St. Louis Rapid analysis and highlights

by Venkatachalam Saravanan
8/14/2019 – IM VENKATACHALAM SARAVANAN reviews the highlights from the St. Louis Rapid in more depth, paired with video interview clips of the players with GM Maurice Ashley (pictured with Vachier-Lagrave) from the official webcast. | Photo: Austin Fuller

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IM Venkatachalam Saravanan offers a more detailed round-by-round review of the important moments from the rapid portion of the Saint Louis Rapid & Blitz tournament.

Round 1

First, up a move for which GM Jonathan Rowson tweeted his admiration:

His round 1 game was stunning. What's difficult is not to play the subversive and slightly ludicrous 10..Ng8.  What's difficult is to play it, and believe in it, while staying focused and objective.

 
Vachier-Lagrave vs Aronian

10...g8!?

It is really difficult to judge this novelty! It is clearly disliked by the engines, not to mention the human eye. Aronian agreed after the game that this was a new move, but skipped answering my question whether it was prepared specifically, especially for a rapid game: "We will see!!" was his deflecting answer!

MVL vs Aronian

Levon Aronian – refusing to discuss his opening secrets | Photo: Austin Fuller / Grand Chess Tour

 
Position after 27...♝b8

This was the position which got everyone excited. To the naked eye, the knight on h8 and the bishop on b8 look miserable. Aronian was visibly uncomfortable too, while Vachier-Lagrave was coolly sipping his tea. But Aronian revealed after the game that “I still feel I was totally fine. I just missed some ideas before that position, that's why I overestimated my position”.

 
Ding Liren vs Carlsen
Position after 23...♜d8

24.d3!?

Ding Liren threatens to get active on the kingside, and Carlsen didn't come up with a proper defence here.

 
Position after 42...♛xh5

43.xg7!

Cute! White went on to win. By the way, keep that in mind — there's a follow-up story in round two! 

Ding discusses the game with GM Maurice Ashley

Round 2

Aronian's win over Karjakin followed the latter's memorable victory over Carlsen in the crucial eighth game of the 2016 World Championship match in New York.

 
Aronian vs Karjakin
Position after 15...♞g6

A quiet opening has led to a seemingly quiet position, but Aronian spices it up here:

16.xg6!? Nice! Capturing a knight with the bishop is not something you will think up easily, but Aronian played it fairly quickly, taking a mild command of the position.

 
Position after 32...♞g8

33.g3! The white king awakens and Aronian got a serious edge here, pressuring the 'Minister of Defence'.

 
Position after 38.♔d3

38...h5??

Down to his last minute, Karjakin blunders, handing over the point to Aronian. 39.f3! Winning the pawn and subsequently the game.

Aronian talks about his strong finish against Karjakin

 
Rapport vs Carlsen
Position after 16...♞f6

This was a worthy moment of reflection, considering how the game changed after this point. This is a regular middlegame position after a quiet opening, where white enjoys that mild pull. Instead of continuing with constructive plans, Rapport came up with timid moves here:

17.a4

The proverbial 'Carlsen effect'? A move quite atypical for Rapport, so it's tempting to consider the psychological pressure the world champion's opponents feel while playing him, handing over the initiative. Something like 17.a3 followed by ♖c1-c2 and doubling on the c-file s natural and sound.

 
Position after 18...♞a5

19.b1?!

What is White doing with his knight?! After this, Magnus slowly tightens the screws. Though White is still fine, Black is on the 'better side of equality', as they say.

 
Position after 35.♔h1

We mentioned to watch out for the follow-up story in the annotations to the game Ding vs Carlsen above. Well, here it is!

35...xc7!

A simple but beautiful sham sacrifice winning the game instantly, as 36.♗xc7 ♞e4 and White cannot avoid checkmate. Both coming on the same day in the World Champion's games is a rare coincidence!

All eyes on Carlsen

Magnus Carlsen – 'The Effect' | Photo: Crystal Fuller / Grand Chess Tour

 
Carlsen vs Dominguez
Position after 7...♝e7

8.h4!? 

A novelty on the eighth move of the Gruenfeld! Carlsen's play in the opening came for praise from Garry Kasparov, "Not developing his pieces, moves only a beginner or a world champion would make!"

 
Position after 10.♕g4

10...f5?!

It is tempting to conclude that Dominguez was not in his element in the first day of the tournament. Faced with an unfamiliar position, he doesn't come up with the best of defences for the kingside. Remember the maxim, "freeing moves are generally those which free your emotions, but weaken your position"!?

 
Position after 18.♖bxc1

It almost doesn't look like a game between top players of the planet! Simply, there is an ocean of a difference between both sides' pieces. Carlsen went on to win the game easily.

Rapport

Richard Rapport  — Someone to delight | Photo: Austin Fuller / Grand Chess Tour

Round 3

Maxime Vachier-Lagrave's third round game came in for praise from none other than Garry Kasparov, who tweeted:

MVL-Rapport had a Frenchman playing against the French Defense, in the style of Labourdonnais in a city named for a French king! A fun game that's a good example of the excitement of rapid chess.

 
Vachier-Lagrave vs Rapport
Position after 24...♛h7

This is why you require Richard Rapport to spice up your tournaments! Facing the best of the world elite, he boldly plays dynamic openings, not interested in the current Berlin / Petroff jingo to 'hold with black pieces and press with black pieces'.

Black has played energetically till this position, and deserves his initiative here. After all, he seems to have stopped white's play on the queenside and poised for action on the kingside.

25.b3!?

Vachier-Lagrave has to be appreciated, simply for the courage he shows, fighting for counterplay. There is no point in analysing such games on the basis of the computer's cold logic - emotions and spirit occupy a much more important place in faster time controls. The game became a fascinating clash of tactics and nerves.

 
Position after 27...♝d7

28.xd7!?

It is easy to evaluate the move, but very difficult to understand it! Instead of keeping complicated play on the board, Vachier-Lagrave sacrifices his queen! Definitely, the move of the tournament so far.

28...xd7 29.xb3

Strictly speaking, White doesn't have complete compensation for his queen, but who cares when the players are low on time and the position is an absolute tactical mess.

 
Position after 42...♛xd4

43.xc7

Finally, Vachier-Lagrave crashes through. 43...xc7 44.e6 +-

Aronian was right; advanced pawns are a threat indeed, especially when you don't have your queen with you any more. Vachier-Lagrave won after a few moves.

Aronian watching MVL

Vachier-Lagrave – Praised by his 'buddy' Aronian for the benefits of playing Bughouse | Photo: Austin Fuller / Grand Chess Tour

Aronian chats with Maurice Ashley about his own play and that of MVL

Round 4

The star game of the fourth round was undoubtedly Fabiano Caruana's win over World Champion Magnus Carlsen.

 
Caruana vs Carlsen
Position after 9.♘bd2

9...d6?! 10.exd6 e5 11.b2 g4 12.e2 and Caruana's subsequent play in the centre proved overwhelming.

 
Position after 16...♛d5

17.xe5!

Bam! Taking advantage of the black bishop on g4 being trapped after a subsequent f2-f3. Carlsen's position went steadily downhill from this point on.

 
Position after 20...hxg4

Has anyone ever seen Magnus Carlsen's pawn structure in such tatters?

 
Position after 22...♜f2

23.xe5

The most appreciable moment of the game. Caruana is much better, but understands that Black has counterplay too. Somewhere here, he sensed that he to get into specific calculations to win the game — 'general' moves wouldn't be good enough. It takes confidence to take such decisions and stick to them!


This game was naturally one of the topics for IM Lawrence Trent's Weekly show focuson on Carlsens losses.

The Weekly Show, August 13, 2019


Caruana initially thought 23.♘xe5 was winning for White


 
Vachier-Lagrave vs Karjakin
Position after 42.g4

Here, Karjakin unexpectedly played 42...bxc4 handing the game in a platter to Vachier-Lagrave. The simple 42...b4 would have maintained equality, as the white king will not have an entry into the black position. And the climax was a delightful chess geometry:

 
Position after 50.♗e5

It's zugzwang! If black moves his bishop, the g7-pawn falls, and if he moves his king, White's king goes into reach f7-square and win the game.

Round 5

Caruana was in dire straits in the very next round facing Dominguez, however.

 
Dominguez vs Caruana
Position after 25...♛e6

Both the players had played rapidly till this point, and it was all theory! Generally, players do not wish to get into theoretical battles in Rapid & Blitz, for fear being 'ambushed', but Caruana did so deliberately.

 
Position after 37...♛e6

38.e4?!

It is tempting to suggest that white could have kept his queen and 'played around' black's kingside a little with 38.♕f3 f6 39.♘f5 and the h4-pawn as well as black's weak kingside in general means that he is probably lost here.

 
Position after 51...f4

52.Bd2?? Down to his last seconds, this is where Dominguez lost his way. Instead, 52.f3! ♜g3 53.♗xf4 and white still keeps his advantage. Now Caruana suceeds in simplifying to a draw.

 
Position after 57.♗xf4

The game ended with 57...xf3! 58.xf3 Ke4 when White loses one of his remaining pieces.

Round 6

Vachier-Lagrave capped off his stellar second day performance with a win over Ding Liren in a queen and pawn ending.

 
Vachier-Lagrave vs Ding
Position after 59.♔f7

59...d5+ 60.g6 e6+ 61.h5 and White collects the h-pawn.

Vachier-Lagrave after going 3-0 on Day 2

Round 7

Wins from Aronian, Carlsen and Rapport were the highlights of the seventh round, which we'll consider in full.

 
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1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 0-0 8.a4 b4 9.a5 d6 10.c3
10...Be6 [Hasn't been played at the very top in recent times. A surprise in the opening is always an important psychological device, in a proper opening, instead of a 'setup'. From the body language of the players, it appeared that Aronian was quite pleased with the game at this point] Caruana had played a game recently in the line, which probably enabled Aronian to 'target' him here: 10...Rb8 11.Bc4 Bg4 12.h3 Bh5 with a complex position in Caruana - Liren at the Zagreb GCT just last month 11.Bxe6 fxe6 12.d4 bxc3 13.bxc3 exd4 14.cxd4 d5 15.e5 15.Ng5 Qd7 16.e5 is the engine's recommendation here, but it is extremely naive to expect that a human - especially someone surprised in the opening - would play this way! 15...Nd7 16.Nbd2 Rb8 17.Ba3 Bxa3 18.Rxa3 Rb5 19.Qe2 h6 20.h3 Rf7 21.Rc1 Ndb8 [White's a5-pawn is attacked, but otherwise white holds most of the cards - space advantage and generally better pieces. Here, sensing Caruana decided to get risky, and sacrifice the pawn] 22.Qd3 Nxa5 23.Rac3 Nd7! 24.Qg6 [Somewhere around here, Caruana's position didn't look very encouraging: after sacrificing the pawn, though he holds enough compensation, it is difficult to suggest something tangible for him to DO, which became obvious in the further course of the game] Black developed the knight because of the simple trick 24.Rxc7? Nxe5 24...Nf8 25.Qc2 c6 26.Ra1 Qb6 27.Rca3 Ra7
28.Nh2? [Finally Caruana loses his composure and errs, probably unnerved that his position wasn't moving anywhere] 28.g3 [Simply, not changing his piece position and giving room for his king at g2 and awaiting black's actions] Nb7 28...c5 29.dxc5 Rxc5 30.Qa2= 29.Nb1! aiming for Nb1-c3-a4 and keeping a tight leash on the c5-square 28...c5 29.dxc5 Rxc5
30.Rc3? 30.Qd3 Nc6 31.Nhf3 [No other choice but to bring this back, and hope for the best, though black is a healthy pawn up and on top here] 31.Rxa6 Nxe5! [The point - if the white knight had remained on f3, this shot would not have been possible] 30...Rac7 31.Rxc5 Rxc5 32.Qd1 Nc6-+ 33.Nhf3 Ng6 34.Rb1 Rb5 35.Rc1 Rb4 36.Nf1 Nf4 37.Qd2 Nd4 38.Nxd4 Qxd4 39.Qxd4 Ne2+ 40.Kh2 Nxd4 41.Ra1 Rb6 42.f4 Nb3 43.Ra3 a5 44.Kg3 Rb4 45.Ne3 a4 46.f5 d4 47.Nd1 exf5 48.Kf4 g6 49.e6 Kf8 50.Ke5 Ke7 51.Kd5 d3
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Caruana,F2819Aronian,L27560–12019C90GCT Saint Louis Rapid 20197.1
Carlsen,M2872Vachier-Lagrave,M27751–02019D97GCT Saint Louis Rapid 20197.2
Mamedyarov,S2765Rapport,R27350–12019E20GCT Saint Louis Rapid 20197.3

Carlsen

Carlsen ponders the positions on the other boards | Photo: Crystal Fuller

Round 8

Richard Rapport taking down the leader in an unorthodox Bishop's Opening was one of four wins in the eighth round analysed below, as well as MVL's scaling of the 'Berlin Wall'

 
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1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Nf6 3.d3 Nc6 4.Nc3 Na5 5.Bb3 Bb4 6.Nf3 Nxb3 7.axb3 d5 8.exd5 Nxd5 9.Bd2 Nxc3 10.Bxc3 Bxc3+ 11.bxc3 0-0 12.0-0 Re8 13.Re1 f6
[Aronian seemed to have got a perfect position for this game - leading the tournament by 3(!) points, he could afford not to do anything fancy. And considering that his opponent loves and thrives on chaotic positions, the nature of the position too seemed perfect for the occasion] 14.d4 Bg4 15.h3 Bxf3 16.Qxf3 c6 17.dxe5 fxe5 18.Qe3 a5 19.Ra4 b5 20.Ra3 e4 21.Rea1 h6 22.c4 bxc4 23.b4 a4 24.Qc3 Qd5 25.Rxa4 Rxa4 26.Rxa4
26...Qd1+ 27.Kh2 Qd6+ 28.Kg1 Qd1+ 29.Kh2 Qd6+ 30.g3!
[The courage! After all, he might just have scored 2 wins, a solitary draw and 4 losses in this particular tournament, but we have to remind ourselves that Richard Rapport has his class, and this is the Grand Chess Tour, after all!] 30...Qf6? The only way to survive was 30...e3 31.fxe3 Qd1! and white's exposed king should allow black to create a draw by perpetual check at some point 31.Qxc4+ Kh8 32.Qe2± e3 33.Ra3 Qxf2+ 34.Qxf2 exf2 35.Kg2
35...Rf8? As all the basics of rook endings validate, the best way to hold this position was to active the black rook: 35...Re4! 36.Rb3 36.c3 Re3 37.Kxf2 Rd3 36...h5 37.Kxf2 h4 38.g4 Kg8 and the story is still not over 36.Kf1 [The problem for black now is that, white can easily hunt down the c6-pawn] h5 37.Ra5 g6 38.Ra6!+- and white is already winning c5 39.b5 Kg7 40.Rc6 Rf5 41.b6 h4 42.g4 Rd5 43.b7 Rd1+ 44.Kxf2 Rb1 45.Rc7+ Kf6 46.Ke3 Ke6 47.Kf4 Kf6 48.Rc6+ Kf7 49.Kg5 Rxb7 50.Rxc5 Re7 51.Kxh4 Kf6 52.Rc6+ Kg7 53.Kg5 Re5+ 54.Kf4 Re1 55.h4 Rd1 56.c4 Re1 57.Rd6 Rc1 58.Kg5 Rxc4 59.Rxg6+ Kh7 60.Rf6
[For such a simple win, Rapport spent quite a few number of moves before finally winning the game] 60...Kg7 61.Rf5 Rc6 62.h5 Ra6 63.Rb5 Ra7 64.h6+ Kh7 65.Kh5 Ra1 66.Rb7+ Kg8 67.g5 Ra5 68.Re7 Rb5 69.Kg4 Rb1 70.g6 Rg1+ 71.Kf5 Rf1+ 72.Ke6 Re1+ 73.Kd7 Rd1+ 74.Kc6 Rc1+ 75.Kd6 Rd1+ 76.Kc7 Rc1+ 77.Kd8 Rd1+ 78.Rd7 Rg1 79.Rd6 Rh1 80.g7 Rg1 81.Rf6 Rd1+ 82.Kc7 Rc1+ 83.Kd6 Rd1+ 84.Ke5 Re1+ 85.Kf4 Rf1+ 86.Kg5 Rg1+ 87.Kh4 Kh7 88.Rf8 Rh1+ 89.Kg3
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Rapport,R2735Aronian,L27561–02019C28GCT Saint Louis Rapid 20198.2
Vachier-Lagrave,M2775Dominguez Perez,L27601–02019C67GCT Saint Louis Rapid 20198.4
Karjakin,S2748Carlsen,M28721–02019E11GCT Saint Louis Rapid 20198.1

Rapport on the live webcast after beating Aronian

Round 9

The standout game of the final rapid round was Vachier-Lagrave's win with black against Fabiano Caruana, a win which cemented the Frenchman's position at the top of the standings.

 
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1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 c6 4.Bg2 d5 5.Nf3 Bg7 6.0-0 0-0 7.Nbd2 a5 8.b3 a4 9.Ba3 Re8 10.e3 Bf5 11.Qe2 Nbd7 12.cxd5 Nxd5 13.e4 Nc3 [Vachier-Lagrave explained after the game that he had played this very position with white pieces and got no advantage out of it - the main reason for employing it in this game] 14.Qd3 14.Qe3 Nb5 15.exf5 Nxa3 16.fxg6 hxg6 and black was more than fine in Vachier Lagrave -Ding Liren, Abidjan Grand Prix, May 2019 14...Nb5 15.exf5 Nxa3 16.bxa4 Rxa4 17.Qb3 Ra7 18.Ng5 Rf8 19.Be4 Qb6 20.fxg6 hxg6
21.Qf3? [Forced seemed to be 21.Bxg6 Qxb3 22.Bh7+ Kh8 23.axb3 Bh6 24.Ndf3 f6 25.Ne6 Kxh7 26.Nxf8+ Bxf8 21...Qxd4 22.Rad1 Nf6 23.Nb3? 23.Qe2! [The point is, white has to create counterplay on the kingside, as Vachier-Lagrave pointed out. Or in the centre] Qc5 23...e5 24.Ndf3 Qb4 25.Bd3 attacking the weak pawn on e5 25.Bxg6!? fxg6 26.Qxe5 and white has managed some play for himself 24.Ndf3 Bh6 24...Nxe4? 25.Qxe4 e6 26.Qh4 25.h4 creates the much needed counterplay, even though white is attack is nothing serious yet 23...Qe5 24.h4 Nxe4-+ 25.Nxe4 Nb5 26.Nec5 Nc3 27.Rd3 Re8 28.Kg2 Nd5 29.Rd2 b6 30.Ne4 Qf5 31.Qe2 Rea8 32.Ng5 Ra4 33.Rh1 e6 34.Nc1 c5 35.Qb5 Rd4 36.Nb3 Nf4+ 37.Kh2 Qd5
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Caruana,F2819Vachier-Lagrave,M27750–12019D78GCT Saint Louis Rapid 20199.1

Vachier-Lagrave followed immediately by Levon Aronian

Final rapid standings

Rk.NameRtg.Nt.Pts.n
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
TBPerf.
1
2756
13.0
9
55.50
2946
2
2775
13.0
9
51.00
2944
3
2812
10.0
9
42.50
2817
4
2736
10.0
9
41.00
2825
5
2735
8.0
9
37.00
2740
6
2872
8.0
9
35.50
2724
7
2819
8.0
9
31.00
2730
8
2748
8.0
9
31.00
2738
9
2760
7.0
9
31.50
2700
10
2765
5.0
9
20.00
2613
TBs: Sonneborn-Berger

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1.d4 Nf6 0 2.c4 0 e6 0 3.Nf3 0 d5 0 4.Nc3 0 Bb4 0 5.Bg5 2 dxc4 0 6.e4 2 b5 0 7.a4 15 c5 8.axb5 13 cxd4 1:43 9.Nxd4 10 h6 10 10.Be3 10 Nxe4 40 11.Qc2 10 Bb7 3:26 12.Bxc4 1:38 Qc7 2:13 13.Qb3 3:19 Bxc3+ 10 14.bxc3 10 0-0 1:05 15.0-0 2:23 Rc8 3:11 16.Bd3 16 Nc5 17 17.Qb1 10 Nxd3 10 18.Qxd3 10 Nd7 20 19.Qe2 3:19 Nb6 2:42 20.Qg4 27 Kh7 50 21.Bf4 18 Qc5 43 22.Rfe1 39 Nc4 1:30 23.Rad1 59 Rd8 49 24.Rd3 23 Qe7 3:36 25.Nc6 4:27 Bxc6 10 26.Rxd8 10 Rxd8 18 27.bxc6 10 Nb6 3:06 28.Be5 1:08 Qg5 10 29.c7 51 Rd5 20 30.Qe4+ 1:53 Qg6 10 31.Qb4 52 Qd3 21 32.h3 37 Qb5 10 33.Qe4+ 1:38 f5 10 34.Qf4 10 Qd7 10 35.Bd4 58 Nc8 10 36.Qg3 33 Rd6 20 37.h4 10 Rc6 18 38.h5 10 Qf7 10 39.Be5 10 Nb6 10 40.Ra1 12 Nc4 11 41.Rxa7 10 Nxe5 10 42.Qxe5 28 Qxh5 10 43.Qxg7+ 10 Kxg7 10 44.c8Q+ 10 Kf6 10 45.Qd8+ 10 1–0
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WhiteEloWBlackEloBResYearECOEventRnd
Ding,L2812Carlsen,M28721–02019D39GCT Saint Louis Rapid 20191.1
Yu,Y2736Rapport,R27350–12019D07GCT Saint Louis Rapid 20191.2
Vachier-Lagrave,M2775Aronian,L27560–12019C50GCT Saint Louis Rapid 20191.3
Karjakin,S2748Caruana,F2819½–½2019A06GCT Saint Louis Rapid 20191.4
Mamedyarov,S2765Dominguez Perez,L27601–02019D35GCT Saint Louis Rapid 20191.5
Caruana,F2819Mamedyarov,S2765½–½2019C54GCT Saint Louis Rapid 20192.1
Yu,Y2736Vachier-Lagrave,M2775½–½2019D93GCT Saint Louis Rapid 20192.2
Dominguez Perez,L2760Ding,L2812½–½2019C54GCT Saint Louis Rapid 20192.3
Rapport,R2735Carlsen,M28720–12019A06GCT Saint Louis Rapid 20192.4
Aronian,L2756Karjakin,S27481–02019D05GCT Saint Louis Rapid 20192.5
Carlsen,M2872Dominguez Perez,L27601–02019D35GCT Saint Louis Rapid 20193.1
Ding,L2812Caruana,F2819½–½2019D37GCT Saint Louis Rapid 20193.2
Karjakin,S2748Yu,Y2736½–½2019D05GCT Saint Louis Rapid 20193.3
Mamedyarov,S2765Aronian,L27560–12019D38GCT Saint Louis Rapid 20193.4
Vachier-Lagrave,M2775Rapport,R27351–02019C02GCT Saint Louis Rapid 20193.5
Caruana,F2819Carlsen,M28721–02019B30GCT Saint Louis Rapid 20194.1
Aronian,L2756Ding,L2812½–½2019B10GCT Saint Louis Rapid 20194.2
Rapport,R2735Dominguez Perez,L27600–12019A06GCT Saint Louis Rapid 20194.3
Vachier-Lagrave,M2775Karjakin,S27481–02019B10GCT Saint Louis Rapid 20194.4
Yu,Y2736Mamedyarov,S27651–02019C49GCT Saint Louis Rapid 20194.5
Carlsen,M2872Aronian,L27560–12019D02GCT Saint Louis Rapid 20195.1
Mamedyarov,S2765Vachier-Lagrave,M27750–12019D78GCT Saint Louis Rapid 20195.2
Ding,L2812Yu,Y27361–02019D37GCT Saint Louis Rapid 20195.3
Dominguez Perez,L2760Caruana,F2819½–½2019C78GCT Saint Louis Rapid 20195.4
Karjakin,S2748Rapport,R2735½–½2019C55GCT Saint Louis Rapid 20195.5
Aronian,L2756Dominguez Perez,L2760½–½2019C67GCT Saint Louis Rapid 20196.1
Karjakin,S2748Mamedyarov,S27651–02019C54GCT Saint Louis Rapid 20196.2
Rapport,R2735Caruana,F28190–12019A06GCT Saint Louis Rapid 20196.3
Yu,Y2736Carlsen,M2872½–½2019B08GCT Saint Louis Rapid 20196.4
Vachier-Lagrave,M2775Ding,L28121–02019C54GCT Saint Louis Rapid 20196.5
Caruana,F2819Aronian,L27560–12019C88GCT Saint Louis Rapid 20197.1
Carlsen,M2872Vachier-Lagrave,M27751–02019D97GCT Saint Louis Rapid 20197.2
Mamedyarov,S2765Rapport,R27350–12019E20GCT Saint Louis Rapid 20197.3
Ding,L2812Karjakin,S2748½–½2019A13GCT Saint Louis Rapid 20197.4
Dominguez Perez,L2760Yu,Y27360–12019B60GCT Saint Louis Rapid 20197.5
Karjakin,S2748Carlsen,M28721–02019E11GCT Saint Louis Rapid 20198.1
Rapport,R2735Aronian,L27561–02019C24GCT Saint Louis Rapid 20198.2
Yu,Y2736Caruana,F28191–02019B20GCT Saint Louis Rapid 20198.3
Vachier-Lagrave,M2775Dominguez Perez,L27601–02019C67GCT Saint Louis Rapid 20198.4
Mamedyarov,S2765Ding,L2812½–½2019D45GCT Saint Louis Rapid 20198.5
Caruana,F2819Vachier-Lagrave,M27750–12019D78GCT Saint Louis Rapid 20199.1
Aronian,L2756Yu,Y2736½–½2019A11GCT Saint Louis Rapid 20199.2
Dominguez Perez,L2760Karjakin,S27481–02019B12GCT Saint Louis Rapid 20199.3
Carlsen,M2872Mamedyarov,S2765½–½2019D06GCT Saint Louis Rapid 20199.4
Ding,L2812Rapport,R2735½–½2019A40GCT Saint Louis Rapid 20199.5

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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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