| American Cup Champ Saint Louis USA Sat 15th Mar 2025 – Mon 24th Mar 2025 Leading Round 2 (of 4) Standings: | ||
| Rk | Name | Pts |
| Round 2 | ||
| 1 | Nakamura, Hikaru | 1.5 |
| 2 | Dominguez Perez, Leinier | 0.5 |
| 1 | Caruana, Fabiano | 3.5 |
| 2 | Aronian, Levon | 2.5 |
Dominguez Perez,Leinier (2741) – Nakamura,Hikaru (2802) [C55]
American Cup Champ Saint Louis USA (2.2), 18.03.2025
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d3 Be7 5.0–0 0–0 6.Re1 d6 7.a4 Be6 8.Bxe6 fxe6 9.c3 d5 10.Nbd2 Nd7 11.a5 a6 12.h3 Kh8 13.Qc2 Qe8 14.Nh2 d4 15.Nb3 Nc5 16.Nxc5 Bxc5 17.c4 b6 18.axb6 cxb6 19.Bd2 a5 20.Rf1 Ra7 21.Qd1 Raf7 22.Qe2 Rf6 23.Bg5 R6f7 24.Bd2 h6 25.g3 Rf6 26.Kg2 Qg6 27.Ng4 R6f7 28.Rad1 h5 29.Nh2 Be7 30.Ra1 Nb8 31.Rad1 Kg8 32.Ra1 Na6 33.Rab1 Bb4 34.Bxb4 axb4 35.Ra1 Nc5 36.Qd1 h4 37.g4 Qg5 38.Qc2 Qf4 39.b3 Kh7 40.Ra2 Qg5 41.Qd1 Rf4 42.Re1 Qf6 43.Ree2 Rf7 44.Reb2 Qd8 45.Rb1 Nd7 46.Qe1 Qf8 47.Rbb2 Nc5 48.Qd1 g5 49.f3 Kg6 50.Rb1 Rc7 51.Qd2 Rff7 52.Kf2 Ra7 53.Ke2 Nxd3 54.Rxa7 Nf4+ 55.Qxf4 d3+ 56.Kxd3 exf4 57.Rxf7 Kxf7 58.Nf1 Qc5 59.Nd2 Qe3+ 60.Kc2 Kf6 61.Rb2 Ke5 62.Ra2 Kd4 63.Ra8 Qc3+ 64.Kd1 Kd3 65.Rd8+ Ke3 66.e5 Qxe5 67.Kc2 Qc3+ 68.Kd1 e5 69.Rd5
69…e4 70.fxe4 f3 71.e5 f2 72.Nf1+ Kf3 0–1
Caruana,Fabiano (2783) – Aronian,Levon (2748) [C55]
American Cup Champ Saint Louis USA (2.3), 18.03.2025
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d3 Be7 5.Nc3 d6 6.a3 0–0 7.Ba2 Be6 8.Nd5 a5 9.Be3 Bd7 10.Nxf6+ Bxf6 11.h4 Bg4 12.Qd2 Qe7 13.Ng5 a4 14.f3 Bd7 15.0–0–0 Nd4 16.Bxd4 exd4 17.f4 Bg4 18.Rde1 h5 19.Kb1 Ra6 20.Rhf1 Kh8 21.e5 dxe5 22.Nxf7+ Rxf7 23.Bxf7 Bxh4 24.Bc4 Bxe1 25.Rxe1 Rb6 26.Ka1 Kh7 27.Rxe5 Qh4 28.Re8 Rf6 29.Bg8+ Kg6 30.Bd5 Qg3 31.Be4+ Bf5 32.Re5 Bxe4 33.Rxe4 c5 34.Ka2 b6 35.Qe2 Qg4 36.Qf2 Qf5 37.Qg3+ Kh7 38.Qh4 Rg6 39.Re5 Qf7+ 40.Kb1 Rh6 41.g3 Qg6 42.Rg5 Qe8 43.Qh1 Kg8 44.Qd5+ Kh8 45.Re5 Qg8 46.Qe4 Rf6 47.Rxh5+ Rh6 48.Re5 Rf6
49.Re8 1–0
Aronian,Levon (2748) – Caruana,Fabiano (2783) [D04]
American Cup Champ Saint Louis USA (2.4), 18.03.2025
1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.e3 a6 4.Nbd2 Bf5 5.c4 c6 6.Nh4 Be4 7.Qb3 Qc7 8.Nxe4 dxe4 9.Nf5 e6 10.Ng3 c5 11.Bd2 h5 12.d5 h4 13.Ne2 exd5 14.cxd5 Nbd7 15.Qc2 h3 16.Ng3 0–0–0 17.0–0–0 Re8 18.gxh3 Bd6 19.Bg2 Rh4 20.Nf5 Rh7 21.Ba5 b6 22.Bc3 g6 23.Nxd6+ Qxd6 24.Qa4 b5 25.Qa5 Kb7 26.Kb1 Rh5 27.Rd2 Qb6 28.Qxb6+ Kxb6 29.Rhd1 Nh7 30.b4 c4 31.a4 Kb7 32.Ra2 Ng5 33.axb5 axb5 34.Ra5 Nf3 35.Rxb5+ Ka6 36.Ra5+ Kb7
37.d6 Reh8 38.Bxh8 1–0
Aronian,Levon (2748) – Caruana,Fabiano (2783) [D04]
American Cup Champ Saint Louis USA (2.5), 18.03.2025
1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.e3 a6 4.c4 e6 5.Nbd2 c5 6.b3 cxd4 7.exd4 b6 8.Bb2 Bb7 9.Bd3 Nc6 10.0–0 Bd6 11.Qe2 0–0 12.Rad1 Ne7 13.Ne5 Ng6 14.f4 Qe7 15.Qe3 a5 16.a4 Bb4 17.Qh3 Ne4 18.Nxg6 hxg6 19.Nf3 f6 20.Nh4 Qf7 21.Qg4 Kh7 22.Rf3 f5 23.Qh3 Kg8 24.Re3 g5 25.fxg5 Nxg5 26.Qg3 Be7 27.Qc7 Bf6 28.Qxb6 Rab8 29.Qxa5 Qh5 30.Qe1 f4 31.Be2 Qf7 32.Rc3 Rbe8 33.Nf3 Ne4 34.Rcd3 Ba6 35.Rc1 Rb8 36.Ba3 Rfc8 37.Ne5 Bxe5 38.dxe5 Qa7+ 39.Kf1 dxc4 40.bxc4 Bxc4 41.Rf3 Bxe2+ 42.Qxe2 Rxc1+ 43.Bxc1 Rb1 44.Qxe4 Rxc1+ 45.Ke2 Qg1 46.Qxf4 Qe1+ 47.Kd3 Qc3+ 48.Ke2 Qe1+ 49.Kd3 Qd1+ 50.Qd2 Qb3+ 51.Ke2 Qc4+ 52.Qd3 Rc2+ 53.Kd1 Rc1+ 54.Kd2 Qc8 55.Qb3 Rg1 56.Rc3 Qd8+ 57.Rd3 Rxg2+ 58.Kc1 Qg5+ 59.Kb1 Qf5 60.Qc3
60…Qf1+ 0–1
| American Cup Champ w Saint Louis USA Sat 15th Mar 2025 – Mon 24th Mar 2025 Leading Round 2 (of 5) Standings: | ||
| Rk | Name | Pts |
| Round 2 | ||
| 1 | Abrahamyan, Tatev | 3.0 |
| 2 | Yip, Carissa | 1.0 |
| 1 | Lee, Alice | 1.5 |
| 2 | Krush, Irina | 0.5 |
Yip,Carissa (2408) – Abrahamyan,Tatev (2310) [C00]
American Cup Champ w Saint Louis USA (2.3), 18.03.2025
1.e4 e6 2.d3 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6 4.Ngf3 Nc6 5.g3 dxe4 6.dxe4 Bc5 7.Bg2 e5 8.0–0 0–0 9.c3 a5 10.Qe2 b6 11.Nc4 Ba6 12.a4 Qe7 13.b3 Qe6 14.Ng5 Qe7 15.Bh3 Rad8 16.Nf3 Ne8 17.Nh4 Nd6 18.Nf5 Nxf5 19.Bxf5 g6 20.Bh3 f5 21.Bh6 Rf7 22.exf5 gxf5 23.Rfd1 Rxd1+ 24.Rxd1 Qf6 25.Bc1 h6 26.Bg2 e4 27.Bf4 Kh7 28.Qh5 Bxc4 29.bxc4 Re7 30.Bh3 Rf7 31.Rd5 Ne7 32.Bxh6
32…Qg6 33.Qxg6+ Kxg6 34.Be3 Nxd5 35.cxd5 Bxe3 36.fxe3 Rd7 37.c4 c6 38.dxc6 Rc7 39.Bf1 Rxc6 40.Be2 Rd6 41.Kf2 Rd2 42.Ke1 Ra2 43.Bd1 Rxh2 44.g4 fxg4 45.Bxg4 Kf6 46.Be2 Ke5 47.Kd1 Kd6 48.Bg4 Kc5 49.Bf5 Rh4 50.Be6 Rh6 51.Bf5 Kxc4 52.Bxe4 Re6 0–1
Abrahamyan,Tatev (2310) – Yip,Carissa (2408) [B90]
American Cup Champ w Saint Louis USA (2.4), 18.03.2025
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Nb3 g6 7.Be2 Bg7 8.Be3 Nc6 9.g4 b5 10.g5 Nd7 11.a3 Bb7 12.h4 Na5 13.Bd4 e5 14.Be3 Nc4 15.Bxc4 bxc4 16.Nd2 Qc7 17.h5 Nf8 18.h6 Ne6 19.hxg7 Nxg7 20.Qf3 Nh5 21.0–0–0 Rb8 22.Qe2 Rc8 23.Rhf1 0–0 24.Rh1 Kh8 25.Rxh5 gxh5 26.Qxh5 f5 27.gxf6 Rxf6 28.f4 Rb8 29.fxe5 dxe5 30.Nxc4 Qxc4 31.Qxe5 Rbf8 32.Bg5 Qf7
33.Rf1 1–0