Saint Louis USA, 1-11.11.2022.
cat. XVII (2660)
U osmom kolu Hans Niemann je postigao prvu pobjedu na turniru (posle sedam remija). Savladao je Illyu Nyzhnika posle 29 poteza.
Vodeći Yu Yangyi je remizirao sa Hakobianom i zadržao vođstvo na turniru sa 5,5 poena.
Vidit je pobjedio Oparina i sa 5 poena nalazi se na diobi drugog mjesta.
| Round 8 (November 9, 2022) | ||||||
| Hakobyan, Aram | – Yu, Yangyi | ½-½ | 41 | D37 | QGD 5.Bf4 | |
| Oparin, Grigoriy | – Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi | 0-1 | 47 | E32 | Nimzo Indian 4.Qc2 | |
| Nyzhnyk, Illya | – Niemann, Hans Moke | 0-1 | 29 | B33 | Sicilian Sveshnikov | |
| Theodorou, Nikolas | – Nguyen, Thai Dai Van | ½-½ | 60 | E04 | Catalan | |
| Ganguly, Surya Shekhar | – Abasov, Nijat | ½-½ | 45 | B45 | Sicilian Classical |
Stanje posle 8. kola
| 1. | Yu, Yangyi | g | CHN | 2716 | 5½ |
| 2. | Nguyen, Thai Dai Van | g | CZE | 2645 | 5 |
| 3. | Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi | g | IND | 2724 | 5 |
| 4. | Niemann, Hans Moke | g | USA | 2699 | 4½ |
| 5. | Abasov, Nijat | g | AZE | 2646 | 4 |
| 6. | Hakobyan, Aram | g | ARM | 2613 | 4 |
| 7. | Oparin, Grigoriy | g | USA | 2683 | 4 |
| 8. | Nyzhnyk, Illya | g | UKR | 2687 | 3½ |
| 9. | Theodorou, Nikolas | g | GRE | 2598 | 2½ |
| 10. | Ganguly, Surya Shekhar | g | IND | 2589 | 2 |
Nyzhnyk,I (2687) – Niemann,Hans Moke (2699) [B33]
St Louis Fall A 2022 Saint Louis USA (8), 09.11.2022
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e5 6.Ndb5 d6 7.Bg5 a6 8.Na3 b5 9.Nd5 Be7 10.Bxf6 Bxf6 11.c3 0–0 12.Nc2 Rb8 13.a4 bxa4 14.Ncb4 Nxb4 15.Nxb4 Bb7 16.Nxa6 Ra8 17.Qxa4 d5 18.Qb5 Qe7 19.Be2 Ra7 20.Ra3 dxe4 21.0–0
21…e3 22.f3 e4 23.fxe4 Qxe4 24.Bf3 Qe7 25.Qe2 Bxf3 26.Rxf3 Re8 27.Ra1 Qd6 28.Rf5 Qd2 29.Kf1
29…Rxa6 0–1
Oparin,G (2683) – Vidit,S (2724) [E32]
St Louis Fall A 2022 Saint Louis USA (8), 09.11.2022
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 0–0 5.e4 d5 6.e5 Ne4 7.Bd3 c5 8.Nf3 cxd4 9.Nxd4 Nd7 10.Bf4 Qh4 11.g3 Qh5 12.0–0 g5 13.cxd5 Bxc3 14.bxc3 exd5 15.Be3 Nxe5 16.f3 Nc5 17.Bf5 Ne6 18.g4 Qh4 19.Rad1 Nc4 20.Bc1 Bd7 21.Ne2 Bc6 22.Ng3 Nf4 23.Rd4 Rfe8 24.Bd3 Ne6 25.Nf5 Qh3 26.Qf2 Ne5 27.Be2 f6 28.Kh1 h5 29.f4 Nxg4 30.Bxg4 hxg4 31.fxg5 fxg5 32.Kg1 Rf8 33.Ne7+ Kg7 34.Nf5+ Kg8 35.Ne7+
35… Kh8 36.Ng6+ Kg7 37.Nxf8 Rxf8 38.Qe2 Rxf1+ 39.Qxf1 Nxd4 40.cxd4 Qc3 41.Bxg5 Qxd4+ 42.Kg2 Kg6 43.Bf4 Qe4+ 44.Kg3 Bb5 45.Qd1 Be2 46.Qb3 Kf5 47.Bb8 Bd3 0–1
St Louis Fall Chess Classic B-Lenderman osigurao pobjedu na turniru kolo uoči kraja turnira
cat. XIII (2551)
U osmom kolu postignute su dvije pobjede. Harutyunyan je savladao Mikaelyana, a Chirila Jacobsona. Posle 8. kola i dalje je Aleksandar Lenderman u vođstvu sa 6,5 poena, ispred petorice šahista sa 4,5 poena.
| Round 8 (November 9, 2022) | ||||||
| Yoo, Christopher Woojin | – Chandra, Akshat | ½-½ | 101 | E00 | Catalan | |
| Sadhwani, Raunak | – Kantor, Gergely | ½-½ | 53 | A20 | English Opening | |
| Kadric, Denis | – Lenderman, Aleksandr | ½-½ | 40 | A07 | Barcza System | |
| Harutyunyan, Tigran K. | – Mikaelyan, Arman | 1-0 | 33 | D43 | Anti-Meran Gambit | |
| Chirila, Ioan-Cristian | – Jacobson, Brandon | 1-0 | 37 | C75 | Ruy Lopez Modern Steinitz |
Stanje posle 8. kola
| 1. | Lenderman, Aleksandr | g | USA | 2550 | 6½ |
| 2. | Yoo, Christopher Woojin | g | USA | 2573 | 4½ |
| 3. | Sadhwani, Raunak | g | IND | 2628 | 4½ |
| 4. | Kadric, Denis | g | MNE | 2582 | 4½ |
| 5. | Kantor, Gergely | g | HUN | 2561 | 4½ |
| 6. | Harutyunyan, Tigran K. | g | ARM | 2504 | 4½ |
| 7. | Chirila, Ioan-Cristian | g | ROU | 2536 | 4 |
| 8. | Jacobson, Brandon | g | USA | 2551 | 3½ |
| 9. | Chandra, Akshat | g | USA | 2472 | 2½ |
| 10. | Mikaelyan, Arman | g | ARM | 2556 | 1 |
Harutyunyan,Tigran K (2504) – Mikaelyan,A (2556) [D43]
St Louis Fall B 2022 Saint Louis USA (8), 09.11.2022
1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 c6 4.Nc3 e6 5.Qc2 dxc4 6.a4 c5 7.dxc5 Nc6 8.e4 Bxc5 9.Bxc4 Ng4 10.0–0 0–0 11.Bf4 Nd4 12.Nxd4 Bxd4 13.Nb5 Qf6 14.Bg3 Bxb2 15.Rad1 Be5 16.f4 Bb8 17.Qe2 h5 18.h3 a6 19.e5 Qe7 20.hxg4 axb5 21.Bxb5 Ba7+ 22.Kh2 h4 23.Be1 Bc5 24.Rf3 Bb4 25.Bxb4 Qxb4 26.Qf2 g5 27.fxg5 Qe4 28.Re1 Qxg4 29.Ree3 Rd8 30.Rf4 Rd2 31.Be2 Qxg5 32.Rxh4 Kf8
33.Qf6 1–0