58th US Championship; 2014
May 7-21, 2014
Saint Louis, Missouri


                              1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2          S/B   Perf  +/-
 1. Kamsky, Gata         2713 x 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½  7 -4   38.00  2699  - 2
 2. Lenderman, Aleksandr 2582 0 x ½ 0 1 1 1 1 ½ ½ 1 ½  7 -4   36.25  2709  +20
 3. Akobian, Varuzhan    2643 ½ ½ x 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 ½  7 -4   35.75  2704  +10
 4. Shankland, Sam       2634 ½ 1 1 x 0 0 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½  6 -5   34.00  2639  + 1
 5. Naroditsky, Daniel   2543 ½ 0 ½ 1 x ½ ½ 1 0 ½ ½ 1  6 -5   31.75  2647  +16
 6. Onischuk, Alexander  2668 ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ x ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½  5½-5½  29.75  2605  -10
 7. Friedel, Joshua      2505 0 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ x ½ 1 1 1 ½  5½-5½  26.75  2619  +17
 8. Robson, Ray          2631 ½ 0 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ x 1 1 ½ 1  5½-5½  26.50  2609  - 3
 9. Gareev, Timur        2653 ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ 0 0 x 0 ½ 1  4½-6½  24.25  2543  -17
10. Erenburg, Sergey     2633 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 0 1 x 1 ½  4½-6½  22.50  2545  -14
11. Ramirez, Alejandro   2595 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 x 1  4 -7          2515  -12
12. Molner, Mackenzie    2522 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 0 ½ 0 x  3½-7½         2486  - 5



PLAYOFF  5/21

Three-way playoff between Kamsky, Lenderman and Akobian
Kamsky had top tiebreak and got a bye.

Lenderman and Akobian played an Armageddon game to eliminate one of them.

Lenderman - Akobian; 0-1


FINALS
Best of 2; 25+5 Rapids

         1 2
Kamsky   ½ 1  1½
Akobian  ½ 0   ½

Akobian-Kamsky  ½-½
Kamsky-Akobian  1-0

  • Chess Life, August 2014, p. 20.

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    [Event "US Championship"] [Site "St Louis, MO USA"] [Date "2014.05.08"] [EventDate "2014.05.08"] [Round "1.1"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Timur Gareyev"] [Black "Gata Kamsky"] [ECO "D15"] [WhiteElo "2751"] [BlackElo "2526"] [PlyCount "28"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Bg5 e6 7. e3 Nc6 8. Bd3 h6 9. Bh4 g5 10. Bg3 Nh5 11. Be5 Nf6 12. Bg3 Nh5 13. Be5 Nf6 14. Bg3 Nh5 1/2-1/2 [Event "US Championship"] [Site "St Louis, MO USA"] [Date "2014.05.08"] [EventDate "2014.05.08"] [Round "1.2"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Mackenzie Molner"] [Black "Alexander Onischuk"] [ECO "E15"] [WhiteElo "2634"] [BlackElo "2751"] [PlyCount "62"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Bxd2+ 6. Qxd2 Ba6 7. b3 c6 8. Bg2 d5 9. Ne5 Nfd7 10. Nd3 dxc4 11. Nb4 cxb3 12. Nxa6 Nxa6 13. axb3 Nab8 14. O-O O-O 15. Na3 a5 16. Rfc1 Nc5 17. Qb2 Nca6 18. Bxc6 Nxc6 19. Rxc6 Nb4 20. Rc4 Qd7 21. Rac1 Rad8 22. Rc7 Qxd4 23. Qxd4 Rxd4 24. Nc4 Nd5 25. Rc6 h6 26. Nxb6 Nxb6 27. Rxb6 a4 28. bxa4 Rxa4 29. Rbc6 g5 30. Rc8 Rxc8 31. Rxc8+ Kg7 1/2-1/2 [Event "US Championship"] [Site "St Louis, MO USA"] [Date "2014.05.08"] [EventDate "2014.05.08"] [Round "1.4"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Alejandro Ramirez Alvarez"] [Black "Samuel Shankland"] [ECO "A07"] [WhiteElo "2679"] [BlackElo "2698"] [PlyCount "65"] 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. c4 dxc4 4. Qa4+ Nc6 5. Qxc4 Bg7 6. Bg2 Nf6 7. d3 O-O 8. O-O Bg4 9. Nc3 Bxf3 10. Bxf3 Ne5 11. Qf4 Nxf3+ 12. Qxf3 c6 13. Bd2 Qd7 14. Rfc1 Nd5 15. Rab1 Rfd8 16. b4 Nxc3 17. Bxc3 Qd5 18. Qxd5 Rxd5 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. a4 Rad8 21. Rc3 e5 22. f3 Kf6 23. Kf2 Ke6 24. Ke3 f5 25. f4 Kd6 26. Kf3 Ke6 27. h4 R8d7 28. Rc4 Rd4 29. Rc5 R4d5 30. Ke3 Rxc5 31. bxc5 Kd5 32. fxe5 Kxe5 33. Rb4 1/2-1/2 [Event "US Championship"] [Site "St Louis, MO USA"] [Date "2014.05.08"] [EventDate "2014.05.08"] [Round "1.5"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Ray Robson"] [Black "Sergey Erenburg"] [ECO "C42"] [WhiteElo "2714"] [BlackElo "2717"] [PlyCount "79"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Be3 Nc6 8. Qd2 Be6 9. O-O-O Qd7 10. Kb1 Bf6 11. h4 O-O-O 12. Bg5 Bxg5 13. hxg5 Bg4 14. Rc1 Bxf3 15. gxf3 f6 16. f4 Kb8 17. Bg2 Rdf8 18. Rce1 Ne7 19. c4 Ng6 20. Rh3 fxg5 21. Rb3 c6 22. fxg5 Nf4 23. Bf3 h6 24. Rbe3 Rf7 25. g6 Nxg6 26. Bh5 Rf6 27. Bxg6 Rxg6 28. Re7 Qd8 29. c5 dxc5 30. Rd7 Qh4 31. Qa5 Rc8 32. Qxc5 Qg5 33. Qb4 b6 34. a4 c5 35. Qb5 Rgc6 36. Qa6 R6c7 37. Rxc7 Kxc7 38. Qxa7+ Kd6 39. Qxb6+ Kd7 40. Rd1+ 1-0 [Event "US Championship"] [Site "St Louis, MO USA"] [Date "2014.05.08"] [EventDate "2014.05.08"] [Round "1.3"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Varuzhan Eduardovich Akobian"] [Black "Daniel Naroditsky"] [ECO "E32"] [WhiteElo "2732"] [BlackElo "2632"] [PlyCount "148"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 d5 7. Nf3 dxc4 8. Qxc4 b6 9. Bg5 Ba6 10. Qc3 Nbd7 11. Ne5 Nxe5 12. dxe5 Ne4 13. Bxd8 Nxc3 14. Bh4 Nd5 15. g3 h6 16. e4 Bb7 17. exd5 Bxd5 18. Rg1 g5 19. Rc1 c5 20. Bxg5 hxg5 21. f4 f6 22. Be2 Rf7 23. Rc3 gxf4 24. gxf4+ Rg7 25. Rcg3 Rxg3 26. Rxg3+ Kf8 27. h4 fxe5 28. fxe5 Be4 29. Bf3 Bxf3 30. Rxf3+ Kg7 31. Rf6 Rh8 32. Rxe6 Rxh4 33. Kd2 Kf7 34. Rc6 Re4 35. Rc7+ Ke6 36. Rxa7 Kd5 37. Rb7 Kc6 38. Re7 Kd5 39. Rb7 Kc6 40. Re7 Kd5 41. Rd7+ Kxe5 42. Rb7 Kd4 43. Rxb6 Rh4 44. Kc2 c4 45. a4 Rh1 46. Rb5 Ra1 47. a5 Rh1 48. Rg5 Ra1 49. Rh5 Rg1 50. Rf5 Ra1 51. Rg5 Rh1 52. Rg8 Ra1 53. Ra8 Kc5 54. a6 Kb6 55. Kc3 Rc1+ 56. Kd2 Ra1 57. Kc3 Rc1+ 58. Kb4 Rc2 59. Ka3 Rh2 60. a7 Kb7 61. Rc8 Kxa7 62. Rxc4 Kb6 63. Rg4 Rh5 64. b3 Kb7 65. Rg6 Rf5 66. Ka4 Rh5 67. b4 Rf5 68. b5 Rf1 69. b6 Ra1+ 70. Kb5 Rb1+ 71. Kc5 Rc1+ 72. Kd4 Rc6 73. Rxc6 Kxc6 74. b7 Kxb7 1/2-1/2 [Event "US Championship"] [Site "St Louis, MO USA"] [Date "2014.05.08"] [EventDate "2014.05.08"] [Round "1.6"] [Result "0-1"] [White "Joshua E Friedel"] [Black "Aleksandr Lenderman"] [ECO "A25"] [WhiteElo "2599"] [BlackElo "2693"] [PlyCount "116"] 1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. e3 d6 6. Nge2 Nf6 7. O-O O-O 8. d3 Be6 9. Nd5 Qd7 10. Nec3 Ne8 11. Qa4 Bh3 12. Bd2 Bxg2 13. Kxg2 f5 14. Rae1 Rf7 15. f4 exf4 16. gxf4 Nf6 17. Nxf6+ Bxf6 18. Nd5 Bg7 19. Qb3 Nd8 20. Bc3 c6 21. Bxg7 cxd5 22. Bc3 dxc4 23. Qxc4 Qc6+ 24. Qxc6 Nxc6 25. h4 h5 26. e4 Rd8 27. Rf3 Kh7 28. a4 a6 29. Kg3 Ne7 30. Rff1 Kg8 31. Rc1 Rd7 32. Rfe1 Rf8 33. Kf3 Kf7 34. Re2 Rc8 35. Rd1 Rc6 36. Rde1 fxe4+ 37. dxe4 Rc4 38. Rd2 d5 39. a5 dxe4+ 40. Ke2 Rxd2+ 41. Kxd2 Nf5 42. b3 e3+ 43. Rxe3 Nxe3 44. bxc4 Nf5 45. Kd3 Nxh4 46. Ke4 Ke6 47. Bd4 Nf5 48. Bg1 Ne7 49. Bf2 Nc6 50. Be1 Kd6 51. Ke3 Ke7 52. Ke4 Ke6 53. Bc3 h4 54. Ke3 Kf5 55. Kf3 h3 56. Kg3 h2 57. Kxh2 Kxf4 58. Kh3 Ke4 0-1 [Event "US Championship"] [Site "St Louis, MO USA"] [Date "2014.05.09"] [EventDate "2014.05.08"] [Round "2.1"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Samuel Shankland"] [Black "Ray Robson"] [ECO "C42"] [WhiteElo "2698"] [BlackElo "2714"] [PlyCount "60"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. c4 Nb4 9. Be2 O-O 10. Nc3 Bf5 11. a3 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Nc6 13. Re1 Re8 14. Ra2 Na5 15. cxd5 Qxd5 16. Rb2 a6 17. Ne5 Bxa3 18. Bf3 Qd6 19. Rbe2 Bxc1 20. Qxc1 Nc6 21. Qb2 Nxe5 22. Rxe5 Rxe5 23. Rxe5 Bd7 24. Qxb7 Re8 25. Rxe8+ Bxe8 26. Qa8 Kf8 27. Be2 Qa3 28. Qxa6 Qxc3 29. Qc4 Qxc4 30. Bxc4 Ke7 1/2-1/2 [Event "US Championship"] [Site "St Louis, MO USA"] [Date "2014.05.09"] [EventDate "2014.05.08"] [Round "2.5"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Alexander Onischuk"] [Black "Sergey Erenburg"] [ECO "D45"] [WhiteElo "2751"] [BlackElo "2717"] [PlyCount "80"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 a6 6. b3 Bb4 7. Bd2 Nbd7 8. Bd3 O-O 9. O-O Bd6 10. Qc2 e5 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. e4 exd4 13. Nxd5 Nxd5 14. exd5 Nf6 15. h3 Bd7 16. Rad1 Rc8 17. Qb2 Qb6 18. Qxd4 Qxd4 19. Nxd4 Rc5 20. Nf3 Rxd5 21. Bc4 Rh5 22. Bc3 Ne4 23. Be5 Bxe5 24. Rxd7 b5 25. Re1 bxc4 26. Rxe4 cxb3 27. Nxe5 bxa2 28. Rd1 f6 29. Nc6 Rc5 30. Nb4 Ra5 31. Ree1 Rc8 32. Ra1 Ra4 33. Nd5 Rc2 34. Ne3 Rb2 35. Rec1 Rab4 36. Nd1 Rb1 37. Nc3 Rc4 38. Rcxb1 axb1=Q+ 39. Nxb1 Rc1+ 40. Kh2 a5 1/2-1/2 [Event "US Championship"] [Site "St Louis, MO USA"] [Date "2014.05.09"] [EventDate "2014.05.08"] [Round "2.2"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Aleksandr Lenderman"] [Black "Timur Gareyev"] [ECO "E44"] [WhiteElo "2693"] [BlackElo "2751"] [PlyCount "134"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Nge2 Bb7 6. a3 Bd6 7. d5 O-O 8. g3 a5 9. Bg2 Na6 10. Rb1 Re8 11. O-O exd5 12. cxd5 Nc5 13. b4 axb4 14. axb4 Nce4 15. Nxe4 Nxe4 16. f3 Nf6 17. e4 Qe7 18. Nd4 Bxb4 19. Nf5 Bc5+ 20. Kh1 Qd8 21. Bg5 d6 22. f4 Ba6 23. Re1 Bc8 24. Nxg7 Kxg7 25. Qc2 Kg6 26. e5+ Bf5 27. Qxf5+ Kxf5 28. Bxf6 dxe5 29. Bxd8 Raxd8 30. Be4+ Kf6 31. Bxh7 exf4 32. Rxe8 Rxe8 33. gxf4 Bd6 34. Rf1 Rh8 35. Bd3 Rh4 36. Kg2 Bxf4 37. h3 Ke5 38. Bc2 Kd4 39. Rb1 Bd6 40. Rf1 Bf4 41. Rd1+ Kc4 42. Rd3 f6 43. Rd1 b5 44. Bd3+ Kc5 45. Be2 b4 46. Rd3 f5 47. Bd1 Be5 48. Bb3 Rd4 49. Rf3 Rd2+ 50. Kg1 Rb2 51. h4 f4 52. h5 Rxb3 53. Rxb3 Kc4 54. Rb1 b3 55. Kf2 b2 56. h6 Kc3 57. Kf3 Kc2 58. Rh1 b1=Q 59. Rxb1 Kxb1 60. Ke4 Bb2 61. h7 Kc2 62. Kxf4 Kd3 63. Kf5 Kc4 64. Ke6 Kc5 65. Kd7 Be5 66. h8=Q Bxh8 67. Kxc7 Kxd5 1/2-1/2 [Event "US Championship"] [Site "St Louis, MO USA"] [Date "2014.05.09"] [EventDate "2014.05.08"] [Round "2.3"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Gata Kamsky"] [Black "Alejandro Ramirez Alvarez"] [ECO "C02"] [WhiteElo "2778"] [BlackElo "2679"] [PlyCount "112"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Nh6 6. Na3 cxd4 7. cxd4 Bb4+ 8. Bd2 Qa5 9. Bd3 Bxd2+ 10. Qxd2 Qxd2+ 11. Kxd2 f6 12. exf6 gxf6 13. Rae1 a6 14. Nc2 Ke7 15. Nh4 e5 16. f3 Kd6 17. dxe5+ fxe5 18. Kc1 Be6 19. Rd1 Raf8 20. Rhe1 Ng8 21. b3 Nge7 22. Kb2 Rhg8 23. Rd2 Rg7 24. Be4 Kc7 25. Bd3 Kd6 26. Rde2 Rf4 27. g3 Rf6 28. Ka3 Ng6 29. Bxg6 hxg6 30. f4 exf4 31. gxf4 Bg4 32. Rg2 Rxf4 33. Ne3 Bh3 34. Nxg6 Rf6 35. Rg3 Rgxg6 36. Rxh3 Nd4 37. Rh5 Nb5+ 38. Kb4 Rf4+ 39. Ka5 Nc3 40. Nxd5 Nxd5 41. Rd1 Kc6 42. Rhxd5 Rh6 43. R1d2 Rxh2 44. Rxh2 Kxd5 45. Rc2 Kd6 46. Rc3 Rf5+ 47. Kb6 Rb5+ 48. Ka7 a5 49. Rc4 Rc5 50. Rh4 Rb5 51. Kb8 Kc6 52. Rh7 Kc5 53. Rh5+ Kb6 54. Rh6+ Kc5 55. Ka7 a4 56. bxa4 Ra5+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "US Championship"] [Site "St Louis, MO USA"] [Date "2014.05.09"] [EventDate "2014.05.08"] [Round "2.4"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Mackenzie Molner"] [Black "Varuzhan Eduardovich Akobian"] [ECO "B12"] [WhiteElo "2634"] [BlackElo "2732"] [PlyCount "94"] 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Nd7 6. O-O Ne7 7. Nbd2 Nc8 8. c3 Be7 9. Ne1 c5 10. g4 Bg6 11. f4 cxd4 12. cxd4 f5 13. Ng2 Qb6 14. Nb3 a5 15. a4 fxg4 16. Bxg4 O-O 17. Ne3 Be4 18. Bd2 Kh8 19. Bc3 g6 20. Nd2 Bf5 21. Bxf5 gxf5 22. Kh1 Qd8 23. Rg1 Qe8 24. Nf3 Qh5 25. Rg3 Rg8 26. Rxg8+ Kxg8 27. Qe2 Nf8 28. Rg1+ Ng6 29. Nf1 Na7 30. Qe3 Nc6 31. Ng5 Bxg5 32. Rxg5 Qd1 33. Rg1 Kf7 34. Nd2 Qh5 35. Nf3 Rg8 36. Ng5+ Ke7 37. Bd2 Nf8 38. Qa3+ Ke8 39. Qb3 h6 40. Nf3 Rxg1+ 41. Kxg1 Nd7 42. Kf2 Nxd4 43. Nxd4 Qxh2+ 44. Kf3 Qh1+ 45. Kf2 Qh2+ 46. Kf3 Qh3+ 47. Kf2 Qh2+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "US Championship"] [Site "St Louis, MO USA"] [Date "2014.05.09"] [EventDate "2014.05.08"] [Round "2.6"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Daniel Naroditsky"] [Black "Joshua E Friedel"] [ECO "E00"] [WhiteElo "2632"] [BlackElo "2599"] [PlyCount "113"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Nf3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Bd6 6. Bg2 c6 7. Qc2 Nbd7 8. O-O O-O 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bxf6 Nxf6 11. Nbd2 b6 12. e4 Be7 13. e5 Nd7 14. cxd5 cxd5 15. Rfc1 a5 16. Bf1 Nb8 17. Bd3 Bd7 18. Qd1 Nc6 19. Qe2 Qb8 20. Nb1 b5 21. Nbd2 Qb6 22. Qe3 a4 23. Bb1 a3 24. b4 Nxb4 25. Nb3 Rfc8 26. Nc5 Be8 27. Nd2 Nc6 28. Ndb3 b4 29. Bd3 Na5 30. Be2 Nxb3 31. Nxb3 Bb5 32. h4 Qa6 33. Bxb5 Qxb5 34. Kg2 h5 35. Rab1 g6 36. Kf3 Bf8 37. g4 hxg4+ 38. Kxg4 Rc3 39. Rxc3 bxc3 40. h5 c2 41. Rh1 Rc8 42. Qf3 Qe8 43. Qh3 Bh6 44. f4 Bg7 45. hxg6 fxg6 46. Nc5 Qf7 47. Kf3 g5 48. Ke2 gxf4 49. Qh7+ Kf8 50. Qxc2 f3+ 51. Kf2 Rb8 52. Rb1 Rxb1 53. Qxb1 Kg8 54. Qb8+ Kh7 55. Qb1+ Kg8 56. Qb8+ Kh7 57. Qb1+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "US Championship"] [Site "St Louis, MO USA"] [Date "2014.05.10"] [EventDate "2014.05.08"] [Round "3.1"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Ray Robson"] [Black "Gata Kamsky"] [ECO "C67"] [WhiteElo "2714"] [BlackElo "2778"] [PlyCount "58"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Nxe5 7. Rxe5+ Be7 8. Bf1 O-O 9. d4 Bf6 10. Re1 Ne8 11. d5 d6 12. Nd2 Bg5 13. Nf3 Bxc1 14. Qxc1 Nf6 15. c4 Bd7 16. Bd3 Re8 17. Qf4 Rxe1+ 18. Rxe1 Qf8 19. h3 Re8 20. Rc1 a5 21. b3 b6 22. a3 Qe7 23. b4 axb4 24. axb4 Ra8 25. Re1 Qf8 26. Nd4 Re8 27. Ra1 Ra8 28. Re1 Re8 29. Ra1 Ra8 1/2-1/2 [Event "US Championship"] [Site "St Louis, MO USA"] [Date "2014.05.10"] [EventDate "2014.05.08"] [Round "3.2"] [Result "0-1"] [White "Alejandro Ramirez Alvarez"] [Black "Aleksandr Lenderman"] [ECO "C07"] [WhiteElo "2679"] [BlackElo "2693"] [PlyCount "124"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. Ngf3 cxd4 6. Bc4 Qd6 7. O-O Nf6 8. Nb3 Nc6 9. Nbxd4 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 a6 11. Re1 Qc7 12. Qe2 Bc5 13. c3 h6 14. Nf5 Kf8 15. Ng3 h5 16. Ne4 Ng4 17. g3 Ba7 18. Bf4 e5 19. Bg5 Bf5 20. Rf1 f6 21. Bd2 Rd8 22. Rad1 Qc6 23. Be3 Rxd1 24. Qxd1 Nxe3 25. Qd8+ Qe8 26. Qxe8+ Kxe8 27. Nd6+ Kd7 28. fxe3 Bh3 29. Nf5 Bxf1 30. Kxf1 h4 31. Kg2 hxg3 32. hxg3 g6 33. Nh4 Rh6 34. e4 Ke7 35. Bd5 b6 36. Bb7 a5 37. a4 Bb8 38. b4 Bd6 39. bxa5 bxa5 40. Bd5 Bc5 41. Kf3 Kf8 42. Bc6 Kf7 43. Bd5+ Kg7 44. Ke2 Rh8 45. Bc6 Bb6 46. Bb5 Rc8 47. c4 Rd8 48. Nf3 Bc5 49. g4 g5 50. Bc6 Rh8 51. Bd5 Rh3 52. Ne1 Rh2+ 53. Kd1 Kf8 54. Nd3 Be3 55. Ke1 Ke7 56. c5 Rd2 57. Bc4 Rc2 58. Ba6 Bxc5 59. Kd1 Rc3 60. Nb2 Bb4 61. Nc4 Rg3 62. Bc8 Rd3+ 0-1 [Event "US Championship"] [Site "St Louis, MO USA"] [Date "2014.05.10"] [EventDate "2014.05.08"] [Round "3.3"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Varuzhan Eduardovich Akobian"] [Black "Alexander Onischuk"] [ECO "E32"] [WhiteElo "2732"] [BlackElo "2751"] [PlyCount "44"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d6 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 Nbd7 7. Nf3 b6 8. g3 Bb7 9. Bg2 c5 10. O-O Rc8 11. Rd1 d5 12. cxd5 Bxd5 13. Bf4 O-O 14. Rac1 cxd4 15. Qxd4 Rxc1 16. Bxc1 Qc7 17. Bf4 Qb7 18. Rc1 Nc5 19. Qd1 Bb3 20. Qd4 Bd5 21. Qd1 Bb3 22. Qd4 Bd5 1/2-1/2 [Event "US Championship"] [Site "St Louis, MO USA"] [Date "2014.05.10"] [EventDate "2014.05.08"] [Round "3.4"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Timur Gareyev"] [Black "Daniel Naroditsky"] [ECO "E73"] [WhiteElo "2751"] [BlackElo "2632"] [PlyCount "103"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Bg5 Nc6 7. d5 Ne5 8. Nf3 Nxf3+ 9. Bxf3 Nd7 10. Qd2 Nc5 11. O-O a5 12. b3 Bd7 13. Rae1 b6 14. Bd1 Qe8 15. f4 b5 16. cxb5 Bxb5 17. Rf3 Ba6 18. e5 Qb8 19. f5 f6 20. exf6 exf6 21. Bh6 Qb6 22. Be3 Rae8 23. Na4 Ne4 24. Nxb6 Nxd2 25. Bxd2 Rxe1+ 26. Bxe1 cxb6 27. Rc3 Re8 28. Bf2 gxf5 29. Rc6 Bf8 30. Rxb6 Bd3 31. h4 Be4 32. Bf3 Bxf3 33. gxf3 Re2 34. a4 Rb2 35. Be3 Kf7 36. h5 Be7 37. Bf4 Ke8 38. Rb8+ Kd7 39. Rb7+ Ke8 40. Kf1 Rc2 41. Rb5 Kd7 42. Rxa5 Rc3 43. Ra7+ Ke8 44. Ra8+ Kd7 45. Ke2 Rxb3 46. Ra7+ Ke8 47. Bd2 Ra3 48. a5 Bd8 49. Rxh7 Bxa5 50. Ra7 Bb4 51. Rxa3 Bxa3 52. Ke3 1-0 [Event "US Championship"] [Site "St Louis, MO USA"] [Date "2014.05.10"] [EventDate "2014.05.08"] [Round "3.5"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Sergey Erenburg"] [Black "Samuel Shankland"] [ECO "C65"] [WhiteElo "2717"] [BlackElo "2698"] [PlyCount "75"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. O-O Re8 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4 Be7 9. Nbd2 d6 10. Re1 Bd7 11. Nf1 Nh7 12. Bxe7 Nxe7 13. Bc4 b5 14. Bb3 Ng6 15. a4 a6 16. d4 Nf6 17. Ng3 c5 18. axb5 axb5 19. Rxa8 Qxa8 20. dxc5 dxc5 21. Nh5 Nxh5 22. Qxd7 c4 23. Bc2 Qb8 24. Rd1 Nf6 25. Qc6 Re6 26. Qc5 Qb6 27. Qxb6 Rxb6 28. Rd8+ Kh7 29. Ra8 b4 30. cxb4 Rxb4 31. Ra2 Nd7 32. Kf1 Nf4 33. g3 Ne6 34. Ra4 Rxb2 35. Rxc4 f6 36. h4 h5 37. Ke1 Ndc5 38. Kd1 1/2-1/2 [Event "US Championship"] [Site "St Louis, MO USA"] [Date "2014.05.10"] [EventDate "2014.05.08"] [Round "3.6"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Joshua E Friedel"] [Black "Mackenzie Molner"] [ECO "D85"] [WhiteElo "2599"] [BlackElo "2634"] [PlyCount "69"] 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Qb3 Nb6 6. d4 Bg7 7. e4 Bg4 8. Bb5+ c6 9. Ng5 O-O 10. Be2 Bxe2 11. Nxe2 h6 12. Nf3 Na6 13. Be3 Qd6 14. O-O Rac8 15. Nf4 Kh7 16. Nd3 f5 17. exf5 Rxf5 18. Nc5 Qd5 19. Nxa6 bxa6 20. Rfc1 Qxb3 21. axb3 a5 22. Rc5 Rxc5 23. dxc5 Nd5 24. Bd4 Rb8 25. Bxg7 Kxg7 26. Nd4 Kf6 27. Rxa5 Nb4 28. Kf1 Rd8 29. Nf3 Rd3 30. Rxa7 Rxb3 31. Nd4 Rxb2 32. Rb7 Nd3 33. Rxb2 Nxb2 34. Nxc6 Nd3 35. Ke2 1/2-1/2 [Event "US Championship"] [Site "St Louis, MO USA"] [Date "2014.05.11"] [EventDate "2014.05.08"] [Round "4.3"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Gata Kamsky"] [Black "Sergey Erenburg"] [ECO "D00"] [WhiteElo "2778"] [BlackElo "2717"] [PlyCount "67"] 1. d4 d5 2. Bg5 h6 3. Bh4 c6 4. Nf3 Qb6 5. b3 Bf5 6. e3 e6 7. Bd3 Bxd3 8. Qxd3 Ne7 9. c4 Nf5 10. Bg3 Nd7 11. Nbd2 Nxg3 12. hxg3 g6 13. e4 dxe4 14. Nxe4 O-O-O 15. O-O e5 16. c5 Qc7 17. Qc3 f5 18. Nd6+ Bxd6 19. cxd6 Qxd6 20. dxe5 Qe7 21. b4 Kb8 22. a4 Rhe8 23. Rfe1 Nf8 24. b5 c5 25. b6 a6 26. Rad1 Ne6 27. a5 g5 28. Rd6 h5 29. Red1 f4 30. Qc4 Kc8 31. gxf4 gxf4 32. R1d5 Qf7 33. Rxc5+ Kb8 34. Rc7 1-0 [Event "US Championship"] [Site "St Louis, MO USA"] [Date "2014.05.11"] [EventDate "2014.05.08"] [Round "4.4"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Alexander Onischuk"] [Black "Samuel Shankland"] [ECO "D19"] [WhiteElo "2751"] [BlackElo "2698"] [PlyCount "69"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. e3 e6 7. Bxc4 Bb4 8. O-O O-O 9. Qe2 Nbd7 10. e4 Bg6 11. Bd3 Bh5 12. e5 Nd5 13. Nxd5 cxd5 14. Qe3 Be7 15. Ng5 Bxg5 16. Qxg5 Qxg5 17. Bxg5 Bg6 18. Bb5 h6 19. Bxd7 hxg5 20. Rfc1 Bd3 21. Rc7 a5 22. Ra3 Ba6 23. Rg3 Rab8 24. Rxg5 b5 25. axb5 Bxb5 26. Bxe6 Bc4 27. h4 Rxb2 28. Bd7 Re2 29. e6 a4 30. Re5 Rxe5 31. dxe5 fxe6 32. Bxe6+ Kh7 33. Ra7 Kg6 34. g4 Kh6 35. Bf7 1-0 [Event "US Championship"] [Site "St Louis, MO USA"] [Date "2014.05.11"] [EventDate "2014.05.08"] [Round "4.5"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Varuzhan Eduardovich Akobian"] [Black "Joshua E Friedel"] [ECO "E11"] [WhiteElo "2732"] [BlackElo "2599"] [PlyCount "49"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 O-O 5. a3 Be7 6. e3 c5 7. dxc5 a5 8. b3 Na6 9. b4 b6 10. Bb2 axb4 11. axb4 Bb7 12. Qb3 bxc5 13. b5 Nb4 14. Be2 Rxa1+ 15. Bxa1 d5 16. O-O Qb6 17. Bc3 Rd8 18. Ra1 h6 19. h3 dxc4 20. Qxc4 Bd5 21. Qf4 Nh5 22. Qg4 Nf6 23. Qf4 Nh5 24. Qg4 Nf6 25. Qf4 1/2-1/2 [Event "US Championship"] [Site "St Louis, MO USA"] [Date "2014.05.11"] [EventDate "2014.05.08"] [Round "4.6"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Daniel Naroditsky"] [Black "Alejandro Ramirez Alvarez"] [ECO "C07"] [WhiteElo "2632"] [BlackElo "2679"] [PlyCount "73"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. exd5 Qxd5 7. Nb5 Na6 8. Nc3 Qd8 9. a3 Be7 10. Qf3 Nc5 11. b4 Ncd7 12. Nc4 Nb6 13. Nxb6 axb6 14. Bb2 O-O 15. Bd3 Qc7 16. O-O Bd7 17. Ne4 Nxe4 18. Qxe4 f5 19. Qc4 Rfc8 20. Qb3 Kh8 21. Rad1 Bd6 22. h3 e5 23. Rfe1 Re8 24. Bc4 Ba4 25. Qd3 Rad8 26. Qe2 e4 27. Bb5 Bxb5 28. Qxb5 Qxc2 29. Rxd6 Qxb2 30. Rxd8 Rxd8 31. Qxf5 Qxa3 32. Qxe4 h6 33. h4 Qc3 34. h5 Qc6 35. Qe7 Qd6 36. Qxd6 Rxd6 37. Re7 1/2-1/2 [Event "US Championship"] [Site "St Louis, MO USA"] [Date "2014.05.11"] [EventDate "2014.05.08"] [Round "4.1"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Aleksandr Lenderman"] [Black "Ray Robson"] [ECO "D72"] [WhiteElo "2582"] [BlackElo "2631"] [PlyCount "99"] 1. c4 Nf6 2. d4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nb6 7. Ne2 c5 8. d5 O-O 9. O-O e6 10. Nec3 Na6 11. Na3 exd5 12. exd5 Bf5 13. Be3 Qd7 14. Qb3 Rfe8 15. Rfd1 Rxe3 16. fxe3 Nb4 17. Ne4 N4xd5 18. Nxc5 Qe7 19. Bxd5 Qxc5 20. Bxf7+ Kh8 21. Nc4 Rf8 22. Rac1 Bg4 23. Rf1 Nd7 24. Qa3 Bh3 25. Rf2 b5 26. Qxc5 Nxc5 27. Ne5 Ne4 28. Rf4 Bf5 29. Nxg6+ hxg6 30. Rh4+ Bh6 31. Rc7 g5 32. Rxh6+ Kg7 33. g4 Kxh6 34. gxf5 Rd8 35. Rc6+ Kg7 36. Bb3 Rd2 37. Re6 Nf6 38. e4 Rxb2 39. e5 Ng4 40. Re7+ Kh6 41. f6 Ne3 42. f7 Rg2+ 43. Kh1 Rf2 44. h3 g4 45. hxg4 Kg6 46. e6 Rf1+ 47. Kh2 Nxg4+ 48. Kg3 Nh6 49. Re8 Kg7 50. Rg8+ 1-0 [Event "US Championship"] [Site "St Louis, MO USA"] [Date "2014.05.11"] [EventDate "2014.05.08"] [Round "4.2"] [Result "0-1"] [White "Mackenzie Molner"] [Black "Timur Gareyev"] [ECO "C63"] [WhiteElo "2522"] [BlackElo "2653"] [PlyCount "136"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 f5 4. d3 fxe4 5. dxe4 Nf6 6. O-O Bc5 7. Bg5 d6 8. Nc3 O-O 9. Na4 Bb6 10. Nxb6 axb6 11. Qd3 h6 12. Bh4 Qe8 13. Nd2 Nh5 14. Bg3 Be6 15. Bc4 Qf7 16. Bxe6 Qxe6 17. Nc4 Nb4 18. Qb3 Na6 19. Ne3 Nc5 20. Qxe6+ Nxe6 21. f3 b5 22. a3 Nhf4 23. Rfd1 Ne2+ 24. Kf1 N2d4 25. c3 Nb3 26. Rab1 Nec5 27. Ke2 Kf7 28. Bf2 Ke6 29. Nf5 Rf7 30. Be3 h5 31. h4 g6 32. Ng3 Kd7 33. Nh1 Kc6 34. Nf2 b6 35. Rg1 Na4 36. Nd3 Na5 37. Rbf1 Nc4 38. Bc1 Nc5 39. Rd1 Kb7 40. Rh1 Nb3 41. Rdg1 Rd8 42. Bg5 Rdd7 43. Rb1 Rf8 44. Rhd1 Ra8 45. Kf2 Rf7 46. Ke2 Nc5 47. Be3 Ne6 48. Rbc1 Rg8 49. Rh1 Re8 50. Rc2 Nc5 51. Nb4 Ra8 52. Bc1 Nb3 53. Bg5 Nc5 54. Bc1 Ne6 55. Kf2 Rg8 56. Rh2 Nc5 57. Ke2 Re8 58. Rh1 Rd7 59. Bg5 Ne6 60. Bc1 c6 61. Rd1 Nc7 62. Bg5 d5 63. exd5 c5 64. Nd3 Nxd5 65. Kf2 e4 66. Nc1 Kc6 67. Re2 Re6 68. Kg3 Nxc3 0-1 [Event "US Championship"] [Site "St Louis, MO USA"] [Date "2014.05.12"] [EventDate "2014.05.08"] [Round "5.3"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Samuel Shankland"] [Black "Gata Kamsky"] [ECO "C95"] [WhiteElo "2698"] [BlackElo "2778"] [PlyCount "61"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3 d6 9. h3 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Bc2 Re8 13. a4 Bf8 14. Bd3 c6 15. b4 Nb6 16. axb5 axb5 17. Rxa8 Qxa8 18. Nb3 h6 19. dxe5 dxe5 20. Be3 Na4 21. Qc2 Bc8 22. Ra1 Qb8 23. Na5 Bd7 24. c4 Bxb4 25. Nxc6 Bxc6 26. cxb5 Bxb5 27. Bxb5 Qxb5 28. Qxa4 Qxa4 29. Rxa4 Bf8 30. Ra5 Nxe4 31. Rxe5 1/2-1/2 [Event "US Championship"] [Site "St Louis, MO USA"] [Date "2014.05.12"] [EventDate "2014.05.08"] [Round "5.4"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Joshua E Friedel"] [Black "Alexander Onischuk"] [ECO "A13"] [WhiteElo "2599"] [BlackElo "2751"] [PlyCount "61"] 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 dxc4 5. Qa4+ c6 6. Qxc4 b5 7. Qb3 Bb7 8. O-O Nbd7 9. d4 Be7 10. Ne5 Nxe5 11. dxe5 Nd7 12. Nc3 O-O 13. Rd1 Qc7 14. Ne4 Nc5 15. Nxc5 Bxc5 16. Be3 Qxe5 17. Bxc5 Qxc5 18. Rd7 Bc8 19. Rd2 Qb6 20. Rad1 Rb8 21. Qc3 b4 22. Qxc6 Qxc6 23. Bxc6 g6 24. f4 Bb7 25. Bxb7 Rxb7 26. Rd7 Rxd7 27. Rxd7 Rc8 28. Rxa7 Rc2 29. Kf2 Rxb2 30. Kf3 Kg7 31. h4 1/2-1/2 [Event "US Championship"] [Site "St Louis, MO USA"] [Date "2014.05.12"] [EventDate "2014.05.08"] [Round "5.1"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Sergey Erenburg"] [Black "Aleksandr Lenderman"] [ECO "B65"] [WhiteElo "2717"] [BlackElo "2693"] [PlyCount "115"] 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 Nxd4 9. Qxd4 O-O 10. f4 Qa5 11. Bc4 Bd7 12. e5 dxe5 13. fxe5 Bc6 14. Bd2 Bc5 15. Qh4 Nd7 16. Rhe1 Qb6 17. Bd3 g6 18. Na4 Bxa4 19. Qxa4 Bd4 20. c3 Nc5 21. Qc2 Qc7 22. Bf4 Nxd3+ 23. Qxd3 Bf2 24. Rf1 Rfd8 25. Qe4 Bc5 26. g4 b5 27. h4 Be7 28. h5 Rxd1+ 29. Rxd1 Rd8 30. Rxd8+ Qxd8 31. Kc2 Bf8 32. Be3 a6 33. a4 Qh4 34. hxg6 hxg6 35. axb5 axb5 36. Bd4 Qd8 37. Kd3 Qa5 38. Be3 Qa1 39. Kc2 Qf1 40. Bg5 Qf2+ 41. Kb3 Qf1 42. Qd4 Qa1 43. Kc2 Qf1 44. Bf6 Qg2+ 45. Kb3 Qa8 46. g5 Qa1 47. Kc2 Qh1 48. Qd3 Qc6 49. Qe2 b4 50. Kb3 bxc3 51. bxc3 Qb7+ 52. Kc2 Qa8 53. Kb3 Qa3+ 54. Kc2 Qa2+ 55. Kd3 Qd5+ 56. Kc2 Qa2+ 57. Kd3 Qd5+ 58. Kc2 1/2-1/2 [Event "US Championship"] [Site "St Louis, MO USA"] [Date "2014.05.12"] [EventDate "2014.05.08"] [Round "5.6"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Alejandro Ramirez Alvarez"] [Black "Mackenzie Molner"] [ECO "A34"] [WhiteElo "2679"] [BlackElo "2634"] [PlyCount "92"] 1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. g3 Nc6 6. Bg2 Nc7 7. d3 e5 8. O-O Be7 9. Nd2 O-O 10. Bxc6 bxc6 11. Nc4 Bh3 12. Nxe5 Bf6 13. Nxc6 Qd7 14. Na5 Bxf1 15. Qxf1 Rab8 16. Nd1 Rfe8 17. Nc4 Nd5 18. Be3 Nxe3 19. fxe3 Re6 20. Rc1 Ra6 21. a3 h5 22. Qf4 Re8 23. Nf2 h4 24. Ne4 Rc6 25. g4 Bd8 26. Ne5 Rxe5 27. Qxe5 Qxg4+ 28. Kf2 Re6 29. Qf4 Qh3 30. Rxc5 Be7 31. Qb8+ Kh7 32. Rh5+ Rh6 33. Rxh6+ Kxh6 34. Qf4+ Kg6 35. Ke1 f5 36. Nd2 Bg5 37. Qd6+ Kh5 38. Nf3 Bxe3 39. Qe7 Bh6 40. Qxa7 Qg4 41. b4 Qf4 42. Qf7+ Kg4 43. Qc4 Kh3 44. a4 Qg4 45. Qc5 Bf4 46. Qf2 Bg3 1-0 [Event "US Championship"] [Site "St Louis, MO USA"] [Date "2014.05.12"] [EventDate "2014.05.08"] [Round "5.2"] [Result "0-1"] [White "Timur Gareyev"] [Black "Varuzhan Eduardovich Akobian"] [ECO "D36"] [WhiteElo "2751"] [BlackElo "2732"] [PlyCount "104"] 1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. Qc2 Be7 7. e3 Nbd7 8. h3 Ne4 9. Bf4 Bd6 10. Bxd6 Nxd6 11. Bd3 Qg5 12. Nf3 Qf6 13. O-O Nb6 14. e4 dxe4 15. Nxe4 Nxe4 16. Bxe4 g6 17. Qc5 Qe7 18. Rfe1 Be6 19. Ng5 Qxc5 20. dxc5 Nd7 21. b4 O-O-O 22. Bf3 Rhe8 23. Nxh7 f6 24. Bg4 f5 25. Bf3 Bc4 26. Rxe8 Rxe8 27. a3 a5 28. Kh2 Ne5 29. bxa5 Nd3 30. Ng5 Nxf2 31. Rc1 Ba6 32. Rc3 Nd3 33. h4 Kd7 34. Nh3 Re5 35. Kg3 Nxc5 36. Kf4 Kd6 37. Ng5 Re7 38. h5 gxh5 39. Kxf5 Bd3+ 40. Kf4 Bg6 41. Kg3 Ne4+ 42. Nxe4+ Bxe4 43. Kh4 Bxf3 44. Rxf3 Rh7 45. a4 Ke5 46. g3 c5 47. Kg5 c4 48. Kg6 Rc7 49. Kxh5 c3 50. Rf1 c2 51. Rc1 Kd4 52. g4 Kc3 0-1 [Event "US Championship"] [Site "St Louis, MO USA"] [Date "2014.05.12"] [EventDate "2014.05.08"] [Round "5.5"] [Result "0-1"] [White "Ray Robson"] [Black "Daniel Naroditsky"] [ECO "C67"] [WhiteElo "2631"] [BlackElo "2543"] [PlyCount "126"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Ba4 e4 7. Ne5 Be7 8. Nc3 O-O 9. Re1 Bg5 10. Nxe4 Nxe4 11. Rxe4 Bxc1 12. Rxc1 Ne7 13. Qd2 d6 14. Nf3 Bf5 15. Re2 Ng6 16. Rce1 Qf6 17. c3 c6 18. Bc2 Bxc2 19. Qxc2 Nf4 20. Re7 b5 21. Qe4 Nd5 22. Rb7 h6 23. Qg4 a5 24. h4 a4 25. a3 Qd8 26. g3 Qc8 27. Qxc8 Rfxc8 28. Nd2 Rcb8 29. Rd7 Rd8 30. Rxd8+ Rxd8 31. c4 Nb6 32. Rc1 Kf8 33. cxb5 cxb5 34. Rc6 Nd5 35. Kf1 Ke7 36. Ke2 Kd7 37. Ra6 f5 38. Kd3 Rc8 39. Ra7+ Nc7 40. d5 Re8 41. f4 Kc8 42. b3 axb3 43. Nxb3 Kb8 44. Ra5 Kb7 45. a4 b4 46. Nd2 Re1 47. Nc4 Rc1 48. Nxd6+ Kb6 49. Kd2 Rc3 50. Nb7 Kxb7 51. d6 Ne6 52. Rb5+ Kc6 53. Rxb4 Rxg3 54. Rb5 Ra3 55. Rxf5 Rxa4 56. Ke3 Ra7 57. Ke4 Kxd6 58. Rd5+ Ke7 59. f5 Ra4+ 60. Ke5 Nf8 61. f6+ gxf6+ 62. Kf5 Rxh4 63. Re5+ fxe5 0-1 [Event "US Championship"] [Site "St Louis, MO USA"] [Date "2014.05.13"] [EventDate "2014.05.08"] [Round "6.1"] [Result "0-1"] [White "Aleksandr Lenderman"] [Black "Samuel Shankland"] [ECO "D37"] [WhiteElo "2693"] [BlackElo "2698"] [PlyCount "98"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Qc2 c5 8. Rd1 cxd4 9. Rxd4 Qa5 10. Rd1 Nb6 11. Nd2 Bb4 12. a3 Bxc3 13. Qxc3 Qxc3 14. bxc3 Bd7 15. Be5 Ba4 16. Rb1 Nfd7 17. Bd6 Rfc8 18. cxd5 exd5 19. Nf3 Rc6 20. Be7 Rxc3 21. Bb4 Rc7 22. Be2 Nc4 23. Nd4 Nf6 24. Rc1 Rac8 25. Nf5 Nd6 26. Rxc7 Rxc7 27. Ne7+ Kf8 28. Ng6+ Ke8 29. O-O Nde4 30. Ne5 b6 31. Ra1 a5 32. Be1 Nc3 33. Bd3 Nfe4 34. Nf3 Bb5 35. Bxb5+ Nxb5 36. a4 Nbc3 37. Nd4 Rc4 38. f3 Nc5 39. Bxc3 Rxc3 40. Nb5 Rxe3 41. Nc7+ Kd7 42. Nxd5 Rb3 43. Rd1 Kc6 44. Ne7+ Kc7 45. Rd4 Ra3 46. Nd5+ Kc6 47. Ne7+ Kb7 48. Rd8 Rxa4 49. Rf8 Rd4 0-1 [Event "US Championship"] [Site "St Louis, MO USA"] [Date "2014.05.13"] [EventDate "2014.05.08"] [Round "6.2"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Alexander Onischuk"] [Black "Gata Kamsky"] [ECO "D15"] [WhiteElo "2751"] [BlackElo "2778"] [PlyCount "63"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. e3 g6 6. Be2 Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8. a4 a5 9. Qb3 e6 10. Rd1 Nbd7 11. Qc2 Re8 12. b3 b6 13. Ba3 Bb7 14. Rac1 Qb8 15. h3 Ra7 16. Bd3 Ba8 17. Re1 Bf8 18. Bxf8 Rxf8 19. Nd2 Rc7 20. cxd5 cxd5 21. Qb2 Rfc8 22. Rc2 Bb7 23. Rec1 Ne8 24. Ndb1 Ndf6 25. b4 Qa8 26. Na3 Kg7 27. Ncb5 Rxc2 28. Rxc2 Rxc2 29. Nxc2 axb4 30. Qxb4 Qd8 31. Qc3 Nd6 32. Nxd6 1/2-1/2 [Event "US Championship"] [Site "St Louis, MO USA"] [Date "2014.05.13"] [EventDate "2014.05.08"] [Round "6.5"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Daniel Naroditsky"] [Black "Sergey Erenburg"] [ECO "B18"] [WhiteElo "2632"] [BlackElo "2717"] [PlyCount "61"] 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. h5 Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 e6 11. Bd2 Ngf6 12. O-O-O Be7 13. Ne4 Nxe4 14. Qxe4 Nf6 15. Qe2 Qd5 16. c4 Qe4 17. Qxe4 Nxe4 18. Be3 f5 19. Rhe1 O-O 20. Re2 Bd6 21. Kc2 Rac8 22. Nh4 Rfe8 23. Ng6 Nf6 24. Bf4 Bf8 25. Be5 Nxh5 26. Rh1 Nf6 27. Bxf6 gxf6 28. Nxf8 Kxf8 29. Rxh6 Kg7 30. Rh3 Rcd8 31. Rd3 1/2-1/2 [Event "US Championship"] [Site "St Louis, MO USA"] [Date "2014.05.13"] [EventDate "2014.05.08"] [Round "6.6"] [Result "0-1"] [White "Mackenzie Molner"] [Black "Ray Robson"] [ECO "B48"] [WhiteElo "2634"] [BlackElo "2714"] [PlyCount "54"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. Qd2 Nf6 8. f4 Be7 9. e5 Ng4 10. Bg1 f6 11. exf6 Nxf6 12. g3 Na5 13. O-O-O b5 14. Bg2 Bb7 15. Bxb7 Qxb7 16. Bf2 Rc8 17. Qd3 O-O 18. Nf3 b4 19. Na4 Nd5 20. Qe4 Rc4 21. Rd4 Rfc8 22. b3 Rxc2+ 23. Qxc2 Rxc2+ 24. Kxc2 Qc6+ 25. Kd2 Nc3 26. Rd3 Nxa4 27. bxa4 Nc4+ 0-1 [Event "US Championship"] [Site "St Louis, MO USA"] [Date "2014.05.13"] [EventDate "2014.05.08"] [Round "6.3"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Varuzhan Eduardovich Akobian"] [Black "Alejandro Ramirez Alvarez"] [ECO "D31"] [WhiteElo "2643"] [BlackElo "2595"] [PlyCount "169"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 dxc4 4. Nf3 e6 5. a4 Bb4 6. e4 Nf6 7. Qc2 c5 8. dxc5 Qa5 9. Bxc4 Qxc5 10. Bd3 Nbd7 11. O-O a6 12. Qe2 e5 13. Na2 O-O 14. Nxb4 Qxb4 15. b3 Re8 16. Ba3 Qb6 17. Rfc1 Nh5 18. g3 Nf8 19. Nh4 Nf6 20. a5 Qd8 21. Rd1 Ne6 22. Nf5 Nd4 23. Nxd4 Qxd4 24. Bb2 Qa7 25. Kg2 Bg4 26. f3 Be6 27. b4 Nd7 28. Rac1 Nf8 29. Qf2 Qxf2+ 30. Kxf2 Bb3 31. Rd2 f6 32. Rc3 Bf7 33. Rc7 Rab8 34. Ke3 Ne6 35. Rd7 Nf8 36. Rc7 Ne6 37. Rd7 Nf8 38. Rd6 Rec8 39. f4 exf4+ 40. gxf4 Bc4 41. Bb1 Re8 42. f5 Re7 43. Kf4 Rbe8 44. Rg2 Kf7 45. Rd4 Bb3 46. Rg3 g5+ 47. Ke3 Nd7 48. Kd2 Ba4 49. Rd6 Rxe4 50. Bxe4 Rxe4 51. Rh3 Kg7 52. Re3 Rxe3 53. Kxe3 Kf7 54. h4 h6 55. hxg5 hxg5 56. Bd4 Ke7 57. Re6+ Kf7 58. Rd6 Ke7 59. Bc5 Nxc5 60. bxc5 Bd7 61. Rb6 Bc6 62. Kf2 Kf7 63. Kg3 Ke7 64. Kg4 Kf7 65. Rb3 Ke7 66. Re3+ Kf7 67. Rh3 Kg7 68. Rd3 Kf7 69. Rd8 Ke7 70. Rc8 Kd7 71. Rf8 Ke7 72. Rc8 Kd7 73. Rh8 Bd5 74. Rh7+ Kc6 75. Rh6 Kxc5 76. Rxf6 Kb5 77. Rd6 Ba2 78. Rb6+ Kxa5 79. Rxb7 Ka4 80. Kxg5 a5 81. Kf4 Ka3 82. Ke3 a4 83. Kd2 Bd5 84. f6 Ka2 85. Kc3 1-0 [Event "US Championship"] [Site "St Louis, MO USA"] [Date "2014.05.13"] [EventDate "2014.05.08"] [Round "6.4"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Joshua E Friedel"] [Black "Timur Gareyev"] [ECO "A00"] [WhiteElo "2505"] [BlackElo "2653"] [PlyCount "149"] 1. Nf3 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. d4 d6 4. Nc3 a6 5. Be2 Nd7 6. O-O e6 7. Bg5 Ne7 8. Qd2 h6 9. Be3 Nf6 10. h3 b5 11. Bd3 Bb7 12. b4 Bc6 13. Rfe1 Qd7 14. Rad1 Bb7 15. a3 Kf8 16. Bf4 Kg8 17. Bh2 Nh7 18. Ne2 Nc8 19. h4 Nb6 20. Qc1 Nf6 21. Nf4 Ng4 22. Bg3 h5 23. c3 Qe7 24. Qc2 Rd8 25. Nh3 e5 26. dxe5 dxe5 27. c4 bxc4 28. Bxc4 Rxd1 29. Rxd1 Nxc4 30. Qxc4 Bf6 31. Nfg5 Kg7 32. Rc1 Rd8 33. f3 Nh6 34. Qc5 Rd7 35. Qxe7 Rxe7 36. Nf2 Kg8 37. Rd1 Bc6 38. Rd8+ Re8 39. Rxe8+ Bxe8 40. Nd3 Be7 41. Kf2 Bd6 42. Ke3 f6 43. Ne6 Bb5 44. Nec5 Nf7 45. Kd2 Bxc5 46. Nxc5 Nd6 47. a4 Bf1 48. Ke1 Bc4 49. f4 exf4 50. Bxf4 Kf7 51. Kd2 Ke7 52. Kc3 Bf1 53. g3 c6 54. Bxd6+ Kxd6 55. Kd4 Be2 56. a5 Bb5 57. Nb3 Bf1 58. Na1 Be2 59. Nc2 Bd1 60. Ne3 Bf3 61. Nc4+ Ke6 62. Nd2 Be2 63. Kc5 Ke5 64. Kxc6 g5 65. Kc5 g4 66. Nb1 Kxe4 67. Nc3+ Kf3 68. Nxe2 Kxe2 69. b5 axb5 70. a6 Kf3 71. a7 Kxg3 72. a8=Q Kf2 73. Kd4 g3 74. Qa2+ Kf3 75. Qd5+ 1-0 [Event "US Championship"] [Site "St Louis, MO USA"] [Date "2014.05.14"] [EventDate "2014.05.08"] [Round "7.4"] [Result "0-1"] [White "Samuel Shankland"] [Black "Daniel Naroditsky"] [ECO "E94"] [WhiteElo "2698"] [BlackElo "2632"] [PlyCount "58"] 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. d4 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O exd4 8. Nxd4 Re8 9. f3 Nc6 10. Be3 Nh5 11. Nc2 Be5 12. Nd5 Bxb2 13. g4 Ng7 14. Rb1 Bf6 15. Kh1 Ne6 16. f4 Bg7 17. g5 Nc5 18. e5 Ne4 19. Bd3 Bf5 20. exd6 Qxd6 21. Rb3 Ne7 22. Nxe7+ Rxe7 23. Qf3 Rd8 24. Ne1 Bd4 25. Bxd4 Qxd4 26. Nc2 Qc5 27. Rb5 Rxd3 28. Qxd3 Nf2+ 29. Rxf2 Qc6+ 0-1 [Event "US Championship"] [Site "St Louis, MO USA"] [Date "2014.05.14"] [EventDate "2014.05.08"] [Round "7.5"] [Result "0-1"] [White "Alejandro Ramirez Alvarez"] [Black "Joshua E Friedel"] [ECO "C80"] [WhiteElo "2679"] [BlackElo "2599"] [PlyCount "79"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5 Be6 9. Be3 Be7 10. Nbd2 Nc5 11. Re1 d4 12. Bf4 g5 13. Bxg5 Bxg5 14. Nxg5 Qxg5 15. Qf3 Nd8 16. Bxe6 fxe6 17. Qxa8 Qxd2 18. Qa7 Rf8 19. Rf1 Qb4 20. Rad1 Rf7 21. a3 Qc4 22. b4 Nd7 23. Rxd4 Qc6 24. f4 Qb6 25. Qxb6 Nxb6 26. Rf3 Nc6 27. Re4 Nc4 28. Rh3 Ne7 29. Rh6 Ng6 30. g3 Nxa3 31. h4 Nxc2 32. h5 Nf8 33. Kf2 c5 34. bxc5 b4 35. Ke2 b3 36. Kd2 Rb7 37. c6 b2 38. cxb7 b1=Q 39. b8=Q+ Qxb8 40. Kxc2 0-1 [Event "US Championship"] [Site "St Louis, MO USA"] [Date "2014.05.14"] [EventDate "2014.05.08"] [Round "7.6"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Sergey Erenburg"] [Black "Mackenzie Molner"] [ECO "B90"] [WhiteElo "2717"] [BlackElo "2634"] [PlyCount "80"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Ng4 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4 g5 9. Bg3 Bg7 10. h3 Ne5 11. f3 Nbc6 12. Bf2 Be6 13. Qd2 Rc8 14. O-O-O Nxd4 15. Bxd4 Qa5 16. a3 O-O 17. h4 Nc4 18. Bxc4 Bxd4 19. Qxd4 Rxc4 20. Qe3 Qc5 21. Qxc5 Rxc5 22. hxg5 hxg5 23. Rh6 f6 24. Ne2 Kg7 25. Rdh1 Kf7 26. Nd4 Re5 27. Rh8 Rxh8 28. Rxh8 d5 29. Rh7+ Ke8 30. exd5 Bxd5 31. Kd2 Kd7 32. Rh8 g4 33. b3 gxf3 34. gxf3 Rg5 35. c4 Rg2+ 36. Ke3 Bg8 37. Ne2 e5 38. f4 b5 39. Kf3 Rg7 40. fxe5 fxe5 1/2-1/2 [Event "US Championship"] [Site "St Louis, MO USA"] [Date "2014.05.14"] [EventDate "2014.05.08"] [Round "7.1"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Gata Kamsky"] [Black "Aleksandr Lenderman"] [ECO "A07"] [WhiteElo "2713"] [BlackElo "2582"] [PlyCount "95"] 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Be7 5. d3 O-O 6. Nbd2 c5 7. e4 Nc6 8. Re1 b5 9. e5 Nd7 10. Nf1 b4 11. h4 a5 12. h5 a4 13. h6 g6 14. N1h2 Ba6 15. Ng4 Nd4 16. Nxd4 cxd4 17. b3 a3 18. Nh2 Rc8 19. Nf3 Qb6 20. Bg5 Bxg5 21. Nxg5 Rc6 22. Qd2 Qc5 23. Nf3 Qxc2 24. Qxb4 Qc5 25. Qd2 Rfc8 26. Rad1 Qb6 27. Qg5 Qb4 28. Rd2 Rc1 29. Rxc1 Rxc1+ 30. Kh2 Qf8 31. Bh3 Rc3 32. Nxd4 Kh8 33. Ne2 Rc8 34. d4 Bxe2 35. Rxe2 Kg8 36. Qd2 Nb8 37. b4 Rc4 38. b5 Nd7 39. Qe3 Qb4 40. Rd2 Rc8 41. Rd3 Qxb5 42. Rxa3 Qb6 43. Bf1 Qd8 44. Ra7 Nb8 45. Qf4 Qf8 46. Bb5 Nc6 47. Bxc6 Rxc6 48. Kg2 1-0 [Event "US Championship"] [Site "St Louis, MO USA"] [Date "2014.05.14"] [EventDate "2014.05.08"] [Round "7.2"] [Result "0-1"] [White "Ray Robson"] [Black "Varuzhan Eduardovich Akobian"] [ECO "E09"] [WhiteElo "2631"] [BlackElo "2643"] [PlyCount "120"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. Qc2 Nbd7 9. Bf4 Nh5 10. Bc1 Nhf6 11. Nbd2 b6 12. b3 Bb7 13. Bb2 Rc8 14. Rad1 c5 15. Qb1 dxc4 16. Nxc4 Be4 17. Qa1 cxd4 18. Bxd4 Qc7 19. Bh3 Rfd8 20. Rc1 Qb7 21. Ng5 Bc6 22. Qb1 Nf8 23. Rfd1 h6 24. Nf3 Bxf3 25. exf3 Qxf3 26. Ne5 Qh5 27. Rxc8 Rxc8 28. Bg2 Ng4 29. Nxg4 Qxg4 30. Be3 Bg5 31. h3 Qh5 32. Bd4 Rd8 33. g4 Qh4 34. Be5 Rxd1+ 35. Qxd1 Be7 36. Qe2 Bc5 37. Bb8 a5 38. Qf3 Qd8 39. Bf4 Ng6 40. Bg3 Qd2 41. a4 Bd6 42. Bxd6 Qxd6 43. Qc3 Nf4 44. Bf1 Qd1 45. Qc8+ Kh7 46. Qc4 g5 47. Qe4+ Kg8 48. Qe3 Kf8 49. b4 Qxa4 50. b5 Nd5 51. Qe5 Qf4 52. Qh8+ Ke7 53. Qxh6 Nc3 54. Bg2 Nd1 55. f3 Qe3+ 56. Kh1 Nc3 57. Qg7 Ne2 58. Qa1 a4 59. h4 gxh4 60. g5 Qc1+ 0-1 [Event "US Championship"] [Site "St Louis, MO USA"] [Date "2014.05.14"] [EventDate "2014.05.08"] [Round "7.3"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Timur Gareyev"] [Black "Alexander Onischuk"] [ECO "E20"] [WhiteElo "2653"] [BlackElo "2668"] [PlyCount "137"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d5 6. Nf3 dxc4 7. a3 Be7 8. O-O Nc6 9. e4 Na5 10. Be3 Nb3 11. Rb1 c5 12. dxc5 Ng4 13. Bf4 Nxc5 14. e5 Qxd1 15. Rbxd1 Nd3 16. h3 Nh6 17. Bxh6 gxh6 18. b3 Bxa3 19. bxc4 Nb2 20. Rd4 Bc5 21. Rg4+ Kh8 22. Ne4 Be7 23. Nd6 Nd3 24. Rd4 Nc5 25. Rb1 f6 26. exf6 Bxf6 27. Rdd1 Rb8 28. Nd2 Bd4 29. N2e4 Nxe4 30. Rxd4 Nc5 31. Ne4 e5 32. Rd5 Nxe4 33. Bxe4 Bxh3 34. c5 Bf5 35. Bxf5 Rxf5 36. c6 Rf7 37. Rd7 Rxd7 38. cxd7 Rd8 39. Rxb7 a5 40. Kg2 Kg7 41. Kf3 Kf7 42. Ke4 Ke7 43. Ra7 Rxd7 44. Rxa5 Rd2 45. Ke3 Rd1 46. Rxe5+ Kf6 47. Kf4 Rd2 48. f3 Rd4+ 49. Re4 Rd5 50. Kg4 Rf5 51. Re3 Rg5+ 52. Kh4 Ra5 53. g4 h5 54. gxh5 Ra1 55. Rb3 Kf5 56. Kg3 Rg1+ 57. Kf2 Rg5 58. Rb5+ Kf6 59. Rb6+ Kf7 60. h6 Rg6 61. Rb7+ Kg8 62. f4 Rxh6 63. Kf3 Ra6 64. Kg4 h5+ 65. Kxh5 Kf8 66. f5 Rc6 67. Kg5 Ra6 68. Rh7 Rb6 69. Rc7 1/2-1/2 [Event "US Championship"] [Site "St Louis, MO USA"] [Date "2014.05.16"] [EventDate "2014.05.08"] [Round "8.1"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Varuzhan Eduardovich Akobian"] [Black "Sergey Erenburg"] [ECO "D26"] [WhiteElo "2732"] [BlackElo "2717"] [PlyCount "67"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 a6 6. O-O b5 7. Bd3 Bb7 8. a4 b4 9. Qe2 c5 10. Nbd2 Be7 11. Nb3 Nbd7 12. dxc5 Nxc5 13. Nxc5 Bxc5 14. e4 h6 15. a5 O-O 16. e5 Nd7 17. Bf4 Qe7 18. Be4 Rfb8 19. Rfc1 Ba7 20. Bxb7 Rxb7 21. Rc6 Nc5 22. Qc4 Rd8 23. Be3 Nd3 24. Bxa7 Rxa7 25. b3 Rd5 26. h3 Nxe5 27. Nxe5 Rxe5 28. Rxa6 Rxa6 29. Qxa6 Qc7 30. Qb6 Qc3 31. Qd8+ Kh7 32. Qd1 Qb2 33. a6 Rf5 34. a7 1-0 [Event "US Championship"] [Site "St Louis, MO USA"] [Date "2014.05.16"] [EventDate "2014.05.08"] [Round "8.3"] [Result "0-1"] [White "Alexander Onischuk"] [Black "Aleksandr Lenderman"] [ECO "D38"] [WhiteElo "2751"] [BlackElo "2693"] [PlyCount "78"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 c5 8. e3 c4 9. Qc2 O-O 10. Nd2 Be6 11. Be2 Nc6 12. O-O Be7 13. b3 Rc8 14. bxc4 dxc4 15. Rfd1 Nd5 16. Bxe7 Qxe7 17. Bxc4 Ncb4 18. Nxd5 Bxd5 19. Qb3 Rxc4 20. Nxc4 Rc8 21. Rac1 b5 22. a3 a5 23. e4 bxc4 24. Qh3 Be6 25. Qe3 Nd3 26. Rc3 Qa7 27. Rdxd3 cxd3 28. Rxc8+ Bxc8 29. Qxd3 Ba6 30. Qc3 Qb6 31. f3 Qb1+ 32. Kf2 Qa2+ 33. Kg1 a4 34. d5 Qb3 35. Qc5 Qd1+ 36. Kf2 Qd2+ 37. Kg3 g5 38. Qb6 Qf4+ 39. Kf2 Qh4+ 0-1 [Event "US Championship"] [Site "St Louis, MO USA"] [Date "2014.05.16"] [EventDate "2014.05.08"] [Round "8.4"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Joshua E Friedel"] [Black "Ray Robson"] [ECO "C07"] [WhiteElo "2599"] [BlackElo "2714"] [PlyCount "72"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 Nc6 5. exd5 Qxd5 6. Bc4 Qd8 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. O-O Nf6 9. Nb3 Qxd1 10. Rxd1 Be7 11. c3 Bd7 12. a4 O-O 13. a5 Rfd8 14. a6 bxa6 15. Rxa6 Rac8 16. Be2 Nd5 17. Nbd4 Bc5 18. Nxc6 Bxc6 19. Bd2 Nb6 20. b4 Bxf3 21. gxf3 Be7 22. Rxa7 Bf6 23. Kf1 h5 24. Ra3 Rd5 25. Rb3 h4 26. h3 Rcd8 27. Ke1 Rc8 28. b5 Rf5 29. Rc1 Be7 30. c4 Bc5 31. Be3 g5 32. Kd2 Kf8 33. Bxc5+ Rfxc5 34. Rbc3 Ke7 35. R3c2 R8c7 36. Bd3 Kd6 1/2-1/2 [Event "US Championship"] [Site "St Louis, MO USA"] [Date "2014.05.16"] [EventDate "2014.05.08"] [Round "8.6"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Mackenzie Molner"] [Black "Samuel Shankland"] [ECO "D10"] [WhiteElo "2634"] [BlackElo "2698"] [PlyCount "70"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Bf4 Nc6 6. e3 Bf5 7. Qb3 Na5 8. Qa4+ Bd7 9. Qc2 e6 10. h3 Ne4 11. Bd3 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Rc8 13. Rb1 b6 14. Ba6 Nc4 15. Rb3 Ba4 16. Bxc8 Qxc8 17. Ne2 Bd6 18. O-O Bxf4 19. Nxf4 O-O 20. Qe2 Bxb3 21. axb3 Na5 22. Qb2 Qd7 23. Ra1 Rc8 24. Nd3 Qb5 25. Nb4 g6 26. Kh2 Rc7 27. Ra4 h5 28. h4 Kg7 29. g3 Nc4 30. Qc2 Na5 31. Kg2 Nxb3 32. Qxb3 a5 33. Kg1 axb4 34. Qxb4 Qxb4 35. Rxb4 Rxc3 1/2-1/2 [Event "US Championship"] [Site "St Louis, MO USA"] [Date "2014.05.16"] [EventDate "2014.05.08"] [Round "8.2"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Daniel Naroditsky"] [Black "Gata Kamsky"] [ECO "B17"] [WhiteElo "2632"] [BlackElo "2778"] [PlyCount "111"] 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. c3 Bg4 8. h3 Bh5 9. g4 Bg6 10. Ne5 Be4 11. f3 Bd5 12. Bd3 g6 13. Qe2 Bg7 14. h4 Nd7 15. Nxd7 Qxd7 16. h5 Qd6 17. Be4 O-O-O 18. Be3 e5 19. O-O-O exd4 20. Bxd4 Bxd4 21. Rxd4 Qf4+ 22. Qd2 Qxd2+ 23. Kxd2 Bxa2 24. Ra1 Be6 25. Rxa7 Rxd4+ 26. cxd4 Kc7 27. Ra5 Rf8 28. Bd3 Bd5 29. Be4 Be6 30. Bd3 Kd6 31. Ke3 Rg8 32. Ra7 Kc7 33. Ra5 Kd6 34. Ra7 gxh5 35. gxh5 Kc7 36. Bxh7 Rh8 37. Bd3 Rxh5 38. b4 Rh2 39. Ra1 Kb6 40. Rb1 Ba2 41. Rd1 Be6 42. Rb1 Bd5 43. Be2 Ba2 44. Rc1 Rh8 45. Rc5 Re8+ 46. Re5 Ra8 47. b5 Ra3+ 48. Kd2 Bd5 49. bxc6 bxc6 50. f4 Ra4 51. Kc3 Kc7 52. Bd3 Kd6 53. Rh5 Ra2 54. Bc4 Rf2 55. Bxd5 cxd5 56. Rf5 1/2-1/2 [Event "US Championship"] [Site "St Louis, MO USA"] [Date "2014.05.16"] [EventDate "2014.05.08"] [Round "8.5"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Timur Gareyev"] [Black "Alejandro Ramirez Alvarez"] [ECO "A09"] [WhiteElo "2751"] [BlackElo "2679"] [PlyCount "120"] 1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 d4 3. b4 f6 4. e3 e5 5. c5 a5 6. Bc4 axb4 7. exd4 exd4 8. O-O Bxc5 9. Nh4 g6 10. d3 Kf8 11. Nd2 Nc6 12. Ne4 Be7 13. f4 Na5 14. Bxg8 Rxg8 15. f5 Ra6 16. Bh6+ Ke8 17. Qe2 g5 18. Bxg5 fxg5 19. Qh5+ Kd7 20. f6 Bd6 21. Rac1 c5 22. Nf5 Kc7 23. Qxh7+ Bd7 24. Nfxd6 Rxd6 25. Rxc5+ Nc6 26. f7 Rf8 27. Rxg5 Be6 28. Rg8 Rd7 29. Nc5 Bxa2 30. Nxd7 Rxg8 31. f8=Q Rxf8 32. Nxf8+ Qe7 33. Qg6 Bd5 34. Qf5 Qe3+ 35. Kh1 Qe2 36. Rg1 Qe5 37. Qf1 Qd6 38. Qf2 b3 39. h3 Qh6 40. Qg3+ Kb6 41. Nd7+ Kb5 42. Kh2 Nb4 43. Qe5 Qe6 44. Qc7 Qc6 45. Qxc6+ Kxc6 46. Ne5+ Kd6 47. Nc4+ Bxc4 48. dxc4 d3 49. h4 b2 50. h5 Ke7 51. Rf1 Nc2 52. h6 Ne3 53. Rb1 d2 54. h7 d1=Q 55. Rxd1 Nxd1 56. h8=Q b1=Q 57. Qe5+ Kf7 58. Qd5+ Ke7 59. Qe5+ Kd7 60. Qd5+ Ke7 1/2-1/2 [Event "US Championship"] [Site "St Louis, MO USA"] [Date "2014.05.17"] [EventDate "2014.05.07"] [Round "9"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Samuel Shankland"] [Black "Varuzhan Eduardovich Akobian"] [ECO "B12"] [WhiteElo "2634"] [BlackElo "2643"] [PlyCount "87"] 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 c5 6. O-O Nc6 7. c3 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Nge7 9. Nxf5 Nxf5 10. Bd3 Bc5 11. Nd2 g6 12. Nf3 Nh4 13. Re1 Nxf3+ 14. Qxf3 Rc8 15. a3 Be7 16. Qg3 a6 17. Bh6 Bf8 18. Bf4 Bg7 19. h4 Bf8 20. h5 Be7 21. Rad1 Na5 22. Qg4 Nc4 23. Re2 Qb6 24. Bc1 Qc7 25. Qg3 b5 26. Bc2 Qc6 27. Rd3 Rd8 28. Rf3 g5 29. h6 d4 30. Qg4 dxc3 31. Rxc3 Qb6 32. b3 Qa5 33. Qf3 g4 34. Qc6+ Kf8 35. b4 Bxb4 36. Rxc4 bxc4 37. axb4 Qa1 38. Qc5+ Ke8 39. Re1 g3 40. fxg3 Qd4+ 41. Qxd4 Rxd4 42. Bg5 Rg8 43. Ba4+ Kf8 44. Be3 1-0 [Event "US Championship"] [Site "St Louis, MO USA"] [Date "2014.05.17"] [EventDate "2014.05.07"] [Round "9"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Alejandro Ramirez Alvarez"] [Black "Alexander Onischuk"] [ECO "E06"] [WhiteElo "2595"] [BlackElo "2668"] [PlyCount "82"] 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. d4 O-O 6. Nc3 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. cxd5 exd5 9. Bg5 Be6 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Nd4 h6 12. Bf4 Qe7 13. Nb3 Bb6 14. Nxd5 Nxd5 15. Bxd5 Nf6 16. Bxe6 Qxe6 17. Qd3 Rfe8 18. Rae1 Rac8 19. Kg2 Qd5+ 20. Qxd5 Nxd5 21. Bc1 a5 22. Rd1 a4 23. Nd4 Nb4 24. a3 Rxc1 25. Rxc1 Bxd4 26. axb4 Bxb2 27. Rc2 a3 28. Kf3 g5 29. g4 Re6 30. Rxb2 axb2 31. Rb1 Rf6+ 32. Kg3 Rf4 33. Rxb2 b5 34. h4 Rc4 35. h5 Kg7 36. f3 Rd4 37. Kf2 Rc4 38. Ke3 Kf6 39. Kd3 Ke5 40. e3 Kf6 41. Rb3 Ke5 1/2-1/2 [Event "US Championship"] [Site "St Louis, MO USA"] [Date "2014.05.17"] [EventDate "2014.05.08"] [Round "9.2"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Aleksandr Lenderman"] [Black "Daniel Naroditsky"] [ECO "E94"] [WhiteElo "2582"] [BlackElo "2543"] [PlyCount "101"] 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. e4 d6 4. d4 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O exd4 8. Nxd4 Re8 9. f3 Nc6 10. Be3 Nh5 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Qd2 f5 13. Rad1 Qe7 14. Rfe1 Nf6 15. Bd3 fxe4 16. Nxe4 Bf5 17. Nf2 Bxd3 18. Nxd3 Qf7 19. b3 a5 20. Qc2 Nd7 21. Bf2 Qf5 22. Re2 Rxe2 23. Qxe2 Ne5 24. Nxe5 Qxe5 25. Qc2 a4 26. bxa4 Qb2 27. Qe4 Qxa2 28. Qxc6 Qxa4 29. Qd5+ Kf8 30. Rf1 Re8 31. c5 Qa8 32. Qc4 Qc6 33. Rd1 Bf6 34. Qf4 Kg7 35. cxd6 Be5 36. Qd2 Qxd6 37. Qc2 Qf6 38. Re1 Re7 39. Re4 Kg8 40. Qa2+ Qf7 41. Qa8+ Kg7 42. Bc5 Re8 43. Qc6 Re6 44. Qd5 c6 45. Qb3 g5 46. g3 Kf6 47. Qd3 Ba1 48. Ra4 Be5 49. Ra7 Qe8 50. Qxh7 Bb2 51. Qg7+ 1-0 [Event "US Championship"] [Site "St Louis, MO USA"] [Date "2014.05.17"] [EventDate "2014.05.08"] [Round "9.3"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Gata Kamsky"] [Black "Mackenzie Molner"] [ECO "A48"] [WhiteElo "2713"] [BlackElo "2522"] [PlyCount "94"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bf4 Bg7 4. c3 O-O 5. h3 d6 6. e3 c5 7. Be2 Qb6 8. Qb3 Qxb3 9. axb3 Nc6 10. dxc5 dxc5 11. Nbd2 Bf5 12. g4 Bd7 13. e4 Rfd8 14. g5 Ne8 15. Nc4 Be6 16. Nfd2 Nd6 17. Be3 b6 18. Bg4 Nxc4 19. Nxc4 Bxg4 20. hxg4 b5 21. Na5 Nxa5 22. Rxa5 b4 23. Rxc5 Rab8 24. Ke2 bxc3 25. bxc3 Rxb3 26. e5 f6 27. Ra1 fxe5 28. Rxa7 e4 29. Rc4 Rxc3 30. Rxc3 Bxc3 31. Rxe7 Bd4 32. Rxe4 Bxe3 33. Kxe3 Rd5 34. f4 Rd7 35. f5 Kf7 36. Ra4 gxf5 37. gxf5 Rb7 38. Kf4 Rc7 39. Kg4 Rb7 40. Kh5 Rb5 41. Ra7+ Kg8 42. f6 Rb1 43. Rg7+ Kh8 44. g6 Rh1+ 45. Kg5 hxg6 46. Kxg6 Rh6+ 47. Kf7 Rxf6+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "US Championship"] [Site "St Louis, MO USA"] [Date "2014.05.17"] [EventDate "2014.05.08"] [Round "9.4"] [Result "0-1"] [White "Sergey Erenburg"] [Black "Joshua E Friedel"] [ECO "B46"] [WhiteElo "2633"] [BlackElo "2505"] [PlyCount "98"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 Qc7 8. O-O Nf6 9. Qe2 d5 10. b3 Be7 11. Bb2 O-O 12. Rae1 d4 13. Na4 e5 14. c3 c5 15. Rc1 Qa7 16. cxd4 cxd4 17. Rc2 Bd7 18. Rfc1 Rfc8 19. Rxc8+ Bxc8 20. f4 Be6 21. Rc6 exf4 22. Rxa6 Qb7 23. Rxa8+ Qxa8 24. Bxd4 Qd8 25. Bb6 Qb8 26. Bd4 Qd8 27. Bb6 Qb8 28. Bc4 Qe5 29. Bxe6 fxe6 30. Qd1 Qxe4 31. Bf2 Ng4 32. Bb6 Ne3 33. Bxe3 Qxe3+ 34. Kh1 h6 35. Nb2 Qf2 36. Nd3 Qd4 37. h3 Bd6 38. Qe2 e5 39. Nf2 Bc5 40. Kg1 e4 41. Kf1 Kh8 42. h4 e3 43. Nd3 Bd6 44. Qc2 h5 45. Ne1 Qd2 46. g4 hxg4 47. h5 e2+ 48. Kg2 f3+ 49. Kf2 Qd4# 0-1 [Event "US Championship"] [Site "St Louis, MO USA"] [Date "2014.05.17"] [EventDate "2014.05.08"] [Round "9.5"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Ray Robson"] [Black "Timur Gareyev"] [ECO "C45"] [WhiteElo "2631"] [BlackElo "2653"] [PlyCount "153"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bb4+ 5. c3 Bc5 6. Be3 Bb6 7. g3 Nf6 8. Bg2 d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Bxb6 axb6 12. O-O O-O 13. Nd2 Be6 14. Re1 Qf6 15. Qh5 Ne7 16. Ne4 Qf5 17. Qxf5 Nxf5 18. Ng5 Rxa2 19. Nxe6 Rxa1 20. Rxa1 fxe6 21. Ra7 c5 22. Rxc7 Rd8 23. Bf1 Kf8 24. Bc4 Rd6 25. Kf1 Ne7 26. Ke2 Kf7 27. f4 Kf6 28. Rb7 Nc6 29. Bb5 Nd8 30. Rc7 h5 31. h3 g6 32. Be8 e5 33. fxe5+ Kxe5 34. Rg7 Kf5 35. Rg8 Nc6 36. Rf8+ Ke5 37. g4 hxg4 38. hxg4 Rd8 39. Rf3 Ne7 40. Re3+ Kd6 41. Rd3+ Nd5 42. Bxg6 Ke5 43. Kf3 Rh8 44. Kg3 Rh1 45. c4 Ne7 46. Re3+ Kf6 47. Be8 Ng8 48. Bd7 Rd1 49. Bf5 Rd6 50. Kf4 Ne7 51. g5+ Kf7 52. Be4 Rd4 53. b3 b5 54. Rd3 Ng6+ 55. Kf5 Ne7+ 56. Kf4 Ng6+ 57. Kf5 Ne7+ 58. Ke5 Nc6+ 59. Bxc6 Rxd3 60. cxb5 Ke7 61. Bd5 Rg3 62. Kf4 Rd3 63. Ke5 Rg3 64. Kf4 Rd3 65. Ke4 Rg3 66. Kf5 Rd3 67. Bc4 Rd6 68. g6 Kf8 69. Be6 Kg7 70. Ke5 Rb6 71. Bd7 Rxg6 72. Be6 Kf8 73. Kd6 Ke8 74. b6 Rg7 75. Kc6 Rg6 76. b7 Rxe6+ 77. Kb5 1-0 [Event "US Championship"] [Site "St Louis, MO USA"] [Date "2014.05.18"] [EventDate "2014.05.07"] [Round "10"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Varuzhan Eduardovich Akobian"] [Black "Gata Kamsky"] [ECO "A80"] [WhiteElo "2643"] [BlackElo "2713"] [PlyCount "74"] 1. d4 f5 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bf4 e6 4. e3 a6 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. Bd3 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. O-O Nc6 9. Ne2 Nb4 10. a3 Nxd3 11. cxd3 Bd7 12. Rc1 Rc8 13. Qd2 O-O 14. Rxc5 Rxc5 15. Bd6 Rc8 16. Bxf8 Qxf8 17. Rc1 b6 18. Ne5 Rxc1+ 19. Qxc1 Qc8 20. Qxc8+ Bxc8 21. Nd4 a5 22. f4 Kf8 23. Kf2 Ke7 24. h3 Nd7 25. Ndf3 Nc5 26. Ke1 Bd7 27. Kd2 Be8 28. b4 axb4 29. axb4 Nb7 30. g4 fxg4 31. hxg4 Nd6 32. Nd4 h6 33. Ke2 Kf6 34. Ndf3 g5 35. fxg5+ hxg5 36. Kd2 Ba4 37. Ke2 Bb5 1/2-1/2 [Event "US Championship"] [Site "St Louis, MO USA"] [Date "2014.05.18"] [EventDate "2014.05.07"] [Round "10"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Mackenzie Molner"] [Black "Aleksandr Lenderman"] [ECO "C07"] [WhiteElo "2522"] [BlackElo "2582"] [PlyCount "94"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. Ngf3 cxd4 6. Bc4 Qd8 7. O-O Nc6 8. Nb3 a6 9. Nbxd4 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 Qc7 11. Bd3 Bd6 12. g3 Nf6 13. c3 O-O 14. Bg5 Be7 15. Re1 Rd8 16. Qf3 Qc5 17. h4 h6 18. Be3 Qd5 19. Bc2 e5 20. Bb3 Qd7 21. Nc2 Qc7 22. Qe2 Bf5 23. Rad1 Rxd1 24. Rxd1 Re8 25. Ne1 b5 26. c4 e4 27. Qc2 b4 28. c5 Ng4 29. Qc4 Be6 30. Qxe4 Nxe3 31. Qxe3 Bxc5 32. Qf3 Bxb3 33. axb3 Bf8 34. Kg2 a5 35. Qd3 Rc8 36. Nf3 Be7 37. Qf5 Bf6 38. Rd5 Qc2 39. Rxa5 Qxf5 40. Rxf5 Bxb2 41. Rb5 Bc3 42. Ne5 Ra8 43. Nd3 Ra3 44. Nxb4 Rxb3 45. Rb8+ Kh7 46. Nc6 Rxb8 47. Nxb8 h5 1/2-1/2 [Event "US Championship"] [Site "St Louis, MO USA"] [Date "2014.05.18"] [EventDate "2014.05.08"] [Round "10.3"] [Result "0-1"] [White "Joshua E Friedel"] [Black "Samuel Shankland"] [ECO "A37"] [WhiteElo "2505"] [BlackElo "2634"] [PlyCount "94"] 1. c4 g6 2. Nc3 c5 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. Nf3 e6 6. d4 cxd4 7. Nb5 d5 8. cxd5 exd5 9. O-O Nge7 10. Bf4 O-O 11. Nc7 Rb8 12. Nb5 Ra8 13. Qd2 Bg4 14. Nbxd4 Qb6 15. Be3 Qa6 16. Nxc6 Nxc6 17. Bh6 Bxh6 18. Qxh6 Bxf3 19. exf3 Qb6 20. Qd2 Rad8 21. f4 Rfe8 22. Rfe1 Rxe1+ 23. Rxe1 d4 24. a3 a5 25. Bf1 a4 26. Bd3 Qa5 27. Qd1 b5 28. Qc1 Qb6 29. f5 Na5 30. h4 Nb3 31. Qf4 Qf6 32. Qc7 Kf8 33. fxg6 hxg6 34. Rd1 Rd5 35. Qb7 Qe5 36. Qc8+ Kg7 37. Qg4 Nc5 38. Bxb5 d3 39. h5 Qxb2 40. Qb4 Qb3 41. Rf1 d2 42. Qf4 Qxb5 43. h6+ Kg8 44. h7+ Kg7 45. Rd1 Qe2 46. Qh6+ Kxh6 47. h8=Q+ Kg5 0-1 [Event "US Championship"] [Site "St Louis, MO USA"] [Date "2014.05.18"] [EventDate "2014.05.08"] [Round "10.4"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Alexander Onischuk"] [Black "Daniel Naroditsky"] [ECO "E19"] [WhiteElo "2668"] [BlackElo "2543"] [PlyCount "147"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. Nc3 Ne4 7. Qc2 Nxc3 8. Qxc3 O-O 9. O-O c5 10. Rd1 d6 11. d5 e5 12. e4 Nd7 13. Rf1 Bf6 14. Be3 g6 15. Bh6 Re8 16. Qc2 a6 17. Nd2 b5 18. a4 b4 19. Rae1 Bg5 20. Bxg5 Qxg5 21. f4 Qh6 22. Qd3 Re7 23. Rf2 Rae8 24. Qf3 exf4 25. gxf4 f5 26. Rfe2 Qg7 27. exf5 gxf5 28. Rxe7 Rxe7 29. Rxe7 Qxe7 30. Qg3+ Kh8 31. Bh3 Qe2 32. Qg5 Qd1+ 33. Bf1 Qxd2 34. Qd8+ Kg7 35. Qxd7+ Kg8 36. Qe6+ Kg7 37. Qe7+ Kg8 38. Qg5+ Kh8 39. Qd8+ Kg7 40. Qg5+ Kh8 41. Qxf5 Qe3+ 42. Kg2 Kg8 43. Bd3 Qd2+ 44. Kh3 Qe3+ 45. Kh4 Qf2+ 46. Kg5 Qg2+ 47. Qg4 h6+ 48. Kh4+ Qxg4+ 49. Kxg4 a5 50. b3 Kg7 51. Bf5 Kf6 52. Be6 Ba6 53. h4 Kg6 54. Kg3 Kf6 55. Bh3 Bb7 56. Bd7 Ke7 57. Be6 Kf6 58. Kg4 Ba6 59. Bd7 Ke7 60. Bf5 Kf6 61. Be6 Kg6 62. Kf3 Kf6 63. Ke3 Ke7 64. Ke4 Kf6 65. Bd7 Ke7 66. Bh3 Kf6 67. Kf3 Bb7 68. Bd7 Ba6 69. Kg4 Ke7 70. Bf5 Kf6 71. Bc2 Bc8+ 72. Kh5 Kg7 73. f5 Bd7 74. Kg4 1/2-1/2 [Event "US Championship"] [Site "St Louis, MO USA"] [Date "2014.05.18"] [EventDate "2014.05.08"] [Round "10.5"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Alejandro Ramirez Alvarez"] [Black "Ray Robson"] [ECO "A37"] [WhiteElo "2595"] [BlackElo "2631"] [PlyCount "97"] 1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. Nc3 e5 6. h4 h6 7. d3 d6 8. Bd2 Nge7 9. a3 Be6 10. b4 cxb4 11. axb4 Nxb4 12. Rb1 a5 13. O-O O-O 14. Ne1 d5 15. Na4 dxc4 16. Nc5 Bd5 17. dxc4 Bxg2 18. Nxg2 Qc7 19. Bxb4 axb4 20. Nd3 Qxc4 21. Rxb4 Qa6 22. Qb3 Nc6 23. Rb6 Nd4 24. Rxa6 Nxb3 25. Rb6 Nd4 26. Re1 Rfd8 27. Kf1 e4 28. Nc5 Nc2 29. Rc1 Bd4 30. Rbb1 Bxc5 31. Rxc2 b6 32. h5 gxh5 33. Nf4 f5 34. Ne6 Rd6 35. Nxc5 Rc6 36. Rb5 Rac8 37. Nxe4 Rxc2 38. Nf6+ Kf7 39. Rxb6 h4 40. gxh4 Rd2 41. Nh5 Ke7 42. Rxh6 Rc1+ 43. Kg2 Rxe2 44. Rh7+ Kd6 45. Rf7 Re5 46. Ng7 Rc4 47. Rf6+ Kd7 48. Rxf5 Rxf5 49. Nxf5 1/2-1/2 [Event "US Championship"] [Site "St Louis, MO USA"] [Date "2014.05.18"] [EventDate "2014.05.08"] [Round "10.6"] [Result "0-1"] [White "Timur Gareyev"] [Black "Sergey Erenburg"] [ECO "D16"] [WhiteElo "2653"] [BlackElo "2633"] [PlyCount "120"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 e6 6. Bg5 Bb4 7. g3 h6 8. Bxf6 Qxf6 9. Bg2 Nd7 10. a5 O-O 11. Qa4 Qe7 12. O-O b5 13. axb6 Nxb6 14. Qxc6 Bb7 15. Qb5 Rfb8 16. Na2 Bd6 17. Qa5 Be4 18. Nc3 Bb4 19. Qe5 Bc6 20. Ra6 Nd7 21. Qf4 Bb7 22. Ra2 a5 23. Rfa1 Nf6 24. Ne5 Bd6 25. Rxa5 Rxa5 26. Rxa5 Bxg2 27. Kxg2 Qb7+ 28. Qf3 Qc7 29. Rb5 Bxe5 30. Rxe5 Qd7 31. e3 Rxb2 32. Rc5 Rb4 33. g4 Qd8 34. h3 Nd7 35. Rc6 Nb8 36. Rc5 Nd7 37. Rc6 Nb8 38. Rc5 Nd7 39. Rb5 Rb3 40. Rxb3 cxb3 41. Qc6 Qa5 42. Na4 Nf6 43. Qc8+ Kh7 44. Qc4 Qa8+ 45. Kg1 Qf3 46. Qxb3 Qxh3 47. Qb1+ g6 48. Qb7 Qxg4+ 49. Kf1 Kg7 50. Nc5 h5 51. Qc7 h4 52. Qe5 h3 53. Ke1 Qg1+ 54. Ke2 h2 55. Nxe6+ fxe6 56. Qc7+ Kh6 57. Qf4+ Qg5 58. Qxh2+ Qh5+ 59. Qxh5+ gxh5 60. Kf3 Kg5 0-1 [Event "US Championship"] [Site "St Louis, MO USA"] [Date "2014.05.19"] [EventDate "2014.05.07"] [Round "11"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Samuel Shankland"] [Black "Timur Gareyev"] [ECO "B75"] [WhiteElo "2634"] [BlackElo "2653"] [PlyCount "91"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 h5 8. Qd2 a6 9. Be2 b5 10. a4 b4 11. Na2 a5 12. c3 bxc3 13. Nxc3 O-O 14. O-O Bb7 15. Rfd1 Na6 16. Bb5 Rc8 17. Nb3 Ra8 18. Na2 Nb8 19. Rac1 Nbd7 20. Nc3 Ne5 21. Qf2 Qb8 22. h3 Ba6 23. Qe2 Qb7 24. Bd4 Bh6 25. Ra1 Bxb5 26. axb5 a4 27. Rxa4 Rxa4 28. Nxa4 Ra8 29. Nc3 Bf4 30. Be3 Bxe3+ 31. Qxe3 Nc4 32. Qd4 Nb6 33. Ra1 Rxa1+ 34. Nxa1 d5 35. Nb3 dxe4 36. fxe4 Qc7 37. Na5 e5 38. Qf2 Kg7 39. Nc6 Nbd7 40. Qd2 Qb6+ 41. Qf2 Qc7 42. b4 Qd6 43. Qe3 Qe6 44. Na5 Qd6 45. Nc6 Qe6 46. Na5 1/2-1/2 [Event "US Championship"] [Site "St Louis, MO USA"] [Date "2014.05.19"] [EventDate "2014.05.07"] [Round "11"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Daniel Naroditsky"] [Black "Mackenzie Molner"] [ECO "B51"] [WhiteElo "2543"] [BlackElo "2522"] [PlyCount "71"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. d4 Ngf6 5. e5 Qa5+ 6. Nc3 Ne4 7. Rb1 a6 8. Bxd7+ Bxd7 9. O-O d5 10. Nxd5 e6 11. Qe1 Qd8 12. Nf4 Bc6 13. Qe3 Qc7 14. c4 cxd4 15. Nxd4 a5 16. b3 Bc5 17. f3 O-O-O 18. Bb2 Qxe5 19. Rbd1 Qg5 20. fxe4 e5 21. h4 Qh6 22. Qh3+ Bd7 23. Qc3 Bxd4+ 24. Rxd4 exd4 25. Qxd4 Bc6 26. Nd5 Qe6 27. Bc1 Bxd5 28. cxd5 Qg6 29. Qc5+ Kb8 30. Bf4+ Ka8 31. Bc7 b6 32. Bxb6 Rd7 33. Qxa5+ Kb8 34. Rc1 Qg3 35. Bf2 Qe5 36. Rc3 1-0 [Event "US Championship"] [Site "St Louis, MO USA"] [Date "2014.05.19"] [EventDate "2014.05.07"] [Round "11"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Sergey Erenburg"] [Black "Alejandro Ramirez Alvarez"] [ECO "B49"] [WhiteElo "2633"] [BlackElo "2595"] [PlyCount "103"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. Be2 Nf6 8. O-O Be7 9. f4 d6 10. Qe1 O-O 11. Qg3 d5 12. e5 Nxd4 13. Bxd4 Bc5 14. Qe3 Nd7 15. Bd3 Bxd4 16. Qxd4 Qc5 17. Ne2 Qxd4+ 18. Nxd4 Nc5 19. Kf2 Bd7 20. Ke3 Rac8 21. h4 f6 22. g4 Kf7 23. h5 h6 24. g5 f5 25. Rh1 Rh8 26. Rag1 Rcg8 27. b4 Na4 28. c4 Nb6 29. c5 Nc4+ 30. Bxc4 dxc4 31. Kd2 Bc6 32. Nxc6 bxc6 33. g6+ Ke7 34. Kc3 Rd8 35. Rd1 Rd5 36. Kxc4 Kd7 37. Rd3 Kc7 38. Rb1 Rhd8 39. Rbb3 a5 40. Rxd5 cxd5+ 41. Kd4 axb4 42. Rxb4 Ra8 43. Rb6 Ra4+ 44. Kc3 Rxf4 45. Rxe6 Re4 46. Re7+ Kc6 47. Rxg7 Rxe5 48. Rg8 Re7 49. Kd4 Re4+ 50. Kd3 Re7 51. Rc8+ Kb5 52. Kd4 1-0 [Event "US Championship"] [Site "St Louis, MO USA"] [Date "2014.05.19"] [EventDate "2014.05.07"] [Round "11"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Aleksandr Lenderman"] [Black "Varuzhan Eduardovich Akobian"] [ECO "A13"] [WhiteElo "2582"] [BlackElo "2643"] [PlyCount "116"] 1. c4 e6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 dxc4 4. Qa4+ Nd7 5. Qxc4 Ngf6 6. Nf3 a6 7. Qc2 c5 8. Nc3 Ra7 9. O-O Be7 10. d4 b6 11. Rd1 Bb7 12. dxc5 bxc5 13. Bg5 O-O 14. e4 h6 15. Bf4 Qa8 16. Nd2 g5 17. Bc7 Rc8 18. Ba5 c4 19. Na4 Bc6 20. Nb6 Nxb6 21. Bxb6 Rd7 22. f3 g4 23. Be3 gxf3 24. Bxf3 h5 25. Rac1 Bb7 26. Nxc4 Rxd1+ 27. Rxd1 Bxe4 28. Bxe4 Qxe4 29. Qxe4 Nxe4 30. b3 Bc5 31. Bxc5 Rxc5 32. Rd8+ Kg7 33. Ra8 Rc6 34. Ra7 Nd6 35. Nxd6 Rxd6 36. Kf1 Kg6 37. Ke2 e5 38. b4 f6 39. Rc7 Kf5 40. Rc4 Ke6 41. Rh4 Rc6 42. a4 Rb6 43. Kd3 Kd5 44. Kc3 Rc6+ 45. Kb3 e4 46. Rxh5+ Kd4 47. Rc5 Re6 48. Kc2 Rb6 49. Ra5 Rxb4 50. Rxa6 f5 51. a5 Ra4 52. Rd6+ Ke5 53. Rh6 Rxa5 54. Kd2 Ra2+ 55. Ke3 Ra3+ 56. Ke2 Ra2+ 57. Ke3 Ra3+ 58. Ke2 Ra2+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "US Championship"] [Site "St Louis, MO USA"] [Date "2014.05.19"] [EventDate "2014.05.07"] [Round "11"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Gata Kamsky"] [Black "Joshua E Friedel"] [ECO "A46"] [WhiteElo "2713"] [BlackElo "2505"] [PlyCount "127"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bf4 c5 4. e3 cxd4 5. exd4 b6 6. h3 Bb7 7. Bd3 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. Re1 d6 10. a4 a6 11. Nbd2 Nbd7 12. Bh2 Re8 13. a5 d5 14. c3 Bc6 15. axb6 Qxb6 16. Ra2 Bb5 17. Bc2 Rec8 18. Ne5 Nxe5 19. Bxe5 Nd7 20. Bf4 a5 21. Re3 Nf8 22. Qg4 Bd7 23. Be5 Ng6 24. Qh5 Rf8 25. Nf3 Be8 26. Bh2 f5 27. Nd2 Rf6 28. Re1 f4 29. Qg4 Bd6 30. Nf3 Qc7 31. Kh1 Bf7 32. Ng5 Nf8 33. Nxf7 Kxf7 34. Qf3 Rb8 35. Bg1 Kg8 36. Bd1 Qc4 37. Ra4 Qc7 38. Ra2 Qc4 39. b3 Qc7 40. Qd3 Rc8 41. Rc2 Qb7 42. c4 Qb4 43. Rf1 dxc4 44. bxc4 Rd8 45. Qe4 a4 46. Bg4 a3 47. c5 a2 48. f3 Bb8 49. Rxa2 Qc4 50. Raa1 Rf7 51. Rfe1 Re7 52. Bf2 Ree8 53. h4 Re7 54. h5 Ree8 55. Rab1 Rd7 56. Kg1 Qa2 57. c6 Rde7 58. Ra1 Qd2 59. Rec1 Ra7 60. d5 Rxa1 61. Rxa1 Bd6 62. dxe6 Qc3 63. Rd1 Bc5 64. Qxf4 1-0 [Event "US Championship"] [Site "St Louis, MO USA"] [Date "2014.05.19"] [EventDate "2014.05.07"] [Round "11"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Ray Robson"] [Black "Alexander Onischuk"] [ECO "C67"] [WhiteElo "2631"] [BlackElo "2668"] [PlyCount "126"] 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. h3 Ke8 10. Nc3 Ne7 11. Ne4 Ng6 12. Re1 h6 13. b3 c5 14. Bb2 Be6 15. Ng3 a5 16. a4 Nf4 17. Bc1 Nd5 18. Bd2 c4 19. bxc4 Nb4 20. Nd4 Bxc4 21. Nh5 Rd8 22. Re4 Nxc2 23. Nxc2 Bd3 24. Ree1 Bxc2 25. Bxa5 b6 26. Rac1 bxa5 27. Rxc2 Kd7 28. Nf4 Bb4 29. Re4 Kc8 30. g4 Rhe8 31. Kg2 Kb7 32. Nh5 g6 33. Nf6 Re6 34. f4 Be7 35. f5 Rc6 36. Rxc6 Kxc6 37. Rc4+ Kb7 38. fxg6 fxg6 39. Kf3 Rd3+ 40. Ke4 Rxh3 41. Kd5 h5 42. Ke6 Ba3 43. g5 Rg3 44. Ne8 Rxg5 45. Rxc7+ Kb6 46. Rc2 Rg4 47. Nd6 Rxa4 48. Kd5 Bxd6 49. exd6 Ra1 50. Rb2+ Ka6 51. Rb8 Rd1+ 52. Kc6 Rc1+ 53. Kd5 Rd1+ 54. Ke6 Re1+ 55. Kf6 Rd1 56. Ke7 a4 57. d7 Ka5 58. Ra8+ Kb4 59. Rb8+ Kc3 60. Rc8+ Kb2 61. Rb8+ Kc3 62. Rc8+ Kb2 63. Rb8+ Kc3 1/2-1/2


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