IM Norm Rd 8 Recap
[Event "2016 Saint Louis Invitational"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2016.06.12"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Hua, Lefong"]
[Black "Brooks, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A42"]
[WhiteElo "2277"]
[BlackElo "2410"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[SourceDate "2016.06.12"]
1. d4 g6 2. c4 d6 3. e4 e5 4. Ne2 Nd7 5. Nbc3 Bg7 6. Be3 Nh6 7. f3 f5 8. Qd2
Nf7 9. O-O-O O-O 10. exf5 gxf5 11. dxe5 Ndxe5 12. Nf4 c5 13. Nh5 Bh8 14. Kb1 a6
15. h4 Re8 16. Nd5 Be6 17. Bg5 Nxg5 18. hxg5 Nd7 19. Nhf6+ Nxf6 20. gxf6 Bxf6
21. Qh6 Bg7 22. Qxh7+ Kf8 23. Rh5 b6 24. Bd3 Ra7 25. Qg6 Rf7 26. Bxf5 Bxd5 27.
cxd5 Rf6 28. Qg4 Re2 29. Rdh1 Kf7 30. Rh7 Qf8 31. Rxg7+ Qxg7 32. Rh7 Qxh7 33.
Bxh7 Ke7 34. Bf5 1-0
[Event "2016 Saint Louis Invitational"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2016.06.12"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Homa, Seth"]
[Black "Bures, Jaroslav"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2325"]
[BlackElo "2393"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[SourceDate "2016.06.12"]
1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. h5
Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 e6 11. Bd2 a5 12. O-O-O Bb4 13. Ne4 Ndf6 14. Kb1 Nxe4
15. Qxe4 Bxd2 16. Rxd2 Nf6 17. Qd3 Qd5 18. Re2 O-O 19. Re5 Qd6 20. Rh4 Rfd8 21.
g4 Nd7 22. Re1 f6 23. Qe4 Nf8 24. Rhh1 a4 25. a3 Ra5 26. Rhg1 Qc7 27. c3 Qb6
28. Nd2 Qc7 29. Nc4 Rb5 30. Ne3 Qf7 31. Re2 f5 32. gxf5 exf5 33. Qh4 Re8 34. f4
Re4 35. Qg3 Ne6 36. Ng4 Rxe2 37. Nxh6+ Kf8 38. Nxf7 Rbxb2+ 39. Ka1 Ra2+ 40. Kb1
Reb2+ 41. Kc1 Rc2+ 42. Kb1 Rab2+ 43. Ka1 Ra2+ 1/2-1/2
[Event "2016 Saint Louis Invitational"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2016.06.12"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Young, Angelo"]
[Black "Niemann, Hans"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2300"]
[BlackElo "2298"]
[PlyCount "111"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bf4 Bg7 4. e3 O-O 5. Be2 d6 6. h3 Nfd7 7. Nc3 e5 8. dxe5
dxe5 9. Bg5 f6 10. Bh4 Nc6 11. a4 Nc5 12. Bc4+ Be6 13. Qxd8 Raxd8 14. Bxe6+
Nxe6 15. g4 h5 16. Nd2 Rd7 17. O-O-O f5 18. gxf5 gxf5 19. Nc4 Rdf7 20. Rhg1 Kh7
21. Rg2 Bh6 22. Rd5 f4 23. Ne4 fxe3 24. fxe3 Nf4 25. exf4 Rxf4 26. Bg5 Rxe4 27.
Rd7+ Bg7 28. b3 Re1+ 29. Kb2 Ref1 30. Bf4 Rg8 31. Bd2 Kh8 32. Rg5 Kh7 33. Rxh5+
Kg6 34. Rg5+ Kf6 35. Rg2 Rh1 36. h4 Nd4 37. Rxc7 Ne6 38. Rxb7 Ra8 39. Bc3 Bh6
40. Rf2+ Kg6 41. Nxe5+ Kh5 42. Rh7 Rxh4 43. Rf6 Kg5 44. Rxe6 Rc8 45. Rg6+ Kf5
46. Rhxh6 Re4 47. Rh5+ Kf4 48. Rg4+ Ke3 49. Rh3+ Kf2 50. Rxe4 a5 51. Ree3 Rb8
52. Nd3+ Kf1 53. Rhf3+ Kg1 54. Rf2 Rxb3+ 55. Kxb3 Kh1 56. Re1# 1-0
[Event "2016 Saint Louis Invitational"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2016.06.12"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Shankar, Gauri"]
[Black "Yip, Carissa"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B38"]
[WhiteElo "2332"]
[BlackElo "2196"]
[PlyCount "99"]
1. Nf3 g6 2. e4 c5 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. c4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Nc3 d6 8. Be2
O-O 9. O-O Bd7 10. Re1 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Bc6 12. Bf1 Nd7 13. Bxg7 Kxg7 14. Qd4+ Kg8
15. Rad1 a5 16. Qd2 Kg7 17. Re3 h5 18. Be2 Nf6 19. Qd4 Qc7 20. b3 Rfd8 21. Nd5
Bxd5 22. exd5 Re8 23. h3 Qc5 24. Qb2 Kg8 25. a4 Rad8 26. Re1 Qb4 27. Bd1 Nd7
28. Qe2 Nf6 29. Bc2 Kg7 30. Qd1 Kf8 31. Qb1 g5 32. Rg3 Qd2 33. Rd3 Qf4 34. g3
Qf5 35. Kg2 Qg6 36. Rf3 Qg7 37. Rf5 e6 38. dxe6 Rxe6 39. Rxe6 fxe6 40. Rxa5 Kg8
41. Qe1 e5 42. Be4 Rf8 43. Rb5 Rf7 44. Bf5 Kh8 45. Qd1 Nh7 46. g4 Qf8 47. Rb6
hxg4 48. hxg4 Rxf5 49. gxf5 Qxf5 50. Qf3 1-0
[Event "2016 Saint Louis Invitational"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2016.06.12"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Eckert, Doug"]
[Black "Kavutskiy, Konstantin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2152"]
[BlackElo "2365"]
[PlyCount "164"]
1. c4 g6 2. g3 Bg7 3. Bg2 c5 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. Nf3 d6 6. O-O e5 7. a3 a5 8. Ne1 Be6
9. d3 Nge7 10. Nc2 d5 11. cxd5 Nxd5 12. Ne3 Nb6 13. Na4 Nxa4 14. Bxc6+ bxc6 15.
Qxa4 O-O 16. Bd2 Qd4 17. Nc4 Bxc4 18. Qxc4 Qxc4 19. dxc4 e4 20. Rab1 a4 21. Be3
Rfb8 22. Bxc5 Rb3 23. f3 Re8 24. fxe4 Re5 25. Bd4 Rxe4 26. Bxg7 Kxg7 27. Rbd1
Rxe2 28. Rd7 Rbxb2 29. Rdxf7+ Kh6 30. R7f2 Rec2 31. c5 Rxf2 32. Rxf2 Rxf2 33.
Kxf2 Kg5 34. Ke3 Kf5 35. Kd4 h5 36. h4 Kg4 37. Ke5 Kxg3 38. Kd6 Kxh4 39. Kxc6
g5 40. Kb7 g4 41. c6 g3 42. c7 g2 43. c8=Q g1=Q 44. Qd8+ Qg5 45. Qd4+ Qg4 46.
Qf2+ Kh3 47. Kb6 h4 48. Ka5 Qg3 49. Qf1+ Kg4 50. Qd1+ Qf3 51. Qd4+ Qf4 52. Qg1+
Kh5 53. Qd1+ Qg4 54. Qc2 h3 55. Qh7+ Kg5 56. Qe7+ Kf4 57. Qd6+ Kf3 58. Qd1+ Kg3
59. Qg1+ Kh4 60. Qe1+ Qg3 61. Qe4+ Kg5 62. Qe7+ Kf4 63. Qf6+ Ke4 64. Qc6+ Kd3
65. Qd5+ Ke2 66. Qe4+ Qe3 67. Qc4+ Ke1 68. Qh4+ Kd2 69. Kxa4 Qe8+ 70. Kb4 Qb8+
71. Kc4 Qc7+ 72. Kd5 Qd7+ 73. Ke5 Qd3 74. Ke6 Qe2+ 75. Kf5 h2 76. Qb4+ Kc2 77.
Qa4+ Kc1 78. Qf4+ Kd1 79. Qd4+ Ke1 80. Qc3+ Kf1 81. Qc1+ Kf2 82. Qc5+ Kg2 0-1
