IM Norm Rd 1 Recap

[Event “2016 Saint Louis Invitational”] [Site “?”] [Date “2016.06.08”] [Round “1”] [White “Eckert, Doug”] [Black “Niemann, Hans”] [Result “0-1”] [ECO “A22”] [WhiteElo “2152”] [BlackElo “2298”] [PlyCount “90”] [SourceDate “2016.06.09”] 1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nc3 Nb6 6. e3 Nc6 7. Nge2 Be7 8. d4 exd4 9. exd4 O-O 10. O-O Bg4 11. h3 Bh5 12. d5 Ne5 13. g4 Bg6 14. f4 Bc5+ 15. Kh2 Nd3 16. f5 Nf2 17. Rxf2 Bxf2 18. Ne4 Bh4 19. Nf4 Re8 20. fxg6 hxg6 21. Qd3 Qe7 22. Bd2 Rad8 23. Bc3 Na4 24. d6 cxd6 25. Nd5 Qf8 26. Bd2 f5 27. gxf5 gxf5 28. Rf1 Re5 29. Qd4 Qe8 30. Ng5 f4 31. Ne4 Nc5 32. Rxf4 Ne6 33. Rxh4 Nxd4 34. Nef6+ gxf6 35. Nxf6+ Kf7 36. Nxe8 Nf5 37. Rh7+ Kg6 38. Rxb7 Rdxe8 39. Bc3 Re2 40. Kg1 Kg5 41. Rxa7 Rg8 42. Ra4 Ne3 43. Bf3 Kh6+ 44. Bg4 Rg2+ 45. Kh1 Rf8 0-1 [Event “2016 Saint Louis Invitational”] [Site “?”] [Date “2016.06.08”] [Round “1”] [White “Homa, Seth”] [Black “Brooks, Michael”] [Result “1/2-1/2”] [ECO “C10”] [WhiteElo “2316”] [BlackElo “2410”] [PlyCount “16”] [SourceDate “2016.06.09”] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. exd5 exd5 5. d4 Nf6 6. Bb5+ Bd7 7. Qe2+ Ne4 8. Bxd7+ Nxd7 1/2-1/2 [Event “2016 Saint Louis Invitational”] [Site “?”] [Date “2016.06.08”] [Round “1”] [White “Hua, Lefong”] [Black “Shankar, Guari”] [Result “1/2-1/2”] [ECO “E27”] [WhiteElo “2277”] [BlackElo “2332”] [PlyCount “65”] [SourceDate “2016.06.09”] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne8 7. e4 b6 8. Bd3 Ba6 9. Nh3 Nc6 10. O-O Na5 11. Qe2 c5 12. e5 d5 13. Bg5 f6 14. exf6 Nxf6 15. Qxe6+ Kh8 16. Nf4 Bxc4 17. Bxc4 dxc4 18. Qh3 Re8 19. Rad1 Qd6 20. d5 Nb7 21. Qh4 Nd8 22. Ng6+ Kg8 23. Bf4 Qd7 24. Ne5 Qf5 25. Nxc4 Nf7 26. Ne3 Qh5 27. Qg3 Kh8 28. Rfe1 b5 29. h4 c4 30. Bg5 Qg6 31. Qc7 Nxg5 32. hxg5 Qxg5 33. Qc5 1/2-1/2 [Event “2016 Saint Louis Invitational”] [Site “?”] [Date “2016.06.08”] [Round “1”] [White “Kavutskiy, Kostya”] [Black “Bures, Jaroslav”] [Result “1-0”] [ECO “E60”] [WhiteElo “2365”] [BlackElo “2393”] [PlyCount “127”] [SourceDate “2016.06.09”] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 Nc6 4. d5 Ne5 5. e4 d6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. Be2 c6 8. f4 Ned7 9. Be3 O-O 10. Nf3 cxd5 11. cxd5 Ng4 12. Bd4 Bxd4 13. Qxd4 Qb6 14. Qxb6 Nxb6 15. Nd4 Nf6 16. a4 a5 17. h3 Bd7 18. Bf3 Rfc8 19. e5 Rc4 20. Nde2 Nh5 21. Bxh5 gxh5 22. b3 Rb4 23. exd6 exd6 24. Ra3 Rc8 25. Kf2 Bf5 26. Na2 Rc2 27. Nxb4 axb4 28. Raa1 Bd3 29. Rhe1 Nxd5 30. Kf3 f5 31. Rad1 Be4+ 32. Kg3 h4+ 33. Kxh4 Ne3 34. Nd4 Nxg2+ 35. Kg5 Nxe1 36. Nxc2 Nxc2 37. Rxd6 Kf8 38. h4 Na1 39. Rb6 Nxb3 40. Rxb4 Nc5 41. Rc4 Nd7 42. h5 Kg7 43. Rc7 h6+ 44. Kh4 Bc6 45. a5 Kf7 46. a6 bxa6 47. Rxc6 Nf6 48. Rc5 Ke6 49. Re5+ Kd6 50. Rxf5 Nd5 51. Rf8 a5 52. Rh8 Nxf4 53. Rxh6+ Kc5 54. Ra6 Kb5 55. Ra8 Nxh5 56. Kxh5 a4 57. Kg4 Kb4 58. Kf3 a3 59. Ke2 Kb3 60. Kd2 Kb2 61. Rb8+ Ka1 62. Kc3 a2 63. Rd8 Kb1 64. Rd1# 1-0 [Event “2016 Saint Louis Invitational”] [Site “?”] [Date “2016.06.08”] [Round “1”] [White “Young, Angelo”] [Black “Yip, Carissa”] [Result “1-0”] [ECO “E60”] [WhiteElo “2300”] [BlackElo “2196”] [PlyCount “79”] [SourceDate “2016.06.09”] 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d6 6. c4 Nc6 7. b3 e5 8. e3 Bg4 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Bxf3 exd4 11. exd4 Qc8 12. Bxc6 bxc6 13. Kh2 Ne4 14. f3 Nc5 15. Nc3 Ne6 16. Ne2 c5 17. Bb2 Re8 18. Rf2 cxd4 19. Nxd4 Ng5 20. Qf1 c5 21. h4 cxd4 22. hxg5 Qf5 23. Rd1 Qxg5 24. Bxd4 Be5 25. f4 Qh5+ 26. Kg2 Bxd4 27. Rxd4 Re3 28. Qd1 Qf5 29. Rxd6 Qe4+ 30. Kh3 Re8 31. Qd5 Qb1 32. Rd7 R8e6 33. Rd8+ Kg7 34. Qd4+ Kh6 35. Rg8 f6 36. Qxa7 Re7 37. Qa8 Qe1 38. Rg2 Qh1+ 39. Rh2 Rxg3+ 40. Kxg3+ 1-0