[Event "World op"] [Site "Arlington USA"] [Date "2015.07.01"] [Round "1"] [White "Jacobson, Aaron"] [Black "Kovalyov, Anton"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "2214"] [BlackElo "2613"] [ECO "B96"] [EventDate "2015.07.01"] [PlyCount "62"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "USA"] [Source "Chessbase"] [SourceDate "2015.07.10"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qc7 8. Bxf6 gxf6 9. Qf3 b5 10. Bd3 Nd7 11. f5 Nc5 12. O-O Nxd3 13. Qxd3 b4 14. Nd1 e5 15. Ne2 a5 16. c4 Qc5+ 17. Kh1 Bh6 18. Rf3 Bb7 19. Rh3 Bg5 20. Rh5 Ke7 21. h4 Bf4 22. g3 Rag8 23. gxf4 exf4 24. Qf3 Rg7 25. Qxf4 Qxc4 26. Ng3 Rxg3 27. Qxg3 Qxe4+ 28. Kg1 Rg8 29. Qxg8 Qe1+ 30. Kh2 Qh1+ 31. Kg3 Qg2+ 0-1

[Event "World op"] [Site "Arlington USA"] [Date "2015.07.02"] [Round "2"] [White "Kovalyov, Anton"] [Black "Aaron, Deepak"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2613"] [BlackElo "2321"] [ECO "D30"] [EventDate "2015.07.01"] [PlyCount "51"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "USA"] [Source "Chessbase"] [SourceDate "2015.07.10"] 1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. e3 e6 5. b3 Nbd7 6. Bb2 Bd6 7. Nbd2 b6 8. Bd3 Bb7 9. O-O c5 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Ne5 Qe7 12. Nxd7 Nxd7 13. e4 cxd4 14. exd5 O-O 15. Nc4 b5 16. Re1 Bxh2+ 17. Kxh2 Qh4+ 18. Kg1 bxc4 19. bxc4 f5 20. Bf1 f4 21. Qxd4 Rf7 22. Re4 Qh6 23. Rae1 Raf8 24. Ba3 Rc8 25. Re8+ Nf8 26. Qxa7 1-0

[Event "World op"] [Site "Arlington USA"] [Date "2015.07.02"] [Round "3"] [White "Bora, Safal"] [Black "Kovalyov, Anton"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "2406"] [BlackElo "2613"] [ECO "E06"] [EventDate "2015.07.01"] [PlyCount "98"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "USA"] [Source "Chessbase"] [SourceDate "2015.07.10"] 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Be7 5. d4 O-O 6. c4 c6 7. Qc2 b6 8. Nbd2 Bb7 9. e4 Na6 10. a3 dxc4 11. Nxc4 c5 12. e5 Nd5 13. dxc5 Nxc5 14. b4 Nd7 15. Bd2 Rc8 16. Qb3 b5 17. Na5 Ba8 18. Rac1 Qb6 19. Qb2 a6 20. Rfe1 h6 21. Rxc8 Rxc8 22. Nd4 Bd8 23. Ndb3 Qa7 24. Re2 Bb6 25. Kf1 Qc7 26. Re1 Qc2 27. Qxc2 Rxc2 28. Be4 Ra2 29. Rc1 Ne3+ 30. Bxe3 Bxe4 31. Nc5 Nxc5 32. Bxc5 Bxc5 33. bxc5 Rxa3 34. c6 Rxa5 35. c7 Bb7 36. Rc6 Kf8 37. Rb6 Bc8 38. Rb8 Ke7 39. Rxc8 Kd7 40. Rf8 Kxc7 41. Rxf7+ Kc6 42. Rxg7 b4 43. Ke2 Rxe5+ 44. Kd2 a5 45. Rg6 a4 46. Rxh6 a3 47. Kc2 a2 48. Kb2 Re2+ 49. Ka1 b3 0-1

[Event "World op"] [Site "Arlington USA"] [Date "2015.07.03"] [Round "4"] [White "Kovalyov, Anton"] [Black "Smirin, Ilia"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2613"] [BlackElo "2663"] [ECO "E92"] [EventDate "2015.07.01"] [PlyCount "72"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "USA"] [Source "Chessbase"] [SourceDate "2015.07.10"] 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. d4 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. Be3 Ng4 8. Bg5 f6 9. Bh4 g5 10. Bg3 Nh6 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. Qxd8 Rxd8 13. h4 g4 14. Nd2 Na6 15. O-O-O f5 16. f4 Re8 17. Bh2 c6 18. Rhe1 exf4 19. Bxf4 Nc5 20. Bf1 Nf7 21. Nb3 Nxb3+ 22. axb3 Be5 23. Bxe5 Nxe5 24. exf5 Bxf5 25. Ne4 Bxe4 26. Rxe4 Re7 27. Kc2 Rae8 28. Kc3 h5 29. Rde1 c5 30. Bd3 Kg7 31. Bc2 a5 32. g3 b6 33. R1e2 Nc6 34. Rxe7+ Rxe7 35. Rxe7+ Nxe7 36. Be4 Kf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "World op"] [Site "Arlington USA"] [Date "2015.07.03"] [Round "5"] [White "Garcia, Gildardo"] [Black "Kovalyov, Anton"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "2389"] [BlackElo "2613"] [ECO "B94"] [EventDate "2015.07.01"] [PlyCount "118"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "USA"] [Source "Chessbase"] [SourceDate "2015.07.10"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 Nbd7 7. Bc4 Qb6 8. Bb3 e6 9. Qd2 Be7 10. O-O-O Nc5 11. Rhe1 Qc7 12. Kb1 h6 13. Bh4 O-O 14. e5 dxe5 15. Bg3 Nfd7 16. Nf3 Bf6 17. Qe3 b6 18. Nxe5 Nxe5 19. Bxe5 Bxe5 20. Qxe5 Qxe5 21. Rxe5 Bb7 22. f3 Rfd8 23. Kc1 g5 24. h4 g4 25. fxg4 Bxg2 26. Rg1 Bc6 27. g5 Kg7 28. Rf1 Ra7 29. gxh6+ Kxh6 30. Rg5 Re7 31. Ne2 Ne4 32. Re5 Nd2 33. Rf6+ Kg7 34. Rf4 Nxb3+ 35. axb3 f6 36. Re3 Kf7 37. Nd4 Bb7 38. h5 Rd5 39. Rh4 Red7 40. Rd3 Rd8 41. h6 Rh8 42. Rg3 Rg5 43. Rc3 Rc5 44. Rg3 Rh7 45. b4 Rg5 46. Rc3 Bd5 47. Rc8 b5 48. b3 e5 49. Nc6 Kg6 50. c4 Be6 51. Ra8 Rg1+ 52. Kb2 Rg2+ 53. Ka3 Kg5 54. Rh1 bxc4 55. Rxa6 cxb3 56. b5 b2 57. Nb4 Rxh6 58. Rb1 Rh3+ 59. Ka4 Bf5 0-1

[Event "World op"] [Site "Arlington USA"] [Date "2015.07.04"] [Round "6"] [White "Kovalyov, Anton"] [Black "Lenderman, Alex"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2613"] [BlackElo "2623"] [ECO "A26"] [EventDate "2015.07.01"] [PlyCount "139"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "USA"] [Source "Chessbase"] [SourceDate "2015.07.10"] 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 d6 6. Rb1 Nf6 7. Nf3 O-O 8. O-O a5 9. a3 Nd4 10. Nd2 c6 11. e3 Ne6 12. Nf3 Qc7 13. b4 axb4 14. axb4 d5 15. cxd5 Nxd5 16. Ne2 Rd8 17. e4 Ne7 18. Be3 b6 19. Qc2 Ba6 20. Rfd1 h6 21. Rb3 Kh7 22. h4 c5 23. bxc5 bxc5 24. Bh3 c4 25. Bxe6 fxe6 26. Rbb1 Qc6 27. Rb6 Qd7 28. Qa2 Qc8 29. Nc3 Nc6 30. dxc4 Nd4 31. Nd2 Bf8 32. Rb2 Qc6 33. Kg2 Nf5 34. Bb6 Rd3 35. Qa4 Qxa4 36. Nxa4 Nd4 37. Nc5 Bxc5 38. Bxc5 Rc8 39. Ra1 Rxc5 40. Rxa6 Rc7 41. Nf1 Kg7 42. Ne3 h5 43. Ra5 Rb3 44. Rba2 Kf6 45. g4 Nc6 46. Rc5 Ke7 47. Rd2 Rbb7 48. g5 Rd7 49. Rxd7+ Kxd7 50. Rb5 Kc7 51. Nc2 Ra7 52. Rb2 Ra4 53. Ne3 Nd4 54. Rd2 Ra3 55. Kg3 Kc6 56. Rb2 Kc7 57. Kg2 Ra4 58. Rb1 Ra3 59. Rb4 Ra5 60. Nd1 Ra3 61. Ne3 Ra5 62. Nf1 Ra3 63. Nd2 Rd3 64. Rb2 Ne2 65. f3 Nd4 66. Kf2 Kc6 67. Ra2 Kc5 68. Rb2 Kc6 69. Ra2 Kc5 70. Rb2 1/2-1/2

[Event "World op"] [Site "Arlington USA"] [Date "2015.07.04"] [Round "7"] [White "Kovalyov, Anton"] [Black "Kamsky, Gata"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2613"] [BlackElo "2672"] [ECO "D12"] [EventDate "2015.07.01"] [PlyCount "108"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "USA"] [Source "Chessbase"] [SourceDate "2015.07.10"] 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. d4 d5 4. e3 Bg4 5. Qb3 Qb6 6. Nc3 e6 7. Nh4 Bh5 8. h3 Bg6 9. Nxg6 hxg6 10. Qc2 Nbd7 11. Bd2 Be7 12. Be2 a5 13. a3 Qa7 14. b3 g5 15. cxd5 Nxd5 16. g3 N5f6 17. Kf1 Rc8 18. Kg2 c5 19. Nb5 Qb6 20. a4 O-O 21. Rac1 Nd5 22. Bf3 Nc7 23. Na3 cxd4 24. Nc4 Qa7 25. exd4 b6 26. Rhe1 Rfe8 27. Qd3 Na6 28. d5 Nac5 29. Qc2 exd5 30. Bxd5 Nf6 31. Bf3 Ne6 32. Bc3 Bb4 33. Bxb4 axb4 34. Red1 Red8 35. Qf5 Rxd1 36. Rxd1 Rc5 37. Qd3 b5 38. axb5 Rxb5 39. Ne3 Rb8 40. Nd5 Nxd5 41. Bxd5 Rd8 42. Qf3 Qd7 43. Rd3 Qe7 44. Qe4 Qd6 45. Bc4 Nd4 46. Re3 Qc6 47. Re1 Kf8 48. Qxc6 Nxc6 49. Ra1 Ne5 50. Bf1 Rd4 51. Ra7 g6 52. Ra5 f6 53. Ra7 Rd2 54. Rb7 g4 1/2-1/2

[Event "World op"] [Site "Arlington USA"] [Date "2015.07.05"] [Round "8"] [White "Mamedov, Rauf"] [Black "Kovalyov, Anton"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2639"] [BlackElo "2613"] [ECO "B51"] [EventDate "2015.07.01"] [PlyCount "49"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "USA"] [Source "Chessbase"] [SourceDate "2015.07.10"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. O-O Bd7 5. Re1 Nf6 6. c3 g6 7. d4 Bg7 8. h3 O-O 9. dxc5 dxc5 10. a4 e5 11. Bg5 Qc7 12. Na3 Rad8 13. Qc2 a6 14. Bf1 h6 15. Be3 Na5 16. Nd2 Rc8 17. Red1 Rfd8 18. Nac4 Nxc4 19. Nxc4 Bc6 20. Nd2 a5 21. Bb5 b6 22. Bxc6 Qxc6 23. Qb3 Rb8 24. Nc4 Re8 25. Rd6 1-0

[Event "World op"] [Site "Arlington USA"] [Date "2015.07.05"] [Round "9"] [White "Kovalyov, Anton"] [Black "Hungaski, Roberto"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2613"] [BlackElo "2470"] [ECO "A13"] [EventDate "2015.07.01"] [PlyCount "147"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "USA"] [Source "Chessbase"] [SourceDate "2015.07.10"] 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 a6 4. b3 b5 5. Nc3 b4 6. Na4 Bb7 7. d4 d6 8. Bg2 Nbd7 9. O-O Be7 10. d5 exd5 11. Nh4 Ne4 12. cxd5 Bf6 13. Rb1 Ndc5 14. Nxc5 Nxc5 15. Be3 O-O 16. Rc1 Bc3 17. Bd4 Bxd4 18. Qxd4 a5 19. Nf5 Qf6 20. Qxf6 gxf6 21. Nd4 Rfe8 22. Rc2 Ra6 23. Rfc1 Rb6 24. e4 Nd3 25. Rb1 Nc5 26. f3 Ra8 27. Bf1 c6 28. dxc6 Bxc6 29. Nf5 Bd7 30. Ne7+ Kg7 31. Nd5 Rb7 32. Ne3 Be6 33. Bc4 a4 34. g4 axb3 35. axb3 Ra3 36. Nd5 Bxd5 37. Bxd5 Rba7 38. Kg2 Ra2 39. Rbb2 Rxb2 40. Rxb2 Ra3 41. Kg3 Kf8 42. h4 h6 43. Rb1 Ke7 44. Kf4 Ra2 45. h5 Nd3+ 46. Ke3 Nc5 47. Kf4 Nd3+ 48. Kg3 Rc2 49. Ra1 Ne5 50. Ra7+ Kd8 51. f4 Rc3+ 52. Kg2 Nxg4 53. Bxf7 Ne3+ 54. Kg1 f5 55. exf5 Nxf5 56. Rb7 Rc7 57. Rb8+ Ke7 58. Bg6 Nh4 59. Be4 Rc5 60. Kf2 d5 61. Bh7 Rc3 62. Rxb4 Kd6 63. Ke2 Kc5 64. Rb8 Rf3 65. b4+ Kd4 66. f5 Re3+ 67. Kd1 Kc3 68. Rc8+ Kxb4 69. f6 Rf3 70. Rf8 Kc5 71. f7 Kd6 72. Bg6 Rf1+ 73. Ke2 Nxg6 74. hxg6 1-0

[Event "World op"] [Site "Arlington USA"] [Date "2015.07.03"] [Round "4"] [White "Nyzhnyk, Illya"] [Black "Preotu, Razvan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2627"] [BlackElo "2452"] [ECO "E15"] [EventDate "2015.07.01"] [PlyCount "91"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "USA"] [Source "Chessbase"] [SourceDate "2015.07.10"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Bg2 c6 8. O-O d5 9. Bc3 O-O 10. Nbd2 Nbd7 11. Qc2 Rc8 12. Rfd1 c5 13. dxc5 bxc5 14. e3 Qb6 15. a4 Rfd8 16. a5 Qb8 17. Qb2 Bb7 18. cxd5 exd5 19. Rac1 Bc6 20. Qa1 a6 21. Bb2 Nf8 22. Ba3 Qa7 23. Nh4 Bd7 24. Bb2 Ng6 25. Nhf3 Bb5 26. Nb1 Qb7 27. Ne5 Nxe5 28. Bxe5 Bc6 29. Nd2 Qb4 30. h3 h6 31. Rc2 Ba8 32. Rdc1 Ne8 33. Qc3 Qxc3 34. Rxc3 Bb7 35. R3c2 Nc7 36. b4 Ne6 37. bxc5 Rxc5 38. Nb3 Rxc2 39. Rxc2 Bb4 40. h4 f6 41. Bh3 fxe5 42. Bxe6+ Kh8 43. Rc7 Ba8 44. Bc8 d4 45. Bxa6 Bd5 46. Nc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "World op"] [Site "Arlington USA"] [Date "2015.07.05"] [Round "8"] [White "Preotu, Razvan"] [Black "Bachmann, Axel"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "2452"] [BlackElo "2633"] [ECO "C91"] [EventDate "2015.07.01"] [PlyCount "66"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "USA"] [Source "Chessbase"] [SourceDate "2015.07.10"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Be7 7. Re1 O-O 8. c3 Bb7 9. d4 d6 10. Nbd2 Nd7 11. Nf1 Bf6 12. Ng3 g6 13. Bh6 Bg7 14. Bg5 Qe8 15. a3 Kh8 16. Qd2 Nb6 17. dxe5 dxe5 18. Ba2 Na5 19. b3 f6 20. Be3 Rd8 21. Qe2 Qc6 22. c4 bxc4 23. Rac1 Rd3 24. Nd2 Rfd8 25. b4 c3 26. Ndf1 Nac4 27. Bb1 Rd2 28. Nxd2 cxd2 29. Bxd2 Rxd2 30. Qxd2 Nxd2 31. Rxc6 Bxc6 32. Rc1 Bb5 33. Ba2 c6 0-1