[Event "Saint Louis Rapid 2020"] [Site "Saint Louis"] [Date "2020.09.17"] [Round "7"] [White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"] [Black "So, Wesley"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C24"] [WhiteElo "2784"] [BlackElo "2770"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "50"] [EventDate "2020.09.15"] [EventType "rapid"] [EventCountry "USA"] {[%evp 10,50,4,0,0,0,6,6,4,7,5,19,3,0,0,7,3,6,6,13,8,-18,-6,-43,0,0,0,-9,0,-6, 0,0,-8,0,0,0,0,-18,-23,-62,-70,-66,-72]} 1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 c6 4. Nf3 d5 5. Bb3 Bb4+ 6. c3 Bd6 {C24: Bishop's Opening: 2...Nf6.} 7. O-O O-O 8. exd5 cxd5 {The position is equal.} 9. Bg5 Be6 10. c4 d4 11. c5 {[#] Hoping for Bxf6.} Bxb3 12. Qxb3 {And now Bxf6 would win.} Bxc5 13. Bxf6 {[#]} Qxf6 $146 ({ Predecessor:} 13... gxf6 14. Nh4 Qd7 15. Nd2 Be7 16. f4 Na6 17. Qd1 Nb4 18. Qh5 Nd5 19. Rae1 Bb4 {1/2-1/2 (52) Khokhlov,I (2361)-Jenkinson,S (2310) ICCF email 2016}) 14. Qxb7 Nc6 15. Qb5 Be7 {next ...Rab8 is good for Black.} 16. Rc1 Rfc8 17. Nbd2 Qe6 18. a3 Rab8 19. Qc4 Nd8 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has some pressure.} 20. Qxe6 Rxc1+ 21. Rxc1 Nxe6 22. b4 f6 23. g3 {[#]} a5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 24. Rc6 (24. bxa5 Nc5) 24... Nd8 $1 {[%CAl Rd8c6]} 25. Rc7 Rb7 {Accuracy: White = 80%, Black = 93%.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "Saint Louis Rapid 2020"] [Site "Saint Louis"] [Date "2020.09.17"] [Round "8"] [White "So, Wesley"] [Black "Aronian, Levon"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C67"] [WhiteElo "2770"] [BlackElo "2773"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "145"] [EventDate "2020.09.15"] [EventType "rapid"] [EventCountry "USA"] {[%evp 18,145,13,13,14,18,14,9,25,14,14,9,14,12,28,19,16,9,14,12,14,12,8,9,8,7, 19,19,19,12,19,0,-3,0,0,0,0,3,6,6,8,-40,-40,-47,-47,-47,-47,-47,-47,-47,-47, -52,-48,-71,-49,-45,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,232,0,0,0, 232,232,232,232,232,232,679,633,658,660,605,585,1188,1158,993,902,1034,734,565, 538,830,266,1145,1206,917,420,261,264,1517,1493,1111,691,6099,5118,29980,29981, 29981,29982,29982,29983,29982,29975,29983,29984,29989,29990]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nxe5 8. Rxe5 O-O 9. d4 Bf6 10. Re1 Re8 {10...Re8 scores better than 10...Nf5. C67: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence: 4 0-0 Nxe4.} 11. c3 Rxe1 12. Qxe1 Ne8 {The position is equal.} 13. a4 $5 {[%mdl 4] A promising side line.} d5 14. a5 c6 15. Bf4 {[#]} g6 $146 ({ Predecessor:} 15... Qe7 16. Nd2 Qxe1 17. Rxe1 Kf8 18. Nb3 b6 19. Ra1 Bb7 20. Nd2 Be7 21. Re1 Rd8 {1/2-1/2 (44) Andreikin,D (2722)-Cheparinov,I (2667) Hengshui 2019}) 16. Nd2 Ng7 17. Be5 Be7 18. h3 Be6 19. Nb3 Qf8 20. Qd2 Re8 21. Re1 Bc8 22. Bb8 a6 23. Bf4 Bd8 24. Bh6 Rxe1 25. Qxe1 Qd6 26. Qe3 Qe7 (26... Bc7 {keeps more tension.} 27. g3 Qe6 28. Qxe6 Nxe6 29. Bd3 f5) 27. Qxe7 Bxe7 28. Nc5 g5 {aiming for ...Nf5.} 29. Bd3 Ne8 30. h4 gxh4 31. Bf4 Bd8 32. b4 Nc7 33. Kh2 Nb5 34. Na4 Be7 35. Bh6 Nd6 36. Nc5 Bf5 37. Bxf5 $1 Nxf5 38. Bf4 Bxc5 39. bxc5 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KB-KN} Kg7 40. Kh3 Kg6 41. Kg4 h5+ 42. Kh3 $1 Ng7 43. Kxh4 Ne6 44. Bd6 Ng5 45. f3 $1 Ne6 46. Be5 Nf8 47. Bd6 Nd7 48. Be7 Kh6 $2 ( 48... Nb8 $11 {and Black is okay.}) 49. Bg5+ Kg6 50. Be7 Kh6 {[#] White now steadily converts the win.} 51. Kg3 $1 Kg7 52. Kf4 Kg6 53. g3 Nf6 $2 (53... h4 54. gxh4 (54. Bxh4 f6 $16) 54... Kh5) 54. Ke5 $18 Ne8 {[#]} 55. Bd8 $1 { [%CAl Rd8h4]} Kg7 56. Kf5 h4 57. Bxh4 Nc7 58. Bf6+ Kf8 59. Ke5 Nb5 60. g4 Ke8 61. g5 Na3 $2 (61... Nxc3 62. Kf5 Ne2) 62. Kf5 Nc4 63. g6 {Threatening mate with g7.} Kf8 64. Be5 {Threatens to win with Kf6.} Nd2 $2 (64... Nxa5 65. Kf6 fxg6) 65. Kf6 fxg6 66. Bd6+ Ke8 67. f4 Nf3 68. Kxg6 {White mates.} Nh4+ 69. Kf6 Kd7 70. f5 Nf3 71. Kg7 Ng5 72. Bf4 Nh3 73. Be3 {Accuracy: White = 94%, Black = 71%.} 1-0 [Event "Saint Louis Rapid 2020"] [Site "Saint Louis"] [Date "2020.09.17"] [Round "9"] [White "Harikrishna, Pentala"] [Black "So, Wesley"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C67"] [WhiteElo "2732"] [BlackElo "2770"] [Annotator "ChessBase"] [PlyCount "138"] [EventDate "2020.09.15"] [EventType "rapid"] [EventCountry "USA"] [TimeControl "1500+5"] 1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} e5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Nc6 { [%emt 0:00:04]} 3. Bb5 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 4. O-O {[%emt 0: 00:01]} Nxe4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 5. Re1 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Nd6 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 6. Nxe5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Be7 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 7. Bf1 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Nxe5 { [%emt 0:00:05]} 8. Rxe5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:00]} 9. d4 {[%emt 0: 00:03]} Bf6 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 10. Re1 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Re8 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 11. c3 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Rxe1 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 12. Qxe1 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Ne8 { [%emt 0:00:01]} 13. a4 {[%emt 0:00:06]} a5 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 14. d5 {[%emt 0:00: 46]} d6 {[%emt 0:00:21]} 15. Bd3 {[%emt 0:00:11]} Bd7 {[%emt 0:00:18]} 16. Na3 {[%emt 0:00:15]} Bg5 {[%emt 0:00:52]} 17. Qe4 {[%emt 0:00:20]} g6 {[%emt 0:00: 15]} 18. Bb5 {[%emt 0:00:24]} Bxc1 {[%emt 0:03:12]} 19. Rxc1 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Qg5 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 20. Re1 {[%emt 0:03:33]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 21. Qd4 { [%emt 0:00:19]} Re8 {[%emt 0:03:40]} 22. Rxe8+ {[%emt 0:00:14]} Nxe8 {[%emt 0: 00:04]} 23. f4 {[%emt 0:00:44]} Qe7 {[%emt 0:00:28]} 24. h3 {[%emt 0:00:28]} Bxb5 {[%emt 0:03:28]} 25. Nxb5 {[%emt 0:00:26]} Qe1+ {[%emt 0:00:05]} 26. Kh2 { [%emt 0:00:02]} Ng7 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 27. Qg1 {[%emt 0:07:48]} Qd2 {[%emt 0:00: 04]} 28. Qd4 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Qe1 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 29. Qg1 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Qe2 {[%emt 0:03:37]} 30. Qa7 {[%emt 0:02:11]} Nh5 {[%emt 0:01:04]} 31. Qd4 { [%emt 0:00:40]} Qe1 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 32. Nxc7 {[%emt 0:01:01]} Qg3+ {[%emt 0: 02:15]} 33. Kh1 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Nxf4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 34. Qe4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Qf2 {[%emt 0:01:41]} 35. Qf3 {[%emt 0:00:16]} Qxf3 {[%emt 0:00:31]} 36. gxf3 { [%emt 0:00:02]} Kf8 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 37. b4 {[%emt 0:00:53]} axb4 {[%emt 0:00: 22]} 38. cxb4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Ke7 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 39. b5 {[%emt 0:00:18]} b6 {[%emt 0:01:43]} 40. a5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} bxa5 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 41. b6 {[%emt 0: 00:01]} Kd7 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 42. Nb5 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Kc8 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 43. Nxd6+ {[%emt 0:00:01]} Kb8 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 44. Nc4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} a4 { [%emt 0:00:49]} 45. d6 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Kb7 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 46. d7 {[%emt 0: 03:42]} Ne6 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 47. Kg1 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Kc6 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 48. Kf2 {[%emt 0:00:13]} Kxd7 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 49. Ke3 {[%emt 0:00:17]} Kc6 { [%emt 0:00:02]} 50. Kd2 {[%emt 0:00:03]} f6 {[%emt 0:00:22]} 51. Kc3 {[%emt 0: 00:18]} Nc5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 52. Kb4 {[%emt 0:01:06]} Nd7 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 53. Nd2 {[%emt 0:00:34]} Nxb6 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 54. Ne4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} h6 { [%emt 0:00:27]} 55. h4 {[%emt 0:00:28]} f5 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 56. Ng3 {[%emt 0: 00:02]} h5 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 57. Ne2 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Kd6 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 58. Ka3 {[%emt 0:00:21]} Ke5 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 59. Kb4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Kd6 { [%emt 0:00:12]} 60. Ka3 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Ke5 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 61. Kb4 {[%emt 0: 00:01]} Nd5+ {[%emt 0:00:06]} 62. Kxa4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Nf4 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 63. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:11]} Ng2 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 64. Ne2 {[%emt 0:00:09]} f4 { [%emt 0:00:06]} 65. Kb4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Nxh4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 66. Ng1 { [%emt 0:00:01]} Nxf3 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 67. Nxf3+ {[%emt 0:00:06]} Ke4 {[%emt 0: 00:00]} 68. Nd2+ {[%emt 0:00:11]} Ke3 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 69. Nc4+ {[%emt 0:00:02] } Ke2 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 0-1