
12. avgusta su odigrana tri kola rapid turnira. Vachier Lagrave je remizirao sa Nakamurom u prvom kolu, pobjedio Praggnanandhaa-u u drugom, a u trećem Abdusattorova pa je poveo na turniru sa 2,5 poena.
12-16.8.2024.
| Round 1 (August 12, 2024) | ||||||
| Aronian, Levon | – Praggnanandhaa, R | ½-½ | 80 | E20 | Nimzo Indian | |
| Nepomniachtchi, Ian | – Firouzja, Alireza | 1-0 | 81 | A29 | English Four Knights | |
| Dominguez Perez, Leinier | – Abdusattorov, Nodirbek | ½-½ | 29 | B76 | Sicilian Modern Dragon | |
| Nakamura, Hikaru | – Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime | ½-½ | 37 | B21 | Sicilian Morra Gambit | |
| So, Wesley | – Caruana, Fabiano | ½-½ | 74 | C50 | Giuoco Piano | |
| Round 2 (August 12, 2024) | ||||||
| Aronian, Levon | – Nepomniachtchi, Ian | 1-0 | 60 | E46 | Nimzo Indian Rubinstein | |
| Abdusattorov, Nodirbek | – Nakamura, Hikaru | 1-0 | 49 | D02 | Queen’s Pawn Game | |
| Firouzja, Alireza | – So, Wesley | 1-0 | 32 | C24 | Bishop’s Opening | |
| Praggnanandhaa, R | – Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime | 0-1 | 57 | A35 | English Symmetrical | |
| Caruana, Fabiano | – Dominguez Perez, Leinier | 0-1 | 38 | C50 | Giuoco Piano | |
| Round 3 (August 12, 2024) | ||||||
| Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime | – Abdusattorov, Nodirbek | 1-0 | 49 | B51 | Sicilian Rossolimo | |
| Nepomniachtchi, Ian | – Praggnanandhaa, R | 1-0 | 46 | A29 | English Four Knights | |
| Dominguez Perez, Leinier | – Firouzja, Alireza | ½-½ | 57 | B19 | Caro Kann | |
| Nakamura, Hikaru | – Caruana, Fabiano | 1-0 | 29 | C60 | Ruy Lopez | |
| So, Wesley | – Aronian, Levon | ½-½ | 31 | B90 | Sicilian Najdorf Variation | |
Stanje posle 3.kola
| 1. | Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime | g | FRA | 2721 | 2½ |
| 2. | Aronian, Levon | g | USA | 2729 | 2 |
| 3. | Nepomniachtchi, Ian | g | RUS | 2767 | 2 |
| 4. | Dominguez Perez, Leinier | g | USA | 2748 | 2 |
| 5. | Abdusattorov, Nodirbek | g | UZB | 2762 | 1½ |
| 6. | Firouzja, Alireza | g | FRA | 2751 | 1½ |
| 7. | Nakamura, Hikaru | g | USA | 2802 | 1½ |
| 8. | So, Wesley | g | USA | 2751 | 1 |
| 9. | Praggnanandhaa, R | g | IND | 2749 | ½ |
| 10. | Caruana, Fabiano | g | USA | 2793 | ½ |
Nepomniachtchi,Ian (2767) – Firouzja,Alireza (2751) [A29]
Saint Louis Rapid 2024 Saint Louis USA (1.2), 12.08.2024
1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.g3 d5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.Bg2 Bc5 7.Na4 Be7 8.0–0 e4 9.Ne1 Bf5 10.Nc3 Nxc3 11.bxc3 Qd7 12.Rb1 Bc5 13.d4 Bb6 14.Nc2 0–0 15.Ne3 Bg6 16.a4 f5 17.Bh3 Rf6 18.Rb5 a6 19.Rd5 Qf7 20.Ba3 Re8 21.c4 h6 22.Qd2 Kh7 23.a5 Ba7 24.Qb2 Nd8 25.Rd1 c6 26.Re5 Ne6 27.Bg2 Bb8 28.Rb1 Qd7 29.Qxb7 Qxd4 30.Bb2 Qa7 31.Qb6 Qa8 32.Rd1 Bc7 33.Qb4 Qb8 34.Qc3 Bxe5 35.Qxe5 Qxe5 36.Bxe5 Rf7 37.Rd6 Nf8 38.Bc3 Re6 39.Rd8 Nd7 40.h4 Nc5 41.Bh3 h5 42.Bb4 Nb3 43.Bc3 Nc5 44.Rc8 Nb7 45.Ra8 c5 46.Nd5 Rc6 47.e3 Nd6 48.Bf1 Rb7 49.Nb6 Bf7 50.Be5 Rcxb6 51.axb6 Rxb6 52.Bxd6 Rxd6 53.Rc8 Kg6 54.Rxc5 Rd1 55.Kg2 Rc1 56.Be2 a5 57.Rxa5 Rc2 58.Ra6+ Kh7 59.Ra7 Kg8 60.Bd1 Rc1 61.Bb3 g6 62.Rc7 Kf8

63.g4 hxg4 64.Kg3 Be8 65.c5 Rc3 66.Be6 Rc2 67.Bb3 Rc3 68.Bd5 Rc2 69.Be6 Bb5 70.Kf4 Rxf2+ 71.Ke5 f4 72.Rf7+ Ke8 73.Rxf4 g3 74.Rg4 g2 75.Rxg6 Ke7 76.h5 Be8 77.Rg7+ Kf8 78.h6 Rc2 79.Rg8+ Ke7 80.h7 Rxc5+ 81.Bd5 1–0
Firouzja,Alireza (2751) – So,Wesley (2751) [C24]
Saint Louis Rapid 2024 Saint Louis USA (2.1), 12.08.2024
1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Nf6 3.d3 Bc5 4.Nf3 d6 5.c3 0–0 6.0–0 Nc6 7.Bg5 h6 8.Bh4 a6 9.b4 Ba7 10.Nbd2 Qe7 11.a4 Be6 12.Bd5 g5 13.Nxg5 Nxd5 14.Nxe6 Qxh4 15.exd5 fxe6 16.g3 Qh3 17.dxc6 Rf5 18.Kh1 bxc6 19.Qe2 Raf8 20.f3 Rg5 21.Ne4 Rg6 22.d4 d5 23.Nf2 Qf5 24.Ng4 exd4

25.Ne5 d3 26.Qxd3 Qxd3 27.Nxd3 c5 28.bxc5 e5 29.Nxe5 Re6 30.f4 c6 31.Rab1 Rfe8 32.Nd7 1–0
Caruana,Fabiano (2793) – Dominguez Perez,Leinier (2748) [C50]
Saint Louis Rapid 2024 Saint Louis USA (2.2), 12.08.2024
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.0–0 Nf6 5.d3 d6 6.c3 a6 7.a4 Ba7 8.Nbd2 0–0 9.h3 h6 10.Re1 Re8 11.b4 Be6 12.Bxe6 Rxe6 13.Qc2 Ne7 14.Nf1 d5 15.Ng3 dxe4 16.dxe4 Qe8 17.c4 Nc6 18.Rb1 a5 19.bxa5 Nxa5 20.Rb5 Nc6 21.Nf5 Nd7 22.Ba3 Bb6 23.Rd1 Ra7 24.c5 Ba5 25.Ne3 b6 26.cxb6 Bxb6 27.Nd5 Nf6 28.Bb2 Qa8 29.Nxb6 cxb6 30.Ra1 Ra6 31.Ra3 Nd7 32.Bc3 Nc5 33.a5 Nd7 34.Qd3 Qc8 35.Qc4 bxa5 36.Nxe5 Ndxe5 37.Bxe5

37…Qe8 38.Rb1 Nxe5 0–1
Praggnanandhaa,R (2749) – Vachier-Lagrave,Maxime (2721) [A35]
Saint Louis Rapid 2024 Saint Louis USA (2.3), 12.08.2024
1.c4 c5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nc3 Nc6 4.g3 d5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.Bg2 g6 7.h4 Bg7 8.h5 Bf5 9.h6 Bf6 10.Nh2 Nxc3 11.dxc3 Qxd1+ 12.Kxd1 0–0–0+ 13.Ke1 Na5 14.e4 Bd7 15.Bf1 Be5 16.Nf3 Bg4 17.Be2 Nc4 18.Ng5 Bxe2 19.Kxe2 Nd6 20.Rd1 Rd7 21.Rd5 f6 22.Rxc5+ Rc7 23.Rxc7+ Kxc7 24.Nf3 Nxe4 25.Nxe5 fxe5 26.Be3 Rd8 27.a4 a5 28.Ra3 Kc6 29.Rb3 Nd6 30.Rb6+ Kc7 31.b3 Ne4 32.Re6 Nxc3+ 33.Kf1 Nd5 34.Bd2 b6 35.Ke2 Kd7 36.Rxe5 e6 37.Re4 Rf8 38.Rc4 Rf5 39.g4 Rf8 40.Be3 Rf6 41.Bd2 Rf8 42.f3 Kd6 43.Be1 e5 44.Bg3 g5 45.Be1 Rf6 46.b4 Nf4+ 47.Kf1 Kd5 48.Rc7 axb4 49.Rxh7 Kc4 50.Rc7+ Kb3 51.h7 Rh6 52.Bd2 Kxa4 53.Bxf4 exf4 54.Ke2 b3 55.Kd3 Kb4 56.Rb7 b5 57.Rd7

57…Rh1 0–1
Aronian,Levon (2729) – Nepomniachtchi,Ian (2767) [E46]
Saint Louis Rapid 2024 Saint Louis USA (2.4), 12.08.2024
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 0–0 5.Bd2 d5 6.Nf3 c5 7.a3 Bxc3 8.Bxc3 Ne4 9.Rc1 Nxc3 10.Rxc3 cxd4 11.Qxd4 Nc6 12.Qd2 Qf6 13.cxd5 Rd8 14.Bb5 Rxd5 15.Bd3 Bd7 16.e4 Rh5 17.Be2 Be8 18.0–0 Rd8 19.Qc1 Rh6 20.Rd1 e5 21.Rd5 Qe7 22.Bc4 Rhd6 23.Qe3 Bd7 24.Rxd6 Qxd6 25.Rd3 Qe7 26.Bd5 h6 27.h3 Rc8 28.b4 b6 29.Qd2 Kh7 30.Bxf7 Rc7 31.Bd5 a5 32.bxa5 bxa5 33.Rc3 a4 34.Qd1 Rc8 35.Kh2 Nd4 36.Rxc8 Nxf3+ 37.Qxf3 Bxc8 38.g3 Bd7 39.h4 g5 40.hxg5 hxg5 41.Kg1 Kg7 42.Qc3 Qd6 43.Kf1 Kf6 44.f4 gxf4 45.gxf4 Qb8 46.Ke2 Qe8 47.Qf3 Qc8 48.fxe5+ Kxe5 49.Qg3+ Kd4 50.Qg7+ Kc5 51.Qe7+ Kb6 52.Qd6+ Ka7 53.Kd3 Bb5+ 54.Kd4 Qh8+ 55.e5 Qh4+ 56.Kc5 Qf2+ 57.Kxb5 Qb2+ 58.Qb4 Qxe5 59.Qa5+ Kb8

60.Qd8+ 1–0
Abdusattorov,Nodirbek (2762) – Nakamura,Hikaru (2802) [D02]
Saint Louis Rapid 2024 Saint Louis USA (2.5), 12.08.2024
1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Bf4 c5 4.e3 Nc6 5.Nbd2 Nh5 6.Bg5 h6 7.Bh4 g5 8.Ne5 Nxe5 9.dxe5 Ng7 10.Bg3 Nf5 11.Qf3 a6 12.Bd3 Nxg3 13.Qxg3 c4 14.Be2 Qb6 15.0–0–0 c3 16.Nb3 cxb2+ 17.Kb1 Bf5 18.Nd4 Bg6 19.e6 Bg7 20.Bd3 Bxd4 21.exf7+ Bxf7 22.exd4 0–0–0 23.h4 Qf6 24.Rde1 e6 25.Qe5 Qxe5 26.Rxe5 g4 27.Kxb2 Rdf8 28.Rf1 Bg8 29.Kc3 Rf6 30.Be2 Rg6 31.Kd2 Bf7 32.Rb1 Kc7 33.Ke3 Be8 34.h5 Rg7 35.Rxe6 Bxh5 36.Reb6 Re8+ 37.Kd2 Kc8

38.Bxa6 Rf7 39.Bxb7+ Kc7 40.Bxd5 Rxf2+ 41.Kd3 Ree2 42.Rc6+ Kd8 43.Rb8+ Kd7 44.Rb7+ Kd8 45.Rxh6 Be8 46.Rb8+ Kc7 47.Rb7+ Kc8 48.Rb2 Ba4 49.Rh8+ 1–0
Nakamura,Hikaru (2802) – Caruana,Fabiano (2793) [C60]
Saint Louis Rapid 2024 Saint Louis USA (3.1), 12.08.2024
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nge7 4.Nc3 Ng6 5.h4 Nd4 6.Bc4 h5 7.Ng5 d5 8.Bxd5 Bg4 9.f3 Nxh4 10.d3 Be7 11.Bxf7+ Kd7 12.fxg4 Bxg5 13.gxh5 Nxg2+ 14.Kf2 Nf4 15.Qg4+ Kd6 16.Bxf4 Bxf4 17.Qxg7 c6 18.Rag1 Rh6 19.Bb3 b5 20.Ne2 Nxe2 21.Kxe2 Kc5 22.c3 Kb6 23.Rg6 Rxg6 24.Qxg6 Qd7 25.h6 Rd8

26.Bd5 Kc7 27.h7 Rh8 28.Be6 Qe7 29.Qf7 1–0
Vachier-Lagrave,Maxime (2721) – Abdusattorov,Nodirbek (2762) [B51]
Saint Louis Rapid 2024 Saint Louis USA (3.2), 12.08.2024
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Nd7 4.d4 cxd4 5.Qxd4 a6 6.Be2 Ngf6 7.Nc3 g6 8.e5 dxe5 9.Nxe5 Nxe5 10.Qxe5 Bg7 11.0–0 Be6 12.Rd1 Qc8 13.Be3 0–0 14.Bd4 Rd8 15.Bf3 Qc4 16.Qc5 Rac8 17.Qxc4 Rxc4 18.Be3 Rxd1+ 19.Rxd1 h5 20.h3 b5 21.a3 Bf5 22.Bb7 b4 23.Bxa6 Rc6 24.Bb5 bxc3 25.Bxc6 cxb2 26.Rb1 Ne8 27.Bxe8 Bxc2 28.Rxb2 Bxb2 29.a4 Bc3 30.Bb6 Bd3 31.a5 Ba6 32.g3 e5 33.Bc6 f5 34.Bg2 Kf7 35.Bf1 Bb7 36.a6 Bc6 37.h4 Ke7 38.Bg2 Kd6 39.a7 e4 40.Bf1 Ba8 41.Bc4 Ke7 42.Be3 Bf6 43.Bg5 Bxg5 44.hxg5 Kf8 45.Kf1 Ke7 46.Ke2 f4 47.gxf4 h4 48.Kf1 Kd6

49.Bf7 1–0
Nepomniachtchi,Ian (2767) – Praggnanandhaa,R (2749) [A29]
Saint Louis Rapid 2024 Saint Louis USA (3.5), 12.08.2024
1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e5 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.g3 Bb4 5.Bg2 0–0 6.Nh4 d6 7.0–0 a5 8.d3 h6 9.Bd2 Re8 10.Rc1 Be6 11.Nd5 Bxd5 12.cxd5 Bxd2 13.Qxd2 Nb4 14.e4 Nxa2 15.Rce1 Nb4 16.f4 c6 17.dxc6 Nxc6 18.Nf5 Ra6 19.h3 Nd4 20.Nxd4 Qb6 21.Qf2 Qxd4 22.Qxd4 exd4 23.e5 dxe5 24.fxe5 Rae6 25.Bxb7 Rxe5 26.Rxe5 Rxe5 27.Rf4 Nh5 28.Rxd4 Nxg3 29.Kf2 Nf5 30.Rd7 g5 31.Bd5 Re7 32.Rd8+ Kg7 33.Ra8 Re5 34.Bc4 Nd6 35.b3 Rf5+ 36.Kg2 h5 37.Ra6 Ne8 38.Ra7 Nd6 39.Rd7 Nxc4 40.bxc4 Kg6 41.d4 a4 42.c5 a3 43.c6 Rf6 44.d5 Rf5 45.c7 a2

46.Rd6+ 1–0