[Event "Champions Showdown Kings"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2025.03.04"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2748"]
[BlackElo "2748"]
[ECO "A45"]
[Opening "Trompovsky attack (Ruth, Opovcensky opening)"]
[WhiteFideId "5202213"]
[BlackFideId "13300474"]
[EventDate "2025.03.04"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 3. Bf4 c5 4. f3 Qa5+ 5. c3 Nf6 6. d5 e6 7. e4 exd5 8. exd5
d6 9. Qd2 Be7 10. c4 Qd8 11. Nc3 O-O 12. g4 Nfd7 13. O-O-O a6 14. h4 b5 15. Qc2
Nb6 16. Bd3 Kh8 17. Nh3 Nxc4 18. Ng5 g6 19. Nxh7 Kxh7 20. h5 Kg7 21. hxg6 Rh8
22. gxf7 Ne5 23. Kb1 Nbd7 24. Bf5 Nxf7 25. Be6 Nde5 26. Qf5 Bxe6 27. dxe6 Qg8
28. exf7 Qxf7 29. Bxe5+ dxe5 30. Qxe5+ Qf6 31. Qe2 Rxh1 32. Rxh1 Rd8 33. Rd1
Rxd1+ 34. Qxd1 c4 35. Nd5 Qg6+ 36. Qc2 Bd6 37. Qxg6+ Kxg6 38. f4 b4 39. b3 c3
40. Kc2 a5 41. Kd3 Bc5 42. Nc7 Bd6 43. Nd5 Bc5 44. a4 bxa3 45. Nxc3 Bd6 46. Ke4
Bb4 47. Na2 Bd6 48. Nc3 Bb4 49. Kd3 Bd6 50. Ke3 Bc5+ 51. Kf3 Bb4 52. Na2 Bc5 53.
Ke4 Bd6 54. f5+ Kg5 55. Kd5 Be7 56. Ke6 Bf6 57. b4 axb4 58. Nxb4 Bc3 59. Na2 Bb2
60. Kd5 Kxg4 61. f6 Bxf6 62. Kc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Champions Showdown Kings"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2025.03.04"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2783"]
[BlackElo "2802"]
[ECO "C60"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Cozio defence"]
[WhiteFideId "2020009"]
[BlackFideId "2016192"]
[EventDate "2025.03.04"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nge7 4. O-O Ng6 5. d4 exd4 6. Nxd4 Nxd4 7. Qxd4 c6 8.
Be2 Qb6 9. Qc3 Qb4 10. Qd3 Qd6 11. Qb3 Be7 12. Be3 Nf4 13. Bf3 Qf6 14. Nd2 O-O
15. g3 Ne6 16. Bg2 Nc5 17. Qc4 b6 18. Qd4 Qg6 19. a4 f5 20. exf5 Qxf5 21. Rfe1
Bf6 22. Qb4 Qxc2 23. Qc4+ Qxc4 24. Nxc4 d5 25. Nd6 Bd7 26. Ra2 Nd3 27. Rd1 Nb4
28. Ra3 Nc2 29. Rb3 Nxe3 30. Rxe3 Rad8 31. b4 Bg4 32. f3 Bh5 33. Nf5 Rfe8 34.
Rxe8+ Rxe8 35. b5 Bg6 36. Nd6 Re6 37. Nc8 d4 38. f4 c5 39. Bd5 Bf7 40. Bxe6 Bxe6
41. Nxa7 c4 42. a5 d3 43. Nc6 c3 44. axb6 c2 45. Rf1 d2 46. b7 d1=Q 47. b8=Q+
Kf7 48. Qc7+ Kg6 49. Ne5+ Bxe5 50. Qxe5 Qxf1+ 51. Kxf1 c1=Q+ 52. Kf2 Qd2+ 53.
Kg1 Qd1+ 54. Kf2 Qc2+ 55. Ke3 Qb3+ 56. Kd4 Qb4+ 57. Ke3 Qb3+ 58. Kd4 Qc4+ 59.
Ke3 Bf5 60. g4 Qb3+ 61. Kf2 Bd3 62. Qh5+ Kf6 63. Qe5+ Kf7 64. Qc7+ Ke6 65. Qe5+
Kf7 66. Qc7+ Ke6 67. Qe5+ Kf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Champions Showdown Kings"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2025.03.04"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "Robson, Ray"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2689"]
[ECO "B90"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Najdorf, Byrne (English) attack"]
[WhiteFideId "3503240"]
[BlackFideId "2023970"]
[EventDate "2025.03.04"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nf3 Be7 8. Bc4
Be6 9. Bb3 O-O 10. O-O b5 11. a4 Bxb3 12. cxb3 Nbd7 13. b4 bxa4 14. Rxa4 Qc7 15.
Qd3 Qb7 16. Rfa1 Rfd8 17. h3 Bf8 18. Nd2 d5 19. Nxd5 Nxd5 20. Qxd5 Qxd5 21. exd5
Rab8 22. Nc4 Nf6 23. Nxe5 Rxd5 24. Nc6 Rc8 25. Rxa6 h6 26. Rc1 Re8 27. Bd4 Nd7
28. Ra5 Rd6 29. b5 Re4 30. Be3 Rd5 31. b6 Rxa5 32. Nxa5 Rxe3 33. fxe3 Nxb6 34.
Nc4 Nd5 35. Rd1 Nb4 36. Rd7 Nc6 37. Rc7 Nb4 38. e4 g6 39. Kf2 Nd3+ 40. Ke3 Ne1
41. Kf2 Nd3+ 42. Kf3 Ne1+ 43. Kg3 h5 44. e5 Nd3 45. Rd7 Nc5 46. Rd8 Kg7 47. Kf3
Ne6 48. Rd7 Nc5 49. Ra7 Ne6 50. Nd6 Nd8 51. Rd7 Nc6 52. Nxf7 Be7 53. Rxe7 Nxe7
54. Nd6 Nc6 55. Ke4 h4 56. Nb5 Kf7 57. Nd4 Nb4 58. Nf3 Na6 59. Nxh4 Nc5+ 60. Kd5
Nd3 61. b3 g5 62. Nf3 Kg6 63. Kd6 Nf4 64. e6 Kf6 65. e7 Kf7 66. Nxg5+ Ke8 67.
Ne4 Nh5 68. g4 1-0

[Event "Champions Showdown Kings"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2025.03.04"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2748"]
[BlackElo "2748"]
[ECO "E46"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian"]
[Variation "4.e3 O-O"]
[WhiteFideId "5202213"]
[BlackFideId "13300474"]
[EventDate "2025.03.04"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd2 c5 6. a3 Bxc3 7. Bxc3 Ne4 8. Ne2
d6 9. f3 Nxc3 10. Nxc3 cxd4 11. Qxd4 Nc6 12. Qd2 Qe7 13. Be2 b6 14. O-O Bb7 15.
Rfd1 Rfd8 16. b4 h6 17. Rac1 a5 18. b5 Ne5 19. Na4 Qg5 20. e4 Nd7 21. Qxg5 hxg5
22. Rxd6 Nc5 23. Rxb6 Nxa4 24. Rxb7 Nc5 25. Rc7 Rdc8 26. Rxc8+ Rxc8 27. Rd1 Kf8
28. Kf2 Ke7 29. Ke3 f6 30. g3 Rh8 31. Rh1 Kd6 32. h4 gxh4 33. Rxh4 Rxh4 34. gxh4
e5 35. f4 Ne6 36. fxe5+ fxe5 37. Kf3 Nd4+ 38. Kf2 Kc5 39. Bd3 Ne6 40. Kg3 Kd4
41. Bb1 Nc5 42. b6 Kxc4 43. Kg4 Kb3 44. Kf5 Kxa3 45. Kg6 Kb2 46. Bd3 a4 47. Bc4
a3 48. Kxg7 Kc3 49. Bg8 1-0

[Event "Champions Showdown Kings"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2025.03.04"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2783"]
[BlackElo "2802"]
[ECO "C42"]
[Opening "Petrov"]
[Variation "Damiano variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2020009"]
[BlackFideId "2016192"]
[EventDate "2025.03.04"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 Nxe4 4. Qe2 Qe7 5. Qxe4 d6 6. d4 dxe5 7. dxe5 Nc6 8.
Nc3 Qxe5 9. Qxe5+ Nxe5 10. Nb5 Bd6 11. Nxd6+ cxd6 12. Be3 Be6 13. O-O-O Ke7 14.
b3 a6 15. h3 h5 16. g3 Rhd8 17. Bg2 Rd7 18. f4 Nc6 19. Bf3 Rh8 20. g4 hxg4 21.
hxg4 Rxh1 22. Rxh1 g6 23. Kb2 Rc7 24. Bb6 Rc8 25. c4 g5 26. f5 Ne5 27. Be2 Bd7
28. Rh5 f6 29. Rh7+ Kf8 30. Rh8+ Ke7 31. Rxc8 Bxc8 32. b4 Nd7 33. Bc7 b6 34. Kc3
Bb7 35. a4 Bc6 36. b5 Bb7 37. a5 bxa5 38. Bxa5 Ne5 39. Kd4 Kd7 40. Bd1 Nf3+ 41.
Ke3 Ne5 42. Be2 axb5 43. cxb5 Bg2 44. Bc3 Kc7 45. Bd4 Bd5 46. Kf2 Be4 47. Kg3
Bd5 48. Bd1 Kb7 49. Ba4 Bc4 50. b6 Bd5 51. Bd1 Kc6 52. Ba4+ Kb7 53. Bd1 Kc6 54.
Ba4+ Kb7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Champions Showdown Kings"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2025.03.04"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "Robson, Ray"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2689"]
[ECO "B90"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Najdorf, Byrne (English) attack"]
[WhiteFideId "3503240"]
[BlackFideId "2023970"]
[EventDate "2025.03.04"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nf3 Be7 8. Bc4
Be6 9. Bb3 O-O 10. O-O Qc8 11. Qe2 b5 12. Rfd1 Nbd7 13. Bg5 Ra7 14. Nd5 Bxd5 15.
Bxd5 Nxd5 16. Rxd5 Nb6 17. Rd3 Bxg5 18. Nxg5 f6 19. Nf3 Rd7 20. Rad1 Rfd8 21.
Nh4 d5 22. exd5 Rxd5 23. Rxd5 Rxd5 24. Rxd5 Nxd5 25. Qe4 Qc5 26. Nf5 Kf8 27. Ne3
Nxe3 28. fxe3 Qd6 29. h3 g6 30. Qb7 Qc5 31. Qe4 Qd6 32. Kh2 f5 33. Qb7 e4+ 34.
Kh1 Qd1+ 35. Kh2 Qd6+ 36. Kh1 Qc5 37. Qxh7 Qxe3 38. Qxg6 f4 39. Kh2 f3 40. gxf3
Qe2+ 41. Kg1 Qe1+ 42. Kh2 Qe2+ 43. Kg1 Qe1+ 44. Kh2 Qe2+ 45. Kg1 Qe1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Champions Showdown Kings"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2025.03.04"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2748"]
[BlackElo "2748"]
[ECO "C50"]
[Opening "Giuoco Pianissimo"]
[WhiteFideId "13300474"]
[BlackFideId "5202213"]
[EventDate "2025.03.04"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 Nf6 5. h3 d6 6. c3 O-O 7. Bg5 a6 8. Bb3 h6
9. Bh4 g5 10. Bg3 Nh5 11. Nbd2 Qf6 12. Qe2 Kh8 13. O-O-O Bd7 14. Rdf1 b5 15. Bh2
Nf4 16. Bxf4 gxf4 17. g4 Rg8 18. Bd5 b4 19. Nb3 bxc3 20. Nxc5 dxc5 21. bxc3 Rab8
22. Qc2 Na5 23. c4 Qb6 24. Kd2 Qb4+ 25. Ke2 Ba4 26. Qd2 Qxd2+ 27. Nxd2 Kg7 28.
Rb1 c6 29. Bxf7 Kxf7 30. Rhc1 Rb4 31. Rc3 Rxb1 32. Nxb1 Rb8 33. Nd2 Rb4 34. h4
Nb7 35. g5 hxg5 36. hxg5 Nd8 37. Nf3 Kg6 38. Rc1 Nf7 39. Kf1 Rb2 40. a3 Bc2 41.
Ne1 Bb1 0-1

[Event "Champions Showdown Kings"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2025.03.04"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2802"]
[BlackElo "2783"]
[ECO "A01"]
[Opening "Nimzovich-Larsen attack"]
[Variation "classical variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2016192"]
[BlackFideId "2020009"]
[EventDate "2025.03.04"]

1. b3 d5 2. Bb2 Bg4 3. h3 Bh5 4. g3 c5 5. Bg2 Nc6 6. Nf3 Nf6 7. Ne5 Nxe5 8. Bxe5
e6 9. c4 Be7 10. cxd5 exd5 11. d4 O-O 12. O-O Ne4 13. g4 Bg6 14. f3 Ng5 15. Nc3
Rc8 16. Kh1 Re8 17. f4 Ne4 18. Nxe4 Bxe4 19. Bxe4 dxe4 20. dxc5 Bxc5 21. Rc1 Qh4
22. Kg2 Red8 23. Qe1 Qxe1 24. Rfxe1 f6 25. Bb2 Be3 26. Rc4 Rxc4 27. bxc4 Bxf4
28. Bc1 Bd2 29. Rd1 e3 30. Kf3 Kf7 31. Ba3 b6 32. c5 b5 33. c6 Rc8 34. Bc5 a6
35. Bxe3 Bxe3 36. Rd7+ Kg6 37. Kxe3 Rxc6 38. Rd3 h5 39. Kf3 h4 40. Ra3 b4 41.
Ra4 Rc3+ 42. e3 Rc2 43. Rxb4 Rxa2 44. Rb6 a5 45. Ra6 a4 46. Kf4 a3 47. g5 Rf2+
48. Kg4 Rg2+ 49. Kxh4 Rxg5 50. Rxa3 Rg1 51. Ra5 Kf7 52. e4 Ke6 53. Kh5 Kf7 54.
Kh4 Rg2 55. Rb5 Kg6 56. Ra5 Kf7 57. Rb5 g5+ 58. Kh5 Rg3 59. Rb7+ Ke6 60. Kg6
Rxh3 61. Rb6+ Ke5 62. Rxf6 g4 63. Rf1 g3 0-1

[Event "Champions Showdown Kings"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2025.03.04"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Robson, Ray"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2689"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[ECO "E20"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian"]
[Variation "Romanishin-Kasparov (Steiner) system"]
[WhiteFideId "2023970"]
[BlackFideId "3503240"]
[EventDate "2025.03.04"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. g3 d5 5. Bg2 O-O 6. Nf3 dxc4 7. O-O Nc6 8. a3
Be7 9. e4 Na5 10. Be3 Nb3 11. Rb1 c5 12. dxc5 Bxc5 13. Bxc5 Nxc5 14. Qe2 b6 15.
Rfd1 Qe8 16. Qxc4 Ba6 17. Qd4 Rd8 18. Qe3 Rxd1+ 19. Rxd1 Na4 20. e5 Nxc3 21.
exf6 Qa4 22. Rd2 Nd5 23. Qd4 Qxd4 24. Nxd4 Nxf6 25. Nc6 Bc4 26. Nxa7 Bd5 27. Rc2
Bxg2 28. Kxg2 Rb8 29. Kf3 Kf8 30. Rc8+ Rxc8 31. Nxc8 Nd5 32. Ke4 f6 33. Nd6 g6
34. f4 Ke7 35. Nb5 Kd7 36. Kd4 Ne7 37. Kc4 Nf5 38. Kd3 h5 39. Nd4 e5 40. fxe5
fxe5 41. Ne2 Ke6 42. a4 g5 43. b4 g4 44. a5 bxa5 45. bxa5 Kd5 46. a6 e4+ 47. Kc3
Nd6 48. Nf4+ Kc5 49. Nxh5 Nb5+ 50. Kd2 Kd4 51. Nf6 e3+ 52. Ke2 Nc3+ 53. Ke1 Nb5
54. Nxg4 Ke4 55. h4 Kf3 56. Nxe3 Kxe3 57. h5 1-0

[Event "Champions Showdown Kings"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2025.03.05"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Robson, Ray"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2802"]
[BlackElo "2689"]
[ECO "A08"]
[Opening "Reti"]
[Variation "King's Indian attack"]
[WhiteFideId "2016192"]
[BlackFideId "2023970"]
[EventDate "2025.03.04"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. O-O g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. d4 cxd4 7. Nxd4 O-O 8. Nb3
e6 9. e4 Nc6 10. Qe2 d4 11. Nb1 e5 12. Rd1 b6 13. c3 Bg4 14. Bf3 Bxf3 15. Qxf3
a5 16. cxd4 exd4 17. Bf4 Nd7 18. Qe2 a4 19. Nc1 Re8 20. Nd3 Qe7 21. Nd2 a3 22.
Rac1 Nce5 23. Bxe5 Bxe5 24. b3 Bg7 25. f4 Nf6 26. Ne5 Rac8 27. Ndf3 Nd7 28. Nc6
Qe6 29. Ng5 Qd6 30. e5 Qf8 31. Nxd4 Nc5 32. Nb5 Rcd8 33. Rxd8 Rxd8 34. Nf3 h6
35. Nbd4 Qe8 36. Rd1 Rc8 37. h4 Ne6 38. h5 Nxd4 39. Nxd4 Bf8 40. hxg6 fxg6 41.
Kg2 Rc3 42. Qe4 Bc5 43. Nf3 Re3 44. Qd5+ Kh8 45. Rd2 g5 46. Qd8 Qxd8 47. Rxd8+
Kg7 48. Rd2 Kg6 49. b4 Bxb4 50. Rd8 Re2+ 51. Kh3 Rxa2 52. Nd4 Bc5 53. f5+ Kf7
54. Nc6 h5 55. g4 Ra1 56. e6+ Kf6 57. Ra8 hxg4+ 58. Kh2 a2 59. Ra7 g3+ 60. Kh3
Rh1+ 61. Kg4 Rh4+ 62. Kxg3 Bd6+ 63. Kf3 Rh3+ 64. Kg4 Rg3+ 65. Kh5 Rh3+ 66. Kg4
Rg3+ 67. Kh5 Kxf5 68. Nd4+ Ke5 69. Nb5 Kxe6 70. Rxa2 Bf4 71. Ra6 Kf5 72. Nd4+
Ke4 73. Nb5 Kf5 74. Nd4+ Ke4 75. Nb5 Be3 76. Nd6+ Kd5 77. Nf5 Rf3 78. Nxe3+ Rxe3
79. Rxb6 Rg3 80. Rb5+ Ke4 81. Rxg5 Rxg5+ 82. Kxg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Champions Showdown Kings"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2025.03.05"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2748"]
[BlackElo "2783"]
[ECO "B40"]
[Opening "Sicilian defence"]
[WhiteFideId "5202213"]
[BlackFideId "2020009"]
[EventDate "2025.03.04"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. Qe2 Nf6 6. Bg2 Be7 7. O-O b5 8. Re1 O-O
9. Bf4 a5 10. Nbd2 Ba6 11. h4 b4 12. e5 Nd7 13. a4 bxa3 14. bxa3 c4 15. Qe3 cxd3
16. cxd3 d4 17. Qe4 Nc5 18. Qxc6 Rc8 19. Nxd4 Qxd4 20. Be3 Qxd3 21. Qb6 Qd8 22.
Reb1 Bd3 23. Qxd8 Rfxd8 24. Rb6 h6 25. Nb3 Nxb3 26. Rxb3 a4 27. Rb7 Bf8 28. Bb6
Re8 29. Bc7 Bc5 30. Bd6 Ba6 31. Rd7 Bb5 32. Rb7 Ba6 33. Rd7 Bb5 34. Rb7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Champions Showdown Kings"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2025.03.05"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2748"]
[ECO "C55"]
[Opening "Two knights defence (Modern bishop's opening)"]
[WhiteFideId "3503240"]
[BlackFideId "13300474"]
[EventDate "2025.03.04"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. a4 d5 7. exd5 Nxd5 8. a5
b6 9. axb6 Nxb6 10. Bb5 Nb4 11. Bd2 a5 12. Bxb4 Bxb4 13. c3 Bd6 14. Bc6 Ra6 15.
Nbd2 Nd7 16. Bb5 Rb6 17. Bxd7 Qxd7 18. Nc4 Rb5 19. Re1 Bb7 20. Rxa5 Rxa5 21.
Nxa5 Bd5 22. Nc4 e4 23. Nce5 Qb5 24. dxe4 Bb7 25. Ng4 Qxb2 26. Qd3 Bc6 27. Nd4
Bd7 28. Ne3 Bc5 29. Ndf5 Be6 30. h3 g6 31. Nd4 Rd8 32. Rd1 Qa3 33. Nd5 Bxd5 34.
exd5 Rxd5 35. Qc4 Rd8 36. Re1 Bxd4 37. cxd4 Qd6 38. Rc1 Rd7 39. d5 h5 40. h4 Qe5
41. Rd1 Re7 42. g3 Qf6 43. Rc1 Qd6 44. Rd1 Rd7 45. Rc1 Qe5 46. Qc6 Rxd5 47. Qxc7
Rd1+ 48. Kh2 Qxc7 49. Rxc7 Rd6 50. Rc2 Re6 51. Rb2 Rd6 52. Rc2 Re6 53. Rb2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Champions Showdown Kings"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2025.03.05"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Robson, Ray"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2802"]
[BlackElo "2689"]
[ECO "A06"]
[Opening "Reti opening"]
[WhiteFideId "2016192"]
[BlackFideId "2023970"]
[EventDate "2025.03.04"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 c5 3. b3 Nf6 4. Bb2 g6 5. c4 Bg7 6. cxd5 Qxd5 7. Nc3 Qd8 8. Na4
b6 9. d4 cxd4 10. Nxd4 O-O 11. Qf3 Qd5 12. Rc1 Bb7 13. Qxd5 Nxd5 14. Be2 Nd7 15.
e4 Nf4 16. Rc7 Nc5 17. Nxc5 bxc5 18. Rxb7 cxd4 19. Bc4 Nxg2+ 20. Kd2 e6 21. Rg1
Nf4 22. Ba3 Rfc8 23. Bd6 Bh6 24. Rg4 Nh3+ 25. Ke2 Rd8 26. e5 Nf4+ 27. Kf3 d3 28.
Rxf4 Bxf4 29. Kxf4 d2 30. Be2 Rac8 31. Ke3 Rc2 32. Rxa7 Rdc8 33. Bd1 Rb2 34. a4
Rc3+ 35. Ke2 Kg7 36. Be7 Rc1 37. Rd7 Rbb1 38. Rxd2 Ra1 39. h4 Kh6 40. Bg5+ Kg7
41. b4 Rc4 42. Bf6+ Kh6 43. b5 Ra3 44. Bg5+ Kg7 45. Bf6+ Kh6 46. Kf1 Ra1 47. Kg2
Rcc1 48. b6 Rcb1 49. Bg5+ Kg7 50. Bf6+ Kh6 51. Bd8 Rb4 52. Be7 1-0

[Event "Champions Showdown Kings"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2025.03.05"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2748"]
[BlackElo "2783"]
[ECO "E51"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian"]
[Variation "4.e3 e8g8, 5.Nf3 d7d5"]
[WhiteFideId "5202213"]
[BlackFideId "2020009"]
[EventDate "2025.03.04"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bb4 5. e3 O-O 6. Bd2 Nbd7 7. Qc2 Re8 8. Rc1
Bf8 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Bd3 c6 11. O-O g6 12. h3 Qe7 13. Rce1 Ne4 14. Bc1 f5 15. b3
Qg7 16. Nd2 Ndf6 17. Nf3 Nd7 18. Nd2 Bd6 19. Bb2 Nxd2 20. Qxd2 Nf6 21. f3 Qh6
22. Bc1 Qh4 23. f4 Bd7 24. Qf2 Qh6 25. Ne2 a5 26. a4 b5 27. Nc3 Rab8 28. Qc2 Qf8
29. Kh2 Rbc8 30. Ne2 bxa4 31. bxa4 c5 32. Ba6 Rc7 33. dxc5 Bxc5 34. Nd4 Qd6 35.
Nb5 Bxb5 36. Bxb5 Bb4 37. Qd1 Rec8 38. Bd2 Ne4 39. Bxb4 axb4 40. Qd4 Rc2 41. Bd3
Rd2 42. Rd1 Rxd1 43. Rxd1 Nc3 44. Rc1 Qc5 45. Qe5 b3 46. Qe6+ Kg7 47. Qd7+ Kh8
48. a5 b2 49. Re1 Qc7 50. Qe6 Rb8 51. a6 Kg7 52. Rf1 Rb6 53. Qe8 Rb8 54. Qe6 Rd8
55. Rf2 Na4 56. a7 Nc5 57. a8=Q Rxa8 58. Qxd5 Rd8 59. Qc4 Rxd3 60. Rxb2 Qd6 61.
Rb5 Nd7 62. Ra5 Kh6 63. Ra6 Qd5 64. Qxd5 Rxd5 65. g4 Kg7 66. Ra7 Kf6 67. Kg3 h6
68. Ra6+ Kg7 69. Ra7 Kf7 70. Kf3 Ke6 71. Ra6+ Rd6 72. Ra5 Rc6 73. Ra8 Nf6 74.
Rh8 Rc2 75. gxf5+ gxf5 76. Kg3 Kf7 77. Kh4 Kg6 78. Ra8 Rc3 79. Ra7 Rb3 80. Rc7
Ra3 81. Rb7 h5 82. Re7 Ne4 83. Re6+ Kf7 84. Rh6 Rxe3 85. Rxh5 Ke6 86. Rh6+ Kd5
87. Rh5 Nd6 88. Kg5 Ke4 89. Rh4 Rf3 90. Rh7 Rg3+ 91. Kf6 Kxf4 92. Rh4+ Ke3 93.
Ke5 f4 94. Kxd6 f3 95. Ke5 f2 96. Re4+ Kf3 97. Rf4+ Kg2 0-1

[Event "Champions Showdown Kings"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2025.03.05"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2748"]
[ECO "C80"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "open, 6.d4"]
[WhiteFideId "3503240"]
[BlackFideId "13300474"]
[EventDate "2025.03.04"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 Be7 7. Re1 b5 8. Rxe4
d5 9. Nxe5 Nxe5 10. Rxe5 bxa4 11. b3 O-O 12. Ba3 Bxa3 13. Nxa3 Re8 14. Rxe8+
Qxe8 15. Nb1 Qe6 16. Nc3 Bd7 17. Qd2 Re8 18. h3 h6 19. Nxa4 Bxa4 20. bxa4 Qc6
21. a5 Qc4 22. Qd3 Re2 23. Qxc4 dxc4 24. c3 Rc2 25. Rb1 Rxc3 26. Rb8+ Kh7 27.
Rb7 Rd3 28. Rxc7 Rxd4 29. Rxf7 Rd5 30. Rc7 Rxa5 31. Rxc4 Rxa2 32. Rc5 a5 33. h4
Kg6 34. h5+ Kf7 35. g4 Ra4 36. Rc7+ Kf6 37. Rc6+ Kg5 38. f3 Kf4 39. Kg2 Ra2+ 40.
Kh3 Ra3 41. Rc7 Rxf3+ 42. Kh4 a4 43. Rc4+ Ke5 44. Rxa4 Kf6 45. Ra6+ Kf7 46. Ra7+
Kf6 47. Ra6+ Kf7 48. Ra7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Champions Showdown Kings"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2025.03.05"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Robson, Ray"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2689"]
[BlackElo "2802"]
[ECO "C55"]
[Opening "Two knights defence (Modern bishop's opening)"]
[WhiteFideId "2023970"]
[BlackFideId "2016192"]
[EventDate "2025.03.04"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 h6 5. c3 d6 6. O-O g5 7. b4 Bg7 8. a4 O-O
9. Re1 Ne7 10. Nbd2 Ng6 11. Nf1 d5 12. exd5 Nxd5 13. Bb2 g4 14. N3d2 Kh7 15. g3
f5 16. b5 c6 17. d4 e4 18. Bb3 h5 19. Ba3 Nxc3 20. Qc2 Bxd4 21. bxc6 bxc6 22.
Bb4 Ne2+ 23. Rxe2 Bxa1 24. Bxf8 Nxf8 25. Nxe4 fxe4 26. Qxe4+ Kg7 27. Qxc6 Rb8
28. Re8 Qd7 29. Qxd7+ Nxd7 30. Be6 Nb6 31. a5 Bxe6 32. Rxb8 Nd7 33. Rb7 Bd4 34.
Nd2 Kg6 35. Nb3 Bxb3 36. Rxd7 Bc5 37. Rc7 Bd4 38. Rd7 Bc5 39. Rc7 Bd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Champions Showdown Kings"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2025.03.05"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2783"]
[BlackElo "2748"]
[ECO "C65"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Berlin defence"]
[WhiteFideId "2020009"]
[BlackFideId "5202213"]
[EventDate "2025.03.04"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. O-O d5 7. exd5 Qxd5 8. Bc4
Qd8 9. b4 Bd6 10. Bg5 e4 11. dxe4 h6 12. Bxf6 Qxf6 13. Qc2 Ne5 14. Nbd2 Nxf3+
15. Nxf3 Bg4 16. Nd4 Bxb4 17. h3 Bh5 18. f4 Bg6 19. Qb3 Bc5 20. e5 Qb6 21. f5
Bxf5 22. Qxb6 axb6 23. Rxf5 Ra4 24. Bb3 Rxd4 25. cxd4 Bxd4+ 26. Kh1 Bxa1 27. e6
Bf6 28. exf7+ Rxf7 29. g4 Kf8 30. Bxf7 Kxf7 31. Kg2 Ke6 32. Kf3 c5 33. Ke4 Kd6
34. a4 Kc6 35. Rf1 b5 36. axb5+ Kxb5 37. Kd5 Bd4 38. Rb1+ Ka6 39. Kc4 Bf2 40.
Rb3 Bd4 41. Rb1 Bf2 42. Rb3 Bd4 43. Rb1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Champions Showdown Kings"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2025.03.05"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2748"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[ECO "A37"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "symmetrical variation"]
[WhiteFideId "13300474"]
[BlackFideId "3503240"]
[EventDate "2025.03.04"]

1. c4 c5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. Nf3 e6 6. h4 h6 7. O-O Nge7 8. b3 d5
9. e3 d4 10. exd4 Nxd4 11. Ba3 Qa5 12. Nxd4 Qxa3 13. Ncb5 Qa5 14. Nd6+ Kf8 15.
Qf3 Nf5 16. N4xf5 gxf5 17. Rab1 Qc7 18. Nb5 Qe7 19. Rfe1 a6 20. Nc3 Qd6 21. a3
Bd7 22. Qxb7 Rb8 23. Qa7 Bf6 24. b4 Kg7 25. Ne2 Ba4 26. Nf4 Be7 27. d4 cxd4 28.
c5 Qd7 29. Qxd7 Bxd7 30. Rbd1 Rhc8 31. Rxd4 Ba4 32. Nxe6+ fxe6 33. Rxe6 Rc7 34.
Rxa6 Bb5 35. Rb6 Rcc8 36. Bb7 Rxc5 37. bxc5 Bxc5 38. Rxb5 Bxd4 39. a4 Kf6 40. a5
Ba7 41. a6 Rd8 42. Rb3 Ke5 43. Rb2 Kf6 44. Kg2 Rd3 45. Rc2 Rd6 46. f4 Rd3 47.
Rc6+ Kg7 48. Bc8 Rd2+ 49. Kf1 Rf2+ 50. Ke1 Be3 51. a7 Ra2 52. Ba6 1-0

[Event "Champions Showdown Kings"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2025.03.06"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Robson, Ray"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2689"]
[BlackElo "2783"]
[ECO "D38"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "Ragozin variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2023970"]
[BlackFideId "2020009"]
[EventDate "2025.03.04"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. Qb3 Bxc3+ 8.
Qxc3 c6 9. g3 O-O 10. Bg2 Nd7 11. O-O dxc4 12. Qxc4 e5 13. Rfd1 Nb6 14. Qd3 exd4
15. Qxd4 Qe7 16. Qe5 Qxe5 17. Nxe5 Re8 18. Nf3 Rxe2 19. Rd8+ Kh7 20. a4 Rxb2 21.
a5 Be6 22. Rxa8 Nxa8 23. a6 Bd5 24. Ne5 Bxg2 25. Kxg2 c5 26. Nxf7 b5 27. Ne5 c4
28. Nc6 b4 29. Ra4 c3 30. Nxb4 c2 31. Nd3 Rb3 32. Nc1 Rb1 33. Nd3 Rd1 34. Rc4
Rxd3 35. Rxc2 Ra3 36. Rc6 Nb6 37. h4 Rxa6 38. g4 Ra4 39. Kg3 Nd5 40. g5 Ne7 41.
Rc5 hxg5 42. hxg5 Kg6 43. f4 Ra1 44. Rc7 Nf5+ 45. Kg4 Rg1+ 46. Kf3 Rg3+ 47. Ke4
Re3+ 48. Kd5 Re7 49. Rc1 Kh5 50. Rg1 g6 51. Kc5 Re4 52. Rf1 Kg4 53. Kb5 Rxf4 54.
Rg1+ Kh4 0-1

[Event "Champions Showdown Kings"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2025.03.06"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2802"]
[BlackElo "2748"]
[ECO "C01"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "exchange variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2016192"]
[BlackFideId "13300474"]
[EventDate "2025.03.04"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Nf3 Bd6 5. c4 c6 6. Nc3 Ne7 7. cxd5 cxd5 8.
Bd3 Nbc6 9. h3 O-O 10. O-O Bf5 11. a3 Qd7 12. Re1 Rfe8 13. Be3 h6 14. Rc1 Rac8
15. Bxf5 Qxf5 16. b4 Ng6 17. Qc2 Qxc2 18. Rxc2 Nce7 19. Rec1 Rc6 20. Nb5 Bb8 21.
Rxc6 Nxc6 22. Nc3 Rd8 23. Na4 Nce7 24. Kf1 b6 25. Ke2 Nf4+ 26. Bxf4 Bxf4 27. Re1
f6 28. Kd3 Kf7 29. g3 Bd6 30. Nc3 h5 31. h4 Rc8 32. Nd2 a5 33. Nb5 Bb8 34. Nf1
axb4 35. axb4 Nc6 36. Rb1 Rd8 37. Ne3 Ke6 38. Nc3 Ne7 39. Re1 Kf7 40. Ra1 Bd6
41. Ra7 Ke6 42. b5 Bb4 43. Na4 Rd6 44. Rxe7+ Kxe7 45. Nf5+ Ke6 46. Nxd6 Kxd6 47.
Nxb6 g5 48. Na4 Ba5 49. Ke3 Bd8 50. g4 hxg4 1-0

[Event "Champions Showdown Kings"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2025.03.06"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2748"]
[ECO "C50"]
[Opening "Giuoco Pianissimo"]
[WhiteFideId "3503240"]
[BlackFideId "5202213"]
[EventDate "2025.03.04"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. O-O a6 6. c3 d6 7. a4 h6 8. Re1 Ba7
9. Nbd2 O-O 10. h3 Qe7 11. b4 Be6 12. Rb1 Qd7 13. Bxe6 Qxe6 14. b5 axb5 15. axb5
Ne7 16. d4 Ng6 17. Qc2 Rfe8 18. Nf1 Bb6 19. Ng3 Ra2 20. Rb2 Ra1 21. Rb1 Ra2 22.
Rb2 Ra1 23. Rb1 Rxb1 24. Qxb1 Qc4 25. Qb2 Ba5 26. Re3 Nf4 27. Nd2 Qa4 28. Qb3
Qa1 29. Qb1 Bxc3 30. Qxa1 Bxa1 31. dxe5 Bxe5 32. Nc4 Bd4 33. Rb3 Ne6 34. Be3 Nc5
35. Ra3 Bxe3 36. Nxe3 Nfxe4 37. Nxe4 Rxe4 38. Ra8+ Kh7 39. Rc8 Ne6 40. Rb8 b6
41. Rc8 Re5 0-1

[Event "Champions Showdown Kings"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2025.03.06"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Robson, Ray"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2689"]
[BlackElo "2783"]
[ECO "C02"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "advance, Euwe variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2023970"]
[BlackFideId "2020009"]
[EventDate "2025.03.04"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. Be2 f6 7. O-O fxe5 8. Nxe5
Nxe5 9. dxe5 Qc7 10. Re1 O-O-O 11. a4 Qxe5 12. Na3 Nf6 13. g3 Qf5 14. Nb5 a6 15.
Bd3 Qh5 16. Be2 Qf5 17. Bd3 Qh5 18. Be2 Qf5 19. Bd3 Qh5 20. Be2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Champions Showdown Kings"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2025.03.06"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2802"]
[BlackElo "2748"]
[ECO "C01"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "exchange variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2016192"]
[BlackFideId "13300474"]
[EventDate "2025.03.04"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Nf3 Bd6 5. c4 c6 6. c5 Bc7 7. Bd3 Ne7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Re1 h6 10. Qc2 Nd7 11. b4 Re8 12. Nc3 Nf8 13. h3 Neg6 14. Rxe8 Qxe8 15.
Bd2 Qd8 16. Bf5 Qf6 17. Bxc8 Rxc8 18. Qd3 Ne6 19. g3 Ne7 20. Kg2 Qf5 21. Qxf5
Nxf5 22. Ne2 Re8 23. Kf1 Bd8 24. a4 Bf6 25. Bc3 a6 26. Rb1 h5 27. b5 axb5 28.
axb5 g5 29. bxc6 bxc6 30. Rb6 Rc8 31. g4 hxg4 32. hxg4 Nh6 33. Nh2 Kf8 34. Kg2
Ke8 35. f3 Ng8 36. Nf1 Ne7 37. Ra6 Nc7 38. Ra2 Ra8 39. Rxa8+ Nxa8 40. Ba5 Ng6
41. Ne3 Bd8 42. Bxd8 Kxd8 43. Kg3 Nc7 44. f4 f6 45. f5 Ne7 46. Nc2 Nb5 47. Kf3
Kd7 48. Ke3 Ng8 49. Ng3 Nh6 50. Kf3 Ke7 51. Nh5 Kf7 52. Ng3 Ke7 53. Nf1 Kd7 54.
Ng3 Ke7 55. Nh5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Champions Showdown Kings"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2025.03.06"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2748"]
[ECO "C67"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Berlin defence, open variation"]
[WhiteFideId "3503240"]
[BlackFideId "5202213"]
[EventDate "2025.03.04"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5 8.
Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. h3 Ke8 10. Nc3 h5 11. Rd1 Be7 12. Ne2 Nh4 13. Nxh4 Bxh4 14. f3 Be7
15. g4 f6 16. exf6 gxf6 17. Bf4 hxg4 18. hxg4 Kf7 19. Kf2 Be6 20. Nd4 Bc5 21.
Kg3 Bxd4 22. Rxd4 c5 23. Rd2 Rad8 24. Rxd8 Rxd8 25. Rh1 Kg7 26. a3 c6 27. Bh6+
Kg6 28. Be3 b6 29. Rh6+ Kg7 30. g5 Rf8 31. Bd2 Bf5 32. Bc3 Bg6 33. f4 Kf7 34.
Bxf6 Re8 35. Be5 Re6 36. Rh2 Bf5 37. c4 Re7 38. a4 a6 39. Kf3 b5 40. b3 Re6 41.
Ra2 Re7 42. axb5 axb5 43. Ra6 Re6 44. Rb6 b4 45. Ra6 Bc2 46. Ra2 Bxb3 47. Ra7+
Kg6 48. Rg7+ Kf5 49. Rf7+ Kg6 50. Rf8 Bc2 51. Ke3 Bb1 52. Kd2 Be4 53. Ra8 Re7
54. Rg8+ Kf7 55. Rd8 Bf5 56. Kc1 Re8 57. Rd6 Re6 58. Rd2 Re7 59. Kb2 Rd7 60. Rh2
Rd1 61. Rh6 Bg6 62. Rh8 Rd2+ 63. Kc1 Rc2+ 64. Kd1 b3 65. Rb8 Rxc4 66. Rb6 Be4
67. Kd2 Rb4 68. Rxb4 cxb4 69. Kc1 Ke6 70. Kb2 Bd5 71. Bd4 Kd6 72. Be5+ Ke6 73.
Bd4 Kd6 74. Be5+ Kc5 75. f5 Kc4 76. f6 Bf7 77. Bg3 c5 78. Be1 Bg6 79. Bd2 Bh5
80. Be1 Bf7 81. Bd2 Kd4 82. Be1 Kc4 83. Bd2 Kb5 84. g6 Bxg6 85. Kxb3 Bf7+ 86.
Kb2 Kc4 87. Be3 Kd5 88. Bf2 Be6 89. Be3 Bg8 90. Bf2 Bf7 91. Be3 Bg6 92. Bf2 c4
93. Be1 Kc5 94. Bd2 c3+ 95. Bxc3 bxc3+ 96. Kxc3 Kd5 97. f7 Bxf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Champions Showdown Kings"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2025.03.06"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Robson, Ray"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2783"]
[BlackElo "2689"]
[ECO "A09"]
[Opening "Reti"]
[Variation "advance variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2020009"]
[BlackFideId "2023970"]
[EventDate "2025.03.04"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 d4 3. b4 c5 4. Bb2 Nf6 5. g3 Qc7 6. Bg2 e5 7. e3 Bg4 8. Qa4+
Nbd7 9. O-O Be7 10. bxc5 O-O 11. exd4 Bxf3 12. Bxf3 exd4 13. Bxd4 Bxc5 14. Be3
Ne5 15. Be2 Bxe3 16. dxe3 Rac8 17. Nd2 Rfd8 18. Rad1 h5 19. Nf3 Rxd1 20. Rxd1
Nxf3+ 21. Bxf3 Qxc4 22. Qxa7 b5 23. h4 g6 24. Kg2 Kg7 25. Qa6 Rc5 26. Rd4 Qc3
27. Rf4 Qb2 28. Qa7 Qe5 29. Bd1 Qd5+ 30. Bf3 Qe5 31. Rd4 Rc7 32. Qb8 Qc5 33. Rd8
Qe7 34. Rc8 Rxc8 35. Qxc8 Qa3 36. Qc2 Qd6 37. Bc6 Qc7 38. a3 Qd6 39. Qc3 Kg8 40.
Bxb5 Qd5+ 41. Kg1 Ne4 42. Qc8+ Kg7 43. Qd7 Nd6 44. a4 Qe5 45. Bf1 Nf5 46. Qb5
Qc3 47. a5 Qe1 48. Qe5+ f6 49. Qc7+ Kh6 50. a6 1-0

[Event "Champions Showdown Kings"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2025.03.06"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2748"]
[BlackElo "2802"]
[ECO "C55"]
[Opening "Two knights defence (Modern bishop's opening)"]
[WhiteFideId "13300474"]
[BlackFideId "2016192"]
[EventDate "2025.03.04"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 h6 5. O-O Bc5 6. c3 d6 7. Nbd2 O-O 8. Re1
Bb6 9. a4 a5 10. Ra3 Bc5 11. Ra2 Be6 12. b3 Nd7 13. Rc2 Ne7 14. Bxe6 fxe6 15.
Nf1 Ng6 16. d4 exd4 17. cxd4 Bb4 18. Re3 c6 19. Ne1 e5 20. Rg3 Qf6 21. dxe5
Ndxe5 22. Ne3 Bxe1 23. Qxe1 Qe6 24. Rd2 Nf4 25. Qd1 Neg6 26. Rxd6 Qxe4 27. h4
Qe8 28. Rdxg6 Nxg6 29. Qg4 Rd8 30. h5 Rf4 31. Qxg6 Qxg6 32. Rxg6 Rd3 33. Bb2 Rf7
34. g4 Rxb3 35. Be5 Rb1+ 36. Kg2 Re1 37. Bd4 c5 38. Bc3 Rc1 39. Be5 Re1 40. g5
Kf8 41. Ng4 hxg5 42. Bd6+ Ke8 43. Ne5 Rf5 1-0

[Event "Champions Showdown Kings"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2025.03.06"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2748"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[ECO "D26"]
[Opening "QGA"]
[Variation "classical variation, 6.O-O"]
[WhiteFideId "5202213"]
[BlackFideId "3503240"]
[EventDate "2025.03.04"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. O-O Be7 7. dxc5 Qxd1 8.
Rxd1 Bxc5 9. Be2 Nc6 10. a3 b6 11. b4 Be7 12. Bb2 O-O 13. Nbd2 Rd8 14. Nb3 Bb7
15. b5 Rxd1+ 16. Rxd1 Nd8 17. Ne5 Rc8 18. Nd4 Nd5 19. Bf3 Bf6 20. Ng4 Be7 21.
Ne5 Bf6 22. Ng4 Be7 23. Ne5 1/2-1/2

