GM Norm Rd 8 Recap

[Event "2016 Saint Louis Invitational"] [Site "?"] [Date "2016.06.12"] [Round "8"] [White "Li, Ruifeng"] [Black "Zierk, Steven"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B24"] [WhiteElo "2517"] [BlackElo "2488"] [PlyCount "41"] [SourceDate "2016.06.12"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 e6 6. Be3 Nd4 7. Nce2 Ne7 8. c3 Nxe2 9. Nxe2 b6 10. Qd2 h5 11. d4 d6 12. e5 d5 13. Bg5 Ba6 14. O-O Qd7 15. Rfe1 Rc8 16. Nf4 cxd4 17. cxd4 O-O 18. Bh3 Rc6 19. Bf6 Bh6 20. Qe3 Rfc8 21. Qa3 1-0 [Event "2016 Saint Louis Invitational"] [Site "?"] [Date "2016.06.12"] [Round "8"] [White "Finegold, Ben"] [Black "Sukandar, Irine"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E00"] [WhiteElo "2501"] [BlackElo "2401"] [PlyCount "59"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Bg5 h6 4. Bh4 Bb4+ 5. Nd2 b6 6. Ngf3 Bb7 7. a3 Bxd2+ 8. Nxd2 d6 9. f3 Nbd7 10. e4 e5 11. d5 Nf8 12. b4 a5 13. c5 Ng6 14. Bb5+ Ke7 15. Bf2 axb4 16. axb4 bxc5 17. bxc5 Rxa1 18. Qxa1 Qa8 19. O-O Qxa1 20. Rxa1 Rb8 21. Bf1 Bc8 22. Ra7 Ne8 23. Nc4 Bd7 24. c6 Bc8 25. Bb6 Kd8 26. Ba5 Rb1 27. Kf2 Nf4 28. Ra8 Rc1 29. g3 Rc2+ 30. Bd2 1-0 [Event "2016 Saint Louis Invitational"] [Site "?"] [Date "2016.06.12"] [Round "8"] [White "Boros, Denes"] [Black "Rosen, Eric"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C54"] [WhiteElo "2459"] [BlackElo "2392"] [PlyCount "125"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. b4 Bb6 6. d3 d6 7. a4 a5 8. b5 Ne7 9. O-O O-O 10. Nbd2 Ng6 11. Ba2 d5 12. Ba3 Re8 13. exd5 Nxd5 14. Ne4 Ndf4 15. Nfg5 Be6 16. Nxe6 Nxe6 17. g3 f5 18. Nc5 Bxc5 19. Bxc5 Kh8 20. Ba3 Qf6 21. Bd5 Rad8 22. Bxb7 e4 23. d4 f4 24. Qh5 Ng5 25. Kh1 Re6 26. Rae1 Rde8 27. Bd5 Qf5 28. c4 e3 29. Bxe6 Rxe6 30. d5 Re8 31. Bb2 f3 32. g4 Qc2 33. Qxg5 e2 34. Bxg7+ Kxg7 35. Rg1 Qxc4 36. Rc1 Qf4 37. h4 Qxg5 38. hxg5 Nf4 39. Kh2 Nxd5 40. Kg3 Nb4 41. Kxf3 Nd3 42. Rce1 Nxe1+ 43. Rxe1 Rf8+ 44. Kg3 Re8 45. f4 Re3+ 46. Kf2 Re4 47. Kf3 Rxa4 48. Rxe2 Rc4 49. Re1 Kg8 50. f5 a4 51. Re6 Kf8 52. Rf6+ Kg7 53. Ra6 Rc3+ 54. Kf4 Rc4+ 55. Ke5 Rxg4 56. b6 cxb6 57. Ra7+ Kf8 58. Kf6 Ke8 59. Rxh7 b5 60. Ra7 Rg3 61. Rb7 Rb3 62. g6 Kd8 63. g7 1-0 [Event "2016 Saint Louis Invitational"] [Site "?"] [Date "2016.06.12"] [Round "8"] [White "Jayaram, Ashwin"] [Black "Liang, Awonder"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D03"] [WhiteElo "2460"] [BlackElo "2406"] [PlyCount "85"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. Nbd2 d5 5. e3 O-O 6. Be2 b6 7. O-O Bb7 8. a4 Ne4 9. Bf4 a5 10. c3 Nd7 11. h3 Re8 12. Nxe4 dxe4 13. Nd2 e5 14. Bh2 exd4 15. cxd4 Nf6 16. Rc1 Re7 17. Nc4 Nd5 18. Ne5 Nb4 19. Qb3 Bd5 20. Bc4 Bxc4 21. Rxc4 c5 22. f3 exf3 23. Rxf3 Bxe5 24. Bxe5 Re6 25. Bg3 cxd4 26. Rxd4 Qe8 27. Bh4 Na6 28. Kh1 Nc5 29. Qd1 h6 30. Be1 Rxe3 31. Bc3 Re6 32. Rdf4 Ne4 33. Qd4 Nxc3 34. Rxf7 Qxf7 35. Rxf7 Kxf7 36. Qxc3 Rae8 37. b4 axb4 38. Qxb4 R8e7 39. Qf4+ Kg7 40. Qd4+ Kh7 41. Kh2 Re4 42. Qxb6 Rxa4 43. Qf6 1/2-1/2 [Event "2016 Saint Louis Invitational"] [Site "?"] [Date "2016.06.12"] [Round "8"] [White "Chandra, Akshat"] [Black "Hambleton, Aman"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D20"] [WhiteElo "2464"] [BlackElo "2442"] [PlyCount "72"] [EventDate "2016.??.??"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e3 e5 4. Bxc4 exd4 5. exd4 Bd6 6. Nf3 Nf6 7. Qe2+ Qe7 8. Qxe7+ Kxe7 9. O-O Be6 10. Re1 Kd7 11. Bxe6+ fxe6 12. Nc3 Re8 13. Bg5 Nc6 14. Ne5+ Bxe5 15. dxe5 Nd5 16. Rad1 h6 17. Bh4 Nce7 18. Bxe7 Kxe7 19. Nxd5+ exd5 20. Rxd5 Rad8 21. Rdd1 Ke6 22. f4 g5 23. fxg5 hxg5 24. Kf2 Rxd1 25. Rxd1 Rf8+ 26. Kg3 Rf4 27. Rd8 Rb4 28. Re8+ Kf7 29. Rc8 Rxb2 30. Rxc7+ Ke6 31. Rg7 Kf5 32. e6 Rxa2 33. e7 Re2 34. Rf7+ Kg6 35. e8=Q Rxe8 36. Rxb7 Re3+ 1/2-1/2