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[Event “2016 Saint Louis Invitational”] [Site “?”] [Date “2016.06.11”] [Round “6”] [White “Finegold, Ben”] [Black “Liang, Awonder”] [Result “1/2-1/2”] [ECO “D80”] [WhiteElo “2501”] [BlackElo “2406”] [PlyCount “17”] [EventDate “2016.??.??”] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. e3 Bg7 5. Qb3 e6 6. Qa3 c6 7. Nf3 a5 8. Qb3 Nbd7 9. Bd2 1/2-1/2 [Event “2016 Saint Louis Invitational”] [Site “?”] [Date “2016.06.11”] [Round “6”] [White “Jayaram, Ashwin”] [Black “Boros, Denes”] [Result “1/2-1/2”] [ECO “A47”] [WhiteElo “2460”] [BlackElo “2459”] [PlyCount “29”] [EventDate “2016.??.??”] 1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bf4 c5 4. e3 cxd4 5. exd4 b6 6. Bd3 Bb7 7. O-O Be7 8. Re1 O-O 9. h3 Re8 10. Nbd2 d6 11. c3 Nbd7 12. Bh2 h6 13. a4 a6 14. Qe2 Bf8 15. Ne4 1/2-1/2 [Event “2016 Saint Louis Invitational”] [Site “?”] [Date “2016.06.11”] [Round “6”] [White “Li, Ruifeng”] [Black “Sukandar, Irene”] [Result “1/2-1/2”] [ECO “C26”] [WhiteElo “2517”] [BlackElo “2401”] [PlyCount “107”] [EventDate “2016.??.??”] 1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 Bc5 5. h3 d6 6. Nge2 a6 7. d3 Be6 8. Nd5 Nd4 9. c3 Nxe2 10. Qxe2 c6 11. Ne3 d5 12. Nf5 Bxf5 13. exf5 Qe7 14. Bd2 O-O-O 15. b4 Bd6 16. a4 e4 17. d4 Rhe8 18. Be3 Qd7 19. O-O Re7 20. Rfb1 Qxf5 21. b5 axb5 22. axb5 Kd7 23. bxc6+ bxc6 24. Qa6 Ke8 25. Qxc6+ Qd7 26. Qa6 h6 27. Rb6 Kf8 28. Bf1 Kg8 29. Rab1 Bc7 30. Rb7 Qd6 31. Qb5 Nh5 32. Qe2 Qg6 33. Qg4 Kh7 34. Ra7 Bd6 35. Rxe7 Bxe7 36. Rb7 Bg5 37. Bxg5 hxg5 38. h4 f5 39. Qxg5 Qxg5 40. hxg5 Kg6 41. Be2 Kxg5 42. Bxh5 Kxh5 43. Rxg7 Rc8 44. Rd7 Rxc3 45. Rxd5 Kg4 46. Kg2 Rc2 47. Kf1 f4 48. Ke1 fxg3 49. fxg3 e3 50. Rd8 Kf3 51. Rf8+ Ke4 52. Ra8 Rg2 53. d5 Kd4 54. Ra4+ 1/2-1/2 [Event “2016 Saint Louis Invitational”] [Site “?”] [Date “2016.06.11”] [Round “6”] [White “Chandra, Akshat”] [Black “Rosen, Eric”] [Result “1/2-1/2”] [ECO “D35”] [WhiteElo “2464”] [BlackElo “2392”] [PlyCount “92”] [EventDate “2016.??.??”] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 h6 7. Bh4 Bf5 8. Qf3 Bh7 9. Bxf6 Qxf6 10. Qxf6 gxf6 11. Kd2 Nd7 12. Bd3 Nb6 13. Bxh7 Nc4+ 14. Kc2 Rxh7 15. Nf3 f5 16. Ne2 Be7 17. Ng3 Nd6 18. Nh5 Kd7 19. Rhg1 Rg8 20. h3 Rhh8 21. Kd3 Ne4 22. Ke2 Ke8 23. Ne5 Bd6 24. g4 Bxe5 25. dxe5 fxg4 26. hxg4 Ke7 27. Rac1 Ke6 28. f3 Ng5 29. Nf6 Rd8 30. f4 Ne4 31. Nxe4 dxe4 32. Rcd1 Rxd1 33. Rxd1 Rg8 34. Rd6+ Ke7 35. Rxh6 Rxg4 36. Kf2 Rg8 37. Rh2 Rd8 38. Ke2 Rg8 39. Kf2 Rd8 40. Ke2 Rg8 41. f5 Rg1 42. Kd2 Rf1 43. Rh5 Rf3 44. Ke2 Rg3 45. Kf2 Rf3+ 46. Ke2 Rg3 1/2-1/2 [Event “2016 Saint Louis Invitational”] [Site “?”] [Date “2016.06.11”] [Round “6”] [White “Zierk, Steven”] [Black “Hambleton, Aman”] [Result “1-0”] [ECO “C16”] [WhiteElo “2488”] [BlackElo “2442”] [PlyCount “79”] [EventDate “2016.??.??”] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Ne7 5. Bd2 b6 6. f4 Bxc3 7. Bxc3 Ba6 8. Bxa6 Nxa6 9. Nf3 c5 10. Qe2 Nb8 11. Bd2 cxd4 12. Nxd4 Nbc6 13. Nf3 Nf5 14. O-O-O h5 15. g3 Qe7 16. Qg2 Qc5 17. Kb1 a5 18. h3 h4 19. g4 Ng3 20. Rhe1 Nb4 21. Rc1 Ne4 22. Ng5 Nxg5 23. fxg5 O-O 24. Qf3 d4 25. Qe4 Nd5 26. g6 Rac8 27. g5 fxg6 28. Qxg6 Qc6 29. Qh5 Rf5 30. Qxh4 Nc3+ 31. Ka1 Qd5 32. bxc3 dxc3 33. Be3 Rc4 34. Qh5 Qc6 35. Red1 Ra4 36. Rd8+ Rf8 37. Rxf8+ Kxf8 38. Rf1+ Kg8 39. Qf7+ Kh8 40. Qf8+ 1-0

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