Saint Louis Blitz: Vachier-Lagrave climbs in the standings

by Venkatachalam Saravanan
8/15/2018 – The first day of blitz action in Saint Louis was won by Maxime Vachier-Lagrave. The Frenchman scored no less than five wins (four with Black) to recover after a disastrous third day. Both Shakhriyar Mamedyarov and Hikaru Nakamura totalled positive scores and are still sharing the lead, while Caruana won three and lost three and is currently in sole third place. V. SARAVANAN reports from Saint Louis. | Photo: Saint Louis Chess Club / Lennart Ootes

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Nakamura beats Mamedyarov in key game

After the resurrection of Mamedyarov and Nakamura in the final stages of the Rapid, it was Maxime Vachier-Lagrave who came back with a vengeance in the first day of the blitz leg at Saint Louis. In nine games, Maxime scored an effortless five wins and four draws, a full one-and-a-half points ahead of Grischuk, and two points ahead of Mamedyarov & Nakamura, who are leading the combined standings jointly, overtaking Caruana.

What was behind Vachier-Lagrave’s such strong showing in the Blitz? “Well, it depends on the day. My chess felt consistent from the start, almost till the end. And I used the momentum”, the modest Frenchman told me. But what did you do after yesterday, to gain this consistency? “I just tried to forget about yesterday. Thanks for reminding me about yesterday!” 

Do you go to the board with the same attitude for Blitz, just like Rapid? “Oh, it’s very different. Rapid chess is probably closer to classical chess. Very traitorous I would say — there is enough time to think, but not like the classical games”.

He never seems to be emotional on the board even today through all the blitz battles, just like in classical or rapid — very controlled, he is the same! “I keep emotions inside, probably. I am definitely emotional during chess games. Just that I don’t have any reasons to show my opponents how I feel during the game!”

And he turned up in a very casual T-shirt for the day, which he considers as ‘cool’, in synergy with his mood…

Aronian and Vachier-Lagrave with a friend. Maxime’s T-shirt was a gift and reads ‘I am Pickle Rick!’ from the Rick and Monty show | Photo: Saint Louis Chess Club / Lennart Ootes

Watching all his games, one could not help being impressed with his endgame technique. Consider the following positions:

 
Round 1: Anand vs Vachier-Lagrave
Position after 36.Kg1

Vachier-Lagrave’s conversion started briskly with 36…h4! and he went on to win the game after 37.gxh4 Kh6 38.Rc6 Kh5  39.c4? Ra4 -+.

 
Round 5: Mamedyarov vs Vachier-Lagrave
Position after 42.Nh1?

Maxime achieved a beautiful zugzwang with 42…d4 43.Nf2 b6! 44.a3 a6! 45.a4 a5! 46.Kg7 Nxh5 -+.

But just when I was expecting such endgame prowess in every game, came the following middlegame precision:

 
Round 7: Vachier-Lagrave vs Karjakin
Position after 29…Qe7

30.Rg3! Nxc4 31.f6! (a nice intermezzo) Qe5 32.Rxg7 Kh8 33.bxc4 +-

Only in the final round of the day, did Vachier-Lagrave escape thanks to his opponent’s blunder:

 
Round 9: Vachier-Lagrave vs Nakamura
Position after 39.Rd1

Black is probably winning — after 39…Ne8 40.Bd4 Kf8 Black’s a2-pawn is lethal. But Nakamura came up with 39…Nxd5?? 40.Rxd5 and the game was agreed drawn shortly.

Nakamura was involved in the most dramatic moment of the tournament, in his game against Mamedyarov:

 
Round 8: Nakamura vs Mamedyarov
Position after 37.Qe2

Black is completely winning after the simple 37…Qg5 or 37…Rxa3. With seconds in his clock, Mamedyarov came up with the horrendous 37…e4?? 38.Qxd3 dropping the whole rook. A shocked Shakh lost all his control and banged on the table, realized his mistake, apologized immediately and resigned. Blitz chess at its painful worst!

A considerable portion of the drama has been captured in the live webcast video:

Here's the final blunder with ambient sound from the playing hall:

Mamedyarov must have been quite disappointed with this loss, as this proved to be costly in the final analysis — it cost him the top finish in both the blitz section of the day and the combined standings. He was especially happy to receive supporters from his native Azerbaijan, though, complete flags and scarves!

Azerbaijani supporters for Shakhriyar Mamedyarov | Photo: V. Saravanan

Another dramatic moment happened, but it only came after the game was finished! Wesley had a very rough day, and he finally won his first game in the ninth round, when Karjakin overstepped the time. The gesture of triumph from So had to be seen to be believed!

Wesley So's grand gesture had to be seen to be believed! | Photo: Saint Louis Chess Club / Lennart Ootes

It was quite difficult to imagine the plights of those who had a tough time in the tournament…

Losses are never an easy task to handle for chess players — Vishy Anand and Leinier Dominguez share a moment of sorrow together | Photo: V. Saravanan

But we can say with certainty about someone who had an average tournament and took it very cool all through!

A cool Fabiano Caruana talking with his second Rustam Kasimdzhanov | Photo: V.Saravanan

Undoubtedly, Mamedyarov played with his characteristic sharpness, producing some of the most interesting ideas of the blitz section, just as in the rapid:

 
Round 7: Mamedyarov vs So
Position after 17…Bg4

18.dxc5!? Bxb2 19.Rxd8 Bxa1 20.Bh7 Kxh7 21.Rxf8 and Shakh won the game by confidently applying pressure in the resulting imbalanced position.

He reserved his best for the last round against Anand:

 
Round 9: Mamedyarov vs Anand
Position after 14…Ne7

15.Nd7!? Bxd7 16.Bxd6 Re8 17.Qf3 Nf5? 18.Be5 Ne4? (it was just not Vishy’s day!) 19.Bxd7 Qxd7 20.Nxd5 1-0. It was the shortest win of the tournament.

Combined standings after day 4

Blitz standings after round 9

Rk.NameRtg.Nt.Pts.n
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
TBPerf.
1
2878
7.0
9
28.75
3033
2
2831
5.5
9
24.25
2898
3
2871
5.0
9
22.25
2857
4
2913
5.0
9
21.25
2852
5
2795
5.0
9
18.75
2865
6
2709
4.5
9
16.25
2832
7
2812
3.5
9
15.75
2740
8
2898
3.5
9
15.25
2731
9
2800
3.0
9
14.00
2697
10
2687
3.0
9
11.50
2709
TBs: Sonneborn-Berger

Games and commentary - Day 4

 
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1.Nf3 Nf6 2.b3 d5 3.Bb2 e6 4.g3 Be7 5.Bg2 0-0 6.c4 c5 7.cxd5 Nxd5 8.0-0 Nc6 9.d4 cxd4 10.Nxd4 Bd7 A14: English Opening: 1...e6 with b3 by White 10...Nxd4 11.Qxd4 Bf6 12.Qd2 Nf4 13.gxf4 Qxd2 14.Nxd2 Bxb2 15.Rab1 Bf6 16.Rbc1 Rd8 17.Ne4 Be7 18.Rc7 Kf8 19.Rfc1 1-0 (49) Kramnik,V (2792)-Mamedyarov,S (2808) Paris 2018 11.Na3       Nxd4 12.Qxd4 Bf6 13.Qd2 Bc6 14.Nc4 Bxb2 15.Qxb2 LiveBook: 3 Games b5 16.Ne5 Bb7 17.a4N Predecessor: 17.Rfd1 Qf6 18.Rd2 Rfb8 0-1 (38) Akhmedzhanov,K (2317)-Voronov,D (2206) Astrakhan 2010 17...bxa4 18.Rfd1 Qe7 19.e4 Nb6 20.bxa4 And now a5 would win. Rad8 21.a5 21.Rdc1± 21...Na4= 22.Qb3       White fights for an advantage. Nc5 23.Qb4 Qc7 24.Qc3 Na6 24...Ba6= 25.Qxc7± Nxc7 26.Rdc1 Nb5 26...Rc8± 27.a6+- Ba8 28.f3 28.Rab1± Nd4 29.Rc7 28...Nd4= aiming for ...Ne2+. 29.Rc7 f6 30.Nc4 Rf7 31.Rxf7 Kxf7 32.Kf2 e5 33.Rc1 Bc6 34.Ne3 Rb8 35.Nc4 Ke7 36.Bf1
36.f4= 36...Rb4 36...Rb3! 37.Nd2 Ra3 37.Na5 Kd6 38.Bd3 Rb2+ 39.Ke3 Nc4+ is the strong threat. Rxh2 40.Nc4+ 40.f4!= 40...Kc7 Black should play 40...Kd7 41.f4 Nb3 41.f4?
41.Na5= and White is okay. Kd6 42.f4 41...Nb3!-+ 42.Rc3 exf4+ 43.Kxf4 Nc5 44.Na5 Nxd3+ 45.Rxd3       Endgame Hoping for Rc3. KRB-KRN Rf2+ 46.Ke3 Ra2 47.Nb3 47.Nxc6 Kxc6 48.Rd8 47...Ra3 Resist 47...Rxa6 48.Nc5-+ 48.Kd4 Bb5 Don't do 48...Rxa6 49.Nc5-+ 49.Rc3+ Kd6 50.g4 Bxa6 51.g5 Ra4+ 52.Ke3 Bc4 52...fxg5 53.Nd4 Bc4 54.Nf5+ Ke5 55.Nxg7 a6 53.Nd2 Be6 54.gxf6 gxf6 55.Kf4 a5 56.Rd3+ Ke7 57.Rc3 h5       58.Rc5? 58.Rc7+ is the only way for White. Kd6 59.Rh7 58...h4 59.Rh5 h3 60.Rh7+ Kf8 61.Nf3 61.Ra7 61...Rb4 62.Ra7 a4 63.Ke3 Bg4 Strongly threatening ...Rb3+. 64.Nh2 Bh5 65.Kf4 Bg6 66.Kg3 Rb3+ 67.Kf4 a3 68.Ng4 Bh5 Threatens to win with ...Bxg4. 69.Nh2 Ke8 70.Ra5 Bd1 71.e5 fxe5+ 71...Rb4+ 72.Kg3 Ba4 73.Ra8+ Kf7 74.exf6 a2 75.Ra7+ Kxf6 76.Ra6+ Kf5 77.Ra5+ Ke4 72.Rxe5+ Kf7 73.Ra5 Rb2? 73...Rb4+-+ and Black stays clearly on top. 74.Kg3 Ba4 75.Rf5+ Ke6 74.Nf1?       74.Rxa3 Rxh2 75.Kg3 74...a2 74...Rb4+ 75.Kg3 Ra4 75.Kg3 Bb3 76.Ra3 Be6 77.Ra7+ Kf6 Precision: White = 34%, Black = 58%.
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WhiteEloWBlackEloBResYearECOEventRnd
Nakamura,H2913Karjakin,S28980–12018A14GCT Saint Louis Blitz 20181
Grischuk,A2831Mamedyarov,S2795½–½2018B12GCT Saint Louis Blitz 20181
Anand,V2812Vachier-Lagrave,M28780–12018A48GCT Saint Louis Blitz 20181
So,W2800Caruana,F27090–12018A06GCT Saint Louis Blitz 20181
Dominguez Perez,L2687Aronian,L2871½–½2018C54GCT Saint Louis Blitz 20181
Karjakin,S2898Anand,V28121–02018C54GCT Saint Louis Blitz 20182
Vachier-Lagrave,M2878Grischuk,A2831½–½2018C67GCT Saint Louis Blitz 20182
So,W2800Nakamura,H29130–12018E46GCT Saint Louis Blitz 20182
Mamedyarov,S2795Dominguez Perez,L2687½–½2018D27GCT Saint Louis Blitz 20182
Caruana,F2709Aronian,L2871½–½2018A26GCT Saint Louis Blitz 20182
Nakamura,H2913Caruana,F2709½–½2018A06GCT Saint Louis Blitz 20183
Aronian,L2871Mamedyarov,S27951–02018B13GCT Saint Louis Blitz 20183
Grischuk,A2831Karjakin,S2898½–½2018C44GCT Saint Louis Blitz 20183
Anand,V2812So,W2800½–½2018B51GCT Saint Louis Blitz 20183
Dominguez Perez,L2687Vachier-Lagrave,M28780–12018A34GCT Saint Louis Blitz 20183
Nakamura,H2913Anand,V2812½–½2018A14GCT Saint Louis Blitz 20184
Karjakin,S2898Dominguez Perez,L2687½–½2018C54GCT Saint Louis Blitz 20184
Vachier-Lagrave,M2878Aronian,L2871½–½2018C67GCT Saint Louis Blitz 20184
So,W2800Grischuk,A2831½–½2018E99GCT Saint Louis Blitz 20184
Caruana,F2709Mamedyarov,S27950–12018B12GCT Saint Louis Blitz 20184
Aronian,L2871Karjakin,S2898½–½2018C54GCT Saint Louis Blitz 20185
Grischuk,A2831Nakamura,H2913½–½2018D37GCT Saint Louis Blitz 20185
Anand,V2812Caruana,F2709½–½2018C42GCT Saint Louis Blitz 20185
Mamedyarov,S2795Vachier-Lagrave,M28780–12018D71GCT Saint Louis Blitz 20185
Dominguez Perez,L2687So,W28001–02018B12GCT Saint Louis Blitz 20185
Nakamura,H2913Dominguez Perez,L26871–02018D02GCT Saint Louis Blitz 20186
Karjakin,S2898Mamedyarov,S27950–12018B12GCT Saint Louis Blitz 20186
Anand,V2812Grischuk,A28311–02018B90GCT Saint Louis Blitz 20186
So,W2800Aronian,L2871½–½2018E20GCT Saint Louis Blitz 20186
Caruana,F2709Vachier-Lagrave,M28780–12018A48GCT Saint Louis Blitz 20186
Vachier-Lagrave,M2878Karjakin,S28981–02018C54GCT Saint Louis Blitz 20187
Aronian,L2871Nakamura,H29131–02018B80GCT Saint Louis Blitz 20187
Grischuk,A2831Caruana,F27091–02018A06GCT Saint Louis Blitz 20187
Mamedyarov,S2795So,W28001–02018A13GCT Saint Louis Blitz 20187
Dominguez Perez,L2687Anand,V2812½–½2018E04GCT Saint Louis Blitz 20187
Nakamura,H2913Mamedyarov,S27951–02018A05GCT Saint Louis Blitz 20188
Grischuk,A2831Dominguez Perez,L26871–02018C44GCT Saint Louis Blitz 20188
Anand,V2812Aronian,L2871½–½2018C67GCT Saint Louis Blitz 20188
So,W2800Vachier-Lagrave,M2878½–½2018A33GCT Saint Louis Blitz 20188
Caruana,F2709Karjakin,S28981–02018A28GCT Saint Louis Blitz 20188
Karjakin,S2898So,W28000–12018A30GCT Saint Louis Blitz 20189
Vachier-Lagrave,M2878Nakamura,H2913½–½2018B06GCT Saint Louis Blitz 20189
Aronian,L2871Grischuk,A28310–12018B80GCT Saint Louis Blitz 20189
Mamedyarov,S2795Anand,V28121–02018B14GCT Saint Louis Blitz 20189
Dominguez Perez,L2709Caruana,F27850–12018E08GCT Saint Louis Blitz 20189
Karjakin,S2898Nakamura,H29131–02018C67GCT Saint Louis Blitz 201810
Vachier-Lagrave,M2878Anand,V2812½–½2018C42GCT Saint Louis Blitz 201810
Aronian,L2871Dominguez Perez,L26871–02018B90GCT Saint Louis Blitz 201810
Mamedyarov,S2795Grischuk,A2831½–½2018D71GCT Saint Louis Blitz 201810
Caruana,F2709So,W2800½–½2018E46GCT Saint Louis Blitz 201810
Nakamura,H2913So,W2800½–½2018C47GCT Saint Louis Blitz 201811
Aronian,L2871Caruana,F27090–12018C42GCT Saint Louis Blitz 201811
Grischuk,A2831Vachier-Lagrave,M28780–12018B92GCT Saint Louis Blitz 201811
Anand,V2812Karjakin,S2898½–½2018B90GCT Saint Louis Blitz 201811
Dominguez Perez,L2687Mamedyarov,S27951–02018C55GCT Saint Louis Blitz 201811
Karjakin,S2898Grischuk,A28310–12018A48GCT Saint Louis Blitz 201812
Vachier-Lagrave,M2878Dominguez Perez,L26871–02018C67GCT Saint Louis Blitz 201812
So,W2800Anand,V28120–12018E20GCT Saint Louis Blitz 201812
Mamedyarov,S2795Aronian,L28711–02018A06GCT Saint Louis Blitz 201812
Caruana,F2709Nakamura,H29130–12018D37GCT Saint Louis Blitz 201812
Aronian,L2871Vachier-Lagrave,M28781–02018B90GCT Saint Louis Blitz 201813
Grischuk,A2831So,W28000–12018A35GCT Saint Louis Blitz 201813
Anand,V2812Nakamura,H2913½–½2018C67GCT Saint Louis Blitz 201813
Mamedyarov,S2795Caruana,F27091–02018E36GCT Saint Louis Blitz 201813
Dominguez Perez,L2687Karjakin,S2898½–½2018E08GCT Saint Louis Blitz 201813
Nakamura,H2913Grischuk,A28311–02018C67GCT Saint Louis Blitz 201814
Karjakin,S2898Aronian,L28711–02018D31GCT Saint Louis Blitz 201814
Vachier-Lagrave,M2878Mamedyarov,S27951–02018B12GCT Saint Louis Blitz 201814
So,W2800Dominguez Perez,L2687½–½2018A06GCT Saint Louis Blitz 201814
Caruana,F2709Anand,V28121–02018A18GCT Saint Louis Blitz 201814
Vachier-Lagrave,M2878Caruana,F27091–02018C77GCT Saint Louis Blitz 201815
Aronian,L2871So,W28001–02018B90GCT Saint Louis Blitz 201815
Grischuk,A2831Anand,V2812½–½2018D37GCT Saint Louis Blitz 201815
Mamedyarov,S2795Karjakin,S28981–02018A13GCT Saint Louis Blitz 201815
Dominguez Perez,L2687Nakamura,H2913½–½2018C54GCT Saint Louis Blitz 201815
Nakamura,H2913Aronian,L28711–02018C47GCT Saint Louis Blitz 201816
Karjakin,S2898Vachier-Lagrave,M2878½–½2018B13GCT Saint Louis Blitz 201816
Anand,V2812Dominguez Perez,L2687½–½2018C65GCT Saint Louis Blitz 201816
So,W2800Mamedyarov,S27951–02018B13GCT Saint Louis Blitz 201816
Caruana,F2709Grischuk,A2831½–½2018D03GCT Saint Louis Blitz 201816
Karjakin,S2898Caruana,F27090–12018D12GCT Saint Louis Blitz 201817
Vachier-Lagrave,M2878So,W2800½–½2018C77GCT Saint Louis Blitz 201817
Aronian,L2871Anand,V28121–02018C42GCT Saint Louis Blitz 201817
Mamedyarov,S2795Nakamura,H29130–12018A13GCT Saint Louis Blitz 201817
Dominguez Perez,L2687Grischuk,A2831½–½2018B81GCT Saint Louis Blitz 201817
Nakamura,H2913Vachier-Lagrave,M28780–12018B51GCT Saint Louis Blitz 201818
Grischuk,A2831Aronian,L28711–02018A11GCT Saint Louis Blitz 201818
Anand,V2812Mamedyarov,S2795½–½2018B13GCT Saint Louis Blitz 201818
So,W2800Karjakin,S28980–12018A06GCT Saint Louis Blitz 201818
Caruana,F2709Dominguez Perez,L2687½–½2018E05GCT Saint Louis Blitz 201818

Commentary by Yasser Seirawan, Maurice Ashley and Jennifer Shahade

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1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.Nc3 Nxe4 5.Nxe4 d5 6.Bd3 dxe4 7.Bxe4 Bd6 8.0-0 0-0 9.Re1 C55: Two Knights: 4 d3, 4 d4 exd4 5 e5 and Max Lange Attack Bg4 LiveBook: 6 Games 9...Re8 10.d3 Bg4 11.h3 Bh5 12.c3 Bg6 13.Be3 Qd7 14.Nh4 f5 15.Bxc6 Qxc6 16.Nxg6 hxg6 ½-½ (57) Ivanchuk,V (2739)-Karjakin,S (2723) Moscow 2009 10.h3 Bh5! 11.g4 The position is equal. Bg6 12.d3N Predecessor: 12.Bxc6 bxc6 13.Nxe5 Qh4 14.Kg2 Bxe5 15.Rxe5 f5 16.f3 fxg4 17.hxg4 ½-½ (28) Llanes Hurtado,M (2285)-Gonzalez Diaz,D (2250) Santiago 1995 12...f5 13.gxf5 13.Bxc6= bxc6 14.Bg5 14.Nxe5 Qh4 13...Bxf5 14.Bxf5 Rxf5 15.Be3 Bc5 16.Bxc5 Qd5 17.Nd2
And now Ne4 would win. 17...Qxc5 18.Ne4 Qe7 19.c3 Raf8 20.Qb3+ Kh8 ...Qh4 is the strong threat. 21.Qxb7 Nd8       Black has some pressure. 22.Qb4?
22.Qxa7= Ne6 23.Re3 22...Qh4!-+ 23.Ng3 23.Re3 was the only chance. Ne6 24.Rg3 23...Rf4 24.Re4 Black must now prevent Qxf8+! Ne6 25.Rxf4 exf4 26.Re1 26.Kg2 Qg5 27.h4 Qxh4 28.Rh1 26...a5 27.Qe4 Ng5 28.Qe7 Kg8 29.Re4 Nxh3+ 30.Kg2 Ng5 Precision: White = 54%, Black = 79%.
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So,W2852Mamedyarov,S27540–12018C47GCT Saint Louis Rapid 20181
Dominguez Perez,L2826Vachier-Lagrave,M2798½–½2018A04GCT Saint Louis Rapid 20181
Karjakin,S2793Aronian,L2806½–½2018A05GCT Saint Louis Rapid 20181
Anand,V2758Nakamura,H28241–02018C65GCT Saint Louis Rapid 20181
Grischuk,A2751Caruana,F27380–12018A06GCT Saint Louis Rapid 20181
Nakamura,H2812So,W27941–02018C44GCT Saint Louis Rapid 20182
Vachier-Lagrave,M2796Anand,V27711–02018C67GCT Saint Louis Rapid 20182
Aronian,L2794Caruana,F27850–12018B13GCT Saint Louis Rapid 20182
Karjakin,S2791Dominguez Perez,L27541–02018D35GCT Saint Louis Rapid 20182
Mamedyarov,S2782Grischuk,A2782½–½2018D71GCT Saint Louis Rapid 20182
So,W2794Vachier-Lagrave,M2796½–½2018A04GCT Saint Louis Rapid 20183
Caruana,F2785Mamedyarov,S27821–02018C80GCT Saint Louis Rapid 20183
Grischuk,A2782Nakamura,H2812½–½2018D37GCT Saint Louis Rapid 20183
Anand,V2771Karjakin,S2791½–½2018C65GCT Saint Louis Rapid 20183
Dominguez Perez,L2754Aronian,L2794½–½2018E06GCT Saint Louis Rapid 20183
Nakamura,H2812Caruana,F2785½–½2018A06GCT Saint Louis Rapid 20184
Vachier-Lagrave,M2796Grischuk,A27821–02018A48GCT Saint Louis Rapid 20184
Aronian,L2794Mamedyarov,S2782½–½2018B13GCT Saint Louis Rapid 20184
Karjakin,S2791So,W2794½–½2018C50GCT Saint Louis Rapid 20184
Dominguez Perez,L2754Anand,V2771½–½2018E04GCT Saint Louis Rapid 20184
So,W2794Dominguez Perez,L27540–12018E06GCT Saint Louis Rapid 20185
Caruana,F2785Vachier-Lagrave,M2796½–½2018B96GCT Saint Louis Rapid 20185
Grischuk,A2782Karjakin,S2791½–½2018D39GCT Saint Louis Rapid 20185
Mamedyarov,S2782Nakamura,H2812½–½2018A06GCT Saint Louis Rapid 20185
Anand,V2771Aronian,L27940–12018C67GCT Saint Louis Rapid 20185
Dominguez Perez,L2826Grischuk,A2751½–½2018B81GCT Saint Louis Rapid 20186
Aronian,L2806Nakamura,H28240–12018B90GCT Saint Louis Rapid 20186
Vachier-Lagrave,M2798Mamedyarov,S27540–12018C55GCT Saint Louis Rapid 20186
Karjakin,S2793Caruana,F2738½–½2018D37GCT Saint Louis Rapid 20186
Anand,V2758So,W28520–12018C54GCT Saint Louis Rapid 20186
So,W2852Aronian,L2806½–½2018A13GCT Saint Louis Rapid 20187
Nakamura,H2824Vachier-Lagrave,M27981–02018B51GCT Saint Louis Rapid 20187
Mamedyarov,S2754Karjakin,S27931–02018A13GCT Saint Louis Rapid 20187
Grischuk,A2751Anand,V2758½–½2018D37GCT Saint Louis Rapid 20187
Caruana,F2738Dominguez Perez,L28260–12018D41GCT Saint Louis Rapid 20187
So,W2852Grischuk,A27511–02018A05GCT Saint Louis Rapid 20188
Dominguez Perez,L2826Mamedyarov,S2754½–½2018C55GCT Saint Louis Rapid 20188
Aronian,L2806Vachier-Lagrave,M27981–02018B90GCT Saint Louis Rapid 20188
Karjakin,S2793Nakamura,H2824½–½2018D37GCT Saint Louis Rapid 20188
Anand,V2758Caruana,F2738½–½2018C42GCT Saint Louis Rapid 20188
Nakamura,H2824Dominguez Perez,L28261–02018C67GCT Saint Louis Rapid 20189
Vachier-Lagrave,M2798Karjakin,S2793½–½2018C67GCT Saint Louis Rapid 20189
Mamedyarov,S2754Anand,V27581–02018A22GCT Saint Louis Rapid 20189
Grischuk,A2751Aronian,L2806½–½2018A16GCT Saint Louis Rapid 20189
Caruana,F2738So,W2852½–½2018E06GCT Saint Louis Rapid 20189

Commentary by Yasser Seirawan, Maurice Ashley and Jennifer Shahade

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Saravanan is an IM from Chennai, the southern-most state of Tamil Nadu, India. He has been an active chess player in the Indian circuit, turning complete chess professional in 2012, actively playing and being a second to strong Indian players. He has been consistently writing on chess since late 1980s and is a correspondent to national newspapers and news channels.

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