64th US Championship; 2020
October 26-29, 2020
Saint Louis, MO
Online
Rtng Rtng ST 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2
1. So, Wesley 2770 2841/10 MN x 1 ½ ½ 1 1 ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 9 -2
2. Xiong, Jeffery 2709 2777/19 TX 0 x 1 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 8½-2½
3. Robson, Ray 2673 2749/10 MO ½ 0 x ½ 1 1 1 1 0 1 ½ 1 7½-3½
4. Dominguez, Leinier 2758 2829/10 MO ½ 0 ½ x ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 1 1 ½ 6 -5
5. Shankland, Sam 2691 2762/10 CA 0 ½ 0 ½ x 1 ½ 0 1 ½ 1 ½ 5½-5½
6. Liang, Awonder 2592 2679/10 WI 0 0 0 ½ 0 x ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 5½-5½
7. Sevian, Sam 2660 2699 MA ½ ½ 0 1 ½ ½ x ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 5 -6
8. Nakamura, Hikaru 2736 2827/10 NY ½ 0 0 ½ 1 0 ½ x ½ ½ 1 ½ 5 -6
9. Lenderman, Aleksandr 2634 2718 NY 0 ½ 1 0 0 ½ ½ ½ x 0 ½ 1 4½-6½
10. Swiercz, Dariusz 2649 2733/10 MO 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 x ½ ½ 3½-7½
11. Ramirez, Alejandro 2567 2646/10 MO 0 0 ½ 0 0 0 1 0 ½ ½ x ½ 3 -8
12. Moradiabadi, Elshan 2555 2649/10 NC 0 0 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ x 3 -8
This was a Rapids Tournament played Online. The Time Control was G/25+5
All the entrants were Grandmasters.
Links
USCF Crosstable
Tournament on chessgames.com
[Event "US Championship"]
[Site "lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.10.26"]
[EventDate "2020.10.26"]
[Round "1.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Leinier Dominguez Perez"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "97"]
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. Rd1+ Ke8 10. Nc3 Ne7 11. a4
Bg4 12. a5 Ng6 13. Ra4 Bxf3 14. gxf3 Be7 15. f4 f5 16. exf6
Bxf6 17. Ne4 Rd8 18. Rxd8+ Kxd8 19. Be3 b6 20. axb6 axb6
21. f5 Ne7 22. Ra8+ Nc8 23. Kg2 Bxb2 24. c3 Re8 25. Kf3 Kd7
26. f6 Nd6 27. Rxe8 Kxe8 28. fxg7 Kf7 29. Bd4 Nxe4 30. Kxe4 c5
31. Be5 b5 32. Kd3 b4 33. f4 Bxc3 34. Bxc3 bxc3 35. Kxc3 Kxg7
36. Kc4 Kf6 37. Kxc5 Kf5 38. Kc6 Kxf4 39. Kxc7 h5 40. Kd6 Kf3
41. h4 Kg4 42. Ke5 Kxh4 43. Kf4 Kh3 44. Kf3 h4 45. Kf2 Kh2
46. Kf1 h3 47. Kf2 Kh1 48. Kf1 h2 49. Kf2 1/2-1/2
[Event "US Championship"]
[Site "lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.10.26"]
[EventDate "2020.10.26"]
[Round "1.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Samuel Sevian"]
[Black "Dariusz Swiercz"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2649"]
[PlyCount "131"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5
d6 7. Nd5 Nxd5 8. exd5 Nb8 9. a4 Be7 10. Be2 O-O 11. O-O Nd7
12. Bd2 a6 13. Na3 a5 14. Nb5 f5 15. f4 Nf6 16. Kh1 Ne4
17. Be3 exf4 18. Bxf4 Bd7 19. Bd3 Bxb5 20. axb5 Bg5 21. Qc1
Bxf4 22. Qxf4 Qe7 23. Rae1 Rae8 24. Re2 Qe5 25. Qxe5 Rxe5
26. Kg1 g6 27. Bxe4 fxe4 28. Rxf8+ Kxf8 29. c4 e3 30. b3 Re4
31. Kf1 a4 32. bxa4 Rxc4 33. Ra2 Rc5 34. Ke2 Ke7 35. Kxe3 Rxd5
36. Rc2 Kd7 37. Ke4 Rh5 38. g3 Re5+ 39. Kd4 h5 40. Rf2 Ke7
41. Rf3 b6 42. Rb3 Kd7 43. Rc3 Re1 44. Rc6 Rd1+ 45. Ke4 Re1+
46. Kf4 Ra1 47. Rc4 d5 48. Rc6 Rxa4+ 49. Ke5 h4 50. Rxg6 hxg3
51. hxg3 Rb4 52. Rxb6 Rg4 53. Rb7+ Kc8 54. Rh7 Rxg3 55. Kxd5
Rg5+ 56. Kc6 Rg6+ 57. Kc5 Kb8 58. Rd7 Rh6 59. Rd6 Rxd6
60. Kxd6 Kb7 61. Kc5 Kc7 62. b6+ Kb7 63. Kb5 Kb8 64. Ka6 Ka8
65. b7+ Kb8 66. Kb6 1/2-1/2
[Event "US Championship"]
[Site "lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.10.26"]
[EventDate "2020.10.26"]
[Round "1.3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Elshan Moradiabadi"]
[Black "Samuel Shankland"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2691"]
[PlyCount "98"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. Nbd2 O-O 5. e4 d5 6. exd5
Nxd5 7. c3 h6 8. Bh4 c5 9. dxc5 Nf4 10. Bg3 Qc7 11. Bxf4 Qxf4
12. Bc4 Nd7 13. Qe2 e6 14. Nb3 Qc7 15. O-O Nxc5 16. Nxc5 Qxc5
17. Rad1 a6 18. Rfe1 b5 19. Bd3 Ra7 20. Be4 Rc7 21. Nd4 Qb6
22. Nc2 Kh7 23. g3 Rd7 24. Rxd7 Bxd7 25. Rd1 Bc8 26. Qe3 Qc7
27. Qd3 f5 28. Bg2 Bf6 29. Qd6 Rf7 30. Nb4 Rd7 31. Qxc7 Rxc7
32. Rd6 Be7 33. Rc6 Rxc6 34. Nxc6 Bc5 35. b4 Bb6 36. Ne7 Bd7
37. Bb7 a5 38. Bc8 axb4 39. cxb4 Bd8 40. Bxd7 Bxe7 41. Bxe6
Bxb4 42. Bd7 Kg7 43. Bxb5 Ba3 44. Kf1 Kf6 45. Ke2 g5 46. f4
gxf4 47. gxf4 Bd6 48. Kf3 Ba3 49. Bd7 Kg6 1/2-1/2
[Event "US Championship"]
[Site "lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.10.26"]
[EventDate "2020.10.26"]
[Round "1.4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Jeffery Xiong"]
[Black "Awonder Liang"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2592"]
[PlyCount "93"]
1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 g6 3. Nbd2 d5 4. b4 Bg7 5. e3 O-O 6. Be2 c6
7. O-O a5 8. b5 c5 9. c3 Nbd7 10. a4 b6 11. Ba3 Bb7 12. c4 Rc8
13. Rc1 Re8 14. cxd5 Nxd5 15. dxc5 Nxc5 16. Bxc5 bxc5 17. Qb3
Nb6 18. Rfd1 Qc7 19. Nc4 Bd5 20. Nfd2 Red8 21. Qc2 e6 22. Nxa5
Ra8 23. Ndc4 Bxc4 24. Nxc4 Nxa4 25. Bf3 Rxd1+ 26. Rxd1 Ra7
27. Rd6 Nc3 28. b6 Ra1+ 29. Rd1 Nxd1 30. bxc7 Nxe3+ 31. Bd1
Nxc2 32. c8=Q+ Bf8 33. Qd8 Kg7 34. h4 Nd4 35. Ne3 Nf5 36. h5
Nxe3 37. fxe3 Ra6 38. Bb3 Rd6 39. Qg5 Rd7 40. Qe5+ Kg8 41. Bc4
Rd1+ 42. Kf2 Rc1 43. Qf4 Kg7 44. g4 Be7 45. Qe5+ Kg8 46. Qb8+
Kg7 47. Qb2+ 1-0
[Event "US Championship"]
[Site "lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.10.26"]
[EventDate "2020.10.26"]
[Round "1.5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Ray Robson"]
[Black "Alejandro Ramirez Alvarez"]
[ECO "B46"]
[WhiteElo "2673"]
[BlackElo "2567"]
[PlyCount "104"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Nf6
7. Qd2 e5 8. Nf5 d5 9. exd5 Bxf5 10. dxc6 Qc7 11. Bd3 Rd8
12. Qe2 Bxd3 13. cxd3 Qxc6 14. O-O Be7 15. Bg5 O-O 16. Qxe5
Rfe8 17. Qf5 g6 18. Qh3 Nd5 19. Bxe7 Rxe7 20. Qh4 Qf6 21. Qxf6
Nxf6 22. Rfd1 Red7 23. Kf1 Rxd3 24. Rxd3 Rxd3 25. Ke2 Rd7
26. Rd1 Rxd1 27. Nxd1 Kf8 28. Kd3 Ke7 29. Kd4 Kd6 30. Nc3 b6
31. h3 h6 32. Ne4+ Nxe4 33. Kxe4 Ke6 34. Kd4 Kd6 35. h4 Ke6
36. b4 Kd6 37. f3 Ke6 38. Ke4 Kd6 39. g4 f6 40. Kd4 Ke6
41. Ke4 Kd6 42. h5 gxh5 43. gxh5 Ke6 44. Kf4 f5 45. Ke3 Ke5
46. f4+ Kd5 47. Kd3 b5 48. a3 Kc6 49. Ke3 Kc7 50. Kd3 Kc6
51. Ke3 Kd5 52. Kd3 Kc6 1/2-1/2
[Event "US Championship"]
[Site "lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.10.26"]
[EventDate "2020.10.26"]
[Round "1.6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Wesley So"]
[Black "Aleksandr Lenderman"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2634"]
[PlyCount "197"]
1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. Bc4 Be7 6. O-O O-O
7. a4 c6 8. Re1 a5 9. h3 Nb6 10. Bf1 exd4 11. Qxd4 d5 12. Bg5
h6 13. Bh4 dxe4 14. Nxe4 Qxd4 15. Nxd4 Nbd5 16. Nxf6+ Bxf6
17. Bxf6 Nxf6 18. Bc4 Rd8 19. c3 Kf8 20. Re5 Bd7 21. Rae1 Re8
22. f4 b6 23. Kf2 Rad8 24. Nf3 c5 25. Bb3 Bc6 26. Rxe8+ Bxe8
27. Re2 b5 28. axb5 Bxb5 29. Re5 Bc6 30. Bc4 a4 31. Re2 Ne4+
32. Ke3 Nd6 33. Bd3 Re8+ 34. Kf2 Rxe2+ 35. Kxe2 f6 36. g3 Ke7
37. Nh4 g5 38. Nf5+ Nxf5 39. Bxf5 gxf4 40. gxf4 Kd6 41. Ke3
Be8 42. Be4 Bd7 43. h4 Be8 44. Bb1 Bc6 45. Kd3 Bb5+ 46. Ke4
Bd7 47. Ba2 Bc8 48. Bf7 Bd7 49. Bc4 Kc6 50. Be2 Kd6 51. Bd1
f5+ 52. Kd3 Bb5+ 53. Kc2 Bc4 54. Kd2 Bb5 55. Kc1 Kd5 56. Bc2
Bd7 57. Kb1 Kc4 58. Ka2 Kb5 59. Ka3 Ka5 60. Bd1 Bb5 61. Bf3
Bd7 62. Bh5 Bc6 63. Be2 Bb5 64. Bf3 Bd7 65. Bd5 Kb5 66. Bf7
Ka5 67. Bc4 Bc8 68. Be2 Bd7 69. Bd3 Be6 70. Be2 Bd7 71. Bf3
Bb5 72. Bd5 Bd7 73. Ba2 Bc8 74. Bb1 Be6 75. Bc2 Bd7 76. h5 Be8
77. Bxf5 Bxh5 78. Bh7 Kb6 79. f5 Kc7 80. Kxa4 Kd6 81. Bg6 Bf3
82. f6 h5 83. Kb5 h4 84. Bf5 Bg2 85. f7 Ke7 86. Kxc5 h3
87. Bxh3 Bxh3 88. c4 Kxf7 89. Kd6 Ke8 90. Kc7 Bg2 91. b4 Bf1
92. c5 Bb5 93. c6 Ba4 94. Kb7 Ke7 95. c7 Bd7 96. c8=Q Bxc8+
97. Kxc8 Kd6 98. Kb7 Kd7 99. b5 1-0
[Event "US Championship"]
[Site "lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.10.26"]
[EventDate "2020.10.26"]
[Round "2.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Aleksandr Lenderman"]
[ECO "B10"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2634"]
[PlyCount "288"]
1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Qe2 Nxe4 6. Qxe4
Be6 7. b3 Nd7 8. Bb2 Nf6 9. Qe3 Bf5 10. Nd4 Bg6 11. f4 Qa5
12. Bc4 e6 13. f5 Bxf5 14. O-O O-O-O 15. Nxf5 exf5 16. Bxf7
Rxd2 17. Kh1 Ng4 18. Qe6+ Kb8 19. h3 Rd6 20. Qxf5 Qxf5
21. Rxf5 Nh6 22. Rf2 Nxf7 23. Rxf7 Rd2 24. Bxg7 Bxg7 25. Rxg7
Rxc2 26. Rf1 Rxa2 27. Rff7 b5 28. Rb7+ Ka8 29. Rbc7 h5
30. Rxc6 h4 31. b4 Ra4 32. Rcc7 Rxb4 33. Rxa7+ Kb8 34. Ra5 Rh5
35. Ra6 Rc4 36. Rb6+ Kc8 37. Kh2 Rcc5 38. Rg4 Rhg5 39. Rxh4
Rc2 40. Rg4 Rxg4 41. hxg4 Rc5 42. Kh3 Kc7 43. Rf6 b4 44. Rf4
Rb5 45. g5 b3 46. g6 b2 47. g7 Rg5 48. Rb4 Rxg7 49. Rxb2 Kd6
50. Re2 Rh7+ 51. Kg4 Rg7+ 52. Kf5 Rg3 53. Kf4 Rg8 54. g4 Rf8+
55. Kg3 Rg8 56. Re1 Kd5 57. Re7 Kd6 58. Re2 Kd5 59. Re3 Kd6
60. Re2 Kd5 61. Re7 Kd6 62. Re4 Kd5 63. Kf3 Rf8+ 64. Rf4 Rg8
65. Rf5+ Ke6 66. Kf4 Ra8 67. Kg3 Rg8 68. Kh4 Rh8+ 69. Rh5 Rg8
70. Ra5 Kf6 71. Rf5+ Ke6 72. Rf4 Ke5 73. Kg3 Ke6 74. Rf5 Ra8
75. Kf4 Rb8 76. Kg5 Rg8+ 77. Kh4 Rh8+ 78. Rh5 Rg8 79. Rh7 Kf6
80. Rh6+ Kg7 81. Ra6 Rc8 82. Kh5 Rc5+ 83. g5 Rc7 84. Rb6 Ra7
85. Rg6+ Kh7 86. Rb6 Kg7 87. Rb5 Kh7 88. Rd5 Kg7 89. Rd4 Kh7
90. Re4 Kg7 91. Re3 Kh7 92. Rf3 Kg7 93. Rf2 Kh7 94. Rg2 Kg7
95. Rg1 Kh7 96. Rh1 Kg7 97. Rh4 Rb7 98. Rf4 Ra7 99. Rb4 Kh7
100. Rb3 Kg7 101. Rb2 Kh7 102. Rb1 Kg7 103. Rc1 Kh7 104. Rd1
Kg7 105. Rd2 Kh7 106. Re2 Kg7 107. Re3 Kh7 108. Rd3 Kg7
109. Rd4 Kh7 110. Rc4 Kg7 111. Rc5 Kh7 112. Rb5 Kg7 113. Rb6
Kh7 114. Rb8 Kg7 115. Rc8 Kh7 116. Rd8 Kg7 117. Re8 Kh7
118. Rf8 Kg7 119. Rf4 Kh7 120. Rf3 Kg7 121. Rg3 Kh7 122. Rg4
Kg7 123. Rh4 Rb7 124. Rh3 Ra7 125. Rf3 Kh7 126. Re3 Kg7
127. Rd3 Kh7 128. Rc3 Kg7 129. Rb3 Kh7 130. Rb4 Kg7 131. Rb5
Kh7 132. g6+ Kg7 133. Kg5 Rc7 134. Ra5 Rb7 135. Rd5 Ra7
136. Re5 Rb7 137. Kf5 Ra7 138. Rb5 Rc7 139. Ra5 Rb7 140. Re5
Ra7 141. Kg5 Rb7 142. Rf5 Ra7 143. Rf7+ Rxf7 144. gxf7 Kxf7
1/2-1/2
[Event "US Championship"]
[Site "lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.10.26"]
[EventDate "2020.10.26"]
[Round "2.2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alejandro Ramirez Alvarez"]
[Black "Wesley So"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2567"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[PlyCount "124"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5
7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. Qd3 Be6 10. Bd2 Nc6 11. Nd5 a5 12. a4
Bxd5 13. exd5 Nb4 14. Bxb4 axb4 15. Qb5 Rc8 16. Rac1 Qd7
17. Rfd1 Qxb5 18. Bxb5 Rc7 19. c4 bxc3 20. bxc3 Ne4 21. c4 f5
22. f3 Nc5 23. Nxc5 Rxc5 24. Kf2 g6 25. Ke2 h5 26. Kd3 Bd8
27. Rb1 Ba5 28. Bd7 Rc7 29. Be6+ Kg7 30. c5 Rxc5 31. Rxb7+ Kf6
32. Rb5 Rc3+ 33. Kd2 Rc5+ 34. Kd3 Rxb5 35. axb5 Bb6 36. Ra1 g5
37. h3 Rb8 38. Bd7 g4 39. hxg4 hxg4 40. fxg4 e4+ 41. Ke2 f4
42. g5+ Ke5 43. g6 Rg8 44. Ra6 Bc5 45. b6 Rxg6 46. Bh3 Rg3
47. b7 Rb3 48. Bc8 Rb2+ 49. Kd1 e3 50. Kc1 Bd4 51. Bg4 Rxb7
52. Bf3 Bc3 53. Ra4 Bb4 54. Kd1 Kd4 55. Ke2 Kc3 56. Ra1 Bc5
57. Rc1+ Kd4 58. Rc2 Rb1 59. Ra2 Bb4 60. Bh5 Re1+ 61. Kf3 Rf1+
62. Kg4 Rf2 0-1
[Event "US Championship"]
[Site "lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.10.26"]
[EventDate "2020.10.26"]
[Round "2.3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Awonder Liang"]
[Black "Ray Robson"]
[ECO "B10"]
[WhiteElo "2592"]
[BlackElo "2673"]
[PlyCount "64"]
1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Qe2 Nxe4 6. Qxe4
Nd7 7. Bc4 Nf6 8. Ne5 e6 9. Qe2 b5 10. Bd3 Qc7 11. a4 Bd6
12. Nxc6 b4 13. Nd4 a6 14. Nf5 Bb7 15. Nxg7+ Kf8 16. Nh5 Nxh5
17. Qxh5 Rg8 18. Bxh7 Rxg2 19. d4 Bf4 20. Qh4 Bxc1 21. Rxc1 f5
22. Kd2 Rg4 23. Qf6+ Qf7 24. Qh8+ Ke7 25. Qe5 Rxd4+ 26. Qxd4
Rd8 27. Qxd8+ Kxd8 28. Rhd1 Qxh7 29. c3 Qxh2 30. Ke2+ Ke7
31. cxb4 Qe5+ 32. Kf1 Bf3 0-1
[Event "US Championship"]
[Site "lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.10.26"]
[EventDate "2020.10.26"]
[Round "2.4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Samuel Shankland"]
[Black "Jeffery Xiong"]
[ECO "D23"]
[WhiteElo "2691"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[PlyCount "57"]
1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Qa4+ c6 5. Qxc4 Bg4 6. Nc3
Nbd7 7. e4 Bxf3 8. gxf3 e6 9. Be3 Be7 10. Be2 O-O 11. Qb3 c5
12. d5 exd5 13. Nxd5 Nxd5 14. Qxd5 Qc7 15. O-O-O Rad8 16. Qf5
Bf6 17. f4 g6 18. Qh3 Bd4 19. Kb1 Qc6 20. Qf3 Nf6 21. Bxd4
Rxd4 22. Rxd4 cxd4 23. Bd3 Rc8 24. Rd1 Nh5 25. Qg4 Nf6 26. Qe2
Nh5 27. Qg4 Nf6 28. Qe2 Nh5 29. Qg4 1/2-1/2
[Event "US Championship"]
[Site "lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.10.26"]
[EventDate "2020.10.26"]
[Round "2.5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Dariusz Swiercz"]
[Black "Elshan Moradiabadi"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2649"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[PlyCount "88"]
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6
7. Be3 Be7 8. a3 a6 9. dxc5 Nxc5 10. Be2 O-O 11. O-O b5
12. Qe1 b4 13. axb4 Nxb4 14. Nd4 Bd7 15. Nd1 a5 16. Nf2 f5
17. Kh1 Ne4 18. c3 Nc6 19. Nxe4 dxe4 20. Nb5 Qb8 21. c4 Nb4
22. Rd1 Rd8 23. Qf2 Bxb5 24. cxb5 Nd5 25. Bc4 Qb7 26. b3 a4
27. bxa4 Rxa4 28. Bxd5 exd5 29. b6 Rc4 30. Bd4 Qc6 31. Qe3 Rb8
32. Rc1 Bd8 33. Rxc4 dxc4 34. Rb1 c3 35. Qxc3 Qxc3 36. Bxc3
Rxb6 37. Rxb6 Bxb6 38. g3 Kf7 39. Kg2 Ke6 40. Kf1 Kd5 41. Ke2
g6 42. h3 Bd8 43. Bd2 h6 44. h4 h5 1/2-1/2
[Event "US Championship"]
[Site "lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.10.26"]
[EventDate "2020.10.26"]
[Round "2.6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Leinier Dominguez Perez"]
[Black "Samuel Sevian"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[PlyCount "140"]
1. c4 e5 2. g3 c6 3. Nf3 e4 4. Nd4 d5 5. cxd5 Qxd5 6. Nc2 Nf6
7. Nc3 Qe5 8. Bg2 Na6 9. a3 Nc5 10. b4 Nb3 11. Rb1 Nxc1
12. Qxc1 Be7 13. Ne3 Be6 14. Qc2 Bd5 15. Ncxd5 cxd5 16. Qa4+
Kf8 17. O-O g6 18. d3 a6 19. dxe4 dxe4 20. Nc4 Qe6 21. Qb3 Re8
22. Nd2 Bd8 23. Qxe6 Rxe6 24. e3 Kg7 25. Rfc1 Rhe8 26. Rc8 Rd6
27. Nb3 Re7 28. a4 Nd5 29. Rd1 Bc7 30. Nc5 Nb6 31. Rxd6 Bxd6
32. Rd8 Bxc5 33. bxc5 Nxa4 34. Rc8 a5 35. c6 bxc6 36. Rxc6 Nb2
37. Ra6 a4 38. Bf1 Rb7 39. Be2 Rb3 40. Kf1 a3 41. Ke1 Nd3+
42. Bxd3 Rxd3 43. g4 Rb3 44. g5 Rb1+ 45. Ke2 Ra1 46. Ra7 Kf8
47. Ra4 a2 48. h4 Kg7 49. Ra7 h5 50. Ra6 Rh1 51. Rxa2 Rxh4
52. Ra5 Rg4 53. Re5 h4 54. Ra5 h3 55. Ra1 Rxg5 56. Rh1 Rh5
57. Kf1 Kf6 58. Kg1 Kf5 59. Kh2 Kg4 60. Rc1 Kf3 61. Rc2 f5
62. Ra2 g5 63. Rb2 g4 64. Ra2 Rh8 65. Kg1 Rd8 66. Ra1 Rd2
67. Ra5 Rd1+ 68. Kh2 Kxf2 69. Rxf5+ Kxe3 70. Rf8 Rd2+ 0-1
[Event "US Championship"]
[Site "lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.10.26"]
[EventDate "2020.10.26"]
[Round "3.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Samuel Sevian"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "60"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6
dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 Ke8 10. h3 h5 11. Bf4
Be7 12. Rad1 Be6 13. Ne4 Rd8 14. b3 Rxd1 15. Rxd1 Bd5 16. Re1
h4 17. Nf6+ gxf6 18. exf6 Bxf3 19. gxf3 Rg8+ 20. Kf1 Rg6
21. fxe7 Nd4 22. Re4 Nxf3 23. Be3 Rf6 24. Ke2 Ng1+ 25. Kf1 Nf3
26. c3 a6 27. Ke2 Ng1+ 28. Kf1 Nf3 29. Ke2 Ng1+ 30. Kf1 Nf3
1/2-1/2
[Event "US Championship"]
[Site "lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.10.26"]
[EventDate "2020.10.26"]
[Round "3.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Elshan Moradiabadi"]
[Black "Leinier Dominguez Perez"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[PlyCount "69"]
1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bf4 e6 4. Nbd2 Bd6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 c5
7. e3 Nc6 8. c3 O-O 9. Bb5 Qb6 10. a4 cxd4 11. exd4 Nh5
12. O-O a6 13. Bxc6 bxc6 14. Ne5 Nf4 15. Bg3 Bxe5 16. dxe5 Ng6
17. b4 a5 18. bxa5 Qxa5 19. Qc2 c5 20. Nb3 Qc7 21. f4 Bd7
22. f5 exf5 23. e6 f4 24. exf7+ Kxf7 25. Bf2 Rxa4 26. Nxc5
Rxa1 27. Rxa1 Ne7 28. Qe2 Bf5 29. Bd4 Nc6 30. Qf3 Qd6 31. Nb7
Qe6 32. Qxf4 Kg8 33. Nc5 Qg6 34. Rf1 Rf7 35. Qg3 1/2-1/2
[Event "US Championship"]
[Site "lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.10.26"]
[EventDate "2020.10.26"]
[Round "3.3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Jeffery Xiong"]
[Black "Dariusz Swiercz"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2649"]
[PlyCount "97"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5
d6 7. Bg5 a6 8. Na3 b5 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Nd5 f5 11. c3 Bg7
12. Bd3 Be6 13. Qh5 O-O 14. exf5 Bxd5 15. f6 e4 16. fxg7 Re8
17. Be2 Ne5 18. O-O Qf6 19. Nc2 Nf3+ 20. Bxf3 Re5 21. Qh3 exf3
22. Ne3 fxg2 23. Rfd1 Be6 24. Qg3 h5 25. Rd4 Kh7 26. Rad1 Rg8
27. f4 Rc5 28. f5 Bxf5 29. Nd5 Qh6 30. Qf2 Rxd5 31. Rxd5 Be6
32. Rxd6 Rxg7 33. Rxa6 Rg6 34. Qd2 Qg7 35. Rd6 Rg5 36. Qd3+
Bf5 37. Qd4 Qg8 38. Qf4 Be6 39. Qe4+ Rg6 40. R1d2 Kh6 41. Rxg2
Rxg2+ 42. Qxg2 Qc8 43. Qd2+ Kh7 44. Qd3+ Kh6 45. Qe3+ Kh7
46. Qg5 Qc4 47. Qxh5+ Kg7 48. Qg5+ Kh7 49. Rd4 1-0
[Event "US Championship"]
[Site "lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.10.26"]
[EventDate "2020.10.26"]
[Round "3.4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ray Robson"]
[Black "Samuel Shankland"]
[ECO "B67"]
[WhiteElo "2673"]
[BlackElo "2691"]
[PlyCount "79"]
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 Bd7 9. f3 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Be7 11. h4 Qc7
12. Kb1 b5 13. g4 O-O 14. Qd2 b4 15. Ne2 Rfc8 16. Ng3 a5
17. Nh5 a4 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. Nxf6+ gxf6 20. Bd3 a3 21. e5 Kf8
22. exf6 Ke8 23. b3 Qb6 24. Bxh7 d5 25. h5 Bc6 26. Bg8 Kd7
27. Bxf7 Rf8 28. Bg6 Rxf6 29. f4 Raf8 30. f5 e5 31. g5 Rxf5
32. Bxf5+ Rxf5 33. h6 d4 34. h7 Bxh1 35. h8=Q Be4 36. Qe2 Qc6
37. Qc4 Qxc4 38. bxc4 Rf2 39. Qxe5 Bxc2+ 40. Kc1 1-0
[Event "US Championship"]
[Site "lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.10.26"]
[EventDate "2020.10.26"]
[Round "3.5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Wesley So"]
[Black "Awonder Liang"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2592"]
[PlyCount "103"]
1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. f3 g6 4. e5 c5 5. dxc5 e6 6. Be3 Nd7
7. Bb5 Qc7 8. f4 Bxc5 9. Bxc5 Qxc5 10. Nc3 a6 11. Bxd7+ Bxd7
12. Nf3 Qe3+ 13. Qe2 Qxf4 14. g3 Qh6 15. h4 Ne7 16. Qf2 O-O
17. Ne2 f6 18. Nf4 g5 19. exf6 Rxf6 20. Ne5 gxf4 21. Nxd7 Rf7
22. g4 Qg7 23. O-O-O Nc6 24. Nc5 Re8 25. Rhe1 Ne5 26. Qd4 Nxg4
27. Rxe6 Rxe6 28. Nxe6 Qe5 29. Qxd5 Qxd5 30. Rxd5 Rf6 31. Ng5
h6 32. Nf3 Ne3 33. Rd7 Rf7 34. Rd4 Kg7 35. Kd2 Rf8 36. h5 Rf5
37. c4 b5 38. b3 bxc4 39. bxc4 Nf1+ 40. Kd3 Ng3 41. Rd7+ Rf7
42. Rd6 Re7 43. Rg6+ Kf7 44. Kd4 Nxh5 45. Rxa6 Nf6 46. Ne5+
Kg7 47. c5 h5 48. c6 h4 49. Rb6 Kh6 50. Nd7 h3 51. Nxf6 h2
52. Ng4+ 1-0
[Event "US Championship"]
[Site "lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.10.26"]
[EventDate "2020.10.26"]
[Round "3.6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Aleksandr Lenderman"]
[Black "Alejandro Ramirez Alvarez"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2634"]
[BlackElo "2567"]
[PlyCount "83"]
1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Bf4 Nc6
7. Rc1 Bg4 8. Ne5 Nxe5 9. Bxe5 e6 10. Qb3 Bd6 11. Bxd6 Qxd6
12. e3 O-O 13. Bd3 Rfc8 14. O-O b5 15. a4 b4 16. Ne2 a5 17. f3
Bh5 18. Bb5 Bg6 19. Nf4 Rc7 20. Nxg6 hxg6 21. Rc2 Rac8
22. Rfc1 e5 23. dxe5 Qxe5 24. Rxc7 Rxc7 25. Rxc7 Qxc7 26. Qd1
Qc5 27. Qd2 g5 28. h3 Nh5 29. Qd4 Qxd4 30. exd4 Kf8 31. Kf2
Nf4 32. g3 Ne6 33. Ke3 Ke7 34. Bd3 g6 35. Bc2 f5 36. f4 gxf4+
37. gxf4 Ng7 38. Bd1 Ke6 39. b3 Kd6 40. h4 Nh5 41. Bxh5 gxh5
42. Kd3 1/2-1/2
[Event "US Championship"]
[Site "lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.10.27"]
[EventDate "2020.10.26"]
[Round "4.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Alejandro Ramirez Alvarez"]
[ECO "B46"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2567"]
[PlyCount "77"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Nxc6
bxc6 7. Qf3 d5 8. Qg3 Nf6 9. Be2 d4 10. e5 dxc3 11. exf6 gxf6
12. O-O Bd6 13. Qxc3 Bb7 14. Bf3 Qc7 15. g3 Be5 16. Qc5 Bd6
17. Qc4 c5 18. Bxb7 Qxb7 19. Be3 Qb5 20. Qe4 Rc8 21. Rad1 Qc6
22. Qh4 Ke7 23. Rd2 Be5 24. c3 Rcd8 25. Rxd8 Rxd8 26. Qxh7 c4
27. Qh5 Rd3 28. Re1 Qb5 29. Qe2 Qd5 30. h4 f5 31. h5 f4
32. gxf4 Bf6 33. Qg4 Qb5 34. f5 e5 35. h6 Rd8 36. Bg5 Qd5
37. Bxf6+ Kxf6 38. Qg7+ Kxf5 39. h7 1-0
[Event "US Championship"]
[Site "lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.10.27"]
[EventDate "2020.10.26"]
[Round "4.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Awonder Liang"]
[Black "Aleksandr Lenderman"]
[ECO "A39"]
[WhiteElo "2592"]
[BlackElo "2634"]
[PlyCount "238"]
1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. O-O O-O
7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Qa5 9. Nc2 d6 10. Bd2 Qh5 11. e4 Qxd1
12. Rfxd1 Nd7 13. Ne3 Nc5 14. Rab1 Be6 15. Ncd5 a5 16. b3 Rfd8
17. a3 Kf8 18. Nc7 Rac8 19. Ned5 a4 20. b4 Nd7 21. Nxe6+ fxe6
22. Nf4 Kf7 23. Bh3 Nf8 24. c5 Ne5 25. Bc3 Nf3+ 26. Kg2 Ng5
27. Bxg7 Kxg7 28. Bg4 h5 29. h4 Nxe4 30. Bxe6 Rb8 31. Re1 Nf6
32. Rbc1 Kh6 33. cxd6 exd6 34. Rc7 Re8 35. Re3 b5 36. Rf7 N6h7
37. f3 Nxe6 38. Rxe6 Rxe6 39. Nxe6 Re8 40. Nd4 Re5 41. g4 Rd5
42. g5+ Nxg5 43. hxg5+ Rxg5+ 44. Kf2 Rd5 45. Ke3 Re5+ 46. Kf2
Rd5 47. Ne6 Rd3 48. Rf8 Kh7 49. Ng5+ Kg7 50. Rf7+ Kg8 51. Rb7
Rxa3 52. Rxb5 Rb3 53. Rb7 a3 54. Kg3 a2 55. Ra7 Rxb4 56. Rxa2
Rb5 57. f4 Rb3+ 58. Kh4 Rb4 59. Ra8+ Kg7 60. Ra7+ Kh8 61. Nf7+
Kg7 62. Kg5 Kf8 63. Nxd6 Rd4 64. Rf7+ Kg8 65. Rd7 h4 66. Rd8+
Kh7 67. Rd7+ Kg8 68. Kxg6 Rxf4 69. Nf7 Rg4+ 70. Ng5 Kf8
71. Rh7 Ke8 72. Kf5 Rg1 73. Ne4 Re1 74. Ke5 h3 75. Rxh3 Ke7
76. Rh7+ Ke8 77. Kd5 Kd8 78. Nc5 Rd1+ 79. Ke6 Re1+ 80. Kd6
Rd1+ 81. Kc6 Ke8 82. Ne4 Kd8 83. Rg7 Ke8 84. Nd6+ Kf8 85. Rb7
Rd2 86. Kd7 Re2 87. Rb3 Kg7 88. Rg3+ Kf6 89. Rf3+ Ke5 90. Rf8
Rd2 91. Re8+ Kd4 92. Rh8 Re2 93. Rh4+ Kd3 94. Kc6 Rg2 95. Rh3+
Kd4 96. Nf5+ Ke4 97. Nd6+ Kd4 98. Rh4+ Kd3 99. Kc5 Rg5+
100. Kb4 Rd5 101. Nc4 Rd4 102. Rh3+ Ke2 103. Kc3 Rd8 104. Ne5
Rd5 105. Nd3 Rd8 106. Kc4 Rc8+ 107. Kd4 Rd8+ 108. Ke4 Re8+
109. Ne5 Re7 110. Rh2+ Ke1 111. Rh8 Ke2 112. Kd4 Re6 113. Nd3
Rd6+ 114. Ke4 Re6+ 115. Ne5 Re7 116. Kf4 Kd2 117. Rd8+ Kc3
118. Ke4 Rh7 119. Rc8+ Kb3 1/2-1/2
[Event "US Championship"]
[Site "lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.10.27"]
[EventDate "2020.10.26"]
[Round "4.3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Samuel Shankland"]
[Black "Wesley So"]
[ECO "E25"]
[WhiteElo "2691"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[PlyCount "68"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5
7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. dxc5 Qa5 9. e4 Ne7 10. Be3 O-O 11. Qb3 Qc7
12. Bb5 e5 13. Ne2 Be6 14. c4 Nbc6 15. Nc3 Na5 16. Qb4 Nec6
17. Qa4 a6 18. Bxc6 Nxc4 19. Bxb7 Nxe3 20. Bxa8 Qxc5 21. Nd5
Nxg2+ 22. Kf1 Nf4 23. Qc6 Qa5 24. Rd1 Bxd5 25. exd5 Qxa3
26. d6 Qb2 27. Qe4 Qg2+ 28. Ke1 Qxh1+ 29. Kd2 Qxh2+ 30. Kc3
Ne2+ 31. Kc4 Nd4 32. d7 Qa2+ 33. Kc5 Qa3+ 34. Kb6 Qb3+ 0-1
[Event "US Championship"]
[Site "lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.10.27"]
[EventDate "2020.10.26"]
[Round "4.4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Dariusz Swiercz"]
[Black "Ray Robson"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2649"]
[BlackElo "2673"]
[PlyCount "84"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. Be2 e5
7. O-O exd4 8. Nxd4 Re8 9. f3 c6 10. Kh1 Nbd7 11. Bg5 Qb6
12. Nb3 a5 13. Na4 Qb4 14. Nc1 Nc5 15. Nxc5 Qxc5 16. Qd2 Nd7
17. Rb1 f5 18. Nd3 Qd4 19. Be3 Qf6 20. Nf2 Nc5 21. Bf4 fxe4
22. Nxe4 Nxe4 23. fxe4 Rxe4 24. Bd3 Re8 25. Bh6 Qd4 26. Bxg7
Qxg7 27. Qf4 Be6 28. Qxd6 Rad8 29. Qa3 Qd4 30. Rbd1 Bxc4
31. Bxc4+ Qxc4 32. Qxa5 Rxd1 33. Rxd1 Qc2 34. Rf1 Qxb2 35. Qc7
Qf2 36. Rg1 Re1 37. Qd8+ Kg7 38. Qd7+ Kh6 39. Qh3+ Kg5
40. Qg3+ Qxg3 41. hxg3 Rxg1+ 42. Kxg1 Kg4 0-1
[Event "US Championship"]
[Site "lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.10.27"]
[EventDate "2020.10.26"]
[Round "4.5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Leinier Dominguez Perez"]
[Black "Jeffery Xiong"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[PlyCount "60"]
1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Qb6 5. Nb3 Nf6 6. Nc3
e6 7. e4 Bb4 8. Bd3 O-O 9. O-O Bxc3 10. bxc3 d6 11. Bg5 Ne5
12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. Kh1 Bd7 14. f4 Ng6 15. Qh5 Kh8 16. Qh6 Qd8
17. Rad1 Qe7 18. Bc2 Rg8 19. Nd2 Rac8 20. Bb3 a5 21. a3 Rc5
22. e5 dxe5 23. Ne4 Bc6 24. Nxc5 Nxf4 25. Rxf4 Bxg2+ 26. Kg1
Qxc5+ 27. Rfd4 Rg6 28. Qe3 exd4 29. Rxd4 Qf5 30. Rf4 Qb1+ 0-1
[Event "US Championship"]
[Site "lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.10.27"]
[EventDate "2020.10.26"]
[Round "4.6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Samuel Sevian"]
[Black "Elshan Moradiabadi"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[PlyCount "92"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6
dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 h6 10. h3 Bd7 11. b3 Kc8
12. Bb2 b6 13. Rad1 c5 14. Nd5 a5 15. c4 a4 16. Rd2 Be6
17. Rfd1 g5 18. Nh2 Kb7 19. Ng4 axb3 20. axb3 h5 21. Ngf6 Bh6
22. Nxh5 g4 23. hxg4 Bxd2 24. gxf5 Bxd5 25. cxd5 Rxh5 26. Rxd2
Rxf5 27. f3 Re8 28. Kf2 Rfxe5 29. Bxe5 Rxe5 30. f4 Re4 31. Kf3
Rb4 32. Rd3 Kc8 33. Kg4 Kd7 34. Kf5 Kd6 35. g4 Rd4 36. Rxd4
cxd4 37. Ke4 d3 38. Kxd3 Kxd5 39. g5 c5 40. f5 b5 41. g6 fxg6
42. fxg6 Ke6 43. Ke4 c4 44. bxc4 bxc4 45. Kd4 Kf6 46. Kxc4
Kxg6 1/2-1/2
[Event "US Championship"]
[Site "lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.10.27"]
[EventDate "2020.10.26"]
[Round "5.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Elshan Moradiabadi"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "54"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 b6 4. Bf4 Bb7 5. e3 Bb4+ 6. Nfd2 O-O
7. a3 Be7 8. Nc3 c5 9. d5 d6 10. e4 exd5 11. cxd5 Ba6 12. Bc4
Ne8 13. O-O Bf6 14. Re1 Bb7 15. Nf3 Nd7 16. Bb5 a6 17. Bxd7
Qxd7 18. e5 dxe5 19. Nxe5 Bxe5 20. Bxe5 Nd6 21. Qh5 Rae8
22. Bxg7 Kxg7 23. Qg5+ Kh8 24. Qf6+ Kg8 25. Qg5+ Kh8 26. Qf6+
Kg8 27. Qg5+ Kh8 1/2-1/2
[Event "US Championship"]
[Site "lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.10.27"]
[EventDate "2020.10.26"]
[Round "5.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Jeffery Xiong"]
[Black "Samuel Sevian"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[PlyCount "71"]
1. c4 e5 2. g3 c6 3. d4 e4 4. Nc3 d5 5. Bg2 Nf6 6. Bg5 Bb4
7. Bxf6 Qxf6 8. e3 Nd7 9. Ne2 Nb6 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. Qb3 Qd6
12. O-O Bd7 13. a3 Bxc3 14. Nxc3 O-O 15. Rfc1 Rfc8 16. Bf1 Rc7
17. Qb4 Qf8 18. Qa5 Qd6 19. Na2 h5 20. Rc5 Rcc8 21. Rac1 h4
22. Rxc8+ Bxc8 23. Nb4 hxg3 24. hxg3 Be6 25. Qc5 Qf8 26. Na2
Rc8 27. Qa5 Rxc1 28. Nxc1 Qb8 29. Na2 Nd7 30. Nc3 Nf6 31. Qc5
a6 32. Be2 g6 33. a4 Nd7 34. Qe7 Qf8 35. Qxf8+ Kxf8 36. Kf1
1/2-1/2
[Event "US Championship"]
[Site "lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.10.27"]
[EventDate "2020.10.26"]
[Round "5.3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Ray Robson"]
[Black "Leinier Dominguez Perez"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2673"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[PlyCount "109"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5
Be7 7. Bf1 Nxe5 8. Rxe5 O-O 9. d4 Bf6 10. Re1 Re8 11. c3 Rxe1
12. Qxe1 c6 13. Bf4 Ne8 14. Nd2 d5 15. Bd3 g6 16. h3 Ng7
17. Nf3 Bf5 18. Bxf5 Nxf5 19. Qd2 Qd7 20. Re1 Re8 21. Rxe8+
Qxe8 22. Qe1 Qxe1+ 23. Nxe1 Ng7 24. Nd3 Ne6 25. Bd6 h5 26. g4
hxg4 27. hxg4 g5 28. f3 Kh7 29. Kf2 Kg6 30. Ke3 Bg7 31. a4 f5
32. b4 f4+ 33. Kf2 a6 34. b5 axb5 35. axb5 Kf7 36. bxc6 bxc6
37. Nc5 Nxc5 38. Bxc5 Bf6 39. Ke2 Ke6 40. Kd3 Kd7 41. Kc2 Bd8
42. Kb3 Ba5 43. Bf8 Bd8 44. Kb4 Bb6 45. Bc5 Bd8 46. Ka4 Bc7
47. Bf8 Bd8 48. Kb4 Bb6 49. Bg7 Bd8 50. Be5 Be7+ 51. Ka5 Bd8+
52. Ka6 Be7 53. Ka5 Kc8 54. Kb6 Kd7 55. Ka5 1/2-1/2
[Event "US Championship"]
[Site "lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.10.27"]
[EventDate "2020.10.26"]
[Round "5.4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Wesley So"]
[Black "Dariusz Swiercz"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2649"]
[PlyCount "69"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3
Bg7 7. Be3 c5 8. Rc1 O-O 9. Nf3 Qa5 10. Qd2 Bg4 11. d5 b5
12. Bd3 Nd7 13. c4 b4 14. O-O Qc7 15. Ne1 Nb6 16. f4 Bd7
17. f5 Na4 18. Nf3 Nc3 19. Bh6 a5 20. e5 Bxe5 21. Nxe5 Qxe5
22. Rce1 Qd4+ 23. Be3 Qg7 24. Bh6 Qd4+ 25. Be3 Qg7 26. Bxc5
Rfc8 27. Bxe7 Qd4+ 28. Kh1 Bxf5 29. Rxf5 gxf5 30. Qg5+ Qg7
31. Qxf5 Re8 32. d6 Rad8 33. c5 a4 34. Re3 Ne2 35. Bxe2 1-0
[Event "US Championship"]
[Site "lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.10.27"]
[EventDate "2020.10.26"]
[Round "5.5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Aleksandr Lenderman"]
[Black "Samuel Shankland"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2634"]
[BlackElo "2691"]
[PlyCount "90"]
1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. d4 Bg7 4. e3 O-O 5. Be2 d6 6. O-O Nbd7
7. Nc3 e5 8. Qc2 Re8 9. b4 e4 10. Nd2 Qe7 11. Bb2 Nf8 12. Rfc1
Bf5 13. Qd1 h5 14. Nb3 N8h7 15. d5 Ng4 16. h3 Ne5 17. Nd4 Qh4
18. Nxf5 gxf5 19. Rc2 Ng5 20. Qf1 f4 21. exf4 Qxf4 22. Kh1
Nef3 23. g3 Qf5 24. h4 Nd4 25. Rd2 Ngf3 26. Bxf3 Nxf3 27. Re2
Bxc3 28. Bxc3 Qg4 29. Bf6 Kh7 30. Re3 Rg8 31. c5 Rg6 32. Bg5
Re8 33. cxd6 Rxd6 34. Rc1 Rxd5 35. Kg2 c6 36. Qc4 Qf5 37. Bf4
a6 38. Rh1 Kg8 39. a4 Rd4 40. Qc3 Red8 41. Bh6 Kh7 42. Bf4 Rd1
43. Rxf3 Rxh1 44. g4 exf3+ 45. Qxf3 hxg4 0-1
[Event "US Championship"]
[Site "lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.10.27"]
[EventDate "2020.10.26"]
[Round "5.6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alejandro Ramirez Alvarez"]
[Black "Awonder Liang"]
[ECO "B10"]
[WhiteElo "2567"]
[BlackElo "2592"]
[PlyCount "112"]
1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. d3 Qc7 4. g3 Nf6 5. Qe2 dxe4 6. dxe4 e5
7. Bg2 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. b3 Bg4 10. Nbd2 Nbd7 11. Bb2 Rfe8
12. h3 Bh5 13. a4 a5 14. Nc4 Bc5 15. Kh1 Bd4 16. c3 Bc5
17. Rad1 Bf8 18. Qe3 Nc5 19. Ba3 b6 20. g4 Bg6 21. Nh4 Bxe4
22. Bxe4 Nfxe4 23. Nf5 Nf6 24. Ncd6 Re6 25. Bxc5 bxc5 26. Ne4
Nd5 27. Qg3 g6 28. Rd2 Kh8 29. Rg1 f6 30. Ne3 Nf4 31. Rgd1 Qf7
32. g5 f5 33. Nf6 Be7 34. Rd7 Ne2 35. Qh4 Nxc3 36. R1d3 Ne2
37. Nc4 Nd4 38. Rb7 e4 39. Rd1 Qg7 40. Qf4 Rf8 41. Ne5 Rd6
42. Nc4 Rdd8 43. Nd7 Bxg5 44. Qd6 Rfe8 45. Qxc5 Nf3 46. Kg2
Nh4+ 47. Kf1 Re7 48. Qxc6 Qc3 49. Nce5 Qxh3+ 50. Ke2 Ng2
51. Qc7 Nf4+ 52. Ke1 Qh1+ 53. Kd2 Ne6+ 54. Kc2 Qxd1+ 55. Kxd1
Nxc7 56. Rxc7 Rxe5 0-1
[Event "US Championship"]
[Site "lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.10.27"]
[EventDate "2020.10.26"]
[Round "6.1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Awonder Liang"]
[ECO "B18"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2592"]
[PlyCount "113"]
1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6
7. Nf3 e6 8. Bd3 Bxd3 9. Qxd3 Nf6 10. Bf4 Qa5+ 11. c3 Be7
12. Nf1 c5 13. N1d2 Qa6 14. Nc4 O-O 15. g4 Nd5 16. Be5 Nc6
17. g5 h5 18. g6 cxd4 19. Nxd4 Nxd4 20. Qxd4 Rac8 21. Ne3 Bc5
22. Qe4 Bxe3 23. fxe3 fxg6 24. Bd4 Rf5 25. a3 Rcf8 26. O-O-O
Kh7 27. Rhg1 Nf6 28. Qc2 Ng4 29. e4 Rf1 30. c4 R1f3 31. e5 Rc8
32. c5 Rcf8 33. Kb1 Rf1 34. Ka2 Rxd1 35. Rxd1 Rd8 36. Rd2 Qc6
37. b4 Rd5 38. Bc3 Ne3 39. Qc1 Nf5 40. Qe1 Rxd2+ 41. Bxd2 Qd5+
42. Kb2 Qd3 43. Bg5 Nd4 44. Qc3 Qe2+ 45. Kb1 Qxe5 46. a4 a6
47. Kb2 Qe2+ 48. Qd2 Qe4 49. Qc3 e5 50. Qc4 Qg2+ 51. Kb1 Qc6
52. a5 Nb5 53. Kc1 Qh1+ 54. Kd2 Nd4 55. Qd3 Qg2+ 56. Kc3 Qa2
57. Qd1 0-1
[Event "US Championship"]
[Site "lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.10.27"]
[EventDate "2020.10.26"]
[Round "6.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Samuel Shankland"]
[Black "Alejandro Ramirez Alvarez"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2691"]
[BlackElo "2567"]
[PlyCount "117"]
1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 a6 6. Qb3 Ra7
7. Nh4 Bc8 8. cxd5 cxd5 9. Bd3 e6 10. Nf3 Nc6 11. O-O Bd6
12. e4 dxe4 13. Nxe4 Nd5 14. Bg5 Be7 15. Bxe7 Ncxe7 16. Qa4+
Bd7 17. Nd6+ Kf8 18. Qa3 f6 19. Rfe1 g6 20. Ne4 b6 21. Bc4 Kg7
22. Nc3 Bc8 23. Qb3 Qd6 24. Rac1 Rd8 25. Bxd5 exd5 26. Na4 Rb7
27. Rc3 a5 28. h3 Bf5 29. Rce3 Rdd7 30. Nc3 g5 31. a3 h6
32. Ne2 Rdc7 33. Ng3 Bg6 34. Re6 Qd8 35. Rxb6 Bc2 36. Qb5 Bd3
37. Qxa5 Rc8 38. Ra6 Qxa5 39. Rxa5 Kf7 40. b4 Rc3 41. Ne2 Rc2
42. Ng3 Rc3 43. Kh2 Rc2 44. Re3 Bc4 45. Kg1 Rc1+ 46. Re1 Rc3
47. Ra1 Nc6 48. Rc5 Nd8 49. Nf5 Kg6 50. Ne3 Rd7 51. b5 Nb7
52. Rc6 Kf7 53. a4 Na5 54. Rc8 Nb3 55. Re1 Na5 56. h4 Ra3
57. b6 Rxa4 58. Rc7 Bb5 59. Nxd5 1-0
[Event "US Championship"]
[Site "lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.10.27"]
[EventDate "2020.10.26"]
[Round "6.3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Dariusz Swiercz"]
[Black "Aleksandr Lenderman"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2649"]
[BlackElo "2634"]
[PlyCount "141"]
1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 f5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 d5 5. O-O Bd6 6. c4 O-O
7. b3 b6 8. cxd5 exd5 9. Ba3 Bb7 10. Bxd6 Qxd6 11. Nc3 a6
12. Qc1 Ne4 13. e3 Nd7 14. Qb2 Rae8 15. Rac1 Re7 16. b4 b5
17. a4 c6 18. a5 h6 19. Rc2 g5 20. Ne2 Qf6 21. Nc1 Nd6 22. Nd3
Nc4 23. Qc3 Qg7 24. Re1 Bc8 25. Nfe5 Ndxe5 26. Nxe5 Bd7 27. f4
Be8 28. Rf2 g4 29. h4 gxh3 30. Bxh3 Kh8 31. Kh2 Qf6 32. Rg2
Rg7 33. Reg1 Nd6 34. Qe1 h5 35. Rc2 Ne4 36. Bf1 Rfg8 37. Rcg2
Rh7 38. Bd3 Qe7 39. Bxe4 fxe4 40. Rh1 Bd7 41. Kg1 Bg4 42. Rh4
Bf3 43. Rgh2 Qe8 44. Kf2 Rgg7 45. Nxf3 exf3 46. Qh1 Qg6
47. Qxf3 Qd6 48. Rxh5 Qxb4 49. Rxh7+ Rxh7 50. Rxh7+ Kxh7
51. Qh5+ Kg7 52. Qe5+ Kg8 53. Qb8+ Kf7 54. Qc7+ Kf8 55. Kf3
Qb1 56. Qd6+ Kf7 57. Qd7+ Kf8 58. Qc8+ Kf7 59. Qc7+ Kf8
60. Qd6+ Kf7 61. Kg4 Qg6+ 62. Qxg6+ Kxg6 63. Kf3 Kh5 64. e4
dxe4+ 65. Kxe4 Kg4 66. f5 Kg5 67. g4 Kf6 68. Kf4 Kf7 69. g5
Kg7 70. Ke5 b4 71. Ke4 1-0
[Event "US Championship"]
[Site "lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.10.27"]
[EventDate "2020.10.26"]
[Round "6.4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Leinier Dominguez Perez"]
[Black "Wesley So"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[PlyCount "57"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5
Be7 7. Bf1 Nxe5 8. Rxe5 O-O 9. d4 Bf6 10. Re1 Re8 11. c3 Rxe1
12. Qxe1 Ne8 13. Bd3 d5 14. Bf4 g6 15. Nd2 Ng7 16. Nf3 Bf5
17. Bxf5 Nxf5 18. Qe2 c6 19. Re1 Ng7 20. Be5 Bxe5 21. Nxe5 Qd6
22. Qf3 f6 23. Nd3 Re8 24. Rxe8+ Nxe8 25. Qe3 Kf7 26. Qh6 Kg8
27. Qe3 Kf7 28. Qh6 Kg8 29. Qe3 1/2-1/2
[Event "US Championship"]
[Site "lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.10.27"]
[EventDate "2020.10.26"]
[Round "6.5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Samuel Sevian"]
[Black "Ray Robson"]
[ECO "E73"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2673"]
[PlyCount "86"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Be3 Nc6
7. d5 Ne5 8. h3 e6 9. f4 Ned7 10. dxe6 fxe6 11. g4 b6 12. Qc2
Bb7 13. O-O-O Nc5 14. Bf3 Nfd7 15. e5 Qe7 16. exd6 cxd6
17. Bxb7 Nxb7 18. Nge2 Rac8 19. Qd3 Ndc5 20. Qc2 Na5 21. Bd4
Nxc4 22. Kb1 d5 23. f5 Bxd4 24. Rxd4 Ne3 25. Qd2 exf5 26. Nf4
Nc4 27. Qg2 Ne4 28. Ncxd5 Ncd2+ 29. Ka1 Qc5 30. Ne2 f4 31. b4
Qc2 32. Rc1 Qxc1+ 33. Nxc1 Rxc1+ 34. Kb2 f3 35. Qh2 Rb1+
36. Ka3 f2 37. Ne7+ Kf7 38. Qf4+ Ke8 39. Qe5 Rf3+ 40. Ka4 b5+
41. Ka5 Ra3+ 42. Kxb5 f1=Q+ 43. Kc6 Qf6+ 0-1
[Event "US Championship"]
[Site "lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.10.27"]
[EventDate "2020.10.26"]
[Round "6.6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Elshan Moradiabadi"]
[Black "Jeffery Xiong"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[PlyCount "106"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. Nbd2 O-O 5. c3 d6 6. e4 c5
7. dxc5 dxc5 8. Bc4 Nc6 9. O-O Qc7 10. Qe2 h6 11. Be3 b6
12. h3 Bb7 13. Ba6 Rad8 14. Bxb7 Qxb7 15. a4 Rd7 16. Bf4 Rfd8
17. Rfe1 Ne8 18. Nc4 Nc7 19. Bxc7 Qxc7 20. e5 Rd5 21. e6 f5
22. h4 Rd3 23. h5 Qf4 24. Ne3 g5 25. Rad1 Rxd1 26. Rxd1 Qe4
27. Rxd8+ Nxd8 28. Nd2 Qxa4 29. Nxf5 Bf8 30. Qd3 Qd1+ 31. Kh2
Qxh5+ 32. Kg1 Qd1+ 33. Kh2 Nxe6 34. Ng3 Nf4 35. Qc4+ e6
36. Nde4 Bg7 37. b4 Qd5 38. Qa6 cxb4 39. Qc8+ Kh7 40. cxb4 h5
41. Qc2 Kh6 42. f3 Be5 43. Kh1 Qd3 44. Qc6 Qd1+ 45. Kh2 Qd8
46. Kh1 h4 47. Nf5+ Kg6 48. Ne3 Qc7 49. Qe8+ Kg7 50. Ng4 Qc1+
51. Kh2 Ne2+ 52. Nxe5 Qg1+ 53. Kh3 Qh1+ 0-1
[Event "US Championship"]
[Site "lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.10.28"]
[EventDate "2020.10.26"]
[Round "7.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Jeffery Xiong"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "66"]
1. e4 g6 2. d4 d6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. Be3 c6 6. Qd2 b5
7. Bd3 Nbd7 8. h3 e5 9. dxe5 dxe5 10. a4 b4 11. Ne2 a5 12. c3
c5 13. O-O O-O 14. Ng3 Bb7 15. Rfd1 Qe7 16. Rac1 Rfc8 17. cxb4
cxb4 18. Bc4 Nf8 19. Qd6 Qxd6 20. Rxd6 Rc7 21. Rb6 Re8 22. Ng5
Ba8 23. Ra6 Bb7 24. Rxa5 Ba8 25. Bb3 Rd7 26. Ra6 h6 27. Nxf7
Rxf7 28. Bxf7+ Kxf7 29. Rc7+ Kg8 30. Rca7 Bxe4 31. Rxf6 Bxf6
32. Nxe4 Bd8 33. Ra8 Ne6 1-0
[Event "US Championship"]
[Site "lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.10.28"]
[EventDate "2020.10.26"]
[Round "7.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ray Robson"]
[Black "Elshan Moradiabadi"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2673"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[PlyCount "73"]
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6
7. Be3 Be7 8. Qd2 a6 9. Bd3 b5 10. a3 Qb6 11. Qf2 c4 12. Be2
g6 13. O-O a5 14. a4 b4 15. Nb5 Na7 16. Bxc4 dxc4 17. d5 Bc5
18. Bxc5 Nxc5 19. Nd6+ Kf8 20. Nxc4 Qc7 21. d6 Qc6 22. Nxa5
Qb6 23. Nc4 Qc6 24. Nd4 Qa6 25. b3 Bb7 26. Qh4 Nc6 27. Nb5 Rd8
28. Qh6+ Kg8 29. Rae1 Na5 30. Ne3 Qc6 31. Nd4 Qe8 32. Ng4 Nd7
33. f5 Nc6 34. fxe6 fxe6 35. Nb5 g5 36. Qxg5+ Qg6 37. Nh6+ 1-0
[Event "US Championship"]
[Site "lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.10.28"]
[EventDate "2020.10.26"]
[Round "7.3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Wesley So"]
[Black "Samuel Sevian"]
[ECO "C83"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[PlyCount "56"]
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. c3 Be7 10. Nbd2 O-O 11. Bc2 f5
12. Nb3 Qd7 13. Nbd4 Nxd4 14. Nxd4 c5 15. Ne2 Rad8 16. Nf4 d4
17. cxd4 Bc4 18. d5 Bxd5 19. f3 Ng5 20. Nxd5 Qxd5 21. Qxd5+
Rxd5 22. Bxg5 Bxg5 23. f4 Be7 24. Rfd1 Rxd1+ 25. Rxd1 g6
26. Rd7 Kf7 27. Kf2 Rd8 28. Rxd8 Bxd8 1/2-1/2
[Event "US Championship"]
[Site "lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.10.28"]
[EventDate "2020.10.26"]
[Round "7.4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Aleksandr Lenderman"]
[Black "Leinier Dominguez Perez"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2634"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[PlyCount "110"]
1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 Nc6 6. Nbd2 Be7
7. e4 O-O 8. Re1 Qc7 9. e5 Nd7 10. Qe2 b5 11. Nf1 Bb7 12. Bf4
Rfc8 13. c3 a5 14. h4 a4 15. a3 b4 16. Ne3 Qd8 17. c4 Nd4
18. Nxd4 cxd4 19. Ng4 Nb6 20. h5 h6 21. axb4 Bxb4 22. Rec1 Be7
23. Qd2 Rab8 24. cxd5 Rxc1+ 25. Qxc1 Bxd5 26. Bxd5 Qxd5
27. Qd1 Rc8 28. Rc1 Rxc1 29. Bxc1 Qc6 30. Bd2 Nd7 31. f4 Qb5
32. Bc1 Nc5 33. Nf2 Qb3 34. Qe2 Qa2 35. Qe1 Qb1 36. Kg2 Nb3
37. Bd2 Qxb2 38. Bb4 a3 39. Bxa3 Qxa3 40. Qe4 Qa6 41. Qf3 Nc5
42. Kh3 Qb7 43. Qe2 Qd5 44. g4 Qb7 45. Kg3 Qb1 46. Qf3 Qg1+
47. Kh3 Qe1 48. Qa8+ Kh7 49. Qf3 Qe3 50. Kg2 Bh4 51. Ne4 Nxe4
52. Qxe4+ Qxe4+ 53. dxe4 d3 54. Kf3 Bg3 55. Kxg3 d2 0-1
[Event "US Championship"]
[Site "lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.10.28"]
[EventDate "2020.10.26"]
[Round "7.5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alejandro Ramirez Alvarez"]
[Black "Dariusz Swiercz"]
[ECO "B10"]
[WhiteElo "2567"]
[BlackElo "2649"]
[PlyCount "195"]
1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. d3 Qc7 4. Nbd2 e5 5. Qe2 dxe4 6. Qxe4
Bd6 7. Nc4 Nd7 8. d4 Ngf6 9. Nxd6+ Qxd6 10. dxe5 Nxe4 11. exd6
Nxd6 12. Bf4 Ne4 13. Nd2 Nxd2 14. Bxd2 Nb6 15. O-O-O Be6
16. b3 f6 17. Bd3 Kf7 18. c4 Nd7 19. Be3 a6 20. Kb2 Rhe8
21. h3 h5 22. Be2 g6 23. Rd6 Ne5 24. Rhd1 Kg7 25. Kc3 Nf7
26. R6d2 h4 27. Bb6 Ng5 28. f3 Nf7 29. Bf1 Bf5 30. Kb4 g5
31. Re2 Ne5 32. Bc7 Nd7 33. Red2 Re7 34. Bd6 Ree8 35. c5 a5+
36. Kc3 Ne5 37. a4 Nf7 38. Bc7 Re7 39. Bb6 Re3+ 40. Kb2 Ne5
41. Re2 Rd3 42. Ree1 Rxd1 43. Rxd1 Kf7 44. Kc3 Ke7 45. Bc7 Be6
46. Re1 Ng6 47. Bc4 Nf8 48. Bd6+ Kf7 49. Bd3 Re8 50. Bc7 Ra8
51. f4 Rc8 52. Bd6 gxf4 53. Bxf4 Bd5 54. Re2 Ne6 55. Bd6 Rg8
56. Bf5 Rg5 57. Bg4 f5 58. Bf3 Bxf3 59. gxf3 f4 60. b4 Rg3
61. bxa5 Rxf3+ 62. Kc4 Ra3 63. Kb4 Rxh3 64. Rb2 Rd3 65. Kc4
Rd4+ 66. Kc3 Rxa4 67. Rxb7+ Kg6 68. a6 Rxa6 69. Rb6 Rxb6
70. cxb6 Nd8 71. Bxf4 Kf5 72. Bc7 Nb7 73. Kd4 h3 74. Bh2 Kg4
75. Ke4 Nc5+ 76. Kd4 Nb7 77. Ke4 c5 78. Kd5 Kf3 79. Be5 Kg2
80. Kc6 c4 81. Kxb7 c3 82. Ka7 c2 83. Bf4 h2 84. b7 h1=Q
85. b8=Q Qa1+ 86. Kb7 Qb2+ 87. Ka7 Qa3+ 88. Kb7 Qb4+ 89. Ka7
Qa4+ 90. Kb7 Qb5+ 91. Ka7 Qc5+ 92. Kb7 Qb5+ 93. Ka7 Qxb8+
94. Kxb8 Kf3 95. Bc1 Ke2 96. Kc7 Kd1 97. Bh6 c1=Q+ 98. Bxc1
1/2-1/2
[Event "US Championship"]
[Site "lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.10.28"]
[EventDate "2020.10.26"]
[Round "7.6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Awonder Liang"]
[Black "Samuel Shankland"]
[ECO "A49"]
[WhiteElo "2592"]
[BlackElo "2691"]
[PlyCount "76"]
1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O O-O 5. d4 d6 6. Re1 b5
7. c3 Bb7 8. a4 bxa4 9. Qxa4 Nbd7 10. Nbd2 c5 11. e4 cxd4
12. Nxd4 Nc5 13. Qc2 Qc8 14. N2b3 Nfd7 15. Na5 Ba6 16. Bg5 Re8
17. Ndc6 Kf8 18. Qd2 Nd3 19. Re3 N7e5 20. Bxe7+ Rxe7 21. Nxe7
Kxe7 22. f4 Bh6 23. Rd1 Qc5 24. Nb3 Qb6 25. Nd4 Nxf4 26. gxf4
Bxf4 27. Qf2 Bxe3 28. Qxe3 Kf8 29. Kh1 Kg8 30. Qg5 Nd3 31. Rf1
Re8 32. h4 Ne5 33. Rf6 Bc8 34. b4 a6 35. h5 Qd8 36. hxg6 fxg6
37. Nf5 Bxf5 38. exf5 Kg7 0-1
[Event "US Championship"]
[Site "lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.10.28"]
[EventDate "2020.10.26"]
[Round "8.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Samuel Shankland"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2691"]
[PlyCount "95"]
1. g3 d5 2. Bg2 e5 3. d3 Nf6 4. Nf3 Bd6 5. Nc3 c6 6. e4 O-O
7. O-O h6 8. Nh4 Be6 9. Nf5 Bc7 10. Qf3 Re8 11. g4 dxe4
12. dxe4 Nh7 13. Rd1 Nd7 14. h4 Qf6 15. Qg3 g5 16. hxg5 hxg5
17. Rd3 Rad8 18. Rf3 Qg6 19. Be3 Ndf6 20. Bf1 Bb6 21. Bd3 Bxe3
22. fxe3 Bxf5 23. Rxf5 Nd7 24. Bc4 Re7 25. Raf1 Rf8 26. a4 Kg7
27. Ne2 Nhf6 28. Qg2 Ne8 29. Ng3 f6 30. Rd1 Rh8 31. Nh5+ Rxh5
32. gxh5 Qxh5 33. Be2 Qh4 34. Bg4 Nc5 35. Rf3 Qh7 36. Bf5 Qh5
37. Rd2 Qh4 38. Rh3 Qe1+ 39. Kh2 Kf7 40. b4 Ne6 41. Bxe6+ Kxe6
42. Rd8 Ng7 43. Qf3 Re8 44. Rd1 Qxb4 45. Rh6 Qf8 46. Qh3+ Kf7
47. Rd7+ Re7 48. Rh8 1-0
[Event "US Championship"]
[Site "lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.10.28"]
[EventDate "2020.10.26"]
[Round "8.2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Dariusz Swiercz"]
[Black "Awonder Liang"]
[ECO "B10"]
[WhiteElo "2649"]
[BlackElo "2592"]
[PlyCount "56"]
1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. d3 Qc7 4. exd5 cxd5 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 e6
7. g3 Bb4 8. Bf4 Qe7 9. d4 O-O 10. c5 Ne4 11. Qb3 Nc6 12. Bd3
e5 13. Bxe4 exf4 14. O-O dxe4 15. Nd5 Qd8 16. Nxb4 Nxb4
17. Qxb4 exf3 18. Rfe1 Qd7 19. Qc4 fxg3 20. hxg3 Qh3 21. Qf1
Qh6 22. Re4 Be6 23. Rd1 Rad8 24. Rh4 Qg6 25. Re1 Bg4 26. Qc4
h5 27. d5 Rfe8 28. Rf1 Qe4 0-1
[Event "US Championship"]
[Site "lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.10.28"]
[EventDate "2020.10.26"]
[Round "8.3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Leinier Dominguez Perez"]
[Black "Alejandro Ramirez Alvarez"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2567"]
[PlyCount "73"]
1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 a6 6. Qb3 Ra7
7. Nh4 Bc8 8. Qc2 g6 9. Bd3 Bg7 10. O-O O-O 11. Nf3 dxc4
12. Bxc4 b5 13. Be2 Bg4 14. e4 Nbd7 15. Be3 Rc7 16. Rfd1 Rc8
17. Rac1 Nb6 18. Ne5 Bxe2 19. Nxe2 Qe8 20. b3 Nfd7 21. Nxc6 f5
22. d5 Kh8 23. Nf4 fxe4 24. Qxe4 Rf5 25. Nxe7 Re5 26. Nexg6+
hxg6 27. Nxg6+ Kg8 28. Nxe5 Qxe5 29. Qxe5 Bxe5 30. Rc6 Rb8
31. d6 Bf6 32. Bxb6 Nxb6 33. d7 Bd8 34. Rdc1 Nxd7 35. Rc8 Kf7
36. Rxb8 Nxb8 37. Rc8 1-0
[Event "US Championship"]
[Site "lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.10.28"]
[EventDate "2020.10.26"]
[Round "8.4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Samuel Sevian"]
[Black "Aleksandr Lenderman"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2634"]
[PlyCount "148"]
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+
Nxf6 7. Be3 Bd6 8. Bd3 O-O 9. O-O b6 10. Re1 Bb7 11. h3 Nd5
12. Bg5 Be7 13. Bd2 c5 14. dxc5 Bxc5 15. Be4 Qc7 16. c4 Nf6
17. Bxb7 Qxb7 18. Qc2 Be7 19. Bc3 Rfc8 20. Qe2 a6 21. a4 Nd7
22. Rad1 Bf6 23. Bxf6 Nxf6 24. Ne5 a5 25. Rd6 Rd8 26. Red1
Rxd6 27. Rxd6 h6 28. Qe3 Rb8 29. f3 Qc7 30. Qd4 Kh7 31. Rc6
Qb7 32. Qd6 Ne8 33. Qd7 Kg8 34. Qxb7 Rxb7 35. Rc8 Kf8 36. c5
bxc5 37. Nc4 Rb4 38. Nd6 Ke7 39. Nxe8 g6 40. Ra8 Rb7 41. b3 h5
42. h4 f6 43. Kf2 e5 44. Ke2 f5 45. Rxa5 Kxe8 46. Rxc5 Rxb3
47. Rxe5+ Kd7 48. Rb5 Ra3 49. a5 Ra2+ 50. Kf1 Ke7 51. Rb7+ Kf6
52. Rb6+ Kg7 53. a6 f4 54. Rb7+ Kf6 55. a7 g5 56. hxg5+ Kxg5
57. Kg1 Kh4 58. Kh2 Ra1 59. Rf7 Kg5 60. Rg7+ Kh4 61. Rf7 Kg5
62. g3 Ra2+ 63. Kh3 fxg3 64. Kxg3 h4+ 65. Kh3 Ra3 66. Kg2 Ra2+
67. Kh1 h3 68. Kg1 h2+ 69. Kh1 Kh4 70. Rh7+ Kg3 71. Rg7+ Kh3
72. Rh7+ Kg3 73. Rg7+ Kh3 74. Rh7+ Kg3 1/2-1/2
[Event "US Championship"]
[Site "lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.10.28"]
[EventDate "2020.10.26"]
[Round "8.5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Elshan Moradiabadi"]
[Black "Wesley So"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[PlyCount "66"]
1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 d4 5. O-O c5 6. e3 Nc6
7. exd4 cxd4 8. d3 Bd6 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bxf6 Qxf6 11. a3 a5
12. Nbd2 Qe7 13. Rc1 O-O 14. Re1 a4 15. Qc2 Rd8 16. Ne4 Bc7
17. c5 Bd7 18. Nfd2 Na5 19. Nc4 Nb3 20. Ned6 Nxc1 21. Qxc1
Bxd6 22. cxd6 Qg5 23. f4 Qc5 24. Bxb7 Rab8 25. Re5 Qa7 26. Be4
Bb5 27. f5 exf5 28. Qf4 Bxc4 29. Qxf5 g6 30. Qf6 Qb6 31. dxc4
Rxd6 32. Qf4 d3+ 33. c5 d2 0-1
[Event "US Championship"]
[Site "lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.10.28"]
[EventDate "2020.10.26"]
[Round "8.6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Jeffery Xiong"]
[Black "Ray Robson"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2673"]
[PlyCount "93"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. Bd3
d5 7. Qe2 dxe4 8. Nc3 Bb4 9. Bxe4 O-O 10. Bxc6 Rb8 11. O-O Qd6
12. Bb5 Ng4 13. g3 Qc5 14. Bd3 Bxc3 15. bxc3 Ne5 16. Ba3 Qxa3
17. Qxe5 Be6 18. Rfe1 Qd6 19. a4 Rfd8 20. Rad1 Qc6 21. Bb5 Qb7
22. Rd4 g6 23. Rh4 Qf3 24. Rf4 Qb7 25. Qf6 c6 26. Bd3 Re8
27. Bxg6 fxg6 28. Rxe6 c5 29. Qe5 Qd7 30. Rxe8+ Rxe8 31. Qxc5
Qd1+ 32. Kg2 Qxc2 33. Qxa7 Qb3 34. Qd7 Ra8 35. c4 Qxa4
36. Qe6+ Kh8 37. Rf7 Qa1 38. Qe7 Kg8 39. Rxh7 Rf8 40. Rh4 Qa8+
41. Qe4 Qa6 42. Qd5+ Kg7 43. Qe5+ Rf6 44. Rf4 Qa8+ 45. Kg1 Qf8
46. Qxf6+ Qxf6 47. Rxf6 1-0
[Event "US Championship"]
[Site "lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.10.28"]
[EventDate "2020.10.26"]
[Round "9.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ray Robson"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2673"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "125"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. O-O Qc7
7. Qe2 d6 8. c4 Nbd7 9. Nc3 Ne5 10. f4 Nxd3 11. Qxd3 Be7
12. b3 O-O 13. Bb2 b6 14. Rae1 Bb7 15. Kh1 Nd7 16. f5 Nc5
17. Qg3 Bf6 18. Ndb5 axb5 19. Nd5 exd5 20. Bxf6 g6 21. Qh4 Nd7
22. Be7 f6 23. fxg6 hxg6 24. Bxf8 Rxf8 25. exd5 Ne5 26. Rxf6
Qe7 27. Rxf8+ Qxf8 28. Kg1 bxc4 29. bxc4 Ba6 30. Re4 Qf5
31. Qd8+ Qf8 32. Qc7 g5 33. h3 Qf5 34. Re1 Bxc4 35. Qxd6 Nf7
36. Qxb6 g4 37. hxg4 Qxd5 38. a4 Qd7 39. Qg6+ Kf8 40. Qf6 Qxa4
41. g5 Qa7+ 42. Kh1 Qa6 43. Qd4 Bd3 44. Ra1 Qg6 45. Ra8+ Ke7
46. Ra7+ Kf8 47. Ra8+ Ke7 48. Qc5+ Qd6 49. Ra7+ Ke6 50. Qc8+
Ke5 51. Qe8+ Kf4 52. Qxf7+ Kg4 53. Qd7+ Qxd7 54. Rxd7 Bf5
55. Rg7 Bb1 56. Kg1 Bf5 57. Kf2 Bb1 58. Ke3 Bc2 59. Rc7 Bf5
60. g6 Bxg6 61. Rg7 Kf5 62. Rxg6 Kxg6 63. Kf4 1-0
[Event "US Championship"]
[Site "lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.10.28"]
[EventDate "2020.10.26"]
[Round "9.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Wesley So"]
[Black "Jeffery Xiong"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[PlyCount "103"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5
d6 7. Bg5 a6 8. Na3 b5 9. Nd5 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. c3 Bg5
12. Nc2 Rb8 13. a3 O-O 14. h4 Bh6 15. g4 Bf4 16. Qf3 Bb7
17. g5 Re8 18. Nxf4 exf4 19. O-O-O b4 20. axb4 Nxb4 21. Nxb4
Bxe4 22. Qxf4 Rxb4 23. Bd3 Bxh1 24. Qxb4 Bf3 25. Rd2 d5
26. Bxa6 h6 27. gxh6 Re4 28. Qc5 Rxh4 29. Qc8 Qxc8 30. Bxc8
Rxh6 31. Bb7 Rh5 32. b4 Kf8 33. Kb2 Rf5 34. Kb3 Ke7 35. Ka4 g5
36. b5 Rf4+ 37. Ka5 Kd6 38. b6 Rc4 39. Rd3 Rc5+ 40. Kb4 Rc4+
41. Kb3 Rf4 42. c4 Kc5 43. cxd5 Rb4+ 44. Kc3 Rxb6 45. d6 Rxb7
46. d7 Rxd7 47. Rxd7 f5 48. Kd3 Be4+ 49. Ke3 g4 50. Kf4 Kc6
51. Rf7 Kd6 52. Rxf5 1-0
[Event "US Championship"]
[Site "lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.10.28"]
[EventDate "2020.10.26"]
[Round "9.3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Aleksandr Lenderman"]
[Black "Elshan Moradiabadi"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2634"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[PlyCount "91"]
1. b3 Nf6 2. Bb2 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nf3 d6 6. d4 a5
7. c4 a4 8. O-O axb3 9. axb3 Rxa1 10. Bxa1 Bf5 11. Nc3 c6
12. Nh4 Bc8 13. e4 e5 14. Nf3 exd4 15. Nxd4 Na6 16. Re1 Re8
17. Bb2 Qa5 18. Na4 Bg4 19. f3 Bd7 20. Bc3 Qd8 21. Qd2 b6
22. Nc2 b5 23. cxb5 cxb5 24. Nb2 Qb8 25. b4 Rc8 26. Bd4 Nc7
27. Nd3 Ne6 28. Bb2 Qa7+ 29. Ne3 Ne8 30. Ra1 Qb6 31. Bxg7 Kxg7
32. Nf4 Nxf4 33. gxf4 Nf6 34. Kh1 Be6 35. f5 Bc4 36. f4 Re8
37. Qc3 Kg8 38. Nxc4 bxc4 39. Qxf6 Qxb4 40. fxg6 hxg6 41. Qd4
Qb3 42. Rc1 Rc8 43. e5 dxe5 44. fxe5 c3 45. Bd5 Qb2 46. Bxf7+
1-0
[Event "US Championship"]
[Site "lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.10.28"]
[EventDate "2020.10.26"]
[Round "9.4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alejandro Ramirez Alvarez"]
[Black "Samuel Sevian"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2567"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[PlyCount "133"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. Nc3 b5 6. Bb3 Bc5
7. Nd5 Bb7 8. O-O Na5 9. d4 Nxb3 10. cxb3 exd4 11. Bg5 Bxd5
12. exd5 O-O 13. Rc1 Be7 14. Qxd4 Ne8 15. h4 h6 16. Be3 Bf6
17. Qg4 Bxb2 18. Rc2 f5 19. Qg3 Qf6 20. Bxh6 Qxh6 21. Rxb2 Qd6
22. Qxd6 cxd6 23. Rc2 Nf6 24. Rfc1 g6 25. Ng5 Rfe8 26. g3 a5
27. a3 b4 28. a4 Re5 29. Rd2 Rae8 30. Kf1 Kg7 31. Nf3 Rxd5
32. Rxd5 Nxd5 33. Rd1 Nf6 34. Rxd6 Rc8 35. Rd3 Rc2 36. Ne5 Ne4
37. Rxd7+ Kf6 38. f4 Nxg3+ 39. Ke1 Nh5 40. Rd6+ Ke7 41. Rc6
Rb2 42. Nxg6+ Kd8 43. Rc5 Ng3 44. h5 Rxb3 45. Rd5+ Kc7 46. h6
Rb1+ 47. Rd1 Rb2 48. Rc1+ Kd6 49. h7 Re2+ 50. Kd1 Rh2 51. h8=Q
Rxh8 52. Nxh8 Kd5 53. Ng6 Kd4 54. Rc8 Ne4 55. Kc2 Nc5 56. Rxc5
Kxc5 57. Kb3 Kd4 58. Ne7 Ke4 59. Nc6 Kxf4 60. Nxa5 Ke4 61. Nc4
f4 62. a5 Kd5 63. Kxb4 f3 64. Kb5 f2 65. Nd2 Kd6 66. Kb6 Kd7
67. Kb7 1-0
[Event "US Championship"]
[Site "lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.10.28"]
[EventDate "2020.10.26"]
[Round "9.5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Awonder Liang"]
[Black "Leinier Dominguez Perez"]
[ECO "A08"]
[WhiteElo "2592"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[PlyCount "166"]
1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Nf6 5. c4 d4 6. e3 Nc6
7. exd4 cxd4 8. d3 h6 9. Re1 Bd6 10. Na3 O-O 11. Nc2 a5 12. b3
e5 13. Na3 Bb4 14. Re2 Re8 15. Nb5 Bf5 16. a3 Bc5 17. Re1 Qd7
18. Ra2 Rad8 19. Nh4 Bh7 20. Rd2 g5 21. Nf3 e4 22. dxe4 Nxe4
23. Rd3 Nf6 24. Rd2 d3 25. Nc3 Qf5 26. Bb2 Nd4 27. Nxd4 Bxd4
28. Nd5 Bxb2 29. Rxb2 Kg7 30. Rd2 Rxe1+ 31. Qxe1 Re8 32. Qd1
Nxd5 33. Bxd5 b6 34. Kg2 Qe5 35. b4 axb4 36. axb4 Qc3 37. b5
Re7 38. h4 Bg6 39. h5 Bh7 40. Kh2 Ra7 41. Qe1 Ra1 42. Qe3 Qf6
43. Be4 Bxe4 44. Qxe4 Rc1 45. Qxd3 Rc3 46. Qd4 Qxd4 47. Rxd4
Kf6 48. Rd6+ Kg7 49. Rc6 g4 50. Kg2 Rc1 51. f4 Rc3 52. Kf2
Rf3+ 53. Ke2 Rc3 54. f5 Kf8 55. Rxh6 Rxc4 56. Rxb6 Kg7 57. Ke3
f6 58. Rb8 Rc3+ 59. Kf2 Rc2+ 60. Ke1 Rc5 61. b6 Rxf5 62. h6+
Kh7 63. b7 Rb5 64. Ke2 Rb3 65. Kd2 f5 66. Kc2 Rb6 67. Kd3 Rb1
68. Ke3 Rb4 69. Ke2 Rb3 70. Kd2 Rb1 71. Kc2 Rb6 72. Kd3 Rb1
73. Ke3 Rb4 74. Rf8 Rxb7 75. Kf4 Kxh6 76. Kxf5 Kg7 77. Ra8
Rb5+ 78. Kxg4 Rb4+ 79. Kh5 Rb5+ 80. Kh4 Rb4+ 81. g4 Rb5
82. Ra7+ Kg6 83. g5 Rb4+ 1/2-1/2
[Event "US Championship"]
[Site "lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.10.28"]
[EventDate "2020.10.26"]
[Round "9.6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Samuel Shankland"]
[Black "Dariusz Swiercz"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2691"]
[BlackElo "2649"]
[PlyCount "166"]
1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Ne7 6. O-O c5
7. Na3 Nec6 8. c4 Be4 9. Nb5 a6 10. Nc3 cxd4 11. Nxd4 Nxd4
12. Qxd4 Nc6 13. Qe3 Bxg2 14. Kxg2 d4 15. Qe4 dxc3 16. bxc3
Qc7 17. Rb1 Bc5 18. Bg5 Rc8 19. h4 b6 20. Bf4 Ne7 21. h5 g5
22. hxg6 fxg6 23. Bg5 O-O 24. Bf6 Nf5 25. Bg4 Be7 26. Bxf5
gxf5 27. Qh4 Bxf6 28. exf6 Kh8 29. Rh1 Rf7 30. Kf1 f4 31. Rg1
Qxc4+ 32. Kg2 f3+ 33. Kh3 Qxh4+ 34. Kxh4 Rxf6 35. Rg4 b5
36. Rd1 Rh6+ 37. Kg3 Rg6 38. Rxg6 hxg6 39. Rd6 a5 40. Rxe6
Rxc3 41. Re5 Ra3 42. Rxb5 Rxa2 43. Kxf3 Kg7 44. Kg4 Kh6 45. f4
a4 46. Ra5 a3 47. Kg3 Ra1 48. Kg2 Kg7 49. Ra6 Kf7 50. Kh2 a2
51. Kg2 Ke7 52. Kh2 Kd7 53. Kg2 Kc7 54. Kh2 Kb7 55. Ra3 Kb6
56. Kg2 Kc5 57. Ra8 Kd4 58. Ra7 Ke4 59. Ra8 Kxf4 60. Ra7 g5
61. Ra8 Kf5 62. Ra7 Ke4 63. Ra8 Kd4 64. Ra7 g4 65. Ra8 Kc4
66. Ra7 Kb3 67. Rb7+ Kc3 68. Rc7+ Kd4 69. Ra7 g3 70. Ra8 Kd3
71. Rd8+ Kc3 72. Rc8+ Kb4 73. Rb8+ Kc4 74. Rc8+ Kd5 75. Rd8+
Kc6 76. Ra8 Kb7 77. Ra3 Kb6 78. Ra8 Kc7 79. Ra3 Kb7 80. Ra4
Rb1 81. Rxa2 Rb6 82. Kxg3 Ra6 83. Rxa6 Kxa6 1/2-1/2
[Event "US Championship"]
[Site "lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.10.29"]
[EventDate "2020.10.26"]
[Round "10.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Dariusz Swiercz"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2649"]
[PlyCount "139"]
1. b4 e5 2. Bb2 Bxb4 3. Bxe5 Nf6 4. Nf3 O-O 5. e3 d5 6. c4 Nc6
7. Bb2 Re8 8. a3 Bd6 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Be2 Qd7 11. Qc2 Qf5
12. Qxf5 Bxf5 13. Nc3 Nxc3 14. Bxc3 Ne5 15. Nh4 Be4 16. d4 Ng6
17. Nxg6 Bxg6 18. Bf3 Rab8 19. Bb4 Rec8 20. Rc1 a5 21. Bxd6
cxd6 22. Kd2 b5 23. Bb7 Rc4 24. Bd5 Ra4 25. Ra1 b4 26. axb4
Raxb4 27. Rhc1 a4 28. Ke1 h5 29. Bc6 Rc8 30. d5 Rc7 31. Rc3
Be4 32. Rca3 Ra7 33. f3 Bc2 34. Kd2 Bb3 35. e4 g5 36. Rc1 Kg7
37. Ke3 Re7 38. Rb1 Rc4 39. Kd3 Rc2 40. Bxa4 Bxa4 41. Rxa4
Rxg2 42. Rb6 Rd7 43. Raa6 Rxh2 44. Rxd6 Rxd6 45. Rxd6 h4
46. Rc6 h3 47. d6 Rh1 48. Rc2 Rd1+ 49. Ke3 Rxd6 50. Kf2 h2
51. Kg2 Rh6 52. Kh1 Rh3 53. Rc5 Kg6 54. Rc6+ Kg7 55. Rc5 f6
56. e5 f5 57. e6 Rxf3 58. Re5 Kf8 59. e7+ Ke8 60. Kxh2 g4
61. Kg2 Rf4 62. Kg3 Re4 63. Rxf5 Kxe7 64. Ra5 Rb4 65. Rh5 Kf6
66. Ra5 Kg6 67. Rd5 Kf6 68. Ra5 Kg6 69. Rd5 Kf6 70. Ra5
1/2-1/2
[Event "US Championship"]
[Site "lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.10.29"]
[EventDate "2020.10.26"]
[Round "10.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Leinier Dominguez Perez"]
[Black "Samuel Shankland"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2691"]
[PlyCount "51"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3
Bg7 7. Nf3 c5 8. h3 O-O 9. Be2 b6 10. Be3 Bb7 11. Qd3 cxd4
12. cxd4 Nc6 13. O-O e6 14. Rac1 Rc8 15. Rfd1 Qd6 16. h4 h5
17. Bg5 Nb4 18. Qb1 Rxc1 19. Rxc1 Nc6 20. e5 Qd7 21. Bb5 Rc8
22. Ba4 Qd5 23. Bb3 Qd7 24. Ba4 Qd5 25. Bb3 Qd7 26. Ba4
1/2-1/2
[Event "US Championship"]
[Site "lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.10.29"]
[EventDate "2020.10.26"]
[Round "10.3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Samuel Sevian"]
[Black "Awonder Liang"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2592"]
[PlyCount "119"]
1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. c3 Qc7 6. h3 g6
7. Nf3 Bf5 8. Be2 Bg7 9. O-O Nf6 10. Be3 O-O 11. Nbd2 Ne4
12. Re1 a6 13. Nb3 Rad8 14. Qc1 Rfe8 15. Bf4 Qc8 16. Bf1 b5
17. a3 Nd6 18. Nc5 Na5 19. b4 Nac4 20. a4 Qc6 21. axb5 axb5
22. Ra6 Qc8 23. Ra7 Bf6 24. Be5 Be4 25. Bxf6 exf6 26. Nh2 h5
27. f3 Bf5 28. g4 hxg4 29. hxg4 Qb8 30. Rae7 Be6 31. Rxe8+
Rxe8 32. Qf4 Qd8 33. Nxe6 Rxe6 34. Rxe6 fxe6 35. Qh6 Qe8
36. Bd3 f5 37. Nf1 Qf7 38. Qg5 Kh7 39. Ng3 Qg7 40. Ne2 Nf7
41. Qh4+ Qh6 42. Qxh6+ Kxh6 43. Nf4 Ng5 44. Kf2 Kg7 45. Kg3
Kf6 46. Ne2 Nf7 47. gxf5 gxf5 48. Kf4 Nh8 49. Bxc4 dxc4
50. Ke3 Ng6 51. Nf4 Ne7 52. Kf2 Nc8 53. Ke3 Nb6 54. Nh5+ Ke7
55. Nf4 Kd6 56. Kd2 Ke7 57. Ng6+ Kd6 58. Nf4 Ke7 59. Ng6+ Kd6
60. Nf4 1/2-1/2
[Event "US Championship"]
[Site "lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.10.29"]
[EventDate "2020.10.26"]
[Round "10.4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Elshan Moradiabadi"]
[Black "Alejandro Ramirez Alvarez"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2567"]
[PlyCount "45"]
1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 a6 6. Qb3 Ra7
7. Nh4 Bc8 8. a4 b6 9. Be2 e6 10. O-O c5 11. a5 Rb7 12. axb6
Rxb6 13. Qc2 cxd4 14. exd4 dxc4 15. Nf3 Nc6 16. Bxc4 Nb4
17. Qe2 Be7 18. Be3 Nfd5 19. Na4 Rb8 20. Nc5 O-O 21. Nxa6 Nxa6
22. Bxa6 Qb6 23. Bc4 1/2-1/2
[Event "US Championship"]
[Site "lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.10.29"]
[EventDate "2020.10.26"]
[Round "10.5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Jeffery Xiong"]
[Black "Aleksandr Lenderman"]
[ECO "D26"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2634"]
[PlyCount "71"]
1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. O-O Nc6
7. a3 a6 8. dxc5 Qxd1 9. Rxd1 Bxc5 10. b4 Be7 11. Bb2 O-O
12. Nbd2 Rd8 13. Nb3 Bd7 14. Rdc1 Rac8 15. Nfd4 Ne4 16. Nxc6
Bxc6 17. Na5 Nxf2 18. Bd4 Ng4 19. h3 Bg5 20. hxg4 Rxd4
21. exd4 Bxc1 22. Rxc1 Bd5 23. Rc2 b6 24. Bd3 Rxc2 25. Bxc2
bxa5 26. bxa5 h6 27. Bd3 Bb7 28. Kf2 Kf8 29. g3 Ke7 30. Ke3
Kd6 31. Be2 f6 32. Bd3 Ke7 33. Kd2 Kd6 34. Ke3 Ke7 35. Kd2 Kd6
36. Ke3 1/2-1/2
[Event "US Championship"]
[Site "lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.10.29"]
[EventDate "2020.10.26"]
[Round "10.6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Ray Robson"]
[Black "Wesley So"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2673"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[PlyCount "59"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 d5 6. exd5 Qxd5
7. Bc4 Qd6 8. b4 Bb6 9. a4 O-O 10. Nbd2 Bf5 11. Ba3 e4
12. dxe4 Nxe4 13. Nxe4 Bxe4 14. Qxd6 cxd6 15. O-O-O Rac8
16. Bd5 Bxd5 17. Rxd5 Ne5 18. Nxe5 dxe5 19. Kb2 Rfd8 20. Rhd1
e4 21. R5d2 Rxd2+ 22. Rxd2 Rd8 23. Re2 f5 24. Kc2 Kf7 25. f3
exf3 26. gxf3 Re8 27. Rd2 Rd8 28. Re2 Re8 29. Rd2 Rd8 30. Re2
1/2-1/2
[Event "US Championship"]
[Site "lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.10.29"]
[EventDate "2020.10.26"]
[Round "11.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Wesley So"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "60"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. e4 d5 6. e5 Ne4
7. Bd3 c5 8. Nf3 cxd4 9. Nxd4 Nd7 10. Bf4 Qh4 11. g3 Qh5
12. O-O g5 13. cxd5 Bxc3 14. bxc3 exd5 15. Bxe4 dxe4 16. e6
gxf4 17. exd7 Bxd7 18. Qxe4 fxg3 19. fxg3 b6 20. Nf5 Rae8
21. Qd5 Bxf5 22. Rxf5 Qe2 23. Raf1 Qe3+ 24. R1f2 Qe1+ 25. Kg2
Qe4+ 26. Qxe4 Rxe4 27. Rg5+ Kh8 28. Rgf5 Kg8 29. Rg5+ Kh8
30. Rgf5 Kg8 1/2-1/2
[Event "US Championship"]
[Site "lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.10.29"]
[EventDate "2020.10.26"]
[Round "11.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Aleksandr Lenderman"]
[Black "Ray Robson"]
[ECO "E62"]
[WhiteElo "2634"]
[BlackElo "2673"]
[PlyCount "117"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nc3 d6 6. Nf3 Nc6
7. O-O e5 8. dxe5 dxe5 9. Bg5 h6 10. Qxd8 Rxd8 11. Bxf6 Bxf6
12. Nd5 Kg7 13. Nxc7 Rb8 14. Nd5 e4 15. Nd2 e3 16. fxe3 Bxb2
17. Rab1 Ba3 18. Rb3 Bf8 19. Nf3 Bc5 20. Ne1 Bg4 21. Nd3 Bf8
22. Bf3 Be6 23. Rc3 g5 24. Nf6 Kxf6 25. Bxc6+ Kg7 26. Bd5 Bxd5
27. cxd5 Rbc8 28. Rxc8 Rxc8 29. e4 f6 30. Kf2 Bd6 31. Rc1 Re8
32. Rc4 Kg6 33. Kf3 h5 34. h3 a6 35. a4 Kg7 36. a5 Kg6 37. e3
Kf7 38. Nc5 Bxc5 39. Rxc5 Re7 40. h4 Kg6 41. Rc8 Rd7 42. hxg5
fxg5 43. Rg8+ Kf6 44. Re8 Kf7 45. Re6 Kg7 46. d6 Kf7 47. Rh6
Kg7 48. Rxh5 Kg6 49. Kg4 Rxd6 50. Rxg5+ Kf7 51. Rd5 Rg6+
52. Kf5 Rf6+ 53. Ke5 Re6+ 54. Kd4 b6 55. Rf5+ Kg6 56. Kd5 Re8
57. axb6 a5 58. b7 a4 59. Rf1 1-0
[Event "US Championship"]
[Site "lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.10.29"]
[EventDate "2020.10.26"]
[Round "11.3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alejandro Ramirez Alvarez"]
[Black "Jeffery Xiong"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2567"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[PlyCount "76"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. Qc2 Qc7 5. g3 b6 6. Bg2 Bb7
7. d3 c4 8. dxc4 Qxc4 9. Nbd2 Qc7 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Re1 g6
12. a4 Bg7 13. a5 Rc8 14. axb6 axb6 15. Nd4 Qb8 16. b3 O-O
17. Nc4 Rfe8 18. Ba3 Nxe4 19. Rxe4 Bxe4 20. Qxe4 Nc5 21. Qe3
Nxb3 22. Nxb3 Rxc4 23. Nd4 b5 24. Bd5 Ra4 25. Bb3 Ra6 26. Nc2
e6 27. Re1 Qa7 28. Qxa7 Rxa7 29. Bxd6 Bxc3 30. Rb1 Rd8 31. Bf4
Rad7 32. Na3 b4 33. Nc4 Ra7 34. Kf1 Ra1 35. Rxa1 Bxa1 36. Ke2
Bc3 37. Ne5 Ra8 38. Kd3 g5 0-1
[Event "US Championship"]
[Site "lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.10.29"]
[EventDate "2020.10.26"]
[Round "11.4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Awonder Liang"]
[Black "Elshan Moradiabadi"]
[ECO "C53"]
[WhiteElo "2592"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[PlyCount "71"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. O-O d6
7. Nbd2 a5 8. h3 h6 9. Re1 Be6 10. b3 Re8 11. Bb2 Ba7 12. Qc2
Nh5 13. d4 Nf4 14. d5 Bxh3 15. gxh3 Nxh3+ 16. Kh2 Nxf2
17. dxc6 Qc8 18. Ng1 bxc6 19. Ndf3 d5 20. exd5 Qg4 21. Re2
Qh5+ 22. Kg2 e4 23. Rxf2 Bxf2 24. Qxf2 exf3+ 25. Nxf3 Re4
26. Rg1 cxd5 27. Bd3 Rg4+ 28. Kf1 Rf4 29. Be2 Re8 30. Qg3 Qe5
31. Rg2 g5 32. Bc1 Rf6 33. Bd2 Qf5 34. Rf2 Qb1+ 35. Kg2 Qxa2
36. Bd3 1-0
[Event "US Championship"]
[Site "lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.10.29"]
[EventDate "2020.10.26"]
[Round "11.5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Samuel Shankland"]
[Black "Samuel Sevian"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2691"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[PlyCount "134"]
1. c4 e5 2. g3 c6 3. Nf3 e4 4. Nd4 d5 5. cxd5 Qxd5 6. Nc2 Nf6
7. Nc3 Qe5 8. Bg2 Na6 9. Rb1 Nb4 10. O-O Nxc2 11. Qxc2 Bf5
12. Qb3 Qc7 13. Qa4 Qe5 14. d3 Bc5 15. dxe4 Bg6 16. Bf4 Qd4
17. Rbd1 Qxa4 18. Nxa4 Be7 19. Nc3 Nd7 20. Bd6 Bxd6 21. Rxd6
Ke7 22. Rfd1 Nb6 23. f4 f6 24. Bh3 Rhe8 25. Kf2 Bf7 26. b3 Kf8
27. Bd7 Re7 28. Bf5 g6 29. Rd8+ Re8 30. Rxa8 Rxa8 31. Bg4 a5
32. Rd4 Ke7 33. b4 Bc4 34. bxa5 Rxa5 35. a4 h5 36. Bh3 Ke8
37. Rd6 Ke7 38. e5 fxe5 39. Rxg6 exf4 40. gxf4 Nxa4 41. Ne4
Bd5 42. Nd6 Nc3 43. Bf5 Nd1+ 44. Kg3 Ne3 45. Bd3 c5 46. Nxb7
Bxb7 47. Rg7+ Kd6 48. Rxb7 c4 49. Be4 Ra3 50. Kh4 c3 51. Kg5
c2 52. Rb6+ Kd7 53. Rc6 Ra4 54. Rxc2 Rxe4 55. Rc5 Ng2 56. Re5
Rxf4 57. Kxh5 Kd6 58. Re8 Rf2 59. Kg4 Kd7 60. Re4 Rf1 61. h4
Rh1 62. Kg5 Nxh4 63. Rxh4 Rxh4 64. Kxh4 Ke6 65. Kg4 Ke5
66. Kf3 Kf5 67. Ke3 Ke5 1/2-1/2
[Event "US Championship"]
[Site "lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.10.29"]
[EventDate "2020.10.26"]
[Round "11.6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Dariusz Swiercz"]
[Black "Leinier Dominguez Perez"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2649"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[PlyCount "86"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. a4
Be7 7. Nc3 a6 8. Bf1 f6 9. d4 Nf7 10. Bc4 d6 11. Nd5 O-O
12. c3 Kh8 13. b4 Be6 14. Bb3 Qd7 15. Rb1 Bd8 16. c4 Ne7
17. Ne3 Nh6 18. c5 Bxb3 19. Qxb3 e4 20. Nd2 d5 21. f4 c6
22. Ndf1 Bc7 23. g3 g5 24. Ng2 Nhf5 25. Qc3 Rg8 26. fxg5 fxg5
27. Nfe3 Raf8 28. Rb2 Nh4 29. gxh4 gxh4 30. Nf1 h3 31. Ng3
hxg2 32. Rxg2 Nf5 33. Rxe4 Nxg3 34. hxg3 dxe4 35. d5+ Qg7
36. Bb2 Bd8 37. Qxg7+ Rxg7 38. Bxg7+ Kxg7 39. dxc6 bxc6
40. Re2 Re8 41. Rd2 e3 42. Re2 Bf6 43. Kg2 Bc3 0-1
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