[Event "Julius Baer Rapid Div 2 L"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.08.31"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Chigaev, Maksim"]
[Black "Esipenko, Andrey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2683"]
[ECO "E06"]
[Opening "Catalan"]
[Variation "closed, 5.Nf3"]
[WhiteFideId "4108116"]
[BlackFideId "24175439"]
[EventDate "2023.08.31"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. c4 e6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. d4 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 c6 8. a4 b6
9. Qxc4 Ba6 10. Qc2 Bb7 11. Rd1 Na6 12. Nc3 Nb4 13. Qb1 Qc8 14. Bg5 h6 15. Bxf6
Bxf6 16. Ne4 Be7 17. a5 Qc7 18. e3 c5 19. dxc5 bxc5 20. Ne1 Rad8 21. Nc3 Ba6 22.
h4 Rxd1 23. Qxd1 Rd8 24. Qa4 c4 25. Nf3 Bb7 26. Nd4 Bxg2 27. Kxg2 a6 28. Rd1 Rc8
29. Kg1 Nd3 30. Rb1 Bb4 31. Nce2 Be1 32. Rxe1 Nxe1 0-1

[Event "Julius Baer Rapid Div 2 L"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.08.31"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Iturrizaga Bonelli, Eduardo"]
[Black "Yakubboev, Nodirbek"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2617"]
[ECO "A20"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[WhiteFideId "3901211"]
[BlackFideId "14203987"]
[EventDate "2023.08.31"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. O-O Be7 7. d4 e4 8. Ne5
f5 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. Qc2 Bd7 11. Nc3 O-O 12. f3 exf3 13. Rxf3 Bf6 14. e3 Kh8 15.
Nxd5 cxd5 16. Bd2 c6 17. b4 g6 18. a4 Re8 19. Rff1 Kg7 20. Rab1 a6 21. Rfc1 h5
22. Rb3 h4 23. Be1 Bg5 24. Bf2 hxg3 25. hxg3 Re7 26. Qd3 Qb6 27. Bf1 Kf6 28. Rc5
Rh7 29. Bg2 Kg7 30. Qc3 Kf8 31. b5 axb5 32. axb5 Rb8 33. Qa1 Be7 34. Rc2 cxb5
35. Ra2 Bc8 36. Ra5 b4 37. Be1 Bd6 38. Bf1 Qc7 39. Ra8 Qc2 40. Rb2 Qxb2 41. Qxb2
Rxa8 42. Bxb4 Bxb4 43. Qxb4+ Re7 44. Qd6 Be6 45. Qe5 Kf7 46. Qf4 Kg8 47. Qg5 Rg7
48. Qf6 Bf7 49. Bg2 Re8 50. Kf2 Be6 51. Kf3 g5 52. Bf1 Kh7 53. Bd3 Rg6 54. Bxf5
Bxf5 55. Qxf5 Rd8 56. Kg4 Rd6 57. Qc2 Kg7 58. Qc7+ Kf8 59. Qc8+ Ke7 60. Qc7+ Kf8
61. Qc2 Kf7 62. Qf5+ Ke7 63. Kh5 Rg8 64. Qh7+ Kf8 65. Qf5+ Ke7 66. Qe5+ Kd7 67.
Kg4 Rgg6 68. Qf5+ Ke7 69. Kh5 Rg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Julius Baer Rapid Div 2 L"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.08.31"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Dreev, Aleksey"]
[Black "Alekseev, Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2606"]
[BlackElo "2573"]
[ECO "D35"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "exchange, positional line, 5...c6"]
[WhiteFideId "4100107"]
[BlackFideId "4138147"]
[EventDate "2023.08.31"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 Be7 7. Bd3 Nbd7 8. Qc2
Nh5 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. Nge2 g6 11. O-O O-O 12. Rae1 Re8 13. Nc1 b6 14. Qa4 Bb7 15.
Ba6 Nf8 16. Nd3 Nf6 17. Rc1 Rec8 18. b4 Ne6 19. Rfd1 Bxa6 20. Qxa6 Qd6 21. h3
Nc7 22. Qa4 a5 23. Rc2 axb4 24. Qxb4 Qxb4 25. Nxb4 Na6 26. Nd3 Nc7 27. Rb1 Rab8
28. Ne5 Ne6 29. Na4 c5 30. Nxb6 Rc7 31. dxc5 Rxc5 32. Rcb2 Kg7 33. a4 d4 34.
Nbc4 Rxb2 35. Rxb2 dxe3 36. fxe3 Nd5 37. Rb5 f6 38. e4 Ndc7 39. Rxc5 Nxc5 40.
Nc6 Nxa4 41. Kf2 Nc5 42. Ke3 N5e6 43. Nd6 Kf8 44. h4 Ne8 45. Nc4 N8c7 46. g3 Ne8
47. Nb6 Nd6 48. Nd7+ Kf7 49. Kd3 Kg7 50. Nxf6 h6 51. Nd7 Kf7 52. Nce5+ Kg7 53.
Nc4 Nf7 54. Ne3 h5 55. Kc4 Nc7 56. Kc5 g5 57. Nf5+ Kg6 58. Nf8+ Kf6 59. Nh7+ Kg6
60. Nf8+ Kf6 61. Kd4 gxh4 62. gxh4 Nd8 63. Nd7+ Ke6 64. Nc5+ Kf6 65. Ke3 Nc6 66.
Nd3 Ne6 67. Ng3 Kg6 68. Nf4+ Nxf4 69. Kxf4 Nd4 70. Nf5 Nc6 71. e5 Kf7 72. Ke4
Nd8 73. Nd4 Kg6 74. Kd5 Nf7 75. e6 Nh6 76. Kd6 Kf6 77. Kd7 Ng8 78. Nc6 Kg7 79.
e7 Nf6+ 80. Kd8 Kf7 81. Ne5+ Ke6 82. Nd7 1-0

[Event "Julius Baer Rapid Div 2 L"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.08.31"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Mamedov, Rauf"]
[Black "Nihal, Sarin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2694"]
[ECO "B98"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Najdorf, 7...Be7"]
[WhiteFideId "13401653"]
[BlackFideId "25092340"]
[EventDate "2023.08.31"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Be7 8. e5
dxe5 9. fxe5 Nfd7 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. Qh5 O-O 12. O-O-O g6 13. Qh6 Nxe5 14. Be2
Nbc6 15. Nxc6 bxc6 16. h4 Rb8 17. Qf4 f6 18. Ne4 c5 19. Rhf1 Kg7 20. h5 g5 21.
Qg3 Qb7 22. h6+ Kxh6 23. Rxf6+ Ng6 24. Rxg6+ 1-0

[Event "Julius Baer Rapid Div 2 L"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.08.31"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Nihal, Sarin"]
[Black "Mamedov, Rauf"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2694"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[ECO "A04"]
[Opening "Reti opening"]
[WhiteFideId "25092340"]
[BlackFideId "13401653"]
[EventDate "2023.08.31"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. Nf3 c5 2. b3 Nf6 3. Bb2 d5 4. e3 a6 5. c4 dxc4 6. Bxc4 Nc6 7. O-O e6 8. d4
cxd4 9. Nxd4 Nxd4 10. Bxd4 Bd7 11. Nd2 Bc6 12. Be2 Be7 13. Rc1 O-O 14. Bf3 Nd5
15. Nc4 Rc8 16. Qd2 Nb4 17. Be2 Bb5 18. Qb2 Bf6 19. Rfd1 Bxd4 20. Rxd4 Qf6 21.
Qd2 Nc6 22. Rd7 Na5 23. Rd4 Nxc4 24. Bxc4 Bc6 25. Rd1 g6 26. h3 Qg5 27. Bf1 Qe5
28. g3 Qf5 29. Rf4 Qd5 30. Qxd5 Bxd5 31. Bg2 Bxg2 32. Kxg2 Rc7 33. Rd6 Kg7 34.
Rb4 Re8 35. a4 Ree7 36. g4 g5 37. Kg3 h6 38. h4 Red7 39. Rbd4 Rxd6 40. Rxd6 Kf6
41. h5 Ke5 42. Rd8 Kf6 43. Rd6 Ke5 44. Rb6 Ke4 45. a5 Ke5 46. f3 Kd5 47. b4 Ke5
48. Kg2 f5 49. gxf5 Kxf5 50. Kg3 Ke5 51. b5 axb5 52. Rxb5+ Kf6 53. f4 gxf4+ 54.
Kxf4 Rc4+ 55. e4 Ra4 56. Ke3 e5 57. Kf3 Ra3+ 58. Kg4 Ra4 59. Rb6+ Ke7 60. Rxb7+
Kd6 61. Kf5 Rxa5 62. Rb6+ Ke7 63. Rxh6 Kf7 64. Re6 Ra1 65. Rxe5 Rh1 66. Kg5 Rg1+
67. Kh6 Rg4 68. Rf5+ Ke6 69. Rg5 Rxe4 70. Kg7 Rf4 71. h6 Rf7+ 72. Kg8 Ra7 73. h7
Kf6 74. h8=Q+ Kxg5 75. Qe5+ Kg6 76. Qd6+ 1-0

[Event "Julius Baer Rapid Div 2 L"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.08.31"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Esipenko, Andrey"]
[Black "Chigaev, Maksim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2683"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[ECO "B06"]
[Opening "Robatsch (modern) defence"]
[WhiteFideId "24175439"]
[BlackFideId "4108116"]
[EventDate "2023.08.31"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. Bc4 e6 5. Bb3 h6 6. O-O a6 7. Nc3 Ne7 8. Ne2 b6
9. Ng3 Bb7 10. c3 Nd7 11. Re1 O-O 12. h3 Kh7 13. Bf4 Nc6 14. Qe2 e5 15. Be3 Qe7
16. Rad1 b5 17. a4 Na5 18. Bc2 Nc4 19. Bc1 Ncb6 20. axb5 axb5 21. Bd3 c6 22. Be3
Qe6 23. h4 Nc4 24. Bc1 Nf6 25. h5 Rae8 26. Qc2 Ng4 27. b3 Na5 28. d5 cxd5 29.
exd5 Bxd5 30. hxg6+ fxg6 31. Bxg6+ Qxg6 32. Qxg6+ Kxg6 33. Rxd5 Nxb3 34. Ba3 e4
35. Nxe4 Rf4 36. Rxd6+ Nf6 37. Nxf6 Rxe1+ 38. Nxe1 Bxf6 39. Rb6 Nd2 40. Bc1 Nc4
41. Rxb5 Re4 42. Nf3 Bxc3 43. Rc5 Bg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Julius Baer Rapid Div 2 L"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.08.31"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Yakubboev, Nodirbek"]
[Black "Iturrizaga Bonelli, Eduardo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2617"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[ECO "B41"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Kan, Maroczy bind (Reti variation)"]
[WhiteFideId "14203987"]
[BlackFideId "3901211"]
[EventDate "2023.08.31"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Bb4 7. Qc2 Qc7 8. a3
Bxc3+ 9. Qxc3 Nxe4 10. Nb5 axb5 11. Qxg7 Rf8 12. Bh6 Qc5 13. f3 Nf6 14. Qxf6 Rg8
15. cxb5 d6 16. Rc1 Nd7 17. Qf4 Qh5 18. Qd2 Ne5 19. Be3 d5 20. Rc7 Nd7 21. Qd4
Qe5 22. Qxe5 Nxe5 23. f4 Nd7 24. b6 Kd8 25. Kf2 e5 26. fxe5 Nxe5 27. Bd4 Rg5 28.
Bb5 Rf5+ 29. Ke1 Bd7 30. Bxd7 Nxd7 31. Rf1 Rxf1+ 32. Kxf1 Ra4 33. Bf2 d4 34. Ke2
Nxb6 35. Rxb7 Nd7 36. Rb4 Ra6 37. Bxd4 Kc7 38. a4 Re6+ 39. Kf3 Kc6 40. a5 Kd5
41. Bc3 Rh6 42. h3 Nc5 43. Rf4 1-0

[Event "Julius Baer Rapid Div 2 L"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.08.31"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Alekseev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Dreev, Aleksey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2573"]
[BlackElo "2606"]
[ECO "B38"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "accelerated fianchetto, Maroczy bind, 6.Be3"]
[WhiteFideId "4138147"]
[BlackFideId "4100107"]
[EventDate "2023.08.31"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Bg7 6. Be3 Qb6 7. Nb5 Qa5+ 8.
N5c3 Nf6 9. Nd2 d6 10. Be2 O-O 11. O-O Be6 12. f4 a6 13. a3 Rfc8 14. b4 Qd8 15.
Rc1 Rab8 16. h3 Bd7 17. Nb3 Be8 18. Qd3 Ra8 19. Rfd1 Bd7 20. Bf3 Qe8 21. c5 Be6
22. Nd5 dxc5 23. Nxc5 Nxd5 24. exd5 Bf5 25. Qd2 Nd8 26. Bf2 b6 27. d6 exd6 28.
Bxa8 Rxa8 29. Nb3 Ne6 30. Nd4 Be4 31. Nxe6 Qxe6 32. Bxb6 d5 33. Bd4 Bh6 34. Rf1
Re8 35. Rc3 Bf8 36. Qf2 Qf5 37. Rc6 Bd3 38. Re1 Re4 39. Rxe4 dxe4 40. Qh4 h6 41.
Qf6 Qxf6 42. Bxf6 Kh7 43. Rc8 1-0

[Event "Julius Baer Rapid Div 2 L"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.08.31"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Mamedov, Rauf"]
[Black "Nihal, Sarin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2694"]
[ECO "C54"]
[Opening "Giuoco Piano"]
[WhiteFideId "13401653"]
[BlackFideId "25092340"]
[EventDate "2023.08.31"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. cxd4 Bb4+ 7. Nbd2 Bxd2+
8. Bxd2 Nxe4 9. d5 Ne7 10. Bb4 d6 11. O-O O-O 12. Re1 a5 13. Ba3 Nf6 14. b3 Bg4
15. h3 Bxf3 16. Qxf3 Ng6 17. Bb2 a4 18. Rac1 Ne5 19. Bxe5 dxe5 20. Rxe5 Qd6 21.
Rce1 axb3 22. Qxb3 Nd7 23. Rg5 h6 24. Rg3 b6 25. Bb5 Nf6 26. Qb2 Nh5 27. Rge3
Nf6 28. Bc6 Ra5 29. Rg3 Rc5 30. Rc1 Rxc1+ 31. Qxc1 Nxd5 32. Bxd5 Qxd5 33. Qxh6
Qe5 34. Qd2 c5 35. f4 Qf6 36. Rd3 c4 37. Rd6 Qe7 38. Rc6 b5 39. Kh2 Re8 40. Qd5
Qe4 41. Qd6 b4 42. Rb6 b3 43. axb3 cxb3 44. Rxb3 Qe6 45. Qd3 Qe4 46. Qg3 g6 47.
Rb5 Qe3 48. Qh4 Qd4 49. Rb3 Qh8 50. Qg5 Qd4 51. f5 Qe5+ 52. Rg3 Kg7 53. Qg4 Qe4
54. Qg5 Qe5 55. h4 Rh8 56. Kh3 Qf6 57. fxg6 Qxg5 58. Rxg5 fxg6 59. Ra5 Rb8 60.
g3 Ra8 61. Rxa8 1-0

[Event "Julius Baer Rapid Div 2 L"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.08.31"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Alekseev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Dreev, Aleksey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2573"]
[BlackElo "2606"]
[ECO "B13"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "exchange variation"]
[WhiteFideId "4138147"]
[BlackFideId "4100107"]
[EventDate "2023.08.31"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. c3 Nf6 6. h3 g6 7. Nf3 Bf5 8. Be2
Bg7 9. O-O Qc7 10. Re1 O-O 11. Be3 Rfe8 12. Nbd2 Ne4 13. Nb3 Rad8 14. Bf1 h6 15.
Nc1 Nd6 16. Nd3 Nc4 17. Bc1 Kh7 18. b3 Nd6 19. Bb2 Ne4 20. Rc1 Rc8 21. Qe2 Nd6
22. Nfe5 Qa5 23. Nxc6 Rxc6 24. Nb4 Rcc8 25. Qd1 Ne4 26. a3 Bf6 27. c4 Bg5 28.
Nxd5 Bxc1 29. Qxc1 Qd2 30. Re2 Qxc1 31. Bxc1 b5 32. g4 Be6 33. Nf4 Nc3 34. Re1
Bd7 35. Bd2 bxc4 36. Bxc4 g5 37. Bxf7 gxf4 38. Bxe8 Bxe8 39. Bxc3 Bf7 40. Bd2 f3
41. Rxe7 Kg6 42. Rxa7 h5 43. Kh2 hxg4 44. hxg4 Bxb3 45. Kg3 Rc1 46. Bxc1 1-0

[Event "Julius Baer Rapid Div 2 L"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.09.01"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Sarana, Alexey"]
[Black "Esipenko, Andrey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2693"]
[BlackElo "2683"]
[ECO "D35"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "exchange, positional line, 5...c6"]
[WhiteFideId "24133795"]
[BlackFideId "24175439"]
[EventDate "2023.08.31"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 h6 7. Bh4 Be7 8. Bd3
O-O 9. Qc2 Ne8 10. Bg3 Nd6 11. Nf3 Be6 12. O-O Nd7 13. Ne2 Nf6 14. Nf4 Bd7 15.
h3 Qc8 16. Ne5 Bf5 17. f3 Re8 18. Rae1 Bxd3 19. Qxd3 c5 20. dxc5 Qxc5 21. Ng4
Rad8 22. b3 d4 23. exd4 Qf5 24. Rd1 h5 25. Ne3 Qg5 26. Bh2 Bf8 27. Rfe1 g6 28.
a4 Bg7 29. Kh1 h4 30. d5 Bf8 31. Re2 b6 32. Qc2 Rc8 33. Qd2 Rcd8 34. Qd3 Nb7 35.
Ng4 Nc5 36. Rxe8 Nxd3 37. Rxd8 Nxg4 38. Nxd3 Qxd8 39. hxg4 Qxd5 40. Nf2 Qxb3 41.
Rd8 Qb1+ 42. Bg1 Kg7 43. Ne4 Ba3 44. Rd7 Kf8 45. Rxa7 Bb2 46. Rd7 h3 47. gxh3
Qf1 48. Nf2 Be5 49. Rd1 Qc4 50. Kg2 Qxa4 51. Rd5 Bf4 52. h4 Qc4 53. Rd8+ Ke7 54.
Ra8 b5 55. Ne4 b4 56. Ra7+ Kd8 57. Rb7 Kc8 58. Rb6 b3 59. Bf2 Kc7 60. Rf6 Be5
61. Nd2 Qd5 62. Rb6 Qxd2 63. Rxb3 Bd4 0-1

[Event "Julius Baer Rapid Div 2 L"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.09.01"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Fressinet, Laurent"]
[Black "Yakubboev, Nodirbek"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2643"]
[BlackElo "2617"]
[ECO "D40"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "Semi-Tarrasch defence"]
[WhiteFideId "608742"]
[BlackFideId "14203987"]
[EventDate "2023.08.31"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 c5 5. e3 a6 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Bd3 Nc6 8. O-O
c4 9. Bc2 Bb4 10. Ne5 O-O 11. Bd2 Ne7 12. b3 b5 13. a4 Rb8 14. axb5 axb5 15. Rb1
Qd6 16. bxc4 bxc4 17. Qe1 Bf5 18. Rxb4 Bxc2 19. Rxb8 Rxb8 20. f3 Ne8 21. Qc1 Bf5
22. Be1 Rb3 23. Bg3 Qb4 24. Be1 Qd6 25. Bg3 Qd8 26. Qa1 f6 27. Ng4 Bxg4 28. fxg4
Nd6 29. Rc1 Nb5 30. Nxb5 Rxb5 31. Qa6 Qd7 32. h3 Rb3 33. Bf4 Qc6 34. Qa7 Kf7 35.
g5 Rb7 36. Qa3 Ng6 37. Rf1 Nxf4 38. exf4 Qb6 39. Qe3 Re7 40. Qf2 Re4 41. Rd1 c3
42. gxf6 Qxf6 43. g3 Qc6 44. Qc2 Qc4 45. Rd3 Rxd4 46. Rxc3 Rd1+ 47. Qxd1 Qxc3
48. Qxd5+ Kf6 49. Qg5+ Ke6 50. f5+ Kf7 51. Qh5+ Kf6 52. Qh4+ Kxf5 53. Qxh7+ Kf6
54. Qh4+ Kf7 55. Qf4+ Kg6 56. h4 Qe1+ 57. Kg2 Kh7 58. Qf5+ Kg8 59. Qd5+ Kh7 60.
Qf3 Qe6 61. g4 Kg8 62. h5 Qe5 63. Kh3 Qe6 64. Kh4 Qe7+ 65. Kh3 Qe6 66. Qd3 Qe5
67. Kg2 Qe6 68. Qd8+ Kh7 69. Qd3+ Kg8 70. Qf3 Qe5 71. Kh3 Qe6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Julius Baer Rapid Div 2 L"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.09.01"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Suleymanli, Aydin"]
[Black "Alekseev, Evgeny"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2588"]
[BlackElo "2573"]
[ECO "D38"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "Ragozin variation"]
[WhiteFideId "13413937"]
[BlackFideId "4138147"]
[EventDate "2023.08.31"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Qa4+ Nc6 6. e3 O-O 7. Qc2 b6 8. cxd5
exd5 9. Bd3 Ne7 10. O-O c5 11. dxc5 bxc5 12. a3 Ba5 13. Bd2 c4 14. Be2 Bf5 15.
Qc1 Rb8 16. Rd1 Qb6 17. Nd4 Bg6 18. Ra2 Rfc8 19. Be1 a6 20. f3 Rb7 21. Kh1 h6
22. Bg3 Rd7 23. Be5 Ne8 24. Na4 Qd8 25. Qa1 Nc6 26. Nxc6 Rxc6 27. Qc1 Qe7 28.
Bd4 Rd8 29. Bf1 Nc7 30. Bc5 Qe8 31. e4 dxe4 32. Rxd8 Qxd8 33. fxe4 Ne6 34. Bxc4
Nxc5 35. Bd5 Nxa4 36. Qxc6 Bxe4 37. Qxa4 Qxd5 38. b4 Bb6 39. Re2 Kh7 40. Qxa6
Qd1+ 41. Re1 Qxe1+ 0-1

[Event "Julius Baer Rapid Div 2 L"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.09.01"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Fedoseev, Vladimir3"]
[Black "Mamedov, Rauf"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2683"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[ECO "D10"]
[Opening "QGD Slav defence"]
[WhiteFideId "24130737"]
[BlackFideId "13401653"]
[EventDate "2023.08.31"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Bf4 Nc6 6. e3 Bf5 7. Qb3 Na5 8.
Bb5+ Bd7 9. Qc2 e6 10. Bd3 Nc6 11. a3 Nh5 12. Be5 f6 13. Bg3 f5 14. Be2 Nf6 15.
Nh3 Be7 16. Nf4 O-O 17. Nd3 Rc8 18. Nc5 Bxc5 19. dxc5 d4 20. Nb5 Qa5+ 21. Kf1
Nb4 22. Qd2 Bxb5 23. Qxb4 Bxe2+ 24. Kxe2 Qa6+ 25. Ke1 dxe3 26. fxe3 Ne4 27. Rc1
Rfd8 28. Rc4 Rxc5 29. Qxc5 Nxc5 30. Rxc5 Qa4 31. Rc1 Qe4 32. Kf1 Rd2 33. Bf2 f4 0-1

[Event "Julius Baer Rapid Div 2 L"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.09.01"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Mamedov, Rauf"]
[Black "Fedoseev, Vladimir3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2683"]
[ECO "B22"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Alapin's variation (2.c3)"]
[WhiteFideId "13401653"]
[BlackFideId "24130737"]
[EventDate "2023.08.31"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Nf6 4. Nf3 Nxd5 5. Bb5+ Bd7 6. Bc4 Nb6 7. Bb3 Bf5 8.
d4 e6 9. O-O Be7 10. Be3 Na6 11. Nbd2 O-O 12. Re1 Nd5 13. Nf1 Rc8 14. Ng3 Nxe3
15. Rxe3 Bg6 16. Re1 cxd4 17. Nxd4 Bf6 18. Ne4 Bxd4 19. cxd4 Nb4 20. Qd2 Qb6 21.
Nc5 Rfe8 22. Rac1 Rcd8 23. Qe3 h6 24. h3 a5 25. Qc3 Rc8 26. Qg3 Kh7 27. Qf3 Re7
28. h4 h5 29. Qf4 Qd8 30. a3 Nc6 31. Rcd1 Qb6 32. Qg5 f6 33. Qe3 e5 34. Na4 Qb5
35. d5 Nd4 36. Rxd4 exd4 37. Qxe7 Re8 38. Qxe8 Bxe8 39. Bc2+ Bg6 40. Bd1 Qxd5
41. b4 axb4 42. axb4 Qc4 43. Kh2 Qxb4 44. Re6 b5 45. Nb6 Qd2 46. Bf3 Qxf2 47.
Nd7 Qxh4+ 48. Kg1 d3 49. Re7 Qd4+ 50. Kh1 d2 51. Nf8+ Kh6 52. Rxg7 Qh4+ 0-1

[Event "Julius Baer Rapid Div 2 L"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.09.01"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Esipenko, Andrey"]
[Black "Sarana, Alexey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2683"]
[BlackElo "2693"]
[ECO "A20"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[WhiteFideId "24175439"]
[BlackFideId "24133795"]
[EventDate "2023.08.31"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 g6 3. d4 exd4 4. Qxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Qe3+ Qe7 7. Qxe7+ Kxe7 8.
Nh3 d6 9. Bg2 c6 10. O-O Be6 11. b3 Ne4 12. Nxe4 Bxa1 13. Nxd6 Kxd6 14. Ba3+ Kc7
15. Rxa1 Bxh3 16. Bxh3 Na6 17. f3 Rad8 18. Kf2 Rhe8 19. Bc1 f6 20. Bf4+ Kb6 21.
a3 c5 22. Rb1 Nc7 23. b4 cxb4 24. axb4 Ne6 25. Be3+ Nd4 26. Rb2 Kc6 27. Bg2 b6
28. f4+ Kc7 29. Ra2 Kb8 30. c5 bxc5 31. bxc5 Re7 32. c6 Rd6 33. Ra4 Ne6 34. Rb4+
Kc8 35. Ra4 Kb8 36. Rb4+ Kc8 37. Ra4 f5 38. Bxa7 Rd2 39. Bf3 Rb2 40. Be3 Kc7 41.
Bc1 Rc2 42. Be3 Kd6 43. Ra8 Rb2 44. Bc1 Rc2 45. Ba3+ Nc5 46. Ra5 Re8 47. h4 Rb8
48. Kg2 h5 49. Kf2 Rc8 50. Ke3 Rd8 51. Rxc5 Rxc5 52. Kd4 Ra8 53. Bxc5+ Kc7 54.
Kd5 1-0

[Event "Julius Baer Rapid Div 2 L"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.09.01"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Alekseev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Suleymanli, Aydin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2573"]
[BlackElo "2588"]
[ECO "B13"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "exchange, Rubinstein variation"]
[WhiteFideId "4138147"]
[BlackFideId "13413937"]
[EventDate "2023.08.31"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. c3 Nf6 6. Bf4 Bg4 7. Qb3 Qc8 8. Nd2
e6 9. Ngf3 Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. Qc2 Bh5 12. Rae1 Bg6 13. Bxg6 hxg6 14. Qd3 Nh5
15. Bg5 Bd6 16. g3 Qc7 17. Nb3 a5 18. a4 Nf6 19. Nbd2 Rab8 20. Re2 Rfe8 21. Kg2
Nd7 22. h4 f6 23. Be3 Ne7 24. Rfe1 Qc6 25. Qb5 Qxb5 26. axb5 Rbc8 27. Rc1 a4 28.
Ne1 Nf5 29. Nd3 Kf7 30. Nf3 Ra8 31. Bd2 Be7 32. Nf4 Nf8 33. Rce1 Bd6 34. g4 Nh6
35. Kh3 b6 36. Bc1 Ng8 37. g5 Re7 38. Kg4 Ra5 39. h5 gxh5+ 40. Kxh5 Rxb5 41. g6+
Ke8 42. Nxe6 Nxe6 43. Rxe6 Rxe6 44. Rxe6+ Kd7 45. Re2 Ne7 46. Nh4 a3 47. bxa3
Rb1 48. Rc2 b5 49. Kg4 Ke6 50. Re2+ Kd7 51. Rc2 Ra1 52. Nf5 Nxf5 53. Kxf5 Rb1
54. f3 Ra1 55. Kg4 Bf8 56. Kf5 Be7 57. f4 Bd6 58. Kg4 Ke6 59. Re2+ Kd7 60. Rc2
Rb1 61. Kf5 Bc7 62. Kg4 Ba5 63. Kf5 Kd6 64. Kg4 Ke6 65. Re2+ Kd7 66. Rc2 Ra1 67.
Kf5 Bc7 68. Kg4 Bd6 69. Kf5 Be7 70. Kg4 Bd6 71. Kf5 Rb1 72. Kg4 Bb8 73. Kf5 Bd6
74. Kg4 Rb3 75. Kf5 Ke7 76. Re2+ Kd7 77. Rc2 Be7 78. Kg4 Bxa3 79. Bxa3 Rxa3 80.
Kf5 Kd6 81. Rb2 Ra5 82. Rb1 Kc6 83. Ke6 Ra7 84. f5 Rb7 85. Rb2 Ra7 86. Rb1 Rb7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Julius Baer Rapid Div 2 L"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.09.01"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Yakubboev, Nodirbek"]
[Black "Fressinet, Laurent"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2617"]
[BlackElo "2643"]
[ECO "C67"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Berlin defence, open variation"]
[WhiteFideId "14203987"]
[BlackFideId "608742"]
[EventDate "2023.08.31"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5 8.
Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 Ke8 10. Bf4 h6 11. h3 Bc5 12. Ne4 Bb6 13. Rad1 Be6 14. b3 a5
15. c4 a4 16. g4 Ne7 17. Kg2 Ng6 18. Bd2 Rd8 19. Bc1 Rd7 20. Kg3 Kd8 21. Bb2
Rxd1 22. Rxd1+ Kc8 23. Ne1 h5 24. Ng2 Nf8 25. Nf4 hxg4 26. hxg4 Bd7 27. Ng5 Be8
28. e6 f6 29. Ne4 Ng6 30. c5 Ba5 31. Nxg6 Bxg6 32. Nxf6 gxf6 33. Bxf6 Re8 34. f4
Bc2 35. Rd7 b5 36. bxa4 Rxe6 37. Rd8+ Kb7 38. Be5 bxa4 39. g5 Bf5 40. Rd4 a3 41.
Ra4 Be1+ 42. Kf3 Re7 43. Rxa3 Rh7 44. Ke2 Rh1 45. Re3 Ba5 46. Ra3 Be1 47. Re3
Ba5 48. Ra3 Be1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Julius Baer Rapid Div 2 L"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.09.01"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Mamedov, Rauf"]
[Black "Fedoseev, Vladimir3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2683"]
[ECO "A05"]
[Opening "Reti"]
[Variation "King's Indian attack"]
[WhiteFideId "13401653"]
[BlackFideId "24130737"]
[EventDate "2023.08.31"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. d3 O-O 5. e4 c5 6. O-O Nc6 7. Nc3 d5 8. exd5
Nxd5 9. Ne4 b6 10. Re1 Bb7 11. a3 h6 12. Rb1 a5 13. Bd2 Qd7 14. c4 Nc7 15. Qb3
Ra6 16. Bc3 a4 17. Qc2 e5 18. b4 axb3 19. Rxb3 Ne6 20. Qb2 Qc7 21. Rb1 Ncd4 22.
Bxd4 cxd4 23. c5 Bxe4 24. cxb6 Qb7 25. dxe4 Nc5 26. Rb4 Nd3 27. Qb3 Nxb4 28.
axb4 Rxb6 29. b5 Rb8 30. Bf1 Qxe4 31. Nd2 Qf5 32. Bd3 Qe6 33. Bc4 Qe7 34. h4 Kh7
35. h5 f5 36. Re1 e4 37. Nf3 g5 38. g4 Qc5 39. Nd2 e3 40. Nf3 fxg4 41. Nh2 Kh8
42. fxe3 g3 43. Nf3 Qf5 44. Rf1 dxe3 45. Nh4 Qh3 46. Nf3 g2 0-1

[Event "Julius Baer Rapid Div 2 L"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.09.01"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Yakubboev, Nodirbek"]
[Black "Fressinet, Laurent"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2617"]
[BlackElo "2643"]
[ECO "D37"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "classical variation (5.Bf4)"]
[WhiteFideId "14203987"]
[BlackFideId "608742"]
[EventDate "2023.08.31"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. a3
Nc6 9. Qc2 Qa5 10. Rd1 Be7 11. Nd2 e5 12. Bg5 d4 13. Nb3 Qb6 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15.
Nd5 Qd8 16. Bd3 g6 17. exd4 exd4 18. O-O Bg7 19. Be4 Bg4 20. Rd2 Qd6 21. c5 Qd7
22. Nb4 Nxb4 23. axb4 Rad8 24. Na5 b6 25. Nb7 Rb8 26. c6 Qc7 27. h3 Be6 28. b5
Ra8 29. Qd3 Rfe8 30. Re2 Re7 31. Rfe1 Rae8 32. Qa3 Be5 33. Bd3 Bc8 34. f4 Bf6
35. Qd6 Qxd6 36. Nxd6 Rxe2 37. Rxe2 Rd8 38. c7 Rf8 39. g4 Bd7 40. g5 Bg7 41. Re7
Bxh3 42. f5 1-0

[Event "Julius Baer Rapid Div 2 L"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.09.01"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Esipenko, Andrey"]
[Black "Yakubboev, Nodirbek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2683"]
[BlackElo "2617"]
[ECO "B31"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Nimzovich-Rossolimo attack (with ...g6, without ...d6)"]
[WhiteFideId "24175439"]
[BlackFideId "14203987"]
[EventDate "2023.08.31"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. c3 e5 6. d4 exd4 7. cxd4 cxd4 8. e5
a6 9. Ba4 Nge7 10. Bf4 O-O 11. Nbd2 b5 12. Bb3 Bb7 13. Re1 d6 14. exd6 Nf5 15.
Ne4 Na5 16. Bg5 Qd7 17. Bc2 Rae8 18. Nc5 Qxd6 19. Nxb7 Nxb7 20. Bxf5 gxf5 21.
Qd3 h6 22. Bd2 Qd5 23. Bb4 Rxe1+ 24. Rxe1 Rc8 25. Nh4 Qc4 26. Qxf5 Rd8 27. Bd2
d3 28. Qh5 Qc2 29. Nf3 Qxb2 30. Bxh6 Bxh6 31. Qxh6 Qg7 32. Qxa6 Nd6 33. Qb6 Qf6
34. Rd1 Ne4 35. Qe3 Nc3 36. Rxd3 Rxd3 37. Qxd3 b4 38. Qc4 Qd6 39. g3 Qd1+ 40.
Kg2 Qb1 41. Ng5 Qxa2 42. Qxb4 Qd5+ 43. Nf3 Ne4 44. Qb8+ Kh7 45. Qe5 Qc6 46. h4
f6 47. Qd4 Qe6 48. Kg1 Kg7 49. Qe3 Qd5 50. Nd4 Kg6 51. Kh2 Nc5 52. f3 Kf7 53. g4
Nd7 54. Qb3 Qxb3 55. Nxb3 f5 56. Kg3 fxg4 57. fxg4 Kf6 58. Nd4 Ne5 59. h5 Nf7
60. Nf3 Nd8 61. Kf4 Ne6+ 62. Ke3 Nc5 63. Kd4 Ne6+ 64. Kd5 Nf4+ 65. Ke4 Ne6 66.
Nd4 Ng5+ 67. Kf4 Nh3+ 68. Kg3 Ng5 69. Kh4 Nf7 70. Nf3 Nd6 71. g5+ Kf5 72. Nd4+
Ke5 73. h6 Nf7 74. Kh5 1-0

[Event "Julius Baer Rapid Div 2 L"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.09.01"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Alekseev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Fedoseev, Vladimir3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2573"]
[BlackElo "2683"]
[ECO "B00"]
[Opening "King's pawn opening"]
[WhiteFideId "4138147"]
[BlackFideId "24130737"]
[EventDate "2023.08.31"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Bd3 e5 4. c3 Be7 5. Nd2 O-O 6. Ngf3 Nc6 7. O-O g6 8. dxe5
Nxe5 9. Nxe5 dxe5 10. Nc4 Nd7 11. Bh6 Re8 12. Qd2 Nc5 13. Bc2 Qxd2 14. Bxd2 Bf6
15. Be3 Ne6 16. Rfd1 b6 17. Ba4 Rd8 18. Rxd8+ Nxd8 19. Rd1 Be6 20. Bb3 a5 21.
Na3 Bxb3 22. axb3 Ne6 23. Kf1 Kf8 24. Ke2 Ke8 25. Nc2 Be7 26. g3 Rd8 27. Rxd8+
Kxd8 28. Kd3 Kd7 29. b4 axb4 30. Nxb4 Bxb4 31. cxb4 Kc6 32. Kc4 b5+ 33. Kd3 Kd6
34. f3 h5 35. h4 f6 36. Bf2 g5 37. Be3 Ke7 38. Ke2 Kf7 39. Kf2 Kg6 40. Kg2 g4
41. fxg4 hxg4 42. Kf2 Ng7 43. Ke2 Nh5 44. Bf2 c6 45. Kd3 Kf7 46. Ke3 Ke6 47. Kd3
f5 48. exf5+ Kxf5 49. Be1 Nf6 50. Bd2 Ne4 51. Be1 Nf6 52. Bd2 Ke6 53. Be1 Kd5
54. Bd2 Nh5 55. Be1 Ng7 56. b3 Nf5 57. Bf2 e4+ 58. Ke2 Ke5 59. Kd2 e3+ 60. Bxe3
Nxg3 61. Kd3 Nh5 62. Bg5 Kf5 63. Ke3 Ng7 64. Bf4 Ne8 65. Bh2 Nf6 66. Kd4 Ne4 67.
h5 g3 68. Bxg3 Nxg3 69. Kc5 Ne4+ 70. Kxc6 Nc3 71. Kc5 Kg5 72. Kd4 Na2 73. Kc5
Nc3 74. Kd4 Na2 75. Kc5 Nc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Julius Baer Rapid Div 2 L"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.09.01"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Yakubboev, Nodirbek"]
[Black "Esipenko, Andrey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2617"]
[BlackElo "2683"]
[ECO "C88"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "closed, anti-Marshall 8.a4"]
[WhiteFideId "14203987"]
[BlackFideId "24175439"]
[EventDate "2023.08.31"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4
Rb8 9. axb5 axb5 10. h3 d6 11. c3 b4 12. d3 bxc3 13. bxc3 Re8 14. Be3 h6 15.
Nbd2 Bf8 16. g4 Nh7 17. d4 h5 18. Ba4 Bd7 19. gxh5 exd4 20. cxd4 Nb4 21. Bxd7
Qxd7 22. Kh2 d5 23. e5 c5 24. dxc5 Nd3 25. Rg1 Nxc5 26. Rg4 Qf5 27. h6 g6 28.
Ra7 Nd3 29. Kg2 Rb4 30. Nd4 Rxd4 31. Bxd4 Bxh6 32. Nf3 Nf4+ 33. Kh2 Ne6 34. Nh4
Qh5 35. Qf3 Nhg5 36. Qxd5 Bf8 37. Be3 Be7 38. f4 Nh7 39. Nxg6 Bg5 40. Ne7+ Kf8
41. fxg5 Nhxg5 42. Bxg5 Nxg5 43. Ng6+ Qxg6 44. Rxg5 1-0

[Event "Julius Baer Rapid Div 2 L"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.09.01"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Fedoseev, Vladimir3"]
[Black "Alekseev, Evgeny"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2683"]
[BlackElo "2573"]
[ECO "D53"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "4.Bg5 Be7"]
[WhiteFideId "24130737"]
[BlackFideId "4138147"]
[EventDate "2023.08.31"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Rc1 O-O 7. cxd5 exd5 8.
Bd3 c6 9. Nf3 Re8 10. O-O Nh5 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. Re1 Nhf6 13. a4 a5 14. Qb3 Qb4
15. Qa2 Nf8 16. Ne5 Ng4 17. Nf3 Nf6 18. Qb1 Ng6 19. Ng5 Bd7 20. b3 Re7 21. Ne2
Rae8 22. Ng3 Bc8 23. Qc2 Bd7 24. Rf1 Rc8 25. Qc5 Qxc5 26. Rxc5 Ra8 27. Rb1 Ne8
28. h3 Nd6 29. Nf3 Nf8 30. Rc2 Be6 31. Kh2 Nd7 32. Ng5 g6 33. Nxe6 Rxe6 34. Ne2
Re7 35. g4 Kg7 36. Kg2 Nf6 37. Ng3 Nd7 38. Re1 Rae8 39. Rd1 Ra8 40. Rb1 Nf6 41.
Ra2 Nd7 42. Rc2 Nf6 43. Kf1 Nd7 44. Ke2 Rae8 45. Kd2 Ra8 46. Rcc1 Rae8 47. Rc3
Ra8 48. Kc2 Rf8 49. Kb2 Ra8 50. Rc2 Rae8 51. Ka3 Ra8 52. Rg1 Ree8 53. Ne2 Re7
54. h4 Ree8 55. Kb2 Nf6 56. Nf4 Nd7 57. Kc1 Nf6 58. Kd1 Nd7 59. Kd2 Nf6 60. f3
Re7 61. Rc3 Nd7 62. Bc2 Rae8 63. Ke2 Nf8 64. Kf2 Nd7 65. Re1 Kg8 66. Re2 Kg7 67.
Rd3 Kg8 68. Rd1 Kg7 69. Rg1 Kg8 70. Bd3 Kg7 71. Rc1 Kg8 72. Rce1 Kg7 73. Kg3 f6
74. Kf2 Nf8 75. Rb1 Ne6 76. Nxe6+ Rxe6 77. Rg1 R6e7 78. h5 Rf8 79. hxg6 hxg6 80.
Ree1 Ree8 81. Rh1 f5 82. gxf5 Nxf5 83. Reg1 Re7 84. Rg5 Re6 85. Rhg1 Ne7 86. f4
Kf7 87. Rh1 Kg7 88. Rhg1 Kf7 89. Rh1 Kg7 90. Rh3 Nf5 91. Rg1 Ne7 92. Rgh1 Rf7
93. Rh8 Kf6 94. Rg1 Nf5 95. Rg5 Ne7 96. Rb8 Nf5 97. Rg8 Ne7 98. Re8 Rd6 99. Rb8
Nf5 100. Rh8 Ne7 101. Kf3 Re6 102. Re8 Rd6 103. Kg4 Rh7 104. Rf8+ Kg7 105. Rb8
Re6 106. Rxb7 Rxe3 107. Bxg6 Rh2 108. Be4+ Kf6 109. Bf3 Re1 110. Kg3 Rd2 111.
Re5 Nf5+ 112. Kh3 Rf1 113. Bg2 Rxf4 114. Re8 Rh4# 0-1

[Event "Julius Baer Rapid Div 2 L"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.09.01"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Yakubboev, Nodirbek"]
[Black "Esipenko, Andrey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2617"]
[BlackElo "2683"]
[ECO "C84"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "closed defence"]
[WhiteFideId "14203987"]
[BlackFideId "24175439"]
[EventDate "2023.08.31"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. Bd2
O-O 9. Re1 a5 10. a4 b4 11. Be3 Be6 12. Nbd2 h6 13. Bxe6 fxe6 14. Nb3 d5 15. Bc5
Bxc5 16. Nxc5 Qd6 17. Nb3 Nd7 18. Qe2 Rf4 19. g3 Rf7 20. Nfd2 Raf8 21. Rf1 Nb6
22. Qe3 Nd7 23. Kg2 Kh7 24. h3 Rf6 25. c3 bxc3 26. bxc3 d4 27. cxd4 exd4 28. Qe2
Nb6 29. f4 Qb4 30. Rfc1 e5 31. f5 Nxa4 32. Rc4 Nc3 33. Rxb4 Nxe2 34. Rb7 Nb4 35.
Nc5 Ra8 36. Rxb4 Rc6 37. Rc4 1-0

[Event "Julius Baer Rapid Div 2 L"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.09.02"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Amin, Bassem"]
[Black "Yakubboev, Nodirbek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2682"]
[BlackElo "2617"]
[ECO "A05"]
[Opening "Reti opening"]
[WhiteFideId "10601457"]
[BlackFideId "14203987"]
[EventDate "2023.08.31"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Be7 5. d3 O-O 6. a3 c5 7. Nbd2 Nc6 8. e4 b5
9. Re1 Bb7 10. e5 Nd7 11. Nf1 Qc7 12. Bf4 Rfc8 13. h4 Qd8 14. h5 h6 15. Qd2 a5
16. g4 Ra6 17. Re2 a4 18. N1h2 b4 19. Kh1 bxa3 20. bxa3 Rb6 21. Rg1 c4 22. d4 c3
23. Qc1 Nf8 24. Bf1 Nh7 25. Re1 Ba6 26. Bxa6 Rxa6 27. Rg3 Ng5 28. Nxg5 hxg5 29.
Be3 Rb6 30. Nf3 Rcb8 31. Bxg5 Bxg5 32. Qxg5 Qxg5 33. Nxg5 Nxd4 34. Rxc3 Rc6 35.
Rxc6 Nxc6 36. Kg2 Kf8 37. Re3 d4 38. Re4 Rb2 39. Rf4 Nxe5 40. Nxe6+ Ke7 41. Nxd4
Ra2 42. Nf5+ Kf6 43. Ne3+ Ke6 44. Rxa4 1-0

[Event "Julius Baer Rapid Div 2 L"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.09.02"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Alekseev, Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2742"]
[BlackElo "2573"]
[ECO "C50"]
[Opening "Giuoco Pianissimo"]
[WhiteFideId "13300474"]
[BlackFideId "4138147"]
[EventDate "2023.08.31"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 Nf6 5. c3 d6 6. Nbd2 O-O 7. h3 a5 8. Bb3
Ba7 9. Nf1 Ne7 10. g4 Be6 11. Ng3 Bxb3 12. axb3 Bb6 13. g5 Nd7 14. h4 f5 15. h5
fxe4 16. dxe4 Nc5 17. Be3 Nd7 18. Bxb6 Nxb6 19. Nh4 Rf4 20. Ng2 Rf8 21. Ne3 Rf4
22. Qd3 Qd7 23. Ngf5 Nxf5 24. exf5 Qc6 25. Rh3 d5 26. Kf1 d4 27. Ng2 e4 28. Qxd4
Rxf5 29. Re1 Raf8 30. h6 Rxf2+ 31. Kg1 R2f7 32. Rxe4 Qg6 33. hxg7 Rxg7 34. Re5
Rd7 35. Qg4 Qb1+ 36. Re1 Qf5 37. Qg3 Rg7 38. Re5 Qb1+ 39. Kh2 Qxb2 40. g6 Rxg6
41. Rg5 Qc2 42. Rxg6+ Qxg6 43. Qxc7 Kh8 44. Qe5+ Qf6 45. Rh5 Nd7 46. Qxf6+ Rxf6
47. Rxa5 b6 48. Ra8+ Kg7 49. Ra7 Rd6 50. Ne3 Kf6 51. c4 Rd3 52. Nd5+ Ke5 53.
Rxd7 Rxb3 54. Rxh7 b5 55. Nb6 bxc4 56. Nxc4+ Kd4 57. Rh4+ Kc5 58. Ne5 Kd5 59.
Ng4 Kc5 60. Kg2 Ra3 61. Kf2 Rb3 62. Ne3 Ra3 63. Rh5+ Kc6 64. Kf3 Ra4 65. Nf5 Rb4
66. Ke3 Ra4 67. Nd4+ Kd6 68. Ke4 Ra1 69. Rh6+ Ke7 70. Nf3 Ra4+ 71. Kf5 Ra1 72.
Re6+ Kd7 73. Ne5+ Kc7 74. Rc6+ Kb7 75. Rc3 Ra6 76. Ke4 Rd6 77. Nc4 Rd1 78. Ke5
Ra1 79. Ne3 Ra5+ 80. Nd5 Ra1 81. Kd6 Ra6+ 82. Kd7 Rh6 83. Rb3+ Ka6 84. Nc3 Rg6
85. Kc7 Rg7+ 86. Kc6 Rg6+ 87. Kc5 Ka7 88. Nb5+ Ka8 89. Nd6 Rg1 90. Kb6 Ra1 91.
Rg3 1-0

[Event "Julius Baer Rapid Div 2 L"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.09.02"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Yakubboev, Nodirbek"]
[Black "Amin, Bassem"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2617"]
[BlackElo "2682"]
[ECO "E73"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "Semi-Averbakh system"]
[WhiteFideId "14203987"]
[BlackFideId "10601457"]
[EventDate "2023.08.31"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Be3 Na6 7. h4 e5 8. h5 exd4
9. Bxd4 Re8 10. h6 Bh8 11. f3 Nb4 12. Qd2 a5 13. Bf2 a4 14. a3 Nc6 15. Nh3 Na5
16. Qc2 Be6 17. Nxa4 b5 18. Nc3 Bxh3 19. Rxh3 bxc4 20. Rd1 Nd7 21. Nb5 Ne5 22.
Kf1 Qb8 23. a4 c6 24. Nxd6 Rd8 25. Bc5 Nb3 26. Ba3 c5 27. f4 Rxd6 28. fxe5 Bxe5
29. Bxc4 Nd4 30. Qb1 Rxa4 31. Qa2 Rf6+ 32. Kg1 Bg3 33. b3 Ra8 34. Qb2 Qe5 35.
Bd5 Rd8 36. Qd2 Bf4 37. Qd3 Ne6 38. Qc4 Qg5 39. Kh1 Qg4 40. Bb2 Qxd1+ 0-1

[Event "Julius Baer Rapid Div 2 L"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.09.02"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Alekseev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2573"]
[BlackElo "2742"]
[ECO "C24"]
[Opening "Bishop's opening"]
[Variation "Berlin defence"]
[WhiteFideId "4138147"]
[BlackFideId "13300474"]
[EventDate "2023.08.31"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 Bc5 4. Nf3 d6 5. O-O O-O 6. c3 a5 7. Bb3 Ba7 8. h3 Re8
9. Be3 Bxe3 10. fxe3 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Nf8 12. Bc2 Ng6 13. a4 c6 14. d4 b5 15. Rf2
Rb8 16. Qb1 b4 17. c4 h6 18. Nb3 c5 19. dxc5 dxc5 20. Nxc5 Qb6 21. Nb3 Qxe3 22.
Qe1 Qa7 23. Nbd2 Nf4 24. Kh2 b3 25. Bb1 g5 26. Nf1 Rb4 27. Ne3 Be6 28. Nd2 Qd4
29. Nf3 Qc5 30. Nd2 Qd4 31. Nf3 Qa7 32. Rd2 Bxc4 33. Nf5 Kh7 34. Rd6 Be6 35. Ne3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Julius Baer Rapid Div 2 L"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.09.02"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Amin, Bassem"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2682"]
[BlackElo "2742"]
[ECO "A04"]
[Opening "Reti opening"]
[WhiteFideId "10601457"]
[BlackFideId "13300474"]
[EventDate "2023.08.31"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. Nf3 c5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. d3 Nf6 6. e4 O-O 7. Re1 d6 8. c3 e5
9. a4 a6 10. h3 Rb8 11. Be3 b5 12. axb5 axb5 13. Nbd2 Re8 14. d4 exd4 15. cxd4
c4 16. e5 Nd5 17. Bg5 Qd7 18. Ne4 h6 19. Nxd6 hxg5 20. Nxg5 Ncb4 21. Ngxf7 Rf8
22. e6 Qe7 23. Qg4 Qf6 24. Re5 Nd3 25. Bxd5 Qxf2+ 26. Kh1 Bb7 27. Nxb7 Ra8 28.
Rg1 Bxe5 29. dxe5 Rxf7 30. Qxg6+ 1-0

[Event "Julius Baer Rapid Div 2 L"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.09.02"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Amin, Bassem"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2742"]
[BlackElo "2682"]
[ECO "C53"]
[Opening "Giuoco Piano"]
[WhiteFideId "13300474"]
[BlackFideId "10601457"]
[EventDate "2023.08.31"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. e5 d5 7. Bb5 Ne4 8. cxd4
Bb6 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Be3 Bg4 11. h3 Bh5 12. Qc2 Ba5 13. O-O Bxf3 14. gxf3 Ng5 15.
Qf5 Ne6 16. Bxc6 bxc6 17. Ne2 Rb8 18. b3 g6 19. Qg4 f5 20. exf6 Qxf6 21. Rac1 c5
22. dxc5 Rb4 23. f4 d4 24. a3 Rxb3 25. Nxd4 Nxd4 26. Bxd4 Qf5 27. Be5 Rxh3 28.
Qxf5 Rxf5 29. Rfd1 Rxa3 30. Rb1 g5 31. Rd7 Bb6 32. cxb6 axb6 33. Rbd1 gxf4 34.
Rg7+ 1-0

[Event "Julius Baer Rapid Div 2 L"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.09.02"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Amin, Bassem"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2682"]
[BlackElo "2742"]
[ECO "A04"]
[Opening "Reti opening"]
[WhiteFideId "10601457"]
[BlackFideId "13300474"]
[EventDate "2023.08.31"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. Nf3 c5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. d3 Nf6 6. e4 O-O 7. Re1 d6 8. c3 e5
9. a4 a6 10. h3 Rb8 11. Be3 b5 12. axb5 axb5 13. Nbd2 Re8 14. d4 exd4 15. cxd4
Nd7 16. e5 Nxd4 17. exd6 Nxf3+ 18. Nxf3 Bb7 19. Bg5 Rxe1+ 20. Qxe1 Bf6 21. h4
Bxf3 22. Bxf3 Ne5 23. Bd5 Qxd6 24. Rd1 Bxg5 25. hxg5 Qxd5 26. Rxd5 Nf3+ 27. Kf1
Nxe1 28. Kxe1 Rc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Julius Baer Rapid Div 2 L"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.09.03"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2697"]
[BlackElo "2742"]
[ECO "B40"]
[Opening "Sicilian defence"]
[WhiteFideId "24101605"]
[BlackFideId "13300474"]
[EventDate "2023.08.31"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. Nf3 c5 2. e4 e6 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. O-O Qc7 7. Re1 d6 8. d4
cxd4 9. Nxd4 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Bd7 11. e5 dxe5 12. Rxe5 Rd8 13. Bf4 Bd6 14. Rd1 Bc6
15. Bxc6+ Qxc6 16. Ree1 Be7 17. Qe5 O-O 18. Qc7 Rxd1 19. Rxd1 Qxc7 20. Bxc7 Rc8
21. Bd6 Kf8 22. Kf1 Nd7 23. Ke2 Nb6 24. Bxe7+ Kxe7 25. Rd4 Nc4 26. Nd1 b5 27. b3
Ne5 28. Ne3 g5 29. f4 gxf4 30. gxf4 Nc6 31. Re4 Kf6 32. a4 h5 33. axb5 axb5 34.
c4 Rb8 35. Kd3 bxc4+ 36. bxc4 Rb2 37. Nc2 Rb3+ 38. Kd2 Rh3 39. Re2 Kf5 40. Rf2
Ke4 41. f5 Ne5 42. fxe6 Nxc4+ 43. Ke1 fxe6 44. Re2+ Kd5 45. Nb4+ Kc5 46. Na6+
Kd6 47. Nb4 e5 48. Kf1 Kc5 49. Nc2 Rb3 50. Ne1 Kd4 51. Nc2+ Kd5 52. Ne1 e4 53.
Kf2 Kd4 54. Nc2+ Ke5 55. Ne1 h4 56. Rc2 Kd4 57. Re2 h3 58. Nc2+ Ke5 59. Ne1 Kf4
60. Ra2 Ne5 61. Kf1 Rb1 62. Ke2 Ng4 63. Kf1 Rc1 64. Rb2 Ra1 65. Rd2 Ne3+ 66. Ke2
Ng2 67. Nc2 Rh1 68. Kf2 Nh4 0-1

[Event "Julius Baer Rapid Div 2 L"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.09.03"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2742"]
[BlackElo "2697"]
[ECO "A41"]
[Opening "Queen's Pawn"]
[WhiteFideId "13300474"]
[BlackFideId "24101605"]
[EventDate "2023.08.31"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. d4 d6 2. e4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. Bc4 e6 5. Bb3 Nd7 6. O-O Ne7 7. Re1 b6 8. Nbd2
Bb7 9. Nf1 O-O 10. Ng3 c5 11. c3 b5 12. a4 a6 13. Be3 Qc7 14. Qd2 Rfe8 15. Bh6
c4 16. Bc2 e5 17. Rad1 Rad8 18. dxe5 dxe5 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. Qg5 Kh8 21. Rd2 Ng8
22. Red1 f6 23. Qe3 Bc8 24. axb5 axb5 25. Rd5 Nf8 26. Rxb5 Rxd1+ 27. Bxd1 Ne6
28. h3 Nf4 29. Be2 Be6 30. Bf1 Qd7 31. Rb6 Ra8 32. Qd2 Qc7 33. Qd6 Qxd6 34. Rxd6
Ra1 35. Kh2 Rb1 36. Rb6 h5 37. Nd2 Rd1 38. Nxc4 h4 39. Ne3 Re1 40. Ne2 Bf7 41.
Ng1 g5 42. Nf3 Rb1 43. g3 hxg3+ 44. fxg3 Ng6 45. Kg2 Ra1 46. Bc4 Bxc4 47. Nxc4
N6e7 48. Nd6 Rc1 49. Rb7 Rc2+ 50. Kf1 Kg7 51. h4 gxh4 52. Nf5+ Kf8 1/2-1/2

