Američki kup se igra od utorka 12. do čet, 21. marta u Saint Louisu. Format je ‘knock-out turnir’ sa dvostrukom eliminacijom. Igra se mješavina prvo klasičnih, a zatim rapid partija praćenih tie-breakovima ako je potrebno.
Open turnir: Caruana, So, Dominguez, Aronian, Shankland, Robson, Sevian i Oparin.
Žene: Krush, Lee, Tokhirjonova, Zatonskih, Paikidze, Abrahamyan, Jennifer Yu, Zoey Tang.
Ukupan nagradni fond iznosi 400.000 dolara. Nagrade na muškom turniru su:
1.nagrada 75.000 dolara
2.nagrada 55.000 dolara
3.nagrada 30.000 dolara
Na ženskom turniru prva nagrada iznosi 40.000 dolara, druga 30.000 dolara, treća 20.000 dolara
1Caruana,Fabiano (2804) – Oparin,Grigoriy (2671) [D31]
American Cup Champ Saint Louis USA (1.2), 13.03.2024
1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 a6 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Nf3 Nf6 6.Bg5 Be6 7.e3 Nbd7 8.h3 Bd6 9.Bd3 c6 10.Bf4 Qc7 11.Bxd6 Qxd6 12.0–0 0–0 13.a4 a5 14.Qb3 g6 15.Ng5 Rfe8 16.Rae1 Nf8 17.Qc2 Nh5 18.f4 f6 19.Nxe6 Rxe6 20.f5 gxf5 21.Rxf5 Ng7 22.Rf3 Rae8 23.Qf2 Ng6 24.g4 Nh8 25.h4 Nf7 26.g5 f5 27.Ne2 Qd7 28.Nf4 R6e7 29.g6 hxg6 30.Nxg6 Re6 31.Qg2 Nd6 32.Ne5 Qe7 33.Bxf5 Ndxf5 34.Rxf5 Qxh4 35.Ref1 Qe4 36.Qg5 Rh6 37.Qxh6 Nxf5 38.Qg5+ Ng7
39.Ng4 Re6 40.Nf6+ Rxf6 41.Rxf6 Qb1+ 42.Rf1 Qxb2 43.Qe7 Qe2 44.Rf8+ Kh7 45.Qh4+ Nh5 46.Rf2 Qd1+ 47.Kh2 Kg6 48.Qh3 1–0
2Dominguez,Leinier (2749) – Robson,Ray (2696) [B90]
American Cup Champ Saint Louis USA (1.4), 13.03.2024
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 Ng4 7.Bc1 Nf6 8.f3 e5 9.Nb3 Be6 10.Be3 Be7 11.Qd2 h5 12.Nd5 Nxd5 13.exd5 Bf5 14.Be2 Bh4+ 15.g3 Be7 16.Rg1 Nd7 17.0–0–0 Rc8 18.Bd3 Bxd3 19.Qxd3 0–0 20.g4 hxg4
21.h3 g3 22.Rxg3 f5 23.Rdg1 Rf7 24.Bg5 e4 25.fxe4 Ne5 26.Qe2 Bxg5+ 27.Rxg5 f4 28.Rf5 Qb6 29.Rd1 f3 30.Qd2 Rfc7 31.c3 Rc4 32.Nd4 Ra4 33.a3 Nc4 34.Qc2 Rxa3 35.bxa3 Ne3 36.Qd3 Qa5
37.Qxe3 Rxc3+ 38.Qxc3 Qxc3+ 39.Nc2 b5 40.e5 g6 41.Rg1 Kh7 42.Rf7+ Kh6 43.e6 Qc5 44.Re1 f2
45.Rxf2 Qxf2 46.e7 Qf4+ 47.Kb1 1–0
Oparin,Grigoriy (2671) – Caruana,Fabiano (2804) [D02]
American Cup Champ Saint Louis USA (2.2), 13.03.2024
1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.g3 Bf5 4.Nh4 Bg6 5.Bg2 c6 6.0–0 Nbd7 7.Nxg6 hxg6 8.c4 dxc4 9.Qc2 e5 10.Rd1 exd4 11.Rxd4 Bc5 12.Rxc4 Bb6 13.Bg5 Ne5 14.Rf4 Qc7 15.Nc3 Nh7 16.Rh4 0–0 17.Bf4 Qe7 18.Na4 Rfe8 19.Rd1 Nf6 20.Nxb6 axb6 21.a4 Qc5 22.Qxc5 bxc5 23.h3 Ned7 24.Be3 Nb6 25.b3
25…Rxe3 26.fxe3 g5 27.Re4 Nxe4 28.Bxe4 g6 29.Bd3 Kg7 30.Rc1 Nd7 31.Kf2 Kf6 32.Be4 Ke7 33.Bf3 Rh8 34.e4 Kd6 35.Rd1+ Kc7 36.Rc1 Kb6 37.a5+ Kb5 38.a6 bxa6 39.e3 Ne5 40.Be2+ Kb4 41.Ra1 Rxh3 42.Rxa6 Kxb3 43.Ra5 Kb4 44.Ra7 c4
0–1
Divna pobjeda Wesleya So-a:
Shankland,Sam (2674) – So,Wesley (2789) [C67]
American Cup Champ Saint Louis USA (2.3), 13.03.2024
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.0–0 Nxe4 5.d4 Nd6 6.Bxc6 dxc6 7.dxe5 Nf5 8.Qxd8+ Kxd8 9.Nc3 Bd7 10.h3 h6 11.b3 Kc8 12.Bb2 b6 13.Rad1 a5 14.Rfe1 Bb4 15.a3 Bxc3 16.Bxc3 Be6 17.g4 Ne7 18.Kh2 c5 19.a4 Kb7 20.Bb2 b5 21.axb5 a4 22.Ra1 axb3 23.cxb3 Kb6 24.Ba3 Rhd8 25.Rec1 Rd5 26.Kg3 Ng6 27.h4
27…Rxa3 28.Rxa3 Rd3 29.Re1
29…Nxh4 30.Re3 Rxe3 31.fxe3 Nxf3 32.Kxf3 Kxb5 33.e4 Kb4 34.Ra7 c6 35.Rb7+ Kc3 36.Rb6 Bxb3 37.Rxc6 Kd4 38.Kf4 Be6 39.Rd6+ Kc3 40.g5 hxg5+ 41.Kxg5 c4 42.Kf4 Kb2 43.Ke3 c3 44.Rb6+ Bb3 45.Rc6
45…g5 46.e6 fxe6 0–1
Robson,Ray (2696) – Dominguez,Leinier (2749) [E53]
American Cup Champ Saint Louis USA (2.4), 13.03.2024
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 0–0 5.Nf3 c5 6.Bd3 d5 7.cxd5 exd5 8.dxc5 Nbd7 9.Bd2 Nxc5 10.Be2 Ne6 11.Qb3 Ba5 12.0–0 d4 13.exd4 Nxd4 14.Nxd4 Qxd4 15.Rad1 Be6 16.Qb5 Qb4 17.a3 Qxb5 18.Nxb5 Bxd2 19.Rxd2 Rad8
20.Rxd8 Rxd8 21.Nxa7 Bb3 22.Rc1 g6 23.Rc3 Be6 24.Rd3 Re8 25.Kf1 Bc4 26.Rd2 Bxe2+ 27.Rxe2 Rd8 28.Ke1 Rd5 29.f3 Kf8 30.Rd2 Rc5 31.b4 Re5+ 32.Re2 Rd5 33.Rd2 Re5+ 34.Kf2 Nd5 35.Nc8 Nc3 36.Nb6 Kg7 37.h4 h5 38.Nc4 Re6 39.Rd7 Re2+ 40.Kf1 Kf6 1–0