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Sam Sevian vs. Leinier Dominguez

Date: March 4, 2026
Round: Champions Bracket Quarterfinal — Match 3 — Game 2 (Classical)
White: Sam Sevian (2688)
Black: Leinier Dominguez (2738)
Result: 1-0
SF 18

Game Notation (PGN)

[Event "2026 The American Cup Open"]
[Site "Saint Louis, US"]
[Date "2026.03.05"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Sevian, Samuel"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Board "2"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]
[WhiteFideId "2040506"]
[BlackFideId "3503240"]
[WhiteElo "2688"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteClock "0:10:25"]
[BlackClock "0:08:15"]
[Variant "Standard"]
[EndDate "2026.03.05"]
[EndTime "07:37:55"]

1. e4 {[%clk 1:30:51]}  e5 {[%clk 1:30:40]} 2. Nf3 {[%clk 1:31:08]}  Nc6 {[%clk 1:31:03]} 3. Bc4 {[%clk 1:31:27]}  Bc5 {[%clk 1:31:12]}
4. c3 {[%clk 1:31:26]}  Nf6 {[%clk 1:31:34]} 5. d4 {[%clk 1:31:31]}  exd4 {[%clk 1:31:54]} 6. e5 {[%clk 1:31:45]}  d5 {[%clk 1:32:17]}
7. Bb5 {[%clk 1:32:06]}  Ne4 {[%clk 1:32:29]} 8. cxd4 {[%clk 1:32:23]}  Bb6 {[%clk 1:32:52]} 9. Nc3 {[%clk 1:32:39]}  O-O {[%clk 1:33:09]}
10. Be3 {[%clk 1:33:01]}  Bg4 {[%clk 1:33:01]} 11. Qc2 {[%clk 1:33:13]}  Nxc3 {[%clk 1:33:13]} 12. bxc3 {[%clk 1:33:32]}  f6 {[%clk 1:33:37]}
13. Bxc6 {[%clk 1:33:31]}  bxc6 {[%clk 1:22:50]} 14. exf6 {[%clk 1:33:43]}  Qxf6 {[%clk 1:22:45]} 15. Ne5 {[%clk 1:32:51]}  Bf5 {[%clk 1:23:07]}
16. Qa4 {[%clk 1:33:11]}  c5 {[%clk 1:15:23]} 17. O-O {[%clk 1:33:20]}  Rae8 {[%clk 1:03:09]} 18. Rae1 {[%clk 1:33:33]}  cxd4 {[%clk 0:49:42]}
19. cxd4 {[%clk 1:32:52]}  c6 {[%clk 0:39:28]} 20. Rc1 {[%clk 1:23:21]}  c5 {[%clk 0:38:57]} 21. dxc5 {[%clk 1:23:22]}  Qxe5 {[%clk 0:39:20]}
22. cxb6 {[%clk 1:21:43]}  axb6 {[%clk 0:39:48]} 23. Rfe1 {[%clk 0:40:08]}  Re6 {[%clk 0:34:13]} 24. f3 {[%clk 0:39:31]}  Qf6 {[%clk 0:23:15]}
25. Bf2 {[%clk 0:35:54]}  Bd3 {[%clk 0:21:22]} 26. Rxe6 {[%clk 0:31:04]}  Qxe6 {[%clk 0:21:50]} 27. Re1 {[%clk 0:26:46]}  Qg6 {[%clk 0:22:09]}
28. Qd7 {[%clk 0:22:02]}  Bc4 {[%clk 0:20:04]} 29. Bd4 {[%clk 0:17:03]}  Rxf3 {[%clk 0:07:09]} 30. h4 {[%clk 0:16:53]}  Rf8 {[%clk 0:07:30]}
31. Re7 {[%clk 0:15:39]}  Rf7 {[%clk 0:07:47]} 32. Qc8+ {[%clk 0:10:06]}  Rf8 {[%clk 0:08:15]} 33. Qe6+ {[%clk 0:10:25]} 1-0