GM Norm Rd 9 Recap

[Event "2016 Saint Louis Invitational"] [Site "?"] [Date "2016.06.13"] [Round "9"] [White "Hambleton, Aman"] [Black "Jayaram, Ashwin"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D13"] [WhiteElo "2442"] [BlackElo "2460"] [PlyCount "28"] [SourceDate "2016.06.13"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Bf4 Nh5 7. Be5 e6 8. e3 f6 9. Bg3 Qb6 10. Qd2 Bd7 11. Bd3 Be7 12. O-O Nxg3 13. hxg3 f5 14. Rfc1 O-O 1/2-1/2 [Event "2016 Saint Louis Invitational"] [Site "?"] [Date "2016.06.13"] [Round "9"] [White "Rosen, Eric"] [Black "Li, Ruifeng"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B51"] [WhiteElo "2392"] [BlackElo "2517"] [PlyCount "103"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. c4 Ngf6 5. O-O g6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. Ba4 O-O 8. h3 Ne5 9. Nxe5 dxe5 10. d3 b6 11. a3 Nh5 12. b4 cxb4 13. axb4 Bb7 14. Bg5 h6 15. Be3 Nf4 16. Bc2 f5 17. Ra3 e6 18. Kh2 Qh4 19. Rh1 a5 20. bxa5 fxe4 21. Nxe4 Nxh3 22. g3 Qe7 23. Kxh3 Qxa3 24. axb6 Rfd8 25. Qg4 g5 26. Qxe6+ Kh8 27. Kg2 Rd6 28. Qe7 Bc6 29. Ra1 Qxa1 30. Qxd6 Bb7 31. Qc7 Qa6 32. Kh2 Rc8 33. Qd7 Bc6 34. Qf7 Bxe4 35. dxe4 Qxc4 36. b7 Qxc2 37. bxc8=Q+ Qxc8 38. Qg6 Qf8 39. Kg2 Qe7 40. Qf5 Qe8 41. Bc5 Kg8 42. Bd6 Qf7 43. Kf3 Qb3+ 44. Kg2 Qf7 45. g4 Qe8 46. Kg3 Kh8 47. Kf3 Kg8 48. Kg2 Kh8 49. Kg3 Kg8 50. Bc5 Kh8 51. Qf3 Kh7 52. Qf5+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "2016 Saint Louis Invitational"] [Site "?"] [Date "2016.06.13"] [Round "9"] [White "Zierk, Steven"] [Black "Finegold, Ben"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B19"] [WhiteElo "2488"] [BlackElo "2501"] [PlyCount "105"] 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. Nf3 Nd7 7. h4 h6 8. h5 Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 e6 11. Bd2 Ngf6 12. O-O-O Be7 13. Kb1 c5 14. Ne4 O-O 15. Bf4 Qb6 16. Ne5 Rfd8 17. Bxh6 gxh6 18. Qg3+ Kf8 19. Qf4 Nxe5 20. Qxh6+ Kg8 21. Nxf6+ Bxf6 22. Qxf6 Nd7 23. Qg5+ Kh7 24. Qe7 e5 25. Qxf7+ Kh8 26. dxe5 Nxe5 27. Qf4 Qe6 28. Rde1 Re8 29. Re3 Rad8 30. Rhe1 Rd4 31. Re4 Qd6 32. a3 Rxe4 33. Rxe4 Re7 34. g4 Kg8 35. g5 Qd1+ 36. Ka2 Nc6 37. Rxe7 Nxe7 38. Qb8+ Kf7 39. g6+ Ke6 40. g7 Qg4 41. Qxb7 Qxg7 42. Qxa7 Qf7 43. Qxc5 Nd5 44. h6 Kf6 45. Qd4+ Kg6 46. Qg7+ Qxg7 47. hxg7 Kxg7 48. Kb3 Kf6 49. Kc4 Ke6 50. Kc5 Nf6 51. Kc6 Nd5 52. a4 Nb4+ 53. Kb7 1-0 [Event "2016 Saint Louis Invitational"] [Site "?"] [Date "2016.06.13"] [Round "9"] [White "Kavutskiy, Kostya"] [Black "Shankar, Guari"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E13"] [WhiteElo "2367"] [BlackElo "2332"] [PlyCount "119"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 g5 7. Bg3 Ne4 8. Rc1 Bb7 9. e3 Bxc3+ 10. bxc3 d6 11. Bd3 Nd7 12. O-O Ndf6 13. Nd2 Nxd2 14. Qxd2 h5 15. h4 Ne4 16. Bxe4 Bxe4 17. f3 Bb7 18. Qf2 Ba6 19. e4 Bxc4 20. Rfe1 Rg8 21. Kh2 Qe7 22. d5 e5 23. Rb1 f6 24. Rb4 b5 25. Rb2 a5 26. Reb1 a4 27. a3 Bb3 28. Rh1 Qd7 29. Kg1 Qf7 30. Qe3 Rg7 31. Be1 Kd7 32. Rh2 f5 33. hxg5 f4 34. Qf2 Rxg5 35. Qh4 Qg7 36. Qh3+ Ke7 37. Qe6+ Kf8 38. Bh4 Re8 39. Qh3 Rg6 40. Qf5+ Qf7 41. Qxh5 Kg8 42. Bg5 Qg7 43. g3 fxg3 44. Rh3 Kf7 45. Rxg3 Ra8 46. Rbg2 Qh8 47. Qg4 Qc8 48. Qh5 Qh8 49. Bh6 Qxh6 50. Qxg6+ Qxg6 51. Rxg6 Ra7 52. Rg7+ Kf8 53. Rd7 Bd1 54. Kf2 Rb7 55. Rgg7 b4 56. cxb4 Rxb4 57. axb4 a3 58. Rxc7 a2 59. Rh7 Kg8 60. Rhd7 1-0