Saint Louis Rapid & Blitz 2020
Wesley So prvi u rapidu, Carlsen drugi, Nepomniachtchi treći

Trećeg dana ovog rapid takmičenja (preko sajta lichess) došlo je do promjene na čelu tabele. Carlsen je u sedmom kolu pobjedio Firouzju, u osmom remizirao sa Xiongom, a u poslednjem kolu izgubio od Grischuka. Tako ga je za pola poena pretekao Wesley So, koji je u semom kolu remizirao sa Nepomniachtchijem, u osmom dobio Aroniana, dok je u devetom kolu dobio Harikrishnu.
Nepomniachtchi je treći sa 5 poena, koliko ima i Grischuk na četvrtom mjestu.
So,Wesley (2770) – Aronian,Levon (2773) [C67]
Saint Louis Rapid 2020 lichess.org INT (8.3), 17.09.2020
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.0–0 Nxe4 5.Re1 Nd6 6.Nxe5 Be7 7.Bf1 Nxe5 8.Rxe5 0–0 9.d4 Bf6 10.Re1 Re8 11.c3 Rxe1 12.Qxe1 Ne8 13.a4 d5 14.a5 c6 15.Bf4 g6 16.Nd2 Ng7 17.Be5 Be7 18.h3 Be6 19.Nb3 Qf8 20.Qd2 Re8 21.Re1 Bc8 22.Bb8 a6 23.Bf4 Bd8 24.Bh6 Rxe1 25.Qxe1 Qd6 26.Qe3 Qe7 27.Qxe7 Bxe7 28.Nc5 g5 29.Bd3 Ne8 30.h4 gxh4 31.Bf4 Bd8 32.b4 Nc7 33.Kh2 Nb5 34.Na4 Be7 35.Bh6 Nd6 36.Nc5 Bf5 37.Bxf5 Nxf5 38.Bf4 Bxc5 39.bxc5 Kg7 40.Kh3 Kg6 41.Kg4 h5+ 42.Kh3 Ng7 43.Kxh4 Ne6 44.Bd6 Ng5 45.f3 Ne6 46.Be5 Nf8 47.Bd6 Nd7 48.Be7 Kh6 49.Bg5+ Kg6 50.Be7 Kh6 51.Kg3 Kg7 52.Kf4 Kg6 53.g3 Nf6 54.Ke5 Ne8 55.Bd8 Kg7 56.Kf5 h4 57.Bxh4 Nc7 58.Bf6+ Kf8 59.Ke5 Nb5 60.g4 Ke8 61.g5 Na3 62.Kf5 Nc4 63.g6 Kf8 64.Be5 Nd2 65.Kf6 fxg6 66.Bd6+ Ke8 67.f4 Nf3 68.Kxg6 Nh4+ 69.Kf6 Kd7 70.f5 Nf3 71.Kg7 Ng5 72.Bf4 Nh3
73.Be3 1–0
Grischuk,Alexander (2777) – Carlsen,Magnus (2863) [B75]
Saint Louis Rapid 2020 lichess.org INT (9.1), 17.09.2020
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be3 Bg7 7.f3 a6 8.Qd2 h5 9.Bc4 Nbd7 10.Bb3 Nc5 11.0–0–0 b5 12.Kb1 Bb7 13.a3 Nxb3 14.cxb3 Rc8 15.Nc2 Qc7 16.Bd4 0–0 17.Qf2 e5 18.Bb6 Qd7 19.Nb4
19…Rxc3 20.bxc3 Qe6 21.Kb2 Rc8 22.Ba5 d5 23.Qa7 Ba8 24.Nxa6 Bf8 25.Nc7 Qe7
26.Nxb5 Qe8 27.Nc7 Qe7 28.Bb6 dxe4 29.Nxa8 Qxa7 30.Bxa7 Rxa8 31.Bf2 Bxa3+ 32.Kc2 Be7 33.Ra1 Rc8 34.Rhd1 exf3 35.gxf3 e4 36.fxe4 Nxe4 37.Bd4 f5 38.Kb2 Kf7 39.b4 g5 40.Kb3 g4 41.Ra7 Ke6 42.Ra6+ Kf7 43.c4 Bd6 44.Bg1 Ke7 45.c5 Be5 46.Rd5
1–0
| Saint Louis Rapid 2020 lichess.org INT (INT), 15-19 ix 2020 | cat. XXI (2763) | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 1. | So, Wesley | g | USA | 2770 | * | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 6½ | 2928 | |||
| 2. | Carlsen, Magnus | g | NOR | 2863 | ½ | * | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2876 | |||
| 3. | Nepomniachtchi, Ian | g | RUS | 2784 | ½ | 1 | * | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | 5 | 2803 | |||
| 4. | Grischuk, Alexander | g | RUS | 2777 | ½ | 1 | ½ | * | ½ | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 5 | 2804 | |||
| 5. | Nakamura, Hikaru | g | USA | 2736 | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | * | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 4½ | 2766 | |||
| 6. | Harikrishna, Pentala | g | IND | 2732 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ½ | * | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | 4½ | 2766 | |||
| 7. | Aronian, Levon | g | ARM | 2773 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 1 | 0 | ½ | * | ½ | 1 | 1 | 4½ | 2761 | |||
| 8. | Xiong, Jeffery | g | USA | 2709 | 0 | ½ | 1 | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | * | ½ | ½ | 3½ | 2689 | |||
| 9. | Dominguez Perez, Leinier | g | USA | 2758 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | * | 1 | 3 | 2638 | |||
| 10. | Firouzja, Alireza | g | FID | 2728 | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | * | 2½ | 2600 | |||
Evo i tabele u kojoj se za pobjedu u rapidu računa po 2 poena, a za remi 1 poen.
| Round 7 (September 17, 2020) | ||||||
| Nepomniachtchi, Ian | – So, Wesley | ½-½ | 25 | C24 | Bishop’s Opening | |
| Grischuk, Alexander | – Dominguez Perez, Leinier | 1-0 | 79 | E04 | Catalan | |
| Harikrishna, Pentala | – Xiong, Jeffery | 1-0 | 66 | B06 | Modern Defence | |
| Aronian, Levon | – Nakamura, Hikaru | 0-1 | 66 | E47 | Nimzo Indian | |
| Firouzja, Alireza | – Carlsen, Magnus | 0-1 | 26 | E20 | Nimzo Indian | |
| Round 8 (September 17, 2020) | ||||||
| So, Wesley | – Aronian, Levon | 1-0 | 73 | C67 | Ruy Lopez Berlin | |
| Carlsen, Magnus | – Xiong, Jeffery | ½-½ | 62 | C19 | French Winawer | |
| Nakamura, Hikaru | – Harikrishna, Pentala | ½-½ | 56 | B12 | Caro Kann Advanced | |
| Dominguez Perez, Leinier | – Nepomniachtchi, Ian | 1-0 | 21 | C02 | French Advance | |
| Firouzja, Alireza | – Grischuk, Alexander | ½-½ | 27 | C53 | Giuoco Piano | |
| Round 9 (September 17, 2020) | ||||||
| Nepomniachtchi, Ian | – Firouzja, Alireza | ½-½ | 24 | B10 | Caro Kann | |
| Grischuk, Alexander | – Carlsen, Magnus | 1-0 | 46 | B75 | Sicilian Modern Dragon | |
| Harikrishna, Pentala | – So, Wesley | 0-1 | 69 | C67 | Ruy Lopez Berlin | |
| Aronian, Levon | – Dominguez Perez, Leinier | 1-0 | 33 | C50 | Giuoco Piano | |
| Xiong, Jeffery | – Nakamura, Hikaru | ½-½ | 30 | E32 | Nimzo Indian 4.Qc2 | |




