[Event "GCT Rapid Paris 2021"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2021.06.18"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2759"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[ECO "C53"]
[Opening "Giuoco Piano"]
[WhiteFideId "12573981"]
[BlackFideId "5202213"]
[EventDate "2021.06.18"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 a6 8. a4 Ba7
9. O-O Qe7 10. Nbd2 g5 11. Bg3 Nh7 12. b4 Nf8 13. d4 Ng6 14. b5 Na5 15. h3 h5
16. Bd5 Bb6 17. Qb1 g4 18. hxg4 hxg4 19. Nh2 Qg5 20. Qd3 Nf4 21. Qe3 Qh6 22.
Rfe1 f6 23. Bc4 Nh5 24. Nhf1 Bd7 25. Bh4 Nf4 26. g3 Qh5 27. bxa6 bxa6 28. Bd5
Rb8 29. gxf4 Qxh4 30. Ng3 Ba7 31. Ndf1 Ke7 32. fxe5 fxe5 33. Nf5+ Bxf5 34. exf5
c6 35. Bg2 Nc4 36. Qd3 d5 37. Rxe5+ Nxe5 38. Re1 Kf7 39. Rxe5 Rb2 40. Re2 Rb6
41. f6 Bb8 42. Qf5 Bh2+ 43. Nxh2 Qxh2+ 44. Kf1 Rb7 45. Bxd5+ cxd5 46. Qxd5+ Kg6
47. Qe4+ Kxf6 48. Qc6+ Kg5 49. Re5+ Qxe5 50. dxe5 Rf7 51. e6 Rf6 52. Qd7 Rhf8
53. Qg7+ Kh4 54. e7 Rxf2+ 55. Ke1 Rf1+ 56. Ke2 R1f2+ 57. Ke3 R2f3+ 58. Ke4 Re8
59. Qh6+ Kg3 60. Qd6+ Kf2 61. Qd2+ Kg3 62. Qd6+ Kh3 63. Qd7 Rff8 64. c4 Kh4 65.
Kd5 Rg8 66. Ke6 g3 67. Qd4+ Kh3 68. Qe3 Kh2 69. Qh6+ Kg1 70. Qe3+ Kh2 71. Qh6+
Kg1 72. Qe3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Rapid Paris 2021"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2021.06.18"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[ECO "D39"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "Ragozin, Vienna variation"]
[WhiteFideId "13400924"]
[BlackFideId "13300474"]
[EventDate "2021.06.18"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 c5 7. Bxc4 cxd4 8.
Nxd4 Qa5 9. Bxf6 Bxc3+ 10. bxc3 Qxc3+ 11. Kf1 gxf6 12. Rc1 Qa5 13. Bb5+ Ke7 14.
e5 fxe5 15. Qh5 Nd7 16. Qg5+ Kf8 17. Rxc8+ Rxc8 18. Bxd7 Qd8 19. Nxe6+ fxe6 20.
Qh6+ Ke7 21. Qxe6+ Kf8 22. Qh6+ Ke7 23. Qe6+ Kf8 24. Qh6+ Ke7 25. Qe6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Rapid Paris 2021"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2021.06.18"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[ECO "C11"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "Steinitz, Boleslavsky variation"]
[WhiteFideId "4102142"]
[BlackFideId "623539"]
[EventDate "2021.06.18"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 a6 8. a3 b5
9. Bd3 Qb6 10. Bf2 Bb7 11. O-O c4 12. Be2 g6 13. Qd2 Ne7 14. g4 h5 15. h3 Bg7
16. Kg2 f5 17. gxh5 Rxh5 18. b4 Rh8 19. a4 Bh6 20. Bh4 Nc6 21. a5 Qc7 22. Bg5
Bf8 23. Na2 Nd8 24. c3 Nf7 25. Rae1 Bg7 26. Bd1 Nf8 27. Nc1 Nh7 28. Ne2 Kd7 29.
Rh1 Rag8 30. Ng3 Kc8 31. Bc2 Bc6 32. Kf2 Bf8 33. Reg1 Be7 34. h4 Nf8 35. Bd1 Qd8
36. Ke1 Be8 37. Qe3 Nd7 38. Kd2 Nb8 39. Kc1 Nc6 40. Bxe7 Qxe7 41. Qd2 Nfd8 42.
Ng5 Nf7 43. Bf3 Kc7 44. Kb2 Ncd8 45. Nf1 Nc6 46. Ne3 Nxg5 47. fxg5 Bf7 48. Ng2
Rb8 49. Ra1 Rbg8 50. Nf4 Qe8 51. Rag1 Ne7 52. Rg3 Rg7 53. h5 gxh5 54. g6 Rxg6
55. Nxg6 Bxg6 56. Qf4 Qf8 57. Bd1 Kd7 58. Bc2 Ke8 59. Qg5 Bf7 60. Qf6 Rh6 61.
Qh4 Nc6 62. Rhg1 Rh7 63. Bd1 Nxb4 64. cxb4 Qxb4+ 65. Kc1 c3 66. Bc2 Qxa5 67. Kd1
b4 68. Rg8+ Bxg8 69. Rxg8+ Kd7 70. Ke2 b3 71. Bxb3 Qb5+ 72. Kf2 Re7 73. Ra8 Qxb3
74. Ra7+ Kc6 75. Qxe7 Qc2+ 76. Kg3 Qd3+ 77. Kh4 Qxd4+ 78. Kg5 Qxe5 79. Rxa6+ Kb5
80. Rxe6 Qg3+ 81. Kh6 Qf4+ 82. Kh7 Kc4 83. Qb7 d4 84. Qa6+ Kb3 85. Qb5+ Kc2 86.
Re2+ Qd2 87. Qa4+ Kd3 88. Rxd2+ cxd2 89. Qd1 1-0

[Event "GCT Rapid Paris 2021"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2021.06.18"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2820"]
[BlackElo "2792"]
[ECO "E53"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian"]
[Variation "4.e3, main line with ...c5"]
[WhiteFideId "2020009"]
[BlackFideId "4168119"]
[EventDate "2021.06.18"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. e3 O-O 6. Bd3 c5 7. O-O cxd4 8. exd4
dxc4 9. Bxc4 b6 10. Bd3 Bb7 11. a3 Bxc3 12. bxc3 Qc7 13. c4 Be4 14. Bg5 Nbd7 15.
Re1 Bxd3 16. Qxd3 Rac8 17. Rac1 h6 18. Bh4 Nh5 19. Qb3 Rfe8 20. Qb5 Nhf6 21. a4
Qb7 22. Bg3 a6 23. Qb3 Qc6 24. h3 Ne4 25. Bf4 Nd6 26. d5 exd5 27. Rxe8+ Nxe8 28.
cxd5 Qb7 29. Rxc8 Qxc8 30. Nd4 Qc5 31. Nf5 b5 32. axb5 axb5 33. Bd2 Nd6 34. Nxd6
Qxd6 35. Qxb5 Nf6 36. Qc6 Qxd5 37. Qxd5 Nxd5 38. Kh1 Kh8 39. Kg1 Kg8 40. Kh1 Kh8
41. Kg1 Kg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Rapid Paris 2021"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2021.06.18"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Rapport, Richard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2678"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[ECO "B10"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "two knights variation"]
[WhiteFideId "605506"]
[BlackFideId "738590"]
[EventDate "2021.06.18"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nh5 5. d4 g6 6. Ne2 Ng7 7. Ng3 h5 8. Bd3 Bg4
9. h3 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 e6 11. O-O h4 12. Ne2 Be7 13. g4 c5 14. dxc5 Nd7 15. Bb5 O-O
16. Bxd7 Qxd7 17. c3 Qc7 18. b4 Qxe5 19. Bf4 Qe4 20. Qxe4 dxe4 21. Rad1 Rfd8 22.
Nd4 Bf6 23. c6 bxc6 24. Nxc6 Rxd1 25. Rxd1 Bxc3 26. b5 e5 27. Be3 Ne6 28. Bxa7
Bd4 29. Nxd4 Nxd4 30. Bxd4 exd4 31. Rxd4 Rxa2 32. Rb4 f5 33. b6 Ra8 34. b7 Rb8
35. g5 Kf7 36. f3 e3 37. Rxh4 Ke6 38. Rb4 Kd5 39. Kf1 Kc5 40. Rb1 f4 41. Ke2 Kc4
42. h4 Kc5 43. h5 gxh5 44. g6 Kc6 45. g7 Kc7 46. Rc1+ Kd7 47. Rc8 1-0

[Event "GCT Rapid Paris 2021"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2021.06.18"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Rapport, Richard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[ECO "E41"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian"]
[Variation "4.e3 c5"]
[WhiteFideId "5202213"]
[BlackFideId "738590"]
[EventDate "2021.06.18"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. Ne2 cxd4 7. exd4 d5 8. cxd5
Nxd5 9. O-O Nf6 10. Bc2 O-O 11. a3 Bxc3 12. bxc3 e5 13. Bg5 exd4 14. Nxd4 Nxd4
15. cxd4 h6 16. Bh4 Re8 17. Qd3 Bd7 18. d5 Rc8 19. d6 g5 20. Bg3 Ne4 21. Rae1
Rc3 22. Qd1 Nxg3 23. hxg3 Rxe1 24. Rxe1 Be6 25. Qd2 Rxa3 26. Rd1 Bd7 27. Qb4 Ra2
28. Qb3 Ra5 29. Qxb7 Kg7 30. Re1 Rc5 31. Qe4 Qf6 32. Qh7+ Kf8 33. Re7 Be8 34.
Bg6 1-0

[Event "GCT Rapid Paris 2021"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2021.06.18"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2792"]
[BlackElo "2678"]
[ECO "B52"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Canal-Sokolsky attack, 3...Bd7"]
[WhiteFideId "4168119"]
[BlackFideId "605506"]
[EventDate "2021.06.18"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. O-O Nf6 6. Re1 Nc6 7. c3 e6 8.
d4 cxd4 9. cxd4 d5 10. e5 Ne4 11. Nbd2 Nxd2 12. Bxd2 a5 13. Rc1 a4 14. a3 Be7
15. h4 O-O 16. Rc3 Rfc8 17. Rd3 b5 18. Ng5 h6 19. Nh3 Kh8 20. Qg4 f5 21. Qg6
Bxh4 22. Qh5 Bd8 23. Bxh6 gxh6 24. Rg3 1-0

[Event "GCT Rapid Paris 2021"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2021.06.18"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2781"]
[BlackElo "2820"]
[ECO "D38"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "Ragozin variation"]
[WhiteFideId "13300474"]
[BlackFideId "2020009"]
[EventDate "2021.06.18"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Qa4+ Nc6 6. e3 O-O 7. Qc2 Re8 8. Bd2
Bf8 9. a3 b6 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Bb5 Bd7 12. Nxd5 Nxd4 13. Nxf6+ Qxf6 14. Nxd4
Qxd4 15. O-O-O Qd5 16. Bd3 g6 17. Bc3 Qc6 18. h4 Bg7 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. Bc4 Bf5
21. Qc3+ Qf6 22. Qxf6+ Kxf6 23. Rd4 Rad8 24. Rhd1 Rxd4 25. Rxd4 c5 26. Rf4 Re4
27. Rxe4 Bxe4 28. g3 Bc6 29. Bd3 a5 30. f4 b5 31. b4 cxb4 32. axb4 axb4 33. Kc2
Bd5 34. e4 Bc4 35. e5+ Ke6 36. Be4 h6 37. Kb2 Kd7 38. g4 Ke6 39. g5 h5 40. Kc2
Bd5 41. Bd3 Bc4 42. Be4 Bd5 43. Bd3 Bc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Rapid Paris 2021"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2021.06.18"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[ECO "C65"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Berlin defence"]
[WhiteFideId "623539"]
[BlackFideId "13400924"]
[EventDate "2021.06.18"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. Nbd2 d6 7. O-O Bb6 8. Bxc6
bxc6 9. h3 Ba6 10. Qc2 c5 11. Re1 h6 12. Nf1 Re8 13. Ng3 Qd7 14. Be3 c6 15. Rad1
Qe6 16. b3 Rad8 17. Nh4 d5 18. c4 Rd7 19. Nhf5 Red8 20. Qc1 Bb7 21. Bxh6 gxh6
22. Qxh6 Ne8 23. Qg5+ Kf8 24. Qh4 f6 25. Re3 Qg8 26. Qh6+ Kf7 27. Qh5+ Qg6 28.
Nh6+ Kg7 29. Ngf5+ Kh7 30. Qe2 Rg7 31. Rg3 Qxh6 32. Nxh6 Kxh6 33. Rf1 Bc7 34.
Qe3+ Kh7 35. Rxg7+ Kxg7 36. Qxc5 dxe4 37. Qxa7 Nd6 38. dxe4 Ra8 39. Qe3 Rxa2 40.
Rd1 Ra8 41. c5 1-0

[Event "GCT Rapid Paris 2021"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2021.06.18"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2759"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[ECO "D02"]
[Opening "Queen's bishop game"]
[WhiteFideId "12573981"]
[BlackFideId "4102142"]
[EventDate "2021.06.18"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. Bf4 e6 4. e3 c5 5. Nbd2 Nc6 6. c3 Bd6 7. Bg3 O-O 8. Bd3
b6 9. e4 Be7 10. e5 Nh5 11. Ng5 Bxg5 12. Qxh5 h6 13. Nf3 cxd4 14. h4 Be7 15. Bf4
f5 16. Bxh6 Qe8 17. Qxe8 Rxe8 18. Bb5 Bd7 19. Bxc6 Bxc6 20. Nxd4 Bd7 21. Bg5 Bc5
22. Rd1 b5 23. h5 Kf7 24. Ke2 Rh8 25. Be3 Be7 26. f3 g5 27. hxg6+ Kxg6 28. Rdg1
Rxh1 29. Rxh1 Bf8 30. g4 fxg4 31. fxg4 a5 32. Kf2 Bg7 33. Rh5 b4 34. Nb3 bxc3
35. bxc3 Rf8+ 36. Kg3 Rh8 37. Rg5+ Kf7 38. Nc5 Bc8 39. Bd4 Bf8 40. Nd3 Ba6 41.
Nf4 Bh6 42. Rh5 Bxf4+ 43. Kxf4 Rxh5 44. gxh5 a4 45. a3 Be2 46. Kg5 Bd1 47. Bb6
Be2 48. Bd8 Bd1 49. Bf6 Be2 50. h6 Bd3 51. Kf4 Kg6 52. Ke3 Bc2 53. Bg7 Bb3 54.
Kd4 Bc2 55. Kc5 Kh7 56. Kd6 Bf5 57. Ke7 Bg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Rapid Paris 2021"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2021.06.18"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[ECO "C53"]
[Opening "Giuoco Piano"]
[WhiteFideId "4102142"]
[BlackFideId "5202213"]
[EventDate "2021.06.18"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. O-O h6 7. Re1 O-O 8. h3 Bb6
9. Nbd2 Ne7 10. a4 c6 11. d4 Ng6 12. Bf1 Re8 13. Qc2 Bc7 14. dxe5 Nxe5 15. Nxe5
dxe5 16. Nc4 a5 17. Be3 Be6 18. b4 Bxc4 19. Bxc4 Bb6 20. Rad1 Qc7 21. Bc1 Red8
22. g3 Qe7 23. bxa5 Rxd1 24. Rxd1 Rxa5 25. Kg2 Ra8 26. Bb3 Bc5 27. Qd3 Bb6 28.
Qf3 Rd8 29. Rxd8+ Qxd8 30. g4 Qd7 31. Bxh6 Nxg4 32. Qxg4 Qxg4+ 33. hxg4 gxh6 34.
Kf3 Ba5 35. c4 Kf8 36. Ke2 Ke7 37. Kd3 Bb6 38. f3 Kd6 39. Bd1 Kc5 40. Bc2 Kb4
41. Bd1 Ka3 42. Bc2 Kb2 43. Bd1 Kc1 44. Bb3 Kb2 45. Bd1 Kc1 46. Bb3 Kb2 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Rapid Paris 2021"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2021.06.18"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2759"]
[ECO "D43"]
[Opening "QGD semi-Slav"]
[WhiteFideId "13400924"]
[BlackFideId "12573981"]
[EventDate "2021.06.18"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 Nd7 8. Rc1
g6 9. Bd3 Qe7 10. O-O Bg7 11. Qc2 O-O 12. Rfd1 dxc4 13. Bxc4 c5 14. d5 Nb6 15.
b3 Nxc4 16. bxc4 b6 17. e4 exd5 18. Nxd5 Qb7 19. h3 Be6 20. Rd2 Rfe8 21. Rcd1
Rad8 22. Qa4 Bd7 23. Qc2 Bc6 24. Nh2 Kh8 25. Ng4 h5 26. Nh2 Rd7 27. Nf3 Qa6 28.
Rb1 Qa4 29. Rb3 Bb7 30. e5 Ba6 31. Nf6 Rxd2 32. Qxd2 Rf8 33. Rd3 Bxc4 34. Rd8
Qc6 35. Rxf8+ Bxf8 36. Qd8 Kg7 37. Nd7 Bd6 38. Qf6+ Kg8 39. Qxd6 Qxd6 40. exd6
Bxa2 41. Nxb6 Kf8 42. Nd7+ Ke8 43. Nxc5 a5 44. Nd4 Bd5 45. f3 g5 46. Kf2 Kd8 47.
Ke3 h4 48. Kd3 1-0

[Event "GCT Rapid Paris 2021"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2021.06.18"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2820"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[ECO "A48"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "East Indian defence"]
[WhiteFideId "2020009"]
[BlackFideId "623539"]
[EventDate "2021.06.18"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. e3 O-O 6. Be2 Bg4 7. Ne5 Bxe2 8.
Qxe2 c5 9. O-O-O Nc6 10. h4 cxd4 11. exd4 Rc8 12. h5 Nb4 13. hxg6 fxg6 14. Nd3
Nxd3+ 15. Rxd3 Qd7 16. Be5 Ng4 17. Bg3 Nh6 18. Kb1 Rc6 19. Qd2 Nf7 20. Bf4 Nd6
21. Bxd6 Rxd6 22. f3 Qf5 23. g3 e6 24. a3 Rc6 25. Ne2 Rfc8 26. c3 b5 27. g4 Qf7
28. f4 a5 29. Rdh3 h6 30. Qd3 b4 31. axb4 axb4 32. Rxh6 bxc3 33. Nxc3 Bxh6 34.
Rxh6 Kg7 35. Qh3 Qxf4 36. Rh7+ Kf8 37. Rh8+ Ke7 38. Rh7+ Kd8 39. Rg7 Qf8 40.
Rxg6 Kc7 41. g5 Kb7 42. Rxe6 Rxe6 43. Qxe6 Qf1+ 44. Kc2 Qf2+ 45. Kb3 Qxd4 46.
Qd7+ Kb8 47. Qb5+ Ka7 48. Qd7+ Kb8 49. Qb5+ Ka7 50. Qd7+ Kb8 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Rapid Paris 2021"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2021.06.18"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Rapport, Richard"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2792"]
[ECO "A05"]
[Opening "Reti"]
[Variation "King's Indian attack"]
[WhiteFideId "738590"]
[BlackFideId "4168119"]
[EventDate "2021.06.18"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. b3 b6 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. Bb2 Bg7 6. O-O c5 7. c4 O-O 8. Nc3 d5
9. Nxd5 Nxd5 10. Bxg7 Kxg7 11. cxd5 Qxd5 12. d4 cxd4 13. Qxd4+ Qxd4 14. Nxd4
Bxg2 15. Kxg2 Rc8 16. Rac1 Na6 17. f4 Rc5 18. Rxc5 Nxc5 19. b4 Ne6 20. Nxe6+
fxe6 21. Rc1 a5 22. b5 Rd8 23. Rc6 Rd2 24. Kf3 Kf7 25. a4 Rd4 26. Rxb6 Rxa4 27.
Ra6 Ra2 28. Ke3 Ra4 29. Kd3 h6 30. h4 h5 31. e3 Kf6 32. e4 Kf7 33. e5 Kg7 34.
Rxe6 Kf7 35. Ra6 Kg7 36. Kc3 Kf7 37. Ra8 Kg7 38. Ra7 Kf7 39. Kd3 Ke6 40. Ke3 Kf7
41. Ra6 Kg7 42. Kf3 Kf7 43. Ra8 Kg7 44. Ra7 Kf7 45. Ra6 Kg7 46. b6 Rb4 47. Rxa5
Rxb6 48. Ra3 Rb1 49. Kg2 Rb2+ 50. Kh3 Rf2 51. Ra6 Kf7 52. Ra3 Kg7 53. Ra6 Kf7
54. Ra3 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Rapid Paris 2021"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2021.06.18"]
[Round "3.5"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2678"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[ECO "E10"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[WhiteFideId "605506"]
[BlackFideId "13300474"]
[EventDate "2021.06.18"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. e3 Be7 5. b3 O-O 6. Bd3 c5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Bb2
cxd4 9. Nxd4 e5 10. Nc2 Nc6 11. Nc3 Nxc3 12. Bxc3 Bg4 13. f3 Bh4+ 14. Ke2 Be6
15. Nb4 Nxb4 16. Bxb4 Qg5 17. g3 Rfd8 18. e4 a5 19. Bc5 f5 20. gxh4 Qg2+ 21. Bf2
fxe4 22. Bxe4 Rxd1 23. Raxd1 Qh3 24. Rhg1 Bf7 25. Rg4 Bg6 26. Bxg6 hxg6 27. Rdg1
e4 28. Rxe4 Rf8 29. Rg3 Qc8 30. Kf1 Qc2 31. Reg4 Rf6 32. h5 Qxa2 33. Rxg6 Rxg6
34. Rxg6 Qxb3 35. Kg2 a4 36. h6 Kh7 37. Rxg7+ Kxh6 38. Rd7 a3 0-1

[Event "GCT Rapid Paris 2021"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2021.06.19"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2792"]
[ECO "D38"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "Ragozin variation"]
[WhiteFideId "5202213"]
[BlackFideId "4168119"]
[EventDate "2021.06.18"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 O-O 8. e3
Bf5 9. Ne5 c5 10. Bd3 cxd4 11. exd4 Bxd3 12. Qxd3 Qd6 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14. O-O Bxc3
15. Qxc3 Rd8 16. Rac1 Nc6 17. Nxc6 bxc6 18. Rfe1 Re8 19. b4 Rad8 20. Qc5 Re4 21.
Rxe4 dxe4 22. Rd1 Qe6 23. Qxa7 e3 24. fxe3 Qxe3+ 25. Kh1 Re8 26. h3 Qf2 27. a4
g5 28. Qa6 g4 29. Qf1 Qg3 30. a5 Re3 31. a6 gxh3 32. gxh3 Qxh3+ 33. Qxh3 Rxh3+
34. Kg2 Ra3 35. d5 Rxa6 36. d6 Ra8 37. Rc1 Kf8 38. Rxc6 Ke8 39. Kf3 Kd7 40. Rc7+
Kxd6 41. Rxf7 Rb8 42. Rf6+ Kd5 43. Rxh6 Rxb4 44. Rh5+ Kc4 45. Rh4+ Kb3 46. Rxb4+
Kxb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Rapid Paris 2021"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2021.06.19"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Rapport, Richard"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2781"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[ECO "A47"]
[Opening "Queen's Indian defence"]
[WhiteFideId "13300474"]
[BlackFideId "738590"]
[EventDate "2021.06.18"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 b6 3. Bf4 Nh5 4. Bd2 Bb7 5. c4 e6 6. Nc3 Nf6 7. e3 c5 8. Bd3
Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Re1 cxd4 11. exd4 d5 12. cxd5 Nxd5 13. Nxd5 Bxd5 14. Qc2 h6
15. Ne5 Bg5 16. Bxg5 Qxg5 17. Bh7+ Kh8 18. Be4 Qd8 19. Rac1 Bxe4 20. Qxe4 Nd7
21. Red1 Nxe5 22. dxe5 Rc8 23. g3 Rxc1 24. Rxc1 Qd2 25. Rc2 Qd1+ 26. Kg2 Qb1 27.
b3 Rd8 28. h4 a5 29. h5 Qd1 30. g4 b5 31. Rc5 Rd4 32. Rc8+ Rd8 33. Rxd8+ Qxd8
34. a4 bxa4 35. bxa4 Kg8 36. Kg3 Qd2 37. Qc6 Kh7 38. Qc7 Qd3+ 39. f3 Qd1 40.
Qxf7 Qg1+ 41. Kh3 Qh1+ 42. Kg3 Qg1+ 43. Kh3 Qh1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Rapid Paris 2021"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2021.06.19"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2678"]
[ECO "A01"]
[Opening "Nimzovich-Larsen attack"]
[Variation "Indian variation"]
[WhiteFideId "623539"]
[BlackFideId "605506"]
[EventDate "2021.06.18"]

1. b3 Nf6 2. Bb2 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. c4 d6 6. e3 Nc6 7. Ne2 e5 8. Nbc3
Be6 9. O-O Qd7 10. Nd5 Bh3 11. Bxh3 Qxh3 12. Nxf6+ Bxf6 13. f4 Bg7 14. f5 gxf5
15. Nc3 Ne7 16. Nd5 Nxd5 17. cxd5 Rac8 18. Rc1 Qg4 19. Rc4 Qxd1 20. Rxd1 c5 21.
Rf1 b5 22. Rh4 c4 23. b4 f4 24. gxf4 f5 25. Rh5 Rcd8 26. Bc3 Rd7 27. fxe5 dxe5
28. Rfxf5 Rxf5 29. Rxf5 Rxd5 30. Kf2 Rd3 31. Ke2 a6 32. Kd1 h6 33. Rf2 Rd7 34.
Rf1 Kh7 35. Kc2 Kg6 36. a4 Bf6 37. axb5 axb5 38. Ra1 Rd6 39. Ra5 Rb6 40. Kd1 Kf5
41. Ke2 Kg4 42. Ra8 Kh3 43. Kf3 Kxh2 44. Rg8 h5 45. Rg6 Rd6 46. Ke4 Kh3 47. Kf5
Be7 48. Rg7 Bf8 49. Rg8 Bh6 50. Kxe5 Rd3 51. Ke4 Bxe3 52. dxe3 Rxc3 53. Rg5 h4
54. Rxb5 Rc1 55. Rg5 Kh2 56. Kd4 h3 57. b5 c3 58. b6 Rb1 59. Kxc3 Rxb6 60. Kd4
Rb4+ 61. Kd3 Rb2 62. Ke4 Rg2 63. Rh5 Kg3 64. Ke5 Ra2 65. Rh8 Ra5+ 66. Kf6 Ra4
67. Kf5 Rh4 68. Rg8+ Kf2 0-1

[Event "GCT Rapid Paris 2021"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2021.06.19"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2759"]
[BlackElo "2820"]
[ECO "C50"]
[Opening "Giuoco Pianissimo"]
[WhiteFideId "12573981"]
[BlackFideId "2020009"]
[EventDate "2021.06.18"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 Nf6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 Be7 7. Bg3 d6 8. a4
O-O 9. Nbd2 Be6 10. Bxe6 fxe6 11. c3 a5 12. O-O Nd7 13. Nc4 Qe8 14. Re1 Qg6 15.
d4 exd4 16. cxd4 Nb4 17. Qb3 b6 18. Rac1 Kh8 19. Na3 c5 20. Qd1 Rad8 21. Nb5
cxd4 22. Nxd6 Nc5 23. Ne5 Qf6 24. Ndc4 Kh7 25. h4 h5 26. Nxb6 d3 27. Re3 Qh6 28.
Nbc4 g5 29. Nf3 gxh4 30. Bc7 Rc8 31. Bxa5 Nc2 32. Bd2 Qf6 33. Nfe5 Nxe3 34. Bxe3
Kg7 35. Qxh5 Rh8 36. Qg4+ Kh7 37. Nf3 Rcg8 38. Qh5+ Kg7 39. Qxh8+ Rxh8 40. Bd4
Nxe4 41. Bxf6+ Kxf6 42. Rd1 Rd8 43. Nce5 d2 44. Kf1 Rc8 45. Ng4+ Kg7 46. Nxd2
Nxd2+ 47. Rxd2 Rc4 48. Ne5 Rxa4 49. Rd7 Kf6 50. Nd3 Rc4 51. f4 Bf8 52. Ke2 Rc2+
53. Kf3 Be7 54. Rb7 Bd6 55. Nf2 Bc7 56. Ng4+ Kg6 57. Ne3 Rc1 58. Kg4 Kf6 59. Rb4
Re1 60. Kf3 Rh1 61. Rb7 Rc1 62. b4 Rc3 63. Ke4 Bd6 64. Rb6 Ke7 65. f5 Rc1 66.
f6+ Kd7 67. f7 Rc8 68. Ng4 Rc4+ 69. Ke3 Rxg4 70. Rxd6+ Ke7 71. Rd7+ Kf8 72. b5
Rb4 73. Rb7 e5 74. b6 e4 75. Kf4 Kg7 76. Ke3 Kf8 77. Kd2 Rb3 78. Ke2 e3 79. Kf3
Kg7 80. Kg4 e2 81. Re7 Rxb6 82. Rxe2 Rb4+ 83. Kh3 Kxf7 84. g3 hxg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Rapid Paris 2021"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2021.06.19"]
[Round "4.5"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[ECO "C11"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "Steinitz, Boleslavsky variation"]
[WhiteFideId "4102142"]
[BlackFideId "13400924"]
[EventDate "2021.06.18"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 cxd4 8. Nxd4
Qb6 9. Qd2 Qxb2 10. Rb1 Qa3 11. Bb5 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 a6 13. Bxd7+ Bxd7 14. Rb3 Qe7
15. Rxb7 Rc8 16. O-O Qd8 17. Ne2 Be7 18. Bb6 Bc5+ 19. Bxc5 Rxc5 20. Nd4 O-O 21.
h3 Qc8 22. Rb3 Ba4 23. Rg3 Bxc2 24. f5 Bxf5 25. Rxf5 exf5 26. Rxg7+ Kxg7 27.
Qg5+ Kh8 28. Qf6+ Kg8 29. Qg5+ Kh8 30. Qf6+ Kg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Rapid Paris 2021"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2021.06.19"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[ECO "D39"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "Ragozin, Vienna variation"]
[WhiteFideId "13400924"]
[BlackFideId "5202213"]
[EventDate "2021.06.18"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 h6 7. Bxf6 Qxf6 8.
Bxc4 c5 9. e5 Qd8 10. d5 exd5 11. Bxd5 Bxc3+ 12. bxc3 O-O 13. O-O Nc6 14. Qb3
Na5 15. Qd1 Be6 16. Bxe6 fxe6 17. Qa4 Nc6 18. Rab1 Qe7 19. Qb5 Rf7 20. Rfd1 Raf8
21. Rd3 a6 22. Qa4 Rf4 23. Qd1 b5 24. Qd2 Qe8 25. Re1 Qg6 26. Kh1 Qf5 27. Rd6
Rxf3 28. gxf3 Qxf3+ 29. Kg1 Qg4+ 30. Kh1 Qf3+ 31. Kg1 Qg4+ 32. Kh1 Qf3+ 33. Kg1 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Rapid Paris 2021"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2021.06.19"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2820"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[ECO "B42"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Kan, Polugaievsky variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2020009"]
[BlackFideId "4102142"]
[EventDate "2021.06.18"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Bc5 6. Nb3 Be7 7. Qg4 g6 8. Qe2
d6 9. Be3 Nd7 10. N1d2 Ngf6 11. Bh6 Ne5 12. O-O Neg4 13. Bg7 Rg8 14. Bxf6 Nxf6
15. f4 e5 16. fxe5 dxe5 17. Nc4 Be6 18. Kh1 Qc7 19. Ne3 Kf8 20. c4 Kg7 21. Nd2
Rge8 22. Nd5 Bxd5 23. cxd5 Rac8 24. a4 Rf8 25. a5 Ne8 26. Nc4 Bc5 27. Qg4 Bd4
28. Ra2 Nd6 29. b3 Qe7 30. h4 h5 31. Qh3 Rc7 32. g4 hxg4 33. Qxg4 Rh8 34. Rh2
Rh5 35. Rh3 Qd7 36. Qg2 Rc8 37. Be2 Rch8 38. Bxh5 Rxh5 39. Nxd6 Qxd6 40. Qg4 Qd8
41. Kg2 Rh7 42. h5 Qxa5 43. Rxf7+ 1-0

[Event "GCT Rapid Paris 2021"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2021.06.19"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2678"]
[BlackElo "2759"]
[ECO "A06"]
[Opening "Reti opening"]
[WhiteFideId "605506"]
[BlackFideId "12573981"]
[EventDate "2021.06.18"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. b3 O-O 6. Bb2 b6 7. d4 Bb7 8. Bd3
Nbd7 9. O-O a6 10. Qc2 dxc4 11. bxc4 c5 12. d5 exd5 13. Nxd5 Bxd5 14. cxd5 b5
15. Rad1 Bd6 16. Bf5 Re8 17. e4 Qc7 18. Rfe1 c4 19. Re3 Rad8 20. g3 Ne5 21. Nd4
b4 22. Nc6 Nxc6 23. Bxf6 gxf6 24. dxc6 Qxc6 25. Red3 Kf8 26. Rd5 c3 27. Qd3 c2
28. Rc1 Qc3 29. Rxc2 Qxd3 30. Rxd3 Be5 31. Rcd2 Rxd3 32. Rxd3 a5 33. Bd7 Rd8 34.
Bb5 Rxd3 35. Bxd3 Ke7 36. Kf1 Kd6 37. Bc4 Kc5 38. Bxf7 Kd4 39. f3 a4 40. Kg2 Ke3
41. Bg8 h6 42. Bd5 Kd4 43. Bf7 Ke3 44. Be6 Bc7 45. Bd5 Kd4 46. Kh3 f5 47. Kh4 f4
48. gxf4 Bxf4 49. h3 Ke5 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Rapid Paris 2021"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2021.06.19"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Rapport, Richard"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[ECO "D02"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[WhiteFideId "738590"]
[BlackFideId "623539"]
[EventDate "2021.06.18"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Qb3 dxc4 5. Qxc4 Bf5 6. g3 e6 7. Bg2 Be7 8. O-O
Qb6 9. Nc3 O-O 10. e3 a5 11. Re1 Qa6 12. Qxa6 Nxa6 13. e4 Bg6 14. Ne5 Rfd8 15.
Be3 Nb4 16. Rac1 Nd7 17. Nxg6 hxg6 18. Red1 e5 19. a3 exd4 20. Rxd4 Na6 21. Rcd1
Ne5 22. Rxd8+ Rxd8 23. Rxd8+ Bxd8 24. Bf1 Nc7 25. f4 Ng4 26. Ba7 Nf6 27. e5 Nfd5
28. Ne4 b6 29. Bc4 Kf8 30. Kf2 Be7 31. Bb8 Ke8 32. h4 f5 33. exf6 gxf6 34. f5
gxf5 35. Nc3 b5 36. Nxd5 Nxd5 37. Bd3 Bc5+ 38. Ke2 Ne7 39. Kd1 Bd4 40. Kc2 Be5
41. Ba7 Bxg3 42. h5 Bd6 43. Bb6 a4 44. h6 Kf7 45. Bd4 Kg6 46. h7 Kxh7 47. Bxf6
Kg6 48. Bxe7 Bxe7 49. Be2 b4 50. Bf3 c5 51. Bc6 bxa3 52. bxa3 f4 53. Kd3 Kf5 54.
Bxa4 Kg4 55. Bd1+ Kg3 56. Kc4 f3 57. a4 f2 58. Be2 Bd8 59. a5 Bxa5 60. Kxc5 Kg2
61. Kb5 f1=Q 62. Bxf1+ Kxf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Rapid Paris 2021"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2021.06.19"]
[Round "5.5"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2792"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[ECO "A13"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "Neo-Catalan accepted"]
[WhiteFideId "4168119"]
[BlackFideId "13300474"]
[EventDate "2021.06.18"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 dxc4 5. Qa4+ Bd7 6. Qxc4 c5 7. Ne5 Qc8 8. b3
Nc6 9. Nxd7 Qxd7 10. Bb2 Be7 11. O-O Rc8 12. Rd1 O-O 13. Nc3 a6 14. Rac1 b5 15.
Qf4 h6 16. d3 Rfd8 17. Qd2 Qa7 18. e3 Qb6 19. Qe2 Nb4 20. a3 Nbd5 21. Nxd5 Nxd5
22. d4 Nf6 23. dxc5 Rxd1+ 24. Rxd1 Bxc5 25. Bxf6 gxf6 26. Qh5 Bxa3 27. Rd7 Rf8
28. Be4 f5 29. Qxh6 fxe4 30. Rd5 Qxe3 31. Qxe3 exd5 32. Qg5+ Kh8 33. Qxd5 f5 34.
Qd4+ Kg8 35. b4 Bc1 36. Qb6 Rf7 37. Qxa6 e3 38. Qc8+ 1-0

[Event "GCT Rapid Paris 2021"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2021.06.19"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[ECO "E49"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian"]
[Variation "4.e3, Botvinnik system"]
[WhiteFideId "5202213"]
[BlackFideId "13300474"]
[EventDate "2021.06.18"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 dxc4 8.
Bxc4 c5 9. Nf3 Qc7 10. Be2 b6 11. Bb2 Bb7 12. O-O Rd8 13. Re1 Nc6 14. Bd3 e5 15.
Bf1 Rd6 16. a4 Re8 17. Rc1 Bc8 18. h3 Bf5 19. Bb5 Re7 20. Qe2 e4 21. Nd2 Na5 22.
Qd1 Bc8 23. Bf1 Rd5 24. c4 Rg5 25. f4 exf3 26. Qxf3 Rf5 27. Qd1 Rg5 28. Qf3 Rf5
29. Qd1 Rg5 30. Qf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Rapid Paris 2021"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2021.06.19"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2792"]
[ECO "C02"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "advance, Euwe variation"]
[WhiteFideId "623539"]
[BlackFideId "4168119"]
[EventDate "2021.06.18"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. Be2 Nge7 7. h4 f6 8. h5 Qb6
9. g4 Ng8 10. Na3 cxd4 11. cxd4 fxe5 12. dxe5 Bc5 13. Nb5 Nxe5 14. Nxe5 Bxb5 15.
O-O Nf6 16. Bxb5+ Qxb5 17. g5 Ne4 18. Qg4 Qb6 19. g6 O-O-O 20. Bf4 hxg6 21. Rac1
gxh5 22. Qg6 Rhf8 23. Bh2 Rf6 24. Qxg7 Rxf2 25. Rxf2 Nxf2 26. Nd7 1-0

[Event "GCT Rapid Paris 2021"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2021.06.19"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Black "Rapport, Richard"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2759"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[ECO "B45"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Taimanov variation"]
[WhiteFideId "12573981"]
[BlackFideId "738590"]
[EventDate "2021.06.18"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. Ndb5 Bb4 7. a3 Bxc3+ 8.
Nxc3 d5 9. Bd3 dxe4 10. Nxe4 Nxe4 11. Bxe4 Qxd1+ 12. Kxd1 Bd7 13. Be3 f5 14. Bf3
e5 15. Kc1 Rc8 16. g3 Kf7 17. Rd1 Be6 18. b3 g5 19. Kb2 f4 20. gxf4 gxf4 21. Bd2
Nd4 22. Be4 Kf6 23. Bc3 Nb5 24. Bb4 Bf5 25. Bxf5 Kxf5 26. Rd7 Nd4 27. Bc3 Ne2
28. Bxe5 Kxe5 29. Re7+ Kf5 30. Rxe2 Kg4 31. Re7 Kf3 32. Rxb7 Kxf2 33. Rxa7 f3
34. a4 Ra8 35. Rc7 Rac8 36. Rb7 Rb8 37. Rb5 Rhf8 38. c4 Rbe8 39. Rd5 Re1 40.
Rd2+ Re2 41. Kc3 Ke3 42. Rd3+ Ke4 43. a5 f2 44. Rdd1 Rf3+ 45. Kb4 Rb2 46. a6
Rbxb3+ 47. Kc5 Rf5+ 48. Kc6 Rf6+ 49. Kc5 Rf5+ 50. Kc6 Rf6+ 51. Kc5 Rbb6 52. Rd4+
Ke5 53. Rd5+ Ke4 54. Rd4+ Ke5 55. Rd5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Rapid Paris 2021"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2021.06.19"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2678"]
[ECO "A14"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "Neo-Catalan declined"]
[WhiteFideId "4102142"]
[BlackFideId "605506"]
[EventDate "2021.06.18"]

1. c4 e6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. d4 c6 7. Qc2 Nbd7 8. a4 b6
9. a5 Ba6 10. b3 c5 11. Rd1 Qc8 12. Bb2 Rd8 13. Nc3 Bb7 14. cxd5 exd5 15. e3 h6
16. Bh3 Qc7 17. a6 Bc6 18. Ne5 Nf8 19. Nxc6 Qxc6 20. Qe2 Ne6 21. Qb5 Qd6 22. Qa4
Ng5 23. Bg2 Qe6 24. Ne2 Qg4 25. Nf4 Nf3+ 26. Bxf3 Qxf3 27. Qb5 Rac8 28. dxc5 Ne4
29. Qe2 Qxe2 30. Nxe2 bxc5 31. Nf4 Bf6 32. Bxf6 Nxf6 33. Ra5 g5 34. Ne2 Rd6 35.
Nc3 Rcc6 36. Kg2 Kg7 37. h3 Kg6 38. g4 d4 39. Nb5 Rxa6 40. Rxa6 Rxa6 41. exd4
cxd4 42. Rxd4 h5 43. Ra4 Rb6 44. Nd4 hxg4 45. hxg4 Nxg4 46. Rxa7 Rb4 47. Ra4 Rb6
48. b4 Rf6 49. f3 Ne3+ 50. Kf2 Nf5 51. Nxf5 Rxf5 52. Ra3 Rb5 53. Rb3 f5 54. Ke3
Kh5 55. Kd4 g4 56. fxg4+ fxg4 57. Kc4 Rb8 58. b5 Kh4 59. b6 g3 60. Kb5 g2 61.
Rb1 Kg3 62. Rg1 Kh2 63. Rxg2+ Kxg2 64. Kc6 Rxb6+ 65. Kxb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Rapid Paris 2021"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2021.06.19"]
[Round "6.5"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2820"]
[ECO "D38"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "Ragozin variation"]
[WhiteFideId "13400924"]
[BlackFideId "2020009"]
[EventDate "2021.06.18"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 O-O 8. Rc1
dxc4 9. Bxc4 c5 10. Qb3 cxd4 11. Qxb4 Nc6 12. Ne4 Nxb4 13. Nxf6+ gxf6 14. Nxd4
Bd7 15. a3 Na6 16. Ke2 Nc7 17. Rhd1 Rfd8 18. Bd3 Ne8 19. e4 Nd6 20. Ke3 e5 21.
Ne2 Be6 22. Nc3 Rac8 23. Nb5 Nxb5 24. Bxb5 Rxd1 25. Rxd1 Rc2 26. Rd2 Rxd2 27.
Kxd2 f5 28. exf5 Bxf5 29. Ke3 Kg7 30. f4 Kf6 31. Be2 exf4+ 32. Kxf4 b6 33. g4
Bd7 34. h4 Bc6 35. g5+ hxg5+ 36. hxg5+ Ke7 37. Ke5 Bd7 38. Kd5 Ba4 39. Bg4 a5
40. Bh3 Bb5 41. b3 Be8 42. Bg4 Bb5 43. a4 Be8 44. Be2 Bd7 45. Bc4 Be8 46. Bb5
Bxb5 47. axb5 Kd7 48. Ke5 Ke7 49. Kd5 Kd7 50. Ke5 Ke7 51. Kd5 Kd7 52. Ke5 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Rapid Paris 2021"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2021.06.20"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2820"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[ECO "C67"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Berlin defence, open variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2020009"]
[BlackFideId "5202213"]
[EventDate "2021.06.18"]

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. Nc3 Rxe1 12. Qxe1 Bxd4 13. Bf4 Ne8 14. Nd5 d6
15. Bg5 f6 16. Bh4 g5 17. Qe4 Bxb2 18. Rb1 Be5 19. f4 gxh4 20. fxe5 dxe5 21. Bc4
Be6 22. Rxb7 Kh8 23. Bd3 Bg8 24. Nxc7 Nd6 25. Qxh4 Nxb7 26. Nxa8 Nc5 27. Bf5 e4
28. h3 Qd4+ 29. Kh1 Qa1+ 0-1

[Event "GCT Rapid Paris 2021"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2021.06.20"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2678"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[ECO "C67"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Berlin defence, open variation"]
[WhiteFideId "605506"]
[BlackFideId "13400924"]
[EventDate "2021.06.18"]

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. Nc3 Bf6 10. Re1 b6 11. Nd5 Bb7 12. Nxf6+ Qxf6 13. d3 Nf5 14. Qg4 c5
15. c3 Rfe8 16. Bd2 Bc6 17. h3 h6 18. Qf4 d6 19. Rxe8+ Rxe8 20. g4 Nh4 21. Qxf6
gxf6 22. Bxh6 Nf3+ 23. Kg2 Nd2+ 24. Kg3 Nxf1+ 25. Rxf1 Re2 26. Bc1 Bb5 27. Rd1
Ba4 28. b3 Bc6 29. Rd2 Re1 30. Bb2 Rg1+ 31. Kh4 f5 32. gxf5 Bd7 33. c4 Bxf5 34.
d4 Kh7 35. dxc5 dxc5 36. Rd8 Rg8 37. Rd5 Kg6 38. Rd6+ Be6 39. Kg3 Kf5+ 40. Kf3
f6 41. Rd3 Rh8 42. Kg2 Kg6 43. Rg3+ Kf7 44. Rf3 Rh6 45. h4 Rxh4 46. Bxf6 Rg4+
47. Kf1 Kg6 48. Be5 Bf5 49. Bb8 a6 50. Ba7 b5 51. cxb5 axb5 52. Bxc5 Rh4 53.
Rg3+ Kf7 54. Ke2 Ke6 55. Kd2 Kd5 56. Rg5 Ke6 57. Kc3 Bb1 58. a3 Bf5 59. Be3 Kf6
60. Rg8 Kf7 61. Rd8 Be6 62. Rd6 Re4 63. Rb6 Bd7 64. Bd4 Rf4 65. Rh6 Ke8 66. Bc5
Rg4 67. Rh8+ Kf7 68. Rh7+ Rg7 69. Rh5 Rg4 70. Bd4 Rf4 71. Rh7+ Ke6 72. Rh6+ Kd5
73. Be3 Re4 74. Ra6 Rh4 75. Kd3 Bf5+ 76. Kd2 Bd7 77. Kc3 Bc6 78. Ra7 Ke6 79. f4
Rh5 80. a4 bxa4 81. bxa4 Rh8 82. Ra6 Kd7 83. f5 Ra8 84. Ba7 Rf8 85. Ra5 Be4 86.
Kd4 Rxf5 87. Bc5 Bb7 88. Rb5 Bc6 89. Ra5 Rf4+ 90. Kc3 Rxa4 91. Rxa4 Bxa4 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Rapid Paris 2021"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2021.06.20"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Rapport, Richard"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[ECO "E60"]
[Opening "King's Indian defence"]
[WhiteFideId "738590"]
[BlackFideId "4102142"]
[EventDate "2021.06.18"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. h4 c5 4. d5 b5 5. cxb5 a6 6. e3 Bg7 7. Nc3 O-O 8. a4 Bb7
9. Nf3 e6 10. dxe6 fxe6 11. Qd6 axb5 12. Bxb5 Ne4 13. Nxe4 Bxe4 14. h5 Qf6 15.
h6 Bh8 16. Rh4 Bxf3 17. Rf4 Qd8 18. Bxd7 1-0

[Event "GCT Rapid Paris 2021"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2021.06.20"]
[Round "7.4"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2792"]
[BlackElo "2759"]
[ECO "C50"]
[Opening "Giuoco Pianissimo"]
[Variation "Italian four knights variation"]
[WhiteFideId "4168119"]
[BlackFideId "12573981"]
[EventDate "2021.06.18"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 Nf6 5. Nc3 h6 6. h3 a6 7. Be3 Bxe3 8. fxe3
d6 9. d4 O-O 10. O-O b5 11. Bd3 Bb7 12. Qe1 Re8 13. Qg3 b4 14. Nd5 Nxd5 15. exd5
e4 16. dxc6 Bxc6 17. Nh4 exd3 18. cxd3 Qg5 19. Qxg5 hxg5 20. Nf5 Bb5 21. Rad1 d5
22. Rf3 Re6 23. Rg3 g6 24. Rxg5 Kh7 25. Nh4 Rxe3 26. Rxd5 Re2 27. Rf1 Kg8 28.
Rf2 Bxd3 29. Rxe2 Bxe2 30. Rc5 Rd8 31. Kf2 Rxd4 32. Kxe2 Rxh4 33. Ke3 Kg7 34. b3
Rh8 35. Rxc7 Re8+ 36. Kf3 Re5 37. Rc4 Ra5 38. Rxb4 Rxa2 39. Ra4 Rb2 40. Rxa6
Rxb3+ 41. Kf2 Rb2+ 42. Kf3 Rb3+ 43. Kf2 Rb2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Rapid Paris 2021"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2021.06.20"]
[Round "7.5"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2781"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[ECO "E60"]
[Opening "King's Indian, 3.Nf3"]
[WhiteFideId "13300474"]
[BlackFideId "623539"]
[EventDate "2021.06.18"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 c6 5. Nc3 d5 6. Qb3 O-O 7. Bg2 dxc4 8. Qxc4
b5 9. Qd3 b4 10. Na4 Bf5 11. Qd1 Nbd7 12. O-O Be4 13. Bd2 a5 14. a3 Qb8 15. axb4
axb4 16. Qb3 Ra7 17. Qxb4 Qa8 18. b3 Rb8 19. Qa3 Bd5 20. Qc1 Ne4 21. Rb1 Nxd2
22. Qxd2 Rxb3 23. Rxb3 Bxb3 24. Nc3 Ra1 25. Qb2 Rxf1+ 26. Bxf1 Qb8 27. e3 Bd5
28. Qxb8+ Nxb8 29. Nxd5 cxd5 30. Bb5 e6 31. Kg2 Kf8 32. h4 Ke7 33. Kh3 h6 34. h5
g5 35. Ne5 Bxe5 36. dxe5 Nd7 37. Bxd7 Kxd7 38. f4 gxf4 39. exf4 Ke7 40. g4 f6
41. Kg3 fxe5 42. fxe5 Kf7 43. Kf3 Kg7 44. Kg3 Kf7 45. Kf3 Kg7 46. Kg3 Kf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Rapid Paris 2021"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2021.06.20"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[ECO "D85"]
[Opening "Gruenfeld"]
[Variation "modern exchange variation"]
[WhiteFideId "5202213"]
[BlackFideId "623539"]
[EventDate "2021.06.18"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Nf3 c5 8. h3
O-O 9. Be2 Nc6 10. Be3 cxd4 11. cxd4 f5 12. Bc4+ Kh8 13. O-O f4 14. Bd2 Nxd4 15.
Bc3 Nxf3+ 16. Qxf3 Bd7 17. Rfd1 Qc7 18. Rac1 Rad8 19. Bb4 Bc6 20. Bd5 Qe5 21.
Rc5 Bxd5 22. exd5 Rd7 23. d6 Qe6 24. dxe7 Rxd1+ 25. Qxd1 Qxe7 26. Rc4 Rd8 27.
Rc8 1-0

[Event "GCT Rapid Paris 2021"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2021.06.20"]
[Round "8.2"]
[White "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2759"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[ECO "C50"]
[Opening "Giuoco Pianissimo"]
[WhiteFideId "12573981"]
[BlackFideId "13300474"]
[EventDate "2021.06.18"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 Nf6 5. Bg5 d6 6. c3 h6 7. Bh4 a6 8. a4 Ba7
9. Nbd2 O-O 10. O-O g5 11. Bg3 Na5 12. Ba2 Nh5 13. d4 Nxg3 14. hxg3 Nc6 15. Nc4
g4 16. Nh4 exd4 17. Rc1 b5 18. Na3 dxc3 19. Bd5 Bd7 20. Nf5 Ne5 21. Bxa8 cxb2
22. Rb1 Qxa8 23. Ne7+ Kg7 24. Nd5 Bc5 25. Nc2 bxa4 26. Rxb2 a3 27. Ra2 Bb5 28.
Nxc7 Qxe4 29. Nxb5 axb5 30. Nxa3 b4 31. Nb1 h5 32. Nd2 Qg6 33. Nb3 Bb6 34. Ra4
Rb8 35. Kh1 h4 36. Kh2 Rh8 37. gxh4 Rxh4+ 38. Kg3 Rh5 39. Rxb4 Qf6 40. Rxb6 Ng6
41. Qd4 Ne5 42. Rxd6 Qh4+ 43. Kf4 Qh2+ 44. Ke3 Qxg2 45. Nd2 g3 46. Qe4 Qh3 47.
fxg3 Ng4+ 48. Kd3 Qxg3+ 49. Nf3 Qxd6+ 50. Qd4+ Ne5+ 51. Nxe5 Qxe5 52. Rg1+ Kh6
53. Qe3+ Rg5 54. Qxe5 Rxe5 55. Kd4 f6 56. Rg2 Re6 57. Rh2+ Kg5 58. Rg2+ Kf4 59.
Rf2+ Kg4 60. Kd5 Ra6 61. Rf1 f5 62. Rg1+ Kf4 63. Rf1+ Kg5 64. Rg1+ Kf6 65. Kd4
Re6 66. Rf1 Re8 67. Kd3 Re4 68. Rh1 Re7 69. Rf1 Re8 70. Kd4 Re4+ 71. Kd3 Ke5 72.
Rh1 Kf4 73. Rf1+ Kg5 74. Rg1+ Rg4 75. Rf1 Re4 76. Rg1+ Kf6 77. Rf1 Re5 78. Kd4
Re8 79. Kd3 Re4 80. Rh1 Ke6 81. Rh8 Kf6 82. Rh1 Re5 83. Kd4 Re2 84. Kd3 Re7 85.
Rf1 Kg5 86. Rg1+ Kf4 87. Rf1+ Kg4 88. Rg1+ Kh3 89. Rf1 Re5 90. Kd4 Re4+ 91. Kd3
Re5 92. Kd4 Ra5 93. Ke3 Kg2 94. Rf2+ Kg3 95. Rf3+ Kg4 96. Rf4+ Kg5 97. Rb4 f4+
98. Kf2 Ra2+ 99. Kf3 Ra3+ 100. Kf2 Kg4 101. Rb2 Ra8 102. Kg2 Ra1 103. Rb3 Ra2+
104. Kf1 Rd2 105. Ra3 Kf5 106. Ra5+ Ke4 107. Ra3 Rb2 108. Rc3 Rb1+ 109. Kf2 Rh1
110. Rc4+ Kf5 111. Rc5+ Kg4 112. Rc3 Rh2+ 113. Kf1 Rd2 114. Ra3 Rh2 115. Rb3 Rh3
116. Rxh3 Kxh3 117. Kf2 Kg4 118. Kg2 f3+ 119. Kf2 Kf4 120. Kf1 Kg3 121. Kg1 f2+
122. Kf1 Kf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Rapid Paris 2021"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2021.06.20"]
[Round "8.3"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2792"]
[ECO "C11"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "Steinitz, Boleslavsky variation"]
[WhiteFideId "4102142"]
[BlackFideId "4168119"]
[EventDate "2021.06.18"]

1. d4 e6 2. e4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 a6 8. a3 cxd4
9. Nxd4 Bc5 10. Qd2 g5 11. f5 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 Bxd4 13. Qxd4 Qb6 14. Qxb6 Nxb6 15.
fxe6 fxe6 16. h4 g4 17. Bd3 Nd7 18. O-O Ke7 19. Rae1 b5 20. Rf4 h5 21. Bg6 Rh6
22. Rf7+ Ke8 23. Rf6+ Ke7 24. Rf7+ Ke8 25. Rf6+ Ke7 26. Rf7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Rapid Paris 2021"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2021.06.20"]
[Round "8.4"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Rapport, Richard"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[ECO "E12"]
[Opening "Queen's Indian"]
[Variation "Petrosian system"]
[WhiteFideId "13400924"]
[BlackFideId "738590"]
[EventDate "2021.06.18"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. a3 Bb7 5. Nc3 Ne4 6. Nxe4 Bxe4 7. e3 c5 8. Bd3
Bxf3 9. Qxf3 Nc6 10. Be4 Rc8 11. O-O Na5 12. d5 Bd6 13. Rd1 Qc7 14. Qh3 Nb3 15.
Rb1 g6 16. dxe6 dxe6 17. Bc2 Nxc1 18. Ba4+ Kf8 19. Qh6+ Kg8 20. Rbxc1 Bf8 21.
Qh4 Be7 22. Qe4 Bd6 23. Rd2 Rd8 24. g3 h5 25. Rcd1 Kh7 26. f4 Rhf8 27. Kg2 Qe7
28. Qc6 Bb8 29. Rd7 Qf6 30. R1d2 Kg7 31. h4 Rc8 32. Qf3 Rfd8 33. e4 Rxd7 34.
Bxd7 Rd8 35. e5 Qf5 36. Qe2 Bc7 37. Bc6 Qb1 38. Rxd8 Bxd8 39. Be4 Qc1 40. Qc2
Qxc2+ 41. Bxc2 f6 42. exf6+ Bxf6 43. b3 Bb2 44. a4 Kf6 45. Kf3 Bc3 46. Bd3 Bb2
47. Bc2 Bc3 48. Bd3 Bb2 49. Bc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Rapid Paris 2021"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2021.06.20"]
[Round "8.5"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2820"]
[BlackElo "2678"]
[ECO "B67"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Richter-Rauzer, Rauzer attack, 7...a6 defence, 8...Bd7"]
[WhiteFideId "2020009"]
[BlackFideId "605506"]
[EventDate "2021.06.18"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O Bd7 9. f3 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Be7 11. Kb1 Rc8 12. h4 h6 13. Be3 h5 14. Qd2 b5
15. Ne2 Qc7 16. Bg5 a5 17. Nd4 Rb8 18. Bd3 b4 19. f4 a4 20. Rhe1 Qc5 21. Nf3 Bc6
22. e5 Bxf3 23. exf6 Bxd1 24. fxg7 Rg8 25. Qxd1 Rxg7 26. Qxh5 Qd4 27. Qd1 Bf6
28. Bxf6 Qxf6 29. Qf3 Kf8 30. Qc6 Qd4 31. Qxa4 Rxg2 32. a3 Rg1 33. Rxg1 Qxg1+
34. Ka2 bxa3 35. b3 Qc1 36. Qd4 Qb2+ 37. Qxb2 axb2 38. Kxb2 Ke7 39. h5 Rg8 40.
b4 Rg4 41. f5 Rxb4+ 42. Kc3 Rh4 43. fxe6 Kxe6 44. Be2 Ke5 45. Kd3 Rh3+ 46. Kd2
Kf4 47. Bc4 f5 48. Bf7 Ke5 49. Bg6 Kf4 50. Ke2 Rh2+ 51. Kd3 Kg4 52. Kd4 f4 53.
Kd5 f3 54. Bd3 Kxh5 55. Kxd6 Rd2 0-1

[Event "GCT Rapid Paris 2021"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2021.06.20"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2678"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[ECO "C67"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Berlin defence, open variation"]
[WhiteFideId "605506"]
[BlackFideId "5202213"]
[EventDate "2021.06.18"]

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. Nc3 Ne8 10. Nd5 Bd6 11. Re1 c6 12. Ne3 Be7 13. Nf5 Bg5 14. d4 Bxc1
15. Rxc1 d5 16. Ne7+ Kh8 17. Nxc8 Rxc8 18. c3 Nd6 19. Bd3 Re8 20. Re5 Qd7 21.
Qf3 f6 22. Ree1 Rxe1+ 23. Rxe1 Re8 24. Rxe8+ Qxe8 25. Kf1 Qe6 26. Qh5 f5 27. Qg5
g6 28. Qd8+ Kg7 29. Qc7+ Kh6 30. Qd8 Kg7 31. Qc7+ Kh6 32. Qd8 Kg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Rapid Paris 2021"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2021.06.20"]
[Round "9.2"]
[White "Rapport, Richard"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2820"]
[ECO "A08"]
[Opening "Reti"]
[Variation "King's Indian attack"]
[WhiteFideId "738590"]
[BlackFideId "2020009"]
[EventDate "2021.06.18"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. O-O e6 5. d3 Nc6 6. Na3 e5 7. e4 d4 8. Nc4 Qc7
9. a4 Be6 10. b3 O-O-O 11. Ng5 Bxc4 12. bxc4 Bd6 13. f4 Kb8 14. Rb1 h6 15. Nf3
h5 16. Nh4 Ng4 17. Nf5 g6 18. Nxd6 Rxd6 19. Qe2 f6 20. h3 Ne3 21. Bxe3 dxe3 22.
Qxe3 Nb4 23. fxe5 fxe5 24. Rf2 Rhd8 25. Qg5 Nc6 26. h4 a6 27. Qd2 Ka7 28. Kh2
Nd4 29. Qg5 Nc6 30. Bh3 Qa5 31. Qh6 Qc7 32. Rbf1 Qb6 33. Rf7 Qb2 34. R1f2 Nd4
35. Qg7 Nxc2 36. d4 cxd4 37. c5 Rc6 38. Rc7 Rg8 39. Qd7 Rxc7 40. Qxc7 d3 41. Be6
Rb8 42. Bd5 Qb4 43. Kh3 Qb1 44. a5 Qh1+ 45. Rh2 Qf1+ 46. Rg2 d2 47. Qb6+ Ka8 48.
c6 Qh1+ 49. Rh2 Qf1+ 50. Rg2 Qh1+ 51. Rh2 Qf1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Rapid Paris 2021"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2021.06.20"]
[Round "9.3"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2792"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[ECO "C67"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "open Berlin defence, Showalter variation"]
[WhiteFideId "4168119"]
[BlackFideId "13400924"]
[EventDate "2021.06.18"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Ba4 exd4 7. c3 Be7 8.
cxd4 b5 9. Bb3 O-O 10. Nc3 Bb7 11. Re1 Bf6 12. Bf4 Na5 13. Bc2 b4 14. Na4 g6 15.
Ne5 Nb5 16. Nc5 d6 17. Nxb7 Nxb7 18. Nc6 Qd7 19. Nxb4 Nxd4 20. Nd5 Bg7 21. Re7
Qd8 22. Bg5 Kh8 23. Bxg6 fxg6 24. h4 Qxe7 25. Nxe7 Rae8 26. Be3 c5 27. Nd5 Re5
28. Nc3 Nd8 29. Qd2 N8e6 30. Bh6 Bxh6 31. Qxh6 Rf4 32. g3 Rf7 33. Qc1 Ref5 34.
f4 h6 35. Qd1 g5 36. hxg5 hxg5 37. Ne4 Rh7 38. Nxd6 Rf6 39. f5 Rfh6 40. Kf2 Rh2+
41. Ke3 Nc2+ 42. Ke4 Ned4 43. f6 Re2+ 44. Kd3 Nxa1 45. Qxa1 Re6 46. Ne4 Nf5 47.
Qc1 Rd7+ 48. Kc3 Nd6 49. Qh1+ Kg8 50. Nxg5 Rxf6 51. Qd5+ Kf8 52. Qe5 Ne8 53.
Ne6+ Kf7 54. Nxc5 Re7 55. Qd5+ Kg7 56. Qg5+ Kf7 57. Qd5+ Kg7 58. b3 Nd6 59. Kb4
Nf7 60. Ka3 Rd6 61. Qc4 Rg6 62. Qd4+ Kg8 63. Ne4 Ree6 64. g4 Kh7 65. Kb2 Rb6 66.
Qd7 Kg7 67. Qxa7 Rge6 68. Ng5 Re2+ 69. Ka3 Rf6 70. Nxf7 Rxf7 71. Qd4+ Kg8 72.
Qc4 Re5 73. b4 Kg7 74. Qd4 Re7 75. Kb3 Kg6 76. a3 Kg5 77. Ka4 Re4 78. Qb6 R4e6
79. Qf2 Kxg4 80. b5 Re3 81. Qg1+ Kf4 82. Qh2+ Kf5 83. Qh5+ Kf4 84. Qc5 R7e5 85.
Qf8+ Ke4 86. Ka5 Rf3 87. Qb4+ Kf5 88. a4 Rfe3 89. Ka6 Re8 90. b6 R3e4 91. Qb5+ 1-0

[Event "GCT Rapid Paris 2021"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2021.06.20"]
[Round "9.4"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2781"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[ECO "E60"]
[Opening "King's Indian, 3.Nf3"]
[WhiteFideId "13300474"]
[BlackFideId "4102142"]
[EventDate "2021.06.18"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 c6 6. Nc3 d5 7. Qb3 dxc4 8. Qxc4
Bf5 9. O-O Nbd7 10. Re1 Ne4 11. Nh4 Be6 12. Qd3 Nxc3 13. bxc3 Qa5 14. a4 Nc5 15.
Qd1 Qxc3 16. Ba3 Bxd4 17. Rb1 Bxf2+ 18. Kxf2 Qxa3 19. Qc1 Qxc1 20. Rexc1 Nb3 21.
Rc3 Na5 22. Nf3 Rfd8 23. Ne5 Rac8 24. Rc5 b6 25. Rxa5 bxa5 26. Nxc6 Rd7 27. Rb5
Rdc7 28. Nd4 Rc5 29. Rb7 R8c7 30. Rb8+ Kg7 31. Nxe6+ fxe6 32. Bh3 Rc4 33. Bxe6
Rxa4 34. Rb5 Kf6 35. Bh3 Rc6 36. Bg2 Ra6 37. Rb8 Rb4 38. Rf8+ Kg7 39. Re8 a4 40.
Bd5 a3 41. Ba2 Rb2 42. Rxe7+ Kf8 0-1

[Event "GCT Rapid Paris 2021"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2021.06.20"]
[Round "9.5"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2759"]
[ECO "C70"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Taimanov (chase/wing/accelerated counterthrust) variation"]
[WhiteFideId "623539"]
[BlackFideId "12573981"]
[EventDate "2021.06.18"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 b5 5. Bb3 Na5 6. d4 exd4 7. Nxd4 Bb7 8. O-O
c5 9. Nf5 c4 10. Bf4 cxb3 11. axb3 Nc6 12. Nc3 g6 13. Nd6+ Bxd6 14. Bxd6 Nge7
15. Nd5 O-O 16. Bc7 Qc8 17. Nf6+ Kg7 18. Qd6 Ra7 19. Rad1 Ng8 20. Nxd7 Re8 21.
Bb6 Ra8 22. Qd3 f6 23. f4 Nb4 24. Qd2 Qxc2 25. Qxb4 Rxe4 26. Qc3 Re2 27. Qxc2
Rxc2 28. Rf2 Rxf2 29. Kxf2 Kf7 30. Nc5 Bc6 31. Rd6 Ne7 32. Ne6 Rc8 33. g4 Bd5
34. Nc7 Bxb3 35. Ba5 h5 36. g5 fxg5 37. fxg5 Bc2 38. Rxa6 b4 39. Rf6+ Kg8 40.
Re6 Kf7 41. Rd6 b3 42. Bb6 Bf5 43. h4 Bc2 44. Ke1 Bf5 45. Kd2 Rb8 46. Bc5 Rc8
47. Bb6 Rb8 48. Kc3 Rb7 49. Kc4 Bc2 50. Rf6+ Kg8 51. Ne6 Rxb6 52. Rf8+ Kh7 53.
Rf7+ Kg8 54. Rg7+ Kh8 55. Rxe7 Ra6 56. Kd5 Ra1 57. Rf7 Bf5 58. Nd4 Bc2 59. Ke5
Ra5+ 60. Kf6 Ra6+ 61. Ne6 Bf5 62. Re7 Kg8 63. Re8+ Kh7 64. Kf7 Bxe6+ 65. Rxe6
Ra4 66. Re7 Rf4+ 67. Ke6+ Kg8 68. Rb7 Rxh4 69. Kf6 Rd4 70. Kxg6 Rd6+ 71. Kxh5
Rd3 72. Kh6 Rh3+ 73. Kg6 Kf8 74. Rb8+ Ke7 75. Kg7 Rg3 76. g6 Ke6 77. Rb6+ 1-0

