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  • #16
    Re: Saint Louis Rapid and Blitz 2017

    Even better: http://grandchesstour.org/2017-grand...r/watch-live-2 (Go to chessbomb, click on St Louis, and then click on Official Site)

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    • #17
      Re: Saint Louis Rapid and Blitz 2017

      Saint Louis Rapid and Blitz 2017

      August 16, 2017

      Round Seven

      Round 7 Rapid, Aug. 16, 2017
      Kasparov, Garry – Navara, David
      B12 Caro-Kann, Advance variation

      1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Nc3 e6 5.g4 Bg6 6.Nge2 c5 7.Be3 Ne7 8.f4 h5 9.f5 exf5 10.g5 Nbc6 11.Nf4 a6 12.Bg2 cxd4 13.Bxd4 Nxd4 14.Qxd4 Nc6 15.Qf2 Bb4 16.O-O-O Bxc3 17.bxc3 Qa5 18.Rxd5 Qxc3 19.Qc5 Qxc5 20.Rxc5 O-O 21.Bxc6 bxc6 22.Rd1 Rab8 23.c4 Rfd8 24.Rd6 Kf8 25.Rcxc6 Rdc8 26.Kc2 h4 27.Rxc8+ Rxc8 28.Kc3 a5 29.Ra6 Rb8 30.Rxa5 Rb1 31.c5 Re1 32.Ra8+ Ke7 33.Ra7+ Ke8 34.Nd3 Re3 35.Kd2 Rh3 36.c6 Rxh2+ 37.Ke3 Rc2 38.e6 h3 39.Nb4 f4+ 40.Kd4 h2 41.Ra8+ Ke7 42.Rh8 Rd2+ 43.Kc5 Be4 44.c7 Bb7 45.Kb6 Bc8 46.Rxc8 h1=Q 47.Re8+ Kxe8 48.c8=Q+ Ke7 49.Nc6+ Qxc6+ 50.Qxc6 Rd6 0-1

      Round 7 Rapid, Aug. 16, 2017
      Caruana, Fabiano – Nepomniachtchi, Ian
      A05 Reti/English, Symmetrical, Three Knights System

      1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.g3 Nc6 4.Bg2 d5 5.O-O e5 6.Qa4 Bd6 7.d4 exd4 8.cxd5 Nxd5 9.Nxd4 cxd4 10.Bxd5 O-O 11.Bxc6 bxc6 12.Qxd4 Qe7 13.Nc3 Be5 14.Qe4 Re8 15.Be3 Rb8 16.Qc2 h5 17.Rad1 Bh3 18.Rfe1 Bxc3 19.bxc3 Rb2 20.Qa4 Qe6 21.a3 Bg4 22.Kf1 h4 23.Rd4 Bxe2+ 24.Rxe2 Qh3+ 25.Ke1 hxg3 26.fxg3 Rxe2+ 27.Kxe2 Qg2+ 28.Kd3 Qf3 29.Re4 Qf1+ 30.Kd2 Qg2+ 31.Kd3 Qf1+ 32.Kd2 1/2-1/2

      Round 7 Rapid, Aug. 16, 2017
      Nakamura, Hikaru – Dominguez Perez, Lenier
      A06 Reti Opening

      1.Nf3 d5 2.b3 Nf6 3.Bb2 e6 4.g3 Be7 5.Bg2 O-O 6.c4 c5 7.cxd5 Nxd5 8.O-O Nc6 9.d4 cxd4 10.Nxd4 Bd7 11.Na3 Rc8 12.Nc4 Nxd4 13.Qxd4 Bf6 14.Qxa7 Bxb2 15.Nxb2 Bb5 16.Nc4 Bxc4 17.bxc4 Rxc4 18.Qxb7 Nc3 19.e3 Qa5 20.Qb3 Qc7 21.Rfe1 Rb8 22.Qc2 Nd5 23.Qd1 Nc3 24.Qc2 Nd5 25.Qd1 Nc3 26.Qf3 Qa5 27.Rec1 Ra4 28.Bf1 Rxa2 29.Rxa2 Nxa2 30.Ra1 Qd2 31.Qf4 Rf8 32.Qc4 Nc3 33.e4 Qb2 34.Re1 Rd8 35.Qc7 Rf8 36.Re3 Na4 37.Rd3 g6 38.Qc6 Qb4 39.h4 Nc5 40.Re3 h5 41.Qd6 Rc8 42.Bg2 Qb8 1/2-1/2

      Round 7 Rapid, Aug. 16, 2017
      Le Quang Liem – Anand, Vishy
      E11 Bogo-Indian Defence, Nimzowitsch variation

      1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+ 4.Bd2 Qe7 5.g3 Nc6 6.Nc3 Bxc3 7.Bxc3 Ne4 8.Qc2 Nxc3 9.Qxc3 Qb4 10.Rc1 Qxc3+ 11.Rxc3 b6 12.Bg2 Bb7 13.Ne5 Nd8 14.Bxb7 Nxb7 15.e4 c5 16.d5 Nd6 17.f3 f6 18.Nd3 exd5 19.cxd5 Nb5 20.Rc1 d6 21.Kf2 Kd7 22.Nf4 Nd4 23.g4 a5 24.h4 a4 25.Rh2 g6 26.Kg3 b5 27.Ne2 Nxe2+ 28.Rxe2 Rae8 29.f4 f5 30.e5 fxg4 31.b3 h5 32.bxa4 b4 33.a3 b3 34.e6+ Ke7 35.Rc3 Rb8 36.Rb2 Rhc8 37.Rcxb3 Rxb3+ 38.Rxb3 Rc7 39.Rb8 c4 40.Rh8 Kf6 41.Rf8+ Kg7 42.Rd8 Kf6 43.Rf8+ 1/2-1/2

      Round 7 Rapid, Aug. 16, 2017
      Karjakin, Sergey – Aronian, Levon
      C84 Ruy Lopez, Closed

      1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.d3 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.a3 O-O 9.Nc3 Na5 10.Ba2 Be6 11.b4 Bxa2 12.Nxa2 Nb7 13.c4 bxc4 14.dxc4 a5 15.Bb2 Qb8 16.Nc3 axb4 17.axb4 Rxa1 18.Qxa1 Nd8 19.Qa4 Ne6 20.Nd5 Nxd5 21.cxd5 Nf4 22.g3 Qc8 23.Qd1 Nh3+ 24.Kg2 f5 25.exf5 Qxf5 26.Bc1 g5 27.Qe2 g4 28.Nd2 Ng5 29.f3 gxf3+ 30.Nxf3 Qe4 31.Qxe4 Nxe4 32.Bh6 Rf6 33.Bd2 Rxf3 34.Rxf3 Nxd2 35.Ra3 Kf7 36.Ra8 Nc4 37.Kf3 Nb6 38.Ra5 Kg6 39.Ke4 Nd7 40.Kd3 Kf5 41.Ra7 e4+ 42.Ke2 Bd8 43.Ra8 Bf6 44.Ra7 Nb6 45.Rxc7 Nxd5 46.Rb7 Nc3+ 47.Kd2 d5 48.b5 d4 49.b6 e3+ 50.Kd3 e2 51.Kd2 d3 52.Rf7 Ne4+ 53.Ke1 Ng5 0-1

      Standing after Round Seven

      1-2 Nepo, Aronian 9
      3-5 Le, Caruana, Nakamura 8
      6 Dominguez 7
      7 Anand 6
      8-10 Karjakin, Kasparov, Navara 5

      Kasparov dominated the game until the end and then blunders allowed Navara’s win. The commentating team couldn’t believe what had happened and when the game had finished they said they felt like they were hit in the groin.

      David, ever the gentleman, said that he has always played the opening weakly since he was a child so he is used to playing bad positions but he looks for chances and in this case it paid off.

      The position in Kasparov-Navara after Black played 48…..Ke7

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      • #18
        Re: Saint Louis Rapid and Blitz 2017

        Rd.8

        40... Re8???

        Le, with a yuuuge time advantage + winning position, blunders the rook and the game to Kasparov!!!

        Wow!

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        • #19
          Re: Saint Louis Rapid and Blitz 2017

          Saint Louis Rapid and Blitz 2017

          August 16, 2017

          Round Eight

          The chat-rooms are usually fairly interesting. The following is from chessbomb and is the worst:

          - I am good at math
          - Bleubaum is the future of Germany
          - The worst chat ever!

          There is lots of criticism and support for Garry coming to play.

          He is way down in time to Le and then miracle of miracles, Le blunders and Garry has his first win! The only game in which he wasn’t better at some point and Le hangs a rook.

          Round 8 Rapid, Aug. 16, 2017
          Kasparov, Garry – Le, Quang Liem
          E35 Nimzo-Indian, Classical, Noa variation

          1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 d5 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Bg5 h6 7.Bh4 c5 8.dxc5 O-O 9.e3 Be6 10.Nf3 Nbd7 11.a3 Bxc3+ 12.Qxc3 g5 13.Bg3 Ne4 14.Qc2 Ndxc5 15.Nd4 Rc8 16.Be2 Bd7 17.b4 Ne6 18.Qb2 Qf6 19.O-O Rfe8 20.Rac1 Nxd4 21.exd4 Nxg3 22.hxg3 Kg7 23.Bf3 Be6 24.Qd2 b6 25.Be2 Bf5 26.Ba6 Rxc1 27.Rxc1 Re4 28.Rd1 Re7 29.Rc1 Bg6 30.f3 h5 31.Bb5 Re6 32.Bd7 Rd6 33.Bb5 h4 34.g4 Re6 35.Bd7 Rd6 36.Bb5 h3 37.Kh2 hxg2 38.Kxg2 Re6 39.Bd7 Re7 40.Bb5 Re8 41.Bxe8 1-0

          - Re8 – the best joke of the day
          - Garry back to 50%, nice
          - This is insane. What a joke!
          - nice to know even the best fall down sometimes
          - he he, Garry had 23 seconds left
          - this is what happens when you try to win on time
          - Kasparov could easily have been at 9 points right now – tied for the lead
          - If you can find BXe8 you are still O.K.

          Round 8 Rapid, Aug. 16, 2017
          Aronian, Levon – Nakamura, Hikaru
          A13 English, Neo-Catalan

          1.c4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 d4 5.e3 c5 6.exd4 cxd4 7.O-O Nc6 8.d3 Be7 9.Re1 O-O 10.b3 Nd7 11.Ba3 Re8 12.Bxe7 Rxe7 13.a3 a5 14.Nbd2 Nc5 15.Ne4 Nxe4 16.Rxe4 e5 17.Re1 Bg4 18.h3 Bh5 19.Qd2 e4 20.Rxe4 Rxe4 21.dxe4 Bxf3 22.Bxf3 a4 23.Rb1 Ne5 24.Bg2 axb3 25.Rxb3 Nxc4 26.Qb4 Ne5 27.Qxb7 d3 28.Rb1 h5 29.Qd5 Qxd5 30.exd5 Rxa3 31.d6 d2 32.Kf1 Rd3 33.Ke2 Rxd6 34.Be4 Nd7 35.Bf5 d1=B+ 36.Rxd1 Rxd1 1/2-1/2

          Round 8 Rapid, Aug. 16, 2017
          Nepomniachtchi, Ian
          - Karjakin, Sergey
          B92 Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky variation

          1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 e5 7.Nb3 Be7 8.O-O O-O 9.Qd3 Be6 10.Bd2 Nbd7 11.Nd5 Bxd5 12.exd5 Nc5 13.Nxc5 dxc5 14.c4 Bd6 15.Qh3 e4 16.f4 exf3 17.Rxf3 Qd7 18.Qh4 Be5 19.Rh3 Rfe8 20.Bd3 h5 21.Bc3 Bxc3 22.bxc3 Re5 23.Rf1 Qe7 24.Qf4 Re8 25.Rg3 Re1 26.Rxg7+ Kxg7 27.Qg5+ Kf8 28.Qh6+ 1/2-1/2

          Round 8 Rapid, Aug. 16, 2017
          Anand, Vishy – Caruana, Fabiano
          C42 Petrov, Classical Attack, Marshall variation

          1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Bd3 Bd6 7.O-O O-O 8.c4 c6 9.Nc3 Nxc3 10.bxc3 dxc4 11.Bxc4 Bf5 12.Re1 Nd7 13.Bg5 Qa5 14.Qb3 b5 15.Bf1 Rfe8 16.c4 Be6 17.Qc2 bxc4 18.Bxc4 Bxc4 19.Qxc4 Qd5 20.Rec1 Rac8 21.Rc2 Nb6 22.Qb3 h6 23.Bd2 Qf5 24.Rac1 Re6 25.h3 Nd5 26.Rc4 Bf4 27.Rc5 Rb8 28.Qc2 Qxc2 29.R5xc2 Bxd2 30.Rxd2 1/2-1/2

          Round 8 Rapid, Aug. 16, 2017
          Navara, David – Dominguez Perez, L.
          D35 QGD, Exchange variation

          1.c4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 c5 7.Rb1 Be7 8.Nf3 O-O 9.Bc4 Qc7 10.Qe2 a6 11.O-O b5 12.Bd3 Nd7 13.h4 e5 14.h5 h6 15.Nxe5 Nxe5 16.dxe5 c4 17.Bc2 Qxe5 18.Be3 Qxc3 19.Rbd1 Qf6 20.e5 Qxe5 21.Qf3 Be6 22.Rfe1 Rad8 23.Bxh6 Rxd1 24.Qxd1 Qf6 25.Be3 Rd8 26.Qe2 Bf5 27.Bxf5 Qxf5 28.h6 Bf8 29.Bb6 Rd6 30.hxg7 Bxg7 31.Qe8+ Kh7 32.Qb8 Re6 33.Qh2+ Rh6 34.Qc7 Qh5 35.f3 Qh1+ 36.Kf2 Qh4+ 37.Kf1 Rxb6 38.Qxf7 Rf6 39.Qd5 Rg6 40.g4 Qh1+ 41.Kf2 Qh2+ 42.Kf1 c3 43.Re8 c2 44.Qg8+ Kh6 45.g5+ Kxg5 0-1

          Yasser replays the recording of the ending of the Kasparov game where Liem makes the rook move and Garry points out that he has left the piece en prise.

          Yasser says that when this happens in simuls he gives against children, he lets the kid take the move back.

          Jannifer says in her simuls, she turns the board around and lets the kid mate her. Classy!

          Round Nine coming up with three interesting match-ups:

          Caruana-Kasparov
          Nakamura-Nepomniachtchi
          Dominguez-Aronian

          Four of the leaders playing against one another

          Standing after Round Eight

          1-2 Nepo, Aronian 10
          3-5 Caruana, Nakamura, Dominguez 9
          6 Le
          7-8 Anand, Kasparov
          9 Karjakin 6
          10 Navara 5

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          • #20
            Re: Saint Louis Rapid and Blitz 2017

            Saint Louis Rapid and Blitz 2017

            August 16, 2017

            Round Nine

            Five decisive games before heading into the first round of blitz tomorrow, when 9 rounds will be played.

            Round 9 Rapid, Aug. 16, 2017
            Caruana, Fabiano – Kasparov, Garry
            B52 Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky Attack

            1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Bd7 4.Bxd7+ Qxd7 5.c4 Nc6 6.Nc3 g6 7.d4 Bg7 8.Be3 cxd4 9.Nxd4 Nf6 10.f3 O-O 11.O-O a6 12.Na4 Rab8 13.Nxc6 Qxc6 14.Nb6 Nd7 15.Nxd7 Qxd7 16.Rf2 b5 17.c5 Qa7 18.Rc1 dxc5 19.Bxc5 Qc7 20.f4 Rfd8 21.Qe1 Rd3 22.e5 Qd7 23.h3 Qe6 24.Rd2 Rxd2 25.Qxd2 f6 26.exf6 Bxf6 27.b4 Re8 28.Rf1 Kf7 29.Rf3 h5 30.a3 Qc4 31.Qd7 a5 32.f5 g5 33.Qe6+ Qxe6 34.fxe6+ Kxe6 35.bxa5 Ra8 36.Bb6 Kd5 37.Rf5+ Kc4 38.Rc5+ Kb3 39.Rxb5+ Kxa3 40.Kf2 Ka4 41.Rf5 Kb3 42.Ke3 Kc4 43.Ke4 g4 44.Rxh5 gxh3 45.gxh3 Bc3 46.Rc5+ Kb3 47.h4 Bb4 48.Rg5 Kc4 49.h5 Bd6 50.h6 1-0

            Round 9 Rapid, Aug. 16, 2017
            Nakamura, Hikaru – Nepomniachtchi, Ian
            B92 Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky variation

            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.Bf3 O-O 10.O-O Nbd7 11.a4 Rc8 12.a5 Re8 13.Qd2 Rc4 14.Rfd1 Bf8 15.Qd3 Rb4 16.Qd2 Rc4 17.Qe1 Qc7 18.Be2 Rc6 19.f3 Rc8 20.Bf1 Bc4 21.Bxc4 Rxc4 22.Nc1 d5 23.exd5 Bb4 24.N1e2 Bxa5 25.Qf2 Bb4 26.Kh1 Bf8 27.Ng3 b5 28.Rxa6 b4 29.Nce4 Rxc2 30.Qf1 Rxb2 31.Rc6 Qb7 32.Qc4 Nxd5 33.Rxc8 Nxe3 34.Nd6 Nxc4 35.Nxb7 Ne3 36.Rg1 f5 37.h4 g6 38.Rd8 Nf6 39.Nc5 Kf7 40.Nd3 Be7 41.Ra8 Rd2 42.Nxe5+ Ke6 43.f4 b3 44.Nf3 Nfg4 45.Ne4 Rb2 46.Ned2 Bb4 47.Rb1 Rxb1+ 48.Nxb1 Nf1 49.g3 Kd5 50.Rd8+ Kc5 51.Rc8+ Kd5 52.Rd8+ Ke4 53.Nfd2+ Nxd2 54.Nxd2+ Bxd2 55.Rxd2 Kf3 56.Rd3+ Kf2 57.Rxb3 h5 58.Rb6 Kxg3 59.Rxg6 Kxf4 60.Kg2 Ne5 61.Rg3 Ng4 62.Rf3+ Ke5 63.Ra3 Ke4 64.Ra4+ Ke3 65.Ra5 Ke4 66.Ra8 Kf4 67.Rh8 Nf6 68.Rh6 Ke5 69.Kf3 f4 70.Rh8 Kf5 71.Rf8 Ke5 72.Ra8 Nd5 73.Rg8 Nf6 74.Rg5+ Ke6 75.Kxf4 Nd5+ 76.Kf3 Nf6 77.Ra5 Nd5 78.Ke4 Nf6+ 79.Kf4 Kf7 80.Kf5 Ng4 81.Ra7+ Kg8 82.Kg6 Ne5+ 83.Kxh5 Nf7 84.Kg6 Ne5+ 85.Kf5 Nf7 86.Kf6 Nd6 87.Kg6 Kf8 88.Ra8+ Ke7 89.h5 1-0

            Round 9 Rapid, Aug. 16, 2017
            Dominguez Perez, L. - Aronian, Levon
            C88 Ruy Lopez, Closed, anti-Marshall

            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 b4 9.d4 d6 10.dxe5 dxe5 11.Nbd2 Bc5 12.a5 Ng4 13.Rf1 Nf6 14.Qe2 Qe7 15.Bc4 Bg4 16.Nb3 Nd4 17.Nbxd4 Bxd4 18.Bxa6 Qc5 19.Qc4 Nxe4 20.Nxd4 exd4 21.Qxc5 Nxc5 22.Bc4 Be6 23.Bxe6 fxe6 24.Bd2 b3 25.Bb4 Rf5 26.g4 Rg5 27.Bxc5 Rxc5 28.cxb3 Raxa5 29.Rxa5 Rxa5 30.Rd1 e5 31.f4 Kf7 32.fxe5 Rd5 33.Kf2 Ke6 34.Ke2 Rxe5+ 35.Kd2 c5 36.Ra1 Re3 37.Ra7 Rxb3 38.Kc2 Rh3 39.Rxg7 Kd5 40.b3 Rxh2+ 41.Kd3 Rb2 42.Rd7+ Kc6 43.Rxh7 Rxb3+ 44.Ke4 Re3+ 45.Kf4 Re8 46.g5 d3 47.g6 d2 48.Rh1 Re1 49.g7 d1=Q 50.g8=Q Qd4+ 51.Kf5 Qf2+ 52.Kg6 Qg2+ 0-1

            Round 9 Rapid, Aug. 16, 2017
            Karjakin, Sergey – Anand, Vishy
            C50 Giuoco Pianissimo

            1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.d3 Nf6 5.c3 O-O 6.a4 a5 7.Bg5 h6 8.Bh4 Be7 9.Nbd2 d6 10.Bg3 Nh7 11.O-O Kh8 12.Qb3 Qe8 13.Rfe1 Bf6 14.Nf1 Ng5 15.Nxg5 Bxg5 16.Ne3 Ne7 17.d4 f6 18.f3 Rb8 19.Bf1 Bxe3+ 20.Rxe3 Bd7 21.Ree1 b5 22.axb5 Bxb5 23.Qa3 Bxf1 24.Rxf1 Qb5 25.Rf2 f5 26.Rd2 fxe4 27.fxe4 Ng6 28.h3 Ra8 29.Qa4 Rfb8 30.Kh2 exd4 31.cxd4 Qb4 32.Rc2 Qb7 33.Qd7 Qxe4 34.Rxc7 Qxd4 35.Rd1 Qxb2 36.Rxd6 Rd8 37.Qc6 1-0

            Round 9 Rapid, Aug. 16, 2017
            Le Quang Liem – Navara, David
            D45 QGD, Semi-Slav, Stoltz variation

            1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 c6 4.Nc3 e6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.Be2 O-O 8.O-O dxc4 9.Bxc4 b5 10.Be2 a6 11.Rd1 Qc7 12.e4 e5 13.g3 Re8 14.dxe5 Nxe5 15.Bg5 Nxf3+ 16.Bxf3 Be5 17.Rac1 Bh3 18.Bxf6 gxf6 19.Qe2 Be6 20.Bg4 Qe7 21.Qf3 Rad8 22.b3 Kh8 23.Ne2 Rxd1+ 24.Rxd1 Rd8 25.Rc1 c5 26.Bxe6 fxe6 27.Qe3 Kg8 28.Nf4 Bxf4 29.Qxf4 e5 30.Qg4+ Kf7 31.h4 Qd7 32.Qh5+ Kg7 33.Rxc5 Qd1+ 34.Qxd1 Rxd1+ 35.Kg2 Rd2 36.Rc7+ Kg6 37.g4 Rxa2 38.h5+ Kh6 39.Rf7 Rb2 40.Kg3 Rxb3+ 41.f3 a5 42.Rxf6+ Kg7 43.g5 a4 44.h6+ Kg8 45.Ra6 a3 46.Kg4 b4 47.Ra8+ Kf7 48.Ra7+ Kg8 49.Rg7+ Kh8 50.Re7 Kg8 51.Rg7+ Kh8 52.Ra7 Kg8 53.Ra4 Kf7 54.Ra7+ Kg8 55.f4 exf4 56.e5 Rc3 57.Ra8+ Kf7 58.Ra7+ Ke6 59.Rxh7 b3 60.Rb7 a2 61.Rb6+ Kxe5 62.h7 Rc8 63.Rb5+ Kd6 64.Rb6+ Kc7 65.Ra6 b2 66.Ra3 b1=Q 67.Rc3+ Kb7 68.Rxc8 Qxh7 0-1

            Standing after Round Nine Rapid

            1 Aronian 12
            2-3 Caruana, Nakamura 11
            4 Nepomniachtchi 10
            5 Dominguez 9
            6-7 Le, Karjakin 8
            8-10 Navara, Kasparov, Anand

            _________

            Round B1
            Nakamura-Aronian
            Le-Caruana
            Anand-Nepo
            Kasparov-Karjakin
            Dominguez-Navara

            Round B2
            Aronian-Navara
            Karjakin-Dominguez
            Nepo-Kasparov
            Caruana-Anand
            Nakamura-Le

            Round B3
            Le-Aronian
            Anand-Nakamura
            Kasparov-Caruana
            Dominguez-Nepo
            Navara-Karjakin

            Round B4
            Aronian-Karjakin
            Nepo-Navara
            Caruana-Dominguez
            Nakamura-Kasparov
            Le-Anand

            Round B5
            Anand-Aronian
            Kasparov-Le
            Dominguez-Nakamura
            Navara-Caruana
            Karjakin-Nepo

            Both Nakamura and Caruana were happy and at ease during their post-mortems. They both thought that for the first time they were playing well. There are still eighteen rounds to go.

            The games start every 30 minutes.

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            • #21
              Re: Saint Louis Rapid and Blitz 2017

              Games results of the Rapid rounds; 29% won, 29% lost, 42% drawn.

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              • #22
                Re: Saint Louis Rapid and Blitz 2017

                Exciting chess, exciting moments, chaotic moments, interesting commentary. Im looking forward to the blitz starting today.

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                • #23
                  Re: Saint Louis Rapid and Blitz 2017

                  Originally posted by Neil Frarey View Post
                  Games results of the Rapid rounds; 29% won, 29% lost, 42% drawn.
                  Since won/lost are opposite sides of a decisive result, what happened to the other games? Abandoned? (100% - 29% decisive - 42% draws = 29% unaccounted for.)

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                  • #24
                    Re: Saint Louis Rapid and Blitz 2017

                    Originally posted by John Coleman View Post
                    Since won/lost are opposite sides of a decisive result, what happened to the other games? Abandoned? (100% - 29% decisive - 42% draws = 29% unaccounted for.)
                    He's stating the results from white's perspective.

                    Heh... white's perspective... I guess that's nothing out of the ordinary considering it's a post by Neil "I know rappers so I understand the black experience" Frarey.
                    everytime it hurts, it hurts just like the first (and then you cry till there's no more tears)

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                    • #25
                      Re: Saint Louis Rapid and Blitz 2017

                      Perhaps Neil meant White won 29% and Black won 29% too.
                      Anything that can go wrong will go wrong.
                      Murphy's law, by Edward A. Murphy Jr., USAF, Aerospace Engineer

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                      • #26
                        Re: Saint Louis Rapid and Blitz 2017

                        Originally posted by ben daswani View Post
                        He's stating the results from white's perspective.

                        Heh... white's perspective... I guess that's nothing out of the ordinary considering it's a post by Neil "I know rappers so I understand the black experience" Frarey.
                        Do you really need to crap in every thread? Enough already with the bullshit, Ben.

                        OK?

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                        • #27
                          Re: Saint Louis Rapid and Blitz 2017

                          Originally posted by Kevin Pacey View Post
                          Perhaps Neil meant White won 29% and Black won 29% too.
                          BTW, 80% of total wins were with White!
                          Last edited by Neil Frarey; Thursday, 17th August, 2017, 03:07 PM.

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                          • #28
                            Re: Saint Louis Rapid and Blitz 2017

                            Saint Louis Rapid and Blitz 2017

                            August 17, 2017

                            Blitz

                            Rounds B1 to B4


                            B1
                            Dominguez-Navara 1-0
                            Le-Caruana 1-0
                            Nakamura-Aronian 0.5-0.5
                            Anand-Nepo 0.5-0.5
                            Kasparov-Karjakin 0.5-0.5

                            B2
                            Caruana-Anand 0.5-0.5
                            Nepo-Kasparov 0.5-0.5
                            Karjakin-Dominguez 1-0
                            Nakamura-Le 0.5-0.5
                            Aronian-Navara 0.5-0.5

                            B3
                            Le-Aronian 0-1
                            Anand-Nakamura 0.5-0.5
                            Kasparov-Caruana 0-1
                            Navara-Karjakin 0-1
                            Dominguez-Nepo 0-1

                            B4
                            Nepo-Navara 1-0
                            Caruana-Dominguez 0-1
                            Aronian-Karjakin 0.5-0.5
                            Nakamura-Kasparov 0.5-0.5
                            Le-Anand 0.5-0.5

                            Decisive Games Rounds B1 to B4

                            Blitz
                            Round B1 (10), Aug. 17, 2017
                            Dominguez Perez, L – Navara, David
                            B12 Caro-Kann Defence

                            1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.dxc5 Nc6 5.f4 e6 6.Be3 d4 7.Bf2 Bxc5 8.Nd2 Nge7 9.a3 Nd5 10.Ne4 Qa5+ 11.b4 Ncxb4 12.axb4 Qxb4+ 13.Qd2 Qb2 14.Qc1 Qb4+ 15.Kd1 Nc3+ 16.Nxc3 dxc3 17.Rb1 Qa5 18.Bb5+ Bd7 19.Bxd7+ Kxd7 20.Bxc5 Qxc5 21.Ke2 Qc4+ 22.Kf2 b5 23.Nf3 a5 24.Rd1+ Ke7 25.Qe3 b4 26.Qb6 Rhb8 27.Qd6+ Ke8 28.Rd4 Qa2 29.Kg3 Qxb1 30.Qd7+ Kf8 31.Ng5 Qe1+ 32.Kh3 Kg8 33.Qxf7+ Kh8 34.Rd7 Rg8 35.Qh5 h6 36.Qg6 Qe3+ 37.g3 1-0

                            Round B1 (10), Aug. 17, 2017
                            Le, Quang Liem – Caruana, Fabiano
                            D02 Queen’s Bishop game

                            1.d4 d5 2.Bf4 Nf6 3.e3 e6 4.Nd2 c5 5.c3 Nc6 6.Ngf3 Bd6 7.Bg3 O-O 8.Bd3 b6 9.Qe2 Bb7 10.Rd1 Re8 11.e4 e5 12.dxe5 Nxe5 13.Nxe5 Bxe5 14.f4 dxe4 15.Bb5 Bc7 16.Nc4 Qe7 17.Bxe8 Rxe8 18.Ne3 Qe6 19.O-O Qc6 20.f5 Bxg3 21.hxg3 h6 22.Rd2 Qc7 23.Qf2 Ba6 24.c4 b5 25.b3 bxc4 26.bxc4 h5 27.Qf4 Qxf4 28.Rxf4 Kh7 29.Rd6 Bb7 30.Kf2 Rc8 31.Rh4 Kg8 32.Rh1 Bc6 33.Rhd1 Rc7 34.Rd8+ Kh7 35.g4 Kh6 36.gxh5 Kxh5 37.Rb8 Kg5 38.Rdd8 Bd7 39.Nd5 Nxd5 40.cxd5 Bxf5 41.d6 Rc6 42.Rb7 Ra6 43.Rxf7 Rxa2+ 44.Kg3 g6 45.d7 Ra3+ 46.Kh2 Rd3 47.Rxf5+ gxf5 48.Rg8+ Kf4 49.d8=Q Rxd8 50.Rxd8 Ke3 51.Rc8 Kd4 52.Kg3 c4 53.Kf2 c3 54.Ke2 f4 55.Rf8 Ke5 56.Kd1 a5 57.Kc2 Kd4 58.Rxf4 a4 59.g4 a3 60.g5 a2 61.Rf1 1-0

                            Not decisive, but a King’s Gambit!

                            Round B1 (10), Aug. 17, 2017
                            Kasparov, Garry – karjakin, Sergey
                            C33 King’s Gambit Accepted, Keres Gambit

                            1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nc3 Qh4+ 4.Ke2 Qd8 5.d4 Nf6 6.Bxf4 Bb4 7.Bg5 Bxc3 8.bxc3 d6 9.Nf3 O-O 10.Bxf6 Qxf6 11.Kf2 c5 12.h3 Re8 13.Qd3 b6 14.Re1 Bb7 15.g3 Nc6 16.Bg2 Rac8 17.a3 Nb8 18.Re3 Nd7 19.Rf1 Qe7 20.Kg1 Bxe4 21.Qe2 d5 22.Nh4 g6 23.Bxe4 dxe4 24.Qg4 Nf6 25.Qg5 Nh5 26.Qg4 Nf6 27.Qg5 Nh5 28.Qg4 Ng7 29.Qe2 cxd4 30.cxd4 f5 31.Ng2 Qd6 32.c3 Qxa3 33.Qd2 Ne6 34.g4 Ng5 35.gxf5 Nf3+ 36.Rexf3 exf3 37.Rxf3 Rf8 38.Nh4 Qe7 39.Qf2 Qg5+ 40.Rg3 Qc1+ 41.Kg2 Rxc3 42.Nxg6 Rxg3+ 43.Qxg3 Qd2+ 44.Kh1 Qd1+ 45.Kg2 Qe2+ 46.Kg1 Qd1+ 47.Kg2 Qc2+ 48.Kg1 Qb1+ 49.Kh2 Qb2+ 50.Kh1 Qb1+ 51.Kh2 Qa2+ 52.Kg1 Qa1+ 53.Kh2 Qb2+ 54.Kh1 Qc1+ 55.Kh2 Qd2+ 56.Kh1 Qd1+ 57.Kh2 Qe2+ 58.Kg1 Qd1+ 59.Kh2 Qd2+ 60.Kh1 Qd1+ 1/2-1/2

                            Round B2 (11), Aug. 17, 2017
                            Karjakin, Sergey – Dominguez Perez, Leinier
                            D00 Queen’s Pawn, Mason variation

                            1.d4 d5 2.Bf4 Bf5 3.e3 e6 4.c4 Bxb1 5.Rxb1 Bb4+ 6.Ke2 Bd6 7.g3 Bxf4 8.gxf4 Nf6 9.Qb3 b6 10.Bg2 O-O 11.Nf3 Nc6 12.cxd5 Nxd5 13.Rhc1 Nce7 14.Ne5 Ng6 15.Nd3 a5 16.a3 a4 17.Qc4 Ra7 18.Rc2 Nde7 19.Bh1 Qd6 20.Rd1 h6 21.Kd2 Rc8 22.Kc1 c6 23.Qb4 Qd8 24.Be4 Ra5 25.Bf3 Nh4 26.Be2 Nhg6 27.Kb1 Nd5 28.Qe1 Rb5 29.Ne5 Nxe5 30.dxe5 Qe8 31.Bxb5 cxb5 32.Rxc8 Qxc8 33.Qd2 Qb7 34.e4 Ne7 35.f3 Ng6 36.Qd8+ Kh7 37.f5 Nxe5 38.fxe6 Nxf3 39.e7 Qxe4+ 40.Ka1 Nd4 41.Qxd4 1-0

                            Round B3 (12), Aug. 17, 2017
                            Le, Quang Liem – Aronian, Levon
                            E90 King’s Indian

                            1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 g6 4.Nc3 Bg7 5.e4 d6 6.h3 O-O 7.Nf3 e6 8.Bd3 Nbd7 9.O-O e5 10.Rb1 h6 11.Re1 Nh7 12.Qc2 Kh8 13.Bd2 b6 14.b4 cxb4 15.Nb5 Nc5 16.Bxb4 f5 17.Rbd1 f4 18.a4 a5 19.Bxc5 bxc5 20.Be2 h5 21.Rb1 Bf6 22.Rb3 Rg8 23.Nh2 Rg7 24.Reb1 Rb8 25.Nc3 Rb4 26.Na2 Ra7 27.Nc3 Bd7 28.Nb5 Ra6 29.R3b2 Qf8 30.Qd1 Ng5 31.Bd3 Bd8 32.f3 Qf6 33.Be2 Bxh3 34.gxh3 Nxh3+ 35.Kg2 Qg5+ 36.Ng4 hxg4 37.fxg4 Qh4 38.Qd3 f3+ 39.Qxf3 Nf4+ 40.Kg1 Kg7 41.Bf1 Bg5 42.Nc7 Ra7 43.Ne6+ Nxe6 44.dxe6 Bf4 45.Qh3 Qxh3 46.Bxh3 Re7 47.g5 Bxg5 48.Kf2 Bd2 49.Ke2 Bc3 50.Rxb4 cxb4 51.Kd3 Bd4 52.Kc2 Re8 53.Rf1 Rf8 54.Rxf8 Kxf8 55.Kb3 Bb6 56.Kc2 Bd8 57.Kb3 Ke7 58.Bg4 Kf6 59.Bh3 Kg5 60.c5 dxc5 61.Kc4 Kf4 62.Bg2 g5 63.Kxc5 b3 64.Bf1 Ke3 65.Bc4 b2 66.Ba2 g4 67.Kd6 g3 68.Kd7 Bf6 0-1

                            Round B3 (12), Aug. 17, 2017
                            Kasparov, Garry – Caruana, Fabiano
                            C11 French, Steinitz, Boleslavsky variation

                            1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.f4 c5 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.Be3 Be7 8.Qd2 a6 9.a3 b5 10.Bd3 Bb7 11.O-O O-O 12.Kh1 f5 13.Qf2 Rc8 14.Rg1 b4 15.axb4 Nxb4 16.g4 g6 17.gxf5 Nxd3 18.cxd3 Rxf5 19.Ne2 Rf7 20.h4 Kh8 21.h5 gxh5 22.Qh2 Qf8 23.Qxh5 c4 24.Ng5 Bxg5 25.Rxg5 cxd3 26.Nc3 Nb6 27.f5 Rxf5 28.Rxf5 Qxf5 29.Bg5 Rf8 30.Qh4 Qf3+ 31.Kg1 Nd7 32.Kh2 Qf2+ 33.Qxf2 Rxf2+ 34.Kg3 Rxb2 35.Rf1 Kg7 36.Na4 Rc2 37.Bf6+ Kg6 38.Kf4 Nxf6 39.exf6 d2 40.f7 Rc1 0-1

                            Round B3 (12), Aug. 17, 2017
                            Navara, David – Karjakin, Sergey
                            D43 QGD, Semi-Slav, Hastings variation

                            1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Bg5 h6 5.Bxf6 Qxf6 6.Nc3 c6 7.Qb3 Qe7 8.a3 g6 9.e4 Bg7 10.Bd3 O-O 11.O-O c5 12.cxd5 cxd4 13.Nb5 exd5 14.exd5 Na6 15.Rfe1 Qd8 16.Rac1 b6 17.Nfxd4 Nc5 18.Qc2 Bxd4 19.Nxd4 Qxd5 20.Be4 Qxd4 21.Rcd1 Qf6 22.Bxa8 Bf5 23.Be4 Nxe4 24.Rxe4 Bxe4 25.Qxe4 Qxb2 26.a4 Qb3 27.Qd4 Rc8 28.h3 Qc4 29.Qd7 Qc6 30.Qxa7 Ra8 31.Qe7 h5 32.Rd8+ Rxd8 33.Qxd8+ Kg7 34.Qd4+ Qf6 35.Qb4 Qa1+ 36.Kh2 Qe5+ 37.g3 Qf6 38.Kg2 Qc6+ 39.Kf1 Kf6 40.Ke2 Ke6 41.Qb3+ Ke7 42.Qb4+ Kd7 43.Qd4+ Kc8 44.Ke3 Kb7 45.Kf4 Ka6 46.Qb4 Qf6+ 47.Ke3 Qe6+ 48.Kd3 Qd5+ 49.Kc3 Qf3+ 50.Kc4 Qe2+ 51.Kd5 Qe6+ 52.Kd4 Qd7+ 53.Ke5 Qf5+ 54.Kd6 Kb7 55.Qb5 Qe6# 0-1

                            Round B3 (12), Aug. 17, 2017
                            Dominguez Perez, Leinier – Nepomniachtchi, Ian
                            B91 Sicilian, Najdorf, Zagreb variation

                            1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.g3 e5 7.Nde2 Be7 8.Bg2 O-O 9.a4 b6 10.Nd5 Nxd5 11.Qxd5 Qc7 12.Nc3 Bb7 13.Qd3 Nd7 14.O-O Nc5 15.Qc4 Rfc8 16.Be3 Bf8 17.Rfd1 Bc6 18.Bh3 Rcb8 19.Nd5 Qb7 20.Bxc5 dxc5 21.Qe2 b5 22.axb5 axb5 23.Rxa8 Rxa8 24.Qh5 Re8 25.Bf5 h6 26.Qg4 Kh8 27.h4 Rd8 28.h5 c4 29.Ne3 Qc7 30.Nd5 Qa7 31.Ne3 Rxd1+ 32.Qxd1 Qd4 33.c3 Qxd1+ 34.Nxd1 Be7 35.Kf1 Bg5 36.Ne3 Bxe3 37.fxe3 Kg8 38.Kf2 Kf8 39.Kf3 Ke7 40.Bh3 Kf6 41.g4 Kg5 42.Kg3 Bxe4 43.Bf1 f5 44.gxf5 Kxh5 45.Bh3 Bc6 46.e4 Bxe4 47.f6 gxf6 48.Bd7 f5 49.Bxb5 f4+ 50.Kf2 Bd5 51.Bd7 Kg5 0-1

                            Round B4 (13), Aug. 17, 2017
                            Nepomniachtchi, Ian – Navara, David
                            B12 Caro-Kann Defence

                            1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.dxc5 Nc6 5.a3 Nxe5 6.b4 Nf6 7.Bb2 Nc6 8.Nf3 g6 9.Nc3 d4 10.Nb5 e5 11.Qe2 Bg4 12.O-O-O Bh6+ 13.Kb1 O-O 14.h3 Bxf3 15.Qxf3 a5 16.Bc4 axb4 17.axb4 Nxb4 18.Nd6 Nc6 19.Rhe1 Bg7 20.g4 Qe7 21.c3 dxc3 22.Qxc3 Ra5 23.f4 Rxc5 24.Bxf7+ Qxf7 25.Qxc5 Nd7 26.Qb5 Qxf4 27.Rf1 Qb4 28.Qd5+ Kh8 29.Nf7+ Rxf7 30.Rxf7 Nf6 31.Qd6 Qe4+ 32.Qd3 Qa4 33.Rxb7 Nb4 34.Rxb4 Qxb4 35.Rc1 e4 36.Qd4 Qb8 37.Qe5 Qd8 38.Qb5 h6 39.Qb7 Qd3+ 40.Ka1 Ne8 41.Rc8 Qa3+ 42.Kb1 Qd3+ 43.Ka2 Kh7 44.Rxe8 Qc4+ 45.Qb3 Qa6+ 46.Kb1 Qf1+ 47.Bc1 Qe2 48.Qg8# 1-0

                            Round B4 (13), Aug. 17, 2017
                            Caruana, Fabiano – Dominguez Perez, Leinier
                            A13 English Opening, Agincourt variation

                            1.c4 e6 2.Nf3 d5 3.b3 Nf6 4.g3 Be7 5.Bg2 O-O 6.O-O c5 7.e3 Nc6 8.Bb2 b6 9.cxd5 Nxd5 10.d4 Ba6 11.Re1 Ndb4 12.Bc3 Nd3 13.Re2 cxd4 14.Nxd4 Nxd4 15.exd4 Rc8 16.Re3 Nb4 17.Bxb4 Bxb4 18.a3 Bc5 19.Re4 f5 20.Re1 Bxd4 21.Ra2 e5 22.Nd2 Bxf2+ 0-1

                            Standing after Blitz Round Four (B4)
                            (Combined Score)

                            1 Aronian 14.5
                            2-3 Nakamura, Nepomniachtchi 13
                            4 Caruana 12.5
                            5-6 Karjakin, Dominguez 11
                            7 Le 10
                            8 Anand 9
                            9 Kasparov 8.5
                            10 Navara 7.5

                            Comment


                            • #29
                              Re: Saint Louis Rapid and Blitz 2017

                              Saint Louis Rapid and Blitz 2017

                              August 17, 2017

                              Blitz

                              Rounds B5 to B6


                              B5 Results
                              Dominguez-Nakamura 0-1
                              Karjakin-Nepo 1-0
                              Kasparov-Le 0-1
                              Anand-Aronian 0-1
                              Navara-Caruana 0-1

                              Round B5 (14), Aug. 17, 2017
                              Dominguez Perez, Leinier – Nakamura, Hikaru
                              C67 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defence

                              1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O Nxe4 5.Re1 Nd6 6.Nxe5 Be7 7.Bd3 Nxe5 8.Rxe5 O-O 9.Nc3 Bf6 10.Re1 c6 11.b3 Ne8 12.Ba3 d6 13.Qf3 Be6 14.Rad1 Qa5 15.Qe4 g6 16.Bb4 Qc7 17.Qf3 a5 18.Ba3 Rd8 19.Ne4 Bg7 20.c4 h6 21.Bf1 Qd7 22.h3 b5 23.d4 b4 24.Bc1 f5 25.Ng3 Bf7 26.h4 Nf6 27.h5 d5 28.hxg6 Bxg6 29.Bf4 Qf7 30.Be5 Ne4 31.Bxg7 Kxg7 32.Qf4 Qf6 33.f3 Nxg3 34.Qxg3 f4 35.Qf2 Rfe8 36.cxd5 Rxe1 37.Rxe1 Rxd5 38.Bc4 Rxd4 39.Qe2 Rd8 40.Qe5 Qxe5 41.Rxe5 Ra8 42.Re7+ Kf6 43.Re6+ Kg5 44.Rxc6 Bb1 45.Rc5+ Kf6 46.Rc6+ Ke5 47.Re6+ Kd4 48.Re1 Bc2 49.Kf2 a4 50.Re7 axb3 51.axb3 Ra3 52.Rb7 Kc3 53.g3 fxg3+ 54.Kxg3 Bxb3 55.Bxb3 Rxb3 56.f4 Rb1 57.f5 Rf1 58.Kg4 b3 59.Rc7+ Kb2 60.Rc6 h5+ 61.Kg5 h4 62.f6 h3 0-1

                              Round B5 (14), Aug. 17, 2017
                              Karjakin, Sergey – Nepomniachtchi, Ian
                              A04 Reti Opening

                              1.Nf3 g6 2.e4 Nf6 3.e5 Nh5 4.d4 d6 5.Bc4 Bg7 6.Ng5 d5 7.Be2 h6 8.Nf3 c5 9.O-O Nc6 10.c3 O-O 11.h3 f6 12.Nh4 Qe8 13.Nxg6 Qxg6 14.Bxh5 Qh7 15.exf6 Rxf6 16.dxc5 Be6 17.Nd2 Kh8 18.Nf3 Rg8 19.Bg4 Bf7 20.Re1 Rd8 21.Ne5 Nxe5 22.Rxe5 h5 23.Bxh5 Rxf2 24.Rg5 Rf8 25.Be3 Bxh5 26.Qxh5 Rxb2 27.Qg4 Qe4 28.Qxe4 dxe4 29.Bd4 Bxd4+ 30.cxd4 Rd2 31.d5 e3 32.Re1 e2 33.Re5 Rd1 34.Rxe2 Rxd5 35.Rxe7 Rxc5 36.Rxb7 Rc2 37.Ree7 Rd8 38.Rxa7 Rc1+ 39.Kh2 Rc2 40.Rh7+ Kg8 41.Rag7+ Kf8 42.Rh8+ Kxg7 43.Rxd8 Rxa2 44.h4 Kg6 45.Rd5 Ra3 46.g3 Rc3 47.Kh3 Rc4 48.Ra5 Rb4 49.h5+ Kf6 50.g4 Rb1 51.Rf5+ Kg7 52.Kh4 Kh6 53.Rf6+ Kg7 54.Ra6 Rb5 55.h6+ Kh7 56.g5 Rb1 57.Ra7+ Kg6 58.Rg7+ Kf5 59.h7 Rh1+ 60.Kg3 Rh5 61.g6 1-0

                              Round B5 (14), Aug 17, 2017
                              Kasparov, Garry – Le, Quang Liem
                              C45 Scotch game

                              1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Bc5 5.Be3 Qf6 6.c3 Nge7 7.g3 d5 8.Bg2 dxe4 9.O-O O-O 10.Nd2 Bb6 11.Nxe4 Qg6 12.Re1 Rd8 13.Nxc6 Nxc6 14.Qa4 Be6 15.h4 h6 16.Qb5 a6 17.Qa4 Ne5 18.Bxb6 cxb6 19.Nc5 bxc5 20.Rxe5 Rd2 21.Qf4 Rxb2 22.Rxc5 Rd8 23.Re1 Qf6 24.Qxf6 gxf6 25.a4 Rdd2 26.Rf1 b5 27.axb5 axb5 28.Rc6 Kg7 29.Rc7 Bc4 30.Re1 Rxf2 31.Bc6 Rfc2 0-1

                              Round B5 (14), Aug. 17, 2017
                              Anand, Vishy – Aronian, Levon
                              C90 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Pilnik variation

                              1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.d3 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 O-O 9.Re1 Na5 10.Bc2 c5 11.Nbd2 Be6 12.d4 exd4 13.cxd4 Bg4 14.h3 Bh5 15.g4 Bg6 16.d5 Nd7 17.b3 Bf6 18.Rb1 Bc3 19.Re3 b4 20.Nf1 c4 21.Bd2 Bxd2 22.Qxd2 Qb6 23.Nd4 Rfe8 24.Ng3 Rac8 25.h4 c3 26.Qd1 f6 27.a3 bxa3 28.Ra1 Qb4 29.Nde2 Ne5 30.f3 Rb8 31.Qd4 Nxb3 32.Qxb4 Rxb4 33.Rxa3 Nc4 34.Rxb3 Rxb3 35.Bxb3 Nxe3 36.Nxc3 Rb8 37.Ba4 Be8 38.Bxe8 Rxe8 39.Kf2 Nc4 40.Nf5 g6 41.Nd4 Rb8 0-1

                              Round B5 (14), Aug. 17, 2017
                              Navara, David – Caruana, Fabiano
                              A20 English, Kingside Fianchetto

                              1.c4 e5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 c6 4.Nf3 e4 5.Nd4 Qb6 6.Nb3 a5 7.d3 a4 8.N3d2 d5 9.cxd5 exd3 10.O-O cxd5 11.exd3 Nc6 12.Nc3 Qa5 13.Re1+ Be7 14.Nf3 O-O 15.Bd2 Qa6 16.Bg5 Be6 17.Ne5 Nxe5 18.Rxe5 h6 19.Bf4 a3 20.Rb1 Bd6 21.d4 Rac8 22.Bf1 Qc6 23.Nb5 Bxe5 24.dxe5 Ne4 25.Na7 Qc2 26.Nxc8 Qxf2+ 27.Kh1 Rxc8 28.Qe2 Rc2 29.Qxf2 Nxf2+ 30.Kg1 axb2 31.Be3 Bf5 32.Bd4 Nh3+ 33.Bxh3 Rc1+ 34.Kf2 Bxb1 0-1

                              B6 Results
                              Caruana-Karjakin 0-1
                              Le-Dominguez 0.5-0.5
                              Aronian-Nepo 1-0
                              Nakamura-Navara 1-0
                              Anand-Kasparov 0.5-0.5

                              Standing after Blitz Round Six

                              1 Aronian 16.5
                              2 Nakamura 15
                              3 Caruana 13.5
                              4-5 Nepo, Karjakin 13
                              6-7 Dominguez, Le 11.5
                              8 Anand 9.5
                              9 Kasparov 9
                              10 Navara 7.5

                              Round B6 (15), Aug. 17, 2017
                              Caruana, Fabiano – Karjakin, Sergey
                              A45 Queen’s Pawn game

                              1.d4 Nf6 2.Bf4 d5 3.e3 Bf5 4.Nf3 e6 5.c4 Bxb1 6.Qxb1 Bb4+ 7.Kd1 O-O 8.c5 c6 9.Bd3 Nbd7 10.Ke2 Ba5 11.g4 g6 12.Qg1 b6 13.h4 bxc5 14.h5 Bc7 15.Bg5 cxd4 16.Nxd4 Ne5 17.hxg6 fxg6 18.Nxe6 Qb8 19.Qb1 Rf7 20.Bf4 Nfxg4 21.f3 Nxd3 22.Bxc7 Qe8 23.Qxd3 Qxe6 24.Bg3 Re8 25.Bf2 Rxf3 26.Raf1 Ref8 0-1

                              Round B6 (15), Aug. 17, 2017
                              Aronian, Leon – Nepomniachtchi, Ian
                              A45 Queen’s Pawn game

                              1.d4 Nf6 2.Bf4 c5 3.dxc5 Na6 4.Qd4 Qa5+ 5.c3 Qxc5 6.e3 e6 7.Nd2 b6 8.Nb3 Qc6 9.Nf3 Nc5 10.Ne5 Qb7 11.Nc4 d5 12.Nd6+ Bxd6 13.Bxd6 Nce4 14.Ba3 Qc7 15.f3 e5 16.Qa4+ Bd7 17.Qb4 Nc5 18.Nxc5 bxc5 19.Qxc5 Qxc5 20.Bxc5 Bc6 21.O-O-O Nd7 22.Ba3 Nb6 23.e4 dxe4 24.Rd6 Bd7 25.fxe4 O-O 26.Rxd7 Nxd7 27.Bxf8 Kxf8 28.Bd3 Ke7 29.Kc2 a5 30.b3 Nc5 31.Rd1 Rb8 32.Bc4 Nxe4 33.Re1 f5 34.Bd3 Rf8 35.Bxe4 fxe4 36.Rxe4 Rf2+ 37.Kd3 Rxa2 38.Rxe5+ Kd6 39.Re2 Ra1 40.Kc4 g5 41.Rd2+ Ke6 42.Kb5 Rb1 43.b4 axb4 44.cxb4 h5 45.Kc5 g4 46.g3 Kf5 47.Re2 Kg5 48.b5 h4 49.gxh4+ Kxh4 50.b6 Kh3 51.Kc6 Rc1+ 52.Kd7 Rd1+ 53.Kc7 Rc1+ 54.Kb8 Rh1 55.b7 Ra1 56.Rb2 Rf1 57.Ka7 Rf7 58.Ka8 1-0

                              Round B6 (15), Aug. 17, 2017
                              Nakamura, Hikaru - Navara, David
                              A01 Nimzowitsch-Larsen Attack, Classical variation

                              1.b3 d5 2.Bb2 Bg4 3.g3 c6 4.Bg2 Nd7 5.Nf3 Ngf6 6.O-O Bxf3 7.exf3 e6 8.f4 g6 9.d3 Bg7 10.Nd2 O-O 11.Nf3 a5 12.a3 Qc7 13.Ne5 Ne8 14.Re1 Nd6 15.c4 Rfd8 16.cxd5 cxd5 17.d4 a4 18.Rc1 Qb6 19.b4 Nxe5 20.dxe5 Nc4 21.Bd4 Qc7 22.Rc3 b5 23.g4 Rac8 24.Bf1 Qd7 25.Rg3 Bh6 26.f5 exf5 27.gxf5 Qxf5 28.Bh3 Qf4 29.e6 f5 30.e7 Re8 31.Bg2 Qd6 32.Bc5 Rxc5 33.bxc5 Qf6 34.Bxd5+ Kg7 35.Bxc4 f4 36.Re6 Qb2 37.Rd3 bxc4 38.Rd8 c3 39.Qd4+ 1-0

                              Comment


                              • #30
                                Re: Saint Louis Rapid and Blitz 2017

                                Saint Louis Rapid and Blitz 2017

                                August 17, 2017

                                Blitz

                                Rounds B7 to B8


                                Nakamura has 4/6
                                Aronian has 4.5/6
                                Karjakin has 5/6

                                B7 Results
                                Navara-Le 1-0
                                Kasparov-Aronian 0-1
                                Karjakin-Nakamura 1-0
                                Dominguez-Anand 0.5-0.5
                                Nepomniachtchi-Caruana 1-0

                                Round B7 (16), Aug.17, 2017
                                Kasparov, Garry – Aronian, Levon
                                E32 Nimzo-Indian, Classical variation

                                1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 O-O 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.Qxc3 d5 7.Nf3 dxc4 8.Qxc4 b6 9.h4 Bb7 10.Bg5 Qd5 11.Rc1 Nbd7 12.Qxd5 Bxd5 13.Ne5 c5 14.Bxf6 Nxf6 15.dxc5 bxc5 16.f3 Rab8 17.e4 Ba2 18.Rc2 Bb1 19.Rd2 Rfd8 20.Rxd8+ Rxd8 21.Bb5 Nh5 22.g4 Nf4 23.Kf2 f6 24.Nc6 Rd2+ 25.Ke3 Rxb2 26.Kxf4 Rxb5 27.Rd1 h6 28.h5 Rb3 29.e5 Bd3 30.a4 c4 31.Nxa7 Ra3 32.Nb5 Rxa4 33.Ke3 fxe5 34.Nd6 Ra3 35.Kf2 Kf8 36.Nb5 Rb3 0-1

                                Round B7 (16), Aug. 17, 2017
                                Karjakin, Sergey – Nakamura, Hikaru
                                C67 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defence, open variation

                                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.b3 Re8 12.Rxe8+ Qxe8 13.Na3 a6 14.Nc2 Bd7 15.c4 dxc4 16.bxc4 Rd8 17.Bb2 Bc8 18.Qd2 Qf8 19.Rd1 b6 20.Bd3 Nce7 21.Ng5 Ng6 22.g3 Be7 23.Ne4 Nd6 24.Qe2 Bb7 25.Nxd6 Bxd6 26.Ne3 Re8 27.Qc2 Bf3 28.Rc1 Ba3 29.c5 Bxb2 30.Qxb2 bxc5 31.Rxc5 Qd6 32.Qc3 h6 33.Rxc7 Rd8 34.Rc8 Ne7 35.Rxd8+ Qxd8 36.Bxa6 Nc6 37.d5 Ne7 38.Bc4 Qd6 39.Qd4 Bh5 40.Kg2 Bg6 41.Bd3 f5 42.Nc4 Qxd5+ 43.Qxd5+ Nxd5 44.Ne5 Kh7 45.a4 Nb4 46.a5 Be8 47.Bxf5+ g6 48.Bd7 Bxd7 49.Nxd7 Na6 50.Kf3 Kg7 51.Ke4 Kf7 52.Kd5 Ke7 53.Ne5 Kf6 54.Nd3 Ke7 55.Kc6 Kd8 56.Kb7 1-0

                                Round B7 (16), Aug. 17, 2017
                                Navara, David – Le, Quang Liem
                                C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defence

                                1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.d3 Bc5 5.c3 O-O 6.O-O d6 7.Bg5 h6 8.Bh4 g5 9.Bg3 a6 10.Bxc6 bxc6 11.d4 Ba7 12.Nbd2 exd4 13.Nxd4 Bg4 14.Qc2 Qd7 15.f3 c5 16.Ne2 Bh5 17.c4 Bg6 18.f4 Rae8 19.Nc3 gxf4 20.Bxf4 Kh7 21.Bxh6 Nxe4 22.Ndxe4 Kxh6 23.Qd2+ Kg7 24.Nf6 Qd8 25.Nxe8+ Rxe8 26.Rae1 Rxe1 27.Qxe1 c6 28.Ne2 d5 29.Nf4 Bb8 30.Nxg6 fxg6 31.Qe6 Qg5 32.Qf7+ Kh6 33.Qf8+ 1-0

                                Round B7 (16), Aug 17, 2017
                                Nepomniachtchi, Ian – Caruana, Fabiano
                                B41 Sicilian, Kan, Moroczy bind

                                1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.c4 Nf6 6.Nc3 Bb4 7.Qd3 d6 8.Be2 O-O 9.O-O Bxc3 10.Qxc3 Nxe4 11.Qc2 Nf6 12.Bg5 h6 13.Bh4 e5 14.Nf5 Nc6 15.Ne3 Nd4 16.Qd1 g5 17.Bg3 Be6 18.Bd3 Nd7 19.Nc2 Nxc2 20.Bxc2 Qe7 21.b3 f5 22.f3 b5 23.cxb5 axb5 24.Qd2 Nf6 25.Rfd1 Nd5 26.Bd3 Rab8 27.a4 bxa4 28.bxa4 Nf4 29.Bf1 d5 30.Re1 Qd6 31.a5 d4 32.a6 Ra8 33.a7 Rfe8 34.Ra6 Qc7 35.Bxf4 gxf4 36.Rxe6 Rxe6 37.Qa2 Qb6 38.Bc4 Kf7 39.Rxe5 d3+ 40.Kf1 Qd4 41.Rxe6 Kg7 42.Re7+ Kf6 43.Rf7+ Kg5 44.h4+ Kh5 45.Rxf5+ Kg6 46.Qa6+ Kg7 47.Rf7+ 1-0

                                B8 Results
                                Kasparov-Dominguez 1-0
                                Nakamura-Nepo 0.5-0.5
                                Aronian-Caruana 0-1
                                Le-Karjakin 0-1
                                Anand-Navara 0.5-0.5

                                Round B8 (17), Aug. 17, 2017
                                Kasparov, Garry – Dominguez Perez, Leinier
                                C48 Four Knights, Rubinstein Counter-Gambit

                                1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.Nc3 Nd4 5.Ba4 Bc5 6.Nxe5 O-O 7.Nd3 Bb6 8.e5 Ne8 9.Nd5 c6 10.Ne3 d5 11.O-O f6 12.c3 Nf5 13.Bc2 Qe7 14.f4 Nxe3 15.dxe3 Bf5 16.a4 Bc7 17.b3 fxe5 18.Ba3 Bd6 19.Bxd6 Nxd6 20.Nxe5 Bxc2 21.Qxc2 Nf7 22.Ng4 h5 23.Nf2 Qxe3 24.g3 Rae8 25.Qg6 Qf3 26.Rae1 Rxe1 27.Rxe1 Nh6 28.Qd3 Qxd3 29.Nxd3 Nf5 30.a5 Kf7 31.Ne5+ Kg8 32.b4 Re8 33.Kf2 a6 34.Nd7 Rxe1 35.Kxe1 Kf7 36.Ke2 Ke7 37.Nc5 Nd6 38.h3 Kf6 39.g4 hxg4 40.hxg4 g5 41.Kf3 Kg6 42.f5+ Kf6 43.Ke3 Nc4+ 44.Kd4 Nd6 45.Nd7+ Ke7 46.Nc5 Kf6 47.Kd3 Ke5 48.Ke3 Kf6 49.Kd4 Nb5+ 50.Kd3 Nd6 51.Ke3 Nc4+ 52.Kd4 Nd6 53.Ne6 Ne4 54.Nd8 Nd6 55.Kc5 Ne4+ 56.Kb6 Nxc3 57.Nxb7 Na2 58.Kxa6 Nxb4+ 59.Kb6 d4 60.Nc5 d3 61.Nxd3 Nxd3 62.a6 1-0

                                Round B8 (17), Aug 17, 2017
                                Aronian, Levon – Caruana, Fabiano
                                A20 English, Kingside Fianchetto

                                1.c4 e5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 c6 4.Nf3 e4 5.Nd4 Qb6 6.e3 d5 7.Nc3 Bg4 8.f3 exf3 9.Bxf3 Bxf3 10.Qxf3 dxc4 11.b3 cxb3 12.O-O Nbd7 13.axb3 Bb4 14.Bb2 O-O 15.Nf5 Ne5 16.Qf4 Ng6 17.Qc4 Rad8 18.Na4 Qb5 19.Bxf6 Qxc4 20.bxc4 gxf6 21.d4 Rfe8 22.c5 Rd5 23.Rab1 Bd2 24.Rb3 Rxf5 25.Rxf5 Bxe3+ 26.Kf1 Bxd4 27.Rxb7 Re3 28.Rxa7 Kg7 29.Rd7 Re4 30.Rd8 Be3 31.Nc3 Rc4 32.Nd1 Bxc5 33.Rf3 Bb6 34.Rc3 Rxc3 0-1

                                Round B8 (17), Aug. 17, 2017
                                Le, Quang Liem – Karjakin, Sergey
                                D35 QGD, Exchange, Samisch variation

                                1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d5 3.c4 e6 4.Nc3 Nbd7 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Bf4 c6 7.h3 Bb4 8.Nd2 Nf8 9.e3 Ng6 10.Bh2 Bf5 11.g4 Be6 12.Bd3 O-O 13.O-O Nd7 14.a3 Bxc3 15.bxc3 f5 16.f3 Qe7 17.Qe2 Rae8 18.Bg3 Nb6 19.a4 Kh8 20.a5 Nc8 21.Rab1 Nd6 22.Qh2 Bc8 23.Rbe1 Rd8 24.h4 Qe6 25.h5 Ne7 26.g5 Nc4 27.Bf4 Nxa5 28.Bc7 b6 29.Bxd8 Rxd8 30.Kh1 Nc4 31.Bxc4 dxc4 32.e4 Qf7 33.h6 b5 34.hxg7+ Qxg7 35.f4 b4 36.cxb4 Rxd4 37.exf5 Bxf5 38.Nf3 Rd3 39.Kg1 c3 40.Nh4 Qd4+ 41.Qf2 Rg3+ 42.Ng2 Qd3 43.Rxe7 Bh3 44.Re3 Rxg2+ 45.Qxg2 Qxe3+ 46.Qf2 Qd3 47.Re1 c2 48.Kh2 Bd7 49.f5 Bxf5 50.Re3 Qd6+ 51.Rg3 c1=Q 52.Qxf5 Qcf4 53.Qc8+ 0-1

                                Standing after Round B8

                                1 Aronian 17.5
                                2 Nakamura 15.5
                                3 Karjakin 15
                                4-5 Nepo, Caruana 14.5
                                6 Dominguez 12
                                7 Le 11.5
                                8. Anand 10.5
                                9. Kasparov 10
                                10 Navara 9
                                Last edited by Wayne Komer; Thursday, 17th August, 2017, 08:41 PM.

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