15-25.02.2025.
Eliminacioni sistem, takmičenja sa osam igrača, dvostruke eliminacije u muškoj i ženskoj konkurenciji igra se u Saint Louisu, SAD. Ukupan nagradni fond iznosi 400.000 dolara (250.000 dolara za muškarce i 150.000 dolara za žene).
American Cup 2025 (Saint Louis USA)
Sve četiri partije u muškoj konkurenciji su završene remijem, Nakamura-Mishra, So-Dominguez, Caruana-Robson i Aronian-Sevian.
Nakamura,Hikaru (2802) – Mishra,Abhimanyu (2600) [E06]
American Cup Champ Saint Louis USA (1.1), 16.03.2025
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.g3 Be7 5.Bg2 0–0 6.0–0 dxc4 7.Qc2 a6 8.a4 Bd7 9.Qxc4 Bc6 10.Bf4 Bd6 11.Nc3 Bxf4 12.gxf4 a5 13.e3 Na6 14.Kh1 Nb4 15.Qe2 Qe7 16.Nb5 Bxf3 17.Bxf3 c6 18.Na3 Ne8 19.Nc2 Nxc2 20.Qxc2 f5 21.Qb3 Nf6 22.Rac1 Nd5 23.Rg1 Rf7 24.Rc5 Kh8 25.Qd1 Qf6 26.Qf1 Rc7 27.Qg2 b6 28.Rc4 Rac8 29.Rgc1 Qe7 30.h3 Nb4 31.Be2 Na2 32.Rd1 Nb4 33.b3 Nd5 34.Rcc1 Nb4 35.Bc4 Na2 36.Ra1 Nb4 37.Rg1 Rd8 38.Kh2 Qf6 39.Be2 Rdc8 40.Rad1 Nd5 41.Ba6 Rd8 42.Rc1 Nb4 43.Be2 Rdc8 44.Rc4 Qe7 45.Bf3 Kg8 46.Rcc1 Qf6 47.Be2 Kh8 48.Bc4 Nd5 49.Qg3 Rd8 50.h4 Qf7 51.Be2 Rdc8 52.Ba6 Ra8 53.Be2 Rac8 54.h5 Nf6 55.Qh4 Qe7 56.Kg2 Nd5 57.Qxe7 Rxe7 58.Bf3 Rec7 59.Bxd5 cxd5 60.Rb1 Kg8 61.b4 Rc4 62.bxa5 bxa5 63.Kf3 Rb4 64.Rxb4 axb4 65.h6 g6 66.Rb1 Rb8 67.Ke2 b3 68.Kd3 Ra8 69.Rxb3 Rxa4 70.Rb7 Ra2 71.Rg7+ Kh8 72.Re7 Kg8 73.Rxe6 Rxf2 74.Re8+ Kf7 75.Rh8 Kf6 76.Rxh7
76…g5 77.fxg5+ Kxg5 78.Rd7 Kxh6 79.Rxd5 Kg6 80.Re5 Ra2 81.e4 fxe4+ 82.Rxe4 Kf5 83.Re8 Ra4 84.Kc3 Kf6 85.d5 Kf7 86.Re2 Kf6 87.Re1 Kf7 88.Re6 Rh4 89.Re2 Ra4 90.Re1 Rh4 91.Re5 Ra4 92.Re1 Rh4 93.Re6 Ra4 94.Re1 Rh4
½–½
Caruana,Fabiano (2783) – Robson,Ray (2689) [A08]
American Cup Champ Saint Louis USA (1.1), 16.03.2025
1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 c5 3.Bg2 Nf6 4.0–0 g6 5.c4 Bg7 6.Qa4+ Nc6 7.Nc3 d4 8.Ne5 0–0 9.Nxc6 bxc6 10.Nd1 Bd7 11.d3 e5 12.Bxc6 Bxc6 13.Qxc6 Rc8 14.Qg2 Qd7 15.f3 a5 16.b3 a4 17.Nb2 axb3 18.axb3 Qb7 19.Ra3 Qb4 20.Na4 Bh6 21.Bxh6 Qxa3 22.Bxf8 Rxf8 23.Rb1 Rb8 24.Qf1 Nd7 25.Qd1 f5 26.Qc2 Nf6 27.Kg2 Nd7 28.Kf2 Kf7 29.e4 fxe4 30.dxe4 g5 31.Kg2 Ke6 32.Qd1 h6 33.f4 gxf4 34.Qg4+ Kd6 35.gxf4
35…Rxb3 36.Rxb3 Qxa4 37.Qg6+ Kc7 38.Rb2 exf4 39.Qxh6 f3+ 40.Kg3 Qxc4 41.Qf4+ Kc8 42.Qxf3 Qc1 43.Ra2 Qg5+ 44.Kf2 c4 45.Qf5 Qe3+ 46.Kg2 d3 47.Qd5 c3 48.Qc6+ Kd8 49.Qxc3
49…Qxe4+ 50.Kf2 Qf5+ 51.Kg1 Qg4+ 52.Kf2 Qf5+ 53.Kg1 Qg4+ 54.Kf2 ½–½
Na takmičenju žena odlučene su tri partije. Alice Lee je pobjedila Nazi Paikidze, Irina Krush je savladala Atousu Pourksahiyan, dok je Yip Carissa pobjedila Cervantes Landeiro.
Lee,Alice (2386) – Paikidze,Nazi (2294) [A13]
American Cup Champ w Saint Louis USA (1.1), 16.03.2025
1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 c6 5.Qc2 b6 6.0–0 Bb7 7.d4 Nbd7 8.Nbd2 Be7 9.e4 dxe4 10.Nxe4 Nxe4 11.Qxe4 Nf6 12.Qc2 0–0 13.Rd1 Qc8 14.Ne5 Bd6 15.Bg5 Ne8 16.c5 bxc5 17.Nc4 cxd4
18.Nxd6 Nxd6 19.Be7 Nf5 20.Bxf8 Qxf8 21.Rac1 g6 22.Qc5 Qxc5 23.Rxc5 Rd8 24.Bxc6 Bxc6 25.Rxc6 Rd5 26.b4 h5 27.a4 d3 28.Rc3 d2 29.b5 Rd4 30.a5 Rb4 31.Rxd2 Rxb5 32.a6 Rb6 33.Ra2 h4 34.Kg2 g5 35.Ra4 Rb2 36.Rg4 f6 37.Re4 e5 38.Rf3 Nd6 39.Ra4 f5 40.gxh4 g4 41.Rfa3 Kf7 42.Ra2 Rb3 43.R4a3 Rb1 44.h3 gxh3+ 45.Rxh3 f4 46.Rc3 Ke6 47.Rc6 Kd5 48.Rc7 Nf5 49.Rxa7 Nxh4+ 50.Kh3 Nf5 51.Rb7 Rg1 52.a7
1–0
Krush,Irina (2378) – Pourkashiyan,Atousa (2297) [A09]
American Cup Champ w Saint Louis USA (1.1), 16.03.2025
1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e3 Nf6 4.Bxc4 e6 5.0–0 a6 6.Qe2 c5 7.Rd1 Nc6 8.a4 Be7 9.d4 cxd4 10.exd4 0–0 11.Nc3 Nb4 12.Ne5 Nbd5 13.Rd3 Bd7 14.Rg3 Kh8 15.Bd3 Be8 16.Rh3 g6 17.Bh6 Rg8 18.Rf3 Nb4 19.Rd1 Nxd3 20.Rdxd3 b5 21.Ne4 Nxe4
22.Nxf7+ Bxf7 23.Qxe4 Qd5 24.Qxd5 exd5 25.Rxf7 Bf8 26.Bxf8 Rgxf8 27.Rxf8+ Rxf8 28.axb5 axb5 29.f3 b4 30.Rb3 Rb8 31.h4 h5 32.Kf2 Kg7 33.Kg3 Kf6 34.Kf4 Rb7 35.g4 Rb8 36.Re3 hxg4 37.fxg4 Rc8 38.Re5 Rc2 39.g5+ Kf7 40.Rxd5 Rxb2 41.Rd7+ Ke6 42.Rg7 Rf2+ 43.Kg3 Rd2 44.Rxg6+ Kf7 45.Rf6+ Kg7 46.Rd6 b3 47.Kg4 b2 48.Rd7+ Kf8 49.Rb7 Rxd4+ 50.Kh5 Rd2 51.Kh6 Re2 52.g6 Re8 53.Rxb2 Kg8 54.h5 Ra8 55.Re2 Rb8 56.Kg5 Kf8 57.h6 Kg8 58.h7+ Kg7 59.Re7+ Kh8
60.Kh6 1–0
Nevjerovatno kako Cervantes nije pobjedila ovu partiju:
Yip,Carissa (2408) – Cervantes Landeiro,Thalia (2292) [A00]
American Cup Champ w Saint Louis USA (1.1), 16.03.2025
1.Nc3 c5 2.d4 cxd4 3.Qxd4 Nc6 4.Qd3 Nf6 5.Bg5 e6 6.e4 Bc5 7.0–0–0 Qa5 8.Bxf6 gxf6 9.f4 Nb4 10.Qc4 Be3+ 11.Kb1 Bxf4 12.Nf3 Nc6 13.g3 Bh6 14.Nb5 0–0 15.Qe2 d5 16.exd5 exd5 17.Nfd4 a6 18.Nc3 Nxd4 19.Rxd4 Bg7 20.Qf2 f5 21.Rxd5 b5 22.Rd3 Be6 23.Bg2 Bxc3 24.bxc3 Qxa2+ 25.Kc1 Rad8 26.Qe3 Qa3+ 27.Kd2 Rxd3+ 28.Kxd3
28…Bc4+ 29.Kd2 Rd8+ 30.Ke1 Qd6 31.Bf3 Rd7 32.Qf4 Qc5 33.Qg5+ Kf8 34.Qh6+ Ke8 35.Bc6
35…Bd5?? (Ovdje propušta da matira u 4 poteza sa 35…Qe5+) 36.Bxd7+ Kxd7 37.Qd2 Kc6 38.Rf1 Be6 39.Qd4 Qxd4 40.cxd4 b4 41.Kd2 a5 42.Rf4 Kb5 43.d5 Bxd5 44.Rxf5 Kc4 45.Rf4+ Kc5 46.Kc1 a4 47.c3 bxc3 48.Rxa4 Bc4 49.Kc2 Kd4 50.Rb4 h5 51.h4 Kd5 52.Kxc3 Be2 53.Rf4 Bg4 54.Rxf7 Ke6 55.Rf4 Bh3 56.Kd4 Bf5 57.Rf2 Bh7 58.Rf8 Bf5 59.Rh8 Bg4 60.Rg8 Bd1 61.Ke4 Kf7 62.Rg5 Kf6 63.Kf4 Be2 64.Rc5 Bg4 65.Rc6+ Kg7 66.Kg5
1–0