[Event "GCT Blitz Paris 2021"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2021.06.21"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Rapport, Richard"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2792"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[ECO "B40"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Anderssen variation"]
[WhiteFideId "4168119"]
[BlackFideId "738590"]
[EventDate "2021.06.21"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Ndb5 Bb4 7. a3 Bxc3+ 8.
Nxc3 d5 9. exd5 exd5 10. Bd3 O-O 11. O-O Bg4 12. f3 Bh5 13. Bg5 Qb6+ 14. Kh1 Ne4
15. Nxe4 dxe4 16. Bxe4 Qxb2 17. Qb1 Qb6 18. Qxb6 axb6 19. Rfb1 Bg6 20. Bxc6 bxc6
21. Rxb6 h6 22. Be7 Rfe8 23. Bb4 Rac8 24. a4 c5 25. Bc3 Re3 26. Bd2 Re2 27. Bf4
Rce8 28. Bg3 Rxc2 29. a5 Ree2 30. a6 Ra2 31. Rxa2 Rxa2 32. Kg1 Bd3 33. Rc6 Ra1+
34. Kf2 Ra2+ 35. Kg1 Ra1+ 36. Kf2 Ra2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Blitz Paris 2021"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2021.06.21"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2820"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[ECO "C67"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "open Berlin defence, l'Hermet variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2020009"]
[BlackFideId "5202213"]
[EventDate "2021.06.21"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. dxe5 Nxb5 7. a4 Nbd4 8.
Nxd4 d5 9. exd6 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Qxd6 11. Qe4+ Qe6 12. Qd4 Qd6 13. Qe4+ Qe6 14. Qd4
Qd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Blitz Paris 2021"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2021.06.21"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2759"]
[ECO "D37"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "4.Nf3"]
[WhiteFideId "13400924"]
[BlackFideId "12573981"]
[EventDate "2021.06.21"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e4 b5 6. e5 Nd5 7. Nxb5 Nb6 8. Nc3
Be7 9. Be2 Nc6 10. O-O Bb7 11. Be3 Qd7 12. Rc1 g5 13. Bxg5 Rg8 14. Bxe7 Nxe7 15.
Ne1 O-O-O 16. Bf3 Qxd4 17. Bxb7+ Kxb7 18. Qf3+ Nc6 19. Nc2 Qd3 20. Ne3 Nd5 21.
Ne4 Nd4 22. Nc5+ Kb6 23. Qxd5 exd5 24. Nxd3 cxd3 25. Rcd1 Nf3+ 26. Kh1 Nxe5 27.
f4 d4 28. Nf5 Ng4 29. Rxd3 c5 30. h3 Nf6 31. Rc1 Ne4 32. Kh2 a5 33. a3 a4 34. b3
axb3 35. Rxb3+ Kc7 36. a4 d3 37. Ne3 Rd4 38. a5 Ra8 39. Rcb1 Ra7 40. a6 Nd6 41.
Rc3 c4 42. Rb4 d2 43. Nxc4 d1=Q 44. Ne5+ Kd8 45. Nc6+ Kd7 46. Rxd4 Qa1 47. Rdd3
Rxa6 48. Nb8+ Ke6 49. Nxa6 Qxa6 50. Re3+ Kf6 51. Rc5 Nf5 52. Ree5 Nd4 53. Rh5
Qe2 54. Kg3 Qe3+ 55. Kg4 Ne6 56. Rcf5+ Kg7 57. g3 Qe1 0-1

[Event "GCT Blitz Paris 2021"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2021.06.21"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[ECO "A37"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "symmetrical variation"]
[WhiteFideId "623539"]
[BlackFideId "4101588"]
[EventDate "2021.06.21"]

1. c4 c5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Nc3 d6 6. O-O Bf5 7. b3 Nf6 8. Bb2
O-O 9. d4 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Nxd4 11. Qxd4 Ne4 12. Qe3 Nxc3 13. Bxc3 Bxc3 14. Qxc3
Qc7 15. a4 a5 16. Rad1 Rac8 17. h4 b6 18. h5 gxh5 19. Rd5 e6 20. Rb5 d5 21. Rc1
dxc4 22. bxc4 Qd7 23. Rxb6 Qxa4 24. c5 h4 25. c6 hxg3 26. Qxg3+ Kh8 27. c7 Qd4
28. Rd6 Qb2 29. Qc3+ Qxc3 30. Rxc3 e5 31. Bb7 Rce8 32. f3 Kg7 33. Ra6 Bc8 34.
Bxc8 Rxc8 35. Rxa5 f6 36. Rc6 Rf7 37. Rac5 Rd7 38. Kf2 Kf7 39. Kg3 Kg6 40. Kg4
h5+ 41. Kh4 Re7 42. e4 Rd7 43. Kg3 Rh7 44. Rxe5 Rcxc7 45. Ra6 h4+ 46. Kh3 Rcf7
47. Rf5 Rh5 48. Rf4 Rf8 49. Rg4+ Rg5 50. Kxh4 Rxg4+ 51. Kxg4 Re8 52. Kf4 Re7 53.
Ke3 Kf7 54. f4 Rb7 55. Kf3 Rb4 56. Ra7+ Kf8 57. Rc7 Ra4 58. Ke3 Rb4 59. Kd3 Ra4
60. Rc4 Ra1 61. Kd4 Rf1 62. f5 Rd1+ 63. Kc5 Ke7 64. Kc6 Rd6+ 65. Kb7 Rd1 66. Rc6
Rd7+ 67. Kb6 Rd1 68. Re6+ Kf7 69. Kc7 Rd4 70. Kc6 Ra4 71. Kc5 Ra5+ 72. Kb4 Ra8
73. Kb5 Ra1 74. Rc6 Re1 75. Rc7+ Kf8 76. Rc4 Ke7 77. Kc6 Re2 78. Kb7 Rb2+ 79.
Kc7 Re2 80. Kc6 Re1 81. Ra4 Rc1+ 82. Kd5 Rd1+ 83. Kc5 Rc1+ 84. Kd4 Rd1+ 85. Ke3
Re1+ 86. Kf2 Rb1 87. Ra7+ Ke8 88. Kf3 Re1 89. Kg4 Rh1 90. Rb7 Kf8 91. e5 fxe5
92. Kg5 e4 93. Kg6 Rg1+ 94. Kf6 Kg8 95. Rb8+ Kh7 96. Re8 Re1 97. Kf7 e3 98. f6 1-0

[Event "GCT Blitz Paris 2021"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2021.06.21"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[ECO "C78"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "5.O-O"]
[WhiteFideId "4102142"]
[BlackFideId "13300474"]
[EventDate "2021.06.21"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. a4 Rb8 8. Nxe5
Nxe5 9. d4 Bxd4 10. Qxd4 d6 11. Bf4 c5 12. Qe3 c4 13. Ba2 O-O 14. Nc3 b4 15. Ne2
Qc7 16. Rad1 Re8 17. Qd4 Rb6 18. f3 Be6 19. Be3 Rc6 20. Qa7 Qa5 21. c3 Nd3 22.
cxb4 Qxa4 23. Bb1 Nxb2 24. Rc1 Qxb4 25. Nd4 Rcc8 26. Qxa6 c3 27. Qb5 Qa3 28.
Nxe6 fxe6 29. Bc2 Nc4 30. Bd4 e5 31. Bf2 Qb2 32. Qb3 d5 33. exd5 Qxb3 34. Bxb3
Nd2 35. Ba2 Nxf1 36. Kxf1 e4 37. d6+ Kf8 38. Bb6 Rc6 39. Ba5 exf3 40. d7 Nxd7
41. Bb4+ Re7 42. Re1 Nc5 0-1

[Event "GCT Blitz Paris 2021"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2021.06.21"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Rapport, Richard"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[ECO "A07"]
[Opening "Reti"]
[Variation "King's Indian attack"]
[WhiteFideId "738590"]
[BlackFideId "13300474"]
[EventDate "2021.06.21"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. c4 dxc4 4. Na3 Bg7 5. Nxc4 Be6 6. Qc2 c5 7. Bg2 Nc6 8. O-O
Nh6 9. Ne3 Rc8 10. Qxc5 Nd4 11. Qxa7 Nxe2+ 12. Kh1 O-O 13. d4 Nf5 14. Nxf5 Bxf5
15. Qxb7 Nxc1 16. Raxc1 Rb8 17. Qa7 Rxb2 18. Ne5 Bxe5 19. dxe5 Be6 20. a4 Bd5
21. Rfd1 Bxg2+ 22. Kxg2 Qa8+ 23. Qxa8 Rxa8 24. Rc4 Ra5 25. Re4 Ra2 26. Rdd4 Kg7
27. h4 h6 28. Rc4 g5 29. h5 Rd5 30. Rcd4 Rc5 31. Rc4 Rd5 32. Rcd4 Rc5 33. Rc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Blitz Paris 2021"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2021.06.21"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[ECO "B90"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Najdorf, Lipnitzky attack"]
[WhiteFideId "4101588"]
[BlackFideId "4102142"]
[EventDate "2021.06.21"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Be3 Qc7 8. Bb3
Nbd7 9. f3 h5 10. a3 Ne5 11. Qe2 Bd7 12. f4 Neg4 13. O-O-O Nxe3 14. Qxe3 g6 15.
Kb1 Bh6 16. Qf3 Rc8 17. f5 gxf5 18. exf5 e5 19. Ne6 Qc6 20. Nd5 Nxd5 21. Bxd5
Qxc2+ 22. Ka1 Rg8 23. Qxh5 Bc6 24. Nd4 1-0

[Event "GCT Blitz Paris 2021"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2021.06.21"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2759"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[ECO "B40"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Anderssen variation"]
[WhiteFideId "12573981"]
[BlackFideId "623539"]
[EventDate "2021.06.21"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Be2 a6 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8.
e5 Nd5 9. Ne4 Qc7 10. Nd6+ Bxd6 11. exd6 Qb6 12. c4 Nf6 13. O-O c5 14. Be3 Ne4
15. Bf3 Bb7 16. b4 Qxd6 17. Bxe4 Qxd1 18. Bxb7 Qa4 19. Bxa8 cxb4 20. Rfd1 O-O
21. Bf3 Rc8 22. c5 a5 23. h3 f6 24. Rd2 Rc7 25. Rad1 h6 26. Bh5 Kf8 27. Bf4 Ra7
28. Bb8 Rb7 29. Bd6+ Kg8 30. Be8 b3 31. axb3 Qxb3 32. Be7 a4 33. Bxd7 a3 34. c6
Ra7 35. Bc5 Ra5 36. Bxa3 1-0

[Event "GCT Blitz Paris 2021"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2021.06.21"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[ECO "C11"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "Steinitz, Boleslavsky variation"]
[WhiteFideId "5202213"]
[BlackFideId "13400924"]
[EventDate "2021.06.21"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 cxd4 8. Nxd4
Qb6 9. Qd2 Qxb2 10. Rb1 Qa3 11. Bb5 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 a6 13. Bxd7+ Bxd7 14. Rb3 Qe7
15. Rxb7 Rc8 16. O-O Qd8 17. Qe3 Rc4 18. Rfb1 Be7 19. f5 Bg5 20. Qd3 O-O 21.
R1b6 Bc6 22. Ra7 exf5 23. Rbxa6 Qc8 24. a4 f4 25. Ne2 Bd7 26. c3 Bf5 27. Qd2 Be4
28. e6 Rc7 29. h4 Bh6 30. Rxc7 Qxc7 31. Ra7 Qb8 32. exf7+ Rxf7 33. Rxf7 Kxf7 34.
Qa2 Qc8 35. Qb2 Kg6 36. Kf1 Kh5 37. Ng1 Bd3+ 38. Kf2 Qg4 39. Nf3 Be4 40. Qe2 g5
41. hxg5 Bxg5 42. a5 Bd8 43. a6 Kh6 44. a7 Qc8 45. Qa2 Qa8 46. Qa6+ Kh5 47. Qe6 1-0

[Event "GCT Blitz Paris 2021"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2021.06.21"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2792"]
[BlackElo "2820"]
[ECO "C55"]
[Opening "Two knights defence (Modern bishop's opening)"]
[WhiteFideId "4168119"]
[BlackFideId "2020009"]
[EventDate "2021.06.21"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 h6 5. Nc3 Bc5 6. h3 d6 7. Na4 Bb6 8. a3 Be6
9. Bxe6 fxe6 10. b4 O-O 11. O-O Qe8 12. c4 Nd4 13. Nxb6 Nxf3+ 14. Qxf3 axb6 15.
Qe2 Qg6 16. Ra2 Nh5 17. Qg4 Kh7 18. Qxg6+ Kxg6 19. a4 Nf6 20. Be3 Nd7 21. Rfa1
Nb8 22. a5 bxa5 23. Rxa5 Rxa5 24. Rxa5 Na6 25. b5 Nb4 26. Ra3 c5 27. Bd2 Nc2 28.
Ra7 Rf7 29. f3 Rd7 30. Kf2 Kf6 31. Ra2 Nd4 32. Bc3 d5 33. Ra8 dxc4 34. dxc4 b6
35. Ra6 Rb7 36. Ke3 g5 37. Kd3 h5 38. Be1 h4 39. Bf2 Kf7 40. Be3 Kf6 41. Bd2 Nb3
42. Bc3 Nd4 43. Ra8 Rd7 44. Ke3 Rb7 45. Kf2 Nb3 46. Ra3 Nd4 47. Bd2 Rd7 48. Bc1
Rd8 49. Ra6 Rb8 50. Ra7 Kg6 51. Be3 Kf6 52. g3 Kg6 53. Ra6 Rb7 54. Ra8 Rf7 55.
Bxd4 cxd4 56. gxh4 gxh4 57. Rb8 Rc7 58. Rxb6 Rxc4 59. Rxe6+ Kf7 60. Rxe5 Rc2+
61. Kf1 Rc3 62. Ke2 Rc2+ 63. Kd3 Rc3+ 64. Kxd4 1-0

[Event "GCT Blitz Paris 2021"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2021.06.21"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Rapport, Richard"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2820"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[ECO "B40"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Anderssen variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2020009"]
[BlackFideId "738590"]
[EventDate "2021.06.21"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. a3 Be7 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8.
e5 Nd5 9. Qg4 Kf8 10. Bd2 h5 11. Qe4 Rb8 12. b3 f5 13. exf6 Bxf6 14. Qf3 Kg8 15.
Rd1 Nxc3 16. Bxc3 d5 17. Be2 e5 18. Qe3 Qb6 19. Qd2 Bf5 20. O-O h4 21. h3 Kh7
22. Rfe1 Rhf8 23. Bb4 e4 24. Bxf8 Rxf8 25. Rf1 Bg6 26. Bg4 Be5 27. Kh1 Bf4 28.
Qb4 Qd8 29. c4 Qf6 30. cxd5 Bd6 31. Qe1 cxd5 32. Rxd5 Qf4 33. Rxd6 Qxd6 34. b4
Qd3 35. f3 e3 36. Qxh4+ Kg8 37. Re1 Re8 38. f4 Qd2 39. f5 Bf7 40. f6 Qf2 41. Qg5
Qxf6 42. Qxf6 gxf6 43. Kh2 Bc4 44. Kg3 Kg7 45. Kf4 e2 46. Kf3 Rd8 47. Kf2 Rd2
48. Bxe2 Ra2 49. Kf3 Rxa3+ 50. Kf4 Bxe2 51. Rxe2 a5 52. bxa5 Rxa5 53. g4 Kg6 54.
h4 Ra4+ 55. Re4 Ra7 56. Rb4 Rc7 57. Ra4 Rb7 58. h5+ Kg7 59. Ra5 Re7 60. Kf5 Rc7
61. Rb5 Ra7 62. Rc5 Rb7 63. Ra5 Rc7 64. Rd5 Re7 65. Rd4 Re5+ 66. Kf4 Re7 67. Re4
Ra7 68. Rd4 Rb7 69. Rd5 Re7 70. Kf5 Ra7 71. Ke6 Ra4 72. Kf5 Ra7 73. Rb5 Rc7 74.
Ra5 Rb7 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Blitz Paris 2021"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2021.06.21"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2792"]
[ECO "D38"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "Ragozin variation"]
[WhiteFideId "13400924"]
[BlackFideId "4168119"]
[EventDate "2021.06.21"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. d4 Bb4 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 O-O 8. Rc1
dxc4 9. Bxc4 c5 10. a3 cxd4 11. Nxd4 Bxc3+ 12. Rxc3 Bd7 13. O-O Nc6 14. Bb5 Rfd8
15. Bxc6 Bxc6 16. Qe2 Bd5 17. Rfc1 e5 18. Nf3 Bc6 19. Rc5 Rd5 20. Rxd5 Bxd5 21.
e4 Bc6 22. Qe3 Rd8 23. Ne1 Rd4 24. f3 Qd6 25. b4 a6 26. Qc3 h5 27. Qe3 h4 28. h3
f6 29. Kh2 Kh7 30. Qb3 Rd2 31. Qe3 Qd4 32. Nc2 Qd3 33. Qxd3 Rxd3 34. Ra1 Ba4 35.
Ne1 Rd2 36. Kg1 Kg6 37. Rc1 Bb5 38. Rc2 Rd1 39. Kf2 Ra1 40. Rc3 Ra2+ 41. Kg1 Kg5
42. Nc2 Kf4 43. Kh2 Be2 44. Ne1 g6 45. Nc2 f5 46. exf5 gxf5 47. a4 e4 48. fxe4
fxe4 49. Nd4 Bf1 50. Kg1 Bxg2 51. b5 Bf3 52. Nc2 Rxa4 53. Kf2 axb5 54. Ne3 Ra2+
55. Ke1 Re2+ 0-1

[Event "GCT Blitz Paris 2021"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2021.06.21"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[ECO "A06"]
[Opening "Reti opening"]
[WhiteFideId "623539"]
[BlackFideId "5202213"]
[EventDate "2021.06.21"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. b3 Be7 5. Bb2 O-O 6. d4 c5 7. Bd3 cxd4 8. exd4
b6 9. O-O Bb7 10. Nc3 Nbd7 11. Re1 Rc8 12. Rc1 Re8 13. Qe2 Nf8 14. Ne5 Ng6 15.
g3 Bf8 16. Red1 Qe7 17. h4 dxc4 18. bxc4 Nxe5 19. dxe5 Nd7 20. Nb5 Nc5 21. Nd6
Ba8 22. Bb1 Qc7 23. Nxe8 Rxe8 24. f3 Na4 25. Bd4 Nc5 26. Kg2 g6 27. h5 Bh6 28.
Rc3 Bg7 29. hxg6 hxg6 30. Qe3 Rd8 31. Rcc1 Rc8 32. Kf2 Nd7 33. Re1 Nc5 34. Bxc5
bxc5 35. f4 Qa5 36. Re2 Rd8 37. Be4 Bxe4 38. Qxe4 Rd4 39. Qf3 Bh6 40. Kg2 Kg7
41. Rb1 Qd8 42. Rb7 Rxc4 43. Rxa7 Rb4 44. a4 Rb1 45. Rf2 c4 46. Kh2 Qd4 47. Rc7
Rb3 48. Qg2 c3 49. a5 Ra3 50. Rc2 Ra1 51. R7xc3 Bxf4 52. Rc4 Bxg3+ 53. Qxg3 Qd1
54. Qg2 Qh5+ 55. Kg3 Qxe5+ 56. Kf2 Qe1+ 57. Kf3 Ra3+ 58. Kg4 f5+ 59. Kg5 Rg3+
60. Rg4 Rxg4+ 61. Qxg4 fxg4 62. Rc7+ Kf8 0-1

[Event "GCT Blitz Paris 2021"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2021.06.21"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2759"]
[ECO "B30"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Nimzovich-Rossolimo attack (without ...d6)"]
[WhiteFideId "4102142"]
[BlackFideId "12573981"]
[EventDate "2021.06.21"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. O-O Nge7 5. Re1 a6 6. Bf1 d5 7. exd5 Nxd5 8. d4
Nf6 9. Be3 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Bd7 11. c4 Be7 12. Nc3 O-O 13. a3 Qc7 14. h3 Rad8 15.
Qe2 e5 16. Nxc6 Bxc6 17. Rad1 e4 18. Bd4 Rfe8 19. Qe3 Qc8 20. b4 Qf5 21. b5 axb5
22. cxb5 Bd7 23. a4 Bb4 24. Bxf6 gxf6 25. Rd4 Bc5 26. Qg3+ Qg6 27. Qxg6+ hxg6
28. Rdxe4 Bb4 29. Rxe8+ Bxe8 30. Re3 Kg7 31. g3 f5 32. Bg2 Bc5 33. Re2 b6 34.
Nd5 Bd7 35. Nf4 Bc8 36. Bc6 Rd4 37. Re8 Be6 38. Nxe6+ fxe6 39. Rxe6 Rd1+ 40. Kg2
Rd2 41. Be8 Rxf2+ 42. Kh1 Rf1+ 43. Kg2 Rf2+ 44. Kh1 g5 45. Rg6+ Kf8 46. Bd7 Rf1+
47. Kg2 Rf2+ 48. Kh1 Rf1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Blitz Paris 2021"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2021.06.21"]
[Round "3.5"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2781"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[ECO "A46"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[WhiteFideId "13300474"]
[BlackFideId "4101588"]
[EventDate "2021.06.21"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bf4 d5 4. e3 Bd6 5. Nbd2 O-O 6. Bd3 b6 7. Ne5 c5 8. c3
Qc7 9. Bg5 Bxe5 10. dxe5 Qxe5 11. Nf3 Qd6 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. Nh4 Qe5 14. Qg4+ Qg5
15. Qh3 f5 16. Be2 e5 17. f4 exf4 18. O-O fxe3 19. Nxf5 Nc6 20. Rf3 Kh8 21. Raf1
Ne7 22. Qh6 Qxh6 23. Nxh6 Be6 24. Rxe3 Ng8 25. Ng4 d4 26. cxd4 cxd4 27. Rd3 Bc4
28. Rd2 Bxe2 29. Rxe2 Rae8 30. Rd2 f5 31. Nf2 Rd8 32. Rfd1 Rfe8 33. Kf1 Nf6 34.
Rxd4 Rxd4 35. Rxd4 Kg7 36. Nd3 Rc8 37. Rf4 Nd5 38. Rd4 Nf6 39. Ra4 a5 40. b4 Rc4
41. Ra3 axb4 42. Ra7+ Kh6 43. Ke2 Re4+ 44. Kd2 Rd4 45. Ke3 Re4+ 46. Kd2 Rd4 47.
Ke3 Rc4 48. Kd2 Ne4+ 49. Ke3 Nc5 50. Nf4 Re4+ 51. Kf3 Ne6 52. Nxe6 Rxe6 53. Ra4
Re4 54. Ra6 Re6 55. Ra4 Re4 56. Ra6 Re6 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Blitz Paris 2021"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2021.06.21"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Rapport, Richard"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[ECO "A05"]
[Opening "Reti"]
[Variation "King's Indian attack, Spassky's variation"]
[WhiteFideId "738590"]
[BlackFideId "4101588"]
[EventDate "2021.06.21"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 b5 3. d4 e6 4. Bg5 Bb7 5. Nbd2 Be7 6. e3 a6 7. Nb3 d6 8. Na5
Be4 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. cxd3 c5 11. Qd2 O-O 12. Rc1 Qb6 13. O-O Nbd7 14. Rc2 Bd8 15.
Bxf6 Nxf6 16. Nb3 Qb7 17. Qe2 cxd4 18. Nfxd4 Bb6 19. Rfc1 Nd5 20. Nc6 f5 21. Qf3
Qd7 22. a3 Kh8 23. Nb4 Ne7 24. Nc6 Ng6 25. d4 e5 26. dxe5 dxe5 27. Rd2 Qf7 28.
Qd5 Qxd5 29. Rxd5 f4 30. Rc3 fxe3 31. fxe3 Rac8 32. Rd6 Rf6 33. Rxf6 gxf6 34.
Kg2 Bxe3 35. Kf3 Bg1 36. h4 Kg7 37. h5 Nf8 38. Kg2 Bb6 39. Nd2 Ne6 40. Ne4 Rc7
41. Nd6 Kf8 42. Nf5 Kf7 1-0

[Event "GCT Blitz Paris 2021"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2021.06.21"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2759"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[ECO "A45"]
[Opening "Trompovsky attack (Ruth, Opovcensky opening)"]
[WhiteFideId "12573981"]
[BlackFideId "13300474"]
[EventDate "2021.06.21"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 3. e3 c5 4. Bxf6 gxf6 5. dxc5 e6 6. c4 dxc4 7. Nd2 Nd7 8.
Ngf3 Nxc5 9. Bxc4 Bg7 10. O-O O-O 11. Qc2 Bd7 12. a4 f5 13. Nd4 a5 14. b3 Rc8
15. Rac1 f4 16. N2f3 fxe3 17. fxe3 Qf6 18. Ne2 Qb2 19. Qd1 Rfd8 20. Nfd4 Ne4 21.
Rc2 Qa3 22. Nf4 e5 23. Bxf7+ Kxf7 24. Nfe6+ Kg8 25. Nxd8 exd4 26. Rxc8 Bxc8 27.
Qh5 Nd6 28. Qd5+ Kh8 29. Qxd6 Qxd6 30. Nf7+ Kg8 31. Nxd6 Be6 32. exd4 Bxd4+ 33.
Kh1 b6 34. Nc4 Kg7 35. Rd1 Bc5 36. Nxb6 Bxb3 37. Rb1 Be6 38. Rb5 Bb4 39. Nd5 Bd2
40. Ne7 Bc4 41. Rc5 Bb3 42. Nc6 Bxa4 43. Nxa5 Be3 44. Re5 Bb6 45. Nc4 Bd8 46.
Nd6 Bb6 47. Re6 Bc5 48. Ne4 Bf8 49. h3 Bb3 50. Rb6 Bd5 51. Ng3 Bc4 52. Nf5+ Kg8
53. Kh2 Bd3 54. g4 Bc5 55. Rc6 Bf2 56. Kg2 Be4+ 57. Kxf2 1-0

[Event "GCT Blitz Paris 2021"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2021.06.21"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[ECO "A34"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "symmetrical, three knights system"]
[WhiteFideId "5202213"]
[BlackFideId "4102142"]
[EventDate "2021.06.21"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nb4 6. Bc4 Nd3+ 7. Ke2 Nf4+ 8.
Kf1 Ne6 9. h4 h5 10. b4 g6 11. bxc5 Bg7 12. Bxe6 Bxe6 13. d4 Nc6 14. Be3 Qa5 15.
Ne2 Bc4 16. Kg1 Rd8 17. Ng3 Nxd4 18. Nxd4 Bxd4 19. Bxd4 e5 20. Qc1 Rxd4 21. c6
bxc6 22. Qg5 Qc7 23. Qf6 O-O 24. Nxh5 gxh5 25. Qg5+ Kh7 26. Qxh5+ Kg8 27. Qg5+
Kh7 28. Qf5+ Kh8 29. Qh5+ Kg8 30. Qg5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Blitz Paris 2021"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2021.06.21"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2792"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[ECO "A01"]
[Opening "Nimzovich-Larsen attack"]
[Variation "Indian variation"]
[WhiteFideId "4168119"]
[BlackFideId "623539"]
[EventDate "2021.06.21"]

1. b3 Nf6 2. Bb2 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. c4 d6 6. d4 e5 7. dxe5 Ng4 8. Nf3
Nxe5 9. Nxe5 dxe5 10. O-O c6 11. Nc3 Qe7 12. Qc1 Na6 13. Rd1 Bf5 14. Na4 Rfd8
15. Qc3 Bg4 16. Bf3 Bxf3 17. exf3 Nc7 18. Qe3 b6 19. Re1 Re8 20. Rad1 Rad8 21.
Qe4 c5 22. Nc3 Rxd1 23. Rxd1 Ne6 24. Nd5 Qd8 25. Re1 Nd4 26. Kg2 Re6 27. Qd3 h5
28. h4 Nc6 29. Qe3 e4 30. Bxg7 exf3+ 31. Qxf3 Rxe1 32. Bc3 Nd4 33. Qf6 Re8 34.
Bxd4 cxd4 35. Qxd4 Re6 36. a4 a5 37. Kh2 Qd6 38. Kg2 f6 39. Qd3 Kf7 40. Qf3 Qc6
41. Qf4 Kg7 42. Qb8 Rd6 43. Kh2 Rd7 44. Qe8 Qd6 45. Qc8 Rf7 46. Kg2 Qe5 47. Nf4
Qe4+ 48. Kh2 Re7 49. Nd5 Qf3 50. Nxe7 Qxf2+ 51. Kh3 Qf1+ 52. Kh2 Qf2+ 53. Kh3
Qf1+ 54. Kh2 Qf2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Blitz Paris 2021"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2021.06.21"]
[Round "4.5"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2820"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[ECO "E60"]
[Opening "King's Indian, 3.Nf3"]
[WhiteFideId "2020009"]
[BlackFideId "13400924"]
[EventDate "2021.06.21"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. e3 O-O 5. Be2 d6 6. O-O Nbd7 7. Nc3 e5 8. Qc2
Re8 9. Rd1 Qe7 10. b4 e4 11. Nd2 Nf8 12. Bb2 Bf5 13. h3 h5 14. Nb3 g5 15. d5 Bg6
16. c5 N8d7 17. Nb5 Rec8 18. Na5 a6 19. c6 bxc6 20. Nxc6 Qe8 21. Nba7 g4 22.
Nxc8 Rxc8 23. hxg4 hxg4 24. Bxa6 Ra8 25. Bb7 g3 26. fxg3 Ng4 27. Bxg7 Kxg7 28.
Qc3+ Ndf6 29. Kf1 Qh8 30. Ke2 Qh2 31. Rd2 Bh5 32. Kd1 Ra3 33. Qxa3 Nxe3+ 34. Kc1
Qg1+ 35. Kb2 Nc4+ 36. Kc3 Qe3+ 37. Kxc4 Qxa3 38. Nd4 Bg6 39. Nb3 Nd7 40. Kb5 e3
41. Rd4 Ne5 42. Re1 Bf5 43. Rxe3 Bd7+ 44. Bc6 Bc8 45. Na5 0-1

[Event "GCT Blitz Paris 2021"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2021.06.21"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Rapport, Richard"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[ECO "A15"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[WhiteFideId "13400924"]
[BlackFideId "738590"]
[EventDate "2021.06.21"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. g3 Bb7 4. d4 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. Nc3 Ne4 7. Nxe4 Bxe4 8. O-O
O-O 9. Be3 d6 10. Qd2 Nd7 11. Rac1 c5 12. Rfd1 Re8 13. Bh6 Nf6 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15.
Qc3 Qc7 16. b3 Qb7 17. d5 b5 18. Nd2 Bxg2 19. Kxg2 b4 20. Qf3 a5 21. e4 a4 22.
Qf4 axb3 23. axb3 e5 24. dxe6 Rxe6 25. f3 Ra2 26. Ra1 Qa7 27. Rxa2 Qxa2 28. Qe3
Qc2 29. Rf1 d5 30. Rf2 Qc3 31. Qxc5 dxe4 32. Nxe4 Rxe4 33. fxe4 Nxe4 34. Rxf7+
Kxf7 35. Qd5+ Kg7 36. Qxe4 Qxb3 37. Qe7+ Kg8 38. Qe8+ Kg7 39. Qe7+ Kg8 40. Qe8+
Kg7 41. Qe7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Blitz Paris 2021"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2021.06.21"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2820"]
[ECO "C78"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Moeller defence"]
[WhiteFideId "623539"]
[BlackFideId "2020009"]
[EventDate "2021.06.21"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Bc5 6. c3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a4 Bg4
9. h3 Bh5 10. d3 O-O 11. Nbd2 b4 12. Re1 Rb8 13. Bc2 Re8 14. Nf1 d5 15. Ng3 Bg6
16. a5 bxc3 17. bxc3 Na7 18. Ba4 c6 19. Qc2 dxe4 20. dxe4 Nb5 21. Bg5 h6 22. Bh4
Qe7 23. Rad1 Qe6 24. Re2 Na3 25. Qd3 Nb5 26. Rb2 Qe7 27. Rbd2 Qe6 28. Kh2 Nh5
29. Nxh5 Bxh5 30. g4 Bg6 31. Bg3 f6 32. Nh4 Bf7 33. Nf5 Kh7 34. Qf3 Rb7 35. Bc2
Na3 36. Bd3 Nb5 37. Be2 Rc7 38. h4 Qb3 39. Rd7 Rec8 40. g5 Nxc3 41. R7d3 Bb4 42.
Nxg7 Kxg7 43. Qxf6+ Kf8 44. Bxe5 Qe6 45. Qg7+ Ke8 46. Bxc7 Be7 47. Qh8+ Bg8 48.
Qxc3 Rxc7 49. Bh5+ Kf8 50. Rf3+ 1-0

[Event "GCT Blitz Paris 2021"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2021.06.21"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2792"]
[ECO "A13"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "Neo-Catalan accepted"]
[WhiteFideId "4102142"]
[BlackFideId "4168119"]
[EventDate "2021.06.21"]

1. c4 e6 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. Qa4+ Nbd7 6. Qxc4 a6 7. Qc2 c5 8.
Nc3 Qc7 9. d4 b6 10. Bf4 Bd6 11. Bxd6 Qxd6 12. O-O Bb7 13. Rfd1 O-O 14. e4 cxd4
15. Nxd4 Qc7 16. Rac1 Rac8 17. f4 Rfd8 18. e5 Ng4 19. Bxb7 Qxb7 20. Qe2 h5 21.
h3 Nh6 22. Qxh5 Nc5 23. Qf3 Qxf3 24. Nxf3 Nf5 25. Ne2 Ne3 26. Rxd8+ Rxd8 27. b4
Ne4 28. g4 b5 29. Ned4 Nd5 30. f5 exf5 31. gxf5 Nxb4 32. Rc7 Nd5 33. Ra7 Nf4 34.
Rxa6 Nxh3+ 35. Kh2 Nf4 36. e6 fxe6 37. Nxe6 Nxe6 38. Rxe6 Nd2 39. Kg2 Nxf3 40.
Kxf3 Ra8 41. Rb6 Rxa2 42. Rxb5 Ra6 43. Kf4 g6 44. fxg6 Rxg6 45. Rg5 Kh7 46. Rxg6
Kxg6 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Blitz Paris 2021"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2021.06.21"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2781"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[ECO "C50"]
[Opening "Giuoco Pianissimo"]
[WhiteFideId "13300474"]
[BlackFideId "5202213"]
[EventDate "2021.06.21"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 Nf6 5. O-O h6 6. c3 d6 7. Re1 O-O 8. Nbd2
Bb6 9. Bb3 a5 10. Nf1 Be6 11. Bc2 d5 12. exd5 Qxd5 13. Bb3 Qd6 14. Bxe6 Qxe6 15.
d4 Rad8 16. Qc2 Nd7 17. Bf4 f6 18. a3 Qg4 19. Be3 exd4 20. cxd4 Rfe8 21. Rad1
Ne7 22. d5 Kh8 23. d6 cxd6 24. Rxd6 Nc8 25. Rd2 Qh5 26. Red1 Ne5 27. Rxd8 Nxf3+
28. gxf3 1-0

[Event "GCT Blitz Paris 2021"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2021.06.21"]
[Round "5.5"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2759"]
[ECO "B90"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Najdorf"]
[WhiteFideId "4101588"]
[BlackFideId "12573981"]
[EventDate "2021.06.21"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. a4 g6 7. Be2 Bg7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Be3 Nc6 10. Qd2 Bd7 11. Rfd1 Rc8 12. f3 Re8 13. Bf1 Ne5 14. b3 Qa5 15.
Nce2 Qxd2 16. Bxd2 d5 17. exd5 Nxd5 18. c4 Nf6 19. a5 Nd3 20. Bc3 Nc5 21. b4 Na4
22. c5 Nd5 23. Bd2 Nb2 24. Rdb1 Nc4 25. Ra2 e5 26. Nb3 Bf5 27. Rd1 Nxd2 28.
Raxd2 Nxb4 29. Ng3 Be6 30. Rb1 f5 31. Nc1 Bh6 32. Rd6 Be3+ 33. Kh1 Bxc5 34. Rxe6
Rxe6 35. Bc4 Kf7 36. Nce2 Be7 37. Bxe6+ Kxe6 38. h3 Rc2 39. Re1 Kf7 40. Nc1 Bh4
41. Nce2 f4 42. Rb1 Bxg3 0-1

[Event "GCT Blitz Paris 2021"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2021.06.21"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Rapport, Richard"]
[Black "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2759"]
[ECO "A04"]
[Opening "Reti opening"]
[WhiteFideId "738590"]
[BlackFideId "12573981"]
[EventDate "2021.06.21"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. g3 d6 6. Bg2 Bd7 7. Nc3 g6 8. Nxc6
bxc6 9. e4 Bg7 10. Qe2 Bg4 11. Qd3 Nd7 12. b3 Ne5 13. Qe3 Qa5 14. Bd2 Qc5 15.
Qxc5 dxc5 16. O-O Rd8 17. Be3 Nxc4 18. bxc4 Bxc3 19. Rab1 Bd4 20. e5 O-O 21. Bh6
Bxe5 22. Bxf8 Kxf8 23. h3 Bf5 24. Rfd1 Bd4 25. Rbc1 Rb8 26. Rd2 Rb6 27. g4 Be6
28. Bf3 Ra6 29. Kg2 Kg7 30. Be2 Ra4 31. Rdc2 Rb4 32. Bf3 Rb6 33. Re2 Ra6 34.
Rec2 Bf6 35. Rb1 Be5 36. Rb7 Bd6 37. Be4 h5 38. gxh5 gxh5 39. Bf3 Ra3 40. Rb3
Ra4 41. Be2 h4 42. Rbc3 Be5 43. Rb3 Bd4 44. Rb7 Bf5 45. Rd2 Kf6 46. Rc7 e6 47.
Bf3 Rxc4 48. Rxa7 Rc3 49. Re2 e5 50. Ra6 e4 51. Bxe4 Bxh3+ 52. Kg1 Bg4 53. Re1
Kg5 54. Rxc6 f5 55. Bg2 Rc2 56. Rf1 Be2 57. Kh1 Bxf1 58. Bxf1 Rxf2 59. Bc4 h3
60. Rc8 Rc2 61. Bb3 Re2 62. Rg8+ Kh4 63. a4 Be5 64. a5 h2 65. Bc4 Re1+ 0-1

[Event "GCT Blitz Paris 2021"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2021.06.21"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[ECO "C53"]
[Opening "Giuoco Piano"]
[WhiteFideId "5202213"]
[BlackFideId "4101588"]
[EventDate "2021.06.21"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. Bg5 a6 7. Nbd2 Ba7 8. a4
O-O 9. h3 Kh8 10. Bh4 Ne7 11. Bg3 Ng6 12. Bh2 Qe7 13. O-O Be6 14. Bxe6 Qxe6 15.
Re1 Nd7 16. d4 f5 17. dxe5 Ndxe5 18. Nd4 Bxd4 19. cxd4 Nd3 20. Re3 fxe4 21. f3
d5 22. fxe4 dxe4 23. Nxe4 Nf2 24. Qe2 Rae8 25. Re1 Nxe4 26. Rxe4 Qxe4 27. Qxe4
Rxe4 28. Rxe4 c6 29. Bd6 Rd8 30. Bc7 Rc8 31. Bd6 Kg8 32. Re3 Kf7 33. Kf2 Rd8 34.
Bc5 Re8 35. Rb3 b5 36. Rf3+ Ke6 37. Re3+ Kd7 38. Rf3 Ke6 39. Re3+ Kd7 40. Rf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Blitz Paris 2021"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2021.06.21"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2792"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[ECO "A13"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "Neo-Catalan accepted"]
[WhiteFideId "4168119"]
[BlackFideId "13300474"]
[EventDate "2021.06.21"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 dxc4 5. Qa4+ Bd7 6. Qxc4 c5 7. Ne5 Qc8 8.
Qd3 Bc6 9. Nxc6 Nxc6 10. Nc3 Be7 11. O-O O-O 12. b3 Rd8 13. Qb1 Nd5 14. Nxd5
exd5 15. Bb2 Qe6 16. e3 Bf6 17. Rc1 b6 18. a3 a5 19. Bxf6 Qxf6 20. Qd3 g6 21.
Rab1 Rac8 22. Qb5 Ne7 23. b4 axb4 24. axb4 c4 25. d3 cxd3 26. Qxd3 Rxc1+ 27.
Rxc1 Qb2 28. Rb1 Qe5 29. Qb5 Qe6 30. Rd1 Kg7 31. h4 h5 32. Rd4 Qc6 33. Qd3 Qc1+
34. Kh2 Qb2 35. Rf4 Rd6 36. e4 d4 37. Qf3 Qa2 38. e5 Rd8 39. Rf6 Nf5 40. Bh3 Qd5
41. Qf4 Nh6 42. e6 fxe6 43. Rxe6 Rf8 44. Re7+ Rf7 45. Be6 Ng4+ 46. Kg1 Qxe6 47.
Rxe6 Rxf4 48. gxf4 Nh6 49. Rxb6 Nf5 50. b5 Kf7 51. Rc6 d3 52. Rc3 Nd4 53. Rxd3
Nxb5 54. f5 gxf5 55. Rd5 Nc3 56. Rxf5+ Kg6 57. Re5 Na4 58. Kg2 Nb2 59. Kf3 Nc4
60. Rc5 Nd2+ 61. Kf4 Nb3 62. Rd5 1-0

[Event "GCT Blitz Paris 2021"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2021.06.21"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2820"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[ECO "B84"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Scheveningen (Paulsen), classical variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2020009"]
[BlackFideId "4102142"]
[EventDate "2021.06.21"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e6 7. Be3 Be7 8. f4
Qc7 9. g4 d5 10. exd5 Bb4 11. Bf3 Nxd5 12. Bxd5 Bxc3+ 13. bxc3 exd5 14. Qd3 O-O
15. O-O-O Re8 16. Rde1 Nd7 17. Nf5 Nc5 18. Qxd5 Bxf5 19. Qxc5 Qxc5 20. Bxc5 Bxg4
21. Rhg1 Rxe1+ 22. Rxe1 Bf3 23. Re7 Bc6 24. Bb6 f6 25. Kd2 h5 26. Ke3 Kh7 27. f5
Re8 28. Rxe8 Bxe8 29. h4 Bd7 30. Kf4 Ba4 31. a3 Bxc2 32. Bc5 Bd3 33. Bd6 Bc2 34.
Bc5 Bd3 35. Bd6 Bc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Blitz Paris 2021"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2021.06.21"]
[Round "6.5"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[ECO "A04"]
[Opening "Reti opening"]
[WhiteFideId "13400924"]
[BlackFideId "623539"]
[EventDate "2021.06.21"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. b3 Nf6 3. Bb2 Nc6 4. c4 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. a3 Bg4 7. e3 e6 8. Be2
Be7 9. Bxg7 Rg8 10. Bb2 Bf6 11. Nc3 Nxc3 12. dxc3 Qc7 13. Qd3 Bf5 14. e4 Bg6 15.
O-O Bh5 16. Rad1 Rd8 17. Qe3 Qb6 18. Rxd8+ Bxd8 19. b4 cxb4 20. Qxb6 Bxb6 21.
cxb4 Bg6 22. Bd3 Bh5 23. Ne5 Nxe5 24. Bxe5 Ke7 25. Rc1 Rd8 26. Rc3 f6 27. Bf4 e5
28. Be3 Bxe3 29. fxe3 Bg6 30. Kf2 Rd6 31. g4 Rc6 32. Rxc6 bxc6 33. h4 h6 34. Ke2
Kd6 35. Kd2 Bf7 36. Kc3 Be6 37. Be2 Kc7 38. a4 Kb6 39. a5+ Kc7 40. Kc2 Kd6 41.
Kc3 Kc7 42. Kc2 Kd6 43. Kc3 Kc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Blitz Paris 2021"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2021.06.21"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Rapport, Richard"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[ECO "C02"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "advance, Paulsen attack"]
[WhiteFideId "623539"]
[BlackFideId "738590"]
[EventDate "2021.06.21"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c3 d5 4. e5 Nc6 5. d4 Qb6 6. Be2 cxd4 7. cxd4 Nge7 8. Na3
Bd7 9. O-O Nb4 10. h4 Rc8 11. h5 h6 12. Bf4 a6 13. Qd2 Nec6 14. Rfc1 Be7 15. Be3
Kd8 16. Rc3 Na7 17. Nc2 Nxc2 18. Qxc2 Bb5 19. Rc1 Kd7 20. Bxb5+ axb5 21. Rxc8
Rxc8 22. Qh7 Rxc1+ 23. Bxc1 Bf8 24. g4 Nc6 25. Be3 Qd8 26. Qg8 Qe8 27. g5 Ne7
28. gxh6 Nxg8 29. h7 Ne7 30. h8=Q Nf5 31. Kg2 Be7 32. Qh7 Qc8 33. Bg5 Qc2 34.
Qg8 Qe4 35. Bxe7 Kxe7 36. Qc8 Nh4+ 37. Kh3 Qxf3+ 38. Kxh4 Qxf2+ 39. Kh3 Qf3+ 40.
Kh4 Qe4+ 41. Kg3 Qe3+ 42. Kg2 Qe2+ 43. Kg3 Qd3+ 44. Kg2 Qe4+ 45. Kg3 Qe1+ 46.
Kg2 Qd2+ 47. Kf3 Qd3+ 48. Kg2 Qe4+ 49. Kg3 Qe3+ 50. Kg2 Qg5+ 51. Kf2 Qh4+ 52.
Kf1 Qf4+ 53. Ke1 Qe3+ 54. Kf1 Qf3+ 55. Kg1 Qd1+ 56. Kg2 Qg4+ 57. Kf1 Qf4+ 58.
Kg2 Qd2+ 59. Kg3 Qe3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Blitz Paris 2021"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2021.06.21"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[ECO "A01"]
[Opening "Nimzovich-Larsen attack"]
[Variation "symmetrical variation"]
[WhiteFideId "4102142"]
[BlackFideId "13400924"]
[EventDate "2021.06.21"]

1. b3 b6 2. e4 Bb7 3. Nc3 e6 4. Qe2 Nc6 5. Bb2 Bc5 6. O-O-O Qe7 7. Kb1 Nf6 8.
Nb5 O-O 9. d4 Bb4 10. d5 exd5 11. exd5 Qxe2 12. Bxe2 Ne7 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. Nxc7
Rac8 15. Bf3 d6 16. Nb5 Rc5 17. c4 Rd8 18. a3 Ba5 19. Ne2 a6 20. Nbd4 Rcc8 21.
b4 Bxb4 22. axb4 Rxc4 23. Nc2 Rdc8 24. Rd2 a5 25. bxa5 bxa5 26. Ne3 Rb4+ 27. Rb2
Ba6 28. Rxb4 axb4 29. Nd4 Ng6 30. Rc1 Ra8 31. Be4 Nf4 32. Rc6 Bb7 33. Rxd6 Re8
34. f3 h5 35. Rxf6 Nd3 36. Nef5 Nc5 37. Nd6 Rd8 38. Nxb7 Nxb7 39. Nf5 Nc5 40.
Rc6 Na4 41. Kc2 1-0

[Event "GCT Blitz Paris 2021"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2021.06.21"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2781"]
[BlackElo "2820"]
[ECO "D02"]
[Opening "Queen's bishop game"]
[WhiteFideId "13300474"]
[BlackFideId "2020009"]
[EventDate "2021.06.21"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Bf4 e6 4. e3 Bd6 5. Nbd2 O-O 6. Bd3 c5 7. c3 Bxf4 8. exf4
b6 9. Qe2 a5 10. O-O Ba6 11. Bxa6 Nxa6 12. Ne5 Qd6 13. h4 cxd4 14. cxd4 Rfc8 15.
Rfc1 Nb4 16. Ndf3 Nc6 17. Qb5 Qb4 18. Qxb4 Nxb4 19. Rc3 Ne4 20. Rb3 b5 21. a3
Nc2 22. Rd1 b4 23. a4 Rc7 24. h5 Rac8 25. g3 f6 26. Ng4 Kf7 27. Kg2 Rc4 28. Rbd3
Nd6 29. h6 Nf5 30. hxg7 h5 31. Ngh2 Kxg7 32. Nf1 Kf7 33. N1d2 Rxd4 34. Nxd4
Ncxd4 35. Nf3 Nxf3 36. Kxf3 Nd6 37. Re1 Rc2 38. Re2 Rc1 39. Kg2 Nf5 40. Rdd2 Rc4
41. Rc2 Ke7 42. Rxc4 dxc4 43. Re4 Nd6 44. Rd4 b3 45. Kf3 c3 46. bxc3 b2 47. Rd1
Nc4 48. Ke4 Nd2+ 49. Kd3 b1=Q+ 50. Rxb1 Nxb1 51. Kc2 Na3+ 52. Kb3 Nb1 53. Kc2
Na3+ 54. Kb3 Nb1 55. Kc2 Na3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Blitz Paris 2021"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2021.06.21"]
[Round "7.4"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2792"]
[ECO "A13"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "Neo-Catalan accepted"]
[WhiteFideId "4101588"]
[BlackFideId "4168119"]
[EventDate "2021.06.21"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 e6 3. Bg2 d5 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. Qa4+ Bd7 6. Qxc4 c5 7. Ne5 Qc8 8.
O-O Nc6 9. Nxd7 Qxd7 10. Nc3 Rc8 11. Qa4 Be7 12. d3 O-O 13. Bd2 Rfd8 14. Rfd1 b6
15. Rac1 Nd5 16. Nxd5 exd5 17. e3 Bf8 18. Bc3 d4 19. exd4 Nxd4 20. Qxd7 Rxd7 21.
Bh3 Ne2+ 22. Kf1 Nxc1 23. Bxd7 Rd8 24. Rxc1 Rxd7 25. Ke2 f5 26. a4 Kf7 27. Bd2
Ke6 28. Rc4 Kd5 29. Bc3 g6 30. h3 a6 31. Bd2 b5 32. axb5 axb5 33. Rc2 Ra7 34.
Be3 Ra4 35. Kd1 Bd6 36. Re2 f4 37. gxf4 Bxf4 38. Kc2 Bd6 39. Bg5 Be5 40. f3 Ra1
41. Bc1 Ra7 42. f4 Bd6 43. Re8 Rf7 44. Rh8 Re7 45. Kd1 Bc7 46. Bd2 Kd4 47. Kc2
b4 48. Rc8 b3+ 49. Kxb3 Kxd3 50. Bc3 c4+ 51. Ka4 Bxf4 52. Rd8+ Ke3 53. Kb5 Re4
54. Bd2+ Kf3 55. Bc3 h5 56. Bd4 g5 57. Kc5 g4 58. hxg4 hxg4 59. Rf8 g3 60. Kd5
g2 61. Rg8 Rxd4+ 62. Kxd4 Bg3 63. Rf8+ Ke2 64. Re8+ 0-1

[Event "GCT Blitz Paris 2021"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2021.06.21"]
[Round "7.5"]
[White "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2759"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[ECO "A45"]
[Opening "Trompovsky attack (Ruth, Opovcensky opening)"]
[WhiteFideId "12573981"]
[BlackFideId "5202213"]
[EventDate "2021.06.21"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 3. e3 c5 4. Bxf6 gxf6 5. dxc5 Nc6 6. Bb5 e6 7. c4 dxc4 8.
Nd2 Bxc5 9. Ngf3 c3 10. bxc3 O-O 11. O-O f5 12. Nd4 Bd7 13. Rb1 Rc8 14. Qh5 Qf6
15. Rfd1 Qg6 16. Qe2 Rfd8 17. N2f3 Qf6 18. e4 Bb6 19. exf5 Nxd4 20. cxd4 Qxf5
21. Bd3 Qf6 22. Qe4 h6 23. Qg4+ Qg7 24. Qh4 Ba4 25. Re1 Bxd4 26. Re4 Bf6 27. Qh3
Rxd3 28. Rg4 Bg5 29. Rxa4 Qb2 30. Rf1 Rc1 31. g4 Rxf1+ 32. Kxf1 Qb5 0-1

[Event "GCT Blitz Paris 2021"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2021.06.21"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Rapport, Richard"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[ECO "A07"]
[Opening "Reti"]
[Variation "King's Indian attack"]
[WhiteFideId "738590"]
[BlackFideId "5202213"]
[EventDate "2021.06.21"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. c4 dxc4 4. Na3 Bg7 5. Nxc4 Nc6 6. d3 e5 7. Bd2 Nge7 8. h4
h6 9. Bc3 f6 10. Qb3 a5 11. a4 Be6 12. Bh3 Bxh3 13. Rxh3 b6 14. O-O-O Qd5 15. e4
Qe6 16. Rhh1 h5 17. Nxa5 Qxb3 18. Nxb3 Rxa4 19. Kc2 Kf7 20. Ra1 Rha8 21. Rxa4
Rxa4 22. Rd1 Nc8 23. d4 Nd6 24. dxe5 fxe5 25. Nbd2 Bf6 26. b3 Ra2+ 27. Kb1 Ra8
28. Rc1 Nb5 29. Nc4 Ke6 30. Ne3 Ne7 31. Bb2 Rd8 32. Rc4 Ra8 33. Rc1 Rd8 34. Rc4
Ra8 35. Rc1 Rd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Blitz Paris 2021"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2021.06.21"]
[Round "8.2"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2792"]
[BlackElo "2759"]
[ECO "B30"]
[Opening "Sicilian defence"]
[WhiteFideId "4168119"]
[BlackFideId "12573981"]
[EventDate "2021.06.21"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. d4 cxd4 6. Bc4 Nb6 7. Bb3 g6 8. Ng5
Nxe5 9. Qxd4 f6 10. Qxe5 d5 11. Qe2 fxg5 12. Bxg5 Bg7 13. O-O Qd6 14. Na3 Bd7
15. Rad1 e6 16. Nb5 Bxb5 17. Qxb5+ Qd7 18. Qb4 h6 19. Bh4 g5 20. Bg3 Qe7 21. Bd6
Qd7 22. Rfe1 O-O-O 23. Rxe6 Qxe6 24. Qc5+ Kd7 25. Qc7+ Ke8 26. Qxg7 Rg8 27. Qxb7
Rxd6 28. Qxa7 Kf8 29. a4 Nd7 30. Bxd5 Kg7 31. c4 Qf6 32. c5 Re8 33. cxd6 Qxd6
34. g3 Re7 35. Bf3 Qe6 36. Qd4+ Ne5 37. Bg2 Rd7 38. Bd5 Qf6 39. Qe4 Re7 40. Kg2
h5 41. a5 h4 42. a6 h3+ 43. Kg1 Qxa6 44. Qf5 Qh6 45. Bb3 Qh5 46. Kh1 Ng4 47. Rf1
Nf6 48. Qd3 Qe8 49. f3 Re3 50. Qf5 Rxb3 51. Qxg5+ Kf7 52. Qh4 Qe6 53. Qd4 Qe2
54. Qf2 Qb5 55. Rb1 Qd5 56. Rf1 Ng4 57. Qe2 Ne5 58. Qe4 Qxe4 59. fxe4+ Ke6 60.
Rf2 Ng4 61. Re2 Rd3 62. Re1 Rd2 63. Rb1 Rxh2+ 64. Kg1 Rg2+ 65. Kf1 Ne3+ 0-1

[Event "GCT Blitz Paris 2021"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2021.06.21"]
[Round "8.3"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2820"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[ECO "E54"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian"]
[Variation "4.e3, Gligoric system with 7...dc"]
[WhiteFideId "2020009"]
[BlackFideId "4101588"]
[EventDate "2021.06.21"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 c5 8. O-O
b6 9. a3 Bxc3 10. bxc3 Bb7 11. Bb2 Qc7 12. Rc1 Rd8 13. Re1 Nc6 14. Bf1 Ne7 15.
h3 Rac8 16. Bd3 Be4 17. Bxe4 Nxe4 18. c4 Ng6 19. Qd3 Nf6 20. Red1 e5 21. Qf5
exd4 22. exd4 Qf4 23. Qxf4 Nxf4 24. Kf1 cxd4 25. Nxd4 h5 26. f3 Kh7 27. Kf2 Rd7
28. h4 Rcd8 29. g3 Ng6 30. c5 bxc5 31. Rxc5 Ne7 32. Re1 Rb8 33. Ba1 Ned5 34. Rd1
Rbb7 35. Nf5 Rbc7 36. Rdc1 Rb7 37. Ra5 Kg6 38. Nd4 Ne7 39. Rg5+ Kh7 40. Re1 Rd5
41. Rge5 Ng6 42. Rxd5 Nxd5 43. Nf5 f6 44. Bd4 Nge7 45. Nd6 Rd7 46. Bc5 Nc6 47.
Rd1 Nc3 48. Rc1 Na4 49. Ne4 Ne5 50. Ke2 Nd3 51. Rc4 Naxc5 52. Nxc5 Nxc5 53. Rxc5
Kg6 54. Ra5 Rb7 55. Ke3 Rb3+ 56. Ke4 Rb7 57. Kf4 Rc7 58. Ke3 Rc3+ 59. Ke4 Rc7
60. Kd4 Rb7 61. Ke4 Rc7 62. Ke3 Rb7 63. g4 hxg4 64. fxg4 Rb3+ 65. Kf4 Rb7 66.
h5+ Kh6 67. Kf5 Re7 68. Kf4 g6 69. hxg6 Kxg6 70. Ra6 Kf7 71. Kg3 Kg6 72. Kf3 Kg5
73. Ra5+ Kg6 74. Kf4 Rc7 75. Ra6 Rc4+ 76. Kg3 Rc7 77. a4 Rb7 78. Ra5 Rc7 79. Ra6
Rb7 80. Kf4 Rb4+ 81. Kf3 Rb7 82. Kf4 Rb4+ 83. Kf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Blitz Paris 2021"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2021.06.21"]
[Round "8.4"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[ECO "D38"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "Ragozin variation"]
[WhiteFideId "13400924"]
[BlackFideId "13300474"]
[EventDate "2021.06.21"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. g3 O-O 6. Bg2 dxc4 7. O-O Nc6 8. a3
Be7 9. e4 a6 10. Bf4 b5 11. Qd2 Na5 12. Rad1 c5 13. Qc2 Qb6 14. d5 Bb7 15. d6
Bd8 16. e5 Nd7 17. Rfe1 Nb3 18. Be3 Rc8 19. Ne4 h6 20. g4 f5 21. exf6 Nxf6 22.
Ne5 Bxe4 23. Bxe4 Nd4 24. Qb1 Qxd6 25. Bg2 Bc7 26. f4 Nd5 27. Qg6 Nxf4 28. Bxf4
Rxf4 29. g5 Ne2+ 0-1

[Event "GCT Blitz Paris 2021"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2021.06.21"]
[Round "8.5"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[ECO "A10"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "Adorjan defence"]
[WhiteFideId "623539"]
[BlackFideId "4102142"]
[EventDate "2021.06.21"]

1. c4 g6 2. e4 e5 3. d4 Nf6 4. dxe5 Nxe4 5. Bd3 Nc5 6. Nf3 d6 7. Bc2 Nc6 8. exd6
Qxd6 9. Qe2+ Qe7 10. Be3 Bg4 11. Nc3 Bxf3 12. Qxf3 Nd4 13. Qd1 O-O-O 14. Nd5
Nxc2+ 15. Qxc2 Qe4 16. O-O-O c6 17. Nc3 Qxc2+ 18. Kxc2 Rxd1 19. Rxd1 a6 20. b4
Ne6 21. a3 b5 22. c5 Be7 23. a4 Rd8 24. Ra1 Kb7 25. axb5 axb5 26. Ne4 Ra8 27.
Rd1 Rd8 28. Nd6+ Bxd6 29. cxd6 Ra8 30. Kb3 Kc8 31. Bc5 Kd7 32. Re1 Ra6 33. g3 h5
34. h4 f5 35. f3 Ra8 36. Rg1 Ra4 37. Rc1 Ra8 38. Re1 Ra6 39. Kb2 Ra8 40. Rg1 Ra4
41. Rc1 Nxc5 42. bxc5 f4 43. gxf4 Rxf4 44. Kb3 Rxh4 45. Rg1 Rc4 46. Rg5 h4 47.
f4 h3 48. Rxg6 Rxc5 49. Rh6 Rf5 50. Rxh3 Rxf4 51. Rd3 Rf6 52. Kb4 Rxd6 53. Rh3
Rd4+ 54. Kc5 Rc4+ 55. Kb6 b4 56. Rd3+ Ke6 57. Ka5 c5 58. Ka4 Ke5 59. Kb3 Rd4 60.
Rh3 Re4 61. Rd3 c4+ 0-1

[Event "GCT Blitz Paris 2021"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2021.06.21"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Rapport, Richard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[ECO "B40"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Anderssen variation"]
[WhiteFideId "4102142"]
[BlackFideId "738590"]
[EventDate "2021.06.21"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. a3 d6 7. Be3 Be7 8. Bc4
O-O 9. Qe2 a6 10. O-O-O Qc7 11. Bb3 Na5 12. Kb1 b5 13. g4 Nxb3 14. cxb3 b4 15.
axb4 Qb7 16. f3 Bd7 17. g5 Ne8 18. h4 Nc7 19. h5 Qxb4 20. g6 Bf6 21. gxh7+ Kh8
22. Qd2 Rab8 23. h6 g6 24. Bg5 Be5 25. f4 Bxd4 26. Qxd4+ Qxd4 27. Rxd4 d5 28.
Be7 Rfc8 29. f5 exf5 30. exd5 Nb5 31. Nxb5 axb5 32. d6 Kxh7 33. Re1 Re8 34. Rc1
Rbc8 35. Rc7 Be6 36. d7 Bxd7 37. Rcxd7 Kxh6 38. Bb4 g5 39. Rxf7 Kg6 40. Rdd7 f4
41. Rg7+ Kh6 42. Rh7+ Kg6 43. Rdg7+ Kf5 44. Rh5 Ke4 45. Rgxg5 f3 46. Rf5 Red8
47. Re5+ Kf4 48. Rhf5+ Kg4 49. Rg5+ Kf4 50. Bc5 Rd1+ 51. Kc2 Rd7 52. Ref5+ Ke4
53. b4 Rdd8 54. Rf7 Re8 55. Rg4+ Kd5 56. Rxf3 1-0

[Event "GCT Blitz Paris 2021"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2021.06.21"]
[Round "9.2"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2781"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[ECO "A62"]
[Opening "Benoni"]
[Variation "fianchetto variation"]
[WhiteFideId "13300474"]
[BlackFideId "623539"]
[EventDate "2021.06.21"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 c5 6. d5 e6 7. Nc3 exd5 8. cxd5
d6 9. O-O Bf5 10. Nd2 Na6 11. e4 Bg4 12. f3 Bd7 13. Nc4 Ne8 14. a4 Nb4 15. Re1
a6 16. a5 Bb5 17. Bf1 Bxc4 18. Bxc4 Nf6 19. Kg2 Nd7 20. f4 Re8 21. Ra3 b5 22.
axb6 Nxb6 23. Bf1 Qd7 24. Be3 Qb7 25. Bf2 Re7 26. Be2 Rae8 27. Bf3 Nc4 28. Rb3
Nxb2 29. Qd2 N2d3 30. Reb1 Nxf2 31. Qxf2 a5 32. e5 dxe5 33. d6 e4 34. dxe7 exf3+
35. Qxf3 Qxe7 36. R3b2 Qd7 37. Rd1 Bd4 38. Re2 a4 39. Rxe8+ Qxe8 40. Ne4 Qc6 41.
Nd2 Qe6 42. Kf1 a3 43. Qxa3 Qh3+ 0-1

[Event "GCT Blitz Paris 2021"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2021.06.21"]
[Round "9.3"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[ECO "C02"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "advance, Paulsen attack"]
[WhiteFideId "4101588"]
[BlackFideId "13400924"]
[EventDate "2021.06.21"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. Be2 Bd7 7. O-O Nh6 8. Bxh6
gxh6 9. Qd2 a6 10. Na3 Rg8 11. Nc2 h5 12. Rab1 a5 13. Rfd1 Be7 14. c4 dxc4 15.
dxc5 Qc7 16. Na3 Bxc5 17. Nxc4 Rd8 18. Rbc1 Rg7 19. Qh6 Kf8 20. Ng5 Kg8 21. Bd3
Nxe5 22. Bxh7+ Kf8 23. Ne4 Nxc4 24. b3 Bc6 25. bxc4 Ba3 26. Rb1 Be7 27. Rxd8+
Qxd8 28. Re1 Qd4 0-1

[Event "GCT Blitz Paris 2021"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2021.06.21"]
[Round "9.4"]
[White "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2759"]
[BlackElo "2820"]
[ECO "C55"]
[Opening "Two knights defence (Modern bishop's opening)"]
[WhiteFideId "12573981"]
[BlackFideId "2020009"]
[EventDate "2021.06.21"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 h6 5. c3 Bc5 6. Nbd2 d6 7. O-O O-O 8. h3
Bb6 9. Bb3 Ne7 10. Re1 Ng6 11. Nf1 Re8 12. Ng3 Be6 13. Bc2 d5 14. exd5 Bxd5 15.
Ne4 Qe7 16. Nh2 Rad8 17. Qf3 Nxe4 18. dxe4 Be6 19. Ng4 Qh4 20. Ne3 Nf4 21. Nf5
Qh5 22. Qxh5 Nxh5 23. Bb3 Nf4 24. g3 Nxh3+ 25. Kg2 Nxf2 26. Re2 Ng4 27. Kf3 h5
28. Bg5 f6 29. Bd2 Bxb3 30. axb3 Rd3+ 31. Kg2 Kf7 32. Rh1 g6 33. Nh4 Nf2 34. Rf1
Nxe4 35. Be1 Re3 36. Rc2 Rd8 37. Nf3 Ke6 38. c4 Rxb3 39. Nh4 Bd4 40. Re2 Rxb2 0-1

[Event "GCT Blitz Paris 2021"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2021.06.21"]
[Round "9.5"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2792"]
[ECO "D38"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "Ragozin variation"]
[WhiteFideId "5202213"]
[BlackFideId "4168119"]
[EventDate "2021.06.21"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Qa4+ Nc6 6. e3 O-O 7. Bd2 dxc4 8.
Bxc4 Bd6 9. Qc2 e5 10. dxe5 Nxe5 11. Nxe5 Bxe5 12. f4 Bxc3 13. Bxc3 Ng4 14. Bd4
c5 15. Bxc5 Re8 16. O-O Nxe3 17. Bxe3 Rxe3 18. Rfe1 Rxe1+ 19. Rxe1 Qd4+ 20. Qf2
Qxf2+ 21. Kxf2 Kf8 22. Bd5 Bd7 23. Re3 Rc8 24. Bxb7 Rb8 25. Rb3 Ba4 26. Ra3 Rxb7
27. Rxa4 Rxb2+ 28. Kf3 Rb7 29. g4 g6 30. h4 Kg7 31. Ra6 h5 32. gxh5 gxh5 33. Ra5
Kg6 34. a4 Rb3+ 35. Ke4 Rb4+ 36. Kf3 Rb3+ 37. Ke4 Rb4+ 38. Kf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Blitz Paris 2021"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2021.06.22"]
[Round "10.1"]
[White "Rapport, Richard"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2792"]
[ECO "D38"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "Ragozin variation"]
[WhiteFideId "738590"]
[BlackFideId "4168119"]
[EventDate "2021.06.21"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. Qa4+ Nc6 8. e3
O-O 9. Rc1 Rd8 10. Be2 dxc4 11. Bxc4 Bxc3+ 12. bxc3 Bd7 13. Be2 Be8 14. Qb3 Na5
15. Qa3 b6 16. O-O c5 17. dxc5 Qe7 18. Nd4 Qxc5 19. Qxc5 bxc5 20. Nb3 Nxb3 21.
axb3 Rd2 22. Bc4 Rb8 23. Ra1 Bb5 24. Rxa7 Bxc4 25. bxc4 Rb3 26. Rc7 Rxc3 27.
Rxc5 Rdc2 28. g3 Rxc4 29. Rxc4 Rxc4 30. Kh1 Kh7 31. Kg1 Kg8 32. Kh1 Kh7 33. Kg1 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Blitz Paris 2021"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2021.06.22"]
[Round "10.2"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2820"]
[ECO "E53"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian"]
[Variation "4.e3, main line with ...c5"]
[WhiteFideId "5202213"]
[BlackFideId "2020009"]
[EventDate "2021.06.21"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 c5 6. Nf3 d5 7. cxd5 exd5 8. dxc5
Nbd7 9. Bd2 Nxc5 10. Be2 Bg4 11. a3 Bxf3 12. gxf3 Bxc3 13. Bxc3 Ne6 14. O-O Rc8
15. Qa4 d4 16. Rad1 Qb6 17. Bxd4 Nxd4 18. Qxd4 Qxd4 19. Rxd4 Rc2 20. Bd3 Rxb2
21. Rc1 g6 22. Rc7 Kg7 23. Kg2 a6 24. a4 Ne8 25. Re7 Nf6 26. Bc4 b5 27. Rb7 Rb4
28. axb5 axb5 29. Rxb5 Rxb5 30. Bxb5 Rc8 31. Ra4 Rc5 32. Bc4 g5 33. h3 h6 34.
Ba2 Rc7 35. Ra5 Ng8 36. h4 gxh4 37. Kh3 Ne7 38. Kxh4 Rc1 39. Kg3 Rc7 40. f4 Rc3
41. Ra7 Kf6 42. Ra6+ Kg7 43. Kg4 Rc2 44. Ra7 Kf6 45. Kf3 Rc3 46. Kg2 Rc8 47. e4
Re8 48. e5+ Kg7 49. Bb3 Rb8 50. Rxe7 Rxb3 51. f5 Kg8 52. f3 h5 53. Kg3 h4+ 54.
Kxh4 Rxf3 55. Kg5 Ra3 56. Re8+ Kg7 57. f6+ Kh7 58. Rf8 Ra7 59. Kf5 Rb7 60. Re8
Rb1 61. Rf8 Rf1+ 62. Ke4 Re1+ 63. Kf4 Rf1+ 64. Ke4 Re1+ 65. Kd5 Kg6 66. Kd6 Ra1
67. Rd8 Kf5 68. Ke7 Kxe5 69. Kxf7 Ra6 70. Re8+ Kf5 71. Kg7 Rxf6 72. Rf8 Rxf8 73.
Kxf8 Ke5 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Blitz Paris 2021"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2021.06.22"]
[Round "10.3"]
[White "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2759"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[ECO "C28"]
[Opening "Vienna game"]
[WhiteFideId "12573981"]
[BlackFideId "13400924"]
[EventDate "2021.06.21"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Na5 5. Nge2 Nxc4 6. dxc4 d6 7. Ng3 Be7 8.
h3 Be6 9. b3 c6 10. O-O O-O 11. Qf3 Re8 12. Rd1 Qc7 13. Rd3 Rad8 14. Bg5 h6 15.
Be3 a6 16. a4 Nd7 17. Nh5 Bf8 18. Rad1 Kh7 19. Ng3 a5 20. Nf5 Nc5 21. R3d2 g6
22. Ng3 b6 23. Nf1 Bg7 24. Nh2 Qe7 25. Nf1 Rf8 26. Ng3 Bf6 27. Rb1 Bg7 28. Rbd1
Kh8 29. Nce2 Kg8 30. Nc1 Kh7 31. Nd3 Nd7 32. Nf1 f5 33. exf5 gxf5 34. Qxc6 f4
35. Bxb6 Rc8 36. Qb5 Rb8 37. c5 e4 38. Ne1 dxc5 39. Rxd7 Bxd7 40. Rxd7 Qe6 41.
Qxc5 Rxb6 42. Qxf8 Qxd7 43. Qxf4 Qe6 44. Ne3 Rd6 45. g4 Rd7 46. N1g2 Rf7 47. Nf5
Be5 48. Qe3 Bc7 49. Ngh4 Bb6 50. Qf4 e3 51. fxe3 Rd7 52. Nf3 Qc6 53. c4 Qe6 54.
Kg2 Bc7 55. N3d4 Qf6 56. Qe4 Qe5 57. Qxe5 Bxe5 58. Kf3 Kg6 59. Ke4 Bb8 60. c5
Rb7 61. Nb5 h5 62. c6 Rh7 63. gxh5+ Rxh5 64. Ne7+ Kf7 65. Nd5 Rh4+ 66. Kd3 Ke6
67. c7 Bxc7 68. Ndxc7+ Ke5 69. Nd4 Rxh3 70. Ncb5 Kd5 71. Na3 Kc5 72. Nc4 Kb4 73.
Ne5 Kc5 74. Nec6 Kb6 75. Ne5 Kc5 76. Ng6 Rh1 77. Nf4 Rh8 78. Ke4 Re8+ 79. Nfe6+
Kd6 80. Kd3 Rh8 81. Ng5 Kc5 82. Ne4+ Kb4 83. Nd2 Rh3 84. Nc6+ Kc5 85. Nxa5 Kb4
86. Nc6+ Kc5 87. Nd4 Kb4 88. Nc2+ Kc5 89. b4+ Kd5 90. Ne4 Rh1 91. Nc3+ Kc6 92.
Nd4+ Kd6 93. a5 Ra1 94. Kc4 Re1 95. a6 Kc7 96. b5 Ra1 97. e4 Kd6 98. Nc2 Rc1 99.
a7 1-0

[Event "GCT Blitz Paris 2021"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2021.06.22"]
[Round "10.4"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[ECO "B90"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Najdorf, Lipnitzky attack"]
[WhiteFideId "4101588"]
[BlackFideId "623539"]
[EventDate "2021.06.21"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Be3 Be7 8. Bb3
b5 9. a3 O-O 10. f3 Bb7 11. Qe2 Nc6 12. O-O-O Rc8 13. Kb1 Nxd4 14. Bxd4 Qa5 15.
Qe1 Qc7 16. h4 Bc6 17. h5 a5 18. e5 dxe5 19. Bxe5 Qb7 20. Ne2 Nd7 21. Bd4 e5 22.
Ng3 a4 23. Nf5 Bf6 24. Bxf7+ Rxf7 25. Bc3 Be7 26. Nxe7+ Rxe7 27. h6 g6 28. Rd6
Nb6 29. Qg3 Be8 30. Rhd1 Nc4 31. Rd8 Nxa3+ 32. Kc1 b4 33. Rxc8 Qxc8 34. Qg5 bxc3
35. Qxe7 cxb2+ 36. Kd2 Qd7+ 0-1

[Event "GCT Blitz Paris 2021"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2021.06.22"]
[Round "10.5"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2781"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[ECO "A06"]
[Opening "Reti opening"]
[WhiteFideId "13300474"]
[BlackFideId "4102142"]
[EventDate "2021.06.21"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. Bxc4 a6 6. O-O b5 7. Be2 Bb7 8. b3
Be7 9. Bb2 O-O 10. Rc1 c5 11. a4 b4 12. Nb1 Nbd7 13. d3 Nd5 14. Ne5 Nxe5 15.
Bxe5 Rc8 16. Qc2 Bf6 17. Qb2 a5 18. Rc2 Bxe5 19. Qxe5 Qc7 20. Qxc7 Rxc7 21. Rfc1
Rfc8 22. Bf1 Ba6 23. d4 c4 24. Bxc4 Nb6 25. Nd2 Bxc4 26. Nxc4 Nxa4 27. Ra1 Nb6
28. Nxb6 Rxc2 29. Nxc8 Rxc8 30. Kf1 g6 31. Rxa5 Rc3 32. g4 Rxb3 33. Rb5 h6 34.
h4 Rb2 35. Kg2 Kg7 36. g5 hxg5 37. hxg5 b3 38. Rb8 Rb1 39. Kf3 Rg1 40. Rxb3 Rxg5
41. Rb7 Rf5+ 42. Ke2 Ra5 43. Kf3 Rf5+ 44. Ke2 Ra5 45. Kf3 Rf5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Blitz Paris 2021"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2021.06.22"]
[Round "11.1"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Rapport, Richard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2781"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[ECO "A48"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "East Indian defence"]
[WhiteFideId "13300474"]
[BlackFideId "738590"]
[EventDate "2021.06.21"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 c6 5. e3 Bg4 6. h3 Bxf3 7. Qxf3 Nbd7 8. g4
e6 9. Bd3 Bb4 10. O-O h5 11. g5 Ng8 12. Ne2 Ne7 13. c4 Ba5 14. Qg3 Rc8 15. b4
Bc7 16. Bxc7 Rxc7 17. c5 Nf5 18. Bxf5 h4 19. Qd6 gxf5 20. Kh1 Nf8 21. Qxd8+ Kxd8
22. f4 Kd7 23. b5 b6 24. a4 Ng6 25. Kg2 Rb8 26. Rfb1 Ne7 27. Kf3 Kc8 28. Nc3 Kd7
29. a5 bxc5 30. b6 axb6 31. axb6 Rcb7 32. dxc5 e5 33. Ra7 exf4 34. exf4 Kc8 35.
Rba1 Kd7 36. Ne2 Nc8 37. Rxb7+ Rxb7 38. Nd4 Ne7 39. Ra8 Ng6 40. Ra7 Kc8 41. Rxb7
Kxb7 42. Nxf5 Ka6 43. Nd6 d4 44. f5 Ne5+ 45. Ke4 d3 46. Ke3 d2 47. Ke2 Nf3 48.
g6 fxg6 49. fxg6 Ng1+ 50. Kxd2 1-0

[Event "GCT Blitz Paris 2021"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2021.06.22"]
[Round "11.2"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[ECO "A37"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "symmetrical variation"]
[WhiteFideId "4102142"]
[BlackFideId "4101588"]
[EventDate "2021.06.21"]

1. c4 c5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. Nf3 d6 6. O-O Bf5 7. d3 Qd7 8. Bd2
Nf6 9. Rb1 Bh3 10. a3 Bxg2 11. Kxg2 O-O 12. b4 b6 13. h3 Rac8 14. e4 Ne8 15. b5
Nd8 16. a4 f5 17. Qe2 Bxc3 18. Bxc3 e5 19. exf5 gxf5 20. Nd2 f4 21. Qg4+ Qxg4
22. hxg4 Ne6 23. f3 fxg3 24. Kxg3 Nf4 25. Ne4 Nf6 26. Bd2 d5 27. Nxf6+ Rxf6 28.
Bxf4 exf4+ 29. Kh4 Rd8 30. Rbe1 Kf7 31. Re5 dxc4 32. dxc4 Rd2 33. g5 Re6 34.
Rfe1 Rxe5 35. Rxe5 Rd4 36. Kh5 Rxc4 37. Kh6 Rc1 38. Rf5+ Ke6 39. Rxf4 c4 40.
Kxh7 c3 41. Rc4 c2 42. Kg6 Kd5 43. Rc8 Kd4 44. f4 Kd3 45. f5 Rf1 46. f6 c1=Q 47.
Rxc1 Rxc1 48. f7 Rc8 49. Kf6 Ke4 50. g6 1-0

[Event "GCT Blitz Paris 2021"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2021.06.22"]
[Round "11.3"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2759"]
[ECO "B30"]
[Opening "Sicilian defence"]
[WhiteFideId "623539"]
[BlackFideId "12573981"]
[EventDate "2021.06.21"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. Bc4 Nb6 6. Bb3 c4 7. Bc2 d5 8. exd6
Qxd6 9. O-O g6 10. a4 Bg7 11. a5 Nd5 12. d3 cxd3 13. Bxd3 O-O 14. Be4 Rd8 15.
Na3 Nxc3 16. Qxd6 Ne2+ 17. Kh1 Rxd6 18. Nb5 Rd8 19. a6 Rb8 20. Be3 Ned4 21.
Nbxd4 Nxd4 22. Bf4 e5 23. Nxe5 Bf5 24. Bxf5 Nxf5 25. Nc4 b5 26. Bxb8 Rxb8 27.
Na5 Bxb2 28. Nc6 Rb6 29. Nxa7 Bxa1 30. Rxa1 Nd6 31. Nc6 Rxc6 32. a7 Rc8 33. a8=Q
Rxa8 34. Rxa8+ Kg7 35. Rd8 Nc4 36. Rd5 Na3 37. Kg1 Kf6 38. Kf1 Ke6 39. Rd3 Nc4
40. Rd8 h5 41. Rb8 Nd6 42. Ke2 Kd5 43. Kd3 Kc5 44. f3 Kd5 45. Ra8 Ke5 46. Ra1
Kd5 47. Re1 Nc4 48. Re7 Kd6 49. Ra7 Ne5+ 50. Kc3 Ke6 51. Rb7 Nc4 52. Rxb5 Ne3
53. g3 h4 54. gxh4 Nf5 55. h5 gxh5 56. Kd3 Kf6 57. Ra5 Kg6 58. Ke4 Nd6+ 59. Kf4
f6 60. Rc5 Ne8 61. Rc1 Ng7 62. Rg1+ Kf7 63. Rxg7+ Kxg7 64. Kf5 h4 65. Kg4 Kg6
66. Kxh4 Kf5 67. Kg3 Kg5 68. h4+ Kf5 69. Kg2 Ke5 70. h5 Kf5 71. f4 Ke6 72. Kf3
f5 73. Ke3 1-0

[Event "GCT Blitz Paris 2021"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2021.06.22"]
[Round "11.4"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[ECO "C67"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "open Berlin defence, l'Hermet variation"]
[WhiteFideId "13400924"]
[BlackFideId "5202213"]
[EventDate "2021.06.21"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. dxe5 Nxb5 7. a4 Nbd4 8.
Nxd4 Nxd4 9. Qxd4 d5 10. exd6 Qxd6 11. Qe4+ Qe6 12. Qd4 Qd6 13. Qe4+ Qe6 14. Qd4
Qd6 15. Qe4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Blitz Paris 2021"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2021.06.22"]
[Round "11.5"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2820"]
[BlackElo "2792"]
[ECO "D38"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "Ragozin variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2020009"]
[BlackFideId "4168119"]
[EventDate "2021.06.21"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Qb3 c5 6. dxc5 Nc6 7. e3 O-O 8. Be2
dxc4 9. Qxc4 Qe7 10. a3 Bxc5 11. O-O a6 12. b4 Ba7 13. Bb2 Bd7 14. Qh4 h6 15.
Rfd1 Rad8 16. b5 axb5 17. Nxb5 Bc5 18. Rac1 e5 19. h3 Bf5 20. g4 Bg6 21. g5 hxg5
22. Qxg5 Rxd1+ 23. Rxd1 Qe6 24. Nxe5 Nxe5 25. Bxe5 Ne4 26. Qf4 Re8 27. Bd4 Bxd4
28. Rxd4 Qxh3 29. Bg4 Qh6 30. Qxh6 gxh6 31. Bf3 Re5 32. a4 Kg7 33. Nd6 Nxd6 34.
Rxd6 Ra5 35. Rd4 b5 36. axb5 Rxb5 37. Rd5 Rxd5 38. Bxd5 Kf6 39. f4 Kg7 40. Kf2
Bb1 41. Kg3 f6 42. Bg2 Bc2 43. Bh1 Bb1 44. Bg2 Bc2 45. Bh1 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Blitz Paris 2021"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2021.06.22"]
[Round "12.1"]
[White "Rapport, Richard"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2820"]
[ECO "A08"]
[Opening "Reti"]
[Variation "King's Indian attack, French variation"]
[WhiteFideId "738590"]
[BlackFideId "2020009"]
[EventDate "2021.06.21"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. O-O e6 5. d3 Nc6 6. Nbd2 Be7 7. e4 O-O 8. Re1
Qc7 9. c3 b5 10. exd5 exd5 11. Nb3 Be6 12. Be3 Nd7 13. Ng5 Bxg5 14. Bxg5 Rfe8
15. d4 c4 16. Nc5 Nxc5 17. dxc5 Qd7 18. b4 d4 19. a4 a6 20. Qf3 Rac8 21. axb5
axb5 22. h4 d3 23. Ra6 h6 24. Bd2 Ne7 25. Rd6 Qa7 26. h5 Qa2 27. Qf4 Rcd8 28.
Bf3 Rf8 29. g4 Nd5 30. Bxd5 Bxd5 31. Kh2 Qa8 32. Kg3 Be6 33. f3 Rxd6 34. cxd6
Rd8 35. Be3 Qc6 36. Bc5 Ra8 37. Qe5 Qd5 38. Qxd5 Bxd5 39. f4 Bc6 40. f5 f6 41.
Kf4 Re8 42. Ra1 Rd8 43. Ra2 Kf7 44. Ra7+ Rd7 45. Ra6 Bb7 46. Ra2 Rd8 47. Ra7 Rd7
48. Ra1 Rd8 49. Kg3 Bc6 50. Kf2 Rd7 51. Ra6 Be4 52. Ke3 Bg2 53. Ra2 Bd5 54. Kd2
Bf3 55. Ra5 Bxg4 56. Rxb5 Bxf5 57. Ra5 Bg4 58. b5 Bxh5 59. Ke3 Bg4 60. b6 Bh3
61. Ra7 Ke6 62. Rxd7 1-0

[Event "GCT Blitz Paris 2021"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2021.06.22"]
[Round "12.2"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2792"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[ECO "A01"]
[Opening "Nimzovich-Larsen attack"]
[Variation "classical variation"]
[WhiteFideId "4168119"]
[BlackFideId "13400924"]
[EventDate "2021.06.21"]

1. b3 d5 2. Bb2 c5 3. d3 Nc6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Nbd2 d4 6. g3 e5 7. Bg2 Bd6 8. O-O
O-O 9. c3 Re8 10. Rc1 h6 11. a3 Bg4 12. Re1 Qd7 13. Nc4 Bf8 14. b4 cxb4 15. axb4
dxc3 16. Bxc3 e4 17. Nfe5 Nxe5 18. Nxe5 Qf5 19. f3 Rxe5 20. dxe4 Qe6 21. Bxe5
Qxe5 22. fxg4 Bxb4 23. Rf1 Bc5+ 24. Kh1 Nxg4 25. Qb3 Nf2+ 26. Rxf2 Bxf2 27. Rf1
Bc5 28. Qxf7+ Kh8 29. Qxb7 Re8 30. Bf3 a5 31. Qc6 Bb4 32. Rd1 Qe6 33. Qb5 Qe5
34. Rd5 Qb8 35. Qd7 Qc8 36. Qb5 Qb8 37. Qa4 Re5 38. Rd3 Kh7 39. Kg2 Qe8 40. Qb3
h5 41. Rd5 g6 42. Qd3 Rxd5 43. exd5 Qe5 44. Be4 Qf6 45. Qb5 Kg7 46. Qd7+ Qe7 47.
Qxe7+ Bxe7 48. Bc2 Kf6 49. Kf3 g5 50. h4 gxh4 51. gxh4 Ke5 52. Kg3 Kxd5 53. Bg6
a4 54. Bxh5 a3 55. Bf7+ Ke4 56. h5 Ke3 57. h6 Bf6 58. Bc4 a2 59. Bxa2 Kxe2 60.
h7 Ba1 61. h8=N Be5+ 62. Kg4 Bxh8 63. Bc4+ Ke3 64. Bd3 Be5 65. Kf5 Kd2 66. Kxe5
Kxd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Blitz Paris 2021"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2021.06.22"]
[Round "12.3"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[ECO "A33"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "symmetrical variation"]
[WhiteFideId "5202213"]
[BlackFideId "623539"]
[EventDate "2021.06.21"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e6 6. a3 Bc5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. e4
O-O 9. Be2 b6 10. O-O Bb7 11. Be3 Rc8 12. f4 d6 13. Rc1 Qc7 14. Bf3 Rfd8 15. Nd5
exd5 16. cxd5 Qd7 17. dxc6 Bxc6 18. Qd4 d5 19. e5 Ne4 20. Rfd1 Qe6 21. h3 f5 22.
Qd3 Bb7 23. Nd4 Qf7 24. Rxc8 Rxc8 25. g4 g6 26. gxf5 gxf5 27. Kh2 Kh8 28. Rg1
Rg8 29. Rxg8+ Kxg8 30. Qb5 Bc5 31. b4 Bxd4 32. Bxd4 Kf8 33. Qe2 Qg6 34. Qe1 Qh6
35. Qc1 Qg7 36. Qg1 Qxg1+ 37. Kxg1 Bc6 38. Be2 Ba4 39. Kg2 Ke7 40. Bd3 Ke6 41.
Kf3 Nd2+ 42. Kg3 Nc4 43. Kh4 Be8 44. Kg5 Bg6 45. a4 Nd2 46. Kh6 Nf3 47. Bf2 Nd2
48. h4 Ne4 49. Be3 Nc3 50. a5 Na2 51. h5 Be8 52. axb6 axb6 53. Kg5 h6+ 54. Kxh6
Nxb4 55. Be2 b5 56. Kg7 Bxh5 57. Bxh5 Nc2 58. Bf7+ Kd7 59. e6+ Kd6 60. Bc5+ Kxc5
61. e7 1-0

[Event "GCT Blitz Paris 2021"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2021.06.22"]
[Round "12.4"]
[White "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2759"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[ECO "C28"]
[Opening "Vienna game"]
[WhiteFideId "12573981"]
[BlackFideId "4102142"]
[EventDate "2021.06.21"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bc4 Nc6 4. d3 Bb4 5. Nf3 d5 6. exd5 Nxd5 7. O-O Bxc3 8.
bxc3 O-O 9. Re1 Bg4 10. Bd2 Re8 11. h3 Bh5 12. Qe2 Qd6 13. Rab1 Nb6 14. Bb3 Qf6
15. g4 Bg6 16. Ng5 h6 17. Ne4 Bxe4 18. Qxe4 Nd7 19. Bd5 Qd6 20. Qc4 Nd8 21. Bxb7
Nxb7 22. Rxb7 Rec8 23. Be3 Nb6 24. Qe4 Nd5 25. c4 Nc3 26. Qf3 e4 27. Qf5 exd3
28. cxd3 Re8 29. Rb3 Nxa2 30. Qa5 f5 31. Qxa2 fxg4 32. c5 Qd5 33. Rb2 Qxa2 34.
Rxa2 gxh3 35. Rea1 1-0

[Event "GCT Blitz Paris 2021"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2021.06.22"]
[Round "12.5"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[ECO "C53"]
[Opening "Giuoco Piano"]
[WhiteFideId "4101588"]
[BlackFideId "13300474"]
[EventDate "2021.06.21"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. O-O O-O 7. h3 a5 8. Re1 Be6
9. Bb5 Ne7 10. d4 Bb6 11. Nbd2 c6 12. Bd3 Ng6 13. Nf1 exd4 14. Nxd4 Qc7 15. Be3
Rae8 16. f4 Bc8 17. Ng3 Nd7 18. Bc2 Nc5 19. Qh5 d5 20. e5 f6 21. exf6 Rxf6 22.
Kh1 Bd7 23. Bd2 Ref8 24. Nf3 Qd6 25. Ne5 Be8 26. Ng4 Re6 27. Nf5 Qd7 28. Rxe6
Nxe6 29. Re1 Bc7 30. Nh4 Bxf4 31. Nxg6 hxg6 32. Bxg6 Bxg6 33. Qxg6 Bg3 34. Rd1
Bf4 35. Bxf4 Nxf4 36. Qg5 Qd8 37. Qxd8 Rxd8 38. Re1 Rd7 39. Re3 d4 40. cxd4 Rxd4
41. Re7 b5 42. Kh2 Rd2 43. Kg3 Nh5+ 44. Kh4 Nf6 45. Nxf6+ gxf6 46. g4 Rxb2 47.
Kh5 Kf8 48. Ra7 Rxa2 49. Kg6 Ke8 50. h4 Rg2 51. Kf5 b4 52. h5 b3 53. Rxa5 b2 54.
Ra8+ Kd7 55. Rb8 Kc7 56. Rb3 c5 57. h6 c4 58. Rb4 c3 59. Kxf6 Rxg4 60. Rxg4 b1=Q
61. Rc4+ Kd6 62. Rxc3 Qb2 63. h7 Qxc3+ 0-1

[Event "GCT Blitz Paris 2021"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2021.06.22"]
[Round "13.1"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Rapport, Richard"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[ECO "B40"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Anderssen variation"]
[WhiteFideId "4101588"]
[BlackFideId "738590"]
[EventDate "2021.06.21"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Ndb5 Bb4 7. a3 Bxc3+ 8.
Nxc3 d5 9. Bd3 dxe4 10. Nxe4 Nxe4 11. Bxe4 Qxd1+ 12. Kxd1 Bd7 13. Re1 O-O-O 14.
Be3 Nd4 15. Bd3 Bc6 16. f3 Nb3 17. Rb1 Bb5 18. Bxa7 Rxd3+ 19. cxd3 Bxd3 20. Re3
Bxb1 21. Rc3+ Kd7 22. Rxb3 Kc6 23. Ke2 Ba2 24. Rc3+ Kd7 25. b3 Rc8 26. Bc5 Rc6
27. Kd2 b6 28. Bf8 Rxc3 29. Kxc3 Bb1 30. Bxg7 Kc6 31. a4 Kd5 32. Bd4 Kc6 33. Bf6
Kd5 34. g4 e5 35. Kd2 e4 36. Bd8 Kc6 37. f4 e3+ 38. Kc3 Be4 39. Bh4 Bf3 40. g5
Bd1 41. f5 Bg4 42. g6 hxg6 43. fxg6 fxg6 44. b4 Bd1 45. a5 bxa5 46. bxa5 Kb5 47.
Kd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Blitz Paris 2021"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2021.06.22"]
[Round "13.2"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2781"]
[BlackElo "2759"]
[ECO "D02"]
[Opening "Queen's bishop game"]
[WhiteFideId "13300474"]
[BlackFideId "12573981"]
[EventDate "2021.06.21"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Bf4 c5 4. e3 cxd4 5. exd4 Bf5 6. Nbd2 e6 7. c3 Be7 8. Qb3
Qc8 9. Nh4 Bg4 10. h3 Bh5 11. g4 Bg6 12. Nxg6 hxg6 13. g5 Nh5 14. Be3 Nc6 15.
O-O-O Qc7 16. Kb1 a6 17. c4 dxc4 18. Nxc4 O-O 19. d5 exd5 20. Nb6 Rad8 21. Nxd5
Qe5 22. Rg1 Nb4 23. Nxb4 Rxd1+ 24. Qxd1 Bxb4 25. Qc2 Nf4 26. a3 Be7 27. Rg4 Nd5
28. Bc1 Rd8 29. Bg2 Bf8 30. h4 b6 31. Bf3 Ne7 32. Be4 Nf5 33. Bxf5 Qxf5 34. Qxf5
gxf5 35. Ra4 Bc5 36. Be3 Bxe3 37. fxe3 a5 38. Kc2 g6 39. e4 fxe4 40. Rxe4 Kg7
41. Kc3 Rd5 42. b4 axb4+ 43. Kxb4 Rf5 44. a4 f6 45. Re7+ Kf8 46. Re6 fxg5 47.
hxg5 Rxg5 48. Rxb6 Rg1 49. a5 Kg7 50. a6 Ra1 51. Kb5 g5 52. Rc6 Rb1+ 53. Ka5
Ra1+ 54. Kb6 Ra4 55. a7 g4 56. Rc4 Rxc4 57. a8=Q Rf4 58. Kc5 Kg6 59. Qg8+ Kh5
60. Qh7+ Kg5 61. Kd5 Rf5+ 62. Ke4 Rf4+ 63. Ke5 Rf3 64. Qh8 Rf1 65. Qd8+ Kh5 66.
Ke4 Rf3 67. Qh8+ Kg5 68. Qh1 Rf4+ 69. Ke5 Rf5+ 70. Ke6 Rf6+ 71. Ke7 Rf3 72. Qc1+
Kh4 73. Ke6 Kg3 74. Ke5 Kh3 75. Qh6+ Kg3 76. Ke4 Rf2 77. Qd6+ Kh3 78. Ke3 Rf3+
79. Ke2 Kg2 80. Qh6 Rf2+ 81. Ke3 Rf3+ 82. Ke4 Kg3 83. Qh1 Rf4+ 84. Ke5 Rf3 85.
Qg1+ Kh3 86. Ke4 Rf8 87. Qh1+ Kg3 88. Qe1+ Kh3 89. Qh1+ Kg3 90. Qh6 Rf3 91. Qd6+
Kh3 92. Qd1 Kg3 93. Qh1 Rf4+ 94. Ke3 Rf3+ 95. Ke2 Rf2+ 96. Ke1 Rf3 97. Qh6 Rf5
98. Qd6+ Kh3 99. Qg6 Rf3 100. Qh5+ Kg3 101. Qh7 Rf6 102. Qc7+ Kh3 103. Ke2 Rf3
104. Qc5 Kg3 105. Qd4 Kh3 106. Qg1 Rf5 107. Qe3+ Rf3 108. Qg5 Kg3 109. Ke1 Kh3
110. Qh6+ Kg3 111. Qh5 Rf8 112. Qc5 Rf3 113. Qc7+ Kh3 114. Qe5 Kg2 115. Ke2 Kh3
116. Qa1 Kg3 117. Qa4 Kh3 118. Qd7 Kg3 119. Qh7 Rf2+ 120. Ke3 Rf3+ 121. Ke4 Rf4+
122. Ke5 Rf3 123. Qh1 Rf8 124. Qe1+ Kh3 125. Qg1 Rf3 126. Ke4 Rf8 127. Qh1+ Kg3
128. Qe1+ Kh3 129. Qd2 Rf3 130. Qd6 Kg2 131. Qd1 Kh3 132. Qg1 Rf8 133. Ke3 Rf3+
134. Ke2 Rf8 135. Qc5 Rf3 136. Qg5 Kg3 137. Qe5+ Kh3 138. Qd6 Rf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Blitz Paris 2021"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2021.06.22"]
[Round "13.3"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[ECO "A20"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[WhiteFideId "4102142"]
[BlackFideId "5202213"]
[EventDate "2021.06.21"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c6 4. Nf3 e4 5. Nd4 Qb6 6. Nb3 a5 7. d3 a4 8. N3d2 Bc5
9. O-O e3 10. fxe3 Bxe3+ 11. Kh1 Ng4 12. Nc3 O-O 13. Nde4 d5 14. cxd5 Bxc1 15.
Qxc1 Ne3 16. Rf3 Nxd5 17. Qd2 Nd7 18. Nxd5 cxd5 19. Nc3 Nf6 20. Raf1 Be6 21.
Rxf6 gxf6 22. Nxd5 Bxd5 23. Bxd5 Kh8 24. Be4 Rg8 25. Qh6 Rg7 26. Qxf6 Qxf6 27.
Rxf6 Ra6 28. Rf4 Rb6 29. Bf3 Rxb2 30. Rxa4 Rg6 31. Ra7 Ra6 32. Rxb7 Rxb7 33.
Bxb7 Rxa2 34. Bf3 Kg7 35. Kg2 Kf6 36. Kf2 Ke5 37. Ke3 Ra3 38. Be4 h6 39. Bf3 f5
40. Bg2 Rb3 41. Bf3 Ra3 42. Bg2 Rb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Blitz Paris 2021"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2021.06.22"]
[Round "13.4"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2792"]
[ECO "C11"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "Burn variation"]
[WhiteFideId "623539"]
[BlackFideId "4168119"]
[EventDate "2021.06.21"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 gxf6 7. Nf3 f5 8.
Nc3 a6 9. g3 b5 10. Bg2 Bb7 11. O-O Bf6 12. Re1 O-O 13. Ne2 c5 14. c3 Nd7 15.
Nf4 cxd4 16. cxd4 Nb6 17. Nh5 Ra7 18. Nxf6+ Qxf6 19. Ne5 Bxg2 20. Kxg2 Rc7 21.
Rc1 Rfc8 22. Rxc7 Rxc7 23. Qd2 Qd8 24. Rc1 f6 25. Rxc7 Qxc7 26. Nd3 Qd6 27. Qf4
Qxf4 28. Nxf4 Kf7 29. Kf1 e5 30. dxe5 fxe5 31. Nd3 Kf6 32. Nc5 a5 33. Ke2 e4 34.
Nb3 Nc4 35. Nd4 Nxb2 36. Nxb5 Nc4 37. Nd4 Ke5 38. Nc6+ Kd5 39. Ne7+ Ke6 40. Nc6
a4 41. Kd1 f4 42. gxf4 Kf5 43. Ke2 Kxf4 44. Nd4 h5 45. Ne6+ Ke5 46. Nc5 a3 47.
Nb3 Kf4 48. Nc5 h4 49. h3 Ke5 50. f3 exf3+ 51. Kxf3 Kd4 52. Ne6+ Kc3 53. Nc7 Nd6
54. Nd5+ Kb2 55. Nb4 Nb5 56. Ke3 Nc3 57. Kd3 Nd1 58. Ke2 Nc3+ 59. Kd3 Na4 60.
Kd4 Nb6 61. Kc5 Nd7+ 62. Kd6 Nf6 63. Ke5 Ng4+ 64. Kf4 Nf2 65. Kg5 Nxh3+ 66. Kxh4
Nf2 67. Kg3 Nd1 68. Kf3 Nc3 69. Ke3 Nxa2 70. Nc6 Nc3 0-1

[Event "GCT Blitz Paris 2021"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2021.06.22"]
[Round "13.5"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2820"]
[ECO "A05"]
[Opening "Reti opening"]
[WhiteFideId "13400924"]
[BlackFideId "2020009"]
[EventDate "2021.06.21"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. b3 g6 3. Bb2 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. d4 e5 7. dxe5 Ng4 8. O-O
Nc6 9. c4 a5 10. Nc3 Ngxe5 11. Qd2 Re8 12. Rad1 Nxf3+ 13. Bxf3 Nd4 14. Bg2 Bg4
15. f3 Bd7 16. e3 Nf5 17. Rfe1 a4 18. f4 axb3 19. axb3 c6 20. Kh1 h5 21. c5 d5
22. e4 Nd4 23. exd5 Nxb3 24. Qf2 Rxe1+ 25. Rxe1 Bd4 26. Qe2 Qa5 27. Qc4 Bf2 28.
Rd1 Nxc5 29. dxc6 bxc6 30. h3 Rb8 31. Qe2 Bxg3 32. Ba1 Bxf4 33. Qe7 Bh6 34. Nd5
cxd5 35. Qe5 Kh7 36. Qxb8 Bg7 37. Bxg7 Kxg7 38. Qe5+ f6 39. Qxd5 Qc3 40. Qd6 Bf5
41. Qe7+ Kh6 42. h4 Ne6 43. Qd6 Qe3 44. Qb8 0-1

[Event "GCT Blitz Paris 2021"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2021.06.22"]
[Round "14.1"]
[White "Rapport, Richard"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[ECO "A07"]
[Opening "Reti"]
[Variation "King's Indian attack (Barcza system)"]
[WhiteFideId "738590"]
[BlackFideId "13400924"]
[EventDate "2021.06.21"]

1. g3 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c6 4. O-O Bf5 5. c4 e6 6. cxd5 exd5 7. d3 Be7 8. Nc3
O-O 9. Nd4 Bg6 10. e4 dxe4 11. dxe4 Nbd7 12. f4 Bh5 13. Qd2 Nb6 14. Kh1 Nc4 15.
Qd3 c5 16. Qxc4 cxd4 17. Nd5 Nxd5 18. exd5 Rc8 19. Qxd4 Bc5 20. Qd3 Re8 21. Bf3
Bxf3+ 22. Qxf3 Qf6 23. Rb1 Qf5 24. Bd2 Red8 25. Bc3 Rxd5 26. Rbe1 Rcd8 27. Re4
h5 28. Rfe1 f6 29. Kg2 Kh7 30. R4e2 Kg6 31. h3 Rd3 32. g4 Qd5 33. Qxd5 R8xd5 34.
Rf1 b5 35. Rf3 Rxf3 36. Kxf3 Rd3+ 37. Kg2 hxg4 38. hxg4 Be3 39. f5+ Kf7 40. Kf3
Bb6+ 41. Kg2 Bc7 42. Re4 Bb6 43. Bb4 a5 44. Re7+ Kg8 45. Re8+ Kh7 46. Be1 b4 47.
Re6 Bc7 48. Re7 Bf4 49. b3 Kh6 50. Bf2 Be5 51. Be1 Bf4 52. Bf2 Be5 53. Bh4 Rd2+
54. Kf3 Rxa2 55. Bf2 Kh7 56. g5 Ra3 57. g6+ Kh6 58. Be3+ Kh5 59. Rxg7 1-0

[Event "GCT Blitz Paris 2021"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2021.06.22"]
[Round "14.2"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2820"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[ECO "A05"]
[Opening "Reti opening"]
[WhiteFideId "2020009"]
[BlackFideId "623539"]
[EventDate "2021.06.21"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. b3 g6 3. Bb2 Bg7 4. g3 b6 5. Bg2 Bb7 6. O-O O-O 7. d4 c5 8. e3 d5
9. Qe2 Nbd7 10. Nbd2 e6 11. c4 Qe7 12. Rfd1 Rfd8 13. Rac1 a5 14. dxc5 Nxc5 15.
Bd4 Nfe4 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. Nxe4 dxe4 18. Ne1 f5 19. Rxd8 Rxd8 20. Rd1 e5 21. h4
h5 22. Bf1 Kf6 23. Qc2 Rxd1 24. Qxd1 Qd7 25. Qc2 Qd6 26. Be2 f4 27. exf4 exf4
28. gxf4 Qxf4 29. Qc3+ Qe5 30. Qe3 Bc8 31. Ng2 Kf7 32. Nf4 Be6 33. Kg2 Qf6 34.
Qg3 Nd7 35. Nxe6 Kxe6 36. a3 Ne5 37. b4 axb4 38. axb4 Qd8 39. c5 bxc5 40. bxc5
Qd5 41. Qe3 Nd7 42. f3 Nxc5 43. fxe4 Nxe4 44. Bd3 Ke5 45. Bc2 Qc4 46. Bd3 Qa2+
47. Kf3 Qf7+ 48. Kg2 Qf4 49. Qxf4+ Kxf4 50. Bb1 g5 51. Bxe4 Kxe4 52. hxg5 Kf5
53. g6 Kxg6 54. Kh3 Kf7 55. Kh4 Ke7 56. Kxh5 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Blitz Paris 2021"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2021.06.22"]
[Round "14.3"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2792"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[ECO "A37"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "symmetrical variation"]
[WhiteFideId "4168119"]
[BlackFideId "4102142"]
[EventDate "2021.06.21"]

1. c4 g6 2. Nf3 Bg7 3. g3 c5 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. Nc3 d6 6. O-O Bd7 7. e3 Nf6 8. d4 O-O
9. b3 a6 10. Bb2 Rb8 11. Qe2 Bg4 12. dxc5 dxc5 13. h3 Bd7 14. Rfd1 Qc7 15. Nd5
Nxd5 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. cxd5 Ne5 18. Qb2 f6 19. Nxe5 Qxe5 20. Qxe5 fxe5 21. d6 e6
22. Rac1 Rfc8 23. Rc3 b5 24. Rdc1 Rb6 25. Rxc5 Rxc5 26. Rxc5 Kf6 27. f4 exf4 28.
e4 fxg3 29. e5+ Kf5 30. Rc7 Kxe5 31. Rxd7 Rxd6 32. Rxd6 Kxd6 33. b4 Kc7 34. Be4 1-0

[Event "GCT Blitz Paris 2021"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2021.06.22"]
[Round "14.4"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[ECO "D38"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "Ragozin variation"]
[WhiteFideId "5202213"]
[BlackFideId "13300474"]
[EventDate "2021.06.21"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Qa4+ Nc6 6. e3 O-O 7. Bd2 dxc4 8.
Bxc4 Bd6 9. Qc2 e5 10. dxe5 Nxe5 11. Nxe5 Bxe5 12. f4 Bxc3 13. Bxc3 Qe7 14.
O-O-O Qxe3+ 15. Kb1 Qxf4 16. Bd3 Be6 17. Rhf1 Qh6 18. Bxf6 gxf6 19. Qxc7 Bd5 20.
Bf5 Bc6 21. Rd3 Rfe8 22. Rg3+ Kf8 23. Qd6+ Re7 24. Re1 Re8 25. Rge3 1-0

[Event "GCT Blitz Paris 2021"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2021.06.22"]
[Round "14.5"]
[White "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2759"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[ECO "C26"]
[Opening "Vienna game"]
[WhiteFideId "12573981"]
[BlackFideId "4101588"]
[EventDate "2021.06.21"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 d6 5. h3 Nc6 6. a3 a6 7. Nge2 O-O 8. Ng3 h6
9. O-O b5 10. Ba2 Be6 11. Kh2 Bxa2 12. Rxa2 d5 13. exd5 Nxd5 14. Nce4 Bd6 15.
Bxh6 f5 16. Bg5 Qd7 17. c4 Nf4 18. Nxd6 Qxd6 19. b4 Nd4 20. Kg1 Qg6 21. Bxf4
exf4 22. Qh5 Qxh5 23. Nxh5 f3 24. Nf4 Rae8 25. h4 bxc4 26. dxc4 Re4 27. g3 Rd8
28. Kh2 Kf7 29. Nh3 Ne6 30. Ng1 Rd3 31. c5 g5 32. Nh3 gxh4 33. Rg1 hxg3+ 34.
Rxg3 Rh4 35. a4 Nf4 36. b5 Rd8 37. Ra3 Nxh3 38. Rxh3 Rxh3+ 39. Kxh3 axb5 40.
axb5 Rd5 41. Rc3 Ke6 42. Kg3 Rd4 43. Rb3 Kd7 44. b6 cxb6 45. cxb6 Kc8 46. Kxf3
Kb7 47. Rb5 f4 48. Kg4 Ra4 49. f3 Rc4 50. Rf5 Kxb6 51. Rxf4 Rc1 52. Rd4 Kc5 53.
Rd2 Rg1+ 54. Kf5 Rg8 55. f4 Rf8+ 56. Kg5 Rg8+ 57. Kh6 Rf8 58. Rf2 Kd5 59. Kg7
Rf5 60. Kg6 Rf8 61. f5 Rg8+ 62. Kh7 Ra8 63. f6 Ke6 64. f7 1-0

[Event "GCT Blitz Paris 2021"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2021.06.22"]
[Round "15.1"]
[White "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Black "Rapport, Richard"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2759"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[ECO "B40"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Anderssen variation"]
[WhiteFideId "12573981"]
[BlackFideId "738590"]
[EventDate "2021.06.21"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Ndb5 Bb4 7. Bf4 Nxe4 8.
Qf3 d5 9. Nc7+ Kf8 10. Nxa8 e5 11. Bd2 Nd4 12. Qd1 Qh4 13. g3 Qf6 14. Nxe4 Nf3+
15. Qxf3 Qxf3 16. Bxb4+ Kg8 17. Nd6 Qxh1 18. O-O-O Be6 19. Nc7 Qxh2 20. Nxd5
Bxd5 21. Rxd5 Qxf2 22. Bc4 Qe3+ 23. Rd2 Qe1+ 24. Rd1 Qxb4 25. a3 Qc5 26. b4 Qe3+
27. Kb2 g6 28. Nxf7 b5 29. Ba2 Kg7 30. Rd7 Rf8 31. Nxe5+ Kh8 32. Nf7+ Rxf7 33.
Bxf7 Kg7 34. Bc4+ Kh6 35. Bd3 a6 36. g4 Qf4 37. Kb3 Qxg4 38. Rd6 Qc8 39. a4 Qg8+
40. Ka3 Qh8 41. axb5 axb5 42. Bxb5 Qc3+ 43. Ka4 Qxc2+ 44. Ka3 Qc3+ 45. Ka4 Qc2+
46. Ka5 Qc7+ 47. Rb6 Kg5 48. Bd3 Kf4 49. Ka6 g5 50. b5 g4 51. Rc6 Qd7 52. Bf1 g3
53. Rc4+ Ke3 54. b6 Kf2 55. b7 Qd6+ 56. Ka7 Qa3+ 57. Kb6 Qb3+ 58. Kc7 Kxf1 59.
Rf4+ Ke2 60. Rg4 Kf3 61. Rg5 Qc3+ 62. Kb6 Qe3+ 63. Rc5 Qf4 64. Rc3+ Kg4 65. Rc8
Qb4+ 66. Kc6 Qc4+ 67. Kd6 Qd4+ 68. Kc6 Qe4+ 69. Kb6 Qe3+ 70. Kc6 Qf3+ 71. Kb6
Qf2+ 72. Kc6 Qf3+ 73. Kb6 Qb3+ 74. Kc6 Qc2+ 75. Kb6 Qb2+ 76. Kc6 Qc3+ 77. Kb6
Qb4+ 78. Kc6 g2 79. b8=Q Qxb8 80. Rxb8 h5 81. Kd5 Kf3 82. Rb3+ Kf2 83. Rb2+ Kg3
84. Rb3+ Kh2 85. Rb2 Kh1 86. Ke4 h4 87. Rb3 g1=Q 88. Rb2 Qe1+ 89. Kf3 Qg3+ 90.
Ke4 Qg2+ 0-1

[Event "GCT Blitz Paris 2021"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2021.06.22"]
[Round "15.2"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[ECO "C50"]
[Opening "Giuoco Pianissimo"]
[WhiteFideId "4101588"]
[BlackFideId "5202213"]
[EventDate "2021.06.21"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. O-O d6 6. c3 h6 7. Re1 a6 8. a4 Ba7
9. Nbd2 g5 10. b4 Nh7 11. Kh1 O-O 12. b5 Na5 13. d4 g4 14. Ng1 exd4 15. Bb2 Nxc4
16. Nxc4 Be6 17. b6 cxb6 18. Nd2 dxc3 19. Bxc3 b5 20. f4 gxf3 21. Ndxf3 Rc8 22.
Qd2 bxa4 23. Rxa4 Ng5 24. Ba1 Kh7 25. Nd4 Bd7 26. Ra3 Re8 27. Rg3 Rg8 28. Qd3
Rg6 29. Ngf3 Nxf3 30. Rxf3 Be8 31. Ref1 Rc7 32. Qd2 Qg5 33. Qf2 Rc1 34. Bb2
Rxf1+ 35. Qxf1 Qe7 36. Nf5 Qxe4 37. Nxd6 Rxd6 38. Rxf7+ Kg6 39. h3 Bxf7 0-1

[Event "GCT Blitz Paris 2021"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2021.06.22"]
[Round "15.3"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2781"]
[BlackElo "2792"]
[ECO "A46"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[WhiteFideId "13300474"]
[BlackFideId "4168119"]
[EventDate "2021.06.21"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bf4 c5 4. e3 b6 5. Nc3 cxd4 6. Nb5 Nd5 7. Qxd4 Nc6 8. Qa4
Bb4+ 9. c3 Nxf4 10. cxb4 Nd5 11. Nd6+ Kf8 12. b5 Na5 13. Ne5 Qf6 14. Qd4 Ke7 15.
Ne4 Qh6 16. b4 Nb7 17. Rc1 f6 18. Nf3 f5 19. Nc3 Nxc3 20. Rxc3 Qf6 21. Ne5 Nd6
22. Rc7 Ne8 23. Rxc8 Rxc8 24. Qxd7+ Kf8 25. Qxc8 Qxe5 26. Bc4 Qc3+ 27. Kd1 g6
28. Qxe6 Kg7 29. Ke2 Nd6 30. Qxd6 Qxc4+ 31. Qd3 Qg4+ 32. Kd2 Qxg2 33. Qd4+ Kh6
34. Qh4+ Kg7 35. Qd4+ Kh6 36. Qxh8 Qxh1 37. Qe5 Qb1 38. Qf4+ Kg7 39. Qd4+ Kh6
40. Qf4+ Kg7 41. Qc4 Kh6 42. a4 Qb2+ 43. Ke1 Qa1+ 44. Ke2 Qxa4 45. Qh4+ Kg7 46.
Qe7+ Kg8 47. Qe8+ Kg7 48. Qe7+ Kg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Blitz Paris 2021"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2021.06.22"]
[Round "15.4"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2820"]
[ECO "B23"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "closed, 2...Nc6"]
[WhiteFideId "4102142"]
[BlackFideId "2020009"]
[EventDate "2021.06.21"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nd4 4. Nf3 e6 5. O-O a6 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. Re1 b5 8. Bf1
Qb6 9. a4 b4 10. Nd5 exd5 11. exd5+ Nce7 12. d4 d6 13. a5 Qc7 14. dxc5 Qxc5 15.
c4 bxc3 16. bxc3 f6 17. Ba3 Qc7 18. Nd4 Kf7 19. Ne6 Qd7 20. Rb1 Nh6 21. Rb6 Ng6
22. Nxf8 Rxf8 23. Rxd6 Qg4 24. Qxg4 Nxg4 25. Rc6 Rd8 26. c4 N4e5 27. Rb6 Bf5 28.
d6 Nf4 29. c5 Nh3+ 30. Kh1 Nxf2+ 31. Kg1 Nfd3 32. Rd1 Rac8 33. c6 Rxc6 34. Rxc6
Nxc6 35. Bxd3 Bxd3 36. Rxd3 Nxa5 37. Rc3 Rd7 38. Kf2 Ke6 39. Ke3 Rb7 40. Kd4 Kd7
41. Re3 Nc6+ 42. Kc3 Rb5 43. Rg3 g6 44. Rh3 h5 45. Rf3 Ke6 46. Rd3 Rd5 47. Rg3
Ne5 48. h3 g5 49. Kc2 Nc4 50. Bb4 Rb5 51. Rd3 Ne5 52. d7 Nxd7 53. Rd6+ Kf5 54.
Bc3 Ne5 55. Rxa6 Rd5 56. Ra4 h4 57. Rb4 Rd6 58. Ra4 Ng6 59. Bd2 Ne5 60. Bc3 Rc6
61. Kd2 Ng6 62. Ra5+ Ke6 63. Ra8 0-1

[Event "GCT Blitz Paris 2021"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2021.06.22"]
[Round "15.5"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[ECO "A10"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[WhiteFideId "623539"]
[BlackFideId "13400924"]
[EventDate "2021.06.21"]

1. c4 g6 2. Nc3 Bg7 3. d4 Nf6 4. g3 c6 5. Nf3 d5 6. Qb3 O-O 7. Bg2 e6 8. O-O b6
9. Rd1 Bb7 10. Bf4 Nbd7 11. Rac1 Re8 12. a4 Rc8 13. Qa2 Qe7 14. a5 Ba8 15. b3 c5
16. Nb5 cxd4 17. Bd6 Qd8 18. Nxa7 Ne4 19. Nxc8 Qxc8 20. cxd5 Nc3 21. dxe6 Rxe6
22. Bb4 bxa5 23. Bxc3 dxc3 24. Qxa5 Re8 25. e3 c2 26. Rd2 Be4 27. Nd4 Bxg2 28.
Kxg2 Qb7+ 29. Nf3 Re5 30. Qd8+ Nf8 31. Qd3 h5 32. Rdxc2 h4 33. gxh4 Ne6 34. Rc6
Rb5 35. Rxe6 fxe6 36. Qxg6 Rf5 37. Qxe6+ Rf7 38. Qc8+ 1-0

[Event "GCT Blitz Paris 2021"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2021.06.22"]
[Round "16.1"]
[White "Rapport, Richard"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[ECO "A15"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[WhiteFideId "738590"]
[BlackFideId "623539"]
[EventDate "2021.06.21"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Qxd1+ 7. Kxd1 Nd7
8. Bf4 Nc5 9. Nd2 Bg7 10. Be3 Ne6 11. Kc2 Bd7 12. Bc4 b5 13. Bd5 c6 14. Bb3 a5
15. a4 Nd8 16. Rhd1 e6 17. Nf3 Nb7 18. e5 Bf8 19. Ng5 Bc5 20. Nxf7 Rf8 21. Nd6+
Bxd6 22. exd6 b4 23. f3 c5 24. Bc4 Rf6 25. b3 Bc6 26. Rd2 Kd7 27. Re1 Re8 28.
Ba6 Rf5 29. Bf2 e5 30. Bxb7 Bxb7 31. Bxc5 bxc3 32. Rde2 e4 33. Ba3 Rh5 34. h3
Rhe5 35. Kxc3 e3 36. Bc1 Kxd6 37. Rxe3 Rxe3+ 38. Bxe3 Kc6 39. Rc1 Ba6 40. Kd4+
Kb7 41. Rc5 Rd8+ 42. Ke4 Rd3 43. Rxa5 Rxb3 44. Re5 Bf1 45. g4 Bxh3 46. Re7+ Kc6
47. Rxh7 Bf1 48. Rg7 Bd3+ 49. Kd4 Bb1 50. Bf4 Rxf3 51. Ke5 Ra3 52. Ra7 Kb6 53.
Ra8 Kb7 54. Ra5 Bc2 55. Rb5+ Ka6 56. Rd5 Rxa4 57. Rd6+ Kb5 58. Rd4 Rxd4 59. Kxd4
g5 60. Bxg5 Bd1 61. Bf4 Bxg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Blitz Paris 2021"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2021.06.22"]
[Round "16.2"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[ECO "A04"]
[Opening "Reti opening"]
[WhiteFideId "13400924"]
[BlackFideId "4102142"]
[EventDate "2021.06.21"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. e3 Bg7 5. d4 d6 6. d5 Ne5 7. Nxe5 Bxe5 8. Bd3
Bg7 9. O-O Nf6 10. e4 O-O 11. h3 e6 12. Bf4 exd5 13. cxd5 a6 14. a4 Re8 15. Qd2
c4 16. Bc2 Qc7 17. Bh6 Bxh6 18. Qxh6 Bd7 19. a5 b5 20. axb6 Qxb6 21. Qd2 Reb8
22. Kh2 Qc7 23. Ra2 Rb4 24. f4 Rab8 25. Bb1 Qb6 26. e5 Ne8 27. Qe2 Ng7 28. Ne4
Bf5 29. Nf6+ Kh8 30. Bxf5 Nxf5 31. Nd7 Qd4 32. Nxb8 Rxb8 33. exd6 1-0

[Event "GCT Blitz Paris 2021"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2021.06.22"]
[Round "16.3"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2820"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[ECO "E46"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian"]
[Variation "4.e3 O-O"]
[WhiteFideId "2020009"]
[BlackFideId "13300474"]
[EventDate "2021.06.21"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd2 c5 6. a3 Bxc3 7. Bxc3 Ne4 8. Rc1
b6 9. Nf3 Bb7 10. Be2 Nxc3 11. Rxc3 cxd4 12. exd4 d6 13. O-O Nd7 14. Qd2 Nf6 15.
Qe3 b5 16. b3 Qa5 17. Qc1 bxc4 18. bxc4 Rac8 19. h3 Nd5 20. Rc2 Nb6 21. Nd2 Rc7
22. c5 Rfc8 23. Nb3 Qa4 24. Qe3 Bd5 25. Rb1 Nd7 26. Na1 Qa5 27. Bb5 Nf6 28. Bf1
dxc5 29. dxc5 Bc6 30. Rcc1 Rd7 31. Nb3 Qxa3 32. Ra1 Qb4 33. Na5 Bd5 34. c6 Rdc7
35. Ba6 Rd8 36. Rcb1 Qe7 37. Rb7 h6 38. Qxa7 Ne8 39. Rab1 Rdc8 40. Qb6 Qg5 41.
Bf1 Be4 42. Rxc7 Rxc7 43. Re1 Bd5 44. Qb8 Qe7 45. Rb1 g5 46. Rb7 Kg7 47. Qa7 h5
48. Qb6 g4 49. hxg4 h4 50. Qe3 Rxb7 51. cxb7 Bxb7 52. Nxb7 Qxb7 53. Qg5+ Kf8 54.
Qxh4 Qe4 55. Qg5 Qd4 56. Be2 Qa1+ 57. Kh2 Qh8+ 58. Kg3 Qc3+ 59. Bf3 Qc7+ 60. Kh3
Qc3 61. Qh4 Kg7 62. g5 Nd6 63. Qh6+ Kg8 64. g6 Qh8 65. gxf7+ Nxf7 66. Qxh8+ Kxh8
67. Bg4 Kg7 68. Kh4 Kf6 69. Bh5 Nd6 70. g4 e5 71. g5+ Kg7 72. Kg4 Kh7 73. Kg3
Ne4+ 74. Kg4 Nxf2+ 75. Kf5 Kg7 76. Kxe5 Nh3 77. Kf5 Nxg5 78. Kxg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Blitz Paris 2021"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2021.06.22"]
[Round "16.4"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2792"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[ECO "C67"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "open Berlin defence, Showalter variation"]
[WhiteFideId "4168119"]
[BlackFideId "4101588"]
[EventDate "2021.06.21"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Ba4 e4 7. Ne5 g6 8. Nc3
Bg7 9. Re1 O-O 10. Nxe4 Nxe4 11. Rxe4 Qe7 12. Re1 Nxe5 13. dxe5 Bxe5 14. c3 Qc5
15. Be3 Qe7 16. Bc1 Qc5 17. Be3 Qe7 18. Bc1 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Blitz Paris 2021"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2021.06.22"]
[Round "16.5"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2759"]
[ECO "E49"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian"]
[Variation "4.e3, Botvinnik system"]
[WhiteFideId "5202213"]
[BlackFideId "12573981"]
[EventDate "2021.06.21"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 c6 8. Ne2
b6 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. f3 Ba6 11. e4 Bxd3 12. Qxd3 Qc8 13. O-O Qa6 14. Qc2 Nc6 15.
Bg5 Ne8 16. Bh4 Qc4 17. e5 f6 18. exf6 Nxf6 19. Qd2 Rae8 20. Rfe1 Nd7 21. Bg3 e5
22. dxe5 Ndxe5 23. Nf4 d4 24. Rac1 d3 25. Re4 Qc5+ 26. Kh1 Qxa3 27. Rce1 Qd6 28.
h4 Qh6 29. Qa2+ 1-0

[Event "GCT Blitz Paris 2021"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2021.06.22"]
[Round "17.1"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Rapport, Richard"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[ECO "C67"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "open Berlin defence, l'Hermet variation"]
[WhiteFideId "5202213"]
[BlackFideId "738590"]
[EventDate "2021.06.21"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. dxe5 Nxb5 7. a4 Nbd4 8.
Nxd4 d5 9. exd6 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Qxd6 11. Qe4+ Qe6 12. Qd4 Qd6 13. Qe4+ Qe6 14. Qd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Blitz Paris 2021"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2021.06.22"]
[Round "17.2"]
[White "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2759"]
[BlackElo "2792"]
[ECO "C11"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "Steinitz, Boleslavsky variation"]
[WhiteFideId "12573981"]
[BlackFideId "4168119"]
[EventDate "2021.06.21"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 a6 8. a3 cxd4
9. Nxd4 Bc5 10. Be2 O-O 11. Qd2 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 b5 13. Bf3 Qb6 14. Ne2 a5 15. O-O
Bxd4+ 16. Nxd4 Nc5 17. Qe3 Bb7 18. f5 exf5 19. Nxf5 Rae8 20. b4 Na4 21. Qxb6
Nxb6 22. Nd6 Re7 23. bxa5 Nc4 24. Nxb7 Rxb7 25. Bxd5 Rd7 26. Bc6 Rc7 27. Bxb5
Nxa5 28. c4 Rfc8 29. Rf4 g6 30. a4 Re7 31. Re4 Rc5 32. Rd1 Rcxe5 33. Rxe5 Rxe5
34. Rd5 Re2 35. c5 Rc2 36. h4 Kg7 37. h5 gxh5 38. Rxh5 Nb7 39. c6 Na5 40. Rxh7+
Kxh7 41. Bd3+ Kg7 42. Bxc2 Nxc6 43. Be4 Na5 44. Kf2 Nc4 45. Bd5 Nb6 46. Bb3 f5
47. a5 Nc8 48. Be6 Ne7 49. a6 Nc6 50. Bxf5 Kf6 51. Bd3 1-0

[Event "GCT Blitz Paris 2021"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2021.06.22"]
[Round "17.3"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2820"]
[ECO "C55"]
[Opening "Two knights defence (Modern bishop's opening)"]
[WhiteFideId "4101588"]
[BlackFideId "2020009"]
[EventDate "2021.06.21"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 h6 5. O-O Bc5 6. c3 d6 7. Re1 Bb6 8. a4 a5
9. Nbd2 O-O 10. h3 Ne7 11. d4 Nc6 12. dxe5 Nxe5 13. Nxe5 dxe5 14. Bf1 Be6 15.
Qc2 Nd7 16. Nc4 Bc5 17. Rd1 Qh4 18. Be3 Bxe3 19. Nxe3 Nc5 20. Bc4 Rae8 21. Bxe6
Rxe6 22. Rd5 Nxe4 23. Re1 Nd6 24. Rxa5 c6 25. Nf5 Nxf5 26. Qxf5 Rf6 27. Qc2 e4
28. Re5 e3 29. R1xe3 Rd6 30. Re8 Rd8 31. Rxf8+ Rxf8 32. Qe4 Qd8 33. g3 g6 34.
Kg2 h5 35. b4 Qd7 36. a5 Rd8 37. c4 Kg7 38. Qe7 Kg8 39. Qf6 Qd4 40. Re8+ 1-0

[Event "GCT Blitz Paris 2021"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2021.06.22"]
[Round "17.4"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2781"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[ECO "A46"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[WhiteFideId "13300474"]
[BlackFideId "13400924"]
[EventDate "2021.06.21"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d6 3. g3 Nbd7 4. Bg2 e5 5. c4 c6 6. Nc3 e4 7. Ng5 d5 8. cxd5
cxd5 9. O-O h6 10. Nh3 Nb6 11. f3 exf3 12. Rxf3 Be7 13. Nf4 O-O 14. a4 a5 15.
Qb3 Bb4 16. Rf2 Bxc3 17. bxc3 Re8 18. Rb1 Ra6 19. Nd3 Nc4 20. Qa2 Rc6 21. Rb5
Nd6 22. Rxd5 Be6 23. c4 Bxd5 24. cxd5 Rc8 25. Bd2 Nde4 26. Rf5 Qb6 27. e3 Qa6
28. Ne5 Qe2 29. Rxf6 gxf6 30. Qb2 Qd1+ 0-1

[Event "GCT Blitz Paris 2021"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2021.06.22"]
[Round "17.5"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[ECO "B23"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "closed, 2...Nc6"]
[WhiteFideId "4102142"]
[BlackFideId "623539"]
[EventDate "2021.06.21"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nd4 4. Nf3 g6 5. O-O Bg7 6. Nxd4 cxd4 7. Ne2 a6 8.
Ba4 d3 9. cxd3 Nf6 10. f3 O-O 11. d4 d5 12. d3 Bd7 13. Bb3 Bc6 14. Be3 Rc8 15.
Qd2 e6 16. Rac1 Qb6 17. Rc3 a5 18. Rfc1 Ra8 19. a3 a4 20. Bd1 Rfe8 21. e5 Nd7
22. f4 f6 23. h4 h5 24. Kh2 f5 25. Ng1 Bf8 26. Nf3 Be7 27. Qf2 Nf8 28. R3c2 Rec8
29. Bd2 Bd7 30. Rxc8 Rxc8 31. Rxc8 Bxc8 32. Bc3 Bd7 33. Kg3 Kf7 34. Qd2 Nh7 35.
Kf2 Bc6 36. g3 Ke8 37. Ne1 Nf8 38. Nc2 Nd7 39. Bb4 Bxb4 40. Qxb4 Qxb4 41. Nxb4
Bb5 42. Ke3 Nb8 43. Na2 Bc6 44. Kd2 Na6 45. Kc3 b5 46. Nb4 Nb8 47. Na2 Na6 48.
Nc1 Ke7 49. b3 axb3 50. Nxb3 Be8 51. Nc5 Nb8 52. Nb7 Bc6 53. Nd6 Na6 54. Nc8+
Kd8 55. Nd6 Kc7 56. Bc2 Bd7 57. Kb2 Kb6 58. Bd1 Nb8 59. Kc3 Nc6 60. Nf7 Be8 61.
Ng5 Bd7 62. Nf3 Be8 63. Nd2 Na5 64. Nb3 Nxb3 65. Bxb3 Ka5 66. Bd1 Bd7 67. Bc2
Be8 68. Bd1 Bd7 69. Bc2 Be8 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Blitz Paris 2021"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2021.06.22"]
[Round "18.1"]
[White "Rapport, Richard"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[ECO "A04"]
[Opening "Reti opening"]
[WhiteFideId "738590"]
[BlackFideId "4102142"]
[EventDate "2021.06.21"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 a6 7. N5c3 Nf6 8.
g3 d5 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Bg2 Be6 11. O-O O-O 12. Nxd5 Bxd5 13. Bg5 Qxg5 14. Qxd5
Qe7 15. a3 Ba5 16. b4 Bb6 17. Nc3 Bd4 18. Rac1 Rac8 19. Na4 Rfd8 20. Qe4 g6 21.
e3 Ba7 22. Rfd1 Rxd1+ 23. Rxd1 f5 24. Qc4+ Kg7 25. Qc3 Rc7 26. Qa1 Kh6 27. Nc3
Rd7 28. Bxc6 bxc6 29. Ne2 Rxd1+ 30. Qxd1 c5 31. Nc3 cxb4 32. Nd5 Qb7 33. Nxb4
Bc5 34. Nd3 Qd5 35. e4 fxe4 36. Qc1+ e3 37. Qxc5 exf2+ 38. Kxf2 Qxd3 39. Qxe5
Qxa3 40. Qf4+ Kg7 41. Qe5+ Kf7 42. Qd5+ Kf6 43. Qd4+ Ke6 44. Qe4+ Kd6 45. Qd4+
Kc6 46. Qe4+ Kb6 47. Qe6+ Ka5 48. Qd5+ Kb6 49. Qe6+ Ka5 50. Qd5+ Kb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Blitz Paris 2021"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2021.06.22"]
[Round "18.2"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[ECO "C78"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "5.O-O"]
[WhiteFideId "623539"]
[BlackFideId "13300474"]
[EventDate "2021.06.21"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. c3 d6 8. a4 Rb8
9. d4 Bb6 10. a5 Ba7 11. h3 Bb7 12. Be3 Nxe4 13. d5 Bxe3 14. dxc6 Nxf2 15. Qe2
Nxh3+ 16. Kh1 Nf2+ 17. Rxf2 Bxf2 18. cxb7 Ba7 19. Bd5 Qd7 20. Qe4 Kf8 21. Ng5
Qe7 22. Nxf7 c6 23. Nxh8 Qf6 24. Ng6+ hxg6 25. Nd2 Ke7 26. Nf3 cxd5 27. Qg4 Rh8+
28. Nh2 Qf4 29. Qxf4 exf4 30. Rf1 g5 31. Rf3 g4 0-1

[Event "GCT Blitz Paris 2021"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2021.06.22"]
[Round "18.3"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[ECO "A30"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "symmetrical, hedgehog system"]
[WhiteFideId "13400924"]
[BlackFideId "4101588"]
[EventDate "2021.06.21"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 e6 4. g3 b6 5. Bg2 Bb7 6. O-O Be7 7. d4 cxd4 8. Qxd4
O-O 9. b3 d6 10. Ba3 Na6 11. Rad1 Nc5 12. Bb2 a6 13. Rfe1 Rc8 14. e4 Qc7 15. e5
dxe5 16. Qxe5 h6 17. h4 Rfe8 18. Qxc7 Rxc7 19. Ne5 Rec8 20. Re2 Kf8 21. Red2
Bxg2 22. Kxg2 Ke8 23. f3 h5 24. Kh3 g6 25. Ne2 Ncd7 26. Nd3 b5 27. cxb5 axb5 28.
Nd4 Rb7 29. Re2 Nd5 30. Ree1 b4 31. Rc1 Rbc7 32. Rxc7 Rxc7 33. Rc1 Rxc1 34. Bxc1
Nc3 35. Bd2 Nxa2 36. Nc6 Nc5 37. Nxc5 Bxc5 38. g4 Nc3 39. Kg2 Nd5 40. Ne5 Bd6
41. Nd3 f5 42. gxh5 gxh5 43. f4 Kd7 44. Kf3 Kc6 45. Be1 Nc3 46. Ke3 Kd5 47. Bd2
Be7 48. Be1 Na2 49. Bd2 Bxh4 50. Bxb4 Bf6 51. Ba5 h4 52. Kf3 Kd4 53. Nf2 Nc1 54.
b4 Kc4 55. Nh3 Nb3 56. Ke2 Nd4+ 57. Kf2 Nc6 58. Ng5 Bxg5 59. fxg5 Ne5 60. Bc7
Ng6 61. Bd6 e5 62. Kf3 Kd5 63. Bb8 Kc4 64. Bd6 f4 65. Kg4 Kd5 66. Bb8 Kc4 67.
Bd6 Kb5 68. Bc5 e4 69. Bf2 e3 70. Be1 Kc4 71. Kf3 h3 0-1

[Event "GCT Blitz Paris 2021"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2021.06.22"]
[Round "18.4"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2820"]
[BlackElo "2759"]
[ECO "B30"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Nimzovich-Rossolimo attack (without ...d6)"]
[WhiteFideId "2020009"]
[BlackFideId "12573981"]
[EventDate "2021.06.21"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. Bxc6 bxc6 5. b3 d5 6. e5 Ne7 7. d3 Qc7 8. Qe2
Nf5 9. O-O Nd4 10. Nxd4 cxd4 11. Nd2 c5 12. Nf3 h6 13. h4 Be7 14. Bf4 Bb7 15.
Bg3 g5 16. h5 O-O-O 17. Nh2 Kb8 18. Ng4 Rc8 19. f3 c4 20. Bf2 cxd3 21. cxd3 Qc2
22. Qxc2 Rxc2 23. Bxd4 Ba6 24. Rfc1 Bxd3 25. Rxc2 Bxc2 26. Rc1 Bf5 27. Bxa7+ Kb7
28. Bd4 Ba3 29. Rf1 Ka6 30. Ne3 Bd3 31. Rf2 Rc8 32. Ng4 Bf8 33. f4 gxf4 34. Rxf4
Be2 35. Kf2 Rc2 36. Kg3 Rd2 37. Be3 Rd3 38. Kf2 Bd1 39. Rxf7 Bxg4 40. Rxf8 Bxh5
41. Bxh6 Rc3 42. Rb8 Rc2+ 43. Kg3 Bg6 44. Be3 Be4 45. b4 Rc3 46. Kf4 Rc4 47.
Rb6+ Ka7 48. Rxe6+ Kb7 49. Bc5 Bb1+ 50. Kg5 d4 51. Rd6 d3 52. e6 Re4 53. Kf6
Bxa2 54. e7 Bc4 55. g4 Re2 56. g5 Rf2+ 57. Kg6 Re2 58. Rd8 Bb5 59. Kf7 d2 60. g6
Ba4 61. g7 d1=Q 62. Rxd1 Bxd1 63. e8=Q Bb3+ 64. Kf8 Rf2+ 65. Bxf2 1-0

[Event "GCT Blitz Paris 2021"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2021.06.22"]
[Round "18.5"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2792"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[ECO "A01"]
[Opening "Nimzovich-Larsen attack"]
[Variation "classical variation"]
[WhiteFideId "4168119"]
[BlackFideId "5202213"]
[EventDate "2021.06.21"]

1. b3 d5 2. Bb2 Nf6 3. e3 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. c4 c6 6. Nc3 Nbd7 7. d4 Ne4 8. a3 Bd6
9. Bd3 Nxc3 10. Bxc3 Bxd3 11. Qxd3 Qe7 12. O-O a5 13. e4 O-O 14. Bb2 dxe4 15.
Qxe4 Nf6 16. Qh4 b5 17. Bc1 bxc4 18. bxc4 c5 19. a4 Rfc8 20. Be3 cxd4 21. Bxd4
Rab8 22. Bc3 Bb4 23. Be5 Bd6 24. Rfd1 Bxe5 25. Nxe5 Qc7 26. Qg5 Qc5 27. Qf4 Rb7
28. h3 h6 29. Rd3 Rcb8 30. Kh2 Rb2 31. Rf3 Qc7 32. Re1 Ra2 33. Qg3 Kh7 34. Qh4
Rbb2 35. Ree3 Re2 36. Qd4 Rxf2 37. Rxf2 Rxf2 38. c5 Nd5 39. Rg3 Rf4 40. Qb2 Rf5
41. Nf3 Nf6 42. Qb6 Rxc5 43. Qb1+ Kg8 44. Nd4 Nh5 45. Ne2 Nxg3 0-1

