[Event "White Rook Cup -2023 GM"]
[Site "Baku,Hotel Shirvanshah"]
[Date "2023.01.03"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Farahat, Ali"]
[Black "Ilyasli, Ughur"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2363"]
[BlackElo "2253"]
[PlyCount "134"]
[EventDate "2023.01.03"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. Nc3 Nd4 5. Nxd4 exd4 6. e5 dxc3 7. exf6 Qxf6
8. dxc3 Bc5 9. O-O O-O 10. Bxd7 Bxd7 11. Qxd7 Rad8 12. Qb5 Qb6 13. Qxb6 Bxb6
14. Re1 f6 15. Kf1 Kf7 16. Be3 Bxe3 17. Rxe3 Rd2 18. Re2 Rxe2 19. Kxe2 Re8+ 20.
Kf3 Rd8 21. Re1 a5 22. a4 c5 23. Re4 Rd2 24. Re2 Rd1 25. c4 Rd4 26. b3 h5 27.
g3 g5 28. Re1 b6 29. h3 Rd2 30. Rc1 f5 31. Ke3 Rd4 32. c3 Re4+ 33. Kd3 Re6 34.
Rb1 Rd6+ 35. Ke2 Re6+ 36. Kf1 Rd6 37. b4 Rd3 38. bxa5 bxa5 39. Rb5 Rxc3 40.
Rxc5 Kf6 41. Rxa5 Rxc4 42. Ra8 Rc1+ 43. Ke2 Rc2+ 44. Ke3 h4 45. gxh4 gxh4 46.
Kf3 Rc3+ 47. Kg2 Ra3 48. a5 f4 49. f3 Ra2+ 50. Kf1 Ra1+ 51. Kf2 Ra2+ 52. Ke1
Ke5 53. a6 Kd4 54. a7 Ra1+ 55. Kd2 Ra2+ 56. Kd1 Ra1+ 57. Kc2 Ke3 58. Re8+ Kxf3
59. a8=Q+ Rxa8 60. Rxa8 Kg2 61. Kd3 Kxh3 62. Ke4 Kg3 63. Ra3+ Kg4 64. Ra1 Kg3
65. Rg1+ Kf2 66. Rg4 f3 67. Rxh4 Ke2 1/2-1/2

[Event "White Rook Cup -2023 GM"]
[Site "Baku,Hotel Shirvanshah"]
[Date "2023.01.03"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Aliyev, Ravan"]
[Black "Talibov, Shiroghlan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2313"]
[BlackElo "2316"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2023.01.03"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. e4 d5 6. e5 Ne4 7. Bd3 c5 8. Nf3
cxd4 9. Nxd4 Nd7 10. Bf4 Ndc5 11. O-O Bxc3 12. bxc3 Nxd3 13. Qxd3 b6 14. cxd5
Qxd5 15. Rfd1 Bb7 16. c4 Qa5 17. f3 Nc5 18. Qe3 Rfd8 19. Bg5 Rd7 20. h4 h6 21.
Bxh6 gxh6 22. Qxh6 Rad8 23. Qg5+ Kh7 24. Qh5+ Kg7 25. Qg5+ Kh7 1/2-1/2

[Event "White Rook Cup -2023 GM"]
[Site "Baku,Hotel Shirvanshah"]
[Date "2023.01.03"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Shanava, Konstantine"]
[Black "Mirzoev, Azer"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2498"]
[BlackElo "2493"]
[PlyCount "28"]
[EventDate "2023.01.03"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Bb7 10. d4 Re8 11. Ng5 Rf8 12. Nf3 Re8 13. Ng5 Rf8 14. Nf3 Re8
1/2-1/2

[Event "White Rook Cup -2023 GM"]
[Site "Baku,Hotel Shirvanshah"]
[Date "2023.01.03"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Lu, Miaoyi"]
[Black "Rasulov, Vugar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2399"]
[BlackElo "2513"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2023.01.03"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Be7 6. Be2 O-O 7. Bf4 Nc6 8.
Qd2 a6 9. O-O-O Nxd4 10. Qxd4 b5 11. e5 dxe5 12. Qxd8 Bxd8 13. Bf3 Rb8 14. Bxe5
Be6 15. Rhe1 h6 16. Kb1 Nh7 17. Nd5 Ng5 18. Bxc7 Nxf3 19. gxf3 Rc8 20. Bxd8
Rcxd8 21. Nc7 Bc8 22. f4 Kh7 23. Kc1 Bb7 24. Rxd8 Rxd8 25. Rd1 Rxd1+ 26. Kxd1
Kg6 27. Ne8 Bc6 28. Nc7 a5 29. Kd2 Kf5 30. Ke3 Kg4 31. f3+ Kh3 32. Kf2 Kxh2 33.
a4 bxa4 34. c4 g5 35. fxg5 hxg5 36. Nd5 f5 37. Ne3 Bd7 38. c5 g4 39. fxg4 fxg4
40. Nxg4+ Bxg4 41. c6 Kh3 42. c7 Bd7 43. Ke3 Kg3 44. Kd4 Kf4 45. Kc5 Ke4 46.
Kb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "White Rook Cup -2023 GM"]
[Site "Baku,Hotel Shirvanshah"]
[Date "2023.01.03"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Atakishiyev, Elmar"]
[Black "Uskov, Artem"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2303"]
[BlackElo "2376"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2023.01.03"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Nf3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. Qc2
Nbd7 9. Bf4 b6 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. Rc1 Ba6 12. Nc3 b5 13. a4 b4 14. Nb5 Qb6 15.
Bc7 Qb7 16. Ne5 Nxe5 17. dxe5 Ne8 18. Ba5 Bxb5 19. axb5 Qxb5 20. e4 d4 21. Qc4
Qxc4 22. Rxc4 f6 23. exf6 Nxf6 24. e5 Nd5 25. Bh3 Kh8 26. Bxe6 Nb6 27. Bxb6
axb6 28. Rxa8 Rxa8 29. Rxd4 Bc5 30. Rd7 g6 31. Bc4 Rf8 32. Rd2 Re8 33. e6 Kg7
34. Kg2 Kf6 35. h4 Re7 36. g4 Rc7 37. b3 b5 38. Rd7 Rxd7 39. exd7 Be7 40. Bxb5
h6 41. f4 Ke6 42. Kg3 Bd8 43. g5 hxg5 44. hxg5 Bc7 45. Bc4+ Kxd7 46. Bf7 Kd6
47. Bxg6 1-0

[Event "White Rook Cup -2023 GM"]
[Site "Baku,Hotel Shirvanshah"]
[Date "2023.01.04"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Ilyasli, Ughur"]
[Black "Uskov, Artem"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2253"]
[BlackElo "2376"]
[PlyCount "27"]
[EventDate "2023.01.03"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Qe2 Qe7 6. d3 Nf6 7. Bg5 Qxe2+ 8.
Bxe2 Be7 9. Nc3 c6 10. O-O-O Na6 11. Rhe1 Nc7 12. h3 Ne6 13. Be3 d5 14. d4
1/2-1/2

[Event "White Rook Cup -2023 GM"]
[Site "Baku,Hotel Shirvanshah"]
[Date "2023.01.04"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Rasulov, Vugar"]
[Black "Atakishiyev, Elmar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2513"]
[BlackElo "2303"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2023.01.03"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. b3 c5 7. cxd5 exd5 8. d4
Nc6 9. Bb2 Ne4 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. Nc3 Nxc3 12. Bxc3 d4 13. Bb2 Re8 14. Rc1 Bb6
15. Qd2 Qf6 16. b4 Bg4 17. b5 Ne5 18. Nxd4 Rad8 19. Rfd1 Nd3 20. exd3 Bxd4 21.
Bxd4 Qxd4 22. Re1 b6 23. Rc4 Rxe1+ 24. Qxe1 Qd7 25. Bc6 Qe6 26. Re4 Qc8 27. Re7
g6 28. Rxa7 Rxd3 29. Ra8 Qxa8 30. Bxa8 Rd1 31. Qxd1 Bxd1 32. f4 Kf8 33. Kf2 Ke7
34. Ke3 Kd6 35. Kd4 Be2 36. Bd5 f6 37. Bc4 Bg4 38. Bg8 h6 39. Kc4 g5 40. Kb4
gxf4 41. gxf4 Bf3 42. a4 Bb7 43. a5 bxa5+ 44. Kxa5 Kc5 45. b6 h5 46. h4 Kd4 47.
Bf7 Ke4 48. Bxh5 Kxf4 49. Be2 Ke5 50. h5 f5 51. Kb4 f4 52. h6 Kf6 53. Bd3 Kf7
54. Kc5 Kf6 55. Kd4 Kf7 56. Be4 Ba6 57. Ke5 f3 58. Bxf3 Kg6 59. Kd6 1-0

[Event "White Rook Cup -2023 GM"]
[Site "Baku,Hotel Shirvanshah"]
[Date "2023.01.04"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Mirzoev, Azer"]
[Black "Lu, Miaoyi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2493"]
[BlackElo "2399"]
[PlyCount "29"]
[EventDate "2023.01.03"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 Nf6 3. e3 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nd2 Bf5 6. Ngf3 c4 7. Be2 e6 8. O-O
Be7 9. Ne5 Nxe5 10. Bxe5 O-O 11. Bf3 Nd7 12. Bg3 Nf6 13. Be5 Nd7 14. Bg3 Nf6
15. Be5 1/2-1/2

[Event "White Rook Cup -2023 GM"]
[Site "Baku,Hotel Shirvanshah"]
[Date "2023.01.04"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Talibov, Shiroghlan"]
[Black "Shanava, Konstantine"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2316"]
[BlackElo "2498"]
[PlyCount "30"]
[EventDate "2023.01.03"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e3 e6 4. Bxc4 Nf6 5. Nf3 c5 6. O-O Nc6 7. Qe2 cxd4 8.
Rd1 Be7 9. exd4 O-O 10. Nc3 Nd5 11. Qe4 Nf6 12. Qe2 Nd5 13. Bd3 Bd7 14. Qe4 g6
15. Bh6 Re8 1/2-1/2

[Event "White Rook Cup -2023 GM"]
[Site "Baku,Hotel Shirvanshah"]
[Date "2023.01.04"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Farahat, Ali"]
[Black "Aliyev, Ravan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2363"]
[BlackElo "2313"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2023.01.03"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 Nc6 5. Bb5 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Bd7 7. Nxc6 Bxc6 8.
Bxc6+ bxc6 9. c4 Nf6 10. Qa4 Qd7 11. e5 Ng4 12. Nf3 Rb8 13. a3 c5 14. Qc2 d4
15. h3 Nh6 16. Bxh6 gxh6 17. O-O Bg7 18. b4 cxb4 19. axb4 Rxb4 20. Rfd1 O-O 21.
Rxd4 Qc7 22. Qd3 a5 23. g3 a4 24. c5 Qxc5 25. Rxa4 Rxa4 26. Rxa4 Bxe5 27. Rc4
Qd6 28. Rg4+ Kh8 29. Nxe5 Qxe5 30. Re4 Qa1+ 31. Kh2 Qf6 32. Rf4 Qe7 33. Rh4 Qf6
34. Rf4 Qe7 1/2-1/2

[Event "White Rook Cup -2023 GM"]
[Site "Baku,Hotel Shirvanshah"]
[Date "2023.01.04"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Aliyev, Ravan"]
[Black "Ilyasli, Ughur"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2313"]
[BlackElo "2253"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2023.01.03"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 c6 4. Bg2 d5 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. e3 Nc6 8. Nge2
Bf5 9. O-O O-O 10. Nf4 e6 11. b3 Qa5 12. Bd2 Qa3 13. Nb5 Qe7 14. Bc1 Rfc8 15.
Ba3 Nb4 16. Qd2 Qd7 17. Qxb4 Bf8 18. Qa5 a6 19. Bxf8 axb5 20. Qb4 Rxf8 21. Rfc1
Rfc8 22. a3 Rxc1+ 23. Rxc1 Rc8 24. Qd2 Ra8 25. f3 g5 26. Ne2 h6 27. g4 Bg6 28.
Qb4 Ne8 29. Ng3 Qd6 30. Rc5 Bd3 31. Qc3 b6 32. Rc6 b4 33. axb4 Qd7 34. Rxb6 Qa7
35. Rc6 Qa1+ 36. Qxa1 Rxa1+ 37. Bf1 Rb1 38. Rc3 Bb5 39. Kf2 Rb2+ 40. Be2 Nd6
41. Kf1 Kf8 42. Ke1 Rb1+ 43. Kd2 Rb2+ 44. Ke1 Rb1+ 45. Bd1 f5 46. gxf5 exf5 47.
Rc5 Ke7 48. Rxd5 1-0

[Event "White Rook Cup -2023 GM"]
[Site "Baku,Hotel Shirvanshah"]
[Date "2023.01.04"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Shanava, Konstantine"]
[Black "Farahat, Ali"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2498"]
[BlackElo "2363"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2023.01.03"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. e5 d5 7. Bb5 Ne4 8. cxd4
Bb6 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Be3 f5 11. exf6 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Qxf6 13. O-O Bg4 14. Be2 Bxf3
15. Bxf3 Ne7 16. Rb1 c6 17. Bg4 Nf5 18. Qf3 Nxe3 19. Qxf6 Rxf6 20. fxe3 Rxf1+
21. Kxf1 Kf7 22. Ke2 Ke7 23. Kd3 Rb8 24. Bf3 Kd6 25. e4 dxe4+ 26. Bxe4 g6 27.
c4 c5 28. d5 Rf8 29. h4 Rf2 30. Bf3 Rxa2 31. h5 Ra3+ 32. Kc2 Ra4 33. Kd3 Ra3+
34. Kc2 Ra4 35. Kd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "White Rook Cup -2023 GM"]
[Site "Baku,Hotel Shirvanshah"]
[Date "2023.01.04"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Lu, Miaoyi"]
[Black "Talibov, Shiroghlan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2399"]
[BlackElo "2316"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2023.01.03"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Qb6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. a3 Bb5 7. Bxb5+ Qxb5 8. dxc5
Bxc5 9. b4 Bb6 10. a4 Qc4 11. Na3 Qe4+ 12. Kf1 a6 13. Ra2 Ne7 14. Re2 Qf5 15.
c4 O-O 16. c5 Bc7 17. Nc2 Nbc6 18. Bb2 Ng6 19. Ncd4 Nxd4 20. Qxd4 Nf4 21. Rd2
f6 22. exf6 Rxf6 23. Ne1 Raf8 24. Qe3 e5 25. b5 axb5 26. axb5 Ba5 27. Rd1 Bxe1
28. Rxe1 Nd3 29. Re2 Qxf2+ 0-1

[Event "White Rook Cup -2023 GM"]
[Site "Baku,Hotel Shirvanshah"]
[Date "2023.01.04"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Atakishiyev, Elmar"]
[Black "Mirzoev, Azer"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2303"]
[BlackElo "2493"]
[PlyCount "24"]
[EventDate "2023.01.03"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. Qc2
Nbd7 9. Bf4 Nh5 10. Bc1 Nhf6 11. Bf4 Nh5 12. Bc1 Nhf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "White Rook Cup -2023 GM"]
[Site "Baku,Hotel Shirvanshah"]
[Date "2023.01.04"]
[Round "3.5"]
[White "Uskov, Artem"]
[Black "Rasulov, Vugar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2376"]
[BlackElo "2513"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2023.01.03"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Qb6 5. Nb3 Nf6 6. Nc3 e6 7. Be3 Qc7 8.
a3 a6 9. f4 d6 10. Be2 b5 11. O-O Bb7 12. Bf3 Be7 13. Qe2 Rc8 14. Qf2 Nd7 15.
Rad1 O-O 16. g4 b4 17. axb4 Nxb4 18. g5 Rfe8 19. h4 d5 20. exd5 exd5 21. Rd4
Bf8 22. Kg2 Rxe3 23. Qxe3 Nxc2 24. Qd2 Nxd4 25. Nxd4 Nb6 26. Nce2 Nc4 27. Qc3
Re8 28. Kg3 Qb6 29. b3 Bb4 30. Qa1 Nd2 31. Rd1 Re3 32. Qb2 Rxf3+ 33. Kg2 Rd3
34. Qc2 Rxd4 35. Nxd4 Qxd4 0-1

[Event "White Rook Cup -2023 GM"]
[Site "Baku,Hotel Shirvanshah"]
[Date "2023.01.05"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Ilyasli, Ughur"]
[Black "Rasulov, Vugar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2253"]
[BlackElo "2513"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2023.01.03"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Bd6 6. Bg2 Nbd7 7. O-O O-O 8. c5
Be7 9. b4 Ne4 10. Nc3 Nxd2 11. Nxd2 f5 12. f3 c6 13. Nb3 f4 14. e4 dxe4 15.
fxe4 fxg3 16. e5 Rxf1+ 17. Bxf1 gxh2+ 18. Kxh2 Qc7 19. Bd3 Nxe5 20. dxe5 Qxe5+
21. Kg2 Qg5+ 22. Kh1 Qh4+ 23. Kg2 Bf6 24. Rc1 Be5 25. Ne4 Bd7 26. Qh1 Qg4+ 27.
Kf2 Rf8+ 28. Ke3 Bf4+ 29. Kd4 Bxc1 30. Nxc1 e5+ 31. Kxe5 Bf5 32. Bc4+ Kh8 33.
Nd6 Bg6 34. Ne2 Qg5+ 0-1

[Event "White Rook Cup -2023 GM"]
[Site "Baku,Hotel Shirvanshah"]
[Date "2023.01.05"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Mirzoev, Azer"]
[Black "Uskov, Artem"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2493"]
[BlackElo "2376"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2023.01.03"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 d5 4. e3 a6 5. Nbd2 c5 6. cxd5 exd5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8.
Nb3 Bd6 9. Be2 O-O 10. O-O Nc6 11. Bd2 Bc7 12. Bc3 Ne4 13. Nbd4 Qd6 14. Nxc6
bxc6 15. Be5 Qe7 16. Bxc7 Qxc7 17. Rc1 Qd6 18. Qc2 Bd7 19. Rfd1 Qf6 20. Bd3
Rfe8 21. Nd4 a5 22. b3 h5 23. Qe2 g6 24. h3 Rad8 25. Qf3 Qd6 26. Qf4 Qxf4 27.
exf4 Rc8 28. Ba6 Rb8 29. Nxc6 Rb6 30. Ne5 Bxh3 31. gxh3 Rxa6 32. Rxd5 a4 33. b4
Rf6 34. Nd3 Kg7 35. Kg2 Rb6 36. Rd4 Nd6 37. Ne5 Nf5 38. Rd7 Rxb4 39. Rxf7+ Kg8
40. Ra7 Nh4+ 41. Kg3 Nf5+ 42. Kg2 Nh4+ 43. Kf1 Rxf4 44. Rc4 Ref8 45. Rxf4 Rxf4
46. Nd3 Rf3 47. Ke2 Rxh3 48. Rxa4 Kh7 49. Ra6 Rh1 50. a4 Nf5 51. Nf4 Rg1 52. a5
Rg4 53. Nd5 Rd4 54. Ra7+ Kh6 55. Ne3 h4 56. Nxf5+ gxf5 57. Ra8 h3 58. Rh8+ Kg5
59. Rxh3 Ra4 60. a6 1/2-1/2

[Event "White Rook Cup -2023 GM"]
[Site "Baku,Hotel Shirvanshah"]
[Date "2023.01.05"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Talibov, Shiroghlan"]
[Black "Atakishiyev, Elmar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2316"]
[BlackElo "2303"]
[PlyCount "27"]
[EventDate "2023.01.03"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. O-O Bd7 6. Re1 g6 7. c3 Bg7 8. d4
exd4 9. cxd4 Nge7 10. Nc3 b5 11. Bb3 O-O 12. Bg5 h6 13. Be3 Bg4 14. a3 1/2-1/2

[Event "White Rook Cup -2023 GM"]
[Site "Baku,Hotel Shirvanshah"]
[Date "2023.01.05"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Farahat, Ali"]
[Black "Lu, Miaoyi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2363"]
[BlackElo "2399"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2023.01.03"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. O-O Nge7 5. c3 a6 6. Ba4 b5 7. Bc2 Bb7 8. a4
d5 9. axb5 axb5 10. Rxa8 Bxa8 11. Na3 b4 12. Nb5 Qb8 13. exd5 Nxd5 14. c4 Nb6
15. b3 Na7 16. Nxa7 Qxa7 17. d4 Be7 18. Be3 Qc7 19. Qd3 Nd7 20. Ra1 Bxf3 21.
gxf3 Qb7 22. Qe4 Qxe4 23. Bxe4 O-O 24. d5 f5 25. Ra7 Ne5 26. Rxe7 fxe4 27. fxe4
Nf3+ 28. Kg2 exd5 29. cxd5 c4 30. bxc4 Ne1+ 31. Kf1 Nc2 32. Ke2 Ra8 33. d6 Nxe3
34. Kxe3 Rb8 35. d7 Kf8 36. Re8+ Rxe8 37. dxe8=Q+ Kxe8 38. Kd3 Kd7 39. Kc2 Kc6
40. Kb3 Kc5 41. e5 g5 42. f3 h5 43. h3 h4 44. e6 Kd6 45. Kxb4 1-0

[Event "White Rook Cup -2023 GM"]
[Site "Baku,Hotel Shirvanshah"]
[Date "2023.01.05"]
[Round "4.5"]
[White "Aliyev, Ravan"]
[Black "Shanava, Konstantine"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2313"]
[BlackElo "2498"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2023.01.03"]

1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 Bg4 3. g3 Bxf3 4. exf3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. f4 c6 7. O-O Nf6 8. Re1
O-O 9. Nd2 Nbd7 10. a4 Re8 11. Nf3 Qc7 12. c3 e6 13. Bd2 c5 14. dxc5 Nxc5 15.
Be3 Ng4 16. Bd4 Nf6 17. a5 d5 18. Ne5 Nfd7 19. Nxd7 Nxd7 20. Bxg7 Kxg7 21. Qd4+
Kg8 22. c4 dxc4 23. a6 Nc5 24. axb7 Nxb7 25. Rec1 Rad8 26. Qxa7 Re7 27. Bxb7
Qxb7 28. Qxb7 Rxb7 29. Rc2 Rb4 30. Ra5 Rd5 31. Ra8+ Kg7 32. Rc8 Rd4 33. Rc7 h6
34. h4 h5 35. Kg2 Rb3 36. R2xc4 Rxc4 37. Rxc4 Rxb2 1/2-1/2

[Event "White Rook Cup -2023 GM"]
[Site "Baku,Hotel Shirvanshah"]
[Date "2023.01.06"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Shanava, Konstantine"]
[Black "Ilyasli, Ughur"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2498"]
[BlackElo "2253"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2023.01.03"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Nb3 e5 7. Bg5 Be7 8.
Bxf6 Bxf6 9. Qd3 Be6 10. Rd1 Be7 11. Nd5 Bg5 12. h4 Bh6 13. Be2 Nc6 14. c3 O-O
15. g4 g6 16. g5 Bg7 17. Qg3 h5 18. gxh6 Bxh6 19. h5 Kg7 20. hxg6 fxg6 21. Rg1
Bf7 22. Bh5 Bg5 23. Qxg5 Qxg5 24. Rxg5 Kh6 25. Rg3 gxh5 26. Ne3 Rad8 27. Nf5+
Kh7 28. Rxd6 Rxd6 29. Nxd6 Be6 30. Nc5 Bg4 31. Ncxb7 Rf4 32. Nc5 h4 33. Rg1 h3
34. Nd3 Bf3 35. Nxf4 exf4 36. Nf7 Ne5 37. Nxe5 Bg2 38. Ng4 f3 39. Kd2 Kg6 40.
Ke3 1-0

[Event "White Rook Cup -2023 GM"]
[Site "Baku,Hotel Shirvanshah"]
[Date "2023.01.06"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Lu, Miaoyi"]
[Black "Aliyev, Ravan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2399"]
[BlackElo "2313"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2023.01.03"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nge2 dxe4 5. a3 Be7 6. Nxe4 Nd7 7. g3 Ngf6 8.
Nxf6+ Bxf6 9. Bg2 O-O 10. O-O c5 11. Be3 Qb6 12. dxc5 Qxb2 13. Rb1 Qxa3 14. Nd4
a6 15. c6 bxc6 16. Nxc6 a5 17. Rb3 Qa4 18. Na7 Ba6 19. Re1 Ne5 20. Bxa8 Rxa8
21. Bf4 Nd7 22. Qd6 Bc4 23. Rb7 Nf8 24. Qc7 e5 25. Nc8 exf4 26. Nb6 Qb4 27. c3
Qxc3 28. Rb1 fxg3 29. hxg3 Re8 30. Qxc4 Re1+ 31. Rxe1 Qxe1+ 32. Kg2 Qe6 33.
Qxe6 Nxe6 34. Ra7 Bc3 35. Nd5 Bb4 36. Ra8+ Nf8 37. Nxb4 axb4 38. Rb8 h5 39.
Rxb4 g6 40. Re4 Kg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "White Rook Cup -2023 GM"]
[Site "Baku,Hotel Shirvanshah"]
[Date "2023.01.06"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Atakishiyev, Elmar"]
[Black "Farahat, Ali"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2303"]
[BlackElo "2363"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2023.01.03"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. e3 Qa5 7. Nd2 Bb4 8. Rc1
O-O 9. a3 Bxc3 10. Rxc3 dxc4 11. Bxf6 Nxf6 12. Nxc4 Qd5 13. Nd2 b6 14. Qb3 e5
15. Qxd5 Nxd5 16. Rxc6 exd4 17. e4 Nf4 18. g3 Ne6 19. Rd6 Bb7 20. Bc4 Rfd8 21.
Rxd8+ Rxd8 22. Ke2 Nc5 23. f3 a5 24. Rc1 g5 25. b4 axb4 26. axb4 Nd7 27. Bd3
Ne5 28. b5 Ra8 29. Rc7 Bc8 30. Nb3 Bh3 31. Nxd4 Ra1 32. Bc2 Rh1 33. Bb3 Rxh2+
34. Ke3 Kf8 35. Nc6 Rb2 36. Bd5 Rc2 37. f4 gxf4+ 38. gxf4 Nd7 39. f5 Ne5 40.
Rb7 f6 41. Nxe5 fxe5 42. Rxh7 Bf1 43. f6 1-0

[Event "White Rook Cup -2023 GM"]
[Site "Baku,Hotel Shirvanshah"]
[Date "2023.01.06"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Uskov, Artem"]
[Black "Talibov, Shiroghlan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2376"]
[BlackElo "2316"]
[PlyCount "26"]
[EventDate "2023.01.03"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 f5 4. Nc3 fxe4 5. Nxe4 Nf6 6. Nxf6+ Qxf6 7. Qe2 Be7
8. d3 d6 9. d4 exd4 10. Bg5 Qe6 11. Qxe6 Bxe6 12. Nxd4 Bd7 13. Be3 Bf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "White Rook Cup -2023 GM"]
[Site "Baku,Hotel Shirvanshah"]
[Date "2023.01.06"]
[Round "5.5"]
[White "Rasulov, Vugar"]
[Black "Mirzoev, Azer"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2513"]
[BlackElo "2493"]
[PlyCount "32"]
[EventDate "2023.01.03"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. O-O O-O 7. b4 Bb6 8. Bb3
Ne7 9. a4 a5 10. b5 Ng6 11. Be3 c6 12. h3 Bxe3 13. fxe3 d5 14. Nbd2 Be6 15. Ng5
Bd7 16. exd5 cxd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "White Rook Cup -2023 GM"]
[Site "Baku,Hotel Shirvanshah"]
[Date "2023.01.06"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Talibov, Shiroghlan"]
[Black "Rasulov, Vugar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2316"]
[BlackElo "2513"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2023.01.03"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4
b4 9. d4 d6 10. c3 Rb8 11. h3 bxc3 12. bxc3 exd4 13. Nxd4 Nxd4 14. cxd4 d5 15.
exd5 Bb4 16. Re5 Bd6 17. Re1 Bb7 18. Bg5 h6 19. Bxf6 Qxf6 20. Nc3 Qf4 21. g3
Qf5 22. h4 Rfe8 23. Rxe8+ Rxe8 24. Bc2 Qh3 25. Qf3 Bc8 26. Ne4 Be7 27. Re1 Kf8
28. Nc5 Qg4 29. Qxg4 Bxg4 30. Nxa6 Ra8 31. Bd3 g5 32. hxg5 hxg5 33. Kg2 Bd6 34.
Bb5 Bf5 35. Re2 Kg7 36. Nc5 Rh8 37. Bd7 Bxc5 38. Bxf5 Bxd4 39. Bd7 Rb8 40. Rd2
Bc3 41. Rc2 Rb3 42. Kf3 Kf6 43. Ke4 Ke7 44. Bc6 Kd6 45. Kf5 f6 46. Ra2 Bd4 47.
Ke4 Rb2 48. Rxb2 Bxb2 49. Kd3 Kc5 50. a5 Ba3 51. Ke4 Bb4 52. Kf5 Bxa5 53. Kxf6
g4 54. Kf5 Be1 55. Kxg4 Bxf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "White Rook Cup -2023 GM"]
[Site "Baku,Hotel Shirvanshah"]
[Date "2023.01.06"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Farahat, Ali"]
[Black "Uskov, Artem"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2363"]
[BlackElo "2376"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2023.01.03"]

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 Nbd7 10. Bd3 h6 11. Bh4 g5 12. fxg5 Ne5 13. Qe2 Nfg4 14. Kb1 hxg5
15. Bg3 Bd7 16. Rdf1 O-O-O 17. Nf5 Bf6 18. h3 exf5 19. hxg4 Rxh1 20. Rxh1 Nxg4
21. Nd5 Qc6 22. Nxf6 Nxf6 23. exf5 Re8 24. Qd2 Ng4 25. Re1 Rxe1+ 26. Qxe1 Qc5
27. b3 Kc7 28. a4 Qe3 29. Bxd6+ Kxd6 30. Qb4+ Qc5 31. Qxg4 f6 32. Qg3+ Qe5 33.
Qf2 Bc6 34. g3 Qc3 35. Qb6 Qe5 36. Qd8+ Kc5 37. Ka2 Kb4 38. Bxa6 bxa6 39. Qb6+
Bb5 40. axb5 axb5 41. Qe6 Qc3 42. Qe7+ Qc5 43. c3+ 1-0

[Event "White Rook Cup -2023 GM"]
[Site "Baku,Hotel Shirvanshah"]
[Date "2023.01.06"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "Aliyev, Ravan"]
[Black "Atakishiyev, Elmar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2313"]
[BlackElo "2303"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "2023.01.03"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bd3 Nbd7 6. O-O Bd6 7. Nbd2 O-O 8. b3
e5 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. dxe5 Nxe5 11. Be2 Nc6 12. Bb2 Bc7 13. Rc1 Re8 14. a3 Qd6
15. g3 Bh3 16. Re1 Rad8 17. b4 a6 18. Nb3 Ne4 19. Nbd4 Bb6 20. Bf1 Bg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "White Rook Cup -2023 GM"]
[Site "Baku,Hotel Shirvanshah"]
[Date "2023.01.06"]
[Round "6.5"]
[White "Shanava, Konstantine"]
[Black "Lu, Miaoyi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2498"]
[BlackElo "2399"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2023.01.03"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. O-O Nge7 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Ng6 7. Nc3 Be7 8.
Nb3 O-O 9. f4 a6 10. Bd3 b5 11. a4 b4 12. Ne2 Bb7 13. Be3 d5 14. e5 d4 15.
Nexd4 Nxd4 16. Bxd4 Nh4 17. Rf2 Qd5 18. Qg4 g6 19. Re1 h5 20. Qg3 Qd7 21. Bc5
Rac8 22. Bxe7 Qxe7 23. Nd2 Nf5 24. Qh3 Nh6 25. Nf1 Ng4 26. Rfe2 Qc5+ 27. Ne3
Qd4 28. Qg3 b3 29. c3 Qc5 30. Kh1 Rfd8 31. Nxg4 hxg4 32. Re3 Rd7 33. Qxg4 Rcd8
34. Bxg6 fxg6 35. Qxg6+ Rg7 36. Qxe6+ Rf7 37. Rg3+ Kf8 38. Qh6+ Ke7 39. Qh4+
Ke8 40. e6 Rf5 41. Rg8+ Rf8 42. e7 Bxg2+ 43. Rxg2 1-0

[Event "White Rook Cup -2023 GM"]
[Site "Baku,Hotel Shirvanshah"]
[Date "2023.01.07"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Lu, Miaoyi"]
[Black "Ilyasli, Ughur"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2399"]
[BlackElo "2253"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2023.01.03"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Ng5 d5 5. exd5 Na5 6. Bb5+ c6 7. dxc6 bxc6 8.
Bd3 Bc5 9. O-O Nd5 10. Nf3 Nf4 11. Re1 f6 12. Bf1 Ne6 13. c3 Qb6 14. d4 exd4
15. b4 dxc3 16. bxc5 Qxc5 17. Qc2 Kf7 18. Bd3 Qh5 19. Nxc3 c5 20. Ne4 Rd8 21.
Qa4 Bd7 22. Qxa5 c4 23. Qxh5+ 1-0

[Event "White Rook Cup -2023 GM"]
[Site "Baku,Hotel Shirvanshah"]
[Date "2023.01.07"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Atakishiyev, Elmar"]
[Black "Shanava, Konstantine"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2303"]
[BlackElo "2498"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[EventDate "2023.01.03"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O f6 6. d4 exd4 7. Nxd4 c5 8.
Nb3 Qxd1 9. Rxd1 Bd7 10. Nc3 O-O-O 11. a4 Bd6 12. Be3 b6 13. a5 c4 14. Nd4 b5
15. Nd5 Re8 16. f3 1/2-1/2

[Event "White Rook Cup -2023 GM"]
[Site "Baku,Hotel Shirvanshah"]
[Date "2023.01.07"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Uskov, Artem"]
[Black "Aliyev, Ravan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2376"]
[BlackElo "2313"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2023.01.03"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 Bf5 4. O-O e6 5. d3 h6 6. Nbd2 Be7 7. b3 O-O 8. Bb2
Bh7 9. Re1 a5 10. a4 Na6 11. Ne5 c6 12. e4 Nb4 13. Rc1 Rc8 14. Qe2 Re8 15. f4
b5 16. c3 Na6 17. Nxc6 Rxc6 18. axb5 Rb6 19. bxa6 Rxa6 20. d4 Ra8 21. e5 Nd7
22. c4 dxc4 23. Bxa8 Qxa8 24. bxc4 Nc5 25. Ra1 Nd3 26. Bc3 Nxe1 27. Rxa5 Qb8
28. Qxe1 Bb4 29. Rb5 Bxc3 30. Rxb8 Bxd4+ 31. Kg2 Rxb8 32. Nf3 Bc5 33. Qa5 Bf8
34. Nd2 Bf5 35. Kf3 Bb4 36. Qc7 Ra8 37. Nb3 Ra3 38. Qb8+ Bf8 39. Kf2 Be4 40.
Nc5 Ra8 41. Qc7 Bf5 42. Ke3 Ra3+ 43. Kd4 Bc2 44. Qb8 Bg6 45. g4 Rf3 46. f5 exf5
47. Nd7 Rf4+ 48. Kc3 Rf3+ 49. Kd2 f6 50. Nxf8 1-0

[Event "White Rook Cup -2023 GM"]
[Site "Baku,Hotel Shirvanshah"]
[Date "2023.01.07"]
[Round "7.4"]
[White "Rasulov, Vugar"]
[Black "Farahat, Ali"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2513"]
[BlackElo "2363"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2023.01.03"]

1. b3 d5 2. Bb2 Nf6 3. e3 g6 4. Bxf6 exf6 5. d4 f5 6. g3 Nd7 7. Bg2 Nf6 8. Ne2
Bb4+ 9. c3 Bd6 10. Nd2 Ne4 11. O-O h5 12. c4 c6 13. Nf4 h4 14. cxd5 cxd5 15.
Nxd5 hxg3 16. fxg3 Nxd2 17. Qxd2 Qg5 18. Bf3 O-O 19. Rac1 Bd7 20. Nf4 Rfb8 21.
Kg2 a5 22. h4 Qd8 23. e4 fxe4 24. Bxe4 Bc6 25. Bxc6 bxc6 26. Rxc6 a4 27. Nxg6
Bf8 28. Qf4 Qd5+ 29. Kg1 fxg6 30. Rxg6+ Kh7 31. Rg5 Qd7 32. Qe4+ Kh8 33. Rh5+
1-0

[Event "White Rook Cup -2023 GM"]
[Site "Baku,Hotel Shirvanshah"]
[Date "2023.01.07"]
[Round "7.5"]
[White "Mirzoev, Azer"]
[Black "Talibov, Shiroghlan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2493"]
[BlackElo "2316"]
[PlyCount "28"]
[EventDate "2023.01.03"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e6 7. O-O Be7 8. Be3
Qc7 9. f4 O-O 10. Kh1 Nc6 11. a4 Bd7 12. Nb3 Rac8 13. Bf3 Nb4 14. Qd2 Rfe8
1/2-1/2

[Event "White Rook Cup -2023 GM"]
[Site "Baku,Hotel Shirvanshah"]
[Date "2023.01.08"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Ilyasli, Ughur"]
[Black "Talibov, Shiroghlan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2253"]
[BlackElo "2316"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2023.01.03"]

1. a3 g6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. e3 O-O 5. Be2 d6 6. O-O Nbd7 7. c4 e5 8. Nc3
Re8 9. Qc2 Qe7 10. b4 Nf8 11. Bb2 Bf5 12. Qb3 e4 13. Nd2 h5 14. Rfc1 c6 15. Qd1
h4 16. a4 g5 17. b5 g4 18. a5 a6 19. Na4 Bh6 20. Nf1 N8d7 21. Nb6 Ra7 22. Nxd7
Bxd7 23. d5 c5 24. Bxf6 Qxf6 25. Bxg4 Bf5 26. h3 Bh7 27. Rcb1 Kh8 28. bxa6 bxa6
29. Rb6 Rg8 30. Rab1 Raa8 31. Qa4 Qg6 32. Qc6 f5 33. Qxd6 Qxd6 34. Rxd6 Bf8 35.
Rd7 fxg4 36. Rbb7 Bf5 37. Rf7 Rg7 38. hxg4 Bxg4 39. Nd2 Bf5 40. Nb3 Rxf7 41.
Rxf7 Bg6 42. Rf6 Bh5 43. Rf4 Bg6 44. Rf6 Kg7 45. Rb6 Kf7 46. d6 Rd8 47. Nxc5
Rxd6 48. Rxd6 Bxd6 49. Nxa6 Ke6 50. c5 Be7 51. c6 Kd6 52. Nb4 Bd8 53. a6 Bb6
54. Kh2 Bf5 55. g3 h3 56. Nc2 Kxc6 57. g4 Bc7+ 58. Kxh3 Bc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "White Rook Cup -2023 GM"]
[Site "Baku,Hotel Shirvanshah"]
[Date "2023.01.08"]
[Round "8.2"]
[White "Farahat, Ali"]
[Black "Mirzoev, Azer"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2363"]
[BlackElo "2493"]
[PlyCount "28"]
[EventDate "2023.01.03"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Bd3 Bd6 5. Ne2 Nc6 6. c3 Nge7 7. Bf4 Bxf4 8.
Nxf4 Bf5 9. Bxf5 Nxf5 10. Qe2+ Nce7 11. Nd2 c6 12. Nf3 O-O 13. O-O Re8 14. Qd3
Nd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "White Rook Cup -2023 GM"]
[Site "Baku,Hotel Shirvanshah"]
[Date "2023.01.08"]
[Round "8.3"]
[White "Aliyev, Ravan"]
[Black "Rasulov, Vugar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2313"]
[BlackElo "2513"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "2023.01.03"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nf3 e6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Qc2 d5 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 O-O 8.
Bf4 Ne7 9. e3 Ng6 10. Bg3 c5 11. Be2 Ne4 12. O-O Qa5 13. Rfc1 Bd7 14. Nd2 Nxg3
15. hxg3 dxc4 16. Nxc4 Qc7 17. a4 Rac8 18. Bd3 Rfd8 19. Be4 Nf8 20. a5 Bc6 21.
Bxc6 Qxc6 22. Ne5 Qc7 23. Qb2 Nd7 24. Nf3 h6 25. Rcb1 Rb8 26. Qb5 Rdc8 27. Qd3
Nf6 28. Rb5 cxd4 29. cxd4 Qd6 30. Ne5 Rc7 31. Qa3 Qd8 32. Rc1 Rbc8 33. Rbc5 Ne4
34. Rxc7 Rxc7 35. Rb1 h5 36. Qb2 Qd5 37. f3 Nxg3 38. Kh2 h4 39. a6 b6 40. Rc1
Qd6 41. Kh3 Nf5 42. Rxc7 Qxc7 43. e4 Ne7 44. Kxh4 f6 45. Qb5 Ng6+ 46. Nxg6 Qh2+
47. Kg4 Qxg2+ 48. Kh4 Qxg6 49. Qd7 Kh7 50. Qxe6 b5 51. d5 Kh6 52. Qg4 Qe8 53.
d6 Qe5 54. d7 Qh2+ 55. Qh3 Qg1 56. Qg3 Qh1+ 57. Qh3 Qg1 58. Qg3 g5+ 59. Kh3
Qh1+ 60. Kg4 Kg6 61. Qf2 Qd1 62. Qxa7 b4 63. Qc5 Qd2 64. Qf5+ Kg7 65. Kh3 Qd1
66. d8=Q 1/2-1/2

[Event "White Rook Cup -2023 GM"]
[Site "Baku,Hotel Shirvanshah"]
[Date "2023.01.08"]
[Round "8.4"]
[White "Shanava, Konstantine"]
[Black "Uskov, Artem"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2498"]
[BlackElo "2376"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2023.01.03"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Nb3 Nbd7 7. Bd3 e6 8. f4
b5 9. Qe2 Bb7 10. O-O Be7 11. Bd2 O-O 12. Rae1 Nc5 13. a3 Rc8 14. Kh1 Nfd7 15.
Nd4 Nb6 16. Qh5 Bf6 17. Nf3 g6 18. Qh3 Bg7 19. f5 e5 20. Ng5 h6 21. Nf3 g5 22.
f6 Qxf6 23. Nxg5 Qg6 24. Nf3 Qe6 25. Qg3 Nxd3 26. cxd3 f5 27. exf5 Rxf5 28. Nh4
Rxf1+ 29. Rxf1 Kh7 30. Ne4 Rf8 31. Rxf8 Bxf8 32. Qf3 Nd7 33. Qh5 Kg8 34. Nf5 d5
35. Nf2 Qf7 36. Nxh6+ Bxh6 37. Qxf7+ Kxf7 38. Bxh6 Kg6 39. Bd2 d4 40. Kg1 Nc5
41. Kf1 Nd7 42. h3 Nf6 43. g4 Bf3 44. Kg1 Nd5 45. Kh2 Ne3 46. Kg3 Be2 47. Bxe3
dxe3 48. Ne4 Bxd3 49. Nc3 a5 50. Kf3 Bf1 51. h4 b4 52. axb4 axb4 53. Ne2 Bh3
54. Ng1 e4+ 55. Kf4 Kh6 56. Ne2 Bg2 57. Ng3 Bf3 58. Nf5+ Kg6 59. Nxe3 b3 60.
Nc4 Bd1 61. Kxe4 Bxg4 62. Ne5+ 1-0

[Event "White Rook Cup -2023 GM"]
[Site "Baku,Hotel Shirvanshah"]
[Date "2023.01.08"]
[Round "8.5"]
[White "Lu, Miaoyi"]
[Black "Atakishiyev, Elmar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2399"]
[BlackElo "2303"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2023.01.03"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. f4 g6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Qxd4 Nf6 6. e5 Nc6 7. Bb5 dxe5 8.
Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nf3 Bg7 10. fxe5 Nd7 11. Bf4 a6 12. Bxc6 bxc6 13. e6 fxe6 14. Ng5
Bxc3+ 15. bxc3 Ke8 16. Nxe6 Kf7 17. Ng5+ Kg7 18. O-O Nf6 19. Rae1 Re8 20. Be5
Bf5 21. Bd4 Rac8 22. Re5 h6 23. Nf3 c5 24. Bxc5 Nd7 25. Rxe7+ Rxe7 26. Bxe7
Rxc3 27. Nd4 Bxc2 28. Rc1 Re3 29. Bd6 Rd3 30. Rxc2 Rxd4 31. Rc6 a5 32. Ra6 Kf7
33. Bc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "White Rook Cup -2023 GM"]
[Site "Baku,Hotel Shirvanshah"]
[Date "2023.01.09"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Atakishiyev, Elmar"]
[Black "Ilyasli, Ughur"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2303"]
[BlackElo "2253"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2023.01.03"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Bd3 dxc4 8.
Bxc4 O-O 9. O-O e5 10. Rd1 Qe7 11. h3 e4 12. Ng5 Nb6 13. Bb3 Bf5 14. f3 Rae8
15. Ngxe4 Nxe4 16. fxe4 Bxe4 17. Nxe4 Qxe4 18. Qxe4 Rxe4 19. Bc2 Ree8 20. e4 c5
21. e5 Bb8 22. dxc5 Nc4 23. b3 Bxe5 24. Rb1 Na5 25. b4 Nc6 26. Bb2 Bf4 27. b5
Be3+ 28. Kh1 Na5 29. Bc3 Nc4 30. Bb4 Rb8 31. Bb3 Ne5 32. c6 bxc6 33. Bxf8 Kxf8
34. Re1 Bd4 35. Rbd1 Bc3 36. Re3 Bb2 37. Re2 Bc3 38. Rc1 Bd4 39. bxc6 Rc8 40.
Rec2 Rc7 41. a4 Bb6 42. Bd5 h5 43. Rb1 Nd3 44. Rb5 Nf2+ 45. Kh2 Bd4 46. Re2 g5
47. Rb7 Rc8 48. Rxf7+ Kg8 49. Rfxf2+ 1-0

[Event "White Rook Cup -2023 GM"]
[Site "Baku,Hotel Shirvanshah"]
[Date "2023.01.09"]
[Round "9.2"]
[White "Uskov, Artem"]
[Black "Lu, Miaoyi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2376"]
[BlackElo "2399"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2023.01.03"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. O-O e5 5. d3 Be7 6. Nbd2 h5 7. h4 Nh6 8. c3
Ng4 9. e4 d4 10. Qe2 Be6 11. Rd1 f6 12. Nf1 g5 13. Bd2 Rg8 14. c4 Qd7 15. a3 a5
16. Rab1 Kf7 17. N3h2 gxh4 18. gxh4 Nxh2 19. Kxh2 Rg4 20. Bf3 Rxh4+ 21. Kg1
Rg8+ 22. Ng3 Bg4 23. Kf1 Rh3 24. Bxg4 Rxg4 25. Qf3 Qc8 26. Ke2 h4 27. Qf5 Qg8
28. Qh5+ Ke6 29. Qf5+ Kd6 30. Nh5 Qxc4 31. Nf4 Rxf4 32. Qxh3 Rxe4+ 33. Kf1 Qb3
34. Bh6 Rf4 35. Bxf4 exf4 36. Qf5 Ne5 37. Qxf4 h3 38. Qh4 Qe6 39. b4 axb4 40.
axb4 Qg4 41. bxc5+ Kc6 42. Qxg4 Nxg4 43. Rb6+ Kc7 44. Rdb1 Bxc5 45. Rxb7+ Kc6
46. Rg7 f5 47. Rg5 Bd6 48. Rxf5 h2 49. Ke2 Kd7 50. Rh1 Ke6 51. Rh5 Nf6 52.
R1xh2 1-0

[Event "White Rook Cup -2023 GM"]
[Site "Baku,Hotel Shirvanshah"]
[Date "2023.01.09"]
[Round "9.3"]
[White "Rasulov, Vugar"]
[Black "Shanava, Konstantine"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2513"]
[BlackElo "2498"]
[PlyCount "26"]
[EventDate "2023.01.03"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Bf4 Bf5 7. e3 e6 8. Bd3
Bxd3 9. Qxd3 Bd6 10. Bxd6 Qxd6 11. O-O O-O 12. Rfc1 Rfc8 13. Ne2 Rc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "White Rook Cup -2023 GM"]
[Site "Baku,Hotel Shirvanshah"]
[Date "2023.01.09"]
[Round "9.4"]
[White "Mirzoev, Azer"]
[Black "Aliyev, Ravan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2493"]
[BlackElo "2313"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "2023.01.03"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Be7 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. a4 d6 7. h3 Be6 8. Nbd2
Bxc4 9. Nxc4 Qd7 10. a5 a6 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. Ne3 Rfe8 14. Nd5 Bd8
15. c3 Ne7 16. Qb3 c6 17. Nb6 Bxb6 18. Qxb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "White Rook Cup -2023 GM"]
[Site "Baku,Hotel Shirvanshah"]
[Date "2023.01.09"]
[Round "9.5"]
[White "Talibov, Shiroghlan"]
[Black "Farahat, Ali"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2316"]
[BlackElo "2363"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2023.01.03"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. e3 Qa5 7. Nd2 Bb4 8. Qc2
O-O 9. Be2 e5 10. dxe5 Ne4 11. Ndxe4 dxe4 12. O-O Bxc3 13. bxc3 Nxe5 14. Qxe4
Ng6 15. Bf4 Bf5 16. Qd4 c5 17. Qd5 Nxf4 18. exf4 Be6 19. Qxb7 Rab8 20. Qf3 Rb2
21. Bd3 Rxa2 22. Rae1 Qa6 23. Qh5 f5 24. Re5 Bxc4 25. Bxc4+ Qxc4 26. Rxf5 Rxf5
27. Qxf5 Qf7 28. Qxc5 Qxf4 29. Re1 Qe4 30. Qc8+ Kf7 31. Qd7+ Kg6 32. Qd6+ Kf7
33. Qd1 Qa4 34. Qd5+ Kf8 35. Qf5+ Kg8 36. Qe6+ 1-0

[Event "White Rook Cup -2023 GM"]
[Site "Baku,Hotel Shirvanshah"]
[Date "2023.01.06"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Ilyasli, Ughur"]
[Black "Mirzoev, Azer"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E08"]
[WhiteElo "2253"]
[BlackElo "2493"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2023.01.03"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. Qc2
Nbd7 9. Bf4 b6 10. Rd1 Ba6 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. Ne5 Rc8 13. Nc6 Qe8 14. Nxe7+ Qxe7
15. Nc3 Nh5 16. Be3 b5 17. Qd3 Qb4 18. a4 Qxb2 19. Nxb5 Nhf6 20. Rdb1 Qc2 21.
Qxc2 Rxc2 22. Nxa7 Bxe2 23. a5 Ra8 24. Nb5 h6 25. h3 g5 26. Bf1 Bxf1 27. Kxf1
Ra6 28. Ke1 Kg7 29. Kd1 Rc4 30. Bd2 Ne4 31. Be1 Rc8 32. Rc1 Rb8 33. Rab1 Raa8
34. Nc7 Rxb1 35. Rxb1 Ra7 36. Nb5 Ra8 37. Rc1 Rb8 38. Nc7 Rb2 39. a6 Ra2 40. f3
Nd6 41. Rc2 Ra4 42. Bf2 Nc4 43. Rxc4 Rxc4 44. a7 Nb6 45. a8=Q Nxa8 46. Nxa8 Rc6
47. g4 h5 48. gxh5 Kh6 49. Bg3 Kxh5 50. Kd2 Rc4 51. Kd3 Rc1 52. Ke2 Rh1 53. Kf2
Rxh3 54. Kg2 g4 55. Nb6 Kg5 56. Nd7 f5 57. f4+ Kg6 58. Ne5+ Kg7 59. Be1 Kf6 60.
Nd7+ Kf7 0-1