IM Norm Rd 7 Recap

[Event “2016 Saint Louis Invitational”] [Site “?”] [Date “2016.06.11”] [Round “7”] [White “Eckert, Doug”] [Black “Guari, Shantiar”] [Result “1/2-1/2”] [ECO “A25”] [WhiteElo “2152”] [BlackElo “2332”] [PlyCount “74”] [EventDate “2016.??.??”] 1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Bc5 4. Bg2 a6 5. e3 d6 6. Nge2 Ba7 7. d4 Nge7 8. b3 h5 9. d5 Nb8 10. h4 Nd7 11. e4 Nf6 12. Qd3 Ng4 13. Nd1 c6 14. f3 Nf6 15. Be3 cxd5 16. cxd5 Bd7 17. Bxa7 Rxa7 18. Qe3 Ra8 19. Nec3 O-O 20. O-O Rc8 21. Nb2 b5 22. a4 Qc7 23. Rfc1 Qb8 24. axb5 axb5 25. Qa7 Rc7 26. Qxb8 Rxb8 27. Nd3 Rbc8 28. Na2 Ne8 29. Nab4 f5 30. Bh3 Nf6 31. Rxc7 Rxc7 32. Nxe5 Be8 33. Nbc6 fxe4 34. Be6+ Kh7 35. fxe4 Nxe4 36. Nxe7 Rxe7 37. Re1 Bg6 1/2-1/2 [Event “2016 Saint Louis Invitational”] [Site “?”] [Date “2016.06.11”] [Round “7”] [White “Brooks, Michael”] [Black “Yip, Carissa”] [Result “1/2-1/2”] [ECO “A04”] [WhiteElo “2410”] [BlackElo “2196”] [PlyCount “12”] [EventDate “2016.??.??”] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. O-O Nc6 6. d3 Nf6 1/2-1/2 [Event “2016 Saint Louis Invitational”] [Site “?”] [Date “2016.06.11”] [Round “7”] [White “Kavutskiy, Kostya”] [Black “Homa, Seth”] [Result “0-1”] [ECO “D30”] [WhiteElo “2365”] [BlackElo “2325”] [PlyCount “142”] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c6 4. Qc2 Nf6 5. g3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 b5 7. Qc2 Bb7 8. Bg2 Nbd7 9. a4 c5 10. O-O Be4 11. Qb3 a6 12. Nbd2 c4 13. Qd1 Bb7 14. Re1 Be7 15. e4 O-O 16. e5 Nd5 17. Ne4 h6 18. Bd2 Nb4 19. b3 Qc7 20. Nd6 Bxd6 21. exd6 Qxd6 22. bxc4 Nd3 23. c5 Qc7 24. Re2 Nb2 25. Qc2 Nc4 26. Bf4 Qd8 27. Rb1 Bc6 28. Nd2 Bxg2 29. Kxg2 Nxd2 30. Rxd2 bxa4 31. Bd6 Re8 32. Qc4 Nf6 33. Rdb2 Qd7 34. Rb6 a3 35. Be5 Ne4 36. c6 Qe7 37. Rb7 Qg5 38. Ra1 Qf5 39. Qe2 f6 40. g4 Nc3 41. gxf5 Nxe2 42. Bg3 Nxd4 43. c7 e5 44. Rxa3 Nxf5 45. Rab3 Rac8 46. Rd3 Kf7 47. Rd8 Ke7 48. f4 exf4 49. Rxe8+ Kxe8 50. Bxf4 g5 51. Bd2 Kd7 52. Ba5 Nd4 53. Bc3 Nb5 54. Bxf6 Rxc7 55. Rxc7+ Nxc7 56. Kg3 Ke6 57. Bc3 Kf5 58. Bd2 h5 59. Kf3 Nd5 60. Ba5 Nf6 61. h3 Nd5 62. Kg3 Nf4 63. Bd8 Ne2+ 64. Kf3 Nd4+ 65. Ke3 Nc6 66. Bc7 a5 67. Kd3 a4 68. Kc3 Ke4 69. Kb2 Kf3 70. Bb6 Ne5 71. Bd8 Nf7 0-1 [Event “2016 Saint Louis Invitational”] [Site “?”] [Date “2016.06.11”] [Round “7”] [White “Niemann, Hans”] [Black “Hua, Lefong”] [Result “1/2-1/2”] [ECO “A61”] [WhiteElo “2298”] [BlackElo “2277”] [PlyCount “171”] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nf3 g6 7. Bf4 a6 8. a4 Bg7 9. h3 O-O 10. e3 Qe7 11. Nd2 Nbd7 12. Be2 Ne8 13. O-O Ne5 14. Bh2 f5 15. Qc2 Rb8 16. Rae1 Nf6 17. f4 Nf7 18. Bd3 Qc7 19. e4 c4 20. Nxc4 fxe4 21. Nxe4 Nxe4 22. Bxe4 b5 23. axb5 axb5 24. Ne3 Qxc2 25. Nxc2 Bxb2 26. Rb1 Bg7 27. Nb4 Re8 28. Nc6 Ra8 29. Bd3 Bf5 30. Bxf5 gxf5 31. Rxb5 Ra2 32. Bg3 Bf6 33. Rbb1 Ree2 34. Rf2 Rxf2 35. Bxf2 Rd2 36. Rb5 Rd1+ 37. Kh2 h5 38. g3 Kg7 39. Kg2 Rd3 40. Ra5 Kg6 41. Nb4 Rb3 42. Nc2 Rb2 43. Ne3 Bd4 44. Kf3 Rd2 45. Bg1 Bc5 46. Rb5 Nh6 47. Nc4 Rxd5 48. Nxd6 Rxd6 49. Bxc5 Ra6 50. Rb3 Ng8 51. Rb7 Nf6 52. Bf8 Ne8 53. Re7 Ra3+ 54. Kf2 Ra8 55. Rb7 Ra6 56. Ke3 Re6+ 57. Kd4 Re4+ 58. Kd3 h4 59. g4 Rxf4 60. Re7 fxg4 61. Rxe8 gxh3 62. Bd6 Rf6 63. Be5 Rf2 64. Rg8+ Kh5 65. Rg1 Rg2 66. Rf1 Kg4 67. Rf4+ Kg5 68. Rf1 Kg4 69. Rh1 Ra2 70. Bd6 Rb2 71. Ke3 Rb3+ 72. Ke4 Rb2 73. Kd3 Rg2 74. Be5 Ra2 75. Ke4 Re2+ 76. Kd4 Rxe5 77. Kxe5 Kg3 78. Ra1 h2 79. Kf5 Kg2 80. Ra2+ Kg1 81. Kg4 h1=Q 82. Ra1+ Kg2 83. Ra2+ Kg1 84. Ra1+ Kg2 85. Ra2+ Kg1 86. Ra1+ 1/2-1/2