St. Louis Rapid and Blitz 2019
August 14, 2019
Blitz Rounds Ten to Eighteen
Is Kasparov right? Are top chess players overworked these days? That might explain the bad form of Caruana, Carlsen and Mamedyarov in this tournament.
Round 10
MVL-Carlsen 0.5-0.5
Rapport-Caruana 1-0
Ding-Yu 0-1
Karjakin-Aronian 1-0
Mamedyarov-Dominguez 1-0
Round 11
MVL-Rapport 1-0
Yu-Caruana 0-1
Carlsen-Karjakin 1-0
Aronian-Mamedyarov 1-0
Dominguez-Ding 0.5-0.5
Round 12
Ding-Aronian 0-1
Caruana-Dominguez 1-0
Rapport-Yu 0-1
Mamedyarov-Carlsen 0-1
Karjakin-MVL 1-0
Round 13
Carlsen-Ding 1-0
Dominguez-Yu 1-0
MVL-Mamedyarov 0.5-0.5
Aronian-Caruana 0.5-0.5
Karjakin-Rapport 1-0
Standings after Round Thirteen
1 MVL, Aronian 19.5
3-4 Yu, Karjakin 17.5
5 Ding 17
6 Carlsen 16
7 Rapport 15
8-9 Caruana, Dominguez 12
10 Mamedyarov 9
Round 10, August 14
MVL - Carlsen, Magnus
B22 Sicilian, Alapin
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.c3 Nf6 4.e5 Nd5 5.Bc4 Nb6 6.Bb3 d5 7.exd6 Qxd6 8.O-O Be6 9.d4 cxd4 10.Na3 Bxb3 11.axb3 a6 12.Nxd4 Nxd4 13.Be3 Nf5 14.Qxd6 Nxd6 15.Bxb6 Rc8 16.Rad1 Rc6 17.Be3 e5 18.Rd5 f6 19.Rfd1 Kf7 20.Nc2 Ke6 21.f4 Be7 22.fxe5 fxe5 23.c4 Ne4 24.Ne1 Rd6 25.Nd3 Rxd5 26.cxd5+ Kd6 27.b4 Rb8 28.Bb6 Bd8 29.Bxd8 Rxd8 30.Re1 Kxd5 31.Nf4+ Kc6 32.Ne6 Rd6 33.Nxg7 Rd4 34.Nf5 Rxb4 35.Re2 a5 36.g4 Ng5 37.Kf2 Rxg4 38.Rxe5 Rb4 39.Rxa5 Rxb2+ 40.Kg3 Ne4+ 41.Kf4 Nc5 42.h4 Kd5 43.Ne3+ Kc6 44.Nf5 b6 45.Ra7 Rb4+ 46.Kg5 Ne4+ 47.Kh6 Nd6 48.Ne7+ Kb5 49.h5 Rh4 50.Nd5 Ne4 51.Rxh7 Kc6 52.Nxb6 Rxh5+ 53.Kxh5 Nf6+ 54.Kg6 Nxh7 55.Kxh7 1/2-1/2
Round 10, August 14
Karjakin, Sergey – Aronian, Levon
C47 Four Knights, Scotch variation
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.d4 exd4 5.Nxd4 Bb4 6.Nxc6 bxc6 7.Bd3 O-O 8.O-O d5 9.Bd2 Bxc3 10.Bxc3 Nxe4 11.Bxe4 dxe4 12.Qh5 Qd6 13.Rfe1 Re8 14.Re3 Re6 15.Rd1 Qe7 16.Rg3 Rg6 17.Qe5 Be6 18.Rxg6 fxg6 19.Qxe4 Re8 20.Qxc6 Bg4 21.Qc4+ Qe6 22.Qxc7 Qf7 23.Qxf7+ Kxf7 24.Rd5 Bf5 25.f3 Bxc2 26.Ra5 Re7 27.Bd4 Bd3 28.Rxa7 Rxa7 29.Bxa7 g5 30.Kf2 Ke6 31.Ke3 Bf1 32.g3 h5 33.Kd4 Be2 34.Kc5 Bxf3 35.a4 Kd7 36.a5 Kc7 37.b4 h4 38.b5 Be2 39.Bb6+ Kc8 40.a6 Kd7 41.Ba5 h3 42.g4 Kc8 43.Be1 Kb8 44.Kb6 Bxg4 45.Bg3+ Ka8 46.Ka5 Bc8 47.b6 g4 48.Be5 g5 49.Bd6 g3 50.Bxg3 g4 51.Bf4 g3 52.b7+ 1-0
Final position
Round 11, August 14
Carlsen, Magnus – Karjakin, Sergey
E27 Nimzo-Indian, Samisch variation
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.a3 Bxc3+ 5.bxc3 O-O 6.f3 c5 7.e4 Nc6 8.Be3 b6 9.Bd3 Ba6 10.Nh3 Na5 11.Bg5 h6 12.Bh4 Qc7 13.Bxf6 gxf6 14.Qd2 Kg7 15.Nf4 Rh8 16.Nh5+ Kf8 17.Qf2 Bxc4 18.Bxc4 Nxc4 19.O-O Rg8 20.Nxf6 Rg6 21.e5 d6 22.f4 Kg7 23.Rae1 cxd4 24.cxd4 Rc8 25.f5 exf5 26.Qxf5 dxe5 27.dxe5 Qc5+ 28.Kh1 Rc7 29.Ne8+ 1-0
Round 12, August 14
Karjakin, Sergey – MVL
B90 Sicilian, Najdorf, Kristiansen Attack
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bd3 e5 7.Nde2 Be7 8.O-O O-O 9.Ng3 Be6 10.Nd5 Nbd7 11.c4 g6 12.Nxe7+ Qxe7 13.b3 Rfc8 14.Bg5 Qf8 15.Qd2 Ne8 16.Rad1 f6 17.Bh6 Qe7 18.Bb1 b5 19.cxb5 axb5 20.Qe2 b4 21.Bd2 Rab8 22.Qe1 Bg4 23.f3 Be6 24.Bxb4 Nc5 25.Kh1 Qb7 26.Ba3 Qa7 27.Bb2 Bf7 28.Bc1 Qa6 29.Be3 Nc7 30.f4 exf4 31.Bxf4 Ne8 32.Qd2 Rd8 33.Qf2 Nd7 34.Ne2 Rbc8 35.Nd4 Ne5 36.h3 Qb7 37.Bg3 Rc3 38.Bh4 Nd7 39.Ne2 Rcc8 40.Rd2 Qb4 41.Rfd1 Qc5 42.Qxc5 Rxc5 43.Bf2 Ra5 44.Rc1 Ne5 45.Nd4 Ra6 46.Kg1 Ng7 47.Rc7 Ne6 48.Nxe6 Bxe6 49.Be3 Rd7 50.Rxd7 Bxd7 51.Kf2 Be6 52.Rc2 Nc6 53.Bd2 Kf8 54.Bc3 Ke7 55.Ke3 Na7 56.Rf2 f5 57.exf5 gxf5 58.Bd3 Rc6 59.Bd4 Nc8 60.Rc2 Rxc2 61.Bxc2 1-0
Round 13, August 14
Carlsen, Magnus – Ding, Liren
A28 English, Four Knights, Capablanca variation
1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e5 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.d3 d5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.e3 Be7 7.Be2 O-O 8.O-O Be6 9.Bd2 Qd7 10.a3 a5 11.Rc1 Rfd8 12.Ne4 f6 13.Nc5 Bxc5 14.Rxc5 a4 15.Qb1 Nde7 16.h3 Bf5 17.e4 Be6 18.Be3 Na5 19.d4 Nb3 20.dxe5 Nxc5 21.Bxc5 fxe5 22.Nxe5 Qe8 23.f4 Ra5 24.Bb4 Rxe5 25.fxe5 b6 26.Bxe7 Qxe7 27.Qc2 Rd4 28.Qc6 Qd7 29.Bb5 Qxc6 30.Bxc6 h5 31.Kf2 Rd2+ 32.Ke3 Rxg2 33.Bd5 Rg6 34.h4 c5 35.Rf5 b5 36.Rg5 Rh6 37.Rg1 Kf7 38.Rc1 c4 39.Rg1 Rh8 40.Kd4 Rc8 41.Rg5 Rb8 42.Kc5 Rc8+ 43.Kxb5 Rb8+ 44.Kxc4 Rxb2 45.Kc5 Rb1 46.Rxh5 Rb3 47.Rf5+ Ke7 48.Bxb3 Bxf5 49.Bxa4 1-0
Round 13, August 14
Karjakin, Sergey – Rapport, Richard
C47 Four Knights, Scotch variation
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.d4 exd4 5.Nxd4 Bb4 6.Nxc6 bxc6 7.Bd3 d5 8.Bd2 O-O 9.O-O Rb8 10.Re1 Re8 11.a3 Bxc3 12.Bxc3 dxe4 13.Bxe4 Qxd1 14.Raxd1 Nxe4 15.Rxe4 Bf5 16.Rxe8+ Rxe8 17.h3 Bxc2 18.Rd7 Rc8 19.Rd4 Bb3 20.Rg4 g6 21.Rb4 Bd5 22.Ra4 Ra8 23.Ra6 c5 24.Ra5 c6 25.Rxc5 f5 26.Ra5 a6 27.Ra4 Kf7 28.Rb4 Ra7 29.f3 a5 30.Rb8 a4 31.h4 Ke6 32.Kf2 f4 33.Rb4 Kf5 34.Bd2 Bb3 35.Rxf4+ Ke6 36.Bc3 Re7 37.Kg3 Rf7 38.Re4+ Kd7 39.Rb4 Ke6 40.Rb6 Kd5 41.Ra6 c5 42.h5 gxh5 43.Rh6 Bc2 44.Rxh5+ Kc6 45.Kf2 Bg6 46.Re5 Kd6 47.Re1 Re7 48.Rd1+ Ke6 49.g4 h5 50.Kg3 hxg4 51.fxg4 Kf7 52.Rd5 Rc7 53.Rd6 Bc2 54.g5 Re7 55.Rf6+ Kg8 56.Rc6 Re3+ 57.Kf4 Re4+ 58.Kg3 Re3+ 59.Kf2 Re7 60.g6 Re8 61.g7 Bb3 62.Rxc5 Kf7 63.Rf5+ Kg8 64.Rh5 Kf7 65.Rh8 Rg8 66.Ke3 Ke7 67.Kf4 Re8 68.Kg5 Bg8 69.Rh6 Ra8 70.Rf6 Bf7 71.Bb4+ 1-0
Final position
August 14, 2019
Blitz Rounds Ten to Eighteen
Is Kasparov right? Are top chess players overworked these days? That might explain the bad form of Caruana, Carlsen and Mamedyarov in this tournament.
Round 10
MVL-Carlsen 0.5-0.5
Rapport-Caruana 1-0
Ding-Yu 0-1
Karjakin-Aronian 1-0
Mamedyarov-Dominguez 1-0
Round 11
MVL-Rapport 1-0
Yu-Caruana 0-1
Carlsen-Karjakin 1-0
Aronian-Mamedyarov 1-0
Dominguez-Ding 0.5-0.5
Round 12
Ding-Aronian 0-1
Caruana-Dominguez 1-0
Rapport-Yu 0-1
Mamedyarov-Carlsen 0-1
Karjakin-MVL 1-0
Round 13
Carlsen-Ding 1-0
Dominguez-Yu 1-0
MVL-Mamedyarov 0.5-0.5
Aronian-Caruana 0.5-0.5
Karjakin-Rapport 1-0
Standings after Round Thirteen
1 MVL, Aronian 19.5
3-4 Yu, Karjakin 17.5
5 Ding 17
6 Carlsen 16
7 Rapport 15
8-9 Caruana, Dominguez 12
10 Mamedyarov 9
Round 10, August 14
MVL - Carlsen, Magnus
B22 Sicilian, Alapin
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.c3 Nf6 4.e5 Nd5 5.Bc4 Nb6 6.Bb3 d5 7.exd6 Qxd6 8.O-O Be6 9.d4 cxd4 10.Na3 Bxb3 11.axb3 a6 12.Nxd4 Nxd4 13.Be3 Nf5 14.Qxd6 Nxd6 15.Bxb6 Rc8 16.Rad1 Rc6 17.Be3 e5 18.Rd5 f6 19.Rfd1 Kf7 20.Nc2 Ke6 21.f4 Be7 22.fxe5 fxe5 23.c4 Ne4 24.Ne1 Rd6 25.Nd3 Rxd5 26.cxd5+ Kd6 27.b4 Rb8 28.Bb6 Bd8 29.Bxd8 Rxd8 30.Re1 Kxd5 31.Nf4+ Kc6 32.Ne6 Rd6 33.Nxg7 Rd4 34.Nf5 Rxb4 35.Re2 a5 36.g4 Ng5 37.Kf2 Rxg4 38.Rxe5 Rb4 39.Rxa5 Rxb2+ 40.Kg3 Ne4+ 41.Kf4 Nc5 42.h4 Kd5 43.Ne3+ Kc6 44.Nf5 b6 45.Ra7 Rb4+ 46.Kg5 Ne4+ 47.Kh6 Nd6 48.Ne7+ Kb5 49.h5 Rh4 50.Nd5 Ne4 51.Rxh7 Kc6 52.Nxb6 Rxh5+ 53.Kxh5 Nf6+ 54.Kg6 Nxh7 55.Kxh7 1/2-1/2
Round 10, August 14
Karjakin, Sergey – Aronian, Levon
C47 Four Knights, Scotch variation
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.d4 exd4 5.Nxd4 Bb4 6.Nxc6 bxc6 7.Bd3 O-O 8.O-O d5 9.Bd2 Bxc3 10.Bxc3 Nxe4 11.Bxe4 dxe4 12.Qh5 Qd6 13.Rfe1 Re8 14.Re3 Re6 15.Rd1 Qe7 16.Rg3 Rg6 17.Qe5 Be6 18.Rxg6 fxg6 19.Qxe4 Re8 20.Qxc6 Bg4 21.Qc4+ Qe6 22.Qxc7 Qf7 23.Qxf7+ Kxf7 24.Rd5 Bf5 25.f3 Bxc2 26.Ra5 Re7 27.Bd4 Bd3 28.Rxa7 Rxa7 29.Bxa7 g5 30.Kf2 Ke6 31.Ke3 Bf1 32.g3 h5 33.Kd4 Be2 34.Kc5 Bxf3 35.a4 Kd7 36.a5 Kc7 37.b4 h4 38.b5 Be2 39.Bb6+ Kc8 40.a6 Kd7 41.Ba5 h3 42.g4 Kc8 43.Be1 Kb8 44.Kb6 Bxg4 45.Bg3+ Ka8 46.Ka5 Bc8 47.b6 g4 48.Be5 g5 49.Bd6 g3 50.Bxg3 g4 51.Bf4 g3 52.b7+ 1-0
Final position
Round 11, August 14
Carlsen, Magnus – Karjakin, Sergey
E27 Nimzo-Indian, Samisch variation
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.a3 Bxc3+ 5.bxc3 O-O 6.f3 c5 7.e4 Nc6 8.Be3 b6 9.Bd3 Ba6 10.Nh3 Na5 11.Bg5 h6 12.Bh4 Qc7 13.Bxf6 gxf6 14.Qd2 Kg7 15.Nf4 Rh8 16.Nh5+ Kf8 17.Qf2 Bxc4 18.Bxc4 Nxc4 19.O-O Rg8 20.Nxf6 Rg6 21.e5 d6 22.f4 Kg7 23.Rae1 cxd4 24.cxd4 Rc8 25.f5 exf5 26.Qxf5 dxe5 27.dxe5 Qc5+ 28.Kh1 Rc7 29.Ne8+ 1-0
Round 12, August 14
Karjakin, Sergey – MVL
B90 Sicilian, Najdorf, Kristiansen Attack
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bd3 e5 7.Nde2 Be7 8.O-O O-O 9.Ng3 Be6 10.Nd5 Nbd7 11.c4 g6 12.Nxe7+ Qxe7 13.b3 Rfc8 14.Bg5 Qf8 15.Qd2 Ne8 16.Rad1 f6 17.Bh6 Qe7 18.Bb1 b5 19.cxb5 axb5 20.Qe2 b4 21.Bd2 Rab8 22.Qe1 Bg4 23.f3 Be6 24.Bxb4 Nc5 25.Kh1 Qb7 26.Ba3 Qa7 27.Bb2 Bf7 28.Bc1 Qa6 29.Be3 Nc7 30.f4 exf4 31.Bxf4 Ne8 32.Qd2 Rd8 33.Qf2 Nd7 34.Ne2 Rbc8 35.Nd4 Ne5 36.h3 Qb7 37.Bg3 Rc3 38.Bh4 Nd7 39.Ne2 Rcc8 40.Rd2 Qb4 41.Rfd1 Qc5 42.Qxc5 Rxc5 43.Bf2 Ra5 44.Rc1 Ne5 45.Nd4 Ra6 46.Kg1 Ng7 47.Rc7 Ne6 48.Nxe6 Bxe6 49.Be3 Rd7 50.Rxd7 Bxd7 51.Kf2 Be6 52.Rc2 Nc6 53.Bd2 Kf8 54.Bc3 Ke7 55.Ke3 Na7 56.Rf2 f5 57.exf5 gxf5 58.Bd3 Rc6 59.Bd4 Nc8 60.Rc2 Rxc2 61.Bxc2 1-0
Round 13, August 14
Carlsen, Magnus – Ding, Liren
A28 English, Four Knights, Capablanca variation
1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e5 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.d3 d5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.e3 Be7 7.Be2 O-O 8.O-O Be6 9.Bd2 Qd7 10.a3 a5 11.Rc1 Rfd8 12.Ne4 f6 13.Nc5 Bxc5 14.Rxc5 a4 15.Qb1 Nde7 16.h3 Bf5 17.e4 Be6 18.Be3 Na5 19.d4 Nb3 20.dxe5 Nxc5 21.Bxc5 fxe5 22.Nxe5 Qe8 23.f4 Ra5 24.Bb4 Rxe5 25.fxe5 b6 26.Bxe7 Qxe7 27.Qc2 Rd4 28.Qc6 Qd7 29.Bb5 Qxc6 30.Bxc6 h5 31.Kf2 Rd2+ 32.Ke3 Rxg2 33.Bd5 Rg6 34.h4 c5 35.Rf5 b5 36.Rg5 Rh6 37.Rg1 Kf7 38.Rc1 c4 39.Rg1 Rh8 40.Kd4 Rc8 41.Rg5 Rb8 42.Kc5 Rc8+ 43.Kxb5 Rb8+ 44.Kxc4 Rxb2 45.Kc5 Rb1 46.Rxh5 Rb3 47.Rf5+ Ke7 48.Bxb3 Bxf5 49.Bxa4 1-0
Round 13, August 14
Karjakin, Sergey – Rapport, Richard
C47 Four Knights, Scotch variation
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.d4 exd4 5.Nxd4 Bb4 6.Nxc6 bxc6 7.Bd3 d5 8.Bd2 O-O 9.O-O Rb8 10.Re1 Re8 11.a3 Bxc3 12.Bxc3 dxe4 13.Bxe4 Qxd1 14.Raxd1 Nxe4 15.Rxe4 Bf5 16.Rxe8+ Rxe8 17.h3 Bxc2 18.Rd7 Rc8 19.Rd4 Bb3 20.Rg4 g6 21.Rb4 Bd5 22.Ra4 Ra8 23.Ra6 c5 24.Ra5 c6 25.Rxc5 f5 26.Ra5 a6 27.Ra4 Kf7 28.Rb4 Ra7 29.f3 a5 30.Rb8 a4 31.h4 Ke6 32.Kf2 f4 33.Rb4 Kf5 34.Bd2 Bb3 35.Rxf4+ Ke6 36.Bc3 Re7 37.Kg3 Rf7 38.Re4+ Kd7 39.Rb4 Ke6 40.Rb6 Kd5 41.Ra6 c5 42.h5 gxh5 43.Rh6 Bc2 44.Rxh5+ Kc6 45.Kf2 Bg6 46.Re5 Kd6 47.Re1 Re7 48.Rd1+ Ke6 49.g4 h5 50.Kg3 hxg4 51.fxg4 Kf7 52.Rd5 Rc7 53.Rd6 Bc2 54.g5 Re7 55.Rf6+ Kg8 56.Rc6 Re3+ 57.Kf4 Re4+ 58.Kg3 Re3+ 59.Kf2 Re7 60.g6 Re8 61.g7 Bb3 62.Rxc5 Kf7 63.Rf5+ Kg8 64.Rh5 Kf7 65.Rh8 Rg8 66.Ke3 Ke7 67.Kf4 Re8 68.Kg5 Bg8 69.Rh6 Ra8 70.Rf6 Bf7 71.Bb4+ 1-0
Final position
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