[Event "ch-USA 2025"] [Site "Saint Louis USA"] [Date "2025.10.15"] [Round "4.1"] [White "Woodward, Andy"] [Black "Liang, Awonder"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E00"] [WhiteElo "2590"] [BlackElo "2710"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "169"] [GameId "2233752420959381"] [EventDate "2025.10.12"] [SourceVersionDate "2025.01.05"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Be7 5. Bg2 d5 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. Qc2 Nbd7 9. Bf4 b6 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. Rc1 Ba6 12. Nc3 Nh5 13. Qa4 Nxf4 14. Qxa6 Nxg2 15. Kxg2 Qc8 16. Qxc8 Rfxc8 17. Nb5 a5 18. Nc7 Rab8 19. Rc6 b5 20. Rac1 Bf8 21. b3 Rb7 22. Na6 Ra8 23. Ne5 Nxe5 24. dxe5 h5 25. f4 b4 26. Nc7 Rc8 27. h3 a4 28. g4 hxg4 29. hxg4 axb3 30. axb3 Ra7 31. g5 Ra2 32. Kf1 Rb2 33. g6 Rxb3 34. gxf7+ Kxf7 35. Nxe6 Rxc6 36. Rxc6 Be7 37. Nd4 Rb1+ 38. Kg2 b3 39. Rb6 b2 40. e3 Ba3 41. Rb7+ Kg6 42. Rb6+ Kh5 43. e6 Kg4 44. Rb7 g6 45. Nc2 Be7 46. Nd4 Bf6 47. Rb3 Re1 48. e7 Bxe7 49. Rxb2 Rxe3 50. Rb5 Rd3 51. Rxd5 Rd2+ 52. Kf1 Bf6 53. Nf5 Rh2 54. Nd4 Kxf4 55. Ne6+ Ke4 56. Rb5 Rc2 57. Ng5+ Kf4 58. Ne6+ Kg4 59. Rb4+ Kh5 60. Nf4+ Kg5 61. Nh3+ Kf5 62. Rf4+ Ke6 63. Rf2 Rc1+ 64. Kg2 g5 65. Ra2 Kf5 66. Nf2 Rc5 67. Re2 Rb5 68. Ne4 Be5 69. Ng3+ Kg4 70. Ne4 Bf4 71. Nf2+ Kf5 72. Nh3 Be5 73. Rf2+ Kg4 74. Re2 Ra5 75. Ng1 Bf4 76. Nh3 Ra3 77. Nxf4 gxf4 78. Re8 Ra2+ 79. Kg1 Kf3 80. Rf8 Ra1+ 81. Kh2 Re1 82. Rf7 Re4 83. Kg1 Ke2 84. Kg2 Ke3 85. Ra7 1/2-1/2 [Event "ch-USA 2025"] [Site "Saint Louis USA"] [Date "2025.10.15"] [Round "4.2"] [White "Oparin, Grigoriy"] [Black "Robson, Ray"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A36"] [WhiteElo "2661"] [BlackElo "2664"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "147"] [GameId "2233752420983958"] [EventDate "2025.10.12"] [SourceVersionDate "2025.01.05"] 1. c4 c5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. e3 e6 6. b3 Nge7 7. Ba3 b6 8. Nge2 d5 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Rc1 Bg4 11. h3 Bxe2 12. Nxe2 O-O 13. O-O Re8 14. d4 cxd4 15. Bxe7 Nxe7 16. Nxd4 Rc8 17. Ne2 Rxc1 18. Qxc1 Qd7 19. Rd1 Rc8 20. Qd2 Qf5 21. Nf4 Rc2 22. Qb4 Bf8 23. Qa4 g5 24. Nd3 Nc6 25. b4 Rc3 26. Ne1 Nxb4 27. Qxa7 Rc5 28. a3 Ra5 29. Qxb6 Rxa3 30. Nf3 h6 31. Nd4 Qc8 32. Rb1 Ra2 33. Qb5 Qc5 34. Qd7 Qa7 35. Qf5 Ra1 36. Rxa1 Qxa1+ 37. Bf1 Qa7 38. Be2 Qe7 39. Bf3 Bg7 40. Bxd5 Bxd4 41. exd4 Nxd5 42. Qxd5 Qe2 43. Kg2 Qd3 44. Qe5 Kh7 45. d5 Kg8 46. d6 Qd2 47. h4 gxh4 48. gxh4 Qd1 49. Qf4 Qd5+ 50. Kh2 Kg7 51. Qg4+ Kf6 52. Qf4+ Kg7 53. Kg3 Qd3+ 54. f3 Qd5 55. Qg4+ Kf6 56. d7 Ke7 57. Qf4 Qe6 58. Qc7 Qe1+ 59. Kg4 Qg1+ 60. Kf5 Qb1+ 61. Kf4 Qb4+ 62. Ke5 Qb5+ 63. Kd4 Qb4+ 64. Kd5 Qb3+ 65. Kd4 Qb4+ 66. Kd5 Qb3+ 67. Ke4 Qb4+ 68. Kf5 Qb1+ 69. Kf4 Qb4+ 70. Ke3 Qe1+ 71. Kd3 Qd1+ 72. Ke4 Qb1+ 73. Ke5 Qb5+ 74. Kd4 1/2-1/2 [Event "ch-USA 2025"] [Site "Saint Louis USA"] [Date "2025.10.15"] [Round "4.3"] [White "Caruana, Fabiano"] [Black "Sevian, Samuel"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C83"] [WhiteElo "2789"] [BlackElo "2698"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "62"] [GameId "2233752420983959"] [EventDate "2025.10.12"] [SourceVersionDate "2025.01.05"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5 Be6 9. c3 Be7 10. Bc2 Bg4 11. Qe1 Bxf3 12. gxf3 Qd7 13. Qe2 Nc5 14. f4 d4 15. Qf3 O-O 16. b4 d3 17. Bd1 Na4 18. a3 Rad8 19. Ra2 Kh8 20. Re1 Nb6 21. Bb3 a5 22. Bxf7 Nxe5 23. fxe5 Rxf7 24. Qxf7 Qg4+ 25. Kh1 Rf8 26. Qxe7 Qf3+ 27. Kg1 Qg4+ 28. Kh1 Qf3+ 29. Kg1 Qg4+ 30. Kf1 Qh3+ 31. Kg1 Qg4+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "ch-USA 2025"] [Site "Saint Louis USA"] [Date "2025.10.15"] [Round "4.4"] [White "Aronian, Levon"] [Black "Swiercz, Dariusz"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A22"] [WhiteElo "2722"] [BlackElo "2577"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "137"] [GameId "2233752420983960"] [EventDate "2025.10.12"] [SourceVersionDate "2025.01.05"] 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. g3 Bb4 4. Bg2 O-O 5. e4 Bxc3 6. dxc3 d6 7. Qe2 a5 8. Nf3 Na6 9. O-O Nc5 10. Ne1 Bd7 11. Nc2 Qe8 12. Rd1 h6 13. f3 b5 14. cxb5 Bxb5 15. c4 Bd7 16. Be3 Qe7 17. Na3 Ne6 18. Nb5 Ra6 19. Bh3 Rb8 20. Rd2 a4 21. Bxe6 Bxe6 22. c5 dxc5 23. Nxc7 Rc6 24. Nd5 Bxd5 25. exd5 Rcb6 26. Rc1 Nd7 27. Rc4 Ra8 28. Rdc2 Ra5 29. Qd2 Rba6 30. Qc3 Qd6 31. Bxc5 Rxc5 32. Rxc5 Nxc5 33. Qxc5 Qxc5+ 34. Rxc5 Rb6 35. Rc8+ Kh7 36. Rc2 Rd6 37. Rd2 Kg6 38. Kf2 f5 39. b3 axb3 40. axb3 Kf7 41. g4 fxg4 42. fxg4 Rb6 43. Ke3 Rb4 44. Kd3 Rxg4 45. Kc3 Ke7 46. b4 Kd6 47. b5 Rf4 48. b6 g5 49. Rb2 Rf8 50. Rb5 g4 51. Kd3 Rf3+ 52. Ke4 Rf4+ 53. Ke3 Rf3+ 54. Ke4 Rf4+ 55. Kd3 Rf3+ 56. Kc4 Rf4+ 57. Kc3 Rf8 58. Kb4 Rb8 59. Kc4 h5 60. Kd3 h4 61. Ke4 g3 62. hxg3 hxg3 63. Rb2 Rb7 64. Kf3 Kxd5 65. Kxg3 Kc6 66. Kg4 Rxb6 67. Rxb6+ Kxb6 68. Kf5 Kc5 69. Kxe5 1/2-1/2 [Event "ch-USA 2025"] [Site "Saint Louis USA"] [Date "2025.10.15"] [Round "4.5"] [White "Mishra, Abhimanyu"] [Black "So, Wesley"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D30"] [WhiteElo "2652"] [BlackElo "2756"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "103"] [GameId "2233752420983961"] [EventDate "2025.10.12"] [SourceVersionDate "2025.01.05"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 c5 5. Bg2 cxd4 6. O-O Bc5 7. Nxd4 O-O 8. Nb3 Be7 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Bd2 Nc6 11. Nc3 Nxc3 12. Bxc3 Qb6 13. Nd4 Nb4 14. a3 Nd5 15. Nf5 Bf6 16. Bxd5 exd5 17. Qxd5 Rd8 18. Qf3 Bxf5 19. Qxf5 Bxc3 20. bxc3 Qc6 21. Qc2 h5 22. Rfd1 Rac8 23. a4 g6 24. h4 b6 25. c4 a6 26. Rd3 b5 27. axb5 axb5 28. Rxd8+ Rxd8 29. c5 Rd4 30. Qc3 Rc4 31. Qf3 Qxf3 32. exf3 Rxc5 33. Ra6 b4 34. Rb6 Rc1+ 35. Kg2 Rb1 36. g4 b3 37. Rb5 b2 38. Rb8+ Kg7 39. g5 f5 40. Rb7+ Kf8 41. Rb8+ Ke7 42. Rb6 Kd7 43. Rb3 Kc6 44. Rb8 Kc7 45. Rb3 f4 46. Rb4 Kc6 47. Rb8 Kc7 48. Rb4 Kc6 49. Rb8 Kc7 50. Rb4 Kc6 51. Rb8 Kc7 52. Rb4 1/2-1/2 [Event "ch-USA 2025"] [Site "Saint Louis USA"] [Date "2025.10.15"] [Round "4.6"] [White "Shankland, Sam"] [Black "Niemann, Hans Moke"] [Result "0-1"] [Annotator "Monokroussos,Dennis"] [ECO "E48"] [WhiteElo "2654"] [BlackElo "2738"] [WhiteFideId "2004887"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "134"] [GameId "2233752420983962"] [EventDate "2025.10.12"] [SourceVersionDate "2025.01.05"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. cxd5 exd5 7. a3 Bd6 8. Qc2 Na6 9. Nf3 (9. b4) (9. Nge2) 9... c5 10. O-O (10. dxc5 Nxc5 11. b4 Nxd3+ 12. Qxd3 Bg4 13. Bb2 Rc8 14. Rd1 Bxf3 15. gxf3 Be5 16. O-O Rc6 17. Kh1 Bxh2 18. Kxh2 Ng4+ 19. Kg3 Ne5 20. Qf5 Rg6+ 21. Kh3 Rg5 22. Rxd5 Rxf5 23. Rxd8 Rxd8 24. f4 Nc4 25. Bc1 Rf6 26. Ne2 Nd2 27. Bxd2 Rxd2 28. Nd4 g6 29. Kg3 Ra2 30. Rc1 Rxa3 31. Rc8+ Kg7 32. Rc7 Rb6 33. Nf3 Rxb4 34. Ng5 a5 35. Rxf7+ Kg8 36. Rxh7 a4 37. Rc7 Ra1 38. Ne6 a3 39. Kg4 Rg1+ {0-1 Durarbayli,V (2638)-Oparin,G (2685) Chess.com Rapid Wk16 Swiss Chess.com INT 2022 (6)}) 10... c4 11. Be2 Nc7 12. a4 Na6 13. b3 Nb4 14. Qb1 cxb3 15. Qxb3 Bf5 $146 {Not bad, but probably not an improvement over the previously tested 15...a5.} (15... a5 16. Ba3 Bf5 17. Rac1 Rc8 18. Ne5 h5 19. h3 h4 20. Nb5 Be7 21. Nd3 Bxd3 22. Bxd3 g6 23. Be2 Qd7 24. Bf3 Rc6 25. Na7 Ra6 26. Nb5 Rc6 27. Na7 Ra6 {½-½ Garriga Cazorla,P (2505)-Bilych,O (2365) Andorra op 38th Escaldes 2022 (3)}) 16. a5 Rc8 (16... a6 $142) 17. Bd2 (17. Nb5 $1 Bc2 18. Qa3 $1 {There's no good discovered attack as White will have two pieces on the d6-bishop if the b4-knight moves, and even if the bishop weren't hanging there'd still be nothing to worry about.} Ne4 19. Nxd6 Qxd6 20. Bb2 $14 {Black's pieces look great; the problem is that there's nothing further for them to do, and when White pushes them back (e.g. with Ne1 and f3, for starters) he'll enjoy the bishop pair and potential pressure against the b-pawn.}) 17... a6 $2 (17... Bc2 18. Qa3 Nd3 19. Qa2 Nb4 20. Qb2 Ne4 $11) 18. g3 $2 (18. Nb5 $1 Nc2 (18... axb5 19. Bxb4 $18 {Things will not go well for Black with his three isolated pawns.}) 19. Nxd6 Nxa1 20. Qxb7 $1 Qxd6 21. Bb4 $1 Rb8 22. Bxd6 Rxb7 23. Bxf8 Nb3 24. Bc5 Nxa5 25. Bxa6 $18 {If the d-pawns were off the board Black might have fair drawing chances, but the d5-pawn is going to be a long-term problem. White should win this.}) 18... Qe7 $11 19. Rfc1 Rc7 20. Ne5 $6 (20. Na4 $142 {was better, heading to b6.}) 20... Rfc8 $15 21. Qb2 $2 (21. Bd1) 21... Nc2 $1 {It's not a good day for Shankland. He's missing his tactical opportunities, but Niemann isn't returning the favor.} 22. Rxc2 Bxc2 $17 {/-+} 23. Ng4 $2 (23. Nc4 $142 dxc4 24. Qxc2 $17 {/-+}) (23. Qxc2 $142 Bb4 $17 {/-+}) 23... Be4 $1 $19 24. Nxf6+ gxf6 $2 ({The obvious} 24... Qxf6 {was better, but you can't play it if you don't see an answer to} 25. f3 {. There is one:} Qg5 $1 {(or 25...Qh6)} 26. fxe4 Rxc3 27. Bxc3 Qxe3+ 28. Kf1 Rxc3 {White's pawns and king are weak - it's worse than it may at first appear.} 29. exd5 Ba3 30. Qb6 Qe4 $1 {Black threatens ...Qh1+, and ...Rc2 looks unpleasant as well. White could try} 31. Rxa3 {and hope for the best, but Black has a way - one way only - to win:} Qh1+ $8 32. Kf2 Qxh2+ $8 33. Ke1 Qg1+ 34. Bf1 Qe3+ 35. Be2 Rc1#) 25. Bg4 (25. f3 Bb4 $1 {is the point of keeping the queen on e7.} 26. Nxe4 {wins a piece - for a moment.} Bxd2 27. Nxd2 Qxe3+ 28. Kf1 Rc2 $19 {regains the piece with interest. This is gg.}) 25... f5 26. Be2 {Still not threatening f3, but at some point that will be a worry.} h5 27. Bxh5 Kg7 28. Bd1 Rh8 29. h4 Rc6 30. Nxe4 fxe4 31. Rb1 $2 (31. Be1 $142) 31... Rxh4 $2 {Flashy, but an almost equally flashy move was much better.} (31... Bxg3 $1 32. fxg3 Rg6 33. Be1 Qxh4 34. Qg2 Qg5 {Normally two bishops will very one-sidedly dominate the rook and pawn combo, but not here. White's bishops are awful.} 35. Bf2 Rgh6 $19 {followed by ...Rh3 and ...Qh6 (Alekhine's Sandwich?) will lead in decisive penetration down the h-file.}) 32. gxh4 Qxh4 33. Kf1 $1 Bg3 $1 34. Be1 $1 Rf6 35. Qc2 Qh1+ 36. Ke2 Qg2 37. Kd2 $1 {Shankland is making the most of his reprieve!} Bxf2 38. Be2 $6 {It's not fatal, but a first small step in the wrong direction.} (38. Kc1 $1 $11 {was better, bravely running away.}) 38... Bxe3+ $1 39. Kd1 (39. Kxe3 $4 Qg5# {is the point.}) 39... Qg1 40. Qc8 $2 (40. Rxb7 Bf2 41. Qd2 $1 Rc6 42. Rxf7+ $1 {It's very likely that this trick was missed.} Kxf7 43. Bh5+ Kg7 44. Qxf2 Qg5 {Alternatively, Shankland saw everything up to here and didn't see a way to save the bishop without allowing a fatal check on c1.} 45. Qf7+ $1 Kh6 $1 (45... Kh8 $4 46. Qe8+ $18) 46. Bd2 e3 {Or, maybe, Shankland even made it to this point...and missed} 47. Bf3 $3 exd2 48. Qf8+ {which saves the game.} Kh7 49. Qf7+ Kh6 50. Qf8+ Qg7 51. Qxg7+ Kxg7 52. Bxd5 $11 {and the endgame is drawn.}) 40... Bg5 $2 $17 (40... Bf2 $1 41. Qg4+ (41. Kd2 $2 Bxe1+ 42. Rxe1 Qxd4+ $19) 41... Rg6 42. Qxg1 Rxg1 43. Kd2 e3+ 44. Kd3 Rxe1 45. Rxb7 Ra1 $19) 41. Rxb7 Bh4 $6 (41... Qxd4+ $142 $17) 42. Qg4+ Qxg4 43. Bxg4 Rf1 44. Be6 Rxe1+ 45. Kc2 $4 (45. Kd2 $11 {had to be played. Remarkably, this makes all the difference.} Rf1 46. Bxd5 $11 {Here the e-pawn is stuck, and White survives.}) 45... Re2+ $1 46. Kd1 Rf2 47. Bxd5 e3 $19 48. Bc4 Rd2+ 49. Kc1 e2 50. Rxf7+ Kg6 51. Bxe2 Rxe2 52. Ra7 {If White's pawn were on d5 Black would be unable to defend the a-pawn, and it would be drawn. In the real world, he loses - and would lose even if Black had a light-squared bishop.} Re6 53. d5 Rd6 54. Kc2 Bf2 55. Ra8 Kf7 56. Kb3 Ke7 57. Kc4 Kd7 58. Rf8 Bh4 59. Rf7+ Be7 60. Rh7 Rg6 61. Kd4 Kd6 62. Ke4 Bd8 63. Rh1 Rg4+ 64. Kf3 Rh4 65. Rg1 Kc5 66. d6 Rd4 67. Rc1+ Kb5 0-1 [Event "ch-USA w 2025"] [Site "Saint Louis USA"] [Date "2025.10.15"] [Round "4.1"] [White "Krush, Irina"] [Black "Yu, Jennifer"] [Result "0-1"] [Annotator "Monokroussos,Dennis"] [ECO "D35"] [WhiteElo "2388"] [BlackElo "2256"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "130"] [GameId "2233752428860702"] [EventDate "2025.10.12"] [SourceVersionDate "2025.01.05"] {[%evp 0,130,8,9,22,21,30,17,23,16,16,17,28,31,33,33,49,38,-30,38,50,59,45,42,42,75,27,16,4,101,12,4,0,-19,21,29,13,-1,-7,-31,108,-24,0,-83,-74,-96,-100,-166,-149,-174,-80,-89,-77,-116,-87,-111,-85,-87,-140,-73,-73,-75,-51,-126,-103,-173,-115,-148,-151,-130,-49,-119,-195,-275,-148,-122,-146,-141,-148,-266,-159,-188,-184,-310,-181,-150,-135,-202,-410,-261,-221,-238,-187,-250,-414,-252,-160,-142,-76,-389,-106,-380,-144,-217,-149,-116,-103,-1,-1,-522,-221,-297,-227,-245,-301,-246,-254,-291,-284,-304,-264,-346,-308,-674,-692,-712,-836,-962,-982,-1012,-1030,-1302,-754]} 1. c4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Be6 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Bd3 c6 8. h3 Be7 9. Bf4 g6 10. Nf3 Nh5 11. Bh2 O-O 12. Qc2 Re8 13. O-O-O b5 14. g4 Ng7 15. Kb1 Rc8 16. Ne2 c5 17. dxc5 Nxc5 18. Ned4 b4 19. Qe2 Qb6 20. Rhg1 Bd7 {In this sharp situation Krush went for a natural move that turned out to be a mistake. It's common in positions with the kings castled on opposite flanks to start an attack with a pawn storm, and so White played} 21. h4 $2 (21. Ne5 {was better though.} Ba4 22. Bb5 $1 Bxd1 23. Rxd1 Rf8 24. Nec6 Qb7 25. Nxe7+ Qxe7 26. Nc6 $44 {White is down a full exchange, but has the bishop pair and numerous pawn targets on the queenside.}) 21... Nge6 $17 22. Be5 $2 (22. Bb5) 22... Nxd3 23. Qxd3 Nc5 24. Qe2 f6 $19 (24... a5 $142 25. h5 g5 $19 {White's problem is that there's no way to break through, while ...a4-a3 will create exploitable gaps on White's queenside.}) 25. Bh2 Ne4 (25... b3 $1 $19) 26. Ka1 Rc5 $2 ({Missing a chance to end the game in style:} 26... b3 $1 27. a3 $2 Bxa3 $1 28. bxa3 Rc2 $1 29. Nxc2 b2+ 30. Kb1 Nc3#) 27. g5 $2 (27. Nd2 $17 {was better, getting rid of Black's ferocious knight.}) 27... Bc8 28. gxf6 $2 Bxf6 29. h5 Ba6 $1 30. Qe1 Bc4 31. hxg6 h6 32. Nd2 Nxd2 (32... Ra5 $1) 33. Qxd2 Ra5 34. a3 bxa3 35. b3 Bxb3 36. Rb1 Rb5 (36... Ra4 $1) 37. Qc3 a5 38. Rgc1 a2 39. Rb2 a4 40. Bc7 Qb7 41. Bd6 Rb6 42. Ba3 Qg7 43. Rd2 Bc4 44. Rb2 Bxd4 45. exd4 Rxg6 46. Rd2 Rg1 47. Rdd1 Rg2 48. Bd6 Rxf2 $2 {Black's advantage has been dissipating, bit by bit, but only now is it gone.} (48... Re2 $1 {, intending ...Rexf2, is still winning.} 49. Bg3 Qb7 50. Re1 Qb3 $1 $19) 49. Be5 $11 Qg6 50. Rg1 Rg2 51. Rxg2 Qxg2 52. Qe3 Kh7 53. Rg1 Rf8 $1 {It's objectively equal, but that doesn't mean that each side's difficulties are equally manageable. Here White had to find a spectacular resource to avoid the loss.} 54. Bg3 $2 (54. Bf6 $3 Qxg1+ (54... Rxf6 $4 55. Qe7+ $18) 55. Qxg1 Rxf6 {and now the point:} 56. Qf2 $3 {White's queen will give checks, and when it can't it will use stalemate tricks. Either way, it will draw.} Kg6 (56... Rxf2 {is stalemate. (We really need a symbol for that.)}) 57. Qg3+ Kf7 58. Qc7+ {etc.}) 54... Qxg1+ $1 55. Qxg1 Rf1+ 56. Qxf1 Bxf1 57. Kxa2 h5 (57... Bc4+ {followed by ...Bb3 is more natural, but it's a trivially easy win in any case.}) 58. Ka3 Bb5 59. Kb4 Be8 60. Be1 Kg6 61. Kc5 a3 62. Kxd5 a2 63. Bc3 Kf5 64. Kc4 h4 65. Kb3 h3 0-1 [Event "ch-USA w 2025"] [Site "Saint Louis USA"] [Date "2025.10.15"] [Round "4.2"] [White "Atwell, Rose"] [Black "Pourkashiyan, Atousa"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E01"] [WhiteElo "2353"] [BlackElo "2291"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "77"] [GameId "2233752428860703"] [EventDate "2025.10.12"] [SourceVersionDate "2025.01.05"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Bd6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O Nc6 7. b3 dxc4 8. bxc4 e5 9. e3 exd4 10. exd4 Bf5 11. Nbd2 Re8 12. Bb2 Qd7 13. Qb3 Ne4 14. Nxe4 Bxe4 15. c5 Bf8 16. Ne5 Nxe5 17. Bxe4 Nc6 18. Qd3 h6 19. Rfe1 Ne7 20. d5 Rad8 21. Red1 Ng6 22. Bf5 Qe7 23. Rac1 Qe2 24. Qb3 Ne5 25. Kg2 Qh5 26. Bh3 b6 27. d6 cxd6 28. c6 g5 29. Bxe5 g4 30. Bxg4 Qxg4 31. c7 Rc8 32. Bxd6 Bg7 33. Bf4 Qg6 34. Re1 Rxe1 35. Rxe1 Bf8 36. Qd5 Qc2 37. Qd7 Ra8 38. Rc1 Qe4+ 39. Kg1 1-0 [Event "ch-USA w 2025"] [Site "Saint Louis USA"] [Date "2025.10.15"] [Round "4.3"] [White "Sargsyan, Anna M."] [Black "Paragua, Megan Althea"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B28"] [WhiteElo "2369"] [BlackElo "2259"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "125"] [GameId "2233752428860704"] [EventDate "2025.10.12"] [SourceVersionDate "2025.01.05"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 a6 3. g3 d6 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. d3 e6 6. O-O Be7 7. e5 dxe5 8. Nxe5 O-O 9. Nd2 Nd5 10. a4 Bd6 11. Nec4 Bc7 12. a5 Bd7 13. Ne4 Qe7 14. b3 Bb5 15. Ba3 Nd7 16. d4 Rfd8 17. Re1 Bc6 18. Nxc5 Nxc5 19. Bxc5 Qf6 20. Qh5 g6 21. Qh6 Qg7 22. Qc1 h5 23. Nd2 h4 24. Ne4 hxg3 25. hxg3 Rd7 26. c3 Ne7 27. Qg5 Nd5 28. c4 Bd8 29. Qe5 Nf6 30. Ng5 Bc7 31. Qe2 Qh6 32. Bxc6 bxc6 33. Ne4 Bd8 34. Kg2 Nxe4 35. Qxe4 Rc8 36. b4 Be7 37. Bxe7 Rxe7 38. Rh1 Qg5 39. Rh4 Rec7 40. Rah1 Kf8 41. Rf4 Kg8 42. Rhh4 Kg7 43. Qe3 Qe7 44. Qe5+ f6 45. Rxf6 Qxf6 46. Rh7+ Kxh7 47. Qxf6 Rb8 48. Qe5 Rbb7 49. Qd6 Kh6 50. f4 Kh7 51. Kh3 Rd7 52. Qxc6 Rdc7 53. Qxe6 Rxb4 54. f5 Rbxc4 55. Qxg6+ Kh8 56. Qxa6 Rh7+ 57. Kg2 Rc2+ 58. Kf3 Rc3+ 59. Kf4 Rg7 60. g4 Rh3 61. f6 Rf7 62. g5 Rh4+ 63. Kf5 1-0 [Event "ch-USA w 2025"] [Site "Saint Louis USA"] [Date "2025.10.15"] [Round "4.4"] [White "Lee, Alice"] [Black "Yip, Carissa"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [Annotator "Monokroussos,Dennis"] [ECO "E62"] [WhiteElo "2409"] [BlackElo "2452"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "85"] [GameId "2233752428860705"] [EventDate "2025.10.12"] [SourceVersionDate "2025.01.05"] {[%evp 0,85,14,0,19,23,38,27,20,27,28,22,24,36,29,27,44,27,-8,26,-16,11,4,26,19,20,18,32,28,-112,116,63,117,133,94,64,111,31,149,153,154,80,140,46,153,63,165,168,118,145,174,165,164,175,230,1,200,99,1,48,-1,1,-1,1,-9,1,-72,1,-1,-1,1,-1,-1,-1,-110,-1,-1,42,-1,-23,-52,-1,-44,-28,-13,-42,-63,1]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nc3 d6 6. Nf3 c6 7. O-O Bf5 8. Ne1 e5 9. d5 cxd5 10. Nxd5 Nxd5 11. Bxd5 Nc6 12. Nc2 Rc8 13. b3 e4 14. Rb1 Ne7 15. Ne3 Bh3 16. Re1 Nxd5 17. Qxd5 Re8 18. Bb2 Bxb2 19. Rxb2 Rc6 20. Rd2 a6 21. Qd4 Be6 22. Red1 Qc8 23. Qf6 b5 24. Rxd6 Rxd6 25. Rxd6 bxc4 26. bxc4 h5 {White has been winning for a while now, but she doesn't react well to Yip's last-ditch effort at counterplay.} 27. h4 (27. Qd4 $142 h4 28. gxh4 $1 $18 {is fine; in fact, White's h4-pawn will be used as a battering ram for her own attack.}) 27... Qb8 28. Rd2 $2 (28. Qd4 $18) 28... Qb1+ 29. Kh2 $6 (29. Kg2 Qe1 30. Qd4 Bh3+ 31. Kh2 $1 Be6 32. Ng2 $16 {/+-}) 29... Qe1 30. Rb2 (30. Rd1 $1 Qxe2 31. a4 $11 {/?}) 30... Bf5 $3 $11 31. Ng2 (31. Kg2 Bh3+ 32. Kh2 (32. Kxh3 $4 Qh1#) 32... Bf5 $11) 31... Qxf2 {White has consolidated her kingside, but now material is equal and White's other advantages are also gone.} 32. e3 Qf1 33. c5 (33. Qxa6 Bg4 34. Qb5 Rd8 35. Rb1 Qe2 36. Rb2 Qf1 $11) 33... Qc4 34. Qd4 Qc1 $1 35. Nf4 Rc8 36. Nd5 Qxc5 37. Qe5 Be6 38. Nf6+ Kf8 39. Nh7+ Kg8 40. Nf6+ Kf8 41. Nh7+ Kg8 42. Nf6+ Kf8 43. Nh7+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "ch-USA w 2025"] [Site "Saint Louis USA"] [Date "2025.10.15"] [Round "4.5"] [White "Zatonskih, Anna"] [Black "Paikidze, Nazi"] [Result "1-0"] [Annotator "Monokroussos,Dennis"] [ECO "E32"] [WhiteElo "2310"] [BlackElo "2297"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "109"] [GameId "2233752428860706"] [EventDate "2025.10.12"] [SourceVersionDate "2025.01.05"] {[%evp 0,109,14,11,-7,17,9,20,12,7,25,17,30,28,19,25,35,29,33,37,20,24,25,16,26,-1,-42,6,11,-8,0,-30,-26,-23,16,-26,28,41,-13,38,49,48,115,99,152,61,101,133,80,94,96,42,77,48,132,41,163,135,148,135,159,25,182,168,157,1,154,179,190,191,-29,176,177,190,222,206,261,174,165,201,221,161,255,238,301,172,311,213,245,316,335,344,350,340,458,272,490,318,485,484,479,490,471,364,480,457,491,770,912,965,977,1016] Paikidze entered the round a co-leader, but Zatonskih, a 4-time U.S. Women's Champion formerly rated as high as 2537, shows that she can still bite.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d6 5. Bd2 O-O 6. a3 Bxc3 7. Bxc3 Qe7 8. Nf3 Nbd7 9. e3 b6 10. Be2 Bb7 11. O-O Ne4 12. Nd2 Nxc3 13. Qxc3 f5 14. b4 e5 15. dxe5 Nxe5 {Now it's a Budapest Gambit pawn structure, and White's next move is known from that opening as well.} 16. c5 f4 $6 (16... dxc5 17. bxc5 Qg5 $1 18. f3 Rae8 $11) 17. exf4 Rxf4 18. cxd6 Qxd6 19. Rac1 Raf8 20. f3 Rh4 (20... Qd4+ $142) 21. g3 Rh3 $2 22. Rf2 $2 $16 {/+-} (22. f4 $1 Nf7 23. Nf3 $18) 22... Kh8 23. Nc4 Nxc4 24. Qxc4 c6 25. Rd1 Qe7 26. Qe4 Qf7 27. Bc4 $18 Qf6 28. Rd7 Bc8 29. Rxa7 b5 30. Bf1 Rh6 31. Rd2 Kg8 32. f4 $1 {Finally. White has probably been worried about opening the a8-h1 diagonal, but Black cannot take advantage of this.} Bg4 33. Qd4 Re8 34. Qxf6 Rxf6 35. Bg2 h5 36. Rc7 h4 37. Bxc6 Re3 38. Bd5+ Kh7 39. Kf2 Rxa3 40. Be4+ Kh6 41. Rd8 Bf5 42. Bxf5 Rxf5 43. Rh8+ Kg6 44. Rxh4 Rd5 45. Kg2 Kf6 46. Rh7 Ra2+ 47. Kh3 Rb2 48. Rcxg7 Rxb4 49. Kg4 Rd8 50. h4 Rb1 51. Re7 Rf8 52. Kh5 Rf1 53. g4 Rxf4 54. g5+ Kf5 55. Rhf7+ 1-0 [Event "ch-USA w 2025"] [Site "Saint Louis USA"] [Date "2025.10.15"] [Round "4.6"] [White "Abrahamyan, Tatev"] [Black "Cervantes Landeiro, Thalia"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B31"] [WhiteElo "2406"] [BlackElo "2311"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "113"] [GameId "2233752428860707"] [EventDate "2025.10.12"] [SourceVersionDate "2025.01.05"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. Re1 e5 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. d3 Qe7 8. a4 Nf6 9. a5 O-O 10. h3 Ne8 11. Nbd2 Nc7 12. Nc4 f6 13. Be3 Be6 14. Nfd2 Rad8 15. Qb1 f5 16. exf5 gxf5 17. f3 Nd5 18. Qc1 Nxe3 19. Nxe3 Bh6 20. Re2 c4 21. Ndxc4 e4 22. fxe4 f4 23. Ng4 Bxg4 24. hxg4 f3 25. Qxh6 fxe2 26. Qe3 Qh4 27. Qxe2 Rf6 28. Ne3 Rh6 29. Nf5 Qh2+ 30. Kf2 Qf4+ 31. Qf3 Qxf3+ 32. Kxf3 Re6 33. d4 Rde8 34. e5 Rd8 35. Ke4 Kf7 36. Rh1 Rh8 37. c4 Rg6 38. Kf4 h5 39. g5 Ke6 40. d5+ cxd5 41. cxd5+ Kd7 42. e6+ Kc7 43. d6+ Kd8 44. e7+ Kd7 45. Rc1 Rxd6 46. Nxd6 Kxd6 47. Re1 Re8 48. g6 Rxe7 49. Rxe7 Kxe7 50. Kg5 Kf8 51. Kxh5 Kg7 52. Kg5 Kg8 53. Kh6 Kh8 54. g7+ Kg8 55. g3 b6 56. axb6 axb6 57. b3 1-0