Aimchess US Rapid 2021
August 30, 2021
Preliminaries
Day Three
Results
Round 11
Aronian-Duda 0.5-0.5
Van Foreest-Liang 1-0
Carlsen-Giri 0.5-0.5
So-Artemiev 0-1
Vidit-Mamedyarov 0.5-0.5
Le-Dominguez 0-1
Firouzja-MVL 1-0
Naroditsky-Hansen 0.5-0.5
Round 12
Duda-Hansen 0.5-0.5
MVL-Naroditsky 1-0
Dominguez-Firouzja 0-1
Mamedyarov-Le 0-1
Artemiev-Vidit 0.5-0.5
Giri-So 0.5-0.5
Liang-Carlsen 0-1
Aronian-Van Foreest 1-0
Round 13
Van Foreest-Duda 0-1
Carlsen-Aronian 0.5-0.5
So-Liang 1-0
Vidit-Giri 0.5-0.5
Le-Artemiev 0.5-0.5
Firouzja-Mamedyarov 0.5-0.5
Naroditsky-Dominguez 0-1
Hansen-MVL 0-1
Round 14
Duda-MVL 1-0
Dominguez-Hansen 1-0
Mamedyarov-Naroditsky 1-0
Artemiev-Firouzja 0.5-0.5
Giri-Le 0.5-0.5
Liang-Vidit 0.5-0.5
Aronian-So 0.5-0.5
Van Foreest-Carlsen 0.5-0.5
Round 15
Carlsen-Duda 0.5-0.5
So-Van Foreest 1-0
Vidit-Aronian 1-0
Le-Liang 1-0
Firouzja-Giri 0.5-0.5
Naroditsky-Artemiev 0.5-0.5
Hansen-Mamedyarov 0.5-0.5
MVL-Dominguez 0.5-0.5
Final Standings after Preliminaries
1 Artemiev 10.5
2 Carlsen 10
3-4 Aronian-Firouzja 9.5
5-7 So, Mamedyarov, Duda 9
8-9 Dominguez, Giri 8
10-11 MVL, Vidit 7.5
12-13 Naroditsky, Le 6
14 Van Foreest 4.5
15 Hansen 3.5
16 Liang 2.5
Quarter-Final Matches
August 31-September 1
Artemiev-Dominguez
So-Firouzja
Aronian-Mamedyarov
Duda-Carlsen
Selected Games
Round 11, August 30
Van Foreest, Jorden – Liang, Awonder
D15 QGD Slav, Slav Gambit
1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.e4 b5 6.Be2 e6 7.a4 b4 8.e5 bxc3 9.exf6 cxb2 10.fxg7 Bxg7 11.Bxb2 Qa5+ 12.Nd2 Ba6 13.Rc1 O-O 14.O-O Nd7 15.Bxc4 Bxc4 16.Nxc4 Qd5 17.Ne3 Qd6 18.Qf3 Rac8 19.Nc4 Qd5 20.Ba3 Qxf3 21.gxf3 Rfd8 22.Be7 Bxd4 23.Bxd8 Rxd8 24.Na5 Ne5 25.f4 Bb6 26.fxe5 Bxa5 27.Rxc6 Rd5 28.f4 Rd4 29.Kh1 Rxa4 30.Ra6 Ra3 31.Rxa7 Bb4 32.Rg1+ Kf8 33.Rb7 Bc5 34.Rb8+ Ke7 35.Rc1 Ra5 36.Rc8 Bb6 37.Rb1 Bd8 38.Rd1 Bb6 39.Rd6 Be3 40.Rc7+ Ke8 41.Rc4 Ra2 42.Rd3 Bf2 43.Rc8+ Ke7 44.Rb3 Ra7 45.Rh8 Be1 46.Rd3 Ra4 47.Rdd8 f5 48.Rd1 Bf2 49.Rxh7+ Ke8 50.Rb1 1-0
Round 11, August 30
Carlsen, Magnus – Giri, Anish
B23 Sicilian, Closed
1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Nf3 g6 4.Bb5 Bg7 5.d3 d6 6.e5 dxe5 7.Bxc6+ bxc6 8.O-O c4 9.h3 Be6 10.Re1 Qc7 11.Qe2 cxd3 12.cxd3 Nf6 13.Nxe5 O-O 14.Bf4 Qb7 15.Rac1 Nd5 16.Bg3 Nxc3 17.Rxc3 Bd5 18.d4 a5 19.h4 Bxa2 20.Nxc6 e6 21.Be5 f6 22.Bd6 Rfe8 23.Ra1 Bd5 24.Nxa5 Qa6 25.Qxa6 Rxa6 26.Bc5 Rb8 27.b4 Bf8 28.Ra4 Bh6 29.Ra1 Raa8 30.Rc2 Bf8 31.Rb2 Rb5 32.Nb3 Rab8 33.Ra5 Rxb4 34.Bxb4 Rxb4 35.Rxd5 exd5 36.g3 f5 37.Kf1 Bg7 38.Rb1 Kf7 39.Ke2 h5 40.Nd2 Rxb1 41.Nxb1 Bxd4 42.Nd2 f4 43.Kf3 fxg3 44.fxg3 Bf6 45.Nb3 Ke6 46.Nc5+ Kf5 47.Nd3 Be5 48.Nf2 Ke6 49.g4 Bd6 50.gxh5 gxh5 51.Nd1 Ke5 52.Nc3 d4 53.Nb5 Be7 54.Nxd4 Kxd4 55.Kg2 Bxh4 56.Kh1 Bg5 57.Kg2 Ke4 58.Kh1 Kf3 59.Kg1 Kg3 60.Kh1 h4 61.Kg1 h3 62.Kh1 h2 1/2-1/2
23.Ne7+! could have been a big move for Magnus, with the point that after 23...Rxe7? 24.Bxe7 Qxe7 White traps the bishop with 25.b3!
Final Position
Round 11, August 30
So, Wesley – Artemiev, Vladislav
C76 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defence
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 d6 5.O-O Bd7 6.c3 g6 7.d4 Bg7 8.Re1 Nf6 9.Bxc6 Bxc6 10.dxe5 Nxe4 11.exd6 O-O 12.dxc7 Qxc7 13.Be3 Rfe8 14.Nbd2 Rad8 15.Nd4 Bd5 16.Nxe4 Rxe4 17.Qd2 Rg4 18.g3 Re4 19.Bh6 Bxd4 20.cxd4 Rde8 21.Rxe4 Rxe4 22.Rc1 Qd8 23.Qa5 Re8 24.Qxd8 Rxd8 25.Rc7 Bc6 26.g4 f5 27.gxf5 Rxd4 28.h3 Rd7 29.Rc8+ Kf7 30.Rf8+ Ke7 31.fxg6 Rd1+ 32.Kh2 Rh1+ 33.Kg3 Rg1+ 34.Kh4 Rxg6 35.Kh5 Rxh6+ 36.Kxh6 Kxf8 37.Kxh7 Kf7 38.h4 Bf3 0-1
Artemiev tricks So to win a piece! Wesley loses the 1st game of the day for a 3rd day in a row
Round 11, August 30
Firouzja, Alireza – MVL
D90 Grunfeld, Three Knights variation
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.h4 dxc4 6.e4 c5 7.d5 b5 8.h5 Nxh5 9.Nxb5 O-O 10.Bxc4 Bg4 11.Qc2 Na6 12.Be3 Rb8 13.Qd2 Nc7 14.Nc3 Ne8 15.Bh6 Rxb2 16.Qxb2 Bxh6 17.Ne5 Bd7 18.Be2 Bg7 19.Nxd7 Qxd7 20.Bxh5 gxh5 21.Rc1 Qg4 22.Qe2 Qg5 23.Qe3 Qxe3+ 24.fxe3 Be5 25.Rxh5 f6 26.Na4 Nd6 27.Nxc5 Rc8 28.Kd1 Bb2 29.Rc2 Ba3 30.Ne6 Rxc2 31.Kxc2 Nxe4 32.Rh4 1-0
Round 11, August 30
Naroditsky, Daniel – Hansen, Eric
C47 Four Knights, Belgrade Gambit
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.d4 exd4 5.Nd5 Be7 6.Bd3 O-O 7.O-O d6 8.h3 Nxd5 9.exd5 Ne5 10.Nxd4 Bf6 11.Be4 Re8 12.c3 Bd7 13.Qc2 g6 14.f4 Nc4 15.b3 Qe7 16.Re1 Bxd4+ 17.cxd4 Nb6 18.Bd2 Qf6 19.Qc3 Rxe4 20.Rxe4 Nxd5 21.Qf3 Bc6 22.Rae1 Qf5 23.g4 Qd7 24.Qf2 f5 25.Re6 Qf7 26.Qh4 Re8 27.gxf5 gxf5 28.Qg5+ Kf8 29.Qh6+ Kg8 30.Rxe8+ Bxe8 31.Kh2 Kh8 32.Qg5 Bc6 33.Rg1 Qf8 34.Be1 h6 35.Qh4 Kh7 36.Bf2 Qf7 37.Qg3 a6 38.Be1 Bb5 39.Bc3 Bc6 40.Bb2 Bb5 41.Re1 Bc6 42.a4 Bd7 43.Rg1 Bc6 44.Re1 Bd7 45.Rg1 Bc6 46.Re1 Bd7 1/2-1/2
Round 12, August 30
Duda, Jan-Krzysztof – Hansen, Eric
E32 Nimzo-Indian, Classical variation
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 O-O 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.Qxc3 d6 7.Nf3 b6 8.g3 Bb7 9.Bg2 Nbd7 10.O-O c5 11.Rd1 Qe7 12.b3 Rac8 13.Bb2 d5 14.dxc5 Nxc5 15.Ne5 dxc4 16.Bxb7 Qxb7 17.Nxc4 Rfd8 18.Nd6 Rxd6 19.Rxd6 Nce4 20.Qd3 Nxd6 21.Qxd6 Qe4 22.Re1 h5 23.Bxf6 gxf6 24.Qe7 Kg7 25.Qxa7 Ra8 26.Qxb6 Rxa3 27.Qc5 Rxb3 28.Qxh5 Qb4 29.Rd1 Qe4 30.h3 Rb2 31.Re1 Qb4 32.Kf1 Qe4 33.Qf3 f5 34.Qc3+ Kg8 35.f3 Qb7 36.Qf6 Qb5 37.h4 Rc2 38.Qg5+ Kh7 39.g4 Qe5 40.Qh5+ Kg7 41.Qg5+ Kh7 42.gxf5 exf5 43.Qh5+ Kg7 44.Qg5+ Kh7 45.Qg2 Rc4 46.Qh3 Qf6 47.Kg2 1/2-1/2
Round 12, August 30
MVL – Naroditsky, Daniel
E90 King’s Indian, Zinnowitz variation
1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.d4 O-O 5.e4 d6 6.Bg5 c5 7.d5 e6 8.Be2 exd5 9.exd5 h6 10.Be3 Bg4 11.Nd2 Bxe2 12.Qxe2 Re8 13.O-O Nbd7 14.Rae1 a6 15.a4 Qb6 16.b3 Qb4 17.Rc1 Re7 18.h3 Rae8 19.Qd3 Nh5 20.Nce4 Qb6 21.g4 Nhf6 22.Ng3 Ne5 23.Qc2 Qd8 24.Bf4 Qd7 25.Kg2 b5 26.axb5 axb5 27.Ra1 bxc4 28.bxc4 h5 29.g5 Nh7 30.Ra6 h4 31.Nge4 Qf5 32.Nf6+ Nxf6 33.Qxf5 gxf5 34.gxf6 Bxf6 35.Rxd6 Bg7 36.Bxe5 Rxe5 37.Rc6 Bf8 38.Rd1 Re2 39.d6 Rd8 40.Nf3 Re6 41.Nxh4 Rf6 42.Rxc5 Rfxd6 43.Rxd6 Rxd6 44.Rxf5 Rd2 45.Nf3 Rc2 46.Ne5 Bg7 47.Nxf7 Rxc4 48.Ng5 Bh6 49.Nf3 Rc2 50.Ne5 Bg7 51.Ng4 Kh7 52.h4 Bd4 53.h5 Rc7 54.Kg3 Bg7 55.Kh4 Rc6 56.f4 Rc7 57.Rd5 Rf7 58.f5 Bh8 59.h6 Bb2 60.Kg5 Bc1+ 61.Kh5 Bb2 62.f6 Bc3 63.Rf5 Bb2 64.Rf1 Bc3 65.Rf2 Bd4 66.Re2 Bc5 67.Re6 Bf8 68.Kg5 Rb7 69.f7 Rxf7 70.Nf6+ Rxf6 71.Kxf6 Bxh6 72.Kf7 Bf4 73.Re4 Bg5 74.Re1 1-0
Round 12, August 30
Dominguez, Leinier- Firouzja, Alireza
C54 Giuoco Piano
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d3 Bc5 5.c3 d6 6.O-O a6 7.a4 Ba7 8.Re1 O-O 9.h3 h6 10.Nbd2 Re8 11.b4 Be6 12.Bxe6 Rxe6 13.Qc2 Qd7 14.Nf1 d5 15.Be3 Bxe3 16.Nxe3 Ne7 17.Rab1 Ng6 18.c4 d4 19.Nf5 Rae8 20.c5 Ne7 21.Ng3 b5 22.cxb6 cxb6 23.b5 Rc8 24.Qa2 a5 25.Rbc1 Qd8 26.Nf5 Ng6 27.h4 Kh7 28.Rc6 Rcxc6 29.bxc6 Qc7 30.Rc1 Nf4 31.Qd2 Re8 32.Rb1 Ne6 33.Qb2 Rb8 34.Qb5 Nc5 35.Nd2 g6 36.Ng3 Ne8 37.Nc4 Nd6 38.Nxd6 Qxd6 39.Nf1 Rc8 40.Qxb6 Rxc6 41.Qxa5 Nxd3 42.Qb5 Nf4 43.g3 Ne6 44.Nd2 d3 45.Nc4 Qc7 46.Ne3 d2 47.Rd1 Rc1 48.Kg2 Rxd1 49.Nxd1 Qc2 50.Qe2 Nd4 51.Qg4 h5 52.Qd7 Qxe4+ 53.Kg1 Kg7 0-1
(to be continued)
August 30, 2021
Preliminaries
Day Three
Results
Round 11
Aronian-Duda 0.5-0.5
Van Foreest-Liang 1-0
Carlsen-Giri 0.5-0.5
So-Artemiev 0-1
Vidit-Mamedyarov 0.5-0.5
Le-Dominguez 0-1
Firouzja-MVL 1-0
Naroditsky-Hansen 0.5-0.5
Round 12
Duda-Hansen 0.5-0.5
MVL-Naroditsky 1-0
Dominguez-Firouzja 0-1
Mamedyarov-Le 0-1
Artemiev-Vidit 0.5-0.5
Giri-So 0.5-0.5
Liang-Carlsen 0-1
Aronian-Van Foreest 1-0
Round 13
Van Foreest-Duda 0-1
Carlsen-Aronian 0.5-0.5
So-Liang 1-0
Vidit-Giri 0.5-0.5
Le-Artemiev 0.5-0.5
Firouzja-Mamedyarov 0.5-0.5
Naroditsky-Dominguez 0-1
Hansen-MVL 0-1
Round 14
Duda-MVL 1-0
Dominguez-Hansen 1-0
Mamedyarov-Naroditsky 1-0
Artemiev-Firouzja 0.5-0.5
Giri-Le 0.5-0.5
Liang-Vidit 0.5-0.5
Aronian-So 0.5-0.5
Van Foreest-Carlsen 0.5-0.5
Round 15
Carlsen-Duda 0.5-0.5
So-Van Foreest 1-0
Vidit-Aronian 1-0
Le-Liang 1-0
Firouzja-Giri 0.5-0.5
Naroditsky-Artemiev 0.5-0.5
Hansen-Mamedyarov 0.5-0.5
MVL-Dominguez 0.5-0.5
Final Standings after Preliminaries
1 Artemiev 10.5
2 Carlsen 10
3-4 Aronian-Firouzja 9.5
5-7 So, Mamedyarov, Duda 9
8-9 Dominguez, Giri 8
10-11 MVL, Vidit 7.5
12-13 Naroditsky, Le 6
14 Van Foreest 4.5
15 Hansen 3.5
16 Liang 2.5
Quarter-Final Matches
August 31-September 1
Artemiev-Dominguez
So-Firouzja
Aronian-Mamedyarov
Duda-Carlsen
Selected Games
Round 11, August 30
Van Foreest, Jorden – Liang, Awonder
D15 QGD Slav, Slav Gambit
1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.e4 b5 6.Be2 e6 7.a4 b4 8.e5 bxc3 9.exf6 cxb2 10.fxg7 Bxg7 11.Bxb2 Qa5+ 12.Nd2 Ba6 13.Rc1 O-O 14.O-O Nd7 15.Bxc4 Bxc4 16.Nxc4 Qd5 17.Ne3 Qd6 18.Qf3 Rac8 19.Nc4 Qd5 20.Ba3 Qxf3 21.gxf3 Rfd8 22.Be7 Bxd4 23.Bxd8 Rxd8 24.Na5 Ne5 25.f4 Bb6 26.fxe5 Bxa5 27.Rxc6 Rd5 28.f4 Rd4 29.Kh1 Rxa4 30.Ra6 Ra3 31.Rxa7 Bb4 32.Rg1+ Kf8 33.Rb7 Bc5 34.Rb8+ Ke7 35.Rc1 Ra5 36.Rc8 Bb6 37.Rb1 Bd8 38.Rd1 Bb6 39.Rd6 Be3 40.Rc7+ Ke8 41.Rc4 Ra2 42.Rd3 Bf2 43.Rc8+ Ke7 44.Rb3 Ra7 45.Rh8 Be1 46.Rd3 Ra4 47.Rdd8 f5 48.Rd1 Bf2 49.Rxh7+ Ke8 50.Rb1 1-0
Round 11, August 30
Carlsen, Magnus – Giri, Anish
B23 Sicilian, Closed
1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Nf3 g6 4.Bb5 Bg7 5.d3 d6 6.e5 dxe5 7.Bxc6+ bxc6 8.O-O c4 9.h3 Be6 10.Re1 Qc7 11.Qe2 cxd3 12.cxd3 Nf6 13.Nxe5 O-O 14.Bf4 Qb7 15.Rac1 Nd5 16.Bg3 Nxc3 17.Rxc3 Bd5 18.d4 a5 19.h4 Bxa2 20.Nxc6 e6 21.Be5 f6 22.Bd6 Rfe8 23.Ra1 Bd5 24.Nxa5 Qa6 25.Qxa6 Rxa6 26.Bc5 Rb8 27.b4 Bf8 28.Ra4 Bh6 29.Ra1 Raa8 30.Rc2 Bf8 31.Rb2 Rb5 32.Nb3 Rab8 33.Ra5 Rxb4 34.Bxb4 Rxb4 35.Rxd5 exd5 36.g3 f5 37.Kf1 Bg7 38.Rb1 Kf7 39.Ke2 h5 40.Nd2 Rxb1 41.Nxb1 Bxd4 42.Nd2 f4 43.Kf3 fxg3 44.fxg3 Bf6 45.Nb3 Ke6 46.Nc5+ Kf5 47.Nd3 Be5 48.Nf2 Ke6 49.g4 Bd6 50.gxh5 gxh5 51.Nd1 Ke5 52.Nc3 d4 53.Nb5 Be7 54.Nxd4 Kxd4 55.Kg2 Bxh4 56.Kh1 Bg5 57.Kg2 Ke4 58.Kh1 Kf3 59.Kg1 Kg3 60.Kh1 h4 61.Kg1 h3 62.Kh1 h2 1/2-1/2
23.Ne7+! could have been a big move for Magnus, with the point that after 23...Rxe7? 24.Bxe7 Qxe7 White traps the bishop with 25.b3!
Final Position
Round 11, August 30
So, Wesley – Artemiev, Vladislav
C76 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defence
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 d6 5.O-O Bd7 6.c3 g6 7.d4 Bg7 8.Re1 Nf6 9.Bxc6 Bxc6 10.dxe5 Nxe4 11.exd6 O-O 12.dxc7 Qxc7 13.Be3 Rfe8 14.Nbd2 Rad8 15.Nd4 Bd5 16.Nxe4 Rxe4 17.Qd2 Rg4 18.g3 Re4 19.Bh6 Bxd4 20.cxd4 Rde8 21.Rxe4 Rxe4 22.Rc1 Qd8 23.Qa5 Re8 24.Qxd8 Rxd8 25.Rc7 Bc6 26.g4 f5 27.gxf5 Rxd4 28.h3 Rd7 29.Rc8+ Kf7 30.Rf8+ Ke7 31.fxg6 Rd1+ 32.Kh2 Rh1+ 33.Kg3 Rg1+ 34.Kh4 Rxg6 35.Kh5 Rxh6+ 36.Kxh6 Kxf8 37.Kxh7 Kf7 38.h4 Bf3 0-1
Artemiev tricks So to win a piece! Wesley loses the 1st game of the day for a 3rd day in a row
Round 11, August 30
Firouzja, Alireza – MVL
D90 Grunfeld, Three Knights variation
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.h4 dxc4 6.e4 c5 7.d5 b5 8.h5 Nxh5 9.Nxb5 O-O 10.Bxc4 Bg4 11.Qc2 Na6 12.Be3 Rb8 13.Qd2 Nc7 14.Nc3 Ne8 15.Bh6 Rxb2 16.Qxb2 Bxh6 17.Ne5 Bd7 18.Be2 Bg7 19.Nxd7 Qxd7 20.Bxh5 gxh5 21.Rc1 Qg4 22.Qe2 Qg5 23.Qe3 Qxe3+ 24.fxe3 Be5 25.Rxh5 f6 26.Na4 Nd6 27.Nxc5 Rc8 28.Kd1 Bb2 29.Rc2 Ba3 30.Ne6 Rxc2 31.Kxc2 Nxe4 32.Rh4 1-0
Round 11, August 30
Naroditsky, Daniel – Hansen, Eric
C47 Four Knights, Belgrade Gambit
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.d4 exd4 5.Nd5 Be7 6.Bd3 O-O 7.O-O d6 8.h3 Nxd5 9.exd5 Ne5 10.Nxd4 Bf6 11.Be4 Re8 12.c3 Bd7 13.Qc2 g6 14.f4 Nc4 15.b3 Qe7 16.Re1 Bxd4+ 17.cxd4 Nb6 18.Bd2 Qf6 19.Qc3 Rxe4 20.Rxe4 Nxd5 21.Qf3 Bc6 22.Rae1 Qf5 23.g4 Qd7 24.Qf2 f5 25.Re6 Qf7 26.Qh4 Re8 27.gxf5 gxf5 28.Qg5+ Kf8 29.Qh6+ Kg8 30.Rxe8+ Bxe8 31.Kh2 Kh8 32.Qg5 Bc6 33.Rg1 Qf8 34.Be1 h6 35.Qh4 Kh7 36.Bf2 Qf7 37.Qg3 a6 38.Be1 Bb5 39.Bc3 Bc6 40.Bb2 Bb5 41.Re1 Bc6 42.a4 Bd7 43.Rg1 Bc6 44.Re1 Bd7 45.Rg1 Bc6 46.Re1 Bd7 1/2-1/2
Round 12, August 30
Duda, Jan-Krzysztof – Hansen, Eric
E32 Nimzo-Indian, Classical variation
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 O-O 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.Qxc3 d6 7.Nf3 b6 8.g3 Bb7 9.Bg2 Nbd7 10.O-O c5 11.Rd1 Qe7 12.b3 Rac8 13.Bb2 d5 14.dxc5 Nxc5 15.Ne5 dxc4 16.Bxb7 Qxb7 17.Nxc4 Rfd8 18.Nd6 Rxd6 19.Rxd6 Nce4 20.Qd3 Nxd6 21.Qxd6 Qe4 22.Re1 h5 23.Bxf6 gxf6 24.Qe7 Kg7 25.Qxa7 Ra8 26.Qxb6 Rxa3 27.Qc5 Rxb3 28.Qxh5 Qb4 29.Rd1 Qe4 30.h3 Rb2 31.Re1 Qb4 32.Kf1 Qe4 33.Qf3 f5 34.Qc3+ Kg8 35.f3 Qb7 36.Qf6 Qb5 37.h4 Rc2 38.Qg5+ Kh7 39.g4 Qe5 40.Qh5+ Kg7 41.Qg5+ Kh7 42.gxf5 exf5 43.Qh5+ Kg7 44.Qg5+ Kh7 45.Qg2 Rc4 46.Qh3 Qf6 47.Kg2 1/2-1/2
Round 12, August 30
MVL – Naroditsky, Daniel
E90 King’s Indian, Zinnowitz variation
1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.d4 O-O 5.e4 d6 6.Bg5 c5 7.d5 e6 8.Be2 exd5 9.exd5 h6 10.Be3 Bg4 11.Nd2 Bxe2 12.Qxe2 Re8 13.O-O Nbd7 14.Rae1 a6 15.a4 Qb6 16.b3 Qb4 17.Rc1 Re7 18.h3 Rae8 19.Qd3 Nh5 20.Nce4 Qb6 21.g4 Nhf6 22.Ng3 Ne5 23.Qc2 Qd8 24.Bf4 Qd7 25.Kg2 b5 26.axb5 axb5 27.Ra1 bxc4 28.bxc4 h5 29.g5 Nh7 30.Ra6 h4 31.Nge4 Qf5 32.Nf6+ Nxf6 33.Qxf5 gxf5 34.gxf6 Bxf6 35.Rxd6 Bg7 36.Bxe5 Rxe5 37.Rc6 Bf8 38.Rd1 Re2 39.d6 Rd8 40.Nf3 Re6 41.Nxh4 Rf6 42.Rxc5 Rfxd6 43.Rxd6 Rxd6 44.Rxf5 Rd2 45.Nf3 Rc2 46.Ne5 Bg7 47.Nxf7 Rxc4 48.Ng5 Bh6 49.Nf3 Rc2 50.Ne5 Bg7 51.Ng4 Kh7 52.h4 Bd4 53.h5 Rc7 54.Kg3 Bg7 55.Kh4 Rc6 56.f4 Rc7 57.Rd5 Rf7 58.f5 Bh8 59.h6 Bb2 60.Kg5 Bc1+ 61.Kh5 Bb2 62.f6 Bc3 63.Rf5 Bb2 64.Rf1 Bc3 65.Rf2 Bd4 66.Re2 Bc5 67.Re6 Bf8 68.Kg5 Rb7 69.f7 Rxf7 70.Nf6+ Rxf6 71.Kxf6 Bxh6 72.Kf7 Bf4 73.Re4 Bg5 74.Re1 1-0
Round 12, August 30
Dominguez, Leinier- Firouzja, Alireza
C54 Giuoco Piano
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d3 Bc5 5.c3 d6 6.O-O a6 7.a4 Ba7 8.Re1 O-O 9.h3 h6 10.Nbd2 Re8 11.b4 Be6 12.Bxe6 Rxe6 13.Qc2 Qd7 14.Nf1 d5 15.Be3 Bxe3 16.Nxe3 Ne7 17.Rab1 Ng6 18.c4 d4 19.Nf5 Rae8 20.c5 Ne7 21.Ng3 b5 22.cxb6 cxb6 23.b5 Rc8 24.Qa2 a5 25.Rbc1 Qd8 26.Nf5 Ng6 27.h4 Kh7 28.Rc6 Rcxc6 29.bxc6 Qc7 30.Rc1 Nf4 31.Qd2 Re8 32.Rb1 Ne6 33.Qb2 Rb8 34.Qb5 Nc5 35.Nd2 g6 36.Ng3 Ne8 37.Nc4 Nd6 38.Nxd6 Qxd6 39.Nf1 Rc8 40.Qxb6 Rxc6 41.Qxa5 Nxd3 42.Qb5 Nf4 43.g3 Ne6 44.Nd2 d3 45.Nc4 Qc7 46.Ne3 d2 47.Rd1 Rc1 48.Kg2 Rxd1 49.Nxd1 Qc2 50.Qe2 Nd4 51.Qg4 h5 52.Qd7 Qxe4+ 53.Kg1 Kg7 0-1
(to be continued)
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