[Event "Gelfand Challenge 2021"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.06.10"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Yip, Carissa"]
[Black "Keymer, Vincent"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2591"]
[ECO "A07"]
[Opening "Reti"]
[Variation "King's Indian attack (Barcza system)"]
[WhiteFideId "2090732"]
[BlackFideId "12940690"]
[EventDate "2021.06.10"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Bg4 4. c4 e6 5. O-O Nd7 6. cxd5 exd5 7. d3 Bc5 8. h3
Bh5 9. Qc2 Ne7 10. e4 O-O 11. Nc3 Bb6 12. Bg5 f6 13. Bd2 Bf7 14. Rfe1 Rc8 15. d4
dxe4 16. Nxe4 Bc7 17. Bb4 Re8 18. Nd6 Bxd6 19. Bxd6 Nb6 20. Bc5 Qd7 21. Nd2 Nf5
22. Be4 Bg6 23. Rad1 Nd5 24. Nc4 b6 25. Ba3 b5 26. h4 Rxe4 27. Qxe4 Nfe3 28. Qf3
Nxc4 0-1

[Event "Gelfand Challenge 2021"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.06.10"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Nihal, Sarin"]
[Black "Abdusattorov, Nodirbek"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2634"]
[ECO "B12"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "advance variation"]
[WhiteFideId "25092340"]
[BlackFideId "14204118"]
[EventDate "2021.06.10"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. g4 Be4 5. f3 Bg6 6. e6 Qd6 7. exf7+ Bxf7 8. Nc3
Nd7 9. f4 g5 10. fxg5 O-O-O 11. Be3 Bg7 12. Qd2 e5 13. O-O-O Ne7 14. Nf3 Rhf8
15. Bh3 Ng6 16. Rhf1 Be6 17. Rde1 e4 18. Ng1 Nb6 19. b3 Nd7 20. Rf5 Nh4 21. Ref1
a6 22. Kb1 Ng6 23. R1f2 Nh4 24. Bf4 Qe7 25. Be3 Qd6 26. Bf4 Qe7 27. Bg3 Bxf5 28.
gxf5 e3 29. Nxd5 cxd5 30. Qa5 Be5 31. Bxe5 Qxe5 32. dxe5 exf2 33. Nf3 Rxf5 34.
Nxh4 f1=Q+ 35. Bxf1 Rxf1+ 36. Kb2 Re8 37. Qxd5 Nxe5 38. g6 hxg6 39. Nxg6 Re1 40.
Nf4 Nc6 41. h4 Rd8 42. Qf5+ Kb8 43. Ne6 Rdd1 44. Qf4+ Ka7 45. Qf2+ Kb8 46. Nc5
Nd4 47. Qf7 Rb1+ 48. Kc3 Nb5+ 49. Kb4 Nd6 50. Qd7 Rbd1 51. Qd8+ Ka7 52. Nd7 Re8
53. Qb6+ Ka8 54. Qf2 Nc8 55. Nc5 Rd5 56. c4 Rde5 57. h5 Rh8 58. h6 Rxh6 59. Qf4
Rb6+ 60. Ka3 Rxc5 61. Qf8 Rbc6 62. Qf4 Na7 63. Qf8+ Rc8 64. Qd6 Ra5+ 65. Kb2 Nc6
66. Qe6 Rh8 67. Qe2 Rah5 68. Qe3 Rh2+ 69. Ka3 Rg2 70. Qf3 Rhh2 71. Qf8+ Nb8 0-1

[Event "Gelfand Challenge 2021"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.06.10"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Zhu, Jiner"]
[Black "Murzin, Volodar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "WGM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2462"]
[BlackElo "2502"]
[ECO "B12"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "Tartakower (fantasy) variation"]
[WhiteFideId "8608059"]
[BlackFideId "44155573"]
[EventDate "2021.06.10"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. f3 dxe4 4. fxe4 e5 5. Nf3 Be6 6. c3 Nd7 7. Bd3 Bd6 8. O-O
h6 9. Na3 Ngf6 10. Nc4 Qc7 11. Kh1 Rd8 12. Nxd6+ Qxd6 13. Qe1 g5 14. Bc2 Qe7 15.
b3 Rg8 16. a4 c5 17. d5 Bg4 18. Nd2 Bh5 19. Nc4 Bg6 20. Ba3 b6 21. b4 Rc8 22.
Rb1 Nxd5 23. bxc5 Nxc5 24. Nxe5 Nf4 25. Nxg6 Rxg6 26. g3 Nfd3 27. Bxd3 Nxd3 28.
Bxe7 Nxe1 29. Bf6 Nc2 30. e5 Ne3 31. Rf3 Nd5 32. Rd1 Nxf6 33. exf6 Rc6 34. Rdf1
Kd7 35. Kg2 Rd6 36. g4 Kc6 37. Rf5 Re6 38. R1f3 Rg8 39. Kg3 Rge8 40. h4 Re5 41.
hxg5 hxg5 42. Rf2 R8e6 43. Rf1 Kc5 44. Rh1 Kd5 45. Rh7 Rxf5 46. gxf5 Rxf6 47.
Kg4 Ke5 48. Kxg5 Rxf5+ 49. Kg4 Rf4+ 50. Kg3 Rf5 51. Rh4 Kd6 52. Rd4+ Rd5 53. Rf4
f5 54. Kf2 Ke5 55. Rh4 Rc5 56. Rh7 Ra5 57. Rh4 Kf6 58. Rd4 Ke6 59. Kf3 Rc5 60.
Rd3 Rc4 61. Re3+ Kf6 62. a5 bxa5 63. Ke2 Re4 0-1

[Event "Gelfand Challenge 2021"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.06.10"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Mendonca, Leon Luke"]
[Black "Khademalsharieh, Sarasadat"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2549"]
[BlackElo "2494"]
[ECO "D37"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "4.Nf3"]
[WhiteFideId "35028561"]
[BlackFideId "12512214"]
[EventDate "2021.06.10"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 a6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 Be6 7. e3 Nbd7 8. Bd3
Bd6 9. O-O c6 10. Bf4 Qb8 11. Bxd6 Qxd6 12. h3 O-O 13. Qb3 Rab8 14. a4 a5 15.
Qc2 h6 16. Rfc1 Rfc8 17. Ne2 Rc7 18. Nf4 Rbc8 19. Qd2 b6 20. b3 Ne4 21. Qb2 c5
22. Nxe6 Qxe6 23. dxc5 bxc5 24. Bb5 Nb6 25. Rc2 c4 26. Rac1 Nc5 27. Nd4 Qf6 28.
Qa3 Nd3 29. Rb1 Nb4 30. Rc3 Nd7 31. bxc4 dxc4 32. Bxd7 Rxd7 33. Rbc1 Rdc7 34.
Qa1 Rc5 35. Qb1 h5 36. Qe4 g6 37. g3 Na2 38. R1c2 Nxc3 39. Rxc3 Kg7 40. Kg2 Rb8
41. Rc2 Rb4 42. Kh2 Rxa4 43. Ne2 Rb4 44. Nf4 Qf5 45. Qd4+ Kh7 46. e4 Qe5 47. Qe3
Rb3 48. Qe2 Rb4 49. Qf3 Kg7 50. Nd5 Rb2 51. Rc3 a4 52. Qe3 Rxd5 53. exd5 Qxe3
54. Rxe3 Rxf2+ 55. Kg1 Rd2 56. Ra3 Rxd5 57. Rxa4 Rc5 58. Ra2 c3 59. Rc2 Kf6 60.
Kf2 Ke5 61. Ke3 Kd5 62. Kd3 Rc4 63. Ke2 Ke4 64. Kd1 Kf3 65. Ra2 Kxg3 66. Ra7 Rf4
67. Rc7 Kxh3 68. Rxc3+ Kg2 69. Rc2+ Rf2 0-1

[Event "Gelfand Challenge 2021"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.06.10"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Praggnanandhaa, R"]
[Black "Liang, Awonder"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2608"]
[BlackElo "2592"]
[ECO "E46"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian"]
[Variation "4.e3 O-O"]
[WhiteFideId "25059530"]
[BlackFideId "2056437"]
[EventDate "2021.06.10"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd2 b6 6. Nf3 Bb7 7. Bd3 d5 8. cxd5
exd5 9. Rc1 a6 10. O-O Bd6 11. Ne5 c5 12. f4 Nc6 13. Be1 cxd4 14. Nxc6 Bxc6 15.
Ne2 Bb5 16. Nxd4 Bxd3 17. Qxd3 Ne4 18. Nf5 g6 19. Nh6+ Kg7 20. Qxd5 Qe7 21. Ng4
Rad8 22. Rc4 Rfe8 23. Rxe4 Qxe4 24. Bc3+ Kf8 25. Qg5 Qf5 26. Qh6+ Ke7 27. Bf6+
Kd7 28. Ne5+ Bxe5 29. fxe5 Qe4 30. Bxd8 Kxd8 31. Rxf7 Qxe5 32. Qh4+ g5 33. Qd4+
Qxd4 34. exd4 Re2 35. Rxh7 Rxb2 36. a3 Ra2 37. Rg7 Rxa3 38. Rxg5 b5 39. h4 b4
40. Rg8+ Kc7 41. d5 Ra5 42. Rg5 Rb5 43. h5 b3 44. Rg7+ Kd6 45. Rg6+ Kxd5 46.
Rg5+ Ke6 47. Rg6+ Kf7 48. Rxa6 b2 49. Ra7+ Kg8 0-1

[Event "Gelfand Challenge 2021"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.06.10"]
[Round "1.6"]
[White "Bjerre, Jonas Buhl"]
[Black "Salimova, Nurgyul"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2542"]
[BlackElo "2395"]
[ECO "B12"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "advance variation"]
[WhiteFideId "1444948"]
[BlackFideId "2915138"]
[EventDate "2021.06.10"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nd2 e6 5. Nb3 c5 6. dxc5 Bxc5 7. Bb5+ Nc6 8. a4
Be7 9. Nd4 Qc7 10. Nxf5 exf5 11. Nf3 O-O-O 12. O-O d4 13. Qd3 g6 14. Qc4 f6 15.
e6 Bd6 16. Bxc6 Qxc6 17. Qxc6+ bxc6 18. Nxd4 Ne7 19. c3 Rhe8 20. Re1 a6 21. a5
Kc7 22. Ra4 Be5 23. Rc4 Rd5 24. Nb3 Nc8 25. f4 Bd6 26. Nd4 Bc5 27. Be3 Nd6 28.
Nb5+ cxb5 29. Rxc5+ Rxc5 30. Bxc5 Ne4 31. Bb6+ Kc6 32. Rd1 Nd6 33. b3 Rxe6 34.
Kf2 g5 35. fxg5 fxg5 36. Kf3 h5 37. Rd2 g4+ 38. Kf4 h4 39. h3 gxh3 40. gxh3 Re4+
41. Kg5 Re8 42. Rd4 Rg8+ 43. Kf6 Rg3 44. Ke6 Re3+ 45. Kf6 Rxh3 46. c4 bxc4 47.
bxc4 Rc3 48. c5 Ne4+ 49. Kxf5 Nxc5 50. Rxh4 Nd7 51. Bd8 Rc5+ 52. Kf4 Rc4+ 53.
Ke3 Rxh4 54. Bxh4 Kb5 55. Bd8 Ne5 56. Kd2 Nc6 57. Bc7 Nxa5 58. Bxa5 Kxa5 59. Kc3
Ka4 60. Kb2 a5 61. Ka2 Kb4 62. Kb2 a4 63. Ka2 a3 64. Ka1 Kb3 65. Kb1 a2+ 66. Ka1
Ka3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gelfand Challenge 2021"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.06.10"]
[Round "1.7"]
[White "Lei, Tingjie"]
[Black "Badelka, Olga"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2418"]
[ECO "B69"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Richter-Rauzer, Rauzer attack, 7...a6 defence, 11.Bxf6"]
[WhiteFideId "8605114"]
[BlackFideId "13509926"]
[EventDate "2021.06.10"]

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 Qb6 13. f5 O-O-O 14. Bd3
Kb8 15. Rhf1 Rc8 16. Ne2 Ne5 17. Ned4 Nxf3 18. Nxf3 e5 19. Rc1 Bc6 20. Qe2 d5
21. exd5 Bxd5 22. Nd2 Rhd8 23. Be4 Bxa2+ 24. Kxa2 Qa5+ 25. Kb1 Rxd2 26. Qe3 Rd4
27. c3 Ra4 28. Rfd1 Bc5 29. Qd3 Bb6 30. Qd6+ Bc7 31. Qc6 Ra1+ 32. Kc2 Qa4+ 33.
b3 Rxc1+ 34. Kxc1 Qa1+ 35. Kd2 Rd8+ 36. Ke3 1-0

[Event "Gelfand Challenge 2021"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.06.10"]
[Round "1.8"]
[White "Abdumalik, Zhansaya"]
[Black "Gukesh, D"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2472"]
[BlackElo "2578"]
[ECO "B12"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "advance variation"]
[WhiteFideId "13703544"]
[BlackFideId "46616543"]
[EventDate "2021.06.10"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nd2 e6 5. Nb3 Nd7 6. Nf3 Ne7 7. c3 Nc8 8. Bd3
Bxd3 9. Qxd3 Be7 10. h4 h6 11. Bf4 Ncb6 12. a4 Nc4 13. Qc2 a5 14. Nbd2 b5 15. b3
Nxd2 16. Bxd2 Nb6 17. g3 Qd7 18. O-O O-O 19. Nh2 bxa4 20. bxa4 Nc4 21. Bc1 f5
22. exf6 Bxf6 23. Ng4 Kh8 24. Qg6 Qe8 25. Qxe8 Raxe8 26. Rb1 e5 27. dxe5 Nxe5
28. Nxf6 Rxf6 29. Be3 Nf3+ 30. Kg2 Re4 31. Rb8+ Kh7 32. Ra1 Rc4 33. Ra3 Ne1+ 34.
Kh3 Nc2 35. Rab3 Nxe3 36. fxe3 Rxa4 37. Ra8 h5 38. Rbb8 Rg4 39. Rf8 Rxf8 40.
Rxf8 Rc4 41. Ra8 Rxc3 42. Rxa5 Rxe3 43. Rc5 Re6 44. g4 Kg6 45. gxh5+ Kxh5 46.
Kg3 Rg6+ 47. Kh3 Rf6 48. Kg3 Kg6 49. Kg4 Kf7 50. Ra5 Kg6 51. h5+ Kh6 52. Ra8 g6
53. Rh8+ Kg7 54. Rd8 gxh5+ 55. Kxh5 Kf7 56. Kg5 Ke6 57. Rc8 Ke5 58. Rd8 Rf1 59.
Rc8 Kd6 60. Kg4 Kc5 61. Kg3 d4 62. Kg2 Rf7 0-1

[Event "Gelfand Challenge 2021"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.06.10"]
[Round "1.9"]
[White "Shuvalova, Polina"]
[Black "Yoo, Christopher Woojin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2489"]
[BlackElo "2457"]
[ECO "C03"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "Tarrasch"]
[WhiteFideId "24171760"]
[BlackFideId "30909694"]
[EventDate "2021.06.10"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Be7 4. Bd3 c5 5. dxc5 Nf6 6. exd5 exd5 7. Ngf3 O-O 8.
O-O Bxc5 9. Nb3 Be7 10. h3 Nc6 11. Re1 Re8 12. c3 Ne4 13. c4 Bb4 14. Rf1 dxc4
15. Bxc4 Qf6 16. a3 Bf8 17. Re1 Bf5 18. Nbd2 Rad8 19. Qa4 Nxf2 20. Kxf2 Bc5+ 21.
Kf1 Qd6 22. Rxe8+ Rxe8 23. Qb5 a6 24. Qb3 Qg3 25. Bxf7+ Kh8 26. Ne4 Rxe4 27. Be3
Rxe3 28. Qd5 Re1+ 0-1

[Event "Gelfand Challenge 2021"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.06.10"]
[Round "1.10"]
[White "Mammadzada, Gunay"]
[Black "Saduakassova, Dinara"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2443"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[ECO "E01"]
[Opening "Catalan"]
[Variation "closed"]
[WhiteFideId "13403729"]
[BlackFideId "13700090"]
[EventDate "2021.06.10"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. Qb3
b6 9. Nc3 Bb7 10. Rfd1 Nbd7 11. Rac1 Rc8 12. Bf4 Nh5 13. Bd2 Nhf6 14. Ne5 Nxe5
15. dxe5 Nd7 16. cxd5 cxd5 17. Bf4 g5 18. Be3 Nxe5 19. Nb5 Rxc1 20. Rxc1 Nc4 21.
Nxa7 Nxe3 22. Qxe3 Bc5 23. Qe5 Bd6 24. Qe3 Bc5 25. Qe5 h6 26. a3 Qb8 27. Qxb8
Rxb8 28. b4 Bd6 29. Nb5 Be5 30. e3 Ba6 31. Nd4 Ra8 32. Rc3 Bc4 33. Rxc4 Rxa3 34.
Rc8+ Kg7 35. Bf3 Bxd4 36. exd4 Rxf3 37. Rc6 Rd3 38. Rxb6 Rxd4 39. Kf1 Rd2 40. b5
Rb2 41. Rb8 Kf6 42. b6 h5 43. Kg2 Ke5 44. Kf3 g4+ 45. Ke3 Rb3+ 46. Kd2 Ke4 47.
Kc2 Rb5 48. Rf8 f5 0-1

[Event "Gelfand Challenge 2021"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.06.10"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Keymer, Vincent"]
[Black "Saduakassova, Dinara"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2591"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[ECO "E15"]
[Opening "Queen's Indian"]
[Variation "Nimzovich variation (exaggerated fianchetto)"]
[WhiteFideId "12940690"]
[BlackFideId "13700090"]
[EventDate "2021.06.10"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Bg2 d5 8. cxd5
exd5 9. Nc3 O-O 10. O-O Re8 11. Ne5 Bb7 12. h4 Nbd7 13. Bf4 Nf8 14. e3 c5 15.
Ng4 Rc8 16. dxc5 bxc5 17. Rc1 Ne4 18. Nxe4 dxe4 19. Ne5 Ne6 20. Qc2 Nxf4 21.
exf4 Bf6 22. Rfd1 Qb6 23. Nc4 Qa6 24. Nd6 Bd4 25. Nxc8 Bxc8 26. Bxe4 g6 27. Re1
Qa5 28. Kg2 Bb7 29. f3 Ba6 30. Red1 Kg7 31. Rb1 Qb6 32. Bd3 Bb7 33. Re1 Qc6 34.
Be4 Rxe4 35. Rxe4 Qd6 36. Rbe1 Bxe4 37. Qxe4 Qa6 38. Qe2 Qa3 39. Qc2 Qb4 40. Re2
a5 41. f5 Qb7 42. fxg6 hxg6 43. h5 1-0

[Event "Gelfand Challenge 2021"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.06.10"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Yoo, Christopher Woojin"]
[Black "Mammadzada, Gunay"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2457"]
[BlackElo "2443"]
[ECO "D10"]
[Opening "QGD Slav defence"]
[WhiteFideId "30909694"]
[BlackFideId "13403729"]
[EventDate "2021.06.10"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Bf4 Nc6 6. e3 Bg4 7. Qb3 Na5 8.
Qa4+ Bd7 9. Qc2 e6 10. Nf3 Be7 11. Bd3 Nh5 12. Be5 f6 13. Bg3 f5 14. O-O Rc8 15.
Ne5 O-O 16. Qe2 Be8 17. Rac1 a6 18. Rc2 Bd6 19. Rfc1 Nxg3 20. hxg3 Bxe5 21. dxe5
Nc6 22. Na4 Rb8 23. Nc5 Qe7 24. Nxa6 bxa6 25. Rxc6 Bxc6 26. Rxc6 Rfc8 27. Rxa6
Rc1+ 28. Kh2 Qg5 29. Ra4 Rbc8 30. Rh4 Ra1 31. Qh5 Qxh5 32. Rxh5 Rcc1 33. g4 g6
34. Rg5 Kf7 35. gxf5 exf5 36. g4 h6 37. e6+ Kf6 38. e7 Kxe7 39. Rxg6 Rh1+ 40.
Kg3 Rhg1+ 41. Kf3 fxg4+ 42. Kf4 Rxa2 43. Ke5 Rxb2 44. Bf5 h5 45. Re6+ Kd8 46.
Rh6 Rxf2 47. Kd6 Ke8 48. Be6 Kf8 49. Rg6 Rf7 50. Bxd5 Rgf1 51. Bxf7 Kxf7 52. Rg5
Rh1 53. Ke5 Rh3 54. Kf4 Kf6 55. Rf5+ Kg6 56. Rg5+ Kh6 57. Rg8 Rf3+ 58. Ke4 Rf7
59. Kd3 Rg7 60. Rh8+ Kg5 61. Ke2 g3 62. Kf3 Kh4 63. Kg2 Rf7 64. Kg1 Rc7 65. e4
Rc1+ 66. Kg2 Rc2+ 67. Kf3 Rf2+ 68. Ke3 Rf7 69. Rg8 Kh3 70. e5 h4 71. Ke4 g2 72.
e6 Rf1 0-1

[Event "Gelfand Challenge 2021"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.06.10"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Gukesh, D"]
[Black "Shuvalova, Polina"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2578"]
[BlackElo "2489"]
[ECO "E06"]
[Opening "Catalan"]
[Variation "closed, 5.Nf3"]
[WhiteFideId "46616543"]
[BlackFideId "24171760"]
[EventDate "2021.06.10"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. c4 O-O 6. Nc3 Nbd7 7. b3 c6 8. O-O b6
9. Bb2 Ba6 10. Nd2 b5 11. c5 b4 12. Na4 Bb5 13. Re1 Qc7 14. Qc2 Rfe8 15. a3 a5
16. Nf1 e5 17. dxe5 Nxe5 18. Ne3 Bxa4 19. bxa4 Nfd7 20. Bd4 Bf6 21. Red1 Rab8
22. Bh3 h5 23. Kg2 bxa3 24. Rxa3 Rb4 25. Bc3 Re4 26. Bd4 Nc4 27. Nxc4 Rxd4 28.
Rxd4 Bxd4 29. Nd6 Rb8 30. Nf5 Bf6 31. Re3 g6 32. Nd6 Ne5 33. f4 Nc4 34. Nxc4
dxc4 35. Qxc4 Kg7 36. Qd3 Rd8 37. Qc2 Rd4 38. Rd3 Qd8 39. Kf1 Qe7 40. Bg2 Rxd3
41. exd3 Bd4 42. Be4 Bxc5 43. Qc3+ Kg8 44. Qxa5 Qd6 45. Qc3 Bd4 46. Qxc6 Qb4 47.
Qc2 Qa3 48. Kg2 Kg7 49. Bd5 Qa1 50. Kh3 Qf1+ 51. Bg2 Qe1 52. Qc4 Bb6 53. Qe4 Qa5
54. Qe5+ Qxe5 55. fxe5 Kf8 56. Bd5 Ke7 57. g4 Bc7 58. gxh5 gxh5 59. Kh4 Bxe5 60.
h3 f5 61. Kxh5 Kf6 62. a5 Bd4 63. a6 Be3 64. Bc6 Bf2 65. Kh6 Bd4 66. Kh7 Kg5 67.
Kg8 Kh4 68. Bd7 f4 69. Bg4 Kg3 70. Kf7 f3 71. Bxf3 Kxf3 72. Ke6 Kg3 73. Kd5 Ba7
74. Kc6 Kxh3 75. Kb7 Bd4 76. a7 Bxa7 77. Kxa7 Kg4 78. Kb6 Kf5 79. d4 Kf6 80. Kc6
Ke7 81. d5 Ke8 82. Kc7 Ke7 83. d6+ 1-0

[Event "Gelfand Challenge 2021"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.06.10"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Badelka, Olga"]
[Black "Abdumalik, Zhansaya"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2418"]
[BlackElo "2472"]
[ECO "A15"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[WhiteFideId "13509926"]
[BlackFideId "13703544"]
[EventDate "2021.06.10"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 b6 4. e4 d6 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Bb7 7. f3 e6 8. Be3
Be7 9. Be2 O-O 10. O-O a6 11. Qd2 Nbd7 12. a4 Qc7 13. a5 bxa5 14. Nb3 Rab8 15.
Nxa5 Ba8 16. Rfb1 Rfd8 17. b4 d5 18. exd5 Bxb4 19. Rxb4 Rxb4 20. Nb5 Rxb5 21.
cxb5 Nxd5 22. bxa6 Nxe3 23. Qxe3 Nf6 24. Nc4 Nd5 25. Qf2 h5 26. Ne3 Nf4 27. Bf1
Nd3 28. Bxd3 Rxd3 29. Nf1 Rc3 30. a7 Rc2 31. Qd4 e5 32. Qb4 Kh7 33. Ng3 g6 34.
h3 Qc6 35. Ne4 Kg7 36. Qb8 Qd5 37. Kh2 h4 38. Qb6 Rc6 39. Qb8 Rc2 40. Qb6 Rc6
41. Qf2 f5 42. Ng5 Rc4 43. Qb6 Kh6 44. Qf6 Rc7 45. Ra6 Qg8 46. Qxe5 Rc4 47. Qf6
Rc7 48. Ne6 Rc4 49. f4 Bf3 50. Qxh4+ Bh5 51. a8=Q 1-0

[Event "Gelfand Challenge 2021"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.06.10"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Salimova, Nurgyul"]
[Black "Lei, Tingjie"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2395"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[ECO "E06"]
[Opening "Catalan"]
[Variation "closed, 5.Nf3"]
[WhiteFideId "2915138"]
[BlackFideId "8605114"]
[EventDate "2021.06.10"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. Nc3 dxc4 7. Ne5 Qd6 8. Nxc4
Qa6 9. b3 Nc6 10. O-O Rd8 11. e3 e5 12. d5 b5 13. Nd2 b4 14. Na4 Nxd5 15. Qc2
Be6 16. Bb2 Rac8 17. Rac1 Nc3 18. Nxc3 bxc3 19. Bxc3 Nb4 20. Bxb4 Bxb4 21. Nc4
Bxc4 22. Qxc4 Qxc4 23. Rxc4 Ba5 24. Rc5 Bb6 25. Rxe5 Rd2 26. a4 a5 27. Bd5 Kf8
28. Bc4 Rcd8 29. Rf5 f6 30. g4 Ke7 31. Kg2 h6 32. h4 R8d6 33. Kg3 Rd1 34. Rxd1
Rxd1 35. Rb5 Ra1 36. Kf3 Ra2 37. g5 hxg5 38. hxg5 fxg5 39. Rxg5 Kf6 40. Rb5 Rb2
41. Rd5 Rb1 42. Rd8 g5 43. Rf8+ Kg7 44. Rf7+ Kg6 45. Rxc7 g4+ 46. Kg2 Bxc7 47.
Bd3+ Kg5 48. Bxb1 Bd6 49. Bd3 Bb4 50. Kf1 Kf6 51. Ke2 Kg5 52. Be4 Bc3 53. Bb7
Bb4 54. Bc8 Bc3 55. Kf1 Bb4 56. Kg2 Bc3 57. Bd7 Bb4 58. Kg3 Bd6+ 59. f4+ gxf3+
60. Kxf3 Kf6 61. Ke4 Ke7 62. Bg4 Bc5 63. Kd3 Kd6 64. e4 Ke5 65. Kc4 Bb4 66. Bf5
Be1 67. Kb5 Bb4 68. Kc4 Be1 69. b4 Bxb4 70. Kb5 Be1 71. Kc4 Bb4 72. Kb5 Be1 73.
Kc4 Bb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gelfand Challenge 2021"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.06.10"]
[Round "2.6"]
[White "Liang, Awonder"]
[Black "Bjerre, Jonas Buhl"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2592"]
[BlackElo "2542"]
[ECO "B23"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "closed"]
[WhiteFideId "2056437"]
[BlackFideId "1444948"]
[EventDate "2021.06.10"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nc6 4. f4 Nf6 5. Bxc6+ bxc6 6. Nf3 g6 7. O-O Bg7 8.
d3 Ba6 9. Kh1 O-O 10. Qe1 c4 11. d4 Qa5 12. f5 gxf5 13. e5 dxe5 14. dxe5 Ng4 15.
Bf4 f6 16. exf6 exf6 17. Qe6+ Kh8 18. Nd4 Qb6 19. Qxf5 Bc8 20. Qe4 f5 21. Qxc6
Qxd4 22. Qxa8 Nf2+ 23. Rxf2 Qxf2 24. Qb8 Qxc2 25. Be5 Re8 26. Bxg7+ Kxg7 27.
Qc7+ Kh8 28. Qc6 Rg8 29. Re1 Be6 30. Qb7 Qf2 31. Rg1 f4 32. Qe7 Qe3 33. Qf6+ Rg7
34. Qf8+ Rg8 35. Qf6+ Rg7 36. Nb5 f3 37. Qxf3 Qxf3 38. gxf3 Rb7 39. Nd4 Bf7 40.
Rg2 c3 41. bxc3 Rb1+ 42. Rg1 Rxg1+ 43. Kxg1 Bxa2 44. Kf2 Kg7 45. Ke3 Kf6 46. Kd3
Ke5 47. c4 Kd6 48. Kc3 a5 49. f4 Bb1 50. Nb3 a4 51. Nd2 Bf5 52. Kb4 Bd7 53. Ne4+
Kc6 54. Kxa4 Bf5 55. Ng3 Bg6 56. Kb4 h5 57. f5 Bf7 58. Ne4 Kd7 59. Kc5 Ke7 60.
Kd4 Be8 61. c5 Bd7 62. Ke5 1-0

[Event "Gelfand Challenge 2021"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.06.10"]
[Round "2.7"]
[White "Khademalsharieh, Sarasadat"]
[Black "Praggnanandhaa, R"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2494"]
[BlackElo "2608"]
[ECO "E68"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "fianchetto, classical variation, 8.e4"]
[WhiteFideId "12512214"]
[BlackFideId "25059530"]
[EventDate "2021.06.10"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O Nbd7 7. Nc3 e5 8. e4 b6
9. Re1 exd4 10. Nxd4 Bb7 11. Be3 c6 12. h3 Qc7 13. Rc1 Rad8 14. Qc2 Rfe8 15.
Rcd1 a6 16. f4 Re7 17. g4 h6 18. Nde2 Qb8 19. Ng3 b5 20. cxb5 cxb5 21. a3 Ree8
22. Qf2 Ba8 23. Bf3 a5 24. Ba7 Qb7 25. Rxd6 Bf8 26. Rdd1 Qc7 27. Be3 b4 28. axb4
axb4 29. Nb5 Qb8 30. Nd4 Nc5 31. e5 Nd5 32. Nc6 Bxc6 33. Bxc5 Nxf4 34. Kh2 Bxc5
35. Qxc5 Bxf3 36. Rxd8 Rxd8 37. Rf1 Rd2+ 0-1

[Event "Gelfand Challenge 2021"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.06.10"]
[Round "2.8"]
[White "Murzin, Volodar"]
[Black "Mendonca, Leon Luke"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2502"]
[BlackElo "2549"]
[ECO "B23"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "closed"]
[WhiteFideId "44155573"]
[BlackFideId "35028561"]
[EventDate "2021.06.10"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nc6 5. Qd2 g6 6. b3 Bh6 7. f4 Nf6 8. Bb2
e5 9. Nge2 O-O 10. O-O-O Nd4 11. Nxd4 Bxf4 12. Qxf4 exf4 13. Ndb5 Be6 14. Nxd6
Qa5 15. e5 Ng4 16. Rd2 Rac8 17. Nce4 Ne3 18. Kb1 Nxc2 19. a4 Ne3 20. Bc4 Nxc4
21. bxc4 Qxa4 22. Rc1 Rc6 23. Rd5 Bxd5 24. Nf6+ Kh8 25. e6 Bxe6 26. Nde4 Rb6 0-1

[Event "Gelfand Challenge 2021"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.06.10"]
[Round "2.9"]
[White "Abdusattorov, Nodirbek"]
[Black "Zhu, Jiner"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "WGM"]
[WhiteElo "2634"]
[BlackElo "2462"]
[ECO "B52"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Canal-Sokolsky attack, 3...Bd7"]
[WhiteFideId "14204118"]
[BlackFideId "8608059"]
[EventDate "2021.06.10"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. d4 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Bg7 8. O-O
O-O 9. h3 a6 10. Bxd7 Nbxd7 11. b3 Qa5 12. Bb2 Rfc8 13. Rc1 b5 14. Nd5 Nxd5 15.
exd5 Qxa2 16. Bc3 Qa3 17. Nc6 Bxc3 18. Rxc3 Re8 19. Re3 bxc4 20. Nxe7+ Kf8 21.
Qd4 f6 22. Rfe1 Ne5 23. Qh4 Kg7 24. bxc4 Qc5 25. Nc6 Rf8 26. Nd4 Kg8 27. Ne6
Qxc4 28. f4 Rf7 29. Qg3 Qxd5 30. fxe5 Qxe6 31. exd6 Qd5 32. Kh1 Rd8 33. Re6 Kg7
34. Qa3 a5 35. Qg3 a4 36. Qa3 Qb3 37. Qc5 a3 38. R6e3 Qb8 39. Qxa3 Qxd6 40. Qc3
Qd4 41. Qc6 Qd6 42. Qf3 Qd5 43. Qg3 Qd6 44. Qh4 Rdd7 45. Rf1 Qd4 46. Re4 Qd3 47.
Rfe1 Qc2 48. R4e2 Qb3 49. Re3 Qc2 50. R3e2 Qb3 51. Kh2 Rd1 52. Qf4 Rxe1 53. Rxe1
Qd5 54. Re8 Rd7 55. Qb8 Qd6+ 56. Qxd6 Rxd6 57. Re7+ Kh6 58. h4 g5 59. hxg5+ fxg5
60. g4 Kg6 61. Kg3 Rd3+ 62. Kg2 Rd4 63. Kf3 Rf4+ 64. Kg3 h6 65. Re6+ Rf6 66. Re8
Rf4 67. Re6+ Rf6 68. Rxf6+ Kxf6 69. Kf3 Kf7 70. Ke4 Ke6 71. Kd4 Kf6 72. Ke4 Kg6
73. Kf3 Kf7 74. Ke4 Kf6 75. Kf3 Ke5 76. Ke3 Kd5 77. Kd3 Ke5 78. Ke3 Ke6 79. Ke4
Kf6 80. Kf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gelfand Challenge 2021"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.06.10"]
[Round "2.10"]
[White "Yip, Carissa"]
[Black "Nihal, Sarin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[ECO "D77"]
[Opening "Neo-Gruenfeld, 6.O-O"]
[WhiteFideId "2090732"]
[BlackFideId "25092340"]
[EventDate "2021.06.10"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. d4 Nf6 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 dxc4 7. Na3 c5 8. Nxc4
Be6 9. Nce5 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Bd5 11. Ndf3 Nc6 12. Nxc6 Bxc6 13. Be3 Ng4 14. Bd4
Bxf3 15. exf3 Bxd4 16. fxg4 Qb6 17. Qf3 Rac8 18. Qxb7 Qxb7 19. Bxb7 Rb8 20. Bd5
Rxb2 21. Rad1 Bb6 22. Bb3 Rd8 23. Rxd8+ Bxd8 24. f4 Bb6+ 25. Kh1 Kg7 26. g5 f6
27. gxf6+ exf6 28. Rd1 h5 29. Rd7+ Kh6 30. h4 Rb1+ 31. Kg2 Rc1 32. Bg8 Rc7 33.
Rxc7 Bxc7 34. Be6 g5 35. hxg5+ fxg5 36. fxg5+ Kxg5 37. Kf3 h4 38. gxh4+ Kxh4 39.
Ke4 Kg5 40. Kd5 Kf6 41. Bd7 Bb6 42. Kc6 Ke7 43. Bg4 Kf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gelfand Challenge 2021"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.06.10"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Nihal, Sarin"]
[Black "Keymer, Vincent"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2591"]
[ECO "B12"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "advance variation"]
[WhiteFideId "25092340"]
[BlackFideId "12940690"]
[EventDate "2021.06.10"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. g4 Be4 5. f3 Bg6 6. e6 fxe6 7. h4 h5 8. Bd3 Bxd3
9. Qxd3 Qd6 10. Ne2 Nd7 11. Bf4 e5 12. dxe5 Nxe5 13. Qc3 d4 14. Nxd4 Nxf3+ 15.
Qxf3 Qxd4 16. Nc3 e5 17. Bg5 hxg4 18. Qf5 Ne7 19. Qe6 Qd7 20. Qxe5 Qf5 21. Qe3
O-O-O 22. Rf1 Qxc2 23. Rf2 Qg6 24. Qxa7 g3 25. Qa8+ Kc7 26. Nb5+ cxb5 27. Rc1+
Kd7 28. Rd2+ Ke6 29. Qxd8 Kf7 30. Re2 g2 31. Rxg2 Qe4+ 32. Re2 Qb4+ 33. Kf1 Rxh4
34. Rf2+ Kg6 35. Bxh4 Qxh4 36. Qd3+ Kh6 37. Qe3+ g5 38. Kg2 Qg4+ 39. Kh1 Ng6 40.
Rg1 Qh5+ 41. Rh2 Nh4 42. Rxg5 Qxg5 43. Rxh4+ Kg6 44. Qe4+ Kf6 45. Rf4+ Kg7 46.
Rg4 1-0

[Event "Gelfand Challenge 2021"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.06.10"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Zhu, Jiner"]
[Black "Yip, Carissa"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "WGM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2462"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[ECO "C95"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "closed, Breyer, Borisenko variation"]
[WhiteFideId "8608059"]
[BlackFideId "2090732"]
[EventDate "2021.06.10"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3
d6 9. h3 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Bc2 Re8 13. Nf1 Bf8 14. Ng3 g6 15. a4
Bg7 16. Bd3 c6 17. Bg5 h6 18. Be3 Qc7 19. Qd2 Kh7 20. b4 Rad8 21. Qa2 Re7 22.
Rad1 Rde8 23. dxe5 dxe5 24. c4 Rd8 25. axb5 axb5 26. cxb5 cxb5 27. Bxb5 Nxe4 28.
Nxe4 Bxe4 29. Bg5 f6 30. Rxe4 hxg5 31. h4 Qb7 32. Qe2 gxh4 33. Rxh4+ Kg8 34.
Bc4+ Kf8 35. Ba2 Rc8 36. Qd3 e4 37. Qb3 Ke8 38. Nd4 f5 39. Qg8+ Bf8 40. Qxg6+ 1-0

[Event "Gelfand Challenge 2021"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.06.10"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Mendonca, Leon Luke"]
[Black "Abdusattorov, Nodirbek"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2549"]
[BlackElo "2634"]
[ECO "A56"]
[Opening "Benoni defence"]
[WhiteFideId "35028561"]
[BlackFideId "14204118"]
[EventDate "2021.06.10"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. e4 d6 6. Be2 O-O 7. Nf3 e5 8. h3 Nh5
9. g3 Kh8 10. Nd2 Nf6 11. h4 h5 12. Nf3 Nbd7 13. Ng5 Nh7 14. Be3 Ndf6 15. f3 a6
16. a4 Kg8 17. Qd2 Bd7 18. Kf2 Nxg5 19. hxg5 Nh7 20. Kg2 f5 21. exf5 Bxf5 22.
Raf1 Qe7 23. g4 hxg4 24. fxg4 Bd7 25. Ne4 Bxa4 26. Bd3 Rxf1 27. Rxf1 Rf8 28. Rh1
Bd7 29. Kg3 Rf7 30. Qh2 Nf8 31. b3 a5 32. Qd2 b6 33. Qh2 Bc8 34. Be2 Rf4 35.
Bxf4 exf4+ 36. Kf3 Nd7 37. Qh7+ Kf8 38. Bd1 a4 39. bxa4 Ne5+ 40. Kxf4 Nxc4 41.
Qxg6 Qe5+ 42. Kf3 Qxd5 43. Kg3 Qd3+ 44. Kh4 d5 45. Bc2 Qe2 46. Ng3 Qxg4# 0-1

[Event "Gelfand Challenge 2021"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.06.10"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Praggnanandhaa, R"]
[Black "Murzin, Volodar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2608"]
[BlackElo "2502"]
[ECO "E46"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian"]
[Variation "4.e3 O-O"]
[WhiteFideId "25059530"]
[BlackFideId "44155573"]
[EventDate "2021.06.10"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd2 d5 6. Nf3 c5 7. a3 Bxc3 8. Bxc3
Ne4 9. Rc1 Nxc3 10. Rxc3 cxd4 11. Nxd4 e5 12. Nb3 dxc4 13. Qxd8 Rxd8 14. Bxc4
Nd7 15. Be2 Nf6 16. Bf3 Rb8 17. Na5 e4 18. Be2 Be6 19. Bc4 Nd5 20. Bxd5 Bxd5 21.
Ke2 Kf8 22. Rd1 Ke7 23. Rd4 Ke6 24. Nb3 b6 25. Nd2 f5 26. Rc7 Kf6 27. Nb1 Be6
28. Nc3 Rxd4 29. exd4 Rd8 30. Ke3 Rd7 31. Nb5 Rxc7 32. Nxc7 Bd7 33. Nd5+ Ke6 34.
Nf4+ Kf6 35. h4 g6 36. Nd5+ Ke6 37. Nc3 h6 38. Kf4 Kf6 39. g3 g5+ 40. hxg5+
hxg5+ 41. Ke3 Bc8 42. Nb5 a6 43. Nc3 Bb7 44. Na4 b5 45. Nc5 Bc8 46. b4 Ke7 47.
d5 Kd6 48. Kd4 g4 49. a4 bxa4 50. Nxa4 Bb7 51. Nc3 Ba8 52. b5 a5 53. b6 Bb7 54.
Nb5+ Kd7 55. Na3 a4 56. Ke5 f4 57. Kxe4 fxg3 58. fxg3 Kd6 59. Kd4 Bxd5 60. Nb5+
Kc6 61. b7 Kxb7 62. Kxd5 Kb6 63. Na3 Ka5 64. Kc5 Ka6 65. Nc4 Kb7 66. Kb4 Kc7 67.
Ne5 Kd6 68. Nxg4 Kd5 1-0

[Event "Gelfand Challenge 2021"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.06.10"]
[Round "3.5"]
[White "Bjerre, Jonas Buhl"]
[Black "Khademalsharieh, Sarasadat"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2542"]
[BlackElo "2494"]
[ECO "C77"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Anderssen variation"]
[WhiteFideId "1444948"]
[BlackFideId "12512214"]
[EventDate "2021.06.10"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4 g5
9. Bg3 d6 10. c3 Bb6 11. a4 Bd7 12. Nbd2 Ne7 13. d4 exd4 14. cxd4 g4 15. e5 gxf3
16. Qxf3 Nf5 17. exf6 Nxd4 18. Qe4+ Kf8 19. O-O Rb8 20. a5 Bc5 21. Qh4 Nf5 22.
Qh5 Qxf6 23. Ne4 Qg7 24. Nxc5 dxc5 25. Bxc7 Rc8 26. Be5 f6 27. Bc2 Qf7 28. Qxf7+
Kxf7 29. Bf4 Nd4 30. Bd1 h5 31. Rc1 c4 32. Rc3 Bg4 33. f3 Bf5 34. Re3 Rhe8 35.
g4 Bc2 36. Kf2 hxg4 37. fxg4 Bxd1 38. Rxd1 Ne6 39. Rd7+ Kg6 40. Bg3 Nc5 41. Ra7
Rxe3 42. Kxe3 Re8+ 43. Kd4 Nb3+ 44. Kc3 Re6 45. Bc7 Re3+ 46. Kb4 Nd4 47. Rxa6
Rb3+ 48. Kc5 Ne2 49. Be5 Kg5 50. Bxf6+ Kxg4 51. Rb6 c3 52. Bxc3 Nxc3 53. bxc3
Rxc3+ 54. Kxb5 Rb3+ 55. Kc6 Ra3 56. a6 Kh3 57. Kb7 1-0

[Event "Gelfand Challenge 2021"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.06.10"]
[Round "3.6"]
[White "Lei, Tingjie"]
[Black "Liang, Awonder"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2592"]
[ECO "B01"]
[Opening "Scandinavian (centre counter) defence"]
[WhiteFideId "8605114"]
[BlackFideId "2056437"]
[EventDate "2021.06.10"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd8 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 g6 6. g3 Bg7 7. Bg2 O-O 8. O-O
Nbd7 9. Qe2 Nb6 10. Rd1 c6 11. Ne5 Be6 12. Bg5 Nbd5 13. Nxd5 Bxd5 14. c3 h6 15.
Bf4 a5 16. Re1 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 a4 18. a3 Qd5+ 19. Kg1 Rfe8 20. Rad1 Qe6 21. Qc2
Qh3 22. Nc4 h5 23. f3 Nd5 24. Bg5 h4 25. Bxh4 Bh6 26. Ne5 Ne3 27. Rxe3 Bxe3+ 28.
Kh1 g5 29. Nxf7 Kxf7 30. Qh7+ Ke6 31. d5+ cxd5 32. Qg6+ Kd7 33. Bxg5 Bxg5 34.
Qxg5 e6 35. c4 Rg8 36. Qf4 Raf8 37. Qe5 Qf5 0-1

[Event "Gelfand Challenge 2021"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.06.10"]
[Round "3.7"]
[White "Abdumalik, Zhansaya"]
[Black "Salimova, Nurgyul"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2472"]
[BlackElo "2395"]
[ECO "B15"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann defence"]
[WhiteFideId "13703544"]
[BlackFideId "2915138"]
[EventDate "2021.06.10"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Ng3 h5 6. h3 e5 7. dxe5 Qa5+ 8. c3
Qxe5+ 9. Qe2 Qxe2+ 10. Bxe2 Be6 11. Nf3 Nbd7 12. Ng5 Bd5 13. O-O h4 14. Nf5 g6
15. Ne3 Bh6 16. Nxd5 Nxd5 17. Bg4 N7f6 18. Re1+ Kf8 19. Bf3 Re8 20. Bd2 Kg7 21.
c4 Nb6 22. b3 Nbd7 23. g3 hxg3 24. fxg3 Rxe1+ 25. Rxe1 Re8 26. Rxe8 Nxe8 27.
Bc3+ Kf8 28. Ne4 f5 29. Nf2 Bg7 30. Bb4+ Kf7 31. Kg2 Nc7 32. Nd3 Ne6 33. h4 Bf6
34. Bd2 Nd4 35. Bd1 Ne6 36. a4 Ndc5 37. Nxc5 Nxc5 38. Be3 Be7 39. a5 b6 40. b4
Nd3 41. b5 cxb5 42. cxb5 Nc5 43. a6 Ke6 44. Bf3 Bd6 45. Bd4 Bc7 46. Kh3 Nb3 47.
Be3 Nc5 48. g4 fxg4+ 49. Kxg4 Nd7 50. Kh3 Nf6 51. Bc6 Nh5 52. Kg4 Kf7 53. Bd5+
Kg7 54. Bd4+ Kh6 55. Kf3 g5 56. Be3 Nf4 57. Be4 Kh5 58. hxg5 Kxg5 59. Bh7 Bb8
60. Ke4 Kg4 61. Bxf4 Bxf4 62. Kd5 Kg5 63. Kc6 Kf6 64. Kb7 Ke7 65. Kxa7 Kd8 66.
Kb7 1-0

[Event "Gelfand Challenge 2021"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.06.10"]
[Round "3.8"]
[White "Shuvalova, Polina"]
[Black "Badelka, Olga"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2489"]
[BlackElo "2418"]
[ECO "B57"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Sozin, Benko variation"]
[WhiteFideId "24171760"]
[BlackFideId "13509926"]
[EventDate "2021.06.10"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bc4 Qb6 7. Nb3 e6 8. Be3
Qc7 9. O-O a6 10. Bd3 b5 11. Kh1 Be7 12. f4 Bb7 13. a3 Rd8 14. Qf3 d5 15. exd5
exd5 16. Nd4 O-O 17. Nce2 Ne4 18. Nxc6 Bxc6 19. Nd4 Bf6 20. Rad1 Rfe8 21. c3 Bb7
22. Bg1 Bc8 23. Rfe1 h5 24. f5 h4 25. Be3 Bb7 26. Bf4 Be5 27. Rf1 Qe7 28. Bxe5
Qxe5 29. Qg4 Qf6 30. Rf4 Nc5 31. Bc2 Ne4 32. Kg1 a5 33. Qxh4 Qb6 34. f6 Nxf6 35.
Rdf1 Bc8 36. Rxf6 gxf6 37. Qh6 Re4 38. Rf3 Bg4 39. Rg3 Rde8 40. Rxg4+ Rxg4 41.
Bh7+ 1-0

[Event "Gelfand Challenge 2021"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.06.10"]
[Round "3.9"]
[White "Mammadzada, Gunay"]
[Black "Gukesh, D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2443"]
[BlackElo "2578"]
[ECO "B90"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Najdorf, Adams attack"]
[WhiteFideId "13403729"]
[BlackFideId "46616543"]
[EventDate "2021.06.10"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e6 7. g4 Be7 8. g5
Nfd7 9. Be3 b5 10. a3 Bb7 11. h4 Nc6 12. f4 Qc7 13. f5 Nxd4 14. Qxd4 Ne5 15.
O-O-O exf5 16. Nd5 Bxd5 17. Qxd5 Rc8 18. Rd2 fxe4 19. Qxe4 O-O 20. Bf4 Rfe8 21.
Bxe5 dxe5 22. Bd3 g6 23. Rf2 Rcd8 24. Kb1 Rd4 25. Qf3 Rf4 26. Qe2 Rxf2 27. Qxf2
Bc5 28. Qf3 b4 29. a4 b3 30. cxb3 Bd4 31. Qe4 Rb8 32. Bc4 Qb7 33. Bd5 Qb4 34.
Qf3 Rf8 35. Rf1 e4 36. Qxe4 Qd2 37. Qc2 Qxc2+ 38. Kxc2 a5 39. Bc4 Bc5 40. Kd3
Kg7 41. Ke4 Re8+ 42. Kd5 Bb4 43. Kc6 Re7 44. Kb6 Rd7 45. Rf3 Re7 46. Rf1 Kf8 47.
Kb5 Rc7 48. Rf3 Ke8 49. Re3+ Re7 50. Rf3 Re5+ 51. Kb6 Re7 52. Bb5+ Kf8 53. Bc4
Kg7 54. Rf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gelfand Challenge 2021"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.06.10"]
[Round "3.10"]
[White "Saduakassova, Dinara"]
[Black "Yoo, Christopher Woojin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2457"]
[ECO "E06"]
[Opening "Catalan"]
[Variation "closed, 5.Nf3"]
[WhiteFideId "13700090"]
[BlackFideId "30909694"]
[EventDate "2021.06.10"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 b5 8. a4 b4
9. Nfd2 Nd5 10. Nxc4 c5 11. dxc5 Ba6 12. Ne3 Nd7 13. Nxd5 exd5 14. Nd2 Nxc5 15.
Nf3 Rc8 16. Be3 b3 17. Qd1 Bf6 18. Bd4 Re8 19. Re1 Bc4 20. Bf1 Ne6 21. e3 Bxf1
22. Rxf1 Rc2 23. Qd3 Bxd4 24. Nxd4 Nxd4 25. Qxd4 a5 26. Rad1 Qd7 27. Qxd5 Qxa4
28. Ra1 Qb4 29. Rxa5 Rxb2 30. Ra7 Rf8 31. Rb7 Qc3 32. Rd1 Qc2 33. Qf3 Rb1 34.
Rxb1 Qxb1+ 35. Kg2 b2 36. Qd5 h5 37. Qd4 h4 38. Rxb2 h3+ 39. Kxh3 Qf1+ 40. Kg4
Re8 41. f4 Re6 42. f5 Rh6 43. h4 Kh7 44. e4 g6 45. Rf2 gxf5+ 46. exf5 Qe1 47.
Qf4 Rb6 48. Kh3 Rb1 49. Qf3 Kg8 50. Qg4+ Kf8 51. Qf3 Qe5 52. f6 Qe6+ 53. Kg2 Rb8
54. Qf4 Qd5+ 55. Kh2 Rb1 56. Qh6+ Ke8 57. Qe3+ Kf8 58. Rg2 Rf1 59. Qh6+ Ke8 60.
Qe3+ Kf8 61. Qc3 Kg8 62. Qd2 Qxd2 63. Rxd2 Rxf6 64. Kh3 Kg7 65. h5 Ra6 66. Kh4
Ra4+ 67. g4 f5 68. Rg2 Rxg4+ 69. Rxg4+ fxg4 70. Kxg4 Kh7 71. Kg5 Kg7 72. h6+ Kh7
73. Kh5 Kh8 74. Kg6 Kg8 75. h7+ Kh8 76. Kh6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gelfand Challenge 2021"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.06.10"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Keymer, Vincent"]
[Black "Yoo, Christopher Woojin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2591"]
[BlackElo "2457"]
[ECO "D37"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "4.Nf3"]
[WhiteFideId "12940690"]
[BlackFideId "30909694"]
[EventDate "2021.06.10"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 h6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bf4 Bd6 7. Bg3 O-O 8. e3
c6 9. Bd3 Bg4 10. Qc2 Bxg3 11. hxg3 Bxf3 12. gxf3 c5 13. dxc5 Nbd7 14. O-O-O
Nxc5 15. g4 Nxd3+ 16. Rxd3 Rc8 17. Kb1 Qa5 18. g5 hxg5 19. Rxd5 Rc5 20. Rd4 Qc7
21. f4 g6 22. fxg5 Rxg5 23. Rdh4 Rh5 24. Qa4 Qc5 25. Rxh5 Nxh5 26. Qd7 Kg7 27.
a3 Nf6 28. Qxb7 Qf5+ 29. Ka1 Qxf2 30. Qxa7 Re8 31. a4 Rxe3 32. Rd1 Qf3 33. Qd4
g5 34. Rg1 Kg6 35. a5 g4 36. a6 Re6 37. a7 Ra6+ 38. Kb1 Qf5+ 39. Kc1 Qg5+ 40.
Kc2 Qf5+ 41. Kd2 Qg5+ 42. Kc2 Qf5+ 43. Kd2 Qg5+ 44. Kd1 Qf5 45. Kd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gelfand Challenge 2021"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.06.10"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Gukesh, D"]
[Black "Saduakassova, Dinara"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2578"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[ECO "E12"]
[Opening "Queen's Indian"]
[Variation "Petrosian system"]
[WhiteFideId "46616543"]
[BlackFideId "13700090"]
[EventDate "2021.06.10"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 b6 4. a3 Bb7 5. Nc3 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Qc2 c5 8. e4
Nxc3 9. bxc3 Be7 10. Bb5+ Bc6 11. Bd3 O-O 12. O-O cxd4 13. cxd4 Qe8 14. d5 Ba4
15. Qb1 exd5 16. exd5 h6 17. Bf4 Nd7 18. d6 Bf6 19. Re1 Qd8 20. Ra2 Nc5 21. Bc4
Bd7 22. h3 Be6 23. Bxe6 Nxe6 24. Bg3 Rc8 25. Qb5 Rc5 26. Qa4 Ra5 27. Qb3 Qd7 28.
Rc2 Rc5 29. Rce2 Rfc8 30. Be5 Qb5 31. Qxb5 Rxb5 32. Bxf6 gxf6 33. d7 Rd8 34. Nd4
Re5 35. Rxe5 fxe5 36. Nf5 Rxd7 37. Nxh6+ Kg7 38. Nf5+ Kf6 39. Ne3 Rd3 40. Ng4+
Kg7 41. a4 Ra3 42. Re4 f6 43. Ne3 Kf7 44. Nc4 Ra1+ 45. Kh2 Nc5 46. Re3 Rxa4 47.
Nd6+ Ke6 48. Nb5 Ra2 49. Kg1 a5 50. h4 Rd2 51. h5 Rd7 52. g4 a4 53. Kh2 Nd3 54.
Kg3 Nf4 55. f3 Rd3 56. Re4 a3 57. Ra4 Ne2+ 58. Kf2 Nc3 59. Nxc3 Rxc3 60. Ra7 b5
61. h6 b4 62. h7 Rc8 63. Ra4 Rh8 64. Rxb4 Rxh7 65. Ra4 Rh2+ 66. Ke3 a2 67. Ke4
Re2+ 68. Kd3 Rb2 69. Ke3 Kf7 70. Ra8 Kg6 71. Rg8+ Kh6 72. Ra8 Kg5 73. Ke4 Re2+
74. Kd3 Rb2 75. Ke4 Kg6 76. Ra7 Kg5 77. Ra8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gelfand Challenge 2021"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.06.10"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Badelka, Olga"]
[Black "Mammadzada, Gunay"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2418"]
[BlackElo "2443"]
[ECO "A07"]
[Opening "Reti"]
[Variation "King's Indian attack (Barcza system)"]
[WhiteFideId "13509926"]
[BlackFideId "13403729"]
[EventDate "2021.06.10"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Bg4 4. c4 Nf6 5. Ne5 Be6 6. cxd5 Bxd5 7. f3 Nbd7 8. d4
Nxe5 9. dxe5 Nd7 10. e4 Bc4 11. Qd4 Ba6 12. Nc3 e6 13. Bf4 g5 14. Be3 Bc5 15.
Qd2 Bxe3 16. Qxe3 Nxe5 17. Bf1 Bxf1 0-1

[Event "Gelfand Challenge 2021"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.06.10"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Salimova, Nurgyul"]
[Black "Shuvalova, Polina"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2395"]
[BlackElo "2489"]
[ECO "E10"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[WhiteFideId "2915138"]
[BlackFideId "24171760"]
[EventDate "2021.06.10"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 Nbd7 7. O-O c6 8. Nc3
dxc4 9. e4 b5 10. d5 cxd5 11. exd5 exd5 12. Nd4 Bb7 13. Ncxb5 O-O 14. Nf5 Bc5
15. Bc3 Qb6 16. Nbd4 Rae8 17. b4 cxb3 18. Nxb3 Bb4 19. Bd4 Qe6 20. Bh3 Kh8 21.
a3 Bd6 22. Re1 Qxe1+ 23. Qxe1 Rxe1+ 24. Rxe1 Bxa3 25. Ra1 Bb4 26. Rxa7 Bc6 27.
Nxg7 Kxg7 28. Bxd7 Bxd7 29. Rxd7 Kg6 30. Bxf6 Kxf6 31. Rxd5 Re8 32. Nd4 Bc3 33.
Nc2 Kg6 34. Ne3 Bf6 35. h4 Re6 36. Kg2 Be5 37. f4 Bxf4 38. h5+ Kh6 39. Ng4+ Kg7
40. gxf4 1-0

[Event "Gelfand Challenge 2021"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.06.10"]
[Round "4.5"]
[White "Liang, Awonder"]
[Black "Abdumalik, Zhansaya"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2592"]
[BlackElo "2472"]
[ECO "A34"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "symmetrical, three knights system"]
[WhiteFideId "2056437"]
[BlackFideId "13703544"]
[EventDate "2021.06.10"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nb4 6. Bc4 Nd3+ 7. Ke2 Nf4+ 8.
Kf1 Nd3 9. h4 e6 10. Rh3 Nf4 11. Rg3 Nh5 12. Rg5 g6 13. Ne5 Bg7 14. d3 h6 15.
Rxh5 gxh5 16. Qxh5 Qf6 17. Bb5+ Kf8 18. Nf3 Qe7 19. a4 a6 20. Bc4 Nc6 21. e5 Rb8
22. Ne4 b5 23. axb5 axb5 24. Be3 Kg8 25. Bb3 c4 26. dxc4 bxc4 27. Bxc4 Qb4 28.
b3 Rh7 29. Kg1 Na5 30. Bc5 Qb7 31. Nd6 Qc7 32. Rxa5 Bf8 33. b4 Qc6 34. Bd3 Rg7
35. Be4 Qc7 36. Ra7 Qd8 37. Rxf7 Ba6 38. Ng5 1-0

[Event "Gelfand Challenge 2021"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.06.10"]
[Round "4.6"]
[White "Khademalsharieh, Sarasadat"]
[Black "Lei, Tingjie"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2494"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[ECO "D38"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "Ragozin variation"]
[WhiteFideId "12512214"]
[BlackFideId "8605114"]
[EventDate "2021.06.10"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. cxd5 exd5 8.
Qb3 c5 9. a3 Bxc3+ 10. Qxc3 c4 11. e3 Be6 12. b3 O-O 13. Ne5 Rc8 14. Be2 Nd7 15.
O-O cxb3 16. Qxb3 Nxe5 17. dxe5 Qxe5 18. Qxb7 d4 19. Qb2 Rc3 20. exd4 Qxd4 21.
Rfd1 Qc5 22. Rac1 Rc8 23. Rd8+ Rxd8 24. Qxc3 Qg5 25. Rd1 Rc8 26. Qd4 a5 27. h4
Qe7 28. a4 Bb3 29. Rd2 Rc1+ 30. Kh2 Qc7+ 31. Qd6 Qxd6+ 32. Rxd6 Bxa4 33. Rd5 Kf8
34. Rxa5 Bd7 35. Bf3 Rc2 36. Kg3 Rc3 37. Ra7 Ke7 38. Kh2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gelfand Challenge 2021"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.06.10"]
[Round "4.7"]
[White "Murzin, Volodar"]
[Black "Bjerre, Jonas Buhl"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2502"]
[BlackElo "2542"]
[ECO "B53"]
[Opening "Sicilian, Chekhover variation"]
[WhiteFideId "44155573"]
[BlackFideId "1444948"]
[EventDate "2021.06.10"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nc6 5. Qe3 Nf6 6. Be2 g6 7. O-O Bg7 8. Rd1
O-O 9. Nc3 Ng4 10. Qf4 Nge5 11. Nxe5 Nxe5 12. Qh4 a6 13. Nd5 Nc6 14. Bg5 Re8 15.
c3 Be6 16. Rd2 Rc8 17. Nf4 Ne5 18. Nxe6 fxe6 19. Qh3 Qd7 20. f4 Nf7 21. Bg4 Nd8
22. f5 exf5 23. exf5 h5 24. Bf3 Qxf5 25. Qxf5 gxf5 26. Rf1 Nf7 27. Be3 Bh6 28.
Bxh6 Nxh6 29. Bxb7 Rc7 30. Bf3 h4 31. Re2 Rb8 32. Bd5+ Kg7 33. Rf4 e5 34. Rxh4
Ng4 35. h3 Nf6 36. Be6 f4 37. Bf5 Rcb7 38. b3 Nd5 39. c4 Nf6 40. g3 f3 41. Rf2
a5 42. g4 a4 43. g5 Ng8 44. Rxf3 Ne7 45. Be4 axb3 46. Rh7+ Kg8 47. axb3 Ra7 48.
g6 Ra1+ 49. Kh2 Re1 50. g7 Rc8 51. Rg3 Re2+ 52. Kg1 1-0

[Event "Gelfand Challenge 2021"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.06.10"]
[Round "4.8"]
[White "Abdusattorov, Nodirbek"]
[Black "Praggnanandhaa, R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2634"]
[BlackElo "2608"]
[ECO "E20"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian"]
[Variation "Romanishin-Kasparov (Steiner) system"]
[WhiteFideId "14204118"]
[BlackFideId "25059530"]
[EventDate "2021.06.10"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 d6 7. Nf3 Nc6 8.
Qd3 e5 9. Nd2 Qe7 10. O-O Re8 11. e4 b6 12. Re1 Ba6 13. Ba3 Nd7 14. f4 Qf6 15.
Bh3 Bc8 16. Bxd7 Bxd7 17. fxe5 dxe5 18. d5 Na5 19. Nb3 Nb7 20. c5 bxc5 21. Nxc5
Nxc5 22. Bxc5 Qg6 23. Rf1 h5 24. c4 Bh3 25. Rf2 a5 26. Ba3 Rad8 27. Re1 h4 28.
c5 hxg3 29. Qxg3 Qxg3+ 30. hxg3 f5 31. Rd2 fxe4 32. Rxe4 Bf5 33. Re1 e4 34. Kf2
Re5 35. d6 cxd6 36. cxd6 Bd7 37. Ke3 Rde8 38. Rd4 Rg5 39. Rg1 Rg4 40. Bb2 Re6
41. Rd5 a4 42. Be5 Rg5 43. Kd4 Re8 44. Re1 Be6 45. Rc5 Rd8 46. a3 Bf5 47. Bf4
Rh5 48. Rxe4 Bxe4 49. Rxh5 Bg6 50. Ra5 Kf7 51. Ra7+ Kf6 52. Be5+ Kf5 53. Rxg7
Bh5 54. Bf4 Bd1 55. Kc5 Bf3 56. Re7 Kf6 57. Be5+ Kf5 58. d7 Rxd7 59. Rxd7 Kxe5
60. Rd4 1-0

[Event "Gelfand Challenge 2021"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.06.10"]
[Round "4.9"]
[White "Yip, Carissa"]
[Black "Mendonca, Leon Luke"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2549"]
[ECO "A14"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "Neo-Catalan declined"]
[WhiteFideId "2090732"]
[BlackFideId "35028561"]
[EventDate "2021.06.10"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Be7 5. c4 O-O 6. d4 dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4
Bd7 9. Rd1 Bc6 10. Bg5 Nbd7 11. Qxc4 h6 12. Bxf6 Nxf6 13. Nc3 a5 14. Ne5 Bxg2
15. Kxg2 c6 16. e4 Qb6 17. Qe2 Rfd8 18. Nc4 Qc7 19. e5 Nd5 20. Ne4 Nb6 21. Ne3
Rd7 22. Qg4 Kh8 23. Qh5 Bf8 24. f4 Rad8 25. Ng5 Kg8 26. Nf3 c5 27. Rac1 Qc6 28.
f5 exf5 29. Nxf5 Qe6 30. Qg4 cxd4 31. N3xd4 Qxe5 32. Nxh6+ Kh7 33. Nhf5 g6 34.
Re1 Qf6 35. Rf1 gxf5 36. Nxf5 Qg6 37. Qh4+ Kg8 38. Rf4 Rd2+ 39. Kh3 R8d5 40. Rg4
Rxf5 41. Rxg6+ fxg6 42. Qe4 Rh5+ 43. Kg4 Rd6 44. Rc7 Nd5 45. Qc4 Rf5 46. Rxb7
Kh8 47. Qe2 Bg7 48. Qe8+ Kh7 49. Rb8 Nf6+ 0-1

[Event "Gelfand Challenge 2021"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.06.10"]
[Round "4.10"]
[White "Nihal, Sarin"]
[Black "Zhu, Jiner"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "WGM"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2462"]
[ECO "A13"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "Wimpey system"]
[WhiteFideId "25092340"]
[BlackFideId "8608059"]
[EventDate "2021.06.10"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. e3 d5 4. b3 c5 5. Bb2 Nc6 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Bb5 Bd7 8. O-O
Bd6 9. d4 cxd4 10. Nxd4 O-O 11. Nf3 a6 12. Be2 Be6 13. Nc3 Rc8 14. Rc1 Bb8 15.
Na4 Ne4 16. Nc5 Qe7 17. Nd3 Rfd8 18. Nd4 Ba7 19. Nxc6 bxc6 20. Nf4 Bf5 21. Bg4
Bxg4 22. Qxg4 f6 23. Nxd5 Qe8 24. Bxf6 Rd7 25. Ne7+ Kf7 26. Nxc8 Nxf6 27. Qc4+ 1-0

[Event "Gelfand Challenge 2021"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.06.10"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Zhu, Jiner"]
[Black "Keymer, Vincent"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "WGM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2462"]
[BlackElo "2591"]
[ECO "B92"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Najdorf, Opovcensky variation"]
[WhiteFideId "8608059"]
[BlackFideId "12940690"]
[EventDate "2021.06.10"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nf3 Be7 8. a4
h6 9. O-O O-O 10. Be3 Be6 11. a5 Nbd7 12. Nd2 Qc7 13. Bf3 Rfc8 14. Qe2 Qc6 15.
Rfd1 Bd8 16. Ra3 Nf8 17. Rc1 N8h7 18. h4 Ne8 19. Nd5 Bxd5 20. exd5 Qd7 21. g3 f5
22. c4 Nef6 23. Nf1 e4 24. Bg2 Ng4 25. b4 Nhf6 26. Bd4 Nxd5 27. Qd2 Ne7 28. f3
exf3 29. Rxf3 Nc6 30. Bb2 Bf6 31. Qd5+ Kh8 32. Bxf6 Nxf6 33. Qxf5 Qc7 34. Rf2
Rf8 35. Qb1 Ne5 36. Ne3 Rae8 37. Rcf1 Nxc4 38. Nd5 Qf7 39. Nxf6 gxf6 40. Qa1 Re5
41. Qd4 Ne3 42. Rxf6 Qxf6 43. Rxf6 Rxf6 44. Bxb7 Nf5 45. Qc3 Rg6 46. Kf2 Rxg3
47. Qc8+ Rg8 48. Qc3 Ne3 49. Bxa6 Nd1+ 0-1

[Event "Gelfand Challenge 2021"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.06.10"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Mendonca, Leon Luke"]
[Black "Nihal, Sarin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2549"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[ECO "A06"]
[Opening "Reti opening"]
[WhiteFideId "35028561"]
[BlackFideId "25092340"]
[EventDate "2021.06.10"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. d4 Nc6 7. Be2 cxd4 8.
Nxd4 Bd6 9. O-O O-O 10. Nf3 a6 11. b3 Be6 12. Bb2 Qe7 13. Rc1 Rad8 14. Na4 Ne4
15. Bxa6 Nb4 16. Be2 Nxa2 17. Ra1 Nb4 18. Nc3 Nc6 19. Nb5 Bc5 20. Nbd4 Nb4 21.
Rc1 h6 22. Bb5 Na2 23. Rc2 Nb4 24. Rc1 Rc8 25. Be2 Na2 26. Rc2 Nb4 27. Rc1 Rfd8
28. Ne1 Na2 29. Rc2 Nb4 30. Rc1 Na2 31. Rc2 Nb4 32. Rc1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gelfand Challenge 2021"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.06.10"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Praggnanandhaa, R"]
[Black "Yip, Carissa"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2608"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[ECO "E70"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "4.e4"]
[WhiteFideId "25059530"]
[BlackFideId "2090732"]
[EventDate "2021.06.10"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 O-O 5. Be2 d6 6. h4 e5 7. d5 c6 8. h5 cxd5
9. cxd5 Nbd7 10. Be3 Nc5 11. h6 Bh8 12. Bxc5 dxc5 13. Nf3 Ne8 14. Nd2 Bd7 15. a4
Qg5 16. g3 Rd8 17. Qb3 b6 18. O-O-O Nd6 19. Kb1 Qe7 20. Nc4 Rb8 21. Nxd6 Qxd6
22. Bb5 Bg4 23. Rd3 Bf6 24. Qc4 Rfd8 25. Bc6 Qf8 26. f3 Bc8 27. Rhd1 Be7 28. Nb5
Ba6 29. Qc1 Bxb5 30. axb5 Rd6 31. Ra3 Qd8 32. Rxa7 Bg5 33. f4 Bxh6 34. Qc3 Bg7
35. fxe5 Qg5 36. Qf3 Qxe5 37. Qxf7+ Kh8 38. Qxg7+ Qxg7 39. Rxg7 Kxg7 40. e5 Rdd8
41. d6 Kf7 42. Bd5+ Kg7 43. Bc4 Re8 44. e6 Rbd8 45. Kc2 Kf6 46. e7 Rd7 47. Rf1+
Kg5 48. Rf8 Rexe7 49. dxe7 Rxe7 50. Rb8 Re3 51. Rxb6 Rxg3 52. Rc6 1-0

[Event "Gelfand Challenge 2021"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.06.10"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Bjerre, Jonas Buhl"]
[Black "Abdusattorov, Nodirbek"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2542"]
[BlackElo "2634"]
[ECO "B12"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "advance variation"]
[WhiteFideId "1444948"]
[BlackFideId "14204118"]
[EventDate "2021.06.10"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nd2 e6 5. Nb3 Nd7 6. Nf3 c5 7. dxc5 a6 8. Be3 Ne7
9. c4 Bg4 10. Be2 dxc4 11. Bxc4 Nf5 12. Bd2 Nxe5 13. Be2 Nd3+ 14. Bxd3 Qxd3 15.
Qe2 Qd5 16. h3 Bxf3 17. Qxf3 Qxf3 18. gxf3 O-O-O 19. Rc1 Be7 20. Ke2 Rd5 21. Be3
Rhd8 22. Rc4 Bf6 23. Rc2 Kc7 24. Rhc1 Nd4+ 25. Nxd4 Bxd4 26. b4 Rh5 27. Rh1 Kc6
28. a4 e5 29. Rc4 Bxe3 30. Kxe3 f5 31. h4 g5 32. Rb1 Rxh4 33. b5+ axb5 34. axb5+
Kc7 35. Rxh4 gxh4 36. Rg1 h3 37. Rg5 h2 38. Rh5 Rh8 39. Rxh2 h5 40. Rh4 Kd7 41.
f4 e4 42. Kd4 Ke6 43. c6 b6 44. c7 Kd7 45. Ke5 Kxc7 46. Kxf5 Kd6 47. Kxe4 Ke6
48. f5+ Kf6 49. Kf4 Rh7 50. Rh1 h4 51. Kg4 Rg7+ 52. Kf4 Rh7 53. Kg4 Rg7+ 54. Kf4
Rg5 55. Rxh4 Rxf5+ 56. Ke4 Rxb5 57. f4 Rb4+ 58. Kd3 Kf5 59. Kc3 Rxf4 60. Rxf4+
Kxf4 61. Kb4 b5 62. Kxb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gelfand Challenge 2021"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.06.10"]
[Round "5.5"]
[White "Lei, Tingjie"]
[Black "Murzin, Volodar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2502"]
[ECO "B12"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "advance variation"]
[WhiteFideId "8605114"]
[BlackFideId "44155573"]
[EventDate "2021.06.10"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nd2 e6 5. Nb3 Nd7 6. Nf3 Ne7 7. Be2 h6 8. O-O g5
9. a4 Bg7 10. a5 Qc7 11. Bd2 Ng6 12. c4 dxc4 13. Bxc4 Rd8 14. Qe2 O-O 15. Rfc1
Rfe8 16. Ne1 Ne7 17. Bb4 c5 18. Nxc5 Nc6 19. Nxd7 Qxd7 20. Bd6 Nxd4 21. Qe3 Nb5
22. Bc5 a6 23. Nf3 Rc8 24. b4 Nc7 25. Rd1 Nd5 26. Qb3 Qc6 27. Nd4 Qc7 28. Nxf5
Bxe5 29. Nxh6+ Kg7 30. Ng4 Bxa1 31. Rxa1 Qf4 32. Bxd5 exd5 33. Ne3 Red8 34. Rd1
d4 35. Nd5 Qg4 36. Bxd4+ Kh6 37. Ne3 1-0

[Event "Gelfand Challenge 2021"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.06.10"]
[Round "5.6"]
[White "Abdumalik, Zhansaya"]
[Black "Khademalsharieh, Sarasadat"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2472"]
[BlackElo "2494"]
[ECO "C50"]
[Opening "Giuoco Pianissimo"]
[WhiteFideId "13703544"]
[BlackFideId "12512214"]
[EventDate "2021.06.10"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 Nf6 5. O-O d6 6. c3 a6 7. Re1 Ba7 8. b4 Ng4
9. Rf1 Nf6 10. Nbd2 h6 11. a4 g5 12. Qb3 O-O 13. Ra2 Ne7 14. d4 Ng6 15. dxe5
dxe5 16. b5 Bc5 17. Qc2 axb5 18. axb5 Rxa2 19. Qxa2 Qe7 20. Nb3 Bd6 21. Re1 Kg7
22. Nfd2 Nf4 23. Nf1 Be6 24. Qa4 Nd7 25. Bxe6 fxe6 26. Be3 Nc5 27. Nxc5 Bxc5 28.
Qc4 Bb6 29. Bxb6 cxb6 30. Rd1 Qc5 31. Qxc5 Ne2+ 32. Kh1 bxc5 33. f3 Nxc3 34. Rc1
Nxb5 35. Rxc5 Nd4 36. Ne3 b5 37. Ng4 b4 38. Nxe5 b3 39. Rc7+ Kg8 40. Rb7 Rc8 41.
h4 gxh4 42. Kh2 Rc5 43. Nd7 Rb5 44. Nf6+ Kf8 45. Rd7 b2 46. Nh7+ Ke8 47. Nf6+
Kf8 48. Nh7+ Ke8 49. Nf6+ Kf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gelfand Challenge 2021"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.06.10"]
[Round "5.7"]
[White "Shuvalova, Polina"]
[Black "Liang, Awonder"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2489"]
[BlackElo "2592"]
[ECO "B01"]
[Opening "Scandinavian (centre counter) defence"]
[WhiteFideId "24171760"]
[BlackFideId "2056437"]
[EventDate "2021.06.10"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd8 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 g6 6. Bc4 Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8.
Re1 a6 9. Bf4 b5 10. Be2 Bb7 11. Ne5 Nd5 12. Nxd5 Bxd5 13. a4 b4 14. a5 Nc6 15.
Qd2 Qe8 16. Bf3 Rd8 17. Bxd5 Rxd5 18. c3 Nxa5 19. Qe2 bxc3 20. bxc3 Bxe5 21.
dxe5 Qc6 22. Ra4 Qxa4 0-1

[Event "Gelfand Challenge 2021"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.06.10"]
[Round "5.8"]
[White "Mammadzada, Gunay"]
[Black "Salimova, Nurgyul"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2443"]
[BlackElo "2395"]
[ECO "B15"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "Tartakower (Nimzovich) variation"]
[WhiteFideId "13403729"]
[BlackFideId "2915138"]
[EventDate "2021.06.10"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ exf6 6. c3 Bd6 7. Bd3 Na6 8.
Qf3 Nc7 9. Ne2 O-O 10. O-O Re8 11. Ng3 Bxg3 12. Qxg3 Nd5 13. Bh6 g6 14. Bd2 Be6
15. b3 Kg7 16. Rfe1 Qd7 17. c4 Ne7 18. Qh4 h5 19. Bc3 Ng8 20. h3 Bf5 21. Bf1 a5
22. f3 a4 23. g4 hxg4 24. hxg4 g5 25. Qh2 Bg6 26. Qd2 axb3 27. axb3 Qd6 28. Kg2
Ne7 29. Rxa8 Rxa8 30. Bb4 Ra2 31. Qxa2 Qxb4 32. Re3 Bh7 33. Qa4 Qd6 34. Qa7 Ng6
35. Qc5 Nh4+ 36. Kf2 Qh2+ 37. Ke1 Qg1 38. Ke2 Ng6 39. Re4 Nf4+ 40. Rxf4 gxf4 41.
Qe7 Qxd4 42. Ke1 Qc3+ 43. Kf2 Qxb3 44. g5 Qb2+ 45. Kg1 Qd4+ 46. Kg2 fxg5 47.
Qxg5+ Bg6 48. Qe7 Qd2+ 49. Kh1 Qb2 50. c5 Qc3 51. Bg2 Qc1+ 52. Kh2 Qb2 53. Qd6
Qf6 54. Qc7 Qh4+ 55. Kg1 Qe1+ 56. Kh2 Qb4 57. Qe5+ Kh7 58. Qe7 b6 59. Qh4+ Kg7
60. cxb6 Qxb6 61. Qxf4 Qc5 62. Qc7 Qh5+ 63. Kg1 c5 64. f4 Qd1+ 65. Kh2 Qh5+ 66.
Kg1 Qf5 67. Kh2 Qc2 68. Qe5+ Kh7 69. Kg3 c4 70. Bh3 Qd3+ 71. Kh4 Qd8+ 72. Kg3
Qd3+ 73. Kh4 Qe4 74. Qc7 c3 75. Kg5 c2 76. Bg4 Qe3 77. Bf5 Qg3+ 78. Kf6 Qh4+ 79.
Ke5 Qe1+ 80. Kf6 c1=Q 81. Qxf7+ Kh8 82. Qg7# 1-0

[Event "Gelfand Challenge 2021"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.06.10"]
[Round "5.9"]
[White "Saduakassova, Dinara"]
[Black "Badelka, Olga"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2418"]
[ECO "A46"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[WhiteFideId "13700090"]
[BlackFideId "13509926"]
[EventDate "2021.06.10"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bf4 d5 4. e3 c5 5. c3 Nc6 6. Nbd2 Nh5 7. Be5 f6 8. Bg3 g6
9. Bd3 Be7 10. Qc2 Bd7 11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. e4 Nxg3 13. hxg3 Qb6 14. Nb3 dxe4 15.
Bxe4 O-O-O 16. Nxc5 Qxc5 17. O-O-O f5 18. Bxc6 Bxc6 19. Ng5 Qe7 20. f4 Rxd1+ 21.
Qxd1 e5 22. Qe1 e4 23. Qe3 Kb8 24. Nf3 Qf7 25. Qd4 Rc8 26. Ne5 Qxa2 27. Nxc6+
bxc6 28. Rxh7 c5 29. Qd6+ Ka8 30. Qd7 Qa6 31. Qd5+ Kb8 32. Rg7 Qf1+ 33. Kc2 Qa6
34. g4 e3 35. Qe5+ Ka8 36. Qxe3 fxg4 37. Qe4+ Kb8 38. Rxg6 Qf1 39. Rg7 Qb5 40.
f5 Re8 41. Re7 Rxe7 42. Qxe7 Qf1 43. Qd6+ Kb7 44. Qd5+ Kb6 45. Qe6+ Kb7 46. Qe4+
Kb6 47. Kb3 Qd1+ 48. Ka2 Qa4+ 49. Qxa4 1-0

[Event "Gelfand Challenge 2021"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.06.10"]
[Round "5.10"]
[White "Yoo, Christopher Woojin"]
[Black "Gukesh, D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2457"]
[BlackElo "2578"]
[ECO "A80"]
[Opening "Dutch"]
[WhiteFideId "30909694"]
[BlackFideId "46616543"]
[EventDate "2021.06.10"]

1. d4 f5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Qe7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O Bxd2 8.
Nbxd2 d6 9. b4 e5 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. Qb3 c5 12. bxc5 Nc6 13. e3 Nd7 14. Qa3 g5
15. Nb3 g4 16. Nfd2 e4 17. Rfd1 Nde5 18. Nd4 Be6 19. Qc3 Qf6 20. Rac1 Nd3 21.
Rb1 Rfd8 22. Bxe4 Nxd4 23. exd4 Nxf2 24. Bxb7 Nxd1 25. Rxd1 Rab8 26. c6 Rxd4 27.
Re1 Kf7 28. Rxe6 Kxe6 29. c7 Rf8 30. c8=Q+ Rxc8 31. Bxc8+ Kf7 32. Bxf5 Qe5 33.
Be4 h5 34. Kf2 Qc5 35. Ke2 Ke7 36. Qe3 Kd8 37. Bd5 Qb6 38. Nb3 1-0

[Event "Gelfand Challenge 2021"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.06.11"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Keymer, Vincent"]
[Black "Gukesh, D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2591"]
[BlackElo "2578"]
[ECO "A15"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[WhiteFideId "12940690"]
[BlackFideId "46616543"]
[EventDate "2021.06.10"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. e3 b6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. g3 Bb7 7. Bg2 Nbd7 8. O-O
g6 9. b3 Bg7 10. Bb2 O-O 11. Rc1 a6 12. Re1 Qe7 13. d3 Rfe8 14. Re2 Rad8 15.
Rec2 c5 16. d4 c4 17. Nd2 cxb3 18. Nxb3 Qd6 19. Nb1 Rc8 20. Ba3 Qb8 21. Nc3 Bf8
22. Bxf8 Kxf8 23. Ne2 Rxc2 24. Rxc2 Rc8 25. Nf4 Rxc2 26. Qxc2 Qd6 27. Nc1 Ke7
28. Nce2 Nf8 29. Nd3 Ne6 30. Qb3 Ne4 31. h4 Nd2 32. Qd1 Ne4 33. Qb3 Nd2 34. Qc2
Ne4 35. Qb2 a5 36. Nc3 Nxc3 37. Qxc3 f6 38. Qb3 Qc6 39. h5 g5 40. Qb1 b5 41. Nc5
Nf8 42. a3 Bc8 43. Qb3 Kd6 44. e4 Nd7 45. exd5 Nxc5 46. Qf3 Qd7 47. Qxf6+ Ne6
48. Qe5+ Ke7 49. dxe6 Qxe6 50. Qxg5+ Qf6 51. Qc5+ Kd8 52. Qxb5 Qxd4 53. Qxa5+
Ke8 54. Qb5+ Bd7 55. Qb8+ Kf7 56. Qb3+ Be6 57. Qf3+ Kg7 58. Kh2 Bg4 59. Qe3 Qf6
60. h6+ Kg6 61. a4 Qa1 62. Be4+ Kh5 63. Qc5+ Kxh6 64. Qf8+ Kh5 65. Qf7+ 1-0

[Event "Gelfand Challenge 2021"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.06.11"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Badelka, Olga"]
[Black "Yoo, Christopher Woojin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2418"]
[BlackElo "2457"]
[ECO "E06"]
[Opening "Catalan"]
[Variation "closed, 5.Nf3"]
[WhiteFideId "13509926"]
[BlackFideId "30909694"]
[EventDate "2021.06.10"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. Qc2 c5 7. dxc5 Qa5+ 8. Nc3
Nc6 9. cxd5 exd5 10. O-O Qxc5 11. Qd3 d4 12. Na4 Qa5 13. b3 Bf5 14. Qd1 Rfd8 15.
Bd2 Qb5 16. Ne1 Nd5 17. Nd3 Bxd3 18. exd3 Qxd3 19. Re1 Bb4 20. Bxb4 Qxd1 21.
Raxd1 Ndxb4 22. Nc5 Rab8 23. a3 Nc2 24. Re2 Nxa3 25. Nxb7 Rxb7 26. Bxc6 Rbb8 27.
Rd3 Rd6 28. Ba4 Kf8 29. Red2 Nb5 30. b4 Rdb6 31. Bxb5 Rxb5 32. Rxd4 Rxb4 33. Rd7
R4b7 34. R7d6 Ra8 35. Ra6 Rb6 36. Ra5 Ke7 37. h4 h6 38. Kg2 a6 39. Rdd5 Rab8 40.
Rd2 R8b7 41. Rda2 Ra7 42. R2a4 Kd6 43. Rg4 f6 44. Rga4 Rc6 45. Kh3 Kc7 46. Ra2
Kb6 47. Kg4 Rc5 48. Rxc5 Kxc5 49. Kf5 a5 50. Kg6 a4 51. f4 Kb4 52. f5 a3 53. g4
Kb3 54. Rh2 a2 55. Rh1 Kb2 56. Rh2+ Ka3 57. Rh1 Rb7 58. Ra1 Kb2 0-1

[Event "Gelfand Challenge 2021"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.06.11"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Salimova, Nurgyul"]
[Black "Saduakassova, Dinara"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2395"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[ECO "E06"]
[Opening "Catalan"]
[Variation "closed, 5.Nf3"]
[WhiteFideId "2915138"]
[BlackFideId "13700090"]
[EventDate "2021.06.10"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Nc3 dxc4 7. Ne5 Nc6 8. Bxc6
bxc6 9. Nxc6 Qe8 10. Nxe7+ Qxe7 11. Qa4 c5 12. dxc5 Qxc5 13. Be3 Qc7 14. O-O-O
Bb7 15. f3 Nd5 16. Bd4 Rfd8 17. Qa3 a5 18. Nxd5 Rxd5 19. e4 Rdd8 20. Qc3 f6 21.
Be3 Ba6 22. Rxd8+ Rxd8 23. Rd1 Kf7 24. Rxd8 Qxd8 25. Qd4 Qxd4 26. Bxd4 e5 27.
Bb6 a4 28. Kd2 Bb7 29. Kc3 f5 30. Kb4 fxe4 31. fxe4 Bc6 32. Kxc4 Bxe4 33. b3
axb3 34. axb3 Ke6 35. b4 Bd5+ 36. Kc5 e4 37. Kd4 Bc6 38. Bc7 g6 39. Bf4 h5 40.
Kc5 Ba8 41. b5 Kd7 42. Kb6 Bd5 43. Kc5 Ba8 44. Kd4 Ke6 45. Kc5 Kd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gelfand Challenge 2021"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.06.11"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "Liang, Awonder"]
[Black "Mammadzada, Gunay"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2592"]
[BlackElo "2443"]
[ECO "B23"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "closed"]
[WhiteFideId "2056437"]
[BlackFideId "13403729"]
[EventDate "2021.06.10"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 a6 3. Nge2 d6 4. a4 Nf6 5. g3 e6 6. Bg2 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. d3 Nc6
9. h3 Qc7 10. g4 Nd4 11. Nxd4 cxd4 12. Ne2 e5 13. f4 Kh8 14. Ng3 exf4 15. Bxf4
Nd7 16. Nf5 Ne5 17. Kh1 Bxf5 18. exf5 Rac8 19. Rf2 Bh4 20. Re2 f6 21. a5 Rfe8
22. Ra4 Qc5 23. b3 d5 24. Kh2 h6 25. Qf1 Bg5 26. Bg3 Nc6 27. h4 Be3 28. Qf3 Rcd8
29. g5 hxg5 30. hxg5 fxg5 31. f6 Rf8 32. Qh5+ Kg8 33. fxg7 Rf7 34. Qh8# 1-0

[Event "Gelfand Challenge 2021"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.06.11"]
[Round "6.5"]
[White "Khademalsharieh, Sarasadat"]
[Black "Shuvalova, Polina"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2494"]
[BlackElo "2489"]
[ECO "A17"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "Queens Indian formation"]
[WhiteFideId "12512214"]
[BlackFideId "24171760"]
[EventDate "2021.06.10"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Bb4 6. O-O O-O 7. Qc2 d5 8. cxd5
exd5 9. a3 Be7 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Rd1 a6 12. Ne5 h6 13. Bf4 Rc8 14. Qf5 c6 15. e4
dxe4 16. Nxe4 Nxe5 17. Nxf6+ gxf6 18. dxe5 1-0

[Event "Gelfand Challenge 2021"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.06.11"]
[Round "6.6"]
[White "Murzin, Volodar"]
[Black "Abdumalik, Zhansaya"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2502"]
[BlackElo "2472"]
[ECO "C65"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Berlin defence"]
[WhiteFideId "44155573"]
[BlackFideId "13703544"]
[EventDate "2021.06.10"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. O-O d6 6. Nc3 a6 7. Ba4 b5 8. Bb3
Na5 9. Bg5 h6 10. Be3 Nxb3 11. axb3 Bxe3 12. fxe3 c6 13. Qe1 O-O 14. Nh4 g6 15.
h3 Kg7 16. Nf3 Ra7 17. b4 Nh7 18. Qg3 Nf6 19. d4 Re7 20. Qh4 Ree8 21. Rae1 Qe7
22. Qf2 Nh7 23. Qd2 Qc7 24. Nd1 f5 25. exf5 Rxf5 26. dxe5 dxe5 27. Nf2 e4 28.
Nd4 Rf6 29. Qc3 h5 30. Nh1 Ref8 31. Rxf6 Rxf6 32. Rf1 Bd7 33. Qc5 Rxf1+ 34. Kxf1
Kf7 35. Ne2 Nf6 36. Nf4 Bf5 37. Ng3 Qd7 38. Ke1 h4 39. Nxf5 gxf5 40. Qe5 Qe7 41.
Qxf5 Qxb4+ 42. Kd1 Qd6+ 43. Ke2 Ke7 44. Ng6+ Kd8 45. Nxh4 a5 46. Ng6 Kc7 47. Nf4
Kb6 48. Qe6 Qd8 49. g4 a4 50. g5 Ng8 51. h4 b4 52. Qc4 Qf8 53. Qd4+ Kb5 54. Qxe4
a3 55. Ne6 Qd6 56. Nd4+ Kb6 57. bxa3 bxa3 58. Nb3 c5 59. Qa8 Qh2+ 60. Kd3 Qd6+
61. Kc4 Qe6+ 62. Qd5 Qg4+ 63. e4 Qe2+ 64. Qd3 Qh2 65. Nxc5 Ne7 66. Qb3+ Kc7 67.
Qb7+ Kd6 68. Qb8+ Kc6 69. Qxh2 1-0

[Event "Gelfand Challenge 2021"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.06.11"]
[Round "6.7"]
[White "Abdusattorov, Nodirbek"]
[Black "Lei, Tingjie"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2634"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[ECO "D38"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "Ragozin variation"]
[WhiteFideId "14204118"]
[BlackFideId "8605114"]
[EventDate "2021.06.10"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bf4 c6 7. e3 Bf5 8. Qb3
Qb6 9. Nh4 Be6 10. Bd3 Ne4 11. Nf3 Nd7 12. Qc2 Qa5 13. O-O Bxc3 14. bxc3 Ndf6
15. Ng5 Nxg5 16. Bxg5 Ne4 17. Bh4 g5 18. f3 gxh4 19. fxe4 h3 20. exd5 hxg2 21.
Rfb1 Qxd5 22. Rxb7 Rg8 23. Be4 Qd6 24. c4 Bd7 25. Qf2 Qe6 26. Qf3 Qxc4 27. d5
Rd8 28. dxc6 Be6 29. Qf6 Qc5 30. Qf3 Qc3 31. Rab1 h5 32. Rb8 Bg4 33. Qf4 Qd2 34.
Rxd8+ Kxd8 35. Qf6+ Kc8 36. Bf5+ 1-0

[Event "Gelfand Challenge 2021"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.06.11"]
[Round "6.8"]
[White "Yip, Carissa"]
[Black "Bjerre, Jonas Buhl"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2542"]
[ECO "B94"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Najdorf, 6.Bg5"]
[WhiteFideId "2090732"]
[BlackFideId "1444948"]
[EventDate "2021.06.10"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. e4 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 Nbd7 7. f4 Qc7 8. Qe2
e5 9. Nf3 h6 10. Bxf6 Nxf6 11. fxe5 dxe5 12. O-O-O Be6 13. h3 Bd6 14. g4 O-O-O
15. Bg2 Bc4 16. Qf2 Bb4 17. Na4 Kb8 18. a3 Be7 19. Qb6 Nxe4 20. Qxc7+ Kxc7 21.
Nxe5 Bg5+ 22. Kb1 Bd5 23. c4 Nc3+ 24. Nxc3 Bxg2 25. Nxf7 Rxd1+ 26. Rxd1 Rf8 27.
Ne5 Rf1 28. Nd5+ Kd6 29. Rxf1 Bxf1 30. Nf7+ Kc5 31. Kc2 Bxc4 32. Nxg5 Bxd5 33.
b4+ Kd4 0-1

[Event "Gelfand Challenge 2021"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.06.11"]
[Round "6.9"]
[White "Nihal, Sarin"]
[Black "Praggnanandhaa, R"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2608"]
[ECO "B50"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[WhiteFideId "25092340"]
[BlackFideId "25059530"]
[EventDate "2021.06.10"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 dxe5 5. Nxe5 a6 6. g3 Qd6 7. Nc4 Qc6 8. Rg1
Bg4 9. Be2 h5 10. Ne3 Nbd7 11. f3 Bh3 12. f4 e5 13. Bf3 e4 14. Nxe4 Nxe4 15. d3
f5 16. dxe4 fxe4 17. Bxh5+ g6 18. Bg4 O-O-O 19. Bd2 Bg7 20. Bxh3 Rxh3 21. Qg4
Rxh2 22. O-O-O Bd4 23. c3 Bxe3 24. Bxe3 Qa4 25. Rd2 Rxd2 26. Bxd2 Qxa2 27. Re1
Qd5 28. Be3 Qf5 29. Qe2 Nb6 30. g4 Qd5 31. Rd1 Qxd1+ 32. Qxd1 Rxd1+ 33. Kxd1 Nc4
34. Bc1 Kd7 35. b3 Nd6 36. Ke2 b5 37. Ke3 Ke6 38. b4 Kd5 39. Bd2 Nc4+ 40. Ke2 a5
41. bxa5 Nxa5 42. Be3 b4 43. cxb4 cxb4 44. Bc1 Nc4 45. f5 gxf5 46. gxf5 Ke5 0-1

[Event "Gelfand Challenge 2021"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.06.11"]
[Round "6.10"]
[White "Zhu, Jiner"]
[Black "Mendonca, Leon Luke"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "WGM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2462"]
[BlackElo "2549"]
[ECO "B90"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Najdorf, Byrne (English) attack"]
[WhiteFideId "8608059"]
[BlackFideId "35028561"]
[EventDate "2021.06.10"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nf3 Be7 8. Bc4
O-O 9. O-O Be6 10. Qe2 Bxc4 11. Qxc4 b5 12. Qe2 Nbd7 13. a3 Rc8 14. Bg5 Qb6 15.
Rfd1 Rc4 16. Nd2 Rc7 17. Nf1 Rfc8 18. Ne3 Rxc3 19. bxc3 Rxc3 20. Bxf6 Nxf6 21.
Nd5 Nxd5 22. Rxd5 Qc6 23. Ra2 Rc4 24. Qd1 Rxe4 25. Rd3 g6 26. c3 Rc4 27. Qd2 Kg7
28. Ra1 h5 29. Rd1 Qc5 30. Rf3 Ra4 31. h3 e4 32. Rg3 Bh4 33. Re3 Bg5 34. Qxd6
Qxd6 35. Rxd6 Bxe3 36. fxe3 Rxa3 37. Kf2 Rxc3 38. Rxa6 h4 39. Rb6 Rc2+ 40. Kg1
Rb2 41. Kf1 Kf8 42. Rb7 Kg7 43. Rb6 b4 44. Kg1 b3 45. Kf1 Rb1+ 46. Kf2 b2 47.
Rb7 g5 48. Rb6 f5 49. Rb5 Kf6 50. Rb6+ Ke7 51. Rb7+ Ke6 52. Rb6+ Kd7 53. Rb7+
Kc6 54. Rb8 f4 0-1

[Event "Gelfand Challenge 2021"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.06.11"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Mendonca, Leon Luke"]
[Black "Keymer, Vincent"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2549"]
[BlackElo "2591"]
[ECO "D41"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "Semi-Tarrasch with e3"]
[WhiteFideId "35028561"]
[BlackFideId "12940690"]
[EventDate "2021.06.10"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 d5 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e3 cxd4 7. exd4 Nxc3 8.
bxc3 Qc7 9. Rb1 Nd7 10. c4 b6 11. Bd3 Bb7 12. O-O Be7 13. Re1 O-O 14. h4 Rfd8
15. d5 Nf8 16. Qe2 Bf6 17. Bg5 Bxg5 18. Nxg5 exd5 19. cxd5 Bxd5 20. Rbc1 Qf4 21.
g3 Qf6 22. Bb1 h6 23. Ne4 Bxe4 24. Qxe4 Rd2 25. Qe3 Rad8 26. Re2 Qb2 27. Rce1
Rxe2 28. Qxe2 Qxe2 29. Rxe2 Rd1+ 0-1

[Event "Gelfand Challenge 2021"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.06.11"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Praggnanandhaa, R"]
[Black "Zhu, Jiner"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "WGM"]
[WhiteElo "2608"]
[BlackElo "2462"]
[ECO "E51"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian"]
[Variation "4.e3 e8g8, 5.Nf3 d7d5"]
[WhiteFideId "25059530"]
[BlackFideId "8608059"]
[EventDate "2021.06.10"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 d5 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Bd2 b6 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Rc1
a6 9. Bd3 Bb7 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Ne5 Bd6 12. f4 Ne4 13. Bxe4 dxe4 14. Nxd7 Qxd7
15. f5 Rad8 16. Qg4 Rfe8 17. Be1 f6 18. Bg3 Bf8 19. Ne2 c5 20. b4 Rc8 21. bxc5
bxc5 22. h4 Qf7 23. h5 h6 24. Rfd1 Bd5 25. Bf4 Kh8 26. Nc3 cxd4 27. Rxd4 Bxa2
28. Nxa2 Qxa2 29. Rcd1 Qf7 30. Ra1 Rc6 31. Qg6 Qxg6 32. hxg6 Bc5 33. Rda4 Ra8
34. Rxe4 Kg8 35. Rc1 Rac8 36. Kh2 a5 37. Rec4 h5 38. Kh3 Kf8 39. Rxc5 1-0

[Event "Gelfand Challenge 2021"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.06.11"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Bjerre, Jonas Buhl"]
[Black "Nihal, Sarin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2542"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[ECO "B01"]
[Opening "Scandinavian"]
[Variation "Pytel-Wade variation"]
[WhiteFideId "1444948"]
[BlackFideId "25092340"]
[EventDate "2021.06.10"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd6 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 c6 6. g3 Bg4 7. Bg2 e6 8. O-O
Be7 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Bxf3 O-O 11. Ne4 Nxe4 12. Bxe4 Nd7 13. c3 Nf6 14. Bg2 Rfe8
15. Qb3 Qd7 16. Rd1 h6 17. c4 Rac8 18. Be3 a6 19. Qa4 Bd6 20. Rd2 Qe7 21. Rad1
Rcd8 22. Qb3 Rd7 23. a3 Rdd8 24. Qc3 Rc8 25. b4 Red8 26. Qb3 Rd7 27. Rb1 Bb8 28.
a4 b5 29. Rc2 Rdd8 30. Rbc1 Qd7 31. cxb5 cxb5 32. Bc6 Qe7 33. axb5 axb5 34. Bxb5
Rxc2 35. Rxc2 Nd5 36. Bd2 Bd6 37. Bc6 Nxb4 38. Bxb4 Bxb4 39. Qc4 Qd6 40. Rb2 Rc8
41. d5 exd5 42. Qxb4 Qxc6 43. Rb1 Qe6 44. Qg4 Qe8 45. Rd1 Rd8 46. Qd4 Qe6 47.
Kg2 h5 48. h4 Qf5 49. Rd2 f6 50. Rd3 Rd7 51. Rd2 Kf7 52. Rd3 Kg6 53. Rd2 Qe5 54.
Qd3+ Qf5 55. Qd4 Kf7 56. Re2 Qg4 57. Qe3 Kg6 58. Qd3+ Qf5 59. Qd4 Rb7 60. Rd2
Rb5 61. Kh2 Qe4 62. Qxe4+ dxe4 63. Kg2 Kf5 64. Rd7 g6 65. Re7 Re5 66. Ra7 Re6
67. Ra5+ Re5 68. Ra7 Rc5 69. Re7 Rc2 70. Kf1 Ra2 71. Re8 Ra6 72. Kg2 Re6 73. Ra8
Re5 74. Ra7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gelfand Challenge 2021"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.06.11"]
[Round "7.4"]
[White "Lei, Tingjie"]
[Black "Yip, Carissa"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[ECO "A40"]
[Opening "Modern defence"]
[WhiteFideId "8605114"]
[BlackFideId "2090732"]
[EventDate "2021.06.10"]

1. d4 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. e4 e6 4. Nc3 Ne7 5. Nf3 d5 6. e5 c5 7. dxc5 Nd7 8. cxd5
exd5 9. Bb5 O-O 10. O-O Nxc5 11. Bg5 Be6 12. Rc1 a6 13. Be2 Rc8 14. Bxe7 Qxe7
15. Nxd5 Qd8 16. Nc3 Qb6 17. Nd5 Qd8 18. Nc3 Qb6 19. b3 Rfd8 20. Qc2 Bf5 21. Qb2
Qa7 22. Rfd1 b5 23. b4 Nd3 24. Bxd3 Bxd3 25. Rd2 Bh6 26. Re1 Bxd2 27. Qxd2 Be4
28. Qf4 Bxf3 29. Qxf3 Qd4 30. Ne4 Qxe5 31. h4 f5 32. Qb3+ Kg7 33. f4 Qd4+ 34.
Nf2 Re8 35. Rd1 Qa7 36. Qb2+ Kg8 37. Kh1 Rcd8 38. Rc1 Qd4 39. Qb3+ Qd5 40. Qb2
Qd4 41. Qb3+ Kh8 42. Nh3 Re3 43. Qc2 Qd2 44. Qc7 Re1+ 45. Rxe1 Qxe1+ 46. Kh2 Rd1
47. Qc8+ Kg7 48. Qc7+ Kh6 49. Qc8 Kg7 50. Qc7+ Kh6 51. Qc8 Qh1+ 52. Kg3 Rd3+ 53.
Kf2 Rd2+ 54. Ke3 Qe1+ 55. Kf3 Rd3# 0-1

[Event "Gelfand Challenge 2021"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.06.11"]
[Round "7.5"]
[White "Abdumalik, Zhansaya"]
[Black "Abdusattorov, Nodirbek"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2472"]
[BlackElo "2634"]
[ECO "B01"]
[Opening "Scandinavian defence"]
[WhiteFideId "13703544"]
[BlackFideId "14204118"]
[EventDate "2021.06.10"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 Bf5 6. Be2 e6 7. O-O c6 8. Ne5
Nbd7 9. Nc4 Qc7 10. g3 Nb6 11. Bf4 Qd8 12. Ne3 Bg6 13. h4 h6 14. h5 Bh7 15. Re1
Bd6 16. Ng2 O-O 17. Qd2 Bb4 18. Bf3 Nc4 19. Qc1 Qxd4 20. Rd1 Qc5 21. Na4 Qa5 22.
a3 Be7 23. b3 Ne5 24. Be2 Neg4 25. Ne3 Qxh5 26. Nxg4 Nxg4 27. Bxg4 Qxg4 28. Rd7
Bf6 29. Rb1 Qf3 30. Qe3 Qxe3 31. Bxe3 b6 32. Rc1 Rfd8 33. Rc7 Be4 34. c4 Rd3 35.
Re1 Bf3 0-1

[Event "Gelfand Challenge 2021"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.06.11"]
[Round "7.6"]
[White "Shuvalova, Polina"]
[Black "Murzin, Volodar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2489"]
[BlackElo "2502"]
[ECO "B13"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "exchange variation"]
[WhiteFideId "24171760"]
[BlackFideId "44155573"]
[EventDate "2021.06.10"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. c3 Qc7 6. Ne2 Bg4 7. O-O e6 8. Qe1
Nf6 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bh4 Bxe2 11. Qxe2 Bd6 12. Bg3 h5 13. Bxd6 Qxd6 14. Nd2 h4 15.
a4 Nh5 16. Qe3 Qf4 17. Nf3 a6 18. Rae1 h3 19. g3 Qxe3 20. fxe3 Nf6 21. Ng5 Ke7
22. e4 Rh5 23. exd5 Rxg5 24. dxc6 bxc6 25. Rf2 a5 26. Bf1 Rh5 27. Rd2 Rd8 28.
Rde2 Rdd5 29. Ra1 c5 30. dxc5 Rxc5 31. Rd1 g5 32. Rd4 g4 33. Red2 Rhd5 34. Be2
Rxd4 35. Rxd4 e5 36. Rd1 Ke6 37. Kf2 Ne4+ 38. Ke3 f5 39. Rd8 Nd6 40. Ra8 Rd5 41.
b4 axb4 42. cxb4 Rd4 43. b5 f4+ 44. gxf4 Nf5+ 45. Kf2 Rxf4+ 46. Kg1 g3 47. hxg3
h2+ 48. Kxh2 Rf2+ 49. Kh3 Rxe2 50. b6 Rb2 51. a5 Nd6 52. Kg4 Rb3 53. Rb8 Ra3 54.
b7 Nxb7 55. Rxb7 Rxa5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gelfand Challenge 2021"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.06.11"]
[Round "7.7"]
[White "Mammadzada, Gunay"]
[Black "Khademalsharieh, Sarasadat"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2443"]
[BlackElo "2494"]
[ECO "C78"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "5.O-O"]
[WhiteFideId "13403729"]
[BlackFideId "12512214"]
[EventDate "2021.06.10"]

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. a4 Rb8 10. a5 Ba7 11. h3 Bb7 12. Be3 Nxe4 13. d5 Bxe3 14. dxc6 Bxf2+ 15. Rxf2
Nxf2 16. Qd5 O-O 17. cxb7 c6 18. Qxc6 Nd3 19. Bd5 Nf4 20. Nbd2 Qf6 21. Qxa6 Nxd5
22. Qxb5 Nf4 23. a6 Qg6 24. Qf1 Qg3 25. Kh1 h5 26. a7 Rxb7 27. a8=Q Rxa8 28.
Rxa8+ Kh7 29. Ne4 1-0

[Event "Gelfand Challenge 2021"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.06.11"]
[Round "7.8"]
[White "Saduakassova, Dinara"]
[Black "Liang, Awonder"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2592"]
[ECO "E62"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "fianchetto, Kavalek (Bronstein) variation"]
[WhiteFideId "13700090"]
[BlackFideId "2056437"]
[EventDate "2021.06.10"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. Nc3 Bf5 7. Nh4 Bc8 8. Nf3
c6 9. O-O Qa5 10. h3 e5 11. d5 cxd5 12. Nxd5 Nxd5 13. Qxd5 Qxd5 14. cxd5 Na6 15.
Bg5 Re8 16. e4 Bd7 17. Nd2 Rac8 18. Rfc1 f5 19. Be3 b6 20. Bf1 Nc5 21. b4 f4 22.
gxf4 exf4 23. Bxf4 Nxe4 24. Rxc8 Rxc8 25. Re1 Nxd2 26. Bxd2 Kf7 27. Bf4 Bc3 28.
Rb1 Bf5 29. Rb3 Ke7 30. Bg5+ Bf6 31. Re3+ Kf7 32. Bf4 Be7 33. Bb5 Rc1+ 34. Kg2
Rb1 35. a3 Rb2 36. Rc3 Be4+ 37. Kg3 g5 38. Be3 Rb1 39. f3 Bxd5 40. Rc7 h6 41.
Rxa7 Rb3 42. Kf2 Rb2+ 43. Kg3 Kf8 44. Bd4 Rd2 45. Bg7+ Kf7 46. Bxh6 Ke6 47.
Rxe7+ 1-0

[Event "Gelfand Challenge 2021"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.06.11"]
[Round "7.9"]
[White "Yoo, Christopher Woojin"]
[Black "Salimova, Nurgyul"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2457"]
[BlackElo "2395"]
[ECO "D43"]
[Opening "QGD semi-Slav"]
[WhiteFideId "30909694"]
[BlackFideId "2915138"]
[EventDate "2021.06.10"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 c6 5. g3 dxc4 6. Bg2 Nbd7 7. O-O b5 8. e4
Bb7 9. a4 b4 10. e5 Nd5 11. Ne4 h6 12. Re1 a5 13. Bf1 N7b6 14. Nfd2 Ba6 15. Nc5
Bxc5 16. dxc5 Nd7 17. Qg4 Qe7 18. Qxg7 O-O-O 19. Ne4 Kb8 20. Nd6 Nxc5 21. Qxf7
Nd3 22. Qxe7 Nxe7 23. Re4 Rhf8 24. Bxh6 Rg8 25. Be3 Nd5 26. Bxd3 cxd3 27. Bd2
Rd7 28. Rc1 Rc7 29. h4 c5 30. h5 Nb6 31. b3 c4 32. Nxc4 Bxc4 33. bxc4 Nxa4 34.
Rb1 Nc5 35. Rh4 Rb7 36. h6 b3 37. Bxa5 b2 38. Bd2 Rh8 39. Rd4 Rb3 40. g4 Kc7 41.
g5 Ra8 42. h7 Ra1 43. h8=Q Rxb1+ 44. Kg2 Rg1+ 45. Kxg1 b1=Q+ 46. Kg2 Rb8 47.
Qg7+ Kc8 48. Qf8+ Kb7 49. Qxc5 Rh8 50. Rd7+ Kb8 51. Qc7+ 1-0

[Event "Gelfand Challenge 2021"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.06.11"]
[Round "7.10"]
[White "Gukesh, D"]
[Black "Badelka, Olga"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2578"]
[BlackElo "2418"]
[ECO "A08"]
[Opening "Reti"]
[Variation "King's Indian attack, French variation"]
[WhiteFideId "46616543"]
[BlackFideId "13509926"]
[EventDate "2021.06.10"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 e6 3. Bg2 d5 4. O-O Be7 5. d3 O-O 6. Nbd2 c5 7. e4 Nc6 8. Re1
Qc7 9. Qe2 Rd8 10. e5 Nd7 11. Nf1 b5 12. Bf4 b4 13. h4 a5 14. h5 Ba6 15. h6 g6
16. Ne3 Nf8 17. Ng4 a4 18. Qe3 Nd4 19. Rac1 Nf5 20. Qd2 c4 21. Bg5 c3 22. bxc3
bxc3 23. Qf4 Kh8 24. Nf6 Nd7 25. Nxh7 Kxh7 26. Bxe7 Nxe5 27. Ng5+ Kh8 28. Bf6+ 1-0

[Event "Gelfand Challenge 2021"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.06.11"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Keymer, Vincent"]
[Black "Badelka, Olga"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2591"]
[BlackElo "2418"]
[ECO "D37"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "4.Nf3"]
[WhiteFideId "12940690"]
[BlackFideId "13509926"]
[EventDate "2021.06.10"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e4 b5 6. e5 Nd5 7. Nxb5 Nb6 8. Be2
Nc6 9. O-O Be7 10. Qd2 Bb7 11. Qf4 a6 12. Nc3 g5 13. Nxg5 Bxg5 14. Qxg5 Qxg5 15.
Bxg5 Nxd4 16. h4 Rg8 17. f3 Nxe2+ 18. Nxe2 Nd7 19. Bf4 O-O-O 20. Rac1 Nb6 21.
Be3 Rd3 22. Bxb6 cxb6 23. Rxc4+ Kb8 24. Rf4 Rd2 25. Rf2 Rxb2 26. Nd4 Rxf2 27.
Kxf2 Rg7 28. g4 h6 29. Rf6 Rh7 30. f4 Kc7 31. Kg3 Kd7 32. f5 Ke7 33. fxe6 1-0

[Event "Gelfand Challenge 2021"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.06.11"]
[Round "8.2"]
[White "Salimova, Nurgyul"]
[Black "Gukesh, D"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2395"]
[BlackElo "2578"]
[ECO "E04"]
[Opening "Catalan"]
[Variation "open, 5.Nf3"]
[WhiteFideId "2915138"]
[BlackFideId "46616543"]
[EventDate "2021.06.10"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 d5 3. c4 e6 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 a6 6. O-O Nc6 7. Nbd2 b5 8. b3 c3
9. Nb1 c2 10. Qxc2 Bb7 11. a3 Be7 12. Bb2 O-O 13. Nbd2 h6 14. Rac1 Rc8 15. e3
Nb8 16. b4 Nbd7 17. Nb3 Be4 18. Qe2 Nb6 19. Nfd2 Bxg2 20. Kxg2 c6 21. Rc2 Qd7
22. Rfc1 Rc7 23. Na5 Rfc8 24. Qf3 Nbd5 25. Ndb3 Ne8 26. Rd1 f5 27. e4 fxe4 28.
Qxe4 Nef6 29. Qe2 Bd6 30. Re1 Re8 31. Nc5 Bxc5 32. Rxc5 Kf7 33. Rec1 Rec8 34.
Qf3 Kg8 35. R1c2 Qe8 36. Bc1 Kh8 37. Bf4 Rf7 38. Rxc6 Rd8 39. Be5 Rf8 40. Qe2
Qg6 41. Rc1 Qf5 42. Qc2 Ne4 43. Rf1 Qf3+ 44. Kg1 Ne3 45. Qb1 Qg2# 0-1

[Event "Gelfand Challenge 2021"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.06.11"]
[Round "8.3"]
[White "Liang, Awonder"]
[Black "Yoo, Christopher Woojin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2592"]
[BlackElo "2457"]
[ECO "A15"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[WhiteFideId "2056437"]
[BlackFideId "30909694"]
[EventDate "2021.06.10"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. b3 d5 4. Bb2 Be7 5. g3 O-O 6. Bg2 b6 7. O-O Bb7 8. e3
Nbd7 9. Qe2 c5 10. Nc3 Rc8 11. Rac1 Qc7 12. Rfd1 Qb8 13. cxd5 Nxd5 14. a3 Qa8
15. Ne4 Rfd8 16. d3 a5 17. a4 Nb4 18. Nfg5 h6 19. Nxe6 fxe6 20. Qg4 e5 21. Qe6+
Kf8 22. f4 Bd5 23. Qg4 Qc6 24. fxe5 Qe6 25. Qh5 Kg8 26. Rf1 Bxe4 27. Bxe4 Bg5
28. Bf5 Qe7 29. Rce1 Nc2 30. e6 Nxe1 31. Bh7+ Kxh7 32. Rf7 Nf6 33. Qh3 Qe8 34.
Qf5+ Kh8 35. Qg6 Qg8 36. e7 Re8 0-1

[Event "Gelfand Challenge 2021"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.06.11"]
[Round "8.4"]
[White "Khademalsharieh, Sarasadat"]
[Black "Saduakassova, Dinara"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2494"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[ECO "E15"]
[Opening "Queen's Indian"]
[Variation "Nimzovich variation (exaggerated fianchetto)"]
[WhiteFideId "12512214"]
[BlackFideId "13700090"]
[EventDate "2021.06.10"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Nbd2 d5 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Bg2 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Ne5 Bb7 10. Ndf3 c5 11. dxc5 bxc5 12. Nd3 Ne4 13. Bf4 Qb6 14. Rc1 Nc6 15.
Nfe5 Rfd8 16. Nxc6 Bxc6 17. Qc2 Rac8 18. Ne5 Bb7 19. Rfd1 Nf6 20. Bh3 Ra8 21.
Bg2 Rac8 22. Bh3 Ra8 23. Bg5 Bc8 24. Bg2 Be6 25. b3 Rac8 26. e3 h6 27. Bxf6 Bxf6
28. Nd3 c4 29. Nf4 cxb3 30. Qxb3 Qxb3 31. axb3 Rxc1 32. Rxc1 Rb8 33. Bxd5 Bxd5
34. Nxd5 Rxb3 35. Rc8+ Kh7 36. Rc7 Kg8 37. Rxa7 Be5 38. Ne7+ Kh7 39. Nc6 f6 40.
Nxe5 fxe5 41. Re7 Rb5 42. Kg2 Kg6 43. g4 Kf6 44. Re8 Rb2 45. Kg3 Ra2 46. Rf8+
Ke7 47. Rf5 Ke6 48. h4 Ra1 49. h5 Ra4 50. Rf8 Ke7 51. Rb8 Ra6 52. Rb7+ Kf6 53.
f4 exf4+ 54. Kxf4 Ra1 55. Rb6+ Kf7 56. e4 Rg1 57. Kf5 Rf1+ 58. Ke5 Rg1 59. Rb7+
Kg8 60. Kf5 Rf1+ 61. Ke6 Rf4 62. e5 Rxg4 63. Rb8+ Kh7 64. Kd6 Rd4+ 65. Kc5 Re4
66. Kd5 Re1 67. e6 Rd1+ 68. Kc6 Rc1+ 69. Kd7 Rd1+ 70. Ke8 g6 71. Rb7+ Kg8 72.
hxg6 h5 73. Rd7 Ra1 74. e7 h4 75. Kd8 Ra8+ 76. Kc7 Ra7+ 77. Kb6 1-0

[Event "Gelfand Challenge 2021"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.06.11"]
[Round "8.5"]
[White "Murzin, Volodar"]
[Black "Mammadzada, Gunay"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2502"]
[BlackElo "2443"]
[ECO "B53"]
[Opening "Sicilian, Chekhover variation"]
[WhiteFideId "44155573"]
[BlackFideId "13403729"]
[EventDate "2021.06.10"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nf6 5. Be2 Nc6 6. Qe3 g6 7. O-O Bg7 8. Rd1
O-O 9. Nc3 Nb4 10. Qd2 Be6 11. a3 Nc6 12. Qf4 Rc8 13. Qh4 Qb6 14. Ng5 Ne5 15.
Kh1 h6 16. Nxe6 fxe6 17. Qh3 Rxc3 18. bxc3 Nxe4 19. Qxe6+ Kh8 20. Be3 Nxf2+ 21.
Bxf2 Qxf2 22. Bd3 Rf6 23. Qh3 Qc5 24. Rf1 Qxc3 25. Rxf6 exf6 26. Rb1 b6 27. a4
Qc5 28. Qg3 f5 29. h3 Kh7 30. Qf4 Nxd3 31. cxd3 Qc2 32. Rc1 Qxd3 33. Rc7 g5 34.
Qf3 Qb1+ 35. Kh2 Kg6 36. g4 Be5+ 37. Kg2 Qb2+ 38. Qf2 Qxf2+ 39. Kxf2 a5 40. Ke3
h5 41. Kf3 fxg4+ 42. hxg4 h4 43. Rc6 Kf6 44. Rxb6 Ke6 45. Rb5 h3 46. Rxa5 h2 47.
Kg2 Kd7 48. Rxe5 dxe5 49. Kxh2 Kc6 50. Kg3 Kc5 51. a5 e4 52. Kf2 Kb5 53. Ke3
Kxa5 54. Kxe4 Kb5 55. Kf5 Kc5 56. Kxg5 1-0

[Event "Gelfand Challenge 2021"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.06.11"]
[Round "8.6"]
[White "Abdusattorov, Nodirbek"]
[Black "Shuvalova, Polina"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2634"]
[BlackElo "2489"]
[ECO "C69"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "exchange variation, 5.O-O"]
[WhiteFideId "14204118"]
[BlackFideId "24171760"]
[EventDate "2021.06.10"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O Qf6 6. d4 exd4 7. Bg5 Qg6 8.
Qxd4 Be6 9. Rd1 Bd6 10. Nbd2 f6 11. Bh4 O-O-O 12. Qa7 Ne7 13. e5 fxe5 14. Nc4
Bd5 15. Ncxe5 Bxe5 16. Qa8+ Kd7 17. Nxe5+ 1-0

[Event "Gelfand Challenge 2021"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.06.11"]
[Round "8.7"]
[White "Yip, Carissa"]
[Black "Abdumalik, Zhansaya"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2472"]
[ECO "D76"]
[Opening "Neo-Gruenfeld, 6.cd Nxd5, 7.O-O Nb6"]
[WhiteFideId "2090732"]
[BlackFideId "13703544"]
[EventDate "2021.06.10"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. c4 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. O-O O-O 7. d4 Nb6 8. Nc3
Nc6 9. d5 Nb4 10. e4 a5 11. a3 Na6 12. Qc2 e6 13. Bg5 Qe8 14. Rfe1 Bd7 15. Rad1
Rc8 16. Qc1 e5 17. Bh6 Nc5 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. Qg5 f6 20. Qe3 Qe7 21. Nd2 Nba4 22.
Nxa4 Bxa4 23. b3 Bb5 24. Bf1 Bxf1 25. Kxf1 b6 26. Nc4 Qd7 27. Kg2 Qb5 28. d6
Qxb3 29. Qxb3 Nxb3 30. dxc7 Rxc7 31. Nxb6 Rc2 32. Rd5 f5 33. Nd7 Rf7 34. Nxe5
Rf8 35. Nd7 Re8 36. e5 a4 37. e6 Re7 38. Re3 h5 39. Nb6 Nc5 40. Rd7 Kf8 41. Rd8+
Kg7 42. Rc8 Rb2 43. Nd5 Rxe6 44. Rxc5 Rxe3 45. Nxe3 Rb3 46. Nc4 Rc3 47. Rc6 f4
48. gxf4 h4 49. f3 Kh7 50. Ne5 Rxa3 51. Rxg6 Re3 52. Ra6 a3 53. Ra7+ Kg8 54. Kh3 1-0

[Event "Gelfand Challenge 2021"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.06.11"]
[Round "8.8"]
[White "Nihal, Sarin"]
[Black "Lei, Tingjie"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[ECO "A06"]
[Opening "Reti"]
[Variation "Nimzovich-Larsen attack"]
[WhiteFideId "25092340"]
[BlackFideId "8605114"]
[EventDate "2021.06.10"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. b3 Nf6 3. Bb2 e6 4. e3 b6 5. c4 Bb7 6. Nc3 Nbd7 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Rc1
a6 9. d4 Bd6 10. g3 Qe7 11. Bg2 O-O-O 12. O-O h5 13. Re1 Ne4 14. Qc2 Kb8 15. h4
f6 16. a4 g5 17. b4 Rhg8 18. b5 a5 19. Qb3 Nxc3 20. Bxc3 Qg7 21. Rc2 Rde8 22.
Rec1 Re4 23. hxg5 h4 24. Nxh4 Rxh4 25. gxh4 fxg5 26. Bxd5 gxh4+ 27. Kf1 Qg1+ 28.
Ke2 Qg4+ 29. Kd2 Bxd5 30. Qxd5 Nf6 31. Qh1 Qf5 32. Rg1 Rxg1 33. Qxg1 Ne4+ 34.
Kc1 h3 35. f4 Qe6 36. Kb2 Qc4 37. Qh1 Ba3+ 38. Kxa3 Nxc3 39. Rxc3 Qxc3+ 40. Ka2
Qd2+ 41. Kb3 Qxe3+ 42. Kc4 Qe2+ 43. Kc3 Qg2 44. Qe1 h2 45. Qe8+ Ka7 0-1

[Event "Gelfand Challenge 2021"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.06.11"]
[Round "8.9"]
[White "Zhu, Jiner"]
[Black "Bjerre, Jonas Buhl"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "WGM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2462"]
[BlackElo "2542"]
[ECO "B90"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Najdorf, Byrne (English) attack"]
[WhiteFideId "8608059"]
[BlackFideId "1444948"]
[EventDate "2021.06.10"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nf3 Be7 8. Bc4
Be6 9. Qe2 Nbd7 10. O-O Qc7 11. Bb3 Rc8 12. Rfd1 O-O 13. Bg5 b5 14. Bxf6 Nxf6
15. Ne1 Bd8 16. Nd5 Qc6 17. Nxf6+ Bxf6 18. Bd5 Qd7 19. c3 Bd8 20. a4 Bb6 21.
axb5 axb5 22. Ra6 Rb8 23. Kh1 Kh8 24. f3 Qc8 25. Raa1 Bc5 26. Nc2 Bd7 27. Qd2 f5
28. exf5 Rxf5 29. Ne3 Rh5 30. b4 Bb6 31. Bf7 Rh6 32. Nd5 Bd8 33. Ra7 Bc6 34. Qd3
Ra8 35. Rda1 Rxa7 36. Rxa7 Qb8 37. Qe3 Rh4 38. Ra6 Rc4 39. Ne7 Bb7 40. Bxc4 Bxa6
41. Nc6 Qb6 42. Qxb6 Bxb6 43. Bd3 Be3 44. Nb8 Bb7 45. Bxb5 d5 46. Bd3 Bd2 47. c4
e4 48. fxe4 dxe4 49. Be2 Bxb4 50. Nd7 Kg8 51. Kg1 Kf7 52. Ne5+ Ke6 53. Ng4 Bc5+
54. Kf1 e3 55. h3 Kf5 56. Nh2 Kf4 57. Bf3 Bc8 58. Bd5 Bf5 59. Ke2 h5 60. Nf1 g5
61. g3+ Ke5 62. Nxe3 Bxh3 63. Bf7 Ke4 64. Bg6+ Kd4 65. Bxh5 Be6 66. Bf3 Bxc4+
67. Nxc4 Kxc4 68. g4 Bd6 69. Be4 Bf4 70. Bf5 Kc5 71. Bc8 Kc4 72. Bf5 Kc5 73. Bc8
Kc4 74. Bf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gelfand Challenge 2021"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.06.11"]
[Round "8.10"]
[White "Mendonca, Leon Luke"]
[Black "Praggnanandhaa, R"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2549"]
[BlackElo "2608"]
[ECO "A06"]
[Opening "Reti opening"]
[WhiteFideId "35028561"]
[BlackFideId "25059530"]
[EventDate "2021.06.10"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 b6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. d4 Bb7 7. b3 a6 8. Bb2
Nbd7 9. g3 Bd6 10. Bg2 Qe7 11. O-O O-O-O 12. a4 h5 13. Qc1 Ne4 14. Nxe4 dxe4 15.
Nd2 h4 16. Ba3 Bxa3 17. Qxa3 Qe6 18. Rfc1 f5 19. Rc2 Nf6 20. Rac1 Nd5 21. a5
hxg3 22. hxg3 b5 23. b4 Rh5 24. Nb3 Rdh8 25. Nc5 Qh6 26. Kf1 Rh2 27. Nxb7 Rxg2
28. Nd6+ Kb8 29. Nxf5 Qh1+ 30. Ke2 Rxf2+ 0-1

[Event "Gelfand Challenge 2021"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.06.11"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Praggnanandhaa, R"]
[Black "Keymer, Vincent"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2608"]
[BlackElo "2591"]
[ECO "A06"]
[Opening "Reti opening"]
[WhiteFideId "25059530"]
[BlackFideId "12940690"]
[EventDate "2021.06.10"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. h3 c6 3. d4 Bf5 4. c4 e6 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. g4 Bg6 7. Qb3 Qb6 8. c5 Qc7
9. Bf4 Qc8 10. Ne5 Nbd7 11. Nxg6 hxg6 12. Bg2 e5 13. dxe5 Nxc5 14. Qc2 Nfd7 15.
Bg3 Ne6 16. f4 Qd8 17. e3 Bc5 18. Qe2 Qb6 19. f5 Nc7 20. Bf4 g5 21. Bxg5 Nxe5
22. O-O-O f6 23. Bf4 O-O-O 24. Na4 Qa5 25. Nxc5 Qxc5+ 26. Kb1 Rhe8 27. Qc2 Nc4
28. Ka1 Na6 29. Rc1 Qa5 30. e4 Nb6 31. Rhd1 d4 32. a3 Nc7 33. Bh2 Qb5 34. Rd3
Qa4 35. Qxa4 Nxa4 36. Rc4 b5 37. Rxc6 Re7 38. Rd1 Kb7 39. e5 Nd5 40. Rd6 1-0

[Event "Gelfand Challenge 2021"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.06.11"]
[Round "9.2"]
[White "Bjerre, Jonas Buhl"]
[Black "Mendonca, Leon Luke"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2542"]
[BlackElo "2549"]
[ECO "B90"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Najdorf, Byrne (English) attack"]
[WhiteFideId "1444948"]
[BlackFideId "35028561"]
[EventDate "2021.06.10"]

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. Nd5 Bxd5 10. exd5 Nbd7 11. Qd2 g6 12. O-O-O Nb6 13. Qa5 Bh6 14. Bxh6 Rxh6
15. Qd2 Rh8 16. f4 exf4 17. Qxf4 Kf8 18. Bd3 Kg7 19. Nd4 Re8 20. Rhf1 Nbxd5 21.
Qg5 Ne3 22. Nf5+ Nxf5 23. Rxf5 Ne4 24. Bxe4 Qxg5+ 25. Rxg5 Rxe4 26. Rxd6 Rg4 27.
Rxg4 hxg4 28. Kd2 Rh8 29. Ke3 Rxh2 30. Kf2 Rh5 31. Kg3 Rb5 32. b3 f5 33. c4 Rb4
34. Kf4 Kh6 35. Ke5 Kg5 36. Kd4 a5 37. Kc3 f4 38. a3 f3 39. gxf3 Rxb3+ 40. Kxb3
gxf3 41. Rd7 Kf4 42. Kc2 f2 43. Kd2 f1=N+ 44. Ke1 Ne3 45. c5 Ke4 46. Rxb7 Kd5
47. Rc7 Nc2+ 48. Kd2 Nxa3 49. Rc8 Nc4+ 50. Kc3 Ne5 51. Kb3 Nc6 52. Ka4 Kxc5 53.
Rg8 Ne5 54. Kxa5 Kd5 55. Rxg6 Nxg6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gelfand Challenge 2021"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.06.11"]
[Round "9.3"]
[White "Lei, Tingjie"]
[Black "Zhu, Jiner"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "WGM"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2462"]
[ECO "E00"]
[Opening "Catalan opening"]
[WhiteFideId "8605114"]
[BlackFideId "8608059"]
[EventDate "2021.06.10"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Nf3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. Qc2
b6 9. Ne5 Bb7 10. Rd1 Nbd7 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. Nc6 Bxc6 13. Qxc6 Rc8 14. Qb5 Qc7
15. Nc3 Qc4 16. Qxc4 Rxc4 17. e3 Nb8 18. Rac1 a6 19. Bf1 Rcc8 20. Bd3 Rfd8 21.
f3 Kf8 22. Kf2 h6 23. Ne2 b5 24. Ba5 Re8 25. Bc7 Nfd7 26. Rc2 Bd8 27. Bxb8 Rxb8
28. Rc6 Rb6 29. Rdc1 Rxc6 30. Rxc6 Nb8 31. Rc2 Bb6 32. Nc1 Re7 33. Nb3 Rc7 34.
Rxc7 Bxc7 35. Nc5 Ke7 36. a4 bxa4 37. Nxa4 a5 38. Bb5 Nd7 39. g4 Nb6 40. Nc5 Bd6
41. Nd3 a4 42. h4 a3 43. bxa3 Bxa3 44. h5 Bd6 45. e4 dxe4 46. fxe4 Bc7 47. Nc5
e5 48. dxe5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gelfand Challenge 2021"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.06.11"]
[Round "9.4"]
[White "Abdumalik, Zhansaya"]
[Black "Nihal, Sarin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2472"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[ECO "B90"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Najdorf, Adams attack"]
[WhiteFideId "13703544"]
[BlackFideId "25092340"]
[EventDate "2021.06.10"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e5 7. Nde2 h5 8. g3
Be7 9. Bg2 b5 10. Bg5 Nbd7 11. h4 Bb7 12. a3 Rc8 13. O-O O-O 14. Qd2 Qb6 15. Be3
Qc7 16. Rac1 Nb6 17. b3 Rfd8 18. Nd5 Nbxd5 19. exd5 Qd7 20. c4 Re8 21. f3 bxc4
22. bxc4 a5 23. Kh2 Qa4 24. Nc3 Qxc4 25. Bh3 Rb8 26. Rfd1 Qa6 27. a4 Qa8 28. g4
hxg4 29. fxg4 Bc8 30. Nb5 Bxg4 31. Nc7 Qb7 32. Rg1 Bxh3 33. Nxe8 Rxe8 34. Kxh3
Qd7+ 35. Kh2 Ng4+ 36. Kh1 Bxh4 37. Rg2 Qf5 38. Qe2 Nxe3 39. Qxe3 g6 40. Kg1 Rb8
41. Kh2 Kg7 42. Rc7 Rb4 43. Rc6 Re4 44. Qd2 Rf4 45. Rxd6 Bf2 0-1

[Event "Gelfand Challenge 2021"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.06.11"]
[Round "9.5"]
[White "Shuvalova, Polina"]
[Black "Yip, Carissa"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2489"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[ECO "B06"]
[Opening "Robatsch (modern) defence"]
[WhiteFideId "24171760"]
[BlackFideId "2090732"]
[EventDate "2021.06.10"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. Be3 c6 5. Qd2 Nd7 6. f4 b5 7. a3 Nb6 8. Nf3 a5
9. Bd3 Nf6 10. h3 O-O 11. O-O Bb7 12. Rf2 Rc8 13. b4 axb4 14. axb4 Ra8 15. Raf1
Ra3 16. f5 Nc4 17. Bxc4 bxc4 18. fxg6 hxg6 19. Ng5 c5 20. Nb5 Rxe3 21. Qxe3 Qb6
22. e5 Qxb5 23. exf6 exf6 24. Ne4 Bxe4 25. Qxe4 f5 26. Qd5 Bxd4 27. c3 Bxf2+ 28.
Rxf2 Re8 29. Rf4 Qa4 30. bxc5 dxc5 31. Rxc4 Qa1+ 32. Kh2 Re1 33. Qxc5 Rh1+ 34.
Kg3 Rf1 35. Qe5 Qe1+ 36. Qxe1 Rxe1 37. Kf3 Kf8 38. Rd4 Ke7 39. Rd3 Rc1 40. Kf4
Kf6 41. Rd6+ Ke7 42. Rd3 Kf6 43. Rd6+ Ke7 44. Rc6 Kd7 45. Rc4 Ke6 46. Rc7 Rc2
47. g3 Kf6 48. Rc6+ Ke7 49. g4 fxg4 50. hxg4 Kd7 51. Rc4 Ke6 52. Kg5 f5 53. Kxg6
fxg4 54. Rxg4 Rxc3 55. Kg5 Rc5+ 56. Kf4 Rc4+ 57. Kf3 Rxg4 58. Kxg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gelfand Challenge 2021"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.06.11"]
[Round "9.6"]
[White "Mammadzada, Gunay"]
[Black "Abdusattorov, Nodirbek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2443"]
[BlackElo "2634"]
[ECO "B01"]
[Opening "Scandinavian (centre counter) defence"]
[WhiteFideId "13403729"]
[BlackFideId "14204118"]
[EventDate "2021.06.10"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Bc4 Bf5 6. Nf3 e6 7. Bd2 Bb4 8. a3
Bxc3 9. Bxc3 Qb6 10. Qe2 O-O 11. Bb4 Re8 12. O-O-O Na6 13. Bxa6 bxa6 14. Ne5
Rab8 15. Rhe1 Red8 16. g4 Bg6 17. h4 Nd5 18. c3 Nxb4 19. axb4 a5 20. b5 Rd5 21.
c4 Rxd4 22. h5 Re4 23. Qd2 Rxe1 24. Rxe1 Qc5 25. hxg6 hxg6 26. Kb1 Re8 27. Qd7
Rf8 28. Nc6 1-0

[Event "Gelfand Challenge 2021"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.06.11"]
[Round "9.7"]
[White "Saduakassova, Dinara"]
[Black "Murzin, Volodar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2502"]
[ECO "E68"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "fianchetto, classical variation, 8.e4"]
[WhiteFideId "13700090"]
[BlackFideId "44155573"]
[EventDate "2021.06.10"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nc3 d6 6. Nf3 Nbd7 7. O-O e5 8. e4 a6
9. h3 b5 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. Be3 Bb7 12. Qc2 bxc4 13. Rfd1 Qe7 14. Nd2 Qe6 15. Na4
Bc6 16. Nxc4 Rab8 17. Nc5 Nxc5 18. Bxc5 Rfd8 19. b3 Ba8 20. Rxd8+ Rxd8 21. Rd1
Rxd1+ 22. Qxd1 Nd7 23. Be3 Bf8 24. Nb2 Qc6 25. Qd3 Be7 26. Qc4 Bc5 27. Bxc5 Nxc5
28. Nd3 Nd7 29. Qxc6 Bxc6 30. f3 Kf8 31. Kf2 Ke7 32. Ke3 Kd6 33. Bf1 Bb5 34. a4
Bxd3 35. Bxd3 a5 36. Bc4 f6 37. Kd3 Kc5 38. Kc3 g5 39. h4 h6 40. Be6 Nb8 41. Bd5
Na6 42. Bc4 Nb4 43. Bb5 Na2+ 44. Kb2 Nb4 45. Kc3 c6 46. Bc4 Na2+ 47. Kb2 Nb4 48.
Kc3 Kd6 49. Be2 Kc5 50. Bc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gelfand Challenge 2021"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.06.11"]
[Round "9.8"]
[White "Yoo, Christopher Woojin"]
[Black "Khademalsharieh, Sarasadat"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2457"]
[BlackElo "2494"]
[ECO "C44"]
[Opening "Ponziani"]
[Variation "Steinitz variation"]
[WhiteFideId "30909694"]
[BlackFideId "12512214"]
[EventDate "2021.06.10"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 d5 4. Qa4 f6 5. d3 Be6 6. Be3 Qd7 7. Nbd2 Nge7 8. d4
exd4 9. Nxd4 Nxd4 10. Qxd7+ Bxd7 11. Bxd4 dxe4 12. Nxe4 Nc6 13. Be3 O-O-O 14.
O-O-O Be7 15. Be2 Rhe8 16. Rxd7 Rxd7 17. Bg4 Ne5 18. Bxd7+ Kxd7 19. h3 Nc4 20.
Bf4 Ba3 21. Nxf6+ gxf6 22. bxa3 Re2 23. Rd1+ Kc6 24. Rd4 b5 25. a4 Rxa2 26.
axb5+ Kxb5 27. Bg3 a5 28. Rd7 Ka4 29. Rxc7 Kb3 30. Kd1 a4 31. Bh4 Ra1+ 32. Ke2
a3 33. Rb7+ Kc2 34. Bxf6 a2 35. Ra7 Kb3 36. Rb7+ Ka4 37. Ra7+ Kb3 38. Rb7+ Ka4
39. Rb4+ Ka3 40. Be7 Nb2 41. Rb8+ Ka4 42. Ra8+ Kb3 43. Ra3+ Kc4 44. Bf6 Nd3 45.
Kf3 Nc1 46. Ra4+ Kb5 47. Ra8 Kc4 48. Rc8+ Kb3 49. Rb8+ Kc4 50. Rc8+ Kb3 51. c4
Rb1 52. Ra8 Kxc4 53. Ke4 Rb6 54. Be5 Kb3 55. f4 Rb4+ 56. Ke3 Rb5 57. Kd2 Rc5 58.
g4 Rc2+ 59. Kd1 Rc5 60. Kd2 Rc2+ 61. Kd1 Rc5 62. Rb8+ Ka4 63. Ra8+ Kb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gelfand Challenge 2021"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.06.11"]
[Round "9.9"]
[White "Gukesh, D"]
[Black "Liang, Awonder"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2578"]
[BlackElo "2592"]
[ECO "A50"]
[Opening "Queen's Indian accelerated"]
[WhiteFideId "46616543"]
[BlackFideId "2056437"]
[EventDate "2021.06.10"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. Nc3 Bb7 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 e5 8.
Nf3 exd4 9. Bc4 d3 10. Qb3 Qe7 11. Ng5 Nd7 12. Bxf7+ Kd8 13. Be3 h6 14. Bd5 Kc8
15. Nf7 Rh7 16. Rd1 Nf6 17. Be6+ Kb8 18. e5 Bc8 19. Bxc8 Kxc8 20. exf6 gxf6 21.
Qd5 Rb8 22. Qf5+ 1-0

[Event "Gelfand Challenge 2021"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.06.11"]
[Round "9.10"]
[White "Badelka, Olga"]
[Black "Salimova, Nurgyul"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2418"]
[BlackElo "2395"]
[ECO "E06"]
[Opening "Catalan"]
[Variation "closed, 5.Nf3"]
[WhiteFideId "13509926"]
[BlackFideId "2915138"]
[EventDate "2021.06.10"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. Qc2 c5 7. dxc5 Na6 8. O-O
Nxc5 9. b4 Nce4 10. a3 a5 11. b5 Bd7 12. cxd5 exd5 13. a4 Rc8 14. Qd1 Bc5 15.
Ba3 Re8 16. Bxc5 Rxc5 17. h3 Qc8 18. Kh2 h5 19. e3 Rc2 20. Nbd2 h4 21. gxh4 Qc7+
22. Kg1 Nc3 23. Qe1 Nfe4 24. Nxe4 Nxe4 25. Nd4 Rc4 26. Rc1 b6 27. Qd1 Rxc1 28.
Qxc1 Qd6 29. Nc6 Qg6 30. Kh1 Qh5 31. Kh2 Qxh4 32. Qe1 Qh6 33. f3 Nc5 34. Qg3
Bxc6 35. bxc6 Qxc6 36. Rg1 Qf6 37. f4 Ne4 38. Bxe4 Rxe4 39. Kh1 Rxa4 40. Qg4 Ra1
41. Qc8+ Kh7 42. Qc2+ g6 43. Rxa1 Qxa1+ 44. Kh2 Qf6 45. Qb3 Qe6 46. Qc3 a4 47.
h4 Qf5 48. Kg3 b5 49. Kf2 d4 50. Qxd4 a3 51. Qa7 b4 52. Kg3 Qe6 53. e4 a2 54. f5
gxf5 55. exf5 Qe5+ 56. Kg4 Qg7+ 0-1

[Event "Gelfand Challenge 2021"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.06.11"]
[Round "10.1"]
[White "Keymer, Vincent"]
[Black "Salimova, Nurgyul"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2591"]
[BlackElo "2395"]
[ECO "A06"]
[Opening "Reti opening"]
[WhiteFideId "12940690"]
[BlackFideId "2915138"]
[EventDate "2021.06.10"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Bd6 5. b3 O-O 6. Bb2 c6 7. h3 Re8 8. d4 Nbd7
9. Bd3 e5 10. dxe5 Nxe5 11. cxd5 Nxf3+ 12. Qxf3 Be5 13. O-O Qa5 14. Rfc1 Nxd5
15. Na4 Bxb2 16. Nxb2 Be6 17. Bc4 Rad8 18. Nd3 b5 19. Bxd5 Bxd5 20. Qe2 Rd6 21.
Nf4 Be4 22. Rd1 Rf6 23. Qg4 Bf5 24. Qg3 h6 25. a3 Qc3 26. b4 a5 27. bxa5 Qxa5
28. Rdc1 Be4 29. Rc5 Qd2 30. Rac1 Kh7 31. R5c3 Re5 32. f3 Bd5 33. Qf2 Qxf2+ 34.
Kxf2 Bc4 35. Rd1 c5 36. a4 Ra6 37. axb5 Ra2+ 38. Kg3 Rg5+ 39. Kh2 Bxb5 40. h4
Re5 41. Kg3 g5 42. hxg5 hxg5 43. Nd5 Bf1 44. Nf6+ Kg6 45. Rxf1 Kxf6 46. e4 Ke6
47. Rb1 f5 48. Rb6+ Kf7 49. Rb7+ Kf6 50. Rb6+ Kf7 51. Rd3 fxe4 52. Rd7+ Re7 53.
Rxe7+ Kxe7 54. fxe4 c4 55. Rc6 Rc2 56. Kf3 Kd7 57. Rc5 g4+ 58. Kxg4 Rxg2+ 59.
Kf5 Rc2 60. Rd5+ Ke7 61. Ke5 c3 62. Rd3 Rc1 63. Rh3 c2 64. Rh2 Kd7 65. Rg2 Kc6
66. Ke6 Kc5 67. e5 Kb4 68. Ke7 Re1 69. Rxc2 Rxe5+ 70. Kd6 Rh5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gelfand Challenge 2021"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.06.11"]
[Round "10.2"]
[White "Liang, Awonder"]
[Black "Badelka, Olga"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2592"]
[BlackElo "2418"]
[ECO "B23"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "closed"]
[WhiteFideId "2056437"]
[BlackFideId "13509926"]
[EventDate "2021.06.10"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. a4 Nf6 5. f4 e6 6. Nf3 a6 7. Bxd7+ Qxd7 8. O-O
Nc6 9. d3 Be7 10. Qe1 O-O 11. Qg3 Kh8 12. e5 dxe5 13. fxe5 Nd5 14. Ne4 Nd4 15.
Nxd4 cxd4 16. Bg5 f6 17. exf6 gxf6 18. Bh6 Rg8 19. Qh3 Rg6 20. Bf4 Rag8 21. Bg3
Ne3 22. Rf2 Ng4 23. Rf4 Rh6 24. Qxg4 Rxg4 25. Rxg4 Rg6 26. Rf4 f5 27. Nd2 Bg5
28. Nc4 Bxf4 29. Bxf4 Qd5 30. g3 Qf3 31. Rf1 Qe2 32. Rf2 Qd1+ 33. Kg2 Kg8 34.
Ne5 Rg7 35. Nf3 Rd7 36. Rd2 Qa1 37. b3 Qc3 38. Re2 Qc6 39. Kf2 Re7 40. Be5 b5
41. axb5 axb5 42. Bxd4 e5 43. Bxe5 Rxe5 44. Nxe5 Qh1 45. Nf3 Qc1 46. d4 Qa3 47.
Kg2 Qd6 48. Rd2 Qd5 49. Re2 b4 50. Re5 Qc6 51. Rc5 Qe6 52. Kf2 Qe4 53. d5 f4 54.
gxf4 Qxf4 55. Rc4 Qd6 56. Rd4 Kf7 57. Ke3 Ke8 58. h4 Kd8 59. Rd3 Qc5+ 60. Kd2
Qd6 61. Kc1 Qf4+ 62. Kb1 Qd6 63. Ng5 h5 64. Nf7+ 1-0

[Event "Gelfand Challenge 2021"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.06.11"]
[Round "10.3"]
[White "Khademalsharieh, Sarasadat"]
[Black "Gukesh, D"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2494"]
[BlackElo "2578"]
[ECO "D35"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "exchange, positional line"]
[WhiteFideId "12512214"]
[BlackFideId "46616543"]
[EventDate "2021.06.10"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 O-O 7. Bd3 Nbd7 8.
Nge2 c6 9. Qc2 Re8 10. O-O Nf8 11. f3 g6 12. Rad1 Ne6 13. Bh4 a6 14. Kh1 Qc7 15.
Bg3 Bd6 16. Qc1 Bxg3 17. Nxg3 b6 18. e4 Qf4 19. Nce2 Qxc1 20. Rxc1 Bb7 21. e5
Nd7 22. f4 c5 23. h4 cxd4 24. Kg1 Ndc5 25. Rfd1 Rac8 26. f5 Nxd3 27. Rxc8 Bxc8
28. Rxd3 Nc5 29. Rxd4 Rxe5 30. Nf4 Bb7 31. a4 Kg7 32. Rb4 Nd7 33. a5 b5 34. Rb3
Nc5 35. Rc3 d4 36. Rc1 d3 37. Kf2 d2 38. Rd1 Nb3 39. fxg6 hxg6 40. Nf1 Re4 41.
Ne2 Rxh4 42. Nxd2 Nxa5 43. Nf1 Rb4 44. Rd2 Nc4 45. Rd7 Bc8 46. Rc7 Bg4 0-1

[Event "Gelfand Challenge 2021"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.06.11"]
[Round "10.4"]
[White "Murzin, Volodar"]
[Black "Yoo, Christopher Woojin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2502"]
[BlackElo "2457"]
[ECO "C00"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "King's Indian attack"]
[WhiteFideId "44155573"]
[BlackFideId "30909694"]
[EventDate "2021.06.10"]

1. e4 e6 2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. Ngf3 Nc6 5. c3 dxe4 6. dxe4 Bc5 7. Be2 O-O 8.
O-O Qe7 9. b4 Bd6 10. Qc2 Nd7 11. Nc4 Nde5 12. Ncxe5 Nxe5 13. Nxe5 Bxe5 14. f4
Bf6 15. e5 Bh4 16. g3 f6 17. gxh4 fxe5 18. fxe5 Rxf1+ 19. Bxf1 Qxh4 20. Qf2 Qg4+
21. Qg3 Qd1 22. Bh6 Qd7 23. Rd1 1-0

[Event "Gelfand Challenge 2021"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.06.11"]
[Round "10.5"]
[White "Abdusattorov, Nodirbek"]
[Black "Saduakassova, Dinara"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2634"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[ECO "E20"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian"]
[Variation "Romanishin-Kasparov (Steiner) system"]
[WhiteFideId "14204118"]
[BlackFideId "13700090"]
[EventDate "2021.06.10"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d5 6. Nf3 dxc4 7. a3 Bxc3+ 8.
bxc3 c5 9. O-O Bd7 10. Ne5 Bc6 11. Nxc6 Nxc6 12. dxc5 Qa5 13. Bxc6 bxc6 14. Qd4
Rfd8 15. Qxc4 Rd5 16. Be3 Rad8 17. f3 Nd7 18. Qb4 Qa6 19. c4 Re5 20. Qc3 f6 21.
Rfd1 Qc8 22. Rab1 Nf8 23. Rxd8 Qxd8 24. Bf4 Rxc5 25. Rb8 Qd1+ 26. Kf2 a5 27. Qd3
Qh1 28. Rxf8+ Kxf8 29. Qd8+ Kf7 30. Qd7+ 1-0

[Event "Gelfand Challenge 2021"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.06.11"]
[Round "10.6"]
[White "Yip, Carissa"]
[Black "Mammadzada, Gunay"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2443"]
[ECO "A07"]
[Opening "Reti"]
[Variation "King's Indian attack (Barcza system)"]
[WhiteFideId "2090732"]
[BlackFideId "13403729"]
[EventDate "2021.06.10"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Bg4 4. c4 e6 5. O-O Nf6 6. cxd5 exd5 7. h3 Bh5 8. d3
Nbd7 9. Qc2 Be7 10. Nc3 Bxf3 11. Bxf3 Ne5 12. Bg2 d4 13. Ne4 Nd5 14. a3 O-O 15.
b4 a5 16. Bb2 axb4 17. Bxd4 Ng6 18. axb4 Rxa1 19. Rxa1 Ndf4 20. Bc5 f5 21. Nc3
Nxg2 22. Kxg2 Kh8 23. e3 Ne5 24. d4 Nd7 25. Bxe7 Qxe7 26. Qb3 h5 27. h4 Nb6 28.
Ne2 Nd5 29. b5 Qe4+ 30. Kg1 Qf3 31. bxc6 bxc6 32. Qd1 Rb8 33. Nf4 Qxd1+ 34. Rxd1
Nxf4 35. gxf4 Kh7 36. Rc1 Rb6 37. Rc5 Kg6 38. Kg2 Kf6 39. Kf3 g6 40. Kg3 Ra6 41.
f3 Kg7 42. e4 fxe4 43. fxe4 Ra4 44. d5 cxd5 45. exd5 Rd4 46. Kf3 Kf6 47. Rc6+
Kf5 48. d6 Rxf4+ 49. Ke3 Re4+ 50. Kd3 Re8 51. Kd4 Ke6 52. d7+ Kxd7 53. Rxg6 Ra8
54. Rg7+ Ke6 55. Rg6+ Kf7 56. Rc6 Ra4+ 57. Rc4 Rxc4+ 58. Kxc4 Kf6 59. Kd4 Kf5
60. Ke3 Kg4 61. Kf2 Kxh4 62. Kg2 Kg4 63. Kh2 h4 64. Kg2 h3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gelfand Challenge 2021"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.06.11"]
[Round "10.7"]
[White "Nihal, Sarin"]
[Black "Shuvalova, Polina"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2489"]
[ECO "A01"]
[Opening "Nimzovich-Larsen attack"]
[Variation "Indian variation"]
[WhiteFideId "25092340"]
[BlackFideId "24171760"]
[EventDate "2021.06.10"]

1. b3 Nf6 2. Bb2 e6 3. Nf3 Be7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d5 6. c4 b6 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. O-O
Bb7 9. d4 Nd7 10. Nbd2 c5 11. Rc1 Rc8 12. dxc5 Bxc5 13. Nc4 b5 14. Nce5 Nxe5 15.
Nxe5 Qe7 16. Nd3 Ba3 17. Qd2 Bxb2 18. Qxb2 Nb4 19. Nxb4 Bxg2 20. Kxg2 Qxb4 21.
Qe5 h6 22. Rxc8 Rxc8 23. Rd1 Qa3 24. Qxb5 Qxa2 25. Rd7 a6 26. Qb7 Rf8 27. e3 a5
28. Rd4 Qc2 29. Rc4 Qd1 30. h4 Rd8 31. Rc5 a4 32. bxa4 Qxa4 33. Rc7 Rf8 34. Rd7
Qg4 35. e4 h5 36. Rc7 Qe2 37. Rc3 g6 38. Rc8 Rxc8 39. Qxc8+ Kg7 40. Qc3+ Kg8 41.
Qc8+ Kg7 42. Qc3+ Kg8 43. Qc8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gelfand Challenge 2021"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.06.11"]
[Round "10.8"]
[White "Zhu, Jiner"]
[Black "Abdumalik, Zhansaya"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "WGM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2462"]
[BlackElo "2472"]
[ECO "C67"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Berlin defence, open variation"]
[WhiteFideId "8608059"]
[BlackFideId "13703544"]
[EventDate "2021.06.10"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Nxe5 7. Rxe5+ Be7
8. Bf1 O-O 9. d4 Bf6 10. Re1 Re8 11. c3 b6 12. Bf4 Bb7 13. Na3 Ne4 14. Bd3 g6
15. Nc4 d5 16. Ne5 Bg7 17. Ng4 Qd7 18. Nh6+ Kh8 19. Qf3 f5 20. Qh3 c5 21. dxc5
bxc5 22. Rad1 d4 23. f3 Nf6 24. Be5 Rxe5 25. Rxe5 Nd5 26. Re2 Nf4 27. Qh4 Nxe2+
28. Bxe2 Re8 29. Bf1 Qe7 0-1

[Event "Gelfand Challenge 2021"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.06.11"]
[Round "10.9"]
[White "Mendonca, Leon Luke"]
[Black "Lei, Tingjie"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2549"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[ECO "D38"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "Ragozin variation"]
[WhiteFideId "35028561"]
[BlackFideId "8605114"]
[EventDate "2021.06.10"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bf4 c6 7. e3 Bf5 8. Be2
Nbd7 9. O-O O-O 10. Qb3 Bxc3 11. bxc3 b5 12. a4 a6 13. Ne5 Nxe5 14. Bxe5 Nd7 15.
Bf4 Re8 16. Qb4 Nb6 17. a5 Nc4 18. Bxc4 dxc4 19. Rfe1 Re6 20. f3 Bd3 21. e4 Qd7
22. Qc5 Rae8 23. Kf2 h6 24. h3 Rf6 25. Be5 Rfe6 26. Bf4 Qd8 27. g4 Qh4+ 28. Kg2
Bxe4 29. Rxe4 Rxe4 30. fxe4 Rxe4 31. Bg3 Re2+ 32. Kf3 Re3+ 33. Kxe3 Qxg3+ 34.
Ke2 Qg2+ 35. Ke3 Qg3+ 36. Ke2 Qg2+ 37. Ke3 Qg3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gelfand Challenge 2021"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.06.11"]
[Round "10.10"]
[White "Praggnanandhaa, R"]
[Black "Bjerre, Jonas Buhl"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2608"]
[BlackElo "2542"]
[ECO "E46"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian"]
[Variation "4.e3 O-O"]
[WhiteFideId "25059530"]
[BlackFideId "1444948"]
[EventDate "2021.06.10"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd2 c5 6. a3 Bxc3 7. Bxc3 Ne4 8. Ne2
b6 9. d5 Ba6 10. Qc2 exd5 11. cxd5 Re8 12. Ng3 Nxc3 13. Bxa6 Nxa6 14. Qxc3 Nc7
15. Rd1 Qg5 16. Qd3 Qg6 17. Qxg6 hxg6 18. Ke2 Re5 19. e4 Rae8 20. Kd2 g5 21. f3
Nb5 22. h4 Nd6 23. Kc1 g6 24. h5 f5 25. hxg6 fxe4 26. Rh7 R8e7 27. Rdh1 Rxh7 28.
Rxh7 e3 29. Kd1 Rxd5+ 30. Ke2 Nc4 31. Ne4 Rf5 32. Rxd7 Rf8 33. Nxg5 Ne5 34. Rxa7
Nxg6 35. Ne6 Rf6 36. Ra8+ Kh7 37. Ng5+ Kh6 38. Ne4 Nf4+ 39. Kxe3 Nxg2+ 40. Kf2
Rg6 41. Rf8 Kg7 42. Rf5 c4 43. Ng3 Nh4 44. Rf4 1-0

[Event "Gelfand Challenge 2021"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.06.12"]
[Round "11.1"]
[White "Bjerre, Jonas Buhl"]
[Black "Keymer, Vincent"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2542"]
[BlackElo "2591"]
[ECO "E10"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[WhiteFideId "1444948"]
[BlackFideId "12940690"]
[EventDate "2021.06.10"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Nbd2 dxc4 6. Bg2 b5 7. O-O O-O 8. a4
c6 9. Ne1 Nd5 10. Nc2 Be7 11. e4 Nb6 12. a5 N6d7 13. e5 Bb7 14. Ne4 Qc8 15. Qh5
c5 16. Bg5 Bxg5 17. Nd6 Bxg2 18. Nxc8 Bxf1 19. Kxf1 Rxc8 20. Qxg5 Nc6 21. dxc5
Nxc5 22. Qe3 Nd3 23. b3 Ndxe5 24. bxc4 Nxc4 25. Qg5 a6 26. Ne3 h6 27. Qf4 N6xa5
28. Ng4 Rd8 29. Qc7 Rac8 30. Qe7 Nc6 31. Qb7 Nb4 32. Kg2 h5 33. Rb1 Nd5 34. Ne3
Ncxe3+ 35. fxe3 Nxe3+ 36. Kf3 Rc3 37. Qxa6 Nf5+ 38. Kg2 Rd2+ 39. Kg1 Nd4 40.
Qa8+ Kh7 41. Qe4+ f5 42. Qb7 Nf3+ 43. Kf1 Nxh2+ 44. Ke1 Nf3+ 45. Kf1 Ng5 46. Ke1
Ne4 47. Qf7 Re3+ 48. Kf1 Nxg3+ 49. Kg1 Ree2 50. Qb7 Ne4 51. Qxb5 Rg2+ 52. Kf1
Rdf2+ 53. Ke1 Rg1+ 54. Qf1 Rgxf1# 0-1

[Event "Gelfand Challenge 2021"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.06.12"]
[Round "11.2"]
[White "Lei, Tingjie"]
[Black "Praggnanandhaa, R"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2608"]
[ECO "B69"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Richter-Rauzer, Rauzer attack, 7...a6 defence, 11.Bxf6"]
[WhiteFideId "8605114"]
[BlackFideId "25059530"]
[EventDate "2021.06.10"]

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. f4 Bd7 10. Nf3 b5 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. Kb1 Qb6 13. Bd3 O-O-O 14. Rhe1
Kb7 15. g4 Rhg8 16. g5 fxg5 17. Nd5 exd5 18. exd5 Bf6 19. dxc6+ Bxc6 20. Nxg5
Rg7 21. Nxh7 Bh4 22. Re3 f6 23. Rh3 Rg2 24. Qc3 Rg1 25. Be2 Re8 26. Qd3 Qf2 27.
Rxg1 Qxg1+ 28. Bd1 Re1 29. Kc1 Qg4 30. b3 Rxd1+ 31. Qxd1 Qxh3 32. Qxd6 Qd7 33.
Qxd7+ Bxd7 34. Kd2 Bf5 35. Nf8 Kc7 0-1

[Event "Gelfand Challenge 2021"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.06.12"]
[Round "11.3"]
[White "Abdumalik, Zhansaya"]
[Black "Mendonca, Leon Luke"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2472"]
[BlackElo "2549"]
[ECO "B91"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Najdorf, Zagreb (fianchetto) variation"]
[WhiteFideId "13703544"]
[BlackFideId "35028561"]
[EventDate "2021.06.10"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. g3 g6 7. Bg2 Bg7 8. O-O
O-O 9. h3 Nc6 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. e5 dxe5 12. Qxd8 Rxd8 13. Bxc6 Bxh3 14. Re1 Rab8
15. Rxe5 Ng4 16. Re1 Ne5 17. Be4 Nc4 18. Nd5 Bxb2 19. Nxe7+ Kg7 20. Bxb2+ Rxb2
21. Bd3 Na3 22. Rac1 Rd6 23. Be4 Be6 24. Red1 Rxd1+ 25. Rxd1 Rxa2 26. c3 a5 27.
Nc6 a4 28. Nb4 Rb2 29. Nd3 Rb1 30. Nc1 Ra1 31. Bc6 Nc4 32. Kf1 a3 33. Ke2 a2 34.
Nb3 Rxd1 35. Kxd1 Ne3+ 0-1

[Event "Gelfand Challenge 2021"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.06.12"]
[Round "11.4"]
[White "Shuvalova, Polina"]
[Black "Zhu, Jiner"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "WGM"]
[WhiteElo "2489"]
[BlackElo "2462"]
[ECO "B90"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Najdorf"]
[WhiteFideId "24171760"]
[BlackFideId "8608059"]
[EventDate "2021.06.10"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bd3 e6 7. f4 Nc6 8. Nxc6
bxc6 9. O-O Be7 10. Qf3 O-O 11. Kh1 d5 12. Bd2 Rb8 13. b3 Bb7 14. Rae1 dxe4 15.
Nxe4 c5 16. Nxf6+ Bxf6 17. Qh5 g6 18. Qxc5 Bd4 19. Qg5 Qd7 20. f5 exf5 21. Bxf5
Qb5 22. Bd3 Qb6 23. Bc4 Rbc8 24. Re7 Rxc4 25. bxc4 Bc8 26. Be3 Be6 27. c5 Qb5
28. Rg1 Bg7 29. Rc7 Qc4 30. Bf4 Qc3 31. Bd6 Re8 32. Re7 Rc8 33. Rc7 Re8 34. Qf4
Bd4 35. Rf1 Bf5 36. Re7 Rxe7 37. Bxe7 Be5 38. Qf3 Qxc2 39. Qa8+ 1-0

[Event "Gelfand Challenge 2021"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.06.12"]
[Round "11.5"]
[White "Mammadzada, Gunay"]
[Black "Nihal, Sarin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2443"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[ECO "B06"]
[Opening "Robatsch defence"]
[Variation "Gurgenidze variation"]
[WhiteFideId "13403729"]
[BlackFideId "25092340"]
[EventDate "2021.06.10"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 c6 4. f4 d5 5. e5 h5 6. Nf3 Bg4 7. Be3 Nh6 8. h3 Nf5
9. Bf2 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 h4 11. Bd3 e6 12. O-O Nd7 13. Kh2 Bf8 14. Ne2 Be7 15. Qg4
Kf8 16. b3 a5 17. a4 Qb6 18. Ng1 Rc8 19. Bxf5 exf5 20. Qe2 Kg7 21. e6 Nf6 22.
exf7 Ne4 23. Nf3 Kxf7 24. Qe1 Qc7 25. Bxh4 Qxf4+ 26. Bg3 Qxg3+ 27. Qxg3 Nxg3 28.
Kxg3 Kf6 29. Rae1 Rce8 30. Kf2 Bb4 31. Re3 Re4 32. Rd1 Rhe8 33. Rxe4 dxe4 34.
Ne5 f4 35. c4 Kf5 36. Ke2 Rd8 37. Nf7 Rd7 38. Ne5 Rh7 39. c5 Bxc5 40. dxc5 Kxe5
41. Rd8 f3+ 42. gxf3 exf3+ 43. Kf2 Rxh3 44. Rd7 Ke4 45. Re7+ Kf4 46. Rf7+ Kg4
47. Rxb7 Rh2+ 48. Ke3 Re2+ 49. Kd3 Re5 50. Rg7 g5 51. Rf7 Kg3 52. Kd4 Rd5+ 53.
Kc4 f2 54. b4 axb4 55. a5 Kg2 0-1

[Event "Gelfand Challenge 2021"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.06.12"]
[Round "11.6"]
[White "Saduakassova, Dinara"]
[Black "Yip, Carissa"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[ECO "B06"]
[Opening "Robatsch (modern) defence"]
[WhiteFideId "13700090"]
[BlackFideId "2090732"]
[EventDate "2021.06.10"]

1. d4 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. Be3 c6 5. Qd2 Nd7 6. Nf3 b5 7. Bd3 Nb6 8. h4 h6
9. e5 b4 10. Ne4 Nd5 11. exd6 exd6 12. Bf4 Nxf4 13. Qxf4 Bf8 14. O-O Be6 15.
Rfe1 Qd7 16. Nf6+ Nxf6 17. Qxf6 Rg8 18. d5 cxd5 19. Bb5 Qxb5 20. Rxe6+ fxe6 21.
Qxe6+ Kd8 22. Qxg8 Kc7 23. Nd4 Qe8 24. Qxd5 Rb8 25. Ne6+ Kd7 26. Re1 Qc8 27. Nd4 1-0

[Event "Gelfand Challenge 2021"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.06.12"]
[Round "11.7"]
[White "Yoo, Christopher Woojin"]
[Black "Abdusattorov, Nodirbek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2457"]
[BlackElo "2634"]
[ECO "B14"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "Panov-Botvinnik attack, 5...e6"]
[WhiteFideId "30909694"]
[BlackFideId "14204118"]
[EventDate "2021.06.10"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nf3 Bb4 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
Bd2 Nc6 9. Bd3 O-O 10. O-O Be7 11. Nxd5 exd5 12. h3 Bf6 13. Bc3 Qb6 14. Qd2 Bd7
15. Qf4 Rfe8 16. a3 Ne7 17. Ne5 Bb5 18. Bxb5 Qxb5 19. Ng4 Qc6 20. Rac1 Ng6 21.
Qf5 Qe6 22. Qf3 Bg5 23. Rce1 Qd7 24. Ne5 Nxe5 25. dxe5 Rad8 26. Rd1 Qc6 27. Rd3
Rd7 28. Qg4 Bh6 29. Rfd1 g6 30. Qf3 Red8 31. Bb4 Bg7 32. Bd6 f6 33. Rc3 Qb6 34.
Qxd5+ Kh8 35. Rb3 Qa6 36. f4 fxe5 37. fxe5 Bf8 38. Rbd3 Qb6+ 39. Qd4 Qxd4+ 40.
Rxd4 Kg8 41. Kf2 Kf7 42. Ke3 Bg7 43. Bc5 Rxd4 44. Rxd4 Rc8 45. Rd7+ Ke6 46. Re7+
Kd5 47. Rxg7 Rxc5 48. Rxb7 Rc2 49. Kf3 a6 50. Rxh7 Rxb2 51. Rg7 Kxe5 52. Rxg6
Rb3+ 53. Kg4 Rxa3 54. h4 a5 55. h5 Ra2 56. g3 a4 57. h6 Rh2 58. Kg5 a3 59. Ra6
a2 60. g4 Kd4 61. Kg6 Kc4 62. h7 Kb3 63. Kg7 Rg2 64. h8=Q 1-0

[Event "Gelfand Challenge 2021"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.06.12"]
[Round "11.8"]
[White "Gukesh, D"]
[Black "Murzin, Volodar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2578"]
[BlackElo "2502"]
[ECO "E68"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "fianchetto, classical variation, 8.e4"]
[WhiteFideId "46616543"]
[BlackFideId "44155573"]
[EventDate "2021.06.10"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O Nbd7 7. Nc3 e5 8. e4 a6
9. h3 b5 10. dxe5 Nxe5 11. Nxe5 dxe5 12. Qe2 c6 13. Rd1 Qa5 14. Bd2 b4 15. Nb1
Rd8 16. Be3 Rxd1+ 17. Qxd1 Be6 18. Nd2 Nd7 19. Qc2 Bf8 20. Bf1 Qc7 21. c5 a5 22.
a4 bxa3 23. Rxa3 Rb8 24. Qc3 Rb4 25. Kh2 Be7 26. Kg2 Nf6 27. f3 Nd7 28. b3 h5
29. h4 Kg7 30. Ra4 Rxa4 31. bxa4 Qa7 32. Bc4 Bxc5 33. Bxe6 fxe6 34. Bg5 Qb6 35.
Nc4 Qb4 36. Qd3 Bd4 37. f4 Nc5 38. Qe2 Nxe4 39. Qxe4 Qxc4 40. fxe5 Qd5 41. Bf6+
Kf7 42. Kf3 c5 43. Kf4 c4 44. Qxd5 exd5 45. e6+ Kxf6 0-1

[Event "Gelfand Challenge 2021"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.06.12"]
[Round "11.9"]
[White "Badelka, Olga"]
[Black "Khademalsharieh, Sarasadat"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2418"]
[BlackElo "2494"]
[ECO "E15"]
[Opening "Queen's Indian"]
[Variation "4.g3"]
[WhiteFideId "13509926"]
[BlackFideId "12512214"]
[EventDate "2021.06.10"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Nbd2 Bb7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O d5 8. b3
dxc4 9. bxc4 c5 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. Nb3 Be7 12. Bb2 Nbd7 13. Rc1 Rc8 14. Qd2 Qc7
15. Rfd1 Rfd8 16. Qe3 Ng4 17. Qf4 Qxf4 18. gxf4 Nc5 19. h3 Nf6 20. Ne5 Bxg2 21.
Kxg2 Nfd7 22. Kf3 Nxe5+ 23. Bxe5 f6 24. Bd4 Na4 25. Be3 Rxd1 26. Rxd1 Rc7 27.
Nd4 Rd7 28. Rc1 Kf7 29. Nb3 Rc7 30. Nd4 Bc5 31. Nb5 Rd7 32. Nc3 Bxe3 33. Kxe3
Nxc3 34. Rxc3 Rc7 35. Kd4 Kg6 36. e4 Kh5 37. e5 Kg6 38. Ke4 Rc5 39. Rg3+ Kf7 40.
Kd4 Ra5 41. a3 Ra4 42. Rb3 h5 43. h4 Ra5 44. Rd3 Kg6 45. Rg3+ Kh6 46. Rd3 Rc5
47. Rg3 Rc7 48. Rb3 Kg6 49. exf6 gxf6 50. Rb5 Rc6 51. a4 a6 52. Rb1 Kf5 53. a5
bxa5 54. Ra1 Kxf4 55. Rxa5 e5+ 56. Kd5 Rc8 57. c5 Kf3 58. Ra2 e4 59. c6 f5 60.
Kd6 f4 61. Kd7 Rg8 62. c7 e3 63. fxe3 fxe3 64. Rxa6 e2 65. Rf6+ Kg3 66. Re6 Kf2
67. Rf6+ Ke3 68. Re6+ Kd3 69. c8=Q Rxc8 70. Kxc8 Kd2 71. Kd7 e1=Q 72. Rxe1 Kxe1
73. Ke6 Kf2 74. Kf5 Ke3 75. Kg5 Ke4 76. Kxh5 Kf5 77. Kh6 Kf6 78. h5 Kf7 79. Kh7
Kf8 80. h6 Kf7 81. Kh8 Kf8 82. h7 Kf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gelfand Challenge 2021"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.06.12"]
[Round "11.10"]
[White "Salimova, Nurgyul"]
[Black "Liang, Awonder"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2395"]
[BlackElo "2592"]
[ECO "A48"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "East Indian defence"]
[WhiteFideId "2915138"]
[BlackFideId "2056437"]
[EventDate "2021.06.10"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Nbd2 Bg7 4. e4 O-O 5. Bd3 d6 6. O-O c5 7. c3 cxd4 8. cxd4
Nc6 9. Re1 Nd7 10. Nb3 a5 11. a4 Nf6 12. Bd2 d5 13. e5 Ne4 14. Bxe4 dxe4 15.
Rxe4 Qd5 16. Rh4 f6 17. exf6 Bxf6 18. Rh6 Bg4 19. h3 Bxf3 20. Qxf3 Qxf3 21. gxf3
Kg7 22. Re1 g5 23. Rxf6 exf6 24. Bc3 Rfe8 25. Rd1 b6 26. Nd2 Ne7 27. d5 Nxd5 28.
Bd4 Kg6 29. Ne4 Rad8 30. Rb1 Re6 31. Kh2 h6 32. h4 f5 33. Nd2 Nf4 34. Nb3 Re2
35. Rc1 Rd6 36. Rc8 Ne6 37. Be3 f4 38. Bc1 Rxf2+ 39. Kg1 Rxf3 40. Nd2 Rg3+ 41.
Kh2 Rxd2+ 42. Bxd2 Nd4 43. Rg8+ Kh5 0-1

[Event "Gelfand Challenge 2021"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.06.12"]
[Round "12.1"]
[White "Keymer, Vincent"]
[Black "Liang, Awonder"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2591"]
[BlackElo "2592"]
[ECO "E18"]
[Opening "Queen's Indian"]
[Variation "old main line, 7.Nc3"]
[WhiteFideId "12940690"]
[BlackFideId "2056437"]
[EventDate "2021.06.10"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Nc3 Ne4 8. Bd2
d6 9. Qc2 Nxd2 10. Nxd2 c6 11. b4 Nd7 12. Rab1 Rc8 13. e3 Qc7 14. Rfc1 Qb8 15.
a4 Rfe8 16. a5 Qc7 17. Qa4 Bf8 18. a6 Ba8 19. b5 c5 20. d5 exd5 21. Nxd5 Bxd5
22. Bxd5 Nf6 23. Bc6 Re5 24. Qc2 Rd8 25. Rd1 Qc8 26. h4 g6 27. Kg2 Ng4 28. Bf3
h5 29. Ne4 Qf5 30. Rbc1 d5 31. Nc3 d4 32. Nd5 Qe6 33. exd4 cxd4 34. Rxd4 Bc5 35.
Rd2 Nf6 36. Nf4 Rxd2 37. Qxd2 Qf5 38. Qd3 Ne4 39. Re1 Nxf2 40. Qxf5 Rxf5 41.
Re8+ Kg7 42. Ra8 Re5 43. Rxa7 Re1 44. Rc7 Ng4 45. Rxc5 1-0

[Event "Gelfand Challenge 2021"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.06.12"]
[Round "12.2"]
[White "Khademalsharieh, Sarasadat"]
[Black "Salimova, Nurgyul"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2494"]
[BlackElo "2395"]
[ECO "A06"]
[Opening "Reti opening"]
[WhiteFideId "12512214"]
[BlackFideId "2915138"]
[EventDate "2021.06.10"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. b3 Bd6 5. Bb2 O-O 6. Nc3 c6 7. d4 Nbd7 8. Bd3
Qe7 9. O-O b6 10. e4 dxe4 11. Nxe4 Nxe4 12. Bxe4 Bb7 13. Ne5 Bxe5 14. dxe5 Nc5
15. Bc2 Rfd8 16. Qh5 h6 17. Bc1 Nd3 18. Be3 Nb4 19. Bb1 c5 20. a3 Nd3 21. Ra2
Rd7 22. Rd2 Rad8 23. Rfd1 g6 24. Qxh6 Nxe5 25. h3 Rxd2 26. Rxd2 Rxd2 27. Bxd2
Qd8 28. Bc2 Nd7 29. Bxg6 fxg6 30. Qxg6+ Kh8 31. Qh6+ Kg8 32. Qxe6+ Kh8 33. Bc3+
Kh7 34. Qf7+ Kh6 35. Bd2+ 1-0

[Event "Gelfand Challenge 2021"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.06.12"]
[Round "12.3"]
[White "Murzin, Volodar"]
[Black "Badelka, Olga"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2502"]
[BlackElo "2418"]
[ECO "B23"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "chameleon variation"]
[WhiteFideId "44155573"]
[BlackFideId "13509926"]
[EventDate "2021.06.10"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nge2 d6 4. g3 e5 5. Bg2 g6 6. O-O Bg7 7. d3 Nge7 8. f4
O-O 9. Be3 Nd4 10. Qd2 Bg4 11. Rae1 Rb8 12. h3 Be6 13. Bf2 b5 14. Nxd4 cxd4 15.
Ne2 f5 16. exf5 Bxf5 17. g4 Bd7 18. Bh4 Qe8 19. Nxd4 Nc6 20. Nf3 Rxf4 21. Ng5
Rxf1+ 22. Rxf1 Ne7 23. Nf7 Nc8 24. Qa5 Be6 25. Nd8 Nb6 26. Nxe6 Qxe6 27. Qxa7
Nd7 28. Bc6 Rf8 29. Qxd7 Rxf1+ 30. Kxf1 Qxa2 31. Kg2 h6 32. Qe8+ Kh7 33. Be4 1-0

[Event "Gelfand Challenge 2021"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.06.12"]
[Round "12.4"]
[White "Abdusattorov, Nodirbek"]
[Black "Gukesh, D"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2634"]
[BlackElo "2578"]
[ECO "C53"]
[Opening "Giuoco Piano"]
[WhiteFideId "14204118"]
[BlackFideId "46616543"]
[EventDate "2021.06.10"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. e5 d5 7. Bb5 Ne4 8. cxd4
Bb6 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Be3 Bg4 11. h3 Bh5 12. Qc2 Nxc3 13. bxc3 f6 14. exf6 Qxf6 15.
Be2 Ne7 16. Ne5 Bxe2 17. Qxe2 Qe6 18. O-O Nf5 19. a4 c6 20. Rab1 Rab8 21. g4 Nd6
22. f4 Ne4 23. Qd3 Bc7 24. f5 Qe7 25. Bf4 Rfe8 26. Rbe1 Kh8 27. g5 Rf8 28. Rxe4
dxe4 29. Qxe4 Rbe8 30. Re1 Bxe5 31. dxe5 Qf7 32. f6 gxf6 33. gxf6 Qh5 34. e6
Rxf6 35. e7 Qg6+ 36. Qxg6 Rxg6+ 37. Kf2 Kg8 38. Bc7 Rf6+ 39. Kg2 Kf7 40. Bd8
Rg8+ 41. Kh1 Ke8 42. Re3 Rf1+ 43. Kh2 Rf2+ 44. Kh1 Rfg2 45. Re1 R2g3 46. Kh2
Rxc3 47. Rf1 Re3 48. a5 Re2+ 49. Kh1 Rxe7 50. Bxe7 Kxe7 51. Rb1 Rb8 52. Rg1 Kf7
53. Rd1 Re8 54. Kg2 Re7 55. Kf3 Ke8 56. Rd6 Rd7 57. Rh6 Kd8 58. h4 Kc7 59. h5 b5
60. axb6+ axb6 61. Ke3 b5 62. Rf6 Kb6 63. h6 b4 64. Rf4 Kb5 0-1

[Event "Gelfand Challenge 2021"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.06.12"]
[Round "12.5"]
[White "Yip, Carissa"]
[Black "Yoo, Christopher Woojin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2457"]
[ECO "A04"]
[Opening "Reti opening"]
[WhiteFideId "2090732"]
[BlackFideId "30909694"]
[EventDate "2021.06.10"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. g3 b6 3. Bg2 Bb7 4. O-O Nf6 5. c4 g6 6. b3 Bg7 7. Bb2 O-O 8. d4
cxd4 9. Bxd4 d6 10. Nbd2 Nbd7 11. Qc2 Qc7 12. Rad1 Nc5 13. e3 Rac8 14. Qb1 Nce4
15. Qa1 Rfd8 16. Rc1 a6 17. Rfd1 Bc6 18. Nxe4 Bxe4 19. Nd2 Bxg2 20. Kxg2 Qb7+
21. Kg1 Rc7 22. Re1 Rdc8 23. e4 e5 24. Bb2 Bh6 25. Rcd1 b5 26. h4 Bxd2 27. Rxd2
Nxe4 28. Rde2 Nc5 29. Qd1 Qf3 30. Qxd6 Nd3 31. Bxe5 Nxe1 32. Rxe1 bxc4 33. Ba1
c3 34. a4 Qc6 35. Qe5 Rb7 36. h5 gxh5 37. Qxh5 Qg6 38. Qd5 Rbc7 39. Qe5 Rc6 40.
Qd4 Rd6 41. Qb4 c2 42. Bb2 Rd1 43. Kg2 Rxe1 44. Qxe1 Qc6+ 0-1

[Event "Gelfand Challenge 2021"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.06.12"]
[Round "12.6"]
[White "Nihal, Sarin"]
[Black "Saduakassova, Dinara"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[ECO "A01"]
[Opening "Nimzovich-Larsen attack"]
[Variation "modern variation"]
[WhiteFideId "25092340"]
[BlackFideId "13700090"]
[EventDate "2021.06.10"]

1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 Nc6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nf3 d6 5. d4 exd4 6. Nxd4 Nxd4 7. Qxd4 Bf5 8.
Bd3 Qd7 9. e4 Bg6 10. Nc3 Be7 11. O-O-O O-O 12. h3 Ne8 13. Nd5 Bd8 14. Qe3 f5
15. e5 Bf7 16. Bc4 Kh8 17. Rhe1 b5 18. e6 Qxe6 19. Qxe6 Bxe6 20. Bxb5 Bf7 21.
Ne7 Rb8 22. Bd3 Bh5 23. f3 Bg6 24. Kb1 a5 25. Nc6 Ra8 26. Nxd8 Rxd8 27. Re7 f4
28. a4 Bxd3 29. Rxd3 Kg8 30. Bc3 Ra8 31. Rd5 c5 32. Rxd6 c4 33. Rdd7 cxb3 34.
Rxg7+ 1-0

[Event "Gelfand Challenge 2021"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.06.12"]
[Round "12.7"]
[White "Zhu, Jiner"]
[Black "Mammadzada, Gunay"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "WGM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2462"]
[BlackElo "2443"]
[ECO "B52"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Canal-Sokolsky attack, 3...Bd7"]
[WhiteFideId "8608059"]
[BlackFideId "13403729"]
[EventDate "2021.06.10"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Nxd7 5. O-O Ngf6 6. Qe2 e6 7. b3 g6 8.
d4 cxd4 9. Nxd4 a6 10. c4 Bg7 11. Rd1 O-O 12. Nc3 Re8 13. Bb2 d5 14. e5 Nh5 15.
Nf3 Qb8 16. cxd5 Nxe5 17. d6 Nxf3+ 18. Qxf3 Rd8 19. Ba3 Nf6 20. Rac1 b5 21. Bc5
b4 22. Ne4 Nd5 23. Rc4 Qb5 24. Bd4 Rac8 25. Bxg7 Kxg7 26. Rcd4 h6 27. Qg3 f5 28.
Qe5+ Kf7 29. Rxd5 Qxd5 30. Qf6+ Kg8 31. Qxg6+ Kf8 32. Qxh6+ Kf7 33. Rxd5 1-0

[Event "Gelfand Challenge 2021"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.06.12"]
[Round "12.8"]
[White "Mendonca, Leon Luke"]
[Black "Shuvalova, Polina"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2549"]
[BlackElo "2489"]
[ECO "D41"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "Semi-Tarrasch, 5.cd"]
[WhiteFideId "35028561"]
[BlackFideId "24171760"]
[EventDate "2021.06.10"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 Be6 7. e3 Nc6 8. Be2
c4 9. O-O Be7 10. b3 Qa5 11. Qc2 O-O 12. bxc4 dxc4 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. Ne4 Rac8
15. Nd6 Rc7 16. Rab1 Nb4 17. Qc3 Be7 18. Ne4 Bf5 19. Nfd2 b6 20. a3 Nc6 21. Ra1
Be6 22. Rfc1 Rfc8 23. h3 g6 24. Bf1 f5 25. Ng3 Qxc3 26. Rxc3 b5 27. Ne2 a5 28.
Rcc1 Bf7 29. a4 Bb4 30. Nb1 bxa4 31. Nec3 a3 32. Nxa3 Ne7 33. g3 Rb8 34. Na4 c3
35. Nb5 Rc6 36. Naxc3 Rbc8 37. Ne2 Rc2 38. Rxc2 Rxc2 39. Nf4 g5 40. Nd3 Nd5 41.
Ne5 Be6 42. Na3 Rc7 43. Nac4 Nc3 44. Nxa5 f4 45. Nac6 Bd6 46. Ra7 fxe3 47. Ra8+
Kg7 48. fxe3 Ne4 49. Bg2 Nxg3 50. Ra6 Bf5 51. Ra2 h5 52. Nc4 Bb4 53. Nxb4 Rxc4
54. Nd5 Rc1+ 55. Kf2 h4 56. Nb4 Kg6 57. Nc6 Ne4+ 58. Bxe4 Bxe4 59. Ne5+ Kf5 60.
Ra5 Rc2+ 61. Ke1 Rc1+ 62. Kd2 Rc2+ 63. Kd1 Rg2 64. Ng4+ Kg6 65. Ra6+ Kg7 66.
Ra7+ Kg6 67. Ke1 Rg3 68. Ra6+ Kg7 69. Ra7+ Kg6 70. Nf2 Bf5 71. Ra6+ Kh5 72. e4
Bxh3 73. d5 Bg4 74. Ra8 h3 75. Rh8+ Kg6 76. Nxg4 Rxg4 77. Rxh3 Rxe4+ 78. Kf2 Rd4
79. Ra3 Rxd5 80. Kg3 Kf5 81. Ra4 Rd3+ 82. Kg2 Rb3 83. Rc4 Kg6 84. Ra4 Kh5 85.
Rc4 Rb2+ 86. Kg3 Rb3+ 87. Kg2 g4 88. Rc8 Kg5 89. Rg8+ Kf5 90. Rf8+ Kg5 91. Rg8+
Kf5 92. Rf8+ Kg5 93. Rg8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gelfand Challenge 2021"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.06.12"]
[Round "12.9"]
[White "Praggnanandhaa, R"]
[Black "Abdumalik, Zhansaya"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2608"]
[BlackElo "2472"]
[ECO "D20"]
[Opening "QGA"]
[Variation "3.e4"]
[WhiteFideId "25059530"]
[BlackFideId "13703544"]
[EventDate "2021.06.10"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 b5 4. a4 c6 5. axb5 cxb5 6. Nc3 Qb6 7. Nd5 Qb7 8. Bf4
e5 9. Bxe5 Nd7 10. Bg3 Ngf6 11. Nc7+ Kd8 12. f3 Rb8 13. Na6 Ra8 14. Nh3 h6 15.
Qd2 Ne8 16. Nf4 Qc6 17. Nb4 Bxb4 18. Qxb4 Nc7 19. d5 Qb6 20. Bf2 Qf6 21. Ne2 Ne5
22. Nd4 a6 23. Be2 h5 24. b3 h4 25. h3 Rh6 26. bxc4 bxc4 27. Bxc4 a5 28. Qc5 Rg6
29. Rc1 Ne8 30. Bb5 Rxg2 31. Kf1 Rxf2+ 32. Kxf2 Bd7 33. Rhd1 Nd6 34. Bxd7 Nxe4+
35. Ke3 Nxc5 36. Rxc5 Nxd7 37. Rc6 Qe5+ 38. Kf2 Rb8 39. Rc2 Qg3+ 40. Ke2 Ke8 41.
Nc6 Qg2+ 42. Kd3 Rb3+ 0-1

[Event "Gelfand Challenge 2021"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.06.12"]
[Round "12.10"]
[White "Bjerre, Jonas Buhl"]
[Black "Lei, Tingjie"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2542"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[ECO "C65"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Berlin defence"]
[WhiteFideId "1444948"]
[BlackFideId "8605114"]
[EventDate "2021.06.10"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. O-O d5 7. exd5 Qxd5 8. Bc4
Qd8 9. Nbd2 a5 10. Re1 h6 11. h3 Re8 12. Qe2 a4 13. a3 Bd7 14. Ne4 Nxe4 15. dxe4
Na5 16. Ba2 Ra6 17. Be3 Bxe3 18. Qxe3 Rb6 19. Re2 Be6 20. Qc5 Bxa2 21. Qxa5 Bb3
22. Nxe5 Rbe6 23. Nf3 Rxe4 24. Rd2 Qc8 25. Nd4 b6 26. Qb5 Re1+ 27. Rxe1 Rxe1+
28. Kh2 c5 29. Nf3 Qc7+ 30. g3 Re7 31. Nh4 g6 32. Ng2 Kg7 33. Ne3 Qb7 34. Qe2
Qe4 35. Qg4 Qb1 36. h4 h5 37. Qg5 Re6 38. Qf4 Qe1 39. Rd7 Rf6 40. Qe5 Qxf2+ 41.
Ng2 Be6 42. Rd1 Qxb2 43. Rf1 Bf5 44. Kg1 Qd2 45. Ne3 Qd6 46. Rxf5 Qxe5 47. Rxe5
Rd6 48. Kf2 Rd2+ 49. Kf3 Rd3 50. Re4 b5 51. c4 b4 52. axb4 a3 53. Re7 cxb4 54.
Ra7 b3 55. Rxa3 b2 56. Rxd3 b1=Q 57. Rd2 Qh1+ 58. Kf2 Qc1 59. Rc2 Qa1 60. c5
Qf6+ 61. Kg1 Qf3 62. Nf1 Qe4 63. Rc1 Qd4+ 64. Kh1 Qb2 65. Re1 Qc3 66. Rb1 Qc4
67. Re1 Qd5+ 68. Kg1 Qxc5+ 69. Ne3 f6 70. Kf2 g5 71. hxg5 fxg5 72. Rd1 Kg6 73.
Rd5 Qb4 74. Rd1 Qb2+ 75. Kf1 Qa3 76. Kf2 Qa2+ 77. Kf1 Kf6 78. Re1 Qh2 79. Nd5+
Kf7 80. Re7+ Kf8 81. Re5 Qxg3 82. Rf5+ Kg7 83. Rf2 Qd3+ 0-1

[Event "Gelfand Challenge 2021"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.06.12"]
[Round "13.1"]
[White "Lei, Tingjie"]
[Black "Keymer, Vincent"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2591"]
[ECO "B90"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Najdorf, Adams attack"]
[WhiteFideId "8605114"]
[BlackFideId "12940690"]
[EventDate "2021.06.10"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. Be3
h6 9. g3 O-O 10. Bg2 Be6 11. O-O Nbd7 12. a4 Nb6 13. Na5 Qc7 14. Qd2 Rfd8 15.
Nd5 Bxd5 16. exd5 Rdc8 17. Rfc1 Nc4 18. Nxc4 Qxc4 19. a5 Nd7 20. Ra3 Qc7 21. Rc3
Qd8 22. Rb3 Nc5 23. Ra3 Bg5 24. b4 Nd7 25. c4 Rab8 26. h4 Bxe3 27. Qxe3 Nf6 28.
Bh3 Rc7 29. Rd3 Qe7 30. c5 Rd8 31. c6 bxc6 32. dxc6 d5 33. Qb6 d4 34. Bg2 Nd5
35. Bxd5 Rxd5 36. Qxa6 Qxb4 37. Qa8+ Kh7 38. Qe8 Rxa5 39. Qd8 Rxc6 40. Rxc6 Qb1+
41. Kg2 Ra1 42. Rxh6+ gxh6 0-1

[Event "Gelfand Challenge 2021"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.06.12"]
[Round "13.2"]
[White "Abdumalik, Zhansaya"]
[Black "Bjerre, Jonas Buhl"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2472"]
[BlackElo "2542"]
[ECO "B91"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Najdorf, Zagreb (fianchetto) variation"]
[WhiteFideId "13703544"]
[BlackFideId "1444948"]
[EventDate "2021.06.10"]

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 b5 10. Be3 Bb7 11. a4 b4 12. Nd5 Nxd5 13. exd5 a5 14. h4 f5 15. f4
Nd7 16. fxe5 Nxe5 17. Nd4 Ng4 18. Bf4 Qb6 19. Kh1 Bf6 20. Nxf5 Nf2+ 21. Rxf2
Qxf2 22. Nxd6 Bxb2 23. Qe1 Qxe1+ 24. Rxe1 Ba6 25. Bh3 h6 26. Re7 Rad8 27. Be6+
Kh7 28. Nf7 Rde8 29. Ra7 Bc8 30. Bd6 Rg8 31. Be7 Bxe6 32. dxe6 Rc8 33. Rxa5 Rxc2
34. Bxb4 Re2 35. e7 Bd4 36. Rf5 Rc8 37. Rf1 Rcc2 0-1

[Event "Gelfand Challenge 2021"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.06.12"]
[Round "13.3"]
[White "Shuvalova, Polina"]
[Black "Praggnanandhaa, R"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2489"]
[BlackElo "2608"]
[ECO "B90"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Najdorf"]
[WhiteFideId "24171760"]
[BlackFideId "25059530"]
[EventDate "2021.06.10"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bd3 e5 7. Nde2 Be7 8. O-O
Be6 9. Ng3 Nc6 10. a3 Rc8 11. Re1 h6 12. h3 O-O 13. Bd2 Qd7 14. Qe2 Bd8 15. Rad1
Bb6 16. Kh2 Rfe8 17. Qf1 Qc7 18. f4 exf4 19. Bxf4 Ne5 20. Kh1 Qe7 21. Qe2 Nfg4
22. Rf1 Qh4 23. Bxe5 dxe5 24. Rf3 Nf2+ 25. Rxf2 Qxg3 26. Rf3 Qh4 27. Rff1 Bd4
28. Nd5 f5 29. c3 Ba7 30. c4 f4 31. b4 Bd4 32. c5 Kh8 33. Rc1 Bxh3 34. gxh3
Qxh3+ 35. Qh2 Qxd3 36. Qg2 Rcd8 37. Rcd1 Qxa3 38. Rf3 Qa4 39. Rxd4 Qa1+ 40. Kh2
Qxd4 41. Qg6 Qd2+ 42. Kh1 Rf8 43. Rh3 f3 44. Rh5 f2 45. Rf5 f1=Q+ 0-1

[Event "Gelfand Challenge 2021"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.06.12"]
[Round "13.4"]
[White "Mammadzada, Gunay"]
[Black "Mendonca, Leon Luke"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2443"]
[BlackElo "2549"]
[ECO "B90"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Najdorf, Adams attack"]
[WhiteFideId "13403729"]
[BlackFideId "35028561"]
[EventDate "2021.06.10"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 g6 7. g4 Bg7 8. Be3
Nc6 9. Qd2 Bd7 10. Be2 O-O 11. g5 Nh5 12. Bxh5 gxh5 13. O-O-O Ne5 14. Qe2 Rc8
15. Nd5 Nc4 16. Kb1 Be6 17. Nf4 Qa5 18. Nfxe6 fxe6 19. Rd3 Nxe3 20. Qxe3 Qe5 21.
c3 Rf7 22. h4 Rcf8 23. f3 Qg3 24. Rg1 Bxd4 25. Rxg3 Bxe3 26. Rxe3 Rf4 27. Rh3
Kf7 28. a4 d5 29. a5 dxe4 30. fxe4 e5 31. Ka2 Ke6 32. Re2 Rg4 33. Kb3 Rff4 34.
Rd2 Rxe4 35. Rd8 Rxh4 36. Rf3 Rhf4 37. Rh3 Rh4 38. Rhd3 Rh2 39. Ka3 h4 40. Rh8
Rg4 41. Rxh7 Rxg5 42. Rd8 e4 43. b4 e3 44. Re8 Kf5 45. Rhxe7 Re2 46. Rxe3 Rxe3
47. Rxe3 Rh5 48. c4 h3 49. Re1 h2 50. Rh1 Kf4 51. b5 Kg3 52. Kb4 Kg2 53. Rd1
h1=Q 54. Rxh1 Kxh1 55. bxa6 bxa6 56. c5 Rh4+ 57. Kc3 Kg2 58. Kd3 Kf3 0-1

[Event "Gelfand Challenge 2021"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.06.12"]
[Round "13.5"]
[White "Saduakassova, Dinara"]
[Black "Zhu, Jiner"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "WGM"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2462"]
[ECO "A46"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[WhiteFideId "13700090"]
[BlackFideId "8608059"]
[EventDate "2021.06.10"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bf4 d5 4. e3 c5 5. Nbd2 Nc6 6. c3 Bd6 7. Bg3 O-O 8. Bd3
b6 9. e4 dxe4 10. Nxe4 Nxe4 11. Bxe4 Bb7 12. Qa4 Rc8 13. Rd1 Qe7 14. dxc5 Bxc5
15. b4 Nxb4 16. Bxb7 Qxb7 17. cxb4 Qe4+ 18. Kf1 Bxb4 19. h3 Rc4 20. Kg1 Bd6 21.
Qb3 Bxg3 22. fxg3 Rc2 23. Kh2 Qe2 24. Rhg1 Rxa2 25. Rd7 h6 26. Qd1 Qf2 27. Nh4
Ra3 28. Qg4 Rc8 29. Rgd1 Rcc3 30. Rd8+ Kh7 31. Qe4+ g6 32. R8d7 Rxg3 33. Qb7
Rxh3# 0-1

[Event "Gelfand Challenge 2021"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.06.12"]
[Round "13.6"]
[White "Yoo, Christopher Woojin"]
[Black "Nihal, Sarin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2457"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[ECO "D06"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "symmetrical (Austrian) defence"]
[WhiteFideId "30909694"]
[BlackFideId "25092340"]
[EventDate "2021.06.10"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c5 3. cxd5 Qxd5 4. Nf3 cxd4 5. Nc3 Qa5 6. Nxd4 Nf6 7. g3 e5 8.
Nb3 Qc7 9. Bg2 Bb4 10. Bd2 O-O 11. O-O Nc6 12. Rc1 Be6 13. Ne4 Rfd8 14. Nxf6+
gxf6 15. Qe1 Rxd2 16. Nxd2 Qa5 17. Rc3 Bxc3 18. bxc3 Qxc3 19. Qb1 Qxd2 20. Qxb7
Rb8 21. Qxc6 Qxa2 22. f4 Qxe2 23. f5 Bc4 24. Kh1 Rb2 25. Rg1 Bd3 26. g4 h6 27.
h4 Kg7 28. Qc1 Rb1 29. Qc3 Be4 30. Qg3 Qxg2+ 31. Qxg2 Bxg2+ 32. Kxg2 Rxg1+ 33.
Kxg1 a5 0-1

[Event "Gelfand Challenge 2021"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.06.12"]
[Round "13.7"]
[White "Gukesh, D"]
[Black "Yip, Carissa"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2578"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[ECO "A10"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[WhiteFideId "46616543"]
[BlackFideId "2090732"]
[EventDate "2021.06.10"]

1. c4 g6 2. Nf3 Bg7 3. d4 e6 4. g3 Ne7 5. Bg2 d5 6. O-O O-O 7. Nc3 Nbc6 8. e3 b6
9. b3 Ba6 10. Nd2 Na5 11. Bb2 Rc8 12. Qc2 c6 13. Rfd1 Nf5 14. Rac1 Qd7 15. Nf3
Rfd8 16. e4 Ne7 17. c5 bxc5 18. dxc5 Qc7 19. Na4 Bxb2 20. Qxb2 dxe4 21. Ng5
Rxd1+ 22. Rxd1 Rd8 23. Re1 e3 24. fxe3 Nd5 25. Ne4 Bd3 26. Nf2 Ba6 27. Bxd5 cxd5
28. Ng4 h5 29. Nf6+ Kf8 30. c6 Nxc6 31. Nc5 Bc8 32. Rf1 Qe5 33. Qf2 Qc7 34.
Nfd7+ Rxd7 35. Nxe6+ 1-0

[Event "Gelfand Challenge 2021"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.06.12"]
[Round "13.8"]
[White "Badelka, Olga"]
[Black "Abdusattorov, Nodirbek"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2418"]
[BlackElo "2634"]
[ECO "A67"]
[Opening "Benoni"]
[Variation "Taimanov variation"]
[WhiteFideId "13509926"]
[BlackFideId "14204118"]
[EventDate "2021.06.10"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. e4 g6 7. f4 Bg7 8. Bb5+
Nfd7 9. Nf3 O-O 10. O-O a6 11. Bd3 b5 12. Qe1 c4 13. Bc2 Re8 14. Qg3 Nc5 15. e5
b4 16. Ne4 Nxe4 17. Bxe4 Nd7 18. Ng5 Nc5 19. e6 fxe6 20. Qh4 Bd4+ 21. Kh1 Ra7
22. Bf3 e5 23. fxe5 dxe5 24. Bg4 Bxg4 25. Qxg4 Qxd5 26. a3 b3 27. Bd2 Bxb2 28.
Rad1 Bd4 29. Bb4 b2 30. Bxc5 Qxc5 31. Ne4 Qc8 32. Nf6+ Kh8 33. Qe4 Rf8 34. Rxd4
exd4 35. Qxd4 Rg7 36. Qxb2 c3 37. Qb6 c2 38. Rc1 Rgf7 0-1

[Event "Gelfand Challenge 2021"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.06.12"]
[Round "13.9"]
[White "Salimova, Nurgyul"]
[Black "Murzin, Volodar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2395"]
[BlackElo "2502"]
[ECO "A48"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "East Indian defence"]
[WhiteFideId "2915138"]
[BlackFideId "44155573"]
[EventDate "2021.06.10"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Nbd2 d5 4. e3 Bg7 5. b4 O-O 6. c4 c6 7. a4 Bf5 8. Be2
Nbd7 9. O-O a5 10. b5 Ne4 11. Nxe4 dxe4 12. Nd2 e5 13. d5 cxd5 14. cxd5 Nb6 15.
g4 Bc8 16. Ba3 Nxd5 17. Nxe4 Nb4 18. Qxd8 Rxd8 19. Rac1 b6 20. Rc7 Be6 21. Ng5
Bd5 22. e4 Bh6 23. exd5 Bxg5 24. Bxb4 axb4 25. Ra1 b3 26. Rb1 Rxa4 27. Rxb3 e4
28. Bc4 Rd6 29. Rc3 Bf6 30. Rc2 Bd4 31. Rc6 Bc5 32. Kg2 Kf8 33. Bb3 Rb4 34.
R2xc5 bxc5 35. Rxd6 Rxb3 36. b6 c4 37. Rc6 c3 38. d6 Ke8 39. b7 Kd7 40. Rxc3
Rxb7 41. Rh3 Kxd6 42. Rxh7 Ke6 43. h4 Rb2 44. Kg3 Rb3+ 45. Kg2 Rb2 46. Kg3 Rb3+
47. Kg2 Rb2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gelfand Challenge 2021"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.06.12"]
[Round "13.10"]
[White "Liang, Awonder"]
[Black "Khademalsharieh, Sarasadat"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2592"]
[BlackElo "2494"]
[ECO "A45"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[WhiteFideId "2056437"]
[BlackFideId "12512214"]
[EventDate "2021.06.10"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 d5 3. e3 c5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Nbd2 cxd4 6. exd4 Bf5 7. c3 e6 8. Qb3
Bd6 9. Qxb7 Bxf4 10. Qxc6+ Kf8 11. Qa6 g6 12. Bd3 Ne4 13. Nb3 h5 14. g3 Bh6 15.
Ne5 Kg7 16. f3 Nd6 17. Bxf5 Nxf5 18. O-O h4 19. g4 Be3+ 20. Kg2 Qg5 21. Nc5 Rae8
22. Ncd3 Bf4 23. Rf2 Ne3+ 24. Kh1 Re7 25. Rg1 Bg3 26. f4 Qf6 27. Rf3 Nc4 28.
Nxc4 dxc4 29. Nc5 Bxf4 30. Ne4 1-0

[Event "Gelfand Challenge 2021"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.06.12"]
[Round "14.1"]
[White "Keymer, Vincent"]
[Black "Khademalsharieh, Sarasadat"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2591"]
[BlackElo "2494"]
[ECO "D31"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "3.Nc3"]
[WhiteFideId "12940690"]
[BlackFideId "12512214"]
[EventDate "2021.06.10"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Bb4 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bf4 c6 6. e3 Bd6 7. Bg3 Ne7 8. Nf3
O-O 9. Qb3 Qc7 10. Bd3 Bf5 11. Bxd6 Qxd6 12. Bxf5 Nxf5 13. Qxb7 Nd7 14. Qb3 Qg6
15. O-O Rab8 16. Qa3 Rb7 17. b3 Re8 18. Rac1 h5 19. Qa6 Reb8 20. Ne2 Ne7 21. Nf4
Qh6 22. Nd3 h4 23. h3 Rc7 24. Nfe5 Rb6 25. Qa3 Nxe5 26. Nxe5 Nf5 27. Rc3 Nd6 28.
Qc1 Ne4 29. Rc2 Qd6 30. Nd3 Qg6 31. Qd1 Ng5 32. Nf4 Qf5 33. Rc5 Ne6 34. Nxe6
Qxe6 35. Qh5 Qf6 36. Rfc1 Rd7 37. Qg4 Rd8 38. Qf3 Qxf3 39. gxf3 Rd6 40. Ra5 Rd7
41. f4 f5 42. Kf1 Kf7 43. Ke2 Kf6 44. Rcc5 Re7 45. Kf3 Rd7 46. Ra4 Ke6 47. Rca5
Rbb7 48. Ra6 Kd6 49. b4 Rdc7 50. a3 Ke7 51. R4a5 Kd7 52. Ke2 Ke7 53. Kd3 Kd7 54.
Kc3 Kc8 55. Kb3 Kb8 56. Rc5 Rb6 57. Raa5 a6 58. Rc1 Rb5 59. Rxa6 Kb7 60. Ra5
Rxa5 61. bxa5 Ka6 62. Ka4 g6 63. Rg1 Rg7 64. Kb4 Rb7+ 65. Kc5 Rb2 66. Rxg6 Rxf2
67. Rxc6+ Kxa5 68. Rh6 Rf3 69. Rxh4 Rxe3 70. Kxd5 1-0

[Event "Gelfand Challenge 2021"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.06.12"]
[Round "14.2"]
[White "Murzin, Volodar"]
[Black "Liang, Awonder"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2502"]
[BlackElo "2592"]
[ECO "B10"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann defence"]
[WhiteFideId "44155573"]
[BlackFideId "2056437"]
[EventDate "2021.06.10"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Ne5 Nc6 5. Bb5 Bd7 6. Bxc6 bxc6 7. O-O Nf6 8.
d4 g6 9. Bg5 Bg7 10. Nd2 O-O 11. c3 h6 12. Bh4 Rb8 13. Nb3 Ne4 14. f3 Nd6 15.
Qe2 Re8 16. Nc5 Bxe5 17. dxe5 Nb7 18. Nxd7 Qxd7 19. Qe3 Kg7 20. Qxa7 c5 21. Qa6
Nd8 22. Qe2 c4 23. Kh1 Ne6 24. f4 Nc5 25. f5 gxf5 26. Qh5 Qe6 27. Rxf5 Qg6 28.
Qf3 Rxb2 29. Rf1 Ne6 30. Rxf7+ Kg8 31. Bxe7 Rb1 32. Rf6 Rxf1+ 33. Qxf1 Qd3 34.
Bb4 Ng5 35. h4 Qxf1+ 36. Rxf1 Ne4 37. Kh2 Rxe5 38. a4 Re6 39. a5 Kg7 40. Rd1 Nf6
41. Bc5 Ra6 42. Bb6 Kg6 43. Bd8 Ng4+ 44. Kg1 Ne3 45. Re1 Nf5 46. g4 Ng3 47. Re5
d4 48. cxd4 Rc6 49. Kg2 c3 50. Kxg3 c2 51. Re1 c1=Q 52. Rxc1 Rxc1 53. Kf4 Kf7
54. Ke5 Ke8 55. Bb6 Ke7 56. Bc5+ Kd7 57. a6 1-0

[Event "Gelfand Challenge 2021"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.06.12"]
[Round "14.3"]
[White "Abdusattorov, Nodirbek"]
[Black "Salimova, Nurgyul"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2634"]
[BlackElo "2395"]
[ECO "B13"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "exchange variation"]
[WhiteFideId "14204118"]
[BlackFideId "2915138"]
[EventDate "2021.06.10"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bd3 Nf6 5. c3 Bg4 6. Qb3 Qc7 7. h3 Bh5 8. Ne2
Nc6 9. Bf4 Qd7 10. Nd2 e6 11. O-O Be7 12. Be3 Bg6 13. Nf4 Bxd3 14. Nxd3 O-O 15.
Ne5 Qc7 16. f4 Rab8 17. a4 a6 18. Qd1 b5 19. Qe2 bxa4 20. Qxa6 Nxe5 21. fxe5 Nh5
22. Rxa4 Rxb2 23. c4 Ng3 24. Re1 Nf5 25. Nf1 dxc4 26. Rxc4 Qd8 27. Bf2 Bh4 28.
g3 Be7 29. Qc6 h5 30. Qf3 g6 31. Rec1 Qa5 32. Rc7 Bg5 33. g4 hxg4 34. hxg4 Bxc1
35. Rxc1 Qd8 36. Qf4 Rxf2 37. Qxf2 Qg5 38. Rc4 Qxg4+ 39. Qg2 Qxg2+ 40. Kxg2 Rd8
41. Nh2 Ne3+ 0-1

[Event "Gelfand Challenge 2021"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.06.12"]
[Round "14.4"]
[White "Yip, Carissa"]
[Black "Badelka, Olga"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2418"]
[ECO "A04"]
[Opening "Reti opening"]
[WhiteFideId "2090732"]
[BlackFideId "13509926"]
[EventDate "2021.06.10"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nf6 3. b3 g6 4. Bb2 Bg7 5. g3 b6 6. Bg2 Bb7 7. O-O O-O 8. d4
cxd4 9. Bxd4 Nc6 10. Bb2 d6 11. Nc3 Rc8 12. Rc1 Nd7 13. Qd2 Nde5 14. Rfd1 Nxf3+
15. Bxf3 Qd7 16. Nd5 Ne5 17. Bg2 h5 18. f4 Bxd5 19. Bxd5 Ng4 20. Bxg7 Kxg7 21.
Bf3 Nf6 22. Kg2 Qe6 23. Qd4 Rh8 24. h3 Rc5 25. e4 Rhc8 26. Re1 b5 27. e5 dxe5
28. fxe5 Nh7 29. Bd5 Qb6 30. e6+ Nf6 31. exf7 bxc4 32. bxc4 Rd8 33. Rcd1 Qc7 34.
Re6 Ra5 35. Rd2 Rd6 36. Qe5 Rdxd5 37. Qxc7 Rxd2+ 38. Kf1 Rdxa2 39. f8=Q+ 1-0

[Event "Gelfand Challenge 2021"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.06.12"]
[Round "14.5"]
[White "Nihal, Sarin"]
[Black "Gukesh, D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2578"]
[ECO "B30"]
[Opening "Sicilian defence"]
[WhiteFideId "25092340"]
[BlackFideId "46616543"]
[EventDate "2021.06.10"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. Bc4 e6 6. O-O d6 7. d4 cxd4 8. cxd4
Be7 9. Qe2 O-O 10. Nc3 dxe5 11. dxe5 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Bd7 13. Bd3 Qc7 14. Qe4 g6
15. Bh6 Rfd8 16. Rad1 Be8 17. Qf4 Rd5 18. Be4 Rc5 19. Bxc6 Bxc6 20. Ng5 Bf8 21.
Bxf8 Rxf8 22. Rfe1 h6 23. Ne4 Bxe4 24. Rxe4 Kh7 25. h4 Rd5 26. Rxd5 exd5 27. Re3
Qc4 28. Qf6 Qxa2 29. Rf3 Qb1+ 30. Kh2 Qb6 31. e6 Qd6+ 32. g3 Qc6 33. Qxf7+ Rxf7
34. exf7 1-0

[Event "Gelfand Challenge 2021"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.06.12"]
[Round "14.6"]
[White "Zhu, Jiner"]
[Black "Yoo, Christopher Woojin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "WGM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2462"]
[BlackElo "2457"]
[ECO "B40"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Pin variation (Sicilian counter-attack)"]
[WhiteFideId "8608059"]
[BlackFideId "30909694"]
[EventDate "2021.06.10"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Bd3 d6 7. O-O O-O 8. Bd2
e5 9. Nb3 Be6 10. a3 Bxc3 11. Bxc3 Nbd7 12. Bb4 Qc7 13. Qe2 a5 14. Bd2 a4 15.
Nc1 d5 16. exd5 Bxd5 17. Bb4 Rfc8 18. f3 Nc5 19. Bf5 Be6 20. Bxe6 Nxe6 21. Nd3
Qxc2 22. Qxc2 Rxc2 23. Bc3 Nd4 24. Rf2 Rxf2 25. Kxf2 Nd5 26. Bxd4 exd4 27. Rc1
Ne3 28. Rc7 b5 29. Rd7 Rc8 30. Rxd4 Nf5 31. Rd5 Rc2+ 32. Ke1 g6 33. Rxb5 Rxg2
34. Rb4 Rxh2 35. Rxa4 h5 36. Nf2 Rg2 37. Kf1 Ne3+ 38. Ke2 Nd1 39. Kxd1 Rxf2 40.
Rb4 Rxf3 41. Ke2 Rh3 42. a4 Rh1 43. Rb3 h4 44. Kf2 h3 45. Kg3 f5 46. a5 g5 47.
a6 f4+ 48. Kf2 h2 49. Rb8+ Kg7 50. Rb7+ Kg6 51. Rb6+ Kf5 52. Kg2 f3+ 53. Kxh1 f2
54. Rb5+ Kf4 55. Rb4+ Ke3 56. Rb3+ Ke2 0-1

[Event "Gelfand Challenge 2021"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.06.12"]
[Round "14.7"]
[White "Mendonca, Leon Luke"]
[Black "Saduakassova, Dinara"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2549"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[ECO "E15"]
[Opening "Queen's Indian"]
[Variation "Nimzovich variation (exaggerated fianchetto)"]
[WhiteFideId "35028561"]
[BlackFideId "13700090"]
[EventDate "2021.06.10"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Qc2 Bb7 6. Bg2 c5 7. d5 exd5 8. cxd5
Nxd5 9. O-O Be7 10. Rd1 Nc6 11. a3 Nc7 12. Nc3 O-O 13. Bf4 Ne6 14. e3 d6 15. Nd5
Nxf4 16. Nxf4 Re8 17. Rd2 Bf8 18. Rad1 Rb8 19. h4 h6 20. h5 Ne5 21. Nxe5 Rxe5
22. Qa4 Bxg2 23. Kxg2 b5 24. Qxa7 Qc8 25. Qa5 Qb7+ 26. Kg1 b4 27. Qa4 bxa3 28.
Qxa3 d5 29. Rxd5 Rxd5 30. Rxd5 Qxb2 31. Qxb2 Rxb2 32. Rd8 Rb6 33. Rc8 g6 34.
hxg6 fxg6 35. Nd5 Re6 36. f4 h5 37. Kf2 Kf7 38. Kf3 Ra6 39. e4 Ra3+ 40. Ne3 Be7
41. e5 Ke6 42. Rc6+ Kd7 43. Rxg6 c4 44. Ke4 c3 45. f5 Ra4+ 46. Kd3 Ra5 47. f6
Bf8 48. Rg8 Bh6 49. Nf5 Rxe5 50. Nxh6 1-0

[Event "Gelfand Challenge 2021"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.06.12"]
[Round "14.8"]
[White "Praggnanandhaa, R"]
[Black "Mammadzada, Gunay"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2608"]
[BlackElo "2443"]
[ECO "D45"]
[Opening "QGD semi-Slav"]
[Variation "5...Nd7"]
[WhiteFideId "25059530"]
[BlackFideId "13403729"]
[EventDate "2021.06.10"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Be2 Bd6 7. b3 O-O 8. Bb2 e5
9. dxe5 Nxe5 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. O-O Be6 12. Nb5 Nxf3+ 13. Bxf3 Be7 14. Rc1 a6 15.
Nc7 Rc8 16. Nxd5 Bxd5 17. Rxc8 Qxc8 18. Bxd5 Nxd5 19. Qxd5 Qc2 20. Bd4 b5 21.
Qb7 Ba3 22. Qxa6 b4 23. Qd6 Qxa2 24. Qe5 f6 25. Qe6+ Kh8 26. Qe7 Kg8 27. Bc5 Ra8
28. Qb7 Rd8 29. Be7 Re8 30. Qd5+ Kh8 31. Qf7 Ra8 32. Bf8 1-0

[Event "Gelfand Challenge 2021"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.06.12"]
[Round "14.9"]
[White "Bjerre, Jonas Buhl"]
[Black "Shuvalova, Polina"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2542"]
[BlackElo "2489"]
[ECO "C84"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "closed defence"]
[WhiteFideId "1444948"]
[BlackFideId "24171760"]
[EventDate "2021.06.10"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 d6 7. c3 O-O 8. Re1 h6
9. Nbd2 Re8 10. Nf1 Bf8 11. Ng3 b5 12. Bc2 d5 13. exd5 Qxd5 14. d4 Bg4 15. Bb3
Qd7 16. h3 Bxf3 17. Qxf3 exd4 18. Bxh6 dxc3 19. bxc3 Ne5 20. Rxe5 Rxe5 21. Qxa8
gxh6 22. Qxa6 Ne4 23. Nxe4 Rxe4 24. Qg6+ 1-0

[Event "Gelfand Challenge 2021"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.06.12"]
[Round "14.10"]
[White "Lei, Tingjie"]
[Black "Abdumalik, Zhansaya"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2472"]
[ECO "D27"]
[Opening "QGA"]
[Variation "classical, 6...a6"]
[WhiteFideId "8605114"]
[BlackFideId "13703544"]
[EventDate "2021.06.10"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. O-O a6 7. b3 b5 8. Be2 Bb7
9. a4 b4 10. Bb2 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 cxd4 12. Bxd4 Bc5 13. Nc4 O-O 14. Rc1 Ne4 15. Ba1
Ndf6 16. Qxd8 Rfxd8 17. Na5 Bd5 18. Nd4 Bxd4 19. Bxd4 Nd2 20. Rfe1 Nxb3 21. Nxb3
Bxb3 22. Rb1 Bxa4 23. Rxb4 Be8 24. Bf3 Rab8 25. Reb1 Rxb4 26. Rxb4 Bb5 27. g4
Nd7 28. Rb1 Rc8 29. Bb7 Rc7 30. Be4 f6 31. h4 Nf8 32. Kh2 Kf7 33. Kg3 g6 34. Rd1
f5 35. gxf5 gxf5 36. Bf3 Ng6 37. h5 Ne7 38. Kf4 Rc8 39. h6 Ng6+ 40. Kg5 e5 41.
Bb6 Ne7 42. Rd6 Rg8+ 43. Kh4 Ng6+ 44. Kh3 Bf1+ 45. Kh2 Rc8 46. Rd7+ Ne7 47. Bd5+
Kf6 48. Bd8 Rxd8 49. Rxd8 Kg5 50. Be6 Bb5 51. Rd6 Ng6 52. Bc8 f4 53. e4 Kxh6 54.
Bxa6 Bxa6 55. Rxa6 Kg5 56. Ra7 h6 57. Rh7 h5 58. Kh3 Nh4 59. Re7 Kf6 60. Rh7 Kg5
61. Rh8 Nf3 62. Rg8+ Kf6 63. Kg2 Nd2 64. f3 Nc4 65. Rh8 Kg6 66. Rc8 Ne3+ 67. Kh3
Nf1 68. Rc6+ Kf7 69. Rh6 Ng3 70. Kh4 Ke7 71. Kg5 Kf7 72. Ra6 Ke7 73. Rh6 Kf7 74.
Rxh5 Nxh5 75. Kxh5 Ke7 76. Kg5 Ke6 77. Kg6 Ke7 78. Kf5 Kd6 79. Kf6 1-0

[Event "Gelfand Challenge 2021"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.06.12"]
[Round "15.1"]
[White "Abdumalik, Zhansaya"]
[Black "Keymer, Vincent"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2472"]
[BlackElo "2591"]
[ECO "B91"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Najdorf, Zagreb (fianchetto) variation"]
[WhiteFideId "13703544"]
[BlackFideId "12940690"]
[EventDate "2021.06.10"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. g3 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. Bg2
Be6 9. O-O Nbd7 10. h3 Rc8 11. Re1 b5 12. Nd2 Nb6 13. Nf1 O-O 14. Ne3 Rxc3 15.
bxc3 Qc7 16. Bd2 Na4 17. Qf3 Rc8 18. g4 Nd7 19. Nf5 Bf8 20. g5 Ndb6 21. h4 Nc4
22. Bc1 Qa5 23. Bf1 Qxc3 24. Qxc3 Nxc3 25. Bd3 g6 26. Ne3 Nb6 27. a3 Be7 28. Bd2
Nba4 29. Nd1 Nxd1 30. Rexd1 Kf8 31. f4 Ke8 32. f5 Bd7 33. Kf2 Nb2 34. Rdc1 Bd8
35. f6 Bb6+ 36. Be3 Ba5 37. Be2 Be6 38. a4 Nxa4 39. c4 Bd7 40. cxb5 Rxc1 41.
Rxa4 Be1+ 42. Kf3 axb5 43. Bxb5 Rc8 44. Bxd7+ Kxd7 45. Ra1 Bb4 46. h5 gxh5 47.
Rh1 Rc3 48. Ke2 Bc5 49. Bd2 Rc4 50. Rxh5 Rxe4+ 51. Kf3 Rd4 52. Rxh7 Ke6 53. Ke2
Rg4 54. Rh8 Rg2+ 55. Ke1 d5 56. Re8+ Kf5 57. Rc8 Ba3 58. Rc7 Kg6 59. Ra7 Bc5 60.
Ra5 Rxd2 61. Rxc5 Rd4 62. Rc7 Rg4 63. Rd7 d4 64. Ke2 Rxg5 65. Rd6 Rf5 66. Kd3
Rxf6 67. Rd5 Kf5 0-1

[Event "Gelfand Challenge 2021"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.06.12"]
[Round "15.2"]
[White "Shuvalova, Polina"]
[Black "Lei, Tingjie"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2489"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[ECO "C67"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Berlin defence, open variation"]
[WhiteFideId "24171760"]
[BlackFideId "8605114"]
[EventDate "2021.06.10"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nxe5 8.
Rxe5 O-O 9. d4 Bf6 10. Re1 Re8 11. Rxe8+ Nxe8 12. d5 d6 13. Nd2 a5 14. a4 Bg5
15. Ne4 Bxc1 16. Qxc1 Bf5 17. Qf4 Bxe4 18. Qxe4 Nf6 19. Qc4 Qd7 20. Ra3 Re8 21.
Rc3 Re7 22. Qd4 b6 23. Rg3 Qf5 24. h3 Qe5 25. Qxe5 Rxe5 26. c4 Kf8 27. Re3 Rxe3
28. fxe3 Ke7 29. Bd3 Nd7 30. Kf2 Kf6 31. h4 h5 32. Bc2 Ne5 33. b3 Ng4+ 34. Kf3
Ke5 35. Bd3 Nf6 36. Bc2 Ng4 37. Bd3 f5 38. Bc2 Nf6 39. Bd3 Nd7 40. Bc2 Nc5 41.
Kg3 Ne4+ 42. Kf3 Nc5 43. g3 Ne4 44. Bxe4 fxe4+ 45. Kg2 Kf6 46. Kh2 Kg6 47. Kg2
Kf5 48. Kh3 g5 49. g4+ hxg4+ 50. Kg3 gxh4+ 51. Kxh4 g3 52. Kxg3 Kg5 53. Kh3 Kh5
54. Kg3 Kg5 55. Kh3 Kh5 56. Kg3 Kg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gelfand Challenge 2021"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.06.12"]
[Round "15.3"]
[White "Mammadzada, Gunay"]
[Black "Bjerre, Jonas Buhl"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2443"]
[BlackElo "2542"]
[ECO "B90"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Najdorf, Adams attack"]
[WhiteFideId "13403729"]
[BlackFideId "1444948"]
[EventDate "2021.06.10"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e5 7. Nde2 h5 8. Bg5
Be6 9. Bxf6 Qxf6 10. Nd5 Qd8 11. Nec3 Nd7 12. Bc4 Rc8 13. Qe2 g6 14. O-O-O Bh6+
15. Kb1 O-O 16. g3 h4 17. f4 hxg3 18. f5 gxf5 19. exf5 Bxf5 20. Bd3 Bg6 21. Rhg1
Qh4 22. Bxg6 fxg6 23. Ne4 Kh7 24. Rxg3 Qh5 25. Qxh5 gxh5 26. Nxd6 Rc6 27. Ne4
Nc5 28. Ng5+ Kh8 29. c4 Ne6 30. Nxe6 Rxe6 31. Ne3 e4 32. Re1 Rf3 33. Nf1 Ref6
34. Rg1 e3 35. Ng3 Rd6 36. Ne2 Rd2 37. Rg6 Bg7 38. Reg1 Rxb2+ 39. Kc1 Rxe2 40.
Rxg7 Rf1+ 41. Rxf1 Kxg7 42. Rf3 Kg6 43. Kd1 Rd2+ 44. Ke1 Rxa2 45. Rxe3 Kf5 46.
Re7 Rb2 47. Kd1 a5 48. Kc1 Rb4 49. Kd2 Rb3 50. Rc7 b6 51. c5 b5 52. c6 b4 53.
Ra7 Rc3 54. Rxa5+ Kf4 55. Rxh5 Rxc6 56. Rh4+ Kg3 57. Rxb4 Kxh3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gelfand Challenge 2021"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.06.12"]
[Round "15.4"]
[White "Saduakassova, Dinara"]
[Black "Praggnanandhaa, R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2608"]
[ECO "E10"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[WhiteFideId "13700090"]
[BlackFideId "25059530"]
[EventDate "2021.06.10"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 h6 5. Bg2 Bd6 6. O-O O-O 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. b3
dxc4 9. bxc4 e5 10. Rb1 exd4 11. Nxd4 Ne5 12. Ndb5 Nxc4 13. Qd4 Be6 14. Nxd6
Nxd6 15. Bf4 Rc8 16. Rfd1 b6 17. a4 Qe7 18. Nb5 Nxb5 19. axb5 Bf5 20. Ra1 Rfd8
21. Qe5 Qxe5 22. Bxe5 Re8 23. Bxf6 gxf6 24. e3 Be4 25. Rxa7 Bxg2 26. Kxg2 Re5
27. Rc1 Rxb5 28. Rcxc7 Rxc7 29. Rxc7 h5 30. h3 Kg7 31. Kf3 Rb1 32. Rb7 b5 33.
Rb6 b4 34. Rb7 b3 35. Kf4 Rb2 36. Kf3 Kg6 37. Rb5 Rb1 38. Kf4 Rb2 39. Kf3 Rb1
40. Kf4 Rb2 41. Kf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gelfand Challenge 2021"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.06.12"]
[Round "15.5"]
[White "Yoo, Christopher Woojin"]
[Black "Mendonca, Leon Luke"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2457"]
[BlackElo "2549"]
[ECO "B23"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "closed"]
[WhiteFideId "30909694"]
[BlackFideId "35028561"]
[EventDate "2021.06.10"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. d4 cxd4 6. Qxd4 Nc6 7. Qd3 g6 8.
Nf3 Bg7 9. O-O Nf6 10. Nd5 O-O 11. Bg5 Ne8 12. Rad1 h6 13. Be3 Nc7 14. Rfe1 Rac8
15. c3 Qd8 16. h4 Ne6 17. Qb5 Rb8 18. e5 Re8 19. exd6 exd6 20. a4 a6 21. Qc4 Rc8
22. Nb6 Rc7 23. Qd5 Ne5 24. Nxe5 dxe5 25. Qe4 Qb8 26. Nd5 Rcc8 27. h5 Kh7 28.
hxg6+ fxg6 29. Bxh6 Bxh6 30. Nf6+ Kg7 31. Nxe8+ Rxe8 32. Rd7+ Kh8 33. Qxg6 Bg7
34. Re3 1-0

[Event "Gelfand Challenge 2021"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.06.12"]
[Round "15.6"]
[White "Gukesh, D"]
[Black "Zhu, Jiner"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "WGM"]
[WhiteElo "2578"]
[BlackElo "2462"]
[ECO "A46"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[WhiteFideId "46616543"]
[BlackFideId "8608059"]
[EventDate "2021.06.10"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bf4 d5 4. e3 c5 5. Nbd2 Nc6 6. c3 Bd6 7. Ne5 O-O 8. Bd3
Qc7 9. Ndf3 Ne7 10. O-O b6 11. Qb1 Ng6 12. Nxg6 hxg6 13. Bxd6 Qxd6 14. Ne5 a5
15. f4 Ba6 16. Bxa6 Rxa6 17. Rf3 Ne4 18. Rh3 b5 19. Qd1 Qe7 20. Qg4 c4 21. a3
Raa8 22. Rh4 g5 23. fxg5 Qxg5 24. Qh3 g6 25. Rh8+ Kg7 26. Qh7+ Kf6 27. Rf1+ 1-0

[Event "Gelfand Challenge 2021"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.06.12"]
[Round "15.7"]
[White "Badelka, Olga"]
[Black "Nihal, Sarin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2418"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[ECO "A04"]
[Opening "Reti opening"]
[WhiteFideId "13509926"]
[BlackFideId "25092340"]
[EventDate "2021.06.10"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. c4 d6 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. d5 Ne5 6. Nxe5 Bxe5 7. e4 Nf6 8. Qd3
O-O 9. Be2 Re8 10. O-O e6 11. Bg5 exd5 12. Nxd5 h6 13. Nxf6+ Bxf6 14. Bxh6 Qe7
15. f3 Bxb2 16. Rab1 Bg7 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. Qd5 Qe5 19. Rfd1 Rb8 20. g3 b6 21.
Qd2 Bd7 22. Bd3 Bc6 23. Qf2 Qf6 24. Re1 Re7 25. Re3 Qd4 26. Rbe1 Rbe8 27. g4 Re5
28. Bf1 Ra5 29. h4 Qe5 30. f4 Qd4 31. Bg2 Rc5 32. h5 Rxc4 33. hxg6 fxg6 34. f5
g5 35. Rf1 Kf6 36. Rfe1 Rh8 37. Bf1 Rc5 38. Bg2 Qe5 39. Bf1 Rh4 40. Rg3 Rc3 41.
Rxc3 Rxg4+ 42. Bg2 Qxc3 43. Qe2 Bxe4 44. Qxg4 Qxe1+ 45. Kh2 Bxf5 46. Qc4 Qh4+ 0-1

[Event "Gelfand Challenge 2021"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.06.12"]
[Round "15.8"]
[White "Salimova, Nurgyul"]
[Black "Yip, Carissa"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2395"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[ECO "D02"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[WhiteFideId "2915138"]
[BlackFideId "2090732"]
[EventDate "2021.06.10"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 g6 3. Nbd2 Bg7 4. e3 e6 5. b4 Ne7 6. c4 O-O 7. Bd3 Nd7 8. O-O c5
9. bxc5 Nxc5 10. Be2 b6 11. Ba3 Nd7 12. cxd5 exd5 13. Rc1 Bb7 14. Qa4 Nf6 15.
Ba6 Bxa6 16. Qxa6 Re8 17. Rc2 Ne4 18. Rfc1 Nxd2 19. Nxd2 Nf5 20. Nf3 Nh4 21.
Nxh4 Qxh4 22. Qb7 Qg5 23. g3 h5 24. h4 Qf5 25. Bd6 Bh6 26. Be5 Rad8 27. Rc7 Qf3
28. Bf4 Rxe3 29. Bxh6 Re2 30. Rf1 Rxf2 31. Rxf2 Qxg3+ 32. Kf1 Qd3+ 33. Kg1 Qg3+
34. Kf1 Qd3+ 35. Re2 Qd1+ 36. Kf2 Qxd4+ 37. Ke1 Qxh4+ 38. Kd1 Qd4+ 39. Kc2 Qa4+
40. Kc1 Qa3+ 41. Kb1 Qb4+ 42. Rb2 Qe4+ 43. Ka1 h4 44. Rc1 h3 45. Bg5 Re8 46. Bf6
Qf4 47. Qc6 Qe3 48. Rbc2 Kh7 49. Qxd5 Re6 50. Bb2 Qg3 51. Qd4 1-0

[Event "Gelfand Challenge 2021"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.06.12"]
[Round "15.9"]
[White "Liang, Awonder"]
[Black "Abdusattorov, Nodirbek"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2592"]
[BlackElo "2634"]
[ECO "C81"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "open, Howell attack"]
[WhiteFideId "2056437"]
[BlackFideId "14204118"]
[EventDate "2021.06.10"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. Qe2 Be7 10. Rd1 O-O 11. c4 bxc4 12. Bxc4 Bc5 13. Be3 Bxe3 14. Qxe3 Qb8
15. Bb3 Qb6 16. Nbd2 Qxe3 17. fxe3 Na5 18. Nxe4 Nxb3 19. axb3 dxe4 20. Nd4 Rfb8
21. Rdc1 Rb7 22. Ra3 g6 23. Kf2 Rab8 24. Rxa6 Bxb3 25. Kg3 Bd5 26. Rc5 c6 27.
Nxc6 Bxc6 28. Raxc6 Rb3 29. Rc3 Rxb2 30. e6 fxe6 31. Rxe6 Rf8 32. Re7 Rf7 33.
Rxf7 Kxf7 34. Rc4 g5 35. Rxe4 h5 36. h3 Kf6 37. Kf3 Ra2 38. Rc4 Ra3 39. Rc6+ Kg7
40. Rb6 Ra2 41. Rb5 Kf6 42. Rb8 Rc2 43. Rh8 Kg6 44. Rg8+ Kf6 45. Rf8+ Kg7 46.
Rf5 Kg6 47. Ra5 Kf6 48. Ra1 g4+ 49. hxg4 hxg4+ 50. Kg3 Re2 51. Ra3 Kf5 52. Rb3
Kg5 53. Rb5+ Kf6 54. Rb3 Kg5 55. Rd3 Kf5 56. Kh2 Kg5 57. Kg3 Kf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gelfand Challenge 2021"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.06.12"]
[Round "15.10"]
[White "Khademalsharieh, Sarasadat"]
[Black "Murzin, Volodar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2494"]
[BlackElo "2502"]
[ECO "E68"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "fianchetto, classical variation, 8.e4"]
[WhiteFideId "12512214"]
[BlackFideId "44155573"]
[EventDate "2021.06.10"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nc3 d6 6. Nf3 Nbd7 7. O-O e5 8. e4 a6
9. h3 b5 10. cxb5 axb5 11. dxe5 Nxe5 12. Nxe5 dxe5 13. Bg5 c6 14. a3 Be6 15. Qc2
Qa5 16. b4 Qa6 17. Be3 Rfd8 18. Rfc1 Nd7 19. Nd1 Rdc8 20. Nb2 Nb6 21. Bf1 Qb7
22. Nd3 Nc4 23. Nc5 Nxe3 24. Nxb7 Nxc2 25. Rxc2 Bf8 26. Nc5 Bxc5 27. Rxc5 f6 28.
h4 Kf7 29. Rc3 Ke7 30. Rac1 Bd7 31. f4 exf4 32. gxf4 Be8 33. Bxb5 Rd8 34. Bd3
Rd7 35. Kf2 Rda7 36. Ra1 Ra4 37. Rb3 Rb8 38. Ke3 Rba8 39. Kd4 c5+ 40. Kxc5 Rd8
41. Bc4 Rd2 42. Rc1 Ra8 43. b5 Rc8+ 44. Kb4 Rd4 45. a4 Rxe4 46. Rbc3 Rb8 47. Rf1
Kf8 48. Kb3 h5 49. Rff3 Re1 50. Kb4 Rb1+ 51. Rb3 Ra1 52. a5 Kg7 53. Ra3 Rc1 54.
Rfc3 Rb1+ 55. Rcb3 Rc1 56. a6 Rd1 57. a7 Ra8 58. b6 Bc6 59. Rd3 Rc1 60. Rd6 Bg2
61. b7 Rb1+ 62. Bb3 Bxb7 63. Rd7+ Kh6 64. Rxb7 1-0

[Event "Gelfand Challenge 2021"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.06.13"]
[Round "16.1"]
[White "Keymer, Vincent"]
[Black "Murzin, Volodar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2591"]
[BlackElo "2502"]
[ECO "E62"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "fianchetto, lesser Simagin (Spassky) variation"]
[WhiteFideId "12940690"]
[BlackFideId "44155573"]
[EventDate "2021.06.10"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. d4 Nc6 7. O-O Bf5 8. Ne1
Re8 9. h3 Qc8 10. g4 Bd7 11. Nc2 h5 12. f3 e5 13. d5 Na5 14. b3 e4 15. Bb2 exf3
16. exf3 c6 17. Kh1 a6 18. dxc6 Nxc6 19. Qxd6 Be6 20. Na4 Qd8 21. Rad1 Qxd6 22.
Rxd6 Bf8 23. Rdd1 Nd7 24. gxh5 Bf5 25. Nd4 Nxd4 26. Bxd4 b5 27. Nc3 bxc4 28.
hxg6 fxg6 29. bxc4 Rac8 30. f4 Bg7 31. Bb7 Rc7 32. Bxa6 Bxd4 33. Rxd4 Nc5 34.
Bb5 Re3 35. Nd5 Rxh3+ 36. Kg2 Ra7 37. Rf2 Kf8 38. Re2 Raa3 39. Nf6 Rag3+ 40. Kf2
Nd3+ 41. Rxd3 Bxd3 42. Re8+ Kf7 43. Nd5 Rf3+ 44. Ke1 Rh2 45. Re7+ Kf8 46. Re8+
Kg7 47. Re7+ Kh6 48. Ne3 Rg3 49. Nf1 Rg1 50. Kd1 Rxf1+ 51. Re1 Bc2+ 0-1

[Event "Gelfand Challenge 2021"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.06.13"]
[Round "16.2"]
[White "Abdusattorov, Nodirbek"]
[Black "Khademalsharieh, Sarasadat"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2634"]
[BlackElo "2494"]
[ECO "E35"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian"]
[Variation "classical, Noa variation, 5.cd ed"]
[WhiteFideId "14204118"]
[BlackFideId "12512214"]
[EventDate "2021.06.10"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 O-O 7. e3 c6 8. Bd3
h6 9. Bh4 Nbd7 10. Ne2 Re8 11. O-O Be7 12. f3 b6 13. Kh1 Bb7 14. Rae1 c5 15. Bf5
cxd4 16. exd4 a6 17. a4 Nf8 18. Qb3 Qd6 19. Bb1 Rac8 20. Ng3 Qb4 21. Qxb4 Bxb4
22. Bxf6 Rxe1 23. Rxe1 Bxc3 24. bxc3 gxf6 25. Nf5 Rxc3 26. Nxh6+ Kg7 27. Nf5+
Kg8 28. h4 Ne6 29. h5 Bc6 30. h6 Bxa4 31. Ne7+ Kh8 32. Nxd5 Rc4 33. Nxb6 Rxd4
34. Nxa4 Rxa4 35. g4 Rd4 36. Bf5 Rd8 37. Rb1 Nd4 38. Be4 Nb5 39. Rc1 Nd6 40. Bd3
a5 41. Rc6 f5 42. g5 Kh7 43. f4 Kg6 44. Rc7 a4 45. Ra7 a3 46. Kg2 a2 47. Kg3 Nc8
48. Ra6+ Rd6 49. h7 Kg7 50. Rxa2 Rxd3+ 51. Kf2 Kxh7 52. Ra6 Nd6 53. Ke2 Rd5 54.
Kf3 Ne4 55. Ke3 Rd3+ 56. Ke2 Rd6 57. Ra8 Nc3+ 58. Ke3 Nd5+ 59. Kf3 Rb6 60. Ra5
Rb3+ 61. Kf2 Rd3 62. Ra4 Kg6 63. Ra6+ Kh5 0-1

[Event "Gelfand Challenge 2021"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.06.13"]
[Round "16.3"]
[White "Yip, Carissa"]
[Black "Liang, Awonder"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2592"]
[ECO "A07"]
[Opening "Reti"]
[Variation "King's Indian attack (Barcza system)"]
[WhiteFideId "2090732"]
[BlackFideId "2056437"]
[EventDate "2021.06.10"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nc6 3. d4 Bf5 4. Bg2 Qd7 5. c4 dxc4 6. Na3 O-O-O 7. Nxc4 f6 8.
O-O Bh3 9. Be3 Bxg2 10. Kxg2 h5 11. h4 Nh6 12. Qa4 Nf5 13. d5 Qxd5 14. Bxa7 Nxa7
15. e4 Qc5 16. exf5 Kb8 17. Rfd1 Rc8 18. Ne3 g5 19. fxg6 Bh6 20. Rac1 Qb5 21.
Qe4 Rhg8 22. Rc3 Bxe3 23. Rxe3 Qe8 24. Nd4 e5 25. Rb3 b6 26. Nf5 Rxg6 27. Nd6
Qc6 28. Qxc6 Nxc6 29. Nxc8 Kxc8 30. Rc3 Nd4 31. a4 Kb7 32. b4 c6 33. Re3 Rg7 34.
Kf1 c5 35. bxc5 bxc5 36. Rc3 Kc6 37. Rdc1 Ne6 38. a5 f5 39. Re1 e4 40. a6 Kd5
41. Rb1 Ra7 42. Rb6 c4 43. Rxc4 Kxc4 44. Rxe6 Kd5 45. Rh6 Ke5 46. Ke2 f4 47.
Rxh5+ Kd4 48. Rh6 f3+ 49. Kd2 Rd7 50. h5 Ke5+ 51. Ke1 Rc7 52. Rb6 Rc1+ 53. Kd2
Ra1 54. h6 Ra2+ 55. Ke1 Ra1+ 56. Kd2 Ra2+ 57. Ke1 Ra1+ 58. Kd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gelfand Challenge 2021"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.06.13"]
[Round "16.4"]
[White "Nihal, Sarin"]
[Black "Salimova, Nurgyul"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2395"]
[ECO "A01"]
[Opening "Nimzovich-Larsen attack"]
[Variation "Indian variation"]
[WhiteFideId "25092340"]
[BlackFideId "2915138"]
[EventDate "2021.06.10"]

1. b3 Nf6 2. Bb2 d5 3. Nf3 e6 4. e3 Bd6 5. d4 O-O 6. Bd3 a5 7. a3 a4 8. b4 b6 9.
O-O Ba6 10. b5 Bb7 11. Nbd2 c5 12. bxc6 Nxc6 13. c4 Ba6 14. Qe2 Na5 15. cxd5
Bxd3 16. Qxd3 Nxd5 17. e4 Nf4 18. Qe3 Ng6 19. g3 Qd7 20. h4 f5 21. Qd3 Nb3 22.
Nxb3 axb3 23. e5 Bc7 24. Qxb3 Ne7 25. Bc3 Nd5 26. Bb4 Rfc8 27. Rac1 Bd8 28. Kg2
h6 29. Bd6 g5 30. hxg5 hxg5 31. Nd2 g4 32. f4 Qh7 33. Rh1 Qb7 34. Kf2 b5 35. Rc5
Rxc5 36. dxc5 Ba5 37. Nf1 Bc3 38. Rh6 Bd4+ 39. Ke1 b4 40. a4 Bc3+ 41. Kf2 Bd4+
42. Ke1 Bc3+ 43. Nd2 Qa6 44. Qc2 Ne3 45. Rg6+ Kh7 0-1

[Event "Gelfand Challenge 2021"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.06.13"]
[Round "16.5"]
[White "Zhu, Jiner"]
[Black "Badelka, Olga"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "WGM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2462"]
[BlackElo "2418"]
[ECO "B52"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Canal-Sokolsky attack, 3...Bd7"]
[WhiteFideId "8608059"]
[BlackFideId "13509926"]
[EventDate "2021.06.10"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Nxd7 5. O-O Ngf6 6. Qe2 e6 7. b3 Be7 8.
Bb2 O-O 9. d4 Qc7 10. c4 cxd4 11. Nxd4 a6 12. Nc3 Rfe8 13. Rac1 Rac8 14. Rfe1
Qb8 15. Kh1 Bf8 16. Rcd1 Nc5 17. f3 g6 18. Nc2 Bg7 19. Rd2 Red8 20. Ne3 Ne8 21.
Red1 b6 22. g3 Qb7 23. Kg2 Rb8 24. b4 Nd7 25. a3 b5 26. Rc2 Ne5 27. cxb5 axb5
28. Rdc1 Rdc8 29. Nb1 Rxc2 30. Rxc2 f5 31. Nd2 Nf6 32. exf5 gxf5 33. Bxe5 dxe5
34. Nb3 Qe7 35. Nc5 Nd5 36. Rd2 Rd8 37. Nxd5 exd5 38. Qxb5 e4 39. Qc6 e3 40.
Rxd5 Re8 41. Rd7 Qe5 42. Nd3 Qc3 43. Rxg7+ Kxg7 44. Qxc3+ 1-0

[Event "Gelfand Challenge 2021"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.06.13"]
[Round "16.6"]
[White "Mendonca, Leon Luke"]
[Black "Gukesh, D"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2549"]
[BlackElo "2578"]
[ECO "D02"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[WhiteFideId "35028561"]
[BlackFideId "46616543"]
[EventDate "2021.06.10"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nd7 3. Bf4 Ngf6 4. e3 e6 5. c4 Bb4+ 6. Nbd2 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8.
Be2 O-O 9. O-O b6 10. Nb3 Ba6 11. Rc1 Rc8 12. cxd5 Bxe2 13. Qxe2 Nxd5 14. Bg3
Qe7 15. a3 Rfd8 16. Rfd1 h6 17. Nfd4 Bxd4 18. Nxd4 Nc5 19. f3 Qg5 20. Bf2 a5 21.
h4 Qe5 22. Nb5 Nf4 23. Rxd8+ Rxd8 24. Qf1 Nfd3 25. Rb1 Nxf2 26. Qxf2 Nd3 27. Qe2
Qxb5 28. Rd1 Rd5 29. Kh2 Qxb2 0-1

[Event "Gelfand Challenge 2021"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.06.13"]
[Round "16.7"]
[White "Praggnanandhaa, R"]
[Black "Yoo, Christopher Woojin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2608"]
[BlackElo "2457"]
[ECO "D55"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "Neo-orthodox variation, 7.Bh4"]
[WhiteFideId "25059530"]
[BlackFideId "30909694"]
[EventDate "2021.06.10"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 O-O 5. Bg5 d5 6. e3 h6 7. Bh4 Be7 8. Qc2 b6
9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. cxd5 exd5 11. O-O-O Bg4 12. h3 Bxf3 13. gxf3 c6 14. Kb1 Qd6 15.
h4 Nd7 16. h5 Rfd8 17. Rg1 Qh2 18. Bd3 Qxh5 19. f4 Nf8 20. Rh1 Qf3 21. Rh2 c5
22. Be2 cxd4 23. Bxf3 dxc3 24. bxc3 1-0

[Event "Gelfand Challenge 2021"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.06.13"]
[Round "16.8"]
[White "Bjerre, Jonas Buhl"]
[Black "Saduakassova, Dinara"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2542"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[ECO "C77"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Anderssen variation"]
[WhiteFideId "1444948"]
[BlackFideId "13700090"]
[EventDate "2021.06.10"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. O-O g6 7. c3 Bg7 8. Re1 O-O
9. h3 h6 10. a3 b5 11. Bc2 Bb7 12. Be3 d5 13. Nbd2 Qd6 14. Nb3 Nd7 15. Qd2 dxe4
16. dxe4 Qxd2 17. Nfxd2 Rfd8 18. a4 Bf8 19. Red1 Nb6 20. Nc5 Bxc5 21. Bxc5 Nxa4
22. Bxa4 bxa4 23. Be3 Kg7 24. Rxa4 a5 25. Rda1 Ba6 26. b4 Rab8 27. bxa5 Rd3 28.
R4a3 Rb2 29. Nb3 Rxc3 30. Nc5 Rxa3 31. Rxa3 Nb8 32. f4 Rb1+ 33. Kh2 exf4 34.
Bxf4 Rb5 35. Rc3 Bc8 36. Bxc7 Na6 37. Bb6 Nxc5 38. Bxc5 Ba6 39. Bd4+ Kf8 40. Bb6
Re5 41. Rc7 Rxe4 42. Ra7 Bd3 43. a6 Ra4 44. Ra8+ Kg7 45. a7 Be4 46. Re8 f5 47.
g4 Kf6 48. gxf5 gxf5 49. Kg3 Ra3+ 50. Kf2 Kg5 51. Rg8+ Kf6 52. Rf8+ Kg5 53. Be3+
Kg6 54. Re8 h5 55. h4 Kf6 56. Bd4+ Kf7 57. Rh8 Kg6 58. Be3 f4 59. Bxf4 Rf3+ 60.
Kg1 Rxf4 61. a8=Q Bxa8 62. Rxa8 Rxh4 63. Ra5 Rf4 64. Kg2 Rf5 65. Rxf5 Kxf5 66.
Kh3 Kg5 67. Kg3 h4+ 68. Kh3 Kh5 69. Kh2 Kg4 70. Kg2 h3+ 71. Kh2 Kh4 72. Kh1 Kg3
73. Kg1 h2+ 74. Kh1 Kh3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gelfand Challenge 2021"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.06.13"]
[Round "16.9"]
[White "Lei, Tingjie"]
[Black "Mammadzada, Gunay"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2443"]
[ECO "D11"]
[Opening "QGD Slav"]
[Variation "3.Nf3"]
[WhiteFideId "8605114"]
[BlackFideId "13403729"]
[EventDate "2021.06.10"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Qb3 e6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. Nc3 Be7 7. e3 h6 8. Bh4
O-O 9. Rc1 a6 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Bd3 Ne4 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. Bxe4 dxe4 14. Nd2 Nf6
15. Qa3 Qe6 16. O-O Re8 17. Na4 Nd5 18. Nc5 Qg6 19. Kh1 Rb8 20. b4 Bf5 21. Qb3
Nf6 22. Nc4 Be6 23. Qd1 Re7 24. Ne5 Qg5 25. a4 Qh4 26. Nxe6 Rxe6 27. h3 Rd8 28.
Qb3 h5 29. f3 Qg5 30. f4 Qg3 31. f5 Rxe5 32. dxe5 Rd2 33. Rg1 Ng4 0-1

[Event "Gelfand Challenge 2021"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.06.13"]
[Round "16.10"]
[White "Abdumalik, Zhansaya"]
[Black "Shuvalova, Polina"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2472"]
[BlackElo "2489"]
[ECO "B10"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann defence"]
[WhiteFideId "13703544"]
[BlackFideId "24171760"]
[EventDate "2021.06.10"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. d3 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. h3 Nf6 6. e5 Nfd7 7. d4 O-O 8. Be2 c5
9. Nxd5 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Nxe5 11. Nb5 Na6 12. Bg5 Nc6 13. c3 Be6 14. Ndc7 Nxc7 15.
Qxd8 Raxd8 16. Nxc7 Bc8 17. Nb5 a6 18. Na3 h6 19. Be3 e5 20. O-O e4 21. Rfd1 b5
22. Nc2 Be6 23. Bb6 Rxd1+ 24. Rxd1 Rb8 25. Bc5 Bxa2 26. Ne3 Be6 27. Nd5 a5 28.
f3 exf3 29. Bxf3 Ne5 30. Be2 Kh7 31. Bd6 Rd8 32. Bxb5 Kh8 33. Ne3 f5 34. Bc7
Rxd1+ 35. Nxd1 Bb3 36. Nf2 a4 37. Nd3 Nxd3 38. Bxd3 Kg8 39. Kf2 Kf7 40. Ke2 Ke6
41. Kd2 g5 42. Bc2 Bd5 43. g4 fxg4 44. hxg4 Bf3 45. Bxa4 Bxg4 46. Bc6 Be5 47.
Bxe5 Kxe5 48. Ke3 Be6 49. b4 h5 50. b5 Kd6 51. Kd4 h4 52. c4 Bd7 53. Bxd7 Kxd7
54. Ke3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gelfand Challenge 2021"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.06.13"]
[Round "17.1"]
[White "Shuvalova, Polina"]
[Black "Keymer, Vincent"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2489"]
[BlackElo "2591"]
[ECO "B92"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Najdorf, Opovcensky variation"]
[WhiteFideId "24171760"]
[BlackFideId "12940690"]
[EventDate "2021.06.10"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Qd3 Be6 10. Bd2 Re8 11. Nd5 Nxd5 12. exd5 Bc8 13. c4 a5 14. Bc3 Nd7 15.
Rae1 Bf6 16. Kh1 g6 17. Qc2 Bg7 18. Bd1 a4 19. Nd2 Nc5 20. f3 Bd7 21. b4 axb3
22. axb3 b5 23. Ne4 Qb6 24. Qf2 Qc7 25. Nxc5 dxc5 26. Bc2 Ra2 27. Re2 b4 28. Be1
Rea8 29. Qe3 Rb2 30. Be4 Raa2 31. Rxb2 Rxb2 32. Rf2 Rxf2 33. Bxf2 Bf8 34. g4 Qa5
35. Kg2 f6 36. Qd2 Qa6 37. Qc2 Be8 38. Qb2 Bd6 39. Be3 Bd7 40. Qf2 Qa5 41. Qc2
Kg7 42. Qf2 Qc7 43. Qa2 Bc8 44. h3 f5 45. Bc2 Kf6 46. Qa8 Kf7 47. Bb1 h5 48. Bc2
Kg7 49. Bb1 Kf6 50. Bc2 hxg4 51. hxg4 Kf7 52. Bb1 Kg7 53. Bc2 fxg4 54. fxg4 Bxg4
55. Qe8 Bf5 56. Bxf5 gxf5 57. Bg5 Qf7 58. Qd8 Qg6 59. Kf2 f4 60. Qd7+ Kg8 61.
Qd8+ Bf8 62. Be7 Qg3+ 63. Kf1 Qf3+ 64. Kg1 Qd1+ 65. Kf2 Qd2+ 66. Kf1 Qd3+ 67.
Kf2 Qg3+ 68. Kf1 Qh3+ 69. Kg1 Qh6 70. Bxc5 Qg6+ 71. Kf1 Qb1+ 72. Kf2 Qc2+ 73.
Kf1 Qd1+ 74. Kf2 Qd2+ 75. Kf1 Qd3+ 76. Kg1 Qg3+ 77. Kf1 Qf3+ 78. Kg1 Qd1+ 79.
Kh2 Qe2+ 80. Kg1 Qd1+ 81. Kh2 Qh5+ 82. Kg1 Qg6+ 83. Kf1 Qb1+ 84. Kf2 Qc2+ 85.
Kf1 Qd3+ 86. Kg1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gelfand Challenge 2021"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.06.13"]
[Round "17.2"]
[White "Mammadzada, Gunay"]
[Black "Abdumalik, Zhansaya"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2443"]
[BlackElo "2472"]
[ECO "B33"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Pelikan, Chelyabinsk variation"]
[WhiteFideId "13403729"]
[BlackFideId "13703544"]
[EventDate "2021.06.10"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8. Na3
b5 9. Nd5 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. c3 Ne7 12. Nxf6+ gxf6 13. Bd3 Rg8 14. g3 Bg4 15.
f3 Be6 16. Qe2 Qb6 17. Nc2 f5 18. Ne3 fxe4 19. Bxe4 Rc8 20. Bxh7 Rh8 21. Bd3 f5
22. Qf2 Kf7 23. a3 a5 24. Rd1 b4 25. axb4 axb4 26. c4 f4 27. gxf4 exf4 28. Ng4
Qxf2+ 29. Kxf2 Bxc4 30. Be4 d5 31. Bb1 Nc6 32. h4 Rce8 33. Rd2 Rh5 34. Bc2 b3
35. Bd3 Nb4 36. Bf1 Reh8 37. Rd4 Rf5 38. Bxc4 dxc4 39. Rxc4 Nd3+ 40. Kg2 Nxb2
41. Rc7+ Ke6 42. Rb1 Kd6 43. Rc3 Na4 44. Rd3+ Kc6 45. Rdxb3 Rxh4 46. Rb4 Nc5 47.
Rb6+ Kc7 48. R6b4 Rh7 49. Rc1 Rd7 50. Rb2 Rdd5 51. Rbc2 Kd6 52. Rh1 Rf7 53. Rh6+
Kc7 54. Rf6 Rxf6 55. Nxf6 Rg5+ 56. Kf2 Kd6 57. Rxc5 Rxc5 58. Ne4+ Kd5 59. Nxc5
Kxc5 60. Kg2 Kd4 61. Kh3 Kd3 62. Kh4 Ke2 63. Kg4 Ke3 0-1

[Event "Gelfand Challenge 2021"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.06.13"]
[Round "17.3"]
[White "Saduakassova, Dinara"]
[Black "Lei, Tingjie"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[ECO "D02"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[WhiteFideId "13700090"]
[BlackFideId "8605114"]
[EventDate "2021.06.10"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 a5 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O dxc4 8. Qc2
Bxd2 9. Nbxd2 b5 10. a4 c6 11. b3 cxb3 12. Nxb3 Ba6 13. Rfc1 bxa4 14. Rxa4 Bb5
15. Ra2 Nd5 16. Qd2 a4 17. Nc5 Na6 18. Ne5 Nxc5 19. Rxc5 Qd6 20. e4 Ne7 21. Nc4
Qb8 22. Na3 Rd8 23. Qc3 Ba6 24. Rb2 Qd6 25. Rb4 Be2 26. f4 Bd1 27. e5 Qd7 28.
Bxc6 Nxc6 29. Rxc6 Rdc8 30. Rxc8+ Rxc8 31. Rc4 Rxc4 32. Nxc4 Bb3 33. Nd6 h6 34.
Qc5 Bd5 35. f5 Ba8 36. f6 gxf6 37. exf6 Qc6 38. Qxc6 Bxc6 39. Nc4 Bd5 40. Na3
Kh7 41. Kf2 Kg6 42. Ke3 Kxf6 43. Kf4 Bb3 44. g4 Ke7 45. h4 f6 46. Ke4 Kd6 47.
Nb5+ Kc6 48. Na3 Kb6 49. Kd3 Bd1 50. Nc4+ Kb5 51. Ne3 Bf3 52. Kc3 Ka5 53. Nc4+
Ka6 54. Kb4 Bxg4 55. Kxa4 Kb7 56. Ne3 Bf3 57. Kb5 Kc7 58. Kc5 Kd7 59. Nc4 Ke7
60. Nd2 Bg2 61. Nc4 f5 62. Ne5 Kf6 63. Kc4 f4 64. Kd3 Kf5 65. Ke2 Bd5 66. Kf2 h5
67. Nd7 Bb3 68. Kf3 Bd1+ 69. Kf2 Ke4 70. Nf8 Bg4 71. Ng6 f3 72. Ne5 Kxd4 0-1

[Event "Gelfand Challenge 2021"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.06.13"]
[Round "17.4"]
[White "Yoo, Christopher Woojin"]
[Black "Bjerre, Jonas Buhl"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2457"]
[BlackElo "2542"]
[ECO "B94"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Najdorf, 6.Bg5"]
[WhiteFideId "30909694"]
[BlackFideId "1444948"]
[EventDate "2021.06.10"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 Nbd7 7. Qe2 b5 8.
O-O-O Bb7 9. f4 Rc8 10. Nd5 Qa5 11. a3 e6 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. Nb4 Nc5 14. e5 dxe5
15. fxe5 Ne4 16. Nbc6 Bxc6 17. Nxc6 Bh6+ 18. Kb1 Nd2+ 19. Rxd2 Qxd2 20. Qf3 Qf4
21. Qxf4 Bxf4 22. Nb4 fxe5 23. Nxa6 Ke7 24. Bxb5 Rhd8 25. Nb4 Rd2 26. g3 Bh6 27.
a4 e4 28. a5 Kd6 29. c3 Rc5 30. c4 e3 31. Re1 e2 32. Ka2 Bg7 33. Ka3 Bxb2+ 34.
Kb3 Bd4 35. a6 Rb2+ 36. Ka3 Bc3 37. Nd3 Bxe1 38. Kxb2 Bf2 39. a7 Rc8 40. Ba6 Ra8 0-1

[Event "Gelfand Challenge 2021"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.06.13"]
[Round "17.5"]
[White "Gukesh, D"]
[Black "Praggnanandhaa, R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2578"]
[BlackElo "2608"]
[ECO "D37"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "4.Nf3"]
[WhiteFideId "46616543"]
[BlackFideId "25059530"]
[EventDate "2021.06.10"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e4 b5 6. e5 Nd5 7. Nxb5 Nb6 8. Be2
Nc6 9. Be3 Be7 10. h4 Nb4 11. Nc3 N4d5 12. Bd2 Nxc3 13. bxc3 Bb7 14. h5 h6 15.
Rh3 Qd7 16. Rg3 Bf8 17. Be3 Bd5 18. a4 a5 19. Nd2 Rb8 20. Rb1 Ra8 21. Ra1 Qc6
22. Kf1 Nc8 23. Qb1 Nb6 24. Ra2 Nxa4 25. Qa1 Nb6 26. Rxa5 Rxa5 27. Qxa5 Qa4 28.
Nxc4 Bxc4 29. Qxa4+ Nxa4 30. Bxc4 Nxc3 31. Bc1 Nd5 32. Rb3 Nb6 33. Bb5+ Kd8 34.
Rf3 Ke7 35. Rc3 Kd8 36. Rf3 Ke7 37. Bf4 Nd5 38. Bg3 f5 39. Ra3 Nb6 40. Bh4+ Kf7
41. Ra7 Be7 42. Bxe7 Nc8 43. Bc5 Nxa7 44. Bxa7 Ra8 45. Bc5 Ra1+ 46. Ke2 Rh1 47.
Bc4 c6 48. Ba6 Rxh5 49. Bb7 Rh1 50. Bxc6 Rc1 51. Kd2 Rf1 52. d5 Ra1 53. d6 Ra2+
54. Kc3 Ra5 55. Kb4 Ra1 56. d7 Rb1+ 57. Ka5 Rd1 58. Bd6 1-0

[Event "Gelfand Challenge 2021"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.06.13"]
[Round "17.6"]
[White "Badelka, Olga"]
[Black "Mendonca, Leon Luke"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2418"]
[BlackElo "2549"]
[ECO "E46"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian"]
[Variation "4.e3 O-O"]
[WhiteFideId "13509926"]
[BlackFideId "35028561"]
[EventDate "2021.06.10"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd2 b6 6. Bd3 Bb7 7. Nf3 d6 8. O-O
Nbd7 9. a3 Bxc3 10. Bxc3 Ne4 11. Be1 Qe7 12. Nd2 Nef6 13. f3 c5 14. Bh4 Rfd8 15.
Qe2 Nf8 16. Rac1 Ng6 17. Bf2 Rac8 18. Bxg6 hxg6 19. e4 e5 20. d5 Nh5 21. g3 Rb8
22. Be3 Bc8 23. b4 Bd7 24. Rb1 a5 25. bxa5 bxa5 26. Rxb8 Rxb8 27. Rb1 Qd8 28.
Qd1 f5 29. Rxb8 Qxb8 30. Qb3 Qc7 31. Bg5 Kf7 32. Nb1 Nf6 33. Nc3 Nh7 34. Bd2 Nf6
35. Kf2 fxe4 36. fxe4 Ng4+ 37. Kg1 Nf6 38. Bg5 Qa7 39. a4 Qc7 40. Bd2 Ke7 41.
Bg5 Kf7 42. Bd2 Ke7 43. Bg5 Qa7 44. Bd2 Qc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gelfand Challenge 2021"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.06.13"]
[Round "17.7"]
[White "Salimova, Nurgyul"]
[Black "Zhu, Jiner"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "WGM"]
[WhiteElo "2395"]
[BlackElo "2462"]
[ECO "E10"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[WhiteFideId "2915138"]
[BlackFideId "8608059"]
[EventDate "2021.06.10"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 d5 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. Bf4
b6 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. Nc3 Nc6 11. Rc1 Bb7 12. Qd3 Rc8 13. Rfd1 a6 14. Ne5 b5 15.
Nxc6 Bxc6 16. Nb1 Qb6 17. Nd2 b4 18. Nb3 Bb5 19. Qe3 Rfe8 20. Bf3 Nd7 21. Rxc8
Rxc8 22. Bxd5 Rc2 23. Rd2 Rxd2 24. Nxd2 Bf6 25. Bb3 Bxd4 26. Qf3 Bc6 27. e4 Qc5
28. Nc4 Nf6 29. Bd6 Qa7 30. Nd2 Qb7 31. Bc2 Bxb2 32. Nc4 Bc3 33. Na5 Bxe4 34.
Qe3 Qd5 35. Bxe4 Nxe4 36. Qa7 h6 37. Qb8+ Kh7 38. Bxb4 Qd4 0-1

[Event "Gelfand Challenge 2021"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.06.13"]
[Round "17.8"]
[White "Liang, Awonder"]
[Black "Nihal, Sarin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2592"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[ECO "C79"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Steinitz defence deferred (Russian defence)"]
[WhiteFideId "2056437"]
[BlackFideId "25092340"]
[EventDate "2021.06.10"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O d6 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 Na5 8. d4
Nxb3 9. axb3 Bb7 10. dxe5 Nxe4 11. Nc3 d5 12. Qe2 Bb4 13. Bd2 Nxd2 14. Qxd2 O-O
15. Re2 Qd7 16. Rd1 Rad8 17. Qf4 Be7 18. Red2 Qe6 19. Nd4 Qg6 20. h4 Rfe8 21.
Rd3 Bc8 22. h5 Qxh5 23. Nc6 Bg5 24. Qg3 Rd7 25. Nxd5 Bb7 26. Na5 Bxd5 27. Rxd5
Rxd5 28. Rxd5 h6 29. f4 Be7 30. Nc6 Bf8 31. Rd7 Bc5+ 32. Kf1 Re6 33. Nd4 Rg6 34.
Qf3 Qh1+ 35. Kf2 Qc1 36. Qe4 Qd2+ 37. Kf1 Qd1+ 38. Kf2 Qg4 39. Rd8+ Kh7 40. c3
b4 41. Qf3 Qh4+ 42. Kf1 Qxd8 0-1

[Event "Gelfand Challenge 2021"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.06.13"]
[Round "17.9"]
[White "Khademalsharieh, Sarasadat"]
[Black "Yip, Carissa"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2494"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[ECO "A40"]
[Opening "Modern defence"]
[WhiteFideId "12512214"]
[BlackFideId "2090732"]
[EventDate "2021.06.10"]

1. d4 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. g3 e6 4. Nf3 Ne7 5. Bg2 d5 6. cxd5 exd5 7. O-O O-O 8. Nc3
Nbc6 9. Bf4 a6 10. h4 Nf5 11. e3 Nce7 12. Be5 Bh6 13. Bf4 Bxf4 14. exf4 c6 15.
Qd2 Nd6 16. Ne5 Nef5 17. Ne2 Qb6 18. Rad1 Be6 19. b3 Rae8 20. Nc3 Qa5 21. Nxd5
Qxd2 22. Nf6+ Kh8 23. Rxd2 Rd8 24. d5 cxd5 25. Nxd5 Nb5 26. Rfd1 Rc8 27. Nb6 Rc7
28. Rd8 Kg7 29. Rxf8 Kxf8 30. Rd8+ Ke7 31. Rb8 Nfd6 32. Bd5 Rc1+ 33. Kg2 Bxd5+
34. Nxd5+ Ke6 35. Nb6 Rc2 36. a4 Nd4 37. Nbc4 Nxc4 38. bxc4 f6 39. Nd3 Rxc4 40.
Rxb7 h5 41. Rb6+ Kf5 42. Rxa6 Rc2 43. Nb4 Rc5 44. Rd6 Nb3 45. Nd5 1-0

[Event "Gelfand Challenge 2021"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.06.13"]
[Round "17.10"]
[White "Murzin, Volodar"]
[Black "Abdusattorov, Nodirbek"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2502"]
[BlackElo "2634"]
[ECO "B10"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann defence"]
[WhiteFideId "44155573"]
[BlackFideId "14204118"]
[EventDate "2021.06.10"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. d3 Bg4 4. Nbd2 e6 5. h3 Bxf3 6. Qxf3 Nd7 7. g3 Bc5 8. Bg2
Ne7 9. O-O O-O 10. Qe2 a5 11. a4 e5 12. Nf3 Qc7 13. h4 Rfe8 14. Bh3 Bd6 15. Kh1
h6 16. Rg1 Nc5 17. Bd2 b5 18. g4 dxe4 19. dxe4 Ng6 20. g5 h5 21. Bf5 Ne6 22.
axb5 cxb5 23. Qxb5 Reb8 24. Qd5 Ngf4 25. Qa2 g6 26. Bxe6 Nxe6 27. Bc3 Nf4 28.
Rad1 Qd7 29. Rg3 Ne2 30. Nxe5 Nxg3+ 31. Kg2 Qe6 32. Qxe6 fxe6 33. Rxd6 Nxe4 34.
Rxe6 Nxc3 35. Rxg6+ Kh7 36. Rh6+ Kg7 37. Rg6+ Kh8 38. Rh6+ Kg8 39. Rg6+ Kh7 40.
Rh6+ Kg7 41. Rg6+ Kh7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gelfand Challenge 2021"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.06.13"]
[Round "18.1"]
[White "Keymer, Vincent"]
[Black "Abdusattorov, Nodirbek"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2591"]
[BlackElo "2634"]
[ECO "A35"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "symmetrical, four knights system"]
[WhiteFideId "12940690"]
[BlackFideId "14204118"]
[EventDate "2021.06.10"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nxc3 7. bxc3 e5 8.
d3 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Qa4 Qc7 11. Nd2 Bd7 12. Qc2 b5 13. a4 b4 14. Bb2 Rac8 15.
Rfd1 a5 16. Nc4 Be6 17. Rac1 f6 18. Ne3 Rfd8 19. c4 Nd4 20. Bxd4 cxd4 21. Nf1 f5
22. Re1 Bg5 23. Rcd1 e4 24. dxe4 Qxc4 25. Qxc4 Bxc4 26. exf5 Bb3 27. Ra1 Bc2 28.
f4 Bf6 29. Nd2 d3 30. e4 Bc3 31. Rad1 Bxd1 32. Rxd1 Bxd2 33. Rxd2 b3 34. e5 Rc2 0-1

[Event "Gelfand Challenge 2021"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.06.13"]
[Round "18.2"]
[White "Yip, Carissa"]
[Black "Murzin, Volodar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2502"]
[ECO "E62"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "fianchetto, lesser Simagin (Spassky) variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2090732"]
[BlackFideId "44155573"]
[EventDate "2021.06.10"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. c4 O-O 5. O-O d6 6. d4 Nc6 7. Nc3 Bf5 8. b3
Ne4 9. Bb2 Nxc3 10. Bxc3 e5 11. d5 Ne7 12. Nd2 Qd7 13. e4 Bh3 14. Rc1 Bxg2 15.
Kxg2 f5 16. f3 g5 17. b4 h5 18. c5 Ng6 19. Qe2 f4 20. Nc4 Rf7 21. Bd2 Raf8 22.
Na5 g4 23. Rc3 gxf3+ 24. Rcxf3 Qg4 25. h3 Nh4+ 26. Kg1 Nxf3+ 27. Rxf3 Qxh3 28.
gxf4 Qg4+ 29. Kf1 exf4 30. Nc4 Bd4 0-1

[Event "Gelfand Challenge 2021"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.06.13"]
[Round "18.3"]
[White "Nihal, Sarin"]
[Black "Khademalsharieh, Sarasadat"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2494"]
[ECO "C46"]
[Opening "Four knights game"]
[WhiteFideId "25092340"]
[BlackFideId "12512214"]
[EventDate "2021.06.10"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. a4 g6 5. Bc4 Bg7 6. d3 d6 7. h3 h6 8. Be3 O-O
9. Qd2 Kh7 10. g4 Ng8 11. O-O-O Nd4 12. Bxd4 exd4 13. Ne2 c5 14. h4 Bxg4 15.
Ng5+ hxg5 16. hxg5+ Nh6 17. Rdg1 Bxe2 18. Qxe2 Qd7 19. f4 Qxa4 20. Kb1 Qd7 21.
f5 1-0

[Event "Gelfand Challenge 2021"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.06.13"]
[Round "18.4"]
[White "Zhu, Jiner"]
[Black "Liang, Awonder"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "WGM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2462"]
[BlackElo "2592"]
[ECO "B01"]
[Opening "Scandinavian (centre counter) defence"]
[WhiteFideId "8608059"]
[BlackFideId "2056437"]
[EventDate "2021.06.10"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd8 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 g6 6. Bc4 Bg7 7. h3 O-O 8. O-O
a6 9. a4 b6 10. Re1 Nc6 11. Bg5 Bb7 12. Qd2 Qd6 13. Rad1 Rad8 14. Qe2 Nb4 15.
Ne5 e6 16. Nb1 h6 17. Bc1 a5 18. c3 Nbd5 19. Na3 Qe7 20. Bd3 Nd7 21. Nac4 Qf6
22. Ng4 Qh4 23. Kh2 Kh7 24. g3 Qh5 25. Nce5 N7f6 26. c4 Nxg4+ 27. Nxg4 f5 28.
Ne5 Qxe2 29. Bxe2 Nb4 30. Bf3 Ba6 31. Nc6 Nxc6 32. Bxc6 Bxc4 33. Bf4 Rxd4 34.
Rxd4 Bxd4 35. Rc1 Ba6 36. Bxc7 Bxf2 37. Rd1 Bc8 38. Be5 Bc5 39. Kg2 g5 40. Kf3
Kg6 41. b3 h5 42. Rd3 Be7 43. Rd1 Rd8 44. Rxd8 Bxd8 45. Bd6 g4+ 46. hxg4 hxg4+
47. Ke3 Bg5+ 48. Kd4 Bf6+ 49. Ke3 Bd8 50. Be5 Be7 51. Be8+ Kg5 52. Bc7 Bc5+ 53.
Kd2 Kf6 54. Kd3 e5 55. Kc4 Be6+ 56. Kb5 Bxb3 0-1

[Event "Gelfand Challenge 2021"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.06.13"]
[Round "18.5"]
[White "Mendonca, Leon Luke"]
[Black "Salimova, Nurgyul"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2549"]
[BlackElo "2395"]
[ECO "D45"]
[Opening "QGD semi-Slav"]
[Variation "Stoltz variation"]
[WhiteFideId "35028561"]
[BlackFideId "2915138"]
[EventDate "2021.06.10"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. e3 e6 5. Nc3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Bd3 dxc4 8. Bxc4
b5 9. Be2 Bb7 10. O-O O-O 11. e4 e5 12. dxe5 Nxe5 13. Nd4 Neg4 14. Nf5 Bxh2+ 15.
Kh1 Bb8 16. Bg5 Qc7 17. f4 b4 18. e5 bxc3 19. exf6 gxf6 20. Qxc3 Ne5 21. Bxf6 1-0

[Event "Gelfand Challenge 2021"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.06.13"]
[Round "18.6"]
[White "Praggnanandhaa, R"]
[Black "Badelka, Olga"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2608"]
[BlackElo "2418"]
[ECO "E21"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian"]
[Variation "three knights variation"]
[WhiteFideId "25059530"]
[BlackFideId "13509926"]
[EventDate "2021.06.10"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 O-O 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 d5 7. e3 c5 8. cxd5
exd5 9. dxc5 Be6 10. Be2 Nc6 11. O-O Bxc5 12. Rc1 Be7 13. Qa4 Qb6 14. Qb5 Rfd8
15. Rfd1 Qxb5 16. Nxb5 g5 17. Bg3 Ne4 18. Nfd4 Nxg3 19. hxg3 Nxd4 20. Nxd4 Rac8
21. f4 Bf6 22. Kf2 Bxd4 23. exd4 Kg7 24. Bd3 Kf6 25. Rh1 Rxc1 26. Rxc1 Rc8 27.
Rh1 Kg7 28. Kf3 Bd7 29. Ke3 a6 30. Kd2 Bb5 31. Bxb5 axb5 32. fxg5 hxg5 33. Re1
Rc4 34. Kd3 Ra4 35. Re5 Rxa2 36. Kc3 Ra4 37. Rxg5+ Kf6 38. Rxd5 Rc4+ 39. Kd3 Rb4
40. Kc3 Rc4+ 41. Kd3 Rb4 42. Kc2 Rc4+ 43. Kb1 b4 44. Rd7 Ke6 45. Rxb7 Rxd4 46.
Ka2 Rg4 47. Kb3 Rxg3+ 48. Kxb4 Rxg2 49. Kc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gelfand Challenge 2021"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.06.13"]
[Round "18.7"]
[White "Bjerre, Jonas Buhl"]
[Black "Gukesh, D"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2542"]
[BlackElo "2578"]
[ECO "E94"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "orthodox variation"]
[WhiteFideId "1444948"]
[BlackFideId "46616543"]
[EventDate "2021.06.10"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Na6 8. Be3
Qe8 9. dxe5 dxe5 10. Rb1 Ng4 11. Bc1 Nc5 12. b4 Ne6 13. Ba3 c6 14. b5 c5 15. Nd5
f5 16. exf5 gxf5 17. h3 Nh6 18. Qc1 Kh8 19. Ng5 Nd4 20. Bd1 b6 21. Nc7 Qg6 22.
Nxa8 f4 23. h4 Bf5 24. Ra1 Rxa8 25. Re1 Rf8 26. Bf3 Nf7 27. Nxf7+ Rxf7 28. Bd5
Rd7 29. Bb2 Rxd5 30. cxd5 Bh3 31. g3 Nf3+ 32. Kh1 fxg3 33. fxg3 Qxg3 34. Qc2
Bg2+ 35. Qxg2 Qxh4+ 36. Qh3 Qxh3# 0-1

[Event "Gelfand Challenge 2021"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.06.13"]
[Round "18.8"]
[White "Lei, Tingjie"]
[Black "Yoo, Christopher Woojin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2457"]
[ECO "E06"]
[Opening "Catalan"]
[Variation "closed, 5.Nf3"]
[WhiteFideId "8605114"]
[BlackFideId "30909694"]
[EventDate "2021.06.10"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Nf3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 b5 8. a4
Bb7 9. axb5 a6 10. bxa6 Nxa6 11. Qxc4 Bd5 12. Qc3 c5 13. Be3 Ne4 14. Qe1 Nb4 15.
Rxa8 Qxa8 16. Nc3 Nc2 17. Qc1 Nxe3 18. Qxe3 cxd4 19. Qxd4 Bf6 20. Qe3 Nxc3 21.
bxc3 Rc8 22. Rc1 Bxc3 23. Nh4 Bxg2 24. Nxg2 e5 25. Nh4 Bd4 26. Rxc8+ Qxc8 27.
Qe4 g6 28. Nf3 Qc5 29. e3 Bc3 30. Qd3 h6 31. g4 Qc6 32. Kg2 Kg7 33. Qc2 Qe6 34.
h3 Bb4 35. Qe4 Bd6 36. Nd2 Bc7 37. Qc2 Qd5+ 38. e4 Qd7 39. Nc4 Qc6 40. Ne3 Qxc2
41. Nxc2 Kf6 42. Ne3 Ke6 43. Nd5 Bd6 44. Kf3 f5 45. gxf5+ gxf5 46. Ne3 fxe4+ 47.
Kxe4 Bc5 48. Ng4 h5 49. Nxe5 Bxf2 50. Nf3 Bg3 51. Ng5+ Kf6 52. Nf3 h4 53. Nxh4
Bxh4 54. Kf4 Kg6 55. Kg4 Bd8 56. h4 Be7 57. h5+ Kh6 58. Kf5 Bf6 59. Kxf6 Kxh5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gelfand Challenge 2021"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.06.13"]
[Round "18.9"]
[White "Abdumalik, Zhansaya"]
[Black "Saduakassova, Dinara"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2472"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[ECO "C50"]
[Opening "Giuoco Piano"]
[WhiteFideId "13703544"]
[BlackFideId "13700090"]
[EventDate "2021.06.10"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 a6 6. c3 d6 7. Nbd2 O-O 8. h3 h6
9. b4 Ba7 10. a4 Ne7 11. Re1 Ng6 12. Nf1 c6 13. Ng3 a5 14. b5 Bc5 15. d4 exd4
16. Nxd4 d5 17. exd5 Nxd5 18. Qh5 Qh4 19. bxc6 bxc6 20. Qxh4 Nxh4 21. Nxc6 Be6
22. Ne4 Nxc3 23. Nxc3 Bxc4 24. Re4 Rfe8 25. Rxc4 Re1+ 26. Kh2 Bxf2 27. Bb2 Rae8
28. Rxe1 Rxe1 29. Re4 Rf1 30. Ne2 Re1 31. Bd4 Bxd4 32. Ncxd4 g5 33. Re5 f5 34.
g3 Ng6 35. Rxf5 1-0

[Event "Gelfand Challenge 2021"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.06.13"]
[Round "18.10"]
[White "Shuvalova, Polina"]
[Black "Mammadzada, Gunay"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2489"]
[BlackElo "2443"]
[ECO "B92"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Najdorf, Opovcensky variation"]
[WhiteFideId "24171760"]
[BlackFideId "13403729"]
[EventDate "2021.06.10"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Qd3 b6 10. a4 Bb7 11. Nd5 Nxd5 12. exd5 a5 13. Kh1 Nd7 14. c4 Rc8 15. Qh3
Ba6 16. Nd2 Nc5 17. b3 Bg5 18. Bd1 f5 19. Bc2 e4 20. g4 Qf6 21. Rb1 Bxd2 22.
Bxd2 f4 23. Bc3 Qg5 24. f3 Rce8 25. Rbe1 Bc8 26. fxe4 Bxg4 27. Qg2 Qh5 28. Rf2
g6 29. Rg1 Bh3 30. Qf3 Qxf3+ 31. Rxf3 Bc8 32. Re1 Nd7 33. Bd4 Re7 34. h4 Ne5 35.
Rf2 Nd7 36. Ref1 Ref7 37. Rg1 f3 38. h5 Rf4 39. hxg6 Ne5 40. gxh7+ Kh8 41. Rg5
Re8 42. Kg1 Bh3 43. Rg3 Bd7 44. Bxb6 Bg4 45. Bd4 Kxh7 46. Rh2+ Kg6 47. Be3 Rf7
48. Kf2 Rg7 49. Rh6+ Kf7 50. Rxd6 Rh8 51. Rh6 Rxh6 52. Bxh6 Rh7 53. Bf4 Rh2+ 54.
Ke3 f2 55. Bd3 Nxd3 56. Rxg4 f1=Q 57. Bxh2 Qf2+ 58. Kxd3 Qf3+ 59. Kd4 Qxg4 60.
Bc7 Qd1+ 61. Kc5 Qxb3 62. Bxa5 Qxa4 63. Bc7 Qa3+ 64. Kb5 Qb3+ 65. Kc5 Qe3+ 66.
Kc6 Qxe4 67. c5 Ke7 68. Bd6+ Kd8 69. Bc7+ Kc8 70. Bd6 Qa4+ 71. Kb6 Qb3+ 0-1

[Event "Gelfand Challenge 2021"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.06.13"]
[Round "19.1"]
[White "Mammadzada, Gunay"]
[Black "Keymer, Vincent"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2443"]
[BlackElo "2591"]
[ECO "B90"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Najdorf, Adams attack"]
[WhiteFideId "13403729"]
[BlackFideId "12940690"]
[EventDate "2021.06.10"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e5 7. Nde2 h5 8. Bg5
Be6 9. Bxf6 Qxf6 10. Nd5 Qd8 11. Nec3 g6 12. Bc4 Bh6 13. Qd3 Nc6 14. O-O O-O 15.
Bb3 Nd4 16. Rad1 Rc8 17. Ne3 Qh4 18. Ne2 Bxb3 19. cxb3 Nxe2+ 20. Qxe2 Qxe4 21.
Rxd6 Bxe3 22. Qxe3 Qxe3 23. fxe3 Rfd8 24. Rxd8+ Rxd8 25. Rf2 Rd1+ 26. Kh2 Re1
27. Rc2 Rxe3 28. Rc7 Re2 29. Rxb7 Rxb2 30. Re7 Re2 31. a4 Kg7 32. Kg3 Kf6 33.
Rb7 Re3+ 34. Kf2 Rc3 35. b4 Rb3 36. h4 Ke6 37. a5 f6 38. Rb6+ Kf5 39. Ke2 e4 40.
Kd2 Rb2+ 41. Ke3 Ke5 42. g3 Rb3+ 43. Kf2 Kf5 44. Ke2 g5 45. Kf2 gxh4 46. gxh4
Ke5 47. Ke2 f5 48. Rxa6 Rxb4 49. Rh6 Rb2+ 50. Ke1 Ra2 51. Rxh5 Rxa5 52. Rh8 Kf4
53. Rg8 Kf3 54. Kd2 e3+ 55. Kd3 f4 0-1

[Event "Gelfand Challenge 2021"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.06.13"]
[Round "19.2"]
[White "Saduakassova, Dinara"]
[Black "Shuvalova, Polina"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2489"]
[ECO "A14"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "Neo-Catalan declined"]
[WhiteFideId "13700090"]
[BlackFideId "24171760"]
[EventDate "2021.06.10"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. d4 dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4
Bd7 9. Qxc4 Bc6 10. Bf4 Bd6 11. Qc1 Nbd7 12. Nc3 a5 13. Re1 Bxf4 14. Qxf4 Bxf3
15. Bxf3 c6 16. h4 Nb6 17. h5 h6 18. Red1 Qe7 19. Kg2 Rfd8 20. Rd3 Rd7 21. Ne4
Nxe4 22. Bxe4 Rad8 23. Qd2 Nd5 24. Bxd5 Rxd5 25. Rh1 Qd6 26. Rh4 c5 27. dxc5 Qc6
28. Rxd5 Rxd5 29. Qf4 Rxh5+ 30. Qf3 Rxc5 31. b4 Rd5 32. bxa5 Qc5 33. Re4 Qxa5
34. Rc4 Rd7 35. Rc8+ Kh7 36. Qe4+ g6 37. Qc4 Qe5 38. Ra8 Rc7 39. Qb4 Qd5+ 40. e4
Qc5 41. Qb2 e5 42. Rb8 Qe7 43. Qb5 Kg7 44. Re8 Qd6 45. Rxe5 Qf6 46. Rc5 Re7 47.
e5 Qf5 48. Qb2 Kh7 49. a5 h5 50. Qd4 Rd7 51. Rd5 Re7 52. Rc5 Qe6 53. Qd6 Kg7 54.
Qxe6 Rxe6 55. Rb5 Ra6 56. f4 g5 57. f5 Kh6 58. Kf3 Kg7 59. Ke4 Ra8 60. Rxb7 Rxa5
61. e6 Ra4+ 62. Kf3 Ra3+ 63. Kg2 Ra2+ 64. Kf1 Ra1+ 65. Ke2 Ra2+ 66. Ke3 Ra3+ 67.
Kd4 Ra4+ 68. Ke5 Ra5+ 69. Kd6 Ra6+ 70. Ke7 fxe6 71. f6+ Kg6 72. f7 Ra8 73. f8=Q
Rxf8 74. Kxf8 Kf5 75. Rb4 e5 76. Kg7 e4 77. Kh6 h4 78. gxh4 gxh4 79. Kh5 e3 80.
Kxh4 e2 81. Rb1 Kf4 82. Kh3 Kf3 83. Kh2 Kf2 84. Kh3 e1=Q 85. Rxe1 Kxe1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gelfand Challenge 2021"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.06.13"]
[Round "19.3"]
[White "Yoo, Christopher Woojin"]
[Black "Abdumalik, Zhansaya"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2457"]
[BlackElo "2472"]
[ECO "B45"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Taimanov variation"]
[WhiteFideId "30909694"]
[BlackFideId "13703544"]
[EventDate "2021.06.10"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 e6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. e5 Nd5 8.
Ne4 Qc7 9. f4 Qb6 10. c4 Bb4+ 11. Ke2 f5 12. exf6 Nxf6 13. Be3 Qa6 14. Nxf6+
gxf6 15. Kf2 Qa5 16. c5 O-O 17. Qc2 Qd8 18. Bd3 f5 19. Rhf1 Ba5 20. Kg1 Bc7 21.
Bd4 Qh4 22. Rf3 Rb8 23. Raf1 Rf7 24. Rh3 Qe7 25. Rff3 d6 26. Qc3 e5 27. cxd6
Bxd6 28. fxe5 Bb4 29. Qxc6 Qd7 30. Qxd7 Rxd7 31. Rhg3+ Kh8 32. Bf2 Bb7 33. e6
Rd6 34. Rxf5 Be4 35. Rb5 Rxb5 36. Bxb5 Rd1+ 37. Bf1 Bd5 38. Rg4 a5 39. a3 Be7
40. b4 axb4 41. axb4 h5 42. Bd4+ Kh7 43. Rg7+ Kh6 44. Rxe7 Bc4 45. Be3+ Kg6 46.
Rf7 Bxe6 47. Rf4 Rb1 48. b5 1-0

[Event "Gelfand Challenge 2021"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.06.13"]
[Round "19.4"]
[White "Gukesh, D"]
[Black "Lei, Tingjie"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2578"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[ECO "D02"]
[Opening "Queen's bishop game"]
[WhiteFideId "46616543"]
[BlackFideId "8605114"]
[EventDate "2021.06.10"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Bf4 e6 4. e3 Bd6 5. Nbd2 O-O 6. Bd3 b6 7. Ne5 c5 8. c3
Qc7 9. h4 Nbd7 10. Ndf3 Ne4 11. Ng5 Nxe5 12. dxe5 Bxe5 13. Qh5 h6 14. Nxe6 fxe6
15. Bxe5 Qf7 16. Qxf7+ Rxf7 17. f3 Nf6 18. O-O-O a5 19. Bg6 Rb7 20. g4 Nh7 21.
Bc2 Bd7 22. g5 h5 23. g6 Nf6 24. Rhg1 Bb5 25. Rd2 Rf8 26. e4 Bc6 27. exd5 Bxd5
28. Bd6 Rd8 29. Bh2 Rbd7 30. Rf1 Bxa2 31. Rxd7 Rxd7 32. Be5 Bc4 33. Re1 b5 34.
b3 Bd5 35. Re3 Bc6 36. Bxf6 gxf6 37. Rxe6 Bxf3 38. Rxf6 Bg4 39. Ra6 a4 40. bxa4
bxa4 41. Rxa4 Kg7 42. Ra5 Rc7 43. Ra6 Bf3 44. Kd2 Rd7+ 45. Ke3 Bd1 46. Bf5 Re7+
47. Kf4 Be2 48. Rc6 c4 49. Rd6 Rc7 50. Ke5 Bd3 51. Bxd3 cxd3 52. Rxd3 Rc4 53.
Kf5 Rc5+ 54. Ke6 Rc4 55. Rh3 Kxg6 56. Kd5 Rc8 57. Rg3+ Kf5 58. c4 Rd8+ 59. Kc5
Rc8+ 60. Kd4 Rd8+ 61. Kc3 Rd1 62. Rg5+ Kf6 63. Rxh5 Rh1 64. Kb4 Kg6 65. Rg5+ Kf6
66. Rg4 Kf5 67. Rd4 Ke5 68. Kc5 1-0

[Event "Gelfand Challenge 2021"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.06.13"]
[Round "19.5"]
[White "Badelka, Olga"]
[Black "Bjerre, Jonas Buhl"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2418"]
[BlackElo "2542"]
[ECO "E46"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian"]
[Variation "4.e3 O-O"]
[WhiteFideId "13509926"]
[BlackFideId "1444948"]
[EventDate "2021.06.10"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd2 d5 6. Nf3 b6 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Bd3
a5 9. O-O Ba6 10. Bxa6 Nxa6 11. Rc1 Re8 12. Qc2 Bf8 13. Nb5 c5 14. dxc5 bxc5 15.
a4 Ne4 16. Rfd1 c4 17. b3 Rc8 18. bxc4 dxc4 19. Be1 Qb6 20. Rd4 Nec5 21. Rxc4
Rcd8 22. Nfd4 Rd5 23. Rb1 Rh5 24. Nf3 Qd8 25. Nbd4 Bd6 26. Rb5 Nb4 27. Bxb4 axb4
28. Rcxb4 Qc7 29. Rc4 Bxh2+ 30. Kf1 Bd6 31. Nf5 Bf8 32. g4 Rh1+ 33. Kg2 Ra1 34.
Rcxc5 Bxc5 35. Rxc5 Qd7 36. Qc3 1-0

[Event "Gelfand Challenge 2021"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.06.13"]
[Round "19.6"]
[White "Salimova, Nurgyul"]
[Black "Praggnanandhaa, R"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2395"]
[BlackElo "2608"]
[ECO "E67"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "fianchetto, classical variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2915138"]
[BlackFideId "25059530"]
[EventDate "2021.06.10"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 d6 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O Nbd7 7. Nc3 e5 8. Qc2
exd4 9. Nxd4 Re8 10. Rd1 a5 11. b3 Nc5 12. Ba3 Qe7 13. Rac1 c6 14. h3 h5 15. e3
Nh7 16. Nce2 Bd7 17. h4 Nf6 18. Nf4 Ng4 19. Qe2 Rad8 20. Qe1 Bc8 21. Rc2 Qc7 22.
Rcd2 a4 23. Qf1 Ne4 24. Bxe4 Rxe4 25. Nf3 Bf8 26. Ng5 Ree8 27. Bb2 Ne5 28. Qe2
Bg7 29. f3 axb3 30. axb3 Qb6 31. Rxd6 Rxd6 32. Rxd6 Qxb3 33. Ne4 Qxb2 34. Qxb2
Nxf3+ 35. Kf2 Bxb2 36. Kxf3 Bg4+ 37. Kf2 Rxe4 38. Nd3 Be5 39. Rd8+ Kg7 40. c5
Bf6 41. Rb8 Re7 0-1

[Event "Gelfand Challenge 2021"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.06.13"]
[Round "19.7"]
[White "Liang, Awonder"]
[Black "Mendonca, Leon Luke"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2592"]
[BlackElo "2549"]
[ECO "B23"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "closed"]
[WhiteFideId "2056437"]
[BlackFideId "35028561"]
[EventDate "2021.06.10"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. f4 Nc6 6. Nf3 g6 7. O-O Bg7 8.
d3 Nh6 9. h3 f5 10. Be3 O-O 11. Qd2 Rac8 12. Rae1 b6 13. Kh2 Nd4 14. Nd1 Nxf3+
15. Rxf3 e6 16. c3 d5 17. e5 d4 18. Bf2 Rfd8 19. Bh4 Re8 20. Nf2 Kh8 21. Qe2 Nf7
22. g4 dxc3 23. bxc3 Qc6 24. Re3 b5 25. Bf6 b4 26. c4 Rb8 27. h4 b3 28. axb3
Rxb3 29. h5 Reb8 30. Qf1 Rb2 31. Kg3 Kg8 32. gxf5 exf5 33. Bxg7 Kxg7 34. e6 Nh6
35. e7 Re8 36. R1e2 Rxe2 37. Qxe2 Qd7 38. Re6 Qd4 39. hxg6 hxg6 40. Ra6 Ng8 41.
Rxa7 Nf6 42. Qe5 Kf7 43. Rc7 Qxe5 44. fxe5 Nh5+ 45. Kf3 Rxe7 46. Rxc5 g5 47. d4
Ra7 48. Nd3 Ra3 49. Rc7+ Ke8 50. Ke2 Ng3+ 51. Kd2 Nf1+ 52. Ke2 Ng3+ 53. Kd2 Nf1+
54. Ke2 Ng3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gelfand Challenge 2021"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.06.13"]
[Round "19.8"]
[White "Khademalsharieh, Sarasadat"]
[Black "Zhu, Jiner"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "WGM"]
[WhiteElo "2494"]
[BlackElo "2462"]
[ECO "A15"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[WhiteFideId "12512214"]
[BlackFideId "8608059"]
[EventDate "2021.06.10"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. e3 d5 4. b3 c5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bb2 Nc6 7. Be2 Bd6 8. O-O
O-O 9. d4 cxd4 10. Nxd4 a6 11. Nd2 Qe7 12. Rc1 Bd7 13. N2f3 Rfe8 14. Qc2 Ne4 15.
Rfd1 Rac8 16. Nxc6 bxc6 17. Bxa6 Ra8 18. Bd3 Rxa2 19. Qb1 Raa8 20. h3 Rab8 21.
Qc2 h6 22. Ra1 Nc5 23. Bh7+ Kh8 24. Qc3 f5 25. Bg6 Rxb3 26. Qc2 Reb8 27. Bd4 Ne4
28. Ra7 R3b7 29. Rxb7 Rxb7 30. Qa2 Ng5 31. Bh5 Nxf3+ 32. Bxf3 Rb8 33. Qa7 Be8
34. Qa1 Qb7 35. Rc1 Ra8 36. Bxg7+ Kg8 37. Qf6 Ba3 38. Bxh6 Bxc1 39. Qf8+ Kh7 40.
Bg5 Bb2 0-1

[Event "Gelfand Challenge 2021"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.06.13"]
[Round "19.9"]
[White "Murzin, Volodar"]
[Black "Nihal, Sarin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2502"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[ECO "C77"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Anderssen variation"]
[WhiteFideId "44155573"]
[BlackFideId "25092340"]
[EventDate "2021.06.10"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 g6 7. O-O Bg7 8. h3 O-O
9. Be3 h6 10. Nbd2 Nd7 11. Nh2 Ne7 12. f4 exf4 13. Bxf4 Nc5 14. Bc2 Ne6 15. Be3
f5 16. d4 f4 17. Bf2 Qe8 18. Ndf3 Bd7 19. Qd2 g5 20. Rfe1 Ng6 21. e5 d5 22. Qd3
Kh7 23. Ng4 Bb5 24. Qd1 Qf7 25. h4 Kg8 26. a4 Be8 27. h5 Ne7 28. Nf6+ Bxf6 29.
exf6 Qxf6 30. Qd3 Rf7 31. Ne5 Nf8 32. g3 Rg7 33. gxf4 Bxh5 34. Qh3 Bg6 35. Ng4
Qxf4 36. Bg3 Qd2 37. Nxh6+ Kh8 38. Be5 Qxc2 39. Bxg7+ Kxg7 40. Rxe7+ Kf6 41.
Ng8# 1-0

[Event "Gelfand Challenge 2021"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.06.13"]
[Round "19.10"]
[White "Abdusattorov, Nodirbek"]
[Black "Yip, Carissa"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2634"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[ECO "B06"]
[Opening "Robatsch (modern) defence"]
[WhiteFideId "14204118"]
[BlackFideId "2090732"]
[EventDate "2021.06.10"]

1. d4 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. Be3 Nd7 5. Qd2 c6 6. Nf3 b5 7. Bd3 Nb6 8. h4 h6
9. e5 Be6 10. a4 a6 11. O-O Nd5 12. Be4 Rc8 13. axb5 axb5 14. Nxd5 cxd5 15. Bd3
Bd7 16. exd6 exd6 17. Bf4 Ne7 18. Bxd6 O-O 19. h5 g5 20. Ra7 Re8 21. Ne5 Bxe5
22. dxe5 Nf5 23. Qb4 Nxd6 24. Qxd6 Be6 25. Bxb5 Qxd6 26. exd6 Red8 27. d7 Rb8
28. Bc6 Rxb2 29. Rfa1 Kf8 30. Ra8 Rbb8 31. Rxb8 Rxb8 32. Ra5 Ke7 33. Bxd5 Rb1+
34. Kh2 Bxd7 35. Ra7 Rb6 36. Bxf7 Rf6 37. Bd5 Kd6 38. Ra6+ 1-0

