So much happened on day one of the 2020 Saint Louis Rapid & Blitz tournament with a star-studded field of the world's strongest chess players.
Magnus Carlsen suffered a forfeit lose due to disconnection...
Wesley So was caught shaving on stream! ...
And Levon Aronian had a huge comeback win against Alexander Grischuk to share first place with Pentala Harikrishna.
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Levon Aronian vs Alexander Grischuk
2020 Saint Louis Rapid & Blitz
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 c5 5. d5 b5 6. e4 d6 7. Bd2 a6 8. Nge2 O-O 9. Nf4 exd5 10. Ncxd5 Nxd5 11. Nxd5 Bxd2+ 12. Qxd2 Nc6 13. cxb5 Nd4 14. bxa6 Qh4+ 15. Kd1 Bxa6 16. Qf4 Qd8 17. Qe3 Kh8 18. Qc3 Bb7 19. Bc4 f5 20. exf5 Rxf5 21. Ne3 Re5 22. Nc2 d5 23. Bb5 Qg5 24. Nxd4 Qxg2 25. Rf1 cxd4 26. Qxd4 Rae8 27. Qf2 Qxf2 28. Rxf2 Re1+ 29. Kd2 Rxa1 30. Bxe8 Rxa2 31. Kc3 g6 32. f4 Kg7 33. Bd7 Kf6 34. Re2 Ra6 35. Kd4 Rb6 36. Kc5 Rb3 37. Rf2 d4 38. Kxd4 Ke7 39. Bg4 Kd6 40. Bd1 Rb4+ 41. Kc3 Re4 42. Bc2 Re3+ 43. Kd4 Rh3 44. f5 Rh4+ 45. Ke3 gxf5 46. Bxf5 Ke5 47. Kd2 h6 48. Bd3 Bd5 49. Bf1 Kd4 50. h3 Be6 51. Rf3 Ke5 52. Kc3 Bd5 53. Re3+ Re4 54. Rxe4+ Bxe4 55. Kc4 h5 56. b4 Bc6 57. Kc5 Bd7 58. h4 Kf4 59. Kd6 Be8 60. Ke7 Ba4 61. Be2 Kg3 62. Bxh5 Kxh4 63. Be8 Bc2 64. b5 Kg3 65. Kd6 Bd3 66. b6 Ba6 67. Kc7 Kf4 68. Bb5 1-0
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