Na rapid turniru u Saint Louisu pobjedio je sa 5,5 poena Ian Nepomniachtchi. Drugo mjesto osvojio je Alireza Firouzja, a treće Vachier Lagrave (svi po 5,5 poena)
| Round 7 (August 14, 2024) | ||||||
| Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime | – Nepomniachtchi, Ian | 0-1 | 54 | B50 | Sicilian Defence | |
| Nakamura, Hikaru | – So, Wesley | ½-½ | 52 | A08 | Barcza System | |
| Dominguez Perez, Leinier | – Praggnanandhaa, R | 1-0 | 79 | B66 | Sicilian Rauzer | |
| Abdusattorov, Nodirbek | – Aronian, Levon | 1-0 | 65 | A45 | Trompowsky | |
| Caruana, Fabiano | – Firouzja, Alireza | ½-½ | 66 | C67 | Ruy Lopez Berlin | |
| Round 8 (August 14, 2024) | ||||||
| Nepomniachtchi, Ian | – Abdusattorov, Nodirbek | ½-½ | 66 | A35 | English Symmetrical | |
| Aronian, Levon | – Caruana, Fabiano | 1-0 | 45 | E21 | Nimzo Indian 4.Nf3 | |
| So, Wesley | – Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime | ½-½ | 42 | D73 | Gruenfeld 3.g3 | |
| Dominguez Perez, Leinier | – Nakamura, Hikaru | ½-½ | 37 | C11 | French Defence | |
| Praggnanandhaa, R | – Firouzja, Alireza | ½-½ | 65 | D10 | Slav Defence | |
| Round 9 (August 14, 2024) | ||||||
| Firouzja, Alireza | – Aronian, Levon | ½-½ | 41 | C17 | French Winawer | |
| Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime | – Dominguez Perez, Leinier | 1-0 | 47 | C67 | Ruy Lopez Berlin | |
| Nakamura, Hikaru | – Praggnanandhaa, R | 1-0 | 58 | A05 | Various | |
| Abdusattorov, Nodirbek | – So, Wesley | 0-1 | 33 | D02 | Queen’s Pawn Game | |
| Caruana, Fabiano | – Nepomniachtchi, Ian | 1-0 | 73 | A07 | Barcza System | |
Konačno stanje posle 9.kola
| 1. | Nepomniachtchi, Ian | g | RUS | 2767 | 5½ |
| 2. | Firouzja, Alireza | g | FRA | 2751 | 5½ |
| 3. | Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime | g | FRA | 2721 | 5½ |
| 4. | Aronian, Levon | g | USA | 2729 | 5 |
| 5. | So, Wesley | g | USA | 2751 | 4½ |
| 6. | Nakamura, Hikaru | g | USA | 2802 | 4½ |
| 7. | Dominguez Perez, Leinier | g | USA | 2748 | 4½ |
| 8. | Abdusattorov, Nodirbek | g | UZB | 2762 | 4 |
| 9. | Caruana, Fabiano | g | USA | 2793 | 4 |
| 10. | Praggnanandhaa, R | g | IND | 2749 | 2 |
Vachier Lagrave,M (2721) – Nepomniachtchi,I (2767) [B50]
Saint Louis Rapid 2024 Saint Louis USA (7), 14.08.2024
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.h3 a6 5.a4 Nc6 6.d4 cxd4 7.Nxd4 Bd7 8.Be3 e6 9.Be2 Be7 10.0–0 0–0 11.Re1 Rc8 12.Nxc6 Bxc6 13.Bd3 Nd7 14.a5 Bf6 15.Qd2 Nc5 16.f3 Nxd3 17.cxd3 d5 18.Bb6 Qd6 19.d4 dxe4 20.fxe4 Qd7 21.Rf1 Bd8 22.Bc5 Be7 23.b4 Rfd8 24.Rfd1 h6 25.Qf2 Bf6 26.Rd3 Bb5 27.Nxb5 Qxb5 28.Rad1 Rd7 29.Rf3 Qa4 30.Rdd3
30…Rxc5 31.dxc5 Rxd3 32.Rxd3 Qxb4 33.Rd7 Qxe4 34.g3 Qc6 35.Rd6 Qc7 36.Rb6 Bc3
37.c6 bxc6 38.Rxa6 Bxa5 39.Ra8+ Kh7 40.Ra7 Qd8 41.Rb7 f5 42.Qb2 Bc7 43.Qc3 Qd6 44.Kf2 c5 45.h4 c4 46.h5 Qc5+ 47.Ke2 Be5 48.Qe3 Qd5 49.Qf3 Qd6 50.g4 c3 51.Qd3 Qc6 52.gxf5
52…Qg2+ 53.Ke3 Qh3+ 54.Ke2 Qxh5+ 0–1
Abdusattorov,Nodirbek (2762) – Aronian,L (2729) [A45]
Saint Louis Rapid 2024 Saint Louis USA (7), 14.08.2024
1.d4 Nf6 2.Bf4 d5 3.e3 c5 4.Nf3 Nc6 5.Nbd2 Nh5 6.Be5 e6 7.Bb5 Bd7 8.Bxc6 Bxc6 9.dxc5 Bxc5 10.g4 Nf6 11.g5 Nh5 12.Qe2 Rc8 13.Rg1 Bd6 14.0–0–0 Ba4 15.b3 Bc6 16.Bb2 0–0 17.Nd4 g6 18.f4 a5 19.N2f3 a4 20.Kb1 Qa5 21.Ne5 axb3 22.cxb3 Ra8 23.Ba1 Bxe5 24.fxe5 Ra6 25.Qd2 Rfa8 26.Qxa5 Rxa5 27.Rd2 Ng7 28.h4 Nf5 29.Bc3 R5a6 30.Nxf5 exf5 31.Bb4 d4 32.exd4 Be4+ 33.Ka1 Bd5 34.a3 Rc6 35.Rf1 Rac8 36.Kb2 Kg7 37.Rff2 h6 38.Rd3 hxg5 39.hxg5 Rh8 40.Be7 Rh1 41.a4 Rc7 42.Bd6 Rc8 43.a5 Rch8 44.Rc3 R8h3 45.Rfc2 f4 46.e6 Bxe6 47.Be5+ Kf8 48.Bxf4 Rxc3 49.Rxc3 Rh3 50.Bg3 Ke8 51.b4 Rh5 52.Rc5 Rh3 53.d5 Bf5 54.Be5 Re3 55.d6 Re2+ 56.Ka3 Re3+ 57.Kb2 Re2+ 58.Ka3 Re3+ 59.Ka4 Bd7+ 60.b5 Re1 61.Ka3 Rb1 62.Bb2 Rd1
63.a6 bxa6 64.b6 Rd3+ 65.Bc3 1–0
Dominguez Perez,L (2748) – Praggnanandhaa,R (2749) [B66]
Saint Louis Rapid 2024 Saint Louis USA (7), 14.08.2024
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2 a6 8.0–0–0 Be7 9.Kb1 Nxd4 10.Qxd4 h6 11.Be3 Qc7 12.f3 b5 13.Qd2 Bb7 14.h4 h5 15.Bg5 Rc8 16.Bd3 0–0 17.Ne2 e5 18.Ng3 g6 19.Bh6 Rfd8 20.Nf5 d5 21.Nxe7+ Qxe7 22.exd5 Bxd5 23.Bg5 Bc4 24.g4 Qe6 25.Bxf6 Qxf6 26.gxh5 Bxd3 27.cxd3 gxh5 28.Rhg1+ Kf8 29.Qb4+ Qd6 30.Qe4 Rc5 31.Qh7 Qf6 32.Rg8+ Ke7 33.Rxd8 Kxd8 34.Qxh5 Ke7 35.Qg4 Rd5 36.h5 Rd4 37.Qc8 Qxf3 38.Qc5+ Kf6 39.Qc2 Qxh5 40.Qc6+ Kg7 41.Rg1+ Rg4 42.Rf1 Qg6 43.Qd5 Rg5 44.a3 Rf5 45.Re1 Qg3 46.Qe4 Rh5 47.Ka2 Qg6 48.Qe3 Rg5 49.Rh1 Qf5 50.Ka1 Rg6 51.Re1 Rd6 52.Rh1 Qf4 53.Qh3 Rh6 54.Rg1+ Rg6 55.Rh1 Qh6 56.Qf3 Qg5 57.Qf2 Qg3 58.Qf5 Qg5 59.Qc8 Rh6 60.Rf1 Rf6 61.Rh1 Rh6 62.Rf1 Qg6 63.Qc5 Rh5 64.Qe3 Rg5 65.Rh1 Qf5 66.Qe2 Qf4 67.Rf1 Qg3 68.Rh1 Qg2 69.Qe1 Qg3 70.Qe4 Rg6 71.Ka2 Rh6 72.Rf1 Qg5 73.Rf5 Qg3 74.Rxe5 Rd6 75.Rh5 Re6 76.Qd4+ Rf6
77.Qd8 Qe3 78.Qh8+ Kg6 79.Qh7# 1–0
Aronian,L (2729) – Caruana,F (2793) [E21]
Saint Louis Rapid 2024 Saint Louis USA (8), 14.08.2024
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Nf3 b6 5.Bd2 Bb7 6.e3 0–0 7.Rc1 d6 8.Be2 Nbd7 9.0–0 a5 10.Ne1 e5 11.Nc2 Re8 12.b3 exd4 13.exd4 Bxc3 14.Bxc3 Ne4 15.Be1 d5 16.f3 Nd6 17.Bf2 dxc4 18.bxc4 Qg5 19.Re1 Ba6 20.Na3 h6 21.Bf1 Nf6 22.Qa4 Qd2 23.Red1 Qb4 24.Qb3 Nf5 25.Qxb4 axb4 26.Nc2 Bc8 27.Nxb4 Ne3 28.Bxe3 Rxe3 29.c5 Ra4 30.Nc6 bxc5 31.Rxc5 Be6 32.Ne7+ Kf8 33.d5 Bd7 34.Nc6 Rxa2 35.Nb8 Ra7 36.Rdc1 Re5 37.f4 Re4 38.Nxd7+ Nxd7 39.Rxc7 Rxc7 40.Rxc7 Nb6 41.d6 Rd4 42.Rc6 Rb4 43.g3 Ke8 44.Bh3 g6
45.Rc8+ 1–0
Abdusattorov,Nodirbek (2762) – So,W (2751) [D02]
Saint Louis Rapid 2024 Saint Louis USA (9), 14.08.2024
1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Bf4 c5 4.e3 Nc6 5.Nbd2 e6 6.c3 Nh5 7.Bg5 f6 8.Bh4 g6 9.Be2 cxd4 10.Nxd4 Ng7 11.0–0 Nxd4 12.cxd4 Nf5 13.Bg3 Bd7 14.e4 dxe4 15.Nxe4 Bc6 16.Nc3 Nxd4 17.Bc4 e5 18.f4 b5 19.Bd3 b4 20.Ne4 f5 21.fxe5 fxe4 22.Bc4 Nf5 23.Qb3 Qb6+ 24.Kh1 0–0–0 25.Be6+ Kb7 26.Bxf5 gxf5 27.Qf7+ Qc7 28.Qxf5 e3 29.Rac1 Rd2 30.Qf6 Bxg2+ 31.Kg1 Bc5 32.Rfe1 Bd5 33.Kf1
33…Qd7 0–1
Nakamura,Hi (2802) – Praggnanandhaa,R (2749) [A05]
Saint Louis Rapid 2024 Saint Louis USA (9), 14.08.2024
1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.b3 Bg7 4.Bb2 b6 5.c4 Bb7 6.Bg2 c5 7.e3 0–0 8.0–0 d5 9.Qe2 Nc6 10.Ne5 Qc7 11.f4 Rad8 12.d3 a6 13.Nd2 dxc4 14.bxc4 Nd7 15.Nxc6 Bxc6 16.Bxg7 Bxg2 17.Qxg2 Kxg7 18.Nf3 Nb8 19.Rfd1 Rd6 20.Rab1 Kg8 21.Rb3 Nc6 22.a3 Rb8 23.Qc2 Rbd8 24.Qc3 Na5 25.Rb2 Qc6 26.Ne5 Qa8 27.Ng4 f6 28.Nf2 Qf3 29.Qc1 Qc6 30.Qc2 Qf3 31.Re1 Kg7 32.Qe2 Qxe2 33.Rexe2 e5 34.Rec2 exf4 35.gxf4 Re6 36.Re2 Rde8 37.Kg2 Kf7 38.Kf3 Nc6 39.Ne4 Ne7 40.Ng3 Nc6 41.Ne4 Ne7 42.a4 a5 43.Rb3 h6 44.Reb2 f5 45.Nc3 Nc6 46.Nd5 Nb4 47.Re2 g5
48.Nc7 g4+ 49.Kf2 Rd6 50.Nxe8 Rxd3 51.Rxd3 Nxd3+ 52.Kg3 Kxe8 53.e4 fxe4 54.Kxg4 Kf7 55.Kf5 e3 56.Rxe3 Nb2 57.Rc3 Nxa4 58.Rb3 1–0
Vachier Lagrave,M (2721) – Dominguez Perez,L (2748) [C67]
Saint Louis Rapid 2024 Saint Louis USA (9), 14.08.2024
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 Ke8 10.Bf4 Be7 11.g4 Nh4 12.Nxh4 Bxh4 13.h3 h5 14.f3 Be6 15.Kg2 Be7 16.Rfd1 Rd8 17.Ne2 Rd5 18.Nd4 hxg4 19.hxg4 Bc5 20.Nxe6 fxe6 21.c4 Rxd1 22.Rxd1 Be7 23.Be3 b6 24.f4 g6 25.a4 a6 26.Rh1 Rxh1 27.Kxh1 b5 28.b3 Bb4 29.Kg2 Bc3 30.Kf3 g5 31.f5 exf5 32.gxf5 Bxe5 33.Bxg5 bxc4 34.bxc4 Kf7 35.Ke4 Bd6 36.Bd8 Bg3 37.Bg5 Bd6 38.Be3 Kf6 39.Bd4+ Kf7 40.c5 Bg3 41.Kd3 Be1 42.Bc3 Bf2 43.Kc4 Be3 44.Kb4 Bf2
45.Ka5 Bxc5 46.Kxa6 Be3 47.a5 1–0
Caruana,F (2793) – Nepomniachtchi,I (2767) [A07]
Saint Louis Rapid 2024 Saint Louis USA (9), 14.08.2024
1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 Bg4 3.Bg2 e6 4.c4 c6 5.Qb3 Qb6 6.d3 Nd7 7.0–0 Ngf6 8.Be3 Bc5 9.Bxc5 Nxc5 10.Qc2 0–0 11.Nbd2 a5 12.b3 Rfe8 13.a3 e5 14.cxd5 cxd5 15.Rac1 Rac8 16.Qb2 Bxf3 17.Nxf3 Qxb3 18.Rb1 Qxb2 19.Rxb2 g6 20.Rb5 a4 21.Bh3 Ne6 22.Rxb7 Rc7 23.Rxc7 Nxc7 24.Rb1 e4 25.Nd4 exd3 26.exd3 Kg7 27.Kf1 Na6 28.Rb5 Rb8 29.Ra5 Rb6 30.Ke2 h5 31.Bc8
31…Nc7 32.Rxa4 Nb5 33.Nxb5 Rxb5 34.Ke3 Rb8 35.Bh3 Rb2 36.Rb4 Ra2 37.a4 Kf8 38.Bc8 Ne8 39.h4 Nd6 40.Bh3 Ke7 41.Rd4 Ra3 42.Rb4 Ra2 43.Rf4 Ra3 44.Kd2 Nb7 45.Rd4 Ra2+ 46.Kc3 Nd6 47.Bg2 Rxf2 48.Bxd5 Rf1 49.Rf4 Rg1 50.a5 f5 51.Rf2 Rxg3 52.a6 Rg4 53.Bc4 Nc8 54.Rb2 Rxh4 55.Rb7+ Kd6 56.a7 Nxa7 57.Rxa7 Rg4 58.Bf7 Ke5 59.Ra6 g5 60.Bxh5 Rg1 61.Bg6 Rc1+ 62.Kd2 Rf1 63.Ke2 Rf4 64.Ke3 Kd5 65.Bf7+ Kc5 66.Rf6 Rf1 67.Ke2 Rf4 68.Bg6 Kd4 69.Rxf5 Rg4 70.Kf3 Rg1 71.Kf2 Rg4 72.Ra5 Kc3 73.Be4 1–0
