[Event "ch-USA 2021"] [Site "Saint Louis USA"] [Date "2021.10.18"] [Round "11.1"] [White "Bruzon Batista, Lazaro"] [Black "Lenderman, Aleksandr"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A05"] [WhiteElo "2645"] [BlackElo "2607"] [PlyCount "253"] [EventDate "2021.10.06"] 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 b5 3. e3 a6 4. b3 Bb7 5. c4 bxc4 6. bxc4 g6 7. Nc3 Bg7 8. Rb1 Ra7 9. Bg2 O-O 10. O-O c5 11. Bb2 d6 12. Ba1 Nbd7 13. d3 Qc7 14. Qc2 Rb8 15. Rb3 Bc6 16. Rfb1 Rab7 17. h3 Rxb3 18. Rxb3 Rb6 19. Rxb6 Nxb6 20. Nb1 Qb7 21. Nbd2 Nbd7 22. Qb3 Qa8 23. Bc3 Ne8 24. Bxg7 Nxg7 25. Ne1 Bxg2 26. Nxg2 Ne6 27. f4 Nf6 28. Ne1 Ng7 29. Nef3 Qc8 30. Kg2 Nf5 31. Nf1 Nd7 32. Qb2 Ng7 33. e4 Qb8 34. Qxb8+ Nxb8 35. Ne3 Nc6 36. Nd5 Ne8 37. Kf2 Kf8 38. Ke3 Na5 39. e5 Nc6 40. a3 f6 41. exd6 exd6 42. g4 Kf7 43. Ke4 Ne7 44. Nxe7 Kxe7 45. d4 Nc7 46. dxc5 dxc5 47. f5 Kd6 48. h4 Ne8 49. g5 fxg5 50. hxg5 Ng7 51. Nh4 Nxf5 52. Nxf5+ gxf5+ 53. Kxf5 Ke7 54. Ke5 Kf7 55. Kd5 Kg6 56. Kxc5 Kxg5 57. Kb6 h5 58. c5 h4 59. c6 h3 60. c7 h2 61. c8=Q h1=Q 62. Qc5+ Kf4 63. a4 Qa8 64. Qd6+ Ke4 65. a5 Kf5 66. Qe7 Qc8 67. Qb7 Qe6+ 68. Ka7 Qd6 69. Qb6 Qa3 70. Kxa6 Kg4 71. Qd4+ Kh3 72. Kb5 Qb3+ 73. Qb4 Qd5+ 74. Ka4 Kh2 75. a6 Qa2+ 76. Kb5 Qd5+ 77. Qc5 Qb3+ 78. Kc6 Qa4+ 79. Kb7 Qb3+ 80. Qb6 Qd5+ 81. Qc6 Qb3+ 82. Kc8 Qg8+ 83. Kc7 Qf7+ 84. Qd7 Qc4+ 85. Qc6 Qf7+ 86. Kd6 Qf6+ 87. Kd5 Qf3+ 88. Kc5 Qe3+ 89. Kd6 Qf4+ 90. Ke6 Qh6+ 91. Kd7 Qg7+ 92. Kd6 Qf6+ 93. Kc7 Qe7+ 94. Kc8 Qf8+ 95. Kb7 Qb4+ 96. Qb6 Qe4+ 97. Ka7 Kh3 98. Qd6 Qe3+ 99. Kb7 Qb3+ 100. Kc7 Qc4+ 101. Qc6 Qf4+ 102. Qd6 Qc4+ 103. Kb6 Qb3+ 104. Ka5 Qa2+ 105. Kb4 Qb2+ 106. Kc4 Qc2+ 107. Kd4 Qd2+ 108. Ke5 Qg5+ 109. Ke4 Qg2+ 110. Kf5 Qg4+ 111. Kf6 Qh4+ 112. Kg6 Qe4+ 113. Kg7 Qg4+ 114. Qg6 Qd7+ 115. Qf7 Qd4+ 116. Qf6 Qa7+ 117. Kg6 Qg1+ 118. Kf7 Qa7+ 119. Kf8 Qb8+ 120. Ke7 Qa7+ 121. Kd8 Qb8+ 122. Kd7 Qa7+ 123. Kc8 Qa8+ 124. Kd7 Qa7+ 125. Ke8 Qa8+ 126. Kf7 Qa7+ 127. Kg8 1/2-1/2 [Event "ch-USA 2021"] [Site "Saint Louis USA"] [Date "2021.10.18"] [Round "11.2"] [White "Caruana, Fabiano"] [Black "Shankland, Sam"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E06"] [WhiteElo "2800"] [BlackElo "2714"] [Annotator "Monokroussos,Dennis"] [PlyCount "132"] [EventDate "2021.10.06"] {[%evp 0,132,27,26,26,24,24,4,-3,-29,3,8,8,12,9,2,-9,0,-9,8,8,-5,9,-20,2,7,7, -4,1,11,18,2,34,33,35,41,41,37,37,34,14,16,16,10,10,5,22,9,14,7,39,46,45,13,20, 31,24,4,33,33,23,0,33,33,29,30,34,16,44,38,89,98,78,78,121,121,140,127,132,132, 165,132,132,132,132,140,118,112,134,120,116,47,51,30,51,49,49,48,41,0,0,0,0,0, 0,0,0,-18,-18,-18,-7,-82,-79,-79,-74,-101,-101,-101,-101,-101,-101,-101,-101, -93,-88,-92,-25,-25,-25,-25,-25,-25,-25,-25,-25]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4 Bd7 9. Qxc4 Bc6 10. Bg5 Nbd7 11. Rd1 (11. Nc3 {is by far the main move here.}) 11... h6 12. Bxf6 Nxf6 13. Nbd2 (13. Nc3 a5 14. e3 Bxf3 15. Bxf3 c6 16. Qb3 Qc7 17. Ne2 Rac8 18. Nf4 Bd6 19. Nd3 Nd7 20. Kg2 Qb6 21. Qc4 Rfe8 22. Rac1 Qd8 23. h4 Qe7 24. h5 e5 25. dxe5 Nxe5 26. Nxe5 Bxe5 27. Rd2 Rcd8 28. Rcd1 Rxd2 29. Rxd2 Rd8 30. Rxd8+ Qxd8 { 1/2-1/2 (30) Vidit,S (2979)-Nakamura,H (3231) Chess.com INT 2020}) 13... a5 ( 13... Rc8 14. Qd3 Qe8 15. b3 Nd5 16. e4 Nb4 17. Qc3 b6 18. Re1 Bb7 19. Nc4 c5 20. d5 b5 21. axb5 axb5 22. Ra7 exd5 23. exd5 Nxd5 24. Qd2 bxc4 25. bxc4 Rc7 26. cxd5 Qb8 27. d6 Qxa7 28. dxc7 Bf6 29. Qd7 Qa8 30. Nh4 Bxg2 31. Nxg2 Bd4 32. Nf4 Qf3 33. Rf1 Qa8 34. Nd5 Kh8 35. Ne7 {1-0 (35) Gelfand,B (2685)-Esipenko,A (2672) Moscow 2020}) 14. Qd3 (14. Ne5 Bxg2 15. Kxg2 Qd5+ 16. f3 c5 17. e4 Qxd4 18. Qxd4 cxd4 19. Nb3 Rfd8 20. Rxd4 Rxd4 21. Nxd4 Rd8 22. Nb3 g5 23. Kf1 h5 24. h3 g4 25. hxg4 hxg4 26. Nxg4 Nxg4 27. fxg4 b6 28. Ke2 Bf6 29. Rb1 Kg7 30. Nd2 Rd4 31. b3 Be7 32. Rf1 Bb4 33. Nc4 Rxe4+ 34. Kd3 Re1 35. Rxe1 Bxe1 36. Nxb6 { 1/2-1/2 (36) Aronian,L (2792)-Kramnik,V (2812) Leuven 2016}) (14. Rac1) 14... Bb4 (14... Qb8) 15. e4 (15. Ne5) 15... Qe7 16. Ne5 Bd7 17. Ndc4 Rfd8 18. Qe3 ( 18. Nxd7 $142 Nxd7 19. e5 $14) 18... Be8 $1 19. h4 (19. b3) 19... Nd7 (19... c6 $142 $1 20. Rac1 (20. b3 $2 b5 $17) 20... c5 $1 {Now that a4 is hanging, Black has this nice resource.}) 20. Nxd7 (20. Nd3 $142 $14) 20... Bxd7 21. e5 Rab8 22. Be4 Be8 (22... Qe8 $142 {followed by ...Bc6.}) 23. Qf3 f5 24. exf6 Qxf6 25. Qe3 Bg6 26. Rd3 Bf5 (26... Bxe4 27. Qxe4 Qf5) 27. Rc1 c6 28. Rc2 {Not a mistake, exactly, but lining up the rooks like this gives Black a nice resource.} (28. Kg2 $142) 28... Rd7 (28... Rd5 $142 $1) 29. Ne5 Rd6 30. Nc4 ( 30. h5 $142) 30... Rd7 (30... Rd5 $142 31. Bxd5 exd5 32. Ne5 Re8 33. Re2 Bxd3 34. Qxd3 Bd6 $11 {/+/=}) 31. Ne5 Rd6 32. Kg2 (32. h5 $142 $14 {/+/-}) 32... Rbd8 33. f3 $6 (33. Rc4 $14) (33. f4 $14) (33. Re2 $14) 33... Bxe4 34. fxe4 Qxe5 $2 {A serious misjudgment that could have cost Black the game.} (34... c5 35. dxc5 Rxd3 36. Nxd3 Qd4 37. Qxd4 Rxd4 38. Nf4 (38. Nxb4 Rxb4 39. c6 (39. b3 Kf7 40. c6 (40. Rc3 Rxe4 $11) 40... bxc6 41. Rxc6 Rxb3 42. Rc5 Rb4 43. Rxa5 Rxe4 $11) 39... bxc6 40. Rxc6 Kf7 $11) 38... Kf7 39. Kf3 Bd2 40. Nh3 Be1 41. Rc1 Bd2 42. Rd1 Bc3 43. Rxd4 Bxd4 $11) 35. dxe5 Rxd3 36. Qa7 $18 Be1 (36... R3d7 37. Rf2) 37. Qxb7 Rxg3+ (37... Kh7) 38. Kh2 Rdd3 (38... Rg6) 39. Qc8+ (39. Qxc6 $18) 39... Kh7 (39... Kf7 40. Qc7+ Kf8 41. Qxc6 Rh3+ 42. Kg1 Kf7 43. Qc7+ Kg6 44. Qc8 $18) 40. Qxe6 Rg6 41. Qf5 Bg3+ 42. Kg2 Bxh4+ 43. Kf1 Re3 44. Rc1 c5 45. Rd1 $2 (45. e6 $1 Reg3 46. Rxc5 R3g5 47. Qf8 Rg1+ 48. Ke2 Rxe6 49. Qf4 Rg2+ 50. Kd3 Be7 51. Qf5+ Reg6 52. Rb5 R2g5 53. Qf7 $18 {It's possible that Black can create a fortress, but I doubt it.}) 45... c4 $1 46. e6 Reg3 47. Rd7 Rg1+ 48. Ke2 R1g5 {The rest of the game has a lovely flow, so much so that it resembles a composition.} 49. e7 (49. Rxg7+ Kxg7 50. Qf7+ Kh8 51. e7 Rg2+ 52. Ke3 Bxe7 53. Qxe7 $11) 49... Rxf5 50. exf5 Rg1 $1 51. f6 $1 Re1+ 52. Kd2 Re6 53. f7 (53. Rd8 Bg5+ 54. Kc2 (54. Kd1 Bxf6 55. e8=Q Rxe8 56. Rxe8 Bxb2 57. Kc2 Ba3 58. Re5 Bb4 59. Rb5 $1 {Threatening the exchange sac.} Be1 $8 60. Kd1 Bc3 61. Kc2 $11) 54... Re1 $1 {A highly annoying resource, from White's point of view.} ({Unfortunately (from an aesthetic point of view), Black can also draw with the more straightforward} 54... Bxf6 55. e8=Q Rxe8 56. Rxe8 h5 57. Re4 h4 $11) 55. b4 $8 (55. e8=Q $4 Rc1# {would be embarrassing.}) 55... cxb3+ 56. Kxb3 Bxf6 57. e8=Q Rxe8 58. Rxe8 h5 $11) 53... Bxe7 54. Rxe7 Rf6 55. Kc3 (55. Ra7 Kg6 56. Rxa5 Kxf7 57. Rc5 $11) 55... Kg6 56. Kxc4 Rxf7 57. Rxf7 $8 Kxf7 58. b4 $8 Ke6 (58... axb4 $4 59. a5 $18) 59. b5 Kd6 60. Kd4 {Black's extra pawn prevents him from losing the game, but won't lead to a win. Both sides will be stuck watching the other's passer(s), and cannot in either case win the defending pawn without letting the foremost pawn promote.} h5 61. Ke4 g5 62. Kf5 h4 63. Kg4 Kc5 64. Kh3 Kd6 65. Kg4 Kc5 66. Kh3 Kd6 1/2-1/2 [Event "ch-USA 2021"] [Site "Saint Louis USA"] [Date "2021.10.18"] [Round "11.3"] [White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"] [Black "Swiercz, Dariusz"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B33"] [WhiteElo "2760"] [BlackElo "2647"] [PlyCount "127"] [EventDate "2021.10.06"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8. Na3 b5 9. Nd5 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. c4 b4 12. Nc2 a5 13. Qf3 Be7 14. Be2 O-O 15. Rd1 Be6 16. O-O Bg5 17. g3 Kh8 18. b3 g6 19. h4 Bh6 20. h5 Kg7 21. Qd3 f5 22. c5 dxc5 23. Qb5 Nd4 24. Nxd4 cxd4 25. Nb6 Rb8 26. Qxe5+ Qf6 27. Qxf6+ Kxf6 28. Nd5+ Bxd5 29. exd5 Ke5 30. Bc4 Kd6 31. Rxd4 Rbe8 32. Kg2 Bg7 33. Rdd1 Bc3 34. hxg6 hxg6 35. Rh1 Rh8 36. Rxh8 Rxh8 37. Rd3 Re8 38. a4 Re4 39. Rd1 Re1 40. Rd3 Re4 41. f3 Re2+ 42. Kh3 g5 43. f4 gxf4 44. gxf4 Bd2 45. Rd4 Be3 46. Rd1 Rd2 47. Rf1 Rf2 48. Rxf2 Bxf2 49. Kg2 Be3 50. Kf3 Bd2 51. Bd3 Kxd5 52. Bxf5 Bc1 53. Bd3 Kd4 54. Bc4 Bd2 55. f5 Ke5 56. Be6 Bg5 57. Bc8 Bd8 58. Ke3 Bf6 59. Be6 Kd6 60. Ke4 Kc5 61. Kf4 Kd6 62. Ke4 Kc5 63. Kf4 Kd6 64. Ke4 1/2-1/2 [Event "ch-USA 2021"] [Site "Saint Louis USA"] [Date "2021.10.18"] [Round "11.4"] [White "So, Wesley"] [Black "Robson, Ray"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E36"] [WhiteElo "2778"] [BlackElo "2669"] [PlyCount "52"] [EventDate "2021.10.06"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 O-O 7. Nf3 dxc4 8. Qxc4 b6 9. Bg5 Bb7 10. Rd1 Nbd7 11. Ne5 h6 12. Bh4 c5 13. f3 cxd4 14. Qxd4 Nxe5 15. Qxe5 Qe7 16. e4 Rfd8 17. Bd3 Rac8 18. O-O Rc5 19. Bxf6 Qxf6 20. Qxf6 gxf6 21. Kf2 Kf8 22. Ke3 Ke7 23. Bb1 Rdc8 24. Bd3 Rd8 25. Bb1 Rdc8 26. Bd3 Rd8 1/2-1/2 [Event "ch-USA 2021"] [Site "Saint Louis USA"] [Date "2021.10.18"] [Round "11.5"] [White "Naroditsky, Daniel"] [Black "Sevian, Samuel"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C54"] [WhiteElo "2623"] [BlackElo "2654"] [PlyCount "26"] [EventDate "2021.10.06"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. cxd4 Bb4+ 7. Bd2 Bxd2+ 8. Nbxd2 d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Qb3 Na5 11. Qa4+ Nc6 12. Qb3 Na5 13. Qa4+ Nc6 1/2-1/2 [Event "ch-USA 2021"] [Site "Saint Louis USA"] [Date "2021.10.18"] [Round "11.6"] [White "Burke, John M"] [Black "Xiong, Jeffery"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C50"] [WhiteElo "2554"] [BlackElo "2700"] [PlyCount "49"] [EventDate "2021.10.06"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 h6 7. Re1 O-O 8. h3 a5 9. d4 Ba7 10. Bb3 Re8 11. Bc2 Bd7 12. a4 Qc8 13. Be3 exd4 14. Bxd4 Nxd4 15. cxd4 c5 16. e5 Nd5 17. Qd3 g6 18. Bb3 Nf4 19. Qe4 Ne6 20. Qh4 c4 21. Nc3 dxe5 22. Qxh6 Bc6 23. d5 cxb3 24. Ne4 Qd8 25. dxe6 1-0