[Event "7th Gashimov Mem Rapid"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2021.12.18"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Navara, David"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2697"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[ECO "C81"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "open, Howell attack"]
[WhiteFideId "309095"]
[BlackFideId "13401319"]
[EventDate "2021.12.18"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. Qe2 Nc5 10. Rd1 Nxb3 11. cxb3 Be7 12. Nc3 O-O 13. Bf4 Qd7 14. Rd2 Nd8 15.
Rad1 c6 16. h3 Bf5 17. Nd4 Bg6 18. Qg4 Ne6 19. Be3 Rad8 20. Nf5 Bxf5 21. Qxf5 f6
22. exf6 Bxf6 23. Qg4 Qf7 24. Ne2 h5 25. Qg3 c5 26. Rxd5 Nd4 27. R5xd4 cxd4 28.
Nxd4 Rd5 29. Rd2 Be5 30. Qh4 Qg6 31. g3 Bf6 32. Qf4 Bxd4 0-1

[Event "7th Gashimov Mem Rapid"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2021.12.18"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Rapport, Richard"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[ECO "C18"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "Winawer, advance variation"]
[WhiteFideId "14109603"]
[BlackFideId "738590"]
[EventDate "2021.12.18"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Nc6 7. Qg4 g6 8. Qd1
Bd7 9. Nf3 Qa5 10. Bd2 c4 11. h4 h6 12. a4 O-O-O 13. Qc1 f6 14. Qa3 Rh7 15. Bf4
fxe5 16. Nxe5 Nxd4 17. O-O-O Nc6 18. Nxg6 b5 19. Ne5 Nge7 20. Rh3 Nxe5 21. Bxe5
Nc6 22. Bh2 Rf7 23. Rf3 Rxf3 24. gxf3 Qxa4 25. Qd6 Qa5 26. Bh3 Kb7 27. Kb2 d4
28. Rxd4 Bc8 29. Qg3 Rxd4 0-1

[Event "7th Gashimov Mem Rapid"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2021.12.18"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Mamedov, Rauf"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2656"]
[ECO "B76"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "dragon, Yugoslav attack, Rauser variation"]
[WhiteFideId "5000017"]
[BlackFideId "13401653"]
[EventDate "2021.12.18"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 Nc6 8. Qd2
O-O 9. O-O-O d5 10. Qe1 e5 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. exd5 Nxd5 13. Bc4 Be6 14. Kb1 f5
15. Qd2 e4 16. Nxd5 cxd5 17. Bxd5 Qxd5 18. Qxd5 Bxd5 19. Rxd5 f4 20. Bc5 Rfb8
21. b3 e3 22. Bd6 Rd8 23. c4 g5 24. Kc2 Rac8 25. Rhd1 a5 26. Be7 Rxd5 27. Rxd5
e2 28. Kd2 Rc6 29. Bxg5 Re6 30. Bh4 Bb2 31. Rxa5 Re3 32. Rg5+ Kh8 33. Rf5 Bc3+
34. Kc2 e1=Q 35. Bxe1 Bxe1 36. Rxf4 Bb4 37. c5 Bxc5 38. Re4 Rxe4 39. fxe4 Kg7
40. a4 Kf6 41. Kd3 Ke5 42. a5 Bg1 43. h3 Kd6 44. b4 Bf2 45. g4 h6 46. Kc4 Be1
47. a6 Bf2 48. h4 Kc7 49. g5 1-0

[Event "7th Gashimov Mem Rapid"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2021.12.18"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Asadli, Vugar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2792"]
[BlackElo "2579"]
[ECO "D36"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "exchange, positional line, 6.Qc2"]
[WhiteFideId "2020009"]
[BlackFideId "13405764"]
[EventDate "2021.12.18"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. Qc2 h6 7. Bh4 Be7 8. e3
O-O 9. Nf3 Nbd7 10. Bd3 Re8 11. Bg3 b6 12. O-O Bb7 13. h3 a6 14. Rad1 Bb4 15.
Bf5 Qe7 16. Bh4 g5 17. Bg3 Bd6 18. Bxd6 Qxd6 19. Rfe1 Re7 20. Qb3 Rae8 21. Na4
b5 22. Bxd7 Nxd7 23. Rc1 Bc8 24. Nc5 Nf8 25. Nd3 f6 26. Qb4 Qc7 27. Qc5 Bb7 28.
Nb4 Ne6 29. Qc2 Qd6 30. Nxc6 Rg7 31. Na5 Bc8 32. Nb3 Nf8 33. Nbd2 h5 34. e4 g4
35. hxg4 hxg4 36. e5 fxe5 37. Nxe5 Qh6 38. Nf1 Be6 39. Ng3 Rh7 40. Qd3 Qf4 41.
Qe3 Qf6 42. Rc6 Qh4 43. Qf4 b4 44. Re3 Qh2+ 45. Kf1 Qh4 46. Ke2 Rg7 47. Kd2 Qh7
48. Re1 Rc8 49. Rh1 Ng6 1-0

[Event "7th Gashimov Mem Rapid"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2021.12.18"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Navara, David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2697"]
[ECO "E12"]
[Opening "Queen's Indian"]
[Variation "Petrosian system"]
[WhiteFideId "13401319"]
[BlackFideId "309095"]
[EventDate "2021.12.18"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. a3 Ba6 5. Qc2 Bb7 6. Nc3 c5 7. dxc5 bxc5 8. Bf4
Nh5 9. Bg5 Be7 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. e3 O-O 12. Be2 Nf6 13. O-O Rd8 14. b4 d6 15.
Rfd1 Nbd7 16. Rab1 Rab8 17. b5 d5 18. a4 dxc4 19. Bxc4 Ng4 20. Be2 Nde5 21. Nxe5
Nxe5 22. Rxd8+ Rxd8 23. Rd1 h5 24. Bxh5 c4 25. Be2 Qg5 26. e4 Nd3 27. Bxd3 cxd3
28. Rxd3 Rxd3 29. Qxd3 Qc1+ 30. Nd1 Bxe4 31. Qd8+ Kh7 32. Qh4+ Kg8 33. Qd8+ Kh7
34. Qh4+ Kg8 35. Qd8+ Kh7 1/2-1/2

[Event "7th Gashimov Mem Rapid"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2021.12.18"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Rapport, Richard"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[ECO "B51"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Canal-Sokolsky (Nimzovich-Rossolimo, Moscow) attack"]
[WhiteFideId "738590"]
[BlackFideId "14109603"]
[EventDate "2021.12.18"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. d4 cxd4 5. Qxd4 Nf6 6. Bg5 a6 7. Bxd7+ Bxd7 8.
O-O h6 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. c4 e6 11. Nc3 Be7 12. a4 Qa5 13. Rab1 Qb4 14. b3 h5 15.
Rfd1 h4 16. Ne1 Qc5 17. Qd3 Rc8 18. Nc2 Qg5 19. b4 Rg8 20. Ne3 Rd8 21. Qe2 Kf8
22. a5 Kg7 23. Kh1 Kh8 24. Rf1 Qh6 25. f4 h3 26. g4 Qh4 27. f5 Rg7 28. Rf3 Rdg8
29. Rg1 Rh7 30. Rgg3 d5 31. exd5 Bd6 32. Rxh3 Qxh3 33. Rxh3 Rxh3 34. Ne4 Rxh2+
35. Qxh2+ Bxh2 36. Kxh2 exf5 37. Nxf6 f4 38. Ng2 Rc8 39. Nxd7 Rxc4 40. Ne5 Rd4
41. d6 f6 42. Ng6+ Kg7 43. N6h4 Kf7 44. Nf5 Rd2 45. Kg1 f3 46. Nf4 Ke8 47. Kf1
Kd7 48. Nh5 Ke6 49. Nf4+ Ke5 50. Nh5 Rb2 51. Ke1 f2+ 52. Kf1 Rxb4 53. Kxf2 Rxg4
54. d7 Rg8 55. Nh6 Kd5 1-0

[Event "7th Gashimov Mem Rapid"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2021.12.18"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Mamedov, Rauf"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2656"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[ECO "C54"]
[Opening "Giuoco Piano"]
[WhiteFideId "13401653"]
[BlackFideId "5000017"]
[EventDate "2021.12.18"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. cxd4 Bb4+ 7. Nbd2 Nxe4 8.
d5 Ne7 9. O-O Bxd2 10. Nxd2 Nf6 11. Nf3 O-O 12. Bg5 Ng6 13. h4 h6 14. h5 Nh8 15.
Bh4 d6 16. Qd4 c5 17. dxc6 bxc6 18. Rfd1 d5 19. Bd3 Qd6 20. Bg3 Qe6 21. Re1 Qg4
22. Qc5 Bf5 23. Bxf5 Qxf5 24. Re5 Qc8 25. Qc2 Re8 26. Rxe8+ Qxe8 27. Re1 Qd7 28.
Ne5 Qe6 29. f3 d4 30. Nxc6 d3 31. Qc3 Qd7 32. Re7 Qd5 33. Re5 Qd7 34. Ne7+ Kh7
35. Nd5 1-0

[Event "7th Gashimov Mem Rapid"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2021.12.18"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Asadli, Vugar"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2579"]
[BlackElo "2792"]
[ECO "C47"]
[Opening "Four knights"]
[Variation "Scotch, 4...exd4"]
[WhiteFideId "13405764"]
[BlackFideId "2020009"]
[EventDate "2021.12.18"]

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. h3 c6 11. Qf3 h6 12. Bf4 Bd6 13. Rfe1 Be6 14. Rad1 Bxf4
15. Qxf4 Qb8 16. Qxb8 Raxb8 17. Na4 Rfc8 18. b3 c5 19. g4 g5 20. Re5 Nd7 21. Re2
Kg7 22. Kg2 Rb4 23. c3 Rf4 24. c4 d4 25. Rde1 Nb6 26. Nb2 Bd7 27. Be4 1/2-1/2

[Event "7th Gashimov Mem Rapid"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2021.12.18"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Mamedov, Rauf"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2656"]
[ECO "B31"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Nimzovich-Rossolimo attack (with ...g6, without ...d6)"]
[WhiteFideId "5000017"]
[BlackFideId "13401653"]
[EventDate "2021.12.18"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. c3 Nf6 6. Re1 O-O 7. h3 Qb6 8. a4 a6
9. Bc4 d6 10. d4 cxd4 11. cxd4 Nd7 12. Be3 Na5 13. Bf1 Qxb2 14. Nbd2 Qb6 15. e5
Qd8 16. exd6 exd6 17. Ne4 Nf6 18. Bg5 Bf5 19. Nfd2 d5 20. Ng3 Be6 21. Nf3 h6 22.
Bf4 Nc6 23. Rb1 Ra7 24. Qc1 Ne4 25. Bxh6 Nxg3 26. Bxg7 Kxg7 27. fxg3 Qf6 28. Qc5
Rc8 29. g4 Qf4 30. Rb6 Raa8 31. Rxe6 Nd8 32. Rxg6+ fxg6 33. Qe7+ Nf7 34. Rxg6+ 0-1

[Event "7th Gashimov Mem Rapid"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2021.12.19"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Asadli, Vugar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2579"]
[ECO "D33"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "Tarrasch, Prague variation"]
[WhiteFideId "13401319"]
[BlackFideId "13405764"]
[EventDate "2021.12.18"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. g3 Nc6 7. Bg2 cxd4 8.
Nxd4 Bc5 9. Nb3 Bb6 10. O-O d4 11. Na4 O-O 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14. Rc1 Rd8
15. Qd2 h5 16. Nbc5 h4 17. b4 Rb8 18. a3 Ne5 19. Nd3 Be6 20. Qf4 Qxf4 21. Nxf4
d3 22. Nxe6 fxe6 23. exd3 Rxd3 24. Nxb6 axb6 25. Rfe1 Nf3+ 26. Bxf3 Rxf3 27.
Rxe6 Rbf8 28. Rc2 h3 29. Re3 Rd8 30. Kf1 Rxe3 31. fxe3 Rd3 32. Kf2 Rxa3 33. g4
Rb3 34. Rc4 Kf7 35. Re4 g5 36. Kg3 Rb1 37. Kxh3 Rg1 38. Re5 Kf6 39. Rf5+ Kg6 40.
Rb5 Re1 41. Rxb6+ Kf7 42. Rxb7+ Kf6 43. Rb6+ Kf7 44. Rb5 Rxe3+ 45. Kg2 Kf6 46.
Rf5+ Kg6 47. b5 Rb3 48. Rd5 Kf6 49. Rc5 Rb2+ 50. Kf3 Rxh2 51. Ke4 Re2+ 52. Kd5
Re5+ 53. Kd4 Re1 54. b6 Rd1+ 55. Ke4 1-0

[Event "7th Gashimov Mem Rapid"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2021.12.19"]
[Round "2.1"]
[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 "2021.12.18"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. g3 Bc5 4. Bg2 d6 5. c3 Bb6 6. O-O g5 7. a4 g4 8. Nh4 a5
9. Na3 Be6 10. Nf5 Bxf5 11. exf5 h5 12. Nc4 Ba7 13. Qb3 Rb8 14. Qb5 Kf8 15. Nxa5
Nxa5 16. Qxa5 Bb6 17. Qb4 Qf6 18. a5 Ba7 19. d3 Ne7 20. Be3 c5 21. Qc4 Nxf5 22.
b4 Qg6 23. b5 b6 24. Be4 h4 25. axb6 Bxb6 26. Ra2 hxg3 27. fxg3 Nxe3 28. Bxg6
Nxc4 29. dxc4 1-0

[Event "7th Gashimov Mem Rapid"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2021.12.19"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Mamedov, Rauf"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2656"]
[BlackElo "2792"]
[ECO "B40"]
[Opening "Sicilian defence"]
[WhiteFideId "13401653"]
[BlackFideId "2020009"]
[EventDate "2021.12.18"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c3 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. Bc4 d6 6. d4 cxd4 7. cxd4 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Qc2 b6 10. Bxd5 exd5 11. Nc3 dxe5 12. Nxe5 Be6 13. Bf4 f6 14. Nf3 Nc6 15.
Rfe1 Qd7 16. Qa4 Rac8 17. Rac1 Bf7 18. Nd1 Rfe8 19. Ne3 Bf8 20. Bg3 g5 21. h3 h5
22. a3 Be6 23. h4 g4 24. Nd2 Bh6 25. Rc3 f5 26. Rec1 f4 27. Bxf4 Bxf4 28. Rxc6
g3 29. Ndf1 gxf2+ 30. Kxf2 Qf7 31. Rxc8 Bxe3+ 32. Kxe3 Bxc8+ 33. Kd3 Bd7 34. Qd1
Bb5+ 35. Kc3 Be2 36. Qd2 Rc8+ 37. Kb3 Bc4+ 38. Rxc4 dxc4+ 39. Kc3 Qxf1 40. Qg5+
Kf8 41. Qh6+ Ke7 42. Qg5+ Qf6 43. Qxh5 Qf4 44. Qe2+ Kd7 45. Qc2 Qe3+ 46. Kb4
Qb3+ 0-1

[Event "7th Gashimov Mem Rapid"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2021.12.19"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Navara, David"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2697"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[ECO "A06"]
[Opening "Reti opening"]
[WhiteFideId "309095"]
[BlackFideId "14109603"]
[EventDate "2021.12.18"]
[EventType "rapid"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. d4 Nc6 7. Bb5 cxd4 8.
Nxd4 Bd7 9. O-O Bd6 10. Nf3 Be6 11. b3 O-O 12. Bb2 a6 13. Bxc6 bxc6 14. Rc1 Rc8
15. Qd3 Bg4 16. Qxa6 Nd7 17. Kh1 Re8 18. Nb5 Nc5 19. Qxc8 Bxc8 20. Nxd6 Qxd6 21.
Ba3 Bg4 22. Nd4 Qg6 23. Rxc5 Ra8 24. Rxc6 Qd3 25. Rfc1 h5 26. R6c3 Qd2 27. R3c2
Qd3 28. Bc5 Bd7 29. h3 h4 30. b4 g5 31. Nf3 Bxh3 32. Nxg5 Bg4 33. Bd4 Qf5 34. f4
f6 35. Rc7 h3 36. Rf7 hxg2+ 37. Kg1 Rf8 38. Rxf8+ Kxf8 39. Bxf6 Qd3 40. Bd4 Qd2
41. Ra1 Qe2 42. b5 Qxb5 43. Kxg2 Bd1 44. a4 Bxa4 45. Rh1 Bc2 46. Kg3 Qe2 47. Ra1
Ke8 48. Ra7 Qe1+ 49. Kg4 Qd1+ 50. Kg3 Bf5 51. Nf3 Kd8 52. Ne5 Kc8 53. Kh4 Qg1
54. Ra8+ Kb7 55. Ra7+ Kc8 56. Kh5 Be4 57. Kh6 Qh2+ 58. Kg5 Qg3+ 59. Kf6 Qh4+ 60.
Ke6 Qh6+ 61. Ke7 Bf5 62. Nf7 Qe6+ 63. Kf8 Bg6 64. Be5 Bxf7 65. Rc7+ Kd8 66. Rxf7
Qh6+ 67. Bg7 Qd6+ 68. Kg8 d4 69. Bf6+ Kc8 70. Bxd4 Qd5 71. f5 Kd8 72. Kg7 Qg2+
73. Kf8 Qh1 74. Bg7 Qe4 75. Bf6+ Kc8 76. Bd4 Qh1 77. Rg7 Qh8+ 78. Kf7 Qh5+ 79.
Ke6 Qe8+ 80. Re7 Qg8+ 81. Ke5 Qg3+ 82. Kd5 Qg2+ 83. e4 Qa2+ 84. Ke5 Qh2+ 85. Ke6
Qa2+ 86. Kf6 Qa6+ 87. Kg5 1-0

[Event "7th Gashimov Mem Rapid"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2021.12.19"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Asadli, Vugar"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2579"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[ECO "C45"]
[Opening "Scotch game"]
[WhiteFideId "13405764"]
[BlackFideId "13401319"]
[EventDate "2021.12.18"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. Bd3 d6 7. Nc3 Nf6 8.
Na4 Bb6 9. O-O O-O 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bh4 g5 12. Bg3 Re8 13. Nxb6 axb6 14. e5 dxe5
15. Bxe5 Ba6 16. f4 Bxd3 17. cxd3 gxf4 18. Bxf4 Re6 19. Qf3 Qd4+ 20. Kh1 Qd5 21.
Qh3 Rxa2 22. Rxa2 Qxa2 23. Qg3+ Kh7 24. Be5 Qa5 25. d4 Qd2 26. Qf3 1-0

[Event "7th Gashimov Mem Rapid"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2021.12.19"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Rapport, Richard"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[ECO "C18"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "Winawer, classical variation"]
[WhiteFideId "5000017"]
[BlackFideId "738590"]
[EventDate "2021.12.18"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Qc7 7. Qg4 f6 8. Nf3
c4 9. Qg3 Qf7 10. h4 h5 11. Be2 Nc6 12. O-O Nge7 13. Re1 Qg6 14. Bd1 Qxg3 15.
fxg3 f5 16. Ng5 Bd7 17. Bf3 Nd8 18. Nh3 Ba4 19. Ra2 Ng6 20. Bg5 Nc6 21. Rb1 Rb8
22. Kf2 Kd7 23. Ke3 Kc7 24. Kd2 Ra8 25. Nf2 Nf8 26. Rab2 b5 27. Ra2 a6 28. Raa1
Re8 29. Rf1 Nb8 30. g4 hxg4 31. Nxg4 fxg4 32. Bxg4 Rg8 33. Rf7+ Nfd7 34. Re7
Rgf8 35. Re1 Rxe7 36. Bxe7 Rf2+ 37. Re2 Rxe2+ 38. Bxe2 Nc6 39. Bd6+ Kc8 40. Bg4
Nd8 41. h5 b4 42. cxb4 Kb7 43. c3 Kc8 44. Bh3 Bb3 45. Be7 Nc6 46. Bd6 Nd8 47. g3
Ba4 48. Bg4 Bb3 49. b5 axb5 50. Bb4 Ba2 51. Kc1 Bb3 52. Bh3 Ba4 53. g4 Nf7 54.
Be7 Nb8 55. Bf8 Ng5 56. Bg2 b4 57. axb4 g6 58. hxg6 Be8 59. g7 Bf7 60. b5 Nd7
61. Be7 Ne4 62. Kb2 Nf2 63. Bf3 Nd3+ 64. Ka3 Kc7 65. g5 Nf4 66. Kb4 Kb7 67. Bd1
Nd3+ 68. Ka5 Nf4 69. Bd8 Kc8 70. Bf6 Kb7 71. Bc2 Bg8 72. g6 Ne2 73. Kb4 Nc1 74.
Bb1 Ne2 75. Bg5 Kc7 76. Bc2 Nb6 77. Be7 Nd7 78. Bg5 Nb6 79. Bd1 Ng3 80. Be7 Nd7
81. Bg4 Kb7 82. Bd1 Kc7 83. Bf3 Kb7 84. Ka5 Nf5 85. Bd8 Nxg7 86. b6 Nb8 87. Kb5
Nf5 88. Bg4 Ng3 89. Bc7 Nd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "7th Gashimov Mem Rapid"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2021.12.19"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Mamedov, Rauf"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2792"]
[BlackElo "2656"]
[ECO "C41"]
[Opening "Philidor"]
[Variation "exchange variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2020009"]
[BlackFideId "13401653"]
[EventDate "2021.12.18"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 exd4 4. Qxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Be7 6. Bb5+ c6 7. Be2 O-O 8.
Bf4 d5 9. exd5 cxd5 10. O-O Nc6 11. Qa4 a6 12. Rad1 Be6 13. Nd4 Qb6 14. Qb3 Qa7
15. Nxc6 bxc6 16. Na4 a5 17. Qg3 Ne4 18. Qe3 Qxe3 19. Bxe3 Rab8 20. b3 Rb4 21.
Bd4 c5 22. Ba1 d4 23. Bd3 Nf6 24. Rfe1 Nd5 25. Bc4 Rxc4 26. bxc4 Nb4 27. c3 Nc2
28. cxd4 cxd4 29. Re5 Bf6 30. Rxa5 Bxc4 31. Rc1 Re8 32. Nb6 Be2 33. Rxc2 d3 34.
Bxf6 dxc2 35. Bb2 Ba6 36. h3 Bb7 37. Rc5 Re1+ 38. Kh2 Re2 39. Rc7 Ba6 40. Nd5 1-0

[Event "7th Gashimov Mem Rapid"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2021.12.19"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Navara, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2697"]
[ECO "C65"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Berlin defence"]
[WhiteFideId "14109603"]
[BlackFideId "309095"]
[EventDate "2021.12.18"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. O-O Bd6 7. Bg5 h6 8.
Bh4 Be6 9. d4 g5 10. dxe5 gxh4 11. exd6 h3 12. dxc7 Qxd1 13. Rxd1 hxg2 14. Nc3
Rg8 15. Nd4 Nh5 16. Nce2 Rc8 17. Nxe6 fxe6 18. Rd6 Ke7 19. Rd3 Rxc7 20. Rad1 Nf6
21. e5 Ng4 22. f4 h5 23. Rh3 Rd7 24. Rxd7+ Kxd7 25. c3 c5 26. Rxh5 Kc6 27. Kxg2
Nxe5+ 28. Rg5 Ng6 29. Kg3 Kd6 30. h4 Ne7 31. Rxg8 Nxg8 32. Kg4 Ke7 33. Kg5 Kf7
34. c4 Nf6 35. Nc3 Kg7 36. b3 b6 37. f5 e5 38. Nd5 Ne4+ 39. Kg4 Kh6 40. f6 Nd6
41. Ne7 e4 42. Kf4 a6 43. Nd5 b5 44. Ke5 bxc4 45. Kxd6 1-0

[Event "7th Gashimov Mem Rapid"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2021.12.19"]
[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 "2021.12.18"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. Qc2 h6 7. Bh4 g6 8. f3
Bg7 9. O-O-O O-O 10. e4 dxe4 11. fxe4 Qa5 12. Nf3 Be6 13. a3 b5 14. e5 Nd5 15.
Nxd5 cxd5 16. Kb1 Rc8 17. Qd2 Qb6 18. Be7 Nc6 19. Bc5 Qb7 20. h4 b4 21. a4 b3
22. h5 Bf5+ 23. Bd3 Qa6 24. hxg6 fxg6 25. Bxf5 gxf5 26. Rxh6 Qxa4 27. Ba3 Ne7
28. Rdh1 Qc4 29. Bxe7 Bxh6 30. Qxh6 1-0

[Event "7th Gashimov Mem Rapid"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2021.12.19"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Navara, David"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2697"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[ECO "A07"]
[Opening "Reti"]
[Variation "King's Indian attack"]
[WhiteFideId "309095"]
[BlackFideId "14109603"]
[EventDate "2021.12.18"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. c4 dxc4 4. Qa4+ Nc6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. Qxc4 e5 7. d3 Nge7 8.
O-O Be6 9. Qa4 O-O 10. Nc3 h6 11. Bd2 Qd7 12. Rfc1 Rad8 13. Ne4 Qc8 14. b4 a6
15. b5 axb5 16. Qxb5 Bd5 17. Nc5 Bxf3 18. Bxf3 e4 19. Bxe4 Nd4 20. Qxb7 Nxe2+
21. Kg2 Qxb7 22. Nxb7 Ra8 23. Rxc7 Bxa1 24. Rxe7 Rxa2 25. Bxh6 Bg7 26. Bd5 Rb2
27. Bxg7 Kxg7 28. Nd6 Nd4 29. Bxf7 Kf6 30. Rd7 Nc6 31. Ne4+ Kf5 32. Rd5+ Ne5 33.
Bxg6+ Ke6 34. Rd6+ Ke7 35. Bh5 Rfxf2+ 36. Nxf2 Kxd6 37. Kf1 Kc5 38. Be2 Kd4 39.
h4 Rb1+ 40. Kg2 Ke3 41. d4 Kxd4 42. Nh3 Rb2 43. Kf2 Nd3+ 44. Kf3 Ne5+ 45. Kf2
Nd3+ 46. Kf1 Rb1+ 47. Kg2 Rb2 48. Ng1 Ne5 49. Kf2 Nd3+ 50. Kf3 Ne5+ 51. Kf4 Rb1
52. Nf3+ Nxf3 53. Bxf3 Kc5 54. Ke5 Re1+ 55. Kf5 Kd6 56. g4 Ke7 57. g5 Kf7 58. h5
Kg7 59. h6+ Kh8 60. g6 Rg1 0-1

[Event "7th Gashimov Mem Rapid"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2021.12.19"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Navara, David"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2697"]
[ECO "B90"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Najdorf, Byrne (English) attack"]
[WhiteFideId "5000017"]
[BlackFideId "309095"]
[EventDate "2021.12.18"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nf3 Be7 8. Bc4
O-O 9. O-O Nc6 10. a3 b5 11. Ba2 Be6 12. Qd3 Rc8 13. Bg5 Nh5 14. Bd2 Na5 15. a4
Nc4 16. Bc1 Nf4 17. Bxf4 Nxb2 18. Qd2 exf4 19. axb5 Bf6 20. Nd5 Bxd5 21. Bxd5
Nc4 22. Bxc4 Bxa1 23. Bd3 Bc3 24. Qxf4 a5 25. e5 dxe5 26. Nxe5 Qd6 27. Qh4 Qh6
28. Qxh6 gxh6 29. Nc6 a4 30. Bc4 a3 31. Rd1 Rfe8 32. g3 Rc7 33. Rd3 Bb2 34. Kf1
Kg7 35. Bb3 h5 36. h4 h6 37. Rd5 Ra8 38. Ba2 Re8 39. Rxh5 Bc3 40. Rc5 Re1+ 41.
Kg2 Ba5 42. Rf5 Bb6 43. Nb4 Ra1 44. Bb3 Rb1 45. Rf4 Rb2 46. Nd5 Ra7 47. Nc3 Rxb3
48. cxb3 a2 49. Nxa2 Rxa2 50. h5 Rd2 51. Rf5 Rd3 52. g4 Rxb3 53. f4 Bc7 54. g5
Rb2+ 55. Kf3 Rb3+ 56. Kg2 hxg5 57. fxg5 Bd8 58. Rd5 Be7 59. Re5 Bd6 60. Rf5 Rd3
61. h6+ Kg8 62. h7+ Kxh7 63. Rxf7+ Kg6 64. Rd7 Rg3+ 65. Kf2 Bf4 66. b6 Rb3 67.
b7 Kxg5 68. Rf7 Be5 69. Ke2 Kg6 70. Rd7 Kf5 71. Rf7+ Ke6 72. Rh7 Kd5 73. Kd2 Kc6
74. Kc2 Rb4 75. Kd3 Bc7 76. Rh6+ Kxb7 77. Re6 Bg3 78. Rg6 Kc7 79. Re6 Bd6 80.
Re4 Rb5 81. Rc4+ Bc5 82. Rh4 Rb3+ 83. Kc2 Re3 84. Rh6 Bd6 85. Rh5 Kc6 86. Kd2
Bf4 87. Rf5 Bh6 88. Kc2 Rh3 89. Re5 Kd6 90. Rb5 Bg7 91. Rb3 Rh4 92. Rb5 Bd4 93.
Kd3 Bc5 94. Rb8 Kd5 95. Rd8+ Bd6 96. Kd2 Rh3 97. Ke2 Ke5 98. Kd2 Bc5 99. Kc2 Ke4
100. Re8+ Kd4 101. Rd8+ Kc4 102. Rc8 Rh2+ 103. Kc1 Kd4 104. Rc7 Bb4 105. Rc8 Bc3
106. Rf8 Kc4 107. Rd8 Bd4 108. Rg8 Kd3 109. Rg3+ Be3+ 110. Kb1 Re2 111. Rg8 Bd4
112. Rg3+ Kd2 113. Ka2 Kc2 114. Ka3 Re4 115. Rg2+ Kc3 116. Rg3+ Be3 117. Rh3 Kc2
118. Rh2+ Bd2 119. Rf2 Re5 0-1

[Event "7th Gashimov Mem Rapid"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2021.12.19"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Rapport, Richard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2792"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[ECO "C18"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "Winawer, classical variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2020009"]
[BlackFideId "738590"]
[EventDate "2021.12.18"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Qc7 7. h4 Ne7 8. Rh3
Nbc6 9. h5 h6 10. Qg4 Rg8 11. Qf4 Bd7 12. Bd2 O-O-O 13. Nf3 Rdf8 14. Bd3 f6 15.
Qh2 fxe5 16. Nxe5 Nxe5 17. Qxe5 Qxe5+ 18. dxe5 Nc6 19. f4 c4 20. Be2 Be8 21. Be3
b6 22. Kd2 Kb7 23. g4 Rf7 24. Rg1 Rgf8 25. g5 Ne7 26. g6 Rf5 27. Bg4 Bd7 28. Ra1
Rb8 29. a4 Rff8 30. a5 Nf5 31. Bxf5 Rxf5 32. axb6 a6 33. Rh4 Rc8 34. Bd4 Bb5 35.
Ke3 Be8 36. Kf3 Bb5 37. Kg3 Bd7 38. Ra5 Bb5 39. Rh1 Rff8 40. Rha1 Ra8 41. Kg4
Kc6 42. Rb1 Kb7 43. Raxb5 axb5 44. Rxb5 Rf5 45. Rxd5 Rxf4+ 46. Kxf4 Rf8+ 47. Ke4
exd5+ 48. Kxd5 1-0

[Event "7th Gashimov Mem Rapid"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2021.12.19"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[ECO "C53"]
[Opening "Giuoco Piano"]
[WhiteFideId "14109603"]
[BlackFideId "13401319"]
[EventDate "2021.12.18"]

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
a5 9. Nf1 Ba7 10. Ng3 Ne7 11. h3 c6 12. d4 exd4 13. cxd4 d5 14. e5 dxc4 15. exf6
gxf6 16. Nh5 Nf5 17. g4 Ng7 18. Bxh6 Nxh5 19. gxh5 Re8 20. Qc2 Kh8 21. Rxe8+
Qxe8 22. Re1 Be6 23. Kh1 Qd7 24. Rg1 Rg8 25. Qc1 Bxh3 26. Bg7+ 1-0

[Event "7th Gashimov Mem Rapid"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2021.12.19"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Asadli, Vugar"]
[Black "Mamedov, Rauf"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2579"]
[BlackElo "2656"]
[ECO "B23"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "closed, 2...Nc6"]
[WhiteFideId "13405764"]
[BlackFideId "13401653"]
[EventDate "2021.12.18"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nd4 4. Bc4 a6 5. a4 d6 6. d3 g6 7. Nge2 Bg7 8. Nxd4
cxd4 9. Ne2 e6 10. O-O Ne7 11. Bb3 O-O 12. Bd2 Nc6 13. f4 f5 14. Ng3 Kh8 15.
exf5 gxf5 16. c3 Qb6 17. Kh1 Bd7 18. Nh5 Rg8 19. Bc2 Ne7 20. a5 Qc7 21. Bb3 Ng6
22. Nxg7 Rxg7 23. cxd4 d5 24. Qe1 Rag8 25. Rf3 Qd8 26. Rh3 Ne7 27. g3 Nc6 28.
Bd1 Qf6 29. Bc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "7th Gashimov Mem Rapid"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2021.12.19"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Navara, David"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2697"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[ECO "B47"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Taimanov (Bastrikov) variation"]
[WhiteFideId "309095"]
[BlackFideId "5000017"]
[EventDate "2021.12.18"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. g3 a6 7. Bg2 Nf6 8. O-O
Bc5 9. Nxc6 dxc6 10. Na4 Ba7 11. c4 e5 12. c5 Be6 13. b3 O-O 14. Bg5 Rfd8 15.
Qf3 Qe7 16. Rad1 Rxd1 17. Rxd1 Rd8 18. h3 h6 19. Bxf6 Qxf6 20. a3 Qe7 21. b4 Rd7
22. Bf1 Qd8 23. Nb2 Rd4 24. Rd3 b6 25. Rxd4 Qxd4 26. cxb6 Bxb6 27. Na4 Ba7 28.
Bxa6 Bxh3 29. g4 h5 30. gxh5 Be6 31. Be2 Qd2 32. Nc5 Bxc5 33. bxc5 Qc1+ 34. Kg2
Qxc5 35. Qg3 Qd4 36. h6 g6 37. Qh4 Kh7 38. Qf6 Kxh6 39. Qh8+ Kg5 40. Bf3 f5 41.
Qf8 fxe4 42. Qe7+ Kh6 43. Qf8+ Kg5 44. Qe7+ Kh6 45. Qf8+ Kg5 46. Qe7+ Kh6 47.
Qf8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "7th Gashimov Mem Rapid"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2021.12.19"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Rapport, Richard"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2792"]
[ECO "C42"]
[Opening "Petrov's defence"]
[WhiteFideId "738590"]
[BlackFideId "2020009"]
[EventDate "2021.12.18"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. exd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. a3
Re8 9. b4 Bg4 10. h3 Bh5 11. Bb2 f5 12. c4 Nf6 13. Nbd2 Bf8 14. Qc2 e4 15. dxe4
fxe4 16. Ng5 Nd4 17. Bxd4 Qxd4 18. Ndxe4 Bg6 19. Rad1 Qe5 20. f4 Qe7 21. f5 Nxe4
22. Nxe4 Bf7 23. f6 Qe5 24. Rd7 g6 25. Qd2 Bd6 26. Rxd6 1-0

[Event "7th Gashimov Mem Rapid"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2021.12.19"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[ECO "C54"]
[Opening "Giuoco Piano"]
[WhiteFideId "13401319"]
[BlackFideId "14109603"]
[EventDate "2021.12.18"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. cxd4 Bb4+ 7. Nbd2 Nxe4 8.
d5 Nxd2 9. Bxd2 Bxd2+ 10. Qxd2 Ne7 11. O-O-O d6 12. h4 Bg4 13. Qd4 Qd7 14. h5 h6
15. Rde1 Kf8 16. Nh4 Bxh5 17. g4 Qxg4 18. f4 Qd7 19. Kb1 Bg4 20. f5 Bxf5+ 21.
Ka1 Ng6 22. Bb5 Qxb5 23. Nxf5 Rh7 24. Rhg1 Ne5 25. Qh4 Qd7 26. Ref1 h5 27. Qf4
Ng4 28. Ng3 Re8 29. Rh1 Re5 30. a3 Ne3 31. Rf3 Nxd5 32. Qd4 b6 33. Rhf1 g6 34.
Qd3 Qe6 0-1

[Event "7th Gashimov Mem Rapid"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2021.12.19"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Mamedov, Rauf"]
[Black "Asadli, Vugar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2656"]
[BlackElo "2579"]
[ECO "B15"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "Alekhine gambit"]
[WhiteFideId "13401653"]
[BlackFideId "13405764"]
[EventDate "2021.12.18"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Bd3 Nxe4 6. Bxe4 Nd7 7. c3 Nf6 8.
Bd3 Bg4 9. Ne2 e6 10. Qb3 Bxe2 11. Bxe2 Qc7 12. g3 Bd6 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bxf6 gxf6
15. Bh5 O-O-O 16. O-O-O f5 17. Kb1 Rd7 18. Rd3 Kb8 19. f4 Rhd8 20. Rhd1 Bf8 21.
Qc2 c5 22. dxc5 Rxd3 23. Rxd3 Rxd3 24. Qxd3 a5 25. b4 axb4 26. cxb4 Ka7 27. Qb5
Bg7 28. Qa4+ Kb8 29. Qe8+ Ka7 30. Kc2 Bd4 31. Qa4+ Kb8 32. Qe8+ Ka7 33. Bxf7
Bxc5 34. Qa4+ Kb8 35. bxc5 Qxf7 36. Qd4 Qh5 37. Qd2 Ka7 38. a4 Qf3 39. Qa5+ Kb8
40. Qd8+ Ka7 41. Qa5+ Kb8 42. Qd8+ Ka7 43. Qb6+ Ka8 44. Qxe6 Qg2+ 45. Kc3 Qxh2
46. Qe8+ Ka7 47. Qe3 Ka8 48. Kd4 Qb2+ 49. Qc3 Qe2 50. Kd5 Qe8 51. c6 Kb8 1-0

[Event "7th Gashimov Mem Rapid"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2021.12.19"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Rapport, Richard"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2792"]
[ECO "C42"]
[Opening "Petrov's defence"]
[WhiteFideId "738590"]
[BlackFideId "2020009"]
[EventDate "2021.12.18"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d3 Nc6 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O Re8 7. Nc3 h6 8. h3
Bf8 9. Nh2 d6 10. f4 Nd4 11. Nf3 c5 12. Kh2 Rb8 13. a4 b6 14. Nb5 Bd7 15. Nbxd4
cxd4 16. g4 Rc8 17. g5 hxg5 18. Nxg5 Qc7 19. Rf2 d5 20. fxe5 Rxe5 21. Bf4 Bd6
22. Kh1 Re7 23. Bxd6 Qxd6 24. exd5 Qg3 25. Qd2 Re3 26. Rxf6 Qxg5 27. Rf3 Qe5 28.
Raf1 Re2 29. Qf4 Qxf4 30. Rxf4 Rcxc2 31. Bf3 Rh2+ 32. Kg1 Rxh3 33. Rf2 Rg3+ 34.
Kh2 Rxf2+ 35. Kxg3 Rxb2 36. d6 g5 37. Re4 f5 38. Re2 Rxe2 39. Bxe2 Kf7 0-1

[Event "7th Gashimov Mem Rapid"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2021.12.20"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Mamedov, Rauf"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2656"]
[ECO "D79"]
[Opening "Neo-Gruenfeld, 6.O-O, main line"]
[WhiteFideId "13401319"]
[BlackFideId "13401653"]
[EventDate "2021.12.18"]

1. g3 g6 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. d4 d5 7. cxd5 cxd5 8. Ne5
Bf5 9. Nc3 Ne4 10. Bf4 Nxc3 11. bxc3 Nc6 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. Qa4 1/2-1/2

[Event "7th Gashimov Mem Rapid"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2021.12.20"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Navara, David"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2697"]
[BlackElo "2792"]
[ECO "E94"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "orthodox variation"]
[WhiteFideId "309095"]
[BlackFideId "2020009"]
[EventDate "2021.12.18"]

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 exd4 11. Nxd4 Nc5 12. f3 a5 13. Be3 c6 14. Qd2 Kh7 15.
Rbd1 Nfd7 16. Nb3 Qh4 17. Nxc5 Nxc5 18. Bf2 Qh5 19. g4 Qg5 20. Qxg5 hxg5 21.
Rxd6 Nd7 22. Na4 Ne5 23. Kg2 Bf8 24. Rd4 Be6 25. b3 Rab8 26. c5 Be7 27. Bg3 f6
28. Red1 Kg7 29. Bc4 Bxc4 30. bxc4 Red8 31. Rxd8 Rxd8 32. Rxd8 Bxd8 33. Bxe5
fxe5 34. Nb2 Kf6 35. Kf1 Ke6 36. Ke2 Kd7 37. Kd2 Kc7 38. Nd3 Bf6 39. Kc3 Kb8 40.
Kb3 Ka7 41. Ka3 Bg7 42. Ka4 Ka6 43. Nc1 Bf6 44. Kb3 Ka7 45. Ne2 Be7 46. f4 exf4
47. Nd4 Bxc5 48. Nf3 Be7 49. c5 Bxc5 50. Nxg5 Be7 51. Nf3 g5 52. e5 Kb6 53. h4
gxh4 54. g5 Kc5 55. g6 Bf8 56. Nxh4 Kd5 57. Nf3 b5 58. a4 b4 59. Nd2 Bh6 60. Nf3 0-1

[Event "7th Gashimov Mem Rapid"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2021.12.20"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Rapport, Richard"]
[Black "Asadli, Vugar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2579"]
[ECO "B10"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann defence"]
[WhiteFideId "738590"]
[BlackFideId "13405764"]
[EventDate "2021.12.18"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. d4 Nc6 5. c3 Nf6 6. Ne5 e6 7. Bd3 Bd6 8. f4
O-O 9. Nd2 Ne7 10. O-O b6 11. Qe2 Bb7 12. g4 Rc8 13. a4 Bb8 14. Rf3 Ng6 15. g5
Ne4 16. Nxg6 fxg6 17. Nxe4 dxe4 18. Bxe4 Bd5 19. Bd2 Qd7 20. Re1 Qxa4 21. Bxd5
exd5 22. Qe6+ Kh8 23. Rh3 Qc2 24. Ree3 Qd1+ 25. Be1 Bxf4 26. Rxh7+ Kxh7 27. Rh3+
Qh5 28. Qg4 Qxh3 29. Qxh3+ Kg8 30. Qe6+ Kh7 31. Qh3+ Kg8 32. Qe6+ Kh7 33. Qh3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "7th Gashimov Mem Rapid"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2021.12.20"]
[Round "4.1"]
[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 "2021.12.18"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. O-O Qd6 7. h3 O-O 8.
Nc3 Nd7 9. Na4 Re8 10. Re1 Bb6 11. Bd2 Nf8 12. b3 Ne6 13. Nxb6 axb6 14. Bc3 Nf4
15. Bd2 Ne6 16. Bc3 Nf4 17. Bd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "7th Gashimov Mem Rapid"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2021.12.20"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Mamedov, Rauf"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2656"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[ECO "B01"]
[Opening "Scandinavian (centre counter) defence"]
[WhiteFideId "13401653"]
[BlackFideId "13401319"]
[EventDate "2021.12.18"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Qf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Qxf3 5. Nxf3 c6 6. g3 Na6 7. a3 Nc7 8.
Bg2 Ncd5 9. O-O Bf5 10. d3 h6 11. Bd2 e6 12. Rfe1 Be7 13. Nd4 Bh7 14. Nf3 O-O
15. Ne4 Nxe4 16. dxe4 Nb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "7th Gashimov Mem Rapid"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2021.12.20"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Navara, David"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2792"]
[BlackElo "2697"]
[ECO "E52"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian"]
[Variation "4.e3, main line with ...b6"]
[WhiteFideId "2020009"]
[BlackFideId "309095"]
[EventDate "2021.12.18"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 b6 7. O-O Bb7 8. cxd5
exd5 9. a3 Bd6 10. b4 Nbd7 11. Bb2 a6 12. Qb3 Re8 13. a4 c6 14. Ne2 b5 15. a5
Qe7 16. Bc3 Ne4 17. Rab1 Ndf6 18. Ng3 Nxg3 19. hxg3 Bxg3 20. Qd1 Bd6 21. Ne5 Ne4
22. Bxe4 dxe4 23. f4 exf3 24. Rxf3 Bxe5 25. dxe5 c5 26. Rg3 Be4 27. Qg4 Bg6 28.
Rf1 cxb4 29. Bxb4 Qxe5 30. Qf4 Rac8 31. Rd1 Qxf4 32. exf4 Rc4 33. Re3 f6 34.
Rxe8+ Bxe8 35. Be1 Kf7 36. Rd6 Bc6 37. g3 Kg6 38. Kf2 Kf5 39. Ke3 Kg4 40. Rd4
Rxd4 41. Kxd4 Kf3 42. Kc5 Bd7 43. Kb6 Bc8 44. Kc7 Bf5 45. Kb6 h5 46. Kxa6 b4 0-1

[Event "7th Gashimov Mem Rapid"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2021.12.20"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Asadli, Vugar"]
[Black "Rapport, Richard"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2579"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[ECO "C15"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "Winawer (Nimzovich) variation"]
[WhiteFideId "13405764"]
[BlackFideId "738590"]
[EventDate "2021.12.18"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bd3 dxe4 5. Bxe4 Nf6 6. Bf3 O-O 7. Ne2 e5 8.
dxe5 Qxd1+ 9. Kxd1 Ng4 10. Bxg4 Bxg4 11. f3 Bf5 12. a3 Bxc3 13. Nxc3 Nc6 14. Re1
Rad8+ 15. Bd2 Rfe8 16. Kc1 Nd4 17. Ne4 Rxe5 18. Bc3 Bxe4 19. fxe4 f5 20. b4 Rxe4
21. Rxe4 fxe4 22. Kb2 Nb5 23. Be5 Re8 24. Bg3 Kf7 25. c4 Nd6 26. c5 Nf5 27. Bxc7
e3 28. Kc3 e2 29. Kd2 Ne3 30. Bg3 Nxg2 31. Be1 Ne3 32. Bg3 Ng2 33. Be1 Rd8+ 34.
Kxe2 Re8+ 35. Kd2 Nxe1 36. Rxe1 Rxe1 37. Kxe1 Ke6 38. Ke2 Kd5 39. Kd3 a6 40. h3
g5 41. Ke3 h5 42. Kf3 0-1

[Event "7th Gashimov Mem Rapid"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2021.12.20"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[ECO "C53"]
[Opening "Giuoco Piano"]
[WhiteFideId "5000017"]
[BlackFideId "14109603"]
[EventDate "2021.12.18"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. a4 a5 8. Nbd2 h6
9. Re1 Ba7 10. Nf1 Ne7 11. Ng3 Ng6 12. h3 c6 13. Bb3 d5 14. exd5 Nxd5 15. d4
exd4 16. Nxd4 Be6 17. Bc2 Bd7 18. Ndf5 Bxf5 19. Nxf5 Qf6 20. Qf3 Rae8 21. Bd2
Ne5 22. Qe4 g6 23. Nxh6+ Kg7 24. Rf1 Rh8 25. Ng4 Nxg4 26. Qxg4 Rh4 27. Qg3 Nf4
28. Rae1 Reh8 29. Be3 Bb8 30. Bxf4 Rxf4 31. Qe3 Bd6 32. Rd1 Rh5 33. g3 Rc4 34.
Qd3 Qe6 35. Qf3 0-1

[Event "7th Gashimov Mem Rapid"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2021.12.20"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Mamedov, Rauf"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2656"]
[ECO "D00"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn, Mason variation"]
[WhiteFideId "13401319"]
[BlackFideId "13401653"]
[EventDate "2021.12.18"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 Bf5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Ne5 Nbd7 6. g4 Nxe5 7. gxf5 Nc6 8.
fxe6 fxe6 9. Nd2 Bd6 10. Bg5 Qd7 11. c4 O-O 12. Rg1 Kh8 13. c5 Be7 14. f4 b6 15.
Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Bd3 e5 17. Qh5 e4 18. Nxe4 dxe4 19. Bxe4 g6 20. Bxg6 bxc5 21.
O-O-O Qe7 22. Kb1 Rab8 23. Rc1 Rb5 24. Bd3 Rb6 25. Rxc5 Nb4 26. Bxh7 1-0

[Event "7th Gashimov Mem Rapid"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2021.12.20"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Navara, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2792"]
[BlackElo "2697"]
[ECO "A22"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "Bremen, Smyslov system"]
[WhiteFideId "2020009"]
[BlackFideId "309095"]
[EventDate "2021.12.18"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. g3 Bb4 4. e4 Bxc3 5. dxc3 d6 6. f3 a5 7. a4 Be6 8. Nh3 h6
9. Nf2 Na6 10. Be3 Nc5 11. Qc2 O-O 12. g4 Nfd7 13. h4 c6 14. Be2 b5 15. axb5
cxb5 16. cxb5 d5 17. exd5 Bxd5 18. c4 Bb7 19. Rd1 Qe7 20. g5 e4 21. f4 Nd3+ 22.
Kf1 N7c5 23. gxh6 gxh6 24. Rg1+ Kh8 25. Qc3+ f6 26. Rg6 Rg8 27. Qxf6+ Qxf6 28.
Rxf6 Nxf2 29. Kxf2 Nd3+ 30. Bxd3 exd3 31. Rxh6+ Kg7 32. Rb6 Be4 33. Re6 Bf5 34.
Re5 Kf6 35. Bd4 Rad8 36. Rd5+ Kg6 37. Rg1+ Kh6 38. Rxg8 Rxg8 39. Rxf5 Rg2+ 40.
Kxg2 d2 41. Rd5 1-0

[Event "7th Gashimov Mem Rapid"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2021.12.20"]
[Round "5.1"]
[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 "2021.12.18"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. Nc3 d6 8. Nd5 h6
9. c3 Rb8 10. O-O O-O 11. Re1 Nxd5 12. exd5 Ne7 13. d4 exd4 14. Nxd4 Re8 15. Be3
Bd7 16. Qf3 Bxd4 17. Bxd4 Nf5 18. Be3 Nxe3 19. Rxe3 Qg5 20. Rae1 Rxe3 21. Rxe3
Re8 22. Rxe8+ Bxe8 23. Qd1 Bd7 24. Kf1 Qf4 25. Kg1 Bf5 26. h3 g5 27. a4 Kg7 28.
axb5 axb5 29. Bc2 Bxc2 30. Qxc2 Qc4 31. Qd1 Qe4 32. Qd4+ Qe5 33. Kf1 f5 34. Qd3
Qe4 35. Qxb5 Qb1+ 36. Ke2 Qc2+ 37. Ke1 Qc1+ 38. Ke2 Qc2+ 39. Ke1 Qc1+ 40. Ke2 1/2-1/2

[Event "7th Gashimov Mem Rapid"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2021.12.20"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2792"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[ECO "A28"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "four knights, Nimzovich variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2020009"]
[BlackFideId "14109603"]
[EventDate "2021.12.18"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e4 Bb4 5. d3 d6 6. a3 Bc5 7. b4 Bd4 8. Nxd4
Nxd4 9. Be3 c5 10. Be2 O-O 11. O-O Be6 12. Rb1 b6 13. f4 exf4 14. Bxd4 cxd4 15.
Nb5 Nd7 16. Rxf4 Qg5 17. Qf1 a5 18. Nxd4 axb4 19. axb4 Ra2 20. Qf2 Rfa8 21. Rf1
h6 22. Nxe6 fxe6 23. h4 Qd8 24. Qg3 Rxe2 25. Rf7 g5 26. Qxd6 Raa2 27. R7f2 Rxf2
28. Qxe6+ Kg7 29. Rxf2 Rxf2 30. Kxf2 gxh4 31. d4 Nf6 32. Ke3 Qa8 33. Kf4 Qf8 34.
Ke5 Qb8+ 35. Kf5 Qf8 36. Ke5 Qb8+ 37. Kf5 Qf8 38. Ke5 1/2-1/2

[Event "7th Gashimov Mem Rapid"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2021.12.20"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Mamedov, Rauf"]
[Black "Rapport, Richard"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2656"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[ECO "C02"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "advance, Euwe variation"]
[WhiteFideId "13401653"]
[BlackFideId "738590"]
[EventDate "2021.12.18"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. Bd3 cxd4 7. O-O dxc3 8. Nxc3
Nge7 9. Bg5 Qb8 10. Re1 Ng6 11. Rc1 h6 12. Be3 Ngxe5 13. Nxe5 Nxe5 14. Bb5 Bd6
15. Bd4 Nc6 16. Nxd5 Kf8 17. Nc3 Nxd4 18. Qxd4 Bxb5 19. Nxb5 Bxh2+ 20. Kh1 a6
21. Qc5+ Kg8 22. Nc7 Bxc7 23. Qxc7 h5 24. Red1 Rh6 25. Rd7 Rf6 26. f3 Qxc7 27.
Rcxc7 b5 28. Kh2 g6 29. Rd6 Rf5 30. Rdd7 b4 31. b3 Rb8 32. Rc6 a5 33. Ra6 Rc8
34. Rda7 Rc2 35. Rxa5 Rxf3 36. Rg5 Kg7 37. Ra4 Rf4 38. a3 h4 39. Rxb4 Rxb4 40.
axb4 f5 41. Kh3 Rc3+ 42. Kxh4 Rxb3 43. Rg3 Rxb4+ 44. Kh3 Kf6 45. Ra3 e5 0-1

[Event "7th Gashimov Mem Rapid"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2021.12.20"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Asadli, Vugar"]
[Black "Navara, David"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2579"]
[BlackElo "2697"]
[ECO "B90"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Najdorf"]
[WhiteFideId "13405764"]
[BlackFideId "309095"]
[EventDate "2021.12.18"]

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 b5 11. O-O-O Be7 12. f4 Qc7 13. Kb1 Nb6 14. a3 Na4 15.
Nd5 Bxd5 16. exd5 e4 17. Be2 Rc8 18. Rge1 Nxd5 19. Bxe7 Nxe7 20. c3 d5 21. f5
Rh6 22. Rf1 Qxh2 23. Nd4 Qg3 24. Rde1 h4 25. Bd1 Nb6 26. Bc2 Nc4 27. Qe2 Nxb2
28. Bxe4 Na4 29. Rf3 Nxc3+ 30. Rxc3 Qxc3 31. Bc2 Qxa3 32. Qe5 Kf8 33. Rf1 Qb4+
34. Bb3 Qd6 35. Qe3 Ng8 36. f6 Rxf6 37. Nf5 Qb4 38. Rf4 Qc3 0-1

[Event "7th Gashimov Mem Rapid"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2021.12.20"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[ECO "A45"]
[Opening "Trompovsky attack (Ruth, Opovcensky opening)"]
[WhiteFideId "13401319"]
[BlackFideId "5000017"]
[EventDate "2021.12.18"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 3. Nd2 e6 4. e4 Be7 5. e5 Nfd7 6. Bxe7 Qxe7 7. c3 c5 8. Bd3
Nc6 9. Ne2 cxd4 10. cxd4 f6 11. exf6 Qxf6 12. Nf3 O-O 13. O-O e5 14. Nc3 Nb6 15.
Qb3 exd4 16. Nxd5 Nxd5 17. Qxd5+ Kh8 18. a3 Bf5 19. Qxf5 Qxf5 20. Bxf5 Rxf5 21.
Rad1 Rd8 22. Rfe1 Kg8 23. Kf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "7th Gashimov Mem Rapid"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2021.12.20"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2792"]
[ECO "C75"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "modern Steinitz defence"]
[WhiteFideId "14109603"]
[BlackFideId "2020009"]
[EventDate "2021.12.18"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. c3 Bd7 6. O-O g6 7. d4 Bg7 8. Re1 Nf6
9. Nbd2 O-O 10. h3 Re8 11. Bc2 b5 12. Nf1 Na5 13. Ng3 c5 14. d5 Nc4 15. a4 Nb6
16. b3 c4 17. axb5 cxb3 18. Bd3 axb5 19. Rxa8 Qxa8 20. Qxb3 Qa4 21. Qxa4 Nxa4
22. Ba3 Nc5 23. Bxc5 dxc5 24. c4 b4 25. Ra1 Bf8 26. Ne2 Bc8 27. Nc1 Bd6 28. Nb3
Re7 29. Ra8 Rc7 30. Na5 Kg7 31. Nd2 Nd7 32. Ndb3 Nb6 33. Rb8 Na4 34. Ra8 Nc3 35.
f3 f5 36. Nc6 fxe4 37. Bxe4 Nxe4 38. fxe4 Bb7 39. Ra7 Bxc6 40. Rxc7+ Bxc7 41.
dxc6 Kf6 42. Nxc5 Ke7 43. Kf1 Kd6 44. Nb3 Kxc6 45. Ke2 Bd8 46. Kd3 Bg5 47. Kc2
h5 48. Kd3 Kb6 49. Ke2 Kc6 50. Kf3 Kb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "7th Gashimov Mem Rapid"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2021.12.20"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Rapport, Richard"]
[Black "Mamedov, Rauf"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2656"]
[ECO "B67"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Richter-Rauzer, Rauzer attack, 7...a6 defence, 8...Bd7"]
[WhiteFideId "738590"]
[BlackFideId "13401653"]
[EventDate "2021.12.18"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O Bd7 9. Kb1 h6 10. Be3 b5 11. Nxc6 Bxc6 12. f3 Be7 13. Ne2 Bb7 14. Nd4 Rc8
15. g4 Nd7 16. h4 d5 17. Bh3 Ne5 18. g5 hxg5 19. hxg5 Nc4 20. Qe2 Nxe3 21. Bxe6
Rxh1 22. Rxh1 Nxc2 23. Bxc8 Nxd4 24. Bxb7 Qc7 25. Qd3 Qc4 26. Qxc4 dxc4 27. Bxa6
Bxg5 28. Rd1 Nxf3 29. Bxb5+ Ke7 30. Kc2 Ne5 31. Kc3 Be3 32. Bxc4 g5 33. Bf1 g4
34. b4 g3 35. a4 Ng4 36. a5 Bf2 37. Bh3 Ne3 38. Rd7+ Ke8 39. a6 g2 40. a7 Nd5+
41. Rxd5 1-0

[Event "7th Gashimov Mem Rapid"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2021.12.20"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Navara, David"]
[Black "Asadli, Vugar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2697"]
[BlackElo "2579"]
[ECO "B10"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann defence"]
[WhiteFideId "309095"]
[BlackFideId "13405764"]
[EventDate "2021.12.18"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. d3 Bg4 4. h3 Bh5 5. Nc3 e6 6. g4 Bg6 7. h4 dxe4 8. h5 exf3
9. hxg6 fxg6 10. Qxf3 Nd7 11. Bd2 Bd6 12. Ne4 Qc7 13. O-O-O Ngf6 14. Ng5 Nf8 15.
d4 O-O-O 16. Bc4 Re8 17. Rde1 Qd7 18. Ne4 Nxe4 19. Rxe4 Kb8 20. Qe2 Qc7 21. g5
a6 22. Rh3 Nd7 23. Bxa6 Rhf8 24. Rb3 b6 25. Kb1 Rf5 26. Bc4 e5 27. f4 Ref8 28.
dxe5 1-0

[Event "7th Gashimov Mem Rapid"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2021.12.20"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[ECO "D38"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "Ragozin variation"]
[WhiteFideId "13401319"]
[BlackFideId "5000017"]
[EventDate "2021.12.18"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Qa4+ Nc6 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 Bd7 8.
Qc2 dxc4 9. e4 Na5 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bh4 c5 12. e5 g5 13. Nxg5 Nd5 14. Nf3 Qb6 15.
Rb1 Qc6 16. Be2 Qa4 17. Qc1 Nb3 18. Qb2 cxd4 19. cxd4 Qa5+ 20. Kf1 b5 21. Bd1
Qc3 22. Bxb3 Qxb2 23. Rxb2 cxb3 24. Rxb3 Rc8 25. Ke2 Rc2+ 26. Nd2 b4 27. axb4
Bb5+ 28. Kd1 Ra2 29. Kc1 Nf4 30. Ne4 Ra1+ 31. Rb1 Rxb1+ 0-1

[Event "7th Gashimov Mem Rapid"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2021.12.20"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2792"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[ECO "A28"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "four knights, Capablanca variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2020009"]
[BlackFideId "14109603"]
[EventDate "2021.12.18"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. d3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. g3 Be7 7. Nxd5 Qxd5 8.
Bg2 Be6 9. O-O Qd7 10. Be3 O-O 11. a3 Bd5 12. Rc1 a6 13. Qc2 Rfe8 14. Rfd1 Bd6
15. b4 f6 16. Qb2 Qf7 17. Bc5 Red8 18. e4 Bb3 19. Rd2 Bxc5 20. bxc5 Rab8 21. d4
exd4 22. Nxd4 Nxd4 23. Rxd4 Rxd4 24. Qxd4 a5 25. h4 a4 26. Re1 Qe7 27. e5 Rd8
28. Qc3 c6 29. e6 f5 30. Qe5 g6 31. h5 Qg7 32. e7 Re8 33. Qc7 Qc3 34. Re3 Qxc5
35. Qxb7 Kf7 36. Bxc6 Rxe7 37. Rxe7+ Qxe7 38. Qxe7+ Kxe7 39. h6 g5 40. f4 gxf4
41. gxf4 Kf7 42. Kf2 Kg6 43. Bd7 Kxh6 44. Bxf5 Kg7 45. Kg3 h6 46. Be4 Kf6 47.
Bf3 Kf5 48. Bg4+ Kf6 49. Kh4 Kg6 50. Bd7 Bd1 51. Kg3 Kf6 52. Kf2 Bb3 53. Kf3
Bd1+ 54. Ke4 Bb3 55. Bg4 Bc2+ 56. Kd4 Bb3 57. Bh3 Bc2 58. Kc3 Bb3 59. Kb4 h5 60.
Kc3 Be6 61. Bf1 Kf5 62. Bh3+ Kf6 63. Bf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "7th Gashimov Mem Rapid"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2021.12.21"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Navara, David"]
[Black "Mamedov, Rauf"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2697"]
[BlackElo "2656"]
[ECO "B35"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "accelerated fianchetto, modern variation with Bc4"]
[WhiteFideId "309095"]
[BlackFideId "13401653"]
[EventDate "2021.12.18"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 O-O 8.
Bb3 d6 9. f3 Bd7 10. h4 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 b5 12. h5 a5 13. hxg6 hxg6 14. Nd5 Nxd5
15. Bxd5 Rc8 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. Qd4+ f6 18. O-O-O Qc7 19. Qd2 Rh8 20. a3 Qb6 21.
Bb3 a4 22. Ba2 Rxh1 23. Rxh1 Rh8 24. Re1 Qc5 25. e5 fxe5 26. Qg5 Re8 27. c3 Bf5
28. Rh1 Qf2 29. Bb1 Bxb1 30. Kxb1 Qe2 31. Qh6+ Kf7 32. Qh7+ Kf6 33. Qh4+ Kf7 34.
Qh7+ Kf6 35. Qh4+ Kf7 36. Qh7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "7th Gashimov Mem Rapid"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2021.12.21"]
[Round "6.1"]
[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 "2021.12.18"]

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. a3 Bg4 10. Be3 Na5 11. Qe2 b5 12. cxb5 axb5 13. h3 Bc8 14. e5 Nd7 15. Bg5 f6
16. Bf4 fxe5 17. dxe5 Kh8 18. Rfe1 Nc4 19. exd6 exd6 20. Nxb5 Rxb5 21. Qxc4 Rxb2
22. Ng5 Qf6 23. Rad1 Ne5 24. Qxc7 Rxf2 25. Kxf2 Qxg5 26. Qxc8 Qh5 27. Qc7 g5 28.
Rxd6 gxf4 29. Rd8 fxg3+ 30. Kg1 Nf3+ 31. Bxf3 Qxf3 32. Rxf8+ Bxf8 33. Qe5+ Kg8
34. Qg5+ Kh8 35. Rf1 Qa8 36. Qf6+ Bg7 37. Qf3 Qb8 38. Re1 h6 39. Kg2 Bf8 40. Re2
Kg7 41. a4 Bd6 42. Qg4+ Kh8 43. Qg6 Qb7+ 44. Qe4 Qc7 45. a5 1-0

[Event "7th Gashimov Mem Rapid"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2021.12.21"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2792"]
[ECO "C93"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "closed, Smyslov defence"]
[WhiteFideId "5000017"]
[BlackFideId "2020009"]
[EventDate "2021.12.18"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 h6 10. d4 Re8 11. Nbd2 Bd7 12. Nf1 a5 13. d5 Nb8 14. a4 Na6 15. axb5
Nc5 16. Bc2 Bxb5 17. b3 Bxf1 18. Kxf1 c6 19. dxc6 Qb6 20. Kg1 Qxc6 21. Nd2 Ne6
22. Bb2 Reb8 23. Ra2 Bf8 24. Qe2 Rd8 25. Nc4 Qc7 26. Rea1 d5 27. exd5 Rxd5 28.
Ne3 Rdd8 29. b4 Nf4 30. Qf3 Re8 31. Rxa5 e4 32. Qd1 Rad8 33. Qf1 Nd3 34. Ra7 Qf4
35. Bc1 Bd6 36. g3 Qg5 37. Bb3 Nxc1 38. Bxf7+ Kh8 39. h4 Qe5 40. Bxe8 Nd3 41.
Bg6 Qxc3 42. Ra8 Bb8 43. h5 Rf8 44. R1a7 Qxb4 45. Ra4 Qb2 46. Ra2 Qb6 47. Bxe4
Nb4 48. Qb1 Nxe4 49. Qxe4 Nxa2 50. Rxa2 Qc5 51. Qg6 Be5 52. Rc2 Qb5 53. Kg2 Qb7+
54. Kh2 Qf3 55. Ng2 Bf6 56. Nf4 Be5 57. Ne6 Ra8 58. Rd2 Bf6 59. Rc2 Be5 60. Rd2
Bf6 61. Nf4 Bg5 62. Ne6 Bf6 63. Nc5 Bc3 64. Re2 Qxe2 0-1

[Event "7th Gashimov Mem Rapid"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2021.12.21"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Asadli, Vugar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2579"]
[ECO "B12"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "advance variation"]
[WhiteFideId "14109603"]
[BlackFideId "13405764"]
[EventDate "2021.12.18"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. Nf3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 e6 8. O-O
Ne7 9. Nd2 a5 10. Qe2 Ng6 11. Nf3 Be7 12. g3 O-O 13. h4 f5 14. exf6 Bxf6 15. h5
Nh8 16. Ne5 Bxe5 17. Qxe5 Nf7 18. Qc3 e5 19. h6 Re8 20. Qxc6 Bg4 21. f3 Rc8 22.
Qb7 Re7 23. Qb5 Bh3 24. Rd1 Rd7 25. Kh2 Be6 26. c3 Qf6 27. Be2 g5 28. Qb6 Qxh6+
29. Kg1 d4 30. Bf1 Rd6 31. Qxa5 Qf6 32. Bg2 Bd5 33. Rf1 Bc4 34. Re1 d3 35. Bd2
Ra6 36. Qb4 Rb6 37. Qa3 Bd5 38. Re3 Ra8 39. Qc5 Rxb2 40. Rxd3 Bb7 41. a4 Qf5 42.
Qe3 Ba6 43. c4 Bxc4 44. Rc3 Rd8 45. Be1 Re2 46. Qc1 Bd5 47. Re3 Rc2 48. Qb1 g4
49. Re2 Rdc8 50. fxg4 Rxe2 51. Qxf5 Rxg2+ 52. Kf1 Rcc2 53. Bf2 Rgxf2+ 54. Qxf2
Bc4+ 55. Ke1 Rxf2 56. Kxf2 Nd6 57. a5 Ba6 58. Rb1 Ne4+ 59. Ke3 Nc5 60. Rb6 Bf1
61. Rc6 Na6 62. Re6 Kg7 63. Rxe5 Nb4 64. Rf5 Ba6 65. Kd4 Be2 66. Kc5 Na6+ 67.
Kb6 h6 68. Re5 Bf1 69. Re6 Bc4 70. Rd6 Be2 71. Rd2 Bf1 72. Rd5 Be2 73. g5 h5 74.
Rd6 Nb4 75. Kc5 Na6+ 76. Kd4 Nb4 77. Rb6 Na6 78. Ke5 Nc5 79. Rc6 Nd7+ 80. Kf5
Bd3+ 81. Kf4 Nb8 82. Rd6 Be2 83. g6 Kh6 84. Kf5 Na6 85. Kf6 Nc7 86. g7 Bc4 87.
Rc6 1-0

[Event "7th Gashimov Mem Rapid"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2021.12.21"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Mamedov, Rauf"]
[Black "Navara, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2656"]
[BlackElo "2697"]
[ECO "C53"]
[Opening "Giuoco Piano"]
[WhiteFideId "13401653"]
[BlackFideId "309095"]
[EventDate "2021.12.18"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. Nbd2 O-O 7. h3 a6 8. Bb3
Be6 9. O-O h6 10. Re1 Re8 11. Nf1 d5 12. Qe2 Nh5 13. Ng5 hxg5 14. Qxh5 f6 15. h4
Bf7 16. Qg4 Be6 17. Qg3 gxh4 18. Qxh4 d4 19. Ng3 Bxb3 20. axb3 dxc3 21. bxc3
Qxd3 22. Qg4 Qxc3 23. Bh6 Bf8 24. Nh5 Kf7 25. Bxg7 Be7 26. Bh6 Rg8 27. Ng7 Rxg7
28. Qxg7+ Ke6 29. Rac1 Qb4 30. Qg4+ Kf7 31. Qh5+ Ke6 32. Qf5+ Kd6 33. Be3 Qb5
34. Red1+ Nd4 35. Bxd4 1-0

[Event "7th Gashimov Mem Rapid"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2021.12.21"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Rapport, Richard"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[ECO "C44"]
[Opening "Konstantinopolsky opening"]
[WhiteFideId "738590"]
[BlackFideId "13401319"]
[EventDate "2021.12.18"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. g3 Nf6 4. d3 d5 5. exd5 Qxd5 6. Bg2 Bb4+ 7. c3 Be7 8. O-O
Bg4 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 Qxf3 11. Bxf3 O-O-O 12. Be2 Nd5 13. a4 a5 14. h4 f5 15.
Kg2 h6 16. h5 e4 17. dxe4 fxe4 18. Nd2 e3 19. Nc4 exf2 20. Rxf2 Bc5 21. Rf5 Rhf8
22. Rxf8 Rxf8 23. Bf3 Rd8 24. Bf4 Nxf4+ 25. gxf4 Ne7 26. Re1 b6 27. Re5 Rf8 28.
Kg3 g6 29. Be4 gxh5 30. Rxh5 Rf6 31. Kg4 Kd8 32. Rh2 Ke8 33. Re2 Bd6 34. f5 Kf8
35. Rd2 Kg7 36. Rd1 Kf7 37. b4 axb4 38. Nxd6+ Rxd6 39. Rxd6 cxd6 40. cxb4 d5 41.
Bf3 Kf6 42. a5 bxa5 43. bxa5 Nxf5 44. a6 Ne3+ 45. Kf4 Nc4 46. a7 Nb6 47. Bg4 h5
48. Bh3 Na8 49. Bc8 Nb6 50. Bf5 Na8 51. Bh3 Nb6 52. Bf5 Na8 53. Bd7 Nb6 54. Bc8
Na8 55. Bb7 Nb6 56. Ke3 Ke5 57. Kd3 h4 58. Ke2 Kd6 59. Kf3 Kc7 60. Bxd5 Na8 61.
Bxa8 Kb6 62. Kg4 Kxa7 63. Kxh4 1/2-1/2

[Event "7th Gashimov Mem Rapid"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2021.12.21"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2792"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[ECO "C67"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Berlin defence, open variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2020009"]
[BlackFideId "5000017"]
[EventDate "2021.12.18"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nxe5 8.
Rxe5 O-O 9. d4 Bf6 10. Re1 Re8 11. c3 Rxe1 12. Qxe1 Ne8 13. Bf4 d5 14. Bd3 g6
15. Nd2 Ng7 16. Nf3 Bf5 17. Bxf5 Nxf5 18. Be5 c6 19. Bxf6 Qxf6 20. Qe5 Qxe5 21.
Nxe5 Re8 22. Kf1 f6 23. Nd3 Kf7 24. Re1 Rxe1+ 25. Kxe1 Nh4 26. Kf1 Nf5 27. Ke1
Nh4 28. Kf1 Nf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "7th Gashimov Mem Rapid"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2021.12.21"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Asadli, Vugar"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2579"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[ECO "C54"]
[Opening "Giuoco Piano"]
[WhiteFideId "13405764"]
[BlackFideId "14109603"]
[EventDate "2021.12.18"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. cxd4 Bb4+ 7. Nbd2 Nxe4 8.
d5 Ne7 9. O-O Nxd2 10. Nxd2 O-O 11. a3 Ba5 12. d6 cxd6 13. Ne4 d5 14. Bxd5 Nxd5
15. Qxd5 d6 16. Bg5 Be6 17. Bxd8 Bxd5 18. Nf6+ gxf6 19. Bxa5 1/2-1/2

[Event "7th Gashimov Mem Rapid"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2021.12.21"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Mamedov, Rauf"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2656"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[ECO "C54"]
[Opening "Giuoco Piano"]
[Variation "Moeller (Therkatz) attack"]
[WhiteFideId "13401653"]
[BlackFideId "14109603"]
[EventDate "2021.12.18"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 Bc5 5. c3 Nf6 6. cxd4 Bb4+ 7. Nc3 Nxe4 8.
O-O Bxc3 9. d5 Bf6 10. Re1 Ne7 11. Rxe4 d6 12. Rf4 Ng6 13. Re4+ Ne7 14. Rf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "7th Gashimov Mem Rapid"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2021.12.21"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2792"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[ECO "A16"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[WhiteFideId "2020009"]
[BlackFideId "13401319"]
[EventDate "2021.12.18"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. e4 e5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Nxe5 O-O 6. Nf3 Re8 7. Bd3 Nxe4 8.
Bxe4 Bxc3 9. dxc3 Rxe4+ 10. Be3 d6 11. h3 Nc6 12. O-O Qf6 13. Re1 Bf5 14. Bg5
Rxe1+ 15. Qxe1 Qe6 16. Qd2 f6 17. Re1 Qf7 18. Bh6 Qxc4 19. Nd4 Nxd4 20. cxd4 Qf7
21. Qe3 Bd7 22. Qe7 Re8 23. Qxf7+ Kxf7 24. Rxe8 Bxe8 25. h4 Ke6 26. Bg7 g5 27.
hxg5 fxg5 28. f3 h5 29. Kf2 a5 30. Ke3 h4 31. Bh6 Kf5 32. Bf8 Kf6 33. a3 Bc6 34.
Kf2 Bd5 35. Bh6 Kf5 36. Bg7 b5 37. Bf8 Kf6 38. Kg1 b4 39. axb4 axb4 40. Kf2 b3
41. Bh6 Kf5 42. Bf8 g4 43. Be7 h3 44. fxg4+ Ke6 45. Bxd6 Kxd6 46. gxh3 Be4 47.
h4 Kd5 48. Ke3 Bc2 49. h5 Bd1 50. h6 Bc2 0-1

[Event "7th Gashimov Mem Rapid"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2021.12.21"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Rapport, Richard"]
[Black "Navara, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2697"]
[ECO "C44"]
[Opening "Konstantinopolsky opening"]
[WhiteFideId "738590"]
[BlackFideId "309095"]
[EventDate "2021.12.18"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. g3 Nf6 4. d3 d5 5. exd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. Nc3
Nxc3 9. bxc3 Bg4 10. h3 Bh5 11. Rb1 Rb8 12. g4 Bg6 13. Ng5 Be7 14. Ne4 f5 15.
gxf5 Bxf5 16. Be3 Qd7 17. Qh5 g6 18. Qf3 Be6 19. Qg3 Bxa2 20. Rb5 Be6 21. Nc5
Bxc5 22. Rxc5 Qd6 23. Rb1 Rfe8 24. h4 Ne7 25. Qxe5 Nf5 26. Bf4 Bf7 27. Qxe8+
Rxe8 28. Bxd6 cxd6 29. Ra5 Nxh4 30. Rxb7 Re1+ 31. Kh2 Re2 32. Raxa7 Rxf2 33.
Rxf7 Rxf7 34. Bd5 Nf3+ 35. Kg3 1-0

[Event "7th Gashimov Mem Rapid"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2021.12.21"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Asadli, Vugar"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2579"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[ECO "C02"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "advance, Paulsen attack"]
[WhiteFideId "13405764"]
[BlackFideId "5000017"]
[EventDate "2021.12.18"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. a3 Nh6 7. Bd3 cxd4 8. b4 Bd7
9. O-O Rc8 10. Bb2 dxc3 11. Nxc3 Be7 12. Nb5 O-O 13. Nbd4 a5 14. b5 Nxd4 15.
Bxd4 Bc5 16. a4 Bxd4 17. Nxd4 f6 18. Nf3 f5 19. Rc1 Rxc1 20. Qxc1 Rc8 21. Qf4
Qc5 22. h3 Qc3 23. Rd1 Nf7 24. g4 fxg4 25. hxg4 Rf8 26. Qg3 Qb4 27. Kg2 Nh6 28.
Nd4 Nf7 29. Bc2 Ng5 30. f4 Ne4 31. Qb3 Rxf4 32. Qxb4 axb4 33. Bxe4 Rxg4+ 34. Kf3
Rxe4 35. a5 h5 36. b6 g5 37. a6 bxa6 38. b7 Rf4+ 39. Ke3 Rf8 40. Rc1 Rb8 41. Rc7
Be8 42. Nc6 Rxb7 43. Ne7+ Kf8 44. Rxb7 h4 45. Nc8 h3 46. Kf2 a5 47. Kg3 d4 48.
Nd6 Bc6 49. Rb8+ Kg7 50. Nc4 Bd5 51. Nxa5 b3 52. Nxb3 d3 53. Kxh3 1-0

[Event "7th Gashimov Mem Rapid"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2021.12.21"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Mamedov, Rauf"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2656"]
[ECO "B33"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Pelikan (Lasker/Sveshnikov) variation"]
[WhiteFideId "14109603"]
[BlackFideId "13401653"]
[EventDate "2021.12.18"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Nd5 Nxd5 8.
exd5 Ne7 9. c4 Ng6 10. Qa4 Bd7 11. Qb4 Qb8 12. h4 h5 13. Be3 a6 14. Nc3 Be7 15.
Na4 Qc7 16. Bb6 Qc8 17. Ba5 Bxa4 18. Qxa4+ b5 19. cxb5 O-O 20. b6 Qc5 21. Rd1
Bd8 22. Qb4 Qxb4+ 23. Bxb4 Bxb6 24. Bxd6 Rfd8 25. Ba3 Ba5+ 26. b4 Bc7 27. Bb2
Nf4 28. a3 a5 29. g3 Nxd5 30. b5 e4 31. Be2 Rab8 32. O-O e3 33. f4 Bb6 34. Kg2
Rbc8 35. Kf3 Rc2 36. Be5 Rd2 37. Rc1 Ne7 38. a4 Nf5 39. Rc6 f6 40. Bc3 Rc2 41.
Bd1 Rxc3 42. Rxc3 Nd4+ 43. Kg2 e2 44. Bxe2 Nxe2 45. Rc6 Ba7 46. b6 Bb8 47. b7
Nd4 48. Rc8 Rf8 49. Rd1 Ne6 50. f5 1-0

[Event "7th Gashimov Mem Rapid"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2021.12.21"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2792"]
[ECO "E62"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "fianchetto, Larsen system"]
[WhiteFideId "13401319"]
[BlackFideId "2020009"]
[EventDate "2021.12.18"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O Bf5 7. Nh4 Be4 8. Nf3
c6 9. Nc3 Bf5 10. Qb3 Qc7 11. Re1 e5 12. e4 Bd7 13. h3 Na6 14. Be3 Rfe8 15. Rad1
exd4 16. Nxd4 Nc5 17. Qc2 a5 18. b3 h6 19. a3 Rad8 20. Bf4 g5 21. Be3 Re7 22. b4
axb4 23. axb4 Na6 24. b5 Nc5 25. Nb3 Nxb3 26. Qxb3 Be6 27. Qb4 Nd7 28. f4 c5 29.
Qb3 Nb6 30. Nd5 Bxd5 31. cxd5 gxf4 32. gxf4 c4 33. Qc2 c3 34. Kh1 Nc4 35. Bd4
Na3 36. Qb3 Bxd4 37. Rxd4 Qc5 38. Ra4 Nxb5 39. Ra5 c2 40. Rc1 Rc8 41. Rxb5 Qf2
42. Rxb7 Qd2 43. Rxc2 Rxc2 44. Rb8+ Kh7 45. Qg3 Qc1+ 46. Kh2 Rc8 47. Rxc8 Qxc8
48. e5 dxe5 49. fxe5 Qf5 50. d6 Re8 51. Qe3 Qg5 52. Qd3+ Kg8 53. Qd4 Kf8 54. d7
Rd8 55. h4 Qf5 56. Bh3 Qc2+ 57. Kg3 Qg6+ 58. Kh2 Kg8 59. Qc5 Qd3 60. Qe7 Qd2+
61. Kg3 Qe3+ 62. Kg2 Qe4+ 63. Kg3 Qd3+ 64. Kh2 Qd2+ 65. Kg3 Qc3+ 66. Kg2 Qc6+
67. Kh2 Qc7 68. Bf5 Rb8 69. Bh7+ Kg7 70. Qf6+ Kf8 71. Qh8+ Ke7 72. Qf6+ Kxd7 73.
Bf5+ Ke8 74. Qh8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "7th Gashimov Mem Rapid"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2021.12.21"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Navara, David"]
[Black "Rapport, Richard"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2697"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[ECO "A84"]
[Opening "Dutch defence"]
[WhiteFideId "309095"]
[BlackFideId "738590"]
[EventDate "2021.12.18"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 3. a3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. d5 Ne4 7. Nxe4 fxe4 8. Nd4
exd5 9. cxd5 c6 10. Qb3 Kh8 11. e3 Na6 12. Bxa6 Qa5+ 13. Bd2 Qxa6 14. Bc3 d6 15.
dxc6 bxc6 16. Ne6 Bxe6 17. Qxe6 Bf6 18. Bxf6 Rxf6 19. Qxe4 Raf8 20. f3 d5 21.
Qe5 Rg6 22. Kf2 Qd3 23. Rhg1 Qd2+ 24. Kf1 Rgf6 25. f4 Rf5 26. Qd4 Rxf4+ 27. Qxf4
Rxf4+ 28. exf4 Qxf4+ 29. Ke2 Qe4+ 30. Kd2 Qd4+ 31. Kc2 Qc5+ 32. Kd3 Qc4+ 33. Kd2
Qd4+ 34. Kc2 Qc5+ 35. Kd3 Qc4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "7th Gashimov Mem Rapid"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2021.12.21"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Asadli, Vugar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2579"]
[ECO "B12"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "advance variation"]
[WhiteFideId "5000017"]
[BlackFideId "13405764"]
[EventDate "2021.12.18"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. Nf3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. Bb5 Bd7 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8.
Bd3 e6 9. O-O Ne7 10. Nd2 Ng6 11. Nf3 Be7 12. g3 O-O 13. Re1 c5 14. c3 Re8 15.
h4 Nf8 16. h5 h6 17. Nh2 Rb8 18. b3 Bc6 19. Qg4 Kh8 20. Bd2 a5 21. Rab1 Rb7 22.
Qe2 Bg5 23. Nf3 Bxd2 24. Qxd2 Nd7 25. Bc2 Qe7 26. Qd3 Nf8 27. Qe3 Reb8 28. c4 a4
29. Nd2 axb3 30. axb3 Ra8 31. Rbc1 Nd7 32. cxd5 Bxd5 33. Nc4 Rb4 34. Ra1 Rab8
35. Ra7 R4b7 36. Rxb7 Bxb7 37. Ra1 Ra8 38. Rxa8+ Bxa8 39. Qd3 Nf8 40. Qd6 Qxd6
41. exd6 Bc6 42. Ne5 Be8 43. Nd3 Nd7 44. Bd1 Kg8 45. Bf3 Kf8 46. Kf1 Nf6 47.
Nxc5 Bb5+ 48. Ke1 Ke8 49. Kd2 Kd8 50. Kc3 Ne8 51. Nb7+ Kd7 52. Kb4 Bc6 53. Bxc6+
Kxc6 54. Nd8+ Kxd6 55. Nxf7+ Kd5 56. g4 e5 57. f3 Nf6 58. Ka5 Ke6 59. Nh8 e4 60.
fxe4 Nxe4 61. b4 Kf6 62. Ng6 Nc3 63. Nf8 Kg5 64. Ne6+ Kxg4 65. Nxg7 Kg5 1/2-1/2

