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St Louis Summer Classic (Group A) (2018) The 2018 Summer Chess Classic consisted of two 10-player round robins (GM groups A and B) played in St. Louis, Missouri, USA 15-23 May 2018. There was no rest day. Time control: 90 minutes for the first 40 moves, then 30 minutes for the remainder of the game, with 30 seconds increment per move starting from move 1. No draw offers were allowed before move 30. Vasif Durarbayli won the A group with 6/9 after winning both rapid tiebreak games vs Varuzhan Eduardovich Akobian. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 Prize 1 Durarbayli 2623 * ½ ½ 1 0 ½ ½ 1 1 1 6 $6000 2 Akobian 2647 ½ * ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 6 $4000 3 Sevian 2619 ½ ½ * 1 ½ 1 1 0 ½ ½ 5½ $3000 4 Xiong 2665 0 0 0 * 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 4½ $1667 5 Zherebukh 2640 1 ½ ½ 0 * ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 4½ $1667 6 Bok 2640 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ * ½ ½ 1 ½ 4½ $1667 7 Prohaszka 2613 ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ * ½ ½ 0 4 $1000 8 Indjic 2600 0 0 1 0 ½ ½ ½ * ½ 1 4 $1000 9 Fridman 2639 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ * ½ 3½ $1000 10 Jumabayev 2612 0 0 ½ 0 0 ½ 1 0 ½ * 2½ $1000 Official site: https://www.uschesschamps.com/2018-... Chess24: https://chess24.com/en/embed-tourna... ChessBase: https://en.chessbase.com/post/durar... TWIC: https://theweekinchess.com/chessnew... Regulations: https://www.uschesschamps.com/2018-... Next edition: St Louis Summer A (2019). See also St Louis Summer Classic (Group B) (2018)  page 1 of 2; games 1-25 of 45  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Sevian vs P Prohaszka   1-0 42 2018 St Louis Summer Classic (Group A) C67 Ruy Lopez 2. Zherebukh vs B Bok   ½-½ 32 2018 St Louis Summer Classic (Group A) A06 Reti Opening 3. Xiong vs R Jumabayev   1-0 48 2018 St Louis Summer Classic (Group A) D13 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, Exchange Variation 4. Fridman vs V Durarbayli   0-1 54 2018 St Louis Summer Classic (Group A) D94 Grunfeld 5. Indjic vs V Akobian   0-1 60 2018 St Louis Summer Classic (Group A) E21 Nimzo-Indian, Three Knights 6. V Durarbayli vs Indjic   1-0 43 2018 St Louis Summer Classic (Group A) B12 Caro-Kann Defense 7. V Akobian vs Xiong   1-0 39 2018 St Louis Summer Classic (Group A) D85 Grunfeld 8. B Bok vs R Jumabayev   ½-½ 52 2018 St Louis Summer Classic (Group A) D78 Neo-Grunfeld, 6.O-O c6 9. P Prohaszka vs Fridman   ½-½ 39 2018 St Louis Summer Classic (Group A) E04 Catalan, Open, 5.Nf3 10. Zherebukh vs Sevian   ½-½ 41 2018 St Louis Summer Classic (Group A) A00 Uncommon Opening 11. Xiong vs V Durarbayli   0-1 59 2018 St Louis Summer Classic (Group A) D80 Grunfeld 12. Indjic vs P Prohaszka   ½-½ 45 2018 St Louis Summer Classic (Group A) D56 Queen's Gambit Declined 13. R Jumabayev vs V Akobian   0-1 57 2018 St Louis Summer Classic (Group A) A04 Reti Opening 14. Fridman vs Zherebukh   ½-½ 33 2018 St Louis Summer Classic (Group A) E04 Catalan, Open, 5.Nf3 15. Sevian vs B Bok   1-0 59 2018 St Louis Summer Classic (Group A) E00 Queen's Pawn Game 16. B Bok vs V Akobian   ½-½ 72 2018 St Louis Summer Classic (Group A) C42 Petrov Defense 17. P Prohaszka vs Xiong   ½-½ 48 2018 St Louis Summer Classic (Group A) D27 Queen's Gambit Accepted, Classical 18. V Durarbayli vs R Jumabayev   1-0 51 2018 St Louis Summer Classic (Group A) C02 French, Advance 19. Zherebukh vs Indjic   ½-½ 31 2018 St Louis Summer Classic (Group A) A07 King's Indian Attack 20. Sevian vs Fridman   ½-½ 30 2018 St Louis Summer Classic (Group A) E04 Catalan, Open, 5.Nf3 21. V Akobian vs V Durarbayli   ½-½ 30 2018 St Louis Summer Classic (Group A) D85 Grunfeld 22. Xiong vs Zherebukh   1-0 33 2018 St Louis Summer Classic (Group A) C42 Petrov Defense 23. R Jumabayev vs P Prohaszka   1-0 79 2018 St Louis Summer Classic (Group A) E04 Catalan, Open, 5.Nf3 24. Fridman vs B Bok   0-1 33 2018 St Louis Summer Classic (Group A) D94 Grunfeld 25. Indjic vs Sevian   1-0 53 2018 St Louis Summer Classic (Group A) A48 King's Indian  page 1 of 2; games 1-25 of 45    REFINE SEARCH:   White wins (1-0) | Black wins (0-1) | Draws (1/2-1/2)   Jul-15-19    Tabanus: The two rapid tiebreak games are not in CG db. 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