IM Norm Rd 2 Recap

[Event "2016 Saint Louis Invitational"] [Site "?"] [Date "2016.06.09"] [Round "2"] [White "Brooks, Michael"] [Black "Eckert, Doug"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C68"] [WhiteElo "2410"] [BlackElo "2152"] [PlyCount "26"] [SourceDate "2016.06.09"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O Bg4 6. h3 h5 7. d3 Qf6 8. Nbd2 g5 9. Nc4 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 Qxf3 11. gxf3 f6 12. h4 gxh4 13. Kh2 b5 1/2-1/2 [Event "2016 Saint Louis Invitational"] [Site "?"] [Date "2016.06.09"] [Round "2"] [White "Hua, Lefong"] [Black "Young, Angelo"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D16"] [WhiteElo "2277"] [BlackElo "2300"] [PlyCount "90"] [EventDate "2016.??.??"] [SourceDate "2016.06.09"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Be6 6. Ng5 Bg4 7. f3 Bc8 8. g3 Na6 9. e4 h6 10. Nh3 Nb4 11. Be3 Bxh3 12. Bxh3 Nd3+ 13. Kf1 e5 14. dxe5 Nxe5 15. Qe2 Qa5 16. Kg2 Bc5 17. Bd2 Bb4 18. Rhd1 O-O 19. Be3 Rfd8 20. Bd4 Nd3 21. Bxf6 gxf6 22. Rab1 Qg5 23. Kf1 Bc5 24. Bf5 h5 25. f4 Qg7 26. Qxh5 Nxf4 27. Qf3 Nd3 28. Ne2 Ne5 29. Qh5 Be3 30. Nc3 Rd3 31. Rxd3 cxd3 32. Rd1 Rd8 33. b3 a5 34. Nb1 Kf8 35. Nd2 Bxd2 36. Rxd2 b5 37. axb5 cxb5 38. Qd1 Qh6 39. Ra2 d2 40. Kg2 Qe3 41. Rxa5 Nf3 42. Ra1 Ne1+ 43. Kf1 Qd3+ 44. Kf2 Qd4+ 45. Ke2 Qg1 0-1 [Event "2016 Saint Louis Invitational"] [Site "?"] [Date "2016.06.09"] [Round "2"] [White "Niemann, Hans"] [Black "Kavutskiy, Konstantin"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E94"] [WhiteElo "2298"] [BlackElo "2365"] [PlyCount "91"] [EventDate "2016.??.??"] [SourceDate "2016.06.09"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 Na6 7. O-O e5 8. Be3 c6 9. Qc2 Qe8 10. h3 Nh5 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. Qd2 Qe7 13. Rfd1 Nc7 14. Na4 Ne6 15. Qa5 Nhf4 16. Bf1 Qf6 17. Kh2 a6 18. Nb6 Rb8 19. Qa3 c5 20. Nd5 Nxd5 21. cxd5 Nd4 22. Qxc5 b6 23. Qc3 Nxf3+ 24. gxf3 Qxf3 25. Bg2 Qf6 26. Qc6 Rd8 27. Rac1 Bd7 28. Qxf6 Bxf6 29. Rc7 Kf8 30. Rdc1 Bb5 31. b3 Rd7 32. a4 Rxc7 33. Rxc7 Bd8 34. d6 Bd3 35. Rc3 Bb1 36. f4 f6 37. h4 Ke8 38. fxe5 fxe5 39. Bh3 Rb7 40. Bg5 Rd7 41. Bxd7+ Kxd7 42. Bxd8 Kxd8 43. Rc6 Bxe4 44. Rxb6 Bc2 45. Rxa6 Bxb3 46. Ra7 1-0 [Event "2016 Saint Louis Invitational"] [Site "?"] [Date "2016.06.09"] [Round "2"] [White "Yip, Carissa"] [Black "Homa, Seth"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C56"] [WhiteElo "2196"] [BlackElo "2325"] [PlyCount "49"] [SourceDate "2016.06.09"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. e5 d5 6. Bb5 Ne4 7. Nxd4 Bd7 8. Bxc6 bxc6 9. O-O Bc5 10. f3 Ng5 11. f4 Ne4 12. Be3 Bb6 13. Nd2 Nxd2 14. Qxd2 c5 15. Nf3 Bf5 16. c3 O-O 17. h3 c4 18. Nd4 Bd3 19. Rf3 c5 20. Nb5 f6 21. a4 a6 22. Nd6 Qe7 23. b4 fxe5 24. bxc5 Bc7 25. Re1 1/2-1/2