All Images Courtesy Of Derrick Bartotto
There were nine decisive games out of a possible 15 – Pretty Good. Of note is that Magnus Carlsen lost his first round against Liren Ding, but fought back to a tie for second place behind Levon Aronian.
Standings After The Three Rounds Of Rapid Chess Day 1
[Event “Grand Chess Tour St. Louis 2019”]
[Site “?”]
[Date “2019.08.10”]
[Round “1”]
[White “Ding, Liren”]
[Black “Carlsen, Magnus”]
[Result “1-0”]
[PlyCount “89”]
[EventDate “2019.08.10”]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 b5 7. a4 c5 8. axb5 cxd4 9. Nxd4 h6 10. Be3 Nxe4 11. Qc2 Bb7 12. Bxc4 Qc7 13. Qb3 Bxc3+ 14. bxc3 O-O 15. O-O Rc8 16. Bd3 Nc5 17. Qb1 Nxd3 18. Qxd3 Nd7 19. Qe2 Nb6 20. Qg4 Kh7 21. Bf4 Qc5 22. Rfe1 Nc4 23. Rad1 Rd8 24. Rd3 Qe7 25. Nc6 Bxc6 26. Rxd8 Rxd8 27. bxc6 Nb6 28. Be5 Qg5 29. c7 Rd5 30. Qe4+ Qg6 31. Qb4 Qd3 32. h3 Qb5 33. Qe4+ f5 34. Qf4 Qd7 35. Bd4 Nc8 36. Qg3 Rd6 37. h4 Rc6 38. h5 Qf7 39. Be5 Nb6 40. Ra1 Nc4 41. Rxa7 Nxe5 42. Qxe5 Qxh5 43. Qxg7+ Kxg7 44. c8=Q+ Kf6 45. Qd8+ 1-0
Final Position
[Event “Grand Chess Tour St. Louis 2019”]
[Site “?”]
[Date “2019.08.10”]
[Round “1”]
[White “Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar”]
[Black “Dominguez Perez, Leinier”]
[Result “1-0”]
[PlyCount “69”]
[EventDate “2019.08.10”]
[SourceDate “2019.08.10”]
1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 c5 7. Rb1 Be7 8. Bc4 O-O 9. Nf3 Qc7 10. Qe2 a6 11. O-O b5 12. Bd3 Nd7 13. Rd1 h6 14. a4 bxa4 15. g3 cxd4 16. cxd4 a5 17. Bf4 Qa7 18. Rdc1 Bb4 19. Rc7 Qb6 20. Rbc1 Ba3 21. Rb1 Bb4 22. Rbc1 Ba3 23. R1c6 Qb2 24. Rc2 Qb1+ 25. Kg2 Qb6 26. e5 f5 27. R2c6 Qb2 28. Qe3 Bb7 29. Rc2 Bxf3+ 30. Kxf3 Qb1 31. Rxd7 Qh1+ 32. Ke2 Rfb8 33. Qf3 Qg1 34. Bxh6 Bf8 35. Bc4 1-0
Final Position
[Event “Grand Chess Tour St. Louis 2019”]
[Site “?”]
[Date “2019.08.10”]
[Round “1”]
[White “Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime”]
[Black “Aronian, Levon”]
[Result “0-1”]
[PlyCount “90”]
[EventDate “2019.08.10”]
[SourceDate “2019.08.10”]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. Re1 a6 8. a4 Ba7 9. h3 Kh8 10. d4 Ng8 11. dxe5 Nxe5 12. Nxe5 dxe5 13. Qxd8 Rxd8 14. Nd2 g6 15. Nf3 f6 16. b3 Bd7 17. Ba3 Bc6 18. g4 g5 19. Kg2 Kg7 20. a5 Nh6 21. Kg3 Nf7 22. Rad1 Rxd1 23. Rxd1 Rd8 24. Rxd8 Nxd8 25. Be7 Nf7 26. Nd2 Nh8 27. Bd8 Bb8 28. Bd5 Ng6 29. Nc4 Bxd5 30. exd5 Nf4 31. Ne3 Ne2+ 32. Kf3 Nxc3 33. Be7 Ba7 34. d6 cxd6 35. Nf5+ Kf7 36. Bxd6 e4+ 37. Kg2 Ke6 38. Ba3 Nd5 39. Nd6 e3 40. fxe3 Nxe3+ 41. Kf3 Nc2 42. Nc4 Nd4+ 43. Ke4 Nxb3 44. Bb4 Nc5+ 45. Kf3 Nd3 0-1
Final Position
[Event “Grand Chess Tour St. Louis 2019”]
[Site “?”]
[Date “2019.08.10”]
[Round “1”]
[White “Yu, Yangyi “]
[Black “Rapport, Richard”]
[Result “0-1”]
[PlyCount “122”]
[EventDate “2019.08.10”]
[SourceDate “2019.08.10”]
1. d4 d5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. e4 Bg4 6. Be3 e6 7. Bxc4 Bb4 8. Qd3 Bh5 9. Bb5 Bg6 10. Nd2 O-O 11. O-O Ng4 12. Bxc6 Qd6 13. f4 Qxc6 14. a3 Ba5 15. Kh1 Nxe3 16. Qxe3 f6 17. b4 Bb6 18. Nb3 e5 19. fxe5 fxe5 20. Nc5 exd4 21. Qxd4 Qd6 22. Qd5+ Qxd5 23. exd5 Rxf1+ 24. Rxf1 a5 25. N3a4 axb4 26. axb4 Bxc5 27. Nxc5 Bf7 28. Ne6 Bxe6 29. dxe6 Re8 30. Re1 Kf8 31. Rf1+ Kg8 32. Re1 Kf8 33. Rf1+ Ke7 34. Rf7+ Kxe6 35. Rxc7 Kd6 36. Rc1 Re4 37. Rb1 b5 38. Kg1 Kd5 39. Kf2 g5 40. Kf3 h5 41. h3 Rc4 42. Rd1+ Rd4 43. Rb1 Rd3+ 44. Kf2 Rd4 45. Ke3 Re4+ 46. Kd3 Ke5 47. Rb2 Rd4+ 48. Ke3 Rc4 49. Kd3 h4 50. Re2+ Kf5 51. Rf2+ Rf4 52. Rb2 g4 53. Ke3 Re4+ 54. Kd3 Rc4 55. Ke3 Ke5 56. Rb3 Rc2 57. Ra3 Rxg2 58. Ra5 Rg3+ 59. Kf2 Rxh3 60. Rxb5+ Kf4 61. Kg2 Rb3 0-1
Final Position
[Event “Grand Chess Tour St. Louis 2019”]
[Site “?”]
[Date “2019.08.10”]
[Round “2”]
[White “Aronian, Levon”]
[Black “Karjakin, Sergey”]
[Result “1-0”]
[PlyCount “111”]
[EventDate “2019.08.10”]
[SourceDate “2019.08.10”]
1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e3 e6 4. Nbd2 c5 5. b3 b6 6. Bb2 Bb7 7. Bd3 Nbd7 8. O-O Bd6 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. c4 dxc4 11. Nxc4 O-O 12. Qe2 Qe7 13. Rfd1 Rfd8 14. Rac1 Nf8 15. Nce5 Ng6 16. Bxg6 fxg6 17. Nd3 Bd6 18. Be5 Ba6 19. Qe1 Bb7 20. Bxd6 Rxd6 21. Nde5 Rad8 22. Rxd6 Qxd6 23. h3 g5 24. Qc3 h6 25. Qc7 Qxc7 26. Rxc7 Rd1+ 27. Kh2 Bxf3 28. Nxf3 Rf1 29. Nd4 Rxf2 30. Nxe6 Rxa2 31. Rxg7+ Kh8 32. Rg6 Ng8 33. Kg3 Rc2 34. Nd4 Rc7 35. Kf3 Rf7+ 36. Ke2 Kh7 37. Rd6 Nf6 38. Kd3 h5 39. Nf3 Kg7 40. Nxg5 Re7 41. Kd4 Kg6 42. Nf3 Kg7 43. Ne5 Rc7 44. Rc6 Re7 45. g4 hxg4 46. hxg4 Nh7 47. g5 Nf8 48. Kd5 b5 49. b4 Kg8 50. e4 Re8 51. g6 Rd8+ 52. Rd6 Re8 53. Nd7 Ra8 54. Nxf8 Kxf8 55. Ra6 Kg7 56. Kc5 1-0
Final Position
[Event “Grand Chess Tour St. Louis 2019”]
[Site “?”]
[Date “2019.08.10”]
[Round “2”]
[White “Rapport, Richard”]
[Black “Carlsen, Magnus”]
[Result “0-1”]
[PlyCount “70”]
[EventDate “2019.08.10”]
[SourceDate “2019.08.10”]
1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Bg4 3. Bg2 e6 4. c4 c6 5. O-O Nf6 6. cxd5 Bxf3 7. Bxf3 cxd5 8. d4 Nc6 9. e3 Be7 10. Nc3 O-O 11. Qe2 Rc8 12. Rd1 Qd7 13. Bd2 Rfd8 14. Be1 Ne8 15. Rac1 f5 16. Bg2 Nf6 17. Na4 b6 18. Nc3 Na5 19. Nb1 Nc4 20. Rc2 g5 21. Rdc1 g4 22. Bf1 Ne4 23. b3 Ncd6 24. Qa6 Rxc2 25. Rxc2 Kf7 26. a4 h5 27. a5 Rb8 28. axb6 Rxb6 29. Qa2 Qb7 30. Ba5 Rxb3 31. Rc7 Qb8 32. Nd2 Rb2 33. Qa4 Nxd2 34. Qd7 Nf3+ 35. Kh1 Qxc7 0-1
Final Position
[Event “Grand Chess Tour St. Louis 2019”]
[Site “?”]
[Date “2019.08.10”]
[Round “3”]
[White “Carlsen, Magnus”]
[Black “Dominguez Perez, Leinier”]
[Result “1-0”]
[PlyCount “59”]
[EventDate “2019.08.10”]
[SourceDate “2019.08.10”]
1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 c5 7. Rb1 Be7 8. h4 O-O 9. h5 h6 10. Qg4 f5 11. Qg3 Kh8 12. Nh3 cxd4 13. Nf4 Kh7 14. Bc4 Bg5 15. O-O Nc6 16. Ng6 Re8 17. Rd1 Bxc1 18. Rbxc1 Qg5 19. exf5 exf5 20. cxd4 Bd7 21. Qc7 Rad8 22. d5 Nd4 23. Qg3 Re4 24. Qxg5 hxg5 25. f3 Ne2+ 26. Kf2 Nxc1 27. fxe4 Rc8 28. Rxc1 b5 29. e5 Be8 30. d6 1-0
Final Position
[Event “Grand Chess Tour St. Louis 2019”]
[Site “?”]
[Date “2019.08.10”]
[Round “3”]
[White “Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar”]
[Black “Aronian, Levon”]
[Result “0-1”]
[PlyCount “90”]
[EventDate “2019.08.10”]
[SourceDate “2019.08.10”]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Qa4+ Nc6 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bxf6 Qxf6 8. e3 O-O 9. Be2 dxc4 10. O-O Bd7 11. Bxc4 Bxc3 12. bxc3 Rfd8 13. Be2 Be8 14. Qa3 Qe7 15. Qb2 b6 16. c4 Na5 17. e4 f6 18. e5 Rac8 19. Rad1 c5 20. d5 Bh5 21. exf6 Qxf6 22. Ne5 Bxe2 23. Qxe2 exd5 24. cxd5 c4 25. Ng4 Qg6 26. Rd4 b5 27. Ne3 Nb7 28. h4 h5 29. g4 Nd6 30. Qf3 Rf8 31. Qg2 Rce8 32. gxh5 Qxg2+ 33. Kxg2 Re5 34. a4 a6 35. axb5 axb5 36. Ra1 Rxh5 37. Ra6 Nf5 38. Nxf5 Rhxf5 39. Ra2 c3 40. d6 Rc5 41. Rc2 Rd8 42. f4 Kf7 43. Kf3 Ke6 44. Re2+ Kd7 45. Rd1 Kc6 0-1
Final Position
[Event “Grand Chess Tour St. Louis 2019”]
[Site “?”]
[Date “2019.08.10”]
[Round “3”]
[White “Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime”]
[Black “Rapport, Richard”]
[Result “1-0”]
[PlyCount “99”]
[EventDate “2019.08.10”]
[SourceDate “2019.08.10”]
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. a3 c4 7. Nbd2 Na5 8. g3 Bd7 9. h4 O-O-O 10. Bh3 Kb8 11. O-O h6 12. Re1 Ne7 13. Rb1 Nc8 14. Nf1 Qc7 15. h5 Nb6 16. Be3 Ba4 17. Qe2 Be7 18. N3h2 Qd7 19. f4 g6 20. Bf2 Rdg8 21. Ne3 Nc6 22. Kh1 Bd8 23. hxg6 fxg6 24. Qg4 Qh7 25. b3 cxb3 26. Qxe6 Nxd4 27. cxd4 Bd7 28. Qxd7 Nxd7 29. Rxb3 Nb6 30. a4 Nxa4 31. Nxd5 g5 32. f5 g4 33. Bg2 Nb6 34. Ne3 h5 35. f6 h4 36. Kg1 Bc7 37. Rc1 Qd7 38. Rd1 hxg3 39. Bxg3 Rh3 40. Nhf1 Rh5 41. Rc3 Rc8 42. Rdc1 Qxd4 43. Rxc7 Rxc7 44. e6 Rhc5 45. Rxc5 Qxc5 46. e7 Qh5 47. Nf5 Nc8 48. N1e3 Qg6 49. Nd5 Qxf5 50. Bxc7+ 1-0
Final Position
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