[Event "American Cup Open - Elim Bracket"]
[Site "St Louis"]
[Date "2022.04.22"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Shankland, Sam"]
[Black "Robson, Ray"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E10"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2681"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2022.04.22"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventCountry "USA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O Nbd7 8.
Qc2 c6 9. Bf4 b6 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. Rc1 Bb7 12. Bc7 Qe8 13. Qb3 Ne4 14. Nc3 Nxc3
15. Rxc3 Rc8 16. Rac1 Nb8 17. Ne5 Na6 18. Bh3 Nxc7 19. Rxc7 Bd6 20. Rxc8 Bxc8
21. e3 Bb7 22. Bf1 Bxe5 23. dxe5 Qb8 24. f4 Rc8 25. Rc3 h6 26. h4 Rxc3 27. Qxc3
Qc8 28. Kf2 Qc5 29. Ke1 Kf8 30. Kd2 Ke7 31. b4 Qxc3+ 32. Kxc3 Bc6 33. b5 Bd7
34. Kd4 Bc8 35. a4 Bb7 36. g4 Bc8 37. h5 Bb7 38. g5 Bc8 39. Bd3 Bd7 40. e4 dxe4
41. Bxe4 Bc8 42. Bc6 Bd7 43. Bb7 Kf8 44. Ke3 Ke7 45. Kf3 Kf8 46. Kg3 Ke7 47.
Be4 Bc8 48. Bc6 Bd7 49. Be4 Bc8 50. Bc6 Bd7 51. Be4 Bc8 52. Bc6 Bd7 53. Be4
1/2-1/2

[Event "American Cup Open - Elim Bracket"]
[Site "St Louis"]
[Date "2022.04.22"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Xiong, Jeffery"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2685"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2022.04.22"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventCountry "USA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 c6 4. Bg2 d5 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. Nf3 O-O 8. Ne5
Bf5 9. Bf4 Ne4 10. Qb3 Nc6 11. Qxd5 Nxd4 12. Bxe4 Qxd5 13. Bxd5 Nc2+ 14. Kd2
Nxa1 15. Nd3 e5 16. Bxe5 Bxe5 17. Nxe5 Nc2 18. g4 Nb4 19. gxf5 Nxd5 20. Nxd5
Rad8 21. e4 gxf5 22. Ke3 f6 23. Rg1+ Kh8 24. Nd3 fxe4 25. N3f4 Rg8 26. Rxg8+
Rxg8 27. Nxf6 Rg1 28. Nxe4 Rb1 29. Nd3 Rh1 30. f4 Rxh2 31. f5 Rh3+ 32. Kd4 Rf3
33. f6 h5 34. Ne5 Rf1 35. f7 h4 36. Ng5 Rf5 37. Ke4 Rf1 38. Ne6 1-0

[Event "American Cup Open - Elim Bracket"]
[Site "St Louis"]
[Date "2022.04.22"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Robson, Ray"]
[Black "Shankland, Sam"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2681"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2022.04.22"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventCountry "USA"]

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 Ne8 10. d5 Bc5 11. Re1 d6 12. Nc3 Bf5 13. Bd3 Qf6 14. Be3 Qg6
15. Bxf5 Qxf5 16. Bxc5 dxc5 17. Ne4 Nf6 18. Nxc5 b6 19. Na6 Nxd5 20. c4 Nf6 21.
Nxc7 Rad8 22. Qe2 Qf4 23. Nd5 Nxd5 24. cxd5 Rxd5 25. Rad1 Rxd1 26. Rxd1 g6 27.
g3 Qc7 28. h4 h5 29. b3 Rd8 30. Rxd8+ Qxd8 31. Qe5 Qc8 32. Qe7 Qc1+ 33. Kg2
Qc6+ 34. Kg1 Qc1+ 35. Kg2 Qc6+ 36. Kg1 Qc1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "American Cup Open - Elim Bracket"]
[Site "St Louis"]
[Date "2022.04.22"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Xiong, Jeffery"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[PlyCount "159"]
[EventDate "2022.04.22"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventCountry "USA"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 d5 6. Nbd2 O-O 7. O-O dxe4 8.
dxe4 a5 9. a4 Qe7 10. Qe2 h6 11. Nc4 Bd6 12. Rd1 Be6 13. b3 Rfd8 14. Bb2 Nd7
15. Nxd6 cxd6 16. Ba3 Nf6 17. Bxc6 bxc6 18. Nxe5 Qc7 19. Nc4 d5 20. exd5 cxd5
21. Qe5 Rd7 22. Qxc7 Rxc7 23. Ne3 Rxc3 24. b4 axb4 25. Bxb4 Rb3 26. Be1 g5 27.
a5 g4 28. Nc2 Ne4 29. Nd4 Rb7 30. Rdb1 Bc8 31. Rxb7 Bxb7 32. Rb1 Ba6 33. Rb6 h5
34. f3 gxf3 35. gxf3 Nc5 36. Bb4 Ne6 37. Nxe6 fxe6 38. Rxe6 Kf7 39. Rh6 Bc4 40.
Rxh5 Rb8 41. Bc5 Kg6 42. Re5 Rb1+ 43. Kf2 Ra1 44. Bb6 Ra2+ 45. Kg3 Kf6 46. Re1
Kf5 47. h4 Rd2 48. h5 d4 49. Re4 Bf1 50. Rf4+ Kg5 51. Rg4+ Kf5 52. Rf4+ Kg5 53.
Bd8+ Kxh5 54. Rf6 d3 55. Kf4 Ra2 56. Rf5+ Kg6 57. Rg5+ Kf7 58. Rg1 Be2 59. Ke3
d2 60. Kxe2 d1=Q+ 61. Kxd1 Ra1+ 62. Ke2 Rxg1 63. Bb6 Ra1 64. Ke3 Ke6 65. Kf4
Ra3 66. Kg4 Kf6 67. Bd4+ Ke6 68. Bb6 Kf6 69. Bd8+ Kg6 70. f4 Ra4 71. Bc7 Kf6
72. Bb6 Kg6 73. Bd8 Rb4 74. Bh4 Ra4 75. Be1 Kf6 76. Bc3+ Kg6 77. Be1 Kf6 78.
Bc3+ Kg6 79. Be1 Kf6 80. Bc3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "American Cup Open - Elim Bracket"]
[Site "St Louis"]
[Date "2022.04.24"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Sevian, Samuel"]
[Black "Robson, Ray"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2693"]
[BlackElo "2681"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[EventDate "2022.04.22"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventCountry "USA"]

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 Bd7 10. h3 h6 11. b3 c5 12. Bb2 Nd4 13. Nxd4 cxd4 14. Ne4
c5 15. c3 Bc6 16. Ng3 dxc3 17. Bxc3 h5 18. f4 h4 19. Nf5 Rh5 20. Ne3 g6 21.
Rad1+ Kc7 22. f5 gxf5 23. Nxf5 Rd8 24. Rxd8 Kxd8 25. Be1 Be7 26. Rf4 Rg5 27.
Rf2 Rh5 28. Kh1 Bd7 29. Nd6 Bxd6 30. exd6 Be6 31. Rf4 Kd7 32. Bxh4 Kxd6 33. Kg1
b5 34. Be1 Rf5 35. Rxf5 Bxf5 36. b4 cxb4 37. Bxb4+ Ke6 38. Kf2 Bb1 39. a3 f5
40. Ke3 Be4 41. g3 Kf6 42. Kf4 Bg2 43. h4 Kg6 44. Ke5 Bf1 45. Be1 Be2 46. Kd6
Bf1 47. Kc6 Be2 48. Kb7 Bf1 49. Kxa7 Be2 50. Kb6 Bf1 51. Bd2 Be2 52. Kc5 Bf1
53. Kd4 Be2 54. Ke3 Bd1 55. Kf4 Be2 56. Bb4 Bd1 57. Ke3 Bg4 58. Kd3 Bd1 59. Kd4
Be2 60. Kd5 Bd1 61. Kc5 Be2 62. Kd5 Bd1 63. Kc5 Be2 64. Kd5 Bd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "American Cup Open - Elim Bracket"]
[Site "St Louis"]
[Date "2022.04.24"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A14"]
[WhiteElo "2785"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "2022.04.22"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventCountry "USA"]

1. c4 e6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. b3 c5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Bb2
Nc6 9. Nc3 Nxc3 10. Bxc3 Qc7 11. Qc2 e5 12. b4 cxb4 13. Bxe5 Qa5 14. Bb2 Rd8
15. d4 Bg4 16. Rfd1 Rac8 17. Qe4 Be6 18. h4 h6 19. Qf4 Bd6 20. Qd2 Bg4 21. Nh2
Bh5 22. Rdc1 b3 23. Qxa5 Nxa5 24. Rxc8 Rxc8 25. axb3 b6 26. g4 Rc2 27. gxh5
Rxb2 28. Rc1 Kf8 29. Rc8+ Ke7 30. Ra8 Rxe2 31. Rxa7+ Kf8 32. Ra8+ Ke7 33. Ra7+
Ke8 34. Nf3 Rb2 35. Ne5 Rb1+ 36. Kh2 Rd1 37. Ra8+ Ke7 38. Ra7+ Ke8 39. f4 Rxd4
40. Ra8+ Ke7 41. Rxa5 Rxf4 42. Rd5 Rf5 43. Kh3 Bxe5 44. Rb5 f6 45. Rxb6 Rf4 46.
Rb7+ Ke6 47. Rxg7 Rd4 48. Bf3 Rd3 49. Kg2 Rxb3 50. Bg4+ Kd5 51. Bf5 Rb2+ 52.
Kf3 Rh2 53. Ra7 Rxh4 54. Ra5+ Kd6 55. Bg6 f5 56. Ra6+ Ke7 57. Ke2 Rh2+ 58. Kd3
Rh3+ 59. Kc4 Bf6 60. Ra7+ Kd6 61. Ra6+ Ke7 62. Ra7+ Kd6 63. Ra6+ Ke7 1/2-1/2

[Event "American Cup Open - Elim Bracket"]
[Site "St Louis"]
[Date "2022.04.24"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Robson, Ray"]
[Black "Sevian, Samuel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2681"]
[BlackElo "2693"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2022.04.22"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventCountry "USA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 c5 6. O-O Nc6 7. dxc5 Qxd1 8.
Rxd1 Bxc5 9. Nbd2 c3 10. bxc3 O-O 11. Bb2 Bd7 12. Nb3 Be7 13. c4 Rfd8 14. Nfd4
Rac8 15. Nb5 b6 16. Nd6 Bxd6 17. Rxd6 Be8 18. Rxd8 Nxd8 19. Rc1 Bc6 20. c5 Bxg2
21. Kxg2 Nd7 22. cxb6 Rxc1 23. Bxc1 axb6 24. Kf3 f5 25. Ke3 e5 26. Kd3 b5 27.
e4 g6 28. exf5 gxf5 29. g4 fxg4 30. Ke4 Nc6 31. Kd5 Nb4+ 32. Kd6 Nf6 33. Kxe5
Kf7 34. a3 Nd3+ 35. Kf5 Nxf2 36. Nd4 N2e4 37. Nxb5 g3 38. hxg3 Nxg3+ 39. Kg5
Nd5 40. a4 Ke6 41. a5 Ne4+ 42. Kh6 Nc5 43. Kxh7 Nb3 44. a6 Nxc1 45. a7 Nb6 46.
Nc7+ Kd7 47. a8=N Nxa8 48. Nxa8 Kc6 49. Kg6 Kb7 50. Kf5 Kxa8 1/2-1/2

[Event "American Cup Open - Elim Bracket"]
[Site "St Louis"]
[Date "2022.04.24"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E46"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2785"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2022.04.22"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventCountry "USA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd2 c5 6. a3 Bxc3 7. Bxc3 Ne4 8. Ne2
b6 9. d5 d6 10. Rc1 e5 11. Ng3 Nxc3 12. Rxc3 f5 13. Bd3 e4 14. Bc2 Nd7 15. O-O
Ne5 16. b4 Rf6 17. f4 exf3 18. gxf3 f4 19. Nh5 Bh3 20. exf4 Rh6 21. fxe5 Bxf1
22. Ng3 Bh3 23. e6 Qg5 24. bxc5 bxc5 25. Qe1 Rf8 26. f4 Qh4 27. Qe2 Qxf4 28. e7
Qd4+ 29. Kh1 Qxc3 30. e8=Q Rhf6 31. Q8e4 Qa1+ 32. Bb1 g6 33. Qe1 Qb2 34. Bd3
Rf4 35. Q4e2 Qf6 36. Kg1 Qd4+ 37. Qe3 Re8 0-1

[Event "American Cup Open - Elim Bracket"]
[Site "St Louis"]
[Date "2022.04.25"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Robson, Ray"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2785"]
[BlackElo "2681"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2022.04.22"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventCountry "USA"]

1. c4 e6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 d4 4. d3 c5 5. e3 Nf6 6. f4 dxe3 7. Bxe3 Bd6 8. Nc3
O-O 9. g4 Nc6 10. g5 Nd7 11. Bxc6 bxc6 12. Nf3 f5 13. Qd2 e5 14. O-O-O Re8 15.
Rhe1 Qc7 16. fxe5 Nxe5 17. Nxe5 Rxe5 18. Kb1 Bd7 19. Rf1 Rae8 20. Bf4 R5e7 21.
h4 Be5 22. Qf2 Qd6 23. Rd2 Bxf4 24. Qxf4 Qd4 25. Kc2 Re5 26. h5 R8e6 27. Qh2
Be8 28. Ne2 Qd8 29. Nf4 Re7 30. g6 h6 31. Ne2 Qa5 32. Nc3 Qd8 33. Qf4 Qd4 34.
Na4 Bd7 35. a3 a5 36. b3 Kf8 37. Nxc5 Qxc5 38. d4 Qxa3 39. dxe5 a4 40. Rf3 Qa2+
41. Kd1 Qa1+ 42. Ke2 a3 43. Rxd7 Qb2+ 44. Rd2 Rxe5+ 45. Re3 1-0

[Event "American Cup Open - Elim Bracket"]
[Site "St Louis"]
[Date "2022.04.25"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Robson, Ray"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2681"]
[BlackElo "2785"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2022.04.22"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventCountry "USA"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 d5 6. d4 exd4 7. e5 Ne4 8. cxd4
Bb6 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Be3 Bg4 11. h3 Bh5 12. Qc2 Bg6 13. Qb3 Ne7 14. O-O c6 15.
Bd3 Nd2 16. Nxd2 Bxd3 17. Rfe1 Ng6 18. Na4 Bf5 19. Rac1 f6 20. Nf3 Be4 21. Nd2
Bf5 22. Nc5 fxe5 23. Nxb7 Qf6 24. dxe5 Nxe5 25. Nc5 Bxc5 26. Bxc5 Nd3 27. Bxf8
Rxf8 28. Qc3 Qg6 29. Re3 Nf4 30. g4 h5 31. Qxc6 Rc8 32. Qxc8+ Bxc8 33. Rxc8+
Kh7 34. Rf3 Nxh3+ 35. Kh2 Qd6+ 36. Kh1 hxg4 37. Rff8 Qa6 38. Kg2 Nf4+ 39. Kg3
Ng6 40. Rf5 Qxc8 0-1

[Event "American Cup Open - Elim Bracket"]
[Site "St Louis"]
[Date "2022.04.26"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2785"]
[BlackElo "2756"]
[PlyCount "165"]
[EventDate "2022.04.22"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventCountry "USA"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Be3 O-O
8. Qd2 Nd7 9. O-O-O Nf6 10. Bd3 Re8 11. Rhe1 Bg4 12. c4 g6 13. Bd4 Bxf3 14.
gxf3 Bf8 15. Re3 Bg7 16. Kb1 Qd7 17. a3 Nh5 18. Bxg7 Nxg7 19. Be4 Qc8 20. Rd3
Ne6 21. h4 Nc5 22. Rd4 Re5 23. Bd5 c6 24. f4 Re8 25. Bh1 Qh3 26. Rxd6 Qxh4 27.
f5 Ne4 28. Bxe4 Rxe4 29. Qb4 b6 30. f6 Rae8 31. Qa4 Qxf2 32. Qxc6 Qc5 33. Qb7
Re1 34. Qd7 h5 35. b3 Qxa3 36. R6d4 Qc5 37. Rxe1 Rxe1+ 38. Kb2 Qa5 39. Qd8+ Kh7
40. Rd1 Rxd1 41. Qxd1 Qe5+ 42. c3 Qxf6 43. b4 h4 44. Qg4 Qf2+ 45. Kb3 f5 46.
Qg5 h3 47. Qe7+ Kh6 48. c5 bxc5 49. bxc5 h2 50. Qf6 Qxc5 51. Qh4+ Kg7 52. Qxh2
g5 53. c4 f4 54. Qb2+ Kg6 55. Qc2+ Kf6 56. Qc3+ Qe5 57. Qb4 g4 58. Qf8+ Kg5 59.
Qd8+ Qf6 60. Qd5+ Qf5 61. Qd8+ Qf6 62. Qd5+ Kh6 63. Qh1+ Kg7 64. Qe4 g3 65. c5
f3 66. Qg4+ Qg6 67. Qd4+ Kg8 68. Qd8+ Kg7 69. Qd4+ Qf6 70. Qg4+ Kf8 71. Qc8+
Ke7 72. Qb7+ Ke6 73. c6 Qf7 74. Qxf7+ Kxf7 75. c7 g2 76. c8=Q g1=Q 77. Qf5+ Ke7
78. Qxf3 Qb1+ 79. Ka4 Qa2+ 80. Qa3+ Qxa3+ 81. Kxa3 a5 82. Ka4 Ke6 83. Kxa5
1/2-1/2

[Event "American Cup Open - Elim Bracket"]
[Site "St Louis"]
[Date "2022.04.26"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "2756"]
[BlackElo "2785"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2022.04.22"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventCountry "USA"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. Nc3 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. a4 Bg4 8. h3
Bh5 9. Be3 Kh8 10. Nd5 Nxd5 11. Bxd5 Qc8 12. g4 Bg6 13. Kh2 Nd8 14. Rg1 c6 15.
Ba2 f6 16. Nh4 Bf7 17. Nf5 Qd7 18. d4 Bxa2 19. Rxa2 exd4 20. Qxd4 Ne6 21. Qd3
Rfd8 22. c4 Bf8 23. Rd1 Qf7 24. b3 Nc5 25. Bxc5 dxc5 26. Qf3 Qc7+ 27. Kg2 Rxd1
28. Qxd1 g6 29. Ne3 Qe5 30. Qd3 Be7 31. Nf1 Rd8 32. Qf3 Rd4 33. Rd2 Kg7 34.
Rxd4 cxd4 35. Qd3 Bd6 36. Ng3 c5 37. Kf1 Qg5 38. Ne2 h5 39. gxh5 Qxh5 40. Kg2
Qg5+ 41. Kf1 Be5 42. Qc2 b6 43. Qd3 Kf7 44. Qc2 Ke7 45. Qd3 Kd6 46. Ke1 Kc7 47.
Qf3 Kb7 48. Qg4 Qh6 49. Qd7+ Bc7 50. Qd5+ Ka6 51. Qd7 Kb7 52. Qd5+ Ka6 53. Qd7
Kb7 1/2-1/2