[Event "9th Sinquefield Cup 2022"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2022.09.02"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Mamedyarov,S"]
[Black "So,W"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2771"]
[ECO "D41"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "Semi-Tarrasch, 5.cd"]
[WhiteFideId "13401319"]
[BlackFideId "5202213"]
[EventDate "2022.09.02"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 d5 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 cxd4 6. Qxd4 exd5 7. Bg5 Be7 8.
e3 O-O 9. Rd1 Be6 10. Bd3 h6 11. Bh4 Nc6 12. Qa4 Qb6 13. Rd2 Rfd8 14. O-O Rac8
15. Rfd1 Kf8 16. Bb5 a6 17. Bxc6 Rxc6 18. Qd4 Rdc8 19. Qd3 g5 20. Bg3 Bb4 21.
Be5 Ne4 22. Rc2 Bxc3 23. Bxc3 Bf5 24. Bd4 Qb5 25. Qa3+ Kg8 26. Rxc6 bxc6 27. Qe7
Be6 28. b4 a5 29. a3 axb4 30. axb4 Qb8 31. Be5 Re8 32. Bxb8 Rxe7 33. Nd4 Rb7 34.
Be5 Bd7 35. f3 f6 36. fxe4 fxe5 37. Nf3 Rxb4 38. exd5 cxd5 39. Rxd5 Bc6 40. Rxe5
Kf7 41. Kf2 Rb2+ 42. Kg3 Re2 43. Rc5 Be4 44. Rc3 Kf6 45. Ra3 h5 46. h4 g4 47.
Ra6+ Kg7 48. Nd4 Rxg2+ 49. Kf4 Bd3 50. Rd6 Rf2+ 51. Ke5 Kf7 52. e4 g3 53. Rd7+
Kg8 54. Rd8+ Rf8 55. Rxf8+ Kxf8 56. Kf4 g2 57. Nf3 Ke7 58. Kg3 Bxe4 59. Kxg2
Bxf3+ 60. Kxf3 Kf7 61. Kf4 Kf6 62. Ke4 Ke6 63. Kf4 Kf6 64. Ke4 Ke6 65. Kf4 Kf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "9th Sinquefield Cup 2022"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2022.09.02"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Dominguez Perez,L"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave,M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[ECO "B90"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Najdorf, Byrne (English) attack"]
[WhiteFideId "3503240"]
[BlackFideId "623539"]
[EventDate "2022.09.02"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. f3
h5 9. Nd5 Bxd5 10. exd5 Nbd7 11. Qd2 g6 12. O-O-O Nb6 13. Kb1 Nbxd5 14. Bg5 Be7
15. a3 Qc7 16. g3 O-O-O 17. Qf2 Kb8 18. Rd3 Nd7 19. Bd2 N5f6 20. Ba5 b6 21. Bd2
Rc8 22. Bg5 Nc5 23. Nxc5 dxc5 24. Rb3 Nd5 25. Bxe7 Nxe7 26. Bxa6 Rcd8 27. Bc4
Nf5 28. Bxf7 Nd4 29. Bxg6 Nxb3 30. cxb3 Rd4 31. Qe2 Rhd8 32. Be4 c4 33. bxc4
Qxc4 34. Qxc4 Rxc4 35. Rc1 Rc7 36. Rxc7 Kxc7 37. Kc2 b5 38. b4 Rg8 39. Kb3 Kb6
40. a4 bxa4+ 41. Kxa4 Rd8 42. Bg6 Rd2 43. Bxh5 Rxh2 44. Bg6 Rh3 45. Be4 Rxg3 46.
Kb3 Rg8 47. Kc4 Rd8 48. Bd3 Rd6 49. Be4 Rd4+ 50. Kc3 Kb5 51. Bd3+ Ka4 52. Bc2+
Ka3 53. b5 Rb4 54. Bd3 Ka4 55. Kd2 Ka5 56. Ke3 Kb6 57. Be2 Kc5 58. Bd3 Rb3 59.
Ke4 Kd6 60. Be2 Rb4+ 61. Ke3 Kd5 62. Bd3 Rb3 63. b6 Kc6 64. Ke4 Kd6 65. Ke3 Kc6
66. Ke4 Kxb6 67. Bf1 Rb1 68. Bh3 Re1+ 69. Kd5 Re3 70. Bf5 Rxf3 71. Kxe5 Rxf5+
72. Kxf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "9th Sinquefield Cup 2022"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2022.09.02"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Firouzja,Alireza"]
[Black "Caruana,F"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[ECO "A35"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "symmetrical, four knights system"]
[WhiteFideId "12573981"]
[BlackFideId "2020009"]
[EventDate "2022.09.02"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. e3 e5 5. Qb3 d6 6. d3 Be7 7. g3 O-O 8. Bg2 Nb4
9. Qd1 d5 10. Nxe5 dxc4 11. dxc4 Qxd1+ 12. Kxd1 Ng4 13. Nxg4 Bxg4+ 14. Kd2 Rad8+
15. Nd5 Be6 16. e4 f5 17. Bh3 Bf6 18. Ke2 Rfe8 19. Be3 Nc2 20. Rac1 Nxe3 21.
fxe3 fxe4 22. Nxf6+ gxf6 23. Bxe6+ Rxe6 24. Rhd1 Red6 25. Rxd6 Rxd6 26. Rd1 Rxd1
27. Kxd1 Kf7 28. Ke2 Kg6 29. Kf2 Kg5 30. h3 f5 31. Kg2 Kh5 32. Kf2 Kg5 33. Kg2
Kh5 34. Kf2 Kg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "9th Sinquefield Cup 2022"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2022.09.02"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Carlsen,M"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi,I"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2861"]
[BlackElo "2792"]
[ECO "E10"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[WhiteFideId "1503014"]
[BlackFideId "4168119"]
[EventDate "2022.09.02"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nc3 c6 6. Bf4 Bf5 7. e3 Nbd7 8. h3
Be7 9. g4 Be4 10. Be2 Qb6 11. Qb3 Qxb3 12. axb3 Bg6 13. Nh4 Bb4 14. Nxg6 hxg6
15. f3 Nf8 16. Kf2 Ne6 17. Bg3 Ke7 18. h4 a6 19. Kg2 Rad8 20. Bf2 Bd6 21. Bd3
Bb8 22. Na4 Bd6 23. Be1 c5 24. Nxc5 Nxc5 25. dxc5 Bxc5 26. Bd2 Rhe8 27. b4 Bb6
28. b5 a5 29. Bxa5 Bxa5 30. Rxa5 Kd6 31. Kf2 Re7 32. Rd1 Rh8 33. g5 Nd7 34. Ra4
Nc5 35. Rg4 Kc7 36. Bb1 Re5 37. Ba2 f6 38. gxf6 gxf6 39. Rxd5 Rxd5 40. Bxd5 Nd3+
41. Kg3 Ne5 42. Rf4 Rd8 43. b6+ 1-0

[Event "9th Sinquefield Cup 2022"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2022.09.02"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Niemann,Hans Moke"]
[Black "Aronian,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2688"]
[BlackElo "2759"]
[ECO "C67"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Berlin defence, open variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2093596"]
[BlackFideId "13300474"]
[EventDate "2022.09.02"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. a4 a6 7. Nxe5 Be7 8.
Bf1 Nxe5 9. Rxe5 O-O 10. d4 Ne8 11. Nc3 Bf6 12. Re1 d5 13. a5 c6 14. Bf4 Bg5 15.
Be5 Bf6 16. Qd2 Bxe5 17. Rxe5 Nf6 18. f3 Be6 19. Na4 Qd6 20. b4 Nd7 21. Re3 Rae8
22. Rae1 Re7 23. Bd3 Rfe8 24. R1e2 g6 25. c3 f6 26. Qe1 Kf7 27. Qh4 Nf8 28. Qh6
Bc8 29. Rxe7+ Rxe7 30. Rxe7+ Qxe7 31. Kf2 Qd6 32. g3 Kg8 33. Bf1 Qc7 34. Nc5 Ne6
35. Nd3 Ng7 36. Qe3 Kf7 37. Qh6 Kg8 38. Nc5 Ne6 39. Na4 Ng7 40. Nb6 Be6 41. Qh4
g5 42. Qh6 Qf7 43. g4 f5 44. Qxg5 fxg4 45. Qd8+ Ne8 46. Be2 Kf8 47. Qg5 Nd6 48.
Qd8+ Ne8 49. Qg5 Nd6 50. Qd8+ Ne8 1/2-1/2

[Event "9th Sinquefield Cup 2022"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2022.09.03"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi,I"]
[Black "Firouzja,Alireza"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2792"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[ECO "E04"]
[Opening "Catalan"]
[Variation "open, 5.Nf3"]
[WhiteFideId "4168119"]
[BlackFideId "12573981"]
[EventDate "2022.09.02"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 a6 6. O-O Nc6 7. Qc2 Nxd4 8. Nxd4
Qxd4 9. Nd2 c3 10. bxc3 Qc5 11. Ne4 Nxe4 12. Bxe4 Bd6 13. Rb1 f5 14. Bg2 O-O 15.
Be3 Qa5 16. c4 f4 17. Bd4 Be5 18. Qb2 Bxd4 19. Qxd4 e5 20. Qd5+ Qxd5 21. Bxd5+
Kh8 22. Bxb7 Rb8 23. Bxc8 Rfxc8 24. Rfd1 Kg8 25. Rxb8 Rxb8 26. Rd5 Rb4 27. Rxe5
fxg3 28. hxg3 Rxc4 29. Ra5 Rc6 30. Kg2 Kf7 31. f4 Ke7 32. e4 Rb6 33. Kf3 Rc6 34.
f5 Kf7 35. g4 h6 36. Kf4 Ke7 37. Ra4 Rb6 38. Rc4 Kd8 39. e5 Rb1 40. Rc6 Rb4+ 41.
Kf3 Rb5 42. Ke4 Rb4+ 43. Kd5 Rxg4 44. Ke6 Kc8 45. Rxa6 Kb7 46. Ra3 Rg2 47. Kf7
Rf2 48. f6 Kc6 49. Kxg7 Kd7 50. Kf7 1-0

[Event "9th Sinquefield Cup 2022"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2022.09.03"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Niemann,Hans Moke"]
[Black "Mamedyarov,S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2688"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[ECO "A28"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "four knights, Nimzovich variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2093596"]
[BlackFideId "13401319"]
[EventDate "2022.09.02"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e4 Bc5 5. Nxe5 Nxe5 6. d4 Bb4 7. dxe5 Nxe4 8.
Qf3 Nxc3 9. bxc3 Ba5 10. Bf4 O-O 11. O-O-O Qe7 12. Kb2 Rb8 13. Qe3 b6 14. Bd3
Qe6 15. Qg3 Re8 16. Rhe1 b5 17. c5 b4 18. c4 b3 19. axb3 Bxe1 20. Rxe1 a5 21.
Bd2 Ba6 22. Qh4 g6 23. Qd4 Rb7 24. Bxa5 Reb8 25. b4 Rxb4+ 26. Bxb4 Rxb4+ 27. Kc3
Rb8 28. Be4 Qe8 29. Bd5 Bb7 30. Rb1 Ba8 31. Rxb8 Qxb8 32. Bxa8 Qxa8 33. Qxd7
Qa1+ 34. Kb4 Qxe5 35. Kb5 h5 36. Kc6 Qxh2 37. Qd8+ Kh7 38. Qf6 Qxg2+ 39. Kxc7
Qe4 40. Qxf7+ Kh6 41. Qd5 Qe7+ 42. Kb6 Qf6+ 43. c6 Qxf2+ 44. Kb7 Qb2+ 45. Qb5
Qg2 46. Kb8 h4 47. c7 Qg3 48. Kb7 Qf3+ 49. Qd5 Qb3+ 1-0

[Event "9th Sinquefield Cup 2022"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2022.09.03"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Aronian,L"]
[Black "Carlsen,M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2759"]
[BlackElo "2861"]
[ECO "E11"]
[Opening "Bogo-Indian defence"]
[WhiteFideId "13300474"]
[BlackFideId "1503014"]
[EventDate "2022.09.02"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Bxd2+ 5. Qxd2 d5 6. Nc3 O-O 7. e3 Qe7 8.
Rc1 dxc4 9. Bxc4 c5 10. dxc5 Rd8 11. Qe2 Qxc5 12. O-O Nc6 13. Bb3 Qa5 14. Qc4
Ne5 15. Nxe5 Qxe5 16. Bd1 Bd7 17. Bf3 Rac8 18. Qb4 b6 19. Rfd1 Qc5 20. Qxc5 Rxc5
21. Ne4 Nxe4 22. Bxe4 Rxc1 23. Rxc1 Rc8 24. Rxc8+ Bxc8 25. f4 h6 26. Kf2 Kf8 27.
Ke1 Ke7 28. Kd2 Kd6 29. g3 e5 30. a3 f6 31. Kc3 Kc5 32. b4+ Kd6 33. Kc4 Ba6+ 34.
Kc3 Bc8 35. Kc4 Ba6+ 36. Kc3 Bc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "9th Sinquefield Cup 2022"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2022.09.03"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave,M"]
[Black "So,W"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2771"]
[ECO "C67"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Berlin defence, open variation"]
[WhiteFideId "623539"]
[BlackFideId "5202213"]
[EventDate "2022.09.02"]

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 Ke8 10. h3 h5 11. Bf4 Be7 12. Rad1 Nh4 13. Nd4 Nf5 14. Nce2 g5
15. Bh2 Rh6 16. Rfe1 Rg6 17. Nxf5 Bxf5 18. Nd4 Bd7 19. e6 Bxe6 20. Nxe6 Rxe6 21.
Rxe6 fxe6 22. Bxc7 Bf6 23. Kf1 a5 24. a4 b5 25. b3 Ra7 26. Bb6 Rb7 27. Bxa5 bxa4
28. bxa4 Rb2 29. c3 Ra2 30. Rd6 Rxa4 31. Bb4 c5 32. Bxc5 Bxc3 33. Rxe6+ Kf7 34.
Re7+ Kf6 35. Rc7 Bd4 36. Ra7 Rc4 37. Ra6+ Kf7 38. Bxd4 Rxd4 39. Ra7+ Kg6 40.
Ra6+ Kg7 41. Ra7+ Kg6 42. Ra6+ Kg7 43. Ra7+ Kg6 1/2-1/2

[Event "9th Sinquefield Cup 2022"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2022.09.03"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Caruana,F"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[ECO "C42"]
[Opening "Petrov"]
[Variation "Nimzovich attack"]
[WhiteFideId "2020009"]
[BlackFideId "3503240"]
[EventDate "2022.09.02"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Be3 O-O 8.
Qd2 Nd7 9. O-O-O Nf6 10. Bd3 Re8 11. h3 c5 12. g4 Qa5 13. a3 d5 14. c4 Qa4 15.
c3 dxc4 16. Bc2 Qa6 17. g5 Nh5 18. Ne5 Be6 19. f4 Ng3 20. Rhe1 Nf5 21. Bxc5 Bxc5
22. Bxf5 Bxf5 23. Qd5 Bf2 24. Qxf7+ Kh8 25. Qxf5 Bxe1 26. Rxe1 Rf8 27. Qe4 Rad8
28. f5 b5 29. Nc6 Rc8 30. Ne7 Rce8 31. Qh4 Qd6 32. Re4 Rd8 33. Ng6+ Kg8 34. Rd4
hxg6 35. Rxd6 Rxd6 36. fxg6 Rxg6 37. a4 a6 38. Qg3 Re6 39. axb5 axb5 40. g6 Rff6
41. Qb8+ Rf8 42. Qxb5 Rf1+ 43. Kd2 Rf2+ 44. Kd1 Rf1+ 45. Kd2 Rf2+ 46. Kd1 Rf1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "9th Sinquefield Cup 2022"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2022.09.04"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Carlsen,M"]
[Black "Niemann,Hans Moke"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2861"]
[BlackElo "2688"]
[ECO "E20"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian"]
[Variation "Romanishin-Kasparov (Steiner) system"]
[WhiteFideId "1503014"]
[BlackFideId "2093596"]
[EventDate "2022.09.02"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d5 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 dxc4 8.
Nf3 c5 9. O-O cxd4 10. Qxd4 Nc6 11. Qxc4 e5 12. Bg5 h6 13. Rfd1 Be6 14. Rxd8
Bxc4 15. Rxa8 Rxa8 16. Bxf6 gxf6 17. Kf1 Rd8 18. Ke1 Na5 19. Rd1 Rc8 20. Nd2 Be6
21. c4 Bxc4 22. Nxc4 Rxc4 23. Rd8+ Kg7 24. Bd5 Rc7 25. Ra8 a6 26. Rb8 f5 27. Re8
e4 28. g4 Rc5 29. Ba2 Nc4 30. a4 Nd6 31. Re7 fxg4 32. Rd7 e3 33. fxe3 Ne4 34.
Kf1 Rc1+ 35. Kg2 Rc2 36. Bxf7 Rxe2+ 37. Kg1 Re1+ 38. Kg2 Re2+ 39. Kg1 Kf6 40.
Bd5 Rd2 41. Rf7+ Kg6 42. Rd7 Ng5 43. Bf7+ Kf5 44. Rxd2 Nf3+ 45. Kg2 Nxd2 46. a5
Ke5 47. Kg3 Nf1+ 48. Kf2 Nxh2 49. e4 Kxe4 50. Be6 Kf4 51. Bc8 Nf3 52. Bxb7 Ne5
53. Bxa6 Nc6 54. Bb7 Nxa5 55. Bd5 h5 56. Bf7 h4 57. Bd5 0-1

[Event "9th Sinquefield Cup 2022"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2022.09.04"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "So,W"]
[Black "Caruana,F"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2771"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[ECO "C42"]
[Opening "Petrov's defence"]
[WhiteFideId "5202213"]
[BlackFideId "2020009"]
[EventDate "2022.09.02"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. O-O Be7 7. h3 O-O 8. c3
d5 9. Bc2 Bd6 10. d4 h6 11. Re1 Re8 12. Rxe8+ Qxe8 13. Be3 Nc6 14. Nbd2 Ne7 15.
Nh4 g5 16. Nhf3 Nf5 17. Nf1 Bd7 18. Bd3 c6 19. Qb3 Ne4 20. Re1 Nxe3 21. Nxe3 Be6
22. Qxb7 Rb8 23. Qa6 f5 24. Re2 Qd7 25. Qa4 Bf4 26. Qc2 h5 27. g3 g4 28. hxg4
hxg4 29. Bxe4 fxe4 30. Ne5 Bxe5 31. dxe5 Qc7 32. Qa4 c5 33. Rd2 Rd8 34. Ng2 Bf7
35. Qb5 d4 36. e6 Bxe6 37. cxd4 Qb6 38. Qe2 Rxd4 39. Rxd4 cxd4 40. Qxe4 Bxa2 41.
Qxg4+ Kf8 42. Qf3+ Bf7 43. Qa3+ Ke8 44. Qa4+ Kd8 45. Qa3 Ke8 46. Nh4 Bd5 47. Nf5
Qc7 48. g4 Kf7 49. f3 a5 50. Kg2 Qe5 51. Kh3 Qe2 52. f4 d3 53. Qd6 Bf3 54. Qd7+
Kf8 55. Qd8+ Kf7 56. Qd7+ Kf8 57. Nh6 Bg2+ 58. Kg3 Qf3+ 59. Kh4 Qf2+ 60. Kg5
Qc5+ 61. Nf5 Bd5 62. Qd8+ Kf7 63. Qd7+ Kf8 64. Qd8+ Kf7 65. Nd6+ Kg7 66. Qe7+
Kg8 67. Kh6 1-0

[Event "9th Sinquefield Cup 2022"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2022.09.04"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Dominguez Perez,L"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi,I"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2792"]
[ECO "B90"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Najdorf, Byrne (English) attack"]
[WhiteFideId "3503240"]
[BlackFideId "4168119"]
[EventDate "2022.09.02"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nf3 Be7 8. Bc4
O-O 9. O-O Qc7 10. Bb3 Nbd7 11. a4 Nc5 12. Nd5 Nxd5 13. Bxd5 Be6 14. c3 Nd7 15.
Bxe6 fxe6 16. Qb3 Kf7 17. a5 Qc6 18. Ra4 Rac8 19. Rd1 h6 20. Nd2 Bg5 21. Rc4 Nc5
22. Bxc5 Bxd2 23. Rxd2 dxc5 24. Qd1 Ke7 25. b4 Qb5 26. bxc5 Rc7 27. Rb4 Qxc5 28.
Qb3 Rb8 29. Rb6 Qc4 30. Qxc4 Rxc4 31. f3 Rc6 32. Rdb2 Rc5 33. Rxb7+ Rxb7 34.
Rxb7+ Kf6 35. h4 Rxa5 36. Ra7 Rc5 37. Rxa6 Rxc3 38. Kh2 h5 39. Ra5 Rb3 40. Ra6
Rc3 41. Ra5 Rb3 42. Ra6 Rc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "9th Sinquefield Cup 2022"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2022.09.04"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Firouzja,Alireza"]
[Black "Aronian,L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2759"]
[ECO "C50"]
[Opening "Giuoco Pianissimo"]
[WhiteFideId "12573981"]
[BlackFideId "13300474"]
[EventDate "2022.09.02"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 Nf6 5. h3 O-O 6. Nc3 Na5 7. a3 Nxc4 8. dxc4
d6 9. Bg5 Be6 10. Qd3 h6 11. Bh4 g5 12. Nxg5 hxg5 13. Bxg5 Kg7 14. f4 exf4 15.
Ne2 c6 16. b4 Be3 17. Rf1 Kg6 18. h4 Bxc4 19. Qxc4 d5 20. Qb3 Re8 21. Bxf4 Bxf4
22. Nxf4+ Kh7 23. O-O-O Nxe4 24. Ne2 Nd6 25. Qd3+ Kh8 26. Qd4+ Kh7 27. Ng3 Qb6
28. Qd3+ Kg8 29. Nf5 Nxf5 30. Qxf5 Qe3+ 31. Kb1 Qe6 32. Qf2 a5 33. Rd3 axb4 34.
Rg3+ Kf8 35. Rf3 Kg8 36. Rxf7 Rxa3 37. Rf8+ Kh7 38. Qf7+ 1-0

[Event "9th Sinquefield Cup 2022"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2022.09.04"]
[Round "3.5"]
[White "Mamedyarov,S"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave,M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[ECO "D27"]
[Opening "QGA"]
[Variation "classical, 6...a6"]
[WhiteFideId "13401319"]
[BlackFideId "623539"]
[EventDate "2022.09.02"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 dxc4 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. O-O a6 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8.
Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Be2 Ke7 10. Nc3 b5 11. Nd2 Bb7 12. Nb3 Nbd7 13. Nxc5 Nxc5 14. b4
Nce4 15. Bb2 Rac8 16. Rfc1 Rhd8 17. Nxe4 Nxe4 18. Bxg7 f6 19. Bf3 Kf7 20. Bh6
Kg6 21. Bf4 e5 22. Bg3 Rc4 23. a3 Rxc1+ 24. Rxc1 Nxg3 25. hxg3 Bxf3 26. gxf3 Rd3
27. a4 bxa4 28. Rc5 Rb3 29. Ra5 Rxb4 30. Rxa6 h5 31. Kg2 Rc4 32. Kh3 Rc2 33. Kg2
Rc4 34. Kh3 Rc2 35. Kg2 Rc4 36. Kh3 Rc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "9th Sinquefield Cup 2022"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2022.09.05"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Caruana,F"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave,M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[ECO "B90"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Najdorf"]
[WhiteFideId "2020009"]
[BlackFideId "623539"]
[EventDate "2022.09.02"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. Be3
Be7 9. Qd2 O-O 10. O-O-O Nbd7 11. g4 b5 12. g5 Nh5 13. Kb1 Nb6 14. Na5 Rc8 15.
Nd5 Nxd5 16. exd5 Bxd5 17. Qxd5 Qxa5 18. c4 Nf4 19. Bxf4 exf4 20. h4 Qa4 21. Rc1
Rc5 22. Qe4 Re5 23. Qxf4 f6 24. Qh2 Rc5 25. Qe2 Re5 26. Qh2 Rc5 27. Qd2 bxc4 28.
Bxc4+ Kh8 29. Qe2 Re5 30. Qd3 d5 31. f4 dxc4 32. Rxc4 Re3 33. Qxe3 Qxc4 34. Qxe7
Kg8 35. Qe3 fxg5 36. fxg5 Rf1+ 37. Rxf1 Qxf1+ 38. Kc2 Qc4+ 39. Kd2 Qb4+ 40. Kd3
Qb5+ 41. Kc3 Qc6+ 42. Kd2 h6 43. gxh6 Qd5+ 44. Kc2 Qg2+ 45. Qd2 Qc6+ 46. Qc3
Qxh6 47. Qc4+ Kf8 48. b4 Ke7 49. Kb3 Kd7 50. Ka4 Qh5 51. a3 g6 52. Qxa6 Qxh4 53.
Qxg6 Kc7 54. Kb5 Kb7 55. a4 Qe7 56. Qc6+ Kb8 57. Qd5 Qe8+ 58. Kb6 Qe3+ 59. Ka6
Qa7+ 60. Kb5 Qe7 61. Qc6 Qe2+ 62. Ka5 Qe7 63. Qc5 Qf7 64. Qc6 Qa7+ 65. Kb5 Qe7
66. Qb6+ Ka8 67. Qc5 Qb7+ 68. Ka5 Qc7+ 69. Kb5 Qb7+ 70. Kc4 Qe4+ 71. Kc3 Qe1+
72. Kb2 Qd2+ 73. Kb3 Qd1+ 74. Qc2 Qd5+ 75. Kb2 Qd4+ 76. Qc3 Qf2+ 77. Ka3 Qf7 78.
Qd3 Qf6 79. a5 Qa1+ 80. Kb3 Qe1 81. Kc4 Kb8 82. Qd6+ Ka7 83. Qd4+ Kb7 84. Qd7+
Kb8 85. Qd4 Kb7 86. Qd7+ Kb8 87. a6 Qe2+ 88. Qd3 Qe6+ 89. Kc5 Qe5+ 90. Qd5 Qe3+
91. Kb5 Qe7 92. a7+ 1-0

[Event "9th Sinquefield Cup 2022"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2022.09.05"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Aronian,L"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2759"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[ECO "B50"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[WhiteFideId "13300474"]
[BlackFideId "3503240"]
[EventDate "2022.09.02"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Nc6 5. O-O g6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. h3 O-O 8. a3 e6
9. Ba2 b6 10. Rb1 Bb7 11. b4 Rc8 12. Ne2 Qe7 13. b5 Nb8 14. Ng3 Nbd7 15. Re1 a6
16. a4 axb5 17. axb5 Ra8 18. Bb3 Rfc8 19. c3 Ne5 20. Nxe5 dxe5 21. Qc2 Ne8 22.
Nf1 Nd6 23. Nd2 Ra5 24. c4 Bh6 25. Bb2 f6 26. Qc3 Rd8 27. Nf3 Nf7 28. Bd1 Bg7
29. Be2 Ra4 30. Bf1 Rda8 31. g3 Rb4 32. Ra1 Rba4 33. Rab1 Rb4 34. Ra1 Rba4 35.
Rab1 1/2-1/2

[Event "9th Sinquefield Cup 2022"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2022.09.05"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Niemann,Hans Moke"]
[Black "Firouzja,Alireza"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2688"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[ECO "C50"]
[Opening "Giuoco Pianissimo"]
[WhiteFideId "2093596"]
[BlackFideId "12573981"]
[EventDate "2022.09.02"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 d6 6. O-O O-O 7. Re1 Bb6 8. a4 a5
9. h3 h6 10. Na3 Ne7 11. d4 Ng6 12. Bf1 c6 13. Nc4 Bc7 14. dxe5 Nxe5 15. Bf4
Nxf3+ 16. Qxf3 d5 17. Rad1 Be6 18. e5 Nd7 19. Qg3 Kh8 20. Nd6 Nc5 21. Rd4 Bxd6
22. exd6 Ne4 23. Rexe4 dxe4 24. Rxe4 Qf6 25. Bd3 Bf5 26. Re3 Bxd3 27. Rxd3 Qf5
28. Qe3 Rfe8 29. Qd2 Rad8 30. Be3 c5 31. g4 Qe4 32. Bxc5 Qxa4 33. Bd4 Re6 34.
Bb6 Rd7 35. Bc7 Qc6 36. Re3 Rxe3 37. Qxe3 Rxc7 38. dxc7 Qxc7 39. Qe8+ Kh7 40.
Qe4+ Kg8 41. Qe8+ Kh7 42. Qe4+ Kg8 43. Qe8+ Kh7 1/2-1/2

[Event "9th Sinquefield Cup 2022"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2022.09.05"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Carlsen,M"]
[Black "Mamedyarov,S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2861"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[WhiteFideId "1503014"]
[BlackFideId "13401319"]
[EventDate "2022.09.02"]

0-1

[Event "9th Sinquefield Cup 2022"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2022.09.05"]
[Round "4.5"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi,I"]
[Black "So,W"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2792"]
[BlackElo "2771"]
[ECO "E06"]
[Opening "Catalan"]
[Variation "closed, 5.Nf3"]
[WhiteFideId "4168119"]
[BlackFideId "5202213"]
[EventDate "2022.09.02"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 b5 8. a4
Bb7 9. axb5 a6 10. Nc3 axb5 11. Rxa8 Bxa8 12. Nxb5 Bd5 13. Rd1 Nc6 14. Qa4 Qb8
15. Nc3 Qb6 16. e3 Rb8 17. Nxd5 exd5 18. Ne5 Qa7 19. Qxc6 Rb6 20. b3 Bf8 21. Qa4
Ra6 22. Qb5 Rb6 23. Qa4 Ra6 24. Qb5 Rb6 25. Qa4 Ra6 1/2-1/2

[Event "9th Sinquefield Cup 2022"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2022.09.06"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Dominguez Perez,L"]
[Black "Niemann,Hans Moke"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2688"]
[ECO "C50"]
[Opening "Giuoco Pianissimo"]
[WhiteFideId "3503240"]
[BlackFideId "2093596"]
[EventDate "2022.09.02"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. O-O d6 6. c3 a6 7. a4 Ba7 8. Nbd2
O-O 9. h3 h6 10. Re1 Ne7 11. Bb3 c5 12. Nf1 Be6 13. Ne3 Qd7 14. Bd2 Rad8 15. a5
Bb8 16. Ba4 Qc8 17. c4 Ng6 18. Nd5 Nxd5 19. cxd5 Bd7 20. b4 cxb4 21. Rc1 Bxa4
22. Qxa4 Qd7 23. Qxd7 Rxd7 24. Rc4 Ba7 25. Be3 Bxe3 26. fxe3 f5 27. exf5 Rxf5
28. Rb1 Rff7 29. Nd2 Ne7 30. e4 Kf8 31. Rcxb4 Nc8 32. Nf3 Na7 33. d4 exd4 34.
Nxd4 g6 35. R1b3 Kg7 36. h4 Nb5 37. Nxb5 axb5 38. Rf3 Rfe7 39. Kf2 Rc7 40. Ke3
Rc2 41. Rf2 Rc1 42. Kd3 Rd1+ 43. Rd2 Re1 44. Re2 Rd1+ 45. Rd2 Re1 46. Rf2 Rd1+
47. Rd2 Re1 1/2-1/2

[Event "9th Sinquefield Cup 2022"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2022.09.06"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Mamedyarov,S"]
[Black "Caruana,F"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[ECO "D38"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "Ragozin variation"]
[WhiteFideId "13401319"]
[BlackFideId "2020009"]
[EventDate "2022.09.02"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bf4 Ne4 7. Rc1 Qe7 8.
Nd2 Nxc3 9. bxc3 Ba3 10. Rb1 O-O 11. e3 g5 12. Bg3 f5 13. Be5 Nc6 14. f4 Nxe5
15. fxe5 f4 16. Bd3 fxe3 17. Nf1 c5 18. Nxe3 cxd4 19. cxd4 Bb4+ 20. Ke2 Qf7 21.
Qg1 Bc3 22. Rf1 Qxf1+ 23. Qxf1 Rxf1 24. Rxf1 Bxd4 25. Nf5 Bxf5 26. Rxf5 Re8 27.
Rxg5+ Kh8 28. Kf3 Rxe5 29. Rxe5 Bxe5 30. h4 Kg7 31. Bc2 h6 32. Bb3 d4 33. Ke4
Bf6 34. g4 Kf8 35. g5 hxg5 36. hxg5 Bxg5 37. Kxd4 b5 38. a4 a6 39. axb5 axb5 40.
Bc4 Be3+ 41. Kxe3 bxc4 42. Kd4 c3 43. Kxc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "9th Sinquefield Cup 2022"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2022.09.06"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "So,W"]
[Black "Aronian,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2771"]
[BlackElo "2759"]
[ECO "E04"]
[Opening "Catalan"]
[Variation "open, 5.Nf3"]
[WhiteFideId "5202213"]
[BlackFideId "13300474"]
[EventDate "2022.09.02"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 c5 6. O-O Nc6 7. dxc5 Qxd1 8.
Rxd1 Bxc5 9. Nbd2 c3 10. bxc3 O-O 11. Nb3 Be7 12. Nfd4 Nxd4 13. Rxd4 e5 14. Rd1
Rb8 15. Na5 Bc5 16. h3 h6 17. Nc4 Re8 18. Nxe5 Bf5 19. Nd3 Rbd8 20. Kf1 Be4 21.
Bxe4 Nxe4 22. Bb2 Bf8 23. c4 Rd6 24. c5 Nxc5 25. Ba3 Rc6 26. Bxc5 Bxc5 27. Rac1
Rec8 28. Nxc5 Rxc5 29. Rxc5 Rxc5 30. Rd8+ Kh7 31. Rd7 Rc1+ 32. Kg2 Ra1 33. Rxf7
Rxa2 34. Rxb7 Rxe2 35. Rxa7 h5 36. Ra5 g6 37. Ra7+ Kh6 38. h4 Rb2 39. Rf7 Ra2
40. Rc7 Rb2 41. Rf7 Ra2 42. Rc7 Rb2 43. Rf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "9th Sinquefield Cup 2022"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2022.09.06"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave,M"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi,I"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2792"]
[ECO "C43"]
[Opening "Petrov"]
[Variation "modern attack, Symmetrical variation"]
[WhiteFideId "623539"]
[BlackFideId "4168119"]
[EventDate "2022.09.02"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 Nxe4 4. Bd3 d5 5. Nxe5 Nd7 6. Nc3 Nxc3 7. bxc3 Bd6 8.
O-O O-O 9. Nxd7 Bxd7 10. Qh5 f5 11. Bg5 Qe8 12. Qf3 Qg6 13. h4 h6 14. Bf4 Bxf4
15. Qxf4 Qd6 16. Qxd6 cxd6 17. Rfb1 Rab8 18. a4 Rfc8 19. Ra3 Kf7 20. a5 Kf6 21.
f4 g5 22. Rab3 Rc7 23. hxg5+ hxg5 24. Kf2 gxf4 25. Rh1 Kg5 26. Rh7 Rbc8 27. Rb1
Bc6 28. Rbh1 Rxh7 29. Rxh7 Kg6 30. Re7 Kf6 31. Rh7 Kg6 32. Re7 Kf6 33. Rh7 1/2-1/2

[Event "9th Sinquefield Cup 2022"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2022.09.08"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Aronian,L"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave,M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2759"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[ECO "B90"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Najdorf"]
[WhiteFideId "13300474"]
[BlackFideId "623539"]
[EventDate "2022.09.02"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. Be3
h5 9. Nd5 Bxd5 10. exd5 Nbd7 11. Qd2 g6 12. O-O-O Nb6 13. Kb1 Nbxd5 14. Bg5 Be7
15. Bd3 Qc7 16. Rhf1 Nh7 17. Bh6 Nhf6 18. c4 Nb6 19. Bg7 Rg8 20. Bxf6 Bxf6 21.
Na5 Kf8 22. Be4 Kg7 23. Qxd6 Rac8 24. Bxb7 Nxc4 25. Qxc7 Rxc7 26. Nxc4 Rxb7 27.
Rfe1 Rgb8 28. b3 Rc7 29. Re4 Rc5 30. Rd7 Rbc8 31. Re1 R8c7 32. Red1 h4 33. h3
Bg5 34. a4 Bf4 35. a5 e4 36. R7d4 f5 37. fxe4 Kh6 38. exf5 Rxf5 39. Rf1 Rcf7 40.
b4 Kh5 41. Nd6 Bxd6 42. Rxf5+ Rxf5 43. Rxd6 Rf4 44. Rb6 g5 45. Rb8 Rf1+ 46. Kb2
Rf2+ 47. Kb3 Rxg2 48. b5 g4 49. Rh8+ 1-0

[Event "9th Sinquefield Cup 2022"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2022.09.08"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Niemann,Hans Moke"]
[Black "So,W"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2688"]
[BlackElo "2771"]
[ECO "C42"]
[Opening "Petrov"]
[Variation "classical attack"]
[WhiteFideId "2093596"]
[BlackFideId "5202213"]
[EventDate "2022.09.02"]

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 c6 11. Bf4 Bxd3 12. Qxd3 Na6 13. Ne3 Nc7 14. b3 Ne6 15.
Be5 Ne4 16. c4 Nf6 17. Rad1 g6 18. g3 a6 19. Re2 Re8 20. h4 Nh5 21. cxd5 cxd5
22. Ng2 f6 23. Bb8 Kf7 24. g4 Qxb8 25. gxh5 Nf4 26. Nxf4 Qxf4 27. hxg6+ hxg6 28.
Rde1 Bd6 29. Rxe8 Rxe8 30. Rxe8 Qg4+ 31. Kf1 Kxe8 32. a4 Kf7 33. Qe3 Bf4 34. Qd3
Qh3+ 35. Ke2 Qe6+ 36. Kf1 Qe4 37. Qc3 Bd6 38. Kg2 Qg4+ 39. Kf1 Ke7 40. Ng1 Qf5
41. Qe3+ Qe4 42. Ke2 Bh2 43. Nf3 Bf4 44. Qxe4+ dxe4 45. Ne1 Ke6 46. Ng2 Bb8 47.
Ne3 Ba7 48. d5+ Kd6 49. Ng2 Ke5 50. d6 Kxd6 51. Nf4 g5 52. hxg5 fxg5 53. Nh3 g4
54. Ng5 Ke5 55. Nf7+ Kf4 56. Kf1 Bb6 57. Nd6 Kf3 58. Nc4 Bxf2 59. Nd2+ Kf4 0-1

[Event "9th Sinquefield Cup 2022"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2022.09.08"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi,I"]
[Black "Caruana,F"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2792"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[ECO "B40"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Anderssen variation"]
[WhiteFideId "4168119"]
[BlackFideId "2020009"]
[EventDate "2022.09.02"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Ndb5 Bb4 7. a3 Bxc3+ 8.
Nxc3 d5 9. exd5 exd5 10. Bd3 O-O 11. O-O Bg4 12. f3 Bh5 13. Bg5 Qb6+ 14. Kh1 Ne4
15. Nxe4 dxe4 16. Bxe4 Qxb2 17. Qb1 Qb6 18. Qxb6 axb6 19. Rfb1 Bg6 20. Bxc6 bxc6
21. Rxb6 h6 22. Bf4 Bxc2 23. Rxc6 Rfc8 24. Bc7 Ba4 25. Rc3 f6 26. h4 h5 27. Kh2
Kf7 28. Rac1 Bd7 29. Kg3 Ra4 30. Bb6 Rxc3 31. Rxc3 g5 32. hxg5 fxg5 33. Bd8 Kg6
34. Rd3 h4+ 35. Kh2 Bf5 36. Rd6+ Kh5 37. Rf6 Bc8 38. Rc6 Bf5 39. Be7 Rd4 40. Rf6
Bd7 41. Rf8 Kg6 42. Rd8 Rd1 43. Bc5 Kf7 44. Bf2 g4 45. fxg4 Bxg4 46. Ra8 Rd2 47.
Ra7+ Ke6 48. Ra6+ Kd7 49. Ra4 Bf3 50. Kg1 Rd1+ 51. Kh2 Rd2 52. Kg1 Rd1+ 53. Kh2
Rd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "9th Sinquefield Cup 2022"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2022.09.08"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "Firouzja,Alireza"]
[Black "Mamedyarov,S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[ECO "A20"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[WhiteFideId "12573981"]
[BlackFideId "13401319"]
[EventDate "2022.09.02"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c6 4. Nf3 e4 5. Nd4 d5 6. cxd5 Qxd5 7. Nc2 Qh5 8. h3
Qg6 9. Nc3 Bc5 10. b4 Bb6 11. Bb2 O-O 12. Ne3 Re8 13. Qc2 Nbd7 14. Rd1 a5 15. b5
Bd4 16. Rb1 c5 17. h4 h5 18. Ncd5 Nxd5 19. Nxd5 Bxf2+ 20. Kxf2 Qf5+ 21. Ke1 Qxd5
22. Rf1 Nf8 23. Qc3 Ne6 24. Rf4 f5 25. d3 Nd4 26. e3 Qxa2 27. Ra1 Qe6 28. dxe4 1-0

[Event "9th Sinquefield Cup 2022"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2022.09.09"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Mamedyarov,S"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi,I"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2792"]
[ECO "E32"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian"]
[Variation "classical variation"]
[WhiteFideId "13401319"]
[BlackFideId "4168119"]
[EventDate "2022.09.02"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. e4 d5 6. e5 Ne4 7. Bd3 c5 8. Nf3
cxd4 9. Nxd4 Nd7 10. Bf4 Qh4 11. g3 Qh5 12. O-O g5 13. cxd5 Nxc3 14. dxe6 gxf4
15. exd7 fxg3 16. hxg3 Bxd7 17. bxc3 Rac8 18. Qd1 Qxd1 19. Raxd1 Bxc3 20. Bf5
Rc4 21. Bxd7 Rxd4 22. Rxd4 Bxd4 23. Re1 Rd8 24. e6 fxe6 25. Bxe6+ Kg7 26. Kg2
Re8 27. Re4 Bc5 28. Bd5 Rxe4 29. Bxe4 b6 30. f4 h6 31. Kf3 Kf6 32. Kg2 Kg7 33.
Kf3 Kf6 34. Kg2 Kg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "9th Sinquefield Cup 2022"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2022.09.09"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Dominguez Perez,L"]
[Black "Firouzja,Alireza"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[ECO "B90"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Najdorf, Byrne (English) attack"]
[WhiteFideId "3503240"]
[BlackFideId "12573981"]
[EventDate "2022.09.02"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Ng4 7. Bc1 Nf6 8. Be3
Ng4 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bh4 g5 11. Bg3 Bg7 12. h3 Ne5 13. Nf5 Bxf5 14. exf5 Nbc6 15.
Nd5 e6 16. fxe6 fxe6 17. Ne3 Qa5+ 18. c3 Nf3+ 19. gxf3 Bxc3+ 20. bxc3 Qxc3+ 21.
Qd2 Qxa1+ 22. Nd1 Qd4 23. Bd3 Ne5 24. Bxe5 Qxe5+ 25. Kf1 O-O 26. Be2 Rac8 27. h4
Rf4 28. Qd3 Rxh4 29. Qg6+ Kf8 30. Rxh4 gxh4 31. Qxh6+ Ke7 32. Qxh4+ Kd7 33. Qh7+
Kc6 34. Qc2+ Kd7 35. Qh7+ Kc6 36. Qc2+ Qc5 37. Qb2 Kc7 38. Bd3 d5 39. Ke2 Qd6
40. Ne3 e5 41. Qb3 Rd8 42. Bc2 Qc5 43. Qd3 Kb8 44. Bb3 d4 45. Ng4 Ka7 46. Qc4
d3+ 47. Kd2 Qe7 48. Ne3 Rd4 49. Qc3 Kb8 50. Qa5 Qf6 51. Nd5 Qd6 52. Ne3 Qf6 53.
Nd5 Qd6 54. Ne3 Qf6 55. Nd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "9th Sinquefield Cup 2022"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2022.09.09"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave,M"]
[Black "Niemann,Hans Moke"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2688"]
[ECO "A07"]
[Opening "Reti"]
[Variation "King's Indian attack (Barcza system)"]
[WhiteFideId "623539"]
[BlackFideId "2093596"]
[EventDate "2022.09.02"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c5 4. O-O g6 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Bg7 7. c4 O-O 8. cxd5
Nxd5 9. Nb3 Nb4 10. Nc3 N8c6 11. Bd2 Bf5 12. Rc1 Rc8 13. a3 Na6 14. Be3 Be6 15.
Qc2 Bf5 16. Be4 Qd7 17. Rfd1 Qe6 18. Bxf5 gxf5 19. Nd4 Nxd4 20. Bxd4 Nc5 21.
Bxg7 Kxg7 22. Rd5 Ne4 23. Qd3 Rc6 24. Rd1 Nxc3 25. bxc3 Rfc8 26. c4 Rxc4 27.
Rxf5 Qe4 28. Qxe4 Rxe4 29. Rd7 b6 30. e3 a5 31. Rg5+ Kf6 32. Rb5 Re6 33. Rd4 Kg7
34. Rf4 Rf6 35. Rxf6 exf6 36. Rxb6 Rc3 37. Ra6 Rxa3 38. g4 Ra1+ 39. Kg2 a4 40.
h4 h6 41. Kf3 a3 42. h5 Ra2 43. Kg3 Ra1 44. Kf4 Ra2 45. Kf3 Ra1 46. e4 Ra2 47.
Ke3 Ra1 48. Kf4 Ra2 49. f3 Ra1 50. Kf5 a2 51. f4 Kg8 52. Ra8+ Kg7 53. Ra6 Kg8
54. Ra8+ Kg7 55. Ra6 1/2-1/2

[Event "9th Sinquefield Cup 2022"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2022.09.09"]
[Round "7.4"]
[White "Caruana,F"]
[Black "Aronian,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2759"]
[ECO "C65"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Berlin defence"]
[WhiteFideId "2020009"]
[BlackFideId "13300474"]
[EventDate "2022.09.02"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 d5 6. exd5 Qxd5 7. Bc4 Qd6 8. b4
Bb6 9. a4 O-O 10. Nbd2 Bf5 11. Ba3 e4 12. dxe4 Nxe4 13. Nxe4 Bxe4 14. Qxd6 cxd6
15. O-O-O Rac8 16. Bd5 Bxd5 17. Rxd5 Ne5 18. Nxe5 dxe5 19. Kc2 Bxf2 20. b5 Rfd8
21. Rhd1 Bb6 22. Bb4 a5 23. bxa6 bxa6 24. Rxe5 Rxd1 25. Kxd1 Bc7 26. Rc5 Rd8+
27. Kc2 Bxh2 28. Rc6 Ra8 29. c4 h5 30. Kd3 Rd8+ 31. Kc2 Rd4 32. a5 h4 33. Rxa6
Rxc4+ 34. Kb3 Rc1 35. Bc3 Kh7 36. Ra7 Rg1 37. Rxf7 Rxg2 38. a6 Bg1 39. a7 Bxa7
40. Rxa7 h3 41. Be5 h2 42. Rxg7+ Rxg7 43. Bxh2 Kh8 44. Be5 Kg8 45. Bxg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "9th Sinquefield Cup 2022"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2022.09.10"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Niemann,Hans Moke"]
[Black "Caruana,F"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2688"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[ECO "A21"]
[Opening "English, Kramnik-Shirov counterattack"]
[WhiteFideId "2093596"]
[BlackFideId "2020009"]
[EventDate "2022.09.02"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Bb4 3. Nd5 a5 4. a3 Bc5 5. Nf3 d6 6. e3 c6 7. d4 Ba7 8. Nc3 Nd7
9. b4 Ngf6 10. Bb2 O-O 11. Be2 exd4 12. Nxd4 Ne5 13. h3 Re8 14. O-O Bd7 15. Qd2
Bb6 16. Rad1 axb4 17. axb4 Qc8 18. f4 Ng6 19. Kh2 c5 20. bxc5 Qxc5 21. g4 Ba5
22. Qd3 Bxc3 23. Qxc3 Ne4 24. Qd3 Qb4 25. Rb1 Nd2 26. Bc3 Nxf1+ 27. Bxf1 Ra2+
28. Kg1 Qa4 29. Rxb7 Nh4 30. Bb2 Qa8 31. Qb3 Ra7 32. Rxa7 Qxa7 33. Qc3 f6 34.
Qd2 Qxd4 35. Qxd4 Nf3+ 36. Kf2 Nxd4 37. Bxd4 Rc8 38. Bg2 Kf8 39. Bd5 Ke7 40. f5
Ba4 41. Ke2 Bb3 42. Kd3 Ba2 43. Ba7 Bb3 44. Kd4 h5 45. gxh5 Rh8 46. Bf3 Bc2 47.
Bg4 Ra8 48. Bb6 Ra3 49. c5 Rd3+ 50. Kc4 dxc5 51. Bxc5+ Kf7 52. Bd4 Ra3 53. Bc3
Be4 54. Kd4 Ra4+ 55. Kc5 Bc2 56. Bb4 Ra1 57. Kd4 Rf1 58. Be2 Rxf5 59. Bd6 Bb3
60. Bf4 Ra5 61. h4 Kg8 62. h6 g6 63. Bc7 Rd5+ 64. Kc3 Rc5+ 65. Kxb3 Rxc7 66. Bd3
f5 67. h5 gxh5 68. Bxf5 h4 69. e4 Rc5 0-1

[Event "9th Sinquefield Cup 2022"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2022.09.10"]
[Round "8.2"]
[White "Aronian,L"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi,I"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2759"]
[BlackElo "2792"]
[ECO "C42"]
[Opening "Petrov"]
[Variation "classical attack, Marshall variation"]
[WhiteFideId "13300474"]
[BlackFideId "4168119"]
[EventDate "2022.09.02"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. c4
c6 9. Re1 Bf5 10. Qc2 Bg6 11. c5 Bc7 12. Nbd2 f5 13. Qb3 Rf7 14. Bc2 h6 15. Nf1
a5 16. a4 Na6 17. Bd2 Bh5 18. Rad1 Qf6 19. Ng3 Bxf3 20. Qxf3 Bxg3 21. hxg3 Qxd4
22. Bxa5 Qxb2 23. Re2 Naxc5 24. Be1 Qf6 25. a5 Rd8 26. Bb1 Rfd7 27. Qa3 d4 28.
Bb4 Na6 29. Be1 c5 30. g4 g6 31. Qc1 Kg7 32. gxf5 gxf5 33. Rd3 Re7 34. Rf3 Rde8
35. Rxe4 Rxe4 36. Bxe4 Rxe4 37. Bd2 Qe6 38. Qb1 Qd5 39. Rh3 Re6 40. Qc1 Rg6 41.
Bxh6+ Kf6 42. f3 Nc7 43. Qf4 Ne6 44. Qb8 Qa2 45. g4 fxg4 46. Qh8+ Kf7 47. Rg3
Qb1+ 48. Kh2 Qc2+ 49. Kh1 Qd1+ 50. Kh2 Qe2+ 51. Rg2 g3+ 52. Kh3 Qf1 0-1

[Event "9th Sinquefield Cup 2022"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2022.09.10"]
[Round "8.3"]
[White "Firouzja,Alireza"]
[Black "So,W"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2771"]
[ECO "C50"]
[Opening "Giuoco Pianissimo"]
[WhiteFideId "12573981"]
[BlackFideId "5202213"]
[EventDate "2022.09.02"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 Nf6 5. O-O d6 6. c3 O-O 7. h3 h6 8. Re1 a6
9. a4 a5 10. Nbd2 Be6 11. b3 Re8 12. Bb2 d5 13. Bb5 dxe4 14. dxe4 Nh5 15. Nc4
Qf6 16. Bxc6 bxc6 17. Ncxe5 Bxh3 18. Nd3 Qg6 19. Nh4 Qg5 20. Nxc5 Qxh4 21. gxh3
Qg5+ 22. Qg4 Qxc5 23. c4 Rab8 24. e5 g6 25. Ba3 Qb6 26. e6 c5 27. exf7+ Kxf7 28.
Qd7+ Kf8 29. Qd5 Kg7 30. Bxc5 Nf6 31. Bxb6 Nxd5 32. Rxe8 1-0

[Event "9th Sinquefield Cup 2022"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2022.09.10"]
[Round "8.4"]
[White "Dominguez Perez,L"]
[Black "Mamedyarov,S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[ECO "C83"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "open, classical defence"]
[WhiteFideId "3503240"]
[BlackFideId "13401319"]
[EventDate "2022.09.02"]

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. c3 Be7 10. Nbd2 Nc5 11. Bc2 d4 12. Nb3 d3 13. Bb1 Nxb3 14. axb3 Bf5 15.
b4 O-O 16. h3 Qd7 17. Re1 Rfd8 18. Re3 h5 19. Ba2 Be6 20. Bb1 Bf5 21. Ba2 Be6
22. Bd2 g6 23. Bb1 Bf5 24. Ba2 Be6 25. Bxe6 Qxe6 26. Ne1 a5 27. Nxd3 axb4 28.
Rxa8 Rxa8 29. cxb4 Rd8 30. Qf1 Nd4 31. Bc3 Qf5 32. Ne1 c6 33. Qd3 Qd7 34. Qe4
Ne6 35. Rd3 Qc8 36. Rxd8+ Bxd8 37. Nd3 Be7 38. Kf1 Qd7 39. Ke2 Kf8 40. Bd2 Nd4+
41. Kf1 Ke8 42. Be3 Ne6 43. Ke2 Kf8 44. Bc5 Bxc5 45. Nxc5 Nxc5 46. bxc5 Qe6 47.
b4 Qa2+ 48. Kf3 Qa3+ 49. Kf4 Qc1+ 50. Kg3 Qc3+ 51. Kh2 Qd2 52. Kg3 Qc3+ 53. f3
Kg7 54. h4 Qd2 55. Qf4 Qe1+ 56. Kh2 Kg8 57. Qd4 Kh7 58. Qf4 Kg8 59. Qf6 Qxb4 60.
e6 fxe6 61. Qxg6+ Kf8 62. Qf6+ Kg8 63. Qxe6+ Kg7 64. Qe5+ Kg8 65. Qe8+ Kg7 66.
Qe7+ Kg8 67. Qe8+ Kg7 68. Qe5+ Kf8 69. Qf6+ Kg8 70. Qg5+ Kf8 71. Qxh5 Qf4+ 72.
g3 Qd2+ 73. Kh3 b4 74. Qh8+ Kf7 75. Qh7+ Kf6 76. Qb7 Qe1 77. h5 Qe6+ 78. Kh4
Qc4+ 79. f4 Qd5 80. Qxb4 Qh1+ 81. Kg4 Qd1+ 82. Kh3 Qh1+ 83. Kg4 Qd1+ 84. Kh3
Qh1+ 85. Kg4 Qd1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "9th Sinquefield Cup 2022"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2022.09.11"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Mamedyarov,S"]
[Black "Aronian,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2759"]
[ECO "E35"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian"]
[Variation "classical, Noa variation, 5.cd ed"]
[WhiteFideId "13401319"]
[BlackFideId "13300474"]
[EventDate "2022.09.02"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 c5 8. dxc5
g5 9. Bg3 Ne4 10. e3 Qa5 11. Rc1 Nc6 12. Bd3 Nxg3 13. hxg3 d4 14. exd4 Nxd4 15.
Qd2 Bxc5 16. Nf3 Nxf3+ 17. gxf3 Be6 18. O-O O-O-O 19. Qe2 Kb8 20. Qe5+ Ka8 21.
Nb5 Bd6 22. Qe3 Rhe8 23. Nxd6 Rxd6 24. Bc4 Qb6 25. Bxe6 Qxe3 26. fxe3 Rdxe6 27.
e4 g4 28. fxg4 Rxe4 29. Rxf7 Rxg4 30. Kf2 a6 31. Rcc7 Rb4 32. b3 Re5 33. Rf4 Rb6
34. Rcc4 Ka7 35. Rc7 Ra5 36. Rc2 Re5 37. Rc7 Ra5 38. Rc2 Re5 39. Rc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "9th Sinquefield Cup 2022"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2022.09.11"]
[Round "9.2"]
[White "So,W"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2771"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[ECO "D26"]
[Opening "QGA"]
[Variation "classical variation, 6.O-O"]
[WhiteFideId "5202213"]
[BlackFideId "3503240"]
[EventDate "2022.09.02"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. O-O Nc6 7. Nc3 a6 8. dxc5
Qxd1 9. Rxd1 Bxc5 10. Bd2 O-O 11. Rac1 Bd7 12. Be2 Rfd8 13. Na4 Ba7 14. Nc5 Bxc5
15. Rxc5 Ne4 16. Rcc1 Nxd2 17. Nxd2 Ne7 18. Nb3 Ba4 19. Rxd8+ Rxd8 20. Nc5 Rc8
21. Kf1 b6 22. Nd3 Rxc1+ 23. Nxc1 a5 24. Nd3 Kf8 25. Ke1 Nf5 26. Ne5 Nd6 27. Nc4
Nxc4 28. Bxc4 Ke7 29. Kd2 Bc6 30. g3 e5 31. f4 f6 32. a3 h6 33. h4 Kd6 34. b4
axb4 35. axb4 Be4 36. Bb3 Bc6 37. Bc4 Be4 38. Bb3 Bc6 39. Bc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "9th Sinquefield Cup 2022"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2022.09.11"]
[Round "9.3"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi,I"]
[Black "Niemann,Hans Moke"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2792"]
[BlackElo "2688"]
[ECO "A21"]
[Opening "English, Kramnik-Shirov counterattack"]
[WhiteFideId "4168119"]
[BlackFideId "2093596"]
[EventDate "2022.09.02"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Bb4 3. Nd5 Be7 4. d4 exd4 5. Qxd4 Nf6 6. Nxe7 Qxe7 7. Bg5 Nc6 8.
Qc3 d6 9. Nf3 Be6 10. g3 h6 11. Bxf6 Qxf6 12. Qxf6 gxf6 13. Nd2 d5 14. Bg2 dxc4
15. Bxc6+ bxc6 16. O-O-O c3 17. bxc3 Ke7 18. Kc2 Rhb8 19. Rb1 Rb6 20. c4 Ra6 21.
Rb2 Rg8 22. h4 Ra4 23. Kc3 Rg4 24. Kb3 Ra5 25. Rc2 Rb5+ 26. Kc3 Rc5 27. Kb2 Re5
28. e3 Rf5 29. Rf1 Rg8 30. Kc3 Ra5 31. Rb1 Rg4 32. Rb4 c5 33. Rb7 Kd7 34. Rb8
Ra3+ 35. Kb2 Ra6 36. Rh8 Ra4 37. a3 f5 38. Rc3 Ke7 39. Rb8 Ra6 40. Kc2 Rb6 41.
Ra8 Ra6 42. Kb2 Rb6+ 43. Kc1 Ra6 44. Kc2 Bd7 45. Kb2 Be6 46. Rh8 Rd6 47. Kc1 Bd7
48. Nb3 Ba4 49. Nxc5 Rd1+ 50. Kb2 Rd2+ 51. Kb1 Rd1+ 52. Kb2 Rd2+ 53. Kb1 Rd1+
54. Kb2 Rd2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "9th Sinquefield Cup 2022"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2022.09.11"]
[Round "9.4"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave,M"]
[Black "Firouzja,Alireza"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[ECO "C67"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Berlin defence, open variation"]
[WhiteFideId "623539"]
[BlackFideId "12573981"]
[EventDate "2022.09.02"]

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. Nc3 Ne8 10. Nd5 Bd6 11. Re1 c6 12. Ne3 Be7 13. c4 Nc7 14. d4 d5 15.
cxd5 Bb4 16. Bd2 Bxd2 17. Qxd2 Nxd5 18. Nxd5 Qxd5 19. Re5 Qd6 20. Bc4 Bd7 21. a3
Rae8 22. Qc3 Rxe5 23. dxe5 Qe7 24. Rd1 Be6 25. Bxe6 Qxe6 26. h3 f6 27. exf6 Qxf6
28. Qxf6 Rxf6 29. Rd8+ Rf8 30. Rd7 Rf7 31. Rd8+ Rf8 32. Rd7 Rf7 33. Rd8+ Rf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "9th Sinquefield Cup TB"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2022.09.11"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi,I"]
[Black "Firouzja,Alireza"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2792"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[ECO "E06"]
[Opening "Catalan"]
[Variation "closed, 5.Nf3"]
[WhiteFideId "4168119"]
[BlackFideId "12573981"]
[EventDate "2022.09.11"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4
Bd7 9. Qxc4 Bc6 10. Bg5 Bd5 11. Qc2 Be4 12. Qc1 Nc6 13. e3 Bb4 14. Nc3 Bxc3 15.
bxc3 h6 16. Bxf6 Qxf6 17. Nd2 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 Na5 19. Qb1 e5 20. Qe4 Rfe8 21. Qd5
b6 22. Qf3 Qxf3+ 23. Kxf3 Rad8 24. Ra2 f5 25. Rb1 Rd6 26. Rc2 c5 27. d5 e4+ 28.
Ke2 c4 29. Rcb2 Rxd5 30. Rxb6 Red8 31. R1b2 R8d6 32. Rxd6 Rxd6 33. Rb4 Rc6 34.
h3 Kf7 35. g4 g6 36. Rb8 Kf6 37. gxf5 gxf5 38. Rf8+ Kg6 39. Rb8 Kg5 40. f3 Nb3
41. Nxb3 cxb3 42. Rxb3 Kh4 43. fxe4 fxe4 44. Rb4 Re6 45. c4 Kxh3 46. c5 Rc6 47.
Rb6 Rxc5 48. Rxh6+ Kg4 49. Rg6+ Kf5 50. Rxa6 Rc2+ 51. Kd1 Ra2 52. a5 Kg4 53. Rf6
Rxa5 54. Rf4+ Kg5 55. Kd2 Rd5+ 56. Kc2 Rd6 57. Rxe4 Kf5 58. Rd4 Rxd4 59. exd4
Ke4 60. Kc3 Kd5 61. Kd3 Kd6 62. Kc4 Kc6 63. d5+ Kd6 64. Kd4 Kd7 65. Ke5 Ke7 66.
d6+ Kd7 67. Kd5 Kd8 68. Kc6 Kc8 69. d7+ Kd8 70. Kd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "9th Sinquefield Cup TB"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2022.09.11"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Firouzja,Alireza"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi,I"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2792"]
[ECO "A15"]
[Opening "English, 1...Nf6 (Anglo-Indian defense)"]
[WhiteFideId "12573981"]
[BlackFideId "4168119"]
[EventDate "2022.09.11"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 e5 3. Bg2 c6 4. Nf3 e4 5. Nd4 d5 6. cxd5 Qxd5 7. e3 Na6 8. d3
Bb4+ 9. Nc3 Bxc3+ 10. bxc3 Nc5 11. c4 Qe5 12. dxe4 Ncxe4 13. O-O c5 14. Nb3 O-O
15. f3 Nd6 16. e4 Qe7 17. e5 Nxc4 18. exf6 Qxf6 19. Qd5 Be6 20. Qxc5 h6 21. f4
Rad8 22. f5 b6 23. Qc7 Rc8 24. Qf4 Bd7 25. Qd4 Qxd4+ 26. Nxd4 Rfd8 27. Bf4 Ba4
28. Nf3 Bc2 29. g4 Nb2 30. Ne5 Ba4 31. Rac1 Rxc1 32. Rxc1 f6 33. Ng6 Nd3 34. Rc7 1-0
