[Event "American Cup Elim"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2023.03.19"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Aronian,L"]
[Black "Sevian,Samuel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2687"]
[ECO "C77"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Anderssen variation"]
[WhiteFideId "13300474"]
[BlackFideId "2040506"]
[EventDate "2023.03.19"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 Bc5 6. c3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. Bg5 h6
9. Bh4 Bd7 10. Nbd2 Qe7 11. O-O g5 12. Bg3 Bb6 13. a4 Rb8 14. axb5 axb5 15. Re1
h5 16. h4 g4 17. Nh2 Nh7 18. Nhf1 Nf8 19. Ne3 Bxe3 20. fxe3 Ng6 21. Rf1 Be6 22.
Bd5 Nd8 23. Ra7 Nxh4 24. Rxc7 Nf3+ 25. Nxf3 Qxc7 26. Nh4 Nc6 27. Nf5 Bxf5 28.
Rxf5 h4 29. Rxf7 Qxf7 30. Bxf7+ Kxf7 31. Be1 h3 32. Bg3 Ne7 33. d4 hxg2 34. Kxg2
Rh5 35. Qb3+ Kf6 36. c4 Ng6 37. Qb4 Ke6 38. c5 exd4 39. Qb3+ Kf6 40. exd4 Re8
41. cxd6 Rxe4 42. Qc2 Nf4+ 43. Bxf4 Rxf4 44. d7 Rh8 45. Qc8 1-0

[Event "American Cup Elim"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2023.03.19"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Sevian,Samuel"]
[Black "Aronian,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2687"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[ECO "E32"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian"]
[Variation "classical variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2040506"]
[BlackFideId "13300474"]
[EventDate "2023.03.19"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. c4 Nf6 2. d4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 Bb7 8. e3
d5 9. Nf3 Nbd7 10. cxd5 Bxd5 11. Ne5 Nxe5 12. dxe5 Ne4 13. Bxd8 Nxc3 14. Be7
Rfe8 15. Bh4 Na4 16. Bb5 Nxb2 17. Bxe8 Rxe8 18. f3 c5 19. e4 Bc6 20. Ke2 c4 21.
Kd2 b5 22. Kc3 Nd3 23. a4 a6 24. axb5 Bxb5 25. Bg3 Rc8 26. h4 h5 27. Bh2 Kf8 28.
Rhg1 Ke7 29. g4 hxg4 30. Rxg4 g6 31. Rg5 Rh8 32. Bg3 Kd7 33. h5 gxh5 34. Rh1 Kc6
35. Rg7 Rd8 36. Rd1 Rd7 37. f4 Ba4 38. Rd2 Bb3 39. f5 a5 40. fxe6 fxe6 41. Rg6
Kb5 42. Rxe6 Rg7 43. Bh2 Ka4 44. Rc6 Nb4 45. Rb6 Rg4 46. Re2 Na2+ 47. Kd4 c3 48.
Rc6 Rg8 49. e6 Re8 50. Bf4 Rxe6 51. Rc5 Rb6 52. Bc7 Rb4+ 53. Kd3 Bc4+ 54. Rxc4
Nc1+ 55. Kxc3 Nxe2+ 56. Kd3 Rxc4 57. Kxc4 h4 58. Bh2 Ng3 59. e5 Nf5 60. e6 h3
61. Be5 Ka3 62. Kd5 Ne7+ 63. Ke4 Nc6 64. Bd6+ Kb3 65. Ke3 Ne7 66. Kf3 Nf5 67.
Bc5 a4 68. e7 Nxe7 69. Bxe7 a3 70. Bxa3 Kxa3 71. Kg3 h2 72. Kxh2 1/2-1/2

[Event "American Cup Elim"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2023.03.19"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Shankland,S"]
[Black "Robson,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2702"]
[ECO "C67"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Berlin defence, open variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2004887"]
[BlackFideId "2023970"]
[EventDate "2023.03.19"]
[EventType "k.o."]

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. h3 h6 11. b3 c5 12. Bb2 Nd4 13. Nxd4 cxd4 14. Ne4 c5
15. c3 dxc3 16. Bxc3 Kc7 17. Rad1 a5 18. f4 a4 19. f5 axb3 20. axb3 Bc6 21. Rfe1
Ra2 22. g4 Rc2 23. e6 fxe6 24. fxe6 Kb6 25. Rd3 Be7 26. Nd2 Ra8 27. Bxg7 Bg5 28.
Nc4+ Kb5 29. e7 Raa2 30. Bb2 Rg2+ 31. Kf1 Rgxb2 32. Nxb2 Rxb2 33. e8=Q Bxe8 34.
Rxe8 Kb4 35. Re4+ Kb5 36. Re2 Rb1+ 37. Kg2 Kb4 38. Re4+ Kb5 39. Re6 Ka5 40. h4
Bxh4 41. Rxh6 Rb2+ 42. Kf3 Be1 43. g5 Rf2+ 44. Ke4 Bd2 45. Rf6 Re2+ 46. Kf5 Rf2+
47. Kg6 Rg2 48. Rd5 b6 49. Re6 Bc3 50. Kf7 Bd4 51. g6 b5 52. Rf5 Kb4 53. Rf3 Rg4
54. Rd6 Bc3 55. Rdd3 Be5 56. Rd5 Bd4 57. Rxd4+ Rxd4 58. g7 Rg4 59. g8=Q Rxg8 60.
Kxg8 c4 61. bxc4 bxc4 62. Kf7 c3 63. Ke6 c2 64. Rf1 Kc3 65. Kd5 Kb2 66. Rf2 Kb1
67. Rxc2 Kxc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "American Cup Elim"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2023.03.19"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Robson,R"]
[Black "Shankland,S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2702"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[ECO "C55"]
[Opening "Two knights defence (Modern bishop's opening)"]
[WhiteFideId "2023970"]
[BlackFideId "2004887"]
[EventDate "2023.03.19"]
[EventType "k.o."]

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. Be3 Kh8 10. Kh1 Qc8 11. Rg1 Nd4 12. g4 Nxf3 13. Qxf3 Bg6 14. Bb3 c6 15.
Ne2 h6 16. Ng3 Nh7 17. Nf5 Qd8 18. Qg3 Bg5 19. h4 Bxe3 20. Nxe3 f6 21. f4 exf4
22. Qxf4 Qd7 23. Nf5 Rad8 24. Rae1 Bf7 25. Bxf7 Qxf7 26. d4 Qe6 27. Re3 Rd7 28.
Kh2 Kg8 29. Rge1 c5 30. c3 cxd4 31. cxd4 Rc8 32. R1e2 a5 33. e5 dxe5 34. dxe5
Rc4 35. Qg3 Nf8 36. exf6 Qxf6 37. Ne7+ Kh7 38. Rf3 Qa6 39. Rxf8 Rcc7 40. Qe5
Rxe7 41. Qf5+ g6 42. Rxe7+ Rxe7 43. Rh8+ Kxh8 44. Qf8+ Kh7 45. Qxe7+ Kg8 46.
Qe8+ Kg7 47. Qe7+ Kg8 48. Qe8+ Kg7 49. Qe7+ Kg8 50. Qe8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "American Cup Elim"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2023.03.19"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Robson,R"]
[Black "Shankland,S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2702"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[ECO "C50"]
[Opening "Giuoco Pianissimo"]
[Variation "Italian four knights variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2023970"]
[BlackFideId "2004887"]
[EventDate "2023.03.19"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Nc3 a6 6. O-O d6 7. a4 h6 8. Be3 O-O
9. Bxc5 dxc5 10. h3 Qd6 11. Nd2 b6 12. Nd5 Rb8 13. Nxf6+ Qxf6 14. Qf3 Qxf3 15.
Nxf3 Re8 16. c3 Na5 17. Bd5 Be6 18. Bxe6 Rxe6 19. b4 cxb4 20. cxb4 Nc6 21. b5
Nb4 22. Rfc1 Rb7 23. Ra3 f6 24. Kf1 a5 25. Ke2 c6 26. bxc6 Rc7 27. Nd2 Kf8 28.
g3 Ke7 29. f4 exf4 30. gxf4 g5 31. f5 Rexc6 32. Rxc6 Rxc6 33. Nc4 h5 34. Ra1 Rc5
35. Kd2 Kd8 36. Rb1 Kc7 37. Rb2 Kc6 38. Rb3 h4 39. Rb2 Kc7 40. Rb1 Kd8 41. Rb3
Ke7 42. Rc3 Rc6 43. Ne3 Rd6 44. Ng4 Na6 45. Ke3 Nc5 46. Ra3 Rc6 47. d4 Nd7 48.
e5 Rc4 49. Kd3 Rb4 50. e6 Nb8 51. Rc3 Na6 52. Rc8 Rxa4 53. Rh8 b5 54. Rh7+ Kd6
55. Rd7+ Kc6 56. d5+ Kb6 57. Rd6+ Kb7 58. Rxa6 1-0

[Event "American Cup Elim"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2023.03.19"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Shankland,S"]
[Black "Robson,R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2702"]
[ECO "C67"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Berlin defence, open variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2004887"]
[BlackFideId "2023970"]
[EventDate "2023.03.19"]
[EventType "k.o."]

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. h3 h6 11. b3 c5 12. Nd5 Nd4 13. Nxd4 cxd4 14. Rd1 c6
15. Nf4 g5 16. Nh5 Kc7 17. Rxd4 Bc5 18. Rc4 Be7 19. Bb2 Rhd8 20. Re4 Bf5 21. Re2
Rd5 22. g4 Bg6 23. Ng3 Rad8 24. Nf5 Bf8 25. Rae1 a5 26. Kg2 a4 27. Bc3 R8d7 28.
Re3 b5 29. R1e2 b4 30. Be1 a3 31. Nd6 Rd4 32. c3 bxc3 33. Bxc3 Rd1 34. Bb4 Bg7
35. Ne8+ Kb6 36. Nxg7 c5 37. Bxa3 Ra7 38. b4 Bd3 39. bxc5+ Kc6 40. Bb4 Bxe2 41.
Rxe2 Ra1 42. a3 Rd7 43. e6 fxe6 44. Rxe6+ Kb5 45. Nf5 Rdd1 46. c6 Rac1 47. Rxh6
Rh1 48. Ng3 Rhg1+ 49. Kf3 Kc4 50. Bd2 Rc2 51. Bxg5 Rb1 52. Be3 Rb8 53. c7 Rf8+
54. Nf5 Ra2 55. c8=Q+ Rxc8 56. Nd6+ Kd3 57. Nxc8 Rc2 58. Rd6+ 1-0

[Event "American Cup Elim"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2023.03.19"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Robson,R"]
[Black "Shankland,S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2702"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[ECO "B92"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Najdorf, Opovcensky variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2023970"]
[BlackFideId "2004887"]
[EventDate "2023.03.19"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. O-O
Be7 9. Re1 O-O 10. Bf3 Nbd7 11. a4 Qb8 12. a5 Rc8 13. h3 Bd8 14. Be3 b5 15. axb6
Bxb3 16. cxb3 Bxb6 17. Bg4 Bxe3 18. Rxe3 Rd8 19. Bxd7 Rxd7 20. Rf3 Qd8 21. b4 d5
22. exd5 Nxd5 23. Nxd5 Rxd5 24. Qe2 g6 25. Rxa6 Rxa6 26. Qxa6 e4 27. Rf4 Rd1+
28. Kh2 f5 29. Qe6+ Kg7 30. g4 Qc7 31. Kg2 Qxf4 32. Qe7+ Kg8 33. Qe8+ Kg7 34.
Qe7+ Kg8 35. Qe8+ Kg7 36. Qe7+ Kg8 37. Qe8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "American Cup Elim"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2023.03.19"]
[Round "1.6"]
[White "Shankland,S"]
[Black "Robson,R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2702"]
[ECO "C69"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "exchange variation, Alapin gambit"]
[WhiteFideId "2004887"]
[BlackFideId "2023970"]
[EventDate "2023.03.19"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O Bg4 6. h3 h5 7. d3 Qf6 8. Nbd2
Ne7 9. Re1 Ng6 10. d4 Nf4 11. dxe5 Qg6 12. Nh4 Bxd1 13. Nxg6 Nxg6 14. Rxd1 O-O-O
15. e6 fxe6 16. Re1 Bb4 17. c3 Be7 18. Nf3 e5 19. Be3 Kd7 20. g3 Ke6 21. Kg2 Rd7
22. Rad1 Rhd8 23. Rxd7 Rxd7 24. Bg5 Bf8 25. Kf1 b5 26. Ke2 c5 27. Rd1 Bd6 28.
Be3 c4 29. h4 Rd8 30. Ng5+ Ke7 31. Nh3 Rf8 32. Rf1 b4 33. cxb4 Rb8 34. Rc1 Rxb4
35. Rc2 c3 36. b3 a5 37. f3 Nf8 38. Rxc3 a4 39. Nf2 axb3 40. axb3 Ne6 41. Nd3
Rb5 42. f4 exf4 43. gxf4 Kd7 44. e5 Be7 45. f5 Nd8 46. Bg5 c6 47. Kf3 Ra5 48.
Ke4 Ra2 49. e6+ Ke8 50. Nf4 Ra1 51. Nxh5 Re1+ 52. Re3 Rg1 53. Nxg7+ Kf8 54. f6
Bxf6 55. Bxf6 Nxe6 56. Nxe6+ 1-0

[Event "American Cup Elim w"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2023.03.19"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Zatonskih,A"]
[Black "Pourkashiyan,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "WGM"]
[WhiteElo "2337"]
[BlackElo "2313"]
[ECO "E36"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian"]
[Variation "classical, Noa variation, 5.a3"]
[WhiteFideId "14101572"]
[BlackFideId "12502014"]
[EventDate "2023.03.19"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 O-O 7. Nf3 dxc4 8.
Qxc4 b6 9. Bg5 Ba6 10. Qc2 Nbd7 11. Ne5 c5 12. Nxd7 Qxd7 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. dxc5
bxc5 15. h4 Rfd8 16. Rh3 Rab8 17. Rg3+ Kh8 18. Rc3 c4 19. e3 Qb7 20. Rb1 Rd6 21.
b4 cxb3 22. Rcxb3 Rb6 23. Rxb6 axb6 24. Qc3 e5 25. Rc1 Kg7 26. Qc7 Qxc7 27. Rxc7
Bxf1 28. Kxf1 Ra8 29. Rb7 Rxa3 30. Rxb6 h5 31. g3 Ra4 32. Ke2 Ra3 33. Kf3 Kg6
34. Rb4 Ra2 35. Rb8 Rc2 36. Rg8+ Kh7 37. Rf8 Kg6 38. Ra8 Rb2 39. Ra3 Rc2 40. Ra4
Kf5 41. e4+ Kg6 42. Ra3 Rb2 43. Rc3 Ra2 44. Rd3 Rb2 45. Rc3 Ra2 46. Rd3 Rb2 47.
Rc3 Ra2 1/2-1/2

[Event "American Cup Elim w"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2023.03.19"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Pourkashiyan,A"]
[Black "Zatonskih,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "WGM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2313"]
[BlackElo "2337"]
[ECO "C10"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "Rubinstein variation"]
[WhiteFideId "12502014"]
[BlackFideId "14101572"]
[EventDate "2023.03.19"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. Be3 Bd6
8. Bd3 O-O 9. Qe2 b6 10. O-O-O Bb7 11. Ne5 Nd5 12. Bd2 Nb4 13. Be4 Bxe4 14. Qxe4
a5 15. a3 Bxe5 16. Qxe5 Nc6 17. Qe4 Qd5 18. Qxd5 exd5 19. Bf4 Rac8 20. Rhe1 Nd8
21. g4 Ne6 22. Bg3 Rfd8 23. f4 Rd7 24. Re5 c6 25. h4 Kf8 26. f5 Nc7 27. f6 gxf6
28. Rf5 Ne8 29. Rdf1 c5 30. Bf2 Rc6 31. Be3 Re6 32. Bh6+ Kg8 33. dxc5 bxc5 34.
b3 Re5 35. R5f3 Re6 36. Bd2 Ra6 37. a4 Kg7 38. g5 fxg5 39. hxg5 d4 40. Rh1 Kg8
41. Rfh3 f6 42. g6 Raa7 43. gxh7+ Kh8 44. Re1 Ng7 45. Rh6 Rf7 46. Rg1 Ra8 47.
Rf1 Ne8 48. Rh5 Rc7 49. Rg1 Ng7 50. Rh6 Rf7 51. Rhg6 Raa7 52. Rh1 Ra8 53. Rg2
Ne6 54. Rh5 Rxh7 55. Rf5 Rg7 56. Rh2+ Kg8 57. Rxf6 Ng5 58. Rfh6 Kf7 59. Rf2+ Kg8
60. Rfh2 Kf7 61. Rc6 Ne4 62. Re2 Rg1+ 63. Kb2 Re8 64. Bxa5 Nc3 65. Rf2+ Kg7 66.
Bxc3 dxc3+ 67. Kxc3 Re5 68. Rd2 Rg3+ 69. Kb2 Kf7 70. Rd7+ Ke8 71. Rh7 Kd8 72.
Ra6 1-0

[Event "American Cup Elim w"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2023.03.19"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Nemcova,Kat"]
[Black "Abrahamyan,T"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "WGM"]
[BlackTitle "WGM"]
[WhiteElo "2325"]
[BlackElo "2294"]
[ECO "A18"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "Mikenas-Carls variation"]
[WhiteFideId "322750"]
[BlackFideId "13301918"]
[EventDate "2023.03.19"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. e4 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. e5 Ne4 6. Nf3 Be7 7. d4 c5 8. Bd3
Nxc3 9. bxc3 Bg4 10. O-O Nc6 11. Be3 O-O 12. h3 Bh5 13. Qb1 Bxf3 14. gxf3 g6 15.
f4 cxd4 16. cxd4 f5 17. a3 Qd7 18. Kh2 Rac8 19. Qa2 Na5 20. Rac1 b5 21. Rg1 Nc4
22. a4 a6 23. axb5 axb5 24. Qb3 Rc7 25. Ra1 b4 26. Ra6 Qc8 27. Qa4 Nb2 28. Qb3
Nxd3 29. Qxd3 Qd7 30. Bd2 Rc4 31. Rga1 Rfc8 32. Ra7 R8c7 33. Ra8+ Kg7 34. Rb8
Rb7 35. Rxb7 Qxb7 36. Rb1 Qb6 37. Be3 Qa7 38. Rg1 Kf7 39. Qd1 Qa2 40. Qf3 Rc3
41. Qg2 Ke6 42. h4 Bxh4 43. Qh3 Rxe3 44. Qxh4 Rf3 45. Qf6+ Kd7 46. e6+ Kc7 47.
Rc1+ Rc3 48. Qe7+ Kc6 49. Qd7+ Kb6 50. Qd6+ Kb5 51. Qb8+ Kc4 52. Qc7+ Kd3 53.
Rxc3+ bxc3 54. Kg2 Qe2 55. e7 c2 56. Qe5 Qg4+ 57. Kh2 c1=Q 0-1

[Event "American Cup Elim w"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2023.03.19"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Abrahamyan,T"]
[Black "Nemcova,Kat"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "WGM"]
[BlackTitle "WGM"]
[WhiteElo "2294"]
[BlackElo "2325"]
[ECO "B01"]
[Opening "Scandinavian defence"]
[WhiteFideId "13301918"]
[BlackFideId "322750"]
[EventDate "2023.03.19"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 Bf5 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bd2 Bb4 8. a3
Bxc3 9. Bxc3 Qb6 10. Ne5 Nc6 11. O-O O-O 12. Nxc6 Qxc6 13. Bd3 Be4 14. f3 Bg6
15. Bxg6 hxg6 16. Qd3 Rfd8 17. Rfe1 Rd5 18. Re5 Rxe5 19. dxe5 Nd5 20. Bd4 Rd8
21. Bf2 Rd7 22. Rd1 a5 23. b3 a4 24. h3 Kf8 25. Kh2 Ke8 26. h4 Nb6 27. Qe2 Rxd1
28. Qxd1 Nd7 29. Bg3 Qc5 30. bxa4 Qxa3 31. Qb1 b6 32. Qb5 Qc5 33. c4 Qxb5 34.
axb5 Nc5 35. Be1 Na4 36. Bf2 Nb2 37. c5 Nc4 38. cxb6 cxb6 39. f4 Kd7 40. g4 Kc7
41. Be1 Na3 42. Bb4 Nxb5 43. Bf8 Nd4 44. Bxg7 b5 45. Bf8 Ne2 46. f5 exf5 47.
gxf5 Nd4 48. e6 fxe6 49. fxg6 Nf5 50. h5 Kd7 51. h6 Nxh6 52. Bxh6 Ke7 53. Bg5+
Kf8 54. Bf6 1-0

[Event "American Cup Elim"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2023.03.21"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Caruana,F"]
[Black "Aronian,L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2766"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[ECO "A18"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "Mikenas-Carls variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2020009"]
[BlackFideId "13300474"]
[EventDate "2023.03.19"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. e4 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. e5 Ne4 6. Nf3 Bf5 7. Be2 d4 8. Nxe4
Bxe4 9. d3 Bd5 10. O-O Nc6 11. Bf4 h6 12. Bg3 g5 13. Qa4 Bg7 14. Nxd4 Bxg2 15.
Ne6 fxe6 16. Bh5+ Ke7 17. Qa3+ Kd7 18. Kxg2 Bxe5 19. Bxe5 Nxe5 20. d4 Nc6 21. d5
exd5 22. Bg4+ Ke8 23. Qf3 Rf8 24. Rae1+ Ne7 25. Bh5+ Kd7 26. Qh3+ Nf5 27. Re5 c6
28. Rxf5 Kc7 29. Re1 Qd6 30. Bf7 Rad8 31. Re6 Qc5 32. Qg3+ Kb6 33. Rxh6 a5 34.
Qxg5 Qc2 35. Rf3 Ka7 36. Qe5 Qa4 37. Rg6 Qe4 38. Qxe4 dxe4 39. Rf5 Rd2 40. Re6
a4 41. Rxe4 b5 42. b3 Rxa2 43. bxa4 Rxa4 44. Rxa4+ bxa4 45. h4 Kb6 46. Rf3 c5
47. h5 Ka5 48. h6 Rh8 49. Rh3 1-0

[Event "American Cup Elim"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2023.03.21"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Aronian,L"]
[Black "Caruana,F"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2766"]
[ECO "C77"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Anderssen variation"]
[WhiteFideId "13300474"]
[BlackFideId "2020009"]
[EventDate "2023.03.19"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 Bc5 6. O-O b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3 d6
9. Bg5 h6 10. Bh4 g5 11. Bg3 Bb6 12. a4 Rb8 13. Nbd2 Nh7 14. Re1 Kh8 15. axb5
axb5 16. Nf1 f5 17. exf5 Bxf5 18. Ne3 Bg6 19. Nd5 Nf6 20. Nxb6 Rxb6 21. d4 exd4
22. Nxd4 Nxd4 23. Qxd4 c5 24. Qd1 b4 25. Bc2 Bxc2 26. Qxc2 Qd7 27. cxb4 cxb4 28.
Qd3 Kg7 29. f3 Rf7 30. Ra5 Rc6 31. Bf2 Re7 32. Rd1 Qe6 33. h4 gxh4 34. Bxh4 Qe3+
35. Qxe3 Rxe3 36. Rd4 b3 37. Rf4 d5 38. Bf2 Rd3 39. Bd4 Kg6 40. Ra8 Kg5 41. Be5
Re6 42. Rd4 Rxd4 43. Bxd4 Re2 44. Rd8 h5 45. Rd6 Nh7 46. Rxd5+ Kg6 47. Rd6+ Kf5
48. Rh6 Re7 49. Rxh5+ Ng5 50. f4 Kxf4 51. Bf6 Rf7 52. Bxg5+ Kg4 53. Rh3 Kxg5 54.
Rg3+ Kh4 55. Rxb3 Rd7 56. Kf2 Rd2+ 57. Ke3 Rxg2 58. Rb5 Rg4 59. b4 Kg3 60. Kd3
Rf4 61. Kc3 Kf3 62. Re5 1-0

[Event "American Cup Elim"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2023.03.21"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Aronian,L"]
[Black "Caruana,F"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2766"]
[ECO "C77"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Anderssen variation"]
[WhiteFideId "13300474"]
[BlackFideId "2020009"]
[EventDate "2023.03.19"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 g6 7. O-O Bg7 8. Be3 O-O
9. Nbd2 h6 10. h3 Nd7 11. d4 f5 12. exf5 gxf5 13. dxe5 dxe5 14. Bxc6 bxc6 15.
Nb3 Qf6 16. Re1 Re8 17. Qc2 Qf7 18. Rad1 e4 19. Nfd4 f4 20. Bc1 c5 21. Ne2 e3
22. fxe3 f3 23. Nf4 Bb7 24. Qg6 Qxg6 25. Nxg6 Rad8 26. Nf4 Ba8 27. gxf3 Ne5 28.
Kf2 Nxf3 29. Rf1 c4 30. Nc5 Bf6 31. Rxd8 Rxd8 32. Ke2 Rd6 33. Rxf3 Bxf3+ 34.
Kxf3 Rd1 35. Ne2 Rf1+ 36. Kg4 Re1 37. Kf3 Rf1+ 38. Kg2 Re1 39. Kf2 Bh4+ 40. Kf3
Kf7 41. e4 Rf1+ 42. Kg4 Be7 43. Nxa6 Re1 44. Kf3 Rf1+ 45. Kg2 Re1 46. Kf2 Rh1
47. Bxh6 Rxh3 48. Bf4 c5 49. Nc7 Rh1 50. Nd5 Bh4+ 51. Kf3 Rf1+ 52. Kg4 Bd8 53.
Be3 Re1 54. Kf3 Rf1+ 55. Kg2 Re1 56. Kf2 Bh4+ 57. Kf3 Rf1+ 58. Kg4 Re1 59. Kxh4
Rxe2 60. Kg4 Rxb2 61. Bxc5 Rxa2 62. Bd4 Ra1 63. Kf5 1-0

[Event "American Cup Elim"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2023.03.22"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Caruana,F"]
[Black "Aronian,L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2766"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[ECO "C65"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Berlin defence"]
[WhiteFideId "2020009"]
[BlackFideId "13300474"]
[EventDate "2023.03.19"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Nbd2 Be6 7. O-O Bd6 8.
Nb3 b6 9. Bg5 Qd7 10. Bh4 c5 11. Nbd2 Nh5 12. Ng5 Nf4 13. Nxe6 Nxe6 14. Nc4 f6
15. f3 a5 16. a4 h5 17. Bf2 h4 18. h3 Be7 19. Qe1 g5 20. Ne3 O-O-O 21. Nf5 Nd4
22. Ne3 Ne6 23. Kh2 Kb7 24. Qc3 Nd4 25. Nc4 Rhf8 26. Rfe1 Qc6 27. Qd2 Qd7 28.
Be3 Qe6 29. Qf2 Qc6 30. Reb1 Kc8 31. Rd1 Qe6 32. Kh1 Rd7 33. c3 Nc6 34. Qc2 Rfd8
35. Rd2 Kb8 36. Rad1 Bf8 37. Qb3 Qe8 38. Qb5 Qe6 39. Qa6 Rf7 40. Bf2 Rfd7 41.
Na3 Na7 42. Ra1 Qc6 43. Qc4 Rd6 44. Nb5 Nxb5 45. axb5 Qd7 46. d4 exd4 47. cxd4
cxd4 48. b4 Qe6 49. Qc1 R6d7 50. bxa5 Bb4 51. Rda2 Bxa5 52. Be1 d3 53. Bxa5 bxa5
54. Qd2 Kb7 55. Rxa5 Rb8 56. Ra6 Qe5 57. b6 cxb6 58. Ra7+ Kc8 59. Rc1+ Kd8 60.
Rxd7+ Kxd7 61. Qxd3+ Ke7 62. Qa3+ Ke8 63. Qa7 Rd8 64. Qg7 Qf4 65. Ra1 Qd6 66. e5
Qf8 67. Qc7 Qe7 68. Qc6+ Kf7 69. exf6 Qe6 70. Ra7+ Kxf6 71. Qc3+ Kf5 72. Qc2+
Kf6 73. Qb2+ Kf5 74. Qb1+ Kf6 75. Rh7 Ke5 76. Rg7 Qf6 77. Qe1+ Kd5 78. Re7 Rd6
79. Qe4+ Kc5 80. Rc7+ Rc6 81. Qc2+ Kb5 82. Qe2+ Kb4 83. Qe4+ Kb5 84. Qd5+ Rc5
85. Qb3+ Ka6 86. Qd3+ Ka5 87. Ra7+ Kb4 88. Qa3+ Kc4 89. Qa4+ Kd5 90. Qd1+ Ke5
91. Rd7 Qe6 92. Rd8 Rd5 93. Qe2+ 1-0

[Event "American Cup Elim"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2023.03.22"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Aronian,L"]
[Black "Caruana,F"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2766"]
[ECO "C77"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Anderssen variation"]
[WhiteFideId "13300474"]
[BlackFideId "2020009"]
[EventDate "2023.03.19"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 g6 7. O-O Bg7 8. Be3 O-O
9. Nbd2 h6 10. h3 Nd7 11. d4 f5 12. dxe5 dxe5 13. exf5 gxf5 14. Bxc6 bxc6 15.
Nb3 Qf6 16. Re1 Re8 17. Qc2 Qf7 18. Rad1 Nf8 19. Nc5 a5 20. Qa4 Ng6 21. Bc1 Rb8
22. Nd2 Rb5 23. Ndb3 Bf8 24. Nd3 Rd5 25. Nxa5 f4 26. Nb4 Rxd1 27. Qxd1 Nh4 28.
Kh2 e4 29. Naxc6 Bd6 30. Kh1 f3 31. g4 Ng2 32. Rg1 h5 33. Qd5 hxg4 34. hxg4 Qxd5
35. Nxd5 Kf7 36. Rxg2 fxg2+ 37. Kxg2 Bxg4 38. Nd4 Rh8 39. Ne3 Rh2+ 40. Kg1 Bf3
41. Nxf3 exf3 42. Nf5 Rg2+ 43. Kf1 Bh2 44. Ke1 Rg1+ 45. Kd2 Bf4+ 0-1

[Event "American Cup Elim"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2023.03.22"]
[Round "2.6"]
[White "Caruana,F"]
[Black "Aronian,L"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2766"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[ECO "B06"]
[Opening "Robatsch (modern) defence"]
[WhiteFideId "2020009"]
[BlackFideId "13300474"]
[EventDate "2023.03.19"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. Be3 a6 5. a4 Nc6 6. Nf3 Nf6 7. h3 O-O 8. Be2 e6
9. O-O Ne7 10. a5 b5 11. axb6 cxb6 12. e5 dxe5 13. dxe5 Nd7 14. Ne4 Bb7 15. Nd6
Bc6 16. Bf4 b5 17. Re1 Qc7 18. Qd2 Nb6 19. Bh6 Nbd5 20. Bxg7 Kxg7 21. Nd4 Qb6
22. h4 Nc8 23. Ne4 Rd8 24. h5 Nde7 25. h6+ Kf8 26. Nxe6+ fxe6 27. Qf4+ Nf5 28.
Ng5 Kg8 29. Rad1 Nce7 30. Nxe6 Rxd1 31. Rxd1 Bxg2 32. Ng5 Bb7 33. e6 Rd8 34. Rd7
Bc6 35. Rd3 Qb8 36. Qd2 Rxd3 37. Bxd3 Qf8 38. Qc3 Be8 39. Qe5 Qxh6 40. Nf3 Qg7
41. Qb8 Qf8 42. Ne5 Nc6 43. Nxc6 Bxc6 44. Qc7 Qd6 45. Qf7+ Kh8 46. Qf6+ Ng7 47.
Kf1 Be8 48. Be2 Kg8 49. c4 Qxe6 50. Qd4 bxc4 51. Qd8 h5 52. Bf3 Kh7 53. Bd5 Qf5
54. Qd6 Bb5 55. Kg1 Qg5+ 56. Kh1 Qh4+ 57. Kg1 Qg4+ 58. Kh1 c3 59. bxc3 Qh3+ 60.
Kg1 Qf1+ 61. Kh2 Qxf2+ 62. Kh1 Qe1+ 63. Kg2 Bf1+ 64. Kh2 Qxc3 65. Qd8 Qe5+ 66.
Kg1 Bd3 67. Bg8+ Kh6 68. Qxd3 Nf5 69. Qxa6 Qe3+ 70. Kf1 Qc1+ 71. Kg2 Qb2+ 72.
Kg1 Qd4+ 73. Kf1 Qf4+ 74. Kg1 Qe3+ 75. Kf1 h4 76. Qb7 h3 0-1

[Event "American Cup Elim"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2023.03.22"]
[Round "2.7"]
[White "Caruana,F"]
[Black "Aronian,L"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2766"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[ECO "A13"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "Neo-Catalan"]
[WhiteFideId "2020009"]
[BlackFideId "13300474"]
[EventDate "2023.03.19"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 d5 4. d3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O c5 7. Ne5 Qc7 8. f4
Nbd7 9. Nxd7 Bxd7 10. e4 dxe4 11. dxe4 Bc6 12. Nc3 a6 13. Qe2 Rfd8 14. g4 h6 15.
h4 h5 16. gxh5 b5 17. h6 b4 18. Nd1 g6 19. Bf3 Kh7 20. Nf2 Nh5 21. Bxh5 gxh5 22.
Qxh5 Rg8+ 23. Kh2 Rg6 24. Be3 Rf8 25. Qf3 f5 26. h5 Rxh6 27. Rg1 Be8 28. Rg3
Bxh5 0-1

[Event "American Cup Elim"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2023.03.21"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Dominguez Perez,L"]
[Black "Shankland,S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[ECO "B90"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Najdorf, Byrne (English) attack"]
[WhiteFideId "3503240"]
[BlackFideId "2004887"]
[EventDate "2023.03.19"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Ng4 7. Bc1 Nc6 8. h3
Nf6 9. Be3 e5 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. f4 Be7 12. fxe5 dxe5 13. Qxd8+ Bxd8 14. O-O-O
Be6 15. Bd3 Nh5 16. Na4 Nf4 17. Bf1 Bg5 18. Kb1 O-O 19. g3 Nxh3 20. Bb6 Nf4 21.
gxf4 exf4 22. Rg1 Bh4 23. Nc5 g5 24. Nxe6 fxe6 25. Bc4 Rae8 26. Rd2 Kg7 27. Rd6
Rf6 28. e5 Rg6 29. Bd3 h5 30. Rd7+ Kh6 31. Rf7 Bg3 32. Bxg6 Kxg6 33. Rf6+ Kh7
34. Bf2 h4 35. Bxg3 fxg3 36. Kc1 Rd8 37. Rxe6 Rd4 38. Rxc6 Re4 39. Kd2 g4 40.
Rc3 Rxe5 41. Rc4 Rg5 42. Ke3 Rg8 43. Kf4 Kh6 44. Rh1 g2 45. Rxh4+ Kg7 46. Rxg4+
Kh8 47. Rxg8+ Kxg8 48. Rc3 1-0

[Event "American Cup Elim"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2023.03.21"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Shankland,S"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[ECO "C43"]
[Opening "Petrov"]
[Variation "modern attack, Symmetrical variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2004887"]
[BlackFideId "3503240"]
[EventDate "2023.03.19"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 Nxe4 4. Bd3 d5 5. Nxe5 Nd7 6. Nxd7 Bxd7 7. Nc3 Qh4 8.
Nxe4 dxe4 9. g3 Bb4+ 10. c3 Qe7 11. Bc2 Bd6 12. O-O O-O 13. f3 exf3 14. Qxf3
Rae8 15. Bf4 Bxf4 16. Qxf4 Bh3 17. Rfd1 Qe3+ 18. Qxe3 Rxe3 19. Re1 Rfe8 20. Rxe3
Rxe3 21. Kf2 Re6 22. d5 Re5 23. c4 Kf8 24. Rd1 Ke7 25. b4 Bg4 26. Rd2 b6 27. Bd3
Kd6 28. Bf1 Rf5+ 29. Kg1 Re5 30. Rd4 Bd7 31. Kf2 a5 32. a3 axb4 33. axb4 Re8 34.
Bd3 h6 35. Bc2 Ra8 36. Ke3 Ra2 37. Bb3 Ra3 38. Rd3 Bf5 39. Rc3 Bc2 40. c5+ bxc5
41. bxc5+ Ke5 42. d6 cxd6 43. cxd6 Kxd6 44. Rxc2 Rxb3+ 45. Kf2 Ra3 46. Rb2 Rc3
47. Re2 Ra3 48. Rb2 Rc3 49. Re2 Ra3 50. Rb2 1/2-1/2

[Event "American Cup Elim"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2023.03.22"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Aronian,L"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez,L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[ECO "C42"]
[Opening "Petrov's defence"]
[WhiteFideId "13300474"]
[BlackFideId "3503240"]
[EventDate "2023.03.19"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Bd3 d5 6. O-O Be7 7. Re1 O-O 8.
Bxe4 dxe4 9. Rxe4 c5 10. d3 Nc6 11. Nc3 b6 12. Bf4 Bb7 13. Re1 Nd4 14. Nxd4 cxd4
15. Ne4 Rc8 16. Nd2 Re8 17. f3 h6 18. Bg3 Qd5 19. Re2 Bf8 20. Rxe8 Rxe8 21. Nb3
g5 22. h3 h5 23. Qd2 g4 24. hxg4 hxg4 25. Rf1 gxf3 26. Rxf3 Qh5 27. Rf2 Bh6 28.
Bf4 Bg7 29. Nc1 Re6 30. Ne2 Rg6 31. Ng3 Qd5 32. b3 Bf6 33. Qe2 Bc6 34. Qh5 Qxh5
35. Nxh5 Bh4 36. g3 Be7 37. Re2 Kf8 38. Rh2 Bf3 39. Be5 Bg5 40. Bxd4 Re6 41. Nf4
Bxf4 42. Rh8+ Ke7 43. gxf4 Re2 44. Rc8 Ke6 45. Rc7 f6 46. a4 Kf5 47. Bf2 Rd2 48.
Kf1 Bd1 49. Ke1 Rxc2 50. Rxa7 Bg4 51. Bxb6 Kxf4 52. Re7 Rb2 53. Re4+ Kf3 54. Rb4
f5 55. a5 Ra2 56. Kd1 f4 57. Kc1 Bf5 58. Rd4 Ke2 59. Rxf4 1-0

[Event "American Cup Elim"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2023.03.22"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Dominguez Perez,L"]
[Black "Aronian,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[ECO "C67"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Berlin defence, open variation"]
[WhiteFideId "3503240"]
[BlackFideId "13300474"]
[EventDate "2023.03.19"]

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. h3 Be7 10. Nc3 Nh4 11. Nxh4 Bxh4 12. Be3 h5 13. f3 Bf5 14. g4 Bxc2
15. Rac1 Bh7 16. f4 Re8 17. Rcd1+ Kc8 18. Bf2 Be7 19. f5 b6 20. Bg3 Kb7 21. Kg2
Rad8 22. Rxd8 Rxd8 23. Rd1 Rxd1 24. Nxd1 c5 25. Kf3 Kc6 26. Ne3 hxg4+ 27. hxg4
b5 28. Ke4 c4 29. Nd5 Bc5 30. Be1 Kd7 31. Bb4 Bf2 32. Bf8 c6 33. Nb4 g6 34. Na6
gxf5+ 35. gxf5 Kc8 36. Bc5 Kb7 37. Bxf2 Kxa6 38. Kf4 Kb7 39. Kg5 c5 40. e6 fxe6
41. f6 Bg8 42. Kg6 e5 43. f7 Bxf7+ 44. Kxf7 Kc6 45. Ke6 a5 46. Bg3 a4 47. Bxe5
b4 48. Bf6 c3 49. bxc3 bxc3 50. Bxc3 a3 51. Ke5 c4 52. Kd4 Kb7 53. Kc5 Ka8 54.
Kb4 Kb8 55. Kxa3 Ka8 56. Kb4 Kb8 57. Kb5 Ka8 58. a4 Kb8 59. Kb6 Ka8 60. a5 Kb8
61. a6 Ka8 62. a7 1/2-1/2

[Event "American Cup Elim"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2023.03.23"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "So,W"]
[Black "Aronian,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2761"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[ECO "D37"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "4.Nf3"]
[WhiteFideId "5202213"]
[BlackFideId "13300474"]
[EventDate "2023.03.19"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. e3 Be7 6. b3 O-O 7. Bb2 b6 8. Bd3
Bb7 9. Qc2 h6 10. Rd1 c5 11. cxd5 Nxd5 12. Nxd5 Bxd5 13. dxc5 Bxc5 14. O-O Qe7
15. Bh7+ Kh8 16. Be4 Bxe4 17. Qxe4 a5 18. Qf4 Kh7 19. g4 Nf6 20. g5 hxg5 21.
Nxg5+ Kg8 22. Kh1 Rfd8 23. Rxd8+ Qxd8 24. Rg1 Be7 25. e4 Qe8 26. Qh4 Qc6 27. f3
e5 28. Bxe5 Ra7 29. Bxf6 Bxf6 30. Qh7+ Kf8 31. Qf5 Bxg5 32. Qxg5 f6 33. Qh5 Kg8
34. Rd1 Ra8 35. h4 Qe6 36. Kg2 Rc8 37. Kg3 Qe7 38. Qd5+ Kh8 39. Qd6 Qe8 40. Qxb6
Qe5+ 41. Kh3 Rc3 42. Kg4 Rc2 43. Qd8+ Kh7 44. Rd2 Qe6+ 45. Kg3 Qe5+ 46. Kh3 Rc3
47. Kg2 Qf4 48. Rf2 Rc5 49. Qd7 Qxh4 50. Qh3 Qxh3+ 51. Kxh3 g5 52. Rd2 a4 53.
bxa4 Rc4 54. Rd6 Kg7 55. a5 Ra4 56. a6 Rxa2 57. Kg4 Ra5 58. Kh5 Kf7 59. Rb6 Ra4
60. Rb7+ Ke6 61. a7 Ke5 62. Re7+ Kf4 63. Rf7 Kxf3 64. e5 Ke4 65. exf6 Kf5 66.
Kh6 g4 67. Kg7 g3 68. Rb7 g2 69. Rb1 Rxa7+ 70. f7 Kf4 71. Kg8 Ra8+ 72. f8=R+
Rxf8+ 73. Kxf8 Kg3 74. Ra1 Kh2 75. Ra2 Kh1 76. Rxg2 Kxg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "American Cup Elim"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2023.03.23"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Aronian,L"]
[Black "So,W"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2761"]
[ECO "C42"]
[Opening "Petrov's defence"]
[WhiteFideId "13300474"]
[BlackFideId "5202213"]
[EventDate "2023.03.19"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. O-O Be7 7. Re1 O-O 8.
Bf1 d5 9. d4 Re8 10. c4 Nc6 11. Nc3 h6 12. h3 dxc4 13. Bxc4 Bd6 14. Rxe8+ Qxe8
15. Be3 Bf5 16. Nh4 Bh7 17. Qf3 Qd7 18. Bxh6 Nxd4 19. Qxb7 Re8 20. Be3 Nc2 21.
Bb5 Qc8 22. Qxc8 Rxc8 23. Rd1 Nxe3 24. fxe3 Bc5 25. Bd3 Rb8 26. b3 Re8 27. Bxh7+
Kxh7 28. Rd3 Bxe3+ 29. Kf1 Bb6 30. g4 g6 31. Nf3 Kg7 32. Nd2 Ba5 33. a3 c5 34.
Nc4 Bxc3 35. Rxc3 Ne4 36. Rd3 f5 37. gxf5 gxf5 38. Nd6 Nxd6 39. Rxd6 Re3 40. Rd5
Rxb3 41. Rxc5 Rxa3 42. Rxf5 Rxh3 43. Ra5 Rf3+ 44. Ke2 Rf6 45. Rxa7+ Rf7 46.
Rxf7+ Kxf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "American Cup Elim"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2023.03.23"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Aronian,L"]
[Black "So,W"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2761"]
[ECO "C67"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Berlin defence, open variation"]
[WhiteFideId "13300474"]
[BlackFideId "5202213"]
[EventDate "2023.03.19"]

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 Be6 11. Ng5 Nd4 12. Nxe6 fxe6 13. Bg5 Nxc2 14. Rad1
Nb4 15. Ne4 Nxa2 16. g4 Nb4 17. f4 h6 18. Bh4 Nd5 19. f5 Ne3 20. fxe6 Nxd1 21.
Rf7 Rc8 22. Bf6 Rg8 23. g5 Ne3 24. g6 Nd5 25. Bh4 Be7 26. Bxe7 Nxe7 27. Nd6+
cxd6 28. exd6 Nxg6 29. h4 Rb8 30. h5 Nf8 0-1

[Event "American Cup Elim"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2023.03.24"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "So,W"]
[Black "Aronian,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2761"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[ECO "B06"]
[Opening "Robatsch (modern) defence"]
[WhiteFideId "5202213"]
[BlackFideId "13300474"]
[EventDate "2023.03.19"]

1. d4 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. Bc4 a6 5. O-O e6 6. a4 b6 7. Qe2 Nd7 8. Nbd2 Bb7
9. Re1 Ngf6 10. h3 d5 11. exd5 Nxd5 12. Ne4 h6 13. Bxd5 Bxd5 14. c4 Bb7 15. Bf4
O-O 16. Rad1 Rc8 17. Ne5 g5 18. Bh2 f5 19. Nc3 f4 20. Nxd7 Qxd7 21. Qxe6+ Qxe6
22. Rxe6 Rce8 23. Rxe8 Rxe8 24. Kf1 Bc8 25. f3 Be6 26. b3 Bf5 27. Ne4 b5 28.
axb5 axb5 29. Bg1 Ra8 30. d5 Ra3 31. cxb5 Rxb3 32. Bd4 Rxb5 33. Bxg7 Kxg7 34. d6
cxd6 35. Nxd6 Re5 36. Nxf5+ Rxf5 37. h4 gxh4 38. Kg1 h3 39. gxh3 Kf6 40. h4 Rh5
41. Kg2 Re5 42. Rd6+ Re6 43. Rd5 Re5 44. Rd6+ Re6 45. Rd5 Re8 46. Rd6+ Re6 47.
Rd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "American Cup Elim w"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2023.03.21"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Paikidze,N"]
[Black "Abrahamyan,T"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "WGM"]
[WhiteElo "2314"]
[BlackElo "2294"]
[ECO "E00"]
[Opening "Catalan opening"]
[WhiteFideId "13603620"]
[BlackFideId "13301918"]
[EventDate "2023.03.19"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Nf3 h6 5. Bg2 Bd6 6. O-O O-O 7. b3 b6 8. Bb2 Bb7
9. Nc3 a6 10. Rc1 Nbd7 11. Nd2 c5 12. dxc5 bxc5 13. cxd5 exd5 14. Nc4 dxc4 15.
Bxb7 Ra7 16. Qxd6 Rxb7 17. Qxa6 Qa8 18. Qxc4 Rb4 19. Qd3 c4 20. Qf5 cxb3 21. a3
Rb6 22. Rfd1 Re6 23. e4 Rfe8 24. Nb5 g6 25. Qf3 Rxe4 26. Qc3 R8e5 27. Nd6 Re2
28. Qxb3 Rxb2 29. Qxf7+ Kh8 30. Qxg6 Re7 31. Rc8+ Qxc8 32. Nxc8 Rg7 33. Qxh6+
Kg8 34. Qe3 1-0

[Event "American Cup Elim w"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2023.03.21"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Abrahamyan,T"]
[Black "Paikidze,N"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "WGM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2294"]
[BlackElo "2314"]
[ECO "B15"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "Tartakower (Nimzovich) variation"]
[WhiteFideId "13301918"]
[BlackFideId "13603620"]
[EventDate "2023.03.19"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ exf6 6. Be3 Bd6 7. Bd3 O-O 8.
Ne2 Re8 9. O-O Bg4 10. h3 Bh5 11. c4 Nd7 12. Qc2 Nf8 13. Rfe1 Qc7 14. c5 Be7 15.
Nf4 Bg6 16. b4 Bxd3 17. Qxd3 Ne6 18. Qf5 g6 19. Qg4 Nxf4 20. Bxf4 Qd8 21. Rad1
Bf8 22. Rxe8 Qxe8 23. d5 cxd5 24. Qf3 Rd8 25. Be3 Qe6 26. Bd4 f5 27. Qc3 Qc6 28.
a4 a6 29. Qb3 Bg7 30. b5 axb5 31. axb5 Qe6 32. Qb2 Bxd4 33. Qxd4 Qd7 34. Rb1 Qe6
35. Rc1 Rc8 36. Qc3 Qe8 37. Qb3 Qd7 38. Qa4 d4 39. c6 bxc6 40. bxc6 Qd6 41. Rd1
Qxc6 42. Qxd4 Qe6 43. h4 h5 44. Qf4 Re8 45. Qg5 Qe7 46. Qf4 Qe5 47. Qg5 Qe7 48.
Qf4 Qe5 49. Qg5 Qe7 50. Qf4 Qe5 1/2-1/2

[Event "American Cup Elim w"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2023.03.21"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Tokhirjonova,Gulrukhbegim"]
[Black "Pourkashiyan,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "WGM"]
[BlackTitle "WGM"]
[WhiteElo "2332"]
[BlackElo "2313"]
[ECO "E36"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian"]
[Variation "classical, Noa variation, 5.a3"]
[WhiteFideId "14203626"]
[BlackFideId "12502014"]
[EventDate "2023.03.19"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 O-O 7. Nf3 dxc4 8.
Qxc4 b6 9. Bg5 Ba6 10. Qc1 Nbd7 11. e4 Bxf1 12. Kxf1 h6 13. Bh4 Qc8 14. Qe3 c5
15. h3 cxd4 16. Nxd4 Qc4+ 17. Kg1 e5 18. Nf5 Qxe4 19. Qxe4 Nxe4 20. Rd1 Ndc5 21.
b4 Nc3 22. Re1 Nd3 23. Re3 e4 24. f3 Rfe8 25. fxe4 Nf4 26. Kh2 Nb5 27. Rd1 a5
28. a4 Nc7 29. b5 Nce6 30. Nd6 Rf8 31. Be7 Rfb8 32. Nc4 Rb7 33. Ba3 Ng5 34. h4
Nge6 35. g3 Ng6 36. Rd6 Rab8 37. Red3 Ngf8 38. Ne5 Rc8 39. Rc6 Rcb8 40. Rcd6 Rc8
41. Nc6 h5 42. Rd2 Ng6 43. Rd7 Rcc7 44. Rxc7 Rxc7 45. Rd5 Nef8 46. Rxh5 f6 47.
Rd5 Nd7 48. Bd6 Rc8 49. h5 Re8 50. hxg6 Rxe4 51. Be7 1-0

[Event "American Cup Elim w"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2023.03.21"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Pourkashiyan,A"]
[Black "Tokhirjonova,Gulrukhbegim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "WGM"]
[BlackTitle "WGM"]
[WhiteElo "2313"]
[BlackElo "2332"]
[ECO "C42"]
[Opening "Petrov"]
[Variation "Nimzovich attack"]
[WhiteFideId "12502014"]
[BlackFideId "14203626"]
[EventDate "2023.03.19"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Bf4 Nd7 8.
Qd2 O-O 9. O-O-O Nc5 10. Kb1 Re8 11. Be3 Ne4 12. Qe1 Bf8 13. h4 c6 14. c4 a6 15.
Ng5 h6 16. Nxe4 Rxe4 17. f3 Re8 18. Qf2 b5 19. c5 Qe7 20. Bc1 dxc5 21. g4 c4 22.
Bg2 Qc5 23. Qg3 c3 24. Rhe1 Rxe1 25. Rxe1 Bd7 26. g5 h5 27. g6 fxg6 28. Qxg6 Bf5
29. Qg3 cxb2 30. Bxb2 Qxc2+ 31. Ka1 Rd8 32. Qf4 Rd2 33. Qe5 Rd1+ 0-1

[Event "American Cup Elim w"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2023.03.22"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Tokhirjonova,Gulrukhbegim"]
[Black "Paikidze,N"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "WGM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2332"]
[BlackElo "2314"]
[ECO "A04"]
[Opening "Reti v Dutch"]
[WhiteFideId "14203626"]
[BlackFideId "13603620"]
[EventDate "2023.03.19"]

1. Nf3 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. c4 Bg7 5. Nc3 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. d3 e5 8. e3 Nc6
9. Rb1 a5 10. a3 Ne7 11. b4 axb4 12. axb4 h6 13. b5 Be6 14. Nd2 c6 15. Qb3 Nd7
16. Ba3 Nc5 17. Bxc5 dxc5 18. Na4 Qd6 19. Rfd1 Ra5 20. bxc6 b5 21. Nb2 b4 22.
Ra1 Rfa8 23. Rxa5 Rxa5 24. d4 exd4 25. exd4 Ra3 26. dxc5 Qxd2 27. Rxd2 Rxb3 28.
Nd1 Rb1 29. Bd5 Kf7 30. c7 Be5 31. Kg2 Bxc7 32. Ne3 b3 33. Nd1 Ba5 34. Rd3 b2
35. c6 Bc7 36. f4 Rc1 37. Nxb2 Rc2+ 38. Kh3 Rxb2 39. Bxe6+ Kxe6 40. Rd7 Ba5 41.
Ra7 Nxc6 0-1

[Event "American Cup Elim w"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2023.03.22"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Paikidze,N"]
[Black "Tokhirjonova,Gulrukhbegim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "WGM"]
[WhiteElo "2314"]
[BlackElo "2332"]
[ECO "E06"]
[Opening "Catalan"]
[Variation "closed, 5.Nf3"]
[WhiteFideId "13603620"]
[BlackFideId "14203626"]
[EventDate "2023.03.19"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Nf3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. Nc3 dxc4 7. Ne5 c6 8. Nxc4
b5 9. Ne5 Qb6 10. O-O Rd8 11. Qc2 Bb7 12. Rd1 Na6 13. e3 Rac8 14. Qe2 Nb4 15.
Bd2 a6 16. a3 Nbd5 17. Ne4 a5 18. Ng5 Rf8 19. e4 Nc7 20. Be3 c5 21. Rac1 Na6 22.
d5 exd5 23. exd5 Bd6 24. Nd3 h6 25. Ne4 Nxe4 26. Bxe4 Rfe8 27. Qg4 Bf8 28. b4
axb4 29. axb4 h5 30. Qf3 g6 31. g4 hxg4 32. Qxg4 Rc7 33. bxc5 Nxc5 34. Nxc5 Bxc5
35. Bxc5 Rxc5 36. Rxc5 Qxc5 37. Bxg6 Kf8 38. Bxf7 Kxf7 39. Qf5+ Kg7 40. Qg5+ Kf7
41. Qf5+ Ke7 42. d6+ Kd8 43. Qxc5 1-0

[Event "American Cup Elim w"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2023.03.23"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Lee,Alice"]
[Black "Paikidze,N"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2362"]
[BlackElo "2314"]
[ECO "A40"]
[Opening "Modern defence"]
[WhiteFideId "30941822"]
[BlackFideId "13603620"]
[EventDate "2023.03.19"]

1. d4 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. e4 c5 4. d5 d6 5. Be2 e6 6. Nc3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 e5 8. Bd3
Nd7 9. Ne2 Qe7 10. h3 Kd8 11. Be3 Kc7 12. Qd2 f5 13. exf5 e4 14. Bg5 Ndf6 15.
Bc2 Bxf5 16. Qe3 h6 17. Bf4 g5 18. Qxc5+ Kd8 19. Bxd6 Qd7 20. Nd4 Rc8 21. Qb4
Ne8 22. Be5 Rh7 23. g4 1-0

[Event "American Cup Elim w"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2023.03.23"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Paikidze,N"]
[Black "Lee,Alice"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2314"]
[BlackElo "2362"]
[ECO "D45"]
[Opening "QGD semi-Slav"]
[Variation "Stoltz variation"]
[WhiteFideId "13603620"]
[BlackFideId "30941822"]
[EventDate "2023.03.19"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. g4 h6 8. h3 b6
9. cxd5 exd5 10. Nh4 Bb7 11. Nf5 Bf8 12. Bg2 g6 13. Ng3 Bd6 14. f4 Qe7 15. O-O
O-O 16. Bd2 b5 17. e4 dxe4 18. Rae1 Bc7 19. Ncxe4 Nxe4 20. Nxe4 Qd8 21. f5 Nf6
22. fxg6 fxg6 23. Nc5 Qxd4+ 24. Be3 Qe5 25. Qxg6+ Kh8 26. Rf5 Qh2+ 27. Kf1 Nxg4
28. hxg4 Rxf5+ 29. gxf5 Qh4 30. Qxh6+ Qxh6 31. Bxh6 Bc8 32. Re8+ Kh7 33. Be3 b4
34. Re7+ 1-0

[Event "American Cup Elim w"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2023.03.23"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Paikidze,N"]
[Black "Lee,Alice"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2314"]
[BlackElo "2362"]
[ECO "D45"]
[Opening "QGD semi-Slav"]
[Variation "Stoltz variation"]
[WhiteFideId "13603620"]
[BlackFideId "30941822"]
[EventDate "2023.03.19"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 b6 7. Be2 Bb7 8. b3 Bd6
9. Bb2 Rc8 10. O-O O-O 11. e4 dxe4 12. Nxe4 Nxe4 13. Qxe4 Qe7 14. Rfe1 f5 15.
Qc2 Rfd8 16. Bd3 Qf7 17. h3 h6 18. Rad1 Re8 19. a3 Rcd8 20. b4 g6 21. Qc3 Kh7
22. c5 Bb8 23. Ne5 Bxe5 24. dxe5 bxc5 25. bxc5 Qe7 26. Qb4 Nxc5 27. Bc2 Rd5 28.
Bd4 a5 29. Qb6 Na6 30. Rb1 Nb4 31. Ba4 Ra8 32. axb4 Ra6 33. bxa5 Rxb6 34. Bxb6
c5 35. Red1 Qg5 36. g3 Qh5 37. Rxd5 Bxd5 38. Kf1 Qxh3+ 39. Ke2 Qg4+ 40. Kd2 Qd4+
41. Ke2 Qe4+ 0-1

[Event "American Cup Elim w"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2023.03.24"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Lee,Alice"]
[Black "Paikidze,N"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2362"]
[BlackElo "2314"]
[ECO "A43"]
[Opening "Old Benoni defence"]
[WhiteFideId "30941822"]
[BlackFideId "13603620"]
[EventDate "2023.03.19"]

1. d4 c5 2. d5 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. Bb5+ Bd7 7. a4 O-O 8. O-O
Bxb5 9. axb5 Nbd7 10. Nd2 Nb6 11. Qe2 Qc7 12. Nc4 Nxc4 13. Qxc4 Nd7 14. Bf4 Nb6
15. Qb3 c4 16. Qb4 f5 17. Be3 f4 18. Bxb6 axb6 19. f3 g5 20. Ne2 Ra5 21. Ra3
Rxa3 22. Qxa3 c3 23. bxc3 Qc4 24. Re1 Rc8 25. Qb3 Qc5+ 26. Kf1 Ra8 27. Qb4 Ra2
28. Qxc5 bxc5 29. Rc1 Rb2 30. c4 Rb4 31. c3 Rxc4 32. Ra1 Kf7 33. Ra3 e6 34.
dxe6+ Kxe6 35. Ke1 d5 36. exd5+ Kxd5 37. Kd2 Be5 38. Kd3 h5 39. Ra8 Bd6 40. h3
h4 41. b6 Be7 42. Ra1 Bf6 43. Ra3 Bd8 44. Ra7 Bxb6 45. Rxb7 Ba5 46. Rd7+ Kc6 47.
Kxc4 Kxd7 48. Kxc5 Ke6 49. Kd4 Bb6+ 50. Ke4 Bf2 51. Nd4+ Kf6 52. c4 Be1 53. c5
Ba5 54. c6 Ke7 55. Kd5 Bb6 56. Ne6 Kf6 57. c7 Bxc7 58. Nxc7 Kf5 59. Ne6 Kf6 60.
Nxg5 Kxg5 61. Ke5 1-0

[Event "American Cup Champ"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2023.03.17"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Nakamura,Hi"]
[Black "Sevian,Samuel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2768"]
[BlackElo "2687"]
[ECO "C77"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Morphy defence, Duras variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2016192"]
[BlackFideId "2040506"]
[EventDate "2023.03.17"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c4 Bg4 7. h3 Bxf3 8. Qxf3
Nd7 9. Be3 Be7 10. Nc3 Nf8 11. Ne2 Ne6 12. d4 exd4 13. Nxd4 Nxd4 14. Bxd4 O-O
15. Bxc6 bxc6 16. Rd1 Re8 17. O-O Bf6 18. c5 Re6 19. Bxf6 Qxf6 20. Qxf6 gxf6 21.
f3 Rb8 22. Rf2 Rb5 23. Rc2 dxc5 24. Rd7 Rd6 25. Rxc7 c4 26. Kf2 Rb6 27. Ke3 Kg7
28. Ra7 Rd3+ 29. Kf4 Rd4 30. h4 Kg6 31. h5+ Kg7 32. Ra8 h6 33. a4 c5 34. a5 Rc6
35. Rb8 Kh7 36. Ke3 Kg7 37. Ke2 Re6 38. g4 Rc6 39. Rd2 Rc7 40. Rb6 Rcd7 41. Rxd4
cxd4 42. Rxa6 Rc7 43. Rd6 Rb7 44. Rb6 Rc7 45. a6 c3 46. bxc3 Rxc3 47. a7 Ra3 48.
Rb7 Re3+ 49. Kd2 Ra3 50. Rc7 f5 51. e5 fxg4 52. fxg4 1-0

[Event "American Cup Champ"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2023.03.18"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Sevian,Samuel"]
[Black "Nakamura,Hi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2687"]
[BlackElo "2768"]
[ECO "D37"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "4.Nf3"]
[WhiteFideId "2040506"]
[BlackFideId "2016192"]
[EventDate "2023.03.17"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 h6 5. Bf4 Bd6 6. Bxd6 Qxd6 7. e3 O-O 8. Rc1
a6 9. a3 b6 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Be2 Nbd7 12. O-O Bb7 13. b4 c6 14. Qb3 a5 15. Rfd1
axb4 16. axb4 Ra7 17. Ra1 Rfa8 18. Rxa7 Rxa7 19. Ne1 Ne4 20. Nxe4 dxe4 21. f3
Nf6 22. fxe4 Nxe4 23. Nf3 Bc8 24. Qc2 Bf5 25. Ne5 Qf6 26. Bd3 Qg5 27. Re1 Ra1
28. Rxa1 Qxe3+ 29. Kf1 Nd2+ 30. Qxd2 Qxd2 31. Ra8+ Kh7 32. Bxf5+ g6 33. Bd3 Qc1+
34. Ke2 Qb2+ 35. Ke3 c5 36. bxc5 bxc5 37. Rd8 cxd4+ 38. Rxd4 Qxg2 39. Rd7 Qg1+
40. Ke4 Qe1+ 41. Kd5 Qa5+ 42. Ke4 Qe1+ 43. Kd5 Qa5+ 44. Ke4 Qe1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "American Cup Champ"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2023.03.17"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Aronian,L"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[ECO "D35"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "exchange, positional line, 5...c6"]
[WhiteFideId "13300474"]
[BlackFideId "3503240"]
[EventDate "2023.03.17"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 Bf5 7. Qf3 Bg6 8. Bxf6
Qxf6 9. Qxf6 gxf6 10. Nf3 Nd7 11. Nh4 Be7 12. Ne2 f5 13. Nf3 Bb4+ 14. Kd1 Bd6
15. Ne1 Ke7 16. Nd3 Bh5 17. f3 Bg6 18. Nef4 a5 19. Ke1 Nf8 20. g3 Ne6 21. Rc1
Rhe8 22. Kf2 Kf6 23. Be2 Re7 24. Bd1 Kg7 25. Re1 Ree8 26. Re2 Re7 27. Rc3 Kf8
28. a3 Bxf4 29. Nxf4 Nxf4 30. exf4 f6 31. Rb3 Rxe2+ 32. Bxe2 b5 33. Rc3 Be8 34.
Bd3 Bd7 35. g4 Ke7 36. Bxf5 Bxf5 37. gxf5 Kd7 38. Rc1 a4 39. Rg1 Re8 40. h4 Re7
41. h5 c5 42. dxc5 Kc6 43. h6 Kxc5 44. Rg6 Kc4 45. Rxf6 Rb7 46. Re6 Kb3 47. Re2
Rb6 48. Ke3 Rf6 49. Rg2 Rf8 50. Kd4 Rxf5 51. Rf2 Ka2 52. Ke3 Kb3 53. Rd2 Kc4 54.
Rd3 Kc5 55. Rc3+ Kd6 56. Rc8 Rf6 57. Rd8+ Kc5 58. Rc8+ Kd6 59. Re8 Rxh6 60. f5
Rh4 61. Rd8+ Ke5 62. f4+ Kxf5 63. Rxd5+ Kf6 64. Rxb5 Rh2 65. Ke4 Re2+ 66. Kf3
Rd2 67. Kg3 Re2 68. Rb7 Kf5 69. Kf3 Rh2 70. Rb5+ Kf6 71. Ke4 Re2+ 72. Kd3 Rf2
73. Rb7 h5 74. Ke3 Rg2 75. Kf3 Rd2 76. Kg3 Re2 77. Rb6+ Kf5 78. Rb5+ Kf6 79. Kf3
Rd2 80. Ke3 Rg2 81. Kf3 Rd2 82. Ke4 Re2+ 83. Kd3 Rf2 84. Ke3 Rg2 85. Rb6+ Kf5
86. Kf3 Rd2 87. Rb4 Rc2 88. Kg3 Rd2 89. Rb8 Re2 90. Rf8+ Kg6 91. Rg8+ Kf6 92.
Rb8 Kf5 93. Rb4 Rd2 94. Rxa4 Rxb2 95. Ra5+ Kf6 96. Kf3 Rb3+ 97. Ke4 h4 98. Rh5
Rxa3 99. Rh6+ Kf7 100. Rh7+ Kf6 101. Rh6+ Kf7 102. Rh7+ Kf6 103. Rh6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "American Cup Champ"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2023.03.18"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Dominguez Perez,L"]
[Black "Aronian,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[ECO "C67"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Berlin defence, open variation"]
[WhiteFideId "3503240"]
[BlackFideId "13300474"]
[EventDate "2023.03.17"]
[EventType "k.o."]

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. h3 Be7 10. Nc3 Nh4 11. Nxh4 Bxh4 12. Rd1+ Ke8 13. Ne2 h5 14. f3
Bf5 15. c3 Rd8 16. Be3 Be7 17. g4 Be6 18. Rxd8+ Kxd8 19. Nf4 hxg4 20. Nxe6+ fxe6
21. hxg4 a6 22. Kg2 g6 23. f4 Ke8 24. Rd1 Rh7 25. Rh1 Rxh1 26. Kxh1 Bf8 27. Bf2
Bh6 28. Bg3 Kd7 29. Kg2 Ke8 30. Kf3 Kd7 31. Ke4 Ke8 32. Be1 Kd7 33. Bf2 Ke8 34.
Be3 Kd7 35. Kd3 Bf8 36. Ke4 Bh6 37. Bc5 Ke8 38. Bb4 Kd7 39. Ba3 Ke8 40. Bc5 Kd7
41. Bb4 Ke8 42. c4 Kd7 43. b3 Ke8 44. Ba5 Kd7 45. f5 gxf5+ 46. gxf5 exf5+ 47.
Kxf5 Be3 48. e6+ Ke8 49. Bxc7 Bf2 50. Bd6 Bd4 51. Ke4 Bf2 52. Kd3 Bh4 53. Ke4
Bf2 54. Kf5 Bd4 55. Kf4 Bf2 56. Be5 Ke7 57. Kf5 Ke8 58. Bf6 Be1 59. Bg5 Bb4 60.
Ke5 Bc5 61. Bh4 Be3 62. Be1 Bg1 63. Bc3 Bh2+ 64. Kf5 Bg3 65. Be5 Bf2 66. Bd6 Bd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "American Cup Champ"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2023.03.18"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Dominguez Perez,L"]
[Black "Aronian,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[ECO "C67"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Berlin defence, open variation"]
[WhiteFideId "3503240"]
[BlackFideId "13300474"]
[EventDate "2023.03.17"]
[EventType "k.o."]

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. h3 Be7 10. Nc3 Nh4 11. Nxh4 Bxh4 12. Rd1+ Ke8 13. Ne2 Be7 14. g4
f5 15. exf6 Bxf6 16. Ng3 Kf7 17. Ne4 Be6 18. Bf4 Bd5 19. Nxf6 gxf6 20. Kh2 h5
21. Kg3 hxg4 22. hxg4 Rh7 23. c4 Bxc4 24. Rd7+ Kg6 25. Rxh7 Kxh7 26. Re1 Rg8 27.
b3 Bd5 28. Re7+ Rg7 29. Rxc7 Rxc7 30. Bxc7 c5 31. f4 c4 32. bxc4 Bxc4 33. a3 Kg6
34. f5+ Kf7 35. Kf4 a6 36. Bb6 Bb3 37. Bd4 Bc4 38. a4 b5 39. axb5 axb5 40. Bc3
Be2 41. Bb4 Bd1 42. Bc3 Be2 43. Bb4 Bd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "American Cup Champ"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2023.03.19"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Aronian,L"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez,L"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[ECO "A30"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "symmetrical variation"]
[WhiteFideId "13300474"]
[BlackFideId "3503240"]
[EventDate "2023.03.17"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. c4 c5 2. e3 Nf6 3. d4 cxd4 4. exd4 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. d5 O-O 7. Be2 e6 8. Nf3
exd5 9. cxd5 d6 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bh4 Re8 13. Nd2 Nc5 14. f3 Bf5 15.
Nb3 Nxb3 16. Qxb3 g5 17. Bf2 Nd7 18. Bb5 a6 19. Bxd7 Qxd7 20. Na4 Qb5 21. Qa3
Re2 22. Rae1 Rc2 23. Re7 Rac8 24. h3 Rxf2 25. Rxf2 Bd4 26. Qxd6 Qxa4 27. Qxh6
Qd1+ 0-1

[Event "American Cup Champ"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2023.03.17"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "So,W"]
[Black "Shankland,S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2761"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[ECO "C78"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Moeller defence"]
[WhiteFideId "5202213"]
[BlackFideId "2004887"]
[EventDate "2023.03.17"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Bc5 6. c3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a4 Ba7
9. d3 b4 10. a5 Rb8 11. Re1 O-O 12. Be3 Bxe3 13. Rxe3 Be6 14. Bxe6 fxe6 15. Nbd2
bxc3 16. bxc3 d5 17. exd5 Nxd5 18. Re1 Nf4 19. Qa4 Qd7 20. Rad1 Rb5 21. Qe4 Rxa5
22. g3 Nd5 23. Nxe5 Nxe5 24. Qxe5 Ra3 25. Ne4 Nxc3 26. Nxc3 Rf5 27. Qxe6+ Qxe6
28. Rxe6 Rxc3 29. Rxa6 Rd5 30. d4 Rc4 31. Re1 Rdxd4 32. Re7 Kf8 33. Rae6 Rc2 34.
Re8+ Kf7 35. R8e7+ Kf8 36. Re8+ Kf7 37. R8e7+ Kf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "American Cup Champ"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2023.03.18"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Shankland,S"]
[Black "So,W"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2761"]
[ECO "C67"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Berlin defence, open variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2004887"]
[BlackFideId "5202213"]
[EventDate "2023.03.17"]
[EventType "k.o."]

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. Ne2 b6 12. Bg5 c5 13. Rad1 Bb7 14. Nc3 Bxf3
15. gxf3 c6 16. Ne4 Be7 17. f4 Bxg5 18. fxg5 Ke7 19. Nd6 Ke6 20. Rd3 Nxd6 21.
exd6 Kd7 22. Rf3 f6 23. gxf6 gxf6 24. Rxf6 Raf8 25. Rg6 Rhg8 26. Rg3 Kxd6 27.
Kg2 Ke5 28. Re1+ Kf5 29. Re7 Rxg3+ 30. fxg3 Rd8 31. Rf7+ Kg6 32. Rf2 c4 33. Re2
Kf5 34. Rf2+ Kg6 35. Re2 Kf5 36. Rf2+ Kg6 1/2-1/2

[Event "American Cup Champ"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2023.03.18"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Shankland,S"]
[Black "So,W"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2761"]
[ECO "C67"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Berlin defence, open variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2004887"]
[BlackFideId "5202213"]
[EventDate "2023.03.17"]
[EventType "k.o."]

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 Be7 10. Bf4 Nh4 11. Rad1+ Ke8 12. Nxh4 Bxh4 13. Ne2 a6 14.
Rfe1 g5 15. Bd2 g4 16. e6 Bxe6 17. Bc3 Rg8 18. Nf4 Rd8 19. Rxd8+ Kxd8 20. Nxe6+
fxe6 21. Rxe6 Bg5 22. Kf1 Kd7 23. Re4 Be7 24. g3 Bd6 25. Kg2 h5 26. h3 b5 27.
Bd2 c5 28. b3 Rg6 29. c4 b4 30. Be1 a5 31. f3 gxf3+ 32. Kxf3 a4 33. Bf2 Rf6+ 34.
Ke2 Rf8 35. g4 hxg4 36. hxg4 Rh8 37. g5 Rg8 38. Be3 Be7 39. bxa4 Ra8 40. g6 Rxa4
41. g7 Rxa2+ 42. Bd2 Ra8 43. Rg4 Rg8 44. Kd3 Ke6 45. Kc2 Kf5 46. Rg2 Bf6 47. Kb3
Bd4 48. Bc1 Ke6 49. Bh6 Kf7 50. Bf4 Bxg7 51. Bxc7 Ra8 52. Ra2 Rh8 53. Rh2 Re8
54. Rf2+ Kg8 55. Rg2 Re3+ 56. Ka4 Kf7 57. Rg3 Re8 58. Rf3+ Kg6 59. Rg3+ Kh7 60.
Rh3+ Kg8 61. Rg3 Kh7 62. Rh3+ Kg8 63. Rg3 Kf7 64. Rf3+ Bf6 65. Bd6 Ra8+ 66. Kb5
Ra3 67. Rf1 Ke6 68. Bxc5 Ra8 69. Bxb4 Rb8+ 70. Ka4 Ra8+ 71. Kb3 Be5 72. Re1 Rb8
73. Re2 Kf5 74. c5 Rg8 75. Kc4 Rg4+ 76. Kb5 Rg8 77. Ba5 Rb8+ 78. Bb6 Ra8 79. c6
Rb8 80. Kc5 Rc8 81. Kd5 Bf4 82. Re7 Kf6 83. Rd7 Bg3 84. Bd4+ Kf5 85. Rf7+ Kg4
86. Rg7+ Kf3 87. Re7 Rd8+ 88. Rd7 Rc8 89. Bc5 Bc7 90. Bd6 Ba5 91. Ra7 Be1 92.
Rf7+ Kg4 93. Re7 Ba5 94. Ra7 Be1 95. Rf7 Ba5 96. Rf8 Rxf8 97. Bxf8 Kf5 98. Kd6
Ke4 99. Kd7 Kd5 100. Bd6 Bb6 101. Bc7 Bf2 102. Bf4 Bb6 103. Bd2 Kc4 104. Kc8 Kb5
105. Kb7 Bd8 106. Be1 Bb6 107. Bg3 Ba5 108. Bc7 Bc3 109. Bd6 Ba5 110. Bf4 Bb6
111. Bd2 Bd8 112. Be1 Bb6 113. Bg3 Ba5 114. Bc7 Bc3 115. Bb6 Be5 116. Ba7 Bf4
117. Be3 Be5 118. Bb6 Bf4 119. Bc7 Bd2 120. Bb8 Ba5 121. Ba7 Bd8 122. c7 Bxc7
123. Kxc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "American Cup Champ"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2023.03.19"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "So,W"]
[Black "Shankland,S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2761"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[ECO "C55"]
[Opening "Two knights defence (Modern bishop's opening)"]
[WhiteFideId "5202213"]
[BlackFideId "2004887"]
[EventDate "2023.03.17"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Nc3 d6 7. a4 Na5 8. Ba2
Nc6 9. h3 Be6 10. Bxe6 fxe6 11. Ne2 a5 12. Ng3 d5 13. c3 Nd7 14. Re1 d4 15. cxd4
exd4 16. e5 Nc5 17. Ne4 Qd5 18. Bg5 Bxg5 19. Nfxg5 Nxe4 20. Rxe4 h6 21. Nf3 Rf5
22. Rc1 Raf8 23. Qe2 Rf4 24. Rc4 Rxe4 25. Qxe4 Rd8 26. Kf1 Rd7 27. Ke2 Kf8 28.
h4 Ke7 29. Qh7 Kf7 30. h5 Kf8 31. Qh8+ Kf7 32. Qh7 Kf8 33. Kf1 Kf7 34. b3 Kf8
35. Qh8+ Kf7 36. Qa8 Ke7 37. Qg8 Nxe5 38. Rxd4 Qc6 39. Qxg7+ Nf7 40. Rxd7+ Qxd7
41. Ne5 Qe8 42. g4 1-0

[Event "American Cup Champ"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2023.03.17"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Caruana,F"]
[Black "Robson,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2766"]
[BlackElo "2702"]
[ECO "E10"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[WhiteFideId "2020009"]
[BlackFideId "2023970"]
[EventDate "2023.03.17"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Nbd2 O-O 6. Bg2 dxc4 7. O-O b5 8. a4
c6 9. Ne1 Ba6 10. Nc2 Be7 11. axb5 Bxb5 12. Nb1 Nbd7 13. Nc3 Nd5 14. e4 Nxc3 15.
bxc3 Nb6 16. h4 a6 17. Qh5 Qe8 18. Re1 Rd8 19. Na3 Na4 20. Qf3 c5 21. d5 Bf6 22.
Bd2 exd5 23. exd5 Qd7 24. Rab1 Nb6 25. Bg5 Bxg5 26. hxg5 Qxd5 27. Qxd5 Nxd5 28.
Nxb5 axb5 29. Rxb5 Nxc3 30. Rxc5 Rc8 31. Rxc8 Rxc8 32. Bh3 Rd8 33. Bf1 Kf8 34.
Bxc4 Rd4 35. Be2 Ne4 36. Rd1 Rxd1+ 37. Bxd1 Nxg5 38. Kg2 Ke7 39. f4 Ne6 40. Kf3
Kf6 41. Ba4 h6 42. Ke3 g6 43. Bc6 Ng7 44. Bd5 Nf5+ 45. Kf2 Ke7 46. Bc4 f6 47.
Bd3 Kd6 48. Bc4 Kc5 49. Bf7 g5 50. Kf3 Kd4 51. Be6 Nd6 52. Bd7 Kd3 53. Kg4 Ne4
54. Kf3 Nd2+ 55. Kg4 Ne4 56. Kf3 Kd4 57. Bc6 Nd6 58. Bd7 Kd3 59. Kg4 Ke4 60. Kh5
Nf5 61. fxg5 hxg5 62. Kg6 Nxg3 63. Kxf6 Kf4 64. Bc8 Nf1 65. Kg6 Ne3 66. Be6 Nc2
67. Bc8 Nb4 68. Bh3 Nc6 69. Kf6 Ne5 70. Bc8 Ng4+ 71. Kg6 Nh2 72. Kf6 Nf3 73. Bh3
Nd4 74. Bd7 Nb3 75. Bc8 Nc5 76. Kg6 Ne4 77. Bh3 Nd2 78. Bc8 Nc4 79. Bh3 Ne5+ 80.
Kf6 g4 81. Bxg4 Nxg4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "American Cup Champ"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2023.03.18"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Robson,R"]
[Black "Caruana,F"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2702"]
[BlackElo "2766"]
[ECO "C47"]
[Opening "Four knights"]
[Variation "Scotch, 4...exd4"]
[WhiteFideId "2023970"]
[BlackFideId "2020009"]
[EventDate "2023.03.17"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 d5 8.
Bd2 O-O 9. O-O Bxc3 10. Bxc3 dxe4 11. Bxf6 Qxf6 12. Bxe4 Qxb2 13. Bxc6 Rb8 14.
Rb1 Qxb1 15. Qxb1 Rxb1 16. Rxb1 Rd8 17. Bf3 Kf8 18. Rb8 Re8 19. h4 Ba6 20. Rb3
Be2 21. Bxe2 Rxe2 22. Rc3 Re4 23. g3 Ra4 24. Rxc7 Rxa2 25. c4 a5 26. Ra7 Rc2 27.
Rxa5 Rxc4 28. Kg2 g6 29. Kf3 Kg7 30. Kg2 Kf8 31. Kf3 Kg7 32. Kg2 Kf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "American Cup Champ"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2023.03.18"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Robson,R"]
[Black "Caruana,F"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2702"]
[BlackElo "2766"]
[ECO "E50"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian"]
[Variation "4.e3 e8g8, 5.Nf3, without ...d5"]
[WhiteFideId "2023970"]
[BlackFideId "2020009"]
[EventDate "2023.03.17"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Nf3 b6 6. Bd3 Bb7 7. O-O c5 8. Re1 d5
9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Bd2 cxd4 11. exd4 Be7 12. Ne4 Nd7 13. a3 h6 14. Qe2 Rc8 15. Ne5
N5f6 16. Ng3 Bd5 17. Bf4 Nxe5 18. dxe5 Nd7 19. Qg4 Bg5 20. Nh5 f5 21. exf6 Nxf6
22. Nxf6+ Qxf6 23. Bg3 Bf4 24. Bxf4 Qxf4 25. Qxf4 Rxf4 26. f3 Rf7 27. Rac1 Rfc7
28. Rxc7 Rxc7 29. Kf2 Kf7 30. Ke3 Kf6 31. h4 a5 32. Rg1 Rc5 33. g4 Bc4 34. g5+
hxg5 35. hxg5+ Ke7 36. b4 axb4 37. axb4 Rc8 38. Rc1 b5 39. Bxc4 bxc4 40. Kd4
Rd8+ 41. Ke4 Rc8 42. Kd4 Rd8+ 43. Ke4 Rc8 44. f4 Kd6 45. Kd4 Rf8 46. Ke4 Rc8 47.
Rc3 g6 48. Kd4 Rf8 49. Ke4 Rc8 50. Kd4 Rf8 51. Rf3 Rc8 52. Ra3 Rf8 53. Ra6+ Kd7
54. Kxc4 Rxf4+ 55. Kc3 Rf5 56. Ra5 e5 57. Ra7+ Kc8 58. Kc4 Rxg5 59. Kd5 Rf5 60.
Rg7 e4+ 61. Kxe4 Rb5 62. Rxg6 Rxb4+ 63. Kd5 Kb7 64. Kc5 Rb1 65. Rh6 Ka7 66. Rg6
Kb7 67. Rh6 Ka7 68. Rg6 Kb7 69. Rh6 1/2-1/2

[Event "American Cup Champ"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2023.03.19"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Caruana,F"]
[Black "Robson,R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2766"]
[BlackElo "2702"]
[ECO "E01"]
[Opening "Catalan"]
[Variation "closed"]
[WhiteFideId "2020009"]
[BlackFideId "2023970"]
[EventDate "2023.03.17"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Bb4+ 5. Nd2 O-O 6. Nf3 dxc4 7. Qc2 c5 8. O-O
cxd4 9. Nxc4 Nc6 10. Rd1 Qe7 11. a3 Bd6 12. Nxd4 Nxd4 13. Rxd4 Bc7 14. Rd1 Rb8
15. Bd2 Rd8 16. Bb4 Qe8 17. Nd6 Bxd6 18. Bxd6 Ra8 19. Bc7 Rd7 20. Rxd7 Nxd7 21.
Rd1 a5 22. Qb3 h6 23. Qb5 a4 24. Rd4 Qe7 25. Bxb7 e5 26. Bxe5 Ra7 27. Bxc8 Nxe5
28. Re4 f6 29. Rxa4 Rc7 30. Bf5 g6 31. Ra8+ Kh7 32. Qb8 Qg7 33. Be6 h5 34. b4 f5
35. b5 h4 36. gxh4 Kh6 37. Qh8+ Qxh8 38. Rxh8+ Kg7 39. Rc8 Rb7 40. a4 Kf6 41.
Bd5 Rd7 42. Rc5 Ke7 43. b6 Kd6 44. Rb5 Rh7 45. a5 Nd7 46. Bf3 Nb8 47. Rd5+ Ke7
48. Rd4 Rh8 49. Kg2 Ke6 50. e3 Ke5 51. Bb7 f4 52. a6 fxe3 53. fxe3 Nxa6 54. Bxa6 1-0

[Event "American Cup Champ"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2023.03.19"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Nakamura,Hi"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2768"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[ECO "C42"]
[Opening "Petrov's defence"]
[WhiteFideId "2016192"]
[BlackFideId "3503240"]
[EventDate "2023.03.17"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nd3 Nxe4 5. Qe2 Qe7 6. Nf4 Nf6 7. d4 Qxe2+ 8.
Bxe2 Nc6 9. c3 d5 10. Bf3 Ne7 11. h4 h5 12. g3 Bf5 13. O-O O-O-O 14. Re1 c6 15.
Nd2 Ng6 16. Ng2 Bd6 17. Ne3 Rde8 18. a4 Ng4 19. Ndf1 Nxe3 20. Nxe3 Bd3 21. Bg2
Ne7 22. Rd1 Bf5 23. Nxf5 Nxf5 24. b4 Bc7 25. Bh3 g6 26. Kf1 Kb8 27. Bxf5 gxf5
28. Rd3 f4 29. Bxf4 Bxf4 30. gxf4 Rhg8 31. Rg3 Rxg3 32. fxg3 f5 33. Kf2 Kc7 34.
a5 Re4 35. Rb1 a6 36. Rc1 Kd6 37. Rc2 Ke6 38. Re2 Rxe2+ 39. Kxe2 Kd7 40. Kd2 Kd6
41. Kc2 Ke6 42. Kb3 Kd7 43. c4 Kc7 44. Kc3 Kd7 45. cxd5 cxd5 46. b5 axb5 47. Kb4
Kc6 48. Kb3 Kd7 49. Kc3 Kd6 50. Kb3 Kd7 51. Kc3 Kd6 52. Kb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "American Cup Champ"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2023.03.20"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Dominguez Perez,L"]
[Black "Nakamura,Hi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2768"]
[ECO "B32"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Labourdonnais-Loewenthal (Kalashnikov) variation"]
[WhiteFideId "3503240"]
[BlackFideId "2016192"]
[EventDate "2023.03.17"]
[EventType "k.o."]

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. Nd5 Bxd5 10. exd5 Nce7 11. g3 b5 12. Ne3 g6 13. a4 Nf6 14. axb5 axb5 15.
Bg2 Bh6 16. O-O O-O 17. Qd3 Nd7 18. Bd2 Nc5 19. Qe2 Qc7 20. b4 Nd7 21. Ra5 Bxe3
22. Bxe3 Nf5 23. Ra7 Rb7 24. Rxb7 Qxb7 25. Bd2 Ra8 26. Qd3 Ra2 27. Rd1 Nf6 28.
Bg5 Kg7 29. Bh3 Nd4 30. c3 Nc2 31. Qf3 Ng8 32. Bf1 Ra3 33. Bc1 Rb3 34. Qe4 Rxc3
35. Bb2 Nf6 36. Qh4 Rb3 37. Bc1 Ng8 38. Qd8 Qe7 39. Qa5 Nd4 40. Be3 Nf3+ 41. Kg2
Qf6 42. Be2 e4 43. Qxb5 Qb2 44. Qa6 Nf6 45. h3 h5 46. Kf1 Qe5 47. Kg2 Rxe3 48.
fxe3 h4 49. gxh4 Qh2+ 0-1

[Event "American Cup Champ"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2023.03.19"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Caruana,F"]
[Black "So,W"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2766"]
[BlackElo "2761"]
[ECO "D26"]
[Opening "QGA"]
[Variation "classical variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2020009"]
[BlackFideId "5202213"]
[EventDate "2023.03.17"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. Nc3 a6 7. Bb3 b5 8. e4
cxd4 9. Nxd4 Bd6 10. O-O Bb7 11. Re1 Be5 12. Nd5 Nbd7 13. Nf3 O-O 14. Nxe5 Nxe5
15. Bf4 exd5 16. Bxe5 dxe4 17. Rc1 Rc8 18. Rxc8 Bxc8 19. Qxd8 Rxd8 20. Bxf6 gxf6
21. Rxe4 Be6 22. Kf1 Bxb3 23. axb3 Rd2 24. Re2 Rd1+ 25. Re1 Rd2 26. Re2 Rd1+ 27.
Re1 Rd2 28. Re2 1/2-1/2

[Event "American Cup Champ"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2023.03.20"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "So,W"]
[Black "Caruana,F"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2761"]
[BlackElo "2766"]
[ECO "E36"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian"]
[Variation "classical, Noa variation, 5.a3"]
[WhiteFideId "5202213"]
[BlackFideId "2020009"]
[EventDate "2023.03.17"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 dxc4 7. Qxc4 b6 8.
Nf3 Ba6 9. Qa4+ Qd7 10. Qc2 O-O 11. Bg5 c5 12. dxc5 Rc8 13. Rd1 Qe7 14. e4 Bxf1
15. Kxf1 h6 16. Bxf6 Qxf6 17. e5 Qe7 18. Qe4 Nc6 19. cxb6 axb6 20. g3 b5 21. Nd4
Nxd4 22. Rxd4 Ra4 23. Rxa4 bxa4 24. Kg2 Qd7 25. Re1 Qb5 26. Re2 Rc1 27. h4 g6
28. Kh2 h5 29. Rc2 Rxc2 30. Qxc2 Qxe5 31. Qxa4 Qxb2 32. Qa7 e5 33. a4 e4 34. Kg2
Qb4 35. Qa8+ Kg7 36. Qc6 e3 37. fxe3 Qd2+ 38. Kh3 Qxe3 39. a5 Qd3 40. Qc5 Qd7+
41. Kg2 Qd2+ 42. Kf3 Qd3+ 43. Kf4 f6 44. Qe7+ Kh6 45. Qxf6 Qd2+ 46. Kf3 Qd3+ 47.
Kg2 Qd2+ 48. Kh3 Qd7+ 49. Kh2 Qd2+ 50. Kh3 Qd7+ 51. Kg2 Qd2+ 52. Kh3 Qd7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "American Cup Champ w"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2023.03.17"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Krush,I"]
[Black "Abrahamyan,T"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "WGM"]
[WhiteElo "2432"]
[BlackElo "2294"]
[ECO "E48"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian"]
[Variation "4.e3 O-O, 5.Bd3 d5"]
[WhiteFideId "2012782"]
[BlackFideId "13301918"]
[EventDate "2023.03.17"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Ne2 Re8 8. Bd2
c6 9. O-O Bd6 10. Rc1 Na6 11. a3 Nc7 12. f3 c5 13. dxc5 Bxc5 14. Nd4 Ne6 15.
Nce2 Bb6 16. Kh1 Bd7 17. Be1 Nc5 18. Bb1 Rxe3 19. Bh4 Re5 20. Ng3 Bc6 21. f4 Re8
22. Nh5 Ncd7 23. Nf5 g6 24. Nh6+ Kf8 25. Nxf6 Nxf6 26. Ng4 Nxg4 27. Bxd8 Ne3 28.
Bxb6 1-0

[Event "American Cup Champ w"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2023.03.18"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Abrahamyan,T"]
[Black "Krush,I"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "WGM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2294"]
[BlackElo "2432"]
[ECO "B43"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Kan, 5.Nc3"]
[WhiteFideId "13301918"]
[BlackFideId "2012782"]
[EventDate "2023.03.17"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 b5 6. Bd3 Bb7 7. O-O Nc6 8. Nxc6
Bxc6 9. a4 b4 10. Nb1 Bc5 11. Nd2 Ne7 12. Nb3 Bd6 13. Qe2 Ng6 14. f4 O-O 15. a5
Qb8 16. e5 Be7 17. Be3 d6 18. exd6 Bxd6 19. Qh5 Qb7 20. Rf2 Be4 21. Rd1 Be7 22.
Bxe4 Qxe4 23. Qf3 Qxf3 24. Rxf3 Bf6 25. Bd4 Rfd8 26. g3 e5 27. fxe5 Nxe5 28.
Rff1 Rac8 29. c3 bxc3 30. bxc3 Rd5 31. Bxe5 Rxe5 32. Rf3 Rb5 33. Nd4 Rxa5 34.
Nf5 h5 35. Rd7 Rxc3 36. Nh6+ Kh7 37. Rxc3 Bxc3 38. Nxf7 Bf6 39. h4 Kg6 40. Kg2
Ra2+ 41. Kh3 Re2 42. Ra7 Re7 43. Nh8+ Kh7 44. Ra8 Rd7 45. Kg2 Rd8 46. Rxd8 Bxd8
47. Nf7 Bc7 48. Ng5+ Kg6 49. Ne6 Bd6 50. Kf3 a5 51. g4 hxg4+ 52. Kxg4 a4 0-1

[Event "American Cup Champ w"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2023.03.17"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Tokhirjonova,Gulrukhbegim"]
[Black "Nemcova,Kat"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "WGM"]
[BlackTitle "WGM"]
[WhiteElo "2332"]
[BlackElo "2325"]
[ECO "A28"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "four knights, Nimzovich variation"]
[WhiteFideId "14203626"]
[BlackFideId "322750"]
[EventDate "2023.03.17"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e4 d6 5. d4 Bg4 6. d5 Nd4 7. Be2 Bxf3 8. Bxf3
Be7 9. Be3 c5 10. dxc6 Nxf3+ 11. Qxf3 bxc6 12. O-O O-O 13. Rfd1 Qc8 14. h3 Qe6
15. Rac1 Rab8 16. b3 c5 17. Bg5 Ne8 18. Bxe7 Qxe7 19. Nd5 Qe6 20. Rc3 g6 21. Qg4
Rb7 22. Ne3 Nf6 23. Qh4 Ne8 24. Rcd3 Rd7 25. Qg4 Qxg4 26. hxg4 Rb7 27. f3 f6 28.
Kf2 Kf7 29. g3 Rh8 30. R3d2 Ke6 31. f4 Rb6 32. Rh1 Kf7 33. Nd5 Rb7 34. Ke3 Ke6
35. f5+ Kf7 36. Rdh2 Kg7 37. fxg6 Kxg6 38. Rh6+ Kg7 39. Kd3 Rf7 40. Ne3 Kf8 41.
Ke2 Ke7 42. Nf5+ Kd7 43. Kf3 Nc7 44. g5 Ne6 45. g6 hxg6 46. Rxh8 gxf5 47. exf5
Ng5+ 48. Ke3 Kc6 49. Rc8+ Kb7 50. Rhh8 Kb6 51. Rcf8 1-0

[Event "American Cup Champ w"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2023.03.18"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Nemcova,Kat"]
[Black "Tokhirjonova,Gulrukhbegim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "WGM"]
[BlackTitle "WGM"]
[WhiteElo "2325"]
[BlackElo "2332"]
[ECO "A13"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[WhiteFideId "322750"]
[BlackFideId "14203626"]
[EventDate "2023.03.17"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nf3 Bd6 5. d4 b6 6. Bd3 O-O 7. O-O Bb7 8. b3 Re8
9. Bb2 Nbd7 10. Rc1 e5 11. Bf5 e4 12. Nd2 c6 13. a4 Qb8 14. g3 a6 15. a5 bxa5
16. c5 Bc7 17. Bh3 Nf8 18. f4 exf3 19. Qxf3 Bc8 20. Bxc8 Qxc8 21. e4 dxe4 22.
Ncxe4 Nxe4 23. Nxe4 Qd7 24. Nd6 Bxd6 25. cxd6 Rac8 26. Ba3 Ne6 27. Qf5 Rcd8 28.
Rcd1 f6 29. Qxa5 Ng5 30. Qxa6 Kh8 31. Qc4 Ra8 32. Bc5 Ra2 33. d5 Qh3 34. Rf2
Nf3+ 0-1

[Event "American Cup Champ w"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2023.03.17"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Zatonskih,A"]
[Black "Paikidze,N"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2337"]
[BlackElo "2314"]
[ECO "A43"]
[Opening "Old Benoni defence"]
[WhiteFideId "14101572"]
[BlackFideId "13603620"]
[EventDate "2023.03.17"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. d4 c5 2. e3 Nf6 3. Nf3 d5 4. dxc5 e6 5. c4 Bxc5 6. Nc3 O-O 7. a3 a5 8. cxd5
exd5 9. Be2 Nc6 10. O-O h6 11. Nb5 Ne4 12. b3 Qf6 13. Ra2 Qg6 14. Rc2 Bb6 15.
Bb2 Bh3 16. Ne1 Bf5 17. Rc1 Rac8 18. Nd3 Rfd8 19. Ne5 Qg5 20. Nxc6 Rxc6 21. Rxc6
bxc6 22. Nd4 Bh3 23. Bf3 c5 24. Ne2 Bc8 25. Ng3 Nxg3 26. hxg3 Be6 27. Qe2 c4 28.
b4 axb4 29. axb4 Bf5 30. Ra1 Bd3 31. Qe1 Re8 32. Qc3 Kh7 33. Bxd5 Rxe3 34. Bxc4
Bxc4 35. Qxc4 Rxg3 36. Qe4+ f5 37. Qb7 Qg4 38. Be5 Qxb4 39. Qd7 Rg5 40. Qd5 Qe4
41. Qxe4 fxe4 42. Bb8 Rf5 43. Ra2 Rb5 44. Bg3 Kg6 45. Ra8 Rb3 46. Kf1 e3 47.
fxe3 Bxe3 48. Bf2 Bf4 49. Ke2 Be5 50. Rd8 Kf5 51. Rd3 Rb2+ 52. Kf3 Rb4 53. Bg3
Bf6 54. Rd5+ Ke6 55. Rd6+ Ke7 56. Rd3 Rb5 57. Bd6+ Kf7 58. g4 Kg6 59. Bf4 Rb1
60. Kg2 Rb4 61. Kf3 Ra4 62. Kg3 Ra1 63. Kg2 h5 64. gxh5+ Kxh5 65. Rd2 Kg4 66.
Bh2 Ra4 67. Re2 g5 68. Be5 Bd8 69. Bh2 Bb6 70. Bg1 Bd8 71. Bh2 Rd4 72. Bg1 Rd1
73. Bf2 Bf6 74. Bg3 Bd4 75. Bf2 Bc3 76. Rc2 Be5 77. Re2 Kf5 78. Bg3 Bd4 79. Bf2
Bf6 80. Bg3 Bd8 81. Re5+ Kg4 82. Re4+ Kh5 83. Re2 Rd3 84. Bh2 Kh4 85. Bg1 Bc7
86. Bf2+ Kg4 87. Rc2 Bf4 88. Ra2 Kf5 89. Re2 g4 90. Bg1 g3 91. Kh3 Rb3 92. Kg2
Kg4 93. Rc2 Kf5 94. Re2 Rd3 95. Bc5 Rd5 96. Bg1 Kg4 97. Bb6 Bd6 98. Bg1 Rd3 99.
Be3 Kf5 100. Rd2 Rxd2+ 101. Bxd2 Bf4 102. Be1 Kg4 103. Bxg3 Bxg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "American Cup Champ w"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2023.03.18"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Paikidze,N"]
[Black "Zatonskih,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2314"]
[BlackElo "2337"]
[ECO "E06"]
[Opening "Catalan"]
[Variation "closed, 5.Nf3"]
[WhiteFideId "13603620"]
[BlackFideId "14101572"]
[EventDate "2023.03.17"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. Qc2 dxc4 7. Qxc4 a6 8. Bf4
Bd6 9. Ne5 Nd5 10. Nc3 Nxf4 11. gxf4 Ra7 12. Rd1 Qh4 13. e3 b6 14. Qe2 Qe7 15.
Qh5 Bb7 16. Bxb7 Rxb7 17. Ne4 f6 18. Rg1 c5 19. Nc4 Bc7 20. dxc5 Nc6 21. Qf3 b5
22. Ncd6 Ba5+ 23. Kf1 Rc7 24. a3 b4 25. Qe2 bxa3 26. bxa3 Ra7 27. Qc4 Kh8 28.
Kg2 f5 29. Ng5 Nd8 30. Rb1 Rc7 31. Qxa6 Rxc5 32. Rgc1 Bc3 33. Rb6 e5 34. Nb7 Rc7
35. Nxd8 Qxd8 36. Rd6 Qb8 37. Ne6 Ra7 38. Qd3 e4 39. Qd5 Ra5 40. Qc6 Rc8 41.
Qxc8+ Qxc8 42. Rxc3 Qe8 43. Rd8 1-0

[Event "American Cup Champ w"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2023.03.17"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Lee,Alice"]
[Black "Pourkashiyan,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "WGM"]
[WhiteElo "2362"]
[BlackElo "2313"]
[ECO "E25"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian"]
[Variation "Saemisch variation"]
[WhiteFideId "30941822"]
[BlackFideId "12502014"]
[EventDate "2023.03.17"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7. cxd5 exd5 8. e3
O-O 9. Bd3 b6 10. Ne2 Ba6 11. O-O Bxd3 12. Qxd3 Re8 13. c4 dxc4 14. Qxc4 Nbd7
15. e4 cxd4 16. Qxd4 Nc5 17. Qxd8 Raxd8 18. Bg5 Ncd7 19. Rfd1 h6 20. Bh4 g5 21.
Bf2 Nc5 22. Nd4 Rd7 23. Nf5 Kh7 24. Rxd7 Nfxd7 25. Nd6 Rf8 26. Rd1 Ne5 27. Bxc5
bxc5 28. Rd5 Rd8 29. Rxe5 Rxd6 30. Rxc5 Ra6 31. Rc3 Kg6 32. Kf2 h5 33. Ke3 Rb6
34. g3 f6 35. f4 gxf4+ 36. gxf4 h4 37. h3 a5 38. Kf3 f5 39. exf5+ Kh5 40. f6 Kg6
41. Kg4 Kxf6 42. Rc5 a4 43. Ra5 Rb3 44. Ra6+ Kg7 45. Rxa4 Rg3+ 46. Kxh4 Rg1 47.
Ra6 Rf1 48. Kg5 Rg1+ 49. Kf5 Rh1 50. Ra7+ Kh6 51. a4 Rxh3 52. a5 Rc3 53. a6 Rc5+
54. Kg4 Ra5 55. Ra8 Kg7 56. a7 Kh7 57. f5 Ra6 58. f6 Rxf6 59. Rb8 Rg6+ 60. Kf5 1-0

[Event "American Cup Champ w"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2023.03.18"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Pourkashiyan,A"]
[Black "Lee,Alice"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "WGM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2313"]
[BlackElo "2362"]
[ECO "C42"]
[Opening "Petrov"]
[Variation "classical attack, close variation"]
[WhiteFideId "12502014"]
[BlackFideId "30941822"]
[EventDate "2023.03.17"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d3 Nf6 6. d4 d5 7. Bd3 Bd6 8. O-O
O-O 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bh4 Bg4 11. Nc3 c6 12. h3 Be6 13. Ne5 c5 14. Nb5 c4 15. Nxd6
Qxd6 16. Be2 Bf5 17. b3 cxb3 18. axb3 Ne4 19. Bf3 Nc6 20. Nxc6 bxc6 21. c4 Rfe8
22. Ra6 Qf4 23. Bg3 Nxg3 24. fxg3 Qxg3 25. Rxc6 dxc4 26. bxc4 Rab8 27. Bd5 Rb1
28. Bxf7+ Kh7 29. Qxb1 Bxb1 30. Rxb1 Rf8 31. Rf1 g5 32. Rcf6 Kg7 33. Rg6+ Kh7
34. Rgf6 Kg7 35. d5 Qc3 36. Rg6+ Kh7 37. Rc6 Qe3+ 38. Kh1 Qe2 39. Rcf6 Kg7 40.
d6 Qe5 41. Rg6+ Kh7 42. Rgf6 Kg7 43. Rg6+ Kh7 44. Re6 Qxe6 45. Bxe6 Rxf1+ 46.
Kh2 Kg7 47. c5 Kf6 48. Bd5 Ke5 49. Bf3 Rxf3 50. gxf3 Ke6 51. h4 a5 52. Kh3 a4
53. Kg4 a3 0-1

[Event "American Cup Champ w"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2023.03.19"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Krush,I"]
[Black "Tokhirjonova,Gulrukhbegim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "WGM"]
[WhiteElo "2432"]
[BlackElo "2332"]
[ECO "D25"]
[Opening "QGA, Janowsky-Larsen variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2012782"]
[BlackFideId "14203626"]
[EventDate "2023.03.17"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 dxc4 4. e3 Bg4 5. Bxc4 e6 6. h3 Bh5 7. Qb3 Nbd7 8.
Qxb7 c5 9. Nbd2 Rb8 10. Qa6 Qc7 11. Bb5 Rb6 12. Qa4 a6 13. Be2 cxd4 14. exd4 Bg6
15. O-O Bc2 16. Nb3 Bd6 17. Bd2 Qb8 18. Rfc1 Bxb3 19. axb3 O-O 20. Bc4 h6 21.
Re1 Bf4 22. Qa5 Bxd2 23. Qxd2 Nd5 24. Ra5 N7f6 25. Ne5 Nb4 26. Ra4 Qb7 27. Nd3
Nxd3 28. Qxd3 Rd8 29. Rxa6 Rxa6 30. Bxa6 Qb6 31. Rd1 e5 32. Bc4 Rxd4 33. Qe2 Ne4
34. Rxd4 Qxd4 35. b4 Nd2 36. b3 e4 37. Qe3 Qa1+ 38. Kh2 Qe5+ 39. Qg3 Qf6 40. b5
g5 41. Qe3 Qe5+ 42. Qg3 Qf6 43. Qe3 Qe5+ 44. g3 Nf3+ 45. Kg2 Kg7 46. b6 f5 47.
b7 Qa1 48. Bf1 Qe5 49. Qa7 Ne1+ 50. Kh1 Qd5 51. b8=Q+ 1-0

[Event "American Cup Champ w"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2023.03.20"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Tokhirjonova,Gulrukhbegim"]
[Black "Krush,I"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "WGM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2332"]
[BlackElo "2432"]
[ECO "A13"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[WhiteFideId "14203626"]
[BlackFideId "2012782"]
[EventDate "2023.03.17"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. e3 dxc4 4. Bxc4 Nf6 5. Nf3 c5 6. O-O a6 7. Be2 Nc6 8. d4
cxd4 9. exd4 Be7 10. a3 O-O 11. Re1 b5 12. Bg5 Bb7 13. Bd3 Rc8 14. Rc1 Na5 15.
Ne5 Nc4 16. Bb1 g6 17. Bh6 Nxb2 18. Qb3 Nc4 19. Bxf8 Bxf8 20. Nxc4 Rxc4 21. Ne2
Ra4 22. Nf4 Rxa3 23. Qb2 Ra4 24. Rcd1 Qd6 25. Ne2 Ng4 26. Ng3 Bg7 27. Qe2 Bxd4
28. Qxg4 Bxf2+ 29. Kf1 Rxg4 30. Rxd6 Bxe1 31. Kxe1 h5 32. Rb6 Bd5 33. Bd3 h4 34.
Nf1 Rxg2 35. Rxa6 b4 36. Rb6 b3 37. h3 Kg7 38. Ne3 Rg3 39. Ke2 Bf3+ 40. Kf2 Rxh3
41. Rxb3 Bh5 42. Be4 Rh2+ 43. Kg1 Re2 44. Bg2 g5 45. Bf1 Rd2 46. Rb5 Kf6 47. Rb4
Bf3 48. Ra4 Rb2 49. Bh3 Re2 50. Ra3 Rb2 51. Ra4 Re2 52. Ra3 Rb2 53. Ra4 Re2 1/2-1/2

[Event "American Cup Champ w"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2023.03.19"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Lee,Alice"]
[Black "Paikidze,N"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2362"]
[BlackElo "2314"]
[ECO "A43"]
[Opening "Old Benoni defence"]
[WhiteFideId "30941822"]
[BlackFideId "13603620"]
[EventDate "2023.03.17"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. d4 c5 2. d5 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. Bb5+ Bd7 7. a4 a6 8. Be2 Bg4
9. h3 Bxf3 10. Bxf3 Nbd7 11. Be2 Qa5 12. O-O b5 13. Bf3 b4 14. Nb1 Ne5 15. Bf4
Nxf3+ 16. Qxf3 Nd7 17. Nd2 Qc7 18. Qb3 c4 19. Nxc4 Rc8 20. Nd2 Qxc2 21. Qxc2
Rxc2 22. Rac1 Rxc1 23. Rxc1 Nc5 24. Rc4 a5 25. Be3 Nxa4 26. b3 Nc3 27. Bb6 O-O
28. Bxa5 Ra8 29. Bxb4 Ne2+ 30. Kh2 Bd4 31. Rc2 Bxf2 32. Nf1 Bg1+ 33. Kh1 Ra1 34.
Rxe2 Rxf1 35. Re1 Rxe1 36. Bxe1 Bd4 37. g4 Kg7 38. Kg2 f5 39. gxf5 gxf5 40. Kf3
Kf6 41. b4 Bb6 42. Kf4 e5+ 43. dxe6 fxe4 44. Kxe4 Kxe6 45. h4 d5+ 46. Kf4 Kf6
47. Bc3+ Ke6 48. Be1 Kf6 49. h5 Ke6 50. Bd2 Kf6 51. Bc3+ Ke6 52. Bg7 Kf7 53. Be5
Ke6 54. Bb2 Bf2 55. Kf3 Bb6 56. Kf4 Bf2 57. Bg7 Kf7 58. h6 Ke6 59. Bf8 Bb6 60.
Bc5 Bxc5 61. bxc5 d4 62. Ke4 d3 63. Kxd3 Kd5 64. Ke3 Kxc5 65. Ke4 Kd6 66. Kf5
Ke7 67. Ke5 Kf7 68. Kf5 Ke7 69. Ke5 Kf7 70. Kf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "American Cup Champ w"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2023.03.20"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Paikidze,N"]
[Black "Lee,Alice"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2314"]
[BlackElo "2362"]
[ECO "D12"]
[Opening "QGD Slav"]
[Variation "4.e3 Bf5"]
[WhiteFideId "13603620"]
[BlackFideId "30941822"]
[EventDate "2023.03.17"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Bg6 7. Nxg6 hxg6 8. Bd2
Nbd7 9. Qc2 Rc8 10. c5 Be7 11. g3 e5 12. O-O-O Ng4 13. Be1 Rxh2 14. Rxh2 Nxh2
15. Bh3 e4 16. f4 Nf3 17. Bf2 Qa5 18. Rh1 Rc7 19. g4 b6 20. cxb6 Nxb6 21. Bg2
Nc4 22. Rh8+ Kd7 23. Rb8 Rc8 24. Rxc8 Kxc8 25. Bxf3 exf3 26. e4 Bb4 27. Nb1 Qxa2
28. exd5 cxd5 29. f5 g5 30. f6 g6 31. Be3 Kd7 32. Bxg5 Qxb2+ 33. Qxb2 Nxb2 34.
Nd2 Bxd2+ 35. Kxd2 Nc4+ 36. Ke1 Nd6 37. Bc1 Ne4 38. g5 f2+ 0-1

[Event "American Cup Champ"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2023.03.20"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "So,W"]
[Black "Caruana,F"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2761"]
[BlackElo "2766"]
[ECO "C78"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "5.O-O"]
[WhiteFideId "5202213"]
[BlackFideId "2020009"]
[EventDate "2023.03.17"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. a4 Bb7 8. d3
O-O 9. c3 d6 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bxf6 Qxf6 12. Bd5 Rab8 13. b4 Bb6 14. Na3 bxa4 15.
Nc4 Ne7 16. Bxb7 Rxb7 17. Rxa4 Ra8 18. Qe2 Qe6 19. Rfa1 Rba7 20. R1a3 Nc6 21. g3
a5 22. bxa5 Nxa5 23. Nxb6 cxb6 24. Rb4 Ra6 25. Rb5 Nc6 26. Rxa6 Rxa6 27. Kg2 Ne7
28. Qe3 Ra3 29. c4 Nc8 30. Nh4 g6 31. Nf3 Kg7 32. h4 Qf6 33. Nd2 Ra5 34. Rb2 Ra3
35. Nb1 Ra1 36. Nc3 Qe6 37. Nd5 Qg4 38. Nc3 Ra3 39. Qd2 Ra1 40. Nd5 Rd1 41. Qc3
Ra1 42. Ne3 Qd7 43. Rxb6 Nxb6 44. Qxa1 Na4 45. f4 Qe8 46. fxe5 dxe5 47. h5 Nc5
48. hxg6 Kxg6 49. Nf5 Kh7 50. Qa3 Qc6 51. Qa7 Nd7 52. Qa5 Qg6 53. Qd5 Nf6 54.
Qxe5 Ng4 55. Qd4 Qg5 56. Qc3 h5 57. c5 f6 58. Qb2 Ne5 59. c6 Qg4 60. Qb7+ Kh8
61. Qb8+ Kh7 62. Qc7+ Kh8 63. Qd8+ 1-0

[Event "American Cup Champ"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2023.03.21"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Caruana,F"]
[Black "So,W"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2766"]
[BlackElo "2761"]
[ECO "D26"]
[Opening "QGA"]
[Variation "classical variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2020009"]
[BlackFideId "5202213"]
[EventDate "2023.03.17"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. Nc3 a6 7. Bb3 Nc6 8. O-O
b5 9. Qe2 Bb7 10. Rd1 Be7 11. dxc5 Qc7 12. e4 O-O 13. e5 Nd7 14. Bf4 Nxc5 15.
Bc2 Nb4 16. Rac1 Nxc2 17. Rxc2 Rac8 18. a3 Rfd8 19. Nd4 Qb6 20. Rcd2 Na4 21.
Nxa4 bxa4 22. Qg4 Rd5 23. h4 Kh8 24. Be3 Qc7 25. Qf4 Kg8 26. Nf5 Rxd2 27. Nxe7+
Qxe7 28. Rxd2 Bc6 29. Qg4 Kh8 30. Rd4 Rd8 31. Rf4 Qd7 32. Kh2 Qc7 33. Qh5 Be8
34. Rb4 f6 35. Bb6 Bxh5 36. Bxc7 Rc8 37. Ba5 Be8 38. Rb6 Bc6 39. Rxa6 f5 40. f3
h6 41. Kg3 Bd5 42. Bb4 Bb3 43. Ra7 Kg8 44. Bc3 Rd8 45. Kf2 Kh7 46. Rb7 Kg6 47.
Bb4 Rc8 48. Ke3 Kh7 49. Bc3 Rd8 50. g4 fxg4 51. fxg4 Bd1 52. Rb4 h5 53. gxh5 Kh6
54. Rb6 Bb3 55. Rb7 Kxh5 56. Rxg7 Kxh4 57. Bb4 Kh5 58. Bd6 Rc8 59. Bc7 Kh6 60.
Rd7 Rg8 61. Ba5 Rg1 62. Rd8 Rd1 63. Rg8 Kh7 64. Rg4 Rd5 65. Bc3 Rd1 66. Ke2 Bc2
67. Bd2 Rb1 68. Rb4 Rh1 69. Bc3 Kg6 70. Rb8 Kf5 71. Ke3 Rd1 72. Rf8+ Kg5 73. Bd2
Kh5 74. Rg8 Rb1 75. Bc3 Rd1 76. Rg2 Rd3+ 77. Kf4 Bb3 78. Bd2 Bd5 79. Rh2+ Kg6
80. Be3 Rb3 81. Rf2 Kf7 82. Kg5+ Ke8 83. Bd4 Rd3 84. Bc3 Rf3 85. Rh2 Kd7 86. Rh4
Bb3 87. Rb4 Rf5+ 88. Kg6 Rf1 89. Rb6 Rg1+ 90. Kf6 Rf1+ 91. Kg5 Rf5+ 92. Kg4 Bd1+
93. Kg3 Bb3 94. Rd6+ Kc7 95. Rd2 Rf1 96. Rh2 Rf7 97. Bd2 Rf1 98. Be3 Kc6 99. Rh4
Bd5 100. Bf2 Bb3 101. Kf3 Rb1 102. Bd4 Re1 103. Bc3 Bd5+ 104. Kf2 Re4 105. Rh8
Bb3 106. Rd8 Bd5 107. Rd6+ Kb5 108. Kg3 Bb3 109. Rd8 Bd5 110. Kf2 Bb3 111. Rb8+
Kc6 112. Ra8 Bd5 113. Ra6+ Kb5 114. Rd6 Bb3 115. Bd4 Bd5 116. Rb6+ Kc4 117. Bc3
Kd3 118. Rb5 Re2+ 119. Kg3 Re4 120. Ra5 Bb3 121. Bb4 Kc2 122. Kf3 Bd5 123. Kf2
Bb3 124. Bc3 Bd5 125. Kf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "American Cup Champ"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2023.03.21"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Nakamura,Hi"]
[Black "So,W"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2768"]
[BlackElo "2761"]
[ECO "C65"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Berlin defence"]
[WhiteFideId "2016192"]
[BlackFideId "5202213"]
[EventDate "2023.03.17"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. O-O Nd4 6. Be3 Nxf3+ 7. Qxf3 Bxe3 8.
Qxe3 c6 9. Bc4 d6 10. Nd2 Qb6 11. Qxb6 axb6 12. f4 exf4 13. Rxf4 b5 14. Bb3 Be6
15. a3 O-O 16. Raf1 Rae8 17. Bxe6 Rxe6 18. Nf3 d5 19. e5 Nd7 20. d4 f6 21. h3
Re7 22. exf6 Rxf6 23. Rxf6 Nxf6 24. Re1 Rxe1+ 25. Nxe1 Ne4 26. Nd3 Kf7 27. Kf1
Ke6 28. Ke2 g5 29. g4 h6 30. Ke3 Kd6 31. Ne5 Ke6 32. Nd3 Kd6 33. Ne5 Ke6 34. Nd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "American Cup Champ"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2023.03.22"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "So,W"]
[Black "Nakamura,Hi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2761"]
[BlackElo "2768"]
[ECO "E32"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian"]
[Variation "classical variation"]
[WhiteFideId "5202213"]
[BlackFideId "2016192"]
[EventDate "2023.03.17"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. e4 d5 6. e5 Ne4 7. Nf3 c5 8. Bd3
cxd4 9. Nxd4 Nd7 10. Bf4 Qh4 11. g3 Qh5 12. O-O g5 13. cxd5 gxf4 14. dxe6 Nxc3
15. exd7 Bxd7 16. bxc3 Rac8 17. Qd1 Qxd1 18. Raxd1 Bxc3 19. Bf5 Rcd8 20. Bxd7
Rxd7 21. Nf5 Rxd1 22. Rxd1 Bxe5 23. Rd7 b5 24. Rxa7 fxg3 25. hxg3 b4 26. Kg2 h5
27. Kh3 Kh7 28. Ra6 Rd8 29. f4 Bc3 30. Kh4 Rd5 31. Rh6+ Kg8 32. Kg5 Bg7 33. Rxh5
Rd2 34. Kg4 Bc3 35. Rh6 Rxa2 36. Rb6 Ra7 37. Kg5 Kh7 38. Rh6+ Kg8 39. Rb6 Kh7
40. Rh6+ Kg8 41. Rb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "American Cup Champ"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2023.03.22"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "So,W"]
[Black "Nakamura,Hi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2761"]
[BlackElo "2768"]
[ECO "B30"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Nimzovich-Rossolimo attack (without ...d6)"]
[WhiteFideId "5202213"]
[BlackFideId "2016192"]
[EventDate "2023.03.17"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e5 4. O-O Bd6 5. c3 a6 6. Ba4 b5 7. Bb3 c4 8. Bc2 Nf6
9. d4 cxd3 10. Qxd3 Be7 11. Bg5 d6 12. Rd1 Nh5 13. Bxe7 Kxe7 14. a4 Rb8 15. axb5
axb5 16. Na3 Nf4 17. Qe3 Qb6 18. Nd4 Nxd4 19. cxd4 Rd8 20. Bb3 Be6 21. Nc2 Kf8
22. Rd2 Rdc8 23. g3 Bxb3 24. Qxb3 Ne6 25. Rad1 b4 26. Kg2 g6 27. h4 h5 28. dxe5
dxe5 29. Rd7 Rc7 30. Qf3 Rxd7 31. Rxd7 Nd8 32. Ne3 Qc6 33. Rd5 Qe6 34. Qd1 Qf6
35. Rd7 Kg7 36. Rd6 Qe7 37. Rd7 Qf6 38. Nd5 Qe6 39. Nc7 Qc6 40. Qd5 Qxd5 41.
exd5 Nb7 42. Ne6+ Kg8 43. Ng5 Nd8 44. Kf3 b3 45. Ke4 Nb7 46. Kxe5 Nc5 47. Rc7
Nd3+ 48. Kf6 Nxb2 49. Nxf7 Nc4 50. Nh6+ Kf8 51. Rf7+ Ke8 52. Re7+ Kd8 53. Nf7+
Kc8 54. d6 Rb6 55. Re8+ Kb7 56. Ke7 b2 57. d7 b1=Q 58. d8=Q Qb4+ 59. Nd6+ Qxd6+
60. Qxd6 Nxd6 61. Rg8 Nf5+ 62. Ke8 Kc7 63. Rf8 Nh6 64. Rf4 Re6+ 65. Kf8 Kd6 66.
Kg7 Nf5+ 67. Kf7 Kd5 68. Rf3 Ra6 69. Rb3 Ke4 70. Rc3 Nd6+ 71. Kg7 Kd4 72. Rb3
Nf5+ 73. Kh7 Ke5 74. Rb8 Ne7 75. Kg7 Ra7 76. Rb5+ Ke6 77. Rb6+ Kf5 78. Rb5+ Kg4
79. Rb4+ Kh3 80. Kh6 Ra6 81. Kg5 Nd5 82. Rd4 Nc3 83. Kh6 Kg2 84. g4 Ne2 85. Rb4
Kf3 86. gxh5 gxh5+ 87. Kxh5 Nf4+ 88. Kg5 Ra5+ 89. Kh6 Kg4 90. Kg7 Kf5 91. Rb7
Ne6+ 92. Kh6 Kf6 93. h5 Ra8 94. f4 Rh8+ 95. Rh7 Ra8 96. Rb7 Nxf4 97. Rb6+ Ne6
98. Kh7 Ra7+ 99. Kh6 Rd7 100. Rxe6+ Kxe6 101. Kg6 Rd1 102. h6 Rg1+ 103. Kh7 Kf7 0-1

[Event "American Cup Champ"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2023.03.23"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Nakamura,Hi"]
[Black "So,W"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2768"]
[BlackElo "2761"]
[ECO "B06"]
[Opening "Robatsch (modern) defence"]
[WhiteFideId "2016192"]
[BlackFideId "5202213"]
[EventDate "2023.03.17"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. h4 Nf6 5. f3 Nc6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nge2 O-O 8. dxe5
dxe5 9. Qxd8 Rxd8 10. a3 Be6 11. Ng3 h5 12. Bg5 a6 13. Bd3 Rd6 14. O-O-O Nd7 15.
Bf1 Nd4 16. Nce2 c5 17. Kb1 f6 18. Be3 Nb6 19. c3 Bb3 20. Rc1 Ne6 21. Re1 Nc4
22. Nc1 Nxe3 23. Nxb3 Bh6 24. Rg1 c4 25. Na1 Rad8 26. Be2 Rd2 27. Nf1 Rxe2 28.
Rxe2 Rd1+ 29. Ka2 Rxf1 30. Rxf1 Nxf1 31. Nc2 Nc5 32. Re1 Nd2 33. a4 Nxa4 34. Nb4
Kf7 35. Nd5 Nc5 36. Rd1 b5 37. Ka3 Bf8 38. Ka2 Ndb3 39. f4 exf4 40. Nxf4 Bh6 41.
Nd5 Nxe4 42. Nc7 Nec5 43. Rd8 Nc1+ 44. Kb1 N1d3 45. Nd5 Nf4 46. Nb4 Nxg2 47. Rc8
Bf8 48. Rc7+ Ke6 49. Rc6+ Ke5 50. Rc8 Bd6 51. Rd8 Nxh4 52. Nc6+ Ke6 0-1

[Event "American Cup Champ"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2023.03.23"]
[Round "3.5"]
[White "So,W"]
[Black "Nakamura,Hi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2761"]
[BlackElo "2768"]
[ECO "B30"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Nimzovich-Rossolimo attack (without ...d6)"]
[WhiteFideId "5202213"]
[BlackFideId "2016192"]
[EventDate "2023.03.17"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e5 4. O-O Bd6 5. c3 a6 6. Ba4 b5 7. Bb3 c4 8. Bc2 Nf6
9. d4 cxd3 10. Qxd3 Be7 11. Rd1 d6 12. Bg5 Nh5 13. Be3 O-O 14. Nbd2 Rb8 15. b4
Kh8 16. Bb3 Qc7 17. Nf1 f5 18. Ng3 fxe4 19. Qxe4 Nf6 20. Qd3 d5 21. Qe2 e4 22.
Nd4 Bg4 23. f3 exf3 24. gxf3 Bh3 25. Nxc6 Qxc6 26. Bd4 Rbe8 27. Re1 Bxb4 28. Qd3
Bc5 29. Kh1 Bxd4 30. Qxd4 Qc7 31. Qh4 Rxe1+ 32. Rxe1 Qxc3 0-1

[Event "American Cup Champ"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2023.03.23"]
[Round "3.6"]
[White "Nakamura,Hi"]
[Black "So,W"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2768"]
[BlackElo "2761"]
[ECO "B06"]
[Opening "Robatsch (modern) defence"]
[WhiteFideId "2016192"]
[BlackFideId "5202213"]
[EventDate "2023.03.17"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. Qe2 O-O 6. e5 dxe5 7. dxe5 Nd5 8. h3
Nb6 9. Bb3 Nc6 10. O-O Na5 11. Nc3 Nxb3 12. axb3 Bd7 13. Rd1 Qc8 14. Bg5 Re8 15.
Qe3 c5 16. Bh6 Bh8 17. Ra5 Bc6 18. Rxc5 Rd8 19. Nd4 e6 20. b4 Nd7 21. Nxc6 bxc6
22. Ra5 Qc7 23. f4 Nb6 24. Raa1 Qb7 25. Qc5 Nd5 26. Ne4 Bg7 27. Bg5 Rdb8 28. c3
h6 29. Bf6 Nxf4 30. Bxg7 Kxg7 31. Rf1 Nd3 32. Qd4 Qb6 33. Nd6 Qxd4+ 34. cxd4 Rf8
35. b5 cxb5 36. Nxb5 a6 37. Nd6 Nxb2 38. Rac1 Ra7 39. Rf3 Na4 40. Rb3 Rd7 41.
Rc4 1-0

[Event "American Cup Champ"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2023.03.24"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Nakamura,Hi"]
[Black "So,W"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2768"]
[BlackElo "2761"]
[ECO "A28"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "four knights, Nimzovich variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2016192"]
[BlackFideId "5202213"]
[EventDate "2023.03.17"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e4 Bb4 5. d3 d6 6. a3 Bc5 7. b4 Bb6 8. Na4 Bg4
9. Be2 Bxf3 10. Bxf3 Nd4 11. Nxb6 axb6 12. O-O Qd7 13. Bb2 Nxf3+ 14. Qxf3 O-O
15. Qe2 Rfe8 16. f4 b5 17. c5 Qe6 18. Rac1 c6 19. cxd6 Nd7 20. Qf2 f6 21. d4
exf4 22. e5 fxe5 23. dxe5 Nxe5 24. Rce1 Qd5 25. Qe2 Nc4 26. Qxe8+ Rxe8 27. Rxe8+
Kf7 28. Re7+ Kg6 29. Rxg7+ Kh6 30. Ba1 Ne3 31. h4 Qd3 32. Rxf4 Qd1+ 33. Kf2 Qxa1
34. Rg5 Nd5 35. d7 Qh8 36. Re4 Qf6+ 37. Kg1 Qd6 38. d8=Q Qxd8 39. Re6+ Nf6 40.
Kh2 Qd4 41. Kg3 b6 42. Rxc6 Qe3+ 43. Kh2 Qf4+ 44. Kh3 Qf1 45. Re6 Qf2 46. Rc6
Qe3+ 47. Kh2 Qd4 48. Kg3 Qxh4+ 49. Kxh4 1/2-1/2

[Event "American Cup Champ"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2023.03.25"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "So,W"]
[Black "Nakamura,Hi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2761"]
[BlackElo "2768"]
[ECO "E32"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian"]
[Variation "classical variation"]
[WhiteFideId "5202213"]
[BlackFideId "2016192"]
[EventDate "2023.03.17"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 d5 7. Bg5 h6 8.
Bxf6 Qxf6 9. Nf3 dxc4 10. Qxc4 Nc6 11. Qc3 Re8 12. Rd1 e5 13. d5 Nb8 14. e3 Bg4
15. Be2 Nd7 16. O-O Rac8 17. Qb4 Bxf3 18. Bxf3 Qb6 19. Qxb6 axb6 20. Bg4 Rcd8
21. Bxd7 Rxd7 22. e4 Rd6 23. Rd3 b5 24. Rc1 c6 25. Kf1 Kf8 26. Ke2 Ke7 27. dxc6
bxc6 28. Rcd1 Rxd3 29. Rxd3 Ra8 30. b4 h5 31. h4 g6 32. f3 f6 33. Ke3 Ke6 34.
Rc3 Kd6 35. Rd3+ Ke6 36. Rc3 Kd6 37. Rd3+ Ke6 1/2-1/2

[Event "American Cup Champ"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2023.03.25"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "So,W"]
[Black "Nakamura,Hi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2761"]
[BlackElo "2768"]
[ECO "C65"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Berlin defence"]
[WhiteFideId "5202213"]
[BlackFideId "2016192"]
[EventDate "2023.03.17"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. O-O Nd4 6. Nxd4 Bxd4 7. c3 Bb6 8.
Na3 c6 9. Ba4 d6 10. Bc2 Be6 11. Qe2 h6 12. Nc4 Bc7 13. f4 exf4 14. Bxf4 Bxc4
15. dxc4 Qe7 16. Rad1 O-O-O 17. Kh1 Rhe8 18. Rfe1 Kb8 19. Qf3 g5 20. Bg3 h5 21.
Qf5 h4 22. Bf2 Nh5 23. Kg1 f6 24. b4 Nf4 25. Bd4 Rf8 26. a4 Qf7 27. Bb3 Rde8 28.
a5 Ne6 29. Be3 Nf4 30. Bd4 a6 31. Rd2 Ka8 32. Ba2 Qe7 33. Bb3 Rd8 34. Rdd1 Bb8
35. b5 Ba7 36. Ba4 Bxd4+ 37. cxd4 cxb5 38. cxb5 Rc8 39. bxa6 bxa6 40. Rb1 Rb8
41. Rb6 Rxb6 42. axb6 Kb8 43. Qa5 Qb7 44. Bd1 h3 45. g3 Ng2 46. Re2 Rc8 47. Bb3
Rc1+ 48. Kf2 Rb1 49. Bd5 Qxb6 50. Qxb6+ Rxb6 51. Be6 f5 52. Bxf5 Rb3 53. Be6 Rc3
54. Bxh3 Nf4 55. gxf4 Rxh3 56. Kg2 Rh4 57. fxg5 Rg4+ 58. Kf3 Rxg5 59. h4 Rg8 60.
h5 Kc7 61. h6 Kd7 62. h7 Rh8 63. Rh2 Ke7 64. Rh5 Kf7 65. Rh6 d5 66. Rxa6 1-0

[Event "American Cup Champ"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2023.03.26"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Nakamura,Hi"]
[Black "So,W"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2768"]
[BlackElo "2761"]
[ECO "E46"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian"]
[Variation "4.e3 O-O"]
[WhiteFideId "2016192"]
[BlackFideId "5202213"]
[EventDate "2023.03.17"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd2 d5 6. Nf3 b6 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Bd3
Bd6 9. O-O Re8 10. a3 c5 11. Rc1 c4 12. Bb1 Bg4 13. h3 Bh5 14. Qa4 Nbd7 15. Nh4
a6 16. Qc2 Ne4 17. Nf5 Bf3 18. Ng3 Bxg3 19. fxg3 Bh5 20. Nxd5 Be2 21. Rf4 Ndc5
22. dxc5 Bd3 23. Qd1 Qxd5 24. Be1 Qxc5 25. Bxd3 Qxe3+ 26. Kh2 Qxd3 27. Qg4 Rad8
28. Bc3 Nxc3 29. Rxc3 Qg6 30. Qh4 b5 31. Rcf3 Rd7 32. Rg4 Qd6 33. Rf6 Re6 34.
Qg5 g6 35. Rgf4 Rxf6 36. Rxf6 Qe7 37. Qf4 Rd2 38. Rxg6+ hxg6 39. Qxd2 Qe5 40. h4
Kg7 41. Kh3 a5 42. g4 Qf6 43. h5 Qe5 44. h6+ Kh7 45. g5 b4 46. axb4 axb4 47.
Qxb4 Qe3+ 48. g3 Qe6+ 49. Kh4 Qe4+ 50. g4 Qg2 51. Qb8 Qf2+ 52. Kh3 Qe3+ 53. Kh4
Qf2+ 54. Qg3 Qxb2 55. Qf4 Kg8 56. h7+ Kh8 57. Kg3 Qc3+ 58. Kg2 Qb2+ 59. Kf3 Qb3+
60. Ke4 c3 61. Qd6 c2 62. Qc5 Kxh7 0-1

[Event "American Cup Champ"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2023.03.26"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Nakamura,Hi"]
[Black "So,W"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2768"]
[BlackElo "2761"]
[ECO "A06"]
[Opening "Reti opening"]
[WhiteFideId "2016192"]
[BlackFideId "5202213"]
[EventDate "2023.03.17"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. b3 Be7 5. Bb2 O-O 6. Nc3 c5 7. cxd5 exd5 8. d4
Nc6 9. Be2 Ne4 10. dxc5 Bf6 11. Rc1 Qa5 12. Nd4 Nxc5 13. Nxc6 bxc6 14. O-O Ne4
15. Qc2 Bxc3 16. Bxc3 Nxc3 17. Qxc3 Qxa2 18. Bf3 Qa6 19. Qxc6 Qxc6 20. Rxc6 Be6
21. Rd1 Rab8 22. Rc7 Rxb3 23. Rxa7 Rfb8 24. Raa1 R3b5 25. h4 g6 26. Kh2 Kg7 27.
Kg3 Kf6 28. Ra6 R8b6 29. Rxb6 Rxb6 30. Bxd5 Bxd5 31. Rxd5 h5 32. Rd2 Rb4 33. f3
Ra4 34. e4 Ra1 35. Kf4 Rh1 36. g3 Rg1 37. e5+ Kg7 38. Rd7 Re1 39. Ra7 Re2 40.
Ra3 Re1 41. Ra5 Re2 42. Ra6 Re1 43. Ra4 Re2 44. Re4 Ra2 45. Re1 Ra4+ 46. Ke3
Ra3+ 47. Kf2 Kf8 48. Re3 Ra5 49. f4 Ke7 50. Rb3 Ra1 51. Rb7+ Ke6 52. Rb6+ Ke7
53. f5 Ra2+ 54. Kf3 Ra3+ 55. Kf4 Ra4+ 56. Kg5 Rg4+ 57. Kh6 gxf5 58. Rf6 Rxg3 59.
Rxf5 Ke6 60. Rf6+ Kxe5 61. Rxf7 Ke6 62. Ra7 Kf6 63. Kxh5 Rg8 64. Rh7 Rg2 65.
Rh6+ Kf7 66. Rg6 Rxg6 1/2-1/2

[Event "American Cup Champ"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2023.03.26"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "So,W"]
[Black "Nakamura,Hi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2761"]
[BlackElo "2768"]
[ECO "C67"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Berlin defence, open variation"]
[WhiteFideId "5202213"]
[BlackFideId "2016192"]
[EventDate "2023.03.17"]

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. Nc3 Ne8 10. Nd5 Bd6 11. Re2 Nf6 12. Nxf6+ Qxf6 13. d4 b6 14. Qd3 Bb7
15. Bd2 Rae8 16. Rae1 Re6 17. c4 Rfe8 18. Bc3 Qf4 19. g3 Qf3 20. Qxf3 Bxf3 21.
Rxe6 fxe6 22. d5 Bg4 23. Bd3 Re7 24. dxe6 Bxe6 25. Kg2 Bf7 26. b3 Rxe1 27. Bxe1
Be5 28. f4 Bb2 29. Be4 c6 30. Kf3 g6 31. g4 a5 32. a4 d5 33. cxd5 cxd5 34. Bc2
Ba3 35. Bc3 Bc5 36. Be5 Kf8 37. f5 gxf5 38. Bxf5 h6 39. Bf4 Kg7 40. Be5+ Kf8 41.
h4 d4 42. h5 Kg8 43. Bc2 d3 44. Bd1 Bd5+ 45. Kf4 Kh7 46. Bc3 Bg2 47. Bf3 Bf1 48.
Ke4 Kg8 49. Bd2 Kg7 50. Bc3+ Kg8 51. Bd2 Kg7 52. Bf4 Bf2 53. Be5+ Kf7 54. Bc3
Bc5 55. Be1 Kg8 56. Bd2 Kg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "American Cup Champ"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2023.03.26"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "So,W"]
[Black "Nakamura,Hi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2761"]
[BlackElo "2768"]
[ECO "C50"]
[Opening "Giuoco Pianissimo"]
[WhiteFideId "5202213"]
[BlackFideId "2016192"]
[EventDate "2023.03.17"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 d6 6. O-O a6 7. Re1 Ba7 8. a4 O-O
9. h3 h6 10. Nbd2 Re8 11. b4 Be6 12. Bxe6 Rxe6 13. Bb2 Ne7 14. Nf1 Ng6 15. Ng3
Nh7 16. d4 Ng5 17. Nxg5 Qxg5 18. Qg4 Rae8 19. Rad1 Qxg4 20. hxg4 exd4 21. cxd4
d5 22. Kf1 f6 23. f3 c6 24. exd5 cxd5 25. Rxe6 Rxe6 26. Rc1 Rc6 27. Nf5 Kf7 28.
b5 Rxc1+ 29. Bxc1 axb5 30. axb5 Nf8 31. Nd6+ Ke6 32. Nxb7 Bxd4 33. Ba3 Ng6 34.
Nd6 Bb2 35. Bb4 Bc3 36. Ba3 Bb2 37. Bc5 Bd4 38. Nb7 Bxc5 39. Nxc5+ Kd6 40. b6
Ne5 41. b7 Kc7 42. Kf2 d4 43. Ke2 g6 44. Kd2 h5 45. gxh5 gxh5 46. Ke2 Ng6 47.
Kf2 h4 48. Ne6+ Kxb7 49. Nxd4 Kc7 50. Ke3 Kd6 51. Ke4 Ke7 52. Kf5 Kf7 53. Kg4
Ne5+ 54. Kxh4 Kg6 55. Kg3 Nd3 56. Kg4 Ne5+ 57. Kf4 Nd3+ 58. Ke3 Ne5 59. Ke4 Nd7
60. Ne6 Nb6 61. Nf4+ Kg5 62. Ne6+ Kg6 63. Nf4+ Kg5 64. Nd5 Nd7 65. Ne3 Nc5+ 66.
Kd5 Nd3 67. g3 Kg6 68. f4 Nf2 69. Ke6 Ne4 70. Nf1 Nc5+ 71. Kd5 Nd7 72. Ne3 Nb6+
73. Ke6 Na4 74. Nd5 Nc5+ 75. Ke7 Ne4 76. g4 f5 77. g5 Nxg5 78. fxg5 f4 79. Nxf4+
Kxg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "American Cup Champ"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2023.03.26"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Nakamura,Hi"]
[Black "So,W"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2768"]
[BlackElo "2761"]
[ECO "A06"]
[Opening "Reti opening"]
[WhiteFideId "2016192"]
[BlackFideId "5202213"]
[EventDate "2023.03.17"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. b3 Be7 5. Bb2 O-O 6. Nc3 c5 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Rc1
d4 9. Na4 dxe3 10. fxe3 b6 11. Be2 Nd5 12. O-O Nc6 13. Qe1 Bb7 14. Qg3 Bf6 15.
Bxf6 Nxf6 16. Nc3 Nb4 17. Ne5 Qxd2 18. Rfd1 Qb2 19. Nc4 1-0

[Event "American Cup Champ w"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2023.03.21"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Krush,I"]
[Black "Lee,Alice"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2432"]
[BlackElo "2362"]
[ECO "B10"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "anti-anti-Caro-Kann defence"]
[WhiteFideId "2012782"]
[BlackFideId "30941822"]
[EventDate "2023.03.17"]

1. c4 c6 2. e4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. cxd5 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Bc4 Bg7 7. Nge2 O-O 8.
O-O Nbd7 9. d3 a6 10. a4 b6 11. h3 Bb7 12. d4 b5 13. axb5 Nb6 14. Bd3 axb5 15.
Rxa8 Qxa8 16. Bxb5 Nfxd5 17. Nxd5 Bxd5 18. Nf4 Bb7 19. Re1 e6 20. Bf1 Rd8 21.
Qb3 Bxd4 22. Be3 Bxe3 23. Qxe3 Nd5 24. Nxd5 Rxd5 25. b4 Bc6 26. g3 Rd7 27. b5
Bb7 28. Qe5 Qa3 29. Qb8+ Kg7 30. Qe5+ Kg8 31. Qb8+ Kg7 32. Qe5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "American Cup Champ w"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2023.03.22"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Lee,Alice"]
[Black "Krush,I"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2362"]
[BlackElo "2432"]
[ECO "D38"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "Ragozin variation"]
[WhiteFideId "30941822"]
[BlackFideId "2012782"]
[EventDate "2023.03.17"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. Qa4+ Nc6 8. a3
Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 O-O 10. e3 dxc4 11. Bxc4 Bd7 12. O-O Rfd8 13. Qc2 Na5 14. Be2 c5
15. Ne5 Rac8 16. Qb2 Qe7 17. f4 Be8 18. Rac1 f6 19. Nc4 Nxc4 20. Bxc4 Kh8 21. e4
Bc6 22. e5 f5 23. Bb3 Bd5 24. Rcd1 Bxb3 25. Qxb3 Rd5 26. dxc5 Qxc5+ 27. Kh1 Rcd8
28. Rxd5 Qxd5 29. Qxd5 Rxd5 30. Kg1 Kg8 31. Rb1 b6 32. Rb4 Rc5 33. c4 g5 34. g3
Kf7 35. Kf2 gxf4 36. gxf4 Kg6 37. Kg3 Kh5 38. a4 Rc7 39. a5 bxa5 40. Ra4 Rb7 41.
Rxa5 Rb3+ 42. Kf2 Kg4 43. Ra6 Rb6 44. Ra4 Rb2+ 45. Ke3 Rb3+ 46. Kd4 Kxf4 47. c5
Rb7 48. Ra6 Re7 49. Rd6 a5 50. c6 a4 51. Rd7 Re8 52. Ra7 Rc8 53. c7 a3 54. Kc5
Kxe5 55. Kc6 f4 56. Rxa3 Kf5 57. Ra5+ Ke4 58. Kd6 f3 59. Re5+ Kd3 60. Rxe6 Rxc7
61. Kxc7 f2 62. Rf6 Ke2 63. Re6+ Kd3 64. Rf6 Ke2 65. Re6+ Kd3 66. Rf6 Ke2 67.
Re6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "American Cup Champ w"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2023.03.22"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Lee,Alice"]
[Black "Krush,I"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2362"]
[BlackElo "2432"]
[ECO "D26"]
[Opening "QGA"]
[Variation "classical variation, 6.O-O"]
[WhiteFideId "30941822"]
[BlackFideId "2012782"]
[EventDate "2023.03.17"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. O-O Nc6 7. dxc5 Qxd1 8.
Rxd1 Bxc5 9. a3 a6 10. b4 Ba7 11. Bb2 Ke7 12. Nbd2 Bd7 13. Nb3 Rhd8 14. Ne5 Nxe5
15. Bxe5 Ba4 16. Rdb1 Rac8 17. Bf1 Rc2 18. Nc5 Bc6 19. Rc1 Rxc1 20. Rxc1 Bxc5
21. bxc5 Ne8 22. f3 f6 23. Bc3 Nc7 24. Ba5 Rd7 25. e4 Bb5 26. Bxb5 Nxb5 27. c6
bxc6 28. Rxc6 Ra7 29. a4 Nd4 30. Bb4+ Kf7 31. Rd6 Nc2 32. Bc5 Rc7 33. Bb6 Rc4
34. Rd7+ Kg6 35. a5 e5 36. Ra7 Nb4 37. h4 h5 38. Bc7 Rc1+ 39. Kh2 Rc6 40. Bd8
Rc8 41. Bb6 Rc2 42. Kh3 Nd3 43. Rxa6 Nf4+ 44. Kh2 Nxg2 45. Ra8 Nxh4+ 46. Kg1
Nxf3+ 47. Kf1 Nd2+ 48. Ke1 Nxe4 49. a6 Nd6 50. Bf2 Nb5 51. Rb8 Ra2 52. Rxb5 Rxa6
53. Rb7 Ra4 54. Ke2 Rg4 55. Bc5 Kf5 56. Bf8 g5 57. Rb6 Rf4 58. Be7 Kg6 59. Bd6
Rf5 60. Rb7 g4 61. Bc5 h4 62. Bf8 Rf4 63. Rg7+ Kf5 64. Rh7 h3 65. Rh5+ Ke4 66.
Bc5 f5 67. Rh8 Rf3 68. Bd6 Rb3 69. Re8 Rb2+ 70. Kf1 h2 71. Rh8 g3 72. Bc5 g2+ 0-1

[Event "American Cup Champ w"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2023.03.23"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Krush,I"]
[Black "Lee,Alice"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2432"]
[BlackElo "2362"]
[ECO "D31"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "Charousek (Petrosian) variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2012782"]
[BlackFideId "30941822"]
[EventDate "2023.03.17"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bf4 Nf6 6. e3 Bd6 7. Qf3 c6 8. Bd3
O-O 9. h3 Na6 10. Nge2 Nc7 11. g4 Ne6 12. O-O-O b5 13. g5 Ne8 14. h4 b4 15. Na4
Qa5 16. b3 Bd7 17. Kb1 Nxf4 18. Nxf4 Nc7 19. Rc1 Nb5 20. Ne2 Rab8 21. h5 Nc3+
22. Naxc3 bxc3 23. Rxc3 Bb4 24. h6 f5 25. hxg7 Rf7 26. Rc2 Rxg7 27. Ng3 Bc3 28.
Rxc3 Qxc3 29. Bc2 Rf7 30. Nh5 Kf8 31. Nf6 Ke7 32. Qf4 Rb7 33. Qe5+ Kd8 34. g6
Re7 35. gxh7 Rxe5 36. dxe5 Kc7 37. h8=Q a5 38. Nxd7 a4 39. Qg7 a3 40. Nc5+ Kb6
41. Na4+ 1-0

[Event "American Cup Champ w"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2023.03.24"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Krush,I"]
[Black "Lee,Alice"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2432"]
[BlackElo "2362"]
[ECO "A22"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[WhiteFideId "2012782"]
[BlackFideId "30941822"]
[EventDate "2023.03.17"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 e4 4. Ng5 c6 5. Ngxe4 Nxe4 6. Nxe4 d5 7. cxd5 cxd5 8.
Ng3 h5 9. e3 h4 10. Bb5+ Nc6 11. Ne2 Bd6 12. O-O Qf6 13. f3 Bd7 14. d4 O-O-O 15.
Bd2 Bc7 16. Bd3 Qd6 17. f4 g5 18. Qb3 Rhg8 19. Kh1 g4 20. Rfc1 Qf6 21. Qxd5 g3
22. Qf3 Bg4 23. Qf1 Bxe2 24. Bxe2 h3 25. Bf3 hxg2+ 26. Bxg2 gxh2 27. Qf3 Rg6 28.
Rc2 Rdg8 29. Be1 Kb8 30. Rac1 Qf5 31. b4 Bd6 32. a4 f6 33. b5 Ba3 34. bxc6 Rxg2
35. Rxg2 Rxg2 36. c7+ Kc8 37. Qxg2 Bxc1 38. Qg8+ Kxc7 39. Qc4+ Kd7 40. Qxc1 Qh3
41. Bd2 Qf3+ 42. Kxh2 Qf2+ 43. Kh1 Qf3+ 44. Kg1 Qg3+ 45. Kf1 Qf3+ 46. Ke1 f5 47.
Qc4 Qg3+ 48. Kd1 1-0

[Event "American Cup Champ w"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2023.03.25"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Lee,Alice"]
[Black "Krush,I"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2362"]
[BlackElo "2432"]
[ECO "E11"]
[Opening "Bogo-Indian defence"]
[WhiteFideId "30941822"]
[BlackFideId "2012782"]
[EventDate "2023.03.17"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Bxd2+ 5. Qxd2 d5 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Nc3 Bf5
8. e3 O-O 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 c6 11. O-O a5 12. Na4 Ne4 13. Rac1 Nd7 14. Nc5
Ndxc5 15. dxc5 Qe7 16. Nd4 a4 17. f3 Nxc5 18. Qa3 b6 19. Nxc6 Qf6 20. Nb4 Rad8
21. Rfd1 d4 22. e4 Rd6 23. Nd5 Qg5 24. Nxb6 Nxe4 25. Nc8 d3 26. fxe4 Rd7 27. Qc5
Qd8 28. Nb6 Rd4 29. Nd5 Rxe4 30. Rxd3 Rfe8 31. Rdd1 Qh4 32. Qf2 Qxf2+ 33. Kxf2
Re2+ 34. Kf3 Rxb2 35. Re1 Rd8 36. Re2 Rb5 37. Ne7+ Kf8 38. Rc8 Rxc8 39. Nxc8
Rf5+ 40. Ke4 g6 41. Nd6 Rf1 42. Kd4 f5 43. Nc4 Kg7 44. Kd3 f4 45. Ke4 Kf6 46.
Nd2 Rh1 47. Nf3 g5 48. Re1 1-0

[Event "American Cup Champ w"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2023.03.25"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Lee,Alice"]
[Black "Krush,I"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2362"]
[BlackElo "2432"]
[ECO "E11"]
[Opening "Bogo-Indian defence"]
[WhiteFideId "30941822"]
[BlackFideId "2012782"]
[EventDate "2023.03.17"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Bxd2+ 5. Qxd2 d5 6. Nc3 O-O 7. e3 a6 8.
cxd5 exd5 9. Bd3 Nc6 10. Rc1 Re8 11. O-O Bg4 12. Ne1 Qd6 13. f3 Bh5 14. f4 Ng4
15. Nc2 Bg6 16. Be2 Bxc2 17. Bxg4 Be4 18. f5 f6 19. Rf4 Re7 20. Nxe4 dxe4 21.
Bd1 Nb4 22. Bb3+ Kh8 23. Rh4 Nd3 24. Rf1 c5 25. dxc5 Qxc5 26. Qe2 h6 27. Be6 Qe5
28. b3 Nc5 29. Qc2 Rd8 30. b4 Nxe6 31. Rxe4 Qd6 32. fxe6 Rxe6 33. Rd4 Qe7 34.
Qc5 Red6 35. Rxd6 Qxd6 36. Qxd6 Rxd6 37. Rc1 Rd2 38. a4 Rb2 39. Rc4 b5 40. Rc8+
Kh7 41. a5 Rxb4 42. Rc6 Ra4 43. Rxa6 Ra2 44. Ra8 Kg6 45. a6 h5 46. Rb8 Rxa6 47.
Rxb5 Ra2 48. Kf1 Rc2 49. e4 Rc4 50. e5 Rf4+ 51. Kg1 Rf5 52. Rb6 Rxe5 53. Rb7 h4
54. Kf2 Rf5+ 55. Ke3 h3 56. gxh3 Rh5 57. Kf3 Rxh3+ 58. Kg2 Rc3 59. Kf2 Kh6 60.
Rf7 Rc5 61. Kg3 f5 62. Kf4 g6 63. h4 Rc3 64. Rf8 Rh3 65. h5 Rh4+ 66. Ke5 Kxh5
67. Rg8 Ra4 68. Kf6 Ra6+ 69. Ke5 Kg4 70. Rf8 Ra5+ 71. Kf6 f4 72. Kxg6 f3 0-1

[Event "American Cup Champ w"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2023.03.26"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Krush,I"]
[Black "Lee,Alice"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2432"]
[BlackElo "2362"]
[ECO "A40"]
[Opening "Modern defence"]
[WhiteFideId "2012782"]
[BlackFideId "30941822"]
[EventDate "2023.03.17"]

1. d4 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. e4 c5 4. d5 d6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Bd3 Ne7 7. h3 O-O 8. g4 f5 9.
gxf5 gxf5 10. Nf3 f4 11. Bd2 Ng6 12. Qe2 Nh4 13. O-O-O Nd7 14. Rdg1 Nxf3 15.
Qxf3 Rf7 16. Be2 a6 17. Qg2 Nf8 18. Bh5 Re7 19. Qg5 Bd7 20. f3 Be8 21. Be1 Bxh5
22. Qxh5 Qe8 23. Qg4 Rc7 24. Rg2 b5 25. Rhg1 Kh8 26. h4 b4 27. Nd1 Qa4 28. b3
Qd7 29. Qh5 Qe8 30. Qf5 Rf7 31. Qh5 Re7 32. Qxe8 Raxe8 33. h5 Nd7 34. Bh4 Rf7
35. Nf2 Bf6 36. Bxf6+ Nxf6 37. Rg5 Rg8 38. h6 Rff8 39. Kd2 Rxg5 40. Rxg5 Rg8 41.
Rxg8+ Kxg8 42. Nh3 Kf7 43. Ng5+ Kg6 44. Ne6 Kxh6 45. Nc7 a5 46. Nb5 Ne8 47. Na7
Kg5 48. Ke2 Kh4 49. Kf2 h5 50. Kg2 Kg5 51. Nc6 Kf6 52. Nxa5 Ke7 53. Nc6+ Kd7 54.
Kh3 Ng7 55. Kh4 Ke8 56. Kg5 Kd7 57. Nb8+ Kc7 58. Nc6 Kd7 59. Nb8+ Kc8 60. Nc6
Kc7 61. Ne7 Kd7 62. Nf5 Ne8 63. Kxh5 Nc7 64. Kg5 Ne8 65. Nh6 Nc7 66. Nf5 Ne8 67.
Nh6 Nc7 68. Nf5 Ne8 69. Nh6 1/2-1/2
