[Event "Open Blitz Playoff (G/3+2spm)"]
[Site "St Louis"]
[Date "2023.03.19"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Robson, Ray"]
[Black "Shankland, Sam"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2702"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2023.03.17"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventCountry "USA"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. O-O Be7 9. Re1 O-O 10. Bf3 Nbd7 11. a4 Qb8 12. a5 Rc8 13. h3 Bd8 14. Be3 b5 15. axb6 Bxb3 16. cxb3 Bxb6 17. Bg4 Bxe3 18. Rxe3 Rd8 19. Bxd7 Rxd7 20. Rf3 Qd8 21. b4 d5 22. exd5 Nxd5 23. Nxd5 Rxd5 24. Qe2 g6 25. Rxa6 Rxa6 26. Qxa6 e4 27. Rf4 Rd1+ 28. Kh2 f5 29. Qe6+ Kg7 30. g4 Qc7 31. Kg2 Qxf4 32. Qe7+ Kg8 33. Qe8+ Kg7 34. Qe7+ Kg8 35. Qe8+ Kg7 36. Qe7+ Kg8 37. Qe8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Open Blitz Playoff (G/3+2spm)"]
[Site "St Louis"]
[Date "2023.03.19"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Shankland, Sam"]
[Black "Robson, Ray"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C68"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2702"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2023.03.17"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventCountry "USA"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O Bg4 6. h3 h5 7. d3 Qf6 8. Nbd2 Ne7 9. Re1 Ng6 10. d4 Nf4 11. dxe5 Qg6 12. Nh4 Bxd1 13. Nxg6 Nxg6 14. Rxd1 O-O-O 15. e6 fxe6 16. Re1 Bb4 17. c3 Be7 18. Nf3 e5 19. Be3 Kd7 20. g3 Ke6 21. Kg2 Rd7 22. Rad1 Rhd8 23. Rxd7 Rxd7 24. Bg5 Bf8 25. Kf1 b5 26. Ke2 c5 27. Rd1 Bd6 28. Be3 c4 29. h4 Rd8 30. Ng5+ Ke7 31. Nh3 Rf8 32. Rf1 b4 33. cxb4 Rb8 34. Rc1 Rxb4 35. Rc2 c3 36. b3 a5 37. f3 Nf8 38. Rxc3 a4 39. Nf2 axb3 40. axb3 Ne6 41. Nd3 Rb5 42. f4 exf4 43. gxf4 Kd7 44. e5 Be7 45. f5 Nd8 46. Bg5 c6 47. Kf3 Ra5 48. Ke4 Ra2 49. e6+ Ke8 50. Nf4 Ra1 51. Nxh5 Re1+ 52. Re3 Rg1 53. Nxg7+ Kf8 54. f6 Bxf6 55. Bxf6 Nxe6 56. Nxe6+ 1-0

[Event "Open Blitz Playoff (G/3+2spm)"]
[Site "St Louis"]
[Date "2023.03.21"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2766"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2023.03.17"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventCountry "USA"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 g6 7. O-O Bg7 8. Be3 O-O 9. Nbd2 h6 10. h3 Nd7 11. d4 f5 12. dxe5 dxe5 13. exf5 gxf5 14. Bxc6 bxc6 15. Nb3 Qf6 16. Re1 Re8 17. Qc2 Qf7 18. Rad1 Nf8 19. Nc5 a5 20. Qa4 Ng6 21. Bc1 Rb8 22. Nd2 Rb5 23. Ndb3 Bf8 24. Nd3 Rd5 25. Nxa5 f4 26. Nb4 Rxd1 27. Qxd1 Nh4 28. Kh2 e4 29. Naxc6 Bd6 30. Kh1 f3 31. g4 Ng2 32. Rg1 h5 33. Qd5 hxg4 34. hxg4 Qxd5 35. Nxd5 Kf7 36. Rxg2 fxg2+ 37. Kxg2 Bxg4 38. Nd4 Rh8 39. Ne3 Rh2+ 40. Kg1 Bf3 41. Nxf3 exf3 42. Nf5 Rg2+ 43. Kf1 Bh2 44. Ke1 Rg1+ 45. Kd2 Bf4+ 0-1

[Event "Open Blitz Playoff (G/3+2spm)"]
[Site "St Louis"]
[Date "2023.03.21"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2766"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[PlyCount "152"]
[EventDate "2023.03.17"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventCountry "USA"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. Be3 a6 5. a4 Nc6 6. Nf3 Nf6 7. h3 O-O 8. Be2 e6 9. O-O Ne7 10. a5 b5 11. axb6 cxb6 12. e5 dxe5 13. dxe5 Nd7 14. Ne4 Bb7 15. Nd6 Bc6 16. Bf4 b5 17. Re1 Qc7 18. Qd2 Nb6 19. Bh6 Nbd5 20. Bxg7 Kxg7 21. Nd4 Qb6 22. h4 Nc8 23. Ne4 Rd8 24. h5 Nde7 25. h6+ Kf8 26. Nxe6+ fxe6 27. Qf4+ Nf5 28. Ng5 Kg8 29. Rad1 Nce7 30. Nxe6 Rxd1 31. Rxd1 Bxg2 32. Ng5 Bb7 33. e6 Rd8 34. Rd7 Bc6 35. Rd3 Qb8 36. Qd2 Rxd3 37. Bxd3 Qf8 38. Qc3 Be8 39. Qe5 Qxh6 40. Nf3 Qg7 41. Qb8 Qf8 42. Ne5 Nc6 43. Nxc6 Bxc6 44. Qc7 Qd6 45. Qf7+ Kh8 46. Qf6+ Ng7 47. Kf1 Be8 48. Be2 Kg8 49. c4 Qxe6 50. Qd4 bxc4 51. Qd8 h5 52. Bf3 Kh7 53. Bd5 Qf5 54. Qd6 Bb5 55. Kg1 Qg5+ 56. Kh1 Qh4+ 57. Kg1 Qg4+ 58. Kh1 c3 59. bxc3 Qh3+ 60. Kg1 Qf1+ 61. Kh2 Qxf2+ 62. Kh1 Qe1+ 63. Kg2 Bf1+ 64. Kh2 Qxc3 65. Qd8 Qe5+ 66. Kg1 Bd3 67. Bg8+ Kh6 68. Qxd3 Nf5 69. Qxa6 Qe3+ 70. Kf1 Qc1+ 71. Kg2 Qb2+ 72. Kg1 Qd4+ 73. Kf1 Qf4+ 74. Kg1 Qe3+ 75. Kf1 h4 76. Qb7 h3 0-1

[Event "Open Blitz Playoff (G/3+2spm)"]
[Site "St Louis"]
[Date "2023.03.22"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2761"]
[BlackElo "2768"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2023.03.17"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventCountry "USA"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e5 4. O-O Bd6 5. c3 a6 6. Ba4 b5 7. Bb3 c4 8. Bc2 Nf6 9. d4 cxd3 10. Qxd3 Be7 11. Rd1 d6 12. Bg5 Nh5 13. Be3 O-O 14. Nbd2 Rb8 15. b4 Kh8 16. Bb3 Qc7 17. Nf1 f5 18. Ng3 fxe4 19. Qxe4 Nf6 20. Qd3 d5 21. Qe2 e4 22. Nd4 Bg4 23. f3 exf3 24. gxf3 Bh3 25. Nxc6 Qxc6 26. Bd4 Rbe8 27. Re1 Bxb4 28. Qd3 Bc5 29. Kh1 Bxd4 30. Qxd4 Qc7 31. Qh4 Rxe1+ 32. Rxe1 Qxc3 0-1

[Event "Open Blitz Playoff (G/3+2spm)"]
[Site "St Louis"]
[Date "2023.03.22"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2768"]
[BlackElo "2761"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2023.03.17"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventCountry "USA"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. Qe2 O-O 6. e5 dxe5 7. dxe5 Nd5 8. h3 Nb6 9. Bb3 Nc6 10. O-O Na5 11. Nc3 Nxb3 12. axb3 Bd7 13. Rd1 Qc8 14. Bg5 Re8 15. Qe3 c5 16. Bh6 Bh8 17. Ra5 Bc6 18. Rxc5 Rd8 19. Nd4 e6 20. b4 Nd7 21. Nxc6 bxc6 22. Ra5 Qc7 23. f4 Nb6 24. Raa1 Qb7 25. Qc5 Nd5 26. Ne4 Bg7 27. Bg5 Rdb8 28. c3 h6 29. Bf6 Nxf4 30. Bxg7 Kxg7 31. Rf1 Nd3 32. Qd4 Qb6 33. Nd6 Qxd4+ 34. cxd4 Rf8 35. b5 cxb5 36. Nxb5 a6 37. Nd6 Nxb2 38. Rac1 Ra7 39. Rf3 Na4 40. Rb3 Rd7 41. Rc4 1-0