[Event "SPICE Cup op"] [Site "Saint Louis USA"] [Date "2017.10.21"] [Round "1.27"] [White "Mathur, Rithwik"] [Black "Thavandiran, Shiyam"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "1986"] [BlackElo "2385"] [ECO "A45"] [EventDate "2017.10.21"] [PlyCount "38"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "USA"] [Source "Chess Mix"] [SourceDate "2017.11.01"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. e3 Bg7 5. h4 O-O 6. h5 c5 7. hxg6 hxg6 8. Qd2 Nc6 9. dxc5 Qa5 10. Nf3 Qxc5 11. O-O-O Bg4 12. Be2 Ne4 13. Na4 Qb4 14. Qxb4 Nxb4 15. a3 Na2+ 16. Kb1 Bd7 17. Kxa2 Bxa4 18. Rhf1 Rac8 19. Nd4 e5 0-1

[Event "SPICE Cup op"] [Site "Saint Louis USA"] [Date "2017.10.22"] [Round "2.12"] [White "Thavandiran, Shiyam"] [Black "Azarov, Sergei"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2385"] [BlackElo "2556"] [ECO "C48"] [EventDate "2017.10.21"] [PlyCount "134"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "USA"] [Source "Chess Mix"] [SourceDate "2017.11.01"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bd6 5. d3 h6 6. O-O O-O 7. a3 Re8 8. h3 Bf8 9. Re1 a6 10. Ba4 d6 11. Ne2 Be6 12. c4 Bd7 13. Ng3 Ne7 14. d4 Bxa4 15. Qxa4 exd4 16. Nxd4 g6 17. Be3 c5 18. Nde2 Nc6 19. Qc2 Bg7 20. Rad1 Qc7 21. Nc3 h5 22. Bg5 Nd4 23. Qd3 Qc6 24. Bxf6 Bxf6 25. Nd5 Bg7 26. Ne2 Ne6 27. b3 b5 28. f4 bxc4 29. bxc4 Nd4 30. Rb1 Ra7 31. f5 Rb7 32. fxg6 Nxe2+ 33. Qxe2 fxg6 34. Qd3 Kh7 35. Rxb7 Qxb7 36. Rb1 Qf7 37. Qf3 Qd7 38. e5 Bxe5 39. Rb7 Qxb7 40. Nf6+ Bxf6 41. Qxb7+ Re7 42. Qxa6 Be5 43. Kf2 Bd4+ 44. Kf1 Be5 45. Ke2 Bd4+ 46. Kd1 Re3 47. a4 Rd3+ 48. Ke2 Re3+ 49. Kd1 Rd3+ 50. Kc2 Rc3+ 51. Kd2 Kh6 52. Qb5 Ra3 53. Qc6 h4 54. Ke2 Kg5 55. Qxd6 Rxa4 56. Qe7+ Kh5 57. Qh7+ Kg5 58. Qe7+ Kh5 59. Qh7+ Kg5 60. Kd3 Ra3+ 61. Ke4 Re3+ 62. Kd5 Re2 63. Qd7 Rxg2 64. Qe7+ Kh5 65. Qh7+ Kg5 66. Qe7+ Kh5 67. Qh7+ Kg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "SPICE Cup op"] [Site "Saint Louis USA"] [Date "2017.10.22"] [Round "3.8"] [White "Thavandiran, Shiyam"] [Black "Nyzhnyk, Illya"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "2385"] [BlackElo "2594"] [ECO "B11"] [EventDate "2017.10.21"] [PlyCount "86"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "USA"] [Source "Chess Mix"] [SourceDate "2017.11.01"] 1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Nc3 Bg4 4. h3 Bxf3 5. Qxf3 e6 6. d4 Nf6 7. Bd3 dxe4 8. Nxe4 Qxd4 9. O-O Nbd7 10. Be3 Qd5 11. Rfd1 Be7 12. c4 Qa5 13. a3 O-O 14. Bd2 Qb6 15. Bc3 Qc7 16. Rd2 Rfd8 17. Rad1 Nxe4 18. Qxe4 Nf8 19. g3 Bf6 20. Bxf6 gxf6 21. h4 Rd7 22. Qf3 Kg7 23. Qg4+ Kh8 24. Qf3 f5 25. Qe3 Rad8 26. Kg2 Kg7 27. h5 h6 28. Bb1 Rxd2 29. Rxd2 Rxd2 30. Qxd2 Qe5 31. f4 Qf6 32. Kh3 c5 33. Qg2 Qd4 34. g4 Qe3+ 35. Qg3 fxg4+ 36. Kxg4 f5+ 37. Kh4+ Qxg3+ 38. Kxg3 Kf6 39. Kf3 e5 40. Bc2 exf4 41. Kxf4 Ne6+ 42. Kg3 Kg5 43. b4 b6 0-1

[Event "SPICE Cup op"] [Site "Saint Louis USA"] [Date "2017.10.23"] [Round "4.16"] [White "Aripova, Nozima"] [Black "Thavandiran, Shiyam"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "1758"] [BlackElo "2385"] [ECO "C11"] [EventDate "2017.10.21"] [PlyCount "66"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "USA"] [Source "Chess Mix"] [SourceDate "2017.11.01"] 1. e4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. d4 c5 6. dxc5 Nc6 7. Bf4 Bxc5 8. Bd3 f6 9. exf6 Qxf6 10. Bg5 Qf7 11. O-O O-O 12. Bh4 Qh5 13. Bg3 a6 14. Qe2 Nf6 15. Ne5 Qxe2 16. Bxe2 Bd4 17. Nf3 Ba7 18. Rad1 Nh5 19. Bd6 Rd8 20. Bc7 Rd7 21. Be5 Rf7 22. Bd6 Nf4 23. Ne5 Nxe5 24. Bxe5 Bd7 25. Bf3 Nh3+ 26. gxh3 Rxf3 27. Kg2 Raf8 28. Bg3 g5 29. Rd2 h5 30. h4 gxh4 31. Bxh4 Bc6 32. Rg1 Kh7 33. Bg3 d4 0-1

[Event "SPICE Cup op"] [Site "Saint Louis USA"] [Date "2017.10.23"] [Round "5.9"] [White "Thavandiran, Shiyam"] [Black "Li, Ruifeng"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2385"] [BlackElo "2564"] [ECO "C48"] [EventDate "2017.10.21"] [PlyCount "139"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "USA"] [Source "Chess Mix"] [SourceDate "2017.11.01"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bd6 5. d3 h6 6. O-O O-O 7. a3 Re8 8. Bc4 Bf8 9. Nh4 d6 10. Ng6 Bg4 11. f3 Be6 12. Bxe6 fxe6 13. f4 exf4 14. Bxf4 Kh7 15. Nxf8+ Rxf8 16. Ne2 Nh5 17. Qd2 Qh4 18. Qe3 e5 19. Bg3 Qg5 20. Qxg5 hxg5 21. Bf2 Nf4 22. Rae1 Rf6 23. g3 Nxe2+ 24. Rxe2 Raf8 25. Ree1 g4 26. Be3 Kg6 27. Rf2 b6 28. Kg2 Ne7 29. Ref1 Rh8 30. Rh1 Rxf2+ 31. Bxf2 Rh3 32. Be3 Ng8 33. Rf1 Nf6 34. Rf5 Kf7 35. Rf1 Ke6 36. Rf5 Rh8 37. Rg5 Kf7 38. Rf5 g6 39. Rf1 Ke6 40. Bg5 Nd7 41. Rh1 Rh5 42. Be3 c6 43. h3 d5 44. exd5+ cxd5 45. hxg4 Rxh1 46. Kxh1 Nf6 47. Kg2 Nxg4 48. Kf3 Kf5 49. c4 d4 50. Bd2 Nf6 51. Bh6 g5 52. Bf8 g4+ 53. Kf2 e4 54. Bg7 Nh5 55. Bxd4 exd3 56. Ke3 d2 57. Kxd2 Ke4 58. Bg1 Nxg3 59. c5 bxc5 60. Bxc5 a6 61. b4 Kd5 62. Ke3 Ne4 63. Bf8 Nc3 64. Kf4 Kc4 65. Kxg4 Kb3 66. Kf3 Nb5 67. Ke2 Kc2 68. Ke3 Nxa3 69. Kd4 Kb3 70. Kc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "SPICE Cup op"] [Site "Saint Louis USA"] [Date "2017.10.24"] [Round "6.11"] [White "Patel, Advait"] [Black "Thavandiran, Shiyam"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2448"] [BlackElo "2385"] [ECO "C11"] [EventDate "2017.10.21"] [PlyCount "77"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "USA"] [Source "Chess Mix"] [SourceDate "2017.11.01"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 Be7 8. Qd2 O-O 9. Be2 a6 10. O-O b5 11. Nd1 b4 12. Nf2 a5 13. dxc5 Nxc5 14. Nd4 Nxd4 15. Bxd4 Ba6 16. Bd3 Qc7 17. Qe3 Rac8 18. Rac1 Nxd3 19. cxd3 Qd7 20. b3 Rxc1 21. Rxc1 Rc8 22. g4 Bh4 23. Rxc8+ Qxc8 24. Qd2 Be7 25. Kg2 h6 26. Kf3 Qc6 27. Kg3 Bb5 28. Nd1 Kh7 29. Kf2 Qa6 30. Kg2 Qc6 31. Kf2 Kg8 32. Ne3 Kf8 33. Ke2 Ke8 34. Qc2 Qa6 35. Kd2 Kd7 36. Ke2 Ke8 37. Kd2 Kd7 38. Ke2 Ke8 39. Kd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "SPICE Cup op"] [Site "Saint Louis USA"] [Date "2017.10.25"] [Round "7.8"] [White "Thavandiran, Shiyam"] [Black "Durarbayli, Vasif"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2385"] [BlackElo "2630"] [ECO "B33"] [EventDate "2017.10.21"] [PlyCount "101"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "USA"] [Source "Chess Mix"] [SourceDate "2017.11.01"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8. Na3 b5 9. Nd5 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. c4 b4 12. Nc2 O-O 13. Be2 a5 14. O-O Bg5 15. Qd3 Be6 16. Rfd1 g6 17. Nde3 Qb6 18. Nd5 Qb8 19. Qg3 Qd8 20. Bg4 Kh8 21. Qh3 f5 22. exf5 gxf5 23. Be2 Rc8 24. a3 bxa3 25. Qxa3 f4 26. Nc3 Be7 27. Nd5 Bh4 28. Bf3 Bf5 29. Qc3 Qe8 30. Rd2 Qg6 31. Nxf4 Qh6 32. Ne2 Bg5 33. Ne3 Rf6 34. Rxd6 Bxe3 35. Rxf6 Bxf2+ 36. Kxf2 Qxf6 37. Bxc6 Be4+ 38. Kg1 Bxc6 39. Rxa5 Rd8 40. Ra1 Qg5 41. Qg3 Qxg3 42. hxg3 Rd2 43. Kf2 Rxb2 44. Ra5 Rc2 45. Rxe5 Rxc4 46. Re7 Kg8 47. Nf4 Be4 48. Ke3 Bg6 49. Kf3 Bf7 50. Kg4 Kg7 51. Ra7 1/2-1/2

[Event "SPICE Cup op"] [Site "Saint Louis USA"] [Date "2017.10.25"] [Round "8.10"] [White "Barcenilla, Rogelio"] [Black "Thavandiran, Shiyam"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "2446"] [BlackElo "2385"] [ECO "A30"] [EventDate "2017.10.21"] [PlyCount "80"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "USA"] [Source "Chess Mix"] [SourceDate "2017.11.01"] 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. b3 c5 4. Bb2 a6 5. g3 b6 6. Bg2 Bb7 7. O-O d6 8. d4 cxd4 9. Qxd4 Nbd7 10. Nc3 Be7 11. Rfd1 O-O 12. Rac1 Qc7 13. h3 Rfe8 14. g4 h6 15. Qe3 Rac8 16. Qf4 Qb8 17. Qg3 Nf8 18. Ne1 Ng6 19. Bxb7 Qxb7 20. Ng2 b5 21. cxb5 axb5 22. Nf4 Ne5 23. Nd3 Ned7 24. Qg2 d5 25. e3 b4 26. Na4 Rxc1 27. Rxc1 Rc8 28. Qf1 Rxc1 29. Qxc1 Ne4 30. f3 Ng5 31. Kg2 d4 32. e4 Nxe4 33. Bxd4 Ng5 34. Qe3 Qc6 35. Qe2 Qd5 36. Bb2 e5 37. Bxe5 Nxe5 38. Nxe5 Ne6 39. Qe3 Bg5 40. Nb6 Qb5 0-1

[Event "SPICE Cup op"] [Site "Saint Louis USA"] [Date "2017.10.26"] [Round "9.8"] [White "Thavandiran, Shiyam"] [Black "Chandra, Akshat"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "2385"] [BlackElo "2483"] [ECO "C54"] [EventDate "2017.10.21"] [PlyCount "68"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "USA"] [Source "Chess Mix"] [SourceDate "2017.11.01"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. a4 O-O 7. c3 a5 8. Re1 h6 9. h3 Be6 10. Bxe6 fxe6 11. Qb3 Qd7 12. Be3 Nh5 13. Nbd2 Nf4 14. Bxc5 dxc5 15. Re3 b6 16. Qb5 Rf6 17. Kh2 g5 18. b4 axb4 19. cxb4 Rf7 20. g3 Nxb4 21. Qxd7 Rxd7 22. Nxe5 Rxd3 23. Nxd3 Nfxd3 24. Rf3 b5 25. Nb3 bxa4 26. Nc1 c4 27. Na2 c5 28. Kg1 a3 29. Kf1 Nc2 30. Rb1 Nd4 31. Re3 Nb4 32. Nc3 a2 33. Nxa2 Nxa2 34. f4 c3 0-1