[Event "Champ Showdown 9LX 2024"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2024.10.28"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2802"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[WhiteFideId "2016192"]
[BlackFideId "5202213"]
[Variant "Chess960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "qrbknbrn/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/QRBKNBRN w GBgb - 0 1"]
[EventDate "2024.10.28"]

1. b3 b6 2. g4 g5 3. Bb2 Bg7 4. Bxg7 Nxg7 5. Ng3 f6 6. e3 Ng6 7. d4 d6 8. Be2 a5
9. c4 Ba6 10. Qc3 b5 11. Qxa5 bxc4 12. Rc1 Bc8 13. Qxa8 Rxa8 14. Bxc4 Bxg4+ 15.
f3 Be6 16. a4 Rb8 17. d5 Bf7 18. Nd3 c6 19. dxc6 Bxc4 20. Rxc4 Rxb3 21. Kc2 Rb6
22. a5 Rb5 23. Ra1 Kc7 24. Ne2 Nf5 25. Kd2 Rd5 26. e4 Ne5 27. exd5 Nxc4+ 28. Kc3
Ne5 29. f4 Nf3 30. Nb4 Ra8 31. Kd3 g4 32. Nc3 Nxh2 33. Nb5+ Kc8 34. a6 h5 35. a7
g3 36. Na6 g2 37. Rb1 Kd8 38. Nbc7 1-0

[Event "Champ Showdown 9LX 2024"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2024.10.28"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Shankland, Sam"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2677"]
[WhiteFideId "13300474"]
[BlackFideId "2004887"]
[Variant "Chess960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "qrbknbrn/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/QRBKNBRN w GBgb - 0 1"]
[EventDate "2024.10.28"]

1. d4 d5 2. f3 Ng6 3. Nd3 Nf6 4. g4 e6 5. Ng3 b6 6. h4 Nxh4 7. Ne5 Ke8 8. e4 Bd6
9. Bb5+ Kf8 10. g5 Bxe5 11. dxe5 Nxf3 12. exf6 dxe4 13. Bd2 Nxd2 14. O-O-O e3
15. a4 Qd5 16. Qa3+ Qc5 17. Qd3 Bb7 18. Qxh7 Rd8 19. g6 Nb3+ 20. Kb1 Rxd1+ 21.
Rxd1 Nd2+ 22. Kc1 Nb3+ 23. Kb1 Nd2+ 24. Kc1 Qg5 25. Nh5 Qxg6 26. fxg7+ Rxg7 27.
Qxg7+ Qxg7 28. Nxg7 Kxg7 29. Re1 f5 30. Rxe3 Ne4 31. a5 f4 32. a6 Bd5 33. Rh3
Ng5 34. Rh5 Kf6 35. Rh8 Nf7 36. Rb8 Nd6 37. Bf1 e5 38. c4 Bxc4 39. Bxc4 Nxc4 40.
Ra8 f3 41. Rf8+ Ke6 42. Rxf3 Nd6 43. Rf8 Kd5 44. Kc2 Kc4 45. Ra8 Nb5 46. Re8
Nd4+ 47. Kd2 c5 48. Re7 Nc6 49. Rc7 Kb5 50. Ke3 Nb4 51. Rxa7 Nxa6 52. Re7 Kc4
53. Rxe5 Nb4 54. Kd2 Kb3 55. Re6 b5 56. Re5 Kc4 57. Re3 Nc6 58. Kc2 Nd4+ 59. Kd2
Nc6 60. Kc2 Nd4+ 61. Kd2 Nc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Champ Showdown 9LX 2024"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2024.10.28"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Oparin, Grigoriy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2796"]
[BlackElo "2662"]
[WhiteFideId "2020009"]
[BlackFideId "24125890"]
[Variant "Chess960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "qrbknbrn/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/QRBKNBRN w GBgb - 0 1"]
[EventDate "2024.10.28"]

1. d4 d5 2. f3 b6 3. Nf2 Nd6 4. Ned3 g5 5. b3 g4 6. Ne5 gxf3 7. Qc3 Bb7 8. Qxf3
O-O-O 9. g3 e6 10. Bh3 Bg7 11. Bf4 Kb8 12. O-O f5 13. Nfd3 Ng6 14. Qh5 Nxf4 15.
Rxf4 a5 16. a4 Bf6 17. Bg2 Bg5 18. Rf3 Ne4 19. Nf7 Ka7 20. Nxg5 Rxg5 21. Qh6 Qc8
22. Rc1 Rg6 23. Qe3 c5 24. Rf4 Rg7 25. c3 Rc7 26. Rff1 cxd4 27. cxd4 Nc3 28. Bf3
Ba6 29. Ne5 Rg8 30. Rc2 Ne4 31. Rxc7+ Qxc7 32. Rc1 Qd6 33. Bxe4 dxe4 34. Rc6 Qd5
35. Rc7+ Bb7 36. Rd7 f4 37. Qc3 1-0

[Event "Champ Showdown 9LX 2024"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2024.10.28"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Sevian, Samuel"]
[Black "Robson, Ray"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2689"]
[BlackElo "2693"]
[WhiteFideId "2040506"]
[BlackFideId "2023970"]
[Variant "Chess960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "qrbknbrn/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/QRBKNBRN w GBgb - 0 1"]
[EventDate "2024.10.28"]

1. b4 Ng6 2. Nf3 h6 3. Ng3 b6 4. e4 Nf6 5. Bc4 e6 6. e5 Nd5 7. Bxd5 Qxd5 8. Rb3
Ba6 9. d3 d6 10. Ra3 Bb7 11. Rxa7 dxe5 12. Bd2 f5 13. O-O Bd6 14. Qc1 O-O 15. c4
Qc6 16. Re1 Qd7 17. c5 bxc5 18. bxc5 Bxf3 19. cxd6 Qxd6 20. gxf3 Nh4 21. Qxc7
Nxf3+ 22. Kg2 Qxc7 23. Rxc7 Nxe1+ 24. Bxe1 Rfc8 25. Rc3 Rxc3 26. Bxc3 Ra8 27.
Bxe5 Rxa2 28. h4 g6 29. Bf4 Kg7 30. d4 Rc2 31. Be3 Rc4 32. Ne2 Ra4 33. Kg3 Ra3
34. Kg2 Ra4 35. Bf4 Ra3 36. Ng1 Rd3 37. Nf3 Rd1 38. Be3 Kh7 39. Bd2 Kg7 40. Kg3
Rb1 41. Ne5 Rg1+ 42. Kh2 Rd1 43. Nf3 Rb1 44. Be3 Rd1 45. Kg3 Rb1 46. Bd2 Rd1 47.
Kf4 Kf6 48. Ke3 Rb1 49. Ke2 Kg7 50. Ne5 Rh1 51. Nf3 Rb1 52. Be3 Rh1 53. Bf4 Rb1
54. Ne1 Ra1 55. Kd2 Rb1 56. Be3 Ra1 57. Ng2 Rg1 58. Nf4 Kf7 59. Nd3 g5 60. Ne5+
Kf6 61. hxg5+ hxg5 62. f3 Rg2+ 63. Kd3 f4 64. Bd2 Kf5 65. Be1 Ra2 66. Ng4 Ra1
67. Ke2 Ra2+ 68. Bd2 Ra3 69. Be1 Ra2+ 70. Bd2 Ra3 71. Be1 Ra2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Champ Showdown 9LX 2024"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2024.10.28"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2812"]
[WhiteFideId "3503240"]
[BlackFideId "4100018"]
[Variant "Chess960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "qrbknbrn/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/QRBKNBRN w GBgb - 0 1"]
[EventDate "2024.10.28"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nd3 Nd6 3. b3 Ng6 4. f3 e6 5. Nhf2 b6 6. g3 Be7 7. Bg2 O-O 8. O-O
Bb7 9. Re1 Rbc8 10. Bb2 Rfd8 11. e4 dxe4 12. fxe4 f5 13. d5 fxe4 14. Bh3 Bxd5
15. c4 exd3 16. cxd5 Nf5 17. Bg2 Bc5 18. b4 Bxf2+ 19. Kxf2 c5 20. Kg1 exd5 21.
Bh3 Rf8 22. Rf1 Nge7 23. bxc5 bxc5 24. Be5 Qc6 25. Qc3 c4 26. Qb4 Qh6 27. Bxf5
Nxf5 28. Bf4 Qc6 29. Be5 d4 30. Qb7 Qxb7 31. Rxb7 Rc5 0-1

[Event "Champ Showdown 9LX 2024"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2024.10.28"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Shankland, Sam"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2677"]
[BlackElo "2796"]
[WhiteFideId "2004887"]
[BlackFideId "2020009"]
[Variant "Chess960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "nrkrbqnb/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/NRKRBQNB w DBdb - 0 1"]
[EventDate "2024.10.28"]

1. f4 f5 2. g3 g6 3. Nb3 d6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. d3 c5 6. e4 fxe4 7. dxe4 Nxe4 8. Qh3+
Bd7 9. Qxh7 Bf5 10. Nbd2 Nf6 11. Qh4 Nb6 12. Ng5 Qg8 13. a3 Ng4 14. Nde4 Bd4 15.
Bc3 Be3+ 16. Bd2 d5 17. Bxe3 Nxe3 18. Nxc5 Nxd1 19. Kxd1 Nc4 20. Ke2 e5 21. g4
Bd7 22. Rd1 e4 23. f5 gxf5 24. gxf5 Bxf5 25. Qf4 Rf8 26. b3 Nb6 27. Rg1 Qh8 28.
Qd6 O-O-O 29. Qe7 Bd7 30. Nce6 Qxh2+ 31. Rg2 Qxh1 0-1

[Event "Champ Showdown 9LX 2024"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2024.10.28"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Oparin, Grigoriy"]
[Black "Sevian, Samuel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2662"]
[BlackElo "2689"]
[WhiteFideId "24125890"]
[BlackFideId "2040506"]
[Variant "Chess960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "nrkrbqnb/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/NRKRBQNB w DBdb - 0 1"]
[EventDate "2024.10.28"]

1. f4 f5 2. g3 g6 3. d3 e5 4. Bc3 d6 5. Nf3 Nb6 6. fxe5 Nd5 7. Bd2 dxe5 8. e4
fxe4 9. dxe4 Nb4 10. Qc4 a5 11. O-O b5 12. Qe2 Qc5+ 13. Be3 Qc4 14. Qe1 Nf6 15.
a3 Nc6 16. Nb3 Ng4 17. Bg2 Nxe3 18. Qxe3 Rb6 19. Rfd1 Nd4 20. Nxa5 Qxc2 21. Nxd4
exd4 22. Qe1 d3 23. Rdc1 Bd4+ 24. Kh1 Qe2 25. Qxe2 dxe2 26. Re1 b4 27. Nc4 Rc6
28. b3 bxa3 29. Nxa3 Ra6 30. Nc4 Ra2 31. Bf3 Bc6 32. Rbc1 Bf2 33. Kg2 Bxe1 34.
Rxe1 Rd3 35. Ne5 Rd1 36. Rxe2 Rxe2+ 37. Bxe2 Bxe4+ 38. Kf2 Rb1 39. Ba6+ Bb7 40.
Bc4 Rb2+ 0-1

[Event "Champ Showdown 9LX 2024"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2024.10.28"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2812"]
[WhiteFideId "5202213"]
[BlackFideId "4100018"]
[Variant "Chess960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "nrkrbqnb/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/NRKRBQNB w DBdb - 0 1"]
[EventDate "2024.10.28"]

1. g4 g6 2. f4 f5 3. h3 Nb6 4. Nb3 d6 5. e4 fxe4 6. Bxe4 Nf6 7. Bf3 Nfd5 8. Bg3
Nb4 9. Ra1 c5 10. d4 c4 11. Na5 Bb5 12. Qg2 d5 13. Ne2 Ba4 14. b3 Nc6 15. Nxc6
Bxc6 16. O-O Rd7 17. a4 a5 18. Rad1 O-O-O 19. Be1 1-0

[Event "Champ Showdown 9LX 2024"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2024.10.28"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2802"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[WhiteFideId "2016192"]
[BlackFideId "13300474"]
[Variant "Chess960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "nrkrbqnb/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/NRKRBQNB w DBdb - 0 1"]
[EventDate "2024.10.28"]

1. f4 f5 2. g3 g6 3. Bf2 Nb6 4. e4 fxe4 5. Bxe4 e5 6. fxe5 Bxe5 7. Re1 d6 8. Nf3
Bf6 9. Qh3+ Bd7 10. Qxh7 Ne7 11. Be3 Nc4 12. Bh6 Qh8 13. Qxh8 Rxh8 14. Bf4 O-O-O
15. h4 d5 16. Bd3 Bg4 17. Nh2 Bf5 18. Bxf5+ Nxf5 19. c3 Rde8 20. Rxe8+ Rxe8 21.
Kc2 Re2 22. Ng4 Be7 23. Nb3 Rg2 24. Re1 b6 25. Nh6 Bd6 26. Nxf5 gxf5 27. Rh1
Bxf4 28. gxf4 Ne3+ 29. Kc1 Ng4 30. Nd4 Nf2 31. Rf1 Kd7 32. Nxf5 Ne4 33. Rh1 Ke6
34. Nd4+ Kf7 35. h5 Kg8 36. Nf3 Ng3 37. Rh4 Nf5 38. Rh3 Rg4 39. h6 Rxf4 40. h7+
Kh8 41. Ne5 Ne7 42. Rh6 d4 43. Kc2 dxc3 44. Re6 1-0

[Event "Champ Showdown 9LX 2024"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2024.10.28"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Robson, Ray"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2693"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[WhiteFideId "2023970"]
[BlackFideId "3503240"]
[Variant "Chess960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "nrkrbqnb/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/NRKRBQNB w DBdb - 0 1"]
[EventDate "2024.10.28"]

1. g4 g6 2. f4 f5 3. h3 d6 4. Nb3 Nb6 5. e4 fxe4 6. Bxe4 e5 7. Bh4 Rd7 8. f5 Qh6
9. Bg3 Nf6 10. Bg2 gxf5 11. Qxf5 Bg6 12. Qf2 Rf7 13. Nf3 Nfd5 14. g5 Qh5 15. d3
O-O-O 16. Rf1 Nf4 17. Bxf4 Rxf4 18. O-O-O Rdf8 19. Nbd2 Kb8 20. Qg3 Bg7 21. Kb1
Nd5 22. Rfe1 Ne7 23. a3 Nf5 24. Qh2 h6 25. gxh6 Bxh6 26. Bh1 Be8 27. Qg2 Bc6 28.
Ne4 a6 29. Qe2 Bxe4 30. dxe4 Ng3 31. Qc4 Nxh1 32. Nd2 Nf2 0-1

[Event "Champ Showdown 9LX 2024"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2024.10.28"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "Oparin, Grigoriy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2662"]
[WhiteFideId "3503240"]
[BlackFideId "24125890"]
[Variant "Chess960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "rbknqrbn/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RBKNQRBN w FAfa - 0 1"]
[EventDate "2024.10.28"]

1. f4 f5 2. c3 c6 3. Ng3 g6 4. Bd4 Bc4 5. d3 Ba6 6. Qd2 Ne6 7. Bxh8 Rxh8 8. e3
d5 9. Nf2 Nf8 10. Re1 e5 11. d4 e4 12. Bc2 Ne6 13. Bd1 h5 14. h4 Qe7 15. Rh1 Bd6
16. Nh3 c5 17. Ng5 O-O-O 18. Nxe6 Qxe6 19. Be2 c4 20. b4 b6 21. a4 Bb7 22. a5
Bc7 23. axb6 axb6 24. Kb2 Kd7 25. Bd1 b5 26. Ne2 Ra8 27. Bc2 Rxa1 28. Rxa1 Ra8
29. Rxa8 Bxa8 30. Ng1 Bd8 31. g3 Bc6 32. Nh3 Kc8 33. Ng5 Qd7 34. Qe1 Kb7 35. Bd1
Kc8 36. Be2 Kb7 37. Qd1 Qe8 38. Qd2 Qd7 39. Qd1 Qe8 40. Qd2 Qd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Champ Showdown 9LX 2024"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2024.10.28"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Black "Robson, Ray"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2812"]
[BlackElo "2693"]
[WhiteFideId "4100018"]
[BlackFideId "2023970"]
[Variant "Chess960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "rbknqrbn/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RBKNQRBN w FAfa - 0 1"]
[EventDate "2024.10.28"]

1. e4 e5 2. Ne3 Ng6 3. c3 Ne6 4. Bc2 a6 5. Ng3 Ba7 6. Ngf5 f6 7. O-O-O Ne7 8.
Nxe7+ Qxe7 9. f3 Qe8 10. g3 O-O-O 11. Kb1 Kb8 12. f4 exf4 13. gxf4 g5 14. fxg5
fxg5 15. d4 Nf4 16. h4 h6 17. hxg5 hxg5 18. Qg3 Qe6 19. d5 Qh3 20. Qe1 Rde8 21.
Qd2 Bh7 22. d6 c6 23. Nc4 Bxg1 24. Rxg1 Bxe4 25. Rxg5 Bxc2+ 26. Qxc2 Re2 27. Qb3
Nd5 28. a4 Rf1 29. Rxd5 cxd5 30. Na5 Rxd1+ 31. Ka2 Ra1+ 32. Kxa1 Qh1+ 33. Ka2 d4
34. Qb6 dxc3 35. Qc7+ Ka8 36. Qc8+ Ka7 37. Qc5+ Ka8 38. Qc8+ Ka7 39. Qc5+ Ka8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Champ Showdown 9LX 2024"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2024.10.28"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Sevian, Samuel"]
[Black "Shankland, Sam"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2689"]
[BlackElo "2677"]
[WhiteFideId "2040506"]
[BlackFideId "2004887"]
[Variant "Chess960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "rbknqrbn/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RBKNQRBN w FAfa - 0 1"]
[EventDate "2024.10.28"]

1. f4 f5 2. Ng3 c6 3. c3 g6 4. Bd4 e5 5. Bxe5 Bxe5 6. fxe5 Qxe5 7. e4 f4 8. Ne2
Ne6 9. Ng1 O-O-O 10. d4 Qc7 11. Nf3 g5 12. Nf2 h5 13. h3 Bh7 14. d5 Nc5 15. Nxg5
Bg8 16. Qd2 Ng6 17. Nf3 Rde8 18. Qd4 d6 19. dxc6 Qxc6 20. Bc2 Ne5 21. b3 Rf6 22.
O-O-O Rg6 23. Nh4 Rf6 24. Nf5 Kc7 25. Qd2 Rg6 26. Qxf4 Qa6 27. Kb1 Nc4 28. bxc4
Bxc4 29. Ne3 Qxa2+ 30. Kc1 Nb3+ 31. Bxb3 Bxb3 32. Nd3 Rxg2 33. Rf2 Qa1+ 34. Kd2
Qa2+ 35. Kc1 Qa1+ 36. Kd2 Qa2+ 37. Ke1 Rxf2 38. Nxf2 Bxd1 39. Kxd1 Qb3+ 40. Ke2
a5 41. c4 Qb2+ 42. Kf3 Qe5 43. Nd5+ Kb8 44. Qf7 Ka7 45. Nc7 Re7 46. Nb5+ Kb6 47.
Qf8 Re8 48. Qxd6+ Qxd6 49. Nxd6 Rf8+ 50. Ke3 a4 51. Nb5 Kc5 52. Nd3+ Kxc4 53.
Nd6+ Kc3 54. e5 Rd8 55. Nb5+ Kc4 56. Nd6+ Kd5 57. Nb5 Kc4 58. Nd6+ Kd5 59. Nb5
Kc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Champ Showdown 9LX 2024"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2024.10.28"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2796"]
[BlackElo "2802"]
[WhiteFideId "2020009"]
[BlackFideId "2016192"]
[Variant "Chess960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "rbknqrbn/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RBKNQRBN w FAfa - 0 1"]
[EventDate "2024.10.28"]

1. e4 e5 2. f3 f5 3. Ng3 f4 4. Ne2 c6 5. d4 g5 6. a4 Ng6 7. a5 Bc4 8. Ba2 Ba6 9.
d5 d6 10. c4 Bc7 11. b4 b5 12. axb6 axb6 13. Bb3 c5 14. Nec3 Kb8 15. Rf2 Bb7 16.
Rxa8+ Bxa8 17. Nb5 Rf6 18. Ra2 Bb7 19. Na7 Ne7 20. b5 Rg6 21. Nc6+ Kc8 22. g3
Kd7 23. Nf2 Qf8 24. Bd1 Bc8 25. Nd3 Nexc6 26. bxc6+ Ke8 27. g4 Nf7 28. Ra8 Ke7
29. Nb2 Qd8 30. Na4 h5 31. Nc3 b5 32. Nxb5 Bb6 33. h4 hxg4 34. fxg4 Rh6 35. Bf2
Kf6 36. h5 Rh8 37. Qc3 Nh6 38. Qb2 Bc7 39. Na7 Qe7 40. Rxc8 Rxc8 41. Nxc8 Qd8
42. Qb7 Ng8 43. Na7 Ba5 44. Nb5 1-0

[Event "Champ Showdown 9LX 2024"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2024.10.28"]
[Round "3.5"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[WhiteFideId "13300474"]
[BlackFideId "5202213"]
[Variant "Chess960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "rbknqrbn/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RBKNQRBN w FAfa - 0 1"]
[EventDate "2024.10.28"]

1. f4 f5 2. c3 c6 3. Ng3 g6 4. Bd4 Bc4 5. d3 Ba6 6. Qd2 Ne6 7. Bg1 d5 8. b4 g5
9. e3 Ng6 10. Ne2 Qd7 11. a4 b6 12. g3 Bc7 13. Nd4 Nxd4 14. exd4 gxf4 15. gxf4
O-O-O 16. Be3 Qd6 17. Nb2 Rg8 18. a5 b5 19. Bc2 Nh4 20. O-O-O Ng2 21. Rf2 Qe6
22. Rdf1 Qxe3 23. Rxg2 Qxd2+ 24. Rxd2 Rd6 25. Nd1 Rh6 26. Ne3 Kd8 27. Rf3 Rg1+
28. Bd1 Bc8 29. Rdf2 Be6 30. Kd2 Rh4 31. Nf1 Bf7 32. Ke3 Rh1 33. Be2 Bh5 34. Rg3
Bxe2 35. Kxe2 Bxf4 36. Rg8+ Kc7 37. Re8 Bd6 38. Rxf5 Rg4 39. Rh8 Rg2+ 40. Rf2
Rg7 41. Ra8 Kb7 42. Rd8 Rhg1 43. Rdf8 Kc7 44. Ra8 Kb7 45. Raf8 R1g2 46. Rf5 Kc7
47. Rh5 Rg1 48. Rhf5 R1g2 49. Rh5 R2g5 50. Rh6 e5 51. Nd2 exd4 52. Nf3 Re7+ 53.
Kf1 Rg6 54. Rxg6 hxg6 55. Nxd4 Be5 56. Ne2 d4 57. Nxd4 Bxd4 58. cxd4 Re3 59.
Rf7+ Kd6 60. d5 Rxd3 61. dxc6 Kxc6 62. Rxa7 Rd4 63. Ra6+ Kd5 64. Rxg6 Rxb4 65.
Kg2 Ra4 66. a6 b4 67. h4 b3 68. h5 Kc5 69. Rg3 Ra2+ 70. Kg1 b2 71. Rb3 Ra1+ 72.
Kg2 b1=Q 73. Rxb1 Rxb1 74. Kg3 Kd6 75. h6 Rb8 76. Kf4 Ke6 77. h7 Kf6 78. Ke4 Kg7 0-1

[Event "Champ Showdown 9LX 2024"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2024.10.29"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Robson, Ray"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2693"]
[WhiteFideId "5202213"]
[BlackFideId "2023970"]
[Variant "Chess960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "rbqnbknr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RBQNBKNR w HAha - 0 1"]
[EventDate "2024.10.28"]

1. d4 c5 2. d5 b5 3. c4 bxc4 4. e4 Nf6 5. Bc3 d6 6. Ne3 Bd7 7. h3 Bc7 8. a4 Qa6
9. a5 Nb7 10. Ne2 e6 11. O-O O-O-O 12. Rd1 Rhe8 13. Ra3 exd5 14. Bxf6 gxf6 15.
Nxd5 f5 16. Nf6 Re6 17. Nxd7 Rxd7 18. Nf4 fxe4 19. Nd5 Nxa5 20. Nxc7 Kxc7 21.
Qc3 Kb6 22. Bc2 d5 23. Rda1 d4 24. Rxa5 dxc3 25. Rxa6+ Kb5 26. R6a2 Rd3 27. Kf1
f5 28. bxc3 Rxc3 29. Ke2 Rb3 30. Rxa7 Rb6 31. R7a5+ Kb4 32. Bxb3 cxb3 33. R1a4+
Kc3 34. Rxc5+ Kb2 35. Rxf5 Kb1 36. Rd5 b2 37. Rd1+ Kc2 38. Rc4+ Kb3 39. Rxe4 Rc6
40. Re3+ Kb4 41. Rb1 1-0

[Event "Champ Showdown 9LX 2024"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2024.10.29"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2796"]
[WhiteFideId "13300474"]
[BlackFideId "2020009"]
[Variant "Chess960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "rbqnbknr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RBQNBKNR w HAha - 0 1"]
[EventDate "2024.10.28"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Qxc4 Nf6 4. Nf3 Bc6 5. Nd2 Bxg2+ 6. Kxg2 Qg4+ 7. Kf1 Qh3+
8. Kg1 Qg4+ 9. Kf1 Qh3+ 10. Kg1 Qg4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Champ Showdown 9LX 2024"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2024.10.29"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Oparin, Grigoriy"]
[Black "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2662"]
[BlackElo "2812"]
[WhiteFideId "24125890"]
[BlackFideId "4100018"]
[Variant "Chess960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "rbqnbknr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RBQNBKNR w HAha - 0 1"]
[EventDate "2024.10.28"]

1. d4 d6 2. c4 e5 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 f5 5. Nc3 Ne7 6. e4 f4 7. Bd3 Nf7 8. Nd2 g5 9.
f3 h5 10. Qc2 Bc7 11. Bf2 Ba5 12. O-O-O Ng6 13. g3 Bd7 14. Rdg1 Bh3 15. Bf1 Ke7
16. Ne2 Bxd2+ 17. Qxd2 b6 18. Qd3 Qd7 19. Be1 Rhg8 20. Bd2 Raf8 21. Nc3 Bxf1 22.
Qxf1 g4 23. h3 Kd8 24. hxg4 hxg4 25. Rh7 Rh8 26. Rxh8 Rxh8 27. fxg4 Rf8 28. gxf4
exf4 29. Bxf4 Nfe5 30. Bg5+ Kc8 31. Bf6 Nxg4 32. Qf5 Rxf6 33. Qxd7+ Kxd7 34.
Rxg4 Ke7 35. b3 a6 36. Kd2 Ne5 37. Rg7+ Kf8 38. Rb7 Rf2+ 39. Kd1 Nd3 40. Ne2 b5
41. cxb5 axb5 42. Rxb5 Ke7 43. a4 Kf6 44. Rb8 Rh2 45. a5 Nf2+ 46. Kd2 Nxe4+ 47.
Ke3 Kf5 48. Rf8+ Nf6 49. a6 Rh7 50. Nc3 Ke5 51. Nb5 Nxd5+ 52. Kf3 Rh3+ 53. Ke2
Rxb3 54. a7 Nb6 55. Nc7 Ra3 56. a8=Q Nxa8 57. Rxa8 Rxa8 58. Nxa8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Champ Showdown 9LX 2024"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2024.10.29"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Shankland, Sam"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2677"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[WhiteFideId "2004887"]
[BlackFideId "3503240"]
[Variant "Chess960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "rbqnbknr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RBQNBKNR w HAha - 0 1"]
[EventDate "2024.10.28"]

1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 c6 3. c4 Nf6 4. e4 e5 5. Bc3 Nd7 6. Ne3 Ne6 7. d5 cxd5 8. exd5
Nec5 9. h4 Nf6 10. h5 Bd7 11. h6 g6 12. Ng5 O-O 13. O-O a5 14. f4 Qd8 15. f5 Ba7
16. Kh2 Nfe4 17. Nh3 Qh4 18. Qe1 Qh5 19. Bxa5 gxf5 20. b4 Na4 21. Bc7 Nac3 22.
Nxf5 Bxf5 23. Rxf5 Qxf5 24. Qxc3 Qg4 25. Bxe4 Bd4 26. Qe1 Ra3 27. Bf3 Qg6 28.
Rd1 Bc3 29. Qh4 Bxb4 30. Rf1 Bc5 31. Be4 f5 32. Bxf5 Rxf5 33. Qd8+ Kf7 34. Qd7+
Kg8 35. Qc8+ 1-0

[Event "Champ Showdown 9LX 2024"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2024.10.29"]
[Round "4.5"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Sevian, Samuel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2802"]
[BlackElo "2689"]
[WhiteFideId "2016192"]
[BlackFideId "2040506"]
[Variant "Chess960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "rbqnbknr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RBQNBKNR w HAha - 0 1"]
[EventDate "2024.10.28"]

1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 c6 3. e4 e5 4. c4 Ne6 5. Bc3 f6 6. Ne3 c5 7. dxc5 dxc5 8. Nd5
Ne7 9. O-O Nxd5 10. exd5 Nf4 11. Qe3 Bh5 12. Be4 O-O 13. Nh4 Ne2+ 14. Kh1 f5 15.
Bf3 Bxf3 16. Nxf3 Nxc3 17. Qxc3 e4 18. Ng5 Rf6 19. Ne6 Qd7 20. Rae1 Rh6 21. g3
Bd6 22. Kg2 Qe7 23. Re2 Re8 24. f3 Qf7 25. Kg1 exf3 26. Qxf3 Rf6 27. Qd3 Qh5 28.
Ref2 g6 29. Qc3 Rf7 30. Kg2 Qh6 31. h3 b6 32. Rf3 Ree7 33. a3 Re8 34. b4 Bf8 35.
bxc5 Bxc5 36. g4 f4 37. g5 Qh5 38. Qe5 Bf8 39. Rxf4 Rxf4 40. Qxf4 1-0

[Event "Champ Showdown 9LX 2024"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2024.10.29"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Sevian, Samuel"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2689"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[WhiteFideId "2040506"]
[BlackFideId "13300474"]
[Variant "Chess960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "brkqrbnn/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/BRKQRBNN w EBeb - 0 1"]
[EventDate "2024.10.28"]

1. e4 e5 2. d4 Qg5+ 3. Re3 Nf6 4. Nh3 Qh6 5. Ng3 exd4 6. Nf5 dxe3 7. Nxh6 gxh6
8. f3 Ng6 9. Qd4 Bg7 10. Qxe3 b6 11. Ba6+ Bb7 12. Bxb7+ Kxb7 13. b3 d5 14. e5
Rbd8 15. O-O-O c6 16. Nf2 Nd7 17. f4 Nc5 18. Qf3 a5 19. a4 Rd7 20. g3 Red8 21.
h4 Bf8 22. f5 Ne7 23. Bd4 Ne4 24. Nxe4 dxe4 25. Qxe4 Nd5 26. Bb2 Bc5 27. Rd3 Re7
28. c4 Nf6 29. Qf3 Nd7 30. Qd1 Kc7 31. Kb1 Bb4 32. Bc1 Ree8 33. Bf4 Kc8 34. Qf3
Kb7 35. Qh5 Rf8 36. Kc2 Nc5 37. Rxd8 Rxd8 38. Qxf7+ Rd7 39. Qe8 1-0

[Event "Champ Showdown 9LX 2024"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2024.10.29"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Black "Shankland, Sam"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2812"]
[BlackElo "2677"]
[WhiteFideId "4100018"]
[BlackFideId "2004887"]
[Variant "Chess960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "brkqrbnn/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/BRKQRBNN w EBeb - 0 1"]
[EventDate "2024.10.28"]

1. f4 e6 2. Nf3 f5 3. Nf2 Nf6 4. e4 b5 5. d3 Bc5 6. Qd2 Ng6 7. O-O-O Bxf2 8.
Qxf2 fxe4 9. Ng5 e3 10. Qxe3 Nd5 11. Qg3 Qf6 12. Nxh7 Qxf4+ 13. Qxf4 Ndxf4 14.
g3 Nd5 15. h4 Nge7 16. Bh3 b4 17. Kd2 Rb5 18. Rf1 Ra5 19. b3 Nf5 20. Bxf5 exf5
21. Rde1 Rg8 22. Rxf5 Rxa2 23. Rf8+ Rxf8 24. Nxf8 a5 25. Bxg7 a4 26. Re8+ Kb7
27. Nxd7 Nb6 28. Nc5+ Ka7 29. Bd4 Bd5 30. bxa4 b3 31. Nxb3 Bxb3 32. a5 Bxc2 33.
axb6+ cxb6 34. Rd8 Kb7 35. Be5 Ba4+ 36. Ke3 Bd1 37. Kf4 b5 38. Kg5 Re2 39. d4
Re4 40. Bf4 1-0

[Event "Champ Showdown 9LX 2024"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2024.10.29"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2802"]
[WhiteFideId "3503240"]
[BlackFideId "2016192"]
[Variant "Chess960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "brkqrbnn/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/BRKQRBNN w EBeb - 0 1"]
[EventDate "2024.10.28"]

1. e4 d5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Ng3 Nf6 4. e5 Nd7 5. d4 c5 6. Qd2 Qc7 7. b3 Ng6 8. O-O-O
c4 9. Bc3 b5 10. Ba5 Nb6 11. Bb4 Be7 12. Kb1 O-O 13. Rc1 Rfc8 14. c3 Nd7 15.
Bxe7 Nxe7 16. b4 a5 17. a3 Bc6 18. Be2 Ra8 19. Kb2 Ra6 20. Ra1 Rca8 21. Ra2 axb4
22. cxb4 Nb6 23. Rea1 Be8 24. Kc2 Nc6 25. Kc1 Qe7 26. Bd1 c3 27. Qc2 Nc4 28. Ne2
Nxa3 29. Qxc3 Qxb4 30. Bc2 Qxc3 31. Nxc3 Nb4 0-1

[Event "Champ Showdown 9LX 2024"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2024.10.29"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Robson, Ray"]
[Black "Oparin, Grigoriy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2693"]
[BlackElo "2662"]
[WhiteFideId "2023970"]
[BlackFideId "24125890"]
[Variant "Chess960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "brkqrbnn/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/BRKQRBNN w EBeb - 0 1"]
[EventDate "2024.10.28"]

1. e4 e5 2. Ng3 Bc5 3. Nh3 a5 4. a3 Qe7 5. c3 Nh6 6. d4 Ba7 7. Qa4 exd4 8. cxd4
O-O 9. Bd3 b5 10. Bxb5 d5 11. Bd3 dxe4 12. Bxe4 Bxe4 13. Rxe4 Qf6 14. O-O-O Bb6
15. Kb1 Ng6 16. b3 Qd6 17. d5 Rfd8 18. Nh5 f6 19. N3f4 Nxf4 20. Rxf4 Rf8 21. g4
Rf7 22. h4 f5 23. gxf5 Nxf5 24. Bb2 Qg6 25. Nf6+ Rxf6 26. Rg4 Qf7 27. Bxf6 Qxf6
28. Rf4 Bc5 29. Rc1 Bd6 30. Re4 Ne7 31. Rce1 h6 32. Re6 Qf5+ 33. Qe4 Qxf2 34.
Re2 Qg1+ 35. Ka2 Qg3 36. Re3 Qf2+ 37. Re2 Qb6 38. Qc4 Nf5 39. Qd3 Rf8 40. Re8
Nxh4 41. Rxf8+ Bxf8 42. Qc4 Qd6 43. Re6 Qxa3+ 44. Kb1 Qb4 45. Re8 Kf7 46. Rc8
Bd6 47. Rxc7+ Bxc7 48. Qxc7+ Kf6 49. d6 Qxb3+ 50. Ka1 Qd1+ 51. Kb2 Qe2+ 52. Kb1
Qe4+ 53. Ka2 Qe6+ 54. Kb1 Qe1+ 55. Ka2 Qe5 56. Qd8+ Kf7 57. d7 Qe6+ 58. Ka1 Qe1+
59. Ka2 Qe2+ 60. Ka1 Qe5+ 61. Ka2 Nf5 62. Qc8 Nd6 63. Qc7 Qe6+ 64. Ka1 Qf6+ 65.
Ka2 Qf2+ 66. Ka1 Qd4+ 67. Kb1 Qe4+ 68. Ka1 Nb5 69. Qc8 Qe1+ 70. Kb2 Qd2+ 71. Ka1
Qd4+ 72. Kb1 Qd3+ 73. Ka1 Qd1+ 74. Kb2 Qe2+ 75. Kc1 Nd6 76. Qc7 Nb5 77. Qc8 Qe3+
78. Kb1 Qe4+ 79. Kc1 Qf4+ 80. Kb1 Qe4+ 81. Kc1 Na7 82. d8=N+ Ke8 83. Qc7 Nb5 84.
Qxa5 Qe3+ 85. Kb2 Qd4+ 86. Kc2 Qf2+ 87. Kd3 Qf3+ 88. Kd2 Qd5+ 89. Ke1 Qd7 90.
Qb6 Qxd8 91. Qxb5+ Qd7 92. Qb8+ Kf7 93. Kf2 Qf5+ 94. Kg3 Qd3+ 95. Kg2 Qd5+ 96.
Kg3 h5 97. Qc7+ Kg6 98. Qc2+ Kh6 99. Kh2 Qe5+ 100. Kh1 h4 101. Qf2 g5 102. Qf8+
Kh5 103. Qf3+ Kg6 104. Qc6+ Qf6 105. Qe4+ Kh6 106. Qe8 g4 107. Qe3+ Kh5 108.
Qc5+ Kg6 109. Qc2+ Qf5 110. Qc6+ Kg5 111. Qc1+ Kh5 112. Qe1 Qd5+ 113. Kg1 h3
114. Qe8+ Kg5 115. Qe7+ Kf5 116. Qf8+ Ke4 117. Qe7+ Qe5 118. Qb7+ Kf4 119. Qf7+
Ke3 120. Qb3+ Ke4 121. Qc2+ Kf4 122. Qc4+ Qe4 123. Qf7+ Qf5 124. Qc7+ Qe5 125.
Qc4+ Kg5 126. Qg8+ Kh4 127. Qh7+ Kg5 128. Qg8+ Kf5 129. Qf7+ Qf6 130. Qd5+ Kg6
131. Qg8+ Kh5 132. Qh7+ Kg5 133. Qg8+ Kf5 134. Qd5+ Kf4 135. Qc4+ Ke3 136. Qxg4
Qf2+ 137. Kh1 Qg2+ 138. Qxg2 hxg2+ 139. Kxg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Champ Showdown 9LX 2024"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2024.10.29"]
[Round "5.5"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2796"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[WhiteFideId "2020009"]
[BlackFideId "5202213"]
[Variant "Chess960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "brkqrbnn/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/BRKQRBNN w EBeb - 0 1"]
[EventDate "2024.10.28"]

1. f4 d5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nf2 Ng6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Bb5 c6 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. Qe2 c5 8. b3 Qc7
9. O-O b6 10. Bb5 Bc6 11. Bxc6 Qxc6 12. Ne5 Bxe5 13. fxe5 Nd7 14. Qh5 d4 15. Ng4
dxe3 16. Nxe3 O-O 17. Rf3 Qe4 18. Ng4 Qxc2 19. Rbf1 Rbd8 20. Rh3 Ngxe5 21. d3 f6
22. Bxe5 Nxe5 23. Qxh7+ 1-0

[Event "Champ Showdown 9LX 2024"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2024.10.29"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2802"]
[BlackElo "2812"]
[WhiteFideId "2016192"]
[BlackFideId "4100018"]
[Variant "Chess960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "nrqknbbr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/NRQKNBBR w HBhb - 0 1"]
[EventDate "2024.10.28"]

1. f4 f5 2. b4 b5 3. a4 a6 4. a5 Nf6 5. Ba7 Rb7 6. Bd4 g6 7. g3 Bg7 8. Bg2 c6 9.
Nb3 d6 10. Nf3 Bd5 11. O-O O-O 12. d3 Nc7 13. Bb6 Bxf3 14. Bxf3 Ncd5 15. c4 Nxb6
16. axb6 bxc4 17. Qxc4+ d5 18. Qxa6 Qb8 19. Nc5 Rxb6 20. Qa4 Qd6 21. d4 Ng4 22.
Rfd1 Ne3 23. Rd3 Nc4 24. Kf2 Rbb8 25. e3 Ra8 26. Qb3 Rfb8 27. Rc1 Ra3 28. Qxa3
Nxa3 29. Rxa3 Rxb4 30. Ra8+ Kf7 31. Be2 Bf6 32. Ra6 Rxd4 33. exd4 Bxd4+ 34. Kg2
Bxc5 35. Bf3 Kg7 36. Rc2 h6 37. Ra5 Bb6 38. Ra6 Bc5 39. Ra5 Bb6 40. Ra6 Bc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Champ Showdown 9LX 2024"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2024.10.29"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Sevian, Samuel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2796"]
[BlackElo "2689"]
[WhiteFideId "2020009"]
[BlackFideId "2040506"]
[Variant "Chess960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "nrqknbbr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/NRQKNBBR w HBhb - 0 1"]
[EventDate "2024.10.28"]

1. f4 f5 2. b4 b5 3. Bxa7 Rb7 4. Bd4 Bxa2 5. Rb2 Bd5 6. e3 e6 7. Nd3 d6 8. Nf2
c5 9. Bc3 c4 10. Bd4 Nb6 11. Bxb6+ Rxb6 12. Ra2 Be7 13. c3 Nf6 14. Nc2 e5 15.
Rg1 O-O 16. g3 Qc6 17. Ne1 Ra8 18. Rxa8+ Qxa8 19. Bg2 Ra6 20. Bxd5+ Nxd5 21. Nc2
Ra2 22. Re1 e4 23. Ke2 Bf6 24. Kf1 Qa4 25. Nd4 Bxd4 26. exd4 Rc2 27. Qd1 g6 28.
Nxe4 fxe4 29. Qg4 Qa8 30. Qe6+ Kh8 31. Qxd6 e3 32. Qe5+ Kg8 33. Qe6+ Kg7 34.
Qe5+ Nf6 35. Qxe3 Qh1+ 36. Ke2 Qxh2+ 37. Kd1 Ra2 38. Qe7+ Kh6 39. Qf8+ Kh5 40.
Qc5+ Kh6 41. Qf8+ Kh5 42. Qc5+ Kh6 43. Qf8+ Kh5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Champ Showdown 9LX 2024"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2024.10.29"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[WhiteFideId "13300474"]
[BlackFideId "3503240"]
[Variant "Chess960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "nrqknbbr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/NRQKNBBR w HBhb - 0 1"]
[EventDate "2024.10.28"]

1. f4 f5 2. b4 Nb6 3. Nb3 d6 4. d3 Nf6 5. c4 g6 6. Nf3 Bg7 7. g3 h6 8. Bg2 Bf7
9. Bd4 O-O 10. O-O Re8 11. Na5 a6 12. c5 Nbd5 13. Re1 b6 14. Nc6 bxc5 15. Bxf6
Nxf6 16. Nxb8 Qxb8 17. bxc5 Qa7 18. Nd4 Nd7 19. Nc6 Qxc5+ 20. Qxc5 Nxc5 21. d4
Na4 22. Rec1 Nb6 23. a4 Nxa4 24. Rb7 Bf6 25. Rxc7 Nb6 26. e3 Nd5 27. Bxd5 Bxd5
28. Nb4 Be6 29. Nxa6 Ra8 30. R7c6 Bd7 31. Rb6 Kf7 32. Rc7 Bb5 33. Nb4 Ra5 34.
Rxd6 Ra1+ 35. Kf2 Rf1+ 36. Kg2 Rb1 37. Nd5 Bf1+ 38. Kf2 Kf8 39. Rb6 1-0

[Event "Champ Showdown 9LX 2024"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2024.10.29"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Oparin, Grigoriy"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2662"]
[WhiteFideId "5202213"]
[BlackFideId "24125890"]
[Variant "Chess960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "nrqknbbr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/NRQKNBBR w HBhb - 0 1"]
[EventDate "2024.10.28"]

1. f4 f5 2. b4 b6 3. Nb3 Nf6 4. c4 e6 5. b5 c6 6. a4 a6 7. bxc6 Qxc6 8. Qc2 Bd6
9. Nd4 Qe4 10. e3 Qxc2+ 11. Nexc2 Bf7 12. d3 O-O 13. Bf2 Ng4 14. Bh4 Bc5 15. Kd2
Nc7 16. Be2 Nf6 17. Bxf6 gxf6 18. Rb2 a5 19. Nb3 Be7 20. d4 Na6 21. c5 Nc7 22.
Rhb1 bxc5 23. Nxc5 Rxb2 24. Rxb2 Bxc5 25. dxc5 e5 26. Na3 exf4 27. exf4 Ne6 28.
Rb5 Nd4 29. Kd3 Nxb5 30. axb5 Bd5 31. Kd4 Bxg2 32. Nc4 Re8 33. Bd3 a4 34. Bc2
Kf8 35. Kc3 Bf1 36. Nd6 Re3+ 37. Kb4 a3 38. b6 Bg2 39. Bb3 Rh3 40. Nxf5 h5 41.
Kxa3 Bd5 42. Nd4 Bb7 43. Nf5 Rxh2 44. Ba4 Rd2 45. Nd6 Rxd6 46. cxd6 Ke8 47. Bd1
h4 48. Bg4 Kd8 49. Kb4 Kc8 50. Bh3 Bc6 51. Kc4 Be4 52. Kd4 f5 53. Kc4 Kb8 54.
Kd4 Kb7 55. Ke5 Kxb6 56. Kf6 Kc5 57. Ke7 Kc6 58. Bf1 Bd5 59. Bh3 Be6 60. Bg2+
Kc5 61. Kf6 Kd4 62. Kg5 Ke3 63. Bh3 Kf3 64. Kxh4 Kxf4 65. Bf1 Ke5 66. Kg5 Kxd6
67. Kf4 Kd5 68. Ba6 d6 69. Bd3 Kd4 70. Bb1 Kc3 71. Kg5 Bc8 72. Ba2 Kd4 73. Kf4
Bd7 74. Bb3 d5 75. Ba2 Kc5 76. Bb1 d4 77. Kf3 Kc4 78. Bc2 Bc6+ 79. Kf4 Be4 80.
Ba4 Kc3 81. Ke5 Kd3 82. Kf4 Ke2 0-1

[Event "Champ Showdown 9LX 2024"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2024.10.29"]
[Round "6.5"]
[White "Shankland, Sam"]
[Black "Robson, Ray"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2677"]
[BlackElo "2693"]
[WhiteFideId "2004887"]
[BlackFideId "2023970"]
[Variant "Chess960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "nrqknbbr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/NRQKNBBR w HBhb - 0 1"]
[EventDate "2024.10.28"]

1. f4 f5 2. b4 b5 3. a4 a6 4. a5 Nf6 5. Nb3 g6 6. Ba7 Rb7 7. Bd4 Bg7 8. Nf3 Bd5
9. e3 O-O 10. Nc5 Rb8 11. c4 Bxf3+ 12. gxf3 d6 13. Nxa6 Qxa6 14. cxb5 Qc8 15.
Qc6 Nh5 16. Bc4+ Kh8 17. Bxg7+ Nxg7 18. O-O Ne6 19. Bd5 Nd8 20. Qc4 e6 21. Bc6
d5 22. Qd3 Nxc6 23. bxc6 h6 24. Kh1 Kh7 25. b5 Qd8 26. Qd4 Rf7 27. Qe5 Qf6 28.
Qxf6 Rxf6 29. Kg2 Kg7 30. Kf2 Kf7 31. Ke2 Ke7 32. Kd3 Kd6 33. h4 Rff8 34. Kd4
Rg8 35. Rg1 Rbe8 36. d3 Rb8 37. e4 fxe4 38. fxe4 dxe4 39. dxe4 e5+ 40. fxe5+ Ke6
41. Kc5 Kxe5 42. Rbd1 Kxe4 43. Rde1+ Kf5 44. Ref1+ Ke4 45. Rf6 g5 46. Rg4+ Ke3
47. Rxh6 gxh4 48. Rhxh4 Rxg4 49. Rxg4 Rh8 50. Rg5 Kf4 51. Rd5 Ke4 52. Rd4+ Ke5
53. Rd1 Ke6 54. Re1+ Kf6 55. Re4 Kf5 56. Re7 Kf6 57. Rd7 Ke6 58. Rd5 Rh1 59. Rd8
Rc1+ 60. Kb4 Rb1+ 61. Kc3 Rxb5 62. Rxa8 Kd5 63. a6 Kxc6 64. a7 Ra5 65. Kb4 Ra1
66. Kc4 Kb7 67. Rb8+ Kxa7 68. Rb2 Rc1+ 69. Kd5 Ka6 70. Kd4 c5+ 71. Kd3 Ka5 72.
Rc2 Rd1+ 73. Kc4 Kb6 74. Rb2+ Kc6 75. Rb8 Rc1+ 76. Kd3 c4+ 77. Kd2 Rh1 78. Kc3
Rc1+ 79. Kd2 Rh1 80. Kc3 Rc1+ 81. Kd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Champ Showdown 9LX 2024"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2024.10.30"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2812"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[WhiteFideId "4100018"]
[BlackFideId "13300474"]
[Variant "Chess960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "rnnqkrbb/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RNNQKRBB w FAfa - 0 1"]
[EventDate "2024.10.28"]

1. g3 c6 2. e4 g6 3. d4 Qb6 4. Ne2 Qxb2 5. Nd2 f5 6. e5 f4 7. Rb1 Qxa2 8. Nxf4
d6 9. Nd3 dxe5 10. dxe5 Nb6 11. f4 N8d7 12. Bf2 g5 13. Ra1 Qe6 14. Ra5 Qh3 15.
fxg5 Nc4 16. Ra4 Ndxe5 17. Nxe5 Bxe5 18. Qe2 Nxd2 19. Kxd2 O-O-O+ 20. Kc1 Bd4
21. Bxc6 Qe6 22. Be4 Rxf2 23. Rxf2 Qb6 24. Rxd4 Qxd4 25. c3 Qc5 26. Qf3 Kb8 27.
Bxb7 Bb3 28. Be4 a5 29. Kb2 a4 30. Qf4+ e5 31. Qf6 Rc8 32. Rf3 Bc4 33. Qg7 a3+
34. Kc2 Qb5 35. Qe7 Qb2+ 36. Kd1 Qe2+ 37. Kc1 Qe1+ 38. Kc2 Qxe4+ 0-1

[Event "Champ Showdown 9LX 2024"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2024.10.30"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Robson, Ray"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2693"]
[BlackElo "2802"]
[WhiteFideId "2023970"]
[BlackFideId "2016192"]
[Variant "Chess960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "rnnqkrbb/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RNNQKRBB w FAfa - 0 1"]
[EventDate "2024.10.28"]

1. g3 Nc6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 f5 4. d3 e5 5. Bd5 Be6 6. f3 O-O 7. Nb3 b6 8. e4 Nd6
9. Qd2 a5 10. a4 Rb8 11. O-O-O Nb4 12. Qe2 Qe7 13. g4 Bxd5 14. exd5 Rbe8 15.
gxf5 Nxf5 16. Ne4 d6 17. Na1 Qd7 18. b3 c6 19. dxc6 Qxc6 20. Kb1 d5 21. cxd5
Nxd5 22. Rc1 Qd7 23. Rc4 Bg7 24. Nc2 b5 25. axb5 Qxb5 26. Na1 Nd4 27. Qa2 Rb8
28. Qa4 Qb7 29. Bxd4 exd4 30. Qc6 Ne3 31. Qe6+ Qf7 32. Qxf7+ Rxf7 33. Rf2 Nxc4
34. dxc4 d3 35. c5 a4 36. Ra2 Rxf3 0-1

[Event "Champ Showdown 9LX 2024"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2024.10.30"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Sevian, Samuel"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2689"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[WhiteFideId "2040506"]
[BlackFideId "5202213"]
[Variant "Chess960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "rnnqkrbb/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RNNQKRBB w FAfa - 0 1"]
[EventDate "2024.10.28"]

1. g3 c6 2. e4 g6 3. d4 Qb6 4. Nb3 a5 5. a4 f5 6. e5 Bc4 7. f4 Bxf1 8. Kxf1 d5
9. Bf3 e6 10. Nc5 Ke7 11. Ra3 Qc7 12. c4 dxc4 13. Rc3 Nb6 14. b3 Nd5 15. Rxc4
Na6 16. Nd3 Bg7 17. Nd2 Rad8 18. Rc1 Kf7 19. Nc4 Ndb4 20. Kg2 Rfe8 21. Bf2 Nxd3
22. Qxd3 Bf8 23. Qe2 Nb4 24. h3 Kg8 25. Kh2 Nd5 26. Rc2 Bb4 27. Nb2 Be7 28. Nc4
Bb4 29. Nb2 Be7 30. Nc4 g5 31. fxg5 Bxg5 32. h4 Be7 33. Rc1 Kh8 34. Bh5 Rf8 35.
Bf3 Rg8 36. Bh5 Rg7 37. Qf3 Rdg8 38. Rc2 Qd8 39. Kh3 Rg4 40. Kh2 R4g7 41. Kh3
Bb4 42. Rc1 Qf8 43. Kh2 Rd7 44. Rc2 Qh6 45. Ne3 Nc3 46. Ng2 Ne4 47. Be3 Qf8 48.
g4 Nc3 49. g5 Nd5 50. Bc1 Qd8 51. Kh3 Nc7 52. Be3 Rxd4 53. Bxd4 Qxd4 54. Nf4 Kg7
55. Re2 Rd8 56. Re3 Qa1 57. Rd3 Rxd3 58. Nxd3 Bc3 59. Be8 Nxe8 60. h5 Bxe5 61.
Nc5 Nc7 62. h6+ Kg8 63. Nd7 Nd5 0-1

[Event "Champ Showdown 9LX 2024"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2024.10.30"]
[Round "7.4"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2796"]
[WhiteFideId "3503240"]
[BlackFideId "2020009"]
[Variant "Chess960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "rnnqkrbb/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RNNQKRBB w FAfa - 0 1"]
[EventDate "2024.10.28"]

1. g3 c6 2. d4 f5 3. Nd2 g6 4. f4 Bd5 5. e4 fxe4 6. Nxe4 Qb6 7. b3 c5 8. Ne2
Bxe4 9. Bxe4 Nd6 10. Bg2 Nc6 11. c3 cxd4 12. Nxd4 Nf5 13. Ne2 Ne3 14. Bxc6 Nxd1
15. Bxd7+ Kxd7 16. Bxb6 Nxc3 17. Bd4 Bxd4 18. Nxd4 Rac8 19. Kd2 Rc5 20. Rfc1
Rfc8 21. Kd3 a6 22. Rc2 b5 23. a3 Ne4 24. Rac1 Rxc2 25. Rxc2 Rxc2 26. Nxc2 Nc5+
27. Kc3 Kc6 28. b4 Nd7 29. Kd4 Kd6 30. Ne3 e5+ 31. fxe5+ Nxe5 32. Ke4 Nf7 33. h4
Ne5 34. g4 Ke6 35. g5 Kd6 36. Kf4 Ke6 37. Ke4 Kd6 38. Kf4 Nc6 39. Ng4 Ke6 40.
Ke4 a5 41. bxa5 Nxa5 42. Nf6 Nc4 43. Nxh7 Nxa3 44. Nf6 Nc4 45. h5 gxh5 46. Nxh5
Nd6+ 47. Kd4 Kf5 48. Ng3+ Kxg5 49. Ne4+ Nxe4 50. Kxe4 Kh6 51. Kd4 b4 52. Kc4 Kh7
53. Kxb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Champ Showdown 9LX 2024"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2024.10.30"]
[Round "7.5"]
[White "Oparin, Grigoriy"]
[Black "Shankland, Sam"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2662"]
[BlackElo "2677"]
[WhiteFideId "24125890"]
[BlackFideId "2004887"]
[Variant "Chess960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "rnnqkrbb/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RNNQKRBB w FAfa - 0 1"]
[EventDate "2024.10.28"]

1. g3 d5 2. c4 f5 3. cxd5 Bxd5 4. Bxd5 Qxd5 5. Nc3 Qd7 6. Nd3 g6 7. f4 Na6 8.
Qb3 Nb6 9. a4 O-O-O 10. a5 Nd5 11. Bxa7 Ndb4 12. Nxb4 Qxd2+ 13. Kf2 Bd4+ 14. Kg2
Bxa7 15. Rad1 Qe3 16. Rf3 Qc5 17. Qe6+ Kb8 18. Nxa6+ bxa6 19. Qxa6 Rxd1 20. Nxd1
Qg1+ 21. Kh3 Qxd1 22. Qb5+ Kc8 23. Qa6+ Kb8 24. Qb5+ Kc8 25. Qa6+ Kb8 26. Qb5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Champ Showdown 9LX 2024"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2024.10.30"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Sevian, Samuel"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2689"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[WhiteFideId "2040506"]
[BlackFideId "3503240"]
[Variant "Chess960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "rqbbnknr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RQBBNKNR w HAha - 0 1"]
[EventDate "2024.10.28"]

1. e4 e5 2. c3 c6 3. d4 exd4 4. cxd4 d5 5. e5 Ne7 6. Bc2 Bg4 7. h3 Be6 8. Ne2
Qc8 9. O-O Bf5 10. Nd3 h5 11. Bg5 Nc7 12. Nc5 Bxc2 13. Qxc2 b6 14. Nd3 Ne6 15.
Bxe7+ Bxe7 16. Rac1 c5 17. f4 g6 18. f5 gxf5 19. Rxf5 Kg8 20. Rcf1 cxd4 21. Qb1
Rh7 22. Ndf4 h4 23. Kh1 Qd7 24. Nh5 Rf8 25. Nef4 Nc5 26. e6 Qd8 27. Nxd5 Kh8 28.
exf7 Qd6 29. Nhf6 Bxf6 30. Nxf6 Rh6 31. Qc1 1-0

[Event "Champ Showdown 9LX 2024"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2024.10.30"]
[Round "8.2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Oparin, Grigoriy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2802"]
[BlackElo "2662"]
[WhiteFideId "2016192"]
[BlackFideId "24125890"]
[Variant "Chess960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "rqbbnknr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RQBBNKNR w HAha - 0 1"]
[EventDate "2024.10.28"]

1. e4 c5 2. b4 b6 3. c3 e6 4. d4 Nef6 5. Bf3 d5 6. exd5 exd5 7. Ne2 cxb4 8.
Qxb4+ Be7 9. Qb3 Ba6 10. Nc2 Bd6 11. Qa4 Bb7 12. Ba3 Ne7 13. Ne3 O-O 14. Bxd6
Qxd6 15. O-O Rfc8 16. Rfe1 Rc7 17. Qb4 Rd8 18. a4 Ba6 19. Ng3 g6 20. a5 Qxb4 21.
cxb4 Bb5 22. axb6 axb6 23. Be2 Bxe2 24. Nxe2 Nc6 25. Ra6 Rb7 26. b5 Na5 27. Nc3
Kg7 28. g4 h6 29. h4 Nc4 30. f3 Nxe3 31. Rxe3 Rc8 32. Kf2 Rc4 33. Rd3 Rb4 34.
Kg3 Ne8 35. Nxd5 Rxb5 36. Ne3 Ra5 37. Rxa5 bxa5 38. Nc4 a4 39. d5 Nf6 40. d6 Nd7
41. g5 hxg5 42. hxg5 Rb3 43. Rd1 Rc3 44. Rd4 a3 45. Nd2 a2 46. Ra4 Nc5 47. Rxa2
Rd3 48. Nc4 Ne4+ 49. Kg4 Nxd6 50. Ne5 Rd4+ 51. f4 Nc4 52. Nc6 Rd6 53. Ne7 Rd7
54. Re2 f6 55. Nc6 fxg5 56. Kxg5 Rd5+ 57. Kg4 Rd6 58. Nb4 Kf6 59. Re4 Nd2 60.
Re5 Nc4 61. Re1 Nb6 62. Na6 Rc6 63. Nb4 Rd6 64. Kf3 Nc4 65. Rc1 Nb6 66. Rc5 Nd7
67. Ra5 Ke6 68. Nc2 Nf6 69. Ne3 Nd5 70. Nc4 Rc6 71. Ne5 Rc3+ 72. Kg4 Nf6+ 73.
Kh4 Ne4 74. Nxg6 Rc5 75. Ra7 Kf5 76. Kh5 Ng3+ 77. Kh6 Kg4 78. Ne5+ Kh3 79. Ra3
Kh4 80. Kg6 Rb5 81. Ra6 Ne2 82. Kf5 Ng3+ 83. Ke6 Nh5 84. Ra4 Kg3 85. Ng6 Kg4 86.
Ne5+ Kg3 87. Kf5 Ng7+ 88. Kf6 Nh5+ 89. Kg5 Nxf4 90. Ra3+ Kf2 91. Kxf4 Rb4+ 92.
Kf5 Ke2 93. Rh3 Ra4 94. Nc6 Rc4 95. Ne7 Ra4 96. Nd5 Kd2 97. Ke5 Rg4 98. Nc3 Rg8
99. Nd5 Re8+ 100. Kd4 Rd8 101. Rh2+ Kd1 102. Ke4 Kc1 103. Ne3 Rd7 104. Nc4 Kd1
105. Ke3 Re7+ 106. Kd3 Rd7+ 107. Kc3 Ke1 108. Ne5 Rd8 109. Nd3+ Kf1 110. Kd2 Re8
111. Kc3 Rd8 112. Rd2 Kg1 113. Re2 Ra8 114. Ne5 Kf1 115. Rh2 Rd8 116. Ra2 Re8
117. Kd4 Ke1 118. Nf3+ Kd1 119. Rh2 Re2 120. Rh3 Re8 121. Kd3 Kc1 122. Rh2 Rg8
123. Nd4 Rg3+ 124. Kc4 Kd1 125. Ne2 Rg8 126. Nf4 Rd8 127. Ra2 Rd7 128. Rh2 Rd8
129. Ne6 Re8 130. Nd4 Ke1 131. Kd3 Kf1 132. Nf5 Ke1 133. Nd6 Rd8 134. Ke3 Kd1
135. Nb5 Rg8 136. Nd4 Rg3+ 137. Ke4 Ra3 138. Nc2 Rc3 139. Ne3+ Kc1 140. Rh1+ Kd2
141. Rh3 Rc8 142. Rh2+ Ke1 143. Nc2+ Kd1 144. Kd3 Rd8+ 145. Nd4 Ke1 146. Ra2 Rd7
147. Ke4 Re7+ 148. Kf4 Rf7+ 149. Nf5 Rf8 150. Kg4 Kd1 151. Ng3 Rd8 152. Ne4 Rf8
153. Kg3 Rf7 154. Kg2 Rf8 155. Nf2+ Ke1 156. Rb2 Rf7 157. Ng4 Rf8 158. Ne5 Kd1
159. Nf3 Rc8 160. Kf1 Rc2 161. Rb7 Rc8 162. Kf2 Kc2 163. Ne5 Kc3 164. Ke3 Re8
165. Rc7+ Kb4 166. Ke4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Champ Showdown 9LX 2024"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2024.10.30"]
[Round "8.3"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Robson, Ray"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2693"]
[WhiteFideId "13300474"]
[BlackFideId "2023970"]
[Variant "Chess960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "rqbbnknr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RQBBNKNR w HAha - 0 1"]
[EventDate "2024.10.28"]

1. e4 c6 2. c4 e5 3. Ngf3 Ne7 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 d5 6. cxd5 cxd5 7. exd5 Nxd5 8.
Nef3 O-O 9. O-O Nef6 10. Bb3 Bg4 11. Bg5 Bb6 12. Bxd5 Nxd5 13. Qe4 Bxf3 14. Nxf3
Nc7 15. Be7 Re8 16. Ng5 g6 17. Nxh7 Nd5 18. Qxd5 Rxe7 19. Nf6+ Kg7 20. Nd7 Qc7
21. Rad1 Rae8 22. a4 a6 23. Nxb6 Qxb6 24. b3 Re2 25. a5 Qb4 26. Rd4 Qe7 27. b4
Rb2 28. Qc4 Qe2 29. Qc3 Rc2 30. Qf3 Qxf3 31. gxf3 Rb2 32. Rf4 g5 33. Rg4 Kg6 34.
h4 f6 35. hxg5 fxg5 36. Kg2 Re5 37. Rd4 Rb5 38. Rd6+ Kf5 39. Rh1 R2xb4 40. Rhh6
Rh4 41. Rhg6 Rh8 42. Rgf6+ Ke5 43. Kg3 Rxa5 44. Kg4 Rd5 45. Rb6 Rh2 46. Rf5+ Kd4
47. Rxd5+ Kxd5 48. Rxb7 Kc6 49. Rb2 Rg2+ 50. Kh3 Rg1 51. Rc2+ Kb6 52. Rb2+ Kc6
53. Rc2+ Kb6 54. Rb2+ Kc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Champ Showdown 9LX 2024"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2024.10.30"]
[Round "8.4"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Shankland, Sam"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2677"]
[WhiteFideId "5202213"]
[BlackFideId "2004887"]
[Variant "Chess960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "rqbbnknr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RQBBNKNR w HAha - 0 1"]
[EventDate "2024.10.28"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. c3 dxe4 4. Qxe4 Nef6 5. Qe2 Bf5 6. Ngf3 e6 7. Ne5 h5 8.
N1f3 Bc7 9. Bb3 Ne7 10. Bg5 Qe8 11. O-O Ng4 12. Nd3 Nd5 13. Rfe1 f6 14. Bd2 Qf7
15. c4 Nb6 16. Bb4+ Kg8 17. Ba5 g5 18. h3 Re8 19. d5 Nxd5 20. cxd5 Bxa5 21. dxe6
Qc7 22. e7+ Kg7 23. Nc5 Bb6 24. hxg4 hxg4 25. Ne6+ Bxe6 26. Qxe6 gxf3 27. Qf7+
Kh6 28. Qxf6+ Kh5 29. Bf7+ 1-0

[Event "Champ Showdown 9LX 2024"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2024.10.30"]
[Round "8.5"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2796"]
[BlackElo "2812"]
[WhiteFideId "2020009"]
[BlackFideId "4100018"]
[Variant "Chess960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "rqbbnknr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RQBBNKNR w HAha - 0 1"]
[EventDate "2024.10.28"]

1. e4 c5 2. Ngf3 Ngf6 3. c3 b6 4. Be2 Bb7 5. e5 Nd5 6. d4 cxd4 7. cxd4 e6 8. Nd3
Be7 9. Bd2 f5 10. h4 Nec7 11. h5 Qd8 12. h6 g5 13. Qd1 O-O 14. Rc1 Kh8 15. Rh5
g4 16. Nfe1 Rc8 17. Nc2 Qe8 18. Rh2 Qg6 19. g3 Bg5 20. Bxg5 Qxg5 21. Ke1 f4 22.
Qd2 Qg6 23. gxf4 g3 24. Rg2 Qxh6 25. Rxg3 Nxf4 26. Nxf4 Rxf4 27. Ne3 Qh2 28. Bd3
Rcf8 29. Nf1 Qh4 30. Rxc7 Rxf2 31. Qg5 1-0

[Event "Champ Showdown 9LX 2024"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2024.10.30"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Robson, Ray"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2693"]
[BlackElo "2796"]
[WhiteFideId "2023970"]
[BlackFideId "2020009"]
[Variant "Chess960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "rnknqrbb/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RNKNQRBB w FAfa - 0 1"]
[EventDate "2024.10.28"]

1. f4 f5 2. g3 g6 3. e4 fxe4 4. Qxe4 d5 5. Qe2 Nd7 6. d4 h6 7. Ne3 c6 8. c3 g5
9. Nd2 gxf4 10. gxf4 Bh7 11. O-O-O e6 12. Rde1 Qg6 13. Rf3 Nf7 14. Bg2 O-O-O 15.
Bh3 Nd6 16. Rg3 Qf7 17. Ng4 Nf5 18. Rf3 Qg6 19. Qd1 h5 20. Ne3 Nd6 21. Bf2 Rde8
22. Rg1 Qf7 23. Bg3 Nf5 24. Nxf5 Bxf5 25. Bxf5 Qxf5 26. Re1 Bf6 27. Qc2 Bd8 28.
Rfe3 h4 29. Qxf5 Rxf5 30. Bf2 Rxf4 31. Bg1 Rg4 32. h3 Rg2 33. R3e2 Rg3 34. Re3
e5 35. dxe5 Rxe5 36. Rxe5 Nxe5 37. Kc2 Nd3 38. Rf1 Rxh3 39. Bxa7 Bg5 40. Rf8+
Kd7 41. Nb3 Nf4 42. Nc5+ Ke7 43. Rf5 Bh6 44. Bb8 Rf3 45. Bxf4 Rxf4 46. Rh5 Bg7
47. Rg5 Bf6 48. Rg2 h3 49. Re2+ Kf7 50. Nxb7 Rh4 51. Rh2 Be5 52. Rh1 Ke7 53. Nc5
h2 54. Nd3 Bd6 55. Ne1 Rg4 56. Nf3 Rg2+ 57. Kb3 c5 58. a4 Kd7 59. a5 Kc6 60. Ra1
Rf2 61. Nxh2 Rxh2 62. a6 c4+ 63. Ka4 Bc5 64. b4 cxb3 65. Kxb3 Ba7 66. Rf1 Rh8
67. Rf6+ Kc5 68. Rf7 Bb6 69. Rf5 Rh1 70. Rg5 Rb1+ 71. Kc2 Rb5 72. Rh5 Ra5 73.
Kb3 Kc6 74. Rh6+ Kb5 75. Rh5 Kxa6 76. Kc2 Kb7 77. c4 dxc4 78. Rh4 Rc5 79. Kc3
Ba5+ 80. Kd4 Rc7 81. Rh5 Ka6 0-1

[Event "Champ Showdown 9LX 2024"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2024.10.30"]
[Round "9.2"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[WhiteFideId "3503240"]
[BlackFideId "5202213"]
[Variant "Chess960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "rnknqrbb/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RNKNQRBB w FAfa - 0 1"]
[EventDate "2024.10.28"]

1. f4 f5 2. g3 g6 3. e4 fxe4 4. Qxe4 d5 5. Qe2 Nbc6 6. Nbc3 Qd7 7. Qg2 d4 8. Ne4
Bd5 9. Nd6+ cxd6 10. Qxd5 e6 11. Qb3 a5 12. a4 Qc7 13. Nf2 Ra6 14. c3 dxc3 15.
dxc3 Nd4 16. Qd1 Qc4 17. Ra3 Ne2+ 18. Kc2 d5 19. Qd3 Rc6 20. Qxc4 Rxc4 21. Nd3
Nxg1 22. Rxg1 Nc6 23. Kd2 Kc7 24. Rc1 d4 25. cxd4 Rxc1 26. Kxc1 Bxd4 27. Kd2 Rd8
28. Ke2 Bg7 29. Be4 b6 30. Ra1 Nd4+ 31. Kf2 Nb3 32. Ra3 Nd2 33. Bg2 Nc4 34. Rb3
Nxb2 35. Nxb2 Rd2+ 36. Kf3 Bxb2 37. Bh3 e5 38. f5 Rxh2 39. fxg6 hxg6 40. Bf1 Bd4
41. Bd3 Ra2 42. Bb5 Kd6 43. Ke4 Ra1 44. Be8 Re1+ 45. Kd3 g5 46. Kc4 Rc1+ 47. Kd3
Rc8 48. Bg6 Rc1 49. Be8 Ke6 50. Ke4 Re1+ 51. Kd3 Bc5 52. Kd2 Ra1 53. Kd3 Rg1 54.
Ke4 g4 55. Bc6 Rd1 56. Bb5 Rd4+ 57. Ke3 Rb4+ 58. Ke2 e4 59. Rxb4 axb4 60. Ba6
Ke5 61. Bc8 Kd4 62. Bxg4 e3 63. Bf5 Bd6 64. g4 Bf4 65. Kd1 b3 66. Be6 Kd3 67.
Bf5+ Kc3 68. Be6 Bg5 69. Bf7 Kb4 70. Be6 Kxa4 71. Bf7 Ka3 72. Bg6 Ka2 73. Bf7
Kb2 74. Be6 b5 75. Bf7 b4 76. Be6 Bh6 77. Bf7 Bg5 78. Be6 Be7 79. Bf7 Bf6 80.
Be6 Ka3 81. Bf5 Be7 82. Be4 Bg5 83. Bf5 Ka2 84. Be6 Be7 85. Bf7 Kb2 86. Be6 Kc3
87. Bf5 Kd4 88. Ke2 Bg5 89. Bg6 Kc4 90. Kd1 Bh6 91. Bf5 Kc3 92. Bg6 Kb2 93. Bf7
Bg5 94. Be6 Be7 95. Bf7 Ka3 96. Bg6 Ka2 97. Bf7 Kb2 98. Be6 e2+ 99. Kxe2 Kc2
100. Bf5+ Kb2 101. Be6 Kc2 102. Bf5+ Kc1 103. Kd3 b2 104. Kc4 b1=R 105. Bxb1
Kxb1 106. g5 Bxg5 107. Kxb4 Be7+ 108. Kb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Champ Showdown 9LX 2024"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2024.10.30"]
[Round "9.3"]
[White "Shankland, Sam"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2677"]
[BlackElo "2802"]
[WhiteFideId "2004887"]
[BlackFideId "2016192"]
[Variant "Chess960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "rnknqrbb/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RNKNQRBB w FAfa - 0 1"]
[EventDate "2024.10.28"]

1. f4 f5 2. g3 g6 3. Ndc3 e5 4. fxe5 Qxe5 5. d4 Qe7 6. Na3 a5 7. O-O-O Ra6 8. e4
fxe4 9. Rxf8 Qxf8 10. Nxe4 Bd5 11. Nb5 Bxe4 12. Bxe4 c6 13. Qf1 Qh6+ 14. Kb1
cxb5 15. Qxb5 Qh5 16. Qc4+ Rc6 17. Qd3 Re6 18. Rf1 Nbc6 19. c3 Rf6 20. Re1 d5
21. Bg2 Ne6 22. a4 Nc7 23. Ka2 Qf5 24. Qd1 Qd7 25. Be3 Bg7 26. Bf4 Bf8 27. Qb3
Bd6 28. Be3 Qf7 29. Re2 Kb8 30. Bg5 Rf5 31. Bc1 h5 32. Qc2 g5 33. Qd3 g4 34. h3
Rf2 35. hxg4 hxg4 36. Be3 Qf5 0-1

[Event "Champ Showdown 9LX 2024"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2024.10.30"]
[Round "9.4"]
[White "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Black "Sevian, Samuel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2812"]
[BlackElo "2689"]
[WhiteFideId "4100018"]
[BlackFideId "2040506"]
[Variant "Chess960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "rnknqrbb/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RNKNQRBB w FAfa - 0 1"]
[EventDate "2024.10.28"]

1. e4 f5 2. exf5 Rxf5 3. Ne3 Rf8 4. f4 g6 5. c3 c5 6. g3 Ndc6 7. Qe2 Na6 8. Na3
O-O-O 9. Nb5 d5 10. Nc2 e5 11. O-O-O exf4 12. Qxe8 Rfxe8 13. Rxf4 d4 14. cxd4
Nab4 15. Nxb4 Nxb4 16. dxc5 Nd3+ 17. Kc2 Nxf4 18. gxf4 Kb8 19. Nd6 Re7 20. Be3
b6 21. b4 Bxa2 22. f5 Rxe3 23. dxe3 gxf5 24. Bd5 Bxd5 25. Rxd5 a5 26. bxa5 bxc5
27. Kb3 Be5 28. Rxe5 Rxd6 29. Kc4 Rh6 30. Kxc5 Rxh2 31. Rxf5 Kb7 32. e4 Ra2 33.
Kd6 Ka6 34. Rh5 Rd2+ 35. Ke6 Re2 36. e5 Kxa5 37. Kd6 Rd2+ 38. Ke7 Kb6 39. e6 Kc6
40. Rxh7 Ra2 41. Rh1 Rc2 42. Rf1 Ra2 43. Kf7 Rh2 44. e7 Rh7+ 45. Ke6 Rh6+ 46.
Rf6 Rh8 47. Rf8 Rh6+ 1-0

[Event "Champ Showdown 9LX 2024"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2024.10.30"]
[Round "9.5"]
[White "Oparin, Grigoriy"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2662"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[WhiteFideId "24125890"]
[BlackFideId "13300474"]
[Variant "Chess960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "rnknqrbb/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RNKNQRBB w FAfa - 0 1"]
[EventDate "2024.10.28"]

1. e4 e5 2. g3 g6 3. f4 exf4 4. gxf4 f5 5. e5 Nbc6 6. d4 Bc4 7. d5 Bxf1 8. Qxf1
Nxe5 9. fxe5 Qxe5 10. Nd2 Nf7 11. a4 O-O 12. Ra3 Nd6 13. Nc4 Qf6 14. Nxd6 cxd6
15. Bf3 b6 16. Be2 Rae8 17. Bb5 Re7 18. Bf2 f4 19. Rf3 g5 20. h3 h5 21. Qg1 Qf5
22. Be1 Bd4 23. Qf1 g4 24. hxg4 hxg4 25. Rd3 Bg7 26. Bh4 Ref7 27. Rd2 f3 28. Kb1
Qf4 29. Qe1 Be5 30. Bd3 g3 31. Bxg3 Qxg3 32. Nf2 Rg7 33. Rd1 Bd4 34. Bh7+ Kh8
35. Qe4 Qxf2 36. Bg6 Qg2 0-1

