[Event "Champions Showdown 9LX"] [Site "Saint Louis"] [Date "2021.09.11"] [Round "7.1"] [White "Shankland, Sam"] [Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"] [Result "1-0"] [Annotator "Shahid"] [Variant "chess 960"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "nnqrkrbb/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/NNQRKRBB w FDfd - 0 1"] [PlyCount "111"] [EventDate "2021.09.08"] 1. c4 f5 2. g3 g6 3. f4 c5 4. Nb3 d6 5. Na3 Nb6 6. Na5 Nc6 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8. Qc2 Bf7 9. d4 cxd4 10. Bxd4 Bxd4 11. Rxd4 O-O 12. O-O Qe6 13. Rd3 Nxc4 14. Nxc4 Qxc4 15. Qxc4 Bxc4 16. Ra3 d5 (16... Rd7) (16... c5) 17. Kf2 Bb5 18. b3 a5 $2 19. Rxa5 Ra8 20. Rxb5 $1 cxb5 21. Bxd5+ Kg7 22. Bxa8 Rxa8 23. Ra1 b4 24. Ke3 Kf6 25. Rc1 (25. Kd4 Rc8 26. a4) 25... Rxa2 26. Rc4 e5 27. fxe5+ Kxe5 28. Rxb4 g5 29. Rb5+ Kf6 30. Rb6+ Ke5 31. Rb5+ Kf6 32. b4 Rb2 33. Rb8 Ke5 34. b5 Rb3+ 35. Kf2 Kd6 36. b6 Kc6 37. Rf8 Rb5 38. Rf6+ Kb7 39. h4 gxh4 40. gxh4 h5 41. Kg3 Re5 42. Kf4 Rxe2 43. Kg5 f4 44. Kxh5 f3 45. Rxf3 Kxb6 46. Rc3 Rg2 47. Kh6 Kb7 48. h5 Rg1 49. Kh7 Rg2 50. h6 Rg1 51. Kh8 Rg2 52. h7 Rg1 53. Rf3 Kc7 54. Rf8 Kd7 55. Rg8 Rf1 56. Kg7 1-0 [Event "Champions Showdown 9LX"] [Site "Saint Louis"] [Date "2021.09.11"] [Round "7.2"] [White "Aronian, Levon"] [Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"] [Result "1-0"] [Annotator "Shahid"] [Variant "chess 960"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "nnqrkrbb/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/NNQRKRBB w FDfd - 0 1"] [PlyCount "73"] [EventDate "2021.09.08"] 1. f4 c5 2. e4 g6 3. Nc3 d6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Bxd4 Bxd4 6. Rxd4 Nc6 7. Rd1 f5 8. O-O Nb6 9. g3 fxe4 10. Bxe4 Bc4 11. Rf2 O-O 12. Nb3 e5 13. Bg2 d5 14. fxe5 Rxf2 15. Kxf2 Bxb3 16. axb3 Nxe5 17. Ne2 Qf5+ 18. Kg1 Nf3+ 19. Bxf3 Qxf3 20. Nf4 Re8 21. Rd3 Qe4 22. Qd2 Qe1+ 23. Qxe1 Rxe1+ 24. Kf2 Re5 25. Re3 Rf5 26. Ke2 Kf7 27. Ne6 Kf6 28. Nd8 Kg5 $2 (28... Rh5) 29. Re7 h5 (29... Kg4 30. Rxh7 Rh5 31. Rxh5 gxh5 32. Nxb7 $18) 30. Nf7+ Kf6 31. Rxb7 d4 32. Nd6 Re5+ 33. Kd3 Ke6 34. Ne4 Ra5 35. Kxd4 Ra2 36. Nc5+ Kf5 37. Nd3 1-0 [Event "Champions Showdown 9LX"] [Site "Saint Louis"] [Date "2021.09.11"] [Round "7.3"] [White "Caruana, Fabiano"] [Black "So, Wesley"] [Result "0-1"] [Annotator "Shahid"] [Variant "chess 960"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "nnqrkrbb/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/NNQRKRBB w FDfd - 0 1"] [PlyCount "99"] [EventDate "2021.09.08"] 1. c4 f5 2. d4 g6 3. g3 Nb6 4. Na3 d5 5. c5 N6d7 6. f4 b6 7. Nb3 c6 8. Be3 Bf7 9. O-O O-O 10. Bf3 Qb7 11. Nc2 Na6 12. g4 fxg4 13. Bxg4 bxc5 14. dxc5 e5 15. f5 Nf6 16. Bh3 d4 17. Bh6 Bg7 18. Rd3 (18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. fxg6 Bxb3 20. axb3 hxg6 21. b4) 18... Qe7 19. Na5 (19. Rg3) 19... Nxc5 (19... Bd5) 20. Nxc6 Qc7 21. Nxd8 Nxd3 22. exd3 Qxd8 23. Nb4 Qd6 24. Bxg7 Kxg7 25. a3 Nh5 26. fxg6 hxg6 27. Qg5 a5 28. Bg4 Rh8 29. Nc2 Nf4 30. Rxf4 exf4 31. Qxa5 Qf6 32. h3 Kh6 33. Qd2 g5 34. Qf2 Rd8 35. Qe2 Re8 36. Qf2 Bg6 37. Nxd4 Bxd3 38. Nf3 Re2 39. Qc5 Rxb2 40. Ne5 Be4 41. a4 Qb6 42. Nf7+ Kg6 43. Ne5+ Kg7 44. Qxb6 Rxb6 45. Bd7 Rb1+ 46. Kf2 Rb2+ 47. Ke1 Kf6 48. Nc4 Ra2 49. Nd6 Ke5 50. Nf7+ 0-1 [Event "Champions Showdown 9LX"] [Site "Saint Louis"] [Date "2021.09.11"] [Round "7.4"] [White "Svidler, Peter"] [Black "Kasparov, Garry"] [Result "0-1"] [Annotator "Shahid"] [Variant "chess 960"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "nnqrkrbb/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/NNQRKRBB w FDfd - 0 1"] [PlyCount "52"] [EventDate "2021.09.08"] 1. c4 f5 2. d4 c5 3. d5 Nb6 4. g3 d6 5. b3 g6 6. Nc3 e6 7. dxe6 Bxe6 8. f3 Nc6 9. Be3 O-O 10. O-O Rfe8 11. Nb5 Qb8 12. Bg5 Rd7 13. Bf4 Ne5 14. Nc2 a6 15. Nba3 d5 16. Ne3 d4 17. Ng2 Qd8 18. Ne1 Bf6 19. Nac2 $2 Bf7 (19... Nexc4 20. bxc4 Bxc4) 20. Qd2 Nexc4 21. bxc4 g5 22. Bxg5 Bxg5 23. f4 Nxc4 24. Qd3 Nb2 25. Qxf5 Nxd1 26. fxg5 Nc3 0-1 [Event "Champions Showdown 9LX"] [Site "Saint Louis"] [Date "2021.09.11"] [Round "7.5"] [White "Nakamura, Hikaru"] [Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [Annotator "Shahid"] [Variant "chess 960"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "nnqrkrbb/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/NNQRKRBB w FDfd - 0 1"] [PlyCount "86"] [EventDate "2021.09.08"] 1. b4 f5 2. Nb3 e5 3. g3 Nb6 4. d3 g6 5. c4 d5 6. Na5 c6 7. f4 dxc4 8. Bc5 cxd3 9. Bxf8 Kxf8 10. Qc5+ Ke8 11. fxe5 (11. Rxd3) 11... N8d7 12. Qe3 Nxe5 13. Rxd3 Nd5 14. Bxd5 cxd5 (14... Bxd5 15. Nc3 Kf7) 15. Qxa7 $2 Nxd3+ $19 16. exd3 Qc1+ 17. Kf2 Qb2+ 18. Kf3 Qxb4 19. Nxb7 Bd4 20. Qa5 Qxa5 21. Nxa5 Bb6 22. Nb3 d4 23. Rc1 Bd5+ 24. Kf2 Ra8 25. Rc2 Bd8 26. N1d2 Bg5 27. Nxd4 Rxa2 28. Rxa2 Bxa2 29. N2f3 Bf6 30. h4 Kd7 31. Ke3 Bd5 32. Ne2 Kd6 33. Nf4 Bf7 34. d4 h6 35. Ne5 Bxe5 36. dxe5+ Kxe5 37. Nd3+ Kf6 38. Kf4 g5+ 39. hxg5+ hxg5+ 40. Ke3 f4+ 41. Nxf4 gxf4+ 42. gxf4 Kf5 43. Kd2 Kxf4 1/2-1/2 [Event "Champions Showdown 9LX"] [Site "Saint Louis"] [Date "2021.09.11"] [Round "8.1"] [White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"] [Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [Variant "chess 960"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "bnqbrknr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/BNQBRKNR w HEhe - 0 1"] [PlyCount "87"] [EventDate "2021.09.08"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. b3 e5 4. O-O d6 5. c3 Nf6 6. d4 cxd4 7. cxd4 Ba5 8. dxe5 dxe5 9. Bc3 Bxc3 10. Nxc3 O-O 11. Nd5 Qd8 12. Nxf6+ Qxf6 13. Be2 Rd8 14. Rd1 b6 15. Rxd8 Rxd8 16. Rd1 Rxd1+ 17. Qxd1 Nd4 18. Nxd4 exd4 19. Qc2 Qc6 20. Bd3 Kf8 21. Qxc6 Bxc6 22. f4 f6 23. Kf2 h6 24. h4 g5 25. hxg5 hxg5 26. g3 Ke7 27. b4 a5 28. a3 Kd6 29. Ke2 Bb7 30. Kd2 Bc6 31. Kc2 Ba4+ 32. Kc1 Bd7 33. Kd2 Bc6 34. Bc2 Bb5 35. Bd1 Ba6 36. Bf3 Bb5 37. Be2 Bc6 38. Bd3 Ke7 39. Bc2 Bb5 40. Bd1 Kd6 41. Be2 Bc6 42. Bd3 Ke7 43. Bc2 Bb5 44. Bd3 1/2-1/2 [Event "Champions Showdown 9LX"] [Site "Saint Louis"] [Date "2021.09.11"] [Round "8.2"] [White "Kasparov, Garry"] [Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [Annotator "Shahid"] [Variant "chess 960"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "bnqbrknr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/BNQBRKNR w HEhe - 0 1"] [PlyCount "39"] [EventDate "2021.09.08"] 1. Nf3 e5 2. e4 b6 3. b3 d6 4. O-O c5 5. d3 f5 6. exf5 Qxf5 7. Nfd2 Qg6 8. Ne4 Nf6 9. Bf3 Nbd7 10. c4 O-O 11. Qd1 Nxe4 12. Bxe4 (12. dxe4) 12... Bxe4 13. dxe4 Re7 14. Nc3 a6 15. Re3 Re6 16. Rg3 Qf7 17. Rd3 (17. Rf3 Qg6 18. Rxf8+ Nxf8 19. Qd5) 17... Qg6 18. Rg3 Qf7 19. Rd3 Qg6 20. Rg3 1/2-1/2 [Event "Champions Showdown 9LX"] [Site "Saint Louis"] [Date "2021.09.11"] [Round "8.3"] [White "So, Wesley"] [Black "Svidler, Peter"] [Result "1-0"] [Annotator "Shahid"] [Variant "chess 960"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "bnqbrknr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/BNQBRKNR w HEhe - 0 1"] [PlyCount "41"] [EventDate "2021.09.08"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. O-O e5 4. c3 Nge7 5. b4 d6 6. bxc5 dxc5 7. Qa3 b6 8. d4 exd4 9. cxd4 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 O-O 12. Ba4 Nc6 13. Qc3 f6 $2 (13... b5 14. Bxb5 (14. Bxg7 bxa4 15. Bxf8 Rxf8) 14... Ba5 15. Qe3 Nxd4 16. Bxe8 Bxe1 17. Qxd4 Qc1) 14. Rc1 Rxe4 15. Nd2 (15. Be3 Rxa4 16. Qb3+ $18) 15... Rg4 16. f3 Rh4 17. Bxc6 (17. f4) 17... Qxc6 18. Qxc6 Bxc6 19. Bf2 Ra4 20. Rxc6 Rxa2 21. Ne4 1-0 [Event "Champions Showdown 9LX"] [Site "Saint Louis"] [Date "2021.09.11"] [Round "8.4"] [White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"] [Black "Caruana, Fabiano"] [Result "1-0"] [Annotator "Shahid"] [Variant "chess 960"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "bnqbrknr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/BNQBRKNR w HEhe - 0 1"] [PlyCount "85"] [EventDate "2021.09.08"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 b5 3. b3 Nf6 4. d3 d6 5. c4 b4 6. e5 dxe5 7. Nxe5 O-O 8. Nd2 Nbd7 9. Bf3 Nxe5 10. Rxe5 Nd7 11. Re2 e5 12. O-O Bxf3 13. Nxf3 f6 14. Rfe1 Bc7 15. Bb2 Rd8 16. h4 Nb8 $6 (16... Rf7) 17. Qe3 Bb6 18. Qe4 Qc6 19. h5 Qxe4 20. dxe4 Nc6 21. Rd2 Nd4 22. Bxd4 exd4 23. e5 Bc7 24. exf6 Rxf6 25. Rde2 Bd6 26. Re8+ Rf8 27. Rxd8 Rxd8 28. Kf1 h6 29. Ke2 (29. Re6) 29... Kf7 30. Kd3 Kf6 31. Re4 a5 32. Rg4 Kf7 33. Rg6 Rd7 34. g4 (34. Nd2) 34... Rd8 35. Nh4 Be7 36. Nf5 Bf6 37. f4 Rh8 38. Nd6+ Ke7 39. Ne4 (39. Nb7) 39... Kf7 40. Nxc5 Ra8 41. Ne4 Be7 42. c5 a4 43. Rb6 1-0 [Event "Champions Showdown 9LX"] [Site "Saint Louis"] [Date "2021.09.11"] [Round "8.5"] [White "Shankland, Sam"] [Black "Aronian, Levon"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [Variant "chess 960"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "bnqbrknr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/BNQBRKNR w HEhe - 0 1"] [PlyCount "67"] [EventDate "2021.09.08"] 1. e4 c5 2. b3 b6 3. Nh3 d5 4. exd5 Bxd5 5. O-O Bc7 6. d4 Nf6 7. c4 Be6 8. Ng5 Bf5 9. d5 Nbd7 10. Nd2 Bf4 11. Ngf3 e6 12. Bc2 O-O 13. Bxf5 exf5 14. Qc2 g6 15. g3 Bh6 16. Ne5 Nxe5 17. Bxe5 Qd8 18. Bxf6 Qxf6 19. Nf3 Bg7 20. Kg2 h5 21. Rxe8 Rxe8 22. Qd2 Qb2 23. Re1 Re4 24. Qxb2 Bxb2 25. Rxe4 fxe4 26. Ng5 f5 27. h4 Kf8 28. f3 exf3+ 29. Kxf3 Ke7 30. Ne6 Be5 31. Nf4 Kf6 32. Ne6 Ke7 33. Nf4 Kf6 34. Ne6 1/2-1/2 [Event "Champions Showdown 9LX"] [Site "Saint Louis"] [Date "2021.09.11"] [Round "9.1"] [White "Aronian, Levon"] [Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"] [Result "0-1"] [Annotator "Shahid"] [Variant "chess 960"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "rbbknnrq/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RBBKNNRQ w GAga - 0 1"] [PlyCount "116"] [EventDate "2021.09.08"] 1. e4 e5 2. c3 Ne6 3. Nf3 g6 4. Ng3 d6 5. O-O h5 6. h4 Nf6 7. d4 Ng4 8. Ng5 O-O 9. f3 Nf6 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. Ne2 c6 12. a4 Nh7 13. Nxh7 Kxh7 14. g4 Qf6 15. Qh2 Rh8 16. gxh5 gxh5 (16... Nf4 17. hxg6+ fxg6 18. Bxf4 exf4) 17. Kf2 Bd6 18. Be3 Bc5 19. Bxc5 Nxc5 20. b4 $2 (20. Bc2) 20... Nb3 21. Ra2 Be6 22. Rd1 Rad8 23. Rxd8 Rxd8 24. Ke3 Qh6+ (24... c5 25. bxc5 Na5 (25... Rd1)) 25. f4 Bg4 (25... Rd1 26. Bd3 c5) 26. Bc2 Nd2 27. Kf2 Nf3 (27... Bxe2 28. Kxe2 Qe6) 28. Qh1 Rd2 29. Bb3 Qxf4 30. Rxd2 Qxd2 31. Qc1 Kg7 32. Qxd2 Nxd2 33. Bc2 Nf3 34. Nc1 Nxh4 35. Nd3 Ng6 36. Nc5 Bc8 37. a5 Nf4 38. a6 b6 39. Nb7 Kf6 40. Ba4 Bd7 41. Nd8 b5 42. Bb3 Be8 43. Nb7 Ke7 44. Nc5 h4 45. Bd1 Ne6 46. Nd3 Kd6 47. Bg4 Bd7 48. Bxe6 Bxe6 49. Nc5 f5 50. Nb7+ Kc7 51. Nc5 Bc8 52. Kf3 fxe4+ 53. Nxe4 Bf5 54. Ng5 Kd6 55. Kf2 Kd5 56. Nf3 h3 57. Kg3 e4 58. Nd4 Bd7 0-1 [Event "Champions Showdown 9LX"] [Site "Saint Louis"] [Date "2021.09.11"] [Round "9.2"] [White "Caruana, Fabiano"] [Black "Shankland, Sam"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [Annotator "Shahid"] [Variant "chess 960"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "rbbknnrq/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RBBKNNRQ w GAga - 0 1"] [PlyCount "156"] [EventDate "2021.09.08"] 1. e4 Nf6 2. c3 e5 3. g4 h6 4. d4 d6 5. Ne3 h5 $2 (5... a6) 6. g5 Ng4 7. Nd3 ( 7. Qg2 Nxe3+ 8. Bxe3) 7... g6 8. d5 (8. dxe5 Nxe5 (8... dxe5 $4 9. Nc2 $18) 9. f4) 8... Nxe3+ 9. Bxe3 a5 10. Bc2 Ba7 11. Bxa7 Rxa7 12. O-O-O b6 13. h4 Ba6 14. Ba4 b5 15. Bc2 b4 16. Qf3 (16. cxb4 Bxd3 17. Rxd3) 16... bxc3 17. bxc3 Qg7 18. Ba4 Nd7 19. Bc6 Bxd3 20. Qxd3 Nc5 21. Qe3 Ke7 22. Kc2 Ra6 23. Bb5 Rb6 24. a4 Rf8 25. Rdf1 f5 26. gxf6+ Qxf6 27. f3 Rbb8 28. Qh6 Rg8 29. f4 Rbf8 30. f5 gxf5 31. Qxf6+ Kxf6 32. Rxf5+ Ke7 33. Rxg8 Rxg8 34. Rxh5 Rg2+ 35. Kc1 Nxe4 36. Rh7+ Kf6 37. Rxc7 Rh2 38. Rh7 Nxc3 39. Rh6+ Kf5 40. Rxd6 e4 41. Bc4 Rxh4 42. Re6 Rh8 43. Kc2 Nxa4 44. Rc6 Rb8 45. d6 Nb6 46. Bb5 Ke5 47. Kc3 Kd5 48. Kd2 a4 49. Rc7 Kxd6 50. Ra7 e3+ 51. Kxe3 Nd5+ 52. Kd4 Rxb5 53. Rxa4 Nb6 54. Ra7 Rh5 55. Rg7 Rh4+ 56. Kd3 Nd5 57. Rg8 Ke6 58. Rd8 Ne7 59. Re8 Kd6 60. Rd8+ Ke5 61. Re8 Rh3+ 62. Ke2 Kf6 63. Rf8+ Kg5 64. Re8 Nf5 65. Kd2 Kf4 66. Rf8 Ke4 67. Re8+ Kd5 68. Rd8+ Nd6 69. Ke2 Ke5 70. Kd2 Nb7 71. Re8+ Kd4 72. Ke2 Ra3 73. Rb8 Nd6 74. Rd8 Kd5 75. Kd2 Rb3 76. Kc2 Re3 77. Kd2 Re8 78. Rxe8 Nxe8 1/2-1/2 [Event "Champions Showdown 9LX"] [Site "Saint Louis"] [Date "2021.09.11"] [Round "9.3"] [White "Svidler, Peter"] [Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"] [Result "1-0"] [Variant "chess 960"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "rbbknnrq/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RBBKNNRQ w GAga - 0 1"] [PlyCount "91"] [EventDate "2021.09.08"] 1. e4 g6 2. c3 c5 3. g3 d6 4. Ne3 Nf6 5. f4 Ng4 6. Nxg4 Bxg4+ 7. Nf3 Bc7 8. h3 Bd7 9. Bc2 O-O-O 10. d4 cxd4 11. cxd4 f5 12. Be3 Kb8 13. O-O-O fxe4 14. Bxe4 Bb6 15. Rge1 Bf5 16. Nh4 Bc8 17. Kb1 Nd7 18. g4 Nf6 19. Bf3 h6 20. d5 Bxe3 21. Rxe3 g5 22. Ng2 h5 23. f5 Rde8 24. Qe1 hxg4 25. hxg4 Nd7 26. Ra3 b6 27. Ne3 Bb7 28. Nc2 Ne5 29. Nb4 Rc8 30. Nc6+ Bxc6 31. dxc6 Nxf3 32. Qxe7 Nd2+ 33. Rxd2 Qh1+ 34. Kc2 Qxc6+ 35. Rc3 Qa4+ 36. Kb1 Rxc3 37. bxc3 Qb5+ 38. Kc1 Rc8 39. Qxd6+ Ka8 40. Qd5+ Qxd5 41. Rxd5 Rxc3+ 42. Kd2 Rc6 43. Rd7 b5 44. Rg7 b4 45. Rxg5 Ra6 46. Kc2 1-0 [Event "Champions Showdown 9LX"] [Site "Saint Louis"] [Date "2021.09.11"] [Round "9.4"] [White "Nakamura, Hikaru"] [Black "So, Wesley"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [Variant "chess 960"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "rbbknnrq/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RBBKNNRQ w GAga - 0 1"] [PlyCount "68"] [EventDate "2021.09.08"] 1. g3 g6 2. c3 c6 3. d4 d5 4. Nd3 Nd6 5. Bf4 g5 6. Bc1 Bh3 7. g4 h5 8. gxh5 Bxf1 9. Rxf1 Qxh5 10. Rg1 Ne6 11. f3 Bc7 12. h4 Rh8 13. Nc5 Qxh4 14. Nxe6+ fxe6 15. Qg2 Kd7 16. Bd3 Rag8 17. Bd2 Qh2 18. Kc2 Qxg2 19. Rxg2 Nf7 20. Rag1 e5 21. dxe5 Nxe5 22. Rxg5 Rxg5 23. Rxg5 Nxd3 24. Kxd3 Rh1 25. Rg4 b5 26. a4 a6 27. axb5 axb5 28. b3 Rb1 29. Kc2 Ra1 30. c4 bxc4 31. bxc4 Ra2+ 32. Kc1 Ra1+ 33. Kc2 Ra2+ 34. Kc1 Ra1+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "Champions Showdown 9LX"] [Site "Saint Louis"] [Date "2021.09.11"] [Round "9.5"] [White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"] [Black "Kasparov, Garry"] [Result "1-0"] [Annotator "Shahid"] [Variant "chess 960"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "rbbknnrq/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RBBKNNRQ w GAga - 0 1"] [PlyCount "65"] [EventDate "2021.09.08"] 1. g4 h5 2. g5 g6 3. c3 c6 4. e4 c5 5. d3 Ne6 6. Bc2 Be5 7. Nf3 d6 8. Nxe5 dxe5 9. Qf3 Nd6 10. Bd2 Nf4 11. Ne3 O-O 12. O-O-O Bd7 13. Kb1 Rac8 14. Bb3 b5 15. d4 Bc6 16. Nd5 Nxd5 17. exd5 e4 $2 (17... Bd7) 18. Qh3 c4 19. dxc6 cxb3 20. axb3 Rxc6 21. Bf4 (21. Qd7) 21... Rd8 22. Be5 Qh7 23. d5 Rcc8 24. Qe3 a5 25. Qa7 f5 26. gxf6 exf6 27. Qxh7+ Kxh7 28. Bxf6 Re8 29. Rg5 Rc7 30. Rdg1 Rg8 31. Re5 Rd7 32. Re6 Ne8 33. Re7+ 1-0