US Chess Championships Tournament 2016
[Event "US Chess Championships"] [Site "St. Louis, MO USA"] [Date "2016.04.14"] [EventDate "2016.04.13"] [Round "1"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Samuel Shankland"] [Black "Akshat Chandra"] [ECO "C07"] [WhiteElo "2656"] [BlackElo "2477"] [PlyCount "125"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 cxd4 5. exd5 Qxd5 6. Bc4 Qd6 7. O-O Nf6 8. Nb3 Nc6 9. Nbxd4 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 a6 11. Re1 Qc7 12. Bf1 Bd6 13. Nf5 Bxh2+ 14. Kh1 Kf8 15. Qd4 exf5 16. Qxf6 h6 17. Qd4 Bd6 18. Bc4 Bd7 19. b3 Qc5 20. Qh4 b5 21. Be3 Qc7 22. Bd5 Bc6 23. Rad1 Kg8 24. Qh5 Bxd5 25. Rxd5 g6 26. Qd1 Bf8 27. Bd4 Rh7 28. Bf6 Qb6 29. Bd4 Qc6 30. Bb2 f6 31. Rd8 Rxd8 32. Qxd8 Rf7 33. Re8 Qxc2 34. Ba3 b4 35. Bxb4 Qc1+ 36. Re1 Qc7 37. Qxc7 Rxc7 38. Re8 Rf7 39. Ra8 Kg7 40. Bxf8+ Rxf8 41. Rxa6 g5 42. b4 Rd8 43. b5 Rd2 44. b6 Rb2 45. g3 Kg6 46. Kg2 h5 47. a4 f4 48. gxf4 g4 49. a5 h4 50. Ra8 Kf5 51. Rh8 h3+ 52. Kg3 Rb3+ 53. Kh2 Rb2 54. a6 Rxf2+ 55. Kg1 g3 56. Rxh3 Kg4 57. Rh8 Rb2 58. a7 Rb1+ 59. Kg2 Rb2+ 60. Kf1 g2+ 61. Kg1 Kg3 62. Rg8+ Kh3 63. a8=Q 1-0
[Event "US Chess Championships"] [Site "St. Louis, MO USA"] [Date "2016.04.14"] [EventDate "2016.04.13"] [Round "1"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Wesley So"] [Black "Gata Kamsky"] [ECO "C95"] [WhiteElo "2773"] [BlackElo "2678"] [PlyCount "55"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Bc2 Re8 13. Nf1 Bf8 14. Ng3 g6 15. Bg5 h6 16. Bd2 Bg7 17. a4 c6 18. axb5 axb5 19. Rxa8 Qxa8 20. Nh4 Qd8 21. Qc1 Kh7 22. Nhf5 gxf5 23. Nxf5 Re6 24. Bxh6 Ne8 25. Bg5 Bf6 26. Bxf6 Qxf6 27. d5 Re7 28. g4 1-0
[Event "US Chess Championships"] [Site "St. Louis, MO USA"] [Date "2016.04.14"] [EventDate "2016.04.13"] [Round "1"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Fabiano Caruana"] [Black "Varuzhan Akobian"] [ECO "B01"] [WhiteElo "2795"] [BlackElo "2615"] [PlyCount "79"] 1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bc4 Bg4 5. f3 Bf5 6. Nc3 Nbd7 7. g4 Nb6 8. b3 Bc8 9. Bb2 Nfxd5 10. Nxd5 Nxd5 11. Qe2 e6 12. O-O-O b6 13. Nh3 Bb7 14. f4 Bd6 15. f5 Qe7 16. Bxg7 Rg8 17. Bb2 O-O-O 18. Rhf1 Rde8 19. f6 Qf8 20. g5 h6 21. Rg1 hxg5 22. Nxg5 Rh8 23. h3 Rh6 24. Rdf1 a5 25. Kb1 Kb8 26. Rg4 Rd8 27. h4 Ka7 28. Be5 Rd7 29. Bb5 Rd8 30. Bxd6 cxd6 31. Bc4 Nc7 32. Nxf7 Qxf7 33. Rg7 Qf8 34. Rxc7 Rxf6 35. Rxf6 Qxf6 36. Qxe6 Qxh4 37. Bd5 Rb8 38. Qf7 Qe1+ 39. Kb2 Qe5+ 40. c3 1-0
[Event "US Chess Championships"] [Site "St. Louis, MO USA"] [Date "2016.04.14"] [EventDate "2016.04.13"] [Round "1"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Hikaru Nakamura"] [Black "Aleksandr Lenderman"] [ECO "D43"] [WhiteElo "2787"] [BlackElo "2618"] [PlyCount "75"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 c6 5. g3 dxc4 6. Bg2 b5 7. O-O Bb7 8. b3 cxb3 9. Qxb3 Be7 10. Ne5 a6 11. Rd1 O-O 12. Ne4 Qc7 13. Ng5 a5 14. Bh3 a4 15. Qc2 Bc8 16. Bf4 Qd8 17. Ng4 g6 18. Nxf6+ Bxf6 19. Ne4 Bg7 20. Bg2 Qb6 21. Bd6 Re8 22. Rac1 Qd8 23. Bc5 Ba6 24. Bb4 Qc7 25. d5 exd5 26. Nd6 Qd7 27. Nxe8 Qxe8 28. e4 d4 29. e5 h5 30. f4 f6 31. Rxd4 fxe5 32. fxe5 Bc8 33. Rcd1 Bd7 34. Rd6 Qxe5 35. Qxg6 Qf5 36. Bc3 Qf7 37. Rf1 Qxg6 38. Rxg6 1-0
[Event "US Chess Championships"] [Site "St. Louis, MO USA"] [Date "2016.04.14"] [EventDate "2016.04.13"] [Round "1"] [Result "0-1"] [White "Alexander Shabalov"] [Black "Ray Robson"] [ECO "D43"] [WhiteElo "2528"] [BlackElo "2663"] [PlyCount "84"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. g3 dxc4 6. Bg2 b5 7. O-O Bb7 8. e4 Be7 9. e5 Nd5 10. Ne4 Nd7 11. Bg5 O-O 12. Nd6 Bxg5 13. Nxb7 Qe7 14. a4 Bh6 15. axb5 cxb5 16. Nd6 N7b6 17. Nxb5 Qb4 18. Nd6 Qxb2 19. Ra5 Nc3 20. Qa1 Bc1 21. Qxb2 Bxb2 22. Nd2 Ne2+ 23. Kh1 Rab8 24. N2xc4 Nxc4 25. Nxc4 Bxd4 26. f4 g6 27. Ra2 Nc3 28. Rd2 Bc5 29. Rd3 Na4 30. Rd2 Rfd8 31. Rc2 Bb4 32. Ra1 Nc3 33. Bf1 Nb5 34. Kg2 Rbc8 35. Rca2 Rc7 36. Ra4 Bc5 37. Ra5 Nc3 38. Rc1 Bb4 39. Ra6 Rd4 40. Nd6 Rd2+ 41. Kh3 h5 42. Ne8 Ne2 0-1
[Event "US Chess Championships"] [Site "Saint Louis USA"] [Date "2016.04.15"] [EventDate "2016.04.13"] [Round "2"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Ray Robson"] [Black "Alexander Onischuk"] [ECO "A46"] [WhiteElo "2663"] [BlackElo "2664"] [PlyCount "47"] 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 e6 3. Bf4 d5 4. e3 c5 5. c3 Nc6 6. Nbd2 Bd6 7. Bg3 Qe7 8. Ne5 Bxe5 9. dxe5 Nd7 10. Bb5 a6 11. Bxc6 bxc6 12. Qa4 Bb7 13. Bh4 f6 14. exf6 gxf6 15. c4 Rg8 16. O-O h5 17. Qd1 Rg4 18. Bg3 Qh7 19. Rc1 a5 20. Re1 Ba6 21. cxd5 cxd5 22. e4 d4 23. Qa4 Bb7 24. Qb3 1-0
[Event "US Chess Championships"] [Site "Saint Louis USA"] [Date "2016.04.15"] [EventDate "2016.04.13"] [Round "2"] [Result "0-1"] [White "Akshat Chandra"] [Black "Wesley So"] [ECO "B12"] [WhiteElo "2477"] [BlackElo "2773"] [PlyCount "80"] 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. h4 h5 5. c4 e6 6. Nc3 Ne7 7. Nge2 Nd7 8. Ng3 Bg6 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Be2 Qa5 11. Bd2 Nb4 12. O-O Qb6 13. Bg5 Nc2 14. Rc1 Nxd4 15. Bxh5 Bxh5 16. Nxh5 Nxe5 17. Re1 Nef3+ 18. gxf3 Rxh5 19. f4 g6 20. Na4 Qb4 21. Re4 Bg7 22. Nc5 Qxb2 23. Rc4 Rxg5+ 24. fxg5 O-O-O 25. Nb3 Nxb3 26. Qxb3 Qa1+ 27. Kg2 Rd1 28. Qc2 Kd8 29. Kf3 Ke8 30. Rb4 Rc1 31. Qe2 b5 32. Rb3 Rh1 33. Kg4 Kf8 34. Rg3 Kg8 35. Ree3 Qd4+ 36. Re4 f5+ 37. gxf6 Qxf6 38. f4 Qxh4+ 39. Kf3 Rh2 40. Qd3 Qh5+ 0-1
[Event "US Chess Championships"] [Site "Saint Louis USA"] [Date "2016.04.15"] [EventDate "2016.04.13"] [Round "2"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Fabiano Caruana"] [Black "Samuel Shankland"] [ECO "C18"] [WhiteElo "2795"] [BlackElo "2656"] [PlyCount "107"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Ne7 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7. Qg4 O-O 8. Bd3 Nbc6 9. Qh5 Ng6 10. Nh3 Qc7 11. Be3 c4 12. Bxg6 fxg6 13. Qg4 Qf7 14. Nf4 Ne7 15. h4 h6 16. Qe2 Bd7 17. g4 b5 18. f3 a5 19. Kf2 Rab8 20. Kg3 Be8 21. Bd2 b4 22. axb4 axb4 23. Rhb1 Nc6 24. Qe3 b3 25. Bc1 Bd7 26. Ba3 bxc2 27. Rc1 Rfc8 28. Rxc2 Ra8 29. Rca2 Be8 30. Bd6 Rxa2 31. Rxa2 Qd7 32. Qc1 Bf7 33. Qb1 Qe8 34. Qb7 Kh7 35. Ra6 Kg8 36. Bc7 Ne7 37. Bd6 Nc6 38. Kg2 Kh7 39. Kh3 Kg8 40. Kg3 Kh7 41. Nh3 Kg8 42. g5 h5 43. Nf4 Kh7 44. Ng2 Bg8 45. Ne3 Bf7 46. Nc2 Bg8 47. Na3 Bf7 48. Kf2 Bg8 49. Ke3 Bf7 50. Kd2 Bg8 51. Kc2 Bf7 52. Kc1 Kg8 53. Nb5 Ne7 54. Na7 1-0
[Event "US Chess Championships"] [Site "Saint Louis USA"] [Date "2016.04.16"] [EventDate "2016.04.13"] [Round "3"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Alexander Onischuk"] [Black "Aleksandr Lenderman"] [ECO "D10"] [WhiteElo "2664"] [BlackElo "2618"] [PlyCount "101"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. e3 Bf5 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Qb3 Qc7 6. Nc3 e6 7. Nf3 Nc6 8. Nh4 Be4 9. Bd2 Be7 10. Nxe4 dxe4 11. d5 exd5 12. Nf5 g6 13. Nd4 Qd7 14. Bb5 Bf6 15. Bc3 Kf8 16. O-O Kg7 17. f3 Nxd4 18. exd4 Qd6 19. fxe4 dxe4 20. Rae1 Rc8 21. Rxe4 Rc7 22. Bb4 Bxd4+ 23. Kh1 Qb6 24. Rxd4 Qxd4 25. Bc3 Rxc3 26. bxc3 Qd6 27. Qxf7+ Kh6 28. Qf8+ Qxf8 29. Rxf8 Kg7 30. Rb8 b6 31. Rb7+ Kh6 32. Rf7 g5 33. Bd3 g4 34. Kg1 Kg5 35. Rf8 Kh6 36. Ra8 a5 37. Rb8 Kg7 38. Rb7+ Kf8 39. Rb8+ Kg7 40. Rb7+ Kf8 41. Rxb6 Ne7 42. Rb8+ Kg7 43. Rxh8 Kxh8 44. Be4 Kg7 45. Kf2 Kf6 46. Ke3 Ke5 47. Bxh7 Nd5+ 48. Kd2 Kf4 49. Kd3 g3 50. hxg3+ Kxg3 51. Be4 1-0
[Event "US Chess Championships"] [Site "Saint Louis USA"] [Date "2016.04.16"] [EventDate "2016.04.13"] [Round "3"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Samuel Shankland"] [Black "Varuzhan Akobian"] [ECO "C10"] [WhiteElo "2656"] [BlackElo "2615"] [PlyCount "113"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Bd3 c5 7. Nxf6+ Nxf6 8. Be3 Qc7 9. Qd2 Nd5 10. c3 c4 11. Bc2 Bd6 12. Qe2 b5 13. Bd2 Bb7 14. O-O O-O 15. Qe4 g6 16. Qh4 Bf4 17. Be4 Bxd2 18. Nxd2 Rab8 19. g3 a5 20. Rfc1 Nb6 21. Re1 b4 22. Qh6 Nd5 23. Rac1 bxc3 24. bxc3 Nf6 25. Bxb7 Rxb7 26. Qg5 Kg7 27. Qe5 Qxe5 28. Rxe5 Nd5 29. Nxc4 Rc7 30. Nxa5 Ra8 31. Nb3 Rxc3 32. Re2 Rd3 33. Rb2 Nb4 34. a4 Nd5 35. a5 Rb8 36. Rcb1 Ra8 37. a6 Rxa6 38. Nc5 Raa3 39. Rb7 Rd2 40. Nxe6+ Kf6 41. Nd8 Kf5 42. Rxf7+ Ke4 43. Re1+ Kxd4 44. Ne6+ Kc4 45. Rc1+ Nc3 46. Rxh7 Kb5 47. Rb7+ Kc6 48. Rxc3+ Rxc3 49. Rc7+ Kd6 50. Rxc3 Kxe6 51. Rf3 Rd4 52. h4 Ke5 53. Kg2 Ke6 54. Kh3 Ke5 55. g4 Rd1 56. g5 Rd6 57. h5 1-0
[Event "US Chess Championships"] [Site "Saint Louis USA"] [Date "2016.04.17"] [EventDate "2016.04.14"] [Round "4.1"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Fabiano Caruana"] [Black "Hikaru Nakamura"] [ECO "B80"] [WhiteElo "2795"] [BlackElo "2787"] [PlyCount "61"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 e6 7. Be3 h5 8. a4 Nc6 9. Bc4 Qc7 10. Qe2 Be7 11. O-O Ne5 12. Bb3 Bd7 13. f4 Neg4 14. Kh1 Nxe3 15. Qxe3 Qc5 16. Rad1 g6 17. Qe2 O-O-O 18. f5 e5 19. Nf3 gxf5 20. Ng5 f4 21. Rd3 Kb8 22. Nxf7 h4 23. Nxh8 Rxh8 24. Qf2 Qb4 25. Nd5 Nxd5 26. Bxd5 Bxa4 27. Ra3 h3 28. c3 Qb5 29. b3 Bh4 30. bxa4 Qd3 31. g3 1-0
[Event "US Chess Championships"] [Site "Saint Louis USA"] [Date "2016.04.18"] [EventDate "2016.04.13"] [Round "5"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Alexander Onischuk"] [Black "Akshat Chandra"] [ECO "E32"] [WhiteElo "2664"] [BlackElo "2477"] [PlyCount "81"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 b6 5. e4 c5 6. d5 Qe7 7. Be2 exd5 8. exd5 Qe4 9. Qd2 Qe7 10. Nf3 O-O 11. O-O Bxc3 12. bxc3 d6 13. Re1 Bg4 14. Bd3 Qc7 15. Nh4 Re8 16. Rxe8+ Nxe8 17. Qg5 Bc8 18. Bf4 Nd7 19. Nf5 Ne5 20. Nxd6 Qxd6 21. Bxe5 Qd7 22. Qh4 h6 23. Re1 Qg4 24. Qe7 Qd7 25. Bg3 Qxe7 26. Rxe7 Kf8 27. Re1 Ba6 28. a4 Nf6 29. Bf1 Bc8 30. a5 Bf5 31. Bc7 Nd7 32. f3 h5 33. g3 Rc8 34. Bd6+ Kg8 35. h3 bxa5 36. Ra1 Bc2 37. Rxa5 Bb3 38. Ra3 Bd1 39. Rxa7 Nb6 40. Ra6 Na4 41. Be7 1-0
[Event "US Chess Championships"] [Site "Saint Louis USA"] [Date "2016.04.18"] [EventDate "2016.04.13"] [Round "5"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Jeffery Xiong"] [Black "Gata Kamsky"] [ECO "B03"] [WhiteElo "2618"] [BlackElo "2678"] [PlyCount "75"] 1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. exd6 cxd6 6. Nc3 g6 7. Be3 Bg7 8. Rc1 O-O 9. b3 Bf5 10. d5 e5 11. dxe6 Bxe6 12. Nge2 d5 13. c5 Nc6 14. Nd4 Bxd4 15. Bxd4 Re8 16. cxb6 Qh4 17. Ne2 axb6 18. Qd2 Bf5 19. Kd1 Rxe2 20. Bxe2 Nxd4 21. f3 Qf2 22. Re1 Be6 23. Rc3 Nc6 24. Bf1 Qh4 25. Bb5 Nd4 26. Bf1 Nf5 27. Rd3 d4 28. g3 Qf6 29. Ke2 Bd7 30. a4 b5 31. a5 Bc6 32. Kf2 Ne3 33. Be2 Rd8 34. Kg1 Kg7 35. Bd1 Bxf3 36. Bxf3 Qxf3 37. Rexe3 dxe3 38. Qb2+ 1-0
[Event "US Chess Championships"] [Site "Saint Louis USA"] [Date "2016.04.18"] [EventDate "2016.04.13"] [Round "5"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Hikaru Nakamura"] [Black "Samuel Shankland"] [ECO "B11"] [WhiteElo "2787"] [BlackElo "2656"] [PlyCount "73"] 1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. h3 Bxf3 5. Qxf3 e6 6. g3 g6 7. d4 Bg7 8. Be3 Nf6 9. Bg2 O-O 10. O-O Na6 11. e5 Nd7 12. Qd1 c5 13. f4 cxd4 14. Bxd4 Nb4 15. Ne2 Qc7 16. c3 Nc6 17. Be3 Rfc8 18. Kh1 b5 19. Rc1 Bf8 20. g4 Bc5 21. Nd4 Qb6 22. Bg1 b4 23. f5 bxc3 24. bxc3 Ncxe5 25. fxe6 fxe6 26. Nxe6 Bxg1 27. Rxg1 Kh8 28. Qxd5 Rab8 29. Rge1 Qb2 30. c4 Rb6 31. c5 Rbc6 32. Rcd1 h6 33. Nf4 Rf6 34. Nd3 Nxd3 35. Qxd7 Nf2+ 36. Kg1 Rcf8 37. Qd2 1-0
[Event "US Chess Championships"] [Site "Saint Louis USA"] [Date "2016.04.18"] [EventDate "2016.04.13"] [Round "5"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Wesley So"] [Black "Varuzhan Akobian"] [ECO "C10"] [WhiteElo "2773"] [BlackElo "2615"] [PlyCount "47"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. c3 c5 8. Be3 cxd4 9. Bxd4 Be7 10. Bd3 O-O 11. Qc2 h6 12. O-O-O Qa5 13. Kb1 Rd8 14. Ne5 Bd7 15. Qe2 Bc6 16. Rhe1 Bd5 17. c4 Bxg2 18. Bc3 Qb6 19. Rg1 Bc6 20. Nxf7 Kxf7 21. Rxg7+ Kxg7 22. Qxe6 Qxf2 23. Qxe7+ Kg8 24. Bh7+ 1-0
[Event "US Chess Championships"] [Site "Saint Louis USA"] [Date "2016.04.20"] [EventDate "2016.04.13"] [Round "6"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Fabiano Caruana"] [Black "Alexander Onischuk"] [ECO "C78"] [WhiteElo "2795"] [BlackElo "2664"] [PlyCount "55"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Bc5 6. c3 b5 7. Bc2 d5 8. a4 dxe4 9. axb5 Bg4 10. bxc6 exf3 11. gxf3 Be6 12. Ra5 Qd6 13. f4 e4 14. d4 exd3 15. Qxd3 O-O 16. Qxd6 Bxd6 17. Rd1 Bg4 18. Rd4 Bf3 19. Ba4 Rfe8 20. Be3 Ne4 21. Bd1 Bxd1 22. Rxd1 Rab8 23. Nd2 Rxb2 24. Nxe4 Rxe4 25. Re5 Rxe3 26. fxe3 Rb8 27. Ra5 Kf8 28. c4 1-0
[Event "US Chess Championships"] [Site "Saint Louis USA"] [Date "2016.04.20"] [EventDate "2016.04.13"] [Round "6"] [Result "0-1"] [White "Samuel Shankland"] [Black "Alexander Shabalov"] [ECO "B90"] [WhiteElo "2656"] [BlackElo "2528"] [PlyCount "84"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e6 7. g4 h6 8. Bg2 Qc7 9. O-O Be7 10. f4 Nc6 11. Nce2 d5 12. exd5 Nxd5 13. f5 Bd7 14. Kh1 O-O-O 15. Qe1 Bf6 16. fxe6 fxe6 17. c3 Rhe8 18. Nb3 Ne5 19. Nf4 Bb5 20. Nd4 Bxf1 21. Qxf1 Qc4 22. Nfxe6 Qxf1+ 23. Bxf1 Rd6 24. g5 hxg5 25. Nxg5 Nc6 26. Nf5 Rd7 27. Nf3 g6 28. N5d4 Bxd4 29. cxd4 Rf7 30. Bg2 Re2 31. Bh6 Nce7 32. Bg5 Rxb2 33. a3 Kb8 34. Re1 Ka7 35. h4 Rb3 36. Ne5 Rh7 37. Nc4 Rc3 38. Nd6 Rc6 39. Ne4 Nf5 40. Kg1 Nxh4 41. Bh1 Nf5 42. Nd2 Rc3 0-1