[Event "GCT 2023 Saint Louis - Rapid"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "14.11.2023"]
[Round "1R"]
[White "Robson, Ray"]
[Black "Xiong, Jeffery"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2696"]
[BlackElo "2681"]
[EventDate "2023.11.14"]
[ECO "C42"]

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

[Event "GCT 2023 Saint Louis - Rapid"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "14.11.2023"]
[Round "1R"]
[White "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[EventDate "2023.11.14"]
[ECO "D38"]

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

[Event "GCT 2023 Saint Louis - Rapid"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "14.11.2023"]
[Round "1R"]
[White "Sevian, Samuel"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2696"]
[BlackElo "2771"]
[EventDate "2023.11.14"]
[ECO "A22"]

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

[Event "GCT 2023 Saint Louis - Rapid"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "14.11.2023"]
[Round "1R"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[EventDate "2023.11.14"]
[ECO "D85"]

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

[Event "GCT 2023 Saint Louis - Rapid"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "14.11.2023"]
[Round "1R"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2795"]
[BlackElo "2777"]
[EventDate "2023.11.14"]
[ECO "C65"]

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

[Event "GCT 2023 Saint Louis - Rapid"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "14.11.2023"]
[Round "2R"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Sevian, Samuel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2696"]
[EventDate "2023.11.14"]
[ECO "C77"]

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

[Event "GCT 2023 Saint Louis - Rapid"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "14.11.2023"]
[Round "2R"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2771"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[EventDate "2023.11.14"]
[ECO "C50"]

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

[Event "GCT 2023 Saint Louis - Rapid"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "14.11.2023"]
[Round "2R"]
[White "Xiong, Jeffery"]
[Black "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2681"]
[BlackElo "2777"]
[EventDate "2023.11.14"]
[ECO "D38"]

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

[Event "GCT 2023 Saint Louis - Rapid"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "14.11.2023"]
[Round "2R"]
[White "Robson, Ray"]
[Black "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2696"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[EventDate "2023.11.14"]
[ECO "C50"]

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

[Event "GCT 2023 Saint Louis - Rapid"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "14.11.2023"]
[Round "2R"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2795"]
[EventDate "2023.11.14"]
[ECO "C92"]

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

[Event "GCT 2023 Saint Louis - Rapid"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "14.11.2023"]
[Round "3R"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2795"]
[BlackElo "2771"]
[EventDate "2023.11.14"]
[ECO "A28"]

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

[Event "GCT 2023 Saint Louis - Rapid"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "14.11.2023"]
[Round "3R"]
[White "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[EventDate "2023.11.14"]
[ECO "B52"]

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

[Event "GCT 2023 Saint Louis - Rapid"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "14.11.2023"]
[Round "3R"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[EventDate "2023.11.14"]
[ECO "D41"]

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

[Event "GCT 2023 Saint Louis - Rapid"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "14.11.2023"]
[Round "3R"]
[White "Sevian, Samuel"]
[Black "Robson, Ray"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2696"]
[BlackElo "2696"]
[EventDate "2023.11.14"]
[ECO "C50"]

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

[Event "GCT 2023 Saint Louis - Rapid"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "14.11.2023"]
[Round "3R"]
[White "Le,Quang Liem"]
[Black "Xiong, Jeffery"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2681"]
[EventDate "2023.11.14"]
[ECO "A34"]

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

[Event "GCT 2023 Saint Louis - Rapid"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "15.11.2023"]
[Round "4R"]
[White "Xiong, Jeffery"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2681"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[EventDate "2023.11.14"]
[ECO "D27"]

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

[Event "GCT 2023 Saint Louis - Rapid"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "15.11.2023"]
[Round "4R"]
[White "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Black "Sevian, Samuel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2696"]
[EventDate "2023.11.14"]
[ECO "D38"]

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

[Event "GCT 2023 Saint Louis - Rapid"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "15.11.2023"]
[Round "4R"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2771"]
[BlackElo "2777"]
[EventDate "2023.11.14"]
[ECO "C45"]

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

[Event "GCT 2023 Saint Louis - Rapid"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "15.11.2023"]
[Round "4R"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2795"]
[EventDate "2023.11.14"]
[ECO "C79"]

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

[Event "GCT 2023 Saint Louis - Rapid"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "15.11.2023"]
[Round "4R"]
[White "Robson, Ray"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2696"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[EventDate "2023.11.14"]

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

[Event "GCT 2023 Saint Louis - Rapid"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "15.11.2023"]
[Round "5R"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[EventDate "2023.11.14"]
[ECO "B31"]

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

[Event "GCT 2023 Saint Louis - Rapid"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "15.11.2023"]
[Round "5R"]
[White "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[EventDate "2023.11.14"]
[ECO "C42"]

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

[Event "GCT 2023 Saint Louis - Rapid"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "15.11.2023"]
[Round "5R"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Robson, Ray"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2795"]
[BlackElo "2696"]
[EventDate "2023.11.14"]
[ECO "A28"]

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

[Event "GCT 2023 Saint Louis - Rapid"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "15.11.2023"]
[Round "5R"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2771"]
[EventDate "2023.11.14"]
[ECO "C70"]

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

[Event "GCT 2023 Saint Louis - Rapid"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "15.11.2023"]
[Round "5R"]
[White "Sevian,Samuel"]
[Black "Xiong,Jeffery"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2696"]
[BlackElo "2681"]
[EventDate "2023.11.14"]
[ECO "C43"]

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

[Event "GCT 2023 Saint Louis - Rapid"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "15.11.2023"]
[Round "6R"]
[White "Robson, Ray"]
[Black "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2696"]
[BlackElo "2777"]
[EventDate "2023.11.14"]
[ECO "E71"]

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

[Event "GCT 2023 Saint Louis - Rapid"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "15.11.2023"]
[Round "6R"]
[White "Sevian, Samuel"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2696"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[EventDate "2023.11.14"]
[ECO "C67"]

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

[Event "GCT 2023 Saint Louis - Rapid"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "15.11.2023"]
[Round "6R"]
[White "Le,Quang Liem"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2795"]
[EventDate "2023.11.14"]
[ECO "D37"]

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

[Event "GCT 2023 Saint Louis - Rapid"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "15.11.2023"]
[Round "6R"]
[White "Xiong, Jeffery"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2681"]
[BlackElo "2771"]
[EventDate "2023.11.14"]
[ECO "E21"]

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

[Event "GCT 2023 Saint Louis - Rapid"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "15.11.2023"]
[Round "6R"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[EventDate "2023.11.14"]
[ECO "B90"]

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

[Event "GCT 2023 Saint Louis - Rapid"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "16.11.2023"]
[Round "7R"]
[White "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Black "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[EventDate "2023.11.14"]
[ECO "C65"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. O-O Nd7 7. Nbd2
O-O 8. Nc4 Re8 9. g3 a5 10. a4 b6 11. Nh4 Nf8 12. Be3 Bb4 13. Nf5 Bxf5 14.
exf5 Qd5 15. c3 Be7 16. Qg4 Nd7 17. Rfd1 Nf6 18. Qe2 h6 19. g4 Rad8 20. f3
Bc5 21. Bxc5 Qxc5+ 22. Qf2 Qxf2+ 23. Kxf2 c5 24. Rd2 Nd5 25. Re1 f6 26. d4
cxd4 27. cxd4 Nb4 28. Re4 Kf8 29. Kg3 Nc6 30. dxe5 Rxd2 31. Nxd2 Nxe5 32.
Rd4 Ke7 33. f4 Nc6 34. Re4+ Kd7 35. Kh4 Rxe4 36. Nxe4 Ke7 37. g5 Nd4 38.
gxf6+ gxf6 39. Kh5 Kf7 40. Kxh6 Nxf5+ 41. Kh5 Ne3 42. Kh4 c6 43. Kg3 Kg6
44. Kf3 Nf5 45. Nd2 Nd6 46. b3 b5 47. Ke3 Kf5 48. h3 Nb7 49. Nf3 bxa4 50.
Nd4+ Kg6 51. bxa4 c5 52. Nb5 Kf5 53. Kf3 c4 54. Ke3 Nc5 55. Nd6+ Kg6 56.
Nxc4 Nxa4 57. Nxa5 Nc5 58. Nc6 Kh5 59. f5 Kg5 60. Nd4 Nb7 61. Kf3 Nd6 62.
Kg3 Nxf5+ 63. Nxf5 Kxf5 64. Kf3 Kg5 65. h4+ Kxh4 66. Kf4 f5 67. Kxf5
1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT 2023 Saint Louis - Rapid"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "16.11.2023"]
[Round "7R"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Robson, Ray"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2696"]
[EventDate "2023.11.14"]
[ECO "A29"]

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

[Event "GCT 2023 Saint Louis - Rapid"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "16.11.2023"]
[Round "7R"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Xiong, Jeffery"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2681"]
[EventDate "2023.11.14"]
[ECO "B90"]

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

[Event "GCT 2023 Saint Louis - Rapid"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "16.11.2023"]
[Round "7R"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Sevian, Samuel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2795"]
[BlackElo "2696"]
[EventDate "2023.11.14"]
[ECO "C53"]

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

[Event "GCT 2023 Saint Louis - Rapid"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "16.11.2023"]
[Round "7R"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2771"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[EventDate "2023.11.14"]
[ECO "C85"]

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

[Event "GCT 2023 Saint Louis - Rapid"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "16.11.2023"]
[Round "8R"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2795"]
[EventDate "2023.11.14"]
[ECO "C50"]

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

[Event "GCT 2023 Saint Louis - Rapid"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "16.11.2023"]
[Round "8R"]
[White "Robson, Ray"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2696"]
[BlackElo "2771"]
[EventDate "2023.11.14"]
[ECO "D87"]

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

[Event "GCT 2023 Saint Louis - Rapid"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "16.11.2023"]
[Round "8R"]
[White "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[EventDate "2023.11.14"]
[ECO "D90"]

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

[Event "GCT 2023 Saint Louis - Rapid"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "16.11.2023"]
[Round "8R"]
[White "Xiong, Jeffery"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2681"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[EventDate "2023.11.14"]
[ECO "D43"]

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

[Event "GCT 2023 Saint Louis - Rapid"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "16.11.2023"]
[Round "8R"]
[White "Sevian, Samuel"]
[Black "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2696"]
[BlackElo "2777"]
[EventDate "2023.11.14"]
[ECO "C92"]

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

[Event "GCT 2023 Saint Louis - Rapid"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "16.11.2023"]
[Round "9R"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Sevian, Samuel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2696"]
[EventDate "2023.11.14"]
[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. Nbd2 Be7 10. c3 Nc5 11. Bc2 d4 12. Nb3 d3 13. Bb1 Nxb3 14. axb3
Bf5 15. h3 O-O 16. Re1 Qd7 17. b4 Rfd8 18. Bf4 a5 19. g4 Bg6 20. Ba2 Rf8
21. e6 Qd8 22. bxa5 Rxa5 23. Bg3 Kh8 24. exf7 h6 25. b4 Ra4 26. Be6 Rxa1
27. Qxa1 Bxf7 28. Bxf7 Rxf7 29. Qd1 Bf6 30. Re3 Rd7 31. Qd2 Bg5 32. Nxg5
Qxg5 33. Re8+ Kh7 34. Qxg5 hxg5 35. Re1 d2 36. Rd1 Rd3 37. Bxc7 Rxc3 38.
Rxd2 Nxb4 39. Be5 Rxh3 40. Bg3 Rh6 41. Rb2 Nd3 42. Rxb5 Rg6 43. Kf1 Nf4 44.
Rf5 Ne6 45. Be5 Kg8 46. Rf3 Nf8 47. Ra3 Re6 48. Ra5 Nh7 49. f3 Re7 50. Kf2
Kf7 51. Bd4 Kg6 52. Be3 Re6 53. Ke2 Re7 54. Ra3 Nf6 55. Kd3 Rd7+ 56. Bd4
Rb7 57. Ra5 Rb3+ 58. Bc3 Rb7 59. Bd2 Rd7+ 60. Ke2 Re7+ 61. Kd3 Rd7+ 62. Ke2
Re7+ 63. Kd3 Rd7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT 2023 Saint Louis - Rapid"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "16.11.2023"]
[Round "9R"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Xiong, Jeffery"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2795"]
[BlackElo "2681"]
[EventDate "2023.11.14"]
[ECO "C50"]

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

[Event "GCT 2023 Saint Louis - Rapid"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "16.11.2023"]
[Round "9R"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Robson, Ray"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2696"]
[EventDate "2023.11.14"]
[ECO "C65"]

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

[Event "GCT 2023 Saint Louis - Rapid"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "16.11.2023"]
[Round "9R"]
[White "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[EventDate "2023.11.14"]
[ECO "D34"]

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

[Event "GCT 2023 Saint Louis - Rapid"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "16.11.2023"]
[Round "9R"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2771"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[EventDate "2023.11.14"]
[ECO "B32"]

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

[Event "GCT 2023 Saint Louis - Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "17.11.2023"]
[Round "1B"]
[White "Sevian, Samuel"]
[Black "Xiong, Jeffery"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2581"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[ECO "B54"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[EventDate "2023.11.17"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Bb5+ Bd7 6. c4 a6 7. Bxd7+
Nbxd7 8. f3 Rc8 9. b3 e6 10. O-O Be7 11. Bb2 b5 12. cxb5 axb5 13. Na3 b4
14. Nac2 d5 15. e5 Nxe5 16. Nxe6 fxe6 17. Bxe5 O-O 18. Kh1 Nd7 19. Bb2 Qc7
20. Nd4 Qb6 21. Re1 e5 22. Nf5 Rxf5 23. Qxd5+ Rf7 24. Qxd7 Rc2 25. Bxe5 Bh4
26. Qe8+ Rf8 27. Qd7 Rf7 28. Qd3 Qf2 29. Rg1 h6 30. Raf1 Qe2 31. Qxe2 Rxe2
32. Bd4 Rd7 33. Rd1 Rxa2 34. Bc5 Rxd1 35. Rxd1 Rb2 36. Bxb4 Rxb3 37. Bd6
Bf6 38. Bc5 Rb5 39. Bf2 Ra5 40. h3 Ra1 41. Rxa1 Bxa1 42. f4 h5 43. Kg1 Kf7
44. Kf1 Ke6 45. Ke2 g6 46. Kf3 Kf5 47. g4+ hxg4+ 48. hxg4+ Ke6 49. Ke4 Bf6
50. Bd4 Be7 51. Be5 Bd8 52. f5+ gxf5+ 53. gxf5+ Kf7 54. f6 Bxf6 55. Bxf6
Kxf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT 2023 Saint Louis - Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "17.11.2023"]
[Round "1B"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[ECO "D36"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "exchange, positional line, 6.Qc2"]
[EventDate "2023.11.17"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. Qc2 h6 7. Bh4 Be6 8.
e3 Nbd7 9. Bd3 g5 10. Bg3 Nh5 11. Nge2 Qe7 12. O-O Bg7 13. h3 Nxg3 14. Nxg3
O-O 15. Bh7+ Kh8 16. Bf5 c5 17. Rad1 Rad8 18. Nh5 Nf6 19. Nxg7 Kxg7 20.
dxc5 Qxc5 21. Rd4 Qb6 22. Bd3 Rfe8 23. Rd1 Rc8 24. Qd2 a6 25. a3 Qc7 26.
Be2 Qb6 27. h4 g4 28. g3 Bf5 29. Rf4 Qe6 30. Qd4 Rcd8 31. Bd3 Bxd3 32. Qxd3
Qe5 33. Rf5 Qe6 34. Nxd5 Rxd5 35. Rxd5 Nxd5 36. Qxd5 Qxd5 37. Rxd5 Rc8 38.
h5 Kf6 1-0

[Event "GCT 2023 Saint Louis - Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "17.11.2023"]
[Round "1B"]
[White "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2652"]
[BlackElo "2771"]
[ECO "D27"]
[Opening "QGA"]
[Variation "classical, 6...a6"]
[EventDate "2023.11.17"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 dxc4 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 a6 6. O-O c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5
8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nbd2 Ke7 10. Be2 Bd7 11. Nb3 Bb6 12. Bd2 Nc6 13. Bc3 Rhg8
14. Rfd1 Ne4 15. Be1 Rgd8 16. Nfd2 Nxd2 17. Nxd2 Be8 18. Bf3 Ba5 19. a3
Rac8 20. b4 Bc7 21. Nb3 Be5 22. Rab1 Rxd1 23. Rxd1 Nd8 24. Nc5 Bc6 25. Bxc6
Rxc6 26. Kf1 Bd6 27. Ne4 b5 28. Ke2 f5 29. Nxd6 Rxd6 30. Rc1 Rc6 31. Bc3 e5
32. Kd2 Nf7 33. Bb2 Rxc1 34. Bxc1 Ke6 35. f3 Kd5 36. Kc3 g6 37. Kb3 Nd8 38.
Bb2 Ne6 39. a4 g5 40. a5 e4 41. Kc3 h5 42. Bc1 exf3 43. gxf3 g4 44. fxg4
fxg4 45. Kd3 Ng5 46. e4+ Nxe4 47. Ke3 h4 48. Kf4 g3 49. hxg3 Nxg3 50. Kg4
Ne2 51. Bd2 Nd4 52. Be1 Nc2 53. Bxh4 Nxb4 54. Kf3 Nc6 55. Be1 Kc4 56. Ke2
b4 57. Kd2 Nxa5 58. Kc2 Nc6 59. Kb2 a5 60. Bf2 a4 61. Be3 Ne5 62. Bh6 Nd3+
63. Kb1 Kb3 64. Bg7 a3 0-1

[Event "GCT 2023 Saint Louis - Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "17.11.2023"]
[Round "1B"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Robson, Ray"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2789"]
[BlackElo "2596"]
[ECO "C50"]
[Opening "Giuoco Pianissimo"]
[EventDate "2023.11.17"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. a4 d6 6. O-O a5 7. Be3 Bxe3 8.
fxe3 O-O 9. Qe1 Ne7 10. Nh4 c6 11. Qg3 Ng6 12. Nxg6 hxg6 13. Bb3 Kh8 14.
Qh4+ Kg8 15. Nd2 Be6 16. Bxe6 fxe6 17. Qg3 Qe8 18. Nc4 Rd8 19. Nxa5 Rd7 20.
Nc4 Nh7 21. a5 Rf6 22. h3 Nf8 23. Rf2 Qd8 24. Raf1 Rdf7 25. b4 Qe7 26. c3
Qd8 27. d4 exd4 28. exd4 d5 29. Ne5 Rxf2 30. Rxf2 Rxf2 31. Qxf2 Qe7 32. Qf3
g5 33. exd5 exd5 34. Qf5 Nh7 35. Qd7 Qf6 36. Qxb7 Qf4 37. Qc8+ Nf8 38. Ng6
Qe3+ 39. Kh2 Kf7 40. Qf5+ 1-0

[Event "GCT 2023 Saint Louis - Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "17.11.2023"]
[Round "1B"]
[White "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2742"]
[BlackElo "2697"]
[ECO "A28"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "four knights, Capablanca variation"]
[EventDate "2023.11.17"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. d3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nb6 7. Be2 Be7
8. Be3 O-O 9. Rc1 Be6 10. O-O Bf6 11. Nd2 Re8 12. Nb3 Bxb3 13. Qxb3 Bg5 14.
Rc2 a6 15. Nd5 Bxe3 16. fxe3 Na5 17. Qa3 Nxd5 18. exd5 b6 19. Bf3 Rc8 20.
Qc3 Qd7 21. h3 g6 22. e4 h5 23. Rcf2 Re7 24. Qd2 Qd6 25. Bxh5 gxh5 26. Rf6
Qc5+ 27. Kh1 Kf8 28. b4 1-0

[Event "GCT 2023 Saint Louis - Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "17.11.2023"]
[Round "2B"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2652"]
[ECO "D02"]
[Opening "Queen's bishop game"]
[EventDate "2023.11.17"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. Bf4 c5 4. e3 Nc6 5. Nbd2 e6 6. c3 cxd4 7. exd4 Nh5
8. Be3 Bd6 9. Ne5 Nf6 10. f4 Qb6 11. Qb3 Ng8 12. g3 f6 13. Nd3 Nh6 14. Bg2
O-O 15. O-O Ng4 16. Rfe1 Ne7 17. Bh3 Nh6 18. Bf2 Nhf5 19. Re2 h5 20. Rae1
Qxb3 21. axb3 b6 22. c4 Kf7 23. Bg2 Rb8 24. h3 Rd8 25. Bf3 h4 26. g4 Ng3
27. Bxg3 hxg3 28. f5 exf5 29. c5 bxc5 30. dxc5 Be5 31. Nxe5+ fxe5 32. Rxe5
Ng6 33. Rxd5 Rxd5 34. Bxd5+ Kf6 35. Re8 Nf4 36. Bf3 g6 37. c6 Ne6 38. gxf5
gxf5 39. h4 Nc7 40. Rf8+ Kg7 41. Rd8 Ne6 42. Re8 Kf7 43. Rh8 Kg7 44. Re8
Kf7 45. Bh5+ Kf6 46. Rg8 f4 47. Bg4 Kf7 48. Bxe6+ Kxe6 49. h5 Rb5 50. h6
Rh5 51. Rxc8 Rxh6 52. Rd8 Rh7 53. b4 a6 54. Nf3 Kf5 55. Rd7 Rh8 56. c7 Ke4
57. Rd8 1-0

[Event "GCT 2023 Saint Louis - Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "17.11.2023"]
[Round "2B"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2771"]
[BlackElo "2789"]
[ECO "B40"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Anderssen variation"]
[EventDate "2023.11.17"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. Nxc6 dxc6 7. Nd2 e5
8. Nc4 Be6 9. O-O Nd7 10. a4 Be7 11. Qf3 O-O 12. Rd1 Qc7 13. Ne3 Nc5 14.
Bc4 Rfd8 15. Bd2 Bg5 16. Bxe6 Nxe6 17. Bc3 Bxe3 18. Qxe3 c5 19. h3 Nd4 20.
Rd2 Rd6 21. Bxd4 cxd4 22. Qd3 Rc6 23. a5 Rc8 24. c3 dxc3 25. bxc3 Rxc3 26.
Qd5 Rc5 27. Qb3 g6 28. Rad1 Rc1 29. Kh2 Rxd1 30. Rxd1 Qe7 31. Rd5 Qf6 32.
Qg3 Rc2 33. Qxe5 Qxe5+ 34. Rxe5 Rxf2 35. Rb5 Ra2 36. Rxb7 Rxa5 37. e5 g5
38. h4 gxh4 39. Kh3 Ra4 40. Rc7 Kf8 41. Rb7 h6 42. Rc7 a6 43. Ra7 Ke8 44.
Rb7 a5 45. Ra7 Kf8 46. Kh2 Ra3 47. Kg1 a4 48. Kh2 Ke8 49. Kg1 Ra1+ 50. Kh2
a3 51. Kh3 a2 52. Kh2 Kd8 53. Ra6 Ke7 54. Ra5 Ke6 55. Ra8 Kxe5 56. Re8+ Kd6
57. Ra8 h5 58. Ra6+ Kc5 59. Ra8 f5 60. Rc8+ Kd6 61. Ra8 f4 0-1

[Event "GCT 2023 Saint Louis - Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "17.11.2023"]
[Round "2B"]
[White "Xiong, Jeffery"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2697"]
[ECO "D43"]
[Opening "QGD semi-Slav"]
[EventDate "2023.11.17"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 g6 8.
Be2 Bg7 9. O-O O-O 10. cxd5 exd5 11. b4 Qd6 12. b5 Be6 13. bxc6 bxc6 14.
Na4 Nd7 15. Qc2 Rfc8 16. Rfc1 Rab8 17. Nd2 c5 18. Nxc5 Nxc5 19. dxc5 Rxc5
20. Qxc5 Qxc5 21. Rxc5 Bxa1 22. Nb3 d4 23. Bc4 Bxc4 24. Rxc4 dxe3 25. fxe3
Be5 26. g3 Rd8 27. Kf2 h5 28. Kf3 Kg7 29. Ra4 Rd7 30. Nc5 Rc7 31. Nd3 Bf6
32. Nf4 Be5 33. Nd3 Bf6 34. Nf4 Be5 35. Nd3 Bf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT 2023 Saint Louis - Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "17.11.2023"]
[Round "2B"]
[White "Sevian, Samuel"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2581"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[ECO "D43"]
[Opening "QGD semi-Slav"]
[EventDate "2023.11.17"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 O-O 7. h3 Nbd7 8.
Qc2 b6 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. Bd3 Bb7 11. O-O Rc8 12. Qb1 h6 13. Bf4 a6 14. a4
Nb8 15. Ne5 Nfd7 16. Nxd7 Qxd7 17. Qd1 Bd6 18. Bxd6 Qxd6 19. Qe2 a5 20.
Rad1 Nc6 21. Rfe1 Nb4 22. Bb1 Qe7 23. Qg4 Qg5 24. Qf3 Rfd8 25. g3 Qe7 26.
Qh5 Qf6 27. h4 Re8 28. f4 Qe7 29. g4 Qf8 30. g5 g6 31. Qf3 h5 32. Kh2 Red8
33. Rg1 Qe7 34. Rg2 Kg7 35. Ne2 Bc6 36. Nc3 Bd7 37. Rf1 Qe8 38. Qd1 Qe7 39.
Kh1 Rc7 40. Qf3 Rdc8 41. Rgf2 Qe8 42. Qg3 Rxc3 43. bxc3 Rxc3 44. Rf3 Bxa4
45. f5 exf5 46. Bxf5 gxf5 47. Rxf5 Qe4+ 48. Kg1 Be8 49. Re5 Rxe3 50. Qxe3
Qxe3+ 51. Rxe3 Bb5 52. Rf6 Nc6 53. Ref3 Nd8 54. Rxb6 Bc4 55. g6 fxg6 56.
Rd6 1-0

[Event "GCT 2023 Saint Louis - Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "17.11.2023"]
[Round "2B"]
[White "Robson, Ray"]
[Black "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2596"]
[BlackElo "2742"]
[ECO "E10"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[EventDate "2023.11.17"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O Nbd7
8. Qc2 c6 9. Bf4 a5 10. Rd1 a4 11. Nc3 dxc4 12. Nxa4 Nd5 13. Nc3 b5 14. a4
Qa5 15. Bd2 b4 16. Ne4 Ba6 17. Ne5 Nxe5 18. dxe5 h6 19. Nd6 c3 20. bxc3
Nxc3 21. Bxc3 bxc3 22. Bxc6 Qxe5 23. Bxa8 Rxa8 24. Nb5 Rc8 25. Rd7 Bf6 26.
Rb1 Qf5 27. Qxf5 exf5 28. Rc1 Rc6 29. Rc7 Bxb5 30. Rxc6 Bxc6 31. a5 Bb5 32.
Kf1 Kf8 33. Rb1 Bc4 34. Rb4 Be6 35. Ke1 c2 36. Rb8+ Ke7 37. Kd2 Bc3+ 38.
Kxc2 Bxa5 39. Kd1 Kf6 40. Rb5 Bc3 41. Rb6 Bd4 0-1

[Event "GCT 2023 Saint Louis - Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "17.11.2023"]
[Round "3B"]
[White "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2742"]
[BlackElo "2771"]
[ECO "A20"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[EventDate "2023.11.17"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 c6 3. Nf3 e4 4. Nd4 d5 5. cxd5 Qxd5 6. Nc2 Nf6 7. Nc3 Qe5 8.
Bg2 Na6 9. Rb1 h5 10. h3 Bf5 11. Ne3 Bg6 12. b3 Bc5 13. Bb2 Qe6 14. a3 Rd8
15. Qc2 Bd4 16. b4 Nc7 17. Na4 Qe7 18. Bxd4 Rxd4 19. Nc5 Ne6 20. Qb2 Rd8
21. Nb3 O-O 22. O-O Qc7 23. h4 Nd5 24. Nxd5 Rxd5 25. d3 Re5 26. dxe4 Bxe4
27. Rbd1 Bxg2 28. Kxg2 Re8 29. e3 c5 30. bxc5 Nxc5 31. Nd4 Ne4 32. Rc1 Qd7
33. Nf3 Rd5 34. Qe2 Rd8 35. Rc2 b6 36. Rfc1 Rc5 37. Rxc5 Nxc5 38. Rc4 Qd3
39. Qa2 Qd5 40. Qc2 Nd3 41. e4 Qd6 42. Rc8 g6 43. Rxd8+ Qxd8 44. Qd2 Qd7
45. Qh6 Qe6 46. Qe3 Qd6 47. Ng5 Qxa3 48. e5 Qb3 49. e6 Qd5+ 50. Kh2 fxe6
51. f3 Ne5 52. Qe2 b5 53. Ne4 Qd4 54. Kg2 Nc4 55. Nf2 Ne3+ 56. Kh3 a6 57.
Qa2 Qc4 58. Qa1 Qf1+ 59. Qxf1 Nxf1 60. Nd3 Ne3 61. g4 a5 0-1

[Event "GCT 2023 Saint Louis - Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "17.11.2023"]
[Round "3B"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Robson, Ray"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2697"]
[BlackElo "2596"]
[ECO "C50"]
[Opening "Giuoco Pianissimo"]
[EventDate "2023.11.17"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. O-O d6 6. c3 a5 7. Re1 Ba7 8.
Nbd2 O-O 9. h3 Be6 10. Bb5 Ne7 11. d4 Ng6 12. Ba4 c6 13. Bc2 Qc7 14. Nf1 h6
15. Ng3 Rad8 16. Be3 b5 17. a4 b4 18. Qc1 c5 19. d5 Bc8 20. c4 Kh7 21. Nf5
Ng8 22. Kh2 f6 23. g4 Qf7 24. Rg1 N6e7 25. Rg3 g6 26. Nxh6 Nxh6 27. Bxh6
Rh8 28. Kg2 Kg8 29. h4 Qh7 30. Be3 Kf7 31. Qd2 Rdg8 32. Rh1 Ke8 33. b3 Qf7
34. Qe2 Bd7 35. Kf1 f5 36. gxf5 gxf5 37. Rxg8+ Qxg8 38. Bg5 Qf7 39. exf5
Rh5 40. Nxe5 dxe5 41. Qxe5 Rh7 42. f6 Qh5 43. Bxh7 Qd1+ 44. Kg2 Qg4+ 45.
Qg3 1-0

[Event "GCT 2023 Saint Louis - Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "17.11.2023"]
[Round "3B"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2789"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[ECO "C50"]
[Opening "Giuoco Pianissimo"]
[EventDate "2023.11.17"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 Nf6 5. a4 a5 6. O-O h6 7. Be3 Bxe3 8.
fxe3 O-O 9. Nbd2 d5 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Qe2 Be6 12. Rae1 Qe7 13. c3 Nb6 14.
Bb5 Bg4 15. h3 Bh5 16. g4 Bg6 17. d4 exd4 18. exd4 Qxe2 19. Rxe2 Na7 20.
Ne5 Bh7 21. Bd3 Bxd3 22. Nxd3 Nxa4 23. Nb3 Nc8 24. Ra1 b5 25. Ne5 Re8 26.
Rf2 Nd6 27. Ra2 f6 28. Nc6 Nc4 29. d5 Re1+ 30. Kh2 Ncxb2 31. Rfxb2 Nxb2 32.
Rxb2 a4 33. Nbd4 a3 34. Ra2 Rb1 35. Nb4 Rb2+ 36. Kg3 Ra4 37. Ndc2 Rb3 38.
Nd4 Rb2 39. Ra1 a2 40. Nxb5 0-1

[Event "GCT 2023 Saint Louis - Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "17.11.2023"]
[Round "3B"]
[White "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Black "Sevian, Samuel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2652"]
[BlackElo "2581"]
[ECO "E51"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian"]
[Variation "4.e3 e8g8, 5.Nf3 d7d5"]
[EventDate "2023.11.17"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. e3 O-O 6. Bd2 b6 7. cxd5 exd5 8.
Rc1 Re8 9. Ne5 c5 10. Bb5 Re7 11. O-O a6 12. Ba4 Bb7 13. a3 Bxc3 14. Bxc3
Ne4 15. Be1 c4 16. f3 Nd6 17. Qd2 f6 18. Ng4 Nd7 19. Bc2 h5 20. Nf2 Qe8 21.
Nd1 Rc8 22. Bg3 Re6 23. Nc3 Nf8 24. Rce1 Rd8 25. Re2 Ng6 26. Qe1 h4 27.
Bxh4 b5 28. Qg3 Nxh4 29. Qxh4 f5 30. g4 Rh6 31. Qg3 a5 32. gxf5 b4 33. axb4
axb4 34. Nd1 Ba6 35. Rg2 Qe7 36. Re1 Re8 37. Nf2 c3 38. Ng4 Rh5 39. f6 Qd7
40. fxg7 Re6 41. bxc3 bxc3 42. Rb1 Bc8 43. Rb8 Qa7 44. Qxd6 Rxd6 45. Nf6+
Rxf6 46. Rxc8+ 1-0

[Event "GCT 2023 Saint Louis - Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "17.11.2023"]
[Round "3B"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Xiong, Jeffery"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[ECO "D00"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn"]
[Variation "Chigorin variation"]
[EventDate "2023.11.17"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bf4 e6 4. Nb5 Na6 5. e3 Be7 6. Nf3 O-O 7. h4 c6 8.
Nc3 c5 9. a3 Bd7 10. Bd3 Nb8 11. h5 h6 12. dxc5 Bxc5 13. Qe2 Nc6 14. e4 Ng4
15. Bg3 Rc8 16. O-O Nf6 17. Bh4 Be7 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. Rad1 Re8 20. Nb5 Be7
21. c4 dxc4 22. Bxc4 Na5 23. Bd3 a6 24. Nc3 Bc6 25. e5 Qb6 26. Nd4 Red8 27.
Nxc6 Qxc6 28. Ne4 Nb3 29. Qg4 Kf8 30. Nf6 Bxf6 31. exf6 gxf6 32. Qf4 Ke7
33. Be4 Qb5 34. Bf3 Qe5 35. Qb4+ Nc5 36. Rxd8 Rxd8 37. Rc1 Rc8 38. Qd2 Qd6
39. Qxh6 Rd8 40. Qe3 b6 41. b4 Nd7 42. Rd1 Qc7 43. Qd3 a5 44. bxa5 bxa5 45.
a4 Rh8 46. Qa3+ Nc5 47. Rc1 Rc8 48. h6 Kf8 49. Qc3 Qe5 50. Qxa5 Kg8 51. Qb5
Qg5 52. Rc2 Qe5 53. a5 Rb8 54. Qf1 Rb3 55. Ra2 Rc3 56. a6 Nxa6 57. Rxa6 Qf4
58. Ra1 Qxh6 59. Qe2 Rc1+ 60. Rxc1 Qxc1+ 61. Qf1 Qf4 62. Qd1 f5 63. g3 Qe5
64. Kg2 Kg7 65. Qd7 Qf6 66. Bh5 Kf8 67. Qb7 Kg7 68. Be2 Kf8 69. Bf3 Kg7 70.
Qb4 Qe5 71. Qe7 Kg6 72. Qf8 Qf6 73. Qg8+ Kh6 74. Bc6 Qe7 75. Qh8+ Kg6 76.
Bf3 Qg5 77. Qg8+ Kf6 78. Qxg5+ Kxg5 79. Bd1 f4 80. g4 Kh4 81. Kf3 Kg5 82.
Ke4 f6 83. f3 e5 84. Ba4 Kh4 85. Kf5 Kg3 86. Bc6 1-0

[Event "GCT 2023 Saint Louis - Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "17.11.2023"]
[Round "4B"]
[White "Xiong, Jeffery"]
[Black "Robson, Ray"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2596"]
[ECO "D38"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "Ragozin variation"]
[EventDate "2023.11.17"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 d5 5. Qa4+ Nc6 6. e3 O-O 7. Bd2 dxc4
8. Bxc4 Bd6 9. Qc2 e5 10. dxe5 Nxe5 11. Nxe5 Bxe5 12. f4 Bxc3 13. Bxc3 Ng4
14. Bd4 c5 15. Bxc5 Re8 16. O-O Nxe3 17. Bxe3 Rxe3 18. Qf2 Re4 19. Rad1 Qf6
20. Bd5 Re7 21. Rfe1 g6 22. Rxe7 Qxe7 23. Re1 Be6 24. f5 gxf5 25. Qg3+ Kf8
26. Qc3 Kg8 27. Qg3+ Kf8 28. Qc3 Kg8 29. Qg3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT 2023 Saint Louis - Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "17.11.2023"]
[Round "4B"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2652"]
[ECO "B31"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Nimzovich-Rossolimo attack (with ...g6, without ...d6)"]
[EventDate "2023.11.17"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 bxc6 5. O-O Bg7 6. Re1 Qc7 7. Na3 d6
8. e5 dxe5 9. Nc4 f6 10. d3 Nh6 11. Be3 Be6 12. b3 O-O 13. Bxc5 Rad8 14.
Qe2 Nf5 15. a4 Rfe8 16. a5 Bd5 17. h3 Nd4 18. Nxd4 exd4 19. a6 e5 20. Na5
Bf8 21. Bxf8 Rxf8 22. Nb7 Rde8 23. Qd2 g5 24. c4 dxc3 25. Qxc3 Qg7 26. Nd6
Rd8 27. Nf5 Qd7 28. Ne3 Rb8 29. b4 Bf7 30. Ra5 h5 31. Nc4 Rb5 32. Rxb5 cxb5
33. Nd2 Rc8 34. Ne4 Kg7 35. Nc5 Qd5 36. d4 exd4 37. Qd3 Re8 38. Rxe8 Bxe8
39. Qg3 Bf7 40. h4 Qe5 41. Qxe5 fxe5 42. hxg5 Kg6 43. Ne4 Bd5 44. Nc5 Kxg5
45. f3 Kf4 46. Kf2 e4 47. fxe4 Bxe4 48. Ne6+ Ke5 49. Ng5 Bd5 50. g3 Kf5 51.
Nh3 Ke4 52. Nf4 Bf7 53. Nh3 d3 54. Ng5+ Kd4 55. Nxf7 Kc3 56. Nd6 d2 57.
Ne4+ Kd3 58. Nxd2 Kxd2 59. Kf3 Kc3 60. Kf4 Kxb4 61. Kg5 Ka5 62. Kxh5 b4 0-1

[Event "GCT 2023 Saint Louis - Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "17.11.2023"]
[Round "4B"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2771"]
[BlackElo "2697"]
[ECO "C67"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Berlin defence, open variation"]
[EventDate "2023.11.17"]

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. Re2 b6 11. Re1 Bb7 12. Bf4 Nf5 13. c3 Re8
14. Rxe8+ Qxe8 15. Nd2 d6 16. Qc2 Nh4 17. Bg3 Qe6 18. f3 Ng6 19. Bc4 Qd7
20. Re1 Re8 21. Ne4 Bd8 22. Bd3 h5 23. Qc1 h4 24. Bf2 d5 25. Ng5 Rxe1+ 26.
Bxe1 Qe7 27. Bd2 Qf6 28. Nh3 Qd6 29. Bg5 Bxg5 30. Qxg5 Qe7 31. Kf2 Qxg5 32.
Nxg5 Nf4 33. Bf5 f6 34. Ne6 Nxe6 35. Bxe6+ Kf8 36. f4 g5 37. Kf3 Kg7 38.
Kg4 Kg6 39. b4 Bc6 40. a3 a6 41. Bf5+ Kh6 42. Bc8 a5 43. Kf5 axb4 44. cxb4
Ba4 45. Kxf6 gxf4 46. Ke5 Kg5 47. Kxd5 Bc2 48. Ke5 Bd3 49. h3 Bb5 50. Bb7
Bd7 51. Bf3 Be8 52. d5 1-0

[Event "GCT 2023 Saint Louis - Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "17.11.2023"]
[Round "4B"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2742"]
[ECO "A45"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[EventDate "2023.11.17"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. e3 Bg7 5. Nb5 Na6 6. Nc3 Nb8 7. Nf3 O-O 8.
Nb5 Na6 9. Be2 Nh5 10. Be5 f6 11. Bg3 c6 12. Na3 Nxg3 13. hxg3 e5 14. c4 e4
15. Nd2 Nc7 16. Qb3 f5 17. cxd5 cxd5 18. Nb5 Ne8 19. Rc1 Rf7 20. f4 exf3
21. gxf3 Nf6 22. f4 Re7 23. Nf3 a6 24. Na3 Be6 25. Nb1 Ne4 26. Rg1 Rc8 27.
Nc3 Rec7 28. Kf1 Bf8 29. Kg2 b5 30. Bd3 Nxc3 31. Rxc3 Rxc3 32. bxc3 Qa5 33.
Rc1 Kg7 34. Rc2 Bd6 35. Kf2 h6 36. Ne5 g5 37. Nf3 Kf6 38. Rc1 Qa3 39. Rc2
Bf8 40. Ke2 g4 41. Nh4 Qa5 42. Nxf5 h5 43. Nh4 Qa3 44. Kd2 Bf7 45. Qb1 b4
46. cxb4 Qxb4+ 47. Qxb4 Bxb4+ 48. Ke2 Rxc2+ 49. Bxc2 a5 50. Ng2 Be8 51. Bb3
Bb5+ 52. Kf2 Bc6 53. Ne1 a4 54. Bc2 Bb5 55. Nd3 Bc3 56. Nc5 a3 57. Bb3 Bc6
58. Nd3 Ba8 59. Ne5 Bb7 60. Nd7+ Ke7 61. Ne5 Kf6 62. Nd7+ Ke7 63. Nc5 Bc6
64. Nd3 Kf6 65. Nc1 Bb7 66. Ne2 Bb4 67. Nc1 Bc3 68. Ke2 Ba6+ 69. Nd3 Ke6
70. e4 Bxd4 71. Bxd5+ Kd6 72. Bb3 h4 73. e5+ Ke7 74. gxh4 g3 75. Kf3 Bxd3
76. Kxg3 Be2 77. Bd5 Bd1 78. Bc4 Bh5 79. Bb3 Be2 80. Bd5 Bd1 81. Bc4 Bh5
82. Bb3 Be2 83. Bd5 Bh5 84. Bb3 Be2 85. Bd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT 2023 Saint Louis - Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "17.11.2023"]
[Round "4B"]
[White "Sevian, Samuel"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2581"]
[BlackElo "2789"]
[ECO "C88"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "closed, anti-Marshall 8.a4"]
[EventDate "2023.11.17"]

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 Na5 9. Ba2 d6 10. b4 Nc4 11. Nc3 c6 12. a5 d5 13. Bxc4 dxc4 14. Ba3 Bg4
15. d3 cxd3 16. cxd3 Rc8 17. h3 Bxf3 18. Qxf3 c5 19. bxc5 Bxc5 20. Bxc5
Rxc5 21. Ne2 b4 22. d4 exd4 23. Rad1 Qxa5 24. Nxd4 Qc7 25. Nf5 a5 26. e5
Rxe5 27. Nh6+ gxh6 28. Qg3+ Ng4 29. Qxg4+ Rg5 30. Qe4 b3 31. Qa4 Qb7 32. g3
Qb5 33. Qa3 Rd5 34. Rb1 a4 35. Re4 Ra8 36. Rb4 Qc6 37. Rc1 Qd7 38. Rg4+ Rg5
39. Rh4 Rg6 40. Rb1 Qd3 41. Ra1 Rb8 42. Rxa4 Qd2 43. Rb1 b2 44. Ra8 Rb6 45.
Rxb8+ Rxb8 46. Qa2 Qc2 47. Kg2 Kg7 48. h4 h5 49. Kg1 h6 50. Kg2 Rb3 51. Kh3
Qf5+ 52. Kg2 Qd5+ 53. Kh2 Qb7 54. Qa5 Qe4 55. Qa2 Qc2 56. Kg1 Rb5 57. Kg2
Qb3 58. Qa6 Qd5+ 59. Kh2 Qc5 60. Kg2 Qd5+ 61. Kh2 Qf5 62. Kg2 Qxb1 63. Qxb5
Qe4+ 64. f3 Qc2+ 65. Kh3 b1=Q 66. Qe5+ Kh7 0-1

[Event "GCT 2023 Saint Louis - Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "17.11.2023"]
[Round "5B"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2789"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[ECO "B52"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Canal-Sokolsky attack, Sokolsky variation"]
[EventDate "2023.11.17"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. c4 e5 6. Nc3 Nc6 7. d3 Be7
8. a3 Bd8 9. O-O Nge7 10. Rb1 O-O 11. b4 Ng6 12. Be3 b6 13. Qa4 f5 14. exf5
Rxf5 15. Nd2 Rf7 16. Nde4 Nf4 17. Bxf4 exf4 18. f3 Rc8 19. Nd5 h6 20. Rbe1
Bh4 21. g3 fxg3 22. hxg3 Be7 23. Kg2 Rcf8 24. Rf2 Bd8 25. Rh1 Rxf3 26. Rhf1
Rxf2+ 27. Rxf2 Rxf2+ 28. Nxf2 h5 29. Qd1 h4 30. gxh4 Bxh4 31. Ne4 Ne5 32.
Qh5 Bd8 33. bxc5 bxc5 34. Nxc5 dxc5 35. Qxe5 Qg4+ 36. Kf2 Bh4+ 37. Ke3 Bg5+
38. Kf2 Bh4+ 39. Ke3 Qg1+ 40. Kf3 Qd1+ 41. Kf4 g6 42. Qe4 Kg7 43. Ke5 Qe1
44. Kd6 Qf2 45. Kc6 Bg5 46. a4 a5 47. Qe5+ Bf6 48. Nxf6 Qxf6+ 49. Qxf6+
Kxf6 50. Kxc5 Ke5 51. d4+ Ke4 52. d5 1-0

[Event "GCT 2023 Saint Louis - Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "17.11.2023"]
[Round "5B"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2697"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[ECO "C50"]
[Opening "Giuoco Pianissimo"]
[EventDate "2023.11.17"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. O-O d6 6. c3 a5 7. Re1 O-O 8.
h3 Be6 9. Bb5 Ba7 10. Nbd2 Ne7 11. d4 Ng6 12. Ba4 Nh5 13. Nf1 Nhf4 14. Ng3
exd4 15. Nxd4 Bxd4 16. cxd4 d5 17. Qf3 dxe4 18. Nxe4 Qxd4 19. Bxf4 Qxa4 20.
Bxc7 Qc2 21. Rac1 Qxb2 22. h4 Nxh4 23. Qh5 Nf5 24. Be5 Qb6 25. Qg4 Kh8 26.
Rc7 f6 27. Bf4 Rac8 28. Rxc8 Bxc8 29. Qf3 Re8 30. Rd1 Qc6 31. Qd3 h6 32.
Nc3 Be6 33. a4 Nh4 34. Qg3 Nf5 35. Qg6 Rf8 36. Nb5 Nh4 37. Qg3 Nf5 38. Qg6
Qe4 39. Bh2 Qxa4 40. Nc3 Qb3 41. Rc1 Qb2 0-1

[Event "GCT 2023 Saint Louis - Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "17.11.2023"]
[Round "5B"]
[White "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Black "Sevian, Samuel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2742"]
[BlackElo "2581"]
[ECO "A20"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[EventDate "2023.11.17"]

1. c4 e5 2. d3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. a3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nb6 7. Be2 Be7 8.
Be3 O-O 9. O-O Re8 10. Nbd2 Bf6 11. Rc1 Be6 12. Qc2 Nd7 13. b4 a6 14. Nb3
Nf8 15. Nc5 Bc8 16. Rfd1 Ne6 17. Nb3 Qe7 18. h3 h6 19. Qb2 Rd8 20. Bf1 Qe8
21. Rc2 Bd7 22. Rdc1 Rab8 23. Rc4 Ra8 24. Bd2 Ne7 25. Na5 Rab8 26. R4c3 Ng6
27. Be3 Bb5 28. g3 Rd6 29. Qc2 Ba4 30. Qa2 Rd7 31. h4 Ne7 32. Bh3 Nc6 33.
Bxe6 Qxe6 34. Qxe6 fxe6 35. Nb3 Bxb3 36. Rxb3 Rbd8 37. Ne1 h5 38. Kf1 Kf7
39. Ke2 Be7 40. Nf3 Bf6 41. a4 Kg6 42. b5 axb5 43. Rxb5 Rxd3 44. Rxb7 Na5
45. Rb5 Nb3 46. Rxc7 Kh7 1-0

[Event "GCT 2023 Saint Louis - Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "17.11.2023"]
[Round "5B"]
[White "Robson, Ray"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2596"]
[BlackElo "2771"]
[ECO "B52"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Canal-Sokolsky attack, 3...Bd7"]
[EventDate "2023.11.17"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. c4 Nc6 5. Nc3 e5 6. d3 Nge7 7. h4 h5 8.
Bg5 f6 9. Be3 g6 10. a3 Bg7 11. Rb1 O-O 12. b4 b6 13. Nd5 Nd4 14. Bxd7 Qxd7
15. Nxd4 cxd4 16. Bd2 f5 17. O-O Nxd5 18. cxd5 Rac8 19. Rc1 Bf6 20. g3 Rxc1
21. Bxc1 Rc8 22. Bd2 Kg7 23. Kg2 b5 24. Qb3 fxe4 25. dxe4 Rc4 26. Rc1 Qc8
27. Qd1 a6 28. Kg1 Kh7 29. Kg2 Bg7 30. Qe1 Bh6 31. Bxh6 Kxh6 32. Qd2+ Kg7
33. Rf1 0-1

[Event "GCT 2023 Saint Louis - Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "17.11.2023"]
[Round "5B"]
[White "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Black "Xiong, Jeffery"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2652"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[ECO "A34"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "symmetrical, three knights system"]
[EventDate "2023.11.17"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nb4 6. Bc4 Nd3+ 7. Ke2
Nf4+ 8. Kf1 Nd3 9. Qe2 Nxc1 10. Rxc1 a6 11. e5 e6 12. h4 b5 13. Bd3 Nc6 14.
Be4 Bb7 15. Qe3 Be7 16. Rh3 Qd7 17. a4 Nb4 18. Bxb7 Qxb7 19. Ng5 Rd8 20. b3
Rd3 21. Qe4 Qxe4 22. Ncxe4 Rd5 23. axb5 axb5 24. Nc3 Rxd2 25. Nge4 Rd4 26.
Re1 Nd3 27. Nxb5 Rd7 28. Nbd6+ Bxd6 29. Rxd3 Bxe5 30. Rxd7 Kxd7 31. Nxc5+
Kd6 32. Ne4+ Ke7 33. b4 Rb8 34. Rb1 f5 35. Nc5 Bd6 36. Nd3 e5 37. b5 e4 38.
Ne1 Ke6 39. Nc2 Bc5 40. Ke2 f4 41. f3 e3 42. Ne1 Kd5 43. Nd3 Bd6 44. h5 Rb6
45. Ne1 Kc4 46. Rc1+ Kxb5 47. Rb1+ Kc6 48. Rxb6+ Kxb6 49. Kd3 Kc5 50. Nc2
Kd5 51. Nd4 Ke5 52. Ne2 Kf5 53. Kd4 Kg5 54. Kd5 Bc7 55. Ke6 Kxh5 56. Kf5 g5
57. Nd4 Kh4 58. Ne2 h5 59. Kg6 g4 60. Kh6 gxf3 61. gxf3 Kh3 62. Kxh5 Kg2
63. Kg4 Kf1 0-1

[Event "GCT 2023 Saint Louis - Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "17.11.2023"]
[Round "6B"]
[White "Sevian, Samuel"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2581"]
[BlackElo "2697"]
[ECO "D17"]
[Opening "QGD Slav"]
[Variation "Krause attack"]
[EventDate "2023.11.17"]

1. c4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Ne5 Nbd7 7. Nxc4 Nb6
8. Ne5 a5 9. f3 Nfd7 10. e4 Nxe5 11. exf5 Ned7 12. d5 g6 13. dxc6 bxc6 14.
Qd4 Nf6 15. Be3 Nbd7 16. fxg6 hxg6 17. Bc4 Bg7 18. Rd1 Qc7 19. Qf4 Ne5 20.
Be2 Rb8 21. Bc1 Rxb2 22. Ne4 Nxe4 23. fxe4 Rc2 24. Qf2 Bf6 25. Bf4 Qb7 26.
O-O O-O 27. Qe3 Qb2 28. Bf3 Rc3 29. Qe1 Nxf3+ 30. gxf3 Rc2 31. e5 Bg5 32.
Qg3 Bxf4 33. Qxf4 Re2 34. Rde1 Rd8 35. e6 Rxe6 36. Rxe6 fxe6 37. Qg5 Kf7
38. Qxa5 Rd5 0-1

[Event "GCT 2023 Saint Louis - Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "17.11.2023"]
[Round "6B"]
[White "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2652"]
[BlackElo "2789"]
[ECO "D85"]
[Opening "Gruenfeld"]
[Variation "modern exchange variation"]
[EventDate "2023.11.17"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 c5
8. Bb5+ Nd7 9. O-O O-O 10. Rb1 a6 11. Bd3 b5 12. a4 b4 13. Bb2 cxd4 14.
cxd4 a5 15. Qe2 Qb6 16. Rbc1 Ba6 17. Nd2 Bh6 18. Nc4 Bxc4 19. Rxc4 Rac8 20.
e5 e6 21. Rd1 Rfd8 22. h4 Nb8 23. Rxc8 Rxc8 24. h5 Nd7 25. Qg4 Rd8 26. Bc4
Nf8 27. hxg6 hxg6 28. d5 Bg7 29. Rd3 exd5 30. Bxd5 Qc7 31. Qe4 Re8 32. Rf3
Ne6 33. Bxe6 Rxe6 34. Qa8+ Bf8 35. Rh3 Qd7 36. Bd4 Qxd4 37. Rh8+ Kxh8 38.
Qxf8+ Kh7 39. Qxf7+ Kh6 40. Qxe6 Qd1+ 41. Kh2 b3 42. Qf6 Qh5+ 43. Kg3 Qg5+
0-1

[Event "GCT 2023 Saint Louis - Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "17.11.2023"]
[Round "6B"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2742"]
[ECO "C50"]
[Opening "Giuoco Pianissimo"]
[EventDate "2023.11.17"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 d6 7. c3 a5 8.
Nbd2 Ba7 9. a4 O-O 10. h3 g5 11. Nxg5 hxg5 12. Bxg5 Kg7 13. Qf3 Be6 14. Rf1
Rh8 15. O-O-O Nb8 16. Qe2 Qe8 17. f4 Nbd7 18. fxe5 Nh7 19. Qh5 Nxe5 20.
Bh6+ Kg8 21. d4 Nxc4 22. Rf3 Nf8 23. Rdf1 Ng6 24. Rg3 Nxd2 25. Rf6 Rh7 26.
Rgxg6+ fxg6 27. Rxg6+ Qxg6 28. Qxg6+ Kh8 29. Qf6+ Kg8 30. Qxe6+ Kh8 31.
Qf6+ Kg8 32. Kxd2 1-0

[Event "GCT 2023 Saint Louis - Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "17.11.2023"]
[Round "6B"]
[White "Xiong, Jeffery"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2771"]
[ECO "D85"]
[Opening "Gruenfeld"]
[Variation "modern exchange variation"]
[EventDate "2023.11.17"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Nf3 c5
8. Bb5+ Nc6 9. O-O O-O 10. Bxc6 bxc6 11. Qc2 cxd4 12. cxd4 Bg4 13. Ne5 Qxd4
14. Bb2 Qb6 15. Rfb1 Rfb8 16. Nd7 Bxd7 17. Bxg7 Qc7 18. Bd4 c5 19. Qxc5
Qxc5 20. Bxc5 Rc8 21. Bxe7 Re8 22. Bc5 Rxe4 23. Rb7 Be6 24. Rxa7 Rxa7 25.
Bxa7 Ra4 26. Be3 Rxa2 27. Rxa2 Bxa2 28. Bd2 Bb3 29. Be3 Ba2 30. Bd2 Bb3 31.
Be3 Ba2 32. Bd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT 2023 Saint Louis - Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "17.11.2023"]
[Round "6B"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Robson, Ray"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2596"]
[ECO "B52"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Canal-Sokolsky attack, 3...Bd7"]
[EventDate "2023.11.17"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. c4 Nc6 5. Nc3 e5 6. d3 Nge7 7. Bxc6 bxc6
8. Nh4 h6 9. Qf3 Be6 10. Nf5 g6 11. Nxe7 Bxe7 12. O-O Kf8 13. Qe2 g5 14.
Nd1 h5 15. Ne3 Qd7 16. Bd2 Kg7 17. a3 a5 18. h4 f6 19. b4 axb4 20. axb4
Rxa1 21. Rxa1 cxb4 22. Bxb4 gxh4 23. Bc3 h3 24. g3 c5 25. Kh2 Bg4 26. Qb2
Be6 27. Qe2 Bg4 28. Qb2 Be6 29. f3 Kf7 30. Ra6 Rc8 31. Rb6 Rc6 32. Rb7 Rc7
33. Rb8 Rc8 34. Rb5 Rc7 35. Rb6 Rc6 36. Rb7 Rc7 37. Rb5 Bf8 38. Bd2 Be7 39.
Nd5 Bxd5 40. cxd5 c4 41. dxc4 Rxc4 42. Rb3 Qc8 43. Rc3 Rxc3 44. Bxc3 Qc4
1-0

[Event "GCT 2023 Saint Louis - Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "17.11.2023"]
[Round "7B"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2697"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[ECO "C55"]
[Opening "Two knights defence (Modern bishop's opening)"]
[EventDate "2023.11.17"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Nc3 d6 7. a3 Bg4 8.
h3 Bh5 9. Nd5 Nxd5 10. Bxd5 Kh8 11. g4 Bg6 12. Be3 Qd7 13. Kh2 Nd8 14. Rg1
c6 15. Bb3 Ne6 16. Kh1 f6 17. Nh4 Bf7 18. Nf5 Bd8 19. h4 Bb6 20. Qf3 Rad8
21. c4 Bg8 22. h5 h6 23. Rad1 Bh7 24. Ba2 Ng5 25. Qg3 Qe8 26. Nh4 Bxe3 27.
fxe3 Rf7 28. Nf5 Rfd7 29. Rgf1 Bg8 30. b4 Be6 31. Qg2 Kh7 32. a4 Qf7 33.
Rd2 d5 34. exd5 cxd5 35. c5 d4 36. e4 Rc7 37. Rc1 Bxa2 38. Rxa2 Qb3 39. Qd2
Ne6 40. Rb2 Qxa4 41. Ra2 Qd7 42. Rxa7 Nf4 43. Ra2 Qb5 44. Rc4 b6 45. Rac2
bxc5 46. bxc5 Qb3 47. c6 Nxd3 48. Kh2 Nf4 49. Ng3 Qf3 50. Rb4 Qxg4 51. Qf2
Nd3 0-1

[Event "GCT 2023 Saint Louis - Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "17.11.2023"]
[Round "7B"]
[White "Robson, Ray"]
[Black "Sevian, Samuel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2596"]
[BlackElo "2581"]
[ECO "A20"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[EventDate "2023.11.17"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. O-O Nb6 7. Nc3 Be7
8. b3 O-O 9. Bb2 Re8 10. Rc1 Bf8 11. Ne4 f5 12. Nc5 e4 13. Ne1 Nd5 14. d3
e3 15. f4 b6 16. Na4 Bb7 17. Nf3 Qd7 18. a3 a5 19. Qc2 Rad8 20. Qc4 Kh8 21.
Nc3 Nxc3 22. Qxc3 Bc5 23. b4 axb4 24. axb4 Nxb4 25. Ne5 Rxe5 26. fxe5 Bxg2
27. e6 Qe7 28. Rxf5 Na2 29. Qc4 Nxc1 30. Rf7 Bh3 31. Rxe7 Nxe2+ 32. Kh1
Bxe7 33. Qxc7 Rf8 34. Bxg7+ Kg8 35. Bxf8 Kxf8 36. Qe5 Kg8 37. Qh5 Bxe6 38.
Qe8+ Kg7 39. Qxe7+ Bf7 40. Kg2 Nc3 41. Qe5+ 1-0

[Event "GCT 2023 Saint Louis - Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "17.11.2023"]
[Round "7B"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Xiong, Jeffery"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2789"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[ECO "D26"]
[Opening "QGA"]
[Variation "4...e6"]
[EventDate "2023.11.17"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 dxc4 4. e3 Nf6 5. Bxc4 a6 6. Be2 c5 7. O-O cxd4 8.
Nxd4 Bd6 9. Nd2 O-O 10. b3 e5 11. Nc2 Nc6 12. Nc4 Bc7 13. Ba3 Re8 14. Bf3
Bf5 15. Bxc6 bxc6 16. Qxd8 Rexd8 17. Nb4 Be4 18. f3 a5 19. fxe4 axb4 20.
Bxb4 Nxe4 21. Rfc1 f6 22. Kf1 Ra6 23. Be1 Kf7 24. Ke2 Ke6 25. Rc2 Nc5 26.
Rd1 Rda8 27. Nd2 Bd6 28. Rdc1 Nd7 29. a4 c5 30. Nc4 Rb8 31. Rd1 Be7 32. Nd2
Nb6 33. Ne4 Nd7 34. Rcd2 Ra7 35. Rd3 f5 36. Nd2 e4 37. Rc3 Bf6 38. Rc2 Be5
39. h3 Bc7 40. Ra1 Ra6 41. Ra3 Rab6 42. a5 Rb5 43. Rca2 Ne5 44. Bg3 Rc8 45.
Bxe5 Bxe5 46. Nc4 Bc3 47. a6 Ra8 48. a7 Kf6 49. Ra6+ Kg5 50. Rb6 1-0

[Event "GCT 2023 Saint Louis - Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "17.11.2023"]
[Round "7B"]
[White "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Black "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2742"]
[BlackElo "2652"]
[ECO "A36"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "ultra-symmetrical variation"]
[EventDate "2023.11.17"]

1. c4 c5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. d3 d6 6. Qd2 Qd7 7. b3 b6 8. Bb2
Bb7 9. h4 Nd4 10. f3 Bh6 11. Qd1 Nf5 12. Bh3 Qd8 13. Bxf5 gxf5 14. Nh3 Nf6
15. Ng5 Bg7 16. Qd2 Nh5 17. Nd5 Rg8 18. Bxg7 Rxg7 19. Rg1 e6 20. Nc3 h6 21.
Nh3 Rxg3 22. O-O-O Qxh4 23. Rxg3 Nxg3 24. Nf4 O-O-O 25. Kc2 Qh2 26. a3 h5
27. b4 h4 28. bxc5 dxc5 29. a4 Qf2 30. a5 Nf1 31. Nh3 Qh2 32. Qc1 Qxh3 33.
Rxf1 Qh2 34. axb6 axb6 35. Rh1 Qg3 36. Qh6 Bxf3 37. Qxh4 Qxh4 38. Rxh4 Bc6
39. Rh7 Rd7 40. e3 Kc7 41. Rh8 Kd6 42. Rb8 Rb7 43. Rh8 Ke7 44. Rc8 Bd7 45.
Rh8 Kf6 46. Rh6+ Kg5 47. Rh1 Bc6 48. Rg1+ Kf6 49. Rg8 Ke5 50. Rg5 Rb8 51.
Rg7 Rf8 52. Ne2 b5 53. cxb5 Bxb5 54. Nf4 c4 55. d4+ Ke4 56. Rg3 Rh8 57. Kc3
Rh2 58. Nh3 f6 59. Nf4 Ra2 60. Nxe6 Ra3+ 61. Kb4 Rb3+ 62. Ka5 Rxe3 63. Rg1
Bc6 64. Kb4 Bd5 65. Nc5+ Kxd4 66. Rd1+ Rd3 67. Rf1 Be4 68. Ne6+ Ke5 69. Nf4
Rf3 70. Ng6+ Kd4 71. Rd1+ Rd3 72. Rb1 Rd2 73. Rc1 Rb2+ 74. Ka3 c3 75. Nf4
Ke5 0-1

[Event "GCT 2023 Saint Louis - Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "17.11.2023"]
[Round "7B"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2771"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[ECO "C88"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "closed, anti-Marshall 8.a4"]
[EventDate "2023.11.17"]

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 Bb7 9. d3 d6 10. Nbd2 Nd7 11. c3 Nc5 12. axb5 axb5 13. Rxa8 Qxa8 14. Bc2
b4 15. d4 Nd7 16. h4 bxc3 17. bxc3 Qa1 18. d5 Na5 19. c4 Nb6 20. c5 dxc5
21. Nf1 Nac4 22. Bd3 Nb2 23. Bxb2 Qxb2 24. Re2 Qb4 25. Nxe5 c4 26. Bc2 Bxh4
27. Nf3 Be7 28. Ne3 Rd8 29. Nf5 Bf8 30. Qc1 Bc8 31. Qg5 f6 32. Nh6+ Kh8 33.
Ne5 Rd7 34. Nef7+ Rxf7 35. Nxf7+ Kg8 36. Nh6+ Kh8 37. Qf4 gxh6 38. Qxf6+
Bg7 39. Qd8+ Qf8 40. Qxc7 Bg4 41. Re3 Nd7 42. e5 Qf4 43. Qd8+ Nf8 44. e6
Bh5 45. e7 1-0

[Event "GCT 2023 Saint Louis - Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "17.11.2023"]
[Round "8B"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2789"]
[BlackElo "2742"]
[ECO "E94"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "orthodox variation"]
[EventDate "2023.11.17"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Nf3 e5 7. O-O Na6 8.
Re1 Bg4 9. d5 Nc5 10. Qc2 a5 11. Be3 b6 12. a3 a4 13. Nd2 Bd7 14. b4 axb3
15. Nxb3 Na4 16. Nb5 Ng4 17. Bxg4 Bxg4 18. Nc1 f5 19. f3 f4 20. Bf2 Bd7 21.
Ne2 g5 22. h3 h5 23. Nec3 Nc5 24. Kf1 Nb7 25. a4 Na5 26. Qd3 Rf7 27. Reb1
Bf6 28. Ke2 Rg7 29. Kd2 Be8 30. Kc2 Bg6 31. Na2 Kh7 32. Be1 Nb7 33. Bf2 Qd7
34. Nac3 Rgg8 35. Rh1 Qe7 36. Kb2 Ra5 37. Kc2 Rga8 38. Qe2 Qd7 39. Kb2 Rf8
40. Qd2 Raa8 41. Qe2 Na5 42. Kc2 Rfc8 43. Rhd1 Bg7 44. Rab1 c6 45. dxc6
Rxc6 46. Rb4 Rac8 47. Na3 Bf7 48. Nd5 Nxc4 49. Nxc4 b5 50. axb5 Rxc4+ 51.
Qxc4 Rxc4+ 52. Rxc4 Qxb5 53. Rc3 Qa4+ 54. Kc1 Bxd5 55. Rxd5 Qa1+ 56. Kc2
Qa2+ 0-1

[Event "GCT 2023 Saint Louis - Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "17.11.2023"]
[Round "8B"]
[White "Sevian, Samuel"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2581"]
[BlackElo "2771"]
[ECO "D85"]
[Opening "Gruenfeld"]
[Variation "exchange variation"]
[EventDate "2023.11.17"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Be3 c5
8. Nf3 Qa5 9. Qd2 Nc6 10. Rb1 a6 11. Rc1 cxd4 12. cxd4 Qxd2+ 13. Kxd2 e6
14. Bd3 O-O 15. Ke2 Rd8 16. Rc4 Bd7 17. Rhc1 Be8 18. g4 Rd7 19. h4 h6 20.
e5 Bf8 21. Be4 Rdd8 22. Kf1 Nb4 23. Rc7 Rab8 24. Bxb7 Nxa2 25. Ra1 Nb4 26.
Be4 Rdc8 27. Rxc8 Rxc8 28. Kg2 Bb5 29. Bd2 Nd5 30. Rb1 Kg7 31. Ba5 Be7 32.
Bd2 Bd8 33. Kg3 Nc3 34. Bxc3 Rxc3 35. Kf4 Bxh4 36. g5 hxg5+ 37. Kg4 Bxf2
38. Kxg5 Be2 39. Kf4 Be3+ 0-1

[Event "GCT 2023 Saint Louis - Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "17.11.2023"]
[Round "8B"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Robson, Ray"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2596"]
[ECO "A28"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "four knights, Capablanca variation"]
[EventDate "2023.11.17"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. d3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 Bc5
8. Be2 O-O 9. O-O Bg4 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Bxf3 Qe7 12. Qb3 Rab8 13. a4 a6 14.
Rd1 Rfd8 15. g3 b5 16. axb5 axb5 17. Ra6 Rd6 18. Kg2 b4 19. Qc4 Bb6 20. d4
bxc3 21. Ba3 Nxd4 22. Bxd6 Qxd6 23. Qxc3 g6 24. Rda1 Kg7 25. Ra8 Rxa8 26.
Rxa8 h5 27. h4 Qf6 28. Qa3 Kh7 29. Qd3 Kg7 30. Bd1 Kh7 31. Ra2 Kg7 32. Bb3
Qd6 33. Bc4 Qc6 34. Bd5 Qd7 35. Ra8 Qg4 36. Qa3 Bc5 37. Qc3 Bd6 38. Ra2 Ne2
39. Qe3 Nf4+ 40. Kg1 Qd1+ 41. Kh2 Nxd5 42. exd5 Qxd5 43. Rc2 Qd1 44. Rb2
Qd5 45. Rb8 Qd4 46. Qxd4 exd4 47. Kg2 Kf6 48. Kf3 Ke5 49. Rb5+ c5 50. Rb7
c4 51. Rxf7 d3 52. Ke3 Bc5+ 53. Kd2 Bb4+ 54. Ke3 Bc5+ 55. Kd2 Bb4+ 56. Ke3
Bc5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT 2023 Saint Louis - Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "17.11.2023"]
[Round "8B"]
[White "Xiong, Jeffery"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[ECO "E21"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian"]
[Variation "three knights variation"]
[EventDate "2023.11.17"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 b6 5. Qc2 Bb7 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. Qxc3 O-O
8. e3 d5 9. b3 Nbd7 10. Bb2 c5 11. Be2 cxd4 12. exd4 Rc8 13. O-O Ba6 14. a4
dxc4 15. bxc4 Nd5 16. Qc1 Qc7 17. cxd5 Bxe2 18. Qxc7 Rxc7 19. Rfc1 Rxc1+
20. Rxc1 Bxf3 21. gxf3 Nf6 22. d6 Rd8 23. Ba3 h5 24. Kf1 Nd5 25. Ke2 f6 26.
Kd3 Kf7 27. Kc4 a6 28. Kd3 Ke8 29. h4 Kd7 30. Rg1 Rg8 31. a5 b5 32. Bc5 g6
33. Ke4 b4 34. Kd3 b3 35. Rb1 Rb8 36. Bb6 Kxd6 37. Rxb3 Kc6 38. Kc4 Nxb6+
39. axb6 Rxb6 40. Ra3 Kb7 41. d5 exd5+ 42. Kxd5 Ka7 43. f4 Rb4 44. Rf3 a5
45. Ke6 Rb6+ 46. Kf7 f5 47. Ra3 Ka6 48. Ra1 Rd6 49. Kg7 Rc6 50. Kf7 Kb5 51.
Rb1+ Ka4 52. Ra1+ Kb4 53. Rb1+ Kc5 54. Rc1+ Kd5 55. Ra1 Ra6 56. Ra4 Kc5 0-1

[Event "GCT 2023 Saint Louis - Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "17.11.2023"]
[Round "8B"]
[White "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2652"]
[BlackElo "2697"]
[ECO "D12"]
[Opening "QGD Slav"]
[Variation "4.e3 Bf5"]
[EventDate "2023.11.17"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Be4 7. f3 Bg6 8.
Bd2 Be7 9. Nxg6 hxg6 10. Qc2 dxc4 11. Bxc4 Nd5 12. Ne2 Nd7 13. e4 Rc8 14.
a3 N5b6 15. Ba2 c5 16. Bc3 Bh4+ 17. Kf1 O-O 18. Rd1 cxd4 19. Nxd4 Qe7 20.
g3 Bf6 21. Kg2 Nc4 22. Bxc4 Rxc4 23. Qb3 Rfc8 24. Qxb7 Nc5 25. Qxc8+ 1-0

[Event "GCT 2023 Saint Louis - Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "17.11.2023"]
[Round "9B"]
[White "Robson, Ray"]
[Black "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2696"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[ECO "A35"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "symmetrical, four knights system"]
[WhiteFideId "2023970"]
[BlackFideId "12401137"]
[EventDate "2023.11.17"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. g3 g6 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 d6 7. Bg2 Bd7 8. b3
Bg7 9. Bb2 O-O 10. O-O Rc8 11. Rc1 a6 12. Qd2 Qa5 13. Rfd1 Rfe8 14. h3 b5 15.
cxb5 Nxd4 16. Qxd4 axb5 17. a3 Nh5 18. Qe3 Be6 19. b4 Qa6 20. Qd2 Nf6 21. e4 Nd7
22. Ne2 Ne5 23. Bxe5 Bxe5 24. Nd4 Bxd4 25. Qxd4 Qxa3 26. Ra1 Qc3 27. Qxc3 Rxc3
28. Ra5 Rb8 29. Bf1 Bc4 30. Ra7 Kf8 31. Rc7 Ra8 32. Bxc4 bxc4 33. Rd4 Rc1+ 34.
Kg2 c3 35. Rdc4 Ra3 36. b5 Rb3 37. b6 Rxb6 38. Rxc3 Re1 39. Kf3 f5 40. exf5 gxf5
41. Kf4 Rb5 42. Kg5 Re6 43. Rf3 Rg6+ 44. Kh4 Rf6 45. g4 Kf7 46. Kg3 h6 47. Ra7
Re5 48. Rb7 Kg6 49. Rf4 Kg5 50. Ra7 Kg6 51. Rb7 Re1 52. Rb8 fxg4 53. Rxf6+ Kxf6
54. hxg4 d5 55. Rf8+ Kg7 56. Rd8 e6 57. f4 Re3+ 58. Kh4 Re4 59. Kg3 Ra4 60. Rd7+
Kf6 61. Rh7 Kg6 62. Re7 Re4 63. Kh4 h5 64. gxh5+ Kf6 65. Re8 Rxf4+ 66. Kg3 Re4
67. Rg8 Re1 68. Kg2 Re5 69. Rh8 Kg7 70. Re8 Kf7 71. Rh8 Rf5 72. Kg3 Rg5+ 73. Kf4
Rg8 74. Rh7+ Rg7 75. Rh8 Rg1 76. Rh7+ Kf6 77. Rh6+ Ke7 78. Rh8 Rf1+ 79. Kg5 d4
80. h6 d3 81. Rh7+ Kd6 82. Rh8 Ke5 83. Rd8 Rg1+ 84. Kh5 Rh1+ 85. Kg6 Ke4 86. h7
e5 87. h8=Q Rxh8 88. Rxh8 d2 89. Rd8 Ke3 90. Kf5 e4 91. Rxd2 Kxd2 92. Kxe4 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT 2023 Saint Louis - Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "17.11.2023"]
[Round "9B"]
[White "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Black "Xiong, Jeffery"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2681"]
[ECO "A30"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "symmetrical variation"]
[WhiteFideId "12573981"]
[BlackFideId "2047640"]
[EventDate "2023.11.17"]

1. c4 c5 2. b3 Nf6 3. Bb2 Nc6 4. Nf3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. a3 f6 7. e3 e5 8. Qc2
Be6 9. Bd3 Qd7 10. Be2 Be7 11. O-O O-O 12. Bd3 g6 13. Bc4 Rac8 14. Nc3 Rfd8 15.
Rad1 Nc7 16. d3 a6 17. Na4 Qd6 18. Nb6 Rb8 19. d4 cxd4 20. exd4 Nxd4 21. Bxd4
exd4 22. Nxd4 Qxb6 23. Nxe6 Nxe6 24. Rde1 Rd6 25. Rxe6 Rxe6 26. Re1 Qc5 27. Rxe6
Kf8 28. Qd2 b5 29. Qh6+ Ke8 30. Bf1 Rb6 31. Rxb6 Qxb6 32. Qxh7 f5 33. Qg8+ Kd7
34. a4 Bc5 35. Qd5+ Ke7 36. Qd2 Kf6 37. axb5 axb5 38. g3 b4 39. Be2 Qd6 40. Qc2
Qd4 41. Bf3 Qc3 42. Qd1 Qb2 43. Qd8+ 1-0

[Event "GCT 2023 Saint Louis - Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "17.11.2023"]
[Round "9B"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Sevian, Samuel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2696"]
[ECO "C50"]
[Opening "Giuoco Pianissimo"]
[WhiteFideId "5202213"]
[BlackFideId "2040506"]
[EventDate "2023.11.17"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 Nf6 5. O-O d6 6. Nc3 a6 7. h3 h6 8. a4 g5
9. Nh2 Rg8 10. Nd5 Nxd5 11. Bxd5 Qf6 12. Bxc6+ bxc6 13. Be3 Bxe3 14. fxe3 Qg6
15. Ng4 Bxg4 16. Qxg4 h5 17. Qe2 f6 18. Rf5 Rf8 19. d4 Qf7 20. Raf1 h4 21. Qg4
Qg6 22. Qe2 Ke7 23. Qc4 Qe8 24. dxe5 dxe5 25. Qc5+ Ke6 26. Qc4+ Ke7 27. Qc5+ Ke6
28. Rd1 Kf7 29. Rd3 Kg6 30. Rc3 Rb8 31. b3 Rb6 32. a5 Rb5 33. Qxc6 Qxc6 34. Rxc6
Rxa5 35. Rxc7 Ra2 36. Rc6 Kg7 37. Kf2 a5 38. Rc4 Rd8 39. Ke2 Rd6 40. Rf1 Kg6 41.
Kf3 Ra3 42. Rf2 Ra1 43. Ke2 Rad1 44. Kf3 Re1 45. Rc5 Ra6 46. Rd2 a4 47. bxa4
Rxa4 48. Kf2 Raa1 49. Kf3 Rf1+ 50. Rf2 Rfd1 51. Rc6 Rf1 52. Rxf1 Rxf1+ 53. Ke2
Rg1 54. Kf2 Rc1 55. c4 Kf7 56. c5 Rc4 57. Kf3 Ke7 58. Rc7+ Ke6 59. Rc6+ Ke7 60.
Rc8 Kd7 61. Rf8 Ke7 62. Rc8 Kd7 63. Rf8 Ke7 64. Rc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT 2023 Saint Louis - Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "17.11.2023"]
[Round "9B"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2771"]
[ECO "D85"]
[Opening "Gruenfeld"]
[Variation "modern exchange variation"]
[WhiteFideId "24116068"]
[BlackFideId "4168119"]
[EventDate "2023.11.17"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Nf3 c5 8.
Bb5+ Nd7 9. O-O O-O 10. Re1 a6 11. Bf1 b5 12. a4 b4 13. cxb4 cxb4 14. a5 Bb7 15.
Qb3 Nc5 16. Qxb4 Bxe4 17. Qxc5 Bxf3 18. gxf3 Bxd4 19. Qa3 Bxa1 20. Qxa1 e5 21.
Bh6 f6 22. Qa2+ Kh8 23. Bxf8 Qxf8 24. Rb1 Qh6 25. Qf7 Qg5+ 26. Kh1 Qf5 27. Rb3
h5 28. h3 Rg8 29. Rb7 g5 30. Qxh5+ 1-0

[Event "GCT 2023 Saint Louis - Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "17.11.2023"]
[Round "9B"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2795"]
[ECO "C99"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "closed, Chigorin, 12...c5d4"]
[WhiteFideId "623539"]
[BlackFideId "2020009"]
[EventDate "2023.11.17"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Qc7 12. Nbd2 cxd4 13. cxd4 Nc6 14. Nb3 a5 15.
Be3 a4 16. Nbd2 Nb4 17. Bb1 Bd7 18. a3 Nc6 19. Bd3 Qb7 20. Rc1 Rfe8 21. Qe2 h6
22. dxe5 Nxe5 23. Nxe5 dxe5 24. Nf3 Qb8 25. Bc5 Bxc5 26. Rxc5 b4 27. axb4 Qxb4
28. Rec1 Ra5 29. Rxa5 Qxa5 30. Bc4 Qb4 31. Ne1 Rc8 32. Nd3 Qd6 33. Qe3 Be6 34.
Bxe6 Rxc1+ 35. Qxc1 Qxe6 36. Qc2 Nxe4 37. Qxa4 Qd5 38. Qe8+ Kh7 39. Qxe5 Qxd3
40. Qf5+ Kg8 41. Qc8+ Kh7 42. Qf5+ Kg8 43. Qc8+ Kh7 44. Qf5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT 2023 Saint Louis - Rapid"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "18.11.2023"]
[Round "10B"]
[White "Xiong, Jeffery"]
[Black "Sevian, Samuel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2581"]
[ECO "A15"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[EventDate "2023.11.17"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. b3 d5 4. Bb2 Bd6 5. g3 b6 6. Bg2 Bb7 7. O-O O-O 8.
Nc3 a6 9. e3 Re8 10. cxd5 Nxd5 11. Nxd5 Bxd5 12. Qc2 c5 13. e4 Bb7 14. d4
cxd4 15. Nxd4 Nd7 16. Rfd1 Rc8 17. Qe2 Bf8 18. h4 Qe7 19. Rd2 Nc5 20. Rad1
Red8 21. h5 h6 22. Bf3 Qe8 23. Qe3 Be7 24. Qe1 Nd7 25. Bg2 Bb4 26. Qe3 Bxd2
27. Rxd2 Nf6 28. Bf3 Rd7 29. g4 Qd8 30. Re2 e5 0-1

[Event "GCT 2023 Saint Louis - Rapid"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "18.11.2023"]
[Round "10B"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[ECO "D00"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn, Mason variation"]
[EventDate "2023.11.17"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 Nf6 3. e3 Bf5 4. c4 e6 5. Qb3 Nbd7 6. Nc3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 Nb6
8. Be2 c6 9. Nf3 Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. Rac1 h6 12. h3 a5 13. a3 a4 14. Qd1
Nfd5 15. Bg3 Nxc3 16. Rxc3 Nd5 17. Rc4 Qa5 18. Ne5 Nf6 19. f3 Rfd8 20. Qc1
Nd7 21. Qc3 Qxc3 22. Rxc3 Bd6 23. Nxd7 Bxg3 24. Nb6 Ra5 25. f4 Bh4 26. Rfc1
g5 27. fxg5 Bxg5 28. Kf2 e5 29. dxe5 Rxe5 30. Rd1 Rxd1 31. Bxd1 Be4 32.
Nxa4 Rd5 33. Bf3 Bxf3 34. Kxf3 Rd2 35. Rb3 b5 36. Nc5 Rc2 37. Ne4 Be7 38.
Rc3 Rxb2 39. Rxc6 Bxa3 40. Rxh6 Kg7 41. Rb6 Rb3 42. h4 Bc1 43. Nd6 Rxe3+
44. Kg4 Rb3 45. Rb7 Kf6 46. Nxb5 Kg6 47. Nd6 f5+ 0-1

[Event "GCT 2023 Saint Louis - Rapid"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "18.11.2023"]
[Round "10B"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2771"]
[BlackElo "2652"]
[ECO "B30"]
[Opening "Sicilian defence"]
[EventDate "2023.11.17"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. Bc4 Nb6 6. Bb3 d5 7. exd6 Qxd6
8. O-O c4 9. Bc2 g6 10. b3 Bg7 11. Na3 cxb3 12. axb3 O-O 13. d4 Rd8 14. Re1
Bg4 15. h3 Bxf3 16. Qxf3 Rac8 17. Be4 Qd7 18. Bg5 Nd5 19. Nc4 b5 20. Ne3
Nxc3 21. Bxc6 Qxc6 22. Qxc6 Rxc6 23. Rxa7 f6 24. Bf4 Rxd4 25. Ng4 Nd5 26.
Ra8+ Kf7 27. Be3 Rd3 28. Nh6+ Bxh6 29. Bxh6 g5 30. h4 gxh4 31. Re4 h3 32.
g3 Rxb3 33. Rf8+ Kg6 34. Rg8+ Kf5 35. Re1 e5 36. Kh2 Rb2 37. Kxh3 Rxf2 38.
Rd1 Rcc2 39. g4+ Ke4 40. Rh1 Ne7 41. Rb8 Rc3+ 42. Kh4 Rb3 43. Bg7 Rff3 44.
Re1+ Kd5 45. Rd1+ Ke6 0-1

[Event "GCT 2023 Saint Louis - Rapid"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "18.11.2023"]
[Round "10B"]
[White "Robson, Ray"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2596"]
[BlackElo "2789"]
[ECO "D37"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "4.Nf3"]
[EventDate "2023.11.17"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e4 b5 6. e5 Nd5 7. Nxb5 Nb6 8.
Be2 Nc6 9. O-O Be7 10. Be3 O-O 11. a3 Rb8 12. Qc2 Na5 13. Rad1 Qd7 14. Nc3
Bb7 15. Ng5 Bxg5 16. Bxg5 Nb3 17. Be3 Rfd8 18. Ne4 Bxe4 19. Qxe4 Na4 20.
Bxc4 Nxb2 21. Bxb3 Rxb3 22. Rb1 Rdb8 23. Qc2 h6 24. h3 a5 25. Rfc1 a4 26.
Qxc7 Qxc7 27. Rxc7 Rxa3 28. d5 exd5 29. e6 fxe6 30. Bd4 Rab3 31. Rxg7+ Kf8
32. Ra7 Nd3 33. Rf1 a3 34. Kh2 R8b7 35. Ra6 e5 36. Be3 d4 37. Bxh6+ Kf7 38.
Ra1 R7b6 39. Ra7+ Kg6 40. Bf8 Nxf2 41. Rg7+ Kf6 42. Rf1 Rb2 43. Ra7 a2 44.
Bc5 R6b5 45. Be7+ Ke6 46. Bh4 Ne4 47. Ra1 Nc3 48. Be1 Kd5 49. h4 Kc4 50. h5
Kb3 51. h6 Rb6 52. h7 Rh6+ 53. Kg3 Ne4+ 54. Kg4 Rxh7 55. Rxh7 Nf6+ 56. Kf5
Nxh7 57. Kxe5 Rb1 58. Kxd4 0-1

[Event "GCT 2023 Saint Louis - Rapid"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "18.11.2023"]
[Round "10B"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2697"]
[BlackElo "2742"]
[ECO "B14"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "Panov-Botvinnik attack, 5...e6"]
[EventDate "2023.11.17"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nf3 Bb4 7. cxd5 Nxd5
8. Bd2 Nc6 9. Bd3 O-O 10. O-O Be7 11. Qe2 Bf6 12. Rad1 b6 13. Ne4 Bb7 14.
Nxf6+ Nxf6 15. Bg5 h6 16. Bh4 Nb4 17. Bc4 Nbd5 18. Rfe1 Rc8 19. Bb3 Nf4 20.
Qe3 Ng6 21. Bg3 Nd5 22. Qd2 Nde7 23. Ne5 Nxe5 24. Bxe5 Ng6 25. Bg3 Qf6 26.
Bc2 Rfd8 27. f3 Rd7 28. a3 Rcd8 29. Bf2 Nh4 30. Qe3 Nf5 31. Bxf5 Qxf5 32.
Rd2 Rc8 33. Red1 Bd5 34. Bg3 Rdd8 35. h3 Rc6 36. Kh2 Rdc8 37. Re1 f6 38.
Qf2 Rc1 39. Rde2 R1c4 40. Rd2 a5 41. Qe3 b5 42. Qf2 b4 43. axb4 axb4 44.
Qe3 Rc2 45. Rxc2 Rxc2 46. Re2 Rc8 47. Qd2 b3 48. Rf2 Qb1 49. Qb4 Rc1 50.
Bd6 Rh1+ 51. Kg3 Qg6+ 0-1

[Event "GCT 2023 Saint Louis - Rapid"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "18.11.2023"]
[Round "11B"]
[White "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2652"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[ECO "D31"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "Janowski variation"]
[EventDate "2023.11.17"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 a6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nf3 h6 6. Bf4 Nf6 7. e3 Bd6 8.
Bg3 O-O 9. Bd3 Re8 10. Qc2 Nc6 11. a3 Bg4 12. O-O Bxg3 13. hxg3 Ne7 14.
Rfc1 c6 15. Na4 Nd7 16. b4 Nc8 17. Nc5 Nd6 18. a4 Bxf3 19. gxf3 Nb6 20. e4
dxe4 21. fxe4 Nd7 22. Rab1 Rb8 23. e5 Nc8 24. Ne4 Nf8 25. Rd1 Re7 26. Bc4
Rd7 27. Rd3 Ne6 28. Rbd1 Nb6 29. Nd6 Nxc4 30. Qxc4 Nc7 31. Rf3 Qf8 32. Kg2
Ne8 33. Nf5 Nc7 34. Rh1 Rbd8 35. Rh4 Ne6 36. Nd6 Rxd6 37. exd6 Qxd6 38. b5
cxb5 39. axb5 axb5 40. Qb3 Qc6 41. Kh2 b4 42. Rf5 Qd7 43. Rf3 Nxd4 44. Rxd4
Qxd4 45. Rxf7 Kh8 46. Rf4 Qc5 47. Qxb4 Qxb4 48. Rxb4 Rd7 49. Rb6 Kg8 50. f4
Kf7 51. Kh3 Ke7 52. f5 Kd8 53. f6 g6 54. f7 Rxf7 55. Rxg6 Rh7 56. Kg4 Kc7
57. Kh5 b5 58. Re6 Rh8 59. g4 Kb7 60. Rxh6 Rxh6+ 61. Kxh6 b4 62. g5 b3 63.
g6 b2 64. g7 b1=Q 65. g8=Q Qc1+ 66. Qg5 Qxg5+ 67. Kxg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT 2023 Saint Louis - Rapid"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "18.11.2023"]
[Round "11B"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2789"]
[BlackElo "2771"]
[ECO "B33"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Pelikan, Chelyabinsk variation"]
[EventDate "2023.11.17"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6
8. Na3 b5 9. Nd5 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. c4 b4 12. Nc2 O-O 13. g3 a5 14. h4
Rb8 15. Qd3 Be6 16. Nce3 Nd4 17. O-O-O Qd7 18. Kb1 Rfc8 19. f4 Bd8 20. f5
Bxd5 21. Nxd5 Rc5 22. g4 Kf8 23. g5 Qc6 24. f6 h5 25. fxg7+ Kxg7 26. Be2 b3
27. a3 Rc8 28. Rhf1 Kg6 29. Qh3 Qe8 30. Bxh5+ Kxh5 31. Nf6+ Bxf6 32. Rxf6
Qe6 33. Rg1 Rh8 34. Rxe6 fxe6 35. g6 Kh6 36. g7 1-0

[Event "GCT 2023 Saint Louis - Rapid"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "18.11.2023"]
[Round "11B"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Xiong, Jeffery"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2697"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[ECO "D35"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "exchange, positional line, 5...c6"]
[EventDate "2023.11.17"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 Be7 7. Bd3 O-O 8.
Nge2 Nbd7 9. O-O Re8 10. Qc2 Nf8 11. Rae1 Ng6 12. f3 Be6 13. Kh1 Rc8 14.
Qd2 b5 15. Nf4 Nxf4 16. exf4 h6 17. f5 Bd7 18. Bf4 Qb6 19. Bb1 a5 20. Re2
b4 21. Na4 Qb5 22. Bd3 Qxa4 23. b3 Qa3 24. Qd1 c5 25. Bc1 c4 26. Bb1 Qxc1
27. Qxc1 cxb3 28. Qd1 bxa2 29. Rxa2 a4 30. Rxa4 Bxa4 31. Qxa4 Bf8 32. Qd1
Re3 33. Ba2 Rcc3 34. Re1 Rxe1+ 35. Qxe1 Rd3 36. Qe2 Rxd4 37. Bb3 Bc5 38. g3
h5 39. Kg2 Bd6 40. h4 Kf8 41. Qc2 Ke7 42. Qe2+ Kd8 43. Qe3 Bc5 44. Qc1 Bd6
45. Qe3 Bc5 46. Qc1 Bd6 47. Qe3 Bc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT 2023 Saint Louis - Rapid"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "18.11.2023"]
[Round "11B"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Sevian, Samuel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2581"]
[ECO "E20"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian"]
[Variation "Romanishin-Kasparov (Steiner) system"]
[EventDate "2023.11.17"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d5 6. Nf3 dxc4 7. O-O Nc6 8.
Re1 Be7 9. e4 Rb8 10. h4 b5 11. e5 Nd5 12. Ng5 h6 13. Nge4 f5 14. exf6 Bxf6
15. Nxf6+ Qxf6 16. Nxd5 exd5 17. Bxd5+ Kh8 18. Be3 Nb4 19. Bg2 Nd3 20. Rf1
Nxb2 21. Qd2 Nd3 22. Qa5 Bb7 23. d5 b4 24. Qxc7 Rfc8 25. Qa5 Qa6 26. Qxa6
Bxa6 27. Bxa7 Rb7 28. Be3 Bb5 29. Rfd1 Rd8 30. Be4 Re7 31. f3 Rxd5 32. Bxd5
Rxe3 33. Be4 c3 34. Bxd3 Bxd3 35. Rac1 Rxf3 36. Kg2 Re3 37. Re1 Rxe1 38.
Rxe1 Bc4 39. Rb1 c2 40. Rc1 Bxa2 41. Rxc2 Bd5+ 42. Kf2 b3 43. Rc5 Be4 44.
Rb5 Bc2 45. Ke3 Kh7 46. Kf4 Kg6 47. g4 Kf6 48. Rb6+ Ke7 49. Ke5 Kd7 50. Kd5
Kc7 51. Kc5 Kd7 52. Rb7+ Ke6 53. Kd4 Kf6 54. Rb6+ Kf7 55. Ke5 Bd1 56. g5
hxg5 57. hxg5 Bc2 58. Kd5 Ke7 59. Rb7+ Kf8 60. Ke5 Kg8 61. Ke6 Bd1 62. Ke7
Bc2 63. Rb6 Kh7 64. Kf7 Bd1 65. g6+ Kh6 66. Rb8 Bc2 67. Rb6 b2 68. Rxb2
Bxg6+ 69. Ke6 Bd3 70. Ke5 g6 71. Kf6 Kh5 72. Rg2 Bf5 73. Ke5 Kh6 74. Rg1
Kg7 75. Rc1 Kh6 76. Rh1+ Kg7 77. Rh2 Bg4 78. Kf4 Bf5 79. Kg5 Be6 80. Re2
Kf7 81. Rb2 Bf5 82. Rb6 Ke7 83. Kf4 Kf7 84. Ke5 Kg7 85. Rb7+ Kh6 86. Kf4
Bc2 87. Rc7 Bb1 88. Rc1 Bf5 89. Rg1 Kg7 90. Kg5 Kf7 91. Rf1 Ke7 92. Re1+
Kd6 93. Kf4 Kd5 94. Rd1+ Ke6 95. Rg1 Kd5 96. Rxg6 Bxg6 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT 2023 Saint Louis - Rapid"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "18.11.2023"]
[Round "11B"]
[White "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Black "Robson, Ray"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2742"]
[BlackElo "2596"]
[ECO "A20"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[EventDate "2023.11.17"]

1. c4 e5 2. d3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. a3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nb6 7. Be2 Be7 8.
Be3 Be6 9. O-O O-O 10. Nbd2 Bf6 11. Rc1 Rc8 12. Nb3 Na4 13. Nbd2 Nb6 14. b4
Nd4 15. Bxd4 exd4 16. Nb3 Bxb3 17. Qxb3 Nd7 18. Nd2 c5 19. b5 Qe7 20. f4 g6
21. e5 Bg7 22. Bg4 Rc7 23. Ne4 b6 24. Qc4 Kh8 25. Rce1 f5 26. exf6 Nxf6 27.
Be6 Nxe4 28. Rxe4 Qd6 29. Qd5 Qxd5 30. Bxd5 Bf6 31. Rfe1 Kg7 32. g3 h5 33.
Kg2 Rd8 34. Bc4 Rdd7 35. Re8 Re7 36. Rg8+ Kh7 37. Rxe7+ Rxe7 38. Kf2 Re3
39. Rf8 Bg7 40. Rf7 Kh6 41. Rxa7 Bf6 42. Rb7 Bd8 43. Rd7 Be7 44. Rb7 Bd8
45. Rb8 Bc7 46. Rc8 Re7 47. a4 g5 48. Rh8+ Kg7 49. Rg8+ Kh7 50. Rxg5 1-0

[Event "GCT 2023 Saint Louis - Rapid"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "18.11.2023"]
[Round "12B"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2771"]
[BlackElo "2742"]
[ECO "B12"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "advance variation"]
[EventDate "2023.11.17"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Ne7 6. O-O c5 7. c4 Nbc6 8.
dxc5 dxc4 9. Bxc4 Ng6 10. Be3 Be7 11. Nc3 O-O 12. Be2 Ngxe5 13. Nxe5 Nxe5
14. f4 Nd7 15. g4 Bg6 16. f5 exf5 17. gxf5 Bxc5 18. Bxc5 Qg5+ 19. Kh1 Nxc5
20. Qd5 Qe7 21. fxg6 hxg6 22. Bc4 Rae8 23. Rf2 Rd8 24. Qf3 Rd4 25. b3 Nd7
26. Raf1 Ne5 27. Qe2 Qc5 28. Rf4 Rxf4 29. Rxf4 a6 30. Nd5 Re8 31. Re4 Qd6
32. Ne3 b5 33. Bd5 Kf8 34. Rh4 Kg8 35. Qf2 Rc8 36. Rd4 Qf6 37. Qxf6 gxf6
38. Kg2 Kg7 39. Rd2 Rc1 40. Rd1 Rc3 41. Kf2 f5 42. Ke2 f4 43. Nf1 Rh3 44.
Bb7 a5 45. Rd5 f6 46. Rxb5 Rc3 47. Be4 Rc1 48. Nd2 Ng4 49. h3 Ne3 50. Rxa5
f5 51. Bf3 g5 52. b4 Rc2 53. a3 Rb2 54. Rc5 Kf6 55. b5 g4 56. hxg4 fxg4 57.
Be4 g3 58. Kd3 g2 59. Bxg2 Nxg2 60. Ne4+ Ke6 61. a4 Ne1+ 62. Kd4 Rb4+ 63.
Rc4 Rb1 64. Kc5 Ke5 65. b6 Nd3+ 66. Kc6 f3 67. Nd2 f2 68. b7 Ke6 69. Re4+
Ne5+ 70. Rxe5+ Kxe5 71. Nxb1 f1=Q 1-0

[Event "GCT 2023 Saint Louis - Rapid"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "18.11.2023"]
[Round "12B"]
[White "Robson, Ray"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2596"]
[BlackElo "2697"]
[ECO "C65"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Berlin defence"]
[EventDate "2023.11.17"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. O-O d5 7. Nbd2
1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT 2023 Saint Louis - Rapid"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "18.11.2023"]
[Round "12B"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2789"]
[ECO "C50"]
[Opening "Giuoco Pianissimo"]
[EventDate "2023.11.17"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nc6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. O-O O-O 6. Nc3 h6 7. a3 a6 8.
Be3 Bxe3 9. fxe3 d6 10. Qe1 Be6 11. Nd2 Na5 12. Ba2 Bxa2 13. Rxa2 Nd7 14.
Ra1 Nc6 15. Nf3 Ne7 16. Qg3 Ng6 17. Qh3 c6 18. Ne2 Nf6 19. Nh4 Nxh4 20.
Qxh4 d5 21. Ng3 dxe4 22. Nxe4 Nxe4 23. Qxe4 Qd5 24. Qxd5 cxd5 25. d4 Rfe8
26. Rad1 Rac8 27. c3 exd4 28. Rxd4 Rxe3 29. Rxd5 Rc7 30. Rfd1 Rce7 31. Rd7
Re1+ 32. Rxe1 Rxd7 33. Kf2 f5 34. Re5 Rd2+ 35. Re2 Rd7 36. Re5 Rd2+ 37. Re2
Rd7 38. Re5 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT 2023 Saint Louis - Rapid"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "18.11.2023"]
[Round "12B"]
[White "Sevian, Samuel"]
[Black "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2581"]
[BlackElo "2652"]
[ECO "B32"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Labourdonnais-Loewenthal (Kalashnikov) variation"]
[EventDate "2023.11.17"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d6 6. N1c3 a6 7. Na3 Be6
8. Nc4 Rb8 9. Ne3 Nf6 10. Bd3 g6 11. O-O Bh6 12. a4 O-O 13. Kh1 Rc8 14. b3
Nb4 15. Bb2 Bxe3 16. fxe3 Ng4 17. Qd2 Nxd3 18. cxd3 Bxb3 19. h3 Nf6 20. Ba3
Nh5 21. Rfb1 Be6 22. Rxb7 Rc6 23. Nd5 Bxd5 24. exd5 Rc7 25. Rb6 Rd7 26.
Rxa6 f5 27. Qb4 Qg5 28. Rxd6 Rdf7 29. Rd7 Qxe3 30. Rxf7 Rxf7 31. Qb8+ Kg7
32. Bb2 Re7 33. d6 Qf4 34. Re1 Qf2 35. Qb4 Nf4 36. Rg1 Ne2 37. Qe1 Ng3+ 38.
Kh2 Qxb2 39. dxe7 1-0

[Event "GCT 2023 Saint Louis - Rapid"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "18.11.2023"]
[Round "12B"]
[White "Xiong, Jeffery"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[ECO "D45"]
[Opening "QGD semi-Slav"]
[Variation "Stoltz variation"]
[EventDate "2023.11.17"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. b3 O-O 8.
Be2 b6 9. O-O Bb7 10. Bb2 Re8 11. Rad1 Qe7 12. Rfe1 Rad8 13. Bf1 h6 14.
cxd5 exd5 15. g3 Nf8 16. Bg2 Ne6 17. Rc1 Bb4 18. Red1 Rc8 19. a3 Bd6 20. b4
Ng5 21. Nxg5 hxg5 22. Qf5 g4 23. b5 Qe6 24. Qxe6 fxe6 25. bxc6 Bxc6 26. Bf1
Rc7 27. Nb5 Bxb5 28. Rxc7 Bxf1 29. Rc6 Bb5 30. Rxd6 Ne4 31. a4 Bxa4 32. Ra1
Nxd6 33. Rxa4 a5 34. Bc3 Rc8 35. Be1 Rc1 36. Kf1 Nc4 0-1

[Event "GCT 2023 Saint Louis - Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "18.11.2023"]
[Round "13B"]
[White "Robson, Ray"]
[Black "Xiong, Jeffery"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2596"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[ECO "C42"]
[Opening "Petrov"]
[Variation "classical attack"]
[EventDate "2023.11.17"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Be7 7. O-O Bf5
8. Re1 O-O 9. Nbd2 Nd6 10. Nf1 Bg6 11. Bf4 Nd7 12. b3 Re8 13. Ng3 Nf8 14.
c4 Ne6 15. Be3 c6 16. Bxg6 hxg6 17. Qd3 Bf6 18. Rad1 Qa5 19. h4 Qa6 20. h5
dxc4 21. bxc4 Qxc4 22. hxg6 Qxd3 23. gxf7+ Kxf7 24. Rxd3 Rad8 25. d5 cxd5
26. Bxa7 Nc4 27. Rb1 Rd7 28. Bd4 Nxd4 29. Nxd4 Ra8 30. Nb3 b6 31. Nd2 Nb2
32. Rb3 Rxa2 33. Rxb6 Nd3 34. Nf3 Nxf2 35. Rf1 Ng4 36. Ng5+ Kg6 37. Ne6
Rda7 38. Rb4 Ne3 39. Rf2 Be5 40. Nf1 Rxf2 41. Kxf2 Nxf1 42. Kxf1 Ra1+ 43.
Kf2 Ra2+ 44. Kf3 Ra3+ 45. Kf2 Kf6 46. Rb6 Kf5 47. Rc6 g5 48. Nf8 Ra2+ 49.
Kf1 g4 50. Nd7 Bd4 51. Rd6 Ke4 52. Re6+ Kd3 53. Ne5+ Bxe5 54. Rxe5 d4 55.
g3 Kc3 56. Rc5+ Kb3 57. Rb5+ Kc4 58. Rg5 d3 59. Ke1 Kd4 60. Rf5 Ke3 61.
Re5+ Kf3 62. Rd5 Ra1+ 63. Kd2 Kxg3 64. Rxd3+ Kf2 65. Rd8 g3 66. Rf8+ Kg1
67. Ke2 g2 68. Rh8 Ra7 69. Rh6 Re7+ 70. Kd2 Re5 71. Rh8 Kf2 72. Rf8+ Kg3
73. Rg8+ Kf3 74. Kd3 Re1 75. Rf8+ Kg3 76. Rg8+ Kf2 77. Rf8+ Kg1 78. Rh8 Re5
79. Kd2 Kf2 80. Rf8+ Kg3 81. Rg8+ Kf3 82. Kd3 Rd5+ 83. Kc2 Rd4 84. Kc3 Rg4
0-1

[Event "GCT 2023 Saint Louis - Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "18.11.2023"]
[Round "13B"]
[White "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2652"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[ECO "D45"]
[Opening "QGD semi-Slav"]
[Variation "5...Nd7"]
[EventDate "2023.11.17"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Be2 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8.
b3 b6 9. Bb2 Bb7 10. Bd3 Re8 11. Qc2 h6 12. Rfd1 Qe7 13. Rac1 Rad8 14. g3
dxc4 15. bxc4 e5 16. Nh4 Qf8 17. Qa4 a6 18. Nf5 Bb8 19. Ne4 g6 20. Nxf6+
Nxf6 21. Nh4 b5 22. Qb3 Kh7 23. dxe5 Bxe5 24. Bxe5 Rxe5 25. cxb5 Rxd3 26.
Qxd3 cxb5 27. Rc7 Be4 28. Qd6 Qxd6 29. Rxd6 Kg7 30. Rxa6 g5 31. Ng2 Rd5 32.
Rc1 Ng4 33. Ne1 Ne5 34. h3 Rd2 35. Ra5 Bc6 36. a4 Nc4 37. axb5 Bd5 38. Ra4
Nd6 39. Rd4 Rxd4 40. exd4 Kf6 41. b6 Ke6 42. Nd3 1-0

[Event "GCT 2023 Saint Louis - Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "18.11.2023"]
[Round "13B"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2697"]
[BlackElo "2771"]
[ECO "D20"]
[Opening "QGA"]
[Variation "3.e4"]
[EventDate "2023.11.17"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 e5 4. Nf3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Bxd2+ 6. Qxd2 exd4 7. Nxd4
Nf6 8. Nc3 O-O 9. O-O-O Qe7 10. f3 c5 11. Ndb5 a6 12. Qd6 Nc6 13. Qxe7 Nxe7
14. Nd6 b5 15. e5 Ne8 16. Nxc8 Rxc8 17. g3 Nc6 18. Bh3 Rb8 19. f4 Nb4 20.
Bf5 g6 21. Be4 f5 22. Bb1 Nc7 23. Rd6 Rfd8 24. Rhd1 Rxd6 25. Rxd6 Ne8 26.
Rd7 Ng7 27. Rd6 Ne8 28. Rd7 Ng7 29. Rd6 Ne8 30. Rd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT 2023 Saint Louis - Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "18.11.2023"]
[Round "13B"]
[White "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2742"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[ECO "A14"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "Neo-Catalan declined"]
[EventDate "2023.11.17"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 c5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
d4 Nc6 9. Nc3 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Nxd4 11. Qxd4 Bf6 12. Qc4 Bxc3 13. bxc3 Bd7 14.
Qb3 Bc6 15. Ba3 Re8 16. c4 Nf6 17. Bxc6 bxc6 18. Rfd1 Qa5 19. Rab1 h5 20.
Bd6 e5 21. c5 Rad8 22. Qc4 Rd7 23. e4 Kh7 24. Rd3 Re6 25. Rf3 Qd2 26. Rf5
h4 27. Kg2 g6 28. Rf3 g5 29. Qb3 h3+ 30. Kg1 Nxe4 31. Rf5 Kg6 32. g4 Nxd6
33. cxd6 Rexd6 34. Qxh3 Kg7 35. Rb8 Rh6 36. Qf1 Rf6 37. Rxf6 Kxf6 38. Rb3
Qf4 39. Qe2 Qd4 40. Kg2 Qd5+ 41. Rf3+ Kg7 42. Qe3 f6 43. h4 gxh4 44. Kh2
Qd4 45. g5 Qxe3 46. gxf6+ Kf7 47. fxe3 c5 48. Kh3 c4 49. Kxh4 c3 50. Rf1
Kg6 51. Kg4 c2 52. Rc1 Rc7 53. f7 Kxf7 54. Kf5 Rc5 55. Ke4 Ke6 56. Kd3 Kf5
57. Rxc2 Rxc2 58. Kxc2 Ke4 59. Kd2 a6 60. Ke2 a5 61. a4 Kd5 62. Kd3 e4+ 63.
Kc3 Kc5 64. Kb3 Kd5 65. Kc3 Kc5 66. Kb3 Kd5 67. Kc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT 2023 Saint Louis - Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "18.11.2023"]
[Round "13B"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Sevian, Samuel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2789"]
[BlackElo "2581"]
[ECO "C50"]
[Opening "Giuoco Pianissimo"]
[EventDate "2023.11.17"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 Nf6 5. a4 d6 6. O-O h6 7. a5 a6 8. c3
O-O 9. b4 Ba7 10. h3 Ne7 11. Be3 Ng6 12. Nbd2 Re8 13. Re1 Bxe3 14. Rxe3 Be6
15. Bxe6 Rxe6 16. Qb3 d5 17. g3 Qd7 18. Kh2 Rd8 19. Rae1 Rd6 20. d4 exd4
21. Nxd4 dxe4 22. Nxe4 Nxe4 23. Rxe4 Rd5 24. h4 c5 25. bxc5 Rxc5 26. Rb1
Rxa5 27. Qxb7 Qxb7 28. Rxb7 Re5 29. Rxe5 Nxe5 30. Ra7 Rc8 31. Rxa6 Rxc3 32.
Kg2 Rc8 33. h5 Ng4 34. f3 Rd8 35. fxg4 Rxd4 36. Kf3 Kh7 37. Ra7 f6 38. Ra6
Rd3+ 39. Kf4 Rd4+ 40. Kf3 Rd3+ 41. Kf4 Rd4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT 2023 Saint Louis - Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "18.11.2023"]
[Round "14B"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2789"]
[ECO "A28"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "four knights, Romanishin variation"]
[EventDate "2023.11.17"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e3 Bb4 5. Qc2 Bxc3 6. bxc3 e4 7. Ng5 Qe7
8. f3 d6 9. Nxe4 Nxe4 10. Qxe4 Qxe4 11. fxe4 b6 12. d3 h5 13. Be2 h4 14. h3
f6 15. Bd2 Be6 16. Rf1 Ke7 17. Kd1 Rag8 18. Kc2 g5 19. d4 Bd7 20. Rf2 g4
21. hxg4 Bxg4 22. Bd3 Rh6 23. Raf1 Rg7 24. Be1 Bc8 25. Rh1 Ba6 26. Bf1 Na5
27. c5 Bxf1 28. cxd6+ cxd6 29. Rhxf1 Rhg6 30. Kd3 Rh7 31. c4 Nc6 32. Rh1
Nb8 33. a4 Nd7 34. a5 Ke6 35. axb6 axb6 36. Ra2 Rg4 37. g3 h3 38. Rah2 Rh8
39. Rxh3 Ra8 40. Rh7 Nf8 41. d5+ 1-0

[Event "GCT 2023 Saint Louis - Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "18.11.2023"]
[Round "14B"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2697"]
[ECO "C65"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Berlin defence"]
[EventDate "2023.11.17"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. O-O Bg4 7. h3 Bh5
8. g4 Nxg4 9. hxg4 Bxg4 10. Be3 Be7 11. Nbd2 Qc8 12. Kh1 f5 13. Qe1 f4 14.
Nxe5 Rf8 15. Bd4 Rf6 16. f3 Rh6+ 17. Kg1 Bh3 18. Rf2 Bh4 19. Qe2 Qd8 20. c3
Bxf2+ 21. Bxf2 Qg5+ 22. Ng4 Rg6 23. e5 h5 24. Ne4 Qe7 25. Bc5 Qe6 26. Qf2
hxg4 27. Qh4 Kd7 28. Kf2 b6 29. Rh1 Qxe5 30. Bd4 Qf5 31. Re1 gxf3 32. Rh1
Rh6 33. Qg5 Qxg5 34. Nxg5 Bg4 0-1

[Event "GCT 2023 Saint Louis - Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "18.11.2023"]
[Round "14B"]
[White "Sevian, Samuel"]
[Black "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2581"]
[BlackElo "2742"]
[ECO "B46"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Taimanov variation"]
[EventDate "2023.11.17"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nc3 a6 6. a3 d6 7. Be2 Nf6 8.
O-O Be7 9. Be3 O-O 10. f4 e5 11. fxe5 dxe5 12. Nf5 Bxf5 13. Rxf5 Qc7 14.
Nd5 Nxd5 15. exd5 Nd4 16. Bxd4 exd4 17. Bd3 g6 18. Rf1 Bd6 19. g3 Rae8 20.
Qg4 Re5 21. Rae1 Rxd5 22. Re2 Re5 23. Rxe5 Bxe5 24. Re1 Kg7 25. Kg2 Re8 26.
Qf3 h5 27. Qd5 Re6 28. Re4 Re7 29. a4 f5 30. Re2 Bf6 31. Rxe7+ Qxe7 32. a5
h4 33. Qf3 hxg3 34. hxg3 Be5 35. g4 fxg4 36. Qxg4 Qf7 37. Qf3 Qxf3+ 38.
Kxf3 Bc7 39. Be4 Bxa5 40. Bxb7 Kf6 41. Bxa6 Ke5 42. Bd3 g5 43. Kg4 Bd2 44.
b4 Bxb4 45. Kxg5 Ba5 46. Kg4 Bb4 47. Kf3 Ba5 48. Kg4 Bb4 49. Kf3 Ba5 50.
Kg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT 2023 Saint Louis - Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "18.11.2023"]
[Round "14B"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Robson, Ray"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2771"]
[BlackElo "2596"]
[ECO "B90"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Najdorf"]
[EventDate "2023.11.17"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bd3 e5 7. Nde2 Be7
8. O-O O-O 9. Ng3 Be6 10. Nd5 Nxd5 11. exd5 Bc8 12. f4 Nd7 13. f5 Bg5 14.
Bxg5 Qxg5 15. Ne4 Qe7 16. f6 Nxf6 17. Nxf6+ gxf6 18. Bxh7+ Kg7 19. Bf5 Bxf5
20. Rxf5 Rh8 21. Qg4+ Kf8 22. Raf1 Rh6 23. Rh5 Rxh5 24. Qxh5 Ke8 25. Qh8+
Qf8 26. Qxf6 Rc8 27. Qf5 Rc5 28. c3 Qg7 29. h4 Qg6 30. Qxg6 fxg6 31. Rf6
Rxd5 32. Rxg6 Kf7 33. h5 e4 34. Kf2 Rd2+ 35. Ke3 Rxb2 36. Kxe4 Re2+ 37. Kf3
Rxa2 38. Rxd6 Ra3 39. g4 Rxc3+ 40. Kf4 Rc4+ 41. Kg5 Rc5+ 42. Kh6 Ke7 43.
Rb6 Rb5 44. Rg6 a5 45. Kg7 a4 46. h6 a3 47. h7 a2 48. h8=Q a1=Q+ 49. Kh7
Qxh8+ 50. Kxh8 Rb1 51. Kg7 b5 52. Rg5 b4 53. Rb5 b3 54. g5 Kd6 55. g6 Kc6
56. Rb8 Kc5 57. Kf6 Rf1+ 58. Ke5 Rg1 59. Rxb3 Rxg6 60. Rf3 Rg5+ 61. Rf5
Rxf5+ 62. Kxf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT 2023 Saint Louis - Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "18.11.2023"]
[Round "14B"]
[White "Xiong, Jeffery"]
[Black "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2652"]
[ECO "D60"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "Orthodox defence"]
[EventDate "2023.11.17"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 O-O 7. cxd5 Nxd5
8. Bxe7 Qxe7 9. Bd3 Nxc3 10. bxc3 c5 11. O-O b6 12. a4 Bb7 13. a5 h6 14.
Qe2 Rfc8 15. Rfb1 Qd8 16. e4 cxd4 17. cxd4 Nf6 18. h3 Bc6 19. axb6 axb6 20.
Qe3 Rxa1 21. Rxa1 b5 22. Rb1 Rb8 23. d5 exd5 24. Nd4 Bd7 25. e5 Ne4 26.
Bxb5 Bxb5 27. Rxb5 Rxb5 28. Nxb5 Qb8 29. Nd4 Qxe5 30. Nf3 Qa1+ 31. Qe1
Qxe1+ 32. Nxe1 Kf8 33. Kf1 Ke7 34. Ke2 Kd6 35. Ke3 Nc5 36. Nf3 Ne6 37. g3
Kc5 38. Kd3 Ng5 39. Ng1 Ne4 40. Ke3 Kc4 41. Ne2 Nd6 42. Nd4 g6 43. g4 Nb5
44. Nc6 d4+ 45. Kd2 Kd5 46. Ne7+ Ke4 47. Ng8 Nd6 48. Nxh6 Nc4+ 49. Ke1 Ne5
50. Ng8 Kf3 51. Nh6 Ke4 52. Ng8 Nd3+ 53. Kf1 Kf3 54. Nh6 Nxf2 55. Nxf7 Nxh3
56. Ne5+ Ke4 57. Nxg6 d3 58. g5 Nxg5 59. Ke1 Nf3+ 60. Kd1 Nd4 61. Kd2 Nb3+
62. Kd1 Na5 63. Ne7 Nc4 64. Ke1 Kd4 65. Nf5+ Kc3 0-1

[Event "GCT 2023 Saint Louis - Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "18.11.2023"]
[Round "15B"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Sevian, Samuel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2697"]
[BlackElo "2581"]
[ECO "D44"]
[Opening "QGD semi-Slav"]
[Variation "anti-Meran gambit"]
[EventDate "2023.11.17"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 b5 7. e5 h6 8. Bh4
g5 9. Nxg5 hxg5 10. Bxg5 Be7 11. exf6 Bxf6 12. Bxf6 Qxf6 13. Qd2 Bb7 14. a4
Rh4 15. axb5 Rxd4 16. Qe3 c5 17. Be2 Nd7 18. O-O Nb6 19. f4 Nd5 20. Nxd5
Bxd5 21. Rf2 Re4 22. Qd2 Kf8 23. g3 Rb8 24. Bf3 Rd4 25. Qa5 Bxf3 26. Rxf3
Rd7 27. Rf2 Qd4 28. Kg2 Qe4+ 29. Kg1 Qd4 30. Kg2 Rdb7 31. Qc3 Rxb5 32. Ra2
Rb3 33. Qxd4 cxd4 34. Kh3 d3 35. Kg4 a5 36. Ra4 R8b4 37. Ra2 a4 38. Rd2 a3
39. bxa3 Ra4 40. Kf3 c3 41. Rxd3 c2 42. Rxb3 c1=Q 43. Re3 Qh1+ 44. Rg2 Rc4
45. Re2 Rc3+ 46. Kg4 Rxa3 47. Kh3 Kg7 48. Rgf2 Ra8 49. g4 Qg1 50. Rg2 Qf1
51. Rf2 Ra3+ 52. Kh4 Qe1 53. f5 Rf3 0-1

[Event "GCT 2023 Saint Louis - Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "18.11.2023"]
[Round "15B"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2789"]
[BlackElo "2652"]
[ECO "D35"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "exchange, positional line"]
[EventDate "2023.11.17"]

1. c4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Bb4 6. e3 h6 7. Bh4 g5 8.
Bg3 h5 9. h3 Ne4 10. Ne2 Nxg3 11. Nxg3 h4 12. Nh5 c6 13. Bd3 Qe7 14. Ng7+
Kf8 15. Nf5 Bxf5 16. Bxf5 Nd7 17. O-O Nf6 18. Qb3 Re8 19. Rae1 Rg8 20. a3
Ba5 21. Re2 g4 22. hxg4 Nxg4 23. e4 Qg5 24. f4 Qf6 25. Qxb7 Qxd4+ 26. Kh1
Ne3 27. Rxe3 Qxe3 28. Qxc6 Bxc3 29. bxc3 Qg3 30. Qd6+ Re7 31. Qd8+ Re8 32.
Qd6+ Re7 33. Bh3 Qd3 34. Qh6+ Ke8 35. Qc6+ Kf8 36. Qh6+ Ke8 37. Rf3 Qd1+
38. Kh2 dxe4 39. Qc6+ Kf8 40. Qh6+ Ke8 41. Qc6+ Kf8 42. Qh6+ Ke8 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT 2023 Saint Louis - Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "18.11.2023"]
[Round "15B"]
[White "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2742"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[ECO "C55"]
[Opening "Two knights defence (Modern bishop's opening)"]
[EventDate "2023.11.17"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Re1 d6 7. a3 Be6 8.
Nc3 Bxc4 9. dxc4 h6 10. b4 Nb8 11. h3 Nbd7 12. Be3 Re8 13. Qd3 Bf8 14. Nd2
c6 15. Nf1 a5 16. Ng3 g6 17. Na4 axb4 18. axb4 Qc7 19. Nc3 Kh7 20. Nf1 Nh5
21. g3 Ng7 22. Nd2 Ne6 23. Nb3 h5 24. h4 Nf6 25. f3 Bh6 26. Bxh6 Kxh6 27.
Qe3+ Kg7 28. Kg2 Red8 29. Rxa8 Rxa8 30. Rd1 Qe7 31. Rd2 Ra3 32. Qd3 Ne8 33.
Nb1 Ra4 34. c3 g5 35. hxg5 Qxg5 36. Kf1 Qxg3 37. Qe3 Nf4 38. Qg1 h4 39. Rh2
Kf6 40. Qf2 Kg5 41. c5 dxc5 42. Qd2 Qxf3+ 43. Kg1 Nf6 44. Qc2 Ng4 0-1

[Event "GCT 2023 Saint Louis - Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "18.11.2023"]
[Round "15B"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Xiong, Jeffery"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2771"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[ECO "C11"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "Burn variation"]
[EventDate "2023.11.17"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Nxf6+ Bxf6 7. Bxf6
Qxf6 8. Nf3 O-O 9. Qd3 Nc6 10. O-O-O e5 11. d5 Ne7 12. Qc3 Bg4 13. Be2 c6
14. dxc6 Nxc6 15. Qe3 Rac8 16. Kb1 Rfe8 17. Bd3 h6 18. Be4 Bf5 19. Rhe1
Rcd8 20. a3 Bxe4 21. Qxe4 Qe6 22. g4 f6 23. h3 Rxd1+ 24. Rxd1 Rd8 25. Rxd8+
Nxd8 26. Nh4 Qc6 27. Qd3 Ne6 28. Nf5 Kf7 29. Qb3 b6 30. Ka2 a5 31. a4 g6
32. Ne3 Kg7 33. Qc4 Qd6 34. Qd5 Qe7 35. Qc6 Nf4 36. Qxb6 Nxh3 37. Qxa5 Nxf2
38. Qb6 Qf7+ 39. Kb1 f5 40. gxf5 gxf5 41. Qd6 Ng4 42. Nxg4 fxg4 43. Qxe5+
Kg6 44. a5 Qf1+ 45. Ka2 Qc4+ 46. Ka3 Qxc2 47. Qd6+ Kg5 48. a6 Qb1 49. Qd5+
Kh4 50. a7 Qa1+ 51. Qa2 Qh1 52. b4 Qa8 53. Qh2+ Kg5 54. Qb8 Qf3+ 55. Ka4
Qd1+ 56. Ka5 Qa1+ 57. Kb5 Qf1+ 58. Kb6 Qf2+ 59. Kc6 Qf3+ 60. Kc5 Qc3+ 61.
Kd5 Qd3+ 62. Ke6 Qf5+ 63. Ke7 Qe4+ 64. Kd7 Qf5+ 65. Kc7 Qe5+ 66. Kb6 Qe3+
67. Ka6 Qa3+ 68. Kb5 Qd3+ 69. Ka4 Qa6+ 70. Kb3 Qd3+ 71. Kb2 Qd2+ 72. Kb3
Qd3+ 73. Kb2 Qd2+ 74. Kb3 Qd3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT 2023 Saint Louis - Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "18.11.2023"]
[Round "15B"]
[White "Robson, Ray"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2596"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[ECO "A20"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[EventDate "2023.11.17"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. O-O Nf6 7. d3 h6 8.
Nbd2 Bd6 9. b3 O-O 10. Bb2 Re8 11. Rc1 Bf5 12. e4 Bg4 13. h3 Bxf3 14. Nxf3
Qe7 15. d4 exd4 16. Nxd4 Nxd4 17. Qxd4 c6 18. f4 Rad8 19. e5 Ba3 20. Bxa3
Qxa3 21. Qc5 Qxc5+ 22. Rxc5 Nd7 23. Rc2 f6 24. exf6 Nxf6 25. Kf2 Rd3 26. g4
h5 27. g5 Ne4+ 28. Kg1 Nd6 29. Rf3 Rd1+ 30. Rf1 Rd4 31. f5 Nf7 32. g6 Nd6
33. f6 gxf6 34. Rxf6 Kg7 35. Rcf2 a5 36. Kh2 Re7 37. Bh1 Re8 38. Bg2 Re7
39. Bh1 Re2 40. Rxe2 Kxf6 41. Rg2 Nf5 42. Re2 Nd6 43. Rg2 Nf5 44. Re2 Kxg6
45. Bf3 h4 46. Bg4 Ng3 47. Re7 Rd2+ 48. Kg1 b5 49. a4 bxa4 50. bxa4 c5 51.
Ra7 c4 52. Rc7 Rd4 53. Rc5 Kf6 54. Rxa5 c3 55. Rc5 Ne4 56. Rc6+ Ke5 57. a5
Kf4 58. Kg2 Rd2+ 59. Kf1 Ra2 60. a6 Ke3 61. Be6 Ra1+ 62. Kg2 Ra5 63. Bf7
Rg5+ 64. Kh2 Ra5 65. Bg6 Ra2+ 66. Kg1 c2 67. a7 Rxa7 68. Rxc2 Rg7 69. Rg2
Ng3 70. Bc2 Ne2+ 71. Kh2 Rc7 72. Bd1 Nf4 73. Rc2 Rd7 74. Rc3+ Ke4 75. Bc2+
Ke5 76. Re3+ Kf6 77. Kg1 Rd2 78. Bb3 Kf5 79. Kf1 Nh5 80. Be6+ Kf4 81. Ra3
Ng3+ 82. Kg1 Rd1+ 83. Kg2 Rd2+ 84. Kg1 Ne2+ 85. Kf1 Nd4 86. Bg4 Rb2 87. Rc3
Ke4 88. Kg1 Nc2 89. Rc4+ Ke5 90. Rc5+ Kf4 91. Rf5+ Ke4 92. Rf2 Kd4 93. Kh2
Kc3 94. Rf3+ Kd4 95. Rf2 Kc3 96. Bf5 Ne3 97. Rxb2 Kxb2 98. Bc8 Kc3 99. Kg1
Kd4 100. Kf2 Nd5 101. Kf3 Ke5 102. Kg4 Nf4 103. Kxh4 Nxh3 104. Kxh3 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT 2023 Saint Louis - Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "18.11.2023"]
[Round "16B"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2697"]
[ECO "B51"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Canal-Sokolsky (Nimzovich-Rossolimo, Moscow) attack"]
[EventDate "2023.11.17"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. O-O a6 5. Bd3 Ngf6 6. Re1 e6 7. Bf1 b6 8.
d4 cxd4 9. Nxd4 Bb7 10. f3 Be7 11. c4 Rc8 12. Qd2 O-O 13. Nc3 Qc7 14. b3 b5
15. cxb5 Qxc3 16. Qxc3 Rxc3 17. bxa6 Ba8 18. a4 d5 19. Bb2 Rcc8 20. e5 Nh5
21. Bb5 Rfd8 22. Rac1 Rxc1 23. Rxc1 Nxe5 24. Nxe6 Nxf3+ 25. gxf3 fxe6 26.
Bd4 Bd6 27. a7 Nf4 28. Kf1 h5 29. Rc6 Be7 30. Rb6 Kf7 31. Rb8 g5 32. a5 g4
33. fxg4 hxg4 34. a6 e5 35. Bxe5 Ne6 36. b4 Bxb4 37. Bc7 Nxc7 38. Rxd8 Be7
39. Rc8 Bd6 40. Be2 Bxh2 41. Bxg4 Ke7 42. Rh8 Be5 43. Rg8 Kd6 44. Bc8 Kc6
45. Rg6+ Bd6 46. Bb7+ Kc5 47. Rg8 Kb6 48. Bxa8 Kxa7 49. Bb7 Nxa6 50. Bxa6
1-0

[Event "GCT 2023 Saint Louis - Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "18.11.2023"]
[Round "16B"]
[White "Sevian, Samuel"]
[Black "Robson, Ray"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2581"]
[BlackElo "2596"]
[ECO "C65"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Berlin defence"]
[EventDate "2023.11.17"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Ba4 d6 6. c3 O-O 7. O-O Ne7 8.
h3 Ng6 9. d4 Bb6 10. Re1 c6 11. Nbd2 exd4 12. cxd4 d5 13. exd5 Nxd5 14. Bc2
Ba5 15. a3 Be6 16. Rxe6 fxe6 17. Ne4 Nf6 18. Neg5 Qe7 19. Ne5 Qe8 20. Nxh7
Nxe5 21. Nxf8 Nf7 22. Ng6 Rd8 23. Qf3 Bb6 24. Be3 Bxd4 25. Re1 Bxe3 26.
Qxe3 b6 27. Bb3 Kh7 28. Qg3 Nd5 29. Bc2 Kg8 30. Qh4 Rd6 31. Qg3 Rd8 32. Bf5
Rd6 33. Bg4 Nf6 34. Bd1 c5 35. Bb3 Nd5 36. h4 b5 37. h5 c4 38. Bd1 Rb6 39.
Bf3 Nf6 40. Rd1 e5 41. Be2 Re6 42. Qe3 a6 43. g4 Qc6 44. g5 Nd5 45. Qg3 Nf4
46. Bf3 Qc7 47. Qg4 Re8 48. Be4 Nd6 49. Nxf4 Nxe4 50. Nd5 Qf7 51. Qxe4 Qxh5
52. Ne3 Qxg5+ 53. Kf1 Rf8 54. Qd5+ Kh7 55. Qe4+ Kg8 56. Qg2 Qxe3 57. Qd5+
Kh7 58. Qh1+ Kg8 59. Qd5+ Kh7 60. Qh1+ Qh6 61. Qe4+ Kh8 62. Ke2 Qh5+ 63.
Ke1 Qf5 64. Qe3 Kg8 65. Rd5 Qb1+ 66. Rd1 Qxb2 67. Rd7 Qb1+ 68. Rd1 Qg6 69.
Rd7 Qg1+ 0-1

[Event "GCT 2023 Saint Louis - Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "18.11.2023"]
[Round "16B"]
[White "Xiong, Jeffery"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2789"]
[ECO "A86"]
[Opening "Dutch"]
[Variation "Leningrad variation"]
[EventDate "2023.11.17"]

1. d4 f5 2. c4 Nf6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. Nh3 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. d5 c6 8. Nc3
e5 9. dxe6 Bxe6 10. Qb3 Qe7 11. Ng5 Bc8 12. Bf4 h6 13. Bxd6 Qe8 14. c5+ Kh8
15. Bxf8 Qxf8 16. Nf7+ Kh7 17. Nd6 Na6 18. Qc4 Be6 19. Qxe6 Nxc5 20. Qc4
Qxd6 21. Rad1 Qe7 22. Rfe1 Rf8 23. b4 Ncd7 24. a4 Ng4 25. e3 h5 26. b5 Nde5
27. Qb3 h4 28. bxc6 bxc6 29. Ne2 Nxf2 30. Kxf2 Rb8 0-1

[Event "GCT 2023 Saint Louis - Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "18.11.2023"]
[Round "16B"]
[White "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Black "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2652"]
[BlackElo "2742"]
[ECO "E70"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "Kramer system"]
[EventDate "2023.11.17"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nge2 O-O 6. Ng3 h5 7. Be2 e5 8.
d5 h4 9. Nf1 Nfd7 10. Be3 f5 11. f3 a5 12. Qd2 Nc5 13. O-O-O Nba6 14. Kb1
Nb4 15. Rg1 a4 16. Bxc5 dxc5 17. a3 Na6 18. Nxa4 fxe4 19. fxe4 b6 20. Nc3
Nb8 21. h3 Kh7 22. g3 Bh6 23. Qd3 Nd7 24. Bg4 Nf6 25. Bxc8 Rxc8 26. g4 Ne8
27. Nh2 Bf4 28. Nf3 g5 29. Ne2 Qe7 30. Rdf1 Nd6 31. Ne1 Kh6 32. Rf3 Rb8 33.
a4 Ra8 34. b3 Rae8 35. Rgf1 Qh7 36. Nc3 Re7 37. Ng2 Qg6 38. Ne3 Ref7 39.
Nf5+ Kh7 40. Kc2 Kh8 41. Ra1 Ra8 42. Rff1 Nb7 43. Nb5 Rd8 44. Qc3 Qf6 45.
Na7 Na5 46. Rad1 Rfd7 47. Nb5 Kh7 48. Rd3 Nc6 49. Kd1 Nd4 50. Nbxd4 cxd4
51. Qb4 Ra8 52. Ke2 c5 53. Qa3 Rda7 54. Ra1 Qd8 55. Rdd1 Qd7 56. Kd3 Kg6
57. Qb2 Ra6 58. Ra2 R6a7 59. Rda1 Kh7 60. b4 Rxa4 61. bxc5 Rxa2 62. Rxa2
Rxa2 63. Qxa2 bxc5 64. Qa6 Qc7 65. Qh6+ Kg8 66. Qg6+ Kf8 67. Qd6+ Qxd6 68.
Nxd6 Bc1 69. Nb7 Ba3 70. Na5 Ke7 71. Nc6+ Kd6 72. Kc2 Bb4 73. Nd8 Ke7 74.
Ne6 Kf6 75. Nc7 Ke7 76. Kb3 d3 77. Nb5 Kd7 78. Na7 d2 79. Kc2 Kd6 80. Nc6
Bc3 81. Nd8 Ke7 82. Ne6 1-0

[Event "GCT 2023 Saint Louis - Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "18.11.2023"]
[Round "16B"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2771"]
[ECO "D78"]
[Opening "Neo-Gruenfeld, 6.O-O c6"]
[EventDate "2023.11.17"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 d5 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 c6 7. Qb3 a5 8.
cxd5 a4 9. Qd1 cxd5 10. Nc3 Ne4 11. e3 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Nc6 13. Rb1 Qc7 14.
Nd2 Rd8 15. Ba3 Bf5 16. Rb2 Bd3 17. Re1 e5 18. Bf1 Bxf1 19. Rxf1 Bf8 20.
Bxf8 Rxf8 21. Qe2 Na5 22. Rc1 exd4 23. exd4 Rfe8 24. Qb5 a3 25. Rb4 Nc6 26.
Qxb7 Qd6 27. Rb6 Rac8 28. Nf3 Rc7 29. Qa6 Qd7 30. Qxa3 Qf5 31. Qd6 Rce7 32.
Qf4 Qc8 33. Rcb1 Re2 34. R6b2 Rxb2 35. Rxb2 Qa6 36. Kg2 Qa3 37. Rb6 Qxc3
38. Qc7 Re6 39. Ne5 Rf6 40. Rxc6 Rxf2+ 41. Kxf2 Qd2+ 42. Kf3 Qd1+ 43. Ke3
Qe1+ 44. Kd3 Qd1+ 45. Kc3 Qc1+ 46. Kb3 1-0

[Event "GCT 2023 Saint Louis - Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "18.11.2023"]
[Round "17B"]
[White "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2771"]
[ECO "A14"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "Neo-Catalan declined"]
[WhiteFideId "12573981"]
[BlackFideId "4168119"]
[EventDate "2023.11.17"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 c5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. d4
cxd4 9. Nxd4 Nc6 10. Nc3 Nxc3 11. bxc3 Bd7 12. Rb1 Na5 13. Nb3 Bc6 14. Qxd8 Bxd8
15. Ba3 Re8 16. Nxa5 Bxa5 17. Bxc6 bxc6 18. c4 Red8 19. Rfd1 Rxd1+ 20. Rxd1 Rd8
21. Rb1 h5 22. Bc5 Rd2 23. Rb8+ Kh7 24. Rb7 Bb6 25. Bxb6 axb6 26. e3 Rc2 27.
Rxf7 Rxc4 28. Re7 Re4 29. Rd7 b5 30. Rd6 c5 31. Rc6 Re5 32. Kf1 Kg6 33. Ke2 Kf7
34. Rc7+ Kf6 35. f3 h4 36. f4 Rd5 37. e4 hxg3 38. hxg3 Rd4 39. Kf3 c4 40. e5+
Kg6 41. Re7 Rd3+ 42. Kg4 Ra3 43. Rxe6+ Kh7 44. Rb6 Ra5 45. e6 Kg6 46. f5+ Kf6
47. Rb7 c3 48. Rf7+ Ke5 49. e7 Ra8 50. Rf8 Kd5 1-0

[Event "GCT 2023 Saint Louis - Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "18.11.2023"]
[Round "17B"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Sevian, Samuel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2696"]
[ECO "C77"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Anderssen variation"]
[WhiteFideId "623539"]
[BlackFideId "2040506"]
[EventDate "2023.11.17"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 Bc5 6. Nc3 d6 7. Bxc6+ bxc6 8.
O-O O-O 9. Be3 Bxe3 10. fxe3 Qe7 11. Qe1 Rb8 12. b3 d5 13. exd5 cxd5 14. d4 exd4
15. exd4 Qd6 16. Ne5 c5 17. dxc5 Qxc5+ 18. Kh1 d4 19. Na4 Qd5 20. c4 dxc3 21.
Rd1 Qe4 22. Nxc3 Qxe1 23. Rfxe1 Bb7 24. Kg1 h5 25. Nc4 Rbd8 26. h3 g6 27. Rxd8
Rxd8 28. Re7 Rd7 29. Rxd7 Nxd7 30. g3 Kf8 31. Kf2 Ke7 32. Ke3 Ke6 33. Kd4 g5 34.
h4 gxh4 35. gxh4 Bh1 36. Ne2 Bf3 37. Nf4+ Kf5 38. Ke3 Bd1 39. Nd3 Nf8 40. Nf2
Bg4 41. Nd6+ Ke6 42. Nde4 Ke5 43. Nd3+ Kf5 44. Ng3+ Kf6 45. Nf4 Ke5 46. b4 Bd1
47. Nd3+ Kd5 48. Nf2 Bc2 49. Nxh5 Kc4 50. Kd2 Bg6 51. Nf6 Kxb4 52. h5 Bxh5 53.
Nxh5 Ka3 54. Kc3 Kxa2 55. Nd3 Ne6 56. Nf6 Ka3 57. Ne4 Nc7 58. Nec5 Nb5+ 59. Kc4
Nd6+ 60. Kc3 Nb5+ 61. Kc4 Nd6+ 62. Kc3 Nb5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT 2023 Saint Louis - Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "18.11.2023"]
[Round "17B"]
[White "Robson, Ray"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2696"]
[BlackElo "2795"]
[ECO "E06"]
[Opening "Catalan"]
[Variation "closed, 5.Nf3"]
[WhiteFideId "2023970"]
[BlackFideId "2020009"]
[EventDate "2023.11.17"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. Nc3 c6 7. b3 b6 8. O-O Ba6
9. Nd2 Nbd7 10. e4 dxc4 11. Nxc4 Rc8 12. Bf4 Re8 13. Re1 Bb4 14. Rc1 Bxc4 15.
bxc4 e5 16. dxe5 Nxe5 17. Qb3 Bc5 18. Red1 Qe7 19. Na4 Bd6 20. c5 bxc5 21. Qc3
c4 22. Bxe5 Bxe5 23. Qxc4 c5 24. Bh3 Rc7 25. f4 Bxf4 26. gxf4 Nh5 27. f5 Nf4 28.
Bf1 Rc6 29. Kh1 Rh6 30. Rc2 g6 31. Nc3 Rh4 32. Nd5 Nxd5 33. Qxd5 Rxe4 34. fxg6
hxg6 35. Qxc5 Qh4 36. Qf2 Qg5 37. Bg2 R4e7 38. Rf1 Qe5 39. Rc4 Qg5 40. Rc2 Qe5
41. Qg3 Qd4 42. Rcf2 Kg7 43. Qf4 Qxf4 44. Rxf4 Rd8 45. Kg1 f5 46. R4f2 Rd4 47.
Bf3 Kf6 48. Kg2 Re3 49. Rc2 Ra4 50. Bd5 Rg4+ 51. Kh1 Rd4 52. Bb3 Rd6 53. Rg2 a5
54. Rfg1 Kg7 55. Rg5 Re5 56. h4 Re4 57. h5 Rh4+ 58. Kg2 Rxh5 59. Rxh5 gxh5 60.
Kf3+ Kf6 61. Rd1 Rc6 62. Rd5 a4 63. Bd1 Rc3+ 64. Kf4 Rc4+ 65. Ke3 h4 66. Rd8 h3
67. Rh8 Rc3+ 68. Kf4 Ra3 69. Rh6+ Kg7 70. Rh4 Rxa2 71. Rxh3 Kg6 72. Rh8 a3 73.
Ra8 Ra1 74. Ra6+ Kg7 75. Bb3 Rf1+ 76. Kg5 Rg1+ 77. Kxf5 Rf1+ 78. Ke5 Re1+ 79.
Kd6 Ra1 80. Ke7 Re1+ 81. Be6 Re3 82. Kd6 Kf6 83. Bd5 Kf5 84. Ra4 Rc3 85. Be6+
Kf6 86. Rf4+ Kg5 87. Rf2 Rd3+ 88. Bd5 Kg4 89. Ke5 Kg3 90. Rg2+ Kh3 91. Be4 Rd8
92. Ra2 Kg4 93. Bf5+ Kg3 94. Rxa3+ Kf2 95. Kf4 Re8 96. Rh3 Ke2 97. Rh2+ Kd1 98.
Be4 Rg8 99. Ra2 Rh8 100. Ke3 Rh3+ 101. Bf3+ Kc1 102. Rf2 Kb1 103. Kd3 Rh8 104.
Be4 Rc8 105. Bd5 Rd8 106. Kc4 Rd7 107. Be4+ Kc1 108. Bd3 Rc7+ 109. Kd4 Rc8 110.
Bc4 Kd1 111. Kc3 Re8 1-0

[Event "GCT 2023 Saint Louis - Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "18.11.2023"]
[Round "17B"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Xiong, Jeffery"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2681"]
[ECO "C49"]
[Opening "Four knights"]
[Variation "Janowski variation"]
[WhiteFideId "5202213"]
[BlackFideId "2047640"]
[EventDate "2023.11.17"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 Bxc3 7. bxc3 d6 8.
Re1 Bd7 9. d4 Re8 10. Bxc6 Bxc6 11. d5 Bb5 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bh4 c6 14. Rb1 a6 15.
Rb4 Rc8 16. Qd2 cxd5 17. exd5 Rc5 18. a4 Bc4 19. Rxb7 Bxd5 20. Rb4 Bxf3 21. gxf3
g5 22. Bg3 Nd5 23. Rb3 Qf6 24. Rd1 Re6 25. c4 Ne7 26. Qd3 Nf5 27. Rb6 Ra5 28. c5
Rxc5 29. Rxa6 Nd4 30. Kg2 Rxc2 31. a5 Ra2 32. Qe4 d5 33. Ra8+ Kg7 34. Qxd5 Ra3
35. a6 Qxf3+ 36. Qxf3 Nxf3 37. a7 g4 38. h3 h5 39. hxg4 hxg4 40. Rdd8 Kf6 41.
Rg8 Kf5 42. Rg7 Re7 43. Rxg4 Kxg4 44. Rg8+ Kf5 45. a8=Q Rxa8 46. Rxa8 Nd4 47.
Ra5 f6 48. f4 Nc6 49. Rc5 Re6 50. fxe5 fxe5 51. Kf3 Rd6 52. Ke3 Ke6 53. Ke4 Rd4+
54. Ke3 Rd6 55. Ke4 Rd4+ 56. Ke3 Rd6 57. Ke4 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT 2023 Saint Louis - Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "18.11.2023"]
[Round "17B"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[ECO "D61"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "Orthodox defence, Rubinstein variation"]
[WhiteFideId "24116068"]
[BlackFideId "12401137"]
[EventDate "2023.11.17"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 O-O 7. Qc2 h6 8. Bh4
c5 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Bxe7 Nxe7 11. dxc5 Nxc5 12. Be2 Qb6 13. O-O Bd7 14. Ne5 Rfd8
15. Nxd7 Rxd7 16. Rfd1 Rc8 17. Rac1 Rdc7 18. Bf3 Nd7 19. Qd2 Qa5 20. Rb1 Nb6 21.
Be2 Ned5 22. Nxd5 Qxd5 23. Qxd5 Nxd5 24. a3 Kf8 25. Kf1 Ke7 26. h4 g5 27. hxg5
hxg5 28. Bd3 Nb6 29. Ke2 Nd7 30. Rd2 Ne5 31. Rbd1 g4 32. Bb1 Rh8 33. Rc2 Rxc2+
34. Bxc2 f5 35. Bb3 Rh2 36. Rg1 b6 37. Ba2 a5 38. Bb3 Nd7 39. Ba4 Nc5 40. Bb5
Kf6 41. Bc6 Ke5 42. g3 Rh7 43. Rc1 Rc7 44. Bb5 Kd6 45. Rd1+ Ke7 46. Rc1 Ra7 47.
Rh1 Kd6 48. Rh8 Rc7 49. Rb8 Rb7 50. Rc8 Rc7 51. Rb8 Rb7 52. Rc8 Rc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT 2023 Saint Louis - Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "18.11.2023"]
[Round "18B"]
[White "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Black "Robson, Ray"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2696"]
[ECO "E51"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian"]
[Variation "4.e3 e8g8, 5.Nf3 d7d5"]
[WhiteFideId "12401137"]
[BlackFideId "2023970"]
[EventDate "2023.11.17"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. e3 O-O 6. Bd2 Re8 7. Rc1 c5 8. a3
Bxc3 9. Bxc3 cxd4 10. Bxd4 Nc6 11. cxd5 Nxd5 12. Bc4 Nxd4 13. Nxd4 e5 14. Nf3
Be6 15. O-O f6 16. Qb3 Qb6 17. Rfd1 Qxb3 18. Bxb3 Rad8 19. h4 Kf7 20. Rc5 Ne7
21. Rxd8 Rxd8 22. Bxe6+ Kxe6 23. Kf1 Rc8 24. Rxc8 Nxc8 25. e4 Nd6 26. Nd2 h5 27.
Ke2 g5 28. Kd3 b5 29. b3 g4 30. Nf1 f5 31. f3 fxe4+ 32. fxe4 Kf6 33. Ng3 Kg6 34.
Ne2 Kf6 35. a4 bxa4 36. bxa4 a6 37. Ng3 Kg6 38. Kc3 a5 39. Kd3 Kh6 40. Nf5+ Nxf5
41. exf5 Kg7 42. Ke4 Kf6 43. g3 1-0

[Event "GCT 2023 Saint Louis - Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "18.11.2023"]
[Round "18B"]
[White "Xiong, Jeffery"]
[Black "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2681"]
[BlackElo "2777"]
[ECO "B30"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Nimzovich-Rossolimo attack (without ...d6)"]
[WhiteFideId "2047640"]
[BlackFideId "12573981"]
[EventDate "2023.11.17"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. O-O Nge7 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Qb6 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8.
Bd3 Ng6 9. c4 Be7 10. Nc3 O-O 11. Rb1 d6 12. Be3 Qd8 13. b4 Bf6 14. Qd2 Bb7 15.
Be2 Nh4 16. f3 d5 17. Rfd1 Qc7 18. cxd5 cxd5 19. Rbc1 Qb8 20. exd5 Bxd5 21. Nxd5
exd5 22. Bc5 Re8 23. Bf2 Ng6 24. Bf1 d4 25. Bxd4 Rd8 26. Qf2 Qxb4 27. Bxf6 gxf6
28. Rxd8+ Rxd8 29. Qxa7 Qb2 30. Qe3 Rd2 31. Re1 Nh4 32. Re2 Rxe2 33. Qxe2 Qc3
34. Qf2 Nf5 35. a4 Qa1 36. Qa7 Nd4 37. Qb8+ Kg7 38. Qg3+ Kf8 39. Qd6+ Kg7 40. a5
Qd1 41. Qg3+ Kf8 42. Qd6+ Kg7 43. Qg3+ Kf8 44. Qf2 Qa1 45. a6 f5 46. g3 f4 47.
gxf4 Ne6 48. Qe3 Nd4 49. Kf2 Qa2+ 50. Be2 Qa1 51. Qe5 Qa4 52. Qb8+ Kg7 53. a7
Nc6 54. a8=Q Qd4+ 55. Kg2 1-0

[Event "GCT 2023 Saint Louis - Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "18.11.2023"]
[Round "18B"]
[White "Sevian, Samuel"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2696"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[ECO "C65"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Berlin defence, Mortimer variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2040506"]
[BlackFideId "5202213"]
[EventDate "2023.11.17"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Ne7 5. O-O c6 6. Bc4 Ng6 7. d4 Nxe4 8. dxe5
d5 9. exd6 Nxd6 10. Bb3 Be7 11. Nc3 O-O 12. Re1 h6 13. h3 Re8 14. Ne5 Nxe5 15.
Rxe5 Bf6 16. Rxe8+ Qxe8 17. Bxh6 Nb5 18. Bd2 Nd4 19. Be3 Nxb3 20. axb3 Bf5 21.
Rxa7 Rxa7 22. Bxa7 Bxc3 23. bxc3 Qd7 24. Qc1 b5 25. Bd4 f6 26. f3 Qd6 27. Bf2
Kh7 28. h4 Qd5 29. h5 Bd7 30. h6 gxh6 31. Qf4 Qe5 32. Qd2 Qd5 33. Qe3 Bf5 34.
Qe7+ Kg6 35. Qe8+ Kg7 36. Bd4 Bxc2 37. b4 Bb3 38. Qe7+ Qf7 39. Qd6 Bd5 40. Kf2
Qe6 41. Qg3+ Kh7 42. Qf4 Kg6 43. Be3 Qf5 44. Qxh6+ Kf7 45. Bd2 Qd3 46. Qf4 Bc4
47. Qc7+ Kg6 48. Qg3+ Kf7 49. Qf4 Qe2+ 50. Kg1 Qf1+ 51. Kh2 Qd3 52. Be1 Be6 53.
Bf2 Qf5 54. Qc7+ Bd7 55. Bd4 Ke6 56. Qd8 Qf4+ 57. Kg1 Qc1+ 58. Kf2 Qd2+ 59. Kg3
Qg5+ 60. Kf2 Qd2+ 61. Kf1 Qd1+ 62. Kf2 Qd2+ 63. Kg3 Qg5+ 64. Kh3 Qh5+ 65. Kg3
Qg5+ 66. Kf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT 2023 Saint Louis - Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "18.11.2023"]
[Round "18B"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2771"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[ECO "C65"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Berlin defence"]
[WhiteFideId "4168119"]
[BlackFideId "24116068"]
[EventDate "2023.11.17"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Nbd2 O-O 6. O-O Nd4 7. Nxd4 Bxd4 8.
Nf3 Bb6 9. Nxe5 d5 10. Bf4 c6 11. Ba4 dxe4 12. dxe4 Qxd1 13. Raxd1 Nxe4 14. Bb3
Nc5 15. Bc4 Be6 16. Be3 Rfe8 17. Bxe6 Nxe6 18. Bxb6 axb6 19. a3 b5 20. g3 f6 21.
Nf3 Rad8 22. Rfe1 Kf7 23. Kf1 g5 24. Nd2 Nc5 25. Rxe8 Kxe8 26. Re1+ Kf7 27. Ne4
Nxe4 28. Rxe4 Rd2 29. Re2 Rd1+ 30. Re1 Rd2 31. Re2 Rd1+ 32. Re1 Rd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT 2023 Saint Louis - Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "18.11.2023"]
[Round "18B"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2795"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[ECO "D47"]
[Opening "QGD semi-Slav"]
[Variation "Meran variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2020009"]
[BlackFideId "623539"]
[EventDate "2023.11.17"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Be2
a6 9. O-O c5 10. d5 exd5 11. Nxd5 Bb7 12. Nxf6+ Nxf6 13. a4 b4 14. b3 Bd6 15.
Bb2 O-O 16. h3 Ne4 17. Qc2 Qe7 18. Rad1 Rad8 19. Bc4 Ng5 20. Nxg5 Qxg5 21. f4
Qe7 22. Qe2 Bc7 23. Rfe1 Kh8 24. Qg4 f6 25. Qe6 Qxe6 26. Bxe6 Be4 27. Bc4 a5 28.
Kf2 h5 29. g3 Kh7 30. Ke2 Kg6 31. Bd3 Bxd3+ 32. Rxd3 Rxd3 33. Kxd3 Rd8+ 34. Ke2
c4 35. bxc4 Bb6 36. c5 Bxc5 37. Rc1 Bf8 38. g4 hxg4 39. hxg4 b3 40. Rc3 Rb8 41.
Rc4 Bb4 42. Kd3 Rh8 43. Rc1 Rh4 44. Bd4 Rxg4 45. Rb1 Rg2 46. Rxb3 Ra2 47. e4
Rxa4 48. Rb1 Kf7 49. Rc1 Ra3+ 50. Kc4 Bd2 51. Rf1 Rh3 52. Ra1 Bxf4 53. Rxa5 Be3
54. Bc3 Bf2 55. Ra6 Re3 56. e5 fxe5 57. Bd2 Re2 58. Kd3 Rxd2+ 59. Kxd2 Bd4 60.
Kd3 g5 61. Ke4 Ke7 62. Rg6 Kf7 63. Rxg5 Ke7 64. Rxe5+ Bxe5 1/2-1/2