[Event "ch-USA 2022"] [Site "Saint Louis USA"] [Date "2022.10.18"] [Round "12"] [White "Yoo, Christopher Woojin"] [Black "Robson, R."] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C67"] [WhiteElo "2563"] [BlackElo "2690"] [PlyCount "67"] [EventDate "2022.10.04"] 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. Bd3 Bxe5 11. dxe5 Ne8 12. Nc3 d6 13. Qh5 g6 14. Qh6 Qe7 15. exd6 Nxd6 16. Bg5 f6 17. Nd5 Qg7 18. Qxg7+ Kxg7 19. Nxc7 fxg5 20. Nxa8 Bf5 21. Nc7 Rc8 22. Nd5 Bxd3 23. cxd3 Rc2 24. g4 Rxb2 25. Re1 Rxa2 26. Re7+ Nf7 27. Rxb7 Rd2 28. Rxa7 Rxd3 29. Nc7 Kf6 30. Ne8+ Ke6 31. Ng7+ Kf6 32. Ne8+ Ke6 33. Ng7+ Kf6 34. Ne8+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "ch-USA 2022"] [Site "Saint Louis USA"] [Date "2022.10.18"] [Round "12"] [White "Shankland, S."] [Black "Caruana, F."] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A30"] [WhiteElo "2712"] [BlackElo "2763"] [PlyCount "78"] [EventDate "2022.10.04"] 1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Nc3 g6 7. Qa4 e6 8. Ne5 Bd7 9. Nxd7 Qxd7 10. d3 Bg7 11. Bd2 O-O 12. Rc1 b6 13. O-O Rad8 14. Rfd1 h6 15. Kf1 f5 16. a3 Nd4 17. Qxd7 Rxd7 18. Nxd5 exd5 19. b4 Nb3 20. bxc5 bxc5 21. Rb1 Rb8 22. Bb4 cxb4 23. Rxb3 Bf8 24. axb4 Bxb4 25. Ra1 Rb6 26. d4 a5 27. Re3 Kf7 28. Bf3 Rb5 29. Rb3 Rc7 30. h4 h5 31. Rxa5 Rxa5 32. Rxb4 Kg7 33. Rb2 Kh6 34. Kg2 Rc4 35. e3 Rc7 36. Bd1 Ra1 37. Bf3 Ra5 38. Bd1 Ra1 39. Bf3 Ra5 1/2-1/2 [Event "ch-USA 2022"] [Site "Saint Louis USA"] [Date "2022.10.18"] [Round "12"] [White "Sevian, Samuel"] [Black "Niemann, Hans Moke"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D41"] [WhiteElo "2684"] [BlackElo "2699"] [Annotator "Monokroussos,Dennis"] [PlyCount "156"] [EventDate "2022.10.04"] {[%evp 0,156,32,26,32,-14,4,-11,6,6,44,54,44,12,43,41,111,54,71,71,58,52,28,21,44,0,18,9,17,38,13,13,33,-43,-47,-31,-31,-31,34,30,23,-36,-37,-32,-25,-43,2,2,-4,18,11,-18,-13,-32,-33,-47,-39,-43,-42,-56,-61,-83,-92,-113,-127,-127,-118,-130,-72,-82,-83,-79,-67,-76,-57,-88,-72,-74,-74,-73,-41,-81,-32,-61,-63,-45,-67,-68,-52,-35,-37,-37,-40,-50,-37,-68,-48,-284,-346,-353,-356,-360,-360,-360,-360,-360,-369,-378,-366,-409,-420,-462,-359,-353,-392,-405,-386,-388,-388,-433,-432,-437,-449,-450,-467,-475,-473,-473,-438,-475,-475,-485,-485,-485,-485,-485,-485,-485,-485,-495,-485,-489,-485,-485,-527,-538,-538,-546,-562,-580,-616,-564,-655,-1014,-586,-587,-608,-821,-665]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 cxd4 6. Qxd4 exd5 7. e4 dxe4 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Ng5 Be6 10. a3 Nbd7 11. Bf4 Rc8 12. g3 Bb3 13. Bg2 Nh5 14. Be3 f5 15. g4 f4 16. Bd4 f3 17. gxh5 fxg2 18. Rg1 Nf6 19. Rxg2 Bc5 20. Rd1 Bxd1 21. Ne6+ Ke7 22. Nxc5 Bg4 23. N5xe4 Nxe4 24. Rxg4 Nxc3 25. Rxg7+ Kd6 26. Bxc3 Rhe8+ 27. Kf1 Rc7 28. Rg4 Rf7 29. a4 b6 30. h6 Re3 31. Rd4+ Ke6 32. a5 Ref3 33. Rd2 b5 34. Bd4 Rd7 35. Kg2 Rf5 36. Re2+ Kd5 37. Bg7 Kc4 38. Re4+ Kb3 39. Re8 Rdf7 40. Rh8 Rg5+ 41. Kh3 b4 42. Kh4 Rg6 43. Rxh7 Rxh6+ 44. Rxh6 Rxg7 45. f4 Kxb2 46. f5 b3 47. f6 Rg2 48. h3 $2 {The h-pawn isn't important; the f-pawn is.} (48. Rh5 $1 Rxh2+ 49. Kg5 Rf2 50. Rh7 Ka2 51. Rxa7 {The a-pawn is also important.} b2 52. Rb7 b1=Q 53. Rxb1 Kxb1 54. a6 {and now it's Black's task to prove the draw (which isn't difficult).} Rg2+ 55. Kh6 Ra2 56. Kg7 (56. f7 Rxa6+) 56... Rxa6 57. f7 Ra7 $11) 48... Ka2 $19 49. Rh7 b2 50. Rb7 Rg6 $1 {Maybe Sevian missed this.} 51. f7 Rf6 52. Kg5 Rxf7 53. Rxf7 b1=Q 54. h4 (54. Rxa7 $2 Qg1+ {makes the win trivial.}) 54... Qg1+ 55. Kh5 Kb3 56. a6 Kc4 57. Rg7 Qc5+ 58. Rg5 Qe7 59. Rf5 Kd4 60. Kg4 Qe6 61. Kg5 Ke4 62. Rf6 Qe7 63. Kg6 Ke5 64. Rf5+ Ke6 65. Rf4 Qe8+ 66. Kg5 Qg8+ 67. Kh5 Ke5 68. Rf1 Qd5 69. Rf8 Qd1+ 70. Kg5 Qd2+ 71. Kh5 Qd7 72. Rf1 Qb5 73. Rf8 Qxa6 74. Kg5 Qe6 75. Rf1 Qg8+ 76. Kh6 Qh8+ 77. Kg5 Qd8+ 78. Kh5 a5 0-1 [Event "ch-USA 2022"] [Site "Saint Louis USA"] [Date "2022.10.18"] [Round "12"] [White "Lenderman, Aleks"] [Black "So, Wesley"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "E04"] [WhiteElo "2535"] [BlackElo "2774"] [Annotator "Monokroussos,Dennis"] [PlyCount "80"] [EventDate "2022.10.04"] {[%evp 0,80,32,32,32,23,15,-4,-11,-31,-12,-13,-13,4,-4,-13,5,15,-5,1,1,1,82,5,-3,0,-1,0,0,0,-22,-9,13,-10,-8,-53,-38,-43,-43,-26,0,0,6,9,8,-10,13,-18,-24,-26,-9,-4,-4,-26,-34,-10,-5,-44,-31,-44,-37,-40,-44,-58,-62,-62,-65,-79,-57,-65,-58,-116,-86,-99,-87,-112,-51,-559,-569,-569,-566,-566,-571]} 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 c5 6. O-O Nc6 7. Ne5 Bd7 8. Nd2 cxd4 9. Ndxc4 Be7 10. Qb3 Qc7 11. Nxc6 Bxc6 12. Bf4 Qd8 13. Bxc6+ bxc6 14. Ne5 c5 15. Qa4+ Kf8 16. e3 Qe8 17. Qa6 Nd5 18. exd4 cxd4 19. Rac1 g5 20. Bd2 Kg7 21. Qd3 Rc8 22. Qxd4 Rxc1 23. Bxc1 Bf6 24. Re1 Qe7 25. h4 h6 26. hxg5 hxg5 27. Bd2 Qb7 28. Re4 Ne7 29. Bc3 Ng6 30. f3 Rc8 31. f4 (31. Qe3 $11) 31... gxf4 32. gxf4 Bxe5 33. fxe5 Rh8 34. Qe3 $2 (34. Kf1 Rh2 35. Ke1 {looks a little scary, but is apparently equal.}) 34... Rh5 $17 35. a4 Qd5 $2 36. Qd4 Qa8 37. Qe3 $2 (37. Kf1 $11) 37... Qh8 $1 38. Kf1 $2 {Too late now.} Rh1+ 39. Ke2 Qh5+ 40. Kd3 (40. Kd2 Qd1#) 40... Rh3 0-1 [Event "ch-USA 2022"] [Site "Saint Louis USA"] [Date "2022.10.18"] [Round "12"] [White "Aronian, Levon"] [Black "Moradiabadi, Elshan"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B12"] [WhiteElo "2755"] [BlackElo "2534"] [Annotator "Monokroussos,Dennis"] [PlyCount "83"] [EventDate "2022.10.04"] {[%evp 0,83,32,39,68,79,71,76,63,48,41,36,36,18,36,15,13,-12,36,37,38,24,36,14,14,-36,29,16,60,64,69,49,49,45,41,37,55,55,65,44,57,71,54,64,57,25,61,61,63,6,95,68,64,69,83,80,124,122,109,109,117,124,124,129,123,119,121,126,169,169,166,180,184,114,122,138,138,132,157,142,143,127,180,164,184,186]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Ne7 6. Nbd2 h6 7. O-O Nd7 8. c3 Qc7 9. Re1 g5 10. Nf1 Bg6 11. Ng3 c5 12. h3 cxd4 13. cxd4 Qc2 14. Qxc2 Bxc2 15. Bd2 Nc6 16. Bb5 Bg6 17. Rac1 Rc8 18. Re3 Be7 19. Rb3 Nb6 20. a4 O-O 21. Bxc6 bxc6 22. a5 Nc4 23. Rb7 Rfe8 24. Rxa7 Ra8 25. Rxa8 Rxa8 26. Bc3 Kf8 $2 {Bringing the king to the queenside makes sense, it's just a bit too slow.} (26... Rb8 $1 $11 {/?}) 27. Nd2 $16 Ke8 $2 (27... Bd3) 28. Nxc4 dxc4 29. Nf1 $18 c5 30. Ra1 cxd4 31. Bxd4 Bd3 32. Ne3 Bd8 33. Bc3 Bb6 34. Ng4 h5 35. Nf6+ Kd8 36. Rd1 Bc5 37. b3 $2 (37. Nxh5) 37... Kc8 $2 (37... Kc7 38. bxc4 Bg6 {is still losing, but Black is managing to coordinate.}) 38. bxc4 Bxc4 39. Bd2 Ba3 40. Rb1 h4 41. Ne4 Bd3 42. Rb3 (42. Rb3 Bxe4 43. Rxa3 {If Black's g- and h-pawns were on light squares, it might be a draw. Here, White will be up two or three pawns, and the opposite-colored bishops won't even come close to saving Black.}) 1-0 [Event "ch-USA 2022"] [Site "Saint Louis USA"] [Date "2022.10.18"] [Round "12"] [White "Xiong, Jeffery"] [Black "Dominguez Perez, L."] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D20"] [WhiteElo "2690"] [BlackElo "2747"] [PlyCount "76"] [EventDate "2022.10.04"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 b5 4. a4 c6 5. axb5 cxb5 6. Nc3 Qb6 7. b3 e6 8. bxc4 Bb4 9. Bd2 bxc4 10. Bxc4 Ne7 11. Nge2 O-O 12. Na4 Bxd2+ 13. Qxd2 Qc6 14. Bd3 Ba6 15. O-O Bxd3 16. Qxd3 a5 17. Rfc1 Qd6 18. Nb2 Nbc6 19. Nc4 Qb8 20. Rcb1 Qc7 21. h3 Rfd8 22. Qc3 h6 23. Rb5 Rac8 24. Ra4 Qd7 25. Nb6 Nxd4 26. Nxd4 Rxc3 27. Nxd7 Rxd7 28. Rbxa5 Nc6 29. Ra8+ Kh7 30. Nxc6 Rxc6 31. R4a7 Rxa7 32. Rxa7 f6 33. f3 e5 34. h4 h5 35. Rb7 Rc2 36. Ra7 Rc6 37. Rb7 Rc2 38. Ra7 Rc6 1/2-1/2 [Event "ch-USA 2022"] [Site "Saint Louis USA"] [Date "2022.10.18"] [Round "12"] [White "Liang, Awonder"] [Black "Swiercz, Dariusz"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A50"] [WhiteElo "2608"] [BlackElo "2652"] [Annotator "Monokroussos,Dennis"] [PlyCount "209"] [EventDate "2022.10.04"] {[%evp 0,209,32,32,32,-7,32,48,48,27,27,31,42,32,11,11,50,42,36,35,34,33,29,32,31,31,53,29,58,42,47,44,57,34,27,8,10,0,-2,0,35,18,35,-5,-5,-5,2,-17,0,-16,-9,-17,-6,-17,-22,-19,-12,22,33,18,24,21,21,13,7,0,60,46,38,37,39,0,0,-34,95,0,33,20,20,59,32,19,54,109,62,37,109,109,79,66,67,68,89,91,64,70,73,73,73,44,42,36,32,36,38,47,57,66,73,66,60,60,96,85,111,85,167,110,64,62,62,66,66,88,108,106,98,95,95,89,95,89,95,71,186,183,179,183,161,163,163,163,163,163,163,163,163,163,163,129,156,140,147,139,146,117,107,107,107,107,107,107,107,107,153,156,143,143,141,138,138,138,138,138,146,156,156,156,156,156,167,180,183,181,188,193,190,187,206,171,175,175,171,171,185,171,183,248,268,271,497,507,547,547,547,547,567,567,1444,29972,29987,29988]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Bf4 Nc6 6. e3 Bf5 7. Qb3 Na5 8. Qa4+ Bd7 9. Qc2 e6 10. Nf3 Rc8 11. Bd3 Bb4 12. O-O a6 13. Rac1 Bxc3 14. bxc3 Bb5 15. Bxb5+ axb5 16. Qb1 Qb6 17. Be5 Nc4 18. Bxf6 gxf6 19. e4 dxe4 20. Qxe4 Qc6 21. Qf4 Ke7 22. Rfe1 Qd5 23. g3 h5 24. Nh4 Nd6 25. Ng2 Ra8 26. Ne3 Qe4 27. Qxe4 Nxe4 28. f3 Ng5 29. Re2 Nxf3+ 30. Kg2 Ng5 31. Nd5+ Kf8 32. Nxf6 Kg7 33. Rf1 Rh6 34. Ref2 h4 35. gxh4 Rxh4 36. Kh1 Rh6 37. Nd7 f5 38. Rg2 Rh5 39. d5 Kf7 40. Nc5 b6 41. Nd3 Kf6 42. Nf4 Rh7 43. dxe6 Rd8 44. e7 Rxe7 45. Nh5+ Kg6 46. Rfg1 Kxh5 47. Rxg5+ Kh4 48. Rxf5 Rd2 49. Rf8 Re5 50. Rh8+ Rh5 51. Rxh5+ Kxh5 52. Rb1 Rd5 53. Kg2 Kg4 54. Kf2 Rc5 55. Rb3 Kf5 56. Ke3 Ke6 57. h4 Rc4 58. Kd3 Rxh4 59. Rxb5 Kd6 60. Rxb6+ {This notorious ending begins. The standard assessment (assuming the defender's king isn't cut off from the pawns) is that it's generally a draw, as long as the king doesn't get stuck on the back rank. Here, for now, there's no question about its being a draw - one doesn't need a tablebase to confirm that conclusion.} Kc5 61. Ra6 Rh3+ 62. Kc2 Kc4 63. Ra4+ Kb5 64. Rg4 Rh1 65. Kb3 Rb1+ 66. Ka3 Kc5 67. Rb4 Rc1 68. Kb2 Rh1 69. a4 Kc6 70. Rb3 Kc5 71. Rb5+ Kc6 72. Rb4 Rg1 73. Rb5 Rh1 74. Rg5 Kb6 75. Kb3 Rb1+ 76. Kc4 Rc1 77. Rg6+ Ka5 78. Rg8 Rh1 79. Ra8+ Kb6 80. Rb8+ Ka5 81. Rb4 Rh4+ 82. Kb3 Rh1 83. Rb5+ Ka6 84. c4 Rb1+ 85. Kc3 Rc1+ 86. Kb4 Rb1+ 87. Kc5 Ra1 88. Rb6+ Ka7 89. Rb4 Rh1 90. Kb5 Kb7 91. a5 Rc1 92. a6+ Ka7 93. c5 Rh1 94. Rd4 Rb1+ 95. Kc6 Rh1 96. Rd8 Rh2 97. Re8 Rc2 $2 ({Black needed to temporize, keeping the options of checking from the side or the rear, depending on what White does.} 97... Rh1 $11) 98. Kd6 $1 $18 Rd2+ 99. Kc7 $1 Rh2 100. c6 $1 Rh7+ 101. Kd6 $1 Rh6+ 102. Kd7 Rh7+ 103. Re7 Rh1 104. c7 Rd1+ 105. Ke8 {It's not just that White is threatening to queen, but that he's threatening to queen with a discovered check. There's no way to put up any resistance here, and ...Kb7 is illegal, so Black resigned.} 1-0 [Event "ch-USA 2022"] [Site "Saint Louis USA"] [Date "2022.10.19"] [Round "13"] [White "Robson, R."] [Black "Xiong, Jeffery"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D27"] [WhiteElo "2690"] [BlackElo "2690"] [PlyCount "144"] [EventDate "2022.10.04"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. O-O a6 7. b3 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Be7 9. Bb2 O-O 10. Be2 Bd7 11. Nd2 Nc6 12. N4f3 b5 13. Rc1 Rc8 14. a3 Qb6 15. Bd3 Rfd8 16. Qe2 Be8 17. h3 Nd7 18. b4 e5 19. Bf5 f6 20. Ne4 Ncb8 21. Nc3 Bf7 22. Rfd1 g6 23. Be4 Qa7 24. Nd5 Nb6 25. Rc7 Rxc7 26. Nxe7+ Rxe7 27. Rxd8+ Kg7 28. Rd1 Qc7 29. g4 h6 30. Rc1 Qd6 31. Rd1 Qc7 32. Rc1 Qd6 33. Qc2 Nc4 34. Rd1 Qc7 35. Nh4 Nxb2 36. Qxb2 Rd7 37. Rc1 Qd8 38. Qb1 f5 39. Bxf5 Qxh4 40. Bxd7 Nxd7 41. Kg2 h5 42. f3 Nb6 43. Qe4 Nc4 44. Rd1 Kh6 45. Qd3 Qg5 46. Re1 Be6 47. Kg3 Kg7 48. Re2 Qe7 49. Re1 Qc7 50. Kg2 h4 51. Rd1 e4 52. Qc3+ Qe5 53. Qxe5+ Nxe5 54. fxe4 Nc4 55. Rd8 Nxa3 56. Ra8 Kf6 57. Rxa6 Nc4 58. Rc6 g5 59. Kf2 Ne5 60. Rb6 Nd3+ 61. Kf3 Nxb4 62. e5+ Ke7 63. Rxb5 Nd3 64. Ra5 Kf7 65. Ra7+ Kf8 66. Ra8+ Kf7 67. Ra7+ Kf8 68. Ra8+ Ke7 69. Ra7+ Ke8 70. Ra8+ Ke7 71. Ra7+ Ke8 72. Ra8+ Ke7 1/2-1/2 [Event "ch-USA 2022"] [Site "Saint Louis USA"] [Date "2022.10.19"] [Round "13"] [White "Caruana, Fabiano"] [Black "Aronian, Levon"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C67"] [WhiteElo "2763"] [BlackElo "2755"] [Annotator "Monokroussos,Dennis"] [PlyCount "67"] [EventDate "2022.10.04"] {[%evp 0,67,32,19,19,22,28,4,24,44,57,32,38,28,-4,7,0,-9,-4,5,1,11,17,17,13,10,29,31,29,31,32,33,36,24,33,32,32,27,33,33,31,25,23,21,14,9,9,-8,5,-2,-2,-2,-2,-2,0,0,0,0,-1,-3,6,1,6,-6,2,1,5,-6,1,0]} 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. Bf4 d5 14. Bd3 g6 15. Nd2 Ng7 16. Qe2 c6 17. Re1 Bf5 18. Bxf5 Nxf5 19. Nf3 Ng7 20. Be5 Ne6 21. Bxf6 Qxf6 22. Ne5 Re8 23. Ng4 Qd8 24. Qe5 Ng7 25. Qxe8+ Nxe8 26. Rxe8+ Qxe8 27. Nf6+ Kf8 28. Nxe8 Kxe8 {All this has happened at least 30-40 times. No doubt the draw was agreed at slightly different moments in different games, but there's no question about the result or the players' intentions here.} 29. f4 f5 30. Kf2 Kf7 31. Kg1 Ke8 32. Kf2 Kf7 33. Kg1 Ke8 34. Kf2 1/2-1/2 [Event "ch-USA 2022"] [Site "Saint Louis USA"] [Date "2022.10.19"] [Round "13"] [White "Swiercz, Dariusz"] [Black "Yoo, Christopher Woojin"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C78"] [WhiteElo "2652"] [BlackElo "2563"] [Annotator "Monokroussos,Dennis"] [PlyCount "66"] [EventDate "2022.10.04"] {[%evp 0,66,32,22,22,8,28,13,8,-1,-5,-5,10,-4,3,-7,11,-7,54,68,68,-46,59,-1,-13,4,0,10,17,-17,-2,0,0,-1,-19,-81,-70,-60,-78,-84,-84,-84,-84,-82,-85,-93,-75,-98,-131,-150,-125,-157,-173,-195,-176,-192,-195,-195,-168,-173,-169,-406,-463,-685,-507,-809,-892,-1337,-1377]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Bc5 6. c3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a4 Rb8 9. d4 Bb6 10. a5 Ba7 11. h3 Bb7 12. Re1 O-O 13. Be3 exd4 14. cxd4 Nb4 15. Nc3 Bxe4 16. Nxe4 Nxe4 17. d5 $2 {Played twice before. Including this game, Black's score is a perfect three for three.} (17. Rc1 $11 {is probably best, but no one has played it. (Yet.)}) (17. Bf4 $2 {was also played once before. White won that game, but not because of this move--he's clearly worse after} d5 $17) 17... Bc5 $17 18. Bd4 Re8 19. Re3 Qd7 20. Rc1 $2 $146 {Not a very good novelty, but White is already in trouble.} (20. Qe1 $2 Nf6 21. Qd2 Rxe3 22. Bxe3 Ne4 23. Qd1 Bxe3 24. fxe3 Nc5 25. Ra3 Qe7 26. Qd2 Qe4 27. Ng5 Qb1+ 28. Kh2 Nbd3 29. Bc2 Qxb2 30. Rxd3 Qe5+ 31. Kg1 Qxg5 32. Rd4 g6 33. Rf4 b4 {0-1 (33) Kevlishvili,R (2451)-Firouzja,A (2669) Reykjavik 2019}) ({Only} 20. Bc2 {is "just" clearly worse for White.} Bxd4 21. Nxd4 Nf6 22. Bf5 Qd8 23. Rxe8+ Qxe8 24. Qd2 Nbxd5 25. Re1 Ne7 26. Qc2 $17 {lets White enjoy some activity in return for the missing pawn.}) 20... Re7 $19 21. Qe2 Rbe8 22. Re1 Kf8 23. Bc2 f5 24. Bxe4 Rxe4 25. Bxc5 dxc5 26. Ng5 Rxe3 27. fxe3 Kg8 28. Ne6 Nxd5 29. Nxc5 Qc6 30. Qc2 $2 Nxe3 31. Qb3+ Kf8 32. Rxe3 Qxc5 33. Qa3 b4 0-1 [Event "ch-USA 2022"] [Site "Saint Louis USA"] [Date "2022.10.19"] [Round "13"] [White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"] [Black "Shankland, Sam"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B90"] [WhiteElo "2747"] [BlackElo "2712"] [Annotator "Monokroussos,Dennis"] [PlyCount "19"] [EventDate "2022.10.04"] {[%evp 0,19,32,20,51,65,92,77,71,39,62,20,54,61,55,43,61,50,48,45,52,51]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Ng4 7. Bc1 Nf6 8. Be3 Ng4 9. Bc1 Nf6 10. Be3 {Now that's the kind of game a busy blogger can appreciate! Shankland looked downright disgusted, but c'mon, man: he could have played 8...e5, for example, if he wanted to keep the game going. For Dominguez, more or less guaranteeing himself a spot in the World Cup made excellent sense.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "ch-USA 2022"] [Site "Saint Louis USA"] [Date "2022.10.19"] [Round "13"] [White "Niemann, Hans Moke"] [Black "Liang, Awonder"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C00"] [WhiteElo "2699"] [BlackElo "2608"] [PlyCount "131"] [EventDate "2022.10.04"] 1. e4 e6 2. Qe2 c5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 e5 5. Bg2 g6 6. O-O Bg7 7. c3 Nge7 8. Na3 O-O 9. Nc2 d5 10. d3 h6 11. a3 d4 12. c4 a5 13. Rb1 a4 14. Nd2 Be6 15. f4 Qd7 16. Ne1 Qc7 17. Ndf3 f6 18. Nh4 g5 19. Nf5 Nxf5 20. exf5 Bxf5 21. fxg5 fxg5 22. Bxg5 Bg6 23. Rxf8+ Rxf8 24. Bd2 Qe7 25. Nf3 e4 26. Nh4 Bh7 27. dxe4 Qe6 28. Qh5 Qf7 29. Qd5 Ne5 30. Bf4 Nxc4 31. Qxc5 b6 32. Qb5 Ne3 33. Re1 Qb3 34. Qxb3+ axb3 35. e5 Nxg2 36. Kxg2 Rc8 37. Re2 d3 38. Rd2 Rc2 39. Nf3 Be4 40. Kf2 Bxf3 41. Kxf3 Bxe5 42. Rxd3 Bxf4 43. Kxf4 Rxb2 44. h4 Rb1 45. Kg4 b2 46. Rb3 Ra1 47. Rxb2 Rxa3 48. Rxb6 h5+ 49. Kf4 Kg7 50. Re6 Ra4+ 51. Re4 Ra5 52. Re5 Ra4+ 53. Re4 Ra5 54. Re5 Ra4+ 55. Kg5 Rg4+ 56. Kxh5 Rxg3 57. Rg5+ Rxg5+ 58. hxg5 Kh7 59. g6+ Kg7 60. Kg5 Kg8 61. Kf6 Kf8 62. Kf5 Kg7 63. Kg5 Kg8 64. Kh6 Kh8 65. g7+ Kg8 66. Kg6 1/2-1/2 [Event "ch-USA 2022"] [Site "Saint Louis USA"] [Date "2022.10.19"] [Round "13"] [White "Moradiabadi, Elshan"] [Black "Lenderman, Aleks"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C48"] [WhiteElo "2534"] [BlackElo "2535"] [Annotator "Monokroussos,Dennis"] [PlyCount "142"] [EventDate "2022.10.04"] {[%evp 0,142,32,20,28,25,24,28,10,5,21,19,29,27,24,23,18,32,26,28,28,29,22,25,15,-23,7,-15,20,-4,20,25,21,54,41,45,47,12,12,23,0,-34,-4,10,1,0,22,0,46,-7,11,15,26,15,15,15,29,23,22,5,23,16,18,32,36,38,69,53,60,58,58,47,41,9,7,0,0,7,75,69,72,54,49,45,58,58,39,39,39,31,53,64,53,57,66,50,54,-7,4,0,7,7,7,-13,27,-25,17,-6,0,-15,-12,-14,0,-8,-1,0,17,10,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-29,-50,-128,-93,-96,-94,-177,-190,-170,-163,-177,-182]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Bb5 Bd6 5. a3 h6 6. d3 a6 7. Bc4 Bc5 8. Be3 Bxe3 9. fxe3 d6 10. O-O O-O 11. Qe1 Be6 12. Nh4 Kh7 13. Rd1 g6 14. Rd2 Nb8 15. Bxe6 fxe6 16. d4 Nbd7 17. Nf3 Qe7 18. h3 exd4 19. exd4 e5 20. d5 Rf7 21. g3 Raf8 22. Rdf2 Nc5 23. Qe3 Qd7 24. Kg2 Na4 25. Nd1 Nc5 26. Nc3 Na4 27. Nd1 Nc5 28. Nd2 a5 29. b4 axb4 30. axb4 Na4 31. c4 c5 32. dxc6 Qxc6 33. Qb3 Nb6 34. Qd3 Kg7 35. Ne3 Nbd7 36. Nd1 Qb6 37. Qc3 Qd4 38. Qc2 Nb8 39. Nc3 Nc6 40. Nb5 Qb6 41. Qd3 Rd7 42. Qc3 Nd8 43. Rf3 Ne6 44. Qe3 Qd8 45. R3f2 Ng5 46. Qe2 Qe7 47. h4 Ne6 48. Nc3 Nd4 49. Qd3 Qe6 50. Nf3 Nc6 51. Nd5 Rdf7 52. b5 Nb8 53. Nd2 Nbd7 54. Nxf6 Nxf6 55. Rf3 Ra8 56. R1f2 Rff8 57. Nf1 h5 58. Ne3 Nd7 59. Rxf8 Rxf8 60. Rxf8 Kxf8 61. Nd5 Nc5 62. Qf3+ Kg7 63. Kf2 Nd7 64. Qe3 Qg4 65. Qf3 Qh3 66. Nc7 Nf6 67. Ke3 $2 {66 good moves aren't always enough.} (67. Nd5 $11) (67. Ke1 $11) (67. Kg1 $11) 67... Qc8 $2 $15 (67... Qh2 $1 $19 {The queen is headed for c2 or a2.}) 68. b6 Qd7 69. Kd3 $2 (69. Kd2 Qa4 70. Qd3 $15 {keeps White's position together.}) 69... Qa4 $19 70. Ne6+ Kf7 71. Ng5+ Ke7 {Black will play ...Qc4+ and start taking White's pawns.} 0-1 [Event "ch-USA 2022"] [Site "Saint Louis USA"] [Date "2022.10.19"] [Round "13"] [White "So, W."] [Black "Sevian, Samuel"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E04"] [WhiteElo "2774"] [BlackElo "2684"] [PlyCount "245"] [EventDate "2022.10.04"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 dxc4 5. Nf3 c5 6. O-O Nc6 7. dxc5 Qxd1 8. Rxd1 Bxc5 9. Nbd2 c3 10. bxc3 O-O 11. Nb3 Be7 12. Nfd4 Bd7 13. Nxc6 Bxc6 14. Bxc6 bxc6 15. f3 Rfd8 16. Bd2 Nd5 17. c4 Nb6 18. c5 Nc4 19. Bf4 Rxd1+ 20. Rxd1 e5 21. Rc1 exf4 22. Rxc4 fxg3 23. hxg3 Rc8 24. g4 Kf8 25. Rb4 a5 26. Ra4 Bd8 27. Kf2 g6 28. f4 Ra8 29. Nd4 Be7 30. Rc4 Rc8 31. Nb3 Ra8 32. Ra4 Bd8 33. Kf3 Ke8 34. e4 Bc7 35. e5 g5 36. fxg5 Kd7 37. Kf4 Ke6 38. Ke4 Bxe5 39. Rxa5 Rg8 40. Ra6 Rxg5 41. Rxc6+ Kd7 42. Rh6 Bg7 43. Rxh7 Rxg4+ 44. Kd5 Kc7 45. a4 Rg5+ 46. Kc4 Rg4+ 47. Kb5 Bc3 48. Rxf7+ Kb8 49. Rf8+ Kc7 50. Rf7+ Kb8 51. Na5 Rb4+ 52. Kc6 Rxa4 53. Rf8+ Ka7 54. Rf7+ Kb8 55. Rf8+ Ka7 56. Nb7 Ra6+ 57. Kc7 Bd4 58. Nd6 Ra5 59. c6 Be5 60. Re8 Rd5 61. Re6 Rc5 62. Re7 Rd5 63. Re6 Rc5 64. Rg6 Rc2 65. Rh6 Rc1 66. Rh7 Rd1 67. Rh6 Rc1 68. Rh7 Rd1 69. Kc8+ Kb6 70. Nc4+ Kxc6 71. Nxe5+ Kb5 72. Rb7+ Kc5 73. Rc7+ Kb5 74. Kb7 Rh1 75. Nf3 Rh6 76. Nd4+ Kb4 77. Nc6+ Kc5 78. Rg7 Kd6 79. Rg1 Rh2 80. Rd1+ Kc5 81. Ne5 Rh6 82. Kc7 Rh7+ 83. Nd7+ Kc4 84. Kd6 Rh6+ 85. Ke5 Rh5+ 86. Ke6 Rh6+ 87. Nf6 Rh3 88. Ke5 Rd3 89. Rh1 Rd8 90. Rc1+ Kb5 91. Nd5 Rh8 92. Nf4 Re8+ 93. Kd4 Rh8 94. Rc5+ Ka6 95. Nd5 Rh4+ 96. Ke5 Rh5+ 97. Kd6 Rh6+ 98. Kd7 Rh7+ 99. Ne7 Kb6 100. Rg5 Rf7 101. Rh5 Rg7 102. Kd6 Rg1 103. Rc5 Rh1 104. Nd5+ Ka6 105. Nc7+ Ka7 106. Ra5+ Kb6 107. Rb5+ Ka7 108. Nd5 Ka6 109. Rb3 Rh6+ 110. Kc5 Rh5 111. Re3 Kb7 112. Re7+ Ka6 113. Rf7 Re5 114. Rf6+ Kb7 115. Rb6+ Ka7 116. Rd6 Kb7 117. Kb5 Rh5 118. Kc5 Re5 119. Rd7+ Ka6 120. Rh7 Rg5 121. Rh6+ Kb7 122. Kd6 Rg7 123. Kc5 1/2-1/2