PGN Chess Game 2022 US Senior Championship (USA)

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[Event "2022 U.S. Senior Ch."]
[Site "St Louis"]
[Date "2022.07.07"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Akopian, Vladimir"]
[Black "Novikov, Igor A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2547"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2022.07.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[WhiteTeam "United States"]
[BlackTeam "United States"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. f3 b5 8. Qd2
Nbd7 9. g4 h6 10. O-O-O b4 11. Nce2 Qc7 12. h4 d5 13. Bh3 Ne5 14. Bf4 Bd6 15.
Bxe5 Bxe5 16. g5 Nh5 17. exd5 Nf4 18. dxe6 fxe6 19. gxh6 Rxh6 20. Bg4 Rb8 21.
Kb1 Rb6 22. Nxf4 Bxf4 23. Qd3 Kf7 24. h5 Rf6 25. Rhe1 Rd6 26. Qe2 Bg3 27. Rg1
Bf4 28. Nb3 Bb7 29. Rxd6 Qxd6 30. Rd1 Bd5 31. Nd4 Qb6 32. Qd3 a5 33. a4 bxa3
34. Qxa3 Qb4 35. Qd3 Be5 36. Qe3 Bf4 37. Qe2 a4 38. Qa6 e5 39. Qa7+ Kg8 40. Nf5
Rf7 41. Qf2 a3 42. c3 Qb3 43. Rxd5 Qxd5 44. Qc2 axb2 45. Nh4 Ra7 46. c4 Ra1+
0-1

[Event "2022 U.S. Senior Ch."]
[Site "St Louis"]
[Date "2022.07.07"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Khmelnitsky, Igor"]
[Black "De Firmian, Nick"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2472"]
[BlackElo "2496"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2022.07.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[WhiteTeam "United States"]
[BlackTeam "United States"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 b6 3. Bf4 Bb7 4. e3 d6 5. h3 Nbd7 6. Nbd2 g6 7. Bd3 Bg7 8. Bg3
O-O 9. Qe2 e5 10. Ba6 Bxa6 11. Qxa6 exd4 12. exd4 Re8+ 13. Kf1 Nf8 14. Bh4 Qd7
15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Qd3 Ne6 17. g3 d5 18. c3 c5 19. a4 cxd4 20. cxd4 Ng5 21. Nxg5
Bxg5 22. Kg2 Bxd2 23. Qxd2 Re4 24. a5 Rae8 25. axb6 axb6 26. Rhe1 Qe6 27. Rxe4
Qxe4+ 28. Kg1 Kg7 29. Qc3 Re6 30. Rc1 h5 31. h4 Qe2 1/2-1/2

[Event "2022 U.S. Senior Ch."]
[Site "St Louis"]
[Date "2022.07.07"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Dlugy, Maxim"]
[Black "Gurevich, Dmitry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2513"]
[BlackElo "2351"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2022.07.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[WhiteTeam "United States"]
[BlackTeam "United States"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 Nc6 3. Nf3 d6 4. Nc3 g6 5. Qd2 Bg4 6. O-O-O Bxf3 7. gxf3 h6 8.
e4 Bg7 9. Be3 a6 10. Qe2 e6 11. e5 dxe5 12. dxe5 Nd7 13. f4 Qe7 14. Bg2 Rb8 15.
Bxc6 bxc6 16. Qxa6 Qb4 17. Na4 Qb5 18. Qxb5 cxb5 19. Nc5 Nxc5 20. Bxc5 Bf8 21.
Bxf8 Rxf8 22. Rd3 Ke7 23. Rhd1 Rfc8 24. b3 b4 25. Kb2 Rb5 26. h4 g5 27. hxg5
hxg5 28. Rd7+ Ke8 29. fxg5 Rxe5 30. g6 Rf5 31. g7 Rg5 32. R7d4 c5 33. Rd7 Rxg7
34. Rb7 Rd8 35. Rxd8+ Kxd8 36. c3 Kc8 37. Ra7 Kb8 38. Re7 Kc8 39. a4 bxa3+ 40.
Kxa3 Kd8 41. Ra7 Ke8 42. Ka4 Rg5 43. Kb5 Rf5 44. c4 Rf3 45. Ra3 Rf5 46. Kc6 Kd8
47. Ra2 Rf3 48. Rb2 Rf5 49. b4 cxb4 50. c5 b3 51. Rxb3 Rxf2 52. Kb7 Rc2 53. c6
f5 54. Rd3+ Ke7 55. c7 1/2-1/2

[Event "2022 U.S. Senior Ch."]
[Site "St Louis"]
[Date "2022.07.07"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2496"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2022.07.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[WhiteTeam "United States"]
[BlackTeam "United States"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 a6 3. c3 e6 4. d4 d5 5. e5 Bd7 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O cxd4 8. cxd4
Qb6 9. Nbd2 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 Qxd4 11. Nf3 Qa4 12. Bc2 Qa5 13. Bd2 Bb4 14. Be3 Bc5
15. Bd2 Qd8 16. Ng5 Be7 17. h4 Bb5 18. Re1 Qd7 19. Rc1 Bd8 20. Qg4 h5 21. Qf3
g6 22. Bb4 Nh6 23. Bd6 Bc6 24. Qf4 Be7 25. Bd3 Nf5 26. Bxf5 gxf5 27. Re3 Rg8
28. Rg3 Bxd6 29. exd6 O-O-O 30. Qd4 Kb8 31. Rgc3 Rc8 32. Qf6 Rgf8 33. Nh7 Rfd8
34. Ng5 Rf8 35. Nh7 Rfd8 36. Ng5 1/2-1/2

[Event "2022 U.S. Senior Ch."]
[Site "St Louis"]
[Date "2022.07.07"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Christiansen, Larry"]
[Black "Kaidanov, Gregory"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2577"]
[BlackElo "2548"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2022.07.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[WhiteTeam "United States"]
[BlackTeam "United States"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. b3 d5 2. Bb2 Nf6 3. Nf3 e6 4. g3 c5 5. Bg2 Nc6 6. O-O Be7 7. d4 O-O 8. Nbd2
b5 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. c4 bxc4 11. bxc4 Bb6 12. Rc1 Bb7 13. cxd5 exd5 14. Qa4 Rc8
15. e3 Re8 16. Rfd1 Qe7 17. Qh4 Bd8 18. Nb3 Qf8 19. Qa4 Qb4 20. Qxb4 Nxb4 21.
Rxc8 Bxc8 22. a3 Nc6 23. Rc1 Bb7 24. Nfd4 Ne5 25. Nc5 Ba8 26. Bf1 Bb6 27. Na4
Bxd4 28. Bxd4 Nf3+ 29. Kg2 Nxd4 30. exd4 Kf8 31. f3 Bb7 32. Nc5 Bc6 33. Bd3 Ke7
34. Kf2 Kd6 35. h4 Rb8 36. Rb1 Rxb1 37. Bxb1 h6 38. Bd3 Nd7 39. Nxd7 Bxd7 40.
Ke3 g5 41. hxg5 hxg5 42. Kd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "2022 U.S. Senior Ch."]
[Site "St Louis"]
[Date "2022.07.08"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Kaidanov, Gregory"]
[Black "Dlugy, Maxim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2548"]
[BlackElo "2513"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2022.07.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[WhiteTeam "United States"]
[BlackTeam "United States"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O h6 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. Bf4 d5 11. Qe3 Bb4 12. Be2 O-O 13. e5 Nh7 14. a3 Be7
15. Ne4 f5 16. Nd6 Ng5 17. h4 Ne4 18. Nxe4 fxe4 19. Qg3 Kh8 20. Bxh6 gxh6 21.
Qg6 Rxf2 22. Qxh6+ Kg8 23. Qg6+ Kh8 24. Rdf1 Bc5 25. Qh5+ Kg8 26. Qg4+ Kh8 27.
Qh5+ Kg8 28. Qg4+ Kh8 29. Qh5+ Kg8 30. Qg4+ Kh8 31. Qh5+ Kg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "2022 U.S. Senior Ch."]
[Site "St Louis"]
[Date "2022.07.08"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Khmelnitsky, Igor"]
[Black "Christiansen, Larry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2472"]
[BlackElo "2577"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2022.07.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[WhiteTeam "United States"]
[BlackTeam "United States"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 e6 6. Na3 a6 7. Nc2 cxd4 8.
Nfxd4 e5 9. Qe2 Be7 10. Ne3 Qd8 11. Ndf5 O-O 12. Nxe7+ Qxe7 13. Qf3 Nc6 14. Be2
e4 15. Qg3 Be6 16. O-O Rad8 17. Nc2 Nd5 18. f3 Bf5 19. f4 Rd6 20. Ne3 Nxe3 21.
Bxe3 Rg6 22. Qe1 Rd8 23. Kh1 h6 24. Qf2 Qe8 25. Rg1 Qe6 26. b3 Bg4 27. Bc4 Qc8
28. Rae1 Re8 29. Rgf1 Ne7 30. Bc5 b5 31. Rxe4 bxc4 32. Rxe7 Rxe7 33. Bxe7 Qb7
34. Bh4 Bf5 35. Bg3 cxb3 36. axb3 Qxb3 37. Qc5 Qc2 38. Qf2 Qxc3 39. Re1 Kh7 40.
Re5 Rd6 41. h3 Rd2 42. Qe3 Rd3 43. Qc5 Qxc5 44. Rxc5 Bxh3 45. Bf2 Bd7 46. Kh2
Kg6 47. Be1 f6 48. Rc3 Rd1 49. Rg3+ Kf7 50. Re3 Be6 51. Bc3 Rc1 52. Bd2 Ra1 53.
Rc3 Ra2 54. Rc7+ Kg8 55. Bc3 Bd5 56. Rd7 Rxg2+ 57. Kh3 Be6+ 58. Kxg2 Bxd7 59.
Kf3 Kf7 60. Bb4 g5 0-1

[Event "2022 U.S. Senior Ch."]
[Site "St Louis"]
[Date "2022.07.08"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Akopian, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[PlyCount "182"]
[EventDate "2022.07.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[WhiteTeam "United States"]
[BlackTeam "United States"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 Bxc3 7. bxc3 d6 8.
Bg5 h6 9. Bh4 Qe7 10. Nd2 Nd8 11. Re1 g5 12. Bg3 Ne6 13. d4 Nf4 14. Bf1 Be6 15.
a4 a5 16. Qc1 N6h5 17. Qb2 b6 18. c4 exd4 19. Qxd4 Qf6 20. c3 Qg7 21. Nb1 Bd7
22. Na3 Ne6 23. Qxg7+ Kxg7 24. Nb5 Nxg3 25. hxg3 Rae8 26. Bd3 Nc5 27. Bc2 Bxb5
28. cxb5 Re5 29. f3 Nd7 30. Kf2 Rc5 31. Re3 h5 32. Rh1 Rh8 33. Bb3 Ne5 34. Ba2
Ng6 35. Bb3 h4 36. g4 Nf4 37. Rd1 Kf6 38. Ba2 Ke7 39. Bb3 f6 40. Ba2 Kd7 41.
Bb3 c6 42. bxc6+ Kxc6 43. c4 Re5 44. Bc2 Kc7 45. Bd3 Rc5 46. Bf1 Ng6 47. Red3
Rd8 48. Rd4 Ne5 49. Be2 Rc6 50. Bf1 Kd7 51. Be2 Ke7 52. Ke3 Rh8 53. Bf1 Nd7 54.
Ra1 Nc5 55. Rdd1 Rcc8 56. Ra2 Rc6 57. Rb1 Nd7 58. Rd1 Ne5 59. Rc1 Rhc8 60. Rac2
Rc5 61. Be2 Ng6 62. Bf1 Nf4 63. Kf2 R8c6 64. Rc3 Re5 65. R3c2 Rec5 66. Rc3 Kd7
67. R3c2 Kc7 68. Rd2 b5 69. axb5 Rxb5 70. cxb5 Rxc1 71. b6+ Kxb6 72. Rxd6+ Rc6
73. Rd2 Kc7 74. Bb5 Rd6 75. Rc2+ Kb6 76. Be8 Rd8 77. Rb2+ Ka7 78. Bb5 Rb8 79.
Ke3 Nxg2+ 80. Rxg2 Rxb5 81. f4 Rb3+ 82. Kd4 gxf4 83. e5 Rb4+ 84. Kd5 Rb5+ 85.
Ke6 fxe5 86. g5 f3 87. Rf2 e4 88. g6 h3 89. g7 Rg5 90. Kf7 e3 91. Rxf3 e2 0-1

[Event "2022 U.S. Senior Ch."]
[Site "St Louis"]
[Date "2022.07.08"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "De Firmian, Nick"]
[Black "Novikov, Igor A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2496"]
[BlackElo "2547"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2022.07.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[WhiteTeam "United States"]
[BlackTeam "United States"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Nxd7 5. c4 Ne5 6. d4 Nxf3+ 7. gxf3 cxd4
8. Qxd4 Nf6 9. h4 g6 10. Nc3 Bg7 11. Bg5 Qa5 12. Rc1 Rc8 13. Bd2 Qc5 14. Qxc5
Rxc5 15. b3 a6 16. Ke2 Rc6 17. Nd5 e6 18. Nxf6+ Bxf6 19. h5 Ke7 20. hxg6 hxg6
21. Rxh8 Bxh8 22. a4 Bd4 23. Bg5+ Kd7 24. Rd1 e5 25. Be3 Bxe3 26. fxe3 Ke6 27.
Kd3 Rc8 28. Rh1 a5 29. Ke2 b6 30. Kf2 Kf6 31. Rd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "2022 U.S. Senior Ch."]
[Site "St Louis"]
[Date "2022.07.08"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Gurevich, Dmitry"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2351"]
[BlackElo "2496"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2022.07.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[WhiteTeam "United States"]
[BlackTeam "United States"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Bb4+ 5. Nd2 O-O 6. Ngf3 b6 7. O-O Bb7 8. a3
Be7 9. b4 Nbd7 10. c5 a5 11. Bb2 axb4 12. axb4 Rxa1 13. Qxa1 Qa8 14. e3 Bc6 15.
Rc1 Qb7 16. Ba3 Ra8 17. Qc3 Bb5 18. Bb2 c6 19. Ng5 Ne8 20. h4 h6 21. Ngf3 Nef6
22. Bh3 Be2 23. Bg2 Rb8 24. Ba3 Qa6 25. Ne1 Ne8 26. e4 Nc7 27. Qe3 bxc5 28.
bxc5 Bf6 29. e5 Be7 30. Ra1 Ra8 31. Nc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "2022 U.S. Senior Ch."]
[Site "St Louis"]
[Date "2022.07.09"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Dlugy, Maxim"]
[Black "Khmelnitsky, Igor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2513"]
[BlackElo "2472"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2022.07.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[WhiteTeam "United States"]
[BlackTeam "United States"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 c5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e4 dxe4 5. dxc5 Bg4 6. Qxd8+ Kxd8 7. h3 Bd7 8.
O-O-O Nc6 9. g4 h6 10. Bg2 e5 11. Be3 Rc8 12. Nxe4 Nxe4 13. Bxe4 Kc7 14. Nf3 g6
15. Rhe1 Bg7 16. Bd2 Rce8 17. Bc3 Nd4 18. Nxd4 exd4 19. Bxd4 Bxd4 20. Rxd4 Bc8
21. Kd2 h5 22. Bf3 Rxe1 23. Kxe1 hxg4 24. hxg4 g5 25. Re4 Be6 26. Re5 Re8 27.
Bd5 Bd7 28. Rxe8 Bxe8 29. f3 f6 30. Kd2 Bd7 31. Be4 Be6 32. Kc3 Bf7 33. a4 Be6
34. a5 Bf7 35. Kd4 Be6 36. b4 a6 37. c4 Bd7 38. Kd5 1-0

[Event "2022 U.S. Senior Ch."]
[Site "St Louis"]
[Date "2022.07.09"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Akopian, Vladimir"]
[Black "Gurevich, Dmitry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2351"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2022.07.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[WhiteTeam "United States"]
[BlackTeam "United States"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 Be7 8.
O-O-O O-O 9. f4 h6 10. Bh4 Bd7 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. Ndb5 d5 13. exd5 Nb4 14. dxe6
Bxe6 15. a3 Na2+ 16. Nxa2 Bxa2 17. Qxd8 Rfxd8 18. Nd6 Be7 19. Bc4 Bxd6 20. Bxa2
Bxf4+ 21. Kb1 Be5 22. Rd5 Rxd5 23. Bxd5 Rd8 24. c4 Kf8 25. Kc2 b5 26. b3 bxc4
27. bxc4 Rb8 28. h3 Ke7 29. Kd3 Rb3+ 30. Ke4 f6 31. a4 1/2-1/2

[Event "2022 U.S. Senior Ch."]
[Site "St Louis"]
[Date "2022.07.09"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Kaidanov, Gregory"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2496"]
[BlackElo "2548"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2022.07.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[WhiteTeam "United States"]
[BlackTeam "United States"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. c4 e6 2. e4 d5 3. cxd5 exd5 4. exd5 Nf6 5. Bb5+ Nbd7 6. Nc3 Be7 7. Nf3 O-O
8. d4 Nb6 9. O-O Nbxd5 10. Re1 c6 11. Bc4 Be6 12. Bb3 h6 13. Ne5 Re8 14. Qf3
Bf8 15. Bd2 Nxc3 16. bxc3 Bxb3 17. axb3 Qd5 18. Qxd5 Nxd5 19. Kf1 a6 20. Nd7
Be7 21. c4 Nf6 22. Ne5 Bd6 23. Bc3 Rad8 24. Ba5 Rc8 25. Bc3 Rcd8 26. Ba5 Rc8
27. Bc3 Rcd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "2022 U.S. Senior Ch."]
[Site "St Louis"]
[Date "2022.07.09"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Christiansen, Larry"]
[Black "De Firmian, Nick"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2577"]
[BlackElo "2496"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2022.07.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[WhiteTeam "United States"]
[BlackTeam "United States"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. a3 Bc5 7. e3 d5 8. Be2
O-O 9. cxd5 exd5 10. O-O Re8 11. b4 Bb6 12. Ncb5 Ne5 13. Nf3 Nc6 14. Bb2 Ne4
15. Rc1 Bg4 16. Nfd4 Bxe2 17. Qxe2 Qd7 18. Nxc6 bxc6 19. Nd4 Rac8 20. Rfd1 f6
21. Rc2 Nd6 22. Nf3 Qb7 23. Bd4 Nc4 24. Qd3 a5 25. h3 axb4 26. axb4 Bxd4 27.
Nxd4 Kh8 28. Qc3 Ra8 29. Ra1 h6 30. Rca2 Rxa2 31. Rxa2 Ra8 32. Rxa8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "2022 U.S. Senior Ch."]
[Site "St Louis"]
[Date "2022.07.09"]
[Round "3.5"]
[White "Novikov, Igor A"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2547"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2022.07.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[WhiteTeam "United States"]
[BlackTeam "United States"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Be3 a6 7. Qd2 Nc6 8. Nge2
Bd7 9. Rb1 h5 10. b4 e6 11. g3 Ne7 12. Bg2 d5 13. e5 Nh7 14. c5 Nf5 15. h4 f6
16. f4 Bb5 17. Nxb5 axb5 18. Rb3 c6 19. Bf2 Bh6 20. Bh3 Ra7 21. a3 Qe7 22. Qd3
Qf7 23. Kd1 Bg7 24. Be3 Raa8 25. Bd2 Nh6 26. Rf1 Ng4 27. Ng1 Nh2 28. Rf2 Ng4
29. Rf1 Nh2 30. Rf2 Ng4 1/2-1/2

[Event "2022 U.S. Senior Ch."]
[Site "St Louis"]
[Date "2022.07.10"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Christiansen, Larry"]
[Black "Dlugy, Maxim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2577"]
[BlackElo "2513"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2022.07.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[WhiteTeam "United States"]
[BlackTeam "United States"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e3 e6 4. Bxc4 Nf6 5. Nf3 a6 6. O-O b5 7. Be2 Bb7 8. a4
b4 9. Nbd2 Nbd7 10. Nc4 c5 11. Nfe5 Be7 12. Bf3 Bd5 13. Nc6 Qc7 14. Nxe7 Kxe7
15. b3 Bxc4 16. bxc4 Rab8 17. Bb2 Rhc8 18. Rc1 Kf8 19. Qb3 a5 20. Rfd1 Kg8 21.
h3 h6 22. Rd2 Rd8 23. d5 e5 24. e4 Ne8 25. Bg4 Nd6 26. Bxd7 Qxd7 27. Bxe5 Nxe4
28. Re2 Nd6 29. Qg3 Nf5 30. Qg4 Rb6 31. Rce1 Rg6 32. Qf4 Re8 33. Kh2 Kh7 34. g3
f6 35. Bb2 Rxe2 36. Rxe2 Nd6 37. Re6 f5 38. Be5 Nf7 39. Qxf5 Nxe5 40. Qxe5 Rxe6
41. dxe6 Qe7 42. Qd5 b3 43. Qd3+ Kh8 44. Qxb3 Qxe6 45. Qb5 Qf5 46. Kg1 Qc2 47.
Qxa5 Qc1+ 48. Kg2 Qxc4 49. Qa8+ Kh7 50. a5 Qa4 51. a6 c4 52. Qe4+ Kh8 53. Qb7
1-0

[Event "2022 U.S. Senior Ch."]
[Site "St Louis"]
[Date "2022.07.10"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Kaidanov, Gregory"]
[Black "Akopian, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2548"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2022.07.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[WhiteTeam "United States"]
[BlackTeam "United States"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Qb6 5. Nb3 Nf6 6. Nc3 e6 7. Bd3 a6 8.
O-O Be7 9. Be3 Qc7 10. f4 d6 11. Qf3 O-O 12. Rae1 b5 13. Kh1 Bb7 14. Qh3 Nb4
15. a3 Nxd3 16. cxd3 e5 17. Rc1 Qd8 18. fxe5 dxe5 19. Nc5 Bxc5 20. Bxc5 Re8 21.
Qg3 Nd7 22. Be3 Nf8 23. Rf3 f6 24. Rd1 Qe7 25. Qf2 Rac8 26. Rg3 Red8 27. h4 Qf7
28. Rd2 Ne6 29. Rf3 h5 30. Ne2 Rc6 31. Ng3 Bc8 32. Nf5 Nc7 33. d4 Bxf5 34. Rxf5
exd4 35. Rxd4 Rxd4 36. Bxd4 Ne6 37. Be3 Qg6 38. e5 fxe5 39. Rxe5 Rc4 40. Bg5
Nxg5 41. hxg5 Rc1+ 42. Kh2 Qb1 43. Qe2 Rh1+ 44. Kg3 Qg6 45. Qe4 Kh7 46. Re6
Qxe4 47. Rxe4 Kg6 48. Re6+ Kxg5 49. Rxa6 h4+ 50. Kf2 Rb1 51. b4 Ra1 52. Rb6 Kf4
53. Rxb5 g5 54. Rc5 g4 55. Rc4+ Kf5 56. Rc5+ Ke4 57. Rc4+ Kf5 58. Rc5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "2022 U.S. Senior Ch."]
[Site "St Louis"]
[Date "2022.07.10"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "De Firmian, Nick"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2496"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2022.07.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[WhiteTeam "United States"]
[BlackTeam "United States"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Be3 a6 8. Bb3
Na5 9. f4 Qc7 10. Qf3 b5 11. f5 e5 12. Nde2 Nxb3 13. cxb3 Bb7 14. O-O Be7 15.
Ng3 O-O 16. Rac1 Qa5 17. Bg5 b4 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. Nd5 Bg5 20. f6 g6 21. Qg4
Bxc1 22. Ne7+ Kh8 23. Rxc1 Qb6+ 24. Kf1 Qe3 25. Rc7 Rab8 26. Ngf5 Qd3+ 27. Kf2
Qd2+ 28. Kf1 Bxe4 29. Qxe4 gxf5 30. Qxf5 e4 31. Qxe4 Qxb2 32. Qh4 Qa1+ 33. Kf2
Qxa2+ 34. Kf1 Qb1+ 35. Kf2 Rbe8 36. Rc4 d5 37. Rg4 Qc2+ 38. Kf1 Qd1+ 39. Kf2
Qd2+ 40. Kf3 Qd3+ 41. Kf2 Qd2+ 42. Kf3 Rc8 43. Rg7 Rc3+ 44. Kg4 Qxg2+ 45. Kf5
Rf3+ 46. Ke5 Qb2+ 47. Kxd5 Rd8+ 48. Kc5 Qc3+ 0-1

[Event "2022 U.S. Senior Ch."]
[Site "St Louis"]
[Date "2022.07.10"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Gurevich, Dmitry"]
[Black "Novikov, Igor A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2351"]
[BlackElo "2547"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2022.07.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[WhiteTeam "United States"]
[BlackTeam "United States"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. e4 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Bb4+ 6. Nc3 c5 7. Nf3 Nf6 8. Be2
O-O 9. O-O Nc6 10. a3 Bxc3 11. bxc3 Qa5 12. Qc2 Rd8 13. Be3 cxd4 14. cxd4 h6
15. Rfd1 Qc7 16. Ne5 Nxe5 17. dxe5 Rxd1+ 18. Rxd1 Nd7 19. Qe4 Nf8 20. Bf3 Rb8
21. Qd4 Nd7 22. Qxa7 Qxe5 23. g3 g5 24. h4 Kf8 25. hxg5 hxg5 26. Bxg5 Qxg5 27.
Rxd7 Bxd7 28. Qxb8+ Ke7 29. Qc7 Qc1+ 30. Kg2 Qxa3 31. c5 Qa4 32. Bxb7 Ke8 33.
Bf3 Bb5 34. Qb8+ Ke7 35. Qd6+ Kf6 36. c6 Qc4 37. Kh2 Qd3 38. Qf4+ Ke7 39. Qg5+
Kf8 40. c7 1-0

[Event "2022 U.S. Senior Ch."]
[Site "St Louis"]
[Date "2022.07.10"]
[Round "4.5"]
[White "Khmelnitsky, Igor"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2472"]
[BlackElo "2496"]
[PlyCount "135"]
[EventDate "2022.07.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[WhiteTeam "United States"]
[BlackTeam "United States"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 d6 3. Nc3 c6 4. e4 Qa5 5. Qe2 e5 6. dxe5 dxe5 7. Bd2 Na6 8. a3
Be6 9. Nf3 O-O-O 10. Nd5 Qa4 11. Nxf6 gxf6 12. b3 Qb5 13. Qxb5 cxb5 14. Be3 Bc5
15. Bxb5 Bxe3 16. fxe3 Nc5 17. Nd2 Rhg8 18. g3 h5 19. b4 Nd7 20. Bd3 h4 21. Kf2
Nb6 22. a4 hxg3+ 23. hxg3 Kd7 24. a5 Nc8 25. Rh6 Ke7 26. Rf1 Rh8 27. Rfh1 Rxh6
28. Rxh6 Nd6 29. Rh1 Rc8 30. Ke1 Ba2 31. Kd1 Be6 32. Kc1 Rg8 33. Rg1 Rh8 34.
Kb2 Rh2 35. Kc3 Bd7 36. a6 b6 37. Nc4 Nb5+ 38. Kb2 Nc7 39. Na3 Bc8 40. b5 Ne6
41. Kc3 Nc5 42. g4 Rh8 43. g5 fxg5 44. Rxg5 Kf6 45. Rg2 Bd7 46. Rg1 Rc8 47. Kb4
Be6 48. Nc4 Bxc4 49. Rf1+ Kg7 50. Bxc4 Rc7 51. Bd5 Rd7 52. Ra1 Rc7 53. Ra3 Kf8
54. Bc6 Ke7 55. Ra1 Kd6 56. Bd5 Ke7 57. Rh1 f6 58. Rh8 Rd7 59. Rc8 Rd8 60. Rc7+
Rd7 61. Rxc5 bxc5+ 62. Kxc5 Rd6 63. c4 Kd7 64. Kb4 Kc7 65. c5 Rd8 66. b6+ Kb8
67. c6 axb6 68. c7+ 1-0

[Event "2022 U.S. Senior Ch."]
[Site "St Louis"]
[Date "2022.07.11"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Gurevich, Dmitry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2351"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2022.07.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[WhiteTeam "United States"]
[BlackTeam "United States"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. cxd5 cxd4 5. Qa4+ Bd7 6. Qxd4 exd5 7. Qxd5 Nf6
8. Qd1 Bc5 9. Nf3 O-O 10. e3 Nc6 11. Be2 Qe7 12. O-O Rfd8 13. Qc2 Rac8 14. a3
Bd6 15. Bd2 Ne5 16. Nd4 Nc6 17. Rfe1 Qe5 18. g3 Bg4 19. Nxc6 Rxc6 20. Rad1 Qh5
21. Bc1 Rdc8 22. e4 h6 23. Rd3 Bxa3 24. bxa3 Bxe2 25. Rxe2 Rxc3 26. Rxc3 Rxc3
27. Qxc3 Qxe2 28. Qc8+ Kh7 29. Qf5+ Kg8 30. Qc8+ Kh7 31. Qf5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "2022 U.S. Senior Ch."]
[Site "St Louis"]
[Date "2022.07.11"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Dlugy, Maxim"]
[Black "De Firmian, Nick"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2513"]
[BlackElo "2496"]
[PlyCount "133"]
[EventDate "2022.07.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[WhiteTeam "United States"]
[BlackTeam "United States"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 b6 3. e3 Bb7 4. Nf3 d6 5. h3 Nbd7 6. c4 g6 7. Nc3 Bg7 8. Be2
Ne4 9. Nxe4 Bxe4 10. O-O O-O 11. Nd2 Bb7 12. Bf3 Qc8 13. Qc2 e5 14. dxe5 Nxe5
15. Bxb7 Qxb7 16. Rad1 Rfe8 17. b3 a6 18. Bxe5 Rxe5 19. Nf3 Re7 20. Rd5 Qc6 21.
Rfd1 Rae8 22. Qd3 Bf6 23. Rd2 Re6 24. Rc2 R6e7 25. b4 Re4 26. Qb3 Kg7 27. a4
Rb8 28. Qd3 Re6 29. b5 Qa8 30. Nd4 Bxd4 31. Qxd4+ Kg8 32. e4 Rbe8 33. f3 a5 34.
Qd2 Re5 35. Qf4 Qc8 36. Rcd2 Qe6 37. Kf2 Kg7 38. h4 h5 39. Rd1 Qe7 40. Kg3 Qe6
41. Rxe5 dxe5 42. Qc1 c6 43. c5 bxc5 44. Qxc5 Qb3 45. Rc1 cxb5 46. axb5 Re6 47.
Ra1 a4 48. Kh2 Re8 49. Ra3 Qd1 50. Qc3 Re6 51. Ra1 Qd8 52. Rxa4 Qxh4+ 53. Kg1
Qd8 54. Rc4 Qb6+ 55. Rc5 g5 56. Kh2 Kf6 57. Qc4 h4 58. Qc3 Qb8 59. Qd2 Qb6 60.
Qd5 Qa7 61. Qd8+ Kg6 62. Qg8+ Kf6 63. Qh8+ Ke7 64. Rc8 Qd7 65. Qf8+ Kf6 66.
Qh6+ Ke7 67. Qxg5+ 1-0

[Event "2022 U.S. Senior Ch."]
[Site "St Louis"]
[Date "2022.07.11"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Christiansen, Larry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2496"]
[BlackElo "2577"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2022.07.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[WhiteTeam "United States"]
[BlackTeam "United States"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 O-O 7. Qc2 c5 8. Rd1
Qa5 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Bxe7 Nxe7 11. Bd3 h6 12. O-O cxd4 13. Nxd4 Nf6 14. Ne4
Ned5 15. a3 Bd7 16. Qc5 Qxc5 17. Nxc5 Rac8 18. Nxd7 Nxd7 19. Nb5 a6 20. Nd6 Rc6
21. Nxb7 Rb6 22. Na5 Rxb2 23. Rc1 Ne5 24. Bxa6 Ra8 25. Nc4 Nxc4 26. Bxc4 Rxa3
27. Bxd5 exd5 28. Rcd1 Ra5 29. h4 h5 30. Rd4 g6 31. Rfd1 Raa2 32. Rf4 Rd2 33.
Rxd2 Rxd2 34. Kh2 Kg7 35. Kg3 Rc2 36. Rd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "2022 U.S. Senior Ch."]
[Site "St Louis"]
[Date "2022.07.11"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Akopian, Vladimir"]
[Black "Khmelnitsky, Igor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2472"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2022.07.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[WhiteTeam "United States"]
[BlackTeam "United States"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. Nc3 e6 5. Nxd5 exd5 6. d4 Nc6 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8.
Bd3 d6 9. exd6 Qxd6 10. O-O O-O 11. a3 a5 12. Re1 h6 13. Be3 d4 14. Bd2 Bg4 15.
h3 Bh5 16. g4 Bg6 17. Nh4 Qf6 18. Nxg6 fxg6 19. f4 Kh8 20. Qe2 Ra6 21. Kg2 Rb6
22. b3 a4 23. b4 Bd6 24. Qe6 Ne7 25. Qxf6 Rxf6 26. h4 h5 27. b5 Nd5 28. Re8+
Rf8 29. Rxf8+ Bxf8 30. Re1 hxg4 31. Re8 Rf6 32. Kg3 Ne3 33. c4 Nf5+ 34. Kxg4
Nh6+ 35. Kf3 Ng8 36. Bb4 Bxb4 37. axb4 a3 38. Ra8 Re6 39. Be4 Kh7 40. h5 a2 41.
hxg6+ Kh6 42. Rxa2 Nf6 43. Rh2+ Nh5 44. c5 Re8 45. c6 d3 46. Bxd3 bxc6 47. Kg4
1-0

[Event "2022 U.S. Senior Ch."]
[Site "St Louis"]
[Date "2022.07.11"]
[Round "5.5"]
[White "Novikov, Igor A"]
[Black "Kaidanov, Gregory"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2547"]
[BlackElo "2548"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2022.07.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[WhiteTeam "United States"]
[BlackTeam "United States"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. O-O Nc6 5. d4 e6 6. c4 dxc4 7. dxc5 Qxd1 8.
Rxd1 Bxc5 9. Nbd2 c3 10. bxc3 O-O 11. Nb3 Be7 12. c4 Bd7 13. Bb2 Rfd8 14. Nfd4
Rac8 15. Nb5 Be8 16. c5 Rxd1+ 17. Rxd1 Nd8 18. Nd6 Bxd6 19. Rxd6 Bc6 20. Bxc6
Nxc6 21. Bxf6 gxf6 22. Rd7 b6 23. cxb6 axb6 24. Rb7 Nb4 25. Rxb6 Nxa2 26. Nd4
Nc3 27. e3 Nd5 28. Rb2 f5 29. Kg2 Kg7 30. Rc2 Rxc2 31. Nxc2 Kf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "2022 U.S. Senior Ch."]
[Site "St Louis"]
[Date "2022.07.13"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Kaidanov, Gregory"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2548"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2022.07.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[WhiteTeam "United States"]
[BlackTeam "United States"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Bf4 a6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. c4 Qf6 8.
Qd2 e5 9. Be3 Ne7 10. Nc3 Ng6 11. g3 Be7 12. h4 Nf8 13. O-O-O Ne6 14. Bh3 Rb8
15. f4 Bb4 16. a3 Ba5 17. c5 Qe7 18. fxe5 Bc7 19. Rhf1 O-O 20. Bxe6 Qxe6 21.
Rf5 a5 22. Qe2 Ra8 23. Bd4 Ba6 24. Qe3 Rab8 25. Rd2 Bc4 26. Rdf2 Bd8 27. Qd2
Qg6 28. h5 Qg4 29. h6 g6 30. R5f4 Qxg3 31. e6 Bxe6 32. Bf6 Bxf6 33. Rxf6 Qg1+
34. Kc2 Bb3+ 35. Kd3 Qg3+ 36. Qe3 Qe5 37. Qd4 Rbe8 38. Qd6 Qg5 39. R6f4 Qxh6
40. e5 Re6 41. Qd4 Qg5 42. Ne4 Qxe5 43. Nf6+ Kg7 44. Nxd7 Qxd4+ 45. Kxd4 Rd8
46. Rxf7+ Kg8 47. Rf8+ Rxf8 48. Rxf8+ Kg7 49. Rc8 h5 50. Ne5 h4 51. Rc7+ Kf6
52. Rf7+ Kg5 53. Rf1 Rf6 54. Rxf6 Kxf6 55. Nxc6 h3 56. Ne5 Kf5 57. Nf3 Kf4 0-1

[Event "2022 U.S. Senior Ch."]
[Site "St Louis"]
[Date "2022.07.13"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Khmelnitsky, Igor"]
[Black "Novikov, Igor A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2472"]
[BlackElo "2547"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2022.07.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[WhiteTeam "United States"]
[BlackTeam "United States"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. f3 b5 8. Qd2
Nbd7 9. g4 Nb6 10. a4 Nc4 11. Bxc4 bxc4 12. g5 Nd7 13. f4 Bb7 14. f5 Nc5 15.
fxe6 fxe6 16. Qg2 Qd7 17. O-O Be7 18. Rad1 g6 19. b4 cxb3 20. cxb3 e5 21. b4
Ne6 22. Nxe6 Qxe6 23. Nd5 Bxd5 24. exd5 Qd7 25. Rc1 Qxa4 26. Rc7 Rf8 27. Rxf8+
Kxf8 28. Qf3+ Ke8 29. Qg4 Kf8 30. Qf3+ Ke8 31. Qh3 Kf8 32. Qh6+ Kg8 33. Rxe7
Qd1+ 34. Kg2 Qg4+ 35. Kh1 Qf3+ 36. Kg1 Qxe3+ 37. Kg2 Qe4+ 38. Kg3 Qd3+ 39. Kg4
Qc4+ 40. Kg3 Qb3+ 41. Kg4 Qxb4+ 42. Kg3 Qf4+ 43. Kh3 Qf3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "2022 U.S. Senior Ch."]
[Site "St Louis"]
[Date "2022.07.13"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Christiansen, Larry"]
[Black "Akopian, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2577"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2022.07.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[WhiteTeam "United States"]
[BlackTeam "United States"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 c5 6. Nge2 d5 7. cxd5 cxd4 8.
exd4 Qxd5 9. O-O Qh5 10. Ne4 Nxe4 11. Bxe4 Nc6 12. Nf4 Qxd1 13. Rxd1 Bd6 14.
Be3 Ne7 15. Nd3 Rb8 16. Rac1 b6 17. Bf4 Bxf4 18. Nxf4 Bb7 19. f3 Bxe4 20. fxe4
Rfc8 21. Kf2 Rxc1 22. Rxc1 Rc8 23. Rxc8+ Nxc8 24. e5 Kf8 25. Ke3 g6 26. Kd3 Ke7
27. Kc4 Kd7 28. Kb5 Ne7 29. b4 Kc7 30. Kc4 Kc6 31. a4 a6 32. b5+ axb5+ 33.
axb5+ Kd7 34. g4 g5 35. Ne2 Nd5 36. Kd3 Ke7 37. Nc3 Nxc3 38. Kxc3 h6 39. Kd3
Kd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "2022 U.S. Senior Ch."]
[Site "St Louis"]
[Date "2022.07.13"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "Dlugy, Maxim"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2513"]
[BlackElo "2496"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2022.07.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[WhiteTeam "United States"]
[BlackTeam "United States"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Qa4+ Nc6 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bxf6 Qxf6 8.
cxd5 exd5 9. e3 O-O 10. Be2 Qg6 11. O-O Bh3 12. Ne1 Bxc3 13. bxc3 Rfd8 14. c4
dxc4 15. Qxc4 Be6 16. Qb5 Bd5 17. Bf3 Qd6 18. Rc1 a6 19. Qb1 Bxf3 20. Nxf3 Na5
21. Rc3 b5 22. Nd2 c6 23. Rfc1 Qe6 24. Qb2 Rd6 25. h3 Qd7 26. Qc2 Rg6 27. Nf3
Qd5 28. Rc5 Qe6 29. Ne5 Rg5 30. h4 Rf5 31. e4 Rf6 32. Nxc6 Nc4 33. Ne5 Nxe5 34.
Rxe5 Qg4 35. h5 Rd8 36. Qd2 Re6 37. f3 Qg3 38. Rec5 Red6 39. d5 Qe5 40. g4 Qg3+
41. Qg2 Qf4 42. Rc6 b4 43. Qe2 Rxc6 44. Rxc6 Qg3+ 45. Kf1 a5 46. Qf2 Qf4 47.
Kg2 a4 48. Rc2 b3 49. axb3 axb3 50. Rb2 Rb8 51. Qg3 g5 52. Qxf4 gxf4 53. Kf2
Kg7 54. Ke2 Kf6 55. Kd3 Ke5 56. Kc4 Rc8+ 57. Kxb3 Rc1 58. Rd2 Kd6 59. e5+ Kxe5
60. d6 Rc8 61. d7 Rd8 62. Kc4 1-0

[Event "2022 U.S. Senior Ch."]
[Site "St Louis"]
[Date "2022.07.13"]
[Round "6.5"]
[White "De Firmian, Nick"]
[Black "Gurevich, Dmitry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2496"]
[BlackElo "2351"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2022.07.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[WhiteTeam "United States"]
[BlackTeam "United States"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. f3 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. Be3
O-O 9. Qd2 Be6 10. Nd5 Bxd5 11. exd5 Nb8 12. Be2 Nbd7 13. O-O Nh5 14. g3 g6 15.
c4 a5 16. Nc1 f5 17. Nd3 f4 18. gxf4 Nxf4 19. Nxf4 exf4 20. Bxf4 Bf6 21. Kh1
Qb6 22. Rab1 Rae8 23. Rfe1 Bh4 24. Rf1 Rxe2 25. Qxe2 Rxf4 26. Qe6+ Rf7 27. f4
Nc5 28. Qh3 Qd8 29. f5 g5 30. Rf3 Qf6 31. Rg1 Kh8 32. Qg4 Re7 33. b3 Ne4 34.
Qg2 Qd4 35. f6 Nxf6 36. Rgf1 g4 37. Rf4 Qe5 38. h3 h5 39. Qc2 Qe3 40. Qg6 Qxh3+
41. Kg1 Qg3+ 42. Kh1 Qh3+ 43. Kg1 g3 44. Rxh4 Qxh4 45. Qxf6+ Qxf6 46. Rxf6 Kg7
47. Rf3 h4 48. Rf4 Re1+ 49. Kg2 Re2+ 50. Kg1 Rh2 51. c5 dxc5 52. d6 Rd2 53.
Rxh4 Rxd6 54. Rg4+ Kf6 55. Rxg3 Rd1+ 56. Kf2 Rd2+ 57. Ke3 Rxa2 58. Ke4 Rd2 0-1

[Event "2022 U.S. Senior Ch."]
[Site "St Louis"]
[Date "2022.07.14"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Gurevich, Dmitry"]
[Black "Kaidanov, Gregory"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2351"]
[BlackElo "2548"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2022.07.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[WhiteTeam "United States"]
[BlackTeam "United States"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Qb3 dxc4 5. Qxc4 e6 6. g3 b5 7. Qd3 Bb7 8. Bg2
Nbd7 9. O-O a6 10. a4 c5 11. axb5 Be4 12. Qb3 Bd5 13. Qc2 axb5 14. Rxa8 Qxa8
15. Nc3 Bc6 16. Nh4 Bxg2 17. Nxg2 b4 18. Nb5 Qc6 19. Qa4 Be7 20. dxc5 O-O 21.
Nc3 Qxc5 22. Be3 Qe5 23. Nd1 Rc8 24. Re1 Qf5 25. Bd4 e5 26. Be3 h6 27. b3 Qc2
28. h3 Rd8 29. Kf1 Nf8 30. Qa1 Qxb3 31. Bb6 Rd2 32. Nde3 N8d7 33. Nf5 Bf8 34.
Be3 Ra2 35. Qb1 Qxb1 36. Rxb1 Nd5 37. Rb3 Nc3 38. g4 Ra3 39. Rb2 b3 40. Ne1 Na4
41. Rb1 b2 0-1

[Event "2022 U.S. Senior Ch."]
[Site "St Louis"]
[Date "2022.07.14"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Novikov, Igor A"]
[Black "Christiansen, Larry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2547"]
[BlackElo "2577"]
[PlyCount "138"]
[EventDate "2022.07.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[WhiteTeam "United States"]
[BlackTeam "United States"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 a6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 Be6 7. e3 Nbd7 8.
Bd3 Bd6 9. O-O O-O 10. Qc2 h6 11. Bh4 Re8 12. a3 c5 13. dxc5 Nxc5 14. b4 Ncd7
15. Rad1 Rc8 16. Qb2 Qc7 17. Rc1 Qb8 18. Bg3 Bxg3 19. hxg3 Ne5 20. Be2 Nc4 21.
Bxc4 dxc4 22. Rfd1 Bf5 23. Rd4 Red8 24. Rcd1 Bd3 25. Ne1 Rxd4 26. exd4 Bf5 27.
Qe2 Qd6 28. Qe5 Qd7 29. d5 Re8 30. Qd4 b5 31. Nf3 Qd6 32. Qc5 Rd8 33. Qxd6 Rxd6
34. Rd4 Bc8 35. a4 bxa4 36. Ne5 a3 37. Nxc4 a2 38. Nxa2 Rxd5 39. Rxd5 Nxd5 40.
Nd6 Bd7 41. Ne4 Kf8 42. Nec3 Nxc3 43. Nxc3 Ke7 44. f3 Kd6 45. Kf2 Ke5 46. Ke3
h5 47. Kd3 Bb5+ 48. Ke3 Bf1 49. f4+ Kf5 50. Kf2 Bb5 51. Kf3 Bc6+ 52. Ke3 f6 53.
Kf2 g5 54. fxg5 fxg5 55. Ke3 Ke5 56. Nd1 Bxg2 57. Nf2 Kd5 58. Kd3 Bf1+ 59. Kc3
Ke5 60. Kd2 Kd4 61. Ke1 Bg2 62. Kd2 Kc4 63. Nd3 Bf1 64. Ne5+ Kxb4 65. g4 h4 66.
Ke1 Bh3 67. Nf3 a5 68. Nxg5 Bxg4 69. Kd2 Kc4 0-1

[Event "2022 U.S. Senior Ch."]
[Site "St Louis"]
[Date "2022.07.14"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "De Firmian, Nick"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2496"]
[BlackElo "2496"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2022.07.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[WhiteTeam "United States"]
[BlackTeam "United States"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. e4 Bb4 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8.
Bd3 d5 9. exd5 exd5 10. O-O O-O 11. cxd5 Nxd5 12. Nxd5 cxd5 13. Be3 Ba5 14. Bc5
Re8 15. Qa4 Bd7 16. Qd4 Qg5 17. f4 Qh6 18. Qxd5 Bc6 19. Qg5 Qxg5 20. fxg5 Re5
21. Rf5 Rxf5 22. Bxf5 a6 23. Rd1 Re8 24. b4 Bc7 25. Bd3 Ba4 26. Rf1 Bb5 27. Rf3
Re1+ 28. Kf2 Ra1 29. Bxb5 axb5 30. Ra3 h5 31. gxh6 gxh6 32. h4 Be5 33. Ra5 h5
34. Ke3 Re1+ 35. Kf3 Ra1 36. Ke3 Re1+ 37. Kd3 Ra1 38. Ke4 Bf6 39. Kd5 Bxh4 40.
Kc6 Rc1 41. Kxb5 Rc2 42. Ra8+ Kh7 43. a4 Rxg2 44. a5 Bf2 45. Rc8 h4 46. a6 Bxc5
47. Rxc5 Kh6 48. a7 Rg8 49. Ka6 1-0

[Event "2022 U.S. Senior Ch."]
[Site "St Louis"]
[Date "2022.07.14"]
[Round "7.4"]
[White "Akopian, Vladimir"]
[Black "Dlugy, Maxim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2513"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2022.07.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[WhiteTeam "United States"]
[BlackTeam "United States"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 Be7 8.
O-O-O O-O 9. f4 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 h6 11. Bh4 Qa5 12. e5 dxe5 13. Qxe5 Qxe5 14. fxe5
Nd5 15. Bxe7 Nxe7 16. Bd3 Nc6 17. Rhe1 Rd8 18. b4 Bd7 19. b5 Nd4 20. a4 Rac8
21. Kb2 Nf5 22. g4 Nh4 23. Be4 b6 24. Rd6 Kf8 25. Red1 Ke7 26. Na2 f6 27. Nb4
fxe5 28. R1d3 Rc4 29. Rxd7+ Rxd7 30. Nc6+ Rxc6 31. bxc6 Rxd3 32. cxd3 Kd6 33.
Kc3 a6 34. Kd2 h5 35. h3 hxg4 36. hxg4 g6 37. Bh1 Kc7 38. Kc3 Kd6 39. Be4 Kc7
40. Bh1 Kd6 41. Kb4 Kc7 42. a5 bxa5+ 43. Kxa5 Nf5 44. gxf5 gxf5 45. Bf3 e4 46.
dxe4 Kxc6 47. exf5+ Kd6 48. f6 e5 49. f7 Ke7 50. Bd5 e4 51. Kb4 1-0

[Event "2022 U.S. Senior Ch."]
[Site "St Louis"]
[Date "2022.07.14"]
[Round "7.5"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Khmelnitsky, Igor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2472"]
[PlyCount "183"]
[EventDate "2022.07.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[WhiteTeam "United States"]
[BlackTeam "United States"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. e4 c6 2. Ne2 d5 3. e5 c5 4. d4 Nc6 5. c3 Bg4 6. Be3 c4 7. Nd2 b5 8. h3 Bxe2
9. Bxe2 e6 10. O-O Nge7 11. a4 b4 12. g4 bxc3 13. bxc3 h5 14. f4 hxg4 15. hxg4
Nf5 16. Bf2 Ne3 17. Qe1 Nc2 18. Qb1 Nxa1 19. Qxa1 g6 20. Kg2 Rb8 21. Bg3 Qb6
22. Rb1 Qa5 23. Rd1 Qb6 24. Rb1 Qa5 25. Rd1 Be7 26. Bf3 Qb6 27. Rb1 Qa6 28. Rd1
Na5 29. Qa2 Kd7 30. f5 gxf5 31. gxf5 Nb3 32. Nf1 Bg5 33. Qc2 Rbg8 34. Nh2 Qc8
35. Ng4 Kc6 36. Qe2 Kb6 37. a5+ Kxa5 38. Qb2 Qc6 39. Qa3+ Kb6 40. Qb4+ Kc7 41.
Rf1 Kc8 42. Bd1 a5 43. Qa3 Bd8 44. Rf4 Rg5 45. f6 a4 46. Be1 Bc7 47. Rf2 Rhg8
48. Kg3 Rh5 49. Bf3 Rf5 50. Kg2 Rf4 51. Kh3 Qe8 52. Qb4 Rg6 53. Bd1 Qh8+ 54.
Kg3 Rxf2 55. Bxf2 Qxf6 56. Qxa4 Qd8 57. Kf3 f5 58. exf6 Rxf6+ 59. Nxf6 Qxf6+
60. Kg2 Qg6+ 61. Kh3 Qh7+ 62. Kg2 Qg6+ 63. Kh3 Qd3+ 64. Kg2 Qe4+ 65. Bf3 Qg6+
66. Kh3 Qf5+ 67. Kg2 Qg6+ 68. Kh3 Na5 69. Qb5 Nb7 70. Qa6 Kb8 71. Qb5 Qh6+ 72.
Kg2 Qg5+ 73. Kf1 Qc1+ 74. Be1 Qe3 75. Bg2 Qf4+ 76. Ke2 Qf5 77. Bf3 Qd3+ 78. Kf2
Qc2+ 79. Kf1 Qf5 80. Ke2 Ba5 81. Qb2 Qd3+ 82. Kf2 Ka7 83. Qe2 Qf5 84. Qa2 Kb6
85. Qb2+ Kc6 86. Qa3 Kd7 87. Kg2 Qc2+ 88. Kf1 Qd3+ 89. Kg2 Qg6+ 90. Kf1 Bd8 91.
Qa6 Nd6 92. Qa4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "2022 U.S. Senior Ch."]
[Site "St Louis"]
[Date "2022.07.15"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Khmelnitsky, Igor"]
[Black "Gurevich, Dmitry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2472"]
[BlackElo "2351"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "2022.07.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[WhiteTeam "United States"]
[BlackTeam "United States"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. e3 Bg7 5. h4 h5 6. Nf3 O-O 7. Ne5 c5 8. Be2
Qb6 9. Na4 Qa5+ 10. c3 cxd4 11. b4 Qd8 12. cxd4 Nbd7 13. Nc3 Nxe5 14. Bxe5 Bf5
15. Qb3 e6 16. f3 a5 17. Kf2 Qe7 18. bxa5 Rxa5 19. a4 Rc8 20. Rhc1 Ne8 21. Nxd5
exd5 0-1

[Event "2022 U.S. Senior Ch."]
[Site "St Louis"]
[Date "2022.07.15"]
[Round "8.2"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Akopian, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2496"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[PlyCount "191"]
[EventDate "2022.07.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[WhiteTeam "United States"]
[BlackTeam "United States"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. e3 e6 7. Bxc4 Nbd7 8. O-O
Bb4 9. Qe2 O-O 10. e4 Bg6 11. Bd3 c5 12. e5 cxd4 13. exf6 dxc3 14. fxg7 Kxg7
15. Bxg6 hxg6 16. Rd1 Qc7 17. Qb5 Bd6 18. Qd3 c2 19. Rd2 Ne5 20. Nxe5 Bxe5 21.
Rxc2 Bxh2+ 22. Kf1 Qd6 23. Qxd6 Bxd6 24. Be3 Rh8 25. Ke2 Rh4 26. a5 Rb4 27. Rd1
Be5 28. Rd7 b6 29. Rc6 Rxb2+ 30. Kf3 Kf6 31. axb6 axb6 32. Rxb6 Rxb6 33. Bxb6
Ra3+ 34. Be3 g5 35. g3 Kg6 36. Ra7 Rb3 37. Ra5 f6 38. Ra6 Kf7 39. Ra7+ Ke8 40.
Kg4 Rd3 41. Kf3 Rc3 42. Kg4 Rb3 43. Bc5 Rb5 44. Be3 f5+ 45. Kf3 g4+ 46. Ke2
Rb2+ 47. Kd3 Bf6 48. Kc4 Rb8 49. Bc5 Rd8 50. Rb7 Rd1 51. Be3 Rd5 52. Bc5 Rd8
53. Ba7 Be5 54. Be3 Bd6 55. Rh7 Rc8+ 56. Kd3 Rc6 57. Kd4 Kf8 58. Rd7 Ba3 59.
Rb7 Bd6 60. Rd7 Bb4 61. Rb7 Bc3+ 62. Kd3 Ba5 63. Rd7 Bb6 64. Bxb6 Rxb6 65. Ke3
Rb4 66. Ra7 Re4+ 67. Kd3 Ke8 68. Rb7 Re5 69. Ra7 Rd5+ 70. Ke3 Rd7 71. Ra6 Ke7
72. Ra5 Kf6 73. Ra6 Ke5 74. Ra5+ Rd5 75. Ra4 Rb5 76. Ra3 Rb6 77. Ra5+ Kf6 78.
Ra8 Rb3+ 79. Ke2 Rc3 80. Ra5 Rc6 81. Rb5 e5 82. Kf1 f4 83. gxf4 exf4 84. Ra5
Rc1+ 85. Kg2 Re1 86. Ra8 Re6 87. Rg8 Kf5 88. Rf8+ Kg5 89. Rg8+ Rg6 90. Rf8 Rg7
91. Ra8 Rg6 92. Rf8 Rh6 93. Rg8+ Kf5 94. Rf8+ Rf6 95. Rg8 Rf7 96. Re8 1/2-1/2

[Event "2022 U.S. Senior Ch."]
[Site "St Louis"]
[Date "2022.07.15"]
[Round "8.3"]
[White "Christiansen, Larry"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2577"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "2022.07.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[WhiteTeam "United States"]
[BlackTeam "United States"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. e3 cxd4 5. exd4 d5 6. Nc3 Be7 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
Bc4 Nxc3 9. bxc3 O-O 10. O-O Nc6 11. Bd3 b6 12. Qc2 g6 13. Bh6 Re8 14. h4 Bb7
15. h5 Bf8 16. Qd2 Ne7 17. Bxf8 Rxf8 18. Ng5 Nf5 19. Rfe1 Rc8 20. Rac1 h6 21.
Nh3 g5 22. Re5 Ng7 23. Bc2 Bd5 24. Qd3 f5 25. Bb3 Rc7 26. c4 Bb7 27. Rce1 Rf6
28. f3 Rd7 29. d5 b5 30. Qe3 exd5 31. cxd5 Qb6 32. Qxb6 Rxb6 33. Nf2 Kf8 34. g4
a5 35. a3 Rbd6 36. Rd1 Re7 37. Nd3 a4 38. Ba2 Rxe5 39. Nxe5 fxg4 40. fxg4 Ne8
41. Rf1+ Nf6 42. Ng6+ Ke8 43. Re1+ Kd8 44. Ne7 Nxg4 45. Re2 Rd7 46. Ng8 Rc7 47.
Rb2 Bc8 48. Bb1 Rg7 49. Nxh6 Nxh6 50. Rxb5 Rb7 51. Rxb7 Bxb7 52. Bc2 Bxd5 53.
Bxa4 Bf3 54. Kf2 Bxh5 55. Ke3 Ke7 56. Ke4 Be8 57. Bd1 Kd6 58. a4 Bc6+ 59. Kd4
Nf5+ 60. Kd3 Ke5 61. a5 Bb5+ 62. Kc3 Ne3 63. Kb4 Ba6 0-1

[Event "2022 U.S. Senior Ch."]
[Site "St Louis"]
[Date "2022.07.15"]
[Round "8.4"]
[White "De Firmian, Nick"]
[Black "Kaidanov, Gregory"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2496"]
[BlackElo "2548"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2022.07.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[WhiteTeam "United States"]
[BlackTeam "United States"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. c3 f5 6. d3 Nf6 7. Nbd2 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Re1 Kh8 10. Nf1 fxe4 11. dxe4 Be6 12. Ng3 Nd7 13. h3 Nc5 14. Bc2 Bd7 15.
b4 Ne6 16. a4 Nf4 17. Nf5 Bf6 18. g3 Nxh3+ 19. Kg2 g6 20. Kxh3 gxf5 21. exf5 d5
22. g4 e4 23. Nd4 Bxd4 24. cxd4 Rxf5 25. gxf5 Bxf5+ 26. Kg2 Qh4 27. Ra3 Rg8+
28. Kf1 Bg4 29. f3 Bh3+ 0-1

[Event "2022 U.S. Senior Ch."]
[Site "St Louis"]
[Date "2022.07.15"]
[Round "8.5"]
[White "Dlugy, Maxim"]
[Black "Novikov, Igor A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2513"]
[BlackElo "2547"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2022.07.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[WhiteTeam "United States"]
[BlackTeam "United States"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4 7. e4 g5 8. Bg3 b5
9. Be2 Bb7 10. h4 g4 11. Ne5 h5 12. Qc2 Nbd7 13. Rd1 Nxe5 14. Bxe5 Bg7 15. b3
cxb3 16. axb3 O-O 17. O-O Ne8 18. Bxg7 Nxg7 19. e5 f5 20. exf6 Qxf6 21. g3 c5
22. dxc5 Rac8 23. Nxb5 Qe5 24. b4 Bd5 25. Bc4 Rb8 26. Rde1 Qf6 27. Bxd5 Rxb5
28. Bxe6+ 1-0

[Event "2022 U.S. Senior Ch."]
[Site "St Louis"]
[Date "2022.07.16"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Akopian, Vladimir"]
[Black "De Firmian, Nick"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2496"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2022.07.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[WhiteTeam "United States"]
[BlackTeam "United States"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. exd6 exd6 6. Nc3 Be7 7. Bd3 O-O 8.
Nge2 Na6 9. O-O c6 10. Ng3 g6 11. Bh6 Re8 12. Re1 Nc7 13. Qd2 d5 14. c5 Nd7 15.
Re3 Bf6 16. Rxe8+ Nxe8 17. Re1 Nf8 18. Bc2 Ne6 19. Be3 b6 20. b4 bxc5 21. bxc5
Ba6 22. Nce2 N8c7 23. f4 Rb8 24. f5 Ng7 25. Bf4 Bxe2 26. Nxe2 Rb2 27. Qc3 Rxa2
28. Qb3 Rxc2 29. Qxc2 Nxf5 30. Rb1 Nxd4 31. Nxd4 Bxd4+ 32. Kh1 Nb5 33. Re1 h5
34. Qe2 Bxc5 35. Qe8+ Qxe8 36. Rxe8+ Kg7 37. Rc8 Bb6 38. Rxc6 f6 39. g3 Kf7 40.
Kg2 Ke7 41. h4 Nd4 42. Rd6 g5 43. hxg5 fxg5 44. Be5 Nf5 45. Rg6 g4 46. Kf1 h4
1/2-1/2

[Event "2022 U.S. Senior Ch."]
[Site "St Louis"]
[Date "2022.07.16"]
[Round "9.2"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Dlugy, Maxim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2513"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2022.07.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[WhiteTeam "United States"]
[BlackTeam "United States"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd6 4. d4 c6 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. g3 Bg4 7. Bg2 e6 8. O-O
Nbd7 9. Bf4 Qb4 10. a3 Qa5 11. h3 Bh5 12. b4 Qf5 13. b5 cxb5 14. d5 Bc5 15.
dxe6 fxe6 16. Nxb5 O-O 17. Nd6 Qd5 18. c4 Qxd1 19. Raxd1 e5 20. g4 exf4 21.
gxh5 Bxd6 22. Rxd6 Nc5 23. Ng5 Rac8 24. h6 gxh6 25. Ne6 Nxe6 26. Rxe6 b6 27.
Rd1 Rc5 28. Rd4 Kf7 29. Rc6 Rxc6 30. Bxc6 Rc8 31. Bb5 Ke6 32. Rxf4 Rd8 33. Rf3
Rd1+ 34. Kg2 Rd4 35. Rg3 Kf7 36. Re3 h5 37. a4 Ne4 38. Bc6 Nc5 39. Ra3 Kf6 40.
Rf3+ Kg7 41. Bd5 Kg6 42. Rf8 Nxa4 43. f4 Nc3 44. Be6 Ne4 45. h4 Nd6 46. Kf3 Kg7
47. Ra8 Kf6 48. Bg8 Rd3+ 49. Ke2 Ra3 50. Bd5 Ra2+ 51. Kd3 Ra3+ 52. Kc2 h6 53.
Kb2 Ra5 54. Rh8 Kg7 55. Rg8+ Kf6 56. Rh8 Kg7 57. Rg8+ Kf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "2022 U.S. Senior Ch."]
[Site "St Louis"]
[Date "2022.07.16"]
[Round "9.3"]
[White "Kaidanov, Gregory"]
[Black "Khmelnitsky, Igor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2548"]
[BlackElo "2472"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2022.07.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[WhiteTeam "United States"]
[BlackTeam "United States"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. c4 Nb6 4. d4 d6 5. f4 dxe5 6. fxe5 c5 7. d5 g6 8. Nc3
Bg7 9. Bf4 O-O 10. Qd2 e6 11. O-O-O exd5 12. cxd5 c4 13. Ne4 Bf5 14. Nd6 Qd7
15. Ne2 Na6 16. Nc3 Nb4 17. a3 Nd3+ 18. Bxd3 Bxd3 19. Rde1 Rae8 20. Bh6 Rxe5
21. Bxg7 Rxe1+ 22. Rxe1 Kxg7 23. Qf4 Nc8 24. Qe5+ f6 25. Ne8+ Rxe8 26. Qxe8 Qg4
27. g3 Qh3 28. Ne4 Qxh2 29. Qd7+ Kh6 30. Nd2 Nb6 31. Qd6 Qf2 32. Qe6 Bf5 33.
Rh1+ Kg5 34. Ne4+ Bxe4 35. Qxe4 Qxg3 36. d6 h5 37. Rd1 Qf4+ 38. Qxf4+ Kxf4 39.
d7 Nxd7 40. Rxd7 h4 41. Rxb7 h3 42. Rxa7 g5 43. Rh7 g4 44. a4 f5 45. a5 g3 46.
Rh4+ Ke5 47. Rxh3 f4 48. Rh5+ Kf6 49. Rh6+ Kf5 50. Rh5+ Kf6 51. Rh6+ Kf5 52.
Rh5+ Kf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "2022 U.S. Senior Ch."]
[Site "St Louis"]
[Date "2022.07.16"]
[Round "9.4"]
[White "Novikov, Igor A"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2547"]
[BlackElo "2496"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2022.07.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[WhiteTeam "United States"]
[BlackTeam "United States"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Bg2 d5 8. cxd5
exd5 9. Nc3 O-O 10. O-O Bb7 11. Bc1 Nbd7 12. Bb2 Ne4 13. Rc1 Nxc3 14. Bxc3 Re8
15. Ne5 Bd6 16. Qc2 Nf6 17. Rfd1 a5 18. e3 Qc8 19. Nd3 Ne4 20. Be1 Ng5 21. b4
Qg4 22. bxa5 Nf3+ 23. Bxf3 Qxf3 24. Bc3 bxa5 25. Ne1 Qh5 26. Qd2 Ba6 27. f3 Re6
28. Bxa5 Rae8 29. Rc3 f5 30. Ng2 f4 31. Qf2 fxg3 32. hxg3 Rh6 33. Nh4 g5 34.
Bxc7 Bxc7 35. Rxc7 gxh4 36. g4 Qg5 37. Re1 Rhe6 38. Qc2 Qg6 39. Kf2 Bc4 40. e4
Rf6 41. Rxc4 dxc4 42. Qxc4+ Kh8 43. Qb5 Ref8 44. Re3 Qxg4 0-1

[Event "2022 U.S. Senior Ch."]
[Site "St Louis"]
[Date "2022.07.16"]
[Round "9.5"]
[White "Gurevich, Dmitry"]
[Black "Christiansen, Larry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2351"]
[BlackElo "2577"]
[PlyCount "146"]
[EventDate "2022.07.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[WhiteTeam "United States"]
[BlackTeam "United States"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 a5 7. O-O O-O 8. Bg5
Be7 9. Qc2 Be4 10. Qd2 d5 11. Nc3 Nbd7 12. cxd5 exd5 13. Nxe4 Nxe4 14. Bxe7
Qxe7 15. Qf4 c5 16. dxc5 bxc5 17. Rfd1 Ndf6 18. g4 h6 19. h4 Rad8 20. e3 Rfe8
21. Rac1 Qe6 22. Nh2 c4 23. g5 hxg5 24. hxg5 Nh7 25. Bxe4 dxe4 26. Rxd8 Rxd8
27. Qc7 Rd5 28. Rxc4 Rxg5+ 29. Kh1 Nf8 30. Rc1 Qxa2 31. Rg1 Rxg1+ 32. Kxg1 a4
33. Qc3 Qd5 34. Nf1 Ne6 35. Ng3 Kh7 36. Qc2 Nc5 37. Kg2 g6 38. Qc3 Kg8 39. Qa5
Qe5 40. Qb5 Kg7 41. Qc4 f5 42. Ne2 Nd3 43. Qxa4 Qxb2 44. Qd4+ Qxd4 45. Nxd4 Kf6
46. Kg3 Ne1 47. Nc6 Nf3 48. Nb4 g5 49. Nd5+ Ke6 50. Nc3 Ke5 51. Ne2 Kd5 52.
Nc3+ Kc4 53. Na4 Kb5 54. Nc3+ Kc6 55. Ne2 Kc5 56. Nc3 Ng1 57. Kg2 Nf3 58. Kg3
Ne1 59. Ne2 Nc2 60. Kg2 Kd5 61. Kh3 Ke6 62. Kg2 Ne1+ 63. Kg3 Ke5 64. Nd4 f4+
65. Kg4 Nd3 66. Nc6+ Kd5 67. exf4 Nxf2+ 68. Kg3 Nh1+ 69. Kg4 e3 70. fxg5 e2 71.
Nb4+ Ke4 72. Nc2 Nf2+ 73. Kg3 Kf5 1/2-1/2

 

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