St. Louis Rapid and Blitz 2019

[Wayne Komer]

St. Louis Rapid and Blitz 2019

August 10, 2019

Rapids Rounds One to Three (continued)

Round 3

Round 3, August 10
Carlsen, Magnus – Dominguez, Leinier
D35 QGD, Exchange variation

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 c5 7.Rb1 Be7 8.h4 O-O 9.h5 h6 10.Qg4 f5 11.Qg3 Kh8 12.Nh3 cxd4 13.Nf4 Kh7 14.Bc4 Bg5 15.O-O Nc6 16.Ng6 Re8 17.Rd1 Bxc1 18.Rbxc1 Qg5 19.exf5 exf5 20.cxd4 Bd7 21.Qc7 Rad8 22.d5 Nd4 23.Qg3 Re4 24.Qxg5 hxg5 25.f3 Ne2+ 26.Kf2 Nxc1 27.fxe4 Rc8 28.Rxc1 b5 29.e5 Be8 30.d6 1-0

Round 3, August 10
Ding, Liren – Caruana, Fabiano
D24 QGA

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.e4 b5 6.e5 Nd5 7.Nxb5 Nb6 8.Be2 Nc6 9.O-O Be7 10.Qd2 Bb7 11.Rd1 Qd7 12.Nc3 Nb4 13.Qf4 f5 14.Qg3 O-O 15.h4 Kh8 16.Bg5 N4d5 17.Nd2 Nxc3 18.bxc3 Bd5 19.a4 a5 20.Rdb1 Bxg5 21.hxg5 f4 22.Qh3 Nxa4 23.Nxc4 f3 24.Bd3 g6 25.Ne3 Nxc3 26.Rc1 Ne2+ 27.Bxe2 fxe2 28.Ng4 Rfb8 29.Nf6 Qe7 30.Rc2 Rb3 31.Nxd5 Qa3 32.Qxe6 Qxa1+ 33.Kh2 Rb6 34.Nxb6 e1=Q 35.Qf6+ Kg8 36.Qe6+ Kh8 37.Qf6+ Kg8 38.Qe6+ 1/2-1/2

Round 3, August 10
Karjakin, Sergey – Yu Yangyi
D05 Queen’s Pawn game, Rubinstein variation

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.e3 e6 4.b3 c5 5.Bd3 Nc6 6.O-O cxd4 7.exd4 g6 8.Re1 Bg7 9.Ba3 Ne7 10.Nbd2 O-O 11.Ne5 b6 12.Qe2 Bb7 13.Rad1 Qc7 14.Ndf3 Nf5 15.Bxf8 Rxf8 16.c4 Ne4 17.Qb2 Qd6 18.cxd5 exd5 19.Nc4 Qd8 20.Ne3 Nfd6 21.Bf1 h5 22.g3 Re8 23.Ne5 h4 24.Bg2 hxg3 25.hxg3 a5 26.a4 Re7 27.Nd3 Bh6 28.Nf4 Bxf4 29.gxf4 Re8 30.Ng4 Bc8 31.Ne5 Qh4 32.Rc1 Kg7 33.Rc7 Rh8 34.Nf3 Qxf4 35.Qc1 Qf6 36.Qc6 Bg4 37.Re3 Rh5 38.Qc1 Rf5 39.Ne5 Rxe5 40.dxe5 Qxf2+ 41.Kh2 Qh4+ 42.Kg1 Qf2+ 43.Kh2 Qh4+ 44.Kg1 Qf2+ 1/2-1/2

Round 3, August 10
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar – Aronian, Levon
D38 QGD, Ragozin variation

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.Qa4+ Nc6 6.Bg5 h6 7.Bxf6 Qxf6 8.e3 O-O 9.Be2 dxc4 10.O-O Bd7 11.Bxc4 Bxc3 12.bxc3 Rfd8 13.Be2 Be8 14.Qa3 Qe7 15.Qb2 b6 16.c4 Na5 17.e4 f6 18.e5 Rac8 19.Rad1 c5 20.d5 Bh5 21.exf6 Qxf6 22.Ne5 Bxe2 23.Qxe2 exd5 24.cxd5 c4 25.Ng4 Qg6 26.Rd4 b5 27.Ne3 Nb7 28.h4 h5 29.g4 Nd6 30.Qf3 Rf8 31.Qg2 Rce8 32.gxh5 Qxg2+ 33.Kxg2 Re5 34.a4 a6 35.axb5 axb5 36.Ra1 Rxh5 37.Ra6 Nf5 38.Nxf5 Rhxf5 39.Ra2 c3 40.d6 Rc5 41.Rc2 Rd8 42.f4 Kf7 43.Kf3 Ke6 44.Re2+ Kd7 45.Rd1 Kc6 0-1

Round 3, August 10
MVL – Rapport, Richard
C02 French, Advance, Milner-Barry Gambit

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.c3 Nc6 5.Nf3 Qb6 6.a3 c4 7.Nbd2 Na5 8.g3 Bd7 9.h4 O-O-O 10.Bh3 Kb8 11.O-O h6 12.Re1 Ne7 13.Rb1 Nc8 14.Nf1 Qc7 15.h5 Nb6 16.Be3 Ba4 17.Qe2 Be7 18.N3h2 Qd7 19.f4 g6 20.Bf2 Rdg8 21.Ne3 Nc6 22.Kh1 Bd8 23.hxg6 fxg6 24.Qg4 Qh7 25.b3 cxb3 26.Qxe6 Nxd4 27.cxd4 Bd7 28.Qxd7 Nxd7 29.Rxb3 Nb6 30.a4 Nxa4 31.Nxd5 g5 32.f5 g4 33.Bg2 Nb6 34.Ne3 h5 35.f6 h4 36.Kg1 Bc7 37.Rc1 Qd7 38.Rd1 hxg3 39.Bxg3 Rh3 40.Nhf1 Rh5 41.Rc3 Rc8 42.Rdc1 Qxd4 43.Rxc7 Rxc7 44.e6 Rc5 45.Rxc5 Qxc5 46.e7 Qh5 47.Nf5 Nc8 48.N1e3 Qg6 49.Nd5 Qxf5 50.Bxc7+ 1-0

Standings after Round Three

1 Aronian 6
2-3 Carlsen, Ding Liren 4
4-6 Caruana, MVL, Mamedyarov 3
7-9 Yu Yangyi, Karjakin, Rapport 2
10 Dominguez 1

___________

At the opening ceremony Rex Sinquefield revealed that since last weekend Dominguez is now resident in St. Louis.

Breaking news: Garry Kasparov will be playing in a Chess960 event in the St. Louis Chess Club after the Sinquefield Cup!

[Wayne Komer]

St. Louis Rapid and Blitz 2019

August 10, 2019

Rapids Rounds One to Three

Sensation in the first round when Ding Liren defeats Magnus Carlsen

Round 1

Round 1, August 10
Ding, Liren – Carlsen, Magnus
D39 QGD, Ragozin, Vienna variation

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.Bg5 dxc4 6.e4 b5 7.a4 c5 8.axb5 cxd4 9.Nxd4 h6 10.Be3 Nxe4 11.Qc2 Bb7 12.Bxc4 Qc7 13.Qb3 Bxc3+ 14.bxc3 O-O 15.O-O Rc8 16.Bd3 Nc5 17.Qb1 Nxd3 18.Qxd3 Nd7 19.Qe2 Nb6 20.Qg4 Kh7 21.Bf4 Qc5 22.Rfe1 Nc4 23.Rad1 Rd8 24.Rd3 Qe7 25.Nc6 Bxc6 26.Rxd8 Rxd8 27.bxc6 Nb6 28.Be5 Qg5 29.c7 Rd5 30.Qe4+ Qg6 31.Qb4 Qd3 32.h3 Qb5 33.Qe4+ f5 34.Qf4 Qd7 35.Bd4 Nc8 36.Qg3 Rd6 37.h4 Rc6 38.h5 Qf7 39.Be5 Nb6 40.Ra1 Nc4 41.Rxa7 Nxe5 42.Qxe5 Qxh5 43.Qxg7+ Kxg7 44.c8=Q+ Kf6 45.Qd8+ 1-0

Position after Black’s 24….Qe7



Round 1, August 10
Yu Yangyi – Rapport, Richard
D07 QGD, Chigorin Defence

1.d4 d5 2.c4 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 dxc4 5.e4 Bg4 6.Be3 e6 7.Bxc4 Bb4 8.Qd3 Bh5 9.Bb5 Bg6 10.Nd2 O-O 11.O-O Ng4 12.Bxc6 Qd6 13.f4 Qxc6 14.a3 Ba5 15.Kh1 Nxe3 16.Qxe3 f6 17.b4 Bb6 18.Nb3 e5 19.fxe5 fxe5 20.Nc5 exd4 21.Qxd4 Qd6 22.Qd5+ Qxd5 23.exd5 Rxf1+ 24.Rxf1 a5 25.N3a4 axb4 26.axb4 Bxc5 27.Nxc5 Bf7 28.Ne6 Bxe6 29.dxe6 Re8 30.Re1 Kf8 31.Rf1+ Kg8 32.Re1 Kf8 33.Rf1+ Ke7 34.Rf7+ Kxe6 35.Rxc7 Kd6 36.Rc1 Re4 37.Rb1 b5 38.Kg1 Kd5 39.Kf2 g5 40.Kf3 h5 41.h3 Rc4 42.Rd1+ Rd4 43.Rb1 Rd3+ 44.Kf2 Rd4 45.Ke3 Re4+ 46.Kd3 Ke5 47.Rb2 Rd4+ 48.Ke3 Rc4 49.Kd3 h4 50.Re2+ Kf5 51.Rf2+ Rf4 52.Rb2 g4 53.Ke3 Re4+ 54.Kd3 Rc4 55.Ke3 Ke5 56.Rb3 Rc2 57.Ra3 Rxg2 58.Ra5 Rg3+ 59.Kf2 Rxh3 60.Rxb5+ Kf4 61.Kg2 Rb3 0-1

Round 1, August 10
MVL – Aronian, Levon
C50 Giuoco Piano

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d3 Bc5 5.c3 O-O 6.O-O d6 7.Re1 a6 8.a4 Ba7 9.h3 Kh8 10.d4 Ng8 11.dxe5 Nxe5 12.Nxe5 dxe5 13.Qxd8 Rxd8 14.Nd2 g6 15.Nf3 f6 16.b3 Bd7 17.Ba3 Bc6 18.g4 g5 19.Kg2 Kg7 20.a5 Nh6 21.Kg3 Nf7 22.Rad1 Rxd1 23.Rxd1 Rd8 24.Rxd8 Nxd8 25.Be7 Nf7 26.Nd2 Nh8 27.Bd8 Bb8 28.Bd5 Ng6 29.Nc4 Bxd5 30.exd5 Nf4 31.Ne3 Ne2+ 32.Kf3 Nxc3 33.Be7 Ba7 34.d6 cxd6 35.Nf5+ Kf7 36.Bxd6 e4+ 37.Kg2 Ke6 38.Ba3 Nd5 39.Nd6 e3 40.fxe3 Nxe3+ 41.Kf3 Nc2 42.Nc4 Nd4+ 43.Ke4 Nxb3 44.Bb4 Nc5+ 45.Kf3 Nd3 0-1

Round 1, August 10
Karjakin, Sergey – Caruana, Fabiano
D77 Neo-Grunfeld

1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.d4 Nf6 5.O-O O-O 6.c4 dxc4 7.Na3 c5 8.dxc5 c3 9.Nb5 Na6 10.Nxc3 Nxc5 11.Be3 Nce4 12.Nxe4 Nxe4 13.Bd4 Bxd4 14.Qxd4 Qxd4 15.Nxd4 Nd6 16.Rfc1 Rd8 17.f4 Kf8 18.Kf2 Bg4 19.h3 Bd7 20.Rc7 Rac8 21.Rac1 Ke8 22.g4 Rxc7 23.Rxc7 Rc8 24.Rxc8+ Bxc8 25.b3 Bd7 26.e4 Nb5 27.Ke3 Nxd4 28.Kxd4 h6 29.e5 b6 30.g5 hxg5 31.fxg5 e6 32.Kc4 Kd8 33.h4 Kc7 34.Bf3 Kd8 35.b4 Ba4 36.b5 Bc2 37.Kb4 Bf5 38.a4 Ke7 39.a5 Bd3 40.a6 Bf1 41.Bc6 Bd3 42.Kc3 1/2-1/2

Round 1, August 10
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar – Dominguez, Leinier
D35 QGD, Exchange variation

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 c5 7.Rb1 Be7 8.Bc4 O-O 9.Nf3 Qc7 10.Qe2 a6 11.O-O b5 12.Bd3 Nd7 13.Rd1 h6 14.a4 bxa4 15.g3 cxd4 16.cxd4 a5 17.Bf4 Qa7 18.Rdc1 Bb4 19.Rc7 Qb6 20.Rbc1 Ba3 21.Rb1 Bb4 22.Rbc1 Ba3 23.R1c6 Qb2 24.Rc2 Qb1+ 25.Kg2 Qb6 26.e5 f5 27.R2c6 Qb2 28.Qe3 Bb7 29.Rc2 Bxf3+ 30.Kxf3 Qb1 31.Rxd7 Qh1+ 32.Ke2 Rfb8 33.Qf3 Qg1 34.Bxh6 Bf8 35.Bc4 1-0

Round 2

Round 2, August 10
Caruana, Fabiano – Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar
C54 Giuoco Piano

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.c3 Nf6 5.d3 d6 6.O-O h6 7.Re1 O-O 8.h3 a5 9.Nbd2 Be6 10.Bb5 Qb8 11.Nf1 Qa7 12.Re2 a4 13.Ng3 Rfd8 14.Bxc6 bxc6 15.d4 Bb6 16.Be3 Qa5 17.Rc2 Qb5 18.Qc1 exd4 19.cxd4 Nh5 20.Ne2 Nf6 21.Ng3 Nh5 22.Ne2 Nf6 23.Ng3 1/2-1/2

Round 2, August 10
Yu, Yangyi – MVL
D93 Grunfeld

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Bf4 O-O 6.e3 c5 7.dxc5 Ne4 8.Rc1 Nxc3 9.bxc3 Qa5 10.cxd5 Qxa2 11.Be5 Bxe5 12.Nxe5 Qa3 13.Be2 Nd7 14.Nd3 Nxc5 15.Nxc5 Qxc5 16.Qd4 Qd6 17.O-O e5 18.dxe6 Qxe6 19.Bf3 Qe7 20.Rfd1 Be6 21.Qb4 Qxb4 22.cxb4 Rfd8 23.Rxd8+ Rxd8 24.Bxb7 Rd2 25.h3 Rb2 26.Bc8 Bxc8 27.Rxc8+ Kg7 28.Rc4 Ra2 29.Rc5 Ra4 30.Rb5 a6 31.Rb6 h5 32.g3 a5 33.bxa5 Rxa5 34.Kg2 Ra4 35.Rb8 Kf6 36.Re8 Rb4 37.e4 Rb3 38.Ra8 Rc3 39.Ra5 Rb3 40.h4 Rc3 41.Rd5 Ra3 42.f4 Ra2+ 43.Kf3 Ra3+ 44.Kf2 Rb3 45.Rd6+ Ke7 46.Rd2 Kf6 47.Re2 Ra3 48.Re3 Ra2+ 49.Kf3 Ke6 50.Rb3 Kf6 51.g4 hxg4+ 52.Kxg4 Rg2+ 53.Kf3 Rg1 54.Rb6+ Kg7 55.Rb2 Rh1 56.Kg3 Rg1+ 57.Rg2 Re1 58.Kf3 Rh1 59.Kg4 Re1 60.Kf3 Rh1 61.Rg4 Rh3+ 62.Kg2 Re3 63.f5 Kf6 64.fxg6 fxg6 65.Kf2 Rh3 66.Kg2 1/2-1/2

Round 2, August 10
Dominguez, Leinier – Ding, Liren
C54 Giuoco Piano

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.c3 Nf6 5.d3 d6 6.Nbd2 O-O 7.O-O a5 8.h3 Be6 9.Bb5 Qb8 10.b3 Qa7 11.Bb2 Rad8 12.Bxc6 bxc6 13.d4 Bb6 14.Re1 Rfe8 15.Qc2 a4 16.Rad1 h6 17.Nc4 Bxc4 18.bxc4 Nd7 19.c5 dxc5 20.dxe5 c4 21.Ba3 Qa8 22.Qe2 Nxe5 23.Nxe5 Rxe5 24.Qxc4 Rxd1 25.Rxd1 Qe8 26.Re1 Rd5 27.Bc1 Qe6 28.Qxa4 Ra5 29.Qd1 Rxa2 30.Be3 Qc4 31.Bxb6 cxb6 32.Qd8+ Kh7 33.Qxb6 Qxc3 34.Qe3 Qxe3 35.Rxe3 Rc2 1/2-1/2

Round 2, August 10
Rapport, Richard – Carlsen, Magnus
A07 Reti, King’s Indian Attack

1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 Bg4 3.Bg2 e6 4.c4 c6 5.O-O Nf6 6.cxd5 Bxf3 7.Bxf3 cxd5 8.d4 Nc6 9.e3 Be7 10.Nc3 O-O 11.Qe2 Rc8 12.Rd1 Qd7 13.Bd2 Rfd8 14.Be1 Ne8 15.Rac1 f5 16.Bg2 Nf6 17.Na4 b6 18.Nc3 Na5 19.Nb1 Nc4 20.Rc2 g5 21.Rdc1 g4 22.Bf1 Ne4 23.b3 Ncd6 24.Qa6 Rxc2 25.Rxc2 Kf7 26.a4 h5 27.a5 Rb8 28.axb6 Rxb6 29.Qa2 Qb7 30.Ba5 Rxb3 31.Rc7 Qb8 32.Nd2 Rb2 33.Qa4 Nxd2 34.Qd7 Nf3+ 35.Kh1 Qxc7 0-1

Round 2, August 10
Aronian, Levon – Karjakin, Sergey
D05 Queen’s Pawn game, Zukertort variation

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d5 3.e3 e6 4.Nbd2 c5 5.b3 b6 6.Bb2 Bb7 7.Bd3 Nbd7 8.O-O Bd6 9.dxc5 Bxc5 10.c4 dxc4 11.Nxc4 O-O 12.Qe2 Qe7 13.Rfd1 Rfd8 14.Rac1 Nf8 15.Nce5 Ng6 16.Bxg6 fxg6 17.Nd3 Bd6 18.Be5 Ba6 19.Qe1 Bb7 20.Bxd6 Rxd6 21.Nde5 Rad8 22.Rxd6 Qxd6 23.h3 g5 24.Qc3 h6 25.Qc7 Qxc7 26.Rxc7 Rd1+ 27.Kh2 Bxf3 28.Nxf3 Rf1 29.Nd4 Rxf2 30.Nxe6 Rxa2 31.Rxg7+ Kh8 32.Rg6 Ng8 33.Kg3 Rc2 34.Nd4 Rc7 35.Kf3 Rf7+ 36.Ke2 Kh7 37.Rd6 Nf6 38.Kd3 h5 39.Nf3 Kg7 40.Nxg5 Re7 41.Kd4 Kg6 42.Nf3 Kg7 43.Ne5 Rc7 44.Rc6 Re7 45.g4 hxg4 46.hxg4 Nh7 47.g5 Nf8 48.Kd5 b5 49.b4 Kg8 50.e4 Re8 51.g6 Rd8+ 52.Rd6 Re8 53.Nd7 Ra8 54.Nxf8 Kxf8 55.Ra6 Kg7 56.Kc5 1-0

(to be continued)

[Wayne Komer]

St. Louis Rapid and Blitz 2019

August 10, 2019

Rapids Schedule

http://chess-results.com/tnr462033.aspx?lan=1&art=2


Blitz Schedule

http://chess-results.com/tnr462034.aspx?lan=1&art=2


Rapids Rounds One to Three

Round 1

Yu Yangyi – Rapport
MVL – Aronian
Karjakin – Caruana
Mamedyarov – Dominguez
Ding Liren – Carlsen

Round 2

Rapport – Carlsen
Dominguez – Ding Liren
Caruana – Mamedyarov
Aronian – Karjakin
Yu Yangyi – MVL

Round 3

MVL – Rapport
Karjakin – Yu Yangyi
Mamedyarov – Aronian
Ding Liren – Caruana
Carlsen – Dominguez

Action begins at 2:00 PM Toronto/Montreal time

[Wayne Komer]

St. Louis Rapid and Blitz 2019

August 2, 2019

2019 Saint Louis Rapid & Blitz

The 2019 Saint Louis Rapid & Blitz will be the fourth event in the 2019 GCT schedule. Held just before the Sinquefield Cup, the tournament holds a key position in the 2019 roster as it marks the mid-way point of the regular season events this year. The tournament will have a new champion as GM Hikaru Nakamura is not returning to defend his title. However, World Champion Magnus Carlsen will be playing the event for the first time in 2019.

DATES
August 10 - 14, 2019

VENUE
Saint Louis Chess Club, Saint Louis, Missouri

FORMAT
10 Player Round Robin

COMMENTATORS
GM Yasser Seirawan, WGM Jennifer Shahade, GM Cristian Chirilă and GM Maurice Ashley

PRIZE FUND
$150,000

PARTICIPANTS

Magnus Carlsen
Maxime Vachier-Lagrave
Fabiano Caruana
Shakhriyar Mamedyarov
Ding Liren
Levon Aronian
Sergey Karjakin
Leinier Dominguez
Yu Yangyi
Richard Rapport

SCHEDULE

Rapid

Rounds 1 to 3 August 10
Rounds 4 to 6 August 11
Rounds 7 to 9 August 12

Blitz

Rounds 1 to 9 August 13
Rounds 10 to 18 August 14

First round starts at 13:00 CDT

https://grandchesstour.org/2019-gran...is-rapid-blitz