3 Rd7 30. axb6 axb6 31. Nh3 Qe7 32. c5 b5 33. Ra6 Qe6 34. Nf2 Rd8 35.
Nd2 Ne7 36. Qa2 Qd7 37. Ra7 Rb8 38. Qa3 Nc8 39. Ra6 Ne7 40. Qa2 Rd8 41. Ra7 Rb8
42. Ra3 Qc8 43. Nb3 Qe6 44. Nc1 Qd7 45. Ncd3 Qd8 46. Bd2 Ng6 47. Ra6 Qe8 48. Ra7
Rc8 49. Be3 Qd8 50. Ra6 Qd7 51. Bd2 Qe8 52. Bc3 Kh7 53. Ra7 Nd7 54. Kf1 Nb8 55.
Ke2 Nd7 56. Ra6 Ndf8 57. Qa1 Ne6 58. Ra7 Bb8 59. Ra8 f6 60. Qa2 Rd8 61. Ra6 Qd7
62. Ra8 Nc7 63. Ra3 Ne6 64. Ra8 Nc7 65. Ra3 Qe8 66. Ra5 Qd7 67. Ra3 Nf8 68. Qb1
Nfe6 69. Bb2 Nd4+ 70. Bxd4 Qxd4 71. Qa1 Qd7 72. Nc1 Ne6 73. Nb3 Qf7 74. Ra8 Nc7
75. Ra3 Qc4+ 76. Ke1 Qxb4+ 77. Kf1 Qc4+ 78. Kg2 b4 79. Na5 Qxc5 80. Ra2 Qb5 81.
Nb3 Ne6 82. Rc2 Nd4 83. Nxd4 exd4 84. Qb1 c5 85. e5 f5 86. Ra2 d3 87. e6 c4 88.
Ra8 Bc7 89. Ra7 Qb6 90. Ra4 Bd6 91. Qe1 Be7 92. Qe5 Qc5 93. Qf4 d2 94. Nd1 c3
95. Rxb4 Qxb4 96. Qxf5+ Kh8 0-1

[Event "GCT 2021 Saint Louis - Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "14.08.2021"]
[Round "6B"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle ""]
[BlackTitle ""]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[ECO "E21"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian"]
[Variation "three knights variation"]
[WhiteFideId "13401319"]
[BlackFideId "12401137"]
[EventDate "2021.08.14"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 O-O 5. Bg5 c5 6. Rc1 cxd4 7. Nxd4 h6 8. Bh4
Be7 9. e3 Nc6 10. Be2 Qb6 11. Qd2 d5 12. cxd5 Nxd4 13. exd4 exd5 14. Bxf6 Bxf6
15. Nxd5 Qxd4 16. Nxf6+ Qxf6 17. O-O Be6 18. Bf3 Rad8 19. Qa5 Qxb2 20. Qxa7 b5
21. a4 bxa4 22. Qxa4 Qd4 23. Qxd4 Rxd4 24. Rfd1 Rfd8 25. Rxd4 Rxd4 26. Rd1 Rxd1+
27. Bxd1 g5 28. g3 Bd5 29. Be2 Be6 30. Bd1 Bd5 31. Be2 Be6 32. Bd1 Bd5 33. Be2 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT 2021 Saint Louis - Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "14.08.2021"]
[Round "7B"]
[White "Rapport, Richard"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle ""]
[BlackTitle ""]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[ECO "A15"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[WhiteFideId "738590"]
[BlackFideId "13401319"]
[EventDate "2021.08.14"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 e5 5. Nxe5 O-O 6. Nf3 Re8 7. Bd3 d5 8. cxd5
Nxd5 9. Nxd5 Qxd5 10. Bc2 Bg4 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Qxf3 Nc6 13. O-O Qd7 14. Ba4 Rad8
15. Rd1 Nd4 16. Bxd7 Nxf3+ 17. gxf3 Rxd7 18. d3 c5 19. Be3 Bxb2 20. Rab1 Bd4 21.
Bxd4 cxd4 22. Rdc1 Kg7 23. f4 Re6 24. Rc4 Rf6 25. Rbb4 Rxf4 26. Rxd4 Rc7 27.
Rbc4 Rxc4 28. Rxc4 Rf3 29. Rd4 Rxh3 30. Rd7 g5 31. Kg2 g4 32. a4 h5 33. a5 h4
34. e5 Kg6 35. Rd6+ Kg5 36. Rd7 Kg6 37. Rd6+ Kf5 38. Rf6+ Kxe5 39. Rxf7 Rxd3 40.
Rxb7 a6 41. Re7+ Kf6 42. Rh7 h3+ 43. Kg1 Rd1+ 44. Kh2 Kg6 45. Ra7 Rd6 46. Kg3
Rd3+ 47. Kxg4 h2 48. Rxa6+ Kg7 49. Ra7+ Kg6 50. Ra6+ Kg7 51. Ra7+ Kg6 52. Ra6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT 2021 Saint Louis - Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "14.08.2021"]
[Round "7B"]
[White "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle ""]
[BlackTitle ""]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2806"]
[ECO "A46"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[WhiteFideId "12401137"]
[BlackFideId "2020009"]
[EventDate "2021.08.14"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d6 3. Nc3 Bf5 4. Bg5 d5 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 Bg6 7. O-O e6 8. e4
dxe4 9. Nxe4 Be7 10. Ng3 O-O 11. Bxg6 hxg6 12. c4 c5 13. Qe2 cxd4 14. Nxd4 a6
15. a3 Qc7 16. b4 b6 17. Rfd1 Rfe8 18. Rac1 Bf8 19. h3 e5 20. Nc2 e4 21. Ne3 a5
22. Bxf6 Nxf6 23. Nd5 Nxd5 24. cxd5 Qe5 25. Rc6 axb4 26. axb4 Rad8 27. Rxb6 Bd6
28. Nf1 f5 29. Rc6 f4 30. b5 Qg5 31. Qg4 Qxg4 32. hxg4 e3 33. Nh2 e2 34. Re1 Bb4
35. Nf3 Bxe1 36. Nxe1 Rxd5 37. f3 Kf7 38. b6 Rb5 39. Kf2 g5 40. g3 Re6 41. Rc7+
Re7 42. gxf4 gxf4 43. Rc6 g5 44. Rd6 Kg7 45. Rc6 Rb7 46. Kxe2 R5xb6 47. Rxb6
Rxb6 48. Nd3 Kf6 49. Nf2 Rb2+ 50. Kf1 Ra2 51. Ne4+ Kg6 52. Kg1 Ra5 53. Kf2 Kf7
54. Ke2 Rd5 55. Nc3 Re5+ 56. Kf2 Ke6 57. Nb1 Rd5 58. Nc3 Rd4 59. Ke2 Ke5 60. Nd1
Ra4 61. Nf2 Ra2+ 62. Kf1 Kd4 63. Ne4 Ke3 64. Nxg5 Ra5 65. Ne4 Kxf3 66. Nd2+ Kxg4
67. Nc4 Ra2 68. Ne5+ Kg3 0-1

[Event "GCT 2021 Saint Louis - Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "14.08.2021"]
[Round "7B"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle ""]
[BlackTitle ""]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[ECO "C65"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Berlin defence"]
[WhiteFideId "2016192"]
[BlackFideId "3503240"]
[EventDate "2021.08.14"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. O-O Nd4 6. Be3 Nxf3+ 7. Qxf3 Bxe3 8.
Qxe3 O-O 9. d4 d6 10. Nc3 c6 11. Bc4 b5 12. Be2 Re8 13. dxe5 dxe5 14. Rfd1 Qb6
15. Qxb6 axb6 16. a3 Be6 17. f3 Kf8 18. Kf2 Ke7 19. g4 h5 20. h3 hxg4 21. hxg4
Rh8 22. Rh1 Rxh1 23. Rxh1 Nd7 24. Rh7 g6 25. Ke3 Nc5 26. Rh1 Rd8 27. Nd1 Ra8 28.
Nc3 Rd8 29. Nd1 Ra8 30. Nf2 Bc4 31. Bd1 Be6 32. g5 Rd8 33. Be2 Ra8 34. Nd3 Nxd3
35. Bxd3 Kd6 36. c3 Ke7 37. Bc2 Rd8 38. Rh2 Bc4 39. f4 exf4+ 40. Kxf4 Bd3 41.
Bb3 Bc4 42. Bc2 Bd3 43. Ke5 Bxc2 44. Rxc2 Rd1 45. c4 Rg1 46. Kf4 Rf1+ 47. Ke3
bxc4 48. Rxc4 c5 49. b4 Ra1 50. bxc5 Rxa3+ 51. Kf4 bxc5 52. Rxc5 Ra7 53. Rc8 Ra5
54. Rb8 Rc5 55. Ra8 Rb5 56. Rc8 Ra5 57. Rb8 Rc5 58. Ra8 Rb5 59. Rc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT 2021 Saint Louis - Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "14.08.2021"]
[Round "7B"]
[White "Xiong, Jeffery"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle ""]
[BlackTitle ""]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[ECO "D85"]
[Opening "Gruenfeld"]
[Variation "modern exchange variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2047640"]
[BlackFideId "4102142"]
[EventDate "2021.08.14"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 c5 8.
Rb1 O-O 9. Be2 cxd4 10. cxd4 Qa5+ 11. Bd2 Qxa2 12. O-O Bg4 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bh4 g5
15. Bg3 Nc6 16. d5 Rad8 17. h4 e6 18. hxg5 exd5 19. gxh6 dxe4 20. Qc1 exf3 21.
Qg5 1-0

[Event "GCT 2021 Saint Louis - Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "14.08.2021"]
[Round "7B"]
[White "Shankland, Sam"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle ""]
[BlackTitle ""]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[ECO "C45"]
[Opening "Scotch"]
[Variation "Schmidt variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2004887"]
[BlackFideId "5202213"]
[EventDate "2021.08.14"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. Bd3 d5 7. exd5 cxd5
8. O-O Be7 9. c4 O-O 10. Nc3 Bb7 11. Qf3 Rb8 12. Nxd5 Nxd5 13. Be4 c6 14. cxd5
cxd5 15. Bd3 Ba8 16. b3 d4 17. Qg3 Bd6 18. Bf4 Bxf4 19. Qxf4 Qd5 20. f3 Rbe8 21.
Rfd1 Rd8 22. Rac1 Qa5 23. Rc2 g6 24. Qc7 Qg5 25. Qg3 Qf6 26. Rc7 Qb6 27. h4 Rc8
28. Rdc1 Rxc7 29. Rxc7 h5 30. Qf4 Bd5 31. Kh2 Rd8 32. Qe5 a5 33. Qe7 Rf8 34. Rd7
Be6 35. Qd6 Qb4 36. Qxb4 axb4 37. Rxd4 Ra8 38. Bb1 Rb8 39. Kg3 Kg7 40. Kf4 Kf6
41. g4 hxg4 42. fxg4 Ke7 43. h5 gxh5 44. gxh5 Rg8 45. Bf5 Rg2 46. Bxe6 Kxe6 47.
Rxb4 Rxa2 48. Rb6+ Ke7 49. b4 Rh2 50. h6 1-0

[Event "GCT 2021 Saint Louis - Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "14.08.2021"]
[Round "8B"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Shankland, Sam"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle ""]
[BlackTitle ""]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[ECO "B50"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[WhiteFideId "4102142"]
[BlackFideId "2004887"]
[EventDate "2021.08.14"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. Be2 g6 5. O-O Bg7 6. Bb5+ Nc6 7. Re1 O-O 8. d4
Qb6 9. Bxc6 Qxc6 10. d5 Qc7 11. h3 b5 12. a4 b4 13. cxb4 cxb4 14. Nbd2 a5 15.
Nb3 Ba6 16. Nbd4 Rfe8 17. Bf4 Qd7 18. Rc1 Rac8 19. Nc6 e6 20. Nxa5 exd5 21. Rxc8
Rxc8 22. e5 dxe5 23. Bxe5 Re8 24. Qd4 Qxa4 25. Bxf6 Rxe1+ 26. Nxe1 Bxf6 27. Qxf6
Qxa5 28. Nf3 Bc8 29. Ne5 Qc7 30. Nc6 Be6 31. Nxb4 Qc4 32. Qc3 Qxc3 33. bxc3 Kf8
34. f4 Ke7 35. Kf2 Kd6 36. Nd3 Bf5 37. Ne5 f6 38. Nf3 Kc5 39. Ke3 Kc4 40. g4 Bc8
41. Kd2 Kc5 42. Nd4 Kd6 43. Ke3 Ba6 44. Nf3 Kc5 45. g5 fxg5 46. Nxg5 Bc8 47. h4
h6 48. Nf7 h5 49. Ne5 Bf5 50. Nf3 Kc4 51. Kd2 Be4 52. Nd4 Bf5 53. Nf3 Be4 54.
Nd4 Bf5 55. Nf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT 2021 Saint Louis - Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "14.08.2021"]
[Round "8B"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "Xiong, Jeffery"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle ""]
[BlackTitle ""]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[ECO "B12"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "advance variation"]
[WhiteFideId "3503240"]
[BlackFideId "2047640"]
[EventDate "2021.08.14"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Ne7 6. c3 Ng6 7. O-O Be7 8. Be3 Nd7
9. Nbd2 f6 10. Ne1 h5 11. f4 Qb6 12. Qb3 Rc8 13. Bd3 Nh4 14. Bf2 Bxd3 15. Nxd3
Nf5 16. Qc2 fxe5 17. fxe5 g5 18. Kh1 h4 19. Rae1 Kd8 20. c4 Qa6 21. b3 Nb6 22.
c5 Nd7 23. b4 b6 24. a4 bxc5 25. dxc5 Qb7 26. Rb1 a6 27. Nb3 Qc7 28. Nd4 Nxd4
29. Bxd4 Rf8 30. Rxf8+ Nxf8 31. Qf2 Qd7 32. Rf1 Qe8 33. Qe2 Rb8 34. Bc3 Qg6 35.
Nc1 h3 36. gxh3 Nd7 37. Nd3 a5 38. bxa5 Rb3 39. a6 Kc7 40. Rc1 Qe4+ 41. Qxe4
dxe4 42. Nf2 Nxc5 43. Bd4 Nxa6 44. a5 c5 45. Nxe4 Rb4 46. Bxc5 Rxe4 47. Bxe7+
Kd7 48. Bd6 Re2 49. Rg1 Re3 50. Rxg5 Rxh3 51. Kg2 Rd3 52. h4 1-0

[Event "GCT 2021 Saint Louis - Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "14.08.2021"]
[Round "8B"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle ""]
[BlackTitle ""]
[WhiteElo "2806"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[ECO "C88"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "closed, anti-Marshall 8.a4"]
[WhiteFideId "2020009"]
[BlackFideId "5202213"]
[EventDate "2021.08.14"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4
b4 9. a5 d6 10. c3 Rb8 11. Bc4 Bg4 12. h3 Bh5 13. d3 bxc3 14. bxc3 Nxa5 15. Rxa5
Rxb1 16. g4 Bg6 17. Qc2 Rb8 18. Rxa6 Qc8 19. Kh2 Kh8 20. Qe2 c6 21. Ra7 Bd8 22.
Ba6 Qe6 23. Be3 Nxg4+ 24. hxg4 Qxg4 25. Nd2 Qh4+ 26. Kg2 f5 27. Rh1 Qf6 28. exf5
Bxf5 29. Qh5 Bb6 30. Bxb6 Rxb6 31. Nf3 Bg6 32. Qg4 d5 33. Qg3 Rb2 34. Rf1 e4 35.
Ne5 Bh5 36. dxe4 dxe4 37. Bc4 e3 38. Qxe3 h6 39. Qg3 Rd2 40. Rd7 Bf3+ 41. Kg1
Bd5 1-0

[Event "GCT 2021 Saint Louis - Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "14.08.2021"]
[Round "8B"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle ""]
[BlackTitle ""]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[ECO "D37"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "classical variation (5.Bf4)"]
[WhiteFideId "13401319"]
[BlackFideId "2016192"]
[EventDate "2021.08.14"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. a3 Nbd7 7. Nb5 Ne8 8. e3
dxc4 9. Bxc4 a6 10. Nc3 b5 11. Be2 c5 12. dxc5 Nxc5 13. Qxd8 Bxd8 14. b4 Bf6 15.
Ne5 Nd7 16. Bf3 Nc7 17. Nxd7 Bxc3+ 18. Ke2 Bxd7 19. Rac1 Nd5 20. Bxd5 exd5 21.
Rxc3 Rac8 22. Rc5 Rxc5 23. bxc5 Bc6 24. f3 a5 25. Rb1 f6 26. Bc7 Ra8 27. Kd3 h5
28. h4 Kf7 29. Kc3 Ke6 30. Bg3 Ra7 31. Be1 Ke5 32. Kd3 Kf5 33. Kd4 Ra8 34. Bd2
Ra7 35. Rg1 Ke6 36. g4 hxg4 37. Rxg4 Kf7 38. Rg1 Ra8 39. Rg4 Bd7 40. Rg1 Bc6 41.
Rg4 g6 42. Rg1 Rh8 43. Rh1 Ra8 44. Rh2 Kg7 45. Rh1 Kh7 46. Rh2 Kg7 47. Rh1 Kf7
48. Rh2 a4 49. Rh1 Rh8 50. Be1 g5 51. Rh2 Ke6 52. Bg3 gxh4 53. Rxh4 Rg8 54. Bd6
b4 55. axb4 a3 56. Rh2 Ra8 57. Ra2 Bb5 58. e4 dxe4 59. fxe4 Bc6 60. Ra1 a2 61.
Kc3 Bxe4 62. Kb2 Bd5 63. b5 Ra5 64. Re1+ Kf7 65. b6 Rb5+ 66. Ka1 f5 67. Rd1 Ke6
68. Re1+ Kf7 69. Rd1 Ke6 70. Re1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT 2021 Saint Louis - Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "14.08.2021"]
[Round "8B"]
[White "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Black "Rapport, Richard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle ""]
[BlackTitle ""]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[ECO "A47"]
[Opening "Queen's Indian defence"]
[WhiteFideId "12401137"]
[BlackFideId "738590"]
[EventDate "2021.08.14"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 b6 3. g3 Bb7 4. Bg2 g6 5. c4 Bg7 6. Qc2 Be4 7. Qa4 Bb7 8. Qc2
Be4 9. Qd1 Bb7 10. O-O O-O 11. d5 Na6 12. Nc3 Nc5 13. Qc2 e6 14. Rd1 exd5 15.
cxd5 Re8 16. Nd4 a5 17. Bf4 Nh5 18. Be3 Rxe3 19. fxe3 d6 20. e4 Qd7 21. e3 Nf6
22. Rf1 Qe7 23. Rf4 Rf8 24. a3 Nh5 25. Rf2 Bh6 26. Re1 Nf6 27. b4 axb4 28. axb4
Na6 29. Qb3 Ng4 30. Rfe2 Qf6 31. Ncb5 Bc8 32. Rf1 Qg5 33. Rf4 Ne5 34. Qc3 Bd7
35. Ref2 Qh5 36. Bf1 Ng4 37. Be2 Bxf4 38. exf4 Qh3 39. Bf1 Qh5 40. Re2 Ra8 41.
Ra2 Nb8 42. Re2 Na6 43. Qd2 Re8 44. Re1 Nf6 45. Bg2 Ng4 46. h4 Nf6 47. Qc3 Qg4
48. Kf2 Nh5 49. Ra1 Nxb4 50. Nxc7 Rc8 51. Ra7 b5 52. Qf3 Qxf3+ 53. Bxf3 Nd3+ 54.
Ke3 Nc5 55. Bxh5 gxh5 56. Ndxb5 Bxb5 57. Nxb5 Rd8 58. Rc7 Na6 59. Rc6 Nb4 60.
Rxd6 Re8 61. Nd4 Kf8 62. e5 Ra8 63. Nf5 h6 64. Ke4 Kg8 65. Rb6 Ra4 66. Ne7+ Kf8
67. d6 Nc6+ 68. Kf5 Nxe7+ 69. dxe7+ Kxe7 70. Rxh6 Ra3 71. Rxh5 Rxg3 72. Rh7 Kf8
73. h5 Kg8 74. Rh6 Rh3 75. Kg4 Rh1 76. Ra6 Kg7 77. Kg5 Rg1+ 78. Kf5 Rh1 79. h6+
Kg8 80. Rd6 Rh4 81. Kg5 Rh1 82. f5 Kh7 83. Rd7 Kg8 84. Rd8+ Kh7 85. Rf8 f6+ 86.
Rxf6 1-0

[Event "GCT 2021 Saint Louis - Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "14.08.2021"]
[Round "9B"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle ""]
[BlackTitle ""]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[ECO "E35"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian"]
[Variation "classical, Noa variation, 5.cd ed"]
[WhiteFideId "2016192"]
[BlackFideId "12401137"]
[EventDate "2021.08.14"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 Nc6 8. e3
g5 9. Bg3 h5 10. f3 Qe7 11. Kd2 h4 12. Bf2 a6 13. h3 Be6 14. Bd3 Bd6 15. a3 Nh5
16. Nge2 O-O 17. Rae1 f5 18. Kc1 Rae8 19. Rhf1 Qg7 20. Kb1 Ne7 21. e4 fxe4 22.
fxe4 dxe4 23. Nxe4 Nd5 24. N4c3 Nxc3+ 25. Nxc3 Nf4 26. d5 Nxd3 27. Rxe6 Rxe6 28.
dxe6 Qh7 29. Ka1 Qf5 30. Qb3 Re8 31. e7+ Kh7 32. Ne4 Rxe7 33. Nxg5+ Kh6 34. Nf3
Re2 35. Bd4 Rxg2 36. Nd2 Bf4 37. Nb1 Qe4 38. Bc3 Nc5 39. Qf7 Be5 40. Qf8+ Rg7
41. Qxc5 Bxc3 42. Qxc3 1-0

[Event "GCT 2021 Saint Louis - Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "14.08.2021"]
[Round "9B"]
[White "Xiong, Jeffery"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle ""]
[BlackTitle ""]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[ECO "B40"]
[Opening "Sicilian defence"]
[WhiteFideId "2047640"]
[BlackFideId "13401319"]
[EventDate "2021.08.14"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 d5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Bg2 Nc6 6. O-O Nf6 7. d4 cxd4 8.
Nxd4 Be7 9. Nc3 O-O 10. h3 h6 11. Be3 Re8 12. Re1 Bb4 13. a3 Bxc3 14. Nxc6 bxc6
15. bxc3 Bf5 16. c4 Be4 17. Bf1 dxc4 18. Qxd8 Rexd8 19. Bxc4 Bxc2 20. Rac1 Be4
21. Ba6 Rd7 22. Bf4 Bd5 23. Bd3 a5 24. Be5 a4 25. Re3 Nh7 26. h4 Nf8 27. Bf5 Rb7
28. Bd6 Rb3 29. Re7 Ne6 30. Bc2 Rc3 31. Bh7+ Kxh7 32. Rxc3 Nd4 33. Bc5 Rb8 34.
Bb4 g5 35. h5 g4 36. Kf1 Nf3 37. Ke2 Kg7 38. Ke3 Kf6 39. Bc5 Ng5 40. Ra7 Re8+
41. Kd3 Ne4 42. Rc1 Bb3 43. Bd4+ Kg5 44. Rxc6 f5 45. Rg7+ Kxh5 46. Rgg6 Bf7 47.
Rxh6+ Kg5 48. Be3+ f4 49. Bxf4+ Kf5 50. Be3 Rd8+ 51. Ke2 Be8 52. Rb6 Nc3+ 53.
Kf1 Rd1+ 54. Kg2 Nd5 55. Rb8 Bf7 56. Rf8 Nxe3+ 57. fxe3 Kg5 58. Rxf7 Kxh6 59.
Rf4 Rd3 60. Rxa4 Rxe3 61. Kf2 Rf3+ 62. Kg2 Rb3 63. Ra5 Rb2+ 64. Kg1 Kg6 65. Kf1
Kf6 66. a4 Ra2 67. Kg1 Kg6 68. Kf1 Kf6 69. Kg1 Kg6 70. Ra8 Kf5 71. Rf8+ Kg5 72.
Rf4 Ra1+ 73. Kf2 Ra2+ 74. Kf1 Ra1+ 75. Kg2 Ra2+ 76. Kg1 Ra3 77. Kg2 Ra2+ 78. Kg1
Ra1+ 79. Kg2 Ra2+ 80. Kg1 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT 2021 Saint Louis - Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "14.08.2021"]
[Round "9B"]
[White "Shankland, Sam"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle ""]
[BlackTitle ""]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[ECO "C45"]
[Opening "Scotch"]
[Variation "Schmidt variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2004887"]
[BlackFideId "3503240"]
[EventDate "2021.08.14"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. Bd3 d5 7. exd5 cxd5
8. O-O Be7 9. c4 O-O 10. Nc3 Bb7 11. Qf3 Rb8 12. Nxd5 Nxd5 13. Be4 c6 14. cxd5
cxd5 15. Bd3 d4 16. Qg3 Bh4 17. Qg4 Bc8 18. Qf4 Rb6 19. b3 Ba6 20. Rd1 Bf6 21.
Qf3 Re8 22. Bd2 Bxd3 23. Qxd3 Qd5 24. Re1 Rbe6 25. Rxe6 Rxe6 26. Rc1 Rc6 27.
Rxc6 Qxc6 28. Qc4 Qd7 29. a4 h5 30. a5 Qf5 31. h3 Qb1+ 32. Kh2 Qd1 33. Qc8+ Kh7
34. Qf5+ Kg8 35. Qc8+ Kh7 36. Qf5+ Kg8 37. Qc8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT 2021 Saint Louis - Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "14.08.2021"]
[Round "9B"]
[White "Rapport, Richard"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle ""]
[BlackTitle ""]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2806"]
[ECO "A08"]
[Opening "Reti"]
[Variation "King's Indian attack"]
[WhiteFideId "738590"]
[BlackFideId "2020009"]
[EventDate "2021.08.14"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. O-O e5 5. d3 Be7 6. Na3 Be6 7. e4 d4 8. Nc4 Qc7
9. Ng5 Bxg5 10. Bxg5 b5 11. Na3 a6 12. Bd2 Nge7 13. f4 f6 14. Kh1 h5 15. c4 b4
16. Nc2 a5 17. Ne1 Qd7 18. Nf3 Bg4 19. Qe1 Ng6 20. Ng1 h4 21. f5 Nge7 22. h3 Bh5
23. g4 Bf7 24. g5 O-O-O 25. g6 Be8 26. a3 Kb7 27. axb4 cxb4 28. Ne2 Qc7 29. Nc1
Qb6 30. Nb3 Ra8 31. Ra4 Kc7 32. Qa1 Bd7 33. Qa2 Ra7 34. Ra1 Rha8 35. c5 Qb5 36.
Nc1 Nd8 37. Qb3 Qxc5 38. R4a2 Kb7 39. Rxa5 Rxa5 40. Bxb4 Ba4 41. Rxa4 Qxc1+ 42.
Be1+ Kc8 43. Rc4+ Rc5 44. Rxc1 Rxc1 45. Kh2 Rxe1 46. Qb4 Re2 47. Qxe7 Ra2 48.
Qc5+ Kb8 49. Qd6+ Kc8 50. Qc5+ Kb8 51. Qb5+ Nb7 52. Qe8+ Ka7 53. Kg1 Rexb2 54.
Bf1 Ra1 55. Qe7 Rbb1 56. Qxg7 Rxf1+ 57. Kg2 Rg1+ 58. Kf2 Raf1+ 59. Ke2 Ra1 60.
Kf2 Rgb1 61. Qxf6 Rf1+ 62. Kg2 Rg1+ 63. Kf2 Raf1+ 64. Ke2 Re1+ 65. Kf2 Rgf1+ 66.
Kg2 Rg1+ 67. Kf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT 2021 Saint Louis - Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "14.08.2021"]
[Round "9B"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle ""]
[BlackTitle ""]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[ECO "C53"]
[Opening "Giuoco Piano"]
[WhiteFideId "5202213"]
[BlackFideId "4102142"]
[EventDate "2021.08.14"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. O-O a5 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4 Qe7
9. Nbd2 Bb6 10. Bb5 Bd7 11. Nc4 Ba7 12. Bxc6 Bxc6 13. Nxa5 Bxf2+ 14. Rxf2 Rxa5
15. Nd2 g5 16. Bg3 d5 17. b4 Ra8 18. Qf3 1-0

[Event "GCT 2021 Saint Louis - Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "15.08.2021"]
[Round "10B"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Rapport, Richard"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle ""]
[BlackTitle ""]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[ECO "E32"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian"]
[Variation "classical variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2016192"]
[BlackFideId "738590"]
[EventDate "2021.08.14"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. Qxc3 Nbd7 8.
g3 b6 9. Bg2 Bb7 10. O-O Re8 11. b3 h6 12. Bb2 Be4 13. Bh3 c6 14. Rfe1 Bh7 15.
Nd2 d5 16. Rad1 a5 17. Bg2 a4 18. b4 b5 19. c5 Qc7 20. Qc1 e5 21. dxe5 Nxe5 22.
Nf3 Nfd7 23. Nd4 Nf6 24. Nf3 Nfd7 25. Nd4 Nf6 26. Nf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT 2021 Saint Louis - Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "15.08.2021"]
[Round "10B"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle ""]
[BlackTitle ""]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[ECO "A36"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "ultra-symmetrical variation"]
[WhiteFideId "5202213"]
[BlackFideId "3503240"]
[EventDate "2021.08.14"]

1. c4 c5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. d3 d6 6. Qd2 e6 7. b3 Nge7 8. Bb2 O-O
9. h4 h6 10. Nf3 d5 11. cxd5 exd5 12. Na4 Bxb2 13. Nxb2 Kh7 14. Rc1 b6 15. d4
cxd4 16. h5 g5 17. Rxc6 Nxc6 18. Qc2+ Kg7 19. Qxc6 Bg4 20. Qa4 Qf6 21. Qxd4 Rac8
22. Kd2 Bxf3 23. Qxf6+ Kxf6 24. Bxf3 d4 25. Be4 Ke5 26. Bd3 f5 27. Nc4+ Ke6 28.
a4 Rfd8 29. Rf1 Rc7 30. f3 Rf8 31. Ra1 Rc5 32. Na3 Rc7 33. a5 Rb8 34. Nb5 Rd7
35. axb6 Rxb6 36. Nxa7 Rdb7 37. Ra5 f4 38. gxf4 gxf4 39. Nb5 Ke5 40. Na3+ Ke6
41. Nc2 Rd6 42. b4 Rg7 43. Bg6 Rb7 44. Kd3 Ke7 45. Re5+ Kf6 46. Rf5+ Kg7 47.
Rxf4 1-0

[Event "GCT 2021 Saint Louis - Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "15.08.2021"]
[Round "10B"]
[White "Shankland, Sam"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle ""]
[BlackTitle ""]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[ECO "B33"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Pelikan, Bird variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2004887"]
[BlackFideId "13401319"]
[EventDate "2021.08.14"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bf4 e5 8. Bg5
a6 9. Na3 Be6 10. Nc4 Rb8 11. Ne3 Be7 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. Bc4 O-O 14. O-O Bg5 15.
Bb3 Bxe3 16. fxe3 Na5 17. Qd3 Rc8 18. Rfd1 Nxb3 19. axb3 Qb6 20. Kh1 Rfd8 21.
Rd2 Qc5 22. Nd5 Bxd5 23. exd5 e4 24. Qe2 Re8 25. Ra4 g6 26. h3 Qc7 27. c3 Qd7
28. Ra5 Re5 29. b4 Rh5 30. Kg1 Rg5 31. Kh2 Qe7 32. Qf2 Rf5 33. Qg3 h5 34. Kg1
Rg5 35. Qf4 Rf5 36. Qg3 h4 37. Qg4 Rg5 38. Qxc8+ 1-0

[Event "GCT 2021 Saint Louis - Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "15.08.2021"]
[Round "10B"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle ""]
[BlackTitle ""]
[WhiteElo "2806"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[ECO "C84"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "closed defence"]
[WhiteFideId "2020009"]
[BlackFideId "4102142"]
[EventDate "2021.08.14"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 d6 7. c3 O-O 8. Re1
Re8 9. Nbd2 Bf8 10. h3 h6 11. d4 b5 12. Bc2 Bb7 13. d5 Nb8 14. b3 c6 15. c4 Qc7
16. Nf1 Nbd7 17. Ng3 bxc4 18. bxc4 a5 19. Be3 Nc5 20. Nd2 cxd5 21. exd5 g6 22.
Bxc5 dxc5 23. Rb1 Reb8 24. Qf3 Ne8 25. h4 h5 26. Nxh5 gxh5 27. Qxh5 Bg7 28. Rb3
Ra6 29. Rg3 Kf8 30. Rxg7 Kxg7 31. Qh7+ Kf8 32. Qh8+ Ke7 33. Rxe5+ Re6 34. dxe6
Nf6 35. Rxc5 Qd6 36. Qg7 Rf8 37. Nb3 a4 38. Rf5 Qxe6 39. Nc5 Qe1+ 40. Kh2 1-0

[Event "GCT 2021 Saint Louis - Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "15.08.2021"]
[Round "10B"]
[White "Xiong, Jeffery"]
[Black "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle ""]
[BlackTitle ""]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[ECO "C47"]
[Opening "Four knights"]
[Variation "Scotch, 4...exd4"]
[WhiteFideId "2047640"]
[BlackFideId "12401137"]
[EventDate "2021.08.14"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Nxe4 6. Nxe4 Qe7 7. f3 d5 8.
Bb5 Bd7 9. O-O dxe4 10. Bxc6 bxc6 11. Re1 O-O-O 12. Rxe4 Qb4 13. Qe2 Bc5 14. Be3
Rhe8 15. c3 Qb7 16. b4 Rxe4 17. fxe4 Bd6 18. Qc4 Re8 19. Qxf7 c5 20. bxc5 Qxe4
21. Bf2 Bxc5 22. Qxg7 Qd5 23. Bg3 Re2 24. Bf4 Rxa2 25. Rxa2 Qxa2 26. h3 Qd5 27.
Kh2 h5 28. Nf3 a5 29. Ne5 a4 30. Nxd7 Qxd7 31. Qh8+ Kb7 32. Qxh5 Qc6 33. c4 a3
34. Qd1 Bd6 35. Qb3+ Qb6 36. Qf3+ Kb8 37. Bxd6 Qxd6+ 38. Kh1 Qb4 39. Qe2 Qb1+
40. Kh2 a2 41. Qe8+ Kb7 42. Qe4+ Qxe4 0-1

[Event "GCT 2021 Saint Louis - Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "15.08.2021"]
[Round "11B"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle ""]
[BlackTitle ""]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[ECO "D41"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "Semi-Tarrasch, 5.cd"]
[WhiteFideId "13401319"]
[BlackFideId "5202213"]
[EventDate "2021.08.14"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 cxd4 6. Qxd4 exd5 7. Bg5 Be7 8.
e3 O-O 9. Be2 Nc6 10. Qd3 h6 11. Bh4 Qb6 12. O-O Rd8 13. Rfd1 Be6 14. a3 Rac8
15. b4 d4 16. exd4 Nd5 17. Nxd5 Bxd5 18. Bxe7 Nxe7 19. Ne5 Be6 20. Bf3 f6 21.
Ng4 Nf5 22. d5 Nh4 23. Be2 Nf5 24. Qe4 Bd7 25. Bd3 Qd4 26. Qxd4 Nxd4 27. Ne3 Rc3
28. Bh7+ Kxh7 29. Rxd4 Rdc8 30. g3 Kg6 31. Kg2 Kf7 32. h4 h5 33. a4 b6 34. a5 b5
35. a6 Rb3 36. Kh2 Rb2 37. Kg1 Rc7 38. d6 Rc6 39. Re1 Ra2 40. Ng2 Kf8 41. Nf4
Rcc2 42. Nd3 Kg8 43. Re7 Ra1+ 44. Ne1 Rcc1 45. Rxd7 Rxe1+ 46. Kg2 Rg1+ 47. Kf3
Ra3+ 48. Ke4 Re1+ 49. Kf4 Kh7 50. Rxa7 Re2 51. f3 1-0

[Event "GCT 2021 Saint Louis - Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "15.08.2021"]
[Round "11B"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle ""]
[BlackTitle ""]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2806"]
[ECO "B10"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "two knights variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2016192"]
[BlackFideId "2020009"]
[EventDate "2021.08.14"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Qe2 Nxe4 6. Qxe4 Nd7 7. d4 Nf6 8.
Qf4 Nd5 9. Qd2 Bf5 10. Bd3 Bxd3 11. Qxd3 e6 12. O-O Bd6 13. c4 Ne7 14. b3 O-O
15. Bb2 Qa5 16. a3 Rfd8 17. Qe2 Qh5 18. Rfe1 Nf5 19. Rad1 Re8 20. d5 cxd5 21.
cxd5 e5 22. Qe4 Nh6 23. h3 f6 24. Qa4 Qf7 25. Nd2 a6 26. Ne4 Rad8 27. Qc4 Nf5
28. Rd2 Bf8 29. Qd3 Rd7 30. Qf3 Nh4 31. Qg3 Ng6 32. Red1 Red8 33. d6 f5 34. Ng5
Qf6 35. b4 Re8 36. Qb3+ Kh8 37. Nf3 Rxd6 38. Rxd6 Bxd6 39. Qd5 Bf8 40. Qxb7 h6
41. Re1 Kh7 42. g3 Qd6 43. Qf7 Qe6 44. Qxe6 Rxe6 45. Nxe5 a5 46. b5 a4 47. Kf1
Rb6 48. Nxg6 Kxg6 49. Re5 Rb7 50. Rd5 Be7 51. h4 h5 52. Ke2 Rb8 53. Kd3 Rc8 54.
b6 Rb8 55. Rb5 Kf7 56. b7 Ke6 57. Be5 Bd6 58. Bxd6 Kxd6 59. Kc4 Kc6 60. Kb4 1-0

[Event "GCT 2021 Saint Louis - Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "15.08.2021"]
[Round "11B"]
[White "Rapport, Richard"]
[Black "Xiong, Jeffery"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle ""]
[BlackTitle ""]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[ECO "A04"]
[Opening "Reti opening"]
[WhiteFideId "738590"]
[BlackFideId "2047640"]
[EventDate "2021.08.14"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 g6 4. c3 e5 5. d3 Bg7 6. O-O Nge7 7. a3 d6 8. b4 a6
9. Bb2 O-O 10. Nbd2 h6 11. Rb1 Be6 12. bxc5 dxc5 13. c4 b6 14. Bc3 Qc7 15. Re1
Rfe8 16. a4 a5 17. Qb3 Nb4 18. Qb2 Nec6 19. Nf1 Rad8 20. Red1 f5 21. Ne1 Kh7 22.
Ne3 Nd4 23. Nd5 Bxd5 24. cxd5 e4 25. e3 Ne2+ 26. Qxe2 Bxc3 27. dxe4 Bxe1 28.
exf5 Bc3 29. fxg6+ Kg7 30. Qc4 Bf6 31. d6 Qa7 32. Rd2 Rf8 33. h4 h5 34. Qe2 Kxg6
35. Be4+ Kh6 36. Rxb4 axb4 37. Rd5 Qf7 38. Qf3 Bxh4 39. Rf5 Bf6 40. Qf4+ Kg7 41.
Rg5+ Bxg5 42. Qxg5+ Kh8 43. Qh6+ Kg8 44. Bd5 Qxd5 45. Qg6+ Kh8 46. Qh6+ Kg8 47.
Qg6+ Kh8 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT 2021 Saint Louis - Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "15.08.2021"]
[Round "11B"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle ""]
[BlackTitle ""]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[ECO "C02"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "advance, Steinitz variation"]
[WhiteFideId "3503240"]
[BlackFideId "4102142"]
[EventDate "2021.08.14"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. dxc5 e6 5. Bd3 Nd7 6. Nf3 Bxc5 7. O-O Ne7 8. Re1
Ng6 9. a3 O-O 10. b4 Bb6 11. Bb2 Nf4 12. c4 f6 13. c5 fxe5 14. cxb6 e4 15. Bxe4
dxe4 16. Rxe4 Nxb6 17. Qxd8 Rxd8 18. Nc3 Nfd5 19. Nxd5 Rxd5 20. h3 a5 21. Rc1
axb4 22. Rxb4 Nd7 23. Rbc4 Nb6 24. Rc7 Rd7 25. Bd4 Rxc7 26. Rxc7 Nd7 27. Ne5 Nf6
28. Nc4 Ne8 29. Re7 Kf8 30. Bc5 Nf6 31. Nb6 1-0

[Event "GCT 2021 Saint Louis - Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "15.08.2021"]
[Round "11B"]
[White "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Black "Shankland, Sam"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle ""]
[BlackTitle ""]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[ECO "D02"]
[Opening "Queen's bishop game"]
[WhiteFideId "12401137"]
[BlackFideId "2004887"]
[EventDate "2021.08.14"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bf4 c5 4. e3 Nc6 5. Nbd2 Qb6 6. dxc5 Qxb2 7. Rb1 Qc3 8.
Bb5 g6 9. e4 a6 10. Bxc6+ bxc6 11. Be3 dxe4 12. Bd4 Qa5 13. O-O Bh6 14. Nc4 Qd8
15. Nfe5 O-O 16. Nb6 Be6 17. Nxa8 Qxa8 18. Rb6 Nd5 19. Rxc6 Bg7 20. Rxe6 fxe6
21. Qg4 Nf4 22. c6 h5 23. Qg5 Ne2+ 24. Kh1 Nxd4 25. Nxg6 Nxc6 26. Nxf8 Qxf8 27.
Qxh5 Nd4 28. Qd1 Qf4 29. c3 Nf5 30. g3 Qe5 31. Qe2 Qd5 32. Rd1 Qc6 33. Rd8+ Kf7
34. Kg1 Qxc3 35. Qxe4 Bd4 36. Qe2 Kf6 37. Rf8+ Kg7 38. Rd8 Kf6 39. Rf8+ Kg7 40.
Rb8 Kf6 41. Rb3 Qc7 42. Qxa6 Qc2 43. Rf3 Kg5 44. Qxe6 Bf6 45. h4+ Kg6 46. Rf4
Qc1+ 47. Kh2 Qc2 48. Qe4 Qxe4 49. Rxe4 Nd6 50. Rb4 Bc3 51. Rb3 Bd4 52. Kg2 e5
53. a4 Ne4 54. f3 Nc5 55. Rb4 Nd3 56. Rc4 Ne1+ 57. Kh3 Nxf3 58. a5 e4 59. Kg2
Kf5 60. a6 Be3 61. Rc7 Ne1+ 62. Kf1 1-0

[Event "GCT 2021 Saint Louis - Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "15.08.2021"]
[Round "12B"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle ""]
[BlackTitle ""]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[ECO "C50"]
[Opening "Giuoco Pianissimo"]
[WhiteFideId "5202213"]
[BlackFideId "12401137"]
[EventDate "2021.08.14"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. O-O d6 6. c3 h6 7. Re1 O-O 8. b4 Bb6
9. Nbd2 Ne7 10. Bb3 c6 11. a4 Ng6 12. a5 Bc7 13. d4 Re8 14. dxe5 Nxe5 15. Nxe5
dxe5 16. Qe2 Be6 17. Bxe6 Rxe6 18. Nb3 b6 19. f3 Rd6 20. Be3 Qe8 21. Red1 Rxd1+
22. Rxd1 Qe6 23. axb6 axb6 24. Nd2 b5 25. c4 Rb8 26. c5 Qa2 27. Qd3 Ra8 28. Qb3
Kf8 29. Kf1 Ke7 30. Ke2 Nd7 31. h4 h5 32. Qxa2 Rxa2 33. Rb1 Nf8 34. Kd3 Ke6 35.
Kc3 Bd8 36. g3 g6 37. Kb3 Ra7 38. Rd1 f5 39. Nb1 Rd7 40. Rxd7 Kxd7 41. Nc3 Ne6
42. Ne2 fxe4 43. fxe4 g5 44. Bf2 g4 45. Kc2 Nc7 46. Nc1 Ke6 47. Nb3 Na6 48. Be1
Nb8 49. Kd3 Bc7 50. Bc3 Na6 51. Nc1 Nb8 52. Nb3 Na6 53. Nd2 Bd8 54. Nf1 Be7 55.
Ne3 Bf8 56. Nf5 Nc7 57. Bd2 Ne8 58. Bg5 Nc7 59. Bd8 Ne8 60. Kc3 Kd7 61. Bg5 Ke6
62. Kd3 Kd7 63. Bd2 Ke6 64. Bc1 Nf6 65. Bb2 Ne8 66. Bc1 Nf6 67. Bg5 Ne8 68. Be3
Nf6 69. Bg5 Ne8 70. Be3 Nf6 71. Bg5 Ne8 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT 2021 Saint Louis - Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "15.08.2021"]
[Round "12B"]
[White "Shankland, Sam"]
[Black "Rapport, Richard"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle ""]
[BlackTitle ""]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[ECO "E92"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "Gligoric-Taimanov system"]
[WhiteFideId "2004887"]
[BlackFideId "738590"]
[EventDate "2021.08.14"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nf3 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. e4 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. Be3 Na6 8. O-O c6
9. d5 Ng4 10. Bg5 f6 11. Bc1 f5 12. Bg5 Nf6 13. exf5 Bxf5 14. Qd2 Qc7 15. Nh4
Nc5 16. Be3 Nce4 17. Nxe4 Nxe4 18. Qd1 Bd7 19. Rc1 c5 20. Nf3 Rae8 21. Qc2 Nf6
22. Ng5 Bf5 23. Qa4 Bd7 24. Qc2 e4 25. b4 b6 26. bxc5 dxc5 27. Rcd1 Qe5 28. a4
Ng4 29. Bxg4 Bxg4 30. Rde1 h6 31. Ne6 Bxe6 32. dxe6 Qxe6 33. Rd1 Rd8 34. Rfe1
Kh7 35. a5 Qf5 36. axb6 axb6 37. h3 Rd3 38. Rxd3 exd3 39. Qb3 Rf6 40. f3 Re6 41.
Bd2 Rxe1+ 42. Bxe1 Qe6 43. Qd1 Qxc4 0-1

[Event "GCT 2021 Saint Louis - Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "15.08.2021"]
[Round "12B"]
[White "Xiong, Jeffery"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle ""]
[BlackTitle ""]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[ECO "C67"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Berlin defence, open variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2047640"]
[BlackFideId "2016192"]
[EventDate "2021.08.14"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nf5 8.
Nf3 d5 9. d4 O-O 10. c3 Re8 11. Qb3 a6 12. Bd3 g6 13. Bf4 Ng7 14. Nbd2 Na5 15.
Qa4 Nc6 16. Ne5 Nxe5 17. Rxe5 c6 18. Rae1 Bd7 19. Qb3 Bd6 20. Rxe8+ Nxe8 21. Bg3
Bxg3 22. hxg3 Nd6 23. Nf3 Qc7 24. Qd1 Bg4 25. Qd2 Bxf3 26. gxf3 Re8 27. Rxe8+
Nxe8 28. Qe3 Nd6 29. Qe5 Qd8 30. f4 f6 31. Qe6+ Kf8 32. Kg2 Qe7 33. Qxe7+ Kxe7
34. Kf3 a5 35. Ke3 Kf7 36. Kf3 h5 37. Kg2 a4 38. Kh3 Kg7 39. f3 g5 40. b3 gxf4
41. gxf4 a3 42. Kh4 Kh6 43. Kg3 b6 44. b4 Nc4 45. Bxc4 dxc4 46. Kh4 Kg6 47. f5+
Kxf5 48. Kxh5 b5 49. Kh6 Kf4 50. Kg6 Kxf3 51. Kxf6 Ke4 52. Ke6 Kd3 53. Kd6 Kxc3 0-1

[Event "GCT 2021 Saint Louis - Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "15.08.2021"]
[Round "12B"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle ""]
[BlackTitle ""]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[ECO "B40"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Anderssen variation"]
[WhiteFideId "4102142"]
[BlackFideId "13401319"]
[EventDate "2021.08.14"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. a3 Be7 7. Be3 O-O 8. Qe2
d5 9. O-O-O Bd7 10. exd5 exd5 11. h3 Rc8 12. g4 Re8 13. Qd2 Ne5 14. f4 Nc4 15.
Bxc4 Rxc4 16. Qd3 Qc8 17. Nde2 b5 18. Bd4 Bc6 19. Kb1 b4 20. axb4 Rxb4 21. Rhe1
Ne4 22. Nxe4 dxe4 23. Qc3 Qa6 24. b3 Rc8 25. Bc5 Bf6 26. Nd4 Rbb8 27. g5 Bxd4
28. Rxd4 Qb5 29. Rb4 Qa6 30. Rxb8 Rxb8 31. Bd4 Rc8 32. Bxg7 Bb5 33. Qd4 Qa5 34.
Rd1 Qc7 35. Bh6 Qxc2+ 36. Ka1 1-0

[Event "GCT 2021 Saint Louis - Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "15.08.2021"]
[Round "12B"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle ""]
[BlackTitle ""]
[WhiteElo "2806"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[ECO "C80"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "open, 8...Be6"]
[WhiteFideId "2020009"]
[BlackFideId "3503240"]
[EventDate "2021.08.14"]

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. Be3 Be7 10. c3 O-O 11. Nbd2 Bg4 12. h3 Nxd2 13. hxg4 Nxf1 14. Kxf1 Na5
15. Bxd5 c6 16. Be4 Qxd1+ 17. Rxd1 Nc4 18. Bc1 Rfd8 19. Re1 Rac8 20. g5 g6 21.
g3 Bf8 22. b3 Nb6 23. Bd2 Bg7 24. c4 Bxe5 25. Nxe5 Rxd2 26. Bxc6 bxc4 27. bxc4
Rc2 28. Bb7 Re8 29. Bxa6 Rxa2 30. Bb5 Rc8 31. Ng4 Ra7 32. Re4 Kg7 33. Kg2 Rac7
34. Ne3 Kf8 35. Kh3 Rc5 36. f4 R5c7 37. Rd4 Kg7 38. Kh4 h6 39. Re4 hxg5+ 40.
fxg5 Kf8 41. Kg4 Re7 42. Rxe7 Kxe7 43. Kf4 Kd6 44. Ke4 Ra8 45. Ng4 Ra1 46. Kf3
Rc1 47. Ne3 Ke5 48. Ng4+ Kd4 49. Nh6 Nxc4 50. Bxc4 Kxc4 51. Kg2 Kd5 52. Nxf7
Rc2+ 53. Kf3 Rc3+ 54. Kg4 Rc4+ 55. Kf3 Ke6 56. Nh6 Ra4 57. Ke3 Ke5 58. Kf3 Rb4
59. Kg2 Rb3 60. Kh3 Rb7 61. Kg4 Rb4+ 62. Kh3 Ra4 63. Kg2 Ke6 64. Kf3 Rb4 65. Kg2
Rb5 66. Kf3 Rxg5 67. Ng4 Ra5 68. Nf2 Kf5 69. Nh3 Ra3+ 70. Kg2 g5 71. Ng1 g4 72.
Ne2 Ra2 73. Kf1 Rxe2 74. Kxe2 Ke4 0-1

[Event "GCT 2021 Saint Louis - Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "15.08.2021"]
[Round "13B"]
[White "Rapport, Richard"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle ""]
[BlackTitle ""]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[ECO "C67"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "open Berlin defence, l'Hermet variation"]
[WhiteFideId "738590"]
[BlackFideId "5202213"]
[EventDate "2021.08.14"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. dxe5 Nxb5 7. a4 Nbd4 8.
Nxd4 Nxd4 9. Qxd4 d5 10. exd6 Qxd6 11. Qe4+ Qe6 12. Qd4 Qd6 13. Qe4+ Qe6 14. Qd4
Qd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT 2021 Saint Louis - Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "15.08.2021"]
[Round "13B"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle ""]
[BlackTitle ""]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[ECO "A08"]
[Opening "Reti"]
[Variation "King's Indian attack, French variation"]
[WhiteFideId "13401319"]
[BlackFideId "3503240"]
[EventDate "2021.08.14"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. d3 Be7 5. Nbd2 O-O 6. e4 c5 7. O-O Nc6 8. Re1
Qc7 9. Nf1 dxe4 10. dxe4 Rd8 11. Qe2 Nd4 12. Nxd4 cxd4 13. e5 Nd5 14. Rd1 Nb4
15. Be4 Nc6 16. Bf4 b6 17. Nd2 Bb7 18. Nf3 Rac8 19. a3 h6 20. h4 a5 21. Rd2 Bc5
22. Rad1 Rd7 23. c3 Rcd8 24. b4 axb4 25. cxb4 Bf8 26. Rc1 d3 27. Rxd3 Rxd3 28.
Bxd3 Qd7 29. Rd1 Qc8 30. Be4 Rxd1+ 31. Qxd1 Ne7 32. Bxb7 Qxb7 33. Qd3 Nd5 34.
Bd2 Qc6 35. h5 Be7 36. Kf1 Bd8 37. g4 Be7 38. Kg2 Qa4 39. Bc1 Qc6 40. Bd2 Qa4
41. Be3 Qc6 42. Kg3 Qc7 43. Bd2 Bd8 44. a4 Be7 45. a5 Bxb4 46. a6 Bc5 47. Qb5
Qc8 48. g5 hxg5 49. Nxg5 Nc7 50. Qc6 Qxa6 51. Qxc7 Qd3+ 52. Be3 1-0

[Event "GCT 2021 Saint Louis - Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "15.08.2021"]
[Round "13B"]
[White "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle ""]
[BlackTitle ""]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[ECO "A48"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "East Indian defence"]
[WhiteFideId "12401137"]
[BlackFideId "4102142"]
[EventDate "2021.08.14"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. e3 O-O 6. Nb5 Na6 7. h3 Ne4 8. Nd2
Nxd2 9. Qxd2 c6 10. Nc3 Nb8 11. O-O-O Qa5 12. Kb1 Nd7 13. e4 dxe4 14. Nxe4 Qxd2
15. Rxd2 Nf6 16. Nxf6+ Bxf6 17. Bc4 Bf5 18. Re1 Rad8 19. g4 Be6 20. Bxe6 fxe6
21. Re4 Bh4 22. Rde2 e5 23. Bxe5 Rxf2 24. Rxf2 Bxf2 25. c3 Rf8 26. Bf4 h5 27.
Bg5 h4 28. Rxe7 Rf3 29. Re2 Bg3 30. Kc2 Bd6 31. Re3 Rf2+ 32. Kb3 a5 33. Re6 Bg3
34. Rxg6+ Kf7 35. Rh6 b5 36. Bxh4 1-0

[Event "GCT 2021 Saint Louis - Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "15.08.2021"]
[Round "13B"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Shankland, Sam"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle ""]
[BlackTitle ""]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[ECO "B52"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Canal-Sokolsky attack, 3...Bd7"]
[WhiteFideId "2016192"]
[BlackFideId "2004887"]
[EventDate "2021.08.14"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Nxd7 5. O-O Ngf6 6. d3 e6 7. Ng5 h6 8.
Nh3 Be7 9. f4 c4 10. Kh1 cxd3 11. cxd3 Rc8 12. Nc3 e5 13. Be3 a6 14. a4 O-O 15.
a5 d5 16. exd5 Re8 17. Qb3 Bc5 18. fxe5 Rxe5 19. Bf4 Re7 20. Qxb7 Ne5 21. Qxa6
Neg4 22. Rae1 Ra7 23. Qb5 Rxa5 24. Qb3 Bd4 25. d6 Be5 26. Qb7 Rac5 27. d4 Bxd4
28. Ne4 Nxe4 29. Qxe4 Bxb2 30. Qa4 Nf6 31. Nf2 Rc4 32. Qb5 Rxf4 33. Qxb2 Qxd6
34. Qe2 Re8 35. Qc2 Rxe1 36. Rxe1 g6 37. Qe2 Kg7 38. Qb2 Kh7 39. Qa2 Qd7 40. Nh3
Re4 41. Rf1 Kg7 42. Qb2 Qd4 43. Qb7 Qd3 44. Qb1 Qxb1 45. Rxb1 g5 46. Nf2 Rd4 47.
Kg1 Nd5 48. Re1 f5 49. g3 Kf6 50. Ra1 g4 51. Ra6+ Kg5 52. h3 Ne3 53. Re6 Nc4 54.
Re8 Nd2 55. Rg8+ Kh5 56. Kg2 Rc4 57. Rd8 Ne4 58. hxg4+ fxg4 59. Rd5+ Ng5 60. Nd3
Rc2+ 61. Kf1 Kg6 62. Nf4+ Kf6 63. Rd6+ Ke5 64. Rxh6 Ne4 65. Ne2 Ra2 66. Rh5+ Kd6
67. Rh4 Ra1+ 68. Kg2 Ra2 69. Kf1 Ra1+ 70. Kg2 Ra2 71. Kf1 Ra1+ 72. Kg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT 2021 Saint Louis - Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "15.08.2021"]
[Round "13B"]
[White "Xiong, Jeffery"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle ""]
[BlackTitle ""]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2806"]
[ECO "A20"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[WhiteFideId "2047640"]
[BlackFideId "2020009"]
[EventDate "2021.08.14"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Be7 3. Bg2 f5 4. Nc3 d6 5. d3 Nf6 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O a5 8. a3 Qe8
9. Rb1 Qh5 10. b4 axb4 11. axb4 f4 12. Nd5 Nxd5 13. cxd5 Na6 14. b5 Nc5 15. d4
exd4 16. Nxd4 fxg3 17. hxg3 Bg4 18. b6 cxb6 19. Rxb6 Ra2 20. Bf3 Bxf3 21. Nxf3
Rf5 22. Be3 Rxd5 23. Qb1 Rxe2 24. Nd4 Rxe3 25. fxe3 Qe5 26. Kg2 g6 27. Qa2 Kg7
28. Qf2 Bf6 29. Qf3 h5 30. Kg1 Kf7 31. Rb5 Kg7 32. Kg2 Be7 33. Kg1 Kh6 34. Kg2
Kg7 35. Qf7+ Kh6 36. Qf3 Kg7 37. Qf7+ Kh6 38. Qf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT 2021 Saint Louis - Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "15.08.2021"]
[Round "14B"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Rapport, Richard"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle ""]
[BlackTitle ""]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[ECO "B01"]
[Opening "Scandinavian defence"]
[WhiteFideId "4102142"]
[BlackFideId "738590"]
[EventDate "2021.08.14"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 Bf5 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bd2 Bb4 8. a3
Bxc3 9. Bxc3 Qb6 10. O-O O-O 11. b3 Nc6 12. Ne5 Rad8 13. Nxc6 Qxc6 14. Bb2 b5
15. Bd3 Bxd3 16. Qxd3 Nd5 17. f3 a6 18. Rf2 Rd7 19. c4 Ne7 20. Rc1 Qb7 21. Re2
bxc4 22. bxc4 c5 23. Qe4 Qxe4 24. Rxe4 Rb8 25. Rc2 cxd4 26. Rxd4 Rxd4 27. Bxd4
Nc6 28. Bc5 f6 29. Rd2 Rd8 30. Rxd8+ Nxd8 31. Kf2 e5 32. Ke3 f5 33. g4 g6 34.
gxf5 gxf5 35. Bb4 Nc6 36. Bc3 Kf7 37. Kd3 Ke6 38. Bb2 Kd6 39. Bc3 Kc5 40. Be1
Kd6 41. Bf2 Nd8 42. Ba7 Ke6 43. Bb6 Nf7 44. h4 h5 45. Bf2 Nd8 46. Bb6 Nc6 47.
Bf2 Ne7 48. Kc3 Kd6 49. Kb4 Nc6+ 50. Kc3 Ke6 51. Kd3 Nb8 52. Kc3 Nc6 53. Kd3 Kd7
54. Kc3 Kd6 55. Bb6 Ne7 56. Kb4 e4 57. Bc5+ Kc6 58. Bf2 exf3 59. Kc3 Ng6 60. Kd4
Nf4 61. Ke3 Nh3 62. Bg3 f4+ 63. Kxf3 fxg3 64. Kxg3 Ng1 65. Kf2 Nh3+ 66. Kg3 Ng1
67. Kf2 Kc5 68. Kxg1 Kxc4 69. Kf2 Kb3 0-1

[Event "GCT 2021 Saint Louis - Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "15.08.2021"]
[Round "14B"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle ""]
[BlackTitle ""]
[WhiteElo "2806"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[ECO "B40"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Anderssen variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2020009"]
[BlackFideId "13401319"]
[EventDate "2021.08.14"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Be2 Bb4 7. O-O Bxc3 8.
bxc3 Nxe4 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. Qd4 d5 11. Qxg7 Qf6 12. Qxf6 Nxf6 13. Bf4 Ne4 14. c4
f6 15. cxd5 cxd5 16. Rab1 e5 17. Bh6 Rg8 18. Rb3 Kf7 19. Rd1 Kg6 20. Bc1 Be6 21.
f3 Nc5 22. Ra3 Rgc8 23. Bd2 d4 24. c3 d3 25. Bf1 f5 26. Be3 e4 27. Ra5 Nd7 28.
Bd4 Rab8 29. g4 Rg8 30. gxf5+ Bxf5 31. Kf2 Rb2+ 32. Ke3 Re8 33. Kf4 Rf8 34. Kg3
exf3 35. h4 Nf6 36. Ra6 d2 37. Be3 Kf7 38. Rxa7+ Kg6 39. Ra6 Kh5 40. Ra5 Ne4+
41. Kf4 Nxc3 42. Rxd2 Ne2+ 43. Kxf3 Rxd2 44. Bxd2 Nd4+ 45. Ke3 Nc6 46. Rc5 Ne7
47. Bb4 Re8 48. Kf4 Kxh4 49. Bc4 Bg6 50. Be1+ Kh3 51. Be6+ Kg2 52. Bh4 Rf8+ 53.
Ke5 Nf5 54. Rc2+ Kg1 55. Bg5 Re8 56. Rc1+ Kf2 57. Kf6 Nd4 58. Bd5 Rf8+ 59. Ke5
Nf3+ 60. Bxf3 Rxf3 61. Bh6 Rf5+ 62. Kd6 Ra5 63. Ra1 Bf7 64. Ke7 Bxa2 65. Kf6
Ra6+ 66. Kg7 Ra7+ 67. Kh8 Kf3 68. Rc1 Bd5 69. Rg1 Be4 70. Bf8 Ra8 71. Kg7 h5 72.
Be7 Ra7 73. Kf8 Ra8+ 74. Kg7 Ra7 75. Kf8 Bd5 76. Rd1 Be4 77. Rf1+ Kg2 78. Re1
Bf3 79. Re5 Ra4 80. Rg5+ Bg4 81. Rb5 Re4 82. Rb4 Re2 83. Rb3 Ra2 84. Bf6 Ra4 85.
Kg7 Bf3 86. Rb2+ Kg3 87. Be5+ Kg4 88. Rd2 Ra7+ 89. Kf6 h4 90. Rd4+ Kh5 91. Rd3
Ra6+ 92. Rd6 Ra8 93. Rd2 h3 94. Bh2 Ra5 95. Rf2 Kg4 96. Rd2 Bg2 97. Rf2 Ra6+ 98.
Ke5 Ra5+ 99. Kd4 Ra4+ 100. Ke3 Re4+ 101. Kd3 Ra4 102. Ke3 Kg5 103. Rf8 Ra1 104.
Rg8+ Kf5 105. Rf8+ Kg6 106. Rh8 Rh1 107. Bb8 Rf1 108. Bh2 Rf3+ 109. Ke2 Rb3 110.
Be5 Bf3+ 111. Kf2 Bg4 112. Bc7 Rc3 113. Bd6 Rc2+ 114. Ke3 Kf5 115. Bb8 Re2+ 116.
Kd3 Rb2 117. Bc7 Rb3+ 118. Kd4 Rb7 119. Bh2 Rd7+ 120. Ke3 Re7+ 121. Kd4 Re2 122.
Bb8 Ra2 123. Bc7 Ra4+ 124. Ke3 Ke6 125. Rh6+ Kd5 126. Bb8 Re4+ 127. Kd3 Bf5 128.
Kd2 Rb4 129. Bc7 Rb7 130. Bf4 Ke4 131. Bd6 Rb6 132. Rh4+ Kf3 133. Bc7 Rb2+ 134.
Kd1 Bg4 135. Kc1 Rb7 136. Bd6 Rd7 137. Bb8 Rd8 138. Be5 Rd5 139. Bb8 Rb5 140.
Bd6 Rb6 141. Be5 Re6 142. Bb8 Re8 143. Bd6 Re2 144. Rh8 Bf5 145. Rf8 Kg4 146.
Rg8+ Kh5 147. Rh8+ Kg6 148. Bb8 Rc2+ 149. Kd1 Ra2 150. Be5 Bg4+ 151. Kc1 Kf5
152. Bc7 Ke4 153. Bd6 Kd3 154. Be5 Rc2+ 155. Kb1 Bf5 156. Ka1 Rc5 157. Bf4 Kc2
158. Ra8 Rc4 159. Be5 Re4 160. Bg3 Re3 161. Ra2+ Kd1 162. Bf4 Rf3 163. Be5 Rb3
164. Rb2 Ra3+ 165. Ra2 Re3 166. Bf4 Rf3 167. Be5 Bc2 168. Ra8 Rf5 169. Rd8+ Ke2
170. Bg3 Rb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT 2021 Saint Louis - Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "15.08.2021"]
[Round "14B"]
[White "Shankland, Sam"]
[Black "Xiong, Jeffery"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle ""]
[BlackTitle ""]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[ECO "D32"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "Tarrasch, von Hennig-Schara gambit"]
[WhiteFideId "2004887"]
[BlackFideId "2047640"]
[EventDate "2021.08.14"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. cxd5 cxd4 5. Qa4+ Bd7 6. Qxd4 exd5 7. Nf3 Nc6 8.
Qxd5 Nf6 9. Qb3 Bb4 10. e3 O-O 11. Be2 Be6 12. Qc2 Rc8 13. O-O Qe7 14. Bd2 Bd6
15. Rfd1 Bb8 16. Qa4 Ng4 17. h3 Nge5 18. Be1 Nxf3+ 19. Bxf3 Qc7 20. g3 Bxh3 21.
Nd5 Qe5 22. Qh4 Bd7 23. Bc3 Qe6 24. Nf4 Qe8 25. Bxg7 Bxf4 26. Bxf8 Bxe3 27. Bh6
Ne5 28. Be4 Rc4 29. Bxe3 Nf3+ 30. Bxf3 Rxh4 31. gxh4 f6 32. Rd4 Bc6 33. Bxc6
Qxc6 34. Rad1 Kf7 35. h5 Qf3 36. Rd7+ Ke6 37. R1d6+ Kf5 38. Rd4 Ke6 39. R7d6+
Kf7 40. Rxf6+ 1-0

[Event "GCT 2021 Saint Louis - Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "15.08.2021"]
[Round "14B"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle ""]
[BlackTitle ""]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[ECO "C50"]
[Opening "Giuoco Pianissimo"]
[WhiteFideId "3503240"]
[BlackFideId "12401137"]
[EventDate "2021.08.14"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 d6 6. O-O h6 7. b4 Bb6 8. Nbd2
O-O 9. Re1 Ne7 10. Bb3 c6 11. a4 Ng6 12. a5 Bc7 13. d4 Re8 14. dxe5 dxe5 15. Qc2
Be6 16. Bxe6 Rxe6 17. Nb3 Rd6 18. Be3 Qe8 19. h3 b6 20. Ra2 Rdd8 21. Rea1 Nf4
22. Bxf4 exf4 23. e5 Nd7 24. Re1 c5 25. axb6 Bxb6 26. Nbd2 cxb4 27. cxb4 Qe6 28.
Raa1 Rac8 29. Qe4 g5 30. Rac1 Nf8 31. Nc4 Ng6 32. Nxb6 Qxb6 33. Rcd1 Re8 34. Qf5
Qe6 35. Qe4 Rc4 36. Qb7 Qb6 37. Qd7 Re7 38. Qf5 Rxb4 39. Rd6 Qc7 40. Red1 Rb8
41. e6 Nf8 42. exf7+ Rxf7 43. Qd5 Qb7 44. Qa2 Kg7 45. Ne5 Re7 46. Nc6 Rbe8 47.
Qa1+ Kh7 48. Nxe7 Qxe7 49. Ra6 Qe5 50. Rxa7+ Kg8 51. Qxe5 Rxe5 52. Rd8 Rf5 53.
f3 Rf7 54. Rxf7 Kxf7 55. Rd6 Ng6 56. Kf2 Kg7 57. Ra6 Nh4 58. g3 Ng6 59. g4 Nh4
60. Ke2 Kh7 61. Ra7+ Kg6 62. Ra6+ Kg7 63. Ra1 Kf6 64. Ra7 Kg6 65. Rb7 Kf6 66.
Rb1 Kf7 67. Rf1 Ke6 68. Kd3 Kd5 69. Rf2 Ng6 70. Ra2 Ke6 71. Ra6+ Kf7 72. Ke4 Kg7
73. Rb6 Nh4 74. Rb3 Kf6 75. Kd5 Kf7 76. Ke5 Ng6+ 77. Kd5 Nh4 78. Ra3 Kf6 79. Kd6
Kf7 80. Ke5 Ng6+ 81. Kd4 Nh4 82. Ra6 Kg7 83. Ke4 Kh7 84. Ke5 Kg7 85. Ra3 Kf7 86.
Ra7+ Kg6 87. Ke4 Kf6 88. Ra6+ Kg7 89. Ke5 Nxf3+ 90. Ke6 Nh4 91. Ra3 Kg6 92. Ke5
Kg7 93. Ke4 Kg6 94. Ra6+ Kg7 95. Rb6 Kh7 96. Ke5 Kg7 97. Ra6 Kh7 98. Kf6 f3 99.
Ra7+ Kg8 100. Ra2 Kh7 101. Kf7 h5 102. Kf6 hxg4 103. hxg4 Kh6 104. Rf2 Ng6 105.
Rxf3 Nf4 106. Kf5 Ng6 107. Rh3+ Kg7 108. Kxg5 Ne5 109. Kf5 Nf7 110. Rd3 Nh6+
111. Kf4 Nf7 112. Ra3 Kg6 113. Ra6+ Kg7 114. g5 1-0

[Event "GCT 2021 Saint Louis - Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "15.08.2021"]
[Round "14B"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle ""]
[BlackTitle ""]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[ECO "C67"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "open Berlin defence, l'Hermet variation"]
[WhiteFideId "5202213"]
[BlackFideId "2016192"]
[EventDate "2021.08.14"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. dxe5 Nxb5 7. a4 Nbd4 8.
Nxd4 d5 9. exd6 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Qxd6 11. Qe4+ Qe6 12. Qd4 Qd6 13. Qe4+ Qe6 14. Qd4
Qd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT 2021 Saint Louis - Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "15.08.2021"]
[Round "15B"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle ""]
[BlackTitle ""]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[ECO "C88"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "closed, anti-Marshall 8.a4"]
[WhiteFideId "2016192"]
[BlackFideId "4102142"]
[EventDate "2021.08.14"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4
b4 9. d4 d6 10. dxe5 Nxe5 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Nxe5 dxe5 13. f3 Bc5+ 14. Kh1 Qe7 15.
Qe2 Rfd8 16. a5 Nh5 17. g3 Rd6 18. Nf1 Rad8 19. Be3 Bxe3 20. Qxe3 Rd4 21. Qe2 g6
22. Red1 Qc5 23. Rxd4 Rxd4 24. Ne3 Nf6 25. Ng2 Kg7 26. Qe3 Qd6 27. Kg1 c5 28.
Rf1 c4 29. Ba2 Qc7 30. c3 Rd3 31. Qb6 Qxb6+ 32. axb6 bxc3 33. Bxc4 Rd4 34. b3
Nd7 35. Rc1 Nxb6 36. Bf1 Bc6 37. Bxa6 Bd7 38. Ne3 Be6 39. Rxc3 Rb4 40. Bc4 Nxc4
41. bxc4 Kf8 42. Rc2 Rb3 43. Kf2 f5 44. exf5 gxf5 45. f4 e4 46. c5 Ke7 47. c6
Kd6 48. c7 Bc8 49. Nc4+ Kd7 50. Ne3 Kd6 51. h3 h5 52. h4 Rb5 53. Nc4+ Kd7 54.
Ne5+ Ke7 55. Nc6+ Kd7 56. Na7 Rb3 57. Nxc8 Kxc8 58. Rc5 Rb2+ 59. Ke3 Rb3+ 60.
Kd4 Rd3+ 61. Kc4 Rxg3 62. Rxf5 Rg4 63. Rf7 Rxh4 64. Kd4 Rh1 65. f5 h4 66. Kxe4
h3 67. Kf3 Rg1 68. Rh7 Rf1+ 69. Kg4 Rg1+ 70. Kf4 Rh1 71. Kg3 Rg1+ 72. Kh2 Rf1
73. Rf7 Rf3 74. f6 Kb7 75. Kh1 Kc8 76. Kg1 Kb7 77. Kh2 Kc8 78. Rf8+ Kxc7 79. f7
Kb7 80. Rh8 Rxf7 81. Rxh3 Rf6 82. Kg2 Rg6+ 83. Rg3 Rxg3+ 84. Kxg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT 2021 Saint Louis - Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "15.08.2021"]
[Round "15B"]
[White "Xiong, Jeffery"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle ""]
[BlackTitle ""]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[ECO "A28"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "four knights, Romanishin variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2047640"]
[BlackFideId "5202213"]
[EventDate "2021.08.14"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e3 Bb4 5. Qc2 Bxc3 6. Qxc3 Qe7 7. Be2 d5 8. d4
exd4 9. Nxd4 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 c5 11. Qf4 O-O 12. b3 Rd8 13. Bb2 d4 14. O-O-O h6 15.
Rhe1 g5 16. Qg3 Ne4 17. Qf3 Nc3 18. Bxc3 dxc3 19. Kc2 Be6 20. Qe4 Qf6 21. Bd3
Qxf2+ 22. Kxc3 Qf6+ 23. Kc2 Rd7 24. Qh7+ Kf8 25. Rf1 Qg7 26. Qxg7+ Kxg7 27. Be4
Re7 28. Bd5 Bxd5 29. Rxd5 b6 30. Kd2 Rae8 31. Rf3 Re5 32. Kd3 R8e7 33. h3 h5 34.
e4 f6 35. Rxe5 Rxe5 36. Rf5 Kg6 37. Rxe5 fxe5 38. g4 hxg4 39. hxg4 Kf6 40. Kc3
Ke6 41. b4 Kd6 42. b5 Kc7 43. a4 Kb7 44. Kb3 Kc7 45. Kc3 Kb7 46. Kb3 Kc7 47. Kc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT 2021 Saint Louis - Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "15.08.2021"]
[Round "15B"]
[White "Rapport, Richard"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle ""]
[BlackTitle ""]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[ECO "A05"]
[Opening "Reti opening"]
[WhiteFideId "738590"]
[BlackFideId "3503240"]
[EventDate "2021.08.14"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. O-O e5 5. e4 d6 6. d3 g6 7. a3 Bg7 8. c3 O-O
9. b4 c4 10. Bg5 cxd3 11. Qxd3 Be6 12. Rd1 h6 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14. Nfd2 Rac8 15.
Nf1 h5 16. Nbd2 Bh6 17. Ne3 Ne7 18. Ndf1 h4 19. Rac1 h3 20. Bh1 Rfd8 21. Qe2 Kg7
22. Rd2 a6 23. a4 Rd7 24. Rd3 Rdd8 25. Rcd1 Bb3 26. Ra1 Bxe3 27. Nxe3 b5 28.
axb5 axb5 29. Qg4 Be6 30. Qd1 Qg5 31. Ra6 Ng8 32. Qd2 Kh7 33. Bf3 Nf6 34. Raxd6
Rxd6 35. Rxd6 Ra8 36. Qd1 Ra3 37. Rc6 Ra2 38. Qf1 Kg7 39. Rc5 Bc4 40. Qc1 Nh7
41. Rc6 Qd8 42. Nxc4 bxc4 43. Rxc4 Qd3 44. Qf1 Qxf3 45. Rc5 Ra1 0-1

[Event "GCT 2021 Saint Louis - Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "15.08.2021"]
[Round "15B"]
[White "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle ""]
[BlackTitle ""]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[ECO "A46"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[WhiteFideId "12401137"]
[BlackFideId "13401319"]
[EventDate "2021.08.14"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bf4 d5 4. e3 Bd6 5. Bxd6 Qxd6 6. c4 O-O 7. Nc3 Rd8 8. Rc1
a6 9. c5 Qe7 10. Be2 Nc6 11. O-O e5 12. Nxe5 Nxe5 13. dxe5 Qxe5 14. Qd4 Qe7 15.
Rfd1 c6 16. h3 Bf5 17. Bd3 Bg6 18. b4 Re8 19. a4 Bxd3 20. Rxd3 Nd7 21. e4 dxe4
22. Nxe4 Qxe4 23. Qxe4 Rxe4 24. Rxd7 Rxb4 25. Re1 Rf8 26. Ree7 Rxa4 27. Rxb7 Rc4
28. Re5 a5 29. Rc7 g6 30. Rxc6 a4 31. Ra6 Rc8 32. g3 R4xc5 33. Rxc5 Rxc5 34.
Rxa4 Rc1+ 35. Kg2 Rc5 36. Ra1 Rc4 37. Rb1 Rc5 38. Ra1 Rc4 39. Rb1 Rc5 40. Ra1
Rc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT 2021 Saint Louis - Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "15.08.2021"]
[Round "15B"]
[White "Shankland, Sam"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle ""]
[BlackTitle ""]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2806"]
[ECO "E46"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian"]
[Variation "4.e3 O-O"]
[WhiteFideId "2004887"]
[BlackFideId "2020009"]
[EventDate "2021.08.14"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd2 d5 6. Nf3 b6 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Bd3
Re8 9. O-O Bf8 10. Ne5 c5 11. f4 Bb7 12. Be1 Nc6 13. Bb5 Re6 14. Bh4 cxd4 15.
Bxc6 Bxc6 16. exd4 Bb7 17. f5 Re8 18. Qf3 Be7 19. Qh3 Ne4 20. Bxe7 Rxe7 21. f6
Nxf6 22. Rxf6 gxf6 23. Ng4 Re6 24. Nh6+ Kg7 25. Rf1 Qd7 26. Nf5+ Kh8 27. Rf4 Ba6
28. Kf2 Qe8 29. Rh4 Qg8 30. Rg4 Qf8 31. Rg7 Qxg7 32. Nxg7 Kxg7 33. Nxd5 Rae8 34.
Nf4 Re1 35. Qc3 Rf1+ 36. Kg3 Re4 37. Nh3 h5 38. Nf2 h4+ 39. Kf3 Re2 40. Kg4
Rfxf2 41. Kxh4 Rxg2 42. h3 Re4+ 0-1

[Event "GCT 2021 Saint Louis - Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "15.08.2021"]
[Round "16B"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Shankland, Sam"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle ""]
[BlackTitle ""]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[ECO "D79"]
[Opening "Neo-Gruenfeld, 6.O-O, main line"]
[WhiteFideId "5202213"]
[BlackFideId "2004887"]
[EventDate "2021.08.14"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. d4 Nf6 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 c6 7. cxd5 cxd5 8. Ne5
Bf5 9. Nc3 Ne4 10. Bf4 Nc6 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Na4 Qa5 13. Rc1 Rac8 14. b3 Rfe8
15. g4 Bd7 16. f3 Nd6 17. Nc5 Rcd8 18. e3 Bc8 19. Re1 e5 20. dxe5 Bxe5 21. Bxe5
Rxe5 22. Qd4 Ree8 23. Na4 Ba6 24. Qc3 Qxc3 25. Nxc3 Kf8 26. Na4 Bb5 27. Nc5 d4
28. exd4 Rxe1+ 29. Rxe1 Nc8 30. a4 Bxa4 31. Nxa4 Rxd4 32. Bf1 Nd6 33. Rc1 1-0

[Event "GCT 2021 Saint Louis - Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "15.08.2021"]
[Round "16B"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle ""]
[BlackTitle ""]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[ECO "C60"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "fianchetto (Smyslov/Barnes) defence"]
[WhiteFideId "3503240"]
[BlackFideId "2016192"]
[EventDate "2021.08.14"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. c3 a6 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. d4 exd4 7. cxd4 Bg7 8. h3
Ne7 9. Nc3 h6 10. Bf4 O-O 11. O-O g5 12. Be5 f6 13. Bg3 Ng6 14. Re1 Kh7 15. Qb3
b6 16. Rad1 g4 17. hxg4 Bxg4 18. d5 c5 19. d6 c6 20. Na4 Rb8 21. d7 Ne5 22. Nxe5
Bxd1 23. Rxd1 fxe5 24. Rd6 Qe7 25. Qe6 Qxe6 26. Rxe6 Rfd8 27. Rxc6 Rxd7 28. Nxb6
Rd4 29. b3 Rxe4 30. Nc4 h5 31. Rxc5 Rd8 32. Bxe5 Bf8 33. Rc7+ Kg8 34. Rc6 Rd1+
35. Kh2 Rh4+ 36. Kg3 Rg4+ 37. Kf3 Rd3+ 38. Ne3 Rb4 39. Rxa6 Rb5 40. Bf4 Rd7 41.
g3 Rf7 42. Ra4 Be7 43. Re4 h4 44. gxh4 Bxh4 45. Ke2 Ra5 46. a4 Ra6 47. Nc4 Rb7
48. Re3 Ra8 49. a5 Rb5 50. Be5 Bd8 51. Rg3+ Kf8 52. Rf3+ Kg8 53. Rg3+ Kh7 54.
Rh3+ Kg6 55. Rg3+ Kh6 56. Rh3+ Kg6 57. Rg3+ Kh7 58. Rh3+ Kg6 59. Rg3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT 2021 Saint Louis - Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "15.08.2021"]
[Round "16B"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Rapport, Richard"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle ""]
[BlackTitle ""]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[ECO "E61"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "Smyslov system"]
[WhiteFideId "13401319"]
[BlackFideId "738590"]
[EventDate "2021.08.14"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nf3 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bd2 O-O 7. Qc1 Kh7 8. h4
Nh5 9. e4 e5 10. d5 a5 11. Bd3 Na6 12. Bc2 Nc5 13. Be3 b6 14. Qd2 Bg4 15. Ng1
Nf4 16. f3 Bd7 17. g3 Nh5 18. Nge2 a4 19. O-O-O Ra5 20. g4 Nf4 21. Nxf4 exf4 22.
Bxf4 b5 23. cxb5 Bxb5 24. Be3 Qf6 25. e5 Qxf3 26. h5 Kg8 27. hxg6 fxg6 28. Kb1
Rb8 29. Bxc5 dxc5 30. Be4 Qg3 31. Rxh6 a3 32. Rxg6 Bd3+ 33. Qxd3 Rxb2+ 34. Ka1
Qxe5 35. d6 cxd6 36. Qc4+ Kh8 37. Qf7 Rb1+ 38. Kxb1 Rb5+ 39. Kc1 Qxc3+ 40. Bc2
Rb1+ 0-1

[Event "GCT 2021 Saint Louis - Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "15.08.2021"]
[Round "16B"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Xiong, Jeffery"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle ""]
[BlackTitle ""]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[ECO "C07"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "Tarrasch, open variation"]
[WhiteFideId "4102142"]
[BlackFideId "2047640"]
[EventDate "2021.08.14"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 Nf6 5. exd5 Nxd5 6. Nb3 cxd4 7. Nbxd4 Be7 8.
g3 b6 9. c4 Nf6 10. Bg2 Bb7 11. O-O O-O 12. Bf4 Nbd7 13. Qe2 Nh5 14. Be3 a6 15.
a4 Qc7 16. a5 bxa5 17. Nb3 Bb4 18. Bd2 Rad8 19. Nxa5 Bxf3 20. Bxf3 Bxd2 21. Nc6
Nhf6 22. Nxd8 Rxd8 23. Qxd2 Ne5 24. Qe3 Rd3 25. Rxa6 g6 26. Ra7 Rxe3 27. Rxc7
Nxf3+ 28. Kg2 Rb3 29. Ra1 Ne5 30. Ra5 Nd3 31. Ra8+ Kg7 32. Raa7 Ne5 33. Ra5 Nd3
34. Raa7 Ne5 35. Ra5 Nd3 36. Raa7 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT 2021 Saint Louis - Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "15.08.2021"]
[Round "16B"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle ""]
[BlackTitle ""]
[WhiteElo "2806"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[ECO "C84"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "closed defence"]
[WhiteFideId "2020009"]
[BlackFideId "12401137"]
[EventDate "2021.08.14"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a3 O-O
9. h3 Be6 10. Bxe6 fxe6 11. c3 d5 12. Qe2 Qd6 13. Nbd2 Nd7 14. b4 a5 15. Nb3
axb4 16. cxb4 Ra6 17. Bb2 d4 18. Rac1 Nb6 19. Nc5 Ra7 20. Rc2 Nb8 21. Rfc1 c6
22. g3 Rc8 23. h4 N6d7 24. Kg2 Nxc5 25. Rxc5 Nd7 26. Rxb5 Rf8 27. Ra5 Rxa5 28.
bxa5 Bd8 29. a6 c5 30. a7 Qa6 31. Rb1 Be7 32. Bc1 Qxa7 33. Bg5 Re8 34. Nd2 Nb6
35. Qh5 g6 36. Qg4 Bxg5 37. Qxg5 Nd7 38. Nc4 Qc7 39. h5 Kg7 40. h6+ Kg8 41. a4
Kf7 42. Rb7 Qd8 43. Rxd7+ 1-0

[Event "GCT 2021 Saint Louis - Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "15.08.2021"]
[Round "17B"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle ""]
[BlackTitle ""]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2806"]
[ECO "A06"]
[Opening "Reti opening"]
[WhiteFideId "5202213"]
[BlackFideId "2020009"]
[EventDate "2021.08.14"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 c5 3. b3 Nc6 4. Bb5 Bd7 5. Bb2 e6 6. c4 Nge7 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. O-O
a6 9. Be2 f6 10. d4 Be7 11. e4 Nf4 12. d5 Nd4 13. Nxd4 cxd4 14. dxe6 Bxe6 15.
Bf3 Bc5 16. g3 Nh3+ 17. Kh1 O-O 18. Bg2 Qd7 19. f4 Bg4 20. Qd3 Qb5 21. Qd2 Bb4
22. Qxd4 Rfd8 23. Qc4+ Qxc4 24. bxc4 Rac8 25. Ba3 a5 26. Bxb4 axb4 27. a3 Ra8
28. e5 Rd3 29. Bxb7 Ra7 30. Be4 Re3 31. Bd5+ Kf8 32. a4 Re2 33. Bf3 Bxf3+ 34.
Rxf3 Rd7 35. Rf1 Rd3 36. a5 Rb3 37. Nd2 Rxd2 38. Rab1 Ra3 39. Ra1 Rxa1 40. Rxa1
b3 41. a6 Ra2 42. Rb1 b2 43. a7 Nf2+ 44. Kg2 Nd3 0-1

[Event "GCT 2021 Saint Louis - Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "15.08.2021"]
[Round "17B"]
[White "Rapport, Richard"]
[Black "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle ""]
[BlackTitle ""]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[ECO "A07"]
[Opening "Reti"]
[Variation "King's Indian attack (Barcza system)"]
[WhiteFideId "738590"]
[BlackFideId "12401137"]
[EventDate "2021.08.14"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Bg4 4. c4 e6 5. O-O Nf6 6. d3 dxc4 7. dxc4 Qxd1 8.
Rxd1 Nbd7 9. Bf4 O-O-O 10. Nbd2 h6 11. a3 g5 12. Be3 Bc5 13. Bxc5 Nxc5 14. b4
Bxf3 15. Nxf3 Nb3 16. Rab1 Rxd1+ 17. Rxd1 Rd8 18. Re1 Ne8 19. Ne5 f6 20. Nf7 Rd4
21. Nxh6 Rxc4 22. e4 Nd4 23. Ng8 g4 24. h4 gxh3 25. Bxh3 Nf3+ 26. Kf1 Ng7 27.
Rd1 Ng5 28. Bg2 Nxe4 29. Bxe4 Rxe4 30. Nxf6 Re5 31. Rd3 Nh5 32. f4 Rf5 33. Nxh5
Rxh5 34. Kg2 Rd5 35. Re3 Kd7 36. g4 a5 37. Kg3 axb4 38. axb4 Rd4 39. g5 Rxb4 40.
g6 Rb1 41. Kg2 Ra1 42. Rh3 Ke7 43. Rh7+ Kf6 44. Rxb7 Kxg6 45. Kf3 Rc1 46. Rc7
Kf6 47. Ke4 Rc4+ 48. Kd3 Rc1 49. Ke4 c5 50. Rc8 c4 51. Rc5 c3 52. Kf3 c2 53. Kg2
Ke7 54. Rc4 Kd6 55. Rc3 Kd5 56. Rc8 Ke4 57. Rc6 0-1

[Event "GCT 2021 Saint Louis - Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "15.08.2021"]
[Round "17B"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle ""]
[BlackTitle ""]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[ECO "B40"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Anderssen variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2016192"]
[BlackFideId "13401319"]
[EventDate "2021.08.14"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. Nxc6 dxc6 7. Nd2 e5 8.
a4 Be6 9. Qe2 a5 10. Bc4 Qc8 11. O-O Bd6 12. b3 O-O 13. Bb2 Bc7 14. Nf3 Re8 15.
Ng5 Bxc4 16. Qxc4 Re7 17. Rfe1 Nh5 18. Ba3 Rd7 19. g3 Qe8 20. Qe2 Nf6 21. Bb2
Rad8 22. Nf3 h6 23. Bc3 Qe6 24. Kg2 Nh7 25. h4 Nf6 26. Nd2 h5 27. Nc4 b6 28. f3
Ne8 29. Rad1 f6 30. Rxd7 Rxd7 31. Qf2 c5 32. Ne3 Bd8 33. Qe2 Nc7 34. Bb2 g6 35.
Rd1 Kf7 36. Rxd7+ Qxd7 37. Nc4 Qe6 38. Qd3 Be7 39. Bc1 Qc6 40. Bb2 Qe6 41. Ne3
Qc6 42. Qc4+ Qe6 43. Qd3 Ke8 44. Nc4 Qc6 45. Qd2 Qe6 46. Qh6 1-0

[Event "GCT 2021 Saint Louis - Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "15.08.2021"]
[Round "17B"]
[White "Shankland, Sam"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle ""]
[BlackTitle ""]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[ECO "B12"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "advance variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2004887"]
[BlackFideId "4102142"]
[EventDate "2021.08.14"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. Nf3 cxd4 5. Qxd4 Nc6 6. Qf4 e6 7. Bd3 Nb4 8. Nc3
Nxd3+ 9. cxd3 Bd7 10. h4 h6 11. h5 Ne7 12. Nd4 Rc8 13. O-O a6 14. Be3 g6 15. Qh2
Rg8 16. Nce2 g5 17. f4 Nf5 18. Nxf5 exf5 19. Nd4 g4 20. Rac1 Be7 21. Rxc8 Qxc8
22. Rc1 Qd8 23. g3 Qa5 24. a3 Bd8 25. Qf2 Kf8 26. Rc5 Qa4 27. Rxd5 Ke8 28. Qd2
Bb6 29. Kf2 Bc6 30. Rd6 Bc5 31. b3 Qxa3 32. Nc2 Bxe3+ 33. Nxe3 Qxb3 34. Nxf5 Qb1
35. Rxc6 bxc6 36. Qc3 Qb6+ 37. d4 Kd7 38. Nxh6 Rb8 39. Nxf7 Qb1 40. e6+ Kxe6 41.
Qxc6+ Kxf7 42. Qc7+ Ke8 43. Qe5+ Kd7 44. Qd5+ Kc7 45. Qc5+ Kb7 46. Qd5+ Ka7 0-1

[Event "GCT 2021 Saint Louis - Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "15.08.2021"]
[Round "17B"]
[White "Xiong, Jeffery"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle ""]
[BlackTitle ""]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[ECO "A33"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "symmetrical variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2047640"]
[BlackFideId "3503240"]
[EventDate "2021.08.14"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e6 6. e4 Bb4 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8.
Bd3 e5 9. O-O O-O 10. Qe2 Re8 11. Rd1 Bxc3 12. bxc3 c5 13. Bc2 Rb8 14. Be3 Qc7
15. Qd3 Rb6 16. a4 a5 17. Rab1 Rxb1 18. Rxb1 h6 19. Bd1 d6 20. Rb2 Bb7 21. f3
Bc6 22. Rd2 Rd8 23. Kf2 Qd7 24. Qc2 Qc7 25. Qd3 Qd7 26. Qc2 Qc7 27. Qd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT 2021 Saint Louis - Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "15.08.2021"]
[Round "18B"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle ""]
[BlackTitle ""]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[ECO "C67"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "open Berlin defence, l'Hermet variation"]
[WhiteFideId "4102142"]
[BlackFideId "5202213"]
[EventDate "2021.08.14"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. dxe5 Nxb5 7. a4 Nbd4 8.
Nxd4 Nxd4 9. Qxd4 d5 10. exd6 Qxd6 11. Qe4+ Qe6 12. Qd4 Qd6 13. Qe4+ Qe6 14. Qd4
Qd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT 2021 Saint Louis - Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "15.08.2021"]
[Round "18B"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Rapport, Richard"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle ""]
[BlackTitle ""]
[WhiteElo "2806"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[ECO "E19"]
[Opening "Queen's Indian"]
[Variation "old main line, 9.Qxc3"]
[WhiteFideId "2020009"]
[BlackFideId "738590"]
[EventDate "2021.08.14"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Nc3 Ne4 8. Qc2
Nxc3 9. Qxc3 c5 10. Rd1 d6 11. d5 exd5 12. cxd5 Bf6 13. Qc2 Nd7 14. Bf4 Qe7 15.
e4 Rfe8 16. Re1 b5 17. a4 a6 18. axb5 axb5 19. Qb3 b4 20. Rxa8 Rxa8 21. Nd2 g5
22. Be3 Ne5 23. f4 gxf4 24. gxf4 Ng4 25. e5 dxe5 26. Ne4 Bg7 27. Bxc5 Qh4 28.
Qg3 Qxg3 29. Nxg3 exf4 30. Nf5 Bxb2 31. Bxb4 Ne3 32. Nxe3 Bd4 33. Kh1 fxe3 34.
d6 Bxg2+ 35. Kxg2 f5 36. Kf3 Kf7 37. Rd1 Bb6 38. d7 Rd8 39. Rd5 Bc7 40. Rxf5+
Ke6 41. Rh5 Rxd7 42. Kxe3 Bb6+ 43. Ke2 Bc7 44. Ke3 Bb6+ 45. Ke2 Bc7 46. Ke3 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT 2021 Saint Louis - Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "15.08.2021"]
[Round "18B"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Xiong, Jeffery"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle ""]
[BlackTitle ""]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[ECO "A40"]
[Opening "Modern defence"]
[WhiteFideId "13401319"]
[BlackFideId "2047640"]
[EventDate "2021.08.14"]

1. d4 g6 2. e4 Nf6 3. Nc3 d5 4. e5 Ne4 5. Nce2 f6 6. f3 Ng5 7. Be3 Nf7 8. f4 Nh6
9. Nf3 Nc6 10. h3 Nf5 11. Bf2 h5 12. g3 b6 13. Rg1 Ba6 14. c3 Qd7 15. Qc2 O-O-O
16. O-O-O Bh6 17. Kb1 fxe5 18. dxe5 e6 19. g4 hxg4 20. hxg4 Nfe7 21. Bh4 Bxe2
22. Bxe2 Bxf4 23. Bf6 Rh3 24. Qa4 Be3 25. Bb5 a5 26. Nd4 Bxg1 27. Nxc6 1-0

[Event "GCT 2021 Saint Louis - Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "15.08.2021"]
[Round "18B"]
[White "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle ""]
[BlackTitle ""]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[ECO "C70"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "fianchetto defence deferred"]
[WhiteFideId "12401137"]
[BlackFideId "2016192"]
[EventDate "2021.08.14"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 g6 5. c3 Bg7 6. d4 b5 7. Bc2 d6 8. O-O exd4
9. Nxd4 Nge7 10. Bg5 Qd7 11. Re1 O-O 12. Nxc6 Nxc6 13. Nd2 Bb7 14. Nf3 Rfe8 15.
Qd2 Na5 16. Rad1 Nc4 17. Qc1 Re6 18. Nd4 Ree8 19. h3 c5 20. Nf3 Qc7 21. Bh6 Bxh6
22. Qxh6 Nxb2 23. Rd2 Nc4 24. Rde2 f6 25. Bb3 Re6 26. Nd2 d5 27. exd5 Rxe2 28.
Rxe2 Bxd5 29. Nxc4 bxc4 30. Bc2 Bf7 31. Be4 Rd8 32. g3 Qd6 33. Bf3 Qd3 34. Re3
Qb1+ 35. Kg2 Qxa2 36. Qf4 Qd2 37. Qxf6 Qd6 38. Qxd6 Rxd6 39. Re5 Rd3 40. Rxc5
Rxc3 41. Ra5 Be6 42. Bg4 Bf7 43. Bf3 Be6 44. g4 Rd3 45. Rxa6 Bd5 46. Bxd5+ Rxd5
47. Rc6 Rd4 48. f3 g5 49. Kg3 Kg7 50. h4 h6 51. h5 Kh7 52. Kf2 Kg7 53. Ke3 Rf4
54. Rc7+ Kg8 55. Rc6 Kg7 56. Rg6+ Kh7 57. Re6 Kg7 58. Rg6+ Kh7 59. Re6 Rf7 60.
Rc6 Rf4 61. Rc7+ Kg8 62. Rc6 Kg7 63. Rc7+ Kg8 64. Rc6 Kg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT 2021 Saint Louis - Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "15.08.2021"]
[Round "18B"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "Shankland, Sam"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle ""]
[BlackTitle ""]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[ECO "B67"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Richter-Rauzer, Rauzer attack, 7...a6 defence, 8...Bd7"]
[WhiteFideId "3503240"]
[BlackFideId "2004887"]
[EventDate "2021.08.14"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O Bd7 9. Kb1 Be7 10. Nxc6 Bxc6 11. f3 b5 12. h4 O-O 13. Bd3 b4 14. Ne2 a5
15. Nd4 Bd7 16. g4 a4 17. Be3 b3 18. h5 e5 19. Ne2 h6 20. Nc3 Be6 21. g5 hxg5
22. Bxg5 Kh8 23. cxb3 axb3 24. a3 Rc8 25. Rdg1 Rg8 26. Rg2 Nh7 27. Be3 Bf6 28.
Nd5 Bxd5 29. exd5 Re8 30. Be4 Rc4 31. Bxh7 e4 32. Bxe4 Rexe4 33. Qd3 Rc2 34.
Rxc2 bxc2+ 35. Kxc2 Re5 36. Kb1 Qa8 37. h6 g6 38. Bd4 Qxd5 39. Rd1 Kh7 40. Bxe5
Qxe5 41. Qc2 Qe3 42. Qd2 Qxf3 43. Qxd6 Qb3 44. Qd2 Bxb2 45. Qc2 Qxc2+ 46. Kxc2
Bxa3 47. Rd7 Kxh6 48. Rxf7 Bd6 49. Kd3 Kg5 50. Ke4 Bh2 51. Kd5 Bg3 52. Ke6 Kg4
53. Kf6 g5 54. Kg6 Bf4 55. Rf8 Be3 56. Re8 Bf4 57. Re4 Kf3 58. Kf5 Kg3 59. Ra4
Kf3 60. Rb4 Be3 61. Ra4 Bf4 62. Ra3+ Be3 63. Rxe3+ Kxe3 64. Kxg5 1/2-1/2