[Event "ch-USA 2020"]
[Site "lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.10.27"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Shankland, Sam"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E25"]
[WhiteElo "2691"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2020.10.26"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
dxc5 Qa5 9. e4 Ne7 10. Be3 O-O 11. Qb3 Qc7 12. Bb5 e5 13. Ne2 Be6 14. c4 Nbc6
15. Nc3 Na5 16. Qb4 Nec6 17. Qa4 a6 18. Bxc6 Nxc4 19. Bxb7 Nxe3 20. Bxa8 Qxc5
21. Nd5 Nxg2+ 22. Kf1 Nf4 23. Qc6 Qa5 24. Rd1 Bxd5 25. exd5 Qxa3 26. d6 Qb2 27.
Qe4 Qg2+ 28. Ke1 Qxh1+ 29. Kd2 Qxh2+ 30. Kc3 Ne2+ 31. Kc4 Nd4 32. d7 Qa2+ 33.
Kc5 Qa3+ 34. Kb6 Qb3+ 0-1
[Event "ch-USA 2020"]
[Site "lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.10.27"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Swiercz, Dariusz"]
[Black "Robson, Ray"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2649"]
[BlackElo "2673"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2020.10.26"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O exd4 8. Nxd4
Re8 9. f3 c6 10. Kh1 Nbd7 11. Bg5 Qb6 12. Nb3 a5 13. Na4 Qb4 14. Nc1 Nc5 15.
Nxc5 Qxc5 16. Qd2 Nd7 17. Rb1 f5 18. Nd3 Qd4 19. Be3 Qf6 20. Nf2 Nc5 21. Bf4
fxe4 22. Nxe4 Nxe4 23. fxe4 Rxe4 24. Bd3 Re8 25. Bh6 Qd4 26. Bxg7 Qxg7 27. Qf4
Be6 28. Qxd6 Rad8 29. Qa3 Qd4 30. Rbd1 Bxc4 31. Bxc4+ Qxc4 32. Qxa5 Rxd1 33.
Rxd1 Qc2 34. Rf1 Qxb2 35. Qc7 Qf2 36. Rg1 Re1 37. Qd8+ Kg7 38. Qd7+ Kh6 39.
Qh3+ Kg5 40. Qg3+ Qxg3 41. hxg3 Rxg1+ 42. Kxg1 Kg4 0-1
[Event "ch-USA 2020"]
[Site "lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.10.27"]
[Round "4.5"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "Xiong, Jeffery"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2020.10.26"]
1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Qb6 5. Nb3 Nf6 6. Nc3 e6 7. e4 Bb4 8.
Bd3 O-O 9. O-O Bxc3 10. bxc3 d6 11. Bg5 Ne5 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. Kh1 Bd7 14. f4
Ng6 15. Qh5 Kh8 16. Qh6 Qd8 17. Rad1 Qe7 18. Bc2 Rg8 19. Nd2 Rac8 20. Bb3 a5
21. a3 Rc5 22. e5 dxe5 23. Ne4 Bc6 24. Nxc5 Nxf4 25. Rxf4 Bxg2+ 26. Kg1 Qxc5+
27. Rfd4 Rg6 28. Qe3 exd4 29. Rxd4 Qf5 30. Rf4 Qb1+ 0-1
[Event "ch-USA 2020"]
[Site "lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.10.27"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Xiong, Jeffery"]
[Black "Sevian, Samuel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2020.10.26"]
1. c4 e5 2. g3 c6 3. d4 e4 4. Nc3 d5 5. Bg2 Nf6 6. Bg5 Bb4 7. Bxf6 Qxf6 8. e3
Nd7 9. Nge2 Nb6 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. Qb3 Qd6 12. O-O Bd7 13. a3 Bxc3 14. Nxc3 O-O
15. Rfc1 Rfc8 16. Bf1 Rc7 17. Qb4 Qf8 18. Qa5 Qd6 19. Na2 h5 20. Rc5 Rcc8 21.
Rac1 h4 22. Rxc8+ Bxc8 23. Nb4 hxg3 24. hxg3 Be6 25. Qc5 Qf8 26. Na2 Rc8 27.
Qa5 Rxc1 28. Nxc1 Qb8 29. Na2 Nd7 30. Nc3 Nf6 31. Qc5 a6 32. Be2 g6 33. a4 Nd7
34. Qe7 Qf8 35. Qxf8+ Kxf8 36. Kf1 1/2-1/2
[Event "ch-USA 2020"]
[Site "lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.10.27"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Robson, Ray"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2673"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2020.10.26"]
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 11. c3 Rxe1 12. Qxe1 c6 13. Bf4 Ne8 14. Nd2
d5 15. Bd3 g6 16. h3 Ng7 17. Nf3 Bf5 18. Bxf5 Nxf5 19. Qd2 Qd7 20. Re1 Re8 21.
Rxe8+ Qxe8 22. Qe1 Qxe1+ 23. Nxe1 Ng7 24. Nd3 Ne6 25. Bd6 h5 26. g4 hxg4 27.
hxg4 g5 28. f3 Kh7 29. Kf2 Kg6 30. Ke3 Bg7 31. a4 f5 32. b4 f4+ 33. Kf2 a6 34.
b5 axb5 35. axb5 Kf7 36. bxc6 bxc6 37. Nc5 Nxc5 38. Bxc5 Bf6 39. Ke2 Ke6 40.
Kd3 Kd7 41. Kc2 Bd8 42. Kb3 Ba5 43. Bf8 Bd8 44. Kb4 Bb6 45. Bc5 Bd8 46. Ka4 Bc7
47. Bf8 Bd8 48. Kb4 Bb6 49. Bg7 Bd8 50. Be5 Be7+ 51. Ka5 Bd8+ 52. Ka6 Be7 53.
Ka5 Kc8 54. Kb6 Kd7 55. Ka5 1/2-1/2
[Event "U.S. Championship"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2020.10.27"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Swiercz, Darius"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2649"]
[Annotator "Monokroussos,Dennis"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2020.09.30"]
{[%evp 0,69,28,25,25,-16,42,31,45,52,51,51,38,51,51,51,51,15,13,19,12,23,14,12,
108,5,20,19,16,22,22,24,48,23,65,50,50,60,60,33,82,26,207,219,217,204,203,239,
217,200,195,221,221,221,224,189,352,169,407,407,377,384,394,376,376,375,573,
257,532,656,829,949]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6.
bxc3 Bg7 7. Be3 c5 8. Rc1 O-O 9. Nf3 Qa5 10. Qd2 Bg4 11. d5 b5 {In this hot
position (there are only 20 games in the database, but only one is before 2018
and 17 of them were played last year or in 2020), So uncorks a novelty.} 12.
Bd3 $146 {Some high-level examples follow:} (12. Be2 Nd7 13. O-O Rac8 (13...
Bxf3 14. Bxf3 c4 15. Be2 Rfd8 (15... Qa3 16. f4 Rad8 17. Rfd1 Nc5 18. e5 Nd3
19. Bxd3 Rxd5 20. Qc2 cxd3 21. Rxd3 Rxd3 22. Qxd3 a6 23. Qd5 Rc8 24. e6 Qd6 25.
exf7+ Kf8 26. Qxd6 exd6 27. Bd2 Kxf7 28. Kf2 Rc4 29. Ke2 h5 30. Kd3 Ra4 31. Rc2
Ke6 32. g3 d5 33. Be3 Kf5 34. Bc1 Rc4 35. h3 d4 36. g4+ hxg4 37. hxg4+ Kxg4 38.
Rg2+ Kf5 39. Rg5+ Kf6 40. Bd2 Kf7 41. cxd4 Rxd4+ 42. Kc2 Bh6 43. Rg4 g5 44.
fxg5 Rxg4 45. gxh6 Rh4 46. Kb3 Ke6 47. Bg5 Rh5 48. Bc1 a5 49. Bd2 Rh3+ 50. Kc2
b4 51. h7 Kd5 {0-1 (53) Korobov,A (2688)-Cheparinov,I (2686) Linares 2020}) 16.
f4 Nb6 17. Bf3 Qa3 18. h4 e6 19. h5 Na4 20. hxg6 hxg6 21. f5 exf5 22. exf5 Qd6
23. Bf4 Qb6+ 24. Kh1 gxf5 25. d6 Rab8 26. Bd5 Nc5 27. Bg3 Ne6 28. Rxf5 Rxd6 29.
Bxd6 Qxd6 30. Qe3 Qb6 31. Qf3 Rf8 32. Rf1 Nd8 33. Rh5 Qc7 34. Qe4 {1-0 (34)
Carlsen,M (2875)-Grischuk,A (2775) Stavanger 2019}) 14. Rfd1 Nb6 15. Bh6 Bxf3
16. gxf3 b4 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. cxb4 cxb4 19. Rc6 Rxc6 20. dxc6 Rc8 21. Rc1 Na4
22. Rc4 Nc3 23. Bf1 Qb6 24. a3 Rxc6 25. Rxc6 Qxc6 26. axb4 Nb5 27. Bxb5 Qxb5
28. Qd4+ e5 29. Qxa7 Qxb4 30. Qc7 Qd4 31. Qe7 h5 32. h4 Qc3 33. Kg2 Qd4 34. Kg1
Qc3 35. Kg2 Qd4 36. Kg1 Qc3 {1/2-1/2 (36) Carlsen,M (2863)-Nepomniachtchi,I
(2784) chess24.com INT 2020}) (12. Bxc5 Rc8 13. Bb4 Qc7 14. Nd4 a5 15. Ba3 b4
16. Bb2 Qb6 17. Bb5 (17. c4 Na6 (17... a4 18. Be2 a3 19. Ba1 Bxe2 20. Kxe2 e6
21. Rhd1 Na6 22. Nc6 Bxa1 23. Ne7+ Kg7 24. Nxc8 Rxc8 25. Rxa1 Rxc4 26. Kf1 Nc5
27. d6 e5 28. Qg5 Nxe4 29. Qe3 Qxe3 30. fxe3 Rc8 31. Rd5 Nc3 32. Rxe5 Rd8 33.
Re7 Nd5 34. Rb7 Nxe3+ 35. Ke2 Nd5 36. d7 Kf6 37. Kd3 Ke6 38. Re1+ Kd6 39. Kc4
Kc6 40. Rb5 Nb6+ 41. Kxb4 Nd5+ 42. Kc4 Nb6+ 43. Rxb6+ Kxb6 44. Re7 Kc6 45. Rxf7
h5 46. Kb4 h4 47. h3 g5 48. Kxa3 Kc7 49. Rg7 Ra8+ 50. Kb3 Ra5 51. a4 Re5 52.
Kc4 Rf5 53. Kd4 Kd8 54. Ke4 Rc5 55. Kf3 Rc3+ 56. Kg4 Rg3+ 57. Kh5 Rxg2 58. Rxg5
Ra2 59. Rg4 Kxd7 60. Kxh4 Ra3 61. Rf4 Ke6 62. Kg4 Ra1 63. Kg5 Rg1+ 64. Rg4 Rh1
65. h4 Kf7 66. Rf4+ Kg7 67. Rf5 Rg1+ 68. Kh5 Rd1 69. a5 Ra1 70. Kg5 Rh1 71. h5
Rg1+ 72. Kf4 Re1 73. Rb5 Kh6 74. a6 Ra1 75. Rb6+ Kxh5 76. Ke5 Rd1 77. a7 Ra1
78. Rb7 Ra6 79. Kd5 Kg6 80. Kc5 {1-0 (80) Esipenko,A (2624)-Jones,G (2688)
Douglas 2019}) 18. Nc6 (18. f4 e5 19. h3 Nc5 20. fxe5 Bxe5 21. hxg4 Nxe4 22.
Qe3 Re8 23. Kd1 Bg7 24. Qg1 Nc3+ 25. Bxc3 bxc3 26. Nc2 Qf6 27. Rh2 Rad8 28. Rb1
Rb8 29. Rc1 Bh6 30. Ra1 Rb2 31. g3 Qf3+ 32. Be2 Rxe2 33. Rxe2 Rxc2 {0-1 (33)
Giri,A (2764)-Nepomniachtchi,I (2784) chess24.com INT 2020}) 18... Bxb2 19.
Qxb2 Rxc6 20. dxc6 Qxc6 21. Bd3 Nc5 22. Bc2 Nxe4 23. Qd4 Bf5 24. Bxe4 Bxe4 25.
f3 Bf5 26. O-O a4 27. Rfe1 b3 28. axb3 axb3 29. Re2 Qc7 30. c5 Rd8 31. Qc3 Bc2
32. Rexc2 bxc2 33. Qxc2 Qc6 34. Qc3 h5 35. Qe3 Rd7 36. h3 Kh7 37. Qe5 Rc7 38.
Qf4 Kg7 39. Qe5+ Kh7 40. Qf4 Kg7 41. Qe5+ Kh7 {1/2-1/2 (41) Giri,A (2764)
-Nepomniachtchi,I (2784) chess24.com INT 2020}) 17... e5 18. dxe6 Bxe6 19. Nxe6
fxe6 20. c4 Bxb2 21. Qxb2 Nc6 22. Qf6 Nd4 23. Bd7 Rf8 24. Qe5 Rxf2 25. Kxf2
Rf8+ 26. Ke3 Nf5+ 27. Kd3 Qe3+ 28. Kc2 Nd4+ 29. Kb1 Qd3+ 30. Ka1 Rf2 31. Bxe6+
Kf8 32. Qd6+ Kg7 33. Qe7+ Kh8 34. Qd8+ Kg7 35. Qe7+ Kh8 36. Qd8+ Kg7 37. Qe7+ {
1/2-1/2 (37) Vidit,S (2726)-Nepomniachtchi,I (2784) chess.com INT 2020}) 12...
Nd7 (12... c4 $5) 13. c4 b4 14. O-O Qc7 $2 (14... Bxf3) (14... Bc3) (14... e6)
15. Ne1 $1 (15. Bf4 e5 $1 16. dxe6 Ne5 17. exf7+ Rxf7 18. Bxe5 Bxe5 19. Nxe5
Qxe5 $44) 15... Nb6 $2 (15... f5 $1 {had to be played.}) 16. f4 $18 Bd7 17. f5
$1 (17. e5 {isn't bad, as a cursory look at the board would indicate, but So's
move is even better.}) 17... Na4 (17... Bc8 {Trying to clear e5 for the knight
simply won't work.} 18. Bf4 $1 Qd8 (18... Be5 19. Bxe5 Qxe5 20. Nf3 $18) 19.
Nf3 $18) 18. Nf3 (18. Bf4) (18. Bh6) 18... Nc3 19. Bh6 $1 a5 20. e5 ({Good
alternatives abound, including} 20. Bxg7 Kxg7 21. Rce1 {.}) 20... Bxe5 21. Nxe5
Qxe5 22. Rce1 Qd4+ 23. Be3 Qg7 24. Bh6 Qd4+ 25. Be3 Qg7 {After gaining a few
seconds on the clock, So resumes his progress.} 26. Bxc5 Rfc8 27. Bxe7 Qd4+ 28.
Kh1 Bxf5 29. Rxf5 $1 gxf5 30. Qg5+ Qg7 31. Qxf5 Re8 32. d6 (32. Re3 {also wins
easily, and we'll see this move shortly.}) 32... Rad8 33. c5 ({There's nothing
wrong with} 33. d7 {.}) 33... a4 34. Re3 Ne2 35. Bxe2 {Swiercz throws in the
towel, as White is up material in addition to enjoying a crushing attack and a
ridiculous lead on time. (So had 12 minutes and 17 seconds against Swiercz's
21 seconds, according to the Chess24 broadcast board. It could be slightly off,
but it's unlikely to be that far from the actual times.)} (35. Rxe2 {is also
playable, as} Qa1+ {comes up empty after} 36. Bb1) 1-0
[Event "ch-USA 2020"]
[Site "lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.10.27"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2020.10.26"]
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 11. c3 Rxe1 12. Qxe1 Ne8 13. Bd3 d5 14. Bf4
g6 15. Nd2 Ng7 16. Nf3 Bf5 17. Bxf5 Nxf5 18. Qe2 c6 19. Re1 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 29. Qe3 1/2-1/2
[Event "ch-USA 2020"]
[Site "lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.10.27"]
[Round "6.5"]
[White "Sevian, Samuel"]
[Black "Robson, Ray"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E73"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2673"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2020.10.26"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Be3 Nc6 7. d5 Ne5 8. h3 e6
9. f4 Ned7 10. dxe6 fxe6 11. g4 b6 12. Qc2 Bb7 13. O-O-O Nc5 14. Bf3 Nfd7 15.
e5 Qe7 16. exd6 cxd6 17. Bxb7 Nxb7 18. Nge2 Rac8 19. Qd3 Ndc5 20. Qc2 Na5 21.
Bd4 Nxc4 22. Kb1 d5 23. f5 Bxd4 24. Rxd4 Ne3 25. Qd2 exf5 26. Nf4 Nc4 27. Qg2
Ne4 28. Ncxd5 Ncd2+ 29. Ka1 Qc5 30. Ne2 f4 31. b4 Qc2 32. Rc1 Qxc1+ 33. Nxc1
Rxc1+ 34. Kb2 f3 35. Qh2 Rb1+ 36. Ka3 f2 37. Ne7+ Kf7 38. Qf4+ Ke8 39. Qe5 Rf3+
40. Ka4 b5+ 41. Ka5 Ra3+ 42. Kxb5 f1=Q+ 43. Kc6 Qf6+ 0-1
[Event "ch-USA 2020"]
[Site "lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.10.27"]
[Round "6.6"]
[White "Moradiabadi, Elshan"]
[Black "Xiong, Jeffery"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2020.10.26"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. Nbd2 O-O 5. c3 d6 6. e4 c5 7. dxc5 dxc5 8.
Bc4 Nc6 9. O-O Qc7 10. Qe2 h6 11. Be3 b6 12. h3 Bb7 13. Ba6 Rad8 14. Bxb7 Qxb7
15. a4 Rd7 16. Bf4 Rfd8 17. Rfe1 Ne8 18. Nc4 Nc7 19. Bxc7 Qxc7 20. e5 Rd5 21.
e6 f5 22. h4 Rd3 23. h5 Qf4 24. Ne3 g5 25. Rad1 Rxd1 26. Rxd1 Qe4 27. Rxd8+
Nxd8 28. Nd2 Qxa4 29. Nxf5 Bf8 30. Qd3 Qd1+ 31. Kh2 Qxh5+ 32. Kg1 Qd1+ 33. Kh2
Nxe6 34. Ng3 Nf4 35. Qc4+ e6 36. Nde4 Bg7 37. b4 Qd5 38. Qa6 cxb4 39. Qc8+ Kh7
40. cxb4 h5 41. Qc2 Kh6 42. f3 Be5 43. Kh1 Qd3 44. Qc6 Qd1+ 45. Kh2 Qd8 46. Kh1
h4 47. Nf5+ Kg6 48. Ne3 Qc7 49. Qe8+ Kg7 50. Ng4 Qc1+ 51. Kh2 Ne2+ 52. Nxe5
Qg1+ 53. Kh3 Qh1+ 0-1
