[Event "Kazakhstan Chess Cup 2023"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2023.04.23"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Niemann, Hans Moke"]
[Black "Kertaev, Natan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]
[BlackElo "1713"]
[ECO "A50"]
[Opening "Queen's Indian accelerated"]
[WhiteFideId "2093596"]
[BlackFideId "13711555"]
[EventDate "2023.04.23"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. Nc3 Bb7 4. f3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 e5 8. Bc4
exd4 9. Ne2 d3 10. Bxd3 Bc5 11. Bb5+ Nc6 12. Qd5 Qd7 13. Nd4 Bxd4 14. cxd4 a6
15. Bxc6 Bxc6 16. Qe5+ Kf8 17. d5 Bb5 18. Bf4 Re8 19. Qd4 c5 20. Qd2 h6 21. h4
Kg8 22. Kf2 Kh7 23. Rab1 c4 24. Qd4 c3 25. Rbc1 Rc8 26. Rxc3 Rxc3 27. Qxc3 Rc8
28. Qd2 Rc4 29. Kg3 Qc8 30. a3 Qc5 31. Rd1 Rc2 32. Qe3 Qc4 33. Rd2 Rc3 34. Qd4
Qxd4 35. Rxd4 Rxa3 36. Bc7 Rd3 37. Bxb6 Rxd4 38. Bxd4 a5 39. Kf4 f6 40. e5 fxe5+
41. Kxe5 Kg6 42. Kd6 Kf7 43. h5 g6 44. hxg6+ Kxg6 45. Ke7 Kf5 46. Be3 h5 47. d6
a4 48. Bc1 a3 49. Bxa3 Kf4 50. d7 Bxd7 51. Bd6+ 1-0

[Event "Kazakhstan Chess Cup 2023"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2023.04.23"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Shevchenko, Alexandr"]
[Black "Nabaty, Tamir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "1671"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[ECO "B47"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Taimanov (Bastrikov) variation"]
[WhiteFideId "13756478"]
[BlackFideId "2809052"]
[EventDate "2023.04.23"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. g3 a6 7. Bg2 d6 8. O-O
Bd7 9. Be3 Nf6 10. h3 Be7 11. f4 O-O 12. Kh2 Rac8 13. f5 Ne5 14. Rf2 b5 15. a3
Nc4 16. Bc1 Qb6 17. Re2 a5 18. b3 Nxa3 19. Bxa3 Rxc3 20. e5 Ne8 21. Bb2 Rc5 22.
fxe6 fxe6 23. Nf3 Bc6 24. Nd4 Bxg2 25. Kxg2 dxe5 26. Nf3 Qc6 27. Qd3 Bf6 28. Rb1
e4 29. Rxe4 Bxb2 30. Rxb2 Rc3 31. Nd4 Qc7 0-1

[Event "Kazakhstan Chess Cup 2023"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2023.04.23"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Sethuraman, S.P."]
[Black "Zharokov, Biket"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2639"]
[BlackElo "1665"]
[ECO "B46"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Taimanov variation"]
[WhiteFideId "5021596"]
[BlackFideId "13706667"]
[EventDate "2023.04.23"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Qc7 7. g4 b5 8. Nxc6
dxc6 9. Qf3 Bb7 10. O-O-O c5 11. g5 Be7 12. h4 h6 13. Bh3 hxg5 14. hxg5 b4 15.
Bxe6 Nh6 16. gxh6 Bf6 17. hxg7 Qe5 18. Rxh8+ 1-0

[Event "Kazakhstan Chess Cup 2023"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2023.04.23"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Zhumabekov, Shakhmardan"]
[Black "Rakhmanov, Aleksandr"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "1661"]
[BlackElo "2632"]
[ECO "B01"]
[Opening "Scandinavian"]
[Variation "Pytel-Wade variation"]
[WhiteFideId "13718665"]
[BlackFideId "4173708"]
[EventDate "2023.04.23"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd6 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 g6 6. g3 Bg7 7. Bf4 Qb6 8. Ne5
Be6 9. Qd2 Nd5 10. O-O-O Nxc3 11. Qxc3 O-O 12. d5 Bf5 13. f3 c6 14. g4 Bc8 15.
Bc4 cxd5 16. Bxd5 Na6 17. Qa3 Nb4 18. Be3 Nxc2 19. Kxc2 Qc7+ 20. Nc4 Be6 21. Qa5
b6 22. Qa6 Rac8 23. b3 Bd7 24. Qb7 b5 25. Qxc7 Rxc7 26. Kb1 bxc4 27. Bxc4 Bc6
28. Rhf1 Be5 29. f4 Bd6 30. h4 Rb8 31. Bd5 Bb5 32. Rg1 Ba3 33. f5 Rd7 34. h5
Rbd8 35. Bf3 a6 36. hxg6 hxg6 37. fxg6 Bd3+ 38. Ka1 Bxg6 39. Rxd7 Rxd7 40. Rd1
Rc7 41. Bd4 Rc2 42. g5 Bd3 43. Bb7 Kh7 44. b4 Kg6 45. Bd5 Rc1+ 46. Rxc1 Bxc1 47.
a4 Bd2 48. Bc5 e6 49. Bc6 Kxg5 50. b5 axb5 51. axb5 f5 52. b6 Bf4 53. Be7+ Kg4
54. Bd7 e5 55. Bd6 Ba6 56. Bb5 Bb7 57. Be2+ Kg3 0-1

[Event "Kazakhstan Chess Cup 2023"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2023.04.23"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Sargsyan, Shant"]
[Black "Aiten, Islam"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "1649"]
[WhiteFideId "13306766"]
[BlackFideId "13749420"]
[EventDate "2023.04.23"]

1-0

[Event "Kazakhstan Chess Cup 2023"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2023.04.23"]
[Round "1.6"]
[White "Altynbek, Aiaru"]
[Black "Ter-Sahakyan, Samvel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "1639"]
[BlackElo "2613"]
[ECO "E70"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "4.e4"]
[WhiteFideId "13752472"]
[BlackFideId "13302531"]
[EventDate "2023.04.23"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 O-O 5. f3 c5 6. Nge2 Nc6 7. Be3 d6 8. d5 Ne5
9. Ng3 e6 10. Be2 exd5 11. cxd5 a6 12. a4 Nh5 13. Nxh5 gxh5 14. Qd2 f5 15. O-O
fxe4 16. Nxe4 Bf5 17. Ng3 Qe8 18. Bh6 Bxh6 19. Qxh6 Bg6 20. Ne4 Bxe4 21. fxe4
Qg6 22. Qe3 h4 23. Rae1 Rae8 24. Kh1 Kg7 25. a5 Qh6 26. Qb3 Re7 27. Rxf8 Kxf8
28. Qb6 Kg7 29. Rf1 Rd7 30. Qb3 Qd2 31. Bd1 Rf7 32. Rxf7+ Kxf7 33. Bh5+ Kf6 34.
h3 Kg5 35. Bg4 Kf4 36. Kh2 Qb4 37. Qc2 Qxe4 38. Qc1+ Qe3 39. Qf1+ Ke4 40. Bf5+
Kd4 41. Qd1+ Nd3 42. Qa4+ c4 43. Qd7 Qg3+ 44. Kg1 Nf4 45. Be4 Qe1+ 46. Kh2 Qxe4
47. Qg7+ Kd3 48. Qc3+ Ke2 0-1

[Event "Kazakhstan Chess Cup 2023"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2023.04.23"]
[Round "1.7"]
[White "Kovalev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Zhakan, Erasyl"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2612"]
[BlackElo "1627"]
[ECO "B20"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Keres variation (2.Ne2)"]
[WhiteFideId "13504398"]
[BlackFideId "13722271"]
[EventDate "2023.04.23"]

1. e4 c5 2. Ne2 e6 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d4 cxd4 7. Nxd4 a6 8. Nxc6
bxc6 9. e5 Nd5 10. c4 Nb6 11. Qg4 g6 12. Bh6 Na4 13. b3 f5 14. Qe2 Nb6 15. Nd2
Bb7 16. Qe3 Kf7 17. Nf3 Re8 18. Bg5 Kg8 19. Bxe7 Rxe7 20. Rad1 Qc7 21. Ne1 Nc8
22. Nd3 d5 23. exd6 Nxd6 24. Rfe1 Rae8 25. Qc5 Nf7 26. Ne5 Nxe5 27. Rxe5 Rd8 28.
Rde1 Kf7 29. Qe3 Qd7 30. Qh6 Kg8 31. Qg5 Kf7 32. Qh6 Kg8 33. Qh4 c5 34. Bxb7
Qxb7 35. Rxe6 Red7 36. Qf6 Rd1 37. Re7 Rxe1+ 38. Rxe1 Rf8 39. Qe6+ Rf7 40. Rd1
Kg7 41. Qe5+ Kh6 42. Qxc5 f4 43. Re1 Qd7 44. Qd5 Qc7 45. g4 f3 46. Qd2+ Kg7 47.
Qd4+ Kh6 48. Qe3+ Rf4 49. h3 Kg5 50. Qe5+ Qxe5 51. Rxe5+ Kh4 52. Kh2 Rd4 53. Re7
h6 54. Re3 Rd2 55. Rxf3 Rxa2 56. Kg2 1-0

[Event "Kazakhstan Chess Cup 2023"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2023.04.23"]
[Round "1.8"]
[White "Zhunusov, Nurlan"]
[Black "Lysyj, Igor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "1591"]
[BlackElo "2606"]
[ECO "C49"]
[Opening "Four knights"]
[WhiteFideId "13708872"]
[BlackFideId "4150120"]
[EventDate "2023.04.23"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 Bxc3 7. Bxc6 bxc6 8.
bxc3 d6 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bh4 Qe7 11. Qe2 Qe6 12. Nd2 Ba6 13. c4 Nd7 14. Bg3 d5 15.
f4 dxc4 16. Nxc4 exf4 17. Bxf4 Bxc4 18. dxc4 Rfe8 19. Bxc7 Qxe4 20. Qxe4 Rxe4
21. Rf4 Rae8 22. Rd1 Rxf4 23. Bxf4 Nb6 24. Rd6 Re1+ 25. Kf2 Re4 26. Be3 Rxc4 27.
Rd2 Ra4 28. Rd6 Rc4 29. Rd2 Kf8 30. Re2 f6 31. Ke1 Kf7 32. Kd1 Nd5 33. Bd2 Ra4 0-1

[Event "Kazakhstan Chess Cup 2023"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2023.04.23"]
[Round "1.9"]
[White "Gareyev, Timur"]
[Black "Lutsik, Stepan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2602"]
[BlackElo "1580"]
[ECO "D38"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "Ragozin variation"]
[WhiteFideId "14200937"]
[BlackFideId "13725700"]
[EventDate "2023.04.23"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bd2 O-O 7. g4 Bxc3 8. bxc3
Ne4 9. g5 hxg5 10. Rg1 f6 11. h4 g4 12. Rxg4 e5 13. Rg1 Nc6 14. h5 dxc4 15. e3
Nd6 16. Nh4 exd4 17. cxd4 Be6 18. Ng6 Re8 19. h6 Nf5 20. hxg7 Nxg7 21. Nf4 Nxd4
22. Bc3 c5 23. Nxe6 Nxe6 24. Bxc4 Qe7 25. Qf3 Rf8 26. Rxg7+ Kxg7 27. Qg4+ Kf7
28. Qh5+ Kg7 29. O-O-O Rg8 30. Rg1+ Kf8 31. Qh6+ 1-0

[Event "Kazakhstan Chess Cup 2023"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2023.04.23"]
[Round "1.10"]
[White "Kaliakhmet, Elsultan"]
[Black "Vokhidov, Shamsiddin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "1575"]
[BlackElo "2601"]
[ECO "B56"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[WhiteFideId "13740598"]
[BlackFideId "14204223"]
[EventDate "2023.04.23"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. f3 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. Bc4
a5 9. a4 O-O 10. O-O Nb4 11. Nb5 d5 12. exd5 Nbxd5 13. Qe2 Be6 14. Qxe5 Rc8 15.
Bd3 Nb4 16. N3d4 Nxd3 17. cxd3 Bd7 18. Nd6 Bxd6 19. Qxd6 Bc6 20. Qxd8 Rfxd8 21.
Nxc6 Rxc6 22. Bg5 Rxd3 23. Rad1 Rcd6 24. Rxd3 Rxd3 25. Bxf6 gxf6 26. Rc1 b6 27.
Rc6 Rb3 28. Rxf6 Rxb2 29. h4 h5 30. Kh2 Kg7 31. Rc6 Rb4 32. Kh3 f5 33. g3 Kf7
34. Rh6 Ke7 35. Rxh5 Rxa4 36. Rxf5 Rc4 37. h5 Rc5 38. Rf4 Rxh5+ 39. Kg4 Re5 40.
Kh4 b5 41. g4 b4 42. g5 b3 43. g6 Rb5 44. g7 Rb8 45. Re4+ Kf7 46. Re1 b2 47. Rb1
a4 0-1

[Event "Kazakhstan Chess Cup 2023"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2023.04.23"]
[Round "1.11"]
[White "Moiseenko, Alexander"]
[Black "Tanikeyev, Beknur"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2573"]
[BlackElo "1570"]
[ECO "D06"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "Marshall defence"]
[WhiteFideId "14102560"]
[BlackFideId "13720260"]
[EventDate "2023.04.23"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d5 3. cxd5 Qxd5 4. Nc3 Qa5 5. Bd2 c6 6. Nf3 g6 7. e4 Bg7 8. Bc4
O-O 9. e5 Ne8 10. O-O Bg4 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Qxf3 Qb6 13. Qd3 e6 14. Bg5 Qc7 15.
Qe3 a6 16. f4 Nd7 17. Bb3 Nb6 18. g4 a5 19. f5 exf5 20. gxf5 a4 21. Nxa4 Nxa4
22. f6 Nxf6 23. Bxf6 c5 24. Rac1 cxd4 25. Qxd4 Qa5 26. Bxg7 Kxg7 27. e6+ Kh6 28.
Qh4+ Qh5 29. Qxh5+ Kxh5 30. Rxf7 Rxf7 31. exf7 1-0

[Event "Kazakhstan Chess Cup 2023"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2023.04.23"]
[Round "1.12"]
[White "Davies, Andrew William"]
[Black "Daneshvar, Bardiya"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "1541"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[ECO "E60"]
[Opening "King's Indian, 3.Nf3"]
[WhiteFideId "3229297"]
[BlackFideId "12576468"]
[EventDate "2023.04.23"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. Bg5 c5 6. e3 cxd4 7. exd4 h6 8. Bh4
d6 9. Be2 Bf5 10. O-O e6 11. Qb3 Qd7 12. Rfd1 Ne4 13. Nxe4 Bxe4 14. Rac1 Nc6 15.
Qe3 Bf5 16. c5 dxc5 17. dxc5 Qc8 18. Qb3 e5 19. Rd6 e4 20. Ne1 Be6 21. Qa4 Bxb2
22. Rb1 Bg7 23. Bc4 Bf5 24. Nc2 Ne5 25. Qb4 e3 26. Rc1 a5 27. Qb3 Qxc5 28. Rd4
Bxc2 29. Rxc2 Qxd4 0-1

[Event "Kazakhstan Chess Cup 2023"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2023.04.23"]
[Round "1.13"]
[White "Sivuk, Vitaly"]
[Black "Serikkazy, Nuraly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2533"]
[BlackElo "1535"]
[ECO "E92"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "Petrosian system"]
[WhiteFideId "14116502"]
[BlackFideId "13745344"]
[EventDate "2023.04.23"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. d5 Nh5 8. g3 f5
9. exf5 Bxf5 10. Ng5 Nf6 11. g4 Bc8 12. h4 Qe7 13. Nge4 Nbd7 14. h5 gxh5 15.
gxh5 Nxe4 16. Nxe4 Nf6 17. Bg5 Qf7 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. Bg4 Bxg4 20. Qxg4+ Kh8 21.
Ke2 b5 22. b3 Rab8 23. Rac1 a5 24. c5 Be7 25. cxd6 Bxd6 26. Rhg1 Rg8 27. Ng5 Qe7
28. Qh4 e4 29. Rg4 Qg7 30. Rcg1 Qf6 31. Kf1 Be7 32. Qg3 Rxg5 33. Rxg5 Qxg5 34.
Qxg5 Bxg5 35. Rxg5 Re8 36. Ke2 h6 37. Rg6 Re5 38. Rxh6+ Kg7 39. Rc6 Rxd5 40.
Rxc7+ Kh6 41. Ra7 b4 42. Ke3 Rxh5 43. Kxe4 Kg6 44. f4 Kf6 45. Ra6+ Ke7 46. f5
Rh4+ 47. Ke5 Rh1 48. Ra7+ Kf8 49. Rxa5 1-0

[Event "Kazakhstan Chess Cup 2023"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2023.04.23"]
[Round "1.14"]
[White "Nikitenko, Mihail"]
[Black "Khassenov, Mansur"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2522"]
[BlackElo "1524"]
[ECO "B35"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "accelerated fianchetto, modern variation with Bc4"]
[WhiteFideId "13506862"]
[BlackFideId "13768700"]
[EventDate "2023.04.23"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 O-O 8.
Bb3 d6 9. f3 Bd7 10. Qd2 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 b5 12. h4 a5 13. h5 a4 14. Bd5 b4 15. Ne2
e5 16. Be3 Be6 17. Bxa8 Qxa8 18. hxg6 fxg6 19. Qxd6 Bc4 20. Qxb4 Bxe2 21. Kxe2
Qa6+ 22. c4 Rc8 23. b3 1-0

[Event "Kazakhstan Chess Cup 2023"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2023.04.23"]
[Round "1.15"]
[White "Khatibi Mohammad Qais"]
[Black "Goganov, Aleksey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "1532"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[ECO "B90"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Najdorf, Byrne (English) attack"]
[WhiteFideId "11702630"]
[BlackFideId "24109959"]
[EventDate "2023.04.23"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. f3
h5 9. Qd2 Nbd7 10. Be2 Rc8 11. Nd5 Bxd5 12. exd5 Nb6 13. Bxb6 Qxb6 14. O-O-O g6
15. Kb1 Bh6 16. Qa5 Be3 17. Qxb6 Bxb6 18. Nd2 Ke7 19. Ne4 Nd7 20. Rhe1 h4 21. b3
f5 22. Ng5 Ba5 23. Rf1 Bc3 24. Rd3 b5 25. a3 a5 26. Rfd1 b4 27. a4 Nc5 28. Re3
f4 29. Re4 Kf6 30. Ne6 Nxe4 31. fxe4 h3 32. Bg4 hxg2 33. h3 Rh4 34. Rg1 Rxg4 35.
hxg4 Rh8 36. g5+ Ke7 0-1

[Event "Kazakhstan Chess Cup 2023"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2023.04.24"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Abdilkhair, Abilmansur"]
[Black "Niemann, Hans Moke"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2268"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[ECO "B69"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Richter-Rauzer, Rauzer attack, 7...a6 defence, 11.Bxf6"]
[WhiteFideId "13716417"]
[BlackFideId "2093596"]
[EventDate "2023.04.23"]

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. f4 Be7 10. Nf3 b5 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. Kb1 b4 13. Ne2 h5 14. f5 e5 15.
Nc1 Qb6 16. Bc4 Rc8 17. Nb3 Nd4 18. Qd3 Nb5 19. Qe2 a5 20. Rd5 Rb8 21. Rhd1 Bc6
22. Bxb5 Bxb5 23. Qe1 a4 24. Nbd2 a3 25. bxa3 bxa3 26. Ka1 Qc6 27. Qe3 O-O 28.
Ne1 Rfc8 29. Rb1 Ba6 30. Rb3 Bf8 31. Rxa3 Bc4 32. Nxc4 Qxc4 33. Rdd3 d5 34. Rac3
Qb4 35. Rb3 Qxe4 36. Qxe4 dxe4 37. Rg3+ Kh7 38. Rge3 Kh6 39. h4 Ra8 40. Rxe4 Ra6
41. c3 Rca8 42. Rb2 Ba3 43. Rb3 Bc5 44. Rb2 Ba3 45. Rb3 Rd8 46. Nc2 Bc1 47. g3
Kg7 48. Re1 Bh6 49. Nb4 Raa8 50. Re2 Kh7 51. Kb2 Rd1 52. c4 Rc8 53. Rc2 Bf8 54.
Nd5 Kg7 55. a4 Bc5 56. a5 Bd4+ 57. Ka3 Ra1+ 58. Ra2 Rxa2+ 59. Kxa2 Rxc4 60. a6
Rc1 61. Ra3 Ba7 62. Nc3 Bc5 63. Na4 Bxa3 64. a7 Rc8 65. Nb6 Rd8 66. Kxa3 e4 0-1

[Event "Kazakhstan Chess Cup 2023"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2023.04.24"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Nabaty, Tamir"]
[Black "Khusenkhojaev, Mustafokhuja"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2279"]
[ECO "A22"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "Bremen, reverse dragon"]
[WhiteFideId "2809052"]
[BlackFideId "14700727"]
[EventDate "2023.04.23"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Nc6 7. d3 Bc5 8.
Nf3 O-O 9. O-O Rb8 10. Bb2 Qe7 11. d4 Rd8 12. e3 Bg4 13. Qc2 Bd6 14. Rfe1 e4 15.
Nd2 f5 16. f3 exf3 17. Nxf3 Kh8 18. Nh4 Rf8 19. e4 f4 20. e5 f3 21. exd6 Qd7 22.
h3 f2+ 23. Kh2 fxe1=Q 24. Rxe1 Bf5 25. Nxf5 Rxf5 26. dxc7 Rbf8 27. Ba3 Rf2 28.
Qe4 Rg8 29. d5 Rxa2 30. Qe6 Qxc7 31. Bd6 Qb6 32. dxc6 Rc2 33. Rf1 h6 34. Qg6
Rxg2+ 35. Kxg2 Qxc6+ 36. Kh2 Rd8 37. Rf7 Qxc3 38. h4 Qb2+ 39. Kh3 Qa1 40. Qe4
Qc1 41. Be5 Qc8+ 42. Qg4 1-0

[Event "Kazakhstan Chess Cup 2023"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2023.04.24"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Temirov, Bakhyt"]
[Black "Sethuraman, S.P."]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2211"]
[BlackElo "2639"]
[ECO "A06"]
[Opening "Reti"]
[Variation "old Indian attack"]
[WhiteFideId "13704745"]
[BlackFideId "5021596"]
[EventDate "2023.04.23"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d3 Nc6 3. g3 e5 4. Bg2 f6 5. c3 Be6 6. O-O Qd7 7. b4 Bh3 8. e4 Bxg2
9. Kxg2 h5 10. exd5 Qxd5 11. c4 Qd7 12. b5 Nd4 13. Nxd4 Qxd4 14. Be3 Qd7 15. d4
exd4 16. Qxd4 Qxd4 17. Bxd4 O-O-O 18. Be3 Ne7 19. Nc3 Nf5 20. Rad1 Nxe3+ 21.
fxe3 Re8 22. Rd3 Bd6 23. Kf3 h4 24. Ne4 Be5 25. Rfd1 Rh6 26. c5 hxg3 27. hxg3 f5
28. Nf2 Rg6 29. Rg1 b6 30. Rd5 Rge6 31. e4 Rf8 32. exf5 Rxf5+ 33. Kg2 bxc5 34.
Nd3 c4 35. Nf4 Ref6 36. Rgd1 Bxf4 0-1

[Event "Kazakhstan Chess Cup 2023"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2023.04.24"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Rakhmanov, Aleksandr"]
[Black "Nurmanova, Alua"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "WIM"]
[WhiteElo "2632"]
[BlackElo "2224"]
[ECO "A05"]
[Opening "Reti"]
[Variation "King's Indian attack"]
[WhiteFideId "4173708"]
[BlackFideId "13729390"]
[EventDate "2023.04.23"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. b3 Bg7 4. Bb2 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. d4 Nc6 7. O-O e5 8. dxe5
Ng4 9. Qd2 Ngxe5 10. c4 Bg4 11. Nxe5 Nxe5 12. Bd4 Re8 13. Nc3 c5 14. Be3 Nc6 15.
Rfe1 Qa5 16. Rac1 Nd4 17. Kf1 Rab8 18. h3 Bf5 19. Bh6 Bh8 20. g4 Bd7 21. e3 Nc6
22. Red1 Be6 23. Ne4 Nb4 24. Qxd6 Nxa2 25. Qf4 Be5 26. Nf6+ Kh8 27. Bg7+ Kxg7
28. Nxe8+ Rxe8 29. Qxe5+ Kg8 30. Qa1 Qa3 31. Rb1 Qa6 32. Rd2 Nb4 33. Qxa6 bxa6
34. Rbd1 Kg7 35. Rd8 Re7 36. Bd5 1-0

[Event "Kazakhstan Chess Cup 2023"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2023.04.24"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Sargsyan, Shant"]
[Black "Arestanov, Timur"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2183"]
[ECO "D26"]
[Opening "QGA"]
[Variation "4...e6"]
[WhiteFideId "13306766"]
[BlackFideId "13701304"]
[EventDate "2023.04.23"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 a6 6. O-O b5 7. Be2 Bb7 8. a4 b4
9. Nbd2 Nbd7 10. Nc4 c5 11. a5 Rc8 12. Nfe5 Be7 13. Bf3 Bxf3 14. Qxf3 cxd4 15.
Nc6 Qc7 16. Nxe7 Kxe7 17. b3 d3 18. Bd2 Nd5 19. e4 Nc3 20. Bxc3 bxc3 21. Qxd3
Nc5 22. Qxc3 Nxb3 23. Ra4 Nc5 24. Rb4 Nxe4 25. Qa3 Qc5 26. Rb7+ Kf6 27. Qa1+ e5
28. Rb6+ Kf5 29. Ne3+ Kg5 30. f4+ 1-0

[Event "Kazakhstan Chess Cup 2023"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2023.04.24"]
[Round "2.6"]
[White "Ter-Sahakyan, Samvel"]
[Black "Zhukenov, Aituar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2613"]
[BlackElo "2178"]
[ECO "B30"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Nimzovich-Rossolimo attack (without ...d6)"]
[WhiteFideId "13302531"]
[BlackFideId "13719513"]
[EventDate "2023.04.23"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. O-O Nge7 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Ng6 7. Be3 Be7 8.
c3 O-O 9. Nd2 Qc7 10. f4 b6 11. Qh5 Bb7 12. Bd3 e5 13. fxe5 Ncxe5 14. Bc2 d5 15.
exd5 Bxd5 16. Bf4 Bd6 17. Bg3 Qb7 18. Rae1 Rfe8 19. Ne4 Bc5 20. Bxe5 Rxe5 21.
Nxc5 Rxh5 22. Nxb7 Bxb7 23. Nf5 Bd5 24. Bd1 Rg5 25. g4 Be6 26. h4 Nxh4 27. Nxh4
h5 28. Nf5 g6 29. Nh6+ Kg7 30. Nxf7 Bxf7 31. Re7 Rf8 32. Bb3 Rxg4+ 33. Kh2 Rh4+
34. Kg3 Rg4+ 35. Kh3 1-0

[Event "Kazakhstan Chess Cup 2023"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2023.04.24"]
[Round "2.7"]
[White "Mazhkenov, Alisher"]
[Black "Kovalev, Vladislav"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2141"]
[BlackElo "2612"]
[ECO "A15"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[WhiteFideId "13718983"]
[BlackFideId "13504398"]
[EventDate "2023.04.23"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. e3 b6 4. b3 Bb7 5. Bb2 d5 6. g3 dxc4 7. bxc4 c5 8. Bg2
Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. d3 Nc6 11. Qe2 Qc7 12. Nc3 a6 13. Ne1 Rab8 14. f4 Na5 15. a4
Bxg2 16. Nxg2 Rfd8 17. g4 Nc6 18. g5 Ne8 19. f5 exf5 20. Rxf5 Qd7 21. Rd5 Bd6
22. Rf1 Ne7 23. Qh5 Nxd5 24. Nxd5 Qe6 25. Nh4 g6 26. Qf3 b5 27. Qg2 bxc4 28.
dxc4 Rb3 29. Ba1 Rdb8 30. Qc2 Qg4+ 31. Ng2 Qxg5 32. Qf2 R8b7 33. Qc2 Qg4 34. Kh1
Qh3 35. Ndf4 Bxf4 36. exf4 Qd3 0-1

[Event "Kazakhstan Chess Cup 2023"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2023.04.24"]
[Round "2.8"]
[White "Lysyj, Igor"]
[Black "Amangeldy, Ernur"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2606"]
[BlackElo "2135"]
[ECO "E10"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[WhiteFideId "4150120"]
[BlackFideId "13720244"]
[EventDate "2023.04.23"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 a5 6. a3 Be7 7. Bg2 O-O 8. Qc2 c6
9. O-O Nbd7 10. Bf4 a4 11. h4 Nh5 12. Bg5 f6 13. Bd2 f5 14. Bb4 Ndf6 15. e3 Ne4
16. Nc3 Nxc3 17. bxc3 Bxb4 18. cxb4 Nf6 19. Ne5 Nd7 20. Nd3 Nf6 21. c5 Ng4 22.
Bf3 h5 23. Bxg4 hxg4 24. Ne5 Bd7 25. f3 gxf3 26. Rxf3 Be8 27. Raf1 Qe7 28. g4
Qxh4 29. Qh2 Qxh2+ 30. Kxh2 g6 31. g5 Kg7 32. Rh3 Bf7 33. Kg3 Rh8 34. Rfh1 Rh5
35. Rxh5 gxh5 36. Nxf7 Kxf7 37. Rxh5 Kg6 38. Kh4 Re8 39. Rh6+ Kg7 40. Kh5 e5 41.
g6 f4 42. exf4 exf4 43. Rh7+ Kg8 44. Kg4 Re3 45. Kxf4 Rxa3 46. Rxb7 Rb3 47. b5 1-0

[Event "Kazakhstan Chess Cup 2023"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2023.04.24"]
[Round "2.9"]
[White "Kuziev, Miraziz"]
[Black "Gareyev, Timur"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2116"]
[BlackElo "2602"]
[ECO "A40"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn"]
[WhiteFideId "14215772"]
[BlackFideId "14200937"]
[EventDate "2023.04.23"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 exd5 4. cxd5 d6 5. Nc3 g6 6. e4 Bg7 7. f4 Ne7 8. Nf3 O-O
9. Be2 Bg4 10. O-O Nd7 11. Be3 a6 12. a4 Re8 13. h3 Bxf3 14. Bxf3 Nf5 15. Bf2
Nd4 16. Kh1 Qb6 17. Rb1 Qb3 18. Bxd4 Qxd1 19. Rfxd1 cxd4 20. Ne2 Nc5 21. e5 dxe5
22. fxe5 Rxe5 23. Nxd4 Rd8 24. Rbc1 Nxa4 25. b3 Nb2 26. Rf1 Re3 27. Ne2 Nd3 28.
Rc7 Ne5 29. Nd4 Rd3 30. Ne2 Nxf3 31. gxf3 Rxb3 0-1

[Event "Kazakhstan Chess Cup 2023"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2023.04.24"]
[Round "2.10"]
[White "Vokhidov, Shamsiddin"]
[Black "Dushatov, Timur"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2601"]
[BlackElo "2104"]
[ECO "B40"]
[Opening "Sicilian defence"]
[WhiteFideId "14204223"]
[BlackFideId "13781901"]
[EventDate "2023.04.23"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c3 d5 4. exd5 exd5 5. d4 Nc6 6. Bb5 Bd6 7. O-O Ne7 8. dxc5
Bxc5 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. Nb3 Bb6 11. Bd3 h6 12. Re1 Bg4 13. h3 Bh5 14. Be3 a5 15. a4
Bxe3 16. Rxe3 Qb6 17. Bb5 Rad8 18. g4 Bg6 19. Qe2 Nc8 20. Nbd4 Nxd4 21. Nxd4 Nd6
22. Rd1 Qc7 23. Re7 Qb6 24. Qe5 Ne4 25. f3 Ng5 26. Kg2 Rd6 27. Rxb7 Qd8 28. Qe7
Rf6 29. Qxd8 Rxd8 30. h4 Ne6 31. Nc6 Nf4+ 32. Kg3 Rdd6 33. Ne5 Rde6 34. Nd7 1-0

[Event "Kazakhstan Chess Cup 2023"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2023.04.24"]
[Round "2.11"]
[White "Malygin, Vladislav"]
[Black "Moiseenko, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2098"]
[BlackElo "2573"]
[ECO "E11"]
[Opening "Bogo-Indian defence, Nimzovich variation"]
[WhiteFideId "13720090"]
[BlackFideId "14102560"]
[EventDate "2023.04.23"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. g3 Nc6 6. Bg2 Bxd2+ 7. Qxd2 Ne4 8.
Qc2 Qb4+ 9. Kf1 d5 10. b3 O-O 11. a3 Qd6 12. e3 a5 13. Nfd2 f5 14. Nc3 b6 15. f4
Ba6 16. Nb5 Bxb5 17. cxb5 Na7 18. Nxe4 dxe4 19. Kf2 Nxb5 20. Rhc1 Nxa3 21. Qxc7
Qb4 22. Qc3 Qxc3 23. Rxc3 b5 24. Rc5 b4 25. Bf1 Rfc8 26. Rac1 Rxc5 27. dxc5 a4
28. Bc4 Nxc4 29. Rxc4 a3 30. Rc1 Kf7 31. c6 Ke7 32. Rd1 Ra7 33. Ke2 Rc7 34. Rc1
Kd6 0-1

[Event "Kazakhstan Chess Cup 2023"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2023.04.24"]
[Round "2.12"]
[White "Daneshvar, Bardiya"]
[Black "Zharokov, Kaissar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2086"]
[ECO "E73"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "5.Be2"]
[WhiteFideId "12576468"]
[BlackFideId "13704150"]
[EventDate "2023.04.23"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d6 4. e4 Bg7 5. Be2 c5 6. Nf3 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Nc6 8. Be3
O-O 9. f3 Nxd4 10. Bxd4 Be6 11. Qd2 Qa5 12. Rd1 a6 13. O-O Rfc8 14. b3 b5 15.
cxb5 axb5 16. Qb2 b4 17. Na4 Ne8 18. Rd2 Rc6 19. Bxg7 Nxg7 20. Bd3 Qa7+ 21. Rdf2
Nh5 22. Qd2 Qd4 23. Rd1 Rac8 24. Bb5 Qxd2 25. Rfxd2 Rc1 26. Rxc1 Rxc1+ 27. Kf2
Nf6 28. Nb2 Rc7 29. Nd3 Rb7 30. Bc6 Rb6 31. Rc2 Bc8 32. Ke3 Ba6 33. Ba4 e5 34.
Rc6 Nd7 35. Rxb6 Nxb6 36. Nxb4 Bf1 37. Kf2 1-0

[Event "Kazakhstan Chess Cup 2023"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2023.04.24"]
[Round "2.13"]
[White "Ulkhanov, Azamat"]
[Black "Sivuk, Vitaly"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2077"]
[BlackElo "2533"]
[ECO "B06"]
[Opening "Robatsch (modern) defence"]
[WhiteFideId "13700235"]
[BlackFideId "14116502"]
[EventDate "2023.04.23"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. h3 a6 5. a4 b6 6. Nf3 Bb7 7. Bc4 e6 8. Bg5 Ne7
9. Qd2 h6 10. Bf4 Nd7 11. O-O Nf6 12. Rfe1 g5 13. Bg3 Nh5 14. Bh2 Ng6 15. Qe3
O-O 16. Rad1 Qd7 17. e5 Nhf4 18. Bb3 Nxg2 19. Kxg2 Nh4+ 20. Kf1 Nxf3 21. Bg3
Nxe1 22. Kxe1 dxe5 23. dxe5 Qc6 24. Ke2 Rad8 25. Rd4 Qf3+ 26. Qxf3 Bxf3+ 27. Ke3
Rxd4 28. Kxd4 h5 29. h4 g4 30. Bf4 Kh7 31. Ne4 Rd8+ 32. Ke3 Bxe4 33. Kxe4 Bh6
34. Bg3 Bc1 0-1

[Event "Kazakhstan Chess Cup 2023"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2023.04.24"]
[Round "2.14"]
[White "Ilkhomi, Jaloliddin"]
[Black "Nikitenko, Mihail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2040"]
[BlackElo "2522"]
[ECO "A14"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "Neo-Catalan declined"]
[WhiteFideId "14700948"]
[BlackFideId "13506862"]
[EventDate "2023.04.23"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. d4 c6 7. Qc2 b6 8. Nbd2
Nbd7 9. b3 Ba6 10. e4 Rc8 11. Bb2 c5 12. exd5 exd5 13. Rfd1 cxd4 14. Nxd4 b5 15.
Qf5 g6 16. Qg5 bxc4 17. bxc4 dxc4 18. Nc6 Rxc6 19. Bxc6 Qb6 20. Bxd7 Qxb2 21.
Qe3 Qa3 22. Qxa7 c3 23. Nb3 c2 24. Rd2 Rd8 25. Rc1 Qxa2 26. Rcxc2 Qxb3 27. Qxa6
Rxd7 28. Rxd7 Nxd7 29. Rc7 Qd1+ 30. Kg2 Qd5+ 31. Kg1 Bf8 32. Qb7 Qd1+ 33. Kg2
Ne5 34. Rc8 Qd6 35. Qa8 Nd7 36. Rd8 Qe7 37. Re8 Qb4 38. Qc6 Nc5 39. Qa8 Ne6 40.
Qc6 Qg4 41. Qf3 Qc4 42. h4 h5 43. Rb8 Qc5 44. Qa8 Kg7 45. Qa1+ Kh7 46. Qf6 Qc7
47. Rb1 Bg7 48. Qf3 Qe5 49. Rb7 f5 50. Rd7 f4 51. Rd5 Qe1 52. gxf4 Qc1 53. Rxh5+
Bh6 54. f5 Nf4+ 55. Kh2 gxh5 56. Qb7+ Kg8 57. Qb8+ Bf8 58. Qb3+ Kh8 59. Qb8 Qc5
60. Qb2+ Kh7 61. f6 Qf5 62. f7 0-1

[Event "Kazakhstan Chess Cup 2023"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2023.04.24"]
[Round "2.15"]
[White "Goganov, Aleksey"]
[Black "Kaldarova, Ayaulym"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2044"]
[ECO "C18"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "Winawer, advance variation"]
[WhiteFideId "24109959"]
[BlackFideId "13720503"]
[EventDate "2023.04.23"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Nc6 7. Qg4 g6 8. h4 h6
9. h5 g5 10. f4 f5 11. Qg3 g4 12. dxc5 Qa5 13. a4 Qxc5 14. Bb5 Bd7 15. Ba3 Qb6
16. Ne2 Nge7 17. Qh4 Rh7 18. Qf6 O-O-O 19. Rb1 Kb8 20. Rb3 Re8 21. Kd2 d4 22. c4
a6 23. Bd6+ Ka8 24. Rhb1 Qa5+ 25. Kd1 Nc8 26. Qg6 Nxd6 27. exd6 Rhh8 28. Qg7 Rd8
29. Bxc6 bxc6 30. Rb7 d3 31. Rxd7 dxe2+ 32. Kxe2 Rxd7 33. Qxd7 Rb8 34. Qxc6+ Ka7
35. Rxb8 Kxb8 36. d7 Qc7 37. Qxa6 Qxd7 38. Qb5+ Kc7 39. Qxd7+ Kxd7 40. a5 1-0

[Event "Kazakhstan Chess Cup 2023"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2023.04.25"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Niemann, Hans Moke"]
[Black "Atabayev, Saparmyrat"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]
[BlackElo "2448"]
[ECO "E06"]
[Opening "Catalan"]
[Variation "closed, 5.Nf3"]
[WhiteFideId "2093596"]
[BlackFideId "14000571"]
[EventDate "2023.04.23"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4
Bd7 9. Qxc4 Bc6 10. Bg5 Bd5 11. Qc2 Be4 12. Qc1 h6 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. Nbd2 Bh7
15. Rd1 a5 16. Nb3 c6 17. Qc3 Be7 18. Nc5 Na6 19. Nxb7 Qc7 20. Nc5 Nxc5 21. dxc5
Bf6 22. Nd4 Rab8 23. Rd2 Rb4 24. Qe3 e5 25. Nxc6 Bg5 26. Qc3 Bxd2 27. Qxd2 Rc4
28. Qxa5 Qxa5 29. Nxa5 Rxc5 30. b4 Rc2 31. b5 Rxe2 32. Nc6 Rb2 33. Nxe5 Re8 34.
f4 f6 35. Bd5+ Kf8 36. Nd7+ Ke7 37. Nb6 Kd8 38. a5 Bb1 39. Bc4 Re1+ 40. Bf1 Rd2
41. a6 Rdd1 42. Ra4 Rxf1+ 43. Kg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Kazakhstan Chess Cup 2023"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2023.04.25"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Agmanov, Zhandos"]
[Black "Nabaty, Tamir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2446"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[ECO "D27"]
[Opening "QGA"]
[Variation "classical, 6...a6"]
[WhiteFideId "13708309"]
[BlackFideId "2809052"]
[EventDate "2023.04.23"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 a6 6. O-O c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8.
Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Be2 Ke7 10. Nc3 b5 11. Nd2 Bb7 12. Nb3 Rc8 13. Nxc5 Rxc5 14. Bd2
Nc6 15. b4 Rf5 16. e4 Re5 17. Bf4 Nxe4 18. Bxe5 Nxe5 19. Nxe4 Bxe4 20. a4 Nc6
21. axb5 Nd4 22. Bf3 Bxf3 23. gxf3 Nxb5 24. Rfc1 Kd6 25. Rd1+ Ke7 26. Rdc1 Kd6
27. Rc5 Nc7 28. Rd1+ Nd5 29. Ra5 Rb8 30. Rxa6+ Ke7 31. Rb1 Rxb4 32. Rxb4 Nxb4
33. Ra7+ Kf6 34. Kg2 Nc6 35. Ra4 Ne7 36. h4 h5 37. Ra5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Kazakhstan Chess Cup 2023"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2023.04.25"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Sethuraman, S.P."]
[Black "Akhmetov, Ayan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2639"]
[BlackElo "2435"]
[ECO "B04"]
[Opening "Alekhine's defence"]
[Variation "modern, Larsen variation"]
[WhiteFideId "5021596"]
[BlackFideId "13703706"]
[EventDate "2023.04.23"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 dxe5 5. c4 Nb6 6. Nxe5 g6 7. Nc3 Bg7 8. Be3
O-O 9. f4 c5 10. d5 N8d7 11. Nf3 e5 12. dxe6 Qe7 13. exf7+ Rxf7 14. Qd2 Rxf4 15.
O-O-O Rf8 16. Bf4 Ne5 17. Bxe5 Bxe5 18. Nd5 Qd6 19. Nxe5 Qxe5 20. Re1 Qg7 21.
Re7 Rf7 22. Nxb6 Rxe7 23. Nxa8 Bf5 24. Nc7 h5 25. Nd5 Re4 26. Nc3 Rd4 27. Qe3 1-0

[Event "Kazakhstan Chess Cup 2023"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2023.04.25"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Madaminov, Mukhiddin"]
[Black "Rakhmanov, Aleksandr"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2436"]
[BlackElo "2632"]
[ECO "D31"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "Janowski variation"]
[WhiteFideId "14210703"]
[BlackFideId "4173708"]
[EventDate "2023.04.23"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 a6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. Bg5 Be6 7. e3 Nbd7 8. Bd3
Bd6 9. O-O c6 10. Qc2 Qc7 11. Bh4 h6 12. Bg3 Bxg3 13. hxg3 O-O 14. Na4 a5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Kazakhstan Chess Cup 2023"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2023.04.25"]
[Round "3.5"]
[White "Suleymenov, Alisher"]
[Black "Sargsyan, Shant"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2434"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[ECO "C84"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "closed defence"]
[WhiteFideId "13707833"]
[BlackFideId "13306766"]
[EventDate "2023.04.23"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a4 Bd7
9. Bd2 O-O 10. h3 b4 11. a5 Rb8 12. c3 Qc8 13. Re1 Be6 14. Ba4 bxc3 15. Bxc3 Qb7
16. d4 Nxd4 17. Nxd4 exd4 18. Qxd4 Rfd8 19. Nd2 h6 20. b4 c5 21. bxc5 dxc5 22.
Qe3 c4 23. Reb1 Qc7 24. Rxb8 Rxb8 25. Nf3 Bc5 26. Bd4 Rc8 27. Bc2 Nd7 28. Qc3
Bxd4 29. Nxd4 Qe5 30. Rf1 g5 31. Qe3 Qf4 32. Qc3 Qe5 33. Qe3 Qf4 34. Qxf4 gxf4
35. f3 Ne5 36. Ne2 Ng6 37. Kf2 Rc5 38. Ra1 Kg7 39. Nc3 Rg5 40. Ne2 Kf6 41. Ra4
Rc5 42. Bb1 Ke5 43. Ke1 h5 44. Bc2 h4 45. Ra1 Ne7 46. Kd2 Nc6 47. Kc3 Rxa5 48.
Ra4 Rxa4 49. Bxa4 Na5 50. Kb4 Nb3 51. Kc3 Nc5 52. Bc2 Nb3 53. Bd1 a5 54. Kb2 Nd2
55. Ba4 Nf1 56. Kc3 Ne3 57. Nd4 Nxg2 58. Nxe6 fxe6 59. Kxc4 Ne1 60. Bd1 a4 61.
Kb4 Kd4 62. Kxa4 Ke3 63. Kb4 Nxf3 64. Kc5 Kxe4 0-1

[Event "Kazakhstan Chess Cup 2023"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2023.04.25"]
[Round "3.6"]
[White "Zhalmakhanov, Ramazan"]
[Black "Ter-Sahakyan, Samvel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2425"]
[BlackElo "2613"]
[ECO "B11"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "two knights, 3...Bg4"]
[WhiteFideId "13706357"]
[BlackFideId "13302531"]
[EventDate "2023.04.23"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. h3 Bxf3 5. Qxf3 e6 6. g3 h5 7. d3 Bb4 8. Bd2
Ne7 9. Bg2 h4 10. a3 Ba5 11. O-O d4 12. Nb1 Bc7 13. Be1 Nd7 14. Nd2 Ng6 15. Qe2
Qf6 16. Nf3 Rd8 17. c3 Bb6 18. cxd4 Bxd4 19. Nxd4 Qxd4 20. Bc3 Qd6 21. Qe3 O-O
22. Rad1 c5 23. f4 hxg3 24. Qxg3 b5 25. b3 b4 26. axb4 cxb4 27. Ba1 Rc8 28. d4
Rfe8 29. Kh1 a5 30. e5 Qe7 31. d5 exd5 32. Bxd5 Rc5 33. Rg1 Ndf8 34. f5 Rd8 35.
Qg2 1-0

[Event "Kazakhstan Chess Cup 2023"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2023.04.25"]
[Round "3.7"]
[White "Kovalev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Aitbayev, Aslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2612"]
[BlackElo "2427"]
[ECO "C15"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "Winawer, Alekhine (Maroczy) gambit"]
[WhiteFideId "13504398"]
[BlackFideId "13704613"]
[EventDate "2023.04.23"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Ne2 dxe4 5. a3 Be7 6. Nxe4 Nf6 7. Nxf6+ Bxf6 8.
Be3 O-O 9. Qd2 Nd7 10. O-O-O Be7 11. h4 Nf6 12. Nc3 a6 13. h5 b5 14. h6 g6 15.
Bg5 Bb7 16. Qe1 Nd7 17. Bf4 Bd6 18. Qe3 Bxf4 19. Qxf4 Rc8 20. Bd3 Bxg2 21. Rhg1
Bb7 22. Be4 Bxe4 23. Nxe4 Qe7 24. Rg3 f6 25. Rc3 e5 26. dxe5 Nxe5 27. Rc5 Rce8
28. Rcd5 f5 29. Nc5 Nc4 30. Nxa6 Qf6 31. Rxb5 Nxa3 32. Ra5 Re4 33. Qxc7 Nc4 34.
Rb5 Qg5+ 35. Kb1 Qxh6 36. Rb7 Rh4 37. b3 Na3+ 1-0

[Event "Kazakhstan Chess Cup 2023"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2023.04.25"]
[Round "3.8"]
[White "Sapenov, Daniyal"]
[Black "Lysyj, Igor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2321"]
[BlackElo "2606"]
[ECO "D26"]
[Opening "QGA"]
[Variation "classical, Steinitz variation"]
[WhiteFideId "13728911"]
[BlackFideId "4150120"]
[EventDate "2023.04.23"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 dxc4 4. e3 Nf6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. O-O cxd4 7. exd4 Be7 8.
Nc3 O-O 9. Re1 Nc6 10. a3 b6 11. Qd3 Bb7 12. Ba2 h6 13. Be3 Bd6 14. Rad1 Ne7 15.
Bc1 Ned5 16. Ne5 Nxc3 17. bxc3 Bxe5 18. Rxe5 Rc8 19. Rde1 Qc7 20. Bd2 Ng4 21.
Rh5 Rfe8 22. Qh3 Nf6 23. Rhe5 h5 24. Qh4 Qc6 25. Rg5 g6 26. Bb1 Kg7 27. Rg3 Rcd8
28. Bh6+ Kxh6 29. Qxf6 1-0

[Event "Kazakhstan Chess Cup 2023"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2023.04.25"]
[Round "3.9"]
[White "Gareyev, Timur"]
[Black "Matinian, Nikita"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2602"]
[BlackElo "2407"]
[ECO "E95"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "orthodox, 7...Nbd7, 8.Re1"]
[WhiteFideId "14200937"]
[BlackFideId "24129100"]
[EventDate "2023.04.23"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Nf3 e5 7. O-O Nbd7 8. Re1
Re8 9. Bf1 a5 10. Rb1 c6 11. d5 Nc5 12. b3 Bd7 13. Ba3 Qb8 14. Bxc5 dxc5 15. Qd2
Qa7 16. h3 Rad8 17. Qe3 Bf8 18. Rbd1 Qb8 19. dxc6 Bxc6 20. Nd5 Rd6 21. Qc3 a4
22. Qa5 axb3 23. axb3 Nh5 24. Qc7 Qxc7 25. Nxc7 Red8 26. Nd5 Re8 27. g3 f6 28.
h4 Kf7 29. Ra1 Ng7 30. Bh3 Ne6 31. Bxe6+ Rexe6 32. Ra7 h5 33. Nd2 Bh6 34. Nb1
Rd7 35. Rd1 f5 36. Nbc3 Bf8 37. Kg2 Red6 38. f3 Re6 39. Kf2 Red6 40. Ke2 Re6 41.
Rda1 Red6 42. R1a5 Re6 43. Na4 fxe4 44. fxe4 g5 45. hxg5 Kg6 46. Nxc5 Bxc5 47.
Rxc5 Kxg5 48. b4 Kg4 49. b5 Bxd5 50. Rxd5 Rc7 51. c5 Kxg3 52. c6 Ree7 53. Rxb7
Rxb7 54. cxb7 Rxb7 55. Ke3 h4 56. Rxe5 Rg7 57. b6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Kazakhstan Chess Cup 2023"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2023.04.25"]
[Round "3.10"]
[White "Sadubayev, Airat"]
[Black "Vokhidov, Shamsiddin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2320"]
[BlackElo "2601"]
[ECO "B44"]
[Opening "Sicilian defence"]
[WhiteFideId "13713264"]
[BlackFideId "14204223"]
[EventDate "2023.04.23"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. Bd3 Nf6 7. O-O d5 8.
Nc3 Be7 9. Qe2 O-O 10. b3 Nd7 11. Na4 Ne5 12. Bb2 Nxd3 13. cxd3 Ba6 14. Rfd1 Rc8
15. Rac1 c5 16. exd5 Qxd5 17. Qg4 g6 18. d4 h5 19. Qf3 Qxf3 20. gxf3 Be2 21. Re1
Bxf3 22. Nxc5 Rfd8 23. Nd3 Bg5 24. Rxc8 Rxc8 25. Re5 Be7 26. Ra5 Rc2 27. Ne1 Bb4
28. Nxc2 Bxa5 29. Ne3 g5 30. Ba3 f6 31. Bc5 a6 32. a4 Bc7 33. b4 Bc6 34. d5 exd5
35. b5 axb5 36. axb5 Bxb5 37. Nxd5 Be5 38. Be3 Bb2 39. Bd2 Kf7 40. Bc3 Bxc3 41.
Nxc3 Bd3 42. f3 Ke6 43. Kf2 Ke5 44. Ke3 Bc4 45. Ne4 Bd5 46. Nf2 Kf5 47. Nd3 Bc6
48. Nf2 Bb7 49. Nd3 Ba6 50. Nf2 Ke5 51. Ne4 Bc4 52. Nd2 Bd5 53. Nb1 f5 54. Nc3
Bc4 55. Nb1 f4+ 56. Kd2 Kd4 57. Nc3 g4 58. fxg4 hxg4 59. Nd1 Ke4 60. Ke1 Kf3 61.
Nf2 Bb5 62. Nh1 Kg2 63. Nf2 Bd7 64. Nd3 f3 0-1

[Event "Kazakhstan Chess Cup 2023"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2023.04.25"]
[Round "3.11"]
[White "Moiseenko, Alexander"]
[Black "Suleimen, Ergali"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2573"]
[BlackElo "2398"]
[ECO "D85"]
[Opening "Gruenfeld"]
[Variation "exchange variation"]
[WhiteFideId "14102560"]
[BlackFideId "13724452"]
[EventDate "2023.04.23"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bd2 Bg7 6. e4 Nb6 7. Be3 O-O 8. Be2
Nc6 9. Nf3 Bg4 10. e5 Nb4 11. O-O N4d5 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bd2 Nxc3 14. Bxc3 Rc8 15.
h3 Be6 16. b4 Bc4 17. Bxc4 Nxc4 18. e6 f5 19. Ne5 Bxe5 20. dxe5 Qxd1 21. Rfxd1
Rfd8 22. Rd7 Kf8 23. Rad1 Ke8 24. g4 fxg4 25. hxg4 Nb6 26. Rxd8+ Rxd8 27. Rxd8+
Kxd8 28. f4 Ke8 29. Kf2 Kf8 30. Kf3 Nd5 31. Be1 c6 32. Ke4 Kg7 33. b5 Nc7 34.
bxc6 bxc6 35. Bb4 Nd5 36. Bd2 a6 37. f5 Nc7 38. Kd4 h5 39. Kc5 hxg4 40. Kxc6 Ne8
41. Kd7 1-0

[Event "Kazakhstan Chess Cup 2023"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2023.04.25"]
[Round "3.12"]
[White "Nugumanov, Bakhtiyar"]
[Black "Daneshvar, Bardiya"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2316"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[ECO "B91"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Najdorf, Zagreb (fianchetto) variation"]
[WhiteFideId "13701797"]
[BlackFideId "12576468"]
[EventDate "2023.04.23"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. g3 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. Bg2
Nbd7 9. O-O b5 10. a4 b4 11. Na2 a5 12. c3 bxc3 13. Nxc3 O-O 14. Nb5 Nb6 15. Bd2
Nc4 16. Bc3 Be6 17. Re1 Nd7 18. Bf1 Qb6 19. Nd2 Nxd2 20. Bxd2 Nf6 21. Be3 Qb8
22. Bg5 Rd8 23. Rc1 Rd7 24. Bc4 Bg4 25. Qb3 Qf8 26. f3 Bh3 27. Bxf6 Bxf6 28. Bd5
Rb8 29. Rc6 Bd8 30. Qe3 Rdb7 31. Kh1 Bb6 32. Qd2 Re7 33. Nxd6 Bd7 34. Rc4 Be6
35. Rec1 Rd8 36. Rc6 Bd4 37. Bxe6 fxe6 38. Kg2 Red7 39. Nc4 Bc5 40. Qxa5 Rd3 41.
Nxe5 Rd2+ 42. Kh1 Bb4 43. Qb5 Rxb2 44. Qc4 Rdd2 45. Qxe6+ Kh8 46. Ng6+ hxg6 47.
Qh3+ Kg8 48. Rc8 Rd8 49. Qe6+ Kh7 50. Qh3+ Kg8 51. Rxd8 Qxd8 52. Qe6+ Kh7 53.
Qh3+ Kg8 54. Rc8 Rb1+ 55. Kg2 Rb2+ 56. Kf1 Rb1+ 57. Ke2 Rb2+ 58. Kf1 Rb1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Kazakhstan Chess Cup 2023"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2023.04.25"]
[Round "3.13"]
[White "Sivuk, Vitaly"]
[Black "Isanzhulov, Arystan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2533"]
[BlackElo "2320"]
[ECO "D38"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "Ragozin variation"]
[WhiteFideId "14116502"]
[BlackFideId "13711644"]
[EventDate "2023.04.23"]

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. O-O cxd4 11. Ne4 Qd8 12. exd4 Nc6 13. a3 Be7 14. Qd3 Bf6 15.
Rfd1 Ne7 16. Nxf6+ gxf6 17. Qe4 Qd6 18. Qh4 Kg7 19. Ne5 Ng6 20. Nxg6 fxg6 21.
Qe4 Rf7 22. h4 Rb8 23. Rc3 Bd7 24. h5 f5 25. Qe2 g5 26. Re3 Re8 27. Re5 Rfe7 28.
Qe3 Bc6 29. Re1 Kf6 30. g4 Be4 31. f3 Bxf3 32. Qxf3 Qxd4+ 33. Kg2 Qxc4 34. gxf5
Qc6 35. R1e4 exf5 36. Qxf5+ Kg7 37. Kh3 Rf7 38. Qg4 Rxe5 39. Rxe5 Qh1+ 40. Kg3
Qg1+ 41. Kh3 Qf1+ 0-1

[Event "Kazakhstan Chess Cup 2023"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2023.04.25"]
[Round "3.14"]
[White "Radzhabov, Rodion"]
[Black "Goganov, Aleksey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2308"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[ECO "B51"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Canal-Sokolsky (Nimzovich-Rossolimo, Moscow) attack"]
[WhiteFideId "884715"]
[BlackFideId "24109959"]
[EventDate "2023.04.23"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. d4 cxd4 5. Qxd4 a6 6. Bxd7+ Bxd7 7. Nc3 Rc8 8.
O-O e5 9. Qd3 h6 10. Nd2 Qc7 11. Rd1 Nf6 12. Nf1 Bg4 13. Re1 Be6 14. Ne3 Be7 15.
Bd2 O-O 16. Rac1 Qc5 17. Ncd5 Nxd5 18. Nxd5 Bxd5 19. exd5 b5 20. a3 f5 21. Bb4
Qb6 22. c4 Bg5 23. Rc2 a5 24. Bd2 bxc4 25. Qc3 Bxd2 26. Qxd2 Rc5 27. Rec1 Rfc8
28. h4 Qb7 29. Rd1 f4 30. Kh2 Qf7 31. Rc3 Qh5 32. g3 Rf8 33. Rdc1 e4 34. Rxc4 e3
35. fxe3 fxg3+ 36. Kg1 Rxd5 37. Rd4 Rxd4 38. Qxd4 Qf3 39. Qd2 g2 0-1

[Event "Kazakhstan Chess Cup 2023"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2023.04.25"]
[Round "3.15"]
[White "Nikitenko, Mihail"]
[Black "Ansat, Aldiyar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2522"]
[BlackElo "2317"]
[ECO "B30"]
[Opening "Sicilian defence"]
[WhiteFideId "13506862"]
[BlackFideId "13715658"]
[EventDate "2023.04.23"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Bc4 Be7 5. d3 d6 6. a3 Nf6 7. Bg5 O-O 8. Bxf6
Bxf6 9. Nd5 Be6 10. c3 Rb8 11. b4 b5 12. Ba2 a5 13. bxc5 dxc5 14. a4 b4 15. Qc2
bxc3 16. Qxc3 Nd4 17. Nxd4 cxd4 18. Qd2 Bg5 19. Qe2 Qd7 20. O-O Kh8 21. Bc4 f5
22. Rab1 fxe4 23. Rxb8 Rxb8 24. Qxe4 Qd6 25. Re1 Bd7 26. h4 Bd2 27. Re2 Bc3 28.
Qxe5 Qxe5 29. Rxe5 Bxa4 30. Re7 Bd1 31. Ra7 h5 32. Kh2 a4 33. f4 Bb3 34. f5 Bxc4
35. dxc4 Bb2 36. Nf4 a3 37. g4 hxg4 38. h5 d3 39. Nxd3 Rb3 40. Nc5 Be5+ 41. Kg2
Rb2+ 42. Kf1 a2 43. Ra8+ Kh7 44. Ne6 Bf6 45. Nf8+ Kh6 46. Ne6 g6 0-1

[Event "Kazakhstan Chess Cup 2023"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2023.04.26"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Isanzhulov, Arystan"]
[Black "Sethuraman, S.P."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2320"]
[BlackElo "2639"]
[ECO "B51"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Canal-Sokolsky (Nimzovich-Rossolimo, Moscow) attack"]
[WhiteFideId "13711644"]
[BlackFideId "5021596"]
[EventDate "2023.04.23"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. a4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 b6 7. d4 cxd4 8. Qxd4
Bb7 9. O-O e6 10. Rd1 Qc7 11. Bg5 Be7 12. Nd2 Ne5 13. Be3 Qc5 14. f4 Qxd4 15.
Bxd4 Ned7 16. e5 dxe5 17. fxe5 Nd5 18. Nc4 Nb4 19. Bf2 Bc6 20. Bf3 Rc8 21. Be2
O-O 22. Nxb6 Nxb6 23. Bxb6 Nxc2 24. Rac1 Nb4 25. a5 Rfe8 26. Be3 Rb8 27. Kf2 Bd8
28. Na2 Bd5 29. Nxb4 Rxb4 30. Bd2 Rxb2 31. Rb1 Rxd2 32. Rxd2 Bxa5 33. Rdd1 Bc7
34. Bxa6 Bxe5 35. Bb7 Bxb7 36. Rxb7 g5 37. Rdd7 Rf8 38. Rb5 Bf6 39. Rb6 Ra8 40.
Rbb7 Rf8 41. Rb6 Ra8 42. Rbb7 Rf8 43. Rb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Kazakhstan Chess Cup 2023"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2023.04.26"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Sargsyan, Shant"]
[Black "Urazayev, Arystanbek"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[ECO "D35"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "exchange, positional line, 5...c6"]
[WhiteFideId "13306766"]
[BlackFideId "13709810"]
[EventDate "2023.04.23"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 h6 7. Bh4 Be7 8. Bd3
O-O 9. Bg3 Re8 10. h3 c5 11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. Nge2 d4 13. exd4 Bxd4 14. O-O Nc6 15.
Nxd4 Nxd4 16. Bb5 Re7 17. Bh4 g5 18. Bg3 Bf5 19. Qa4 Bc2 20. Qb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Kazakhstan Chess Cup 2023"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2023.04.26"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Ansat, Aldiyar"]
[Black "Kovalev, Vladislav"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2317"]
[BlackElo "2612"]
[ECO "C72"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "modern Steinitz defence, 5.O-O"]
[WhiteFideId "13715658"]
[BlackFideId "13504398"]
[EventDate "2023.04.23"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. O-O Bd7 6. c3 Nf6 7. Re1 g6 8. d4 Bg7
9. h3 O-O 10. Nbd2 Re8 11. d5 Nb8 12. Bxd7 Nbxd7 13. b4 c6 14. c4 cxd5 15. cxd5
Rc8 16. Nb3 Nb6 17. Na5 Qd7 18. Bd2 Nc4 19. Qb3 Qb5 20. Nxc4 Qxc4 21. Qe3 Qc2
22. Qa3 Qc4 23. Rac1 Qb5 24. Qb3 Rxc1 25. Bxc1 Rc8 26. Bd2 Qd7 27. a4 b5 28. Qd3
Rc4 29. axb5 axb5 30. Rc1 Qc8 31. Rxc4 bxc4 32. Qc2 Qa6 33. Kh2 Nd7 34. Be3 Qb5
35. Nd2 Qxb4 36. Qxc4 Qxc4 37. Nxc4 Bf8 38. Bd2 Nc5 39. f3 f6 40. Bb4 Nb7 41.
Kg3 Kf7 42. Kf2 Ke8 43. Ke3 Kd7 44. Kd3 Be7 45. Kc3 Bd8 46. g4 Bc7 47. Kd3 Nd8
48. Bd2 Nf7 49. h4 Kc8 50. h5 Kb7 51. Kc3 Ka6 52. Kb4 Bb6 53. Ka4 Bc5 54. Na5
Kb6 55. Nc6 Kc7 56. hxg6 hxg6 57. Ne7 Ng5 58. Bxg5 fxg5 59. Nxg6 Kb6 60. Nf8 Be3
61. Kb4 Bd2+ 62. Kc4 Be3 63. Ne6 Bc1 64. Nd8 Kc7 65. Nf7 Bd2 66. Kb5 Be3 67. Ka6
Bd2 68. Nh6 Be3 69. Nf5 Bf2 70. Ne7 Bg1 71. Nc6 Bf2 72. Na7 Bc5 73. Nb5+ Kc8 74.
Nc3 Kc7 75. Ne2 Bf2 76. Nc1 Be3 77. Nd3 Bd4 78. Nb4 Bc5 79. Nc6 Bf2 80. Ne7 Bg1
81. Ng8 Bf2 82. Nf6 Be3 83. Nh7 Bd2 84. Ka7 Be3+ 85. Ka8 Kc8 86. Nf6 Bf2 87. Ne8
Bc5 88. Ng7 Bf2 89. Nf5 Kc7 90. Nh6 Be3 91. Nf7 Bd2 92. Ka7 Be3+ 93. Ka6 Bd2 94.
Nh6 Be3 95. Ng8 Bf2 96. Nf6 Be3 97. Ne8+ Kd7 98. Ng7 Kc7 99. Nf5 Bg1 100. Ne7
Bf2 101. Ng8 Bg1 102. Nh6 Bd4 103. Nf5 Bf2 104. Ng7 Be3 105. Ne6+ Kc8 106. Kb5
Kb7 107. Nd8+ Kc7 108. Nc6 Bg1 109. Ka6 Be3 110. Nb4 Bc5 111. Nc2 Bf2 112. Na3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Kazakhstan Chess Cup 2023"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2023.04.26"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Vokhidov, Shamsiddin"]
[Black "Zhalmakhanov, Ramazan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2601"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[ECO "B90"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Najdorf"]
[WhiteFideId "14204223"]
[BlackFideId "13706357"]
[EventDate "2023.04.23"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 a6 6. a4 e5 7. Nf3 Nc6 8. Bg5
Be7 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. Nd5 O-O 11. c3 Ne7 12. Nxf6+ gxf6 13. Qd2 d5 14. Rd1 Qa5
15. exd5 Qxa4 16. Be2 Ng6 17. O-O Rd8 18. c4 Bg4 19. Ra1 Qd7 20. Ne1 Bxe2 21.
Qxe2 Rac8 22. b3 f5 23. g3 Qd6 24. Ng2 f4 25. Rfe1 b5 26. h4 fxg3 27. fxg3 bxc4
28. bxc4 e4 29. Qxe4 Qc5+ 30. Qe3 Qxc4 31. h5 Qxd5 32. hxg6 hxg6 33. Qf2 a5 34.
Ne3 Qg5 35. Rf1 Rc7 36. Ra4 Rd3 37. Re4 Re7 38. Ng4 f5 39. Rxe7 Qxe7 40. Re1 Qd6
41. Ne5 Rd2 42. Qe3 Qd5 43. Qf3 Qxf3 44. Nxf3 Rd6 45. Re8+ Kg7 46. Ra8 Rd5 47.
Ra6 Kf7 48. Ng5+ Ke7 49. Kf2 Rd6 50. Ra7+ Kf6 51. Nh7+ Ke5 52. Rxa5+ Kd4 53. Ng5
Rb6 54. Kf3 Rb3+ 55. Kf4 Rb4 56. Ne6+ Kd3+ 57. Kf3 Rg4 58. Nf4+ Kc4 59. Ra6 g5
60. Nh3 1-0

[Event "Kazakhstan Chess Cup 2023"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2023.04.26"]
[Round "4.5"]
[White "Suyarov, Mukhammadzokhid"]
[Black "Moiseenko, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2281"]
[BlackElo "2573"]
[ECO "A45"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[WhiteFideId "14210495"]
[BlackFideId "14102560"]
[EventDate "2023.04.23"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bf4 e6 4. Nb5 Bb4+ 5. c3 Ba5 6. a4 a6 7. b4 Nc6 8. bxa5
axb5 9. axb5 Nxa5 10. Qb1 Bd7 11. e3 O-O 12. f3 Nh5 13. Bg3 Nxg3 14. hxg3 h6 15.
Kf2 Qe7 16. Rh5 f5 17. Bd3 Qd6 18. Ne2 Nc4 19. Rxa8 Rxa8 20. g4 Ra5 21. g5 Rxb5
22. Qh1 Be8 23. Rh3 h5 24. Rxh5 Bxh5 25. Qxh5 Qe7 26. Nf4 Rb2+ 27. Be2 Qf7 28.
g6 Qf6 29. g3 Kf8 30. Qh7 Ke7 31. Nh5 Qf8 32. Nxg7 Kd6 33. Nh5 Rxe2+ 34. Kxe2
Qa8 35. Qh6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Kazakhstan Chess Cup 2023"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2023.04.26"]
[Round "4.6"]
[White "Goganov, Aleksey"]
[Black "Sapenov, Daniyal"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2321"]
[ECO "C78"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "5.O-O"]
[WhiteFideId "24109959"]
[BlackFideId "13728911"]
[EventDate "2023.04.23"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. c3 d6 8. d4 Bb6
9. Be3 O-O 10. Nbd2 Rb8 11. h3 h6 12. Re1 Re8 13. a4 Bb7 14. d5 Bxe3 15. Rxe3
Ne7 16. c4 c6 17. dxc6 Bxc6 18. cxb5 axb5 19. axb5 Bxb5 20. Ra7 Rf8 21. Nb1 Nc6
22. Ra3 Na5 23. Nc3 Bc4 24. Rxa5 Bxb3 25. Qa1 Bc4 26. Nd2 Be6 27. Ra6 Qc7 28.
Rd3 Rfd8 29. Qa3 d5 30. exd5 Nxd5 31. Nde4 Nxc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Kazakhstan Chess Cup 2023"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2023.04.26"]
[Round "4.7"]
[White "Makhnev, Denis"]
[Black "Kassimov, Baurzhan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2483"]
[BlackElo "2285"]
[ECO "E10"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[WhiteFideId "13707647"]
[BlackFideId "13704800"]
[EventDate "2023.04.23"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 d5 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Nbd2 O-O 6. Bg2 c6 7. O-O b5 8. c5
Ba5 9. a3 Bc7 10. b4 a5 11. Bb2 a4 12. Ne5 Bd7 13. f3 Be8 14. e4 Nfd7 15. exd5
exd5 16. f4 Kh8 17. f5 f6 18. Nd3 Bf7 19. Qg4 Re8 20. Rae1 Nf8 21. Ne5 Re7 22.
Ndf3 Qe8 23. Qh4 Bd8 24. g4 fxe5 25. dxe5 Nbd7 26. Ng5 Bg8 27. f6 Re6 28. Qg3
Qg6 29. h4 h6 30. Nh3 Bc7 31. Nf4 Qh7 32. g5 g6 33. Bh3 h5 34. Nxe6 Nxe6 35. f7
Bxf7 36. Rf2 Bg8 37. Qd3 Re8 38. Rf6 Bf7 39. Rf2 Qg7 40. Qg3 Kh7 41. Qe3 Re7 42.
Rf6 Qg8 43. Rf2 Qe8 44. Rfe2 Qh8 45. Qf2 Bg8 46. Qg3 Qg7 47. Qe3 d4 48. Qg3 Nef8
49. Bxd4 Bd5 50. Bb2 Ne6 51. Rf2 Qg8 52. Qd3 Bc4 53. Qf3 Bd5 54. Qd3 Bc4 55. Qf3
Bd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Kazakhstan Chess Cup 2023"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2023.04.26"]
[Round "4.8"]
[White "Matinian, Nikita"]
[Black "Niemann, Hans Moke"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2407"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[ECO "B31"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Nimzovich-Rossolimo attack (with ...g6, without ...d6)"]
[WhiteFideId "24129100"]
[BlackFideId "2093596"]
[EventDate "2023.04.23"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. d3 e5 6. a3 Nge7 7. b4 d6 8. bxc5
dxc5 9. Bg5 Bd7 10. Nbd2 h6 11. Bxc6 Bxc6 12. Be3 b6 13. Nc4 Qc7 14. a4 O-O 15.
Re1 f5 16. Bd2 fxe4 17. dxe4 Rad8 18. Qe2 g5 19. Bc3 Ng6 20. Ne3 Nf4 21. Qc4+
Kh7 22. Nf5 Rxf5 23. exf5 Bd5 24. Qf1 Qf7 25. f6 Bxf6 26. Nxe5 Bxe5 27. Rxe5
Bxg2 28. Qe1 Kg6 29. Rd1 Qb7 30. Re6+ Kh5 31. h4 Bh1 32. Qf1 Nxe6 33. Rxd8 Nxd8
34. hxg5 Qf3 35. gxh6 Qxc3 36. Qd1+ Bf3 0-1

[Event "Kazakhstan Chess Cup 2023"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2023.04.26"]
[Round "4.9"]
[White "Nabaty, Tamir"]
[Black "Madaminov, Mukhiddin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2436"]
[ECO "A45"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[WhiteFideId "2809052"]
[BlackFideId "14210703"]
[EventDate "2023.04.23"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 g6 3. c3 Bg7 4. Nd2 c5 5. dxc5 Na6 6. Nb3 Ne4 7. Qd5 f5 8. Nf3
e6 9. Qc4 Qe7 10. Rd1 Naxc5 11. Nxc5 Qxc5 12. Qxc5 Nxc5 13. g3 b6 14. Bg2 Bb7
15. O-O h6 16. Be5 Rg8 17. Bxg7 Rxg7 18. Ne5 Bxg2 19. Kxg2 Rc8 20. Rd4 d5 21.
Rfd1 Nd7 22. Nd3 Ke7 23. f3 Nc5 24. Nxc5 bxc5 25. Ra4 Kd6 26. e4 Rc6 27. exd5
exd5 28. Re1 Rb7 29. b3 c4 30. bxc4 Rxc4 31. Ra6+ Rb6 32. Rxa7 Rxc3 33. Re2 d4
34. Rd2 Rc4 35. a4 Kc5 36. a5 Re6 37. Kf2 Ra4 38. h4 Kc4 39. Rc7+ Kd5 40. Rc8
Rd6 41. Ra8 Kc4 42. Rc8+ Kd5 43. Ra8 Ra3 44. h5 g5 45. Rf8 Kc4 46. Rc8+ Kd5 47.
Rf8 f4 48. gxf4 gxf4 49. Rxf4 Kc4 50. Ke2 Rxa5 51. Rc2+ Kb4 52. Kd3 Ra3+ 53. Kd2
Ra5 54. Rf8 Rxh5 55. Rb8+ Ka3 56. Ra8+ Kb3 57. Rb8+ Ka3 58. Rc1 Ka2 59. Ra8+ Kb2
60. Rb8+ Ka2 61. Rc4 Ka3 62. Rbb4 Rh2+ 63. Kd3 Ra6 64. Rxd4 h5 65. Rh4 Rf2 66.
Ke3 Rc2 67. Rbd4 Ra5 68. Rd2 Rc8 69. Rd3+ Kb2 70. Rh2+ Rc2 71. Rxc2+ Kxc2 72. f4
h4 73. Rd2+ Kc3 74. Rh2 Rh5 75. Ke4 h3 76. f5 Rh4+ 77. Ke5 Rh5 78. Kf6 Kd4 79.
Kg6 Rh4 80. f6 Rg4+ 81. Kf5 Rg3 82. Kf4 Rg6 83. Kf5 Rg3 84. Rf2 Ke3 85. Rf4 h2
86. Rh4 Rg2 87. f7 Kd3 88. Ke6 Re2+ 89. Kd5 Rf2 90. Rh3+ Ke2 91. Rxh2 Rxh2 92.
f8=Q Rh3 93. Qf5 Rh4 94. Qg5 Ra4 95. Qg2+ Kd3 96. Qf3+ Kc2 97. Kc5 Kd2 98. Qf2+
Kd1 99. Qe3 Kc2 100. Qe2+ Kc1 101. Qd3 Ra2 102. Qf1+ Kc2 103. Qe2+ Kb3 104. Qd3+
Kb2 105. Kb4 Kc1 106. Qf1+ Kc2 107. Qe1 Rb2+ 108. Kc4 Ra2 109. Qe2+ Kb1 110.
Qd1+ Kb2 111. Kb4 1-0

[Event "Kazakhstan Chess Cup 2023"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2023.04.26"]
[Round "4.10"]
[White "Rakhmanov, Aleksandr"]
[Black "Agmanov, Zhandos"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2632"]
[BlackElo "2446"]
[ECO "E60"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "3.g3"]
[WhiteFideId "4173708"]
[BlackFideId "13708309"]
[EventDate "2023.04.23"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. Ne2 c5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5 Na5
9. Na3 a6 10. Rb1 b6 11. b3 Bd7 12. Bd2 b5 13. h3 Ne8 14. Kh2 Nb7 15. Nc2 Nc7
16. Bc3 Bxc3 17. Nxc3 b4 18. Ne2 a5 19. f4 a4 20. g4 axb3 21. axb3 Ne8 22. Qd2
Kg7 23. Ne3 Qc7 24. Qb2+ Kg8 25. Ng3 Ng7 26. h4 Ra3 27. Nc2 Ra7 28. g5 f5 29.
Rbe1 Nd8 30. exf5 Nxf5 31. Nxf5 Bxf5 32. Ne3 Qd7 33. Kg3 Nf7 34. Nxf5 Qxf5 35.
Bh3 Qd3+ 36. Rf3 Qd4 37. Qxd4 cxd4 38. Rd3 Rfa8 39. Rxd4 Ra3 40. Rd3 Kf8 41.
Rde3 R8a7 42. Bg4 Ra2 43. h5 Rb2 44. hxg6 hxg6 45. Bf3 Ra3 46. Bd1 Ra7 47. R1e2
Rxe2 48. Rxe2 Nd8 49. Bc2 Kg7 50. Re1 Nf7 51. Re6 Nh8 52. Kf3 Kf7 53. Ke3 Ra1
54. Ke2 Rc1 55. Bd1 Kf8 56. Kd2 Ra1 57. Re1 Nf7 58. Re6 Nh8 59. Re2 Nf7 60. Bc2
Nh8 61. Re1 Ra2 62. Kc1 Ra7 63. Kb2 Kg7 64. Re2 Nf7 65. Re6 Nh8 66. Bd3 Rc7 67.
Be4 Ra7 68. Bb1 Rc7 69. Kc2 Ra7 70. Kd3 Kf7 71. Kd4 Ra3 72. Re3 Ra1 73. Bd3 Ra5
74. f5 gxf5 75. Bxf5 Ra1 76. Rh3 Rd1+ 77. Ke3 Re1+ 78. Kd4 Rd1+ 79. Ke3 Re1+ 80.
Kd3 Re5 81. Be6+ Kg7 82. c5 dxc5 83. Kc4 Ng6 84. Rh1 Nf4 85. Rf1 Nxe6 86. dxe6
Kg6 87. Rg1 Rxg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Kazakhstan Chess Cup 2023"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2023.04.26"]
[Round "4.11"]
[White "Nurgaliyev, Sauat"]
[Black "Gareyev, Timur"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "CM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2286"]
[BlackElo "2602"]
[ECO "C47"]
[Opening "Four knights"]
[Variation "Scotch, 4...exd4"]
[WhiteFideId "13726285"]
[BlackFideId "14200937"]
[EventDate "2023.04.23"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 d6 8.
O-O h6 9. a3 Bxc3 10. bxc3 O-O 11. c4 Re8 12. Qf3 Rb8 13. Bd2 c5 14. Bc3 Bb7 15.
Rae1 Re6 16. Re3 Bc6 17. Qe2 Qe7 18. e5 dxe5 19. Bf5 e4 20. Bxe6 Qxe6 21. Rg3
Re8 22. Re1 Qf5 23. Bxf6 Qxf6 24. Qe3 Re5 25. Qc3 Qf4 26. Qe3 Qf6 27. Qc3 Qf4
28. Rd1 Kh7 29. Qd2 Qf6 30. h3 Rf5 31. Qc3 Re5 32. Re1 Qf4 33. Rg4 Qf6 34. Rg3
Qf4 35. Rf3 exf3 36. Qxe5 Qxc4 37. Qxc7 Qc3 38. Qe5 Qxc2 39. g4 c4 40. Qc5 Be4
41. Qe3 Bg6 42. Qxf3 c3 43. Qe3 Qb2 44. Rc1 c2 45. h4 h5 46. f3 Qb5 47. Qg5 Qb6+
48. Kg2 hxg4 49. h5 gxf3+ 50. Kxf3 Qb3+ 51. Kf2 Be4 52. Qf4 Bd3 53. Qf3 Qb6+ 54.
Kg3 Qd6+ 55. Kf2 f5 56. Ke3 Be4 57. Qf4 Qxa3+ 58. Kf2 Qc5+ 59. Ke2 Qc4+ 60. Kf2
Qd4+ 61. Kg3 Qf6 62. Rg1 a5 63. Kh2 Qb2 64. Kh3 Qf6 65. Qe3 Qh6 66. Rg5 a4 67.
Kh4 Qf6 68. h6 Kxh6 0-1

[Event "Kazakhstan Chess Cup 2023"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2023.04.26"]
[Round "4.12"]
[White "Daneshvar, Bardiya"]
[Black "Kairbekova, Amina"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "WIM"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2157"]
[ECO "E94"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "orthodox variation"]
[WhiteFideId "12576468"]
[BlackFideId "13712799"]
[EventDate "2023.04.23"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. d4 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O exd4 8. Nxd4
Re8 9. f3 c6 10. Nc2 Na6 11. Kh1 d5 12. cxd5 cxd5 13. exd5 Bf5 14. Ne3 Nb4 15.
Nxf5 gxf5 16. Bb5 Rf8 17. d6 a6 18. Ba4 Nh5 19. g4 fxg4 20. fxg4 Be5 21. gxh5
Qh4 22. Qe2 Bxd6 23. Qg2+ Kh8 24. Bg5 1-0

[Event "Kazakhstan Chess Cup 2023"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2023.04.26"]
[Round "4.13"]
[White "Atabayev, Saparmyrat"]
[Black "Nugumanov, Bakhtiyar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2448"]
[BlackElo "2316"]
[ECO "C50"]
[Opening "Giuoco Piano"]
[WhiteFideId "14000571"]
[BlackFideId "13701797"]
[EventDate "2023.04.23"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O d6 5. d3 Nf6 6. c3 a6 7. a4 O-O 8. Nbd2
Ba7 9. h3 Ne7 10. Re1 Ng6 11. Nf1 c6 12. Bb3 h6 13. Ng3 Re8 14. d4 Be6 15. Bc2
c5 16. d5 Bd7 17. Nf5 Bb8 18. Be3 Nf4 19. c4 g6 20. Nxh6+ Kg7 21. Ng5 Rf8 22.
Nhxf7 Rxf7 23. Nxf7 Kxf7 24. Bxf4 exf4 25. Qd3 Qg8 26. e5 dxe5 27. d6 Bf5 28.
Qb3 Qc8 29. Bxf5 gxf5 30. Rxe5 Bxd6 31. Re2 Qc6 32. Rae1 Rg8 33. f3 Re8 34. Qd3
Rxe2 35. Qxe2 Qd7 36. b3 Bc7 37. Kh2 Ba5 38. Rd1 Qe6 39. Qf2 Qe3 40. Qc2 Kg6 41.
Rd3 Qe1 42. Qd1 Qf2 43. Qa1 Qc2 44. Qd1 Qf2 45. Qc1 Qe2 46. Rd6 Qe3 47. Qd1 Be1
48. Kh1 Bf2 49. Rd3 Qe5 50. Kh2 a5 51. Qd2 Be1 52. Qc1 Bf2 53. Qd2 Be1 54. Qc1
Kg5 55. Rd1 Bf2 56. Qd2 Bg3+ 57. Kh1 b6 58. Qd8 Qe2 59. Rc1 Qe3 60. Rb1 Qe6 61.
Qh8 Nh5 62. Qd8+ Nf6 63. Qh8 Nh5 64. Rd1 Bf2 65. Qd8+ Nf6 66. Qh8 Kg6 67. Rb1
Bd4 68. Qh4 Nh5 69. Re1 Be3 70. Qd8 Qf6 71. Qxf6+ Kxf6 72. g4 fxg4 73. hxg4 Ng7
74. Kg2 Ne6 75. Rh1 Kg7 76. Rh5 Nd4 77. Rg5+ Kf6 78. Rh5 Nxb3 79. Rh6+ Kg5 80.
Rxb6 Nd2 81. Rb5 Nxc4 82. Kf1 Kf6 83. Ke2 Ke5 84. Rb8 Bd4 85. Rf8 Nd6 86. g5 Nf5
87. Kd3 Ke6 88. Ra8 Be5 89. Kc4 Nh4 90. Rxa5 Nxf3 91. Rxc5 Nxg5 92. Kd3 Kd6 93.
Rc1 Ne6 94. Ke4 Nc5+ 95. Kf5 f3 96. Rd1+ Kc6 97. Kxe5 Nxa4 98. Rc1+ Kd7 99. Rf1
Nb6 100. Rxf3 Ke7 101. Rc3 Nd7+ 102. Kf5 Kd6 103. Rc1 Nc5 104. Rd1+ Ke7 105. Rh1
Nd7 106. Rh6 Nc5 107. Rc6 Nd7 108. Re6+ Kd8 109. Re2 Kc7 110. Ke6 Nf8+ 111. Ke7
Ng6+ 112. Kf6 Nf4 113. Rd2 Kc6 114. Ke5 Ng6+ 115. Kf5 Nf8 116. Kf6 Nd7+ 117. Ke6
Nc5+ 118. Ke7 Nb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Kazakhstan Chess Cup 2023"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2023.04.26"]
[Round "4.14"]
[White "Ter-Sahakyan, Samvel"]
[Black "Zharokov, Kaissar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2613"]
[BlackElo "2086"]
[ECO "B27"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Hungarian variation"]
[WhiteFideId "13302531"]
[BlackFideId "13704150"]
[EventDate "2023.04.23"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. c3 Bg7 4. d4 cxd4 5. cxd4 d5 6. e5 Nc6 7. Bb5 Bg4 8. Bxc6+
bxc6 9. Nbd2 c5 10. dxc5 Qa5 11. O-O Qxc5 12. h3 Bd7 13. Nb3 Qb5 14. a4 Qc4 15.
Na5 Qc7 16. Qxd5 Rd8 17. Bf4 Bxa4 18. Qxf7+ Kxf7 19. e6+ Kxe6 20. Bxc7 Rd7 21.
Rfe1+ Kd5 22. Be5 1-0

[Event "Kazakhstan Chess Cup 2023"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2023.04.26"]
[Round "4.15"]
[White "Lysyj, Igor"]
[Black "Zhunusov, Murat"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2606"]
[BlackElo "2022"]
[ECO "E10"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[WhiteFideId "4150120"]
[BlackFideId "13701002"]
[EventDate "2023.04.23"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 Nbd7 7. O-O c6 8. Qb3
O-O 9. Rc1 Ne4 10. Bb4 a5 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. Nc3 f5 13. e3 Kh8 14. Nxe4 dxe4 15.
Ne5 Nxe5 16. dxe5 Qc5 17. Qa3 Qxa3 18. bxa3 Rd8 19. Rd1 Rd7 20. f3 exf3 21. Bxf3
Kg8 22. Rab1 Rb8 23. c5 Kf8 24. Rd6 Rxd6 25. exd6 Bd7 26. e4 g6 27. e5 Ke8 28.
Kf2 Kd8 29. Ke3 Kc8 30. Kf4 h6 31. h4 Ra8 32. g4 fxg4 33. Bxg4 b5 34. Ke3 b4 35.
Rf1 bxa3 36. Rf8+ Kb7 37. Rf7 Kc8 38. Rf8+ Kb7 39. Rf7 Kc8 40. Re7 Rb8 41. Bxe6
Bxe6 42. Rxe6 Rb2 43. Re8+ Kd7 44. Re7+ Kd8 45. e6 Rb1 46. Kd2 Rb2+ 47. Kd3 1-0

[Event "Kazakhstan Chess Cup 2023"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2023.04.26"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Niemann, Hans Moke"]
[Black "Vokhidov, Shamsiddin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]
[BlackElo "2601"]
[ECO "E04"]
[Opening "Catalan"]
[Variation "open, 5.Nf3"]
[WhiteFideId "2093596"]
[BlackFideId "14204223"]
[EventDate "2023.04.23"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 a5 7. a3 Bxd2+ 8.
Nbxd2 b5 9. b3 cxb3 10. Qxb3 c6 11. O-O O-O 12. Rfc1 Bb7 13. Qb2 Nbd7 14. Ne1
Nd5 15. Nd3 Qe7 16. Ne4 h6 17. Rc2 Rfd8 18. Rac1 Rac8 19. e3 N5b6 20. Qa1 Ba8
21. Nd2 Rc7 22. Qc3 a4 23. Qb4 Qxb4 24. Nxb4 Nb8 25. Rc5 Rdc8 26. Bf1 Rb7 27.
Bxb5 Rbc7 28. Be2 N6d7 29. R5c3 c5 30. Bb5 Nc6 31. Na6 Rb7 32. Bxa4 Ra7 33. Bxc6
Rxc6 34. Nxc5 Nxc5 35. Rxc5 Rca6 36. Nb1 Rb6 37. R5c4 Kh7 38. Rb4 Rxb4 39. axb4
Ra1 40. b5 Be4 41. b6 Bb7 42. Rf1 Ra6 43. Nd2 Rxb6 44. Rb1 Rxb1+ 45. Nxb1 Kg6
46. Nd2 f6 47. e4 f5 48. f3 fxe4 49. fxe4 Kg5 50. Kg2 Bc6 51. Kf3 Bb7 52. Nc4
Bc6 53. h4+ Kf6 54. Ne5 Be8 55. Ng4+ Ke7 56. Kf4 Kd6 57. Ne5 Ke7 58. Ng4 Bh5 59.
Nf2 Kf6 60. Ke3 Ke7 61. g4 Be8 62. Kf4 Kf6 63. g5+ hxg5+ 64. hxg5+ Ke7 65. Ke5
Bb5 66. Nh3 Be2 67. Nf4 Bg4 68. Nd3 Be2 69. Nc5 Bc4 70. g6 Ba2 71. Nd3 Bb3 72.
Nf4 Bc4 73. Nh5 Kf8 74. Kd6 Bd3 75. Ng3 Bc4 76. Kd7 Bb3 77. Ne2 Bc2 78. Nc3 Bb3
79. Kd6 Ke8 80. Nb5 1-0

[Event "Kazakhstan Chess Cup 2023"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2023.04.26"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Urazayev, Arystanbek"]
[Black "Nabaty, Tamir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[ECO "C78"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Moeller defence"]
[WhiteFideId "13709810"]
[BlackFideId "2809052"]
[EventDate "2023.04.23"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Bc5 6. c3 O-O 7. d4 Ba7 8. Bg5
h6 9. Bh4 exd4 10. Re1 d6 11. Bxc6 bxc6 12. Nxd4 Bd7 13. Nd2 Re8 14. Qf3 g5 15.
Bg3 Bg4 16. Qd3 Qd7 17. h3 Bh5 18. Qc4 c5 19. Nf5 d5 20. Nxh6+ Kh7 21. exd5 Kxh6
22. Rxe8 Rxe8 23. Qxa6 Bb6 24. d6 Qc6 25. dxc7 Ra8 26. Qc4 Bxc7 27. Bxc7 Qxc7
28. Nb3 Rc8 29. a4 Qe5 30. Qa6 Rd8 31. Qb6 Rd5 32. a5 Bd1 33. Nxc5 Kg7 34. a6 g4
35. a7 gxh3 36. Qxf6+ Kxf6 37. Nd7+ Rxd7 38. a8=Q Kg7 39. Ra5 Qf4 40. Qe8 Rd2 0-1

[Event "Kazakhstan Chess Cup 2023"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2023.04.26"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Sethuraman, S.P."]
[Black "Goganov, Aleksey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2639"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[ECO "C50"]
[Opening "Giuoco Pianissimo"]
[WhiteFideId "5021596"]
[BlackFideId "24109959"]
[EventDate "2023.04.23"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. O-O O-O 6. Re1 d6 7. c3 a5 8. Nbd2
Be6 9. Bb5 Ng4 10. Re2 f5 11. h3 Nh6 12. exf5 Nxf5 13. Ne4 Ba7 14. Neg5 Bd5 15.
Bc4 Bxc4 16. dxc4 Qf6 17. Qb3 Rab8 18. c5+ Kh8 19. Ne6 a4 20. Qc4 Na5 21. Qxa4
Qxe6 22. Qxa5 Bxc5 23. Kh2 Qc4 24. Rd2 e4 25. b3 Qe6 26. Re2 Qd7 27. Rxe4 Ra8
28. Ne5 Qe8 29. Qxc7 Bxf2 30. Bf4 dxe5 31. Rxe5 Qg6 32. Re2 Rf7 33. Qa5 Bg3+ 34.
Bxg3 Qxg3+ 35. Kg1 Raf8 36. Qe5 Qg6 37. Kh2 Re7 38. Qc5 b6 39. Qb4 Qg3+ 40. Kg1
Ref7 41. Rf1 h6 42. Rf3 Qc7 43. Re6 Rd8 44. Qf4 Rd1+ 45. Kh2 Nd4 0-1

[Event "Kazakhstan Chess Cup 2023"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2023.04.26"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Sapenov, Daniyal"]
[Black "Sargsyan, Shant"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2321"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[ECO "E71"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "Makagonov system (5.h3)"]
[WhiteFideId "13728911"]
[BlackFideId "13306766"]
[EventDate "2023.04.23"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. h3 Nbd7 6. Be3 e5 7. d5 h5 8. Bd3 Bh6
9. Bxh6 Rxh6 10. Qd2 Rh8 11. Nf3 a5 12. Qe3 Kf8 13. Bc2 Kg7 14. O-O h4 15. Ne1
Nh5 16. Nd3 g5 17. Ba4 Nf8 18. Bd1 Nf4 19. Bg4 Bxg4 20. hxg4 N8g6 21. f3 c6 22.
Kh2 a4 23. Rfc1 Qa5 24. Rc2 Rhc8 25. Rac1 Qa6 26. dxc6 bxc6 27. Ne2 Rd8 28. Rd1
Ne6 29. c5 Qa7 30. Rcd2 Rab8 31. Nc3 Ngf4 32. Qe1 Nxd3 33. Rxd3 h3 34. g3 Rxb2+
35. R1d2 Rxd2+ 36. Qxd2 Qxc5 37. Nxa4 Qa7 38. Nc3 Kg6 39. a3 f6 40. Nd1 Nd4 41.
Qf2 Qa6 42. Rc3 Rb8 43. Ne3 Qb7 44. Nc4 Qb1 45. f4 Qa1 46. fxe5 dxe5 47. Rd3 Rb1
48. Kxh3 Rf1 0-1

[Event "Kazakhstan Chess Cup 2023"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2023.04.26"]
[Round "5.5"]
[White "Kovalev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Makhnev, Denis"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2612"]
[BlackElo "2483"]
[ECO "C92"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "closed, Flohr-Zaitsev system (Lenzerheide variation)"]
[WhiteFideId "13504398"]
[BlackFideId "13707647"]
[EventDate "2023.04.23"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Bb7 10. d4 Re8 11. Nbd2 Bf8 12. Bc2 g6 13. d5 Nb8 14. Nf1 c6 15. dxc6
Nxc6 16. Bg5 Bg7 17. Ne3 Ne7 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. Bb3 h5 20. Nd5 Bxd5 21. Bxd5 Rb8
22. a3 Kg7 23. Re3 Nc8 24. Rd3 Qc7 25. h4 Nb6 26. g3 Red8 27. Nd2 Na4 28. Qc2 a5
29. Nf1 Rdc8 30. Qd2 Nc5 31. Rf3 Rf8 32. Ne3 Bd8 33. Kh2 Qd7 34. b4 axb4 35.
axb4 Na4 36. Rf5 Bb6 37. Rf3 Bd8 38. Rg1 Nb6 39. Bb3 Qc6 40. Qd3 f5 41. Nd5 Nxd5
42. Bxd5 Qd7 43. Ra1 Bb6 44. exf5 gxf5 45. Qd2 Qe7 46. Ra6 Kg6 47. Rd3 e4 48.
Bxe4 fxe4 49. Rxd6+ Rf6 50. Qg5+ Kf7 51. Qxh5+ Kg7 52. Qg5+ Kf7 53. Qd5+ Kf8 54.
Raxb6 Rxb6 55. Rd8+ Kg7 56. Qg8+ Kh6 57. Qg5+ Kh7 58. Qg8+ Kh6 59. Qg5+ Kh7 60.
Qh5+ Kg7 61. Qh8+ Kg6 62. Rg8+ Kf5 63. Rg7 Qf8 64. Qh7+ Ke5 65. Rg5+ Kd6 66.
Qxe4 Rxf2+ 67. Kg1 Rf1+ 68. Kg2 Rf2+ 69. Kg1 Rf1+ 70. Kg2 Rf2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Kazakhstan Chess Cup 2023"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2023.04.26"]
[Round "5.6"]
[White "Gareyev, Timur"]
[Black "Isanzhulov, Arystan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2602"]
[BlackElo "2320"]
[ECO "A15"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[WhiteFideId "14200937"]
[BlackFideId "13711644"]
[EventDate "2023.04.23"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. e3 c5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. d4 Nc6 7. Be2 a6 8. O-O
Be6 9. b3 Rc8 10. Bb2 cxd4 11. Nxd4 Bd6 12. Bf3 Ne5 13. Nce2 O-O 14. Nf4 Nxf3+
15. Qxf3 Qd7 16. h3 Ne4 17. Rad1 g6 18. Rd3 Nc5 19. Rc3 Ne4 20. Rxc8 Rxc8 21.
Rd1 Re8 22. Rc1 Bb8 23. Qd1 Ba7 24. Nf3 f6 25. Rc2 Bf7 26. Nd3 Rc8 27. Nd2 Re8
28. Qa1 Qf5 29. g4 Qe6 30. Bd4 Bb8 31. Nxe4 dxe4 32. Nf4 Bxf4 33. exf4 e3 34.
fxe3 Qe4 35. Qd1 Bd5 36. Kh2 Kf7 37. Kg3 h6 38. Kh2 Rc8 39. Rd2 Bc6 40. Bc5 Rd8
41. Bd4 Rxd4 42. exd4 Qxf4+ 43. Kg1 Qg3+ 44. Kf1 Bb5+ 45. Re2 Qxh3+ 0-1

[Event "Kazakhstan Chess Cup 2023"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2023.04.26"]
[Round "5.7"]
[White "Moiseenko, Alexander"]
[Black "Ansat, Aldiyar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2573"]
[BlackElo "2317"]
[ECO "E61"]
[Opening "King's Indian defence, 3.Nc3"]
[WhiteFideId "14102560"]
[BlackFideId "13715658"]
[EventDate "2023.04.23"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Kazakhstan Chess Cup 2023"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2023.04.26"]
[Round "5.8"]
[White "Kassimov, Baurzhan"]
[Black "Daneshvar, Bardiya"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2285"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[ECO "A28"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "four knights, Romanishin variation"]
[WhiteFideId "13704800"]
[BlackFideId "12576468"]
[EventDate "2023.04.23"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e3 Bb4 5. Qc2 Bxc3 6. Qxc3 Qe7 7. Be2 d5 8. d4
exd4 9. Nxd4 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 O-O 11. O-O c5 12. Qh4 Rd8 13. cxd5 Nxd5 14. Qxe7
Nxe7 15. e4 Nc6 16. Be3 b6 17. Rfd1 Be6 18. a3 Bb3 19. Rxd8+ Rxd8 20. f3 f6 21.
Rc1 Ne5 22. Rc3 Be6 23. Rc2 Kf8 24. Rd2 Rxd2 25. Bxd2 Bc4 26. Bd1 Nd3 27. Bc3
Ke7 28. Bc2 Kf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Kazakhstan Chess Cup 2023"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2023.04.26"]
[Round "5.9"]
[White "Nikitenko, Mihail"]
[Black "Suyarov, Mukhammadzokhid"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2522"]
[BlackElo "2281"]
[ECO "A07"]
[Opening "Reti"]
[Variation "King's Indian attack, Yugoslav variation"]
[WhiteFideId "13506862"]
[BlackFideId "14210495"]
[EventDate "2023.04.23"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 Bg4 4. O-O c6 5. h3 Bh5 6. c4 e6 7. d4 Nbd7 8. cxd5
exd5 9. Nc3 Bd6 10. Nh4 Bg6 11. Nxg6 hxg6 12. Rb1 a5 13. Bg5 O-O 14. Qd3 Re8 15.
Rfe1 Be7 16. h4 Nf8 17. Bf3 N8h7 18. Bd2 Bd6 19. a3 Qd7 20. Kg2 Re7 21. e4 dxe4
22. Nxe4 Nxe4 23. Bxe4 Nf6 24. Bf3 Rxe1 25. Rxe1 Bc5 26. Be3 Nd5 27. Bg5 Be7 28.
Bxe7 Nxe7 29. Re5 Qd6 30. Qc3 b6 31. Qe1 Ra7 32. Qe3 Rd7 33. Bg4 Rc7 34. Qf4 Qf6
35. Qe4 Ra7 36. Bd1 Rd7 37. Bb3 Kf8 38. Qe3 Rd8 39. Qe4 Nf5 40. d5 Nd6 41. Qe2
c5 42. f4 Nf5 43. Ba4 Kg8 44. Bc6 Nd4 45. Qe4 Qd6 46. Re8+ Rxe8 47. Qxe8+ Kh7
48. Qe5 Qf6 49. Bd7 Qd8 50. Be8 Kg8 51. a4 Nf5 52. Bc6 Nd6 53. b3 Qf6 54. Bd7
Kf8 55. Bg4 c4 56. Bd1 cxb3 57. Bxb3 Qd8 58. Qc3 Qe7 59. Qe5 Qc7 60. Bd1 Qc5 61.
Kh3 Kg8 62. Bf3 Kh7 63. Qe7 Qc8+ 64. Kg2 Qc2+ 65. Kh3 Nf5 66. Qe1 Qxa4 67. h5
Qd7 68. hxg6+ fxg6 69. g4 Nh6 70. Kg3 a4 71. Qb4 b5 72. Qc5 Nf7 73. Qc6 Qa7 74.
Qxb5 a3 75. Qb1 a2 76. Qa1 Nd6 77. Kg2 Qa4 78. Kg3 Qb3 79. Qh1+ Kg8 80. Qh4 g5 0-1

[Event "Kazakhstan Chess Cup 2023"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2023.04.26"]
[Round "5.10"]
[White "Sadubayev, Airat"]
[Black "Rakhmanov, Aleksandr"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2320"]
[BlackElo "2632"]
[ECO "B29"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Nimzovich-Rubinstein variation"]
[WhiteFideId "13713264"]
[BlackFideId "4173708"]
[EventDate "2023.04.23"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. Nc3 Nxc3 5. dxc3 Nc6 6. Bf4 Qb6 7. b3 Qc7 8.
Qd2 e6 9. h4 h6 10. h5 b6 11. O-O-O Bb7 12. Kb1 a6 13. Qe1 b5 14. c4 bxc4 15.
Bxc4 Na5 16. Nd2 Bxg2 17. Rg1 Bc6 18. Qe2 Qb7 19. Rg3 Bb5 20. Qd3 Nc6 21. a4 Nd4
22. c3 Bxc4 23. Qxc4 Nc6 24. Ka2 Rb8 25. Rb1 Na5 26. Qe2 Qc6 27. Nc4 Nxc4 28.
Qxc4 Rb7 29. Rd1 f6 30. Qd3 c4 31. Qxc4 Qxc4 32. bxc4 f5 33. Bc1 Rc7 34. Kb3
Rb7+ 35. Kc2 Rc7 36. Kb3 Rb7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Kazakhstan Chess Cup 2023"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2023.04.26"]
[Round "5.11"]
[White "Nugumanov, Bakhtiyar"]
[Black "Ter-Sahakyan, Samvel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2316"]
[BlackElo "2613"]
[ECO "B91"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Najdorf, Zagreb (fianchetto) variation"]
[WhiteFideId "13701797"]
[BlackFideId "13302531"]
[EventDate "2023.04.23"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. g3 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. Bg2
O-O 9. O-O a5 10. a4 Bg4 11. Bf3 Be6 12. Bg5 Nbd7 13. Nb5 h6 14. Be3 Qb8 15. Nc1
Nc5 16. Bxc5 dxc5 17. Qe2 g6 18. Na2 h5 19. Nac3 h4 20. Rfe1 Re8 21. gxh4 Kg7
22. h5 Rh8 23. Nd5 Bxd5 24. exd5 e4 25. Bxe4 Rxh5 26. h3 Rxh3 27. Bg2 Rh5 28.
Kf1 Qh2 29. Ra3 Nxd5 30. Bxd5 Rxd5 31. Qxe7 Rf5 32. f3 Re8 33. Nd6 Qh3+ 34. Kg1
Rxe7 35. Nxf5+ Qxf5 0-1

[Event "Kazakhstan Chess Cup 2023"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2023.04.26"]
[Round "5.12"]
[White "Khusenkhojaev, Mustafokhuja"]
[Black "Lysyj, Igor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2279"]
[BlackElo "2606"]
[ECO "E06"]
[Opening "Catalan"]
[Variation "closed, 5.Nf3"]
[WhiteFideId "14700727"]
[BlackFideId "4150120"]
[EventDate "2023.04.23"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Nf3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4
Bd7 9. Qxc4 Bc6 10. Bg5 Nbd7 11. Nc3 h6 12. Bxf6 Nxf6 13. b4 Bd5 14. Nxd5 exd5
15. Qb3 c6 16. a5 Bd6 17. e3 Qe7 18. Rfb1 Rae8 19. Ne1 h5 20. Nd3 h4 21. Nc5 g6
22. Re1 Kg7 23. Ra2 Rh8 24. Rae2 hxg3 25. fxg3 Ng4 26. h3 Nf6 27. g4 Bxc5 28.
bxc5 Qc7 29. Rf1 Ne4 30. Bxe4 dxe4 31. Ref2 f6 32. Rb1 Re7 33. Kg2 Qxa5 34. Rbf1
Rf8 35. h4 Qd8 36. h5 Qd7 37. Kg3 gxh5 38. Rf5 Qc7+ 39. R1f4 Qa5 40. g5 Qe1+ 41.
Kh2 Ref7 42. Rf2 Qa5 43. gxf6+ Rxf6 44. Rg2+ Kh6 45. Rxf6+ Rxf6 46. Qg8 Qc7+ 47.
Kg1 1-0

[Event "Kazakhstan Chess Cup 2023"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2023.04.26"]
[Round "5.13"]
[White "Nurmanova, Alua"]
[Black "Rasulov, Vugar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "WIM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2224"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[ECO "B41"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Kan, Maroczy bind (Reti variation)"]
[WhiteFideId "13729390"]
[BlackFideId "13402390"]
[EventDate "2023.04.23"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Qc7 7. Be2 b6 8. O-O
Bb7 9. Qd3 Bc5 10. Kh1 Qd6 11. Be3 Nc6 12. Rad1 Ne5 13. Qb1 Neg4 14. Nf3 Qc7 15.
Bxc5 Qxc5 16. Kg1 d6 17. Rd4 Ke7 18. Rfd1 Rhd8 19. h3 Ne5 20. Ne1 Rac8 21. a3 h6
22. Nc2 Ng6 23. Ne3 Qg5 24. Bf1 Ne5 25. Kh1 Nh5 26. Ne2 Nc6 27. R4d2 g6 28. b4
Ba8 29. Qb3 Ne5 30. Rd4 Nc6 31. R4d2 Qe5 32. Nc3 Nf6 33. Bd3 g5 34. Qb2 h5 35.
Ned5+ exd5 36. exd5 Kf8 37. dxc6 Bxc6 38. Re2 Qf4 39. Kg1 g4 40. h4 Re8 41.
Rxe8+ Rxe8 42. Ne2 Qe5 43. Qd2 Be4 44. Qh6+ Ke7 45. Ng3 Bxd3 46. Rxd3 Kd7 47.
Re3 Qa1+ 48. Kh2 Rxe3 49. Qxe3 Kc7 50. c5 bxc5 51. bxc5 Qe5 52. cxd6+ Qxd6 53.
Qa7+ Kc8 54. Qxf7 a5 55. a4 Qe5 56. Qc4+ Kb7 57. Qf7+ Kb6 58. Qg6 Kc6 59. Kg1
Kd5 60. Qg7 Kd4 61. Qf7 Qe1+ 62. Kh2 Qe5 63. Kg1 Qe1+ 64. Kh2 Qe5 65. Qb3 Nd5
66. Qb2+ Nc3 67. Qb3 Qd5 68. Qb2 Kd3 69. Qc1 Kc4 70. Nf1 Qe5+ 71. Kh1 Qe2 72.
Qf4+ Kb3 73. Ne3 Qd3 74. Qe5 Kxa4 75. Qxh5 g3 76. Qe8+ Kb3 77. Qe6+ Kb2 78. fxg3
a4 79. Kh2 Ne4 80. Qb6+ Ka1 81. Qa7 Kb1 82. Qb6+ Ka2 83. Qe6+ Kb2 84. Qb6+ Ka1
85. Qa7 Kb2 86. Qb6+ Ka2 87. Qe6+ Ka1 88. Qe5+ Kb1 89. Nd5 a3 90. Qb8+ Kc1 91.
Nb4 Qc4 92. h5 Nf6 93. Qf4+ Qxf4 94. gxf4 Nxh5 95. f5 Nf6 96. Kg3 Kb2 97. Kh4
Kb3 98. Nd3 Nd5 99. Kg5 Kc2 100. f6 Nxf6 101. Nb4+ Kb3 102. Nd3 Nd5 0-1

[Event "Kazakhstan Chess Cup 2023"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2023.04.26"]
[Round "5.14"]
[White "Abdisalimov, Abdimalik"]
[Black "Kozganbay, Erkin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2494"]
[BlackElo "2316"]
[ECO "C02"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "advance, Euwe variation"]
[WhiteFideId "14206323"]
[BlackFideId "13703773"]
[EventDate "2023.04.23"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. a3 Nge7 7. b4 cxd4 8. cxd4
Nf5 9. Bb2 b5 10. Bd3 a5 11. O-O axb4 12. axb4 Rxa1 13. Bxa1 Nxb4 14. Bxf5 exf5
15. Qb3 Be7 16. Bc3 Na6 17. Qa2 Qc8 18. Qxd5 Nc7 19. Qb3 b4 20. d5 Nxd5 21. Qxd5
bxc3 22. Qb3 c2 23. Nc3 O-O 24. Qxc2 Qc4 25. Rd1 Be6 26. Qd3 Rc8 27. Qxc4 Rxc4
28. Nb5 g5 29. h3 Rc5 30. Nbd4 g4 31. Nxe6 fxe6 32. hxg4 fxg4 33. Rd7 Kf7 34.
Nd2 Rd5 35. Rxd5 exd5 36. f4 Bc5+ 37. Kf1 Be3 0-1

[Event "Kazakhstan Chess Cup 2023"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2023.04.26"]
[Round "5.15"]
[White "Arestanov, Timur"]
[Black "Atabayev, Saparmyrat"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2183"]
[BlackElo "2448"]
[ECO "E15"]
[Opening "Queen's Indian"]
[Variation "Nimzovich variation (exaggerated fianchetto)"]
[WhiteFideId "13701304"]
[BlackFideId "14000571"]
[EventDate "2023.04.23"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Qc2 d5 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Bg2 Bd6 8. O-O
O-O 9. Nc3 Nbd7 10. Rd1 Re8 11. Bf4 Qe7 12. Rac1 c6 13. Re1 Bb7 14. Bxd6 Qxd6
15. Qf5 Nf8 16. e3 Ng6 17. Qb1 c5 18. dxc5 bxc5 19. Red1 Rac8 20. Ne1 Qe7 21.
Nxd5 Bxd5 22. Bxd5 Ne5 23. Bg2 c4 24. Rd4 Rb8 25. Qc2 Rb6 26. Qc3 Ra6 27. a3 Rb6
28. Rc2 Rb3 29. Qd2 Reb8 30. h3 g6 31. Nf3 c3 32. bxc3 Nxf3+ 33. Bxf3 Rxa3 34.
c4 Ra1+ 35. Kg2 Rc8 36. Rb2 Kg7 37. Rb7 Qe5 38. Qb4 Rc5 39. Rb5 Ra2 40. Qb3 Ra5
41. Rb8 Rc7 42. Ra8 Re7 43. Qb4 Rc5 44. g4 g5 45. Qa4 a5 46. Qb3 Qc7 47. Ra6 Re6
48. Ra8 Re7 49. Qd3 Rd7 50. Ra6 Re7 51. Rdd6 Ne8 52. Rh6 f5 53. gxf5 Rf7 54. Bd5
Nf6 55. Rhxf6 Rxf6 56. Qd4 Qe7 57. Rxf6 Rxd5 58. Rg6+ Kf8 59. Qh8+ 1-0

[Event "Kazakhstan Chess Cup 2023"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2023.04.27"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Goganov, Aleksey"]
[Black "Niemann, Hans Moke"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[ECO "B31"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Nimzovich-Rossolimo attack (with ...g6, without ...d6)"]
[WhiteFideId "24109959"]
[BlackFideId "2093596"]
[EventDate "2023.04.23"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 bxc6 5. O-O Bg7 6. Re1 Qc7 7. d3 d6 8. e5
dxe5 9. Nc3 c4 10. dxc4 f6 11. Be3 Nh6 12. Qe2 Nf7 13. Nd2 O-O 14. b4 f5 15.
Rab1 e4 16. Na4 Be5 17. g3 f4 18. gxf4 Bxf4 19. Bxf4 Qxf4 20. Nc5 Ng5 21. Ncxe4
Nh3+ 22. Kg2 Bf5 23. Qe3 Rad8 24. Qxf4 Nxf4+ 25. Kg3 Nh5+ 26. Kg2 Rd4 27. c3
Nf4+ 28. Kh1 Rd7 29. f3 Rfd8 30. Nb3 Nd3 31. Rf1 Bh3 32. Rfd1 Bg2+ 33. Kxg2 Nf4+
34. Kg3 Nh5+ 35. Kf2 Rxd1 36. Rxd1 Rxd1 37. Nd4 Rh1 38. a4 Rxh2+ 39. Ke3 Ra2 40.
a5 Nf6 41. Nxc6 Kf7 42. b5 Ke8 43. a6 h5 44. Nxa7 Nxe4 45. fxe4 h4 46. c5 Kd8
47. Nc6+ Kc8 48. Nxe7+ Kd7 49. b6 h3 50. c6+ Kxe7 51. b7 h2 52. b8=Q h1=Q 53.
Qe5+ Kf7 54. Qd5+ Ke7 55. Qxa2 Qg1+ 56. Kd3 Qf1+ 57. Kd4 Qf6+ 58. Kc5 Qxc3+ 59.
Qc4 Qe5+ 60. Qd5 Qc3+ 61. Kb6 Qb4+ 62. Kc7 1-0

[Event "Kazakhstan Chess Cup 2023"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2023.04.27"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Nabaty, Tamir"]
[Black "Isanzhulov, Arystan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2320"]
[ECO "A45"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[WhiteFideId "2809052"]
[BlackFideId "13711644"]
[EventDate "2023.04.23"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 d5 3. e3 e6 4. Nf3 Bd6 5. Bg3 O-O 6. c4 b6 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Nc3
Bb7 9. Be2 Bxg3 10. hxg3 Qe7 11. Qc2 Nbd7 12. Qf5 Rfe8 13. g4 Nf8 14. Ne5 c5 15.
g5 cxd4 16. exd4 N6d7 17. Nxd7 Qxd7 18. Qxd7 Nxd7 19. Kd2 Nf8 20. Bd3 Ne6 21.
Bxh7+ Kf8 22. Bf5 Nxg5 23. Nb5 Red8 24. Rac1 g6 25. Bxg6 Kg7 26. Bf5 a6 27. Nc3
Rd6 28. f4 Ne4+ 29. Nxe4 dxe4 30. Ke3 Rad8 31. Rc7 Bd5 32. b3 Kg8 33. Rhc1 Kg7
34. Rc8 Rxc8 35. Rxc8 Rf6 36. Bh3 Rd6 37. f5 a5 38. Kf4 Bb7 39. Rc7 Ba8 40. Ke3
Kf6 41. g4 Rd8 42. Bg2 Kg5 43. Rxf7 Kxg4 44. Rf6 Bd5 45. Rxb6 Rc8 46. Rg6+ Kxf5
47. Bh3+ Kxg6 48. Bxc8 Kf6 49. Kf4 e3 50. Kxe3 Ke7 51. Ba6 Kd6 52. Bc4 Bc6 53.
Bd3 Bd7 54. Be4 Be8 55. Kd2 Bd7 56. Kc3 Bb5 57. a4 Bd7 58. Kc4 Be8 59. b4 axb4
60. Kxb4 Bh5 61. Kb5 Be8+ 62. Kb4 Bh5 63. a5 Be2 64. Bb7 Kc7 65. a6 Kb6 66. d5 1-0

[Event "Kazakhstan Chess Cup 2023"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2023.04.27"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Suyarov, Mukhammadzokhid"]
[Black "Sargsyan, Shant"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2281"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[ECO "D00"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn"]
[Variation "Chigorin variation"]
[WhiteFideId "14210495"]
[BlackFideId "13306766"]
[EventDate "2023.04.23"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bf4 e6 4. Nb5 Na6 5. e3 Be7 6. Nf3 O-O 7. Be2 Bd7 8. Ne5
c6 9. Nc3 c5 10. O-O Nb4 11. Qd2 Rc8 12. Bf3 Nc6 13. Rfd1 Nxe5 14. dxe5 Ne8 15.
a4 Nc7 16. e4 d4 17. Ne2 Bc6 18. c3 dxc3 19. Qxc3 Qe8 20. b3 Rd8 21. Ng3 Rxd1+
22. Rxd1 Qc8 23. Be3 b6 24. Be2 a5 25. f4 Rd8 26. Rf1 Bh4 27. Qc2 Na6 28. Nh5
Nb4 29. Qc4 Bb7 30. Qc1 Bxe4 31. f5 Bxf5 32. Bh6 Qd7 33. Rd1 Bd3 34. Bf3 gxh6
35. Qxh6 Qd4+ 0-1

[Event "Kazakhstan Chess Cup 2023"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2023.04.27"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "Ter-Sahakyan, Samvel"]
[Black "Aitbayev, Aslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2613"]
[BlackElo "2427"]
[ECO "B08"]
[Opening "Pirc"]
[Variation "classical (two knights) system"]
[WhiteFideId "13302531"]
[BlackFideId "13704613"]
[EventDate "2023.04.23"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Be3 c6 6. Qd2 b5 7. Bd3 Qc7 8. a4 b4
9. Ne2 a5 10. Bh6 O-O 11. h4 Bxh6 12. Qxh6 Ng4 13. Qd2 c5 14. Nf4 e6 15. h5 c4
16. Be2 c3 17. bxc3 bxc3 18. Qc1 Nc6 19. Ng5 Nf6 20. hxg6 hxg6 21. Qe3 e5 22.
Qg3 Re8 23. Qh4 Kf8 24. Nh7+ 1-0

[Event "Kazakhstan Chess Cup 2023"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2023.04.27"]
[Round "6.5"]
[White "Suleimen, Ergali"]
[Black "Kovalev, Vladislav"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2398"]
[BlackElo "2612"]
[ECO "C91"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "closed, Bogolyubov variation"]
[WhiteFideId "13724452"]
[BlackFideId "13504398"]
[EventDate "2023.04.23"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. d4 Bg4 10. d5 Na5 11. Bc2 Qc8 12. Nbd2 c6 13. h3 Bd7 14. dxc6 Qxc6 15.
Nf1 Rfc8 16. Ng3 g6 17. Qe2 Bf8 18. Bd2 Nc4 19. Bg5 Bg7 20. b3 Nb6 21. Bd2 a5
22. Bd3 a4 23. Rec1 Ne8 24. Be3 Nc7 25. Rab1 axb3 26. axb3 Rcb8 27. c4 bxc4 28.
Bxb6 Qxb6 29. Bxc4 Bh6 30. Rd1 Bf4 31. Nf1 Nb5 32. Qd3 Na3 33. g3 Nxb1 34. gxf4
Na3 35. fxe5 Nxc4 36. bxc4 Ba4 37. Rd2 dxe5 38. Nxe5 Rd8 39. Qf3 Qe6 40. Ng4
Rxd2 41. Nxd2 h5 42. Nf6+ Kg7 43. Nd5 Qe5 44. Qe3 Bc2 45. Nf3 Ra1+ 46. Ne1 f6
47. Nc3 Qg5+ 48. Qxg5 fxg5 49. Kf1 Bd3+ 0-1

[Event "Kazakhstan Chess Cup 2023"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2023.04.27"]
[Round "6.6"]
[White "Vokhidov, Shamsiddin"]
[Black "Kassimov, Baurzhan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2601"]
[BlackElo "2285"]
[ECO "C65"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Berlin defence"]
[WhiteFideId "14204223"]
[BlackFideId "13704800"]
[EventDate "2023.04.23"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 d6 5. O-O Bd7 6. Re1 g6 7. c3 Bg7 8. h3 O-O
9. Be3 Re8 10. Nbd2 a6 11. Ba4 h6 12. Bb3 Nh5 13. d4 Qf6 14. Bc2 Rad8 15. d5 Ne7
16. Nh2 Bf8 17. Ndf3 Nf4 18. Ng4 Qh8 19. Bxf4 Bxg4 20. hxg4 exf4 21. a4 Bg7 22.
a5 Be5 23. Ra4 Qf6 24. Rb4 c5 25. Rxb7 Rb8 26. Rxb8 Rxb8 27. Qc1 Kg7 28. Bd3 g5
29. Be2 Ng8 30. Qc2 Qe7 31. Bxa6 Ra8 32. Qe2 Nf6 33. Ra1 h5 34. Nxe5 Qxe5 35.
Bb7 Rh8 36. a6 hxg4 37. Qd3 f3 38. g3 Nd7 39. a7 Qf6 40. a8=Q Rh3 0-1

[Event "Kazakhstan Chess Cup 2023"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2023.04.27"]
[Round "6.7"]
[White "Kozganbay, Erkin"]
[Black "Moiseenko, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2316"]
[BlackElo "2573"]
[ECO "A07"]
[Opening "Reti"]
[Variation "King's Indian attack (Barcza system)"]
[WhiteFideId "13703773"]
[BlackFideId "14102560"]
[EventDate "2023.04.23"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nc6 3. d4 Bf5 4. c4 e6 5. Bg2 Nb4 6. O-O Nc2 7. cxd5 Nxa1 8. e4
Bxe4 9. dxe6 fxe6 10. Nc3 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 Nf6 12. Qe2 Kf7 13. Re1 Qd7 14. Bh3 Re8
15. Bg5 Bb4 16. Bxf6 Bxc3 17. bxc3 gxf6 18. Bg4 Re7 19. Bh5+ Kf8 20. Qf3 f5 21.
Rxa1 Kg7 22. Qxb7 c5 23. Qf3 cxd4 24. Qf4 Rd8 25. cxd4 Kh8 26. Re1 Qxd4 27. Rd1
Qb6 28. Qg5 Rxd1+ 29. Bxd1 Rf7 30. Bb3 Qd6 31. Qe3 Qe7 32. Qe5+ Qf6 33. Qxe6
Qxe6 34. Bxe6 Rf6 35. Bb3 Kg7 36. Kg2 Rd6 37. Kf3 Kf6 38. Ke3 a5 39. h3 h5 40.
h4 Rd7 41. Bc2 Rc7 42. Bb3 Ke5 43. Bd1 Rc3+ 44. Kd2 Ra3 45. Bb3 a4 46. Bf7 Kd4
47. Kc1 Rf3 48. Bxh5 Rxf2 49. a3 Rg2 50. Be8 Rxg3 51. Bxa4 Rxa3 52. Bd7 f4 53.
Kd2 Ra2+ 54. Ke1 Ke5 0-1

[Event "Kazakhstan Chess Cup 2023"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2023.04.27"]
[Round "6.8"]
[White "Daneshvar, Bardiya"]
[Black "Khusenkhojaev, Mustafokhuja"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2279"]
[ECO "A15"]
[Opening "English, 1...Nf6 (Anglo-Indian defense)"]
[WhiteFideId "12576468"]
[BlackFideId "14700727"]
[EventDate "2023.04.23"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 c6 3. Nf3 g6 4. b3 Bg7 5. Bb2 O-O 6. Bg2 d5 7. O-O Bg4 8. d3
Bxf3 9. Bxf3 e6 10. Nd2 Nbd7 11. Bg2 a5 12. Qc2 Qe7 13. a3 Rfd8 14. Rad1 Ne8 15.
d4 a4 16. b4 Nd6 17. e4 Nxc4 18. Nxc4 dxc4 19. Qxc4 c5 20. bxc5 Nxc5 21. Qb4 Qd6
22. e5 Bxe5 23. dxc5 Qxd1 24. Bxe5 Qh5 25. Qf4 Qf5 26. Bxb7 1-0

[Event "Kazakhstan Chess Cup 2023"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2023.04.27"]
[Round "6.9"]
[White "Rasulov, Vugar"]
[Black "Arestanov, Timur"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2183"]
[ECO "D26"]
[Opening "QGA"]
[Variation "4...e6"]
[WhiteFideId "13402390"]
[BlackFideId "13701304"]
[EventDate "2023.04.23"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 dxc4 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 a6 6. O-O b5 7. Be2 Bb7 8. a4 b4
9. Nbd2 Nbd7 10. Nc4 c5 11. a5 Be7 12. Nfe5 O-O 13. Bf3 Qc7 14. Bd2 cxd4 15.
exd4 Bxf3 16. Qxf3 Nxe5 17. Nxe5 Qc2 18. Qd3 Rfc8 19. Rac1 Qxd3 20. Nxd3 Nd5 21.
Rfd1 Bd6 22. Kf1 Kf8 23. Ke2 Ke7 24. Re1 Kd7 25. b3 Nc3+ 26. Bxc3 bxc3 27. Kd1
Rab8 28. Kc2 Rb5 29. Ra1 Kc6 30. Ra4 Kd5 31. Ne5 Bc7 32. Rc4 Rxa5 33. Rxc3 Ra2+
34. Kd3 f6 35. Nc6 Kd6 36. Nb4 Rxf2 37. Rec1 Ba5 38. Rxc8 Bxb4 39. R1c6+ Kd5 40.
Rxa6 1-0

[Event "Kazakhstan Chess Cup 2023"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2023.04.27"]
[Round "6.10"]
[White "Makhnev, Denis"]
[Black "Assylov, Miras"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2483"]
[BlackElo "2094"]
[ECO "E00"]
[Opening "Catalan opening"]
[WhiteFideId "13707647"]
[BlackFideId "13728873"]
[EventDate "2023.04.23"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Nf3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O Nbd7 8. Qc2
c6 9. Rd1 b6 10. Bf4 Ba6 11. Ne5 Rc8 12. cxd5 cxd5 13. Nc6 Bb5 14. Nxe7+ Qxe7
15. Nc3 a5 16. Rac1 h6 17. Qd2 Ba6 18. h3 b5 19. Qd3 Ra8 20. Qe3 Nb6 21. b3 Rfc8
22. g4 b4 23. Nb1 Qb7 24. f3 Rc6 25. Rxc6 Qxc6 26. Rc1 Qb5 27. Bf1 Rc8 28. Rxc8+
Nxc8 29. Qc1 Ne7 30. Qc7 Nc6 31. a4 Qb7 32. Qxb7 Bxb7 33. e3 Ne8 34. Nd2 Kf8 35.
Bd3 Ke7 36. Bg3 Kd7 37. Bf2 Nc7 38. e4 Ba6 39. Bc2 Ne7 40. h4 Ne8 41. e5 Ng6 42.
Bg3 Ne7 43. Kf2 Kc8 44. h5 Kd7 45. Bf4 Nc6 46. Be3 Ne7 47. Bf4 Nc6 48. Ke3 Ne7
49. Bg3 Kd8 50. Bh4 Kd7 51. f4 f6 52. f5 exf5 53. gxf5 Nc6 54. Bg3 Ke7 55. Nf3
Kf7 56. Nh4 Bf1 57. Ng6 Bg2 58. e6+ Kg8 59. Bd3 Na7 60. Bb8 1-0

[Event "Kazakhstan Chess Cup 2023"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2023.04.27"]
[Round "6.11"]
[White "Ansat, Aldiyar"]
[Black "Agmanov, Zhandos"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2317"]
[BlackElo "2446"]
[ECO "C88"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "closed, anti-Marshall 8.a4"]
[WhiteFideId "13715658"]
[BlackFideId "13708309"]
[EventDate "2023.04.23"]

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
b4 9. d4 d6 10. h3 Nxd4 11. Nxd4 exd4 12. Qxd4 c5 13. Qd3 Bb7 14. Nd2 Re8 15.
Nf3 h6 16. e5 dxe5 17. Nxe5 Bd5 18. Bxh6 Bxb3 19. Qxb3 Qd5 20. Qxd5 Nxd5 21. Bd2
Bf6 22. Nc4 Bd4 23. Rxe8+ Rxe8 24. Re1 Rd8 25. g4 Kf8 26. Kg2 Rc8 27. f4 Rc6 28.
a5 g6 29. Kf3 Rc8 30. h4 Kg7 31. Rh1 Rh8 32. Rh3 f5 33. gxf5 gxf5 34. h5 Rh6 35.
Ke2 Re6+ 36. Kd3 Kh6 37. Rh2 Bf6 38. Ne5 Kh7 39. Re2 Nc7 40. Kc4 Be7 41. Be3 Rh6
42. Bxc5 Bxc5 43. Kxc5 Ne6+ 44. Kxb4 Nxf4 45. Rf2 Nd5+ 46. Kc5 Ne7 47. b4 Rxh5
48. Kd6 Ng8 49. c4 Nf6 50. Ke6 Ne8 51. Rf4 Rh6+ 52. Ke7 Ng7 53. Kf7 Rh1 54. c5
Kh6 55. c6 Kg5 56. Rc4 Rh7 57. Kg8 1-0

[Event "Kazakhstan Chess Cup 2023"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2023.04.27"]
[Round "6.12"]
[White "Zhukenov, Aituar"]
[Black "Suleymenov, Alisher"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2178"]
[BlackElo "2434"]
[ECO "D85"]
[Opening "Gruenfeld"]
[Variation "modern exchange variation"]
[WhiteFideId "13719513"]
[BlackFideId "13707833"]
[EventDate "2023.04.23"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Nf3 c5 8.
Bb5+ Bd7 9. Be2 Qa5 10. Bd2 O-O 11. O-O Qa4 12. Be3 Qxd1 13. Rfxd1 Ba4 14. Rdc1
Nd7 15. Rab1 b6 16. e5 e6 17. Nd2 Bc6 18. f4 Rfc8 19. Kf2 Bf8 20. Bd3 Rc7 21.
Ne4 c4 22. Bc2 Ba3 23. Rg1 b5 24. g4 Nb6 25. Nf6+ Kh8 26. f5 Be7 27. d5 Bxf6 28.
exf6 Nxd5 29. Bd4 Kg8 30. h4 Re8 31. fxg6 e5 32. gxh7+ Kh8 33. Be3 Nxc3 34. g5
Nxb1 35. h5 Nc3 36. g6 Ne4+ 37. Ke1 fxg6 38. hxg6 Nxf6 39. Bh6 Be4 40. Bg5 Bxc2
41. Bxf6+ Rg7 42. Rg5 Re6 43. Bxg7+ Kxg7 44. Rh5 Re8 0-1

[Event "Kazakhstan Chess Cup 2023"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2023.04.27"]
[Round "6.13"]
[White "Malygin, Vladislav"]
[Black "Sethuraman, S.P."]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2098"]
[BlackElo "2639"]
[ECO "B06"]
[Opening "Robatsch defence"]
[Variation "two knights variation"]
[WhiteFideId "13720090"]
[BlackFideId "5021596"]
[EventDate "2023.04.23"]

1. d4 d6 2. e4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Nf3 a6 5. a4 Nf6 6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O Nc6 8. h3 e5
9. dxe5 dxe5 10. Bg5 Be6 11. Qc1 Qd6 12. Rd1 Qc5 13. Be3 Qa5 14. Ng5 Nd4 15.
Nxe6 fxe6 16. Bc4 Kh8 17. f3 Ne8 18. Kh1 Nd6 19. Bf1 c5 20. Nb1 c4 21. Nd2 c3
22. Nb3 Qb4 23. bxc3 Qxc3 24. Rd3 Qxc2 25. Nxd4 Qxc1 26. Rxc1 exd4 27. Bxd4 Bxd4
28. Rxd4 Rad8 29. Kg1 Kg7 30. Rc7+ Rf7 31. Rc1 Rfd7 32. e5 Nf5 33. Rb4 Ne3 34.
Be2 Kh6 35. Rcb1 Rd2 36. Kf2 Nd5 37. Rc4 b6 38. h4 Ra2 39. g3 a5 40. Rd1 Kg7 41.
f4 Rb8 42. Kf3 b5 43. axb5 Rxb5 44. Rc6 Rb3+ 45. Rd3 Rxd3+ 46. Bxd3 Ra3 47. Ke4
Rxd3 48. Rxe6 Rd1 49. Rc6 a4 50. Ra6 Nc3+ 51. Ke3 h5 52. Ra7+ Kf8 53. e6 Rd5 54.
Rf7+ Ke8 55. Ra7 Rd6 56. e7 Rd7 0-1

[Event "Kazakhstan Chess Cup 2023"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2023.04.27"]
[Round "6.14"]
[White "Rakhmanov, Aleksandr"]
[Black "Sapenov, Daniyal"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2632"]
[BlackElo "2321"]
[ECO "E47"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian"]
[Variation "4.e3 O-O, 5.Bd3"]
[WhiteFideId "4173708"]
[BlackFideId "13728911"]
[EventDate "2023.04.23"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 Re8 6. Bd2 c5 7. Nf3 cxd4 8. exd4
d5 9. O-O dxc4 10. Bxc4 Nc6 11. a3 Be7 12. Bf4 a6 13. Ba2 h6 14. Re1 Bf8 15. Rc1
Bd7 16. Ne5 Rc8 17. Qd3 Nxe5 18. dxe5 Nh5 19. Be3 g6 20. Red1 Bc6 21. Qxd8 Rexd8
22. Rxd8 Rxd8 23. g4 Ng7 24. Bxh6 Bc5 25. Bb1 Bd4 26. Rd1 Rd7 27. Bf4 Ne8 28. h3
Kf8 29. Kf1 Nc7 30. Be4 Bxc3 31. Rxd7 Bb5+ 32. Bd3 Bxd7 33. bxc3 Nd5 34. Bh6+
Kg8 35. c4 Nc3 36. Ke1 Bc6 37. Kd2 Ne4+ 38. Ke3 Nc3 39. Kd2 Ne4+ 40. Ke1 Nc5 41.
Be2 Ne4 42. Be3 Nc3 43. Bf1 Nb1 44. Bc1 Nc3 45. Kd2 Ne4+ 46. Ke3 Nc5 47. h4 Kg7
48. f3 Nd7 49. Bb2 Nc5 50. Bd4 Nd7 51. Bd3 Kh6 52. Be2 Ba4 53. Bc3 Bc6 54. Kd4
Kg7 55. Bd1 Kh7 56. Bb4 Kg7 57. Be7 Kh6 58. Bg5+ Kh7 59. h5 Kg7 60. hxg6 fxg6
61. Be7 Kf7 62. Bd6 Nb6 63. Bc7 Nd7 64. f4 Kg7 65. c5 Bd5 66. f5 gxf5 67. gxf5
Nf8 68. Bd6 1-0

[Event "Kazakhstan Chess Cup 2023"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2023.04.27"]
[Round "6.15"]
[White "Sadubayev, Airat"]
[Black "Gareyev, Timur"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2320"]
[BlackElo "2602"]
[ECO "A58"]
[Opening "Benko gambit accepted"]
[WhiteFideId "13713264"]
[BlackFideId "14200937"]
[EventDate "2023.04.23"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. bxa6 g6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. e4 O-O 8. Be2 e6
9. Nf3 Bxa6 10. O-O Qb6 11. Re1 Rc8 12. h3 Qb7 13. a4 Ne8 14. Ra3 Bxe2 15. Rxe2
Na6 16. Bf4 c4 17. Be5 Bf8 18. Ra1 Nc5 19. Bd4 Nb3 20. Rb1 Nc7 21. Bf6 Ne8 22.
Be5 d6 23. Bf4 e5 24. Be3 f5 25. Ng5 f4 26. Bc1 Nc7 27. Nf3 Na6 28. g3 Bh6 29.
gxf4 Nxc1 30. Rxc1 Bxf4 31. Ra1 Qd7 32. Qf1 Nc5 33. Qg2 Rcb8 34. Qg4 Qf7 35. Rc2
Rb4 36. Ra3 Kg7 37. Kf1 h5 38. Qg2 Qf6 39. Kg1 Rb3 40. Qf1 Bh6 41. Ne1 Rb4 42.
Qe2 Rf8 43. Nb5 Nb3 44. Rc3 Rf7 45. Rf3 Bf4 46. Rc3 Nd4 47. Nxd4 exd4 48. Rxc4
Rxc4 49. Qxc4 Be3 50. Qe2 Bxf2+ 51. Kh1 Qg5 52. Qf1 Be3 53. Qg2 Qh4 54. Nd3 Re7
55. a5 Rxe4 56. a6 Rg4 57. a7 Rg3 58. Nf4 Rxg2 59. Rxe3 dxe3 60. a8=Q Qe1+ 61.
Kxg2 Qf2+ 62. Kh1 Qf1+ 63. Kh2 Qxf4+ 64. Kg2 Qf2+ 65. Kh1 e2 66. Qa7+ Qxa7 0-1

[Event "Kazakhstan Chess Cup 2023"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2023.04.28"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Sargsyan, Shant"]
[Black "Nabaty, Tamir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[ECO "D20"]
[Opening "QGA"]
[Variation "3.e4"]
[WhiteFideId "13306766"]
[BlackFideId "2809052"]
[EventDate "2023.04.23"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 b5 4. a4 c6 5. axb5 cxb5 6. Nc3 Qb6 7. b3 e6 8. bxc4
Bb4 9. Bd2 bxc4 10. Bxc4 Ne7 11. Nf3 O-O 12. O-O a5 13. Re1 Nd7 14. d5 e5 15.
Na4 Qd6 16. Nb2 Nb6 17. Bxb4 Qxb4 18. Qb3 Qxb3 19. Bxb3 Ng6 20. Nd2 Bd7 21. Nbc4
Nxc4 22. Nxc4 Rfb8 23. Rxa5 Rxa5 24. Nxa5 Rb4 25. f3 Nf4 26. g3 Nh3+ 27. Kg2 g5
28. Re3 Rd4 29. Nc4 f6 30. Nb6 Rd2+ 31. Kf1 Be8 32. Ke1 Rxh2 33. d6+ Kg7 34. Rd3
Rh1+ 35. Kd2 Rh2+ 36. Kc3 g4 37. d7 Bxd7 38. Rxd7+ Kh6 39. Rf7 Ng5 40. Rxf6+ Kg7
41. Rf5 Nxf3 42. Bd1 Nd2 43. Kd3 h5 44. Nd5 Nb1 45. Be2 Rh3 46. Ne3 Kg6 47. Rf1
Na3 48. Nf5 Kg5 49. Kd2 Rh2 50. Rc1 Rg2 51. Ke3 Kf6 52. Rc3 Nb1 53. Rb3 Rg1 54.
Bd3 1-0

[Event "Kazakhstan Chess Cup 2023"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2023.04.28"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Ter-Sahakyan, Samvel"]
[Black "Goganov, Aleksey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2613"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[ECO "D10"]
[Opening "QGD Slav defence"]
[Variation "exchange variation"]
[WhiteFideId "13302531"]
[BlackFideId "24109959"]
[EventDate "2023.04.23"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Bf4 Nc6 5. e3 Nf6 6. Bd3 Bg4 7. Qb3 Na5 8.
Qa4+ Bd7 9. Qc2 Rc8 10. Nc3 e6 11. Nge2 Be7 12. O-O O-O 13. Ng3 b5 14. Qe2 b4
15. Nb1 Qb6 16. Bg5 h6 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. Nd2 e5 19. dxe5 Bxe5 20. Nf3 Bg4 21.
Bf5 Bxf3 22. Qxf3 Rc5 23. Rad1 Bxb2 24. Bb1 Qf6 25. Qe2 Nc4 26. Nh5 Qc6 27. Nf4
Bc3 28. Qd3 g6 29. Qe2 Re8 30. h4 d4 31. h5 g5 32. Nd3 dxe3 33. Nxc5 Qxc5 34.
fxe3 Qxe3+ 35. Qf2 a5 36. Bc2 Qxf2+ 37. Rxf2 Ne3 38. Re2 Re5 39. Rd8+ Kg7 40.
Bb3 Re7 41. Rd3 f5 42. g3 f4 43. gxf4 gxf4 44. Kf2 Ng4+ 45. Kf1 Ne3+ 46. Kf2
Ng4+ 47. Kf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Kazakhstan Chess Cup 2023"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2023.04.28"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Kovalev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Rasulov, Vugar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2612"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[ECO "B92"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Najdorf, Opovcensky variation"]
[WhiteFideId "13504398"]
[BlackFideId "13402390"]
[EventDate "2023.04.23"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. Bg5
Be6 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. Qd3 O-O 11. O-O-O Be7 12. Nd5 Bxd5 13. Qxd5 Qb6 14. Bc4 Nd7
15. f3 Qc7 16. Qd3 b5 17. Bd5 Rab8 18. Kb1 Rfc8 19. c3 a5 20. a3 Nb6 21. Na1
Nxd5 22. Qxd5 b4 23. cxb4 axb4 24. axb4 Bg5 25. Qb3 Rb6 26. Nc2 Rc6 27. Na3 Qb6
28. b5 h5 29. Ka2 R6c7 30. Rd3 h4 31. Rhd1 Be7 32. Rd5 g6 33. Qd3 Qa5 34. Qd2
Qb6 35. Qe1 Qa7 36. Qb4 Qf2 37. Qd2 Qa7 38. Kb1 Qa4 39. b6 Rb7 40. Ra5 Qc6 41.
Rc1 Qxc1+ 42. Qxc1 Rxc1+ 43. Kxc1 Rxb6 44. Nc4 Rb4 45. Ra8+ Kg7 46. Rc8 h3 47.
gxh3 Rb3 48. Rc7 Bg5+ 49. Kc2 Rxf3 50. b4 Rxh3 51. b5 Rxh2+ 52. Kb3 Rh3+ 53. Kc2
Rh2+ 54. Kb3 Rh1 55. Nxd6 Rf1 56. Nc4 Rb1+ 57. Ka4 Re1 58. Nd6 Be3 59. Rxf7+ Kh6
60. Nc4 Bc5 61. b6 Rxe4 62. Kb5 Bxb6 63. Nxb6 g5 64. Nc4 g4 65. Rf5 Kg6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Kazakhstan Chess Cup 2023"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2023.04.28"]
[Round "7.4"]
[White "Moiseenko, Alexander"]
[Black "Makhnev, Denis"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2573"]
[BlackElo "2483"]
[ECO "D38"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "Ragozin variation"]
[WhiteFideId "14102560"]
[BlackFideId "13707647"]
[EventDate "2023.04.23"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 d5 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 O-O 8. Rc1
Nd7 9. Qb3 c5 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Qxd5 Nb6 12. Qh5 g6 13. Qxh6 cxd4 14. Nxd4 Rd8
15. h4 Rxd4 16. exd4 Bg4 17. Be2 Re8 18. Kf1 Qxd4 19. Bxg4 Bc5 20. Rc2 Qxg4 21.
Qc1 Nc4 22. Rh3 1-0

[Event "Kazakhstan Chess Cup 2023"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2023.04.28"]
[Round "7.5"]
[White "Suleymenov, Alisher"]
[Black "Daneshvar, Bardiya"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2434"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[ECO "D38"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "Ragozin variation"]
[WhiteFideId "13707833"]
[BlackFideId "12576468"]
[EventDate "2023.04.23"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. Qa4+ Nc6 8. e3
O-O 9. Rc1 Qg6 10. h4 Qf5 11. Qc2 Qxc2 12. Rxc2 Rd8 13. a3 Bf8 14. Nb5 Bd7 15.
cxd5 exd5 16. Nxc7 Rac8 17. Nb5 Na5 18. Kd1 Bf5 19. Rxc8 Rxc8 20. Nc3 Bxa3 21.
Nxd5 Bc2+ 22. Ke2 Bb3 23. bxa3 Bxd5 24. Kd3 Nc4 25. e4 Nb2+ 26. Ke3 Nd1+ 27. Kf4
Nxf2 28. exd5 Nxh1 29. Ne5 Rd8 30. Bc4 Rd6 31. Ng4 h5 32. Ne3 Nf2 33. Ke5 Rd8
34. d6 Kf8 35. Bb5 a6 36. d7 Ng4+ 37. Nxg4 Ke7 38. Ne3 f6+ 39. Kd5 axb5 40. Nf5+
Kxd7 41. Nxg7 Ke7+ 42. Kc5 Rg8 43. Nxh5 Rg4 44. g3 b6+ 45. Kxb5 Rxd4 46. Kxb6
Ra4 47. Kb5 Rxa3 48. Kc4 Kf7 49. Kd4 Kg6 50. Nf4+ Kf5 51. Nh5 Rf3 52. Ng7+ Kg6
53. Ne6 Rxg3 54. Ke4 f5+ 55. Kd5 Kf6 56. Nc5 Rg7 57. Kd6 Rh7 0-1

[Event "Kazakhstan Chess Cup 2023"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2023.04.28"]
[Round "7.6"]
[White "Kassimov, Baurzhan"]
[Black "Ansat, Aldiyar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2285"]
[BlackElo "2317"]
[ECO "B30"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Nimzovich-Rossolimo attack (without ...d6)"]
[WhiteFideId "13704800"]
[BlackFideId "13715658"]
[EventDate "2023.04.23"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. Bxc6 bxc6 5. b3 f6 6. Nh4 Nh6 7. d3 f5 8. Nf3
Qf6 9. e5 Qg6 10. Nh4 Qf7 11. Bb2 g5 12. Nf3 Qg7 13. Bc3 Nf7 14. Qe2 h5 15. Kd1
c4 16. dxc4 c5 17. Kc1 Bb7 18. Kb2 g4 19. Ne1 h4 20. Rg1 h3 21. g3 Ng5 22. Nd2
Ne4 23. Nd3 Nxc3 24. Kxc3 d6 25. Rae1 dxe5 26. Qxe5 Qe7 27. Qxh8 O-O-O 28. Rxe6
Bg7+ 29. Ne5 Qd7 0-1

[Event "Kazakhstan Chess Cup 2023"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2023.04.28"]
[Round "7.7"]
[White "Niemann, Hans Moke"]
[Black "Gareyev, Timur"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]
[BlackElo "2602"]
[ECO "E11"]
[Opening "Bogo-Indian defence, Gruenfeld variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2093596"]
[BlackFideId "14200937"]
[EventDate "2023.04.23"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 O-O 5. a3 Be7 6. e4 d6 7. Bd3 Nfd7 8. b4
e5 9. d5 a5 10. Bb2 c6 11. O-O cxd5 12. cxd5 Nb6 13. Bc3 a4 14. b5 N8d7 15. Bb4
Kh8 16. Nb1 f5 17. Nc3 Nf6 18. exf5 Nfxd5 19. Nxd5 Nxd5 20. Be4 Nxb4 21. axb4 a3
22. Qd3 Qb6 23. g4 g6 24. fxg6 Bxg4 25. gxh7 Rf4 26. Kh1 Raf8 27. Nd2 Rxf2 28.
Rg1 R2f4 29. Rxa3 Qf2 30. Raa1 Qe2 31. Qxe2 Bxe2 32. Ra3 Bh4 33. b6 Bf2 34. Rg2
Bg4 35. h3 Bf5 36. Bxf5 R8xf5 37. Rg6 Rd4 38. Ra7 Kxh7 39. Re6 Rf7 40. Nf3 Rd1+
41. Kg2 Be3 42. h4 Rg7+ 43. Ng5+ Bxg5 44. hxg5 Rxg5+ 45. Kf3 Rg7 46. Ra8 Rd3+
47. Ke2 Rd4 48. Rd8 Re4+ 49. Kf3 Rf4+ 50. Ke3 Rg3+ 51. Ke2 Rg2+ 52. Ke3 Rg3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Kazakhstan Chess Cup 2023"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2023.04.28"]
[Round "7.8"]
[White "Sethuraman, S.P."]
[Black "Suyarov, Mukhammadzokhid"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2639"]
[BlackElo "2281"]
[ECO "A40"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn"]
[Variation "Keres defence"]
[WhiteFideId "5021596"]
[BlackFideId "14210495"]
[EventDate "2023.04.23"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 b6 3. a3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Bb7 5. d5 g6 6. e4 d6 7. Bg5 Nbd7 8. Be2 Bg7
9. h4 h6 10. Be3 a5 11. Nf3 Ng4 12. Bd2 Ngf6 13. Qc2 e5 14. Rd1 O-O 15. Nh2 Nh5
16. Bxh5 gxh5 17. Nf1 Kh7 18. Ng3 Nf6 19. Bg5 Bc8 20. Nxh5 Bg4 21. Nxf6+ Bxf6
22. f3 Bd7 23. Bxf6 Qxf6 24. Qe2 h5 25. g3 Rg8 26. Rg1 Qh6 27. Qd2 f5 28. Qxh6+
Kxh6 29. Kf2 Raf8 30. Ke3 Rg7 31. exf5 Bxf5 32. b4 Rgf7 33. g4 Bh7 34. Rg3 Rf4
35. g5+ Kg6 36. Ne4 axb4 37. axb4 Ra8 38. c5 Ra3+ 39. Kf2 Rxh4 40. cxd6 cxd6 41.
Nxd6 Rxb4 42. Ne4 Ra2+ 43. Ke1 Rd4 44. Rxd4 exd4 45. d6 Kf7 46. g6+ Bxg6 47. d7
Ra1+ 48. Kd2 Ra2+ 49. Kc1 Ra8 50. Nd6+ Ke6 51. Rxg6+ Kxd7 52. Ne4 h4 53. Rh6
Ra1+ 54. Kd2 Rh1 55. Rxb6 Ke7 56. Kd3 h3 57. Rh6 1-0

[Event "Kazakhstan Chess Cup 2023"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2023.04.28"]
[Round "7.9"]
[White "Urazayev, Arystanbek"]
[Black "Rakhmanov, Aleksandr"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2632"]
[ECO "D31"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "Janowski variation"]
[WhiteFideId "13709810"]
[BlackFideId "4173708"]
[EventDate "2023.04.23"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 a6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nf3 h6 6. Ne5 Nf6 7. e4 Be6 8. exd5
Nxd5 9. Bc4 c6 10. Qf3 Nd7 11. O-O Be7 12. Re1 O-O 13. Bxd5 cxd5 14. Nxd5 Bxd5
15. Qxd5 Nxe5 16. Qxd8 Rfxd8 17. dxe5 Bb4 18. Rf1 Rac8 19. Be3 Bd2 20. Rfd1 Bxe3
21. fxe3 Rxd1+ 22. Rxd1 Kf8 23. e6 fxe6 24. Rd2 Ke7 25. Kf2 Rc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Kazakhstan Chess Cup 2023"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2023.04.28"]
[Round "7.10"]
[White "Isanzhulov, Arystan"]
[Black "Lysyj, Igor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2320"]
[BlackElo "2606"]
[ECO "C47"]
[Opening "Four knights"]
[Variation "Scotch, 4...exd4"]
[WhiteFideId "13711644"]
[BlackFideId "4150120"]
[EventDate "2023.04.23"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 d5 8.
exd5 Qe7+ 9. Qe2 Qxe2+ 10. Bxe2 cxd5 11. O-O O-O 12. Be3 Bxc3 13. bxc3 Ne4 14.
Bd3 Nxc3 15. Bf4 Bf5 16. Ba6 c5 17. Rfe1 Rad8 18. Bc7 Rd7 19. Ba5 Rd6 20. Bf1
Na4 21. Re7 a6 22. Rc1 Rc8 23. f3 h5 24. c3 Nb2 25. Kf2 Bd3 26. Rb7 Bxf1 27.
Rxb2 Bc4 28. h4 Re6 29. Re1 Rxe1 30. Kxe1 d4 31. cxd4 cxd4 32. Bb6 d3 33. Kd2
Bb5 34. a3 Rc4 35. Bf2 f6 36. Be1 Rc6 37. Bf2 Kf7 38. a4 Bxa4 39. Kxd3 Bb5+ 40.
Ke3 g5 41. Bg3 Ke6 42. hxg5 fxg5 43. Bb8 h4 44. Kf2 Rc8 45. Ba7 Rc1 46. Rb4 Rf1+
47. Ke3 Kf5 48. Bb8 Re1+ 49. Kf2 Re2+ 50. Kg1 Ra2 51. Bc7 Rd2 52. Bb6 Re2 53.
Rg4 Re6 54. Bd8 Rg6 55. Kf2 Rg8 56. Ba5 Re8 57. Kg1 Bc6 58. Kf2 Rh8 59. Bd2 Rg8
60. Be3 Bd7 61. Rd4 Ke6 62. Rg4 Kf6 63. Rd4 Ke7 64. Rd5 g4 65. fxg4 Bxg4 66. Ra5
Bc8 67. Bg5+ Kd6 68. Bxh4 Kc6 69. g3 Kb6 70. Rd5 Bb7 71. Rd8 Rg4 72. Rd2 Bc6 73.
Bd8+ Kb7 74. Rb2+ Kc8 75. Bb6 Ra4 76. Ke3 a5 77. Bd4 Ra3+ 78. Kf4 Rf3+ 79. Kg4
Rd3 80. Be5 a4 81. Kf5 Kd7 82. Rb4 Rf3+ 83. Rf4 Re3 84. Rc4 Re2 85. Rc3 Rf2+ 86.
Bf4 Ra2 87. Bc1 Bd5 88. Ke5 Bb3 89. Kd4 Rg2 90. Kc5 Ke6 91. Kb4 Ke5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Kazakhstan Chess Cup 2023"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2023.04.28"]
[Round "7.11"]
[White "Radzhabov, Rodion"]
[Black "Vokhidov, Shamsiddin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2308"]
[BlackElo "2601"]
[ECO "B30"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Nimzovich-Rossolimo attack (without ...d6)"]
[WhiteFideId "884715"]
[BlackFideId "14204223"]
[EventDate "2023.04.23"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. Bxc6 bxc6 5. d3 Ne7 6. Qe2 d6 7. Nh4 Ng8 8. g3
e5 9. Ng2 g6 10. f4 exf4 11. Bxf4 Bg7 12. e5 Qe7 13. exd6 Qxe2+ 14. Kxe2 Bxb2
15. Nd2 Nf6 16. Rab1 Bg4+ 17. Nf3 Bc3 18. Ne3 O-O 19. Rb3 Ba5 20. Bg5 Bxf3+ 21.
Kxf3 Nd7 22. Nc4 Bd8 23. Be7 Re8 24. Rb7 Bxe7 25. Rxd7 Bf8 26. Rb1 Re6 27. g4
Rf6+ 28. Kg2 Re8 29. Rf1 Kg7 30. g5 Re2+ 31. Kg1 Rxf1+ 32. Kxf1 Rxh2 33. Ne5 Kg8
34. Rd8 Kg7 35. Nxc6 Bxd6 36. Rxd6 Rxc2 37. Rd7 c4 38. dxc4 Rxc4 39. Nd8 Kf8 40.
Rxa7 Rc5 41. Nxf7 1-0

[Event "Kazakhstan Chess Cup 2023"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2023.04.28"]
[Round "7.12"]
[White "Sivuk, Vitaly"]
[Black "Abdilkhair, Abilmansur"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2533"]
[BlackElo "2268"]
[ECO "D35"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "exchange, positional line"]
[WhiteFideId "14116502"]
[BlackFideId "13716417"]
[EventDate "2023.04.23"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. e3 c6 7. Bd3 Be7 8. Qc2
O-O 9. Nf3 Re8 10. h3 Nf8 11. O-O g6 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. b4 a6 14. a4 Be6 15. b5
cxb5 16. axb5 a5 17. Qb3 Qd6 18. b6 Nd7 19. Bb5 Qxb6 20. Nxd5 Qd6 21. Bc4 Reb8
22. Qb5 Bd8 23. e4 Qc6 24. Rfb1 Rc8 25. Nd2 a4 26. Qxb7 a3 27. Ra2 Qd6 28. Qb4
Qxb4 29. Rxb4 Ba5 30. Ra4 Bxd2 31. Rxa8 Rxa8 32. Rxd2 Bxd5 33. Bxd5 Ra4 34. Ba2
Kf8 35. Kf1 Ke7 36. Ke2 Nb8 37. Kd3 f6 38. Rc2 Kd6 39. Rc4 Ra7 40. f4 Nd7 41. g4
Rb7 42. Ra4 Rb2 43. Rxa3 Rh2 44. Ra6+ Ke7 45. Be6 Nf8 46. f5 Rxh3+ 47. Kc4 Nxe6
48. fxe6 h5 49. Kd5 Rb3 50. Ra7+ Ke8 51. gxh5 gxh5 52. Rh7 Ra3 53. e5 Ra5+ 54.
Ke4 fxe5 55. d5 Ra1 56. Kxe5 Rb1 57. Rh8+ Ke7 58. d6# 1-0

[Event "Kazakhstan Chess Cup 2023"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2023.04.28"]
[Round "7.13"]
[White "Nikitenko, Mihail"]
[Black "Nurgaliyev, Sauat"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "CM"]
[WhiteElo "2522"]
[BlackElo "2286"]
[ECO "B20"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Keres variation (2.Ne2)"]
[WhiteFideId "13506862"]
[BlackFideId "13726285"]
[EventDate "2023.04.23"]

1. e4 c5 2. Ne2 Nf6 3. Nbc3 d6 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. d3 Nc6 7. h3 Rb8 8. a4 a6
9. f4 Bd7 10. Be3 b5 11. axb5 axb5 12. Qd2 b4 13. Nd1 O-O 14. O-O Ne8 15. f5 e6
16. Bg5 f6 17. fxe6 Bxe6 18. Bh6 d5 19. Bxg7 Nxg7 20. Nf4 dxe4 21. Nxe6 Nxe6 22.
Bxe4 Qd6 23. Ra6 Rbc8 24. Qg2 Ned8 25. Bd5+ Kg7 26. Ne3 Qd7 27. Nc4 Nd4 28. Nb6
Qd6 29. Rfa1 Rc7 30. Na8 Rc6 31. Bxc6 N4xc6 32. Nb6 Qd4+ 33. Qf2 Qxb2 34. Nd7
Re8 35. Nxc5 Qe5 36. Nb3 Qd5 37. Re1 Rxe1+ 38. Qxe1 Ne5 39. Qe4 Qd7 40. Kg2 Qc8
41. Ra7+ Ndf7 42. Nd4 h5 43. Rc7 Qe8 44. Nf3 Kh6 45. Nxe5 fxe5 46. Qxb4 Ng5 47.
h4 Ne6 48. Re7 Qc6+ 49. Qe4 Qxc2+ 50. Kh3 Qc8 51. Kh2 Qc2+ 52. Qg2 Qxg2+ 53.
Kxg2 Nc5 54. Rxe5 Nxd3 55. Rd5 Nb4 56. Rd6 Nc2 57. Kf3 Na3 58. Ke4 Nc4 59. Rd4 1-0

[Event "Kazakhstan Chess Cup 2023"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2023.04.28"]
[Round "7.14"]
[White "Abdisalimov, Abdimalik"]
[Black "Zhukenov, Aituar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2494"]
[BlackElo "2178"]
[ECO "D02"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[WhiteFideId "14206323"]
[BlackFideId "13719513"]
[EventDate "2023.04.23"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 b5 5. O-O Be7 6. Bg5 O-O 7. Bxf6 Bxf6 8. e4
Bb7 9. c3 Nd7 10. Qe2 dxe4 11. Nfd2 c5 12. Qxb5 Rb8 13. dxc5 Bd5 14. Qa4 Nxc5
15. Qc2 Qb6 16. b3 Qa6 17. b4 Nd3 18. Nxe4 Bxe4 19. Bxe4 Nxb4 20. Qd1 Rfd8 21.
Qh5 g6 22. Qf3 Bg7 23. a4 f5 24. cxb4 fxe4 25. Qa3 Rd3 26. Qa2 Qd6 27. b5 Bxa1
28. Qxa1 Rc8 29. Qa2 Rd1 30. Kg2 Rxf1 31. Kxf1 Qd1+ 32. Kg2 Qf3+ 33. Kh3 Qf5+
34. Kg2 e3 0-1

[Event "Kazakhstan Chess Cup 2023"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2023.04.28"]
[Round "7.15"]
[White "Khusenkhojaev, Mustafokhuja"]
[Black "Atabayev, Saparmyrat"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2279"]
[BlackElo "2448"]
[ECO "E60"]
[Opening "King's Indian, 3.Nf3"]
[WhiteFideId "14700727"]
[BlackFideId "14000571"]
[EventDate "2023.04.23"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 c5 5. d5 O-O 6. Nc3 d6 7. Bg2 e5 8. O-O Na6
9. e4 Nc7 10. a4 Bd7 11. Ne1 Qc8 12. Nd3 Ng4 13. h3 Nh6 14. Kh2 f5 15. f4 Nf7
16. fxe5 Nxe5 17. Nxe5 Bxe5 18. Bf4 Bxf4 19. Rxf4 fxe4 20. Rxf8+ Qxf8 21. Nxe4
Bf5 22. Nc3 Re8 23. g4 Bd7 24. Qd2 Qf6 25. Kh1 Re5 26. Rf1 Qe7 27. Qf4 g5 28.
Qf6 Qxf6 29. Rxf6 Ne8 30. Rf1 Kg7 31. a5 Nf6 32. Kg1 Re8 33. Rb1 a6 34. Kf2 h5
35. gxh5 Bf5 36. Re1 Rxe1 37. Kxe1 Nxh5 38. Ne4 Bxe4 39. Bxe4 Kf6 40. Bf3 Nf4
41. Bg4 Ke5 42. Kd2 Ke4 43. Bc8 Nd3 44. b3 Nb4 45. Bxb7 Kf3 46. Bc8 Ke4 47. Kc3
Ke3 48. Kb2 Kd2 49. Ka3 Kc3 50. Ka4 Kb2 51. Bxa6 Nxa6 52. Kb5 Nb4 53. a6 Nxa6
54. Kxa6 Kxb3 55. Kb5 Kc3 56. Kc6 Kxc4 57. Kxd6 Kb4 58. Ke5 c4 59. d6 c3 60. d7
c2 61. d8=Q c1=Q 62. Qb6+ Ka4 63. Qd4+ Kb5 64. Qd7+ Kb6 65. Kf5 Qf4+ 66. Kg6 Qh4
67. Qg4 Kc7 68. Qxh4 gxh4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Kazakhstan Chess Cup 2023"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2023.04.29"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Daneshvar, Bardiya"]
[Black "Sargsyan, Shant"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[ECO "A20"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[WhiteFideId "12576468"]
[BlackFideId "13306766"]
[EventDate "2023.04.23"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 c6 3. Nf3 e4 4. Nd4 d5 5. cxd5 Qxd5 6. Nc2 Nf6 7. Nc3 Qe5 8. Bg2
Be7 9. O-O Na6 10. d4 exd3 11. Qxd3 O-O 12. e4 Rd8 13. Qe2 Bg4 14. f3 Be6 15.
Be3 Bc5 16. Rfd1 Bxe3+ 17. Qxe3 Qc5 18. Bf1 Qxe3+ 19. Nxe3 Nc7 20. f4 Rxd1 21.
Rxd1 Re8 22. Be2 Kf8 23. Kf2 h5 24. e5 Ng4+ 25. Bxg4 hxg4 26. Ne4 Nd5 27. Nc5
Nxe3 28. Nxe6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Kazakhstan Chess Cup 2023"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2023.04.29"]
[Round "8.2"]
[White "Goganov, Aleksey"]
[Black "Moiseenko, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2573"]
[ECO "B33"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Pelikan, Chelyabinsk variation"]
[WhiteFideId "24109959"]
[BlackFideId "14102560"]
[EventDate "2023.04.23"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bf4 e5 8. Bg5
a6 9. Na3 b5 10. Nd5 Be7 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. c3 Bg5 13. Nc2 Ne7 14. Ncb4 O-O 15.
a4 bxa4 16. Rxa4 a5 17. Nxe7+ Bxe7 18. Nd5 Bd7 19. Ra2 Bg5 20. h4 Bh6 21. Bc4
Kh8 22. Qe2 a4 23. g3 Rb8 24. O-O g6 25. Rb1 f5 26. exf5 gxf5 27. b4 Qe8 28. b5
f4 29. Bd3 fxg3 30. fxg3 e4 31. Qxe4 Qxe4 32. Bxe4 Rxb5 33. Rxb5 Bxb5 34. c4
Bxc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Kazakhstan Chess Cup 2023"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2023.04.29"]
[Round "8.3"]
[White "Ansat, Aldiyar"]
[Black "Sethuraman, S.P."]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2317"]
[BlackElo "2639"]
[ECO "B66"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Richter-Rauzer, Rauzer attack, 7...a6"]
[WhiteFideId "13715658"]
[BlackFideId "5021596"]
[EventDate "2023.04.23"]

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 Be7 9. f3 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Qc7 11. Be3 h5 12. a3 Bd7 13. Be2 Bc6 14. f4 b5
15. Kb1 Rb8 16. Bf3 b4 17. axb4 O-O 18. e5 dxe5 19. Qxe5 Qxe5 20. fxe5 Ng4 21.
Bxg4 hxg4 22. Bc5 Bxc5 23. bxc5 Bxg2 24. Rhg1 Bf3 25. Rd4 Rfd8 26. Rc4 Rdc8 27.
Na4 a5 28. c3 Kf8 29. Rd4 Ke7 30. Nb6 Rc7 31. b4 Rh8 32. Rd2 f5 33. exf6+ gxf6
34. Kb2 f5 35. Kb3 f4 36. Re1 axb4 37. cxb4 Rh5 38. Rd4 Rf5 39. Rd6 Rf6 40. Nc4
Rc6 41. Rd4 Rc7 42. Rg1 Rf5 43. Nd6 Rf8 44. Nc4 Be2 45. Ne5 Rf6 46. Nxg4 Bxg4
47. Rxg4 e5 48. Rg7+ Rf7 49. Rxf7+ Kxf7 50. Rd1 Ke6 51. Kc4 e4 52. b5 f3 53. b6
Rd7 54. Rb1 f2 55. c6 Rd2 56. b7 Rb2 57. c7 Rxb1 58. c8=Q+ Ke7 59. Qc5+ Ke6 60.
Qxf2 Rxb7 61. Qf4 1-0

[Event "Kazakhstan Chess Cup 2023"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2023.04.29"]
[Round "8.4"]
[White "Nabaty, Tamir"]
[Black "Kovalev, Vladislav"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2612"]
[ECO "E62"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "fianchetto, Uhlmann (Szabo) variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2809052"]
[BlackFideId "13504398"]
[EventDate "2023.04.23"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nc3 d6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O e5 8. dxe5
Nxe5 9. b3 Nxf3+ 10. Bxf3 Ne4 11. Nxe4 Bxa1 12. Bg5 f6 13. Bh6 Be5 14. Bxf8 Qxf8
15. Qd2 f5 16. Nc5 c6 17. Nd3 Bf6 18. b4 a6 19. b5 axb5 20. cxb5 c5 21. Nf4 Be5
22. Bd5+ Kh8 23. Rd1 Ra7 24. Bb3 Kg7 25. a4 c4 26. Bxc4 Rxa4 27. Qc2 Ra3 28. Bb3
Bd7 29. Rc1 Qe8 30. Qc4 Ra8 31. Qd5 Rc8 32. Rxc8 Qxc8 33. Nd3 Ba1 34. Qxd6 Bxb5
35. Qe7+ Kh6 36. Qh4+ Kg7 37. Qe7+ Kh6 38. Nf4 Qc1+ 39. Kg2 Qc6+ 40. Bd5 Qd7 41.
Qxd7 Bxd7 42. Bxb7 Be5 43. e3 Kg7 44. h4 Kf6 45. Ne2 Bb5 46. Nd4 Bc4 47. Bf3 Be6
48. Ne2 h6 49. Kh3 Bc4 50. g4 fxg4+ 51. Bxg4 Bxe2 52. Bxe2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Kazakhstan Chess Cup 2023"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2023.04.29"]
[Round "8.5"]
[White "Rasulov, Vugar"]
[Black "Ter-Sahakyan, Samvel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2613"]
[ECO "B92"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Najdorf, Opovcensky variation"]
[WhiteFideId "13402390"]
[BlackFideId "13302531"]
[EventDate "2023.04.23"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nf3 Be7 8. Bg5
Nbd7 9. a4 h6 10. Be3 Ng4 11. Bc1 Ngf6 12. Be3 Ng4 13. Bc1 Ngf6 14. O-O Nc5 15.
Nd2 O-O 16. Re1 Bd7 17. a5 Bc6 18. Bf1 Rc8 19. b4 Ne6 20. Nc4 d5 21. Nxd5 Bxd5
22. exd5 Nxd5 23. Bd2 Bxb4 24. Rxe5 Bxd2 25. Qxd2 Nf6 26. Qe1 Rc6 27. h3 Qc7 28.
Rb1 Rd8 29. Na3 Rd4 30. c4 Rcd6 31. Re3 Nc5 32. Nc2 Rd2 33. Nb4 Qxa5 34. Re5
R2d4 35. Qe3 Qb6 36. Nd5 Qxb1 37. Qxd4 Nfe4 38. f3 Ng3 39. Ne7+ Kh7 40. Qxd6
Qxf1+ 41. Kh2 Qf2 42. Nf5 Nf1+ 43. Kh1 Ne6 44. Rxe6 fxe6 45. Qxe6 Ng3+ 46. Nxg3
Qxg3 47. Qe4+ Kh8 48. f4 Qc3 49. Kh2 Qb4 50. Qe6 a5 51. Qc8+ Kh7 52. Qf5+ Kh8
53. c5 a4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Kazakhstan Chess Cup 2023"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2023.04.29"]
[Round "8.6"]
[White "Aitbayev, Aslan"]
[Black "Niemann, Hans Moke"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2427"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[ECO "B30"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Nimzovich-Rossolimo attack (without ...d6)"]
[WhiteFideId "13704613"]
[BlackFideId "2093596"]
[EventDate "2023.04.23"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. O-O Nge7 5. Re1 a6 6. Bf1 b6 7. c3 d5 8. d3 h6
9. g3 g5 10. exd5 exd5 11. d4 Bg7 12. dxc5 bxc5 13. Nbd2 c4 14. Bg2 O-O 15. h4
g4 16. Nd4 Nxd4 17. cxd4 Be6 18. Nb1 Qb6 19. Nc3 Bxd4 20. Bxh6 Bxf2+ 21. Kh1
Bxe1 22. Qxe1 Qxb2 23. Rb1 Qc2 24. Rb6 Qf5 25. Bxf8 Rxf8 26. Qe3 Qf6 27. Ne2 Nf5
28. Qf4 d4 29. Qxg4+ Qg7 30. Qxg7+ Kxg7 31. Kh2 d3 32. Nc3 Nd4 33. a4 Ne2 34.
Nxe2 dxe2 35. Rb1 Rd8 36. Re1 Rd2 37. Kg1 c3 38. Kf2 c2 39. Be4 c1=Q 0-1

[Event "Kazakhstan Chess Cup 2023"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2023.04.29"]
[Round "8.7"]
[White "Rakhmanov, Aleksandr"]
[Black "Zhalmakhanov, Ramazan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2632"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[ECO "E49"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian"]
[Variation "4.e3, Botvinnik system"]
[WhiteFideId "4173708"]
[BlackFideId "13706357"]
[EventDate "2023.04.23"]

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 Nc6 11. Bb2 Rd8 12. Qc2 Na5 13. c4 cxd4 14. exd4 b6
15. O-O Bb7 16. Ne5 Rac8 17. Rac1 Nd7 18. Ng4 f5 19. Ne3 f4 20. Ng4 f3 21. Bxf3
Bxf3 22. gxf3 Nxc4 23. Qe2 Qc6 24. Ne3 b5 25. a4 a6 26. axb5 axb5 27. Nxc4 bxc4
28. Ba3 Qd5 29. Rfd1 Ra8 30. Bc5 Ra4 31. Re1 Re8 32. Rc3 Nf6 33. Re3 Qc6 34. Re5
Kf7 35. f4 g6 36. h3 c3 37. Kh2 Raa8 38. h4 h5 39. Kg3 Rad8 40. Qd3 Rd5 41. Qf3
Qa8 42. R5e3 c2 43. Rc1 Ng8 44. Ra3 Qd8 45. Rxc2 Nh6 46. Ra7+ Kg8 47. Rb2 Nf5+
48. Kh2 Qxh4+ 49. Kg1 Qf6 50. Rbb7 Red8 51. Rc7 Nxd4 52. Bxd4 Rxd4 53. Qb7 Rxf4
54. Rg7+ Kf8 55. Rd7 Re8 56. Qb6 Rg4+ 57. Kf1 Rc4 58. Qe3 Rf4 59. Rh7 g5 60.
Qc5+ Kg8 61. Rag7+ Qxg7 62. Rxg7+ Kxg7 63. Qxg5+ 1-0

[Event "Kazakhstan Chess Cup 2023"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2023.04.29"]
[Round "8.8"]
[White "Gareyev, Timur"]
[Black "Radzhabov, Rodion"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2602"]
[BlackElo "2308"]
[ECO "E39"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian"]
[Variation "classical, Pirc variation"]
[WhiteFideId "14200937"]
[BlackFideId "884715"]
[EventDate "2023.04.23"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 O-O 6. a3 Bxc5 7. Nf3 d5 8. Bg5
Be7 9. e3 Nc6 10. Be2 dxc4 11. Bxc4 Qa5 12. O-O Ne5 13. Nxe5 Qxe5 14. Bf4 Qc5
15. Ne4 Qc6 16. Nxf6+ Bxf6 17. Rac1 Qb6 18. b4 e5 19. Bg3 Be6 20. Bxe6 Qxe6 21.
Qc7 h5 22. h4 Rab8 23. Rfd1 Rfc8 24. Qa5 a6 25. b5 Rxc1 26. Rxc1 Rc8 27. Rxc8+
Qxc8 28. bxa6 bxa6 29. Qb4 Qg4 30. Qd6 Qc4 31. Qd1 Bxh4 32. Bxe5 Be7 33. a4 Qe4
34. Bc3 Qc4 35. Bb2 Bf8 36. Be5 Qe4 37. Bd4 Qc6 38. Be5 Qe4 39. Bf4 Be7 40. Qd7
Kh7 41. Kh2 Kg6 42. f3 Qe6 43. Qd3+ f5 44. g4 hxg4 45. fxg4 a5 46. Kg3 Bf6 47.
Kf3 Qc6+ 48. Kg3 Qe6 49. Kf2 Be5 50. Kf3 Qc6+ 51. Kg3 Bxf4+ 52. exf4 Qc5 53.
gxf5+ Qxf5 54. Qa6+ Kh7 55. Qb5 Qxb5 56. axb5 a4 57. b6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Kazakhstan Chess Cup 2023"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2023.04.29"]
[Round "8.9"]
[White "Matinian, Nikita"]
[Black "Sivuk, Vitaly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2407"]
[BlackElo "2533"]
[ECO "B12"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "advance variation"]
[WhiteFideId "24129100"]
[BlackFideId "14116502"]
[EventDate "2023.04.23"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Nd7 6. O-O a5 7. a4 f6 8. c4 fxe5
9. dxe5 Bc5 10. Nd4 Ne7 11. g4 Bxd4 12. Qxd4 Bg6 13. Nc3 O-O 14. f4 c5 15. Qd1
d4 16. Nb5 Be4 17. Ra3 g5 18. Nd6 Bc6 19. Bd3 Ng6 20. Bxg6 hxg6 21. Rh3 Qe7 22.
Qc2 Qg7 23. Ne4 gxf4 24. Bxf4 Nxe5 25. Ng5 d3 26. Qc3 Nf3+ 27. Rfxf3 Qxc3 28.
bxc3 d2 29. Bxd2 Bxf3 30. Nxf3 Rad8 31. Bh6 Rd1+ 32. Kg2 Rfd8 33. Bf4 R8d7 34.
Rh6 Rh7 35. Rxg6+ Rg7 36. Rxg7+ Kxg7 37. Be5+ Kg8 38. h4 Ra1 39. h5 Rxa4 40. Ng5
Ra2+ 41. Kg3 Re2 42. Bf6 Re3+ 43. Kf2 Rd3 44. h6 Rd7 45. h7+ Rxh7 46. Nxh7 a4
47. Bg5 a3 48. Bc1 a2 49. Bb2 Kxh7 50. Kf3 Kg6 51. Kf4 b6 52. Ba1 Kf6 53. g5+
Kg6 54. Kg4 e5 55. Bb2 e4 56. Kf4 e3 57. Kxe3 Kxg5 58. Kd3 Kf4 59. Kc2 Ke3 60.
Kb3 Kd3 61. Ba1 Kd2 62. Kxa2 Kc2 63. Bb2 Kd3 64. Kb3 Kd2 65. Ba3 Kd1 66. Ka4 Kc2
67. Kb5 Kxc3 68. Bxc5 bxc5 69. Kxc5 1-0

[Event "Kazakhstan Chess Cup 2023"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2023.04.29"]
[Round "8.10"]
[White "Suleimen, Ergali"]
[Black "Nikitenko, Mihail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2398"]
[BlackElo "2522"]
[ECO "B48"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Taimanov variation"]
[WhiteFideId "13724452"]
[BlackFideId "13506862"]
[EventDate "2023.04.23"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. a3 b5 8. Nxc6
Qxc6 9. h4 Bb7 10. h5 h6 11. Qd2 Nf6 12. e5 Ng4 13. Bd4 d6 14. exd6 e5 15. Qe2
Bxd6 16. Qxg4 exd4 17. Qxd4 O-O 18. O-O-O Bc5 19. Qe5 Bxf2 20. Kb1 Rfe8 21. Qf5
Qc5 22. Bd3 Qxf5 23. Bxf5 Re5 24. Bg4 Rae8 25. Bf3 Bxf3 26. gxf3 Rf5 27. Rd6 a5
28. Ra6 a4 29. Ra5 Ree5 30. f4 Rxh5 31. Rxh5 Rxh5 32. Nxb5 Rf5 33. c4 h5 34.
Rxa4 h4 35. Ra8+ Kh7 36. Rd8 Rxf4 37. Rd1 g5 38. Nc3 g4 39. b4 g3 40. c5 g2 41.
Ne2 Re4 42. c6 Rxe2 43. c7 Re8 0-1

[Event "Kazakhstan Chess Cup 2023"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2023.04.29"]
[Round "8.11"]
[White "Makhnev, Denis"]
[Black "Arestanov, Timur"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2483"]
[BlackElo "2183"]
[ECO "D26"]
[Opening "QGA"]
[Variation "4...e6"]
[WhiteFideId "13707647"]
[BlackFideId "13701304"]
[EventDate "2023.04.23"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 dxc4 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 a6 6. O-O b5 7. Bd3 Bb7 8. a4 b4
9. Qe2 c5 10. e4 cxd4 11. Nbd2 Nc6 12. e5 Nd7 13. Nb3 Nc5 14. Bg5 Qd7 15. Nxc5
Bxc5 16. Nd2 Be7 17. Bf4 Na5 18. Qg4 g5 19. Bxg5 Rg8 20. f4 h6 21. h4 O-O-O 22.
Qe2 hxg5 23. fxg5 Rh8 24. Rf4 Kb8 25. Raf1 Rdf8 26. Qe1 Qd5 27. Qe2 Nc6 28. Nc4
Nd8 29. Nb6 Qc6 30. a5 Ka7 31. Qf2 Qc7 32. Be4 Rfg8 33. Bxb7 Kxb7 34. Rxd4 Qc5
35. Rd7+ Kb8 36. Rxe7 Qxe7 37. Rd1 Qb7 38. Nd7+ Ka8 39. Nb6+ Kb8 40. g3 Rxg5 41.
Nd7+ Ka8 42. Nb6+ Kb8 43. Nd7+ Kc7 44. Nf6 Rf5 45. Rd7+ Kc8 46. Qc5+ Kb8 47.
Qd6+ Ka7 48. Qb6+ Kb8 49. Rxb7+ Nxb7 50. Nd7+ Kc8 51. Qc6+ 1-0

[Event "Kazakhstan Chess Cup 2023"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2023.04.29"]
[Round "8.12"]
[White "Isanzhulov, Arystan"]
[Black "Urazayev, Arystanbek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2320"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[ECO "B21"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Smith-Morra gambit"]
[WhiteFideId "13711644"]
[BlackFideId "13709810"]
[EventDate "2023.04.23"]

1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. Qxd4 Nc6 4. Qd3 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Nf3 Bg4 7. h3 Bxf3 8.
Qxf3 g6 9. Nd5 Bg7 10. Nxf6+ Bxf6 11. c3 O-O 12. Be2 a6 13. h4 Qa5 14. h5 Nd4
15. Qh3 Nc2+ 16. Kd1 Nxa1 17. hxg6 h5 18. Bxh5 Qa4+ 19. Ke1 Qxe4+ 20. Be2 Nc2+
21. Kd2 Bg5+ 22. Kd1 Ne3+ 23. Bxe3 Kg7 24. Qh7+ Kf6 25. Bxg5+ Kxg5 26. Qh6+ Kf5
27. g7 Qb1+ 28. Kd2 Qxb2+ 29. Kd3 1-0

[Event "Kazakhstan Chess Cup 2023"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2023.04.29"]
[Round "8.13"]
[White "Utegaliyev, Azamat"]
[Black "Kassimov, Baurzhan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2446"]
[BlackElo "2285"]
[ECO "C65"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Berlin defence"]
[WhiteFideId "13702467"]
[BlackFideId "13704800"]
[EventDate "2023.04.23"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 d6 5. O-O Bd7 6. c4 g6 7. Nc3 Bg7 8. h3 O-O
9. Be3 h6 10. Rc1 a6 11. Ba4 Be6 12. c5 d5 13. Bxc6 bxc6 14. Nxe5 dxe4 15. dxe4
Qxd1 16. Rfxd1 Nxe4 17. Nxc6 Nxc3 18. bxc3 Bxa2 19. Rd7 a5 20. Rxc7 a4 21. Bd4
Bc4 22. Ra1 a3 23. Rd7 Rfe8 24. Nb4 a2 25. c6 Rec8 26. f3 Kh7 27. Bxg7 Kxg7 28.
Rd4 Bb3 29. Kf2 Re8 30. Rd2 Re5 31. Re2 Rc5 32. Re3 Be6 33. Ke1 Rd8 34. Nc2 Rb5
35. Nb4 Rd6 36. Re2 Rc5 37. Rd2 Re5+ 38. Re2 Rg5 39. h4 Rc5 40. Rd2 Re5+ 41. Re2
Rc5 42. Rd2 Re5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Kazakhstan Chess Cup 2023"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2023.04.29"]
[Round "8.14"]
[White "Zhukenov, Aituar"]
[Black "Madaminov, Mukhiddin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2178"]
[BlackElo "2436"]
[ECO "A10"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[WhiteFideId "13719513"]
[BlackFideId "14210703"]
[EventDate "2023.04.23"]

1. c4 g6 2. Nc3 c5 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. e3 Nf6 5. d4 cxd4 6. exd4 d5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
Bc4 Nb6 9. Bb3 O-O 10. Be3 Nc6 11. d5 Na5 12. O-O Bg4 13. h3 Bxf3 14. Qxf3 Nac4
15. Rfe1 Nxe3 16. Rxe3 a5 17. a4 Bxc3 18. Rxc3 Qd6 19. Rac1 Rfc8 20. h4 h5 21.
g4 Rxc3 22. Rxc3 hxg4 23. Qxg4 Nd7 24. h5 Nf6 25. Qg3 Qxg3+ 26. fxg3 Nxh5 27. d6
exd6 28. Rf3 Rf8 29. g4 Ng7 30. Rf6 Ne6 31. Bxe6 Kg7 32. g5 fxe6 33. Rxe6 Rf5
34. Rxd6 Rxg5+ 35. Kf2 b5 36. axb5 Rxb5 37. Rd2 Kf6 38. Kf3 Kf5 39. Ke3 g5 40.
Kf3 a4 41. Kg2 Rb4 42. Kg3 Rb3+ 43. Kg2 Ke4 44. Rc2 Kd3 45. Rf2 Rb4 46. Kg3 Rf4
47. Rh2 Kc4 48. Rh5 Rf5 49. Kg4 Rb5 50. Rh2 Kb3 51. Rd2 Rc5 52. Kh5 Rc2 53. Rd8
Rxb2 54. Kxg5 a3 0-1

[Event "Kazakhstan Chess Cup 2023"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2023.04.29"]
[Round "8.15"]
[White "Kozganbay, Erkin"]
[Black "Suleymenov, Alisher"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2316"]
[BlackElo "2434"]
[ECO "A34"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "symmetrical, three knights system"]
[WhiteFideId "13703773"]
[BlackFideId "13707833"]
[EventDate "2023.04.23"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. g3 Nc6 6. Bg2 g6 7. Nxd5 Qxd5 8.
O-O Bg7 9. d3 O-O 10. Be3 Bd7 11. Nd4 Qd6 12. Nxc6 Bxc6 13. Bxc6 Qxc6 14. Rc1
Qe6 15. Rxc5 Qxa2 16. Rb5 b6 17. Qb3 Qxb3 18. Rxb3 Rfc8 19. Ra1 f5 20. Kf1 Kf7
21. Ra2 Be5 22. Rba3 Bd6 23. Rxa7 Rxa7 24. Rxa7 b5 25. b4 Ke6 26. Rb7 Rb8 27.
Rxb8 Bxb8 28. Bc5 g5 29. e3 g4 30. f4 gxf3 31. Kf2 Be5 32. Kxf3 h5 33. e4 Bf6
34. Kf4 fxe4 35. Kxe4 Bg5 36. Be3 Bf6 37. d4 Kd6 38. Bf4+ Kc6 39. h4 e6 40. g4
hxg4 41. h5 Kd7 42. d5 exd5+ 43. Kxd5 Ke7 44. Ke4 Kd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Kazakhstan Chess Cup 2023"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2023.04.30"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Sargsyan, Shant"]
[Black "Ansat, Aldiyar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2317"]
[ECO "A34"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "symmetrical, three knights system"]
[WhiteFideId "13306766"]
[BlackFideId "13715658"]
[EventDate "2023.04.23"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. d4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 g6 7. e3 Bg7 8.
Bb5+ Bd7 9. Be2 O-O 10. O-O Qc7 11. e4 cxd4 12. cxd4 Bg4 13. Be3 Rd8 14. Rc1 Nc6
15. d5 Qb8 16. Qc2 Nb4 17. Qd2 Bxf3 18. Bxf3 Nc6 19. Rfd1 e6 20. g3 exd5 21.
exd5 Ne5 22. Bg2 Qd6 23. Bc5 Qd7 24. h3 b5 25. d6 Rac8 26. Qa5 Nc4 27. Qxa7 Qxa7
28. Bxa7 Rxd6 29. Rxd6 Nxd6 30. Rc6 Bf8 31. Bc5 Rd8 32. Rb6 Nc4 33. Rxb5 Na3 34.
Bxa3 Rd1+ 35. Bf1 Bxa3 36. Kg2 Rc1 37. Bd3 Rc7 38. Rb3 Ra7 39. Bc4 Kg7 40. Rf3
Bb4 41. Bb3 h5 42. a4 Ba5 43. Rd3 Bb4 44. Rd5 Bc3 45. Rb5 Bd2 46. Kf3 Bc3 47. g4
hxg4+ 48. hxg4 Be1 49. Re5 Bc3 50. Re3 Bd2 51. Rd3 Be1 52. Rd4 Bc3 53. Rc4 Be1
54. Bc2 Rb7 55. Ke2 Ba5 56. Rc5 Bb4 57. Rd5 Kf6 58. Bd3 Ra7 59. Bb5 Ke6 60. Rd4
Ba5 61. Kd3 Rc7 62. Bc4+ Ke7 63. Re4+ Kd6 64. f4 Bb6 65. Re5 Ra7 66. Bb3 Bf2 67.
a5 Bg3 68. Rd5+ Ke7 69. Bc4 Bxf4 70. a6 Bg3 71. Ke4 Bf2 72. Rd2 Bg1 73. Rd1 Bc5
74. Rf1 Kf8 75. Kd5 Be3 76. Kc6 Kg7 77. Re1 Bd4 78. Re8 Kf6 79. Re4 Bg1 80. Re1
Bd4 81. Kb5 Rc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Kazakhstan Chess Cup 2023"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2023.04.30"]
[Round "9.2"]
[White "Moiseenko, Alexander"]
[Black "Daneshvar, Bardiya"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2573"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[ECO "D38"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "Ragozin variation"]
[WhiteFideId "14102560"]
[BlackFideId "12576468"]
[EventDate "2023.04.23"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 d5 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 O-O 8. Rc1
dxc4 9. Bxc4 c5 10. O-O cxd4 11. Ne4 Qe7 12. Nxd4 Bd7 13. Be2 Nc6 14. a3 Nxd4
15. Qxd4 Ba5 16. Qc5 Bd8 17. Qxe7 Bxe7 18. Rc7 Rfd8 19. Rxb7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Kazakhstan Chess Cup 2023"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2023.04.30"]
[Round "9.3"]
[White "Nabaty, Tamir"]
[Black "Goganov, Aleksey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[ECO "D45"]
[Opening "QGD semi-Slav"]
[Variation "Stoltz variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2809052"]
[BlackFideId "24109959"]
[EventDate "2023.04.23"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O
dxc4 9. Bxc4 a6 10. Bd2 c5 11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. a4 Qe7 13. e4 Bd6 14. Rad1 Ne5 15.
Nxe5 Bxe5 16. Ne2 Bd7 17. f4 Bd6 18. Kh1 Bc5 19. Rf3 Bc6 20. Bd3 Rad8 21. Nc3
Ng4 22. Rdf1 Qh4 23. h3 Nf2+ 24. Kh2 Nxd3 25. Rxd3 Rxd3 26. Qxd3 Rd8 27. Qe2 h6
28. Rf3 Qe7 29. Be3 Bxe3 30. Qxe3 Qb4 31. f5 exf5 32. Rxf5 Qxb2 33. Nd5 Bxd5 34.
exd5 Qb4 35. a5 Qd6+ 36. Kg1 Rc8 37. Re5 Kf8 38. Qf4 Rd8 39. Qe4 Qc5+ 40. Kh1 g6
41. Qh4 Kg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Kazakhstan Chess Cup 2023"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2023.04.30"]
[Round "9.4"]
[White "Niemann, Hans Moke"]
[Black "Makhnev, Denis"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]
[BlackElo "2483"]
[ECO "E10"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[WhiteFideId "2093596"]
[BlackFideId "13707647"]
[EventDate "2023.04.23"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 a5 6. Qc1 Be7 7. Bg2 c6 8. O-O
Nbd7 9. Rd1 O-O 10. Bf4 h6 11. Qc2 b6 12. Nbd2 Ba6 13. Rac1 g5 14. Be3 Ng4 15.
Qb3 b5 16. c5 b4 17. Re1 Nxe3 18. Qxe3 g4 19. Qxh6 gxf3 20. Nxf3 Bf6 21. e4 Bg7
22. Qd2 Nf6 23. exd5 exd5 24. Ne5 Qc7 25. Re3 Nd7 26. Ng4 f5 27. Ne5 Nxe5 28.
dxe5 f4 29. gxf4 Rae8 30. Rf3 Qf7 31. Kh1 Bc8 32. Rg1 Re7 33. Bf1 Qh5 34. Rfg3
Qh4 35. Rf3 Bg4 36. Rfg3 Be6 37. Rf3 d4 38. Qxd4 Rd7 39. Qe4 Qh7 40. Qxc6 Qf5
41. Bh3 Bd5 42. Qxd5+ Rxd5 43. Bxf5 Rxf5 44. e6 Rxc5 45. e7 Rc8 46. Rd3 1-0

[Event "Kazakhstan Chess Cup 2023"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2023.04.30"]
[Round "9.5"]
[White "Nikitenko, Mihail"]
[Black "Rakhmanov, Aleksandr"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2522"]
[BlackElo "2632"]
[ECO "B01"]
[Opening "Scandinavian (centre counter) defence"]
[WhiteFideId "13506862"]
[BlackFideId "4173708"]
[EventDate "2023.04.23"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 c6 3. dxc6 Nxc6 4. Nf3 e5 5. Nc3 Bc5 6. Bb5 Ne7 7. Nxe5 Bxf2+
8. Kxf2 Qd4+ 9. Kf1 Qxe5 10. Qe2 Qd6 11. Ne4 Qg6 12. Bxc6+ Nxc6 13. Ng5+ Be6 14.
d3 O-O 15. Qf2 Rac8 16. a3 Rfd8 17. Nf3 Rd5 18. Bd2 Ne5 19. Bc3 Ng4 20. Qxa7 Rf5
21. Re1 Bd5 22. Ke2 Qh6 23. h3 Nf6 24. Rhf1 Nh5 25. Kd1 Qd6 26. Qd4 f6 27. Nd2
Rf4 28. Ne4 Qc6 29. Rxf4 Nxf4 30. g3 Nxh3 31. Kc1 h6 32. Nxf6+ gxf6 33. Qh4 Re8
34. Qxh3 Rxe1+ 35. Bxe1 Qe8 36. Qg4+ Kh7 37. Bd2 Qe5 38. c4 Be6 39. Qf4 Bf5 40.
Kc2 h5 41. Qxe5 fxe5 42. b4 Kg6 43. b5 Kf7 44. Kc3 Ke6 45. a4 Bh3 46. Bh6 Bg2
47. Bg7 Kd6 48. a5 Bf3 49. Kb4 Be2 50. Kc3 Bf3 51. Bf8+ Kd7 52. Bc5 Be2 53. Ba7
Bf1 54. Bb8 Ke6 55. Bc7 Bg2 56. c5 e4 57. dxe4 Kd7 58. Bf4 Bxe4 59. c6+ Kc8 60.
cxb7+ Kxb7 61. Kb4 Bd3 62. a6+ Kb6 63. Be3+ Kc7 64. Ka5 Kd7 65. Bf4 Be2 66. b6 1-0

[Event "Kazakhstan Chess Cup 2023"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2023.04.30"]
[Round "9.6"]
[White "Ter-Sahakyan, Samvel"]
[Black "Matinian, Nikita"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2613"]
[BlackElo "2407"]
[ECO "B45"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Taimanov variation"]
[WhiteFideId "13302531"]
[BlackFideId "24129100"]
[EventDate "2023.04.23"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. e5 Nd5 8.
Ne4 Bb7 9. c4 Nb4 10. c5 Qb8 11. f4 Ba6 12. a3 Bxf1 13. Rxf1 Nd5 14. Rf3 Be7 15.
Qc2 a5 16. Bd2 a4 17. O-O-O Qb5 18. f5 exf5 19. Rxf5 Rb8 20. Rf3 O-O 21. Rh3 g6
22. Bh6 Rfe8 23. Rf3 Bf8 24. Bxf8 Rxf8 25. Rd4 Qa5 26. Qxa4 Qxa4 27. Rxa4 Rfe8
28. Rd4 Rxe5 29. b4 Ra8 30. Nc3 Ne3 31. Kb2 Nxg2 32. Rxd7 f5 33. Kb3 Ne3 34. a4
g5 35. Rh3 f4 36. Rdxh7 g4 37. Rh8+ Kg7 38. R3h7+ Kg6 39. Rh6+ Kg7 40. R8h7+ Kg8
41. Rd7 f3 42. Rg6+ Kh8 43. Rh6+ Kg8 44. Rg6+ Kh8 45. Rh6+ Kg8 46. Rd2 Rf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Kazakhstan Chess Cup 2023"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2023.04.30"]
[Round "9.7"]
[White "Kovalev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Isanzhulov, Arystan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2612"]
[BlackElo "2320"]
[ECO "B74"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "dragon, classical, 9.Nb3"]
[WhiteFideId "13504398"]
[BlackFideId "13711644"]
[EventDate "2023.04.23"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Nb3 O-O 8.
Be2 d6 9. O-O b6 10. Qd2 Bb7 11. Rad1 Ne5 12. f3 Qc8 13. Qc1 Rd8 14. Rfe1 Ba6
15. Bd4 Bxe2 16. Rxe2 Qc4 17. Bxe5 dxe5 18. Rxd8+ Rxd8 19. Rd2 Rc8 20. Qf1 Qxf1+
21. Kxf1 Bh6 22. Rd3 e6 23. Ke2 Bf8 24. Kd1 Be7 25. Nd2 a6 26. a4 Kf8 27. b3 Rc7
28. Na2 Ke8 29. Rc3 Kd8 30. Rxc7 Kxc7 31. Nc1 Nd7 32. Nd3 f6 33. b4 g5 34. c3 h5
35. h3 Nf8 36. g4 h4 37. Nb3 Kc6 38. c4 Nd7 39. Kc2 Kc7 40. Kc3 Nb8 41. b5 axb5
42. cxb5 Bd8 43. Nb4 Kb7 44. Kc4 Bc7 45. Nc1 Bd6 46. Ncd3 Be7 47. Nc2 Nd7 48.
Kb3 Bc5 49. Ncb4 Bg1 50. Nc6 Kc7 51. Kc4 Be3 52. Ncb4 Bd2 53. Nc2 Kd6 54. Na1
Kc7 55. Nb3 Be3 56. Kc3 Bg1 57. Kb4 Be3 58. a5 bxa5+ 59. Kxa5 f5 60. Kb4 Nf6 61.
Nbc5 fxg4 62. fxg4 Nxg4 63. Nxe6+ Kd6 64. b6 Kxe6 65. b7 Ba7 66. hxg4 Kd6 67.
Nf2 Kc7 68. Nh3 Be3 69. Kc4 Kxb7 70. Kd5 Bf4 71. Nxf4 exf4 72. e5 Kc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Kazakhstan Chess Cup 2023"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2023.04.30"]
[Round "9.8"]
[White "Madaminov, Mukhiddin"]
[Black "Rasulov, Vugar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2436"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[ECO "D00"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn"]
[Variation "Chigorin variation"]
[WhiteFideId "14210703"]
[BlackFideId "13402390"]
[EventDate "2023.04.23"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nc3 e6 3. Bf4 Bb4 4. e3 Nf6 5. Ne2 O-O 6. a3 Bd6 7. Ng1 c5 8. Nf3
Bxf4 9. exf4 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Nc6 11. Qd2 Bd7 12. O-O-O Rc8 13. f3 a6 14. g4 Ne8
15. f5 Nxd4 16. Qxd4 Qf6 17. f4 Bc6 18. g5 Qxd4 19. Rxd4 Nc7 20. Bh3 exf5 21.
Bxf5 Rce8 22. h4 Re3 23. Kd2 Rfe8 24. h5 Rg3 25. Rh2 g6 26. hxg6 hxg6 27. Bh3
Rf3 28. a4 Kg7 29. Bg4 Rg3 30. Rh4 a5 31. b3 b6 32. Ne2 Rg2 33. Rd3 d4 34. Rdh3
Re3 35. Rxe3 dxe3+ 36. Kxe3 Nd5+ 37. Kd4 Rf2 38. Ke5 Bb7 39. c4 Ne3 40. Nd4 Ng2
41. Rh3 Rxf4 42. Bf3 Bxf3 43. Nxf3 Rf5+ 44. Kd6 Nf4 45. Rg3 Ne6 46. Ne5 Nxg5 47.
Re3 Rf6+ 48. Kd5 Re6 49. Rg3 Nh7 50. Rf3 Nf6+ 51. Kd4 Rd6+ 52. Ke3 Kf8 53. Rh3
Ke7 54. Rh8 Nd7 55. Nd3 g5 56. b4 axb4 57. Nxb4 Nf6 58. Ra8 Re6+ 59. Kf3 g4+ 60.
Kf4 Re4+ 61. Kf5 Rxc4 62. Ra7+ Kf8 63. Nd3 Ne8 64. Ne5 Nd6+ 65. Kg5 g3 66. Nxc4
g2 67. Nxd6 g1=Q+ 68. Kf5 Qg6+ 0-1

[Event "Kazakhstan Chess Cup 2023"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2023.04.30"]
[Round "9.9"]
[White "Sethuraman, S.P."]
[Black "Nugumanov, Bakhtiyar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2639"]
[BlackElo "2316"]
[ECO "B12"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "advance variation"]
[WhiteFideId "5021596"]
[BlackFideId "13701797"]
[EventDate "2023.04.23"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. Nf3 cxd4 5. Qxd4 Nc6 6. Qf4 e6 7. Nc3 h6 8. h4 a6
9. h5 Nb4 10. Bd3 Bd7 11. O-O Nxd3 12. cxd3 Ne7 13. Ne2 Nf5 14. Ng3 Nxg3 15.
Qxg3 Qa5 16. Be3 O-O-O 17. Qf4 Qb4 18. Qxf7 Kb8 19. a3 Qe7 20. Qf4 Rc8 21. Rfc1
Qd8 22. Qd4 b6 23. Rxc8+ Bxc8 24. Qxb6+ Qxb6 25. Bxb6 Kb7 26. Ba5 Be7 27. Rc1
Bd8 28. Bxd8 Rxd8 29. Nd4 Bd7 30. b4 g6 31. hxg6 Rg8 32. f4 1-0

[Event "Kazakhstan Chess Cup 2023"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2023.04.30"]
[Round "9.10"]
[White "Radzhabov, Rodion"]
[Black "Lysyj, Igor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2308"]
[BlackElo "2606"]
[ECO "A13"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[WhiteFideId "884715"]
[BlackFideId "4150120"]
[EventDate "2023.04.23"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 d5 4. e3 dxc4 5. Bxc4 a6 6. a4 c5 7. d4 Nc6 8. O-O
Be7 9. Ne5 cxd4 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. exd4 O-O 12. a5 Bb7 13. Be3 Qc7 14. Na4 Qxa5
15. Nc5 Qb6 16. Ra3 Bc8 17. Rb3 Qc7 18. Qf3 Bd6 19. h3 a5 20. Bg5 Nd5 21. Rc1
Rb8 22. Bd2 Qd8 23. Bd3 Rxb3 24. Nxb3 Bb4 25. Qe4 f5 26. Qe5 Bxd2 27. Nxd2 Qg5
28. Qe1 Nf4 29. Bf1 Nxh3+ 30. Kh2 Nf4 31. g3 Rf6 32. gxf4 Qxf4+ 33. Kg1 Rg6+ 34.
Bg2 Qg5 35. Qf1 Qxd2 36. Rxc6 Bb7 37. Qb5 0-1

[Event "Kazakhstan Chess Cup 2023"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2023.04.30"]
[Round "9.11"]
[White "Kassimov, Baurzhan"]
[Black "Gareyev, Timur"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2285"]
[BlackElo "2602"]
[ECO "B31"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Nimzovich-Rossolimo attack (with ...g6, without ...d6)"]
[WhiteFideId "13704800"]
[BlackFideId "14200937"]
[EventDate "2023.04.23"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 bxc6 5. O-O Bg7 6. Re1 Nh6 7. h3 O-O 8. c3
d6 9. d4 Qb6 10. b3 a5 11. Be3 cxd4 12. Nxd4 c5 13. Qd2 cxd4 14. Bxh6 Bxh6 15.
Qxh6 a4 16. b4 Be6 17. a3 Rfc8 18. Qd2 Bb3 19. Qxd4 Qxd4 20. cxd4 Rc2 21. Rd1
Re2 22. Rc1 Rxe4 23. Nd2 Rxd4 24. Nxb3 axb3 25. Rcb1 Rd3 26. a4 Kf8 27. a5 Rd5
28. Rxb3 Rb5 29. Kf1 Ke8 30. Ra4 Kd7 31. Rc3 Rab8 32. Rb3 R8b7 33. Ke2 e5 34.
Kd3 f5 35. Rb2 Rc7 36. a6 Ra7 37. Rc2 Rb6 38. Rca2 Kc6 39. Kc4 d5+ 40. Kb3 Kd6
41. Ra5 d4 42. b5 Kd5 43. Kb4 e4 44. R5a3 Rb8 45. Rc2 d3 46. Rc5+ Kd4 47. Rc6
Rd8 48. Ra2 f4 49. b6 Rad7 50. b7 e3 51. Rc8 e2 52. Ra1 d2 53. b8=Q e1=Q 54.
Qxf4+ Kd5 55. Qc4+ Ke5 56. f4+ Kf6 0-1

[Event "Kazakhstan Chess Cup 2023"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2023.04.30"]
[Round "9.12"]
[White "Agmanov, Zhandos"]
[Black "Kozganbay, Erkin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2446"]
[BlackElo "2316"]
[ECO "A40"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn"]
[WhiteFideId "13708309"]
[BlackFideId "13703773"]
[EventDate "2023.04.23"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 exd5 4. cxd5 d6 5. Nc3 g6 6. e4 Bg7 7. f4 Bxc3+ 8. bxc3
Nf6 9. e5 dxe5 10. fxe5 Nxd5 11. Bb5+ Bd7 12. Qxd5 Bxb5 13. Qxd8+ Kxd8 14. Bg5+
Kc7 15. Nf3 Bc4 16. Nd2 Bd5 17. O-O Nc6 18. Bf6 Rhe8 19. c4 Be6 20. Ne4 Bxc4 21.
Rfc1 Bd5 22. Nxc5 b6 23. Rd1 Nb4 24. a3 bxc5 25. axb4 Bb3 26. Rd6 cxb4 27. Rc1+
Kb7 28. Rb1 Be6 29. Rxb4+ Kc7 30. Rd1 Rec8 31. Be7 a5 32. Bd6+ Kc6 33. Rc1+ Kd5
34. Rd1+ Kc6 35. Rc1+ Kd7 36. Rb7+ Kd8 37. Rd1 Rc6 38. Re7 a4 39. Ba3+ Kc8 40.
Rd4 Rc4 41. Rxc4+ Bxc4 42. Kf2 Ra6 43. g4 Be6 44. g5 Rc6 45. Ra7 Rc2+ 46. Kg1
Bb3 47. Bd6 Rc4 48. Kf2 Rg4 49. Rc7+ Kd8 50. Ra7 Rc4 51. Kg3 Rc2 52. Be7+ Kc8
53. Bd6 Rc3+ 54. Kg2 Rc6 55. Kf3 Rb6 56. Rc7+ Kd8 57. Ra7 Rc6 58. Be7+ Kc8 59.
Bd6 Rc2 60. Kg3 Ra2 61. Rc7+ Kd8 62. Ra7 Bd5 63. Kh3 Bb3 64. Kg3 Ra1 65. Kg2 Rd1
66. Kf2 Rh1 67. Kg2 Bd5+ 68. Kh3 Rg1 69. Kh4 Ra1 70. Kg3 Be6 71. Kf2 Bc4 72. Kg2
Be6 73. Kf2 Bd5 74. Kg3 Rg1+ 75. Kh4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Kazakhstan Chess Cup 2023"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2023.04.30"]
[Round "9.13"]
[White "Khusenkhojaev, Mustafokhuja"]
[Black "Utegaliyev, Azamat"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2279"]
[BlackElo "2446"]
[ECO "A62"]
[Opening "Benoni"]
[Variation "fianchetto variation"]
[WhiteFideId "14700727"]
[BlackFideId "13702467"]
[EventDate "2023.04.23"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nc3 g6 7. Bg2 Bg7 8. Nf3
O-O 9. O-O Re8 10. Bf4 a6 11. a4 Nh5 12. Bg5 Qc7 13. Qd2 Nd7 14. e4 Rb8 15. a5
b5 16. axb6 Nxb6 17. Qc2 h6 18. Bc1 Nf6 19. h3 Nfd7 20. Rd1 Ne5 21. Nxe5 Rxe5
22. Bf1 Qd7 23. Bf4 Re8 24. h4 Ra8 25. Ra2 Qe7 26. Rda1 g5 27. hxg5 hxg5 28. Be3
Rb8 29. Be2 f5 30. exf5 Bd4 31. Bh5 Rf8 32. Bxd4 cxd4 33. Ne2 Bxf5 34. Qd2 d3
35. Nd4 Be4 36. Re1 Qh7 37. Qxg5+ Kh8 38. f3 d2 39. Rd1 Bxd5 40. Bg6 1-0

[Event "Kazakhstan Chess Cup 2023"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2023.04.30"]
[Round "9.14"]
[White "Suleymenov, Alisher"]
[Black "Moldagali, Beksultan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2434"]
[BlackElo "1935"]
[ECO "E04"]
[Opening "Catalan"]
[Variation "open, 5.Nf3"]
[WhiteFideId "13707833"]
[BlackFideId "13734768"]
[EventDate "2023.04.23"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 Nc6 6. Qa4 Bb4+ 7. Bd2 Nd5 8.
Bxb4 Nxb4 9. Nc3 Bd7 10. O-O a6 11. Ne5 b5 12. Qa3 Rb8 13. Nxc6 Nxc6 14. d5 exd5
15. Nxd5 Ne7 16. Qe3 c6 17. Nb4 Qb6 18. Qe5 f6 19. Qh5+ g6 20. Qh6 Kf7 21. Rad1
Be6 22. Qf4 Rbd8 23. e4 Rxd1 24. Rxd1 Rd8 25. Rxd8 Qxd8 26. h4 Qd1+ 27. Kh2 Qe1
28. Nxa6 c3 29. bxc3 Qxc3 30. Qb8 Qe5 31. Qd8 Bxa2 32. f4 Qe6 33. Nc5 Qc8 34.
Qd2 Be6 35. e5 Bd5 36. exf6 Kxf6 37. Bh3 Qa8 38. Qc3+ Kf7 39. Kg1 Qa7 40. h5 Qa2
41. Nd7 Qb1+ 42. Kf2 Qa2+ 43. Ke1 Qb1+ 44. Kd2 Kg8 45. h6 Qa2+ 46. Ke1 Qb1+ 47.
Kf2 Qa2+ 48. Kg1 Nf5 49. Nf6+ Kf7 50. Nxd5 Qxd5 51. Bxf5 Qxf5 52. Qg7+ Ke6 53.
Qxh7 Qb1+ 54. Kf2 Qc2+ 55. Ke3 Qc3+ 56. Ke2 Qc2+ 57. Kf1 Qd1+ 58. Kf2 Qd2+ 59.
Kf3 Qd3+ 60. Kf2 Qd2+ 61. Kg1 Qe1+ 62. Kh2 Qe2+ 63. Kh3 Qh5+ 64. Kg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Kazakhstan Chess Cup 2023"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2023.04.30"]
[Round "9.15"]
[White "Sivuk, Vitaly"]
[Black "Zhukenov, Aituar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2533"]
[BlackElo "2178"]
[ECO "D30"]
[Opening "Queen's gambit declined"]
[WhiteFideId "14116502"]
[BlackFideId "13719513"]
[EventDate "2023.04.23"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 a6 4. e3 Nf6 5. b3 c5 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Bb2 Nc6 8. Nbd2
cxd4 9. Nxd4 Bd6 10. Be2 O-O 11. O-O Qe7 12. N2f3 Ne4 13. Rc1 Bd7 14. Nxc6 bxc6
15. Qd4 f6 16. Bd3 Rfe8 17. Bxe4 Qxe4 18. Qxe4 Rxe4 19. Bd4 a5 20. Bc5 Bc7 21.
Nd4 Ree8 22. Rc3 g5 23. Rfc1 Be5 24. f3 h5 25. g3 h4 26. g4 h3 27. R3c2 Kf7 28.
Rf2 Rg8 29. Kf1 Rgb8 30. Rd2 Re8 31. Re2 Bc8 32. Ke1 Bd7 33. Kd2 Kg6 34. Rf2 Bc7
35. Kd3 Rxe3+ 36. Kxe3 Bf4+ 37. Kd3 Bxc1 38. Ne2 Bb2 39. Nd4 Bc1 40. Ne2 Bb2 41.
Nd4 Bxd4 42. Kxd4 a4 43. Re2 axb3 44. axb3 Re8 45. Rxe8 Bxe8 46. b4 Bd7 47. Ke3
Bc8 48. Kf2 Ba6 49. Kg3 Bf1 50. f4 gxf4+ 51. Kxf4 Kf7 52. Bd4 Ke6 1/2-1/2

