[Event "USA Championship 2026"] [Site "Saint Louis"] [Date "2026.10.15"] [Round "6.5"] [White "Liang, Awonder"] [Black "Aronian, Levon"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C67"] [WhiteElo "2685"] [BlackElo "2725"] [Annotator "Mosaico Ajedrecístico"] [PlyCount "93"] [EventDate "2026.??.??"] {[%evp 18,93,20,15,15,14,16,14,23,15,21,13,27,22,32,24,35,26,34,22,41,13,34,6,14,7,44,19,66,44,64,47,80,54,71,25,53,22,76,65,114,66,248,222,259,231,355,301,669,606,645,610,646,509,737,683,731,698,695,653,886,828,866,778,901,796,969,892,923,544,3224,1455,29981,29982,29982,29983,29983,3450]} {C67: Ruy Lopez: Defensa Berlinesa} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O {[%CAl Bh1f1,Bf1e1,Be1e5]} Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nxe5 8. Rxe5 O-O 9. d4 Bf6 10. Re1 Re8 11. c3 Rxe1 12. Qxe1 Ne8 {[%CAl Bd6e8,Be8g7,Bg7e6]} 13. Bf4 d5 14. Nd2 (14. Bd3 c6 15. Nd2 g6 16. Qe2 Ng7 17. Re1 Bf5 18. Bxf5 Nxf5 19. Nf3 Ng7 20. Be5 Bxe5 21. Nxe5 Qd6 22. Qf3 f6 23. Nd3 Re8 24. Rxe8+ Nxe8 25. Qe3 Kf7 26. Qh6 Kg8 27. Qe3 Kf7 28. Qh6 Kg8 {Dominguez Perez,L (2732)-So,W (2765) Saint Louis USA 2026 ½-½}) 14... g6 (14... Bf5 15. Qe3 c6 16. Re1 Nd6 17. Qg3 Ne4 18. Nxe4 Bxe4 19. Bd3 Bxd3 20. Qxd3 Qd7 21. Qe3 Kf8 22. g3 Re8 23. Bd6+ Be7 $1 {[%CAl Re7d6]} 24. Bf4 Bf6 25. Bd6+ Be7 $1 {[%CAl Re7d6]} 26. Bf4 Bf6 {½-½ (26) Carlsen,M (2859)-Nakamura,H (2768) Chess.com INT 2022}) 15. a4 $146 (15. Nf3 Ng7 16. Be5 c6 17. Bxf6 Qxf6 18. Qe5 Qxe5 19. Nxe5 f6 20. Nd3 Kf7 21. Re1 Bf5 22. Nc5 Rb8 23. h3 h5 24. Bd3 {½-½ (24) Radjabov,T (2689)-Sadhwani,R (2634) Moscow RUS 2026}) 15... Ng7 16. a5 c6 17. h3 (17. Nb3 Ne6 18. Be5 Bd7 19. Qe3 Qe7 20. Re1 Re8 21. h3 Bg5 22. Qg3 Bh4 23. Qh2 Qd8 24. Bg3 Bf6 25. Bd6 b6 26. a6 Bh4 (26... h5 $15) 27. Nc1 (27. Nd2 $14) 27... c5 $15 28. dxc5 bxc5 29. Bg3 $1 Bf6 30. Nd3 Bb5 {[%CAl Od5d4]} 31. Be5 $1 Bxd3 {Duda,J (2731)-Aronian,L (2759) chess24.com INT 2022 ½-½ (60)} (31... Bxe5 $15 32. Nxe5 Bxf1 33. Rxf1 d4)) 17... Bf5 18. Nf3 h5 19. Qd1 Qe7 20. Qb3 Ne6 21. Bh2 Be4 (21... a6 $11) 22. Ne5 h4 (22... c5 $11) 23. a6 $14 Bxe5 24. Bxe5 (24. dxe5 b5 $11) 24... b6 25. Qb4 $1 $36 {[%csl Gb4][%CAl Gb3b4]} Qd8 26. Qa4 (26. Re1 $16) 26... Rc8 27. Re1 Qg5 (27... f6 $11 28. Bh2 Qd7) 28. Qd1 $16 Kh7 (28... Bf5 $14) 29. Qg4 (29. c4 $16) 29... Qxg4 $2 {[%csl Gd8,Rg4][%CAl Rg5g4,Gg5d8]} (29... Qd8 $1 $14) 30. hxg4 $18 Bc2 31. f3 Bb3 (31... Re8 $142 32. Bf6 b5 33. Bxh4 Kg7) 32. Kf2 Bc4 (32... Kg8 33. Bd3 Rf8) 33. Bxc4 dxc4 34. Rh1 g5 {[#]} 35. g3 $1 {[%csl Gg3][%CAl Gg2g3]} f6 36. Bxf6 Kg6 37. Be5 hxg3+ 38. Kxg3 b5 {[%CAl Bb6b5,Bb5b4]} 39. Rh8 Rxh8 40. Bxh8 Nc7 41. Be5 Nxa6 42. f4 b4 43. fxg5 b3 44. Kh4 Nc5 45. dxc5 a5 {[%CAl Ba7a5,Ba5a4] [#]} 46. Bf4 $1 {[%csl Gf4][%CAl Ge5f4]} a4 47. Bc1 (47. Bc1 Kf7 48. Kg3 Ke7 49. Kf4 Ke6 50. Ke4 Ke7 51. Ke5 Kf7 52. Kf5 Kg7 53. g6 Kg8 54. Kf6 Kf8 55. g5 a3 56. g7+ Kg8 57. bxa3 b2 58. Bxb2 Kh7 59. a4 (59. Bc1 $142 Kg8 60. a4 Kh7 61. a5 Kg8 62. a6 Kh7 63. a7 Kg8 64. a8=Q+ Kh7 65. g8=Q#) 59... Kg8 $18 60. a5 (60. Bc1 $142 Kh7 61. a5 Kg8 62. a6 Kh7 63. a7 Kg8 64. a8=Q+ Kh7 65. g8=Q#) 60... Kh7 $18 61. a6 (61. Bc1 $142 Kg8 62. a6 Kh7 63. a7 Kg8 64. a8=Q+ Kh7 65. g8=Q#) 61... Kg8 $18 62. Bc1 Kh7 63. a7 Kg8 64. a8=Q+ Kh7 65. g6#) 1-0