2019 US Championship [Event "US Championship"] [Site "St Louis, MO USA"] [Date "2019.03.20"] [Round "1.1"] [White "Sevian, Samuel"] [Black "Caruana, Fabiano"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [EventDate "2019.03.20"] [ECO "B33"] [WhiteElo "2642"] [BlackElo "2828"] [PlyCount "86"] 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.g3 0-0 14.Bg2 g6 15.0-0 Bg7 16.Qd3 Be6 17.a3 bxa3 18.Qxa3 Qb8 19.Rfd1 Ra7 20.b3 Rb7 21.Rab1 Nd4 22.Nxd4 exd4 23.Bf1 h5 24.Bd3 h4 25.Qxa5 Rxb3 26.Qd2 Bxd5 27.exd5 Bf6 28.Qc2 Rxb1 29.Rxb1 Qa7 30.Qd2 Kg7 31.Qf4 Qa3 32.Qe4 Rh8 33.Rb7 Qc1+ 34.Bf1 hxg3 35.hxg3 Rh5 36.Rb1 Qc3 37.Rd1 Be5 38.Bd3 Qb2 39.Qe2 Qb8 40.Rb1 Qc8 41.Qf3 Bf6 42.Re1 Re5 43.Rxe5 Bxe5 1/2-1/2 [Event "US Championship"] [Site "St Louis, MO USA"] [Date "2019.03.20"] [Round "1.2"] [White "Nakamura, Hikaru"] [Black "So, Wesley"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [EventDate "2019.03.18"] [ECO "E06"] [WhiteElo "2746"] [BlackElo "2762"] [PlyCount "64"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.g3 Be7 5.Bg2 0-0 6.0-0 dxc4 7.Ne5 Nc6 8.Bxc6 bxc6 9.Nxc6 Qe8 10.Nxe7+ Qxe7 11.Qa4 e5 12.dxe5 Qxe5 13.Re1 Be6 14.Nc3 Ne4 15.Qc2 Nxc3 16.Qxc3 Qxc3 17.bxc3 Rab8 18.f3 Rfd8 19.Bf4 Rb2 20.Rad1 Rxd1 21.Rxd1 h5 22.Rd8+ Kh7 23.Rd2 Rxd2 24.Bxd2 Kg6 25.Kf2 Bh3 26.Bf4 c6 27.a4 Kf5 28.a5 a6 29.Ke3 Bf1 30.Kf2 Bh3 31.Ke3 Bf1 32.Kf2 Bh3 1/2-1/2 [Event "US Championship"] [Site "St Louis, MO USA"] [Date "2019.03.20"] [Round "1.3"] [White "Shankland, Samuel"] [Black "Robson, Ray"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [EventDate "2019.03.18"] [ECO "D12"] [WhiteElo "2731"] [BlackElo "2667"] [PlyCount "97"] 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 Bg4 5.h3 Bh5 6.g4 Bg6 7.Ne5 e6 8.Nd2 Nbd7 9.h4 dxc4 10.Bxc4 Nxe5 11.dxe5 Ne4 12.h5 Nxd2 13.Bxd2 Bd3 14.Qb3 Bxc4 15.Qxc4 Qd5 16.Qxd5 cxd5 17.Ke2 Be7 18.e4 0-0-0 19.Be3 Kb8 20.Kd3 b6 21.Rac1 Rd7 22.Rc2 Rc8 23.Rxc8+ Kxc8 24.f4 dxe4+ 25.Kxe4 Rc7 26.Rh2 Kd7 27.b3 Ke8 28.f5 Rc3 29.Kd4 Rc6 30.Kd3 Rc7 31.Rf2 Bb4 32.f6 gxf6 33.exf6 Rc3+ 34.Ke4 Rxe3+ 35.Kxe3 Bc5+ 36.Ke2 Bxf2 37.Kxf2 Kd7 38.Kf3 e5 39.Ke4 Kd6 40.Kf5 Kd5 41.g5 e4 42.g6 hxg6+ 43.hxg6 fxg6+ 44.Kxg6 e3 45.f7 e2 46.f8=Q e1=Q 47.Qa8+ Kd6 48.Qb8+ Kc6 49.Qc8+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "US Championship"] [Site "St Louis, MO USA"] [Date "2019.03.20"] [Round "1.4"] [White "Akobian, Varuzhan"] [Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [EventDate "2019.03.18"] [ECO "D35"] [WhiteElo "2625"] [BlackElo "2739"] [PlyCount "65"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 c5 7.Rb1 Be7 8.Nf3 0-0 9.Bc4 a6 10.a4 Qc7 11.Bd3 Nc6 12.0-0 cxd4 13.cxd4 Nb4 14.Ba3 Nxd3 15.Qxd3 Bxa3 16.Qxa3 Bd7 17.Ne5 Rfc8 18.Rfc1 Qd8 19.Nxd7 Qxd7 20.Qb2 Qxa4 21.Rxc8+ Rxc8 22.Qxb7 Qc4 23.h3 h6 24.d5 exd5 25.exd5 Rd8 26.Rd1 Qb5 27.Qxb5 axb5 28.d6 Kf8 29.Rd5 Rb8 30.d7 Ke7 31.d8=Q+ Rxd8 32.Rxb5 Kf8 33.g3 1/2-1/2 [Event "US Championship"] [Site "St Louis, MO USA"] [Date "2019.03.20"] [Round "1.5"] [White "Gareyev, Timur"] [Black "Xiong, Jeffery"] [Result "0-1"] [EventDate "2019.03.18"] [ECO "A09"] [WhiteElo "2557"] [BlackElo "2663"] [PlyCount "76"] 1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 d4 3.b4 Bg4 4.Ne5 Bf5 5.e3 Nf6 6.g4 Be4 7.f3 Bg6 8.Bb2 dxe3 9.dxe3 Nbd7 10.Nxg6 hxg6 11.Nc3 e6 12.c5 c6 13.g5 Nd5 14.Nxd5 exd5 15.f4 Qe7 16.Qd2 Rh4 17.Qf2 Qe4 18.a3 Qxh1 19.Qxh4 a5 20.Qf2 axb4 21.axb4 Rxa1+ 22.Bxa1 Qe4 23.Bc3 b6 24.Kd2 bxc5 25.b5 cxb5 26.Bxb5 c4 27.Qe2 Qb1 28.Bxd7+ Kxd7 29.Qg4+ Qf5 30.h3 Kc6 31.Ke2 Kb5 32.Bd4 Qxg4+ 33.hxg4 Kb4 34.e4 dxe4 35.Kd2 Bc5 36.Bxg7 Kb3 37.f5 e3+ 38.Ke2 c3 0-1 [Event "US Championship"] [Site "St Louis, MO USA"] [Date "2019.03.20"] [Round "1.6"] [White "Liang, Awonder"] [Black "Lenderman, Aleksandr"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [EventDate "2019.03.18"] [ECO "B45"] [WhiteElo "2590"] [BlackElo "2637"] [PlyCount "240"] 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Nxc6 bxc6 7.Bd3 d5 8.0-0 Be7 9.Qf3 0-0 10.Re1 a5 11.exd5 exd5 12.h3 Bd6 13.Ne2 Re8 14.Bg5 Be5 15.Rab1 h6 16.Bf4 Qd6 17.Bxe5 Rxe5 18.c4 Be6 19.Red1 Re8 20.Qg3 Bd7 21.Nd4 Nh5 22.Qf3 Nf4 23.Bf1 Qf6 24.g3 Rg5 25.Kh2 Re4 26.Nb3 Nxh3 27.Qxf6 gxf6 28.Nc5 Nxf2 29.Nxd7 Ng4+ 30.Kg1 Re7 31.Nb6 Ne3 32.Rd2 Rxg3+ 33.Kf2 Rg5 34.Bh3 Re4 35.cxd5 cxd5 36.Nd7 Kg7 37.Nc5 Rh4 38.Kxe3 Rxh3+ 39.Kd4 Rh4+ 40.Ke3 d4+ 41.Rxd4 Rh3+ 42.Kf2 Rxc5 43.Rg1+ Rg5 44.Rg2 Rh1 45.Ra4 Rc1 46.Kf3 Rcc5 47.Rh2 h5 48.Rhh4 Kg6 49.b3 Rc3+ 50.Kf2 Rd5 51.Rhe4 Rf5+ 52.Kg2 Rc2+ 53.Kg3 Kg5 54.Rec4 Rcf2 55.Rc3 Rf1 56.Kh3 Rh1+ 57.Kg2 Rd1 58.Rg3+ Kh6 59.Rf3 Rd2+ 60.Kg3 Rg5+ 61.Kh3 Kg6 62.Rc3 Rd1 63.Kh2 Rdd5 64.Rc8 Kg7 65.Kh3 Rd3+ 66.Kh2 Re5 67.Rc2 Rdd5 68.b4 axb4 69.Rxb4 Rd3 70.Rf2 f5 71.Rg2+ Kf6 72.Rh4 Re4 73.Rxh5 Rg4 74.Rb2 Kg6 75.Rh8 Ra3 76.Rg8+ Kf6 77.Rh8 Rga4 78.Kg2 Kg5 79.Rg8+ Kf4 80.Rf2+ Ke5 81.Re8+ Kf6 82.Rh8 Rg4+ 83.Kh2 f4 84.Rg2 Rg6 85.Rb2 Kf5 86.Rhb8 Rh6+ 87.Kg1 Kg4 88.R8b3 Rxb3 89.Rxb3 Rc6 90.a3 Rc1+ 91.Kf2 Rc2+ 92.Kf1 Ra2 93.Rc3 f3 94.Rc8 Rxa3 95.Rg8+ Kf4 96.Rf8 Ra7 97.Kf2 Re7 98.Rb8 Re2+ 99.Kf1 Ra2 100.Rf8 Ra7 101.Kf2 f5 102.Rb8 Re7 103.Ra8 Re2+ 104.Kf1 Rb2 105.Rc8 Rd2 106.Ra8 Rd4 107.Kf2 Re4 108.Rb8 Re2+ 109.Kf1 Rh2 110.Ra8 Rh4 111.Rb8 Kg3 112.Rg8+ Rg4 113.Rb8 Rc4 114.Rg8+ Kf4 115.Kf2 Rc2+ 116.Kf1 f2 117.Rb8 Kg4 118.Rb4+ f4 119.Rb3 f3 120.Rb4+ Kf5 1/2-1/2 [Event "US Championship"] [Site "St Louis, MO USA"] [Date "2019.03.21"] [Round "2.1"] [White "Xiong, Jeffery"] [Black "Akobian, Varuzhan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [EventDate "2019.03.20"] [ECO "C14"] [WhiteElo "2663"] [BlackElo "2625"] [PlyCount "97"] 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7 5.e5 Nfd7 6.Bxe7 Qxe7 7.f4 a6 8.Qg4 g6 9.Nf3 c5 10.dxc5 Nc6 11.Bd3 Nxc5 12.0-0 Bd7 13.Qg3 Rc8 14.Kh1 Nxd3 15.cxd3 Qb4 16.Rab1 Nd4 17.a3 Qc5 18.Nd2 Nf5 19.Qh3 Qe3 20.Qxe3 Nxe3 21.Rfc1 Ke7 22.Kg1 h5 23.Nf3 Nf5 24.Kf2 d4 25.Ne4 Ba4 26.b3 Bc6 27.Nfd2 Bd5 28.Nc4 Rc6 29.Na5 Rcc8 30.Nc4 Rc6 31.Na5 Rcc8 32.Ke2 h4 33.Kd2 b6 34.Nc4 Rc6 35.a4 Rb8 36.Nf6 Bxg2 37.a5 bxa5 38.Nxa5 Rxc1 39.Rxc1 Kd8 40.Ne4 Rb5 41.Nc6+ Ke8 42.Nf6+ Kf8 43.Na7 Rxb3 44.Rc8+ Kg7 45.Rg8+ Kh6 46.Nc8 Bc6 47.Nd6 Nxd6 48.Rh8+ Kg7 49.Rg8+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "US Championship"] [Site "St Louis, MO USA"] [Date "2019.03.21"] [Round "2.2"] [White "Caruana, Fabiano"] [Black "Robson, Ray"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [EventDate "2019.03.20"] [ECO "C45"] [WhiteElo "2828"] [BlackElo "2667"] [PlyCount "76"] 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nxc6 bxc6 6.e5 Qe7 7.Qe2 Nd5 8.h4 Qe6 9.Nd2 d6 10.exd6 Bxd6 11.Nc4 Bc5 12.a3 0-0 13.Qxe6 Bxe6 14.Bd3 Rfe8 15.0-0 a5 16.Ne5 Bc8 17.Nc4 Be6 18.Re1 Nb6 19.Ne5 Bd5 20.Be3 Bd6 21.Bd4 c5 22.Bc3 c4 23.Bf1 Na4 24.Bd4 c5 25.Bxc4 Bxe5 26.Bxd5 Bxd4 27.Bc6 Rxe1+ 28.Rxe1 Rd8 29.Bxa4 Bxb2 30.Re7 Kf8 31.Ra7 Rd1+ 32.Kh2 Rd4 33.Rxa5 Rxh4+ 34.Kg1 Bxa3 35.Ra8+ Ke7 36.Ra7+ Kf8 37.Ra8+ Ke7 38.Ra7+ Kf8 1/2-1/2 [Event "US Championship"] [Site "St Louis, MO USA"] [Date "2019.03.21"] [Round "2.3"] [White "Lenderman, Aleksandr"] [Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [EventDate "2019.03.20"] [ECO "D27"] [WhiteElo "2637"] [BlackElo "2746"] [PlyCount "60"] 1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 dxc4 4.e3 e6 5.Bxc4 c5 6.0-0 a6 7.b3 cxd4 8.Nxd4 Be7 9.Bb2 0-0 10.Nd2 b5 11.Be2 Bb7 12.Bf3 Ra7 13.Rc1 Qd7 14.Bxb7 Rxb7 15.N2f3 Rc7 16.Rxc7 Qxc7 17.Qb1 Qb7 18.Rc1 Rc8 19.Ne5 Nfd7 20.Ndf3 Nxe5 21.Nxe5 Nd7 22.Nxd7 Rxc1+ 23.Qxc1 Qxd7 24.Qc2 f6 25.g3 e5 26.e4 Kf7 27.Bc1 Bd6 28.Be3 Qc7 29.Qxc7+ Bxc7 30.Kf1 Ke6 1/2-1/2 [Event "US Championship"] [Site "St Louis, MO USA"] [Date "2019.03.21"] [Round "2.4"] [White "So, Wesley"] [Black "Gareyev, Timur"] [Result "1-0"] [EventDate "2019.03.20"] [ECO "E00"] [WhiteElo "2762"] [BlackElo "2557"] [PlyCount "171"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 Bb4+ 4.Bd2 a5 5.Bg2 0-0 6.Nf3 b6 7.0-0 Ba6 8.Ne5 Ra7 9.Bxb4 axb4 10.Qa4 c5 11.a3 bxa3 12.Nxa3 Rc7 13.dxc5 bxc5 14.Rfd1 d5 15.e4 d4 16.b4 Nfd7 17.Nxd7 Qxd7 18.Qxd7 Nxd7 19.bxc5 Nxc5 20.e5 Nb3 21.Rab1 Na5 22.Bf1 Bxc4 23.Rdc1 d3 24.Bxd3 Bxd3 25.Rxc7 Bxb1 26.Nxb1 Nb3 27.Nc3 Nd4 28.Kg2 f6 29.exf6 Rxf6 30.Rd7 Nf5 31.Ne4 Rf8 32.Nc5 Re8 33.g4 Nh4+ 34.Kg3 Ng6 35.f4 Nf8 36.Rc7 h6 37.h4 Ra8 38.h5 Ra3+ 39.Kf2 Rh3 40.Re7 Rc3 41.Ne4 Rd3 42.g5 Rd7 43.Re8 Kf7 44.Ra8 Ke7 45.Ke3 Rd1 46.g6 Rd5 47.Nf6 Kxf6 48.Rxf8+ Ke7 49.Rf7+ Kd6 50.Rxg7 Rxh5 51.Rd7+ Kxd7 52.g7 Rh3+ 53.Kf2 Rh4 54.Kg3 Rh1 55.Kg2 Rh4 56.g8=Q Rxf4 57.Qg7+ Kd6 58.Qxh6 Rf5 59.Qg7 Kd5 60.Kg3 Kd6 61.Kg4 Kd5 62.Qc7 Kd4 63.Qd6+ Rd5 64.Qxe6 Re5 65.Qc6 Rc5 66.Qb6 Kd5 67.Kf5 Kd4+ 68.Ke6 Kc4 69.Kd6 Rd5+ 70.Kc6 Re5 71.Qa6+ Kd4 72.Qa2 Rf5 73.Qb2+ Ke4 74.Kd6 Rg5 75.Qc2+ Kf4 76.Ke6 Re5+ 77.Kf6 Re3 78.Qf5+ Kg3 79.Kg5 Kg2 80.Kh4 Kg1 81.Qf4 Re2 82.Kh3 Ra2 83.Qg4+ Kf1 84.Qc4+ Re2 85.Kg3 Ke1 86.Qc1# 1-0 [Event "US Championship"] [Site "St Louis, MO USA"] [Date "2019.03.21"] [Round "2.5"] [White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"] [Black "Shankland, Samuel"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [EventDate "2019.03.20"] [ECO "B48"] [WhiteElo "2739"] [BlackElo "2731"] [PlyCount "59"] 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.Be3 a6 7.Qd2 Nf6 8.0-0-0 Be7 9.f3 b5 10.g4 Nxd4 11.Bxd4 Bb7 12.Kb1 0-0 13.Rg1 Rac8 14.h4 Rfd8 15.Bh3 Ne8 16.g5 Bc5 17.h5 Bxd4 18.Qxd4 Qc5 19.Qd2 d5 20.e5 d4 21.g6 dxc3 22.gxf7+ Kxf7 23.Qf4+ Ke7 24.Qg5+ Kf7 25.Qf4+ Ke7 26.Qg5+ Kf7 27.Qf4+ Ke7 28.Qg5+ Kf7 29.Qf4+ Ke7 30.Qg5+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "US Championship"] [Site "St Louis, MO USA"] [Date "2019.03.21"] [Round "2.6"] [White "Sevian, Samuel"] [Black "Liang, Awonder"] [Result "1-0"] [EventDate "2019.03.20"] [ECO "B18"] [WhiteElo "2642"] [BlackElo "2590"] [PlyCount "153"] 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bf5 5.Ng3 Bg6 6.h4 h6 7.Nf3 e6 8.Ne5 Bh7 9.Bd3 Bxd3 10.Qxd3 Nd7 11.Bf4 Ngf6 12.0-0-0 Be7 13.Qf3 Qa5 14.Kb1 Qd5 15.Qe2 b5 16.f3 b4 17.Rhe1 0-0 18.Ne4 Rac8 19.g4 Qb5 20.Nxd7 Nxd7 21.Qg2 Kh8 22.Qd2 Rfd8 23.Bd6 Bf8 24.Qf4 Kg8 25.g5 h5 26.Bc7 Re8 27.Be5 Red8 28.Bc7 Re8 29.Ng3 Nb6 30.Bxb6 axb6 31.Nxh5 Red8 32.Re5 Rd5 33.Rg1 Rxe5 34.dxe5 Qe2 35.Qg4 g6 36.Nf6+ Kh8 37.Qe4 Qxe4 38.Nxe4 Rd8 39.Kc1 Ra8 40.Kb1 Rd8 41.Re1 Kg7 42.b3 Be7 43.Kc1 Rh8 44.Rh1 b5 45.Kb2 Rd8 46.Kc1 Rd5 47.f4 Rd4 48.Re1 c5 49.Kb2 c4 50.bxc4 bxc4 51.Re3 Bf8 52.c3 Rd1 53.Nd6 Rd2+ 54.Kb1 b3 55.axb3 cxb3 56.Re4 Rc2 57.Rc4 Rd2 58.Ne8+ Kg8 59.Rc8 f5 60.Nd6 Kg7 61.Rc7+ Kg8 62.Rd7 Rf2 63.c4 Rxf4 64.c5 Rf1+ 65.Kb2 f4 66.c6 f3 67.c7 f2 68.c8=Q Rb1+ 69.Kxb1 f1=Q+ 70.Kb2 Qe2+ 71.Kxb3 Qd1+ 72.Qc2 Qd5+ 73.Kb4 Qd4+ 74.Kb5 Qxe5+ 75.Ka6 Qa1+ 76.Kb7 Bg7 77.Ne4 1-0 [Event "US Championship"] [Site "St Louis, MO USA"] [Date "2019.03.22"] [Round "3.1"] [White "Akobian, Varuzhan"] [Black "So, Wesley"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [EventDate "2019.03.20"] [ECO "D85"] [WhiteElo "2625"] [BlackElo "2762"] [PlyCount "80"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Be3 c5 8.Rc1 Qa5 9.Qd2 0-0 10.Nf3 Rd8 11.d5 e6 12.Bg5 f6 13.Be3 Nc6 14.h4 exd5 15.exd5 Bg4 16.Be2 c4 17.Bxc4 Bxf3 18.gxf3 Ne5 19.Be2 Qxd5 20.Qxd5+ Rxd5 21.Rd1 Rxd1+ 22.Bxd1 Rc8 23.h5 f5 24.Bb3+ Kf8 25.Ke2 b6 26.hxg6 hxg6 27.Rh7 Re8 28.Bc1 Nd7+ 29.Kd2 Nc5 30.Ba3 Re7 31.Bxc5 bxc5 32.Kd3 Re1 33.Rh4 Rf1 34.Ra4 Be5 35.Rxa7 Rc1 36.Kc4 Rxc3+ 37.Kd5 c4 38.Bxc4 Bh2 39.a4 Bg1 40.a5 Bxf2 1/2-1/2 [Event "US Championship"] [Site "St Louis, MO USA"] [Date "2019.03.22"] [Round "3.2"] [White "Nakamura, Hikaru"] [Black "Sevian, Samuel"] [Result "1-0"] [EventDate "2019.03.20"] [ECO "A28"] [WhiteElo "2746"] [BlackElo "2642"] [PlyCount "97"] 1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.e4 Bb4 5.d3 d6 6.a3 Bc5 7.b4 Bb6 8.Na4 Bg4 9.Be2 Nd7 10.Nxb6 axb6 11.Bb2 0-0 12.h3 Bxf3 13.Bxf3 Nd4 14.0-0 Nxf3+ 15.Qxf3 Qg5 16.Rae1 Nb8 17.d4 Nc6 18.dxe5 dxe5 19.Rd1 Rfd8 20.Rd5 Rxd5 21.cxd5 Nd4 22.Bxd4 exd4 23.Qd3 c5 24.dxc6 bxc6 25.Qxd4 c5 26.Qd6 cxb4 27.axb4 Qb5 28.Rc1 h6 29.Qc6 Qa6 30.b5 Qa5 31.Rd1 Rb8 32.Kh2 Qa2 33.Qc7 Qa8 34.Rd7 Rf8 35.Qxb6 Qxe4 36.Qd6 Qe6 37.Qxe6 fxe6 38.b6 Kh7 39.b7 Kg6 40.Rc7 Rb8 41.Kg3 Kf5 42.Rxg7 Rd8 43.f3 e5 44.Rc7 Rb8 45.Kf2 e4 46.fxe4+ Kxe4 47.Kg3 Kf5 48.Kh4 Kg6 49.Rc6+ 1-0 [Event "US Championship"] [Site "St Louis, MO USA"] [Date "2019.03.22"] [Round "3.3"] [White "Shankland, Samuel"] [Black "Xiong, Jeffery"] [Result "0-1"] [EventDate "2019.03.20"] [ECO "C45"] [WhiteElo "2731"] [BlackElo "2663"] [PlyCount "82"] 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Qf6 5.Nb3 Qg6 6.f3 Nf6 7.Bf4 Bb4+ 8.Kf2 0-0 9.a3 Be7 10.Bd3 Nh5 11.Bxc7 d6 12.e5 Bh4+ 13.Kf1 Qh6 14.exd6 Re8 15.Nc3 Ne5 16.Nc5 Nxf3 17.N3e4 Bg4 18.d7 Re5 19.Bxe5 Nxe5 20.Qd2 Qc6 21.h3 Bxd7 22.Nxd7 Nxd7 23.Qc3 Qh6 24.g4 f5 25.gxf5 Re8 26.Qc4+ Kh8 27.Rg1 Qe3 28.Rg2 Nf4 29.Rh2 Nxh3 30.Kg2 Nf4+ 31.Kh1 Qf3+ 32.Kg1 Qg4+ 33.Kh1 Qf3+ 34.Kg1 Bd8 35.Rf1 Bb6+ 36.Nf2 Qg3+ 37.Kh1 Qf3+ 38.Kg1 Nh3+ 39.Rxh3 Qxh3 40.Qf4 Nf6 41.Bb5 Re4 0-1 [Event "US Championship"] [Site "St Louis, MO USA"] [Date "2019.03.22"] [Round "3.4"] [White "Liang, Awonder"] [Black "Caruana, Fabiano"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [EventDate "2019.03.20"] [ECO "B22"] [WhiteElo "2590"] [BlackElo "2828"] [PlyCount "68"] 1.e4 c5 2.c3 Nf6 3.e5 Nd5 4.Nf3 e6 5.d4 cxd4 6.cxd4 d6 7.Bc4 Nb6 8.Bd3 Nc6 9.0-0 Nb4 10.Bg5 Be7 11.Bxe7 Qxe7 12.Nc3 dxe5 13.dxe5 Nxd3 14.Qxd3 Bd7 15.Ne4 0-0 16.Nd4 Rad8 17.Rad1 Bc6 18.Nxc6 bxc6 19.Nd6 Nd5 20.Qc2 f6 21.Qxc6 fxe5 22.Ne4 Rc8 23.Qa4 Rb8 24.Nc3 Rxb2 25.Nxd5 exd5 26.Rxd5 Qf7 27.Rd7 Rxa2 28.Qb5 a6 29.Qb1 Qxd7 30.Qxa2+ Qf7 31.Qxa6 h6 32.Qe2 Qf5 33.Qe3 Qf4 34.Qxf4 exf4 1/2-1/2 [Event "US Championship"] [Site "St Louis, MO USA"] [Date "2019.03.22"] [Round "3.5"] [White "Robson, Ray"] [Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"] [Result "0-1"] [EventDate "2019.03.20"] [ECO "C65"] [WhiteElo "2667"] [BlackElo "2739"] [PlyCount "102"] 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.d3 Bc5 5.Bxc6 dxc6 6.Nbd2 Be6 7.0-0 Bd6 8.Nb3 Qe7 9.Na5 0-0-0 10.Bd2 Bg4 11.Rb1 Nd7 12.Nc4 Qf6 13.b4 Nf8 14.h3 Bxf3 15.Qxf3 Qxf3 16.gxf3 Ne6 17.Be3 Rhf8 18.c3 f5 19.Rfd1 Rf6 20.d4 exd4 21.cxd4 fxe4 22.Nxd6+ cxd6 23.fxe4 d5 24.e5 Rf5 25.b5 c5 26.dxc5 d4 27.Bd2 Nxc5 28.b6 axb6 29.Rxb6 Rxe5 30.Rc1 Rdd5 31.Rb5 Kd7 32.Ba5 d3 33.Kf1 d2 34.Bxd2 Rxd2 35.Rcxc5 Rxc5 36.Rxc5 Rxa2 37.Rh5 h6 38.Rf5 Kc6 39.Rf7 b5 40.Rxg7 b4 41.Rg3 Kb5 42.Kg2 Ra3 43.Rg8 Ra6 44.Kf3 b3 45.Rg1 Kb4 46.Ke4 b2 47.Rb1 Kc3 48.f4 Ra1 49.Rxb2 Kxb2 50.f5 Rf1 51.Ke5 Rh1 0-1 [Event "US Championship"] [Site "St Louis, MO USA"] [Date "2019.03.22"] [Round "3.6"] [White "Gareyev, Timur"] [Black "Lenderman, Aleksandr"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [EventDate "2019.03.20"] [ECO "E46"] [WhiteElo "2557"] [BlackElo "2637"] [PlyCount "151"] 1.d4 e6 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 0-0 5.Bd2 c5 6.Bd3 cxd4 7.exd4 d5 8.cxd5 exd5 9.Nge2 Nc6 10.0-0 Bd6 11.h3 h6 12.Rc1 Re8 13.Be3 a6 14.a3 Bc7 15.Re1 Nh5 16.Qd2 Qd6 17.Nf4 Nf6 18.g3 Bd7 19.Bf1 Bf5 20.Nd3 Bb6 21.Nc5 Bxc5 22.dxc5 Qd7 23.Bd4 Ne4 24.Nxe4 dxe4 25.Bc3 Bxh3 26.Qxd7 Bxd7 27.Bg2 Bf5 28.Rcd1 Re7 29.Rd5 Bg6 30.Bh3 f6 31.b4 Na7 32.a4 Be8 33.Ra1 e3 34.Rd3 exf2+ 35.Kxf2 Bc6 36.Bg4 Rf8 37.Bf5 Kf7 38.Rd6 Rfe8 39.Bg4 Kg6 40.Bd2 Re5 41.Ra3 Nc8 42.Rd4 Ne7 43.Bd1 Nf5 44.Rg4+ Kh7 45.Rd3 h5 46.Rc4 Nh6 47.Rcd4 Ng4+ 48.Bxg4 hxg4 49.Re3 Rf5+ 50.Ke1 Rxe3+ 51.Bxe3 Rf3 52.Bf2 f5 53.b5 axb5 54.axb5 Bxb5 55.Rf4 Rxf4 56.gxf4 Kg6 57.Bg3 Kf6 58.Bh4+ Ke6 59.Kf2 Kd5 60.Be7 g5 61.Kg3 gxf4+ 62.Kxf4 Bd7 63.Bf8 Bc8 64.Be7 Ke6 65.Bf8 Bd7 66.Bh6 Bc6 67.Bf8 Be4 68.Bh6 Kd5 69.Bf8 Kd4 70.Bd6 Kd3 71.Kg3 Bc6 72.Bf8 Ke4 73.Bd6 Bd7 74.Bf4 Kd4 75.Bd6 Kd5 76.Bf8 1/2-1/2 [Event "US Championship"] [Site "St Louis, MO USA"] [Date "2019.03.23"] [Round "4.1"] [White "Xiong, Jeffery"] [Black "Robson, Ray"] [Result "0-1"] [EventDate "2019.03.20"] [ECO "C67"] [WhiteElo "2663"] [BlackElo "2667"] [PlyCount "90"] 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.0-0 Nxe4 5.d4 Nd6 6.dxe5 Nxb5 7.a4 Nbd4 8.Nxd4 Nxd4 9.Qxd4 d5 10.Qd3 g6 11.Nc3 c6 12.Be3 Bf5 13.Qd2 Qa5 14.Rfe1 0-0-0 15.e6 Bxe6 16.Bg5 Rd7 17.Bf6 Rg8 18.Qe3 Bb4 19.Red1 Bf5 20.Nb5 Bxc2 21.Rdc1 Bf5 22.Nxa7+ Kb8 23.Nb5 Ka8 24.Bc3 Bxc3 25.bxc3 Be6 26.Re1 Re8 27.h3 h5 28.Kh2 Rde7 29.Qc5 Kb8 30.Qd6+ Kc8 31.Qc5 Kd8 32.g3 cxb5 33.axb5 Qc7 34.Qd4 Kd7 35.Ra4 Rc8 36.c4 Qc5 37.cxd5 Bf5 38.Rxe7+ Kxe7 39.Qe5+ Kd7 40.Rf4 Qd6 41.Qxd6+ Kxd6 42.g4 Ke5 43.Rf3 hxg4 44.hxg4 Bxg4 45.Rxf7 Rb8 0-1 [Event "US Championship"] [Site "St Louis, MO USA"] [Date "2019.03.23"] [Round "4.2"] [White "Caruana, Fabiano"] [Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [EventDate "2019.03.20"] [ECO "E06"] [WhiteElo "2828"] [BlackElo "2739"] [PlyCount "170"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 Be7 5.Nf3 0-0 6.0-0 dxc4 7.Qa4 a6 8.Qxc4 b5 9.Qc2 Bb7 10.Bd2 Be4 11.Qc1 c6 12.a4 Nbd7 13.Nc3 Bg6 14.Nh4 Bh5 15.h3 Nd5 16.axb5 axb5 17.Rxa8 Qxa8 18.e4 Nb4 19.Bg5 Qd8 20.Bxe7 Qxe7 21.Qe3 Rd8 22.Rc1 Nf8 23.Bf3 Bxf3 24.Nxf3 Nd7 25.Kg2 h6 26.h4 Nb6 27.b3 Nd7 28.Rd1 Ra8 29.Qe2 Nf6 30.Ne5 Nd7 31.Ng4 Nf6 32.Ne3 Ra3 33.e5 Nd7 34.Ne4 Nb6 35.Qh5 Rxb3 36.Ng4 N4d5 37.Ra1 Ra3 38.Nxh6+ gxh6 39.Nf6+ Nxf6 40.exf6 Rxg3+ 41.fxg3 Qxf6 42.Qg4+ Kh8 43.Ra6 Qd8 44.Ra7 Qf8 45.Qf3 Kg8 46.Qxc6 Qd8 47.Kh2 Qf6 48.Qe4 Qf2+ 49.Kh3 Qf1+ 50.Qg2 Qf5+ 51.g4 Qd3+ 52.Qg3 Qxd4 53.g5 h5 54.g6 Nd7 55.Ra8+ Kg7 56.gxf7+ Kxf7 57.Qg8+ Ke7 58.Re8+ Kd6 59.Rxe6+ Kc5 60.Qg5+ Kb4 61.Qxh5 Nc5 62.Re7 Nd3 63.Qf3 Kc3 64.h5 b4 65.h6 b3 66.h7 b2 67.Rb7 Kd2 68.Qg2+ Kc1 69.Rc7+ Kb1 70.Qh1+ Nc1 71.Qa8 Qe3+ 72.Kg4 Qe6+ 73.Kf3 Qe2+ 74.Kg3 Qe5+ 75.Kh3 Qh5+ 76.Kg2 Qe2+ 77.Kh1 Qh5+ 78.Kg1 Qd1+ 79.Kh2 Qh5+ 80.Kg3 Qe5+ 81.Kg4 Qe6+ 82.Kh5 Qf5+ 83.Kh4 Qf4+ 84.Kh5 Qf5+ 85.Kh4 Qf4+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "US Championship"] [Site "St Louis, MO USA"] [Date "2019.03.23"] [Round "4.3"] [White "So, Wesley"] [Black "Shankland, Samuel"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [EventDate "2019.03.20"] [ECO "B12"] [WhiteElo "2762"] [BlackElo "2731"] [PlyCount "62"] 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Nf3 e6 5.Be2 c5 6.Be3 cxd4 7.Nxd4 Ne7 8.Nd2 Nbc6 9.N2f3 Bg4 10.0-0 Bxf3 11.Nxf3 Qc7 12.c4 dxc4 13.Bxc4 Nf5 14.Bf4 Be7 15.Bd3 0-0 16.Be4 Rfd8 17.Qc2 g6 18.Rfd1 Qb6 19.Bxc6 bxc6 20.Rac1 Rxd1+ 21.Rxd1 Rd8 22.b3 Bc5 23.Rxd8+ Qxd8 24.h3 Qd5 25.Qe2 Nd4 26.Nxd4 Bxd4 27.Kh2 h5 28.Bg3 Kg7 29.Bf4 Qc5 30.Bg3 Qd5 31.Bf4 Qc5 1/2-1/2 [Event "US Championship"] [Site "St Louis, MO USA"] [Date "2019.03.23"] [Round "4.4"] [White "Liang, Awonder"] [Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [EventDate "2019.03.20"] [ECO "C53"] [WhiteElo "2590"] [BlackElo "2746"] [PlyCount "62"] 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.c3 Nf6 5.d4 exd4 6.e5 d5 7.Bb5 Ne4 8.cxd4 Bb6 9.Nc3 0-0 10.Be3 Bg4 11.h3 Bh5 12.Qc2 Bg6 13.Qb3 Ne7 14.0-0 c6 15.Bd3 Nd2 16.Nxd2 Bxd3 17.Rfe1 Bg6 18.Nf3 Nf5 19.Na4 f6 20.Nxb6 Qxb6 21.Qc3 Rae8 22.Bf4 fxe5 23.Bxe5 Qd8 24.Re2 Rf7 25.Rae1 Rfe7 26.Qd2 Nh6 27.Bf4 Nf7 28.Rxe7 Rxe7 29.Ne5 Nxe5 30.Bxe5 Qd7 31.Re3 h6 1/2-1/2 [Event "US Championship"] [Site "St Louis, MO USA"] [Date "2019.03.23"] [Round "4.5"] [White "Lenderman, Aleksandr"] [Black "Akobian, Varuzhan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [EventDate "2019.03.20"] [ECO "D37"] [WhiteElo "2637"] [BlackElo "2625"] [PlyCount "75"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bf4 0-0 6.e3 Nbd7 7.Be2 dxc4 8.0-0 c5 9.dxc5 Nxc5 10.Qc2 a6 11.Rfd1 Qe8 12.Bxc4 b5 13.Be2 Bb7 14.a3 Rc8 15.Rac1 Na4 16.Qb3 Nxc3 17.bxc3 Nd5 18.Be5 Nb6 19.c4 Bxf3 20.gxf3 Nxc4 21.Bxc4 bxc4 22.Rxc4 Qb5 23.Qxb5 axb5 24.Rxc8 Rxc8 25.Rb1 f6 26.Bg3 Rc5 27.e4 g5 28.Bb8 f5 29.Ba7 Rc7 30.Be3 f4 31.Bd2 Rc2 32.Bb4 Bc5 33.Bxc5 Rxc5 34.Kg2 Kf7 35.Rb4 h5 36.a4 bxa4 37.Rxa4 Kf6 38.h3 1/2-1/2 [Event "US Championship"] [Site "St Louis, MO USA"] [Date "2019.03.23"] [Round "4.6"] [White "Sevian, Samuel"] [Black "Gareyev, Timur"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [EventDate "2019.03.20"] [ECO "C67"] [WhiteElo "2642"] [BlackElo "2557"] [PlyCount "233"] 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.0-0 Nxe4 5.d4 Nd6 6.Bxc6 dxc6 7.dxe5 Nf5 8.Qxd8+ Kxd8 9.h3 Be6 10.g4 Ne7 11.Ng5 Bd5 12.Nc3 Ke8 13.f4 f6 14.Nxd5 Nxd5 15.Ne6 Kf7 16.f5 fxe5 17.c4 Nf6 18.Be3 Bd6 19.Rad1 b6 20.g5 Ne4 21.Kg2 Rae8 22.Kf3 Nc5 23.Nxc5 bxc5 24.Ke4 Rb8 25.Rf2 a5 26.h4 h6 27.g6+ Ke7 28.h5 Rb4 29.Rc2 Rhb8 30.Rdd2 Ra4 31.a3 Rb3 32.Rd3 Rxb2 33.f6+ Kxf6 34.Rxd6+ cxd6 35.Rxb2 d5+ 36.Kf3 Rxa3 37.Ke2 d4 38.Bd2 e4 39.Rb7 e3 40.Be1 Ra2+ 41.Kf3 Rh2 42.Rf7+ Kg5 43.Rxg7 Kxh5 44.Rg8 Rh1 45.Bxa5 Rg1 46.g7 Kg6 47.Rc8 Kxg7 48.Rc7+ Kg8 49.Rxc6 h5 50.Rxc5 h4 51.Rh5 Rc1 52.c5 h3 53.Bc7 Rf1+ 54.Ke2 Rf2+ 55.Kd3 Rd2+ 56.Ke4 e2 57.Bg3 h2 58.c6 Rc2 59.Kxd4 Rxc6 60.Rxh2 Re6 61.Rh1 Ra6 62.Re1 Ra4+ 63.Kc5 Ra2 64.Kc4 Ra4+ 65.Kb3 Rg4 66.Bf2 Rg2 67.Rxe2 Kf7 68.Kc4 Rh2 69.Kd5 Rg2 70.Ke4 Rg4+ 71.Kf5 Rb4 72.Bc5 Rb7 73.Rh2 Rd7 74.Ke5 Rd1 75.Bd6 Rf1 76.Ra2 Rf6 77.Ra7+ Kg6 78.Be7 Rf2 79.Ra6+ Kh5 80.Bc5 Rg2 81.Kf4 Rg6 82.Ra1 Rf6+ 83.Ke4 Rg6 84.Be3 Kg4 85.Bf4 Re6+ 86.Be5 Rg6 87.Rf1 Rg5 88.Bf6 Rg6 89.Rf4+ Kg3 90.Ke3 Kh3 91.Rf5 Rg3+ 92.Kf4 Rg4+ 93.Ke5 Rg2 94.Rh5+ Kg4 95.Rh4+ Kg3 96.Re4 Kf3 97.Rf4+ Ke3 98.Ra4 Kd3 99.Kd5 Ke2 100.Ra3 Rg4 101.Be5 Kf2 102.Bd4+ Kg2 103.Ke5 Rg3 104.Ra2+ Kf3 105.Kf5 Rh3 106.Rf2+ Kg3 107.Rf4 Rh2 108.Ke4 Rh3 109.Rf3+ Kg2 110.Rf8 Rh4+ 111.Ke3 Rh3+ 112.Ke2 Rh4 113.Rg8+ Kh3 114.Be5 Rg4 115.Rf8 Rg2+ 116.Kf3 Rg3+ 117.Bxg3 1/2-1/2 [Event "US Championship"] [Site "St Louis, MO USA"] [Date "2019.03.24"] [Round "5.1"] [White "Nakamura, Hikaru"] [Black "Caruana, Fabiano"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [EventDate "2019.03.20"] [ECO "B33"] [WhiteElo "2746"] [BlackElo "2828"] [PlyCount "61"] 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 Be6 14.Rd1 Bxd5 15.cxd5 Na7 16.g3 Rc8 17.Ne3 0-0 18.h4 Rc5 19.Bd3 Nc8 20.0-0 Qc7 21.Qe2 Nb6 22.Bb5 g6 23.a3 Bg7 24.axb4 axb4 25.Bd3 Nd7 26.Nc4 Rc8 27.Nd2 Ra5 28.Nb3 Raa8 29.Rc1 Qb6 30.Rxc8+ Rxc8 31.Ra1 1/2-1/2 [Event "US Championship"] [Site "St Louis, MO USA"] [Date "2019.03.24"] [Round "5.2"] [White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"] [Black "Xiong, Jeffery"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [EventDate "2019.03.20"] [ECO "B51"] [WhiteElo "2739"] [BlackElo "2663"] [PlyCount "130"] 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Nd7 4.d4 cxd4 5.Qxd4 a6 6.Bxd7+ Bxd7 7.Nc3 e5 8.Qd3 Rc8 9.0-0 h6 10.Nd2 Qc7 11.Rd1 Bg4 12.f3 Be6 13.Nf1 Nf6 14.Ne3 Be7 15.Bd2 0-0 16.Kh1 Qc5 17.Be1 b5 18.b4 Qb6 19.a4 Bc4 20.Qd2 Rfd8 21.axb5 axb5 22.Nf5 Kf8 23.Bh4 Be6 24.Nxe7 Kxe7 25.Ra5 Qc6 26.Nxb5 Qxc2 27.Ra7+ Kf8 28.Qxc2 Rxc2 29.Bxf6 gxf6 30.Nc7 Bb3 31.Rb1 Rc8 32.h3 Ba2 33.Ra1 R8xc7 34.Rxc7 Rxc7 35.Rxa2 Rc1+ 36.Kh2 Rb1 37.Ra8+ Ke7 38.Rb8 Rb2 39.h4 Ke6 40.Re8+ Kd7 41.Rh8 Rxb4 42.Rxh6 f5 43.exf5 Rf4 44.Kg3 Rxf5 45.Kg4 Rf4+ 46.Kg5 Ke7 47.h5 Ra4 48.Rf6 e4 49.fxe4 Rxe4 50.Rf4 d5 51.Rf5 d4 52.h6 Kf8 53.Rd5 Kg8 54.g4 Re6 55.Kh5 Kh7 56.g5 Re4 57.Rd7 Kg8 58.Rd8+ Kh7 59.Rd5 Kg8 60.Rd7 Rf4 61.Re7 Kh8 62.Re8+ Kh7 63.Rf8 Rf1 64.Rd8 Rf4 65.Rd7 Kg8 1/2-1/2 [Event "US Championship"] [Site "St Louis, MO USA"] [Date "2019.03.24"] [Round "5.3"] [White "Robson, Ray"] [Black "So, Wesley"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [EventDate "2019.03.20"] [ECO "C67"] [WhiteElo "2667"] [BlackElo "2762"] [PlyCount "53"] 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.0-0 Nxe4 5.Re1 Nd6 6.Nxe5 Be7 7.Bf1 Nxe5 8.Rxe5 0-0 9.d4 Ne8 10.d5 Bc5 11.Re1 d6 12.Nc3 Bf5 13.Bd3 Qh4 14.g3 Qh3 15.Ne4 Bxe4 16.Rxe4 Bxf2+ 17.Kxf2 Qxh2+ 18.Kf3 Qh5+ 19.g4 Qh3+ 20.Ke2 Qg2+ 21.Ke1 Nf6 22.Qe2 Qh1+ 23.Qf1 Qh4+ 24.Qf2 Qh1+ 25.Qf1 Qh4+ 26.Qf2 Qh1+ 27.Qf1 1/2-1/2 [Event "US Championship"] [Site "St Louis, MO USA"] [Date "2019.03.24"] [Round "5.4"] [White "Akobian, Varuzhan"] [Black "Sevian, Samuel"] [Result "0-1"] [EventDate "2019.03.20"] [ECO "E32"] [WhiteElo "2625"] [BlackElo "2642"] [PlyCount "68"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 0-0 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.Qxc3 d6 7.g3 e5 8.Nf3 Nc6 9.Bg2 Ne4 10.Qe3 f5 11.b3 Qf6 12.Bb2 exd4 13.Nxd4 Bd7 14.Rb1 Qg6 15.0-0 Rae8 16.Qf4 a6 17.Rfe1 h6 18.Rbd1 Ne5 19.Nf3 Ng4 20.Rf1 Qf7 21.Nd4 Qh5 22.h3 Ngf6 23.Qf3 Qg6 24.e3 Ng5 25.Qxb7 f4 26.exf4 Nxh3+ 27.Bxh3 Bxh3 28.Rfe1 Ne4 29.Qd5+ Kh7 30.Ne2 Bf5 31.Kg2 Nc5 32.Nc3 Rxe1 33.Rxe1 Nd3 34.Re4 Bxe4+ 0-1 [Event "US Championship"] [Site "St Louis, MO USA"] [Date "2019.03.24"] [Round "5.5"] [White "Shankland, Samuel"] [Black "Lenderman, Aleksandr"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [EventDate "2019.03.20"] [ECO "D50"] [WhiteElo "2731"] [BlackElo "2637"] [PlyCount "63"] 1.c4 e6 2.Nc3 d5 3.d4 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7 5.e3 h6 6.Bh4 0-0 7.Rc1 dxc4 8.Bxc4 c5 9.Nf3 cxd4 10.Nxd4 Bd7 11.0-0 Nc6 12.Nf3 a6 13.Be2 Nh5 14.Bxe7 Qxe7 15.Ne4 Rfd8 16.Qd6 Qxd6 17.Nxd6 Rab8 18.Rfd1 Nf6 19.Rd2 Be8 20.b3 Kf8 21.Kf1 Ke7 22.Nxe8 Rxd2 23.Nxd2 Nxe8 24.Ne4 Nd6 25.Nc5 Ne5 26.f4 Nd7 27.Nxd7 Kxd7 28.Bf3 Rc8 29.Rxc8 Kxc8 30.Ke2 Kc7 31.Kd3 f6 32.g3 1/2-1/2 [Event "US Championship"] [Site "St Louis, MO USA"] [Date "2019.03.24"] [Round "5.6"] [White "Gareyev, Timur"] [Black "Liang, Awonder"] [Result "1-0"] [EventDate "2019.03.20"] [ECO "A28"] [WhiteElo "2557"] [BlackElo "2590"] [PlyCount "143"] 1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e5 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.d3 d5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.Bd2 Be7 7.e3 Ndb4 8.Qb1 Bf5 9.Ne4 0-0 10.a3 Nd5 11.Be2 a5 12.Qc2 Kh8 13.Rc1 Nb6 14.Bc3 Bd6 15.0-0 a4 16.Qb1 Bg6 17.Qa2 f5 18.Neg5 Qe7 19.e4 Rae8 20.exf5 Rxf5 21.Ne4 Bf7 22.Qb1 Nd5 23.Bd2 Be6 24.Rfe1 Nf4 25.Bxf4 Rxf4 26.Bd1 Bg4 27.Nfd2 Bxd1 28.Rcxd1 Bc5 29.Nxc5 Qxc5 30.Ne4 Qb6 31.Qc2 Ref8 32.Qxa4 Qxb2 33.Rb1 Qxf2+ 34.Nxf2 Rxa4 35.Rxb7 Rxa3 36.Rxc7 Nd4 37.Ng4 Ra2 38.Nxe5 Kg8 39.h4 Ne2+ 40.Kh1 Nf4 41.Rf1 Ng6 42.Rxf8+ Kxf8 43.Nxg6+ hxg6 44.Rc4 Rd2 45.Rf4+ Kg8 46.Rd4 Kh7 47.Kh2 Kh6 48.Rd5 g5 49.hxg5+ Kg6 50.Kg3 Kh5 51.Kh3 Kg6 52.Rd7 Re2 53.g3 Rd2 54.Kg4 Rd1 55.Rd6+ Kf7 56.Rd4 Kg6 57.Rd7 Ra1 58.Rd6+ Kf7 59.Rd4 Kg6 60.Re4 Ra5 61.Kf4 Rf5+ 62.Ke3 Rxg5 63.g4 Ra5 64.d4 Kf6 65.Kd3 g5 66.Kc4 Ra1 67.d5 Rc1+ 68.Kb5 Rb1+ 69.Kc6 Rc1+ 70.Kd7 Kf7 71.Re5 Kg6 72.Ke6 1-0 [Event "US Championship"] [Site "St Louis, MO USA"] [Date "2019.03.25"] [Round "6.1"] [White "So, Wesley"] [Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [EventDate "2019.03.20"] [ECO "C65"] [WhiteElo "2762"] [BlackElo "2739"] [PlyCount "79"] 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.d3 Bc5 5.Bxc6 dxc6 6.Nbd2 Be6 7.0-0 Bd6 8.b3 Nd7 9.Nc4 Qe7 10.a4 Bxc4 11.bxc4 a5 12.g3 0-0-0 13.Bd2 b6 14.Qe2 Nc5 15.c3 Kb7 16.Be3 Rhe8 17.Rfd1 f6 18.Nd2 Na6 19.Nb3 c5 20.f3 Nb8 21.d4 exd4 22.cxd4 cxd4 23.Rxd4 Na6 24.Rb1 Bb4 25.c5 Rxd4 26.c6+ Kxc6 27.Qxa6 Rd6 28.Bf4 Kd7 29.Rc1 Rd8 30.Kg2 Ke8 31.Bxd6 Qxd6 32.Qc4 Kf8 33.Qxc7 Qxc7 34.Rxc7 Rd3 35.Nc1 Rd1 36.Ne2 Rd2 37.Kf1 Rd1+ 38.Kg2 Rd2 39.Kf1 Rd1+ 40.Kg2 1/2-1/2 [Event "US Championship"] [Site "St Louis, MO USA"] [Date "2019.03.25"] [Round "6.2"] [White "Caruana, Fabiano"] [Black "Xiong, Jeffery"] [Result "1-0"] [EventDate "2019.03.20"] [ECO "C65"] [WhiteElo "2828"] [BlackElo "2663"] [PlyCount "89"] 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.d3 Bc5 5.Bxc6 dxc6 6.0-0 Qe7 7.Nbd2 Bg4 8.h3 Bh5 9.a3 a5 10.Nc4 Nd7 11.g4 Bg6 12.b4 Bb6 13.bxa5 Bxa5 14.Bb2 f6 15.Nxa5 Rxa5 16.Nh4 0-0 17.Nf5 Qe6 18.Kh2 c5 19.h4 c4 20.h5 Bf7 21.Rg1 cxd3 22.cxd3 Rb5 23.Bc1 Kh8 24.Be3 Rb3 25.Rg3 c5 26.Qe2 g5 27.hxg6 Bxg6 28.a4 Qa6 29.Bh6 Rg8 30.Rag1 Qxa4 31.Ne7 Qd4 32.Qd1 c4 33.Nxg8 Kxg8 34.dxc4 Rxg3 35.Qxd4 exd4 36.Kxg3 Bxe4 37.Rd1 d3 38.f3 Bg6 39.Ra1 Kf7 40.Ra7 Nc5 41.Be3 Ke8 42.Bxc5 d2 43.Ra8+ Kd7 44.Bb6 Kc6 45.Ba5 1-0 [Event "US Championship"] [Site "St Louis, MO USA"] [Date "2019.03.25"] [Round "6.3"] [White "Nakamura, Hikaru"] [Black "Gareyev, Timur"] [Result "1-0"] [EventDate "2019.03.20"] [ECO "A04"] [WhiteElo "2746"] [BlackElo "2557"] [PlyCount "65"] 1.Nf3 c5 2.g3 g6 3.c3 d5 4.Bg2 Nf6 5.d4 Nbd7 6.Ne5 Qb6 7.dxc5 Qxc5 8.Nd3 Qc7 9.Qa4 Bg7 10.Bf4 Qd8 11.0-0 0-0 12.Nd2 Nb6 13.Qb3 Bg4 14.Rfe1 Qc8 15.Qb4 Re8 16.a4 Nbd7 17.Ne5 a5 18.Qb5 Nxe5 19.Bxe5 Bd7 20.Qd3 Bc6 21.Qd4 Qf5 22.Nf1 Rad8 23.b4 Qc8 24.Ne3 b6 25.Red1 Ba8 26.b5 h5 27.Rac1 Bf8 28.Bxf6 exf6 29.Qxb6 Re6 30.Qxa5 Bc5 31.Nxd5 Rde8 32.e3 Kg7 33.Qc7 1-0 [Event "US Championship"] [Site "St Louis, MO USA"] [Date "2019.03.25"] [Round "6.4"] [White "Sevian, Samuel"] [Black "Shankland, Samuel"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [EventDate "2019.03.20"] [ECO "C67"] [WhiteElo "2642"] [BlackElo "2731"] [PlyCount "62"] 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.0-0 Nxe4 5.d4 Nd6 6.Bxc6 dxc6 7.dxe5 Nf5 8.Qxd8+ Kxd8 9.h3 Bd7 10.Rd1 Be7 11.g4 Nh4 12.Nxh4 Bxh4 13.Nc3 Kc8 14.Kg2 Re8 15.Bf4 Be7 16.Bg3 h5 17.f3 a5 18.Ne2 a4 19.Rd2 Bb4 20.c3 Bc5 21.Nf4 hxg4 22.hxg4 Be3 23.Rd3 Bxf4 24.Bxf4 Be6 25.a3 Ra5 26.Rad1 b6 27.Rd4 Kb7 28.R1d2 Rea8 29.Kg3 Rb5 30.Re2 Raa5 31.Kh4 Ra8 1/2-1/2 [Event "US Championship"] [Site "St Louis, MO USA"] [Date "2019.03.25"] [Round "6.5"] [White "Lenderman, Aleksandr"] [Black "Robson, Ray"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [EventDate "2019.03.20"] [ECO "D14"] [WhiteElo "2637"] [BlackElo "2667"] [PlyCount "93"] 1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 c6 4.cxd5 cxd5 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bf4 Bf5 7.e3 e6 8.Qb3 Bb4 9.Ne5 0-0 10.Nxc6 Bxc3+ 11.Qxc3 bxc6 12.Be2 Ne4 13.Qa3 g5 14.Bg3 Qb6 15.0-0 a5 16.Rfc1 Rfc8 17.Bd3 Nxg3 18.hxg3 Bxd3 19.Qxd3 c5 20.dxc5 Rxc5 21.Rc2 Qb5 22.Qd1 Rac8 23.Rac1 Rxc2 24.Rxc2 Rxc2 25.Qxc2 h6 26.Qc8+ Kg7 27.Qc3+ Kg6 28.Qc2+ Kg7 29.b3 Qb4 30.Qb2+ f6 31.a3 Qe1+ 32.Kh2 e5 33.b4 axb4 34.axb4 Qd1 35.f3 d4 36.exd4 exd4 37.b5 d3 38.b6 d2 39.b7 Qc1 40.b8=Q Qxb2 41.Qxb2 d1=Q 42.Qb7+ Kg6 43.Qe4+ Kg7 44.Qe7+ Kg6 45.Qe8+ Kg7 46.Qe7+ Kg6 47.Qe8+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "US Championship"] [Site "St Louis, MO USA"] [Date "2019.03.25"] [Round "6.6"] [White "Liang, Awonder"] [Black "Akobian, Varuzhan"] [Result "1-0"] [EventDate "2019.03.20"] [ECO "C18"] [WhiteElo "2590"] [BlackElo "2625"] [PlyCount "99"] 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 Ne7 7.Qg4 cxd4 8.Bd3 Qc7 9.Ne2 dxc3 10.Qxg7 Rg8 11.Qxh7 Nbc6 12.Bf4 Bd7 13.Bg3 Nxe5 14.0-0 0-0-0 15.Qh4 N5g6 16.Bxc7 Nxh4 17.Bxd8 Rxg2+ 18.Kh1 Kxd8 19.Rab1 e5 20.Rxb7 Bc6 21.Rb8+ Kc7 22.Rh8 d4 23.f3 Neg6 24.Bxg6 Nxg6 25.Kxg2 Nxh8 26.h4 f6 27.Kf2 Kd6 28.h5 Ba4 29.Rg1 Nf7 30.Rb1 Bxc2 31.Rb7 Nh6 32.Rxa7 Bb3 33.a4 Bc4 34.a5 c2 35.Nc1 f5 36.Rh7 Ng8 37.h6 e4 38.fxe4 fxe4 39.Rd7+ Kxd7 40.h7 e3+ 41.Kf3 e2 42.Kf2 Nf6 43.h8=Q Ke7 44.Qh4 d3 45.Qxc4 d2 46.Qxe2+ Kf8 47.Qxd2 Ne4+ 48.Ke2 Nxd2 49.Kxd2 Ke7 50.a6 1-0 [Event "US Championship"] [Site "St Louis, MO USA"] [Date "2019.03.27"] [Round "7.1"] [White "Akobian, Varuzhan"] [Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"] [Result "0-1"] [EventDate "2019.03.20"] [ECO "A41"] [WhiteElo "2625"] [BlackElo "2746"] [PlyCount "94"] 1.d4 d6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.Nc3 Nc6 5.d5 Ne5 6.Nxe5 Bxe5 7.e4 Nf6 8.Bd3 0-0 9.0-0 e6 10.h3 exd5 11.cxd5 Nh5 12.f4 Bd4+ 13.Kh2 Qh4 14.Qe1 Qxe1 15.Rxe1 Bf2 16.Rf1 Bg3+ 17.Kg1 f5 18.Rf3 Bxf4 19.Bxf4 fxe4 20.Bxe4 Nxf4 21.Raf1 g5 22.h4 Bg4 23.Rg3 h5 24.hxg5 Rae8 25.Bf3 Re5 26.Bxg4 hxg4 27.Rxg4 Nxd5 28.Nxd5 Rxf1+ 29.Kxf1 Rxd5 30.Ke2 Kg7 31.Rc4 c6 32.Re4 Kg6 33.Re7 Rb5 34.b3 Kxg5 35.Rd7 d5 36.Kd3 Kf6 37.Kc3 a5 38.Rc7 Ke6 39.a3 d4+ 40.Kc4 d3 41.Kc3 d2 42.Kxd2 Rxb3 43.g4 a4 44.g5 Kd6 45.Rf7 b5 46.g6 Rxa3 47.g7 Rg3 0-1 [Event "US Championship"] [Site "St Louis, MO USA"] [Date "2019.03.27"] [Round "7.2"] [White "Xiong, Jeffery"] [Black "So, Wesley"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [EventDate "2019.03.20"] [ECO "D92"] [WhiteElo "2663"] [BlackElo "2762"] [PlyCount "79"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Bf4 0-0 6.Rc1 dxc4 7.e3 Be6 8.Ng5 Bd5 9.e4 h6 10.exd5 hxg5 11.Bxg5 Nxd5 12.Bxc4 Nb6 13.Bb3 Nc6 14.d5 Nd4 15.0-0 Re8 16.h4 Qd7 17.a4 Nxb3 18.Qxb3 Bxc3 19.Rxc3 Qxd5 20.Qc2 Rad8 21.Rxc7 Rc8 22.Re1 Rxc7 23.Qxc7 e5 24.a5 Nd7 25.b4 Nf8 26.Bf6 Nd7 27.Be7 Kg7 28.Bg5 Nf8 29.Bf4 Nd7 30.Bg5 Nf8 31.Qc3 f6 32.Be3 a6 33.Qc1 Qf7 34.Bh6+ Kh7 35.Bxf8 Qxf8 36.Qc7+ Re7 37.Qb6 Rd7 38.Rc1 Qe7 39.g3 f5 40.Qc5 1/2-1/2 [Event "US Championship"] [Site "St Louis, MO USA"] [Date "2019.03.27"] [Round "7.3"] [White "Gareyev, Timur"] [Black "Caruana, Fabiano"] [Result "0-1"] [EventDate "2019.03.20"] [ECO "D27"] [WhiteElo "2557"] [BlackElo "2828"] [PlyCount "250"] 1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 dxc4 4.e3 e6 5.Bxc4 c5 6.0-0 a6 7.dxc5 Bxc5 8.Qxd8+ Kxd8 9.Rd1+ Ke7 10.Be2 b6 11.Ne5 Bb7 12.Nd2 Rd8 13.Nd3 Bd6 14.Nc4 Bc7 15.b3 Nc6 16.Ba3+ Ke8 17.Bf3 Nd5 18.Nf4 b5 19.Nxd5 exd5 20.Nd2 Be5 21.Rab1 b4 22.Bb2 Bc3 23.Nf1 Bxb2 24.Rxb2 Ne5 25.Ng3 Rac8 26.Rbd2 Rc5 27.Nf5 g6 28.Nd4 a5 29.a3 bxa3 30.Ra2 Nc6 31.h3 Nb4 32.Rxa3 Kd7 33.g4 Kc7 34.Kg2 Kb6 35.h4 Rc3 36.Rda1 Ra8 37.g5 Bc6 38.Rd1 Rd8 39.Rda1 Rc5 40.Rd1 Bd7 41.Kg3 Rdc8 42.Raa1 Be6 43.h5 Rc3 44.Rab1 Rg8 45.Rh1 Nc6 46.Nxc6 Rxc6 47.hxg6 Rxg6 48.Kf4 Rc2 49.Rbf1 Rb2 50.Bd1 a4 51.bxa4 Rb4+ 52.Kf3 Rxg5 53.Ke2 d4 54.Rfg1 Rd5 55.exd4 Rbxd4 56.f3 h5 57.Kf2 Rd2+ 58.Ke3 R5d3+ 59.Kf4 h4 60.Re1 Rd4+ 61.Ke3 f5 62.Be2 f4+ 63.Kf2 h3 64.Rb1+ Ka7 65.Ke1 Ra2 66.Bf1 Rd5 67.Bxh3 Rh5 68.Bg2 Rxh1+ 69.Bxh1 Rh2 70.Bg2 Rxg2 71.Rb4 Bd5 72.Rxf4 Kb6 73.a5+ Kc5 74.a6 Ra2 75.a7 Rxa7 76.Kf2 Kd6 77.Kg3 Ke5 78.Rf8 Bf7 79.Rb8 Ra3 80.Rb4 Bd5 81.Rf4 Ra8 82.Rg4 Rf8 83.f4+ Kd4 84.f5+ Ke5 85.Rg5 Be4 86.f6+ Bf5 87.Kf2 Rxf6 88.Ke3 Ra6 89.Rg3 Ra2 90.Rf3 Be4 91.Rg3 Bf5 92.Rf3 Bg4 93.Rg3 Ra4 94.Kd2 Kf4 95.Rb3 Be6 96.Rb6 Bd5 97.Rb2 Ke4 98.Kc3 Ke3 99.Rb4 Ra3+ 100.Kb2 Ra8 101.Kc3 Rc8+ 102.Kb2 Kd3 103.Ka3 Bc4 104.Rb2 Ra8+ 105.Kb4 Kd4 106.Rd2+ Bd3 107.Rb2 Ra7 108.Rb3 Ra8 109.Rb2 Ra1 110.Rb3 Bc4 111.Rb2 Rd1 112.Ka3 Kc5 113.Rb7 Rd2 114.Rc7+ Kd4 115.Kb4 Rb2+ 116.Ka5 Kd5 117.Rc8 Rb5+ 118.Ka4 Kd4 119.Rh8 Rb1 120.Rh3 Bd3 121.Ka5 Kc3 122.Rg3 Rb5+ 123.Ka4 Rh5 124.Rf3 Rh1 125.Ka5 Rh6 0-1 [Event "US Championship"] [Site "St Louis, MO USA"] [Date "2019.03.27"] [Round "7.4"] [White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"] [Black "Lenderman, Aleksandr"] [Result "1-0"] [EventDate "2019.03.20"] [ECO "B45"] [WhiteElo "2739"] [BlackElo "2637"] [PlyCount "91"] 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Ndb5 Bb4 7.a3 Bxc3+ 8.Nxc3 d5 9.exd5 exd5 10.Bd3 0-0 11.0-0 d4 12.Ne2 Bg4 13.Bg5 h6 14.Bh4 Bxe2 15.Qxe2 Re8 16.Qf3 Ne5 17.Qxb7 Nxd3 18.cxd3 Qd5 19.Qxd5 Nxd5 20.Bg3 Re2 21.Rab1 f5 22.Bd6 Rc8 23.Rfe1 Rxe1+ 24.Rxe1 Rc2 25.Rb1 Rd2 26.Be5 Rxd3 27.Kf1 Kf7 28.Ke2 Rxa3 29.bxa3 Nc3+ 30.Kd3 Nxb1 31.a4 Nc3 32.a5 Nb5 33.Bxd4 g5 34.Bb2 Ke6 35.Kc4 Nd6+ 36.Kc5 Nb7+ 37.Kb5 Kd5 38.Ka6 Nxa5 39.Kxa5 Ke4 40.Bc1 f4 41.h4 Kd3 42.hxg5 hxg5 43.g3 Ke4 44.gxf4 gxf4 45.Ba3 Kd5 46.Ka6 1-0 [Event "US Championship"] [Site "St Louis, MO USA"] [Date "2019.03.27"] [Round "7.5"] [White "Robson, Ray"] [Black "Sevian, Samuel"] [Result "0-1"] [EventDate "2019.03.20"] [ECO "C65"] [WhiteElo "2667"] [BlackElo "2642"] [PlyCount "50"] 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.d3 Bc5 5.Bxc6 dxc6 6.0-0 Nd7 7.c3 0-0 8.d4 Bd6 9.Bg5 f6 10.Bh4 Qe8 11.Nbd2 Nb6 12.h3 exd4 13.cxd4 Qg6 14.Kh1 Be6 15.a3 Bf4 16.Re1 f5 17.exf5 Bxf5 18.Qb3+ Nd5 19.Qxb7 Rab8 20.Qxa7 Rxb2 21.Nc4 Bxh3 22.gxh3 Qd3 23.Kg2 Bd6 24.Ng1 Rfxf2+ 25.Bxf2 Qg3+ 0-1 [Event "US Championship"] [Site "St Louis, MO USA"] [Date "2019.03.27"] [Round "7.6"] [White "Shankland, Samuel"] [Black "Liang, Awonder"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [EventDate "2019.03.20"] [ECO "A45"] [WhiteElo "2731"] [BlackElo "2590"] [PlyCount "116"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.Bf4 e6 3.e3 d5 4.Nf3 Bd6 5.Be2 0-0 6.0-0 b6 7.Bxd6 cxd6 8.c4 dxc4 9.Bxc4 Bb7 10.Nc3 Nc6 11.Rc1 Ne7 12.Bd3 Ned5 13.Nxd5 Bxd5 14.Qa4 a6 15.Nd2 b5 16.Qa3 Qb6 17.Rc2 e5 18.Qb4 exd4 19.Qxd4 Qxd4 20.exd4 Rfc8 21.Rfc1 Rxc2 22.Rxc2 Kf8 23.a3 Ke8 24.f3 Kd7 25.Kf2 g6 26.Ne4 Nxe4+ 27.fxe4 Bb7 28.Kg3 Rc8 29.Rxc8 Bxc8 30.Kf4 f6 31.e5 Ke7 32.h4 Bd7 33.b4 d5 34.exf6+ Kxf6 35.g4 Be8 36.g5+ Ke6 37.Be2 Kd6 38.Bg4 Bf7 39.Bd1 Be6 40.Bc2 Bf7 41.h5 Be8 42.h6 Bf7 43.a4 Be8 44.a5 Bf7 45.Bb1 Be8 46.Bd3 Bf7 47.Be2 Be6 48.Bd3 Bf7 49.Bc2 Be8 50.Bd1 Bf7 51.Bg4 Be6 52.Bf3 Bf7 53.Bd1 Be6 54.Be2 Bf7 55.Bd3 Be8 56.Bf1 Bf7 57.Be2 Be6 58.Bd3 Bf7 1/2-1/2 [Event "US Championship"] [Site "St Louis, MO USA"] [Date "2019.03.28"] [Round "8.1"] [White "Nakamura, Hikaru"] [Black "Shankland, Samuel"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [EventDate "2019.03.20"] [ECO "D16"] [WhiteElo "2746"] [BlackElo "2731"] [PlyCount "60"] 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 e6 6.e3 c5 7.Bxc4 cxd4 8.exd4 Be7 9.0-0 0-0 10.d5 exd5 11.Nxd5 Nxd5 12.Bxd5 Nd7 13.h3 Nf6 14.Bc4 b6 15.Qb3 Bb7 16.Bf4 Bd5 17.Rfe1 Re8 18.Re5 Bxc4 19.Qxc4 Qd7 20.Be3 Bd6 21.Rxe8+ Rxe8 22.Qb5 Bb8 23.Qxd7 Nxd7 24.a5 bxa5 25.Rxa5 Ne5 26.Nxe5 Rxe5 27.Ra1 h5 28.Kf1 Rb5 29.Bxa7 Bxa7 30.Rxa7 Rxb2 1/2-1/2 [Event "US Championship"] [Site "St Louis, MO USA"] [Date "2019.03.28"] [Round "8.2"] [White "Caruana, Fabiano"] [Black "So, Wesley"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [EventDate "2019.03.20"] [ECO "E04"] [WhiteElo "2828"] [BlackElo "2762"] [PlyCount "70"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 dxc4 5.Nf3 c5 6.0-0 Nc6 7.Ne5 Bd7 8.Nxc4 cxd4 9.Bf4 Nd5 10.Nd6+ Bxd6 11.Bxd6 Nde7 12.Nd2 0-0 13.Qb3 b6 14.Nc4 Rc8 15.Qa3 b5 16.Nd2 b4 17.Qa6 e5 18.Rac1 Be6 19.Bxe7 Nxe7 20.Qxa7 Nd5 21.Rc5 Qb6 22.Qxb6 Nxb6 23.Rb5 Rc2 24.Nf3 Nd7 25.Rxb4 Bxa2 26.Re1 Be6 27.h3 f6 28.e3 d3 29.Rd1 Rb8 30.Rxb8+ Nxb8 31.Ne1 Rxb2 32.Nxd3 Rb5 33.Nc5 Rxc5 34.Rd8+ Kf7 35.Rxb8 Rc1+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "US Championship"] [Site "St Louis, MO USA"] [Date "2019.03.28"] [Round "8.3"] [White "Sevian, Samuel"] [Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"] [Result "0-1"] [EventDate "2019.03.20"] [ECO "D41"] [WhiteElo "2642"] [BlackElo "2739"] [PlyCount "124"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d5 3.c4 e6 4.Nc3 c5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.e4 Nxc3 7.bxc3 cxd4 8.cxd4 Bb4+ 9.Bd2 Bxd2+ 10.Qxd2 0-0 11.Bc4 Nd7 12.0-0 b6 13.Rad1 Bb7 14.Rfe1 Rc8 15.Bb3 Re8 16.d5 exd5 17.exd5 Nc5 18.d6 Bxf3 19.Rxe8+ Qxe8 20.gxf3 Qc6 21.Bd5 Qd7 22.Qf4 Rd8 23.Be4 g6 24.h4 Qe6 25.h5 Nd7 26.Bd5 Qf6 27.Qe3 Nc5 28.Rd4 gxh5 29.Rf4 Qg6+ 30.Kh1 Ne6 31.Rc4 h6 32.Bxe6 Qxe6 33.Qxe6 fxe6 34.Rc7 a5 35.Rc6 b5 36.Rb6 a4 37.Kg2 Kf7 38.a3 Rg8+ 39.Kf1 Rg5 40.d7 Ke7 41.Rxe6+ Kxd7 42.Rxh6 Rc5 43.f4 Kc7 44.f5 Rxf5 45.Ke2 Kb7 46.f3 b4 47.axb4 a3 48.Rd6 Rf8 49.Kf2 Ra8 50.Rd1 Kb6 51.Kg3 Kb5 52.Kh4 Rf8 53.Rf1 Rf5 54.f4 Kxb4 55.Rf2 Ra5 56.Ra2 Kb3 57.Ra1 a2 58.Rf1 a1=Q 59.Rxa1 Rxa1 60.Kxh5 Rf1 61.Kg5 Kc4 62.f5 Kd5 0-1 [Event "US Championship"] [Site "St Louis, MO USA"] [Date "2019.03.28"] [Round "8.4"] [White "Lenderman, Aleksandr"] [Black "Xiong, Jeffery"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [EventDate "2019.03.20"] [ECO "A15"] [WhiteElo "2637"] [BlackElo "2663"] [PlyCount "142"] 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.b3 g6 4.Bb2 Bg7 5.g3 b6 6.Bg2 Bb7 7.0-0 0-0 8.Nc3 d5 9.Nxd5 Nxd5 10.Bxg7 Kxg7 11.cxd5 Qxd5 12.d4 Na6 13.e4 Qd6 14.d5 e6 15.Nd2 exd5 16.exd5 Rad8 17.Nc4 Qf6 18.Ne3 Nc7 19.Qd2 h5 20.Rac1 Rd7 21.b4 Nxd5 22.bxc5 Rfd8 23.cxb6 Nxe3 24.Qxe3 Rd3 25.Qf4 Qxf4 26.gxf4 Bxg2 27.Kxg2 axb6 28.Rc6 Ra8 29.Rxb6 Rxa2 30.Rb4 Kf6 31.Rc4 h4 32.h3 Rg3+ 33.Kh2 Rf3 34.Kg2 Rg3+ 35.Kh2 Re2 36.Ra4 Kf5 37.Rb4 Rf3 38.Kg2 Rxf4 39.Rxf4+ Kxf4 40.Ra1 f5 41.Ra6 g5 42.Rh6 Re5 43.Rh5 Re8 44.Rh7 Ke4 45.Rg7 Kf4 46.Rh7 Ke5 47.Rh5 Kf6 48.Rh6+ Kg7 49.Ra6 Kf7 50.Ra5 Kf6 51.Ra6+ Re6 52.Ra4 Rb6 53.Rc4 Rb3 54.Ra4 f4 55.f3 Rb2+ 56.Kg1 Ke5 57.Re4+ Kd5 58.Re8 Kd4 59.Re7 Kd3 60.Re8 Re2 61.Ra8 Re5 62.Kf2 Re2+ 63.Kg1 Rc2 64.Re8 Kd2 65.Re5 Rb2 66.Re8 Kd1 67.Re5 Kd2 68.Re8 Kd3 69.Re5 Re2 70.Ra5 Re8 71.Kf2 Re2+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "US Championship"] [Site "St Louis, MO USA"] [Date "2019.03.28"] [Round "8.5"] [White "Liang, Awonder"] [Black "Robson, Ray"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [EventDate "2019.03.20"] [ECO "C45"] [WhiteElo "2590"] [BlackElo "2667"] [PlyCount "98"] 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d4 exd4 5.e5 Ne4 6.Qe2 Nc5 7.0-0 Be7 8.Rd1 d5 9.Bb5 Bg4 10.Rxd4 Bxf3 11.Qxf3 0-0 12.Rd1 Nxe5 13.Qxd5 c6 14.Qxd8 Raxd8 15.Be2 Ne6 16.Rf1 Rfe8 17.Nd2 Bg5 18.Nb3 Bxc1 19.Rfxc1 Nd4 20.Nxd4 Rxd4 21.Rd1 Red8 22.Rxd4 Rxd4 23.Rd1 Rxd1+ 24.Bxd1 f5 25.h4 f4 26.b3 Kf7 27.g3 Ke6 28.c3 Kd5 29.Kf1 h6 30.Ke2 g5 31.hxg5 hxg5 32.gxf4 gxf4 33.Bc2 a5 34.Bh7 c5 35.Bg8+ Kc6 36.a3 b6 37.Kd2 Kd6 38.Ke2 Kd7 39.Bc4 Kc7 40.a4 Kd6 41.Kd2 Kd7 42.Ke2 Ke7 43.Bg8 Kf6 44.Bd5 Kf5 45.Bg8 Kf6 46.Bd5 Ke7 47.Bc4 Kd6 48.Bg8 Ng4 49.Bc4 Ne5 1/2-1/2 [Event "US Championship"] [Site "St Louis, MO USA"] [Date "2019.03.28"] [Round "8.6"] [White "Gareyev, Timur"] [Black "Akobian, Varuzhan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [EventDate "2019.03.20"] [ECO "E21"] [WhiteElo "2557"] [BlackElo "2625"] [PlyCount "127"] 1.d4 e6 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Nf3 b6 5.Qb3 a5 6.Bg5 Bb7 7.e3 h6 8.Bh4 g5 9.Bg3 Ne4 10.Bd3 d6 11.Bxe4 Bxe4 12.0-0-0 Bxc3 13.Qxc3 Nd7 14.Rhg1 Bxf3 15.gxf3 Qf6 16.f4 0-0-0 17.Qd3 gxf4 18.Bxf4 e5 19.Bg3 Qf3 20.c5 Qc6 21.Qf5 exd4 22.exd4 bxc5 23.Kb1 Kb8 24.f3 Rde8 25.Qxf7 c4 26.Rge1 Ref8 27.Qh5 Nb6 28.Qxa5 Rxf3 29.d5 Qa4 30.Qxa4 Nxa4 31.Re4 Nb6 32.Bf4 Rf8 33.Bxh6 R8f5 34.h4 Rh3 35.Bg7 Rxd5 36.Rxd5 Nxd5 37.Kc1 c3 38.bxc3 Nxc3 39.Rb4+ Kc8 40.Kb2 Nd5 41.Re4 Kb7 42.Bh6 Nb6 43.Bg5 c5 44.Bd8 Rh2+ 45.Kb3 Rh3+ 46.Kb2 Nd5 47.a4 Kc6 48.Bg5 Rh2+ 49.Kb3 Rh3+ 50.Kb2 Nc3 51.Rg4 Nd1+ 52.Kc2 Ne3+ 53.Bxe3 Rxe3 54.h5 Rh3 55.Rg5 Rh4 56.Kb3 Rh3+ 57.Kc2 Kb6 58.Rg6 Rxh5 59.Rxd6+ Ka5 60.Kc3 Kxa4 61.Kc4 Ka3 62.Rc6 Kb2 63.Rxc5 Rxc5+ 64.Kxc5 1/2-1/2 [Event "US Championship"] [Site "St Louis, MO USA"] [Date "2019.03.29"] [Round "9.1"] [White "Robson, Ray"] [Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"] [Result "0-1"] [EventDate "2019.03.20"] [ECO "B78"] [WhiteElo "2667"] [BlackElo "2746"] [PlyCount "110"] 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be3 Bg7 7.f3 0-0 8.Qd2 Nc6 9.Bc4 Bd7 10.0-0-0 Rb8 11.Bb3 Na5 12.Bh6 Bxh6 13.Qxh6 b5 14.Nd5 Nxb3+ 15.Nxb3 e5 16.Nxf6+ Qxf6 17.h4 Rb6 18.h5 Qe7 19.hxg6 fxg6 20.Qe3 Be6 21.Rhf1 Rc6 22.f4 Qc7 23.Rd2 a5 24.Kb1 a4 25.Nc1 b4 26.Rdf2 exf4 27.Rxf4 Rc8 28.Rf6 Rxc2 29.Rxe6 Qc4 30.Ref6 a3 31.bxa3 bxa3 32.Qxa3 Rxc1+ 33.Rxc1 Qxe4+ 34.Kb2 Qe5+ 35.Rc3 Rb8+ 36.Kc2 Qxf6 37.Rf3 Qd4 38.Rb3 Qe4+ 39.Kc1 Qe1+ 40.Kc2 Qe2+ 41.Kb1 Qd1+ 42.Qc1 Rxb3+ 43.axb3 Qxb3+ 44.Ka1 Qa4+ 45.Kb2 Qb5+ 46.Ka1 Qc5 47.Qd2 h5 48.Kb1 Kg7 49.Qb2+ Qe5 50.Qb7+ Kh6 51.Kc1 d5 52.Kd1 Qe4 53.Qb2 Kg5 54.Qd2+ Kg4 55.Qh6 g5 0-1 [Event "US Championship"] [Site "St Louis, MO USA"] [Date "2019.03.29"] [Round "9.2"] [White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"] [Black "Liang, Awonder"] [Result "1-0"] [EventDate "2019.03.20"] [ECO "C42"] [WhiteElo "2739"] [BlackElo "2590"] [PlyCount "119"] 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Bd3 Bd6 7.0-0 0-0 8.c4 c6 9.Qc2 Na6 10.a3 Bg4 11.Ne5 Bf5 12.b4 c5 13.cxd5 cxd4 14.Bxe4 Rc8 15.Nc6 Bxe4 16.Qxe4 bxc6 17.dxc6 Re8 18.Qf3 Qb6 19.Nd2 Rxc6 20.Nb3 Rc3 21.Qd1 d3 22.Bd2 Rc2 23.g3 Bf8 24.Qf3 Nc5 25.Be3 Qb7 26.Qxb7 Nxb7 27.Rfd1 Rc3 28.Nc1 a5 29.Rxd3 Rc2 30.Rd7 Nd6 31.Nd3 Nc4 32.Bf4 f6 33.bxa5 Nxa5 34.a4 Ra8 35.h4 Rc4 36.Be3 Nc6 37.Rc7 Bd6 38.Rd7 Bf8 39.Nb2 Rc2 40.Rb7 Nb4 41.Nd1 Rc6 42.Rb6 Rc7 43.Bf4 Rc2 44.Ne3 Rd2 45.Rb5 Rd7 46.a5 Nc6 47.Nc4 Nd4 48.Rb8 Ra6 49.Bd6 Ne6 50.Re8 Rdxd6 51.Nxd6 Rxd6 52.a6 Nc7 53.a7 Nxe8 54.a8=Q Nc7 55.Qc8 Ne6 56.Ra7 Nd8 57.h5 Rd4 58.Kg2 Rd6 59.h6 gxh6 60.Qc7 1-0 [Event "US Championship"] [Site "St Louis, MO USA"] [Date "2019.03.29"] [Round "9.3"] [White "Akobian, Varuzhan"] [Black "Caruana, Fabiano"] [Result "0-1"] [EventDate "2019.03.20"] [ECO "A80"] [WhiteElo "2625"] [BlackElo "2828"] [PlyCount "98"] 1.d4 f5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Bg5 d5 4.e3 e6 5.Nf3 a6 6.Ne5 c5 7.g4 cxd4 8.exd4 Qb6 9.Na4 Qa5+ 10.c3 fxg4 11.Bxf6 gxf6 12.Nxg4 Nd7 13.Ne3 h5 14.Bd3 f5 15.b4 Qc7 16.Rc1 b6 17.Qe2 Kf7 18.Kd1 Nf6 19.Nb2 Bd7 20.c4 Rc8 21.Rc2 Qf4 22.cxd5 Bxb4 23.Bc4 exd5 24.Nxd5 Nxd5 25.Bxd5+ Kf6 26.Qe3 Bd6 27.Qxf4 Bxf4 28.Nd3 Bb8 29.Rxc8 Bxc8 30.Ke2 Re8+ 31.Kd2 Rd8 32.Rc1 Bxh2 33.Bf3 Be6 34.Rc6 Rd6 35.Rc1 Rxd4 36.Ke3 Rd8 37.Bxh5 Bxa2 38.f4 Bd5 39.Ne5 Rh8 40.Bf3 Rh4 41.Nd3 Rh3 42.Ne5 Be4 43.Rc8 Rh4 44.Nd3 Bg1+ 45.Ke2 Bxd3+ 46.Kxd3 Rxf4 47.Bb7 a5 48.Rf8+ Ke7 49.Rg8 Bc5 0-1 [Event "US Championship"] [Site "St Louis, MO USA"] [Date "2019.03.29"] [Round "9.4"] [White "So, Wesley"] [Black "Lenderman, Aleksandr"] [Result "1-0"] [EventDate "2019.03.20"] [ECO "D35"] [WhiteElo "2762"] [BlackElo "2637"] [PlyCount "119"] 1.c4 e6 2.Nc3 d5 3.d4 Nf6 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bg5 c6 6.e3 Be7 7.Bd3 Nbd7 8.h3 Nf8 9.Qc2 Ne6 10.Bh4 g6 11.Nge2 Ng7 12.f3 0-0 13.0-0-0 b5 14.g4 a5 15.Nf4 a4 16.Kb1 Ne6 17.Nce2 Nxf4 18.exf4 Bd7 19.f5 b4 20.Qc1 Ne8 21.Bg3 a3 22.b3 Bg5 23.Qc2 Bh4 24.Be5 f6 25.Bf4 gxf5 26.gxf5 Kh8 27.Rdg1 Qe7 28.Rg4 Bg5 29.Rhg1 Rc8 30.Qd2 Ng7 31.Bxg5 fxg5 32.Rxg5 Nxf5 33.Rh5 Rf6 34.Rgg5 Re8 35.Nc1 Ref8 36.Bc2 R8f7 37.Qf4 Qe3 38.Qb8+ Rf8 39.Qxb4 R6f7 40.Qxa3 Qxd4 41.Rg4 Qc3 42.Rf4 Ne3 43.Bxh7 Rxf4 44.Qd6 R8f7 45.Bd3+ Kg8 46.Rg5+ Rg7 47.Qxf4 Nd1 48.Rxg7+ Kxg7 49.Qh2 Qd4 50.Qd2 Nf2 51.Qg5+ Kf7 52.Bg6+ Kf8 53.h4 Nd1 54.Qd8+ Kg7 55.Qxd7+ Kxg6 56.Qg4+ Qxg4 57.fxg4 Ne3 58.g5 Nf5 59.a4 Nxh4 60.a5 1-0 [Event "US Championship"] [Site "St Louis, MO USA"] [Date "2019.03.29"] [Round "9.5"] [White "Xiong, Jeffery"] [Black "Sevian, Samuel"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [EventDate "2019.03.20"] [ECO "E04"] [WhiteElo "2663"] [BlackElo "2642"] [PlyCount "206"] 1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 e6 4.g3 dxc4 5.Bg2 c5 6.0-0 Nc6 7.Ne5 Bd7 8.Nxc4 cxd4 9.Bf4 Be7 10.Nd6+ Kf8 11.Nxb7 Qb6 12.Nd6 Qc5 13.b4 Qxb4 14.a3 Qc5 15.Nd2 e5 16.N2e4 Nxe4 17.Nxe4 Qb6 18.Bg5 f6 19.Rb1 Qa6 20.f4 fxg5 21.fxe5+ Ke8 22.Qb3 Nd8 23.Nd6+ Bxd6 24.exd6 Rc8 25.Qd5 Qxa3 26.e3 Ne6 27.exd4 Qe3+ 28.Kh1 Qxd4 29.Rfe1 Qxd5 30.Bxd5 Kd8 31.Bxe6 Re8 32.Bxd7 Rxe1+ 33.Rxe1 Kxd7 34.Re7+ Kxd6 35.Rxa7 Rc7 36.Ra5 h6 37.Kg2 g4 38.Ra2 Ke6 39.h3 gxh3+ 40.Kxh3 Rc5 41.Ra4 Kf6 42.Rf4+ Rf5 43.Ra4 Rf1 44.Kg4 Kg6 45.Ra5 Rf6 46.Rb5 Re6 47.Ra5 Re4+ 48.Kf3 Rb4 49.Rc5 h5 50.Rc6+ Kg5 51.Rc5+ Kh6 52.Rc6+ g6 53.Rc5 Rb3+ 54.Kf2 Rd3 55.Ra5 Kg7 56.Rb5 Ra3 57.Rc5 Ra6 58.Rb5 Kf6 59.Kf3 Kg7 60.Kf2 Rf6+ 61.Kg2 Rf5 62.Rb4 Ra5 63.Kf3 Kf6 64.Kf2 g5 65.Kf3 Kf5 66.Kf2 Ra3 67.Rc4 Ra2+ 68.Kf3 Ra5 69.Rb4 Rd5 70.Ra4 Rd3+ 71.Kf2 Ke5 72.Rb4 Rd5 73.Ra4 Rb5 74.Kf3 g4+ 75.Kf2 Rb2+ 76.Ke3 Rb3+ 77.Kf2 Rf3+ 78.Kg2 Rd3 79.Ra8 Rd2+ 80.Kg1 Ke4 81.Rf8 Rd5 82.Kg2 Kd3 83.Re8 Kd4 84.Re7 Re5 85.Rd7+ Ke3 86.Ra7 Rd5 87.Re7+ Kd4 88.Re8 Ra5 89.Rd8+ Ke5 90.Re8+ Kf6 91.Rf8+ Kg7 92.Rf2 Kg6 93.Rb2 Kf6 94.Rf2+ Ke5 95.Re2+ Kd4 96.Re8 Ra2+ 97.Kg1 Rd2 98.Re7 Kd3 99.Re5 Re2 100.Rf5 Ke3 101.Rf8 Rd2 102.Rf7 Ke2 103.Rf2+ Ke3 1/2-1/2 [Event "US Championship"] [Site "St Louis, MO USA"] [Date "2019.03.29"] [Round "9.6"] [White "Shankland, Samuel"] [Black "Gareyev, Timur"] [Result "1-0"] [EventDate "2019.03.20"] [ECO "E11"] [WhiteElo "2731"] [BlackElo "2557"] [PlyCount "155"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+ 4.Bd2 a5 5.e3 0-0 6.Bd3 d6 7.0-0 Re8 8.Bc1 e5 9.a3 Bc5 10.dxc5 e4 11.cxd6 exd3 12.dxc7 Qxc7 13.Qxd3 Na6 14.b3 Nc5 15.Qc2 a4 16.Nbd2 axb3 17.Nxb3 Nxb3 18.Qxb3 Ra5 19.Bb2 Ne4 20.Rfd1 Be6 21.Rd4 Nc5 22.Qc2 Na4 23.Rc1 f6 24.h3 Bf5 25.Qb3 Nc5 26.Qd1 Be4 27.Nd2 Bc6 28.Bc3 Raa8 29.Bb4 Ne6 30.Rd6 Ng5 31.Qg4 Qf7 32.Rd1 h5 33.Qg3 Qg6 34.h4 Qc2 35.Re1 Ne6 36.e4 Rad8 37.Qb3 Qxb3 38.Nxb3 Rxd6 39.Bxd6 Rd8 40.Bb4 Ba4 41.Nd2 Kf7 42.Nf1 Rd4 43.c5 Nf4 44.f3 Nd3 45.Rb1 Bc2 46.Ra1 Ba4 47.Ne3 Nxb4 48.axb4 Rxb4 49.Nf5 Bc6 50.Ra8 g6 51.Nd6+ Ke6 52.Rg8 b6 53.Rxg6 bxc5 54.Nf5 Bxe4 55.fxe4 Rxe4 56.Ng3 Rxh4 57.Ne2 Rb4 58.Kf2 Kf5 59.Rg3 Rc4 60.Rf3+ Kg5 61.Ng1 Rc2+ 62.Kg3 h4+ 63.Kh2 Rc4 64.Nh3+ Kg6 65.Nf4+ Kf5 66.Nd5+ Kg5 67.Nxf6 Rd4 68.Nh7+ Kh6 69.Nf8 Rd6 70.Rf7 Rc6 71.Nd7 c4 72.Ne5 Rc5 73.Ng4+ Kg6 74.Rf2 c3 75.Ne3 Rg5 76.Rc2 Rc5 77.Nd1 Kg5 78.Rxc3 1-0 [Event "US Championship"] [Site "St Louis, MO USA"] [Date "2019.03.30"] [Round "10.1"] [White "Nakamura, Hikaru"] [Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [EventDate "2019.03.20"] [ECO "D41"] [WhiteElo "2746"] [BlackElo "2739"] [PlyCount "57"] 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 c5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.e4 Nxc3 7.bxc3 cxd4 8.cxd4 Bb4+ 9.Bd2 Bxd2+ 10.Qxd2 0-0 11.Rc1 b6 12.Bd3 Bb7 13.Qe3 Nc6 14.0-0 Rc8 15.Bb1 Qe7 16.Rfd1 Na5 17.h4 Rxc1 18.Rxc1 Rc8 19.Rxc8+ Bxc8 20.Qf4 h6 21.Bd3 Qd8 22.h5 Nc6 23.Qc1 Bb7 24.Qc3 Qd6 25.a3 Ne7 26.Ne5 Nc6 27.Nf3 Ne7 28.Ne5 Nc6 29.Nf3 1/2-1/2 [Event "US Championship"] [Site "St Louis, MO USA"] [Date "2019.03.30"] [Round "10.2"] [White "Caruana, Fabiano"] [Black "Lenderman, Aleksandr"] [Result "1-0"] [EventDate "2019.03.20"] [ECO "C42"] [WhiteElo "2828"] [BlackElo "2637"] [PlyCount "93"] 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.Nc3 Nf6 6.d4 Be7 7.Bd3 0-0 8.0-0 Nc6 9.d5 Nb4 10.Be2 c6 11.dxc6 bxc6 12.a3 Nbd5 13.Nxd5 Nxd5 14.Nd4 Bd7 15.Bf3 Rc8 16.Bxd5 cxd5 17.Be3 Bf6 18.Qd2 Qc7 19.h3 Rfe8 20.Rfe1 h6 21.c3 Qb7 22.Nf3 Re6 23.Bd4 Be7 24.b4 a6 25.a4 Re8 26.Kh2 Re4 27.Reb1 Bd8 28.b5 a5 29.Rb2 Qa8 30.Qd3 Qb7 31.Nd2 Rf4 32.Nb3 Bf5 33.Qg3 g5 34.b6 Qa6 35.Nd2 Bd7 36.Rab1 Qb7 37.Nb3 Qa6 38.Nc1 Qb7 39.Nd3 Rxd4 40.cxd4 Re6 41.Nf4 Re4 42.Ne2 Bxa4 43.Nc3 Rxd4 44.Qxd6 Be7 45.Qe5 Re4 46.Nxe4 dxe4 47.Rc1 1-0 [Event "US Championship"] [Site "St Louis, MO USA"] [Date "2019.03.30"] [Round "10.3"] [White "Sevian, Samuel"] [Black "So, Wesley"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [EventDate "2019.03.20"] [ECO "C53"] [WhiteElo "2642"] [BlackElo "2762"] [PlyCount "108"] 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.c3 Nf6 5.d4 exd4 6.e5 d5 7.Bb5 Ne4 8.cxd4 Bb6 9.Nc3 0-0 10.Be3 Bg4 11.h3 Bh5 12.Qc2 Bg6 13.Qb3 Ne7 14.0-0 c6 15.Bd3 Nf5 16.Rfe1 Ba5 17.Rad1 Bxc3 18.bxc3 c5 19.Bxe4 dxe4 20.Nd2 Bh5 21.Rc1 cxd4 22.cxd4 Nxd4 23.Bxd4 Qxd4 24.Nxe4 Rae8 25.Ng3 Rxe5 26.Rxe5 Qxe5 27.Qxb7 a5 28.Qc7 Qxc7 29.Rxc7 Bd1 30.Ra7 a4 31.Nf5 Rd8 32.Ne3 h6 33.Kf1 Rd4 34.f3 Rd3 35.Kf2 Bc2 36.Nxc2 Rd2+ 37.Kg3 Rxc2 38.Rxa4 g5 39.h4 Kg7 40.h5 Rd2 41.Kh3 Rf2 42.Ra8 Rc2 43.a4 Rc4 44.g3 Rb4 45.a5 Ra4 46.a6 Kf6 47.Kg2 Ra3 48.Kf2 Kf5 49.Ke2 g4 50.fxg4+ Kxg4 51.a7 Kf5 52.g4+ Kf6 53.g5+ Kg7 54.gxh6+ Kh7 1/2-1/2 [Event "US Championship"] [Site "St Louis, MO USA"] [Date "2019.03.30"] [Round "10.4"] [White "Liang, Awonder"] [Black "Xiong, Jeffery"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [EventDate "2019.03.20"] [ECO "B10"] [WhiteElo "2590"] [BlackElo "2663"] [PlyCount "69"] 1.e4 c6 2.Nc3 d5 3.Nf3 g6 4.d4 Bg7 5.h3 dxe4 6.Nxe4 Nf6 7.Bd3 0-0 8.0-0 Nxe4 9.Bxe4 Nd7 10.c3 c5 11.Bc2 cxd4 12.Nxd4 a6 13.Bg5 Bf6 14.Bxf6 Nxf6 15.Re1 Re8 16.Re5 Qb6 17.Bb3 Nd7 18.Re3 Nc5 19.Qe2 e6 20.Re1 Bd7 21.Qf3 Ba4 22.Bc4 Bd7 23.Qf6 Qd8 24.Qf4 Rc8 25.Nf3 b5 26.b4 bxc4 27.bxc5 Rxc5 28.Ne5 Qe7 29.Ng4 f5 30.Ne5 Bc6 31.Rg3 Qg7 32.Qd4 Rd5 33.Qf4 Rc5 34.Qd4 Rd5 35.Qf4 1/2-1/2 [Event "US Championship"] [Site "St Louis, MO USA"] [Date "2019.03.30"] [Round "10.5"] [White "Akobian, Varuzhan"] [Black "Shankland, Samuel"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [EventDate "2019.03.20"] [ECO "D48"] [WhiteElo "2625"] [BlackElo "2731"] [PlyCount "80"] 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c6 4.e3 Nf6 5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 b5 8.Bd3 a6 9.a4 Bb7 10.b3 b4 11.Ne4 c5 12.Nxf6+ gxf6 13.Bb2 cxd4 14.exd4 Qc7 15.Rc1 Qf4 16.Be2 Bd6 17.g3 Qh6 18.0-0 Ke7 19.Ne1 Rhc8 20.Bf3 Bxf3 21.Qxf3 Qg5 22.Nd3 h5 23.Nc5 h4 24.Nxd7 Kxd7 25.Qb7+ Kd8 26.d5 hxg3 27.dxe6 gxf2+ 28.Kh1 fxe6 29.Rcd1 Qc5 30.Rxf2 Qc6+ 31.Qxc6 Rxc6 32.Rxf6 Ke7 33.Re1 Bc7 34.Rg6 Rf8 35.Rg7+ Ke8 36.Be5 Bxe5 37.Rxe5 Rf2 38.Rg2 Rf4 39.Rge2 Kd7 40.Kg2 Rd4 1/2-1/2 [Event "US Championship"] [Site "St Louis, MO USA"] [Date "2019.03.30"] [Round "10.6"] [White "Gareyev, Timur"] [Black "Robson, Ray"] [Result "1-0"] [EventDate "2019.03.20"] [ECO "D11"] [WhiteElo "2557"] [BlackElo "2667"] [PlyCount "53"] 1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 c6 4.Nbd2 Bf5 5.Nh4 Be4 6.Qb3 Qb6 7.f3 Qxb3 8.Nxb3 Bc2 9.Bd2 h6 10.g4 e6 11.Rc1 Bxb3 12.axb3 Be7 13.Ng2 Nbd7 14.e3 e5 15.dxe5 Nxe5 16.Kf2 Ned7 17.Bc3 0-0 18.Nf4 Nc5 19.h4 Ne6 20.g5 hxg5 21.hxg5 Nxg5 22.Bd3 Ne6 23.Bxf6 gxf6 24.Bh7+ Kg7 25.Nxe6+ fxe6 26.Rcg1+ Kf7 27.Bg6+ 1-0 [Event "US Championship"] [Site "St Louis, MO USA"] [Date "2019.03.31"] [Round "11.1"] [White "Xiong, Jeffery"] [Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"] [Result "0-1"] [EventDate "2019.03.20"] [ECO "A89"] [WhiteElo "2663"] [BlackElo "2746"] [PlyCount "116"] 1.d4 f5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 g6 4.g3 Bg7 5.Bg2 0-0 6.0-0 d6 7.Nc3 Nc6 8.d5 Na5 9.b3 c5 10.Bb2 a6 11.Ng5 Rb8 12.Qd3 Qe8 13.Nd1 b5 14.Qd2 Nb7 15.Ne3 Nd8 16.Nh3 Bd7 17.Rad1 b4 18.Qc2 a5 19.Nf4 a4 20.h4 Ra8 21.Qb1 Ra6 22.Bf3 Qf7 23.Neg2 Ng4 24.Bxg4 fxg4 25.e4 Bxb2 26.Qxb2 Qg7 27.Qxg7+ Kxg7 28.e5 Bf5 29.exd6 exd6 30.Rfe1 Nf7 31.Re7 Kf6 32.Rb7 axb3 33.axb3 Rfa8 34.Ne3 Ra1 35.Kf1 Ne5 36.Rxa1 Rxa1+ 37.Ke2 Nf3 38.Nxf5 Kxf5 39.Ke3 Re1+ 40.Kd3 Ne5+ 41.Kd2 Ra1 42.Ne6 h6 43.Rb6 Ra3 44.Kc2 Ra2+ 45.Kd1 Nd3 46.Rxd6 Nxf2+ 47.Ke1 Nd3+ 48.Kd1 Ke4 49.Nc7 Nf2+ 50.Ke1 Kd3 51.Rxg6 Ne4 52.Kf1 Nxg3+ 53.Kg1 Ne2+ 54.Kh1 Ke3 55.Rf6 Ra1+ 56.Kg2 Rg1+ 57.Kh2 g3+ 58.Kh3 Rh1+ 0-1 [Event "US Championship"] [Site "St Louis, MO USA"] [Date "2019.03.31"] [Round "11.2"] [White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"] [Black "Gareyev, Timur"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [EventDate "2019.03.20"] [ECO "B56"] [WhiteElo "2739"] [BlackElo "2557"] [PlyCount "154"] 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.f3 e5 7.Nb3 Be6 8.Nd5 Be7 9.c4 0-0 10.Be3 a5 11.Qd2 a4 12.Nc1 Nd7 13.Ne2 f5 14.exf5 Bxf5 15.Nec3 Nc5 16.Be2 Bh4+ 17.g3 Bf6 18.Rd1 Ne6 19.0-0 Ncd4 20.Bd3 Bh3 21.Rf2 Bg5 22.Bf1 Bxf1 23.Rdxf1 Bxe3 24.Qxe3 Rc8 25.f4 Rxc4 26.fxe5 Rxf2 27.Rxf2 Rc5 28.Kg2 h6 29.h4 Nc6 30.exd6 Qxd6 31.Rd2 Ncd4 32.Rxd4 Nxd4 33.Qxd4 a3 34.Nf6+ Qxf6 35.Qxc5 axb2 36.Qd5+ Kh8 37.Nb1 Qg6 38.Qd1 Qe4+ 39.Kf2 Qf5+ 40.Kg2 Qe4+ 41.Kh2 Qf5 42.h5 Qf2+ 43.Kh3 Qf5+ 44.g4 Qe4 45.Kg3 b5 46.a3 b4 47.axb4 Qxb4 48.Qd8+ Kh7 49.Qd3+ Kh8 50.Qf5 Qd4 51.Kf3 Kg8 52.Ke2 Kh8 53.Kf3 Kg8 54.Qe6+ Kh8 55.Ke2 Kh7 56.Qf5+ Kh8 57.Nd2 Qc3 58.Qf8+ Kh7 59.Qf5+ Kh8 60.Qe4 Kg8 61.Qd5+ Kh8 62.Qd8+ Kh7 63.Qd3+ Qxd3+ 64.Kxd3 g6 65.Kc2 Kg7 66.Ne4 gxh5 67.gxh5 Kf7 68.Kxb2 Ke6 69.Kc3 Kf5 70.Kd4 Kg4 71.Nf6+ Kf5 72.Ne4 Kg4 73.Nf6+ Kf5 74.Ne8 Kg5 75.Ng7 Kf6 76.Ne8+ Kg5 77.Ng7 Kf6 1/2-1/2 [Event "US Championship"] [Site "St Louis, MO USA"] [Date "2019.03.31"] [Round "11.3"] [White "Shankland, Samuel"] [Black "Caruana, Fabiano"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [EventDate "2019.03.20"] [ECO "E11"] [WhiteElo "2731"] [BlackElo "2828"] [PlyCount "77"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+ 4.Bd2 Be7 5.Nc3 0-0 6.e4 d5 7.cxd5 exd5 8.e5 Ne4 9.Bd3 Nxd2 10.Qxd2 Nc6 11.0-0 Bg4 12.Qf4 Bxf3 13.Qxf3 Nxd4 14.Qxd5 Qxd5 15.Nxd5 Bd8 16.Rad1 c6 17.Nc3 Bb6 18.Rfe1 Rfe8 19.Kf1 Rad8 20.f4 Ba5 21.g3 g6 22.a3 Bxc3 23.bxc3 Nb3 24.Kf2 Nc5 25.Bc2 Kf8 26.Kf3 a5 27.Rxd8 Rxd8 28.Rd1 Rxd1 29.Bxd1 h5 30.Ke3 Ke7 31.Kd4 Ne6+ 32.Ke3 Nc7 33.Be2 b5 34.Kd4 Ne6+ 35.Ke3 Nc5 36.Bd1 Kd7 37.Bc2 Ke7 38.Bd1 Kd7 39.Bc2 1/2-1/2 [Event "US Championship"] [Site "St Louis, MO USA"] [Date "2019.03.31"] [Round "11.4"] [White "So, Wesley"] [Black "Liang, Awonder"] [Result "0-1"] [EventDate "2019.03.20"] [ECO "A28"] [WhiteElo "2762"] [BlackElo "2590"] [PlyCount "168"] 1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e5 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.e3 Bb4 5.Qc2 Bxc3 6.Qxc3 Qe7 7.d4 e4 8.Ng1 d5 9.b3 0-0 10.Ne2 a5 11.Nf4 Be6 12.Be2 g5 13.Nxe6 fxe6 14.a3 Qd7 15.0-0 Ne7 16.b4 a4 17.b5 Rf7 18.c5 Qe8 19.f4 exf3 20.Rxf3 g4 21.Rf4 Ng6 22.Qc2 e5 23.Rf5 e4 24.Bd2 Nh4 25.Re5 Qf8 26.Be1 Nf3+ 27.Bxf3 gxf3 28.Bg3 Ng4 29.Rg5+ Rg7 30.Rxd5 Qf7 31.Qa2 f2+ 32.Bxf2 Nxf2 33.Re5 Nh3+ 34.Kh1 Nf2+ 35.Kg1 Qxa2 36.Rxa2 Nd1 37.g3 Rf7 38.Rxe4 Nc3 39.Rg4+ Kf8 40.Rd2 Nxb5 41.Rd3 c6 42.e4 Re8 43.d5 Nc7 44.Rd4 Re5 45.Rxa4 cxd5 46.exd5 Nxd5 47.Rge4 Rxe4 48.Rxe4 Rc7 49.Rh4 Nf6 50.Kg2 Rxc5 51.Rb4 Rc7 52.g4 Nd5 53.Rb5 Nc3 54.Rb6 Kf7 55.Kg3 Nd5 56.Rd6 Ne3 57.Rh6 Kg7 58.Rb6 Nc4 59.Rb3 Kf6 60.Kf4 Ke6 61.h3 Nd6 62.Re3+ Kf7 63.Rd3 Rc6 64.Rb3 Ra6 65.Kg5 Ra5+ 66.Kh4 b5 67.Rd3 Nc4 68.Rd7+ Kg6 69.Rb7 Nxa3 70.Rb6+ Kf7 71.Rb7+ Ke6 72.g5 Nc4 73.Rxh7 Nd6 74.Rh6+ Ke5 75.Rh8 b4 76.Rf8 Rb5 77.g6 Rb7 78.Rf3 Rb8 79.Rb3 Kf6 80.Kh5 Kg7 81.Kg5 Ne4+ 82.Kf5 Nd2 83.Rd3 Rb5+ 84.Kf4 b3 0-1 [Event "US Championship"] [Site "St Louis, MO USA"] [Date "2019.03.31"] [Round "11.5"] [White "Lenderman, Aleksandr"] [Black "Sevian, Samuel"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [EventDate "2019.03.20"] [ECO "E32"] [WhiteElo "2637"] [BlackElo "2642"] [PlyCount "51"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 0-0 5.Nf3 d5 6.a3 Bxc3+ 7.Qxc3 dxc4 8.Qxc4 b6 9.Bg5 Ba6 10.Qa4 c5 11.dxc5 bxc5 12.Rc1 Qb6 13.Bxf6 gxf6 14.Rc2 Rd8 15.e3 Bxf1 16.Rxf1 Nc6 17.Ke2 Na5 18.Nd2 Rd5 19.Rfc1 f5 20.g4 Rad8 21.gxf5 exf5 22.h3 Kf8 23.Ke1 Kg8 24.Ke2 Kf8 25.Ke1 Kg8 26.Ke2 1/2-1/2 [Event "US Championship"] [Site "St Louis, MO USA"] [Date "2019.03.31"] [Round "11.6"] [White "Robson, Ray"] [Black "Akobian, Varuzhan"] [Result "0-1"] [EventDate "2019.03.20"] [ECO "D36"] [WhiteElo "2667"] [BlackElo "2625"] [PlyCount "112"] 1.c4 e6 2.Nc3 d5 3.d4 Nf6 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bg5 c6 6.Qc2 Be7 7.e3 Nbd7 8.Bd3 Nh5 9.Bxe7 Qxe7 10.Nge2 g6 11.0-0 0-0 12.Rae1 Ndf6 13.Nc1 Bd7 14.f3 Rfe8 15.Nb3 b6 16.e4 Nf4 17.Qd2 Nxd3 18.Qxd3 Rad8 19.Qe3 Be6 20.e5 Nd7 21.Ne2 c5 22.Ng3 c4 23.Nd2 f6 24.f4 f5 25.Nf3 b5 26.h3 b4 27.Ne2 a5 28.Kh2 Rf8 29.Ng5 h6 30.Nxe6 Qxe6 31.g4 Kh7 32.Qf3 Nb8 33.gxf5 gxf5 34.Ng3 Rg8 35.Rg1 Nd7 36.Re2 Rg6 37.Reg2 Rdg8 38.b3 c3 39.Qd3 Nf8 40.Qb5 Qf7 41.Qxa5 Ne6 42.Qxd5 Rd8 43.Qc4 Rxd4 44.Qc8 Rg8 45.Qc6 Nxf4 46.Rf2 Qe6 47.Qc5 Rd5 48.Qe3 Nxh3 49.Nh5 Rxg1 50.Nf6+ Kg6 51.Nxd5 Qxd5 52.Kxh3 Rh1+ 53.Kg3 Rg1+ 54.Kh3 Rg4 55.Kh2 Qe4 56.Qb6+ Kh5 0-1