[Event "7th Gashimov Mem Blitz"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2021.12.22"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Navara, David"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2697"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[ECO "D85"]
[Opening "Gruenfeld"]
[Variation "exchange variation"]
[WhiteFideId "309095"]
[BlackFideId "13401319"]
[EventDate "2021.12.22"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Be3 O-O 8.
Rc1 Nd7 9. Bc4 e5 10. Nf3 Qe7 11. Bg5 Qd6 12. O-O b6 13. Qc2 c5 14. Bd5 Rb8 15.
dxe5 Nxe5 16. Nxe5 Bxe5 17. f4 Bg7 18. Rcd1 Be6 19. e5 Qc7 20. c4 Rbe8 21. Bh4
f6 22. exf6 Bxf6 23. Bxf6 Rxf6 24. Rde1 Qd7 25. Rxe6 Rexe6 26. f5 gxf5 27. Rxf5
Kg7 28. Bxe6 Rxe6 29. Qc3+ Qd4+ 30. Qxd4+ cxd4 31. Rd5 Re2 32. a3 Ra2 33. Rxd4
Rxa3 34. Rd7+ Kg6 35. Rb7 h5 36. Kf2 Ra4 37. Kf3 Kf5 38. Rf7+ Ke5 39. Rh7 Rxc4
40. Rxh5+ Kf6 41. Rh7 Ra4 42. Rb7 Ra3+ 43. Kf4 Ra4+ 44. Kf3 Ra3+ 45. Kg4 Ra4+
46. Kh5 Ra2 47. h4 Rxg2 48. Rxa7 1/2-1/2

[Event "7th Gashimov Mem Blitz"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2021.12.22"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Mamedov, Rauf"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2656"]
[ECO "C24"]
[Opening "Bishop's opening"]
[Variation "Berlin defence"]
[WhiteFideId "5000017"]
[BlackFideId "13401653"]
[EventDate "2021.12.22"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 c6 4. Nf3 d5 5. Bb3 Bb4+ 6. c3 Bd6 7. Nbd2 O-O 8. O-O
Re8 9. Re1 a5 10. d4 Nbd7 11. exd5 cxd5 12. dxe5 Nxe5 13. Nxe5 Bxe5 14. Nf3 Bg4
15. Bg5 h6 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. Qxd5 Qxd5 18. Bxd5 Red8 19. Rad1 Ra6 20. h3 Bh5 21.
g4 Rad6 22. c4 Bg6 23. Ne5 Bxe5 24. Rxe5 Kf8 25. Rde1 R6d7 26. b3 f6 27. Re6 Bf7
28. Rb6 Bxd5 29. cxd5 Rc8 30. Rb5 a4 31. bxa4 Rc2 32. a3 Rc3 33. Re3 Rc4 34.
Reb3 Rxa4 35. Rxb7 Rxb7 36. Rxb7 Rxa3 37. Kg2 Rd3 38. Rd7 g5 39. f3 Ke8 40. Rh7
Kf8 41. Rxh6 Kg7 42. Rh5 Rxd5 43. h4 Kg6 44. hxg5 fxg5 45. Rh8 Rd6 46. Kf2 Ra6
47. Rb8 Rc6 48. Ke3 Re6+ 49. Kd4 Ra6 50. Rd8 Ra4+ 51. Ke3 Ra3+ 52. Ke4 Rb3 53.
Rd6+ Kg7 54. Rd3 Rb5 55. Rd5 Rb4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "7th Gashimov Mem Blitz"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2021.12.22"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Asadli, Vugar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2792"]
[BlackElo "2579"]
[ECO "C02"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "advance, Steinitz variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2020009"]
[BlackFideId "13405764"]
[EventDate "2021.12.22"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. dxc5 e6 5. Bd3 Nd7 6. Nf3 Nxc5 7. O-O Bd7 8. Nc3
Ne7 9. Bf4 a6 10. Re1 Ng6 11. Be3 Nxd3 12. cxd3 Be7 13. a4 O-O 14. Qb3 Bc6 15.
Bb6 Qd7 16. d4 f6 17. exf6 gxf6 18. Ne2 Rae8 19. Ng3 Nf4 20. Ba5 Rf7 21. Qc2 Bd6
22. b3 Kh8 23. Bd2 Ng6 24. Bh6 Rg8 25. Rad1 b5 26. axb5 Bxb5 27. Qd2 Re8 28. Rc1
Rc8 29. Rxc8+ Qxc8 30. Qe3 Re7 31. Nh5 e5 32. Nxf6 exd4 33. Qd2 Qc3 34. Nxd5
Qxd2 35. Bxd2 Rxe1+ 36. Nxe1 Ne5 37. Nf4 Nc6 38. Ne6 Kg8 39. f4 Kf7 40. f5 d3
41. Nf3 Ne5 42. Nxe5+ Bxe5 43. g4 Bd7 44. Ng5+ Kg7 45. h3 Bd4+ 46. Kg2 Bc6+ 47.
Kg3 Bf6 48. Ne6+ Kf7 49. Kf4 Bd5 50. Nc5 h6 51. Ke3 Be7 52. b4 Bg2 53. Nxd3 Bxh3
54. Kf2 Bf6 55. Kg3 Bf1 56. Nc5 Bg7 57. Ne6 Be5+ 58. Bf4 Bc3 59. Bxh6 Bxb4 60.
g5 Bd3 61. Kg4 Be2+ 62. Kf4 Bh5 63. Ng7 Bd1 64. g6+ Kf6 65. Ne8+ Ke7 66. f6+ Ke6
67. Ke3 Bc2 68. g7 Kf7 69. Nc7 Bc3 70. Nd5 Bb2 71. Bg5 Bb3 72. Ne7 Ke8 73. g8=Q+
Bxg8 74. Nxg8 Kf7 75. Nh6+ Kg6 76. f7 Bg7 77. Bf4 Bxh6 78. Bxh6 Kxf7 79. Kd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "7th Gashimov Mem Blitz"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2021.12.22"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Rapport, Richard"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[ECO "E94"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "orthodox variation"]
[WhiteFideId "14109603"]
[BlackFideId "738590"]
[EventDate "2021.12.22"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Na6 8. Re1
Qe8 9. dxe5 dxe5 10. a3 Bg4 11. b4 Rd8 12. Qc2 Nb8 13. b5 Nh5 14. Bg5 Rc8 15.
Be3 Nd7 16. h3 Be6 17. Rad1 Nf4 18. Bf1 c6 19. Qa4 Nb6 20. Qxa7 Nxc4 21. Bc5
cxb5 22. Bxf8 Bxf8 23. Nd5 Bxd5 24. exd5 Bc5 25. Qxb7 Nd6 26. Qa6 e4 27. Nd4 Qe5
28. Nb3 Nxh3+ 29. gxh3 Qg3+ 30. Kh1 Bxf2 31. Bg2 Bxe1 32. Nd4 Bc3 33. Ne2 Qe5
34. Rc1 e3 35. Bf3 Kg7 36. Rxc3 Rxc3 37. Nxc3 Qxc3 38. Qxd6 Qe1+ 39. Kh2 Qf2+
40. Bg2 e2 41. Qe5+ Kh6 0-1

[Event "7th Gashimov Mem Blitz"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2021.12.22"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Navara, David"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2697"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[ECO "B51"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Canal-Sokolsky (Nimzovich-Rossolimo, Moscow) attack"]
[WhiteFideId "309095"]
[BlackFideId "14109603"]
[EventDate "2021.12.22"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. e4 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. O-O a6 7. Bd3 Nc5 8.
Nc3 g6 9. Nb3 Nxd3 10. cxd3 Bg7 11. a4 O-O 12. f3 Qb6+ 13. d4 Be6 14. Ra3 Rfc8
15. a5 Bxb3 16. Rxb3 Qxa5 17. Rxb7 Rcb8 18. Qb3 Qd8 19. Be3 Qc8 20. Rxb8 Rxb8
21. Qa2 Ne8 22. Ra1 Nc7 23. Qc4 Qb7 24. h4 h5 25. Kh2 Rc8 26. Ra4 Bf6 27. Bg5
Ne6 28. Qxa6 Qxa6 29. Rxa6 Nxg5 30. hxg5 Bxg5 31. Nd5 e6 32. f4 exd5 33. fxg5
dxe4 34. Rxd6 Rb8 35. Kg3 Rxb2 36. Rd8+ Kg7 37. Re8 Re2 38. d5 Rd2 39. Re5 Kf8
40. Rxe4 Rxd5 41. Kh4 Rd1 42. Re5 Rd6 43. Re4 Re6 44. Ra4 Re1 45. Ra8+ Ke7 46.
Ra7+ Ke6 47. Ra6+ Ke5 48. Rf6 Re4+ 49. Kg3 Rg4+ 50. Kh3 Rf4 51. Ra6 Rf1 52. Kg3
Ke4 53. Ra4+ Kf5 54. Ra5+ Ke6 55. Ra6+ Kd5 56. Ra5+ Kc6 57. Ra6+ Kc5 58. Ra5+
Kb6 59. Rd5 Kc7 60. Kh3 Rf4 61. g3 Rg4 62. Kg2 Kc6 63. Ra5 Kd6 64. Kf3 Rd4 65.
Ra6+ Ke7 66. Ra7+ Ke6 67. Ra6+ Rd6 68. Ra7 Rd5 69. Ra6+ Ke7 70. Ra7+ Kf8 71. g4
Rxg5 72. gxh5 Rxh5 73. Kg4 Re5 74. Kf4 Re7 75. Ra6 Kg7 76. Kg5 Rc7 77. Rd6 f6+
78. Kf4 Rc4+ 79. Kf3 g5 80. Kg3 Kg6 81. Rd8 Rc3+ 82. Kg2 g4 83. Rd5 f5 84. Ra5
Kg5 85. Rb5 Rd3 86. Rc5 Kf4 87. Rc4+ Ke5 88. Rc5+ Ke4 89. Rc4+ Rd4 90. Rc8 Kf4
91. Rc2 Rd5 92. Rc4+ Kg5 93. Rc2 f4 94. Ra2 Kh4 95. Kh2 g3+ 96. Kg2 Kg4 0-1

[Event "7th Gashimov Mem Blitz"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2021.12.22"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Rapport, Richard"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[ECO "C44"]
[Opening "Konstantinopolsky opening"]
[WhiteFideId "738590"]
[BlackFideId "5000017"]
[EventDate "2021.12.22"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. g3 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. h3 Re8 8. c4 h6
9. Nc3 Nh7 10. Nd5 Be6 11. Be3 Bf8 12. Kh2 Ne7 13. d4 Ng6 14. b3 c6 15. Nc3 Nf6
16. Qc2 Bd7 17. Rad1 Qa5 18. Qd2 Qc7 19. Rfe1 b5 20. cxb5 cxb5 21. dxe5 dxe5 22.
Nd5 Nxd5 23. Qxd5 Rad8 24. Qd3 Qb7 25. Qb1 Bc6 26. Rxd8 Rxd8 27. Bd2 Bc5 28. Ba5
Rc8 29. Qc2 Bd7 30. Qb2 b4 31. Nxe5 Nxe5 32. Qxe5 Bxf2 33. Re2 Rc5 34. Qe7 Rxa5
35. Qd8+ Kh7 36. Qxa5 Bb6 37. Qd5 Bc6 38. Qf5+ g6 39. Qf6 Qd7 40. e5 Bxg2 41.
Rxg2 Qd5 42. e6 fxe6 43. Qf7+ Kh8 44. Qf8+ Kh7 45. Qe7+ Kg8 46. Qxb4 h5 47. Qc4
Qd6 48. h4 Kh7 49. Qf4 e5 50. Qf7+ Kh6 51. Qg8 Qf6 52. Qc4 Bd4 53. Qc1+ Kh7 54.
Qc7+ Kh6 55. Qc1+ Kh7 56. Rc2 Bb6 57. Qd1 e4 58. Rg2 e3 59. Qd7+ Kh6 60. Qe8 Bd4
61. Qe4 Kh7 62. b4 Bb6 63. a4 Qc3 64. Qe7+ Kh6 65. a5 Bd4 66. Qg5+ Kh7 67. Qe7+
Kh6 68. Qg5+ Kh7 69. Qe7+ Kh6 70. Qf8+ Kh7 71. Qf7+ Bg7 72. Qxa7 Qxb4 73. a6 Qc4
74. Qxe3 Qxa6 75. Qe4 Qf6 76. Rc2 Qe5 77. Qxe5 Bxe5 78. Kg2 Kg7 79. Kf3 Bf6 80.
Kf4 Kg8 81. Rc6 Kg7 82. Ke4 Kf7 83. Kd5 Kg7 84. Ke6 Bd4 85. Rc7+ Kg8 86. Rc2 Kg7
87. Rd2 Bc3 88. Rd3 Bb2 89. Rd7+ Kg8 90. Rd2 Bc3 91. Rg2 Ba1 92. g4 hxg4 93.
Rxg4 Kh7 94. Kf7 Kh6 95. Rxg6+ Kh5 96. Rg1 Bd4 97. Rh1 Bc3 98. Ke6 Ba5 99. Kf5
Bd8 100. Rd1 Bb6 101. Rb1 Bf2 102. Kf4 Bd4 1-0

[Event "7th Gashimov Mem Blitz"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2021.12.22"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Asadli, Vugar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2579"]
[ECO "D36"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "exchange, positional line, 6.Qc2"]
[WhiteFideId "13401319"]
[BlackFideId "13405764"]
[EventDate "2021.12.22"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. Qc2 h6 7. Bh4 g6 8. e3
Bf5 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Nbd7 11. Nge2 Bg7 12. f3 O-O 13. O-O Re8 14. Rae1 b5
15. Kh1 b4 16. Na4 Qa5 17. b3 c5 18. Bxf6 c4 19. bxc4 dxc4 20. Qxc4 Nxf6 21. Qb3
Nd5 22. e4 Nb6 23. Nxb6 axb6 24. e5 Bf8 25. Nc1 Qb5 26. Rf2 Ra3 27. Qb1 h5 28.
Nb3 Qd5 29. h3 Bh6 30. Qe4 Qc4 31. d5 b5 32. Rc2 Qxe4 33. Rxe4 1-0

[Event "7th Gashimov Mem Blitz"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2021.12.22"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Mamedov, Rauf"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2656"]
[BlackElo "2792"]
[ECO "B25"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "closed"]
[WhiteFideId "13401653"]
[BlackFideId "2020009"]
[EventDate "2021.12.22"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 d6 6. Nf3 e5 7. a3 Nge7 8. b4 O-O
9. Rb1 b6 10. O-O h6 11. Nd5 Nxd5 12. exd5 Ne7 13. bxc5 Nxd5 14. Bd2 dxc5 15.
Re1 Re8 16. Qc1 Kh7 17. h4 Bg4 18. Nh2 Bf5 19. Qd1 Rc8 20. h5 g5 21. a4 Qd7 22.
a5 b5 23. c4 Nc7 24. Be3 bxc4 25. dxc4 Qxd1 26. Rbxd1 Bf8 27. g4 Be6 28. Rc1 Rb8
29. Be4+ Kg7 30. f3 Rb4 31. Bd3 Rd8 32. Be2 Ne8 33. Nf1 e4 34. Ng3 exf3 35. Bxf3
Nf6 36. a6 Nxg4 37. Nf1 Ne5 38. Bg2 Nxc4 39. Bf2 Bd6 40. Ng3 Bf4 41. Rcd1 Rxd1
42. Rxd1 Ne3 43. Rd8 Rb1+ 44. Kh2 Ng4+ 0-1

[Event "7th Gashimov Mem Blitz"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2021.12.22"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Asadli, Vugar"]
[Black "Mamedov, Rauf"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2579"]
[BlackElo "2656"]
[ECO "B70"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "dragon variation"]
[WhiteFideId "13405764"]
[BlackFideId "13401653"]
[EventDate "2021.12.22"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 g6 6. g3 Bg7 7. Bg2 O-O 8. O-O
Nc6 9. Nde2 Be6 10. h3 Rc8 11. Nd5 Ne5 12. Nd4 Bd7 13. b3 Nc6 14. c3 Nxd5 15.
exd5 Nxd4 16. cxd4 Qa5 17. Be3 Qb4 18. a3 Qb6 19. Re1 Rc3 20. Rb1 Bf5 21. Rb2
Rd3 22. Qe2 Bxd4 23. Bxd4 Qxd4 24. g4 Bd7 25. Rc2 e5 26. Rc4 Rd2 27. Rxd4 Rxe2
28. Rxe2 exd4 29. Rd2 Rc8 30. Rxd4 Rc3 31. b4 Bb5 32. g5 Rxa3 33. Rf4 Kf8 34. h4
Ke7 35. h5 gxh5 36. Rh4 Ra4 37. Bf3 Bd3 38. Bxh5 a5 39. Rh3 Bg6 40. bxa5 Rxa5
41. Bxg6 hxg6 42. Rd3 Ra4 43. f3 b5 44. Kf2 Rc4 45. Re3+ Kd7 46. Ra3 b4 47. Ra4
Kc7 48. Ke3 Kb6 49. Kd3 Rc3+ 50. Kd4 Kb5 51. Ra7 Rxf3 52. Rb7+ Ka4 53. Rb6 b3
54. Kc4 Ka5 55. Rxd6 b2 56. Rd8 Rf4+ 57. Kc5 Ka4 58. Rb8 Ka3 59. d6 Rf1 60. d7
Rc1+ 61. Kd6 b1=Q 62. Rxb1 Rxb1 63. d8=Q Rd1+ 64. Ke7 1-0

[Event "7th Gashimov Mem Blitz"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2021.12.22"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Rapport, Richard"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2792"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[ECO "A40"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn"]
[WhiteFideId "2020009"]
[BlackFideId "738590"]
[EventDate "2021.12.22"]

1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 f5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. O-O d5 6. c4 Ne4 7. Nc3 c6 8. Qc2 Nd7
9. Rb1 a5 10. a3 O-O 11. Bf4 g5 12. Bd2 Bf6 13. e3 Rf7 14. Rfc1 h5 15. cxd5 exd5
16. b4 Nb6 17. Bf1 axb4 18. axb4 h4 19. b5 hxg3 20. hxg3 Rh7 21. bxc6 Nxd2 22.
Nxd2 bxc6 23. Bd3 Rf7 24. Ne2 f4 25. exf4 Bg4 26. Qxc6 Rb8 27. Kg2 Bd7 28. Qc5
gxf4 29. Nxf4 Bg5 30. Rh1 Bxf4 31. gxf4 Rg7+ 32. Kf1 Rc8 33. Qb4 Qf6 34. Ke1 Nc4
35. Nxc4 dxc4 36. Bxc4+ Be6 37. Be2 Bd5 38. f3 Qxf4 39. Qd2 Qg3+ 40. Kd1 Bxf3
41. Qa2+ Rf7 42. Re1 Bg4 43. Qd2 Bxe2+ 44. Qxe2 Rd8 45. Qe4 Qf3+ 46. Qxf3 Rxf3
47. Ke2 Rf4 48. Rg1+ Kf7 49. Rbf1 Rxd4 50. Rxf4+ Rxf4 51. Rf1 Rxf1 52. Kxf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "7th Gashimov Mem Blitz"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2021.12.22"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[ECO "C53"]
[Opening "Giuoco Piano"]
[WhiteFideId "14109603"]
[BlackFideId "13401319"]
[EventDate "2021.12.22"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 h6 6. O-O d6 7. Nbd2 O-O 8. Re1
Ne7 9. Nf1 Ng6 10. Ng3 c6 11. h3 Re8 12. d4 Bb6 13. Bd3 Be6 14. a4 a5 15. Qc2
Bc7 16. Be3 Nf4 17. Bf1 N4h5 18. Ne2 d5 19. Nxe5 Nxe4 20. f3 Nd6 21. g4 Nf6 22.
Nf4 Nc4 23. Nxc4 dxc4 24. Nxe6 Rxe6 25. Bxc4 Nd5 26. Qf2 b5 27. axb5 cxb5 28.
Bd3 Qd6 29. Bd2 Rf6 30. Re5 Qc6 31. Re4 Bf4 32. Rae1 g6 33. Bxf4 Nxf4 34. Rxf4
Rxf4 35. Be4 Rxe4 36. Rxe4 b4 37. Re3 b3 38. Kg2 a4 39. Kg3 Rb8 40. d5 Qxd5 41.
Qe2 a3 42. Re8+ Kg7 43. Rxb8 Qd6+ 44. f4 Qxb8 45. h4 a2 46. Qd1 Qa7 0-1

[Event "7th Gashimov Mem Blitz"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2021.12.22"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Navara, David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2697"]
[ECO "B51"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Canal-Sokolsky (Nimzovich-Rossolimo, Moscow) attack"]
[WhiteFideId "5000017"]
[BlackFideId "309095"]
[EventDate "2021.12.22"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. O-O a6 5. Bxd7+ Bxd7 6. Re1 Nf6 7. c4 b5 8. d3
g6 9. Nc3 Bg7 10. e5 dxe5 11. Nxe5 O-O 12. h3 Qc7 13. Bf4 Qb7 14. Qe2 Rfd8 15.
b3 b4 16. Ne4 Nxe4 17. dxe4 Bc6 18. Rad1 a5 19. Nxc6 Qxc6 20. e5 a4 21. Rd3 Rd7
22. Rxd7 Qxd7 23. Rd1 Qc6 24. Qd3 h6 25. h4 axb3 26. axb3 e6 27. Qe3 Qc7 28. Rd6
Bf8 29. Rd3 Rd8 30. Rxd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "7th Gashimov Mem Blitz"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2021.12.22"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Navara, David"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2697"]
[BlackElo "2792"]
[ECO "E94"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "orthodox variation"]
[WhiteFideId "309095"]
[BlackFideId "2020009"]
[EventDate "2021.12.22"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O h6 8. Re1
Nbd7 9. Bf1 Re8 10. Rb1 a5 11. b3 b6 12. d5 Nh7 13. g3 Nc5 14. a3 a4 15. b4 Nb3
16. Be3 Bd7 17. Nd2 f5 18. Nxb3 axb3 19. Rxb3 f4 20. gxf4 Qh4 21. Qf3 exf4 22.
Qxf4 Qe7 23. Qg3 g5 24. c5 Rf8 25. c6 Be8 26. f4 gxf4 27. Bxf4 Qf6 28. Ne2 Bh5
29. Bc1 Ng5 30. Nf4 Qf7 31. h4 Nf3+ 32. Rxf3 Bxf3 33. Bh3 Rae8 34. Be6 Rxe6 35.
dxe6 Qf6 36. Qxf3 Qxh4 37. Re2 Kh7 38. Be3 Be5 39. Rh2 Qe1+ 40. Kg2 Rg8+ 41. Kh3
Qc3 42. Rg2 Rf8 43. Qg3 Kh8 44. Ng6+ 1-0

[Event "7th Gashimov Mem Blitz"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2021.12.22"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Rapport, Richard"]
[Black "Asadli, Vugar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2579"]
[ECO "B15"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann defence"]
[WhiteFideId "738590"]
[BlackFideId "13405764"]
[EventDate "2021.12.22"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Qd3 Nxe4 6. Qxe4 Nd7 7. Nf3 Nf6 8.
Qd3 g6 9. Be2 Bg7 10. O-O Bf5 11. Qb3 Qb6 12. c3 O-O 13. Re1 Rfe8 14. Bc4 Qxb3
15. axb3 a6 16. b4 h5 17. h3 Nd5 18. Bb3 Rad8 19. Bg5 Bf6 20. Bxd5 cxd5 21. Bxf6
exf6 22. Nd2 Kf8 23. Nb3 Rxe1+ 24. Rxe1 Re8 25. Rxe8+ Kxe8 26. Nc5 Bc8 27. h4
Ke7 28. Kf1 Kd6 29. Ke2 b6 30. Nd3 Bf5 31. Ke3 Kc6 32. Nf4 Bc2 33. g3 Kd6 34. f3
Bd1 35. Ng2 a5 36. bxa5 bxa5 37. Nf4 Kc6 38. Kf2 a4 39. Ng2 Bc2 40. Ne3 Bd3 41.
g4 Kd6 42. gxh5 gxh5 43. Ng2 Kc6 44. Nf4 Bg6 45. Ke3 Kd6 46. Kd2 Kc6 47. Ke2 Kd6
48. Ke3 Kc6 49. Kd2 Kd6 50. Nd3 Kc6 51. Nb4+ Kd6 52. Na6 Kc6 53. Nc5 Kb5 54. Nd7
f5 55. f4 Kc4 56. Kc2 Kb5 57. b3 axb3+ 58. Kxb3 f6 59. Nc5 Be8 60. Ne6 Bf7 61.
Nc5 Be8 62. Nd3 Bd7 63. Nb4 Be6 64. Nc2 Bf7 65. Ne3 Be6 66. Ka3 Ka5 67. Kb2 Kb5
68. Kb3 Ka5 69. Nf1 Bf7 70. Ng3 Bg6 71. c4 Bf7 72. c5 Bg6 73. Kc3 Kb5 74. Nf1
Bf7 75. Ne3 Be6 76. Kb3 Ka5 77. Nc2 Kb5 78. Nb4 Bf7 79. Kc3 Be6 80. Nd3 Bf7 81.
Nf2 Be8 82. Kb3 Bf7 83. Nd1 Be6 84. Nc3+ Ka5 85. Ka3 Bf7 86. Na4 Kb5 87. Kb3 Be6
88. Nb6 Ka5 89. Na8 Bd7 90. Nc7 Ba4+ 91. Kc3 Bc6 92. Ne6 Be8 93. c6 Kb6 94. c7
Kb7 95. Kb4 Bd7 96. Nc5+ Kxc7 97. Nxd7 Kxd7 98. Kc5 Ke6 99. Kc6 Ke7 100. Kc7 Ke6
101. Kd8 Kd6 102. Ke8 Kc6 103. Kf7 Kb5 104. Kxf6 Kc4 105. Ke5 1-0

[Event "7th Gashimov Mem Blitz"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2021.12.22"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Mamedov, Rauf"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2656"]
[ECO "D34"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "Tarrasch, Prague variation, Normal position"]
[WhiteFideId "13401319"]
[BlackFideId "13401653"]
[EventDate "2021.12.22"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 e6 3. Bg2 d5 4. d4 c5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. Nc3
O-O 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. a3 Ne4 11. Nxd5 Be6 12. Ne3 Qb6 13. b4 Be7 14. Nd5 Bxd5 15.
Qxd5 Nc3 16. Qd3 Rfd8 17. Qxc3 Bf6 18. Qc2 Bxa1 19. Ng5 g6 20. Qa2 Bg7 21. Nxf7
Kf8 22. Be3 Nd4 23. Ng5 Rd7 24. Nxh7+ Ke7 25. Bg5+ Kd6 26. Qd5+ 1-0

[Event "7th Gashimov Mem Blitz"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2021.12.22"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[ECO "C65"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Berlin defence"]
[WhiteFideId "14109603"]
[BlackFideId "5000017"]
[EventDate "2021.12.22"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Nbd2 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. c3 Bb6 8. Nc4
Ne7 9. Ba4 Ng6 10. h3 Be6 11. Bc2 Bxc4 12. dxc4 Qe7 13. Re1 c6 14. Nh2 Rfd8 15.
Qf3 h6 16. Ng4 Nxg4 17. hxg4 Nf8 18. a4 a5 19. g3 Nh7 20. Kg2 Qe6 21. Qe2 g5 22.
Rh1 Kg7 23. f3 Qf6 24. Rh5 Nf8 25. Bd2 Ne6 26. Rah1 Rh8 27. Qd1 Qe7 28. Qe2 c5
29. Kf2 f6 30. Ke1 Bc7 31. Qh2 Rag8 32. Rxh6 Rxh6 33. Qxh6+ Kf7 34. Qh7+ Kf8 35.
Qf5 Qf7 36. Rh7 Rg7 37. Rh8+ Rg8 38. Rh1 Ke7 39. Bd3 b6 40. f4 Ng7 41. Qh7 Ne6
42. Qh2 Qg7 43. fxe5 dxe5 44. Kd1 Bd6 45. Kc2 Kd7 46. Qf2 Rh8 47. Rh5 Rg8 48.
Qh2 Qf7 49. Rh6 Bf8 50. Rh7 Rg7 51. Rh3 Kc7 52. Kb1 Be7 53. Be3 Bf8 54. Ka2 Qd7
55. Bc2 Be7 56. Rh8 Nf8 57. Qh6 Rf7 58. Qh5 Bd6 59. Kb3 Rh7 60. Rxh7 Qxh7 61.
Qe8 Qd7 62. Qh5 Qh7 63. Bd3 Kd7 64. Kc2 Ke7 65. b4 Kd8 66. bxa5 bxa5 67. Kb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "7th Gashimov Mem Blitz"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2021.12.22"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Asadli, Vugar"]
[Black "Navara, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2579"]
[BlackElo "2697"]
[ECO "B90"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Najdorf"]
[WhiteFideId "13405764"]
[BlackFideId "309095"]
[EventDate "2021.12.22"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 a6 6. Rg1 b5 7. a4 b4 8. Nd5 e6
9. Nxf6+ Qxf6 10. Be3 Bb7 11. f3 d5 12. exd5 Bxd5 13. Qd2 Be7 14. O-O-O Nd7 15.
g4 Nc5 16. g5 Qg6 17. Bd3 Nxd3+ 18. Qxd3 O-O 19. Nf5 Bd8 20. Bc5 Re8 21. Nd6
Bxg5+ 22. Kb1 Qxd3 23. Rxd3 Be7 24. Nxe8 Bxc5 25. Nc7 Ra7 26. Nxd5 Bxg1 27. Ne7+
Kf8 28. Nc8 Re7 29. Nxe7 Kxe7 30. h3 g5 31. Kc1 h5 32. Kd1 f5 33. c3 Bc5 34. Ke2
a5 35. Rd1 h4 36. Kd3 bxc3 37. bxc3 e5 38. Rb1 e4+ 39. fxe4 g4 40. exf5 gxh3 41.
Rh1 Kf6 42. Rxh3 Kg5 43. Ke4 Kg4 44. Rh1 h3 45. f6 Kg3 46. f7 Kg2 47. Rxh3 Kxh3
48. Kd5 Be7 49. c4 Kg4 50. c5 Kf5 51. c6 1-0

[Event "7th Gashimov Mem Blitz"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2021.12.22"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Mamedov, Rauf"]
[Black "Rapport, Richard"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2656"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[ECO "C03"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "Tarrasch"]
[WhiteFideId "13401653"]
[BlackFideId "738590"]
[EventDate "2021.12.22"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bd7 5. Bd3 Bc6 6. Nf3 Nd7 7. Qe2 Ngf6 8.
Ned2 Be7 9. b3 Nd5 10. Ne4 Bb4+ 11. Kf1 O-O 12. c4 N5f6 13. Bg5 Be7 14. h4 Nxe4
15. Bxe4 Bxe4 16. Qxe4 Rb8 17. g3 h6 18. Kg2 Re8 19. Bf4 Bd6 20. Bg5 f5 21. Qe2
hxg5 22. hxg5 g6 23. Rh6 Nf8 24. Rah1 e5 25. c5 e4 26. Qc4+ Kg7 27. Nd2 Bxg3 28.
fxg3 Qxg5 29. Nf1 f4 30. Rh8 f3+ 31. Kg1 e3 32. Rg8+ Kf6 33. d5 e2 34. Rh4 f2+
35. Kh2 exf1=N+ 36. Qxf1 Kf7 37. Rgh8 Kg7 38. Qxf2 Re5 39. Qd4 Qf6 40. Kh3 Qf1+
41. Kh2 Qe2+ 42. Kh3 Qf1+ 43. Kh2 Re8 44. Rf4 Qe2+ 45. Rf2 Qxf2+ 46. Qxf2 Kxh8
47. Qf7 R5e7 48. Qf6+ Kg8 49. b4 Rf7 50. Qd4 Rf5 51. d6 cxd6 52. cxd6 Nd7 53.
Qc4+ Kg7 54. Qc7 Rf7 55. Qxb7 Nf6 56. Qc6 Rd8 57. b5 Rfd7 58. a4 Rxd6 59. Qc3
Rd2+ 60. Kg1 Rd1+ 61. Kg2 R8d2+ 0-1

[Event "7th Gashimov Mem Blitz"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2021.12.22"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[ECO "C77"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Anderssen variation"]
[WhiteFideId "5000017"]
[BlackFideId "13401319"]
[EventDate "2021.12.22"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. c3 d6 8. O-O O-O
9. Nbd2 h6 10. Re1 Re8 11. Nf1 Bb6 12. Ng3 Ne7 13. Nh4 d5 14. h3 dxe4 15. dxe4
Qxd1 16. Bxd1 Bb7 17. Nf3 Nc8 18. Bc2 Nd6 19. Nh2 Rad8 20. Ng4 Nxg4 21. hxg4 Kh7
22. Kf1 g6 23. f3 a5 24. Ke2 Kg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "7th Gashimov Mem Blitz"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2021.12.22"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2792"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[ECO "C44"]
[Opening "Konstantinopolsky opening"]
[WhiteFideId "2020009"]
[BlackFideId "14109603"]
[EventDate "2021.12.22"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. g3 Nf6 4. d3 d5 5. exd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. a3
a5 9. Nc3 Nxc3 10. bxc3 a4 11. Re1 h6 12. Nd2 Be6 13. Rb1 Rb8 14. Ne4 Be7 15. c4
Qd7 16. Be3 Nd4 17. Qc1 Bg4 18. Bxd4 Qxd4 19. Rb5 c6 20. c3 Qxd3 21. Rxe5 Be6
22. Bf1 Qd7 23. Qc2 Qc7 24. Rxe6 fxe6 25. Qxa4 Ra8 26. Qd1 Rxa3 27. Bh3 Kh8 28.
Bxe6 Ra5 29. Bh3 Bc5 30. Qd2 Qb6 31. Kg2 Qa7 32. Re2 b6 33. Bg4 Qf7 34. Qd3 Ra4
35. Nxc5 bxc5 36. Be6 Qf6 37. f4 Ra3 38. Re5 Ra2+ 39. Kh3 Rd8 40. Qe4 Rdd2 41.
Bf7 Rxh2+ 42. Kg4 Qxf7 43. Re8+ Qxe8 44. Qxe8+ Kh7 45. Qxc6 Rhc2 46. Qxc5 Rxc3
47. Qf5+ Kh8 48. Qf8+ Kh7 49. Qf5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "7th Gashimov Mem Blitz"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2021.12.22"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Asadli, Vugar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2579"]
[ECO "B12"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "advance variation"]
[WhiteFideId "14109603"]
[BlackFideId "13405764"]
[EventDate "2021.12.22"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. Nf3 cxd4 5. Qxd4 Nc6 6. Qf4 e6 7. Bd3 Nb4 8. Nc3
Bd7 9. h4 Nxd3+ 10. cxd3 Ne7 11. Ng5 Nf5 12. Nxf7 Kxf7 13. g4 Rc8 14. gxf5 exf5
15. Be3 Be6 16. Ne2 d4 17. Nxd4 Qd5 18. O-O g6 19. Nxe6 Qxe6 20. Rfc1 Be7 21.
Qf3 Rc6 22. Rxc6 bxc6 23. Rc1 Rc8 24. d4 Ke8 25. d5 cxd5 26. Rxc8+ Qxc8 27. Qxd5
Kf8 28. Bh6+ Ke8 29. Qg8+ Kd7 30. e6+ Kc7 31. Bf4+ Kb7 32. Qxc8+ Kxc8 33. Bg5
Kd8 34. f4 h6 35. Bxh6 Bxh4 36. Kg2 0-1

[Event "7th Gashimov Mem Blitz"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2021.12.22"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2792"]
[ECO "C72"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "modern Steinitz defence, 5.O-O"]
[WhiteFideId "5000017"]
[BlackFideId "2020009"]
[EventDate "2021.12.22"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. O-O Bd7 6. c3 g6 7. d4 Bg7 8. Re1 Nf6
9. h3 O-O 10. Bc2 Re8 11. d5 Ne7 12. c4 h6 13. Nc3 Nh7 14. b4 f5 15. c5 f4 16.
Nd2 Rf8 17. Ba4 Bc8 18. cxd6 cxd6 19. b5 g5 20. bxa6 Rxa6 21. Bb5 Ra8 22. Be2
Ng6 23. Rb1 Nh4 24. a4 Nf6 25. Ba3 Rf7 26. Nc4 Bf8 27. Nb6 Rg7 28. Nxa8 g4 29.
hxg4 Nxg4 30. Bf3 Qg5 31. Nb6 Nh2 32. Kxh2 Nxg2 0-1

[Event "7th Gashimov Mem Blitz"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2021.12.22"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Rapport, Richard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[ECO "E63"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "fianchetto, Panno variation"]
[WhiteFideId "13401319"]
[BlackFideId "738590"]
[EventDate "2021.12.22"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O a6 8. e4 Rb8
9. c5 b5 10. d5 Na5 11. b4 Nc4 12. Nd4 Qe8 13. a4 e5 14. Nc6 Rb7 15. axb5 axb5
16. Ra8 Qd7 17. Qd3 Nxe4 18. Nxe4 f5 19. Ng5 e4 20. Qe2 dxc5 21. bxc5 Re8 22.
Rd1 Bh6 23. Na7 Rxa7 24. Rxa7 e3 25. Ne6 exf2+ 26. Qxf2 1-0

[Event "7th Gashimov Mem Blitz"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2021.12.22"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "Navara, David"]
[Black "Mamedov, Rauf"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2697"]
[BlackElo "2656"]
[ECO "B52"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Canal-Sokolsky attack, Sokolsky variation"]
[WhiteFideId "309095"]
[BlackFideId "13401653"]
[EventDate "2021.12.22"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 g6 7. d4 cxd4 8.
Qxd4 Bg7 9. O-O O-O 10. Qd3 Rc8 11. Bd2 Nc6 12. Rac1 Qd8 13. Rfd1 Nd7 14. b3 a6
15. Nd5 e6 16. Nc3 Nde5 17. Nxe5 dxe5 18. Qxd8+ Rxd8 19. Be3 Bf8 20. Bb6 Rdc8
21. Rd7 Rab8 22. Na4 Nd4 23. Kf1 Rc6 24. Bc7 Rxc7 25. Rxc7 b5 26. cxb5 axb5 27.
Nc5 Bd6 28. Rd7 Bf8 29. Nd3 f6 30. f4 Bh6 31. Rdc7 exf4 32. Rc8+ Rxc8 33. Rxc8+
Kf7 34. Rc7+ Kf8 35. a4 f5 36. a5 fxe4 37. a6 1-0

[Event "7th Gashimov Mem Blitz"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2021.12.22"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Asadli, Vugar"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2579"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[ECO "B48"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Taimanov variation"]
[WhiteFideId "13405764"]
[BlackFideId "5000017"]
[EventDate "2021.12.22"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. Qd2 Nf6 8.
O-O-O Be7 9. f3 b5 10. g4 h6 11. h4 Ne5 12. Rg1 Bb4 13. g5 hxg5 14. hxg5 Nh5 15.
f4 Bxc3 16. bxc3 Nc4 17. Bxc4 bxc4 18. g6 f6 19. Rh1 Bb7 20. Qe2 Qa5 21. f5 Qxc3
22. Rxh5 Rxh5 23. Qxh5 Qxe3+ 24. Kb2 O-O-O 25. fxe6 c3+ 26. Ka1 Qg5 27. Qxg5
fxg5 28. e7 Re8 29. Nf5 Kc7 30. e5 Bf3 31. Rd3 Bg4 32. Rxc3+ Kb8 33. Rb3+ Ka8
34. Nd6 Rxe7 35. Nc4 Ka7 36. Rg3 Be2 37. Nd6 Rxe5 38. Nf7 Rc5 39. Kb2 Bh5 40.
Nxg5 Bxg6 41. Ne6 Rxc2+ 42. Kb3 dxe6 43. Rxg6 Rc7 44. Rxe6 Rf7 45. Rg6 Kb7 46.
Kb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "7th Gashimov Mem Blitz"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2021.12.22"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Rapport, Richard"]
[Black "Navara, David"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2697"]
[ECO "C44"]
[Opening "Konstantinopolsky opening"]
[WhiteFideId "738590"]
[BlackFideId "309095"]
[EventDate "2021.12.22"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. g3 Nf6 4. d3 d5 5. exd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. c3
a5 9. a4 Re8 10. Nbd2 Bf8 11. Nc4 Bf5 12. Re1 f6 13. d4 exd4 14. Rxe8 Qxe8 15.
Nxd4 Be4 16. Bxe4 Qxe4 17. Nd2 Qe8 18. Nxc6 Qxc6 19. Nf3 Nb6 20. Bf4 Qd5 21.
Qxd5+ Nxd5 22. Bd2 Rd8 23. Kf1 Bc5 24. h4 h5 25. Ke2 Kf7 26. Be1 Re8+ 27. Kf1 c6
28. Nd2 g5 29. hxg5 fxg5 30. Nb3 Bb6 31. c4 Nb4 32. Bxb4 axb4 33. a5 Bd8 34. a6
bxa6 35. Rxa6 Bf6 36. Rxc6 Bxb2 37. Rb6 Bc3 38. c5 h4 39. Kg2 Rc8 40. c6 Ke6 41.
Na5 Kd6 42. Ra6 hxg3 43. Kxg3 Bd4 44. f3 Kc7 45. Nb3 Bb6 46. Ra4 Rb8 47. Kg4 Be3
48. Ra6 Rb6 49. Ra2 Rxc6 50. Ra4 Rc4+ 51. Kf5 Kb6 52. Ra8 Rf4+ 53. Ke5 Rxf3 54.
Ke4 Rh3 55. Rb8+ Kc7 56. Rb5 Kc6 57. Rb8 Bb6 58. Nd2 b3 59. Nc4 Rh4+ 60. Kd3
Rxc4 61. Rc8+ Bc7 0-1

[Event "7th Gashimov Mem Blitz"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2021.12.22"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2792"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[ECO "A18"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "Mikenas-Carls variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2020009"]
[BlackFideId "13401319"]
[EventDate "2021.12.22"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. e4 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. e5 Ne4 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be2 Bg4 8. O-O
Be7 9. d4 O-O 10. h3 Bh5 11. Be3 Qd7 12. Qb3 Nxc3 13. Qxc3 Nd8 14. Rac1 Ne6 15.
Qd2 Rfd8 16. b4 a5 17. b5 Bxf3 18. gxf3 c5 19. bxc6 bxc6 20. f4 c5 21. f5 Nxd4
22. Bxd4 cxd4 23. Bd3 f6 24. f4 Rdc8 25. Kh1 Kh8 26. Qg2 Rc3 27. Rcd1 Rb8 28.
Rf3 Rbc8 29. Rg1 Bd8 30. h4 Rc1 31. h5 h6 32. Qg6 Rxg1+ 33. Kxg1 Qb7 34. Rf1 Qe7
35. Rb1 Kg8 36. e6 Bc7 37. Rb7 Rb8 38. Qf7+ Qxf7 39. exf7+ Kxf7 40. Rxc7+ Kf8
41. Kf2 Rb2+ 42. Rc2 Rb4 43. Kf3 a4 44. Rc5 Rb2 45. Rxd5 Rxa2 46. Rd7 a3 47. Ra7
Ra1 48. Ke4 a2 49. Kxd4 Ke8 50. Bc2 Kd8 51. Bb3 Rf1 52. Bxa2 Rxf4+ 53. Kd5 Rxf5+
54. Kd6 Kc8 55. Be6+ Kb8 56. Bxf5 Kxa7 57. Ke7 1-0

[Event "7th Gashimov Mem Blitz"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2021.12.22"]
[Round "7.4"]
[White "Mamedov, Rauf"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2656"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[ECO "B18"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "classical variation"]
[WhiteFideId "13401653"]
[BlackFideId "14109603"]
[EventDate "2021.12.22"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. Nf3 Nf6 7. h4 Nh5 8. Ne2
Nd7 9. Nf4 Nxf4 10. Bxf4 Bh5 11. Be2 e6 12. Qd3 Be7 13. O-O-O Qa5 14. Kb1 O-O-O
15. Bg3 Bf6 16. Qe3 Rhe8 17. Nd2 Bxe2 18. Ne4 Nc5 19. Qxe2 Nxe4 20. Qxe4 Qf5 21.
Qe3 b6 22. Qe2 Kb7 23. Be5 Bxe5 24. Qxe5 h5 25. f3 Qxe5 26. dxe5 b5 27. c4 bxc4
28. Kc2 Rd5 29. Rde1 Red8 30. Re2 Kb6 31. g4 g6 32. gxh5 gxh5 33. Rg1 Rd3 34.
Rg5 Rxf3 35. Rxh5 Rd4 36. Rh8 Rdf4 37. h5 Kc5 38. h6 Rh3 39. Ra8 Rxh6 40. Rxa7
Rh3 41. Ra5+ Kb6 42. Ra8 Rhf3 43. Rb8+ Kc5 44. a4 Rf2 45. Rxf2 Rxf2+ 46. Kb1 Rd2
47. Rb7 Rd8 48. Rxf7 Kd5 49. Ra7 Kxe5 50. Kc2 Kd4 51. a5 Kc5 52. Re7 Kd6 53. Ra7
Rb8 54. a6 Rb6 55. Ra8 Ke5 56. a7 Ra6 57. Kc3 Ke4 58. Kxc4 e5 59. b4 Ke3 60. Re8
Rxa7 61. Rxe5+ Kf4 62. Re6 Ra1 63. Rxc6 Ke5 64. Kb5 Kd5 65. Rc2 Kd6 66. Kb6 Kd7
67. b5 Rb1 68. Ka6 1-0

[Event "7th Gashimov Mem Blitz"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2021.12.23"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Mamedov, Rauf"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2656"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[ECO "C53"]
[Opening "Giuoco Piano"]
[WhiteFideId "13401653"]
[BlackFideId "5000017"]
[EventDate "2021.12.22"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. Nbd2 a5 7. Nf1 h6 8. Ng3
O-O 9. O-O Be6 10. Bb5 Ba7 11. Re1 Ne7 12. d4 Ng6 13. h3 c5 14. dxe5 dxe5 15.
Be3 c4 16. Bxa7 Rxa7 17. Qxd8 Rxd8 18. Red1 Rxd1+ 19. Rxd1 a4 20. Rd8+ Kh7 21.
Nd2 a3 22. bxa3 Rxa3 23. Bxc4 Rxc3 24. Bxe6 fxe6 25. Rb8 Rc2 26. Nf3 Rxa2 27.
Rxb7 Ra1+ 28. Kh2 Ra2 29. Kg1 Ra1+ 30. Kh2 Ra2 1/2-1/2

[Event "7th Gashimov Mem Blitz"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2021.12.23"]
[Round "8.2"]
[White "Rapport, Richard"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[ECO "C84"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "closed, centre attack"]
[WhiteFideId "738590"]
[BlackFideId "14109603"]
[EventDate "2021.12.22"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d4 exd4 7. e5 Ne4 8. Nxd4
Nc5 9. Bxc6 dxc6 10. Be3 Ne6 11. Nf5 Qxd1 12. Rxd1 Bf8 13. Nc3 Bd7 14. Rd2 O-O-O
15. Rad1 g6 16. Nh6 Bxh6 17. Bxh6 c5 18. Nd5 Bb5 19. b3 Kb8 20. c4 Bc6 21. h4 b5
22. Ne7 Kb7 23. Rxd8 Rxd8 24. Rxd8 Nxd8 25. f3 bxc4 26. bxc4 Bd7 27. Be3 Be6 28.
Bxc5 Bxc4 29. a3 Ne6 30. Be3 c5 31. Kf2 Kb6 32. Nc8+ Ka5 33. Nd6 Bd5 34. Nxf7 c4
35. g4 Ka4 36. Nd6 c3 37. f4 c2 38. f5 gxf5 39. gxf5 Nd4 40. e6 Nc6 41. Bc1 Kb3
42. f6 Bxe6 43. f7 Bxf7 44. Nxf7 Ka2 45. Ng5 h5 46. Ne4 Kb1 47. Bh6 Ne5 48. Ke2
Ng6 49. Nd2+ Kb2 50. Nc4+ Kc3 51. Nd2 Nxh4 52. Ne4+ Kb2 53. Bg7+ Kb1 54. Nc3+
Kb2 55. Ne4+ Kxa3 56. Kd2 Nf5 57. Be5 Kb3 58. Nc5+ Kc4 59. Nxa6 Kd5 60. Bb8 Nd4
61. Nb4+ Ke4 62. Nxc2 Nxc2 63. Kxc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "7th Gashimov Mem Blitz"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2021.12.23"]
[Round "8.3"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Navara, David"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2697"]
[ECO "A45"]
[Opening "Trompovsky attack (Ruth, Opovcensky opening)"]
[WhiteFideId "13401319"]
[BlackFideId "309095"]
[EventDate "2021.12.22"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. dxc5 e6 5. e4 Bxc5 6. Qe2 h6 7. Bh4 g5 8. Bg3
Nxe4 9. Nxe4 dxe4 10. Qxe4 Nc6 11. Nf3 f5 12. Qc4 Qd5 13. h4 f4 14. Bh2 g4 15.
Nd2 Bxf2+ 16. Kd1 g3 17. Bg1 Bxg1 18. Rxg1 O-O 19. c3 Qxc4 20. Bxc4 Ne5 21. Be2
Bd7 22. Kc2 Bc6 23. Rae1 Rf6 24. Bd1 Ng6 25. h5 Nh4 26. Ne4 Bxe4+ 27. Rxe4 Nf5
28. Rf1 Raf8 29. Rfxf4 Nd4+ 30. cxd4 Rxf4 31. Rxe6 Rxd4 32. Bf3 Rc8+ 33. Kb3
Rd3+ 34. Ka4 Kf7 35. Rxh6 Rxf3 36. gxf3 g2 0-1

[Event "7th Gashimov Mem Blitz"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2021.12.23"]
[Round "8.4"]
[White "Asadli, Vugar"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2579"]
[BlackElo "2792"]
[ECO "B90"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Najdorf"]
[WhiteFideId "13405764"]
[BlackFideId "2020009"]
[EventDate "2021.12.22"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Rg1 e5 7. Nb3 h5 8. Bg5
Be6 9. Qd2 Nbd7 10. Bd3 Be7 11. O-O-O b5 12. f4 Qc7 13. Kb1 Rb8 14. h3 h4 15.
Qe1 b4 16. Nd5 Nxd5 17. exd5 Bxd5 18. Bxe7 Kxe7 19. Qd2 Nf6 20. Rge1 Kf8 21.
fxe5 dxe5 22. Bxa6 Rh6 23. Rf1 Rg6 24. Bd3 Rxg2 25. Rf2 Rg3 26. Rdf1 e4 27. Rxf6
exd3 28. Nd4 gxf6 29. Qh6+ Kg8 30. cxd3 Rg6 31. Qxh4 Qg3 0-1

[Event "7th Gashimov Mem Blitz"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2021.12.23"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Mamedov, Rauf"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2792"]
[BlackElo "2656"]
[ECO "D32"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "Tarrasch defence"]
[WhiteFideId "2020009"]
[BlackFideId "13401653"]
[EventDate "2021.12.22"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. e3 Nf6 5. Nf3 a6 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Bd3 Nc6 8. O-O
Be7 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. b3 O-O 11. h3 Bd6 12. Bb2 Re8 13. Ne2 Ne4 14. Rc1 Bf5 15.
Bb1 Rc8 16. Nf4 Bxf4 17. exf4 Qd6 18. Ne5 f6 19. Nf3 Rcd8 20. Nd4 Bg6 21. Qg4
Nxd4 22. Bxd4 Bf7 23. Rcd1 Be6 24. Qf3 Bf5 25. Bb2 Qb4 26. Rfe1 Bg6 27. Re3 Qb5
28. Qg4 Qc6 29. f5 Bf7 30. Rde1 h5 31. Qd1 Nd6 32. Bd3 Rxe3 33. Rxe3 d4 34. Bxd4
Qd5 35. Bb2 Nxf5 36. Rf3 Nh4 37. Rg3 Nf5 38. Rf3 Nh4 39. Rg3 Nf5 40. Rf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "7th Gashimov Mem Blitz"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2021.12.23"]
[Round "9.2"]
[White "Asadli, Vugar"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2579"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[ECO "B01"]
[Opening "Scandinavian defence, Gruenfeld variation"]
[WhiteFideId "13405764"]
[BlackFideId "13401319"]
[EventDate "2021.12.22"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 Bf5 6. Ne5 c6 7. g4 Be6 8. h3
Nbd7 9. Nxd7 Bxd7 10. Bg2 e6 11. O-O Be7 12. Ne2 O-O-O 13. c3 e5 14. Qc2 h5 15.
b4 Qc7 16. dxe5 Nd5 17. g5 Qxe5 18. f4 Qf5 19. Qa4 Qd3 20. Rf2 Bxh3 21. Qxa7
Bxg2 22. Kxg2 Qe4+ 23. Kh2 h4 24. a4 Nc7 25. Qe3 Qxe3 26. Bxe3 Rd3 27. Bb6 Nd5
28. Bd4 f6 29. Re1 Bd6 30. gxf6 gxf6 31. Rg1 Rd2 32. Rgg2 h3 33. Rg4 Re8 34. Ng1
Rxf2+ 35. Bxf2 f5 36. Rh4 Bxf4+ 37. Kxh3 Be3 38. Kg2 Nxc3 39. Nf3 Bxf2 40. Kxf2
Nxa4 41. Rf4 Re4 42. Rxe4 fxe4 43. Nd2 Nc3 44. Nc4 Kc7 45. Ke3 Nd5+ 0-1

[Event "7th Gashimov Mem Blitz"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2021.12.23"]
[Round "9.3"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Rapport, Richard"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[ECO "C10"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "Fort Knox variation"]
[WhiteFideId "5000017"]
[BlackFideId "738590"]
[EventDate "2021.12.22"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bd7 5. Nf3 Bc6 6. Bd3 Nd7 7. O-O Ngf6 8.
Ned2 Be7 9. c3 O-O 10. Re1 a5 11. a4 Re8 12. Nc4 Bd5 13. Bf4 b6 14. Nfe5 Nxe5
15. Nxe5 Bb7 16. Bb5 Qd5 17. f3 Rf8 18. Bc4 Qd8 19. Bg3 Nd5 20. Bb5 Bh4 21. Qd2
Bxg3 22. hxg3 Qd6 23. Qf2 Ne7 24. g4 Ng6 25. Nxg6 hxg6 26. Qh4 Qf4 27. Kf2 g5
28. Qh5 Rfd8 29. Rh1 Kf8 30. Qh8+ Ke7 31. Qxg7 c5 32. Rad1 cxd4 33. Rxd4 Rxd4
34. Qxd4 Qxd4+ 35. cxd4 Rc8 36. Kg3 Rc2 37. Rh8 Rxb2 38. Rb8 Bd5 39. Rxb6 Bc4
40. Rb7+ Kf6 41. Ba6 Rxb7 42. Bxb7 e5 43. d5 Ke7 44. Kf2 Kd6 45. Ke3 Bxd5 46.
Bxd5 Kxd5 47. Kd3 Kd6 48. Ke4 Ke6 49. Ke3 Kd5 50. Kd3 Kd6 51. Ke4 1/2-1/2

[Event "7th Gashimov Mem Blitz"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2021.12.23"]
[Round "9.4"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Navara, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2697"]
[ECO "A01"]
[Opening "Nimzovich-Larsen attack"]
[Variation "classical variation"]
[WhiteFideId "14109603"]
[BlackFideId "309095"]
[EventDate "2021.12.22"]

1. b3 d5 2. Bb2 Bf5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 e6 5. Bg2 Be7 6. c4 O-O 7. O-O h6 8. d3 Bh7
9. Nbd2 a5 10. a3 Nc6 11. cxd5 exd5 12. Ra2 Re8 13. Qa1 Bf8 14. Bxf6 Qxf6 15.
Qxf6 gxf6 16. Nb1 Nd8 17. Nh4 c6 18. Bh3 Ne6 19. Bf5 Nd4 20. Bxh7+ Kxh7 21. Nc3
b5 22. Rb1 Bxa3 23. Rxa3 b4 24. Ra4 bxc3 25. Rxd4 Rxe2 26. Rc1 Rb8 27. Rxc3 Rb6
28. Rf4 Rb2 29. Rxf6 R2xb3 30. Rxb3 Rxb3 31. Rxc6 Rxd3 32. Nf5 a4 33. Rxh6+ Kg8
34. Ra6 a3 35. Ne7+ Kf8 36. Nxd5 Rxd5 37. Rxa3 Kg7 38. Kg2 Rd2 39. g4 f5 40. h3
Kg6 41. Ra6+ Kg5 42. Ra5 Kh4 43. Rxf5 1-0

[Event "7th Gashimov Mem Blitz"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2021.12.23"]
[Round "10.1"]
[White "Navara, David"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2697"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[ECO "A06"]
[Opening "Reti opening"]
[WhiteFideId "309095"]
[BlackFideId "5000017"]
[EventDate "2021.12.22"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 b6 5. b3 Bb7 6. Bb2 a6 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Be2
Nbd7 9. O-O Bd6 10. Rc1 O-O 11. Re1 b5 12. d4 Qe7 13. Bf1 Ne4 14. Ne2 c6 15. Nf4
a5 16. Nd3 f6 17. Re2 a4 18. Rec2 axb3 19. axb3 Rfc8 20. g3 g6 21. Bh3 Rc7 22.
Ra1 Rcc8 23. Rcc1 Rcb8 24. Rxa8 Rxa8 25. Ra1 Nb8 26. Rxa8 Bxa8 27. Qa1 Bb7 28.
Nc5 Bxc5 29. dxc5 Na6 30. Bd4 Naxc5 31. Qa3 Kf7 32. Ne1 Nxf2 33. Bg2 Nce4 34. b4
Bc8 35. Nc2 Nh3+ 36. Bxh3 Bxh3 37. Qa8 Qe6 38. Qb7+ Qd7 39. Qa8 Qf5 40. Qb7+ Kg8
41. Qb8+ Kg7 42. Qc7+ Kh6 43. Qf4+ g5 44. Qxf5 Bxf5 45. Bb6 Bd7 46. Nd4 Kg6 47.
Kg2 h5 48. Nb3 Nd6 49. Bc5 Nc4 50. Bd4 Bf5 51. Nc5 Be4+ 52. Kf2 Nd2 53. Nd7 Nf3
54. Bxf6 Nxh2 55. Bd4 Ng4+ 56. Kg1 Kf5 57. Nb8 h4 58. gxh4 gxh4 59. Bb6 h3 60.
Bc7 d4 61. exd4 Bd5 62. Nd7 h2+ 63. Bxh2 Nxh2 64. Kxh2 Ke4 65. Nc5+ Kxd4 66. Kg3
Kc4 67. Na6 Be6 68. Nb8 Kd5 69. Na6 Bc8 70. Nc5 Kc4 0-1

[Event "7th Gashimov Mem Blitz"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2021.12.23"]
[Round "10.2"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[ECO "E35"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian"]
[Variation "classical, Noa variation, 5.cd ed"]
[WhiteFideId "13401319"]
[BlackFideId "14109603"]
[EventDate "2021.12.22"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bf4 c5 7. dxc5 Nc6 8. e3
Qa5 9. Ne2 Ne4 10. a3 Bf5 11. Qc1 Nxc5 12. Ng3 Bxc3+ 13. Qxc3 Qxc3+ 14. bxc3 Bg6
15. h4 h5 16. Be2 O-O-O 17. O-O f6 18. Rfd1 Na5 19. Ra2 Nc4 20. a4 b6 21. Rd4 a5
22. e4 Ne6 23. exd5 Nxd4 24. Bxc4 Nf5 25. Rb2 Nd6 26. Ba6+ Kc7 27. c4 Rb8 28.
Ne2 Rhe8 29. Nd4 Kd7 30. Nc6 Ra8 31. Rxb6 Re1+ 32. Kh2 Rb1 33. Nb8+ Rxb8 34.
Rxd6+ Ke7 35. Re6+ 1-0

[Event "7th Gashimov Mem Blitz"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2021.12.23"]
[Round "10.3"]
[White "Rapport, Richard"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2792"]
[ECO "C47"]
[Opening "Four knights"]
[Variation "Scotch, 4...exd4"]
[WhiteFideId "738590"]
[BlackFideId "2020009"]
[EventDate "2021.12.22"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 d5 8.
exd5 O-O 9. O-O cxd5 10. Bg5 c6 11. Qf3 h6 12. Bxf6 Qxf6 13. Qxf6 gxf6 14. Ne2
Bd6 15. Rad1 Rb8 16. b3 Re8 17. Ng3 a5 18. Nf5 Bxf5 19. Bxf5 Re5 20. Bd7 Rb6 21.
f4 Re3 22. g3 Bb4 23. Kg2 Kf8 24. Rf3 Re2+ 25. Rf2 Re3 26. Rf3 Re2+ 27. Rf2 Re3 1/2-1/2

[Event "7th Gashimov Mem Blitz"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2021.12.23"]
[Round "10.4"]
[White "Mamedov, Rauf"]
[Black "Asadli, Vugar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2656"]
[BlackElo "2579"]
[ECO "A00"]
[Opening "Benko's opening"]
[WhiteFideId "13401653"]
[BlackFideId "13405764"]
[EventDate "2021.12.22"]

1. g3 g6 2. Bg2 Bg7 3. d3 d5 4. Nd2 e5 5. e4 Ne7 6. exd5 Nxd5 7. Ngf3 O-O 8. O-O
Nc6 9. a3 a5 10. Re1 h6 11. Rb1 a4 12. Ne4 Re8 13. c4 Nb6 14. Be3 Bf5 15. Nh4
Bc8 16. Nc3 g5 17. Nf3 Bf5 18. Bxb6 cxb6 19. Re3 Bf8 20. Nxa4 e4 21. dxe4 Qxd1+
22. Rxd1 Rxa4 23. exf5 Rxe3 24. fxe3 Rxc4 25. Kf2 Kg7 26. Bf1 Rc2+ 27. Rd2 Rc1
28. g4 Kf6 29. Rd7 Rc2+ 30. Rd2 Rc1 31. Bb5 Ne5 32. Nxe5 Kxe5 33. b4 Bd6 34. Be8
Rc7 35. Kf3 Bf8 36. Ba4 Rc3 37. Rd8 Bd6 38. Be8 Rc7 39. h3 Be7 40. Rd3 Bf8 41.
Ba4 Kf6 42. Bb3 Be7 43. Ba2 Rc2 44. Bd5 Rc7 45. Be4 Ke5 46. Rd5+ Kf6 47. Rb5 Rc3
48. Rxb6+ Ke5 49. Rxb7 Kf6 50. a4 Rb3 51. a5 Rxb4 52. Rxb4 Bxb4 53. a6 Bc5 54.
Bd5 Ke7 55. Ke2 f6 56. Kd3 Kd6 57. Bb7 Ba7 58. e4 Bg1 59. Kc4 Ke5 60. Kb5 Kd6
61. Bc8 Bd4 62. Be6 Bg1 63. Bb3 Bf2 64. e5+ fxe5 65. f6 e4 66. f7 Ke7 67. Kc6
Be3 68. Kd5 1-0

[Event "7th Gashimov Mem Blitz"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2021.12.23"]
[Round "11.1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[ECO "B04"]
[Opening "Alekhine's defence"]
[Variation "modern, Larsen variation"]
[WhiteFideId "5000017"]
[BlackFideId "14109603"]
[EventDate "2021.12.22"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 dxe5 5. Nxe5 c6 6. Be2 Bf5 7. O-O Nd7 8. Bd3
Bxd3 9. Qxd3 e6 10. Nf3 Be7 11. c4 N5f6 12. Nc3 O-O 13. Qe2 Qa5 14. Rd1 Rfe8 15.
Bf4 Rad8 16. a3 Nf8 17. Ne5 Ng6 18. Bg3 Bd6 19. c5 Bxe5 20. dxe5 Rxd1+ 21. Rxd1
Nd5 22. Ne4 Rf8 23. Qc2 h6 24. Nd6 b6 25. cxb6 Qxb6 26. b4 Nge7 27. Rc1 Qa6 28.
Qb2 Rb8 29. Qb3 Qe2 30. Qd1 Nc3 31. Qb3 Ned5 32. h3 a5 33. Kh2 axb4 34. axb4
Rxb4 35. Qa3 Qb2 36. Qa8+ Rb8 37. Qa7 Rf8 38. Ra1 Ne2 39. Ra2 Qd4 40. Qxd4 Nxd4
41. Ra4 c5 42. f3 Rb8 43. Bf2 Nc6 44. Bxc5 Nxe5 45. Ra2 h5 46. Ne4 Rc8 47. Bd6
Ng6 48. Rb2 h4 49. Rb8 Rxb8 50. Bxb8 f6 51. Kg1 e5 52. Ba7 Ngf4 53. Nd6 g5 54.
Kh2 Ne2 55. Bc5 Kg7 56. Nf5+ Kg6 57. Nd6 Ndf4 58. Be3 Nh5 59. Bb6 Nhg3 60. Bd8
Nh5 61. Ne4 Neg3 62. Nc3 Nf4 63. Kg1 Nfe2+ 64. Nxe2 Nxe2+ 65. Kf2 Nf4 66. Bc7
Kf7 67. Bd8 Nd5 68. Ba5 Ke7 69. g3 Kf7 70. Bd2 Kg6 71. Ba5 hxg3+ 72. Kxg3 Kh5
73. Bd8 f5 74. Ba5 f4+ 75. Kg2 Kg6 76. Bd8 Kf5 77. Kf2 Nc3 78. Ba5 Nb5 79. Bd8
Nd6 80. Be7 Nf7 81. Ba3 e4 82. fxe4+ Kxe4 83. Be7 Kf5 84. Kg2 Ne5 85. Kf2 Kg6
86. Bd8 Kh5 87. Bf6 Nc4 88. Bd8 Kh4 89. Be7 Nd2 90. Kg2 Ne4 91. Bd8 Nc3 92. Be7
Nd5 93. Bd8 Ne3+ 94. Kf3 Nf5 95. Kg2 Kh5 96. Kf3 Nh4+ 97. Ke4 Ng6 98. Bf6 Kh4
99. Kf5 f3 100. Bxg5+ Kxh3 101. Be3 Nh4+ 102. Ke4 Kg2 103. Bd4 Ng6 104. Bc5 Nf8
105. Ba7 Ne6 106. Bb6 Ng5+ 107. Kf4 Nh3+ 108. Ke4 Nf2+ 109. Kf4 Nd3+ 110. Ke4
Nb2 111. Bd4 Nc4 112. Ba7 Nd2+ 113. Kd3 Nf1 114. Ke4 Nh2 115. Kf4 Kf1 116. Kg3
Ke2 117. Kxh2 f2 118. Bxf2 Kxf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "7th Gashimov Mem Blitz"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2021.12.23"]
[Round "11.2"]
[White "Mamedov, Rauf"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2656"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[ECO "A00"]
[Opening "Benko's opening"]
[WhiteFideId "13401653"]
[BlackFideId "13401319"]
[EventDate "2021.12.22"]

1. g3 f5 2. Bg2 Nf6 3. d3 e5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. c4 Bc5 6. Nc3 O-O 7. O-O d6 8. Bg5 h6
9. Bxf6 Qxf6 10. a3 a5 11. Rb1 Be6 12. Nd2 Qf7 13. Nd5 Ba7 14. b4 axb4 15. axb4
f4 16. Kh1 Nd4 17. b5 c6 18. Nc3 Qh5 19. b6 Bb8 20. Nf3 Bg4 21. Ne4 d5 22. cxd5
cxd5 23. Nc5 e4 24. dxe4 fxg3 25. fxg3 Bxg3 26. Qxd4 Rad8 27. Qg1 Bb8 28. exd5
Rxd5 29. Rbc1 Re8 30. Rfd1 Rxd1 31. Rxd1 Rxe2 32. Rd8+ Kh7 33. Qb1+ Bf5 34. Qd1
Rb2 35. Rxb8 Rb1 36. Qxb1 Bxb1 37. Ne6 Qc5 38. Rxb7 Qc1+ 39. Ng1 Kg6 40. Bd5 Kf6
41. Ra7 Qd2 42. Bg2 Bf5 43. Nf3 Qd1+ 44. Ng1 Bxe6 45. Ra3 Bd5 46. Bxd5 Qxd5+ 47.
Rf3+ Kg6 48. Kg2 Qb7 49. h3 Qxb6 50. Ne2 Qb2 51. Kf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "7th Gashimov Mem Blitz"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2021.12.23"]
[Round "11.3"]
[White "Asadli, Vugar"]
[Black "Rapport, Richard"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2579"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[ECO "C02"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "advance, Euwe variation"]
[WhiteFideId "13405764"]
[BlackFideId "738590"]
[EventDate "2021.12.22"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. Be2 Nge7 7. O-O Ng6 8. Be3
Be7 9. Bd3 Qc7 10. Re1 cxd4 11. cxd4 Nb4 12. Nc3 Nxd3 13. Qxd3 h6 14. g3 Qb6 15.
Rab1 Rc8 16. h4 Bd8 17. Nd2 Ne7 18. b4 Nf5 19. Rec1 O-O 20. b5 Be7 21. a4 a5 22.
Ne2 f6 23. Nf3 Nxe3 24. Qxe3 f5 25. Nf4 Rxc1+ 26. Rxc1 Rc8 27. Rxc8+ Bxc8 28.
Qc3 Bd7 29. Nd3 Kf7 30. Kf1 Qd8 31. h5 b6 32. Nf4 Bb4 33. Qc2 Kg8 34. Nh4 Qc8
35. Qxc8+ Bxc8 36. Ke2 1/2-1/2

[Event "7th Gashimov Mem Blitz"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2021.12.23"]
[Round "11.4"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Navara, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2792"]
[BlackElo "2697"]
[ECO "C65"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Berlin defence"]
[WhiteFideId "2020009"]
[BlackFideId "309095"]
[EventDate "2021.12.22"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Bg5 Qd6 7. Nbd2 Be6 8.
O-O O-O-O 9. Qe2 Rdg8 10. Rad1 Nh5 11. Nb3 Bb6 12. d4 Bxb3 13. dxe5 Qe6 14. axb3
f6 15. Be3 Qg4 16. Rfe1 Qxe4 17. Bxb6 Qxe2 18. Rxe2 axb6 19. g3 fxe5 20. Nxe5
Rd8 21. Ra1 Kb8 22. b4 Rd4 23. Kg2 Rhd8 24. c3 Rd1 25. Rxd1 Rxd1 26. Nf3 Kc8 27.
Nd4 Kd7 28. f4 g6 29. Nf3 Ng7 30. g4 Ne6 31. Kg3 c5 32. f5 gxf5 33. gxf5 Ng7 34.
Kf4 cxb4 35. f6 Nh5+ 36. Kg5 Nxf6 37. Kxf6 Rf1 38. Re3 bxc3 39. bxc3 c5 40. Kg7
h5 41. h4 b5 42. Kg6 Kc6 43. Kxh5 b4 44. cxb4 cxb4 45. Kg6 Rd1 46. h5 Rd6+ 47.
Kg5 Kb5 48. h6 Ka4 49. h7 Rd8 50. Nd4 Rd5+ 51. Kg6 Rd8 52. Kf7 b5 53. Nb3 Ka3
54. Nc5+ Ka2 55. Kg7 Rc8 56. h8=Q 1-0

[Event "7th Gashimov Mem Blitz"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2021.12.23"]
[Round "12.1"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2792"]
[ECO "C89"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Marshall counter-attack, 11...c6"]
[WhiteFideId "14109603"]
[BlackFideId "2020009"]
[EventDate "2021.12.22"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3
d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Rxe5 c6 12. d3 Bd6 13. Re1 Bf5 14. Qf3 Qh4 15.
g3 Qh3 16. Be3 Bxd3 17. Nd2 Bf5 18. Bxd5 cxd5 19. Qxd5 Rfd8 20. Qg2 Qxg2+ 21.
Kxg2 b4 22. Bd4 bxc3 23. Bxc3 Be6 24. f3 a5 25. a3 a4 26. Ne4 Be7 27. Rad1 h6
28. Bb4 Bxb4 29. axb4 Rab8 30. Rxd8+ Rxd8 31. Nc3 Bc4 32. Rd1 Rb8 33. Rd4 Rxb4
34. Kg1 Rxb2 35. Rxc4 Rc2 36. Rxa4 Rxc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "7th Gashimov Mem Blitz"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2021.12.23"]
[Round "12.2"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[ECO "E35"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian"]
[Variation "classical, Noa variation, 5.cd ed"]
[WhiteFideId "13401319"]
[BlackFideId "5000017"]
[EventDate "2021.12.22"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 O-O 8. e3
c5 9. dxc5 Be6 10. Nf3 Nbd7 11. Be2 Qa5 12. O-O Bxc3 13. bxc3 Qxc5 14. Nd4 Rac8
15. Rfc1 Ne4 16. c4 Nb6 17. f3 Ng5 18. cxd5 Qxc2 19. Nxc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "7th Gashimov Mem Blitz"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2021.12.23"]
[Round "12.3"]
[White "Rapport, Richard"]
[Black "Mamedov, Rauf"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2656"]
[ECO "B30"]
[Opening "Sicilian defence"]
[WhiteFideId "738590"]
[BlackFideId "13401653"]
[EventDate "2021.12.22"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Bc4 Bg7 5. a3 d6 6. d3 Nf6 7. h3 O-O 8. Ba2 Rb8
9. O-O b5 10. Re1 Nd7 11. Nd5 e6 12. Bg5 Nf6 13. Nxf6+ Bxf6 14. Bxf6 Qxf6 15. c3
Ne5 16. Nh2 c4 17. Ng4 Nxg4 18. Qxg4 d5 19. Qg3 Bd7 20. Qc7 Rfd8 21. e5 Qg5 22.
Qxa7 Qd2 23. Rab1 Qxd3 24. Qe3 Qxe3 25. fxe3 f6 26. exf6 Kf7 27. Rf1 e5 28. Rbd1
Bf5 29. Bb1 Bxb1 30. Rxb1 Rb6 31. b3 Ra8 32. bxc4 dxc4 33. Rbd1 Rxf6 34. Rd7+
Ke6 35. Rfd1 Kf5 36. Rf1+ Ke6 37. Rfd1 Kf5 38. Re7 Raa6 39. Kf2 Rxa3 40. g4+
Ke4+ 41. Kg3 Rxc3 42. Kh4 Rxe3 43. Rb1 Rb3 44. Re1+ Kd4 45. R7xe5 h6 46. R5e4+
Kc5 47. g5 hxg5+ 48. Kxg5 Rf2 49. h4 Rg3+ 50. Kh6 Rfg2 51. Re5+ Kb4 52. Rg5 Rxg5
53. hxg5 c3 54. Re6 c2 55. Rc6 Kb3 56. Kxg6 Kb2 57. Rb6 Rxg5+ 0-1

[Event "7th Gashimov Mem Blitz"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2021.12.23"]
[Round "12.4"]
[White "Navara, David"]
[Black "Asadli, Vugar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2697"]
[BlackElo "2579"]
[ECO "B10"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann defence"]
[WhiteFideId "309095"]
[BlackFideId "13405764"]
[EventDate "2021.12.22"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. d3 Bg4 4. h3 Bh5 5. Nc3 dxe4 6. Nxe4 Nd7 7. Qe2 Qc7 8. g4
Bg6 9. Bg2 O-O-O 10. Nh4 Bxe4 11. dxe4 e5 12. Bd2 Bc5 13. b4 Be7 14. Nf5 g6 15.
Nxe7+ Nxe7 16. O-O g5 17. Bxg5 f6 18. Bh6 Ng6 19. Qe3 Nb6 20. a4 Kb8 21. a5 Nc4
22. Qe2 Qf7 23. Rfd1 Nf4 24. Bxf4 exf4 25. a6 Ne5 26. axb7 Qxb7 27. Ra5 Qb6 28.
g5 Rxd1+ 29. Qxd1 Rd8 30. Qc1 Qxb4 31. Ra3 Qe7 32. Qb2+ Ka8 33. Qa1 fxg5 34. Ra5
c5 35. Rxa7+ Qxa7 36. Qxe5 Rd1+ 37. Kh2 Qb8 38. Qf6 f3+ 39. e5 fxg2 40. Qf3+ Qb7
41. Qxd1 Qe4 42. Qd8+ Kb7 43. Qxg5 Kb6 44. c3 Kb5 45. h4 h5 46. Qg3 Ka4 47. Qe3
Qg4 48. Qg3 Qe4 49. f3 Qe2 50. f4 Qe4 51. Kg1 Kb3 52. Qxg2 Qe1+ 53. Qf1 Qg3+ 54.
Kh1 Qxh4+ 55. Kg2 Qg4+ 56. Kh2 Qh4+ 57. Qh3 Qf2+ 58. Kh1 Qe1+ 59. Kg2 Qe2+ 60.
Kg3 Qe3+ 61. Kg2 Qe2+ 62. Kg1 Qe1+ 63. Qf1 Qg3+ 64. Qg2 Qe1+ 65. Kh2 Qh4+ 66.
Qh3 Qf2+ 67. Kh1 1/2-1/2

[Event "7th Gashimov Mem Blitz"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2021.12.23"]
[Round "13.1"]
[White "Mamedov, Rauf"]
[Black "Navara, David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2656"]
[BlackElo "2697"]
[ECO "C77"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "four knights (Tarrasch) variation"]
[WhiteFideId "13401653"]
[BlackFideId "309095"]
[EventDate "2021.12.22"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bc5 6. d3 d6 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bxf6
Qxf6 9. Nd5 Qd8 10. c3 b5 11. Bb3 O-O 12. h3 Ne7 13. O-O c6 14. Ne3 Bb6 15. d4
Ng6 16. Nf5 Qf6 17. dxe5 dxe5 18. Qd6 Qxd6 19. Nxd6 Be6 20. Rfd1 Rfd8 21. h4
Bxb3 22. axb3 f6 23. h5 Nf4 24. g3 Nh3+ 25. Kg2 Nxf2 26. Rd2 Be3 27. Re2 Rxd6
28. Rxe3 Nd3 29. Re2 Nc5 30. Nh4 Nxb3 31. Ra3 Nc5 32. Nf5 Rd7 33. b4 Na4 34. c4
Rad8 35. Kh3 Kf7 36. cxb5 axb5 37. Rc2 Rc7 38. Ra1 Nb6 39. Rc5 Nd7 40. Rc2 Nf8
41. Ra6 Ne6 42. Rcxc6 Ng5+ 43. Kg4 Rxc6 44. Rxc6 Rd7 45. Nd6+ Ke7 46. Nf5+ Kd8
47. Nd6 Ne6 48. Nxb5 Nd4 49. Rb6 Ke7 50. Nc3 Kf7 51. b5 Rc7 52. Nd5 Rc4 53. Rb7+
Ke6 54. Rb6+ Kd7 55. Rxf6 gxf6 56. Nb6+ Ke6 57. Nxc4 Nxb5 58. Ne3 Nd6 59. Kf3 f5
60. exf5+ Nxf5 61. Ng4 Kd5 62. Nf6+ Kd4 63. g4 Nd6 64. g5 hxg5 65. h6 Nf7 66. h7
Kd3 67. Kg4 e4 68. Nxe4 Kxe4 69. h8=Q Nxh8 70. Kxg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "7th Gashimov Mem Blitz"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2021.12.23"]
[Round "13.2"]
[White "Rapport, Richard"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[ECO "C47"]
[Opening "Four knights"]
[Variation "Scotch, 4...exd4"]
[WhiteFideId "738590"]
[BlackFideId "13401319"]
[EventDate "2021.12.22"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "7th Gashimov Mem Blitz"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2021.12.23"]
[Round "13.3"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2792"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[ECO "C65"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Berlin defence"]
[WhiteFideId "2020009"]
[BlackFideId "5000017"]
[EventDate "2021.12.22"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Ba4 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. c3 a6 8. h3 b5
9. Bc2 Bb6 10. Re1 h6 11. Be3 Bxe3 12. Rxe3 Ne7 13. d4 Ng6 14. Nbd2 c5 15. Nf1
Qc7 16. Ng3 Be6 17. Bd3 Nf4 18. Bf1 Rfd8 19. d5 Bd7 20. Ne1 c4 21. Nc2 a5 22.
Re1 h5 23. Kh2 h4 24. Nh1 Qc5 25. Qf3 Nh7 26. Qe3 Qxe3 27. Rxe3 Ng5 28. f3 Rab8
29. Nf2 Rdc8 30. b3 cxb3 31. axb3 a4 32. b4 g6 33. Na3 f5 34. Rc1 Kg7 35. Kg1
Nf7 36. Nd3 Nh5 37. Ree1 Ng3 38. Nf2 fxe4 39. Nxe4 Nxe4 40. fxe4 Ng5 41. Bd3 Rf8
42. Re2 Nf7 43. Rf2 Rfc8 44. Rfc2 g5 45. c4 bxc4 46. Rxc4 Rxc4 47. Rxc4 Kf6 48.
Be2 g4 49. hxg4 Nh6 50. b5 Bxg4 51. Bxg4 Nxg4 52. Rxa4 Kg5 53. Rb4 Ne3 54. b6
Kf4 55. b7 Kg3 56. Rb3 Kf4 57. Rb4 Kg3 58. Nb1 Nc2 59. Rb3+ Kf4 60. Nd2 Nd4 61.
Rb1 Ke3 62. Nc4+ Kxe4 63. Nxd6+ Kxd5 64. Nf7 e4 65. Kf2 Nf5 66. Rb5+ Ke6 67.
Ng5+ Kf6 68. Nxe4+ Kg6 69. Nc5 1-0

[Event "7th Gashimov Mem Blitz"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2021.12.23"]
[Round "13.4"]
[White "Asadli, Vugar"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2579"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[ECO "B12"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "advance variation"]
[WhiteFideId "13405764"]
[BlackFideId "14109603"]
[EventDate "2021.12.22"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Ne7 6. O-O h6 7. Nbd2 Nd7 8. Nb3
Qc7 9. a4 g5 10. Ne1 O-O-O 11. f4 f6 12. Bd3 gxf4 13. exf6 Ng6 14. Bxf5 exf5 15.
Qh5 Rg8 16. Qxf5 Bd6 17. Nc5 Bxc5 18. dxc5 Rdf8 19. Bxf4 Nxf4 20. Qxf4 Qxf4 21.
Rxf4 Nxc5 22. Nd3 Nd7 23. Raf1 Rf7 24. h3 Kc7 25. g4 Kd6 26. Kg2 Rg6 27. Kg3 c5
28. b3 a6 29. c4 dxc4 30. bxc4 Rgxf6 31. h4 b5 32. axb5 axb5 33. cxb5 Rxf4 34.
Rxf4 Re7 35. g5 hxg5 36. hxg5 Kd5 37. Nxc5 Nxc5 38. Kg4 Re1 39. Kf5 Ne6 40. Rf2
Kd6 41. Kf6 Nxg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "7th Gashimov Mem Blitz"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2021.12.23"]
[Round "14.1"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Mamedov, Rauf"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2656"]
[ECO "A45"]
[Opening "Trompovsky attack (Ruth, Opovcensky opening)"]
[WhiteFideId "14109603"]
[BlackFideId "13401653"]
[EventDate "2021.12.22"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 g6 3. Nd2 Bg7 4. c3 d6 5. e3 O-O 6. Ngf3 h6 7. Bh4 c5 8. Be2
Nc6 9. O-O Bf5 10. d5 Nb8 11. Bxf6 exf6 12. a4 Re8 13. a5 Bg4 14. Qb3 Qc7 15.
Bb5 Nd7 16. Qa4 h5 17. h3 a6 18. Be2 Bxf3 19. Bxf3 f5 20. h4 Ne5 21. g3 Nxf3+
22. Nxf3 Re4 23. Qb3 Rb8 24. Nd2 Ree8 25. Ra4 Qd7 26. Ra3 f4 27. exf4 Re2 28.
Nc4 Rbe8 29. Qd1 Bh6 30. Qd3 Qh3 31. Nxd6 R8e3 0-1

[Event "7th Gashimov Mem Blitz"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2021.12.23"]
[Round "14.2"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2792"]
[ECO "D32"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "Tarrasch defence"]
[WhiteFideId "13401319"]
[BlackFideId "2020009"]
[EventDate "2021.12.22"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. dxc5 d4 7. Na4 Bxc5 8. a3
Be7 9. e3 Bg4 10. exd4 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 Nxd4 12. Qd1 Qa5+ 13. Nc3 Rd8 14. Be3 Nf5
15. Bb5+ Kf8 16. Qf3 Nxe3 17. fxe3 Nf6 18. O-O Qb6 19. Kh1 h5 20. e4 Qe6 21. e5
Ng4 22. Rae1 g6 23. Re4 Kg7 24. Bc4 Qf5 25. Qe2 Qg5 26. Ref4 Kh6 27. h3 Qh4 28.
Ne4 Rhf8 29. Bxf7 Kg7 30. Be6 Rxf4 31. Rxf4 Kh8 32. Bxg4 hxg4 33. Rxg4 Qh6 34.
Qf2 Qh5 35. Nf6 Rd1+ 36. Kh2 Qxe5+ 37. g3 Bxf6 38. Rxg6 Bg7 39. h4 Qe4 0-1

[Event "7th Gashimov Mem Blitz"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2021.12.23"]
[Round "14.3"]
[White "Navara, David"]
[Black "Rapport, Richard"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2697"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[ECO "A40"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn"]
[WhiteFideId "309095"]
[BlackFideId "738590"]
[EventDate "2021.12.22"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 exd5 4. cxd5 d6 5. e4 g6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. f4 Bxc3+ 8. bxc3
Nf6 9. Bd3 O-O 10. Ne2 Re8 11. c4 b5 12. cxb5 c4 13. Bxc4 Qb6 14. Bb2 Nxe4 15.
Qd4 Qxd4 16. Bxd4 Bg4 17. O-O-O Nd7 18. h3 Bf5 19. Kb2 Rac8 20. g4 Rxc4 21. gxf5
Nf2 22. Bxf2 Rxe2+ 23. Kb3 Rxf4 24. Bd4 Rf3+ 25. Kb4 Rxa2 26. Ra1 Rd2 27. Rhd1
Rxd1 28. Rxd1 Nb6 29. Re1 Nxd5+ 30. Ka4 Nb6+ 31. Ka5 Ra3+ 32. Kb4 Ra4+ 33. Kc3
Kf8 34. f6 Nd5+ 35. Kd3 Nf4+ 36. Kc3 Nd5+ 37. Kd3 Nf4+ 38. Kc3 Ne6 39. Be3 Ke8
40. Rd1 Ra3+ 41. Kd2 Kd7 42. Rc1 Nc7 43. Bh6 Rxh3 44. Bg7 Rh2+ 45. Kd3 Rh3+ 46.
Kc4 Rh5 47. Ra1 Rc5+ 48. Kd3 Nxb5 49. Rh1 h5 50. Rg1 Ke6 51. Re1+ Re5 52. Rc1 h4
53. Rc8 d5 54. Re8+ Kf5 55. Re7 Rxe7 56. fxe7 Nc7 57. Kd4 Ne6+ 0-1

[Event "7th Gashimov Mem Blitz"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2021.12.23"]
[Round "14.4"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Asadli, Vugar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2579"]
[ECO "B15"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "Tartakower (Nimzovich) variation"]
[WhiteFideId "5000017"]
[BlackFideId "13405764"]
[EventDate "2021.12.22"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ exf6 6. c3 Bd6 7. Bd3 O-O 8.
Qc2 Re8+ 9. Be3 h5 10. Ne2 Nd7 11. O-O h4 12. h3 Nf8 13. Rfe1 Be6 14. Bf4 Rc8
15. Rad1 Qc7 16. Bxd6 Qxd6 17. c4 Re7 18. Nc3 Rce8 19. d5 cxd5 20. cxd5 Bd7 21.
Rxe7 Rxe7 22. Qb3 Ng6 23. Bxg6 fxg6 24. Qc4 g5 25. Ne4 Qf4 26. d6+ Re6 27. Qc7
Rxe4 28. Qxd7 Re2 29. Rf1 Rd2 30. Qxb7 Qxd6 31. Qxa7 Rxb2 32. a4 Ra2 33. Re1 Qd2
34. Rf1 1/2-1/2

