[Event "Julius Baer Rapid Div 2 W"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.08.30"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Chigaev, Maksim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2616"]
[ECO "D35"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "exchange, positional line, 5...c6"]
[WhiteFideId "4168119"]
[BlackFideId "4108116"]
[EventDate "2023.08.30"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 h6 7. Bh4 Be7 8. Bd3
O-O 9. Nge2 Re8 10. O-O Nh5 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. Qd2 Nd7 13. Rae1 Nb6 14. Nd1 a5
15. f3 Bd7 16. Nec3 Nf6 17. Qf2 Be6 18. a3 Rad8 19. Ne2 c5 20. Ndc3 Bd7 21. dxc5
Qxc5 22. Nd4 Nc4 23. Bxc4 dxc4 24. e4 Nh5 25. Nd5 Be6 26. Nxe6 Qxf2+ 27. Rxf2
fxe6 28. Nb6 Nf4 29. Rc2 Rd6 30. Nxc4 Rc8 31. g3 Rdc6 32. gxf4 Rxc4 33. Rxc4
Rxc4 34. Re3 b5 35. Rb3 b4 36. Kf2 Rc2+ 37. Kg3 bxa3 38. bxa3 Ra2 39. h4 a4 40.
Rc3 h5 41. f5 exf5 42. e5 Rb2 43. Rc4 Kf7 44. Rxa4 Rb1 45. Kf4 1-0

[Event "Julius Baer Rapid Div 2 W"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.08.30"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Esipenko, Andrey"]
[Black "Fedoseev, Vladimir3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2683"]
[BlackElo "2676"]
[ECO "C02"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "advance, Euwe variation"]
[WhiteFideId "24175439"]
[BlackFideId "24130737"]
[EventDate "2023.08.30"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. Be2 Nge7 7. O-O Ng6 8. Be3
Be7 9. Nbd2 cxd4 10. cxd4 O-O 11. a3 a5 12. a4 Qb6 13. Bb5 Nb8 14. Qe2 Bxb5 15.
axb5 Nd7 16. Nb1 Bb4 17. Nc3 Bxc3 18. bxc3 Rfc8 19. Bd2 a4 20. h4 h6 21. h5 Ngf8
22. Nh4 Qd8 23. g3 f5 24. f4 Nb6 25. Be1 Rc7 26. g4 Rf7 27. gxf5 Rxf5 28. Nxf5
exf5 29. Kh2 Qe8 30. Rg1 Ne6 31. Qf3 Qxb5 32. Ra2 a3 33. Bh4 Kh8 34. Bf6 gxf6
35. Rg6 Kh7 36. Rxf6 Qe8 37. Qh3 Nxf4 38. Qxf5+ Kg7 39. Rxb6 Qxh5+ 40. Qxh5 Nxh5
41. Rxb7+ Kg6 42. Rb3 Nf4 43. Rbxa3 Rc8 44. Rf2 Kg5 45. Ra7 Nh5 46. Rg2+ Kh4 47.
Ra3 Rf8 48. Ra6 Rf3 49. Rxh6 Rxc3 50. e6 Re3 51. Kg1 Re1+ 52. Kf2 Re4 53. Rh2+
Kg4 54. R2xh5 Rf4+ 55. Ke3 Re4+ 56. Kd3 1-0

[Event "Julius Baer Rapid Div 2 W"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.08.30"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Iturrizaga Bonelli, Eduardo"]
[Black "Suleymanli, Aydin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2617"]
[BlackElo "2586"]
[ECO "A22"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[WhiteFideId "3901211"]
[BlackFideId "13413937"]
[EventDate "2023.08.30"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. e3 Nc6 4. a3 g6 5. b4 Bg7 6. Bb2 O-O 7. Nge2 h5 8. Rc1 h4
9. h3 d6 10. Nd5 Nh5 11. Nec3 Nb8 12. b5 c6 13. Nb4 f5 14. Be2 Qg5 15. O-O a5
16. bxa6 bxa6 17. Kh1 a5 18. Nc2 Nd7 19. d4 Rb8 20. Ba1 Ndf6 21. dxe5 dxe5 22.
Qd6 f4 23. e4 Rb3 24. Ne1 Rxc3 25. Rxc3 Nxe4 26. Qxc6 Bf5 27. Rd3 Neg3+ 28. Rxg3
fxg3 29. Bxh5 Qxh5 30. Nf3 Bxh3 31. Qd5+ Kh7 32. gxh3 Rxf3 33. Kg2 Rf4 34. f3
Qf5 35. Rc1 e4 36. Qxf5 exf3+ 37. Kf1 Rxf5 38. Bxg7 Kxg7 39. c5 Rf7 40. c6 Rc7
41. Rc3 f2 42. Kg2 Kf6 43. Rc4 g5 44. Rc5 Ke6 0-1

[Event "Julius Baer Rapid Div 2 W"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.08.30"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Yakubboev, Nodirbek"]
[Black "Amin, Bassem"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2684"]
[ECO "E73"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "Semi-Averbakh system"]
[WhiteFideId "14203987"]
[BlackFideId "10601457"]
[EventDate "2023.08.30"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Be3 Na6 7. h3 e5 8. d5 Nc5
9. Qc2 c6 10. f3 cxd5 11. cxd5 Nh5 12. O-O-O Ng3 13. Rh2 Bd7 14. b4 Na6 15. Bxa6
bxa6 16. Nge2 Nxe2+ 17. Qxe2 Qb8 18. a3 Rc8 19. Kd2 Bb5 20. Nxb5 axb5 21. Rc1
Rxc1 22. Kxc1 a5 23. Qd2 Qc8+ 24. Kb2 axb4 25. Qxb4 Ra4 26. Qxb5 Qa8 27. Qb3 f5
28. Qd3 Qb7+ 29. Ka2 fxe4 30. fxe4 Qb4 31. g4 Qxe4 32. Qxe4 Rxe4 33. Bb6 Re1 34.
a4 e4 35. a5 e3 36. Rc2 e2 37. Bf2 Ra1+ 38. Kb3 e1=Q 39. Bxe1 Rxe1 40. Ra2 Bd4
41. Kc4 Bc5 42. a6 Re7 43. Kb5 Kg7 44. g5 Rc7 45. Rc2 Kf7 46. Rc4 Ke7 47. Rh4
Kd8 48. Rf4 Ke8 49. Re4+ Re7 50. Ra4 Kd8 51. Kc6 Rc7+ 52. Kb5 Kc8 53. Rf4 Kb8
54. Rf8+ Ka7 55. Rd8 Re7 56. h4 Rf7 57. Kc6 Kxa6 58. Rd7 Rxd7 59. Kxd7 Kb5 60.
Ke6 Kc4 61. Kf7 Bf2 62. Kg7 Bxh4 63. Kxh7 Bxg5 64. Kxg6 Bc1 0-1

[Event "Julius Baer Rapid Div 2 W"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.08.30"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Dreev, Aleksey"]
[Black "Fressinet, Laurent"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2606"]
[BlackElo "2652"]
[ECO "D32"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "Tarrasch, von Hennig-Schara gambit"]
[WhiteFideId "4100107"]
[BlackFideId "608742"]
[EventDate "2023.08.30"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. cxd5 cxd4 5. Qxd4 Nc6 6. Qd1 exd5 7. e3 Nf6 8.
Nf3 Bb4 9. Bd2 O-O 10. Be2 Ne4 11. O-O Bxc3 12. Bxc3 Nxc3 13. bxc3 Bg4 14. h3
Bh5 15. Rb1 b6 16. Rb5 Ne7 17. a4 Rc8 18. Qa1 Rc5 19. Rxc5 bxc5 20. Rb1 Qc7 21.
Rb5 Rb8 22. Qb2 Nc6 23. Qa3 Rxb5 24. axb5 Ne7 25. g4 Bg6 26. Nd2 c4 27. Nf3 h5
28. Nd4 hxg4 29. hxg4 Be4 30. Kf1 Ng6 31. Ke1 Ne5 32. Kd2 Bd3 33. Bd1 Ng6 34.
Be2 Bxe2 35. Kxe2 Ne5 36. Nc6 Nxc6 37. Qc5 Qa5 38. Qxc6 Qxc3 39. Qc8+ Kh7 40.
Qf5+ Kg8 41. Qc8+ Kh7 42. Qf5+ Kg8 43. Qc8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Julius Baer Rapid Div 2 W"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.08.30"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Alekseev, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2698"]
[BlackElo "2573"]
[ECO "B44"]
[Opening "Sicilian defence"]
[WhiteFideId "24101605"]
[BlackFideId "4138147"]
[EventDate "2023.08.30"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. Nf3 c5 2. e4 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Bb4 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8.
Bd3 e5 9. O-O O-O 10. h3 Bc5 11. Re1 d6 12. Be3 Bd4 13. Bxd4 exd4 14. Na4 Nd7
15. c5 Nxc5 16. Nxc5 dxc5 17. Qh5 Qb6 18. b3 a5 19. Rac1 a4 20. Qxc5 Qxc5 21.
Rxc5 axb3 22. axb3 Be6 23. Bc4 Bxc4 24. Rxc4 Rab8 25. Rb1 Rfd8 26. Rxc6 d3 27.
Rc3 d2 28. Rd1 g6 29. f3 Rb4 30. Kf2 Rdb8 31. Rxd2 Rxb3 32. Rcc2 Kg7 33. Kg3 h5
34. Kf4 R3b7 35. Ra2 Rc7 36. Ra3 Rcb7 37. Raa2 Rc7 38. Re2 Rcb7 39. Kg3 Rc7 40.
Re3 Rcb7 41. f4 Rb3 42. Ra3 Rxe3+ 43. Rxe3 Rb4 44. Kf3 Rb1 45. Re2 Rb3+ 46. Re3
Rb1 47. e5 Rf1+ 48. Ke4 Rf2 49. g4 hxg4 50. hxg4 Rg2 51. Kf3 Rg1 52. f5 gxf5 53.
gxf5 Kf8 54. Kf4 Rf1+ 55. Ke4 Ke7 56. Ra3 Re1+ 57. Kf4 Rf1+ 58. Rf3 Rg1 59. Rf2
Re1 60. Rd2 Rf1+ 61. Kg4 Rg1+ 62. Kf3 Rf1+ 63. Rf2 Re1 64. Kf4 Rd1 65. Ke3 Re1+
66. Re2 Rf1 67. Ke4 Rd1 68. Re3 Rf1 69. Rg3 Re1+ 70. Kf4 Re2 71. Rg7 Rf2+ 72.
Ke4 Re2+ 73. Kd4 Rf2 74. f6+ Ke6 75. Rg8 Rf4+ 76. Ke3 Kxe5 77. Re8+ Kf5 78. Re7
Rh4 79. Rxf7 Rh6 80. Rf8 Rxf6 81. Rxf6+ Kxf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Julius Baer Rapid Div 2 W"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.08.30"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Mamedov, Rauf"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2633"]
[BlackElo "2742"]
[ECO "C42"]
[Opening "Petrov"]
[Variation "classical attack, Marshall variation"]
[WhiteFideId "13401653"]
[BlackFideId "13300474"]
[EventDate "2023.08.30"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. c4
c6 9. Re1 Bf5 10. Qb3 Qd7 11. Qc2 Bg6 12. Nc3 Nxc3 13. Bxg6 hxg6 14. Qxc3 dxc4
15. Qxc4 Na6 16. Ne5 Rfe8 17. Bf4 Qe6 18. Bg3 Bf8 19. Qxe6 Rxe6 20. a3 Rd8 21.
Nf3 Rxe1+ 22. Rxe1 f6 23. Kf1 g5 24. h3 Kf7 25. Ke2 Bd6 26. Bxd6 Rxd6 27. Rc1
Nc7 28. g3 Ne6 29. Ke3 Ke7 30. Rc4 Kd7 31. Ke4 Rd5 32. Ke3 a5 33. b4 axb4 34.
Rxb4 Kc8 35. Nd2 Kb8 36. Nb3 Kc7 37. a4 b6 38. Nd2 g6 39. Rc4 Kb7 40. Rb4 Kc7
41. Rc4 Rd8 42. Ne4 f5 43. Nd2 Kb7 44. Nf3 b5 45. axb5 cxb5 46. Rb4 Rd5 47. Rb1
Kb6 48. Rb2 Rd8 49. Rb1 Rd6 50. Rb2 Ka5 51. Ne5 f4+ 52. gxf4 gxf4+ 53. Kf3 Ka4
54. Rb1 b4 55. Ra1+ Kb5 56. Nxg6 Ng5+ 57. Kxf4 Rxg6 58. h4 Nh3+ 59. Kf5 Rh6 60.
Kg4 Nxf2+ 61. Kg5 Rd6 62. h5 Ne4+ 63. Kf4 Rxd4 64. h6 Nf6+ 65. Ke5 Rh4 66. Kxf6
Rxh6+ 67. Ke5 Rh4 68. Kd5 b3 69. Ra8 Kb4 70. Rb8+ Ka3 71. Ra8+ Ra4 72. Rh8 b2
73. Rh1 Ka2 74. Rh2 Ka1 0-1

[Event "Julius Baer Rapid Div 2 W"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.08.30"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Sarana, Alexey"]
[Black "Nihal, Sarin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2684"]
[WhiteFideId "24133795"]
[BlackFideId "25092340"]
[EventDate "2023.08.30"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1-0

[Event "Julius Baer Rapid Div 2 W"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.08.30"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Mamedov, Rauf"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2742"]
[BlackElo "2633"]
[ECO "B36"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "accelerated fianchetto, Gurgenidze variation"]
[WhiteFideId "13300474"]
[BlackFideId "13401653"]
[EventDate "2023.08.30"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Nxd4 7. Qxd4 d6 8.
Be3 Bg7 9. f3 O-O 10. Qd2 a5 11. Rc1 a4 12. Be2 Be6 13. Nb5 Nd7 14. O-O Nc5 15.
Rfd1 Qa5 16. Nd4 Rfc8 17. Nxe6 Nxe6 18. Qxa5 Rxa5 19. Rc2 Raa8 20. f4 a3 21. b3
Nc5 22. Bxc5 Rxc5 23. Rd5 Rac8 24. Bd3 Rxd5 25. cxd5 Rxc2 26. Bxc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Julius Baer Rapid Div 2 W"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.08.30"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Chigaev, Maksim"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2616"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[ECO "D87"]
[Opening "Gruenfeld"]
[Variation "exchange, Spassky variation"]
[WhiteFideId "4108116"]
[BlackFideId "4168119"]
[EventDate "2023.08.30"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 c5 8.
Ne2 O-O 9. Be3 Nc6 10. h4 cxd4 11. cxd4 Qa5+ 12. Kf1 h5 13. f3 Rd8 14. Qb3 e6
15. e5 b6 16. Kf2 Qb4 17. g4 Qxb3 18. Bxb3 hxg4 19. fxg4 Ba6 20. Rad1 Rac8 21.
h5 Na5 22. h6 Bf8 23. Bg5 Rd7 24. Bf6 Kh7 25. Nf4 Nxb3 26. Nh3 g5 27. Nxg5+ Kg6
28. h7 Bg7 29. Bxg7 Kxg7 30. axb3 Bb7 31. Rh5 Rdc7 32. Rd3 Rh8 33. Rdh3 Rc2+ 34.
Ke3 Rb2 35. Kf4 Rf2+ 36. Ke3 Rb2 37. Kf4 Rf2+ 38. Ke3 Rb2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Julius Baer Rapid Div 2 W"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.08.30"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Nihal, Sarin"]
[Black "Sarana, Alexey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2684"]
[BlackElo "2685"]
[WhiteFideId "25092340"]
[BlackFideId "24133795"]
[EventDate "2023.08.30"]
[EventType "k.o."]

0-1

[Event "Julius Baer Rapid Div 2 W"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.08.30"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Suleymanli, Aydin"]
[Black "Iturrizaga Bonelli, Eduardo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2586"]
[BlackElo "2617"]
[ECO "A50"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[WhiteFideId "13413937"]
[BlackFideId "3901211"]
[EventDate "2023.08.30"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Bf4 Nc6 6. e3 Bf5 7. Nf3 a6 8. Bd3
Bxd3 9. Qxd3 e6 10. O-O Bd6 11. Bxd6 Qxd6 12. Rfc1 O-O 13. Na4 Nd7 14. Nc5 Nxc5
15. Rxc5 Rac8 16. Rac1 Ne7 17. Qa3 Rxc5 18. Qxc5 Qxc5 19. Rxc5 Rc8 20. Rxc8+
Nxc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Julius Baer Rapid Div 2 W"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.08.30"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Amin, Bassem"]
[Black "Yakubboev, Nodirbek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2684"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[ECO "A08"]
[Opening "Reti"]
[Variation "King's Indian attack, French variation"]
[WhiteFideId "10601457"]
[BlackFideId "14203987"]
[EventDate "2023.08.30"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 c5 4. O-O e6 5. d3 Nc6 6. Nbd2 Be7 7. e4 O-O 8. Re1
b5 9. e5 Nd7 10. Nf1 Qc7 11. Bf4 Bb7 12. Ne3 Qb6 13. h4 Rfc8 14. Ng5 h6 15. Nxd5
exd5 16. Nxf7 Nd4 17. Bh3 Nf8 18. e6 Rc6 19. Nxh6+ gxh6 20. Qg4+ Kh7 21. Qh5
Ndxe6 22. Qf7+ 1-0

[Event "Julius Baer Rapid Div 2 W"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.08.30"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Fressinet, Laurent"]
[Black "Dreev, Aleksey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2652"]
[BlackElo "2606"]
[ECO "B40"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Anderssen variation"]
[WhiteFideId "608742"]
[BlackFideId "4100107"]
[EventDate "2023.08.30"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Ndb5 Bc5 7. Bf4 O-O 8.
Bc7 Qe7 9. Bd6 Bxd6 10. Qxd6 Qd8 11. O-O-O a6 12. Nd4 Ne7 13. h4 b5 14. h5 Ne8
15. Qh2 h6 16. g4 b4 17. Na4 Qa5 18. b3 Bb7 19. f3 Rc8 20. Kb1 Qc7 21. Qxc7 Rxc7
22. Nb6 Nf6 23. Rh2 Rb8 24. Nc4 d5 25. exd5 Nexd5 26. Kb2 Nc3 27. Rdd2 Rd7 28.
a3 bxa3+ 29. Nxa3 e5 30. Nf5 Rxd2 31. Rxd2 Bxf3 32. Rd6 Nfe4 33. Rxa6 Bxg4 34.
Ne7+ Kf8 35. Nc6 Re8 36. b4 Bxh5 37. b5 Bf3 38. Bc4 Nd1+ 39. Kc1 Ne3 40. Ra7 Nd6
41. Bb3 h5 42. Rd7 Nef5 43. Nc4 Bxc6 44. bxc6 Nxc4 45. Bxc4 Ne7 46. c7 h4 47.
Rd8 Nc8 48. Bb5 1-0

[Event "Julius Baer Rapid Div 2 W"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.08.30"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Alekseev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2573"]
[BlackElo "2698"]
[ECO "C50"]
[Opening "Giuoco Pianissimo"]
[WhiteFideId "4138147"]
[BlackFideId "24101605"]
[EventDate "2023.08.30"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 d6 6. O-O a5 7. Re1 Ba7 8. Bb3
O-O 9. h3 Re8 10. Nbd2 Be6 11. Ba4 Bd7 12. Nf1 h6 13. Ng3 Ne7 14. Bc2 Ng6 15. d4
b5 16. Be3 c5 17. dxe5 Nxe5 18. Nxe5 dxe5 19. a4 b4 20. Bb3 Be6 21. Bxe6 Rxe6
22. Qxd8+ Rxd8 23. cxb4 axb4 24. Rac1 Ra6 25. b3 Rd3 26. Rb1 c4 27. Bxa7 Rxa7
28. bxc4 Rxa4 29. Nf5 Rc3 30. Ne7+ Kh7 31. Nd5 Rc2 32. Rxb4 Rxb4 33. Nxb4 Rxc4
34. Nd3 Nd7 35. f3 f6 36. Kf2 Nf8 37. Rc1 Ra4 38. Rc2 Ra3 39. Nc5 Ng6 40. g3 Ne7
41. Ne6 Ra6 42. Nc7 Rd6 43. Nb5 Rb6 44. Nc7 Kg6 45. h4 h5 46. Na8 Rb8 47. Nc7
Rc8 48. Rc3 Rd8 49. Rc2 Kf7 50. Nb5 Rd3 51. Nc7 f5 52. Nb5 fxe4 53. fxe4 Ng8 54.
Rc7+ Kg6 55. Rc3 Rd1 56. Nc7 Nf6 57. Rc6 Rd4 58. Nd5 Rxe4 59. Ne7+ Kf7 60. Nf5
Kg6 61. Ne7+ Kh7 62. Nf5 Ra4 63. Rc7 Ra2+ 64. Ke1 Kg6 65. Ne7+ Kf7 66. Nf5+ Ke6
67. Nxg7+ Kd5 68. Rf7 Ra6 69. Ke2 Ke4 70. Kd2 Rd6+ 71. Ke2 Ra6 72. Kd2 Rc6 73.
Ke2 Ra6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Julius Baer Rapid Div 2 W"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.08.30"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Fedoseev, Vladimir3"]
[Black "Esipenko, Andrey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2676"]
[BlackElo "2683"]
[ECO "E06"]
[Opening "Catalan"]
[Variation "closed, 5.Nf3"]
[WhiteFideId "24130737"]
[BlackFideId "24175439"]
[EventDate "2023.08.30"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. c4 e6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. d4 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Qb3 a5 7. O-O c6 8. Bf4
Nbd7 9. Rc1 Nh5 10. Bd2 Nhf6 11. e3 Re8 12. Be1 h6 13. Bf1 Bd6 14. Nc3 dxc4 15.
Bxc4 b5 16. Bf1 Bb7 17. Bg2 Rb8 18. Rd1 Qb6 19. e4 e5 20. dxe5 Bxe5 21. Qc2 Bc7
22. Rac1 Ne5 23. Nd4 Rbc8 24. f3 Qa7 25. Bf2 Bb6 26. Nf5 Rcd8 27. Bxb6 Qxb6+ 28.
Kh1 Nc4 29. b3 Ne5 30. h3 c5 31. f4 Nc6 32. Rxd8 Rxd8 33. Qf2 Nd4 34. Ne3 Qe6
35. e5 Qxh3+ 36. Kg1 Bxg2 37. Qxg2 Qxg2+ 38. Kxg2 Nd7 39. Ne4 Rc8 40. Nd5 Kf8
41. Kf2 g6 42. g4 g5 43. Nef6 Nxf6 44. exf6 gxf4 45. Rh1 Ke8 46. Rxh6 Rc6 47. g5
Ne6 48. Rh8+ Kd7 49. g6 fxg6 50. f7 c4 51. Nxf4 Nf8 52. Rxf8 Rf6 53. Ke3 cxb3
54. axb3 a4 55. b4 Ke7 56. Ra8 Kxf7 57. Ra7+ Ke8 58. Ke4 g5 59. Nd5 Rh6 60. Kf5
g4 61. Kxg4 Rd6 62. Nc7+ Kd8 63. Kf5 Rd7 64. Ne6+ Ke7 65. Rxd7+ Kxd7 66. Ke5 a3
67. Nc5+ Kc6 68. Kd4 Kd6 69. Kc3 a2 70. Kb2 Kd5 71. Kxa2 Kc4 72. Ka3 Kc3 73.
Ne4+ 1-0

[Event "Julius Baer Rapid Div 2 W"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.08.30"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Esipenko, Andrey"]
[Black "Fedoseev, Vladimir3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2683"]
[BlackElo "2676"]
[ECO "C02"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "advance, Euwe variation"]
[WhiteFideId "24175439"]
[BlackFideId "24130737"]
[EventDate "2023.08.30"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. Be2 Nge7 7. O-O Ng6 8. Be3
Be7 9. Nbd2 cxd4 10. cxd4 O-O 11. a3 a5 12. Bd3 a4 13. g3 f6 14. exf6 Bxf6 15.
Nb1 Nge7 16. Nc3 Be8 17. Ng5 Bxg5 18. Bxg5 Nxd4 19. Bxh7+ Kxh7 20. Qxd4 Rf7 21.
Qh4+ Kg8 22. Rae1 d4 23. Ne4 Bc6 24. Bxe7 Rxe7 25. Ng5 g6 26. Rxe6 Be8 27. Rfe1
Rd7 28. Rxe8+ Qxe8 29. Rxe8+ Rxe8 30. Ne4 Kg7 31. Qf6+ Kh6 32. Nd6 Re1+ 33. Kg2 1-0

[Event "Julius Baer Rapid Div 2 W"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.08.30"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Mamedov, Rauf"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2633"]
[BlackElo "2742"]
[ECO "C42"]
[Opening "Petrov"]
[Variation "Nimzovich attack"]
[WhiteFideId "13401653"]
[BlackFideId "13300474"]
[EventDate "2023.08.30"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Bf4 O-O 8.
Qd2 Nd7 9. O-O-O Nc5 10. h4 c6 11. Re1 d5 12. Bd3 Bf6 13. Ng5 g6 14. Nxh7 Kxh7
15. h5 Kg8 16. hxg6 Ne4 17. Qe3 Qb6 18. Qf3 fxg6 19. Rxe4 dxe4 20. Bc4+ Rf7 21.
Be5 1-0

[Event "Julius Baer Rapid Div 2 W"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.08.30"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Chigaev, Maksim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2616"]
[ECO "E94"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "orthodox variation"]
[WhiteFideId "4168119"]
[BlackFideId "4108116"]
[EventDate "2023.08.30"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Nf3 e5 7. O-O Na6 8. Re1
Bg4 9. d5 Nc5 10. Ng5 Bxe2 11. Qxe2 a5 12. Be3 b6 13. a3 Nfd7 14. Nf3 a4 15. Nd2
f5 16. f3 f4 17. Bf2 h5 18. Reb1 g5 19. Kf1 Rf7 20. Ke1 Bf8 21. Kd1 Rg7 22. Kc2
g4 23. Rg1 Qg5 24. Raf1 Be7 25. Nb5 Rc8 26. Kb1 Kh8 27. Ka2 Qh6 28. Nb1 Nf6 29.
N1c3 h4 30. h3 gxh3 31. gxh3 Rg3 32. Na7 Rcg8 33. Nc6 Bf8 34. Nb5 R8g7 35. Rh1
Qh5 36. Bxc5 bxc5 37. Nd8 Rg2 38. Qd1 R7g3 39. Ne6 Bh6 40. Nc3 Qe8 41. Nxc7 Qd7
42. Ne6 Nh7 43. Qxa4 Qxa4 44. Nxa4 Rd2 45. Nb6 Ng5 46. a4 Nxf3 47. a5 Ng5 48.
Nxg5 Rxg5 49. Rhg1 Rgg2 50. Rxg2 Rxg2 51. Kb3 1-0

[Event "Julius Baer Rapid Div 2 W"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.08.30"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Iturrizaga Bonelli, Eduardo"]
[Black "Suleymanli, Aydin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2617"]
[BlackElo "2586"]
[ECO "A06"]
[Opening "Reti opening"]
[WhiteFideId "3901211"]
[BlackFideId "13413937"]
[EventDate "2023.08.30"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. b3 O-O 6. Bb2 c5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Qc2
Nc6 9. a3 Bf6 10. h4 b6 11. Bd3 h5 12. g4 hxg4 13. Bh7+ Kh8 14. Ng5 Ne5 15. Nxd5
exd5 16. Bg8 g6 17. Bxf7 d4 18. Qe4 Bf5 19. Qb7 Rb8 20. Qxa7 Nc6 21. Qa4 b5 22.
Qa6 Rb6 23. h5 Bxg5 24. hxg6+ Kg7 25. exd4 Rxa6 26. dxc5+ Nd4 27. Rh7+ Kf6 0-1

[Event "Julius Baer Rapid Div 2 W"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.08.30"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Sarana, Alexey"]
[Black "Nihal, Sarin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2684"]
[ECO "B06"]
[Opening "Robatsch (modern) defence"]
[WhiteFideId "24133795"]
[BlackFideId "25092340"]
[EventDate "2023.08.30"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. d4 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. Qe2 O-O 6. O-O Bg4 7. e5 dxe5 8. dxe5
Nd5 9. Rd1 c6 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bh4 g5 12. Bg3 e6 13. h3 Bh5 14. Bd3 Nd7 15. Nbd2
Qc7 16. Re1 Rfd8 17. a3 Nc5 18. Bc4 b5 19. Ba2 Bg6 20. Nb3 Na4 21. c3 a6 22.
Rac1 Ndb6 23. Nbd4 c5 24. Nxe6 fxe6 25. b3 c4 26. bxa4 Nxa4 27. h4 Qe7 28. hxg5
hxg5 29. Qe3 Rd3 30. Qxg5 Qxg5 31. Nxg5 Nxc3 32. Ra1 Rd2 33. Nxe6 Rxa2 34. Rxa2
Nxa2 35. Nxg7 Kxg7 36. e6 c3 37. Be5+ Kg8 38. Ra1 c2 39. Bb2 Rd8 40. Rxa2 Rd7
41. exd7 1-0

[Event "Julius Baer Rapid Div 2 W"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.08.30"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Yakubboev, Nodirbek"]
[Black "Amin, Bassem"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2684"]
[ECO "E73"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "Semi-Averbakh system"]
[WhiteFideId "14203987"]
[BlackFideId "10601457"]
[EventDate "2023.08.30"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Be3 Na6 7. h3 e5 8. d5 Nc5
9. Qc2 c6 10. Nf3 Nh5 11. O-O-O cxd5 12. Nxd5 Ne6 13. g3 Bd7 14. Kb1 b6 15. Rd2
Rc8 16. Nc3 Rc6 17. Rhd1 Qe7 18. Nd5 Qe8 19. Nb4 f5 20. exf5 gxf5 21. Nxc6 Bxc6
22. Nh4 f4 23. gxf4 exf4 24. Bd4 Nxd4 25. Rxd4 Bxd4 26. Rxd4 Qe5 27. Qd2 f3 28.
Bd3 Kh8 29. Bc2 Nf6 30. a3 Be4 31. Bxe4 Nxe4 32. Qe3 Ng5 33. Qd2 Ne4 34. Ng6+
Kg7 35. Qe3 Nc3+ 36. Qxc3 hxg6 37. Ka2 Rf6 38. h4 Kh7 39. Qd2 Qe2 40. Qg5 Qe5
41. Qd2 Qe2 42. Qg5 Qe5 43. Rd5 Qxg5 44. hxg5 Rf5 45. Rxd6 Rxg5 46. Rd7+ Kh6 47.
Rf7 Rf5 48. Rxf5 gxf5 49. Kb3 Kg5 50. Kc3 Kg4 51. b4 Kh3 52. Kd2 Kg4 53. Ke3 f4+
54. Ke4 1-0

[Event "Julius Baer Rapid Div 2 W"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.08.30"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Dreev, Aleksey"]
[Black "Fressinet, Laurent"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2606"]
[BlackElo "2652"]
[ECO "D30"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[WhiteFideId "4100107"]
[BlackFideId "608742"]
[EventDate "2023.08.30"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. Nbd2 Nbd7 8. Rc1
c5 9. Be2 b6 10. cxd5 Nxd5 11. Bg3 Bb7 12. O-O Rc8 13. Nc4 N7f6 14. Qa4 a6 15.
Qb3 Ne4 16. Be5 b5 17. a3 Ba8 18. Ncd2 Nxd2 19. Nxd2 c4 20. Qc2 c3 21. Nb3 Nb6
22. bxc3 Bxa3 23. Ra1 Bb4 24. Rxa6 Rxc3 25. Qb1 Nc4 26. Bg3 Na3 27. Qb2 Rc2 28.
Qa1 Rxe2 29. Rxa3 Bxa3 0-1

[Event "Julius Baer Rapid Div 2 W"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.08.30"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Alekseev, Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2698"]
[BlackElo "2573"]
[ECO "A04"]
[Opening "Reti opening"]
[WhiteFideId "24101605"]
[BlackFideId "4138147"]
[EventDate "2023.08.30"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. Nf3 c5 2. b3 Nc6 3. Bb2 Nf6 4. g3 g6 5. c4 Bg7 6. Bg2 d6 7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4
Bd7 9. Nc2 h5 10. Nc3 O-O 11. O-O h4 12. gxh4 Kh7 13. Nd5 Nxd5 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15.
cxd5 Ne5 16. h3 f6 17. f4 Nf7 18. Nd4 Rh8 19. Qe1 Rc8 20. Qg3 Qb6 21. Rad1 Nh6
22. e4 Nf7 23. Kh2 Qa5 24. Bf3 Rc3 25. Rg1 Rh6 26. Qe1 Qc5 27. Bg4 Bxg4 28. hxg4
Kg8 29. Rg2 b5 30. Ne6 Qc8 31. Qf2 b4 32. Rf1 a5 33. g5 fxg5 34. fxg5 Rh7 35.
Kg1 Rh3 36. Rg4 Qc3 37. Kg2 Rd3 38. Re1 Rd2 39. Re2 Rd1 40. Rf4 Qc1 41. Rc2 Rg1+
42. Qxg1 Qxc2+ 43. Qf2 Qd3 44. Qa7 Qe2+ 45. Kg3 Qe1+ 46. Kg2 Qe2+ 47. Qf2 Qd3
48. Rg4 Qd1 49. Kg3 Qd3+ 50. Kh2 Qd1 51. Rf4 Qd3 52. Qb2 Qe3 53. Qc2 Qc3 54.
Qxc3 bxc3 55. Kg3 1-0

[Event "Julius Baer Rapid Div 2 W"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.08.30"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Mamedov, Rauf"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2742"]
[BlackElo "2633"]
[ECO "B27"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Hungarian variation"]
[WhiteFideId "13300474"]
[BlackFideId "13401653"]
[EventDate "2023.08.30"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. c3 d5 4. e5 Bg4 5. Bb5+ Nc6 6. Bxc6+ bxc6 7. O-O Nh6 8. d3
Bg7 9. Re1 Nf5 10. Nbd2 Nh4 11. Qa4 Nxf3+ 12. Nxf3 Qd7 13. Ng5 Bf5 14. d4 cxd4
15. cxd4 O-O 16. b3 f6 17. Nf3 Be4 18. Nd2 fxe5 19. Nxe4 dxe4 20. dxe5 Bxe5 21.
Rb1 Bd4 22. Be3 Bxe3 23. Qc4+ Qd5 24. Rxe3 Qxc4 25. bxc4 Rab8 26. Rbb3 Rbd8 27.
Kf1 Rd4 28. Rb7 Rf7 29. c5 e5 30. Rb8+ Kg7 31. Rc8 Rb7 32. Rb3 Rf7 33. Re3 Rd2
34. Re2 Rd1+ 35. Re1 Rd2 36. Re2 Rd1+ 37. Re1 Rd2 38. Re2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Julius Baer Rapid Div 2 W"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.08.30"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Fedoseev, Vladimir3"]
[Black "Esipenko, Andrey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2676"]
[BlackElo "2683"]
[ECO "D02"]
[Opening "Queen's bishop game"]
[WhiteFideId "24130737"]
[BlackFideId "24175439"]
[EventDate "2023.08.30"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bf4 c5 4. e3 Nc6 5. Be2 Bg4 6. dxc5 e6 7. h3 Bh5 8. Nbd2
Bxc5 9. O-O O-O 10. c4 Bd6 11. cxd5 Nxd5 12. Bxd6 Qxd6 13. Rc1 Rfd8 14. a3 Rac8
15. Qa4 Qe7 16. Rfd1 a6 17. Ne4 Ne5 18. g4 Nxf3+ 19. Bxf3 Bg6 20. Qa5 h6 21. Kg2
h5 22. Ng3 hxg4 23. hxg4 Bc2 24. Rh1 Qc7 25. Qxc7 Rxc7 26. Ne2 Rdc8 27. Bxd5
exd5 28. Kg3 f6 29. Rh5 Be4 30. Rxc7 Rxc7 31. Nc3 g6 32. Rh2 Rc5 33. f3 Bd3 34.
Rd2 Bc4 35. b4 Rc6 36. Nxd5 Bxd5 37. Rxd5 Rc3 38. Rd8+ Kf7 39. Rd7+ Ke6 40. Rxb7
Rxa3 41. Rb6+ Kf7 42. Kf4 a5 43. b5 Ra4+ 44. e4 Rb4 45. g5 f5 46. Rb7+ Ke8 47.
Rg7 fxe4 48. fxe4 Rxb5 49. Rxg6 Rb1 50. Ra6 Kf7 51. Rxa5 Rf1+ 52. Kg4 Kg6 53.
Ra6+ Kg7 54. e5 Rb1 55. Rf6 Rb8 56. Kf5 Rb5 57. g6 Rb7 58. Rd6 Ra7 59. Kg5 Rb7
60. Ra6 Rc7 61. Ra5 Rb7 62. e6 Rb1 63. Ra7+ Kf8 64. Rf7+ Kg8 65. e7 Rg1+ 66. Kh5
Rh1+ 67. Kg4 Rg1+ 68. Kh3 1-0

[Event "Julius Baer Rapid Div 2 W"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.08.30"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Amin, Bassem"]
[Black "Yakubboev, Nodirbek"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2684"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[ECO "A08"]
[Opening "Reti"]
[Variation "King's Indian attack, French variation"]
[WhiteFideId "10601457"]
[BlackFideId "14203987"]
[EventDate "2023.08.30"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. Nf3 c5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. O-O e6 5. d3 Nc6 6. Nbd2 Be7 7. e4 O-O 8. Re1
b5 9. exd5 exd5 10. a4 b4 11. d4 cxd4 12. Nb3 Ne4 13. Nfxd4 Nxd4 14. Nxd4 Qd7
15. Be3 Bf6 16. Qe2 a6 17. Red1 Re8 18. Nb3 Qc7 19. Bd4 Bf5 20. Qf3 Bg6 21. h4
h6 22. Rac1 a5 23. c3 Qc4 24. cxb4 Qxb4 25. Bxf6 Nxf6 26. Rd4 Qb6 27. Bf1 Re4
28. Qc3 Bf5 29. Nc5 Rxd4 30. Qxd4 h5 31. Bb5 Rc8 32. Rc3 Ne4 33. Nb3 Qd8 34.
Rxc8 Bxc8 35. Nd2 Nxd2 36. Qxd2 d4 37. b4 axb4 38. Qxb4 d3 39. Qd2 Bf5 40. a5
Qd5 41. Ba4 Bh3 42. f3 Qxf3 43. Kh2 Qe2+ 0-1

[Event "Julius Baer Rapid Div 2 W"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.08.30"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Alekseev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2573"]
[BlackElo "2698"]
[ECO "C53"]
[Opening "Giuoco Piano"]
[WhiteFideId "4138147"]
[BlackFideId "24101605"]
[EventDate "2023.08.30"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. O-O a5 7. Re1 Ba7 8. Bb3
O-O 9. h3 h6 10. Nbd2 b5 11. Nf1 a4 12. Bc2 d5 13. Ng3 dxe4 14. dxe4 Qxd1 15.
Bxd1 Be6 16. Be2 Rab8 17. Bd2 Rfd8 18. Reb1 Bc5 19. Be1 Ne8 20. b4 axb3 21. axb3
Nd6 22. b4 Bb6 23. Nd2 Ra8 24. Kf1 g6 25. Bd3 f5 26. Ke2 Kf7 27. f3 f4 28. Nh1
g5 29. Bf2 h5 30. Bxb6 cxb6 31. Nf2 Kf6 32. Bc2 Bc4+ 33. Ke1 Ke7 34. Nd3 Ba2 35.
Rc1 Be6 36. Ke2 Nc4 37. Nxc4 bxc4 38. Nf2 b5 39. Rg1 Kf6 40. Rge1 Ke7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Julius Baer Rapid Div 2 W"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.08.30"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Mamedov, Rauf"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2633"]
[BlackElo "2742"]
[ECO "C42"]
[Opening "Petrov's defence"]
[WhiteFideId "13401653"]
[BlackFideId "13300474"]
[EventDate "2023.08.30"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d3 Nc6 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. O-O O-O 7. c4 d6 8. Nc3 Bg4
9. h3 Bxf3 10. Bxf3 Nd4 11. Bg2 c6 12. Rb1 a5 13. Kh2 Nd7 14. Ne2 Nxe2 15. Qxe2
Nc5 16. h4 Ne6 17. h5 Bf6 18. Qg4 Rb8 19. f4 exf4 20. gxf4 b5 21. b3 bxc4 22.
dxc4 Bd4 23. Rf3 Qf6 24. f5 Be5+ 25. Kh1 Nd4 26. Bg5 Qh8 27. Rh3 Qg7 28. Rd1
gxf5 29. Qh4 Kh8 30. h6 Qg6 31. Rxd4 Rg8 32. Rg3 f6 33. Bf4 Qxg3 34. Bxg3 Rxg3
35. exf5 Rbg8 36. Re4 Rxg2 37. Rxe5 Rg1+ 38. Kh2 R1g2+ 39. Kh3 R2g3+ 40. Qxg3
Rxg3+ 41. Kxg3 dxe5 42. a4 Kg8 43. b4 axb4 44. a5 b3 45. a6 b2 46. a7 b1=Q 47.
a8=Q+ Kf7 48. Qa7+ Ke8 49. Qa8+ Kd7 50. Qa7+ Ke8 51. Qxh7 Qd3+ 52. Kg4 Qe2+ 53.
Kh4 Qh2+ 54. Kg4 Qg2+ 55. Kh4 Qh2+ 56. Kg4 Qg2+ 57. Kh4 Qh2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Julius Baer Rapid Div 2 W"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.08.30"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Yakubboev, Nodirbek"]
[Black "Amin, Bassem"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2684"]
[ECO "E73"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "Semi-Averbakh system"]
[WhiteFideId "14203987"]
[BlackFideId "10601457"]
[EventDate "2023.08.30"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Be3 Na6 7. h3 e5 8. d5 Nc5
9. Qc2 c6 10. Nf3 cxd5 11. cxd5 Nh5 12. g3 Bd7 13. Nd2 Rc8 14. Nc4 Qe7 15. b4
Na6 16. Qb3 f5 17. exf5 Nf4 18. fxg6 Ng2+ 19. Kd2 Nxe3 20. Nxe3 e4 21. Rac1 Rxf2
22. gxh7+ Kh8 23. Rc2 Qf6 24. Nxe4 Qd4+ 25. Ke1 Qxe4 26. Rxc8+ Bxc8 27. Kxf2
Qxh1 28. Qa4 Nc7 29. Qc2 Qh2+ 30. Kf3 Qh1+ 31. Kf2 Qh2+ 32. Kf3 Qh1+ 33. Kf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Julius Baer Rapid Div 2 W"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.08.30"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Esipenko, Andrey"]
[Black "Fedoseev, Vladimir3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2683"]
[BlackElo "2676"]
[ECO "B51"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Canal-Sokolsky (Nimzovich-Rossolimo, Moscow) attack"]
[WhiteFideId "24175439"]
[BlackFideId "24130737"]
[EventDate "2023.08.30"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. O-O e6 7. Qe2 Be7 8. c4
O-O 9. Bxd7 Nxd7 10. Nc3 a6 11. Be3 Qc7 12. f4 Re8 13. Rf3 Nf6 14. Rg3 e5 15.
fxe5 dxe5 16. Nb3 Be6 17. Nd5 Bxd5 18. exd5 b5 19. Bh6 g6 20. cxb5 Qb6+ 21. Kh1
Qxb5 22. Qxe5 Qxd5 23. Qxd5 Nxd5 24. Rf1 Rad8 25. Na5 Bf6 26. Nc4 Bh8 27. Rgf3
f5 28. h3 Bg7 29. Bg5 Rb8 30. Rd1 Nb6 31. Na5 Na4 32. Nc6 Rxb2 33. Ne7+ Kh8 34.
Re1 Reb8 35. g4 Rb1 36. Rxb1 Rxb1+ 37. Kg2 Rb2+ 38. Kg3 fxg4 39. hxg4 Nc5 40.
Re3 Bd4 41. Bf4 Kg7 42. Be5+ Bxe5+ 43. Rxe5 Nd7 44. Ra5 Rb6 45. Nd5 Rd6 46. Nc7
Rd3+ 47. Kf4 h6 48. Rxa6 g5+ 49. Kf5 Rf3+ 50. Ke4 Rf4+ 51. Ke3 Rxg4 52. Ra7 Ne5
53. a4 Kg6 54. a5 Ra4 55. a6 g4 56. Ra8 Nc6 57. Rg8+ Kf5 58. Rf8+ Ke5 59. Rh8
Ra3+ 60. Kf2 Ra2+ 61. Kg3 Kd6 62. Nb5+ Kc5 63. Nc7 Kb6 64. Nd5+ Kc5 65. Nc7 Kb6
66. Nd5+ Kc5 67. Nc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Julius Baer Rapid Div 2 W"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.08.31"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Fedoseev, Vladimir3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2676"]
[ECO "C43"]
[Opening "Petrov"]
[Variation "modern attack, Symmetrical variation"]
[WhiteFideId "4168119"]
[BlackFideId "24130737"]
[EventDate "2023.08.30"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 Nxe4 4. Bd3 d5 5. Nxe5 Nd7 6. Nc3 Nxe5 7. dxe5 Bb4 8.
O-O Nxc3 9. bxc3 Bxc3 10. Rb1 O-O 11. Bxh7+ Kxh7 12. Qd3+ Kg8 13. Qxc3 a5 14.
Qd3 Qd7 15. Rb5 Qc6 16. Ba3 Re8 17. Rc5 Qb6 18. f4 c6 19. h3 Qa6 20. Qg3 Bf5 21.
Qg5 Be4 22. Bb2 Qb6 23. Bd4 Qd8 24. Qg4 Re6 25. f5 Rh6 26. Rf4 Qf8 27. Kh2 b6
28. Rc3 c5 29. Be3 Rh7 30. Rb3 Qd8 31. f6 Qe8 32. e6 Rb8 33. Bxc5 g6 34. Bd6 Rc8
35. e7 Rc6 36. Be5 Rh5 37. Bd4 Rxc2 38. Rg3 Kh7 39. Bxb6 Rxa2 40. Qd1 Qb8 41.
Rxe4 dxe4 42. Qd8 Qe5 43. e8=Q Rxh3+ 44. Kg1 Qa1+ 0-1

[Event "Julius Baer Rapid Div 2 W"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.08.31"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Suleymanli, Aydin"]
[Black "Amin, Bassem"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2586"]
[BlackElo "2684"]
[ECO "E97"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "orthodox, Aronin-Taimanov, bayonet attack"]
[WhiteFideId "13413937"]
[BlackFideId "10601457"]
[EventDate "2023.08.30"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. d4 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5 Ne7
9. b4 a5 10. bxa5 Rxa5 11. a4 Ne8 12. Ra3 c5 13. Re1 Ra6 14. Bd2 f5 15. exf5
gxf5 16. Nb5 h6 17. Qc1 f4 18. Bd3 Nf5 19. Kh1 Nf6 20. Qc2 Ng4 21. Kg1 Nh4 22.
Bh7+ Kh8 23. h3 Nxf3+ 24. Rxf3 Nf6 25. Bg6 Ng8 26. a5 Ne7 27. Be4 Nf5 28. Kh2
Nh4 29. Rb3 Rf7 30. Rf1 Qg5 31. g3 Nf5 32. Qd1 Qf6 33. Qh5 Ra8 34. gxf4 exf4 35.
Bxf5 Bxf5 36. Bc3 Qe7 37. Qxh6+ Kg8 38. Rg1 Rd8 39. a6 bxa6 40. Nxd6 1-0

[Event "Julius Baer Rapid Div 2 W"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.08.31"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Fressinet, Laurent"]
[Black "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2652"]
[BlackElo "2698"]
[ECO "C02"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "advance, Euwe variation"]
[WhiteFideId "608742"]
[BlackFideId "24101605"]
[EventDate "2023.08.30"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. Be2 Nge7 7. Na3 cxd4 8. cxd4
f6 9. Nb5 Ng6 10. exf6 gxf6 11. h4 Bb4+ 12. Kf1 a6 13. Nc3 Bd6 14. Bd3 Qb6 15.
Na4 Qa5 16. Bd2 Nb4 17. Nc5 Bxc5 18. dxc5 Qxc5 19. Rc1 Qd6 20. Bb1 e5 21. Qb3 a5
22. h5 Ne7 23. Kg1 d4 24. Nh4 Qd5 25. Qa3 Kf7 26. Re1 d3 27. Bxb4 axb4 28. Qxd3
Qxd3 29. Bxd3 Be6 30. f4 Rxa2 31. fxe5 Rxb2 32. exf6 Nd5 33. Kh2 Nf4 34. Be4 Rg8
35. Rb1 Rxb1 36. Rxb1 Rg4 37. g3 Nxh5 38. Bf3 Rg5 39. Rxb4 b5 40. Be2 Bd7 41.
Nf3 Rd5 42. Rd4 Nxf6 43. Rxd5 Nxd5 44. Ne5+ Ke6 45. Nxd7 Kxd7 46. Bxb5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Julius Baer Rapid Div 2 W"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.08.31"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Sarana, Alexey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2742"]
[BlackElo "2685"]
[ECO "B50"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[WhiteFideId "13300474"]
[BlackFideId "24133795"]
[EventDate "2023.08.30"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Nc6 5. O-O g6 6. h3 Bg7 7. a3 O-O 8. Re1 e6
9. Nc3 a6 10. Ba2 b5 11. Be3 h6 12. Qd2 Kh7 13. Ne2 Bb7 14. Ng3 Rc8 15. c3 Ne5
16. Nxe5 dxe5 17. b4 Nd7 18. Ne2 Qe7 19. f3 Rfd8 20. Qb2 Qd6 21. Red1 Qc7 22.
Bb3 Bf8 23. Kh1 Nb6 24. Qa2 Rd7 25. Rac1 Rcd8 26. Qb1 Be7 27. c4 bxc4 28. Bxc4
Nxc4 29. Rxc4 Bc6 30. Bxc5 Bb5 31. Rc3 Bxc5 32. bxc5 Qc6 33. Rd2 h5 34. Nc1 Rd4
35. Qa1 Qc7 36. Nb3 R4d7 37. Qe1 Ba4 38. Qe3 Rb8 39. Nc1 Rb1 40. Kh2 Qa5 41. d4
Qd8 42. Ne2 Bc6 43. f4 exf4 44. Qxf4 Re1 45. Rb2 Qe7 46. Rb8 Rxe2 47. d5 exd5
48. Rc8 d4 49. Rg3 Qxe4 0-1

[Event "Julius Baer Rapid Div 2 W"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.08.31"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Fressinet, Laurent"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2698"]
[BlackElo "2652"]
[ECO "A07"]
[Opening "Reti"]
[Variation "King's Indian attack (Barcza system)"]
[WhiteFideId "24101605"]
[BlackFideId "608742"]
[EventDate "2023.08.30"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Be7 5. b3 O-O 6. Bb2 c5 7. c4 Nc6 8. cxd5
Nxd5 9. Nc3 Bf6 10. Qc2 b6 11. Nxd5 Bxb2 12. Qxb2 exd5 13. d4 Qf6 14. Qd2 cxd4
15. Rfd1 Bg4 16. Nxd4 Nxd4 17. Qxd4 Qxd4 18. Rxd4 Bxe2 19. Re1 Rfe8 20. Bxd5
Rad8 21. Bxf7+ Kxf7 22. Rxd8 Rxd8 23. Rxe2 a5 24. Kg2 Rd3 25. Rc2 a4 26. Rc7+
Kf8 27. bxa4 Ra3 28. Rc4 Rxa2 29. Rb4 Ra3 30. h4 g6 31. g4 Kg7 32. f3 h5 33. g5
Kf7 34. Kg3 Ra1 35. Kf4 Ra3 36. Ke4 Ke7 37. f4 Kf7 38. Kd5 Rh3 39. Rxb6 Rxh4 40.
Rb7+ Ke8 41. a5 Kd8 42. a6 Kc8 43. Rb4 1-0

[Event "Julius Baer Rapid Div 2 W"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.08.31"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Fedoseev, Vladimir3"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2676"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[ECO "B40"]
[Opening "Sicilian defence"]
[WhiteFideId "24130737"]
[BlackFideId "4168119"]
[EventDate "2023.08.30"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c3 d5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. d4 Nf6 6. Na3 Qd8 7. Bf4 Nc6 8. dxc5
Qxd1+ 9. Rxd1 Bxc5 10. Nb5 O-O 11. Be2 a6 12. Bd6 Bxd6 13. Nxd6 Rd8 14. Ng5 Rd7
15. O-O Kf8 16. f4 h6 17. Nge4 Nxe4 18. Nxe4 Ke7 19. g4 b6 20. Bf3 Raa7 21. Kf2
Rac7 22. Rxd7+ Bxd7 23. Rd1 Na5 24. Be2 Bc6 25. Nd2 Bb7 26. a4 g5 27. Ke3 f5 28.
Rf1 e5 29. fxe5 f4+ 30. Kf2 Rd7 31. Rd1 Bc6 32. b3 Rd5 33. h3 Rd8 34. Ke1 Nb7
35. b4 Bxa4 36. Ra1 b5 37. Bf3 Rd7 38. Bxb7 Rxb7 39. Ne4 Rd7 40. Nc5 Rd5 41. e6
Re5+ 42. Kd2 Re3 43. Rh1 Rg3 44. Rh2 Rg1 45. h4 Rd1+ 46. Ke2 Bc2 47. hxg5 hxg5
48. Kf3 Rf1+ 49. Kg2 Re1 50. Kf2 Re3 51. Rh8 Bd1 52. Rg8 Bxg4 53. Rxg5 Bxe6 54.
Rg6 Bd5 55. Rxa6 Rxc3 56. Rb6 Rc2+ 57. Ke1 f3 58. Nd3 Bc4 59. Rb7+ Kd6 60. Rb6+
Kc7 61. Rf6 Bxd3 62. Rxf3 Bc4 63. Rf4 Rb2 64. Kd1 Rxb4 65. Kc1 0-1

[Event "Julius Baer Rapid Div 2 W"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.08.31"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Amin, Bassem"]
[Black "Suleymanli, Aydin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2684"]
[BlackElo "2586"]
[ECO "A05"]
[Opening "Reti opening"]
[WhiteFideId "10601457"]
[BlackFideId "13413937"]
[EventDate "2023.08.30"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Be7 5. d3 O-O 6. Nbd2 Nc6 7. e4 dxe4 8.
dxe4 e5 9. Nc4 Qxd1 10. Rxd1 Nxe4 11. Nfxe5 Nxe5 12. Nxe5 Nd6 13. a4 Bf6 14. Nd3
Bg4 15. Re1 Rae8 16. Bf4 Nc4 17. Bxc7 Rc8 18. Be5 Nxe5 19. Nxe5 Bxe5 20. Rxe5
Rxc2 21. b4 Rc7 22. Rae1 Be6 23. a5 g6 24. h4 Rd8 25. Bf3 Kg7 26. Kg2 Rd4 27.
Rb5 Bd7 28. Rxb7 Rxb7 29. Bxb7 Rxb4 30. Bf3 Be6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Julius Baer Rapid Div 2 W"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.08.31"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Sarana, Alexey"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2742"]
[ECO "D45"]
[Opening "QGD semi-Slav"]
[Variation "5.e3"]
[WhiteFideId "24133795"]
[BlackFideId "13300474"]
[EventDate "2023.08.30"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Be7 6. b3 Ne4 7. Nxe4 dxe4 8. Nd2
f5 9. Be2 c5 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. Bb2 O-O 12. a3 a5 13. O-O Qe7 14. Nb1 Bd7 15. Nc3
Bc6 16. Nb5 Nd7 17. Qc2 e5 18. Kh1 Qh4 19. Nc7 Rf6 20. Nxa8 Rh6 21. h3 f4 22.
exf4 exf4 23. Qc3 Rg6 24. Rg1 f3 25. b4 e3 26. Kh2 exf2 0-1

[Event "Julius Baer Rapid Div 2 W"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.08.31"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Fressinet, Laurent"]
[Black "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2652"]
[BlackElo "2698"]
[ECO "C84"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "closed defence"]
[WhiteFideId "608742"]
[BlackFideId "24101605"]
[EventDate "2023.08.30"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4
Rb8 9. axb5 axb5 10. Nc3 d6 11. h3 h6 12. Bd2 Re8 13. Nd5 Bf8 14. Re1 Nxd5 15.
Bxd5 Ne7 16. Bb3 Nc6 17. c3 Be6 18. d4 Bxb3 19. Qxb3 Qd7 20. Ra6 Nd8 21. d5 f5
22. exf5 Qxf5 23. Ra7 Nb7 24. Be3 Nc5 25. Qa2 Nd3 26. Rf1 Re7 27. b4 Rf7 28. Ra8
Rxa8 29. Qxa8 Nb2 30. Qb7 Qd3 31. Nh2 Nd1 32. Re1 Nxc3 33. Qc8 Qxd5 34. Ng4 Kh7
35. Qe8 e4 36. Bd4 Na4 37. Rxe4 Qf5 38. Re3 Qd7 39. Qb8 Be7 40. Kh2 c5 41. bxc5
dxc5 42. Be5 Rf8 43. Qc7 Qxc7 44. Bxc7 Bg5 45. Rb3 b4 46. g3 h5 47. f4 hxg4 48.
fxg5 Rf2+ 49. Kg1 Rf3 50. Rb1 Nc3 51. Re1 b3 52. Be5 b2 53. Bxc3 Rxc3 0-1

[Event "Julius Baer Rapid Div 2 W"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.08.31"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Fedoseev, Vladimir3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2676"]
[ECO "C42"]
[Opening "Petrov"]
[Variation "classical attack, Marshall variation"]
[WhiteFideId "4168119"]
[BlackFideId "24130737"]
[EventDate "2023.08.30"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. c4
c6 9. Qc2 Nd7 10. Nc3 Ndf6 11. h3 Re8 12. cxd5 Nxc3 13. bxc3 cxd5 14. Bg5 h6 15.
Bh4 g5 16. Bg3 Nh5 17. Bxd6 Qxd6 18. Rfe1 Rxe1+ 19. Rxe1 Bd7 20. Ne5 Re8 21. Re3
Nf4 22. Bf5 Bxf5 23. Qxf5 Qe6 24. Qb1 Qa6 25. h4 Kg7 26. hxg5 Ne2+ 27. Kh2 hxg5
28. Rh3 Rh8 29. Rxh8 Kxh8 30. Nxf7+ Kg7 31. Nxg5 Qd6+ 32. g3 Qh6+ 33. Nh3 Qc6
34. Qf5 Nxc3 35. Nf4 Kg8 36. Ne6 Qe8 37. Qf6 Qd7 38. Qg6+ Kh8 39. Ng5 Qg7 40.
Qh5+ Kg8 41. Qe8+ Qf8 42. Qe6+ Kg7 43. f4 Ne4 44. Qxd5 Nf6 45. Qxb7+ Kg6 46.
Qb1+ Kh5 47. Qd1+ Kg6 48. Qd3+ Kh5 49. Qf3+ Kg6 50. f5+ Kh6 51. Ne6 Qd6 52. Qe3+
Kh7 53. Qg5 Qe7 54. Qg6+ Kh8 55. Kh3 Nh7 56. d5 a5 57. d6 Qb7 58. Qe8+ 1-0

[Event "Julius Baer Rapid Div 2 W"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.08.31"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Suleymanli, Aydin"]
[Black "Amin, Bassem"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2586"]
[BlackElo "2684"]
[ECO "E94"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "orthodox, 7...Nbd7"]
[WhiteFideId "13413937"]
[BlackFideId "10601457"]
[EventDate "2023.08.30"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nbd7 8. Be3
Qe7 9. Qc2 c6 10. Rad1 h6 11. d5 c5 12. Ne1 h5 13. Qc1 Ng4 14. Bg5 f6 15. Bd2 f5
16. exf5 gxf5 17. h3 Ngf6 18. Bg5 Qf7 19. f4 a6 20. fxe5 Nxe5 21. Nf3 Bd7 22.
Kh1 Rae8 23. Nxe5 dxe5 24. Bxf6 Qxf6 25. Bxh5 Bh6 26. Bxe8 Bxc1 27. Bxd7 Bxb2
28. Rxf5 Qh4 29. Be6+ Kg7 30. Rxf8 Kxf8 31. Na4 Bd4 32. Rf1+ Kg7 33. d6 e4 34.
d7 e3 35. Bg4 b5 36. Nb6 Be5 37. Nd5 Qg3 38. Nf4 Bxf4 39. Rxf4 Qxf4 40. d8=Q
Qf1+ 41. Kh2 Qf4+ 42. Kg1 Qf2+ 43. Kh2 Qf4+ 44. Kg1 Qf2+ 45. Kh2 Qf4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Julius Baer Rapid Div 2 W"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.08.31"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Sarana, Alexey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2742"]
[BlackElo "2685"]
[ECO "B50"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[WhiteFideId "13300474"]
[BlackFideId "24133795"]
[EventDate "2023.08.30"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Nc6 5. O-O g6 6. h3 Bg7 7. a3 O-O 8. Re1 e6
9. Nc3 a6 10. Ba2 b5 11. Be3 h6 12. Qd2 Kh7 13. Ne2 Bb7 14. Ng3 Rc8 15. c3 Qd7
16. Rad1 Rfd8 17. Bb1 Ne5 18. Nh2 Nc6 19. f4 e5 20. Nf3 Qe7 21. Qf2 exf4 22.
Bxf4 Ne5 23. Nh2 Re8 24. Rf1 Rcd8 25. d4 cxd4 26. cxd4 Nc4 27. Rde1 Qd7 28. Bxh6
Kxh6 29. Nf5+ gxf5 30. Qh4+ Nh5 31. Rxf5 Bxd4+ 32. Kh1 Qxf5 33. exf5 Bf6 34.
Ng4+ Kg7 35. Nxf6 Rxe1+ 36. Qxe1 Nxf6 37. Qh4 Rg8 38. Qg5+ Kf8 39. Qxf6 Rxg2 40.
Qd8+ Kg7 41. f6+ Kh6 42. Qf8+ Kg5 43. Qxf7 Rxb2+ 44. Qxb7 Rxb1+ 45. Kg2 Rb2+ 46.
Kg1 Rb1+ 47. Kf2 Rb2+ 48. Ke1 Kxf6 49. h4 Rb1+ 50. Ke2 Rb2+ 51. Ke1 Rb1+ 52. Kf2
Rb2+ 53. Kg3 Rb3+ 54. Kf4 Rxa3 55. Qd5 Ra4 56. Qf5+ Ke7 57. Qh7+ Ke6 58. Qg8+
Kf6 59. Qf8+ Ke6 60. Kg5 Ne5 61. Qe8+ Kd5 62. h5 Nf3+ 63. Kf5 Nh4+ 64. Kf6 Rf4+
65. Kg5 Re4 66. Qf7+ Kd4 67. h6 Ke3 68. Qb3+ Kf2 69. Qc2+ Ke3 70. Qxe4+ Kxe4 1-0

[Event "Julius Baer Rapid Div 2 W"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.08.31"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Fedoseev, Vladimir3"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2676"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[ECO "E01"]
[Opening "Catalan"]
[Variation "closed"]
[WhiteFideId "24130737"]
[BlackFideId "4168119"]
[EventDate "2023.08.30"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nd2 O-O 6. Nh3 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. O-O
Nc6 9. Nf4 dxc4 10. Nxc4 Qe7 11. Nd3 Rd8 12. Bd2 Bd4 13. Rc1 e5 14. Bxc6 bxc6
15. e3 Bb6 16. Ndxe5 Bh3 17. Nxb6 axb6 18. Nxc6 Qb7 19. f3 Rdc8 20. Qc2 Kh8 21.
Rfd1 Bd7 22. Bc3 Bxc6 23. e4 Ba4 24. b3 Bd7 25. Qb2 Ne8 26. g4 Kg8 27. h4 Be6
28. Kg2 b5 29. Rd4 Rc6 30. h5 h6 31. Qd2 Rac8 32. Bb2 Rxc1 33. Bxc1 Qa7 34. Rb4
Qa5 35. Bb2 Qxa2 36. Rxb5 Bxb3 37. Kg3 Rc2 38. Qd8 Qxb2 39. Qxe8+ Kh7 40. Kf4
Qc1+ 41. Ke5 Qg5+ 42. Kd4 Qd2+ 43. Ke5 f6+ 0-1

[Event "Julius Baer Rapid Div 2 W"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.08.31"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Amin, Bassem"]
[Black "Suleymanli, Aydin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2684"]
[BlackElo "2586"]
[ECO "A07"]
[Opening "Reti"]
[Variation "King's Indian attack (Barcza system)"]
[WhiteFideId "10601457"]
[BlackFideId "13413937"]
[EventDate "2023.08.30"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Be7 5. d3 O-O 6. a3 a5 7. Nc3 d4 8. Nb5 e5
9. a4 Re8 10. e3 c6 11. Na3 dxe3 12. Bxe3 Nd5 13. Bd2 Bxa3 14. Rxa3 Bg4 15. h3
Bh5 16. Re1 Nd7 17. Qc1 f5 18. Bg5 Qc7 19. Nh4 f4 20. Nf5 h6 21. c4 Nb4 22. Be7
Bg6 23. Bd6 Qd8 24. Be4 Bxf5 25. Bxf5 fxg3 26. fxg3 c5 27. Rf1 Ra6 28. Bxd7 Qxd7
29. Bxc5 Nxd3 30. Qe3 e4 31. Bb6 Ne5 32. c5 Nc4 33. Qb3 Qc7 34. Qxc4+ 1-0

[Event "Julius Baer Rapid Div 2 W"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.08.31"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Sarana, Alexey"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2742"]
[ECO "D17"]
[Opening "QGD Slav"]
[Variation "Krause attack"]
[WhiteFideId "24133795"]
[BlackFideId "13300474"]
[EventDate "2023.08.30"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Ne5 Nbd7 7. Nxc4 Nb6 8.
Ne5 a5 9. e3 Nfd7 10. Nxf7 Kxf7 11. Qf3 e6 12. g4 g6 13. e4 Bb4 14. gxf5 exf5
15. exf5 Nf6 16. fxg6+ hxg6 17. Qd3 Qd5 18. Rg1 Qf5 19. h3 Nbd5 20. Qxf5 gxf5
21. Bd2 Rae8+ 22. Kd1 Rh4 23. Kc2 Rxd4 24. Bg5 Bc5 25. Rg3 Ne4 26. Nxe4 Rexe4
27. Rf3 f4 28. Rc1 Rxa4 29. h4 Rab4 30. Bd3 Re5 31. Bd8 a4 32. Rg1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Julius Baer Rapid Div 2 W"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.08.31"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Amin, Bassem"]
[Black "Suleymanli, Aydin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2684"]
[BlackElo "2586"]
[ECO "A07"]
[Opening "Reti"]
[Variation "King's Indian attack (Barcza system)"]
[WhiteFideId "10601457"]
[BlackFideId "13413937"]
[EventDate "2023.08.30"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Be7 5. d3 O-O 6. a3 c5 7. Nbd2 Nc6 8. e4
dxe4 9. dxe4 e5 10. c3 Qc7 11. Qe2 h6 12. b4 Be6 13. Bb2 Rfd8 14. b5 Na5 15. c4
Rd4 16. Rfc1 Rad8 17. Bxd4 cxd4 18. Ne1 Nd7 19. Nd3 Nc5 20. Nxc5 Bxc5 21. Qd3
Rc8 22. Bf1 Qe7 23. Nb3 Bb6 24. Nd2 Qd6 25. Qb1 d3 26. Qxd3 Qxd3 27. Bxd3 Rd8
28. c5 Bxc5 29. Rxc5 Rxd3 30. Rc2 Bh3 31. a4 f6 32. f3 Be6 33. Kf2 Kf7 34. Ke2
Rd4 35. Rc7+ Kg6 36. Ra3 Rb4 37. f4 exf4 38. gxf4 f5 39. Rg3+ Kh5 40. Re7 Bc8
41. Rgxg7 fxe4 42. Rxe4 Bg4+ 43. Ke3 Rb2 44. f5 1-0

[Event "Julius Baer Rapid Div 2 W"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.09.01"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Amin, Bassem"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2684"]
[ECO "E94"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "orthodox variation"]
[WhiteFideId "4168119"]
[BlackFideId "10601457"]
[EventDate "2023.08.30"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Nf3 e5 7. O-O Bg4 8. d5 a5
9. h3 Bd7 10. c5 dxc5 11. Nxe5 Nxe4 12. Nxe4 Bxe5 13. Bg5 f6 14. Bh6 Rf7 15.
Nxc5 Qe7 16. Rc1 Bxb2 17. Rc2 Ba3 18. Nxb7 Ba4 19. d6 Bxd6 20. Nxd6 Bxc2 21.
Qxc2 Qxd6 22. Rd1 Qe7 23. Qe4 1-0

[Event "Julius Baer Rapid Div 2 W"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.09.01"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2698"]
[BlackElo "2742"]
[ECO "A30"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "symmetrical variation"]
[WhiteFideId "24101605"]
[BlackFideId "13300474"]
[EventDate "2023.08.30"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. e3 Nf6 5. d4 cxd4 6. exd4 d5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
Bc4 Nb6 9. Bb3 Bg7 10. O-O O-O 11. d5 Na5 12. h3 Bxc3 13. bxc3 Nxb3 14. axb3
Qxd5 15. Qe2 Bf5 16. Bh6 Rfe8 17. Qb2 Qc6 18. c4 Qf6 19. Qxf6 exf6 20. Nd4 Bd7
21. Rfd1 Nc8 22. Nb5 Bxb5 23. cxb5 Nb6 24. g4 g5 25. Rd3 Kh8 26. Rd6 Re6 27.
Rad1 Rae8 28. Kg2 Kg8 29. Rd8 Nc8 30. R1d7 a6 31. Rxe8+ Rxe8 32. Rxb7 axb5 33.
Rxb5 Ne7 34. Kh2 Kh8 35. f4 gxf4 36. Rb7 Kg8 37. Bxf4 Kg7 38. Rb8 Rxb8 39. Bxb8
f5 40. gxf5 Kf6 41. b4 Kxf5 42. b5 Ke6 43. Kg3 Nd5 44. Kg4 Kd7 45. Be5 f6 46.
Bd4 Nc7 47. b6 Nd5 48. Kh5 Nf4+ 49. Kg4 Ne6 50. Be3 Ng7 51. Bh6 Ne8 52. Kf5 Kc6
53. Ke6 Nd6 54. h4 Nc4 55. Kxf6 Nxb6 56. Kg7 Kd7 57. Kxh7 Ke6 58. Kg6 Ke7 59. h5
Nd7 60. Kg7 Nf8 61. Bg5+ Ke8 62. Kg8 Ne6 63. Bf6 Nf4 64. h6 Ng6 65. h7 1-0

[Event "Julius Baer Rapid Div 2 W"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.09.01"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Amin, Bassem"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2684"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[ECO "A05"]
[Opening "Reti opening"]
[WhiteFideId "10601457"]
[BlackFideId "4168119"]
[EventDate "2023.08.30"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Be7 5. d3 O-O 6. Re1 Nc6 7. a3 a5 8. Nc3 e5
9. e4 dxe4 10. dxe4 Be6 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. Nd5 Nd4 14. Nxf6+ Qxf6 15.
Nxd4 exd4 16. e5 Qd8 17. Bxb7 Rb8 18. Qf3 c5 19. b3 a4 20. b4 cxb4 21. axb4 Qc7
22. Bc6 Rxb4 23. Bxa4 Rc8 24. Qe4 Qc3 25. Qd3 Qxd3 26. cxd3 Bf5 27. Ra3 g5 28.
Bb3 Rc3 29. Ra8+ Kg7 30. Bd5 Rb5 31. Bc4 Rb7 32. Rd1 Bg4 33. Rda1 Bf3 34. Rd8
Rb2 35. Rd7 g4 36. Rxf7+ Kh8 37. Rf8+ Kg7 38. Rg8+ Kh7 39. e6 Rxc4 40. e7 Ra4
41. Rf1 Re2 42. e8=Q Rxe8 43. Rxe8 Ra3 44. h3 h5 45. Rfe1 Rxd3 46. R8e7+ Kg6 47.
R7e6+ Kg7 48. R6e5 Rc3 0-1

[Event "Julius Baer Rapid Div 2 W"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.09.01"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2742"]
[BlackElo "2698"]
[ECO "B10"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann defence"]
[WhiteFideId "13300474"]
[BlackFideId "24101605"]
[EventDate "2023.08.30"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. d3 Qc7 4. Nc3 dxe4 5. dxe4 Bg4 6. h3 Bxf3 7. Qxf3 e6 8. g3
Nd7 9. Bg2 Ngf6 10. O-O Bc5 11. Kh1 h5 12. Qe2 Bd4 13. Qc4 Qe5 14. Ne2 Bb6 15.
f4 Qc5 16. Qb3 Ng4 17. Bf3 O-O-O 18. Nc3 Qd4 19. Na4 Nc5 20. Nxb6+ axb6 21. Qxb6
Qc4 22. Kg1 Qxc2 23. hxg4 hxg4 24. Bg2 Rd3 25. Be3 Rxe3 26. Rac1 Qd2 27. Rcd1
Qc2 28. Qa5 Re2 29. Qa8+ Kc7 30. Qxh8 Rxg2+ 31. Kh1 Kb6 32. b4 Qxe4 33. Qd8+ Ka7
34. Qa5+ Na6 35. Qe5 Qc2 36. Qh5 Rxg3 37. Rg1 Rh3+ 0-1

[Event "Julius Baer Rapid Div 2 W"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.09.01"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Amin, Bassem"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2684"]
[ECO "C47"]
[Opening "Four knights"]
[Variation "Scotch, 4...exd4"]
[WhiteFideId "4168119"]
[BlackFideId "10601457"]
[EventDate "2023.08.30"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 d5 8.
exd5 cxd5 9. O-O O-O 10. Qf3 c6 11. h3 Re8 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14. Qxf6
gxf6 15. Ne2 Rb8 16. b3 c5 17. Rad1 Re5 18. Ng3 Bc3 19. Ne2 Ba5 20. Ng3 Kf8 21.
f4 Re3 22. Kf2 Re7 23. Nf5 Bxf5 24. Bxf5 d4 25. Bd3 Re3 26. g3 Rbe8 27. Kg2 Be1
28. Rf3 h5 29. Rxe3 Rxe3 30. g4 h4 31. Bc4 Kg7 32. Rd3 Re2+ 33. Kf1 Re7 34. Rf3
Bg3 35. Kg2 f5 36. gxf5 Kf6 37. Bd3 Re8 38. Rf1 Re3 39. Rf3 Re8 40. Rf1 Be1 41.
Kf3 Re3+ 42. Kg4 Bg3 43. Rg1 Re8 44. Kf3 Re3+ 45. Kg4 Re8 46. Kf3 Re3+ 47. Kg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Julius Baer Rapid Div 2 W"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.09.01"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2698"]
[BlackElo "2742"]
[ECO "A49"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "fianchetto without c4"]
[WhiteFideId "24101605"]
[BlackFideId "13300474"]
[EventDate "2023.08.30"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d6 6. Nc3 Nbd7 7. a4 c6 8. a5
Rb8 9. e4 e5 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. Be3 Re8 12. Nd2 b5 13. axb6 axb6 14. Nc4 Bf8 15.
Ra7 b5 16. Nd6 Re6 17. Nxc8 Rxc8 18. Qa1 Rd6 19. Bh3 Rb8 20. f3 Rd4 21. Ne2 Bc5
22. Nxd4 exd4 23. Bf4 d3+ 24. Kh1 Bxa7 25. Qxa7 dxc2 26. Qf2 Qb6 27. Qxc2 Re8
28. b4 c5 29. Rd1 Qa7 30. bxc5 Nxc5 31. Be3 Qa4 32. Qxa4 Nxa4 33. Rd6 Nh5 34.
Ra6 f5 35. Bf1 Nc3 36. Bd4 Rc8 37. Bxc3 Rxc3 38. Bxb5 fxe4 39. fxe4 Re3 40. Bc4+
Kg7 41. Ra7+ Kh6 42. Re7 Nf6 43. e5 Ng4 44. Bg8 Kg5 45. h4+ Kf5 46. Be6+ Ke4 47.
Bxg4 Rxg3 48. Bc8 Rc3 49. Bb7+ Kf5 50. Kg2 Rc5 51. e6 Kf6 52. Rxh7 Kxe6 53. Be4
Rh5 54. Ra7 Rxh4 55. Kf3 g5 56. Ra6+ Kf7 57. Ke3 Rf4 58. Kd4 Rf6 59. Ra5 g4 60.
Rg5 Ke7 61. Rxg4 Rd6+ 62. Bd5 Kf6 63. Ke4 Ra6 64. Rf4+ Kg5 65. Rf5+ Kg4 66. Rf8
Rg6 67. Bf7 Rg7 68. Be6+ Kg5 69. Ke5 Rg6 70. Rf1 Rg7 71. Bf7 Kh6 72. Rh1+ Kg5
73. Ke6 Kf4 74. Rf1+ Ke3 75. Bh5 Rg5 76. Rh1 Kd4 77. Rh4+ Ke3 78. Kf6 Rc5 79.
Bf7 Rb5 80. Be8 Rc5 81. Ke6 Ra5 82. Bc6 Rg5 83. Bd5 Rg3 84. Kf5 Kd2 85. Ke4 Kc3
86. Rh8 Rg4+ 87. Ke3 Rg3+ 88. Bf3 Rg5 89. Rc8+ Kb4 90. Kd4 Rb5 91. Rc1 Rb6 92.
Bd5 Kb5 93. Rc2 Kb4 94. Bc6 Ka5 95. Kd5 Rb1 96. Rc4 Rb4 97. Rc5+ Kb6 98. Kd6 Rb2
99. Bd5 Rb5 100. Rc8 Ka5 101. Bc6 Rb2 102. Be4 Kb4 103. Bd5 Rd2 104. Rc4+ Kb3
105. Rh4+ Kc3 106. Kc5 Rd3 107. Ra4 Kd2 108. Kc4 Rc3+ 109. Kd4 Rd3+ 110. Ke5 Kc3
111. Rc4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Julius Baer Rapid Div 2 W"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.09.02"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2698"]
[ECO "C55"]
[Opening "Two knights defence (Modern bishop's opening)"]
[WhiteFideId "4168119"]
[BlackFideId "24101605"]
[EventDate "2023.08.30"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Nc3 d6 7. a4 a5 8. h3 h6
9. Ne2 Be6 10. Bxe6 fxe6 11. c3 d5 12. Ng3 Nd7 13. Be3 Nc5 14. Bxc5 Bxc5 15. Qb3
Bb6 16. Rae1 Rxf3 17. gxf3 Qd7 18. exd5 exd5 19. d4 Rf8 20. Kg2 Qf7 21. f4 exf4
22. Nh1 Ne7 23. f3 Nf5 24. Rf2 Ne3+ 25. Kh2 Qh5 26. Rg1 Rf5 27. Rg4 Qf7 28. Re2
Rf6 29. Nf2 Re6 30. Kg1 Kh8 31. Qb5 Nxg4 32. Rxe6 Qxe6 33. hxg4 Kg8 34. Kf1 Kf7
35. Nd3 g5 36. Ne5+ Kg7 37. b4 axb4 38. a5 bxc3 39. axb6 c2 40. Qc5 Qxb6 41.
Qxc2 Kg8 42. Kg2 Kh8 43. Qf5 1-0

[Event "Julius Baer Rapid Div 2 W"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.09.02"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2698"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[ECO "E32"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian"]
[Variation "classical variation"]
[WhiteFideId "24101605"]
[BlackFideId "4168119"]
[EventDate "2023.08.30"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 d5 7. Bg5 dxc4 8.
Qxc4 b6 9. Rd1 Ba6 10. Qa4 h6 11. Bh4 Qd7 12. Qc2 c5 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. dxc5 Qe7
15. cxb6 Rc8 16. Qb3 Nc6 17. e4 Bxf1 18. b7 Ba6 19. bxa8=Q Rxa8 20. Qg3+ Kh7 21.
Qd6 Qb7 22. Qd7 Qxb2 23. Qxc6 Qxa3 24. Ne2 Rc8 25. Qd7 Qb4+ 26. Kf1 Kg7 27. Kg1
Bxe2 28. Qxc8 Bxd1 29. h4 Qxe4 30. Rh3 Bg4 31. Rg3 h5 32. f3 Qf4 33. Kh2 f5 34.
fxg4 hxg4 35. Qc3+ Kh7 36. Qf6 Qc7 37. Qc3 Qd8 38. h5 Qh4+ 39. Kg1 f4 40. Rd3 g3
41. Qc6 Qh2+ 42. Kf1 Qh1+ 43. Ke2 Qxh5+ 44. Kd2 Qe5 45. Qc2 Kh6 46. Qc3 Qxc3+
47. Rxc3 e5 48. Ke2 Kg5 49. Rc7 f5 50. Rg7+ Kf6 51. Rxa7 e4 52. Ra8 Kg5 53. Rh8
Kf6 54. Rg8 Kf7 55. Rh8 Kf6 56. Rh5 Kg6 57. Rh1 Kf6 58. Kd2 Kg5 59. Rh8 Kf6 60.
Ke2 Kg6 61. Rg8+ Kf6 62. Kd2 Kf7 63. Ra8 Kf6 64. Ra2 Kg5 65. Ke2 Kf6 66. Ra6+
Kg5 67. Re6 Kh5 68. Ke1 Kg5 69. Re8 Kf6 70. Rf8+ Kg6 71. Kd2 Kg5 72. Ke2 Kg6 73.
Kd1 Kg5 74. Kd2 Kg6 75. Kc3 Kg5 76. Kd4 f3 77. gxf3 exf3 78. Ke3 f2 79. Ke2 Kg4
80. Rg8+ Kh3 81. Kf1 f4 82. Rf8 Kg4 83. Kg2 Kg5 84. Rg8+ Kf5 85. Ra8 Kg4 86. Ra4
Kf5 87. Ra1 Kg4 88. Ra3 Kf5 89. Kf1 Kg4 90. Rb3 Kh3 91. Rb8 Kg4 92. Kg2 Kf5 93.
Rb1 Ke4 94. Ra1 Ke3 95. Ra3+ Ke4 96. Rb3 Kf5 97. Rb8 Ke4 98. Re8+ Kf5 99. Re7
Kg4 100. Rf7 Kg5 101. Kf1 Kg4 102. Ke2 Kg5 103. Rg7+ Kf5 104. Rg8 Kf6 105. Ra8
Kf5 106. Ra5+ Kg4 107. Kf1 Kf3 108. Rg5 Ke3 109. Rg8 Kf3 110. Rg6 Ke3 111. Rg5
Kf3 112. Rg8 Ke3 113. Rf8 Kf3 114. Rg8 Ke3 115. Re8+ Kf3 116. Rg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Julius Baer Rapid Div 2 W"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.09.02"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2698"]
[ECO "C55"]
[Opening "Two knights defence (Modern bishop's opening)"]
[WhiteFideId "4168119"]
[BlackFideId "24101605"]
[EventDate "2023.08.30"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 h6 5. a4 d6 6. a5 g6 7. a6 b6 8. Nc3 Bg7 9.
O-O O-O 10. h3 Be6 11. Re1 Kh7 12. Be3 d5 13. exd5 Nxd5 14. Bd2 Nxc3 15. Bxc3
Bxc4 16. dxc4 Qxd1 17. Raxd1 Rad8 18. Rxd8 Rxd8 19. Bxe5 Bxe5 20. Nxe5 Re8 21.
f4 f6 22. Nd3 Rxe1+ 23. Nxe1 Nb4 24. Kf2 Nxa6 25. Nd3 Kg7 26. Ke3 Kf7 27. Kd4
Ke6 28. c5 Nb8 29. cxb6 axb6 30. g4 Nc6+ 31. Ke3 f5 32. g5 h5 33. c4 Kd6 34. b4
Ne7 35. Ne5 b5 36. cxb5 Nd5+ 37. Kf3 Ne7 38. Ke2 Ke6 39. Kd3 Nd5 40. Nxg6 Kf7
41. Kd4 Nxb4 42. Ne5+ Ke6 43. Nd3 Nc2+ 44. Kc5 Ke7 45. Nb4 Ne1 46. Kc6 Ng2 47.
Nd5+ Kd8 48. g6 1-0

[Event "Julius Baer Rapid Div 2 W"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.09.03"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2742"]
[ECO "D11"]
[Opening "QGD Slav"]
[Variation "4.e3"]
[WhiteFideId "4168119"]
[BlackFideId "13300474"]
[EventDate "2023.08.30"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bg4 5. h3 Bxf3 6. Qxf3 e6 7. Nc3 Nbd7 8. Bd3
Bb4 9. O-O O-O 10. Rd1 Re8 11. a3 Bxc3 12. bxc3 e5 13. Bf1 e4 14. Qg3 Nb6 15.
cxd5 cxd5 16. a4 Nc4 17. Ba3 Rc8 18. Bb4 a5 19. Ba3 Re6 20. Rdb1 b6 21. Rb5 Rec6
22. Bxc4 Rxc4 23. Bd6 Rxc3 24. Be5 Ne8 25. Qg4 R8c6 26. Bg3 g6 27. Rab1 h5 28.
Qf4 g5 29. Qe5 h4 30. Rxd5 hxg3 31. fxg3 Qc8 32. Qxg5+ Rg6 33. Qf4 Nf6 34. Rf5
Kg7 35. Rbb5 Rd3 36. Kh2 Rd1 37. Rxf6 Rxf6 38. Rg5+ Rg6 39. Qe5+ f6 40. Qe7+ Kh6
41. Rxg6+ Kxg6 42. Qxe4+ f5 43. Qe7 Rc1 44. d5 Rc7 45. Qd6+ Kh7 46. Qxb6 Rg7 47.
Qf6 Qc7 48. Qxf5+ Kg8 49. Qf3 Qe5 50. e4 Rg6 51. h4 Kg7 52. Kh3 Qf6 53. Qe3 Qa1
54. g4 Qe5 55. g5 Kh7 56. Kg4 Rg7 57. Qf3 Re7 58. Qf5+ Qxf5+ 59. Kxf5 Rb7 60. d6
Rb4 61. Ke5 Kg7 62. d7 Rb8 63. Ke6 Kf8 64. Kd6 Ra8 65. g6 Ra6+ 66. Kc7 Ra7+ 67.
Kc6 Ke7 68. g7 Ra6+ 69. Kc7 Ra7+ 70. Kb8 1-0

[Event "Julius Baer Rapid Div 2 W"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.09.03"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2742"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[ECO "C42"]
[Opening "Petrov"]
[Variation "Nimzovich attack"]
[WhiteFideId "13300474"]
[BlackFideId "4168119"]
[EventDate "2023.08.30"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Be3 Nd7 8.
Qd2 O-O 9. O-O-O Nf6 10. Bd3 Re8 11. Rhe1 Bg4 12. h3 Bxf3 13. gxf3 d5 14. h4 Bf8
15. Rg1 Kh8 16. h5 h6 17. Rg2 Re5 18. f4 Rxh5 19. Bd4 Qd6 20. Be5 Rxe5 21. fxe5
Qxe5 22. Re1 Qh5 23. Kb1 Bd6 24. Reg1 g5 25. f3 Qh4 26. f4 Qxf4 27. Qd1 Qe3 28.
Re2 Qb6 29. Qf1 Bf4 30. Rh1 Kg7 31. a3 Re8 32. Rg2 Qd6 33. Qf2 c5 34. Rh4 Be3
35. Qf3 c4 36. Bf5 Re5 37. Rh1 Bf4 38. Qh3 h5 39. Rf1 Re3 40. Qh1 Qe5 41. Qg1
Kh6 42. Ka2 h4 43. Bc8 b6 44. Qh1 Nh5 45. Rd1 Nf6 46. Rf2 Ne4 47. Rf3 Re2 48.
Bb7 Rxc2 49. Rxd5 Nxc3+ 50. Rxc3 Qxc3 51. Rb5 Be5 0-1

[Event "Julius Baer Rapid Div 2 W"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.09.03"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2742"]
[ECO "B22"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Alapin's variation (2.c3)"]
[WhiteFideId "4168119"]
[BlackFideId "13300474"]
[EventDate "2023.08.30"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 e6 3. d4 d5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. Na3 Nc6 7. Be3 cxd4 8. Nb5
Qd7 9. Nbxd4 Bd6 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Qc2 Qc7 12. Bd3 c5 13. O-O-O Rb8 14. Nd2 Nd5
15. Nc4 Be7 16. Be4 Nxe3 17. fxe3 g6 18. h4 Ba6 19. Qa4+ Bb5 20. Qa5 Qxa5 21.
Nxa5 O-O 22. Nc6 Bxc6 23. Bxc6 Rb6 24. Rd7 Bf6 25. Be4 Ra6 26. a3 h5 27. Bc2 Kg7
28. Rc7 Ra5 29. Bb3 Re8 30. Kc2 Re7 31. Rxe7 Bxe7 32. Bc4 Bd8 1/2-1/2

