[Event "GCT 2025 Saint Louis - Rapid"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "12.08.2025"]
[Round "1R"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2784"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[EventDate "2025.08.11"]
[ECO "B90"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Be3 Be7 8.
Bb3 b5 9. a3 Bb7 10. Bxe6 fxe6 11. Nxe6 Qd7 12. Nxg7+ Kd8 13. Nf5 Nxe4 14.
Bb6+ Kc8 15. Qg4 Re8 16. O-O-O Nf6 17. Qh3 Be4 18. Nxe4 Nxe4 19. Rhe1 Bg5+
20. Be3 Re5 21. Bxg5 Qxf5 22. Qxf5+ Rxf5 23. Rxe4 Rxg5 24. Rxd6 Kc7 25. Rh6
Rxg2 26. Rxh7+ Nd7 27. Rd4 Rd8 28. f4 Kc8 29. Rh6 Nb8 30. Rxd8+ Kxd8 31. h4
Rf2 32. Rf6 Rh2 33. Rh6 Kc7 34. f5 Nd7 35. Rxa6 Rxh4 36. b3 Rf4 37. a4 bxa4
38. Rxa4 Rxf5 39. Kb2 Rc5 40. Rc4 Rxc4 41. bxc4 Kc6 42. c5 Nxc5 43. c4 Na4+
44. Ka3 Nb6 45. c5 Kxc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT 2025 Saint Louis - Rapid"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "12.08.2025"]
[Round "1R"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Abdusattorov, Nodirbek"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2771"]
[EventDate "2025.08.11"]
[ECO "C50"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 a6 6. O-O Ba7 7. a4 d6 8.
Re1 O-O 9. h3 Be6 10. Bxe6 fxe6 11. b4 Nh5 12. Ra2 Qf6 13. Be3 Nf4 14. Kh2
Ne7 15. Bxa7 Rxa7 16. Re3 d5 17. d4 exd4 18. Qxd4 Raa8 19. Qxf6 Rxf6 20.
exd5 Nexd5 21. Re4 a5 22. Ne5 axb4 23. cxb4 Rf5 24. b5 b6 25. g3 Nf6 26.
Re1 Ng6 27. Nxg6 hxg6 28. Nc3 Rc5 29. Ne4 Nxe4 30. Rxe4 Rxb5 31. Rc2 Rf5
32. Kg2 c5 33. Rb2 Ra6 34. Rxe6 Rf6 35. Re4 g5 36. Rd2 Ra7 37. Rd5 Raf7 38.
Re2 Ra7 39. Ra2 Rg6 40. Kf3 Kh7 41. Ke3 g4 42. h4 Rf6 43. Ke2 Re6+ 44. Kd3
Rf7 45. Kc4 Re4+ 46. Kc3 Rb4 47. Kd3 Rf3+ 48. Ke2 Re4+ 49. Kf1 Rb3 50. Kg2
c4 51. a5 bxa5 52. Raxa5 Rb6 53. Rac5 Rf6 54. Rd2 Rb6 55. Rh5+ Rh6 56. Rc5
Rb6 57. Rc2 Rb4 58. Rc6 Rd4 59. Rc7 Kh6 60. Re2 Rb6 61. Ree7 Rg6 62. Re8
Kh7 63. Rcc8 Rgd6 64. h5 Kh6 65. Rh8+ Kg5 66. Rh7 Rd7 67. Rg8 R4d6 68. Rc8
Rd4 69. Rc5+ R7d5 70. Rxg7+ Kxh5 71. Rcc7 Rg5 72. Rgf7 Kg6 73. Rf8 Re5 74.
Rc6+ Kg5 75. Rg8+ Kf5 76. Rcg6 Ree4 77. Rg5+ Kf6 78. R8g6+ Kf7 79. Rg7+ Kf6
80. R7g6+ Kf7 81. Rc6 Re6 82. Rc7+ Re7 83. Rc8 Re8 84. Rcc5 Re6 85. Rh5 Rf6
86. Rc7+ Kg6 87. Rhh7 c3 88. Rhg7+ Kh6 89. Rh7+ Kg6 90. Rh4 Rd2 91. Rxg4+
Kh6 92. Rh4+ Kg6 93. Rg4+ Kh6 94. Rh4+ Kg6 95. Kh3 Rfxf2 96. Rc6+ Kg5 97.
Rc5+ Kg6 98. Rc6+ Kg5 99. Rc5+ Kg6 100. Rc6+ Kg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT 2025 Saint Louis - Rapid"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "12.08.2025"]
[Round "1R"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Gukesh, Dommaraju"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[EventDate "2025.08.11"]
[ECO "B13"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. c3 Nf6 6. Bf4 Bg4 7. Qb3 e5 8.
h3 Be6 9. Bxe5 Nxe5 10. dxe5 Nd7 11. Nf3 Qc7 12. O-O O-O-O 13. Re1 g5 14.
Nbd2 h5 15. Nd4 a6 16. N2f3 g4 17. Ng5 Nc5 18. Qc2 gxh3 19. Bf5 hxg2 20. b4
Qe7 21. f4 Nd7 22. Bxe6 fxe6 23. Ndxe6 Re8 24. c4 dxc4 25. Qxc4+ Kb8 26.
Qc7+ Ka7 27. b5 Nb6 28. bxa6 Qxc7 29. Nxc7 Rc8 30. Rac1 bxa6 31. Nce6 Bb4
32. Rxc8 Rxc8 33. Re2 Nd5 34. Kxg2 Rc3 35. Kh2 h4 36. Ne4 Rf3 37. Nf6 Ne3
38. Nd4 Nf1+ 39. Kg2 Rxf4 40. Nc6+ Kb7 41. Nxb4 Ng3 42. Rb2 Kc8 43. Nbd5
Rd4 44. e6 Nf5 45. Rf2 1-0

[Event "GCT 2025 Saint Louis - Rapid"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "12.08.2025"]
[Round "1R"]
[White "Oparin, Grigoriy"]
[Black "Le Quang Liem"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[EventDate "2025.08.11"]
[ECO "C46"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. h3 Bb4 5. Bd3 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. Ne2 d5 8.
exd5 Nxd5 9. c3 Be7 10. Bc2 f5 11. d4 e4 12. Nh2 Kh8 13. f3 Nf6 14. Bg5 Nd5
15. Bc1 Nf6 16. Bg5 Nd5 17. Bxe7 Qxe7 18. Qd2 Bd7 19. fxe4 fxe4 20. Rae1
Qh4 21. Rxf8+ Rxf8 22. Rf1 Rxf1+ 23. Nxf1 Nce7 24. Neg3 e3 25. Qe2 Qf4 26.
Be4 b5 27. Bf3 g6 28. Ne4 c6 29. g3 Qf8 30. Nxe3 Nxe3 31. Qxe3 Nd5 32. Qg5
Qxf3 33. Qd8+ Kg7 34. Qxd7+ Kf8 35. Qc8+ Ke7 36. Qb7+ Kd8 37. Qb8+ Ke7 38.
Qxa7+ Kf8 39. Qb8+ Kg7 40. Qe5+ Kh6 41. Nf2 Ne3 42. Qf4+ Qxf4 43. gxf4 Kh5
44. b3 Kh4 45. Kh2 Nd5 46. a4 bxa4 47. bxa4 Nxc3 48. a5 Nb5 49. a6 Na7 50.
Kg2 Nb5 51. Ne4 Kh5 52. Ng5 Kh6 53. Ne6 Kh5 54. Kg3 Na7 55. Nd8 Kh6 56.
Nxc6 Nxc6 57. d5 1-0

[Event "GCT 2025 Saint Louis - Rapid"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "12.08.2025"]
[Round "1R"]
[White "Dominguez, Leinier"]
[Black "Shankland, Sam"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[EventDate "2025.08.11"]
[ECO "B33"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bf4 e5
8. Bg5 a6 9. Na3 b5 10. Nd5 Be7 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. c3 O-O 13. Nc2 Be6 14. a4
Ne7 15. Ncb4 Nxd5 16. Nxd5 Bg5 17. h4 Bh6 18. g3 Qd7 19. axb5 axb5 20. Rxa8
Rxa8 21. Nb4 f5 22. Bg2 f4 23. Bh3 Kh8 24. Bxe6 Qxe6 25. g4 g6 26. f3 Bf8
27. h5 Kg7 28. Rh2 Qc4 29. hxg6 hxg6 30. Nd5 Ra2 31. b3 Rxh2 32. bxc4 Rh1+
33. Ke2 Rxd1 34. Kxd1 bxc4 35. Nb6 Kf6 36. Ke2 Kg5 37. Kf2 d5 38. Nxd5 Bc5+
39. Ke2 Kh4 40. Nf6 Bb6 41. Nd7 Bc7 42. Nf8 g5 43. Nd7 Kg3 44. Nc5 Ba5 45.
Na4 Kg2 46. Nb2 Bxc3 47. Nxc4 Kg3 48. Nd6 Bd4 49. Nf7 Kh4 50. Kf1 Bc5 51.
Kg2 1-0

[Event "GCT 2025 Saint Louis - Rapid"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "11.08.2025"]
[Round "2R"]
[White "Shankland, Sam"]
[Black "Le Quang Liem"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[EventDate "2025.08.11"]
[ECO "C67"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5
Nf5 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. h3 Ke8 10. Nc3 Be7 11. Re1 h5 12. Bg5 Be6 13. Rad1 Bb4
14. Nd4 Nxd4 15. Rxd4 Bxc3 16. bxc3 Kf8 17. a4 Kg8 18. f3 Kh7 19. Kf2 Kg6
20. Bh4 Rae8 21. a5 b5 22. a6 Bd5 23. g4 hxg4 24. Rxg4+ Kf5 25. Kg3 Rh7 26.
Rf4+ Ke6 27. Bg5 Kd7 28. Re3 f6 29. exf6 Rxe3 30. f7 Rh8 31. f8=Q Rxf8 32.
Rxf8 Rxc3 33. h4 c5 34. h5 b4 35. Rd8+ Kc6 36. Bf4 Rxf3+ 37. Kg4 Rf2 38.
Rb8 Bc4 39. Rb7 Bxa6 40. Rxc7+ Kb6 41. Rxg7 Be2+ 42. Kg3 Rf3+ 43. Kg4 Rf1+
44. Kf5 Bxh5 45. Ke4 Bd1 46. c4 Bc2+ 47. Ke5 b3 0-1

[Event "GCT 2025 Saint Louis - Rapid"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "11.08.2025"]
[Round "2R"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[EventDate "2025.08.11"]
[ECO "C11"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Bd7 6. Nf3 Bc6 7. Bd3 Nbd7
8. Ng3 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Re1 Re8 11. c3 a5 12. Bc2 a4 13. Qd3 Bxf3 14.
Qxf3 c6 15. Rad1 Qa5 16. Bd2 Qd5 17. Qxd5 cxd5 18. Bd3 Nb8 19. b3 axb3 20.
axb3 Ra2 21. Ne2 Nc6 22. Nc1 Ra3 23. f3 Na5 24. Bb5 Rb8 25. b4 Nc4 26. Ne2
Nxd2 27. Rxd2 h5 28. h4 Rc8 29. g3 Bd6 30. Kf2 e5 31. dxe5 Bxe5 32. Rd3 Ra2
33. Kf1 g6 34. Red1 Kg7 35. Re3 Bc7 36. c4 Rb2 37. cxd5 Rxb4 38. d6 Rxb5
39. dxc7 Rxc7 40. Nf4 Rb2 41. Re2 Rb3 42. Kg2 b5 43. Rd6 Rb7 44. Ra2 b4 45.
Raa6 Nd7 46. Nd3 Rxd3 0-1

[Event "GCT 2025 Saint Louis - Rapid"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "11.08.2025"]
[Round "2R"]
[White "Abdusattorov, Nodirbek"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2771"]
[BlackElo "2784"]
[EventDate "2025.08.11"]
[ECO "D05"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 e6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Bd3 b6 5. O-O Bb7 6. b3 Be7 7. Bb2 O-O 8.
Qe2 a5 9. Nc3 Nbd7 10. Na4 Bd6 11. c4 Qe7 12. Ne5 dxc4 13. Nxc4 e5 14. Nxd6
Qxd6 15. Nc3 exd4 16. Nb5 Qc6 17. e4 Nxe4 18. Nxd4 Qd5 19. Bc4 Qg5 20. f4
Qg6 21. f5 Qg5 22. Rad1 Nd6 23. Nb5 Nxc4 24. bxc4 Rae8 25. Qd2 Qxd2 26.
Rxd2 Nc5 27. Nxc7 Re4 28. f6 g5 29. Rfd1 h6 30. Bd4 Ne6 31. Nb5 Nxd4 32.
Rxd4 Re2 33. R1d2 Rxd2 34. Rxd2 Bc8 35. Nd6 Rd8 36. Kf2 Be6 37. Ke3 Kh7 38.
Ke4 Rd7 39. a4 Kg6 40. Ke5 Rc7 41. Rb2 Rc5+ 42. Kd4 Rc6 43. Ke5 Bxc4 44.
Nxc4 Rxc4 45. Rxb6 Rc2 46. g4 Rxh2 47. Ra6 Re2+ 48. Kd5 Rg2 49. Ke5 Rxg4
50. Ra8 Rb4 51. Rg8+ Kh5 52. Rg7 Rb7 53. Rh7 Rd7 54. Rh8 g4 55. Rh7 Kg5 56.
Rg7+ Kh4 57. Kf4 h5 58. Rh7 g3 59. Kf3 Rd3+ 60. Ke4 g2 0-1

[Event "GCT 2025 Saint Louis - Rapid"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "11.08.2025"]
[Round "2R"]
[White "Dominguez, Leinier"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[EventDate "2025.08.11"]
[ECO "C55"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Re1 d6 7. a4 Be6 8.
Bxe6 fxe6 9. c3 a5 10. Na3 Kh8 11. Bd2 Nd7 12. b4 axb4 13. cxb4 d5 14. Nc2
Bd6 15. b5 Na5 16. Ne3 d4 17. Bxa5 dxe3 18. Bc3 exf2+ 19. Kxf2 Bc5+ 20. d4
exd4 21. Bxd4 Qg5 22. Bxc5 Qxc5+ 23. Kg3 Nf6 24. h3 Nh5+ 25. Kh2 Qf2 26.
Rf1 Qg3+ 27. Kh1 Rf4 28. a5 Rxe4 29. a6 bxa6 30. bxa6 h6 31. Nd2 Re5 32.
Qf3 Rd5 33. Ne4 Qg6 34. Kh2 Rf5 35. Qg4 Qf7 36. Rxf5 exf5 37. Qf3 Ra7 38.
Ra5 c5 39. Rxc5 Rxa6 40. Qxf5 Qxf5 41. Rxf5 Nf6 42. Nxf6 gxf6 43. Rb5 Kg7
44. Rb7+ Kg6 45. Rb5 Kg7 46. Rb7+ Kg6 47. Rb5 Kg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT 2025 Saint Louis - Rapid"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "11.08.2025"]
[Round "2R"]
[White "Gukesh, Dommaraju"]
[Black "Oparin, Grigoriy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[EventDate "2025.08.11"]
[ECO "B30"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. O-O Bd7 5. Re1 a6 6. Bf1 Nf6 7. h3 e5 8.
c3 Be7 9. d4 b5 10. d5 Na7 11. a4 O-O 12. axb5 axb5 13. b4 c4 14. Re2 Nc6
15. Rxa8 Qxa8 16. dxc6 Bxc6 17. Nbd2 Nxe4 18. Nxe4 Bxe4 19. Be3 h6 20. Rd2
Qa3 21. Rxd6 Bxd6 22. Qxd6 Bxf3 23. Qxe5 Bb7 24. Bd4 f6 25. Qxb5 Qa8 26.
Bxc4+ Kh8 27. f3 Rc8 28. Bd3 Bd5 29. Qd7 Bg8 30. Qf5 Rd8 31. Qxf6 gxf6 32.
Bxf6+ 1-0

[Event "GCT 2025 Saint Louis - Rapid"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "11.08.2025"]
[Round "3R"]
[White "Oparin, Grigoriy"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[EventDate "2025.08.11"]
[ECO "A21"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Bb4 3. Qc2 Nf6 4. Nf3 Qe7 5. a3 Bxc3 6. Qxc3 Nc6 7. b4 d5
8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Qc5 Qxc5 10. bxc5 Bg4 11. Bb2 f6 12. e3 O-O-O 13. h3 Be6
14. Be2 h5 15. Rd1 g5 16. g3 Nde7 17. d4 e4 18. Nd2 Bd5 19. f3 exf3 20.
Bxf3 f5 21. O-O g4 22. Bxd5 Nxd5 23. Rde1 Rhf8 24. hxg4 hxg4 25. e4 fxe4
26. Rxe4 Rfe8 27. Rfe1 Re7 28. Nc4 Rh8 29. Rxe7 Ncxe7 30. Re5 b5 31. cxb6
axb6 32. Re4 Rg8 33. Bc1 Kb7 34. Kg2 Ka6 35. Ne5 Nf6 36. Rf4 Ned5 37. Rf5
Kb7 38. Nd7 Nxd7 39. Rxd5 Nf6 40. Rf5 Rg6 41. d5 Ne4 42. Bf4 Rg7 43. Be5
Re7 44. Bh8 Nd6 45. Rf4 Re4 46. Rxe4 0-1

[Event "GCT 2025 Saint Louis - Rapid"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "11.08.2025"]
[Round "3R"]
[White "Le Quang Liem"]
[Black "Gukesh, Dommaraju"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[EventDate "2025.08.11"]
[ECO "E10"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 h6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 d5 7. O-O O-O 8.
Qc2 c6 9. Rd1 Nbd7 10. Bf4 a5 11. a3 a4 12. Nc3 Qa5 13. Ne5 Nxe5 14. dxe5
Nd7 15. cxd5 exd5 16. Rac1 Nb6 17. e4 Bg4 18. Rd3 Rfd8 19. h3 Be6 20. exd5
cxd5 21. Qd1 Bf8 22. Bd2 Qa6 23. Rd4 Bc5 24. Rh4 Nc4 25. Nxd5 Bxf2+ 26.
Kxf2 Nxb2 27. Ne7+ Kf8 28. Qc2 Nd3+ 29. Kg1 Kxe7 30. Rb1 Bb3 31. Bb4+ Ke8
32. Qc7 Rd7 33. Qc3 Qb6+ 34. Kh2 Nxb4 35. Rxb4 Qc7 36. Qe3 Qc2 37. Rc1 Qd2
38. Qc5 Rad8 39. Rc3 Qa2 40. Rf3 Rd2 41. Qb5+ Kf8 42. Qf1 Rxg2+ 0-1

[Event "GCT 2025 Saint Louis - Rapid"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "11.08.2025"]
[Round "3R"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Shankland, Sam"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[EventDate "2025.08.11"]
[ECO "B40"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. Qe2 Be7 6. Bg2 Nf6 7. a4 O-O 8.
O-O dxe4 9. dxe4 e5 10. c3 h6 11. Nbd2 Be6 12. Nc4 Qc7 13. Nh4 Rfd8 14. Nf5
Bf8 15. f4 Bxc4 16. Qxc4 Na5 17. Qe2 Nb3 18. fxe5 Nxc1 19. Raxc1 Qxe5 20.
Ne3 Qe6 21. Nc4 Rd7 22. e5 Re8 23. Rcd1 h5 24. h3 Red8 25. Rxd7 Rxd7 26.
Bf3 Nh7 27. Bxh5 Qxh3 28. Qg4 Qxg4 29. Bxg4 Rd3 30. Bf5 Rxg3+ 31. Kh2 Rg5
32. Bxh7+ Kxh7 33. Rxf7 Rg4 34. b3 Kg8 35. Rxb7 a6 36. Rb6 Be7 37. Rxa6 Bh4
38. Kh3 Rf4 39. a5 Be1 40. e6 Re4 41. Rd6 g5 42. a6 g4+ 43. Kg2 Bh4 44. Rd2
Rxe6 45. Ra2 1-0

[Event "GCT 2025 Saint Louis - Rapid"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "11.08.2025"]
[Round "3R"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Abdusattorov, Nodirbek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2771"]
[EventDate "2025.08.11"]
[ECO "C45"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nxc6 Qf6 6. Qf3 Qxf3 7. gxf3
bxc6 8. Nc3 Ne7 9. Na4 Bd4 10. Be3 Bxe3 11. fxe3 d6 12. O-O-O Be6 13. Rg1
g6 14. Rg2 f6 15. Rgd2 Kf7 16. c4 f5 17. e5 dxe5 18. Nc5 a5 19. b3 Rhe8 20.
e4 Ng8 21. Bh3 Nf6 22. Re1 Bc8 23. Kb2 f4 24. Bxc8 Raxc8 25. Rg1 Rcd8 26.
Rdg2 Rd4 27. h4 Nd7 28. Nxd7 Rxd7 29. h5 Rg8 30. Rg5 Kf6 31. hxg6 hxg6 32.
Kc3 c5 33. R5g2 Rh7 34. Kb2 Rh3 35. Rf1 g5 36. Ka3 g4 37. fxg4 Kg5 38. Rd2
f3 39. Rd7 Kf4 40. Rxc7 Re8 41. g5 Ke3 42. g6 Ke2 43. Rc1 f2 44. Rf7 Rh2
45. Rc2+ Ke1 46. Ka4 Rg8 47. g7 Rg2 48. Kxa5 Kf1 49. Kb5 Kg1 50. Rc1+ Kh2
51. Rf1 Kg3 52. Kxc5 Rh2 53. a4 1-0

[Event "GCT 2025 Saint Louis - Rapid"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "11.08.2025"]
[Round "3R"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Dominguez, Leinier"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2784"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[EventDate "2025.08.11"]
[ECO "A33"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e6 6. g3 Qb6 7. Ndb5 Ne5
8. Bf4 Nfg4 9. Qb3 a6 10. f3 g5 11. Bxg5 axb5 12. fxg4 Nxc4 13. e4 Qa5 14.
Qxb5 Bg7 15. Bxc4 Bxc3+ 16. bxc3 Qxc3+ 17. Ke2 1-0

[Event "GCT 2025 Saint Louis - Rapid"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "12.08.2025"]
[Round "4R"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2784"]
[EventDate "2025.08.11"]
[ECO "B45"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. Ndb5 Bc5 7. Nd6+
Ke7 8. Bf4 e5 9. Nf5+ Kf8 10. Bg5 d6 11. Bc4 Be6 12. Bb3 h6 13. Bxf6 Qxf6
14. O-O Bxf5 15. Nd5 Qg6 16. exf5 Qxf5 17. c3 Ne7 18. Kh1 Rb8 19. Qd2 Nxd5
20. Qxd5 g6 21. Rae1 Kg7 22. f4 exf4 23. Qxf5 gxf5 24. Rxf4 Rhe8 25. Ref1
Re5 26. Rxf5 Rxf5 27. Rxf5 f6 28. g3 Re8 29. Bc4 Re5 30. Rxe5 fxe5 31. Bd5
b6 32. Kg2 Be3 33. Kf3 Bc1 34. b3 Bd2 35. c4 Kf6 36. Ke4 a5 37. Bc6 Bb4 38.
Bd5 Bd2 39. Bc6 Bb4 40. Bd5 Bd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT 2025 Saint Louis - Rapid"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "12.08.2025"]
[Round "4R"]
[White "Dominguez, Leinier"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[EventDate "2025.08.11"]
[ECO "C11"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 cxd4 8.
Nxd4 Qb6 9. Qd2 Qxb2 10. Rb1 Qa3 11. Bb5 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 a6 13. Bxd7+ Bxd7
14. Rb3 Qe7 15. Rxb7 Qh4+ 16. Bf2 Qd8 17. Bb6 Qc8 18. Rc7 Qd8 19. Qd4 Ba3
20. f5 O-O 21. f6 gxf6 22. exf6 Kh8 23. O-O Rc8 24. Qf4 Rg8 25. Kh1 Rxc7
26. Bxc7 Qf8 27. Rb1 Qa8 28. Rb8 Rxb8 29. Bxb8 Bf8 30. Bd6 Bxd6 31. Qxd6
Bb5 32. h4 Qg8 33. Nd1 h6 34. Ne3 Qg6 35. Qe5 h5 36. Kh2 Kh7 37. a3 Qh6 38.
Kg3 Qg6+ 39. Kf3 Ba4 40. c3 Bd1+ 41. Kf2 Bg4 42. Kg1 Bf3 43. Kh2 Be4 44.
Kg1 Bf3 45. Kh2 Be4 46. Kg1 Bf3 47. Kf2 Be4 48. Qf4 Qh6 49. Qe5 Qg6 50. Qf4
Qh6 51. Qe5 Qg6 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT 2025 Saint Louis - Rapid"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "12.08.2025"]
[Round "4R"]
[White "Abdusattorov, Nodirbek"]
[Black "Oparin, Grigoriy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2771"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[EventDate "2025.08.11"]
[ECO "C44"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Nge7 6. Bg2 Bg7 7. Ne2 O-O
8. O-O d6 9. Nbc3 Rb8 10. a4 b6 11. Be3 Bb7 12. h3 Qd7 13. f4 Rbd8 14. Qd2
d5 15. Rad1 d4 16. Bf2 Qc8 17. Nb5 Na5 18. f5 gxf5 19. Nbxd4 c5 20. Qg5
cxd4 21. Qxe7 fxe4 22. Nxd4 Rfe8 23. Nf5 h6 24. Be3 Rxd1 25. Rxd1 Bc6 26.
Rf1 Qe6 27. Qh4 Nc4 28. Nxg7 Kxg7 29. Bxh6+ Kg8 30. Rf6 1-0

[Event "GCT 2025 Saint Louis - Rapid"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "12.08.2025"]
[Round "4R"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Le Quang Liem"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[EventDate "2025.08.11"]
[ECO "C64"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Bc5 4. O-O Nd4 5. Nxd4 Bxd4 6. c3 Bb6 7. d4 c6
8. Be2 d6 9. Na3 Nf6 10. Nc4 exd4 11. Bf3 O-O 12. Nxb6 Qxb6 13. cxd4 d5 14.
e5 Ne4 15. Be2 h6 16. f3 Ng5 17. b3 Ne6 18. Be3 f6 19. exf6 Rxf6 20. Qd2
Bd7 21. Rae1 Re8 22. Bd1 Nf8 23. Bf2 Rxe1 24. Rxe1 Bf5 25. Re8 Re6 26. Ra8
Bg6 27. a4 Re8 28. a5 Qc7 29. Bg3 Qd7 30. Rxa7 Qc8 31. h4 Re7 32. a6 Rf7
33. axb7 Rxb7 34. Rxb7 Qxb7 35. Kh2 Ne6 36. b4 Qe7 37. Ba4 Be8 38. Qc3 Qb7
39. Be5 Qe7 40. g3 Qb7 41. f4 Qa6 42. Bd1 Bg6 43. Bg4 Nf8 44. Qe3 Be4 45.
Bf3 Bxf3 46. Qxf3 Qa2+ 47. Kh3 Qb1 48. h5 Nd7 49. Bxg7 Kxg7 50. Qg4+ Kf6
51. Qxd7 Qh1+ 52. Kg4 Qd1+ 53. Kh4 Qh1+ 54. Qh3 Qg1 55. Kg4 Qd1+ 56. Kh4
Qg1 57. g4 Qe1+ 58. Qg3 Qh1+ 59. Qh3 Qe1+ 60. Qg3 Qh1+ 61. Qh3 Qe1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT 2025 Saint Louis - Rapid"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "12.08.2025"]
[Round "4R"]
[White "Shankland, Sam"]
[Black "Gukesh, Dommaraju"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[EventDate "2025.08.11"]
[ECO "C41"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. Rg1 c6 6. g4 h6 7. Be3 b5 8. a3
Qc7 9. Qd2 exd4 10. Nxd4 Ne5 11. f4 Nc4 12. Bxc4 bxc4 13. Nf5 Rb8 14. Bd4
Be6 15. e5 dxe5 16. Bxe5 Qb6 17. Bd4 Qa5 18. O-O-O Rxb2 19. Bxf6 gxf6 20.
Rge1 Rb7 21. Nd6+ Bxd6 22. Qxd6 Qb6 23. Rxe6+ fxe6 24. Qxe6+ Re7 25. Qc8+
Kf7 26. Qxh8 Qe3+ 27. Rd2 Qxf4 28. Qh7+ Kf8 29. Qf5 Re1+ 30. Nd1 Qxf5 31.
gxf5 Ke7 32. Kb2 Re5 33. Rf2 Kd6 34. Nc3 Re3 35. Rf4 Ke5 36. Rh4 Kxf5 37.
Rxh6 Kg5 38. Rh7 a5 39. Rg7+ Kh5 40. Rg3 Re5 41. Nd1 f5 42. Kc3 f4 43. Rg8
Re2 44. h3 Re1 45. Kd2 Rh1 46. Nf2 Rf1 47. Ne4 Ra1 48. Rf8 Rxa3 49. Rxf4
Rxh3 50. Nc3 Rh2+ 51. Kc1 Rh4 52. Rf5+ Kg4 53. Rxa5 Kf3 54. Re5 Rd4 55. Re6
Rh4 56. Kb2 Rg4 57. Rxc6 Ke3 58. Rd6 Rg8 59. Nd5+ Ke2 60. Kc3 Rg4 61. Re6+
Kf2 62. Nb6 1-0

[Event "GCT 2025 Saint Louis - Rapid"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "12.08.2025"]
[Round "5R"]
[White "Oparin, Grigoriy"]
[Black "Dominguez, Leinier"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[EventDate "2025.08.11"]
[ECO "C25"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. a3 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Nf3 Ng4 6. d4 exd4 7. Na4 d6 8.
h3 Nf6 9. b4 Bb6 10. Nxb6 axb6 11. b5 Ne5 12. Qxd4 Qe7 13. Bb2 O-O 14. Bd3
Re8 15. a4 Nfd7 16. Nd2 Nc5 17. O-O Qf6 18. f4 Nexd3 19. Qxf6 gxf6 20. cxd3
f5 21. Rf3 fxe4 22. Rg3+ Kf8 23. Nxe4 Nxe4 24. Bg7+ Ke7 25. dxe4 Bd7 26.
Rc3 Rg8 27. Bd4 c5 28. bxc6 Bxc6 29. Re3 Rxa4 30. Rxa4 Bxa4 31. Bxb6 Bc6
32. g4 Ra8 33. e5 Ra4 34. f5 Re4 35. Rxe4 Bxe4 36. exd6+ Kxd6 37. Kf2 h5
38. Ke3 Bb1 39. Kf4 hxg4 40. hxg4 Bc2 41. g5 Bb1 42. g6 fxg6 43. fxg6 Bxg6
44. Bd4 Kc6 45. Ke3 b6 46. Bxb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT 2025 Saint Louis - Rapid"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "12.08.2025"]
[Round "5R"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Shankland, Sam"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2784"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[EventDate "2025.08.11"]
[ECO "B93"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f4 e5 7. Nf3 Nbd7 8.
a4 Be7 9. Bc4 O-O 10. O-O Qb6+ 11. Kh1 exf4 12. Bxf4 Qxb2 13. Qe1 Qb6 14.
Rd1 Qc7 15. Bb3 Ne5 16. Nd4 Bg4 17. Rb1 Rac8 18. Nd5 Nxd5 19. Bxd5 Nc6 20.
Qg3 h5 21. c3 Qd8 22. Rxb7 Nxd4 23. cxd4 Be2 24. Bh6 Bf6 25. Bxf7+ Kh8 26.
Bxh5 Rc7 27. Rxc7 Qxc7 28. Bxe2 gxh6 29. Bxa6 Qb6 30. Qd3 Kg7 31. e5 dxe5
32. dxe5 Be7 33. Rxf8 Kxf8 34. Qf5+ Kg7 35. Bc4 Qg6 36. Qxg6+ 1-0

[Event "GCT 2025 Saint Louis - Rapid"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "12.08.2025"]
[Round "5R"]
[White "Gukesh, Dommaraju"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[EventDate "2025.08.11"]
[ECO "A14"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. b3 b6 7. cxd5 exd5 8.
Bb2 Re8 9. Nc3 Bb7 10. e3 Nbd7 11. Rc1 Bf8 12. Ne2 a5 13. a4 c5 14. d4 Rc8
15. Nc3 Ne4 16. Nb5 Nd6 17. Nxd6 Bxd6 18. Nh4 g6 19. Nf3 Bf8 20. Qe2 Bg7
21. Rfd1 Rc7 22. dxc5 Nxc5 23. Bxg7 Kxg7 24. Nd4 Qf6 25. Rc2 Rce7 26. Qe1
h5 27. h4 Ra8 28. Rcc1 Rc8 29. Rc2 Rec7 30. Bh3 Ra8 31. Rc3 Re7 32. Bg2 Rd8
33. Qd2 Bc8 34. Rdc1 Rc7 35. Nb5 Rc6 36. Qd4 Be6 37. Rd1 Rcc8 38. Na7 Rc7
39. Nb5 Rcc8 40. Na7 Rc7 41. Nb5 Rcc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT 2025 Saint Louis - Rapid"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "12.08.2025"]
[Round "5R"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[EventDate "2025.08.11"]
[ECO "C45"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. Nd2 d5 7. exd5
cxd5 8. Bb5+ Bd7 9. Bxd7+ Qxd7 10. O-O Be7 11. b3 O-O 12. Bb2 a5 13. a4
Rfe8 14. Qf3 Ng4 15. Rad1 Bd6 16. g3 c6 17. c4 Be5 18. Ba3 Bd4 19. cxd5
cxd5 20. Qf4 Be5 21. Qf3 Bd4 22. Qf4 Be5 23. Qf3 Bd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT 2025 Saint Louis - Rapid"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "12.08.2025"]
[Round "5R"]
[White "Le Quang Liem"]
[Black "Abdusattorov, Nodirbek"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2771"]
[EventDate "2025.08.11"]
[ECO "D12"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Bg6 7. Be2 Nbd7 8.
O-O Bd6 9. g3 O-O 10. Nxg6 hxg6 11. Qc2 Qe7 12. Rd1 a6 13. Bd2 Rac8 14.
Rac1 Rfe8 15. Be1 g5 16. a3 dxc4 17. Bxc4 c5 18. Bf1 cxd4 19. exd4 b5 20.
Bd2 g4 21. Bg5 Qf8 22. Bg2 Rc7 23. Qe2 Rec8 24. Na2 Be7 25. a4 bxa4 26.
Qxa6 a3 27. bxa3 Bxa3 28. Rxc7 Rxc7 29. Qd3 Bb2 30. Nc1 Bxc1 31. Bxc1 Qb4
32. Bf4 Rc8 33. Bg5 Qc4 34. Qxc4 Rxc4 35. d5 Nxd5 36. Bxd5 exd5 37. Rxd5
Nf8 38. Kg2 f6 39. Be3 Ng6 40. Rd4 Rxd4 41. Bxd4 Kf7 42. h3 f5 43. hxg4
fxg4 44. f3 gxf3+ 45. Kxf3 Ne7 46. Bxg7 Nf5 47. Be5 Nxg3 48. Bxg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT 2025 Saint Louis - Rapid"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "12.08.2025"]
[Round "6R"]
[White "Abdusattorov, Nodirbek"]
[Black "Gukesh, Dommaraju"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2771"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[EventDate "2025.08.11"]
[ECO "D02"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Bf4 e6 4. e3 c5 5. Nbd2 Bd6 6. dxc5 Bxc5 7. Bd3 O-O
8. O-O Nc6 9. a3 a5 10. e4 Nh5 11. Bg5 f6 12. exd5 exd5 13. Be3 Bxe3 14.
fxe3 g6 15. Nb3 Qd6 16. Qd2 Bg4 17. Be2 a4 18. Nbd4 Rad8 19. Rad1 Ng7 20.
c4 Kh8 21. Nb5 Qc5 22. cxd5 Nf5 23. Nfd4 Bxe2 24. Qxe2 Rxd5 25. Qf2 Re5 26.
Rde1 Kg8 27. Nc3 Nxe3 28. Rxe3 Qxd4 29. Rxe5 fxe5 30. Qxd4 Nxd4 31. Rxf8+
Kxf8 32. Nxa4 Ke7 33. Kf2 Kd6 34. Ke3 Kd5 35. Nc3+ Kc4 36. Ke4 Nc6 37. g4
Kb3 38. Nb5 Kxb2 39. g5 Kb3 40. h4 Ka4 41. Nd6 b5 42. Kd5 Na5 43. Kc5 Nb3+
44. Kd5 Nd2 45. Kc5 e4 46. Nxb5 e3 47. Nc3+ Kxa3 48. Kd4 Kb3 49. Ne2 Nf1
50. Kd3 Kb4 51. Nf4 Kc5 52. h5 gxh5 53. Nxh5 Kd5 54. Nf6+ Ke5 55. Nxh7 Kf5
56. Ke2 Kg6 57. Kxf1 Kxh7 58. Ke2 Kg6 59. Kxe3 Kxg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT 2025 Saint Louis - Rapid"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "12.08.2025"]
[Round "6R"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Oparin, Grigoriy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[EventDate "2025.08.11"]
[ECO "B83"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Be2 Nc6 4. O-O Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. d4 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Be7
8. Be3 O-O 9. f4 a6 10. Kh1 Qc7 11. Qe1 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 b5 13. a3 Bb7 14. Qg3
Rad8 15. Bd3 Rd7 16. Rae1 Qd8 17. Qh3 g6 18. f5 e5 19. Be3 Bc6 20. Bh6 Re8
21. Qf3 Rb7 22. g4 Kh8 23. Qh3 Ng8 24. Be3 Bg5 25. Qf3 Bxe3 26. Rxe3 Qh4
27. Qg2 Qg5 28. Ref3 Nh6 29. Rg3 f6 30. fxg6 hxg6 31. Ne2 Kg7 32. Ng1 Nf7
33. Nf3 Qh6 34. g5 1-0

[Event "GCT 2025 Saint Louis - Rapid"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "12.08.2025"]
[Round "6R"]
[White "Dominguez, Leinier"]
[Black "Le Quang Liem"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[EventDate "2025.08.11"]
[ECO "C64"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Bc5 4. O-O Nd4 5. Nxd4 Bxd4 6. c3 Bb6 7. d4 c6
8. Bc4 d6 9. dxe5 dxe5 10. Qxd8+ Bxd8 11. a4 a5 12. Be3 Nf6 13. Nd2 Ng4 14.
Bc5 b6 15. Bd6 Be7 16. Bc7 Bc5 17. Be2 Ra7 18. Bxg4 Rxc7 19. Bxc8 Rxc8 20.
Nc4 f6 21. b4 axb4 22. cxb4 Bxb4 23. Nxb6 Rb8 24. a5 Kf7 25. Rfc1 Bxa5 26.
Rxa5 Rxb6 27. Ra7+ Kg6 28. h4 Rb4 29. f3 Rc8 30. Rd1 Rd4 31. Rb1 Rdd8 32.
Rc1 c5 33. Rc2 c4 34. Kf2 c3 35. Ke2 Rd4 36. g3 Rdc4 37. Kd3 R4c6 38. Rb7
Rd8+ 39. Ke3 Rdc8 40. Kd3 Rd6+ 41. Ke3 Ra6 42. Ke2 Rd8 43. Rc7 Rd2+ 44.
Rxd2 cxd2 45. Rd7 h5 46. Rxd2 Ra7 47. Kf2 Kf7 48. Rb2 Kg6 49. Rd2 Kf7 50.
Rb2 Kg6 51. Rd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT 2025 Saint Louis - Rapid"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "12.08.2025"]
[Round "6R"]
[White "Shankland, Sam"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[EventDate "2025.08.11"]
[ECO "A20"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 d5 3. cxd5 Qxd5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Bg2 Nf6 6. Nc3 Qd8 7. O-O h6
8. b3 Bd6 9. Bb2 O-O 10. d4 a6 11. dxe5 Nxe5 12. Qc2 Nc6 13. Rad1 Re8 14.
Nh4 Qe7 15. Rfe1 Bb4 16. Qc1 Be6 17. a3 Bc5 18. b4 Ba7 19. e3 Rad8 20. Qc2
Bg4 21. Nd5 Nxd5 22. Rxd5 Bd4 23. Bxd4 Nxd4 24. Qc4 Be6 25. Qxd4 Bxd5 26.
Bxd5 c6 27. Nf5 Qe5 28. Bxf7+ Kxf7 29. Qg4 Qf6 30. e4 Kg8 31. h4 Kh7 32. h5
Qg5 33. Qf3 Re5 34. Re3 c5 35. Kg2 Rd2 36. Rc3 b6 37. bxc5 Rxc5 38. Rxc5
bxc5 39. e5 Rd8 40. e6 Re8 41. Qe4 Kg8 42. e7 Qf6 43. Qd5+ Qf7 44. Qxc5
Qxh5 45. Qe5 Qf7 46. Qe4 h5 47. Qa4 Qd5+ 48. Kg1 Kf7 49. Qf4 Kg6 50. Nh4+
Kh7 51. Qf8 Qg8 52. Qf3 g6 53. Qb7 Qe6 54. Nf3 Qf6 55. Qd5 Rxe7 56. Kg2 Kg7
57. a4 Rf7 58. a5 Qf5 59. Qd4+ Kh7 60. Ne5 Re7 61. Nf3 Rf7 62. Ne5 Rg7 63.
f3 Re7 64. f4 g5 65. Qd6 Rg7 66. Kf3 gxf4 67. gxf4 h4 0-1

[Event "GCT 2025 Saint Louis - Rapid"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "12.08.2025"]
[Round "6R"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2784"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[EventDate "2025.08.11"]
[ECO "D35"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Bb4 6. e3 h6 7. Bh4 g5 8.
Bg3 h5 9. Qb3 Bxc3+ 10. bxc3 h4 11. Be5 Nbd7 12. Nf3 Nxe5 13. Nxe5 h3 14.
Rg1 c6 15. g4 Qc7 16. f4 Be6 17. Rb1 b6 18. Rb2 gxf4 19. exf4 Ne4 20. Bd3
Rg8 21. Rf1 f6 22. Bxe4 fxe5 23. fxe5 Rxg4 24. Bf3 Rg5 25. Rbf2 O-O-O 26.
Be2 Rg2 27. Rf6 Qd7 28. R1f2 Kb7 29. Qa3 a5 30. Qd6 Qxd6 31. exd6 Re8 32.
Kf1 Rg5 33. Bd3 Bd7 34. Rf7 Kc8 35. Re7 Kd8 36. Rh7 b5 37. Rff7 Be6 38. Ra7
Rf8+ 39. Ke2 Bg4+ 40. Kd2 Bc8 41. d7 1-0

[Event "GCT 2025 Saint Louis - Rapid"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "13.08.2025"]
[Round "7R"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Shankland, Sam"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[EventDate "2025.08.11"]
[ECO "B45"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 e6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. e5 Nd5
8. Ne4 Qc7 9. f4 Qb6 10. a3 Ne3 11. Qd3 Nxf1 12. Rxf1 Ba6 13. c4 f5 14.
Nd6+ Bxd6 15. exd6 c5 16. Rf3 Bb7 17. Rg3 Rg8 18. b3 O-O-O 19. Bb2 g5 20.
Rxg5 Rxg5 21. fxg5 Be4 22. Qg3 Rg8 23. Bf6 h6 24. h4 hxg5 25. hxg5 Bc2 26.
Kf2 Qa5 27. b4 cxb4 28. axb4 Qxb4 29. Rxa7 Qd2+ 30. Kg1 Qd1+ 31. Kh2 Be4
32. Rc7+ Kb8 33. Rxd7 e5 34. Qe3 Qh5+ 35. Qh3 Qd1 36. Rh7 f4 37. d7 f3 38.
Qe6 Bxh7 39. Qb6+ 1-0

[Event "GCT 2025 Saint Louis - Rapid"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "13.08.2025"]
[Round "7R"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Abdusattorov, Nodirbek"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2771"]
[EventDate "2025.08.11"]
[ECO "B47"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Qd3 Nf6 7. Ndb5 Qb8
8. Qg3 d6 9. Be3 a6 10. Nd4 h5 11. f3 Ne5 12. a4 Qc7 13. Nb3 Bd7 14. Qf2
Nc4 15. Bxc4 Qxc4 16. a5 Be7 17. O-O-O Rc8 18. Rhe1 e5 19. Kb1 Be6 20. Bg5
O-O 21. Bxf6 Bxf6 22. Rxd6 Be7 23. Rd3 Bc5 24. Nxc5 Rxc5 25. Red1 Qb4 26.
Nd5 Qxa5 27. Ra3 Qb5 28. Rb3 Qa5 29. Ra3 Qb5 30. Rb3 Qa5 31. Ra3 Qb5
1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT 2025 Saint Louis - Rapid"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "13.08.2025"]
[Round "7R"]
[White "Oparin, Grigoriy"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2784"]
[EventDate "2025.08.11"]
[ECO "A46"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 b5 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O c5 6. Bg5 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Bxg2
8. Kxg2 Qb6 9. Qd3 Nc6 10. Nf3 d5 11. a4 b4 12. Nbd2 Be7 13. c4 bxc3 14.
bxc3 O-O 15. Rfb1 Qc7 16. c4 Rfd8 17. cxd5 Nxd5 18. Qc4 f6 19. Bf4 Qd7 20.
Ne4 Rac8 21. Qb3 f5 22. Ned2 Bf6 23. Ra3 e5 24. Be3 e4 25. Ng1 Na5 26. Qb5
Nxe3+ 27. Rxe3 Qxd2 28. Qxf5 Qd5 29. Qxd5+ Rxd5 30. Rxe4 Nc4 31. Nf3 Nd6
32. Reb4 Rdc5 33. Rd1 R5c6 34. h4 h6 35. Rd5 Rc4 36. Rxc4 Nxc4 37. g4 Bc3
38. g5 Nb6 39. Rd6 h5 40. e3 Kf7 41. Ng1 Rc4 42. f4 Rxa4 43. Ne2 Bb4 44.
Rc6 Bd2 45. Rc7+ Ke6 46. Nd4+ Kd5 47. Rxg7 Bxe3 48. Ne2 Ke6 49. Kf3 Bc5 50.
Rg6+ Ke7 51. f5 Ra3+ 52. Kf4 Re3 53. Rg7+ Kf8 54. f6 Rxe2 55. Kf5 Nd5 56.
Rd7 Ne7+ 57. fxe7+ Rxe7 58. Rd5 Rc7 59. Kg6 a5 60. Rd8+ Ke7 61. Ra8 Ra7 62.
Rc8 Kd6 63. Kxh5 a4 64. Rd8+ Ke6 65. g6 a3 66. Rd1 a2 67. Re1+ Kf6 0-1

[Event "GCT 2025 Saint Louis - Rapid"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "13.08.2025"]
[Round "7R"]
[White "Gukesh, Dommaraju"]
[Black "Dominguez, Leinier"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[EventDate "2025.08.11"]
[ECO "A05"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. b3 d5 3. Bb2 c5 4. e3 g6 5. c4 dxc4 6. bxc4 Bg7 7. Be2 O-O 8.
O-O b6 9. d4 cxd4 10. exd4 e6 11. Nc3 Bb7 12. Ba3 Re8 13. Nb5 Ne4 14. Bd3
a6 15. Bxe4 axb5 16. Bxb7 Rxa3 17. cxb5 Qd7 18. Qc1 Ra4 19. Be4 Qxb5 20.
Rd1 Qd7 21. Qb2 Ra5 22. Rac1 Qa7 23. Rc2 Nd7 24. Qc1 Nf6 25. Rc7 Qb8 26.
Bb1 Nd5 27. Rc6 Ne7 28. Rc4 Rd8 29. h4 h5 30. Qb2 Bf6 31. Be4 Qa7 32. Rd2
Kg7 33. Rdc2 Rd7 34. g3 Nf5 35. Rb4 Rd6 36. Kg2 Ne7 37. Ne5 Ra4 38. Bf3
Rxb4 39. Qxb4 Rd8 40. Rc4 Qa5 41. Qb2 Bxe5 42. dxe5 Rd2 43. Qb4 Qxa2 44.
Qxe7 Rxf2+ 45. Kg1 Rxf3 0-1

[Event "GCT 2025 Saint Louis - Rapid"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "13.08.2025"]
[Round "7R"]
[White "Le Quang Liem"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[EventDate "2025.08.11"]
[ECO "D37"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. c5 c6 8.
Bd3 b6 9. b4 a5 10. a3 Ba6 11. O-O Qc8 12. h3 Qb7 13. Qc2 h6 14. Rfc1 Bxd3
15. Qxd3 axb4 16. axb4 Rxa1 17. Rxa1 Ra8 18. Qb1 Bd8 19. Rxa8 Qxa8 20. Qa2
Qb7 21. Qa4 b5 22. Qa2 Ne4 23. Nxe4 dxe4 24. Nd2 Nf6 25. Qa3 Bc7 26. Be5
Bxe5 27. dxe5 Nd7 28. Nxe4 Nxe5 29. Nd6 Qd7 30. Qa8+ Kh7 31. Kf1 Qe7 32.
Qa1 Ng6 33. g3 f5 34. h4 Qd7 35. Qa8 Ne7 36. Qf8 Nd5 37. Nf7 Nxe3+ 38. fxe3
Qd1+ 39. Kf2 Qc2+ 40. Kf3 Qe4+ 41. Kf2 Qc2+ 42. Kf3 Qe4+ 43. Kf2 Qc2+
1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT 2025 Saint Louis - Rapid"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "13.08.2025"]
[Round "8R"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Gukesh, Dommaraju"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[EventDate "2025.08.11"]
[ECO "C50"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 a6 7. Re1 O-O 8.
h3 Ba7 9. a4 h6 10. Nbd2 Re8 11. b4 Qe7 12. Rb1 Be6 13. b5 axb5 14. Rxb5
Nd7 15. Qc2 Bb6 16. Bxe6 Qxe6 17. Nc4 Ra6 18. Nxb6 cxb6 19. Be3 Rea8 20.
Ra1 Ne7 21. Rab1 Rxa4 22. Bxb6 Nxb6 23. Rxb6 Ng6 24. Rxb7 Nf4 25. Kh2 Ra2
26. R7b2 Rxb2 27. Rxb2 Ra1 28. Nh4 g6 29. Nf3 Kg7 30. Ng1 Qc8 31. g3 Ne6
32. Nf3 Qa6 33. Qe2 Qa3 34. Qc2 Nc5 35. Nd2 Qa6 36. Nc4 Nxe4 37. Rb6 Qc8
38. h4 Nf6 39. Nxd6 Qc5 40. Qb2 Ng4+ 41. Kg2 Qd5+ 42. Ne4 Ra2 43. Qb5 Rxf2+
44. Kh3 h5 45. Rxg6+ fxg6 0-1

[Event "GCT 2025 Saint Louis - Rapid"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "13.08.2025"]
[Round "8R"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Le Quang Liem"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2784"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[EventDate "2025.08.11"]
[ECO "C67"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1
Nf5 8. Nf3 O-O 9. d4 d5 10. c3 Bd6 11. a4 Re8 12. Rxe8+ Qxe8 13. a5 Nce7
14. a6 b6 15. c4 Be6 16. Nc3 c6 17. g4 Nh6 18. h3 Rd8 19. Qc2 f5 20. Ng5
Bc8 21. Bd2 Qg6 22. cxd5 Nxd5 23. Nxd5 cxd5 24. Rc1 Be7 25. Qxc8 Bxg5 26.
Bxg5 Qxg5 27. Qe6+ Kh8 28. Rc8 fxg4 29. Qe5 Qh4 30. Rc7 Rg8 31. Qg3 Qf6 32.
Rxa7 b5 33. hxg4 Qb6 34. Rd7 Qxa6 35. Rxd5 Qe6 36. Rxb5 Nxg4 37. d5 Qc8 38.
d6 Nf6 39. Re5 Qc2 40. Re2 Qf5 41. Bh3 Qb1+ 42. Kh2 Rf8 43. Re7 Nh5 44. Qf3
Nf6 45. d7 Qa2 46. Qg3 Nh5 47. Re8 Qf7 48. Rxf8+ Qxf8 49. Qe3 Nf6 50. Qd4
Qd8 51. b4 h5 52. b5 1-0

[Event "GCT 2025 Saint Louis - Rapid"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "13.08.2025"]
[Round "8R"]
[White "Dominguez, Leinier"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[EventDate "2025.08.11"]
[ECO "B95"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f3 Nbd7 8.
Qd2 b5 9. a3 Bb7 10. O-O-O Be7 11. Kb1 Rc8 12. Qe1 O-O 13. h4 Ne5 14. f4
Neg4 15. e5 Nd5 16. Nxd5 Bxd5 17. Nf5 f6 18. Nxe7+ Qxe7 19. exf6 Qc7 20.
Rxd5 exd5 21. Qe6+ Rf7 22. Qxg4 Qxc2+ 23. Ka2 Rc3 24. Rh3 Qb3+ 25. Kb1 Qc2+
26. Ka2 Qb3+ 27. Kb1 Qc2+ 28. Ka2 Qb3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT 2025 Saint Louis - Rapid"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "13.08.2025"]
[Round "8R"]
[White "Shankland, Sam"]
[Black "Abdusattorov, Nodirbek"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2771"]
[EventDate "2025.08.11"]
[ECO "D35"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Bb4 6. e3 h6 7. Bh4 g5 8.
Bg3 Ne4 9. Qc2 h5 10. Bd3 h4 11. Be5 f6 12. Bxe4 dxe4 13. d5 Bf5 14. O-O-O
Nd7 15. Bd4 Qe7 16. Nge2 a6 17. Kb1 O-O-O 18. Ba7 Ne5 19. Na4 b5 20. Nd4
Bg4 21. f3 bxa4 22. fxg4 Kb7 23. Nf5 Qd7 24. Bd4 Qxd5 25. Qxa4 Qb5 26. Qc2
Rhe8 27. Rc1 Qd3 28. Bxe5 Rxe5 29. Rhd1 Qxc2+ 30. Kxc2 Rc5+ 31. Kb1 Rxc1+
32. Rxc1 Rd5 33. Rc4 Bd6 34. h3 Rd2 35. Rc2 Rd1+ 36. Rc1 Rd2 37. Rc2 Rd1+
38. Rc1 Rd3 39. Rc4 Rd1+ 40. Rc1 Rxc1+ 41. Kxc1 Be5 42. Kc2 Kc6 43. Kb3 Kc5
44. Kc2 a5 45. b3 c6 46. Ne7 Kb5 47. Nf5 c5 48. a4+ Kc6 49. Ne7+ Kd6 50.
Nf5+ Kd7 51. Kd2 Ke6 52. Kc2 Kd7 53. Kd2 Ke6 54. Kc2 Kd7 55. Kd2 Ke6 56.
Kc2 Kd7 57. Kd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT 2025 Saint Louis - Rapid"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "13.08.2025"]
[Round "8R"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Oparin, Grigoriy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[EventDate "2025.08.11"]
[ECO "B30"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. Bxc6 bxc6 5. b3 f6 6. O-O Nh6 7. d4 cxd4
8. Bxh6 gxh6 9. Nxd4 Qa5 10. Nd2 Rg8 11. Nc4 Qg5 12. Ne3 Bb7 13. f4 Qg7 14.
Qd3 c5 15. Nb5 O-O-O 16. Nxa7+ Kb8 17. Qb5 Bd6 18. Rad1 Bc7 19. Qxc5 Qf8
20. Qxf8 Rdxf8 21. Nb5 Bb6 22. Rfe1 Bxe4 23. g3 d5 24. Kf1 Rd8 25. Nd4 Rd6
26. c4 Rc8 27. f5 Bxd4 28. Rxd4 e5 29. Rxd5 Bxd5 30. Nxd5 Kb7 31. Re4 Ra8
32. a4 Kc6 33. Ke2 Rb8 34. b4 Rxd5 35. b5+ Rdxb5 36. cxb5+ Kb6 37. Rh4 Ka5
38. Rxh6 Kxa4 39. Rxf6 Kxb5 40. Ke3 Kc5 41. Ke4 Rb2 42. Kxe5 Re2+ 43. Kf4
Rxh2 44. g4 h6 45. Re6 Kd5 46. Re1 Rd2 47. Kg3 Rd3+ 48. Kh4 Rd2 49. Kh5
Rh2+ 50. Kg6 1-0

[Event "GCT 2025 Saint Louis - Rapid"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "13.08.2025"]
[Round "9R"]
[White "Abdusattorov, Nodirbek"]
[Black "Dominguez, Leinier"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2771"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[EventDate "2025.08.11"]
[ECO "A36"]

1. c4 c5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. e3 e6 6. b3 Nge7 7. Ba3 d6 8.
Nge2 O-O 9. O-O e5 10. Bb2 Rb8 11. Nd5 Nxd5 12. cxd5 Ne7 13. Rc1 b6 14. d3
h5 15. Qd2 h4 16. e4 Kh7 17. f4 Ng8 18. b4 hxg3 19. hxg3 Qe7 20. Bf3 Nh6
21. Kg2 Bg4 22. Bxg4 Nxg4 23. Rh1+ Kg8 24. f5 Bf6 25. Rcf1 Kg7 26. Kf3 Bg5
27. Nf4 Nh6 28. Rh3 Rh8 29. Rfh1 gxf5 30. Rh5 f6 31. Ne6+ Kg6 32. Qh2 fxe4+
33. dxe4 Rbf8 34. Ke2 Qd7 35. Nxf8+ Rxf8 36. Rxg5+ 1-0

[Event "GCT 2025 Saint Louis - Rapid"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "13.08.2025"]
[Round "9R"]
[White "Oparin, Grigoriy"]
[Black "Shankland, Sam"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[EventDate "2025.08.11"]
[ECO "C25"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Bc5 5. d3 a5 6. h3 d6 7. Nge2 O-O 8.
O-O Nd4 9. Kh2 c6 10. f4 exf4 11. Bxf4 Ne6 12. Bc1 d5 13. d4 Ba7 14. exd5
cxd5 15. Be3 Bb8 16. Qd2 h5 17. Kg1 Re8 18. Rf2 b5 19. Nxb5 Ne4 20. Bxe4
dxe4 21. Raf1 f6 22. c4 Ng5 23. Bxg5 fxg5 24. Qe3 Bxh3 25. Re1 Ra6 26. Nec3
Rg6 27. d5 Bf4 28. Qa7 Bxg3 29. Qf7+ Kh7 30. Nxe4 Bxf2+ 31. Qxf2 Bd7 32.
Nd4 Rf8 33. Qe3 Rf4 34. Nf3 Rg4+ 35. Kf2 Qb8 36. b3 h4 37. d6 Qf8 38. c5
Bc6 39. Qd3 h3 40. d7 Rg2+ 41. Ke3 Qf4+ 42. Kd4 Bxd7 43. Ne5 Bf5 44. Nxg6
Kxg6 45. c6 h2 46. Kc5 Rg1 47. Qd8 Rxe1 48. Qe8+ Kh6 49. Qh8+ Bh7 0-1

[Event "GCT 2025 Saint Louis - Rapid"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "13.08.2025"]
[Round "9R"]
[White "Le Quang Liem"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[EventDate "2025.08.11"]
[ECO "E12"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Nc3 Bb7 5. e3 d5 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Qa4+ Nbd7
8. Ba6 Bxa6 9. Qxa6 c6 10. O-O Bd6 11. Bd2 O-O 12. Rac1 Qc8 13. Qa4 Qb7 14.
Ne2 c5 15. dxc5 bxc5 16. Bc3 Rfe8 17. Ng3 Bxg3 18. hxg3 Ne4 19. Qc2 a5 20.
Rfd1 a4 21. Nd2 Nxc3 22. Qxc3 Rab8 23. Rc2 h6 24. Nf3 Nf6 25. Qa3 c4 26.
Nd4 h5 27. Qxa4 Ra8 28. Qc6 Qxc6 29. Nxc6 Rxa2 30. Nb4 Ra5 31. Rcd2 Rb5 32.
Nxd5 Nxd5 33. Rxd5 Rxb2 34. Rc5 Rc2 35. Rxh5 g6 36. Rc5 Ra8 37. g4 Raa2 38.
Rf1 c3 39. g5 Kg7 40. g3 Ra8 41. Kg2 Rd8 42. g4 Rdd2 43. Kg3 Rd8 44. Rh1
Rh8 45. Ra1 Rb8 46. Rc7 Rbb2 47. f3 Rg2+ 48. Kf4 Rb4+ 49. e4 c2 50. Raa7
Rb1 51. Ra2 c1=Q+ 52. Rxc1 Rxg4+ 53. Kxg4 Rxc1 54. f4 Rg1+ 55. Kf3 Rf1+ 56.
Ke3 Re1+ 57. Kd4 Rf1 58. Ke5 Re1 59. Ra4 Rf1 60. Ra7 Re1 61. Ra6 Rb1 62.
Rf6 Rd1 63. Rd6 Rf1 64. Ra6 Re1 65. Kd4 Rd1+ 66. Kc4 Rf1 67. Rf6 Ra1 68. e5
Ra4+ 69. Kb5 Rd4 70. Kc5 Ra4 71. Kd6 Ra6+ 72. Kc7 Ra4 73. Kc6 Rd4 74. Kc7
Ra4 75. e6 fxe6 76. Kd6 Re4 77. Ke7 e5 78. Rf7+ Kg8 79. Rf8+ Kg7 80. Rf7+
Kg8 81. f5 gxf5 82. Kf6 Ra4 83. Re7 Ra6+ 84. Kxf5 e4 85. g6 Ra1 86. Rxe4
Rf1+ 87. Kg5 Rg1+ 88. Kf6 Rf1+ 89. Kg5 Rg1+ 90. Kf6 Rf1+ 91. Kg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT 2025 Saint Louis - Rapid"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "15.12.09"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Gukesh, Dommaraju"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C53"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2784"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "r5r1/1p3q1k/1bnp3p/2n1p1p1/pNP1Pp2/5N1P/PPQBRPP1/3R2K1 w - - 0 28"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2025.08.11"]

{In questa posizione - scaturita da una partita di Gioco Piano - il Nero ha in
mano l'iniziativa.} 28. Bc3 $2 {Un errore che permette al Nero di accrescere
il suo vantaggio posizionale.} (28. Nxc6 {era un tentativo migliore: comunque
dopo} bxc6 29. Nh2 g4 30. hxg4 h5 {il Nero mantiene l'iniziativa e l'attacco.})
28... g4 29. hxg4 Rxg4 30. Rxd6 $2 {La situazione del Bianco è già critica,
comunque questa mossa offre al Nero la possibilità di chiudere immediatamente
la contesa...} (30. Nh2 {era più tenace.}) 30... Rag8 $2 {Caruana non ne
approfitta e concede al Bianco un attimo di respiro.} ({Dopo} 30... Qh5 $1 31.
Nh2 {- le alternative non sono migliori -} Rxg2+ 32. Kxg2 f3+ 33. Kh1 Qh3 34.
Rxh6+ Kxh6 35. Qc1+ Kh7 36. Qf1 Qxf1+ 37. Nxf1 fxe2 {il Bianco può abbandonare.
}) 31. Nd5 Rxg2+ 32. Kf1 Bd8 $2 {Dopo questa mossa il Bianco rientra
completamente in partita.} ({Il seguito} 32... R2g6 33. Rxc6 Rxc6 34. Ke1 Qh5
35. Nxe5 Rg1+ 36. Kd2 f3 37. Re3 Rf1 {avrebbe permesso al Nero di mantenere un
vantaggio decisivo - seppure non facile da realizzare.}) 33. Rxd8 Nxd8 34. Bxe5
Nd7 35. Ke1 Ne6 36. Qxa4 Ng5 37. Nxg5+ R8xg5 38. Bd4 Ne5 39. Qb3 Nc6 40. Bf6
Rg6 41. Qc3 h5 $2 {Dopo questa mossa le coordinate iniziano a cambiare.} (41...
f3 42. Re3 Qe6 {avrebbe garantito al Nero un certo vantaggio.}) 42. e5 Qe6 43.
Nxf4 Rg1+ 44. Kd2 Qd7+ 45. Qd3 Qxd3+ 46. Kxd3 R6g4 47. Ke4 h4 $2 {La spinta di
questo pedone permette al Bianco di ribaltare la scacchiera.} ({Dopo} 47... Nd4
48. Kxd4 Rxf4+ {la posizione è di equilibrio dinamico.}) 48. f3 Nd4 49. Rh2
Re1+ 50. Kxd4 Rxf4+ 51. Kd5 Kg6 52. Bxh4 Rd1+ 53. Kc5 $2 {Perdendo gran parte
del vantaggio accumulato.} (53. Ke6 $1 Rdd4 54. Rg2+ Kh5 55. Bg5 Rxf3 56. b3 {
avrebbe confinato il monarca nero ai margini della scacchiera e per farlo
uscire sarebbe stato necessario cambiare una coppia di torri, garantendo poi
al Bianco un finale di alfiere e quattro pedoni contro torre e pedone
chiaramente vinto.}) 53... Kf5 54. Bf6 Rxf3 55. Rh7 Ra1 56. Rxb7 Rxa2 57. b4
Rc2 58. Rc7 Rfc3 59. Kb5 Rb3 60. Ka4 Rb1 61. Ka5 Ra2+ 62. Kb5 Rab2 63. Be7 Kxe5
64. Bf8 Ke4 65. Rd7 Rf1 66. Bg7 Rb3 67. c5 Rc1 68. Rd6 Kf5 $2 {Dopo questa
mossa il Nero non ha scampo.} ({A dire il vero anche dopo} 68... Rg3 69. Rd4+
Ke3 70. Rd7 {la situazione è drammatica, ma avrebbe creato qualche grattacapo
in più al Bianco.}) 69. c6 Rg3 70. Bb2 Rc2 71. Bd4 Rg8 72. Bb6 Rb8 73. Ka6 Ra2+
74. Kb5 Rc2 75. Rh6 Ke5 76. Rh7 Ke6 77. Rb7 Rc8 78. Bc5 Ra2 79. Re7+ Kd5 80.
Rd7+ Ke6 81. Re7+ Kd5 82. c7 Raa8 83. Rd7+ Ke6 84. Rd6+ Ke5 85. Kb6 Rg8 86. Kb7
Rae8 87. b5 Ke4 88. b6 Rg7 89. Kc6 {Il Nero abbandona.} ({Dopo} 89. Kc6 {può
seguire} Rgg8 90. b7 Ke5 91. Rd5+ Kf4 92. b8=Q Rxb8 93. cxb8=Q+ Rxb8 94. Bd6+ {
e vince.}) 1-0

[Event "GCT 2025 Saint Louis - Rapid"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "13.08.2025"]
[Round "9R"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[EventDate "2025.08.11"]
[ECO "C67"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1
Nxe5 8. Rxe5 O-O 9. d4 Bf6 10. Re2 b6 11. Re1 Bb7 12. a4 Re8 13. Rxe8+ Qxe8
14. a5 Qe4 15. a6 Bc6 16. Be3 Nf5 17. Nc3 Nxe3 18. Nxe4 Nxd1 19. Nxf6+ gxf6
20. Rxd1 Be4 21. f3 Bg6 22. d5 Kf8 23. d6 c6 24. c3 b5 25. b4 Re8 26. Kf2
Bc2 27. Rd2 Bb1 28. g4 h6 29. c4 bxc4 30. Bxc4 Rb8 31. Rb2 Bg6 32. Ke3 f5
33. Kd4 fxg4 34. fxg4 Re8 35. b5 cxb5 36. Rxb5 Be4 37. Re5 Rxe5 38. Kxe5
Bf3 39. Kf5 f6 40. h3 Bg2 41. h4 Bf3 42. h5 1-0

[Event "GCT 2025 Saint Louis - Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "14.08.2025"]
[Round "1B"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Abdusattorov, Nodirbek"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2771"]
[ECO "B01"]
[Opening "Scandinavian (centre counter) defence"]
[EventDate "2025.08.15"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Bc4 Bg4 6. Ne2 e6 7. Bd2 Qb6
8. O-O c6 9. Bd3 Nbd7 10. Be3 Qc7 11. Qd2 Bd6 12. h3 Bh5 13. Nf4 Bg6 14.
Nxg6 hxg6 15. Rfe1 O-O-O 16. Ne4 Nxe4 17. Bxe4 f5 18. Bg5 fxe4 19. Bxd8
Rxd8 20. Rxe4 e5 21. Qg5 Nf6 22. Re2 exd4 23. Qxg6 c5 24. b3 Kb8 25. Rae1
a6 26. a4 Ka7 27. g3 Nd5 28. Re8 Rd7 29. h4 a5 30. R1e6 Nf6 31. Rh8 Re7 32.
Rxe7 Qxe7 33. h5 Qe2 34. Qd3 Qe1+ 35. Kg2 Ne4 36. Qf3 d3 37. cxd3 Nd2 38.
Qe3 Qf1+ 39. Kh2 Nxb3 40. Rd8 Bb8 41. Rd7 Nd4 42. Rxg7 Qd1 43. Kg2 Qxa4 44.
Qe4 Qc6 45. Qxc6 Nxc6 46. f4 a4 47. h6 a3 48. h7 Be5 49. h8=Q a2 50. fxe5
a1=Q 51. Rf7 Qa2+ 52. Rf2 Qd5+ 53. Kg1 Nxe5 54. Qh5 Qd4 55. Kg2 Nxd3 56.
Ra2+ Kb6 57. Qg6+ Kb5 58. Qe8+ Kb6 59. Qe6+ Kb5 60. Qe8+ Kb6 61. Qe6+ Kb5
62. Qe8+ Kb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT 2025 Saint Louis - Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "14.08.2025"]
[Round "1B"]
[White "Le Quang Liem"]
[Black "Dominguez, Leinier"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[ECO "D26"]
[Opening "QGA"]
[Variation "classical variation, 6.O-O"]
[EventDate "2025.08.15"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 dxc4 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. O-O Be7 7. Nc3 O-O 8.
Qe2 cxd4 9. exd4 a6 10. Bg5 b5 11. Bb3 Bb7 12. Rfe1 b4 13. d5 bxc3 14. dxe6
Kh8 15. Rad1 Qb6 16. exf7 Bc5 17. Ne5 Nbd7 18. Nxd7 Qc6 19. Qf3 Qxd7 20.
Rxd7 Bxf3 21. Bxf6 gxf6 22. gxf3 cxb2 23. Kf1 Rac8 24. Be6 Bxf2 25. Kxf2
Rc2+ 26. Kf1 Kg7 27. Rb7 Rd8 28. f8=Q+ Kxf8 29. Rf7+ 1-0

[Event "GCT 2025 Saint Louis - Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "14.08.2025"]
[Round "1B"]
[White "Oparin, Grigoriy"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[ECO "B90"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Najdorf"]
[EventDate "2025.08.15"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Nb3 e6 7. Be3 b5 8.
e5 dxe5 9. Qf3 Nd5 10. O-O-O Bb7 11. Bd3 Qc7 12. Nxd5 Bxd5 13. Be4 Bxe4 14.
Qxe4 Nc6 15. Nc5 Rc8 16. Rd7 Qa5 17. Rhd1 Be7 18. a3 O-O 19. Nb7 Qa4 20.
Qxa4 bxa4 21. Nd6 Bxd6 22. R1xd6 Rfe8 23. Bb6 h5 24. Bc7 Nd4 25. Rxa6 f6
26. Kb1 Ra8 27. Rxa8 Rxa8 28. Bb6 Nf5 29. c4 Rc8 30. c5 Nd4 31. Ra7 Nc6 32.
Rxa4 Kf7 33. b4 f5 34. b5 Nd4 35. Rb4 Ra8 36. c6 Ne2 37. Kb2 Nf4 38. Rc4
Rb8 39. c7 Rc8 40. Ba5 1-0

[Event "GCT 2025 Saint Louis - Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "14.08.2025"]
[Round "1B"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Gukesh, Dommaraju"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[ECO "C44"]
[Opening "Inverted Hungarian"]
[EventDate "2025.08.15"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Be2 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Nc3 O-O 6. O-O h6 7. Nxe5 Nxe5
8. d4 Bd6 9. f4 Nc6 10. e5 Be7 11. d5 Nxd5 12. Nxd5 Bc5+ 13. Be3 Bxe3+ 14.
Nxe3 d6 15. exd6 cxd6 16. Kh1 Re8 17. Nd5 Ne7 18. Bf3 Be6 19. Nxe7+ Qxe7
20. Qd4 Rac8 21. c3 b6 22. Rfe1 Qd7 23. a3 Qb5 24. Qd2 Red8 25. h3 Qa4 26.
Re4 Rc4 27. Rae1 d5 28. Rxc4 Qxc4 29. Rd1 Qc5 30. Qd4 Qxd4 31. Rxd4 Rd7 32.
Kg1 Kf8 33. Kf2 Ke7 34. Ke3 f6 35. Rd2 Bf7 36. Bg4 Rc7 37. Be2 Kd6 38. Rd4
Re7+ 39. Kd2 Re4 40. Bd3 Rxd4 41. cxd4 g5 42. g3 Be6 43. h4 Bd7 44. Ke3 Be6
45. Bg6 Ke7 46. fxg5 fxg5 47. hxg5 hxg5 48. Bd3 Kf6 49. Kd2 Bf5 50. Be2 Be6
51. Bd3 Bf5 52. Bb5 Be6 53. Ke3 Ke7 54. Kf3 Kf6 55. Be8 Ke7 56. Bh5 Kf6 57.
Ke3 Ke7 58. Bf3 Kf6 59. Kd3 Ke7 60. Kc3 Kd6 61. Kd2 Ke7 62. Kc3 Kd6 63. Kd2
Ke7 64. Kc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT 2025 Saint Louis - Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "14.08.2025"]
[Round "1B"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Shankland, Sam"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2784"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[ECO "C20"]
[Opening "KP"]
[Variation "Indian opening"]
[EventDate "2025.08.15"]

1. e4 e5 2. d3 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 d6 5. g3 Bg7 6. Bg2 Nge7 7. Nf3 O-O 8.
O-O Nd4 9. Nxd4 exd4 10. Ne2 f5 11. c3 dxc3 12. Nxc3 Kh8 13. Be3 Be6 14.
Kh1 c6 15. Ne2 c5 16. Qd2 Rc8 17. Rac1 b6 18. b4 Qd7 19. bxc5 dxc5 20. e5
Nd5 21. Nc3 Rfd8 22. Rfd1 Bf8 23. Nxd5 Bxd5 24. Bxd5 Qxd5+ 25. Qg2 Kg8 26.
a4 Kf7 27. Qxd5+ Rxd5 28. Kg2 Ke6 29. Kf3 c4 30. dxc4 Rxd1 31. Rxd1 Rxc4
32. Rd8 Be7 33. Rh8 Rxa4 34. Rxh7 Ra3 35. Ke2 Ra2+ 36. Kd3 b5 37. Rg7 Ra3+
38. Ke2 b4 39. Rxg6+ Kd5 40. Rg7 Ke4 41. Rxe7 Rxe3+ 42. Kd2 Ra3 43. Rd7
Ra2+ 44. Kc1 Rxh2 45. e6 Rh6 46. Rd6 Rh7 47. Rd7 Rh6 48. e7 Re6 49. Rxa7
Kf3 50. Ra5 Rxe7 51. Rxf5 Kxg3 52. Rb5 Kxf4 53. Rxb4+ Re4 54. Rxe4+ Kxe4
1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT 2025 Saint Louis - Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "14.08.2025"]
[Round "2B"]
[White "Shankland, Sam"]
[Black "Gukesh, Dommaraju"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[ECO "C67"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Berlin defence, open variation"]
[EventDate "2025.08.15"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5
Nf5 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. h3 a5 10. Nc3 Ke8 11. Bf4 a4 12. Rad1 h6 13. a3 Ne7
14. Nd4 Nf5 15. Nf3 Be6 16. g4 Ne7 17. Nd4 h5 18. Nxe6 fxe6 19. Ne4 Nd5 20.
Bg3 b5 21. Ng5 Kd7 22. Kg2 Be7 23. Ne4 c5 24. c4 bxc4 25. Rc1 h4 26. Bh2
Rhb8 27. Rc2 Rb3 28. Nd2 c3 29. bxc3 Rxc3 30. Rxc3 Nxc3 31. f4 Rb8 32. Nc4
Nd5 33. f5 Rb3 34. Rf3 Kc6 35. Na5+ Kb5 36. Nxb3 axb3 37. Rxb3+ Ka4 38. Rb7
c4 39. Bg1 c3 40. Bd4 c2 41. Bb2 exf5 42. gxf5 Bg5 43. Kf3 Nb6 44. Rxc7 Kb3
45. Rb7 Kxb2 46. Rxb6+ Kxa3 47. Rc6 c1=Q 48. Rxc1 Bxc1 49. Kg4 Bb2 50. f6
Bxe5 51. fxg7 Bxg7 52. Kxh4 Bf6+ 53. Kg4 Bd8 54. h4 Bxh4 55. Kxh4 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT 2025 Saint Louis - Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "14.08.2025"]
[Round "2B"]
[White "Abdusattorov, Nodirbek"]
[Black "Oparin, Grigoriy"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2771"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[ECO "C50"]
[Opening "Giuoco Pianissimo"]
[EventDate "2025.08.15"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 d6 5. c3 Bb6 6. a4 h6 7. O-O Nge7 8.
d4 exd4 9. cxd4 a5 10. h3 O-O 11. Nc3 Nb4 12. Bb3 d5 13. Re1 dxe4 14. Nxe4
Ned5 15. Ng3 c6 16. Ne5 Be6 17. Ra3 Qh4 18. Nf3 Qf6 19. Nh5 Qf5 20. Ne5
Rad8 21. Bxd5 Rxd5 22. Rg3 g6 23. Ng4 Kh8 24. Bxh6 Bxd4 25. Qxd4+ Rxd4 26.
Bg7+ Kh7 27. Bxd4 Nd5 28. Re5 Qb1+ 29. Kh2 Bxg4 30. Rxg4 f5 31. Rg5 Qd3 32.
Bc5 Rf7 33. Ng3 Qc4 34. Bd6 Qh4 35. f4 0-1

[Event "GCT 2025 Saint Louis - Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "14.08.2025"]
[Round "2B"]
[White "Dominguez, Leinier"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[ECO "B92"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Najdorf, Opovcensky variation"]
[EventDate "2025.08.15"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8.
Be3 Be6 9. f4 exf4 10. Bxf4 Nc6 11. Qd2 O-O 12. O-O-O Ne5 13. Rhg1 b5 14.
g4 Rc8 15. g5 Nfd7 16. Nd4 Re8 17. Kb1 Bf8 18. Nf5 Rc6 19. Nd4 Rc8 20. Nxe6
fxe6 21. a3 Qb6 22. h4 b4 23. axb4 Qxb4 24. Rg3 Nb6 25. b3 Nec4 26. Bxc4
Nxc4 27. Qd3 Rc6 28. Bc1 Rec8 29. Na2 Qb6 30. Rg2 a5 31. Qd4 Qb7 32. g6
hxg6 33. h5 a4 34. b4 gxh5 35. Rh1 Qf7 36. Rg5 g6 37. Rhg1 Ne5 38. c3 Bg7
39. Qd1 Nf3 40. Rxg6 Nxg1 41. Rxg1 Kh7 42. Bb2 Rc4 43. Qd3 Be5 44. Rh1 Qg6
45. Ka1 a3 46. Bxa3 Rxc3 47. Nxc3 Rxc3 0-1

[Event "GCT 2025 Saint Louis - Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "14.08.2025"]
[Round "2B"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Le Quang Liem"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2784"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[ECO "C26"]
[Opening "Vienna"]
[Variation "Paulsen-Mieses variation"]
[EventDate "2025.08.15"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 Bc5 4. Bg2 a5 5. d3 d6 6. Nge2 Nc6 7. O-O O-O 8.
h3 Nd4 9. Kh2 Nxe2 10. Qxe2 a4 11. a3 Nd7 12. f4 exf4 13. Bxf4 Bd4 14. Qd2
Ne5 15. Ne2 Bb6 16. d4 Ng6 17. Be3 Be6 18. Nf4 Nxf4 19. gxf4 Bc4 20. Rf3 f5
21. Rg3 fxe4 22. Bxe4 d5 23. Bf3 Qf6 24. Rag1 Rf7 25. Rg5 c6 26. b3 axb3
27. cxb3 Ba6 28. Bg4 Kh8 29. Rf5 Qe7 30. Rxf7 Qxf7 31. f5 Re8 32. Bf4 Re4
33. Be5 Bc7 34. Bxc7 Qxc7+ 35. Kh1 Qe7 36. Qh2 Qf8 37. Qf2 Qf6 38. Qg3 Re8
39. Qf4 Bd3 40. Kh2 Be4 41. Bh5 Rf8 42. Qf2 Qxf5 43. Qxf5 Rxf5 44. Bg4 Rf2+
45. Kg3 Rb2 46. b4 g5 47. Bc8 h5 48. Bxb7 Rc2 49. a4 Kg7 50. h4 Rc3+ 51.
Kf2 g4 52. a5 Kf6 53. a6 Rf3+ 54. Ke2 Ra3 55. Rc1 g3 56. Rxc6+ Kf5 57. Rc8
g2 58. Rg8 Kf4 59. b5 Ra2+ 60. Ke1 Ke3 61. Rg3+ Bf3 62. Rxf3+ Kxf3 0-1

[Event "GCT 2025 Saint Louis - Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "14.08.2025"]
[Round "2B"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[ECO "C02"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "advance, Paulsen attack"]
[EventDate "2025.08.15"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. g3 cxd4 7. cxd4 Nge7 8.
Bh3 Nf5 9. Bxf5 exf5 10. Nc3 Be6 11. Kf1 h6 12. h4 Be7 13. Kg2 O-O 14. Ne2
a5 15. Nf4 a4 16. Rb1 Rfc8 17. Bd2 Qb5 18. Qf1 Qxf1+ 19. Rhxf1 Bd8 20. Rbc1
Bb6 21. Be3 a3 22. bxa3 Na5 23. Nd2 Nc6 24. Nf3 Na5 25. Nd2 Nc6 26. Nf3
1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT 2025 Saint Louis - Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "14.08.2025"]
[Round "3B"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Abdusattorov, Nodirbek"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2771"]
[ECO "C44"]
[Opening "Inverted Hanham"]
[EventDate "2025.08.15"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Be2 Nf6 4. d3 d5 5. Nbd2 Bc5 6. c3 a5 7. h3 O-O 8.
Qc2 Re8 9. a4 b6 10. O-O Ba6 11. Re1 h6 12. Nf1 Qd7 13. Ng3 Rad8 14. Rd1
Qc8 15. Nh2 dxe4 16. dxe4 Bxe2 17. Qxe2 Qe6 18. Re1 Rd7 19. Be3 Bxe3 20.
Qxe3 Red8 21. Nf3 Qc4 22. Qe2 Qxe2 23. Rxe2 g6 24. Kf1 Rd6 25. Rc2 Nd7 26.
Ke2 Nc5 27. Ne1 Nb3 28. Ra3 Rd2+ 29. Kf1 Rxc2 30. Nxc2 Nd2+ 31. Ke1 h5 32.
f3 Nc4 33. Ra2 Rd2 34. Ne3 Rxb2 35. Rxb2 Nxb2 36. Nd5 Nxa4 37. Kd2 Nc5 38.
Nxc7 a4 39. Ne2 Na5 40. Nc1 Nc4+ 41. Ke2 a3 42. Nb5 h4 43. Na2 Kg7 44. Nc7
Kh6 45. Nd5 Kg5 46. Nab4 Ne6 47. Kd3 b5 48. Kc2 Nf4 49. Nc7 Nxg2 50. Nxb5
Nf4 51. Kb3 Nd2+ 52. Kc2 Nxf3 53. c4 Nd4+ 54. Nxd4 exd4 55. c5 Ne6 56. Nd3
f5 57. e5 f4 58. c6 f3 59. Nc5 Kf5 60. Nd3 Ke4 61. Nf2+ Kxe5 62. Kb3 Kf4
63. Kxa3 Kg3 64. Ne4+ Kxh3 65. Ng5+ Kg3 66. Nxe6 f2 67. c7 f1=Q 68. c8=Q
Qa1+ 69. Kb3 Qc3+ 70. Qxc3+ dxc3 0-1

[Event "GCT 2025 Saint Louis - Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "14.08.2025"]
[Round "3B"]
[White "Gukesh, Dommaraju"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[ECO "C65"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Berlin defence"]
[EventDate "2025.08.15"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. c3 Nd7 7. d4 Bd6
8. O-O O-O 9. Bg5 Qe8 10. Re1 f6 11. Bh4 a5 12. Nbd2 a4 13. Nc4 Qe6 14. Ne3
Re8 15. Nf5 Bf8 16. Qc2 g6 17. dxe5 Nxe5 18. Nxe5 fxe5 19. Ne3 Qf7 20. Bg3
b5 21. b4 axb3 22. axb3 Rxa1 23. Rxa1 Be6 24. b4 c5 25. Qb2 Bd7 26. Ra6
cxb4 27. cxb4 Bd6 28. h3 Bc8 29. Ra7 Bd7 30. Qc3 Qg7 31. Nd5 Rc8 32. Qd3
Be8 33. Qf3 Qf7 34. Qg4 Rb8 35. Qg5 Qg7 36. Nf6+ Kf7 37. Ng4 Ke6 38. Qd2
Bc6 39. Ra6 Rb6 40. Qa2+ Ke7 41. Rxb6 cxb6 42. Qa7+ Bd7 43. Ne3 Qf7 44.
Nd5+ Kf8 45. Qxb6 Qe6 46. Bh4 Kf7 47. Qe3 Bf8 48. Qf3+ Kg7 49. Bf6+ Kg8 50.
Bxe5 Qxe5 51. Nf6+ Kg7 52. Nxd7 Qa1+ 53. Kh2 Bd6+ 54. g3 Bxb4 55. e5 Qa6
56. Qf4 Qc6 57. Nf6 Be7 58. Ng4 b4 59. Qd4 Qc5 60. Qd7 h5 61. Ne3 b3 62.
Qb7 Qb4 63. Qxb4 Bxb4 64. Nc4 0-1

[Event "GCT 2025 Saint Louis - Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "14.08.2025"]
[Round "3B"]
[White "Le Quang Liem"]
[Black "Shankland, Sam"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[ECO "E60"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "3.g3"]
[EventDate "2025.08.15"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 c6 4. Bg2 d5 5. Qa4 Bg7 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Nf3 Nb6 8.
Qc2 Bxd4 9. Bh6 Bf5 10. Qc1 Na4 11. Nxd4 Qxd4 12. O-O Nd7 13. Nd2 Qc5 14.
Nc4 Be6 15. b3 Bxc4 16. bxa4 Bxe2 17. Qb2 Qe5 18. Qxb7 Rb8 19. Qxa7 Bxf1
20. Rxf1 Qc5 21. Qc7 Qb6 22. Qxc6 Qxc6 23. Bxc6 Rb6 24. Bb5 f6 25. Rc1 Kd8
26. Bd2 Rxb5 27. axb5 Ne5 28. Bf4 Nf3+ 29. Kg2 Nd4 30. Rd1 1-0

[Event "GCT 2025 Saint Louis - Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "14.08.2025"]
[Round "3B"]
[White "Oparin, Grigoriy"]
[Black "Dominguez, Leinier"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[ECO "C25"]
[Opening "Vienna"]
[Variation "Paulsen variation"]
[EventDate "2025.08.15"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 Bc5 4. Bg2 a5 5. d3 d6 6. Nge2 Nge7 7. O-O O-O 8.
h3 Be6 9. Nd5 Qd7 10. Kh2 f5 11. f4 Kh8 12. Nxe7 Qxe7 13. exf5 Rxf5 14. g4
Rff8 15. f5 Bg8 16. Nc3 Ba7 17. Nd5 Bxd5 18. Bxd5 Nd8 19. g5 c6 20. Bg2 d5
21. Qg4 Bb8 22. Kh1 Kg8 23. c4 Qd6 24. Be3 Nf7 25. cxd5 cxd5 26. g6 Nh6 27.
Bxh6 gxh6 28. f6 e4 29. gxh7+ Kf7 30. Qg7+ Ke6 1-0

[Event "GCT 2025 Saint Louis - Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "14.08.2025"]
[Round "3B"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2784"]
[ECO "B33"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Pelikan (Lasker/Sveshnikov) variation"]
[EventDate "2025.08.15"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Nd5 Nxd5
8. exd5 Nb8 9. a4 Be7 10. Be2 O-O 11. O-O Bf5 12. Be3 a6 13. Na3 Nd7 14.
Qd2 Rc8 15. Nc4 b6 16. Rfc1 a5 17. b4 axb4 18. Qxb4 Rb8 19. Rab1 Nf6 20.
Bxb6 Qc8 21. Ne3 Bg6 22. a5 Nd7 23. Nc4 Nc5 24. Qa3 Ne4 25. a6 Ra8 26. a7
Qd7 27. Be3 f5 28. f3 f4 29. Bb6 Nf6 30. Ra1 Nxd5 31. Bf2 Bf7 32. Rd1 Qc7
33. Bf1 Rfc8 34. Rxd5 Bxd5 35. Nb6 Bb7 36. Qb3+ d5 37. Nxa8 Bxa8 38. Ba6
Rf8 39. c4 Bc5 40. cxd5 Bxf2+ 41. Kxf2 Qxa7+ 42. Kf1 Kh8 43. Ra2 Qd4 44.
Bc4 e4 45. fxe4 Qxe4 46. Re2 Qd4 47. Qd3 Qxd3 48. Bxd3 Bxd5 49. Kf2 f3 50.
Re5 fxg2+ 51. Kg1 Bg8 52. Kxg2 g6 53. Re7 Bf7 54. Be4 Kg7 55. Ra7 Kf6 56.
Ra8 Be8 57. Kg3 Ke7 58. Ra7+ Bd7 59. Bc6 Rd8 60. h4 Kd6 61. Bxd7 Rxd7 62.
Rxd7+ Kxd7 63. h5 g5 64. h6 Ke6 65. Kg4 Kf6 66. Kh5 Kf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT 2025 Saint Louis - Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "14.08.2025"]
[Round "4B"]
[White "Le Quang Liem"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[ECO "D02"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[EventDate "2025.08.15"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c5 4. e3 cxd4 5. exd4 e6 6. Nc3 Be7 7. cxd5 exd5
8. Bb5+ Bd7 9. Bxd7+ Nbxd7 10. O-O O-O 11. Qb3 Nb6 12. Re1 Re8 13. Bg5 Qd7
14. a4 Nc4 15. Ne5 Nxe5 16. dxe5 Ng4 17. Bxe7 Qxe7 18. h3 Nxe5 19. Nxd5 Qd6
20. Rad1 b6 21. f4 Qc5+ 22. Kh2 Ng6 23. Rc1 Qd6 24. Red1 Rac8 25. Rxc8 Rxc8
26. Qg3 Ne7 27. Qg4 Rf8 28. Nxe7+ Qxe7 29. Rd7 Qb4 30. Rxa7 Qxb2 31. a5
bxa5 32. Rxa5 h6 33. Re5 Qd4 34. Qf3 Rd8 35. Qe3 Qxe3 36. Rxe3 g6 37. Kg3
Kf8 38. Kf3 Kg7 39. g3 h5 40. Ra3 f5 41. Rb3 Rd7 42. Ra3 Rd8 43. Rb3 Rd7
44. Ra3 Rd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT 2025 Saint Louis - Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "14.08.2025"]
[Round "4B"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Oparin, Grigoriy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2784"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[ECO "A05"]
[Opening "Reti opening"]
[EventDate "2025.08.15"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. b3 d5 3. Bb2 Bf5 4. g3 h6 5. Bg2 e6 6. O-O Nbd7 7. d3 Bh7 8.
Nbd2 Be7 9. Re1 O-O 10. e4 a5 11. a3 c6 12. e5 Ne8 13. h4 b5 14. a4 bxa4
15. Rxa4 Nb6 16. Ra1 a4 17. Qe2 Nc7 18. Bd4 Nb5 19. Bxb6 Qxb6 20. bxa4 Nc3
21. Qe3 c5 22. Nf1 Qb4 23. Qd2 Rfb8 24. Ne3 Bg6 25. a5 Rxa5 26. Rec1 Bd8
27. Nd1 Nxd1 28. Qxd1 Rxa1 29. Rxa1 Bh5 30. Ra7 Bb6 31. Ra1 Bc7 32. Qe2 Qc3
33. Ra7 Bxf3 34. Qxf3 Qxe5 35. c4 Rd8 36. cxd5 exd5 37. Rb7 Qd6 38. Qxd5
Qxd5 39. Bxd5 Rxd5 40. Rxc7 Rxd3 41. Rxc5 g6 42. Rc8+ Kg7 43. Rc5 Kg8 44.
Rc8+ Kg7 45. Rc5 Kg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT 2025 Saint Louis - Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "14.08.2025"]
[Round "4B"]
[White "Dominguez, Leinier"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[ECO "C78"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "5.O-O"]
[EventDate "2025.08.15"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. a4 Rb8 8.
c3 d6 9. d4 Bb6 10. a5 Ba7 11. Be3 O-O 12. dxe5 Bxe3 13. exf6 Bh6 14. fxg7
Bxg7 15. Nbd2 b4 16. Bd5 bxc3 17. bxc3 Ne7 18. Bc4 Bxc3 19. Ra3 Bg7 20. Qe2
d5 21. exd5 Nxd5 22. Bxd5 Qxd5 23. Ne4 Bb7 24. Ng3 Rfe8 25. Qc2 Qc6 26. Qd2
Rbd8 27. Qf4 Rd4 28. Qf5 Rd5 29. Qf4 Qd6 30. Qc1 Rd8 31. h3 Rd1 32. Rxd1
Qxd1+ 33. Qxd1 Rxd1+ 34. Kh2 Rd5 35. Nh4 Bc8 36. Nf3 Be6 37. Ra4 h6 38. Ne4
Bd7 39. Rc4 Rxa5 40. Rxc7 Bf5 41. Nc5 Bf8 42. Nb7 Rd5 43. g4 Be4 44. Kg3
Rd3 0-1

[Event "GCT 2025 Saint Louis - Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "14.08.2025"]
[Round "4B"]
[White "Abdusattorov, Nodirbek"]
[Black "Gukesh, Dommaraju"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2771"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[ECO "C69"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "exchange variation, 5.O-O"]
[EventDate "2025.08.15"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O Qf6 6. d4 exd4 7. Bg5 Qd6
8. Nxd4 Be7 9. Be3 Nf6 10. f3 O-O 11. Nd2 c5 12. Nc4 Qd8 13. Ne2 b6 14. Nf4
b5 15. Qxd8 Rxd8 16. Na5 Bd6 17. a4 Re8 18. axb5 axb5 19. Nb3 Rxa1 20. Rxa1
c4 21. Nc5 Nd7 22. Nxd7 Bxd7 23. g4 Be5 24. Ra7 Bc6 25. c3 g6 26. g5 Rd8
27. Ra1 b4 28. Ne2 f6 29. Bd4 Kf7 30. gxf6 Kxf6 31. Ra6 Rd6 32. Bc5 Re6 33.
f4 Bxc3 34. bxc3 b3 35. e5+ Kf5 36. Ba3 Ke4 37. Nd4 1-0

[Event "GCT 2025 Saint Louis - Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "14.08.2025"]
[Round "4B"]
[White "Shankland, Sam"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[ECO "A07"]
[Opening "Reti"]
[Variation "King's Indian attack (Barcza system)"]
[EventDate "2025.08.15"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Bg4 3. Bg2 c6 4. O-O Nd7 5. h3 Bh5 6. c4 Bxf3 7. exf3 dxc4
8. Re1 e6 9. Qc2 Nc5 10. Qxc4 Nd3 11. Re3 Nxc1 12. Nc3 Nxa2 13. Rxa2 Nf6
14. f4 Be7 15. f5 exf5 16. Qb4 Qc7 17. Ra5 Kf8 18. Qa4 g6 19. g4 b5 20.
Nxb5 cxb5 21. Rxb5 Rb8 22. g5 Rxb5 23. gxf6 Re5 24. Rc3 Re1+ 25. Bf1 Qb7
26. Rb3 Rxf1+ 27. Kxf1 Qh1+ 28. Ke2 Bxf6 0-1

[Event "GCT 2025 Saint Louis - Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "14.08.2025"]
[Round "5B"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2784"]
[ECO "C44"]
[Opening "Inverted Hungarian"]
[EventDate "2025.08.15"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Be2 Nf6 4. d3 d5 5. exd5 Nxd5 6. O-O Bd6 7. c4 Nf6
8. Nc3 h6 9. a3 O-O 10. h3 a6 11. Be3 Re8 12. Re1 Bf5 13. Bf1 Qd7 14. Qb3
b6 15. Rad1 Bc5 16. Qa4 Qd6 17. Ne4 Bxe4 18. dxe4 Qe6 19. Bxc5 bxc5 20. Rd5
Nd4 21. Nxd4 cxd4 22. Ra5 Red8 23. Qc2 Qd7 24. Rxe5 d3 25. Qc3 Qd4 26. Qxd4
Rxd4 27. f3 a5 28. Rd1 Rxc4 29. Bxd3 Rc6 30. Kf2 g5 31. Rd2 Kg7 32. Be2 Rb6
33. Rb5 Rab8 34. a4 Rxb5 35. axb5 Kf8 36. Rd4 Ke7 37. Ra4 Ne8 38. Rxa5 Nd6
39. e5 Nc8 40. Ra3 Nb6 41. Rc3 Kd7 42. Rc6 Re8 43. Rxh6 Rxe5 44. g3 Rc5 45.
Rc6 Rxc6 46. bxc6+ Kxc6 47. h4 gxh4 48. gxh4 Kd6 49. h5 Ke5 50. h6 Kf6 51.
Bd3 Na4 52. b4 Nc3 53. b5 Nd5 54. Kg3 Nb6 55. Kf4 Nd7 56. Ke3 Ne5 57. Bc2
c6 58. bxc6 Nxc6 59. Be4 Ne5 60. Kf4 Nc4 61. Kg4 Nd2 62. Bd3 Nb3 63. f4 Nc5
64. Bc2 Ne6 65. Be4 Nd4 66. f5 Nb5 67. Kh5 Nd6 68. Bd3 Ne8 69. Bc4 Nd6 70.
Bd3 Ne8 71. Bc2 Nd6 72. Kg4 Ne8 73. Kf4 Nd6 74. Bd3 Nb7 75. h7 Kg7 76. f6+
Kh8 77. Ke5 Nc5 78. Bf5 Nd3+ 79. Ke4 Nc5+ 80. Kd4 Nb3+ 81. Kd5 Nd2 82. Bg6
Nf3 83. Bxf7 Kxh7 84. Kd6 Ng5 85. Ke7 Kh6 86. Be8 Nh7 87. f7 Kg7 88. Bd7
Nf8 89. Bf5 Kh8 90. Kf6 Ng6 91. Be4 Nf8 92. Bf3 Ng6 93. Bh5 Nf8 94. Bg4 Ng6
95. Bf5 Nf8 96. Ke7 Kg7 97. Bc8 Ng6+ 98. Ke8 Nf8 99. Bf5 Kh8 100. Ke7 Ng6+
101. Bxg6 1-0

[Event "GCT 2025 Saint Louis - Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "14.08.2025"]
[Round "5B"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Shankland, Sam"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[ECO "C88"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "closed, anti-Marshall 8.a4"]
[EventDate "2025.08.15"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8.
a4 Rb8 9. axb5 axb5 10. d3 d6 11. Nc3 Bg4 12. Be3 Nb4 13. h3 Bxf3 14. Qxf3
c5 15. Bg5 Nd7 16. Bxe7 Qxe7 17. Ra7 Nc6 18. Nd5 Qd8 19. Ra6 Nd4 20. Qg4
Nf6 21. Nxf6+ Qxf6 22. Rea1 g6 23. Qd1 c4 24. dxc4 bxc4 25. Bxc4 Rxb2 26.
R6a2 Rxa2 27. Rxa2 Rc8 28. Bd5 Rc7 29. Qd2 Kg7 30. c3 Nb5 31. Rc2 Rc5 32.
Rc1 h5 33. Qe3 h4 34. g3 Nc7 35. Bb3 Ne6 36. Kg2 Qe7 37. Bxe6 Qxe6 38. gxh4
Rc4 39. Rd1 Qc8 40. Rxd6 Rxc3 41. Rd3 Rc4 42. h5 Qc6 43. Rd5 Qf6 44. h6+
Kh7 45. Rd7 Rc6 46. h4 Qe6 47. Qh3 Qxh3+ 48. Kxh3 Rf6 49. Kg3 Rf4 50. f3
Kxh6 51. Re7 f6 52. Re8 Kg7 53. Ra8 Kh7 54. Ra7+ Kh6 55. Ra8 Kh7 56. Ra7+
Kh6 57. Ra8 Kh7 58. Ra7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT 2025 Saint Louis - Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "14.08.2025"]
[Round "5B"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Abdusattorov, Nodirbek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2771"]
[ECO "C50"]
[Opening "Giuoco Pianissimo"]
[EventDate "2025.08.15"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bg5 d6 6. c3 a6 7. h3 Ba7 8.
Bb3 O-O 9. Nbd2 Kh8 10. Bh4 Be6 11. O-O Ne7 12. d4 Ng6 13. Bg3 Qe8 14. Bc2
Rd8 15. Re1 Nh5 16. Nxe5 dxe5 17. Qxh5 exd4 18. cxd4 Bxd4 19. Nf3 Bxb2 20.
Rab1 Bc3 21. Rec1 Bd2 22. Nxd2 Rxd2 23. Qc5 b5 24. a4 bxa4 25. f4 Bb3 26.
f5 Bxc2 27. Rxc2 Rxc2 28. Qxc2 Ne5 29. Qxc7 f6 30. Rb7 Rg8 31. Bxe5 Qxe5
32. Qxe5 fxe5 33. Ra7 g6 34. Rxa6 gxf5 35. exf5 h5 36. Rxa4 Kg7 37. g4 Kf6
38. Kf2 hxg4 39. hxg4 Kg5 40. Ra6 Kf4 41. Rg6 Ra8 42. f6 Ra2+ 43. Ke1 Ke3
44. Kd1 e4 45. g5 Kd3 46. Kc1 e3 47. f7 Rf2 48. Rd6+ Kc3 49. Rc6+ Kd3 50.
g6 e2 51. Rd6+ Kc3 52. Rc6+ Kd3 53. Re6 Rf6 54. Re8 Rf1+ 55. Kb2 Rf2 56.
Kb3 Rf3 57. g7 Kd2+ 58. Kb2 Re3 59. Rxe3 e1=Q 60. Rxe1 1-0

[Event "GCT 2025 Saint Louis - Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "14.08.2025"]
[Round "5B"]
[White "Oparin, Grigoriy"]
[Black "Le Quang Liem"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[ECO "C26"]
[Opening "Vienna"]
[Variation "Mengarini variation"]
[EventDate "2025.08.15"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. a3 Nc6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Nf3 Ng4 6. d4 exd4 7. Na4 d6 8.
h3 Nge5 9. Nxe5 Nxe5 10. b4 Bb6 11. Nxb6 axb6 12. Qxd4 O-O 13. Bb2 f5 14.
O-O-O Qg5+ 15. Kb1 fxe4 16. Qxe4 Bf5 17. Qd5+ Kh8 18. Qd2 Qxd2 19. Rxd2
Rae8 20. Be2 Bg6 21. f3 Rf4 22. Bb5 Nc4 23. Bxc4 Rxc4 24. Rf1 Re3 25. Rff2
Re1+ 26. Bc1 Kg8 27. Rde2 Rg1 28. Kb2 Rd4 29. Bd2 Kf7 30. Re3 Rd5 31. Rfe2
Kf8 32. Rc3 c5 33. Rce3 h6 34. a4 Rd4 35. a5 bxa5 36. bxc5 dxc5 37. Bxa5
Rdd1 38. Rb3 b5 39. Bb6 Rb1+ 40. Kc3 b4+ 41. Kd2 Rgd1+ 42. Ke3 c4 43. Rxb4
Rxb4 44. Bc5+ Kf7 45. Bxb4 Rc1 46. c3 Bd3 47. Ra2 Rc2 48. Ra7+ Kg8 49. g4
Rh2 50. Bc5 Rxh3 51. Bd4 g5 52. Rg7+ Kf8 53. Rc7 Kg8 54. Rg7+ Kf8 55. Rc7
Kg8 56. Rg7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT 2025 Saint Louis - Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "14.08.2025"]
[Round "5B"]
[White "Gukesh, Dommaraju"]
[Black "Dominguez, Leinier"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[ECO "A35"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "symmetrical, four knights system"]
[EventDate "2025.08.15"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. d4 e6 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Bg2 cxd4
8. Nxd4 Nxc3 9. bxc3 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Qxd4 11. cxd4 Bd6 12. Bd2 Rb8 13. a4 b6
14. e4 O-O 15. Ke2 Ba6+ 16. Ke3 e5 17. Bc3 Rbc8 18. Rhc1 Rxc3+ 19. Rxc3
exd4+ 20. Kxd4 Rd8 21. Ke3 Be5 22. Rac1 Bxc3 23. Rxc3 Rc8 24. Ra3 Rc5 25.
Bf3 Kf8 26. Bd1 Ke7 27. f4 f6 28. Kd2 Bb7 29. Re3 Bc6 30. Bc2 h6 31. Ra3
Kd6 32. Rd3+ Kc7 33. Rd4 Ra5 34. Kc3 Rc5+ 35. Kb2 Ra5 36. Kb3 Rc5 37. Kb2
Ra5 38. Bb3 Rc5 39. h4 Ra5 40. Kc3 Rc5+ 41. Kd2 Ra5 42. Rc4 Kd6 43. Rd4+
Ke7 44. Ke3 Rc5 45. Kd3 Ra5 46. Rc4 Kd6 47. Kd4 Bd7 48. Bc2 Rc5 49. Rxc5
bxc5+ 50. Kc3 Be6 51. a5 Bf7 52. Bd3 Be6 53. Bc4 Bd7 54. Bf7 Bb5 55. Bd5
Be2 56. Bc4 Bf3 57. Bd3 Bh5 58. Kc4 Be8 59. e5+ fxe5 60. fxe5+ Kxe5 61.
Kxc5 g5 62. hxg5 hxg5 63. Bb5 Bg6 64. Kc6 Ke4 65. Kb7 Kf3 66. Kxa7 Kxg3 67.
a6 g4 68. Kb7 Be4+ 69. Bc6 Bxc6+ 70. Kxc6 Kf2 71. a7 g3 72. a8=Q 1-0

[Event "GCT 2025 Saint Louis - Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "14.08.2025"]
[Round "6B"]
[White "Dominguez, Leinier"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[ECO "C67"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "open Berlin defence, l'Hermet variation"]
[EventDate "2025.08.15"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. dxe5 Nxb5 7. a4
Nbd4 8. Nxd4 d5 9. exd6 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Qxd6 11. Qe4+ Qe6 12. Qd4 Qd6 13.
Qe4+ Qe6 14. Qd4 Qd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT 2025 Saint Louis - Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "14.08.2025"]
[Round "6B"]
[White "Le Quang Liem"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[ECO "D38"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "Ragozin variation"]
[EventDate "2025.08.15"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Qa4+ Nc6 6. e3 O-O 7. Qc2 Qe7 8.
Bd2 dxc4 9. Bxc4 e5 10. d5 Qc5 11. dxc6 Qxc4 12. Nxe5 Qe6 13. Qb3 Qxe5 14.
Qxb4 bxc6 15. O-O a5 16. Qh4 Rb8 17. b3 Rd8 18. Rfd1 Bg4 19. f3 Rxd2 20.
Rxd2 Qxe3+ 21. Qf2 Qxc3 22. Rad1 Bd7 23. Rxd7 Nxd7 24. Rxd7 Qa1+ 25. Qf1
Qxa2 26. Qc4 Rf8 27. Rxc7 a4 28. Qxa4 Qb1+ 29. Kf2 Qb2+ 30. Kg3 Qe5+ 31.
Qf4 Qe1+ 32. Kh3 Qe6+ 33. Kg3 h6 34. h3 Rd8 35. Rb7 Rd5 36. Rb8+ Kh7 37.
Qe4+ Qxe4 38. fxe4 Rd3+ 39. Kf2 c5 40. Rb5 Rc3 41. b4 cxb4 42. Rxb4 h5 43.
Rb5 Kg6 44. h4 Rc2+ 45. Kf3 Rc3+ 46. Kf2 Rc2+ 47. Kf3 Rc3+ 48. Kf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT 2025 Saint Louis - Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "14.08.2025"]
[Round "6B"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Gukesh, Dommaraju"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2784"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[ECO "C46"]
[Opening "Four knights game"]
[EventDate "2025.08.15"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. h3 Bb4 5. Bd3 O-O 6. O-O Bxc3 7. dxc3 d6
8. a4 a5 9. Be3 Ne7 10. Nd2 Ng6 11. Re1 h6 12. Bf1 b6 13. g3 Bb7 14. Bg2 d5
15. exd5 Bxd5 16. Nf3 Qc8 17. Qe2 Qb7 18. c4 Be4 19. c5 Rfd8 20. cxb6 cxb6
21. Rad1 Ne7 22. Nh4 Bxg2 23. Nxg2 Qc6 24. Rxd8+ Rxd8 25. Qb5 Qxc2 26. Qxe5
Ned5 27. Qd4 Re8 28. Bxh6 Rxe1+ 29. Nxe1 Qf5 30. Bd2 Qxh3 31. Nf3 Qf5 32.
Ng5 Ng4 33. Kg2 f6 34. Nf3 Qe6 35. Qd3 Kf7 36. Qh7 Ne7 37. Qd3 Qc6 38. Bc3
Qxa4 39. Bd4 Qc6 40. Kg1 a4 41. Bc3 Qd5 42. Qe2 Nh6 43. Nd4 Nhf5 44. Qh5+
Kf8 45. Nxf5 Qxf5 46. Qh4 b5 47. Qd4 Kf7 48. Bb4 Qd5 49. Qe3 Nc6 50. Be1
Ne5 51. Kf1 Qc4+ 52. Kg2 Qd5+ 53. f3 Nc4 54. Qf2 Qd3 55. Bb4 Kg6 56. Bc5
Qb3 57. Bd4 b4 58. Qe2 Kf7 59. Qe4 Nd6 60. Qc6 Nf5 61. Qd7+ Kg6 62. Qe8+
Qf7 63. Qe4 Qd7 64. g4 a3 65. bxa3 bxa3 66. gxf5+ Qxf5 67. Qe2 Qg5+ 68. Kf1
Qd5 69. Qg2+ Kf7 70. Qf2 a2 71. Qe3 g5 72. Qc3 f5 73. Kf2 Kg6 74. Qb2 g4
75. fxg4 fxg4 76. Qb6+ Kh5 77. Ke3 Qf3+ 78. Kd2 g3 79. Qb5+ Kh4 80. Qe5 Kh3
81. Kc2 Kg2 82. Kb2 Qg4 83. Kxa2 Qg8+ 84. Kb2 Qg4 85. Qf6 Qe2+ 86. Kc3 Qf3+
87. Qxf3+ Kxf3 88. Kc4 g2 89. Kc3 g1=Q 90. Bxg1 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT 2025 Saint Louis - Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "14.08.2025"]
[Round "6B"]
[White "Shankland, Sam"]
[Black "Abdusattorov, Nodirbek"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2771"]
[ECO "D17"]
[Opening "QGD Slav"]
[Variation "Krause attack"]
[EventDate "2025.08.15"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Ne5 Nbd7 7. Nxc4 Nb6
8. Ne5 e6 9. f3 a5 10. e4 Bg6 11. Be3 Nbd7 12. Nd3 h6 13. Be2 Be7 14. O-O
O-O 15. Qb3 Qb8 16. Nf4 Bh7 17. Nxe6 fxe6 18. Qxe6+ Rf7 19. Bc4 Qe8 20. e5
Nd5 21. Nxd5 cxd5 22. Bxd5 Ra6 23. Qxf7+ Qxf7 24. Bxf7+ Kxf7 25. f4 Be4 26.
f5 Nb6 27. Rae1 Bc2 28. e6+ Kg8 29. Bxh6 Bf6 30. Bf4 Bxd4+ 31. Be3 Bf6 32.
Bxb6 Rxb6 33. e7 Bxa4 34. e8=Q+ Bxe8 35. Rxe8+ Kf7 36. Re2 Bxb2 37. Rf4 Rb3
38. Rc4 b5 39. Rc6 a4 40. g4 a3 41. g5 Rc3 42. Ra6 Rc8 43. Ra7+ Kf8 44. f6
Bd4+ 45. Kg2 Bxa7 46. Re7 Bc5 47. Rxg7 a2 48. Rh7 Kg8 49. Rg7+ Kh8 50. g6
a1=Q 0-1

[Event "GCT 2025 Saint Louis - Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "14.08.2025"]
[Round "6B"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Oparin, Grigoriy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[ECO "B30"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Nimzovich-Rossolimo attack (without ...d6)"]
[EventDate "2025.08.15"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. O-O Nge7 5. Re1 b6 6. c3 a6 7. Ba4 c4 8.
Bc2 Ng6 9. d4 cxd3 10. Bxd3 Qc7 11. Be3 Bc5 12. Nbd2 O-O 13. Nd4 Bb7 14.
Rc1 Rad8 15. N2f3 Nxd4 16. Nxd4 Ne5 17. Bf1 Ng6 18. Nb3 Bxe3 19. Rxe3 d5
20. exd5 Rxd5 21. Qg4 Rfd8 22. Rce1 h5 23. Qc4 Qd6 24. g3 Ne5 25. Qf4 Ng4
26. Qxd6 R5xd6 27. R3e2 Bf3 28. Rc2 Bd1 29. Rc1 Bxb3 30. axb3 Rd2 31. Re2
Rxe2 32. Bxe2 Rd2 33. Bxg4 hxg4 34. b4 Rxb2 35. Ra1 Rc2 36. Rxa6 Rxc3 37.
Rxb6 Rb3 38. Kg2 Rb2 39. Rb7 g6 40. b5 Kg7 41. b6 Kf6 42. Kf1 e5 43. Rb8
Kf5 44. Kg2 Kf6 45. Kf1 Kf5 46. Kg2 Kf6 47. Kf1 Kf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT 2025 Saint Louis - Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "14.08.2025"]
[Round "7B"]
[White "Oparin, Grigoriy"]
[Black "Shankland, Sam"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[ECO "C25"]
[Opening "Vienna game, Max Lange defence"]
[EventDate "2025.08.15"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. a3 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. g4 h6 6. Bg2 d6 7. h3 Nh7 8. Be3
Bg5 9. Nf3 Bxe3 10. fxe3 Ng5 11. Qd2 Be6 12. Qf2 Qf6 13. Qg3 h5 14. gxh5
Rxh5 15. h4 Nxf3+ 16. Bxf3 Rh7 17. Kd2 O-O-O 18. Raf1 Kb8 19. h5 Ne7 20.
Rhg1 Qh6 21. Be2 f6 22. Qf2 Bf7 23. Rh1 d5 24. exd5 Nxd5 25. Nxd5 Bxd5 26.
Rhg1 Bf7 27. Qf5 a5 28. Rf2 Bxh5 29. Bxh5 Qxh5 30. Qxh5 Rxh5 31. Rxg7 Rd6
32. Rg6 f5 33. Rg8+ Ka7 34. Re8 e4 35. Re5 Ka6 36. Rexf5 Rh1 37. d4 Rb1 38.
b3 a4 39. bxa4 Ra1 40. Rc5 c6 41. Re5 Rxa3 42. Rf8 Kb6 43. Rxe4 Rxa4 44.
Rf7 c5 45. c3 Kb5 46. Kd3 c4+ 47. Ke2 Ra2+ 48. Kf3 b6 49. Re5+ Kc6 50. e4
Rc2 51. d5+ Kb5 52. Re8 Rxc3+ 53. Kf4 Rh6 54. Ke5 Re3 55. d6 c3 56. d7 Rh5+
57. Rf5 Rh4 1-0

[Event "GCT 2025 Saint Louis - Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "14.08.2025"]
[Round "7B"]
[White "Abdusattorov, Nodirbek"]
[Black "Dominguez, Leinier"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2771"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[ECO "B53"]
[Opening "Sicilian, Chekhover variation"]
[EventDate "2025.08.15"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nf6 5. Be2 Nc6 6. Qe3 g6 7. O-O Bg7
8. h3 O-O 9. Rd1 Be6 10. Nc3 Rc8 11. a3 a6 12. Nd5 Nd7 13. Nf4 Nc5 14. Nxe6
Nxe6 15. c3 Nc5 16. Nd4 Qb6 17. Nxc6 Rxc6 18. Rb1 Qb3 19. Bd2 b5 20. Re1
Qc2 21. Bf3 Nd3 22. Rf1 Ne5 23. Rfc1 Nxf3+ 24. gxf3 Qb3 25. Rd1 Qe6 26. Kg2
Rc4 27. Qd3 Rc5 28. Bf4 f5 29. Re1 fxe4 30. Qxe4 Qxe4 31. Rxe4 d5 32. Rb4
Rc4 33. Bg3 Kf7 34. Ra1 Rfc8 35. Re1 e6 36. Be5 Bf8 37. Rb3 Bc5 38. Bg3 Ke7
39. Ra1 Kd7 40. a4 b4 41. a5 Rf8 42. Re1 Rc8 43. Re2 Rc6 44. h4 Be7 45.
cxb4 Rxb4 46. Ree3 Rcc4 47. Kh3 Rxb3 48. Rxb3 Bb4 49. Be5 Kc6 50. f4 d4 51.
Kg4 Kd5 52. Kg5 Bxa5 53. Kh6 Rb4 54. Ra3 Bb6 55. Kxh7 Rb5 56. Kxg6 Kc4 57.
h5 Ra5 58. Rh3 Ra1 59. h6 Rg1+ 60. Kf7 d3 61. b3+ Kd5 62. Rxd3+ Ke4 63. Rh3
1-0

[Event "GCT 2025 Saint Louis - Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "14.08.2025"]
[Round "7B"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[ECO "B23"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "closed"]
[EventDate "2025.08.15"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. Nge2 Nc6 6. d4 cxd4 7. Nxd4
g6 8. Nxc6 bxc6 9. Qd4 Nf6 10. e5 dxe5 11. Qxe5 Bg7 12. O-O O-O 13. Qe2
Rab8 14. Na4 Rfd8 15. b3 Nd5 16. Rb1 Qf5 17. h3 h5 18. Rd1 Rd6 19. Rd3 Nb4
20. Rxd6 exd6 21. Ba3 Nxc2 22. Bxd6 Nd4 23. Qf1 Rd8 24. Bc5 Ne2+ 25. Kh1
Rd2 26. Bxa7 Be5 27. Be3 Rxa2 28. Nc5 Nc3 29. Ra1 Rxa1 30. Qxa1 Nd5 31. Qd1
Nxe3 32. fxe3 Qf2 33. Qc1 Qg3 34. Qg1 Kg7 35. Ne4 Qh4 36. Nd2 Qb4 37. Nc4
Bg3 38. Qa1+ Kg8 39. Qd1 c5 40. Kg1 Qc3 41. Kf1 h4 42. Ke2 Qf6 43. Kd3 Qf5+
44. e4 Qf2 45. Qe2 Qd4+ 46. Kc2 Qa1 47. Qd2 Qf1 48. e5 Kg7 49. Qd5 Qe2+ 50.
Kb1 Bf2 51. Nd6 Qf1+ 52. Kc2 Bd4 53. Qf3 Qxf3 54. gxf3 Bxe5 55. Nb7 Bd4 56.
Kd3 Kf6 57. b4 Ke5 58. bxc5 Kd5 59. Nd8 f6 60. Ne6 Be5 61. Nf8 g5 62. Nd7
Bb2 63. Nb6+ Kc6 64. Kc4 f5 65. Kd3 g4 66. fxg4 fxg4 67. Ke2 gxh3 68. Kf1
Bd4 69. Nc4 Kd5 70. c6 Kxc6 71. Ne5+ Bxe5 72. Kg1 h2+ 73. Kh1 h3 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT 2025 Saint Louis - Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "14.08.2025"]
[Round "7B"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2784"]
[ECO "A20"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[EventDate "2025.08.15"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Be7 3. Nc3 f5 4. d4 d6 5. Bg2 Nf6 6. b3 O-O 7. Bb2 c6 8. e3
e4 9. d5 Nbd7 10. dxc6 bxc6 11. Nge2 Ne5 12. O-O Be6 13. Nd4 Bd7 14. Rb1
Kh8 15. Qd2 Qe8 16. h3 Qh5 17. f3 exf3 18. Nxf3 Rad8 19. Rbd1 Qg6 20. Kh2
Rfe8 21. Nh4 Qg5 22. e4 Nxe4 23. Nxe4 fxe4 24. Bxe4 Qh5 25. Bg2 Bxh4 26.
gxh4 Qxh4 27. Qf4 Qe7 28. Rfe1 c5 29. Qg3 Bf5 30. Rd5 Qf6 31. Bxe5 dxe5 32.
Rexe5 g6 33. Rxc5 Rxe5 34. Qxe5 Qxe5+ 35. Rxe5 Rd2 36. a3 Kg7 37. Re3 Kf6
38. c5 Rc2 39. b4 h5 40. h4 g5 41. hxg5+ Kxg5 42. Rg3+ Kf4 43. Rf3+ Ke5 44.
Kg1 h4 45. Re3+ Kf4 46. Rf3+ Ke5 47. Re3+ Kf4 48. Rf3+ Ke5 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT 2025 Saint Louis - Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "14.08.2025"]
[Round "7B"]
[White "Gukesh, Dommaraju"]
[Black "Le Quang Liem"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[ECO "C70"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Cozio defence deferred"]
[EventDate "2025.08.15"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nge7 5. c3 Ng6 6. d4 exd4 7. cxd4 d5
8. exd5 Qxd5 9. O-O Bg4 10. Nc3 Qh5 11. Re1+ Be7 12. d5 O-O-O 13. Bxc6 Bxf3
14. Bxb7+ Kxb7 15. Qxf3 Qxf3 16. gxf3 Bb4 17. Rb1 Kc8 18. Rd1 Ne7 19. Bd2
Bxc3 20. Bxc3 Nxd5 21. Be5 Rhe8 22. Bg3 f5 23. f4 Nb6 24. b3 Re2 25. a4 Rd5
26. Kf1 Ra2 27. Re1 Kb7 28. Rbc1 Rb2 29. Rc3 Rd6 30. Re5 g6 31. Kg2 Nd5 32.
Rf3 Nf6 33. Re7 Rd7 34. Re6 Ne4 35. Re3 Rdd2 36. Rf3 Rd7 37. Re3 Rb1 38.
Kh3 Rd2 39. Re7 h5 40. Kh4 Rc1 41. f3 Nxg3 42. hxg3 Rg2 43. Rg7 Rh1+ 44.
Kg5 Rxg3+ 45. Kf6 Rc1 46. b4 h4 47. Re8 Rc6+ 48. Kf7 Rxf3 49. Rgg8 Rd6 50.
Rb8+ Kc6 51. Ra8 Kd5 52. Rxg6 Rxf4 53. Rxd6+ cxd6 54. Kf6 Rxb4 55. Rxa6 f4
56. Ra5+ Ke4 57. Rh5 Rxa4 0-1

[Event "GCT 2025 Saint Louis - Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "14.08.2025"]
[Round "8B"]
[White "Le Quang Liem"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[ECO "D38"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "Ragozin variation"]
[EventDate "2025.08.15"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Qa4+ Nc6 6. e3 O-O 7. Qc2 Re8 8.
Bd2 a6 9. a3 Bd6 10. h3 Bd7 11. Bd3 dxc4 12. Bxc4 h6 13. O-O e5 14. Rae1
Qc8 15. dxe5 Nxe5 16. Nxe5 Bxe5 17. f4 Bxc3 18. Bxc3 Ne4 19. Be5 Bc6 20.
Rd1 Qf5 21. Rd4 Nd6 22. Bd3 Qh5 23. Qf2 Nf5 24. Rc4 Rad8 25. Be2 Qg6 26. e4
Nd6 27. f5 Qg5 28. Bf4 Qe7 29. f6 Qxf6 30. e5 Qe7 31. exd6 Qxe2 32. dxc7
Qxc4 33. cxd8=Q Rxd8 34. Qg3 Rd3 35. Qg4 Qe4 36. Kh2 Kh7 37. Rf2 Rd4 38.
Qg3 Rd3 39. Qh4 Rd5 40. Bg3 Qe6 41. Qf4 f6 42. Qc1 Rd3 43. Qc2 Qe4 44. Re2
Qg6 45. Bf4 h5 46. Re3 Rd4 47. Qxg6+ Kxg6 48. Bc7 Rd2 49. Rg3+ Kf7 50. b4
h4 51. Rg4 g5 52. Kg1 Kg6 53. Bb6 Rd3 54. Kf2 Rxa3 55. Be3 Ra2+ 56. Kf1
Bb5+ 57. Kg1 Bc6 58. Bf2 Ra1+ 59. Kh2 Rf1 60. Bxh4 Kh5 61. Bg3 f5 62. Rd4
f4 63. Bxf4 Rxf4 0-1

[Event "GCT 2025 Saint Louis - Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "14.08.2025"]
[Round "8B"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Gukesh, Dommaraju"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[ECO "C88"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "closed, anti-Marshall 8.a4"]
[EventDate "2025.08.15"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8.
a4 Bb7 9. d3 Re8 10. Nc3 b4 11. Nd5 Na5 12. Nxf6+ Bxf6 13. Bd5 Bxd5 14.
exd5 c6 15. dxc6 Nxc6 16. c3 d5 17. Be3 Rb8 18. Rc1 Qa5 19. c4 Rbd8 20. Qb3
d4 21. Bg5 Bxg5 22. Nxg5 h6 23. Ne4 Re6 24. c5 Qc7 25. Nd6 Qd7 26. Re2 a5
27. Rce1 Rg6 28. Qd5 Rf8 29. g3 Kh7 30. b3 f5 31. f3 h5 32. Rg2 Rff6 33.
Qc4 h4 34. Qc2 h3 35. Rf2 Qe6 36. f4 Rg4 37. fxe5 Rf8 38. Qc4 Qg6 39. Qd5
f4 40. Qxc6 fxg3 41. Rxf8 Qxd3 42. Rh8+ 1-0

[Event "GCT 2025 Saint Louis - Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "14.08.2025"]
[Round "8B"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Abdusattorov, Nodirbek"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2784"]
[BlackElo "2771"]
[ECO "C65"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Berlin defence"]
[EventDate "2025.08.15"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Nbd2 b6 7. Nc4 Nd7
8. O-O Qe7 9. c3 Ba6 10. Qa4 Bb5 11. Qb3 a5 12. a4 Ba6 13. Rd1 O-O 14. Bg5
Qe6 15. Ncd2 Qxb3 16. Nxb3 Bd6 17. Be3 c5 18. Ne1 c4 19. Nc1 cxd3 20. Ncxd3
Bc4 21. f3 Rad8 22. Rd2 Nc5 23. Nc1 Be7 24. b4 Rxd2 25. Bxd2 Rd8 26. Be3
Nb3 27. Nxb3 Bxb3 28. bxa5 bxa5 29. Rb1 Bxa4 30. Ra1 Bb3 31. Rxa5 f6 32.
Kf2 Rd1 33. Bc5 Kf7 34. Bxe7 Kxe7 35. Rb5 Be6 36. Ke2 Ra1 37. Rb2 Bc4+ 38.
Kd2 Kd6 39. Nc2 Rh1 40. Ne3 Be6 41. h3 h6 42. Rb8 Ra1 43. Rb2 Kc5 44. Rb7
Ra2+ 45. Kd3 Kd6 46. Rb8 Ke7 47. h4 Ra1 48. h5 Ra2 49. Rb1 Kd7 50. Rb8 Ke7
51. Rb1 Ra6 52. g4 Ra2 53. Nf5+ Bxf5 54. exf5 Ra8 55. Ke3 Kd6 56. Rb5 Kc6
57. Rb1 Kc5 58. Rd1 Kc6 59. Rd2 Ra3 60. Rd3 Ra8 61. Rd1 Ra3 62. Rd8 Rxc3+
63. Kf2 Rc2+ 64. Kg3 Rc3 65. Kf2 Rc2+ 66. Ke3 Rc3+ 67. Ke2 e4 68. Rg8 exf3+
69. Kf2 Kd5 70. Rxg7 Ke4 71. g5 hxg5 72. h6 Rc2+ 73. Kg3 Rg2+ 74. Kh3 Rg1
75. Re7+ Kf4 0-1

[Event "GCT 2025 Saint Louis - Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "14.08.2025"]
[Round "8B"]
[White "Shankland, Sam"]
[Black "Dominguez, Leinier"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[ECO "D26"]
[Opening "QGA"]
[Variation "classical variation, 6.O-O"]
[EventDate "2025.08.15"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. O-O Be7 7. Re1 O-O 8.
e4 cxd4 9. e5 Nfd7 10. Qxd4 Nb6 11. Qg4 h5 12. Qe4 Nxc4 13. Qxc4 Nc6 14.
Nc3 Bd7 15. Bf4 Rc8 16. Qe4 Qb6 17. Rad1 Rfd8 18. Bg5 Be8 19. Qh4 Rxd1 20.
Nxd1 Bxg5 21. Qxg5 g6 22. Nc3 Qd8 23. Qh6 Nb4 24. Ne4 Nd5 25. Rd1 Qe7 26.
Rxd5 1-0

[Event "GCT 2025 Saint Louis - Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "14.08.2025"]
[Round "8B"]
[White "Oparin, Grigoriy"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[ECO "C11"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "Burn variation"]
[EventDate "2025.08.15"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Nbd7 6. Nf3 h6 7. Nxf6+
Nxf6 8. Be3 Bd6 9. Bd3 b6 10. Qe2 Bb7 11. Ne5 O-O 12. f4 Nd5 13. Bd2 Qh4+
14. g3 Qe7 15. O-O-O c5 16. dxc5 bxc5 17. Rhe1 Rfd8 18. a3 Rab8 19. Nc4 Ba6
20. f5 Qb7 21. b3 exf5 22. Bxf5 Nf6 23. Bc3 Bf8 24. Bxf6 gxf6 25. Be4 Rxd1+
26. Rxd1 Qe7 27. Qg4+ Bg7 28. Rd7 Qe6 29. Qxe6 fxe6 30. Rxa7 Bxc4 31. bxc4
f5 32. Bc6 Bb2+ 33. Kd2 Rd8+ 34. Ke2 Bc3 35. a4 Rd2+ 36. Ke3 Rxc2 37. Kd3
Rc1 38. a5 Bd4 39. a6 Ra1 40. Bb5 e5 41. Re7 Ra2 42. Bc6 e4+ 43. Bxe4 fxe4+
44. Rxe4 Ra3+ 45. Ke2 Rxa6 46. Kf3 Ra4 47. Re7 Rxc4 48. Rc7 Be5 49. Re7 Bf6
50. Rc7 Kf8 51. h3 Be7 52. Rc6 h5 53. Rh6 h4 54. g4 Rc3+ 55. Kf4 Rxh3 56.
g5 Rg3 57. g6 Bd6+ 58. Kf5 h3 59. Ke6 Bf4 60. Rh4 Rxg6+ 61. Kf5 Rh6 0-1

[Event "GCT 2025 Saint Louis - Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "14.08.2025"]
[Round "9B"]
[White "Dominguez, Leinier"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2784"]
[ECO "B84"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Scheveningen (Paulsen), classical variation"]
[EventDate "2025.08.15"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e6 7. Be3 Qc7 8.
Qd2 Nbd7 9. O-O-O b5 10. a3 Bb7 11. f3 h5 12. Ndxb5 axb5 13. Nxb5 Qc6 14.
Nxd6+ Bxd6 15. Qxd6 Qxd6 16. Rxd6 Ke7 17. Rhd1 Rhc8 18. Bb5 Ne5 19. Rb6 Ra7
20. Rxe6+ Kxe6 21. Bxa7 g5 22. Bd4 g4 23. Ba4 Ba6 24. Bb3+ Bc4 25. Bxc4+
Nxc4 26. a4 h4 27. b3 Ne5 28. f4 Nc6 29. f5+ Ke7 30. Bf2 h3 31. gxh3 gxh3
32. Bh4 Ne5 33. a5 Nf3 34. Bxf6+ Kxf6 35. Rd3 Ng5 36. b4 Ke5 37. a6 Nxe4
38. Rxh3 Nd6 39. Rb3 Nb5 40. Kb2 Kd5 41. h4 Kc4 42. h5 Rh8 43. Rh3 Rh6 44.
f6 Kxb4 45. Rh4+ Ka5 46. c4 Nc7 47. a7 Kb6 48. Kc3 Kxa7 49. Kd4 Kb6 50. Ke5
Kc6 51. Kf5 Ne6 52. Rh1 Kd6 53. Rh2 Kc5 54. Rh4 Kd6 55. Rh1 Kc6 56. Rh2 Kc5
57. Rh4 Kd6 58. Rh1 Kc6 59. Rh2 Kd7 60. Rd2+ Ke8 61. Rh2 Kf8 62. c5 Nxc5
63. Kg5 Rh8 64. Rc2 Ne6+ 65. Kg4 Kg8 66. Ra2 Kh7 67. Ra7 Rf8 68. Kf5 Kh6
69. Ke5 Kxh5 70. Kd6 Kg6 71. Ke7 Rc8 72. Ra1 Rc7+ 73. Ke8 Kxf6 74. Rf1+ Kg6
75. Rf6+ Kg7 76. Rxf7+ Rxf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT 2025 Saint Louis - Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "14.08.2025"]
[Round "9B"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Shankland, Sam"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[ECO "C84"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "closed defence"]
[EventDate "2025.08.15"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 d6 7. c3 O-O 8.
Re1 Re8 9. h3 b5 10. Bc2 Bf8 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bh4 g5 13. Bg3 Bg7 14. Nbd2 Ne7
15. a4 Bd7 16. Nf1 Ng6 17. Ne3 Kh7 18. d4 Nf4 19. axb5 axb5 20. Rxa8 Qxa8
21. h4 Kg8 22. hxg5 Nxe4 23. gxh6 Bxh6 24. Bxe4 Qxe4 25. Ng4 Ne2+ 26. Rxe2
Qxg4 27. dxe5 Bf4 28. exd6 Rxe2 29. Qxe2 Bxg3 30. fxg3 cxd6 31. Kf2 Kf8 32.
Nd4 Qg5 33. Qe3 Qe5 34. Qf4 Ke7 35. Qh4+ Kf8 36. Qd8+ Be8 37. Qh4 Bd7 38.
Qh6+ Ke7 39. Qf4 Kf8 40. Nf3 Qc5+ 41. Qd4 Ke7 42. b4 Qf5 43. Qe3+ Be6 44.
Qg5+ Qxg5 45. Nxg5 Bd5 46. Nf3 Ke6 47. Nd4+ 1-0

[Event "GCT 2025 Saint Louis - Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "14.08.2025"]
[Round "9B"]
[White "Gukesh, Dommaraju"]
[Black "Oparin, Grigoriy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[ECO "B30"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Nimzovich-Rossolimo attack (without ...d6)"]
[EventDate "2025.08.15"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. O-O Nge7 5. Re1 b6 6. c3 a6 7. Be2 d5 8.
exd5 Nxd5 9. d4 Be7 10. dxc5 bxc5 11. c4 Nb6 12. Qxd8+ Bxd8 13. Be3 Be7 14.
Nc3 Bb7 15. Rad1 Rc8 16. b3 Nb8 17. Nd2 f5 18. Bf3 Bxf3 19. Nxf3 N8d7 20.
Bg5 Rc6 21. Nd5 Bf6 22. Rd3 Kf7 23. Nxb6 Nxb6 24. Red1 Rhc8 25. Bxf6 gxf6
26. Nd2 R8c7 27. Nb1 Ke7 28. Rh3 Ke8 29. Nc3 Rg7 30. Kf1 Nd7 31. f4 Nf8 32.
Re3 Rd7 33. Rxd7 Kxd7 34. Na4 Ke7 35. Kf2 Ng6 36. g3 Nf8 37. Ke2 Nd7 38.
Kd3 Rd6+ 39. Kc2 h5 40. Rd3 Rxd3 41. Kxd3 Kd6 42. a3 a5 43. Nc3 Nb8 44.
Nb5+ Kd7 45. Na7 Nc6 46. Nxc6 Kxc6 47. Ke3 a4 48. bxa4 e5 49. fxe5 fxe5 50.
Kf3 Kb6 51. h3 Ka5 52. g4 hxg4+ 53. hxg4 e4+ 54. Kf4 fxg4 55. Kxg4 Kxa4 56.
Kf4 Kxa3 57. Kxe4 Kb3 58. Kd3 Kb4 59. Kd2 Kxc4 60. Kc2 Kd4 61. Kd2 c4 62.
Kc2 c3 63. Kc1 Kd3 64. Kd1 c2+ 65. Kc1 Kc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT 2025 Saint Louis - Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "14.08.2025"]
[Round "9B"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[ECO "A20"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[EventDate "2025.08.15"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 d5 3. cxd5 Qxd5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Bg2 Nf6 6. d3 Qd8 7. O-O Bd6
8. a3 O-O 9. Nbd2 a5 10. b3 Re8 11. Bb2 Bf5 12. Rc1 Qd7 13. Ng5 h6 14. Nge4
Nxe4 15. Nxe4 Bh3 16. Rc4 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 f5 18. Nc5 Bxc5 19. Rxc5 b6 20. Rc4
Nd4 21. e3 Ne6 22. e4 Nc5 23. d4 Nxe4 24. f3 Ng5 25. dxe5 Qxd1 26. Rxd1
Rad8 27. Rxd8 Rxd8 28. Bc1 Ne6 29. b4 axb4 30. axb4 Kf7 31. Kf2 Rd4 32.
Rxd4 Nxd4 33. Bb2 Ne6 34. Ke3 Ke7 35. b5 Kd7 36. Kd3 c6 37. Kc4 Nc7 38.
bxc6+ Kxc6 39. f4 g6 40. Ba3 b5+ 41. Kb4 h5 42. h4 Nd5+ 43. Ka5 Nc3 44. Bb4
Ne4 45. Be1 Kc5 46. Bb4+ Kd5 47. Be1 Kc6 48. Kb4 Nc5 49. Ka5 Nb3+ 50. Kb4
Nd4 51. Ka5 Ne6 52. Bf2 Nc7 53. Kb4 Nd5+ 54. Ka5 Nc7 55. Kb4 Nd5+ 56. Ka5
Nc7 57. Kb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT 2025 Saint Louis - Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "14.08.2025"]
[Round "9B"]
[White "Abdusattorov, Nodirbek"]
[Black "Le Quang Liem"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2771"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[ECO "C44"]
[Opening "Konstantinopolsky opening"]
[EventDate "2025.08.15"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. g3 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bg2 d6 6. Nc3 a5 7. O-O O-O 8.
h3 Nd4 9. Nxd4 Bxd4 10. Kh2 Nd7 11. Ne2 Bb6 12. f4 exf4 13. Nxf4 c6 14. c3
Nf6 15. Qf3 Qe7 16. Bd2 a4 17. Rae1 Be6 18. a3 Nd7 19. Be3 Ne5 20. Qf2 Bxe3
21. Qxe3 Bb3 22. Ne2 f5 23. Nd4 fxe4 24. Bxe4 Rxf1 25. Rxf1 g6 26. Nxb3
axb3 27. c4 Re8 28. Qd4 Nd7 29. Re1 Qf6 30. Bd5+ Kf8 31. Rxe8+ Kxe8 32.
Qxf6 Nxf6 33. Bf3 Nd7 34. d4 Nb6 35. Be2 Ke7 36. Kg2 Ke6 37. Kf3 d5 38. c5
Nc4 39. Bd1 Kf5 40. h4 h5 41. a4 g5 42. hxg5 Kxg5 43. Kf2 Nxb2 44. Bxb3 Kf5
45. Bc2+ Kg5 46. Kf3 Nc4 47. Bd3 Nb2 48. Bc2 Nc4 49. Kf2 Nb2 50. Kf3 Nc4
51. Bd1 Nb2 52. Bb3 Kf5 53. Bc2+ Kg5 54. Bb3 Kf5 55. Bc2+ Kg5 56. Bb3 Kf5
57. Bc2+ Kg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT 2025 Saint Louis - Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "15.08.2025"]
[Round "10B"]
[White "Abdusattorov, Nodirbek"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2771"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[ECO "A48"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "London system"]
[EventDate "2025.08.15"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bf4 Bg7 4. c3 O-O 5. Nbd2 d6 6. e4 Nbd7 7. Be2 Qe8
8. h3 e5 9. dxe5 dxe5 10. Be3 b6 11. O-O Bb7 12. Qc2 Qe7 13. b4 Ne8 14. Nc4
Ndf6 15. Nfd2 Nd6 16. Nxd6 cxd6 17. c4 Rac8 18. Qd3 Rfd8 19. a4 Qc7 20. a5
bxa5 21. Rxa5 a6 22. Rfa1 Rb8 23. Qb1 Nd7 24. c5 dxc5 25. bxc5 Bf8 26. Qc2
Rbc8 27. Bg4 h5 28. Bxd7 Qxd7 29. Nc4 Qe6 30. Rb1 Rc7 31. Rb6 Qd7 32. Kh2
Rdc8 33. Qb1 Bc6 34. Raxa6 Qe6 35. Na5 Qd7 36. Nxc6 Rxc6 37. Rxc6 Rxc6 38.
Qb5 Rc7 39. Qxd7 Rxd7 40. c6 Rc7 41. Bd2 Bd6 42. Ba5 Rc8 43. c7 Bxc7 44.
Rc6 Bxa5 45. Rxc8+ Kg7 46. g3 Bb6 47. Kg2 Bd4 48. Rc6 Kf8 49. f4 exf4 50.
gxf4 Kg7 51. Kf3 Bb2 52. e5 f5 53. Rc7+ Kf8 54. e6 Bd4 55. Ke2 Ke8 56. Kd3
Bf6 57. Kc4 g5 58. Rf7 1-0

[Event "GCT 2025 Saint Louis - Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "15.08.2025"]
[Round "10B"]
[White "Dominguez, Leinier"]
[Black "Le Quang Liem"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[ECO "C53"]
[Opening "Giuoco Piano"]
[EventDate "2025.08.15"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. a4 a5 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4
Qe7 9. O-O O-O 10. Nbd2 Be6 11. Re1 Bxc4 12. Nxc4 Qe6 13. d4 Qxc4 14. Bxf6
Bb6 15. Nh4 Qe6 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. d5 Qf6 18. Nf5+ Kh7 19. dxc6 bxc6 20. Ra3
d5 21. Qc2 Rad8 22. c4 dxe4 23. Qxe4 Rd2 24. Rf3 Kh8 25. g3 Re8 26. b3 Qg6
27. Kg2 Bc5 28. Re2 Rxe2 29. Qxe2 e4 30. Rf4 Re5 31. Nxh6 f5 32. Rh4 Kg7
33. Qd1 Be7 34. Qd7 Kf8 35. Qc8+ Qe8 36. Qxe8+ Kxe8 37. Rh5 e3 38. fxe3
Rxe3 39. Nxf5 Rxb3 40. Nxe7 Kxe7 41. Rxa5 Rc3 42. h4 Rxc4 43. h5 Kf6 44.
Kh3 c5 45. g4 Kg5 46. Ra6 Rc3+ 47. Kg2 Kxg4 48. h6 Rc2+ 49. Kf1 Kf3 50. Ke1
Ke3 51. Kd1 Rh2 52. a5 Kd3 53. Ke1 c4 54. Rc6 c3 55. a6 c2 56. a7 Ke3 57.
Rc3+ Kd4 58. Rxc2 Kd5 1-0

[Event "GCT 2025 Saint Louis - Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "15.08.2025"]
[Round "10B"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Oparin, Grigoriy"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[ECO "A45"]
[Opening "Trompovsky attack (Ruth, Opovcensky opening)"]
[EventDate "2025.08.15"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 c5 3. Bxf6 gxf6 4. d5 Qb6 5. Qc1 f5 6. e3 Bg7 7. c3 e5 8.
Ne2 Qg6 9. Nd2 d6 10. Qc2 h5 11. h4 Nd7 12. Ng3 Nb6 13. Nc4 Nxc4 14. Bxc4
e4 15. Ne2 Be5 16. g3 Bd7 17. a4 Ke7 18. Bb5 Rhd8 19. Rg1 Rab8 20. Kd2 Qf6
21. Qd1 Bc8 22. a5 Bd7 23. Bxd7 Rxd7 24. Nf4 Bxf4 25. gxf4 Qxh4 26. Qe2 b6
27. a6 Qf6 28. Rg5 b5 29. Rh1 b4 30. Kc2 bxc3 31. bxc3 Rdd8 32. Rhxh5 Rb6
33. Rxf5 Rdb8 0-1

[Event "GCT 2025 Saint Louis - Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "15.08.2025"]
[Round "10B"]
[White "Gukesh, Dommaraju"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[ECO "C00"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "King's Indian attack"]
[EventDate "2025.08.15"]

1. e4 e6 2. d3 c5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d6 5. Bg2 Nf6 6. O-O Be7 7. Re1 O-O 8.
c3 e5 9. h3 Be6 10. a3 h6 11. b4 b5 12. Be3 a5 13. bxc5 dxc5 14. d4 exd4
15. cxd4 cxd4 16. Nxd4 Nxd4 17. Bxd4 Qd7 18. Bb2 Rad8 19. Qxd7 Rxd7 20. Nc3
b4 21. Nd5 Bxd5 22. exd5 bxa3 23. Bxa3 Bxa3 24. Rxa3 Nxd5 25. Rxa5 Nf6 26.
Ra8 Rxa8 27. Bxa8 h5 28. Kg2 g6 29. Bf3 Kg7 30. Rd1 Rxd1 31. Bxd1 Ne4 32.
Bf3 Nf6 33. Bd1 Ne4 34. Bf3 Nf6 35. Bd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT 2025 Saint Louis - Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "15.08.2025"]
[Round "10B"]
[White "Shankland, Sam"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2784"]
[ECO "D35"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "exchange, positional line"]
[EventDate "2025.08.15"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 c6 7. Bd3 Nbd7
8. Nf3 Nf8 9. Qc2 Ne6 10. Bh4 g6 11. O-O-O O-O 12. Kb1 c5 13. dxc5 Nxc5 14.
Nd4 Bd7 15. Bb5 Rc8 16. Bxd7 Qxd7 17. Qe2 Nfe4 18. Nxe4 Nxe4 19. Bxe7 Qxe7
20. Rc1 a6 21. Rc2 Rxc2 22. Qxc2 Qf6 23. Nf3 Nd6 24. Rd1 Rc8 25. Qd3 Rc5
26. Rc1 Nc4 27. Qd4 Qf5+ 28. Ka1 b6 29. b4 Rc8 30. Nd2 Qf4 31. f3 Qxf3 32.
Qxd5 Qf2 33. Nxc4 b5 34. Qd7 bxc4 35. Qd6 Re8 36. Qxa6 Qxg2 37. Qxc4 Qxh2
38. b5 Rxe3 39. Qd4 Re8 40. b6 Qg2 41. Rb1 Qb7 42. Qc4 Rc8 43. Qd4 h5 44.
a4 Ra8 45. Rb4 Re8 46. Ka2 Re2+ 47. Rb2 Re4 48. Qxe4 Qxe4 49. b7 Qxa4+ 50.
Kb1 Qe4+ 51. Ka1 Qe1+ 52. Ka2 Qe6+ 53. Ka1 Qe1+ 54. Ka2 Qa5+ 55. Kb1 Qf5+
56. Ka1 Qf1+ 57. Ka2 Qc4+ 58. Ka1 Qa4+ 59. Kb1 Qe4+ 60. Ka1 Qe1+ 61. Ka2
Qa5+ 62. Kb1 Qf5+ 63. Ka1 Qa5+ 64. Kb1 Qf5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT 2025 Saint Louis - Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "15.08.2025"]
[Round "11B"]
[White "Gukesh, Dommaraju"]
[Black "Shankland, Sam"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[ECO "A10"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[EventDate "2025.08.15"]

1. c4 g6 2. g3 Bg7 3. Bg2 c5 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. e3 O-O 6. Nge2 e6 7. O-O Nc6 8.
d4 cxd4 9. exd4 d5 10. cxd5 Nxd5 11. h3 b6 12. Nxd5 exd5 13. Be3 Ba6 14.
Re1 Rc8 15. Nf4 Qd7 16. Qa4 Bc4 17. b3 b5 18. Qa3 g5 19. Nh5 Bd3 20. Nxg7
Kxg7 21. Bxg5 Qf5 22. Be3 Rfe8 23. Qd6 Be4 24. Bxe4 Rxe4 25. Bh6+ Kg8 26.
Rxe4 Qxe4 27. Rc1 Qe6 28. Rxc6 1-0

[Event "GCT 2025 Saint Louis - Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "15.08.2025"]
[Round "11B"]
[White "Oparin, Grigoriy"]
[Black "Abdusattorov, Nodirbek"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2771"]
[ECO "C46"]
[Opening "Three knights game"]
[EventDate "2025.08.15"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Bc5 4. Nxe5 Nxe5 5. d4 Bd6 6. dxe5 Bxe5 7. Qd3
Nf6 8. Bd2 O-O 9. O-O-O Qe7 10. f3 d6 11. g4 c6 12. h4 Nd7 13. Qe3 Nc5 14.
Bg2 Re8 15. g5 f5 16. gxf6 Bxf6 17. h5 Be6 18. f4 Bf7 19. Rde1 h6 20. Bf3
Rad8 21. Rhg1 d5 22. exd5 Qd6 23. Qf2 Rxe1+ 24. Rxe1 cxd5 25. a3 Qb6 26.
Qg2 Kh8 27. Nd1 d4 28. Be4 d3 29. cxd3 Rc8 30. Bc3 Na4 31. Qd2 Qb3 32. d4
Qb6 33. Bc2 Bb3 34. Bxb3 Qxb3 35. Qc2 Qb5 36. Qe2 Qf5 37. Ne3 Nxc3 38. bxc3
Rxc3+ 39. Kb2 Qd3 40. Qxd3 Rxd3 41. Nf5 Bxd4+ 42. Nxd4 Rxd4 43. Re7 Rxf4
44. Rxb7 a6 45. Ra7 Rf5 46. Rxa6 Rxh5 47. a4 Kh7 48. a5 Rd5 49. Kc3 h5 50.
Kc4 Rf5 51. Kb4 h4 52. Rd6 h3 53. a6 g5 54. a7 Rf8 55. Rd1 Kg6 56. Kb5 g4
57. Kc6 h2 58. Kc7 Ra8 0-1

[Event "GCT 2025 Saint Louis - Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "15.08.2025"]
[Round "11B"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Dominguez, Leinier"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[ECO "C67"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Berlin defence, open variation"]
[EventDate "2025.08.15"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5
Nf5 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 h6 10. h3 Ke8 11. a4 Ne7 12. a5 a6 13. Re1 Ng6 14.
Ne2 Be7 15. b3 c5 16. Ng3 Nf8 17. Be3 Bd7 18. Nd2 Ne6 19. Nc4 Bc6 20. Rad1
g6 21. Ne2 h5 22. Nf4 Rd8 23. Nxe6 fxe6 24. Rxd8+ Kxd8 25. Nb2 Ke8 26. Nd3
b6 27. Ra1 Bb7 28. Rd1 Kf7 29. Nb2 Rd8 30. Rxd8 Bxd8 31. f3 Bd5 32. c4 Bc6
33. Nd3 Be7 34. Kf2 Bb7 35. g3 g5 36. g4 hxg4 37. hxg4 Bc6 38. Ke2 Bb7 39.
Bd2 Bc6 40. Nf2 Bb7 41. Nh1 Bc6 42. Ng3 Kg6 43. Ke3 Kf7 44. Ne4 Kg6 45. Kd3
Bb7 46. Be3 Bc6 47. Bd2 Bb7 48. Be3 Bc6 49. Bd2 Bb7 50. Be3 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT 2025 Saint Louis - Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "15.08.2025"]
[Round "11B"]
[White "Le Quang Liem"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2784"]
[ECO "D38"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "Ragozin variation"]
[EventDate "2025.08.15"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 Nf6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Qa4+ Nc6 6. e3 O-O 7. Qc2 b6 8.
Bd2 Bb7 9. a3 Bd6 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Bd3 a6 12. O-O Re8 13. Rac1 Nb8 14.
Rfd1 Nbd7 15. Ne2 Ne4 16. Bb4 c5 17. dxc5 bxc5 18. Be1 Ndf6 19. Ng3 Rc8 20.
Nd2 Nxd2 21. Qxd2 g6 22. Be2 h5 23. Bf3 h4 24. Nf1 h3 25. Ng3 hxg2 26. Bxg2
Qe7 27. Qd3 Be5 28. Bc3 Red8 29. Bxe5 Qxe5 30. b4 cxb4 31. axb4 Qb2 32. Rb1
Qe5 33. Qd4 Qxd4 34. Rxd4 Bc6 35. Bh3 Bd7 36. Bxd7 Rxd7 37. Ra1 Rc6 38. Ne2
Rb7 39. Nf4 Kg7 40. Nd3 Rb5 41. Kg2 Ne4 42. Ra5 Nc3 43. Rxb5 axb5 44. Nc5
Na2 45. Nd3 Rc4 46. Kf3 Rxd4 47. exd4 Kf6 48. Kf4 Nc3 49. h4 Ne4 50. Kf3
Kf5 51. Nf4 Nf6 52. Ng2 Ke6 53. Nf4+ Kd6 54. Nd3 Ne4 55. Kf4 f6 56. f3 Nd2
57. Kg4 Nb3 58. Nf4 Nxd4 59. Nxg6 Ke6 60. Nf4+ Kf7 61. Nxd5 Nc6 62. Kf5
Nd4+ 63. Ke4 Nc6 64. f4 Kg6 65. f5+ Kg7 66. Kd3 Kf7 67. Kc3 Kg7 68. Nc7 Ne7
69. Nxb5 Nxf5 70. Nd4 Nd6 71. Kd3 Kg6 72. Nf3 Kh5 73. Kd4 Kg4 74. Kd5 Nb5
75. Nd4 Na3 76. Ke6 Kxh4 77. Kxf6 Kg4 78. Ke5 Kg5 79. Kd5 Kf6 80. Kc5 Ke5
81. Nc2 Nxc2 82. b5 Ke6 83. b6 Kd7 84. b7 Kc7 85. b8=Q+ Kxb8 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT 2025 Saint Louis - Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "15.08.2025"]
[Round "11B"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[ECO "C45"]
[Opening "Scotch"]
[Variation "Tartakower variation"]
[EventDate "2025.08.15"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. Nd2 d5 7. exd5
cxd5 8. Bb5+ Bd7 9. Bxd7+ Qxd7 10. O-O Be7 11. b3 O-O 12. Bb2 a5 13. a4 Qf5
14. Nf3 Ne4 15. Nd4 Qd7 16. Nf3 Qf5 17. Nd4 Qd7 18. Nf3 Qf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT 2025 Saint Louis - Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "15.08.2025"]
[Round "12B"]
[White "Abdusattorov, Nodirbek"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2771"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[ECO "A46"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn"]
[Variation "Yusupov-Rubinstein system"]
[EventDate "2025.08.15"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. e3 b6 4. Bd3 Bb7 5. c4 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Bxd2+ 7. Nbxd2 c5
8. O-O d6 9. e4 cxd4 10. Nxd4 O-O 11. Qe2 Nc6 12. Nxc6 Bxc6 13. Rfd1 Qc7
14. Rac1 Rfd8 15. b3 Qb7 16. Nf3 Bxe4 17. Bxe4 Qxe4 18. Qb2 Qb7 19. Rd3 b5
20. cxb5 Qxb5 21. Rdc3 e5 22. Rc6 a5 23. h3 a4 24. Qd2 axb3 25. axb3 Qd5
26. Qxd5 Nxd5 27. Rd1 Nf4 28. Rcxd6 Rxd6 29. Rxd6 f6 30. Kh2 Rb8 31. Nd2 h5
32. g3 Ne2 33. Rd3 h4 34. gxh4 Kh7 35. Re3 Nd4 36. Rd3 Rb4 37. h5 Kh6 38.
Rg3 Nf5 39. Rf3 Nd4 40. Rg3 Nf5 41. Rf3 Nd4 42. Rg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT 2025 Saint Louis - Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "15.08.2025"]
[Round "12B"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Gukesh, Dommaraju"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[ECO "C65"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Berlin defence"]
[EventDate "2025.08.15"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. O-O Re8 7. Nbd2 a6 8.
Ba4 b5 9. Bb3 d6 10. h3 h6 11. Re1 Be6 12. Bc2 d5 13. Qe2 Bb6 14. exd5 Nxd5
15. Nf1 Bf5 16. Bd2 Qd7 17. Rad1 Rad8 18. Bc1 b4 19. Bd2 bxc3 20. bxc3 Ba5
21. Ba4 Bxc3 22. Rc1 Nf4 23. Bxf4 exf4 24. Qc2 Rxe1 25. Nxe1 Bxe1 26. Bxc6
Qe6 27. Be4 Ba5 28. Qc5 Bxe4 29. Qxa5 Rxd3 30. f3 Bxf3 31. gxf3 Rxf3 32.
Qxc7 Qg6+ 33. Kh1 Rxh3+ 34. Nh2 Qe4+ 0-1

[Event "GCT 2025 Saint Louis - Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "15.08.2025"]
[Round "12B"]
[White "Shankland, Sam"]
[Black "Le Quang Liem"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[ECO "D31"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "Charousek (Petrosian) variation"]
[EventDate "2025.08.15"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. h3 c6 7. Bf4 Bf5 8.
e3 Qb6 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Nbd7 11. O-O O-O 12. Rab1 a5 13. Qc2 Rfe8 14.
a3 Qa6 15. Rfc1 a4 16. Nd2 h6 17. Qd1 Bf8 18. Qf1 b5 19. Na2 Qb7 20. Nb4
Bxb4 21. axb4 Nb6 22. b3 Ne4 23. Nxe4 dxe4 24. bxa4 Rxa4 25. Qd1 Re6 26.
Qg4 Qe7 27. Rc5 Nd5 28. Be5 f6 29. Bf4 Kh7 30. Rxd5 cxd5 31. Rc1 Ra7 32.
Qf5+ g6 33. Qxd5 Qd7 34. Qc5 Rea6 35. Kh2 Ra1 36. Rxa1 Rxa1 37. d5 Rd1 38.
d6 g5 39. Bg3 Kg6 40. Qc2 Rd3 41. Qa2 Qf7 42. Qa8 Qe6 43. Qf8 Rd1 44. Qb8
h5 45. h4 gxh4 46. Bf4 h3 47. Qf8 Qf7 48. Qh6+ Kf5 49. gxh3 Qg6 50. Qxg6+
Kxg6 51. Kg3 Rd5 52. Kh4 Kf7 53. Kg3 Ke6 54. Kh4 Kd7 55. Bg3 Ke6 56. Bf4
Kf7 57. Bg3 Kg6 58. Bf4 Rd2 59. Bg3 Rb2 0-1

[Event "GCT 2025 Saint Louis - Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "15.08.2025"]
[Round "12B"]
[White "Dominguez, Leinier"]
[Black "Oparin, Grigoriy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[ECO "B66"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Richter-Rauzer, Rauzer attack, 7...a6"]
[EventDate "2025.08.15"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O Be7 9. Kb1 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 h6 11. Be3 Qc7 12. f3 b5 13. Qd2 Bb7 14. h4
Rc8 15. a3 Nd7 16. g4 Ne5 17. Be2 Nc4 18. Bxc4 Qxc4 19. Bd4 O-O 20. g5 h5
21. Bf6 Bd8 22. Bxd8 Rfxd8 23. Qe3 a5 24. Qb6 Bc6 25. Qxa5 d5 26. Qb4 d4
27. Na2 e5 28. Qxc4 bxc4 29. Nb4 Bb7 30. Rd2 f5 31. gxf6 Rf8 32. c3 dxc3
33. Rd7 Rf7 34. Rxf7 Kxf7 35. fxg7 cxb2 36. Rg1 Kg8 37. Kxb2 c3+ 38. Kc2
Rc7 39. Nd5 Rf7 40. Rg3 Bxd5 41. exd5 Rf4 42. Kxc3 Rxh4 43. Rg5 Rf4 44.
Rxh5 Rxf3+ 45. Kb4 e4 46. Re5 Rd3 47. a4 Rd4+ 48. Kb5 Kxg7 49. a5 Kf6 50.
Re6+ Kf5 51. Kc5 Ra4 52. a6 Ra3 53. Kb6 Rb3+ 54. Kc7 Ra3 55. Kb7 Rb3+ 56.
Rb6 Rxb6+ 57. Kxb6 e3 58. a7 e2 59. a8=Q e1=Q 60. Qf8+ Kg6 61. Kc6 Qa5 1-0

[Event "GCT 2025 Saint Louis - Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "15.08.2025"]
[Round "12B"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2784"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[ECO "A20"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[EventDate "2025.08.15"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 d5 3. cxd5 Qxd5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Bg2 Nf6 6. d3 Be7 7. O-O O-O
8. a3 Bg4 9. b4 Rad8 10. Nc3 Qe6 11. Be3 Nd4 12. Ng5 Qc8 13. f3 Bf5 14.
Nge4 Nxe4 15. fxe4 Bg4 16. Rf2 c6 17. Rb1 h5 18. Qd2 Qe6 19. Bg5 f6 20. Be3
Rd7 21. Bf1 Rfd8 22. Qa2 Qxa2 23. Nxa2 a5 24. bxa5 Ra8 25. Bd2 Bxa3 26. Nc1
Bc5 27. Kh1 Nc2 28. Rg2 Bh3 29. Rg1 Be6 30. Rg2 Ne3 31. Rf2 Nc4 0-1

[Event "GCT 2025 Saint Louis - Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "15.08.2025"]
[Round "13B"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Le Quang Liem"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[ECO "C64"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "classical defence, Benelux variation  "]
[EventDate "2025.08.15"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. O-O O-O 6. d4 Bb6 7. a4 a6 8.
Bxc6 dxc6 9. a5 Ba7 10. Nxe5 Nxe4 11. Re1 Nd6 12. Be3 Be6 13. Nd2 f6 14.
Nd3 Qd7 15. Nb3 Bf7 16. Nbc5 Qf5 17. g4 Qc8 18. Bf4 Re8 19. Qf3 Bd5 20. Qg3
Ne4 21. Nxe4 Rxe4 22. f3 Rxe1+ 23. Rxe1 Bc4 24. Nf2 c5 25. g5 Qf5 26. gxf6
Qxf6 27. Ng4 Qg6 28. Ne3 Re8 29. Qxg6 hxg6 30. Kf2 Bf7 31. dxc5 Bxc5 32. b4
Be7 33. Bxc7 Rc8 34. Nf5 Rxc7 35. Rxe7 Rxc3 36. Ne3 Rb3 37. Rxb7 Be8 38.
Rb8 Kf7 39. Nc4 Ke7 40. Rb7+ Kf8 41. Ne5 g5 42. Kg3 Bb5 43. Kg4 Rxb4+ 44.
Kxg5 Rb2 45. h4 Ra2 46. Ng6+ Kg8 47. Ne7+ Kf8 48. Ng6+ Kg8 49. f4 Rg2+ 50.
Kf5 Bd3+ 51. Ke5 Rxg6 52. Rb6 Rg4 53. f5 Re4+ 54. Kd5 Rxh4 55. f6 g6 56.
Kc5 Kf7 0-1

[Event "GCT 2025 Saint Louis - Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "15.08.2025"]
[Round "13B"]
[White "Oparin, Grigoriy"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2784"]
[ECO "A46"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[EventDate "2025.08.15"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bf4 b6 4. e3 Bb7 5. h3 d5 6. c4 Bd6 7. Bxd6 cxd6 8.
Nc3 dxc4 9. Bxc4 O-O 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Qe2 a6 12. a4 d5 13. Bd3 Qe7 14. Rfc1
g6 15. Na2 Qd6 16. Rc2 e5 17. dxe5 Nxe5 18. Nd4 Nfd7 19. Rcc1 Nc5 20. Bc2
a5 21. Nb5 Qe7 22. Nac3 Rad8 23. Rd1 Rd7 24. b3 Rfd8 25. Rd2 Nc6 26. Rad1
Nb4 27. Nd4 Ba6 28. Qf3 Kg7 29. Bb1 Qf6 30. Qg3 Kh8 31. Ncb5 Bxb5 32. axb5
Re8 33. h4 Rd6 34. Qh3 h5 35. Qg3 Qe5 36. Qh3 Rf6 37. Bc2 Kg7 38. Bb1 Re7
39. Bc2 Rc7 40. Bb1 Ne4 41. Bxe4 dxe4 42. Nc6 Nxc6 43. bxc6 Rfxc6 44. Rd5
Qf6 45. Qg3 Rc1 46. Rxc1 Rxc1+ 47. Kh2 Rc2 48. Kg1 Rc6 49. Kh2 Qe6 50. Rb5
Rc5 51. Rxc5 bxc5 52. Qc7 Qxb3 53. Qe5+ Kh7 54. g4 Qe6 55. Qxc5 Qxg4 56.
Qxa5 Qxh4+ 57. Kg2 Qg4+ 58. Kh2 Qf5 59. Qa2 h4 60. Qe2 Kh6 61. Qb2 Kh7 62.
Qe2 Qf3 63. Qf1 Kh6 64. Qg1 h3 65. Qg3 Qxg3+ 66. Kxg3 Kg5 67. Kxh3 Kf5 68.
Kh4 f6 69. Kg3 g5 70. Kh3 Kg6 71. Kg4 f5+ 72. Kg3 Kf6 73. Kg2 Ke5 74. Kf1
Kd5 75. Ke1 Kc4 76. Kd2 Kb3 0-1

[Event "GCT 2025 Saint Louis - Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "15.08.2025"]
[Round "13B"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Dominguez, Leinier"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[ECO "C45"]
[Opening "Scotch"]
[Variation "Tartakower variation"]
[EventDate "2025.08.15"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. Nd2 Bc5 7. Nb3
Nxe4 8. Nxc5 Nxc5 9. Be3 Qe7 10. Qd4 Ne6 11. Qc3 O-O 12. O-O-O c5 13. Bc4
d6 14. h4 Bb7 15. Rh3 Rad8 16. Rg3 d5 17. Bh6 g6 18. Bxf8 Qxf8 19. Be2 Qh6+
20. Kb1 Qxh4 21. Bg4 d4 22. Qa5 Bd5 23. Bxe6 Bxe6 24. Qxc5 Rd7 25. Re1 Qd8
26. Qg5 Qf8 27. Qf6 Qd6 1-0

[Event "GCT 2025 Saint Louis - Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "15.08.2025"]
[Round "13B"]
[White "Gukesh, Dommaraju"]
[Black "Abdusattorov, Nodirbek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2771"]
[ECO "A25"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "closed system"]
[EventDate "2025.08.15"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. e3 d6 6. Nge2 h5 7. h3 h4 8. g4
f5 9. gxf5 Bxf5 10. d3 Nf6 11. Nd5 Be6 12. Nec3 Qd7 13. b4 O-O 14. Bb2 Ne7
15. Nxf6+ Rxf6 16. Ne4 Rf5 17. Bf3 a5 18. b5 Bh6 19. Bg4 Rf7 20. Rg1 Kh7
21. Qe2 Nf5 22. a4 Raf8 23. O-O-O Nd4 24. Bxd4 exd4 25. Kb2 d5 26. cxd5
Qxd5 27. Bxe6 Qxe6 28. Rg4 Qe7 29. Ka2 dxe3 30. fxe3 Rf3 31. Qc2 Bxe3 32.
Re1 Qf7+ 33. Ka3 Qe7+ 34. Ka2 R8f5 35. Qc4 Qf7 36. Rxh4+ Kg7 37. Qxf7+ Rxf7
38. Re2 Bf4 39. Nc5 Bd6 40. Nxb7 Bb4 41. Nd8 Rd7 42. Ne6+ Kf6 43. d4 Rd5
44. Nxc7 Rd7 45. Ne8+ Kf5 46. Re5# 1-0

[Event "GCT 2025 Saint Louis - Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "15.08.2025"]
[Round "13B"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Shankland, Sam"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[ECO "E60"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "3.g3"]
[EventDate "2025.08.15"]

1. c4 g6 2. d4 Nf6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. e3 d6 7. Nge2 e5 8.
d5 Ne7 9. O-O Nd7 10. e4 f5 11. f4 a5 12. Kh1 exf4 13. Bxf4 Ne5 14. b3 h6
15. Qd2 g5 16. Be3 fxe4 17. Nxe4 Nf5 18. Bg1 b6 19. Nd4 Nxd4 20. Bxd4 Bf5
21. Nc3 Qd7 22. Nb5 Rf7 23. Bc3 Raf8 24. Nd4 Bg4 25. Rxf7 Rxf7 26. Ne6 Bh8
27. h3 Bxe6 28. dxe6 Qxe6 29. Re1 Qd7 30. Bxe5 Bxe5 31. Bd5 Qxh3+ 32. Qh2
Qxh2+ 33. Kxh2 c6 34. Bxf7+ Kxf7 35. Rf1+ Ke6 36. Kg2 d5 37. Rh1 Bg7 38.
Kf3 dxc4 39. bxc4 Kd6 40. Ke4 Kc5 41. Kd3 a4 42. g4 b5 43. cxb5 cxb5 44.
Rc1+ Kb4 45. Rb1+ Kc5 46. Rf1 Kb4 47. Rf7 Bb2 48. Kc2 Ka3 49. Kb1 b4 50.
Rh7 Bc3 51. Rxh6 b3 52. axb3 Kxb3 53. Rb6+ Bb4 54. Rb7 a3 55. Ra7 Bc3 56.
Ra6 Bb4 57. Ra8 Bc3 58. Ra7 Bb4 59. Rb7 Kc4 60. Ka2 Bc5 61. Rg7 Be3 62.
Kxa3 Kd3 63. Kb3 Ke4 64. Kc2 Kf3 65. Kd3 Bf4 66. Rxg5 Bxg5 67. Kc3 Kxg4
1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT 2025 Saint Louis - Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "15.08.2025"]
[Round "14B"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2784"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[ECO "A15"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[EventDate "2025.08.15"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. g3 c5 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O g6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. d4 cxd4 8.
Qxd4 d6 9. Rd1 Nbd7 10. Be3 a6 11. Rac1 Rc8 12. b3 O-O 13. Qh4 Re8 14. h3
Qc7 15. Nd5 Qb8 16. Bh6 b5 17. Ng5 bxc4 18. bxc4 Bxd5 19. Bxd5 Nxd5 20.
Bxg7 N5f6 21. Bh6 Qb2 22. Ne4 Qxe2 23. Re1 Qh5 24. Qxh5 Nxh5 25. Kg2 Ng7
26. Rc3 Ne6 27. Rec1 Rc6 28. h4 Rec8 29. Nd2 Ne5 30. Kh3 d5 31. Re1 Nxc4
32. Nxc4 dxc4 33. a4 f6 34. Bd2 Rd8 35. Be3 Kf7 36. Rec1 Rdc8 37. a5 Nf8
38. Rb1 Nd7 39. Kg2 h5 40. Rb4 Ne5 41. Rb7 R8c7 42. Rb6 Nd7 43. Rb4 e5 44.
Kf3 Ke6 45. Rb1 f5 46. Ke2 Nf6 47. Rc2 Nd5 48. Bg5 Rc5 49. Rb8 c3 50. Re8+
Kf7 51. Rxe5 Rxa5 52. Rc1 c2 53. Kd2 Rac5 54. Ree1 a5 55. Ra1 Nb4 56. Ra3
c1=Q+ 0-1

[Event "GCT 2025 Saint Louis - Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "15.08.2025"]
[Round "14B"]
[White "Shankland, Sam"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[ECO "A20"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[EventDate "2025.08.15"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 d5 3. cxd5 Qxd5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Bg2 Nf6 6. d3 Be7 7. O-O O-O
8. Nbd2 Bg4 9. h3 Bh5 10. b3 e4 11. dxe4 Nxe4 12. Qc2 Bg6 13. Nh4 Bxh4 14.
Nxe4 Rfe8 15. Qc5 Qxc5 16. Nxc5 Bf6 17. Be3 Bxa1 18. Rxa1 Nb4 19. Bxb7 Rad8
20. Rc1 Nc2 21. Bc6 Re5 22. Nb7 Rf8 23. Bc5 Rb8 24. e4 Rxb7 25. Rxc2 Bxe4
26. f4 Re6 27. Bxb7 Bxc2 28. Bxa7 Re1+ 29. Kf2 Ra1 30. Bd5 Rxa2 0-1

[Event "GCT 2025 Saint Louis - Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "15.08.2025"]
[Round "14B"]
[White "Abdusattorov, Nodirbek"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2771"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[ECO "C65"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Berlin defence"]
[EventDate "2025.08.15"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 d6 5. c3 a6 6. Ba4 g6 7. O-O Bg7 8.
Nbd2 O-O 9. Re1 b5 10. Bb3 Na5 11. Bc2 c5 12. Nf1 h6 13. d4 cxd4 14. cxd4
exd4 15. Nxd4 Re8 16. Ng3 Bb7 17. b3 d5 18. e5 Ne4 19. f4 f6 20. f5 fxe5
21. Ne6 Rxe6 22. fxe6 Nxg3 23. hxg3 Qb6+ 24. Be3 d4 25. Bf2 Qxe6 26. Qxd4
exd4 27. Rxe6 d3 28. Rxg6 Be4 29. Rxg7+ Kxg7 30. Bd1 Rc8 31. Be3 Kg6 32.
Rc1 Rxc1 33. Bxc1 Nc6 34. Kf2 Nb4 35. Ke3 Bxg2 36. a3 Nc6 37. Kxd3 h5 38.
Ke3 Bd5 39. Bb2 Na5 40. Bc2+ Kg5 41. Bc3 Bxb3 42. Bxa5 Bxc2 43. Kd2 Bb3 44.
Kc3 Bc4 45. Kb4 Kg4 46. Bc7 Be2 47. Kc3 Bc4 48. Kb4 Be2 49. Ka5 Bf1 50. Kb4
Be2 51. Ka5 Bf1 52. Kb4 Be2 53. Ka5 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT 2025 Saint Louis - Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "15.08.2025"]
[Round "14B"]
[White "Le Quang Liem"]
[Black "Oparin, Grigoriy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[ECO "E12"]
[Opening "Queen's Indian"]
[Variation "Petrosian system"]
[EventDate "2025.08.15"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. a3 Bb7 5. Nc3 Ne4 6. Nxe4 Bxe4 7. Bf4 d6 8.
e3 Nd7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Be7 11. Rd1 a5 12. e4 a4 13. O-O O-O 14. Rfe1
h6 15. h3 Re8 16. e5 Qc8 17. Nh2 Nf8 18. Ng4 Ng6 19. Qf3 dxe5 20. dxe5 Nxf4
21. Qxf4 Rd8 22. Kh2 Rxd1 23. Rxd1 Qe8 24. Rd3 Bg5 25. Qe4 Rd8 26. Rg3 Kh8
27. Rf3 Kg8 28. h4 Be7 29. Qf4 h5 30. Nf6+ Bxf6 31. exf6 e5 32. Qg5 g6 33.
Re3 e4 34. f3 Rd4 35. c5 Qe6 36. cxb6 cxb6 37. Qf4 Kh7 38. Rxe4 Rxe4 39.
fxe4 Qc4 40. Qe3 b5 41. Kg3 Qc7+ 42. e5 Qc4 43. Qf4 Qe2 44. Kh2 Qe1 45. Qg3
Qe2 46. Qf4 Qe1 47. Kh3 Qh1+ 48. Kg3 Qe1+ 49. Kf3 Qf1+ 50. Kg3 Qe1+ 51. Kh2
Qe2 52. Qd4 Qe1 53. Kh3 Qh1+ 54. Kg3 Qe1+ 55. Kf3 Qf1+ 56. Qf2 Qd3+ 57. Qe3
Qf1+ 58. Kg3 Qf5 59. e6 Qxe6 60. Qxe6 fxe6 61. Kf4 Kg8 62. Ke5 1-0

[Event "GCT 2025 Saint Louis - Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "15.08.2025"]
[Round "14B"]
[White "Dominguez, Leinier"]
[Black "Gukesh, Dommaraju"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[ECO "C41"]
[Opening "Philidor"]
[Variation "Improved Hanham variation"]
[EventDate "2025.08.15"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. Bc4 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. a4 c6 8.
Re1 h6 9. h3 Re8 10. a5 Qc7 11. Ba2 Bf8 12. Be3 exd4 13. Bxd4 Ne5 14. Nh4
Be6 15. Bxe6 Rxe6 16. f4 Ned7 17. Qf3 c5 18. Bxf6 Nxf6 19. Nf5 Qc6 20. a6
Rae8 21. axb7 Qxb7 22. b3 Nxe4 23. Rxe4 Rxe4 24. Nxe4 Qxe4 25. Qxe4 Rxe4
26. Rxa7 g6 27. Ng3 Rxf4 28. Ne2 Re4 29. Kf2 h5 30. Kf3 Re5 31. g4 h4 32.
Rd7 Bh6 33. Nf4 Re1 34. Nd5 Rg1 35. Nf6+ Kf8 36. Ne4 Rf1+ 37. Kg2 Rc1 38.
c4 Rc2+ 39. Kf3 Rb2 40. g5 Rxb3+ 41. Kg4 Bg7 42. Nxd6 Rd3 43. Rxf7+ Kg8 44.
Rd7 Bf8 45. Ne4 Rxd7 46. Nf6+ Kf7 47. Nxd7 Bd6 48. Kxh4 Ke6 49. Nb6 Kf5 50.
Nd5 Ke4 51. Kg4 Kd4 52. Nb6 Bc7 53. Nd5 Bd8 54. Nf4 Kxc4 55. Nxg6 Kb3 56.
Ne5 Bc7 57. Kf5 c4 58. Nxc4 1-0

[Event "GCT 2025 Saint Louis - Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "15.08.2025"]
[Round "15B"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Dominguez, Leinier"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[ECO "B53"]
[Opening "Sicilian, Chekhover variation"]
[EventDate "2025.08.15"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nf6 5. h3 Nc6 6. Qe3 g6 7. Nc3 Bg7 8.
Bc4 O-O 9. O-O b6 10. Rd1 Bb7 11. e5 Ne8 12. e6 f5 13. Ng5 Na5 14. Bd5 Nf6
15. Bxb7 Nxb7 16. Qg3 Qc8 17. Qh4 h6 18. Nf7 h5 19. Ng5 Nc5 20. Re1 d5 21.
Bf4 Qc6 22. Rad1 Nce4 23. Be5 Nxg5 24. Qxg5 Kh7 25. Qf4 Rad8 26. f3 Bh6 27.
Qb4 Qb7 28. Nb5 a5 29. Qa3 Rc8 30. Qd3 Bg7 31. a4 Rc5 32. c3 Ne8 33. Bg3
Nf6 34. Be5 Ne8 35. Bg3 Nf6 36. h4 Rc4 37. b3 Rc5 38. Be5 Ne8 39. Bxg7 Kxg7
40. c4 Nf6 41. Qd4 Qc6 42. Na3 Rd8 43. Qf4 Re8 44. Qd4 Rd8 45. Qf4 Re8 46.
Rd4 Rd8 47. Nb5 Re8 48. Na3 Rd8 49. Nb5 Re8 50. Kh2 Rf8 51. Re3 Re8 52. Re2
Rf8 53. Qe3 Rd8 54. Red2 Re8 55. cxd5 Rxd5 56. Rxd5 Nxd5 57. Qe5+ Nf6 58.
Rd7 Qc5 1-0

[Event "GCT 2025 Saint Louis - Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "15.08.2025"]
[Round "15B"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Le Quang Liem"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[ECO "C64"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "classical (Cordel) defence"]
[EventDate "2025.08.15"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Bc5 4. O-O Nd4 5. Nxd4 Bxd4 6. c3 Bb6 7. d4 c6
8. Be2 exd4 9. cxd4 d5 10. Nc3 dxe4 11. Nxe4 Ne7 12. Bg5 O-O 13. Bc4 h6 14.
Bh4 Qd7 15. Nc5 Bxc5 16. dxc5 Nf5 17. Bg3 Nxg3 18. fxg3 Qxd1 19. Raxd1 Be6
20. Bxe6 fxe6 21. Rd7 Rxf1+ 22. Kxf1 Rf8+ 23. Ke2 Rf7 24. Rd8+ Rf8 25. Rd7
Rf7 26. Rd8+ Rf8 27. Rd7 Rf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT 2025 Saint Louis - Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "15.08.2025"]
[Round "15B"]
[White "Gukesh, Dommaraju"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2784"]
[ECO "D35"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "exchange, positional line"]
[EventDate "2025.08.15"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 c6 7. Bd3 Nbd7
8. Nge2 Nf8 9. Qc2 Ne6 10. Bh4 g6 11. O-O O-O 12. f3 b5 13. Rac1 a6 14. Kh1
Bb7 15. Bf2 Rc8 16. Qd2 Re8 17. Ng3 Bf8 18. Bb1 c5 19. dxc5 Nxc5 20. Nce2
Bg7 21. Nd4 Nfd7 22. b3 Qe7 23. Nge2 Ne6 24. Nf4 Nxd4 25. exd4 Bh6 26. g3
Rxc1 27. Rxc1 Nf8 28. Re1 Ne6 29. Qd3 Qd7 30. Ng2 Bg7 31. Qd2 Qd6 32. h4
Rc8 33. h5 b4 34. h6 Bf6 35. f4 Qf8 36. Ne3 Bxd4 37. Ng4 Bc3 38. Qe2 Re8
39. Kg1 f5 40. Ne5 Qxh6 41. Qf3 Bxe1 42. Bxe1 a5 43. Bd3 Nc5 44. Bb5 Rc8
45. Qe3 d4 46. Bc4+ Kg7 47. Qxd4 Qh1+ 48. Kf2 Qg2+ 49. Ke3 Qe4+ 50. Qxe4
Nxe4 51. g4 fxg4 52. Nxg4 Nd6 53. Bd3 Nf5+ 54. Kd2 Rd8 55. Kc2 h5 56. Ne5
Nd4+ 57. Kd2 Nf3+ 58. Nxf3 Bxf3 59. Ke3 Bg4 60. Bh4 Re8+ 61. Kd2 Bf5 62.
Bc4 Re4 63. Bg5 h4 64. Bxh4 Rxf4 65. Bg3 Re4 66. Bc7 a4 67. Bd3 Re7 68.
Bxf5 Rxc7 0-1

[Event "GCT 2025 Saint Louis - Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "15.08.2025"]
[Round "15B"]
[White "Abdusattorov, Nodirbek"]
[Black "Shankland, Sam"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2771"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[ECO "A48"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "London system"]
[EventDate "2025.08.15"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bf4 Bg7 4. c3 d6 5. Nbd2 O-O 6. e4 Nc6 7. Be2 Nd7 8.
d5 Ncb8 9. O-O e5 10. dxe6 fxe6 11. Be3 Nc6 12. Nd4 Nf6 13. f4 Qe7 14. Nxc6
bxc6 15. Qc2 e5 16. fxe5 Qxe5 17. Rae1 Qe7 18. Bg5 Be6 19. Nf3 Qd7 20. e5
Ng4 21. exd6 Qxd6 22. Bd3 Rae8 23. h3 Nf6 24. Nd4 Bd5 25. Bf4 Qd7 26. Rxe8
Rxe8 27. Qf2 c5 28. Nf3 Ne4 29. Bxe4 Bxe4 30. Qxc5 c6 31. Ne5 Qd5 32. Qxd5+
Bxd5 33. Nd3 Re2 34. Rf2 Rxf2 35. Kxf2 Bxa2 36. Nb4 Bd5 37. Bc7 Kf7 38. Nd3
Bf8 39. Be5 Bc4 40. Nf4 Bc5+ 41. Bd4 Bd6 42. Ne2 a6 43. Ke3 Ke6 44. Nf4+
Bxf4+ 45. Kxf4 h5 46. b4 Bd3 47. g3 Bc4 48. Bb6 Bd3 49. Ke3 Bc4 50. Kd4 Bb5
51. Kc5 Kd7 52. h4 Bf1 53. Kd4 Be2 54. Ke5 Bd3 55. Kf6 Kd6 56. c4 Bxc4 57.
Kxg6 Be2 58. Kf5 Kd5 59. Bd8 c5 60. bxc5 Kxc5 61. Ke4 Kc4 62. Ke3 Bg4 63.
Bc7 Kb4 64. Kd2 a5 65. Kc2 a4 66. Bd6+ Kc4 67. Kb2 Kd5 68. Bf4 Kc4 69. Ka3
Kb5 70. Be5 Bf5 71. Bf4 Bg4 72. Be5 Bf5 73. Bf4 Bg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT 2025 Saint Louis - Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "15.08.2025"]
[Round "15B"]
[White "Oparin, Grigoriy"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[ECO "A09"]
[Opening "Reti"]
[Variation "advance variation"]
[EventDate "2025.08.15"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 d4 3. b4 g5 4. Qa4+ c6 5. h3 h6 6. d3 Bg7 7. g4 e5 8. Nbd2
Ne7 9. Ne4 f5 10. gxf5 Bxf5 11. Ng3 Bg6 12. Nd2 Nd7 13. Nde4 O-O 14. Bg2
Nf6 15. Nxf6+ Bxf6 16. b5 Qc7 17. bxc6 bxc6 18. Ba3 Rab8 19. Bxe7 Bxe7 20.
O-O Be8 21. Rab1 Bd7 22. c5 Be6 23. Bxc6 Bxc5 24. Bg2 Rb6 25. Rbc1 Qe7 26.
Ne4 Bb4 27. Rc2 a5 28. a3 Bd7 29. Qb3+ Be6 30. Qa4 Bd7 31. Qb3+ Be6 32. Qa4
Bd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT 2025 Saint Louis - Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "15.08.2025"]
[Round "16B"]
[White "Shankland, Sam"]
[Black "Oparin, Grigoriy"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[ECO "E20"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian"]
[Variation "Kmoch variation"]
[EventDate "2025.08.15"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c6 7. cxd5 cxd5
8. Bg5 h6 9. Bh4 b6 10. e3 O-O 11. Bd3 Ba6 12. Ne2 Bxd3 13. Qxd3 Nc6 14.
O-O e5 15. e4 g5 16. Bg3 Re8 17. Rad1 exd4 18. Nxd4 Nxd4 19. cxd4 dxe4 20.
fxe4 Nxe4 21. Be5 Qd5 22. Rfe1 Nd6 23. Qh3 Re6 24. Rf1 Nc4 25. Bf6 Ne3 26.
Rde1 Rxf6 27. Rxf6 Qxd4 28. Qf3 Nd5+ 29. Kh1 Qxf6 30. Qxd5 Rd8 31. Qe4 Qd4
32. Qf5 Qf4 33. Qb5 Rd2 34. Rf1 Rf2 35. Rg1 Kg7 36. a4 Qd4 37. a5 bxa5 38.
Qxa5 Rd2 0-1

[Event "GCT 2025 Saint Louis - Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "15.08.2025"]
[Round "16B"]
[White "Dominguez, Leinier"]
[Black "Abdusattorov, Nodirbek"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2771"]
[ECO "C50"]
[Opening "Giuoco Pianissimo"]
[EventDate "2025.08.15"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 a6 6. O-O d6 7. a4 Ba7 8.
Re1 O-O 9. h3 Be6 10. Bxe6 fxe6 11. b4 Nh5 12. Be3 Qf6 13. Nbd2 Nf4 14.
Bxf4 Qxf4 15. b5 Nb8 16. Qb3 Bxf2+ 17. Kxf2 Qxd2+ 18. Kg1 Qh6 19. Qc4 c5
20. Rf1 Nd7 21. a5 Rf7 22. Kh1 Nf8 23. Nh2 Re7 24. Ng4 Qg6 25. Rab1 h5 26.
Nh2 Rf7 27. Rxf7 Qxf7 28. Nf3 Qe7 29. bxa6 Rxa6 30. Rb5 Ng6 31. d4 exd4 32.
cxd4 Nf4 33. dxc5 dxc5 34. Rxc5 Rd6 35. Rc8+ Rd8 36. Rc7 Rd7 37. Rc8+ Kh7
38. e5 Ng6 39. Qe4 Rd5 40. Rb8 Qc7 41. Re8 Qc1+ 42. Kh2 Qf4+ 43. Qxf4 Nxf4
44. Ng5+ Kg6 45. Nxe6 Nxe6 46. Rxe6+ Kf7 47. Rb6 Rxa5 48. Rxb7+ Kg6 49. e6
Re5 50. e7 Kf6 51. Kg3 g5 52. h4 gxh4+ 53. Kxh4 Kg6 54. g3 Re4+ 55. Kh3 Kf6
56. Ra7 Kg6 57. Kg2 Kf6 58. Kh3 Kg6 59. Rc7 Kf6 60. Ra7 Kg6 61. Kg2 Kf6 62.
Kh3 Kg6 63. Rb7 Re2 64. Ra7 Re1 65. Ra6+ Kg5 66. Ra5+ Kg6 67. Ra7 Kg5 68.
Kg2 Kf6 69. Kf3 Rxe7 70. Rxe7 Kxe7 71. g4 hxg4+ 72. Kxg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT 2025 Saint Louis - Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "15.08.2025"]
[Round "16B"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[ECO "C01"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "exchange variation"]
[EventDate "2025.08.15"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Nf3 Bd6 5. c4 c6 6. Nc3 Ne7 7. Bd3 dxc4
8. Bxc4 O-O 9. O-O Na6 10. Re1 Nc7 11. Bg5 Be6 12. Bb3 Re8 13. Bc2 f6 14.
Bh4 Ng6 15. Bg3 Bxg3 16. hxg3 Qd7 17. Ne4 b6 18. Bb3 Bxb3 19. Qxb3+ Nd5 20.
Nc3 Nf8 21. Rac1 Rxe1+ 22. Rxe1 Rd8 23. Qa4 Kf7 24. Nxd5 cxd5 25. Qc2 Rc8
26. Qd3 g6 27. Qd2 Re8 28. Rc1 Rc8 29. Re1 Re8 30. Rc1 Rc8 31. Re1 Re8
1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT 2025 Saint Louis - Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "15.08.2025"]
[Round "16B"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2784"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[ECO "C25"]
[Opening "Vienna"]
[Variation "Paulsen variation"]
[EventDate "2025.08.15"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 d6 6. f4 Nge7 7. Nf3 O-O 8.
O-O Be6 9. h3 h6 10. Be3 Qd7 11. Kh2 exf4 12. gxf4 d5 13. Bf2 dxe4 14. dxe4
Qxd1 15. Rfxd1 Rad8 16. a3 Bxc3 17. bxc3 f5 18. Nd4 Nxd4 19. Bxd4 fxe4 20.
Bxe4 Bd5 21. Bd3 Rxf4 22. Rf1 Rxf1 23. Rxf1 b6 24. h4 Bf7 25. h5 g5 26.
Bh7+ Kf8 27. Bg6 Nxg6 28. hxg6 Rd7 29. Rf6 Ke8 30. gxf7+ Rxf7 31. Rxh6 Rf5
32. Re6+ Kd7 33. Re5 Rf1 34. Rxg5 Ra1 35. Rg7+ Kd6 36. Kg3 Rxa3 37. Kf4 Ra5
38. Ke4 Rh5 39. c4 Rh4+ 40. Kd3 Rh3+ 41. Kd2 Rh4 42. c5+ bxc5 43. Bf2 Rh2
44. Ke3 Kc6 45. Rxc7+ Kb6 46. Rf7 a5 47. Kd3 Rh5 48. Kc4 Kc6 49. Rf6+ 1-0

[Event "GCT 2025 Saint Louis - Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "15.08.2025"]
[Round "16B"]
[White "Le Quang Liem"]
[Black "Gukesh, Dommaraju"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[ECO "E10"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[EventDate "2025.08.15"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 h6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. e3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 d6 7. Bd3 O-O
8. O-O e5 9. e4 Bg4 10. Re1 Nc6 11. d5 Ne7 12. h3 Bd7 13. c5 Ng6 14. Rb1 b6
15. c6 Bc8 16. Nh2 Nh7 17. Qh5 Ne7 18. f4 exf4 19. Bxf4 f5 20. Qe2 Ng6 21.
Rf1 fxe4 22. Qxe4 Bf5 23. Qxf5 Rxf5 24. Bxf5 Nxf4 25. Rxf4 Qg5 26. Rbf1 Nf6
27. Ng4 Nxg4 28. Be6+ Kh7 29. Rxg4 Qe3+ 30. Kh2 Qe5+ 31. Rg3 g5 32. Rf5 Qe1
33. Rf7+ Kg6 34. Rgf3 Qe5+ 35. g3 h5 36. Kg2 g4 37. R3f4 Qe2+ 38. Rf2 Qe4+
39. Kh2 Qe5 40. h4 Qxc3 41. Rxc7 Rf8 42. Rxf8 Qd2+ 43. Kg1 Qe1+ 44. Kg2
Qe4+ 45. Kf2 Qd4+ 46. Kf1 Qd3+ 47. Kg2 Qe4+ 48. Kf2 Qd4+ 49. Ke2 Qe4+ 50.
Kd2 Qd4+ 51. Ke2 Qe4+ 52. Kf1 Qd3+ 53. Kf2 Qd4+ 54. Kg2 Qe4+ 55. Kh2 Qe2+
56. Kg1 Qe1+ 57. Kg2 Qe4+ 58. Kg1 Qe1+ 59. Kg2 Qe4+ 60. Kg1 Qe1+ 61. Kg2
Qe4+ 62. Kg1 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT 2025 Saint Louis - Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "15.08.2025"]
[Round "17B"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Le Quang Liem"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[ECO "C53"]
[Opening "Giuoco Piano"]
[EventDate "2025.08.15"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 a6 8. h3
Ba7 9. Bb3 g5 10. Bg3 Ne7 11. Nbd2 Ng6 12. Bh2 Qe7 13. Qe2 Bd7 14. g4 O-O-O
15. O-O-O Kb8 16. Bg3 Rdf8 17. d4 h5 18. dxe5 dxe5 19. Nc4 hxg4 20. Nfxe5
gxh3 21. Nxd7+ Nxd7 22. Qf3 Nc5 23. Bc2 Qe6 24. Rd5 g4 25. Bxc7+ Ka8 26.
Qf5 Ne7 27. Qxe6 fxe6 28. Rd2 b5 29. Ne5 Rfg8 30. b4 Na4 31. Nf7 Rh7 32. e5
Rxf7 33. Be4+ Nd5 34. Rxd5 Kb7 35. Rd7+ Kc8 36. Rxf7 Nxc3 37. Bh7 Rh8 38.
Bd6 Bxf2 39. Rxf2 g3 40. Rxh3 gxf2 41. Rxc3+ Kd8 42. Rf3 Rxh7 43. Rxf2 Kd7
44. Rc2 Rh3 45. Kb2 1-0

[Event "GCT 2025 Saint Louis - Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "15.08.2025"]
[Round "17B"]
[White "Gukesh, Dommaraju"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[ECO "A45"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[EventDate "2025.08.15"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 g6 3. e3 Bg7 4. h3 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Nbd2 c5 7. c3 Qb6 8.
Nc4 Qc7 9. Be2 Be6 10. Rc1 b5 11. Ncd2 a6 12. e4 Qb7 13. d5 Bc8 14. O-O
Nbd7 15. b4 Re8 16. a4 e5 17. Be3 c4 18. Ra1 Nf8 19. Qc2 Bd7 20. Ra3 Nh5
21. Rfa1 Nf4 22. Bf1 f5 23. axb5 axb5 24. Ra7 Rxa7 25. Rxa7 Qc8 26. Qa2 Nd3
27. Bb6 Bh6 28. Bc7 g5 29. Bxd6 g4 30. hxg4 fxg4 31. Nh4 Nxf2 32. Kxf2 Qd8
33. g3 Qf6+ 34. Nf5 Bxf5 35. exf5 e4 36. Bf4 e3+ 37. Kg2 Bxf4 38. gxf4 Qxf5
39. Nxc4 bxc4 40. Qxc4 Ng6 41. d6+ Kf8 42. Qd4 Nxf4+ 43. Kg1 Ne2+ 44. Bxe2
Qf2+ 45. Kh1 Qe1+ 46. Kg2 Qxe2+ 47. Kg3 Qf2+ 48. Kxg4 Qg2+ 49. Kf4 Qf2+ 50.
Kg4 Qg2+ 51. Kf5 Qf3+ 52. Kg5 Qg3+ 53. Kf5 Qf3+ 54. Kg5 Qg3+ 55. Kf5 Qf3+
1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT 2025 Saint Louis - Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "15.08.2025"]
[Round "17B"]
[White "Abdusattorov, Nodirbek"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2771"]
[BlackElo "2784"]
[ECO "C69"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "exchange variation, 5.O-O"]
[EventDate "2025.08.15"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O Qf6 6. d4 exd4 7. Bg5 Qd6
8. Nxd4 Bd7 9. Bh4 c5 10. Ne2 Qh6 11. Bg3 O-O-O 12. Nbc3 Bc6 13. Qc1 Qxc1
14. Raxc1 h5 15. h4 Bd6 16. Rcd1 Bxg3 17. Nxg3 Ne7 18. Rxd8+ Kxd8 19. f3 f6
20. Kf2 Ke8 21. Rd1 Kf7 22. b3 g6 23. Nf1 b6 24. Ne3 Re8 25. Ne2 Rh8 26. c4
Rc8 27. Nc3 Be8 28. Ned5 Nc6 29. Ne2 Nb4 30. Rd2 Nxd5 31. cxd5 c6 32. Nc3
cxd5 33. Nxd5 b5 34. Ke3 a5 35. Rc2 Ke6 36. a3 Rc6 37. Kf4 b4 38. axb4 cxb4
39. Ra2 Rc5 40. Ke3 a4 41. bxa4 b3 42. Ra3 b2 43. Rb3 Rc2 44. a5 Bc6 45.
Nf4+ Kd6 46. Nd3 Rxg2 47. Nxb2 g5 48. hxg5 Rxg5 49. a6 h4 50. Nc4+ Kc7 51.
Rb1 h3 52. a7 Rh5 53. Kf2 h2 54. Rh1 f5 55. e5 f4 56. e6 Kd8 57. Nb6 Ra5
58. Rxh2 Ra2+ 59. Kg1 Ra1+ 60. Kg2 Ra2+ 61. Kh3 Bxf3 62. Rxa2 1-0

[Event "GCT 2025 Saint Louis - Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "15.08.2025"]
[Round "17B"]
[White "Dominguez, Leinier"]
[Black "Shankland, Sam"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[ECO "B92"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Najdorf, Opovcensky variation"]
[EventDate "2025.08.15"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8.
Be3 Be6 9. f4 b5 10. a4 b4 11. Nd5 Nbd7 12. Qd3 exf4 13. Bxf4 Ne5 14. Bxe5
dxe5 15. O-O-O Bxd5 16. exd5 Bd6 17. g4 O-O 18. g5 Nd7 19. h4 e4 20. Qxe4
Re8 21. Qf3 Ne5 22. Qf1 Qc7 23. Kb1 Rac8 24. Nd4 Bc5 25. d6 Qd7 26. Bxa6
Bxd4 27. Rxd4 Qxa4 28. b3 Qa5 29. Bxc8 Rxc8 30. d7 Rd8 31. Qf5 g6 32. Qe4
Nxd7 33. Rxd7 1-0

[Event "GCT 2025 Saint Louis - Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "15.08.2025"]
[Round "17B"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Oparin, Grigoriy"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[ECO "B52"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Canal-Sokolsky attack, 3...Bd7"]
[EventDate "2025.08.15"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bc4 e6 5. d3 b5 6. Bb3 Nc6 7. a4 b4 8.
O-O Na5 9. Ba2 Nf6 10. e5 dxe5 11. Nxe5 Bd6 12. Bf4 Qc7 13. Re1 Nc6 14.
Nxd7 Nxd7 15. Bxd6 Qxd6 16. Nd2 O-O 17. Ne4 Qe5 18. c3 Rad8 19. Re3 Nf6 20.
Nd2 Qc7 21. Rc1 bxc3 22. bxc3 Rd7 23. Qe2 Rfd8 24. g3 Kf8 25. Bc4 Na5 26.
Bb5 Rd5 27. Nc4 Nb7 28. Rb1 Nd6 29. Nxd6 R5xd6 30. Bc4 Rb6 31. Rb5 Ne8 32.
Re5 Rc6 33. Qe3 Nd6 34. Rbxc5 Nxc4 35. dxc4 f6 36. Rxc6 0-1

[Event "GCT 2025 Saint Louis - Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "15.08.2025"]
[Round "18B"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Dominguez, Leinier"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2784"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[ECO "B90"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Najdorf"]
[EventDate "2025.08.15"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bd3 e5 7. Nde2 Be6
8. O-O Nc6 9. Ng3 g6 10. h3 h5 11. Be3 Bg7 12. Qd2 O-O 13. Rad1 Qc7 14. Bh6
Rad8 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Qg5 Nh7 17. Qe3 Ne7 18. Nge2 Qc5 19. Qg3 Nf6 20. Kh1
Nc6 21. a3 b5 22. b4 Qa7 23. f4 exf4 24. Nxf4 Ne5 25. Be2 Qe7 26. Rd4 Rc8
27. Rfd1 Rc6 28. R1d2 Rfc8 29. Nd1 Rxc2 30. Rxc2 Rxc2 31. Ne3 Rc1+ 32. Kh2
Kf8 33. Qf2 Kg7 34. Qg3 Kf8 35. Qf2 Rc6 36. Qf1 Kg7 37. Qf2 Rc3 38. a4 Qa7
39. axb5 axb5 40. Rd3 Qa3 41. Rxc3 Qxc3 42. Qg3 Qxb4 43. Nf5+ Bxf5 44. exf5
Qe4 45. fxg6 Nxg6 46. Nxh5+ Nxh5 47. Bxh5 Qe5 48. Bd1 b4 49. Bb3 f5 50. Bc2
Kf6 51. Bb3 Ne7 52. h4 Nc6 53. Kh3 Qxg3+ 54. Kxg3 Na5 55. Bc2 b3 56. Bd3 b2
57. Kf4 Nc4 58. h5 Nd2 59. h6 b1=Q 60. Bxb1 Nxb1 61. h7 Kg7 62. Kxf5 Nd2
63. Ke6 Ne4 64. Kd5 Ng5 65. Kxd6 Kxh7 66. g3 Kg6 67. Kc7 Ne4 68. Kb8 Nxg3
1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT 2025 Saint Louis - Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "15.08.2025"]
[Round "18B"]
[White "Shankland, Sam"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[ECO "E12"]
[Opening "Queen's Indian"]
[Variation "Petrosian system"]
[EventDate "2025.08.15"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. a3 Bb7 5. Nc3 Ne4 6. Nxe4 Bxe4 7. e3 Be7 8.
Bd3 Bxd3 9. Qxd3 d6 10. e4 Nd7 11. Be3 a6 12. O-O-O Qc8 13. e5 Qb7 14. d5
Nxe5 15. Nxe5 dxe5 16. dxe6 fxe6 17. Qd7+ Kf7 18. Rd6 Qxg2 19. Qxe6+ Kf8
20. Qf5+ Kg8 21. Qe6+ Kf8 22. Qf5+ Kg8 23. Rdd1 Qc6 24. Kb1 Rf8 25. Qxe5
Bf6 26. Qd5+ Qxd5 27. Rxd5 h5 28. h4 Rh7 29. Kc2 Re8 30. Rg1 Bxh4 31. Rh1
g5 32. Bxg5 Bxf2 33. Bf6 h4 34. Rf5 Bg3 35. Rg5+ Kf7 36. Rxg3 hxg3 0-1

[Event "GCT 2025 Saint Louis - Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "15.08.2025"]
[Round "18B"]
[White "Oparin, Grigoriy"]
[Black "Gukesh, Dommaraju"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[ECO "C46"]
[Opening "Four knights game"]
[EventDate "2025.08.15"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. h3 Bb4 5. Bd3 O-O 6. O-O Bxc3 7. bxc3 Re8
8. Re1 d5 9. exd5 Qxd5 10. c4 Qd6 11. Ng5 h6 12. Ne4 Qd8 13. Rb1 Rb8 14.
Qf3 Nxe4 15. Qxe4 f5 16. Qd5+ Be6 17. Qxd8 Rexd8 18. f3 Kf7 19. Bb2 Nb4 20.
Bxe5 Nxd3 21. cxd3 Rxd3 22. c5 Rxd2 23. Bxc7 Rc8 24. Bf4 Rd7 25. Be3 Bxa2
26. Ra1 Bc4 27. Rxa7 Ba6 28. Bf2 Re7 29. Rb1 Re6 30. Rd1 Ke7 31. h4 g5 32.
Rd5 Kf6 33. Rd7 g4 34. fxg4 fxg4 35. Kh2 Kg6 36. Kg3 h5 37. Bd4 Re4 38.
Rd6+ Kf7 39. c6 Re7 40. cxb7 Bxb7 41. Rb6 Bc6 42. Rxe7+ Kxe7 43. Ra6 Kd7
44. Ra7+ Ke6 45. Rh7 Be8 46. Kf4 Rc4 47. Ke3 Ra4 48. Rh6+ Kd5 49. Rh8 Bg6
50. Rd8+ Ke6 51. Rb8 Ra2 52. Rb6+ Kd5 53. Rxg6 Ra3+ 54. Kf4 Kxd4 55. Rg5
Ra2 56. Kg3 Ra3+ 57. Kh2 Ke4 58. Rxh5 Kf4 59. Rh8 Kf5 60. Rf8+ Kg6 61. Rf4
Kh5 62. g3 Ra2+ 63. Kg1 Ra3 64. Kg2 Ra2+ 65. Rf2 Ra5 66. Rd2 Rb5 67. Kf2
Rf5+ 68. Kg2 Rb5 69. Rd3 Rb2+ 70. Kf1 Rb5 71. Kf2 Re5 72. Rc3 Kg6 73. Re3
Ra5 74. Re4 Kh5 75. Rd4 Rf5+ 76. Ke2 Re5+ 77. Kd3 Rf5 78. Ke4 Rf3 79. Rd3
Rf1 80. Rd5+ Kh6 81. Rg5 Re1+ 82. Kf4 Ra1 83. Kxg4 Ra4+ 84. Kh3 Rc4 85. Re5
Kg6 86. Kg2 Rb4 87. Kf3 Rb3+ 88. Kf4 Rb4+ 89. Re4 Rb1 90. Re6+ Kf7 91. Re5
Kg6 92. h5+ Kh6 93. g4 Rf1+ 94. Kg3 Rg1+ 95. Kf3 Rf1+ 96. Kg2 Ra1 97. Rf5
Ra3 98. Rf3 Ra5 99. Kg3 Kg5 100. Re3 Rb5 101. Kf3 Ra5 102. Rd3 Rb5 103. Rd4
Rb3+ 104. Kf2 Rc3 105. Re4 Ra3 106. Re3 Ra4 107. Rg3 Ra2+ 108. Kf3 Ra3+
109. Kg2 Ra1 110. Kh2 Rb1 111. Rg1 Rb3 112. Rg2 Rc3 113. Rg3 Rc1 114. Kh3
Rh1+ 115. Kg2 Ra1 116. Kh3 Rh1+ 117. Kg2 Ra1 118. Kh3 Rh1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT 2025 Saint Louis - Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "15.08.2025"]
[Round "18B"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[ECO "C67"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "open Berlin defence, l'Hermet variation"]
[EventDate "2025.08.15"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. dxe5 Nxb5 7. a4
Nbd4 8. Nxd4 d5 9. exd6 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Qxd6 11. Qe4+ Qe6 12. Qd4 Qd6 13.
Qe4+ Qe6 14. Qd4 Qd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT 2025 Saint Louis - Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "15.08.2025"]
[Round "18B"]
[White "Le Quang Liem"]
[Black "Abdusattorov, Nodirbek"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2771"]
[ECO "D37"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "4.Nf3"]
[EventDate "2025.08.15"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e3 a6 6. a4 b6 7. Bxc4 Bb7 8.
O-O Bb4 9. Qe2 O-O 10. Rd1 Nbd7 11. d5 exd5 12. Nxd5 Nxd5 13. Bxd5 Bxd5 14.
Rxd5 Qe7 15. e4 Bd6 16. Bg5 f6 17. Bh4 Rfe8 18. Bg3 Qf7 19. Rad1 Nc5 20.
Bxd6 cxd6 21. Rxd6 Nxe4 22. Rd7 Nc5 23. Rxf7 Rxe2 24. Rc7 a5 25. h4 Rae8
26. b3 R8e7 27. Rxe7 Rxe7 28. Rd6 Re6 29. Rxe6 Nxe6 30. Kf1 Kf7 31. g3 Ke7
32. Ke2 Kd6 33. Kd3 Kd5 34. Nd2 Nc5+ 35. Kc3 Ne4+ 36. Nxe4 Kxe4 37. Kc4 Kf3
38. Kb5 f5 39. Kxb6 Kxf2 40. Kxa5 Kxg3 41. b4 f4 42. b5 f3 43. b6 f2 44. b7
f1=Q 45. b8=Q+ Kxh4 46. Qh2+ Qh3 47. Qxh3+ Kxh3 48. Kb5 g5 49. a5 g4 50. a6
g3 51. a7 g2 52. a8=Q g1=Q 53. Qf3+ Qg3 54. Qf5+ Qg4 55. Qxh7+ Qh4 56.
Qxh4+ Kxh4 1/2-1/2