[Event "9th Gashimov Mem Rapid"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2023.12.08"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Erigaisi, Arjun"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[ECO "A15"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[WhiteFideId "2805677"]
[BlackFideId "35009192"]
[EventDate "2023.12.08"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. d4 Bb7 4. g3 Bxf3 5. exf3 e6 6. Bg2 Bb4+ 7. Bd2 Bxd2+ 8.
Qxd2 O-O 9. O-O d5 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Nc3 c6 12. Rfe1 Na6 13. f4 Nc7 14. f5 Qd6
15. Re5 Nd7 16. Re3 Rfe8 17. Rae1 Kf8 18. g4 h6 19. Bf3 Rxe3 20. Rxe3 Re8 21.
Kg2 Rxe3 22. fxe3 Qe7 23. Qf2 Nf6 24. Bd1 Nce8 25. Qf4 a5 26. a3 Nd6 27. Be2 b5
28. Bd3 Kg8 29. h4 b4 30. axb4 axb4 31. Nd1 Nfe4 32. Bxe4 Nxe4 33. Nf2 Nxf2 34.
Qxf2 Qe4+ 35. Kg3 Qb1 36. g5 h5 37. Qf4 Kh7 38. f6 Qg1+ 39. Kh3 gxf6 40. Qf5+
Kg8 41. Qc8+ Kh7 42. Qf5+ Kg8 43. Qc8+ Kg7 44. gxf6+ Kh7 45. Qf5+ Kh6 46. Qf4+
Kg6 47. b3 Qh1+ 48. Kg3 Qg1+ 49. Kh3 Qh1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "9th Gashimov Mem Rapid"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2023.12.08"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Rapport, Richard"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[ECO "D37"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "4.Nf3"]
[WhiteFideId "13401319"]
[BlackFideId "738590"]
[EventDate "2023.12.08"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. Bf4 dxc4 6. e3 Bd6 7. Bxd6 cxd6 8.
Bxc4 Nb6 9. Bd3 Nbd5 10. Nxd5 Nxd5 11. O-O O-O 12. Qb3 Qb6 13. Qxb6 Nxb6 14.
Rfc1 Bd7 15. Ng5 f5 16. Rc7 h6 17. Rxd7 Nxd7 18. Nxe6 Rf6 19. Nc7 Raf8 20. Nd5
R6f7 21. Rc1 g5 22. Rc7 Nb6 23. Ne7+ Kh8 24. Ng6+ Kg8 25. Ne7+ Kh8 26. Bb5 f4
27. exf4 a6 28. Bf1 gxf4 29. Ng6+ Kg8 30. Ne7+ Kh8 31. Ng6+ Kg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "9th Gashimov Mem Rapid"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2023.12.08"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Abasov, Nijat"]
[Black "Van Foreest, Jorden"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2641"]
[BlackElo "2679"]
[ECO "B10"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann defence"]
[WhiteFideId "13402960"]
[BlackFideId "1039784"]
[EventDate "2023.12.08"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. d3 g6 4. e5 f6 5. d4 fxe5 6. Nxe5 Nd7 7. c4 Bg7 8. cxd5
Nxe5 9. dxe5 Bxe5 10. dxc6 Qxd1+ 11. Kxd1 bxc6 12. Bc4 Nf6 13. f3 Nd5 14. Re1
Bxh2 15. Nc3 Nb6 16. Bd3 Bf5 17. Ne4 O-O 18. Bg5 Rfd8 19. Ke2 Be5 20. Bxe7 Re8
21. Ba3 Nd5 22. Kf2 Rab8 23. Rab1 Bd4+ 24. Kg3 Be5+ 25. Kf2 Kg7 26. Bc5 a5 27.
g4 Bxe4 28. Rxe4 Bf6 29. Rxe8 Rxe8 30. a3 Rb8 31. b4 axb4 32. axb4 Bh4+ 33. Kf1
Be7 34. Bxe7 Nxe7 35. Be4 Kf6 36. Kf2 Rb5 37. Kg3 h5 38. gxh5 1/2-1/2

[Event "9th Gashimov Mem Rapid"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2023.12.08"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[ECO "D02"]
[Opening "Queen's bishop game"]
[WhiteFideId "5029465"]
[BlackFideId "13400924"]
[EventDate "2023.12.08"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Bf4 c5 4. e3 Nc6 5. Nbd2 cxd4 6. exd4 Bg4 7. c3 e6 8. h3
Bxf3 9. Nxf3 Bd6 10. Bxd6 Qxd6 11. Bd3 O-O 12. O-O Rfe8 13. Re1 e5 14. dxe5 Nxe5
15. Nxe5 Rxe5 16. Qa4 a6 17. Rxe5 Qxe5 18. Qb4 Rb8 19. Rd1 b5 20. Qc5 Qe6 21.
Bf1 h5 22. Qd4 Qe7 23. g3 Qe6 24. Bg2 Re8 25. Kh2 Qf5 26. Qd2 Re5 27. Kg1 Qe6 1/2-1/2

[Event "9th Gashimov Mem Rapid"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2023.12.08"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Suleymanli, Aydin"]
[Black "Mamedov, Rauf"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2609"]
[BlackElo "2651"]
[ECO "B36"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "accelerated fianchetto, Gurgenidze variation"]
[WhiteFideId "13413937"]
[BlackFideId "13401653"]
[EventDate "2023.12.08"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Nxd4 7. Qxd4 d6 8.
Bg5 Bg7 9. Be2 O-O 10. Qd2 a5 11. O-O a4 12. Kh1 Qa5 13. Rac1 Bd7 14. Rc2 Rfc8
15. Rfc1 Be6 16. Qe3 Bxc4 17. Nd5 Nxd5 18. exd5 b5 19. b3 Rcb8 20. bxc4 b4 21.
Rd2 b3 22. axb3 Rxb3 23. Qxe7 a3 24. Ra2 Rb2 25. Raa1 a2 26. c5 h6 27. c6 hxg5
28. c7 Rc8 29. Bf1 Rxf2 30. Rxa2 Rxa2 31. Qd7 Qa8 32. h3 Be5 0-1

[Event "9th Gashimov Mem Rapid"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2023.12.08"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Erigaisi, Arjun"]
[Black "Mamedov, Rauf"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2651"]
[ECO "D02"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game, Krause variation"]
[WhiteFideId "35009192"]
[BlackFideId "13401653"]
[EventDate "2023.12.08"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 c5 3. e3 Nc6 4. c4 e6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bb5 Nf6 7. O-O cxd4 8.
exd4 Bd6 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Bg5 Bg4 11. Bxf6 Qxf6 12. Nxd5 Qh6 13. h3 Bxf3 14. Qxf3
Nxd4 15. Qd3 Nxb5 16. Qxb5 a6 17. Qb6 Qe6 18. Rad1 Rfe8 19. Nf6+ Qxf6 20. Rxd6
Qe7 21. Rfd1 Rab8 22. Rd7 Qe4 23. Qb3 Re7 24. R7d4 Qc6 25. Rd8+ Re8 26. R8d7 Rf8
27. R1d6 Qc5 28. Rd3 Qc1+ 29. Rd1 Qc6 30. R7d6 Qe4 31. Qd5 Qxd5 32. R1xd5 Rfc8
33. Rd7 g6 34. Rd3 Rc1+ 35. Kh2 b5 36. Rf3 Rf8 37. Rd2 Rc6 38. b4 a5 39. bxa5
Ra6 40. Rd7 Rxa5 41. a3 h5 42. Rb7 h4 43. Kg1 Kg7 44. Kf1 Kh6 45. Rb3 Rfa8 46.
Rxf7 Rxa3 47. Rxb5 Ra1+ 48. Ke2 R8a2+ 49. Kf3 Rf1 50. Ke3 Re1+ 51. Kd3 Rd1+ 52.
Kc3 Rc1+ 53. Kd4 Rd1+ 54. Kc5 Rc2+ 55. Kb6 Rf1 56. Rb4 Rfxf2 57. Rxh4+ Kg5 58.
Rg4+ Kh6 59. Rxf2 Rxf2 60. Kc5 g5 61. Kd4 Ra2 62. Ke3 Kh5 63. Kf3 Ra3+ 64. Kf2
Ra2+ 65. Kg3 Ra3+ 66. Kh2 Ra2 67. Re4 Kg6 68. Kg3 Kf5 69. Re3 Rb2 70. Ra3 Rc2
71. Kf3 g4+ 72. hxg4+ Kg5 73. Ra5+ Kg6 74. Kg3 Rc1 75. Re5 Rb1 76. Re3 Rc1 77.
Kf4 Rf1+ 78. Rf3 Rg1 79. Rf2 Re1 80. g5 Ra1 81. Kg4 Kg7 82. Re2 Kg6 83. Re6+ Kg7
84. g3 Rb1 85. Ra6 Rc1 86. Rd6 Ra1 87. g6 Ra4+ 88. Kh5 Ra5+ 89. Kh4 Kh6 90. Rf6
Ra4+ 91. g4 Ra1 92. Rb6 Rh1+ 93. Kg3 Rg1+ 94. Kf4 Rf1+ 95. Ke5 Kg7 96. Ra6 Rf2
97. g5 Rf1 98. Rf6 Re1+ 99. Kf5 Rf1+ 100. Kg4 Rg1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "9th Gashimov Mem Rapid"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2023.12.08"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Suleymanli, Aydin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2609"]
[ECO "D41"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "Semi-Tarrasch, 5.cd"]
[WhiteFideId "13400924"]
[BlackFideId "13413937"]
[EventDate "2023.12.08"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Nxd5 7. Bd2 Nf6 8.
e3 Bd7 9. Qb3 Nc6 10. Nxc6 Bxc6 11. Bb5 Bxb5 12. Qxb5+ Qd7 13. Ke2 O-O-O 14.
Rhd1 Kb8 15. e4 Bd6 16. Be3 Qc7 17. Rac1 a6 18. Qb3 Qa5 19. Qb6 Qxb6 20. Bxb6
Rd7 21. g3 Rc8 22. Bd4 e5 23. Be3 h6 24. f3 Bc5 25. Rxd7 Nxd7 26. Nd5 Bxe3 27.
Rxc8+ Kxc8 28. Kxe3 Nc5 29. b3 1/2-1/2

[Event "9th Gashimov Mem Rapid"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2023.12.08"]
[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 "Potter variation"]
[WhiteFideId "1039784"]
[BlackFideId "5029465"]
[EventDate "2023.12.08"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nb3 Bb6 6. Nc3 Qf6 7. Qf3 Qxf3 8.
gxf3 Nb4 9. Bd3 Ne7 10. Be3 d5 11. Nb5 Kd8 12. Rg1 Bxe3 13. fxe3 g6 14. O-O-O c6
15. Nc3 Kc7 16. Be2 dxe4 17. fxe4 b6 18. Rgf1 f5 19. a3 Na6 20. exf5 Nxf5 21. e4
Nh6 22. Rf4 Nb8 23. Nd4 Nd7 24. Nf3 Nc5 25. Ne5 Be6 26. Rdf1 Nd7 27. Nf3 Rae8
28. Ng5 Ne5 29. b4 b5 30. Rf6 Bd7 31. h3 Re7 32. a4 a6 33. axb5 axb5 34. Bxb5
Rb8 35. Bxc6 Bxc6 36. b5 Rxb5 37. Nxb5+ Bxb5 38. Rd1 Bd7 39. Rd5 Nhf7 40. Rc5+
Kb7 41. Nxf7 Nxf7 42. Rf3 Be6 43. Rfc3 Nd6 44. Re5 Kb6 45. h4 Re8 46. Kd2 Nf7
47. Rec5 Bd7 48. Rd5 Bc6 49. Rd4 Ne5 50. Ke2 Re6 51. Rd8 Nf7 52. Rb8+ Kc7 53.
Rg8 Rxe4+ 54. Re3 Rf4 55. Rg7 Kd6 56. Rxh7 Ne5 57. Rg3 Bf3+ 58. Kd2 Bh5 59. Ra7
Nc4+ 60. Kc3 Nb6 61. Rd3+ Kc6 62. Kb3 Rxh4 63. Rc3+ Kb5 64. Re7 Rb4+ 65. Ka2
Ra4+ 66. Kb3 Rb4+ 67. Ka2 Rd4 68. Re5+ Rd5 69. Re8 Nd7 70. Rd8 Kb6 71. Rcc8 Bg4
72. c4 Rd2+ 73. Ka3 Kb7 74. Kb4 Re2 75. Re8 Ne5 76. Rb8+ Kc7 77. Ra8 Bd7 78.
Ra7+ Kc6 79. Rf8 Kb6 80. Ra1 Re4 81. Rf6+ Bc6 82. Kb3 g5 83. Rg1 g4 84. Re6 Re3+
85. Kc2 Kc5 86. Rxe5+ Rxe5 87. Rxg4 Re3 88. Kd2 Rh3 89. Rf4 Bd7 90. Re4 Rf3 91.
Re5+ Kb4 92. c5 Bc6 93. Re6 Bd5 94. Re3 Rf2+ 95. Re2 Rf6 96. c6 Bxc6 97. Ke3 Kc3
98. Re1 Rf3+ 99. Ke2 Kd4 100. Kd2 Bb5 101. Re7 Rf2+ 102. Ke1 Rh2 103. Rg7 Bd3
104. Rg3 Rb2 105. Rf3 Ke4 106. Rf2 Rb6 107. Kd2 Rc6 108. Ke1 Kd4 109. Kd2 Ra6
110. Rf4+ Be4 111. Rf2 Ra3 112. Re2 Bf3 113. Rf2 Ra2+ 114. Ke1 Ra1+ 115. Kd2 Ke4
116. Kc3 Ke3 117. Rb2 Be4 118. Kb4 Kd4 119. Rd2+ Bd3 120. Rb2 Ra8 121. Rb3 Bc2
122. Rb2 Rc8 123. Ka3 Kc3 124. Rb3+ Kd2 125. Rb6 Rc4 126. Rb4 Rc3+ 127. Kb2 Bd3
128. Rb3 Rc6 129. Rb4 Bc4 130. Ka3 Kc3 131. Rb3+ Kd4 132. Rb8 Kc5 133. Kb2 Rg6
134. Rd8 Rg2+ 135. Kc3 Rg3+ 136. Kd2 Bd5 137. Rd7 Kd4 138. Rd8 Rg2+ 139. Kd1 Rh2
140. Rd7 Ke4 141. Kc1 Rh3 142. Kd2 Rd3+ 143. Ke2 Ra3 144. Kd2 Kd4 145. Rd8 Ra2+
146. Kd1 Rh2 147. Rd7 Kc4 148. Ke1 Be4 149. Rd2 Rh3 150. Kf2 Bd3 151. Kg2 Re3
152. Kf2 Kd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "9th Gashimov Mem Rapid"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2023.12.08"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Rapport, Richard"]
[Black "Abasov, Nijat"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2641"]
[ECO "C24"]
[Opening "Bishop's opening"]
[Variation "Berlin defence"]
[WhiteFideId "738590"]
[BlackFideId "13402960"]
[EventDate "2023.12.08"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 c6 4. Nf3 d5 5. Bb3 a5 6. a4 Bb4+ 7. c3 Bd6 8. exd5
cxd5 9. Bg5 Be6 10. Na3 h6 11. Bh4 Nbd7 12. Nb5 Bb8 13. d4 e4 14. Nd2 O-O 15.
Nf1 Re8 16. Ne3 g5 17. Bg3 Bf4 18. Nd6 Bxd6 19. Bxd6 Nf8 20. Be5 N6d7 21. h4
Nxe5 22. dxe5 gxh4 23. Qh5 Qg5 24. Rxh4 Ng6 25. Rh2 d4 26. Bxe6 dxe3 27. Qxg5
hxg5 28. Bf5 exf2+ 29. Kxf2 e3+ 30. Kg3 Nh4 31. Bc2 Rad8 32. Rd1 e2 33. Re1 Rd2
34. Bb1 Rxb2 35. Kf2 Rxe5 36. g3 Nf5 37. Bd3 Ne3 38. Kf3 Nd5 39. Bxe2 Re3+ 40.
Kg4 Nxc3 41. Bc4 Rxe1 42. Rxb2 Re4+ 0-1

[Event "9th Gashimov Mem Rapid"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2023.12.08"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[ECO "D02"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game, Krause variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2805677"]
[BlackFideId "13401319"]
[EventDate "2023.12.08"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 c5 3. c4 cxd4 4. cxd5 Nf6 5. Nxd4 Nxd5 6. e4 Nf6 7. Bb5+ Bd7 8.
Qe2 e5 9. Nf3 Qa5+ 10. Nc3 Bb4 11. Bd2 O-O 12. Bxd7 Nbxd7 13. O-O Rfe8 14. a3
Bxc3 15. Bxc3 Qa4 16. Nd2 Nc5 17. f3 Rac8 18. Qe3 Nfd7 19. Rfd1 f6 20. Bb4 a5
21. Bxc5 Nxc5 22. Rac1 Red8 23. b3 Qxa3 24. Qc3 b5 25. Kf1 h6 26. Ra1 Qb4 27.
Qxb4 axb4 28. Rac1 Ne6 29. Rxc8 Rxc8 30. Ra1 Kh7 31. Ke1 Nd4 32. Kd1 Rc3 33. Ra7
Nxb3 34. Nxb3 Rxb3 35. Kc2 Ra3 0-1

[Event "9th Gashimov Mem Rapid"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2023.12.08"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Erigaisi, Arjun"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[ECO "A15"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[WhiteFideId "13401319"]
[BlackFideId "35009192"]
[EventDate "2023.12.08"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. e3 d5 4. b3 Bd6 5. Bb2 O-O 6. Nc3 c6 7. Be2 Re8 8. Qc2
dxc4 9. Bxc4 Nbd7 10. g4 b5 11. Bd3 Nc5 12. g5 Nxd3+ 13. Qxd3 Nd5 14. Nxd5 cxd5
15. Rg1 b4 16. h4 Bc7 17. Ne5 Bxe5 18. Bxe5 Qb6 19. Qe2 Ba6 20. d3 Rac8 21. h5
d4 22. exd4 Rc3 23. Rd1 Qc6 24. Qe3 Rc8 25. g6 fxg6 26. hxg6 h6 27. d5 exd5 28.
Qxa7 Bb7 29. Qd4 Rc1 30. Ke2 Rxd1 31. Rxd1 Qxg6 32. Kd2 Ra8 33. Ra1 Qg5+ 34. Bf4
Qe7 35. Be5 Kh7 36. f4 Ra6 37. Qe3 Qh4 38. Qe2 d4 39. f5 Qg5+ 40. Kc2 Qxf5 41.
Bxd4 Qd7 42. Qf2 Rd6 43. Be5 Rxd3 44. Rg1 Be4 45. Qf4 Rd2+ 46. Kc1 Rc2+ 47. Kb1
Bg6 48. Ka1 Rxa2+ 49. Kxa2 Qa7+ 50. Kb2 Qa3# 0-1

[Event "9th Gashimov Mem Rapid"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2023.12.08"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Abasov, Nijat"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2641"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[ECO "C43"]
[Opening "Petrov"]
[Variation "modern attack, Symmetrical variation"]
[WhiteFideId "13402960"]
[BlackFideId "2805677"]
[EventDate "2023.12.08"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 Nxe4 4. Bd3 d5 5. Nxe5 Nd7 6. Nc3 Nxe5 7. dxe5 Nc5 8.
Nxd5 Nxd3+ 9. Qxd3 Be6 10. Nc3 Qxd3 11. cxd3 O-O-O 12. Ke2 Bc5 13. Be3 Bd4 14.
Bxd4 Rxd4 15. Rhd1 Bf5 16. Rd2 Re8 17. Ke3 Rh4 18. d4 Rxh2 19. Rc1 Kb8 20. f4 f6
21. Ne4 Rh6 22. Kf3 Rg6 23. Nf2 h5 24. Rh1 Rh6 25. Ne4 b6 26. Ng3 Bg4+ 27. Ke4
Rf8 28. Rh4 g6 29. d5 fxe5 30. fxe5 g5 31. Rxg4 hxg4 32. e6 Kc8 33. Ke5 Rf4 34.
Ne4 Rf1 35. d6 cxd6+ 36. Nxd6+ Kc7 37. Rc2+ 1-0

[Event "9th Gashimov Mem Rapid"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2023.12.08"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi"]
[Black "Rapport, Richard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[ECO "A46"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[WhiteFideId "5029465"]
[BlackFideId "738590"]
[EventDate "2023.12.08"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c6 3. c4 b5 4. cxb5 cxb5 5. Bg5 Ne4 6. Bh4 Bb7 7. e3 Qa5+ 8.
Nbd2 e6 9. a3 Nxd2 10. Nxd2 Na6 11. f3 Bd6 12. Bd3 O-O 13. O-O f5 14. Qe2 Nc7
15. a4 Nd5 16. axb5 Qc7 17. f4 Rfc8 18. Kh1 Bxf4 19. exf4 Nxf4 20. Bg3 Nxe2 21.
Bxc7 Rxc7 22. Bxe2 Rc2 23. Bf3 Rb8 24. Rxa7 Bc8 25. Nb3 Rxb2 26. Nc5 d6 27. Na6
R8xb5 28. Nc7 Rb8 29. h3 R2b6 30. Re1 h6 31. Kh2 d5 32. Rc1 Kf8 33. Re1 Rc6 34.
Bh5 Rd6 35. Rc1 Rdb6 36. Ne8 R8b7 37. Rxb7 Bxb7 38. Rc7 g6 39. Bxg6 e5 40. Rf7+ 1-0

[Event "9th Gashimov Mem Rapid"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2023.12.08"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Suleymanli, Aydin"]
[Black "Van Foreest, Jorden"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2609"]
[BlackElo "2679"]
[ECO "C72"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "modern Steinitz defence, 5.O-O"]
[WhiteFideId "13413937"]
[BlackFideId "1039784"]
[EventDate "2023.12.08"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. O-O Bd7 6. c3 Nf6 7. Re1 g6 8. d4 Bg7
9. h3 O-O 10. Nbd2 Re8 11. Bc2 a5 12. Nf1 a4 13. Ng3 a3 14. bxa3 b6 15. Bb2 Na5
16. Bd3 Re7 17. dxe5 dxe5 18. c4 Ne8 19. c5 bxc5 20. Rc1 Nb7 21. Nf1 Ned6 22.
Ne3 Bc6 23. Qc2 Qe8 24. Nd2 Ra4 25. f3 Nb5 26. Qxa4 Nd4 27. Qd1 Ba4 28. Nb3 Rd7
29. Bxd4 cxd4 30. Nd5 Qd8 31. Qe2 c6 32. Nb4 Bh6 33. Nxc6 Qf6 34. Nb4 Be3+ 35.
Kh1 Qg5 36. Rc8+ Kg7 37. Nd5 Rxd5 38. exd5 Bd7 39. Rc7 Bf4 40. Nd2 Bxh3 41. gxh3
Qg3 42. Nf1 Qxh3+ 43. Kg1 e4 44. Rxf7+ Kxf7 45. Qxe4 Qh4 46. Qe8+ 1-0

[Event "9th Gashimov Mem Rapid"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2023.12.08"]
[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 "2023.12.08"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Nxe5 7. Rxe5+ Be7
8. Bf1 O-O 9. d4 Bf6 10. Re1 Re8 11. c3 Rxe1 12. Qxe1 Ne8 13. Bf4 d5 14. Bd3 g6
15. Nd2 Ng7 16. Nf3 c6 17. h3 Bf5 18. Bxf5 Nxf5 19. Qe2 Qe7 20. Qxe7 Bxe7 21.
Kf1 Bd6 22. Bxd6 Nxd6 23. Re1 Re8 24. Rxe8+ Nxe8 25. Ke2 Nd6 26. Ne5 f6 27. Nd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "9th Gashimov Mem Rapid"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2023.12.09"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Abasov, Nijat"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2641"]
[ECO "A33"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "symmetrical variation"]
[WhiteFideId "13401319"]
[BlackFideId "13402960"]
[EventDate "2023.12.08"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e6 6. e3 d5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
Nxc6 bxc6 9. Be2 Nxc3 10. bxc3 Qxd1+ 11. Kxd1 Bc5 12. Kc2 Kd8 13. e4 e5 14. f3
Be6 1/2-1/2

[Event "9th Gashimov Mem Rapid"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2023.12.09"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Van Foreest, Jorden"]
[Black "Mamedov, Rauf"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2679"]
[BlackElo "2651"]
[ECO "D14"]
[Opening "QGD Slav"]
[Variation "exchange variation, 6.Bf4 Bf5"]
[WhiteFideId "1039784"]
[BlackFideId "13401653"]
[EventDate "2023.12.08"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 d5 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bf4 Bf5 7. Ne5 Qb6 8.
Rc1 e6 9. f3 h6 10. g4 Bh7 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Qd2 Nd7 13. e3 Be7 14. Be2 O-O 15.
O-O Rfe8 16. Na4 Qb7 17. Qa5 e5 18. dxe5 Bb4 19. Qa6 Qxa6 20. Bxa6 Nxe5 21. Kf2
Bd3 22. Bb7 Bxf1 23. Bxe5 Bb5 24. Bxa8 Bxa4 25. b3 Ba3 0-1

[Event "9th Gashimov Mem Rapid"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2023.12.09"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Rapport, Richard"]
[Black "Suleymanli, Aydin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2609"]
[ECO "A05"]
[Opening "Reti opening"]
[WhiteFideId "738590"]
[BlackFideId "13413937"]
[EventDate "2023.12.08"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Be7 5. d3 O-O 6. Nbd2 Nc6 7. d4 a5 8. c3 a4
9. Re1 b6 10. e4 Nxe4 11. Nxe4 dxe4 12. Rxe4 Bb7 13. Re1 Na5 14. Qc2 Bd5 15. h4
c5 16. dxc5 bxc5 17. Rd1 Qb6 18. Bg5 f6 19. Bf4 Qc6 20. Qe2 Rfe8 21. h5 Bf8 22.
Nh4 Bxg2 23. Nxg2 Rad8 24. Nh4 c4 25. Be3 Qe4 26. Re1 Rd3 27. Qc2 Qc6 28. Ng2 e5
29. Nh4 Rb8 30. Qe2 Qe4 31. Rac1 Nb7 32. Qc2 Qc6 33. b3 axb3 34. axb3 Rc8 35.
Ra1 Nd6 36. Ra4 Qd5 37. bxc4 Rxc4 38. Rxc4 Qxc4 39. Qe2 Rxc3 40. Qf3 Qc6 41. Qg4
Qc8 42. Qf3 Qb7 43. Qg4 Rc4 44. Qh3 Qf7 45. Rd1 Rc6 46. Nf5 Nxf5 47. Qxf5 Qe6
48. Qxe6+ Rxe6 49. g4 Kf7 50. Rd7+ Re7 51. Rxe7+ Bxe7 52. Kg2 f5 53. gxf5 Kf6
54. h6 gxh6 55. f3 h5 56. Bf2 Kxf5 57. Bg3 h4 58. Bxe5 Kxe5 59. f4+ Kxf4 60. Kh1
Kg3 61. Kg1 Bd6 62. Kh1 Bc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "9th Gashimov Mem Rapid"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2023.12.09"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[ECO "D30"]
[Opening "Queen's gambit declined"]
[WhiteFideId "2805677"]
[BlackFideId "5029465"]
[EventDate "2023.12.08"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nd7 4. Nc3 Ngf6 5. Bf4 Bb4 6. cxd5 exd5 7. e3 Ne4 8.
Qc2 g5 9. Be5 Nxe5 10. Nxe5 c6 11. Bd3 f6 12. Nf3 Qe7 13. O-O f5 14. Ne5 Bd6 15.
f3 Nxc3 16. Qxc3 O-O 17. f4 Be6 18. fxg5 Qxg5 19. Rf3 Kh8 20. Raf1 Rf6 21. Rg3
Qh6 22. Rf4 Raf8 23. Rh3 Qg7 24. Rfh4 Bg8 25. Rh5 Bxe5 26. dxe5 Rg6 27. g3 Rg5
28. R3h4 Rxh5 29. Rxh5 f4 30. exf4 Rxf4 31. Rf5 Rg4 32. Qe1 Qe7 33. Qe3 c5 34.
e6 c4 35. Qe5+ Rg7 36. Bc2 Qxe6 37. Qd4 Qb6 38. Qxb6 axb6 39. Rf4 b5 40. a3 Rf7
41. Kf2 Re7 42. Bd1 Bf7 43. Bf3 Kg7 44. g4 Re5 45. h4 h6 46. Bg2 Re7 47. Bf3 Rc7
48. Ke2 c3 49. bxc3 Rxc3 50. Rd4 Rxa3 51. Bxd5 Ra4 52. Ke3 Ra3+ 53. Kf4 Ra4 54.
Ke3 Bxd5 55. Rxd5 Rxg4 56. Rxb5 Rxh4 57. Rxb7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "9th Gashimov Mem Rapid"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2023.12.09"]
[Round "4.5"]
[White "Erigaisi, Arjun"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[ECO "D35"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "exchange, positional line"]
[WhiteFideId "35009192"]
[BlackFideId "13400924"]
[EventDate "2023.12.08"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 c6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. h3
Re8 9. Nf3 Nbd7 10. Qc2 Nf8 11. Ne5 N6d7 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. Nf3 Nf6 14. O-O Ng6
15. Rab1 Ne4 16. Bxe4 dxe4 17. Nd2 Bf5 18. f4 h5 19. b4 Nh4 20. Nb3 Rad8 21. Na5
Rd6 22. Kh2 Nf3+ 23. Rxf3 exf3 24. Qxf5 Rg6 25. Rb2 Qxe3 26. Nd1 Qe1 0-1

[Event "9th Gashimov Mem Rapid"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2023.12.09"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Abasov, Nijat"]
[Black "Erigaisi, Arjun"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2641"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[ECO "B92"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Najdorf, Opovcensky variation"]
[WhiteFideId "13402960"]
[BlackFideId "35009192"]
[EventDate "2023.12.08"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. Be3
Be6 9. f4 exf4 10. Bxf4 O-O 11. Qd2 Nc6 12. O-O-O Ne5 13. Rhg1 Rc8 14. g4 b5 15.
g5 Nfd7 16. Nd5 Bxd5 17. Qxd5 Qc7 18. Nd4 Rfe8 19. h4 Bf8 20. h5 g6 21. h6 Nb6
22. Qb3 d5 23. exd5 Nd3+ 24. Rxd3 Qxf4+ 25. Kb1 Nc4 26. d6 Bxd6 27. Rgd1 Qxg5
28. a4 Bf8 29. axb5 axb5 30. Bf3 Bxh6 31. Nxb5 Ne5 32. Bd5 Rb8 33. Rc3 Bg7 34.
Rf1 Qe7 35. Re3 Rf8 36. Rfe1 Qc5 37. Rxe5 Bxe5 38. Rxe5 Rxb5 39. Qxb5 Qxb5 40.
Bxf7+ Rxf7 41. Rxb5 h5 42. Rg5 Kg7 43. b4 Kh6 44. Rg1 Rb7 45. c3 h4 46. Kc2 Kh5
47. Kd3 g5 48. Ke3 g4 49. Rd1 h3 50. Kf2 Kh4 51. Kg1 Rc7 52. b5 Rxc3 53. Rb1 g3
54. b6 h2+ 55. Kg2 Rc2+ 56. Kf3 Rf2+ 57. Ke3 Rf8 0-1

[Event "9th Gashimov Mem Rapid"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2023.12.09"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[ECO "D86"]
[Opening "Gruenfeld"]
[Variation "exchange, classical variation"]
[WhiteFideId "5029465"]
[BlackFideId "13401319"]
[EventDate "2023.12.08"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 c5 8.
Ne2 Nc6 9. Be3 O-O 10. O-O b6 11. Rc1 Bb7 12. Bb5 e6 13. Qd2 Rc8 14. Rfd1 a6 15.
Bxc6 Bxc6 16. d5 exd5 17. exd5 Ba4 18. Re1 Re8 19. c4 Bd7 20. Bg5 Bf6 21. Bxf6
Qxf6 22. Ng3 Qd4 23. Rxe8+ Rxe8 24. Qxd4 cxd4 25. Rd1 d3 26. f3 Rc8 27. Ne4 Kf8
28. Rxd3 Rxc4 29. d6 Ke8 30. Nf6+ Kd8 31. Nxh7 Rc1+ 32. Kf2 Rc2+ 33. Kg3 Rxa2
34. Ng5 Be6 35. Nxe6+ fxe6 36. d7 b5 37. Rd6 b4 38. Rxe6 b3 39. Rb6 b2 40. Rb7
a5 41. h4 a4 42. Kf4 a3 43. Kg5 Ra1 0-1

[Event "9th Gashimov Mem Rapid"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2023.12.09"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Suleymanli, Aydin"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2609"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[ECO "C42"]
[Opening "Petrov"]
[Variation "Nimzovich attack"]
[WhiteFideId "13413937"]
[BlackFideId "2805677"]
[EventDate "2023.12.08"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Be3 O-O 8.
Qd2 Nd7 9. O-O-O Nf6 10. Bd3 Re8 11. Rhe1 Bg4 12. Bg5 Nh5 13. h4 Qd7 14. Bxe7
Rxe7 15. Rxe7 Qxe7 16. Re1 Qf6 17. Be4 c6 18. c4 h6 19. Nh2 Be6 20. g3 Qd8 21.
Bd3 d5 22. c5 b6 23. Qc3 Qf6 24. Qxf6 Nxf6 25. cxb6 axb6 26. a3 c5 27. c3 Kf8
28. Nf3 Ke7 29. Ne5 Kd6 30. f4 Ng4 31. Nxg4 Bxg4 32. f5 c4 33. Bc2 h5 34. Kd2
Rh8 35. Re3 Rh6 36. Re8 Rf6 37. Rd8+ Kc6 38. Rc8+ Kd7 39. Rg8 Bxf5 40. Bxf5+
Rxf5 41. Rxg7 Ke6 42. Ke2 Re5+ 43. Kd2 Rf5 44. Ke2 Re5+ 45. Kd2 Rf5 46. Ke2 Ke5 1/2-1/2

[Event "9th Gashimov Mem Rapid"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2023.12.09"]
[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 "2023.12.08"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 e5 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O Nf6 6. Nbd2 e4 7. dxe4 dxe4 8.
Ng5 e3 9. fxe3 O-O 10. Nde4 Qxd1 11. Rxd1 Bf5 12. Nxf6+ Bxf6 13. e4 Bg4 14. Nf3
Rae8 15. h3 Bc8 16. Ne1 Nd4 17. Kf2 Nb5 18. Nd3 b6 19. a4 Nd4 20. Bf4 g5 21.
Bxc7 Nxc2 22. e5 Nxa1 23. exf6 Nb3 24. Bd6 Re6 25. Be7 Nd4 26. Nf4 gxf4 27. Rxd4
fxg3+ 28. Kxg3 Re8 29. b4 Kh8 30. Bf3 Re5 31. h4 Rg8+ 32. Kf2 Rf5 33. Ke3 Be6
34. Kd2 h5 35. Ke3 Rg1 36. Rd8+ Rg8 37. Rd4 Rc8 38. Bb7 Rc3+ 39. Kd2 Rc4 40.
Rd8+ Kh7 41. Ba6 Rxh4 42. Bd3 Rf4 43. Bd6 Rd4 44. Ke3 Rxd3+ 45. exd3 h4 46. Ra8
a5 47. b5 Bb3 48. Ke4 Rh5 49. Rb8 Bxa4 50. Rxb6 Bxb5 51. d4 Bc4 52. Be5 h3 53.
Rb2 a4 54. Rb4 Bd5+ 55. Ke3 a3 56. Ra4 h2 57. Bxh2 Rxh2 0-1

[Event "9th Gashimov Mem Rapid"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2023.12.09"]
[Round "5.5"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Van Foreest, Jorden"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2679"]
[ECO "A06"]
[Opening "Reti opening"]
[WhiteFideId "13400924"]
[BlackFideId "1039784"]
[EventDate "2023.12.08"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. b3 e6 4. Bb2 Bd6 5. c4 O-O 6. d4 b6 7. Nc3 Bb7 8. Be2
Nbd7 9. O-O a6 10. Rc1 Qe7 11. Qc2 Rac8 12. Rfd1 Rfe8 13. h3 h6 14. a4 c5 15.
cxd5 exd5 16. Qb1 Nf8 17. a5 bxa5 18. dxc5 Bxc5 19. Nd4 Bxd4 20. Rxd4 Ne6 21.
Rd2 d4 22. exd4 Nf4 23. Bf1 Ne4 24. Rdc2 Nxh3+ 25. gxh3 Qg5+ 26. Kh2 Qf4+ 27.
Kg1 Ng5 28. d5 Nf3+ 29. Kg2 Rxc3 0-1

[Event "9th Gashimov Mem Rapid"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2023.12.09"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Erigaisi, Arjun"]
[Black "Van Foreest, Jorden"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2679"]
[ECO "D05"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game, Zukertort variation"]
[WhiteFideId "35009192"]
[BlackFideId "1039784"]
[EventDate "2023.12.08"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 c5 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nbd2 e6 5. b3 b6 6. Bb2 Bb7 7. Bd3 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Ne5 Nc6 10. Nxc6 Bxc6 11. Nf3 Bb7 12. Qe2 Rc8 13. c4 cxd4 14. exd4 Bd6
15. a4 Qc7 16. Ne5 dxc4 17. bxc4 Bxe5 18. dxe5 Nd7 19. Ra3 Qc6 20. f4 f5 21.
exf6 Nxf6 22. Kh1 Rf7 23. a5 Rd8 24. a6 Ba8 25. Rf3 Qd6 26. Rf1 Qc6 27. Rf3 Qd6
28. Rf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "9th Gashimov Mem Rapid"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2023.12.09"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Rapport, Richard"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[ECO "A05"]
[Opening "Reti"]
[Variation "King's Indian attack"]
[WhiteFideId "738590"]
[BlackFideId "13400924"]
[EventDate "2023.12.08"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 c6 5. e4 d5 6. e5 Ne4 7. Bg2 O-O 8. d4 Qa5
9. cxd5 cxd5 10. Bd2 Nxd2 11. Nxd2 e6 12. Nb3 Qb6 13. h4 Nc6 14. h5 Rd8 15. hxg6
hxg6 16. a3 Bd7 17. Na4 Qc7 18. Rc1 Rac8 19. f4 Qb8 20. Nbc5 Nxd4 21. Qxd4 b6
22. Kf2 bxc5 23. Nxc5 a5 24. b4 axb4 25. axb4 Bb5 26. Bh3 Rc6 27. Bf1 Rdc8 28.
Bxb5 Qxb5 29. f5 exf5 30. Qh4 R6c7 31. Rhd1 Qc6 32. Qd4 Qe8 33. Re1 Rb8 34. Nd3
Rcb7 35. Rc5 Bf8 36. Rxd5 Bxb4 37. Rh1 Bf8 38. Qh4 Bg7 39. Rd1 Rd7 40. Rxd7 Qxd7
41. Qf4 Rc8 42. Rd2 Rd8 43. Ke2 Qd5 44. Kd1 Qh1+ 45. Ke2 Bh6 46. Nf2 Qh5+ 47. g4
Rxd2+ 48. Qxd2 fxg4 49. Qd8+ Bf8 50. Qd4 g3+ 51. Ng4 Qf5 52. Nf6+ Kg7 53. Ne8+
Kh6 54. Nf6 Kg7 55. Ne8+ Kh6 56. Nf6 Qf2+ 57. Qxf2 gxf2 58. Ne4 Kh5 59. Kxf2 Kg4
60. Nd6 f6 61. Nf7 f5 62. e6 Kf4 63. Kg2 Be7 64. Kf2 g5 65. Kg2 g4 66. Nh6 Ke5
67. Kg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "9th Gashimov Mem Rapid"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2023.12.09"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Mamedov, Rauf"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2651"]
[ECO "E94"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "orthodox variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2805677"]
[BlackFideId "13401653"]
[EventDate "2023.12.08"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O exd4 8. Nxd4
Re8 9. f3 c6 10. Bg5 Qb6 11. Kh1 Nbd7 12. Nb3 Qc7 13. Qd2 a5 14. Na4 Ne5 15.
Rac1 Be6 16. Rfd1 Bxc4 17. Bxc4 Nxc4 18. Rxc4 b5 19. Rcc1 bxa4 20. Nd4 d5 21.
Rxc6 Qe5 22. f4 Qe7 23. e5 Ne4 24. Bxe7 Nxd2 25. Rxd2 Rxe7 26. g3 Rb7 27. Rc5
Bf8 28. Rxd5 Rab8 29. Nc6 Rc8 30. Nxa5 Rbb8 31. a3 h5 32. R5d4 h4 33. Kg2 Bc5
34. Rxa4 Bb6 35. Nc4 Bc5 36. Nd6 Rc7 37. gxh4 Be3 38. Re2 Bc1 39. Rc4 Rxc4 40.
Nxc4 Bxf4 41. b4 Kg7 42. Kf3 Bc1 43. Rc2 Bxa3 44. Nxa3 Rxb4 45. Nc4 Rb3+ 46. Kg4
Rd3 47. Rf2 Rd5 48. Nd6 Rxe5 49. Rxf7+ Kh6 50. Ra7 Rd5 51. Nf7+ Kg7 52. Ng5+ Kf6
53. Rf7+ Ke5 54. h5 Rd4+ 55. Kg3 1-0

[Event "9th Gashimov Mem Rapid"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2023.12.09"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Suleymanli, Aydin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2609"]
[ECO "A45"]
[Opening "Trompovsky attack (Ruth, Opovcensky opening)"]
[WhiteFideId "13401319"]
[BlackFideId "13413937"]
[EventDate "2023.12.08"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 3. e3 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nd2 cxd4 6. exd4 h6 7. Bxf6 gxf6 8.
Qh5 Rg8 9. h3 e5 10. O-O-O Qb6 11. dxe5 fxe5 12. Ngf3 Be6 13. Kb1 O-O-O 14. Qh4
Ba3 15. Nb3 d4 16. c4 Be7 17. Qh5 f5 18. Qxh6 Bf7 19. h4 e4 20. Ng5 Rh8 21. Qg7
Bh5 22. g4 Bxg4 23. Bh3 Rxh4 24. Rdg1 Rdh8 25. Nf7 R8h7 26. Qg8+ Kc7 27. Ng5
Bxg5 28. Qxg5 Rxh3 29. Rxh3 Rxh3 30. Rxg4 fxg4 31. Qf4+ Kd8 32. Qf8+ Kc7 33.
Qf4+ Ne5 34. Qxe5+ Qd6 35. Qg7+ Kc8 36. Nxd4 Rh4 37. a3 a6 38. Qg8+ Qd8 39. Qe6+
Kb8 40. Qe5+ Ka8 41. Ka2 Qc8 42. Qd5 Rh7 43. Nb3 e3 44. fxe3 Rg7 45. Nd4 g3 46.
Ne2 Qg8 47. Qd4 g2 48. Ng1 Rg4 49. e4 Qe8 50. Qf2 Qc6 51. Qf8+ Ka7 52. Qf2+ Qb6
53. c5 Qe6+ 54. b3 Qc6 55. Ne2 Kb8 56. e5 g1=Q 0-1

[Event "9th Gashimov Mem Rapid"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2023.12.09"]
[Round "6.5"]
[White "Abasov, Nijat"]
[Black "Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2641"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[ECO "C67"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Berlin defence, open variation"]
[WhiteFideId "13402960"]
[BlackFideId "5029465"]
[EventDate "2023.12.08"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. a4 Be7 7. Nc3 a6 8. Bf1
e4 9. Nxe4 Nxe4 10. Rxe4 d5 11. Re1 d4 12. Bc4 O-O 13. d3 h6 14. Bf4 Bb4 15. Bd2
Bxd2 16. Qxd2 Qd6 17. h3 Bf5 18. Re2 Rfe8 19. Rae1 Kf8 20. Rxe8+ Rxe8 21. Rxe8+
Kxe8 22. Qe2+ Kf8 23. Nd2 Ne5 24. Bb3 g5 25. Ne4 Qe7 26. Ng3 Bg6 27. Bd5 c6 28.
Be4 Qd6 29. Bxg6 fxg6 30. Ne4 Qe7 31. Qd2 Nc4 32. dxc4 Qxe4 33. Qb4+ Qe7 34. c5
Qd7 35. Qb3 Qe7 36. Qb4 Qd7 37. Qb3 Qe7 1/2-1/2

[Event "9th Gashimov Mem Rapid"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2023.12.10"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi"]
[Black "Erigaisi, Arjun"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[ECO "A48"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "East Indian defence"]
[WhiteFideId "5029465"]
[BlackFideId "35009192"]
[EventDate "2023.12.08"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. b3 Bg7 4. Bb2 O-O 5. e3 d5 6. c4 c5 7. dxc5 Qa5+ 8. Nbd2
Qxc5 9. a3 Bg4 10. b4 Qd6 11. cxd5 Nxd5 12. Ne4 Qd8 13. Qb3 Bxb2 14. Qxb2 Nf6
15. Rd1 Qb6 16. Rd6 Nxe4 17. Rxb6 axb6 18. Ne5 Be6 19. Bc4 Bxc4 20. Nxc4 Nd7 21.
Qd4 Nef6 22. O-O b5 23. Na5 Rfc8 24. Qb2 b6 25. Nb3 Ne4 26. Rc1 Rc4 27. Rd1 Nd6
28. h3 Rc7 29. Nd4 Ne5 30. Qb3 Nec4 31. Ra1 e5 32. Nf3 Rca7 33. Qd1 e4 34. Nd4
Rxa3 35. Rxa3 Rxa3 36. Nc6 Rd3 37. Qa1 h5 38. Kh2 Nf5 39. g4 hxg4 40. hxg4 Nh4
41. Kg3 Nf3 42. Qf6 Nd6 43. Ne7+ Kh7 44. Nc6 Rd1 45. Nd4 Rg1+ 46. Kh3 Rh1+ 47.
Kg3 Rg1+ 48. Kh3 Rh1+ 49. Kg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "9th Gashimov Mem Rapid"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2023.12.10"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Suleymanli, Aydin"]
[Black "Abasov, Nijat"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2609"]
[BlackElo "2641"]
[ECO "B51"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Canal-Sokolsky (Nimzovich-Rossolimo, Moscow) attack"]
[WhiteFideId "13413937"]
[BlackFideId "13402960"]
[EventDate "2023.12.08"]

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 Bb7 10. Qe1 b5 11. Nc3 Qb6 12. a5 Qc7 13. Bf3 e5 14. g4 exf4 15. g5
Ng8 16. Nd5 Qd8 17. e5 Bxe5 18. Nb6 Qxg5+ 19. Kh1 Rb8 20. Bxb7 Rxb7 21. Ne4 Qh5
22. Nxd6+ Kf8 23. Nxb7 Nxb6 24. axb6 f3 25. Qf2 Nf6 26. Bh6+ Kg8 27. Rae1 Ng4
28. Qg3 f6 29. Rxe5 fxe5 30. Bd2 f2 31. h3 Nf6 32. Rxf2 Kg7 33. Bg5 1-0

[Event "9th Gashimov Mem Rapid"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2023.12.10"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Mamedov, Rauf"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2651"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[ECO "C67"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "open Berlin defence, l'Hermet variation"]
[WhiteFideId "13401653"]
[BlackFideId "13401319"]
[EventDate "2023.12.08"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. dxe5 Nxb5 7. a4 Nbd4 8.
Nxd4 Nxd4 9. Qxd4 d5 10. exd6 Qxd6 11. Qe4+ Qe6 12. Qd4 Qd6 13. Qe4+ Qe6 1/2-1/2

[Event "9th Gashimov Mem Rapid"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2023.12.10"]
[Round "7.4"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[ECO "B40"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Anderssen variation"]
[WhiteFideId "13400924"]
[BlackFideId "2805677"]
[EventDate "2023.12.08"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. e5 Nd5 8.
Ne4 Bb7 9. Be2 c5 10. a3 f5 11. Bg5 Qb8 12. Nd6+ Bxd6 13. exd6 O-O 14. c4 Nf6
15. f3 a5 16. Qd2 e5 17. O-O Ra6 18. Rad1 Ba8 19. Rfe1 e4 20. b4 axb4 21. axb4
Qxb4 22. Qxb4 cxb4 23. c5 Ra5 24. Bxf6 gxf6 25. fxe4 fxe4 26. Bc4+ Kg7 27. Bd5
f5 28. Bxa8 Rfxa8 29. Rd5 b3 30. Kf2 Ra1 31. Rdd1 Rxd1 32. Rxd1 Kf6 0-1

[Event "9th Gashimov Mem Rapid"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2023.12.10"]
[Round "7.5"]
[White "Van Foreest, Jorden"]
[Black "Rapport, Richard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2679"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[ECO "B04"]
[Opening "Alekhine's defence"]
[Variation "modern, Larsen variation"]
[WhiteFideId "1039784"]
[BlackFideId "738590"]
[EventDate "2023.12.08"]

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. Re1 Bd6 12. Bd3 Bxd3 13. Qxd3 O-O 14. Nbd2 c5
15. Nc4 Be7 16. dxc5 Bxc5 17. Nce5 Qb6 18. Qe2 h6 19. c4 Ne7 20. Nd3 Nf5 21.
Nxc5 Qxc5 22. b3 Rfd8 23. Bb2 Rd6 24. a4 Rdd8 25. a5 Qd6 26. Bc3 Qd3 27. Qb2 Ne8
28. a6 bxa6 29. Rxa6 Qd7 30. Rea1 Qb7 31. Ne5 Nf6 32. b4 Ne4 33. b5 Nxc3 34.
Qxc3 Nd4 35. Kh1 Qc7 36. Nc6 Nxc6 37. Rxc6 Qb7 38. Qe3 a5 39. Qb6 Qxb6 40. Rxb6
Rdc8 41. Ra6 Rab8 42. Ra4 Kf8 43. R6xa5 Ke7 44. Ra7+ Kf6 45. Rb4 Rb6 46. Kg1 Rc5
47. Kf1 g5 48. Rd7 Re5 49. Rb3 Rc5 50. Rb4 Re5 51. Rc7 Rd6 52. Rb1 Rd2 53. b6
Ree2 54. Kg1 Ke5 55. Rxf7 1-0

[Event "9th Gashimov Mem Rapid"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2023.12.10"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Erigaisi, Arjun"]
[Black "Rapport, Richard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[ECO "D37"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "4.Nf3"]
[WhiteFideId "35009192"]
[BlackFideId "738590"]
[EventDate "2023.12.08"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. Bg5 c6 6. cxd5 exd5 7. e3 Be7 8. Bd3
Nh5 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. O-O O-O 11. Qb1 Nhf6 12. b4 a5 13. b5 c5 14. dxc5 Nxc5 15.
Nd4 b6 16. Bc2 Bb7 17. Qb2 Rac8 18. Rac1 g6 19. Rfd1 Rfd8 20. h3 Nfe4 21. Bb1
Qf6 22. Qe2 Kg7 23. Qf3 Qxf3 24. gxf3 Nxc3 25. Rxc3 Na4 26. Rxc8 Rxc8 27. Bd3
Kf6 28. Kg2 Rc3 29. Bc2 Nb2 30. Ra1 Bc8 31. f4 Nc4 32. Bb3 Be6 33. Rd1 a4 34.
Ne2 Rxb3 35. axb3 axb3 36. Nc3 b2 37. Kf3 Na3 38. Nb1 Nc4 39. Nc3 g5 40. e4
dxe4+ 41. Kxe4 Na3 42. fxg5+ Kxg5 43. Ke5 Bxh3 44. Rg1+ Kh4 45. Kf4 h5 46. Rh1
f6 47. Nb1 Nxb5 48. Nd2 Nd4 49. Ke4 b1=Q+ 50. Nxb1 Ne6 51. Nd2 Ng5+ 52. Kf4 b5
53. Nf3+ Nxf3 54. Kxf3 b4 55. Kf4 b3 56. f3 b2 57. Rg1 Be6 58. Rh1+ Bh3 59. Rb1
Bd7 60. Rxb2 Kh3 61. Rb7 Ba4 62. Rf7 Kg2 63. Rxf6 h4 64. Ra6 Bb3 65. Rb6 Bd5 66.
Rb2+ Kh3 67. Rd2 Bb7 68. Rd7 Bc6 69. Rg7 Kh2 70. Ke3 h3 71. f4 Bg2 72. Kf2 Be4
73. Re7 Bg6 74. Re5 Kh1 75. Kg3 1-0

[Event "9th Gashimov Mem Rapid"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2023.12.10"]
[Round "8.2"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Van Foreest, Jorden"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2679"]
[ECO "E94"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "orthodox variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2805677"]
[BlackFideId "1039784"]
[EventDate "2023.12.08"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Re8 8. d5
Nbd7 9. Bg5 h6 10. Be3 Ng4 11. Bd2 Ngf6 12. b4 a5 13. a3 axb4 14. axb4 Rxa1 15.
Qxa1 c5 16. dxc6 bxc6 17. Qa7 Re7 18. Qa8 Qc7 19. Ra1 Nb6 20. Qa5 Be6 21. c5
dxc5 22. Qxc5 Re8 23. Ra6 Nfd7 24. Qa5 Rc8 25. Be3 Nc4 26. Bxc4 Bxc4 27. Ra8 Kh7
28. Rxc8 Qxc8 29. Nd2 Be6 30. Na4 Qb8 31. h3 Qb5 32. Qxb5 cxb5 33. Nc3 Bf8 34.
Nxb5 Bxb4 35. Nc7 Ba2 36. Nd5 Ba5 37. Ne7 Kg7 38. Kf1 Bb4 39. Nc6 Bf8 40. Ke2 f5
41. f3 Kf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "9th Gashimov Mem Rapid"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2023.12.10"]
[Round "8.3"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[ECO "C54"]
[Opening "Giuoco Piano"]
[WhiteFideId "13401319"]
[BlackFideId "13400924"]
[EventDate "2023.12.08"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. cxd4 Bb4+ 7. Bd2 Bxd2+ 8.
Nbxd2 d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Qb3 Na5 11. Qa4+ Nc6 12. Qb3 Na5 13. Qa4+ Nc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "9th Gashimov Mem Rapid"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2023.12.10"]
[Round "8.4"]
[White "Abasov, Nijat"]
[Black "Mamedov, Rauf"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2641"]
[BlackElo "2651"]
[ECO "D14"]
[Opening "QGD Slav"]
[Variation "exchange variation, 6.Bf4 Bf5"]
[WhiteFideId "13402960"]
[BlackFideId "13401653"]
[EventDate "2023.12.08"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Bf4 Bf5 7. e3 e6 8. Bd3
Bxd3 9. Qxd3 Bd6 10. Bxd6 Qxd6 11. O-O O-O 12. Rac1 Rac8 13. h3 h6 14. a3 1/2-1/2

[Event "9th Gashimov Mem Rapid"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2023.12.10"]
[Round "8.5"]
[White "Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi"]
[Black "Suleymanli, Aydin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2609"]
[ECO "D02"]
[Opening "Queen's bishop game"]
[WhiteFideId "5029465"]
[BlackFideId "13413937"]
[EventDate "2023.12.08"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Bf4 c5 4. e3 e6 5. Nbd2 Qb6 6. Rb1 Bd6 7. dxc5 Qxc5 8.
Bg5 Nbd7 9. c4 b6 10. cxd5 Qxd5 11. Bc4 Qf5 12. e4 Qg6 13. O-O Bb7 14. Bxf6 gxf6
15. Bb5 O-O-O 16. Qa4 a5 17. Rfc1+ Nc5 18. b4 axb4 19. Qa7 Bc7 20. Nc4 Rhg8 21.
g3 Qxe4 22. Nxb6+ Bxb6 23. Qxb6 Kb8 24. Qxc5 Rc8 25. Qd6+ Ka8 26. Rxc8+ Rxc8 27.
Rb3 Rc3 28. Rxb4 Rc1+ 29. Bf1 Qc2 30. Qd8+ 1-0

[Event "9th Gashimov Mem Rapid"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2023.12.10"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Suleymanli, Aydin"]
[Black "Erigaisi, Arjun"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2609"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[ECO "C11"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "Steinitz, Boleslavsky variation"]
[WhiteFideId "13413937"]
[BlackFideId "35009192"]
[EventDate "2023.12.08"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 a6 8. Ne2 Qb6
9. Qc1 f6 10. c3 Be7 11. h4 Na5 12. b3 O-O 13. h5 Qc7 14. g3 fxe5 15. dxe5 b5
16. Bh3 Nb6 17. O-O Nc6 18. Kh2 a5 19. Qe1 Nd8 20. g4 b4 21. Rc1 bxc3 22. Qxc3
Ba6 23. Qe1 a4 24. f5 axb3 25. axb3 Nc6 26. Bf4 Nb4 27. Nfd4 Nd3 28. Nxe6 Qb8
29. Qd2 Nxf4 30. Qxf4 Bxe2 31. Rf2 Bd3 32. Nxf8 Bxf8 33. Bg2 c4 34. bxc4 Bxc4
35. g5 Kh8 36. f6 gxf6 37. gxf6 Nd7 38. Rxc4 Nxe5 39. Bxd5 Nxc4 40. Qxb8 Rxb8
41. Bxc4 Rc8 42. Bd5 Rc5 43. Rf5 h6 44. Kh3 Rc1 45. Rf2 Rc5 46. Rd2 Rc1 47. Kg4
Rf1 48. Bf3 Rg1+ 49. Kf5 Rf1 50. Kg4 Rg1+ 51. Bg2 Kg8 52. Kf5 Rc1 53. Rd7 Rg1 1-0

[Event "9th Gashimov Mem Rapid"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2023.12.10"]
[Round "9.2"]
[White "Mamedov, Rauf"]
[Black "Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2651"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[ECO "C77"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "four knights (Tarrasch) variation"]
[WhiteFideId "13401653"]
[BlackFideId "5029465"]
[EventDate "2023.12.08"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bc5 6. d3 d6 7. h3 b5 8. Bb3 Na5
9. O-O O-O 10. Ne2 h6 11. Ng3 Re8 12. Nh2 Nxb3 13. axb3 d5 14. Qf3 dxe4 15. dxe4
Bf8 16. Rd1 Qe7 17. Be3 Qe6 18. Rd3 Bb7 19. Ng4 Nxg4 20. hxg4 Rad8 21. Rad1 Rxd3
22. Rxd3 g6 23. Qd1 Kh7 24. f3 a5 25. Bf2 a4 26. Nf1 axb3 27. cxb3 Ra8 28. Qc1
Rc8 29. Bc5 Be7 30. b4 Rd8 31. Rxd8 Bxd8 32. Qd2 Bf6 33. Ne3 Bg5 34. Qd3 Bc6 35.
Nd5 Bxd5 36. exd5 Qa6 37. Kh2 Qa2 38. Qxb5 Qxd5 39. Qe2 Bf4+ 40. g3 Bg5 41. Kg2
Kg7 42. Qc2 c6 43. Qe2 f5 44. gxf5 gxf5 45. Kh2 e4 46. f4 Bf6 47. g4 Kf7 48. Qg2
fxg4 49. Qxg4 h5 50. Qc8 Qd2+ 51. Kh3 Qd3+ 52. Kh2 Qe2+ 53. Kg1 Qd1+ 54. Kg2
Qc2+ 55. Kh1 Qb1+ 56. Bg1 Qd3 57. Qf5 Qf3+ 58. Kh2 Qe2+ 59. Kh3 Qd3+ 60. Kh2 h4
61. Qh5+ Ke6 62. Qg4+ Kf7 63. Qh5+ Kg7 64. Qg4+ Kf7 65. Qh5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "9th Gashimov Mem Rapid"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2023.12.10"]
[Round "9.3"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Abasov, Nijat"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2641"]
[ECO "C67"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Berlin defence, open variation"]
[WhiteFideId "13400924"]
[BlackFideId "13402960"]
[EventDate "2023.12.08"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Qe2 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. Qxe5+ Qe7
8. Qa5 Qd8 9. Qe5+ Qe7 10. Qa5 Qd8 11. Qe5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "9th Gashimov Mem Rapid"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2023.12.10"]
[Round "9.4"]
[White "Van Foreest, Jorden"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2679"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[ECO "C90"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "closed, Pilnik variation"]
[WhiteFideId "1039784"]
[BlackFideId "13401319"]
[EventDate "2023.12.08"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O
9. Re1 Be6 10. Bxe6 fxe6 11. Nbd2 d5 12. Qe2 Bc5 13. Nb3 Bd6 14. a4 b4 15. c4
dxc4 16. dxc4 Nd7 17. Be3 Qe7 18. Bg5 Qe8 19. Be3 h6 20. Rad1 Be7 21. c5 Nf6 22.
Qc4 Qf7 23. Nc1 Ng4 24. Rd7 Qg6 25. Kh1 Na5 26. Qe2 Rf7 27. h3 Nxe3 28. Qxe3 Nc6
29. Ne2 Rd8 30. Qd3 Rff8 31. Rxd8 Rxd8 32. Qxa6 Nd4 33. Nexd4 exd4 34. Ne5 Qf6
35. Nd3 e5 36. Qc4+ Kh7 37. a5 Ra8 38. Ra1 Qg5 39. a6 Qd2 40. a7 c6 41. Qa6 Bg5
42. Qb7 Rf8 43. Nxe5 Bf4 44. Nd7 Rd8 45. a8=Q 1-0

[Event "9th Gashimov Mem Rapid"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2023.12.10"]
[Round "9.5"]
[White "Rapport, Richard"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[ECO "B30"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Nimzovich-Rossolimo attack (without ...d6)"]
[WhiteFideId "738590"]
[BlackFideId "2805677"]
[EventDate "2023.12.08"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. e4 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. c3 d5 5. d3 Bd7 6. Bf4 Nf6 7. Nbd2 Nh5 8. Be3
Nf6 9. O-O Qc7 10. Bg5 Bd6 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. exd5 exd5 13. Re1+ Ne7 14. Qa4 Bxb5
15. Qxb5+ Qd7 16. Qxd7+ Kxd7 17. g3 Rhe8 18. Kg2 Nc6 19. Nf1 Ne5 20. Red1 Kc6
21. Ne3 Bf8 22. Nh4 Rad8 23. Nhf5 c4 24. dxc4 Nxc4 25. b4 Nxe3+ 26. Nxe3 a6 27.
Rd3 Bh6 28. f4 Bf8 29. Kf3 Rd7 30. Rad1 Red8 31. Rd4 h5 32. h4 b5 33. g4 hxg4+
34. Kxg4 a5 35. a3 a4 36. h5 Bh6 37. Nf5 Rg8+ 38. Kf3 Bf8 39. Ne3 f5 40. Rxd5
Rxd5 41. Rxd5 Rg1 42. Rxf5 Bg7 43. Rc5+ 1-0

