Round 2 of American Cup Open Champions 2025, Saint Louis

MoveNResultEloPlayers
1.e41,166,62354%2421---
1.d4947,29855%2434---
1.Nf3281,60256%2441---
1.c4182,10256%2442---
1.g319,70256%2427---
1.b314,26554%2427---
1.f45,89748%2377---
1.Nc33,80151%2384---
1.b41,75648%2380---
1.a31,20654%2404---
1.e31,06848%2408---
1.d395450%2378---
1.g466446%2360---
1.h444653%2374---
1.c343351%2426---
1.h328056%2418---
1.a411060%2466---
1.f39246%2436---
1.Nh38966%2508---
1.Na34262%2482---
1.d4 6 Nf6 8 2.c4 9 e6 7 3.Nf3 3 d5 7 4.g3 4 Be7 36 5.Bg2 8 0-0 9 6.Nc3 4 Nbd7 2:00 7.Qd3 24 b6 7 E06: Closed Catalan: Early deviations. 8.cxd5 33 Nxd5 6 9.0-0 21 Bb7 50 White has an edge. 10.Rd1 15 Nxc3 1:25 10...c5 is a critical line. 11.bxc3 10 A sharp opening Nf6 13 12.Ne5 23:41 Bxg2 1:34 13.Kxg2 2 c5 4:15 14.Qf3N 5:04 14.e4 Qc7 15.Bg5 Rfd8 16.Bxf6 Bxf6 17.Ng4 Be7 18.d5 exd5 19.exd5 Bd6 20.Qf3 0-1 Edouard,R (2536)-Moussard,J (2596) FRA-ch 97th L'Alpe d'Huez 2024 (3.4) 14...Qd5 11:31 15.Bg5 6:00 Qxf3+ 3:14 16.Kxf3 15 Rfc8 48 Repels Nc6 17.e4 7:42 cxd4 12:37 18.cxd4 4 Nd5 4:04 19.h4 1:46 Bxg5 6 20.hxg5 4 Nb4 14 21.Rd2 7:35 Rc3+ 3:17 The position is equal. 22.Kg2 1:02 Nc6 1:02 23.Nxc6 3:27 Rxc6= 5       Endgame KRR-KRR 24.d5 1 exd5 10 25.Rxd5 2 h6 8:09 26.gxh6 8 Rxh6 4 27.Rc1 15 Re8 46 28.Rc7 1:12 Rxe4 3:09 29.Rd8+ 5:00 Kh7 9 30.Rxf7 10 a5 2:19 31.Rff8 1:09 Rc6 9:55 32.Rh8+ 4:33 Kg6 5 33.Rd2 3 Against Re2 Rec4 2:17 34.Rb8 2:13 Rc2 4:12 35.Rxc2 1:42 Rxc2 2 36.Rxb6+ 6 KR-KR. White is a pawn up. Kf7 13 37.a4 1
Threatens to win with Rb7+. 37...Rc4 11 38.Ra6 9 Rxa4 10 39.f4 2 g5 1:36 40.fxg5 9 Rg4 17 41.Rxa5 2 Kg6 8 42.Kf3 8:40 Rxg5 11 43.Rxg5+ 5 Kxg5 6 KP-K. White is a pawn up. 44.g4 2       Kg6 5 45.Kf4 2 Kf6 4 46.g5+ 3 Kg6 3 47.Kg4 3 Kg7 5 48.Kh5 10:52 Kh7 23 49.g6+ 4 Kg7 4 50.Kg5 1 Kg8 13 51.Kh6 1
g7 would kill now. 51...Kh8 6 52.g7+ 1 Kg8 5 53.Kg6 1 An interesting draw. Weighted Error Value: White=0.03 (flawless) /Black=0.02 (flawless) Inaccurate: White=1 Black=1 OK: White=18 Black=20 Best: --- Black=5
½–½
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WhiteEloWBlackEloBResYearECOEventRnd
Nakamura,H2802Dominguez Perez,L2741½–½2025E06American Cup Open Champions 20252.1
Caruana,F2783Aronian,L2748½–½2025C55American Cup Open Champions 20252.1
Aronian,L2748Caruana,F2783½–½2025D38American Cup Open Champions 20252.2
Dominguez Perez,L2741Nakamura,H28020–12025C55American Cup Open Champions 20252.2
Caruana,F2783Aronian,L27481–02025C55American Cup Open Champions 20252.3
Aronian,L2748Caruana,F27831–02025D11American Cup Open Champions 20252.4
Aronian,L2748Caruana,F27830–12025D30American Cup Open Champions 20252.5
Caruana,F2783Aronian,L2748½–½2025E90American Cup Open Champions 20252.6
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