[Event "USA Chess Masters"] [Site "Greensboro USA"] [Date "2015.08.27"] [Round "1"] [White "Aleskerov, Faik"] [Black "Kovalyov, Anton"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2314"] [BlackElo "2616"] [ECO "B48"] [EventDate "2015.08.27"] [PlyCount "70"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "USA"] [Source "Chessbase"] [SourceDate "2015.09.11"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. Be2 Nf6 8. a3 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Kh1 Ne5 11. f4 Nc4 12. Bc1 d6 13. Qd3 b5 14. Ndxb5 axb5 15. Nxb5 Qa5 16. Qxc4 Ba6 17. a4 Rfc8 18. Qd4 d5 19. Bd2 Qd8 20. exd5 Rxc2 21. d6 Bxd6 22. Bf3 Nd5 23. Bxd5 exd5 24. Bc3 Bf8 25. Qd3 Bxb5 26. axb5 Rxa1 27. Rxa1 Rf2 28. Qe3 Rc2 29. b6 Qd7 30. h3 Qc6 31. Qd3 Rf2 32. Qe3 Rc2 33. Qd3 Rf2 34. Qe3 Qd7 35. Qd3 Re2 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA Chess Masters"] [Site "Greensboro USA"] [Date "2015.08.29"] [Round "4"] [White "Kovalyov, Anton"] [Black "Macieja, Bartlomiej"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2616"] [BlackElo "2574"] [ECO "E04"] [EventDate "2015.08.27"] [PlyCount "34"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "USA"] [Source "Chessbase"] [SourceDate "2015.09.11"] 1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 Nc6 6. O-O Rb8 7. Bg5 Be7 8. Nc3 a6 9. e4 O-O 10. Qe2 Nxd4 11. Nxd4 Qxd4 12. Rad1 Qe5 13. Bf4 Qc5 14. Be3 Qa5 15. Bd2 Qc5 16. Be3 Qa5 17. Bd2 Qc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA Chess Masters"] [Site "Greensboro USA"] [Date "2015.08.29"] [Round "5"] [White "Vazquez, Guillermo"] [Black "Kovalyov, Anton"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2427"] [BlackElo "2616"] [ECO "B53"] [EventDate "2015.08.27"] [PlyCount "97"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "USA"] [Source "Chessbase"] [SourceDate "2015.09.11"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nf6 5. Bb5+ Nc6 6. c4 Nd7 7. Qe3 e6 8. O-O Be7 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Rd1 Qc7 11. b3 a6 12. Bxc6 bxc6 13. Bb2 Rd8 14. Rd2 Bb7 15. Rad1 c5 16. h3 Rab8 17. Ne1 Bf8 18. Nc2 Ne5 19. Qg3 Nc6 20. f4 f6 21. f5 e5 22. Nd5 Qf7 23. Kh2 Nd4 24. Bc3 Bxd5 25. cxd5 g6 26. Bxd4 cxd4 27. Na3 a5 28. Nc4 Rb5 29. fxg6 Qxg6 30. Qd3 Rdb8 31. Rf2 Be7 32. Rdf1 Qg7 33. Nb2 Rc5 34. Rc2 Rbc8 35. Rxc5 Rxc5 36. Nc4 Kh8 37. a4 Rc8 38. Rf3 Qh6 39. Nxa5 Rc3 40. Qe2 f5 41. Rxf5 d3 42. Qf3 d2 43. Qxc3 d1=Q 44. Qc8+ Kg7 45. Qe8 Bf6 46. Qd7+ Kg8 47. Qe6+ Kg7 48. Qd7+ Kg8 49. Qe6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA Chess Masters"] [Site "Greensboro USA"] [Date "2015.08.30"] [Round "6"] [White "Kovalyov, Anton"] [Black "Troff, Kayden"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2616"] [BlackElo "2532"] [ECO "D90"] [EventDate "2015.08.27"] [PlyCount "96"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "USA"] [Source "Chessbase"] [SourceDate "2015.09.11"] 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Qb3 Nb6 6. d4 Bg7 7. Bf4 Be6 8. Qa3 c5 9. Qxc5 Nc6 10. e3 Rc8 11. Qa3 O-O 12. Be2 Nc4 13. Qa4 Nxb2 14. Qb5 Qb6 15. Qxb6 axb6 16. Rb1 Na5 17. Rxb2 Rxc3 18. O-O Bc4 19. Rfb1 Ra8 20. g4 h6 21. Kf1 Bd5 22. Nd2 Nc6 23. Rb5 e6 24. Rxb6 g5 25. Bg3 Rxa2 26. Nf3 Be4 27. R1b2 Rxb2 28. Rxb2 Nxd4 29. exd4 Bxf3 30. Bxf3 Rxf3 31. Be5 Bxe5 32. dxe5 Rf4 33. h3 Re4 34. Rb5 Kg7 35. Kg2 Rd4 36. Rxb7 Rd5 37. Kg3 Rxe5 38. h4 gxh4+ 39. Kxh4 Kg6 40. Kg3 Rg5 41. f4 Ra5 42. Rb3 f5 43. gxf5+ Kxf5 44. Kf3 h5 45. Rc3 h4 46. Rb3 h3 47. Kg3 Rd5 48. Re3 e5 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA Chess Masters"] [Site "Greensboro USA"] [Date "2015.08.30"] [Round "7"] [White "Shmeliov, Denis"] [Black "Kovalyov, Anton"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "2398"] [BlackElo "2616"] [ECO "E38"] [EventDate "2015.08.27"] [PlyCount "152"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "USA"] [Source "Chessbase"] [SourceDate "2015.09.11"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 Bxc5 6. Nf3 Qc7 7. g3 a6 8. Bg2 Be7 9. b3 b6 10. O-O Bb7 11. Bf4 d6 12. Rfd1 Nh5 13. Bg5 Nf6 14. Bf4 O-O 15. Rac1 Rd8 16. Qd2 Nh5 17. Bg5 Nf6 18. Bf4 Bf8 19. Qd3 h6 20. e4 Nh5 21. Be3 Nd7 22. Qe2 Nhf6 23. Nd4 Nc5 24. f3 Rac8 25. Qf2 Qb8 26. Bh3 Re8 27. Nde2 Ba8 28. Nd4 Ncd7 29. Bf1 Rc7 30. Bh3 Ne5 31. Rc2 Qb7 32. Bg2 Kh8 33. Kh1 Qb8 34. a4 Rcc8 35. Rcc1 Ned7 36. Rb1 Nc5 37. Nde2 Rcd8 38. Nf4 Qc7 39. Nd3 Kg8 40. Nf4 Rb8 41. Kg1 Be7 42. Kh1 Kh8 43. Nd3 Rg8 44. Qd2 Ncd7 45. Qf2 g5 46. Qd2 Nc5 47. Nxc5 bxc5 48. f4 Ng4 49. Bg1 gxf4 50. Qxf4 Bf8 51. Ne2 Qe7 52. Nc1 Qf6 53. Qxf6+ Nxf6 54. e5 Bxg2+ 55. Kxg2 dxe5 56. Nd3 Ne4 57. Re1 f5 58. Nxe5 Rg7 59. Rbd1 Kg8 60. Rd3 Rgb7 61. Ree3 h5 62. Nd7 Rc8 63. a5 Be7 64. Nb6 Rd8 65. Rxd8+ Bxd8 66. Rxe4 fxe4 67. Bxc5 Rf7 68. b4 Bg5 69. b5 Bd2 70. bxa6 e3 71. a7 Rxa7 72. Kf3 Rxa5 73. Nd7 Bc1 74. Bd4 Ra2 75. Nf6+ Kf7 76. Ne4 Rxh2 0-1

[Event "USA Chess Masters"] [Site "Greensboro USA"] [Date "2015.08.31"] [Round "8"] [White "Kovalyov, Anton"] [Black "Zherebukh, Yaroslav"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "2616"] [BlackElo "2637"] [ECO "D30"] [EventDate "2015.08.27"] [PlyCount "86"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "USA"] [Source "Chessbase"] [SourceDate "2015.09.11"] 1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. e3 e6 5. b3 Ne4 6. Bd3 f5 7. O-O Nd7 8. Bb2 b6 9. Qc1 Bb7 10. Nc3 Bd6 11. Ne2 O-O 12. Ne5 c5 13. f3 cxd4 14. Nxd7 Qxd7 15. exd4 dxc4 16. bxc4 Qc7 17. h3 Bh2+ 18. Kh1 Ng3+ 19. Nxg3 Bxg3 20. Qe3 Rfe8 21. a4 Bf4 22. Qe2 a5 23. Rab1 Bc6 24. Bc2 Qd7 25. Ra1 Rad8 26. Bb3 Qe7 27. Qf2 Qb4 28. Qc2 Qe7 29. Qf2 Qb4 30. Qc2 Qe7 31. d5 Qh4 32. Bc1 Be5 33. Rb1 exd5 34. cxd5 Bd7 35. f4 Bd6 36. Qd3 Re4 37. Be3 b5 38. Bf2 Qxf4 39. Bg1 Qe5 40. axb5 a4 41. Bc2 Rc8 42. Qd1 Re2 43. Bd3 Rxg2 0-1

[Event "USA Chess Masters"] [Site "Greensboro USA"] [Date "2015.08.31"] [Round "9"] [White "Zierk, Steven"] [Black "Kovalyov, Anton"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2503"] [BlackElo "2616"] [ECO "B90"] [EventDate "2015.08.27"] [PlyCount "85"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "USA"] [Source "Chessbase"] [SourceDate "2015.09.11"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nf3 Be7 8. Bc4 O-O 9. O-O Qc7 10. Bb3 Be6 11. Qe2 Rc8 12. Bg5 Nbd7 13. Rfd1 b5 14. a3 Rab8 15. Nd2 Nc5 16. Bxf6 Nxb3 17. cxb3 Bxf6 18. b4 Bg5 19. Nf1 Bb3 20. Re1 Qb6 21. Ne3 Bxe3 22. Qxe3 Qxe3 23. Rxe3 Bc4 24. Rc1 Kf8 25. Nd1 Ke7 26. Rec3 Kd7 27. Ne3 Be6 28. Kf1 g6 29. Nd5 Rxc3 30. Rxc3 Bxd5 31. exd5 Rc8 32. Ke2 f5 33. Kd2 Rc7 34. h4 Kc8 35. g3 Kd7 36. Rxc7+ Kxc7 37. f3 Kd7 38. g4 g5 39. hxg5 fxg4 40. g6 hxg6 41. fxg4 g5 42. Ke3 Ke7 43. Kd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA Chess Masters"] [Site "Greensboro USA"] [Date "2015.08.30"] [Round "6"] [White "Kamsky, Gata"] [Black "Preotu, Razvan"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2670"] [BlackElo "2458"] [ECO "A08"] [EventDate "2015.08.27"] [PlyCount "73"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "USA"] [Source "Chessbase"] [SourceDate "2015.09.11"] 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O O-O 5. d3 c5 6. e4 Nc6 7. c3 e5 8. Nbd2 d5 9. Re1 d4 10. Nc4 Re8 11. a4 Bf8 12. Bd2 dxc3 13. Bxc3 Nd7 14. Nfd2 Nb6 15. Ne3 a5 16. Ndc4 Nxc4 17. dxc4 Nd4 18. f4 exf4 19. gxf4 g5 20. f5 Ra6 21. Ra3 Bg7 22. Nd5 Rh6 23. Bd2 Be5 24. Rh3 Rxh3 25. Bxh3 Bd7 26. Qh5 Kh8 27. Bg4 f6 28. h4 gxh4 29. Qxh4 Rg8 30. Kf2 Bc6 31. Rh1 Rg7 32. Bh6 Rd7 33. Bd1 Bxd5 34. cxd5 Re7 35. Kf1 Qb6 36. Qg4 Nb3 37. Rg1 1-0

[Event "USA Chess Masters"] [Site "Greensboro USA"] [Date "2015.08.31"] [Round "8"] [White "Gurevich, Daniel"] [Black "Preotu, Razvan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2392"] [BlackElo "2458"] [ECO "E97"] [EventDate "2015.08.27"] [PlyCount "134"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "USA"] [Source "Chessbase"] [SourceDate "2015.09.11"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5 Ne7 9. b4 Nh5 10. Re1 f5 11. Ng5 Nf6 12. Bf3 c6 13. Ba3 h6 14. Ne6 Bxe6 15. dxe6 fxe4 16. Nxe4 d5 17. b5 dxe4 18. Qxd8 Rfxd8 19. Bxe7 exf3 20. Bxd8 Rxd8 21. Rad1 Re8 22. bxc6 bxc6 23. Rd6 fxg2 24. Rxe5 Nd5 25. Re4 Ne7 26. Rd7 a5 27. Kxg2 Bf6 28. Ra7 Bc3 29. Rc7 Kg7 30. Rf4 Bf6 31. Ra7 g5 32. Rf3 Kg6 33. Rxa5 Rd8 34. a4 Rd2 35. Ra8 g4 36. Rf4 Kg5 37. Re4 Kf5 38. Re3 Rc2 39. a5 Rxc4 40. a6 Nd5 41. Re1 Ra4 42. Rf8 Ne7 43. Ra8 h5 44. a7 h4 45. h3 gxh3+ 46. Kxh3 Nd5 47. Rc8 Rxa7 48. Rxc6 Nf4+ 49. Kh2 Be5 50. e7 Rxe7 51. Kh1 Nd3 52. Re3 Nxf2+ 53. Kg1 Ng4 54. Rf3+ Ke4 55. Kg2 Rg7 56. Rf8 Kd5 57. Ra6 Ne3+ 58. Kh3 Ng2 59. Ra3 Bd6 60. Rd3+ Ke6 61. Re8+ Be7 62. Rf3 Kd7 63. Ra8 Rg5 64. Ra7+ Kd6 65. Ra4 Rg8 66. Rg4 Ne1 67. Re3 Rxg4 1/2-1/2