[Event "9th Gashimov Mem Blitz"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2023.12.11"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Erigaisi, Arjun"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[ECO "A33"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "symmetrical variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2805677"]
[BlackFideId "35009192"]
[EventDate "2023.12.11"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. a3 Be7 7. e4 O-O 8. Nf3
Qa5 9. Bd3 d5 10. O-O d4 11. b4 Bxb4 12. axb4 Qxa1 13. Nb5 Nxb4 14. e5 Nd7 15.
Bxh7+ Kxh7 16. Qb3 Qa2 17. Qxb4 Kg8 18. Ba3 a5 19. Qe7 Qxc4 20. Nd6 Qd3 21. Bc1
a4 22. Ng5 Nxe5 23. f4 Ng6 24. Qc7 Qc3 25. Qb6 Ra6 26. Qb1 Rxd6 0-1

[Event "9th Gashimov Mem Blitz"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2023.12.11"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Rapport, Richard"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[ECO "D15"]
[Opening "QGD Slav"]
[Variation "4.Nc3"]
[WhiteFideId "13401319"]
[BlackFideId "738590"]
[EventDate "2023.12.11"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. e3 Bf5 6. Ne5 Nbd7 7. Qb3 Qc7 8. Nxd7
Qxd7 9. Na4 Qc7 10. Nb6 Rd8 11. Bd2 e6 12. Be2 dxc4 13. Nxc4 b5 14. Ne5 Ne4 15.
Bc3 Bd6 16. a4 O-O 17. O-O Bxe5 18. dxe5 Nd2 19. Bxd2 Rxd2 20. Bf3 Qxe5 21. Qc3
Qxc3 22. bxc3 Rc2 23. Bxc6 Rxc3 24. axb5 Bd3 25. Rxa6 Bxf1 26. Kxf1 Rd8 27. g3
g5 28. Ra2 Kg7 29. Rb2 Rb8 30. Rd2 Rb3 31. Kg2 Rc8 32. Rd4 Rc7 33. h4 h6 34.
hxg5 hxg5 35. g4 Ra7 36. Rd2 Ra4 37. Kg3 Rc4 38. Ra2 Rb1 39. f4 gxf4+ 40. exf4
Rb3+ 41. Kh4 Rxf4 42. Ra7 Rbb4 43. Kg3 0-1

[Event "9th Gashimov Mem Blitz"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2023.12.11"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Abasov, Nijat"]
[Black "Van Foreest, Jorden"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2641"]
[BlackElo "2679"]
[ECO "B10"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann defence"]
[WhiteFideId "13402960"]
[BlackFideId "1039784"]
[EventDate "2023.12.11"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. d3 dxe4 4. dxe4 Qxd1+ 5. Kxd1 Nf6 6. Nbd2 g6 7. Ne5 Be6 8.
f3 Nbd7 9. Nd3 Bh6 10. c3 O-O-O 11. Kc2 Ne8 12. Nb3 Bxc1 13. Rxc1 Bc4 14. Nd2
Bxd3+ 15. Bxd3 Nd6 16. Be2 Kc7 17. a4 a5 18. Nb3 b6 19. Rcd1 Ne5 20. Nd4 Nec4
21. Kb1 Ne3 22. Rdg1 Nb7 23. Nc2 Rd2 24. Nxe3 Rxe2 25. Re1 Rxe1+ 26. Rxe1 Nc5
27. Kc2 Nxa4 28. Ra1 Nc5 29. b4 Nb7 30. Nc4 a4 31. Rd1 Nd6 32. Na3 c5 33. bxc5
bxc5 34. Ra1 Ra8 35. e5 Nf5 36. Nc4 Kc6 37. g4 Nh4 38. f4 Ra6 39. h3 Kd5 40. Kd3
Ng2 41. Rxa4 Nxf4+ 42. Ke3 Rxa4 43. Nb6+ Kxe5 44. Nxa4 c4 45. Nb2 Nd5+ 46. Kd2
Nb6 47. Ke3 f5 48. gxf5 gxf5 49. Kf3 Kf6 0-1

[Event "9th Gashimov Mem Blitz"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2023.12.11"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[ECO "D35"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "exchange, positional line, 5...c6"]
[WhiteFideId "5029465"]
[BlackFideId "13400924"]
[EventDate "2023.12.11"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 h6 7. Bh4 Be7 8. Bd3
O-O 9. Nge2 Re8 10. O-O Nbd7 11. a4 Nh5 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. a5 Nf8 14. Re1 Qg5 15.
Qd2 Bf5 16. Ng3 Nxg3 17. hxg3 Bxd3 18. Qxd3 Nd7 19. a6 b5 20. Rac1 Re6 21. Ne2
Rae8 22. Nf4 Rd6 23. Rc2 Nb8 24. Rec1 Qd8 25. Qa3 Rf6 26. Nd3 h5 27. Ne5 Ree6
28. Qd3 Qb6 29. Nf3 Re8 30. Ng5 g6 31. e4 Nxa6 32. Qe3 Nb4 33. Re2 dxe4 34. Nxe4
Kg7 35. Qd2 Rfe6 36. Rce1 Nd5 37. Nc5 Rxe2 38. Rxe2 Qd8 39. Re5 Re7 40. Qe1 Qd6
41. b4 f6 42. Rxe7+ Qxe7 43. Qd2 g5 44. Nd3 Qe4 45. Nc5 Qe7 46. Nd3 Qf7 47. Qc1
Qe8 48. Qa1 Qd7 49. Nc5 Qe7 50. Nd3 Nxb4 51. Nxb4 Qxb4 52. Qxa7+ Kg6 53. Kh2 Qd6
54. Qa8 h4 55. Qg8+ Kf5 56. Qh7+ Ke6 57. Qe4+ Kd7 58. Kg1 hxg3 59. fxg3 b4 60.
g4 Kc7 61. Qh7+ Kb6 62. Qd3 c5 63. d5 Kc7 64. g3 Qe5 65. Kg2 Qb2+ 66. Kh3 Qa1
67. Kg2 Qe5 68. Qa6 Qxd5+ 69. Kf2 b3 0-1

[Event "9th Gashimov Mem Blitz"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2023.12.11"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Suleymanli, Aydin"]
[Black "Mamedov, Rauf"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2609"]
[BlackElo "2651"]
[ECO "B31"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Nimzovich-Rossolimo attack (with ...g6, without ...d6)"]
[WhiteFideId "13413937"]
[BlackFideId "13401653"]
[EventDate "2023.12.11"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. d3 Nf6 6. Nc3 O-O 7. e5 Ng4 8. Bxc6
bxc6 9. Re1 d6 10. exd6 exd6 11. Bf4 f6 12. d4 cxd4 13. Qxd4 Ne5 14. Bxe5 fxe5
15. Qc4+ Kh8 16. Rad1 Rb8 17. Qxc6 Bb7 18. Qxd6 Qxd6 19. Rxd6 Bxf3 20. gxf3 Rxb2
21. Ra6 Rxf3 22. Ne4 Rxc2 23. Rxa7 Rf8 24. a4 Ra2 25. a5 Ra4 26. Kg2 Rf4 27. Nc5
Ra2 28. Ra8+ Rf8 29. Rxf8+ Bxf8 30. Nb7 Bb4 31. Rxe5 Kg7 32. Kg3 Kf6 33. f4 Ra3+
34. Kg2 Ra2+ 35. Kf3 Bd2 36. Re2 Ra3+ 37. Ke4 Bxa5 38. Nxa5 Rxa5 39. Re3 Ra2 40.
h3 Rf2 41. Rb3 h5 42. Rb6+ Kg7 43. Rb7+ Kh6 44. Rb6 h4 45. Rb8 Kg7 46. Rb7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "9th Gashimov Mem Blitz"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2023.12.11"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Erigaisi, Arjun"]
[Black "Mamedov, Rauf"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2651"]
[ECO "D00"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn"]
[Variation "Chigorin variation"]
[WhiteFideId "35009192"]
[BlackFideId "13401653"]
[EventDate "2023.12.11"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bf4 g6 4. e3 Bg7 5. h4 h5 6. Nf3 Bg4 7. Qd2 c5 8. Ne5
cxd4 9. exd4 Nc6 10. f3 Bf5 11. Bb5 Rc8 12. O-O-O Qb6 13. Bxc6+ bxc6 14. Na4 Qa6
15. b3 c5 16. dxc5 O-O 17. Kb1 Nd7 18. Qxd5 Nb6 19. Nxb6 axb6 20. c6 b5 21. g4
Bxc2+ 22. Kxc2 Qxa2+ 23. Kc3 b4+ 24. Kd3 Bxe5 25. Qxe5 Rxc6 26. Qd5 Rc3+ 27. Kd4
Qf2+ 28. Ke5 Rc5 29. gxh5 Rxd5+ 30. Rxd5 Qe2+ 31. Kd4 Qxf3 0-1

[Event "9th Gashimov Mem Blitz"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2023.12.11"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Suleymanli, Aydin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2609"]
[ECO "A29"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "four knights, kingside fianchetto"]
[WhiteFideId "13400924"]
[BlackFideId "13413937"]
[EventDate "2023.12.11"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Bc5 7. O-O O-O 8. d3
h6 9. Nxd5 Qxd5 10. Bd2 Qd6 11. Rc1 Qe7 12. a3 a5 13. Bc3 Rd8 14. Qc2 Bb6 15.
Rfe1 Bf5 16. Nd2 Qc5 17. Rf1 Rab8 18. Nc4 Qxc4 19. dxc4 Bxc2 20. Rxc2 Nd4 21.
Bxd4 Bxd4 22. b4 axb4 23. axb4 b5 24. e3 bxc4 25. exd4 Rxd4 26. Rb1 c3 27. Rxc3
Rdxb4 28. Rxb4 Rxb4 29. Rxc7 Rd4 30. Rc5 f6 31. h4 h5 32. Bf3 g6 33. Rc7 f5 34.
Kf1 Rd2 35. Be2 Rd6 36. Bc4+ Kh8 37. Ke2 Rb6 38. Re7 e4 39. Ke3 Rc6 40. Be6 Rc2
41. Kf4 1-0

[Event "9th Gashimov Mem Blitz"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2023.12.11"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Van Foreest, Jorden"]
[Black "Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2679"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[ECO "C45"]
[Opening "Scotch"]
[Variation "Schmidt variation"]
[WhiteFideId "1039784"]
[BlackFideId "5029465"]
[EventDate "2023.12.11"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. Bd3 d5 7. exd5 cxd5
8. O-O Be7 9. h3 O-O 10. Re1 Be6 11. Nc3 c5 12. Bf1 Re8 13. b3 h6 14. Qf3 d4 15.
Ne4 Nxe4 16. Qxe4 Bg5 17. Bd3 g6 18. Bxg5 Qxg5 19. Qe5 Rac8 20. Qxg5 hxg5 21.
Re5 g4 22. hxg4 Bxg4 23. Rae1 Rxe5 24. Rxe5 Kf8 25. Kh2 Rc7 26. Kg3 Bc8 27. Kh4
Kg7 28. f4 Be6 29. Bc4 Bf5 30. Bd3 Be6 31. Bc4 Bf5 32. Re2 Kf6 33. g4 Be6 34.
g5+ Ke7 35. Bxe6 fxe6 36. Kg4 c4 37. Rh2 Kd6 38. Kf3 cxb3 39. axb3 Kd5 40. Re2
Rc3+ 41. Kg4 Kd6 42. Re4 Kd5 43. Re5+ Kd6 44. Re2 a5 45. Re4 Kd5 46. Re5+ Kd6
47. Re4 Kd5 48. Re5+ Kd6 49. Re4 1/2-1/2

[Event "9th Gashimov Mem Blitz"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2023.12.11"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Rapport, Richard"]
[Black "Abasov, Nijat"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2641"]
[ECO "B02"]
[Opening "Alekhine's defence"]
[Variation "Scandinavian variation"]
[WhiteFideId "738590"]
[BlackFideId "13402960"]
[EventDate "2023.12.11"]

1. Nc3 d5 2. e4 Nf6 3. e5 d4 4. exf6 dxc3 5. fxg7 cxd2+ 6. Bxd2 Bxg7 7. Qh5 Qd6
8. O-O-O Nc6 9. Ne2 Bd7 10. Bc3 Qh6+ 11. Qxh6 Bxh6+ 12. Kb1 Rg8 13. Ng3 Bf4 14.
Bd3 h6 15. Bh7 Rg5 16. h4 Rb5 17. a4 Rb6 18. Nh5 Be5 19. a5 Rb5 20. Bd3 Rc5 21.
Bxe5 Rxe5 22. Nf4 Rxa5 23. Bc4 e6 24. g3 Ke7 25. Rhe1 Re5 26. Rg1 Rg8 27. Nd3
Rh5 28. Rde1 Bc8 29. Nf4 Rc5 30. Bb3 Nd4 31. Nd5+ Kf8 32. Nf6 Rg6 33. Ne4 Nxb3
34. cxb3 Rd5 35. Rc1 c6 36. Nc3 Rd2 37. Rc2 Rd3 38. b4 e5 39. b5 Bf5 40. Kc1
cxb5 41. Nxb5 Ra6 42. Na3 Kg7 43. Rc5 Kf6 44. g4 Bh7 45. g5+ hxg5 46. Rxg5 Rad6
47. Rg1 Rb6 48. Nc4 Ra6 49. Na3 Rf3 50. Re1 Re6 51. Nc4 Rxf2 52. Nxe5 Bf5 53.
Nd7+ Ke7 54. Ne5 Kd6 55. b4 b6 56. Nxf7+ Ke7 57. Rc7+ Kf6 58. Rxe6+ Bxe6 59. Ng5
Bf5 60. Rxa7 Rc2+ 61. Kd1 Rc4 62. Rb7 Rxb4 63. Kd2 Ke5 64. h5 Kd4 65. Nf3+ Ke4
66. Ne1 Rb2+ 67. Kc3 Rb1 68. Nc2 Kd5 69. Ne3+ Kc6 70. Rf7 Be4 71. Kd4 Rb4+ 72.
Kc3 Rb1 73. Rf4 Bh7 74. Rf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "9th Gashimov Mem Blitz"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2023.12.11"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[ECO "A15"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[WhiteFideId "2805677"]
[BlackFideId "13401319"]
[EventDate "2023.12.11"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Qxd1+ 7. Kxd1 Bg7
8. Bf4 c6 9. Kc2 Nd7 10. Nd2 e5 11. Be3 Ke7 12. a4 h5 13. h4 Bh6 14. Bxh6 Rxh6
15. a5 Rh8 16. Nc4 f6 17. g3 Nc5 18. Re1 Bg4 19. Nd2 b6 20. b4 Nb7 21. f3 Be6
22. Nc4 bxa5 23. Nxa5 Nxa5 24. bxa5 Rab8 25. Bd3 Bb3+ 26. Kd2 c5 27. Ke3 c4 28.
Be2 Rhd8 29. Ra1 Bc2 30. Rhc1 Bd3 31. Rd1 Rb3 32. Rac1 Bxe2 33. Rxd8 Kxd8 34.
Kxe2 Ra3 35. Rb1 Kc7 36. Kd2 Ra2+ 37. Ke3 Rc2 38. a6 Rxc3+ 39. Ke2 Rb3 40. Rc1
Rb4 41. Kd2 Kb6 42. Kc3 Kc5 43. Rd1 Rb3+ 44. Kc2 Rb6 45. Rd5+ Kb4 46. Rd7 Rxa6
47. Rb7+ Kc5 0-1

[Event "9th Gashimov Mem Blitz"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2023.12.11"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Erigaisi, Arjun"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[ECO "A35"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "symmetrical, four knights system"]
[WhiteFideId "13401319"]
[BlackFideId "35009192"]
[EventDate "2023.12.11"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e5 5. d4 e4 6. Ne5 cxd4 7. exd4 Bb4 8. Be2
O-O 9. O-O Re8 10. Bf4 d6 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Re1 Bf5 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bh4 Rb8 15.
Bf1 g5 16. Bg3 h5 17. c5 dxc5 18. Bxb8 Qxb8 19. dxc5 Bxc5 20. Be2 e3 21. fxe3
Qxb2 22. Na4 Bxe3+ 23. Kh1 Ne4 24. Rf1 Qe5 25. Bxh5 Nf2+ 26. Rxf2 Bxf2 27. Rc1
Qf4 28. Nc5 Re1+ 0-1

[Event "9th Gashimov Mem Blitz"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2023.12.11"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Abasov, Nijat"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2641"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[ECO "B33"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Pelikan, Chelyabinsk variation"]
[WhiteFideId "13402960"]
[BlackFideId "2805677"]
[EventDate "2023.12.11"]

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. c3 O-O 12. Nc2 Bg5 13. h4 Bh6 14. a4 bxa4 15.
Rxa4 a5 16. Bc4 Rb8 17. b3 Kh8 18. Nce3 Bxe3 19. Nxe3 Ne7 20. O-O f5 21. exf5
Nxf5 22. Nxf5 Bxf5 23. Bd5 Bd7 24. Re4 Bf5 25. Rc4 Bd7 26. Re4 Bf5 27. Ra4 Bd7
28. Re4 Bf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "9th Gashimov Mem Blitz"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2023.12.11"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi"]
[Black "Rapport, Richard"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[ECO "D12"]
[Opening "QGD Slav"]
[Variation "4.e3 Bf5"]
[WhiteFideId "5029465"]
[BlackFideId "738590"]
[EventDate "2023.12.11"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c6 3. c4 d5 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Bg6 7. Be2 Nbd7 8. Qb3
Qc7 9. O-O Ne4 10. cxd5 exd5 11. g3 Nd6 12. Bd2 Be7 13. Nxg6 hxg6 14. Rac1 Qb6
15. Qc2 Nf6 16. f3 Nf5 17. Kg2 Qc7 18. Rh1 Qd7 19. Bd3 Bd6 20. Ne2 O-O-O 21. b4
Kb8 22. a4 Rde8 23. e4 dxe4 24. fxe4 Nxd4 25. Nxd4 Qh3+ 26. Kg1 Bxg3 27. Nf3 Bc7
28. Be1 0-1

[Event "9th Gashimov Mem Blitz"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2023.12.11"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Suleymanli, Aydin"]
[Black "Van Foreest, Jorden"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2609"]
[BlackElo "2679"]
[ECO "D33"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "Tarrasch, Prague variation"]
[WhiteFideId "13413937"]
[BlackFideId "1039784"]
[EventDate "2023.12.11"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. g3 Nc6 7. Bg2 h6 8. O-O
c4 9. Ne5 Bb4 10. Bd2 O-O 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Na4 Rb8 13. b3 Ba6 14. Bxb4 Rxb4 15.
Nc5 Rb6 16. Qc2 Qc8 17. Rfc1 Re8 18. e3 cxb3 19. axb3 Re7 20. Na4 Rb8 21. Qxc6
Qxc6 22. Rxc6 Bb5 23. Rc5 Be8 24. Nc3 Rxb3 25. Nxd5 Nxd5 26. Rxd5 g6 27. Rda5
Rc7 28. Bf3 Bb5 29. Bd5 Bc4 30. Bxc4 Rxc4 31. Rxa7 Rc6 32. R7a6 Rc7 33. Rf6 Kg7
34. Rf4 Rb2 35. h4 Re7 36. Kg2 g5 37. hxg5 hxg5 38. Rf3 Re6 39. Ra5 f6 40. Ra7+
Kg6 41. d5 Rd6 42. e4 Re2 43. Re3 Rxe3 44. fxe3 g4 45. Kf2 Rb6 46. Ra4 Rb2+ 47.
Kf1 Rb1+ 48. Ke2 Rg1 49. e5 fxe5 50. Rxg4+ Kf5 51. Rg8 Ke4 52. d6 Rg2+ 53. Kd1
Kxe3 54. Kc1 Rd2 55. Rd8 e4 56. d7 Rd6 57. g4 Kd3 58. g5 e3 59. Kd1 Ra6 60. Kc1
Rc6+ 61. Kb2 Rc7 62. Re8 Rxd7 63. Kc1 e2 64. g6 Rc7+ 65. Kb2 Kd2 66. Rd8+ Ke1
67. Rf8 Rg7 68. Rf6 Rd7 69. Rf7 Rd2+ 70. Kb3 Rd3+ 71. Kc2 Rg3 72. g7 Rg6 73. Kc1
Rc6+ 74. Kb2 Rg6 75. Kc2 Rg3 76. Kc1 Rg6 1/2-1/2

[Event "9th Gashimov Mem Blitz"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2023.12.11"]
[Round "3.5"]
[White "Mamedov, Rauf"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2651"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[ECO "C67"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Berlin defence, open variation"]
[WhiteFideId "13401653"]
[BlackFideId "13400924"]
[EventDate "2023.12.11"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nxe5 8.
Rxe5 O-O 9. d4 Bf6 10. Re1 Re8 11. c3 Rxe1 12. Qxe1 Ne8 13. Nd2 d5 14. Bd3 g6
15. Nf3 Ng7 16. Bf4 c6 17. Qe2 Bf5 18. Bxf5 Nxf5 19. Re1 Ng7 20. Be5 Bxe5 21.
Qxe5 Qd7 22. h3 1/2-1/2

[Event "9th Gashimov Mem Blitz"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2023.12.11"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Erigaisi, Arjun"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[ECO "D00"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn"]
[Variation "Chigorin variation"]
[WhiteFideId "35009192"]
[BlackFideId "13400924"]
[EventDate "2023.12.11"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nc3 e6 3. Bf4 Bd6 4. e3 Ne7 5. Nf3 b6 6. h4 h6 7. h5 Bb7 8. Ne5 Nd7
9. Bb5 Bxe5 10. dxe5 a6 11. Bd3 Nc5 12. Ne2 Qd7 13. b4 Nxd3+ 14. cxd3 a5 15. a3
O-O 16. O-O axb4 17. axb4 c5 18. bxc5 bxc5 19. Qc2 Qc6 20. Rfc1 Rxa1 21. Rxa1
Rc8 22. Qb2 Ba6 23. Qa3 Bb7 24. Rc1 Qb5 25. f3 Kh7 26. Kf2 Ba6 27. Ra1 Bb7 28.
Qa4 Qxa4 29. Rxa4 Nc6 30. d4 c4 31. e4 Ne7 32. Nc3 Ra8 33. Rxa8 Bxa8 34. Bc1 Bc6
35. Ba3 Ng8 36. exd5 Bxd5 37. Nxd5 exd5 38. g4 g6 39. hxg6+ Kxg6 40. f4 f5 41.
Kg3 c3 42. e6 fxg4 43. Kxg4 Nf6+ 44. Kf3 h5 45. e7 c2 46. Kg3 Kf5 47. Bc1 Ke6
48. Ba3 Kf7 49. Kh4 Kg6 50. Bc1 Ne8 51. Ba3 Ng7 52. Kh3 Kf7 53. Kh4 Nf5+ 54.
Kxh5 Nxe7 55. Kg4 Ke6 56. Kf3 Nf5 57. Ke2 Nxd4+ 58. Kd3 Nb5 59. Bc1 Kf5 60. Kxc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "9th Gashimov Mem Blitz"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2023.12.11"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Van Foreest, Jorden"]
[Black "Mamedov, Rauf"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2679"]
[BlackElo "2651"]
[ECO "B57"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Sozin, not Scheveningen"]
[WhiteFideId "1039784"]
[BlackFideId "13401653"]
[EventDate "2023.12.11"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 d6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Bd7 7. Nxc6 Bxc6 8.
Qe2 g6 9. O-O Bg7 10. Rd1 Qa5 11. Nd5 Bxd5 12. exd5 O-O 13. c3 Qc7 14. a4 Rac8
15. Bb3 a5 16. Bg5 Rfe8 17. Bc2 Nd7 18. Bd3 Bf6 19. Bh6 Nc5 20. Bb5 Red8 21. Re1
Nd7 22. Rad1 Nb6 23. g4 Nc4 24. Rd3 Ne5 25. Re3 Qc5 26. f4 Nd7 27. Qf3 Nb6 28.
Rd1 Rc7 29. Kh1 Nc4 30. Re2 Bg7 31. Bg5 Bf6 32. Bh6 Bg7 33. Bxg7 Kxg7 34. Rd4
Nb6 35. f5 f6 36. g5 Rf8 37. Rg2 fxg5 38. Rxg5 Rf6 39. Qe4 e5 40. dxe6 Re7 41.
Rd1 d5 42. Qe5 Nc4 43. Bxc4 Qxc4 44. Rdg1 Qe4+ 45. Qxe4 dxe4 46. R1g4 e3 47. Kg2
Kh6 48. fxg6 e2 49. Re5 Rfxe6 50. g7 Rxe5 51. g8=N+ Kh5 1/2-1/2

[Event "9th Gashimov Mem Blitz"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2023.12.11"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Rapport, Richard"]
[Black "Suleymanli, Aydin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2609"]
[ECO "C28"]
[Opening "Vienna game"]
[WhiteFideId "738590"]
[BlackFideId "13413937"]
[EventDate "2023.12.11"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Na5 5. Qf3 Nxc4 6. dxc4 c6 7. Nge2 d6 8.
O-O Be7 9. Rd1 Qc7 10. b3 a6 11. a4 b6 12. h3 Be6 13. Ng3 g6 14. Bh6 Rg8 15. Bg5
Nd7 16. Bxe7 Kxe7 17. Rd2 Nf6 18. Rad1 Rad8 19. Qe3 g5 20. Qe2 Qc8 21. a5 b5 22.
c5 dxc5 23. Qe3 Rd4 24. Nce2 b4 25. c3 bxc3 26. Qxc3 Nd7 27. Qf3 Qb7 28. Nf5+
Bxf5 29. Qxf5 Qxb3 30. Qxh7 Rg6 31. Ng3 Kd8 32. Nf5 Kc7 33. f3 Rgd6 34. Nxd6
Qe3+ 35. Kh1 Rxd2 36. Rxd2 Qxd2 37. Ne8+ Kd8 38. Qh8 c4 39. g3 c3 40. Nd6+ Kc7
41. Nxf7 c2 0-1

[Event "9th Gashimov Mem Blitz"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2023.12.11"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[ECO "D78"]
[Opening "Neo-Gruenfeld, 6.O-O c6"]
[WhiteFideId "2805677"]
[BlackFideId "5029465"]
[EventDate "2023.12.11"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 c6 4. Bg2 d5 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. O-O O-O 7. Qa4 Nfd7 8. cxd5
Nb6 9. Qd1 cxd5 10. Nc3 Nc6 11. e3 Bf5 12. b3 Rc8 13. Bb2 Qd7 14. Rc1 Rfd8 15.
Qe2 Bh3 16. Rfd1 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 Qf5 18. Ba3 g5 19. Qc2 Qxc2 20. Rxc2 g4 21. Ne1
e5 22. dxe5 Nxe5 23. Nb5 a6 24. Nd4 Rxc2 25. Nexc2 Rc8 26. Ne1 Bf8 27. Bb2 h5
28. Nf5 f6 29. Bd4 Nbd7 30. Bxe5 Nxe5 31. Rxd5 Kf7 32. Rd1 Kg6 33. Nd4 Rc3 34.
Kf1 h4 35. gxh4 Kh5 36. Ng2 Bc5 37. Nf5 Kg6 38. Ng3 Nf3 39. Nf4+ Kf7 40. h5 Rc2
41. h6 Bxe3 42. fxe3 Nxh2+ 43. Kg1 Nf3+ 44. Kf1 Nh2+ 45. Kg1 Nf3+ 46. Kf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "9th Gashimov Mem Blitz"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2023.12.11"]
[Round "4.5"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Abasov, Nijat"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2641"]
[ECO "A06"]
[Opening "Reti opening"]
[WhiteFideId "13401319"]
[BlackFideId "13402960"]
[EventDate "2023.12.11"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 c5 3. b3 Nc6 4. Bb2 Nf6 5. Bb5 Bd7 6. O-O e6 7. d3 a6 8. Bxc6
Bxc6 9. Nbd2 Bd6 10. Ne5 Bxe5 11. Bxe5 O-O 12. f4 d4 13. exd4 cxd4 14. Nf3 Ng4
15. Qe2 f6 16. Bc7 Qd7 17. Bb6 Bxf3 18. Rxf3 Ne3 19. c4 Qd6 20. Ba5 Rae8 21. Bd2
Nf5 22. Re1 Re7 23. Qf2 Rfe8 24. Re4 Qc6 25. h3 Rd7 26. Qe1 Kf7 27. Rf2 Ng3 28.
Rfe2 Nxe4 29. Rxe4 b5 30. Qh4 Kg8 31. Qf2 e5 32. Qe2 bxc4 33. bxc4 Rde7 34. Bb4
Rb7 35. a3 Qc7 36. Rxd4 a5 37. Bd6 Qb6 38. c5 Qb2 39. Qxb2 Rxb2 40. fxe5 fxe5
41. Re4 Rd2 42. Re3 Ra2 1-0

[Event "9th Gashimov Mem Blitz"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2023.12.11"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Abasov, Nijat"]
[Black "Erigaisi, Arjun"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2641"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[ECO "C15"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "Winawer, Alekhine (Maroczy) gambit"]
[WhiteFideId "13402960"]
[BlackFideId "35009192"]
[EventDate "2023.12.11"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Ne2 Nf6 5. e5 Nfd7 6. Be3 O-O 7. f4 f6 8. a3 Be7
9. exf6 Nxf6 10. Ng3 c5 11. dxc5 Nc6 12. Nb5 e5 13. fxe5 Ng4 14. Qd2 Nxe3 15.
Qxe3 Bg5 16. Qb3 Be6 17. Be2 Qe7 18. Nd6 Nxe5 19. Rf1 b6 20. Qc3 Rxf1+ 21. Kxf1
Bf6 22. Nh5 Rf8 23. Kg1 Nf3+ 24. Qxf3 Bd4+ 25. Kh1 Rxf3 26. Bxf3 bxc5 27. Nb5
Bxb2 28. Re1 Qd7 29. Nc7 Bf7 30. Na6 Qc8 31. Be2 Bxa3 32. Rb1 Bxh5 33. Bxh5 g6
34. Be2 Qe6 35. Bf1 c4 36. Nc7 Qc6 37. Nb5 Bc5 38. c3 a6 0-1

[Event "9th Gashimov Mem Blitz"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2023.12.11"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[ECO "C45"]
[Opening "Scotch game"]
[WhiteFideId "5029465"]
[BlackFideId "13401319"]
[EventDate "2023.12.11"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Qf6 5. Nf3 Bb4+ 6. c3 Bc5 7. Be2 Nge7 8.
O-O h6 9. Nbd2 d6 10. Nb3 Bb6 11. Nfd4 Be6 12. Be3 O-O 13. Nxc6 bxc6 14. Nd4 d5
15. Bf3 Rad8 16. Qc2 c5 17. Nxe6 fxe6 18. exd5 exd5 19. Rad1 c6 20. Bg4 Nf5 21.
Bxf5 Qxf5 22. Qxf5 Rxf5 23. c4 Re8 24. Rd3 Re4 25. b3 dxc4 26. Rc3 cxb3 27. axb3
c4 28. Bxb6 axb6 29. bxc4 Rc5 30. Rb3 Rexc4 31. Rxb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "9th Gashimov Mem Blitz"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2023.12.11"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Suleymanli, Aydin"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2609"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[ECO "A33"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "symmetrical variation"]
[WhiteFideId "13413937"]
[BlackFideId "2805677"]
[EventDate "2023.12.11"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e6 6. a3 d5 7. cxd5 exd5 8. g3
Bc5 9. Be3 Bb6 10. Bg2 O-O 11. O-O Re8 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. Bd4 Ba6 14. Re1 Ng4 15.
Na4 Ne5 16. Rc1 Nc4 17. b3 Bxd4 18. Qxd4 Nxa3 19. Qb4 Nb5 20. Rxc6 Bb7 21. Qxb5
Bxc6 22. Qxc6 Qa5 23. Kf1 Rad8 24. Rd1 d4 25. Bf3 Qf5 26. Kg2 Qe5 27. Qc5 Qb8
28. b4 Rc8 29. Qxd4 Rcd8 30. Bd5 Kh8 31. e4 f6 32. Nc3 Rc8 33. Ra1 Re7 34. b5
Rec7 35. Bc6 Rd8 36. Nd5 Rf7 37. Qc5 Rc8 38. Ra4 Rd8 39. Nf4 Rc8 40. Qh5 1-0

[Event "9th Gashimov Mem Blitz"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2023.12.11"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Mamedov, Rauf"]
[Black "Rapport, Richard"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2651"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[ECO "A07"]
[Opening "Reti"]
[Variation "King's Indian attack (Barcza system)"]
[WhiteFideId "13401653"]
[BlackFideId "738590"]
[EventDate "2023.12.11"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nc6 3. d4 Bf5 4. Bg2 Nb4 5. Na3 e6 6. c3 Nc6 7. Nc2 Be4 8. Ne3
Nf6 9. Nf1 h6 10. N1d2 Bh7 11. O-O Bd6 12. Re1 O-O 13. a4 a5 14. Nb3 Re8 15. Bf4
Bxf4 16. gxf4 Ne7 17. Nbd2 Nf5 18. Nf1 c5 19. Ng3 Qb6 20. dxc5 Qxb2 21. Nxf5
Bxf5 22. Nd4 Qxc3 23. Rc1 Qb4 24. e3 Bh7 25. Nb5 Rec8 26. Qd4 Nd7 27. f5 Bxf5
28. Nd6 Rxc5 29. Nxf5 exf5 30. Rb1 Qxd4 31. exd4 Rc7 32. Bxd5 Nf6 33. Bxb7 Rb8
34. Bf3 Rxb1 35. Rxb1 Rc4 36. Rb5 Rxa4 37. Rxf5 Kf8 38. Rb5 g5 39. h3 Rxd4 40.
Rxa5 Kg7 41. Ra7 Rf4 42. Kg2 Nh7 43. Bd5 Nf8 44. Rb7 Ng6 45. Kg3 Rf6 46. Ra7 Nf4
47. Bc4 Nh5+ 48. Kg2 Rf5 49. Bb3 Nf4+ 50. Kg3 Ne2+ 51. Kg2 Nc3 52. Re7 Rf4 53.
Bc2 Nd5 54. Ra7 Rb4 55. Kg3 Rc4 56. Bb1 Rc3+ 57. f3 Nf4 58. h4 Nh5+ 59. Kh3
Rxf3+ 60. Kg4 Rf4+ 0-1

[Event "9th Gashimov Mem Blitz"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2023.12.11"]
[Round "5.5"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Van Foreest, Jorden"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2679"]
[ECO "B10"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann defence"]
[WhiteFideId "13400924"]
[BlackFideId "1039784"]
[EventDate "2023.12.11"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Ne5 a6 5. d4 Nc6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 Nf6 8.
Nd2 Bg4 9. f3 Bh5 10. Qe2 e6 11. c3 Bg6 12. Bxa6 Qc7 13. Bd3 c5 14. Bb5+ Nd7 15.
Nb3 c4 16. Nc5 Bxc5 17. dxc5 O-O 18. Bxd7 Qxd7 19. Be3 Bd3 20. Qd2 e5 21. Kf2 f5
22. Kg1 f4 23. Bf2 e4 24. Bd4 Ra6 25. h4 Rg6 26. Rh2 exf3 27. h5 Rxg2+ 28. Rxg2
fxg2 29. Qxg2 Be4 30. Qg5 Rf5 31. Qh4 h6 32. Kf2 Rg5 33. Rg1 Qa4 34. Rxg5 Qc2+
35. Kg1 Qd1+ 36. Kf2 Qd2+ 37. Kf1 hxg5 38. Qxg5 Qd1+ 39. Kf2 Qd2+ 40. Kf1 Qd3+
41. Kf2 Qc2+ 42. Kf1 Qb1+ 43. Kf2 Qxb2+ 44. Kf1 Qa1+ 45. Kf2 Qxa2+ 46. Kf1 Qb1+
47. Kf2 Qc2+ 48. Kf1 Qc1+ 49. Kf2 Qd2+ 50. Kf1 Bd3+ 51. Kg1 Qe1+ 52. Kh2 Qe2+
53. Kg1 Qe1+ 54. Kh2 Qe2+ 55. Kg1 Qe1+ 56. Kh2 1/2-1/2

[Event "9th Gashimov Mem Blitz"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2023.12.11"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Erigaisi, Arjun"]
[Black "Van Foreest, Jorden"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2679"]
[ECO "D26"]
[Opening "QGA"]
[Variation "classical variation, 6.O-O"]
[WhiteFideId "35009192"]
[BlackFideId "1039784"]
[EventDate "2023.12.11"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. O-O Nc6 7. dxc5 Qxd1 8.
Rxd1 Bxc5 9. a3 O-O 10. b4 Be7 11. Bb2 Bd7 12. Nbd2 Rfd8 13. Nb3 Be8 14. b5
Rxd1+ 15. Rxd1 Rd8 16. Rc1 Nb8 17. a4 Ne4 18. Kf1 a6 19. Be2 axb5 20. axb5 Nd7
21. Rc7 b6 22. Nbd4 Bd6 23. Ra7 Ndc5 24. Nc6 Rc8 25. Nfd4 Kf8 26. f3 Nf6 27. Ba3
g6 28. e4 e5 29. Nb3 Bxc6 30. bxc6 Rxc6 31. Bc4 Rc7 32. Rxc7 Bxc7 33. Nxc5 bxc5
34. Bxc5+ Kg7 35. Bb5 h5 36. h4 Nh7 37. g3 Nf8 38. Bc4 Nd7 39. Bb4 Bb6 40. Ke2
Bd4 41. f4 Nf6 42. Kf3 Ng4 43. Bd5 Nh2+ 44. Kg2 Ng4 45. Kf3 Nh2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "9th Gashimov Mem Blitz"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2023.12.11"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Rapport, Richard"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[ECO "C28"]
[Opening "Vienna game"]
[WhiteFideId "738590"]
[BlackFideId "13400924"]
[EventDate "2023.12.11"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Nge2 d6 6. O-O Be6 7. Ng3 h6 8. Nd5
Bxd5 9. exd5 Ne7 10. Qf3 Bb6 11. a4 a6 12. a5 Ba7 13. Bb3 Qd7 14. Be3 Kf8 15. h3
Bxe3 16. fxe3 h5 17. Ra4 h4 18. Ne4 Neg8 19. Rb4 Nxe4 20. Ba4 Ng5 21. Bxd7 Nxf3+
22. Rxf3 Nf6 23. Rxf6 gxf6 24. Rxb7 Kg7 25. Rxc7 Rh5 26. Bg4 Rhh8 27. b4 Kg6 28.
e4 Kg5 29. Rxf7 Rhf8 30. Rxf8 Rxf8 31. Bd7 Rf7 32. Bc6 f5 33. c4 fxe4 34. dxe4
Ra7 35. c5 1-0

[Event "9th Gashimov Mem Blitz"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2023.12.11"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Mamedov, Rauf"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2651"]
[ECO "D34"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "Tarrasch, Prague variation, Normal position"]
[WhiteFideId "2805677"]
[BlackFideId "13401653"]
[EventDate "2023.12.11"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. g3 Nc6 6. Bg2 Nf6 7. O-O Be7 8. Nc3
O-O 9. Bf4 Be6 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. Ng5 Re8 12. Rc1 Bf8 13. Nxe6 fxe6 14. a3 Rc8
15. Qa4 a6 16. e4 d4 17. e5 dxc3 18. exf6 cxb2 19. fxg7 Bxg7 20. Rcd1 Qb6 21.
Be3 Qb5 22. Qe4 Ne5 23. Bd4 Rc4 24. Kh1 Nc6 0-1

[Event "9th Gashimov Mem Blitz"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2023.12.11"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Suleymanli, Aydin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2609"]
[ECO "E21"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian"]
[Variation "three knights variation"]
[WhiteFideId "13401319"]
[BlackFideId "13413937"]
[EventDate "2023.12.11"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 O-O 5. Qb3 c5 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 Nc6 8. e3
cxd4 9. Nxd4 Be7 10. Rd1 Na5 11. Qa4 Qb6 12. Qc2 Qc5 13. a3 Nc6 14. Be2 a6 15.
O-O Rd8 16. b4 Qa7 17. Ne4 g5 18. Bg3 d5 19. cxd5 Nxd4 20. Rxd4 Nxd5 21. Rfd1
Bd7 22. Nc5 Bxc5 23. bxc5 Rac8 24. Bd6 Bb5 25. Qd2 b6 26. cxb6 Qxb6 27. Bxb5
Rxd6 28. Be2 Rdc6 29. Bd3 Kg7 30. h4 Nf6 31. Rb4 Qa5 32. Qb2 Rc3 33. hxg5 hxg5
34. a4 Qe5 35. Bxa6 Rh8 36. g3 g4 37. Rb5 Qe4 38. Rg5+ Kh6 39. Bb7 Qc2 40. Qxc2
Rxc2 41. Rb5 Ra2 42. a5 Kg6 43. a6 Nd5 44. Bxd5 exd5 45. Rb6+ f6 46. Rb4 f5 47.
Rb6+ Kg5 48. Kg2 Rc8 49. Rd6 Rcc2 50. Rf1 Rd2 51. Kg1 Kh5 52. Rb6 Kg5 53. Rc6
Kh5 54. Rb6 Kg5 55. Rb4 Rxa6 56. Rf4 Re6 57. Rc1 Re4 58. Rc6 d4 59. Rc5 Rxf4 60.
exf4+ Kf6 61. Kf1 Rd1+ 62. Ke2 Ra1 63. Rd5 Ra2+ 64. Kf1 Ra1+ 65. Kg2 Ra4 66. Re5
Ra2 67. Re8 Ra1 68. Rd8 Ra4 69. Kf1 Ra1+ 70. Ke2 Ra2+ 71. Kf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "9th Gashimov Mem Blitz"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2023.12.11"]
[Round "6.5"]
[White "Abasov, Nijat"]
[Black "Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2641"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[ECO "D02"]
[Opening "Queen's bishop game"]
[WhiteFideId "13402960"]
[BlackFideId "5029465"]
[EventDate "2023.12.11"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Bf4 c5 4. e3 e6 5. c3 Nc6 6. Bb5 Bd7 7. Nbd2 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. a4 Nh5 10. Bxc6 Bxc6 11. Re1 cxd4 12. Nxd4 Nf6 13. e4 dxe4 14. Nxc6 bxc6
15. Nxe4 Nd5 16. Qf3 Qb6 17. Re2 Rad8 18. h3 Nxf4 19. Qxf4 Rd5 20. Qe3 Qc7 21.
Rd2 Rb8 22. a5 h6 23. b4 Rxd2 24. Nxd2 c5 25. bxc5 Bxc5 26. Qf3 Be7 27. a6 Rb2
28. Ne4 f5 29. Ng3 Bc5 30. Rf1 Qe5 31. Nh5 Rxf2 32. Rxf2 Qe1+ 33. Kh2 Bxf2 34.
Qa8+ Kh7 35. Nf6+ gxf6 0-1

[Event "9th Gashimov Mem Blitz"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2023.12.11"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi"]
[Black "Erigaisi, Arjun"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[ECO "C18"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "Winawer, advance variation"]
[WhiteFideId "5029465"]
[BlackFideId "35009192"]
[EventDate "2023.12.11"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Nc6 7. Qg4 g6 8. Nf3
Qa5 9. Bd2 Qa4 10. Qf4 Qxc2 11. dxc5 Bd7 12. Nd4 Nxd4 13. cxd4 Ne7 14. Be2 Qe4
15. f3 Qxf4 16. Bxf4 h6 17. h4 Nc6 18. Be3 Na5 19. Rb1 Bc6 20. Rb4 Kd7 21. Kf2
b6 22. Rc1 Nc4 23. Bxc4 dxc4 24. cxb6 Bd5 25. bxa7 Rxa7 26. a4 h5 27. Bd2 Rha8
28. Ra1 Bc6 29. Rxc4 Rxa4 30. Rcxa4 Rxa4 31. Rb1 Rxd4 32. Bg5 Rd5 33. Bf6 Rb5
34. Rd1+ Bd5 35. Ra1 Rb8 36. Ra7+ Rb7 37. Ra6 Bc6 38. Kg3 Rb8 39. Ra7+ Bb7 40.
Kf4 Kc7 41. Ra3 Ra8 42. Rc3+ Kd7 43. Rc2 Bd5 44. Kg5 Ra2 45. Rxa2 Bxa2 46. g4
Ke8 47. gxh5 gxh5 48. Kxh5 Kf8 49. Kh6 Kg8 50. f4 Bb1 51. h5 Bc2 52. Be7 Bd3 53.
Kg5 Be4 54. Kf6 Bf5 55. Bc5 Be4 56. h6 Bg6 57. Bb4 Bf5 58. Bc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "9th Gashimov Mem Blitz"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2023.12.11"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Suleymanli, Aydin"]
[Black "Abasov, Nijat"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2609"]
[BlackElo "2641"]
[ECO "D35"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "exchange, positional line"]
[WhiteFideId "13413937"]
[BlackFideId "13402960"]
[EventDate "2023.12.11"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 h6 7. Bh4 O-O 8. Bd3
Bg4 9. Qc2 Nbd7 10. h3 Be6 11. Nge2 Ne8 12. Bg3 Bd6 13. Nf4 c6 14. O-O Qe7 15.
Rae1 Ndf6 16. f3 c5 17. Qf2 Rc8 18. Nb5 Bb8 19. Nxe6 Bxg3 20. Qxg3 fxe6 21. dxc5
Rxc5 22. Nd4 Nd6 23. Qe5 Re8 24. b3 Nd7 25. Qg3 e5 26. f4 Rc3 27. fxe5 Nxe5 28.
Bb1 Ne4 29. Qf4 Rf8 30. Nf5 Qf6 31. Bxe4 dxe4 32. Nxh6+ gxh6 33. Qxf6 Rxf6 34.
Rxf6 Rc2 35. Re6 Nd3 36. Rf1 Nc5 37. Re8+ Kg7 38. Re7+ Kg6 39. Rc7 a5 40. a3 1-0

[Event "9th Gashimov Mem Blitz"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2023.12.11"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Mamedov, Rauf"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2651"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[ECO "C10"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "Rubinstein variation"]
[WhiteFideId "13401653"]
[BlackFideId "13401319"]
[EventDate "2023.12.11"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. Be3 Be7
8. Bb5+ Bd7 9. Bd3 Nd5 10. Ne5 Bd6 11. Bd2 c5 12. Qh5 g6 13. Qf3 Qf6 14. Qxf6
Nxf6 15. Nc4 Be7 16. dxc5 Bxc5 17. Bc3 Be7 18. O-O-O Bc6 19. Ne5 Bxg2 20. Bb5+
Kf8 21. Rhe1 Kg7 22. Rd4 a6 23. Bd3 Rac8 24. Rf4 g5 25. Ra4 h6 26. h4 Nd5 27.
Bd2 f6 28. Ng4 gxh4 29. Rxe6 Kf7 30. Re1 h3 31. Nh2 Bd6 32. Ng4 h5 33. Nh6+ Rxh6
34. Bxh6 Re8 35. Rd1 Nb4 36. Bf5 Re5 37. Rxd6 Rxf5 38. Rd7+ Kg6 39. Rxb4 Kxh6
40. Rh4 Kg5 41. Rhd4 h2 42. Rd1 h1=Q 0-1

[Event "9th Gashimov Mem Blitz"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2023.12.11"]
[Round "7.4"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[ECO "D45"]
[Opening "QGD semi-Slav"]
[Variation "5...Nd7"]
[WhiteFideId "13400924"]
[BlackFideId "2805677"]
[EventDate "2023.12.11"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. b3 Bb4 7. Bd2 Qe7 8. Be2
O-O 9. O-O Bd6 10. Rc1 Ne4 11. Nxe4 dxe4 12. Ne1 f5 13. Nc2 Nf6 14. Bc3 e5 15.
dxe5 Bxe5 16. Bxe5 Qxe5 17. Qd4 Qe7 18. c5 Be6 19. Bc4 Nd5 20. Qe5 Qf6 21. Qxf6
Rxf6 22. Nd4 Bf7 23. a3 Re8 24. Rfe1 g5 25. b4 f4 26. b5 Kg7 27. a4 Nb4 28. bxc6
bxc6 29. Red1 fxe3 30. fxe3 Bxc4 31. Rxc4 Nd5 32. Re1 Rb8 33. g4 Kg6 34. Nf5 Re6
35. h3 Rb3 36. Nd4 Rxe3 37. Rxe3 Nxe3 38. Rc1 Rf6 39. Re1 Nd5 40. Rxe4 Nc3 41.
Re7 Nxa4 42. Nf5 Rf7 43. Re6+ Rf6 44. Re7 Rf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "9th Gashimov Mem Blitz"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2023.12.11"]
[Round "7.5"]
[White "Van Foreest, Jorden"]
[Black "Rapport, Richard"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2679"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[ECO "B04"]
[Opening "Alekhine's defence"]
[Variation "modern, Larsen variation"]
[WhiteFideId "1039784"]
[BlackFideId "738590"]
[EventDate "2023.12.11"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 dxe5 5. Nxe5 c6 6. Bc4 Nd7 7. Nf3 N7f6 8.
O-O Bg4 9. Be2 e6 10. h3 Bf5 11. Nh4 Bg6 12. c4 Ne7 13. Nc3 Nf5 14. Nxg6 hxg6
15. d5 Bd6 16. Bg5 Qc7 17. dxe6 O-O-O 18. Qa4 Bc5 19. Bxf6 Rxh3 0-1

[Event "9th Gashimov Mem Blitz"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2023.12.11"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Erigaisi, Arjun"]
[Black "Rapport, Richard"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[ECO "A46"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[WhiteFideId "35009192"]
[BlackFideId "738590"]
[EventDate "2023.12.11"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c6 3. Bf4 Qb6 4. Qc1 d6 5. e3 Nh5 6. Bg3 Nxg3 7. hxg3 g6 8. c4
Bg7 9. Nc3 Nd7 10. g4 Qa5 11. Qd2 h6 12. a3 Nf6 13. b4 Qc7 14. g5 hxg5 15. Rxh8+
Bxh8 16. Nxg5 Bd7 17. Bd3 d5 18. f4 a5 19. b5 c5 20. Nxd5 Nxd5 21. cxd5 cxd4 22.
Rc1 Qd6 23. e4 Qxa3 24. e5 Rc8 25. Rxc8+ Bxc8 26. e6 fxe6 27. Bxg6+ Kf8 28. dxe6
Qe3+ 29. Qxe3 dxe3 30. Bc2 b6 31. Ke2 Bb7 32. g4 Bd4 33. Nf3 Bc5 34. Ne5 Bd4 35.
Nc6 Bc5 36. f5 Kg7 37. g5 Bc8 38. Ba4 Bb7 39. Bb3 Bc8 40. Bd1 Bb7 41. Bc2 Bc8
42. Bb3 Bb7 43. f6+ exf6 44. e7 Bxe7 45. Nxe7 fxg5 46. Kxe3 Kf6 47. Nc6 Bc8 48.
Kd4 g4 49. Ne5 g3 50. Bd5 Be6 51. Bg2 Ke7 52. Nd3 Bd7 53. Nf4 Bxb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "9th Gashimov Mem Blitz"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2023.12.11"]
[Round "8.2"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Van Foreest, Jorden"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2679"]
[ECO "D08"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "Albin counter-gambit"]
[WhiteFideId "2805677"]
[BlackFideId "1039784"]
[EventDate "2023.12.11"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 d4 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. a3 g6 6. e3 Bg4 7. Be2 Bxf3 8. Bxf3
Nge7 9. O-O Bg7 10. exd4 Qxd4 11. Nc3 Qxc4 12. Bg5 Rd8 13. Qc1 Nd4 14. Qf4 Qe6
15. Bf6 Nxf3+ 16. Qxf3 O-O 17. Qxb7 Bxf6 18. exf6 Qxf6 19. Qxc7 Nd5 20. Nxd5
Rxd5 21. b4 a6 22. Rac1 Rd6 23. a4 Rb6 24. Rc4 Rfb8 25. Qc5 Qb2 26. b5 axb5 27.
axb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "9th Gashimov Mem Blitz"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2023.12.11"]
[Round "8.3"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[ECO "A15"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[WhiteFideId "13401319"]
[BlackFideId "13400924"]
[EventDate "2023.12.11"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. e3 d5 4. b3 c6 5. Bb2 Nbd7 6. Nc3 Bd6 7. Qc2 a6 8. d4 b5
9. Bd3 b4 10. Ne2 a5 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. Qc6 Qb6 13. Qxa8 O-O 14. Ne5 Bb7 15.
Qxf8+ Bxf8 16. O-O Ba6 17. Nf4 Nxe5 18. dxe5 Ne4 19. Bd4 Qb7 20. Rfc1 g6 21. Rc2
Bxd3 22. Nxd3 Qb5 23. Rd1 a4 24. h3 h5 25. Nf4 Bh6 26. Nd3 Bf8 27. Nb2 axb3 28.
axb3 h4 29. Na4 Kg7 30. Nb2 Nc3 31. Re1 Qa6 32. Na4 Nxa4 33. Ra2 Qd3 34. bxa4 b3
35. Raa1 Qc2 36. a5 b2 37. a6 bxa1=Q 38. Rxa1 Qc8 39. a7 Qa8 40. Rb1 Qc6 41. Rb8
Qc1+ 42. Kh2 Qf1 43. e4 Qc1 44. Be3 1-0

[Event "9th Gashimov Mem Blitz"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2023.12.11"]
[Round "8.4"]
[White "Abasov, Nijat"]
[Black "Mamedov, Rauf"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2641"]
[BlackElo "2651"]
[ECO "A45"]
[Opening "Trompovsky attack (Ruth, Opovcensky opening)"]
[WhiteFideId "13402960"]
[BlackFideId "13401653"]
[EventDate "2023.12.11"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 g6 3. Bxf6 exf6 4. c4 f5 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. e3 d6 7. g3 Nd7 8. Bg2
Nf6 9. Nge2 h5 10. h4 O-O 11. O-O Ng4 12. Nf4 Re8 13. b4 Bh6 14. Qd2 Rb8 15.
Rae1 Bd7 16. Qd3 c6 17. a4 a6 18. b5 axb5 19. axb5 Ra8 20. Ra1 Qe7 21. bxc6 bxc6
22. Rfb1 Rxa1 23. Rxa1 Rb8 24. Bf3 Bxf4 25. exf4 Rb2 26. Ne2 Rb8 27. Kg2 Qe8 28.
Ra7 Be6 29. d5 cxd5 30. cxd5 Bd7 31. Qa3 Bb5 32. Qxd6 Rd8 33. Qe7 Bxe2 34. Bxe2
Qxe7 35. Rxe7 Rxd5 36. Bxg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "9th Gashimov Mem Blitz"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2023.12.11"]
[Round "8.5"]
[White "Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi"]
[Black "Suleymanli, Aydin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2609"]
[ECO "C45"]
[Opening "Scotch"]
[Variation "Tartakower variation"]
[WhiteFideId "5029465"]
[BlackFideId "13413937"]
[EventDate "2023.12.11"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. Nd2 d5 7. exd5 cxd5
8. Bb5+ Bd7 9. Bxd7+ Qxd7 10. O-O Be7 11. b3 a5 12. a4 O-O 13. Bb2 Ra6 14. Qf3
Bb4 15. Rad1 Re8 16. Nc4 Ne4 17. Qd3 c6 18. Ne3 Qc8 19. c4 dxc4 20. Qxc4 c5 21.
Qc2 Rg6 22. Rd5 h6 23. Rfd1 Ng5 24. Qf5 Qxf5 25. Rxf5 Ne6 26. Kf1 Rg5 27. Rxg5
hxg5 28. Nd5 f6 29. g3 Kf7 30. Ne3 Rd8 31. Rxd8 Nxd8 32. Ke2 Ke6 33. Kd3 Nb7 34.
Nc4 Kd5 35. h3 Be1 36. Ke2 Bb4 37. Ke3 Nd6 38. Nxd6 Kxd6 39. Ke4 Be1 40. g4 Ke6
41. f3 g6 42. Bc1 Bb4 43. Be3 f5+ 44. gxf5+ gxf5+ 45. Kd3 f4 46. Bc1 Kd5 47. Bb2
Be1 48. Bf6 Bh4 49. Bd8 Be1 50. Bxg5 Bg3 51. Bd8 Be1 52. Bf6 Bf2 53. Bc3 1-0

[Event "9th Gashimov Mem Blitz"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2023.12.11"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Suleymanli, Aydin"]
[Black "Erigaisi, Arjun"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2609"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[ECO "B40"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Pin variation (Sicilian counter-attack)"]
[WhiteFideId "13413937"]
[BlackFideId "35009192"]
[EventDate "2023.12.11"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Bd3 d5 7. exd5 Nxd5 8.
Bd2 Nxc3 9. bxc3 Be7 10. O-O Nd7 11. Bf4 O-O 12. Re1 Nc5 13. Rb1 Nxd3 14. Qxd3
Bc5 15. Qg3 b6 16. Re5 Re8 17. Nc6 Qd7 18. Rxc5 bxc5 19. Be5 f5 20. Na5 Ba6 21.
h4 Rad8 22. Kh2 h6 23. Nc6 Rc8 24. Nb8 Rxb8 25. Bxb8 Qf7 26. Be5 Kh7 27. Rd1 Bb7
28. f3 Bd5 29. a3 Rg8 30. Rb1 g5 31. hxg5 Qh5+ 32. Qh3 Qxh3+ 33. Kxh3 hxg5 34.
Kg3 Kg6 35. Rh1 Bc6 36. Rh8 f4+ 37. Kf2 Rxh8 38. Bxh8 Ba4 39. Be5 Bxc2 40. Bd6
c4 41. g3 Kf5 42. g4+ Kf6 43. Bc7 e5 44. Bd8+ Kg6 45. Bc7 e4 46. fxe4 Bd1 47.
Bb8 a6 48. Bc7 Bxg4 49. Bd8 Bh5 50. Bc7 Bd1 51. Bb8 Kf6 52. Bc7 Bc2 53. Kf3 Kg6
54. Bd6 Kh5 55. Bc7 Kh4 56. Bxf4 gxf4 57. Kxf4 Kh3 58. e5 Kg2 59. e6 Kf2 60. Ke5
Ke3 61. e7 Ba4 62. Kd5 Kd3 0-1

[Event "9th Gashimov Mem Blitz"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2023.12.11"]
[Round "9.2"]
[White "Mamedov, Rauf"]
[Black "Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2651"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[ECO "C44"]
[Opening "Scotch gambit"]
[Variation "Dubois-Reti defence"]
[WhiteFideId "13401653"]
[BlackFideId "5029465"]
[EventDate "2023.12.11"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. e5 Ne4 6. Qe2 Nc5 7. O-O Be7 8. Rd1
Ne6 9. c3 d5 10. exd6 cxd6 11. cxd4 d5 12. Bb3 O-O 13. Nc3 Nc7 14. Bf4 Bd6 15.
Bg5 Be7 16. Bxe7 Nxe7 17. Re1 Nc6 18. Qd3 Be6 19. Bc2 g6 20. Qd2 Kg7 21. Ba4 Qd6
22. Bxc6 Qxc6 23. Qf4 f6 24. Rac1 Rac8 25. Ne4 dxe4 26. Rxc6 bxc6 27. Qxe4 Bd5
28. Qg4 Rb8 29. h4 h5 30. Qf4 Ne6 31. Qd6 Rbd8 32. Qb4 Rf7 33. Nd2 Rdd7 34. Ne4
Nf4 35. Nd6 Nd3 36. Qa3 Nxe1 37. Nxf7 Nxg2 38. Nd6 Nxh4 39. Nc8 Nf3+ 40. Kf1 h4
41. Qe3 h3 42. Qe8 Bc4+ 0-1

[Event "9th Gashimov Mem Blitz"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2023.12.11"]
[Round "9.3"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Abasov, Nijat"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2641"]
[ECO "D35"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "exchange, positional line"]
[WhiteFideId "13400924"]
[BlackFideId "13402960"]
[EventDate "2023.12.11"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Be7 6. Nf3 O-O 7. h3 h6 8. Bh4
Bf5 9. e3 Nbd7 10. Be2 c6 11. Nd2 Ne8 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. Bg4 Nd6 14. Bxf5 Nxf5
15. O-O Rae8 16. Rb1 Qd6 17. a4 Re6 18. Qh5 g6 19. Qd1 a6 20. b4 h5 21. Qc2 Rfe8
22. b5 axb5 23. axb5 Nf6 24. Nb3 R6e7 25. Rfc1 Nh7 26. bxc6 bxc6 27. Nd1 Re6 28.
Nc5 Rf6 29. Nd3 Rc8 30. Qc5 Qe6 31. Nf4 Qe4 32. Nc3 Qe8 33. Ncxd5 Re6 34. Nxe6 1-0

[Event "9th Gashimov Mem Blitz"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2023.12.11"]
[Round "9.4"]
[White "Van Foreest, Jorden"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2679"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[ECO "C45"]
[Opening "Scotch game"]
[WhiteFideId "1039784"]
[BlackFideId "13401319"]
[EventDate "2023.12.11"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Qf6 5. Nb3 Qg6 6. f3 Nf6 7. Nc3 Bb4 8.
Bd2 O-O 9. a3 Bxc3 10. Bxc3 Re8 11. Kf2 d6 12. Nd4 Bd7 13. Nxc6 Bxc6 14. Bd3 Nd7
15. Re1 Ne5 16. Qd2 Rad8 17. Qf4 f6 18. Bf1 d5 19. Bd3 dxe4 20. Bxe4 Ng4+ 21.
Qxg4 Qxg4 22. Bxh7+ Kxh7 23. fxg4 Kg6 24. h3 Kf7 25. Rxe8 Rxe8 26. Rd1 b6 27.
Rd2 Re6 28. b3 Rd6 29. Bd4 Be4 30. Ke3 Re6 31. Kf2 Rd6 32. Ke3 Re6 1/2-1/2

[Event "9th Gashimov Mem Blitz"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2023.12.11"]
[Round "9.5"]
[White "Rapport, Richard"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[ECO "C26"]
[Opening "Vienna game"]
[WhiteFideId "738590"]
[BlackFideId "2805677"]
[EventDate "2023.12.11"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. Nf3 d6 5. d3 c6 6. Ne2 O-O 7. Bb3 Nbd7 8. Ng3
Bb6 9. c3 d5 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. O-O Bc7 12. Re1 Re8 13. Bc2 Nf8 14. d4 exd4 15.
Rxe8 Qxe8 16. Nxd4 Ng6 17. Bd2 Qe7 18. Qh5 Ndf4 19. Bxf4 Bxf4 20. Kf1 Bd7 21.
Re1 Qg5 22. Nf3 Qxh5 23. Nxh5 Bc7 24. Bb3 Re8 25. Rd1 Bg4 26. Ng3 Rd8 27. Rxd8+
Bxd8 28. Nd4 Bd7 29. Ne4 Be7 30. g3 Ne5 31. Ke2 c5 32. Nf3 Bg4 33. Nd2 Nxf3 34.
Nxf3 Kf8 35. Bd5 b6 36. Kd3 Bf6 37. Nd2 Bd7 38. Nf1 Be7 39. Ne3 g6 40. Bc4 Bd6
41. Bd5 Ke7 42. Bg2 Be5 43. f4 Bg7 44. Nd5+ Kd6 45. Ne3 Be6 46. b3 b5 47. c4 b4
48. Bd5 Bd4 49. Bxe6 Kxe6 50. Ke4 f5+ 51. Kf3 Bxe3 1/2-1/2

[Event "9th Gashimov Mem Blitz"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2023.12.11"]
[Round "10.1"]
[White "Erigaisi, Arjun"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[ECO "A36"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "ultra-symmetrical variation"]
[WhiteFideId "35009192"]
[BlackFideId "2805677"]
[EventDate "2023.12.11"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. d3 Nf6 6. Qd2 e6 7. b3 d5 8. Bb2 Rb8
9. cxd5 exd5 10. Nxd5 O-O 11. Nxf6+ Bxf6 12. Nf3 Re8 13. O-O Bg4 14. Rfe1 Qd6
15. h3 Bxf3 16. Bxf3 Bxb2 17. Qxb2 Nd4 18. Bg2 Qf6 19. Rab1 Re6 20. e3 Nf3+ 21.
Bxf3 Qxf3 22. Qe2 Qf5 23. Kg2 Rd8 24. Red1 Red6 25. Rbc1 b6 26. Rc3 h5 27. f4
Qd7 28. a4 Re8 29. Qf3 f5 30. Kf2 Rde6 31. d4 Qg7 32. Rcd3 cxd4 33. Rxd4 Re4 34.
R1d3 Qc7 35. Qd1 Rxd4 36. Rxd4 Qe7 37. Qd3 Qc5 38. Rc4 Qe7 39. Rc6 Kh7 40. Rd6
Qg7 41. Qd4 Re7 42. Qxg7+ Kxg7 43. Ke2 Rc7 44. Kd3 h4 45. gxh4 Kh6 46. b4 Kh5
47. b5 Rg7 48. e4 fxe4+ 49. Kxe4 Kxh4 50. Ke5 Kh5 51. Rd8 Kh4 52. Kf6 Rc7 53.
Kxg6 1-0

[Event "9th Gashimov Mem Blitz"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2023.12.11"]
[Round "10.2"]
[White "Rapport, Richard"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[ECO "C26"]
[Opening "Vienna game"]
[WhiteFideId "738590"]
[BlackFideId "13401319"]
[EventDate "2023.12.11"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bc5 4. d3 O-O 5. Nf3 d6 6. Na4 Bb6 7. O-O Be6 8. Bb3
Nbd7 9. Nxb6 axb6 10. c4 Nc5 11. Bc2 Bg4 12. h3 Bxf3 13. Qxf3 Ne6 14. Be3 Nd7
15. b4 Ra3 16. Qd1 c5 17. Bc1 Ra8 18. a4 cxb4 19. Rb1 Ndc5 20. Rxb4 Nd4 21. Be3
Nce6 22. Qd2 Ra6 23. Rfb1 Qc7 24. Bd1 Rfa8 25. Kh2 h6 26. Qb2 Nc5 27. Qd2 Nce6
28. Kh1 Kh7 29. g3 Kg8 30. Kh2 Kh7 31. f4 Kg8 32. f5 Nc5 33. f6 gxf6 34. Ra1 Qe7
35. Bxh6 f5 36. exf5 Nxf5 37. Be3 e4 38. d4 Nd3 39. Rb5 Ra5 40. Bc2 Rxb5 41.
cxb5 Rc8 42. Bb3 Qc7 43. Rf1 Qc3 44. Bxf7+ Kxf7 45. Rxf5+ Ke6 46. Qxc3 Rxc3 47.
g4 Ne1 48. d5+ Kd7 49. Bxb6 Nf3+ 50. Kg3 Nd2+ 51. Kf2 Rxh3 52. Rf7+ Kc8 53. Rc7+
Kb8 54. Rd7 Rh8 55. Rxd6 Kc8 56. Rf6 Nc4 57. a5 Kd7 58. Rf7+ Kd6 59. Rxb7 e3+
60. Bxe3 Rf8+ 61. Ke2 Re8 62. Kd3 Nxe3 63. a6 Nxd5 64. a7 Re3+ 65. Kd4 Ra3 66.
Rg7 Ra4+ 67. Kd3 Kc5 68. g5 Kxb5 69. g6 Nf4+ 70. Kc3 Nxg6 71. Rxg6 1/2-1/2

[Event "9th Gashimov Mem Blitz"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2023.12.11"]
[Round "10.3"]
[White "Van Foreest, Jorden"]
[Black "Abasov, Nijat"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2679"]
[BlackElo "2641"]
[ECO "C55"]
[Opening "Two knights defence (Modern bishop's opening)"]
[WhiteFideId "1039784"]
[BlackFideId "13402960"]
[EventDate "2023.12.11"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 h6 5. O-O Bc5 6. c3 d6 7. Re1 O-O 8. Nbd2
a6 9. Nf1 Ba7 10. Bb3 Ne7 11. Ng3 c5 12. a4 Ng6 13. h3 Re8 14. Bd2 Bb8 15. Bc4
Bc7 16. b4 cxb4 17. cxb4 d5 18. exd5 Nxd5 19. d4 Nb6 20. Bb3 Be6 21. Rc1 Rc8 22.
a5 Bxb3 23. Qxb3 Nd7 24. Qd5 b6 25. b5 axb5 26. a6 Ra8 27. Qxb5 Bb8 28. Bb4 Ra7
29. dxe5 Ngxe5 30. Nxe5 Rxe5 31. Rxe5 Nxe5 32. Nf5 Kh7 33. Bc3 Qd3 34. Qxd3 Nxd3
35. Rd1 Nc5 36. Bxg7 Rxa6 37. Bxh6 Be5 38. Be3 Ne4 39. g4 Nc3 40. Rd7 Kg6 41.
Rb7 b5 42. h4 Ra4 43. h5+ Kh7 44. Rxf7+ Kg8 45. Nh6+ Kh8 46. g5 Nd5 47. Rf8+ Kh7
48. g6+ Kg7 49. Rf7+ 1-0

[Event "9th Gashimov Mem Blitz"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2023.12.11"]
[Round "10.4"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[ECO "C20"]
[Opening "KP"]
[Variation "Indian opening"]
[WhiteFideId "13400924"]
[BlackFideId "5029465"]
[EventDate "2023.12.11"]

1. e4 e5 2. d3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. c3 d5 5. Nbd2 a5 6. Be2 Bc5 7. O-O O-O 8. b3
Re8 9. Qc2 h6 10. Bb2 Be6 11. a3 Bd6 12. b4 Ne7 13. c4 dxe4 14. dxe4 Nc6 15. c5
Bf8 16. Nxe5 Nxe5 17. Bxe5 Ng4 18. Bc3 axb4 19. axb4 Rxa1 20. Bxa1 b6 21. h3 Nf6
22. Bb5 Nd7 23. Nf3 bxc5 24. bxc5 c6 25. Bxc6 Qc7 26. Nd4 Rc8 27. Nxe6 Qxc6 28.
Nxf8 Nxf8 29. Bd4 Ne6 30. Be3 Ra8 31. Rb1 Rc8 32. Qc4 Ra8 33. Qd5 Qa4 34. c6 Rd8
35. Qb5 Qxe4 36. Rc1 Rc8 37. Qa6 Rc7 38. Rc4 Qd5 39. Qa4 f5 40. Qc2 Qb5 41. g3
Nd8 42. Rc5 Qa6 43. Qb3+ Kh7 44. Qd5 Qc8 45. Bd4 Rxc6 46. Rxc6 Nxc6 47. Bb2 Qe8
48. Qxf5+ Qg6 49. Qb5 Ne7 50. Qe2 Nf5 51. Be5 Qe6 52. Qe4 Qg6 53. Kh2 h5 54. Qf3
Nh6 55. Bf4 Qf5 56. Qe2 Nf7 57. Kg2 Kg8 58. Be3 Qe4+ 59. f3 Qe6 60. g4 hxg4 61.
hxg4 Nh8 62. Kf2 Ng6 63. Qd3 Ne7 64. Bd4 Kf7 65. Qd2 Qd5 66. Qf4+ Kg8 67. Qe3
Ng6 68. Bc3 Qa2+ 69. Kg3 Qf7 70. f4 Ne7 71. f5 Nd5 72. Qe5 Nxc3 73. Qxc3 g6 74.
Kf4 gxf5 75. gxf5 Qd7 76. Qg3+ Kf8 77. Qg6 Qd4+ 78. Kg5 Qe3+ 79. Kg4 Qe4+ 80.
Kh5 Qf3+ 81. Kg5 Qe3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "9th Gashimov Mem Blitz"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2023.12.11"]
[Round "10.5"]
[White "Mamedov, Rauf"]
[Black "Suleymanli, Aydin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2651"]
[BlackElo "2609"]
[ECO "C50"]
[Opening "Giuoco Pianissimo"]
[WhiteFideId "13401653"]
[BlackFideId "13413937"]
[EventDate "2023.12.11"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 d6 6. Nbd2 a5 7. Nf1 Be6 8. Bb5
h6 9. Ng3 O-O 10. O-O Ba7 11. h3 Ne7 12. d4 c6 13. Bd3 Ng6 14. Re1 a4 15. Be3 b5
16. Qd2 Kh7 17. Bc2 Qc7 18. Nf5 Ng8 19. Nh2 f6 20. Nf1 Nh8 21. N1g3 Nf7 22. d5
Bxe3 23. Nxe3 Bd7 24. dxc6 Bxc6 25. Nd5 Qb7 26. Nf5 Bxd5 27. Qxd5 Qxd5 28. exd5
g6 29. Nh4 Ne7 30. Rad1 a3 31. bxa3 Rxa3 32. Bb3 Rc8 33. Nf3 Rxc3 34. Nd4 Ra5
35. Nc6 Nxc6 36. dxc6 d5 37. Rxd5 Ng5 38. Rd7+ Kh8 39. c7 1-0

[Event "9th Gashimov Mem Blitz"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2023.12.11"]
[Round "11.1"]
[White "Mamedov, Rauf"]
[Black "Erigaisi, Arjun"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2651"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[ECO "B40"]
[Opening "Sicilian defence"]
[WhiteFideId "13401653"]
[BlackFideId "35009192"]
[EventDate "2023.12.11"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. e4 e6 3. c3 d5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. d4 Nf6 6. Na3 a6 7. Nc4 Nbd7 8. Be2
b5 9. Na5 Be7 10. O-O Bd8 11. Nd2 Qd6 12. Bf3 Nd5 13. c4 bxc4 14. Ndxc4 Qc7 15.
Bxd5 exd5 16. Re1+ Kf8 17. Qf3 Nf6 18. Bf4 Qd7 19. Bd6+ Kg8 20. Bxc5 Qg4 21.
Qxg4 Bxg4 22. Nb6 Bxb6 23. Bxb6 Rb8 24. Bc5 Rxb2 25. Rab1 Rxb1 26. Rxb1 h5 27.
f3 Bf5 28. Rb6 Kh7 29. Nc6 Nd7 30. Rxa6 Re8 31. Kf2 h4 32. Ra7 Bd3 33. Be7 Bb5
34. Rxd7 Bxc6 35. Rc7 Bb5 36. Bxh4 Re2+ 37. Kg3 Rxa2 38. Rxf7 Bf1 39. Kf4 Rxg2
40. Bg3 Kg6 41. Rd7 Bc4 42. Kg4 Kf6 43. Kh3 Rg1 44. Kg4 Rg2 45. Ra7 Rg1 46. Rb7
g6 47. Rb6+ Kf7 48. Kg5 Bd3 49. Rd6 Rf1 50. Rd7+ Ke6 51. Rd6+ Ke7 52. Rxd5 Rxf3
53. Re5+ Kd7 54. Ra5 Rf5+ 55. Rxf5 Bxf5 56. h4 Be4 1/2-1/2

[Event "9th Gashimov Mem Blitz"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2023.12.11"]
[Round "11.2"]
[White "Suleymanli, Aydin"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2609"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[ECO "B31"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Nimzovich-Rossolimo attack (with ...g6, without ...d6)"]
[WhiteFideId "13413937"]
[BlackFideId "13400924"]
[EventDate "2023.12.11"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. d3 b6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. h3 Nf6 8. a4
O-O 9. e5 Nd5 10. Re1 Bf5 11. Nbd2 Qd7 12. Nf1 Rad8 13. b3 f6 14. Qe2 g5 15. Ng3
Bg6 16. h4 h6 17. exf6 exf6 18. Qe6+ Qxe6 19. Rxe6 Nb4 20. hxg5 hxg5 21. Re2
Rfe8 22. Ne1 f5 23. Rb1 f4 24. Rxe8+ Rxe8 25. Ne4 Bxe4 26. dxe4 Rxe4 27. Bd2 Nd5
28. Kf1 c4 29. Nf3 g4 30. Nh2 c3 31. Be1 g3 32. Nf3 gxf2 33. Bxf2 Nb4 34. Rc1
Bf6 35. Ne1 Kf7 36. Rd1 Ke6 37. Rc1 c5 38. Nf3 Kf5 39. Ng1 Bd4 40. Ne2 Kg4 41.
Ng1 Be3 42. Bxe3 fxe3 43. Ke2 Nd5 44. Nf3 Nf4+ 45. Kf1 Kg3 46. Ng5 e2+ 0-1

[Event "9th Gashimov Mem Blitz"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2023.12.11"]
[Round "11.3"]
[White "Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi"]
[Black "Van Foreest, Jorden"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2679"]
[ECO "E90"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "5.Nf3"]
[WhiteFideId "5029465"]
[BlackFideId "1039784"]
[EventDate "2023.12.11"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. Be2 Bxf3 7. Bxf3 e5 8. d5
Nbd7 9. O-O h5 10. Rb1 a5 11. a3 Bh6 12. Bxh6 Rxh6 13. Qd2 Rh8 14. b4 Kf8 15. h4
Kg7 16. g3 Qe7 17. Nb5 Rhc8 18. Rfe1 Ne8 19. Bg2 c6 20. dxc6 bxc6 21. Nc3 axb4
22. axb4 Nef6 23. Bh3 Rd8 24. Qe3 c5 25. Bxd7 Rxd7 26. bxc5 dxc5 27. Nd5 Nxd5
28. exd5 Ra4 29. Qc3 Qf6 30. Rb5 Rc7 31. Qb3 Rca7 32. Rb6 Qf5 33. Qc3 f6 34. Rb2
Ra3 35. Qc1 Rd3 36. Qb1 Kh6 37. Rb8 Rd4 38. Rh8+ Rh7 39. Rxh7+ Kxh7 40. Qb7+ Kh6
41. Qe7 g5 42. Qf8+ Kg6 43. Qg8+ Kh6 44. Qf8+ Kg6 45. Qe8+ Kh6 46. hxg5+ Kxg5
47. Qg8+ Qg6 48. Qe6 Qf5 49. Qg8+ Qg6 50. Qc8 h4 51. Re3 Rd2 52. Kg2 Rd1 53. Qh8
h3+ 54. Qxh3 Qb1 55. Qh4+ Kg6 56. Qg4+ Kh6 57. Qh4+ Kg6 58. Qh2 Qc1 59. Re4 Kf5
60. Qh7+ Kg5 61. Qg7+ Kh5 62. Rh4# 1-0

[Event "9th Gashimov Mem Blitz"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2023.12.11"]
[Round "11.4"]
[White "Abasov, Nijat"]
[Black "Rapport, Richard"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2641"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[ECO "B10"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann defence"]
[WhiteFideId "13402960"]
[BlackFideId "738590"]
[EventDate "2023.12.11"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. d3 Qc7 4. Nc3 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Nd7 6. g3 Ngf6 7. Bf4 Qb6 8.
Qc1 Nxe4 9. dxe4 e5 10. Be3 Bc5 11. Bxc5 Nxc5 12. Nxe5 Qb4+ 13. c3 Qxe4+ 14. Qe3
Qxh1 15. Nf3+ Be6 16. O-O-O Rd8 17. Re1 O-O 18. Be2 Qg2 19. Qxc5 Bd5 20. Ng5 h6
21. Bf1 Qxh2 22. Nh3 Bg2 0-1

[Event "9th Gashimov Mem Blitz"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2023.12.11"]
[Round "11.5"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[ECO "A45"]
[Opening "Trompovsky attack (Ruth, Opovcensky opening)"]
[WhiteFideId "13401319"]
[BlackFideId "2805677"]
[EventDate "2023.12.11"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 3. e3 c5 4. Bxf6 gxf6 5. Bb5+ Bd7 6. Bxd7+ Qxd7 7. Qh5 Nc6
8. dxc5 e6 9. Ne2 Bxc5 10. O-O Ne5 11. Nd2 O-O-O 12. Rfd1 Kb8 13. Nf3 Qc7 14.
Ned4 Bxd4 15. Nxd4 f5 16. Rac1 Qe7 17. Nf3 Nxf3+ 18. Qxf3 Rc8 19. h3 h5 20. Rd4
Rc7 21. c3 Qg5 22. Rcd1 Rhc8 23. Qf4 Qxf4 24. Rxf4 Rc4 25. Rdd4 Rxd4 26. exd4
Kc7 27. Rh4 Kd6 28. Rxh5 b5 29. Rg5 Ke7 30. Rg3 a5 31. Kf1 b4 32. Ke2 Kf6 33.
Kd2 Rb8 34. Kc2 a4 35. cxb4 Rxb4 36. Rd3 f4 37. b3 axb3+ 38. axb3 Kf5 39. Kc3
Rb8 40. b4 f6 41. f3 Rb5 42. Kb3 e5 43. Ka4 e4 44. Rd2 e3 45. Rc2 Rb8 46. b5 Re8
47. Re2 Rc8 48. b6 Rc4+ 49. Kb5 Rxd4 50. b7 Rd2 51. b8=Q Rxe2 52. Qc8+ Kg6 53.
Qg4+ Kf7 54. Qxf4 Rb2+ 55. Kc5 e2 56. Qe3 f5 57. Kxd5 1-0

[Event "9th Gashimov Mem Blitz"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2023.12.11"]
[Round "12.1"]
[White "Erigaisi, Arjun"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[ECO "D85"]
[Opening "Gruenfeld"]
[Variation "modern exchange variation"]
[WhiteFideId "35009192"]
[BlackFideId "13401319"]
[EventDate "2023.12.11"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 c5 8.
Be3 Bg4 9. Qd2 O-O 10. Rc1 Qa5 11. d5 Nd7 12. c4 Qa3 13. Be2 e6 14. O-O exd5 15.
exd5 Rfe8 16. h3 Bf5 17. g4 Be4 18. Ng5 Bb2 19. Rcd1 Bc3 20. Qc1 Bb2 21. Qd2 Bc3
22. Qc1 1/2-1/2

[Event "9th Gashimov Mem Blitz"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2023.12.11"]
[Round "12.2"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Abasov, Nijat"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2641"]
[ECO "A33"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "symmetrical variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2805677"]
[BlackFideId "13402960"]
[EventDate "2023.12.11"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. a3 Bc5 7. Nb3 Bb6 8. c5
Bc7 9. g3 O-O 10. Bg2 b6 11. O-O Be5 12. Be3 Rb8 13. Rc1 Ba6 14. cxb6 axb6 15.
Nd4 Na5 16. Rc2 Bc4 17. b4 Nb3 18. Ndb5 d5 19. Nd4 Rc8 20. Ncb5 Nxd4 21. Nxd4
Ng4 22. Bc1 Qd7 23. Qd2 Bf6 24. Bb2 b5 25. f4 Qa7 26. h3 Nh6 27. Kh2 Kh8 28. g4
Ng8 29. g5 Be7 30. Nf3 Bd6 31. Ne5 f6 32. gxf6 gxf6 33. Nxc4 bxc4 34. e4 Ne7 35.
exd5 e5 36. fxe5 fxe5 37. Rxf8+ Rxf8 38. Qh6 Ng6 39. Re2 Kg8 40. Qe3 Qxe3 41.
Rxe3 Rf2 42. Bc3 Nf4 43. Rg3+ Kf7 44. Kh1 Ra2 45. Be4 Rxa3 46. Rf3 h5 47. b5 Rb3
48. Bd2 Rxb5 49. Rc3 Rb4 50. Rc2 Ra4 51. Kg1 Nxh3+ 52. Kf1 Nf4 53. Bc3 Ra3 54.
Ke1 Rxc3 55. Rxc3 Bb4 56. Kd2 Ke7 57. Kc2 Bxc3 58. Kxc3 Kd6 59. Kxc4 h4 60. Kc3
Nxd5+ 61. Kd3 Nf6 62. Bg2 Ke6 63. Ke3 Kf5 64. Bh3+ Kg5 65. Kf3 Nh5 66. Ke4 Kf6
67. Kf3 Nf4 68. Bc8 Kg5 69. Ke4 Ng6 70. Bd7 Kf6 71. Kf3 Nf4 72. Kg4 h3 73. Kg3
Ke7 74. Bc6 Kd6 75. Bf3 Kc5 76. Bb7 Kd4 77. Kf3 Ne6 78. Kg3 Ng5 79. Bh1 e4 80.
Kf2 0-1

[Event "9th Gashimov Mem Blitz"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2023.12.11"]
[Round "12.3"]
[White "Rapport, Richard"]
[Black "Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[ECO "C28"]
[Opening "Vienna game"]
[WhiteFideId "738590"]
[BlackFideId "5029465"]
[EventDate "2023.12.11"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bc4 Nc6 4. d3 Bb4 5. Nf3 d5 6. exd5 Nxd5 7. O-O Bxc3 8.
bxc3 O-O 9. Qe1 Re8 10. Ng5 Bf5 11. Rb1 Rb8 12. Rb5 Nce7 13. Qxe5 c6 14. Bxd5
cxd5 15. Bf4 Qd7 16. Rc5 f6 17. Qd6 Qa4 18. Rxd5 fxg5 19. Rxf5 gxf4 20. Rxf4
Qxa2 21. c4 Ng6 22. Re4 Qxc2 23. Rfe1 Rf8 24. R4e2 Qc3 25. g3 Qf6 26. Qa3 a6 27.
h4 Qf5 28. c5 h5 29. d4 Rbd8 30. Qb3+ Qd5 31. Qd3 Rf6 32. Re4 Rdf8 33. R1e2 a5
34. Qc2 Kh8 35. f4 Ra6 36. Qa4 Qf5 37. Kh2 Qg4 38. d5 Nxh4 39. gxh4 Qxh4+ 40.
Kg1 Rg6+ 41. Rg2 Rxg2+ 42. Kxg2 Qg4+ 43. Kh2 h4 44. Re8 Qg3+ 45. Kh1 Qf3+ 46.
Kh2 Qf2+ 47. Kh1 Qf1+ 48. Kh2 Qf2+ 49. Kh1 Qf3+ 50. Kh2 Rxe8 51. Qxe8+ Kh7 52.
Qe1 Qxf4+ 53. Kh3 Qf3+ 54. Kh2 Qxd5 55. Qxh4+ Kg6 56. Qg3+ Kf6 57. Qf4+ Ke6 58.
Qg4+ Kf7 59. Qf4+ Kg8 60. Qb8+ Kh7 61. Qd6 Qh5+ 62. Kg3 a4 63. Kf2 Qf5+ 64. Ke1
Qe4+ 65. Kd2 a3 66. Qh2+ Kg8 67. Qb8+ Kf7 68. Qc7+ Kf6 69. Qd6+ Kf5 70. Qd7+ Kf4
71. Qf7+ Qf5 72. Qxg7 Qd5+ 73. Kc1 Qxc5+ 74. Kb1 Qb5+ 75. Ka2 Qd5+ 76. Kxa3 b5
77. Qc7+ Ke4 78. Kb4 Kd4 79. Qc3+ Ke4 80. Qe1+ Kf5 81. Qf1+ Ke5 82. Qxb5 Qxb5+
83. Kxb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "9th Gashimov Mem Blitz"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2023.12.11"]
[Round "12.4"]
[White "Van Foreest, Jorden"]
[Black "Suleymanli, Aydin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2679"]
[BlackElo "2609"]
[ECO "C50"]
[Opening "Giuoco Pianissimo"]
[WhiteFideId "1039784"]
[BlackFideId "13413937"]
[EventDate "2023.12.11"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. O-O O-O 6. Re1 a5 7. Nbd2 d6 8. Nf1
Be6 9. Bxe6 fxe6 10. Be3 Bxe3 11. Rxe3 Ng4 12. Re1 Qf6 13. h3 Nh6 14. c3 g5 15.
N1h2 Qg6 16. d4 Nf7 17. Re3 h5 18. Qe2 Nh6 19. dxe5 g4 20. hxg4 hxg4 21. Nh4 Qg5
22. Nxg4 Nxg4 23. Rg3 Ncxe5 24. Nf3 Qh5 25. Qd1 Rxf3 0-1

[Event "9th Gashimov Mem Blitz"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2023.12.11"]
[Round "12.5"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Mamedov, Rauf"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2651"]
[ECO "B33"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Pelikan, Chelyabinsk variation"]
[WhiteFideId "13400924"]
[BlackFideId "13401653"]
[EventDate "2023.12.11"]

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. c3 Rb8 12. Nc2 Bg5 13. Be2 O-O 14. O-O a5 15. a3
Ne7 16. Nce3 1/2-1/2

[Event "9th Gashimov Mem Blitz"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2023.12.11"]
[Round "13.1"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Erigaisi, Arjun"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[ECO "C01"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "exchange variation"]
[WhiteFideId "13400924"]
[BlackFideId "35009192"]
[EventDate "2023.12.11"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Bd3 Nf6 5. Nf3 Bd6 6. O-O O-O 7. h3 c5 8. dxc5
Bxc5 9. Nc3 Be6 10. Bg5 Nbd7 11. Ne2 Qb6 12. Rb1 Ne4 13. Bh4 Rfe8 14. b4 Be7 15.
Bxe7 Rxe7 16. c4 Ndf6 17. c5 Qc7 18. Qc2 a5 19. a3 h6 20. Rfc1 Ree8 21. Ned4
axb4 22. axb4 Bd7 23. b5 Rec8 24. c6 bxc6 25. bxc6 Be6 26. Rb7 Qf4 27. Rcb1 Ra3
28. R7b3 Rxb3 29. Rxb3 Qc7 30. Rb7 Qa5 31. Bf1 Nd6 32. Nxe6 fxe6 33. Nd4 e5 34.
Ne6 Nxb7 35. Qg6 Rc7 36. Nxc7 Qxc7 37. cxb7 Qxb7 38. Qf5 Qe7 39. g4 Kf7 40. h4
Qe6 41. Qxe6+ Kxe6 42. f3 g5 43. hxg5 hxg5 44. Kf2 Kd6 45. Ke3 Kc5 46. Be2 Ne8
47. Kd3 Nc7 48. Bd1 Ne6 49. Ke3 Kb4 50. Kd3 Nf4+ 51. Kd2 Kc4 52. Bc2 Kd4 53. Bf5
Ng2 54. Bc2 Ne3 55. Ba4 e4 56. Ke2 Ng2 57. fxe4 Nf4+ 58. Kf2 dxe4 59. Bb5 Ke5
60. Ke3 Nd5+ 0-1

[Event "9th Gashimov Mem Blitz"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2023.12.11"]
[Round "13.2"]
[White "Mamedov, Rauf"]
[Black "Van Foreest, Jorden"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2651"]
[BlackElo "2679"]
[ECO "B10"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann defence"]
[WhiteFideId "13401653"]
[BlackFideId "1039784"]
[EventDate "2023.12.11"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e5 Bg4 4. Be2 Bxf3 5. Bxf3 e6 6. O-O Ne7 7. Re1 Nf5 8. Bg4
g6 9. d3 c5 10. Nd2 Bh6 11. c4 Bxd2 12. Bxd2 Nd4 13. Bf3 Nbc6 14. cxd5 Nxf3+ 15.
Qxf3 Nd4 16. Qf4 exd5 17. Qh6 Ne6 18. Rac1 a5 19. h4 Qd7 20. Bg5 Nxg5 21. Qxg5
b6 22. e6 Qd6 23. Qf6 Rf8 24. Re3 d4 25. Re4 Qd5 26. exf7+ Kd7 27. Re7+ Kc8 28.
Qxb6 1-0

[Event "9th Gashimov Mem Blitz"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2023.12.11"]
[Round "13.3"]
[White "Suleymanli, Aydin"]
[Black "Rapport, Richard"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2609"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[ECO "B13"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "exchange variation"]
[WhiteFideId "13413937"]
[BlackFideId "738590"]
[EventDate "2023.12.11"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bd3 Nf6 5. c3 Bg4 6. Qb3 Qc7 7. h3 Bh5 8. Ne2
e6 9. Bf4 Qc8 10. Na3 a6 11. Nc2 Nc6 12. Ne3 Be7 13. O-O Qd7 14. a4 Bg6 15. Bxg6
hxg6 16. Rfd1 Ne4 17. f3 Nd6 18. a5 Rc8 19. Bxd6 Bxd6 20. c4 O-O 21. cxd5 exd5
22. Nxd5 Rce8 23. Nec3 Bb8 24. Qa3 Ba7 25. Nb6 Qd8 26. Ne4 Nxa5 27. Qxa5 Bxb6
28. Qb4 Re6 29. Kh1 Bc7 30. d5 Rb6 31. Qc3 f5 32. d6 Bb8 33. Nc5 Rxd6 34. Qb3+
Kh7 35. Ne6 Qf6 36. Nxf8+ Qxf8 37. Qxb7 Qd8 38. Rf1 Rb6 39. Qf7 Qd6 40. f4 Rxb2
41. Rad1 Rd2 42. Rxd2 Qxd2 43. Qe6 Bxf4 44. Qxa6 Be5 45. Qc4 Bf6 46. Qf4 Qd3 47.
Qf3 Qd4 48. Rd1 Qb4 49. g4 f4 50. Kg2 g5 51. Qd3+ Kh6 52. Rd2 Qb7+ 53. Qf3 Qb4
54. Re2 Qc4 55. Qe4 Qc3 56. Qf3 Qc4 57. Rd2 Qb4 58. Rc2 Qa4 59. Re2 Qc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "9th Gashimov Mem Blitz"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2023.12.11"]
[Round "13.4"]
[White "Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[ECO "D02"]
[Opening "Queen's bishop game"]
[WhiteFideId "5029465"]
[BlackFideId "2805677"]
[EventDate "2023.12.11"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Bf4 Bf5 4. e3 e6 5. Nbd2 Bd6 6. Ne5 Nbd7 7. Be2 Ne4 8.
O-O O-O 9. h3 Nxd2 10. Qxd2 Nxe5 11. dxe5 Be7 12. Rfd1 c6 13. Bd3 Bxd3 14. Qxd3
Qb6 15. b3 Rfd8 16. a4 a5 17. Qe2 Qa6 18. Qg4 b5 19. h4 Rab8 20. h5 Bf8 21. Bg5
Rdc8 22. Rd4 bxa4 23. Bf6 h6 24. Rdxa4 Kh7 25. Rxa5 Qb6 26. Bh4 Qb4 27. Qxb4
Rxb4 28. Bg3 c5 29. Ra7 Kg8 30. R1a4 c4 31. Rxb4 Bxb4 32. Rb7 cxb3 33. cxb3 Rc1+
34. Kh2 Bd2 35. b4 Rb1 36. b5 Rb3 37. Bh4 Bc3 38. Bg3 d4 39. exd4 Bxd4 40. f3
Rb1 41. Kh3 Rb2 42. Rd7 Be3 43. Rb7 Rb1 44. Kg4 Rb2 45. f4 Bg1 46. Kh3 Rb3 47.
Kg4 Rb2 48. Bh4 Rxg2+ 49. Kf3 Rb2 50. Bd8 Rb3+ 51. Ke2 Be3 52. b6 Bxf4 53. Bc7
Be3 54. Rb8+ Kh7 55. Rb7 g5 56. Bd8 Kg8 1-0

[Event "9th Gashimov Mem Blitz"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2023.12.11"]
[Round "13.5"]
[White "Abasov, Nijat"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2641"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[ECO "C60"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "fianchetto (Smyslov/Barnes) defence"]
[WhiteFideId "13402960"]
[BlackFideId "13401319"]
[EventDate "2023.12.11"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. c3 a6 5. Ba4 Bg7 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 exd4 8. cxd4
Nge7 9. d5 Na5 10. Bd2 Nxb3 11. Qxb3 c5 12. dxc6 O-O 13. O-O dxc6 14. Bc3 Bh6
15. Bb4 Re8 16. Nc3 Be6 17. Qc2 Qb6 18. Ne2 Bc4 19. b3 Bxe2 20. Qxe2 c5 21. Bc3
Nd5 22. Bb2 Nf4 23. Qc2 Qe6 24. Be5 Rac8 25. Rad1 c4 26. Rd6 Qg4 27. Bxf4 Qxf4
28. Rxa6 Qxe4 29. Qc3 Bg7 30. Qc1 cxb3 0-1

[Event "9th Gashimov Mem Blitz"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2023.12.11"]
[Round "14.1"]
[White "Erigaisi, Arjun"]
[Black "Abasov, Nijat"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2641"]
[ECO "A45"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[WhiteFideId "35009192"]
[BlackFideId "13402960"]
[EventDate "2023.12.11"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bf4 e6 4. Nb5 Bb4+ 5. c3 Ba5 6. e3 a6 7. Na3 O-O 8. Bd3
Nbd7 9. Nf3 c5 10. O-O Bc7 11. Nb1 Re8 12. Ne5 Nxe5 13. Bxe5 Nd7 14. Bxc7 Qxc7
15. f4 b5 16. Nd2 Rb8 17. Nf3 b4 18. cxb4 c4 19. Rc1 Rxb4 20. b3 Qa5 21. bxc4
Qxa2 22. c5 Nf6 23. Rc2 Qa3 24. Qd2 Ne4 25. Bxe4 dxe4 26. Ne5 Qa4 27. Rfc1 Rb3
28. Nc4 Rd8 29. Ra2 Qb5 30. Nd6 Qc6 31. Rb2 Rd3 32. Qe1 Bd7 33. h3 h6 34. Qh4
Rf8 35. Qf2 Qd5 36. Rb6 a5 37. Nc4 a4 38. Ne5 a3 39. Rd6 Qb3 40. Nxd3 exd3 41.
Rxd7 Ra8 42. c6 Qb2 43. Qxb2 axb2 44. Rf1 Ra1 45. Rb7 d2 46. c7 Rxf1+ 47. Kh2
d1=Q 48. c8=Q+ Kh7 49. Rxb2 Qe1 50. Qc2+ f5 0-1

[Event "9th Gashimov Mem Blitz"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2023.12.11"]
[Round "14.2"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[ECO "A06"]
[Opening "Reti opening"]
[WhiteFideId "13401319"]
[BlackFideId "5029465"]
[EventDate "2023.12.11"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. b3 Bd6 5. Nc3 O-O 6. Bb2 Re8 7. Qc2 Nc6 8. a3
Bf8 9. d4 b6 10. Bd3 Bb7 11. O-O-O Na5 12. c5 bxc5 13. dxc5 Nc6 14. b4 a6 15.
Kb1 Qe7 16. e4 dxe4 17. Nxe4 Nxe4 18. Bxe4 h6 19. Ne5 Nxe5 20. Bxb7 Rab8 21.
Bxa6 Nc6 22. Qe4 Na7 23. Rhe1 Nb5 24. a4 Na7 25. Bd3 f5 26. Qc4 Nc6 27. b5 Na5
28. Qc3 Nb7 29. c6 Nc5 30. Bc2 Qh4 31. Rd4 Qxf2 32. Red1 Qxg2 33. Rc4 Ne4 34.
Qe3 Nd6 35. Rh4 Nxb5 36. axb5 Rxb5 37. Rg1 Rxb2+ 38. Kxb2 Rb8+ 39. Kc1 Ba3+ 40.
Kd1 Rd8+ 41. Rd4 Rxd4+ 42. Qxd4 Qf3+ 43. Kd2 Bb4+ 44. Kc1 Qa3+ 45. Kd1 Qf3+ 46.
Kc1 Qa3+ 47. Kd1 Qf3+ 48. Kc1 1/2-1/2

[Event "9th Gashimov Mem Blitz"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2023.12.11"]
[Round "14.3"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Suleymanli, Aydin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2609"]
[ECO "E06"]
[Opening "Catalan"]
[Variation "closed, 5.Nf3"]
[WhiteFideId "2805677"]
[BlackFideId "13413937"]
[EventDate "2023.12.11"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 e6 4. c4 Be7 5. d4 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4
Bd7 9. Qxc4 Bc6 10. Bg5 Nbd7 11. Nc3 a5 12. Rfd1 h6 13. Bxf6 Nxf6 14. e3 Rc8 15.
Qe2 Bb4 16. Ne5 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 c6 18. e4 Qc7 19. Rac1 Rfd8 20. Nc4 Be7 21. e5 Ne8
22. h4 Rd7 23. Rd3 Rcd8 24. Rcd1 Bb4 25. h5 b5 26. Ne3 bxa4 27. Nxa4 c5 28. Nxc5
Bxc5 29. dxc5 Rxd3 30. Rxd3 Rxd3 31. Qxd3 Qxc5 32. Qe4 Nc7 33. b3 Qb5 34. Nc4
Nd5 35. Qd3 Qb7 36. Kg1 Qb4 37. Kg2 Qb7 38. Kg1 Qb4 39. Kg2 Qc5 40. Nd6 Nb4 41.
Qf3 Qc6 42. Qxc6 Nxc6 43. Nc4 f6 44. f4 fxe5 45. fxe5 g6 46. g4 gxh5 47. gxh5
Kf7 48. Kf2 Ke7 49. Ke3 Kd7 50. Ke4 Kc7 51. Nd6 Ne7 52. Nf7 Nf5 53. Kd3 Kc6 54.
Kc4 Ne3+ 55. Kd3 Nf5 56. Kc4 Ne3+ 57. Kd3 Nf5 58. Kc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "9th Gashimov Mem Blitz"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2023.12.11"]
[Round "14.4"]
[White "Rapport, Richard"]
[Black "Mamedov, Rauf"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2651"]
[ECO "B50"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[WhiteFideId "738590"]
[BlackFideId "13401653"]
[EventDate "2023.12.11"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 g6 5. e5 d5 6. Bb3 Nh5 7. h3 Nc6 8. c3 Ng7
9. Be3 d4 10. cxd4 cxd4 11. Bf4 Ne6 12. Bg3 Bg7 13. O-O O-O 14. Nbd2 Nc5 15. Bc4
Bf5 16. Nb3 Nxb3 17. Qxb3 Na5 18. Qb4 Nxc4 19. dxc4 Be4 20. Nd2 Bc6 21. Nb3 a5
22. Qc5 d3 23. a4 Qd7 24. Qe3 Rfd8 25. Nd2 Qd4 26. Qxd4 Rxd4 27. f4 f6 28. b3
fxe5 29. fxe5 Bh6 30. Rad1 Rdd8 31. Rfe1 e6 32. Bf2 Bf8 33. Bb6 Rd7 34. Ne4 Bxe4
35. Rxe4 Bb4 36. Re3 d2 37. Rf3 Rf8 38. Re3 Rf5 39. g4 Rf4 40. Kg2 h5 41. Kg3
Rdf7 42. Rd3 g5 43. Be3 Rf3+ 44. Kg2 h4 45. Rd8+ Kh7 46. Bxd2 Rg3+ 47. Kh1 Rxh3+
48. Kg2 Rg3+ 49. Kh1 Bxd2 50. R1xd2 Rxg4 51. R8d7 Rf4 52. R2d4 Rxd4 53. Rxf7+
Kg6 54. Rf6+ Kh5 55. Rxe6 g4 56. Rd6 Re4 57. Kg2 h3+ 58. Kg3 Re3+ 59. Kh2 Kh4
60. Rh6+ Kg5 61. Rh7 Re2+ 62. Kg1 Rxe5 63. Kf2 Rf5+ 64. Kg1 Kf4 65. Kh2 Kf3 66.
Rg7 b6 67. Rg6 Rf8 68. Rg5 Kf4 69. Rg6 Re8 70. Rf6+ Kg5 71. Rxb6 Re2+ 72. Kg3
Rg2# 0-1

[Event "9th Gashimov Mem Blitz"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2023.12.11"]
[Round "14.5"]
[White "Van Foreest, Jorden"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2679"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[ECO "B00"]
[Opening "Owen defence"]
[WhiteFideId "1039784"]
[BlackFideId "13400924"]
[EventDate "2023.12.11"]

1. e4 b6 2. d4 Bb7 3. Nc3 e6 4. Nf3 d6 5. a4 a6 6. Bd3 Nd7 7. Be3 c5 8. d5 e5 9.
Nd2 Be7 10. Nc4 Ngf6 11. h4 O-O 12. g4 Ne8 13. g5 Nc7 14. Na3 Bc8 15. Rg1 Rb8
16. Qe2 Kh8 17. h5 f6 18. g6 h6 19. Bxh6 f5 20. Bxg7+ Kxg7 21. h6+ Kxh6 22. g7
Rg8 23. exf5 Nf6 24. Qe3+ 1-0

[Event "9th Gashimov Mem Blitz"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2023.12.11"]
[Round "15.1"]
[White "Van Foreest, Jorden"]
[Black "Erigaisi, Arjun"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2679"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[ECO "B40"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Pin, Koch variation"]
[WhiteFideId "1039784"]
[BlackFideId "35009192"]
[EventDate "2023.12.11"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. e4 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. e5 Nd5 7. Bd2 Nxc3 8.
bxc3 Bf8 9. Bd3 Na6 10. O-O Nc5 11. Re1 b6 12. Qg4 h5 13. Qf4 Bb7 14. a4 Be7 15.
a5 bxa5 16. Nb3 g5 17. Qd4 Nxb3 18. cxb3 Qb6 19. Be3 Qxb3 20. Rxa5 Qb6 21. Qxb6
axb6 22. Rxa8+ Bxa8 23. Rb1 Bd8 24. Bb5 Bc7 25. Ra1 O-O 26. Bxg5 Bxe5 27. Bxd7
Bd5 28. Rb1 Bxc3 29. Rxb6 Ra8 30. Rb1 Bd4 31. Bb5 Ra2 32. Rf1 Kg7 33. h3 e5 34.
Bd3 f6 35. Bc1 h4 36. Bb1 Ra1 37. Be3 Bxe3 38. fxe3 Ra3 39. Re1 Kh6 40. Bf5 Kg5
41. e4 Ba8 42. Rf1 Ra4 43. Re1 Bb7 44. Re3 Rb4 45. Kf2 Rc4 46. g3 Rc2+ 47. Kf3
Ba6 48. Ra3 Be2+ 49. Ke3 hxg3 50. Ra8 Bc4 51. Ra7 Rc3+ 52. Kd2 Rd3+ 53. Ke1 Kf4
54. h4 Re3+ 55. Kd2 g2 56. Ra1 Bf1 0-1

[Event "9th Gashimov Mem Blitz"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2023.12.11"]
[Round "15.2"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Rapport, Richard"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[ECO "D15"]
[Opening "QGD Slav"]
[Variation "4.Nc3"]
[WhiteFideId "13400924"]
[BlackFideId "738590"]
[EventDate "2023.12.11"]

1. c4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nf3 a6 5. a4 e6 6. Bg5 Be7 7. e3 a5 8. Be2 O-O
9. O-O Na6 10. Rc1 Nb4 11. b3 b6 12. Ne5 Bb7 13. cxd5 Nfxd5 14. Nxd5 exd5 15.
Bf4 c5 16. Bb5 Rc8 17. Qg4 Ba6 18. Rfd1 Bxb5 19. axb5 Re8 20. Qh5 g6 21. Qf3 f6
22. Nc6 Nxc6 23. bxc6 Rxc6 24. dxc5 Rxc5 25. Rxc5 Bxc5 26. Rxd5 Qa8 27. Qd1 Qc6
28. h4 Bf8 29. h5 g5 30. Bg3 b5 31. Rd7 a4 32. Qd3 Qe4 33. Qxb5 a3 34. Kh2 Ra8
35. f3 Qe8 36. Qd5+ Kh8 37. Qc6 Kg8 38. Qd5+ Kh8 39. Qc6 Kg8 40. Qd5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "9th Gashimov Mem Blitz"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2023.12.11"]
[Round "15.3"]
[White "Mamedov, Rauf"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2651"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[ECO "C26"]
[Opening "Vienna"]
[Variation "Paulsen-Mieses variation"]
[WhiteFideId "13401653"]
[BlackFideId "2805677"]
[EventDate "2023.12.11"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 d5 4. exd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Nc6 7. Nf3 Bc5 8.
O-O O-O 9. Re1 Bg4 10. h3 Bh5 11. g4 Bg6 12. d3 Re8 13. Bg5 f6 14. Be3 Bb6 15.
Rb1 Qd7 16. c4 Bf7 17. Nh4 Rad8 18. Nf5 Ba5 19. Rf1 b6 20. Ng3 Bc3 21. Ne4 Bd4
22. Qf3 Ne7 23. h4 Be6 24. Qg3 Kh8 25. h5 Bxe3 26. fxe3 h6 27. Bh3 f5 28. gxf5
Nxf5 29. Bxf5 Bxf5 30. Nc3 Bg4 31. Qh4 Rf8 32. Nd5 Bf3 33. Ne7 Bxh5 34. e4 Rde8
35. Nf5 Bg6 36. Ng3 Qd4+ 37. Kh1 Qe3 38. Qg4 Kh7 39. Nf5 Bxf5 40. Rxf5 Rxf5 41.
exf5 Rf8 42. Rg1 Rf7 43. f6 g5 44. Qf5+ Kh8 45. Rf1 Qg3 46. Qc8+ Kh7 47. Qf5+
Kh8 48. Qc8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "9th Gashimov Mem Blitz"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2023.12.11"]
[Round "15.4"]
[White "Suleymanli, Aydin"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2609"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[ECO "B01"]
[Opening "Scandinavian defence"]
[WhiteFideId "13413937"]
[BlackFideId "13401319"]
[EventDate "2023.12.11"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. d4 Bf5 6. Nh4 Bg4 7. Qd3 Nc6 8.
h3 Be6 9. Qb5 O-O-O 10. Qxa5 Nxa5 11. Be3 Nc4 12. Bxc4 Bxc4 13. Nf3 Nd5 14. Ne5
Nxe3 15. fxe3 Be6 16. d5 Bxd5 17. Nxd5 Rxd5 18. Nxf7 Rg8 19. Rd1 e6 20. Ke2 Be7
21. Rxd5 exd5 22. Rf1 Re8 23. c3 Bf6 24. Nh6 Bg5 25. Ng4 g6 26. Rf3 c5 27. Kd3
Kc7 28. Nf2 Kd6 29. e4 c4+ 30. Kd4 Bd8 31. exd5 Bb6+ 32. Kxc4 Re2 33. Nd3 Rxg2
34. Rf6+ Ke7 35. Re6+ Kd8 36. d6 Kd7 37. Kd5 Rd2 38. Re7+ Kd8 39. Kc4 h5 40. h4
Bg1 41. Rxb7 Bf2 42. Ne5 Kc8 43. Rc7+ Kd8 44. Nc6+ Ke8 45. d7+ Rxd7 46. Rc8+ Kf7
47. Ne5+ Ke6 48. Nxd7 Kxd7 49. Rg8 1-0

[Event "9th Gashimov Mem Blitz"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2023.12.11"]
[Round "15.5"]
[White "Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi"]
[Black "Abasov, Nijat"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2641"]
[ECO "E40"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian"]
[Variation "4.e3"]
[WhiteFideId "5029465"]
[BlackFideId "13402960"]
[EventDate "2023.12.11"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 O-O 7. cxd5 exd5 8.
Bd3 c5 9. Ne2 b6 10. O-O Re8 11. f3 Ba6 12. Bxa6 Nxa6 13. Qd3 Nc7 14. dxc5 bxc5
15. c4 Rb8 16. cxd5 Ncxd5 17. e4 Nb6 18. Qc2 Qe7 19. Bb2 Nfd5 20. Ng3 Nf4 21.
Nf5 Qg5 22. Bxg7 Re6 23. h4 Qh5 24. g4 Qg6 25. Qh2 1-0

[Event "9th Gashimov Mem Blitz"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2023.12.11"]
[Round "16.1"]
[White "Erigaisi, Arjun"]
[Black "Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[ECO "D14"]
[Opening "QGD Slav"]
[Variation "exchange variation, 6.Bf4 Bf5"]
[WhiteFideId "35009192"]
[BlackFideId "5029465"]
[EventDate "2023.12.11"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Bf4 Bf5 7. Qb3 Na5 8.
Qa4+ Bd7 9. Qc2 e6 10. e3 Rc8 11. Bd3 Be7 12. h3 O-O 13. O-O Nc4 14. Rfc1 b5 15.
a3 h6 16. Qe2 a6 17. Ne5 Be8 18. Ng4 Nxg4 19. Qxg4 f5 20. Qe2 Bd7 21. a4 Qb6 22.
axb5 axb5 23. b3 Na5 24. Bxb5 Bxb5 25. Qxb5 Qxb5 26. Nxb5 Nxb3 27. Rxc8 Rxc8 28.
Ra7 Rc1+ 29. Kh2 Nd2 30. Rxe7 Nf1+ 31. Kg1 1/2-1/2

[Event "9th Gashimov Mem Blitz"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2023.12.11"]
[Round "16.2"]
[White "Abasov, Nijat"]
[Black "Suleymanli, Aydin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2641"]
[BlackElo "2609"]
[ECO "C45"]
[Opening "Scotch"]
[Variation "Schmidt variation"]
[WhiteFideId "13402960"]
[BlackFideId "13413937"]
[EventDate "2023.12.11"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 d5 8.
exd5 cxd5 9. O-O O-O 10. h3 c5 11. Qf3 Be6 12. Rd1 Bxc3 13. bxc3 Nd7 14. Qg3 Re8
15. Rb1 Rb8 16. Bf4 Rxb1 17. Rxb1 Qa5 18. Rb7 Nf8 19. Rb5 Qa3 20. c4 Qxa2 21.
cxd5 Qxd5 22. Ra5 Qc6 23. Rxa7 c4 24. Bf1 Bf5 25. Qc3 Ne6 26. Be3 Rc8 27. Ra5
Qe4 28. Ra2 h6 29. f3 Qd5 30. Ra5 Nc5 31. Qb4 Bxc2 1-0

[Event "9th Gashimov Mem Blitz"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2023.12.11"]
[Round "16.3"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Mamedov, Rauf"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2651"]
[ECO "B20"]
[Opening "Sicilian defence"]
[WhiteFideId "13401319"]
[BlackFideId "13401653"]
[EventDate "2023.12.11"]

1. e4 c5 2. a3 g6 3. b4 Bg7 4. Nc3 d6 5. h4 h5 6. Rb1 cxb4 7. axb4 Nf6 8. d4 O-O
9. Bd3 Nc6 10. Nge2 a6 11. b5 axb5 12. Nxb5 e5 13. d5 Nd4 14. Nexd4 exd4 15. Bf4
Ra6 16. Nxd4 Ra4 17. c4 Ra3 18. Nb5 Ra2 19. O-O Ng4 20. Qb3 Ra6 21. Nd4 Bxd4 0-1

[Event "9th Gashimov Mem Blitz"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2023.12.11"]
[Round "16.4"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[ECO "E06"]
[Opening "Catalan"]
[Variation "closed, 5.Nf3"]
[WhiteFideId "2805677"]
[BlackFideId "13400924"]
[EventDate "2023.12.11"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4
Bd7 9. Qxc4 Bc6 10. Bg5 Nbd7 11. Nc3 h6 12. Bxf6 Nxf6 13. Rfd1 Qd6 14. Qd3 Rfd8
15. e4 Qb4 16. Qc2 Rac8 17. Rd2 Be8 18. Re1 Bf8 19. d5 exd5 20. e5 Nh7 21. Bh3
Rb8 22. e6 c6 23. Ne5 Ng5 24. exf7+ Bxf7 25. Bg2 Re8 26. Rde2 Bh5 27. g4 Rxe5
28. Rxe5 Qxg4 29. R5e3 Qf4 30. Ne2 Qf6 31. Ng3 Bg6 32. Qc1 Bb4 33. Rd1 Bd6 34.
Qc3 Rf8 35. Qxf6 Rxf6 36. h4 Ne6 37. Rde1 Nf4 38. h5 Bf7 39. Rb3 b5 40. axb5
axb5 41. Rbe3 Bc5 42. Rf3 Bd4 43. b3 b4 44. Rd1 Bc3 45. Re3 d4 46. Rf3 Bxb3 47.
Ne4 Rf8 48. Kh2 0-1

[Event "9th Gashimov Mem Blitz"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2023.12.11"]
[Round "16.5"]
[White "Rapport, Richard"]
[Black "Van Foreest, Jorden"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2679"]
[ECO "B02"]
[Opening "Alekhine's defence"]
[WhiteFideId "738590"]
[BlackFideId "1039784"]
[EventDate "2023.12.11"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. d4 e5 4. d5 Ne7 5. h4 Neg8 6. Qd3 Bb4 7. a3 Bxc3+ 8.
Qxc3 d6 9. Bd3 Ne7 10. Bg5 Nd7 11. h5 h6 12. Be3 c6 13. dxc6 bxc6 14. Nf3 Nf6
15. O-O-O Qc7 16. Nd2 Ng4 17. Be2 Nxe3 18. Qxe3 d5 19. exd5 Nxd5 20. Qc5 Qb6 21.
Qd6 Qc7 22. Qxc7 Nxc7 23. Nc4 f6 24. Bf3 Bd7 25. Na5 Nd5 26. Nxc6 Bxc6 27. Bxd5
Rc8 28. Rh4 Bxd5 29. Rxd5 Rc7 30. Ra5 Rf8 31. Rb4 Rff7 32. Rb8+ Kd7 33. Ra6 Ke7
34. Ra8 f5 35. R8xa7 1-0

[Event "9th Gashimov Mem Blitz"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2023.12.11"]
[Round "17.1"]
[White "Rapport, Richard"]
[Black "Erigaisi, Arjun"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[ECO "B40"]
[Opening "Sicilian defence"]
[WhiteFideId "738590"]
[BlackFideId "35009192"]
[EventDate "2023.12.11"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d3 d5 4. Nbd2 Nc6 5. g3 Nf6 6. Bg2 Be7 7. O-O Qc7 8. Re1
h6 9. a4 b6 10. e5 Nd7 11. Qe2 Bb7 12. Nb3 g5 13. a5 O-O-O 14. axb6 axb6 15. h3
h5 16. Nxg5 Rdf8 17. Nf3 b5 18. h4 d4 19. Bd2 Nb6 20. Na5 Ba8 21. Nxc6 Bxc6 22.
Ra6 Nd5 23. Rea1 Bb7 24. Ra7 Kd7 25. c4 dxc3 26. bxc3 c4 27. Nd4 Bc5 28. Nxb5
cxd3 29. Qxd3 Qb6 30. Bxd5 1-0

[Event "9th Gashimov Mem Blitz"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2023.12.11"]
[Round "17.2"]
[White "Van Foreest, Jorden"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2679"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[ECO "A06"]
[Opening "Reti"]
[Variation "Nimzovich-Larsen attack"]
[WhiteFideId "1039784"]
[BlackFideId "2805677"]
[EventDate "2023.12.11"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. b3 Nf6 3. Bb2 c5 4. e3 g6 5. Bb5+ Bd7 6. Bxf6 exf6 7. Bxd7+ Qxd7 8.
d4 Nc6 9. O-O cxd4 10. Nxd4 Bc5 11. c3 O-O 12. Nd2 Nxd4 13. exd4 Bb6 14. Qf3
Rac8 15. Rac1 Rc6 16. b4 Bc7 17. b5 Re6 18. a4 Rfe8 19. Rfd1 f5 20. Nf1 Re4 21.
g3 f4 22. Kg2 h5 23. c4 dxc4 24. Rxc4 fxg3 25. hxg3 h4 26. Rdc1 Bb8 27. Rc8 Rxc8
28. Rxc8+ Qxc8 29. Qxe4 hxg3 30. fxg3 Kg7 31. Ne3 Qc3 32. Qxb7 Qxe3 33. Qxb8
Qe2+ 34. Kg1 Qe1+ 35. Kg2 Qe2+ 36. Kg1 1/2-1/2

[Event "9th Gashimov Mem Blitz"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2023.12.11"]
[Round "17.3"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[ECO "A45"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[WhiteFideId "13400924"]
[BlackFideId "13401319"]
[EventDate "2023.12.11"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 Bf5 4. Bg5 e6 5. e3 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. Bd3 Bb4 8. O-O
O-O 9. Ne2 Nd7 10. Ng3 Bg4 11. Be2 Bd6 12. c4 dxc4 13. Bxc4 Bxf3 14. gxf3 Rad8
15. f4 c5 16. dxc5 Nxc5 17. Qe2 e5 18. fxe5 Bxe5 19. Rac1 b6 20. b3 Rd7 21. Rfd1
Rfd8 22. Rxd7 Rxd7 23. b4 Bxg3 24. hxg3 Ne4 25. Rc2 g6 26. Qg4 Qa1+ 27. Kg2 Qh1+
28. Kxh1 1-0

[Event "9th Gashimov Mem Blitz"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2023.12.11"]
[Round "17.4"]
[White "Mamedov, Rauf"]
[Black "Abasov, Nijat"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2651"]
[BlackElo "2641"]
[ECO "C55"]
[Opening "Two knights defence (Modern bishop's opening)"]
[WhiteFideId "13401653"]
[BlackFideId "13402960"]
[EventDate "2023.12.11"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 h6 5. Nc3 Bc5 6. Be3 d6 7. Bxc5 dxc5 8. Bb5
Qd6 9. Bxc6+ bxc6 10. b3 Be6 11. O-O Bg4 12. h3 Bh5 13. g4 Nxg4 14. hxg4 Bxg4
15. Kg2 Qf6 16. Nb1 h5 17. Nbd2 h4 18. Rg1 Rh6 19. Kh1 Qf4 20. Qe2 Rf6 21. Rxg4
Qxg4 22. Rg1 Qh3+ 23. Nh2 g6 24. Qg4 Qxg4 25. Nxg4 Re6 26. Ne3 Ke7 27. Rg5 Rh8
28. Kh2 Rg8 29. Rg4 g5 30. Nf5+ Kd7 31. Nb1 Ree8 32. Nc3 Rb8 33. Ne3 f6 34. Kh3
Ke6 35. f3 Rb4 36. Rg1 Rgb8 37. Nc4 Rd8 38. Ne3 Rdb8 39. Na4 R4b5 40. Nc3 Rb4
41. a4 Rd8 42. Ra1 a5 43. Nc4 Ra8 44. Nd1 Rbb8 45. Nde3 Rd8 46. Nf5 Rd7 47. Kg4
Ra7 48. Rh1 Ra8 49. Kh3 Ra7 50. Nfe3 Ra8 51. Kg2 Rdd8 52. Nd1 Rd7 53. Nc3 Rdd8
54. Kf2 Rh8 55. Ne3 Rhd8 56. Nf5 Rd7 57. Nd1 Ra7 58. Nde3 Ra8 59. Nh6 Rh8 60.
Nhg4 Ra8 61. Ke2 Rh7 62. Nc4 Rd7 63. Kf2 Rdd8 64. Re1 Rd7 65. Ke3 Rdd8 66. Nh6
Rd7 67. Nf5 Rh7 68. Rh1 Rd7 69. Rd1 Rdd8 70. c3 Rdb8 71. Rb1 Rb7 72. d4 cxd4+
73. cxd4 Rb4 74. dxe5 fxe5 75. Kd3 Rab8 76. Nxa5 Rxa4 77. Nc4 Ra2 78. Kc3 Rf2
79. Nfe3 Rxf3 80. Ra1 h3 81. Rh1 g4 82. b4 Rh8 83. Kd2 g3 84. Ke2 Rf2+ 85. Ke1
Ra2 0-1

[Event "9th Gashimov Mem Blitz"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2023.12.11"]
[Round "17.5"]
[White "Suleymanli, Aydin"]
[Black "Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2609"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[ECO "B51"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Canal-Sokolsky (Nimzovich-Rossolimo, Moscow) attack"]
[WhiteFideId "13413937"]
[BlackFideId "5029465"]
[EventDate "2023.12.11"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. O-O a6 5. Be2 Ngf6 6. d3 g6 7. a4 b6 8. Nfd2
Bg7 9. f4 O-O 10. Bf3 Bb7 11. Qe1 Qc7 12. Nc3 Bc6 13. g4 Rfb8 14. Nd5 Qd8 15.
Nxf6+ Bxf6 16. e5 Bxf3 17. exf6 Bxg4 18. fxe7 Qc7 19. f5 Bxf5 20. Nc4 Be6 21.
Bf4 Bxc4 22. dxc4 Re8 23. Bg5 Ne5 24. Qh4 f5 25. Rae1 Qc6 26. Re3 Nf7 27. Bf6 d5
28. Rh3 h6 29. Rxf5 0-1

[Event "9th Gashimov Mem Blitz"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2023.12.11"]
[Round "18.1"]
[White "Erigaisi, Arjun"]
[Black "Suleymanli, Aydin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2609"]
[ECO "A28"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "four knights system"]
[WhiteFideId "35009192"]
[BlackFideId "13413937"]
[EventDate "2023.12.11"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. g3 O-O 7. Bg2 Na5 8.
Qd3 Ng4 9. f4 Re8 10. h3 Nf6 11. O-O d6 12. Bd2 Nd7 13. e4 Nc5 14. Qe2 f5 15. a3
Bxc3 16. Bxc3 Nc6 17. Nxc6 bxc6 18. e5 d5 19. cxd5 cxd5 20. Qb5 Ne4 21. Rad1 Qe7
22. Qxd5+ Be6 23. Qd3 Rad8 24. Qe3 Bd5 25. g4 g6 26. gxf5 gxf5 27. Kh2 c6 28.
Rg1 Kf7 29. Bf3 Qh4 30. Be1 Qh6 31. Bb4 Rd7 32. Bxe4 fxe4 33. Rg5 Be6 34. Bd6
Rb8 35. b4 Rg8 36. Rf1 Ke8 37. Rxg8+ Bxg8 38. b5 Bd5 39. bxc6 Bxc6 40. Rc1 Bb7
41. Rg1 Rf7 42. Rg4 Bc8 43. Rg8+ Kd7 44. Bb8 Bb7 45. Qd4+ Kc6 46. Qc4+ Kb6 47.
Qxf7 e3 48. Qf6+ Qxf6 49. exf6 e2 50. Re8 1-0

[Event "9th Gashimov Mem Blitz"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2023.12.11"]
[Round "18.2"]
[White "Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi"]
[Black "Mamedov, Rauf"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2651"]
[ECO "D34"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "Tarrasch, Prague variation, Normal position"]
[WhiteFideId "5029465"]
[BlackFideId "13401653"]
[EventDate "2023.12.11"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. g3 Nf6 7. Bg2 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Bg5 Be6 11. Bxf6 Qxf6 12. Nxd5 Qxb2 13. Nc7 Rad8 14. Qc1
Qxc1 15. Raxc1 Bb6 16. Nxe6 fxe6 17. e3 h6 18. Rc4 Kf7 19. h4 Ke7 20. Rg4 Rf7
21. Re4 Rd6 22. Rc1 Rf5 23. Kf1 Ra5 24. a4 Rc5 25. Rxc5 Bxc5 26. Ke2 Na5 27. Rg4
Kf6 28. Rf4+ Ke7 29. Ne5 Ke8 30. Be4 g5 31. Bg6+ Kd8 32. Rf8+ Kc7 33. Rf7+ Kc8
34. h5 Nb3 35. Ng4 Rd2+ 36. Kf1 Ra2 37. Nxh6 Nd2+ 38. Kg2 Nc4 39. Kh3 Ne5 40.
Rf6 Kd7 41. Ng4 Ke7 42. Nxe5 Kxf6 43. Nd7+ Kg7 44. Nxc5 Rxf2 45. Nxb7 Re2 46. e4
Rc2 47. Kg4 Kh6 48. Nd6 Ra2 49. Nf7+ Kg7 50. Kxg5 1-0

[Event "9th Gashimov Mem Blitz"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2023.12.11"]
[Round "18.3"]
[White "Abasov, Nijat"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2641"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[ECO "C10"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "Paulsen variation"]
[WhiteFideId "13402960"]
[BlackFideId "13400924"]
[EventDate "2023.12.11"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 a6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bg5 Be7 6. exd5 exd5 7. Bd3 O-O 8. h3
Nc6 9. a3 h6 10. Be3 Re8 11. O-O Bd6 12. Re1 Rb8 13. Nd2 Be6 14. Qf3 Nh7 15. Nf1
Qf6 16. Bxh7+ Kxh7 17. Qxf6 gxf6 18. Ng3 Ne7 19. Nce2 Nf5 20. Nh5 Be7 21. Nef4
Ng7 22. Nxg7 Kxg7 23. Nh5+ Kg6 24. Nf4+ Kg7 25. g4 Rbc8 26. c3 c6 27. Kg2 Bd6
28. Nh5+ Kg6 29. Bf4 Bf8 30. f3 Bd7 31. Bg3 Rxe1 32. Rxe1 Re8 33. Rxe8 Bxe8 34.
Bh4 Be7 35. f4 c5 36. f5+ Kh7 37. Bxf6 Bf8 38. dxc5 Bxc5 39. Kf3 Bc6 40. Bd4 Be7
41. Nf4 Bd6 42. Nd3 Bb5 43. Ne1 Bf1 44. h4 Bb5 45. Ng2 Bd3 46. Nf4 Be4+ 47. Ke3
Be7 48. c4 Bxh4 49. cxd5 Bh1 50. d6 Bg5 51. Bb6 Bc6 52. Bd4 Kg8 53. f6 Kf8 54.
Be5 Ke8 55. Kd4 Bxf4 56. Bxf4 Bf3 57. Kc5 Kd7 58. Kb6 Kc8 59. Bxh6 Bxg4 60. Bf4
Bd7 61. b3 Bc6 62. a4 Bd7 63. Kc5 Bc6 64. Kd4 Bd7 65. Ke4 1/2-1/2

[Event "9th Gashimov Mem Blitz"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2023.12.11"]
[Round "18.4"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Van Foreest, Jorden"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2679"]
[ECO "E61"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "Smyslov system"]
[WhiteFideId "13401319"]
[BlackFideId "1039784"]
[EventDate "2023.12.11"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. d4 Bg7 4. Nc3 d6 5. Bg5 Bf5 6. Qb3 Qc8 7. O-O-O a5 8. e4
Bg4 9. h3 Bxf3 10. gxf3 a4 11. Nxa4 Nc6 12. d5 Ne5 13. Be2 Ned7 14. Kb1 O-O 15.
h4 h5 16. Rhg1 c6 17. Be3 Qc7 18. Nb6 Ra6 19. Nxd7 Nxd7 20. f4 cxd5 21. cxd5 Ra5
22. f5 Nc5 23. Bxc5 Rxc5 24. fxg6 fxg6 25. Rxg6 Rc8 26. Rxg7+ Kxg7 27. Qg3+ Kh8
28. Qg5 e5 29. Rg1 Rf8 30. Qh6+ 1-0

[Event "9th Gashimov Mem Blitz"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2023.12.11"]
[Round "18.5"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Rapport, Richard"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[ECO "E94"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "orthodox variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2805677"]
[BlackFideId "738590"]
[EventDate "2023.12.11"]

1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. e4 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Na6 8. Be3 c6
9. dxe5 dxe5 10. Qxd8 Rxd8 11. h3 Be6 12. Rfd1 Nd7 13. Ng5 Nc7 14. a3 Bf6 15. b4
Nf8 16. Rxd8 Bxd8 17. Rd1 Be7 18. Nxe6 Ncxe6 19. c5 h5 20. Bc4 Rd8 21. Rxd8 Nxd8
22. Kf1 Nfe6 23. Ke2 Kg7 24. Nd1 f5 25. exf5 gxf5 26. Nb2 e4 27. g3 Bf6 28. Bxe6
Nxe6 29. Nc4 Kg6 30. Nd6 Nd8 31. f3 exf3+ 32. Kxf3 Bb2 33. Nc4 Bf6 34. Bc1 Ne6
35. Be3 Bd8 36. Nd6 b5 37. Nc8 Bf6 38. Nxa7 Nd8 39. Bf4 Bb2 40. Bc7 Ne6 41. Ba5
Nd4+ 42. Ke3 Kf6 43. Kd3 Ke5 44. Bd8 Bxa3 45. Bf6+ Kxf6 46. Kxd4 Bxb4 47. Nxc6
Be1 48. Na7 Bf2+ 49. Kd5 b4 50. c6 Bxg3 51. Kc4 Be5 52. Kxb4 f4 53. Kc4 Kf5 54.
Kd3 Kg5 55. Ke4 Bb8 56. Nb5 Kh4 57. Kf3 Kxh3 58. c7 Bxc7 59. Nxc7 1/2-1/2

