GM Norm Rd 1 Recap
[Event "2016 Saint Louis Invitational"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2016.06.08"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Chandra, Akshat"]
[Black "Zierk, Steven"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D78"]
[WhiteElo "2464"]
[BlackElo "2488"]
[PlyCount "152"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 c6 5. Bg2 d5 6. O-O O-O 7. Qb3 Qb6 8. Nc3
Rd8 9. Bd2 Bf5 10. Na4 Qxb3 11. axb3 Nbd7 12. Rfc1 Be4 13. Be1 Ne8 14. e3 Nd6
15. Bb4 a5 16. Be1 e6 17. Ra2 b5 18. cxb5 cxb5 19. Nc5 Nxc5 20. dxc5 Rdc8 21.
Bd2 Nf5 22. Bxa5 b4 23. c6 Ne7 24. c7 Bf6 25. Rca1 Ra7 26. Nd4 Bxd4 27. exd4
Bxg2 28. Kxg2 Rb7 29. Rc1 Nf5 30. Ra4 Kf8 31. Rxb4 Rxb4 32. Bxb4+ Ke8 33. Bc5
Rxc7 34. Ra1 Kd7 35. b4 Nd6 36. b3 f6 37. Ra6 Rc6 38. Ra7+ Rc7 39. Ra6 Rc6 40.
Ra5 Rc7 41. Kf3 Rb7 42. Ke3 Ne4 43. b5 Nd6 44. b6 Nc8 45. Ra8 e5 46. g4 Nxb6
47. Ra6 Nc8 48. b4 exd4+ 49. Kxd4 Ne7 50. Rd6+ Kc7 51. Rxf6 Nc6+ 52. Kxd5 Nxb4+
53. Kc4 Nc6 54. Rf7+ Kc8 55. Rxb7 Na5+ 56. Kd5 Nxb7 57. Bb4 Kd7 58. Ke5 Nd8 59.
Kf6 Ne6 60. Bd2 Kd6 61. Be3 Kd5 62. h4 Kd6 63. f4 Nc7 64. Bd4 Nd5+ 65. Kg7 Nxf4
66. Kxh7 Ke6 67. Be3 Nd5 68. Bd4 Kf7 69. Be5 Ne3 70. g5 Nf5 71. h5 gxh5 72. g6+
Ke6 73. Bc7 h4 74. Bd8 h3 75. Bc7 Kf6 76. Bf4 Ke6 1/2-1/2
[Event "2016 Saint Louis Invitational"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2016.06.08"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Jayaram, Ashwin"]
[Black "Sukandar, Irine"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E01"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2401"]
[PlyCount "55"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Bb4+ 5. Nd2 O-O 6. Ngf3 c6 7. O-O b6 8. Qc2
Bb7 9. e4 Bxd2 10. Nxd2 dxe4 11. Nxe4 Nxe4 12. Qxe4 Nd7 13. Bf4 Qe7 14. Rfe1
Rfd8 15. Rad1 Nf8 16. Qc2 Ng6 17. Bc1 Qf6 18. h4 h6 19. b4 Rxd4 20. Rxd4 Qxd4
21. Rd1 Qe5 22. Rd7 Qe1+ 23. Bf1 Rb8 24. Bd2 Qe5 25. Bc3 Qf5 26. Bd3 Qf3 27.
Bxg6 c5 28. Bxf7+ 1-0
[Event "2016 Saint Louis Invitational"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2016.06.08"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Finegold, Ben"]
[Black "Li, Ruifeng"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2501"]
[BlackElo "2529"]
[PlyCount "76"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c3 Bg7 4. Bg5 O-O 5. Nbd2 d6 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Be2 h6 8. Bh4
e5 9. Qc2 Qe7 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. e4 g5 12. Bg3 Nh5 13. Nc4 Nf4 14. Ne3 Nf6 15.
Bc4 Ng4 16. Bb3 c6 17. O-O-O a5 18. Bxf4 exf4 19. Nxg4 Bxg4 20. h4 gxh4 21.
Nxh4 Bxd1 22. Qxd1 a4 23. Bxa4 Qxe4 24. Bb3 f3 25. gxf3 Qf4+ 26. Kb1 Rfd8 27.
Qc2 Rd2 28. Qg6 Kf8 29. Qh7 Qf6 30. Bc2 Re8 31. Nf5 Ree2 32. Ne3 Qg5 33. f4
Qxf4 34. Rg1 Qf6 35. Qe4 Qxf2 36. Qb4+ Ke8 37. Qe4+ Kd8 38. Qg4 Rxe3 0-1
[Event "2016 Saint Louis Invitational"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2016.06.08"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Boros, Denes"]
[Black "Hambleton, Aman"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2459"]
[BlackElo "2439"]
[PlyCount "117"]
1. c4 c5 2. g3 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O Nf6 6. Nc3 a6 7. b3 d6 8. d4 cxd4
9. Qxd4 Nbd7 10. Rd1 Qc7 11. Ng5 Bxg2 12. Kxg2 Be7 13. Nge4 O-O 14. Ba3 Nc5 15.
Rac1 Qb7 16. Bxc5 dxc5 17. Qe3 Nxe4 18. Qxe4 Qxe4+ 19. Nxe4 Rfd8 20. f4 Rxd1
21. Rxd1 Rd8 22. Rxd8+ Bxd8 23. Kf3 f5 24. Nc3 Kf7 25. h3 g6 26. g4 h6 27. e4
Bf6 28. Na4 Bd8 29. a3 Ke8 30. Nb2 Bf6 31. Na4 Bd8 32. Ke3 Kd7 33. gxf5 gxf5
34. exf5 exf5 35. Nc3 Kd6 36. Kd3 Ke6 37. Nd5 Kd6 38. Kd2 Ke6 39. Kc3 Kd6 40.
b4 Ke6 41. Kb3 Kd6 42. Kc3 Ke6 43. a4 a5 44. bxc5 bxc5 45. Kd2 Kf7 46. Ke2 Ke6
47. Kf3 Kd6 48. Nc3 h5 49. Nb5+ Kd7 50. Na3 h4 51. Nb1 Ke6 52. Ke3 Bf6 53. Nd2
Bd8 54. Nf3 Bf6 55. Ne1 Kd6 56. Nd3 Bd4+ 57. Kd2 Bf6 58. Nc1 Bd8 59. Kd3
1/2-1/2
[Event "2016 Saint Louis Invitational"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2016.06.08"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Rosen, Eric"]
[Black "Liang, Awonder"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C85"]
[WhiteElo "2392"]
[BlackElo "2408"]
[PlyCount "209"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. Re1 Nd7 8.
b3 c5 9. Bb2 Bd6 10. d3 f6 11. Nh4 O-O 12. Nf5 Nb8 13. Nd2 Nc6 14. Nc4 Nd4 15.
Nfxd6 cxd6 16. c3 Ne6 17. d4 b5 18. Ne3 Bb7 19. Qg4 Nf4 20. Nf5 g6 21. Rad1 Kh8
22. dxe5 gxf5 23. Qxf4 fxe5 24. c4 fxe4 25. Qh6 Qf6 26. Qxf6+ Rxf6 27. Rxd6
Rxd6 28. Bxe5+ Kg8 29. Bxd6 bxc4 30. bxc4 Rd8 31. Bxc5 Rc8 32. Bb4 Rxc4 33. a3
Kf7 34. h3 h5 35. Re3 Rd4 36. Rc3 Kg6 37. Rg3+ Kf5 38. h4 Rd5 39. Rg7 Bc6 40.
Kh2 Bb5 41. Rh7 Kg6 42. Re7 Kf5 43. Bc3 Rc5 44. Bd2 Rc2 45. Be3 Rc3 46. Rg7 Ke6
47. a4 Bxa4 48. Rg6+ Kf7 49. Rxa6 Bd7 50. Kg3 Rc6 51. Ra7 Rg6+ 52. Bg5 Rd6 53.
Kf4 Ke6 54. Kxe4 Bc6+ 55. Kf4 Rd4+ 56. Ke3 Re4+ 57. Kd3 Ra4 58. Re7+ Kf5 59. f3
Ra2 60. Bd2 Bb5+ 61. Kc3 Kf6 62. Rh7 Bf1 63. Rh6+ Kf7 64. Rh7+ Kg6 65. Rh6+ Kf7
66. g4 Ra3+ 67. Kc2 Rxf3 68. Rxh5 Bd3+ 69. Kb2 Rf2 70. Kc3 Be2 71. Rh7+ Kg8 72.
Rh6 Rf3+ 73. Kb2 Rd3 74. Bc3 Rd5 75. g5 Bg4 76. Kb3 Rc5 77. Kb4 Rf5 78. Kc4 Bf3
79. Kd3 Rd5+ 80. Ke3 Bd1 81. Ke4 Rb5 82. Bd4 Bc2+ 83. Ke3 Rb3+ 84. Kf4 Rb4 85.
Ke5 Rb5+ 86. Kd6 Be4 87. Bf6 Kf7 88. Rh8 Rd5+ 89. Kc7 Rc5+ 90. Kd6 Rd5+ 91. Kc7
Rc5+ 92. Kb6 Rc6+ 93. Kb5 Rc1 94. Kb4 Bf5 95. Ra8 Rh1 96. Rh8 Rc1 97. Bc3 Bd3
98. Rh6 Rf1 99. Kc5 Bg6 100. Kd6 Rc1 101. Bd4 Rd1 102. Kd5 Re1 103. Rh8 Re8
104. Rxe8 Kxe8 105. Ke6 1-0
