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[Event “2016 Saint Louis Invitational”] [Site “?”] [Date “2016.06.09”] [Round “3”] [White “Boros, Denes”] [Black “Zierk, Steven”] [Result “1/2-1/2”] [ECO “D85”] [WhiteElo “2459”] [BlackElo “2488”] [PlyCount “54”] [EventDate “2016.??.??”] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Nf3 c5 8. Rb1 O-O 9. Be2 Nc6 10. d5 Bxc3+ 11. Bd2 Bxd2+ 12. Qxd2 Na5 13. h4 Bg4 14. Ng5 Bxe2 15. Kxe2 h6 16. h5 hxg5 17. hxg6 Qd6 18. gxf7+ Rxf7 19. Qxa5 Rxf2+ 20. Kxf2 Qf4+ 21. Ke2 Qxe4+ 22. Kd2 Rf8 23. Rbf1 Qxd5+ 24. Ke1 Qe4+ 25. Kd1 Qd3+ 26. Ke1 Qe4+ 27. Kd1 Qd3+ 1/2-1/2 [Event “2016 Saint Louis Invitational”] [Site “?”] [Date “2016.06.09”] [Round “3”] [White “Chandra, Akshat”] [Black “Li, Ruifeng”] [Result “1-0”] [ECO “A80”] [WhiteElo “2464”] [BlackElo “2517”] [PlyCount “69”] [EventDate “2016.??.??”] 1. d4 f5 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bf4 a6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Nf3 e6 6. Bd3 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. O-O Nc6 9. Ne2 O-O 10. c4 Nb4 11. a3 Nxd3 12. Qxd3 Bd7 13. Ne5 Be8 14. Nd4 Qe7 15. Rfc1 Rd8 16. b4 dxc4 17. Qxc4 Bxd4 18. exd4 Nd5 19. Bd2 Bb5 20. Qb3 Be8 21. a4 Bh5 22. Qh3 Be8 23. Qb3 Nf6 24. b5 Rxd4 25. Nf3 Rxd2 26. Nxd2 axb5 27. axb5 Kh8 28. Ra8 e5 29. b6 e4 30. Rc7 Qe5 31. Qg3 Qxg3 32. hxg3 Kg8 33. Rxb7 Nd5 34. Rbb8 Kf7 35. b7 1-0 [Event “2016 Saint Louis Invitational”] [Site “?”] [Date “2016.06.09”] [Round “3”] [White “Jayaram, Ashwin”] [Black “Finegold, Ben”] [Result “1/2-1/2”] [ECO “E74”] [WhiteElo “2460”] [BlackElo “2501”] [PlyCount “27”] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Bg5 c5 7. d5 h6 8. Bf4 e6 9. dxe6 Bxe6 10. Bxd6 Re8 11. Bxc5 Qa5 12. b4 Qa6 13. Rc1 Bxc4 14. f3 1/2-1/2 [Event “2016 Saint Louis Invitational”] [Site “?”] [Date “2016.06.09”] [Round “3”] [White “Liang, Awonder”] [Black “Hambleton, Aman”] [Result “1-0”] [ECO “C07”] [WhiteElo “2406”] [BlackElo “2442”] [PlyCount “130”] [EventDate “2016.??.??”] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. Ngf3 cxd4 6. Bc4 Qd7 7. O-O Nc6 8. Nb3 Nf6 9. Nbxd4 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 a6 11. Re1 b5 12. Bb3 Bb7 13. Bf4 Be7 14. a4 Bd5 15. axb5 Bxb3 16. cxb3 Bc5 17. Be5 Bxd4 18. Qxd4 Qxd4 19. Bxd4 a5 20. Bc3 Ke7 21. Bxa5 Nd5 22. Bc3 Rxa1 23. Rxa1 Rb8 24. Bxg7 Rxb5 25. Ra3 f6 26. Bh6 Kf7 27. Bd2 Rc5 28. Ra1 Rb5 29. b4 Nxb4 30. Bxb4 Rxb4 31. Rb1 e5 32. Kf1 Ke6 33. Ke2 f5 34. b3 Kd5 35. Rd1+ Kc5 36. Rd3 e4 37. Rh3 Kd4 38. Rxh7 Rxb3 39. Rd7+ Ke5 40. g3 Rb2+ 41. Rd2 Rb5 42. Rd8 Rb2+ 43. Kf1 Kf6 44. h3 Rb3 45. Kg2 e3 46. Rf8+ Kg6 47. f4 e2 48. Re8 Rb2 49. Kf3 Rb3+ 50. Kf2 Kh5 51. Rxe2 Ra3 52. Re5 Ra2+ 53. Kf3 Ra3+ 54. Re3 Ra1 55. g4+ fxg4+ 56. hxg4+ Kh4 57. g5 Rf1+ 58. Ke4 Kg4 59. Ke5 Rxf4 60. g6 Rf8 61. g7 Re8+ 62. Kf6 Rxe3 63. g8=Q+ Kf3 64. Kf5 Ke2 65. Qg2+ Ke1 1-0 [Event “2016 Saint Louis Invitational”] [Site “?”] [Date “2016.06.09”] [Round “3”] [White “Rosen, Eric”] [Black “Sukandar, Irine”] [Result “1/2-1/2”] [ECO “A34”] [WhiteElo “2392”] [BlackElo “2401”] [PlyCount “23”] 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. cxd5 Nxd5 4. Nf3 c5 5. e4 Nb4 6. Bc4 Nd3+ 7. Ke2 Nxc1+ 8. Rxc1 Nc6 9. Re1 e6 10. Kf1 Be7 11. e5 O-O 12. Qe2 1/2-1/2

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