[Event "8th Gashimov Mem Rapid"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2022.12.18"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Gadimbayli, Abdulla"]
[Black "Mamedov, Rauf"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2524"]
[BlackElo "2646"]
[ECO "B30"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Nimzovich-Rossolimo attack (without ...d6)"]
[WhiteFideId "13404938"]
[BlackFideId "13401653"]
[EventDate "2022.12.18"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e5 4. O-O Bd6 5. c3 Nge7 6. d4 cxd4 7. cxd4 exd4 8.
Nxd4 Qc7 9. h3 a6 10. Be2 O-O 11. Nc3 Nxd4 12. Qxd4 Bc5 13. Qd3 d6 14. Bg5 Be6
15. Rac1 Ng6 16. a3 h6 17. Bd2 Qe7 18. Kh1 f5 19. Qg3 Kh7 20. exf5 Bxf5 21. Rce1
Qh4 22. Qxh4 Nxh4 23. g3 Ng6 24. Kg2 Ne5 25. Bf4 Rae8 26. Bh5 g6 27. Bxe5 dxe5
28. Bg4 Bc2 29. Bf3 Bd4 30. Be4 Bb3 31. f3 b5 32. Rc1 Rd8 33. h4 Be3 34. Rce1
Rd2+ 35. Kh1 Bc4 36. Rxe3 Bxf1 37. h5 Kg7 38. hxg6 Rxb2 39. Nd5 Bc4 40. Ne7 Rd8
41. Re1 Rdd2 42. f4 exf4 43. gxf4 Kf6 44. Nc6 Re2 0-1

[Event "8th Gashimov Mem Rapid"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2022.12.18"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Abdusattorov, Nodirbek"]
[Black "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2716"]
[ECO "D31"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "Janowski variation"]
[WhiteFideId "14204118"]
[BlackFideId "2205530"]
[EventDate "2022.12.18"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 a6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nf3 h6 6. Bf4 Nf6 7. e3 Bd6 8. Be5
c6 9. Qc2 O-O 10. Bd3 Re8 11. O-O Bxe5 12. Nxe5 c5 13. a4 cxd4 14. exd4 Qb6 15.
Nxf7 Nc6 16. a5 Qc7 17. Bg6 Be6 18. Nxh6+ gxh6 19. Bxe8 Rxe8 20. Rfe1 Nxd4 21.
Qd3 Ng4 22. Qxd4 Qxh2+ 23. Kf1 Rf8 24. Rxe6 Rxf2+ 25. Qxf2 Nxf2 26. Rae1 Ne4 27.
Nxe4 dxe4 28. R1xe4 Qh1+ 29. Kf2 Qc1 30. b4 Kf7 31. Rb6 Qd2+ 32. Kf3 Qd3+ 33.
Kf4 Qd5 34. g4 Qd2+ 35. Kf3 Qd3+ 36. Re3 Qf1+ 37. Kg3 Qg1+ 38. Kf4 Qg2 39. Rf3
Kg8 40. Rd3 Qf1+ 41. Rf3 Qd1 42. Re3 Qd4+ 43. Re4 Qd5 44. Rbe6 Kf7 45. R6e5 Qd2+
46. Kg3 Qc1 47. Re7+ Kf8 48. R7e5 Qg1+ 49. Kf3 Qf1+ 50. Ke3 Qe1+ 51. Kd3 Qb1+
52. Kc4 Qc2+ 53. Kd4 Qc6 1-0

[Event "8th Gashimov Mem Rapid"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2022.12.18"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Wang, Hao"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[ECO "C80"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "open, Bernstein variation"]
[WhiteFideId "8602883"]
[BlackFideId "13401319"]
[EventDate "2022.12.18"]

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. Nbd2 Nc5 10. c3 d4 11. Bxe6 Nxe6 12. cxd4 Ncxd4 13. a4 Rb8 14. axb5 axb5
15. Nb3 Nxb3 16. Qxb3 Bc5 17. Be3 Bxe3 18. Qxe3 O-O 19. Rfd1 Qe7 20. Nd4 Nxd4
21. Rxd4 Rfd8 22. Rad1 h6 23. f4 Rxd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "8th Gashimov Mem Rapid"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2022.12.18"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Rapport, Richard"]
[Black "Gukesh, D"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[ECO "B11"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "two knights, 3...Bg4"]
[WhiteFideId "738590"]
[BlackFideId "46616543"]
[EventDate "2022.12.18"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Nc3 Bg4 4. h3 Bxf3 5. Qxf3 e6 6. d3 Nd7 7. a3 Ngf6 8. g3
h5 9. Be2 Bd6 10. O-O h4 11. g4 d4 12. Nb1 Qc7 13. c3 c5 14. Nd2 Ne5 15. Qh1 Ng6
16. cxd4 cxd4 17. Nc4 Bf4 18. e5 Nh7 19. Bf3 O-O 20. Bxb7 Rab8 21. Be4 Ng5 22.
b4 Bxc1 23. Rfxc1 Nf4 24. Kf1 f6 25. Na5 Qf7 26. Nc6 Rbc8 27. Ke1 fxe5 28. Nxe5
Qf6 29. Rxc8 Rxc8 30. Nd7 Qd8 31. Nc5 Rxc5 32. bxc5 Qa5+ 33. Kd1 Ngxh3 34. Qe1
Qxc5 35. Qd2 Qd6 36. Rb1 Qxa3 37. Qc2 Qc3 38. Qa2 Kf7 39. Rc1 Qb4 40. Rc4 Qb6
41. Rc6 Qb8 42. Rc4 Kf6 43. Rxd4 Qb6 44. Qa1 Nxf2+ 45. Ke1 e5 46. g5+ Kxg5 47.
Rd5 Qe3+ 0-1

[Event "8th Gashimov Mem Rapid"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2022.12.18"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Shankland, Sam"]
[Black "Suleymanli, Aydin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2543"]
[ECO "E36"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian"]
[Variation "classical, Noa variation, 5.a3"]
[WhiteFideId "2004887"]
[BlackFideId "13413937"]
[EventDate "2022.12.18"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 O-O 7. Nf3 dxc4 8.
Qxc4 b6 9. Bg5 Ba6 10. Qc1 Bb7 11. h4 Nbd7 12. Ne5 c5 13. Nxd7 Qxd7 14. Bxf6
gxf6 15. dxc5 Rfc8 16. Qh6 Qd4 17. Rh3 f5 18. Rc3 Bd5 19. Rd1 Qe5 20. Rd2 f4 21.
e3 f3 22. Bd3 f5 23. gxf3 Bxf3 24. Bc4 Bd5 25. Bxd5 exd5 26. Qd6 Qxd6 27. cxd6
Rxc3 28. bxc3 1-0

[Event "8th Gashimov Mem Rapid"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2022.12.18"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Black "Rapport, Richard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2716"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[ECO "C18"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "Winawer, advance variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2205530"]
[BlackFideId "738590"]
[EventDate "2022.12.18"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Nc6 7. Qg4 g6 8. Qd1
Qa5 9. Bd2 c4 10. h4 h6 11. Nf3 Bd7 12. g3 O-O-O 13. Bg2 f5 14. exf6 Nxf6 15.
O-O Ne4 16. Qc1 g5 17. Re1 g4 18. Nh2 h5 19. Bxe4 dxe4 20. Nf1 e5 21. Qb2 Rhf8
22. Be3 Be6 23. Red1 exd4 24. Bxd4 b6 25. a4 Kb7 26. Ne3 Rd7 27. Qb5 Rfd8 28.
Rdb1 Qxb5 29. Rxb5 Rh7 30. Rd1 Ka6 31. Rg5 Bf7 32. Kf1 Rd6 33. Ke1 Na5 34. Bg7
Rg6 35. Bf8 Be8 36. Rd8 Re6 37. Bb4 Nb7 38. Rdd5 Rc6 39. Rde5 Rc8 40. a5 bxa5
41. Bxa5 Nxa5 42. Rxa5+ Kb7 43. Rae5 Rhc7 44. Rxe4 Bf7 45. Ree5 a6 46. Nf5 Rd8
47. Nd4 Re8 48. Kd2 Rxe5 49. Rxe5 Kb6 50. Kc1 Rc5 51. Re7 Rc7 52. Re4 a5 53. Rf4
Be8 54. Rf6+ Ka7 55. Re6 Rc8 56. Kb2 Kb7 57. Nf5 Bd7 58. Re7 Kc6 59. Rf7 Rb8+
60. Ka3 Bxf5 61. Rxf5 Rb5 62. Rf6+ Kd5 63. f3 Ke5 64. Rf4 gxf3 65. Rxf3 Rb1 66.
Rf4 Ra1+ 67. Kb2 Rg1 68. Rxc4 Rxg3 69. Rc5+ 1-0

[Event "8th Gashimov Mem Rapid"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2022.12.18"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Shankland, Sam"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[ECO "D41"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "Semi-Tarrasch, 5.cd"]
[WhiteFideId "13401319"]
[BlackFideId "2004887"]
[EventDate "2022.12.18"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 cxd4 8.
cxd4 Bb4+ 9. Bd2 Bxd2+ 10. Qxd2 O-O 11. Bc4 Nd7 12. O-O b6 13. Rad1 Bb7 14. Rfe1
Rc8 15. Bb3 h6 16. Re3 Nf6 17. Qe1 Re8 18. Ne5 Qc7 19. f4 Re7 20. h3 b5 21. Kh2
a5 22. d5 exd5 23. exd5 Rd8 24. d6 Rxd6 25. Rxd6 Qxd6 26. Qxa5 Qd4 27. Rg3 Nh5
28. Rg4 Nf6 29. Rg3 Nh5 30. Rg4 Nf6 31. Rg3 Nh5 1/2-1/2

[Event "8th Gashimov Mem Rapid"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2022.12.18"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Mamedov, Rauf"]
[Black "Gukesh, D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2646"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[ECO "B14"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "Panov-Botvinnik attack, 5...e6"]
[WhiteFideId "13401653"]
[BlackFideId "46616543"]
[EventDate "2022.12.18"]

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. Rc1 Nf6 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bh4 Nh5 14. Bxe7 Nxe7
15. Ne5 Nf6 16. Ne4 Ned5 17. Qf3 Qb6 18. Rfd1 Bd7 19. b3 Rfc8 20. Rc5 Be8 21.
Nxf6+ Nxf6 22. Nc4 Qa6 23. Na5 b5 24. b4 Qb6 25. a3 Rd8 26. h3 a6 27. Be2 Ra7
28. Qe3 Nd5 29. Qc1 Ne7 30. Bf3 Rad7 31. Qc3 Qb8 32. Bc6 Rd6 33. Be4 Nd5 34. Qg3
Qa7 35. Bf3 Qe7 36. Rdc1 Rb6 37. Bxd5 exd5 38. Qc7 Qxc7 39. Rxc7 Re6 40. Kf1 Kf8
41. Ra7 Rd7 42. Ra8 Rde7 43. Nb3 f6 44. Nc5 Re2 45. Nxa6 Kf7 46. g4 Ra2 47. Rc3
Ree2 48. Rf3 h5 49. Nc5 h4 50. g5 Ke7 51. gxf6+ gxf6 52. Ra7+ Kd8 53. Rxf6 Red2
54. Rf8 Re2 55. Ra8+ 1-0

[Event "8th Gashimov Mem Rapid"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2022.12.18"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Suleymanli, Aydin"]
[Black "Abdusattorov, Nodirbek"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2543"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[ECO "E49"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian"]
[Variation "4.e3, Botvinnik system"]
[WhiteFideId "13413937"]
[BlackFideId "14204118"]
[EventDate "2022.12.18"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 c5 8. Ne2
b6 9. O-O Ba6 10. cxd5 exd5 11. f3 Bxd3 12. Qxd3 Re8 13. Ra2 Nc6 14. Ng3 h5 15.
Re2 Qd7 16. Bb2 Rad8 17. Rd1 h4 18. Nh1 Na5 19. e4 Nh5 20. Bc1 Nb3 21. Bg5 f6
22. Be3 dxe4 23. Qc2 Qb5 24. fxe4 cxd4 25. cxd4 Rc8 26. Qb2 Qa4 27. Nf2 Na5 28.
Qa2+ Qc4 29. a4 Qxa2 30. Rxa2 Nc4 31. Bc1 Kf7 32. Re2 g5 33. Ng4 Kg6 34. Rf1
Rcd8 35. Ref2 Rxe4 36. Nxf6 Rexd4 37. Nxh5 Kxh5 38. Rf6 Nd2 39. Re1 Ne4 40. Rf5
Rxa4 41. Re5 Rc8 42. Be3 Rc2 43. Re7 Rca2 44. Kf1 Ra1 45. Rc7 Rxe1+ 46. Kxe1 Kg6
47. Ke2 Nf6 48. Rc6 Kf5 49. Rc2 Nd5 50. Bd2 Nf4+ 51. Kf2 Ke4 52. g3 hxg3+ 53.
hxg3 Ne6 54. Rb2 g4 55. Rb3 Nc5 56. Re3+ Kd5 57. Be1 Re4 58. Ra3 a5 59. Bxa5
bxa5 60. Rxa5 Kd4 61. Ra2 Nd3+ 62. Kg2 Ke3 63. Ra7 Ne1+ 64. Kf1 Kf3 0-1

[Event "8th Gashimov Mem Rapid"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2022.12.18"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Gadimbayli, Abdulla"]
[Black "Wang, Hao"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2524"]
[BlackElo "2722"]
[ECO "B98"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Najdorf variation"]
[WhiteFideId "13404938"]
[BlackFideId "8602883"]
[EventDate "2022.12.18"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Be7 8. Qf3
Qc7 9. O-O-O Bd7 10. Bd3 Nc6 11. Nxc6 Bxc6 12. Rhe1 h6 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. Nd5 Qa5
15. Nxf6+ gxf6 16. Kb1 O-O-O 17. Qf2 d5 18. exd5 Bxd5 19. a3 f5 20. Re2 Bc6 21.
Red2 Qc7 22. Qh4 Rd4 23. g3 Qd8 24. Qxd8+ Rdxd8 25. Be2 Rxd2 26. Rxd2 h5 27. h4
Kc7 28. Kc1 f6 29. Rd1 e5 30. Rf1 Be4 31. Kd2 Rg8 32. fxe5 fxe5 33. Bd3 Bxd3 34.
cxd3 Rf8 35. Ke3 Kd6 36. d4 e4 37. Rc1 Rg8 38. Kf2 b6 39. a4 a5 40. Rc3 Kd5 41.
Rb3 Kxd4 42. Rxb6 Rc8 43. Rd6+ Ke5 44. Ra6 Rc5 45. Ke3 Rd5 46. Ke2 f4 47. gxf4+
Kxf4 48. b3 Rc5 49. Rf6+ Ke5 50. Rb6 Kd4 51. Rd6+ Rd5 52. Rc6 Ke5 53. Rb6 Rc5
54. b4 axb4 55. Rxb4 Kf4 56. Rb2 Rc3 57. Rb5 Rc2+ 58. Kd1 Ra2 59. Rxh5 Rxa4 60.
Rh8 Ra1+ 61. Ke2 Ra2+ 62. Kd1 Kf3 63. h5 Ra1+ 64. Kc2 e3 65. Rf8+ Ke2 66. h6 Ra7
67. Rf6 Rc7+ 68. Kb3 Ke1 69. Kb2 e2 70. Kb3 Kd2 71. Rd6+ Ke3 72. Re6+ Kd2 73.
Rd6+ Ke1 74. Re6 Rf7 75. h7 Rxh7 76. Rf6 Rc7 77. Kb2 Rh7 78. Kc2 Rh1 0-1

[Event "8th Gashimov Mem Rapid"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2022.12.18"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Rapport, Richard"]
[Black "Suleymanli, Aydin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2543"]
[ECO "C50"]
[Opening "Giuoco Pianissimo"]
[WhiteFideId "738590"]
[BlackFideId "13413937"]
[EventDate "2022.12.18"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 d6 6. h3 O-O 7. Bg5 a5 8. Nbd2
Be6 9. Bb5 h6 10. Bh4 g5 11. Nxg5 hxg5 12. Bxg5 Kg7 13. Qf3 Rh8 14. O-O-O Kg6
15. h4 d5 16. d4 Be7 17. dxe5 Nxe5 18. Qg3 Neg4 19. exd5 Bf5 20. f3 Nh5 21. Qe1
Bxg5 22. hxg5 Qxg5 23. fxg4 Bxg4 24. Qe4+ Kg7 25. Qd4+ Nf6 26. Rxh8 Rxh8 27. Rf1
Rh6 28. Bc4 Rh4 29. g3 Rh6 30. Kc2 Bh3 31. Rf3 Bf5+ 32. Kb3 c5 33. dxc6 bxc6 34.
Ka3 Bg6 35. Nb3 Rh8 36. Nc5 Rd8 37. Ne6+ fxe6 38. Qxd8 Qc5+ 39. b4 axb4+ 40.
cxb4 Qa7+ 41. Kb3 Ne4 42. g4 Bf7 43. Rh3 Bg8 44. Rd3 Qf2 45. Qd4+ 1-0

[Event "8th Gashimov Mem Rapid"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2022.12.18"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Shankland, Sam"]
[Black "Gadimbayli, Abdulla"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2524"]
[ECO "E32"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian"]
[Variation "classical variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2004887"]
[BlackFideId "13404938"]
[EventDate "2022.12.18"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 d5 7. Nf3 b6 8. Bg5
dxc4 9. Qxc4 Ba6 10. Qc1 Nbd7 11. e4 Bxf1 12. Rxf1 Qc8 13. Qc6 Qa6 14. e5 Qa5+
15. b4 Qd5 16. Rc1 Qxc6 17. Rxc6 Nd5 18. Ke2 b5 19. Bd2 N7b6 20. Ra1 Nc4 21. Ra6
Rfb8 22. a4 Nxd2 23. Kxd2 Nxb4 24. Ra5 bxa4 25. R5xa4 a6 26. Ne1 h6 27. h4 Rb5
28. Nd3 Nxd3 29. Kxd3 Rd8 30. Ke4 c5 31. dxc5 Rxc5 32. Rxa6 Rc4+ 33. Ke3 Rxh4
34. Ra8 Rxa8 35. Rxa8+ Kh7 36. Ra7 Kg6 37. f4 h5 38. Re7 Rh1 39. g3 Ra1 40. Kf3
Ra2 41. Ke3 Ra6 42. Kf3 Rb6 43. Kg2 f6 44. exf6 gxf6 45. Kh3 Kf5 46. Rh7 e5 47.
fxe5 fxe5 48. Rxh5+ Ke4 49. g4 1/2-1/2

[Event "8th Gashimov Mem Rapid"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2022.12.18"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Abdusattorov, Nodirbek"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[ECO "A29"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "four knights, kingside fianchetto"]
[WhiteFideId "14204118"]
[BlackFideId "13401319"]
[EventDate "2022.12.18"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Bc5 7. O-O O-O 8. d3
Nf6 9. Bd2 Re8 10. Rc1 Bf8 11. a3 h6 12. b4 Nd4 13. Nxd4 exd4 14. Ne4 c6 15. Nc5
Nd5 16. Nb3 Qf6 17. Re1 Be6 18. Nc5 Re7 19. Nxe6 Rxe6 20. Bf3 Rae8 21. Qb3 Nb6
22. b5 c5 23. Bg4 Re5 24. Bf4 Rd5 25. a4 g5 26. Bc7 c4 27. dxc4 Rc5 28. Bxb6
axb6 29. Bf3 Rc7 30. Bd5 Bc5 31. Qf3 Kg7 32. Qxf6+ Kxf6 33. Bf3 Kg6 34. g4 Ra8
35. Ra1 Kf6 36. Red1 Ke5 37. Rd3 Ra7 38. Bd5 Kf6 39. Rf3+ Kg7 40. Rf5 Re7 41.
Ra2 Ra8 42. Bf3 Rd8 43. a5 d3 44. exd3 1-0

[Event "8th Gashimov Mem Rapid"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2022.12.18"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Wang, Hao"]
[Black "Mamedov, Rauf"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2646"]
[ECO "B31"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Nimzovich-Rossolimo attack (with ...g6, without ...d6)"]
[WhiteFideId "8602883"]
[BlackFideId "13401653"]
[EventDate "2022.12.18"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. c3 Nf6 6. Re1 O-O 7. d4 d5 8. e5 Ne4
9. Be3 cxd4 10. cxd4 Qb6 11. Bxc6 Qxc6 12. Nfd2 Nxd2 13. Qxd2 Be6 14. Nc3 Rfc8
15. h4 h5 16. Bh6 Bh8 17. Bg5 Rc7 18. Rac1 Rac8 19. Ne2 Qa6 20. Nf4 Bg7 21. a3
Bf8 22. Rxc7 Rxc7 23. Rc1 Rc4 24. Rxc4 dxc4 25. d5 Bf5 26. Ne2 Bd3 27. Nc3 Qb6
28. Be3 Qc7 29. Bd4 a6 30. Qg5 Qd7 31. d6 exd6 32. Nd5 Bg7 33. Nf6+ Bxf6 34.
Qxf6 dxe5 35. Bxe5 Kf8 36. Bd6+ Kg8 37. Be5 Kf8 38. Bc3 Ke8 39. Qe5+ Qe6 40.
Qb8+ Kd7 41. Qxb7+ Ke8 42. Qb8+ Kd7 43. f3 f6 44. Qf4 Qd6 45. Qh6 Qe6 46. Qf4
Qd6 47. Qe3 Qe6 48. Qh6 Kc6 49. a4 Qd6 50. a5 Kb5 51. Qe3 Qc5 52. Bd4 Qd6 53.
Qe8+ Kxa5 54. Bc3+ Kb6 55. Qf7 Kc6 56. Bxf6 Qc5+ 57. Kh2 Qe3 58. Bc3 Qc5 59.
Qe8+ Kb7 60. Kg3 Bf5 61. Be5 Qc8 62. Qf7+ Kb6 63. Kf4 Qd8 64. Kg3 Kb5 65. Qb7+
Qb6 66. Qe7 Qc5 67. Bd6 Qc6 68. Kf4 Ka4 69. Be5 Qd7 70. Qa3+ Kb5 71. Qe3 Qd3 72.
Qe1 Qb1 73. Qd2 Qd3 74. Qf2 Qc2 75. Qxc2 Bxc2 76. g4 1/2-1/2

[Event "8th Gashimov Mem Rapid"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2022.12.18"]
[Round "3.5"]
[White "Gukesh, D"]
[Black "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2716"]
[ECO "D27"]
[Opening "QGA"]
[Variation "classical, 6...a6"]
[WhiteFideId "46616543"]
[BlackFideId "2205530"]
[EventDate "2022.12.18"]

1. Nf3 e6 2. c4 d5 3. e3 dxc4 4. Bxc4 Nf6 5. O-O a6 6. d4 c5 7. Re1 b5 8. Bd3
cxd4 9. exd4 Bb7 10. a4 b4 11. Bg5 Be7 12. Nbd2 O-O 13. Rc1 Nbd7 14. Nb3 Bd5 15.
Ne5 h6 16. Bf4 Nxe5 17. dxe5 Nd7 18. Nd4 Nc5 19. Bb1 Rc8 20. Qd2 Bg5 21. Bxg5
Qxg5 22. f4 Qg4 23. Qf2 Ne4 24. Bxe4 Rxc1 25. Rxc1 Bxe4 26. h3 Qg6 27. Rc4 a5
28. Nb5 Bd5 29. Rc1 f6 30. exf6 Rxf6 31. Nc7 Be4 32. g4 e5 33. Ne6 Rxe6 34. f5
Bxf5 35. Qxf5 Qxf5 36. gxf5 Rd6 37. Rc5 Rd2 38. b3 Rd3 39. Rxa5 Rxh3 40. Rxe5
Rxb3 41. Rb5 Rb2 42. Rb7 b3 43. f6 gxf6 44. a5 Ra2 45. Rxb3 Rxa5 46. Rb7 Rg5+
47. Kh2 Rg7 48. Rb6 Kf7 49. Rb7+ Kg6 50. Rb8 h5 51. Kh3 Kh6 52. Rb6 Rg6 53. Rb5
Rg5 54. Rb8 Rg4 55. Ra8 f5 56. Rb8 Kg5 57. Rg8+ Kf4 58. Rh8 Rg5 59. Ra8 Rg3+ 60.
Kh4 Re3 61. Ra4+ Kf3 62. Kg5 Kg3 63. Kxf5 Rb3 64. Ra8 h4 65. Ke4 h3 66. Rg8+ Kf2
67. Rh8 Kg2 68. Kf4 Rb4+ 69. Ke3 h2 70. Rg8+ Kh3 0-1

[Event "8th Gashimov Mem Rapid"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2022.12.19"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Suleymanli, Aydin"]
[Black "Gukesh, D"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2543"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[ECO "E49"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian"]
[Variation "4.e3, Botvinnik system"]
[WhiteFideId "13413937"]
[BlackFideId "46616543"]
[EventDate "2022.12.18"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 b6 8. cxd5
exd5 9. f3 c5 10. Ra2 Re8 11. Ne2 Ba6 12. g4 Bxd3 13. Qxd3 Nc6 14. O-O Na5 15.
Nf4 Nb3 16. g5 Nd7 17. Rg2 Nf8 18. dxc5 Re5 19. c6 Rc8 20. c4 dxc4 21. Qc3 Rxg5
22. Bb2 Rxc6 23. Rxg5 Qxg5+ 24. Kh1 f6 25. Rg1 Qf5 26. Rg4 Ng6 27. e4 Qa5 28.
Qxa5 Nxa5 29. Nd5 Kf7 30. h4 Ne5 31. Rg3 Nb3 32. h5 Nc5 33. h6 g6 34. Bd4 a5 35.
Kg2 b5 36. Rh3 Ne6 37. Bc3 Nd3 38. Rh1 Nef4+ 39. Nxf4 Nxf4+ 40. Kf2 b4 41. axb4
axb4 42. Bd2 g5 0-1

[Event "8th Gashimov Mem Rapid"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2022.12.19"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Wang, Hao"]
[Black "Shankland, Sam"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[ECO "D41"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "Semi-Tarrasch, 5.cd"]
[WhiteFideId "8602883"]
[BlackFideId "2004887"]
[EventDate "2022.12.18"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 cxd4 8.
cxd4 Bb4+ 9. Bd2 Bxd2+ 10. Qxd2 O-O 11. Bc4 Nd7 12. O-O b6 13. Rad1 Bb7 14. Rfe1
Rc8 15. Bb3 h6 16. h4 Re8 17. Qf4 Rc3 18. Ba4 Bc6 19. Bxc6 Rxc6 20. d5 exd5 21.
exd5 Rxe1+ 22. Rxe1 Rf6 23. Qa4 Rd6 24. Ne5 Qe8 25. Qb4 Nxe5 26. Qxd6 Nf3+ 27.
gxf3 Qxe1+ 28. Kg2 Qb1 29. Qc6 Qg6+ 30. Kh2 Qf6 31. d6 g6 32. Kg2 Kg7 33. a4 h5
34. Qc7 Qf4 35. Qe7 Qf6 36. Kg3 a6 37. Qc7 Qa1 38. Kg2 Qe5 39. Qxb6 Qf6 40. Qc7
Qe5 41. Qe7 Qf6 42. a5 1-0

[Event "8th Gashimov Mem Rapid"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2022.12.19"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Gadimbayli, Abdulla"]
[Black "Abdusattorov, Nodirbek"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2524"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[ECO "B40"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Anderssen variation"]
[WhiteFideId "13404938"]
[BlackFideId "14204118"]
[EventDate "2022.12.18"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. e5 Nd5 8.
Ne4 Bb7 9. Be2 c5 10. O-O Qc7 11. Nd6+ Bxd6 12. exd6 Qc6 13. f3 c4 14. Qd4 O-O
15. Bxc4 Rfc8 16. b3 Qxd6 17. Bb2 Qb6 18. Bxd5 Bxd5 19. c4 Qxd4+ 20. Bxd4 Bb7
21. Rac1 a5 22. Rfd1 f6 23. Be3 d5 24. cxd5 Bxd5 25. Rxc8+ Rxc8 26. Rc1 Ra8 27.
Rc7 a4 28. Ra7 Rxa7 29. Bxa7 axb3 30. axb3 Bxb3 31. f4 h5 32. h4 Kf7 33. Kf2 Kg6
34. Bc5 Kf5 35. g3 Bd5 36. Bf8 Kg6 37. Bc5 Bc6 38. Bb4 Kf5 39. Bf8 g5 40. hxg5
fxg5 41. fxg5 Kxg5 42. Bc5 e5 43. Be3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "8th Gashimov Mem Rapid"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2022.12.19"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Mamedov, Rauf"]
[Black "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2646"]
[BlackElo "2716"]
[ECO "C10"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "Rubinstein variation"]
[WhiteFideId "13401653"]
[BlackFideId "2205530"]
[EventDate "2022.12.18"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. Be3 a6 8.
Ne5 b6 9. c3 Bb7 10. Qa4+ Nd7 11. O-O-O Bd6 12. f4 b5 13. Qc2 Bd5 14. Bd3 Nb6
15. f5 Nc4 16. Bxc4 bxc4 17. fxe6 fxe6 18. Qa4+ c6 19. Rhf1 Bxe5 20. dxe5 Rf8
21. g3 Qc7 22. Bc5 Rf7 23. Rde1 a5 24. Qc2 Rxf1 25. Rxf1 O-O-O 26. Qe2 Kb7 27.
Qe3 Ka6 28. Bd6 Qb7 29. Rf4 Rd7 30. Qf2 Qb6 31. Bc5 Qc7 32. Bd6 Qb6 33. Qxb6+
Kxb6 34. Kc2 h5 35. h4 Kb5 36. b3 cxb3+ 37. axb3 Bg2 38. c4+ Kb6 39. Kc3 Ra7 40.
Rf8 a4 41. b4 Rd7 42. Ra8 Kb7 43. Rxa4 Rf7 44. Bc5 Rf3+ 45. Kd4 Rxg3 46. Ra7+
Kb8 47. Bb6 Rg4+ 48. Kc5 Bf1 49. Rf7 Rxc4+ 50. Kd6 Bg2 51. Rxg7 Bd5 52. Ba7+ Ka8
53. Bc5 Kb8 54. Ba7+ Ka8 55. Bc5 Kb8 56. Ba7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "8th Gashimov Mem Rapid"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2022.12.19"]
[Round "4.5"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Rapport, Richard"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[ECO "A70"]
[Opening "Benoni"]
[Variation "classical with e4 and Nf3"]
[WhiteFideId "13401319"]
[BlackFideId "738590"]
[EventDate "2022.12.18"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 d6 5. Nc3 exd5 6. cxd5 g6 7. e4 Bg7 8. h3 O-O
9. Bd3 b5 10. Nxb5 Re8 11. O-O Nxe4 12. Re1 a6 13. Na3 Nf6 14. Rxe8+ Nxe8 15.
Bg5 Qc7 16. Qd2 Nd7 17. Re1 Ndf6 18. Nb1 Bb7 19. Bc4 Qd7 20. Nc3 Nc7 21. Nh2 h5
22. g4 Re8 23. Rxe8+ Ncxe8 24. Qe2 hxg4 25. Nxg4 Nxg4 26. Qxg4 Qxg4+ 27. hxg4
Kf8 28. Bd8 Bd4 29. g5 f6 30. gxf6 Nxf6 31. Bxf6 Bxf6 32. Ne4 Ke7 33. b3 Bc8 34.
Kg2 a5 35. f4 Bf5 36. Kf3 Bxe4+ 37. Kxe4 1/2-1/2

[Event "8th Gashimov Mem Rapid"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2022.12.19"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Rapport, Richard"]
[Black "Gadimbayli, Abdulla"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2524"]
[ECO "C00"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "King's Indian attack"]
[WhiteFideId "738590"]
[BlackFideId "13404938"]
[EventDate "2022.12.18"]

1. e4 e6 2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. Ngf3 c5 5. g3 g6 6. Bg2 Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8. c3 Nc6
9. e5 Nd7 10. d4 a5 11. a4 cxd4 12. cxd4 b6 13. Nb1 Ba6 14. Re1 Nb4 15. Bg5 Qc7
16. Nc3 h6 17. Bc1 Rfc8 18. Re3 Qd8 19. h4 Rab8 20. h5 g5 21. Nh2 Qe7 22. Ng4
Rc7 23. f4 gxf4 24. gxf4 Kh8 25. Rg3 Rg8 26. f5 exf5 27. Ne3 Rcc8 28. Nxf5 Qe6
29. Nxg7 Rxg7 30. Rxg7 Kxg7 31. Qf3 Nc2 32. Bh3 Qe7 33. Qg3+ Kh8 34. Nxd5 Qd8
35. Bxh6 Qg8 36. Bg5 Nxd4 37. Kf2 Rc2+ 38. Ke3 Ne2 39. Qh4 Qf8 40. Bf6+ Nxf6 41.
Qxf6+ Qg7 42. h6 Qxf6 43. Nxf6 Nc1 44. Bf5 Re2+ 45. Kf4 Re1 46. Ra3 Ne2+ 47. Ke3
Ng3+ 48. Kf2 Rxe5 49. Kxg3 Rxf5 50. Rf3 Rxf3+ 51. Kxf3 Bc4 52. Kf4 Bb3 53. Ke5
Bxa4 54. Kd6 Bd1 55. Kc6 a4 56. Kxb6 Bb3 57. Kc5 Bd1 58. Kd6 Bb3 59. Ke7 Ba2 60.
Kd6 Bb3 61. Ke5 Bd1 62. Kf5 Bc2+ 63. Kg5 Bb3 64. Kf4 Bd1 65. Ke5 Bb3 66. Kd6 Bd1
67. Kc5 Bb3 68. Kb4 Bd1 69. Kc4 Bb3+ 70. Kd4 Bd1 71. Ke4 Bb3 72. Kf4 Bd1 73. Kg5
Bb3 74. Ng4 Kh7 75. Nf6+ Kh8 76. Ne4 Kh7 77. Nc5 Bc2 78. Nd7 Bb1 1/2-1/2

[Event "8th Gashimov Mem Rapid"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2022.12.19"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Black "Suleymanli, Aydin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2716"]
[BlackElo "2543"]
[ECO "C46"]
[Opening "Four knights game"]
[WhiteFideId "2205530"]
[BlackFideId "13413937"]
[EventDate "2022.12.18"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. g3 Bc5 5. Bg2 d6 6. d3 a5 7. O-O a4 8. h3 O-O
9. Kh2 h6 10. Ng1 a3 11. b3 Bb4 12. Nce2 d5 13. c3 Be7 14. Qc2 d4 15. Nf3 dxc3
16. Qxc3 Bb4 17. Qc2 Re8 18. Be3 Bd6 19. Nd2 Nb4 20. Qc3 Bf8 21. d4 exd4 22.
Nxd4 c5 23. Nc2 Qd3 24. Qxd3 Nxd3 25. Nc4 Nxe4 26. Nb6 Rb8 27. Nxc8 Rbxc8 28.
Nxa3 g6 29. Nb5 Nb4 30. Rad1 Nxa2 31. Rd7 b6 32. Nc7 Nf6 33. Nxe8 Nxd7 34. Rd1
Rxe8 35. Rxd7 Nb4 36. Bf1 Kg7 37. Rb7 Re6 38. Bc4 Rf6 39. Bf4 Nc6 40. Rxb6 g5
41. Be3 Ne5 42. Rxf6 Kxf6 43. Bd5 Bd6 44. Kg2 Nd7 45. Bc6 Ke7 46. h4 Ne5 47. Bd5
f6 48. Kh3 Kf8 49. f4 gxf4 50. gxf4 Ng6 51. Kg4 Ne7 52. Be6 Kg7 53. f5 Nc6 54.
Kh5 Kh7 55. Bxh6 Ne5 56. Bf4 Kg7 57. Be3 Kh7 58. Bc4 Be7 59. Bb5 Kg7 60. Bd2 Bd6
61. Be8 Be7 62. Bg6 Kg8 63. Bc3 Bd6 64. Be8 Kg7 65. Bb5 Kh7 66. Be2 Kg7 67. Bxe5
Bxe5 68. Kg4 Bd4 69. Kf3 Kh6 70. Ke4 Bf2 71. Kd5 Kg7 72. h5 Bg1 73. Kd6 Bf2 74.
Ke6 Bd4 75. Kd5 Bg1 76. Ke4 1/2-1/2

[Event "8th Gashimov Mem Rapid"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2022.12.19"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Abdusattorov, Nodirbek"]
[Black "Wang, Hao"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2722"]
[ECO "B40"]
[Opening "Sicilian defence"]
[WhiteFideId "14204118"]
[BlackFideId "8602883"]
[EventDate "2022.12.18"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c3 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. d4 cxd4 6. cxd4 b6 7. Bb5 Be7 8. Nc3
Nxc3 9. bxc3 Bb7 10. h4 a6 11. Bd3 d6 12. Bf4 Qc7 13. Rh3 Nd7 14. Kf1 dxe5 15.
Nxe5 Bd6 16. Qe2 Bxe5 17. dxe5 Nc5 18. Bc2 O-O-O 19. Rb1 f5 20. Be3 Qxe5 21.
Rxb6 f4 22. Rxb7 Nxb7 23. Qc4+ Qc7 24. Qxc7+ Kxc7 25. Bxf4+ Kc8 26. Re3 Nc5 27.
Re5 Nd3 28. Bxd3 Rxd3 29. Rxe6 Rxc3 30. Rxa6 Kd7 31. Ra7+ Ke6 32. Rxg7 Ra3 33.
h5 Rxa2 34. g4 Rf8 35. Be3 Rf7 36. Rg8 Rd7 37. Kg2 Kf7 38. Rh8 Kg7 39. Rb8 Ra6
40. Kg3 h6 41. Bc1 Rd3+ 42. Be3 Rd7 43. Rb3 Rc6 44. f3 Kf7 45. Bf4 Re6 46. Rb5
Rde7 47. Bc1 Rc6 48. Rf5+ Kg8 49. Bb2 Rb7 50. Bd4 Rd7 51. Rf4 Rc4 52. Be3 Rxf4
53. Bxf4 Kh7 54. Be5 Rd3 55. Kf4 Rb3 56. Ke4 Rb1 57. f4 Rh1 58. Kf5 Rh4 59. Bf6
Rh1 60. Ke6 Kg8 61. Bd8 Rd1 62. Bc7 Rh1 63. Be5 Rh4 64. Kf5 Kf7 65. Bd4 Rh1 66.
Ke4 Re1+ 67. Be3 Rh1 68. Bd4 Re1+ 69. Kf3 Rd1 70. Be5 Rh1 71. Kg2 Rh4 72. Kg3
Rh1 73. Bd4 Rd1 74. Be3 Rh1 75. Bf2 Ke6 76. Kg2 Rd1 77. Bc5 Kf7 78. g5 Rd5 79.
Be3 Ke6 80. Kf3 Kf5 81. g6 Rd7 82. Bc5 Rd3+ 83. Ke2 Rg3 84. Bf8 Rh3 85. Bxh6 Kf6
86. Bg5+ Kg7 87. h6+ Kxg6 1/2-1/2

[Event "8th Gashimov Mem Rapid"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2022.12.19"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Shankland, Sam"]
[Black "Mamedov, Rauf"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2646"]
[ECO "D30"]
[Opening "Queen's gambit declined"]
[WhiteFideId "2004887"]
[BlackFideId "13401653"]
[EventDate "2022.12.18"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. g3 Nc6 6. Bg2 Nf6 7. O-O Be7 8. dxc5
Bxc5 9. a3 Ne4 10. Nfd2 O-O 11. Nc3 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Bb6 13. Nb3 Re8 14. e3 Qf6 15.
Nd4 Be6 16. Rb1 Rac8 17. Rb5 Ne5 18. Bxd5 Bh3 19. Bxb7 Bxf1 20. Qxf1 Rxc3 21.
Bb2 Rc7 22. Bd5 Bxd4 23. exd4 Nd7 24. Qd3 Nb6 25. Bb3 Qg6 26. Qd1 Nc4 27. Bc1
Rce7 28. Bd2 Nxd2 29. Qxd2 h6 30. Bd5 Qa6 31. Qb4 Rd7 32. a4 Red8 33. Qb3 Qf6
34. Qc4 Qe7 35. Kf1 g6 36. h4 h5 37. a5 Kg7 38. Rc5 Rb8 39. Kg2 Rb1 40. Qc3 Rxd5
41. Rxd5 Qe4+ 42. Qf3 Rg1+ 43. Kxg1 Qxf3 44. Rd7 a6 45. Rd6 Qd3 46. Rb6 f6 47.
d5 g5 48. hxg5 fxg5 49. d6 Kf7 50. Rb7+ Ke6 51. d7 Ke7 52. Ra7 Qd1+ 53. Kg2 Qd5+
54. Kg1 Qxa5 0-1

[Event "8th Gashimov Mem Rapid"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2022.12.19"]
[Round "5.5"]
[White "Gukesh, D"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[ECO "A15"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[WhiteFideId "46616543"]
[BlackFideId "13401319"]
[EventDate "2022.12.18"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Qxd1+ 7. Kxd1 f6
8. Be3 e5 9. Nd2 Be6 10. Bc4 Kf7 11. Kc2 Nd7 12. b4 a5 13. a3 Be7 14. g3 h5 15.
h4 axb4 16. axb4 Bxc4 17. Nxc4 b5 18. Na5 Ra6 19. Nb3 Rha8 20. Ra5 Rxa5 21. bxa5
Ra6 22. Ra1 c5 23. c4 b4 24. Rd1 Ke6 25. Rd5 Rc6 26. f3 f5 27. Kb2 Bd6 28. Bf2
Be7 29. Be3 Bd6 30. Bf2 Bf8 31. a6 Rxa6 32. Bxc5 Bxc5 33. Rxd7 Bf2 34. Rd2 Be3
35. Rd3 f4 36. gxf4 exf4 37. Rd5 Rc6 38. c5 Bf2 39. Kc2 Kf7 40. Kd3 Bxh4 41. Nd4
Rc8 42. e5 Be7 43. c6 h4 44. Ra5 b3 45. Rb5 h3 46. Rxb3 h2 47. Rb1 Bc5 48. Rh1
Bxd4 49. Kxd4 Rxc6 50. Rxh2 Ke6 51. Ra2 Rb6 52. Ra4 Kf5 53. Ra8 Rb4+ 54. Kc5 Rb3
55. Kd4 Rxf3 56. Rf8+ Kg4 57. e6 Re3 58. Kd5 g5 59. Kd6 f3 60. e7 Kg3 61. Rf5 g4
62. Re5 Rxe5 63. Kxe5 f2 64. e8=Q f1=Q 65. Kd6 Qf4+ 66. Kc5 Kf2 67. Qh8 g3 68.
Qb2+ Kg1 69. Kc6 Qe4+ 70. Kc7 Qh7+ 71. Kc8 g2 72. Qc1+ Kh2 73. Qf4+ Kh1 74. Qf3
Qh8+ 75. Kb7 Qh4 76. Qd5 Qh7+ 77. Ka8 Qg6 78. Ka7 Qg4 79. Ka8 Kg1 80. Qc5+ Kf1
81. Qc1+ Kf2 82. Qc5+ Kg3 83. Qe5+ Qf4 84. Qg7+ Kf3 85. Qc3+ Qe3 86. Qf6+ Kg3
87. Qg6+ Kf2 88. Qc2+ Kf3 89. Qf5+ Qf4 90. Qd3+ Kf2 91. Qc2+ Kg3 92. Qg6+ Qg4
93. Qd6+ Kh3 94. Qh6+ Qh4 95. Qe3+ Kh2 96. Qe5+ Kh1 97. Qd5 Qh7 98. Kb8 Qh8+ 99.
Kb7 Qg7+ 100. Ka8 Qg6 101. Kb7 Qg4 102. Ka8 Kg1 103. Qc5+ Kf1 104. Qc1+ Kf2 105.
Qc5+ Kg3 106. Qe5+ Qf4 107. Qg7+ Kf3 108. Qc3+ Ke2 109. Qc2+ Kf1 110. Qd1+ Kf2
111. Qc2+ Kg3 112. Qg6+ Qg4 113. Qd6+ Kh3 114. Qh6+ Qh4 115. Qe3+ Kh2 116. Qe5+
Kh1 1/2-1/2

[Event "8th Gashimov Mem Rapid"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2022.12.19"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Gadimbayli, Abdulla"]
[Black "Gukesh, D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2524"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[ECO "B13"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "exchange variation"]
[WhiteFideId "13404938"]
[BlackFideId "46616543"]
[EventDate "2022.12.18"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. c3 e6 6. Bf4 Bd6 7. Bxd6 Qxd6 8.
Qg4 g6 9. Qe2 Nge7 10. Nf3 f6 11. Na3 a6 12. Rd1 Bd7 13. O-O O-O 14. c4 Rac8 15.
Rfe1 Nb4 16. Bb1 Rfe8 17. Rc1 Nbc6 18. Qd2 Kg7 19. c5 Qb8 20. b4 b6 21. Bd3 b5
22. Qb2 Qf4 23. Nc2 Nf5 24. a4 Na7 25. Ne3 Ne7 26. Qe2 Rb8 27. g3 Qc7 28. a5
Nac6 29. Qb2 Rf8 30. Ng2 Rbe8 31. Re2 Nd8 32. Rce1 Nec6 33. h4 Re7 34. Nf4 Rfe8
35. Qb1 f5 36. Bc2 Nf7 37. Kg2 Qd8 38. Qb2 Bc8 39. Nd3 Rc7 40. Nde5 Qf6 41. Nxc6
Rxc6 42. Qc1 h6 43. Ne5 Rc7 44. Qf4 g5 45. hxg5 hxg5 46. Qf3 Ree7 47. Rh1 Nh6
48. Rh5 Kg8 49. Re1 Rh7 50. Reh1 Rcg7 51. Qe3 Kf8 52. g4 Bd7 53. Qh3 fxg4 54.
Qh2 Rf7 55. Nxd7+ Rxd7 56. Qb8+ Rd8 57. Qg3 Rh8 58. Qe3 Ke7 59. Qxg5 Qxg5 60.
Rxg5 Rdf8 61. Rgh5 Rf6 62. Bd1 Kf7 63. R1h4 Kg7 64. Bc2 Rhf8 65. Rg5+ Kh8 66.
Kg1 Rg8 67. Rgh5 Kg7 68. Kg2 Rgf8 69. Rg5+ Kf7 70. Kg1 Ke7 71. Bg6 Ng8 72. Rh7+
Kd8 73. Bd3 Ne7 74. Rgg7 Re8 75. c6 Rf3 76. Bg6 Nxg6 77. Rd7+ Kc8 78. Rc7+ Kb8
79. Rb7+ Kc8 80. Rhc7+ Kd8 81. Rd7+ Kc8 82. Ra7 1-0

[Event "8th Gashimov Mem Rapid"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2022.12.19"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Wang, Hao"]
[Black "Rapport, Richard"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[ECO "C09"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "Tarrasch, open variation, main line"]
[WhiteFideId "8602883"]
[BlackFideId "738590"]
[EventDate "2022.12.18"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Ngf3 Nc6 6. Bb5 Qe7+ 7. Be2 Qc7 8.
O-O Nf6 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Nb3 Bb6 11. Bg5 Be6 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. c3 O-O-O 14. Nfd4
h5 15. a4 a5 16. Nb5 Qf4 17. Qd2 Qxd2 18. Nxd2 d4 19. Nc4 Bxc4 20. Bxc4 dxc3 21.
Nxc3 Ne5 22. Bd5 f5 23. Rad1 Kb8 24. h3 Rd6 25. Rfe1 f6 26. Kf1 h4 27. f4 Ng6
28. Bf3 Rxd1 29. Rxd1 Rd8 30. Rxd8+ Bxd8 31. Nd5 Bc7 32. b3 Nxf4 33. Nxf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "8th Gashimov Mem Rapid"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2022.12.19"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Shankland, Sam"]
[Black "Abdusattorov, Nodirbek"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[ECO "A33"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "symmetrical variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2004887"]
[BlackFideId "14204118"]
[EventDate "2022.12.18"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e6 6. e3 Be7 7. Be2 O-O 8. O-O
d6 9. b3 a6 10. Bb2 Bd7 11. Bf3 Rb8 12. Nxc6 Bxc6 13. Bxc6 bxc6 14. Qe2 Qa5 15.
Na4 Rfd8 16. Rfd1 Qf5 17. Rac1 a5 18. Bc3 Ra8 19. Be1 e5 20. Qf3 Qxf3 21. gxf3
h5 22. Kf1 h4 23. Ke2 Nd7 24. e4 Nf8 25. c5 Ne6 26. cxd6 Bxd6 27. Nb6 Ra6 28.
Nc4 Nd4+ 29. Kf1 Bc7 30. Rd3 c5 31. Nb2 Bd6 32. Na4 Be7 33. Bd2 Nxf3 34. Rxf3
Rxd2 35. Nc3 Bg5 36. Re1 Rad6 37. Nd5 Rxa2 38. Re2 Ra1+ 39. Re1 Ra3 40. Ke2 a4
41. bxa4 Rxa4 42. Kf1 Rd4 43. Ra3 c4 44. Re2 Kh7 45. Ra7 Rc6 46. Rxf7 Rd1+ 47.
Kg2 c3 48. Rf5 Bd2 49. Nb4 Rc4 50. Nd3 c2 51. Rxe5 Rc3 0-1

[Event "8th Gashimov Mem Rapid"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2022.12.19"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "Mamedov, Rauf"]
[Black "Suleymanli, Aydin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2646"]
[BlackElo "2543"]
[ECO "C77"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "four knights (Tarrasch) variation"]
[WhiteFideId "13401653"]
[BlackFideId "13413937"]
[EventDate "2022.12.18"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bc5 6. d3 O-O 7. O-O b5 8. Bb3
Rb8 9. a4 b4 10. Nd5 h6 11. h3 d6 12. c3 Na5 13. Bc2 b3 14. Bb1 Nxd5 15. exd5
Bf5 16. d4 Bxb1 17. Rxb1 exd4 18. cxd4 Bb4 19. Qd3 Rb6 20. Be3 f5 21. Rbc1 Rf7
22. Bd2 Qe8 23. Rfe1 Qa8 24. Bxb4 Rxb4 25. Qc3 Rxa4 26. Ra1 Rxa1 27. Rxa1 Nb7
28. Qxb3 Qc8 29. Qa4 a5 30. Re1 Qd7 31. b3 g5 32. Nd2 Kg7 33. Nc4 f4 34. Qc6 Nd8
35. Qxd7 Rxd7 36. Nxa5 Kf8 37. Kf1 Rf7 38. Nc6 Nxc6 39. dxc6 Rf6 40. b4 Rf5 41.
Re6 Rd5 42. Rxh6 Rxd4 43. Rh7 Rxb4 44. Rxc7 Rc4 45. Ke2 Rc3 46. Kd2 Rc5 47. Kd3
Ke8 48. Rg7 Kf8 49. Rg6 Ke7 50. c7 Kd7 51. Rg7+ Kc8 52. Ke4 Re5+ 53. Kd4 Re2 54.
Rxg5 Rxf2 55. Rg7 f3 56. gxf3 Rxf3 57. Rh7 Rf5 58. h4 Re5 59. h5 Kb7 60. h6 Rh5
61. Ke4 d5+ 62. Kd4 Rh1 63. Kxd5 Kc8 64. Ke6 Rh2 65. Kf6 Rh1 66. Kg6 Rg1+ 67.
Kf7 Rh1 68. Kg8 Rh2 69. Rh8 Kxc7 70. h7 Kb7 71. Kg7 Rg2+ 72. Kf6 Rf2+ 73. Ke5
Re2+ 74. Kf4 Rh2 75. Kg5 Rh1 76. Rf8 Rxh7 77. Kg6 Rc7 78. Rf7 Rxf7 79. Kxf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "8th Gashimov Mem Rapid"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2022.12.19"]
[Round "6.5"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2716"]
[ECO "D30"]
[Opening "Queen's gambit declined"]
[WhiteFideId "13401319"]
[BlackFideId "2205530"]
[EventDate "2022.12.18"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 d5 3. Nf3 dxc4 4. Qa4+ Nd7 5. e4 a6 6. Bxc4 c5 7. Be3 cxd4 8.
Bxd4 Ne7 9. Ne5 Ng6 10. Nxg6 hxg6 11. Nc3 Rb8 12. Be2 b5 13. Qd1 Bb7 14. Bf3 Rc8
15. h3 Qg5 16. Be3 Qe5 17. Qd2 Be7 18. Bd4 Bg5 19. Qd1 Qc7 20. Bxg7 Rh7 21. Bd4
Rd8 22. Qe2 Ne5 23. Rd1 Bf6 24. Bxe5 Rxd1+ 25. Nxd1 Bxe5 26. O-O Ke7 27. Ne3 Rh8
28. Ng4 Bd4 29. e5 Bxf3 30. Qxf3 Bxe5 31. Qa3+ Bd6 32. Qxa6 Rb8 33. Rd1 Qb6 34.
Qxb6 Rxb6 35. Ne3 Be5 36. b3 Ra6 37. Rd2 Bc3 38. Rc2 Bd4 39. Kf1 f5 40. Ke2 Kf6
41. f4 g5 42. fxg5+ Kxg5 43. g3 Ra8 44. Kf3 Bxe3 45. Kxe3 Rh8 46. Rh2 Rc8 47.
Kd4 Kf6 48. a4 e5+ 49. Kd5 bxa4 50. bxa4 Rc3 51. g4 Ra3 52. g5+ Kxg5 53. Kxe5
Rxa4 54. Rg2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "8th Gashimov Mem Rapid"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2022.12.20"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Suleymanli, Aydin"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2543"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[ECO "A20"]
[Opening "English, Nimzovich, Flohr variation"]
[WhiteFideId "13413937"]
[BlackFideId "13401319"]
[EventDate "2022.12.18"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nf3 e4 3. Nd4 d5 4. cxd5 Qxd5 5. e3 Nf6 6. Nc3 Qe5 7. d3 c6 8. Qc2
exd3 9. Bxd3 Bc5 10. O-O O-O 11. Ne4 Nxe4 12. Bxe4 h6 13. b3 Re8 14. Bh7+ Kh8
15. Bb2 Qh5 16. Nf5 Bf8 17. Rad1 Nd7 18. Nd6 Bxd6 19. Rxd6 Ne5 20. Be4 f5 21.
Bxe5 fxe4 22. Bb2 Kh7 23. Qc3 Qg5 24. f4 Qe7 25. f5 Qf7 26. Qd4 b6 27. Rf4 c5
28. Qc3 Rg8 29. Qe5 Bb7 30. Rg4 Rae8 31. Re6 Rxe6 32. fxe6 Qf6 33. Qxf6 gxf6 34.
e7 Bc6 35. Rf4 Rg7 36. Rxf6 Be8 37. Re6 Rg8 38. g3 Bg6 39. Kf2 Re8 40. g4 b5 41.
h4 a5 42. Kg3 c4 43. bxc4 Bf7 44. Rxe4 Bxc4 45. a3 Kg6 46. Bd4 Bd3 47. Rf4 1-0

[Event "8th Gashimov Mem Rapid"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2022.12.20"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Black "Gadimbayli, Abdulla"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2716"]
[BlackElo "2524"]
[ECO "C11"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "Burn variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2205530"]
[BlackFideId "13404938"]
[EventDate "2022.12.18"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 gxf6 7. Qd2 c5 8.
Nxc5 Bxc5 9. dxc5 Qxd2+ 10. Kxd2 Ke7 11. Nf3 Rd8+ 12. Kc3 Rd5 13. b3 Rxc5+ 14.
Kb2 b6 15. Rd1 Bb7 16. Be2 Nc6 17. Rhe1 Rc8 18. c4 Ne5 19. Nxe5 fxe5 20. b4 R5c7
21. g3 Ba6 22. b5 Bb7 23. Kb3 h6 24. Rd2 Rc5 25. Red1 R8c7 26. f3 e4 27. f4 f5
28. a4 a5 29. Rd4 Ba8 30. Kc3 Bd5 31. Kb3 Ba8 32. h3 Bb7 33. g4 Ba8 34. Kc3 Bb7
35. Kd2 e5 36. fxe5 f4 37. Rd6 e3+ 38. Ke1 f3 39. Rxb6 fxe2 40. Rd4 Bg2 41. Kxe2
Rxc4 42. Kxe3 Bxh3 43. Rxh6 Rxd4 44. Kxd4 Bxg4 45. Ra6 Be6 46. Rxa5 Rc4+ 47. Kd3
Bd5 48. b6 Ke6 49. Rb5 Rxa4 50. b7 Bxb7 51. Rxb7 Kxe5 1/2-1/2

[Event "8th Gashimov Mem Rapid"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2022.12.20"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Abdusattorov, Nodirbek"]
[Black "Mamedov, Rauf"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2646"]
[ECO "E62"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "fianchetto with ...Nc6"]
[WhiteFideId "14204118"]
[BlackFideId "13401653"]
[EventDate "2022.12.18"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nc3 d6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. d5 Na5 8. b3 c5
9. Bb2 a6 10. O-O Rb8 11. a4 e6 12. dxe6 Bxe6 13. Ra2 b5 14. axb5 axb5 15. Nd5
bxc4 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. Nxf6+ Qxf6 18. Rxa5 cxb3 19. Nd2 Qc3 20. Ra4 c4 21. Ne4
Qe5 22. f4 Qg7 23. Ng5 c3 24. Nxe6 fxe6 25. Qxd6 c2 26. Be4 Rbc8 27. Qxe6+ Kh8
28. Rc4 Rce8 29. Qc6 Qa7+ 30. Kg2 Rc8 31. Qd5 Qg7 32. Qe6 Rce8 33. Qc6 Qb2 34.
Bd3 Rc8 35. Qxc8 Rxc8 36. Rxc8+ Kg7 37. Rc7+ Kf6 38. Bc4 g5 39. fxg5+ Ke5 40.
Bd3 Kd6 41. Rc4 Qe5 42. Rf6+ Ke7 43. Rfc6 Kd7 44. R6c5 Qe3 45. Rc3 Qd2 46. Kf3
Qe1 47. Bxc2 Qf1+ 48. Ke3 Qg1+ 49. Kd2 bxc2 50. Kxc2 Qxh2 51. Re5 Qh1 52. Rd3+
Kc6 53. Kd2 Qa1 54. Re6+ Kc5 55. Ke3 Qc1+ 56. Ke4 Qf1 57. Re5+ Kc6 58. Ke3 Kb6
59. Rd6+ Kc7 60. Rf6 Qg1+ 61. Kf3 Kd7 62. Rh6 Qb1 63. Kg4 Qb4+ 64. e4 Qe1 65.
Rxh7+ Kd6 66. Rd5+ Ke6 67. Rh6+ Ke7 68. Re5+ Kd7 69. Kf5 Qxg3 70. Rhe6 Qh4 71.
Kg6 Qh8 72. Re8 Qh2 73. Kg7 Qb2 74. g6 Qh2 75. Kg8 Qa2+ 76. R8e6 1-0

[Event "8th Gashimov Mem Rapid"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2022.12.20"]
[Round "7.4"]
[White "Gukesh, D"]
[Black "Wang, Hao"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2722"]
[ECO "D41"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "Semi-Tarrasch, 5.cd"]
[WhiteFideId "46616543"]
[BlackFideId "8602883"]
[EventDate "2022.12.18"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 cxd4 8.
cxd4 Bb4+ 9. Bd2 Bxd2+ 10. Qxd2 O-O 11. h4 Nc6 12. Rc1 Bd7 13. Bd3 Rc8 14. O-O
Qa5 15. Qb2 Qb4 16. Qa1 Qe7 17. Bb1 Na5 18. Qb2 b5 19. Bd3 Nc4 20. Bxc4 bxc4 21.
Ne5 Rb8 22. Qc3 Bb5 23. Nf3 h6 24. Rfd1 Rfd8 25. Qa5 Bc6 26. Re1 Qb7 27. Qe5 Qb4
28. a3 Qxa3 29. Rxc4 Be8 30. d5 exd5 31. exd5 Qd6 32. Qd4 a5 33. Rc5 a4 34. Ra5
Qb4 35. Qxb4 Rxb4 36. Re7 Kf8 37. Rea7 Rb5 38. Rxb5 Bxb5 39. Nd4 Rxd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "8th Gashimov Mem Rapid"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2022.12.20"]
[Round "7.5"]
[White "Rapport, Richard"]
[Black "Shankland, Sam"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[ECO "B52"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Canal-Sokolsky attack, 3...Bd7"]
[WhiteFideId "738590"]
[BlackFideId "2004887"]
[EventDate "2022.12.18"]

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 d5 10. exd5 exd5 11. Nc3 Re8 12. dxc5 Rc8 13. Rad1 Rxc5 14. Qd3
Bf8 15. Rfe1 Rxe1+ 16. Rxe1 Qa5 17. a3 Rc8 18. h3 a6 19. b4 Qc7 20. Re2 Qc4 21.
Qd1 Nb6 22. Ne5 Qc7 23. Qd4 Nc4 24. Nxc4 Qxc4 25. Rd2 Qxd4 26. Rxd4 h6 27. Kf1
g6 28. g3 Bg7 29. Rd3 Ne4 30. Nxd5 Rxc2 31. Bxg7 Kxg7 32. f4 h5 33. g4 h4 34. g5
Ra2 35. Re3 Ng3+ 36. Ke1 Nh5 37. Rf3 Rg2 38. Re3 Rh2 39. a4 Kf8 40. a5 Rc2 41.
Re4 Rc6 42. f5 Rd6 43. Ne3 Ng3 44. Rxh4 gxf5 45. Kf2 Ne4+ 46. Ke2 Re6 47. Kd3
Nd6 48. Nd5 Kg7 49. Rd4 Nb5 50. Rf4 Kg6 51. h4 Rd6 52. Kc4 Na3+ 53. Kc5 Rc6+ 54.
Kd4 Nb5+ 55. Ke3 Re6+ 56. Kf2 Re5 57. Ne3 Nd6 58. Rd4 Re6 59. Nd5 Ne4+ 60. Kf3
Kg7 61. Ne3 Nd6 62. Rxd6 1-0

[Event "8th Gashimov Mem Rapid"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2022.12.20"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Shankland, Sam"]
[Black "Gukesh, D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[ECO "A37"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "symmetrical variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2004887"]
[BlackFideId "46616543"]
[EventDate "2022.12.18"]

1. c4 c5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Nc3 d6 6. O-O Rb8 7. b3 a6 8. Bb2 b5
9. d3 b4 10. Na4 e5 11. e3 Nge7 12. d4 cxd4 13. exd4 e4 14. Ng5 f5 15. d5 Bxb2
16. Nxb2 Ne5 17. Qd2 h6 18. Ne6 Bxe6 19. dxe6 N7c6 20. Rad1 Ke7 21. f3 exf3 22.
Bxf3 Nxf3+ 23. Rxf3 Ne5 24. Rf2 Qb6 25. Kg2 Rhd8 26. Nd3 Qb7+ 27. Kg1 g5 28. Qe2
Kxe6 29. Re1 Qg7 30. c5 Rb5 31. Qc2 f4 32. gxf4 gxf4+ 33. Rg2 Qf7 34. Qc4+ Ke7
35. cxd6+ Kxd6 36. Nxe5 Qxc4 37. Nxc4+ Kc7 38. Re7+ Rd7 39. Rxd7+ Kxd7 40. Kf2
Rg5 41. Rxg5 hxg5 42. Kf3 Ke6 43. Ke4 Kf6 44. Ne5 1-0

[Event "8th Gashimov Mem Rapid"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2022.12.20"]
[Round "8.2"]
[White "Wang, Hao"]
[Black "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2716"]
[ECO "C10"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "Rubinstein variation"]
[WhiteFideId "8602883"]
[BlackFideId "2205530"]
[EventDate "2022.12.18"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Bd3 Nxe4 7. Bxe4 Nf6 8.
Bg5 Be7 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. Qe2 Qd6 11. O-O-O c5 12. g4 O-O 13. Kb1 g6 14. g5 Bg7
15. dxc5 Qxc5 16. h4 a5 17. Qe3 Qc7 18. Rd2 Ra6 19. Rhd1 b5 20. Nd4 b4 21. f4 e5
22. Nb5 exf4 23. Nxc7 fxe3 24. Rd8 e2 25. Rxf8+ Kxf8 26. Rd8+ Ke7 27. Re8+ Kd7
28. Bd3 Re6 0-1

[Event "8th Gashimov Mem Rapid"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2022.12.20"]
[Round "8.3"]
[White "Abdusattorov, Nodirbek"]
[Black "Rapport, Richard"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[ECO "C02"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "advance, Nimzovich system"]
[WhiteFideId "14204118"]
[BlackFideId "738590"]
[EventDate "2022.12.18"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. Nf3 cxd4 5. Bd3 Nd7 6. O-O Ne7 7. Re1 Nc6 8. Nbd2
g6 9. Nb3 Bg7 10. Bf4 f6 11. Bb5 fxe5 12. Bxc6 bxc6 13. Nxe5 O-O 14. Nxc6 Qf6
15. Bg3 Bb7 16. Ncxd4 e5 17. Na5 Ba6 18. Ndc6 d4 19. c3 Rae8 20. Nb4 Nc5 21. Nb3
Na4 22. Nxd4 Nxb2 23. Qb3+ Bc4 24. Qxb2 exd4 25. cxd4 Qxd4 26. Qxd4 Bxd4 27.
Rab1 Rxe1+ 28. Rxe1 Rc8 29. a3 Bb2 30. Bd6 Bxa3 31. Ra1 Be6 32. Kf1 Rc3 33. Nd5
Rc1+ 34. Rxc1 Bxc1 35. Ne7+ Kf7 36. Nc6 Bd7 37. Nxa7 Ke6 38. Bc5 Kd5 39. Bb6 Bf4
40. g3 Be5 41. Ke2 g5 42. f3 Bd4 43. Bxd4 Kxd4 44. g4 Kc5 45. Ke3 Kb6 46. Ke4
Kxa7 47. Ke5 Bc6 48. Kf5 Bxf3 49. Kxg5 Kb6 50. h4 Kc6 51. h5 Kd6 52. Kh6 Be4 53.
g5 Ke6 54. Kg7 Kf5 55. g6 Kg5 56. gxh7 Bxh7 57. Kxh7 Kxh5 1/2-1/2

[Event "8th Gashimov Mem Rapid"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2022.12.20"]
[Round "8.4"]
[White "Mamedov, Rauf"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2646"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[ECO "C54"]
[Opening "Giuoco Piano"]
[WhiteFideId "13401653"]
[BlackFideId "13401319"]
[EventDate "2022.12.18"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. cxd4 Bb4+ 7. Bd2 Bxd2+ 8.
Nbxd2 d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Qb3 Na5 11. Qa4+ Nc6 12. Qb3 Na5 13. Qa4+ Nc6 14. Qb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "8th Gashimov Mem Rapid"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2022.12.20"]
[Round "8.5"]
[White "Gadimbayli, Abdulla"]
[Black "Suleymanli, Aydin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2524"]
[BlackElo "2543"]
[ECO "C67"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Berlin defence, open variation"]
[WhiteFideId "13404938"]
[BlackFideId "13413937"]
[EventDate "2022.12.18"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nxe5 8.
Rxe5 O-O 9. d4 Bf6 10. Re1 Nf5 11. c3 d5 12. Nd2 Re8 13. Rxe8+ Qxe8 14. Nf3 Ne7
15. Bf4 c6 16. h3 Bf5 17. Bd3 Qc8 18. Qc2 Bxd3 19. Qxd3 Qf5 20. Qxf5 Nxf5 21.
Re1 Ne7 22. Be5 Bxe5 23. Nxe5 Rd8 24. f3 1/2-1/2

[Event "8th Gashimov Mem Rapid"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2022.12.20"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Gadimbayli, Abdulla"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2524"]
[ECO "A22"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "Carls' Bremen system"]
[WhiteFideId "13401319"]
[BlackFideId "13404938"]
[EventDate "2022.12.18"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. g3 Bc5 4. Bg2 c6 5. Nf3 e4 6. Nh4 d5 7. O-O O-O 8. cxd5
cxd5 9. d3 exd3 10. Qxd3 Be6 11. Bg5 Nc6 12. Rad1 d4 13. Bxc6 bxc6 14. Ne4 Be7
15. Qxd4 Qxd4 16. Rxd4 c5 17. Ra4 Bd7 18. Bxf6 Bxa4 19. Bxe7 Rfe8 20. Nc3 Rxe7
21. Nxa4 Rxe2 22. Rc1 g6 23. Kf1 Re4 24. Nxc5 Rc8 25. Nf3 a5 26. Nd3 Rxc1+ 27.
Nxc1 Rc4 28. Nd3 Rc2 29. Ke1 Kg7 30. Kd1 Rc8 31. b3 a4 32. bxa4 Rc3 33. Nfe1 Ra3
34. Nb4 Rxa4 35. Ned3 h5 36. h4 f6 37. Kc2 g5 38. Kb3 Ra8 39. a4 Kg6 40. Nc6 f5
41. f4 1-0

[Event "8th Gashimov Mem Rapid"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2022.12.20"]
[Round "9.2"]
[White "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Black "Shankland, Sam"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2716"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[ECO "B67"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Richter-Rauzer, Rauzer attack, 7...a6 defence, 8...Bd7"]
[WhiteFideId "2205530"]
[BlackFideId "2004887"]
[EventDate "2022.12.18"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 d6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O Bd7 9. f3 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Be7 11. h4 Qc7 12. Kb1 b5 13. Qd2 b4 14. Ne2 a5
15. g4 a4 16. Qxb4 Rb8 17. Qc3 Qb7 18. Bc1 O-O 19. Nd4 Rfc8 20. Qd3 g6 21. h5 e5
22. Ne2 d5 23. hxg6 hxg6 24. exd5 Bb5 25. Qd2 Qc7 26. d6 Bxd6 27. Qxd6 Qxc2+ 28.
Ka1 Bxe2 29. Bxe2 Qxe2 30. Rd2 Qxf3 31. Rdh2 a3 32. Qxe5 Nh7 33. b3 Re8 34. Qa5
Ra8 35. Qb4 Re4 36. Qd2 Qf6+ 37. Kb1 Rd4 38. Qc3 Rdd8 39. Qh3 Nf8 40. Bg5 Qe5
41. Qh8+ Qxh8 42. Rxh8+ Kg7 43. Bxd8 Rxd8 44. R1h7+ Kf6 45. g5+ Ke7 46. Rh1 Rd2
47. Re1+ Ne6 48. Ra8 Rb2+ 49. Ka1 Rg2 50. Rxa3 Kf8 51. Ra8+ Kg7 52. Rxe6 fxe6
53. Ra5 Kf7 54. a4 Ke7 55. Rb5 Kd6 56. a5 Kc6 57. Re5 Kd6 58. Rb5 Kc6 59. Rb6+
Kc7 60. Rxe6 Rxg5 61. b4 Rb5 62. Re4 Kc6 63. Kb2 Rf5 64. Re6+ Kb5 65. Rb6+ Kc4
66. a6 Rf2+ 67. Kb1 Rf1+ 68. Kc2 g5 69. Kd2 g4 70. Ke2 Rf8 71. a7 Ra8 72. Rb7
Kd5 73. b5 g3 74. Kf3 1-0

[Event "8th Gashimov Mem Rapid"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2022.12.20"]
[Round "9.3"]
[White "Gukesh, D"]
[Black "Abdusattorov, Nodirbek"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[ECO "D77"]
[Opening "Neo-Gruenfeld, 6.O-O"]
[WhiteFideId "46616543"]
[BlackFideId "14204118"]
[EventDate "2022.12.18"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O O-O 5. d4 d5 6. c4 c5 7. dxc5 dxc4 8. Na3
c3 9. Nb5 Na6 10. Nxc3 Nxc5 11. Be3 Nce4 12. Nxe4 Nxe4 13. Bd4 Bf5 14. Bxg7 Kxg7
15. Nd4 Nd6 16. Qb3 Be4 17. Bxe4 Nxe4 18. Rfd1 Qd7 19. Qe3 Nd6 20. a4 a6 21. b4
Rac8 22. Nb3 Rc7 23. Nc5 Qf5 24. Rd4 Qf6 25. g4 a5 26. Rad1 axb4 27. Rxb4 Rfc8
28. Rd5 b6 29. Nd3 Nc4 30. Qd4 Qxd4 31. Rxd4 e5 32. Rd5 e4 33. Ne5 e3 34. f3 Na3
35. Rb3 Rc1+ 36. Kg2 Nc4 37. Kg3 Rg1+ 38. Kf4 Rg2 39. Nxc4 Rxc4+ 40. Kxe3 Rxh2
41. Rxb6 Rxa4 42. Rb7 Ra8 43. Rdd7 Rf8 44. g5 h6 45. gxh6+ Rxh6 46. Kf4 Rh4+ 47.
Kg3 Rc4 48. e4 Rcc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "8th Gashimov Mem Rapid"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2022.12.20"]
[Round "9.4"]
[White "Rapport, Richard"]
[Black "Mamedov, Rauf"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2646"]
[ECO "B52"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Canal-Sokolsky attack, 3...Bd7"]
[WhiteFideId "738590"]
[BlackFideId "13401653"]
[EventDate "2022.12.18"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. O-O Nc6 6. c3 d5 7. exd5 Qxd5 8.
d4 e6 9. Be3 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Nf6 11. Qa4 Qd7 12. Nxc6 Qxc6 13. Qxc6+ bxc6 14. Nd2
Be7 15. Nc4 Nd5 16. Rad1 O-O 17. Bc1 f6 18. Rfe1 Kf7 19. Kf1 Rac8 20. Re4 g5 21.
h4 h6 22. Rde1 e5 23. h5 Rfd8 24. Ne3 Nf4 25. g4 Bc5 26. Nf5 Nd3 27. Nxh6+ Ke6
28. Nf5 Nxf2 29. Rc4 Bb6 30. Ke2 Nxg4 31. Ng7+ Kf7 32. Nf5 Nf2 33. b4 Nh3 34.
Rh1 Ng1+ 35. Ke1 Rd3 36. Rxg1 Bxg1 37. Ke2 Rd7 38. b5 Ke6 39. bxc6 Rdc7 40. Ng3
Rxc6 0-1

[Event "8th Gashimov Mem Rapid"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2022.12.20"]
[Round "9.5"]
[White "Suleymanli, Aydin"]
[Black "Wang, Hao"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2543"]
[BlackElo "2722"]
[ECO "D35"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "exchange, positional line, 5...c6"]
[WhiteFideId "13413937"]
[BlackFideId "8602883"]
[EventDate "2022.12.18"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 Be7 7. Bd3 O-O 8. Nge2
h6 9. Bh4 Nh5 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. O-O Bg4 12. Qd2 Bxe2 13. Qxe2 g6 14. Rab1 a5 15.
Rbe1 Nd7 16. e4 dxe4 17. Bxe4 Ndf6 18. Qd2 Qd6 19. Bf3 Qf4 20. Qxf4 Nxf4 21. Re7
Rfb8 22. g3 Ne6 23. d5 Kf8 24. d6 Nd4 25. Be4 Ne8 26. Rd1 Nxd6 27. Rd7 N4f5 28.
Bxf5 Nxf5 29. Rc7 Rd8 30. Rxd8+ Rxd8 31. Rxb7 Rd2 32. Ne4 Re2 33. Nc3 Rc2 34.
Ra7 Nd4 35. Kg2 Nb5 36. Nxb5 cxb5 37. Rxa5 Rxb2 38. a4 bxa4 39. Rxa4 1/2-1/2

