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[Event “2016 Saint Louis Invitational”] [Site “?”] [Date “2016.06.09”] [Round “3”] [White “Bures, Jaroslav”] [Black “Nieman, Hans”] [Result “1-0”] [ECO “A46”] [WhiteElo “2393”] [BlackElo “2298”] [PlyCount “115”] [EventDate “2016.??.??”] [SourceDate “2016.06.09”] 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. d4 e6 5. O-O cxd4 6. Nxd4 Bc5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. e4 O-O 9. Nc3 d6 10. a4 Na5 11. Nxa5 Qxa5 12. Nb5 Ne8 13. Bd2 Qd8 14. Bb4 a6 15. Nc3 Qb6 16. Ba3 Qc7 17. Qd3 Bd7 18. Rfd1 Bc6 19. a5 Rd8 20. Qe3 Nf6 21. h3 Rfe8 22. Qa7 Nd7 23. Qd4 Nc5 24. Qe3 Na4 25. Nxa4 Bxa4 26. b3 Bc6 27. Bb2 Rf8 28. Rd3 f5 29. Rd2 fxe4 30. Bxe4 d5 31. Be5 Bd6 32. Bxd6 Rxd6 33. Qc5 Rd7 34. Bg2 Qe5 35. Rad1 Rfd8 36. c4 Qc3 37. Rd3 Qc2 38. Qe3 Rd6 39. c5 R6d7 40. Qxe6+ Kh8 41. b4 Ba4 42. Qg4 Rf7 43. Qd4 Qe2 44. Bf1 Qe6 45. Re3 Qf5 46. Rd2 h5 47. Re5 Qg6 48. Qh4 Rf6 49. Rxh5+ Kg8 50. Rh8+ Kf7 51. Rxd8 Qb1 52. Qh5+ g6 53. Qxd5+ Kg7 54. Qg8+ Kh6 55. Qh8+ Kg5 56. Qh4+ Kf5 57. Qg4+ Ke5 58. R8d5# 1-0 [Event “2016 Saint Louis Invitational”] [Site “?”] [Date “2016.06.09”] [Round “3”] [White “Eckert, Doug”] [Black “Yip, Carissa”] [Result “0-1”] [ECO “A48”] [WhiteElo “2152”] [BlackElo “2196”] [PlyCount “116”] [EventDate “2016.??.??”] [SourceDate “2016.06.09”] 1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 3. Bf4 d6 4. Nd2 Nf6 5. Ngf3 g6 6. h3 Bg7 7. e3 O-O 8. Bc4 Nc6 9. O-O Nd7 10. c3 e5 11. Bh2 Kh8 12. dxe5 dxe5 13. Qc2 f5 14. Rad1 Qe7 15. b4 a6 16. Nb3 e4 17. Nfd4 Nce5 18. Be2 b6 19. f4 exf3 20. Nxf3 Bb7 21. Nbd4 c5 22. bxc5 Nxc5 23. Bf4 Rac8 24. Qb2 b5 25. Qb4 Rfe8 26. Rfe1 Ne4 27. Nxe5 Bxe5 28. Bf3 Rxc3 29. Qxe7 Rxe7 30. Ne2 Rcc7 31. Rd8+ Kg7 32. Red1 Bxf4 33. Nxf4 Nc3 34. R1d6 Bc8 35. Kf2 b4 36. g4 fxg4 37. hxg4 Bxg4 38. Bxg4 Ne4+ 39. Kf3 Nxd6 40. Rxd6 Rc3 41. Nd5 Rf7+ 42. Ke2 Rc2+ 43. Kd3 Rxa2 44. Nxb4 Ra4 45. Rd4 a5 46. Nc6 Rxd4+ 47. exd4 a4 48. Be6 Rf6 49. Bd5 a3 50. Nb4 Rd6 51. Bc4 g5 52. Ke4 Rb6 53. Na2 g4 54. d5 Rg6 55. Bf1 g3 56. Bg2 Rb6 57. Nc3 Rb2 58. d6 Kf7 0-1 [Event “2016 Saint Louis Invitational”] [Site “?”] [Date “2016.06.09”] [Round “3”] [White “Homa, Seth”] [Black “Hua, Lefong”] [Result “1-0”] [ECO “A49”] [WhiteElo “2325”] [BlackElo “2277”] [PlyCount “59”] [EventDate “2016.??.??”] [SourceDate “2016.06.09”] 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O c5 6. dxc5 Na6 7. Be3 Qc7 8. Nc3 Nxc5 9. Nb5 Qb6 10. a4 Ng4 11. Bd4 d6 12. h3 Bxd4 13. Nfxd4 Nf6 14. a5 Qd8 15. b4 Na6 16. Qd2 d5 17. c3 e5 18. Nc2 Qe7 19. Qg5 Kg7 20. f4 exf4 21. Qxf4 Ne4 22. c4 Nxb4 23. Nxb4 Qxb4 24. Nc7 Qc5+ 25. Kh2 g5 26. Ne8+ Kg8 27. Nf6+ Kg7 28. Qe5 Nxf6 29. Rxf6 Kg8 30. Bxd5 1-0 [Event “2016 Saint Louis Invitational”] [Site “?”] [Date “2016.06.09”] [Round “3”] [White “Kavutskiy, Konstantin”] [Black “Brooks, Michael”] [Result “0-1”] [ECO “A42”] [WhiteElo “2365”] [BlackElo “2410”] [PlyCount “94”] [EventDate “2016.??.??”] [SourceDate “2016.06.09”] 1. d4 g6 2. c4 d6 3. e4 e5 4. d5 Nd7 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Nf3 Ne7 7. Be2 O-O 8. h4 Nf6 9. Nh2 c6 10. g4 cxd5 11. cxd5 h6 12. Be3 Bd7 13. Qd2 b5 14. Bf3 h5 15. gxh5 Nxh5 16. O-O-O Nf4 17. Ne2 Nexd5 18. Bxf4 Nxf4 19. Kb1 Be6 20. h5 b4 21. Ng4 Re8 22. Nxf4 exf4 23. hxg6 fxg6 24. Nh6+ Kf8 25. Qxf4+ Qf6 26. Qxf6+ Bxf6 27. e5 Bxe5 28. Bxa8 Rxa8 29. f3 b3 30. axb3 Bxb3 31. Rc1 a5 32. Ng4 Bg7 33. Rc7 Re8 34. Rhc1 Be6 35. Nf2 a4 36. Rb7 a3 37. Rcc7 Bxb2 38. Ne4 Be5 39. Nc3 d5 40. Rc5 d4 41. Na2 Bf5+ 42. Kc1 d3 43. Kd1 Bg3 44. Nc3 a2 45. Nxa2 Re1+ 46. Kd2 Re2+ 47. Kc3 Rc2+ 0-1 [Event “2016 Saint Louis Invitational”] [Site “?”] [Date “2016.06.09”] [Round “3”] [White “Young, Angelo”] [Black “Shankar, Gauri”] [Result “1/2-1/2”] [ECO “A46”] [WhiteElo “2300”] [BlackElo “2332”] [PlyCount “20”] [SourceDate “2016.06.09”] 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bg5 h6 4. Bxf6 Qxf6 5. c3 d5 6. Nbd2 Qd8 7. e4 Be7 8. Bd3 dxe4 9. Nxe4 Nd7 10. Qe2 O-O 1/2-1/2

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