[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.26"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Bu, Xiangzhi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2837"]
[BlackElo "2730"]
[ECO "A22"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[WhiteFideId "1503014"]
[BlackFideId "8601445"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. e3 Nc6 4. a3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Qc2 Be7 7. Nf3 O-O 8. b4
Nxc3 9. dxc3 Qd6 10. Bd3 f5 11. e4 f4 12. h3 a5 13. Bb2 Bf6 14. Rd1 Qe7 15. O-O
Be6 16. Qe2 Qf7 17. Rd2 g5 18. b5 Ne7 19. c4 Ng6 20. Nh2 Rad8 21. Rfd1 Qe7 22.
Qh5 Rd7 23. Ng4 Rfd8 24. Nh6+ Kh8 25. Nf5 Qc5 26. Qe2 Nh4 27. Nxh4 gxh4 28. Qh5
Rg8 29. Bf1 Rdg7 30. Kh1 Qe7 31. Qf3 Rg5 32. a4 Bf7 33. Rd7 Qe6 34. Qe2 Bh5 35.
f3 Rg3 36. Kh2 Qb6 37. c5 Qxc5 38. Kh1 0-1

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.26"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Pantsulaia, Levan"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2612"]
[BlackElo "2789"]
[ECO "A05"]
[Opening "Reti"]
[Variation "King's Indian attack"]
[WhiteFideId "13602071"]
[BlackFideId "623539"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. b3 Bg7 4. Bb2 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. d4 a5 7. O-O a4 8. b4 b5
9. Na3 c6 10. c4 bxc4 11. Nxc4 Nd5 12. a3 Nb6 13. Na5 Ba6 14. Rc1 Bb5 15. Re1
Ra7 16. Qc2 Qd7 17. e4 Rc8 18. e5 e6 19. exd6 Qxd6 20. Ne5 Rac7 21. Qc5 Qxc5 22.
dxc5 N6d7 23. Nec4 Bxb2 24. Nxb2 Nf6 25. Nbc4 Rd8 26. Nd6 Ba6 27. Red1 Kf8 28.
Ndc4 Rxd1+ 29. Rxd1 Ke7 30. Ne5 Nd5 31. Bxd5 cxd5 32. f4 f6 33. Nd3 Nd7 34. c6
Bxd3 35. Rxd3 Nb6 36. b5 e5 37. Nb7 d4 38. Rd1 Ke6 39. Rc1 Kd5 40. Rc5+ Ke4 41.
Kf2 d3 42. Nd8 Rc8 43. c7 Nd7 44. Rc6 Kd5 45. Nb7 Nb6 46. Rd6+ 1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.26"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Georgiev, Kiril"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2805"]
[BlackElo "2623"]
[ECO "D37"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "4.Nf3"]
[WhiteFideId "13300474"]
[BlackFideId "2900017"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 a6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 Be6 7. e3 Nbd7 8. Bd3
Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Qc2 h6 11. Bf4 c5 12. dxc5 Nxc5 13. Rad1 Rc8 14. Qb1 Qb6 15.
Be5 Rfd8 16. Bd4 Qc7 17. h3 b5 18. a3 Qb7 19. Nd2 b4 20. axb4 Qxb4 21. Bc2 a5
22. Ne2 Nfd7 23. Bc3 Qb6 24. Nd4 Nf6 25. Rc1 a4 26. Rfd1 Ra8 27. Bf5 Rdb8 28.
Qc2 Rc8 29. Qb1 Rcb8 30. Nxe6 fxe6 31. Bg6 Nb3 32. Nxb3 Qxb3 33. Be5 Rc8 34.
Rxc8+ Rxc8 35. Rc1 Rc4 36. Rxc4 Qxc4 37. Bd3 Qb3 38. Bc2 Qc4 39. Qd1 a3 40. bxa3
Bxa3 41. Bxf6 gxf6 42. g3 f5 43. Kg2 Bf8 44. Bd3 Qc3 45. Bxf5 exf5 46. Qxd5+ Kh8
47. Qxf5 Bg7 48. Qd5 Qb2 49. h4 Kh7 50. g4 Kh8 51. Qa8+ Kh7 52. Qe4+ Kh8 53. g5
hxg5 54. hxg5 Qb5 55. Qg4 Qd5+ 56. Kg3 Kg8 57. Qc8+ Kf7 58. f4 Qe4 59. Kf2 Bf8
60. Qc3 Be7 61. Qh8 Qc2+ 62. Kg3 Qg6 63. Qd4 Qf5 64. e4 Qe6 65. Kh4 Qh6+ 66. Kg4
Qh1 67. Qc4+ Kf8 68. Qc2 Kg7 69. e5 Qg1+ 70. Kf5 Qb6 71. Qc4 Qg6+ 72. Kg4 Qb1
73. Qd5 Qg1+ 74. Kf5 Qb6 75. Qc4 Qg6+ 76. Kg4 Qb1 77. Qc3 Qe4 78. Qh3 Qb1 79.
Qh6+ Kf7 80. Qh5+ Kg7 81. Qh3 Qg1+ 82. Qg3 Qd4 83. Qf3 Qg1+ 84. Kh3 Bxg5 85.
fxg5 Qxg5 86. Qd5 Qf5+ 87. Kg3 Kf8 88. Qd6+ Kf7 89. Qd5+ Ke7 90. Qd6+ Kf7 91.
e6+ Qxe6 92. Qxe6+ Kxe6 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.26"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Rakhmanov, Aleksandr"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2653"]
[BlackElo "2799"]
[ECO "E48"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian"]
[Variation "4.e3 O-O, 5.Bd3 d5"]
[WhiteFideId "4173708"]
[BlackFideId "13401319"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Ne2 c5 7. a3 Bxc3+ 8. bxc3
dxc4 9. Bxc4 b6 10. O-O Qc7 11. Ba2 Rd8 12. Bb2 Ba6 13. Rc1 Nc6 14. c4 cxd4 15.
exd4 Ng4 16. Ng3 Qf4 17. h3 Nf6 18. Ne2 Qh4 19. Qa4 Bb7 20. Qb3 Rac8 21. Rfd1
Na5 22. Qg3 Qxg3 23. Nxg3 Ba6 24. c5 Bb7 25. Bc3 Nc6 26. cxb6 axb6 27. d5 Nxd5
28. Bxd5 exd5 29. Nf5 g6 30. Nd4 Ne5 31. Ne6 Nf3+ 32. gxf3 fxe6 33. Be5 Rxc1 34.
Rxc1 d4 35. Rd1 d3 36. Kg2 Rd5 37. Bc7 d2 38. Bxb6 Rg5+ 0-1

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.26"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Potkin, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2574"]
[ECO "C11"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "Steinitz variation"]
[WhiteFideId "4126025"]
[BlackFideId "4131061"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Nce2 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Nf3 Be7 8. a3
O-O 9. Nf4 cxd4 10. cxd4 Nb6 11. Bd3 f5 12. h4 Bd7 13. Kf1 Rc8 14. b3 a5 15. Bd2
a4 16. bxa4 Nc4 17. Bxc4 dxc4 18. Bc3 Na5 19. d5 Nb3 20. d6 Bxh4 21. Nxh4 Nxa1
22. Qxa1 g5 23. Nhg6 hxg6 24. Nxg6 Kg7 25. Nxf8 Qxf8 26. Qd1 Qf7 27. f3 Rh8 28.
Rxh8 Kxh8 29. Qd4 Kg7 30. Qxc4 Bc6 31. a5 f4 32. a6 Qd7 33. Kf2 Bb5 34. axb7
Bxc4 35. b8=Q Qa4 36. Qb7+ Kh6 37. Qe4 Qb3 38. d7 Bd5 39. Qd4 Qa2+ 40. Qd2 1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.26"]
[Round "1.6"]
[White "Miton, Kamil"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2584"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[ECO "C53"]
[Opening "Giuoco Piano"]
[WhiteFideId "1111914"]
[BlackFideId "14100010"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 a6 6. Bb3 Ba7 7. Nbd2 O-O 8. h3
Re8 9. O-O d6 10. Re1 Be6 11. Bc2 h6 12. Nf1 d5 13. Ng3 dxe4 14. dxe4 Qxd1 15.
Rxd1 Rad8 16. Re1 Nd7 17. Nf5 Bc5 18. Be3 Bxe3 19. Nxe3 Nb6 20. Red1 f6 21. Bb3
Bxb3 22. axb3 Rxd1+ 23. Rxd1 Rd8 24. Rxd8+ Nxd8 25. Kf1 Kf7 26. Ke2 Ne6 27. g3
h5 28. h4 Nc8 29. Nd2 Nd6 30. Nf5 Nc8 31. Ne3 Nd6 32. Nf5 Nc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.26"]
[Round "1.7"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Laznicka, Viktor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2647"]
[ECO "B12"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "advance variation"]
[WhiteFideId "4168119"]
[BlackFideId "316385"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. h4 h5 5. Bd3 Bxd3 6. Qxd3 e6 7. Bg5 Be7 8. Nf3 c5
9. dxc5 Nd7 10. b4 Bxg5 11. hxg5 Ne7 12. Nc3 a5 13. Nb5 axb4 14. Nd6+ Kf8 15.
Qd4 Ng6 16. Qxb4 Qa5 17. Qxa5 Rxa5 18. Nxb7 Ra7 19. Nd6 Nxc5 20. O-O Ke7 21. Nd4
Ra4 22. N6b5 Nxe5 23. f4 Ng4 24. Nc6+ Kd7 25. Ne5+ Ke7 26. Nc6+ Kd7 27. Ne5+ Ke7
28. Rab1 Nxe5 29. fxe5 Nd7 30. Nd6 Nxe5 31. Nxf7 Nxf7 32. Rb7+ Kd6 33. Rfxf7
Rxa2 34. Rb6+ Ke5 35. Rc6 Rb8 36. Rxg7 Rbb2 37. Rgc7 Kf5 38. g6 Kxg6 39. Rxe6+
Kf5 40. Re2 Rb4 41. Rf7+ Kg6 42. Rf1 Re4 43. Ref2 Re6 44. Rd1 Rc6 45. Rdd2 Rc4
46. g3 Rc3 47. Kh2 Raa3 48. Rg2 Ra2 49. Rge2 Raa3 50. Re8 Kf7 51. Rh8 Ra2 52.
Rf2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.26"]
[Round "1.8"]
[White "Almasi, Zoltan"]
[Black "Fedoseev, Vladimir3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2682"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[ECO "A15"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[WhiteFideId "702293"]
[BlackFideId "24130737"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. b3 Bg7 4. Bb2 a6 5. Nc3 O-O 6. g3 e6 7. Bg2 d5 8. d4 Ne4
9. Qc2 f5 10. O-O Nc6 11. Rad1 Qd6 12. e3 Bd7 13. Qc1 b5 14. cxd5 exd5 15. Ne5
b4 16. Nxe4 fxe4 17. Nxd7 Qxd7 18. Qc5 Rad8 19. Rc1 Rf6 20. Rfd1 h5 21. Bf1 Rdf8
22. Rc2 Qf7 23. f4 exf3 24. Kf2 Re8 25. Bxa6 Qe6 26. Bc1 Qh3 27. Qxd5+ Kh7 28.
Kg1 f2+ 29. Rxf2 Rxf2 30. Kxf2 Qxh2+ 31. Ke1 Qxg3+ 32. Ke2 Qg4+ 33. Kd2 Ne7 34.
Qf7 Rf8 0-1

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.26"]
[Round "1.9"]
[White "Wang, Hao"]
[Black "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2707"]
[ECO "C70"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Taimanov (chase/wing/accelerated counterthrust) variation"]
[WhiteFideId "8602883"]
[BlackFideId "2205530"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 b5 5. Bb3 Na5 6. O-O d6 7. d4 exd4 8. Nxd4
Bb7 9. a4 c5 10. Qf3 Nf6 11. Nf5 g6 12. Nh6 Nxb3 13. Qxb3 Qd7 14. axb5 axb5 15.
Rxa8+ Bxa8 16. Re1 Bxh6 17. Bxh6 Ng4 18. Bg7 Rg8 19. Bc3 b4 20. h3 Ne5 21. Bxe5
dxe5 22. c3 Ke7 23. cxb4 Qb5 24. Qg3 cxb4 25. Qh4+ Ke6 26. Nd2 h5 27. Nf3 f6 28.
Qg3 g5 29. Nd4+ exd4 30. Qb3+ Bd5 31. exd5+ Kf5 32. Qf3+ Kg6 33. Re7 Rg7 34.
Qe4+ Kh6 35. Qxd4 1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.26"]
[Round "1.10"]
[White "Naiditsch, Arkadij"]
[Black "Inarkiev, Ernesto"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2689"]
[ECO "A45"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[WhiteFideId "4650891"]
[BlackFideId "4162722"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 e6 3. e3 c5 4. c3 d5 5. Nd2 Bd6 6. Bb5+ Nc6 7. Bg3 Bxg3 8. hxg3
Qd6 9. g4 e5 10. dxe5 Qxe5 11. Ngf3 Qe7 12. g5 Ne4 13. Bxc6+ bxc6 14. Qa4 O-O
15. Qxc6 Bb7 16. Qa4 Rfd8 17. Rd1 Rd6 18. Qc2 Rad8 19. Rh4 Rg6 20. Rh5 d4 21.
cxd4 cxd4 22. Nxe4 Bxe4 23. Qa4 Bxf3 24. gxf3 Rgd6 25. e4 d3 26. Qa5 Qe6 27. Qf5
d2+ 28. Kf1 Qc4+ 29. Kg2 g6 30. Qg4 gxh5 31. Qxh5 Rg6 0-1

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.26"]
[Round "1.11"]
[White "Korobov, Anton"]
[Black "Howell, David W L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2652"]
[BlackElo "2676"]
[ECO "D78"]
[Opening "Neo-Gruenfeld, 6.O-O c6"]
[WhiteFideId "14105730"]
[BlackFideId "410608"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 d5 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 c6 7. b3 Bf5 8. Bb2 a5
9. e3 Ne4 10. Qe2 a4 11. b4 Nd7 12. Rc1 Nb6 13. Na3 Nxc4 14. Nxc4 dxc4 15. Rxc4
a3 16. Bc1 Nd6 17. Rc3 Qb6 18. Ne5 Qxb4 19. Rb3 Qa4 20. Rxa3 Qb5 21. Qxb5 Nxb5
22. Rb3 Be6 23. Rb2 Bxe5 24. dxe5 Ra4 25. Bd2 Rfa8 26. Bb4 Kf8 27. Bf1 Bxa2 28.
Bxb5 cxb5 29. Rd1 Ke8 30. Kg2 Bc4 31. e4 Ra2 32. Rxa2 Rxa2 33. Rd2 Ra4 34. Rb2
h5 35. h4 Kd7 36. Kf3 Ke6 37. Kf4 Ra1 38. Rd2 Rb1 39. Bc5 b4 40. Rd4 b5 41. Rd8
b3 42. f3 Ra1 43. Rd2 Ra2 44. Rxa2 bxa2 45. Bd4 Kd7 46. Ke3 Kc6 47. g4 b4 48.
gxh5 gxh5 49. Ba1 Kc5 50. Bd4+ Kb5 51. f4 Bf1 52. f5 Kc4 53. Ba1 Bg2 54. f6 e6
55. Kd2 Bxe4 56. Bb2 Bf5 57. Ba1 Kb3 58. Bd4 Bg6 59. Ba1 Bh7 60. Bd4 Kc4 61. Ba1
Bg6 62. Bb2 Bf5 63. Ba1 Be4 64. Bb2 Bd3 65. Ba1 Bb1 66. Ke3 Kc5 67. Bb2 Kb5 68.
Ba1 Ka4 69. Kd2 Ka3 70. Bd4 Bf5 71. Ba1 Bh7 72. Bd4 Be4 73. Ba1 Bf5 74. Bd4 b3
75. Kc1 Kb4 76. Kd2 Kc4 77. Bb2 Bg6 78. Ke3 Bf5 79. Kd2 Bg6 80. Ke3 Kc5 81. Kd2
Kd5 82. Ke3 Bc2 83. Ba1 Bd1 84. Bb2 Kc4 85. Kd2 Bf3 86. Ba1 Kb4 87. Bb2 Bg4 88.
Ba1 Kc4 89. Bb2 Kd5 90. Ke3 Bh3 91. Ba1 Bf1 92. Bb2 Kc4 93. Kd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.26"]
[Round "1.12"]
[White "Akobian, Varuzhan"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2647"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[ECO "E36"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian"]
[Variation "classical, Noa variation, 5.a3"]
[WhiteFideId "13300580"]
[BlackFideId "5000017"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 dxc4 7. Qxc4 b6 8.
Nf3 Ba6 9. Qa4+ Qd7 10. Qc2 Qc6 11. Qxc6+ Nxc6 12. Bf4 O-O-O 13. Rc1 Kb7 14. g3
Rhe8 15. Bg2 Nd5 16. Bd2 e5 17. dxe5 Nxe5 18. Nxe5 Rxe5 19. e3 Kb8 20. Bc3 Nxc3
21. Rxc3 Re6 22. Bf3 Red6 23. Rc2 c5 24. Be2 Bb7 25. f3 Bc6 26. b3 Bd5 27. Rb2
c4 28. bxc4 Bxc4 29. O-O Bxe2 30. Rxe2 Rd3 31. Ra1 Rd1+ 32. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 33. Kg2
Ra1 34. e4 Rxa3 35. f4 Rc3 36. e5 Kc8 37. Rd2 b5 38. Rd5 b4 39. Rb5 b3 40. f5 a6
41. Rb6 Kc7 42. Rb4 a5 0-1

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.26"]
[Round "1.13"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Eljanov, Pavel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2711"]
[ECO "D11"]
[Opening "QGD Slav"]
[Variation "4.e3"]
[WhiteFideId "14109603"]
[BlackFideId "14102951"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Bd3 Bg4 6. Nbd2 e6 7. b3 c5 8. Bb2 cxd4
9. exd4 Nc6 10. O-O Be7 11. a3 O-O 12. c5 Re8 13. b4 Bf8 14. h3 Bf5 15. Bxf5
exf5 16. Ne5 g6 17. Ndf3 Bg7 18. Qb3 Ne4 19. Rad1 g5 20. a4 h5 21. Ne1 g4 22.
Nc2 Qg5 23. hxg4 hxg4 24. Bc1 Qh5 25. Bf4 Bxe5 26. dxe5 Kg7 27. Rfe1 Rh8 28. Kf1
Qh1+ 29. Ke2 Qxg2 30. Rf1 Rh3 0-1

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.26"]
[Round "1.14"]
[White "Ganguly, Surya Shekhar"]
[Black "Yu, Yangyi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[ECO "A28"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "four knights, 4.e3"]
[WhiteFideId "5002150"]
[BlackFideId "8603820"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Be7 5. Qb3 O-O 6. Be2 a6 7. O-O Rb8 8. d4
exd4 9. exd4 d5 10. cxd5 Nb4 11. a3 Nbxd5 12. Bxa6 Be6 13. Nxd5 Bxd5 14. Bc4
Bxf3 15. Qxf3 Qxd4 16. Qe2 Bd6 17. Be3 Qh4 18. h3 Rbe8 19. Rad1 Bc5 20. Bb3 Bxe3
21. fxe3 Qg5 22. Rf3 Re7 23. Rd3 Rfe8 24. Qf2 Qb5 25. Qc2 Qb6 26. Kh1 h6 27. Qc4
Qa5 28. Rd1 Qe5 29. Rd4 Kh8 30. Qd3 c5 31. Rd8 Rxd8 32. Qxd8+ Re8 33. Qd3 Kg8
34. Rf5 Qxe3 35. Qc4 Kh8 36. Rxc5 Ng4 37. Rf5 Ne5 38. Qb5 Re7 39. Rf1 Kg8 40.
Qd5 Kh7 41. Bc2+ g6 42. Qd6 Qe2 43. Rf4 Rd7 44. Qc5 Rd2 45. Be4 Rd1+ 46. Kh2
Qxb2 47. Bxb7 Qa1 48. Qe3 Re1 49. Qc5 Rh1+ 50. Kg3 Qe1+ 51. Qf2 Qc3+ 52. Bf3 Kg7
53. a4 h5 54. h4 Kg8 55. Re4 Nd3 56. Qb6 Nc5 57. Qd8+ Kh7 58. Re7 Qf6 59. Re8
Qxd8 60. Rxd8 Nxa4 61. Rd4 Nc5 62. Kf2 Kg7 63. Rc4 Nd7 64. g3 Ra1 65. Re4 Ra2+
66. Re2 Ra5 67. g4 hxg4 68. Bxg4 Ne5 69. Bf3 Kf6 70. Be4 Ra3 71. Kg2 Ng4 72. Bf3
Ne3+ 73. Kf2 Nf5 74. Re4 Ra2+ 75. Be2 Kg7 76. Kf3 Ra3+ 77. Kg2 Kh6 78. Bf3 Rd3
79. Rf4 Rd2+ 80. Kh3 Rf2 81. h5 Kg7 82. hxg6 fxg6 83. Kg4 Ne3+ 84. Kg3 Rb2 85.
Be4 Rd2 86. Kf3 Nf1 87. Bxg6 Kxg6 88. Ke4 Ng3+ 89. Ke5 Kg5 90. Rf8 Re2+ 91. Kd5
Nf5 92. Rg8+ Kf4 93. Rf8 Rd2+ 94. Kc5 Rd7 95. Kc4 Re7 96. Kd5 Re5+ 97. Kc4 Ke4
98. Rh8 Ne3+ 99. Kb4 Rd5 100. Rh4+ Kd3 101. Rh3 Rf5 102. Rg3 Kd4 103. Rh3 Nd5+
104. Kb3 Rf8 105. Rh4+ Kd3 106. Rh3+ Kd4 107. Rh4+ Nf4 108. Rg4 Rb8+ 109. Kc2
Rc8+ 110. Kb3 Ke3 111. Rg3+ Kd2 112. Kb4 Nd5+ 113. Kb5 Ne3 114. Rh3 Kd3 115. Rh4
Nf5 116. Rh5 Nd4+ 117. Kb6 Rc6+ 118. Kb7 Kc4 119. Rh1 Rg6 120. Rc1+ Kd5 121. Rd1
Rh6 122. Kc7 Rh2 123. Kd7 Rh7+ 124. Kd8 Rg7 125. Rd3 Ke5 126. Kc8 Ne6 127. Rd1
Nc5 128. Kd8 Nb7+ 129. Ke8 Nd6+ 130. Kd8 Rh7 131. Rd5+ Ke6 132. Re5+ Kf6 133.
Re6+ Kxe6 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.26"]
[Round "1.15"]
[White "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Black "Moiseenko, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2667"]
[ECO "A13"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "Neo-Catalan"]
[WhiteFideId "12401137"]
[BlackFideId "14102560"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 d4 5. O-O c5 6. e3 Nc6 7. exd4 cxd4 8. d3
Bd6 9. a3 a5 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bxf6 Qxf6 12. Nbd2 Qe7 13. Re1 O-O 14. Nb3 Rd8 15.
Rc1 Bc7 16. c5 e5 17. Nxe5 Bxe5 18. f4 Be6 19. fxe5 Bd5 20. Nd2 Nxe5 21. Qe2 f6
22. Nc4 Bxc4 23. Rxc4 Qf7 24. Rcc1 Re8 25. Qe4 Nc6 26. Qd5 Qxd5 27. Bxd5+ Kf8
28. Kf1 a4 29. Rxe8+ Kxe8 30. Rc4 Ra5 31. Bxc6+ bxc6 32. h4 Kf7 33. Ke2 Ke6 34.
Rxd4 Rxc5 35. Kd2 Ra5 36. Re4+ Kd6 37. Rd4+ Ke6 38. Kc3 g5 39. b3 axb3 40. a4 f5
41. Kxb3 c5 42. Rd8 Ke5 43. hxg5 hxg5 44. Rg8 Kd4 45. Rd8+ Ke3 46. Rd5 f4 47.
gxf4 gxf4 48. Kc2 f3 49. Rf5 Rxa4 50. Kc3 f2 51. Re5+ Kf3 0-1

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.26"]
[Round "1.16"]
[White "Jumabayev, Rinat"]
[Black "Onischuk, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2612"]
[BlackElo "2637"]
[ECO "E62"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "fianchetto, Uhlmann (Szabo) variation"]
[WhiteFideId "13702661"]
[BlackFideId "14114038"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. c4 Nf6 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O Nc6 7. Nc3 e5 8. dxe5
dxe5 9. Bg5 Be6 10. Qc1 Qc8 11. Rd1 Nd7 12. Nd5 e4 13. Nd2 f5 14. Nb3 Rf7 15.
Bh6 Bh8 16. h4 Nb6 17. h5 Ne5 18. Nc5 Nexc4 19. Nf4 Bxb2 20. Qc2 Bxa1 21. Nfxe6
Bf6 22. hxg6 hxg6 23. Bxe4 Nd6 24. Bf3 Nd7 25. Bd5 Nxc5 26. Nxc5 Qe8 27. Bf4 Rd8
28. Ne6 Rdd7 29. Nxc7 Qe7 30. Qb3 Kh7 31. Be6 Rd8 32. Bxf7 Nxf7 33. Nd5 Qe6 34.
Qxb7 Bg7 35. Be3 a5 36. Rd3 Re8 37. Qb6 Ne5 38. Qxe6 Rxe6 39. Rb3 Nc4 40. a4
Nxe3 41. Nxe3 Re4 42. Ra3 Bd4 43. Kg2 Bc5 44. Rc3 Bxe3 45. Rxe3 Rxa4 46. Re7+
Kh6 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.26"]
[Round "1.17"]
[White "Rapport, Richard"]
[Black "Andriasian, Zaven"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2707"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[ECO "B23"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "closed"]
[WhiteFideId "738590"]
[BlackFideId "13302000"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. Nge2 Nf6 4. g3 g6 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Bg7 7. Bg2 O-O 8. O-O
Nc6 9. Nde2 Bd7 10. h3 Rc8 11. a4 a6 12. Nd5 b5 13. axb5 axb5 14. Bg5 Nxd5 15.
exd5 Na5 16. Ra2 h6 17. Be3 e5 18. dxe6 Bxe6 19. b3 Nc6 20. Qd2 Kh7 21. Nf4 Qd7
22. Rd1 d5 23. Bxd5 Bxd5 24. Qxd5 Qxd5 25. Nxd5 Rfd8 26. c3 Ne7 27. Rad2 Nf5 28.
Bb6 Re8 29. Ba5 h5 30. Bb4 Rc6 31. Kf1 Bf8 32. g4 hxg4 33. hxg4 Nh4 34. Rd3 Kg7
35. Bxf8+ Rxf8 36. f4 g5 37. fxg5 Re8 38. Nf6 Rec8 39. Rh3 Ng6 40. Rh7+ Kf8 41.
Rd7 Ne5 42. Rh8+ Kg7 43. Rdd8 Rxd8 44. Rxd8 1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.26"]
[Round "1.18"]
[White "Quparadze, Giga"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2506"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[ECO "B41"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Kan, Maroczy bind (Reti variation)"]
[WhiteFideId "13602250"]
[BlackFideId "4102142"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Bb4 7. Qd3 O-O 8. Be2
d6 9. O-O Nbd7 10. f3 Ne5 11. Qd1 Qc7 12. Na4 Bd7 13. Be3 Qa5 14. b3 Bxa4 15.
bxa4 d5 16. cxd5 exd5 17. Nb3 Qxa4 18. Bd4 Rfe8 19. f4 Ned7 20. e5 Ne4 21. Bd3
Rac8 22. Bxe4 dxe4 23. Qg4 Bf8 24. Kh1 Rc2 25. Rad1 e3 26. Qf5 Rxa2 27. Bxe3
Nxe5 28. fxe5 Qxb3 29. Rd7 Qe6 30. Qxe6 fxe6 31. Rxb7 a5 32. Ra7 a4 33. h3 a3
34. Kh2 Re2 35. Bc1 a2 36. Ba3 Bxa3 37. Rxa3 Rf8 38. Rxf8+ Kxf8 39. Ra7 Ke8 40.
Kg3 Kd8 41. Kf3 Rb2 42. g4 Kc8 43. Ke4 Kb8 44. Ra5 Kb7 45. Kd4 Kc6 46. Kc4 Rc2+
47. Kd3 Rh2 48. Kc4 Kb6 49. Ra8 Rxh3 50. Rxa2 Rg3 51. Rd2 Rxg4+ 52. Kc3 Kc5 53.
Rd6 Rg6 54. Kd3 h5 55. Ke4 h4 56. Rd1 h3 57. Rc1+ Kb4 58. Rb1+ Kc3 59. Rc1+ Kd2
60. Rh1 Rh6 61. Rh2+ Kc3 62. Kf4 Kd3 63. Kf3 Rh5 64. Kg4 Rh8 65. Kf4 Rh7 66. Kf3
Kd4 67. Kf4 g5+ 68. Kxg5 Kxe5 69. Kg4 Ke4 70. Kg3 Rg7+ 71. Kh4 0-1

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.26"]
[Round "1.19"]
[White "Kryvoruchko, Yuriy"]
[Black "Fressinet, Laurent"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2689"]
[BlackElo "2662"]
[ECO "C72"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "modern Steinitz defence, 5.O-O"]
[WhiteFideId "14109182"]
[BlackFideId "608742"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. O-O Bd7 6. c3 g6 7. d4 Bg7 8. Re1 Nf6
9. Bxc6 Bxc6 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. Qxd8+ Rxd8 12. Nxe5 Ba4 13. b3 Nd7 14. Nf3 Bc6
15. Bg5 f6 16. Be3 O-O 17. Nd4 Rfe8 18. Nxc6 bxc6 19. Nd2 f5 20. Bd4 Bh6 21. Nc4
c5 22. Be3 f4 23. Bc1 Nb6 24. Ba3 Nxc4 25. bxc4 Rd3 26. Bxc5 Rxc3 27. f3 Rxc4
28. Rac1 Rxc1 29. Rxc1 Bg7 30. Kf2 Rb8 31. Rc2 Be5 32. Ke2 Kf7 33. Rd2 Ke6 34.
Bd4 Bd6 35. Rb2 Rd8 36. Rc2 Rb8 37. Rc6 Rb4 38. Kd3 Ra4 39. Rc2 c5 40. Bxc5 Bxc5
41. Rxc5 Rxa2 42. Rc2 Ra3+ 43. Kd4 Ra4+ 44. Kc5 Ra1 45. Rd2 a5 46. Kb5 g5 47.
Rd5 h6 48. h4 Kf6 49. Rd6+ Kg7 50. h5 a4 51. Kb4 a3 52. Rd2 Kf6 53. Kb3 Rh1 54.
Rd6+ Kg7 55. Kxa3 Rxh5 56. Kb4 Rh2 57. Rd2 Kf6 58. Kc5 Ke5 59. Rd5+ Ke6 60. Rd6+
Ke5 61. Rd5+ Ke6 62. Rd6+ Ke5 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.26"]
[Round "1.20"]
[White "Kravtsiv, Martyn"]
[Black "Ding, Liren"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2672"]
[BlackElo "2777"]
[ECO "B47"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Taimanov (Bastrikov) variation"]
[WhiteFideId "14113147"]
[BlackFideId "8603677"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be2 Nf6 7. O-O Be7 8.
Be3 O-O 9. f4 d6 10. Kh1 a6 11. Qe1 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 b5 13. Qg3 b4 14. e5 dxe5 15.
Bxe5 Qb6 16. Ne4 Ne8 17. Rad1 f6 18. Bd4 Qc7 19. Bd3 Nd6 20. Nxd6 Bxd6 21. Qh4
f5 22. Rde1 a5 23. Re3 Ba6 24. Rxe6 Bxd3 25. cxd3 Rae8 26. Rxe8 Rxe8 27. Qh5 Qf7
28. Qxf7+ Kxf7 29. g3 Re2 30. Rc1 g6 31. Rc6 Ke7 32. Ra6 Rd2 33. Rxa5 Rxd3 34.
Be5 Rd1+ 35. Kg2 Rd2+ 36. Kf3 Bxe5 37. Rxe5+ Kd6 38. Re2 Rd3+ 39. Kf2 Rd1 40.
Ke3 Kc5 41. Rc2+ Kb5 42. Ke2 Rh1 43. Kd3 Rd1+ 44. Rd2 Ra1 45. Kc2 Rxa2 46. Rd7
Ra1 47. Rxh7 Rf1 48. Rb7+ Kc4 49. Rc7+ Kb5 50. Rd7 Rf2+ 51. Rd2 Rf3 52. b3 Rc3+
53. Kb2 Rf3 54. Rc2 Re3 55. Rf2 Kc5 56. Rg2 Rf3 57. Rc2+ Kd5 58. Re2 Kd4 59. Rc2
Kd3 60. Rc6 Rf2+ 61. Kb1 Rxh2 62. Kc1 Rg2 63. Rxg6 Kc3 64. Rc6+ Kxb3 65. Rc5
Rg1+ 66. Kd2 Rxg3 67. Rxf5 Ka2 68. Ra5+ Kb1 69. f5 b3 70. Ke2 Rg5 71. Kf3 b2 72.
Kf4 Rg1 73. f6 Kc2 74. Rb5 b1=Q 75. Rxb1 Rxb1 76. Ke5 Kd3 77. f7 Rf1 78. Ke6 Kd4
79. Ke7 Rxf7+ 80. Kxf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.26"]
[Round "1.21"]
[White "Anton Guijarro, David"]
[Black "Kovalev, Vladislav"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2666"]
[BlackElo "2639"]
[ECO "E71"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "Makagonov system (5.h3)"]
[WhiteFideId "2285525"]
[BlackFideId "13504398"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. h3 O-O 6. Be3 e5 7. d5 Na6 8. g4 Nc5
9. f3 a5 10. Qd2 c6 11. Nge2 cxd5 12. cxd5 Bd7 13. Ng3 a4 14. Nb5 Qb6 15. Na3
Rfc8 16. h4 Qd8 17. g5 Ne8 18. h5 Rab8 19. Kf2 b5 20. Nc2 b4 21. Ne1 Nc7 22. Kg1
b3 23. a3 Nb5 24. Bxb5 Bxb5 25. Rd1 Nb7 26. hxg6 hxg6 27. Nf5 gxf5 28. exf5 Na5
29. f6 Nc4 30. Qh2 Bxf6 31. gxf6 Qxf6 32. Bc1 Kf8 33. Qg3 Ke7 34. Rh5 Rg8 35.
Rg5 Rg6 36. Rxg6 Qxg6 37. Qxg6 fxg6 38. Nd3 Bd7 39. Nb4 Kf6 40. Kf2 Rh8 41. Kg3
Bf5 42. Re1 Rh3+ 43. Kg2 Rh7 44. Kg3 g5 45. Rf1 Kg6 46. Nc6 Kf6 47. Nb4 Rh3+ 48.
Kg2 Rh4 49. Kg3 Rh8 50. Nc6 Bd7 51. Nb4 Rh3+ 52. Kg2 Rh4 53. Kg3 Kg6 54. Rg1
Rh3+ 55. Kg2 g4 56. fxg4 Bxg4 57. Nc6 Kf5 58. Re1 Rh7 59. Kg3 Rh3+ 60. Kg2 Rd3
61. Rf1+ Ke4 62. Nb4 Rd1 63. Rxd1 Bxd1 64. Kf2 Bh5 65. Ke1 Bf7 66. Ke2 Bxd5 67.
Nd3 Kd4 68. Nf2 Bf7 69. Ke1 Bh5 70. Kf1 Bf3 71. Ke1 e4 72. Bh6 e3 73. Bg7+ Ne5
74. Nh3 Kd3 0-1

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.26"]
[Round "1.22"]
[White "Mchedlishvili, Mikheil"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2603"]
[BlackElo "2694"]
[ECO "D26"]
[Opening "QGA"]
[Variation "classical variation"]
[WhiteFideId "13600966"]
[BlackFideId "14103320"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e3 Nf6 4. Bxc4 e6 5. Nf3 c5 6. Qe2 a6 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. O-O
Nc6 9. e4 b5 10. Bb3 Nd4 11. Nxd4 Qxd4 12. Nc3 Bb7 13. Be3 Qe5 14. f3 Rc8 15.
Rad1 Bxe3+ 16. Qxe3 Qc5 17. Kf2 Qxe3+ 18. Kxe3 Ke7 19. Ne2 Nd7 20. Rc1 Ne5 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.26"]
[Round "1.23"]
[White "Sjugirov, Sanan"]
[Black "Zhao, Jun"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2604"]
[ECO "A05"]
[Opening "Reti opening"]
[WhiteFideId "4189302"]
[BlackFideId "8602522"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 b6 3. Bg2 Bb7 4. O-O e6 5. d3 d5 6. c4 Be7 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. d4
O-O 9. Re1 c5 10. e4 Nf6 11. Nc3 cxd4 12. Nxd4 Nfd7 13. Ndb5 Nc5 14. Qxd8 Bxd8
15. Rd1 a6 16. Nd6 Bc6 17. Be3 Nbd7 18. b4 Na4 19. Rac1 Ne5 20. f4 Ng4 21. Bd4
Be7 22. e5 Nxc3 23. Rxc3 Bxg2 24. Kxg2 b5 25. Rc7 Bxd6 26. exd6 Nf6 27. Bxf6
gxf6 28. d7 f5 29. Rdc1 Rad8 30. R1c6 Kg7 31. Rxa6 Kf6 32. Ra5 Ke7 33. Rxb5 Ra8
34. d8=Q+ Kxd8 35. Rbb7 Rxa2+ 36. Kh3 Rb2 37. Rd7+ Ke8 38. Rd3 f6 39. Ra3 Rd2
40. Ra8+ Rd8 41. Raa7 Rd6 42. b5 Rg8 43. Ra8+ 1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.26"]
[Round "1.24"]
[White "Sethuraman, S.P."]
[Black "Riazantsev, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2646"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[ECO "E21"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian"]
[Variation "three knights variation"]
[WhiteFideId "5021596"]
[BlackFideId "4125029"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 O-O 5. Bg5 c5 6. Rc1 cxd4 7. Nxd4 h6 8. Bh4
d5 9. cxd5 Qxd5 10. e3 Ne4 11. Bd3 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Ba3 13. e4 Qa5 14. Rc2 Nd7 15.
O-O a6 16. f4 Nc5 17. f5 Nxd3 18. Qxd3 e5 19. Nb3 Qc7 20. f6 g6 21. Qe3 Kh7 22.
Be1 Rd8 23. c4 Bf8 24. Ba5 Qd7 25. Rd2 Qxd2 26. Nxd2 Re8 27. c5 Bd7 28. Nf3 Rac8
29. Bb6 Re6 30. Rd1 Bc6 31. Rd8 Rxd8 32. Bxd8 Re8 33. Bc7 Re6 34. Bxe5 g5 35.
Qd4 g4 36. Nh4 h5 37. Nf5 Kg6 38. Kf2 a5 39. Kg3 a4 40. a3 Re8 41. Nh4+ Kh7 42.
Qc4 Re6 43. Nf5 Kg6 44. Kf4 b5 45. cxb6 Bxa3 46. Nd4 Bd7 47. Nxe6 Bxe6 48. Qxa4
Bc1+ 49. Kg3 Be3 50. h4 1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.26"]
[Round "1.25"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran L."]
[Black "Saric, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2601"]
[BlackElo "2669"]
[ECO "A07"]
[Opening "Reti"]
[Variation "King's Indian attack (Barcza system)"]
[WhiteFideId "13301616"]
[BlackFideId "14508150"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Bg4 4. h3 Bxf3 5. Bxf3 Nf6 6. O-O e5 7. Bg2 Nbd7 8. d3
Bc5 9. c4 d4 10. b3 O-O 11. Na3 a5 12. Nc2 Qe7 13. a3 Bb6 14. Rb1 Nc5 15. Bd2 e4
16. b4 axb4 17. axb4 exd3 18. exd3 Nxd3 19. c5 Bc7 20. Nxd4 Rfd8 21. Bc3 Ne5 22.
Qb3 Nd5 23. Bb2 Qd7 24. Rbd1 h5 25. b5 h4 26. bxc6 bxc6 27. Nxc6 Qxc6 28. Bxd5
Qxc5 29. Bxe5 Bxe5 30. Qf3 Qf8 31. Bxa8 Rxa8 32. Rd5 Bf6 33. g4 Ra3 34. Rd3 Rxd3
35. Qxd3 Qc5 36. Rb1 g6 37. Rb7 Bd4 38. Qf3 Qc4 39. Kg2 Kg7 40. Qe4 Qc5 41. Qe6
Qf8 42. Qd5 Ba1 43. Ra7 Bb2 44. Rd7 Qe8 45. Rb7 Ba1 46. g5 Be5 47. Rb4 Qe7 48.
Rg4 f5 49. gxf6+ Bxf6 50. Re4 Qc7 51. Rb4 Qc3 52. Rb7+ Kh6 53. Qe4 Qc8 54. Rb6
Qd8 55. Qe6 Kg7 56. Rb7+ Kh6 57. Qd7 Qa8 58. Qh7+ Kg5 59. Qc7 Kh6 60. Qf4+ Bg5
61. Qb8 Qxb8 62. Rxb8 Bf6 63. Kf3 g5 64. Rb6 Kg7 65. Kg4 Kf7 66. Rc6 Be7 67. Kf5 1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.26"]
[Round "1.26"]
[White "Dervishi, Erald"]
[Black "Guseinov, Gadir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2552"]
[BlackElo "2646"]
[ECO "B35"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "accelerated fianchetto, modern variation with Bc4"]
[WhiteFideId "4700236"]
[BlackFideId "13401378"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 O-O 8.
Bb3 d5 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Nxd5 cxd5 12. Qxd5 Bxb2 13. Rd1 Ba6 14.
Qxd8 Rfxd8 15. Rxd8+ Rxd8 16. f3 Bd4 17. Kf2 Kf8 18. Re1 Bxe3+ 19. Kxe3 e5 20.
g4 Rd4 21. Kf2 f6 22. Re3 Rd2+ 23. Kg1 g5 24. Rc3 Bb7 25. Be6 e4 26. fxe4 Bxe4
27. Rc7 a6 28. Bb3 Ke8 29. h3 Rg2+ 30. Kf1 Rh2 31. Ra7 Rxh3 32. Rxa6 f5 33. gxf5
Bxf5 34. Ra5 Rf3+ 35. Ke2 Rf4 36. a4 g4 37. Bd5 Bxc2 38. Ra8+ Ke7 39. a5 Kd6 40.
Ke3 Ra4 41. Bg2 Kc7 42. Ra7+ Kd6 43. Ra8 Kc7 44. Ra7+ Kd6 45. Ra8 Bf5 46. a6 Bd7
47. Bf1 Ra1 48. Bg2 Ke5 49. a7 Ra3+ 50. Kf2 Ra2+ 51. Kg3 Rxg2+ 52. Kxg2 Bc6+ 53.
Kg3 Bxa8 54. Kxg4 Kf6 0-1

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.26"]
[Round "1.27"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Halkias, Stelios"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2678"]
[BlackElo "2571"]
[ECO "A30"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "symmetrical variation"]
[WhiteFideId "400025"]
[BlackFideId "4201809"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. e3 Bg7 5. d4 d6 6. h3 e6 7. Be2 Nge7 8. O-O O-O
9. d5 exd5 10. cxd5 Ne5 11. Ne1 f5 12. a4 Bd7 13. f4 Nf7 14. Nf3 a6 15. Bd2 Kh8
16. a5 b5 17. axb6 Qxb6 18. Ra2 Bb5 19. Re1 Qb7 20. Qb3 Rab8 21. Bc4 Kg8 22. e4
Bxc3 23. bxc3 Bxc4 24. Qxc4 fxe4 25. Qxe4 Nxd5 26. f5 gxf5 27. Qxf5 Ne5 28. Qg5+
Ng6 29. Nh4 Ne7 30. c4 Rf7 31. Bc3 Rbf8 32. Rae2 Qd7 33. Re6 Rf1+ 34. Kh2 Rxe1
35. Rxg6+ Nxg6 36. Nxg6 Rff1 37. Nf4+ Kf8 38. Qf6+ Qf7 39. Qxd6+ Kg8 40. Qd8+
Re8 41. Qg5+ Kf8 42. Qh6+ Kg8 43. Qg5+ Kf8 44. Qxc5+ Qe7 45. Qf5+ Kg8 46. Qg4+
Kf8 47. Qf5+ Kg8 48. Qd3 Rxf4 49. Qg3+ Kf8 50. Qxf4+ Qf7 51. Qg3 Qg6 52. Qf4+
Kg8 53. Qd4 Re7 54. c5 Re2 55. Qd8+ Re8 56. Qd5+ Qe6 57. Qd4 Qg6 58. c6 Rc8 59.
Qc4+ Kf8 60. Qc5+ Ke8 61. Qe5+ Kf7 62. c7 Qe6 63. Qg7+ Ke8 64. Be5 a5 65. Qh8+
Kd7 66. Qxh7+ Kc6 67. Qe4+ Qd5 68. Qf5 Kb7 69. Qb1+ Kc6 70. Qc2+ Qc5 71. Qg6+
Kb7 72. Qe4+ Qc6 73. Qb1+ Ka6 74. Qd3+ Kb7 75. Qb3+ Ka6 76. h4 Qe4 77. Bg3 a4
78. Qc3 Qd5 79. Qb4 Qc6 80. h5 Rxc7 81. Bxc7 Qxc7+ 82. Kh3 Qc6 83. g4 Qf3+ 84.
Kh4 a3 85. Qa4+ Kb6 86. Qd4+ Kb5 87. h6 Qh1+ 88. Kg5 Qc1+ 89. Kh5 Qh1+ 90. Kg6
Qb1+ 91. Kg7 a2 92. Qd5+ Kb6 93. Qd6+ Kb5 94. Qd5+ Kb4 95. Qd4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.26"]
[Round "1.28"]
[White "Grigoriants, Sergey"]
[Black "Amonatov, Farrukh"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2561"]
[BlackElo "2636"]
[ECO "B90"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Najdorf, Byrne (English) attack"]
[WhiteFideId "4130804"]
[BlackFideId "14700077"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nf3 Qc7 8. Be2
Be7 9. a4 O-O 10. O-O h6 11. a5 Be6 12. h3 Nbd7 13. Nh2 Qc6 14. Bf3 b5 15. axb6
Nxb6 16. Ng4 Nc4 17. Bc1 Nb6 18. Re1 a5 19. Ne3 Rfe8 20. Ncd5 Bxd5 21. exd5 Qb7
22. c4 Bf8 23. Ra3 g6 24. Be2 Bg7 25. Ng4 Nxg4 26. hxg4 Nd7 27. Rb3 Qc7 28. Be3
e4 29. Qd2 Kh7 30. Rb5 a4 31. Ra1 Nc5 32. Ra3 Qe7 33. Qb4 Rec8 34. Rb6 Be5 35.
g3 Qd7 36. Kg2 Rc7 37. Qd2 Rb7 38. Rb5 Bg7 39. Qc2 Nd3 40. Rxa4 Ne1+ 0-1

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.26"]
[Round "1.29"]
[White "Zhigalko, Sergei"]
[Black "Tregubov, Pavel V."]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2641"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[ECO "C02"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "advance, Paulsen attack"]
[WhiteFideId "13502956"]
[BlackFideId "4115341"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c3 d5 4. e5 Nc6 5. d4 Qb6 6. a3 Bd7 7. b4 cxd4 8. cxd4 Rc8
9. Bb2 Nh6 10. Nc3 Na5 11. Na4 Qc6 12. Nc5 Nc4 13. Bc1 Nf5 14. Bd3 Bxc5 15. dxc5
b6 16. Bxf5 exf5 17. cxb6 Nxe5 18. O-O Nxf3+ 19. Qxf3 axb6 20. Re1+ Be6 21. Bb2
O-O 22. Qg3 f6 23. Rac1 Qd7 24. Rxc8 Rxc8 25. h3 Kh8 26. Qe3 Rc6 27. Bd4 h6 28.
b5 Rc4 29. Qxe6 Qxe6 30. Rxe6 Rxd4 31. Rxb6 Rd1+ 32. Kh2 Ra1 33. Ra6 d4 34. b6
Kh7 35. Ra4 d3 36. b7 Rb1 37. Rb4 Rxb4 38. axb4 d2 39. b8=Q d1=Q 40. b5 Qd4 41.
b6 Qxf2 42. b7 f4 43. Qe8 Qg3+ 44. Kh1 f3 45. Qe4+ g6 46. Qxf3 Qe1+ 47. Kh2 Qb4
48. Qc6 Qf4+ 49. g3 Qf2+ 50. Qg2 Qb6 51. h4 h5 52. Qf3 Kg7 53. Kg2 Kf7 54. Qd5+
Ke7 55. Kf3 Qc7 56. Qb3 Qb8 57. Qe3+ Kd7 58. Qb6 Ke7 59. Qc6 Kd8 60. Qxf6+ Kd7
61. Qf7+ Kc6 62. Qxg6+ Kc5 63. Qxh5+ 1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.26"]
[Round "1.30"]
[White "Malakhatko, Vadim"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2542"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[ECO "A14"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "Neo-Catalan declined"]
[WhiteFideId "14104202"]
[BlackFideId "605506"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. c4 e6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. d4 dxc4 7. Ne5 Nc6 8. Nxc6
bxc6 9. Na3 Bxa3 10. bxa3 Ba6 11. Qd2 Rb8 12. Qa5 Rb6 13. a4 Qd6 14. e4 Qb4 15.
Qxb4 Rxb4 16. Ba3 Rxa4 17. Bxf8 Kxf8 18. Rfc1 Ra3 19. Bf1 Nxe4 20. Bxc4 Ke7 21.
Bxa6 Rxa6 22. a4 c5 23. dxc5 Ra5 24. Rab1 Rxa4 25. Rb7 Kd7 26. c6+ Kd6 27. Rb8
Nf6 28. Rd1+ Ke7 29. Rdd8 Ra6 30. Rdc8 Rxc6 31. Rb7 Nd5 32. Rxa7 h5 33. h4 Kf6
34. Ra3 Rc2 35. Rf8 Kg6 36. Rf3 f6 37. Re8 Kf7 38. Rd8 c5 39. Ra3 c4 40. Ra7+
Kg6 41. Rg8 c3 42. Kg2 Ne3+ 43. Kf3 Nf5 44. Rc7 Rc1 45. Kg2 c2 46. Rd8 e5 47.
Rg8 Kh7 48. Rf8 Kh6 49. Rh8+ Kg6 50. Rg8 Kh7 51. Rf8 Nd4 52. Rff7 Ne6 53. Rc8
Kg6 54. Rd7 Rd1 55. Re7 Nd4 56. Rec7 Rc1 57. Rg8 Kf5 58. Rgc8 g5 59. hxg5 fxg5
60. Rc3 g4 61. Rf8+ Ke6 62. Re8+ Kd6 63. Rd8+ Ke7 64. Rdc8 Kf6 65. Rf8+ Ke6 66.
Re8+ Kf5 67. Rec8 Ke4 68. Re3+ Kd5 69. Rd8+ Kc4 70. Rc8+ Kb4 71. Rb8+ Kc5 72.
Rc8+ Kd6 73. Rec3 Nf3 74. Rxf3 gxf3+ 75. Kxf3 Kd5 76. Ke2 Ke4 77. Rc4+ Kf5 78.
Kf3 Ke6 79. Rc8 Kd7 80. Rc4 Kd6 81. Rc8 Kd5 82. Ke2 Ke6 83. Kf3 Kf6 84. Rc6+ Kg5
85. Rc4 Kf5 86. Rc5 Ke6 87. Rc8 e4+ 88. Kg2 Ke5 89. Re8+ Kd4 90. Rd8+ Kc4 91.
Rc8+ Kd3 92. Rd8+ Ke2 93. Rc8 Ke1 94. Rc7 Kd1 95. Rd7+ Ke2 96. Rc7 Kd3 97. Rd7+
Kc3 98. Rc7+ Kd4 99. Rd7+ Ke5 100. Rc7 Kd5 101. Rc8 Kd6 102. Rc3 Ke6 103. Rc5
Kf6 104. Rc3 Ke6 105. Rc5 Kd6 106. Rc8 Kd5 107. Rd8+ Kc6 108. Rc8+ Kd6 109. Rc3
Ke5 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.26"]
[Round "1.31"]
[White "Meier, Georg"]
[Black "Bosiocic, Marin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2624"]
[ECO "A07"]
[Opening "Reti"]
[Variation "King's Indian attack (Barcza system)"]
[WhiteFideId "4675789"]
[BlackFideId "14507927"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nc6 3. d4 Bf5 4. Bg2 Nb4 5. Na3 e6 6. O-O h6 7. c3 Nc6 8. Qa4
Bd6 9. Ne5 Bxe5 10. dxe5 Ne7 11. f4 O-O 12. Be3 Nc8 13. Qd1 Nb6 14. Qe1 f6 15.
exf6 Qxf6 16. Rd1 Qg6 17. b3 Be4 18. Bf3 e5 19. Qd2 Rad8 20. fxe5 Nxe5 21. Bxe4
Qxe4 22. Rxf8+ Kxf8 23. Nb5 c6 24. Bc5+ Kg8 25. Nd6 Qg6 26. Nxb7 Re8 27. Bd4 Ng4
28. Rf1 Nxh2 29. Kxh2 Qh5+ 30. Kg1 Rxe2 31. Qxe2 Qxe2 32. Rf2 Qg4 33. Kg2 Qe4+
34. Kg1 Qe7 35. Nc5 Nd7 36. Nxd7 Qxd7 37. b4 a6 38. a4 Qg4 39. Kh2 h5 40. a5 h4
41. gxh4 Qxh4+ 42. Kg2 g5 43. Rf6 g4 44. Rxc6 Qh3+ 45. Kf2 g3+ 46. Ke2 Kf7 47.
Rf6+ Ke7 48. Rxa6 Qg2+ 49. Ke1 Qe4+ 50. Kd2 g2 51. Ra7+ Kf8 52. Ra8+ Kf7 53.
Ra7+ Kf8 54. Ra8+ Kf7 55. Ra7+ Kf8 56. Ra8+ Kf7 57. Ra7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.26"]
[Round "1.32"]
[White "Ibrahimov, Rasul"]
[Black "Wang, Yue"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2518"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[ECO "A13"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[Variation "Agincourt variation"]
[WhiteFideId "13400495"]
[BlackFideId "8601429"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 e6 3. d4 Nf6 4. g3 dxc4 5. Qa4+ c6 6. Qxc4 b5 7. Qb3 Bb7 8. Bg2
Nbd7 9. O-O a6 10. a4 c5 11. axb5 axb5 12. Rxa8 Qxa8 13. dxc5 Bxc5 14. Qxb5 O-O
15. Nc3 Bc6 16. Ne1 Bxb5 17. Bxa8 Bxe2 18. Nxe2 Rxa8 19. Nd3 Bb6 20. Nc3 h6 21.
Kg2 Nc5 22. Rd1 Nce4 23. Nxe4 Nxe4 24. Kf3 Nf6 25. Be3 Bxe3 26. Kxe3 Rb8 27. Ke2
Nd5 28. Rc1 g5 29. h3 Kg7 30. Rc4 h5 31. h4 g4 32. b4 Ra8 33. Rc2 Kf6 34. Rb2
Rb8 35. Kd2 Rb5 36. Rc2 Rb6 37. Rc4 Ra6 38. Nf4 Ra2+ 39. Rc2 Rxc2+ 40. Kxc2
Nxb4+ 41. Kd2 e5 42. Ne2 Ke6 43. Nc3 f5 44. Ke2 Nd5 45. Nb5 Kd7 46. Na3 Nb6 47.
Nc2 Ke6 48. Kd3 Nd7 49. Ke2 Nc5 50. Nb4 f4 51. f3 Kf5 52. Nd5 gxf3+ 53. Kxf3 e4+
54. Kg2 Nd3 55. Ne7+ 0-1

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.26"]
[Round "1.33"]
[White "McShane, Luke J"]
[Black "Khenkin, Igor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2554"]
[ECO "C02"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "advance, Steinitz variation"]
[WhiteFideId "404853"]
[BlackFideId "4659600"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. dxc5 e6 5. Nf3 Bxc5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O f6 8. Qe2
fxe5 9. Nxe5 Nxe5 10. Qxe5 Nf6 11. Nd2 O-O 12. Nf3 Bd6 13. Qe2 Qc7 14. Re1 e5
15. Nxe5 Re8 16. Bf4 Ng4 17. Bxh7+ Kxh7 18. Qd3+ Kg8 19. Nxg4 Rxe1+ 20. Rxe1
Bxf4 21. Nf6+ Kf7 22. Nxd5 Bxh2+ 23. Kh1 Qd6 24. Qf3+ Kg8 25. Re8+ Kh7 26. Qh5+
Qh6 27. Nf6+ gxf6 28. Re7+ 1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.26"]
[Round "1.34"]
[White "Sanal, Vahap"]
[Black "Malakhov, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2551"]
[BlackElo "2686"]
[ECO "C65"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Berlin defence"]
[WhiteFideId "6300545"]
[BlackFideId "4120787"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. b3 Bd6 7. Bb2 Nd7 8.
Nbd2 O-O 9. O-O c5 10. Nc4 Re8 11. h3 b5 12. Ne3 Nf8 13. a4 b4 14. Nd2 Ne6 15.
Ndc4 Nd4 16. Bxd4 cxd4 17. Nf5 Bf8 18. f4 exf4 19. Rxf4 g6 20. Ng3 Be6 21. Rf3
Bxc4 22. bxc4 Qd7 23. Qd2 Bd6 24. Ne2 Re5 25. Kh1 Ra5 26. Raf1 Rf8 27. Nxd4 Rxa4
28. Nf5 f6 29. Nxd6 Qxd6 30. Qe3 Ra5 31. Qf2 Ra2 32. d4 Qe6 33. e5 f5 34. Qe2
Re8 35. Re3 c6 36. Rd1 f4 37. Rb3 a5 38. Re1 Qf5 39. Rd3 b3 40. Rxb3 Rxc2 41.
Qf1 Rd2 42. Qf3 Rxd4 43. Qxc6 Qe6 44. Qxe6+ Rxe6 45. Ra3 Rxc4 46. Rxa5 Kg7 47.
Ra7+ Kh6 48. Ra5 Rd4 49. Kg1 Kg5 50. Kf2 h5 51. Re2 Rd3 52. Rb5 Kh4 53. Rb4 g5
54. Rbe4 Rb3 55. Re1 Rb2+ 56. Kf3 Rc6 57. g3+ Kxh3 58. Rh1+ Rh2 59. Rxh2+ Kxh2
60. Re2+ Kh3 61. gxf4 g4+ 62. Ke4 g3 63. f5 g2 64. Re1 Kh2 65. f6 Rc4+ 66. Kf5
Rc2 67. e6 g1=Q 68. Rxg1 Kxg1 69. e7 Re2 70. f7 Rxe7 71. f8=Q Re2 72. Qc5+ Kg2
73. Qc6+ Kg3 74. Qc3+ Kg2 75. Qd3 Rf2+ 76. Kg5 Rf3 77. Qe2+ Kg3 78. Qe4 Kf2 79.
Qe5 Rh3 80. Qb2+ Kg1 81. Qc1+ Kg2 82. Qd2+ Kg1 83. Qe1+ Kg2 84. Qe2+ Kg1 85. Kf4
h4 86. Kg4 Rh2 87. Qd1+ Kf2 88. Qd2+ Kg1 89. Qd6 Kg2 90. Qc7 Kg1 91. Qe5 Kg2 92.
Qe1 Rh1 93. Qd2+ Kf1 94. Qb2 Kg1 95. Qe2 Rh2 96. Qe3+ Kf1 97. Qe6 Kf2 98. Kf4
Kf1 99. Qd6 Kg1 100. Kf3 Rf2+ 101. Ke3 Rg2 102. Qd1+ Kh2 103. Qh5 h3 104. Qh4
Ra2 105. Qf4+ Kh1 106. Qf1+ Kh2 107. Qc1 Kg2 108. Qc6+ Kg1 109. Qg6+ Rg2 110.
Qb1+ Kh2 111. Kf3 Rf2+ 112. Ke3 Rf3+ 113. Ke4 Rf2 114. Qd1 Kg2 115. Qg4+ Kh2
116. Ke3 Rg2 117. Qh4 Ra2 118. Qh8 Kg1 119. Qg7+ Kh1 120. Qb7+ Kh2 121. Qb8+ Kg2
122. Qg8+ 1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.26"]
[Round "1.35"]
[White "Melkumyan, Hrant"]
[Black "Dobrov, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2633"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[ECO "D30"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "Hastings variation"]
[WhiteFideId "13302485"]
[BlackFideId "4136594"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. Qb3 a5 8. a3 a4
9. Qa2 Nd7 10. e3 Qg6 11. Qb1 Qxb1+ 12. Rxb1 Nb6 13. c5 Nd7 14. Bd3 e5 15. Bc2
e4 16. Nd2 b5 17. O-O f5 18. f4 Nf6 19. Na2 g5 20. Nb4 Bd7 21. Bd1 Rg8 22. Ra1
gxf4 23. Rxf4 h5 24. Nf1 Bh6 25. Rf2 h4 26. Kh1 Ke7 27. Rc1 Raf8 28. Rcc2 Ng4
29. Bxg4 fxg4 30. Kg1 g3 31. hxg3 Rxf2 32. Kxf2 hxg3+ 33. Nxg3 Bxe3+ 34. Kxe3
Rxg3+ 35. Kf4 Rg4+ 36. Ke3 Ke6 37. Rf2 Rg3+ 38. Kf4 Rb3 39. Kg5 Ke7 40. Kh4 Re3
41. Nc2 Rd3 42. g4 Rd1 43. Kg5 Rd3 44. Re2 b4 45. axb4 Rb3 46. Ne3 Rxb4 47. Rd2
Rb3 48. Kf4 Kf7 49. g5 Kg7 50. Rh2 Rd3 51. Rh6 Rxd4 52. Rxc6 Bh3 53. Rh6 Bc8 54.
Rc6 Bh3 55. Rh6 Bc8 56. Rd6 Rd2 57. Rxd5 Rxb2 58. Rd8 Bh3 59. Ra8 Rb5 60. Ra7+
Kg6 61. Ra6+ Kg7 62. c6 Rc5 63. Kxe4 Bc8 64. Kd4 Rxg5 65. Rxa4 Be6 66. c7 Kf7
67. Ra7 Bc8 68. Nc4 Kf6 69. Nd6 Rg4+ 70. Kc5 Be6 71. Ra8 Rg1 72. Rf8+ Kg7 73.
Rf4 Rc1+ 74. Nc4 Kg6 75. Kd6 Bc8 76. Rf8 Bh3 77. Rh8 Bf5 78. Ne3 Kg7 79. Rh1
Rxh1 80. Nxf5+ Kf6 81. Ne7 Rh8 82. Kd7 Ra8 83. Nc6 Rh8 84. Ne7 Ra8 85. Kd6 Kf7
86. Nc6 Rc8 87. Kd7 Rxc7+ 88. Kxc7 1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.26"]
[Round "1.36"]
[White "Dzhumagaliev, Yan"]
[Black "Fedorchuk, Sergey A."]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2400"]
[BlackElo "2648"]
[ECO "E11"]
[Opening "Bogo-Indian defence, Gruenfeld variation"]
[WhiteFideId "24100110"]
[BlackFideId "14102536"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 a5 5. a3 Be7 6. e4 d5 7. e5 Nfd7 8. Bd3
c5 9. cxd5 exd5 10. O-O Nc6 11. Re1 Nf8 12. Nf1 Ne6 13. dxc5 Nxc5 14. Ng3 Nxd3
15. Qxd3 O-O 16. Nf5 Bxf5 17. Qxf5 Qc8 18. Qd3 Qe6 19. Be3 h6 20. Rad1 Rfd8 21.
Bb6 Rd7 22. Qb5 a4 23. h3 Ra6 24. Rd2 Bg5 25. Rd3 Bf4 26. Bd4 Ra5 27. Qb6 Bg5
28. Nxg5 hxg5 29. Bc3 Ra8 30. Rg3 d4 31. Bd2 Qd5 32. Rc1 Qxe5 33. Bxg5 f6 34.
Rxc6 bxc6 35. Qxc6 Qd5 36. Qxd5+ Rxd5 37. Bxf6 Ra7 38. Kf1 Kh7 39. Bg5 Rb7 40.
Bd2 Rxb2 41. Ke2 Rb3 42. Bb4 d3+ 43. Kd1 Rb1+ 44. Kd2 Rb2+ 45. Kc1 d2+ 0-1

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.26"]
[Round "1.37"]
[White "Mamedov, Rauf"]
[Black "Abdyjapar, Asyl"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2382"]
[ECO "B52"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Canal-Sokolsky attack, 3...Bd7"]
[WhiteFideId "13401653"]
[BlackFideId "13800337"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. O-O Nc6 6. Qe2 Nf6 7. Rd1 g6 8.
c3 Bg7 9. d4 cxd4 10. cxd4 O-O 11. Nc3 Rac8 12. h3 h6 13. Bf4 g5 14. Bh2 g4 15.
Nh4 gxh3 16. Nf5 d5 17. Nxd5 Nxe4 18. Qg4 Ng5 19. Nxh6+ Bxh6 20. Qxd7 1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.26"]
[Round "1.38"]
[White "Esipenko, Andrey"]
[Black "Cheparinov, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2564"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[ECO "D37"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "classical variation (5.Bf4)"]
[WhiteFideId "24175439"]
[BlackFideId "2905540"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. Rc1 c5 7. dxc5 dxc4 8. e3
Bxc5 9. Bxc4 Qxd1+ 10. Rxd1 a6 11. Be2 Nbd7 12. a4 b6 13. Bd6 Bxd6 14. Rxd6 Bb7
15. O-O Rac8 16. Rfd1 Rc7 17. Nd4 h6 18. Nc2 Ra8 19. Nb4 Kf8 20. Bf3 Bxf3 21.
gxf3 g5 22. Kg2 Rb7 23. Nc6 a5 24. f4 Rc8 25. Kf3 gxf4 26. exf4 Ne8 27. Rxd7
Rxd7 28. Rxd7 Rxc6 29. Ne4 Rc4 30. Rd8 Rb4 31. Ra8 Ke7 32. Ra7+ Kf8 33. Ra8 Ke7
34. Ra7+ Kd8 35. Ra8+ Kd7 36. Nc3 Nd6 37. Ra7+ Kc6 38. Ke3 Rxb2 39. Ne2 Rb3+ 40.
Kd2 Rb4 41. f5 exf5 42. Nc3 Rh4 43. Ke3 Rxh2 44. Ne2 Rh3+ 45. f3 Rh4 46. Nc3 Rb4
47. Kd3 Nb7 48. Kc2 Rf4 49. Ra8 Rxf3 50. Nb5 Rf2+ 51. Kc3 Nc5 52. Rc8+ Kd7 53.
Rc7+ Ke6 54. Nd4+ Ke5 55. Rxf7 Ne4+ 56. Kd3 Rd2+ 57. Ke3 Rxd4 0-1

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.26"]
[Round "1.39"]
[White "Safarli, Eltaj"]
[Black "Christiansen, Johan-Sebastian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2639"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[ECO "C46"]
[Opening "Four knights"]
[Variation "Gunsberg variation"]
[WhiteFideId "13402129"]
[BlackFideId "1512668"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. a3 d5 5. Bb5 Nxe4 6. Qe2 Nxc3 7. Qxe5+ Be7 8.
Qxc3 O-O 9. Bxc6 bxc6 10. Qxc6 Rb8 11. O-O d4 12. Qe4 Bf6 13. d3 Re8 14. Qf4 Bb7
15. Qg3 Re2 16. Bf4 Rxc2 17. Rac1 Rxc1 18. Rxc1 Bxf3 19. Qxf3 Rxb2 20. g3 h6 21.
Rxc7 Qe8 22. Rxa7 Qe1+ 23. Kg2 Rb1 24. Qa8+ Kh7 25. Qe4+ Qxe4+ 26. dxe4 g5 27.
Bd2 Kg6 28. Rd7 Rb2 29. Bb4 Re2 30. Kf3 Rb2 31. Rd5 g4+ 32. Kxg4 Rxf2 33. h4 Re2
34. Kf3 Re3+ 35. Kf4 h5 36. Bf8 Re1 37. e5 Rf1+ 38. Ke4 Re1+ 39. Kxd4 Bd8 40.
Bb4 Bb6+ 41. Kd3 Rd1+ 42. Ke4 1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.26"]
[Round "1.40"]
[White "Al-Saffar, Araz Basim Mohammed S"]
[Black "Nguyen, Ngoc Truong Son"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2368"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[ECO "D27"]
[Opening "QGA"]
[Variation "classical, 6...a6"]
[WhiteFideId "4801040"]
[BlackFideId "12401110"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. O-O a6 7. dxc5 Qxd1 8.
Rxd1 Bxc5 9. a3 b5 10. Be2 Bb7 11. b4 Be7 12. Bb2 Nbd7 13. Nbd2 O-O 14. Rac1
Rac8 15. Nb3 Nb6 16. Ne5 Na4 17. Bd4 Rxc1 18. Rxc1 Bd6 19. f3 Rc8 20. Rxc8+ Bxc8
21. Kf2 Nd5 22. Nc5 Nac3 23. e4 Nxe2 24. Kxe2 Nf4+ 25. Kf1 f6 26. Nc6 e5 27. Be3
Kf7 28. Na7 Be6 29. Nxa6 Bc4+ 30. Kg1 Ne2+ 31. Kf2 Nd4 32. Nc8 Bf8 33. Nb6 Bd3
34. Nc5 Bxc5 35. bxc5 Nc6 36. Ke1 g6 37. g3 f5 38. exf5 Bxf5 39. Nd5 h5 40. Kd2
Be6 41. Nc3 Bc4 42. Ne4 Ke6 43. Nc3 b4 44. axb4 Nxb4 45. f4 exf4 46. Bxf4 Ba6
47. Bd6 Bb7 48. Ke3 Nd5+ 49. Nxd5 Bxd5 50. Kf4 Bc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.26"]
[Round "1.41"]
[White "Khismatullin, Denis"]
[Black "El Adnani, Mokliss"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2632"]
[BlackElo "2448"]
[ECO "E73"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "Averbakh system"]
[WhiteFideId "4142578"]
[BlackFideId "9000410"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. e4 d6 4. d4 Bg7 5. Be2 O-O 6. Bg5 h6 7. Be3 e5 8. d5 a5
9. Qd2 Kh7 10. h4 Na6 11. h5 g5 12. f3 c6 13. g4 cxd5 14. cxd5 Nd7 15. Bc4 Nac5
16. Nge2 Nb6 17. Bb5 Bd7 18. Bxc5 dxc5 19. a4 Nc8 20. Bxd7 Qxd7 21. Nb5 Ra6 22.
Ng3 Nd6 23. Nxd6 Qxd6 24. Nf5 Qb6 25. Ke2 Rc8 26. Rhc1 Bf8 27. Ne3 c4 28. Rxc4
Qxe3+ 29. Qxe3 Rxc4 30. Rc1 Rb4 31. b3 Bd6 32. Rc4 Rab6 33. Rxb4 Rxb4 34. Qc3
Kg7 35. Kd1 Rd4+ 36. Kc2 Bb4 37. Qc7 Kf6 38. Qd8+ Kg7 39. Qb8 Kf6 40. Qh8+ 1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.26"]
[Round "1.42"]
[White "Tissir, Mohamed"]
[Black "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2381"]
[BlackElo "2691"]
[ECO "B15"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "Tartakower (Nimzovich) variation"]
[WhiteFideId "9000240"]
[BlackFideId "24101605"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ exf6 6. c3 Bd6 7. Bd3 O-O 8.
Ne2 Re8 9. O-O Qc7 10. Ng3 Nd7 11. Qh5 Nf8 12. Ne4 Be7 13. Qf3 f5 14. Ng3 g6 15.
Re1 Be6 16. Bh6 Bd5 17. Qd1 f4 18. Ne4 Ne6 19. c4 Bxe4 20. Bxe4 Bg5 21. Bxg5
Nxg5 22. Bc2 f3 23. Qd2 h6 24. h4 Qd7 25. Qf4 Ne6 26. Qxf3 Nxd4 27. Qd3 Qg4 28.
Rxe8+ Rxe8 29. Rd1 Ne2+ 30. Kf1 Nf4 31. Qf3 Qxh4 32. g3 Qh3+ 0-1

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.26"]
[Round "1.43"]
[White "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Black "Khader, Sami"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2744"]
[BlackElo "2392"]
[ECO "C63"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Schliemann defence"]
[WhiteFideId "5007003"]
[BlackFideId "8100500"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 f5 4. d3 fxe4 5. dxe4 Nf6 6. O-O d6 7. Qd3 Be7 8. Nc3
O-O 9. Bc4+ Kh8 10. Ng5 Qe8 11. Ne6 Bxe6 12. Bxe6 Bd8 13. Bh3 Nh5 14. g3 Qg6 15.
Bf5 Qf7 16. Be3 Nf6 17. Kg2 Qh5 18. Qd1 Qf7 19. Bh3 Qc4 20. Qd3 Qxd3 21. cxd3
Nb4 22. Rad1 Nc2 23. Bd2 c6 24. Ne2 Bb6 25. Rc1 Nd4 26. Nc3 Rad8 27. f4 h6 28.
Be3 Nd7 29. Na4 Nc5 30. Nxc5 Bxc5 31. fxe5 Rxf1 32. Kxf1 Rf8+ 33. Kg2 Ne2 34.
Rxc5 dxc5 35. Bd7 Nd4 1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.26"]
[Round "1.44"]
[White "Saeed, Ishaq"]
[Black "Movsesian, Sergei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2434"]
[BlackElo "2647"]
[ECO "E67"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "fianchetto with ...Nd7"]
[WhiteFideId "9301453"]
[BlackFideId "310204"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nc3 Nbd7 4. Nf3 g6 5. g3 Bg7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. b3
Re8 9. Bb2 e5 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. e3 e4 12. Nd2 Nc5 13. Ba3 Qa5 14. Bxc5 Qxc5 15.
Ndxe4 Nxe4 16. Nxe4 Qa5 17. a3 Rd8 18. Qe1 Qe5 19. Ra2 Bf5 20. f4 Qc7 21. Nc5
Re8 22. Qf2 Rad8 23. Kh1 Qe7 24. b4 b6 25. e4 Bg4 26. Nb3 Rd3 27. Nc1 Bd4 28.
Qc2 Rc3 29. Qd2 Rd8 30. Ne2 Bg7 31. Qe1 Rxc4 32. e5 c5 33. b5 Qd7 34. Nc3 Qd3
35. Ne4 Rcd4 36. Nf6+ Bxf6 37. exf6 Qxb5 38. Qe5 Bf3 39. Bxf3 Qxf1# 0-1

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.26"]
[Round "1.45"]
[White "Savchenko, Boris"]
[Black "Omar, Noaman"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2566"]
[BlackElo "2364"]
[ECO "B19"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "classical, Spassky variation"]
[WhiteFideId "4147332"]
[BlackFideId "9300244"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. h5
Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 e6 11. Bd2 Ngf6 12. O-O-O Qc7 13. Kb1 O-O-O 14. Qe2 Bd6
15. Ne4 Nxe4 16. Qxe4 c5 17. dxc5 Nxc5 18. Qe2 Rhe8 19. Rh4 Be7 20. Rc4 b5 21.
Rc3 Bf6 22. Bf4 Rxd1+ 23. Qxd1 Rd8 24. Qe2 Qc6 25. Ne5 Bxe5 26. Qxe5 Rd1+ 27.
Bc1 Rd5 28. Qxg7 b4 29. Rc4 Qb5 30. b3 Kb7 31. Qxf7+ Rd7 32. Rxc5 1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.26"]
[Round "1.46"]
[White "Lodhi, Mahmood"]
[Black "Bortnyk, Olexandr"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2347"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[ECO "E68"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "fianchetto, classical variation, 8.e4"]
[WhiteFideId "7800010"]
[BlackFideId "14120828"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d6 6. c4 Nbd7 7. Nc3 e5 8. e4 c6
9. d5 cxd5 10. cxd5 Qb6 11. Nd2 Nc5 12. Qe2 Bg4 13. Qe3 Rac8 14. Re1 Bd7 15. h3
Qb4 16. a3 Qd4 17. Qe2 Nd3 18. Nf3 Qc4 19. Bf1 Nxe1 20. Qxc4 Nxf3+ 21. Kg2 Rxc4
22. Bxc4 Ne1+ 23. Kh2 Rc8 24. Be2 Nc2 25. Rb1 Nd4 26. Bd3 Nf3+ 27. Kh1 Bxh3 28.
Be3 a6 29. Be2 Nd4 30. Bd3 Ng4 0-1

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.26"]
[Round "1.47"]
[White "Alekseev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Van Foreest, Jorden"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2616"]
[BlackElo "2629"]
[ECO "C76"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "modern Steinitz defence, fianchetto (Bronstein) variation"]
[WhiteFideId "4138147"]
[BlackFideId "1039784"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. c3 g6 6. d4 Bd7 7. O-O Bg7 8. Be3 Nf6
9. Nbd2 O-O 10. Re1 Qe8 11. Bxc6 Bxc6 12. dxe5 Ng4 13. exd6 Nxe3 14. Rxe3 Rd8
15. e5 cxd6 16. exd6 Qd7 17. Nc4 Bb5 18. Re7 Qc6 19. Nfe5 Bxe5 20. Nxe5 Qc5 21.
Qd4 Qxd4 22. cxd4 Rxd6 23. Rxb7 Rxd4 24. h3 Rd5 25. Ng4 Rd2 26. a4 Be2 27. Nf6+
Kg7 28. Ne4 Rc2 29. Ra3 Bc4 30. Rc7 Bb3 31. Nc5 Bd5 32. Ne6+ Bxe6 33. Rxc2 Rb8
34. a5 Rb4 35. Rc6 Bc4 36. Rb6 Bb5 37. Rb7 Re4 38. Rf3 Bc4 39. Rb4 Re1+ 40. Kh2
Bb5 41. Re3 Rf1 42. Kg3 Ra1 43. Ra3 Rd1 44. Rxb5 axb5 45. a6 Rd8 46. a7 Ra8 47.
Ra6 1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.26"]
[Round "1.48"]
[White "Minko, Vladimir"]
[Black "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2381"]
[BlackElo "2683"]
[ECO "E06"]
[Opening "Catalan"]
[Variation "closed, 5.Nf3"]
[WhiteFideId "24146706"]
[BlackFideId "14200244"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4
Bd7 9. Nbd2 Bc6 10. Nxc4 Be4 11. Qd1 Nc6 12. Bf4 h6 13. Rc1 Nd5 14. Ncd2 Bh7 15.
Nc4 a5 16. Qb3 Nxf4 17. gxf4 Nb4 18. Rfd1 c6 19. Nfe5 Kh8 20. Ne3 Qe8 21. N3c4
f6 22. Nf3 Bd8 23. Ncd2 Bc7 24. e3 Rd8 25. Nc4 Rd7 26. Rd2 g5 27. fxg5 hxg5 28.
e4 Qh5 29. e5 g4 30. Ne1 fxe5 31. dxe5 Rxd2 32. Nxd2 Bb6 33. Nc4 Bxf2+ 34. Kh1
g3 0-1

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.26"]
[Round "1.49"]
[White "Bocharov, Dmitry"]
[Black "Lam, Daniel King-wai"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2583"]
[BlackElo "2222"]
[ECO "A40"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn"]
[WhiteFideId "4138716"]
[BlackFideId "6001238"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 exd5 4. cxd5 d6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Nf3 Bg7 7. e4 a6 8. h3 b5
9. Bd3 Ne7 10. O-O h6 11. a4 b4 12. Nb1 a5 13. Bb5+ Bd7 14. Nbd2 g5 15. Nc4 Bxb5
16. axb5 Ng6 17. Be3 O-O 18. Qc2 Qf6 19. Rxa5 Rxa5 20. Nxa5 Qxb2 21. Qxb2 Bxb2
22. Nc4 Bg7 23. Nxd6 Nd7 24. Nd2 Rb8 25. Rc1 Bf8 26. N6c4 Rxb5 27. g3 Nge5 28.
Kf1 Nd3 29. Rb1 N7e5 30. Ke2 Bg7 31. f4 1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.26"]
[Round "1.50"]
[White "Amer, Said Salim Al Maashani"]
[Black "Duda, Jan-Krzysztof"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2103"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[ECO "B29"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Nimzovich-Rubinstein variation"]
[WhiteFideId "22000100"]
[BlackFideId "1170546"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. Nc3 Nxc3 5. dxc3 Nc6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bf4 Qc7 8.
Qd2 h6 9. h4 a6 10. a4 b6 11. Qe3 Bb7 12. Rd1 Ne7 13. O-O g6 14. Rd3 Bc6 15. Ra1
Nf5 16. Qe2 Be7 17. g3 g5 18. g4 Nxh4 19. Nxh4 gxf4 20. Rh3 Rg8 21. f3 h5 22.
Kh2 Rg5 23. Re1 Bxa4 24. gxh5 Rxh5 25. Ng2 Rxh3+ 26. Kxh3 Bc6 27. Nxf4 b5 28.
Bd3 O-O-O 29. Be4 Qxe5 0-1

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.26"]
[Round "1.51"]
[White "Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi"]
[Black "Al-Hajiri, Bader"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2165"]
[ECO "A15"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[WhiteFideId "5029465"]
[BlackFideId "10300163"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 d5 4. e3 e6 5. b3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Bb2 O-O 8. d4
Qe7 9. Be2 b6 10. O-O Bb7 11. Rad1 Rac8 12. Qb1 Rfd8 13. Rfe1 c5 14. cxd5 cxd4
15. Nxd4 Bb4 16. dxe6 Bxc3 17. Bxc3 Rxc3 18. exd7 Rxd7 19. Qb2 Rxe3 20. fxe3
Qxe3+ 21. Kf1 Ne4 22. Bb5 Qf4+ 23. Nf3 Rxd1 24. Rxd1 h6 25. Rd8+ Kh7 26. Bd3 f5
27. Rd7 1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.26"]
[Round "1.52"]
[White "Al Ghamdi, Ahmed M"]
[Black "Ponkratov, Pavel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "CM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2159"]
[BlackElo "2613"]
[ECO "B27"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Katalimov variation"]
[WhiteFideId "21500150"]
[BlackFideId "4157800"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 b6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Bb7 5. Nc3 a6 6. g3 e6 7. Bg2 Nf6 8. a3
Qc7 9. O-O d6 10. Bg5 Nbd7 11. Re1 Be7 12. h3 O-O 13. Qe2 Rfe8 14. Nb3 b5 15.
Bf4 Rac8 16. Rad1 Ne5 17. Nd2 Nfd7 18. Be3 Nb6 19. Ra1 Nbc4 20. Nxc4 Nxc4 21.
Bc1 Bf6 22. Nd1 Qd7 23. c3 d5 24. b3 Na5 25. e5 Be7 26. Rb1 d4 27. Bxb7 Qxb7 28.
cxd4 Nxb3 29. Rxb3 Rxc1 30. Nc3 Rxe1+ 31. Qxe1 Rc8 32. Ne4 Qd5 33. Qe3 h6 34.
Rd3 a5 35. Kh2 b4 36. axb4 Bxb4 37. Qf4 a4 38. Rf3 Rc7 39. Qh4 a3 40. Rf6 Be7
41. Qg4 a2 42. Rxh6 a1=Q 43. Rh5 Qaxd4 0-1

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.26"]
[Round "1.53"]
[White "Sargissian, Gabriel"]
[Black "Al Zamel, Khaled"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2672"]
[BlackElo "1942"]
[ECO "A40"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn"]
[WhiteFideId "13300881"]
[BlackFideId "21500967"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. d4 c6 2. c4 d6 3. Nc3 Qc7 4. e4 Nf6 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. Be2 e5 7. d5 Nbd7 8. h3 Bh5
9. O-O Be7 10. Be3 O-O 11. Nd2 Bg6 12. Rc1 Rfd8 13. h4 h6 14. g3 Nf8 15. Kg2 Qd7
16. Rh1 h5 17. f3 N6h7 18. Bd3 c5 19. Bf2 a6 20. Nf1 Nf6 21. Ne3 N8h7 22. a3
Rab8 23. Qe2 Nf8 24. b4 cxb4 25. axb4 Rdc8 26. c5 dxc5 27. b5 axb5 28. Bxb5 Qc7
29. Nc4 Bd6 30. Ba4 Ra8 31. Nb5 Qd7 32. Nbxd6 Qxa4 33. Nxc8 Rxc8 34. Nb6 1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.26"]
[Round "1.54"]
[White "Al Bargi, Hassan M"]
[Black "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "1579"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[ECO "A45"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[WhiteFideId "21501475"]
[BlackFideId "13601520"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 c5 3. d5 Qb6 4. Nc3 Qxb2 5. Bd2 Qb6 6. e4 d6 7. f4 e5 8. Nf3
exf4 9. Bxf4 Be7 10. Bc4 O-O 11. O-O Bg4 12. Qd2 Bxf3 13. Rxf3 Nbd7 14. Kh1 a6
15. Rb1 Qc7 16. Qe2 b5 17. Nxb5 axb5 18. Bxb5 Rxa2 19. Bc4 Ra4 20. Rfb3 Re8 0-1

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.26"]
[Round "1.55"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Al Jabri, Mohammed Ali"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2691"]
[BlackElo "2154"]
[ECO "B42"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Kan, 5.Bd3"]
[WhiteFideId "703303"]
[BlackFideId "7604734"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. O-O Qc7 7. Qe2 d6 8. c4
Be7 9. Nc3 Nc6 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. f4 e5 12. f5 Bb7 13. Bg5 O-O 14. Kh1 Rfe8 15.
Rad1 Rad8 16. Bc2 h6 17. Bh4 Nh7 18. Bg3 Nf6 19. Bb3 Nd7 20. Bf2 Nc5 21. Bc2 a5
22. b3 Bf6 23. Rd2 Rd7 24. Be3 Red8 25. Rfd1 Na6 26. Qf2 c5 27. g4 Rc8 28. Nb5
Qb6 29. Rxd6 Rxd6 30. Rxd6 Rc6 31. Rd1 Nb4 32. Bb1 Rc8 33. Rd6 Rc6 34. Rxc6 Qxc6
35. Bxc5 Qd7 36. Qe2 Na6 37. Bf2 g6 38. Qd3 Qxd3 39. Bxd3 Nb4 40. Bb1 gxf5 41.
gxf5 Nc6 42. Kg2 Nd4 43. Nxd4 exd4 44. Kf3 Be5 45. a3 Bd6 46. Be1 Bxa3 47. Bxa5
Bd6 48. h3 Kg7 49. b4 Ba6 50. b5 Bb7 51. Bb6 Be5 52. c5 Kf8 53. c6 Bc8 54. Bc5+
Ke8 55. Bd3 Kd8 56. b6 1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.26"]
[Round "1.56"]
[White "Al Habeeb, Emad"]
[Black "Amin, Bassem"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "1933"]
[BlackElo "2689"]
[ECO "A97"]
[Opening "Dutch"]
[Variation "Ilyin-Genevsky variation"]
[WhiteFideId "21500029"]
[BlackFideId "10601457"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 f5 3. c4 Nf6 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. Nc3 Qe8 8. Nb5
Na6 9. a3 c6 10. Nc3 Bd8 11. Bf4 Bc7 12. b4 e5 13. Bc1 e4 14. Ng5 h6 15. Nh3 Qf7
16. d5 cxd5 17. cxd5 Bd7 18. e3 g5 19. Bb2 Rae8 20. Rc1 Bb6 21. Ne2 f4 22. gxf4
g4 23. Kh1 gxh3 24. Rg1 hxg2+ 25. Rxg2+ Kh7 26. Ng3 Bh3 27. Rg1 Bg4 0-1

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.26"]
[Round "1.57"]
[White "Kokarev, Dmitry"]
[Black "Al Omary, Ahmed"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "1875"]
[ECO "C11"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "Steinitz, Boleslavsky variation"]
[WhiteFideId "4132181"]
[BlackFideId "21500207"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 Qb6 8. Na4
Qa5+ 9. c3 b5 10. Nxc5 Bxc5 11. dxc5 b4 12. a3 bxc3 13. b4 1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.26"]
[Round "1.58"]
[White "Bukannan, Ahmed A"]
[Black "Demchenko, Anton"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "1929"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[ECO "A48"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "London system"]
[WhiteFideId "21504164"]
[BlackFideId "4160258"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bf4 Bg7 4. e3 d6 5. h3 O-O 6. Nbd2 b6 7. Be2 Bb7 8. O-O
Nbd7 9. c3 Ne4 10. Nxe4 Bxe4 11. Nd2 Bb7 12. Bf3 Qc8 13. Bxb7 Qxb7 14. Qf3 Qxf3
15. Nxf3 c5 16. Rfd1 Rfc8 17. a4 a6 18. Ra2 Rc7 19. Kf1 h6 20. Ke2 f5 21. Bh2
Kf7 22. a5 b5 23. Rd2 Nf6 24. dxc5 Rxc5 25. Ne1 Ne4 26. Rd1 Rc7 27. Nd3 Rxc3 28.
b4 Rc4 29. Rdd2 Nc3+ 30. Ke1 Nxa2 31. Rxa2 Bc3+ 32. Ke2 Bxb4 0-1

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.26"]
[Round "1.59"]
[White "Volokitin, Andrei"]
[Black "Masrahi, Abdulrahman A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "CM"]
[WhiteElo "2628"]
[BlackElo "1962"]
[ECO "C84"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "closed defence"]
[WhiteFideId "14107090"]
[BlackFideId "21501564"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a4 b4
9. Nbd2 Na5 10. Ba2 O-O 11. c3 c5 12. cxb4 cxb4 13. Nc4 b3 14. Bxb3 Nxb3 15.
Qxb3 Be6 16. Ng5 Bxc4 17. Qxc4 Nd7 18. Nf3 Qb8 19. b4 Rc8 20. Qb3 Nc5 21. Qa3
Ne6 22. Bd2 Qa7 23. Rfc1 g5 24. Rxc8+ Rxc8 25. Rc1 Rxc1+ 26. Qxc1 g4 27. Qc8+
Kg7 28. Be3 Qc7 29. Qxc7 Nxc7 30. Ne1 d5 31. Nc2 d4 32. Bd2 Ne6 33. Kf1 Kf8 34.
Ke2 Ke8 35. f3 h5 36. g3 Ng5 37. Bxg5 Bxg5 38. Na3 Be3 39. Nc4 Bg1 40. fxg4 hxg4
41. Kf1 1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.26"]
[Round "1.60"]
[White "Miswadah, Baha"]
[Black "Salgado Lopez, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "1877"]
[BlackElo "2644"]
[ECO "B14"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "Panov-Botvinnik attack, 5...g6"]
[WhiteFideId "11502118"]
[BlackFideId "2257327"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Qb3 Bg7 7. cxd5 O-O 8. Be2
Nbd7 9. Bf3 Nb6 10. Nge2 a5 11. a4 Bf5 12. O-O Bd3 13. Qd1 Ba6 14. Re1 Nbxd5 15.
Nxd5 Nxd5 16. Nc3 Nb4 17. Nb5 Qd7 18. Bg5 e6 19. Qe2 Rac8 20. Rac1 h6 21. Be3
Kh7 22. Qd2 Bxb5 23. axb5 Qxb5 24. Be2 Qd7 25. Bc4 Rfd8 26. b3 b6 27. Red1 Nd5
28. Qe2 Qe7 29. g3 h5 30. h4 Nxe3 31. fxe3 Rc7 32. Kg2 Rdc8 33. Rc2 Kg8 34. Rdc1
Bh6 35. Bd3 Rxc2 36. Rxc2 Rxc2 37. Bxc2 Qc7 38. Bd3 Qc3 39. Bc4 Qxe3 40. Qxe3
Bxe3 41. d5 exd5 42. Bxd5 Kg7 43. Kf3 Bc5 44. g4 hxg4+ 45. Kxg4 f5+ 46. Kf4 Kf6
47. Bc4 Bf2 48. h5 g5+ 49. Kf3 Bd4 50. Bd3 g4+ 51. Kg2 f4 52. h6 Kg5 53. h7 f3+
54. Kh1 g3 55. Bf1 Kh6 0-1

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.26"]
[Round "1.61"]
[White "Li, Chao b"]
[Black "Salama, Taher"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "1769"]
[ECO "E08"]
[Opening "Catalan"]
[Variation "closed, 7.Qc2"]
[WhiteFideId "8604436"]
[BlackFideId "11502231"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. O-O O-O 7. Qc2 c5 8. Rd1
Qb6 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Nc3 cxd4 11. Nxd4 Ne5 12. Bf4 Ng6 13. Be3 a6 14. Nxd5 Nxd5
15. Bxd5 Qc5 16. Qxc5 Bxc5 17. Rac1 Bd6 18. Nb3 Be7 19. Rc7 Bf6 20. Bc5 Be5 21.
Bxf8 Bxc7 22. Bc5 Ne5 23. f4 Nc6 24. Nd4 Bd7 25. Nxc6 Bxc6 26. Bxc6 bxc6 27. Rd7
Rc8 28. e4 h6 29. Kf2 g6 30. e5 Ba5 31. b4 Bc7 32. Kf3 a5 33. a3 axb4 34. axb4
h5 35. Ke4 Bb8 36. h3 Re8 37. Be7 Rc8 38. g4 hxg4 39. hxg4 Bc7 40. f5 gxf5+ 41.
gxf5 Bb6 42. Rd2 Ra8 43. Rg2+ Kh7 44. Rh2+ 1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.26"]
[Round "1.62"]
[White "Alem, Ali Hussien"]
[Black "Ni, Hua"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "1745"]
[BlackElo "2671"]
[ECO "C02"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "advance, Milner-Barry gambit"]
[WhiteFideId "21500088"]
[BlackFideId "8601160"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. Bd3 cxd4 7. cxd4 Bd7 8. Bc2
Nb4 9. Bb3 Qa6 10. Bc2 Ne7 11. Nc3 Nxc2+ 12. Qxc2 Nc6 13. a3 Rc8 14. Qe2 Qxe2+
15. Kxe2 Na5 16. Rd1 Nb3 17. Rb1 Bxa3 18. bxa3 Rxc3 19. Nd2 Nxd4+ 20. Kf1 Bb5+
21. Kg1 Ne2+ 22. Kh1 Ba4 23. Re1 Nxc1 24. Rexc1 Rxc1+ 25. Rxc1 Kd7 26. h4 Rc8
27. Rb1 b5 28. Nf3 Rc3 29. Ra1 Kc6 30. Kg1 Kc5 31. Kf1 d4 32. Nd2 Kd5 33. Nf3 d3
34. Ke1 Rc2 35. g4 Kc4 36. Ng5 d2+ 0-1

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.26"]
[Round "1.63"]
[White "Kuzubov, Yuriy"]
[Black "Al Abdali, Zeyad Saleh"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2699"]
[BlackElo "1801"]
[ECO "A40"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn"]
[WhiteFideId "14112906"]
[BlackFideId "21501505"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. d4 1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.26"]
[Round "1.64"]
[White "Alanazy, Mohammed"]
[Black "Adhiban, Baskaran"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "1850"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[ECO "B06"]
[Opening "Robatsch (modern) defence"]
[WhiteFideId "21508488"]
[BlackFideId "5018471"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 g6 2. f4 d5 3. exd5 Nf6 4. Nf3 Nxd5 5. d4 Bg7 6. Bc4 O-O 7. O-O Nb6 8. Bb3
Na6 9. c3 c5 10. Be3 c4 11. Bc2 Nd5 12. Qd2 Bf5 13. Bxf5 gxf5 14. Qf2 e6 15.
Nbd2 Rc8 16. Rfe1 Kh8 17. Nf1 Nf6 18. Ng3 Nc7 19. h3 Ncd5 20. Bd2 Rc7 21. Ne5
Bh6 22. Qf3 Rg8 23. Rf1 Rxg3 24. Qxg3 Ne4 25. Qe1 Nxd2 26. Qxd2 f6 27. Nf3 Nxf4
28. Qf2 Rg7 29. Qh4 Rxg2+ 30. Kh1 Bg5 31. Qxf4 Bxf4 32. Kxg2 Qg8+ 33. Kf2 Qg3+
34. Ke2 Bh6 35. Rf2 Qf4 36. Rg1 Qe4+ 37. Kf1 Be3 38. Re2 Qxf3+ 0-1

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.26"]
[Round "1.65"]
[White "Dreev, Aleksey"]
[Black "Al Juhani, Bakr"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2653"]
[BlackElo "1854"]
[ECO "D73"]
[Opening "Neo-Gruenfeld, 5.Nf3"]
[WhiteFideId "4100107"]
[BlackFideId "21500185"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 d5 5. c4 c6 6. Qb3 O-O 7. O-O Re8 8. Nc3
Na6 9. Bg5 Nc7 10. Rfd1 h6 11. Bf4 Ne6 12. Be5 Ne4 13. cxd5 Nxc3 14. dxe6 Nxe2+
15. Kh1 f6 16. Qe3 fxe5 17. dxe5 Nxg3+ 18. hxg3 Qb6 19. Nd4 c5 20. Nb3 c4 21.
Nc5 Qc7 22. f4 Rb8 23. Rac1 a6 24. Nd7 Bxd7 25. exd7 Red8 26. Rxc4 Qa5 27. Qd3
Kh8 28. Qxg6 1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.26"]
[Round "1.66"]
[White "Al Saidi, Mohammed Khalfan"]
[Black "Salem, A.R. Saleh"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "1468"]
[BlackElo "2638"]
[ECO "D86"]
[Opening "Gruenfeld"]
[Variation "exchange, classical variation"]
[WhiteFideId "22001271"]
[BlackFideId "9301348"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 c5 8.
Ne2 Nc6 9. Be3 O-O 10. O-O Na5 11. Bd3 b6 12. Qd2 e6 13. Rfd1 Bb7 14. Bh6 Rc8
15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Rac1 Qh4 17. Qf4 Qxf4 18. Nxf4 Rfd8 19. Ne2 Nc6 20. Bb1 cxd4
21. cxd4 Nxd4 22. Nxd4 Rxd4 23. f3 Rd2 24. Rf1 Rxc1 25. Rxc1 Ba6 26. h3 g5 27.
Kh2 Be2 28. Kg3 b5 29. h4 gxh4+ 30. Kxh4 Bc4 31. a4 Rxg2 32. axb5 Bxb5 33. Kh3
Rb2 34. Kg3 a5 35. e5 a4 36. Be4 a3 37. Rc3 a2 38. Ra3 Bc4 39. Ra7 Rb1 0-1

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.26"]
[Round "1.67"]
[White "Socko, Bartosz"]
[Black "Al Mahmood, Salman"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2593"]
[BlackElo "1593"]
[ECO "E07"]
[Opening "Catalan"]
[Variation "closed, 6...Nbd7"]
[WhiteFideId "1107038"]
[BlackFideId "11201517"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O Nbd7 7. cxd5 exd5 8.
Qc2 c6 9. Nc3 Re8 10. Rb1 Bd6 11. b4 Nb6 12. b5 Bd7 13. bxc6 bxc6 14. Bf4 Bxf4
15. gxf4 Nc4 16. Rb3 Qc7 17. Ne5 Nd6 18. Nxd5 Nxd5 19. Bxd5 Be6 20. Qxc6 Qxc6
21. Bxc6 Bxb3 22. axb3 Rab8 23. Bxe8 Nxe8 24. Ra1 Rb7 25. Nc6 Nd6 26. Rxa7 Rxa7
27. Nxa7 Kf8 28. Nc6 Ke8 29. Ne5 f6 30. Nc4 Nb5 31. e3 Ke7 32. Kf1 Ke6 33. Ke2
Kd5 34. Kd3 Ke6 35. e4 Nc7 36. d5+ Kd7 37. b4 Nb5 38. e5 fxe5 39. fxe5 h6 40. f4
Na7 41. Nd6 h5 42. f5 h4 43. b5 Nc8 44. Nxc8 Kxc8 45. f6 gxf6 46. exf6 Kd7 47.
b6 Kd8 48. d6 Kd7 49. f7 Kxd6 50. f8=Q+ Kc6 51. Kc4 Kxb6 52. Qd6+ Kb7 53. Kb5
Ka8 54. Qe7 Kb8 55. Kb6 Ka8 56. Qf8# 1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.26"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Dobrov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2837"]
[ECO "E10"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[WhiteFideId "4136594"]
[BlackFideId "1503014"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Nbd2 O-O 6. Bg2 b6 7. O-O Bb7 8. Ne5
Qc8 9. cxd5 Bxd5 10. e4 Bb7 11. Qc2 c5 12. Ndc4 cxd4 13. Bd2 Be7 14. Qd3 Na6 15.
Rac1 Qd8 16. Qb1 Nc5 17. Rfe1 d3 18. f3 b5 19. b4 bxc4 20. bxc5 Bxc5+ 21. Kh1
Ba6 22. Nxd3 Ba3 23. Rc3 Be7 0-1

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.26"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Bocharov, Dmitry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2799"]
[BlackElo "2583"]
[ECO "E52"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian"]
[Variation "4.e3, main line with ...b6"]
[WhiteFideId "13401319"]
[BlackFideId "4138716"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 b6 5. e3 O-O 6. Bd3 d5 7. O-O Ba6 8. Qe2 c5
9. dxc5 Nbd7 10. cxd5 Bxd3 11. Qxd3 Nxc5 12. Qb5 Bxc3 13. dxe6 fxe6 14. bxc3
Nfe4 15. Nd4 Qh4 16. f3 e5 17. fxe4 exd4 18. exd4 Rxf1+ 19. Qxf1 Rf8 20. Qc4+
Kh8 21. Ba3 Qxe4 22. Bxc5 bxc5 23. Qxc5 Qe3+ 24. Kh1 Qf2 25. h3 h6 26. a4 a6 27.
Rb1 Re8 28. Qc6 Re3 29. Qd5 Kh7 30. c4 Qf4 31. Rd1 Ra3 32. c5 Rxa4 33. c6 Ra3
34. Qc4 Qe4 35. Kg1 Qe3+ 36. Kh2 Qf4+ 37. Kh1 Qe4 38. Qc1 Rxh3+ 39. Kg1 Rg3 40.
Qd2 Qxc6 41. d5 Qc5+ 42. Qf2 Qd6 43. Qf5+ Rg6 44. Re1 Qf6 45. Qxf6 Rxf6 46. Rd1
Kg6 47. d6 Rf8 48. Ra1 Rd8 49. Rxa6 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.26"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2683"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[ECO "C84"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "closed defence"]
[WhiteFideId "14200244"]
[BlackFideId "4126025"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 d6 7. c3 O-O 8. Re1 b5
9. Bc2 d5 10. Nbd2 d4 11. h3 Nd7 12. Nb3 Nb6 13. cxd4 exd4 14. Bf4 a5 15. a3 a4
16. Nbd2 Na5 17. Nf1 c5 18. g4 Be6 19. Ng3 Re8 20. Nf5 Bf8 21. Qd2 Nb3 22. Bxb3
axb3 23. Rad1 Na4 24. Ng5 Qd7 25. Kh2 Rad8 26. Rg1 c4 27. dxc4 Bxf5 28. gxf5
bxc4 29. Rg3 Nc5 30. f6 g6 31. e5 Qf5 32. Rf3 h6 0-1

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.26"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Fedoseev, Vladimir3"]
[Black "Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[ECO "E04"]
[Opening "Catalan"]
[Variation "open, 5.Nf3"]
[WhiteFideId "24130737"]
[BlackFideId "5029465"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 c5 6. O-O Nc6 7. Qa4 Bd7 8. Qxc4
cxd4 9. Nxd4 Rc8 10. Nc3 Nxd4 11. Qxd4 Bc5 12. Qh4 O-O 13. Bxb7 Rb8 14. Bf3 h6
15. Qf4 Re8 16. Ne4 Nxe4 17. Qxe4 Qc7 18. b3 f5 19. Qb1 e5 20. Bb2 e4 21. Bh5
Re6 22. Qc1 Rc8 23. e3 Bb5 24. Rd1 g6 25. Rd5 Rc6 26. Qc3 Kh7 27. Rad1 Bd3 28.
R1xd3 exd3 29. Qxd3 Qf7 30. Bf3 Be7 31. h4 Rc5 32. Rd7 R5c7 33. Be5 Rxd7 34.
Qxd7 Rd8 35. Qxa7 Qe6 36. Bd4 g5 37. hxg5 hxg5 38. Qb7 Kg6 39. a4 Bf6 40. Bxf6
Qxf6 41. g4 Qd6 42. gxf5+ Kxf5 43. Qf7+ Ke5 44. Kg2 Rf8 45. Qg7+ Kf5 46. a5 Rf6
47. Qh7+ Ke6 48. Qe4+ Kf7 49. b4 Kg7 50. b5 Qd2 51. a6 g4 52. Qxg4+ Rg6 53.
Qxg6+ Kxg6 54. a7 Qd8 55. a8=Q Qg5+ 56. Kh1 1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.26"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Duda, Jan-Krzysztof"]
[Black "Wang, Hao"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[ECO "D45"]
[Opening "QGD semi-Slav"]
[Variation "Stoltz variation"]
[WhiteFideId "1170546"]
[BlackFideId "8602883"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. b3 O-O 8. Bb2 e5
9. Be2 e4 10. Nd2 Re8 11. g4 Nf8 12. h3 Be6 13. O-O-O a6 14. c5 Bc7 15. Rdg1
N6d7 16. h4 b6 17. cxb6 Nxb6 18. Kb1 a5 19. a4 Bd6 20. g5 Qe7 21. h5 Bf5 22. Nf1
Ne6 23. Ng3 Bxg3 24. Rxg3 Nxg5 25. f4 Ne6 26. h6 g6 27. Ka2 Rec8 28. Qd2 Nd7 29.
Ba3 Qd8 30. Rgg1 Nf6 31. Bd1 Rab8 32. Rh2 c5 33. Nb5 Rxb5 34. axb5 cxd4 35. exd4
Qb6 36. Qe3 Qxb5 37. Rc2 Rxc2+ 38. Bxc2 Ng4 39. Qc3 Nxh6 40. Bd1 Kg7 41. Rg2 Qf1
42. Rd2 Qe1 43. Be2 Nxf4 44. Qe3 Ne6 45. Qc3 Ng4 46. Bxg4 Bxg4 47. Qb2 e3 48.
Rd3 e2 49. Bd6 Qd1 0-1

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.26"]
[Round "2.6"]
[White "Inarkiev, Ernesto"]
[Black "Sargissian, Gabriel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2689"]
[BlackElo "2672"]
[ECO "C50"]
[Opening "Giuoco Piano"]
[WhiteFideId "4162722"]
[BlackFideId "13300881"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 h6 7. Nbd2 a5 8. Re1
O-O 9. Nf1 Be6 10. Bb5 Ne7 11. d4 exd4 12. cxd4 Bb6 13. Ng3 Bg4 14. Be3 d5 15.
e5 Ne4 16. h3 Be6 17. Bd3 Nxg3 18. fxg3 Bf5 19. g4 Bxd3 20. Qxd3 Ng6 21. Re2 Re8
22. Rf1 Qd7 23. Qd2 Re6 24. Ref2 Rf8 25. h4 c5 26. h5 cxd4 27. Bxd4 Ne7 28. Bxb6
Rxb6 29. Qxa5 Ra6 30. Qb4 Ra4 31. Qd6 Rd8 32. b3 Rxg4 33. Qxd7 Rxd7 34. e6 Rd6
35. exf7+ Kf8 36. Re2 Re4 37. Rxe4 dxe4 38. Ne5 e3 39. Re1 Nd5 40. Rc1 Ne7 41.
g4 Re6 42. Nd7+ Kxf7 43. Kg2 Nc6 44. Nc5 Re7 45. Rf1+ Ke8 46. Rd1 e2 47. Re1 Nb4
48. Kf2 b6 49. a3 Nc2 50. Rxe2 Rxe2+ 51. Kxe2 bxc5 52. a4 Kd7 53. Kd3 Nb4+ 54.
Ke4 Kd6 55. Kf5 Nd5 56. Kg6 Nf6 57. Kxg7 Nxg4 58. Kg6 Ke6 59. Kg7 Ke7 60. Kg6
Ke6 61. Kg7 Kd6 62. Kg6 Kd5 63. Kf5 Ne5 64. a5 Nd3 65. Kg6 Kc6 66. Kxh6 Nf4 67.
Kg5 Nxh5 68. Kxh5 Kb5 69. Kg4 Kxa5 70. Kf3 Kb4 71. Ke2 Kxb3 72. Kd2 c4 73. Kc1
Kc3 0-1

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.26"]
[Round "2.7"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2691"]
[ECO "C50"]
[Opening "Giuoco Piano"]
[WhiteFideId "5000017"]
[BlackFideId "703303"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. h3 d6 7. c3 a6 8. a4 Ba7
9. Nbd2 Ne7 10. Re1 c6 11. Bb3 Ng6 12. Bc2 Re8 13. d4 Nh5 14. Nf1 Nhf4 15. Ng3
exd4 16. cxd4 d5 17. e5 c5 18. Bxg6 Nxg6 19. Bg5 Ne7 20. Qd2 h6 21. Bf6 Kh7 22.
Ng5+ Kg8 23. Nh5 gxf6 24. Nxf7 Kxf7 25. Qxh6 Nf5 26. Qh7+ Kf8 27. exf6 Be6 28.
Nf4 Qxf6 29. Ng6+ Qxg6 30. Qxg6 Ng7 31. Re3 Re7 32. Rae1 Rae8 33. Rg3 Rf7 34. h4
Bb8 35. Rge3 Rfe7 36. dxc5 Bf7 37. Qf6 Rxe3 38. Rxe3 Rxe3 39. fxe3 Bc7 40. g4
Ne8 41. Qh8+ Bg8 42. h5 Bd8 43. Qh6+ Ng7 44. Qd6+ Be7 45. Qb8+ Ne8 46. b4 a5 47.
Qxb7 axb4 48. Qxb4 Nf6 49. Qf4 Ke8 50. c6 Be6 51. h6 1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.26"]
[Round "2.8"]
[White "Ponkratov, Pavel"]
[Black "Rapport, Richard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2613"]
[BlackElo "2707"]
[ECO "A00"]
[Opening "Benko's opening"]
[WhiteFideId "4157800"]
[BlackFideId "738590"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. g3 Nc6 2. c4 h5 3. h3 g6 4. d4 Bg7 5. Nf3 e5 6. d5 e4 7. Ng5 Ne5 8. Nxe4 Nxc4
9. Nbc3 f5 10. Bg5 Nf6 11. Qd4 Nd6 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. Nxf6+ Kf7 14. e4 Qxf6 15.
e5 Qg7 16. O-O-O Ne8 17. d6 cxd6 18. Bc4+ Kf8 19. Rhe1 b6 20. Bd5 Rb8 21. Qa4 a6
22. exd6 Qf6 23. Bb3 Rh7 24. Qc4 Rg7 25. Nd5 Qg5+ 26. f4 Qxg3 27. Nc7 Bb7 28.
Re7 Nxd6 29. Qd4 Nf7 30. Rxd7 Kg8 31. Ne6 Rh7 32. Qf6 Re8 33. Rd8 Bc6 34. Rxe8+
Bxe8 35. Qe7 1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.26"]
[Round "2.9"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Kokarev, Dmitry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[ECO "A05"]
[Opening "Reti"]
[Variation "King's Indian attack"]
[WhiteFideId "4102142"]
[BlackFideId "4132181"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. b3 Bg7 4. Bb2 O-O 5. Bg2 c5 6. c4 Nc6 7. O-O d6 8. d4
cxd4 9. Nxd4 Bd7 10. Nc3 Nxd4 11. Qxd4 Bc6 12. Qd3 Bxg2 13. Kxg2 Qa5 14. Rac1 a6
15. a4 Rac8 16. e4 Qb4 17. Na2 Qa5 18. Bc3 Qc5 19. Nb4 Nxe4 20. Qxe4 Bxc3 21.
Nd5 Bf6 22. Nxf6+ exf6 23. Qxb7 Rb8 24. Qf3 Rb6 25. Rfd1 f5 26. Rd5 Qa3 27. Rc3
Rfb8 28. Rdd3 Qc5 29. Re3 h5 30. h4 Qa3 31. Rcd3 Kg7 32. Qf4 Kg8 33. Re7 R6b7
34. Rxb7 Rxb7 35. Rxd6 Qxb3 36. Rd8+ Kg7 37. Qe5+ 1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.26"]
[Round "2.10"]
[White "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Black "Sjugirov, Sanan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[ECO "A45"]
[Opening "Trompovsky attack (Ruth, Opovcensky opening)"]
[WhiteFideId "13601520"]
[BlackFideId "4189302"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 3. e3 c6 4. Bd3 Qb6 5. b3 Nbd7 6. Nd2 e5 7. c3 Bd6 8. Ne2
Qc7 9. h3 O-O 10. Rc1 Re8 11. O-O a6 12. c4 exd4 13. exd4 dxc4 14. Nxc4 Nd5 15.
Nxd6 Qxd6 16. Ng3 N7f6 17. Qf3 Bd7 18. Rfd1 h6 19. Bd2 a5 20. a4 b6 21. Nf5 Bxf5
22. Bxf5 Re7 23. Rc2 Rae8 24. Rdc1 Nb4 25. Rc4 b5 26. Bf4 Qd5 27. Rc5 Qxf3 28.
gxf3 bxa4 29. bxa4 g6 30. Be5 gxf5 31. Bxf6 Re1+ 32. Rxe1 Rxe1+ 33. Kg2 Nd5 34.
Rxc6 Nxf6 35. Rxf6 Ra1 36. Rxh6 Rxa4 37. Rd6 Ra3 38. Kg3 Rd3 39. Ra6 Rxd4 40.
Rxa5 f4+ 41. Kg2 Kg7 42. Re5 Rd6 43. h4 Rg6+ 44. Kh3 Kf6 45. Ra5 Rg1 46. h5 Rh1+
47. Kg4 Rh2 48. Ra2 Kg7 49. Rb2 Kh6 50. Rb7 Kg7 51. Rb2 Kh6 52. Ra2 Kg7 53. Kg5
f6+ 54. Kg4 Kh6 55. Kf5 Rxh5+ 56. Kxf6 Rh3 57. Ra3 Rh2 58. Ra4 Rxf2 59. Rxf4 Kh7
60. Kf7 Kh6 61. Kf6 Kh7 62. Kf7 Kh6 63. Rf5 Ra2 64. Re5 Rf2 65. Rf5 Ra2 66. Rf6+
Kh7 67. Re6 Rf2 68. Re3 Kh6 69. Kf6 Kh7 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.26"]
[Round "2.11"]
[White "Amin, Bassem"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran L."]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2689"]
[BlackElo "2601"]
[ECO "B07"]
[Opening "Pirc"]
[Variation "Byrne variation"]
[WhiteFideId "10601457"]
[BlackFideId "13301616"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Bg5 h6 5. Bf4 Bg7 6. Qd2 g5 7. Bg3 Nh5 8. O-O-O
c6 9. Nge2 b5 10. f4 Qa5 11. a3 Nd7 12. Kb1 Nb6 13. fxg5 Nc4 14. Qd3 hxg5 15.
Nc1 Qb6 16. Nb3 a5 17. a4 Ba6 18. axb5 Bxb5 19. Nxb5 cxb5 20. Bf2 a4 21. Nd2 a3
22. b3 a2+ 23. Ka1 Na3 24. Rc1 O-O 25. g3 Rfc8 26. Be2 b4 27. c4 bxc3 28. Rxc3
Rxc3 29. Qxc3 Nf6 30. Rc1 Nb1 31. Rxb1 axb1=Q+ 32. Kxb1 Qa7 33. Qb2 Qb7 34. Bd3
Qc8 35. Nc4 Qg4 36. Ne3 Qf3 37. Qc2 Ng4 38. Nxg4 Qh1+ 0-1

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.26"]
[Round "2.12"]
[White "Guseinov, Gadir"]
[Black "Volokitin, Andrei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2646"]
[BlackElo "2628"]
[ECO "B23"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "closed"]
[WhiteFideId "13401378"]
[BlackFideId "14107090"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nc6 5. Bb5 e6 6. Nf3 Bd7 7. Bxc6 Bxc6 8.
Bg5 Nf6 9. O-O-O Be7 10. Rhe1 O-O 11. Kb1 h6 12. Bh4 Re8 13. Qd3 Rc8 14. h3 d5
15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. e5 Be7 17. Nd4 Qb6 18. Ka1 Bd7 19. Re3 Rc4 20. Nce2 Rec8 21.
f4 Ra4 22. c3 a6 23. Rg3 Bb5 24. Nxb5 axb5 25. f5 Qa6 26. Nc1 Bg5 27. Kb1 Bxc1
28. Rxc1 Rxa2 29. fxe6 fxe6 30. Rg4 Rc4 31. Rxc4 bxc4 32. Qg6 Kh8 33. Qe8+ Kh7
34. g4 Qa7 35. Qf7 0-1

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.26"]
[Round "2.13"]
[White "Amonatov, Farrukh"]
[Black "Li, Chao b"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2636"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[ECO "B57"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Sozin, not Scheveningen"]
[WhiteFideId "14700077"]
[BlackFideId "8604436"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bc4 Bd7 7. Bb3 g6 8. f3
Nxd4 9. Qxd4 Bg7 10. Bg5 O-O 11. Qd2 b5 12. Bh6 a5 13. Bxg7 Kxg7 14. a4 b4 15.
Nd5 Nxd5 16. exd5 Rc8 17. h4 h5 18. g4 e5 19. dxe6 Bxe6 20. Bxe6 fxe6 21. gxh5
Qf6 22. O-O-O b3 23. c3 Rc4 24. Kb1 Qf5+ 25. Qd3 Qxd3+ 26. Rxd3 gxh5 27. Rg1+
Kf6 28. Rxd6 Rxh4 29. Rb6 Rxa4 30. Re1 Re8 31. Rxb3 Rf4 32. Rb5 Rf5 33. Rxf5+
Kxf5 34. Rh1 Kg5 35. Kc2 Rf8 36. Rh3 Rf4 37. Kd3 h4 38. Ke3 e5 39. Rh1 Kf5 40.
b3 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.26"]
[Round "2.14"]
[White "Demchenko, Anton"]
[Black "Zhigalko, Sergei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2641"]
[ECO "B24"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "closed"]
[WhiteFideId "4160258"]
[BlackFideId "13502956"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 Rb8 6. Be3 d6 7. Nge2 Nd4 8. O-O
b5 9. b4 Bd7 10. bxc5 dxc5 11. Rb1 b4 12. Nd5 e6 13. Bxd4 cxd4 14. Nxb4 Ne7 15.
Na6 Rc8 16. Qd2 O-O 17. e5 Bxe5 18. Bb7 Rc6 19. Bxc6 Bxc6 20. Nf4 g5 21. Ng2 h6
22. f4 gxf4 23. Nxf4 Nf5 24. Rf2 Ne3 25. c4 Qg5 26. Nb4 Ba8 27. Nc2 Rd8 28. Rb5
a6 29. Ra5 Rb8 30. Nxe3 dxe3 31. Qxe3 f6 32. d4 Rb1+ 33. Rf1 Qf5 34. dxe5 Rb2
35. exf6 Qxa5 36. Qxe6+ Kh8 37. Qe8+ 1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.26"]
[Round "2.15"]
[White "Wang, Yue"]
[Black "Kuzubov, Yuriy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2699"]
[ECO "D37"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "4.Nf3"]
[WhiteFideId "8601429"]
[BlackFideId "14112906"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 Be7 7. e3 c6 8. Qc2
Nh5 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. O-O-O Nb6 11. Bd3 Bg4 12. Rdg1 Bxf3 13. gxf3 g6 14. f4
O-O-O 15. h4 Kb8 16. Ne2 Rc8 17. Kb1 Nd7 18. Ng3 Nxg3 19. Rxg3 c5 20. Qc3 Nf6
21. Rd1 Ne4 22. Bxe4 Qxe4+ 23. Qd3 cxd4 24. Qxe4 dxe4 25. Rxd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.26"]
[Round "2.16"]
[White "Salgado Lopez, Ivan"]
[Black "McShane, Luke J"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2644"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[ECO "C45"]
[Opening "Scotch"]
[Variation "Romanishin variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2257327"]
[BlackFideId "404853"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nb3 Bb4+ 6. c3 Be7 7. f4 d6 8.
N1d2 Nh6 9. Bd3 O-O 10. O-O f5 11. Nf3 Kh8 12. Bd2 fxe4 13. Bxe4 Bf5 14. Qc2 Qd7
15. Rae1 Rae8 16. Bxf5 Nxf5 17. Qd3 a6 18. Nc5 Qc8 19. Ne6 Ne5 20. fxe5 Qxe6 21.
exd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.26"]
[Round "2.17"]
[White "Fedorchuk, Sergey A."]
[Black "Dreev, Aleksey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2648"]
[BlackElo "2653"]
[ECO "B12"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "advance variation"]
[WhiteFideId "14102536"]
[BlackFideId "4100107"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. h4 h5 5. Bd3 Bxd3 6. Qxd3 e6 7. Bg5 Qb6 8. Nd2
Nh6 9. Ne2 Nf5 10. O-O Nd7 11. c4 Be7 12. Bxe7 Nxe7 13. b3 Qd8 14. Nf3 Nf8 15.
a4 Nfg6 16. a5 a6 17. Rfe1 Nf5 18. g3 Qd7 19. Nc3 Nge7 20. Na4 Rd8 21. Nc5 Qc7
22. Qc3 O-O 23. Ra4 Rb8 24. Ng5 Nh6 25. Nd3 Rbd8 26. Nf4 g6 27. Raa1 Nhf5 28.
Rad1 c5 29. dxc5 Qxc5 30. Nfxe6 fxe6 31. Nxe6 Qc6 32. Nxd8 Rxd8 33. Qd2 d4 34.
Qg5 Qf3 35. b4 Rf8 36. e6 Qc6 37. Re5 Qd6 38. Rde1 Kh7 39. c5 Qd8 40. g4 Ng7 41.
Rd1 hxg4 42. Re4 Rf5 43. Qxg4 Nc6 44. e7 Qe8 45. Qg3 Rd5 46. Rde1 Rd7 47. Qg5 d3
48. Rd1 Nxe7 49. Rde1 d2 50. Rd1 Qd8 51. Re2 Nc6 52. Qxd8 Rxd8 53. Rdxd2 Nd4 54.
Kf1 Ngf5 55. Re4 Kh6 56. Rd3 Kh5 57. Rd2 Rd7 58. Rd3 Rd8 59. Rd2 Rd7 60. Rd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.26"]
[Round "2.18"]
[White "Ni, Hua"]
[Black "Mamedov, Rauf"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2671"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[ECO "B31"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Nimzovich-Rossolimo attack (with ...g6, without ...d6)"]
[WhiteFideId "8601160"]
[BlackFideId "13401653"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. Nc3 e5 6. d3 Nge7 7. a3 O-O 8. Bc4
d6 9. Rb1 h6 10. b4 Kh7 11. bxc5 dxc5 12. Nd5 b6 13. Re1 Be6 14. Nxe7 Qxe7 15.
Bd5 Rac8 16. c4 Qd6 17. Bb2 Ne7 18. Bc3 Bd7 19. a4 Rb8 20. Qb3 a6 21. Qb2 f6 22.
Qc2 b5 23. axb5 axb5 24. Ra1 Nxd5 25. cxd5 Ra8 26. Bd2 Rfc8 27. Rxa8 Rxa8 28.
Be3 Rc8 29. Nd2 c4 30. dxc4 bxc4 31. Nb1 Bf8 32. Nc3 Rb8 33. Ra1 Kg8 34. Qd2 h5
35. h3 Rb3 36. Ra7 Ra3 37. Rb7 Rb3 38. Ra7 Ra3 39. Rb7 Rb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.26"]
[Round "2.19"]
[White "Cheparinov, Ivan"]
[Black "Socko, Bartosz"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2593"]
[ECO "E15"]
[Opening "Queen's Indian"]
[Variation "4.g3 Bb7"]
[WhiteFideId "2905540"]
[BlackFideId "1107038"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 c5 6. O-O cxd4 7. Qxd4 Be7 8. Nc3
O-O 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. Qd3 Na6 12. Rfd1 Nc5 13. Qe3 a5 14. Rac1 Rc8 15.
b3 Qe7 16. h4 Rfd8 17. Ne5 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 d5 19. cxd5 exd5 20. Rxd5 Qb7 21. Qf3
Bxe5 22. Rxe5 Qxf3+ 23. Kxf3 Ne6 24. e3 Rd2 25. Ne2 Rxc1 26. Nxc1 Nc5 27. Re8+
Kh7 28. a3 f5 29. b4 axb4 30. axb4 Ne4 31. Ne2 g5 32. g4 gxh4 33. Re7+ Kg8 34.
gxf5 Ng5+ 35. Kg4 Rxe2 36. Kxh4 Rxf2 37. Rb7 Rxf5 38. Rxb6 Kg7 39. b5 Re5 40.
Rb8 Rxe3 41. b6 Rb3 42. Kg4 Rb5 43. Kf4 Kf6 44. Kg4 Nf7 45. Kh4 Kg7 46. Kg4 Ne5+
47. Kh4 Nc4 48. Rb7+ Kg6 49. Rc7 Na5 50. Ra7 Nc6 51. Rd7 Rb4+ 52. Kg3 Rxb6 53.
Rd6+ Kg5 54. Rd5+ Kf6 55. Rd6+ Kg7 56. Rd7+ Kh8 57. Rd6 Kh7 58. Rd7+ Kg6 59.
Rd6+ Kg5 60. Rd5+ Kf6 61. Rd6+ Kg7 62. Rd7+ Kg8 63. Rd6 Rb3+ 64. Kg2 Rb2+ 65.
Kh3 Rb3+ 66. Kg2 Ne5 67. Rxh6 Kg7 68. Re6 Ng6 69. Ra6 Kh6 70. Kf2 Kg5 71. Ke2
Ne5 72. Kd2 Kf5 73. Ra8 Ke4 74. Kc2 Rh3 75. Re8 Rg3 76. Kb2 Kd4 77. Rd8+ Kc5 78.
Rc8+ Nc6 79. Kc2 Kd5 80. Kd2 Rh3 81. Rg8 Ne5 82. Rd8+ Ke4 83. Re8 Rd3+ 84. Kc2
Rd5 85. Kc3 Rc5+ 86. Kd2 Rc6 87. Kd1 Kd4 88. Kd2 Nc4+ 89. Ke2 Rf6 90. Rd8+ Nd6
91. Rd7 Rh6 92. Kf3 Ke5 93. Re7+ Kd5 94. Ra7 Rf6+ 95. Kg4 Nc4 96. Kg5 Rf1 97.
Ra8 Ke4 98. Ra4 Rf5+ 99. Kg6 Rc5 100. Kf6 Rc6+ 101. Kg5 Ke5 102. Ra8 Re6 103.
Ra1 Ne3 104. Ra5+ Nd5 105. Kg4 Rf6 106. Kg5 Rf1 107. Kg4 Rf4+ 108. Kg3 Rd4 109.
Kf3 Rd3+ 110. Kg4 Rb3 111. Rc5 Ra3 112. Rb5 Ke4 113. Rb8 Ne3+ 114. Kg5 Ra5+ 115.
Kg6 Nf5 116. Rb4+ Nd4 117. Rb8 Ra6+ 118. Kh7 Kf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.26"]
[Round "2.20"]
[White "Adhiban, Baskaran"]
[Black "Safarli, Eltaj"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2639"]
[ECO "A48"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "Torre attack"]
[WhiteFideId "5018471"]
[BlackFideId "13402129"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. Nbd2 O-O 5. c3 d6 6. e4 c5 7. dxc5 dxc5 8. Bc4
Nc6 9. Qe2 h6 10. Bxf6 exf6 11. O-O Qe7 12. Rad1 Be6 13. Bxe6 Qxe6 14. Qc4 Rad8
15. Qxe6 fxe6 16. Nc4 Rxd1 17. Rxd1 Rd8 18. Rxd8+ Nxd8 19. a4 Kf8 20. Nd6 a6 21.
Ne1 Ke7 22. Nc4 Kd7 23. Nd3 b5 24. axb5 axb5 25. Na3 Kc6 26. c4 bxc4 27. Nxc4 f5
28. f3 Bd4+ 29. Kf1 fxe4 30. fxe4 Nf7 31. Ke2 Ng5 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.26"]
[Round "2.21"]
[White "Salem, A.R. Saleh"]
[Black "Khismatullin, Denis"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2638"]
[BlackElo "2632"]
[ECO "D37"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "4.Nf3"]
[WhiteFideId "9301348"]
[BlackFideId "4142578"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 a6 5. e3 b6 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Bd3 Bb7 8. O-O
Bd6 9. Qc2 O-O 10. e4 dxe4 11. Nxe4 Nxe4 12. Bxe4 Bxe4 13. Qxe4 Nd7 14. Bg5 Qe8
15. Qf5 Qe6 16. Qxe6 fxe6 17. Rfe1 Rae8 18. Re2 Rf5 19. Bh4 h6 20. Bg3 Rd5 21.
Rc1 a5 22. Bxd6 cxd6 23. h3 Kf7 24. Rc7 Re7 25. Rec2 e5 26. dxe5 Nxe5 27. Nxe5+
Rxe5 28. R7c6 Rc5 29. Kf1 Rxc2 30. Rxc2 Re5 31. Rc7+ Kf8 32. Rd7 Rd5 33. Ke2 a4
34. b3 axb3 35. axb3 Rb5 36. Rxd6 Rxb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.26"]
[Round "2.22"]
[White "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Pantsulaia, Levan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2691"]
[BlackElo "2612"]
[ECO "B10"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann defence"]
[WhiteFideId "24101605"]
[BlackFideId "13602071"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 c6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 dxe4 4. Bxe4 Nf6 5. Bg2 Bg4 6. Nf3 e6 7. O-O Bd6 8. d4
O-O 9. Nbd2 Nbd7 10. Nc4 Bc7 11. a4 Re8 12. c3 Nb6 13. Ne3 Bh5 14. a5 Nbd5 15.
Qb3 Rb8 16. Nc4 Nd7 17. Bg5 Qc8 18. Rfe1 h6 19. Bd2 c5 20. Ne3 N5f6 21. d5 b5
22. dxe6 fxe6 23. Qc2 a6 24. h3 Nf8 25. Nh4 Qd7 26. c4 b4 27. g4 Bf7 28. Rad1
Bd6 29. Nf1 Qc7 30. Be3 Red8 31. Nd2 Qxa5 32. Ra1 Qb6 33. f4 Qc7 34. Rf1 Rb6 35.
g5 Nh5 36. Ne4 Bxf4 37. Rxf4 Nxf4 38. gxh6 N8g6 39. Ng5 e5 40. Bxf4 exf4 41. Bd5
Rxd5 42. cxd5 f3 43. d6 Rxd6 44. h7+ Kh8 45. Nhxf3 Rf6 46. Rd1 Be8 47. Qc4 Rf8
48. Qg4 Ne5 49. Nxe5 Qxe5 50. Ne4 Rf4 0-1

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.26"]
[Round "2.23"]
[White "Bu, Xiangzhi"]
[Black "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2744"]
[ECO "D38"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "Ragozin variation"]
[WhiteFideId "8601445"]
[BlackFideId "5007003"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 O-O 8. Rc1
Nc6 9. cxd5 exd5 10. a3 Bxc3+ 11. Rxc3 Ne7 12. Be2 c6 13. O-O Ng6 14. b4 a6 15.
a4 Bg4 16. Ne1 Bxe2 17. Qxe2 Rfe8 18. Qf3 Qg5 19. Qg3 Qf6 20. Qf3 Qg5 21. Qg3
Qf6 22. Qf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.26"]
[Round "2.24"]
[White "Movsesian, Sergei"]
[Black "Sethuraman, S.P."]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2647"]
[BlackElo "2646"]
[ECO "C65"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Berlin defence"]
[WhiteFideId "310204"]
[BlackFideId "5021596"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 d5 6. Nbd2 dxe4 7. dxe4 O-O 8.
O-O Qe7 9. Qe2 a5 10. a4 Bg4 11. Nb3 Bd6 12. h3 Bh5 13. Bg5 Nd8 14. Bh4 Ne6 15.
Qe3 h6 16. Bc4 Nf4 17. Nfd2 g5 18. Bg3 Nd7 19. f3 Kh7 20. Bf2 f6 21. Kh2 Nb6 22.
Rfd1 Be8 23. Bb5 Bxb5 24. axb5 a4 25. Nc1 Qe8 26. c4 Bb4 27. c5 Nd7 28. Nc4 Nxc5
29. Na2 Nb3 30. Nxb4 Nxa1 31. b6 Nb3 32. bxc7 Qb5 33. Nb6 Rae8 34. Rd7+ Kg6 35.
N4d5 Nxd5 36. exd5 Nd4 37. Rd6 Qc5 38. Qe4+ Kg7 39. Rd7+ Re7 40. Bxd4 1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.26"]
[Round "2.25"]
[White "Eljanov, Pavel"]
[Black "Savchenko, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2711"]
[BlackElo "2566"]
[ECO "A29"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "four knights, kingside fianchetto"]
[WhiteFideId "14102951"]
[BlackFideId "4147332"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. O-O Be7 8. b3
O-O 9. Bb2 Re8 10. Rc1 Bf8 11. d3 Nd4 12. Ne4 Bg4 13. Ned2 c5 14. h3 Bh5 15.
Nxd4 exd4 16. g4 Bg6 17. Bxb7 Rb8 18. Bg2 Nd5 19. Nf3 Nf4 20. Rc2 Qe7 21. Re1 f5
22. Bc1 Nxg2 23. Kxg2 fxg4 24. hxg4 Qd7 25. Nh2 Qd5+ 26. f3 Bd6 27. Rh1 a5 28.
Nf1 Qe5 29. Qd2 a4 30. Qg5 Qe6 31. Ng3 h6 32. Qh4 axb3 33. axb3 Qxb3 34. Rb2 Qa4
35. Rxb8 Bxb8 36. Ne4 Qc2 37. Qf2 c4 38. Qxd4 Qxe2+ 39. Nf2 cxd3 40. Bb2 Be5 41.
Qd5+ Bf7 0-1

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.26"]
[Round "2.26"]
[White "Bortnyk, Olexandr"]
[Black "Sanal, Vahap"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2551"]
[ECO "C86"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Worrall attack, sharp line"]
[WhiteFideId "14120828"]
[BlackFideId "6300545"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. Qe2 b5 6. Bb3 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. d3
d6 9. c3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. h3 Nc6 12. Rd1 Qb6 13. Nbd2 Re8 14. Nf1 g6 15. Bh6
Bf8 16. Qe3 Qa7 17. Bxf8 Kxf8 18. Qh6+ Kg8 19. Ne3 Qe7 20. Nd5 Nxd5 21. exd5 Nb8
22. d4 Qf8 23. Qxf8+ Kxf8 24. dxe5 dxe5 25. a4 b4 26. a5 Nd7 27. Ba4 e4 28. Nd2
bxc3 29. bxc3 e3 30. Nc4 exf2+ 31. Kxf2 Rd8 32. Bc6 Ra7 33. Rab1 Nf6 34. Rb8
Ne4+ 35. Kf1 Rc7 36. Re1 Nxc3 37. Nb6 Nb5 38. Bxb5 axb5 39. d6 Rxd6 40. Rxc8+
Rxc8 41. Nxc8 Ra6 42. Nb6 Rxa5 43. Nd7+ Kg7 44. Nxc5 b4 45. Nd3 b3 46. Rb1 Rb5
47. Rb2 h5 48. Nc1 Rf5+ 49. Kg1 Rc5 50. Nxb3 Rb5 51. Rb1 g5 52. Nd2 Rd5 53. Ne4
Re5 54. Rb4 f6 55. Kf2 Kg6 56. Kf3 Rf5+ 57. Ke3 h4 58. Rb6 Rf4 59. Nf2 Rf5 60.
Nd3 Ra5 61. Ke4 Ra4+ 62. Nb4 Kf7 63. Kf3 Kg6 64. Nd5 Ra3+ 65. Ke4 Ra4+ 66. Kd3
Ra3+ 67. Kd4 Ra4+ 68. Kc3 Ra2 69. Ne3 Ra3+ 70. Kd4 Ra4+ 71. Kd3 Ra3+ 72. Ke2
Ra2+ 73. Kf3 Ra1 74. Ng4 Rf1+ 75. Ke3 Rf5 76. Rc6 Rf1 77. Ra6 Rf5 78. Ke4 Rf4+
79. Kd5 Rf1 80. Ne5+ Kf5 81. Ng4 Kg6 82. Rb6 Kf7 83. Rb2 Rd1+ 84. Ke4 Re1+ 85.
Kf5 Rf1+ 86. Rf2 Ra1 87. Nxf6 1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.26"]
[Round "2.27"]
[White "Moiseenko, Alexander"]
[Black "Alekseev, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2667"]
[BlackElo "2616"]
[ECO "D38"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "Ragozin variation"]
[WhiteFideId "14102560"]
[BlackFideId "4138147"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. cxd5 exd5 7. e3 c5 8. Bd3
c4 9. Bf5 Qa5 10. Qc2 O-O 11. O-O Re8 12. Nd2 g6 13. Bh3 Kg7 14. Rae1 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.26"]
[Round "2.28"]
[White "Kovalev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2639"]
[BlackElo "2805"]
[ECO "C48"]
[Opening "Four knights"]
[Variation "Spanish, classical defence"]
[WhiteFideId "13504398"]
[BlackFideId "13300474"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bc5 5. d3 d6 6. Bxc6+ bxc6 7. h3 O-O 8.
O-O Kh8 9. d4 exd4 10. Nxd4 Bd7 11. Bg5 Qe8 12. Nb3 Bb6 13. a4 a5 14. Qf3 Ng8
15. Be3 Bxe3 16. Qxe3 Ne7 17. Rfe1 Ng6 18. Nd4 Qb8 19. b3 Qb4 20. Rad1 Rae8 21.
Qg3 Qc5 22. Re3 Ne7 23. e5 d5 24. e6 fxe6 25. Qxc7 Bc8 26. Ncb5 Rd8 27. Rc3 Qb4
28. Nxc6 Nxc6 29. Rxc6 Qh4 30. Qg3 Qf6 31. Nd4 Bd7 32. Ra6 Rc8 33. Rd2 h6 34.
Qe3 Rf7 35. Nf3 Rc3 36. Qe2 Rf8 37. Ne5 Be8 38. Ra8 Rc7 39. Rd3 Rg8 40. Rf3 Qg5
41. Kh2 Qc1 42. Qa6 Qg5 43. Qd6 Qe7 44. Qxe7 Rxe7 45. Rxa5 Rc7 46. c3 Kh7 47.
Ra6 Re7 48. Re3 Rf8 49. f3 Rf4 50. Nd3 Rf6 51. Ne5 Rf4 52. Kg3 g5 53. Nd3 Rf6
54. Nc5 Bf7 55. b4 Kg6 56. a5 Kf5 57. Rb6 e5 58. Kf2 1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.26"]
[Round "2.29"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Ganguly, Surya Shekhar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[ECO "A20"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[WhiteFideId "14100010"]
[BlackFideId "5002150"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. O-O Nb6 7. d3 Be7 8.
Nbd2 O-O 9. a3 a5 10. b3 Re8 11. Bb2 Bf8 12. Nc4 Nxc4 13. bxc4 Nd4 14. Nxe5 Rxe5
15. e3 c5 16. Re1 Bf5 17. exd4 Rxe1+ 18. Qxe1 cxd4 19. Qd2 Bc5 20. Re1 Qb6 21.
Re5 Be6 22. a4 Rc8 23. Bd5 Bxd5 24. Rxd5 Re8 25. Kg2 h6 26. Qf4 Rd8 27. Rf5 Rd7
28. Bc1 Re7 29. Bd2 Qc6+ 30. Qf3 Qc7 31. Qd5 b6 32. Bxa5 g6 33. Rf6 Rd7 34.
Rxg6+ Kf8 35. Rc6 Qa7 36. Rc8+ Kg7 37. Qe5+ f6 38. Qe8 1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.26"]
[Round "2.30"]
[White "Georgiev, Kiril"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2623"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[ECO "D77"]
[Opening "Neo-Gruenfeld, 6.O-O"]
[WhiteFideId "2900017"]
[BlackFideId "4168119"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d5 6. O-O dxc4 7. Na3 Nc6 8. Nxc4
Be6 9. b3 a5 10. a4 Bd5 11. e3 Qc8 12. Bb2 Rd8 13. Qe2 b6 14. Rfd1 Qb7 15. Ne1
Bxg2 16. Nxg2 Nb4 17. Nf4 e6 18. Rac1 Na2 19. Ra1 Nb4 20. Rac1 Rac8 21. Ba3 Nfd5
22. Qf3 Qa8 23. Bxb4 Nxb4 24. Kg2 Na2 25. Rc2 Nb4 26. Rcc1 Na2 27. Rc2 Nb4 28.
Qxa8 Rxa8 29. Rcc1 Na2 30. Rc2 Nb4 31. Rcd2 Rd7 32. Nd3 Nxd3 33. Rxd3 Rad8 34.
R3d2 Rd5 35. Kf3 Kf8 36. Ke2 Ke8 37. g4 h5 38. h3 Ke7 39. Rd3 hxg4 40. hxg4 Rh8
41. e4 Rd7 42. d5 exd5 43. exd5 Rb8 44. d6+ cxd6 45. Rxd6 Rxd6 46. Rxd6 b5 47.
axb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.26"]
[Round "2.31"]
[White "Laznicka, Viktor"]
[Black "Korobov, Anton"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2647"]
[BlackElo "2652"]
[ECO "A10"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[WhiteFideId "316385"]
[BlackFideId "14105730"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. c4 g6 2. Nf3 Bg7 3. g3 e5 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. Bg2 d6 6. Rb1 a5 7. a3 f5 8. d3 h6 9.
e4 Nf6 10. Nh4 Ne7 11. exf5 gxf5 12. f4 O-O 13. O-O c6 14. h3 Be6 15. Be3 Kh7
16. Kh2 Qd7 17. Na4 Qe8 18. fxe5 dxe5 19. Nc5 Bc8 20. d4 e4 21. Qb3 Qh5 22. Rbd1
Ng6 23. Nxg6 Qxg6 24. Bf4 Nh5 25. Be5 Rg8 26. g4 Kh8 27. Qe3 b6 28. Nxe4 fxg4
29. Nd6 Be6 30. hxg4 Rad8 31. gxh5 Qxh5+ 32. Bh3 Rxd6 33. Bxd6 Bxh3 34. Qxh3
Qe2+ 35. Kh1 Qe4+ 36. Qf3 1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.26"]
[Round "2.32"]
[White "Yu, Yangyi"]
[Black "Miton, Kamil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2584"]
[ECO "D16"]
[Opening "QGD Slav"]
[Variation "Soultanbeieff variation"]
[WhiteFideId "8603820"]
[BlackFideId "1111914"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 e6 6. e4 Bb4 7. e5 Nd5 8. Bd2
Bxc3 9. bxc3 b5 10. Ng5 h6 11. Ne4 O-O 12. Qf3 Nd7 13. Qg3 Kh8 14. Qh3 Qe7 15.
Be2 f6 16. f4 b4 17. O-O bxc3 18. Nxc3 c5 19. Bxc4 N7b6 20. Bd3 Nxc3 21. Bxc3
Bb7 22. f5 cxd4 23. exf6 Rxf6 24. Bxd4 e5 25. Rae1 Nd7 26. Be3 Rd6 27. Bc4 Rc8
28. Rc1 Rdc6 29. Bb3 Rxc1 30. Bxc1 Nf6 31. Rd1 Be4 32. Re1 Qb4 33. Rd1 Rc3 34.
Qg4 Rxc1 35. Rxc1 Qd4+ 36. Kh1 Bb7 37. Qxd4 exd4 38. Rd1 1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.26"]
[Round "2.33"]
[White "Onischuk, Vladimir"]
[Black "Kravtsiv, Martyn"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2637"]
[BlackElo "2672"]
[ECO "C50"]
[Opening "Giuoco Pianissimo"]
[WhiteFideId "14114038"]
[BlackFideId "14113147"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. O-O O-O 6. Nbd2 d6 7. c3 a5 8. Bb3
h6 9. h3 Re8 10. Re1 Be6 11. Ba4 Bd7 12. Nf1 Qb8 13. Ng3 b5 14. Bc2 Qb6 15. Rf1
d5 16. a4 dxe4 17. dxe4 b4 18. Nh4 Rad8 19. Qf3 Ne7 20. cxb4 Bxb4 21. Bb3 Bc5
22. Nh5 Kh7 23. Nxf6+ Qxf6 24. Qxf6 gxf6 25. Bxf7 Rf8 26. Bb3 Rb8 27. Bc2 Nc6
28. Nf3 Be6 29. Rd1 Nd4 30. Nxd4 Bxd4 31. Ra3 Rb6 32. Rf3 Kg7 33. b3 Rfb8 34.
Rg3+ Kh7 35. Be3 c5 36. Bxd4 cxd4 37. Rdd3 Rc8 38. Bd1 Rc1 39. Kh2 Rb1 40. f4
Bf7 41. fxe5 fxe5 42. Bc2 Rb2 43. Rdf3 Bh5 44. Rf5 Bg6 45. Bd3 Bxf5 46. exf5
R2xb3 47. f6+ Rxd3 48. f7 Rf6 49. Rxd3 Rxf7 50. g4 Kg6 51. Kg3 Rc7 52. Rd1 Rc3+
53. Kh4 Re3 54. Rb1 d3 55. Rb6+ Kg7 56. Rd6 e4 57. g5 hxg5+ 58. Kxg5 Re2 59. h4
d2 60. h5 e3 61. h6+ Kf7 62. h7 Rh2 63. Kf4 e2 64. Rxd2 Rh4+ 0-1

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.26"]
[Round "2.34"]
[White "Howell, David W L"]
[Black "Kryvoruchko, Yuriy"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2676"]
[BlackElo "2689"]
[ECO "A28"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "four knights, Stean variation"]
[WhiteFideId "410608"]
[BlackFideId "14109182"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e3 Bb4 5. Qc2 O-O 6. Nd5 Re8 7. Qf5 Be7 8.
Nxe5 Nb4 9. Nxb4 Bxb4 10. Nf3 d5 11. Qd3 Bg4 12. Be2 Qd7 13. O-O Rad8 14. Qb3
Bd6 15. d3 Qf5 16. cxd5 Qh5 17. h3 Bxh3 18. gxh3 Qxh3 19. e4 Ng4 20. Bg5 Bh2+
21. Kh1 Bf4+ 22. Kg1 Bxg5 23. Rfc1 Bf4 24. Rf1 Rd6 0-1

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.26"]
[Round "2.35"]
[White "Ding, Liren"]
[Black "Jumabayev, Rinat"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2612"]
[ECO "A28"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "four knights, 4.e3"]
[WhiteFideId "8603677"]
[BlackFideId "13702661"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e3 Bb4 5. Qc2 a5 6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O Re8 8. d3
Bxc3 9. bxc3 e4 10. dxe4 Nxe4 11. Bd3 Qe7 12. Nd4 d6 13. f3 Nf6 14. e4 h6 15.
Be3 Ne5 16. Be2 b6 17. Rfd1 Bd7 18. Bf1 Nh5 19. Qd2 Qf6 20. Be2 Qg6 21. Kh1 Nf6
22. Rf1 Rad8 23. Bg1 Bc8 24. Nc2 Nh5 25. Ne3 Nf4 26. Bd1 Ba6 27. Bb3 Kh8 28.
Rad1 Qh5 29. Ba4 Rf8 30. Bb5 Bb7 31. Nd5 Nxd5 32. cxd5 f5 33. exf5 Qxf5 34. Rfe1
Qf7 35. c4 Ng6 36. Bd4 Kg8 37. Re3 Bc8 38. Rde1 Bd7 39. Bxd7 Rxd7 40. g3 Re7 41.
Kg2 Rfe8 42. Qd3 Rxe3 43. Rxe3 h5 44. h4 Rxe3 45. Qxe3 Ne7 46. g4 b5 47. cxb5
Nxd5 48. Qe4 a4 49. Kg3 a3 50. Ba1 Nb6 51. Bd4 Nd5 52. Ba1 Nb6 53. Bc3 d5 54.
Qf4 Nc4 55. Qxf7+ Kxf7 56. Bb4 d4 57. gxh5 d3 58. Kf2 Kg8 59. Ke1 Kh7 60. Bd2
Nd6 61. Bf4 Nxb5 62. Kd2 Kg8 63. Kxd3 Kf7 64. Kc4 c6 65. Be5 Ke6 66. Bxg7 Kf5
67. h6 Kg6 68. h5+ Kh7 69. Kc5 Na7 70. f4 1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.26"]
[Round "2.36"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Malakhatko, Vadim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2694"]
[BlackElo "2542"]
[ECO "B48"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Taimanov variation"]
[WhiteFideId "14103320"]
[BlackFideId "14104202"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. Qf3 Ne5 8. Qg3
h5 9. O-O-O h4 10. Qh3 b5 11. Kb1 Bb7 12. f4 Nc4 13. Bc1 Rc8 14. Bd3 Bb4 15.
Nde2 Ne7 16. Rhf1 Ba5 17. b3 Nd6 18. e5 Ndf5 19. Bb2 Bb6 20. Bc1 Nd4 21. Nxd4
Bxd4 22. Ne4 Bxe4 23. Bxe4 Bc5 24. g4 a5 25. Qd3 Rb8 26. Bb2 Nc6 27. Rd2 Nb4 28.
Qc3 Bb6 29. Qxc7 Bxc7 30. Rfd1 Rd8 31. a3 Na6 32. Bd3 Bb6 33. Bxb5 Nc7 34. Bxd7+
Ke7 35. f5 Be3 36. Rd3 Bg5 37. a4 Nd5 38. Bc6 Nb4 39. f6+ 1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.26"]
[Round "2.37"]
[White "Fressinet, Laurent"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2662"]
[BlackElo "2678"]
[ECO "C01"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "exchange variation"]
[WhiteFideId "608742"]
[BlackFideId "400025"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Bd3 Bg4 6. O-O Bd6 7. c3 Nge7 8.
Nbd2 Qd7 9. Re1 O-O 10. Nf1 h6 11. Ng3 Bxg3 12. hxg3 Rfe8 13. Qb3 a6 14. Bf4 f6
15. Nh2 Bf5 16. Bxf5 Nxf5 17. Qxb7 Reb8 18. Qxc7 Qxc7 19. Bxc7 Rb7 20. g4 Nfxd4
21. cxd4 Rxc7 22. Rac1 Rac8 23. Red1 Na5 24. Rc5 Nb7 25. Rxd5 Kf7 26. Nf1 g6 27.
Ne3 Ke6 28. f4 Rc1 29. f5+ gxf5 30. Rxf5 Rxd1+ 31. Nxd1 Rc4 32. d5+ Kf7 33. Ne3
Ra4 34. a3 Rd4 35. Rh5 Nd6 36. Rxh6 Rd3 37. Nf5 Nxf5 38. gxf5 Rxd5 39. Rh7+ Ke8
40. Ra7 a5 41. g4 Rb5 42. Kf1 Kf8 43. Ke1 Rxb2 44. Rxa5 Kg7 45. Rd5 Ra2 46. Ra5
Kh6 47. Ra4 Kg5 48. Kd1 Kh4 49. Kc1 Kg3 50. Kb1 Rg2 51. Rc4 Kf3 52. a4 Ke3 53.
a5 Kd3 54. Rc6 Rxg4 55. a6 Rg7 56. Kb2 Ke4 57. Rxf6 Ke5 58. Rc6 Kd5 59. Rb6 Rf7
60. Kb3 Kc5 61. Rb8 Ra7 62. f6 Kd6 63. Kb4 Ke6 64. Rb6+ Kd5 1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.26"]
[Round "2.38"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Al-Saffar, Araz Basim Mohammed S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2368"]
[ECO "B07"]
[Opening "Pirc"]
[Variation "Sveshnikov system"]
[WhiteFideId "605506"]
[BlackFideId "4801040"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. Nge2 e5 7. O-O c6 8. a4 a5
9. h3 Na6 10. g4 Nb4 11. Be3 Be6 12. Ng3 d5 13. dxe5 Nxe4 14. Ncxe4 dxe4 15. c3
Nd5 16. Bc5 Re8 17. Nxe4 Bxe5 18. Bd4 Qc7 19. Re1 Nf4 20. Bxe5 Qxe5 21. Nd6 Qc5
22. Nxe8 Rxe8 23. Qd2 Nxg2 24. Kxg2 h5 25. f3 hxg4 26. hxg4 Kg7 27. Rh1 Bd5 28.
Qh6+ Kf6 29. Qf4+ Kg7 30. Rae1 Rxe1 31. Rxe1 Be6 32. Qe5+ Qxe5 33. Rxe5 b6 34.
Kf2 Bb3 35. Re8 Bxa4 36. Rb8 b5 37. Ra8 Kf6 38. Ra6 Bb3 39. Rxa5 Ke5 40. Ke3 g5
41. Ra8 Bd5 42. Rd8 f6 43. b4 Bc4 44. Re8+ Be6 45. f4+ Kd5 46. f5 Bd7 47. Re7 1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.26"]
[Round "2.39"]
[White "Halkias, Stelios"]
[Black "Meier, Georg"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2571"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[ECO "D02"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[WhiteFideId "4201809"]
[BlackFideId "4675789"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. e3 Be7 5. Bd3 dxc4 6. Bxc4 c5 7. O-O cxd4 8.
exd4 O-O 9. Nc3 Nc6 10. Re1 b6 11. a3 Bb7 12. Ba2 Qd7 13. Be3 Rad8 14. Qe2 Qc8
15. Rad1 Qa8 16. d5 exd5 17. Nxd5 Nxd5 18. Bxd5 Bf6 19. h4 h6 20. Be4 Rfe8 21.
Rxd8 Nxd8 22. Bxb7 Nxb7 23. Rd1 Nc5 24. Qb5 Qc8 25. Bxc5 bxc5 26. Rc1 a6 27.
Qxc5 Qxc5 28. Rxc5 Bxb2 29. Rc6 Re6 30. Rxe6 fxe6 31. a4 Kf7 32. Kf1 Ke7 33. Nd2
Kd7 34. Ke2 Kc6 35. Nb3 Kd5 36. Kd3 h5 37. f3 Be5 38. Nd2 Bg3 39. Ne4 0-1

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.26"]
[Round "2.40"]
[White "Bosiocic, Marin"]
[Black "Melkumyan, Hrant"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2624"]
[BlackElo "2633"]
[ECO "E04"]
[Opening "Catalan"]
[Variation "open, 5.Nf3"]
[WhiteFideId "14507927"]
[BlackFideId "13302485"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 a5 7. a3 Bxd2+ 8.
Nbxd2 b5 9. b3 cxb3 10. Qxb3 c6 11. O-O O-O 12. Qb2 Nbd7 13. Ne1 Qb6 14. Nd3 Ba6
15. Rfc1 Rfc8 16. Nb3 b4 17. axb4 axb4 18. Nbc5 Nxc5 19. Nxc5 Nd5 20. e4 Nf6 21.
Ra4 b3 22. Rca1 Bb7 23. Qxb3 Qxb3 24. Nxb3 Rxa4 25. Rxa4 c5 26. Nxc5 Bc6 27. Rb4
h6 28. Bf3 g5 29. h3 Rd8 30. Kg2 Nd7 31. e5 Nxc5 32. dxc5 Rc8 33. Bxc6 Rxc6 34.
Rc4 Kf8 35. Kf3 Ke7 36. Kg4 Kf8 37. h4 gxh4 38. Kxh4 Kg7 39. Kh5 Kh7 40. f3 Kg7
41. f4 Kh7 42. g4 Kg7 43. Rc3 Kh7 44. f5 exf5 45. gxf5 Kg8 46. f6 Kh7 47. Rc2
Re6 48. c6 Rxe5+ 49. Kg4 Re8 50. c7 Rc8 51. Kf5 h5 52. Kg5 h4 53. Rc3 Kg8 54.
Kxh4 Kf8 55. Kh5 Ke8 56. Kh6 Kd7 57. Kg7 Ke6 58. Rc1 Kd5 1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.26"]
[Round "2.41"]
[White "Nguyen, Ngoc Truong Son"]
[Black "Mchedlishvili, Mikheil"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2603"]
[ECO "D02"]
[Opening "Queen's bishop game"]
[WhiteFideId "12401110"]
[BlackFideId "13600966"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Bf4 c5 4. e3 Nc6 5. Nbd2 Bf5 6. dxc5 e6 7. Nd4 Bxc5 8.
Nxf5 exf5 9. Nb3 Bb6 10. Be2 Ne4 11. Bf3 O-O 12. O-O Re8 13. h3 d4 14. exd4 Nxd4
15. c3 Nxb3 16. axb3 Qh4 17. Bxe4 Rxe4 18. Be3 Bxe3 19. fxe3 g6 20. Qd2 Qe7 21.
Rad1 Rxe3 22. Qd7 Re8 23. Qxe7 R8xe7 24. Rd2 Kg7 25. b4 a6 26. Kf2 f4 27. Ra1 g5
28. Ra5 Kg6 29. Rad5 f6 30. b5 axb5 31. Rxb5 h5 32. Rb4 Kf5 33. Rd5+ R3e5 34.
Rbd4 g4 35. hxg4+ hxg4 36. c4 Rxd5 37. Rxd5+ Re5 38. Rd7 g3+ 39. Kf1 b5 40. Rc7
bxc4 41. Rxc4 Kg4 42. Rc8 Rb5 43. Rc2 f5 44. Rc8 f3 45. Rg8+ Kf4 46. Rc8 fxg2+ 0-1

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.26"]
[Round "2.42"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Tissir, Mohamed"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2789"]
[BlackElo "2381"]
[ECO "E63"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "fianchetto, Panno variation"]
[WhiteFideId "623539"]
[BlackFideId "9000240"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O O-O 5. d4 d6 6. c4 a6 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. Bf4
Rb8 9. Rc1 Bg4 10. d5 Na7 11. b4 Qd7 12. Be3 Nc8 13. c5 Bh3 14. Bd4 Bxg2 15.
Kxg2 e5 16. dxe6 Qxe6 17. e4 dxc5 18. Bxc5 Re8 19. Re1 Nb6 20. Ng5 Qg4 21. Qxg4
Nxg4 22. Bxb6 Bxc3 23. Rxc3 cxb6 24. Rc7 Ne5 25. f4 h6 26. fxe5 hxg5 27. Rf1 Rf8
28. Rf6 Rbe8 29. e6 Rxe6 30. Rxe6 fxe6 31. Rxb7 b5 32. Re7 Rc8 33. Rxe6 Kf7 34.
Rxa6 Rc4 35. a3 Rxe4 36. Ra5 Re3 37. Rxb5 Rxa3 38. Rxg5 1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.26"]
[Round "2.43"]
[White "Khader, Sami"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2392"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[ECO "B94"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Najdorf, 6.Bg5"]
[WhiteFideId "8100500"]
[BlackFideId "14109603"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 Nbd7 7. Qe2 h6 8. Bh4
g6 9. f4 e5 10. fxe5 dxe5 11. Nf3 Qc7 12. O-O-O b5 13. Nd5 Nxd5 14. exd5 Bd6 15.
Qe3 Bb7 16. Bd3 f5 17. Nd4 Qb6 18. Bxf5 gxf5 19. Qg3 Nf8 20. Nxf5 Rh7 21. Rhe1
Kd7 22. Bf6 e4 23. Nxd6 Qxd6 24. Qg4+ Kc7 25. Bh4 Qg6 26. Qf4+ Kd7 27. Rxe4 Rc8
28. c3 h5 29. Re6 Nxe6 30. dxe6+ Ke8 31. Qd6 Qh6+ 32. Kb1 Be4+ 33. Ka1 Bd3 34.
Qxd3 Kf8 35. e7+ Kg7 36. Qd4+ Kf7 37. Rf1+ Ke6 38. Rf6+ 1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.26"]
[Round "2.44"]
[White "Omar, Noaman"]
[Black "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2364"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[ECO "E12"]
[Opening "Queen's Indian"]
[Variation "Petrosian system"]
[WhiteFideId "9300244"]
[BlackFideId "12401137"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. a3 Bb7 5. Nc3 d5 6. Bg5 Be7 7. e3 O-O 8. Rc1 h6
9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Bd3 c5 12. O-O Na6 13. Bb1 Rc8 14. Qd3 g6 15.
Rfd1 c4 16. Qc2 Qe7 17. Re1 Rfd8 18. Rcd1 Nc7 19. e4 dxe4 20. Nxe4 Ne6 21. Qc1
Nxd4 22. Nxf6+ Qxf6 23. Nxd4 Rxd4 24. Rxd4 Qxd4 25. Qxh6 Qg4 26. Qh3 Qxh3 27.
gxh3 Kf8 28. Bc2 Rd8 29. Rd1 Rxd1+ 30. Bxd1 g5 31. f3 Ke7 32. Kf2 Kd6 33. Kg3
Ke5 34. h4 gxh4+ 35. Kxh4 Kf4 36. Kh5 b5 37. h4 a5 38. Kh6 Bxf3 39. Bc2 b4 40.
axb4 axb4 41. h5 b3 42. Bh7 Ke3 43. Kg5 f6+ 44. Kh4 Bxh5 45. Kxh5 Kd2 46. Kg4
Kc1 47. Bg8 Kxb2 48. Bxc4 Kc3 49. Bxb3 Kxb3 50. Kf5 Kc4 51. Kxf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.26"]
[Round "2.45"]
[White "Van Foreest, Jorden"]
[Black "Anton Guijarro, David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2629"]
[BlackElo "2666"]
[ECO "C46"]
[Opening "Four knights game"]
[WhiteFideId "1039784"]
[BlackFideId "2285525"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Be2 d5 5. exd5 Nxd5 6. O-O Nxc3 7. bxc3 Bd6 8.
d4 exd4 9. cxd4 O-O 10. Re1 h6 11. Rb1 b6 12. c3 Bf5 13. Bd3 Qf6 14. Qc2 Bxd3
15. Qxd3 Rfe8 16. Bd2 Qg6 17. Qxg6 fxg6 18. c4 a5 19. Rec1 g5 20. h3 Re4 21. Be3
Kf8 22. Kf1 Rd8 23. Rb5 Rde8 24. Nd2 R4e7 25. Nf3 Re4 26. Nd2 R4e7 27. Nf3 Re4
28. Nd2 R4e7 29. Nf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.26"]
[Round "2.46"]
[White "Riazantsev, Alexander"]
[Black "Saeed, Ishaq"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2434"]
[ECO "E12"]
[Opening "Queen's Indian"]
[Variation "Petrosian system"]
[WhiteFideId "4125029"]
[BlackFideId "9301453"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. a3 Bb7 5. Nc3 d5 6. Bg5 Be7 7. e3 O-O 8. Qc2 h6
9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. cxd5 exd5 11. h4 Re8 12. O-O-O Nd7 13. g4 c5 14. Kb1 cxd4 15.
exd4 Nf8 16. Bb5 Re6 17. Rdg1 Rc8 18. g5 Be7 19. Ne5 Rxe5 20. gxh6 g6 21. dxe5
d4 22. Rh3 dxc3 23. Rxc3 Rxc3 24. Qxc3 Bxh4 25. Bc4 Bd5 26. f4 Kh7 27. Ka1 Bxc4
28. Qxc4 Ne6 29. f5 gxf5 30. Qc2 Nd4 31. Qg2 Ne6 32. Qh3 Qd4 33. Qxf5+ Kh8 34.
Rf1 Kg8 35. Qxf7+ Kh8 36. Qxe6 1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.26"]
[Round "2.47"]
[White "Malakhov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Lodhi, Mahmood"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2686"]
[BlackElo "2347"]
[ECO "A05"]
[Opening "Reti"]
[Variation "King's Indian attack"]
[WhiteFideId "4120787"]
[BlackFideId "7800010"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. b3 Bg7 4. Bb2 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. d4 Nc6 7. O-O e5 8. dxe5
Ng4 9. c4 Ngxe5 10. Nc3 Nxf3+ 11. Bxf3 Bh3 12. Re1 a5 13. Qd2 Qd7 14. Nd5 Ne5
15. Bg2 a4 16. f4 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 Nc6 18. Bf6 axb3 19. Qc3 Bh6 20. axb3 Rxa1 21.
Qxa1 Qe6 22. e4 Rc8 23. b4 Bf8 24. f5 gxf5 25. Qc1 f4 26. Qxf4 Ne5 27. Bxe5 dxe5
28. Nf6+ Kh8 29. Qh4 h6 30. Rf1 Ra8 31. Rf2 Qxc4 32. Qg4 Bg7 33. Nd5 Ra2 34.
Qc8+ Kh7 35. Qf5+ Kh8 36. Rxa2 Qxa2+ 37. Kh3 c6 38. Nc7 Qc4 39. Ne8 Qe6 40. Qxe6
fxe6 41. Nd6 Bf8 42. Nxb7 Bxb4 43. Kg4 Kg7 44. Nd8 c5 45. Nxe6+ Kf6 46. Nc7 Bd2
47. Nd5+ Ke6 48. Nb6 Kf6 49. Nc4 Bc1 50. Kh5 Bg5 51. h4 Bc1 52. Nb6 Kg7 53. Kg4
Kg6 54. h5+ Kf6 55. Nd7+ Ke6 56. Nxc5+ Kf6 57. Nd7+ Ke6 58. Nb6 Be3 59. Nd5 Bc1
60. Kf3 Kd6 61. Ke2 Bg5 62. Kd3 Kc5 63. Ne3 Kd6 64. Ng4 Bc1 65. Ne3 Ke6 66. Nd5
Kd6 67. Kc4 Bg5 68. Kb5 Bc1 69. Kb6 Bg5 70. Kb7 Kd7 71. Nb4 Kd6 72. Nd3 Be3 73.
Kc8 Bg5 74. Nf2 Bf6 75. Nh3 Be7 76. Ng1 Bg5 77. Nf3 Be7 78. g4 Bf6 79. g5 hxg5
80. Nh2 Ke6 81. Ng4 Be7 82. h6 Bf6 83. Kc7 Ke7 84. Kc6 Ke6 85. Ne3 Bh8 86. Kc7
Bf6 87. h7 Bh8 88. Kd8 Kf7 89. Kd7 Kg6 90. Ke6 Kxh7 91. Kf7 Kh6 92. Kg8 Bf6 93.
Kf7 Bh8 94. Kg8 Bf6 95. Kf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.26"]
[Round "2.48"]
[White "Lam, Daniel King-wai"]
[Black "Rakhmanov, Aleksandr"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2222"]
[BlackElo "2653"]
[ECO "A54"]
[Opening "Old Indian"]
[Variation "Ukrainian variation, 4.Nf3"]
[WhiteFideId "6001238"]
[BlackFideId "4173708"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nf3 e4 5. Nd2 Bf5 6. e3 c6 7. Be2 d5 8. b3 Bd6
9. cxd5 cxd5 10. Nb5 Be7 11. Ba3 Nc6 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. a3 h5 14. h3 Rc8 15. a4
a6 16. Na3 Nb4 17. O-O Rh6 18. Rc1 Rxc1 19. Qxc1 Rg6 20. Kh2 Qd6+ 21. Kh1 Rh6
22. Qc5 Qxc5 23. dxc5 Nd7 24. Rc1 h4 25. Nc2 Na2 26. Ra1 Nc3 27. Bf1 Rf6 28. b4
Bxh3 29. Ra3 Nd1 30. f3 Bf5 31. Nd4 Bh7 32. Kg1 Nb2 33. c6 bxc6 34. Bxa6 c5 35.
Nb5 cxb4 36. Rb3 Nxa4 37. Rxb4 Nac5 38. Bc8 Nb6 39. Bg4 Ke7 40. Na7 Kf8 41. Rb5
Nd3 42. Nb3 Ne5 43. Na5 exf3 44. gxf3 Nxg4 45. fxg4 Bd3 46. Rb3 Bc4 47. Rb1 g5
48. N7c6 Nd7 49. Nd4 Bd3 50. Rb7 Ne5 51. Rb8+ Kg7 0-1

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.26"]
[Round "2.49"]
[White "Potkin, Vladimir"]
[Black "Minko, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2574"]
[BlackElo "2381"]
[ECO "A30"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "symmetrical variation"]
[WhiteFideId "4131061"]
[BlackFideId "24146706"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. e3 Nf6 5. d4 e4 6. Ne5 g6 7. Rb1 Bg7 8. Nxc6
dxc6 9. dxc5 Qxd1+ 10. Kxd1 O-O 11. h3 Re8 12. Kc2 Nd7 13. b4 Ne5 14. Bb2 Be6
15. Nxe4 Bf5 16. f3 Bxe4+ 17. fxe4 Nd7 18. Bd3 a5 19. a3 axb4 20. Bxg7 Kxg7 21.
axb4 Ra2+ 22. Rb2 Rea8 23. Rd1 Ne5 24. Bf1 Kf6 25. Rxa2 Rxa2+ 26. Kb3 Rf2 27. b5
Ke7 28. Kb4 Rb2+ 29. Kc3 Rf2 30. Ra1 Nd7 31. Kd4 Rd2+ 32. Kc3 Rf2 33. Kd4 Rd2+
34. Bd3 Ke6 35. Ra8 f6 36. Kc3 Rxg2 37. Re8+ Kf7 38. Rc8 Nxc5 39. bxc6 bxc6 40.
Rc7+ Ke8 41. Rxc6 Nd7 42. c5 Ra2 43. Bb5 Ra5 44. Kb4 Ra7 45. Rxf6 Ke7 46. Rd6
Ne5 47. Rd5 Ke6 48. c6 Ra1 49. Kc5 Rb1 50. c7 1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.26"]
[Round "2.50"]
[White "Al-Hajiri, Bader"]
[Black "Almasi, Zoltan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2165"]
[BlackElo "2682"]
[ECO "B42"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Kan, 5.Bd3"]
[WhiteFideId "10300163"]
[BlackFideId "702293"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. O-O Qc7 7. Qe2 d6 8. Nc3
Be7 9. f4 Nbd7 10. Kh1 O-O 11. Bd2 b5 12. Rae1 b4 13. Nd1 Qb6 14. Be3 Qb7 15.
Bg1 g6 16. c4 e5 17. Nf3 exf4 18. e5 dxe5 19. Nxe5 Re8 20. Nxf7 Kxf7 21. Qe6+
Kg7 22. Bd4 Nc5 23. Bxf6+ Bxf6 24. Qxe8 Nxd3 25. Re2 Bg4 0-1

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.26"]
[Round "2.51"]
[White "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Black "Amer, Said Salim Al Maashani"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2707"]
[BlackElo "2103"]
[ECO "B33"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Pelikan, Chelyabinsk variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2205530"]
[BlackFideId "22000100"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8. Na3
b5 9. Nd5 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. c3 O-O 12. Nc2 Bg5 13. h4 Bh6 14. g4 Bf4 15. Qf3
Be6 16. Nxf4 exf4 17. Qxf4 Ne5 18. Nd4 Rc8 19. a3 Rc5 20. Qg3 Qa8 21. Bg2 Bc4
22. Rd1 Qc8 23. Nf5 Qc7 24. f4 Ng6 25. Kf2 d5 26. e5 f6 27. h5 Nxf4 28. Qxf4
fxe5 29. Qg5 Qa7 30. Kg3 e4 31. Rhf1 Qc7+ 32. Rf4 Kh8 33. Qe7 Qxe7 34. Nxe7 Rxf4
35. Kxf4 Bb3 36. Rd2 a5 37. g5 g6 38. h6 b4 39. Bxe4 bxa3 40. bxa3 Rc7 41. Nxd5 1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.26"]
[Round "2.52"]
[White "Al Zamel, Khaled"]
[Black "Naiditsch, Arkadij"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "1942"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[ECO "B20"]
[Opening "Sicilian defence"]
[WhiteFideId "21500967"]
[BlackFideId "4650891"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 c5 2. d3 Nc6 3. Nf3 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 e5 6. Nbd2 Nge7 7. O-O O-O 8. Re1
d6 9. Nf1 f5 10. c3 h6 11. h4 Be6 12. N1h2 Qd7 13. Bd2 b5 14. Qc1 Kh7 15. a4 b4
16. Be3 bxc3 17. bxc3 c4 18. exf5 Nxf5 19. d4 exd4 20. Nxd4 Ncxd4 21. Bxa8 Nb3
22. Qc2 Nxa1 23. Rxa1 Nxe3 24. Qe4 Rxa8 25. h5 Bd5 26. hxg6+ Kh8 27. Qxe3 Qh3
28. Nf3 Rf8 0-1

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.26"]
[Round "2.53"]
[White "Al Jabri, Mohammed Ali"]
[Black "Akobian, Varuzhan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2154"]
[BlackElo "2647"]
[ECO "B07"]
[Opening "Pirc"]
[Variation "Ufimtsev-Pytel variation"]
[WhiteFideId "7604734"]
[BlackFideId "13300580"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 c6 4. f3 Nbd7 5. Be3 Qb6 6. Rb1 e5 7. Qd2 Qc7 8. Bc4
b5 9. Bb3 a5 10. a4 b4 11. Nce2 Be7 12. dxe5 dxe5 13. Ng3 g6 14. N1e2 Ba6 15.
O-O Rd8 16. Qe1 Bc5 17. Qf2 Qb6 18. Bxc5 Qxc5 19. Rfd1 Ke7 20. Qxc5+ Nxc5 21.
Kf2 Nfd7 22. Rbc1 Nb6 23. Ke3 Ncxa4 24. Bxa4 Nxa4 25. b3 Nb2 26. Rxd8 Rxd8 27.
Kf2 Rd1 28. h4 h5 29. Ke3 Rd6 30. Kf2 Bb5 31. f4 exf4 32. Nxf4 Rd1 33. Rxd1
Nxd1+ 34. Kf3 Nc3 35. Ke3 c5 36. e5 a4 37. bxa4 Bxa4 38. Kd3 Bb5+ 39. Kd2 Bc6
40. e6 Ne4+ 41. Nxe4 Bxe4 42. exf7 Kxf7 43. g3 c4 44. Ke3 Bxc2 45. Kd4 b3 46.
Kc3 Kf6 47. Nd5+ Ke5 48. Kxc4 b2 49. Nc3 b1=Q 50. Nxb1 Bxb1 0-1

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.26"]
[Round "2.54"]
[White "Andriasian, Zaven"]
[Black "Al Ghamdi, Ahmed M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "CM"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2159"]
[ECO "C55"]
[Opening "Two knights defence (Modern bishop's opening)"]
[WhiteFideId "13302000"]
[BlackFideId "21500150"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O d6 6. h3 O-O 7. a4 Na5 8. Ba2 c5
9. Na3 Nc6 10. c3 h6 11. Re1 Re8 12. Nc2 a6 13. Ne3 Rb8 14. Nd5 Nxd5 15. exd5
Na7 16. d4 exd4 17. cxd4 b6 18. Bf4 Bf8 19. Qd3 Rxe1+ 20. Rxe1 c4 21. Bxc4 b5
22. axb5 Nxb5 23. Bb3 Qf6 24. Bg3 Bf5 25. Qe3 Nc7 26. Rc1 Re8 27. Qd2 Nb5 28.
Kh2 Re4 29. Bc2 Re8 30. Ba4 Bd7 31. Ra1 g5 32. Bc2 Bc8 33. Kg1 Bg7 34. Qd3 Rd8
35. Rd1 Bb7 36. Bb3 Bc8 37. Bc2 Bb7 38. Qh7+ Kf8 39. Be4 Nc7 40. h4 Bxd5 41.
Bxd5 Nxd5 42. hxg5 hxg5 43. Qe4 Nf4 44. Nxg5 Ne2+ 45. Qxe2 Qxg5 46. Qxa6 Qg4 47.
Qd3 d5 48. b4 Re8 49. Qf3 Qd7 50. Bf4 Re4 51. Be3 Qd6 52. Qf5 Bh6 53. Bxh6+ Qxh6
54. Qxd5 Rh4 55. g3 Rh5 56. Qf3 Rb5 57. d5 Qd6 58. Qc3 1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.26"]
[Round "2.55"]
[White "Al Omary, Ahmed"]
[Black "Quparadze, Giga"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "1875"]
[BlackElo "2506"]
[ECO "A46"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[WhiteFideId "21500207"]
[BlackFideId "13602250"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bf4 b6 4. e3 Bb7 5. Be2 Be7 6. c3 Nh5 7. Bg3 O-O 8. Nbd2
d6 9. Qc2 g6 10. h4 Nd7 11. Ne4 Ndf6 12. Nfg5 Nxe4 13. Nxe4 f5 14. Ng5 Nxg3 15.
Nxe6 Qc8 16. Nxf8 Nxh1 17. Nxg6 hxg6 18. h5 Qe6 19. c4 Nxf2 20. Kxf2 Bh4+ 21. g3
Bxg3+ 22. Kxg3 Qxe3+ 23. Kh2 Qf2+ 24. Kh3 Qg2+ 0-1

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.26"]
[Round "2.56"]
[White "Zhao, Jun"]
[Black "Al Habeeb, Emad"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2604"]
[BlackElo "1933"]
[ECO "A53"]
[Opening "Old Indian defence"]
[WhiteFideId "8602522"]
[BlackFideId "21500029"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nc3 g6 4. e4 Nbd7 5. Nf3 c5 6. dxc5 Nxc5 7. e5 Ng4 8. exd6
Qxd6 9. Qxd6 exd6 10. Nd5 Ne6 11. Ng5 Rb8 12. h3 Ne5 13. Nf6+ Ke7 14. Nd5+ Ke8
15. Ne4 Nd4 16. f4 Nec6 17. Bd3 f5 18. Nec3 Kf7 19. Be3 Bg7 20. O-O Re8 21. Bf2
Ne6 22. Rfe1 Bd4 23. Nb5 Bxf2+ 24. Kxf2 Rd8 25. Re3 a6 26. Nbc3 Nc5 27. Be2 Bd7
28. Rd1 Be8 29. Bf3 Ne6 30. g3 Ncd4 31. Bg2 Rbc8 32. Nb6 Rb8 33. Red3 Nc6 34. a3
Ke7 35. Re3 Bf7 36. Rde1 Nd4 37. Rd3 Kf6 38. Red1 Nc6 39. b4 Be8 40. Ncd5+ Kg7
41. Ne3 Bf7 42. Bf3 Ne7 43. Rxd6 Rxd6 44. Rxd6 1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.26"]
[Round "2.57"]
[White "Saric, Ivan"]
[Black "Bukannan, Ahmed A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2669"]
[BlackElo "1929"]
[ECO "B05"]
[Opening "Alekhine's defence"]
[Variation "modern, Flohr variation"]
[WhiteFideId "14508150"]
[BlackFideId "21504164"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. Be2 c6 6. O-O Bxf3 7. Bxf3 dxe5 8.
dxe5 e6 9. Nd2 Be7 10. c4 Nb6 11. Qe2 Qc7 12. b3 a5 13. Bb2 N8d7 14. Be4 O-O 15.
Bc2 Rfd8 16. f4 g6 17. Ne4 a4 18. Rad1 axb3 19. axb3 Nf8 20. Rxd8 Rxd8 21. g4
Nbd7 22. Kh1 Nc5 23. f5 Nxe4 24. Bxe4 Bg5 25. Bc3 Qb6 26. Qf3 Qe3 27. Qxe3 Bxe3
28. Kg2 Rd7 29. Kf3 Bd4 30. Bxd4 Rxd4 31. Ke3 Rd8 32. Ra1 exf5 33. gxf5 Re8 34.
Kf4 gxf5 35. Bxf5 Ng6+ 36. Bxg6 hxg6 37. Ra7 Re7 38. b4 Kg7 39. c5 f6 40. e6 Kf8
41. h4 Rc7 42. h5 gxh5 43. Kf5 Ke7 44. Ra8 h4 45. Rh8 h3 46. Rxh3 Rc8 47. Rh7+
Ke8 48. Kxf6 1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.26"]
[Round "2.58"]
[White "Masrahi, Abdulrahman A"]
[Black "Dervishi, Erald"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "CM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "1962"]
[BlackElo "2552"]
[ECO "A45"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[WhiteFideId "21501564"]
[BlackFideId "4700236"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 e6 3. e3 c5 4. c3 b6 5. Nf3 Bb7 6. h3 Be7 7. Nbd2 cxd4 8. exd4
d6 9. Be2 O-O 10. O-O Nbd7 11. a4 a6 12. Bh2 Re8 13. Nc4 Qc7 14. Re1 Bf8 15. Bf1
g6 16. Qd3 Rad8 17. Rad1 Qc6 18. Qc2 Qc7 19. Qd3 Bc6 20. Qc2 Bxf3 21. gxf3 Nb8
22. Qb3 Nd5 23. Ne3 Nxe3 24. fxe3 Qb7 25. e4 d5 26. e5 Nc6 27. Bd3 Ra8 28. Bf4
Rec8 29. h4 h5 30. Re2 Be7 31. Rh2 Kf8 32. Bh6+ Ke8 33. Qc2 Nxd4 34. Qf2 Nf5 35.
Bxf5 gxf5 36. Bg5 Kd7 37. Bxe7 Kxe7 38. Rd4 Rg8+ 39. Rg2 Qc7 40. Qe3 Rxg2+ 41.
Kxg2 Rg8+ 42. Kf2 a5 43. Qf4 Rg6 44. c4 Qc5 45. cxd5 exd5 46. Qe3 Ke6 47. f4 Rg4
48. Rd3 Rxf4+ 0-1

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.26"]
[Round "2.59"]
[White "Salama, Taher"]
[Black "Grigoriants, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "1769"]
[BlackElo "2561"]
[ECO "D94"]
[Opening "Gruenfeld with e3    Bd3"]
[WhiteFideId "11502231"]
[BlackFideId "4130804"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. e3 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Bd3 c5 7. O-O cxd4 8. exd4
Nc6 9. Re1 Bg4 10. Be3 Rc8 11. Rc1 Nb4 12. Be2 dxc4 13. Ne5 Be6 14. a3 Nbd5 15.
Nxd5 Nxd5 16. Nxc4 Rc7 17. Nd2 Rxc1 18. Qxc1 Qb6 19. Nc4 Qb3 20. Na5 Qb6 21. Nc4
Qc7 22. Nd2 Qb8 23. Nf3 Rd8 24. h3 Bf5 25. Qc5 b6 26. Qc6 Be4 27. Qc1 Rc8 28.
Qa1 Nxe3 29. fxe3 Rc2 30. Bd1 Qg3 31. Re2 Rc7 32. Rf2 Bh6 33. Rf1 Bxe3+ 34. Kh1
Rc1 0-1

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.26"]
[Round "2.60"]
[White "Tregubov, Pavel V."]
[Black "Miswadah, Baha"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "1877"]
[ECO "D26"]
[Opening "QGA"]
[Variation "4...e6"]
[WhiteFideId "4115341"]
[BlackFideId "11502118"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 Bd6 6. Nc3 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8.
Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. O-O Nc6 10. e4 h6 11. h3 a6 12. e5 Nd7 13. Bf4 b5 14. Be2 Ke7 15.
Ne4 Ba7 16. Rfd1 Nb6 17. Rac1 Bd7 18. Nc5 Nd5 19. Bg3 Bxc5 20. Rxc5 Rhc8 21.
Rdc1 Ncb4 22. a3 Rxc5 23. Rxc5 Nc6 24. Kf1 Rc8 25. h4 Na7 26. Rxc8 Nxc8 27. Nd4
Ncb6 28. b3 Nc7 29. Bf4 Nbd5 30. Bd2 f6 31. exf6+ Kxf6 32. b4 e5 33. Nb3 Nf4 34.
Bf3 Bc8 35. g3 Nfd5 36. Nc5 g5 37. hxg5+ hxg5 38. Ne4+ Kg6 39. Nxg5 Bf5 40. Ne4
Nb6 41. Nc5 Nc4 42. Bc3 Kf6 43. Bb7 Nxa3 44. Nxa6 Ne6 45. f4 Nd4 46. Kf2 exf4
47. Bxd4+ Kg5 48. Nc7 fxg3+ 49. Kxg3 Bd7 50. Kf3 Kf5 51. Be4+ Kg5 52. Nd5 Bg4+
53. Ke3 Bf5 54. Bc5 Nc2+ 55. Kd3 Bxe4+ 56. Kxe4 Nxb4 57. Bxb4 Kg4 58. Nc3 Kg5
59. Nxb5 Kf6 60. Nd4 Kg5 61. Be7+ Kg6 62. Ke5 Kf7 63. Bf6 Kg6 64. Ke6 Kh5 65.
Kf5 Kh6 66. Ne6 Kh7 67. Nf4 Kh6 68. Ke6 Kh7 69. Kf7 Kh6 70. Be7 Kh7 71. Bf8 Kh8
72. Ne6 Kh7 73. Ng5+ 1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.26"]
[Round "2.61"]
[White "Al Abdali, Zeyad Saleh"]
[Black "Ibrahimov, Rasul"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "1801"]
[BlackElo "2518"]
[ECO "A46"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn"]
[Variation "Torre attack"]
[WhiteFideId "21501505"]
[BlackFideId "13400495"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bg5 Be7 4. e3 b6 5. Bd3 Bb7 6. Qe2 h6 7. Bh4 c5 8. c3 g5
9. Bg3 g4 10. Ne5 h5 11. f3 d6 12. Nc4 h4 13. Bf2 h3 14. fxg4 hxg2 15. Rg1 Rxh2
16. g5 Ne4 17. g6 Nxf2 18. gxf7+ Kf8 19. Kd2 Nxd3 20. Qg4 Kxf7 21. Kxd3 Rh4 22.
Qg3 b5 23. Nca3 Qh8 24. Nxb5 Nd7 25. Nxd6+ Bxd6 26. Qxd6 Qh7+ 27. Kd2 Nf6 28.
Qc7+ Kg8 29. Qe5 Qf5 30. Qxf5 exf5 31. dxc5 Rd8+ 32. Kc2 Ng4 33. Na3 Nxe3+ 34.
Kb3 f4 35. Rae1 Rh1 36. Rxh1 gxh1=Q 37. Rxh1 Bxh1 0-1

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.26"]
[Round "2.62"]
[White "Khenkin, Igor"]
[Black "Alem, Ali Hussien"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2554"]
[BlackElo "1745"]
[ECO "D66"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "Orthodox defence, Bd3 line"]
[WhiteFideId "4659600"]
[BlackFideId "21500088"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. e3 O-O 7. Rc1 c6 8. Bd3
Qa5 9. O-O dxc4 10. Bxc4 b5 11. Bd3 Bb7 12. e4 b4 13. Na4 Rac8 14. e5 Nd5 15.
Bxe7 Nxe7 16. Bxh7+ Kh8 17. Be4 Ng8 18. Re1 Rc7 19. Nd2 c5 20. Bxb7 Rxb7 21.
dxc5 Rc7 22. Nc4 Qa6 23. Nd6 Qc6 24. Rc4 a5 25. Rh4+ Nh6 26. g4 Kg8 27. g5 Nf5
28. Nxf5 exf5 29. Qh5 1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.26"]
[Round "2.63"]
[White "Al Juhani, Bakr"]
[Black "Dzhumagaliev, Yan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "1854"]
[BlackElo "2400"]
[ECO "B40"]
[Opening "Sicilian defence"]
[WhiteFideId "21500185"]
[BlackFideId "24100110"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bd3 Nc6 4. c3 d5 5. e5 Qc7 6. Qe2 Nge7 7. Bc2 Bd7 8. O-O
d4 9. d3 Ng6 10. Re1 Be7 11. Nbd2 O-O 12. Nc4 b5 13. Ncd2 a6 14. cxd4 cxd4 15.
Nb3 Qb6 16. Bd2 Rfd8 17. Rac1 a5 18. Qe4 Be8 19. Bf4 a4 20. Nbd2 Nb4 21. Bb1 Bc6
22. Rxc6 Qxc6 23. Qxc6 Nxc6 24. Bg3 Bb4 25. a3 Ba5 26. Rd1 Bxd2 27. Rxd2 Rac8
28. Rd1 Na5 29. Nd2 Rd5 30. f4 Rdc5 31. Ba2 Rc1 32. Rxc1 Rxc1+ 33. Kf2 Ra1 34.
f5 Nf8 35. Bb1 Nb3 0-1

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.26"]
[Round "2.64"]
[White "Abdyjapar, Asyl"]
[Black "Alanazy, Mohammed"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2382"]
[BlackElo "1850"]
[ECO "D12"]
[Opening "QGD Slav"]
[Variation "4.e3 Bf5"]
[WhiteFideId "13800337"]
[BlackFideId "21508488"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Bd3 Bg4 7. h3 Bh5 8. O-O Bd6
9. e4 dxe4 10. Nxe4 Nxe4 11. Bxe4 O-O 12. Qb3 Qb6 13. Qc2 f5 14. c5 Qd8 15. Bd3
Bxf3 16. gxf3 Bc7 17. Re1 Qh4 18. Rxe6 Qxh3 19. f4 Qg4+ 20. Kf1 Qh3+ 21. Ke1 Na6
22. Qb3 Kh8 23. Bxa6 Qxb3 24. axb3 bxa6 25. Rxc6 Rae8+ 26. Kf1 Bb8 27. d5 Rd8
28. d6 Kg8 29. Rcxa6 h5 30. Be3 Rfe8 31. Kg2 Re6 32. Rh1 g6 33. Kf3 Kf7 34. Ra4
Ke8 35. Rd1 Kf7 36. Rc4 Re4 37. Rxe4 fxe4+ 38. Kxe4 Ke6 39. Rg1 Re8 40. Rxg6+
Kd7+ 41. Kd5 Rh8 42. c6+ Kd8 43. c7+ Bxc7 44. dxc7+ Kxc7 45. f5 h4 46. Rh6 1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.26"]
[Round "2.65"]
[White "Al Mahmood, Salman"]
[Black "Esipenko, Andrey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "1593"]
[BlackElo "2564"]
[ECO "B13"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "exchange variation"]
[WhiteFideId "11201517"]
[BlackFideId "24175439"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Bd3 Bg4 6. c3 e6 7. O-O Bd6 8. Re1
Nf6 9. Bg5 Bh5 10. Nbd2 Bg6 11. Qe2 Qc7 12. h3 Bxd3 13. Qxd3 Nd7 14. c4 dxc4 15.
Nxc4 O-O 16. Nxd6 Qxd6 17. Rad1 h6 18. Be3 Nb4 19. Qb3 Nd5 20. Nd2 b6 21. Ne4
Qe7 22. Nc3 N7f6 23. Bd2 Qd7 24. Rc1 Rfc8 25. Rc2 Nxc3 26. Bxc3 Nd5 27. Rec1 Rc7
28. Bd2 Rac8 29. Rc4 Rxc4 30. Rxc4 Rxc4 31. Qxc4 Ne7 32. a4 Nf5 33. Be3 Nd6 34.
Qc2 Nf5 35. Qc4 Qb7 36. Qc2 Nh4 37. f3 Nf5 38. Bf2 Ne7 39. b3 b5 40. axb5 Qxb5
41. Qc5 Qb7 42. b4 a6 43. Qa5 Nc6 44. Qc5 Nxb4 45. Bg3 Nd5 46. Qc1 a5 47. Qa3
Qb4 48. Qd3 a4 49. Kh2 a3 50. Qa6 Qb2 51. Bd6 a2 52. Qa8+ Kh7 53. Ba3 a1=Q 54.
Bxb2 Qxa8 55. Bc1 Qa1 56. Bd2 Qxd4 57. Be1 f5 58. Ba5 e5 59. Be1 e4 60. fxe4
fxe4 61. Bg3 e3 62. h4 e2 63. Be1 Ne3 64. h5 Qf4+ 65. Kh1 Qg4 66. Bf2 Qxg2# 0-1

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.26"]
[Round "2.66"]
[White "Christiansen, Johan-Sebastian"]
[Black "Al Bargi, Hassan M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "1579"]
[ECO "B01"]
[Opening "Scandinavian (centre counter) defence"]
[WhiteFideId "1512668"]
[BlackFideId "21501475"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd8 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 c6 6. Bc4 Bg4 7. Bxf7+ Kxf7 8.
Ne5+ Kg8 9. Nxg4 Nbd7 10. Qe2 Nxg4 11. Qe6# 1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.26"]
[Round "2.67"]
[White "El Adnani, Mokliss"]
[Black "Al Saidi, Mohammed Khalfan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2448"]
[BlackElo "1468"]
[ECO "A16"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[WhiteFideId "9000410"]
[BlackFideId "22001271"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. g3 c5 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. e3 Bg7 6. Nge2 O-O 7. O-O e6 8. e4 d6
9. d3 a6 10. h3 Rb8 11. f4 Qc7 12. g4 b5 13. Ng3 Nd4 14. b3 b4 15. Na4 Bd7 16.
Nb2 a5 17. Be3 e5 18. f5 Ne8 19. h4 f6 20. Qd2 Rf7 21. g5 Qc8 22. h5 gxh5 23. g6
hxg6 24. fxg6 Rf8 25. Bxd4 cxd4 26. Nf5 Nc7 27. Ne7+ 1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.26"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Eljanov, Pavel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2837"]
[BlackElo "2711"]
[ECO "C65"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Berlin defence"]
[WhiteFideId "1503014"]
[BlackFideId "14102951"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 Be7 7. O-O d6 8. d4
O-O 9. Bxc6 bxc6 10. dxe5 Nxe4 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. Re1 d5 13. Nbd2 Nxd2 14. Qxd2
Be6 15. b4 c5 16. bxc5 Qxc5 17. Nd4 Rab8 18. h3 Rb4 19. c3 Rb6 20. Qe3 Qe7 21.
Nb3 Rc8 22. Nc5 c6 23. a4 Rcb8 24. Qd4 a5 25. Re3 Kh8 26. Rae1 Rb2 27. Rf3 Rc2
28. Nxe6 fxe6 29. Qd3 Rcb2 30. Qg6 Rf8 31. Ree3 Rbb8 32. Qd3 Qa3 33. Qd4 Qe7 34.
Rxf8+ Rxf8 35. Qb6 Qh4 36. Rg3 Qxa4 37. Qc7 Rg8 38. Rf3 Qb5 39. Qd6 a4 40. Kh2
Qb8 41. c4 Qxd6 42. exd6 dxc4 43. Ra3 Rd8 44. Rxa4 Rxd6 45. Rxc4 Kg8 46. h4 Kf7
47. h5 e5 48. f3 Ke6 49. Rc5 Kd7 50. Rxe5 Rd5 51. Rxd5+ cxd5 52. Kg3 Kd6 53. Kf4
Kc5 54. Ke3 Kc4 55. Kd2 Kd4 56. g3 Kc4 57. Kc2 d4 58. Kd2 d3 59. g4 Kd4 60. f4
Ke4 61. g5 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.26"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Bortnyk, Olexandr"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[ECO "B04"]
[Opening "Alekhine's defence"]
[Variation "modern, Larsen variation"]
[WhiteFideId "4126025"]
[BlackFideId "14120828"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 dxe5 5. Nxe5 c6 6. Be2 Bf5 7. O-O Nd7 8. Nf3
e6 9. c4 N5f6 10. Nh4 Bg6 11. Bf4 Ne4 12. Nxg6 hxg6 13. g3 Bd6 14. Be3 Qc7 15.
c5 Be7 16. Nc3 Nxc3 17. bxc3 O-O 18. Bf3 Rfd8 19. Qa4 e5 20. Rab1 Bf6 21. Rfd1
Re8 22. d5 b5 23. cxb6 axb6 24. Qxc6 Qa7 25. Bg4 Nf8 26. d6 Qxa2 27. d7 Reb8 28.
Rxb6 Rd8 29. Qd5 Qc2 30. c4 Ra4 31. Rc6 Ra3 32. Rc8 Ra2 33. Qd3 Qb2 34. Rb1 Ra1
35. Rxa1 Qxa1+ 36. Kg2 Qa6 37. Qd5 Ne6 38. Rxd8+ Nxd8 39. c5 Kf8 40. Bf3 Ne6 41.
c6 Bd8 42. Qd6+ Kg8 43. Qxe5 Qd3 44. h4 Bc7 45. Qd5 Qc2 46. Be4 Qc3 47. Bxg6 Nd8
48. Be4 1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.26"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Savchenko, Boris"]
[Black "Fedoseev, Vladimir3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2566"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[ECO "C50"]
[Opening "Giuoco Pianissimo"]
[WhiteFideId "4147332"]
[BlackFideId "24130737"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 Nf6 5. Nbd2 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. c3 a5 8. Bb3
h6 9. Re1 Be6 10. Nf1 Bxb3 11. axb3 d5 12. Be3 Bxe3 13. Rxe3 dxe4 14. dxe4 Qxd1
15. Rxd1 Rfd8 16. Rxd8+ Rxd8 17. N1d2 Kf8 18. Kf1 Ke7 19. h3 Ke6 20. Ke2 g6 21.
Ne1 Ra8 22. Nd3 b6 23. Nc4 Nd7 24. Na3 Rc8 25. g3 h5 26. f4 f6 27. Rf3 Ke7 28.
Nc4 Re8 29. Rf1 Kf7 30. Ke3 exf4+ 31. gxf4 Nf8 32. Kf3 Ne6 33. Ne3 Ne7 34. b4
axb4 35. Nxb4 g5 36. Ned5 gxf4 37. Nxf4 Ng5+ 38. Kg2 h4 39. e5 Nf5 40. Re1 fxe5
41. Nfd5 e4 42. Nxc7 Rg8 43. Ra1 Ne6+ 44. Kf1 Nf4 45. Ra7 Nxh3 46. Nbd5 Rg1+ 47.
Ke2 Rg2+ 48. Ke1 Rxb2 49. Rb7 Ng5 50. Nb5+ Ke6 51. Rxb6+ Ke5 52. Nd4 Rxb6 53.
Nxb6 Nxd4 54. Nc4+ Kf4 55. cxd4 e3 56. Kf1 h3 57. Nxe3 Kxe3 58. d5 Kf3 59. Kg1
Kg3 0-1

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.26"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Wang, Hao"]
[Black "Ponkratov, Pavel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2613"]
[ECO "B06"]
[Opening "Robatsch (modern) defence"]
[WhiteFideId "8602883"]
[BlackFideId "4157800"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. c4 c5 4. d5 d6 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. Nf3 O-O 7. h3 e6 8. Bd3 exd5
9. cxd5 b5 10. Nxb5 Re8 11. Nd2 Nxd5 12. Nc4 Nb4 13. Nbxd6 Ba6 14. Be2 Re6 15.
Bf4 Nd7 16. a3 Nc6 17. O-O Nd4 18. Bd3 Nb6 19. e5 f6 20. Be3 Nxc4 21. Bxc4 Bxc4
22. Nxc4 fxe5 23. b4 Qd5 24. Rc1 cxb4 25. axb4 Rb8 26. Nb2 a5 27. Bxd4 exd4 28.
Nd3 Ra6 29. Rc5 Qa2 30. Qc1 Bf8 31. Rxa5 Rxa5 32. bxa5 Ra8 33. Qa1 Qd5 34. a6
Qc4 35. Ne5 Qd5 36. Re1 Bg7 37. Nd3 Qc4 38. a7 Qf7 39. Qa4 Rxa7 40. Qc6 Re7 41.
Qa8+ Qf8 42. Qd5+ Kh8 43. Rxe7 Qxe7 44. g3 Bf6 45. Kg2 Kg7 46. h4 Qd8 47. Qb7+
Qe7 48. Qc6 Qd8 49. Nf4 Qe7 50. Qd5 Qe5 51. Qd7+ Kh6 52. Qc6 Bxh4 53. Qd7 Bf6
54. Qh3+ Kg7 55. Qd7+ Qe7 56. Qxe7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.26"]
[Round "3.5"]
[White "Sargissian, Gabriel"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2672"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[ECO "E10"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[WhiteFideId "13300881"]
[BlackFideId "5000017"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 d5 4. e3 Be7 5. b3 O-O 6. Bb2 c5 7. Bd3 cxd4 8. exd4
b6 9. O-O Nc6 10. Nbd2 Bb7 11. Rc1 Rc8 12. Qe2 Re8 13. Rfe1 Bf8 14. h3 g6 15.
Qe3 Bg7 16. a3 Nd7 17. cxd5 exd5 18. Qxe8+ Qxe8 19. Rxe8+ Rxe8 20. b4 Nf8 21.
Ne5 Rc8 22. Nxc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.26"]
[Round "3.6"]
[White "Volokitin, Andrei"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2628"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[ECO "C84"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "closed defence"]
[WhiteFideId "14107090"]
[BlackFideId "4102142"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 d6 7. c3 O-O 8. Re1 b5
9. Bc2 d5 10. Nbd2 d4 11. Nb3 dxc3 12. bxc3 a5 13. a4 b4 14. Bb2 Bg4 15. d4 bxc3
16. Bxc3 Bb4 17. Bxb4 Nxb4 18. dxe5 Nd7 19. Rc1 c5 20. Bb1 Bxf3 21. Qxf3 c4 22.
Nd4 Nxe5 23. Qc3 Ned3 24. Nf5 Qf6 25. Qxc4 Nxe1 26. Rxe1 Rfe8 27. Qc7 Qxf5 0-1

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.26"]
[Round "3.7"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran L."]
[Black "Kovalev, Vladislav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2601"]
[BlackElo "2639"]
[ECO "A05"]
[Opening "Reti"]
[Variation "King's Indian attack"]
[WhiteFideId "13301616"]
[BlackFideId "13504398"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O O-O 5. d3 d5 6. Nbd2 Nc6 7. e4 e5 8. c3 a5
9. a4 b6 10. Re1 Bb7 11. exd5 Nxd5 12. Nc4 Re8 13. Qb3 h6 14. Bd2 Qd7 15. Rad1
Kh7 16. Re4 Rad8 17. Rh4 f6 18. Re4 Nde7 19. Ree1 Nf5 20. Bc1 Ba8 21. h4 h5 22.
Qc2 Qf7 23. b3 Kg8 24. Ba3 Nce7 25. Re2 Nd5 26. Rde1 Bb7 27. Nfd2 Ba8 28. Ne4
Rd7 29. d4 exd4 30. Nxf6+ Nxf6 31. Rxe8+ Nxe8 32. Bxa8 dxc3 33. Ne5 Bxe5 34.
Rxe5 Ne3 35. Qe2 Rd1+ 36. Qxd1 Nxd1 37. Bd5 Nf6 38. Bxf7+ Kxf7 39. Re1 Nb2 40.
Re7+ Kg8 41. Rxc7 Nd5 42. Rxc3 Nxc3 43. Bxb2 Ne4 44. Bd4 Nd2 45. Bxb6 Nxb3 46.
Kf1 Nd2+ 47. Ke2 Nc4 48. Bd4 Kf7 49. Kd3 Nd6 50. Bb6 Nb7 51. Kc4 Ke6 52. Kb5 Kd5
53. Bc7 Nc5 54. Bxa5 Ne4 55. Be1 Kd6 56. Kb6 Kd7 57. a5 Kc8 58. Kc6 g5 59. Kd5
Nf6+ 60. Ke6 gxh4 61. gxh4 Ng4 62. f4 1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.26"]
[Round "3.8"]
[White "Pantsulaia, Levan"]
[Black "Movsesian, Sergei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2612"]
[BlackElo "2647"]
[ECO "A07"]
[Opening "Reti"]
[Variation "King's Indian attack (Barcza system)"]
[WhiteFideId "13602071"]
[BlackFideId "310204"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Bg4 4. O-O Nd7 5. d4 Ngf6 6. Nbd2 h6 7. Ne5 Bf5 8. c4
e6 9. Qb3 Qb6 10. Nxd7 Nxd7 11. e4 dxe4 12. Nxe4 Bxe4 13. Bxe4 Nf6 14. Bg2 Be7
15. Re1 O-O 16. Bf4 Qxb3 17. axb3 Rfd8 18. Red1 a6 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.26"]
[Round "3.9"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Demchenko, Anton"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2799"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[ECO "E67"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "fianchetto, classical variation"]
[WhiteFideId "13401319"]
[BlackFideId "4160258"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nc3 d6 6. Nf3 Nbd7 7. O-O e5 8. b3
Re8 9. e4 exd4 10. Nxd4 Nc5 11. f3 a5 12. Be3 Nfd7 13. Qc2 f5 14. Rad1 fxe4 15.
fxe4 c6 16. h3 Qe7 17. Kh2 Ne5 18. Qd2 Ne6 19. Nde2 a4 20. Qc2 axb3 21. axb3 Nc5
22. Nd4 Ra3 23. Bc1 Ra8 24. b4 Ne6 25. Nce2 Nxd4 26. Nxd4 Be6 27. c5 dxc5 28.
Nxe6 Qxe6 29. bxc5 Qa2 30. Rd2 Qxc2 31. Rxc2 Ra1 32. Bf4 Rea8 33. Rxa1 Rxa1 34.
Rd2 Bf6 35. h4 Kf7 36. Bxe5 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.26"]
[Round "3.10"]
[White "Alekseev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2616"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[ECO "C77"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Anderssen variation"]
[WhiteFideId "4138147"]
[BlackFideId "14100010"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 g6 7. O-O Bg7 8. h3 O-O
9. Be3 Qe7 10. Nbd2 Nd8 11. Re1 Ne6 12. Ng5 Bd7 13. Bxd7 Nxd7 14. Nxe6 Qxe6 15.
Qb3 Qxb3 16. axb3 f5 17. f3 Nf6 18. b4 Rfe8 19. Nb3 c6 20. g4 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.26"]
[Round "3.11"]
[White "Bocharov, Dmitry"]
[Black "Yu, Yangyi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2583"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[ECO "A04"]
[Opening "Reti opening"]
[WhiteFideId "4138716"]
[BlackFideId "8603820"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. c4 e5 6. Nc3 Nge7 7. a3 a5 8. Ne1 d6
9. Nc2 h5 10. h4 O-O 11. d3 Rb8 12. Rb1 Be6 13. b4 cxb4 14. axb4 d5 15. cxd5
Nxd5 16. Nxd5 Bxd5 17. Bg5 Qd7 18. Bxd5 Qxd5 19. bxa5 Qxa5 20. Bd2 Qd8 21. Rb5
Qd7 22. Qb1 e4 23. d4 Bxd4 24. Bf4 Rbd8 25. Rxb7 Qe6 26. Rd1 Qc4 27. Rd2 Bg7 28.
Ne3 Qe6 29. Rxd8 Rxd8 30. Rb6 Qe8 31. Kg2 Nd4 32. Bg5 Ra8 33. Nd5 Qe5 34. Nf6+
Kh8 35. e3 Ne6 36. Qxe4 Qxe4+ 37. Nxe4 Be5 38. Rb5 Bg7 39. Rb7 Rf8 40. Be7 Ra8
41. Bb4 Kg8 42. Be7 Bf8 43. Bxf8 Rxf8 44. Kf3 Rd8 45. Ra7 Kg7 46. Ke2 Rd5 47.
Nd2 Rc5 48. Ra2 Nc7 49. Nb3 Re5 50. Rc2 Ne6 51. Rc3 Rb5 52. Kf3 Rf5+ 53. Kg2 Rb5
54. Nc1 Nc5 55. Ne2 Ne6 56. Rc2 Rb4 57. Ra2 Rc4 58. Ng1 Rc5 59. Nf3 Rb5 60. Ra6
Rc5 61. Ra7 Rb5 62. Nd2 Rc5 63. Ne4 Rd5 64. f4 Rd3 65. Kf2 Rd5 66. Ke2 Rd8 67.
Ra5 Re8 68. Nd6 Rd8 69. Nc4 Rc8 70. Ne5 Rc7 71. Kf3 Rb7 72. Rd5 Nf8 73. Nd3 Nd7
74. f5 Nf6 75. Ra5 Ng4 76. fxg6 fxg6 77. Ra6 Rb3 78. Ke2 Kf7 79. Kd2 Rb5 80. Nf4
g5 81. Ra7+ Kf6 82. hxg5+ Rxg5 83. Rh7 Nf2 84. Rh6+ Kf5 85. Nxh5 Ne4+ 86. Kd3
Ke5 87. Nf4 Nxg3 88. Ra6 Kf5 89. Ne6 Rg8 90. Nd4+ Kg4 91. e4 Kf4 92. Rf6+ Ke5
93. Re6+ Kf4 94. e5 Ra8 95. Nc6 Nf5 96. Rf6 Rc8 97. Nd4 Kxe5 98. Rxf5+ Kd6 99.
Rh5 Ra8 100. Nb5+ Kc6 101. Nc3 Kd6 102. Kd4 Ke6 103. Re5+ Kf7 104. Ne4 Ra1 105.
Rb5 Ke7 106. Ke5 Kd7 107. Rc5 Re1 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.26"]
[Round "3.12"]
[White "Kryvoruchko, Yuriy"]
[Black "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2689"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[ECO "C42"]
[Opening "Petrov"]
[Variation "Nimzovich attack"]
[WhiteFideId "14109182"]
[BlackFideId "13601520"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Be3 Nc6 8.
Qd2 Bf5 9. O-O-O O-O 10. h4 Qd7 11. Bd3 Rfe8 12. b3 h5 13. Kb2 g6 14. Nd4 Bxd3
15. Nxc6 Qxc6 16. Qxd3 Bf6 17. g3 Re4 18. Rhe1 Rae8 19. Bd2 a6 20. Rxe4 Rxe4 21.
Re1 d5 22. f3 Rxe1 23. Bxe1 Qe6 24. Bf2 Be5 25. Qe3 b5 26. Qa7 Kh7 27. f4 Bd6
28. Qxa6 b4 29. Bd4 c5 30. Bf2 bxc3+ 31. Kb1 c4 32. Qb6 Qe2 33. Qe3 Qd2 34. bxc4
Bc5 0-1

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.26"]
[Round "3.13"]
[White "Salgado Lopez, Ivan"]
[Black "Ding, Liren"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2644"]
[BlackElo "2777"]
[ECO "B40"]
[Opening "Sicilian defence"]
[WhiteFideId "2257327"]
[BlackFideId "8603677"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. b3 d6 4. Bb2 Nf6 5. Qe2 Nc6 6. g3 Be7 7. Bg2 O-O 8. O-O e5
9. c4 a6 10. Nc3 Rb8 11. Nd5 b5 12. d3 Re8 13. h3 Bf8 14. Qd2 a5 15. Kh2 g6 16.
Ne1 Nxd5 17. cxd5 Nd4 18. Nc2 Bg7 19. Rac1 b4 20. Ne3 h5 21. Nc4 h4 22. g4 Ba6
23. Bxd4 cxd4 24. g5 Rc8 25. Bf3 Bxc4 26. dxc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.26"]
[Round "3.14"]
[White "Li, Chao b"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2694"]
[ECO "D29"]
[Opening "QGA"]
[Variation "classical, 8...Bb7"]
[WhiteFideId "8604436"]
[BlackFideId "14103320"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e3 Nf6 4. Bxc4 e6 5. Nf3 c5 6. O-O a6 7. Qe2 b5 8. Bb3
Bb7 9. Rd1 Nbd7 10. a4 b4 11. Nbd2 Be7 12. Nc4 O-O 13. Bd2 Bd5 14. Rac1 Qc7 15.
Be1 Rac8 16. Ncd2 Qb7 17. Bc4 Bxc4 18. Nxc4 Rfd8 19. Na5 Qb6 20. Nc4 Qb7 21. Na5
Qb6 22. Nc4 Qb7 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.26"]
[Round "3.15"]
[White "Sjugirov, Sanan"]
[Black "Ni, Hua"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2671"]
[ECO "D38"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "Ragozin variation"]
[WhiteFideId "4189302"]
[BlackFideId "8601160"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bf4 Ne4 7. Rc1 Bxc3+ 8.
bxc3 g5 9. Be3 f5 10. g3 Rf8 11. Qb3 f4 12. gxf4 gxf4 13. Bd2 Nc6 14. Bg2 Qd6
15. c4 dxc4 16. Qxc4 Be6 17. Qb5 O-O-O 18. Rb1 b6 19. Ng5 Nxg5 20. Bxc6 Kb8 21.
Bb4 Qxd4 22. Qxg5 Bf5 23. e3 fxe3 24. fxe3 Qc4 25. Bxf8 Rxf8 26. Qg7 Rg8 27.
Qxg8+ Qxg8 28. Rc1 Qe6 29. Kf2 Qxa2+ 30. Kf3 Qf7 31. Kg3 Qg6+ 32. Kf2 Be4 33.
Bxe4 Qxe4 34. Rhd1 a5 35. Rd4 Qe5 36. h4 b5 37. Rcd1 Kb7 38. Rd5 Qh2+ 39. Kf3
Kb6 40. Rh5 a4 41. Rxh7 a3 42. Rh8 Kb7 43. Rh5 Qb2 44. Rhd5 a2 45. h5 Kb6 46. h6
a1=Q 47. Rxa1 Qxa1 48. h7 0-1

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.26"]
[Round "3.16"]
[White "Kuzubov, Yuriy"]
[Black "Amonatov, Farrukh"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2699"]
[BlackElo "2636"]
[ECO "A05"]
[Opening "Reti"]
[Variation "King's Indian attack"]
[WhiteFideId "14112906"]
[BlackFideId "14700077"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. d4 O-O 5. c4 c5 6. O-O d6 7. b3 Nc6 8. Bb2
cxd4 9. Nxd4 Bd7 10. Nc3 a6 11. Nc2 Rb8 12. Nd5 Ne8 13. Bxg7 Nxg7 14. Qd2 b5 15.
cxb5 axb5 16. Rfc1 Ne6 17. b4 Re8 18. Ne1 Ne5 19. Nf3 Nc4 20. Qh6 Nf8 21. Qf4
Bc6 22. e4 Bxd5 23. exd5 e5 24. dxe6 Nxe6 25. Qe4 d5 26. Qd3 Qd6 27. Nd4 Nxd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.26"]
[Round "3.17"]
[White "Dreev, Aleksey"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2653"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[ECO "D37"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "classical variation (5.Bf4)"]
[WhiteFideId "4100107"]
[BlackFideId "605506"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bf4 O-O 6. Rc1 Nbd7 7. cxd5 exd5 8.
e3 c6 9. h3 Re8 10. Bd3 Nf8 11. O-O Bd6 12. Bxd6 Qxd6 13. Bb1 Ng6 14. a3 Ne4 15.
Nxe4 dxe4 16. Ng5 Bf5 17. Qh5 Nh8 18. Nxf7 Qe6 19. Ng5 Qh6 20. Qxh6 gxh6 21. Rc5
hxg5 22. Rxf5 h6 23. h4 gxh4 24. Rf4 Kg7 25. Rg4+ Kf6 26. Rxh4 Nf7 27. Rf4+ Kg7
28. Rxe4 Rxe4 29. Bxe4 Nd6 30. Bd3 Re8 31. Rc1 1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.26"]
[Round "3.18"]
[White "Meier, Georg"]
[Black "Adhiban, Baskaran"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[ECO "A05"]
[Opening "Reti"]
[Variation "King's Indian attack"]
[WhiteFideId "4675789"]
[BlackFideId "5018471"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. d4 O-O 5. O-O d6 6. b3 Nbd7 7. Bb2 Re8 8. c4
e5 9. dxe5 Ng4 10. h3 Nh6 11. e4 dxe5 12. b4 a5 13. a3 f5 14. Nbd2 Nf7 15. c5
Nf6 16. exf5 gxf5 17. Nc4 Nd7 18. Nh4 axb4 19. Nxf5 bxa3 20. Nxg7 Kxg7 21. Bxa3
Rxa3 22. Rxa3 Nxc5 23. Ra8 Qg5 24. Qc1 Qh5 25. g4 Qg6 26. Nxe5 Rxe5 27. Rxc8 c6
28. Qc3 Qd3 29. Qa1 Nb3 30. Qd1 Nd2 31. Re1 Ng5 32. Qa1 Ngf3+ 33. Kh1 Nb3 34.
Qxe5+ Nxe5 35. Rxe5 Qd1+ 36. Kh2 Qd2 37. Rc7+ Kf6 38. Rf5+ Ke6 39. Rxb7 Nd4 40.
Rff7 h6 41. Rbd7 Qb4 42. Rfe7+ Qxe7 43. Rxe7+ Kxe7 44. Kg3 c5 45. Bd5 Ne2+ 46.
Kf3 Ng1+ 47. Kg2 Ne2 48. Bc4 Nd4 49. f4 Kf6 50. Kg3 Nc2 51. Kf3 Na3 52. Bd5 Nb5
53. Ke3 Nd6 54. Kd3 h5 55. g5+ Kf5 56. Ke3 h4 57. Bb3 Kg6 58. Be6 Kh5 59. Kf3 c4
60. Ke3 Kg6 61. Kd4 c3 62. Kxc3 Ne4+ 63. Kd4 Nxg5 64. Bg4 Kf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.26"]
[Round "3.19"]
[White "Socko, Bartosz"]
[Black "Wang, Yue"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2593"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[ECO "E00"]
[Opening "Catalan opening"]
[WhiteFideId "1107038"]
[BlackFideId "8601429"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. Bg2 Nc6 6. e3 O-O 7. Ne2 d5 8. O-O
dxc4 9. Qc2 Bd6 10. Qxc4 e5 11. d5 Nb8 12. Nbc3 a6 13. a4 Re8 14. e4 h6 15. Nc1
c6 16. Nd3 cxd5 17. exd5 Bf5 18. Nd1 Nbd7 19. Ne3 Bg6 20. Qb3 e4 21. Nf4 Bxf4
22. gxf4 Nc5 23. Qa3 Nd3 24. f5 Bh5 25. Bc3 Rad8 26. Qxe7 Rxe7 27. Bxf6 gxf6 28.
Ra3 Nf4 29. Re1 Nxd5 30. Nxd5 Rxd5 31. Rae3 Rxf5 32. Bxe4 Rg5+ 33. Kf1 Kg7 34.
Bf3 Rc7 35. Bxh5 Rxh5 36. Re7 Rc4 37. Rxb7 Rxh2 38. Kg1 Rhh4 39. Ree7 Rxa4 40.
Rxf7+ Kg6 41. Rg7+ Kf5 42. Rb6 Rhb4 43. Rgb7 Rg4+ 44. Kf1 Ra1+ 45. Ke2 Re4+ 46.
Kf3 Rf4+ 47. Ke2 Rc1 48. Rxa6 Rc2+ 49. Ke3 Rcxf2 50. b4 R2f3+ 51. Ke2 Rb3 52.
Rb5+ Kg4 53. Rbb6 Kg5 54. Ra5+ Kg6 55. Raa6 h5 56. b5 h4 57. Ra8 h3 58. Rg8+ Kf5
59. Rh8 h2 60. Rb7 Ra4 61. Rc7 Ra2+ 62. Kd1 Rb1+ 63. Rc1 Rxc1+ 64. Kxc1 Ra1+ 0-1

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.26"]
[Round "3.20"]
[White "McShane, Luke J"]
[Black "Salem, A.R. Saleh"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2638"]
[ECO "B25"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "closed"]
[WhiteFideId "404853"]
[BlackFideId "9301348"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 d6 6. Nge2 e6 7. h4 h6 8. Be3 Nd4
9. Qd2 Ne7 10. O-O Rb8 11. Nd1 b5 12. Nc1 b4 13. a3 a5 14. axb4 axb4 15. c3 Ndc6
16. d4 cxd4 17. cxd4 d5 18. e5 Nf5 19. Nb3 Qb6 20. Bh3 Bf8 21. Re1 Ba6 22. Kh2
Bc4 23. Bxf5 gxf5 24. Nc5 f4 25. Bxf4 Nxd4 26. Qxd4 Bxc5 27. Qd2 d4 28. f3 b3
29. Nf2 Bb4 30. Qd1 Bxe1 31. Qxe1 Bd5 32. Ng4 Rc8 33. Nf6+ Kf8 34. Nd7+ Kg7 35.
Nxb6 Rc2+ 36. Bd2 Bb7 37. Ra7 Rb8 38. Nd7 Rbc8 39. Rxb7 Rxd2+ 40. Qxd2 Rc2 41.
Qg2 1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.26"]
[Round "3.21"]
[White "Kravtsiv, Martyn"]
[Black "Fedorchuk, Sergey A."]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2672"]
[BlackElo "2648"]
[ECO "B43"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Kan, 5.Nc3"]
[WhiteFideId "14113147"]
[BlackFideId "14102536"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be2 Nf6 7. O-O Be7 8. f4
d6 9. Kh1 O-O 10. Be3 Nc6 11. Qe1 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 b5 13. Qg3 Bb7 14. a3 Rad8 15.
Bd3 Rfe8 16. Rae1 Qd7 17. Nd1 Nh5 18. Qg4 e5 19. Qxh5 exd4 20. Nf2 g6 21. Qh6
Bf8 22. Qh4 Be7 23. Qg3 Bf6 24. Ng4 Qe7 25. f5 Be5 26. Qf2 Kh8 27. h3 Qg5 28. b3
h5 29. Nxe5 dxe5 30. fxg6 fxg6 31. Qf6+ Qxf6 32. Rxf6 Kg7 33. Rb6 Re7 34. Rf1
Kh6 35. a4 bxa4 36. bxa4 Rc8 37. Rff6 Rg7 38. h4 Rc5 39. Kg1 Ra5 40. Rf8 Rc7 41.
Re8 Rac5 42. Ree6 Rg7 43. Kf2 Bc8 44. Rec6 Rxc6 45. Rxc6 Rf7+ 46. Kg3 Bb7 47.
Re6 Rf4 48. Rxe5 Rg4+ 49. Kf3 Rxh4 50. Rc5 g5 51. g3 Rh2 52. Rc7 Ba8 53. Ra7 g4+
54. Kf4 Rf2+ 55. Ke5 Rf8 56. Kxd4 h4 57. Rxa6+ Kh7 58. gxh4 g3 59. Ra5 Rg8 60.
Rh5+ Kg6 61. Rg5+ Kh7 62. Rxg8 Kxg8 63. Ke3 1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.26"]
[Round "3.22"]
[White "Mamedov, Rauf"]
[Black "Bu, Xiangzhi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2730"]
[ECO "C42"]
[Opening "Petrov three knights game"]
[WhiteFideId "13401653"]
[BlackFideId "8601445"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nxe5 O-O 5. Be2 Re8 6. Nd3 Bxc3 7. dxc3 Nxe4
8. O-O d6 9. Re1 Nd7 10. Bf3 Nec5 11. Be3 Nxd3 12. cxd3 Ne5 13. Be2 Qh4 14. Qb3
b6 15. Qd5 Bd7 16. Qd4 Qxd4 17. Bxd4 Bf5 18. Red1 Nc4 19. Bf3 Nxb2 20. Rd2 Nxd3
21. Bxa8 Rxa8 22. Rad1 c5 23. Be3 c4 24. a4 Bd7 25. Ra1 f5 26. Bd4 Kf7 27. h3 g5
28. a5 b5 29. a6 Bc6 30. f3 h5 31. Re2 h4 32. Re3 Bd5 33. Re2 Bc6 34. Re3 Bd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.26"]
[Round "3.23"]
[White "Mchedlishvili, Mikheil"]
[Black "Cheparinov, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2603"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[ECO "E46"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian"]
[Variation "Reshevsky variation"]
[WhiteFideId "13600966"]
[BlackFideId "2905540"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. c4 e6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Ne2 d5 6. a3 Be7 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Nf4
c6 9. Bd3 Na6 10. O-O Nc7 11. f3 Re8 12. Bc2 c5 13. Kh1 Ne6 14. dxc5 Nxf4 15.
exf4 Bxc5 16. b4 Bb6 17. Bb2 Qc7 18. Qd3 Qc4 19. Rad1 Qxd3 20. Bxd3 Bd7 21. Nb5
Nh5 22. g3 Re3 23. Nc3 Nf6 24. Kg2 Rc8 25. Ne2 Rxd3 26. Rxd3 Rc2 27. Re1 Rxb2
28. Rdd1 Bb5 29. Kf1 Be3 0-1

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.26"]
[Round "3.24"]
[White "Safarli, Eltaj"]
[Black "Laznicka, Viktor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2639"]
[BlackElo "2647"]
[ECO "B10"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann defence"]
[WhiteFideId "13402129"]
[BlackFideId "316385"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Ne5 Nf6 5. d4 Nc6 6. Bb5 Bd7 7. Nxd7 Qxd7 8.
c3 a6 9. Bd3 e6 10. O-O Be7 11. Nd2 O-O 12. Qe2 Qc7 13. f4 b5 14. a3 Na5 15. g4
g6 16. Rb1 Bd6 17. Qf3 Rae8 18. Rf2 Qc6 19. Re2 Bc7 20. Nf1 Nb3 21. Ng3 Nxc1 22.
Rxc1 a5 23. h4 b4 24. axb4 axb4 25. c4 Qd6 26. Rf2 dxc4 27. Rxc4 Nd5 28. Ne2 f5
29. g5 Ra8 30. Rc5 Ra1+ 31. Kg2 Re1 32. Bc4 Bb6 33. Rb5 Qc6 34. Qxd5 exd5 35.
Bxd5+ Qxd5+ 36. Rxd5 Re8 37. Rd6 Ba5 38. Ng1 b3 39. Nf3 R1e2 40. Ne5 Rxf2+ 41.
Kxf2 Rc8 42. Nc6 Ra8 43. Nxa5 Rxa5 44. Rb6 Ra1 45. Rxb3 Rh1 46. Rb8+ Kf7 47.
Rb7+ Ke6 48. Rxh7 Kd5 49. Kg2 Rb1 50. h5 gxh5 51. Re7 Rxb2+ 52. Kg3 Rb1 53. Re5+
Kxd4 54. Rxf5 Rg1+ 55. Kh2 Rg4 56. Rf6 Ke4 57. g6 Kf3 58. Kh3 Rg1 59. Kh4 Rh1+
60. Kg5 h4 61. Ra6 h3 62. Ra3+ Ke4 63. g7 h2 64. Rh3 Rg1+ 65. Kf6 h1=Q 66. Rxh1
Rxh1 67. g8=Q Kxf4 68. Qg5+ Ke4 69. Qe5+ 1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.26"]
[Round "3.25"]
[White "Khismatullin, Denis"]
[Black "Moiseenko, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2632"]
[BlackElo "2667"]
[ECO "A15"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[WhiteFideId "4142578"]
[BlackFideId "14102560"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. e3 Be7 5. b3 O-O 6. Bb2 b6 7. Qc2 Bb7 8. cxd5
exd5 9. d4 c5 10. Rd1 Nbd7 11. Be2 Rc8 12. dxc5 bxc5 13. O-O Re8 14. Qb1 Bd6 15.
Rd2 Qe7 16. Rfd1 Bb8 17. Nxd5 Bxd5 18. Rxd5 Nxd5 19. Rxd5 Nf6 20. Rf5 Rcd8 21.
Ng5 Ne4 22. Nxf7 Rd2 23. Bc4 Rxf2 24. Nh6+ Kh8 25. Nf7+ Kg8 26. Rxf2 Bxh2+ 27.
Kh1 Nxf2+ 28. Kxh2 Qh4+ 29. Kg1 Qh1+ 30. Kxf2 Qxb1 31. Nd6+ Kf8 32. Bxg7+ Kxg7
33. Nxe8+ Kf8 34. Nc7 Qxa2+ 35. Kf3 Ke7 36. Nd5+ Kd6 37. Nc3 Qa1 38. Ne4+ Kc6
39. Kf4 a5 40. Bf7 Qg7 41. Be8+ Kb6 42. Nd6 Qc7 43. Ke5 c4 0-1

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.26"]
[Round "3.26"]
[White "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Black "Fressinet, Laurent"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2744"]
[BlackElo "2662"]
[ECO "C72"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "modern Steinitz defence, 5.O-O"]
[WhiteFideId "5007003"]
[BlackFideId "608742"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. O-O Bd7 6. c3 g6 7. d4 Bg7 8. Re1 Nf6
9. Bg5 h6 10. Bh4 O-O 11. Nbd2 exd4 12. cxd4 g5 13. Bg3 Nh5 14. Nf1 b5 15. Bc2
Nxg3 16. Nxg3 g4 17. d5 Nb4 18. Nd2 Bxb2 19. Rb1 Nxc2 20. Qxc2 Be5 21. Nb3 c5
22. dxc6 Rc8 23. Qd2 Rxc6 24. Qxh6 Qf6 25. Qxf6 Bxf6 26. Rbd1 Be6 27. Nd4 Bxd4
28. Rxd4 Rfc8 29. h3 Rc1 30. Rxc1 Rxc1+ 31. Kh2 gxh3 32. gxh3 Rc2 33. a4 Rxf2+
34. Kg1 Rc2 35. axb5 axb5 36. h4 Kh7 37. Kf1 Bc4+ 38. Ke1 b4 39. Rd2 Rc1+ 40.
Rd1 Rc3 41. Nf5 b3 42. Rb1 Rc2 43. Nxd6 Be6 44. Nb5 b2 45. Na3 Ba2 46. Nxc2 Bxb1
47. Kd2 Ba2 0-1

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.26"]
[Round "3.27"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Bosiocic, Marin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2789"]
[BlackElo "2624"]
[ECO "A07"]
[Opening "Reti"]
[Variation "King's Indian attack (Barcza system)"]
[WhiteFideId "623539"]
[BlackFideId "14507927"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nc6 3. d4 Bf5 4. Bg2 Nb4 5. Na3 e6 6. O-O h6 7. Ne5 Bd6 8. c3
Bxe5 9. dxe5 Nc6 10. c4 Nge7 11. cxd5 exd5 12. Nb5 O-O 13. Nd4 Nxd4 14. Qxd4 Qd7
15. b3 Rfd8 16. Bb2 Qe6 17. Rfd1 c6 18. Rac1 Re8 19. a4 Ng6 20. f4 Ne7 21. Qb4
b6 22. Qd6 Red8 23. Qxe6 fxe6 24. Ba3 c5 25. b4 c4 26. b5 Kf7 27. Bd6 Rdc8 28.
Rc3 a6 29. a5 axb5 30. axb6 Rab8 31. Ra3 Rb7 32. Ra5 Bc2 33. Rc1 Ba4 34. e4 d4
35. f5 d3 36. fxe6+ Ke8 37. Bf3 g6 38. Rxa4 bxa4 39. Bd1 Ra8 40. Rxc4 a3 41. Ra4
Rxa4 42. Bxa4+ Kd8 43. Bxa3 Rxb6 44. Kf2 Ra6 45. Bxe7+ Kxe7 46. Bb3 Rb6 47. Bc4
Rb2+ 48. Kf3 d2 49. Be2 Kxe6 50. Ke3 Kxe5 51. Bd1 Ra2 52. Kd3 g5 53. Ke3 Ra3+
54. Kxd2 Kxe4 0-1

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.26"]
[Round "3.28"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Andriasian, Zaven"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[ECO "C41"]
[Opening "Philidor's defence"]
[WhiteFideId "4168119"]
[BlackFideId "13302000"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nc6 4. d5 Nce7 5. h4 h5 6. Bb5+ Bd7 7. Bxd7+ Qxd7 8. c4
g6 9. Nc3 Bg7 10. Qb3 b6 11. Qb5 Nf6 12. Bg5 a6 13. Qxd7+ Nxd7 14. Nd2 f6 15.
Be3 Bh6 16. Bxh6 Rxh6 17. Ke2 Kf7 18. b4 g5 19. g3 gxh4 20. Rxh4 Ng6 21. Rh2 a5
22. bxa5 Rxa5 23. Nb3 Ra8 24. Nb5 Ke7 25. Kd3 Kd8 26. a3 Nc5+ 27. Nxc5 dxc5 28.
Rah1 h4 29. gxh4 Kd7 30. Rg1 c6 31. dxc6+ Kxc6 32. Kc2 Nf4 33. Rg7 Ne6 34. Na7+
Kd6 35. Rb7 Nd4+ 36. Kb2 b5 37. Rg2 Rxa7 38. Rxa7 Kc6 39. Ra6+ Kb7 40. cxb5 Nxb5
41. Re6 Rh7 42. Rxf6 Rd7 43. a4 Nd6 44. f3 Nc4+ 45. Kc3 Ne3 46. Re2 Nd1+ 47. Kc4
Rd4+ 48. Kxc5 Nc3 49. Rb2+ Ka7 50. Rb4 1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.26"]
[Round "3.29"]
[White "Akobian, Varuzhan"]
[Black "Inarkiev, Ernesto"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2647"]
[BlackElo "2689"]
[ECO "E32"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian"]
[Variation "classical variation"]
[WhiteFideId "13300580"]
[BlackFideId "4162722"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. Nf3 d5 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. Qxc3 dxc4 8.
Qxc4 b6 9. Bg5 Ba6 10. Qa4 h6 11. Bxf6 Qxf6 12. Rc1 c5 13. e3 Bxf1 14. Rxf1 Rd8
15. Ke2 Nd7 16. Rfd1 e5 17. dxe5 Nxe5 18. Qf4 Nd3 19. Qxf6 Nxc1+ 20. Rxc1 gxf6
21. Nh4 Rd5 22. e4 Re8 23. Kf3 Rd3+ 24. Kf4 Rd2 25. f3 Rxb2 26. Rd1 Re5 27. Rd7
a5 28. Rc7 Kg7 29. a4 Ra2 30. Rc6 Rxa4 31. Rxb6 Ra2 32. Rc6 a4 33. Nf5+ Rxf5+
34. exf5 Rxg2 35. Rxc5 Rxh2 36. Ra5 Ra2 37. Ra6 Ra1 38. Kg3 a3 39. Kh2 a2 40.
Kg2 h5 41. f4 h4 42. Ra8 Kh7 43. Ra6 Kg8 44. Ra8+ Kg7 45. Kh2 h3 46. Ra3 Kf8 47.
Ra7 Ke8 48. Ra4 Kd7 49. Ra6 Kc7 50. Ra7+ Kb6 51. Ra8 Kb5 52. Ra7 Kc4 53. Ra8 Kd4
54. Ra4+ Ke3 55. Ra3+ Kxf4 56. Ra4+ Ke5 0-1

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.26"]
[Round "3.30"]
[White "Rapport, Richard"]
[Black "Zhao, Jun"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2707"]
[BlackElo "2604"]
[ECO "C53"]
[Opening "Giuoco Piano"]
[WhiteFideId "738590"]
[BlackFideId "8602522"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. Bb3 a6 7. h3 Ba7 8. Na3 Ne7
9. Bg5 Ng6 10. Nh4 Nxh4 11. Bxh4 h6 12. Nc2 Qe7 13. Qe2 Be6 14. Ba4+ b5 15. Bb3
Bxb3 16. axb3 Qe6 17. Nb4 a5 18. Nc6 Bb6 19. b4 a4 20. Bxf6 Qxf6 21. c4 O-O 22.
O-O Qe6 23. Qg4 bxc4 24. Qxe6 fxe6 25. dxc4 Rf4 26. Rae1 a3 27. g3 Rf3 28. Kg2
Raf8 29. c5 dxc5 30. Nxe5 Rb3 31. bxc5 Bxc5 32. bxa3 Bxa3 33. Rb1 Rfb8 34. Rbd1
Bd6 35. Nc6 R8b6 36. Nd4 R3b4 37. Rfe1 Bc5 38. Nf3 Rb2 39. Rf1 R6b4 40. Rd8+ Kh7
41. Rd2 Bb6 42. e5 Rxd2 43. Nxd2 g5 44. Rc1 Rb2 45. Ne4 Kg6 46. g4 Rb5 47. Ng3
Rxe5 48. Rc2 Kf7 49. Kf3 Ra5 50. Ne4 Ra3+ 51. Kg2 Ke7 52. f3 Ra1 53. Kg3 Rg1+
54. Kh2 Rd1 55. Kg3 Rd7 56. h4 Be3 57. hxg5 hxg5 58. Kg2 Bf4 59. Kf2 Rd5 60. Ke2
Ra5 61. Nc5 Ra3 62. Ne4 Kd7 63. Nf6+ Kd6 64. Kf2 Ke5 65. Ne8 Be3+ 66. Kg3 c5 67.
Nc7 Rb3 68. Rc4 Kd6 69. Ne8+ Ke7 70. Ng7 Bf4+ 71. Kg2 Rb2+ 72. Kf1 Kd6 73. Re4
e5 74. Nf5+ Kc6 75. Ke1 Rb7 76. Kd1 Kd5 77. Kc2 Ra7 78. Kb3 Ra1 79. Ne7+ Ke6 80.
Nf5 Kd5 81. Ne7+ Kd6 82. Nf5+ Kc6 83. Rc4 Be3 84. Nxe3 Kb5 85. Re4 1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.26"]
[Round "3.31"]
[White "Naiditsch, Arkadij"]
[Black "Riazantsev, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[ECO "A45"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[WhiteFideId "4650891"]
[BlackFideId "4125029"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 d5 3. e3 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nd2 cxd4 6. exd4 Bf5 7. Ngf3 e6 8. Qb3
Bd6 9. Bg3 O-O 10. Be2 Rb8 11. a4 h6 12. O-O Bxg3 13. hxg3 Qc7 14. Rfc1 a6 15.
Qd1 Rfc8 16. Nb3 Ne4 17. a5 b5 18. Nfd2 Nxd2 19. Qxd2 Ra8 20. Nc5 Nxa5 21. b4
Nc4 22. Bxc4 dxc4 23. Qf4 Qc6 24. Ra5 Ra7 25. Rca1 Rca8 26. Qf3 Qd6 27. Qf4 Qc6
28. g4 Bg6 29. g5 hxg5 30. Qxg5 Be4 31. f3 Bd5 32. Kf2 f6 33. Qg6 e5 34. dxe5
fxe5 35. Qxc6 Bxc6 36. Ke3 g5 37. Nxa6 Kf7 38. Nc5 Rxa5 39. bxa5 Ke7 40. Ne4
Bxe4 41. Kxe4 Kd6 42. g4 Ra6 43. Kf5 Kc5 44. Kxg5 b4 45. cxb4+ Kxb4 46. Rb1+ Kc3
47. Kf5 Rxa5 48. g5 e4+ 49. Kxe4 Rxg5 50. f4 Rg8 51. f5 Re8+ 52. Kf4 Kd2 53. Rb7
c3 54. Rd7+ Ke2 55. Rc7 Kd2 56. Rd7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.26"]
[Round "3.32"]
[White "Quparadze, Giga"]
[Black "Guseinov, Gadir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2506"]
[BlackElo "2646"]
[ECO "B27"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Hungarian variation"]
[WhiteFideId "13602250"]
[BlackFideId "13401378"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. c3 d5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. d4 Bg7 6. Be3 cxd4 7. cxd4 Nf6 8.
Nc3 Qd6 9. Bc4 O-O 10. O-O Nc6 11. d5 Na5 12. Be2 Bg4 13. Qa4 b6 14. Nb5 Qd8 15.
Rfd1 a6 16. Nc3 b5 17. Qb4 Nc4 18. Bc5 Re8 19. b3 Bxf3 20. Bxf3 Nd6 21. Rac1 Rc8
22. Ne2 a5 23. Qf4 Nf5 24. g4 Nh4 25. Bh1 h6 26. h3 g5 27. Qg3 Ng6 28. Qd3 Nd7
29. Qxb5 Nxc5 30. Rxc5 Rxc5 31. Qxc5 Be5 32. Be4 Bd6 33. Qb5 Nf4 34. Nxf4 Bxf4
35. Bc2 Kf8 36. Qa6 Kg7 37. Qd3 Rh8 38. Qd4+ Kg8 39. Bf5 h5 40. Rd3 Qd6 41. gxh5
Rxh5 42. Rc3 Qe5 43. Qxe5 Bxe5 44. Rc5 Rh6 45. Rxa5 Rf6 46. Bg4 Bd4 47. d6 Bxf2+
48. Kg2 exd6 49. Rxg5+ Kf8 50. Rb5 Be1 51. Bf5 Rh6 52. a4 Rh4 53. Bg4 Ke7 54. a5
Rh8 55. Bf3 Rc8 56. a6 Rc2+ 57. Kf1 Bf2 58. Rb7+ Ke6 59. a7 Bxa7 60. Rxa7 Rc3
61. Be2 d5 62. b4 f5 63. h4 d4 64. h5 f4 65. Kf2 Kf6 66. h6 Rh3 67. h7 1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.26"]
[Round "3.33"]
[White "Zhigalko, Sergei"]
[Black "Saric, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2641"]
[BlackElo "2669"]
[ECO "B53"]
[Opening "Sicilian, Chekhover variation"]
[WhiteFideId "13502956"]
[BlackFideId "14508150"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bb5 Bd7 7. Bxc6 Bxc6 8.
Bg5 e6 9. O-O-O Be7 10. Rhe1 O-O 11. Kb1 h6 12. Bh4 b5 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. Qxd6
Qb6 15. e5 Rfd8 16. Qb4 a5 17. Qf4 Be7 18. Ne4 Bxe4 19. Qxe4 Bc5 20. Rd3 Rxd3
21. cxd3 Rd8 22. g4 Bxf2 23. Re2 g5 24. Rc2 Qe3 25. Qxe3 Bxe3 26. Re2 Bf4 27. d4
Kg7 28. h3 h5 29. Rg2 Rc8 30. a4 Rc1+ 31. Ka2 Rf1 32. Nd2 Bxd2 33. Rxd2 bxa4 34.
d5 exd5 35. gxh5 Kh6 36. Rxd5 Kxh5 37. Rxa5 Kh4 38. Rxa4+ Kxh3 39. Re4 g4 40. e6
fxe6 41. Rxe6 g3 42. Rh6+ Kg4 43. Rg6+ Kh4 44. b4 Rf4 45. b5 Kh3 46. b6 g2 47.
b7 Rf8 48. Ka3 Rb8 49. Rg7 Kh2 50. Rh7+ Kg3 51. Rg7+ Kf2 52. Rf7+ Ke3 53. Rg7
Kf2 54. Rf7+ Ke1 55. Rg7 Kf1 56. Rf7+ Kg1 57. Rg7 Rf8 58. Ka4 Kf1 59. Ka5 g1=Q
60. Rxg1+ Kxg1 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.26"]
[Round "3.34"]
[White "Sethuraman, S.P."]
[Black "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2646"]
[BlackElo "2691"]
[ECO "B40"]
[Opening "Sicilian defence"]
[WhiteFideId "5021596"]
[BlackFideId "24101605"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 a6 4. Be2 Nc6 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 d6 7. Be3 Nf6 8. f4
Bd7 9. Bf3 Rc8 10. O-O Be7 11. a4 O-O 12. Nb3 e5 13. a5 exf4 14. Bxf4 Ne5 15.
Be2 Re8 16. Qd4 Be6 17. Kh1 Nc4 18. Ra2 Qc7 19. Nd5 Nxd5 20. exd5 Bd7 21. Qxc4
Qxc4 22. Bxc4 Rxc4 23. c3 Bb5 24. Raa1 Re4 25. Nd2 Re2 26. c4 Bd7 27. Rae1 Bd8
28. Rxe2 Rxe2 29. Nf3 Rxb2 30. Bxd6 Bxa5 31. Ne5 Be8 32. c5 Bb5 33. Ra1 Rc2 34.
Nf3 Bc3 35. Rb1 f6 36. h3 Bb2 37. Re1 Rc1 38. Rxc1 Bxc1 39. Nd4 Bd7 40. c6 bxc6
41. dxc6 Bc8 42. c7 Kf7 43. Nc6 Ke6 44. Bf8 Kd7 45. Nd4 Bb2 46. Nb3 g6 47. g4
Kxc7 48. Kg2 Kc6 49. Kf3 Kd5 50. Ke3 f5 51. Kf4 fxg4 52. hxg4 Bc3 53. Kg5 a5 54.
Kh6 a4 55. Nc5 a3 56. Na4 Bd2+ 57. Kxh7 a2 58. Bg7 Kc4 59. Kxg6 Kb3 60. Nc5+ Kc2
61. Ne4 Bc1 62. Nd6 Bxg4 63. Nb5 Bb2 64. Nd4+ Kb1 65. Nb3 Bxg7 66. Kxg7 Kb2 0-1

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.26"]
[Round "3.35"]
[White "Dervishi, Erald"]
[Black "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2552"]
[BlackElo "2683"]
[ECO "B47"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Taimanov (Bastrikov) variation"]
[WhiteFideId "4700236"]
[BlackFideId "14200244"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be2 a6 7. O-O Nf6 8. Kh1
Nxd4 9. Qxd4 Bc5 10. Qd3 b5 11. f4 Bb7 12. Bf3 d5 13. exd5 O-O 14. Be3 Rfd8 15.
Bxc5 Qxc5 16. a4 b4 17. Ne4 Nxe4 18. Bxe4 g6 19. c4 bxc3 20. Rac1 Bxd5 21. Bxd5
Rxd5 22. Qxc3 Qb6 23. Rfd1 Rad8 24. Rxd5 Rxd5 25. h3 Rd4 26. Qc8+ Kg7 27. Qc3
Qb4 28. Qe3 Re4 29. Qc3+ Qxc3 30. Rxc3 Rxf4 31. b3 h5 32. Rc6 Rb4 33. Rxa6 Rxb3
34. Kg1 Rb2 35. Ra7 Ra2 36. h4 Kf6 37. a5 e5 38. a6 Ke6 39. Kh2 f6 40. Ra8 Kf5
41. a7 Ra3 42. Kg1 e4 43. Kf2 Kf4 44. g3+ Kf5 45. Ke2 Ra2+ 46. Ke3 Ra4 47. Ke2
Ra3 48. Kf2 Ra6 49. Ke3 Ra5 50. Kf2 Ra3 51. Ke2 Kg4 52. Rg8 Rxa7 53. Rxg6+ Kh3
54. Rxf6 Kxg3 55. Ke3 Ra4 56. Rf1 Kxh4 57. Kf4 Ra3 58. Kxe4 Kg3 59. Rg1+ Kf2 60.
Rh1 h4 61. Kf4 h3 62. Rh2+ Kg1 63. Rb2 h2 64. Rb1+ Kg2 65. Rb2+ Kh3 66. Rb1 Rg3
67. Ra1 Rg1 0-1

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.26"]
[Round "3.36"]
[White "Grigoriants, Sergey"]
[Black "Duda, Jan-Krzysztof"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2561"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[ECO "B07"]
[Opening "Pirc"]
[Variation "Sveshnikov system"]
[WhiteFideId "4130804"]
[BlackFideId "1170546"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. Nge2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. dxe5
dxe5 9. Qxd8 Rxd8 10. Bg5 Bg4 11. h3 Bxe2 12. Nxe2 h6 13. Be3 Bf8 14. c3 Kg7 15.
Rad1 Nd7 16. Nc1 Nb6 17. b3 a5 18. a4 Nd7 19. Nd3 b6 20. Bf3 Be7 21. h4 g5 22.
hxg5 Bxg5 23. Rfe1 Rab8 24. Bg4 Nf6 25. Bf3 Rd7 26. Kf1 Bxe3 27. Rxe3 Rbd8 28.
Ke1 h5 29. Nb2 Rh8 30. Rxd7 Nxd7 31. Nd3 h4 32. gxh4 Rxh4 33. Bg2 Rh6 34. Rg3+
Kf8 35. Ke2 Ke7 36. Bh3 Nf6 37. Bf5 Rh4 38. Ke3 Rh1 39. f4 exf4+ 40. Nxf4 Re1+
41. Ne2 Ne5 42. Rh3 c5 43. Rh8 Ne8 44. Kd2 Nf3+ 45. Ke3 Ne5 46. Kd2 Rf1 47. Rh6
Nd6 48. Rh8 Nxf5 49. exf5 Rxf5 50. Rb8 Nd7 51. Ra8 Rd5+ 52. Ke3 Re5+ 53. Kd3 c4+
54. bxc4 Nc5+ 55. Kd2 Nxa4 56. Nf4 Kf6 57. Ra7 Re4 58. Nd5+ Kg6 59. Rb7 f5 60.
Nxb6 Nxb6 61. Rxb6+ Kg5 62. Rb5 a4 63. c5 Kf4 64. Kd3 Re3+ 65. Kd4 Re8 66. Ra5
Rd8+ 67. Kc4 Ke3 68. Rxa4 f4 69. Ra7 Rf8 70. Re7+ Kd2 71. Rd7+ Kc2 72. Ra7 f3
73. Ra2+ Kd1 74. Kd3 Rd8+ 75. Ke3 Rd5 76. Rf2 Rxc5 77. Kd4 Rc8 78. Rxf3 Rd8+ 79.
Ke5 Ke2 80. Rh3 Rc8 81. Kd5 Rd8+ 82. Ke4 Re8+ 83. Kd4 Rd8+ 84. Ke5 Rc8 85. Kd5
Rd8+ 86. Kc6 Rc8+ 87. Kb5 Rb8+ 88. Ka4 Kd2 89. c4 Ra8+ 90. Kb5 Rb8+ 91. Ka5 Rc8
92. Kb4 Rb8+ 93. Kc5 Rc8+ 94. Kd4 Rd8+ 95. Ke5 Rc8 96. Kd5 Rd8+ 97. Kc5 Rc8+ 98.
Kb4 Rb8+ 99. Ka3 Rc8 100. Kb3 Rb8+ 101. Ka4 Rc8 102. Kb5 Rb8+ 103. Ka6 Rc8 104.
Rh4 Kc3 105. Kb5 Rb8+ 106. Kc6 Rc8+ 107. Kd7 Rxc4 108. Rxc4+ Kxc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.26"]
[Round "3.37"]
[White "Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi"]
[Black "Tregubov, Pavel V."]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[ECO "A43"]
[Opening "Old Benoni defence"]
[WhiteFideId "5029465"]
[BlackFideId "4115341"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. d5 b5 4. Bg5 Qb6 5. Nc3 b4 6. Na4 Qa5 7. Bxf6 exf6 8. b3
d6 9. e4 Be7 10. Bd3 O-O 11. Nd2 Nd7 12. O-O Ne5 13. Nb2 Qc7 14. f4 Nxd3 15.
cxd3 f5 16. Nbc4 Bb7 17. Re1 Rfe8 18. Nf3 Bf8 19. Qc2 g6 20. Rac1 a5 21. a4 Bh6
22. g3 Bg7 23. Qf2 Rad8 24. h3 h6 25. Kh2 Bc3 26. Re2 Rd7 27. Rcc2 Qd8 28. exf5
Rxe2 29. Rxe2 Bxd5 30. fxg6 fxg6 31. Nh4 Qf6 32. Nb6 Bc6 33. Nxd7 Bxd7 34. Qf3
Kg7 35. Qb7 Qf7 36. Qc7 Bf6 37. Qxd6 Bc8 38. Nf3 Bf5 39. g4 Bc8 40. g5 Qe6 1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.26"]
[Round "3.38"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Khenkin, Igor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2691"]
[BlackElo "2554"]
[ECO "C02"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "advance, Steinitz variation"]
[WhiteFideId "703303"]
[BlackFideId "4659600"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. dxc5 e6 5. a3 Bxc5 6. b4 Bb6 7. Nf3 Ne7 8. Bd3 a5
9. b5 Nd7 10. O-O Ng6 11. Bb2 a4 12. Re1 Nc5 13. Bd4 Bd7 14. Nc3 Qc7 15. Re3 Ba5
16. Rb1 Nxd3 17. Rxd3 Rc8 18. g3 O-O 19. Nxa4 f6 20. exf6 e5 21. fxg7 Rf7 22.
Ng5 Rxg7 23. Bc3 d4 24. Bxa5 Qxa5 25. Rb4 Bxb5 26. Qg4 Rc6 27. Nb2 Bxd3 28. cxd3
Qxa3 29. Rb5 Qe7 30. Nc4 Qd7 31. Qe4 Re7 32. Rd5 Qc7 33. h4 Rxc4 34. dxc4 Qxc4
35. Rd6 Kg7 36. Nxh7 Nf4 37. gxf4 Qc1+ 38. Kg2 Qxf4 39. Qg6+ 1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.26"]
[Round "3.39"]
[White "Ibrahimov, Rasul"]
[Black "Amin, Bassem"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2518"]
[BlackElo "2689"]
[ECO "E92"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "Gligoric-Taimanov system"]
[WhiteFideId "13400495"]
[BlackFideId "10601457"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. d4 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. Be3 Ng4 8. Bg5 f6
9. Bh4 Nc6 10. d5 Ne7 11. O-O g5 12. Bg3 h5 13. Nd2 f5 14. exf5 Nxf5 15. Nde4
Ngh6 16. Bxh5 g4 17. Bg6 Ne7 18. Bh5 Nef5 19. Bg6 Ne7 20. Bh5 Nef5 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.26"]
[Round "3.40"]
[White "Kokarev, Dmitry"]
[Black "Abdyjapar, Asyl"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2382"]
[ECO "A14"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "Symmetrical, Keres defence"]
[WhiteFideId "4132181"]
[BlackFideId "13800337"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. g3 Nf6 2. Bg2 c5 3. c4 e6 4. Nf3 d5 5. O-O Nc6 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Nc3 Be7 8.
Nxd5 Qxd5 9. d3 O-O 10. Be3 Qd8 11. Rc1 Qa5 12. Qb3 Nb4 13. Nd2 Nd5 14. Bxd5
exd5 15. Qxd5 Rd8 16. Qe4 Bf8 17. a3 Qb5 18. b3 Be6 19. a4 Qb6 20. Qe5 Rac8 21.
Rfe1 h6 22. Qc3 Bd5 23. f3 Qe6 24. Bf2 b6 25. a5 b5 26. Ne4 b4 27. Qb2 f5 28.
Nd2 Re8 29. Nc4 Qa6 30. Qc2 Re6 31. Ne3 Bb7 32. Nxf5 Qxa5 33. e4 Ba6 34. Ne3 Qd8
35. Nc4 Bb5 36. Ra1 a6 37. Rad1 Qe8 38. Be3 Qh5 39. Qg2 Rd8 40. g4 Qh4 41. Qg3
Qf6 42. e5 Qf7 43. f4 Ree8 44. f5 Qd5 45. e6 Bc6 46. h3 Be7 47. Rf1 Bh4 48. Qh2
Bb7 49. Rd2 Bf6 50. Qg3 Rf8 51. Kh2 Bc3 52. Rdd1 Rde8 53. Rf2 Bf6 54. Qd6 Rd8
55. Qxd5 Rxd5 56. Nb6 Rfd8 57. Nxd5 Rxd5 58. Rc2 Be5+ 59. Kg1 Bc3 60. Re2 Kf8
61. Bf2 Ke8 62. Be3 Bc6 63. Bf2 Bb5 64. Re3 a5 65. Kg2 a4 66. bxa4 Bxa4 67. Rc1
Bb5 68. Rc2 Bd4 69. Ra2 b3 70. Ra8+ Rd8 71. Rxd8+ Kxd8 72. Re2 b2 73. Rxb2 Bxb2
74. Bxc5 Bxd3 75. Bd6 Ke8 76. Kg3 Bc3 77. Kf4 Bf1 78. h4 Be1 79. Be5 Kf8 80.
Bd6+ Kg8 81. g5 Bd2+ 82. Ke4 hxg5 83. hxg5 Bxg5 84. Bb4 Bb5 85. Bc5 Ba4 86. Bb4
Bc2+ 87. Ke5 Bf6+ 88. Kf4 Bd8 89. Bd6 Ba5 90. Be5 Bd2+ 91. Kg4 Bd1+ 92. Kg3 Bg5
93. Bd6 Kh7 94. Be5 Be7 95. Kf4 Kg8 96. Bc3 Kf8 97. Bd4 Bf6 98. Bc5+ Ke8 99. Bd6
Kd8 100. Ke4 Kc8 101. Be5 Bc2+ 102. Kf4 Kb7 103. Bd6 Kc6 104. Bb4 Kd5 105. Bf8
Ba4 106. Bb4 Be8 107. Bf8 Be5+ 108. Kg5 Bf6+ 109. Kf4 Bc6 110. Ba3 Bb5 111. Bf8
Be8 112. Bb4 Be5+ 113. Kg5 Ke4 114. Be7 Bf4+ 115. Kg4 Bb5 116. f6 Be2+ 117. Kh3
g5 118. f7 Bf1+ 119. Kg4 Be2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.26"]
[Round "3.41"]
[White "Sanal, Vahap"]
[Black "Georgiev, Kiril"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2551"]
[BlackElo "2623"]
[ECO "A15"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[WhiteFideId "6300545"]
[BlackFideId "2900017"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. b3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. Bb2 O-O 7. O-O c5 8. Nc3 d6
9. d4 cxd4 10. Qxd4 a6 11. Rfd1 Nbd7 12. e4 Qc7 13. Rac1 Rad8 14. Qe3 Rfe8 15.
h3 Bf8 16. Nd4 Qb8 17. Qd3 Ba8 18. a4 g6 19. Qb1 Bg7 20. Ba3 Ne5 21. Rc2 d5 22.
cxd5 exd5 23. f4 dxe4 24. fxe5 Qxe5 25. Nde2 Rd3 26. Rcd2 Rxc3 27. Bd6 Qg5 28.
Nxc3 Qe3+ 29. Kh2 Qxc3 30. Rc2 Qa5 31. Qc1 Qf5 32. Qf4 Qe6 33. Qe3 h5 34. Qxb6
Bd5 35. Rb1 h4 36. g4 e3 37. Bc7 Qe7 38. Qd6 Qxd6+ 39. Bxd6 Ne4 40. Bf4 Bd4 41.
Re1 Bxb3 42. Rc6 Nc3 43. Rd6 g5 44. Rxd4 gxf4 45. Rxf4 e2 46. Rb4 Bd1 47. Bf3
Nxa4 48. Bc6 Nc5 49. Bxe8 Nd3 50. Rxe2 Bxe2 51. Re4 Bd1 52. Rd4 Bc2 53. Rc4 Bb1
54. Ra4 Kf8 55. Bc6 Ne5 56. Rxa6 Kg7 57. Bg2 f6 58. Ra7+ Kg6 59. Ra1 Bd3 60. Ra5
Kg5 61. Kg1 Kf4 62. Ra4+ Kg5 63. Ra5 Kf4 64. Kf2 f5 65. Ra4+ Kg5 66. gxf5 Bxf5
67. Ke3 Bd7 68. Ra8 Ng6 69. Ra5+ Kf6 70. Ra7 Be6 71. Ra6 Ke5 72. Be4 Ne7 73.
Ra5+ Kf6 74. Bg2 Ng6 75. Ra3 Ke5 76. Ra5+ Kf6 77. Rh5 Bf5 78. Kf2 Ke5 79. Kg1
Kf6 80. Kh2 Ke6 81. Bf3 Bxh3 82. Be4 Nf4 83. Rxh4 Ke5 84. Ba8 Be6 85. Kg3 Ne2+
86. Kf2 Nc3 87. Bb7 Nd5 88. Kf3 Nf6 89. Ke3 Ng4+ 90. Kd3 Nf6 91. Ra4 Bf5+ 92.
Ke3 Nd5+ 93. Kf3 Bd3 94. Rh4 Nf6 95. Rh1 Bc4 96. Re1+ Kd4 97. Rd1+ Ke5 98. Bc8
Bd5+ 99. Ke3 Be4 100. Ra1 Nd5+ 101. Kf2 Nf6 102. Kg3 Bd5 103. Re1+ Ne4+ 104. Kg4
Kd4 105. Kf4 Nf2 106. Re8 Nd3+ 107. Kf5 Bc4 108. Bb7 Nc5 109. Rd8+ Ke3 110. Ba8
Nd3 111. Rh8 Kd4 112. Rh4+ Kc3 113. Ke4 Nb4 114. Rh3+ Bd3+ 115. Ke5 Kc4 116. Be4
Bxe4 117. Kxe4 Nd5 118. Rh4 Nc3+ 119. Ke5+ Kc5 120. Rd4 Nb5 121. Rd8 Kc4 122.
Rc8+ Kd3 123. Kd5 Nc3+ 124. Ke5 Nb5 125. Rb8 Nc3 126. Rb4 Ke3 127. Rd4 Ne2 128.
Rh4 Kd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.26"]
[Round "3.42"]
[White "Rakhmanov, Aleksandr"]
[Black "Christiansen, Johan-Sebastian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2653"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[ECO "A20"]
[Opening "English, Nimzovich, Flohr variation"]
[WhiteFideId "4173708"]
[BlackFideId "1512668"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nf3 e4 3. Nd4 Nf6 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. g3 d5 7. cxd5 cxd5 8.
d3 exd3 9. Qxd3 c6 10. Bg2 Be7 11. O-O O-O 12. Bf4 a5 13. Rfd1 Nh5 14. Be3 a4
15. Rac1 Qa5 16. Qc2 Be6 17. Rd4 a3 18. b3 Rfc8 19. Ra4 Qd8 20. Rxa8 Rxa8 21.
Na4 Rc8 22. Bb6 Qe8 23. Bc5 Nf6 24. Bxe7 Qxe7 25. Nc5 Bg4 26. e3 Rd8 27. h3 Bc8
28. Qc3 h5 29. Qd4 Bf5 30. Na6 Qb7 31. Nc5 Qe7 32. Rd1 Re8 33. Qc3 Qc7 34. b4
Qc8 35. Kh2 Qc7 36. Rd4 Qa7 37. Rf4 Bg6 38. Nb3 Rc8 39. Nc5 Rb8 40. Rd4 Ne8 41.
Nb3 Qa6 42. Na5 Rc8 43. Kg1 Nd6 44. Bf1 Qb6 45. Qxa3 Nf5 46. Rd2 Re8 47. Qc3 Re6
48. Qc5 Qc7 49. Bg2 Qe5 50. Nb3 Nd6 51. Qd4 Qf5 52. Nc5 Re8 53. a4 Nc4 54. Rd1
Qc2 55. Ra1 Nb2 56. a5 Bd3 57. a6 Bb5 58. a7 Ra8 59. Bxd5 cxd5 60. Qxd5 Kh7 61.
Qxa8 Bd3 62. Qg2 1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.26"]
[Round "3.43"]
[White "Dzhumagaliev, Yan"]
[Black "Potkin, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2400"]
[BlackElo "2574"]
[ECO "E04"]
[Opening "Catalan"]
[Variation "open, 5.Nf3"]
[WhiteFideId "24100110"]
[BlackFideId "4131061"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 a6 6. O-O Nc6 7. e3 Rb8 8. Qe2 b5
9. Rd1 Be7 10. b3 cxb3 11. axb3 O-O 12. e4 Bb7 13. Bf4 Nb4 14. Nc3 Rc8 15. Rac1
Qe8 16. Ne1 h6 17. h4 Qd7 18. Bh3 c6 19. g4 Nh7 20. Nf3 Qd8 21. Bg3 Re8 22. Qe3
Qb6 23. Ne5 Rcd8 24. g5 hxg5 25. Nxf7 Kxf7 26. Qf3+ Bf6 27. e5 c5 28. Ne4 gxh4
29. Qh5+ Kg8 30. exf6 Rf8 31. fxg7 hxg3 1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.26"]
[Round "3.44"]
[White "Almasi, Zoltan"]
[Black "El Adnani, Mokliss"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2682"]
[BlackElo "2448"]
[ECO "A15"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[WhiteFideId "702293"]
[BlackFideId "9000410"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. b3 Bg7 4. Bb2 O-O 5. g3 a5 6. Nc3 d5 7. Bg2 Nc6 8. Nxd5
Nxd5 9. Bxg7 Kxg7 10. cxd5 Qxd5 11. Qc2 Nd4 12. Qc3 e5 13. Qxc7 Bg4 14. Qxe5+
Qxe5 15. Nxe5 Bxe2 16. f4 Rfe8 17. Rc1 Re7 18. Kf2 f6 19. Nf3 Bxf3 20. Bxf3 Nxf3
21. Kxf3 Rd8 22. Rc2 g5 23. Rhc1 Rd3+ 24. Kf2 g4 25. Kf1 Kg6 26. Rc5 Rf3+ 27.
Kg1 Re2 28. Rf1 a4 29. Rxf3 gxf3 30. Rd5 Rg2+ 31. Kf1 Rxh2 32. bxa4 f5 33. a5 h6
34. Rd7 Rh1+ 35. Kf2 Ra1 36. Rxb7 Rxa2 37. Rb5 Ra3 38. Rd5 Kh5 39. Rxf5+ Kg4 40.
Rf6 Rxa5 41. Rxh6 Ra3 42. Rh4+ Kf5 43. Rh5+ Ke4 44. Re5+ Kd4 45. Re3 Ra2 46.
Kxf3 Rxd2 47. g4 Rh2 48. Re8 Rh3+ 49. Kg2 Ra3 50. g5 Kd5 51. g6 Ra2+ 52. Kf3 Ra1
53. g7 1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.26"]
[Round "3.45"]
[White "Esipenko, Andrey"]
[Black "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2564"]
[BlackElo "2707"]
[ECO "D26"]
[Opening "QGA"]
[Variation "classical variation"]
[WhiteFideId "24175439"]
[BlackFideId "2205530"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e3 Nf6 4. Bxc4 e6 5. Nf3 c5 6. Qe2 cxd4 7. exd4 Be7 8.
O-O O-O 9. Nc3 a6 10. Bg5 b5 11. Bb3 Bb7 12. Rad1 b4 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. Ne4 Be7
15. Ne5 a5 16. Bc4 Bd5 17. Rc1 Ra7 18. Rfd1 a4 19. Nc5 Bg5 20. Rc2 Bf6 21. h3 h6
22. Ne4 Bxe4 23. Qxe4 Bxe5 24. Bd3 Bh2+ 25. Kxh2 g6 26. Qf4 Qg5 27. Qxg5 hxg5
28. Rc4 Rd8 29. Rxb4 Nc6 30. Rc4 Nxd4 31. Bc2 e5 32. Bxa4 Kg7 33. Kh1 Rd6 34.
Re1 Ra5 35. b3 Ne6 36. Rc2 Nf4 37. Kg1 f5 38. Bc6 e4 39. b4 Ra3 40. b5 Nd3 41.
Rd1 Ra4 42. b6 Rb4 43. b7 Kf6 44. a4 Ke5 45. a5 Nf4 46. Rxd6 Kxd6 47. a6 Rb1+
48. Kh2 Nd3 49. a7 e3 50. fxe3 Nc5 51. b8=Q+ 1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.26"]
[Round "3.46"]
[White "Korobov, Anton"]
[Black "Khader, Sami"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2652"]
[BlackElo "2392"]
[ECO "E70"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "4.e4"]
[WhiteFideId "14105730"]
[BlackFideId "8100500"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 O-O 5. Bg5 c5 6. d5 d6 7. Bd3 a6 8. a4 e5 9.
Nge2 h6 10. Bd2 Nbd7 11. Qc1 Kh7 12. f3 Ng8 13. h4 h5 14. g4 Ndf6 15. Ng3 Rb8
16. Nce2 hxg4 17. h5 g5 18. h6 Bh8 19. Ng1 Ne8 20. Bxg5 Bf6 21. f4 exf4 22. e5+
Kh8 23. exf6 fxg3 24. Ne2 Ngxf6 25. O-O Qe7 26. Rxf6 Nxf6 27. Qc3 Kg8 28. Qxf6 1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.26"]
[Round "3.47"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Howell, David W L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2805"]
[BlackElo "2676"]
[ECO "A33"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "symmetrical variation"]
[WhiteFideId "13300474"]
[BlackFideId "410608"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e6 6. a3 Bc5 7. Nb3 Bb6 8. e4
d5 9. exd5 exd5 10. Nxd5 Nxd5 11. cxd5 Qf6 12. Qf3 Qxf3 13. gxf3 Ne5 14. Be2 Bf5
15. Be3 Rd8 16. Bxb6 axb6 17. Nd4 Bg6 18. Nb5 O-O 19. O-O-O Rfe8 20. Nc3 Bh5 21.
Rd4 Bxf3 22. Bxf3 Nxf3 23. Rf4 Ne5 24. Rd1 Rc8 25. Rb4 Nd7 26. Kb1 Kf8 27. Na4
Re2 28. Nxb6 Nxb6 29. Rxb6 Rc7 30. a4 Rxf2 31. a5 g5 32. d6 Rd7 33. Rc1 Rd2 34.
Rc7 R2xd6 35. Rcxb7 Rxb7 36. Rxd6 Rb5 37. a6 Ke7 38. Rd3 Rb8 39. Ka2 Ra8 40. Ra3
Kd6 41. Kb3 Kc6 42. Kb4 Kb6 43. Rf3 Rxa6 44. Rf6+ Kb7 45. Rxf7+ Kc8 46. Rxh7
Rb6+ 47. Kc3 Rc6+ 48. Kd3 Rb6 49. Kc2 Rc6+ 50. Kb1 g4 51. Re7 Rh6 52. Re2 Kc7
53. Kc2 Rh3 54. Rg2 Kd6 55. Kd1 Ke5 56. Ke1 Rb3 57. Re2+ Kd4 58. Kf2 Rf3+ 59.
Kg2 Rb3 60. Kg1 Kd5 61. Rg2 Ke5 62. Kf1 Kd5 63. Ke1 Rh3 64. Kd2 Rb3 65. Kc2 Rh3
66. b3 Kc5 67. Kb2 Kb5 68. Ka3 Rh8 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.26"]
[Round "3.48"]
[White "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Black "Ganguly, Surya Shekhar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[ECO "E04"]
[Opening "Catalan"]
[Variation "open, 5.Nf3"]
[WhiteFideId "12401137"]
[BlackFideId "5002150"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 c5 6. O-O Nc6 7. Qa4 Bd7 8. Qxc4
b5 9. Qc3 b4 10. Qd3 Rc8 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bxf6 Qxf6 13. e3 cxd4 14. exd4 Be7 15.
Nbd2 O-O 16. Rac1 Rfd8 17. Rc4 e5 18. d5 Nd4 19. Nxd4 Rxc4 20. Qxc4 exd4 21. Nb3
d3 22. Qxd3 Qxb2 23. Qe3 Bg5 24. Qxa7 Bb5 25. Rd1 Qe2 26. Qd4 Bf6 27. Qd2 Bc3
28. Qxe2 Bxe2 29. Rc1 Bc4 30. Bf3 Kf8 31. Rd1 Rd6 32. h4 g6 33. Kg2 Ke7 34. h5
gxh5 35. Rh1 Ra6 36. Rh4 Bxb3 37. axb3 Ra3 38. Bd1 Ra2 39. Bxh5 f6 40. Re4+ Kd6
41. Bf3 Rb2 42. Re6+ Kd7 43. Bg4 Kd8 44. Rc6 h5 45. Be6 Ke7 46. Bf5 Be5 47. Re6+
Kd8 48. Rc6 Ke7 49. Bc2 Bc3 50. Bd1 Bd4 51. Bxh5 Bxf2 52. Kh3 Rxb3 53. Re6+ Kd7
54. Rxf6 Bxg3 55. Rf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.26"]
[Round "3.49"]
[White "Malakhatko, Vadim"]
[Black "Onischuk, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2542"]
[BlackElo "2637"]
[ECO "A10"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[WhiteFideId "14104202"]
[BlackFideId "14114038"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. c4 d6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. e3 O-O 6. Nge2 e5 7. O-O Re8 8. d3 c6
9. b4 d5 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. d4 e4 12. b5 Nbd7 13. Qb3 Nb6 14. a4 Bg4 15. h3 Bf3
16. a5 Nc4 17. Bxf3 exf3 18. Nf4 Rc8 19. a6 b6 20. Ra4 Qd7 21. Kh2 Na5 22. Rxa5
bxa5 23. Ba3 Rxc3 24. Qxc3 Qxb5 25. Qd3 Qd7 26. Qb3 Qc6 27. Qb7 Qa4 28. Be7 Ne4
29. Nxd5 Qc4 30. Kg1 Nxg3 31. Rb1 Qc2 32. Qb8 Rxb8 33. Rxb8+ Bf8 34. Bxf8 Qc1+
35. Kh2 Nf1+ 36. Kg1 Nxe3+ 37. Kh2 Nf1+ 38. Kg1 Ng3+ 39. Kh2 Qh1+ 40. Kxg3 Qg2+
41. Kh4 Qxf2+ 42. Kg4 h5+ 0-1

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.26"]
[Round "3.50"]
[White "Anton Guijarro, David"]
[Black "Halkias, Stelios"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2666"]
[BlackElo "2571"]
[ECO "A13"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "Neo-Catalan accepted"]
[WhiteFideId "2285525"]
[BlackFideId "4201809"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 dxc4 5. Na3 Bxa3 6. bxa3 b5 7. Ne5 Nd5 8. d3
Qf6 9. Bf4 cxd3 10. Nxd3 Nxf4 11. gxf4 c6 12. O-O O-O 13. Qc1 a5 14. Qe3 Nd7 15.
Bxc6 Rb8 16. Qa7 Rb6 17. Rac1 Rxc6 18. Rxc6 Qg6+ 19. Kh1 Qe4+ 20. f3 Qxc6 21.
Qxa5 Qc2 22. Re1 Qxa2 23. Qxb5 Qxa3 24. Rg1 Qe7 25. Qb2 f6 26. Qb5 Qd6 27. Ra1
Qb6 28. Qc4 Bb7 29. f5 Bd5 30. Qf4 exf5 31. Qxf5 Qe6 32. Qh5 g6 33. Rg1 Kh8 0-1

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.26"]
[Round "3.51"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Dobrov, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2678"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[ECO "B20"]
[Opening "Sicilian defence"]
[WhiteFideId "400025"]
[BlackFideId "4136594"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 c5 2. b3 g6 3. Bb2 Nf6 4. Qf3 d6 5. Bb5+ Nbd7 6. Bxf6 exf6 7. Nc3 Bg7 8.
Qf4 O-O 9. Qxd6 f5 10. Nge2 fxe4 11. Bxd7 Bxd7 12. Qxc5 e3 13. fxe3 Bc6 14. Rf1
Rc8 15. Qb4 a5 16. Qf4 b5 17. Nd4 Bxg2 18. Rf2 b4 19. Nce2 Bd5 20. c4 bxc3 21.
Nxc3 Bb7 22. Rd1 Qd7 23. Ncb5 Ba8 24. a4 Rfe8 25. Qd6 Qb7 26. Qg3 Be5 27. Qh4
Qd7 28. Nf3 Bxf3 29. Rxf3 Qd3 30. Qf2 f5 31. Qe2 Qxb3 32. d4 Bg7 33. Qd3 Qxa4
34. Kf1 Qb4 35. Rb1 Qe7 36. d5 Red8 37. d6 Qe6 38. Rd1 Qc4 39. Rf4 Qxd3+ 40.
Rxd3 Rc5 41. Nc7 Be5 42. Ne6 Rc1+ 43. Kg2 Rxd6 44. Rxd6 Bxd6 45. Rd4 Rc6 46. h4
Ra6 47. Ra4 Kf7 48. Ng5+ Kg7 49. e4 h6 50. Nf3 fxe4 51. Nd2 e3 52. Ne4 Bb4 53.
Kf3 Bd2 54. Ke2 h5 55. Nc5 Rf6 56. Re4 Rf2+ 57. Kd3 Kf6 58. Rd4 Bb4 59. Ne4+ Ke5
60. Rd8 e2 61. Re8+ Kd5 62. Nxf2 e1=Q 63. Rxe1 Bxe1 64. Nh3 Ke5 65. Ng5 Kf4 66.
Ne6+ Kf5 67. Nd4+ Kg4 68. Nc6 a4 69. Ne5+ Kf5 70. Nf3 Bg3 71. Kc4 Kg4 72. Nd2
Bxh4 73. Kb4 Be1 0-1

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.26"]
[Round "3.52"]
[White "Jumabayev, Rinat"]
[Black "Malakhov, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2612"]
[BlackElo "2686"]
[ECO "D00"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn, Mason variation, Steinitz counter-gambit"]
[WhiteFideId "13702661"]
[BlackFideId "4120787"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 c5 3. e3 cxd4 4. exd4 Nc6 5. c3 Bf5 6. Nf3 e6 7. Nbd2 Bd6 8. Bg3
Nge7 9. Nh4 O-O 10. Nxf5 Nxf5 11. Bd3 Nxg3 12. hxg3 h6 13. Nf3 Rb8 14. Qe2 Re8
15. Rh5 e5 16. dxe5 g6 17. Rh1 Bxe5 18. Kf1 Bxc3 19. Qc2 Bg7 20. Rh4 Qb6 21. Rb1
Re6 22. Qd2 Rbe8 23. Kg1 Ne5 24. Nxe5 Rxe5 25. Bf1 Qe6 26. Rd4 Rf5 27. Rd3 d4
28. Rb3 b6 29. Rb5 Qxa2 30. Qc2 Rxb5 31. Bxb5 Re7 32. Bc4 Rc7 33. Rc1 d3 34.
Qxd3 Qxb2 35. Rd1 Kh7 36. Bd5 Bf6 37. g4 Kg7 38. Rd2 Qc3 39. Qe2 Re7 40. Qd1 Bg5
41. Re2 Rd7 42. Re4 Qc5 43. Rd4 Bh4 44. Qd2 Bxf2+ 0-1

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.26"]
[Round "3.53"]
[White "Melkumyan, Hrant"]
[Black "Omar, Noaman"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2633"]
[BlackElo "2364"]
[ECO "B13"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "exchange, Rubinstein variation"]
[WhiteFideId "13302485"]
[BlackFideId "9300244"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. c3 Nf6 6. Bf4 g6 7. Nd2 Bf5 8. Bxf5
gxf5 9. Ne2 e6 10. O-O Bd6 11. Nf3 Ne4 12. a4 Rg8 13. Qc1 Bxf4 14. Nxf4 Rc8 15.
Qe3 Qd6 16. Nd3 Rc7 17. Rae1 Kd8 18. Re2 Kc8 19. Nfe1 Qf8 20. f3 Nd6 21. Qf4 Nc4
22. b3 N4a5 23. Rb2 Qg7 24. Rff2 Ne7 25. Nc5 Ng6 26. Qd2 Rd8 27. Ned3 Qf8 28.
Nf4 Nxf4 29. Qxf4 Qd6 30. Qd2 Kb8 31. Rb1 Ka8 32. b4 Nc4 33. Qh6 Rdc8 34. a5 Qf8
35. Qxh7 Na3 36. Rc1 Nb5 37. Qh4 Rc6 38. Qf4 Qd6 39. Qxd6 Rxd6 40. Ra2 Kb8 41.
Rb2 b6 42. Kf2 Kc7 43. Ra1 Rc6 44. axb6+ axb6 45. Rb3 Kd6 46. Ke3 Ke7 47. Kd3
bxc5 48. dxc5 e5 49. Ra5 Rb8 50. Rb1 f4 51. c4 dxc4+ 52. Kxc4 Nd4 53. b5 Rcc8
54. b6 Ne6 55. Rbb5 f5 56. Ra6 e4 57. b7 Rd8 58. Rbb6 Rd4+ 59. Kc3 Rd3+ 60. Kc4
Nc7 61. Ra7 Rd2 62. Rc6 Rd7 63. Rh6 Ne6 64. c6 Rd6 65. Rh7+ Kf6 66. Ra6 Rd4+ 67.
Kb5 Ke5 68. Re7 Rd1 69. Rxe6+ Kxe6 70. c7+ Kd5 1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.26"]
[Round "3.54"]
[White "Lodhi, Mahmood"]
[Black "Nguyen, Ngoc Truong Son"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2347"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[ECO "E11"]
[Opening "Bogo-Indian defence, Gruenfeld variation"]
[WhiteFideId "7800010"]
[BlackFideId "12401110"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 O-O 5. a3 Bxd2+ 6. Qxd2 b6 7. g3 Bb7 8.
Bg2 d6 9. O-O Nbd7 10. b4 Qe7 11. Bb2 Be4 12. Rfd1 c6 13. Rac1 a5 14. b5 Rfc8
15. a4 cxb5 16. cxb5 Nd5 17. Ba3 N7f6 18. Ne5 Bxg2 19. Kxg2 Qb7 20. Nc6 Ne7 21.
Qc2 Nxc6 22. bxc6 Qc7 23. e4 Rab8 24. Qe2 Qd8 25. e5 dxe5 26. dxe5 Nd5 27. Bd6
Ra8 28. h4 Qe8 29. Qb5 h6 30. Rxd5 exd5 31. Qxb6 d4 32. Qb5 Ra7 33. c7 Qxb5 34.
axb5 Rb7 35. Rb1 Rcxc7 36. Bxc7 Rxc7 37. b6 Rb7 38. Kf3 a4 39. Ke4 a3 40. Kxd4
a2 41. Ra1 Rxb6 42. Rxa2 g6 43. Rc2 h5 44. Rc7 Rb2 45. Ke3 Rb4 46. Rd7 Ra4 47.
Rd4 Ra2 48. f3 Kg7 49. Kf4 Ra7 50. Re4 Ra3 51. g4 hxg4 52. fxg4 Rh3 53. Kg5 Rf3
54. h5 gxh5 55. gxh5 Rh3 56. Rg4 Rh1 57. Rh4 Rg1+ 58. Kf5 Rf1+ 59. Ke4 Re1+ 60.
Kd5 Rd1+ 61. Rd4 Rf1 62. Rh4 Rd1+ 63. Kc5 Rf1 64. h6+ Kh7 65. Rh5 Rf2 66. Kd6
Rf1 67. Ke7 Rf2 68. Kd6 Rf1 69. Kd5 Rd1+ 70. Ke4 Re1+ 71. Kf3 Rf1+ 72. Ke3 Re1+
73. Kf2 Re4 74. Kf3 Re1 75. Kf4 Rf1+ 76. Kg5 Rf2 77. Rh4 Rg2+ 78. Kf5 Rg6 79.
Rh5 Re6 80. Rh1 Rg6 81. Rh4 Re6 82. Rh5 Rg6 83. Rg5 Rxh6 84. Rg2 Re6 85. Rg3 Ra6
86. Ke4 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.26"]
[Round "3.55"]
[White "Miton, Kamil"]
[Black "Van Foreest, Jorden"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2584"]
[BlackElo "2629"]
[ECO "C53"]
[Opening "Giuoco Piano"]
[WhiteFideId "1111914"]
[BlackFideId "1039784"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. Nbd2 a6 7. Bb3 Ba7 8. Nf1
Be6 9. Ng3 O-O 10. O-O h6 11. h3 Bxb3 12. axb3 Re8 13. Nf5 d5 14. Qe2 Qd7 15.
N3h4 Rad8 16. Qf3 dxe4 17. dxe4 Qd3 18. Nxh6+ Kf8 19. Be3 Qxe4 20. Bxa7 Nxa7 21.
N6f5 g6 22. Qe3 gxf5 23. Qh6+ Ke7 24. Rae1 Qc6 25. Rxe5+ Kd7 26. Rxf5 Ne4 27.
Rxf7+ Kc8 28. Qxc6 Nxc6 29. Nf3 Nc5 30. b4 Na4 31. g4 Nxb2 32. Kg2 Nd1 33. g5
Nxc3 34. h4 Rg8 35. Re1 Rd5 36. Re3 Nb5 37. Kh3 Nd6 38. Rf4 b5 39. h5 Nc4 40.
Re6 Nxb4 41. h6 Nd3 42. Rh4 Kd7 43. h7 Rh8 44. Rg6 Rf5 45. Kg3 Rxf3+ 46. Kxf3
Nde5+ 47. Ke4 Nxg6 48. Rh6 Nd6+ 49. Kd4 0-1

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.26"]
[Round "3.56"]
[White "Al-Saffar, Araz Basim Mohammed S"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2368"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[ECO "D43"]
[Opening "QGD semi-Slav"]
[WhiteFideId "4801040"]
[BlackFideId "14109603"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 Be7 7. e3 Bf5 8. Bd3
Bxd3 9. Qxd3 Nbd7 10. O-O O-O 11. Rab1 a5 12. h3 Re8 13. Nd2 Nf8 14. Qc2 Ne6 15.
Bh4 g6 16. a3 Ng7 17. Na4 Nf5 18. Bg5 Nd7 19. Bf4 Bd6 20. Bxd6 Nxd6 21. Rfe1 h5
22. Nc5 Nxc5 23. Qxc5 a4 24. Qc2 Re6 25. e4 dxe4 26. Rbd1 Qe7 27. Nc4 Nxc4 28.
Qxc4 b5 29. Qc5 Rd8 30. Qxe7 Rxe7 31. f3 e3 32. Rd3 Red7 33. Rdxe3 Rxd4 34. R1e2
Rd2 35. Kf2 Rxe2+ 36. Kxe2 Kf8 37. Rc3 Rd6 38. g4 h4 39. f4 Ke7 40. g5 Kd7 41.
Rc2 Rd4 42. Kf3 Kd6 43. Re2 c5 44. Kg4 b4 45. axb4 cxb4 46. Re8 b3 47. Rf8 Kc6
48. Ra8 Kb5 49. Kxh4 Rxf4+ 50. Kg3 Rf1 51. Rb8+ Kc4 52. Ra8 Kd3 53. Rxa4 Kc2 54.
Kg2 Rf5 0-1

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.26"]
[Round "3.57"]
[White "Tissir, Mohamed"]
[Black "Bukannan, Ahmed A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2381"]
[BlackElo "1929"]
[ECO "B02"]
[Opening "Alekhine's defence"]
[Variation "Scandinavian variation"]
[WhiteFideId "9000240"]
[BlackFideId "21504164"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. exd5 Nxd5 4. Bc4 Nxc3 5. Qf3 e6 6. dxc3 Nc6 7. Qe2 Qf6 8.
Nf3 h6 9. Be3 Bd7 10. O-O-O Bd6 11. Kb1 O-O-O 12. h3 Kb8 13. Rhe1 Rhe8 14. g4
Ne5 15. Nxe5 Bxe5 16. Bxa7+ Kxa7 17. Qxe5 Qxe5 18. Rxe5 Bb5 19. Bd3 Bxd3 20.
cxd3 Rd6 21. Kc2 b6 22. d4 Kb7 23. Rde1 Red8 24. R1e2 g6 25. f4 R8d7 26. b4 Rd8
27. a4 Ra8 28. Kb3 Rc8 29. f5 exf5 30. gxf5 Rf6 31. fxg6 fxg6 32. R2e3 Rcf8 33.
Re7 Rf3 34. b5 Rxe3 35. Rxe3 h5 36. Re7 Rf5 37. Rg7 Rg5 38. Kb4 Kc8 39. c4 1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.26"]
[Round "3.58"]
[White "Saeed, Ishaq"]
[Black "Masrahi, Abdulrahman A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "CM"]
[WhiteElo "2434"]
[BlackElo "1962"]
[ECO "D10"]
[Opening "QGD Slav defence"]
[WhiteFideId "9301453"]
[BlackFideId "21501564"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. Nf3 b5 6. b3 Bg4 7. h3 Bxf3 8. Qxf3 e6
9. Bd2 Be7 10. Bd3 O-O 11. O-O Nbd7 12. Rad1 b4 13. Ne2 c5 14. cxd5 exd5 15. Nf4
cxd4 16. exd4 Ne4 17. Nxd5 Nxd2 18. Rxd2 Bd6 19. Qf5 g6 20. Qxd7 1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.26"]
[Round "3.59"]
[White "Minko, Vladimir"]
[Black "Salama, Taher"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2381"]
[BlackElo "1769"]
[ECO "E08"]
[Opening "Catalan"]
[Variation "closed, 7.Qc2"]
[WhiteFideId "24146706"]
[BlackFideId "11502231"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O Nbd7 7. Qc2 Ne4 8. Nc3
Nxc3 9. Qxc3 a6 10. Rd1 dxc4 11. Qxc4 Nf6 12. Qc2 c6 13. e4 Bd7 14. Ng5 h6 15.
Nf3 Rc8 16. e5 Nd5 17. Qe4 Be8 18. Qg4 Kh8 19. Qh3 Kg8 20. Re1 Qd7 21. Re4 f5
22. exf6 Rxf6 23. Rg4 Kh8 24. Bg5 Bf7 25. Ne5 Qe8 26. Bxf6 Bxf6 27. Nxf7+ Qxf7
28. Re1 Rf8 29. Re2 Ne7 30. Be4 Bxd4 31. Rf4 Bf6 32. Bc2 e5 33. Rxe5 Ng6 34. Qf5
Bxe5 35. Qxf7 Rxf7 36. Rxf7 Nf8 1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.26"]
[Round "3.60"]
[White "Miswadah, Baha"]
[Black "Lam, Daniel King-wai"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "1877"]
[BlackElo "2222"]
[ECO "B94"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Najdorf, 6.Bg5"]
[WhiteFideId "11502118"]
[BlackFideId "6001238"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 Nbd7 7. Bc4 Qb6 8.
Bb3 e6 9. Qd2 Be7 10. Be3 Qa5 11. f3 Nc5 12. O-O Qc7 13. Rad1 O-O 14. Nde2 b5
15. Ng3 Bb7 16. Kh1 Rac8 17. Nce2 Nxb3 18. cxb3 Qc2 19. Nd4 Qxd2 20. Rxd2 Rc7
21. Rdd1 Rfc8 22. Rc1 g6 23. Rxc7 Rxc7 24. Rc1 Rxc1+ 25. Bxc1 e5 26. Nde2 d5 27.
exd5 Nxd5 28. Nc3 Nb4 29. a4 Nd3 30. Be3 f5 31. Bg1 b4 32. Nb1 Nxb2 33. Nd2 Bd5
34. Ngf1 Kf7 35. g3 Ke6 36. Kg2 Nd1 37. Ne3 Nxe3+ 38. Bxe3 g5 39. Kf2 h5 40. f4
exf4 41. gxf4 g4 42. Bd4 h4 43. Kg1 Kd6 44. Kf2 Kc6 45. Be3 Bc5 46. Bxc5 Kxc5
47. Ke3 g3 48. hxg3 hxg3 49. Nf3 Bxf3 50. Kxf3 Kd4 51. Kxg3 Ke3 52. Kg2 Kxf4 53.
Kf2 a5 54. Ke2 Ke4 0-1

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.26"]
[Round "3.61"]
[White "Amer, Said Salim Al Maashani"]
[Black "Al Abdali, Zeyad Saleh"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2103"]
[BlackElo "1801"]
[ECO "B07"]
[Opening "Pirc"]
[Variation "Ufimtsev-Pytel variation"]
[WhiteFideId "22000100"]
[BlackFideId "21501505"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 c6 4. f4 Nbd7 5. e5 Nd5 6. Nxd5 cxd5 7. Nf3 e6 8. Bd3
Be7 9. O-O f5 10. exf6 Bxf6 11. Qe2 Qe7 12. c3 Nb6 13. Ng5 Bd7 14. a4 O-O-O 15.
a5 Na8 16. b4 h6 17. Nf3 g5 18. b5 Rdf8 19. b6 axb6 20. a6 Bc6 21. axb7+ Bxb7
22. Ra7 Kb8 23. Qa2 gxf4 24. Bxf4 Nc7 25. Ra1 e5 26. Rxb7+ Kxb7 27. Qa7+ Kc8 28.
Bf5+ Qd7 29. Bxd7+ Kxd7 30. dxe5 Ra8 31. exf6 Rxa7 32. Rxa7 Rf8 33. Bxh6 Rxf6
34. Be3 Rg6 35. Bxb6 Kc6 36. Bxc7 Rg7 37. Nd4+ Kc5 38. Ne6+ 1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.26"]
[Round "3.62"]
[White "Alem, Ali Hussien"]
[Black "Al-Hajiri, Bader"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "1745"]
[BlackElo "2165"]
[ECO "C40"]
[Opening "Latvian counter-gambit"]
[WhiteFideId "21500088"]
[BlackFideId "10300163"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 f5 3. d3 Nf6 4. Be2 d6 5. O-O fxe4 6. dxe4 Nxe4 7. Bd3 Nf6 8.
Bg5 Be7 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. c3 Be6 11. Re1 Nbd7 12. Qa4 Nc5 13. Qc2 Nxd3 14. Qxd3
Qd7 15. Rad1 Nd5 16. a3 Nf4 17. Bxf4 Rxf4 18. Ne4 Qc6 19. Neg5 Bf5 20. Qe3 Bg4
21. Nd4 Qd7 22. Ngf3 Raf8 23. Nxe5 dxe5 24. Qxe5 Bxd1 25. Ne6 Bd6 26. Nxf8 Kxf8
27. Rxd1 Bxe5 28. Rxd7 Bd6 29. Rd8+ Ke7 30. Rg8 Kf7 31. Rb8 Bc5 32. Rxb7 Bxf2+
33. Kh1 Bb6 34. g3 Rf2 35. a4 g5 36. a5 Bxa5 37. Rxa7 Bb6 38. Ra8 g4 39. Ra1
Rxb2 40. Rf1+ Kg6 41. h4 gxh3 42. Rf3 Kg5 43. Rd3 Kg4 44. c4 Bf2 45. c5 Bxg3 46.
Rd1 c6 47. Rd4+ Bf4 48. Rd1 Rc2 49. Rg1+ Bg3 50. Ra1 Re2 51. Ra4+ Bf4 52. Ra1
Kh4 53. Rf1 Bg3 54. Rd1 Re1+ 55. Rxe1 Bxe1 0-1

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.26"]
[Round "3.63"]
[White "Al Ghamdi, Ahmed M"]
[Black "Al Juhani, Bakr"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "CM"]
[WhiteElo "2159"]
[BlackElo "1854"]
[ECO "B27"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Hungarian variation"]
[WhiteFideId "21500150"]
[BlackFideId "21500185"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 d6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Nc6 7. Be2 Bg7 8. Be3
O-O 9. O-O Ne5 10. f3 b6 11. Qd2 Bb7 12. Rac1 Ned7 13. Rfd1 a5 14. Qe1 Rc8 15.
Qf2 Nc5 16. e5 Ne8 17. exd6 Nxd6 18. Ndb5 Qd7 19. Nxd6 exd6 20. Bf4 d5 21. cxd5
Qf5 22. Bg3 Rfd8 23. Bh4 g5 24. Bg3 Bf8 25. Kh1 h5 26. h4 gxh4 27. Bxh4 Rd6 28.
Ne4 Bxd5 29. Qg3+ Rg6 30. Rxd5 Nxe4 31. Qxg6+ Qxg6 32. Rxc8 Nc5 33. Rg5 Kg7 34.
Rxg6+ fxg6 35. Rc7+ Kh6 36. f4 1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.26"]
[Round "3.64"]
[White "Alanazy, Mohammed"]
[Black "Al Zamel, Khaled"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1850"]
[BlackElo "1942"]
[ECO "B00"]
[Opening "King's pawn opening"]
[WhiteFideId "21508488"]
[BlackFideId "21500967"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 d6 2. f4 c6 3. Nf3 Qc7 4. d4 Bg4 5. h3 Bh5 6. Bd3 f6 7. Be3 Nd7 8. Nc3 e6
9. Qe2 Ne7 10. O-O-O Bf7 11. g4 O-O-O 12. d5 exd5 13. Bxa7 dxe4 14. Qxe4 Nd5 15.
Nxd5 Bxd5 16. Qe3 c5 17. Bf5 Qc6 18. Rhf1 g6 19. Bxd7+ Rxd7 20. Qe8+ Rd8 21.
Qxc6+ Bxc6 22. Bb6 Re8 23. g5 f5 24. Ng1 Be4 25. Ne2 Bxc2 26. Rd2 Be4 27. Nc3 d5
28. Nxd5 Re6 29. Ba5 Bg7 30. Rfd1 Bd4 31. Nb6+ Kb8 32. Rxd4 cxd4 33. Rxd4 Rc6+
34. Kd1 Ka7 35. Nc4 Rhc8 36. b3 b5 37. Ne5 Rc1+ 38. Kd2 R8c2+ 39. Ke3 Rxa2 40.
Bb4 Rh1 41. Rd7+ Kb6 42. Rxh7 Rhh2 43. Nxg6 Rhe2+ 44. Kd4 Bc6 45. Ne5 Re4+ 46.
Kc3 Re3+ 47. Nd3 Be4 48. Bc5+ Kc6 49. Bxe3 b4+ 50. Nxb4+ Kb5 51. Nxa2 1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.26"]
[Round "3.65"]
[White "Al Bargi, Hassan M"]
[Black "Al Jabri, Mohammed Ali"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1579"]
[BlackElo "2154"]
[ECO "D00"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn, Mason variation"]
[WhiteFideId "21501475"]
[BlackFideId "7604734"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 Bf5 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nd2 e6 5. c3 Bd6 6. Bxd6 Qxd6 7. f4 O-O 8. Ngf3
h6 9. Ne5 Ne4 10. Be2 f6 11. Nef3 Nd7 12. Nxe4 Bxe4 13. O-O c5 14. Bd3 Bxd3 15.
Qxd3 f5 16. Rac1 c4 17. Qd2 b5 18. b4 a5 19. a3 axb4 20. axb4 Nf6 21. Ra1 Ne4
22. Qc2 Qc6 23. Ne5 Qb7 24. Qb2 Rfb8 25. Rfc1 Kf8 26. Ng6+ Kf7 27. Ne5+ Ke7 28.
Kf1 Kd6 0-1

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.26"]
[Round "3.66"]
[White "Al Habeeb, Emad"]
[Black "Al Mahmood, Salman"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1933"]
[BlackElo "1593"]
[ECO "E21"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian"]
[Variation "three knights variation"]
[WhiteFideId "21500029"]
[BlackFideId "11201517"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 b6 5. Bg5 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Bb7 7. e3 O-O 8.
Be2 d6 9. O-O Nbd7 10. Qc2 Qc8 11. Nd2 c5 12. Bf4 e5 13. Bg3 Re8 14. d5 Nf8 15.
e4 Ng6 16. f4 Ng4 17. Qd3 exf4 18. Bxf4 N4e5 19. Qg3 Qd7 20. Be3 Ba6 21. h4 Nf8
22. Bh6 g6 23. Bg5 Qc7 24. Rf4 1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.26"]
[Round "3.67"]
[White "Al Saidi, Mohammed Khalfan"]
[Black "Al Omary, Ahmed"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1468"]
[BlackElo "1875"]
[ECO "A59"]
[Opening "Benko gambit"]
[Variation "main line"]
[WhiteFideId "22001271"]
[BlackFideId "21500207"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. d4 c5 2. d5 Nf6 3. c4 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. bxa6 Bxa6 6. Nc3 g6 7. e4 Bxf1 8. Kxf1
d6 9. g3 Bg7 10. Kg2 O-O 11. Nf3 Nbd7 12. h3 Qb6 13. a4 Rfb8 14. Qc2 Nh5 15. g4
Nhf6 16. Nb5 Qd8 17. Bd2 Ne8 18. Bc3 f6 19. Qd3 Ne5 20. Nxe5 fxe5 21. a5 Qd7 22.
Na3 Nf6 23. f3 h6 24. Nc4 g5 25. Nb6 Qb7 26. Nxa8 Rxa8 27. a6 Qd7 28. Ra5 Nh7
29. Rha1 Nf8 30. a7 Ng6 31. Qb5 Qc8 32. Qc6 Qf8 33. Qxa8 Qxa8 34. Rb5 Kf7 35.
Rb8 Qxa7 36. Rxa7 Nh4+ 37. Kf2 Ng6 38. Bd2 Bf6 39. Raa8 Nf4 40. Bxf4 gxf4 41.
Rf8+ Kg6 42. Rg8+ Bg7 43. h4 Kf7 44. h5 Kf6 45. Rae8 Kf7 46. Ke2 Kf6 47. Rxg7
Kxg7 48. Rxe7+ Kf6 49. Re6+ Kg5 50. Kf2 c4 51. Rxd6 Kh4 52. Rg6 1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.26"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Salem, A.R. Saleh"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2638"]
[BlackElo "2837"]
[ECO "D58"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "Tartakower (Makagonov-Bondarevsky) system"]
[WhiteFideId "9301348"]
[BlackFideId "1503014"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. e3 b6 8. Bd3 Bb7
9. O-O Nbd7 10. Qe2 c5 11. Rfd1 cxd4 12. Nxd4 Nc5 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. cxd5 Bxd4
15. exd4 Nxd3 16. Qxd3 Bxd5 17. Re1 Rc8 18. Rad1 Rc7 19. Qg3 Rd7 20. h3 Qe7 21.
Rd2 Rfd8 22. Red1 Bc6 23. Qe3 Qf6 24. Kh2 Qf5 25. a3 Bd5 26. Rc1 Bc4 27. Ne4 Ba6
28. Rcd1 Bb7 29. Nc3 Qg6 30. Qg3 Qf6 31. Qe3 Bc6 32. Kg1 Qg6 33. f3 Bd5 34. Ne4
Rc8 35. Nc3 Qf6 36. Qe5 Qd8 37. Re1 Rc6 38. Qf4 Qc8 39. h4 Rc4 40. Red1 Qd8 41.
Rd3 a6 42. R1d2 b5 43. Nd1 Rc6 44. Ne3 Rcd6 45. Rd1 Bc4 46. Nxc4 bxc4 47. R3d2
Rd5 48. Qe4 e5 49. Rc1 Rxd4 50. Rxd4 exd4 51. Rxc4 d3 52. Rc1 Re7 53. Qb4 d2 54.
Rd1 Re2 55. Qc3 Qb6+ 56. Kh2 Qg6 57. Qc8+ Kh7 58. Qg4 Qc2 59. f4 Qe4 60. b4 f5
61. Qg3 Qc2 62. Qh3 Kh8 0-1

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.26"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[ECO "C67"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Berlin defence, open variation"]
[WhiteFideId "4102142"]
[BlackFideId "4126025"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nxe5 8.
Rxe5 O-O 9. Nc3 Ne8 10. d4 Bf6 11. Re1 d5 12. Bd3 c6 13. Ne2 g6 14. c3 Ng7 15.
Ng3 Re8 16. Rxe8+ Qxe8 17. Bf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.26"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Fedoseev, Vladimir3"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran L."]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2601"]
[ECO "B09"]
[Opening "Pirc"]
[Variation "Austrian attack, 6.Bd3"]
[WhiteFideId "24130737"]
[BlackFideId "13301616"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. d4 d6 2. e4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Bd3 Na6 7. O-O c5 8. d5 Rb8
9. a4 Bg4 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Rxf3 Nd7 12. Bc4 Nc7 13. Be3 a6 14. a5 b5 15. axb6
Rxb6 16. Na4 Rb4 17. Qe2 Nb6 18. Nxb6 Bxb2 19. Rb1 Rxb6 20. c3 Qb8 21. Qc2 Qb7
22. f5 f6 23. Rf2 Rb8 24. fxg6 hxg6 25. e5 f5 26. g4 Bxc3 27. Rxb6 Qxb6 28. Qxc3
Qb4 29. Qxb4 Rxb4 30. Rc2 fxg4 31. Bxc5 Rb1+ 32. Kh2 Nb5 33. hxg4 Kg7 34. Bxb5
Rxb5 35. exd6 exd6 36. Bxd6 Rxd5 37. Rc6 a5 38. Kg3 g5 39. Kf3 Rb5 40. Ke4 a4
41. Ra6 Kf7 42. Rxa4 1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.26"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Black "Wang, Hao"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[ECO "A45"]
[Opening "Trompovsky attack (Ruth, Opovcensky opening)"]
[WhiteFideId "13601520"]
[BlackFideId "8602883"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 3. e3 c5 4. Bxf6 gxf6 5. dxc5 e6 6. c4 dxc4 7. Nd2 c3 8.
bxc3 Nd7 9. Bb5 Bxc5 10. Qh5 f5 11. Ngf3 Qf6 12. Rd1 a6 13. Be2 Be7 14. Nd4 Qg6
15. Qh3 Ne5 16. O-O Bd7 17. f4 Ng4 18. Nc4 Rd8 19. Qf3 Bc8 20. Nc6 Rxd1 21. Rxd1
Bf6 22. Na7 O-O 23. h3 b5 24. Nd6 Bd7 25. hxg4 fxg4 26. Qxg4 Be7 27. Qxg6+ hxg6
28. Bf3 Rb8 29. Nxf7 1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.26"]
[Round "4.5"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Demchenko, Anton"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[ECO "B69"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Richter-Rauzer, Rauzer attack, 7...a6 defence, 11.Bxf6"]
[WhiteFideId "5000017"]
[BlackFideId "4160258"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O Bd7 9. f4 Be7 10. Nf3 b5 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. Kb1 b4 13. Ne2 h5 14. f5 e5 15.
Rg1 Qb6 16. g4 Qf2 17. Qd3 hxg4 18. Rxg4 Nd8 19. Rg2 Qc5 20. Ng3 a5 21. Nd2 Nb7
22. Qf3 a4 23. Bc4 Rc8 24. Rc1 Bf8 25. Nh5 Ke7 26. Qg4 Bh6 27. Nxf6 Bxd2 28.
Nd5+ Ke8 29. Qg8+ 1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.26"]
[Round "4.6"]
[White "Wang, Yue"]
[Black "Ni, Hua"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2671"]
[ECO "D14"]
[Opening "QGD Slav"]
[Variation "exchange variation, 6.Bf4 Bf5"]
[WhiteFideId "8601429"]
[BlackFideId "8601160"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

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. a3 Na5 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.26"]
[Round "4.7"]
[White "Moiseenko, Alexander"]
[Black "McShane, Luke J"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2667"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[ECO "A56"]
[Opening "Czech Benoni defence"]
[WhiteFideId "14102560"]
[BlackFideId "404853"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e5 4. Nc3 d6 5. e4 Be7 6. g3 Na6 7. Bg2 Nc7 8. Nge2 h5
9. h3 h4 10. g4 Nd7 11. Be3 a6 12. a4 b6 13. Qd2 Rb8 14. b3 b5 15. a5 g5 16. O-O
Nf8 17. b4 Ng6 18. bxc5 dxc5 19. Rfd1 Qd6 20. Bxg5 Bxg5 21. Qxg5 bxc4 22. Na4
Rb4 23. Nb6 Bd7 24. Rac1 Bb5 25. Nc3 O-O 26. Bf1 Na8 27. Na2 Nxb6 28. Nxb4 cxb4
29. axb6 c3 30. b7 Bxf1 31. Rxf1 Rb8 32. Qf5 Kg7 33. Qc8 Ne7 34. Qc4 Rxb7 35. f4
Ng6 36. fxe5 Nxe5 37. Qe2 Qc5+ 38. Kh1 b3 39. Qe1 c2 40. Qxh4 Qd6 41. g5 b2 42.
Rxc2 b1=Q 43. Rxb1 Rxb1+ 44. Kg2 Qb6 45. Rf2 Nd3 46. Rxf7+ Kxf7 47. Qh7+ Ke8 48.
Qg8+ Kd7 49. Qg7+ Kc8 50. Qc3+ Qc5 51. Qxd3 Qg1+ 52. Kf3 Rf1+ 0-1

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.26"]
[Round "4.8"]
[White "Cheparinov, Ivan"]
[Black "Dreev, Aleksey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2653"]
[ECO "D11"]
[Opening "QGD Slav"]
[Variation "3.Nf3"]
[WhiteFideId "2905540"]
[BlackFideId "4100107"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 g6 6. a4 Bg7 7. O-O Ne4 8. Qc2
Nd6 9. e4 Na6 10. Ne5 c5 11. dxc5 Nxc5 12. Nxc4 Be6 13. Nxd6+ exd6 14. Nc3 O-O
15. Ra3 Rc8 16. Bf4 Qb6 17. a5 Qc6 18. Rd1 Rfd8 19. Bg5 Rd7 20. Bf1 Na6 21. Qd2
Bc4 22. Bg2 Qc7 23. Bh3 Be6 24. Nd5 Bxd5 25. Qxd5 Nb4 26. Qb5 Nc6 27. Bxd7 Qxd7
28. Bf4 a6 29. Qa4 Qg4 30. f3 Qh5 31. Qc4 Qh3 32. Qf1 Qh5 33. Rd5 Be5 34. Bxe5
dxe5 35. Rc3 Rc7 36. Kg2 Qg5 37. Qc1 Qe7 38. Rcc5 Kg7 39. Rxe5 Qf6 40. Red5 Qe7
41. Qc3+ f6 42. b4 h5 43. h4 Rc8 44. Qd2 Rc7 45. Rd6 Qf7 46. Qd5 Qe7 47. f4 Qe8
48. e5 fxe5 49. fxe5 Rf7 50. e6 Rf5 51. Rd7+ Kg8 52. Qd6 1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.26"]
[Round "4.9"]
[White "Fressinet, Laurent"]
[Black "Safarli, Eltaj"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2662"]
[BlackElo "2639"]
[ECO "A04"]
[Opening "Reti opening"]
[WhiteFideId "608742"]
[BlackFideId "13402129"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. e3 Nf6 5. d4 cxd4 6. exd4 d5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
Bc4 Nb6 9. Bb3 Bg7 10. O-O O-O 11. d5 Na5 12. h3 Re8 13. Re1 Bxc3 14. bxc3 Nxb3
15. axb3 Qxd5 16. Be3 Qxd1 17. Rexd1 Be6 18. c4 Nc8 19. Ng5 Nd6 20. Nxe6 fxe6
21. Bxa7 Kf7 22. Bc5 Rxa1 23. Rxa1 Rc8 24. Bd4 b5 25. cxb5 Nxb5 26. Be3 Rc3 27.
b4 Rc4 28. Bc5 Nc3 29. Ra7 Nd5 30. g3 h5 31. h4 e5 32. Kf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.26"]
[Round "4.10"]
[White "Movsesian, Sergei"]
[Black "Kravtsiv, Martyn"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2647"]
[BlackElo "2672"]
[ECO "C84"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "closed defence"]
[WhiteFideId "310204"]
[BlackFideId "14113147"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a3 O-O
9. Nc3 Bg4 10. Be3 Nd4 11. Bxd4 exd4 12. Nd5 Nd7 13. h3 Bxf3 14. Qxf3 a5 15. c3
dxc3 16. bxc3 c6 17. Ne3 Bg5 18. Nf5 Qf6 19. Qg3 g6 20. f4 gxf5 21. e5 Qg7 22.
fxg5 Qxe5 23. Qxe5 Nxe5 24. d4 a4 25. Ba2 Nd7 26. Rxf5 d5 27. Raf1 Rae8 28. Bb1
Re3 29. R5f3 Rxf3 30. gxf3 Nb6 31. Bd3 Re8 32. Kf2 Kg7 33. h4 Nc8 34. Bf5 Nb6
35. Bd3 Nc8 36. Bf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.26"]
[Round "4.11"]
[White "Ponkratov, Pavel"]
[Black "Pantsulaia, Levan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2613"]
[BlackElo "2612"]
[ECO "A61"]
[Opening "Benoni defence"]
[WhiteFideId "4157800"]
[BlackFideId "13602071"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nf3 g6 7. Bf4 a6 8. Nd2
Nbd7 9. a4 Nh5 10. Be3 Bg7 11. g4 Nhf6 12. h3 h5 13. g5 Nh7 14. Nce4 O-O 15. Nc4
Nb6 16. Ncxd6 Bxb2 17. Rb1 Be5 18. a5 Bxd6 19. Nxd6 Qxd6 20. Rxb6 Qe5 21. Bg2
Nxg5 22. Bc1 Re8 23. Bb2 Qf4 24. Qd3 Ne4 25. O-O Bf5 26. Bc1 Qh4 27. Qb3 Ng5 28.
Qg3 Nxh3+ 29. Kh2 Qc4 30. Bxh3 Qxd5 31. Bg2 Qc4 32. e4 Bxe4 33. Re1 Bf5 34. Be3
Qc3 35. Rc1 Qxa5 36. Rxb7 Rac8 37. Bd5 Be6 38. Be4 Bg4 39. Qf4 Rf8 40. Bd5 Bf5
41. Rg1 Qd8 42. Qxf5 Qh4+ 43. Qh3 Qf6 44. Qg3 Kh7 45. Qg5 Qg7 46. Bc1 c4 47. Bf4
Rce8 48. Bxc4 Re4 49. Bd3 Rd4 50. Be5 1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.26"]
[Round "4.12"]
[White "Bosiocic, Marin"]
[Black "Sargissian, Gabriel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2624"]
[BlackElo "2672"]
[ECO "E15"]
[Opening "Queen's Indian"]
[Variation "Nimzovich variation (exaggerated fianchetto)"]
[WhiteFideId "14507927"]
[BlackFideId "13300881"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Qb3 Nc6 6. Nbd2 Na5 7. Qc3 c5 8. dxc5
bxc5 9. e4 Bb7 10. e5 Ne4 11. Nxe4 Bxe4 12. Bg2 Nc6 13. O-O Rb8 14. Re1 Bxf3 15.
Bxf3 Nd4 16. Bg2 Be7 17. Be3 Qc7 18. Rad1 O-O 19. b3 Rfd8 20. Bxd4 cxd4 21. Qxd4
d6 22. exd6 Bxd6 23. Qe4 Bb4 24. Rf1 Bc5 25. Qc2 g6 26. Bf3 Rxd1 27. Rxd1 Rd8
28. Rxd8+ Qxd8 29. Qc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.26"]
[Round "4.13"]
[White "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2683"]
[BlackElo "2799"]
[ECO "C76"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "modern Steinitz defence, fianchetto (Bronstein) variation"]
[WhiteFideId "14200244"]
[BlackFideId "13401319"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. c3 Bd7 6. d4 g6 7. O-O Bg7 8. Re1 Nf6
9. Bxc6 Bxc6 10. dxe5 Nxe4 11. exd6 O-O 12. dxc7 Qxc7 13. Be3 Rad8 14. Nd4 Be5
15. h3 Bh2+ 16. Kh1 Bf4 17. Qc2 Rfe8 18. Na3 Bd5 19. c4 Bc6 20. Rad1 Bxe3 21.
Rxe3 Qb6 22. c5 Nxc5 23. Nc4 Qc7 24. Nxc6 Qxc6 25. Rxd8 Rxd8 26. Ne5 Qd6 27. Qc4
Ne6 28. a4 Kg7 29. Qc3 Qd4 30. Qb3 Qf4 31. Nf3 h5 32. g3 Qf5 33. Kg2 Qd5 34.
Qc3+ Kg8 35. Re5 Qd3 36. Qb4 Rd7 37. Qb6 Qd6 38. Qe3 Qc6 39. b3 Rd1 40. Qe4 Qxe4
41. Rxe4 Nc5 42. Re7 Rd7 43. Rxd7 Nxd7 44. Nd2 Kf8 45. Kf3 Ke7 46. Ke4 Kd6 47.
Kd4 Kc6 48. Ne4 f5 49. Nd2 Nc5 50. Ke5 Nd3+ 51. Kf6 Nxf2 52. Kxg6 Nxh3 53. Kxf5
Kc5 54. Kg6 Kb4 55. Kxh5 Kc3 56. Kg4 Ng1 57. Ne4+ Kxb3 58. Nc5+ Kb4 59. Nxb7
Kxa4 60. Nc5+ Kb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.26"]
[Round "4.14"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Bocharov, Dmitry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2583"]
[ECO "B48"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Taimanov variation"]
[WhiteFideId "14100010"]
[BlackFideId "4138716"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. Bd3 Nf6 8. O-O
Bd6 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. f4 e5 11. Qe2 O-O 12. f5 Be7 13. Bc4 Bb7 14. Rad1 Rad8 15.
Na4 Qb8 16. Bb6 Rc8 17. Bc5 d6 18. Ba3 Rfe8 19. Bd3 a5 20. Kh1 Rcd8 21. c3 h6
22. Rfe1 Ba8 23. Qf2 d5 24. Bxe7 Rxe7 25. Nc5 Qb6 26. Re2 dxe4 27. Nxe4 Qxf2 28.
Nxf2 c5 29. Bc4 Rxd1+ 30. Nxd1 Rd7 31. Nf2 Kf8 32. Kg1 e4 33. g4 Bc6 34. h3 a4
35. Kf1 g5 36. fxg6 fxg6 37. Ke1 g5 38. Nd1 Nd5 39. Rxe4 Nf4 40. Re5 Ng2+ 41.
Ke2 Nf4+ 42. Ke1 Ng2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.26"]
[Round "4.15"]
[White "Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[ECO "A33"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "symmetrical variation"]
[WhiteFideId "5029465"]
[BlackFideId "4168119"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. a3 Be7 7. e4 O-O 8. Nf3
b6 9. Bf4 Bb7 10. Be2 Nh5 11. Be3 Qc7 12. g3 Rad8 13. O-O Nf6 14. Rc1 Qb8 15. b4
Ng4 16. Bf4 d6 17. Nd2 g5 18. Bxg4 gxf4 19. gxf4 Kh8 20. Kh1 d5 21. cxd5 Qxf4
22. Qf3 Qxd2 23. dxc6 Bc8 24. Rcd1 Qg5 25. Rxd8 Bxd8 26. Qg3 Rg8 27. Rg1 Qh6 28.
e5 Bh4 29. Qh3 Qg5 30. f4 Qd8 31. Rd1 Qe8 32. b5 Qe7 33. Ne4 a6 34. Be2 axb5 35.
Bxb5 f5 36. Nd6 Bf2 37. Qh6 Bc5 38. Qf6+ Qxf6 39. exf6 h5 40. f7 Rd8 41. c7 1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.26"]
[Round "4.16"]
[White "Inarkiev, Ernesto"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2689"]
[BlackElo "2691"]
[ECO "E06"]
[Opening "Catalan"]
[Variation "closed, 5.Nf3"]
[WhiteFideId "4162722"]
[BlackFideId "703303"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4
Bd7 9. Qxc4 Bc6 10. Bf4 Bd6 11. Qc1 Nbd7 12. Nc3 Qe7 13. Re1 Bxf3 14. Bxf3 Bxf4
15. Qxf4 c6 16. a5 e5 17. dxe5 Nxe5 18. Bg2 Rad8 19. b4 Rd7 20. Bh3 Rd6 21. Red1
Rfd8 22. Rxd6 Rxd6 23. Qe3 Nd5 24. Nxd5 Rxd5 25. Bg2 Rd7 26. Rc1 h6 27. h3 Qd6
28. Rc5 Ng6 29. Be4 Nf8 30. Bf5 Rd8 31. Kh2 Qd4 32. Qxd4 Rxd4 33. b5 cxb5 34.
Rc7 g6 35. Bc8 Rc4 36. Rxc4 bxc4 37. Bxb7 c3 38. Be4 Ne6 39. e3 Ng5 40. Bb1 Nf3+
41. Kg2 c2 42. Bxc2 Ne1+ 43. Kf1 Nxc2 44. Ke2 Nb4 0-1

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.26"]
[Round "4.17"]
[White "Yu, Yangyi"]
[Black "Volokitin, Andrei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2628"]
[ECO "A15"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[WhiteFideId "8603820"]
[BlackFideId "14107090"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. h4 Bg7 6. e4 Nxc3 7. dxc3 Qxd1+ 8.
Kxd1 Bg4 9. Kc2 Nd7 10. Nd4 a6 11. Be3 e5 12. Nb3 Be6 13. Na5 O-O-O 14. Bc4 Bxc4
15. Nxc4 h5 16. Rhd1 f5 17. Bg5 Rdf8 18. exf5 Rxf5 19. f3 Nc5 20. Rd5 Ne6 21.
Ne3 Rf7 22. Rh1 Re8 23. Rf1 Nxg5 24. hxg5 Rf4 25. g3 Rf7 26. Kd3 Rxf3 27. Rxf3
e4+ 28. Ke2 exf3+ 29. Kxf3 Rf8+ 30. Ke2 Re8 31. Kf3 Rf8+ 32. Kg2 Re8 33. Rd3 Re5
34. Nd5 Rxg5 35. Ne7+ Kb8 36. Rd8+ Ka7 37. Rg8 Bf6 38. Nc8+ Kb8 39. Nd6+ Ka7 40.
Ne4 Rf5 41. Rxg6 Be7 42. Re6 Bg5 43. a4 a5 44. b3 b6 45. Kh3 Kb7 46. c4 Kc8 47.
g4 Rf3+ 48. Kg2 hxg4 49. Nxg5 Rxb3 50. Re7 Rb4 51. c5 Rc4 52. Ne6 bxc5 53. Rxc7+
Kb8 54. Rxc5 Rxa4 55. Rb5+ Ka7 56. Kg3 Ka6 57. Nc7+ Ka7 58. Nd5 Ka6 59. Rb1 Rc4
60. Ne3 Rc3 61. Kf4 a4 62. Nxg4 Rb3 63. Ra1 Kb5 64. Ne3 a3 65. Ke4 Kb4 66. Nc2+
Kc3 67. Nd4 Kb2 68. Rh1 a2 69. Rh2+ Ka3 70. Nc2+ Kb2 71. Nb4+ Ka3 72. Nc2+ Kb2
73. Nd4+ Ka3 74. Nxb3 Kxb3 75. Rxa2 Kxa2 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.26"]
[Round "4.18"]
[White "Rapport, Richard"]
[Black "Salgado Lopez, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2707"]
[BlackElo "2644"]
[ECO "B13"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "exchange variation"]
[WhiteFideId "738590"]
[BlackFideId "2257327"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Ne5 Nc6 6. Bb5 Bd7 7. Nxd7 Qxd7 8.
c3 e6 9. Nd2 Bd6 10. Nf3 O-O 11. O-O Qc7 12. Re1 a6 13. Bd3 Bf4 14. Bxf4 Qxf4
15. a4 g6 16. g3 Qc7 17. Kg2 Kg7 18. Qe2 Rfe8 19. h4 h5 20. b4 Ne7 21. Rac1 Rac8
22. Ne5 a5 23. Bb5 Rf8 24. Qb2 b6 25. Ba6 Ra8 26. Bd3 Qd6 27. b5 Rfd8 28. Re3
Rac8 29. Rf3 Rc7 30. Rc2 Nf5 31. Bxf5 exf5 32. Nc6 Re8 33. Re2 Rcc8 34. Rfe3 Re4
35. Qc1 Ng4 36. Rxe4 fxe4 37. c4 dxc4 38. Rxe4 Nf6 39. Re5 Ng4 40. Re2 Qd5+ 41.
f3 Rc7 42. Qf4 Rd7 43. Ne7 Qb7 44. Nc6 Nf6 45. Qc1 Rd5 46. Re7 Rd7 47. Re5 Rd5
48. Re7 Rd7 49. Re5 Rd5 50. Qxc4 Qd7 51. Re7 Qf5 52. Ne5 1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.26"]
[Round "4.19"]
[White "Ding, Liren"]
[Black "Li, Chao b"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[ECO "D71"]
[Opening "Neo-Gruenfeld, 5.cd"]
[WhiteFideId "8603677"]
[BlackFideId "8604436"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. c4 g6 2. g3 Bg7 3. d4 Nf6 4. Bg2 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Nf3 c5 7. e4 Nf6 8. e5
Nfd7 9. e6 fxe6 10. Ng5 Nf6 11. dxc5 Qxd1+ 12. Kxd1 O-O 13. Ke2 Na6 14. Nc3 h6
15. Nge4 Nxe4 16. Bxe4 Nxc5 17. Bxg6 b6 18. Rd1 Bb7 19. Kf1 Bf3 20. Re1 Rad8 21.
Bf4 e5 22. Be3 Nd3 23. Bxd3 Rxd3 24. a4 e4 25. a5 bxa5 26. Rxa5 Rxc3 27. bxc3
Bxc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.26"]
[Round "4.20"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Rakhmanov, Aleksandr"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2694"]
[BlackElo "2653"]
[ECO "B29"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Nimzovich-Rubinstein variation"]
[WhiteFideId "14103320"]
[BlackFideId "4173708"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 d5 4. exd5 Nxd5 5. Bb5+ Bd7 6. Bc4 Nb6 7. Be2 Nc6 8.
d4 cxd4 9. Nxd4 e5 10. Ndb5 a6 11. Nd6+ Bxd6 12. Qxd6 Bf5 13. Qxd8+ Rxd8 14. Be3
Nd4 15. O-O-O Nxe2+ 16. Nxe2 Rc8 17. Nc3 Na4 18. Rd5 Nxc3 19. Rxe5+ Be6 20. bxc3
Rxc3 21. Kb2 Rc4 22. Rc5 Rxc5 23. Bxc5 h5 24. h4 Rh6 25. Re1 Kd7 26. g3 Rh8 27.
a3 Rc8 28. Bb4 b6 29. Re5 g6 30. Re3 a5 31. Rd3+ Ke8 32. Bc3 Rd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.26"]
[Round "4.21"]
[White "Amonatov, Farrukh"]
[Black "Almasi, Zoltan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2636"]
[BlackElo "2682"]
[ECO "C46"]
[Opening "Four knights game"]
[WhiteFideId "14700077"]
[BlackFideId "702293"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. g3 Bc5 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O Bg4 7. h3 Bh5 8. d3 a6
9. Be3 Nd7 10. Qd2 Bxf3 11. Bxf3 h5 12. Nd5 h4 13. Bg4 Nf6 14. Nxf6+ gxf6 15. c3
Bxe3 16. fxe3 hxg3 17. Rf3 Ke7 18. Raf1 Rh6 19. d4 Qh8 20. Rxg3 Rg8 21. Qf2 Nd8
22. d5 Rxg4 23. Rxg4 Rxh3 24. Qg2 Rxe3 25. Rg3 Qh6 26. b4 b5 27. Rxf6 Qxf6 28.
Rxe3 Qh6 29. Rf3 f6 30. Qh3 Qc1+ 31. Rf1 Qg5+ 32. Kh1 Qg6 33. Qf5 Qh6+ 34. Kg2
Qd2+ 35. Rf2 Qh6 36. Qg4 Qh7 37. Kf1 c6 38. Qf5 Qh4 39. Kg2 cxd5 40. exd5 Qh6
41. Qg4 Qh7 42. a4 Qf7 43. Qe4 Qg7+ 44. Kf1 Qg5 45. a5 Qc1+ 46. Kg2 Qg5+ 47. Kf1
Qc1+ 48. Kg2 Qg5+ 49. Kh3 Qh6+ 50. Qh4 Qg6 51. Kh2 Nf7 52. c4 Ng5 53. cxb5 axb5
54. Qh8 Nh7 55. Qc8 Ng5 56. Qc7+ Ke8 57. Qc8+ Ke7 58. a6 Qh7+ 59. Kg1 Qb1+ 60.
Rf1 Qe4 61. Qc7+ Ke8 62. a7 Qe3+ 63. Kg2 Qe2+ 64. Rf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.26"]
[Round "4.22"]
[White "Kuzubov, Yuriy"]
[Black "Meier, Georg"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2699"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[ECO "A07"]
[Opening "Reti"]
[Variation "King's Indian attack (Barcza system)"]
[WhiteFideId "14112906"]
[BlackFideId "4675789"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Bg4 3. Bg2 e6 4. d3 Nf6 5. Nbd2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. h3 Bh5 8. e4
c5 9. c3 Nc6 10. Qe2 Qc7 11. Re1 Rfd8 12. e5 Nd7 13. g4 Bg6 14. Nf1 b5 15. Bf4
c4 16. d4 b4 17. h4 Rdb8 18. Ng3 bxc3 19. bxc3 Bd3 20. Qe3 Rb2 21. Rec1 Rab8 22.
Ne1 Bb1 23. Bxd5 exd5 24. e6 Bd6 25. exd7 Qxd7 26. Bxd6 Qxd6 27. Ng2 h6 28. g5
hxg5 29. Qxg5 Ne7 30. Re1 Kf8 31. Nf4 Qf6 32. Qxf6 gxf6 33. Ngh5 Bxa2 34. Nxf6
R8b7 35. h5 Rb1 36. Kg2 Rxe1 37. Rxe1 Kg7 38. Ne8+ Kf8 39. h6 Bb1 40. Rxb1 Rxb1
41. h7 1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.26"]
[Round "4.23"]
[White "Adhiban, Baskaran"]
[Black "Mamedov, Rauf"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[ECO "B22"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Alapin's variation (2.c3)"]
[WhiteFideId "5018471"]
[BlackFideId "13401653"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. dxc5 Nc6 5. f3 d5 6. Bb5 e6 7. b4 Bd7 8. exd5
Nxd5 9. Ne2 a5 10. c4 Ndxb4 11. Nbc3 Ne5 12. O-O Bxc5+ 13. Kh1 Nbd3 14. Ne4 Bxb5
15. cxb5 Be7 16. Nf4 Nxc1 17. Qxc1 O-O 18. Rd1 Qb6 19. Qc3 Ng6 20. Nh5 e5 21. a4
Rad8 22. h3 Rd4 23. Qc2 Rfd8 24. Neg3 Nh4 25. Ne4 Nf5 26. Rxd4 Nxd4 27. Qc4 g6
28. Nhg3 Ne6 29. Rc1 Qe3 30. Nf1 Qa3 31. Kh2 Kg7 32. Rc3 Qb4 33. Ne3 Qxc4 34.
Rxc4 f5 35. Nc3 Bc5 36. Ned5 b6 37. g4 Nd4 38. Kg2 Nc2 39. gxf5 gxf5 40. Kf1 Nd4
41. Nc7 Kf7 42. Na6 Ne6 43. Nxc5 Nxc5 44. Ke2 h5 45. Nd1 Rd4 46. Nb2 Ke6 47. Rc1
Rh4 48. Rg1 Rxh3 49. Nc4 Rh2+ 50. Ke3 f4# 0-1

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.26"]
[Round "4.24"]
[White "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Quparadze, Giga"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2691"]
[BlackElo "2506"]
[ECO "A13"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "Neo-Catalan accepted"]
[WhiteFideId "24101605"]
[BlackFideId "13602250"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 dxc4 5. Qa4+ Bd7 6. Qxc4 c5 7. Ne5 Qc8 8. d3
Nc6 9. Nxd7 Qxd7 10. Nd2 Rc8 11. Nf3 Be7 12. O-O O-O 13. Bd2 Nd5 14. Rfc1 Rfd8
15. Be1 b6 16. a3 h6 17. Rab1 Bf6 18. Qa6 Nb8 19. Qc4 Nc6 20. Qa4 a5 21. Rc2 Qb7
22. Qb5 Nc7 23. Qa4 Nd5 24. Qb5 Nc7 25. Qb3 Qa6 26. Bf1 a4 27. Qc4 Qa7 28. e3
Ne8 29. Rbc1 Ne7 30. Qg4 g6 31. Nd2 Bg7 32. Nb1 Nf6 33. Qf3 Nfd5 34. Nc3 Qd7 35.
Qg4 Ra8 36. Nxd5 Nxd5 37. Qc4 Ra7 38. Qa2 h5 39. Bc3 h4 40. Bxg7 Kxg7 41. Qc4
hxg3 42. hxg3 Nf6 43. Rd1 e5 44. Bg2 Qf5 45. Rcd2 Qh5 46. Qb5 Rd6 47. Qc4 Rd8
48. Qb5 Rd6 49. Qc4 Nh7 50. d4 exd4 51. exd4 cxd4 52. Qb4 Rad7 53. Qxa4 Nf6 54.
Re1 Ng4 55. Rd3 Qh2+ 56. Kf1 Rf6 57. Re2 Rc7 58. Qxd4 Rc1+ 59. Re1 Rc4 60. Qxf6+
Nxf6 61. Rb3 Rc2 62. Rb4 Qh6 63. Bf3 Qd2 64. Re2 Qd1+ 0-1

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.26"]
[Round "4.25"]
[White "Bu, Xiangzhi"]
[Black "Savchenko, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2566"]
[ECO "A15"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[WhiteFideId "8601445"]
[BlackFideId "4147332"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 c5 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Nc6 7. Be3 d6 8. Be2
O-O 9. O-O Bd7 10. Qd2 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Bc6 12. f3 a5 13. b3 Nd7 14. Be3 Nc5 15.
Rab1 Qb6 16. Rfc1 Rfc8 17. Bf1 Qb4 18. Qb2 Qb6 19. Kh1 h5 20. a3 Qd8 21. Rd1 b6
22. Qd2 Kh7 23. Ne2 Ne6 24. Nc3 Nc5 25. Nd5 e6 26. Nf4 Qe8 27. Ne2 Rd8 28. Nd4
Bd7 29. b4 Ba4 30. Re1 axb4 31. axb4 Nd7 32. Rec1 Ne5 33. b5 d5 34. exd5 exd5
35. c5 bxc5 36. Rxc5 Nc4 37. Bxc4 dxc4 38. Qf2 Bb3 39. Qg1 Ba2 40. Re1 Qd7 41.
Nc6 Rdc8 42. Rd1 Qe8 43. Bd4 Bb3 44. Rc1 Bf8 45. Re5 Qd7 46. Qe3 Bh6 47. Qe4 Re8
48. Re1 Rxe5 49. Qxe5 Ba4 50. h3 Rg8 51. Qc5 Re8 52. Ra1 Bb3 53. Ne5 Qf5 54. Ra7
Kg8 55. b6 Bf4 56. b7 c3 57. Ra8 c2 58. Rxe8+ Kh7 59. b8=Q Bd5 60. Rh8+ Kg7 61.
Qbf8+ 1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.26"]
[Round "4.26"]
[White "Bortnyk, Olexandr"]
[Black "Dzhumagaliev, Yan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2400"]
[ECO "B40"]
[Opening "Sicilian defence"]
[WhiteFideId "14120828"]
[BlackFideId "24100110"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. g3 e5 5. d3 d6 6. Bg2 Be7 7. Be3 Nf6 8. h3 h6
9. Nd2 a6 10. a4 Rb8 11. f4 b5 12. axb5 axb5 13. O-O Be6 14. Nd5 Bxd5 15. exd5
Nb4 16. fxe5 dxe5 17. c4 Nxd3 18. b3 Qb6 19. cxb5 Qxb5 20. d6 Bd8 21. Nc4 Qxb3
22. Bc6+ 1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.26"]
[Round "4.27"]
[White "Kovalev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Alekseev, Evgeny"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2639"]
[BlackElo "2616"]
[ECO "A45"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[WhiteFideId "13504398"]
[BlackFideId "4138147"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 d5 3. e3 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nd2 Bf5 6. Qb3 Qc8 7. dxc5 e5 8. Bg5
Nd7 9. Qxd5 Nxc5 10. Nb3 Be4 11. Qc4 Nxb3 12. axb3 Qf5 13. Bh4 Be7 14. Bxe7 Nxe7
15. Ne2 Bd5 16. Qa4+ Bc6 17. Ng3 Qd7 18. Qa5 Rd8 19. c4 O-O 20. Be2 Bxg2 21. Rg1
Nc6 22. Qc3 Qh3 23. Bd3 Bf3 24. Nf5 g6 25. Rg3 Qxh2 26. Bf1 Qh5 27. Bh3 Be4 28.
b4 Bxf5 29. Bg2 a6 30. b5 axb5 31. cxb5 Nb8 32. Qxe5 Nd7 33. Qc3 b6 34. b4 Be6
35. Bc6 Ne5 36. Kf1 Nxc6 37. bxc6 Rd1+ 38. Rxd1 Qxd1+ 39. Kg2 Qd5+ 40. e4 Qxe4+
41. Kg1 Bd5 42. f3 Qb1+ 43. Kh2 Rc8 44. c7 Qa2+ 45. Rg2 Qc4 46. Qe5 Qxc7 0-1

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.26"]
[Round "4.28"]
[White "Onischuk, Vladimir"]
[Black "Esipenko, Andrey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2637"]
[BlackElo "2564"]
[ECO "B18"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "classical variation"]
[WhiteFideId "14114038"]
[BlackFideId "24175439"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. c3 e6 7. Nh3 Bd6 8. Nf4
Nf6 9. h4 Bxf4 10. Bxf4 h6 11. h5 Bh7 12. Qb3 Qe7 13. Be2 O-O 14. O-O a5 15. c4
a4 16. Qc3 Nbd7 17. Bf3 Rfc8 18. Rfe1 Qd8 19. Nf1 Bf5 20. Qb4 Ra7 21. Ne3 Be4
22. Be2 Qa5 23. Qxa5 Rxa5 24. c5 b5 25. Bd6 Nd5 26. Ng4 Bf5 27. Nh2 Nb4 28. Red1
Nd5 29. f3 a3 30. b3 Nc3 31. Rd2 Nf6 32. g4 Bh7 33. Kf2 Nfd5 34. Nf1 Nb4 35. Ne3
Bb1 36. Nd1 Nbd5 37. Nxc3 Nxc3 38. Ke3 Bh7 39. Bd3 Nd5+ 40. Ke2 Ra7 41. f4 Nc3+
42. Kf3 Rd7 43. Bxh7+ Kxh7 44. Rg1 f6 45. Rc2 b4 46. Re1 Re8 47. f5 e5 48. dxe5
fxe5 49. Rxe5 Rxe5 50. Bxe5 Rd3+ 51. Kf2 Nd5 52. Re2 Kg8 53. Bg3 Kf7 54. Bd6 Rd1
55. Kf3 Rd3+ 56. Ke4 Rc3 57. Be5 Rxc5 58. Kd4 Rc1 59. Bd6 Rb1 60. Rc2 Rd1+ 61.
Kc5 Ne3 62. Re2 Nxg4 63. Kxc6 Rd4 64. Kc5 Rd1 65. Bb8 Rd8 66. Bg3 Nf6 67. Kxb4
Nxh5 68. Bh2 Nf6 69. Kxa3 Rd5 70. Kb4 Rxf5 71. a4 Nd5+ 72. Ka3 g5 73. Rd2 h5 74.
a5 Nc3 75. Kb4 Nd5+ 76. Ka3 Nc3 77. a6 Ne4 78. Kb4 Ke6 79. a7 Rf8 80. Re2 Kd5
81. Rxe4 Kxe4 82. Bb8 Kd5 1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.26"]
[Round "4.29"]
[White "Georgiev, Kiril"]
[Black "Korobov, Anton"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2623"]
[BlackElo "2652"]
[ECO "E18"]
[Opening "Queen's Indian"]
[Variation "old main line, 7.Nc3"]
[WhiteFideId "2900017"]
[BlackFideId "14105730"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Nc3 Ne4 8. Bd2
d5 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Rc1 Nd7 11. Bf4 Nxc3 12. Rxc3 c5 13. Ne5 Nf6 14. dxc5 bxc5
15. Qa4 Qc8 16. Rc2 Qe6 17. Nf3 h6 18. Rfc1 Rfe8 19. h4 a5 20. Qb3 Qa6 21. Qd3
Qb6 22. Qb3 Qa7 23. e3 a4 24. Qd3 Ne4 25. Be5 Bf8 26. Bc3 Rad8 27. Be1 Qb6 28.
Qd1 d4 29. exd4 cxd4 30. Qd3 Nc5 31. Qd2 d3 32. Rc4 Re2 33. Qa5 Rxe1+ 34. Qxe1
Bxf3 35. Qd2 Bxg2 36. Kxg2 Re8 37. Qf4 Re2 38. b4 axb3 39. axb3 d2 40. Rd1 Nd3 0-1

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.26"]
[Round "4.30"]
[White "Laznicka, Viktor"]
[Black "Kryvoruchko, Yuriy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2647"]
[BlackElo "2689"]
[ECO "A22"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[WhiteFideId "316385"]
[BlackFideId "14109182"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. e3 Bb4 4. Nge2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3 6. Nxc3 d5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
Qb3 Nxc3 9. bxc3 c5 10. Be2 Nc6 11. c4 b6 12. Bf3 Bb7 13. Qc3 Re8 14. Bd5 Na5
15. e4 Qd7 16. O-O Nc6 17. d3 Nd4 18. Ra2 Rac8 19. f4 Bxd5 20. cxd5 f6 21. Raf2
b5 22. fxe5 fxe5 23. Be3 Qd6 24. h3 a6 25. Kh1 Rf8 26. Qe1 Rxf2 27. Rxf2 b4 28.
Qc1 Rb8 29. axb4 cxb4 30. Bxd4 exd4 31. Qc4 b3 32. e5 Qxe5 33. d6+ Kh8 34. Qc7
Rg8 35. Qe7 Qe3 36. Qxe3 dxe3 37. Rb2 h6 38. Rxb3 Rd8 39. Kg1 Rxd6 40. Kf1 Rf6+
41. Ke2 Rf2+ 42. Kxe3 Rxg2 43. Kf3 Rd2 44. Ra3 Kh7 45. h4 Kg6 46. Kg4 h5+ 47.
Kg3 Kf7 48. Rxa6 Rxd3+ 49. Kg2 g6 50. Rb6 Re3 51. Ra6 Re6 52. Ra8 Kf6 53. Kf3
Rb6 54. Rf8+ Ke5 55. Re8+ Re6 56. Ra8 Rf6+ 57. Kg3 Rb6 58. Re8+ Kf6 59. Rf8+ Ke7
60. Ra8 Rb4 61. Ra6 Rg4+ 62. Kh3 Kf7 63. Rb6 Re4 64. Kg3 Re6 65. Rb8 Re3+ 66.
Kg2 Kf6 67. Rf8+ Ke5 68. Rf7 Ra3 69. Rf8 Ke6 70. Rf1 Ra4 71. Kg3 Rg4+ 72. Kh3
Re4 73. Rf8 Ke7 74. Rf1 Kd6 75. Rf8 Ke5 76. Kg3 Rg4+ 77. Kh3 Ke4 78. Rf6 Ke3 79.
Re6+ Kf2 80. Rf6+ Ke3 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.26"]
[Round "4.31"]
[White "Eljanov, Pavel"]
[Black "Sjugirov, Sanan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2711"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[ECO "A07"]
[Opening "Reti"]
[Variation "King's Indian attack, Keres variation"]
[WhiteFideId "14102951"]
[BlackFideId "4189302"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Bg4 3. Bg2 Nd7 4. h3 Bxf3 5. exf3 e6 6. O-O Bd6 7. f4 Ne7 8. d3
O-O 9. Nd2 c5 10. Nf3 Rc8 11. Re1 Nc6 12. c4 a6 13. b3 b5 14. h4 h6 15. Bd2 Re8
16. Qc2 Qc7 17. Bc3 Rb8 18. Re2 bxc4 19. dxc4 d4 20. Bd2 a5 21. Ne1 Nb4 22. Bxb4
axb4 23. Nd3 Red8 24. a4 bxa3 25. Rxa3 Rb6 26. Qa2 Rdb8 27. Rb2 Qd8 28. Ra7 Rc8
29. Qa4 Rc7 30. Ra5 Rb8 31. Ra2 e5 32. fxe5 Nxe5 33. Nxe5 Bxe5 34. Ra8 Rcc8 35.
Rxb8 Rxb8 36. Bd5 Qf6 37. Kg2 d3 38. Rd2 Bd4 39. Qa2 Qf5 40. Qb1 Re8 41. Qxd3
Qxd3 42. Rxd3 Bf6 43. Rd2 g5 44. h5 Kg7 45. Kf3 Re7 46. Ra2 Bd4 47. g4 Bc3 48.
Ra6 Bb4 49. Rc6 Ba3 50. Be4 Rb7 51. Bc2 Re7 52. Rb6 Bb4 53. Be4 Bc3 54. Rb5 Bd4
55. Bd5 Kf8 56. Rb6 Kg7 57. b4 cxb4 58. Rxb4 Rd7 59. Rb5 Rc7 60. Ra5 Bb6 61. Ra2
Re7 62. Ra6 Bd4 63. Rc6 Ra7 64. Ke2 Ra2+ 65. Kd3 Bxf2 66. c5 Ra7 67. Kc4 Ra4+
68. Kb5 Rxg4 69. Rc7 Rf4 70. c6 Bg3 71. Rd7 Rf5 72. Kc4 g4 73. c7 Bxc7 74. Rxc7
Rxh5 75. Bxf7 Ra5 76. Kd3 Kf6 77. Ke3 h5 78. Kf4 Rf5+ 79. Kg3 Kg5 80. Be6 Re5
81. Bxg4 hxg4 82. Rg7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.26"]
[Round "4.32"]
[White "Riazantsev, Alexander"]
[Black "Socko, Bartosz"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2593"]
[ECO "E12"]
[Opening "Queen's Indian"]
[Variation "Petrosian system"]
[WhiteFideId "4125029"]
[BlackFideId "1107038"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. a3 Bb7 5. Nc3 d5 6. Bg5 Be7 7. e3 O-O 8. Qc2
Nbd7 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Bd3 Re8 11. O-O c5 12. Rad1 c4 13. Bf5 g6 14. Bh3 Nh5 15.
Bh6 Ndf6 16. Ne5 Bc8 17. g4 Bd6 18. f4 Bxe5 19. dxe5 Nxg4 20. Bxg4 Bxg4 21. Rxd5
Qh4 22. Qf2 Qh3 23. Ne4 Bf5 24. Nd6 Red8 25. Rd4 Bd3 26. Re1 f6 27. f5 g5 28.
exf6 Nxf6 29. Bxg5 Rxd6 30. Rxd6 Ne4 31. Qf4 Nxd6 32. Qxd6 Qxf5 33. Qg3 Kh8 34.
e4 Bxe4 35. Rxe4 Rf8 36. Bf4 Qc5+ 37. Be3 1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.26"]
[Round "4.33"]
[White "Halkias, Stelios"]
[Black "Zhigalko, Sergei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2571"]
[BlackElo "2641"]
[ECO "A28"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "four knights, Marini variation"]
[WhiteFideId "4201809"]
[BlackFideId "13502956"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. a3 g6 5. d3 Bg7 6. g3 d6 7. Bg2 O-O 8. Bg5 h6
9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. O-O Ne7 11. Nd2 c6 12. Rb1 Be6 13. b4 d5 14. Qc2 h5 15. b5 h4
16. bxc6 bxc6 17. Rb7 Nf5 18. Qa4 hxg3 19. hxg3 e4 20. cxd5 cxd5 21. dxe4 Nxg3
22. exd5 Bxc3 23. dxe6 Nxe2+ 24. Kh1 Qxd2 25. Qh4 Bf6 26. Qh3 Kg7 27. Rxf7+ Rxf7
28. exf7 Nf4 29. Qh2 Rf8 30. Be4 Rxf7 31. Rb1 Bd4 32. Qg3 Qxf2 33. Qg4 Qe2 34.
Bf3 Qe8 35. Kh2 Qe6 36. Qxe6 Nxe6 37. Bd5 Rf2+ 38. Kg3 Nf4 39. Bc4 Ne2+ 40. Kg4
Rf4+ 41. Kh3 Nc3 42. Rb7+ Kh6 0-1

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.26"]
[Round "4.34"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Naiditsch, Arkadij"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[ECO "B30"]
[Opening "Sicilian defence"]
[WhiteFideId "605506"]
[BlackFideId "4650891"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Qc7 5. O-O Nd4 6. Re1 a6 7. Bc4 e6 8. e5
Ng8 9. d3 b5 10. Bb3 Nxb3 11. axb3 Bb7 12. Bf4 f5 13. d4 Ne7 14. dxc5 Ng6 15.
Be3 Bxc5 16. Bxc5 Qxc5 17. Qd4 Rc8 18. b4 Qxd4 19. Nxd4 Rc4 20. Nb3 Rxb4 21. Nc5
Bc6 22. Rxa6 Ke7 23. Nd3 Rg4 24. g3 Rc8 25. f4 h5 26. Ne2 Nh8 27. Nd4 Bd5 28.
Nf2 Rg6 29. Rd1 b4 30. Ra5 Rf8 31. Nd3 h4 32. Rxd5 exd5 33. Nxb4 hxg3 34. Nxd5+
Kf7 35. hxg3 Rxg3+ 36. Kf2 Rh3 37. Nxf5 Ng6 38. Nde3 Nxf4 39. Rxd7+ Ke8 40. e6
Nxe6 41. Re7+ Kd8 42. Rxe6 Kd7 43. Re7+ Kc6 44. Rxg7 Rd8 45. Ke2 Rh2+ 46. Rg2
Rh1 47. c3 Kb5 48. Nd4+ Ka4 49. Kd3 1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.26"]
[Round "4.35"]
[White "Malakhov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Mchedlishvili, Mikheil"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2686"]
[BlackElo "2603"]
[ECO "B40"]
[Opening "Sicilian defence"]
[WhiteFideId "4120787"]
[BlackFideId "13600966"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. O-O Be7 7. Re1 O-O 8. c3 Bd7
9. d4 cxd4 10. cxd4 d5 11. e5 Ne4 12. Nbd2 Nxd2 13. Bxd2 Rc8 14. h4 b5 15. Bg5
b4 16. Qd3 h6 17. Bxe7 Nxe7 18. Rec1 Qb6 19. Qd2 a5 20. g4 a4 21. b3 axb3 22.
axb3 Rxc1+ 23. Rxc1 Rc8 24. Rxc8+ Bxc8 25. h5 Ba6 26. g5 hxg5 27. Qxg5 Nf5 28.
Bh3 Nh6 29. Qe7 Bb5 30. Qxb4 Qc6 31. Qc5 Qe8 32. Qc2 Qd8 33. Qd2 Qa8 34. Kh2 Qa6
35. Qb4 Qc6 36. Bf1 Qc1 37. Qxb5 Qf4+ 38. Kg1 Qxf3 39. Be2 Qe4 40. Bd3 Qg4+ 41.
Kf1 Qd1+ 42. Kg2 Qg4+ 43. Kf1 Qd1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.26"]
[Round "4.36"]
[White "Saric, Ivan"]
[Black "Melkumyan, Hrant"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2669"]
[BlackElo "2633"]
[ECO "C48"]
[Opening "Four knights"]
[Variation "Spanish, classical defence"]
[WhiteFideId "14508150"]
[BlackFideId "13302485"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Bb5 Bc5 5. d3 O-O 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. Be3 Bd6 8.
h3 Nd7 9. Ne2 Re8 10. Ng3 Bb4+ 11. c3 Bf8 12. Qc2 a5 13. d4 c5 14. dxe5 Nxe5 15.
Nxe5 Rxe5 16. f4 Re8 17. O-O Qh4 18. Rf3 b6 19. e5 Qe7 20. Ne4 f5 21. Nf2 Qf7
22. a3 Bb7 23. Rg3 h6 24. Re1 c4 25. Bd4 Re6 26. Nd1 Rd8 27. Qe2 Be7 28. Bf2 Ba6
29. Ne3 Rd3 30. Nc2 c5 31. Ne3 Bf8 32. Nxc4 Rxg3 33. Bxg3 Qg6 34. Kh2 a4 35. Qd3
Bb5 36. Qd5 Kh7 37. Ne3 Bc6 38. Qd3 Be4 39. Qd7 Bc6 40. Qd3 Be4 41. Qc4 Bc6 42.
Qd3 Be4 43. Qd7 Be7 44. Qxa4 h5 45. h4 Rc6 46. c4 Qf7 47. Nd5 Rg6 48. Rxe4 fxe4
49. Qc2 Rxg3 50. Kxg3 Qg6+ 51. Kh2 Bxh4 52. Kg1 Kh6 53. Nc3 Bg3 54. Qxe4 Qxe4
55. Nxe4 Bxf4 56. e6 Kg6 57. Kf2 Bc1 58. b4 Bxa3 59. b5 Bb2 60. Kf3 Be5 61. g4
h4 62. Kg2 Bc7 63. Kh3 Bd8 64. Kh2 Be7 65. Kg2 Bd8 66. Kf3 Be7 67. Kf4 Kh6 68.
Nc3 g5+ 69. Kf3 Kg6 70. Nd5 Bd6 71. Kg2 Kg7 72. Kh3 Kf8 73. Kg2 Ke8 74. Kf3 Kd8
75. Ke4 Ke8 76. Nxb6 Ke7 77. Kf5 h3 78. Nc8+ Kd8 79. Nxd6 h2 80. Kf6 h1=Q 81.
e7+ Kc7 82. e8=Q Qf1+ 83. Nf5 Qxc4 84. Qc6+ Kd8 85. Qb6+ Kd7 86. Qb7+ Kd8 87.
Qe7+ 1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.26"]
[Round "4.37"]
[White "Fedorchuk, Sergey A."]
[Black "Grigoriants, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2648"]
[BlackElo "2561"]
[ECO "B53"]
[Opening "Sicilian, Chekhover variation"]
[WhiteFideId "14102536"]
[BlackFideId "4130804"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 a6 5. Be2 Nc6 6. Qe3 Nf6 7. O-O e5 8. h3
Be7 9. c4 O-O 10. Nc3 Be6 11. Rd1 Rc8 12. b3 Qa5 13. Bd2 Qa3 14. Qd3 Nd7 15. Nb1
Qc5 16. Be3 Qa5 17. Nc3 f5 18. exf5 Bxf5 19. Qd2 Nf6 20. Nd5 Nxd5 21. Qxa5 Nxa5
22. Rxd5 Nc6 23. Rd2 h6 24. Rad1 Kf7 25. Nh2 Rcd8 26. Bf3 e4 27. Bg4 Bxg4 28.
Nxg4 Ke6 29. Bb6 Rd7 30. Re2 h5 31. Nh2 d5 32. cxd5+ Rxd5 33. Rxe4+ Kd6 34. Bc7+ 1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.26"]
[Round "4.38"]
[White "Dobrov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Khismatullin, Denis"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2632"]
[ECO "E04"]
[Opening "Catalan"]
[Variation "open, 5.Nf3"]
[WhiteFideId "4136594"]
[BlackFideId "4142578"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 Bb4+ 6. Nbd2 b5 7. a4 c6 8. O-O
Bb7 9. Ne1 a6 10. Nc2 Be7 11. e4 c5 12. e5 Nd5 13. Ne4 Nd7 14. Qg4 g6 15. Bg5
O-O 16. Qh4 Rb8 17. axb5 cxd4 18. bxa6 Ba8 19. Bxe7 Qxe7 20. Qxe7 Nxe7 21. Nxd4
Nxe5 22. f4 Ng4 23. h3 Ne3 24. Nf6+ Kg7 25. Bxa8 Rxa8 26. Rf3 Kxf6 27. Rxe3 Rfb8
28. Rc3 Rb4 29. Rc2 Nd5 30. a7 Ne3 31. Rc3 Nd5 32. Rc2 h5 33. Nc6 Rb3 34. Kh2 h4
35. gxh4 Ne3 36. Rd2 Nd5 37. Rc2 Ne3 38. Rd2 Rd3 39. Rxd3 cxd3 40. b4 Kf5 41. b5
Nc4 42. Kg3 Ke4 43. Ra4 Kd5 44. Kf3 d2 45. Ra1 Nb2 46. Ke2 d1=Q+ 47. Rxd1+ Nxd1
48. Kxd1 Kc5 49. Nd4 Rxa7 50. Nf3 Ra4 51. Ke2 Rxf4 0-1

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.26"]
[Round "4.39"]
[White "Abdyjapar, Asyl"]
[Black "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2382"]
[BlackElo "2744"]
[ECO "E12"]
[Opening "Queen's Indian"]
[Variation "Petrosian system"]
[WhiteFideId "13800337"]
[BlackFideId "5007003"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. a3 Bb7 5. Nc3 Ne4 6. Qc2 Nxc3 7. Qxc3 Be7 8. e3
O-O 9. Be2 c5 10. O-O Bf6 11. b4 d5 12. bxc5 bxc5 13. Rb1 Ba6 14. Ne5 Nd7 15.
Nxd7 Qxd7 16. Qa5 Bxc4 17. Bxc4 dxc4 18. Qxc5 Rfc8 19. Qa5 c3 20. g3 h6 21. Rb3
Bd8 22. Qb5 Qxb5 23. Rxb5 Rab8 24. Rxb8 Rxb8 25. Kg2 Rb1 26. Kf3 Be7 27. Ke2 Ra1
28. a4 Rxa4 29. Kd3 Bb4 30. Kc4 a5 31. Kb3 Ra1 32. e4 Ba3 33. Kc2 a4 34. d5 exd5
35. exd5 Rxc1+ 36. Rxc1 Bxc1 37. Kxc1 a3 0-1

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.26"]
[Round "4.40"]
[White "Duda, Jan-Krzysztof"]
[Black "Ibrahimov, Rasul"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[BlackElo "2518"]
[ECO "B54"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[WhiteFideId "1170546"]
[BlackFideId "13400495"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nc3 a6 6. g4 b5 7. a3 Bb7 8. Be3 Nd7
9. h4 Rc8 10. g5 Ne7 11. Qd2 e5 12. Ndxb5 axb5 13. Bxb5 Nf5 14. exf5 Bxh1 15. f4
Bc6 16. Bxc6 Rxc6 17. O-O-O Be7 18. Nd5 Qc8 19. Kb1 Bd8 20. Qg2 O-O 21. f6 exf4
22. fxg7 Re8 23. Bxf4 Nb6 24. h5 Nxd5 25. Qxd5 Rc5 26. Qxd6 Bxg5 27. Bxg5 Rxg5
28. h6 Rg6 29. Qf4 Qg4 30. Qxg4 Rxg4 31. b4 Rg6 32. Kb2 Rxh6 33. a4 f5 34. b5 f4
35. a5 f3 36. a6 f2 37. Rf1 Rf6 38. Kc3 Re3+ 39. Kb4 Rf7 40. b6 Re6 41. b7 Rb6+ 1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.26"]
[Round "4.41"]
[White "Amin, Bassem"]
[Black "Sanal, Vahap"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2689"]
[BlackElo "2551"]
[ECO "A05"]
[Opening "Reti opening"]
[WhiteFideId "10601457"]
[BlackFideId "6300545"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 e6 3. Bg2 b6 4. O-O Bb7 5. d3 d5 6. Nbd2 Be7 7. e4 O-O 8. e5
Nfd7 9. Re1 a5 10. h4 Nc6 11. Nf1 a4 12. a3 Na5 13. N1h2 c5 14. Bf4 b5 15. Ng5
Qb6 16. Qh5 h6 17. Ng4 hxg5 18. hxg5 Rfc8 19. Bf3 Nf8 20. Kg2 Ng6 21. Rh1 Bd8
22. Nf6+ Kf8 23. Qh8+ Nxh8 24. Rxh8+ Ke7 25. Re8# 1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.26"]
[Round "4.42"]
[White "Van Foreest, Jorden"]
[Black "Kokarev, Dmitry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2629"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[ECO "B92"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Najdorf, Opovcensky variation"]
[WhiteFideId "1039784"]
[BlackFideId "4132181"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nf3 Be7 8. Bg5
Be6 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. O-O Be7 11. Nd5 Nd7 12. Bc4 Rc8 13. Qe2 b5 14. Bb3 Nc5 15.
Rfd1 O-O 16. a4 bxa4 17. Bxa4 f5 18. exf5 Bxf5 19. Ne3 Qb6 20. Nxf5 Rxf5 21.
Qc4+ Kh8 22. b4 e4 23. bxc5 exf3 24. Qe6 Qxc5 25. Qxe7 Re5 26. Qf7 Rf5 27. Qe6
Re5 28. Qg4 Rf8 29. Rd3 Qa5 30. c3 h6 31. Rb1 h5 32. Qb4 Qxb4 33. cxb4 Re4 34.
Bc6 1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.26"]
[Round "4.43"]
[White "Khenkin, Igor"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2554"]
[BlackElo "2789"]
[ECO "A04"]
[Opening "Reti opening"]
[WhiteFideId "4659600"]
[BlackFideId "623539"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. g3 g6 3. c3 b6 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. d4 Nf6 6. O-O Bg7 7. dxc5 bxc5 8. Qb3
Qb6 9. Ne5 Qxb3 10. axb3 Bxg2 11. Kxg2 O-O 12. Nd2 d6 13. Nd3 Nc6 14. Ra6 Rfc8
15. e4 Nd7 16. f4 Rab8 17. Re1 Rb7 18. Kf3 f5 19. exf5 gxf5 20. Nc4 Kf7 21. Rxc6
Rxc6 22. Na5 Rcc7 23. Nxb7 Rxb7 24. b4 c4 25. Nf2 a5 26. bxa5 Ra7 27. Nd1 Rxa5
28. Ne3 Nb6 29. Bd2 e6 30. Rb1 Rb5 31. b4 Kg6 32. Rd1 d5 33. Re1 Na4 34. Nd1 Kf7
35. g4 fxg4+ 36. Kxg4 h5+ 37. Kf3 Bf6 38. Rg1 Rb8 39. Rg2 Rd8 40. Re2 d4 41.
cxd4 Rxd4 42. Nf2 c3 43. Be1 Rxb4 44. Ne4 Rb3 45. Kf2 Rb2 46. Nxf6 Kxf6 47.
Bxc3+ Nxc3 48. Rxb2 Nd1+ 0-1

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.26"]
[Round "4.44"]
[White "Christiansen, Johan-Sebastian"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2805"]
[ECO "B06"]
[Opening "Robatsch defence"]
[WhiteFideId "1512668"]
[BlackFideId "13300474"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 c6 4. Be3 d5 5. Qd2 dxe4 6. Nxe4 Nd7 7. O-O-O Ngf6 8.
Ng3 Nb6 9. Bh6 Bxh6 10. Qxh6 Qd5 11. b3 Bg4 12. f3 Be6 13. Qd2 Qd6 14. c4 Qc7
15. N1e2 a5 16. Qf4 O-O-O 17. Qg5 a4 18. Nf4 h6 19. Nxe6 hxg5 20. Nxc7 Kxc7 21.
Be2 Nbd7 22. h3 Nf8 23. Ne4 Ne6 24. Nxf6 exf6 25. d5 Nf4 26. Bf1 axb3 27. axb3
cxd5 28. g3 Nh5 29. Rg1 Rhe8 30. cxd5 Re3 31. Bc4 Rxf3 32. Rge1 Kd6 33. g4 Nf4
34. Re4 Rxh3 35. Rde1 b5 36. Bxb5 Rxb3 37. Bc6 Nd3+ 38. Kc2 Nxe1+ 39. Kxb3 Nd3
40. Kc3 Ne5 41. Bb5 Rc8+ 42. Kd4 0-1

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.26"]
[Round "4.45"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "El Adnani, Mokliss"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2448"]
[ECO "B75"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "dragon, Yugoslav attack"]
[WhiteFideId "14109603"]
[BlackFideId "9000410"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 Nc6 8. Qd2
Bd7 9. O-O-O h5 10. Bc4 Ne5 11. Bb3 Rc8 12. Kb1 a6 13. Bg5 O-O 14. h3 Nc4 15.
Qd3 b5 16. g4 Rc5 17. Bc1 Qb6 18. g5 Nh7 19. Nd5 Qd8 20. h4 a5 21. Bxc4 bxc4 22.
Qa3 e6 23. Nc3 Qb6 24. Nde2 Rc6 25. Bf4 d5 26. exd5 Rcc8 27. Qd6 Qa7 28. Be5
Rfe8 29. Bxg7 Kxg7 30. dxe6 Bxe6 31. Nd4 Nf8 32. Ndb5 Qb8 33. Qd4+ Kg8 34. Ne4
Nh7 35. Ned6 Red8 36. Qe5 Rc6 37. Rd4 Qb6 38. a4 Rc5 39. Qf4 c3 40. Rhd1 Rb8 41.
Ne4 Rf5 42. Qxb8+ Qxb8 43. Rd8+ Qxd8 44. Rxd8+ Kg7 45. Nbd6 Rd5 46. Nxc3 Re5 47.
Ne8+ Kf8 48. Nf6+ 1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.26"]
[Round "4.46"]
[White "Khader, Sami"]
[Black "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2392"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[ECO "B40"]
[Opening "Sicilian defence"]
[WhiteFideId "8100500"]
[BlackFideId "12401137"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c3 d5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. d4 Nf6 6. Be3 cxd4 7. cxd4 Nc6 8.
Nc3 Qd6 9. a3 Be7 10. Bd3 O-O 11. Qc2 Bd7 12. O-O Rac8 13. Rad1 h6 14. Rfe1 Nd5
15. Ne4 Qb8 16. Qe2 Rfd8 17. Bb1 Be8 18. Ng3 Bf8 19. Bc1 g6 20. h4 Bg7 21. h5 g5
22. Nxg5 Nxd4 23. Rxd4 Rxc1 24. Rxc1 Nf4 25. Qc2 Rxd4 26. Qh7+ Kf8 27. Nf3 Rd5
28. Qe4 Bc6 29. Qb4+ Qd6 30. Qxd6+ Rxd6 31. b4 Bb2 32. Re1 Bxa3 33. Be4 Bxb4 34.
Rb1 a5 35. Bxc6 Rxc6 36. Rd1 Ke7 37. Ne5 Rc7 38. Ng4 Rc5 39. Nxh6 Nxh5 40. Nxh5
Rxh5 41. Ng8+ Kf8 42. Nf6 Rf5 43. Ne4 Ke7 44. Kf1 Rd5 45. Rb1 b5 46. g4 Rd4 47.
f3 a4 48. Ke2 f5 49. gxf5 exf5 50. Ng3 Ke6 51. Ke3 Ke5 52. Ne2 f4+ 53. Kf2 Rc4
54. Nc1 Kd4 55. Ne2+ Kc5 56. Rh1 a3 57. Kg2 Rc2 58. Rc1 Rxc1 59. Nxc1 Kc4 60.
Kh3 Bd2 0-1

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.26"]
[Round "4.47"]
[White "Guseinov, Gadir"]
[Black "Tissir, Mohamed"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2646"]
[BlackElo "2381"]
[ECO "B23"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "closed, 2...Nc6"]
[WhiteFideId "13401378"]
[BlackFideId "9000240"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. Nf3 Qc7 6. d3 e5 7. h3 Ne7 8. Be3
Ng6 9. O-O Be7 10. Na4 b6 11. b4 cxb4 12. Nxb6 Rb8 13. Nxc8 Qxc8 14. Nd2 O-O 15.
Nc4 f5 16. exf5 Qxf5 17. Qg4 Qf7 18. g3 Qd5 19. Rae1 Rf7 20. h4 Bf6 21. h5 Nf8
22. Bg5 Qe6 23. Qxe6 Nxe6 24. Be3 c5 25. Kg2 a5 26. Nxa5 Ra8 27. Nb3 Rc7 28. f4
exf4 29. Bxf4 Nxf4+ 30. Rxf4 Rxa2 31. Rc4 Bc3 32. Re2 h6 33. d4 Kf7 34. dxc5 Re7
35. Rf2+ Ke8 36. c6 Kd8 37. Nc5 Kc7 38. Nd3 Re6 39. Rf7+ Kc8 40. c7 Rxc2+ 41.
Kh3 Re8 42. Nxb4 1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.26"]
[Round "4.48"]
[White "Nguyen, Ngoc Truong Son"]
[Black "Saeed, Ishaq"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2434"]
[ECO "E18"]
[Opening "Queen's Indian"]
[Variation "old main line, 7.Nc3"]
[WhiteFideId "12401110"]
[BlackFideId "9301453"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Nc3 Ne4 8. Bd2
f5 9. Qc2 Nxc3 10. Bxc3 Be4 11. Qd2 a5 12. Rfd1 Na6 13. Ne5 Bxg2 14. Kxg2 Bf6
15. Nd3 Qc8 16. d5 Nc5 17. Nxc5 Bxc3 18. bxc3 bxc5 19. dxe6 dxe6 20. Qd7 Qa6 21.
Qb5 Qxb5 22. cxb5 Rfd8 23. Kf1 Kf7 24. Ke1 Ke7 25. Rab1 g5 26. c4 h5 27. Rb3 h4
28. Rxd8 Rxd8 29. Ra3 Rd4 30. Rc3 f4 31. e3 fxe3 32. fxe3 Rd8 33. Ra3 Ra8 34.
Ke2 Kf6 35. Kf3 Kf5 36. gxh4 gxh4 37. Rd3 Ke5 38. Rd7 Rf8+ 39. Ke2 Rg8 40. Kf3
h3 41. Rxc7 Rg2 42. Rxc5+ Kd6 43. Rh5 Rxh2 44. c5+ Kc7 45. Rh7+ Kc8 46. c6 Rb2
47. a4 h2 48. Kg3 Rb4 49. Kxh2 e5 50. Kg3 Rb1 51. Kf3 Rb4 52. Ra7 Kb8 53. Rxa5
Rb1 54. Ra6 Kc7 55. Ra7+ Kb8 56. Rb7+ Ka8 57. Re7 Rb4 58. Re8+ Ka7 59. c7 1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.26"]
[Round "4.49"]
[White "Potkin, Vladimir"]
[Black "Lodhi, Mahmood"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2574"]
[BlackElo "2347"]
[ECO "A21"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[WhiteFideId "4131061"]
[BlackFideId "7800010"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 g6 3. d4 exd4 4. Qxd4 Qf6 5. Qe3+ Qe6 6. Nd5 Na6 7. Qd4 f6 8. g3
c6 9. Nf4 Qe5 10. Nf3 Bb4+ 11. Bd2 Qxd4 12. Nxd4 Bxd2+ 13. Kxd2 Ne7 14. Bg2 Nc5
15. b4 Ne6 16. e3 a5 17. b5 Kf7 18. Rhd1 Nxd4 19. exd4 d6 20. Rab1 Bf5 21. bxc6
bxc6 22. Rb7 Rab8 23. Rxb8 Rxb8 24. Kc3 g5 25. Nd3 Bxd3 26. Rxd3 d5 27. Rd2 Rb4
28. Bf1 dxc4 29. Bxc4+ Nd5+ 30. Kd3 Ke7 31. Re2+ Kd7 32. Rc2 Kd6 33. Ke4 Ne7 34.
Kd3 Nd5 35. Re2 Rb1 36. Bb3 Rh1 37. Re8 Rxh2 38. Ke2 h5 39. Rd8+ Ke7 40. Rc8 Kd7
41. Ra8 h4 42. gxh4 Rxh4 43. Rxa5 Rxd4 44. Ra7+ Kd6 45. Rf7 Re4+ 46. Kf1 Rf4 47.
a4 Rb4 48. Bxd5 Kxd5 49. Rxf6 g4 50. a5 Ra4 51. Ke2 Kc5 52. Rf5+ Kb4 53. Rg5
Rxa5 54. Rxg4+ Kc3 55. Rg3+ Kb2 56. Kd3 Rf5 57. f3 c5 58. Kc4 Kc2 59. Rg2+ Kd1
60. f4 Rxf4+ 61. Kxc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.26"]
[Round "4.50"]
[White "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Black "Minko, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2707"]
[BlackElo "2381"]
[ECO "B32"]
[Opening "Sicilian defence"]
[WhiteFideId "2205530"]
[BlackFideId "24146706"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Qb6 5. Nb3 Nf6 6. Nc3 e6 7. Qe2 Bb4 8.
Bd2 a5 9. a3 Bxc3 10. Bxc3 e5 11. O-O-O O-O 12. f3 Rd8 13. Qb5 Qc7 14. Nc5 b6
15. Na4 Rb8 16. Kb1 d6 17. Be1 Nd4 18. Qd3 b5 19. Nc3 b4 20. axb4 axb4 21. Ne2
Ba6 22. Qd2 Bxe2 23. Bxe2 Qa5 24. Qe3 Ra8 25. Kc1 Qa1+ 26. Kd2 Qxb2 27. Bd3 Qc3+ 0-1

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.26"]
[Round "4.51"]
[White "Howell, David W L"]
[Black "Amer, Said Salim Al Maashani"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2676"]
[BlackElo "2103"]
[ECO "A38"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "symmetrical variation"]
[WhiteFideId "410608"]
[BlackFideId "22000100"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 c5 3. Nf3 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 Nc6 6. d4 cxd4 7. Nxd4 O-O 8. O-O
Qb6 9. Nc2 d6 10. b3 Bf5 11. Ne3 Be6 12. Bb2 Rfd8 13. Rc1 Rac8 14. Qd2 Bh6 15.
Ncd1 Ng4 16. Qc3 f6 17. Nd5 Bxd5 18. Bxd5+ Kg7 19. Ra1 Rc7 20. Bg2 d5 21. Bxd5
Nb4 22. Bg2 Ne5 23. Ba3 Bd2 24. Qb2 a5 25. Nc3 Qd4 26. Nb5 Qxb2 27. Bxb2 Rcd7
28. Rfd1 Nbc6 29. Bh3 f5 30. Kf1 Kf7 31. e3 Bb4 32. Rxd7 Rxd7 33. Bg2 Rd2 34.
Bc3 Bxc3 35. Nxc3 Ng4 36. Nd1 Nce5 37. Bxb7 Nd3 38. Kg1 Ngxf2 39. Nxf2 Nxf2 40.
c5 Ke6 41. Bg2 Rd1+ 42. Rxd1 Nxd1 43. e4 fxe4 44. a3 e3 45. Kf1 Nc3 46. b4 axb4
47. axb4 Kd7 48. Bb7 Kc7 49. Ba6 Kc6 50. Bc4 e5 51. h4 h6 52. Ke1 g5 53. hxg5
hxg5 54. Kf1 g4 55. Be6 Ne4 56. Ke2 Nxg3+ 57. Kxe3 Nf1+ 58. Ke2 Ng3+ 59. Kd3 Nh5
60. Bxg4 Nf6 61. Be2 Kd5 62. Kc3 Nd7 63. Bf3+ e4 64. Bxe4+ Kxe4 65. Kc4 Ke5 66.
c6 Nb6+ 67. Kc5 Nc8 68. b5 Ke6 69. b6 Nd6 1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.26"]
[Round "4.52"]
[White "Lam, Daniel King-wai"]
[Black "Akobian, Varuzhan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2222"]
[BlackElo "2647"]
[ECO "A50"]
[Opening "Queen's Indian accelerated"]
[WhiteFideId "6001238"]
[BlackFideId "13300580"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. f3 Nc6 4. Nc3 e5 5. d5 Ne7 6. e4 Ng6 7. Be3 Bc5 8. Bxc5
bxc5 9. g3 d6 10. Bh3 Rb8 11. Bxc8 Qxc8 12. b3 O-O 13. h4 h5 14. Nh3 Nh7 15. Ng5
Ne7 16. Nxh7 Kxh7 17. f4 g6 18. f5 Ng8 19. g4 hxg4 20. Qxg4 gxf5 21. Qg5 Nh6 22.
O-O-O Rg8 23. Qe7 f4 24. Rdg1 Rxg1+ 25. Rxg1 Qd8 26. Qxd8 Rxd8 27. Nb5 Rc8 28.
Nxa7 Ra8 29. Nb5 Rxa2 30. Nxc7 Ra1+ 0-1

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.26"]
[Round "4.53"]
[White "Ganguly, Surya Shekhar"]
[Black "Al Ghamdi, Ahmed M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "CM"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2159"]
[ECO "C55"]
[Opening "Two knights defence (Modern bishop's opening)"]
[WhiteFideId "5002150"]
[BlackFideId "21500150"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O d6 6. a4 O-O 7. Re1 Kh8 8. Nc3
Bg4 9. h3 Bh5 10. Nd5 Nxd5 11. Bxd5 Nd4 12. g4 Nxf3+ 13. Qxf3 c6 14. gxh5 cxd5
15. exd5 f5 16. Kh1 Rc8 17. c4 Qd7 18. Rg1 Rf7 19. Bd2 e4 20. Qf4 Bf6 21. h6
Bxb2 22. hxg7+ Kg8 23. Ra2 Be5 24. Qh4 exd3 25. Bh6 f4 26. f3 Rxc4 27. Rag2 Rc2
28. Rg4 Bf6 29. Qh5 d2 30. Bxf4 Bxg7 31. Bh6 Rc1 32. Rxc1 dxc1=Q+ 33. Bxc1 Qf5
34. Qxf5 Rxf5 35. Bb2 Rf7 36. Kg2 Kf8 37. Ba3 Rd7 38. Rf4+ Kg8 39. Re4 Bf8 40.
Re6 Rg7+ 41. Kf2 Rg6 42. Bb2 Rg5 43. f4 Rxd5 44. Kf3 Kf7 45. Rf6+ Ke8 46. Re6+
Kf7 47. Rf6+ Ke8 48. Re6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.26"]
[Round "4.54"]
[White "Andriasian, Zaven"]
[Black "Al Habeeb, Emad"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "1933"]
[ECO "B07"]
[Opening "Pirc"]
[Variation "Ufimtsev-Pytel variation"]
[WhiteFideId "13302000"]
[BlackFideId "21500029"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. f4 Qc7 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. e5 Nfd7 7. h3 Bxf3 8. Qxf3
e6 9. Bd3 Be7 10. Be3 d5 11. f5 Bh4+ 12. g3 Be7 13. fxe6 fxe6 14. O-O Rf8 15.
Qh5+ Kd8 16. Qxh7 Qb6 17. Qxg7 Re8 18. Bg6 Rf8 19. Ne2 c5 20. Rad1 c4 21. Nf4
Na6 22. Bf7 Nc7 23. Ng6 1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.26"]
[Round "4.55"]
[White "Zhao, Jun"]
[Black "Alanazy, Mohammed"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2604"]
[BlackElo "1850"]
[ECO "C62"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "old Steinitz defence"]
[WhiteFideId "8602522"]
[BlackFideId "21508488"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. O-O Bg4 5. h3 Bh5 6. c3 a6 7. Ba4 b5 8. Bc2 Be7
9. d3 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 Bg5 11. Bb3 Nh6 12. Bd5 O-O 13. Bxc6 Bxc1 14. Rxc1 Rb8 15.
Nd2 f5 16. exf5 Nxf5 17. Be4 Qg5 18. Bxf5 Rxf5 19. Qe3 Qf6 20. Ne4 Qe7 21. Ng3
Rf6 22. d4 Rbf8 23. Rc2 Re6 24. Re1 h6 25. Rce2 Re8 26. Qd2 Qf6 27. dxe5 dxe5
28. Ne4 Qh4 29. Re3 Rd8 30. Qe2 Rf8 31. Qg4 Qe7 32. b4 Qe8 33. Nc5 Rg6 34. Qe2
Qc6 35. Rg3 Re8 36. Rxg6 Qxg6 37. Qe4 Qf7 38. Re2 Kh8 39. Nd3 Qh5 40. Nxe5 Rd8
41. Kh2 Kg8 42. f4 Qh4 43. Nf3 Qh5 44. Qe6+ Kh8 45. Re5 1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.26"]
[Round "4.56"]
[White "Al-Hajiri, Bader"]
[Black "Sethuraman, S.P."]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2165"]
[BlackElo "2646"]
[ECO "B49"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Taimanov variation"]
[WhiteFideId "10300163"]
[BlackFideId "5021596"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. Be2 b5 8. O-O
Bb7 9. Re1 Nf6 10. Bf3 Ne5 11. Bf4 d6 12. Bg3 Be7 13. Qe2 O-O 14. Rad1 Rac8 15.
a4 b4 16. Na2 Qb6 17. c3 Nxf3+ 18. gxf3 bxc3 19. Nxc3 d5 20. e5 Nd7 21. f4 Rc4
22. Nc2 Qxb2 23. Rb1 Qxc3 24. Rxb7 Qxc2 25. Qxc2 Rxc2 26. Rxd7 Bb4 27. Rb1 a5
28. f5 Rfc8 29. Rb3 R2c7 30. fxe6 fxe6 31. Rxc7 Rxc7 32. Kg2 Kf7 33. Kh3 Kg6 34.
Rf3 Rc3 35. Rf4 Rc4 36. Rf3 Bc5 37. Rb3 Rxa4 38. Rb7 Rc4 39. f4 a4 40. Rd7 a3
41. f5+ Kxf5 42. Rxg7 a2 43. Rf7+ Ke4 44. Rf1 Bd4 0-1

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.26"]
[Round "4.57"]
[White "Al Jabri, Mohammed Ali"]
[Black "Dervishi, Erald"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2154"]
[BlackElo "2552"]
[ECO "C55"]
[Opening "Two knights defence (Modern bishop's opening)"]
[WhiteFideId "7604734"]
[BlackFideId "4700236"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. c3 O-O 6. O-O d5 7. exd5 Nxd5 8. Re1
Bg4 9. h3 Bh5 10. Nbd2 a6 11. Ne4 Re8 12. Ng3 Bg6 13. Nxe5 Nxe5 14. Rxe5 Nb6 15.
Qf3 Nxc4 16. dxc4 c6 17. Bf4 Bf8 18. Rxe8 Qxe8 19. Rd1 Rd8 20. Be3 h6 21. Bd4
Qe6 22. b3 Re8 23. Qg4 f5 24. Qf3 Bd6 25. Be3 Bh7 26. Bf4 Be7 27. Qe3 Qf7 28.
Qd2 g5 29. Be5 f4 30. Nf1 Bf5 31. Re1 Bf8 32. Bd4 Rd8 33. Qe2 c5 34. Be5 Re8 35.
Qd2 Re7 36. Nh2 Rd7 37. Qe2 h5 38. Nf3 Bd3 39. Qb2 g4 40. Ng5 Qf5 41. h4 f3 42.
gxf3 gxf3 43. Bg3 Be2 44. Qb1 Qxb1 45. Rxb1 Rd2 46. a3 Rd3 47. Rc1 Rd2 48. Ne4
Ra2 49. Nf6+ Kf7 50. Nxh5 Rxa3 51. Rb1 Bd3 52. Rb2 Bf5 53. Kh2 a5 54. Nf4 Bg7
55. Nd5 Be6 56. Bf4 b5 57. Rb1 Bf5 58. Re1 Rxb3 59. Re7+ Kg8 60. Rc7 Be6 61.
Rxc5 bxc4 62. Rxa5 Bxd5 63. Rxd5 Rxc3 64. Kg3 Kf7 65. h5 Rb3 66. Rd7+ Kg8 67. h6
Bb2 68. Rc7 Rb4 69. Kxf3 Bf6 70. Rc6 Bd4 71. Rc7 c3 72. Bg5 Be5 73. Ke2 Bxc7 0-1

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.26"]
[Round "4.58"]
[White "Tregubov, Pavel V."]
[Black "Al Saidi, Mohammed Khalfan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "1468"]
[ECO "E70"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "accelerated Averbakh system"]
[WhiteFideId "4115341"]
[BlackFideId "22001271"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Bg5 O-O 6. Qd2 Nc6 7. d5 Ne5 8. f4
Ned7 9. Bd3 a5 10. Nf3 Nc5 11. Bc2 c6 12. O-O Bg4 13. h3 Bxf3 14. Rxf3 Qb6 15.
Kh1 Qc7 16. Re1 Rab8 17. e5 Ne8 18. exd6 exd6 19. Be7 f5 20. Bxf8 Bxf8 21. a3
Nf6 22. b4 axb4 23. axb4 Na6 24. dxc6 bxc6 25. b5 Nc5 26. Rfe3 Ra8 27. Qd4 Kf7
28. bxc6 Qxc6 29. Nd5 Nxd5 30. cxd5 Qd7 31. Qh8 h6 32. Qh7+ Kf6 33. Re6+ 1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.26"]
[Round "4.59"]
[White "Jumabayev, Rinat"]
[Black "Anton Guijarro, David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2612"]
[BlackElo "2666"]
[ECO "E17"]
[Opening "Queen's Indian"]
[Variation "old main line, 6.O-O"]
[WhiteFideId "13702661"]
[BlackFideId "2285525"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 b6 3. Bg2 Bb7 4. O-O e6 5. c4 Be7 6. d4 O-O 7. Re1 d5 8. cxd5
exd5 9. Nc3 Nbd7 10. Bf4 c5 11. dxc5 Nxc5 12. Rc1 Nfe4 13. Nb5 Ne6 14. Be5 Bc5
15. e3 Re8 16. a3 a5 17. h4 h6 18. Nd2 Nxd2 19. Qxd2 Qd7 20. Nd4 Nf8 21. b4 axb4
22. axb4 Rxe5 23. bxc5 bxc5 24. Rxc5 Ne6 25. Nxe6 Qxe6 26. Qb2 Ba6 27. Rec1 Bd3
28. Rc6 Qe8 29. Qb7 Rb8 30. Qa7 Be4 31. Bh3 Re7 32. Qd4 Reb7 33. f3 Rb1 34. Rc3
Rxc1+ 35. Rxc1 Bxf3 36. Qf4 Be4 37. Qxb8 Qxb8 38. Rc8+ Qxc8 39. Bxc8 Kf8 40. Kf2
Ke7 41. Ba6 Kd6 42. Bb5 Ke5 43. Be8 f6 44. Ke2 Bf5 45. Kf3 Bc8 46. Bg6 Bf5 47.
Be8 g5 48. Bf7 Bd7 49. Bg6 Ba4 50. Kf2 Bd1 51. Bf7 Ba4 52. Bg6 f5 53. hxg5 hxg5
54. Bh5 g4 55. Bf7 Bc6 56. Ke2 Ke4 57. Kf2 Ke5 58. Ke2 Kf6 59. Bg8 Bb5+ 60. Kf2
Bc4 61. Ke1 Ke5 62. Kf2 Kf6 63. Ke1 Ke5 64. Kf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.26"]
[Round "4.60"]
[White "Al-Saffar, Araz Basim Mohammed S"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2368"]
[BlackElo "2678"]
[ECO "A40"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn"]
[Variation "Keres defence"]
[WhiteFideId "4801040"]
[BlackFideId "400025"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 b6 3. e4 Bb7 4. Bd3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Bxd2+ 6. Nxd2 Nc6 7. Ne2 d6 8.
O-O Qf6 9. Nf3 O-O-O 10. Qd2 h6 11. b4 g5 12. d5 Nce7 13. Nfd4 c5 14. dxc6 Nxc6
15. Nxc6 Bxc6 16. a4 Ne7 17. a5 Kd7 18. axb6 axb6 19. Qe3 Nc8 20. Nd4 Qf4 21.
Qe2 Bb7 22. Rad1 Ke7 23. g3 Qe5 24. Qe3 Rd7 25. f4 gxf4 26. Rxf4 Kd8 27. Rdf1
Rh7 28. Nf3 Qc3 29. b5 Kc7 30. e5 Rg7 31. Rd4 Bxf3 32. Rxf3 Rg5 33. exd6+ Nxd6
34. Rh4 Re5 35. Qxh6 Nf5 36. Rxf5 Rxf5 37. Bxf5 Qe1+ 38. Kg2 Rd2+ 39. Kh3 Qf1+ 0-1

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.26"]
[Round "4.61"]
[White "Omar, Noaman"]
[Black "Miton, Kamil"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2364"]
[BlackElo "2584"]
[ECO "A50"]
[Opening "Queen's Indian accelerated"]
[WhiteFideId "9300244"]
[BlackFideId "1111914"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. Nc3 Bb7 4. Nf3 e6 5. a3 g6 6. Qc2 Bxf3 7. gxf3 Bg7 8. Bd2
Nc6 9. e3 Ne7 10. O-O-O c5 11. d5 O-O 12. f4 exd5 13. cxd5 a6 14. e4 d6 15. f5
b5 16. fxg6 fxg6 17. Bh3 b4 18. axb4 cxb4 19. Ne2 b3 20. Qd3 Qb6 21. Kb1 Nh5 22.
f4 a5 23. Bg4 Nf6 24. Be6+ Kh8 25. Bc3 a4 26. e5 Nh5 27. exd6 Qxd6 28. Bxg7+
Nxg7 29. Qd4 a3 30. Qe5 a2+ 31. Ka1 Qxe5 32. fxe5 Nxe6 33. dxe6 Nc6 34. Nd4 Nxd4
35. Rxd4 Rab8 36. h4 Rfe8 37. Rd6 Rb5 38. Re1 Rc8 39. e7 Rxe5 40. Rd8+ Kg7 41.
Red1 Rec5 42. e8=N+ Kh6 43. Rxc8 Rxc8 44. Nd6 Rc6 45. Nf7+ Kh5 46. Ne5 Re6 47.
Nf3 Re3 48. Nd4 Kxh4 49. Rh1+ Kg3 50. Nxb3 Rxb3 51. Rxh7 g5 52. Kxa2 Rb8 53. Rg7
g4 54. Ka3 Kf3 55. b4 g3 56. Ka4 Rf8 57. Ka5 g2 58. b5 Kf2 59. b6 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.26"]
[Round "4.62"]
[White "Al Zamel, Khaled"]
[Black "Malakhatko, Vadim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "1942"]
[BlackElo "2542"]
[ECO "B20"]
[Opening "Sicilian defence"]
[WhiteFideId "21500967"]
[BlackFideId "14104202"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 c5 2. d3 Nc6 3. Nd2 d5 4. Ngf3 Bg4 5. g3 e6 6. Bg2 Nf6 7. O-O Be7 8. Re1
O-O 9. c3 Qc7 10. Qa4 Bh5 11. e5 Nd7 12. d4 cxd4 13. cxd4 Nb4 14. Re3 Nb6 15.
Qb3 Rfc8 16. Rc3 Qd7 17. a3 Nc6 18. Rd3 Bg6 19. Re3 h6 20. Qd1 a5 21. Nf1 Nc4
22. Rc3 a4 23. Ne3 b5 24. Nxc4 bxc4 25. Be3 Rcb8 26. Qd2 Rb7 27. Ne1 Rab8 28.
Ra2 Bb1 29. Ra1 Rxb2 30. Qc1 Na5 31. g4 Bh7 32. Nc2 Rxc2 33. Rxc2 Nb3 34. Rb1
Rb5 35. Rxb3 axb3 36. Rb2 Bxa3 37. Qa1 Qa7 38. Bc1 Ra5 39. Re2 Bxc1 0-1

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.26"]
[Round "4.63"]
[White "Al Omary, Ahmed"]
[Black "Alem, Ali Hussien"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1875"]
[BlackElo "1745"]
[ECO "D37"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "4.Nf3"]
[WhiteFideId "21500207"]
[BlackFideId "21500088"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. g3 Nbd7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O b6 8. h3
Bb7 9. b3 c5 10. e3 Qc7 11. Nb5 Qd8 12. Bb2 a6 13. Nc3 Qc7 14. cxd5 Nxd5 15. Rc1
e5 16. Nxd5 Bxd5 17. dxc5 Qb7 18. c6 Bxc6 19. Rxc6 e4 20. Nd4 f5 21. Qc2 Rac8
22. Rc1 Rcd8 23. Ne6 Nc5 24. Nxd8 Rxd8 25. Qc4+ Kh8 26. Rxc5 Bxc5 27. b4 Bf8 28.
Bd4 h6 29. Qc6 Qf7 30. Qxh6+ Kg8 31. Qxb6 Qxa2 32. Qxd8 1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.26"]
[Round "4.64"]
[White "Bukannan, Ahmed A"]
[Black "Al Abdali, Zeyad Saleh"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1929"]
[BlackElo "1801"]
[ECO "A46"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[WhiteFideId "21504164"]
[BlackFideId "21501505"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. c3 b6 4. Bf4 d6 5. e3 e6 6. Nbd2 Be7 7. h3 Bb7 8. Be2
Nbd7 9. O-O O-O 10. Nc4 Nb8 11. a4 Nc6 12. dxc5 dxc5 13. Qc2 a6 14. Rfd1 Qe8 15.
Nxb6 Rd8 16. Nc4 Rd5 17. Nd6 Qa8 18. Nxb7 Qxb7 19. Rxd5 Nxd5 20. Bg3 f5 21. Rb1
f4 22. exf4 Nxf4 23. Bxf4 Rxf4 24. Bd3 h6 25. Qe2 Qc8 26. Bxa6 Qc7 27. Qxe6+ Kh8
28. Bc4 Rf8 29. Rd1 Nd8 30. Qd7 Qxd7 31. Rxd7 Bf6 32. Bd5 Re8 33. Kf1 Kh7 34. a5
Ne6 35. a6 Nf4 36. Bc4 Ra8 37. a7 Bd8 38. Ne5 Bb6 39. h4 Bxa7 40. g3 Nh5 41.
Bd3+ Kg8 42. Be4 Re8 43. Bd5+ Kh7 44. Ng4 Bb8 45. Bf7 Nf6 46. Nxf6+ gxf6 47.
Bxe8+ Kg8 48. Rd5 Kf8 49. Rxc5 Bd6 50. Rd5 Be5 51. Bg6 Ke7 52. Bf5 Ke8 53. f4
Bc7 54. b4 Bb6 55. c4 Be3 56. b5 Ke7 57. Rd7+ Ke8 58. Rd5 Ke7 59. c5 Ke8 60. b6 1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.26"]
[Round "4.65"]
[White "Masrahi, Abdulrahman A"]
[Black "Al Juhani, Bakr"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "CM"]
[WhiteElo "1962"]
[BlackElo "1854"]
[ECO "A45"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[WhiteFideId "21501564"]
[BlackFideId "21500185"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 g6 3. e3 Bg7 4. h3 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 c5 7. c3 b6 8. O-O Bb7
9. Nbd2 Nbd7 10. Bh2 Re8 11. a4 a6 12. Nc4 Rb8 13. b4 Ne4 14. Qb3 Bd5 15. Qb2 b5
16. axb5 axb5 17. Ncd2 Nxd2 18. Qxd2 c4 19. Ra5 Nf6 20. Rfa1 Ne4 21. Qc1 Qd7 22.
Nd2 Nf6 23. Ra7 Qf5 24. f3 Qg5 25. e4 Bc6 26. f4 Qh4 27. d5 Bb7 28. Nf3 Qh6 29.
Qc2 Nh5 30. Qd2 Nf6 31. Ng5 Nd7 32. Bg3 Nb6 33. Bf2 Na4 34. Bd4 Bc8 35. Bd1
Bxd4+ 36. Qxd4 Nb6 37. R1a5 Nd7 38. Rc7 Qg7 39. Nf3 Nf6 40. Raa7 Kf8 41. e5 dxe5
42. fxe5 1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.26"]
[Round "4.66"]
[White "Al Mahmood, Salman"]
[Black "Miswadah, Baha"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1593"]
[BlackElo "1877"]
[ECO "B21"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Smith-Morra gambit"]
[WhiteFideId "11201517"]
[BlackFideId "11502118"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. c3 dxc3 4. Nxc3 e6 5. Nf3 a6 6. Bc4 b5 7. Bb3 Bb7 8. Qe2
Be7 9. O-O Nc6 10. e5 d5 11. exd6 Qxd6 12. Rd1 Qc7 13. Be3 Nf6 14. Rac1 O-O 15.
Bg5 Rad8 16. Bc2 h6 17. Bh4 Rxd1+ 18. Rxd1 Nb4 19. Bb3 Rd8 20. Bg3 Rxd1+ 21.
Qxd1 Qd7 22. Qxd7 Nxd7 23. a4 Nc5 24. Bd1 Nbd3 25. axb5 axb5 26. Nxb5 Nxb2 27.
Be2 Ba6 28. Nbd4 Bxe2 29. Nxe2 Ne4 30. Be5 Nd3 31. Bd4 f6 32. Nc3 Ndxf2 33. Nxe4
Nxe4 34. Ne1 Kf7 35. Nd3 e5 36. Be3 Ke6 37. Nb2 Bc5 38. Bxc5 Nxc5 39. Nc4 f5 40.
Kf1 g5 41. Ke2 e4 42. Nb6 Nd3 43. g3 Nc5 44. Ke3 Nd7 45. Nc4 Ne5 46. Nd2 Ng4+
47. Kd4 Nxh2 0-1

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.26"]
[Round "4.67"]
[White "Salama, Taher"]
[Black "Al Bargi, Hassan M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1769"]
[BlackElo "1579"]
[ECO "D47"]
[Opening "QGD semi-Slav"]
[Variation "Meran variation"]
[WhiteFideId "11502231"]
[BlackFideId "21501475"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3
Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Qe2 Bb7 11. Rd1 a6 12. a3 c5 13. dxc5 Bxc5 14. b3 Qe7 15. Bb2
Rac8 16. Nd4 Rfd8 17. Nf3 Nf8 18. b4 Ba7 19. Rd2 Nd5 20. Nxd5 Bxd5 21. Nd4 Bxd4
22. Bxd4 e5 23. Bb2 f6 24. Bf5 Bc4 25. Qe1 Rxd2 26. Qxd2 Rd8 27. Qc3 Qd6 28. h3
Qd2 29. Qxd2 Rxd2 30. Bc3 Rd6 31. f3 Nd7 32. Kf2 Nb6 33. Ke1 Na4 34. Bd2 Bd3 35.
e4 Nb6 36. Be3 g6 37. Bc5 Rd8 38. Bxb6 Rb8 39. Be6+ Kg7 40. Bc5 Rd8 41. Rd1 1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.26"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2837"]
[BlackElo "2683"]
[ECO "B47"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Taimanov (Bastrikov) variation"]
[WhiteFideId "1503014"]
[BlackFideId "14200244"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. g4 a6 7. h4 b5 8. Nxc6
dxc6 9. Qf3 e5 10. g5 Be6 11. Bh3 Bxh3 12. Rxh3 Bc5 13. Bd2 O-O-O 14. O-O-O f6
15. h5 fxg5 16. Bxg5 Rxd1+ 17. Nxd1 Qd7 18. Qb3 Nf6 19. Rd3 Qg4 20. Be3 Bxe3+
21. Nxe3 Qxe4 22. Qe6+ Kb8 23. h6 Qh1+ 24. Rd1 Qxh6 25. Qxc6 1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.26"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Fedoseev, Vladimir3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[ECO "C42"]
[Opening "Petrov's defence"]
[WhiteFideId "4126025"]
[BlackFideId "24130737"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Bd3 d5 6. Qe2 Qe7 7. O-O Nd6 8.
Re1 Qxe2 9. Rxe2+ Be7 10. Nc3 Be6 11. b4 Bf6 12. Rb1 O-O 13. a4 Nd7 14. Nb5 Nxb5
15. axb5 Bg4 16. Re3 a6 17. bxa6 bxa6 18. h3 Bxf3 19. Rxf3 Ne5 20. Rg3 Rfb8 21.
Bf1 c5 22. Ra3 Rxb4 23. Rxb4 cxb4 24. Rxa6 Rc8 25. Bb2 Nf3+ 26. gxf3 Bxb2 27.
Rd6 g6 28. Bd3 Bc1 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.26"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Cheparinov, Ivan"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[ECO "E04"]
[Opening "Catalan"]
[Variation "open, 5.Nf3"]
[WhiteFideId "2905540"]
[BlackFideId "5000017"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 c5 6. O-O Nc6 7. dxc5 Qxd1 8.
Rxd1 Bxc5 9. Nbd2 c3 10. bxc3 O-O 11. Nb3 Be7 12. c4 Bd7 13. Bb2 Rfd8 14. Nfd4
Rac8 15. Nb5 b6 16. Nd6 Bxd6 17. Rxd6 Be8 18. Rxd8 Nxd8 19. Rc1 Bc6 20. c5 Bxg2
21. Kxg2 Nd7 22. cxb6 Rxc1 23. Bxc1 axb6 24. f4 f5 25. Kf3 Nc6 26. e4 Nf6 27.
exf5 exf5 28. a4 Kf7 29. Bd2 g6 30. a5 bxa5 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.26"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Ponkratov, Pavel"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2613"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[ECO "C45"]
[Opening "Scotch"]
[Variation "Mieses variation"]
[WhiteFideId "4157800"]
[BlackFideId "4102142"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8.
c4 Ba6 9. Nd2 g6 10. Nf3 Qb4+ 11. Kd1 Rb8 12. Qc2 Ne7 13. a3 Qb6 14. b4 c5 15.
Bd3 cxb4 16. axb4 Bb7 17. b5 Bg7 18. Re1 O-O 19. Be3 Qe6 20. Rxa7 Qg4 21. Bc5
Qxg2 22. Be4 Bxe4 23. Qxe4 d6 24. Rg1 Qh3 25. exd6 cxd6 26. Rxe7 dxc5 27. Qg4
Qh6 28. Qg5 Qh3 29. Qg4 Qh6 30. Qg5 Qh3 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.26"]
[Round "5.5"]
[White "McShane, Luke J"]
[Black "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[ECO "C42"]
[Opening "Petrov"]
[Variation "Cozio (Lasker) attack"]
[WhiteFideId "404853"]
[BlackFideId "13601520"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Qe2 Qe7 6. d3 Nf6 7. Bg5 Nbd7 8.
Nc3 h6 9. Be3 Nb6 10. h3 Bd7 11. O-O-O O-O-O 12. d4 Bc6 13. Qd3 Bxf3 14. Qf5+
Kb8 15. Qxf3 d5 16. Bf4 Ne4 17. Re1 Qb4 18. a3 Qa5 19. Re3 Ng5 20. Qg3 Bd6 21.
Be2 Ne6 22. Bxd6 Rxd6 23. Rd1 a6 24. f4 g5 25. fxg5 hxg5 26. Rf3 Rh4 27. Rxf7
Rxd4 28. Re1 Rf4 29. Bg4 Rxf7 30. Bxe6 Re7 31. Qxg5 Nc8 32. Qf5 Qb6 33. Nxd5
Rexe6 34. Rxe6 Qg1+ 35. Kd2 Qxg2+ 36. Kc3 Rxd5 37. Qh7 Rc5+ 38. Kb4 Rxc2 0-1

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.26"]
[Round "5.6"]
[White "Sargissian, Gabriel"]
[Black "Rapport, Richard"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2672"]
[BlackElo "2707"]
[ECO "A47"]
[Opening "Queen's Indian defence"]
[WhiteFideId "13300881"]
[BlackFideId "738590"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 b6 3. c4 Bb7 4. e3 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O d6 8. b4 e5
9. dxe5 Nfd7 10. Bb2 Nxe5 11. Nxe5 Bxe5 12. Bf3 Bxf3 13. Qxf3 Na6 14. a3 Qh4 15.
g3 Qxc4 16. Rfc1 Qb3 17. Rab1 c5 18. Ba1 Qxa3 19. Nd5 Nxb4 20. Nf6+ Kg7 21. Bxe5
dxe5 22. Nd7 Rfe8 23. Qf6+ Kg8 24. Nxe5 Qa2 25. Ng4 Qe6 26. Rxb4 cxb4 27. Qd4
Rad8 28. Nf6+ Kh8 29. Qh4 h5 30. Qg5 Kg7 31. Nxh5+ Kf8 32. Qh6+ Ke7 33. Qg5+ Kf8
34. Qh6+ Ke7 35. Qg5+ f6 36. Qxg6 Rc8 37. Ra1 a5 38. Ng7 Rg8 39. Qh7 Qg4 40.
Nf5+ Ke6 41. Nd4+ Kd6 42. Qb7 Rb8 43. Qc6+ Ke7 44. e4 Rgc8 45. Qd5 Rc5 46. Nc6+
Rxc6 47. Qxc6 Qd7 48. Qc1 Rc8 49. Qe3 Qd6 50. Qh6 Qd4 51. Qh7+ Kd6 52. Re1 b3
53. e5+ fxe5 54. Qg6+ Kc7 55. Qf7+ Kb8 56. Qxb3 a4 57. Qb5 a3 58. Re2 Rc1+ 59.
Kg2 Rc7 60. h4 Qc5 61. Qd3 Ra7 62. Qd8+ Kb7 63. Qd7+ Qc7 64. Qxc7+ 0-1

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.26"]
[Round "5.7"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran L."]
[Black "Kuzubov, Yuriy"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2601"]
[BlackElo "2699"]
[ECO "A07"]
[Opening "Reti"]
[Variation "King's Indian attack"]
[WhiteFideId "13301616"]
[BlackFideId "14112906"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. Nbd2 Re8 7. e4 e5 8. c3
dxe4 9. dxe4 Nbd7 10. b4 a5 11. Bb2 Nb6 12. Qc2 Bd7 13. a3 Ba4 14. Qc1 Bh6 15.
c4 Nxe4 16. Nxe4 Bxc1 17. Raxc1 Bc6 18. Nxe5 Bxe4 19. Bxe4 axb4 20. Bxb7 Qd2 21.
Rb1 Rab8 22. Bc6 Re6 23. axb4 Qxb4 24. Ba1 Qe7 25. Rfe1 Rd8 26. Kf1 Qc5 27. Bb5
h5 28. Re2 c6 29. Ba6 Ra8 30. Nd3 Qf5 31. c5 Rxa6 32. cxb6 Qxd3 0-1

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.26"]
[Round "5.8"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Wang, Yue"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2691"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[ECO "C42"]
[Opening "Petrov"]
[Variation "classical attack"]
[WhiteFideId "703303"]
[BlackFideId "8601429"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nd6 7. O-O Be7 8. Bf4
O-O 9. Re1 Re8 10. Nc3 c6 11. Ne2 Nd7 12. Ng3 Nf8 13. c3 Ng6 14. Bd2 Nh4 15.
Nxh4 Bxh4 16. Rxe8+ Nxe8 17. Qf3 g6 18. Re1 Ng7 19. Bf4 Bd7 20. Be5 Qg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.26"]
[Round "5.9"]
[White "Mamedov, Rauf"]
[Black "Fressinet, Laurent"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2662"]
[ECO "C50"]
[Opening "Giuoco Pianissimo"]
[WhiteFideId "13401653"]
[BlackFideId "608742"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 a6 6. a4 d6 7. Bg5 Ba7 8. Nbd2 h6
9. Bh4 g5 10. Bg3 O-O 11. Qc2 Nh5 12. O-O-O Kg7 13. Nf1 f5 14. exf5 Bxf5 15. Ne3
Bg6 16. Bd5 Qd7 17. Qb3 Rab8 18. Be4 Bxe3+ 19. fxe3 Bxe4 20. dxe4 Qf7 21. Qc2 b5
22. Rhf1 Qa2 23. axb5 Rxb5 24. b4 Qxc2+ 25. Kxc2 a5 26. Rd5 Rfb8 27. Nxe5 Nxe5
28. Bxe5+ dxe5 29. Rd7+ Kg8 30. bxa5 Rxa5 31. g4 Ng7 32. Rf6 Ra2+ 33. Kd3 Rb6
34. Rff7 Rd6+ 35. Rxd6 cxd6 36. Rf6 Rxh2 37. Rxd6 Kf7 38. Kc4 Ne6 39. Rd1 Re2
40. Kd5 Rxe3 41. Kxe5 Nf8 42. Rf1+ Ke7 43. Rh1 Rxc3 44. Rxh6 Rc5+ 45. Kd4 Ra5
46. e5 Ra4+ 47. Kd5 Rxg4 48. Ra6 Rg1 49. Ke4 Rf1 50. Ra7+ Nd7 51. Ra5 Rf4+ 52.
Kd5 g4 53. Ra6 Rf5 54. Ke4 Rg5 55. Kf4 Rg8 56. Ra3 Nc5 57. Rg3 Ne6+ 58. Kf5 Rg5+
59. Ke4 Kf7 60. Rg2 Kg6 61. Rf2 g3 62. Rg2 Kh5 63. Kf3 Kh4 64. Rg1 Rf5+ 65. Ke4
Rf2 66. Ke3 Kg4 67. Ra1 Rf3+ 68. Ke4 Ng5+ 69. Kd5 g2 70. e6 0-1

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.26"]
[Round "5.10"]
[White "Safarli, Eltaj"]
[Black "Bu, Xiangzhi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2639"]
[BlackElo "2730"]
[ECO "C78"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Moeller defence"]
[WhiteFideId "13402129"]
[BlackFideId "8601445"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Bc5 6. Nc3 O-O 7. Bxc6 dxc6 8.
h3 Re8 9. d3 Nd7 10. Bg5 f6 11. Be3 Bf8 12. Ne2 Nc5 13. Nd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.26"]
[Round "5.11"]
[White "Ni, Hua"]
[Black "Movsesian, Sergei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2671"]
[BlackElo "2647"]
[ECO "E06"]
[Opening "Catalan"]
[Variation "closed, 5.Nf3"]
[WhiteFideId "8601160"]
[BlackFideId "310204"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Nf3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4
Bd7 9. Qxc4 Bc6 10. Bg5 Nbd7 11. Nc3 h6 12. Bxf6 Nxf6 13. Rfe1 Bd5 14. Qd3 Bxf3
15. Bxf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.26"]
[Round "5.12"]
[White "Quparadze, Giga"]
[Black "Bortnyk, Olexandr"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2506"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[ECO "C64"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "classical (Cordel) defence"]
[WhiteFideId "13602250"]
[BlackFideId "14120828"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Bc5 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O Bg4 6. h3 Bh5 7. d3 f6 8. Be3
Bd6 9. Nbd2 Ne7 10. c3 b6 11. d4 O-O 12. dxe5 fxe5 13. Qb3+ Kh8 14. Ng5 Qc8 15.
Qe6 Qe8 16. Kh2 h6 17. Ngf3 Bf7 18. Qg4 Ng6 19. Nh4 Ne7 20. Nf5 Nxf5 21. exf5
e4+ 22. g3 Bh5 23. Qxe4 Qd7 24. Qe6 Qxe6 25. fxe6 Rae8 26. Nc4 Rxe6 27. Nxd6
cxd6 28. a4 Bf3 29. a5 c5 30. axb6 axb6 31. Rfe1 d5 32. b4 Rc8 33. bxc5 bxc5 34.
g4 Be4 35. Ra5 Rec6 36. Rea1 Kh7 37. Rb5 R6c7 38. Raa5 c4 39. Ra2 Rf7 40. Ra7
Rxa7 41. Bxa7 Rf8 42. Bd4 Rf7 43. Ra5 h5 44. gxh5 Kh6 45. Ra7 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.26"]
[Round "5.13"]
[White "Alekseev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Bosiocic, Marin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2616"]
[BlackElo "2624"]
[ECO "C67"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Berlin defence, open variation"]
[WhiteFideId "4138147"]
[BlackFideId "14507927"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5 8.
Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 Ke8 10. h3 h5 11. Bf4 Be7 12. Rad1 Be6 13. Ng5 Rh6 14. Nxe6
Rxe6 15. Rfe1 Bb4 16. Rd3 Bxc3 17. bxc3 Ne7 18. Kf1 Nd5 19. Bh2 b5 20. g4 hxg4
21. hxg4 Rh6 22. Kg2 g5 23. Re4 Rd8 24. Rf3 Ke7 25. c4 bxc4 26. Rxc4 Nb6 27. Rc5
Rd4 28. Ra3 Rxg4+ 29. Bg3 Nc8 30. Rac3 Kd7 31. Rf3 Ke8 32. Rfc3 Kd7 33. Rf3 Ke8
34. Rfc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.26"]
[Round "5.14"]
[White "Kravtsiv, Martyn"]
[Black "Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2672"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[ECO "B33"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Pelikan, Chelyabinsk variation"]
[WhiteFideId "14113147"]
[BlackFideId "5029465"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bf4 e5 8. Bg5
a6 9. Na3 b5 10. Nd5 Be7 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. c4 b4 13. Nc2 a5 14. g3 O-O 15. Bg2
g6 16. O-O Bg7 17. b3 Rb8 18. Qd2 Be6 19. Rad1 Rb7 20. Kh1 a4 21. f4 axb3 22.
axb3 Nd4 23. Nxd4 exd4 24. e5 dxe5 25. fxe5 Bxe5 26. Nf6+ Bxf6 27. Bxb7 Qe7 28.
Bg2 Rd8 29. Qd3 Bg5 30. Ra1 Be3 31. Ra5 Bf5 32. Raxf5 gxf5 33. Qxf5 Qe6 34. Qa5
Rd7 35. c5 Qe5 36. Qxb4 Rc7 37. Qb8+ Kg7 38. b4 d3 39. Qd8 d2 40. c6 Ra7 41. Qd5
Qxd5 42. Bxd5 f5 43. b5 Kf6 44. Kg2 Ke5 45. Bb3 Bb6 46. Rb1 Kd4 47. Kf3 Re7 48.
Bd1 Re1 49. Ra1 Kc3 50. Rb1 Rf1+ 51. Kg2 Rg1+ 52. Kf3 h6 53. Kf4 Rf1+ 54. Ke5
Bc7+ 55. Ke6 Kd4 56. Kd7 Bb6 57. c7 Bxc7 58. Kxc7 1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.26"]
[Round "5.15"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Duda, Jan-Krzysztof"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2799"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[ECO "D05"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game, Rubinstein (Colle-Zukertort) variation"]
[WhiteFideId "13401319"]
[BlackFideId "1170546"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. e3 e6 4. Bd3 c5 5. b3 Nc6 6. O-O Be7 7. Bb2 O-O 8. dxc5
Bxc5 9. Nbd2 Qe7 10. e4 Nxe4 11. Nxe4 dxe4 12. Bxe4 Rd8 13. Qe2 Bd7 14. a3 a5
15. Rfe1 Be8 16. Bd3 Nd4 17. Nxd4 Bxd4 18. Bxh7+ Kxh7 19. Qd3+ Kg8 20. Bxd4 f6
21. Qe3 Qf7 22. f4 Bc6 23. Rad1 Rd6 24. Bb6 Qg6 25. Qf2 Rxd1 26. Rxd1 Kf7 27.
Rd2 Rh8 28. Qg3 Qh5 29. h3 Rh6 30. Qe3 a4 31. b4 Qb5 32. Bc5 Qc4 33. Qd4 Qxd4+
34. Rxd4 Rg6 35. g4 f5 36. Rd8 Rh6 37. Rf8+ Kg6 38. gxf5+ exf5 39. Kh2 Kh7 40.
c4 Rg6 41. h4 Rg2+ 42. Kh3 Rc2 43. b5 Bxb5 44. cxb5 Rxc5 45. b6 Rb5 46. Kg2 Kg6
47. Rh8 Rb2+ 48. Kg1 Rxb6 49. h5+ Kf7 50. Ra8 Rb1+ 51. Kf2 b5 52. Ra7+ Kg8 53.
Rb7 Rb3 54. Kg2 Kh7 55. Rb6 b4 56. axb4 a3 57. Ra6 Rxb4 58. Kg3 Rb1 59. Rxa3
Rg1+ 60. Kf3 Rh1 61. Kg3 Rxh5 62. Ra5 Kh6 63. Ra6+ g6 64. Ra8 Kg7 65. Ra7+ Kh6
66. Ra8 Kg7 67. Ra7+ Kh6 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.26"]
[Round "5.16"]
[White "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2744"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[ECO "C92"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "closed, Flohr-Zaitsev system (Lenzerheide variation)"]
[WhiteFideId "5007003"]
[BlackFideId "14100010"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Bb7 10. d4 Re8 11. Nbd2 Bf8 12. a3 h6 13. Bc2 Nb8 14. b3 Nbd7 15. Bb2
c5 16. d5 Bc8 17. a4 Rb8 18. axb5 axb5 19. Bd3 Nh5 20. Bf1 g6 21. Nh2 Ng7 22.
Bd3 Nf6 23. Qe2 Bd7 24. Qe3 Ngh5 25. Bf1 Nh7 26. c4 b4 27. Ng4 Ng5 28. Be2 Bg7
29. Ra7 Nf4 30. h4 Nh7 31. g3 Nxe2+ 32. Qxe2 f5 33. Ne3 Ra8 34. Rea1 Rxa7 35.
Rxa7 Rf8 36. f4 exf4 37. Bxg7 Kxg7 38. gxf4 fxe4 39. Nxe4 Rxf4 40. Ng2 Rf7 41.
Nxd6 Re7 42. Ne4 Qb6 43. Qb2+ Kg8 44. Ra8+ Re8 45. Rxe8+ Bxe8 46. Qe5 Bd7 47. d6
Bf5 48. Qe8+ Kg7 49. d7 1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.26"]
[Round "5.17"]
[White "Wang, Hao"]
[Black "Amin, Bassem"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2689"]
[ECO "C91"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "closed, Bogolyubov variation"]
[WhiteFideId "8602883"]
[BlackFideId "10601457"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. d4 Bg4 10. Be3 exd4 11. cxd4 Na5 12. Bc2 c5 13. Nbd2 cxd4 14. Bxd4 Nc6
15. Be3 d5 16. h3 Bh5 17. g4 Bg6 18. Nh4 Bxe4 19. g5 Bxc2 20. Qxc2 Nb4 21. Qb3
Ne4 22. Nf5 Nc6 23. Nxe4 dxe4 24. Qc3 1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.26"]
[Round "5.18"]
[White "Korobov, Anton"]
[Black "Moiseenko, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2652"]
[BlackElo "2667"]
[ECO "E11"]
[Opening "Bogo-Indian defence, Gruenfeld variation"]
[WhiteFideId "14105730"]
[BlackFideId "14102560"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 O-O 5. a3 Be7 6. e4 d6 7. Be2 Nfd7 8. Nb1
e5 9. Nc3 exd4 10. Nxd4 Nc6 11. O-O Nxd4 12. Qxd4 Bf6 13. Qe3 c6 14. Rb1 Qe7 15.
Rd1 Rd8 16. Qg3 Ne5 17. f4 Ng6 18. Bd3 h5 19. h3 h4 20. Qf2 b6 21. Bd2 Bb7 22.
Re1 Qc7 23. Kh1 Re8 24. Ne2 Rad8 25. Nd4 a6 26. Nf5 b5 27. cxb5 axb5 28. Bc3
Bxc3 29. bxc3 Qa5 30. c4 Qxa3 31. Re3 Qc5 32. cxb5 Bc8 33. Rbe1 cxb5 34. Nxh4 b4
35. e5 Nf8 36. Qg3 dxe5 37. fxe5 b3 38. Bb1 b2 39. R3e2 Qc1 40. Kh2 Rd1 41. Rxd1
Qxd1 42. Rxb2 Be6 43. Nf3 Bd5 44. Ng5 Qd4 45. Rb5 Bc6 46. Ba2 Bxb5 47. Bxf7+ Kh8
48. Nf3 Qe4 49. Bxe8 Bxe8 50. Ng5 Qf5 51. Qh4+ Kg8 52. Qc4+ Bf7 53. Nxf7 Qxf7
54. Qe4 Ne6 55. Kg3 g6 56. h4 Kg7 57. Kh3 Qf2 58. g3 Nd4 59. e6 Qf5+ 60. Qxf5
Nxf5 61. g4 Nd4 62. h5 Nxe6 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.26"]
[Round "5.19"]
[White "Demchenko, Anton"]
[Black "Yu, Yangyi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[ECO "B04"]
[Opening "Alekhine's defence"]
[Variation "modern, Larsen variation"]
[WhiteFideId "4160258"]
[BlackFideId "8603820"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 dxe5 5. Nxe5 c6 6. Be2 Bf5 7. O-O Nd7 8. Nf3
e6 9. c4 N5f6 10. Nc3 Bd6 11. Nh4 Bg6 12. g3 O-O 13. Be3 Ne4 14. Nxg6 Nxc3 15.
bxc3 hxg6 16. Rb1 b6 17. Qa4 Qc7 18. Rfd1 Rfc8 19. Rd2 Nf6 20. Bf3 Nd7 21. Rdb2
Rab8 22. c5 Be7 23. Bf4 e5 24. Be3 Bf6 25. Rb3 Be7 26. Qc4 Qd8 27. Bg4 b5 28.
Qe2 Rc7 29. Bxd7 Qxd7 30. dxe5 Rd8 31. c4 a6 32. a4 bxa4 33. Ra3 Qf5 34. Re1
Qxe5 35. Rxa4 Ra7 36. Rea1 a5 37. Kg2 Rda8 38. Qf3 Ra6 39. Qf4 Qxf4 40. gxf4 Bf6
41. R1a2 Bc3 42. Bd2 Bd4 43. Rxa5 Rxa5 44. Rxa5 Rxa5 45. Bxa5 Bxc5 46. Kf3 f6
47. Bd2 Kf7 48. Be3 Bb4 49. Ke4 Ke6 50. h3 Be7 51. Bd4 Bd6 52. Be3 Ba3 53. Bd4
Bb4 54. Be3 Bc3 55. Bc5 Bd2 56. Bf8 f5+ 57. Kf3 Kf7 58. Bc5 Bc3 59. Ke3 Bf6 60.
Kf3 g5 61. fxg5 Bxg5 62. Kg3 Bf6 63. f4 Ke6 64. Kf3 g6 65. Ke3 Bh4 66. Kd3 Bg3
67. Be3 Kd6 68. Kd4 Bh4 69. Kd3 Kc7 70. Kc3 Kb7 71. Kb3 Ka6 72. Ka4 Bf6 73. Kb4
Kb7 74. Kb3 Be7 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.26"]
[Round "5.20"]
[White "Bocharov, Dmitry"]
[Black "Onischuk, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2583"]
[BlackElo "2637"]
[ECO "A41"]
[Opening "Queen's Pawn"]
[WhiteFideId "4138716"]
[BlackFideId "14114038"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. d4 d6 2. e4 Nf6 3. f3 e5 4. d5 c6 5. c4 Be7 6. Nc3 O-O 7. Be3 a5 8. Nge2 Na6
9. Nc1 Bd7 10. Be2 cxd5 11. cxd5 Nh5 12. O-O Bg5 13. Qd2 Bxe3+ 14. Qxe3 Nf4 15.
Nd3 Nxe2+ 16. Nxe2 b5 17. Rfc1 b4 18. Ng3 Bb5 19. Nf2 Nc5 20. Nf5 Rc8 21. f4 f6
22. fxe5 fxe5 23. Ng4 g6 24. Ng3 Nd3 25. Rxc8 Qxc8 26. h3 Qc5 27. Qxc5 Nxc5 28.
Rc1 Rc8 29. Nf1 h5 30. Nf2 Rf8 31. Re1 Na4 32. Nd1 Rc8 33. Nfe3 Rc1 34. Kf2 Nc5
35. Kf3 Bd3 36. a3 b3 0-1

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.26"]
[Round "5.21"]
[White "Volokitin, Andrei"]
[Black "Ding, Liren"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2628"]
[BlackElo "2777"]
[ECO "C50"]
[Opening "Giuoco Pianissimo"]
[WhiteFideId "14107090"]
[BlackFideId "8603677"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. O-O O-O 6. h3 d6 7. c3 a5 8. Re1 h6
9. Bb5 Ba7 10. Nbd2 Ne7 11. d4 Ng6 12. Nf1 d5 13. exd5 exd4 14. c4 Qd6 15. Nxd4
Nxd5 16. cxd5 Qxd5 17. Be3 Nh4 18. f3 Bxh3 19. Nb3 Qg5 20. g3 Bxf1 21. Bxf1
Qxg3+ 22. Kh1 Nxf3 0-1

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.26"]
[Round "5.22"]
[White "Dreev, Aleksey"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2653"]
[BlackElo "2694"]
[ECO "D22"]
[Opening "QGA"]
[Variation "Haberditz variation"]
[WhiteFideId "4100107"]
[BlackFideId "14103320"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 a6 4. e3 b5 5. a4 Bb7 6. b3 Nf6 7. axb5 axb5 8. Rxa8
Bxa8 9. bxc4 bxc4 10. Bxc4 e6 11. O-O Nbd7 12. Nbd2 Be7 13. Qb3 O-O 14. Ba3 c5
15. Rc1 Bxf3 16. Nxf3 cxd4 17. Nxd4 Bxa3 18. Qxa3 Qa8 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.26"]
[Round "5.23"]
[White "Li, Chao b"]
[Black "Riazantsev, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[ECO "D41"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "Semi-Tarrasch, 5.cd"]
[WhiteFideId "8604436"]
[BlackFideId "4125029"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 cxd4 8.
cxd4 Bb4+ 9. Bd2 Bxd2+ 10. Qxd2 O-O 11. Rc1 b6 12. Bd3 Bb7 13. O-O Nd7 14. Qe3
Nf6 15. h3 Qe7 16. Nd2 Rfd8 17. Nc4 Qd7 18. e5 Ne8 19. Rfd1 Rac8 20. Bf1 Bd5 21.
Qa3 h6 22. Ne3 Ba8 23. Qa6 Qb7 24. Qa4 Rxc1 25. Rxc1 Nc7 26. Be2 Nd5 27. Nxd5
Qxd5 28. Bf3 Qa5 29. Qxa5 bxa5 30. Bxa8 Rxa8 31. g4 g5 32. Rd1 Rc8 33. d5 exd5
34. Rxd5 Rc3 35. Rxa5 Rxh3 36. Rxa7 Rc3 37. Ra4 Kf8 38. Kg2 Ke7 39. Ra6 Rc5 40.
Rxh6 Rxe5 41. Ra6 Re4 42. Kg3 Rc4 43. Ra3 f6 44. Rb3 Ra4 45. a3 Ke6 46. Rd3 f5
47. gxf5+ Kxf5 48. Kf3 g4+ 49. Ke2 Kf4 50. Rb3 Kg5 51. Ke3 Kf5 52. Kd2 Rf4 53.
Ke2 Ra4 54. Re3 Kg5 55. Kf1 Kh4 56. Rb3 Kg5 57. Ke1 Kf5 58. Rg3 Re4+ 59. Kf1 Rc4
60. Rb3 Kg5 61. Kg2 Kh4 62. Rb1 Ra4 63. Rb3 Ra5 64. Kf1 Ra4 65. Ke2 Re4+ 66. Kd1
Ra4 67. Rd3 Rf4 68. Rd2 Ra4 69. Ra2 g3 70. fxg3+ Kxg3 71. Kc2 Kf4 72. Kb3 Ra8
73. Re2 Rb8+ 74. Kc4 Ra8 75. Kb4 Rb8+ 76. Kc5 Rc8+ 77. Kb5 Rb8+ 78. Kc6 Rc8+ 79.
Kb6 Rb8+ 80. Kc7 Ra8 81. Ra2 Ra4 82. Kd6 Ke4 83. Kc5 Ke5 84. Ra1 Ke6 85. Kc6 Ke7
86. Re1+ Kd8 87. Re3 Rc4+ 88. Kb7 Rc7+ 89. Kb8 Rc8+ 90. Kb7 Rc7+ 91. Kb6 Rc1 92.
a4 Rb1+ 93. Ka7 Kc7 94. Rc3+ Kd7 95. a5 Rb2 96. Rh3 Kc7 97. Rh7+ Kc8 98. Rh6
Rb7+ 99. Ka6 Rb1 100. Rc6+ Kb8 101. Rf6 Ka8 102. Rf7 Rb7 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.26"]
[Round "5.24"]
[White "Pantsulaia, Levan"]
[Black "Amonatov, Farrukh"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2612"]
[BlackElo "2636"]
[ECO "A05"]
[Opening "Reti"]
[Variation "King's Indian attack"]
[WhiteFideId "13602071"]
[BlackFideId "14700077"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. b3 Bg7 4. Bb2 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. d4 c5 7. c4 Bd7 8. Nc3
cxd4 9. Nxd4 Nc6 10. O-O a6 11. e3 Rb8 12. a3 Rc8 13. Nde2 Na5 14. Rb1 b5 15.
cxb5 axb5 16. Nf4 Re8 17. Ba1 Qb6 18. Ncd5 Nxd5 19. Nxd5 Qa7 20. Bxg7 Kxg7 21.
Qd2 Be6 22. Nf4 Bf5 23. Qb2+ Kg8 24. Rbc1 Bd7 25. h4 Bc6 26. Bh3 Bd7 27. Bg2 Bc6
28. e4 Bd7 29. h5 Nc6 30. Nd5 Be6 31. h6 Ne5 32. Rxc8 Rxc8 33. Rc1 Rxc1+ 34.
Qxc1 f6 35. a4 bxa4 36. bxa4 Kf7 37. Qc7 Qxc7 38. Nxc7 Nc4 39. Nxe6 Kxe6 40. f4
Kd7 41. Bh3+ e6 42. Kf2 f5 43. exf5 gxf5 44. Bf1 Na5 45. Ke3 Ke7 46. Kd4 Kf6 47.
Bc4 Nb7 48. Ba2 Nc5 49. a5 Kg6 50. Kc4 Kxh6 51. Bb3 Kg6 52. Bd1 Kf6 53. Kb5 e5
54. a6 Nxa6 55. Kxa6 Ke6 56. Bb3+ Kf6 57. Kb5 h5 58. Kc6 Ke7 59. Bd1 h4 60. gxh4
exf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.26"]
[Round "5.25"]
[White "Zhigalko, Sergei"]
[Black "Van Foreest, Jorden"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2641"]
[BlackElo "2629"]
[ECO "C72"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "modern Steinitz defence, 5.O-O"]
[WhiteFideId "13502956"]
[BlackFideId "1039784"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. O-O Bd7 6. c3 g6 7. d4 Bg7 8. Bg5 f6
9. Be3 Nh6 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. Nbd2 Nf7 12. Bb3 Qe7 13. Bd5 O-O 14. b4 Kh8 15. Qb3
b6 16. a4 Rab8 17. Qc4 Nd6 18. Qxa6 f5 19. exf5 gxf5 20. Rfe1 Qf6 21. Nf1 Rbe8
22. Rad1 f4 23. Bc1 e4 24. Nd4 Nxd4 25. cxd4 Qg5 26. Bb3 Bg4 27. Qa7 Bf3 28. Ng3
Bxd1 29. Bxd1 e3 30. Ne2 f3 31. Ng3 exf2+ 32. Kxf2 Bxd4+ 0-1

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.26"]
[Round "5.26"]
[White "Rakhmanov, Aleksandr"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2653"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[ECO "C00"]
[Opening "French defence, Steiner variation"]
[WhiteFideId "4173708"]
[BlackFideId "605506"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. c4 e6 2. e4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Be7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 O-O 8.
Nge2 Nbd7 9. O-O Nb6 10. Bb3 Bg4 11. f3 Bh5 12. Ng3 c5 13. Nxh5 Nxh5 14. dxc5
Bxc5+ 15. Kh1 Nf6 16. Bg5 h6 17. Qxd8 Rfxd8 18. Bxf6 gxf6 19. Rad1 Bd4 20. Rd3
Be5 21. Rxd8+ Rxd8 22. Rd1 Rxd1+ 23. Nxd1 Bd4 24. g3 a5 25. a3 Nd7 26. f4 Nc5
27. Bc2 Kf8 28. Kg2 a4 29. Kf3 Ke7 30. Nc3 Kf8 31. Ke2 Ke7 32. Kd2 Ke6 33. Bb1
f5 34. Ba2+ Ke7 35. Bd5 Bg7 36. Kc2 Bh8 37. Bc4 Bd4 38. Bb5 Bg1 39. h3 Bh2 40.
Ne2 Ne4 41. g4 Nf2 42. gxf5 Nxh3 43. Bxa4 Bxf4 44. Bb3 Be5 45. Bd5 b6 46. b4 Kf6
47. a4 Nf4 48. Nxf4 Bxf4 49. a5 bxa5 50. bxa5 Ke5 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.26"]
[Round "5.27"]
[White "Almasi, Zoltan"]
[Black "Fedorchuk, Sergey A."]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2682"]
[BlackElo "2648"]
[ECO "E16"]
[Opening "Queen's Indian"]
[Variation "Yates variation"]
[WhiteFideId "702293"]
[BlackFideId "14102536"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. d4 e6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 a5 6. Bg2 Bb7 7. O-O O-O 8. Bf4
Be7 9. Nc3 Ne4 10. Qc2 Nxc3 11. Qxc3 Be4 12. Rfd1 f5 13. d5 Bf6 14. Be5 Qe8 15.
Bxf6 Rxf6 16. Bf1 Na6 17. Ne1 f4 18. Nf3 Bxf3 19. exf3 e5 20. d6 cxd6 21. Qb3
Nc5 22. Qxb6 Ra6 23. Qb5 Qa8 24. Rd5 Rf8 25. Rxc5 dxc5 26. Be2 d6 27. Qb3 a4 28.
Qc2 Rb6 29. Bd3 Qxf3 30. Bxh7+ Kh8 31. Rb1 fxg3 32. hxg3 d5 33. Bg6 Rff6 0-1

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.26"]
[Round "5.28"]
[White "Khismatullin, Denis"]
[Black "Saric, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2632"]
[BlackElo "2669"]
[ECO "A06"]
[Opening "Reti opening"]
[WhiteFideId "4142578"]
[BlackFideId "14508150"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 e6 5. b3 Bd6 6. Bb2 O-O 7. d4 Nbd7 8. Bd3 e5
9. cxd5 cxd5 10. dxe5 Nxe5 11. h3 Qe7 12. O-O Nxf3+ 13. Qxf3 Qe5 14. Rfd1 Be6
15. Rab1 Rac8 16. Nb5 Qh2+ 17. Kf1 Be5 18. Nd4 Bxd4 19. Bxd4 Ne4 20. Bxe4 dxe4
21. Qxe4 Bd7 22. Qe5 Bb5+ 23. Qxb5 Rc2 24. Ke1 Qxg2 25. Qf1 Qf3 26. Rb2 Rfc8 27.
Rxc2 Rxc2 28. Bc3 Kf8 29. Bb4+ 1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.26"]
[Round "5.29"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Adhiban, Baskaran"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2789"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[ECO "B51"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Canal-Sokolsky (Nimzovich-Rossolimo, Moscow) attack"]
[WhiteFideId "623539"]
[BlackFideId "5018471"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. a4 a6 5. Bc4 Ngf6 6. Nc3 b6 7. O-O Bb7 8. Re1
g6 9. d4 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Bg7 11. Bg5 O-O 12. Qd2 Rc8 13. Bd5 Qc7 14. Rad1 e5 15.
Ndb5 axb5 16. Nxb5 Qb8 17. Bxb7 Qxb7 18. Nxd6 Qc6 19. Nxc8 Rxc8 20. b3 Nc5 21.
f3 Ne6 22. Be3 Bf8 23. Kh1 h5 24. Qf2 Bc5 25. c3 Bxe3 26. Rxe3 Nc5 27. Qc2 h4
28. Ree1 Kg7 29. Rd2 Nh5 30. Red1 Ne6 31. Rd6 Qxc3 32. Qxc3 Rxc3 33. Rxb6 Nd4
34. a5 Rc2 35. Rf1 Nf4 36. a6 h3 37. gxh3 Nxf3 0-1

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.26"]
[Round "5.30"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Laznicka, Viktor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2805"]
[BlackElo "2647"]
[ECO "D11"]
[Opening "QGD Slav"]
[Variation "3.Nf3"]
[WhiteFideId "13300474"]
[BlackFideId "316385"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Qc2 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. cxd5 cxd5 7. Bf4 O-O 8. e3
Nc6 9. Be2 Ne4 10. O-O Bf5 11. Qb3 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Na5 13. Qb4 b6 14. Nd2 e5 15.
Bg3 Re8 16. Rfe1 Bf8 17. Qb2 exd4 18. cxd4 Bd6 19. Rac1 Bxg3 20. hxg3 Qd6 21.
Ba6 Bc8 22. Bd3 Be6 23. e4 Rac8 24. Ba6 Rxc1 25. Rxc1 Rb8 26. Qc3 Qd8 27. f3 b5
28. Rb1 dxe4 29. Nxe4 b4 30. Rxb4 Rxb4 31. Qxb4 Nc6 32. Qc5 Qxd4+ 33. Qxd4 Nxd4
34. Nc3 Kf8 35. Kf2 Ke7 36. g4 Kd6 37. Bd3 Kc5 38. Ke3 Nc6 39. a3 Ne5 40. Ne4+
Kb6 41. Kd4 Nxd3 42. Kxd3 Kb5 43. Kc3 h6 44. Nf6 Ka4 45. Kb2 Bc4 46. Ng8 h5 47.
gxh5 gxh5 48. g3 Be2 49. f4 Bf3 50. Ne7 Kb5 51. Nf5 Bd5 52. Ne3 Be6 53. Kc3 Ka4
54. Nc2 Bf5 55. Nd4 Bd7 56. Kb2 Bc8 57. Nc6 Bd7 58. Nd4 Bc8 59. f5 f6 60. Ne6
Kb5 61. Ng7 Kc4 62. Nxh5 Bxf5 63. Nxf6 Kd4 64. Kb3 Ke5 65. Ne8 Bd7 66. Nc7 Ke4
67. Kb4 Kf3 68. Nb5 a6 69. Nc7 Kxg3 70. Nxa6 Kf4 71. Nb8 Be8 72. Kc5 Ba4 73. Kd4
Kf5 74. Na6 Bd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.26"]
[Round "5.31"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Howell, David W L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2676"]
[ECO "E35"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian"]
[Variation "classical, Noa variation, 5.cd ed"]
[WhiteFideId "4168119"]
[BlackFideId "410608"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 c5 7. Nf3 O-O 8. e3
h6 9. Bh4 g5 10. Bg3 Ne4 11. Bd3 Bf5 12. dxc5 Nd7 13. Nd4 Bxc3+ 14. bxc3 Bg6 15.
f3 Nxg3 16. hxg3 Bxd3 17. Qxd3 Nxc5 18. Qc2 Qb6 19. Nf5 Rfe8 20. Nxh6+ Kf8 21.
Nf5 Qf6 22. Kf2 Ne4+ 23. fxe4 Rxe4 24. g4 Rxg4 25. Rh6 Qe5 26. Rah1 1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.26"]
[Round "5.32"]
[White "Mchedlishvili, Mikheil"]
[Black "Inarkiev, Ernesto"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2603"]
[BlackElo "2689"]
[ECO "D30"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "Vienna variation"]
[WhiteFideId "13600966"]
[BlackFideId "4162722"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Bg5 Bb4+ 5. Nc3 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. Qa4+ Nc6 8.
e3 O-O 9. Rc1 Rd8 10. Qb3 dxc4 11. Bxc4 Qe7 12. a3 Bd6 13. Bb5 Bd7 14. O-O a6
15. Be2 Rdc8 16. Ne4 e5 17. Nxd6 cxd6 18. d5 Nd8 19. Qb6 f5 20. Nd2 Be8 21. Bd3
e4 22. Be2 Bf7 23. Nc4 Bxd5 24. Nxd6 Rxc1 25. Rxc1 Ne6 26. Rd1 Bc6 27. Nxf5 Qf6
28. Nd4 Rf8 29. Qb3 Bd7 30. f4 exf3 31. Nxf3 Bc8 32. Rd6 Qe7 33. Qd5 Kh8 34. Qe5
b5 35. Bd3 Qf7 36. h3 Nc7 37. Rxh6+ Kg8 38. Bh7+ 1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.26"]
[Round "5.33"]
[White "Akobian, Varuzhan"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2647"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[ECO "D10"]
[Opening "QGD Slav defence"]
[Variation "exchange variation"]
[WhiteFideId "13300580"]
[BlackFideId "14109603"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. Bf4 a6 7. Rc1 Bf5 8. e3
e6 9. Qb3 Ra7 10. Be2 Be7 11. O-O O-O 12. Na4 Nd7 13. a3 Bg4 14. h3 Bxf3 15.
Bxf3 Na5 16. Qa2 Nc4 17. Be2 b5 18. Nc5 Qa5 19. b4 Qb6 20. a4 Nb8 21. a5 Qd8 22.
Rfd1 Nc6 23. Qb3 Bd6 24. Bxd6 Qxd6 25. e4 Qf4 26. g3 Qh6 27. exd5 exd5 28. Kg2
Nxd4 29. Qd3 Re7 30. Bf1 Nc6 31. Rb1 Rd8 32. Rb3 N6e5 33. Qd4 Qd6 34. Qf4 d4 35.
Nd3 Qd5+ 36. Kh2 Nf3+ 37. Kh1 Ncd2 38. Bg2 Qxb3 39. Bxf3 Qxd3 40. Rxd2 Qb1+ 41.
Kg2 Qxb4 42. Rd3 Qxa5 43. Rxd4 Rxd4 44. Qxd4 Qc7 45. h4 h6 46. h5 Re8 47. Qd5 b4
48. Qb3 a5 49. Bd5 Rd8 50. Qf3 a4 0-1

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.26"]
[Round "5.34"]
[White "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Black "Eljanov, Pavel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2711"]
[ECO "D45"]
[Opening "QGD semi-Slav"]
[Variation "accelerated Meran (Alekhine variation)"]
[WhiteFideId "12401137"]
[BlackFideId "14102951"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Nf3 e6 6. c5 Nbd7 7. Qc2 Be7 8. Bd3 O-O
9. O-O Qc7 10. Na4 h6 11. b4 e5 12. Nxe5 Nxe5 13. dxe5 Qxe5 14. Bb2 Qc7 15. Nb6
Ra7 16. f4 Ng4 17. Rf3 Bf6 18. Rg3 Bxb2 19. Qxb2 Kh8 20. Rf1 Nf6 21. Qe5 Ne8 22.
Rxg7 Qxe5 23. Rh7+ Kg8 24. fxe5 Be6 25. Rf3 1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.26"]
[Round "5.35"]
[White "Kryvoruchko, Yuriy"]
[Black "Andriasian, Zaven"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2689"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[ECO "B51"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Canal-Sokolsky (Nimzovich-Rossolimo, Moscow) attack"]
[WhiteFideId "14109182"]
[BlackFideId "13302000"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nc6 4. O-O Bd7 5. Re1 Nf6 6. c3 a6 7. Bf1 Bg4 8. d4
cxd4 9. cxd4 e5 10. d5 Nd4 11. Be3 Nxf3+ 12. gxf3 Bd7 13. a4 Be7 14. Qb3 O-O 15.
Na3 Nh5 16. Nc4 f5 17. Nxe5 dxe5 18. d6+ Kh8 19. dxe7 Qxe7 20. Qxb7 Qe8 21. Bg2
Bxa4 22. exf5 Bc6 23. Qb6 Rxf5 24. Rxa6 Rxa6 25. Qxa6 h6 26. Rc1 Rf6 27. Qe2 Qf7
28. b4 Rg6 29. Kh1 Nf4 30. Bxf4 Qxf4 31. Qe3 Qxb4 32. Qxe5 Qd6 33. Qxd6 Rxd6 34.
f4 Bxg2+ 35. Kxg2 Kh7 36. Re1 Kg6 37. Kg3 Kf6 38. h4 Rd5 39. Ra1 h5 40. Ra6+ Kf5
41. Ra8 g6 42. Rf8+ Ke6 43. Kf3 Rd3+ 44. Ke4 Rh3 45. Ra8 Rxh4 46. Ra6+ Kf7 47.
Ke5 Rg4 48. Ra7+ Kg8 49. f3 Rg3 50. Kf6 h4 51. Ra8+ Kh7 52. Ra7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.26"]
[Round "5.36"]
[White "Sjugirov, Sanan"]
[Black "Kovalev, Vladislav"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2639"]
[ECO "A05"]
[Opening "Reti"]
[Variation "King's Indian attack"]
[WhiteFideId "4189302"]
[BlackFideId "13504398"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. b3 Bg7 4. Bb2 O-O 5. Bg2 c5 6. c4 Nc6 7. O-O d6 8. d4
cxd4 9. Nxd4 Bd7 10. Nc3 Qa5 11. e3 Rfc8 12. Qd2 Rab8 13. Rad1 a6 14. a3 b5 15.
b4 Qd8 16. c5 Ne5 17. cxd6 exd6 18. Nd5 Bg4 19. Nxf6+ Qxf6 20. f3 Bd7 21. Ba1
Nc4 22. Qd3 Qe7 23. Rde1 d5 24. f4 Qd6 25. Nb3 Bf5 26. Qd1 Bxa1 27. Qxa1 Be4 28.
Rf2 Bxg2 29. Kxg2 Re8 30. Rfe2 Re7 31. Nc5 Rbe8 32. Qd4 Qc6 33. Kg1 f5 34. h3 h5
35. g4 hxg4 36. hxg4 fxg4 37. Rh2 Rg7 38. e4 Nd6 39. Qf6 dxe4 40. Ne6 Nf5 41.
Nxg7 Qxf6 42. Nxe8 Qd4+ 43. Kh1 Ng3+ 44. Kg2 Qd2+ 45. Kxg3 Qxe1+ 46. Kxg4 Qg1+
47. Kh3 Qf1+ 48. Rg2 e3 49. Nf6+ Kf7 0-1

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.26"]
[Round "5.37"]
[White "Sethuraman, S.P."]
[Black "Guseinov, Gadir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2646"]
[BlackElo "2646"]
[ECO "B27"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Hungarian variation"]
[WhiteFideId "5021596"]
[BlackFideId "13401378"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. e4 c5 3. c3 d5 4. e5 Nc6 5. d4 Bg4 6. Bb5 Qb6 7. Qa4 Bxf3 8. dxc5
Qc7 9. gxf3 e6 10. Be3 Ne7 11. f4 Nf5 12. Nd2 Nxe3 13. fxe3 Bxc5 14. Ke2 a6 15.
Bxc6+ bxc6 16. b4 Be7 17. c4 O-O 18. Rac1 Qb7 19. a3 Rfc8 20. cxd5 cxd5 21. Nf3
a5 22. b5 Bc5 23. Rc3 d4 24. exd4 Qe4+ 25. Re3 Qxf4 26. Rc1 Bf8 27. Rc6 Rd8 28.
Qc2 a4 29. Rc4 Rd5 30. Rxa4 Rb8 31. Rb3 Bh6 32. b6 g5 33. Qd2 Qe4+ 34. Kf2 Kg7
35. Qe2 Qf5 36. Kg2 Qg4+ 37. Kh1 Qf4 38. Qd2 Qe4 39. Qe1 Qf5 40. Nd2 Rdd8 41.
Ne4 Rbc8 42. Rc3 g4 43. Ng3 Qg6 44. Rb4 Bf4 45. b7 Rb8 46. Qe4 Bd2 47. Rc7 Bxb4
48. axb4 Qxe4+ 49. Nxe4 Rxd4 50. Nd6 Rxb4 51. Rxf7+ Kg6 52. Rf6+ Kg7 53. Rf7+
Kg6 54. Rf6+ Kg7 55. Rf7+ Kg6 56. Rf6+ Kg7 57. Rf7+ Kg6 58. Rf6+ Kg7 59. Rf7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.26"]
[Round "5.38"]
[White "Meier, Georg"]
[Black "Zhao, Jun"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2604"]
[ECO "A05"]
[Opening "Reti"]
[Variation "King's Indian attack"]
[WhiteFideId "4675789"]
[BlackFideId "8602522"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. d4 O-O 5. O-O d6 6. b3 a5 7. c4 a4 8. Bb2 axb3
9. axb3 Rxa1 10. Bxa1 Na6 11. Nbd2 c6 12. Bc3 Bf5 13. Nh4 Bd7 14. e4 Qc8 15. e5
Ne8 16. f4 dxe5 17. dxe5 f6 18. Qe2 Nec7 19. f5 Bxf5 20. Nxf5 gxf5 21. exf6 Bxf6
22. Bxf6 Rxf6 23. Qxe7 Qe6 24. Qxe6+ Nxe6 25. Ne4 Rf8 26. Nd6 Nd4 27. Nxb7 Nb4
28. Rd1 Nbc2 29. Rd2 f4 30. Bxc6 Nxc6 31. Rxc2 Nd4 32. Rb2 fxg3 33. hxg3 Rf3 34.
b4 Rxg3+ 35. Kf2 Rf3+ 36. Kg2 Rc3 37. Nd6 Kf8 38. Rd2 Ne6 39. b5 Ke7 40. Kf2 h5
41. b6 Nc5 42. Rd5 Nd7 43. b7 Nb8 44. Nc8+ Ke6 45. Nb6 Rxc4 46. Rd8 Rc2+ 47. Ke3
Na6 48. Ra8 Rc7 49. Rxa6 Rxb7 50. Ke4 Kd6 51. Na4+ Kc7 52. Kd5 Rb1 53. Rc6+ Kd7
54. Nc5+ Ke7 55. Rh6 Rh1 56. Ke5 Kf7 57. Ne6 h4 58. Nf4 Kg7 59. Rh5 Kf7 60. Kf5
Ke8 61. Rh7 Kd8 62. Kg4 Kc8 63. Nh3 Rd1 64. Kxh4 Rd7 65. Rh6 Kc7 66. Nf4 Rd6 67.
Rh8 Rd7 68. Kg5 Kb6 69. Kf5 Rd1 70. Ke5 Kc6 71. Rh2 Re1+ 72. Kd4 Rd1+ 73. Nd3
Kd7 74. Rh6 Ke7 75. Ke4 Kd7 76. Nc5+ Kc7 77. Ne6+ Kd6 78. Nd4+ Ke7 79. Ra6 Kf7
80. Rb6 Ke7 81. Nc6+ Kd7 82. Ne5+ Ke7 83. Ng4 Re1+ 84. Ne3 Kd7 85. Kd4 Ke7 86.
Nf5+ Kf7 87. Kd5 Rd1+ 88. Nd4 Re1 89. Rb2 Rd1 90. Rf2+ Ke7 91. Rf4 Rd2 92. Rf1
Rd3 93. Rh1 Kf7 94. Ke5 Rd2 95. Rg1 Ra2 96. Rf1+ Ke7 97. Nf5+ Kd7 98. Rd1+ Kc7
99. Rc1+ Kd7 100. Rc5 Re2+ 101. Kd5 Rd2+ 102. Nd4 Rd1 103. Rc2 Ke7 104. Rf2 Rd3
105. Rf1 Rd2 106. Ke5 Ra2 107. Nc6+ Kd7 108. Rc1 Re2+ 109. Kd5 Rd2+ 110. Nd4 Ke7
111. Ke5 Kd7 112. Ra1 Kc7 113. Kd5 Rd3 114. Ke4 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.26"]
[Round "5.39"]
[White "Dervishi, Erald"]
[Black "Malakhov, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2552"]
[BlackElo "2686"]
[ECO "B08"]
[Opening "Pirc"]
[Variation "classical system, 5.Be2"]
[WhiteFideId "4700236"]
[BlackFideId "4120787"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O a6 7. h3 Nc6 8. a4 e6
9. Re1 b6 10. Be3 Bb7 11. Qd2 Ne7 12. Bd3 c5 13. dxc5 bxc5 14. e5 dxe5 15. Nxe5
Rc8 16. Bh6 Nf5 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. Rad1 Nd4 19. Ne2 Qc7 20. Ng3 Nc6 21. Nc4 Nb4
22. Bf1 Rcd8 23. Qe2 Rd5 24. c3 Nc6 25. Ne3 Rdd8 26. Ng4 Nd5 27. Qd2 Nf4 28. Qe3
Rxd1 29. Rxd1 f5 30. Nh2 Ne5 31. Qxf4 Nf3+ 32. Qxf3 Bxf3 33. Nxf3 e5 34. Bc4 h6
35. Bxa6 e4 36. Ne1 Rd8 37. Rb1 f4 38. Nf1 g5 39. b4 cxb4 40. cxb4 e3 41. fxe3
fxe3 42. Be2 Rd2 43. Nxd2 exd2 44. Nd3 Qe7 45. Bf1 Qe3+ 46. Kh1 h5 47. b5 g4 48.
b6 gxh3 49. b7 hxg2+ 50. Bxg2 0-1

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.26"]
[Round "5.40"]
[White "Dzhumagaliev, Yan"]
[Black "Nguyen, Ngoc Truong Son"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2400"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[ECO "D29"]
[Opening "QGA"]
[Variation "classical, 8...Bb7"]
[WhiteFideId "24100110"]
[BlackFideId "12401110"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e3 Nf6 4. Bxc4 e6 5. Nf3 c5 6. O-O a6 7. Qe2 b5 8. Bb3
Bb7 9. a4 c4 10. Bc2 Nbd7 11. e4 Be7 12. Nc3 b4 13. e5 bxc3 14. exf6 Nxf6 15.
bxc3 Qd5 16. Rb1 O-O 17. Bf4 Bc6 18. Rfe1 Rac8 19. Qd2 Qa5 20. Ne5 Nd5 21. Nxc6
Rxc6 22. Be4 Bf6 23. Rec1 Rcc8 24. Bg3 Qxa4 25. Ra1 Qc6 26. Ra5 Qb6 27. Rca1 Qb7
28. Rb1 Qc6 29. Rba1 Qb7 30. Rb1 Qc6 31. Rba1 Qb7 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.26"]
[Round "5.41"]
[White "Esipenko, Andrey"]
[Black "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2564"]
[BlackElo "2691"]
[ECO "A40"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn"]
[WhiteFideId "24175439"]
[BlackFideId "24101605"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 c5 3. c4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. g3 h5 6. h3 Qc7 7. Bg2 Qxc4 8. O-O
Nf6 9. Nc3 Qc7 10. e4 Nc6 11. Be3 e5 12. Nf3 d6 13. Rc1 Be7 14. Nd5 Qb8 15. Nb6
O-O 16. Nxa8 Qxa8 17. Ng5 h4 18. g4 Nd7 19. Nf3 Nc5 20. Nd2 b5 21. Nb1 Be6 22.
Nc3 Bc4 23. Nd5 Bxf1 24. Bxf1 Bd8 25. g5 Ne7 26. Bg2 Ng6 27. Qg4 Ne6 28. b4 a5
29. a3 axb4 30. axb4 Qa3 31. Rc8 Qa6 32. Rc1 Be7 33. Bf1 Qb7 34. Ra1 Qb8 35. Ra5
Qd8 36. Bb6 Qc8 37. Be3 Nef4 38. Qxc8 Rxc8 39. Bxf4 exf4 40. Nxe7+ Nxe7 41. Rxb5
Nc6 42. Rf5 Nxb4 43. Rxf4 Rc1 44. Rxh4 Nd3 45. Rg4 Ne5 46. Rg3 Re1 47. f3 d5 48.
exd5 Rd1 49. Kf2 Rxd5 50. f4 Ng6 51. Rf3 Rd4 52. Kg3 Ne7 53. Bd3 g6 54. h4 Kg7
55. Bc2 Rc4 56. Bd3 Rc1 57. f5 gxf5 58. Bxf5 f6 59. Be6 fxg5 60. Rf7+ Kg6 61.
h5+ Kxh5 62. Rxe7 Kg6 63. Bg4 Rg1+ 64. Kf3 Rf1+ 65. Kg2 Rf4 66. Kg3 Rf6 67. Bf3
Rf4 68. Re6+ Kf5 69. Rb6 Rd4 70. Rb5+ Kf6 71. Bg4 Rd3+ 72. Kf2 Rd4 73. Kf3 Rf4+
74. Kg3 Kg6 75. Rb6+ Rf6 76. Bh5+ Kg7 77. Rb5 Kh6 78. Bf3 Rf4 79. Rb6+ Kg7 80.
Be2 Rf6 81. Rb7+ Rf7 82. Rb5 Re7 83. Bf3 Kf6 84. Kg4 Re5 85. Rb4 Re1 86. Rb6+
Re6 87. Rb8 Re1 88. Rf8+ Kg6 89. Kg3 Kg7 90. Rf5 Kg6 91. Ra5 Kf6 92. Bg4 Rg1+
93. Kh3 Re1 94. Ra6+ Ke5 95. Kg2 Kf4 96. Bf3 Kf5 97. Kg3 Re3 98. Ra5+ Re5 99.
Bg4+ Kf6 100. Ra6+ Kg7 101. Bh5 Re1 102. Kg4 Re5 103. Bg6 Re1 104. Bf5 Rg1+ 105.
Kh5 Re1 106. Kxg5 Re7 107. Rh6 Kf8 108. Be6 Rg7+ 109. Kf6 Rf7+ 110. Ke5 Kg7 111.
Rh2 Rf6 112. Bf5 Rf7 113. Rh7+ Kf8 114. Rh8+ Ke7 115. Ra8 Rg7 116. Ra6 Kf7 117.
Rb6 Ke7 118. Bg6 Kf8 119. Kf6 Rf7+ 120. Kg5 Rc7 121. Re6 Re7 122. Rf6+ Kg7 123.
Bf5 Rf7 124. Rg6+ Kf8 125. Ra6 Kg7 126. Be6 Re7 127. Rd6 Kf8 128. Kf6 Rf7+ 129.
Ke5 Re7 130. Rd8+ Re8 131. Rd1 Re7 132. Kd6 Ra7 133. Rg1 Ra6+ 134. Ke5 Ke7 135.
Rg7+ Kd8 136. Rd7+ Ke8 137. Kf6 Ra1 138. Rd2 Rf1+ 139. Bf5 Rf4 140. Re2+ Kd8
141. Rc2 1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.26"]
[Round "5.42"]
[White "Savchenko, Boris"]
[Black "Tregubov, Pavel V."]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2566"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[ECO "B33"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Sveshnikov variation"]
[WhiteFideId "4147332"]
[BlackFideId "4115341"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8.
Bxf6 gxf6 9. Na3 b5 10. Nd5 f5 11. c3 Bg7 12. Bd3 Be6 13. Qh5 O-O 14. Nc7 Qxc7
15. exf5 Ne7 16. fxe6 f5 17. O-O e4 18. Be2 d5 19. Nc2 Rf6 20. Qg5 Rxe6 21. Qd2
Rg6 22. f4 Rd8 23. Kh1 Qb6 24. Rfd1 Rgd6 25. Bf1 b4 26. Rab1 bxc3 27. bxc3 Qc5
28. Nd4 Rc8 29. Rb7 Rc7 30. Rdb1 Rxb7 31. Rxb7 Rb6 32. Rxb6 Qxb6 33. Nxf5 Qb1
34. Nxe7+ Kf8 35. Qe2 Kxe7 36. Qxa6 Bxc3 37. a4 d4 38. Qe2 Qb7 39. Qf2 Qb1 40.
g3 e3 41. Qf3 Qa1 42. Qe4+ Kd6 43. Qe5+ Kc6 44. Kg2 Qxa4 45. Qe8+ Kd5 1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.26"]
[Round "5.43"]
[White "Minko, Vladimir"]
[Black "Salgado Lopez, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2381"]
[BlackElo "2644"]
[ECO "D30"]
[Opening "Queen's gambit declined"]
[WhiteFideId "24146706"]
[BlackFideId "2257327"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Nbd2 O-O 6. Bg2 b6 7. O-O Bb7 8. Qc2
Nbd7 9. b3 Rc8 10. Bb2 c5 11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. Ne5 Qe7 13. Nxd7 Nxd7 14. Qd3 dxc4
15. Nxc4 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 Rfd8 17. Qf3 f6 18. Rfd1 Nf8 19. e3 Rxd1 20. Rxd1 Rd8 21.
Rxd8 Qxd8 22. Qc6 Qd7 23. Qxd7 Nxd7 24. Kf3 Kf7 25. Ba3 Ke7 26. Ke2 b5 27. Bxc5+
Nxc5 28. Nd2 Kd6 29. b4 Nd7 30. f4 e5 31. Ne4+ Kc6 32. Kd3 a6 33. f5 g6 34. g4
g5 35. a3 Kc7 36. Nc3 Kd6 37. Ne4+ Kc6 38. Kd2 Kd5 39. Kd3 Kc6 40. Kd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.26"]
[Round "5.44"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Grigoriants, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2678"]
[BlackElo "2561"]
[ECO "C51"]
[Opening "Evans gambit"]
[Variation "Cordel variation"]
[WhiteFideId "400025"]
[BlackFideId "4130804"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4 Bxb4 5. c3 Be7 6. d4 Na5 7. Nxe5 Nxc4 8.
Nxc4 d6 9. Ne3 Nf6 10. Nd2 O-O 11. O-O Re8 12. f4 Bf8 13. Qf3 Be6 14. c4 c6 15.
Bb2 Qa5 16. Rf2 Qh5 17. d5 Qxf3 18. gxf3 Bd7 19. Bxf6 gxf6 20. f5 Be7 21. Rb1
Rab8 22. Rg2+ Kh8 23. Kf2 Bd8 24. Rg3 Bb6 25. Rxb6 axb6 26. Ng4 Rg8 27. Nxf6
Rxg3 28. hxg3 Be8 29. e5 dxe5 30. d6 c5 31. Ke3 Bc6 32. f4 exf4+ 33. Kxf4 Kg7
34. Ke5 h6 35. Nde4 Bxe4 36. Nxe4 Kf8 37. Nf6 Ra8 38. Nd5 Re8+ 39. Kf6 Rd8 40.
Ke5 Re8+ 41. Kf6 Rd8 42. Ke5 Re8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.26"]
[Round "5.45"]
[White "Melkumyan, Hrant"]
[Black "Halkias, Stelios"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2633"]
[BlackElo "2571"]
[ECO "A30"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "symmetrical variation"]
[WhiteFideId "13302485"]
[BlackFideId "4201809"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. e3 Bg7 5. d4 d6 6. d5 Ne5 7. Nxe5 Bxe5 8. Bd3
Bg7 9. O-O Nf6 10. h3 O-O 11. e4 a6 12. Re1 e6 13. Bg5 h6 14. Be3 exd5 15. exd5
Nd7 16. Qd2 Qh4 17. f4 b5 18. cxb5 Bb7 19. Bf2 Qd8 20. a4 axb5 21. Bxb5 Ba6 22.
Bxd7 Qxd7 23. Bh4 Rfe8 24. Ne4 f5 25. Nf6+ Bxf6 26. Bxf6 Bb7 27. b3 Qf7 28. Bb2
Qxd5 29. Qc2 Rad8 30. Kh2 Re4 31. Qc3 Rd4 32. Qg3 Kf7 33. Bxd4 cxd4 34. Rac1 Rd7
35. Rc2 Ba6 36. Rd2 Rb7 37. Qh4 Qxb3 38. Qxh6 1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.26"]
[Round "5.46"]
[White "Kokarev, Dmitry"]
[Black "Malakhatko, Vadim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2542"]
[ECO "B48"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Taimanov variation"]
[WhiteFideId "4132181"]
[BlackFideId "14104202"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. Qd2 Nf6 8. f4
Bb4 9. Bd3 Na5 10. a3 Bxc3 11. Qxc3 Qxc3+ 12. bxc3 d5 13. e5 Ne4 14. Nb3 Nc4 15.
Bxc4 dxc4 16. Na5 b5 17. Bd4 f5 18. exf6 gxf6 19. O-O Rg8 20. Rae1 f5 21. Re3 h6
22. Rh3 Rg6 23. Rh4 Bd7 24. Rf3 O-O-O 25. Rfh3 Rdg8 26. g3 Nd2 27. Kf2 Nb1 28.
Ke3 Nxa3 29. Kd2 b4 30. cxb4 Ba4 31. c3 Kc7 32. Rxh6 Rxh6 33. Rxh6 Kd6 34. Nb7+
Kd5 35. Nc5 1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.26"]
[Round "5.47"]
[White "Ibrahimov, Rasul"]
[Black "Salem, A.R. Saleh"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2518"]
[BlackElo "2638"]
[ECO "A04"]
[Opening "Reti opening"]
[WhiteFideId "13400495"]
[BlackFideId "9301348"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. g3 g6 3. c3 Bg7 4. d4 Na6 5. Bg2 Nf6 6. O-O O-O 7. Bf4 d6 8. Re1
Bf5 9. Nbd2 d5 10. Be5 cxd4 11. Nxd4 Bg4 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. Qb3 Nc5 14. Qxd5 Qxd5
15. Bxd5 Rfd8 16. Bf3 Bxd4 17. cxd4 Rxd4 18. Red1 h5 19. Ne4 Ne6 20. Nc3 Bxf3
21. exf3 Rad8 22. f4 Rd2 23. Rab1 R8d4 24. Kf1 Rc2 25. Ke1 Rxd1+ 26. Nxd1 Nd4
27. Ne3 Nf3+ 28. Kf1 Rd2 29. Kg2 Nd4 30. Nc4 Re2 31. Rd1 Nf5 32. Rd2 Re1 33. Kf3
Kg7 34. Ne3 Nd6 35. Rd1 Rxd1 36. Nxd1 Kf6 37. h4 Ke6 38. Ke3 Kd5 39. Kd3 Kc5 40.
Nc3 b5 41. Ne4+ Kd5 42. Nc3+ Kc6 43. Kd4 Nf5+ 44. Ke5 Nh6 45. Kd4 Ng4 46. Nd1
Kd6 47. b4 Kc6 48. a3 a6 49. Ke4 Nf6+ 50. Kd4 Ng4 51. Ke4 Kd6 52. f5 e5 53. fxg6
fxg6 54. Kd3 Ke6 55. f3 Nh6 56. Nc3 Nf5 57. Ne4 Kd5 58. Nf6+ Kd6 59. Ne4+ Kc6
60. Kc3 Kd5 61. Nf6+ Kc6 62. Ne4 Nd4 63. f4 Kd5 64. Nf6+ Ke6 65. Ne4 Kd5 66.
Nf6+ Ke6 67. Ne4 Kd5 68. Nf6+ Ke6 69. Ne4 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.26"]
[Round "5.48"]
[White "Socko, Bartosz"]
[Black "Dobrov, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2593"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[ECO "A50"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[WhiteFideId "1107038"]
[BlackFideId "4136594"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Bf4 Nc6 6. e3 Bg4 7. Qb3 Na5 8.
Qa4+ Bd7 9. Qc2 Rc8 10. Bd3 e6 11. Nf3 Be7 12. O-O b5 13. Qe2 b4 14. Nb1 Nh5 15.
Be5 f6 16. Nh4 g6 17. Nxg6 hxg6 18. Bxg6+ Kf8 19. Bxh5 fxe5 20. Qf3+ Bf6 21.
dxe5 Rxh5 22. Qxh5 Bg7 23. Nd2 Qe8 24. Qg4 Nc4 25. Rfc1 Nxe5 26. Qxb4+ Kg8 27.
Qa3 Rb8 28. Rc7 Rxb2 29. Rd1 Qh5 30. f3 Nxf3+ 31. Nxf3 Qg4 32. Rd2 Rxd2 33. Nxd2
Qd1+ 34. Nf1 Bb5 35. Rxg7+ 1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.26"]
[Round "5.49"]
[White "Lodhi, Mahmood"]
[Black "Georgiev, Kiril"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2347"]
[BlackElo "2623"]
[ECO "A46"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[WhiteFideId "7800010"]
[BlackFideId "2900017"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 b5 4. Bg2 d5 5. O-O Bb7 6. Nbd2 c5 7. c3 Nbd7 8. a4 a6
9. axb5 axb5 10. Rxa8 Qxa8 11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. Nb3 Be7 13. Nfd4 Qa6 14. Qd3 b4 15.
Qxa6 Bxa6 16. Bd2 bxc3 17. Bxc3 e5 18. Nc6 d4 19. Ra1 Bb7 20. Nba5 Bc8 21. Bd2
Nb6 22. Nxe5 O-O 23. Nac6 Bd6 24. Ra7 Be6 25. Ba5 Nbd5 26. b4 Nc3 27. Bf3 g5 28.
g4 h5 29. h3 hxg4 30. Nxg4 Nxg4 31. hxg4 Nb5 32. Rb7 Bc4 33. Ne7+ Bxe7 34. Rxe7
d3 35. exd3 Bxd3 36. Bb6 Rc8 37. Bc5 Rd8 38. Re5 f6 39. Re7 Nd4 40. Bxd4 Rxd4
41. Rb7 Kf8 42. b5 Be4 43. Bxe4 Rxe4 44. f3 Rb4 45. Kf2 Rb3 46. b6 Ke8 47. Ke2
Kd8 48. Kf2 Ke8 49. Rb8+ Kf7 50. Ke2 Ke6 51. b7 Kd7 52. Rf8 Rxb7 53. Rxf6 Rb5
54. Ke3 Ke7 55. Rg6 Kf7 56. Rc6 Rb3+ 57. Ke4 Kg7 58. Rd6 Rb4+ 59. Rd4 Rb5 60.
Rd5 Rb4+ 61. Kf5 Rf4+ 62. Kxg5 Rxf3 63. Rd7+ Kg8 64. Kg6 Rf8 65. g5 Ra8 66. Kh6
Ra6+ 67. g6 Ra8 68. Rg7+ Kh8 69. Rh7+ Kg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.26"]
[Round "5.50"]
[White "Al Ghamdi, Ahmed M"]
[Black "Potkin, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "CM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2159"]
[BlackElo "2574"]
[ECO "B44"]
[Opening "Sicilian, Szen ('anti-Taimanov') variation"]
[WhiteFideId "21500150"]
[BlackFideId "4131061"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nb5 d6 6. Bf4 e5 7. Be3 a6 8. N5a3
Nf6 9. Nc4 Nxe4 10. Nb6 Rb8 11. Nd5 b5 12. Be2 Be7 13. O-O O-O 14. f4 Bb7 15. a4
b4 16. a5 Nf6 17. Bb6 Qd7 18. c4 Nxd5 19. cxd5 Nd4 20. Bc4 Bd8 21. Bxd4 exd4 22.
Qxd4 Bf6 23. Qd2 Rfc8 24. Bb3 Qb5 25. Ra4 Ba8 26. Re1 h6 27. Re4 Qc5+ 28. Kf1
Qc1+ 29. Re1 Qxb2 30. Qd3 Rc1 31. Ra2 Rxe1+ 32. Kxe1 Qc1+ 0-1

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.26"]
[Round "5.51"]
[White "Naiditsch, Arkadij"]
[Black "Abdyjapar, Asyl"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2382"]
[ECO "A45"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[WhiteFideId "4650891"]
[BlackFideId "13800337"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 d5 3. e3 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nd2 e6 6. Ngf3 cxd4 7. exd4 Nh5 8. Be3
Bd6 9. g3 O-O 10. Bd3 f5 11. Ne5 Nf6 12. Ndf3 Ne7 13. Bf4 Ne4 14. O-O b6 15. Re1
Bb7 16. Qa4 h6 17. Qd7 Bc8 18. Qxd8 Rxd8 19. h4 Bb7 20. Bb5 a6 21. Bf1 Rac8 22.
Nd3 Nc6 23. Bxd6 Rxd6 24. h5 a5 25. Nf4 Rc7 26. Nh4 Bc8 27. f3 Nf6 28. Re3 Nd8
29. Rae1 Bd7 30. Bh3 b5 31. g4 fxg4 32. Bxg4 Rcc6 33. Nhg6 Rb6 34. Nd3 Be8 35.
Ne7+ Kf8 36. Nc8 Bxh5 37. Bxh5 Nxh5 38. f4 Nf6 39. Nc5 Kf7 40. a4 Rdc6 41. Nxb6
Rxb6 42. b4 bxa4 43. bxa5 Rb5 44. a6 Ra5 45. Ra1 a3 46. c4 a2 47. Re2 Ne4 48.
Rexa2 Rxa2 49. Rxa2 Nxc5 50. dxc5 1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.26"]
[Round "5.52"]
[White "Sanal, Vahap"]
[Black "Ganguly, Surya Shekhar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2551"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[ECO "A08"]
[Opening "Reti"]
[Variation "King's Indian attack"]
[WhiteFideId "6300545"]
[BlackFideId "5002150"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. c4 d4 5. O-O e5 6. d3 Nf6 7. e3 Bd6 8. exd4
cxd4 9. Na3 O-O 10. Nc2 a5 11. Re1 h6 12. Na3 Re8 13. Nb5 Bc5 14. b3 Bf5 15. a3
Qd7 16. Nh4 Bh7 17. Ra2 Rad8 18. Rb2 e4 19. dxe4 Nxe4 20. Nf3 Nc3 21. Rxe8+ Qxe8
22. Qe1 Qd7 23. Rd2 Re8 24. Qf1 Ne4 25. Rd3 Nf6 26. Rd2 d3 27. Ne1 Ne5 28. Bb2
Nfg4 29. Bxe5 Rxe5 30. Nxd3 Bxd3 31. Rxd3 Bxf2+ 32. Kh1 Qe7 0-1

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.26"]
[Round "5.53"]
[White "Anton Guijarro, David"]
[Black "Lam, Daniel King-wai"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2666"]
[BlackElo "2222"]
[ECO "E90"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "5.Nf3"]
[WhiteFideId "2285525"]
[BlackFideId "6001238"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. d4 O-O 6. h3 Na6 7. Be3 e5 8. d5 c6
9. g4 Qa5 10. Nd2 Nxe4 11. Ndxe4 f5 12. gxf5 gxf5 13. Nxd6 f4 14. Bd2 1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.26"]
[Round "5.54"]
[White "Miton, Kamil"]
[Black "Al-Hajiri, Bader"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2584"]
[BlackElo "2165"]
[ECO "D30"]
[Opening "Queen's gambit declined"]
[WhiteFideId "1111914"]
[BlackFideId "10300163"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 c6 5. Bg2 dxc4 6. Ne5 Bb4+ 7. Bd2 Qxd4 8.
Bxb4 Qxe5 9. Na3 Qxb2 10. Rb1 Qe5 11. Nxc4 Qh5 12. Nd6+ Kd7 13. Nxf7+ Nd5 14.
Nxh8 Na6 15. O-O 1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.26"]
[Round "5.55"]
[White "Al Jabri, Mohammed Ali"]
[Black "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2154"]
[BlackElo "2707"]
[ECO "C55"]
[Opening "Two knights defence (Modern bishop's opening)"]
[WhiteFideId "7604734"]
[BlackFideId "2205530"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 h6 5. c3 d6 6. a4 g5 7. O-O Bg7 8. Re1 O-O
9. h3 d5 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Nbd2 Nb6 12. Bb5 Qd5 13. c4 Qd6 14. Ne4 Qg6 15. a5
Nd7 16. a6 Rd8 17. Nc3 bxa6 18. Ba4 Nb4 19. Nd5 Nxd5 20. cxd5 Qd6 21. Bc6 Rb8
22. Nd2 Qg6 23. Nc4 f6 24. d6 cxd6 25. Bd5+ Kh7 26. Nxd6 Nc5 27. Bf7 Qxd3 28.
Qh5 Rxd6 29. Be3 Nb7 30. Rad1 Qf5 31. g4 Qd7 32. Rc1 Nd8 33. Bg6+ Kg8 34. h4
Qxg4+ 35. Qxg4 Bxg4 36. hxg5 fxg5 37. Rc7 Rxg6 0-1

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.26"]
[Round "5.56"]
[White "Amer, Said Salim Al Maashani"]
[Black "Jumabayev, Rinat"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2103"]
[BlackElo "2612"]
[ECO "B91"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Najdorf, Zagreb (fianchetto) variation"]
[WhiteFideId "22000100"]
[BlackFideId "13702661"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. g3 e5 7. Nde2 b5 8. Bg2
Bb7 9. O-O Nbd7 10. a4 b4 11. Nd5 Nxd5 12. exd5 Rc8 13. Be3 Be7 14. f4 O-O 15.
Qd2 a5 16. c3 exf4 17. Bxf4 bxc3 18. Nxc3 Bf6 19. Ne4 Be5 20. Bg5 Qb6+ 21. Be3
Qb3 22. Ra3 Qc2 23. Nc3 Qxd2 24. Bxd2 Ba6 25. Nb5 Rc2 26. Bxa5 Rxb2 27. Bc3 Bxc3
28. Rxc3 Nc5 29. Nxd6 Bxf1 30. Bxf1 Nxa4 31. Rc7 Rd2 32. Nf5 g6 33. Ne7+ Kg7 34.
Bb5 Nb6 35. Bc6 Rb8 36. Bb7 Rd8 37. h4 Rd7 38. Rxd7 Nxd7 39. Bc6 Ne5 0-1

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.26"]
[Round "5.57"]
[White "Al Habeeb, Emad"]
[Black "Khenkin, Igor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "1933"]
[BlackElo "2554"]
[ECO "D02"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[WhiteFideId "21500029"]
[BlackFideId "4659600"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 c6 3. g3 Bf5 4. Bg2 e6 5. O-O Nd7 6. Nh4 Bg4 7. Nd2 Be7 8. Nhf3
Ngf6 9. c4 O-O 10. Qc2 Bf5 11. Qb3 Qb6 12. Qxb6 axb6 13. Nh4 Bc2 14. Re1 Bb4 15.
cxd5 exd5 16. Nhf3 Rfe8 17. e3 Ne4 18. a3 Ndf6 19. Re2 Bd1 20. Re1 Bxf3 21. Nxf3
Bxe1 22. Nxe1 b5 23. Nd3 Nd7 24. f3 Nd6 25. Kf2 Rac8 26. Bh3 f5 27. Nc5 Nf6 28.
b4 g6 29. Bf1 Re7 30. Bd2 Nc4 31. Bxc4 dxc4 32. Re1 b6 33. Na6 Ra8 34. Bc1 Rxa6
35. Bb2 c3 36. Bxc3 Rxa3 37. Rc1 Nd5 38. Bd2 Ra2 39. Ke1 Nxe3 0-1

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.26"]
[Round "5.58"]
[White "Miswadah, Baha"]
[Black "Christiansen, Johan-Sebastian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "1877"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[ECO "C45"]
[Opening "Scotch"]
[Variation "Mieses variation"]
[WhiteFideId "11502118"]
[BlackFideId "1512668"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8.
c4 Nb6 9. b3 Qe6 10. Bb2 a5 11. a4 Bb4+ 12. Nd2 O-O 13. g3 d5 14. exd6 Qxd6 15.
O-O-O Bf5 16. Ne4 Qh6+ 17. Kb1 Rfe8 18. f3 Rab8 19. Ka2 Be6 20. Qc2 f5 21. Nf2
Bf8 22. Nd3 Rb7 23. Ne5 Bd6 24. f4 Bxe5 25. Bxe5 Reb8 26. Be2 Nd7 27. Bd4 Rxb3
28. Qxb3 Rxb3 29. Kxb3 Qg6 30. Kc3 Qf7 31. Rb1 h6 32. Rb7 c5 33. Be3 Nb6 34.
Bxc5 Nxa4+ 35. Kd4 Qf6+ 36. Ke3 Nxc5 37. Rxc7 Qc3+ 38. Kf2 Ne4+ 39. Kf1 Qe3 0-1

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.26"]
[Round "5.59"]
[White "El Adnani, Mokliss"]
[Black "Al Omary, Ahmed"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2448"]
[BlackElo "1875"]
[ECO "D38"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "Ragozin variation"]
[WhiteFideId "9000410"]
[BlackFideId "21500207"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nf3 Bb4 5. Bg5 Nc6 6. e3 h6 7. Bh4 g5 8. Bg3 Ne4
9. Rc1 Qe7 10. Nd2 Bxc3 11. bxc3 f5 12. Nxe4 fxe4 13. f3 exf3 14. Qxf3 h5 15. h4
g4 16. Qf4 e5 17. dxe5 Rf8 18. Qg5 Rf5 19. Qg8+ Rf8 20. Qg6+ Qf7 21. Qxf7+ Rxf7
22. cxd5 Ne7 23. e6 Rf8 24. e4 c6 25. c4 b6 26. d6 Bxe6 27. dxe7 Kxe7 28. c5
Rfd8 29. Ba6 Rd4 30. O-O Rxe4 31. Bb7 Rd8 32. Bxc6 Re2 33. Bd6+ Rxd6 34. cxd6+
Kxd6 35. Bb5 Re5 36. Rfd1+ Rd5 37. Bc4 1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.26"]
[Round "5.60"]
[White "Tissir, Mohamed"]
[Black "Masrahi, Abdulrahman A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "CM"]
[WhiteElo "2381"]
[BlackElo "1962"]
[ECO "C53"]
[Opening "Giuoco Piano"]
[WhiteFideId "9000240"]
[BlackFideId "21501564"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 a6 6. Bb3 Ba7 7. Nbd2 d6 8. Nf1
Ne7 9. Ng3 Ng6 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. Nf5 Bxf5 13. exf5 Nf4 14. g3 Nh3 15.
Rf1 Qd7 16. Nh4 h5 17. Qe2 O-O-O 18. O-O-O d5 19. Kb1 Kb8 20. f4 exf4 21. Qg2
Ng5 22. gxf4 Nh7 23. d4 Rhg8 24. Qf2 c6 25. Rde1 Bb6 26. Bd1 Bc7 27. Bxh5 Rde8
28. Rxe8+ Qxe8 29. Re1 Qd7 30. Bd1 Qd6 31. Ng2 Nf8 32. a3 Nd7 33. h4 Qf8 34. h5
Nb6 35. Rh1 Qh6 36. Be2 Nc8 37. c4 dxc4 38. Bxc4 Nd6 39. Bd3 Bb6 40. Rh2 Nb5 41.
Bxb5 axb5 42. Ne1 Rd8 43. Nc2 Rd5 44. Qg3 Rxf5 45. Qg8+ Ka7 46. Re2 Qxh5 47. Re8
Qh1+ 48. Ka2 Qd5+ 49. b3 Bxd4 50. Rd8 Qe4 51. Nxd4 Rd5 52. Qg1 Rxd8 53. Nxc6+ 1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.26"]
[Round "5.61"]
[White "Alanazy, Mohammed"]
[Black "Khader, Sami"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "1850"]
[BlackElo "2392"]
[ECO "C55"]
[Opening "Two knights defence (Modern bishop's opening)"]
[WhiteFideId "21508488"]
[BlackFideId "8100500"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. c3 O-O 6. O-O d5 7. exd5 Nxd5 8. Re1
Bg4 9. h3 Bh5 10. g4 Bg6 11. Nxe5 Nxe5 12. Rxe5 c6 13. d4 Bd6 14. Re1 f5 15. g5
f4 16. h4 Qd7 17. Qf3 Rae8 18. Rxe8 Rxe8 19. Bxd5+ cxd5 20. Bxf4 Re1+ 21. Kh2
Be4 22. Nd2 Bxf3 0-1

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.26"]
[Round "5.62"]
[White "Saeed, Ishaq"]
[Black "Bukannan, Ahmed A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2434"]
[BlackElo "1929"]
[ECO "D20"]
[Opening "QGA"]
[Variation "3.e4"]
[WhiteFideId "9301453"]
[BlackFideId "21504164"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. e5 Nd5 6. Bxc4 e6 7. Nf3 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Ne4 b5 10. Bd3 Nd7 11. Nfg5 g6 12. Qf3 h6 13. Nh3 Kg7 14. Bd2 Bb7 15. Qg3
c5 16. Nf4 Nxf4 17. Qxf4 Rh8 18. Nd6 Bxd6 19. exd6 cxd4 20. Qxd4+ e5 21. Qe3 Qf6
22. Bc3 Qxd6 23. Rfd1 Qe7 24. Bc2 Rhe8 25. a4 b4 26. Bd2 g5 27. h4 Nf8 28. Qg3
f6 29. a5 Rac8 30. Bb3 Ng6 31. Qg4 Rcd8 32. Bxb4 Qc7 33. Rac1 Qb8 34. Qc4 Rxd1+
35. Rxd1 Nf8 36. Qg8# 1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.26"]
[Round "5.63"]
[White "Al Saidi, Mohammed Khalfan"]
[Black "Omar, Noaman"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "1468"]
[BlackElo "2364"]
[ECO "E32"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian"]
[Variation "classical variation"]
[WhiteFideId "22001271"]
[BlackFideId "9300244"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 b6 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 Ne4 7. Qc2 Bb7 8.
Nh3 f5 9. f3 Nf6 10. e3 O-O 11. Bd3 c5 12. b3 Qe7 13. O-O Nc6 14. Bb2 g6 15.
Rae1 e5 16. d5 Nd8 17. f4 Nf7 18. e4 fxe4 19. Bxe4 Nxe4 20. Qxe4 d6 21. fxe5
dxe5 22. Nf2 b5 23. Ng4 bxc4 24. bxc4 Nd6 25. Nh6+ Kg7 26. Bxe5+ Kxh6 27. Bf4+
Rxf4 28. Qxe7 1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.26"]
[Round "5.64"]
[White "Salama, Taher"]
[Black "Al-Saffar, Araz Basim Mohammed S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "1769"]
[BlackElo "2368"]
[ECO "A40"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn"]
[Variation "Keres defence"]
[WhiteFideId "11502231"]
[BlackFideId "4801040"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 b6 3. Nc3 Bb7 4. Nf3 Bb4 5. Bd2 f5 6. a3 Be7 7. e3 Nf6 8. Bd3 O-O
9. O-O Qe8 10. Re1 Ne4 11. Rc1 d6 12. Qc2 Qg6 13. Bxe4 fxe4 14. Nb5 Bd8 15. c5
Rf5 16. d5 exf3 17. g3 Rxd5 18. Qxg6 hxg6 19. Rc2 Rxc5 20. Rxc5 bxc5 21. b4 cxb4
22. axb4 Nc6 23. Rc1 a6 24. Nd4 Nxd4 25. exd4 Bd5 26. h4 c6 27. Bf4 Bc7 28. Ra1
Kf7 29. Kf1 e5 30. dxe5 dxe5 31. Be3 Bd6 32. Bd2 Rb8 33. Rxa6 Bc4+ 0-1

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.26"]
[Round "5.65"]
[White "Al Juhani, Bakr"]
[Black "Al Zamel, Khaled"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1854"]
[BlackElo "1942"]
[ECO "B12"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann defence"]
[WhiteFideId "21500185"]
[BlackFideId "21500967"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d6 3. Nf3 Qc7 4. Bd3 Bg4 5. Nbd2 Nd7 6. h3 Bh5 7. g4 Bg6 8. Nf1
Ngf6 9. Ng3 e6 10. O-O Be7 11. Re1 O-O 12. Nh2 Rad8 13. f4 d5 14. e5 Ne4 15.
Nxe4 dxe4 16. Bxe4 Bxe4 17. Rxe4 c5 18. c3 cxd4 19. cxd4 Nb6 20. Re2 Rxd4 21.
Qe1 Rfd8 22. Be3 Rd3 23. Rb1 Qc6 24. Rd2 Rxd2 25. Bxd2 Nc4 26. Rc1 Qb6+ 27. Kg2
Rxd2+ 0-1

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.26"]
[Round "5.66"]
[White "Alem, Ali Hussien"]
[Black "Al Bargi, Hassan M"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1745"]
[BlackElo "1579"]
[ECO "B01"]
[Opening "Scandinavian (centre counter) defence"]
[WhiteFideId "21500088"]
[BlackFideId "21501475"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 d5 2. e5 c5 3. c3 Nc6 4. d4 Bf5 5. Nf3 e6 6. dxc5 Bxc5 7. b4 Bb6 8. a4 Bc7
9. Bf4 Nge7 10. Na3 Ng6 11. Bg5 Qd7 12. Be2 Ngxe5 13. Nd4 Bg6 14. Ndb5 Bd8 15.
Be3 O-O 16. f4 a6 17. Bc5 Be7 18. fxe5 Bxc5 19. bxc5 axb5 20. Bxb5 Qe7 21. Qe2
Qxc5 22. c4 d4 23. Bxc6 bxc6 24. O-O d3+ 25. Qf2 Qxe5 26. Rfe1 Qd6 27. Nb1 Qb4
28. Nd2 Rxa4 29. Rxa4 Qxa4 30. Qf3 Qc2 31. Rd1 Qa4 32. Kf1 h6 33. Ke1 Rd8 34.
Rb1 c5 35. h4 Qd7 36. h5 Bf5 37. g4 Bh7 38. Rb7 Qe8 39. Rc7 e5 40. Rxc5 e4 41.
Qe3 Qe7 42. g5 hxg5 43. Rxg5 f6 44. Rg4 f5 45. Rg5 Rf8 46. h6 g6 47. Qf4 e3 48.
c5 exd2+ 0-1

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.26"]
[Round "5.67"]
[White "Al Abdali, Zeyad Saleh"]
[Black "Al Mahmood, Salman"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1801"]
[BlackElo "1593"]
[ECO "A46"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn"]
[Variation "Torre attack"]
[WhiteFideId "21501505"]
[BlackFideId "11201517"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bg5 Be7 4. Nc3 b6 5. e4 Bb7 6. Bd3 O-O 7. Qe2 d6 8. Rd1
Nbd7 9. O-O Re8 10. e5 dxe5 11. Nxe5 Nxe5 12. dxe5 Nd5 13. Nxd5 exd5 14. Bc1 Bf8
15. f4 g6 16. f5 Bg7 17. e6 fxe6 18. fxg6 h6 19. Qh5 d4 20. Bxh6 Qd5 21. Qxd5
Bxd5 22. Bxg7 Kxg7 23. Rf7+ Kg8 24. Rdf1 c5 25. b3 e5 26. Bb5 Rf8 27. Re7 Rxf1+
28. Kxf1 Rf8+ 29. Ke2 Bxg2 30. Bc4+ Kh8 31. Rh7# 1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.27"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Movsesian, Sergei"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2647"]
[BlackElo "2837"]
[ECO "B00"]
[Opening "KP"]
[Variation "Nimzovich defence"]
[WhiteFideId "310204"]
[BlackFideId "1503014"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 Nc6 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 g6 5. h3 Bg7 6. Be3 O-O 7. Qd2 a6 8. Bd3 e5
9. d5 Ne7 10. g4 c6 11. dxc6 bxc6 12. O-O-O d5 13. Nxe5 Nxe4 14. Bxe4 Bxe5 15.
Bg2 Rb8 16. Rhe1 Be6 17. Na4 Qd6 18. c3 Rb5 19. f4 Bg7 20. Bf1 Ra5 21. Qc2 c5
22. c4 Rb8 23. Bd2 Rxa4 24. Qxa4 Bxb2+ 25. Kc2 Bd7 26. Qb3 Rxb3 27. axb3 Bd4 0-1

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.27"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Fedoseev, Vladimir3"]
[Black "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[ECO "D11"]
[Opening "QGD Slav"]
[Variation "3.Nf3"]
[WhiteFideId "24130737"]
[BlackFideId "13601520"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Qc2 Na6 5. e3 Nc7 6. b3 Bg4 7. Ne5 e6 8. Nxg4
Nxg4 9. h3 Nf6 10. Bd3 g6 11. O-O Bg7 12. Ba3 Bf8 13. Bb2 Bg7 14. Nd2 O-O 15. b4
Nd7 16. f4 a5 17. bxa5 Rxa5 18. c5 Ra7 19. a4 Qe7 20. a5 Rfa8 21. Nb3 f5 22. g4
Nf6 23. g5 Ne4 24. h4 Kf7 25. Rf3 h6 26. Kg2 Rh8 27. Rh1 hxg5 28. hxg5 Rxh1 29.
Kxh1 Ra8 30. Rh3 Na6 31. Bc3 Nc7 32. Be1 Qd7 33. Qh2 Kg8 34. Nc1 e5 35. dxe5 Ne6
36. Bb4 N4xc5 37. Qc2 Ne4 38. Kg2 c5 39. Be1 Qc6 40. Bxe4 fxe4 41. Ne2 Rd8 42.
Ng3 Qb5 43. Rh1 Qd3 44. Qxd3 exd3 45. Kf3 Rf8 46. Kg4 d4 47. Bd2 c4 48. exd4
Nxd4 49. Ne4 Nb3 50. Bc3 Rd8 51. f5 gxf5+ 52. Kxf5 Nd4+ 53. Kg6 Nc6 54. Nf6+ Kf8
55. e6 Ne7+ 56. Kh7 Bxf6 57. gxf6 d2 58. Bb4 d1=Q 59. Rxd1 Rxd1 60. Bxe7+ Ke8
61. Bc5 Rf1 62. Kg7 1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.27"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Kuzubov, Yuriy"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2699"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[ECO "A08"]
[Opening "Reti"]
[Variation "King's Indian attack, French variation"]
[WhiteFideId "14112906"]
[BlackFideId "4126025"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. d3 d5 6. Nbd2 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. Re1
b5 9. e5 Nd7 10. Nf1 Bb7 11. h4 Qc7 12. Bf4 Rfc8 13. Ne3 Qd8 14. Ng4 Bf8 15. Bg5
Qe8 16. c3 h6 17. Bf4 a5 18. Qd2 b4 19. c4 Ne7 20. h5 Nf5 21. Ne3 Nxe3 22. Qxe3
dxc4 23. dxc4 Rd8 24. g4 Nb6 25. Rac1 Qd7 26. g5 Qd3 27. gxh6 Qxe3 28. Bxe3 gxh6
29. Nh2 Bxg2 30. Kxg2 Kh7 31. Ng4 Bg7 32. Kf3 Nd7 33. Bf4 Nb6 34. Rg1 a4 35. Be3
Nd7 36. Ke4 b3 37. axb3 axb3 38. Rgd1 Rac8 39. Rd3 f5+ 40. exf6 Nxf6+ 41. Nxf6+
Bxf6 42. Rxb3 Rb8 43. Rxb8 Rxb8 44. Bxc5 Rxb2 45. Bd4 Bxd4 46. Kxd4 Kg7 47. c5
Rd2+ 48. Ke5 Re2+ 49. Kd6 Kf6 50. c6 Rd2+ 51. Kc7 Ke7 52. Rg1 Rxf2 53. Rg7+ Kf8
54. Rh7 e5 55. Kd6 Rd2+ 56. Kxe5 Ke8 57. Rxh6 Ke7 58. Rh7+ Kd8 59. Rd7+ 1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.27"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Ponkratov, Pavel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2613"]
[ECO "C55"]
[Opening "Two knights defence (Modern bishop's opening)"]
[WhiteFideId "5000017"]
[BlackFideId "4157800"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 h6 5. O-O d6 6. c3 g6 7. Re1 Bg7 8. Nbd2
O-O 9. Bb3 Re8 10. Nf1 Be6 11. h3 d5 12. Ng3 Qd7 13. Ba4 Nh7 14. d4 exd4 15.
Nxd4 Rad8 16. Be3 dxe4 17. Nxc6 bxc6 18. Nxe4 Bd5 19. Nc5 Qe7 20. Nb7 Rb8 21.
Na5 Rxb2 22. Nxc6 Bxc6 23. Bxc6 Rd8 24. Qa4 Bxc3 25. Red1 Rb4 26. Rxd8+ Qxd8 27.
Rd1 Qf6 28. Qa6 Bd4 29. a3 Bxe3 30. axb4 Qxf2+ 31. Kh1 Kg7 32. Qf1 Qxf1+ 33.
Rxf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.27"]
[Round "6.5"]
[White "Fressinet, Laurent"]
[Black "Rapport, Richard"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2662"]
[BlackElo "2707"]
[ECO "B47"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Taimanov (Bastrikov) variation"]
[WhiteFideId "608742"]
[BlackFideId "738590"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be2 a6 7. O-O Nf6 8. Be3
Bb4 9. Na4 Be7 10. c4 Nxe4 11. c5 O-O 12. Rc1 Rb8 13. g3 Bg5 14. f4 Bh6 15. Bf3
f5 16. Bxe4 fxe4 17. Nxc6 bxc6 18. Qd6 Qxd6 19. cxd6 e5 20. Rc4 a5 21. Rxe4 Ba6
22. Re1 exf4 23. Bxf4 Bd3 24. Rd4 Bxf4 25. gxf4 Bf5 26. Re5 Rb5 27. Rc5 g5 28.
Rxb5 cxb5 29. Nc3 b4 30. Nd5 Kf7 31. fxg5 Ke6 32. Ne3 Bb1 33. a3 bxa3 34. bxa3
Rf3 35. Nc4 a4 36. Nd2 Rxa3 37. Nxb1 Ra1 38. Kf2 Rxb1 39. Rxa4 Rb5 40. h4 Kf5
41. Ra7 Rb4 42. Rxd7 Rxh4 43. Rg7 Rd4 44. d7 Kf4 45. Rxh7 Kxg5 46. Ke3 Rd1 47.
Ke4 Kg6 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.27"]
[Round "6.6"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Cheparinov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[ECO "A13"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "Neo-Catalan accepted"]
[WhiteFideId "4102142"]
[BlackFideId "2905540"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. c4 e6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. Qa4+ Nbd7 6. Qxc4 a6 7. Qc2 c5 8. a4
b6 9. Nc3 Bb7 10. O-O Be7 11. d4 Rc8 12. e4 cxd4 13. Nxd4 O-O 14. Rd1 Qc7 15.
Qe2 Nc5 16. e5 Nfd7 17. Bxb7 Qxb7 18. h4 Rfd8 19. Bf4 Nf8 20. h5 h6 21. Rab1 a5
22. Ndb5 Nh7 23. Nd6 Bxd6 24. exd6 Ng5 25. Bxg5 hxg5 26. b4 axb4 27. Rxb4 Qc6
28. Rbd4 Nb3 29. R4d3 Nc5 30. Rd4 Nb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.27"]
[Round "6.7"]
[White "Wang, Yue"]
[Black "Kravtsiv, Martyn"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2672"]
[ECO "E10"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[WhiteFideId "8601429"]
[BlackFideId "14113147"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. Qc2
Nbd7 9. a4 a5 10. Rc1 b6 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. Na3 Ba6 13. Nb5 Rc8 14. Qb3 Ne4 15.
Bf4 Bb4 16. Rxc8 Qxc8 17. Rc1 Qd8 18. h4 h6 19. Bf1 Qe7 20. Rc7 Bxb5 21. axb5
Bd6 22. Bxd6 Qxd6 23. Qc2 Rd8 24. Qc6 Qxc6 25. bxc6 Nb8 26. Ne5 f6 27. Ng6 Re8
28. Ne7+ Kf8 29. Ra7 Nd6 30. c7 Nd7 31. c8=Q Nxc8 32. Nxc8 Rxc8 33. Rxd7 Rc2 34.
b4 axb4 35. Rd6 b3 36. Rxb6 b2 37. e3 Ke7 38. Bd3 Rd2 39. Bh7 Kd7 40. Kg2 g5 41.
hxg5 hxg5 42. g4 e5 43. Rxf6 exd4 44. exd4 Kc7 45. Rf5 Rxd4 46. Rxg5 Rd1 47. Rh5
Kd6 48. Rh1 Rc1 49. g5 Ke5 50. Bb1 d4 51. Rf1 Kf4 52. g6 Rc7 53. Rd1 Rc1 54. Rg1
Rc7 55. Kh3 Rc1 56. Kh2 d3 57. Bxd3 Rc5 58. g7 Kf3 59. Rg3+ Kxf2 60. g8=Q 1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.27"]
[Round "6.8"]
[White "Bortnyk, Olexandr"]
[Black "Wang, Hao"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[ECO "D00"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn"]
[Variation "Chigorin variation"]
[WhiteFideId "14120828"]
[BlackFideId "8602883"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bf4 a6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 c5 6. a3 Nc6 7. Bd3 c4 8. Be2 b5
9. Ne5 Bb7 10. O-O Be7 11. Bg3 Nxe5 12. dxe5 Nd7 13. Qd4 f5 14. exf6 Bxf6 15.
Qd2 O-O 16. Rad1 Nc5 17. Bf3 Qb6 18. Rfe1 Rad8 19. Qc1 Kh8 20. h4 a5 21. e4 d4
22. e5 Be7 23. Bxb7 Qxb7 24. Ne2 d3 25. Nf4 Qb6 26. cxd3 Nxd3 27. Nxd3 Rxd3 28.
Rxd3 cxd3 29. Qd2 Rd8 30. Rc1 b4 31. a4 b3 32. Qe3 d2 33. Rd1 Qxe3 34. fxe3 Bb4
35. Kf2 Rc8 36. Ke2 Rc2 37. e4 Rxb2 38. Bf4 Rc2 39. Kd3 Rc8 40. Bxd2 Rd8+ 41.
Kc4 b2 0-1

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.27"]
[Round "6.9"]
[White "Onischuk, Vladimir"]
[Black "Alekseev, Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2637"]
[BlackElo "2616"]
[ECO "A04"]
[Opening "Reti opening"]
[WhiteFideId "14114038"]
[BlackFideId "4138147"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 g6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bg7 6. Nb3 d6 7. Nc3 Nf6 8. h3
O-O 9. e4 a5 10. a4 Nb4 11. O-O Be6 12. Nd4 Bc4 13. Re1 Rc8 14. Be3 Nd7 15. Qd2
Nb6 16. b3 Ba6 17. Rac1 d5 18. Ndb5 Rxc3 19. Nxc3 d4 20. Rcd1 e5 21. Nb5 Bxb5
22. axb5 Qc7 23. c3 dxe3 24. fxe3 Na2 25. Qxa2 Qxc3 26. Bf1 Bh6 27. Kf2 Qb4 28.
Qd2 Qxe4 29. Qd3 Qb4 30. Qd6 Nc8 31. Qxb4 axb4 32. Rd7 Nb6 33. Rxb7 Nd5 34. Bc4
Nc3 35. b6 Bg5 36. Rxf7 1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.27"]
[Round "6.10"]
[White "Ding, Liren"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2691"]
[ECO "A14"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "Neo-Catalan declined"]
[WhiteFideId "8603677"]
[BlackFideId "703303"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Be7 5. c4 O-O 6. d4 dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4
Bd7 9. Qxc4 Bc6 10. Bf4 Bd6 11. Qc1 Nbd7 12. Re1 Qe7 13. Nc3 Bxf3 14. Bxf3 Bxf4
15. Qxf4 c6 16. a5 e5 17. Qe3 Rfe8 18. d5 e4 19. dxc6 exf3 20. cxd7 Qxe3 21.
fxe3 Rxe3 22. exf3 Rxe1+ 23. Rxe1 Nxd7 24. Na4 Kf8 25. Rc1 Ne5 26. Rc7 Nc6 27.
Nc5 Nxa5 28. b4 Nc6 29. Rxb7 Nd4 30. Kf2 Ne6 31. Nd7+ Ke8 32. Ne5 Nd8 33. Rb6 f6
34. Nd3 a5 35. bxa5 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.27"]
[Round "6.11"]
[White "Ni, Hua"]
[Black "McShane, Luke J"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2671"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[ECO "C75"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "modern Steinitz defence"]
[WhiteFideId "8601160"]
[BlackFideId "404853"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. c3 Bd7 6. O-O g6 7. d4 Bg7 8. Re1
Nge7 9. d5 Nb8 10. Bxd7+ Nxd7 11. Be3 h6 12. Nfd2 f5 13. f3 f4 14. Bf2 g5 15. c4
h5 16. Nc3 Bf6 17. b4 Rg8 18. h3 Kf7 19. c5 Rg6 20. Nc4 Bg7 21. b5 Nxc5 22. Bxc5
dxc5 23. Qb3 Kf8 24. bxa6 Rgxa6 25. Qxb7 g4 26. hxg4 hxg4 27. fxg4 Qd7 28. d6
Ng6 29. Qxc7 Qxg4 30. d7 Bf6 31. Nd6 Bd8 32. Qb7 f3 33. Qb2 Rxd6 34. Rf1 Nh4 35.
Rf2 Nxg2 36. Rxf3+ Nf4+ 0-1

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.27"]
[Round "6.12"]
[White "Fedorchuk, Sergey A."]
[Black "Quparadze, Giga"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2648"]
[BlackElo "2506"]
[ECO "B41"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Kan variation"]
[WhiteFideId "14102536"]
[BlackFideId "13602250"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Be2 Nf6 6. Nc3 Bb4 7. Qd3 O-O 8. O-O
d6 9. Nb3 Nbd7 10. a3 Bxc3 11. bxc3 Ne5 12. Qd4 Nc6 13. Qe3 e5 14. Rd1 Be6 15.
Nc5 Qc7 16. Nxe6 fxe6 17. Rb1 d5 18. Bf3 Rad8 19. exd5 exd5 20. Qb6 Qd6 21. Be3
e4 22. Be2 Rf7 23. Qc5 Qxc5 24. Bxc5 Rc8 25. a4 Nd8 26. Bd4 Ne6 27. Be5 Rc6 28.
h3 Re7 29. Rb4 Kf7 30. a5 Nc7 31. Bxf6 Kxf6 32. c4 dxc4 33. Bxc4 g6 34. Rd8 e3
35. fxe3 Rxe3 36. Rf8+ Kg5 37. Bd3 Ne6 38. Rf7 h5 39. Rfxb7 Nc5 40. h4+ Kh6 41.
R4b6 Rxb6 42. Rxb6 Nxd3 43. cxd3 Rxd3 44. Rxa6 Rd4 45. g3 Rd2 46. Ra7 Ra2 47.
Kf1 Ra1+ 48. Kf2 Ra2+ 49. Kf3 Ra4 50. Ra8 Kg7 51. a6 Kh7 52. Ke3 Kg7 53. Kd3 g5
54. hxg5 Rg4 55. Rc8 Rxg3+ 56. Kc4 Ra3 57. Kb5 Kg6 58. Rg8+ Kh7 59. Rc8 Kg6 60.
Rg8+ Kh7 61. Rd8 Kg6 62. Rd4 Kxg5 63. Ra4 Rb3+ 64. Kc6 Rb8 65. a7 Ra8 66. Kb7
Rf8 67. a8=Q Rxa8 68. Rxa8 h4 69. Kc6 h3 70. Kd5 Kf4 71. Ra3 Kg4 72. Ke4 h2 73.
Ra1 Kg3 74. Ke3 Kg2 75. Ra2+ Kg3 76. Ra1 Kg2 77. Ra2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.27"]
[Round "6.13"]
[White "Bosiocic, Marin"]
[Black "Safarli, Eltaj"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2624"]
[BlackElo "2639"]
[ECO "E06"]
[Opening "Catalan"]
[Variation "closed, 5.Nf3"]
[WhiteFideId "14507927"]
[BlackFideId "13402129"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4
Bd7 9. Qxc4 Bc6 10. Bg5 Bd5 11. Qc2 Be4 12. Qd1 c5 13. dxc5 Bxc5 14. Nc3 Bc6 15.
Ne5 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 h6 17. Bf4 Nbd7 18. Nxd7 Qxd7 19. Qxd7 Nxd7 20. Rfd1 Nf6 21.
Rd3 Rfd8 22. Rad1 Rxd3 23. Rxd3 Rc8 24. Be5 Ng4 25. Bd4 Bxd4 26. Rxd4 Ne5 27.
Rb4 Rc7 28. f3 Nc4 29. Nd1 a5 30. Rb5 Rd7 31. Nc3 Rd2 32. Rxb7 Nxb2 33. Rb8+ Kh7
34. Kf2 Rc2 35. Ne4 f5 36. Nd6 Nxa4 37. Ra8 Nc3 38. Rxa5 Rxe2+ 39. Kg1 Re1+ 40.
Kf2 Re2+ 41. Kg1 Nd1 42. Ra7 Ne3 43. Ne8 Kg8 44. Nxg7 Rg2+ 45. Kh1 Rf2 46. h4
Rf1+ 47. Kh2 Rf2+ 48. Kh1 Rxf3 49. Nh5 Rf1+ 50. Kh2 Ng4+ 51. Kg2 Rf2+ 52. Kg1
Rb2 53. Nf4 e5 54. Ng6 Rb1+ 55. Kg2 Rb2+ 56. Kg1 e4 57. Ne7+ Kf7 58. Nxf5+ Kf6
59. Ra5 e3 60. Kf1 Rf2+ 61. Ke1 Rxf5 62. Ra6+ Ke5 0-1

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.27"]
[Round "6.14"]
[White "Bu, Xiangzhi"]
[Black "Khismatullin, Denis"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2632"]
[ECO "D30"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[WhiteFideId "8601445"]
[BlackFideId "4142578"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Bg5 Nbd7 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Nc3 c6 7. e3 h6 8. Bh4
g5 9. Bg3 Nh5 10. Bd3 Nxg3 11. hxg3 Bg7 12. Qc2 Nb6 13. Nd2 Be6 14. Nb3 Qe7 15.
O-O-O O-O 16. Bh7+ Kh8 17. Bf5 Bxf5 18. Qxf5 Nc4 19. g4 Nd6 20. Qd3 a5 21. Nd2
a4 22. Rh5 a3 23. Rdh1 axb2+ 24. Kb1 Qf6 25. f4 Kg8 26. fxg5 Qg6 27. e4 dxe4 28.
Qe3 Ra3 29. Rxh6 Nb5 30. Rxg6 Nxc3+ 31. Kc2 fxg6 32. Nc4 b1=Q+ 33. Rxb1 Nxb1 34.
Nxa3 Nxa3+ 35. Qxa3 Bxd4 36. Qe7 Bg7 37. Qxe4 Kh7 38. Qe3 Ra8 39. Qh3+ Kg8 40.
Qb3+ Kh7 41. Kd3 b5 42. Kc2 Ra4 43. Qe6 c5 44. Kd1 c4 45. Qd6 Rxa2 46. Qh2+ Kg8
47. Qb8+ Kh7 48. Qh2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.27"]
[Round "6.15"]
[White "Van Foreest, Jorden"]
[Black "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2629"]
[BlackElo "2744"]
[ECO "C55"]
[Opening "Two knights defence (Modern bishop's opening)"]
[WhiteFideId "1039784"]
[BlackFideId "5007003"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Re1 d6 7. a4 Na5 8. Ba2
c5 9. c3 Nc6 10. Na3 a6 11. Nc2 h6 12. Ne3 Re8 13. h3 Bf8 14. Nd5 Rb8 15. Be3
Be6 16. Nd2 Bxd5 17. exd5 Ne7 18. Qf3 Ng6 19. g3 b5 20. axb5 axb5 21. Bb1 Ra8
22. Bc2 Qd7 23. Kh2 Be7 24. Ne4 Nxe4 25. dxe4 Bg5 26. Bxg5 hxg5 27. Qe3 g4 28.
h4 Nf8 29. Bd3 Nh7 30. b3 Nf6 31. Qe2 Rxa1 32. Rxa1 Rb8 33. Ra6 c4 34. bxc4 bxc4
35. Bxc4 Qc7 36. Rc6 Qa5 37. Rxd6 Qxc3 38. Rxf6 gxf6 39. Qxg4+ Kf8 40. Qh5 Kg7
41. Qg4+ Kf8 42. Qh5 Kg7 43. Qg4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.27"]
[Round "6.16"]
[White "Savchenko, Boris"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2566"]
[BlackElo "2799"]
[ECO "C50"]
[Opening "Giuoco Pianissimo"]
[WhiteFideId "4147332"]
[BlackFideId "13401319"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 Nf6 5. c3 a6 6. a4 d6 7. Nbd2 O-O 8. O-O
Re8 9. a5 Ba7 10. h3 Be6 11. Re1 d5 12. exd5 Bxd5 13. Qb3 Bxc4 14. Qxc4 Qd7 15.
Ne4 Nd5 16. Ng3 Rad8 17. Bg5 f6 18. Be3 Bxe3 19. fxe3 Qf7 20. Ne4 Nde7 21. Qxf7+
Kxf7 22. Nc5 Nxa5 23. d4 exd4 24. Rxa5 b6 25. Rxa6 bxc5 26. exd4 Rb8 27. Ra7
Rec8 28. dxc5 Rxb2 29. Nd4 Nd5 30. Nf5 Kf8 31. c4 Nf4 32. Re4 Nxg2 33. c6 Rd2
34. Nd4 Kf7 35. Nb5 f5 36. Re5 Nh4 37. Rd5 Kf6 38. Rxc7 Nf3+ 39. Kf1 Nh2+ 40.
Kg1 Nf3+ 41. Kf1 Re8 42. Rd6+ Re6 43. Rcd7 Nh2+ 44. Kg1 Nf3+ 45. Kf1 Nh2+ 46.
Kg1 Nf3+ 47. Kf1 Nh2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.27"]
[Round "6.17"]
[White "Duda, Jan-Krzysztof"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[ECO "B51"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Canal-Sokolsky (Nimzovich-Rossolimo, Moscow) attack"]
[WhiteFideId "1170546"]
[BlackFideId "4168119"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. e4 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. d4 a6 5. Bxd7+ Bxd7 6. dxc5 dxc5 7. Nc3 e6 8.
Bg5 Be7 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. O-O Rd8 11. Re1 Bc6 12. Qc1 Nf6 13. a4 O-O 14. a5 h6
15. Qe3 e5 16. Nd2 Rd4 17. f3 Rfd8 18. Nf1 Rb4 19. Reb1 Kh7 20. Qe1 Bd7 21. Ne3
Be6 22. Ne2 Qc7 23. c3 Rb5 24. c4 Rb4 25. b3 b6 26. Nc2 bxa5 27. Nxb4 cxb4 28.
Rd1 Rxd1 29. Qxd1 Nd7 30. Nc1 Nc5 31. Nd3 a4 32. bxa4 Bxc4 33. Nxc5 Qxc5+ 34.
Kh1 b3 35. Qd2 Be6 36. a5 Qb5 37. h3 Bc4 38. Qb2 Bd3 39. Rd1 f6 40. Kh2 Bc2 41.
Rd5 Qb4 42. Kg3 h5 43. h4 Qe1+ 44. Kh3 g5 45. hxg5 h4 46. Rd7+ Kg6 47. Kh2 Qg3+
48. Kg1 h3 49. Rd2 Qe1+ 50. Kh2 Qxd2 51. Kxh3 Kxg5 52. Qa3 Qf4 53. g4 Qxf3+ 54.
Kh2 Qf2+ 55. Kh3 Qh4+ 56. Kg2 Bxe4+ 57. Kf1 Qh1+ 58. Ke2 Qf3+ 59. Kd2 b2 60. Qa1
Qd3+ 0-1

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.27"]
[Round "6.18"]
[White "Demchenko, Anton"]
[Black "Korobov, Anton"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2652"]
[ECO "B51"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Canal-Sokolsky (Nimzovich-Rossolimo, Moscow) attack"]
[WhiteFideId "4160258"]
[BlackFideId "14105730"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nc6 4. O-O Qb6 5. Nc3 e6 6. d4 cxd4 7. Nxd4 a6 8. Na4
Qc7 9. Bxc6+ bxc6 10. c4 Nf6 11. Re1 Be7 12. b3 O-O 13. Bb2 Bb7 14. Nf3 c5 15.
Qc2 Rfe8 16. Rad1 Nd7 17. Re3 Rad8 18. h3 Nb8 19. Qe2 Nc6 20. Qe1 Bf8 21. Nc3 f6
22. Ne2 Qf7 23. Nf4 Nd4 24. Nxd4 cxd4 25. Rg3 f5 26. exf5 Qxf5 27. Qd2 e5 28.
Nd5 Bxd5 29. cxd5 Rc8 30. Qa5 Rc5 31. Qa4 Rec8 32. Ba3 Rc3 33. Qxa6 Rxg3 34.
fxg3 Rc2 35. Qf1 Qxf1+ 36. Kxf1 Rxa2 37. Bc1 Be7 38. Bd2 Rb2 39. b4 e4 40. Be1
Bf6 41. g4 Kf7 42. Bg3 Be5 43. Be1 d3 44. Bf2 Rxb4 45. Be3 Rb5 46. Rc1 Rxd5 47.
Ke1 Rb5 0-1

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.27"]
[Round "6.19"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[ECO "A28"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "four knights, 4.e3"]
[WhiteFideId "14109603"]
[BlackFideId "5029465"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e3 Bb4 5. Qc2 d6 6. Ne2 a5 7. a3 Bc5 8. b3 O-O
9. Ng3 Re8 10. Bb2 Ba7 11. Be2 h6 12. O-O Be6 13. Bc3 Ne7 14. d4 exd4 15. Nxd4
Bd7 16. Qd2 Bb6 17. Rad1 Nc6 18. Nf3 Ne5 19. Qb2 Qe7 20. b4 axb4 21. axb4 c5 22.
h3 Rab8 23. b5 Rbd8 24. Rd2 Bc7 25. Rfd1 b6 26. Nh4 Be6 27. Nf3 Nxc4 28. Bxc4
Bxc4 29. Nf5 Qe6 30. Nxh6+ gxh6 31. Bxf6 Ra8 32. Bh8 f6 33. Bxf6 Rf8 34. Bc3 Rf7
35. e4 Raf8 36. Nh2 Qxe4 37. Ng4 Qg6 38. Qc1 h5 39. Rd5 Bxd5 40. Rxd5 Rf5 41.
Nh6+ Kh7 42. Nxf5 Rxf5 43. Qd1 Qf7 44. Rxf5 Qxf5 45. Qe2 Qb1+ 46. Kh2 d5+ 47. g3
d4 48. Bxd4 cxd4 49. Qe7+ Kg8 50. Qe8+ Kg7 51. Qd7+ Kf6 52. Qxc7 d3 53. Qxb6+
Ke5 54. Qc5+ Ke4 55. b6 Qb3 56. Qe3+ Kd5 57. b7 Kc6 58. b8=Q Qxb8 59. Qxd3 Qe5
60. Kg2 Kc7 61. g4 hxg4 62. hxg4 Qf4 63. Qg3 1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.27"]
[Round "6.20"]
[White "Yu, Yangyi"]
[Black "Sargissian, Gabriel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2672"]
[ECO "A14"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "Neo-Catalan declined"]
[WhiteFideId "8603820"]
[BlackFideId "13300881"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. c4 e6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. d4 c6 7. Qc2 b6 8. Nbd2
Bb7 9. b3 a5 10. Bb2 Na6 11. Rfd1 Rc8 12. Rac1 h6 13. Qb1 Rc7 14. Ne5 Nd7 15.
Ndf3 Nxe5 16. Nxe5 Bd6 17. e4 Qe7 18. f4 Rd8 19. Re1 Bxe5 20. dxe5 dxc4 21. Rxc4
Nb4 22. f5 Nd3 23. f6 Qf8 24. Rf1 Nxb2 25. fxg7 Qxg7 26. Qxb2 Ba6 27. Rd4 Rcd7
28. Rfd1 Qxe5 29. Rxd7 Qxb2 30. Rxd8+ Kg7 31. Bf1 Bxf1 32. Rxf1 Qxa2 33. Rd7
Qxb3 34. Rdxf7+ Kg8 35. Rf8+ Kg7 36. R1f7+ Kg6 37. Rf6+ Kg7 38. R8f7+ Kg8 39.
Kg2 a4 40. h4 h5 41. Rf8+ Kg7 42. R8f7+ Kg8 43. Rf8+ Kg7 44. R8f7+ Kg8 45. Rf8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.27"]
[Round "6.21"]
[White "Adhiban, Baskaran"]
[Black "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[ECO "C24"]
[Opening "Bishop's opening"]
[Variation "Berlin defence"]
[WhiteFideId "5018471"]
[BlackFideId "12401137"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 Nc6 4. Nc3 Na5 5. Qf3 Nxc4 6. dxc4 d6 7. h3 Be7 8.
Nge2 O-O 9. O-O Be6 10. b3 Nd7 11. Ng3 Bg5 12. Be3 g6 13. Rad1 b6 14. Nb5 Bxe3
15. Qxe3 a6 16. Nc3 b5 17. cxb5 axb5 18. Nxb5 Rxa2 19. Rd2 Qb8 20. Nc3 Ra5 21.
Qh6 f6 22. Kh2 Qb4 23. Rd3 Rc5 24. Nge2 f5 25. Rg3 Rf6 26. f4 fxe4 27. Ra1 Qb7
28. Ra4 Bf5 29. Qh4 Rf8 30. fxe5 Rxe5 31. Nd4 Nc5 32. Ra1 Bd7 33. Qh6 Rf7 34.
Nce2 Qb8 35. Nf4 Qf8 36. Ra8 Be8 37. Nxg6 Qxh6 38. Nxe5+ Kf8 39. Nxf7 Kxf7 40.
Rc8 Ne6 41. Nxe6 Qxe6 42. Rxc7+ Bd7 43. b4 Ke8 44. Rcc3 d5 45. Rce3 d4 46. Re1
Qe5 47. Ra1 h5 48. Ra5 Bb5 49. Ra8+ Kd7 50. Ra7+ Kc8 51. h4 e3 52. Ra8+ Kb7 53.
Rg8 e2 54. Rg7+ Kc8 55. Rg8+ Kc7 56. c3 d3 57. Rg7+ Bd7 0-1

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.27"]
[Round "6.22"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Pantsulaia, Levan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2694"]
[BlackElo "2612"]
[ECO "B12"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "advance variation"]
[WhiteFideId "14103320"]
[BlackFideId "13602071"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nd2 e6 5. Nb3 Nd7 6. Nf3 Bg6 7. Bd2 Nh6 8. c4
dxc4 9. Bxc4 Nb6 10. Be2 Nd5 11. O-O a5 12. Rc1 Qb6 13. Bxh6 gxh6 14. Nfd2 a4
15. Nc4 Qa7 16. Nc5 b6 17. Nd3 b5 18. Nd6+ Bxd6 19. exd6 Qxd4 20. Rxc6 O-O 21.
Qd2 Rac8 22. Rxc8 Rxc8 23. Qa5 Nf6 24. Qxb5 Qxd6 25. Rd1 a3 26. Ne5 Nd5 27. Nc4
Qf4 28. g3 Rb8 29. gxf4 Rxb5 30. Rd2 Nxf4 31. b3 Rg5+ 32. Kf1 Bf5 33. f3 Bh3+
34. Kf2 Rg2+ 35. Ke3 Nd5+ 36. Kd4 Rxh2 37. Nxa3 Bf1 38. Nc4 Rxe2 39. a4 h5 40.
Rd1 Bg2 41. Ra1 h4 42. a5 h3 43. a6 Nc7 44. a7 Bxf3 0-1

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.27"]
[Round "6.23"]
[White "Riazantsev, Alexander"]
[Black "Dreev, Aleksey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2653"]
[ECO "D45"]
[Opening "QGD semi-Slav"]
[Variation "Stoltz variation"]
[WhiteFideId "4125029"]
[BlackFideId "4100107"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 b6 7. Bd3 Bb7 8. O-O
Be7 9. b3 Qc7 10. Bb2 Rd8 11. Rac1 Qb8 12. Rfd1 h6 13. Qe2 O-O 14. e4 dxe4 15.
Nxe4 c5 16. dxc5 bxc5 17. h3 Qc7 18. Bb1 Rfe8 19. Qe3 Nxe4 20. Bxe4 Bxe4 21.
Qxe4 Bf6 22. Bxf6 Nxf6 23. Qe5 Qc6 24. Qe3 Rd6 25. Ne5 Qc7 26. Rxd6 Qxd6 27. Nd3
Rc8 28. Rd1 Rc7 29. Nb2 Qf8 30. Qe5 Qc8 31. Na4 Rc6 32. Rd3 Qc7 33. Qe3 Ne8 34.
Qd2 Nf6 35. Rd8+ Kh7 36. Qd3+ g6 37. Qd2 Kg7 38. Rd3 Qe5 39. Nc3 g5 40. Rd8 a6
41. Qe3 Qxe3 42. fxe3 h5 43. Kf2 Rc7 44. Rd6 Rd7 45. Rxd7 Nxd7 46. Ne4 Kg6 47.
a3 f5 48. Nd6 Kf6 49. Ke2 h4 50. b4 Ke7 51. Nb7 cxb4 52. axb4 Ne5 53. Na5 Kd7
54. b5 axb5 55. cxb5 Kc7 56. Nb3 Nd7 57. Nd4 Kd6 58. Nf3 g4 59. hxg4 fxg4 60.
Nxh4 Kc5 61. Ng6 Kxb5 62. Nf4 Nc5 63. Nh5 Kc4 64. Nf6 g3 65. Kf3 Kd3 66. Nh5 e5
67. Nxg3 e4+ 68. Kf2 Kd2 69. Nf1+ Kd3 70. g4 Ne6 71. Ng3 Ng5 72. Nf5 Kc4 73. Kg3
Kd5 74. Kh4 Nf3+ 75. Kh5 Ke5 76. Ng3 Nd2 77. g5 Nc4 78. g6 Nxe3 79. g7 Nd5 80.
Kg6 e3 81. Ne2 Ne7+ 82. Kh7 Ke4 83. g8=Q Nxg8 84. Kxg8 Kf3 85. Nc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.27"]
[Round "6.24"]
[White "Moiseenko, Alexander"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran L."]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2667"]
[BlackElo "2601"]
[ECO "B06"]
[Opening "Robatsch defence"]
[WhiteFideId "14102560"]
[BlackFideId "13301616"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. d4 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. Nc3 a6 4. Be3 b5 5. Nf3 Bb7 6. Bd3 d6 7. e5 Nd7 8. e6 fxe6
9. Ng5 Nf8 10. O-O Nf6 11. Re1 h6 12. Nf3 g5 13. Bd2 Qd7 14. h3 Kf7 15. a4 b4
16. Ne4 Nxe4 17. Bxe4 Bxe4 18. Rxe4 Bf6 19. Bxb4 Rb8 20. Bc3 Qc6 21. Qe2 Ng6 22.
Re1 Qd5 23. Qxa6 Ra8 24. Qd3 Rxa4 25. b3 Ra2 26. Bd2 Nf8 27. c4 Qf5 28. b4 Nd7
29. d5 e5 30. c5 Rha8 31. g4 Qh7 32. Qb5 Nf8 33. Kg2 R8a3 34. Bc1 Rc3 35. Qb8
Rxc1 36. Qxc7 Rxe1 37. Rxe1 Qc2 38. Rf1 e4 39. Ne1 Qe2 40. cxd6 Ng6 41. d7 Nf4+
42. Qxf4 gxf4 43. d8=Q f3+ 44. Kg1 e3 45. Qb6 exf2+ 46. Qxf2 Bd4 0-1

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.27"]
[Round "6.25"]
[White "Amonatov, Farrukh"]
[Black "Rakhmanov, Aleksandr"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2636"]
[BlackElo "2653"]
[ECO "B23"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "closed, 2...Nc6"]
[WhiteFideId "14700077"]
[BlackFideId "4173708"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nd4 4. Nf3 g6 5. O-O Bg7 6. Nxd4 cxd4 7. Ne2 a6 8.
Bc4 e6 9. c3 dxc3 10. dxc3 Ne7 11. Qd6 b5 12. Bb3 Bb7 13. f3 Nc8 14. Qd3 Nb6 15.
Be3 d5 16. Rad1 Nc4 17. Bxc4 dxc4 18. Qxd8+ Rxd8 19. Bc5 e5 20. b3 Rc8 21. Bd6
f6 22. f4 h5 23. Bb4 Rc6 24. bxc4 bxc4 25. Rd2 Bc8 26. h3 h4 27. a4 Bh6 28. Rd5
Bg7 29. a5 Be6 30. Rd2 Bh6 31. Rdd1 Bg7 32. Rd2 g5 33. f5 Bd7 34. Rfd1 Rc7 35.
Rd6 Bb5 36. Rb6 Kf7 37. Kf2 Ra8 38. Ng1 Raa7 39. Nf3 Rd7 40. Rd5 Rac7 41. Nh2
Ra7 42. Ng4 Rac7 43. Bd6 Rb7 44. Bxe5 fxe5 45. f6 Rxd5 46. Rxb7+ Rd7 47. Nxe5+
Kxf6 48. Nxd7+ Kg6 49. e5 Ba4 50. Nc5 Be8 51. Rxg7+ 1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.27"]
[Round "6.26"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Li, Chao b"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[ECO "C42"]
[Opening "Petrov"]
[Variation "classical attack, Mason variation"]
[WhiteFideId "605506"]
[BlackFideId "8604436"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8.
Nbd2 Nd6 9. c3 Bf5 10. Bc2 Nd7 11. Re1 Re8 12. Ne5 Bxc2 13. Qxc2 Bf8 14. Nf1 f6
15. Nd3 Rxe1 16. Nxe1 Qe8 17. Bf4 c6 18. Qb3 Nb6 19. Nd3 Qf7 20. Re1 Re8 21.
Rxe8 Qxe8 22. Qc2 Qe4 23. Ng3 Qe8 24. Nf1 Qe4 25. Ng3 Qe8 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.27"]
[Round "6.27"]
[White "Malakhov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Esipenko, Andrey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2686"]
[BlackElo "2564"]
[ECO "B13"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "exchange variation"]
[WhiteFideId "4120787"]
[BlackFideId "24175439"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. c3 Nf6 6. h3 g6 7. Nf3 Bf5 8. Bxf5
gxf5 9. Bf4 e6 10. Ne5 Rg8 11. O-O Bd6 12. Nd2 Qc7 13. Re1 O-O-O 14. Rc1 Bxe5
15. Rxe5 Qd7 16. Re1 Rg6 17. c4 Rdg8 18. g3 b6 19. Nf3 Kb7 20. Ne5 Nxe5 21. dxe5
Ne4 22. cxd5 Qxd5 23. Qxd5+ exd5 24. Red1 Rd8 25. Rd4 Rc6 26. Rxc6 Kxc6 27. Kg2
Rc8 28. Be3 Rg8 29. a4 Re8 30. b4 Rxe5 31. b5+ Kd6 32. Bf4 f6 33. Rd3 Nc5 34.
Rd2 Ke6 35. Bxe5 fxe5 36. Kf3 d4 37. g4 Kf6 38. Ra2 e4+ 39. Ke2 f4 40. a5 Ke5
41. axb6 axb6 42. Ra6 d3+ 43. Ke1 e3 44. fxe3 fxe3 45. Rxb6 Ne4 46. Rc6 Nf2 0-1

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.27"]
[Round "6.28"]
[White "Kovalev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Mamedov, Rauf"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2639"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[ECO "B30"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Nimzovich-Rossolimo attack (without ...d6)"]
[WhiteFideId "13504398"]
[BlackFideId "13401653"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. O-O Bd7 5. Re1 Nf6 6. c3 a6 7. Bf1 Bg4 8. h3
Bxf3 9. Qxf3 g6 10. d3 Bg7 11. Be3 O-O 12. Nd2 Nd7 13. Qd1 b5 14. Nf3 Nb6 15.
Qd2 Na4 16. Rac1 Re8 17. b3 Nb6 18. d4 Nd7 19. d5 Nce5 20. Nh2 Nf6 21. f4 Ned7
22. Bf2 e6 23. dxe6 Rxe6 24. Qc2 Qe7 25. Bd3 Re8 26. Bh4 Qd8 27. Nf3 Qa8 28.
Rcd1 Qc6 29. c4 Nxe4 30. Ne5 dxe5 31. Bxe4 Qc7 32. f5 Rd6 33. Rxd6 Qxd6 34. Rd1
Qc7 35. cxb5 axb5 36. Qd3 Nf6 37. Qxb5 Rd8 38. Rxd8+ Qxd8 39. Qd3 Qb6 40. Bf2
Bf8 41. Bf3 Qb4 42. Qd8 Kg7 43. fxg6 hxg6 44. Qd1 Qc3 45. Be2 Ne4 46. Bc4 Nxf2
47. Kxf2 Be7 48. Qd5 Bh4+ 49. Ke2 Qe1+ 50. Kd3 Qb1+ 51. Ke3 f6 52. a4 Qc2 53.
Qg8+ Kh6 54. Qd5 Bf2+ 55. Kf3 Bd4 56. Kg3 Qf2+ 57. Kh2 Qg1+ 58. Kg3 Qe1+ 0-1

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.27"]
[Round "6.29"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Mchedlishvili, Mikheil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2805"]
[BlackElo "2603"]
[ECO "A42"]
[Opening "Modern defence"]
[Variation "Averbakh system"]
[WhiteFideId "13300474"]
[BlackFideId "13600966"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. c4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. e4 d6 4. Nc3 c5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. d5 Nd4 7. Nxd4 cxd4 8. Nb5
Qb6 9. Bf4 Kf8 10. b4 a6 11. c5 dxc5 12. Nc7 Rb8 13. bxc5 Qxc5 14. Rc1 Qa5+ 15.
Qd2 Qxd2+ 16. Kxd2 Bh6 17. Bxh6+ Nxh6 18. Be2 e5 19. Rb1 Ke7 20. Rb6 Rd8 21.
Rhb1 Rd6 22. a4 f5 23. Rxd6 Kxd6 24. Nxa6 Ra8 25. Rb6+ Ke7 26. d6+ Kd8 27. Nc5
fxe4 28. Bb5 Nf5 29. Nxb7+ Bxb7 30. Rxb7 e3+ 31. fxe3 dxe3+ 32. Ke2 Nd4+ 33.
Kxe3 Nxb5 34. axb5 Ra2 35. Rxh7 Rb2 36. Ke4 Rxb5 37. Rg7 1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.27"]
[Round "6.30"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Socko, Bartosz"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2593"]
[ECO "E32"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian"]
[Variation "classical variation"]
[WhiteFideId "14100010"]
[BlackFideId "1107038"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 d6 7. f3 c5 8. dxc5
dxc5 9. Bf4 Qe7 10. O-O-O Rd8 11. Rxd8+ Qxd8 12. e3 Nc6 13. Ne2 Nh5 14. h4 Nxf4
15. Nxf4 e5 16. Nd5 Be6 17. Bd3 Bxd5 18. cxd5 Qxd5 19. Rd1 Qe6 20. Qxc5 Rc8 21.
Kb1 Rd8 22. h5 e4 23. Bc2 Rxd1+ 24. Bxd1 Qe5 25. Qxe5 Nxe5 26. Be2 exf3 27. gxf3
g5 28. hxg6 fxg6 29. f4 Nd7 30. Kc2 Kf7 31. Kd3 Ke6 32. Kd4 h5 33. e4 Nb6 34.
Bf1 Nd7 35. e5 Ke7 36. Bh3 Nb8 37. Bc8 Nc6+ 38. Kd5 Nd8 39. b4 h4 40. b5 b6 41.
a4 Nf7 42. Kc6 Nd8+ 43. Kd5 Nf7 44. Ke4 Nd8 45. Kf3 Nf7 46. Kg4 g5 47. fxg5 h3
48. Kxh3 Nxg5+ 49. Kg4 Ne4 50. Bf5 Nc5 51. Bc2 a6 52. bxa6 Nxa6 53. Kf4 Nb4 54.
Be4 Ke6 55. Bf5+ Kd5 56. Bh7 Ke6 57. Bg8+ Kd7 58. Bc4 Ke7 59. Ke4 Nc6 60. Bg8
Nb4 61. Kd4 Nc6+ 62. Kd5 Nb4+ 63. Kc4 Nc6 64. Kb5 Nxe5 65. Kxb6 Kd6 66. a5 Nd7+
67. Kb7 Nc5+ 68. Kb8 Nd3 69. Bc4 Nb4 70. Kb7 Nc6 71. a6 Na5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.27"]
[Round "6.31"]
[White "Salgado Lopez, Ivan"]
[Black "Kryvoruchko, Yuriy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2644"]
[BlackElo "2689"]
[ECO "C45"]
[Opening "Scotch"]
[Variation "Mieses variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2257327"]
[BlackFideId "14109182"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8.
g3 g6 9. c4 Ba6 10. b3 Bg7 11. Bb2 O-O 12. Bg2 Rae8 13. O-O Bxe5 14. Qxe5 Qxe5
15. Bxe5 Rxe5 16. cxd5 Bxf1 17. Kxf1 cxd5 18. Na3 c6 19. Rd1 Rfe8 20. Bf3 Kf8
21. Nc2 Ke7 22. Rd4 Kd6 23. Rh4 h5 24. Ra4 Ra8 25. Ne1 Ree8 26. Nd3 a5 27. h4
Kc7 28. Rf4 Re7 29. Ra4 Ree8 30. Rf4 Re7 31. Ra4 Ree8 32. Rf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.27"]
[Round "6.32"]
[White "Guseinov, Gadir"]
[Black "Almasi, Zoltan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2646"]
[BlackElo "2682"]
[ECO "B08"]
[Opening "Pirc"]
[Variation "classical system, 5.Be2"]
[WhiteFideId "13401378"]
[BlackFideId "702293"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O a6 7. Re1 Nc6 8. Bf4
Bg4 9. d5 Bxf3 10. Bxf3 Ne5 11. Be2 Ned7 12. a4 a5 13. Be3 c6 14. Ra3 Qc7 15.
Bf1 Rae8 16. h3 e6 17. dxc6 bxc6 18. Bf4 Ne5 19. Bxe5 dxe5 20. Nb1 Rb8 21. Nd2
Rfd8 22. Rd3 Rxd3 23. Bxd3 Rxb2 24. Nc4 Rb4 25. c3 Rb8 26. Bc2 Bf8 27. g3 h5 28.
Qf3 Kg7 29. Rd1 Bc5 30. Kg2 h4 31. g4 Nh7 32. Qd3 Nf8 33. Qd2 f6 34. g5 f5 35.
Qe2 Re8 36. f3 Qe7 37. Qd2 Qc7 38. Qe1 Ba7 39. Qxh4 Qe7 40. exf5 exf5 41. Qh6+
Kg8 42. Bb3 Rb8 43. Nb6+ 1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.27"]
[Round "6.33"]
[White "Potkin, Vladimir"]
[Black "Zhigalko, Sergei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2574"]
[BlackElo "2641"]
[ECO "E21"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian"]
[Variation "three knights variation"]
[WhiteFideId "4131061"]
[BlackFideId "13502956"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 b6 5. e3 O-O 6. Bd3 Bb7 7. O-O d5 8. cxd5
exd5 9. Ne5 Bd6 10. b3 c5 11. Bb2 Re8 12. f4 Nc6 13. Bb5 Rc8 14. Rc1 Re7 15. Ng4
Nxg4 16. Qxg4 Rxe3 17. Nxd5 Re6 18. dxc5 Rg6 19. Qxc8 Bxc5+ 20. Rxc5 Bxc8 21.
Rxc6 Rxg2+ 22. Kxg2 Qxd5+ 23. Kg3 Bb7 24. Rfc1 h5 25. a4 a6 26. Bc4 Qe4 27.
Bxf7+ Kxf7 28. Rc7+ Ke8 29. Rxb7 Qxb7 30. Be5 g6 31. Rc7 Qd5 32. Kh4 Qd8+ 33.
Kg3 Qd1 34. h3 Qxb3+ 35. Kh4 Qxa4 36. Kg5 Qe4 37. Rc8+ Kd7 38. Rc7+ Ke6 39. Rg7
Qf5+ 40. Kh6 Qxh3 41. Rxg6+ Kf5 42. Rg5+ Ke4 43. Rxh5 Qe6+ 44. Kg7 a5 45. Rg5 a4
46. Rg6 Qe7+ 47. Kh6 b5 48. Rb6 Kf5 49. Rxb5 Qe6+ 50. Kg7 Qd7+ 0-1

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.27"]
[Round "6.34"]
[White "Laznicka, Viktor"]
[Black "Meier, Georg"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2647"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[ECO "A40"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn"]
[Variation "Keres defence"]
[WhiteFideId "316385"]
[BlackFideId "4675789"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. c4 b6 2. d4 e6 3. e4 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Bxd2+ 5. Qxd2 d5 6. cxd5 exd5 7. e5 Ne7 8.
Nc3 O-O 9. Nf3 c5 10. Be2 Nbc6 11. dxc5 bxc5 12. Rd1 d4 13. Na4 Qd5 14. O-O Rd8
15. Qc1 Qxa2 16. Nxc5 Rb8 17. Bc4 Qxb2 18. Qf4 Nd5 19. Bxd5 Rxd5 20. Ng5 Nd8 21.
Nd3 Qb7 22. Qe4 h6 23. Qh7+ Kf8 24. Ne4 Ne6 25. f4 Ra5 26. Nd6 Qa6 27. Qh8+ Ke7
28. Qe8# 1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.27"]
[Round "6.35"]
[White "Ganguly, Surya Shekhar"]
[Black "Melkumyan, Hrant"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2633"]
[ECO "E73"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "Semi-Averbakh system"]
[WhiteFideId "5002150"]
[BlackFideId "13302485"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. e4 d6 4. d4 Bg7 5. Be2 O-O 6. Be3 e5 7. d5 Nbd7 8. g4 Nc5
9. f3 Ne8 10. h4 f5 11. g5 fxe4 12. fxe4 Rf4 13. Bxf4 exf4 14. Qd2 a6 15. Nf3 b5
16. Qxf4 b4 17. Nd1 Qe7 18. Nd2 Be5 19. Qf2 Ng7 20. O-O Bh3 21. Re1 Rf8 22. Qe3
Bd7 23. Rf1 Re8 24. a3 b3 25. Kh1 a5 26. Nxb3 Nxb3 27. Qxb3 h6 28. Qe3 Kh7 29.
Nf2 Rh8 30. Ng4 Bxg4 31. Bxg4 Kg8 32. Kg2 h5 33. Bh3 Kh7 34. Rf2 Rb8 35. Rb1 a4
36. b4 axb3 37. Rxb3 Bd4 38. Qxd4 Rxb3 39. Rf3 Rxf3 40. Kxf3 Qe8 41. c5 Qb5 42.
cxd6 cxd6 43. a4 Qb3+ 44. Kg2 Qc2+ 45. Kg3 Qb3+ 46. Kh2 Qf3 47. e5 dxe5 48. Bg2
Qa3 49. Qc4 Nf5 50. Qc7+ Kg8 51. Qd8+ Kh7 52. Qd7+ Kh8 53. Qe8+ Kh7 54. Qd7+ Kh8
55. Qe8+ Kh7 56. Qf7+ Kh8 57. Qf6+ Kh7 58. Qxe5 Qxa4 59. Be4 Qa2+ 60. Kg1 Qa7+
61. Kf1 Qa6+ 62. Ke1 Qa5+ 63. Kd1 Qa4+ 64. Bc2 Qg4+ 65. Kc1 Qg1+ 66. Kb2 Qb6+
67. Bb3 Nd6 68. Qe7+ Kg8 69. Qe6+ Kh7 70. Qd7+ Kg8 71. Qc6 Qb4 72. Qc3 Qxh4 73.
Qf6 Qh2+ 74. Bc2 Qe5+ 75. Qxe5 Nc4+ 76. Kc3 Nxe5 77. Kd4 Nf3+ 78. Kc5 Nxg5 79.
d6 Kf8 80. Bxg6 h4 81. Kb6 h3 82. Be4 h2 83. Bd5 Nf7 84. d7 Ke7 85. Kc7 Nd8 86.
Kc8 Nf7 87. Bg2 Nd6+ 88. Kc7 Nb5+ 89. Kb6 Kxd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.27"]
[Round "6.36"]
[White "Nguyen, Ngoc Truong Son"]
[Black "Naiditsch, Arkadij"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[ECO "D02"]
[Opening "Queen's bishop game"]
[WhiteFideId "12401110"]
[BlackFideId "4650891"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Bf4 c5 4. e3 Nc6 5. Nbd2 cxd4 6. exd4 Bf5 7. c3 e6 8. Be2
Bd6 9. Bxd6 Qxd6 10. Nh4 Be4 11. O-O g5 12. Nhf3 Bxf3 13. Nxf3 g4 14. Ne5 Nxe5
15. dxe5 Qxe5 16. Qa4+ Kd8 17. Bxg4 Qe4 18. Qxe4 Nxe4 19. Rad1 Ke7 20. Rfe1 Rhd8
21. Bf3 f5 22. Kf1 Kf6 23. h4 Nd6 24. g4 fxg4 25. Bxg4 Ne4 26. f3 Ng3+ 27. Kf2
Nf5 28. Rd2 e5 29. Bxf5 Kxf5 30. Rg1 d4 31. Re2 Kf6 32. Rg5 dxc3 33. bxc3 Re8
34. Rh5 Re7 35. f4 e4 36. Rh6+ Kf5 37. Ke3 Rc8 38. Rh5+ Kg6 39. Rg5+ Kf6 40. Kd4
Rec7 41. Kxe4 Rxc3 42. Rf5+ Ke6 43. Re5+ Kf6 44. Rf5+ Ke6 45. Re5+ Kf6 46. Rd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.27"]
[Round "6.37"]
[White "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"]
[Black "Sethuraman, S.P."]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2683"]
[BlackElo "2646"]
[ECO "B40"]
[Opening "Sicilian defence"]
[WhiteFideId "14200244"]
[BlackFideId "5021596"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. b3 a6 4. Bb2 Nc6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Qc7 7. g3 Rb8 8. Bg2 Be7
9. d4 cxd4 10. Nxd4 d6 11. O-O O-O 12. Rc1 Nxd4 13. Qxd4 b6 14. Rfd1 Bb7 15. h3
Rfd8 16. Qe3 Ba8 17. Ne2 Nd7 18. Rd2 Bf8 19. Nd4 Re8 20. Rcd1 b5 21. Rc2 Qb6 22.
cxb5 axb5 23. Qe2 b4 24. Rcd2 Nc5 25. Nc2 Qa5 26. Ra1 d5 27. exd5 exd5 28. Qh5
Qa7 29. Bd4 Qc7 30. Ne3 Ne4 31. Rc2 Qd7 32. Rac1 Qe6 33. Rc7 Nc3 34. Bxc3 bxc3
35. Bxd5 Bxd5 36. Qxd5 Qxh3 37. Qxf7+ Kh8 38. R7xc3 Rbd8 39. Rd3 Re7 40. Qc4
Rde8 41. Qg4 Qh6 42. Rc8 Qa6 43. Rdd8 Qb5 44. Qf5 Qxf5 45. Nxf5 Re1+ 46. Kg2
Rxd8 47. Rxd8 Kg8 48. a4 Kf7 49. Rb8 g6 50. Rb7+ Kf6 51. Ne3 h5 52. b4 Rb1 53.
a5 Ra1 54. Rb8 Bd6 55. Rb6 Ke7 56. Nc4 Bc7 57. Rxg6 Rc1 58. Ne3 Be5 59. Rg5 Bf6
60. Nd5+ 1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.27"]
[Round "6.38"]
[White "Andriasian, Zaven"]
[Black "Bocharov, Dmitry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2583"]
[ECO "B10"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "closed (Breyer) variation"]
[WhiteFideId "13302000"]
[BlackFideId "4138716"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 c6 2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 e5 4. Ngf3 Bd6 5. g3 Nf6 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O Nbd7 8. Re1
Re8 9. b3 a5 10. a4 b6 11. Bb2 Bb7 12. Nh4 Bb4 13. Qe2 dxe4 14. dxe4 Ba6 15. Qd1
Qc7 16. c3 Bf8 17. Qc2 Rad8 18. Bf1 Bxf1 19. Nxf1 Nc5 20. Ba3 b5 21. Re2 Qb6 22.
Nf3 h6 23. Kg2 bxa4 24. Bxc5 Bxc5 25. Rxa4 Qb5 26. h3 Bb6 27. b4 axb4 28. Rxb4
Qa6 29. Qa2 Ra8 30. Qxa6 Rxa6 31. Reb2 Bc7 32. N1d2 Nd7 33. Kf1 f6 34. Ke2 Kf7
35. Ne1 Ke7 36. Nd3 Ra7 37. Rc4 Kd6 38. Rcb4 Ke7 39. Rb7 Rea8 40. Rxa7 Rxa7 41.
Nb4 Nb8 42. Nc4 Bd6 43. Nd3 Nd7 44. Nb6 Nxb6 45. Rxb6 Kd7 46. h4 h5 47. Rb3 Ra2+
48. Rb2 Ra7 49. Rb3 Kc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.27"]
[Round "6.39"]
[White "Amin, Bassem"]
[Black "Dzhumagaliev, Yan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2689"]
[BlackElo "2400"]
[ECO "B20"]
[Opening "Sicilian defence"]
[WhiteFideId "10601457"]
[BlackFideId "24100110"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 c5 2. d3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. Nf3 d6 6. O-O Nf6 7. c3 O-O 8. Re1 e5
9. a3 h6 10. b4 a6 11. h3 Be6 12. Be3 Nd7 13. d4 cxd4 14. cxd4 d5 15. Nc3 dxe4
16. Nxe4 Bd5 17. Nxe5 Ndxe5 18. dxe5 Nxe5 19. Bxh6 Bxe4 20. Bxg7 Bxg2 21. Kxg2
Nd3 22. Bxf8 Nxe1+ 23. Qxe1 Qd5+ 24. Kh2 Rxf8 25. Rc1 Rd8 26. Qe3 Qd2 27. Rc3
Qxe3 28. Rxe3 a5 29. Re5 a4 30. Kg2 Rd3 31. Re3 Rb3 32. Kf3 Rb2 33. Rd3 Kg7 34.
Ke3 Kf6 35. h4 Ke6 36. f3 Rg2 37. Kf4 Rb2 38. g4 Rb3 39. Re3+ Kf6 40. Ke4 Rb1
41. Kd4 Rc1 42. Rc3 Rb1 43. Kd5 Rb3 44. Kc4 Rb1 45. g5+ Ke6 46. f4 Rb2 47. Re3+
Kd6 48. Rf3 Ke6 49. f5+ gxf5 50. h5 Rh2 51. Re3+ Kd6 52. h6 Rh5 53. Rg3 f4 54.
Rd3+ Ke6 55. Rd8 Kf5 56. Rg8 f6 57. gxf6 Kxf6 58. Rh8 Kg6 59. Rf8 Rh3 60. Rxf4
Rxa3 61. Rh4 Kh7 62. Kb5 Ra1 63. Rh3 a3 64. Ka4 a2 65. Rh2 Rg1 66. Rxa2 Kxh6 67.
Kb5 Rg6 68. Ra7 Rg5+ 69. Kb6 Kg6 70. Rxb7 Kf6 71. Rd7 Ke6 72. Rd2 Rg8 73. b5
Rb8+ 74. Kc6 Rc8+ 75. Kb7 Rc1 76. b6 Rc4 77. Kb8 Rb4 78. b7 1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.27"]
[Round "6.40"]
[White "Zhao, Jun"]
[Black "Kokarev, Dmitry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2604"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[ECO "B90"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Najdorf, Byrne (English) attack"]
[WhiteFideId "8602522"]
[BlackFideId "4132181"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nf3 Be7 8. Bc4
O-O 9. O-O Nc6 10. Bg5 Be6 11. Bb3 Nd7 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. Nd5 Qd8 14. c3 Rc8 15.
Ne3 Nf6 16. Qd3 Qd7 17. Rfd1 Rfd8 18. Ng5 Bxb3 19. axb3 h6 20. Nf3 Qe6 21. Nd5
Ne7 22. Nxe7+ Qxe7 23. c4 Qc7 24. Nd2 Qc6 25. h3 b5 26. Ra2 Nd7 27. Rda1 Nc5 28.
Qe3 bxc4 29. bxc4 Rb8 30. Qc3 Qb6 31. Re1 Qb4 32. Qc2 a5 33. Re3 Rdc8 34. Qd1 a4
35. Rg3 Ne6 36. Rga3 Nc5 37. Rg3 Rc6 38. h4 Ra6 39. h5 Qb7 40. Qg4 Ne6 41. Rga3
Qc8 42. Qd1 Rab6 43. Rxa4 Rxb2 44. Rxb2 Rxb2 45. Nf1 Qc6 46. Qa1 Qb6 47. Qe1 Rb1
48. Qe2 Nd4 49. Ra8+ Kh7 50. Qd3 Rb3 51. Qd1 Qc6 52. Ra7 Qxe4 53. Ng3 Qb1 54.
Qxb1+ Rxb1+ 55. Kh2 f6 56. Ne4 Kg8 57. Nxd6 Kf8 58. c5 Rc1 59. Rf7+ Kg8 60. Rc7
Kf8 61. Rc8+ Ke7 62. Re8+ Kd7 63. Rg8 Ne6 64. Nf5 Rxc5 65. Nxg7 e4 66. Nxe6
Rxh5+ 67. Kg3 Kxe6 68. Kf4 Rh4+ 69. Ke3 Kf5 70. Ra8 h5 71. Ra5+ Kg6 72. g3 Rg4
73. Ra4 h4 74. gxh4 f5 75. Ra6+ Kf7 76. Ra7+ Kf6 77. Ra6+ Kf7 78. h5 Rh4 79. h6
Kg8 80. Rf6 Rh3+ 81. Ke2 Rf3 82. Ke1 Kh7 83. Ke2 Kg8 84. Ke1 Kh8 85. Ke2 Kh7 86.
Ke1 e3 87. fxe3 Rxe3+ 88. Kf2 Rh3 89. Rxf5 Rxh6 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.27"]
[Round "6.41"]
[White "Saric, Ivan"]
[Black "Volokitin, Andrei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2669"]
[BlackElo "2628"]
[ECO "C42"]
[Opening "Petrov"]
[Variation "Nimzovich attack"]
[WhiteFideId "14508150"]
[BlackFideId "14107090"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Be3 O-O 8.
Qd2 Nd7 9. O-O-O c6 10. Bd3 d5 11. h4 Nc5 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. Rde1 Qf6
15. Ne5 Re8 16. f4 h5 17. Be2 Ne4 18. Qe3 Qh6 19. Bd3 Bf5 20. Rhg1 f6 21. g4
fxe5 22. gxf5 exf4 23. Qf3 Ng3 24. Kb1 Qd6 25. a3 Re5 26. Ka2 Rae8 27. Qxf4 Rxe1
28. Qxd6 Rxg1 29. Qg6 Ree1 30. f6 Nh1 31. Qh7+ Kf7 32. fxg7 Rxg7 33. Qxh5+ Ke7
34. Bg6 Rg1 35. Qe5+ 1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.27"]
[Round "6.42"]
[White "Inarkiev, Ernesto"]
[Black "Minko, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2689"]
[BlackElo "2381"]
[ECO "B30"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Nimzovich-Rossolimo attack (without ...d6)"]
[WhiteFideId "4162722"]
[BlackFideId "24146706"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. Bxc6 bxc6 5. Qe2 Ne7 6. d3 f6 7. Nh4 g6 8. f4
Bg7 9. O-O O-O 10. c4 d6 11. Nc3 Rb8 12. Kh1 h6 13. g4 g5 14. Ng2 e5 15. f5 Kf7
16. h4 Rh8 17. Kg1 Bd7 18. Be3 Qb6 19. b3 Qc7 20. Kf2 Qa5 21. Bd2 Qc7 22. Rh1
Rbg8 23. Rh3 Ke8 24. Rah1 Kd8 25. Qd1 Kc8 26. R1h2 Qd8 27. Ne2 Be8 28. Ng3 Bf7
29. Ne1 Kb8 30. Be3 Ka8 31. Rh1 Nc8 32. Qd2 Qe7 33. Nf3 Qd8 34. R3h2 Nb6 35. Ke1
Nd7 36. Kd1 Be8 37. Kc1 Nb6 38. Kb1 Nd7 39. Ka1 Qe7 40. Qa5 Bf7 41. b4 Rb8 42.
Rb2 Qd8 43. Qa4 Qc7 44. Rhb1 cxb4 45. Rxb4 Rxb4 46. Rxb4 c5 47. Rb1 Nb8 48. Ne2
Be8 49. Qb3 Bc6 50. Nc3 Nd7 51. Nd5 Bxd5 52. cxd5 Rb8 53. Qa4 Rxb1+ 54. Kxb1 Kb8
55. Kc2 Kc8 56. Qa6+ Kd8 57. Bd2 Ke7 58. Ba5 Qb8 59. h5 Nb6 60. Nd2 Bf8 61. Nc4
Nxc4 62. dxc4 Kf7 63. Qc6 Be7 64. a3 Kf8 65. Bc7 Qc8 66. Kb3 Kf7 67. Ka4 Kf8 68.
Kb5 a6+ 69. Kb6 Kf7 70. Bxd6 Bd8+ 71. Kxc5 1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.27"]
[Round "6.43"]
[White "Grigoriants, Sergey"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2561"]
[BlackElo "2789"]
[ECO "A33"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "symmetrical variation"]
[WhiteFideId "4130804"]
[BlackFideId "623539"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Bf4 d5 7. e3 Bb4 8. Be2
Ne4 9. Nb5 e5 10. Qxd5 Qxd5 11. cxd5 exf4 12. dxc6 bxc6 13. Bf3 cxb5 14. Bxe4
Rb8 15. exf4 O-O 16. O-O Bxc3 17. bxc3 Be6 18. f5 Bc4 19. Rfd1 a5 20. f3 Rfc8
21. Rd2 b4 22. cxb4 axb4 23. Rc1 b3 24. axb3 Bxb3 25. Rxc8+ Rxc8 26. Rb2 Ba4 27.
Rb7 h6 28. Bd5 Be8 29. h4 Kf8 30. Kf2 Rc2+ 31. Kg3 Rc5 32. Be4 f6 33. Kf4 Bf7
34. g4 Rc1 35. g5 hxg5+ 36. hxg5 fxg5+ 37. Kxg5 Rc5 38. Ra7 Rb5 39. Rc7 Ra5 40.
Kf4 Ke8 41. Ke3 Kf8 42. Kd4 Ba2 43. Rb7 Bf7 44. Ke3 Ra3+ 45. Kf4 Ra5 46. Kg5 Re5
47. Ra7 Rc5 48. Ra8+ Ke7 49. Ra7+ Kf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.27"]
[Round "6.44"]
[White "Tregubov, Pavel V."]
[Black "Anton Guijarro, David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2666"]
[ECO "E49"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian"]
[Variation "4.e3, Botvinnik system"]
[WhiteFideId "4115341"]
[BlackFideId "2285525"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 dxc4 8.
Bxc4 c5 9. Ne2 Qc7 10. Ba2 b6 11. O-O Ba6 12. Re1 Nc6 13. Ng3 Rfd8 14. Bb2 Na5
15. e4 e5 16. d5 Bc4 17. Bc1 Ne8 18. Nf5 f6 19. a4 a6 20. Bxc4 Nxc4 21. Qb3 Ned6
22. Nxd6 Nxd6 23. f3 Rab8 24. Be3 Rdc8 25. c4 Qd7 26. Qc2 h5 27. h3 Qf7 28. Bf2
Kh8 29. Rab1 Rb7 30. Rb2 a5 31. Re3 Rcb8 32. Reb3 Qd7 33. Rc3 Qe8 34. Rb1 Qg6
35. Rcb3 Kh7 36. Kh1 Kh8 37. R3b2 Kh7 38. Bg1 Kh8 39. Bh2 Qh6 40. Qd3 g5 41. Rb3
Qg6 42. g4 h4 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.27"]
[Round "6.45"]
[White "Khenkin, Igor"]
[Black "Sjugirov, Sanan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2554"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[ECO "D85"]
[Opening "Gruenfeld"]
[Variation "modern exchange variation"]
[WhiteFideId "4659600"]
[BlackFideId "4189302"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Nf3 c5 8.
Bb5+ Nd7 9. O-O O-O 10. Re1 a6 11. Bd3 cxd4 12. cxd4 Nc5 13. Ba3 Nxd3 14. Qxd3
Bg4 15. Rad1 Rc8 16. h3 Bxf3 17. gxf3 Re8 18. Qb3 Bxd4 19. e5 Qa5 20. Re4 Rc3
21. Bb4 Bxf2+ 22. Kg2 Rxb3 23. Bxa5 Rb2 24. Rd2 Rxd2 25. Bxd2 Bc5 26. Rc4 Rd8
27. Bc3 Rd5 28. f4 b5 0-1

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.27"]
[Round "6.46"]
[White "Christiansen, Johan-Sebastian"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2678"]
[ECO "C10"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "Paulsen variation"]
[WhiteFideId "1512668"]
[BlackFideId "400025"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Be7 4. e5 c5 5. Qg4 g5 6. dxc5 h5 7. Qg3 Nc6 8. Bb5 Nh6
9. Nge2 Nf5 10. Qd3 Bxc5 11. Ng3 a6 12. Bxc6+ bxc6 13. Nxf5 exf5 14. h4 gxh4 15.
Be3 Bxe3 16. fxe3 Rg8 17. O-O-O Rxg2 18. Kb1 a5 19. Qd4 Rg4 20. Qc5 Bd7 21. Qd6
Qe7 22. Qh6 Qxe5 23. Qxh5 Rb8 24. Rd4 Rxd4 25. exd4 Qxd4 26. Rxh4 Qg1+ 27. Nd1
Be6 28. Rh1 Qb6 29. b3 a4 30. Nb2 axb3 31. axb3 Kd7 32. Nd3 Ra8 33. Rh4 Qa7 34.
Kc1 Qg1+ 35. Kd2 Rg8 36. Ra4 d4 37. Ne5+ Kd6 38. Nf3 Qe3+ 39. Kd1 Bd5 40. Rxd4
Rg1+ 0-1

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.27"]
[Round "6.47"]
[White "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Jumabayev, Rinat"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2691"]
[BlackElo "2612"]
[ECO "B50"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[WhiteFideId "24101605"]
[BlackFideId "13702661"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bc4 e6 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 Be7 6. Nbd2 a6 7. Re1 O-O 8. c3 b5
9. Bb3 Bb7 10. Bc2 Nc6 11. Nf1 Rc8 12. Ng3 Ne5 13. Ng5 h6 14. Nh3 Qc7 15. f4
Ned7 16. Qe2 Rfe8 17. Bd2 Bf8 18. a4 e5 19. axb5 axb5 20. Rf1 c4 21. fxe5 cxd3
22. Bxd3 Rxe5 23. Be3 Nxe4 24. Nxe4 Bxe4 25. Bd4 Bc6 26. Bxe5 dxe5 27. Kh1 Qb7
28. Rae1 Nc5 29. Bf5 Re8 30. Qg4 Kh8 31. Bc2 e4 32. Qf5 Kg8 33. Nf4 Bd6 34. b4
Re5 35. Qh3 Nd7 36. Rd1 Qc7 37. Ne2 Nb6 38. Bb3 Nc4 39. Bxc4 bxc4 40. Qe3 Be7
41. Ra1 Qd6 42. Nd4 Bd7 43. Ra8+ Kh7 44. Rxf7 Qd5 45. Ra5 Qxf7 46. Rxe5 1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.27"]
[Round "6.48"]
[White "Salem, A.R. Saleh"]
[Black "Dervishi, Erald"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2638"]
[BlackElo "2552"]
[ECO "A15"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[WhiteFideId "9301348"]
[BlackFideId "4700236"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. b3 d5 4. Bb2 Be7 5. e3 O-O 6. Nc3 c5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Qc2
Nc6 9. h4 h6 10. g4 b6 11. Ne4 f5 12. gxf5 exf5 13. Bc4 fxe4 14. Qxe4 Nb4 15.
Bxg7 Bf5 16. Qe5 Bd6 17. Qb2 Kh7 18. Ng5+ hxg5 19. hxg5+ Kg8 20. Bxf8 Bxf8 21.
Qh8+ Kf7 22. Qh5+ Bg6 23. Qf3+ Ke7 24. a3 Nd3+ 25. Bxd3 Bxd3 26. e4 Bg7 27. Qxd3
Nf4 28. Qxd8+ Rxd8 29. Rb1 Rd4 30. f3 Rd3 31. Kf2 Bd4+ 32. Kg3 Be5 33. Kg4 Ne6
34. Rh7+ Kd6 35. Rh6 Bg7 36. Rg6 Ke7 37. f4 Rd4 38. Re1 Kf7 39. f5 Nf8 40. Rc6
Be5 41. Re2 Rd3 42. f6 Kg6 43. f7+ Kxf7 44. Kf5 Nd7 45. Rf2 Bd4 46. g6+ Kg7 47.
Rg2 Rf3+ 48. Ke6 Nf8+ 49. Kd5 Bf6 50. Rc7+ Kg8 51. g7 Rd3+ 52. Kc4 Rd4+ 53. Kb5
Ne6 54. Rf7 Rd6 55. Rxa7 Bxg7 56. e5 Rd3 57. Re7 Nd4+ 58. Kc4 Nf5 59. Rexg7+ 1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.27"]
[Round "6.49"]
[White "Georgiev, Kiril"]
[Black "Ibrahimov, Rasul"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2623"]
[BlackElo "2518"]
[ECO "A46"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[WhiteFideId "2900017"]
[BlackFideId "13400495"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bf4 b6 4. e3 Bb7 5. h3 g6 6. c4 Bg7 7. Nc3 O-O 8. Be2 d6
9. O-O Nbd7 10. Qc2 Qe7 11. Rad1 Nh5 12. Bh2 f5 13. Nd2 a5 14. Rfe1 Qf7 15. Bf3
Bxf3 16. Nxf3 e5 17. dxe5 Nxe5 18. Nxe5 dxe5 19. c5 Rad8 20. Rxd8 Rxd8 21. Rd1
Re8 22. cxb6 cxb6 23. Rd6 b5 24. a4 b4 25. Nb5 e4 26. Rd1 Qa2 27. Bc7 Qxb2 28.
Qc4+ Kh8 29. Nd6 1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.27"]
[Round "6.50"]
[White "El Adnani, Mokliss"]
[Black "Miton, Kamil"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2448"]
[BlackElo "2584"]
[ECO "C11"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "Burn variation"]
[WhiteFideId "9000410"]
[BlackFideId "1111914"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. e4 d5 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Nbd7 6. Nf3 h6 7. Nxf6+ Nxf6 8.
Be3 Bd6 9. Ne5 O-O 10. Qf3 Nd5 11. O-O-O Qf6 12. Qe4 Qf5 13. Bd3 Qxe4 14. Bxe4
Nxe3 15. fxe3 Rd8 16. Rhf1 f6 17. Nf3 Rb8 18. g4 Bd7 19. h4 Bb5 20. Rg1 Bc4 21.
g5 hxg5 22. hxg5 f5 23. Bd3 Bxd3 24. Rxd3 Kf7 25. g6+ Ke7 26. Ng5 Rh8 27. Nh7 c5
28. Rdd1 Rhd8 29. c3 b5 30. Kc2 Rbc8 31. Kb1 b4 32. cxb4 cxd4 33. exd4 Bf4 34.
Rge1 Rd5 35. Rd3 Rc4 36. Ra3 Rcxd4 37. Rxa7+ Rd7 38. Ra6 Re4 39. Rf1 Rxb4 40.
Re1 Re4 41. Rxe4 fxe4 42. Ra4 e3 43. Re4 e5 44. a4 Rd4 0-1

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.27"]
[Round "6.51"]
[White "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Black "Tissir, Mohamed"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2707"]
[BlackElo "2381"]
[ECO "B53"]
[Opening "Sicilian, Chekhover variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2205530"]
[BlackFideId "9000240"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nd7 5. c4 Ngf6 6. Nc3 a6 7. Be2 e6 8. O-O
Qc7 9. Rd1 Be7 10. b3 O-O 11. Ba3 Ne8 12. Qe3 h6 13. e5 Nxe5 14. Nxe5 dxe5 15.
Bxe7 Qxe7 16. Qxe5 Qb4 17. h3 Nf6 18. a3 Qxb3 19. Qe3 Bd7 20. Rdb1 Qc2 21. Bd3
Qxc3 22. Bh7+ Kxh7 23. Qxc3 Bc6 24. Rd1 Rac8 25. Rd4 Kh8 26. Rad1 e5 27. R4d3
Rfe8 28. Qa5 Kh7 29. Rd8 Rcxd8 30. Rxd8 Re6 31. Qc7 Kg6 32. Rd6 1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.27"]
[Round "6.52"]
[White "Howell, David W L"]
[Black "Saeed, Ishaq"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2676"]
[BlackElo "2434"]
[ECO "A16"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[WhiteFideId "410608"]
[BlackFideId "9301453"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 c5 3. Nf3 e6 4. e3 b6 5. d4 cxd4 6. exd4 Bb7 7. Bd3 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. d5 Na6 10. Re1 Re8 11. a3 Qc8 12. Bf4 d6 13. dxe6 fxe6 14. Bg5 Nc5 15.
Bc2 e5 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. Ne4 Nxe4 18. Bxe4 Bxe4 19. Rxe4 Qc6 20. Qd3 Red8 21. g3
a6 22. a4 b5 23. axb5 axb5 24. Rxa8 Qxa8 25. b3 h6 26. h4 Kh8 27. Re2 Qa3 28.
cxb5 d5 29. Qd1 e4 30. Nd4 Rc8 31. Nc6 Qc5 32. Kg2 Qxb5 33. Na7 Rc1 34. Qxc1
Qxe2 35. Qc8+ Kh7 36. Qf5+ Kh8 37. Qc8+ Kh7 38. Qf5+ Kh8 39. Qxd5 Bc3 40. Nb5
Be1 41. Qf5 Bxf2 42. Nc3 Qc2 43. Qf8+ Kh7 44. Qf5+ Kh8 45. Nxe4 Bd4+ 46. Kh3
Qxb3 47. Nd6 Bf6 48. Ne4 Bd4 49. Qc8+ Qg8 50. Qd7 Be5 51. h5 Qf8 52. Kg2 Qa8 53.
Qf5 Bd4 54. Kh3 Qd8 55. Kh2 Qb8 56. Qf3 Qe5 57. Kg2 Qb8 58. Qg4 Qe5 59. Nd2 Qe3
60. Qc8+ Kh7 61. Qf5+ Kg8 62. Nf3 Bf6 63. Qd5+ Kf8 64. Kh3 Ke7 65. Qb7+ Kd6 66.
Qb4+ Kd5 67. Nh2 Be5 68. Nf3 Bf6 69. Qb5+ Kd6 70. Nh2 Be5 71. Qa6+ Kd5 72. Qg6
Bf6 73. Ng4 Qe6 74. Qd3+ Kc6 75. Qa6+ Kd7 76. Qa4+ Kc7 77. Qc2+ Kb6 78. Qf2+ Kb5
79. Qf3 Bd4 80. Kh2 Qa2+ 81. Kh3 Qe6 82. Qa8 Qf5 83. Qe8+ Kb4 84. Qe1+ Kc5 85.
Qa5+ 1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.27"]
[Round "6.53"]
[White "Khader, Sami"]
[Black "Akobian, Varuzhan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2392"]
[BlackElo "2647"]
[ECO "A50"]
[Opening "Queen's Indian accelerated"]
[WhiteFideId "8100500"]
[BlackFideId "13300580"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. Nf3 Bb7 4. Nc3 g6 5. d5 Bg7 6. e4 d6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O
Nbd7 9. Rb1 Ng4 10. Re1 c5 11. h3 Nge5 12. Nxe5 Nxe5 13. Bf1 a6 14. f4 Nd7 15.
a4 Qc7 16. Kh1 Rfe8 17. Bd2 e6 18. Qf3 Re7 19. Bd3 Rae8 20. Re2 exd5 21. exd5
Rxe2 22. Bxe2 Bc8 23. Bd3 Nf6 24. Re1 Rxe1+ 25. Bxe1 Bd7 26. Qe2 Nh5 27. Qf3 Qd8
28. g4 Nf6 29. Bh4 Qe8 30. Bc2 h5 31. g5 Nh7 32. Qe4 Qc8 33. Qf3 Bxh3 34. Ne4
Bf8 35. Nf2 Bd7 36. f5 Bxf5 37. Bxf5 Qxf5 38. Qxf5 gxf5 39. Kg2 Be7 40. Nh3 Kg7
41. Kf3 f6 42. gxf6+ Bxf6 43. Bxf6+ Kxf6 44. Nf4 h4 45. Ne6 Ng5+ 0-1

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.27"]
[Round "6.54"]
[White "Eljanov, Pavel"]
[Black "Lodhi, Mahmood"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2711"]
[BlackElo "2347"]
[ECO "A25"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "closed system"]
[WhiteFideId "14102951"]
[BlackFideId "7800010"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. e3 Nge7 6. Nge2 O-O 7. O-O d6 8. b3
Bf5 9. e4 Be6 10. d3 Qd7 11. Nd5 f5 12. Be3 h6 13. Qd2 g5 14. Nxe7+ Qxe7 15.
exf5 Bxf5 16. d4 e4 17. Nc3 Rae8 18. h3 Qd7 19. Kh2 Nd8 20. Rae1 c6 21. d5 c5
22. Qc2 Bxc3 23. Qxc3 Nf7 24. Bc1 Ne5 25. Bb2 Kh7 26. Rxe4 Nf3+ 27. Bxf3 Bxe4
28. Bg4 Qe7 29. Kg1 Bf5 30. Bh5 Bg6 31. Bg4 Bf5 32. Bh5 Bxh3 33. Bxe8 Rxe8 34.
Rd1 Bg4 35. f3 Bd7 36. Qd3+ Kg8 37. Qg6+ Kf8 38. Qxh6+ 1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.27"]
[Round "6.55"]
[White "Halkias, Stelios"]
[Black "Al Saidi, Mohammed Khalfan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2571"]
[BlackElo "1468"]
[ECO "D02"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game, Krause variation"]
[WhiteFideId "4201809"]
[BlackFideId "22001271"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 c5 3. e3 Nc6 4. Nbd2 cxd4 5. exd4 Bg4 6. Bd3 e6 7. c3 Nf6 8. O-O
Be7 9. Re1 O-O 10. Nf1 a6 11. Ng3 b5 12. a3 Rb8 13. h3 Bxf3 14. Qxf3 a5 15. Bf4
Rb7 16. b4 Qd7 17. Nf1 Rc8 18. Qe2 Ne4 19. Bxe4 dxe4 20. Qxe4 axb4 21. axb4 Bf6
22. Ra6 Ne7 23. Rd6 Qc6 24. Rxc6 1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.27"]
[Round "6.56"]
[White "Malakhatko, Vadim"]
[Black "Al-Saffar, Araz Basim Mohammed S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2542"]
[BlackElo "2368"]
[ECO "A40"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn"]
[Variation "Keres defence"]
[WhiteFideId "14104202"]
[BlackFideId "4801040"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. c4 b6 2. d4 e6 3. a3 Bb7 4. Nc3 f5 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. Bf4 Be7 7. d5 O-O 8. e3 Nh5
9. d6 cxd6 10. Bxd6 Nf6 11. Be2 Nc6 12. O-O Bxd6 13. Qxd6 Qe7 14. Rfd1 Qxd6 15.
Rxd6 Kf7 16. Rdd1 Rfd8 17. Nb5 Ne8 18. Rac1 d6 19. Nd2 g5 20. Bh5+ Ke7 21. Bxe8
Kxe8 22. Nc7+ Ke7 23. Nxa8 Bxa8 24. Nf3 g4 25. Nd4 Ne5 26. b4 Rc8 27. Nb5 Rxc4
28. Rxc4 Nxc4 29. Nxa7 Nxa3 30. Nc8+ 1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.27"]
[Round "6.57"]
[White "Abdyjapar, Asyl"]
[Black "Sanal, Vahap"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2382"]
[BlackElo "2551"]
[ECO "E12"]
[Opening "Queen's Indian"]
[Variation "Petrosian system"]
[WhiteFideId "13800337"]
[BlackFideId "6300545"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. a3 Bb7 5. Nc3 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Qc2 Be7 8. e4
Nxc3 9. bxc3 c5 10. Bb5+ Bc6 11. Bd3 Nd7 12. O-O Rc8 13. Ba6 Ra8 14. d5 exd5 15.
exd5 Bxd5 16. Rd1 Bc6 17. Ne5 Nxe5 18. Rxd8+ Rxd8 19. Bf4 Ng6 20. Bg3 O-O 21.
Rd1 Rxd1+ 22. Qxd1 Rd8 23. Qc2 h5 24. Bd3 h4 25. Bc7 Rd7 26. Bxg6 fxg6 27. Be5
h3 28. f3 Kh7 29. Qe2 hxg2 30. Kxg2 Bg5 31. Kg3 Rd2 32. Qa6 Rd7 33. Qc8 Ba4 34.
h4 Bc1 35. c4 Bh6 36. Bf4 Bxf4+ 37. Kxf4 Rf7+ 38. Ke5 Bc2 39. Qg4 Bd1 40. Kd6
Rxf3 41. Qg1 Rd3+ 42. Kc7 Bf3 43. Qg3 Rxa3 44. Kb8 a5 45. Kc7 Rb3 46. Qe5 a4 47.
Qa1 a3 48. Qa2 Bd1 49. Qa1 Be2 50. Qa2 Bxc4 51. h5 Be6 52. Qc2 Rg3 53. Qh2 Rh3
54. hxg6+ Kxg6 55. Qe2 Kf6 56. Qf2+ Bf5 57. Kxb6 Rc3 58. Qd2 Rd3 59. Qh2 Rh3 60.
Qd2 Be6 61. Qf4+ Kg6 62. Qe5 Kf7 63. Qc7+ Kg8 64. Qe5 Rh6 65. Kxc5 a2 66. Qb8+
Kh7 67. Qe5 Bf7 68. Qf5+ Bg6 69. Qf1 Bb1 70. Kd4 0-1

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.27"]
[Round "6.58"]
[White "Dobrov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Al Ghamdi, Ahmed M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "CM"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2159"]
[ECO "E67"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "fianchetto, classical variation"]
[WhiteFideId "4136594"]
[BlackFideId "21500150"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nc3 e5 4. d4 Nbd7 5. g3 g6 6. Bg2 Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8. h3
exd4 9. Nxd4 Re8 10. e4 a6 11. Bg5 h6 12. Be3 Rb8 13. a4 Ne5 14. b3 c5 15. Nde2
Nc6 16. Qd2 Kh7 17. Rad1 Bf8 18. Qc2 Nb4 19. Qb1 Bd7 20. Kh2 Qc8 21. Rd2 Bc6 22.
Rfd1 b6 23. Bf4 Qb7 24. f3 Rbd8 25. Bxd6 Bg7 26. Bf4 Rxd2 27. Bxd2 Nh5 28. Be1
Kh8 29. Nd5 Nxd5 30. cxd5 Bd7 31. f4 b5 32. axb5 axb5 33. e5 Bf5 34. Qc1 Qc8 35.
b4 c4 36. Nd4 Bd7 37. Bc3 g5 38. Re1 gxf4 39. gxf4 Qd8 40. e6 fxe6 41. dxe6 Bc8
42. Nf5 Bxe6 43. Nxg7 Nxg7 44. f5 1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.27"]
[Round "6.59"]
[White "Omar, Noaman"]
[Black "Miswadah, Baha"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2364"]
[BlackElo "1877"]
[ECO "E32"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian"]
[Variation "classical variation"]
[WhiteFideId "9300244"]
[BlackFideId "11502118"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. Nf3 c5 6. dxc5 Bxc5 7. Bg5 Be7 8. e3
d6 9. Rd1 h6 10. Bh4 a6 11. Be2 Qc7 12. O-O Nbd7 13. Rd2 b6 14. Rfd1 Bb7 15. Bg3
e5 16. h3 Rad8 17. Nh4 Rfe8 18. Nf5 Nc5 19. Nxe7+ Rxe7 20. f3 Ree8 21. Nd5 Nxd5
22. cxd5 Rc8 23. Rc1 Qe7 24. Qd1 b5 25. b3 f5 26. Bf2 Nd7 27. e4 Rxc1 28. Qxc1
Rc8 29. Rc2 Rxc2 30. Qxc2 Nf6 31. Bb6 f4 32. Qc7 Kf7 33. Qb8 Ne8 34. Kf1 Qd7 35.
Ke1 Qc8 36. Qxc8 Bxc8 37. Kd2 Ke7 38. Kc3 Kd7 39. Kb4 g5 40. Ka5 h5 41. a4 Nc7
42. Bf2 Bb7 43. Kb6 Kc8 44. h4 gxh4 45. Bxh4 Na8+ 46. Ka7 Nc7 47. Bf1 Ne8 48.
axb5 axb5 49. Bxb5 Nc7 50. Bc4 Ne8 51. b4 Kc7 52. b5 1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.27"]
[Round "6.60"]
[White "Lam, Daniel King-wai"]
[Black "Salama, Taher"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2222"]
[BlackElo "1769"]
[ECO "D35"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "Harrwitz attack"]
[WhiteFideId "6001238"]
[BlackFideId "11502231"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Be7 5. e3 O-O 6. Nf3 b6 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Bd3
Bg4 9. h3 Bh5 10. g4 Bg6 11. Bxg6 hxg6 12. Ne5 c6 13. h4 Nfd7 14. g5 Nxe5 15.
dxe5 Nd7 16. Qg4 Nc5 17. h5 Nd3+ 18. Kf1 Qc8 19. Qh4 Rd8 20. Ne2 Qa6 21. hxg6
fxg6 22. e6 1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.27"]
[Round "6.61"]
[White "Al Omary, Ahmed"]
[Black "Amer, Said Salim Al Maashani"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "1875"]
[BlackElo "2103"]
[ECO "E12"]
[Opening "Queen's Indian"]
[Variation "4.Nc3"]
[WhiteFideId "21500207"]
[BlackFideId "22000100"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 b6 4. Nc3 Bb7 5. Bg5 Bb4 6. e3 h6 7. Bh4 d6 8. Be2 g5
9. Bg3 Ne4 10. Qc2 h5 11. h3 Nd7 12. a3 Bxc3+ 13. bxc3 c5 14. Bd3 f5 15. Ke2
Ndf6 16. Rad1 h4 17. Bh2 g4 18. hxg4 fxg4 19. Bf4 gxf3+ 20. gxf3 Qe7 21. fxe4 e5
22. dxe5 dxe5 23. Bg5 O-O-O 24. f3 Rdg8 25. Rxh4 Rxh4 26. Bxh4 Rg2+ 27. Bf2 Nh5
28. Ke1 Qf7 29. Bf1 Rg8 30. Qd3 Qe7 31. Bh3+ Kc7 32. Qd7+ Qxd7 33. Rxd7+ Kb8 34.
Re7 Rg5 35. Bg4 Ng7 36. Bh4 Rg6 37. Rxe5 Bc8 38. Bxc8 Kxc8 39. f4 Kd7 40. Re7+
Kc6 41. e5 Nf5 42. Rh7 Nxe3 43. Bg5 Nxc4 44. Rxa7 Nxe5 45. Ke2 Nd7 46. Kf3 Rd6
47. a4 Rd3+ 48. Ke4 Rxc3 49. f5 Rc4+ 50. Ke3 Rc3+ 51. Ke4 Rc4+ 52. Kf3 Ne5+ 53.
Kg3 Rg4+ 54. Kh3 Rxg5 55. f6 c4 56. Kh4 Rf5 57. a5 bxa5 58. Rxa5 Ng6+ 59. Kg4
Rxa5 0-1

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.27"]
[Round "6.62"]
[White "Al-Hajiri, Bader"]
[Black "Alanazy, Mohammed"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2165"]
[BlackElo "1850"]
[ECO "C50"]
[Opening "King's pawn game"]
[WhiteFideId "10300163"]
[BlackFideId "21508488"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 d6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. f3
Na5 9. Bb5 Bd7 10. Bd3 c5 11. Nb3 Nc6 12. Be3 a6 13. Be2 b5 14. Qe1 h6 15. Rd1
Qc7 16. Qg3 Rad8 17. Bxc5 Nh5 18. Bxd6 Bxd6 19. Qxd6 Qxd6 20. Rxd6 Be8 21. Rfd1
Rxd6 22. Rxd6 b4 23. Nd5 a5 24. Rxc6 Bxc6 25. Ne7+ Kh8 26. Nxc6 Rc8 27. Nbd4 Nf4
28. Ba6 Rc7 29. g3 Ne6 30. Bd3 Nc5 31. Bb5 Nb7 32. Kf2 Kg8 33. Ke3 Kf8 34. Ba6
Nc5 35. Bc4 Nb7 36. Bd5 g6 37. e5 Kg7 38. e6 Nd6 39. exf7 Nf5+ 40. Nxf5+ gxf5
41. Kd4 1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.27"]
[Round "6.63"]
[White "Al Zamel, Khaled"]
[Black "Al Abdali, Zeyad Saleh"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1942"]
[BlackElo "1801"]
[ECO "C57"]
[Opening "two knights defence"]
[Variation "Wilkes Barre (Traxler) variation"]
[WhiteFideId "21500967"]
[BlackFideId "21501505"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Ng5 Bc5 5. Bxf7+ Kf8 6. Bd5 Nxd5 7. exd5 Qxg5
8. Qf3+ Ke8 9. dxc6 Rf8 10. h4 Qg6 11. h5 Qg5 12. Qe4 Bxf2+ 13. Kd1 d5 14. d4
Bg4+ 15. Qf3 Bxf3+ 16. gxf3 Qg2 17. cxb7 Qxf3+ 18. Kd2 Be3+ 19. Kc3 Bxc1+ 20.
Kb4 Rb8 21. Rxc1 Rxb7+ 22. Kc5 Qf6 23. dxe5 Qb6+ 24. Kxd5 c6+ 25. Ke4 Qd8 0-1

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.27"]
[Round "6.64"]
[White "Bukannan, Ahmed A"]
[Black "Al Jabri, Mohammed Ali"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1929"]
[BlackElo "2154"]
[ECO "B40"]
[Opening "Sicilian defence"]
[WhiteFideId "21504164"]
[BlackFideId "7604734"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d3 Nc6 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. O-O Nge7 7. c3 d5 8. Qe2 O-O
9. Nbd2 dxe4 10. dxe4 e5 11. Nc4 h6 12. Be3 b6 13. Rfd1 Qc7 14. Nd6 Be6 15. Nb5
Qb8 16. h4 a6 17. Na3 Qc7 18. Nh2 Kh7 19. h5 g5 20. Rf1 f5 21. exf5 Nxf5 22. Nc2
Kh8 23. Qf3 Nxe3 24. Qxe3 Rae8 25. Qe2 b5 26. Ne3 Ne7 27. a4 c4 28. axb5 axb5
29. Ra6 Bg8 30. Rfa1 Nf5 31. Nxf5 Rxf5 32. Ra7 Qc5 33. Be4 Rf7 34. R7a6 Ref8 35.
Ng4 Bh7 36. Rc6 Qe7 37. Bxh7 Kxh7 38. Qe4+ Kh8 39. Raa6 Qd7 40. Rd6 Qc8 41. Rac6
Qe8 42. Re6 Qa8 43. Qe2 Qb7 44. Rb6 Qa7 45. Ra6 Qc5 46. Rec6 Qd5 47. Rd6 Qc5 48.
Rac6 Qa7 49. Ra6 Qc5 50. Kg2 Qc8 51. Kg1 Qf5 52. Rd5 Kh7 53. Rxb5 Rd7 54. Qxc4
Rd1+ 55. Kg2 Qf3+ 56. Kh3 Rh1+ 57. Nh2 Qxh5+ 58. Qh4 gxh4 59. Rb4 Rxf2 60. gxh4
Qf3# 0-1

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.27"]
[Round "6.65"]
[White "Masrahi, Abdulrahman A"]
[Black "Al Habeeb, Emad"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "CM"]
[WhiteElo "1962"]
[BlackElo "1933"]
[ECO "A43"]
[Opening "Old Benoni defence"]
[WhiteFideId "21501564"]
[BlackFideId "21500029"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. d4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. Nf3 cxd4 4. cxd4 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Bf4 d6 7. h3 O-O 8. e3
Nc6 9. Be2 Qb6 10. Qc1 Bf5 11. O-O Rac8 12. Rd1 Ne4 13. Bd3 Nxc3 14. bxc3 Bxd3
15. Rxd3 Nb4 16. Rd2 Nd5 17. Rc2 Nxf4 18. exf4 Rc7 19. Rb1 Qa6 20. Qe3 e6 21.
Rb3 Rfc8 22. Qe4 d5 23. Qe3 Qd6 24. Rcb2 b6 25. Rc2 Bh6 26. g3 Bf8 27. Ne5 b5
28. Rxb5 Qa3 29. Rb3 Qa4 30. Qe2 a6 31. Qd3 f6 32. Nf3 Rc4 33. Rb6 Kf7 34. Qe2
R8c6 35. Rxc6 Rxc6 36. Qd3 Bd6 37. Rb2 Qa3 38. Rc2 Bb4 39. Nd2 Rxc3 40. Rxc3
Qxc3 41. Qxc3 Bxc3 42. Nf3 Ke7 43. Kf1 Kd6 44. Ke2 Kc6 45. Kd3 Bb4 46. Kc2 Kb5
47. Kb3 Ba5 48. a4+ Kc6 49. g4 Bc7 50. g5 Bd8 51. h4 fxg5 52. Ne5+ Kc7 53. fxg5
Be7 54. f4 Bd6 55. Nd3 a5 56. Kc2 Kd8 57. Kd2 Ke7 58. Ke3 Ba3 59. Ne5 Bb4 60.
Kd3 Be1 61. Ke2 Bxh4 62. Nc6+ Kd6 63. Nxa5 Bg3 64. Kf3 Be1 65. Nb3 Bc3 66. Ke2
Bb4 67. Kd3 Be1 68. a5 Bg3 69. Ke3 Be1 70. a6 Kc7 71. Nc5 Kb6 72. Nxe6 Kxa6 73.
Nc7+ Kb7 74. Nxd5 Kc6 75. Nf6 Kd6 76. Nxh7 Bc3 77. Ke4 Bb4 78. Nf8 1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.27"]
[Round "6.66"]
[White "Al Bargi, Hassan M"]
[Black "Al Juhani, Bakr"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1579"]
[BlackElo "1854"]
[ECO "A45"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[WhiteFideId "21501475"]
[BlackFideId "21500185"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. e3 a6 5. a4 Bg7 6. h3 O-O 7. Nf3 Bf5 8. Bd3 Ne4
9. Nh4 Nxc3 10. bxc3 Bxd3 11. cxd3 e5 12. Bxe5 Qxh4 13. Bxc7 Rc8 14. Bg3 Qe7 15.
Qd2 Nc6 16. O-O Na5 17. Rfb1 Nc6 18. c4 dxc4 19. dxc4 Nd8 20. c5 Ne6 21. Bd6 Qd7
22. Qb4 Nd8 23. a5 Rc6 24. Ra2 Qe6 25. Rd2 Qe8 26. d5 Rcc8 27. Bg3 Qb5 28. Qxb5
axb5 29. Rxb5 Bf8 30. d6 Nc6 31. Rxb7 Nxa5 32. Rb5 Nc4 33. Rd5 Nxd6 34. Bxd6 Rd8
35. e4 Bxd6 36. cxd6 Rd7 37. e5 Ra1+ 38. Kh2 Ra2 39. Kg3 h5 40. f4 Raa7 41. Kh4
Kg7 42. g4 hxg4 43. hxg4 Ra3 44. Rb4 Kh6 45. f5 g5# 0-1

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.27"]
[Round "6.67"]
[White "Al Mahmood, Salman"]
[Black "Alem, Ali Hussien"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1593"]
[BlackElo "1745"]
[ECO "B07"]
[Opening "Pirc defence"]
[WhiteFideId "11201517"]
[BlackFideId "21500088"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Bd3 Bg7 5. Nge2 O-O 6. O-O Nbd7 7. Be3 b6 8. Qd2
Ng4 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bh4 c5 11. Bc4 a6 12. a4 Bb7 13. f4 cxd4 14. Nxd4 Nc5 15. Rae1
Qc7 16. Nd5 Nxe4 17. Qd3 Nc5 18. Qd1 Bxd5 19. Bxd5 Rae8 20. c3 Nf6 21. Bc6 Rd8
22. b4 Ne6 23. Nxe6 fxe6 24. b5 axb5 25. axb5 d5 26. Rxe6 Kh7 27. Rfe1 Ne4 28.
Qc2 Qxf4 29. Bxe7 Bxc3 30. Rd1 Qe3+ 31. Kh1 Nf2+ 32. Kg1 Nxd1+ 33. Kh1 Rf1# 0-1

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.27"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Wang, Yue"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2837"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[ECO "C24"]
[Opening "Bishop's opening"]
[Variation "Berlin defence"]
[WhiteFideId "1503014"]
[BlackFideId "8601429"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 c6 4. Nf3 d5 5. Bb3 Qc7 6. Nc3 dxe4 7. Nxe4 Nxe4 8.
dxe4 Be7 9. Ng5 Bxg5 10. Bxg5 Na6 11. Be3 O-O 12. Qd2 Qe7 13. Qc3 Re8 14. O-O-O
Nc7 15. Rd3 Qf6 16. f3 Ne6 17. Rd6 g6 18. Rhd1 Qg7 19. Qd2 h5 20. g3 Nc7 21. Bh6
Qh7 22. Rd8 Bh3 23. Rxa8 Nxa8 24. Bg5 Nc7 25. Qa5 Ne6 26. Bxe6 Bxe6 27. Rd8 1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.27"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Fedoseev, Vladimir3"]
[Black "Kuzubov, Yuriy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2699"]
[ECO "E10"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[WhiteFideId "24130737"]
[BlackFideId "14112906"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. a4 b6
9. Na3 Bb7 10. b4 Ne4 11. Be1 a5 12. bxa5 bxa5 13. Ne5 Ba6 14. c5 f6 15. Nec4
Bxc4 16. Nxc4 Nd7 17. Bxe4 dxe4 18. Qb3 f5 19. Nxa5 Bf6 20. Qxe6+ Kh8 21. Rb1
Qc8 22. e3 Ne5 23. Qxc8 Nf3+ 24. Kg2 Rfxc8 25. Nc4 Rxa4 26. Nd6 Rf8 27. Nxf5 Ra2
28. Nd6 Re2 29. Bc3 Bg5 30. Rb2 Ne1+ 31. Rxe1 Rfxf2+ 32. Kh3 Rxb2 33. Bxb2 Rxb2
34. Nf7+ 1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.27"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Wang, Hao"]
[Black "Fressinet, Laurent"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2662"]
[ECO "C72"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "modern Steinitz defence, 5.O-O"]
[WhiteFideId "8602883"]
[BlackFideId "608742"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. O-O Bd7 6. d4 exd4 7. Nxd4 b5 8. Nxc6
Bxc6 9. Bb3 Nf6 10. Re1 Be7 11. Nc3 O-O 12. a3 Re8 13. Qf3 a5 14. Bd2 Rb8 15. g4
b4 16. axb4 axb4 17. Nd5 Nxd5 18. Bxd5 Bxd5 19. exd5 Bf6 20. Rxe8+ Qxe8 21. Re1
Qb5 22. b3 Qc5 23. Qe4 h6 24. Kg2 Bc3 25. Bxc3 Qxc3 26. Re3 Qc5 27. h4 c6 28.
dxc6 Rc8 29. Rf3 Qxc6 30. Qxb4 Qxc2 31. Qxd6 Qe4 32. Qd7 Rf8 33. h5 f5 34. gxf5
Rf7 35. Qc8+ Kh7 36. Qc4 Qb7 37. Qg4 Rf6 38. Kh2 Qc7+ 39. Qg3 Qd7 40. Rf4 Qe8
41. Qf3 Qb8 42. Kg2 Qb5 43. b4 Qe8 44. Re4 Qd7 45. Rf4 Qe8 46. Rd4 Qb8 47. Qg4
Qb7+ 48. Kg1 Qc7 49. b5 Kh8 50. Rd5 Rf8 51. Kg2 Qb7 52. Qf3 Qb6 53. Re5 Qb8 54.
Qe4 Qd8 55. Re7 Rg8 56. f6 gxf6+ 57. Kh3 Qc8+ 58. Kh4 1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.27"]
[Round "7.4"]
[White "McShane, Luke J"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[ECO "B40"]
[Opening "Sicilian defence"]
[WhiteFideId "404853"]
[BlackFideId "5000017"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. Qe2 d5 6. exd5 Nxd5 7. O-O Be7 8. Rd1
Qb6 9. Na3 O-O 10. Nc4 Qa6 11. d3 Rd8 12. Nce5 Nxe5 13. Nxe5 f6 14. Nc4 b5 15.
Ne3 Bb7 16. Re1 Nc7 17. Bd2 Bxg2 18. Nxg2 e5 19. f4 Bd6 20. fxe5 Bxe5 21. Bf4
Bd4+ 22. Kh1 Nd5 23. c3 Nxc3 24. bxc3 Bxc3 25. Qg4 Bxa1 26. Rxa1 Rxd3 27. Re1
Qc8 28. Qh5 Qd7 29. Qxc5 Rd1 30. h4 Rxe1+ 31. Nxe1 Rc8 32. Qf2 b4 33. Kh2 a5 34.
Ng2 a4 35. Qb6 Rc2 36. Qxb4 Qd5 37. Qb8+ Kf7 38. Qa7+ Kg6 39. Qg1 h5 40. a3 Qf3
41. Bd6 Kh7 42. Bb4 Rf2 43. Bc5 Rc2 44. Bb4 Rf2 45. Bc5 Rf1 46. Qd4 Rd1 47. Qf4
Qd5 48. Bb4 Rb1 49. Qf2 Qe4 50. Qf4 Qe6 51. Qf3 Qh3+ 52. Kxh3 Rh1# 0-1

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.27"]
[Round "7.5"]
[White "Cheparinov, Ivan"]
[Black "Onischuk, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2637"]
[ECO "B08"]
[Opening "Pirc"]
[Variation "classical system, 5.Be2"]
[WhiteFideId "2905540"]
[BlackFideId "14114038"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. e4 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O c6 7. Re1 Nbd7 8. a4
e5 9. Be3 exd4 10. Bxd4 Re8 11. Bf1 Qc7 12. a5 Ne5 13. Nxe5 dxe5 14. Bc5 Rd8 15.
Qc1 Be6 16. f3 Nd7 17. Be7 Re8 18. Bb4 b5 19. a6 Qb6+ 20. Qe3 Bf8 21. Bxf8 Kxf8
22. b4 Rab8 23. Nd1 Qxe3+ 24. Nxe3 Rb6 25. Ra5 Ke7 26. Rc1 Reb8 27. Kf2 c5 28.
c4 cxb4 29. cxb5 b3 30. Nd5+ Bxd5 31. exd5 Kd6 32. Ke3 Nc5 33. Bc4 f5 34. Rb1
f4+ 35. Kd2 e4 36. fxe4 Nxe4+ 37. Kd3 Nc5+ 38. Kc3 Re8 39. Bxb3 Re3+ 40. Kb4
Nxb3 41. Rxb3 Rxb3+ 42. Kxb3 Kc5 43. Kc3 g5 44. d6 Rxd6 45. b6+ Kxb6 46. Rxg5
Rg6 47. Rh5 h6 48. Kd3 Kxa6 49. Ke4 Rxg2 50. Rxh6+ Kb5 51. Kxf4 a5 52. h4 a4 53.
Rh8 a3 54. Ra8 Kb4 55. h5 a2 56. h6 Rh2 57. Kg5 Kb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.27"]
[Round "7.6"]
[White "Rapport, Richard"]
[Black "Safarli, Eltaj"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2707"]
[BlackElo "2639"]
[ECO "C53"]
[Opening "Giuoco Piano"]
[WhiteFideId "738590"]
[BlackFideId "13402129"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 h6 6. b4 Bb6 7. a4 a6 8. O-O O-O
9. Bb3 d6 10. Nbd2 Be6 11. Bxe6 fxe6 12. Nc4 Ba7 13. Qb3 Qe8 14. Be3 Bxe3 15.
Nxe3 Nh5 16. Nh4 g5 17. Nhf5 Kh7 18. Ng3 Nf4 19. b5 axb5 20. axb5 Rxa1 21. Rxa1
Ne7 22. d4 Qf7 23. Ra2 Neg6 24. b6 c6 25. Qd1 d5 26. exd5 Nxd5 27. Nxd5 exd5 28.
Nf1 exd4 29. Qxd4 Nf4 30. Ng3 Qg6 31. Ra1 Ra8 32. Rf1 Qg7 33. Qe3 Rf8 34. Re1
Rf7 35. h3 Qf6 36. Kh2 h5 37. Kg1 g4 38. hxg4 hxg4 39. c4 dxc4 40. Qe4+ Ng6 41.
Rf1 Qf4 42. Qc2 Rd7 43. Ne4 Rd4 44. Re1 Kh6 45. Re2 Rd5 46. Ng3 Re5 47. Qc3 Rxe2
48. Nxe2 Qe4 49. Qd2+ Kh7 50. Qd7+ Kh6 51. Qd2+ Kh7 52. Qd7+ Kh6 53. Qd2+ Kh7
54. Qd7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.27"]
[Round "7.7"]
[White "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[ECO "B94"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Najdorf, 6.Bg5"]
[WhiteFideId "13601520"]
[BlackFideId "4102142"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 Nbd7 7. Qe2 h6 8.
Bxf6 Nxf6 9. O-O-O Qc7 10. Kb1 g6 11. h4 h5 12. g3 Bg4 13. f3 Bd7 14. Bh3 Bxh3
15. Rxh3 Bg7 16. Rhh1 Rc8 17. f4 Qc4 18. Rhe1 Ng4 19. Qd2 e6 20. Rf1 O-O 21. Rf3
b5 22. a3 Rb8 23. Nce2 Qc7 24. Qc3 Rfc8 25. Qxc7 Rxc7 26. Rd2 Rc4 27. Rc3 Rxc3
28. Nxc3 Rc8 29. Nde2 Rc6 30. Nd4 Rc4 31. Nde2 Nf2 32. Rxd6 Nxe4 33. Rd8+ Kh7
34. Nd1 e5 35. f5 Bh6 36. fxg6+ Kxg6 37. c3 Rc6 38. Kc2 Kf5 39. Rd7 Kg4 40. Rxf7
Rd6 41. Rh7 Rd2+ 42. Kc1 Rd6+ 43. Kc2 Kf3 44. Nc1 Bxc1 45. Kxc1 Ke2 46. Rxh5
Rxd1+ 47. Kc2 Rd5 48. g4 Nf6 49. Rg5 e4 50. Rg6 Rd2+ 51. Kb3 Nd5 52. h5 Kf3 53.
h6 e3 54. Rd6 Nf4 55. h7 Rh2 0-1

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.27"]
[Round "7.8"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Ponkratov, Pavel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2613"]
[ECO "A34"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "symmetrical variation"]
[WhiteFideId "4168119"]
[BlackFideId "4157800"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 b6 3. Nf3 Bb7 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. f3 d6 7. e4 e6 8. Be2
Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Be3 a6 11. Qd2 Qc7 12. Rfc1 Nbd7 13. b4 Rac8 14. Nb3 Qb8 15.
Bf1 Rfe8 16. Qf2 Bd8 17. Na4 Ba8 18. c5 b5 19. Nc3 Bc7 20. g3 dxc5 21. Nxc5 Nxc5
22. bxc5 Bc6 23. Rab1 Qa8 24. a4 bxa4 25. Ra1 Be5 26. Nxa4 Bxa1 27. Nb6 Qb7 28.
Nxc8 Rxc8 29. Rxa1 Bb5 30. Bxb5 axb5 31. Qb2 Nd7 32. Bd4 f6 33. Ra5 b4 34. Qb3
Kf7 35. Qa4 Qc6 36. Qxb4 Kg6 37. Qc4 e5 38. Bf2 Nb8 39. Ra3 Rd8 40. Qb3 Qd7 41.
Ra8 Nc6 42. Rxd8 Qxd8 43. Qe6 Nb4 44. c6 h6 45. Qd7 1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.27"]
[Round "7.9"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Khismatullin, Denis"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2632"]
[ECO "B43"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Kan, 5.Nc3"]
[WhiteFideId "4126025"]
[BlackFideId "4142578"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 a6 3. Nge2 e6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 b5 6. Bd3 Qb6 7. Nf3 Bb7 8. O-O
Qc7 9. Re1 Be7 10. Qd2 Nf6 11. Qg5 Kf8 12. Bf4 Qd8 13. e5 Nd5 14. Qg3 Nxf4 15.
Qxf4 Bxf3 16. Qxf3 Nc6 17. Be4 Nxe5 18. Qg3 Nc6 19. Bxc6 dxc6 20. Rad1 Qe8 21.
Qf3 Kg8 22. Ne4 h5 23. Nd6 Bxd6 24. Rxd6 Rc8 25. Re5 Rd8 26. Qd3 Rxd6 27. Qxd6
Rh6 28. h4 Rf6 29. Rxh5 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.27"]
[Round "7.10"]
[White "Korobov, Anton"]
[Black "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2652"]
[BlackElo "2744"]
[ECO "E49"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian"]
[Variation "4.e3, Botvinnik system"]
[WhiteFideId "14105730"]
[BlackFideId "5007003"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 dxc4 8.
Bxc4 c5 9. Ne2 b6 10. O-O Qc7 11. Bd3 Bb7 12. f3 e5 13. e4 cxd4 14. cxd4 exd4
15. Nxd4 Qc3 16. Nf5 Rd8 17. Bg5 Rxd3 18. Qe2 Rd8 19. e5 Qc5+ 20. Kh1 Ba6 21.
Rfd1 Re8 22. Qb2 Nbd7 23. f4 Ne4 24. Rxd7 Nxg5 25. fxg5 Qxe5 26. Qxe5 Rxe5 27.
g4 Bb5 28. Rd4 g6 29. Nd6 Bc6+ 30. Kg1 Rxg5 31. Kf2 Rc5 32. Rad1 Rd8 33. h4 Rc2+
34. Ke3 Rc3+ 35. Kf4 h6 36. g5 Rf3+ 37. Ke5 Rd7 0-1

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.27"]
[Round "7.11"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2691"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[ECO "C65"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Berlin defence"]
[WhiteFideId "703303"]
[BlackFideId "14109603"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 d5 6. Nbd2 dxe4 7. dxe4 O-O 8.
O-O a5 9. Bxc6 bxc6 10. Nxe5 Re8 11. Nxc6 Qd7 12. Nd4 Bxd4 13. cxd4 Qxd4 14. Nf3
Qxd1 15. Rxd1 Nxe4 16. Be3 Nf6 17. Rac1 Be6 18. b3 a4 19. Nd4 axb3 20. axb3 Nd5
21. Nxe6 fxe6 22. Bc5 Reb8 23. b4 Nxb4 24. Bxb4 Rxb4 25. Rxc7 Rf4 26. g3 Rf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.27"]
[Round "7.12"]
[White "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Black "Bu, Xiangzhi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2730"]
[ECO "E04"]
[Opening "Catalan"]
[Variation "open, 5.Nf3"]
[WhiteFideId "12401137"]
[BlackFideId "8601445"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 Nc6 6. O-O Rb8 7. Nc3 b5 8. e4
Be7 9. d5 exd5 10. e5 Ne4 11. Nxd5 Be6 12. Nxe7 Qxd1 13. Rxd1 Nxe7 14. Be3 c3
15. b3 O-O 16. Ne1 Bf5 17. f3 Nd2 18. Rac1 Rfd8 19. Bg5 Nd5 20. Bxd2 cxd2 21.
Rxd2 Nb4 22. Rf2 c5 23. Bf1 Rdc8 24. Rd2 Be6 25. a3 Nd5 26. Kf2 g5 27. Rdc2 b4
28. axb4 Nxb4 29. Rxc5 Rxc5 30. Rxc5 Bxb3 31. Nd3 Be6 32. Nxb4 Rxb4 33. Ra5 Rb2+
34. Kg1 Rb7 35. Bd3 Rd7 36. Be4 Rd1+ 37. Kf2 Rd2+ 38. Ke3 Ra2 39. Rxa2 Bxa2 40.
Bc2 h6 41. Kd4 Kf8 42. f4 gxf4 43. gxf4 Ke7 44. f5 f6 45. e6 Bxe6 46. Ke4 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.27"]
[Round "7.13"]
[White "Pantsulaia, Levan"]
[Black "Ding, Liren"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2612"]
[BlackElo "2777"]
[ECO "A07"]
[Opening "Reti"]
[Variation "King's Indian attack, Pachman system"]
[WhiteFideId "13602071"]
[BlackFideId "8603677"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O e5 5. d3 Ne7 6. e4 O-O 7. c3 a5 8. a4 Nbc6
9. Qc2 h6 10. Na3 Be6 11. Nb5 Qd7 12. b3 Rfe8 13. Re1 Rad8 14. Ba3 g5 15. h4 g4
16. Nd2 f5 17. Rad1 f4 18. exd5 Nxd5 19. Nc4 f3 20. Bf1 Bf5 21. Nd2 Qf7 22. Ne4
b6 23. Bc1 Rd7 24. Na3 Nce7 25. Nc4 Ng6 26. Ba3 Nge7 27. Qc1 Be6 28. d4 exd4 29.
cxd4 Nc6 30. Ncd6 cxd6 31. Qxc6 Rc7 32. Qb5 Bd7 33. Qa6 Bc8 34. Qd3 Bf8 35. Nxd6
Bxd6 36. Rxe8+ Qxe8 37. Bxd6 Rc6 38. Be5 Qf7 39. Qb5 Rc2 40. Bc4 Be6 41. Qc6 1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.27"]
[Round "7.14"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran L."]
[Black "Quparadze, Giga"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2601"]
[BlackElo "2506"]
[ECO "A05"]
[Opening "Reti opening"]
[WhiteFideId "13301616"]
[BlackFideId "13602250"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O b5 5. d3 Bb7 6. Nbd2 Be7 7. e4 O-O 8. e5
Nfd7 9. Re1 c5 10. Nf1 d4 11. h4 Nc6 12. a3 Nb6 13. N1h2 Nd5 14. Ng5 Qc7 15. Qh5
Bxg5 16. hxg5 Nxe5 17. Bxd5 Bxd5 18. Bf4 f6 19. gxf6 gxf6 20. Bxe5 fxe5 21. Rxe5
Qf7 22. Rg5+ Kh8 23. Qxf7 Rxf7 24. Ng4 Rg7 25. Rxg7 Kxg7 26. f4 h5 27. Ne5 h4
28. g4 c4 29. Kh2 Rc8 30. Kh3 cxd3 31. cxd3 Rc2 32. Kxh4 Kf6 33. b4 Rh2+ 34. Kg3
Rg2+ 35. Kh3 Rf2 36. Kg3 Rg2+ 37. Kh3 Rf2 38. Re1 Rxf4 39. Kg3 Kg5 40. Rc1 Rf8
41. Rc7 Rf1 42. Rg7+ Kh6 43. Rxa7 Rg1+ 44. Kf4 Rf1+ 45. Kg3 Rg1+ 46. Kh2 Rh1+
47. Kg3 Rg1+ 48. Kf2 Rg2+ 49. Kf1 Kg5 50. Rf7 Ra2 51. Rf8 Rxa3 52. Kf2 Ra1 53.
Rf7 Rb1 54. Rf8 Ra1 55. Kg3 Rg1+ 56. Kf2 Rg2+ 57. Kf1 Rb2 58. Ke1 Rxb4 59. Kf2
Rb1 60. Kg3 Rg1+ 61. Kh3 b4 62. Rb8 b3 63. Rb4 Kf4 64. Ng6+ Ke3 65. Ne5 Kd2 66.
Kh4 Kc3 67. Rb8 b2 68. g5 b1=Q 69. Rxb1 Rxb1 70. g6 Rg1 71. Kh5 Re1 72. g7 Rxe5+ 0-1

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.27"]
[Round "7.15"]
[White "Kravtsiv, Martyn"]
[Black "Amonatov, Farrukh"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2672"]
[BlackElo "2636"]
[ECO "B51"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Canal-Sokolsky (Nimzovich-Rossolimo, Moscow) attack"]
[WhiteFideId "14113147"]
[BlackFideId "14700077"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. O-O Nf6 5. Re1 a6 6. Bd3 e5 7. c3 Be7 8. Bc2
b5 9. d4 O-O 10. Nbd2 Bb7 11. d5 c4 12. Nf1 Nc5 13. Ng3 g6 14. Bh6 Re8 15. h3
Bf8 16. Qd2 Nfd7 17. b4 cxb3 18. axb3 a5 19. b4 axb4 20. cxb4 Na4 21. Bd3 Ba6
22. Rec1 Be7 23. Qe2 Qb8 24. Rxa4 bxa4 25. Bxa6 Qxb4 26. Bb5 Red8 27. Bc6 Ra7
28. Be3 Nc5 29. Qa2 Rb8 30. Nd2 Qb2 31. Rc2 Qxa2 32. Rxa2 Rb4 33. Kf1 a3 34. Ke2
Ra5 35. Bxc5 dxc5 36. Kd3 Rd4+ 37. Kc2 Rb4 38. Kc3 Ra6 39. Nc4 Rb1 40. Rxa3
Rxa3+ 41. Nxa3 Rg1 42. Kd3 Rxg2 43. Ke2 Rg1 44. Nc4 f6 45. d6 Bd8 46. Nf1 Kf7
47. Bd5+ Kf8 48. Be6 h5 49. Nce3 Ba5 50. f3 h4 51. Kf2 Rg5 52. Nc4 Bd8 53. Nfd2
Rg3 54. Nb3 f5 55. Nxc5 Rxh3 56. exf5 gxf5 57. Bxf5 Rh2+ 58. Kg1 Re2 59. Kf1 Ra2
60. Nxe5 Ba5 61. Ne6+ Kg8 62. d7 Rd2 63. Nc6 Rxd7 64. Nxa5 Rd5 65. Nc6 Kf7 66.
Bg4 Kf6 67. Ncd4 Ra5 68. Kg2 Ra1 69. Ne2 Ra2 70. Nd4 Ra1 71. f4 Ra3 72. Nf3 1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.27"]
[Round "7.16"]
[White "Esipenko, Andrey"]
[Black "Fedorchuk, Sergey A."]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2564"]
[BlackElo "2648"]
[ECO "E16"]
[Opening "Queen's Indian"]
[Variation "Yates variation"]
[WhiteFideId "24175439"]
[BlackFideId "14102536"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 a5 6. Bg2 Bb7 7. O-O O-O 8. Bf4
Be7 9. Qc2 Be4 10. Qc1 Bb7 11. Rd1 d6 12. Qc2 Be4 13. Qd2 Bb7 14. Qd3 Be4 15.
Qe3 Nbd7 16. Nc3 Bb7 17. Qd3 c5 18. d5 exd5 19. cxd5 Ba6 20. Qc2 b5 21. a4 b4
22. Nb5 Bxb5 23. axb5 Nh5 24. Bc1 Re8 25. Nd2 Nb6 26. e4 Nf6 27. e5 dxe5 28. d6
Bxd6 29. Bxa8 Qxa8 30. Nc4 Nxc4 31. Qxc4 Bf8 32. Bg5 Ne4 33. Be3 h6 34. Rd7 Be7
35. Rad1 Ng5 36. Bxg5 hxg5 37. b6 Qc6 38. b7 Kf8 39. Qd5 Qb6 40. Qxe5 Bf6 41.
Qc7 Qxc7 42. Rxc7 Bxb2 43. Rc8 Be5 44. Re1 1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.27"]
[Round "7.17"]
[White "Mamedov, Rauf"]
[Black "Van Foreest, Jorden"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2629"]
[ECO "C53"]
[Opening "Giuoco Piano"]
[WhiteFideId "13401653"]
[BlackFideId "1039784"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. Bb3 a6 7. Nbd2 O-O 8. h3
Be6 9. O-O Ba7 10. Re1 Bxb3 11. axb3 Ne7 12. Nf1 Ng6 13. Ng3 Re8 14. b4 d5 15.
Bg5 h6 16. Bxf6 Qxf6 17. exd5 Nf4 18. Ne4 Qg6 19. Nh4 Nxh3+ 20. Kf1 Nxf2 21.
Nxg6 Nxd1 22. Rexd1 fxg6 23. Ke2 Red8 24. b5 Bb6 25. bxa6 bxa6 26. c4 Bd4 27.
Ra4 Bxb2 28. Rb1 Bd4 29. Rb7 Rdb8 30. Rxc7 Rb2+ 31. Kf3 Rf8+ 32. Kg3 Bf2+ 33.
Kh3 Rf4 34. g3 Rf8 35. Ra1 Bd4 36. d6 Rb3 37. Rxa6 Rxd3 38. d7 Be3 39. Rxg6 Rd8
40. Rd6 Rd4 41. Rc8 Bg5 42. Rxd4 1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.27"]
[Round "7.18"]
[White "Alekseev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2616"]
[BlackElo "2805"]
[ECO "B06"]
[Opening "Robatsch (modern) defence"]
[WhiteFideId "4138147"]
[BlackFideId "13300474"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. c3 e5 6. dxe5 dxe5 7. O-O Nf6 8. Qc2
O-O 9. Re1 Qe7 10. Nbd2 Rd8 11. Bf1 Nh5 12. g3 Bg4 13. Bg2 Be6 14. b4 h6 15. a4
Qd7 16. Bb2 Bh3 17. Rad1 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 Qg4 19. Kh1 Rd6 20. b5 Na5 21. Ba3 Rd7
22. Bb4 b6 23. Ng1 Nb7 24. Nc4 Rad8 25. Ne3 Qe6 26. Nd5 Bf8 27. Rd2 Nc5 28. Red1
Bd6 29. f3 Nf6 30. Bxc5 bxc5 31. Nxf6+ Qxf6 32. Rd5 Ra8 33. Qe2 Rdd8 34. Nh3
Rdb8 35. Nf2 h5 36. Nd3 a6 37. Nxc5 Bxc5 38. Rxc5 axb5 39. Rxb5 Rxb5 40. axb5
Ra2 41. Qe3 h4 42. Kg1 Kg7 43. c4 Qe6 44. Rd2 Ra1+ 45. Kg2 h3+ 46. Kf2 Qxc4 47.
g4 Qc1 48. Kg3 Rb1 49. Re2 Qc4 50. Kxh3 Rxb5 51. Kg3 Rb3 52. Qf2 c5 53. Kg2 Rc3
54. Rd2 Qe6 55. Qh4 Qf6 56. Qxf6+ Kxf6 57. Rd6+ Ke7 58. Rc6 Kd7 59. Rf6 Ke7 60.
Rc6 g5 61. Kg3 c4 62. Kg2 Rc1 63. Kg3 c3 64. Kg2 Kd7 65. Rc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.27"]
[Round "7.19"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Amin, Bassem"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2799"]
[BlackElo "2689"]
[ECO "E63"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "fianchetto, Panno variation"]
[WhiteFideId "13401319"]
[BlackFideId "10601457"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nc3 d6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O a6 8. e4 Bg4
9. Be3 Nd7 10. Qd2 Bxf3 11. Bxf3 e5 12. d5 Nd4 13. Bg2 c5 14. dxc6 bxc6 15. f4
Rb8 16. Rf2 Nf6 17. h3 Nh5 18. Kh2 exf4 19. gxf4 c5 20. Rb1 f5 21. Ne2 Nxe2 22.
Rxe2 fxe4 23. Bxe4 Kh8 24. Bf3 Qh4 25. Qe1 Qxe1 26. Rbxe1 Nxf4 27. Bxf4 Rxf4 28.
Re8+ Rf8 29. Rxb8 Rxb8 30. b3 Be5+ 31. Kg2 Kg7 32. Bd5 a5 33. Rf1 Bf6 34. Re1
Be5 35. Rf1 Rf8 36. Rxf8 Kxf8 37. Kf3 Ke7 38. Ke4 h5 39. Bb7 Kf6 40. Bc8 g5 41.
a4 g4 42. hxg4 h4 43. g5+ Kxg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.27"]
[Round "7.20"]
[White "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"]
[Black "Yu, Yangyi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2683"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[ECO "C42"]
[Opening "Petrov"]
[Variation "classical attack, close variation"]
[WhiteFideId "14200244"]
[BlackFideId "8603820"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d3 Nf6 6. d4 Be7 7. Bd3 O-O 8. h3
c5 9. O-O Nc6 10. Nc3 h6 11. Bf4 Nb4 12. Re1 Re8 13. Bf1 Bf5 14. Rc1 Bf8 15.
Rxe8 Qxe8 16. Bg3 Ne4 17. Nxe4 Qxe4 18. Nd2 Qe6 19. a3 Nc6 20. d5 Qxd5 21. Bc4
Qd4 22. c3 Qf6 23. Bd5 Re8 24. Nc4 Be6 25. b4 Bxd5 26. Qxd5 Qe6 27. Rd1 Qxd5 28.
Rxd5 Re1+ 29. Kh2 Rc1 30. Nxd6 Rxc3 31. bxc5 Rb3 32. Nc4 Rb5 33. Bd6 Bxd6+ 34.
Nxd6 Rb3 35. Rf5 Nd8 36. a4 Kf8 37. a5 a6 38. Re5 Ne6 39. f4 g6 40. f5 gxf5 41.
Rxf5 Nd8 42. Rh5 Kg7 43. Nf5+ Kf6 44. Nd4 Ra3 45. Rxh6+ Kg7 46. Rd6 Nc6 47. Nxc6
bxc6 48. Rxc6 Rxa5 49. Kg3 Ra4 50. h4 Rc4 51. h5 a5 52. Kh3 a4 53. g4 a3 54. Ra6
Rxc5 55. Rxa3 Rc1 56. Ra6 Rh1+ 57. Kg2 Rb1 58. h6+ Kh7 59. Rf6 Rb5 60. Kg3 Kg8
61. Kh4 Ra5 62. Rf5 Ra1 63. Kh5 Ra6 64. Rb5 Kh7 65. g5 Ra1 66. Rb4 Rh1+ 67. Kg4
Kg6 68. Rb6+ Kh7 69. Kf5 Rf1+ 70. Ke5 Re1+ 71. Kf4 Rf1+ 72. Ke4 Rg1 73. Rb5 Kg6
74. Kf4 Rf1+ 75. Ke3 f6 76. Ke4 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.27"]
[Round "7.21"]
[White "Sargissian, Gabriel"]
[Black "Riazantsev, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2672"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[ECO "D02"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[WhiteFideId "13300881"]
[BlackFideId "4125029"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. e3 b6 5. Nc3 Bd6 6. b3 O-O 7. Bb2 a6 8. Bd3 Bb7
9. O-O Nbd7 10. Qe2 Ne4 11. a4 a5 12. cxd5 exd5 13. Nb5 Bb4 14. Qc2 c6 15. Nc3
f5 16. Ne2 Qe7 17. Ne5 Nxe5 18. dxe5 g6 19. Nf4 Nc5 20. Be2 Ne6 21. Nd3 c5 22.
f4 Rfd8 23. Rad1 Rac8 24. Nxb4 axb4 25. g4 Ng7 26. Bf3 Rc7 27. Rd2 fxg4 28. Bxg4
Qh4 29. Rg2 d4 30. e4 Ba6 31. Rff2 d3 32. Qd1 c4 33. bxc4 Rxc4 34. f5 Rxe4 35.
Bf3 Nxf5 36. Bxe4 Qxe4 37. e6 Qxe6 38. Qd2 Bb7 39. Rg5 Nh4 40. Rf6 Qe4 41. Re5
Qh1+ 42. Kf2 Qxh2+ 43. Ke1 Qg1+ 0-1

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.27"]
[Round "7.22"]
[White "Li, Chao b"]
[Black "Guseinov, Gadir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2646"]
[ECO "A73"]
[Opening "Benoni"]
[Variation "classical, 9.O-O"]
[WhiteFideId "8604436"]
[BlackFideId "13401378"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 c5 7. d5 e6 8. O-O exd5
9. cxd5 Bg4 10. Nd2 Bxe2 11. Qxe2 Re8 12. Nc4 b5 13. Nxb5 Nxe4 14. Qc2 a6 15.
Nc3 Nxc3 16. bxc3 Qf6 17. Qa4 Rd8 18. Na5 Qxc3 19. Bg5 Bf6 20. Rac1 Qe5 21. Bf4
Qxd5 22. Rfd1 Bd4 23. Be3 Nd7 24. Nc6 Nb6 25. Qc2 Qxc6 26. Bxd4 Qa4 27. Qxa4
Nxa4 28. Bf6 Rd7 29. Re1 Nb6 30. Rcd1 d5 31. Re5 Rd6 32. Be7 Rc6 33. g4 f6 34.
Ree1 Re8 35. g5 fxg5 36. Bxg5 Rce6 37. Rf1 d4 38. Rd3 Nc4 39. Kg2 Re1 40. Rxe1
Rxe1 41. Rb3 Nd6 42. Rb6 Ne4 43. Bh6 d3 44. Rb2 g5 45. Rb7 d2 46. Rg7+ Kf8 47.
Rxg5+ Kf7 0-1

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.27"]
[Round "7.23"]
[White "Zhigalko, Sergei"]
[Black "Ni, Hua"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2641"]
[BlackElo "2671"]
[ECO "C43"]
[Opening "Petrov"]
[Variation "modern attack, Symmetrical variation"]
[WhiteFideId "13502956"]
[BlackFideId "8601160"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 Nxe4 4. Bd3 d5 5. Nxe5 Nd7 6. Nxd7 Bxd7 7. O-O Bd6 8.
Nc3 Qh4 9. g3 Nxc3 10. bxc3 Qg4 11. Re1+ Kf8 12. Be2 Qf5 13. Bd3 Qg4 14. Be2 Qf5
15. c4 dxc4 16. Bxc4 Re8 17. Be3 h5 18. h4 Qg6 19. Qf3 b5 20. Bd3 Qg4 21. Qg2 g6
22. a4 bxa4 23. c4 Rxe3 24. fxe3 Bxg3 25. Rf1 Kg7 26. Be2 Qxh4 27. Rf3 Be1 28.
Qf1 Qg5+ 29. Kh1 Qh4+ 30. Kg1 Qg5+ 31. Kh1 Bg3 32. Rxf7+ Kh6 33. Qg2 Bf5 34.
Rxf5 gxf5 35. Rxa4 Rg8 36. Ra6+ Rg6 37. Rxg6+ Kxg6 38. Qc6+ Kg7 39. Qd7+ Kf8 40.
Kg2 h4 41. Bd3 h3+ 42. Kh1 Bf4 43. Qxf5+ Qxf5 44. Bxf5 Bxe3 45. Bxh3 a5 46. c5
Ke7 47. Bf1 Bxd4 48. Kg2 Bxc5 49. Kf3 Kd6 50. Ke4 Bf2 51. Bc4 Kc5 52. Kd3 Kb4
53. Be6 Ka3 54. Kc2 Bd4 55. Bf7 Be5 56. Be6 Kb4 57. Kd3 a4 58. Bf7 Bf6 59. Be6
Be7 60. Bf7 Kc5 61. Be8 Kb4 62. Bf7 Bf8 63. Be6 Kc5 64. Bd7 a3 65. Be6 Kd6 66.
Ba2 Ke5 67. Bb3 Kf4 68. Bd5 Kg3 69. Bc4 Kf2 70. Kc2 Ke3 71. Bb3 Kd4 72. Ba2 Bb4
73. Bb1 c5 74. Ba2 c4 75. Bb1 Bc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.27"]
[Round "7.24"]
[White "Laznicka, Viktor"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2647"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[ECO "A13"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[Variation "Agincourt variation"]
[WhiteFideId "316385"]
[BlackFideId "605506"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e3 Nf6 4. b3 Be7 5. Bb2 O-O 6. Be2 b6 7. O-O Bb7 8. cxd5
exd5 9. Nc3 Nbd7 10. Re1 a6 11. Bf1 Re8 12. Ne2 c5 13. Ng3 Rc8 14. Rc1 Bf8 15.
d4 Ne4 16. dxc5 Nxg3 17. c6 Nxf1 18. cxd7 Qxd7 19. Rxf1 Rxc1 20. Qxc1 Rc8 21.
Qd2 a5 22. a4 h6 23. h3 Qd6 24. Rc1 Qb4 25. Rxc8 Bxc8 26. Qc2 Qc5 27. Bc3 Bd7
28. Nd4 Qc8 29. Qd2 Qc5 30. Ne2 Qa3 31. Qc2 b5 32. axb5 Bxb5 33. Nd4 Bd7 34. Qd2
a4 35. bxa4 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.27"]
[Round "7.25"]
[White "Dreev, Aleksey"]
[Black "Movsesian, Sergei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2653"]
[BlackElo "2647"]
[ECO "D11"]
[Opening "QGD Slav"]
[Variation "3.Nf3"]
[WhiteFideId "4100107"]
[BlackFideId "310204"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 Bg4 5. Ne5 Bf5 6. cxd5 Qxd5 7. Nf3 Bxb1 8.
Rxb1 Qxa2 9. Qc2 Na6 10. Bd2 e6 11. Bg2 Nb4 12. Qc1 Qa6 13. Qd1 Ne4 14. Bc3 Nd5
15. Qc2 Nef6 16. O-O Be7 17. Ra1 Qb6 18. e4 Nb4 19. Qe2 O-O 20. Ne5 Rfd8 21. Nc4
Qc7 22. Ne3 a5 23. Rfc1 Nd7 24. d5 Nc5 25. Qg4 e5 26. Nf5 g6 27. Nh6+ Kg7 28.
Nf5+ Kf8 29. Nxe7 Qxe7 30. Rxa5 Rxa5 31. Bxb4 Rb5 32. Ba3 cxd5 33. exd5 b6 34.
Re1 Kg8 35. f4 e4 36. Rxe4 Qf6 37. Re5 Ra5 38. Qe2 Raa8 39. h4 h5 40. Kh2 Rac8
41. Bh3 Rc7 42. Bb4 Qd6 43. Bc3 Nb7 44. f5 Nc5 45. fxg6 fxg6 46. Be6+ Nxe6 47.
Rxe6 Qxd5 48. Rxg6+ Kf8 49. Rg5 Qd3 50. Bb4+ Kf7 51. Qxh5+ Ke6 52. Qg4+ Kf6 53.
Qf4+ Ke6 54. Qe5+ 1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.27"]
[Round "7.26"]
[White "Saric, Ivan"]
[Black "Savchenko, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2669"]
[BlackElo "2566"]
[ECO "C19"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "Winawer, advance, poisoned pawn variation"]
[WhiteFideId "14508150"]
[BlackFideId "4147332"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Ne7 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7. Qg4 O-O 8. Bd3
f5 9. exf6 Rxf6 10. Bg5 Rf7 11. Qh5 g6 12. Qd1 Qa5 13. Nf3 Nd7 14. O-O c4 15.
Be2 Nc6 16. Bd2 Nf6 17. Ng5 Re7 18. Re1 Bd7 19. Bf1 Rae8 20. a4 Kg7 21. Bf4 Qxc3
22. Nf3 Ne4 23. Re3 Qb4 24. Ne5 Qd2 25. Qxd2 Nxd2 26. Nxc6 Bxc6 27. Be2 Ne4 28.
Be5+ Kf7 29. h4 a5 30. g4 Ra8 31. Kg2 Rd7 32. Rh3 Ra6 33. Raa3 Rb6 34. h5 g5 35.
f3 Nd6 36. f4 Rb2 37. fxg5 Rxc2 38. g6+ Kg8 39. Kf1 Ne4 40. g5 Nxg5 41. Bg4 Rd8
42. Rhf3 Re8 43. Rf6 h6 44. g7 Rc1+ 45. Ke2 Rg1 46. Rxh6 Rxg4 47. Rh8+ Kf7 48.
h6 Rg8 49. h7 Rxg7 50. Rf8+ Kxf8 51. h8=Q+ Rg8 52. Bd6+ Kf7 53. Qh5+ Rg6 54.
Qxg4 Ne4 55. Rf3+ Nf6 56. Qh5 Be8 57. Qh7+ Rg7 58. Rxf6+ 1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.27"]
[Round "7.27"]
[White "Bosiocic, Marin"]
[Black "Bortnyk, Olexandr"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2624"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[ECO "B07"]
[Opening "Pirc defence"]
[WhiteFideId "14507927"]
[BlackFideId "14120828"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. d4 d6 2. e4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nbd7 4. g4 h6 5. h3 e5 6. Nge2 g6 7. Bg2 Bg7 8. Be3 c6
9. Qd2 Qe7 10. O-O h5 11. g5 Nh7 12. a4 O-O 13. a5 exd4 14. Nxd4 Ne5 15. f4 Nc4
16. Qe2 Nxe3 17. Qxe3 Bd7 18. h4 Rae8 19. Qd3 f6 20. Rad1 fxg5 21. hxg5 Bg4 22.
Rde1 Qd8 23. Nb3 Qd7 24. Re3 Rf7 25. Qd2 Ref8 26. Rd3 Rd8 27. e5 Qe6 28. Ne4 d5
29. c4 h4 30. cxd5 cxd5 31. Nec5 Qc8 32. Bxd5 Rxd5 33. Rxd5 Rf8 34. Nd7 Bh3 35.
Rc1 Qe8 36. Nxf8 Nxf8 37. Rd8 Qf7 38. Nd4 Qe7 39. Ne2 Kh7 40. Qd6 Qf7 41. Rc7
Qf5 42. Rxg7+ Kxg7 43. Qf6+ Qxf6 44. gxf6+ Kf7 45. Nd4 Nd7 46. e6+ Bxe6 47. Nxe6
Kxe6 48. f7 Kd5 1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.27"]
[Round "7.28"]
[White "Adhiban, Baskaran"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[ECO "C24"]
[Opening "Bishop's opening"]
[Variation "Berlin defence"]
[WhiteFideId "5018471"]
[BlackFideId "14100010"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 Bc5 4. Nc3 d6 5. f4 Nc6 6. Nf3 a6 7. fxe5 dxe5 8. Bg5
Qd6 9. Qd2 Nd7 10. O-O-O Nb6 11. Bb3 Be6 12. Nh4 f6 13. Be3 Bxe3 14. Qxe3 Nd4
15. Bxe6 Qxe6 16. Kb1 O-O-O 17. Ne2 Kb8 18. Nxd4 Rxd4 19. Nf5 Rd7 20. Qc5 Nc8
21. Rhf1 Nd6 22. g4 h5 23. h3 hxg4 24. hxg4 g6 25. Ne3 c6 26. a4 Rh3 27. g5 Rf7
28. gxf6 Rh4 29. Nc4 Nxc4 30. dxc4 Rxf6 31. Rd8+ Kc7 32. Rfd1 Rh1 33. Rxh1 Kxd8
34. Rh8+ Kd7 35. b3 Qe7 36. Qa7 Ke6 37. Qb8 Qa3 38. Qc8+ Kd6 39. Qd8+ 1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.27"]
[Round "7.29"]
[White "Salem, A.R. Saleh"]
[Black "Inarkiev, Ernesto"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2638"]
[BlackElo "2689"]
[ECO "D38"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "Ragozin variation"]
[WhiteFideId "9301348"]
[BlackFideId "4162722"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

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
Bxc3 9. bxc3 Rb8 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bh4 g5 12. Nxg5 hxg5 13. Bxg5 Kg7 14. e4 Ne7 15.
f4 Nh7 16. Qh5 f6 17. Bh6+ Kh8 18. Bxf8 Qxf8 19. Qc5 Nc6 20. Qxc4 Qe7 21. e5 f5
22. Rfb1 Nd8 23. a4 a5 24. Qd3 Bd7 25. c4 Nc6 26. Kh1 Nb4 27. Qd2 Bc6 28. Bxc6
bxc6 29. Rd1 Rd8 30. Qg2 Nf8 31. g4 fxg4 32. Qxg4 Nh7 33. Rd2 Rg8 34. Qf3 Qg7
35. Rf1 Qh6 36. Re2 Qh4 37. Rg1 Rxg1+ 38. Kxg1 Qd8 39. Rd2 c5 40. d5 exd5 41.
cxd5 c4 42. e6 Qf6 43. Qe4 c3 44. e7 cxd2 45. e8=Q+ Nf8 46. Qh5+ Kg8 47. Qg2+
Qg7 48. Qxg7+ Kxg7 49. Qe5+ Kf7 50. Qd4 Nd7 51. Qxd2 Nf6 52. d6 Ne4 53. dxc7
Nxd2 54. c8=Q Kg6 55. Qe8+ 1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.27"]
[Round "7.30"]
[White "Kryvoruchko, Yuriy"]
[Black "Georgiev, Kiril"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2689"]
[BlackElo "2623"]
[ECO "C50"]
[Opening "Giuoco Piano"]
[WhiteFideId "14109182"]
[BlackFideId "2900017"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. c3 d6 7. a4 a5 8. Bg5 h6
9. Bh4 Be6 10. Nbd2 Qe7 11. Re1 Bxc4 12. Nxc4 Qe6 13. b3 Ba7 14. d4 exd4 15.
cxd4 Nb4 16. d5 Qe7 17. Qd2 Bc5 18. Re2 c6 19. e5 dxe5 20. Rxe5 Qd8 21. dxc6
Qxd2 22. Ncxd2 b6 23. Bxf6 gxf6 24. Rf5 Rac8 25. Ne4 Rxc6 26. Nxf6+ Kg7 27. Nd7
Re8 28. Nfe5 Bd4 29. Rd1 Bxe5 30. Nxe5 Rc5 31. f4 Re7 32. Rd6 Nc2 33. Kf2 b5 34.
Rdf6 Rcc7 35. axb5 Nd4 36. Rxf7+ Rxf7 37. Rxf7+ Rxf7 38. Nxf7 Nxb5 39. Ne5 Nd4
40. Ke3 Nxb3 41. Kd3 Kf6 42. g4 Nc5+ 43. Ke3 a4 44. Nc4 Ne6 45. h4 Nc7 46. Ke4
Nb5 47. g5+ hxg5 48. hxg5+ Kg6 49. Ke5 a3 50. Nxa3 Nxa3 51. f5+ Kxg5 52. f6 Kg6
53. Ke6 Nb5 54. f7 Nc7+ 55. Ke7 Nd5+ 56. Kf8 Nf6 57. Ke7 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.27"]
[Round "7.31"]
[White "Socko, Bartosz"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2593"]
[BlackElo "2694"]
[ECO "E00"]
[Opening "Catalan opening"]
[WhiteFideId "1107038"]
[BlackFideId "14103320"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Be7 5. Bg2 d5 6. Nf3 c6 7. Qc2 Nbd7 8. O-O
b6 9. a4 Ba6 10. b3 O-O 11. a5 c5 12. Rd1 Qc8 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bxf6 Nxf6 15. Nbd2
Rd8 16. e3 b5 17. Ne5 Qc7 18. cxd5 exd5 19. b4 c4 20. Nd3 Bb7 21. Nc5 Bxc5 22.
dxc5 d4 23. exd4 Rxd4 24. Nf3 Rxd1+ 25. Rxd1 Re8 26. Qf5 Be4 27. Qf4 Qxf4 28.
gxf4 Nd5 29. Nd4 Bxg2 30. Kxg2 Nxb4 31. Rb1 Nd3 32. Rxb5 a6 33. Rb6 Nxc5 34. Rc6
Nd3 35. Rxa6 Nxf4+ 36. Kf3 Nd3 37. Ra7 c3 38. Rc7 Ra8 39. Rxc3 Ne5+ 40. Ke4 Rxa5
41. Nb3 Rb5 42. Nd4 Ra5 43. Nb3 Rb5 44. Nd4 Ra5 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.27"]
[Round "7.32"]
[White "Sjugirov, Sanan"]
[Black "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2707"]
[ECO "A07"]
[Opening "Reti"]
[Variation "King's Indian attack (Barcza system)"]
[WhiteFideId "4189302"]
[BlackFideId "2205530"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nd7 3. d4 b5 4. e3 Rb8 5. Bg2 e6 6. O-O Ngf6 7. b3 c5 8. c4 bxc4
9. bxc4 Ba6 10. Na3 dxc4 11. Ne5 Qc8 12. Naxc4 Rb4 13. Ba3 Rxc4 14. Nxc4 Bxc4
15. Re1 Qa6 16. Rc1 Be7 17. Bxc5 Nxc5 18. dxc5 O-O 19. Qd4 Bb5 20. c6 Rc8 21.
Red1 Bxc6 22. Bxc6 Rxc6 23. Qd8+ Bf8 24. Rxc6 Qxc6 25. Qb8 Qa4 26. Rd8 Qa3 27.
Rc8 a5 28. Qc7 a4 29. Ra8 h6 30. Ra7 Kh7 31. Qxf7 Kh8 32. Qxe6 Qc1+ 33. Kg2 a3
34. Ra8 Qc5 35. e4 Kh7 36. e5 Nd5 37. Rc8 Qd4 38. Qf5+ 1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.27"]
[Round "7.33"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Howell, David W L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2678"]
[BlackElo "2676"]
[ECO "A01"]
[Opening "Nimzovich-Larsen attack"]
[Variation "modern variation"]
[WhiteFideId "400025"]
[BlackFideId "410608"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 Nc6 3. e3 d5 4. Bb5 Bd6 5. Nf3 Qe7 6. d4 e4 7. Ne5 Qg5 8. Kf1
Ne7 9. h4 Qf6 10. c4 O-O 11. Bxc6 bxc6 12. c5 Nf5 13. Kg1 Be7 14. h5 Qe6 15. Ng4
Bg5 16. Nc3 Ng3 17. fxg3 Qxg4 18. Qe1 Re8 19. Bc1 Ba6 20. Rh3 Re6 21. Qd1 Qxd1+
22. Nxd1 Be2 23. Nf2 f5 24. Rh1 Rh6 25. Nh3 Rxh5 26. Nxg5 Rxg5 27. Bd2 a5 28.
Kf2 Bd3 29. a4 Rg6 30. Ra3 Rf6 31. b4 axb4 32. Bxb4 Rff8 33. a5 Rab8 34. Bc3 Ba6
35. Ra2 Rb3 36. Rc1 Rfb8 37. Rcc2 Rb1 38. g4 fxg4 39. Kg3 h5 40. Rab2 R1xb2 41.
Rxb2 Rf8 42. Kh4 g6 43. Be1 Bb5 44. Bg3 Rf7 45. Rf2 Rxf2 46. Bxf2 Kf7 47. Kg5
Ba6 48. Bg3 Bb5 49. Bxc7 Ba6 50. g3 1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.27"]
[Round "7.34"]
[White "Rakhmanov, Aleksandr"]
[Black "Malakhov, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2653"]
[BlackElo "2686"]
[ECO "A50"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[WhiteFideId "4173708"]
[BlackFideId "4120787"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. d4 c6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Bf4 Nc6 6. e3 a6 7. Be2 e6 8. Nf3
Be7 9. Rc1 O-O 10. Bd3 Nh5 11. Be5 f6 12. Bg3 f5 13. Be5 Nf6 14. Bg3 Ne4 15. a3
Bd7 16. Bxe4 fxe4 17. Ne5 Nxe5 18. Bxe5 Bf6 19. Bg3 Qb6 20. Qe2 Rac8 21. O-O Qb3
22. h3 Rc6 23. f3 exf3 24. Rxf3 Qb6 25. Rcf1 Rcc8 26. Qf2 Rf7 27. Be5 Rcf8 28.
Rf4 Be8 29. Bxf6 Rxf6 30. Rxf6 Rxf6 31. Qd2 Rxf1+ 32. Kxf1 Bg6 33. Kg1 h6 34.
Ne2 Be4 35. Qc3 Kh7 36. Nf4 g5 37. Nh5 Qd8 38. Qc5 Bg6 39. Ng3 h5 40. Qb4 Qc7
41. Nf1 Kg7 42. Nd2 g4 43. hxg4 hxg4 44. Nf1 Bd3 45. Nh2 Qc1+ 46. Kf2 Qc2+ 47.
Kg3 Qc7+ 48. Kxg4 Bf5+ 49. Kf3 Be4+ 50. Kg4 Bf5+ 51. Kf3 Qxh2 52. Qe7+ Kh6 53.
Qf6+ Kh7 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.27"]
[Round "7.35"]
[White "Melkumyan, Hrant"]
[Black "Eljanov, Pavel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2633"]
[BlackElo "2711"]
[ECO "D15"]
[Opening "QGD Slav"]
[Variation "4.Nc3"]
[WhiteFideId "13302485"]
[BlackFideId "14102951"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. g3 dxc4 6. Ne5 b5 7. Bg2 Bb7 8. O-O e6
9. b3 cxb3 10. Qxb3 Be7 11. Rd1 O-O 12. Bg5 Ra7 13. Rac1 a5 14. e3 a4 15. Qc2
Na6 16. Bxf6 gxf6 17. Nxc6 Bxc6 18. Bxc6 Nb4 19. Qe4 f5 20. Qf3 Nxc6 21. Qxc6 b4
22. Nxa4 Qa8 23. Nb6 Qxc6 24. Rxc6 Rxa2 25. Nc8 Bf6 26. Rb1 f4 27. Rxb4 fxe3 28.
fxe3 Rd8 29. Rb3 Re2 30. h4 Rd5 31. Rc1 Ra5 32. Rf1 Raa2 33. Rxf6 Rg2+ 34. Kf1
Rh2 35. Kg1 Rag2+ 36. Kf1 Rc2 37. Kg1 Rhg2+ 38. Kf1 Rh2 39. Kg1 Rhg2+ 40. Kf1
Rh2 41. Kg1 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.27"]
[Round "7.36"]
[White "Miton, Kamil"]
[Black "Nguyen, Ngoc Truong Son"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2584"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[ECO "C49"]
[Opening "Four knights"]
[WhiteFideId "1111914"]
[BlackFideId "12401110"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 Bxc3 7. bxc3 d6 8.
Bg5 Ne7 9. Nh4 c6 10. Bc4 d5 11. Bb3 Qd6 12. Qf3 a5 13. a4 dxe4 14. dxe4 Bg4 15.
Qg3 Be2 16. Rfe1 Nxe4 17. Qe3 Nxg5 18. Qxg5 Ba6 19. Rxe5 Ng6 20. Nxg6 hxg6 21.
Rae1 Rad8 22. h4 Qf6 23. Re7 Qxg5 24. hxg5 c5 25. Rc7 c4 26. Bxc4 Bxc4 27. Rxc4
Rd5 28. Rb1 Rb8 29. Rc7 Rxg5 30. c4 Rd8 31. Rcxb7 Rc5 32. Rb8 Rxb8 33. Rxb8+ Kh7
34. Rb5 Rxc4 35. Rxa5 Rxc2 36. Ra7 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.27"]
[Round "7.37"]
[White "Naiditsch, Arkadij"]
[Black "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2691"]
[ECO "B41"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Kan, Maroczy bind (Reti variation)"]
[WhiteFideId "4650891"]
[BlackFideId "24101605"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Qc7 7. Be2 Bb4 8. O-O
O-O 9. Qd3 d6 10. Bd2 Nc6 11. Nb3 b6 12. Rac1 Bc5 13. Bg5 Bb7 14. Qg3 Kh8 15.
Rfd1 Ne5 16. Nxc5 bxc5 17. f4 Ng6 18. Bf3 Ng8 19. Bh5 h6 20. Qh3 Kh7 21. Rf1 f5
22. exf5 exf5 23. Rce1 Qf7 24. Re3 Qxc4 25. Rfe1 Nxf4 26. Bxf4 Qxf4 27. Ne2 Qb4
28. Rf1 Be4 29. Nf4 Rf6 30. g4 fxg4 31. Qxg4 Raf8 32. Rf2 Qd4 33. Qg3 d5 34. h4
Ne7 0-1

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.27"]
[Round "7.38"]
[White "Bocharov, Dmitry"]
[Black "Ganguly, Surya Shekhar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2583"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[ECO "A20"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[WhiteFideId "4138716"]
[BlackFideId "5002150"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. c4 e5 2. d3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. a3 g6 5. b4 d6 6. Bb2 Bg7 7. g3 O-O 8. Bg2 h6
9. O-O Be6 10. Nc3 Qd7 11. Rc1 Bh3 12. e4 Nh5 13. Nd5 Bxg2 14. Kxg2 f5 15. Nh4
f4 16. Nxg6 f3+ 17. Kh1 Qh3 18. Nh4 Rf7 19. Ne3 Raf8 20. Nef5 Rxf5 21. exf5 Rxf5
22. Nxf3 e4 23. Ng1 Nxg3+ 24. fxg3 Qxf1 25. Qxf1 Rxf1 26. Rxf1 Bxb2 27. dxe4
Bxa3 28. b5 Ne5 29. Nf3 Nxc4 30. Nd4 Nd2 31. Rf4 a5 32. Ne6 Bb4 33. Nxc7 Nc4 34.
Ne6 a4 35. Rf8+ Kh7 36. Rf7+ Kg8 37. Rxb7 a3 38. Rg7+ Kh8 39. Ra7 Ba5 40. Nd4
Bb6 41. Ra8+ Kg7 42. Nc2 Bc5 43. Nxa3 1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.27"]
[Round "7.39"]
[White "Akobian, Varuzhan"]
[Black "Duda, Jan-Krzysztof"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2647"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[ECO "A15"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[WhiteFideId "13300580"]
[BlackFideId "1170546"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. h4 Bg7 6. h5 Nc6 7. h6 Bf6 8. Ne4
Bg4 9. e3 O-O 10. Nxf6+ exf6 11. Be2 Re8 12. O-O Qe7 13. d4 Rad8 14. Bd2 Nf4 15.
Bb5 Nxg2 16. Kxg2 Qe4 17. Kg3 Rd5 18. Bd3 Qxd3 19. Kxg4 Rh5 20. Kg3 Qf5 21. Rh1
Re4 22. Kg2 Rg4+ 0-1

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.27"]
[Round "7.40"]
[White "Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi"]
[Black "Moiseenko, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2667"]
[ECO "E11"]
[Opening "Bogo-Indian defence"]
[WhiteFideId "5029465"]
[BlackFideId "14102560"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 c5 5. Bxb4 cxb4 6. g3 O-O 7. Bg2 d6 8. O-O
Nc6 9. a3 Re8 10. axb4 Nxb4 11. Nc3 Bd7 12. Qb3 a5 13. Ne1 Bc6 14. Nd3 Bxg2 15.
Kxg2 Nxd3 16. exd3 b6 17. Nb5 Qd7 18. Qa3 Qc6+ 19. f3 Red8 20. Rfe1 h6 21. Qa4
d5 22. Rac1 dxc4 23. Rxc4 Qe8 24. f4 Qd7 25. Rc7 Qd5+ 26. Kg1 Rac8 27. Qc2 Rxc7
28. Qxc7 Rd7 29. Qc4 Kh7 30. b3 Ng4 31. h3 Nf6 32. Kf2 h5 33. Qxd5 Nxd5 34. Rc1
Nb4 35. Ke3 Nd5+ 36. Kf3 Kg6 37. Rc6 Kf6 38. Nd6 Ke7 39. Nc8+ Kf6 40. Nxb6 Nxb6
41. Rxb6 Rxd4 42. Ke3 Rd5 43. b4 axb4 44. Rxb4 g5 45. g4 hxg4 46. hxg4 Kg6 47.
fxg5 Kxg5 48. Rb7 Kg6 49. d4 Ra5 50. Rd7 Ra1 51. d5 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.27"]
[Round "7.41"]
[White "Kokarev, Dmitry"]
[Black "Andriasian, Zaven"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[ECO "B54"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Prins (Moscow) variation"]
[WhiteFideId "4132181"]
[BlackFideId "13302000"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. f3 e5 6. Nb3 Be7 7. c4 a5 8. Be3 a4
9. Nc1 O-O 10. Nc3 Qa5 11. Qd2 Nc6 12. Rb1 Be6 13. b4 axb3 14. Nxb3 Qd8 15. Be2
Nd7 16. O-O h6 17. Rfd1 Qb8 18. Nd5 Bd8 19. c5 dxc5 20. Nxc5 Nxc5 21. Bxc5 Bg5
22. Qb2 Rd8 23. Bc4 Na5 24. Bf1 Nc6 25. a3 Nd4 26. Bb6 Bxd5 27. Bxd8 Qxd8 28.
exd5 Be3+ 29. Kh1 Qh4 30. g3 Qf6 31. Rd3 Qxf3+ 32. Bg2 Qf2 33. Qxf2 Bxf2 34. Rf1 1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.27"]
[Round "7.42"]
[White "Kovalev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Demchenko, Anton"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2639"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[ECO "C58"]
[Opening "Two knights defence"]
[WhiteFideId "13504398"]
[BlackFideId "4160258"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Ng5 d5 5. exd5 Na5 6. Bb5+ c6 7. dxc6 bxc6 8.
Bd3 Nd5 9. Nf3 Bd6 10. O-O O-O 11. Re1 f5 12. Nxe5 Qf6 13. Nf3 g5 14. g3 f4 15.
Nc3 fxg3 16. hxg3 Nxc3 17. dxc3 Bg4 18. Bxg5 Qxf3 19. Qxf3 Bxf3 20. Re6 Nb7 21.
Rae1 Bd5 22. Rh6 Rf7 23. b4 Bf8 24. Rh4 Bxa2 25. c4 a5 26. bxa5 Rxa5 27. Bd2 Ra3
28. Re8 Nd6 29. Rd8 Nf5 30. Bxf5 Rxf5 31. Rg4+ Kf7 32. Rxf8+ Kxf8 33. Bb4+ Kf7
34. Bxa3 Bb1 35. Bb2 h5 36. Rg7+ Ke6 37. Rg6+ Kd7 38. Bd4 c5 39. Be3 Bxc2 40.
Rg7+ Kc6 41. Rg6+ Kd7 42. Rg7+ Kc6 43. Rg6+ Kd7 44. Bf4 Bb3 45. Rd6+ Ke7 46. Rc6
Bxc4 47. Be3 Kd7 48. Rxc5 Rxc5 49. Bxc5 Ke6 50. Kh2 Kf5 51. Kh3 Be2 52. Kh4 Bf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.27"]
[Round "7.43"]
[White "Mchedlishvili, Mikheil"]
[Black "Salgado Lopez, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2603"]
[BlackElo "2644"]
[ECO "D36"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "exchange, positional line, 6.Qc2"]
[WhiteFideId "13600966"]
[BlackFideId "2257327"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. e3 O-O 8. Bd3
h6 9. Bh4 Re8 10. Nf3 Be6 11. Ne5 c5 12. O-O cxd4 13. exd4 Nc6 14. Nxc6 bxc6 15.
Bg3 Bxg3 16. hxg3 Ng4 17. Be2 Qg5 18. Qc1 Qg6 19. Bxg4 Bxg4 20. Qd2 Re6 21. Rfe1
Rae8 22. Rxe6 Qxe6 23. f3 Bf5 24. Kf2 Qd6 25. Na4 Bg6 26. Re1 Rxe1 27. Qxe1 h5
28. Nc5 Kh7 29. a3 Qd8 30. Qe3 Qb6 31. b4 Qd8 32. Qe5 Qc8 33. Kg1 Qd8 34. Kh2
Qb6 35. Qe7 a5 36. bxa5 Qxa5 37. Nd7 Qd2 38. Nf8+ Kg8 39. Qe8 Bf5 40. Ne6+ Kh7
41. Nf8+ Kg8 42. Ng6+ Kh7 43. Ne7 Bb1 44. Qxf7 Qg5 45. Qg8+ Kh6 46. Qe6+ Kh7 47.
Qg8+ Kh6 48. Nxc6 h4 49. Qe6+ Kh7 50. Qh3 1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.27"]
[Round "7.44"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Zhao, Jun"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2789"]
[BlackElo "2604"]
[ECO "A16"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[WhiteFideId "623539"]
[BlackFideId "8602522"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. e4 c5 6. Nge2 Nc6 7. O-O d6 8. d3
Ne8 9. Be3 Nd4 10. Rb1 Nc7 11. b4 Nce6 12. bxc5 dxc5 13. f4 Nxe2+ 14. Nxe2 b6
15. e5 Rb8 16. g4 Bb7 17. Bxb7 Rxb7 18. f5 Nc7 19. d4 Na6 20. Qa4 Nb8 21. Rbd1
cxd4 22. Nxd4 Rd7 23. Nf3 Rxd1 24. Rxd1 Qc7 25. Qb5 Nc6 26. Bf4 a6 27. Qb2 Na5
28. Qd4 Qxc4 29. Qxc4 Nxc4 30. Rd7 Re8 31. Ra7 a5 32. Rc7 b5 33. Rc5 Rb8 34. f6
Bf8 35. e6 Rd8 36. Rc7 exf6 37. e7 Bxe7 38. Rxe7 Kg7 39. Kf2 a4 40. h4 h6 41.
Rb7 Rd5 42. Be3 Nxe3 43. Kxe3 h5 44. g5 fxg5 45. Nxg5 Rf5 46. Ne6+ Kf6 47. Nd4
Rc5 48. Rxb5 Rxb5 49. Nxb5 Ke5 50. Nc3 f6 51. Nxa4 g5 52. Nc5 Kd5 53. Ne4 gxh4
54. Nxf6+ Kc4 55. Ne4 h3 56. Kf2 h4 57. Nd2+ Kc3 58. Nb1+ 1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.27"]
[Round "7.45"]
[White "Anton Guijarro, David"]
[Black "Grigoriants, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2666"]
[BlackElo "2561"]
[ECO "A14"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "Neo-Catalan declined"]
[WhiteFideId "2285525"]
[BlackFideId "4130804"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. b3 b6 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. d4
Bb7 9. Bb2 Nd7 10. Re1 c5 11. e4 N5f6 12. Nc3 cxd4 13. Nxd4 Ne5 14. f4 Ng6 15.
f5 Ne5 16. fxe6 Bc5 17. Na4 Bb4 18. Rf1 Ba6 19. Rf5 Nd3 20. Nc6 Nxb2 21. exf7+
Rxf7 22. Qxd8+ Rxd8 23. Nxb2 Bc5+ 24. Rxc5 Rd2 25. Re5 Rxb2 26. Rd1 Rc7 27. Re6
Be2 28. Rc1 Kf8 29. Rd6 Rc8 30. e5 Ne8 31. Rd4 g5 32. h4 Bb5 33. Be4 gxh4 34.
gxh4 Re2 35. Rf1+ Kg7 36. Ne7 Rc5 37. Nf5+ Kg8 38. Bd5+ Kh8 39. Nd6 Nxd6 40.
exd6 Re8 41. Rf2 Rd8 42. Be6 Re5 43. Bh3 Bd7 44. Bg2 Kg7 45. Kh2 Be6 46. Rc2 Rc5
47. Re2 Kf6 48. Rf4+ Bf5 49. Ref2 Rxd6 50. Be4 Rdd5 51. Bxd5 Rxd5 52. Rc4 h5 53.
Rc7 Rd4 54. Rxa7 Rxh4+ 55. Kg1 Rg4+ 56. Rg2 Rd4 57. Rc7 Rd6 58. Rc4 Bg4 59. Rgc2
Kg5 60. Rc6 Rd1+ 61. Kf2 Bf5 62. Re2 Bg4 63. Rec2 Bf5 64. Re2 Bg4 65. Rb2 h4 66.
Rxb6 h3 67. Kg3 Rd3+ 68. Kh2 Rf3 69. Rb8 Bf5 70. b4 Rf1 71. Rg8+ Kf4 72. Rf8 1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.27"]
[Round "7.46"]
[White "Meier, Georg"]
[Black "Tregubov, Pavel V."]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[ECO "A04"]
[Opening "Reti opening"]
[WhiteFideId "4675789"]
[BlackFideId "4115341"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. b3 Nc6 3. Bb2 d6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e5 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. g3 Nf6 8.
Bg2 Qc7 9. c4 Be7 10. Nc3 O-O 11. Rc1 Bb7 12. O-O Rad8 13. Rc2 Qa5 14. Qd2 Kh8
15. Na4 Qc7 16. Bc3 Qb8 17. Ba5 Rc8 18. Bh3 Rce8 19. Rd1 c5 20. Nc3 Bd8 21. Bxd8
Rxd8 22. Qe3 a6 23. Rcd2 Qc7 24. Bf5 Rfe8 25. f3 e4 26. Bxe4 Nxe4 27. fxe4 Re6
28. e5 Qc6 29. Qf3 Qd7 30. e4 Qe7 31. Rxd6 Rdxd6 32. exd6 Qd7 33. Qf5 g6 34.
Qxc5 Bc6 35. b4 Kg8 36. b5 axb5 37. cxb5 Ba8 38. Qc7 1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.27"]
[Round "7.47"]
[White "Volokitin, Andrei"]
[Black "Malakhatko, Vadim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2628"]
[BlackElo "2542"]
[ECO "B48"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Taimanov variation"]
[WhiteFideId "14107090"]
[BlackFideId "14104202"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. Qd2 Nf6 8. f4
Bb4 9. Bd3 Ng4 10. Bg1 O-O 11. Nde2 d6 12. a3 Ba5 13. h3 Nf6 14. b4 Bb6 15. Bxb6
Qxb6 16. Na4 Qa7 17. Nb2 Rd8 18. Nd1 e5 19. Qe3 exf4 20. Qxa7 Rxa7 21. Nxf4 Re8
22. Nc3 g5 23. Nfd5 Nxd5 24. Nxd5 Kg7 25. Nb6 a5 26. b5 Ne5 27. O-O-O Be6 28.
Be2 Nd7 29. Nxd7 Bxd7 30. Rxd6 Be6 31. Rhd1 Raa8 32. R1d4 Kf6 33. Rb6 Ke5 34. c3
Rac8 35. Kd2 Rc7 36. Bg4 Rec8 37. Bxe6 fxe6 38. Rd3 Rf8 39. Ke2 Rf4 40. Re3 Re7
41. Kd3 Rd7+ 42. Kc4 Re7 43. Kb3 Rxe4 44. Rxe4+ Kxe4 45. Rd6 e5 46. c4 Kf4 47.
Ka4 e4 48. Kxa5 e3 49. Rd1 Re6 50. c5 e2 51. Re1 Ke3 52. c6 bxc6 53. b6 Re5+ 54.
Ka6 Rb5 55. a4 Rb4 56. a5 c5 57. Kb7 c4 58. a6 c3 59. a7 Ra4 60. a8=Q Rxa8 61.
Kxa8 Kd2 62. b7 Kxe1 63. b8=Q c2 64. Qg3+ Kf1 65. Qf3+ Ke1 66. Qc3+ Kf1 67. Qf3+
Ke1 68. Qe3 Kf1 69. Qf3+ Ke1 70. Qc3+ Kf1 71. Qf6+ Kg1 72. Qd4+ Kf1 73. Qf6+ Kg1
74. Qd4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.27"]
[Round "7.48"]
[White "Sanal, Vahap"]
[Black "Potkin, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2551"]
[BlackElo "2574"]
[ECO "B47"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Taimanov (Bastrikov) variation"]
[WhiteFideId "6300545"]
[BlackFideId "4131061"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. g3 a6 7. Bg2 d6 8. O-O
Be7 9. Be3 Nf6 10. f4 O-O 11. Nb3 b5 12. g4 b4 13. Na4 Nd7 14. g5 Re8 15. Qh5 g6
16. Qh4 Bf8 17. Rf3 Bg7 18. Rh3 Nf8 19. Nb6 Rb8 20. Nxc8 Rbxc8 21. Rf1 Ne7 22.
Qe1 Qxc2 23. Qxb4 Qxb2 24. Qa4 d5 25. e5 Nf5 26. Bc5 h6 27. gxh6 Bxh6 28. Nd4
Bg7 29. Rb3 Qd2 30. Nxf5 gxf5 31. Bf3 Ng6 32. Be3 Qc2 33. Rc1 Qxc1+ 34. Bxc1
Rxc1+ 35. Kf2 Rec8 36. Rb7 R1c2+ 37. Ke1 Rxh2 38. Kd1 Nf8 39. Be2 Bh6 40. Ra7
Rh1+ 41. Kd2 Rh4 42. Qxa6 Bxf4+ 43. Ke1 Rc1+ 44. Kf2 Rh2+ 45. Kf3 Ng6 46. Qa5
Rc3+ 0-1

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.27"]
[Round "7.49"]
[White "Almasi, Zoltan"]
[Black "Dobrov, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2682"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[ECO "B32"]
[Opening "Sicilian defence"]
[WhiteFideId "702293"]
[BlackFideId "4136594"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Qb6 5. Be3 Qxb2 6. Nb3 Qe5 7. Bd3 g5 8.
O-O Bg7 9. N1d2 Qc7 10. Rc1 Nf6 11. Bxg5 h5 12. f4 b6 13. c4 d6 14. Nb1 Ng4 15.
Qe1 Bb7 16. h3 Nd4 17. N1d2 Nxb3 18. Nxb3 Nf6 19. e5 dxe5 20. fxe5 Nh7 21. Bf4
Rd8 22. Qe2 Qc6 23. Rf2 Nf8 24. c5 Rxd3 25. Qxd3 Ne6 26. Be3 Qa4 27. cxb6 axb6
28. Bxb6 Bxe5 29. Na5 Qe4 30. Qb5+ Kf8 31. Nxb7 Bg3 32. Rf3 Bf4 1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.27"]
[Round "7.50"]
[White "Sethuraman, S.P."]
[Black "Dzhumagaliev, Yan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2646"]
[BlackElo "2400"]
[ECO "B42"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Kan, 5.Bd3"]
[WhiteFideId "5021596"]
[BlackFideId "24100110"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Qc7 6. O-O b5 7. a4 b4 8. c3 Nf6
9. Qe2 Bb7 10. Bd2 Nc6 11. Nf3 Ng4 12. h3 h5 13. Be3 Nxe3 14. Qxe3 Ne5 15. Nxe5
Qxe5 16. Nd2 Bc5 17. Qe2 bxc3 18. bxc3 O-O 19. Nf3 Qf4 20. Rab1 Rab8 21. a5 h4
22. Rfe1 Bc6 23. Rxb8 Rxb8 24. Bxa6 Ra8 25. Bb5 Rxa5 26. Bxc6 dxc6 27. Qc2 Bd6
28. Rd1 g5 29. Qd3 Bc7 30. Qd4 Ra2 31. e5 Qxd4 32. cxd4 Bd8 33. Rc1 Ra6 34. Kf1
Kg7 35. Ke2 Kg6 36. Rc3 Be7 37. Ke3 Rb6 38. Ke4 Rb2 39. Rxc6 Re2+ 40. Kd3 Rxf2
41. d5 Rxg2 42. d6 Bd8 43. Rc8 Bb6 44. Rg8+ Kh6 45. d7 Rg3 46. Ke4 Rxh3 47. Nxg5
Re3+ 48. Kf4 Rd3 49. Nxf7+ Kh7 50. Rb8 Be3+ 51. Ke4 Rxd7 52. Nd8 Ba7 53. Rc8 h3
54. Nxe6 h2 55. Nf8+ Kg7 56. Ne6+ Kh6 57. Rh8+ Rh7 0-1

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.27"]
[Round "7.51"]
[White "Minko, Vladimir"]
[Black "Halkias, Stelios"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2381"]
[BlackElo "2571"]
[ECO "E10"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[WhiteFideId "24146706"]
[BlackFideId "4201809"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. g3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 d5 6. Bg2 e5 7. Nb3 d4 8. O-O
Nc6 9. f4 h5 10. e3 Bg4 11. Qd2 d3 12. Nc3 Bb4 13. a3 Bxc3 14. Qxc3 Be2 15.
Bxc6+ bxc6 16. Qxe5+ Kf8 17. Re1 h4 18. Nd4 hxg3 19. hxg3 Qd7 20. Qc5+ Kg8 21.
Qxc6 Qxc6 22. Nxc6 Bf3 23. Ne5 Be4 24. g4 Rd8 25. Kf2 d2 26. Rd1 Bc2 27. Nc6
Ne4+ 28. Kg1 Bxd1 29. Nxd8 Bf3 0-1

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.27"]
[Round "7.52"]
[White "Jumabayev, Rinat"]
[Black "Omar, Noaman"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2612"]
[BlackElo "2364"]
[ECO "A08"]
[Opening "Reti"]
[Variation "King's Indian attack"]
[WhiteFideId "13702661"]
[BlackFideId "9300244"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. c4 d4 5. O-O Nf6 6. e3 e5 7. exd4 exd4 8. Re1+
Be7 9. d3 O-O 10. Bf4 Bd6 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bxf6 Qxf6 13. Nbd2 Qd8 14. a3 a5 15.
Qe2 Bf5 16. Nh4 Bh7 17. Be4 f5 18. Bd5+ Kh8 19. Qh5 Qg5 20. Qxg5 hxg5 21. Re6
Bxg3 22. hxg3 gxh4 23. Nf3 Rfe8 24. Kg2 h3+ 25. Kxh3 Bg8 26. Rxe8 Rxe8 27. Kg2
Bxd5 28. cxd5 Nb8 29. Nh4 Nd7 30. Nxf5 Re2 31. b4 cxb4 32. axb4 axb4 33. Rb1 Re5
34. g4 g6 35. Nh4 Rxd5 36. Nxg6+ Kg7 37. Nf4 Rd6 38. Rxb4 Nc5 39. g5 b6 40. Kg3
Kf7 41. Kg4 Ne6 42. Nxe6 Kxe6 43. f4 Kd5 44. f5 Kc5 45. Rc4+ Kd5 46. f6 Re6 47.
f7 1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.27"]
[Round "7.53"]
[White "Dervishi, Erald"]
[Black "Lodhi, Mahmood"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2552"]
[BlackElo "2347"]
[ECO "C99"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "closed, Chigorin, 12...c5d4"]
[WhiteFideId "4700236"]
[BlackFideId "7800010"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

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 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Qc7 12. Nbd2 cxd4 13. cxd4 Bb7 14. Nf1 Rac8 15.
Re2 Nc6 16. Ng3 exd4 17. Nxd4 Nxd4 18. Qxd4 Ne8 19. Bb3 Bf6 20. Qd3 g6 21. Bh6
Ng7 22. Rd1 Rcd8 23. f4 Rfe8 24. f5 Be5 25. Rf1 d5 26. fxg6 hxg6 27. Re3 Kh7 28.
Bg5 dxe4 29. Bxd8 Rxd8 30. Nxe4 Rxd3 31. Ng5+ Kg8 32. Rxd3 Qb6+ 33. Kh1 Nf5 34.
Nxf7 Ng3+ 35. Rxg3 Bxg3 36. Nd6+ Kh8 37. Rf8+ Kg7 38. Rf7+ Kh6 39. Nxb7 Qc6 40.
Kg1 Qc1+ 41. Rf1 Qxb2 42. Rd1 Qe5 43. Nd8 Qe3+ 44. Kh1 a5 45. Bd5 Bf4 46. Ne6
Bd6 47. Nd4 b4 48. Nf3 Bg3 49. Bb3 Qe8 50. Bd5 a4 51. Rb1 Qb5 52. Be6 Qe2 53.
Bf7 Kg7 54. Ng5 Qe3 55. h4 Bxh4 56. Nf3 Bf2 57. Nh2 Qh6 58. Be6 Bg3 59. Bh3 Bxh2
60. Kxh2 Qd2 61. Kh1 Qxa2 62. Rxb4 a3 63. Rb7+ Kh6 64. Ra7 Qb1+ 65. Kh2 a2 0-1

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.27"]
[Round "7.54"]
[White "Ibrahimov, Rasul"]
[Black "Masrahi, Abdulrahman A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "CM"]
[WhiteElo "2518"]
[BlackElo "1962"]
[ECO "D02"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[WhiteFideId "13400495"]
[BlackFideId "21501564"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Qc2 a6 5. c5 g6 6. Bf4 Nh5 7. Bg5 Bg7 8. e3 Bf5
9. Qc1 Nd7 10. Be2 h6 11. Bh4 g5 12. Bg3 Nxg3 13. hxg3 e5 14. Nbd2 Qe7 15. Nb3
O-O-O 16. Qc3 Bg6 17. O-O-O f5 18. Qb4 f4 19. Na5 Nb8 20. Nxe5 Bxe5 21. Bg4+ 0-1

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.27"]
[Round "7.55"]
[White "Amer, Said Salim Al Maashani"]
[Black "Khenkin, Igor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2103"]
[BlackElo "2554"]
[ECO "B11"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "two knights, 3...Bg4"]
[WhiteFideId "22000100"]
[BlackFideId "4659600"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. d4 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Nf6 6. Nxf6+ exf6 7. Be2 Bd6 8.
O-O O-O 9. h3 Bh5 10. Re1 Re8 11. Nh4 Bxe2 12. Rxe2 g6 13. Bh6 Nd7 14. Rxe8+
Qxe8 15. Qd2 Qe6 16. b3 Re8 17. Kf1 g5 18. Nf3 Qf5 19. Qd3 Qxd3+ 20. cxd3 Nb6
21. h4 g4 22. Nd2 f5 23. g3 Re6 24. Be3 Nd5 25. Nc4 Bxg3 26. fxg3 Nxe3+ 27. Kf2
Nc2 28. Rc1 Nxd4 29. Ne3 b5 30. Rc5 a5 31. Ng2 Re2+ 32. Kf1 Rxa2 33. Nf4 Kf8 34.
h5 h6 35. Re5 Rb2 0-1

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.27"]
[Round "7.56"]
[White "Al Jabri, Mohammed Ali"]
[Black "Christiansen, Johan-Sebastian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2154"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[ECO "C55"]
[Opening "Two knights defence (Modern bishop's opening)"]
[WhiteFideId "7604734"]
[BlackFideId "1512668"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. c3 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. Bb3 Kh8 8. Re1
Ng8 9. d4 Bg4 10. Be3 f5 11. exf5 e4 12. h3 Bxf5 13. Nh2 Nf6 14. Nd2 d5 15. Nhf1
Qd7 16. Bf4 Rae8 17. Kh2 Bg6 18. Ng3 Bd6 19. Bxd6 Qxd6 20. Re3 Nh5 21. Kg1 Qf6
22. Qe1 Nf4 23. Bc2 Qg5 24. Qf1 Ne7 25. Rae1 h5 26. Ngxe4 dxe4 27. Nxe4 Bxe4 28.
Bxe4 Ned5 29. Bxd5 Rxe3 30. Rxe3 Qxd5 31. Re5 Qf7 32. Kh2 Qg6 33. g3 Nd3 34. Re2
h4 35. Qg2 Qd6 36. Kg1 hxg3 37. fxg3 Qf6 38. Re3 Nxb2 39. Re2 Nd1 40. Kh2 Nxc3
41. Re3 Qxd4 42. Rf3 Rxf3 43. Qxf3 Qd2+ 44. Kh1 Qd1+ 0-1

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.27"]
[Round "7.57"]
[White "Al Abdali, Zeyad Saleh"]
[Black "El Adnani, Mokliss"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "1801"]
[BlackElo "2448"]
[ECO "A48"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "Torre attack"]
[WhiteFideId "21501505"]
[BlackFideId "9000410"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. e3 c5 5. Be2 Qb6 6. Nc3 Qxb2 7. Nb5 Qb4+ 8.
Qd2 Qxd2+ 9. Nxd2 Na6 10. O-O O-O 11. c3 d6 12. Bf3 Bd7 13. Rab1 Bc6 14. e4 h6
15. Bh4 g5 16. Bg3 g4 17. Be2 Nxe4 18. Nxe4 Bxe4 19. Rbc1 Bc6 20. a4 f5 21. f3
h5 22. fxg4 hxg4 23. Rcd1 Be4 24. h3 gxh3 25. gxh3 cxd4 26. Nxd4 Nc5 27. a5 a6
28. Kh2 Kh8 29. Rg1 f4 30. Bf2 f3 31. Bf1 e5 32. Nxf3 Rxf3 33. Bxc5 dxc5 34. Rd7
Rf2+ 35. Kg3 Raf8 36. Bc4 R8f3+ 37. Kg4 Bf5+ 38. Kg5 Bxd7 39. h4 Rf5+ 40. Kg6
Be8+ 0-1

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.27"]
[Round "7.58"]
[White "Tissir, Mohamed"]
[Black "Lam, Daniel King-wai"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2381"]
[BlackElo "2222"]
[ECO "B87"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Sozin with ...a6 and ...b5"]
[WhiteFideId "9000240"]
[BlackFideId "6001238"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bb3 b5 8. O-O
Be7 9. Qf3 Qc7 10. Re1 O-O 11. Qg3 Nc6 12. Nxc6 Qxc6 13. Bh6 Ne8 14. Nd5 Bd8 15.
Nf4 Kh8 16. Bd5 Qxc2 17. Bxa8 Qxb2 18. Nd3 Qd4 19. Bd2 Bf6 20. Rac1 Bd7 21. Bc6
Bxc6 22. Rxc6 Qa4 23. Bb4 Qxa2 24. e5 Qd5 25. exf6 Qxc6 26. Ne5 Qc7 27. Bxd6 Qa5
28. Rf1 gxf6 29. Bxf8 fxe5 30. Qxe5+ Kg8 31. Bh6 1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.27"]
[Round "7.59"]
[White "Al Saidi, Mohammed Khalfan"]
[Black "Khader, Sami"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "1468"]
[BlackElo "2392"]
[ECO "E35"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian"]
[Variation "classical, Noa variation, 5.cd ed"]
[WhiteFideId "22001271"]
[BlackFideId "8100500"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bxf6 Qxf6 8.
e3 O-O 9. a3 Bxc3+ 10. Qxc3 c6 11. Bd3 Bg4 12. Ne2 Nd7 13. O-O Rfe8 14. f3 Bf5
15. Bxf5 Qxf5 16. Ng3 Qg5 17. e4 Nf8 18. f4 Qg4 19. e5 Rac8 20. b4 b6 21. h3 Qd7
22. f5 c5 23. bxc5 bxc5 24. Nh5 Qd8 25. f6 g6 26. Ng7 cxd4 27. Qxd4 Ne6 28. Nxe6
Rxe6 29. Rad1 Qe8 30. Rfe1 Rd8 31. Re3 a6 32. Rde1 Qc6 33. Rd3 Rde8 34. Qxd5
Qxd5 35. Rxd5 Rxf6 36. Red1 Rfe6 37. Rd6 a5 38. Rxe6 Rxe6 39. Rd5 Ra6 40. a4 Kf8
41. Kf2 Ke7 42. Ke3 Ke6 43. Ke4 h5 44. g4 hxg4 45. hxg4 Rb6 46. Rxa5 Rb4+ 47.
Kf3 g5 48. Kg3 Rb3+ 49. Kg2 Rb4 50. Kf3 Rc4 51. Kg3 Rf4 52. Kh3 Rb4 53. Kg3 Rd4
54. Kf3 Rc4 55. Kg3 Rc3+ 56. Kg2 Ra3 57. Kh2 Ke7 58. Kg2 Ke6 59. Kh2 Rb3 60. Kg2
Rb4 61. Kf3 Rf4+ 62. Kg3 Kd7 63. Kh3 Kc6 64. Kg3 Kb6 65. Rb5+ Kc6 66. e6 fxe6
67. Rxg5 Rxa4 68. Rg8 Kd6 69. Rd8+ Ke7 70. Rb8 Kf7 71. Rb5 Kf6 72. Rb6 Ra1 73.
Rb5 Re1 74. Kf2 Rc1 75. Kf3 Rc4 76. Ra5 Rb4 77. Rc5 Rb3+ 78. Ke4 Rb4+ 79. Kf3
Ra4 80. Rb5 e5 81. Rc5 Rf4+ 82. Kg3 Rf1 83. Kg2 Re1 84. Kf2 Ra1 85. Kf3 Ra4 86.
Rb5 Rf4+ 87. Kg3 Rf1 88. Kg2 Rd1 89. Kf3 Rd3+ 90. Ke4 Rd4+ 91. Kf3 Ra4 92. Rc5
Ke6 93. Rb5 Rf4+ 94. Kg3 Rf1 95. Kg2 Rf8 96. Kg3 Kd6 97. g5 Ke6 98. Kg4 Rf4+ 99.
Kh5 Rf1 100. Rb6+ Kf7 101. Rb7+ Ke6 102. Rb6+ Kf7 103. Rb7+ Ke6 104. Rb6+ Kf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.27"]
[Round "7.60"]
[White "Saeed, Ishaq"]
[Black "Al-Hajiri, Bader"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2434"]
[BlackElo "2165"]
[ECO "D30"]
[Opening "Queen's gambit declined"]
[WhiteFideId "9301453"]
[BlackFideId "10300163"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 c6 5. Bd3 Nbd7 6. Nbd2 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. e4
dxe4 9. Nxe4 Nxe4 10. Bxe4 e5 11. dxe5 Nxe5 12. Nxe5 Bxe5 13. Bxh7+ Kxh7 14.
Qh5+ Kg8 15. Qxe5 Re8 16. Qg3 Be6 17. b3 Qd4 18. Be3 Qf6 19. Rad1 Qf5 20. Qc7
Rab8 21. Bxa7 Ra8 22. Qxb7 Qc2 23. a4 Qg6 24. Qxc6 Rec8 25. Qb6 Qg5 26. Qe3 Qe7
27. Bb6 1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.27"]
[Round "7.61"]
[White "Al-Saffar, Araz Basim Mohammed S"]
[Black "Abdyjapar, Asyl"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2368"]
[BlackElo "2382"]
[ECO "E10"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[WhiteFideId "4801040"]
[BlackFideId "13800337"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. g3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Qc7 6. b3 Bb4+ 7. Bd2 Bc5 8. Be3
a6 9. Bg2 Ng4 10. O-O Nxe3 11. fxe3 O-O 12. Nc3 Nc6 13. Kh1 Ne5 14. Qd2 Rb8 15.
Rad1 b6 16. Ne4 Be7 17. Nf3 Bb7 18. Nd6 Nxf3 19. exf3 Bc6 20. e4 b5 21. c5 b4
22. Rc1 a5 23. Rfd1 Ra8 24. f4 Rfb8 25. e5 a4 26. Rc4 axb3 27. axb3 Bxg2+ 28.
Kxg2 Qc6+ 29. Ne4 Rb7 30. Kh3 Ra3 31. Rb1 f5 32. exf6 gxf6 33. Rxb4 Rxb4 34.
Qxb4 Ra2 35. Rd1 f5 36. Rd2 Ra8 37. Nd6 Qf3 38. Qb7 Qh5+ 39. Kg2 Rd8 40. b4 Bxd6
41. cxd6 Qe8 42. Qf3 Rb8 43. Rb2 Qc8 44. b5 Qc5 45. Qh5 Qxd6 46. Qg5+ Kf7 47.
Qh5+ Kg7 48. Qg5+ Kf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.27"]
[Round "7.62"]
[White "Al Ghamdi, Ahmed M"]
[Black "Al Zamel, Khaled"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "CM"]
[WhiteElo "2159"]
[BlackElo "1942"]
[ECO "B00"]
[Opening "King's pawn opening"]
[WhiteFideId "21500150"]
[BlackFideId "21500967"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.27"]
[Round "7.63"]
[White "Al Habeeb, Emad"]
[Black "Salama, Taher"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1933"]
[BlackElo "1769"]
[ECO "D35"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "3...Nf6"]
[WhiteFideId "21500029"]
[BlackFideId "11502231"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. e3 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 a6 7. c5 b6 8. b4 a5 9.
Ba3 axb4 10. Bxb4 bxc5 11. Bxc5 Bxc5 12. dxc5 Qe7 13. Qd4 Nc6 14. Qd2 Qxc5 15.
O-O Ba6 16. Rfc1 Bxe2 17. Nxe2 Qd6 18. Qc3 Ra6 19. Ned4 Nxd4 20. exd4 c6 21. Ne5
Rc8 22. a4 h6 23. a5 Ne4 24. Qd3 c5 25. f3 c4 26. Nxc4 Rxc4 27. Rxc4 dxc4 28.
Qxe4 Qd5 29. Ra4 Qb5 30. Qc2 Rxa5 31. Rxc4 Qf5 32. Rc8+ Kh7 33. Qc3 Qb1+ 34. Qc1
Qd3 35. Rc4 Rb5 36. Qc2 Rb1+ 37. Kf2 Rf1+ 38. Kg3 Qxc2 39. Rxc2 Rd1 40. Rc4 Kg6
41. h3 h5 42. Kf4 Kf6 43. h4 Rd2 44. g3 g6 45. Ke3 Rg2 46. Kf4 Rd2 47. Ra4 Rd3
48. Ke4 Rd1 49. Kf4 Rd2 50. Rb4 Rd1 51. Ke4 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.27"]
[Round "7.64"]
[White "Alanazy, Mohammed"]
[Black "Al Omary, Ahmed"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1850"]
[BlackElo "1875"]
[ECO "C00"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "Labourdonnais variation"]
[WhiteFideId "21508488"]
[BlackFideId "21500207"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 e6 2. f4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. d4 Bg4 6. Be2 Ne4 7. O-O Bd6 8. Ne5
Bxe2 9. Qxe2 O-O 10. Nd2 f6 11. Nxe4 dxe4 12. Nc4 f5 13. c3 Qe7 14. Ne3 c6 15.
Nc4 Bc7 16. Be3 Nd7 17. Rad1 Nf6 18. Ne5 Rad8 19. Bf2 Bxe5 20. dxe5 Ng4 21. Qc4+
Kh8 22. Bc5 Qh4 23. h3 Rxd1 24. Rxd1 Nxe5 25. fxe5 Qh5 26. Bxf8 Qxd1+ 27. Qf1
Qxf1+ 28. Kxf1 Kg8 29. Bd6 Kf7 30. c4 Ke6 31. Ke2 g5 32. g3 f4 33. gxf4 gxf4 34.
h4 h5 35. b4 b6 36. a4 a6 37. b5 cxb5 38. cxb5 axb5 39. axb5 Kd5 40. Bc7 Ke6 41.
Bxb6 f3+ 42. Ke3 Kxe5 43. Bd4+ Kd5 44. b6 1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.27"]
[Round "7.65"]
[White "Alem, Ali Hussien"]
[Black "Bukannan, Ahmed A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1745"]
[BlackElo "1929"]
[ECO "B02"]
[Opening "Alekhine's defence"]
[Variation "Scandinavian variation"]
[WhiteFideId "21500088"]
[BlackFideId "21504164"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. exd5 Nxd5 4. d4 Nc6 5. Bc4 Nb6 6. Bb5 Bd7 7. Nf3 a6 8.
Be2 Bg4 9. Be3 e6 10. a3 Be7 11. b3 O-O 12. O-O Bf6 13. Ne5 Nxe5 14. Bxg4 Nc6
15. Ne2 Qd7 16. Qd3 Rad8 17. Rad1 Qe7 18. b4 e5 19. c3 Rfe8 20. Qe4 exd4 21.
Qxe7 Rxe7 22. cxd4 Nc4 23. Rd3 Rde8 24. Bf4 Rxe2 25. Bxe2 Rxe2 26. Bxc7 Nxd4 27.
h3 g6 28. Rc1 b5 29. Bf4 Re4 30. Bh6 Ne2+ 31. Kh2 Nxc1 32. a4 Nxd3 0-1

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.27"]
[Round "7.66"]
[White "Miswadah, Baha"]
[Black "Al Bargi, Hassan M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1877"]
[BlackElo "1579"]
[ECO "B01"]
[Opening "Scandinavian (centre counter) defence"]
[WhiteFideId "11502118"]
[BlackFideId "21501475"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd8 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. h3 Bxf3 7. Qxf3 c6 8.
Be3 e6 9. O-O-O Bd6 10. Bg5 Nbd7 11. Bd3 Qa5 12. Bd2 O-O-O 13. Kb1 Qc7 14. Rhe1
Nb6 15. Ne4 Nxe4 16. Bxe4 Nd5 17. g3 h6 18. a3 Qb6 19. c4 Bxa3 20. Qxa3 Nf6 21.
Ba5 Qa6 22. Bxd8 Qxa3 23. bxa3 Nxe4 24. Rxe4 Rxd8 25. Kc2 Kc7 26. Kc3 Kd6 27.
c5+ Ke7 28. Rb1 Rd7 29. a4 a5 30. h4 Kf6 31. g4 g5 32. h5 Ke7 33. Kc4 Kd8 34.
Re2 Kc8 35. Rb3 Kd8 36. Reb2 Kc8 37. Rf3 Kd8 38. Rf6 1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.27"]
[Round "7.67"]
[White "Al Juhani, Bakr"]
[Black "Al Mahmood, Salman"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1854"]
[BlackElo "1593"]
[ECO "B50"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[WhiteFideId "21500185"]
[BlackFideId "11201517"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bd3 Nf6 4. c3 e6 5. Bc2 Be7 6. d4 O-O 7. O-O Nbd7 8. Re1
b6 9. Nbd2 Bb7 10. Nf1 Rc8 11. Ng3 Qc7 12. e5 dxe5 13. dxe5 Bxf3 14. gxf3 Nxe5
15. Bf4 Bd6 16. Bxe5 Bxe5 17. Qe2 Bf4 18. Kg2 Rfd8 19. Rad1 Nd5 20. Qe4 g6 21.
Ne2 Bxh2 22. Rh1 Nf4+ 23. Nxf4 Bxf4 24. Rdg1 Qe5 25. Qxe5 Bxe5 26. Re1 Bf4 27.
Re4 e5 28. Re2 Rd7 29. Rd1 Rcd8 30. Rxd7 Rxd7 31. Ba4 Rd2 32. Rxd2 Bxd2 33. Bb5
Kg7 34. Bc4 Bc1 35. b4 Bd2 36. bxc5 bxc5 37. a4 Bxc3 38. Kh3 f5 39. Kg2 Kf6 40.
Bd5 h6 41. Kg3 g5 42. Kh3 Bd4 43. Kg2 Ke7 44. Kg3 Kd6 45. Bc4 e4 46. fxe4 fxe4
47. f4 exf3 48. Kxf3 Ke5 49. Kg4 Ke4 50. Kh5 Kf4 51. Kxh6 g4 52. Bd5 g3 53. Kh5
c4 54. Kh4 Bf2 55. Kh3 Ke3 56. Bxc4 Kd4 57. Kg2 Kc5 58. Bb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.27"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2837"]
[ECO "B08"]
[Opening "Pirc"]
[Variation "classical system, 5.Be2"]
[WhiteFideId "4102142"]
[BlackFideId "1503014"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. e4 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O Nc6 7. d5 Nb8 8. h3 c6
9. a4 b6 10. Nd4 Bb7 11. a5 c5 12. Nb3 Na6 13. Bf4 Nc7 14. Qd2 Rb8 15. axb6 axb6
16. Rfe1 Re8 17. Bf1 Ra8 18. Rxa8 Qxa8 19. Nb5 Qc8 20. c3 Qd7 21. Nxc7 Qxc7 22.
Bb5 Ra8 23. Qe2 Qc8 24. Nd2 Ba6 25. Ra1 Bxb5 26. Rxa8 Qxa8 27. Qxb5 Qa7 28. Bg5
h6 29. Be3 Kh7 30. g4 Qa1+ 31. Kg2 Qd1 32. Qxb6 Nxg4 33. hxg4 Qxg4+ 34. Kf1 Qd1+
35. Kg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.27"]
[Round "8.2"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Fedoseev, Vladimir3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[ECO "C65"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Berlin defence"]
[WhiteFideId "5000017"]
[BlackFideId "24130737"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Nbd2 Nd4 6. Nxd4 Bxd4 7. c3 Bb6 8.
d4 exd4 9. e5 Nd5 10. cxd4 O-O 11. O-O d6 12. Ne4 Bf5 13. Qf3 Bg6 14. exd6 Bxe4
15. Qxe4 Qxd6 16. Bc4 c6 17. Bxd5 cxd5 18. Qd3 Rac8 19. Be3 Rc6 20. Rac1 Rfc8
21. Rxc6 Qxc6 22. g3 Qe6 23. Bd2 Qe4 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.27"]
[Round "8.3"]
[White "Onischuk, Vladimir"]
[Black "Wang, Hao"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2637"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[ECO "C55"]
[Opening "Two knights defence (Modern bishop's opening)"]
[WhiteFideId "14114038"]
[BlackFideId "8602883"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Nbd2 d6 7. c3 Na5 8. Bb5
a6 9. Ba4 c5 10. Re1 b5 11. Bc2 Nc6 12. Nf1 Re8 13. Ng3 Bf8 14. d4 exd4 15. cxd4
Bg4 16. Be3 g6 17. a4 Rc8 18. axb5 axb5 19. Bb3 c4 20. Bc2 Nh5 21. Nxh5 Bxh5 22.
h3 Bxf3 23. Qxf3 Bg7 24. Red1 Qe7 25. Qe2 f5 26. f3 Nb4 27. Bb1 fxe4 28. fxe4
Nd3 29. Rxd3 cxd3 30. Qxd3 Kh8 31. Qxb5 Rb8 32. Qe2 Rb4 33. Qd2 Qb7 34. Ra2 Qb6
35. e5 dxe5 36. dxe5 Qb5 37. e6 Qe5 38. Bf2 Rb7 39. b4 Qxe6 40. Ra3 Rd7 41. Rd3
Red8 42. Rxd7 Rxd7 43. Qc2 Qd6 44. Qe4 Bd4 45. Bxd4+ Qxd4+ 46. Qxd4+ Rxd4 47.
Kf2 Rxb4 48. Bd3 Kg7 49. g3 Kf6 50. h4 Rb2+ 51. Kg1 Rb3 0-1

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.27"]
[Round "8.4"]
[White "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2744"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[ECO "A34"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "symmetrical, three knights system"]
[WhiteFideId "5007003"]
[BlackFideId "4168119"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Qxd1+ 7. Kxd1 Nc6
8. e4 b6 9. Kc2 Bb7 10. Bf4 h6 11. Rd1 g5 12. Bg3 Bg7 13. h3 a6 14. Be2 Na5 15.
Nd2 O-O-O 16. a3 b5 17. b4 cxb4 18. axb4 Nc4 19. Nxc4 Bxe4+ 20. Kb2 bxc4 21.
Bxc4 Kb7 22. Rhe1 Rxd1 23. Rxd1 Rc8 24. Kb3 Bc2+ 25. Kxc2 Rxc4 26. Rd3 Re4 27.
Kd2 Kc6 28. f3 Re6 29. c4 a5 30. bxa5 Kc5 31. Re3 Rxe3 32. Kxe3 Kxc4 33. Be1 f5
34. g4 e6 35. a6 Bd4+ 36. Ke2 Kb5 37. Bc3 Bc5 38. Bg7 Kxa6 39. Bxh6 Be7 40. h4
gxh4 41. g5 h3 42. Kf2 Bc5+ 43. Kg3 Be3 44. Kxh3 e5 45. Kh4 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.27"]
[Round "8.5"]
[White "Kuzubov, Yuriy"]
[Black "Rapport, Richard"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2699"]
[BlackElo "2707"]
[ECO "E00"]
[Opening "Catalan opening"]
[WhiteFideId "14112906"]
[BlackFideId "738590"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. Nf3 b6 7. O-O Bb7 8. Nc3
Na6 9. Rc1 Re8 10. Bf4 Ne4 11. Nxe4 Bxe4 12. Qa4 Qc8 13. Rfd1 c5 14. d5 Bf6 15.
dxe6 dxe6 16. Ne5 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 Nb4 18. Kg1 Bxe5 19. Bxe5 Nc6 20. Bc3 Qc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.27"]
[Round "8.6"]
[White "Pantsulaia, Levan"]
[Black "Mamedov, Rauf"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2612"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[ECO "A04"]
[Opening "Reti opening"]
[WhiteFideId "13602071"]
[BlackFideId "13401653"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. g3 Bg7 3. Bg2 d5 4. O-O Nf6 5. c4 c6 6. Qc2 O-O 7. b3 d4 8. d3 c5
9. b4 cxb4 10. a3 Nc6 11. axb4 Nxb4 12. Qa4 a5 13. Ba3 Bd7 14. Qb3 Bc6 15. Bxb4
axb4 16. Rxa8 Qxa8 17. Qxb4 Nd7 18. Na3 e5 19. Nb5 Rd8 20. Qb2 Qa5 21. Ra1 Qb6
22. Nd2 Nc5 23. Qa3 e4 24. Rb1 e3 25. fxe3 dxe3 26. Nf3 Ne6 27. Qa7 Qxa7 28.
Nxa7 Ra8 29. Nxc6 bxc6 30. Bh3 Nd4 31. Nxd4 Bxd4 32. Bg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.27"]
[Round "8.7"]
[White "Quparadze, Giga"]
[Black "Cheparinov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2506"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[ECO "C95"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "closed, Breyer, Borisenko variation"]
[WhiteFideId "13602250"]
[BlackFideId "2905540"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

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 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Bc2 Re8 13. a4 Bf8 14. Bd3 c6 15. b3
g6 16. Bb2 Nh5 17. c4 bxa4 18. Rxa4 exd4 19. Bxd4 Nc5 20. Bxc5 dxc5 21. Bf1 Qc7
22. e5 f5 23. exf6 Nxf6 24. g3 Rxe1 25. Nxe1 Rd8 26. Nd3 Bc8 27. Qf3 Bg7 28. Qe3
Qd6 29. Nf3 Bf8 30. Qe5 Re8 31. Qxd6 Bxd6 32. Ra5 Ne4 33. Bg2 Kg7 34. Ra2 Nc3
35. Rd2 Bf5 36. Nc1 Bf8 37. g4 Be4 38. Rd7+ Re7 39. Rxe7+ Bxe7 40. Ne5 Kf6 41.
Nxc6 Bxc6 42. Bxc6 Ke5 43. Kg2 Kd4 44. Kf3 Bg5 45. Ne2+ Nxe2 46. Kxe2 Kc3 47.
Ba4 Kd4 48. Kf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.27"]
[Round "8.8"]
[White "Safarli, Eltaj"]
[Black "Kravtsiv, Martyn"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2639"]
[BlackElo "2672"]
[ECO "C46"]
[Opening "Four knights"]
[Variation "Gunsberg variation"]
[WhiteFideId "13402129"]
[BlackFideId "14113147"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. a3 Be7 5. d4 exd4 6. Nxd4 d6 7. Bc4 O-O 8. O-O
Nxd4 9. Qxd4 Nd7 10. Nd5 Bf6 11. Nxf6+ Qxf6 12. Be3 Re8 13. Rae1 Ne5 14. Be2 Qg6
15. Bf4 Qf6 16. Be3 Qg6 17. Bf4 Qf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.27"]
[Round "8.9"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Esipenko, Andrey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2564"]
[ECO "B11"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "two knights, 3...Bg4"]
[WhiteFideId "14109603"]
[BlackFideId "24175439"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Nc3 Bg4 4. h3 Bxf3 5. Qxf3 Nf6 6. d3 e6 7. Bd2 Qb6 8.
O-O-O d4 9. Ne2 c5 10. e5 Nd5 11. Nf4 Nb4 12. Kb1 Nd7 13. Qe4 Nc6 14. Nh5 O-O-O
15. f4 c4 16. dxc4 Ba3 17. Bc1 Nc5 18. Qf3 d3 19. cxd3 Na4 20. Rd2 Nd4 21. Qf2
Nc3+ 22. Ka1 Qb3 23. bxc3 Qxc3+ 24. Bb2 Bxb2+ 25. Rxb2 Qc1+ 26. Rb1 Nc2+ 27.
Qxc2 Qxc2 28. g3 b5 29. cxb5 Rd4 0-1

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.27"]
[Round "8.10"]
[White "Ponkratov, Pavel"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2613"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[ECO "C45"]
[Opening "Scotch"]
[Variation "Mieses variation"]
[WhiteFideId "4157800"]
[BlackFideId "4126025"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8.
h4 Qe6 9. g3 d6 10. c4 Nb6 11. exd6 Bxd6 12. Bg2 O-O 13. Qxe6 Bxe6 14. Bxc6 Rab8
15. Nd2 Nxc4 16. Nxc4 Bxc4 17. Kd2 Rb6 18. Ba4 Be5 19. Rd1 Rd8+ 20. Ke3 Rxd1 21.
Bxd1 g6 22. Ke4 Re6 23. Kf3 Bd5+ 24. Kg4 h5+ 25. Kh3 Bd4 26. Bb3 Bxb3 27. axb3
Bxf2 28. Bf4 Re2 29. Bxc7 Rxb2 30. Rd1 Kf8 31. Rd3 f5 32. Be5 Ra2 33. Bd4 Bxd4
34. Rxd4 Ke7 35. Rd3 a5 36. Rd5 Ke6 37. Rb5 Kd6 38. Rb6+ Ke5 39. Rxg6 Ra3 40.
Rb6 Ke4 41. Rb5 Ra2 42. Rc5 Ra3 43. Rb5 Ra2 44. Rc5 Ra3 45. Kg2 Ra2+ 46. Kh3 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.27"]
[Round "8.11"]
[White "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Black "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[ECO "A45"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[WhiteFideId "13601520"]
[BlackFideId "12401137"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bf4 e6 4. Nb5 Na6 5. e3 c6 6. Nc3 Nc7 7. Nf3 Bd6 8. Ne5
O-O 9. Qf3 c5 10. O-O-O c4 11. g4 b5 12. g5 Nfe8 13. h4 f6 14. gxf6 Nxf6 15. Rg1
b4 16. Na4 Bd7 17. Nc5 Be8 18. Nb7 Qe7 19. Nxd6 Qxd6 20. Rxg7+ Kxg7 21. Qg2+ Bg6
22. Nxg6 Qa6 23. Ne5+ Kh8 24. Bxc4 Qb7 25. Bh6 1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.27"]
[Round "8.12"]
[White "Riazantsev, Alexander"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2691"]
[ECO "E51"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian"]
[Variation "4.e3 e8g8, 5.Nf3 d7d5"]
[WhiteFideId "4125029"]
[BlackFideId "703303"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. e3 O-O 6. Bd2 b6 7. Rc1 Be7 8. cxd5
exd5 9. Be2 c5 10. O-O Bb7 11. Be1 Nbd7 12. Ne5 Nxe5 13. dxe5 Ne4 14. f4 Nxc3
15. Bxc3 f6 16. Bd3 fxe5 17. Bxe5 Qe8 18. Qc2 g6 19. e4 Bf6 20. Bxf6 Rxf6 21. e5
Rf7 22. Rce1 Qe7 23. f5 gxf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.27"]
[Round "8.13"]
[White "Guseinov, Gadir"]
[Black "Dreev, Aleksey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2646"]
[BlackElo "2653"]
[ECO "B18"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "classical, 6.h4"]
[WhiteFideId "13401378"]
[BlackFideId "4100107"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 e6 8. Ne5
Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Nd7 11. Bf4 Qa5+ 12. c3 Ngf6 13. O-O Nxe5 14. dxe5 Nd5
15. Bd2 Qc7 16. c4 Ne7 17. Bc3 h5 18. Rad1 Ng6 19. Ne4 Nxh4 20. Nd6+ Bxd6 21.
exd6 Qd7 22. Bxg7 Rg8 23. Bf6 Nf5 24. Rfe1 Kf8 25. Qh3 Rg6 26. Bc3 c5 27. Re5
Qc6 28. f3 Rd8 29. Qxh5 Rxd6 30. Rde1 Nd4 31. Rxc5 Nxf3+ 32. Kh1 Qxc5 0-1

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.27"]
[Round "8.14"]
[White "Wang, Yue"]
[Black "Saric, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2669"]
[ECO "E71"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "Makagonov system (5.h3)"]
[WhiteFideId "8601429"]
[BlackFideId "14508150"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. h3 O-O 6. Nf3 e5 7. dxe5 dxe5 8. Qxd8
Rxd8 9. Bg5 Na6 10. Nd5 Rd6 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. Rc1 b6 13. b4 c6 14. Nxf6+ Rxf6
15. a3 c5 16. b5 Nc7 17. Rd1 a6 18. Rd8+ Kg7 19. bxa6 Bxa6 20. Rxa8 Nxa8 21. Be2
Nc7 22. Kd2 Rd6+ 23. Ke3 Kf6 24. Rb1 Ne6 25. g3 g5 26. h4 g4 27. Nd2 Nd4 28. Rc1
Bc8 29. Nb1 Be6 30. Bd3 Rd8 31. Nc3 Ra8 32. a4 Ke7 33. Rb1 Ra6 34. Rb2 h5 35.
Bf1 Kd6 36. Kd3 Kc7 37. Be2 Ra8 38. Bd1 Ra6 39. Nd5+ Bxd5 40. cxd5 Kd6 41. Kc4
Kc7 42. Kd3 Kd6 43. Kc4 Kc7 44. Kd3 0-1

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.27"]
[Round "8.15"]
[White "Bu, Xiangzhi"]
[Black "McShane, Luke J"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[ECO "B36"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "accelerated fianchetto, Gurgenidze variation"]
[WhiteFideId "8601445"]
[BlackFideId "404853"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 g6 4. e4 Nc6 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Nxd4 7. Qxd4 d6 8.
Bg5 Bg7 9. Qd2 O-O 10. Be2 Be6 11. Rc1 a6 12. f3 b5 13. cxb5 axb5 14. a3 d5 15.
e5 Nd7 16. Nxd5 Bxd5 17. Qxd5 Nxe5 18. Qxd8 Rfxd8 19. Bxb5 Rd5 20. Be2 Nd3+ 21.
Bxd3 Rxd3 22. Rc2 Rb3 23. Ke2 Rxb2 24. Rxb2 Bxb2 25. Rb1 Bxa3 26. Ra1 Ra5 27.
Bd2 Re5+ 28. Kd1 Bb2 29. Ra8+ Kg7 30. Rb8 Ba1 31. Ra8 Bb2 32. Rb8 Bd4 33. Rd8
Bb6 34. Bc3 Bxd8 35. Bxe5+ f6 36. Bc3 Bc7 37. h3 Kf7 38. Ke2 Ke6 39. Kd3 Kd5 40.
g4 Be5 41. Bd2 Bd4 42. Bf4 Bc5 43. Bg3 Ke6 44. Ke4 f5+ 45. Kd3 Bd6 46. Be1 fxg4
47. fxg4 Ke5 48. Bg3+ Kd5 49. Be1 Bc5 50. Bg3 Bd4 51. Be1 Bc5 52. Bg3 Bd6 53.
Be1 Bf4 54. Bc3 e6 55. Be1 Ke5 56. Bc3+ Kd5 57. Be1 e5 58. Bc3 e4+ 59. Ke2 Kc4
60. Bf6 Kd5 61. Bc3 Be5 62. Bd2 Bd4 63. Bf4 Ke6 64. Bg5 Ke5 65. Bd2 Bg1 66. Bg5
Bh2 67. Bd8 Kd5 68. Bf6 Bf4 69. Bc3 Ke6 70. Bd4 Ke7 71. Bc3 Kf7 72. Bd4 g5 73.
Bc3 Kg6 74. Bd4 h5 75. Bb6 h4 76. Bd8 Kf7 77. Kf2 Ke6 78. Ke2 Ke5 79. Bc7+ Kd5
80. Bd8 Kd4 81. Bb6+ Kd5 82. Bd8 Ke5 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.27"]
[Round "8.16"]
[White "Khismatullin, Denis"]
[Black "Bosiocic, Marin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2632"]
[BlackElo "2624"]
[ECO "A06"]
[Opening "Reti opening"]
[WhiteFideId "4142578"]
[BlackFideId "14507927"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. b3 Bd6 5. Bb2 O-O 6. Nc3 a6 7. g4 c5 8. g5 Ne4
9. cxd5 Nxc3 10. dxc3 b5 11. c4 Bc7 12. Bg2 Ba5+ 13. Ke2 bxc4 14. bxc4 exd5 15.
cxd5 Qb6 16. Qb3 Bb4 17. Ne5 a5 18. Be4 Ba6+ 19. Kf3 a4 20. Qc2 f5 21. Bd3 a3
22. Bc3 Qd6 23. Rhd1 Qxd5+ 24. Kg3 Qe6 25. Rac1 Bxd3 26. Nxd3 Na6 27. Nf4 Qf7
28. Ba1 Ba5 29. h4 Bc7 30. Qc3 Rfe8 31. Rd2 Re7 32. Qxa3 Qh5 33. f3 Rae8 34.
Qxa6 Rxe3 35. Qc4+ Kh8 36. Rf1 R8e4 37. Qxc5 Qg4+ 38. Kf2 Rxf3# 0-1

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.27"]
[Round "8.17"]
[White "Fressinet, Laurent"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2662"]
[BlackElo "2799"]
[ECO "C50"]
[Opening "Giuoco Piano"]
[WhiteFideId "608742"]
[BlackFideId "13401319"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 a6 7. a4 h6 8. Re1 O-O
9. h3 Re8 10. Nbd2 Qe7 11. Nf1 Be6 12. Bxe6 fxe6 13. d4 exd4 14. cxd4 Ba7 15.
Ng3 Qf7 16. Be3 Qg6 17. Qb3 Rab8 18. Qc2 Nd5 19. Kh2 Rf8 20. Nh4 Nxe3 21. fxe3
Qg5 22. Nf3 Qa5 23. Rf1 Rf7 24. Qb3 d5 25. e5 Ne7 26. Ne2 c5 27. dxc5 Bxc5 28.
Ned4 Qb6 29. Qxb6 Bxb6 30. a5 Ba7 31. Rac1 Nf5 32. Rfe1 Re8 33. Rc3 Bb8 34. Rec1
Ne7 35. Nxe6 Rxf3 36. gxf3 Bxe5+ 37. Kg1 Bxc3 38. Rxc3 Nf5 39. e4 Ng3 40. Nc7
Ne2+ 41. Kf2 Nxc3 42. Nxe8 Nb5 43. exd5 Kf7 44. Nxg7 Kxg7 45. Ke3 Kf6 46. Ke4 h5
47. f4 h4 48. Ke3 Kf5 49. Kf3 Nd4+ 50. Ke3 Nb5 51. Kf3 Nc7 52. d6 Nb5 53. d7
Nd4+ 54. Ke3 Nc6 55. Kf3 Ke6 56. Kg4 Kxd7 57. Kxh4 Nxa5 58. Kg5 Ke6 59. Kg6 Nc6
60. f5+ Ke5 61. f6 Ke6 62. h4 a5 63. Kg7 Ne5 0-1

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.27"]
[Round "8.18"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2805"]
[BlackElo "2683"]
[ECO "E06"]
[Opening "Catalan"]
[Variation "closed, 5.Nf3"]
[WhiteFideId "13300474"]
[BlackFideId "14200244"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. d4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4
Bd7 9. Qxc4 Bc6 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. Nc3 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 Qxd4 14. Qxd4
Bxd4 15. Bxb7 Ra7 16. Bg2 Nd7 17. Rfd1 c5 18. e3 Bf6 19. Rab1 Rb8 20. Ne4 Bxb2
21. Rd2 Be5 22. Rbd1 Nf6 23. Nxc5 a5 24. Rd8+ Kh7 25. Rxb8 Bxb8 26. Nb7 Bc7 27.
Rc1 Ne8 28. Kf1 Kg8 29. Rd1 Ra6 30. Rc1 Kf8 31. Nc5 Ra7 32. Nb3 e5 33. Nc5 Bd6
34. Nb7 Bc7 35. Rc5 Ke7 36. Ke2 Ra6 37. Bc6 Ra7 38. Bd5 Bb6 39. Rc2 Nd6 40. Nxd6
Kxd6 41. e4 Bc5 42. f4 f6 43. Kf3 Rc7 44. Kg4 Bd4 45. Rxc7 Kxc7 46. Kf5 Bg1 47.
h3 Bf2 48. fxe5 fxe5 49. g4 Bh4 50. Kxe5 Kd7 51. Kf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.27"]
[Round "8.19"]
[White "Duda, Jan-Krzysztof"]
[Black "Korobov, Anton"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[BlackElo "2652"]
[ECO "E12"]
[Opening "Queen's Indian"]
[Variation "Petrosian system"]
[WhiteFideId "1170546"]
[BlackFideId "14105730"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. a3 Ba6 5. Qc2 Bb7 6. Nc3 c5 7. e4 cxd4 8. Nxd4
Bc5 9. Nf3 Ng4 10. Nd1 Qf6 11. Rb1 Qg6 12. Bd3 Nf6 13. Ng5 Ng4 14. b4 Be7 15. h4
Nc6 16. Ne3 Nge5 17. Nf3 Nd4 18. Nxe5 Nxc2+ 19. Bxc2 Qh5 20. Bb2 f5 21. exf5 O-O
22. Nxd7 exf5 23. Nxf8 Rxf8 24. Rd1 f4 25. Nd5 Bxh4 26. Kd2 Qg5 27. f3 Bxd5 28.
cxd5 Qxg2+ 0-1

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.27"]
[Round "8.20"]
[White "Yu, Yangyi"]
[Black "Alekseev, Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2616"]
[ECO "E21"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian"]
[Variation "three knights variation"]
[WhiteFideId "8603820"]
[BlackFideId "4138147"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 b6 5. Qc2 Bb7 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. Qxc3 O-O 8. e3
d6 9. Be2 Ne4 10. Qc2 Nd7 11. O-O f5 12. Ne1 c5 13. f3 Ng5 14. b3 Qe7 15. Bb2
cxd4 16. exd4 e5 17. Rd1 Rae8 18. dxe5 dxe5 19. b4 f4 20. c5 bxc5 21. Bb5 Rd8
22. Qc4+ Nf7 23. Nd3 cxb4 24. axb4 a6 25. Bxd7 Qxd7 26. Bxe5 Bc6 27. Bb2 Qa7+
28. Nc5 Bb5 29. Qc3 Nd6 30. Rfe1 Nc4 31. Rxd8 Rxd8 32. Qxg7+ Qxg7 33. Bxg7 Ne3
34. Bh6 Rd2 35. Kh1 Bf1 36. Bxf4 Bxg2+ 1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.27"]
[Round "8.21"]
[White "Ding, Liren"]
[Black "Bocharov, Dmitry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2583"]
[ECO "E17"]
[Opening "Queen's Indian"]
[Variation "old main line, 6.O-O"]
[WhiteFideId "8603677"]
[BlackFideId "4138716"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Re1 d5 8. cxd5
exd5 9. Nc3 Na6 10. b3 c5 11. Bb2 Re8 12. Rc1 Bf8 13. e3 Nc7 14. Re2 Ne6 15. Rd2
Qb8 16. Rdc2 Rd8 17. Ne2 Ne4 18. h4 Qd6 19. Nd2 Nxd2 20. Rxd2 Qd7 21. Bh3 Qe8
22. Bg2 Qd7 23. dxc5 bxc5 24. Rd3 Rac8 25. Rc2 Nc7 26. Nf4 Qd6 27. Ba3 Qb6 28.
Bb2 Qd6 29. Bc3 Rd7 30. Ba5 Qe5 31. Rcd2 Ba6 32. Bxc7 Rcxc7 33. Rxd5 Rxd5 34.
Rxd5 Qe7 35. Bf1 Bb7 36. Rd8 Bc6 37. Bc4 g6 38. Rd2 Qe5 39. Nd5 Rc8 40. f4 Qe6
41. e4 Qh3 42. Qf3 Kh8 43. Rh2 Qd7 44. h5 Bg7 45. hxg6 fxg6 46. Rxh7+ Kxh7 47.
Qh1+ Kg8 48. Nf6+ Kf8 49. Nxd7+ Bxd7 50. Qh7 Bd4+ 51. Kg2 Be8 52. Qg8+ 1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.27"]
[Round "8.22"]
[White "Van Foreest, Jorden"]
[Black "Sjugirov, Sanan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2629"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[ECO "C53"]
[Opening "Giuoco Piano"]
[WhiteFideId "1039784"]
[BlackFideId "4189302"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. O-O a6 7. a4 d6 8. Bg5 h6
9. Bh4 g5 10. Bg3 Bg4 11. b4 Ba7 12. Na3 Nh5 13. Nc2 Qf6 14. Ne3 Bxf3 15. Qxf3
Qxf3 16. gxf3 Ne7 17. Rfd1 Kg7 18. d4 exd4 19. cxd4 f5 20. exf5 Nxf5 21. Nxf5+
Rxf5 22. Be6 Nxg3 23. hxg3 Rxf3 24. Bd5 Rc3 25. Bxb7 Rb8 26. Bxa6 Rxb4 27. Kg2
Rxd4 28. Rxd4 Bxd4 29. Ra2 Rc5 30. a5 Bc3 31. Rc2 Rxa5 32. Rxc3 Rxa6 33. Rxc7+
Kf6 34. Rh7 Kg6 35. Re7 Kf5 36. Kf3 d5 37. g4+ Kf6 38. Re8 Re6 39. Rd8 Ke5 40.
Ke3 Ra6 41. Re8+ Kd6 42. Rh8 Kc5 43. Kd3 Ra3+ 44. Ke2 Ra2+ 45. Ke3 Ra3+ 46. Ke2
Ra2+ 47. Ke3 d4+ 48. Kf3 Ra6 49. Ke4 Re6+ 50. Kd3 Rf6 51. Rc8+ Kd5 52. Ke2 Ke5
53. Re8+ Kf4 54. Rd8 Re6+ 55. Kf1 Ke4 56. Ke2 Ra6 57. f3+ Ke5 58. Rf8 Ra2+ 59.
Kd3 Ra3+ 60. Kd2 Ke6 61. Rf5 Rb3 62. Rf8 Ke7 63. Rf5 Ra3 64. Rd5 Rxf3 65. Rxd4
Ke6 66. Ke2 Rf4 67. Ke3 Rf1 68. Ra4 Kd5 69. Ra5+ Kc4 70. Ra6 Rh1 71. Rd6 Kc5 72.
Rd8 Rh3+ 73. Kf2 Kc4 74. Kg2 Rd3 75. Rh8 Rd6 76. Kg3 Kd3 77. Re8 Kd2 78. Re7
Rd3+ 79. Kf2 Rd4 80. Kg3 Rd3+ 81. Kf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.27"]
[Round "8.23"]
[White "Ni, Hua"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran L."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2671"]
[BlackElo "2601"]
[ECO "E73"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "Averbakh system"]
[WhiteFideId "8601160"]
[BlackFideId "13301616"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. d4 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. e4 Nf6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Bg5 c6 7. Nf3 Nbd7 8. O-O
e5 9. Qd2 Re8 10. d5 Nc5 11. Qc2 a5 12. Rfd1 Qc7 13. Nd2 h6 14. Be3 Ng4 15. Bxg4
Bxg4 16. f3 Bd7 17. a3 Na6 18. Rab1 c5 19. g4 Qd8 20. Nf1 Rf8 21. Ng3 Qe8 22. h4
b5 23. cxb5 Bxb5 24. Qd2 Kh7 25. h5 Bd7 26. Kg2 g5 27. Nf5 Bxf5 28. exf5 f6 29.
Ne4 Qd8 30. Qe1 Qb6 31. b3 Rfb8 32. Qe2 Qd8 33. Qc4 Nc7 34. Nc3 Na6 35. Rb2 Bf8
36. Rdb1 Be7 37. Ne4 Qd7 38. Bd2 Qb5 39. Qxb5 Rxb5 40. a4 Rb4 41. Bxb4 Nxb4 42.
Rd2 Kg7 43. Kf2 Kf7 44. Ke2 Ke8 45. Rc1 Kd7 46. Rc4 Na6 47. Rd1 Rb8 48. Rc3 Nb4
49. Rc4 Na6 50. Rd3 Nb4 51. Rd2 Na6 52. Rc3 Nb4 53. Kd1 Bd8 54. Re3 Na6 55. Kc2
Rb4 56. Rc3 Rd4 57. Rxd4 exd4 58. Rc4 Nc7 59. Kd2 Nxd5 60. Rc1 Be7 61. Nf2 Ne3
62. Nd1 Nd5 63. Nb2 Bd8 64. Re1 Nf4 65. Nd3 Nd5 66. Re6 Nc7 67. Re1 Nd5 68. Nb2
Nf4 69. Nd3 Nd5 70. Re6 Nc7 71. Re2 Nd5 72. Nb2 Nf4 73. Re1 Nd5 74. Nc4 Nf4 75.
Nb2 Nd5 76. Nd3 Ne3 77. Nf2 d5 78. Nd1 Bc7 79. Nxe3 Bf4 80. Kd3 dxe3 81. Rc1 Kc6
82. Rc2 Kb6 83. Rc1 Kc6 84. Rc2 Kb6 85. Rc1 Kc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.27"]
[Round "8.24"]
[White "Amonatov, Farrukh"]
[Black "Kokarev, Dmitry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2636"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[ECO "B23"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "closed"]
[WhiteFideId "14700077"]
[BlackFideId "4132181"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. f4 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bb5+ Bd7 6. a4 Nc6 7. O-O e6 8. Bxc6
Bxc6 9. Kh1 Nf6 10. d3 O-O 11. Be3 b6 12. Qe1 d5 13. e5 d4 14. exf6 Bxf6 15. Ne5
Bb7 16. Bd2 dxc3 17. Bxc3 Rc8 18. Ng4 Bd4 19. Qg3 f6 20. Rae1 Rc6 21. Re2 Kh8
22. Rfe1 Bc8 23. Qh4 f5 24. Qxd8 Rxd8 25. Ne5 Bxe5 26. Rxe5 Kg8 27. b3 Kf7 28.
h3 Rd5 29. R5e3 a6 30. g4 b5 31. axb5 axb5 32. Be5 Ra6 33. Kh2 Ra2 34. R1e2 Bb7
35. Kg3 Rd7 36. Kh4 h6 37. Bc3 Bd5 38. gxf5 exf5 39. Re8 Rxc2 40. Rxc2 Kxe8 41.
b4 cxb4 42. Bxb4 Be6 43. Rc8+ Rd8 44. Rxd8+ Kxd8 45. Bf8 Ke8 46. Bb4 Bb3 47. Kg3
Bc2 48. d4 Be4 49. h4 Kf7 50. Kf2 Ke6 51. Ke3 Kd5 52. Bf8 Kc4 53. d5 h5 54. d6
Bc6 55. Bg7 b4 56. Be5 Ba4 57. Kd2 Kd5 58. Ke3 Bb5 59. Bg7 b3 60. Be5 Kc4 61.
Bb2 Kc5 62. d7 Bxd7 63. Kd3 Bb5+ 64. Kd2 g5 65. fxg5 Be8 66. Ke3 Bg6 67. Ba1 1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.27"]
[Round "8.25"]
[White "Amin, Bassem"]
[Black "Zhigalko, Sergei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2689"]
[BlackElo "2641"]
[ECO "B30"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Nimzovich-Rossolimo attack (without ...d6)"]
[WhiteFideId "10601457"]
[BlackFideId "13502956"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. Nc3 Qc7 5. O-O Nd4 6. Re1 a6 7. e5 Nxb5 8.
exf6 Nxc3 9. fxg7 Bxg7 10. dxc3 d6 11. Qd3 h6 12. Nh4 Be5 13. f4 Bf6 14. Nf5
Bxf5 15. Qxf5 Kd8 16. Be3 Qd7 17. Qh5 Rh7 18. Rad1 Kc7 19. Bxc5 Qb5 20. Rd5 Qxb2
21. Bd4 Bxd4+ 22. Rxd4 e6 23. Rc4+ Kd7 24. Rb4 Qxc3 25. Rxb7+ Kc6 26. Reb1 Qc5+
27. Qxc5+ Kxc5 28. Rc7+ Kd5 29. Rd1+ Ke4 30. Rc4+ Kf5 31. Rxd6 Rhh8 32. Rd7 Kf6
33. Rcc7 Rhf8 34. Kf2 Rab8 35. Ke3 Rb5 36. a4 Ra5 37. Rd4 Rg8 38. Kf3 h5 39. g3
Rb8 40. h3 Kg6 41. g4 hxg4+ 42. hxg4 Rh8 43. Kg3 Rh1 44. Kg2 Rh8 45. Rc6 Kg7 46.
Rc7 Kg6 47. c3 Rb8 48. Kf3 Rh8 49. Ke2 Rh2+ 50. Kd3 Rg2 51. Rdd7 Rxg4 52. Rxf7
Rg3+ 53. Kd4 Rf3 54. Ke4 Rxc3 55. Rg7+ Kh6 56. Rh7+ Kg6 57. Rhg7+ Kh6 58. Rh7+
Kg6 59. Rxc3 Kxh7 60. Rc4 Kg6 61. Rb4 Kf6 62. Rc4 Ke7 63. Kd3 Rd5+ 64. Rd4 Rc5
65. Rc4 Rf5 66. Rd4 Kf6 67. Kc4 Ke7 68. Kb4 a5+ 69. Kc4 Kf6 70. Kd3 Ke7 71. Ke4 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.27"]
[Round "8.26"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Adhiban, Baskaran"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[ECO "B75"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "dragon, Yugoslav attack"]
[WhiteFideId "605506"]
[BlackFideId "5018471"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 a6 8. Qd2
Nbd7 9. a4 Ne5 10. Be2 Bd7 11. a5 Rc8 12. g4 Nc4 13. Bxc4 Rxc4 14. g5 Nh5 15.
Nd5 O-O 16. Nb6 Rc7 17. O-O-O Be6 18. Kb1 Qe8 19. Qb4 Bh3 20. Qa3 Rc5 21. Rhe1
f6 22. gxf6 Nxf6 23. Ne2 Rc6 24. Nf4 Bd7 25. h4 Kh8 26. Qb3 Qf7 27. Qxf7 Rxf7
28. e5 dxe5 29. Nxd7 Nxd7 30. Rxd7 exf4 31. Bf2 Bf6 32. Rxb7 Rf8 33. Rb6 Rfc8
34. c3 Kg7 35. Re6 Rxe6 36. Rxe6 Ra8 37. Kc2 h6 38. b4 g5 39. h5 Kf7 40. Rc6 g4
41. fxg4 Rg8 42. Rxa6 Rxg4 43. Kd3 Rg2 44. Bc5 f3 45. Rxf6+ Kxf6 46. a6 Ra2 47.
b5 Ke6 48. Ke4 Ra5 49. a7 Kd7 50. Kxf3 Kc8 51. Ke4 Kb7 52. c4 Ra4 53. Kd5 e6+
54. Kd4 Ra2 55. Kd3 Rh2 56. Be3 Rxh5 57. b6 Ra5 58. c5 h5 59. Ke4 h4 60. Kf3 h3
61. Kf2 e5 62. Kg1 Ra3 63. Bh6 Rc3 64. Bf8 Rc2 65. Bd6 e4 66. Kf1 e3 67. Ke1
Rxc5 0-1

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.27"]
[Round "8.27"]
[White "Fedorchuk, Sergey A."]
[Black "Salem, A.R. Saleh"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2648"]
[BlackElo "2638"]
[ECO "B53"]
[Opening "Sicilian, Chekhover variation"]
[WhiteFideId "14102536"]
[BlackFideId "9301348"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nf6 5. Bb5+ Nbd7 6. c4 g6 7. Nc3 Bg7 8.
Bxd7+ Bxd7 9. h3 O-O 10. Qd3 a6 11. a4 Qc7 12. Bg5 Rac8 13. Nd2 Be6 14. b3 Qa5
15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Rc1 b5 17. axb5 axb5 18. O-O bxc4 19. Nxc4 Bxc4 20. bxc4 Bxc3
21. Rxc3 Rc5 22. Rb3 Rc7 23. Rfb1 Qa6 24. Rb5 Rfc8 25. R1b4 Qa1+ 26. Kh2 Qa2 27.
Rb2 Qxc4 28. Qxc4 Rxc4 29. e5 dxe5 30. Rxe5 e6 31. g3 Rd4 32. h4 Kg7 33. Kg2 Rc7
34. Reb5 Rdd7 35. h5 Kf6 36. R2b3 Rc2 37. hxg6 hxg6 38. Rb7 Rxb7 39. Rxb7 g5 40.
g4 Rd2 41. Kg3 Rd6 42. Ra7 e5 43. f3 Ke6 44. Kf2 f6 45. Ke3 Rb6 46. Ra8 Rb3+ 47.
Ke4 Rb4+ 48. Ke3 Rf4 49. Ra6+ Kd7 50. Ra7+ Ke6 51. Ra6+ Kf7 52. Ra7+ Kg6 53. Ra6
Rd4 54. Ra7 Rb4 55. Rc7 Rf4 56. Rc6 Kf7 57. Rc7+ Ke6 58. Rc6+ Ke7 59. Rc7+ Kd6
60. Ra7 e4 61. Ra6+ Ke7 62. Ra7+ Ke6 63. Ra6+ Kf7 64. Ra7+ Kg6 65. fxe4 Rxg4 66.
Ra6 Kf7 67. Ra7+ Ke8 68. Ra8+ Kd7 69. Ra7+ Kd8 70. Ra8+ Kc7 71. Ra7+ Kb6 72. Rg7
Rg1 73. Rg6 Re1+ 74. Kd3 Rf1 75. e5 Kc7 76. exf6 Kd7 77. Ke4 Ke6 78. Rxg5 Rxf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.27"]
[Round "8.28"]
[White "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Mchedlishvili, Mikheil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2691"]
[BlackElo "2603"]
[ECO "B08"]
[Opening "Pirc"]
[Variation "classical (two knights) system"]
[WhiteFideId "24101605"]
[BlackFideId "13600966"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Be3 c6 6. a4 O-O 7. h3 Nbd7 8. a5 e5
9. dxe5 dxe5 10. Qd6 Ne8 11. Qa3 Bf6 12. Rd1 Qe7 13. Qa2 Nc5 14. Bc4 Nc7 15. Qa3
Nd7 16. Qxe7 Bxe7 17. Bh6 Re8 18. Ng5 Bxg5 19. Bxg5 Kg7 20. O-O Nf8 21. Rd6 Be6
22. Be2 Rec8 23. Be3 Nb5 24. Nxb5 cxb5 25. c3 a6 26. Rfd1 Rc6 27. Rxc6 bxc6 28.
c4 bxc4 29. Rc1 Nd7 30. Bxc4 Bxc4 31. Rxc4 c5 32. Rc3 Kf6 33. Bxc5 Nxc5 34. Rxc5
Rb8 35. Rc6+ Ke7 36. Rxa6 Rxb2 37. Rc6 Re2 38. f3 h5 39. a6 Ra2 40. Rc7+ Ke6 41.
a7 h4 42. Kf1 f5 43. Ke1 fxe4 44. fxe4 Kd6 45. Rg7 Kc5 46. Rd7 Kc4 47. Kf1 Kc3
48. Kg1 Kc4 49. Kh2 Ra1 50. Rd5 Rxa7 51. Rxe5 Kd4 52. Rg5 Kxe4 53. Rxg6 Kf5 54.
Rg4 Rh7 55. Kg1 Rh8 56. Kf2 Rh7 57. Kf3 Rh8 58. Ra4 Kg5 59. Ra5+ Kf6 60. Kf4 Rb8
61. Ra6+ Kf7 62. Ra7+ Kf6 63. Ra6+ Kf7 64. Ra4 Kf6 65. Kf3 Rb3+ 66. Kf4 Rg3 67.
Ra2 Kf7 68. Kf5 Kg7 69. Ra7+ Kf8 70. Kf6 Kg8 71. Ra2 Kh7 72. Ra4 Rg6+ 73. Kf7
Rg7+ 74. Kf6 Rg6+ 75. Kf5 Rh6 76. Ra7+ Kg8 77. Ke4 1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.27"]
[Round "8.29"]
[White "Anton Guijarro, David"]
[Black "Laznicka, Viktor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2666"]
[BlackElo "2647"]
[ECO "A06"]
[Opening "Reti"]
[Variation "Nimzovich-Larsen attack"]
[WhiteFideId "2285525"]
[BlackFideId "316385"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. b3 Bg4 3. Bb2 Bxf3 4. exf3 Nf6 5. g3 g6 6. Bg2 Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8. f4
e6 9. d4 c5 10. dxc5 Nc6 11. a3 a5 12. c4 dxc4 13. bxc4 a4 14. Nd2 Qa5 15. Bxf6
Bxf6 16. Ne4 Bxa1 17. Qxa1 Rfd8 18. Nf6+ Kf8 19. Nxh7+ Kg8 20. Nf6+ Kf8 21. Ne4
Nd4 22. h4 Kg8 23. Kh2 Qc7 24. Qb2 Rab8 25. Rd1 e5 26. Rd3 Kg7 27. Nd6 Qxc5 28.
Nxb7 Qxc4 29. Rc3 Qa6 30. Rc7 Qf6 31. fxe5 Qxe5 32. Qc3 Rh8 33. Qc4 Rxh4+ 34.
Bh3 Nf3+ 0-1

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.27"]
[Round "8.30"]
[White "Demchenko, Anton"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2789"]
[ECO "B51"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Canal-Sokolsky (Nimzovich-Rossolimo, Moscow) attack"]
[WhiteFideId "4160258"]
[BlackFideId "623539"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. d4 cxd4 5. Qxd4 a6 6. Bxd7+ Bxd7 7. Nc3 e5 8.
Qd3 Rc8 9. O-O Qc7 10. a4 Be7 11. Rd1 h6 12. Nd2 Nf6 13. Nf1 O-O 14. Ne3 Be6 15.
a5 Rfd8 16. Qe2 g6 17. Bd2 Qc6 18. Be1 Kg7 19. Qf3 Rd7 20. b3 b5 21. axb6 Qxb6
22. Qe2 Rdc7 23. Rxa6 Qb7 24. Qb5 Qxb5 25. Nxb5 Rb7 26. Nxd6 Bxd6 27. Raxd6 Nxe4
28. Rd8 Rc6 29. f3 Nf6 30. R8d6 Rc5 31. Ra6 e4 32. Rd8 exf3 33. gxf3 g5 34. Ra5
Rc6 35. Bg3 Nh5 36. Bd6 Nf4 37. Rc5 Rxc5 38. Bxc5 Kg6 39. Kf2 Nh3+ 40. Ke2 Ng1+
41. Kf2 Nh3+ 42. Kf1 h5 43. b4 f5 44. c4 f4 45. Nd5 g4 46. Kg2 gxf3+ 47. Kxf3
Bg4+ 48. Kg2 Rf7 49. Rd6+ Kf5 50. Rd8 Ng5 51. Rf8 Rxf8 52. Bxf8 Be2 53. b5 Bxc4
54. Nc3 Kg4 55. Bc5 Nh3 56. Nd1 f3+ 57. Kh1 Bxb5 58. Nf2+ Nxf2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.27"]
[Round "8.31"]
[White "Potkin, Vladimir"]
[Black "Kryvoruchko, Yuriy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2574"]
[BlackElo "2689"]
[ECO "E11"]
[Opening "Bogo-Indian defence, Gruenfeld variation"]
[WhiteFideId "4131061"]
[BlackFideId "14109182"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 O-O 5. a3 Be7 6. e4 d6 7. Be2 Nbd7 8. Qc2
e5 9. Nb1 c6 10. Nc3 exd4 11. Nxd4 d5 12. exd5 cxd5 13. cxd5 Nb6 14. O-O Nbxd5
15. Nxd5 Qxd5 16. Rd1 Bg4 17. Bxg4 Nxg4 18. h3 Nf6 19. Nf5 Qe6 20. Bf4 Rfc8 21.
Nxe7+ Qxe7 22. Qb3 b6 23. Re1 Qb7 24. Be5 Nd7 25. Bxg7 Kxg7 26. Re7 Rf8 27. Rd1
Rad8 28. Qg3+ Kh8 29. Qc3+ Kg8 30. Rd3 f6 31. Qc4+ Kh8 32. Qh4 1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.27"]
[Round "8.32"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Miton, Kamil"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2694"]
[BlackElo "2584"]
[ECO "C10"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "Fort Knox variation"]
[WhiteFideId "14103320"]
[BlackFideId "1111914"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bd7 5. Nf3 Bc6 6. Bd3 Nd7 7. c3 Bxe4 8.
Bxe4 c6 9. Qe2 Ngf6 10. Bc2 Bd6 11. Bg5 Qc7 12. g3 O-O 13. O-O h6 14. Bd2 c5 15.
Rad1 Rfe8 16. Rfe1 a6 17. dxc5 Bxc5 18. Bf4 e5 19. Bc1 Ng4 20. Rf1 Ndf6 21. Nd2
e4 22. Nc4 b5 23. Ne3 Bxe3 24. Bxe3 Nxe3 25. Qxe3 Red8 26. Bxe4 Rxd1 27. Rxd1
Re8 28. Rd4 a5 29. Qd3 b4 30. Bf3 bxc3 31. bxc3 Rc8 32. Kg2 Qc5 33. c4 g6 34.
Rf4 Qe5 35. Qd4 Qxd4 36. Rxd4 Kf8 37. Kf1 Ke7 38. Ke2 Nd7 39. Ke3 Rb8 40. Rd2
Rb4 41. Kd4 Kd6 42. Bd5 f6 43. Kc3 Kc7 44. f4 Nc5 45. Re2 Ra4 46. Bf7 g5 47.
fxg5 fxg5 48. Bd5 Kd6 49. Kd4 Ra3 50. Rd2 h5 51. Bf7 h4 52. gxh4 gxh4 53. Bg6
Rf3 54. Bh5 Ra3 55. Bg4 a4 56. Bf5 Rf3 57. Bd3 Ne6+ 58. Ke4 Ng5+ 59. Kd4 Ne6+
60. Ke4 Ng5+ 61. Kd4 Ne6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.27"]
[Round "8.33"]
[White "Georgiev, Kiril"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2623"]
[BlackElo "2678"]
[ECO "A46"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[WhiteFideId "2900017"]
[BlackFideId "400025"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bf4 d5 4. e3 Bd6 5. Bg3 b6 6. c4 Bb7 7. Nc3 O-O 8. Rc1 a6
9. cxd5 exd5 10. Be2 Qe7 11. O-O Nbd7 12. Qc2 Bxg3 13. hxg3 Rfe8 14. Qf5 g6 15.
Qf4 Nf8 16. Rfd1 Ne6 17. Qh4 Kg7 18. Bd3 c5 19. dxc5 bxc5 20. Ne2 Nd7 21. Qxe7
Rxe7 22. b3 Rc8 23. Kf1 Kf6 24. Rc2 Nb6 25. Nd2 c4 26. bxc4 Nc5 27. Rb1 Nba4 28.
Nf4 Nxd3 29. Nxd3 a5 30. Nb2 Nxb2 31. Rcxb2 Ba6 32. Ke1 Bxc4 33. Nf3 Bd3 34. Rd1
Be4 35. Kf1 Rec7 36. Nd4 Rc1 37. Rd2 R8c3 38. f3 Rxd1+ 39. Rxd1 Bd3+ 40. Kf2 Bc4
41. Rd2 a4 42. Nc6 Ke6 43. Nb4 f5 44. g4 fxg4 45. fxg4 g5 46. Nc2 Ke5 47. Nd4
Ra3 48. Nc6+ Kd6 49. Nb4 Kc5 50. Rb2 Rc3 51. g3 a3 52. Rb1 h6 53. Ke1 Rxe3+ 54.
Kf2 Rc3 0-1

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.27"]
[Round "8.34"]
[White "Howell, David W L"]
[Black "Meier, Georg"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2676"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[ECO "A10"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[WhiteFideId "410608"]
[BlackFideId "4675789"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. c4 b6 2. Nc3 Bb7 3. d4 e6 4. a3 Nf6 5. Nf3 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Qc2 Nxc3 8.
Qxc3 Nd7 9. Bg5 Qc8 10. Rc1 Bd6 11. e3 O-O 12. Be2 c5 13. O-O Bd5 14. Nd2 h6 15.
Bh4 Qc7 16. Bg3 Bxg3 17. hxg3 Rac8 18. Bf3 Bxf3 19. Nxf3 Qb7 20. Rfd1 Rfd8 21.
Qb3 cxd4 22. Rxc8 Rxc8 23. Nxd4 Nc5 24. Qc4 Nd7 25. Qe2 a6 26. Qf3 Qxf3 27. gxf3
Rc7 28. Kf1 Kf8 29. f4 Ke7 30. Ke2 b5 31. Rd2 g6 32. Rc2 Rxc2+ 33. Nxc2 Kd6 34.
e4 e5 35. fxe5+ Nxe5 36. f4 Nc6 37. Kd3 h5 38. Ne1 Na5 39. Nf3 Nc4 40. Kc3 Ne3
41. Nd2 Ng2 42. Nf3 Ne3 43. Nd2 Ng2 44. Nf3 Ne3 45. Nd2 Ng2 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.27"]
[Round "8.35"]
[White "Malakhov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Li, Chao b"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2686"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[ECO "A05"]
[Opening "Reti"]
[Variation "King's Indian attack"]
[WhiteFideId "4120787"]
[BlackFideId "8604436"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. b3 Bg7 4. Bb2 c5 5. c4 d6 6. Bg2 e5 7. O-O O-O 8. Nc3 Nc6
9. d3 Rb8 10. e3 h6 11. h3 Re8 12. Nd2 Be6 13. Nde4 a6 14. Nxf6+ Bxf6 15. Qd2
Qd7 16. Kh2 b5 17. Nd5 Bg7 18. f4 f5 19. Rae1 Kh7 20. e4 Rf8 21. exf5 gxf5 22.
Ne3 Ne7 23. h4 b4 24. Nd5 Nc6 25. Bh3 a5 26. Rf2 Rf7 27. Ref1 Rbf8 28. Bg2 Rg8
29. Ne3 Ne7 30. Bd5 Bxd5 31. cxd5 Bf6 32. fxe5 Bxe5 33. Rf3 f4 34. gxf4 Bxb2 35.
Qxb2 Nf5 36. Nxf5 Qxf5 37. Qf2 Rg4 38. Rg1 Rfg7 39. Rxg4 Rxg4 40. Qe1 Qf6 41.
Kh3 h5 42. f5 Kg7 43. Qf2 Qa1 44. Kh2 Kf6 45. Re3 Qd4 46. Re6+ Kf7 47. Qxd4 Rxd4
48. Rxd6 Rxd3 49. Ra6 Rxd5 50. Rxa5 Kf6 51. a3 bxa3 52. Rxa3 Kxf5 53. Ra4 Ke5
54. Rc4 Rd2+ 55. Kg1 Kd5 56. Rf4 Re2 57. Kf1 Re3 58. Rf5+ Kd4 59. Rxh5 Rxb3 60.
Ke2 c4 61. Kd2 Rb2+ 62. Kc1 Rh2 63. Rg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.27"]
[Round "8.36"]
[White "Moiseenko, Alexander"]
[Black "Melkumyan, Hrant"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2667"]
[BlackElo "2633"]
[ECO "A45"]
[Opening "Trompovsky attack (Ruth, Opovcensky opening)"]
[WhiteFideId "14102560"]
[BlackFideId "13302485"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 3. Bf4 c5 4. f3 Nf6 5. d5 d6 6. e4 g6 7. Nc3 Bg7 8. Qd2 a6
9. a4 Nbd7 10. Bh6 Bxh6 11. Qxh6 Qa5 12. Ra3 Nb6 13. Be2 Bd7 14. Qd2 g5 15. h4
g4 16. f4 O-O-O 17. h5 e6 18. dxe6 Bxe6 19. Nb1 Qb4 20. a5 Qxb2 21. Qd1 Nc4 22.
Rb3 Qa1 23. Bxc4 Bxc4 24. Ra3 Qb2 25. Ne2 Rhe8 26. O-O Rxe4 27. Nec3 Rd4 28. Qc1
Qxc1 29. Rxc1 Nxh5 30. Na4 Nxf4 31. Nbc3 Kc7 32. Re1 Rd2 33. Nb6 Rxg2+ 34. Kh1
g3 35. Ncd5+ Nxd5 36. Kxg2 Nxb6 37. axb6+ Kxb6 38. Kxg3 Rg8+ 39. Kf2 Kc6 40. Rh3
Bd5 41. Ke3 Re8+ 42. Kd2 Rxe1 43. Kxe1 Be4 44. Kd2 b5 45. Ra3 Kb6 46. Re3 d5 47.
Rg3 Bg6 48. Re3 Be4 49. Rg3 b4 50. Rg8 Kb7 51. Re8 a5 52. Re7+ Kb6 53. Rxf7 a4
54. Rf8 Kb5 55. Kc1 a3 56. Rg8 Kc4 57. Rg3 d4 58. Kb1 d3 59. cxd3+ Bxd3+ 60. Ka2
Kc3 61. Rg2 c4 62. Rh2 h5 63. Rb2 Bc2 0-1

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.27"]
[Round "8.37"]
[White "Nguyen, Ngoc Truong Son"]
[Black "Socko, Bartosz"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2593"]
[ECO "A46"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[WhiteFideId "12401110"]
[BlackFideId "1107038"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bf4 b6 4. e3 Bb7 5. Nbd2 c5 6. Nc4 d5 7. Nce5 Bd6 8. Bb5+
Ke7 9. Ng5 Rf8 10. O-O a6 11. Be2 h6 12. Ngf3 Nc6 13. dxc5 bxc5 14. c4 Nxe5 15.
Bxe5 Bxe5 16. Nxe5 Qc7 17. Nf3 Rfd8 18. cxd5 Rxd5 19. Qc2 Rad8 20. Rfd1 Ng4 21.
h3 Rxd1+ 22. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 23. Bxd1 Ne5 24. Nxe5 Qxe5 25. Be2 f5 26. Bf1 Kf6 27.
Qb3 Bd5 28. Qa3 a5 29. f4 Qe4 30. Qxc5 Bxa2 31. Kf2 Bd5 32. Qd4+ Qxd4 33. exd4
Ke7 34. Ke3 Kd6 35. g3 Kc6 36. Kd2 Kd6 37. Ke3 Kc6 38. g4 fxg4 39. hxg4 g5 40.
fxg5 hxg5 41. Bd3 Kd6 42. Be2 Bg2 43. Bc4 Bc6 44. Kf2 e5 45. dxe5+ Kxe5 46. Ke3
Bd7 47. Be2 Kd5 48. Bf3+ Kc4 49. Bd1 Bc6 50. Bc2 Bb7 51. Bd1 Bc6 52. Bc2 Be8 53.
Bd1 Bg6 54. Ba4 Bh7 55. Bd1 Bg6 56. Ba4 Bh7 57. Bd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.27"]
[Round "8.38"]
[White "Movsesian, Sergei"]
[Black "Rakhmanov, Aleksandr"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2647"]
[BlackElo "2653"]
[ECO "B29"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Nimzovich-Rubinstein variation"]
[WhiteFideId "310204"]
[BlackFideId "4173708"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bb5+ Bd7 5. Bxd7+ Qxd7 6. e5 Ng8 7. O-O e6 8.
d4 Nc6 9. Ne2 cxd4 10. Nexd4 Nxd4 11. Nxd4 Ne7 12. Qg4 Rc8 13. c3 Nc6 14. Nf3
Ne7 15. Be3 Rc4 16. Bd4 a6 17. Rad1 Nf5 18. b3 Rc8 19. c4 dxc4 20. Bc5 Qb5 21.
Bxf8 Rxf8 22. Rc1 c3 23. Rfd1 h6 24. Qe4 Ne7 25. Nd4 Qb6 26. Ne2 Nd5 27. Qg4 Qa5
28. Qxg7 Qxa2 29. Nd4 c2 30. Re1 Qb2 31. Qg4 Kd7 32. Qe4 Rc5 33. Rxc2 Rxc2 34.
Nxc2 Rc8 35. Ne3 Rc1 36. Rxc1 Qxc1+ 37. Nf1 b5 38. Qf3 Ke7 39. g3 a5 40. Qg4 Qc3
41. Qh4+ Kd7 42. Qxh6 Qxb3 43. Qf8 a4 44. Qd6+ Kc8 45. Qc6+ Nc7 46. Qc1 b4 47.
Nd2 Qc3 48. Qd1 Qd4 49. Qc1 a3 50. Nb3 Qxe5 51. h4 Kd7 52. Nc5+ Kd8 53. Nd3 Qd4
54. Nc5 a2 55. Nb3 Qd3 56. Qg5+ Ke8 57. Qg8+ Ke7 58. Qg5+ f6 59. Qg7+ Kd6 60.
Qf8+ Ke5 61. Qxb4 Qxb3 62. Qxb3 a1=Q+ 63. Kg2 Qa8+ 64. Kh2 Nd5 65. Qf3 f5 66.
Qe2+ Kd6 67. f4 Qa1 68. h5 Ke7 69. Qf3 Qb2+ 70. Kh3 Kf7 71. Kh4 Qf6+ 72. Kh3 Qc3
73. Qf2 Kg7 74. Kh4 Qf6+ 75. Kh3 Kh6 76. Qe2 Qf7 77. Kg2 Nf6 78. Qe5 Kxh5 79.
Kh3 Kg6 80. Qb8 Kg7 81. Kg2 Ne4 82. Qe5+ Qf6 83. Qc7+ Kh6 84. Qc8 Kh7 85. Qe8
Qb2+ 86. Kh3 Nf2+ 87. Kh4 Qf6+ 0-1

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.27"]
[Round "8.39"]
[White "Halkias, Stelios"]
[Black "Savchenko, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2571"]
[BlackElo "2566"]
[ECO "A15"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[WhiteFideId "4201809"]
[BlackFideId "4147332"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. h4 c5 8. h5
Nc6 9. hxg6 hxg6 10. Ng5 e6 11. Nge4 b6 12. d3 Bb7 13. Bg5 f6 14. Bd2 Nce7 15.
Qb3 Rb8 16. O-O-O Qd7 17. g4 g5 18. Nxd5 Bxd5 19. Qc2 Nc6 20. e3 f5 21. gxf5
exf5 22. Bc3 Nb4 23. Bxb4 cxb4 24. Kb1 Rbc8 25. Qd2 fxe4 26. Qxb4 Rxf2 27. dxe4
Rcc2 0-1

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.27"]
[Round "8.40"]
[White "Bortnyk, Olexandr"]
[Black "Almasi, Zoltan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2682"]
[ECO "C77"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Wormald (Alapin) attack"]
[WhiteFideId "14120828"]
[BlackFideId "702293"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. Qe2 b5 6. Bb3 Be7 7. c3 d6 8. O-O
O-O 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d3 Re8 12. Rd1 h6 13. Nbd2 Bf8 14. Nf1 d5 15. exd5
Qxd5 16. Ng3 Bb7 17. Ne4 Qe6 18. Re1 Nxe4 19. dxe4 Rac8 20. Be3 Nc4 21. Bc1 Nd6
22. b3 a5 23. a4 b4 24. c4 f6 25. Nh2 Rcd8 26. Ng4 h5 27. Nh2 Qf7 28. Nf1 Rd7
29. h4 g6 30. Ng3 Nc8 31. Be3 Na7 32. Rad1 Nc6 33. Rxd7 Qxd7 34. Rf1 Nd4 35.
Bxd4 cxd4 36. Bd3 Bh6 37. Qc2 Kg7 38. Ne2 Qc6 39. Re1 f5 40. Ng3 Rc8 41. Nf1 f4
42. Nh2 Qc5 43. Nf3 Rc7 44. Kf1 Bc8 45. Ke2 Bg4 46. Rh1 Kh7 47. Kd2 Qe7 48. Qd1
Bg7 49. Qg1 Bxf3 50. gxf3 Bf6 51. Qh2 Rc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.27"]
[Round "8.41"]
[White "Eljanov, Pavel"]
[Black "Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2711"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[ECO "A37"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "symmetrical variation"]
[WhiteFideId "14102951"]
[BlackFideId "5029465"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. c4 c5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. Nf3 d6 6. O-O e6 7. e3 Nge7 8. d4 O-O
9. Re1 h6 10. d5 Na5 11. Qd3 b6 12. e4 Ba6 13. b3 g5 14. h4 g4 15. Nh2 h5 16.
Bg5 Qd7 17. dxe6 fxe6 18. e5 d5 19. Ne4 Bxe5 20. Nxc5 bxc5 21. Rxe5 Nac6 22.
Ree1 Rae8 23. Rad1 Nf5 24. Qd2 Ncd4 25. Bh6 Rf6 26. Bf4 dxc4 27. Be5 Rg6 28.
bxc4 Bxc4 29. Bxd4 cxd4 30. Re5 d3 31. Nf1 Qd6 32. Rde1 Rc8 33. Ra5 Ba6 34. Ne3
Rc5 35. Rxc5 Qxc5 36. Rc1 Qe5 37. Re1 Nd4 38. Kh1 Qf6 39. Qb2 Nf3 40. Qb8+ Qf8
41. Rb1 Qxb8 42. Rxb8+ Kh7 43. Rd8 e5 44. Bxf3 gxf3 45. Kh2 Rb6 46. g4 Rb4 47.
Kg3 Rd4 48. Rxd4 exd4 49. Nf1 hxg4 50. Kxg4 Bb7 51. Kf4 Kg6 52. Ke5 Kh5 53. Kxd4
Kxh4 54. Nd2 Kg4 55. Kxd3 Kf4 56. Kd4 Bc8 57. a3 Bb7 58. Nc4 Ba6 59. Nd6 Be2 60.
Nc8 a6 61. Nd6 Bf1 62. Ne4 Be2 63. Nc5 Bb5 64. Ne4 Bc6 65. Nc3 Bb7 66. Nd5+ Kf5
67. Nb6 Kf4 68. Nc4 Bc6 69. Nb2 Bb5 70. a4 Bc6 71. a5 Bb5 72. Nd1 Bf1 73. Ne3
Bb5 74. Kd5 Be2 75. Nc2 Bd3 76. Nd4 Bf1 77. Ne6+ Kf5 78. Nc5 Bb5 79. Kd6 Kf4 80.
Kd5 Kf5 81. Kd4 Kf4 82. Nd3+ Kf5 83. Ke3 Ke6 84. Ne1 Kd5 85. Nxf3 Kc5 86. Ne5
Kb4 87. Kd4 Kxa5 88. Kc5 Bf1 89. f4 Bh3 90. Nc6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.27"]
[Round "8.42"]
[White "Dzhumagaliev, Yan"]
[Black "Sargissian, Gabriel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2400"]
[BlackElo "2672"]
[ECO "E11"]
[Opening "Bogo-Indian defence, Gruenfeld variation"]
[WhiteFideId "24100110"]
[BlackFideId "13300881"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 d5 5. a3 Be7 6. Qc2 Nbd7 7. e4 dxe4 8.
Nxe4 b6 9. Bd3 Bb7 10. Be3 c5 11. dxc5 Nxc5 12. Bxc5 bxc5 13. O-O-O Qc7 14. Rhe1
Rb8 15. Rd2 h6 16. Qd1 O-O 17. Nc3 Bxf3 18. Qxf3 Rfd8 19. g3 Qa5 20. Red1 Ne8
21. Qe4 g6 22. Qe3 Bg5 23. f4 Bf6 24. Rc2 Rb3 25. Ne4 Bxb2+ 26. Rxb2 Qxa3 27.
Qe2 Rdxd3 28. Rxd3 0-1

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.27"]
[Round "8.43"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Kovalev, Vladislav"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2639"]
[ECO "C92"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "closed, Flohr-Zaitsev system (Lenzerheide variation)"]
[WhiteFideId "14100010"]
[BlackFideId "13504398"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Bb7 10. d4 Re8 11. Nbd2 exd4 12. cxd4 Nd7 13. Nf1 Na5 14. Bc2 Bf6 15.
Rb1 c5 16. d5 Nc4 17. b3 Nce5 18. N3h2 Bc8 19. Ne3 Nb6 20. Bb2 a5 21. Nf3 Ng6
22. Bd3 Bd7 23. Nd2 a4 24. Bf1 axb3 25. axb3 Bxb2 26. Rxb2 Qf6 27. Rc2 Ra7 28.
g3 Qd4 29. Qe2 Ra1 30. Rcc1 Ra2 31. Rc2 Ra1 32. Rcc1 Ra2 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.27"]
[Round "8.44"]
[White "Inarkiev, Ernesto"]
[Black "Zhao, Jun"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2689"]
[BlackElo "2604"]
[ECO "E62"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "fianchetto with ...Nc6"]
[WhiteFideId "4162722"]
[BlackFideId "8602522"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nc3 d6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O Rb8 8. b3 a6
9. d5 Na5 10. Bd2 c5 11. dxc6 Nxc6 12. Qc1 Bd7 13. Bh6 b5 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. cxb5
axb5 16. Qb2 Kg8 17. b4 Qb6 18. Rfd1 Rfc8 19. h3 Be6 20. e4 Nd7 21. Nd5 Qd8 22.
Qd2 Nde5 23. Ng5 Bd7 24. f4 Nc4 25. Qc3 Qf8 26. a4 Qg7 27. e5 dxe5 28. axb5 Nd4
29. Kh2 f6 30. fxe5 Nxb5 31. exf6 Nxc3 32. fxg7 Nxd1 33. Nxe7+ Kxg7 34. Nxc8
Nde3 35. Ra7 Ne5 36. Nf3 Rxc8 37. Nxe5 Rc2 38. Rxd7+ Kg8 39. Rd8+ Kg7 40. Rd7+
Kg8 41. Rd3 Rxg2+ 42. Kh1 Rxg3 43. b5 Rxh3+ 44. Kg1 Rh4 45. Rxe3 Rb4 46. Nd7
Rxb5 47. Re8+ Kf7 48. Re3 Rf5 49. Kg2 h5 50. Ne5+ Kf6 51. Nf3 Ra5 52. Nd4 Rd5
53. Re6+ Kf7 54. Re4 Kf6 55. Ne2 Re5 56. Rf4+ Kg5 57. Rf2 Re3 58. Nf4 Ra3 59.
Ne6+ Kh6 60. Rf8 Kh7 61. Rf6 Kh6 62. Rf8 Kh7 63. Rb8 Ra6 64. Nf4 Kh6 65. Kf3
Ra3+ 66. Ke4 Ra4+ 67. Ke5 Ra5+ 68. Ke6 Kg5 69. Nd5 h4 70. Rb1 Ra3 71. Ke5 h3 72.
Rg1+ Kh4 73. Rxg6 h2 74. Rh6+ Kg3 75. Nf6 Kg2 76. Rxh2+ Kxh2 77. Nd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.27"]
[Round "8.45"]
[White "Khenkin, Igor"]
[Black "Volokitin, Andrei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2554"]
[BlackElo "2628"]
[ECO "E12"]
[Opening "Queen's Indian"]
[Variation "4.Nc3"]
[WhiteFideId "4659600"]
[BlackFideId "14107090"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. e3 Bb7 6. Bd3 Ne4 7. Qc2 f5 8. O-O
Bxc3 9. bxc3 O-O 10. Nd2 Qh4 11. f3 Ng5 12. f4 Qg4 13. d5 Nf7 14. e4 Nd6 15. Ba3
Re8 16. Bxd6 cxd6 17. exf5 exd5 18. Rf3 dxc4 19. Rg3 Qxf4 20. Rf1 Qe5 21. f6
cxd3 22. f7+ Kf8 23. fxe8=Q+ Kxe8 24. Qxd3 Kd8 25. Qxh7 Kc7 26. Qxg7 Qe2 27. Qg5
Nc6 28. Qe3 Qa6 29. h4 Qxa2 30. h5 Ne5 31. Rf6 Rg8 32. Qd4 Bc6 33. Qxd6+ Kb7 34.
Qxe5 Rxg3 35. Qxg3 Qxd2 36. h6 Qd1+ 37. Rf1 Qc2 38. Qg7 Bb5 39. h7 Qe2 40. h8=Q
Qxf1+ 41. Kh2 Bc6 42. Qg3 a5 43. Qhb8+ Ka6 44. Qc8+ Kb5 45. Qg5+ Ka4 46. Qcg8
Qf2 47. Qc4+ Ka3 48. Qc1+ Qb2 49. Qxb2+ Kxb2 50. g4 b5 51. Qd4 a4 52. Qb4+ Kc2
53. g5 Bd5 54. g6 Bb3 55. g7 1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.27"]
[Round "8.46"]
[White "Malakhatko, Vadim"]
[Black "Salgado Lopez, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2542"]
[BlackElo "2644"]
[ECO "A20"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[WhiteFideId "14104202"]
[BlackFideId "2257327"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. c4 e5 2. e3 d6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. g3 f5 5. Bg2 Nf6 6. Nge2 c6 7. O-O O-O 8. b4 Be6
9. d3 d5 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. a3 Nc6 12. Bb2 Rc8 13. Rc1 Qe8 14. Na4 Qh5 15. Nc5
Bxc5 16. Rxc5 a6 17. Qd2 f4 18. exf4 Bh3 19. f3 Bxg2 20. Kxg2 Qh6 21. Qc1 Nd7
22. Rc2 Qd6 23. fxe5 Ndxe5 24. Bxe5 Qxe5 25. d4 Qf5 26. Qd2 Rce8 27. Rc3 Re6 28.
Re3 Rh6 29. h4 Rg6 30. Qd3 Qd7 31. h5 Rg5 32. g4 Nd8 33. Re5 Nf7 34. Rxg5 Nxg5
35. Qe3 h6 36. Nf4 Re8 37. Qb3 Rd8 38. Re1 Qf7 39. Ng6 Ne6 40. Qe3 Re8 41. Qd2
Qf6 42. Re5 Rd8 43. Qe3 Re8 44. Kg3 Qf7 45. Nf4 Nc7 46. Rxe8+ Nxe8 47. Qe6 Nc7
48. Qc8+ Kh7 49. Qxb7 Qe7 50. Nd3 Qe3 51. Qxc7 Qg1+ 52. Kh3 Qf1+ 53. Kh2 Qxd3
54. Qe5 Qxa3 55. Qxd5 Qxb4 56. Qf5+ Kh8 57. Qc8+ Kh7 58. Qc2+ Kh8 59. d5 a5 60.
Qd1 Qd6+ 61. Kg2 Kg8 62. Qd4 Kf7 63. Qa7+ Kf6 64. Qxa5 Kg5 65. Qd2+ Kh4 66. Qe1+
Kg5 67. Qe6 Qa3 68. Kg3 1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.27"]
[Round "8.47"]
[White "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Black "Ibrahimov, Rasul"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2707"]
[BlackElo "2518"]
[ECO "B53"]
[Opening "Sicilian, Chekhover variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2205530"]
[BlackFideId "13400495"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 a6 5. c4 Nc6 6. Qe3 g6 7. h3 Bh6 8. Qc3
Qa5 9. Qxa5 Nxa5 10. Nc3 Bxc1 11. Rxc1 Be6 12. Nd5 Rc8 13. Kd2 Nf6 14. Bd3 Nc6
15. b4 Nd7 16. Ke3 f6 17. a3 Kf7 18. Be2 Kg7 19. Nd2 Rhe8 20. Bg4 Bxg4 21. hxg4
g5 22. Ke2 Nce5 23. Ne3 e6 24. Nb3 Rc7 25. Rhd1 Nf7 26. Rc2 Kf8 27. Nd4 Ke7 28.
g3 Rec8 29. f4 Nb6 30. f5 Nxc4 31. Rdc1 Nfe5 32. Nxe6 Rc6 33. Nd4 Nxe3 34. Nxc6+
bxc6 35. Kxe3 Nxg4+ 36. Kd4 Ne5 37. Rh1 Rh8 38. Rh5 h6 39. Rc1 Kd7 40. Rch1 Nf7
41. R5h2 Ke7 42. a4 Kd7 43. b5 axb5 44. axb5 cxb5 45. Ra2 Ne5 46. Ra7+ Kc6 47.
Ra6+ Kc7 48. Kd5 Nc4 49. Ra7+ Kb6 50. Rf7 Ne3+ 51. Kxd6 Ng4 52. Rc1 Re8 53. Rc6+
Ka5 54. Ra7+ Kb4 55. Re7 Rd8+ 56. Ke6 Rd4 57. Kf7 Ne5+ 58. Rxe5 fxe5 59. f6 Rxe4
60. Kg7 Rd4 61. f7 Rd7 62. Re6 h5 63. Rxe5 h4 64. g4 1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.27"]
[Round "8.48"]
[White "Christiansen, Johan-Sebastian"]
[Black "Naiditsch, Arkadij"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[ECO "C11"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "Burn variation"]
[WhiteFideId "1512668"]
[BlackFideId "4650891"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 gxf6 7. Nf3 b6 8.
Bb5+ c6 9. Bc4 f5 10. Ng3 b5 11. Bd3 Nd7 12. Qe2 Nf6 13. O-O-O Nd5 14. Ne5 Nf4
15. Qf3 Bb7 16. Bxb5 cxb5 17. Qxb7 Rc8 18. Qxb5+ Kf8 19. Rhe1 Qc7 20. Qb3 Nxg2
21. Rg1 Nf4 22. Kb1 Bd6 23. Qf3 Qxc2+ 24. Ka1 Nd5 25. Nd3 Ba3 26. Ne2 Rg8 27.
Rgf1 Rb8 28. bxa3 Rg4 29. Rc1 Qd2 30. Rfd1 Qh6 31. Ne5 Rb7 32. Nxg4 fxg4 33.
Qxg4 Qf6 34. Rc8+ Ke7 35. Qg8 Kd6 36. Qf8+ 1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.27"]
[Round "8.49"]
[White "El Adnani, Mokliss"]
[Black "Akobian, Varuzhan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2448"]
[BlackElo "2647"]
[ECO "A50"]
[Opening "Queen's Indian accelerated"]
[WhiteFideId "9000410"]
[BlackFideId "13300580"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. Nf3 Bb7 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. O-O O-O 7. b3 c5 8. Bb2
cxd4 9. Qxd4 d6 10. Qh4 Nbd7 11. g4 Rc8 12. Nc3 a6 13. Rad1 Rc5 14. Ba3 Rc7 15.
Rd3 Nc5 16. Re3 Ne6 17. Rd1 Nf4 18. Bf1 Qa8 19. Bc1 b5 20. Qg3 Ne6 21. cxb5 Rxc3 0-1

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.27"]
[Round "8.50"]
[White "Ganguly, Surya Shekhar"]
[Black "Tissir, Mohamed"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2381"]
[ECO "E73"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "5.Be2"]
[WhiteFideId "5002150"]
[BlackFideId "9000240"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. e4 d6 4. d4 Bg7 5. Be2 Nbd7 6. Be3 e5 7. d5 a5 8. Qd2 Nc5
9. f3 a4 10. g4 h5 11. g5 Nfd7 12. h4 O-O 13. Nh3 Re8 14. Nf2 Bf8 15. Rg1 c6 16.
Kf1 Qa5 17. Kg2 Qb4 18. Qc2 Qa5 19. Rgb1 Na6 20. Qxa4 Qxa4 21. Nxa4 Nb4 22. Bd1
cxd5 23. cxd5 Na6 24. b4 b5 25. Nc3 Nc7 26. a4 bxa4 27. Bxa4 Rb8 28. Ba7 Rb7 29.
Bc6 1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.27"]
[Round "8.51"]
[White "Lodhi, Mahmood"]
[Black "Jumabayev, Rinat"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2347"]
[BlackElo "2612"]
[ECO "A49"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "fianchetto without c4"]
[WhiteFideId "7800010"]
[BlackFideId "13702661"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 c5 4. Bg2 Qa5+ 5. c3 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8.
Nd2 d5 9. e4 dxe4 10. Nxe4 Nbd7 11. Nxf6+ Nxf6 12. Qe2 e5 13. Nb3 Qc7 14. Re1
Re8 15. Qb5 Rb8 16. Be3 b6 17. Qc6 Qe7 18. Rad1 Bg4 19. f3 Be6 20. Qd6 Qxd6 21.
Rxd6 Nd5 22. f4 Nxe3 23. Rxe3 Bf8 24. Rxe6 Rxe6 25. fxe5 Rbe8 26. Kf1 Rxe5 27.
Rxe5 Rxe5 28. Nd4 Bc5 29. Nf3 Re3 30. Nd2 Kg7 31. Nc4 Re8 32. a4 h5 33. Bc6 Rd8
34. Ke2 f5 35. h3 Bd6 36. Nxd6 Rxd6 37. Bf3 Kf6 38. h4 Re6+ 39. Kf2 Ke5 40. Ke3
f4+ 41. gxf4+ Kf5+ 42. Kf2 Kxf4 43. a5 bxa5 0-1

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.27"]
[Round "8.52"]
[White "Andriasian, Zaven"]
[Black "Saeed, Ishaq"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2434"]
[ECO "C50"]
[Opening "Giuoco Piano"]
[WhiteFideId "13302000"]
[BlackFideId "9301453"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. Nbd2 d6 7. c3 a6 8. Bb3
Ba7 9. h3 Ne7 10. Nh4 g5 11. Nhf3 g4 12. hxg4 Nxg4 13. Nc4 Kh8 14. d4 f6 15. Ne3
Qe8 16. Nh2 Nxe3 17. Bxe3 Qg6 18. Bc2 Rg8 19. g3 Bh3 20. Re1 h5 21. Nf3 Bg4 22.
Nh4 Qh7 23. f3 Bd7 24. Kh2 Rg7 25. Qd2 Qg8 26. Rg1 Qe6 27. Nf5 Rh7 28. Kg2 d5
29. Nxe7 Rxe7 30. Rh1 Qf7 31. dxe5 Rxe5 32. Bxa7 Rxa7 33. Qh6+ Kg8 34. f4 Rxe4
35. Bxe4 dxe4 36. Rxh5 Qc4 37. Qg6+ Kf8 38. Qxf6+ 1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.27"]
[Round "8.53"]
[White "Dobrov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Sethuraman, S.P."]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2646"]
[ECO "E04"]
[Opening "Catalan"]
[Variation "open, 5.Nf3"]
[WhiteFideId "4136594"]
[BlackFideId "5021596"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 a6 6. O-O Nc6 7. e3 Rb8 8. Nfd2
Qd7 9. Nxc4 b5 10. Ncd2 Bb7 11. Nc3 Be7 12. a4 b4 13. Nce4 Nxe4 14. Nxe4 O-O 15.
a5 e5 16. Qc2 exd4 17. Nc5 Bxc5 18. Qxc5 Ne7 19. Qxd4 Qxd4 20. exd4 Bxg2 21.
Kxg2 Rfd8 22. Bf4 Nd5 23. Bd2 f6 24. Rfc1 Rb5 25. Rc6 Rd6 26. Rxd6 cxd6 27. Kf3
Kf7 28. Ke4 Ke6 29. Kd3 Ne7 30. Kc4 Nc6 31. h4 h5 32. Ra4 Rd5 33. Be3 g6 34. Ra1
Rb5 35. Bd2 Kf5 36. f3 Ke6 37. Re1+ Kd7 38. Ra1 Rf5 39. Rf1 Rxa5 40. d5 Rc5+ 41.
Kb3 Rxd5 42. Rf2 a5 43. Kc4 Rd4+ 44. Kb5 Rd3 45. Ka4 Nd4 46. g4 Rxf3 47. Rg2 Nc6
48. gxh5 gxh5 49. Rg7+ Ke6 50. Rc7 Kd5 51. Rb7 Rf2 52. Bh6 Rxb2 53. Kb5 Ra2 54.
Ka6 Nd4 55. Bg7 Ne6 0-1

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.27"]
[Round "8.54"]
[White "Grigoriants, Sergey"]
[Black "Al Saidi, Mohammed Khalfan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2561"]
[BlackElo "1468"]
[ECO "B30"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Nimzovich-Rossolimo attack (without ...d6)"]
[WhiteFideId "4130804"]
[BlackFideId "22001271"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. O-O Bg4 5. h3 Bh5 6. Re1 Qb6 7. Nc3 e6 8. g4
Bg6 9. d4 cxd4 10. Nxd4 a6 11. Ba4 Nf6 12. Nd5 exd5 13. exd5+ Kd8 14. dxc6 Kc7
15. cxb7 Rd8 16. Re3 d5 17. Rc3+ Bc5 18. Bf4+ Kxb7 19. Rb3 Bb4 20. a3 a5 21.
axb4 Ra8 1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.27"]
[Round "8.55"]
[White "Tregubov, Pavel V."]
[Black "Minko, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2381"]
[ECO "E48"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian"]
[Variation "4.e3 O-O, 5.Bd3 d5"]
[WhiteFideId "4115341"]
[BlackFideId "24146706"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Ne2 c5 7. cxd5 exd5 8. a3
cxd4 9. axb4 dxc3 10. Nxc3 Nc6 11. b5 Ne5 12. O-O Qd6 13. h3 Nfg4 14. f4 Nxd3
15. Qxd3 Nf6 16. e4 Qb6+ 17. Be3 dxe4 18. Nxe4 Qd8 19. Qxd8 Rxd8 20. Nc3 a6 21.
f5 Bd7 22. bxa6 Rxa6 23. Rxa6 bxa6 24. Rd1 Re8 25. Bg5 Bxf5 26. Bxf6 gxf6 27.
Rf1 Re5 28. g4 Be6 29. Rxf6 h5 30. Kf2 hxg4 31. hxg4 Rg5 32. Kf3 Kg7 33. Rf4 a5
34. b4 axb4 35. Rxb4 Rxg4 36. Rxg4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.27"]
[Round "8.56"]
[White "Al Ghamdi, Ahmed M"]
[Black "Sanal, Vahap"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "CM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2159"]
[BlackElo "2551"]
[ECO "C88"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "closed, anti-Marshall 8.a4"]
[WhiteFideId "21500150"]
[BlackFideId "6300545"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

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
Rb8 9. axb5 axb5 10. c3 d6 11. h3 Be6 12. d4 exd4 13. cxd4 d5 14. e5 Ne4 15.
Nbd2 Nxd2 16. Bxd2 Nb4 17. Bc3 Bf5 18. Qd2 Nd3 19. Qd1 Nxe1 20. Qxe1 Ra8 21. Rc1
Be4 22. Nd2 Bg6 23. Nf3 Qd7 24. Bb4 Bxb4 25. Qxb4 Ra6 26. e6 Qxe6 27. Ne5 c6 28.
Qc5 h5 29. Nxc6 Re8 30. Bxd5 Qf5 31. Ne5 Rf6 32. Rf1 Kh7 33. Qxb5 Rd8 34. Bf3
Rxd4 35. Re1 Re6 36. Qc5 Rf4 37. Re3 Ra4 38. Nd7 Rxe3 39. fxe3 Ra1+ 40. Kf2 Qxd7 0-1

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.27"]
[Round "8.57"]
[White "Khader, Sami"]
[Black "Dervishi, Erald"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2392"]
[BlackElo "2552"]
[ECO "C25"]
[Opening "Vienna"]
[Variation "Pierce gambit"]
[WhiteFideId "8100500"]
[BlackFideId "4700236"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. f4 exf4 4. Nf3 g5 5. d4 d6 6. d5 Ne5 7. Bb5+ Bd7 8. Bxd7+
Nxd7 9. Qd4 Qf6 10. Qxf6 Ngxf6 11. Nxg5 Rg8 12. Bxf4 h6 13. Nf3 Rxg2 14. O-O-O
Rg4 15. Bd2 O-O-O 16. Rhg1 Rxg1 17. Rxg1 Re8 18. Re1 Ng4 19. h3 Nf2 20. Re2 Nxh3
21. Rh2 Ng5 22. Bxg5 hxg5 23. Nxg5 Ne5 24. Rh7 Re7 25. Nb5 Kd7 26. Nd4 f6 27.
Rxe7+ Kxe7 28. Nf5+ Kd7 29. Ne6 Ng6 30. Kd2 c6 31. c4 Be7 32. Kc3 Ne5 33. b4 Nf7
34. a4 Ng5 35. Nxg5 fxg5 36. Kd3 Bf6 37. c5 Be5 38. Ne3 dxc5 39. bxc5 cxd5 40.
exd5 Bh2 41. Ng4 Bg1 42. Kc4 a6 43. Nf6+ Ke7 44. Ng4 Kd7 45. Ne5+ Ke7 46. d6+
Ke6 47. d7 Ke7 48. Kd5 Bh2 49. Nf3 Bf4 50. c6 bxc6+ 51. Kxc6 g4 52. Nh4 Bg5 53.
Nf5+ Ke6 54. Ng3 Bd8 55. Ne4 Ke5 56. Ng3 Kd4 57. Kb7 a5 58. Kc6 Kc4 59. Kd6 Kb4
60. Ke6 Kxa4 61. Kf5 Kb3 62. Kxg4 a4 63. Ne4 a3 64. Nd2+ Kc2 65. Nf3 a2 66. Nd4+
Kb2 67. Nc6 a1=Q 68. Nxd8 Qa4+ 0-1

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.27"]
[Round "8.58"]
[White "Abdyjapar, Asyl"]
[Black "Al Jabri, Mohammed Ali"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2382"]
[BlackElo "2154"]
[ECO "D06"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "Grau (Sahovic) defence"]
[WhiteFideId "13800337"]
[BlackFideId "7604734"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 Bf5 3. Nc3 e6 4. Nf3 c6 5. e3 Nf6 6. b3 Bd6 7. Bb2 O-O 8. Bd3
Bxd3 9. Qxd3 Nbd7 10. O-O Rc8 11. e4 dxe4 12. Nxe4 Nxe4 13. Qxe4 Nf6 14. Qe2 c5
15. Rfd1 Qe7 16. h3 Rfd8 17. dxc5 Bxc5 18. Ne5 Ba3 19. Bxa3 Qxa3 20. Rxd8+ Rxd8
21. Rd1 Qa5 22. Rxd8+ Qxd8 23. Qe3 b6 24. b4 h6 25. Nc6 Qd1+ 26. Kh2 Qd6+ 27.
Ne5 Qxb4 28. Qd4 Qe7 29. f4 Qc7 30. a4 Ne8 31. a5 Nd6 32. a6 f6 33. Nd3 Nxc4 34.
Qe4 Nd6 35. Qxe6+ Kh7 36. Nb4 b5 37. Nd5 Qb8 38. Qe7 Kh8 39. Nb4 Nf5 40. Qe4 Nd6
41. Qe6 Nc4 42. Nd5 Qd6 43. Qe8+ Kh7 44. Qxb5 Ne3 45. Qd3+ f5 46. Qxe3 Qxd5 47.
Qxa7 Qc4 48. Qb6 Qxf4+ 49. Kg1 Qc1+ 50. Kf2 Qd2+ 51. Kf3 Qd3+ 52. Kf4 Qe4+ 53.
Kg3 Qe5+ 54. Kf2 Qf4+ 55. Ke2 Qc4+ 56. Kd2 Qf4+ 57. Kc3 Qc1+ 58. Kb4 Qb2+ 59.
Kc5 Qc3+ 0-1

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.27"]
[Round "8.59"]
[White "Bukannan, Ahmed A"]
[Black "Al-Saffar, Araz Basim Mohammed S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "1929"]
[BlackElo "2368"]
[ECO "A40"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn"]
[WhiteFideId "21504164"]
[BlackFideId "4801040"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 b6 3. Bf4 Nf6 4. e3 Bb7 5. Nbd2 Be7 6. h3 O-O 7. Be2 d6 8. O-O
Nbd7 9. c3 Re8 10. Qc2 Bf8 11. Rfe1 e5 12. Bg5 e4 13. Nh2 h6 14. Bh4 g5 15. Bg3
Bg7 16. f3 Qe7 17. fxe4 Nxe4 18. Nxe4 Bxe4 19. Bd3 Nf6 20. Nf3 Bxd3 21. Qxd3 Ne4
22. Bf2 f5 23. d5 Qf7 24. Nd2 Re5 25. c4 Nxd2 26. Qxd2 Rae8 27. Rad1 Re4 28. b3
h5 29. Bg3 h4 30. Bf2 g4 31. Bxh4 gxh3 32. g3 Bh6 33. Qh2 Bxe3+ 34. Kh1 Qh5 35.
Qxh3 Bg5 36. Rf1 Bxh4 37. Qxf5 Qxf5 38. Rxf5 Re1+ 39. Rxe1 Rxe1+ 40. Kg2 Be7 41.
Rf2 Kg7 42. Kh2 Bf6 43. Kg2 Rb1 44. Kf3 Rb2 45. Rxb2 Bxb2 46. Kf4 Kg6 47. Kg4 a5
48. a4 Be5 49. Kh4 Kf5 50. g4+ Kg6 51. g5 Bf4 52. Kg4 Bxg5 53. Kf3 Kf5 54. Ke2
Ke4 0-1

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.27"]
[Round "8.60"]
[White "Omar, Noaman"]
[Black "Al Abdali, Zeyad Saleh"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2364"]
[BlackElo "1801"]
[ECO "A60"]
[Opening "Benoni defence"]
[WhiteFideId "9300244"]
[BlackFideId "21501505"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3 d6 5. e4 g6 6. Nf3 Bg7 7. Bg5 O-O 8. h3 Na6
9. Bd3 Nc7 10. O-O a6 11. a4 e5 12. Qd2 Qe8 13. a5 Rb8 14. Na4 Nd7 15. b4 f5 16.
bxc5 dxc5 17. exf5 gxf5 18. Rae1 e4 19. Bf4 Qd8 20. Ng5 exd3 21. Ne6 Nxe6 22.
dxe6 Ne5 23. Bxe5 Bxe5 24. Rxe5 Qd4 25. Qg5+ Kh8 26. e7 Re8 27. Qf6+ Kg8 28.
Nxc5 Qxc4 29. Re3 f4 30. Re5 h6 31. Qg6+ Kh8 32. Qxh6+ Kg8 33. Qg6+ Kh8 1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.27"]
[Round "8.61"]
[White "Lam, Daniel King-wai"]
[Black "Alanazy, Mohammed"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2222"]
[BlackElo "1850"]
[ECO "D11"]
[Opening "QGD Slav"]
[Variation "Breyer variation"]
[WhiteFideId "6001238"]
[BlackFideId "21508488"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nbd2 Bf5 5. Nh4 Bg6 6. Nxg6 hxg6 7. e3 e6 8. g3
Nbd7 9. Bg2 Bd6 10. O-O Rc8 11. e4 dxe4 12. Nxe4 Nxe4 13. Bxe4 Kf8 14. Qe2 Bb8
15. Rd1 Nf6 16. Bg2 Qb6 17. Be3 Qa5 18. a3 Qh5 19. Qxh5 Rxh5 20. Bf3 Rh7 21. b4
Rd8 22. a4 Ng8 23. b5 cxb5 24. axb5 b6 25. d5 exd5 26. Rxd5 Rxd5 27. Bxd5 Ne7
28. Bf3 Nc8 29. c5 bxc5 30. Bxc5+ Ke8 31. Bc6+ Kd8 32. Rd1+ Bd6 33. Bxd6 Nxd6
34. Rxd6+ Kc7 35. Rd7+ Kb6 36. Rb7+ Kc5 37. Rxa7 f5 38. Rf7 Kb6 39. h4 Kc5 40.
Kg2 Kd6 41. f4 Kc5 42. Rf8 Kb6 43. Kf3 Kc5 44. Ke3 Rh6 45. Rg8 g5 46. hxg5 Re6+
47. Kf3 Re7 48. Re8 Ra7 49. Re5+ Kd4 50. Rd5+ Kc4 51. Rxf5 Ra3+ 52. Kg4 Kd4 53.
b6 g6 54. Rb5 Ke3 55. Bd5 Kf2 56. Rb3 Ra5 57. b7 Rxd5 58. b8=Q 1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.27"]
[Round "8.62"]
[White "Masrahi, Abdulrahman A"]
[Black "Amer, Said Salim Al Maashani"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "CM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "1962"]
[BlackElo "2103"]
[ECO "A41"]
[Opening "Queen's Pawn"]
[WhiteFideId "21501564"]
[BlackFideId "22000100"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bf4 c6 4. h3 Qb6 5. Qc1 g6 6. e3 Bg7 7. Be2 O-O 8. O-O
Nbd7 9. Bh2 Ne4 10. c4 c5 11. Nc3 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Qa5 13. Nd2 e5 14. Bf3 Qc7 15.
Qa3 Nb6 16. Rfd1 Be6 17. Be2 f5 18. Rab1 Rfd8 19. d5 Bf7 20. Qb3 Be8 21. Rdc1
Rab8 22. Qa3 Ra8 23. Bd1 Nd7 24. Ba4 Nf6 25. Bxe8 Rxe8 26. Qb3 b6 27. a4 Rab8
28. Qb5 g5 29. Rc2 g4 30. hxg4 Nxg4 31. Bg3 Rf8 32. Ra2 Qe7 33. Qc6 f4 34. exf4
exf4 35. Bh2 Nxh2 36. Kxh2 Qh4+ 37. Kg1 Rf6 38. Nf3 Qh5 39. Qd7 Rh6 40. Kf1 Qg6
41. Re1 Qd3+ 42. Rae2 Bxc3 43. Kg1 Bxe1 44. Re8+ Rxe8 45. Qxe8+ Kg7 46. Qe7+ Kg8
47. Qe8+ Kg7 48. Qe7+ Kg6 49. Qe6+ Kg7 50. Qe7+ Kg6 51. Qxd6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.27"]
[Round "8.63"]
[White "Al-Hajiri, Bader"]
[Black "Miswadah, Baha"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2165"]
[BlackElo "1877"]
[ECO "B27"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Hungarian variation"]
[WhiteFideId "10300163"]
[BlackFideId "11502118"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Bg7 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8.
e5 Ng8 9. f4 Nh6 10. Qd2 O-O 11. h3 Nf5 12. Bf2 d5 13. g4 Nh6 14. f5 Qc7 15.
O-O-O Qxe5 16. Re1 Qd6 17. Na4 d4 18. f6 exf6 19. Qxd4 Qxd4 20. Bxd4 Be6 21. Bg2
Bd5 22. Bxd5 cxd5 23. Re7 Rfe8 24. Rhe1 Rec8 25. Bxa7 Bf8 26. Rb7 Re8 27. Rxe8
Rxe8 28. Bd4 Bg7 29. b4 g5 30. b5 f5 31. Bxg7 Kxg7 32. gxf5 Nxf5 33. b6 Nd6 34.
Rd7 Nc4 35. Rxd5 Rb8 36. Rxg5+ Kf6 37. Rb5 Rb7 38. Nc5 Re7 39. c3 Re1+ 40. Kc2
Re8 41. Rb4 Ne3+ 42. Kd3 Nd5 43. Rb3 Ne7 44. b7 Rd8+ 45. Kc2 Nc6 46. Rb6 Ke5 47.
Rxc6 Kd5 1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.27"]
[Round "8.64"]
[White "Al Juhani, Bakr"]
[Black "Al Habeeb, Emad"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1854"]
[BlackElo "1933"]
[ECO "B00"]
[Opening "King's pawn opening"]
[WhiteFideId "21500185"]
[BlackFideId "21500029"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 d6 2. d3 e5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 Bg4 5. Bg2 Be7 6. h3 Bd7 7. O-O O-O 8. Nbd2
Na6 9. Re1 Nc5 10. Nf1 h6 11. Ne3 c6 12. Nh4 g6 13. Bd2 Ne6 14. c3 Ng5 15. Ng4
Nxg4 16. hxg4 Qc8 17. f3 Kg7 18. Qc1 Rh8 19. Kf2 Ne6 20. Rh1 Nc5 21. Qc2 a5 22.
Be3 d5 23. exd5 cxd5 24. d4 exd4 25. Bxd4+ Bf6 26. Rae1 Bxd4+ 27. Kf1 Bb5+ 28.
Re2 Bf6 29. Kg1 Bxe2 30. Qxe2 Re8 31. Qd1 Qe6 32. Qd2 Qe3+ 0-1

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.27"]
[Round "8.65"]
[White "Salama, Taher"]
[Black "Alem, Ali Hussien"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1769"]
[BlackElo "1745"]
[ECO "A51"]
[Opening "Budapest defence declined"]
[WhiteFideId "11502231"]
[BlackFideId "21500088"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e5 3. e3 exd4 4. exd4 Bb4+ 5. Nc3 O-O 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. a3 Bxc3+ 8.
bxc3 d5 9. Ne2 Re8 10. Bg5 dxc4 11. Bxc4 Be6 12. d5 Ne5 13. dxe6 Nxc4 14. exf7+
Kxf7 15. Qb3 Qd5 16. Rd1 Rxe2+ 17. Kxe2 Re8+ 18. Be3 Qh5+ 19. Ke1 b5 20. Kf1 Kg8
21. h3 Kh8 22. Kg1 Nxe3 23. fxe3 Qe5 24. Re1 Ne4 25. Qb4 Qg3 26. Re2 Rd8 27. Qb1
Nxc3 28. Qe1 Rd1 0-1

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.27"]
[Round "8.66"]
[White "Al Bargi, Hassan M"]
[Black "Al Zamel, Khaled"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1579"]
[BlackElo "1942"]
[ECO "A41"]
[Opening "Queen's Pawn"]
[WhiteFideId "21501475"]
[BlackFideId "21500967"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. d4 d6 2. Bf4 c6 3. e3 Qc7 4. Nd2 Nf6 5. Ngf3 Bg4 6. h3 Bh5 7. Bd3 Nbd7 8. Bg3
e5 9. c3 Be7 10. Qc2 Bg6 11. Nh4 e4 12. Nxe4 Bxe4 13. Bxe4 Nxe4 14. Qxe4 Nf6 15.
Qd3 Nh5 16. Nf5 Nxg3 17. Nxg3 g6 18. O-O O-O 19. e4 Bf6 20. f4 Bg7 21. e5 Rad8
22. Qc2 c5 23. Rac1 Bh6 24. Ne4 dxe5 25. dxe5 Bg7 26. Rcd1 Qe7 27. Rxd8 Rxd8 28.
Rd1 b6 29. Rxd8+ Qxd8 30. Qd2 Qxd2 31. Nxd2 g5 32. g3 gxf4 33. gxf4 Bh6 34. Nf3
Bxf4 35. Kf2 Kf8 36. Ke2 Ke7 37. Kd3 Ke6 38. Ke4 Bc1 39. b3 h6 40. c4 Bb2 41. h4
Bc3 42. Kf4 Bb2 43. Ke4 a6 44. h5 b5 45. Kf4 bxc4 46. bxc4 a5 47. a4 f6 48. exf6
Bxf6 49. Kg4 Bc3 50. Kf4 Kf6 51. Kg4 Ke6 52. Kf4 Bb2 53. Ke4 Bc1 54. Ne5 Be3 55.
Kxe3 Kxe5 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.27"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2837"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[ECO "E49"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian"]
[Variation "4.e3, Botvinnik system"]
[WhiteFideId "1503014"]
[BlackFideId "5000017"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 dxc4 8.
Bxc4 c5 9. Nf3 Qc7 10. Be2 b6 11. Bb2 Bb7 12. O-O Nbd7 13. c4 Rac8 14. Rc1 Rfd8
15. Qb3 Ng4 16. g3 Ngf6 17. Rfd1 Ne4 18. Ne1 Nd6 19. d5 exd5 20. cxd5 c4 21. Qc2
b5 22. Ng2 Nc5 23. Nf4 Qe7 24. Bg4 Rc7 25. Qc3 f5 26. Bf3 Rcd7 27. Qb4 Nb3 28.
Ne6 Nxc1 29. Rxc1 Nc8 30. Qxb5 Rxd5 31. Bxd5 Rxd5 32. Qb4 Nd6 33. Nc5 Rxc5 34.
Qxc5 Qe4 0-1

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.27"]
[Round "9.2"]
[White "Wang, Hao"]
[Black "Fedoseev, Vladimir3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[ECO "C67"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Berlin defence, open variation"]
[WhiteFideId "8602883"]
[BlackFideId "24130737"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Nxe5 7. Rxe5+ Be7
8. Bf1 O-O 9. d4 Bf6 10. Re1 Nf5 11. d5 d6 12. Nd2 Nh4 13. Ne4 Bf5 14. Ng3 Bg6
15. c3 Re8 16. Be3 Bg5 17. Bxg5 Qxg5 18. Qd4 a5 19. f4 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.27"]
[Round "9.3"]
[White "Esipenko, Andrey"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2564"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[ECO "D85"]
[Opening "Gruenfeld"]
[Variation "exchange variation"]
[WhiteFideId "24175439"]
[BlackFideId "4102142"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Qa4+ Qd7 8.
Bb5 c6 9. Be2 O-O 10. Qa3 e5 11. Nf3 exd4 12. cxd4 b6 13. Be3 Re8 14. e5 Bf8 15.
Qa4 Bb7 16. Rd1 c5 17. Qxd7 Nxd7 18. Bb5 Re7 19. dxc5 Nxc5 20. Bxc5 bxc5 21. O-O
Bxf3 22. gxf3 Rxe5 23. Rd7 Re7 24. Rfd1 Rb8 25. a4 Rb7 26. Rxb7 Rxb7 27. Rd8 Kg7
28. Rc8 Bd6 29. Rc6 Rb6 30. Rc8 Kf6 31. h3 Ke5 32. Re8+ Kd4 33. Re4+ Kc3 34.
Rc4+ Kb3 35. Re4 Rxb5 36. axb5 c4 37. Rd4 Bc5 38. Rd5 Bb6 0-1

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.27"]
[Round "9.4"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[ECO "C10"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "Fort Knox variation"]
[WhiteFideId "4168119"]
[BlackFideId "13601520"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bd7 5. Nf3 Bc6 6. Bd3 Nd7 7. O-O Ngf6 8.
Ng3 g6 9. b3 Bg7 10. Ba3 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 c6 12. c4 Qc7 13. Rfe1 O-O-O 14. Rad1 Kb8
15. Bc1 Ka8 16. b4 h5 17. c5 Bh6 18. Bxh6 Rxh6 19. b5 g5 20. bxc6 Qxc6 21. Ne4
Rg6 22. Rb1 Rg7 23. Qd1 Nd5 24. Bb5 Qc7 25. Qb3 N7f6 26. Nd6 Rb8 27. Qa3 Ne7 28.
Be8 Nc8 29. Nb5 Qe7 30. Rb3 a6 31. Bc6 Na7 32. Qxa6 bxc6 33. Nxa7 1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.27"]
[Round "9.5"]
[White "Rapport, Richard"]
[Black "Pantsulaia, Levan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2707"]
[BlackElo "2612"]
[ECO "B13"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "exchange variation"]
[WhiteFideId "738590"]
[BlackFideId "13602071"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Bb5 Bg4 6. h3 Bxf3 7. Qxf3 Qa5+ 8.
Nc3 e6 9. O-O a6 10. Bxc6+ bxc6 11. Qg3 Nf6 12. Re1 Rc8 13. Bg5 Be7 14. Bd2 O-O
15. Bh6 Ne8 16. Rad1 Bf6 17. Bg5 Qb4 18. Bxf6 Nxf6 19. Qd3 a5 20. b3 c5 21. Na4
cxd4 22. Re2 Rc6 23. Qxd4 Qxd4 24. Rxd4 Rfc8 25. c3 Kf8 26. f3 Ne8 27. Kf2 Nd6
28. Rd3 g5 29. Re5 h6 30. g4 Kg7 31. Kg3 Kf6 32. Ree3 h5 33. Kg2 hxg4 34. hxg4
R8c7 35. Re1 Nb5 36. Rc1 Na7 37. Kg3 Nc8 38. Rh1 Ne7 39. Rh8 Ng6 40. Ra8 Nf4 41.
Rd2 Rc8 42. Rxa5 d4 43. c4 Rh8 44. Nc5 Rh3+ 45. Kf2 Rh2+ 46. Ke1 Rh1+ 47. Kf2
Rh2+ 48. Ke1 Ke5 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.27"]
[Round "9.6"]
[White "Mamedov, Rauf"]
[Black "Quparadze, Giga"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2506"]
[ECO "B40"]
[Opening "Sicilian defence"]
[WhiteFideId "13401653"]
[BlackFideId "13602250"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c3 d5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. d4 Nc6 6. Na3 Qd8 7. Nc2 Nf6 8. Bd3
cxd4 9. Ncxd4 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 Bc5 11. Be3 Bb6 12. Bc2 Nd5 13. Qh5 Nxe3 14. fxe3
Bd7 15. O-O-O Qe7 16. Qe5 Qf6 17. Qe4 Bxd4 18. exd4 Qg5+ 19. Kb1 Bc6 20. Qd3
O-O-O 21. Rhf1 Rd7 22. g3 h5 23. h4 Qa5 24. Qe3 Rhd8 25. Rde1 Bd5 26. a3 Qb5 27.
Rf2 Rc7 28. Qd3 Qb6 29. Re5 g6 30. Kc1 Kb8 31. Rf6 a6 32. Qe3 Bb3 33. Rc5 Bxc2
34. Rxc7 Qxc7 35. Kxc2 Rd5 36. Qf4 Qxf4 37. Rxf4 f5 38. c4 Rd8 39. Kc3 Kc7 40.
Rf3 Rg8 41. Re3 Kd6 42. b4 g5 43. hxg5 Rxg5 44. c5+ Kd7 45. Kc4 Rg4 46. a4 h4
47. gxh4 Rxh4 48. b5 axb5+ 49. axb5 Rg4 50. Re2 Rh4 51. Re1 Rg4 52. b6 f4 53.
Re4 Rh4 54. Kb5 Rg4 55. c6+ bxc6+ 56. Ka6 Rg1 57. Rxf4 c5 58. Rf7+ Kd6 59. dxc5+
Kxc5 60. Rc7+ Kd6 61. Kb7 e5 62. Rc4 Rb1 63. Ka6 Kd5 64. Rc8 e4 65. b7 e3 66.
Re8 Kd4 67. Re6 Rxb7 68. Kxb7 Kd3 69. Kc6 e2 70. Kc5 Kd2 71. Rxe2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.27"]
[Round "9.7"]
[White "Cheparinov, Ivan"]
[Black "Kuzubov, Yuriy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2699"]
[ECO "E10"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[WhiteFideId "2905540"]
[BlackFideId "14112906"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 c6 7. Qc2 O-O 8. O-O
b6 9. Rd1 Nbd7 10. Bf4 Bb7 11. Ne5 Nh5 12. Bd2 Nhf6 13. cxd5 cxd5 14. Nc6 Bxc6
15. Qxc6 a6 16. a4 Rc8 17. Qb7 Nb8 18. Na3 Qc7 19. Qxc7 Rxc7 20. e3 Rfc8 21. Bf1
Ne4 22. Be1 f5 23. Bd3 Kf7 24. f3 Nd6 25. Bd2 g6 26. h3 Nb7 27. Rdc1 Rxc1+ 28.
Rxc1 Rxc1+ 29. Bxc1 Bxa3 30. bxa3 a5 31. g4 Nd6 32. Kf2 Nc6 33. Ke2 e5 34. dxe5
Nxe5 35. Ba6 Ke6 36. Bb2 Ndc4 37. gxf5+ Kxf5 38. Bc8+ Kf6 39. Bd4 Ke7 40. e4
dxe4 41. fxe4 Nc6 42. Bf2 Nd6 43. Ba6 Nxe4 44. Bxb6 Kd6 45. Bb5 Nc3+ 46. Kd3 Nd5
47. Bf2 Ne5+ 48. Kd4 Nf3+ 49. Kd3 Ne5+ 50. Kd4 Nf3+ 51. Kd3 Ne5+ 52. Kd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.27"]
[Round "9.8"]
[White "Dreev, Aleksey"]
[Black "Safarli, Eltaj"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2653"]
[BlackElo "2639"]
[ECO "D78"]
[Opening "Neo-Gruenfeld, 6.O-O c6"]
[WhiteFideId "4100107"]
[BlackFideId "13402129"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d5 6. c4 c6 7. Qb3 Qb6 8. Nc3
Rd8 9. Rd1 Qxb3 10. axb3 Bf5 11. Ne1 Na6 12. Bf4 Be6 13. c5 Nd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.27"]
[Round "9.9"]
[White "Kravtsiv, Martyn"]
[Black "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2672"]
[BlackElo "2744"]
[ECO "B47"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Taimanov (Bastrikov) variation"]
[WhiteFideId "14113147"]
[BlackFideId "5007003"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be2 a6 7. O-O Nf6 8. Be3
Be7 9. f4 d6 10. Kh1 O-O 11. Qe1 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 b5 13. Qg3 Bb7 14. a3 Bc6 15.
Rae1 Rad8 16. Bd3 Qd7 17. Nd1 Nh5 18. Qg4 Nf6 19. Qg3 Nh5 20. Qh3 Nxf4 21. Rxf4
e5 22. Rg4 exd4 23. e5 g6 24. e6 Qe8 25. Rxd4 f5 26. Qg3 d5 27. Nc3 Bc5 28. Rf4
d4 29. Nd1 Rd5 30. c4 bxc4 31. Bxc4 Bd6 32. Qb3 Bxf4 33. e7 Rf7 34. Bxd5 Bxd5
35. Qxd5 Bg5 36. b4 Bxe7 37. Qxd4 Qc6 38. Ne3 Bf6 39. Qc4 Qxc4 40. Nxc4 Rc7 41.
Rc1 f4 42. Kg1 g5 43. h3 h5 44. Kf1 g4 45. Rc2 Bh4 46. hxg4 hxg4 47. a4 f3 48.
gxf3 gxf3 49. Ne3 Re7 50. Rh2 Re4 51. b5 Rxa4 52. Rxh4 Rxh4 53. bxa6 Rh2 54. a7
Ra2 55. Ng4 Rxa7 56. Kf2 Kg7 57. Kxf3 Ra4 58. Ne3 Kf6 59. Ng4+ Kf5 60. Ne3+ Kg5
61. Nd5 Rd4 62. Ne3 Rf4+ 63. Ke2 Re4 64. Kf3 Rd4 65. Nc2 Rf4+ 66. Ke3 Kg4 67.
Nd4 Rf8 68. Ke4 Re8+ 69. Kd5 Kf4 70. Ne6+ Ke3 71. Ke5 Rg8 72. Kf5 Ra8 73. Ke5
Ra5+ 74. Kd6 Ke4 75. Nc5+ Kf5 76. Kd5 Ra1 77. Nd3 Rd1 78. Kd4 Rxd3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.27"]
[Round "9.10"]
[White "Bosiocic, Marin"]
[Black "Yu, Yangyi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2624"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[ECO "E10"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[WhiteFideId "14507927"]
[BlackFideId "8603820"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. Qc2
b6 9. b3 a5 10. Bc3 Ba6 11. Nbd2 Nbd7 12. e4 Rc8 13. Rfe1 c5 14. exd5 exd5 15.
Bb2 Re8 16. Qf5 cxd4 17. cxd5 g6 18. Qh3 Nxd5 19. Bxd4 Nc3 20. Bxc3 Rxc3 21. Ne4
Rd3 22. Bf1 Rxf3 23. Bxa6 Bb4 24. Red1 Rxe4 25. Rxd7 Qf6 26. Rf1 Bc5 27. Rd2 Qc3
28. Qh6 Rxg3+ 29. hxg3 Qxg3+ 0-1

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.27"]
[Round "9.11"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2799"]
[BlackElo "2691"]
[ECO "A04"]
[Opening "Reti opening"]
[WhiteFideId "13401319"]
[BlackFideId "24101605"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. Nf3 b6 2. d4 Bb7 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 g6 5. c4 Bg7 6. O-O O-O 7. Qc2 c5 8. d5 b5
9. e4 bxc4 10. Rd1 d6 11. Na3 Nbd7 12. Nxc4 Ng4 13. Bd2 Ba6 14. Rab1 Nge5 15.
Nfxe5 Nxe5 16. Nxe5 Bxe5 17. Bc3 Bxc3 18. Qxc3 Rb8 19. e5 Rb4 20. a3 Rc4 21. Qe3
Qb6 22. b4 Rc2 23. b5 Bc8 24. Be4 Rc4 25. e6 fxe6 26. dxe6 Bb7 27. Bxb7 Qxb7 28.
Rxd6 exd6 29. e7 Qe4 30. exf8=Q+ Kxf8 31. Qh6+ Kg8 32. Rd1 Rd4 33. Rxd4 cxd4 34.
Qc1 d3 35. Qc8+ Kf7 36. Qd7+ Kg8 37. Qd8+ Kg7 38. Qxd6 Qe1+ 39. Kg2 d2 40. Qd4+
Kh6 41. Qf4+ Kg7 42. Qd4+ Kh6 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.27"]
[Round "9.12"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Bu, Xiangzhi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2730"]
[ECO "C42"]
[Opening "Petrov"]
[Variation "classical attack"]
[WhiteFideId "4126025"]
[BlackFideId "8601445"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Be7 7. O-O Nd6 8. Re1
O-O 9. Bf4 Re8 10. b3 Nc6 11. c3 g6 12. Nbd2 Bf5 13. Nf1 Qd7 14. Ne3 Be6 15. Qc2
f5 16. Ng5 Bxg5 17. Bxg5 Nf7 18. Bf4 g5 19. Be5 Nfxe5 20. dxe5 Rf8 21. Rad1 Qf7
22. Bf1 Rad8 23. c4 dxc4 24. Bxc4 Bxc4 25. Nxc4 Qe6 26. Qc3 f4 27. a4 a6 28. h3
Rxd1 29. Rxd1 f3 30. Qd2 fxg2 31. Qxg5+ Kh8 32. Rd3 b5 33. axb5 axb5 34. Nd2
Qxe5 35. Qxe5+ Nxe5 36. Re3 Ng6 37. Kxg2 Nf4+ 38. Kg3 Nh5+ 39. Kg2 Nf4+ 40. Kg3
Nh5+ 41. Kg2 Nf4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.27"]
[Round "9.13"]
[White "Korobov, Anton"]
[Black "Ponkratov, Pavel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2652"]
[BlackElo "2613"]
[ECO "E47"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian"]
[Variation "4.e3 O-O, 5.Bd3"]
[WhiteFideId "14105730"]
[BlackFideId "4157800"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 b6 6. Nf3 Bb7 7. O-O d5 8. cxd5
exd5 9. a3 Bd6 10. b4 Nbd7 11. Qb3 a6 12. Ra2 Re8 13. a4 c6 14. a5 b5 15. Nd2
Qe7 16. Rb2 Ng4 17. h3 Bh2+ 18. Kh1 Bc7 19. e4 Nh2 20. Re1 Qh4 21. Kg1 Nf6 22.
Qc2 dxe4 23. Ncxe4 Nd5 24. Nf1 Nxf1 25. Rxf1 h6 26. Rb3 Rad8 27. Nc5 Bc8 28.
Bh7+ Kh8 29. Be4 Re7 30. Bd2 Nf4 31. Bxf4 Qxf4 32. g3 Qf6 33. Bg2 Rxd4 34. Rd1
Bf5 35. Qc1 Re2 36. Rf3 Rc2 37. Qa1 Rdd2 38. Re1 Re2 39. Qd1 Red2 40. Re8+ Kh7
41. Qe1 Qb2 42. Rxf5 Rc1 43. Rxf7 Rxe1+ 44. Rxe1 Be5 45. Re7 Bd4 46. Be4+ Kg8
47. Bg6 Rxf2 48. Re8+ Rf8+ 49. Kh1 Be5 50. R1xe5 1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.27"]
[Round "9.14"]
[White "McShane, Luke J"]
[Black "Onischuk, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2637"]
[ECO "B07"]
[Opening "Pirc"]
[Variation "Sveshnikov system"]
[WhiteFideId "404853"]
[BlackFideId "14114038"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. Nge2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. dxe5
Nxe5 9. h3 Re8 10. b3 Bd7 11. Bb2 b5 12. Nf4 Bc6 13. Re1 b4 14. Ncd5 Nxd5 15.
exd5 Bd7 16. Rb1 Qc8 17. Kh2 Qa6 18. Bd4 Nf3+ 19. Qxf3 Bxd4 20. Ne6 Qb6 21. Nxd4
Qxd4 22. Rbd1 Qb2 23. Re4 Rxe4 24. Qxe4 Qc3 25. Qd4 Qxc2 26. Rd2 Qc1 27. Qxb4
Re8 28. Qd4 a5 29. Rd1 Qa3 30. Qc3 Re2 31. Qxc7 Bf5 32. g4 Bc2 33. Rd4 Rxf2 34.
Qc8+ Kg7 35. Qc3 f6 36. Kg3 Rxg2+ 37. Kxg2 Qxa2 38. Ra4 Be4+ 39. Kf1 Qg2+ 40.
Ke1 Qg1+ 41. Kd2 Qf2+ 42. Kc1 Bxd5 43. Rd4 Bxb3 44. Rxd6 Qf4+ 45. Rd2 a4 46. Kb2
Bf7 47. Ka3 g5 48. Rd4 Qe5 49. Kxa4 Qe7 50. Rd2 h5 51. gxh5 Bxh5 52. Qd4 Be8+
53. Ka5 Qc7+ 54. Kb4 Qb7+ 55. Ka3 Qa6+ 56. Kb2 Qb5+ 57. Kc3 Bf7 58. Rf2 Qc6+ 59.
Kd2 Bg6 60. Qc3 Qd6+ 61. Ke1 Bf5 62. Rd2 Qb6 63. h4 Qg1+ 64. Ke2 Qh2+ 65. Kd1
Qh1+ 66. Ke2 Qxh4 67. Qd4 Qh2+ 68. Ke1 Qh1+ 69. Kf2 Kg6 70. Qd5 Qh2+ 71. Ke1
Qg1+ 72. Ke2 Bg4+ 73. Kd3 Qb1+ 74. Kc3 Qc1+ 75. Kb4 Qc8 76. Qe4+ Bf5 77. Qe7 Be6
78. Rd6 Qc4+ 79. Ka5 Qc5+ 80. Ka4 Qc4+ 81. Ka5 Qc3+ 82. Kb6 Qe3+ 83. Kc7 Qa7+
84. Kd8 Qb8# 0-1

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.27"]
[Round "9.15"]
[White "Adhiban, Baskaran"]
[Black "Ding, Liren"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2777"]
[ECO "C24"]
[Opening "Bishop's opening"]
[Variation "Berlin defence"]
[WhiteFideId "5018471"]
[BlackFideId "8603677"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 c6 4. Nf3 d5 5. Bb3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Bxd2+ 7. Nbxd2 a5 8.
a3 a4 9. Ba2 Nbd7 10. O-O O-O 11. Re1 Re8 12. h3 h6 13. Nf1 Qb6 14. Ne3 d4 15.
Nf5 c5 16. g4 Nh7 17. Kh2 Ndf8 18. Rg1 Be6 19. Qc1 Bxa2 20. Rxa2 Ng6 21. h4 Nf4
22. Qd2 Qc7 23. Raa1 Ra6 24. Rg3 Rc6 25. b3 Nf8 26. h5 f6 27. bxa4 c4 28. Rb1
N8e6 29. Rb5 cxd3 30. cxd3 Rc2 31. Qd1 Rxf2+ 32. Kh1 Ne2 33. Rg2 Nc3 34. Qb3
Rf1+ 35. Kh2 Nxb5 36. axb5 Rxf3 37. Rc2 Qd7 38. b6 Kh7 39. Qd5 Rd8 40. Qxd7 Rxd7
41. Nh4 Rxd3 42. Ng6 Rc3 0-1

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.27"]
[Round "9.16"]
[White "Saric, Ivan"]
[Black "Riazantsev, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2669"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[ECO "B19"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "classical, Spassky variation"]
[WhiteFideId "14508150"]
[BlackFideId "4125029"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. h5
Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 e6 11. Bd2 Bd6 12. O-O-O Ngf6 13. Kb1 Bc7 14. Nf1 b5
15. Ne3 Nb6 16. Rde1 Qd7 17. Rh4 O-O-O 18. Ba5 Rhe8 19. Rc1 Nfd5 20. Ne5 Qe7 21.
g3 Bxe5 22. dxe5 Kb7 23. a4 Nxe3 24. Qxe3 Nc4 25. Bxd8 Rxd8 26. Qc3 Qg5 27. Rf4
Rd7 28. axb5 cxb5 29. Re1 Qxh5 30. Qb4 Kc6 31. g4 Qh2 32. Rxc4+ bxc4 33. Qxc4+
Kb7 34. Qe4+ Kb8 35. Re3 Rb7 36. Qc6 Qg1+ 37. Ka2 Qxg4 38. Qe8+ Kc7 39. Rc3+ Kb6
40. Qc6+ 1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.27"]
[Round "9.17"]
[White "Laznicka, Viktor"]
[Black "Wang, Yue"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2647"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[ECO "A13"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[WhiteFideId "316385"]
[BlackFideId "8601429"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. b3 b6 4. Bb2 Bb7 5. e3 d5 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Bb5+ c6 8. Be2
Nbd7 9. d4 Bd6 10. Ne5 Qe7 11. Nxd7 Nxd7 12. Nd2 O-O 13. O-O Rfe8 14. Rc1 a5 15.
Nf3 g6 16. Bd3 Qf8 17. Re1 Qh6 18. h3 Rac8 19. Qe2 Ra8 20. Qc2 Rac8 21. Ba1 Qf8
22. Qb1 Bb4 23. Re2 Ba3 24. Bb2 Bd6 25. Qc2 Re7 26. Qd1 Ree8 27. Rec2 Ra8 28.
Be2 Qe7 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.27"]
[Round "9.18"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2691"]
[BlackElo "2805"]
[ECO "C67"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Berlin defence, open variation"]
[WhiteFideId "703303"]
[BlackFideId "13300474"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nxe5 8.
Rxe5 O-O 9. Nc3 Ne8 10. Nd5 Bd6 11. Re1 c6 12. Ne3 Be7 13. Nf5 Bf6 14. Qe2 d5
15. Ne7+ Kh8 16. Nxc8 Rxc8 17. d3 Nd6 18. c3 Bg5 19. Qg4 Bxc1 20. Raxc1 Qf6 21.
d4 g6 22. Bd3 Rfe8 23. Qg3 Ne4 24. Bxe4 dxe4 25. Re3 Re6 26. Rce1 Rce8 27. Rf1
Qd8 28. Rfe1 Qa5 29. a3 Qd5 30. Qf4 Kg7 31. h4 b5 32. Rg3 h6 33. Rge3 a5 34. Rg3
a4 35. Rge3 R8e7 36. Rg3 Rf6 37. Qg4 Qb3 38. Qe2 Rfe6 39. c4 e3 40. Rxe3 Rxe3
41. fxe3 bxc4 42. Qd2 Re4 43. g3 Qb8 44. Kg2 Qd6 45. Qf2 c5 46. Qf3 f5 47. dxc5
Qxc5 48. Qd1 Qc6 49. Kf2 Qb6 50. Qd7+ Kf8 51. Re2 f4 52. gxf4 Rxf4+ 53. Kg3 Rf1
54. Qc8+ Kg7 55. Qxc4 Qb7 56. e4 Qb6 57. Qc3+ Kh7 58. Qe3 Qc7+ 59. e5 Rf5 60.
Kg2 Qc6+ 61. Qe4 Qc1 62. Qe3 Qf1+ 63. Kg3 g5 64. h5 g4 65. Qe4 Qh3# 0-1

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.27"]
[Round "9.19"]
[White "Savchenko, Boris"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2566"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[ECO "C53"]
[Opening "Giuoco Piano"]
[WhiteFideId "4147332"]
[BlackFideId "14109603"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. O-O a6 7. Bb3 O-O 8. Bg5 h6
9. Bh4 g5 10. Bg3 Ba7 11. Nbd2 Kg7 12. Nc4 Be6 13. Ne3 Bxe3 14. fxe3 Bxb3 15.
axb3 Qd7 16. Qe2 Qg4 17. Be1 Ne7 18. c4 Ng6 19. b4 Nd7 20. Bc3 Qe6 21. Nd2 Rae8
22. Rf2 f5 23. Rxf5 Rxf5 24. exf5 Qxf5 25. Rf1 Qe6 26. Qf3 c6 27. Qe2 Nf6 28. d4
Qg4 29. Qxg4 Nxg4 30. Ne4 Nxe3 31. Nxd6 Re6 32. Rf7+ Kg8 33. Rd7 b5 34. cxb5
axb5 35. dxe5 Nxe5 36. Rd8+ Kh7 37. h3 Nd5 38. Nxb5 Nxc3 39. Nxc3 Nc4 40. b3 Nd6
41. Na4 Nf5 42. Nc5 Re2 43. Rd7+ Kg8 44. g4 Ne7 45. Rd6 Kg7 46. Kf1 Re5 47. Kf2
Nd5 48. Nd3 Re7 49. Rxc6 Re3 50. Nc5 Rxh3 51. b5 Rh4 52. b6 Nxb6 53. Rxb6 Rxg4
54. b4 h5 55. b5 Rb4 56. Nd3 Rb3 57. Ne5 g4 58. Rg6+ Kh7 59. b6 h4 60. Rc6 Rb2+
61. Ke3 g3 62. Nf3 g2 63. Ke4 1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.27"]
[Round "9.20"]
[White "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Black "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2683"]
[ECO "A46"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[WhiteFideId "12401137"]
[BlackFideId "14200244"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bf4 d5 4. e3 c5 5. Nbd2 Nc6 6. Bb5 Bd7 7. c3 Be7 8. h3
O-O 9. Bd3 b5 10. dxc5 b4 11. c4 dxc4 12. Bxc4 Bxc5 13. Nb3 Be7 14. O-O Qb6 15.
Qe2 Rfd8 16. Rac1 Be8 17. e4 a5 18. Be3 Qb8 19. Bb5 Ne5 20. Bxe8 Nxf3+ 21. Qxf3
Rxe8 22. Rc4 Qe5 23. Qe2 Nxe4 24. Bc5 Bxc5 25. Nxc5 Qxc5 26. Rxc5 Nxc5 27. Rd1
h6 28. Rd4 Re7 29. Qb5 Rc7 30. Rc4 Na6 31. Rxc7 Nxc7 32. Qb7 Rd8 33. Qxc7 Rd5
34. Kf1 h5 35. g3 g6 36. Ke2 Kg7 37. Ke3 Rf5 38. a4 bxa3 39. bxa3 g5 40. a4 Kg6
41. Qd8 Kg7 42. Ke4 Kg6 43. f3 Kg7 44. Ke3 Kg6 45. Qg8+ Kh6 46. g4 hxg4 47. hxg4
Rf4 48. Qh8+ 1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.27"]
[Round "9.21"]
[White "Sjugirov, Sanan"]
[Black "Amin, Bassem"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2689"]
[ECO "C84"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "closed defence"]
[WhiteFideId "4189302"]
[BlackFideId "10601457"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 d6 7. c3 O-O 8. Nbd2
Re8 9. Re1 Bf8 10. Nf1 b5 11. Bc2 Nb8 12. a4 Bb7 13. Ng3 g6 14. d4 Nbd7 15. Bg5
h6 16. Bd2 c5 17. d5 c4 18. Qc1 h5 19. Bg5 Nc5 20. Nh4 Be7 21. Nhf5 gxf5 22.
Nxf5 Nh7 23. Bxe7 Rxe7 24. Qh6 f6 25. Re3 Kh8 26. Rg3 Qd7 27. axb5 Rf7 28. Qxh5
Raf8 29. bxa6 Bxa6 30. h4 Bc8 31. Ra8 Qc7 32. Qg6 Nd3 33. Nxd6 Qxd6 34. Rxc8
Rxc8 35. Qxf7 Qf8 36. Qxf8+ Nxf8 37. Bxd3 cxd3 38. Rxd3 Nd7 39. Rd1 Nc5 40. f3
Na4 41. Rd2 Rb8 42. d6 Kg7 43. c4 Nc5 44. b4 Ne6 45. c5 Nd8 46. Ra2 Nc6 47. Ra6
Nxb4 48. Rb6 Rxb6 49. cxb6 Kf7 50. b7 Nc6 51. h5 Nb8 52. Kf2 Nd7 53. Ke2 Ke6 54.
g4 1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.27"]
[Round "9.22"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran L."]
[Black "Potkin, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2601"]
[BlackElo "2574"]
[ECO "A07"]
[Opening "Reti"]
[Variation "King's Indian attack (Barcza system)"]
[WhiteFideId "13301616"]
[BlackFideId "4131061"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c6 4. O-O Bf5 5. d3 e6 6. Nh4 Bg4 7. h3 Bh5 8. Qe1
Be7 9. e4 Nfd7 10. Nf3 O-O 11. Nbd2 a5 12. Nh2 dxe4 13. dxe4 e5 14. Bf3 Bg6 15.
Nc4 Qc7 16. a4 Bb4 17. Qe2 Nb6 18. Ne3 N8d7 19. h4 f6 20. Bg2 Nc5 21. Nf5 Ne6
22. c3 Bc5 23. h5 Bf7 24. Qg4 Kh8 25. Nf3 Nc8 26. Qh4 Be7 27. Be3 h6 28. Rfd1
Ng5 29. Qg4 Nd6 30. N3h4 Nxf5 31. exf5 Bd6 32. Ng6+ Bxg6 33. hxg6 Qe7 34. Qc4
Rad8 35. Rd2 e4 36. Rad1 Qc7 37. Bxe4 Nxe4 38. Qxe4 Bxg3 39. Rxd8 Rxd8 40. Rxd8+
Qxd8 41. fxg3 Qd1+ 42. Kf2 1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.27"]
[Round "9.23"]
[White "Sargissian, Gabriel"]
[Black "Guseinov, Gadir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2672"]
[BlackElo "2646"]
[ECO "A49"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "fianchetto without c4"]
[WhiteFideId "13300881"]
[BlackFideId "13401378"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d6 6. b3 c5 7. c4 Nc6 8. Bb2
cxd4 9. Nxd4 Bd7 10. Nc3 Qa5 11. e3 Rfc8 12. h3 Rab8 13. Nde2 a6 14. a4 Nb4 15.
Qd2 Qd8 16. Nf4 Bc6 17. e4 a5 18. Ncd5 e6 19. Nxb4 axb4 20. Rfe1 Qa5 21. Nd3 d5
22. cxd5 exd5 23. e5 Ne4 24. Qxb4 Qa6 25. Qd4 Re8 26. Rac1 Qa5 27. Kh2 Rbd8 28.
Re2 Qa8 29. Qb6 Rc8 30. Nb4 Bf8 31. Nxc6 bxc6 32. Bxe4 dxe4 33. e6 fxe6 34. Qd4
e5 35. Qc4+ Kh8 36. Rxe4 Bg7 37. Rce1 Qb8 38. f4 Rcd8 39. R1e2 Rd1 40. Bxe5 Bxe5
41. Rxe5 Rxe5 42. Qc3 Rd3 43. Qxe5+ Qxe5 44. fxe5 Kg7 45. Rc2 Rxb3 46. Rxc6 Re3
47. Rc7+ Kh6 48. Rc5 Ra3 49. a5 Ra2+ 50. Kg1 Kg5 51. Kf1 Kf5 52. Ke1 Ra3 53. g4+
Ke6 54. h4 h5 55. gxh5 gxh5 56. Kd2 Ra4 57. Kc3 Rxh4 58. Rc4 Rh1 59. Ra4 Kxe5
60. a6 Rc1+ 61. Kb4 Kf4 62. a7 Rc8 63. a8=Q Rxa8 64. Rxa8 h4 65. Kc3 h3 66. Kd2
h2 67. Rh8 Kg3 68. Ke2 Kg2 69. Rg8+ Kh1 70. Rh8 Kg2 71. Rg8+ Kh1 72. Rh8 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.27"]
[Round "9.24"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Ni, Hua"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2678"]
[BlackElo "2671"]
[ECO "C42"]
[Opening "Petrov"]
[Variation "Cozio (Lasker) attack"]
[WhiteFideId "400025"]
[BlackFideId "8601160"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Qe2 Qe7 6. d3 Nf6 7. Bg5 Nbd7 8.
Nc3 Qxe2+ 9. Bxe2 a6 10. O-O-O h6 11. Bh4 Be7 12. Rhe1 O-O 13. d4 Bd8 14. Bd3
Nb6 15. h3 Bd7 16. Bg3 Re8 17. Rxe8+ Bxe8 18. Ne4 Bc6 19. Ned2 Nbd5 20. c4 Ne7
21. Re1 Bd7 22. Bh2 Bf5 23. Kc2 Bxd3+ 24. Kxd3 Kf8 25. b3 Ng6 26. Nf1 Be7 27.
Ne3 Re8 28. g4 Bd8 29. Nd2 Nd7 30. f4 Ne7 31. f5 Nc6 32. a3 Bg5 33. Ne4 Nf6 34.
Nxg5 hxg5 35. Nc2 Rxe1 36. Nxe1 Ne8 37. Nf3 f6 38. Nd2 Kf7 39. b4 Ne7 40. Nf1 g6
41. Ne3 gxf5 42. gxf5 d5 43. cxd5 Nd6 44. Bxd6 cxd6 45. a4 b5 46. axb5 axb5 47.
Ke4 Nc8 48. Nd1 Kg7 49. Nc3 Na7 50. Kf3 Kf8 51. Ne4 Ke7 52. Kg4 Nc8 53. Nc3 Nb6
54. Kf3 Kd7 55. Ke4 Nc4 56. Nxb5 Nd2+ 57. Ke3 Nf1+ 58. Kf3 Nd2+ 59. Kg4 Nc4 60.
Kf3 Nd2+ 61. Ke3 Nf1+ 62. Kf2 Nd2 63. Nc3 Nb3 64. Ke3 Ke7 65. Ne2 Kd7 66. Ke4 1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.27"]
[Round "9.25"]
[White "Salem, A.R. Saleh"]
[Black "Amonatov, Farrukh"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2638"]
[BlackElo "2636"]
[ECO "E71"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "Makagonov system (5.h3)"]
[WhiteFideId "9301348"]
[BlackFideId "14700077"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. h3 O-O 6. Be3 e5 7. d5 Nbd7 8. Bd3 Nc5
9. Bc2 a5 10. Qd2 Bd7 11. Nge2 c6 12. O-O cxd5 13. exd5 b6 14. Rae1 Nh5 15. g4
Nf6 16. Ng3 h5 17. g5 Nh7 18. Kg2 f5 19. f4 Qc7 20. h4 Rae8 21. b3 Re7 22. Kg1
Rfe8 23. fxe5 Bxe5 24. Nge2 Nf8 25. Nf4 Qb8 26. a4 Qc8 27. Re2 Qd8 28. Bd4 Bxd4+
29. Qxd4 Rxe2 30. Ncxe2 Qe7 31. Rf3 Qe5 32. Kf2 Kf7 33. Re3 Qxe3+ 34. Qxe3 Rxe3
35. Kxe3 Be8 36. Nd4 Nfd7 37. Nb5 Ke7 38. Na7 Ne5 39. Nc6+ Kf7 40. Nd4 Bd7 41.
Bd1 Ne4 42. Bc2 Ng4+ 43. Ke2 Nc5 44. Kd2 Ne5 45. Bd1 Kg7 46. Ke3 Kf7 47. Nde2
Ne4 48. Bc2 Ng4+ 49. Kd4 Nc5 50. Ng3 Ne5 51. Bd1 Kg8 52. Kc3 Kf7 53. Kd4 Kg8 54.
Ke3 Kf7 55. Bc2 Ng4+ 56. Kd4 Ne5 57. Bd1 Kg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.27"]
[Round "9.26"]
[White "Zhigalko, Sergei"]
[Black "Fressinet, Laurent"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2641"]
[BlackElo "2662"]
[ECO "C88"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "closed, anti-Marshall 8.a4"]
[WhiteFideId "13502956"]
[BlackFideId "608742"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

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. a5 d6 10. d3 Be6 11. Bxe6 fxe6 12. c3 Rb8 13. Nbd2 d5 14. Qe2 Bc5 15. Nb3
Bd6 16. c4 d4 17. g3 Qe8 18. Bd2 Nd7 19. Nh4 Nd8 20. Rf1 Qe7 21. Ng2 Nb7 22. f4
Nbc5 23. Nxc5 Nxc5 24. fxe5 Bxe5 25. Rxf8+ Qxf8 26. Rf1 Qe8 27. Nh4 Bf6 28. Nf3
e5 29. Bg5 Be7 30. Bxe7 Qxe7 31. Qd2 b3 32. Kg2 Rf8 33. Qb4 Qd6 34. Qd2 h6 35.
Rf2 Rf6 36. Rf1 Kf8 37. Rd1 Ke8 38. Nh4 Qc6 39. Qe2 g6 40. Nf3 Qe6 41. Nh4 Kd7
42. Nf3 Kd6 43. Re1 Rf8 44. h3 g5 45. Qd2 Rxf3 46. Kxf3 Qxh3 47. Rg1 g4+ 48. Kf2
Qh2+ 49. Rg2 Qh1 50. Qe2 Qb1 51. Rh2 Nxd3+ 52. Kg2 Ne1+ 53. Kf2 Nf3 54. c5+ Kxc5
55. Rg2 d3 56. Qe3+ Kb5 57. Qa7 Qe1# 0-1

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.27"]
[Round "9.27"]
[White "Melkumyan, Hrant"]
[Black "Van Foreest, Jorden"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2633"]
[BlackElo "2629"]
[ECO "D16"]
[Opening "QGD Slav"]
[Variation "Soultanbeieff variation"]
[WhiteFideId "13302485"]
[BlackFideId "1039784"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 e6 6. e3 c5 7. Bxc4 Nc6 8. O-O
Be7 9. Qe2 O-O 10. Rd1 Bd7 11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. b3 Qe7 13. Bb2 Rfd8 14. Bd3 Be8 15.
Ne4 Nxe4 16. Bxe4 Rxd1+ 17. Rxd1 Rd8 18. Rxd8 Qxd8 19. Qc2 h6 20. g3 Be7 21. Ne5
Nxe5 22. Bxe5 b6 23. Kg2 Bc5 24. Bc3 Qd6 25. Bb2 Bc6 26. Bxc6 Qxc6+ 27. e4 Qd7
28. h4 Be7 29. Qe2 Qc6 30. h5 a6 31. Qc4 Qb7 32. Kf3 b5 33. axb5 axb5 34. Qd3
Bf8 35. g4 Qc6 36. Ke2 Qc5 37. Kf3 Qg5 38. Kg3 Qc5 39. Kg2 Qg5 40. Kf3 Qh4 41.
Qf1 Bc5 42. Be5 f5 43. exf5 exf5 44. gxf5 Qxh5+ 45. Ke4 Qg4+ 46. f4 Ba7 47. Bd6
Kf7 48. Qxb5 Qg2+ 49. Ke5 Qb2+ 50. Kd5 Qg2+ 51. Ke5 Qb2+ 52. Kd5 Qg2+ 53. Ke5
Qb2+ 54. Ke4 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.27"]
[Round "9.28"]
[White "Kokarev, Dmitry"]
[Black "Fedorchuk, Sergey A."]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2648"]
[ECO "B42"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Kan, Polugaievsky variation"]
[WhiteFideId "4132181"]
[BlackFideId "14102536"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Bc5 6. Nb3 Be7 7. Qg4 g6 8. Qe2
d6 9. O-O Nd7 10. a4 Ne5 11. h3 Bd7 12. Nc3 Rc8 13. Kh1 Nf6 14. Bh6 Nh5 15. Qe3
g5 16. Be2 Nf4 17. Bg7 Rg8 18. Bxe5 dxe5 19. Rfd1 h5 20. Rd2 Qc7 21. Rad1 Bc6
22. Bb5 Bb4 23. Bxc6+ Qxc6 24. Kh2 h4 25. g3 Nh5 26. Qf3 Rh8 27. Rd7 Be7 28. Na5
Qxd7 29. Rxd7 Kxd7 30. Nxb7 hxg3+ 31. fxg3 Rb8 32. Qd3+ Ke8 33. Qxa6 Kf8 34. Qb5
Nf6 35. a5 Kg7 36. a6 Kg6 37. Kg2 Ra8 38. Qd3 Ra7 39. Na4 Rc8 40. Na5 Rd7 41.
Qe2 Bb4 42. Nb6 Bxa5 43. Nxc8 Rd8 44. Ne7+ Kg7 45. Nc6 Rd2 46. Qxd2 Bxd2 47. a7 1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.27"]
[Round "9.29"]
[White "Rakhmanov, Aleksandr"]
[Black "Khismatullin, Denis"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2653"]
[BlackElo "2632"]
[ECO "A20"]
[Opening "English, Nimzovich variation"]
[WhiteFideId "4173708"]
[BlackFideId "4142578"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. g3 Bb4+ 7. Bd2 Qe7 8.
Bg2 Ne4 9. O-O Nxd2 10. Nxd2 O-O 11. a3 Bd6 12. b4 Be5 13. Rb1 Rd8 14. Qc2 a5
15. Rfd1 axb4 16. axb4 Ra3 17. c5 Ba6 18. Nf3 Bf6 19. Nd4 Bb5 20. Nxb5 cxb5 21.
e3 h5 22. Qe2 h4 23. Qxb5 c6 24. Qc4 Rb8 25. Bh3 Rc3 26. Qg4 Qe6 27. Qf4 Qe5 28.
Qxe5 Bxe5 29. Bxd7 hxg3 30. hxg3 Rc4 31. Bxc6 Rbxb4 32. Rxb4 Rxb4 33. Rd8+ Kh7
34. Bd5 f5 35. c6 Rb1+ 36. Kg2 Rc1 37. Rd7 Rc2 38. g4 Kg6 39. Re7 Bc3 40. gxf5+
Kxf5 41. Be4+ Kf6 42. c7 1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.27"]
[Round "9.30"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2789"]
[BlackElo "2707"]
[ECO "C70"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Taimanov (chase/wing/accelerated counterthrust) variation"]
[WhiteFideId "623539"]
[BlackFideId "2205530"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 b5 5. Bb3 Na5 6. Bxf7+ Kxf7 7. Nxe5+ Ke7 8.
d4 d6 9. Nd3 Kf7 10. O-O Bb7 11. Nc3 Nf6 12. e5 dxe5 13. dxe5 Nd5 14. Ne4 Be7
15. Qh5+ Kg8 16. Ndc5 Bc6 17. Qg4 Bxc5 18. Qe6+ Kf8 19. Nxc5 Qe8 20. Qh3 Kg8 21.
f4 h5 22. Nd3 Qg6 23. f5 Qg4 24. Qxg4 hxg4 25. b3 Rh5 26. Bd2 Nb7 27. Rf2 a5 28.
a3 a4 29. c4 bxc4 30. bxc4 Nb6 31. f6 gxf6 32. exf6 Kf7 33. Re1 Re8 34. Rxe8
Bxe8 35. Re2 Nxc4 36. Bc3 Rf5 37. Re7+ Kf8 38. Rxc7 Nbd6 39. Bb4 Kg8 40. Rg7+
Kh8 41. Rxg4 Bf7 42. h3 Ne8 43. Bc3 Nxf6 44. Rf4 Rxf4 45. Nxf4 Nxa3 46. Bxf6+
Kh7 47. Kf2 Nc2 48. Ke2 a3 49. Kd2 Bb3 50. g3 a2 51. Kc1 Ba4 52. Nd5 a1=Q+ 53.
Bxa1 Nxa1 54. Kb2 Nc2 55. Nb6 Nd4 56. Nxa4 Ne2 57. g4 Nf4 58. h4 Ng2 59. h5 Kh6
60. g5+ Kxg5 61. h6 Kxh6 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.27"]
[Round "9.31"]
[White "Almasi, Zoltan"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2682"]
[BlackElo "2694"]
[ECO "B07"]
[Opening "Pirc"]
[Variation "Byrne variation"]
[WhiteFideId "702293"]
[BlackFideId "14103320"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Bg5 Bg7 5. Qd2 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. f4 e5 8. dxe5
Nxe4 9. Bxd8 Nxd2 10. Bxc7 Nxf1 11. Kxf1 dxe5 12. Bxe5 Bxe5 13. fxe5 Nc6 14. Nf3
Bg4 15. Kf2 Bxf3 16. gxf3 Nxe5 17. Rhe1 Nc4 18. b3 Na3 19. Rac1 Rac8 20. Nd5
Rxc2+ 21. Rxc2 Nxc2 22. Nf6+ Kg7 23. Ne8+ Kh8 24. Re7 Nb4 25. Nd6 Nxa2 26. Nxf7+
Kg7 27. Nd6+ Kf6 28. Rxb7 Ke6 29. Rxa7 Nc1 30. Ne4 Nxb3 31. Ke3 Rd8 32. Rg7 g5
33. Rg6+ Ke5 34. Rxh6 Nd4 35. Rg6 Nf5+ 36. Kf2 Rh8 37. Rxg5 Rxh2+ 38. Kg1 Rc2
39. Ng3 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.27"]
[Round "9.32"]
[White "Miton, Kamil"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2584"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[ECO "C53"]
[Opening "Giuoco Piano"]
[WhiteFideId "1111914"]
[BlackFideId "605506"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. Nbd2 a6 7. Bb3 O-O 8. h3
Ba7 9. Nf1 Ne7 10. Ng3 Ng6 11. O-O h6 12. d4 Re8 13. Re1 b5 14. Be3 Bb7 15. Bc2
exd4 16. Nxd4 d5 17. Nb3 Bxe3 18. Rxe3 Qd6 19. Nf5 Qb6 20. exd5 Nxd5 21. Rxe8+
Rxe8 22. Qd4 Qxd4 23. Nfxd4 Ndf4 24. Bxg6 fxg6 25. Nc5 Bxg2 26. Nxa6 c6 27. Nc7
Re4 28. h4 Bh3 29. f3 Re5 30. Kf2 c5 31. Kg3 g5 32. hxg5 hxg5 33. Ncxb5 Bd7 34.
a4 cxd4 35. Nxd4 Ra5 36. b3 Kf7 37. c4 Ke7 38. Re1+ Kd6 39. Nb5+ Kc5 40. Re5+
Kb4 41. Rxg5 Ne6 42. Rd5 Nc5 43. Nd4 Ra8 44. Rg5 Rg8 45. Rd5 Rf8 46. a5 Rf7 47.
Rd6 Kxa5 48. Nc6+ Bxc6 49. Rxc6 Nxb3 50. f4 Nd4 51. Rc8 Ne2+ 52. Kg4 Nxf4 53.
Rc5+ Kb4 54. Rf5 Rxf5 55. Kxf5 Kxc4 56. Ke5 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.27"]
[Round "9.33"]
[White "Meier, Georg"]
[Black "Eljanov, Pavel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2711"]
[ECO "A07"]
[Opening "Reti"]
[Variation "King's Indian attack (Barcza system)"]
[WhiteFideId "4675789"]
[BlackFideId "14102951"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nd7 3. d4 b5 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O e6 6. a4 b4 7. a5 Bd6 8. c3 Rb8
9. cxb4 Bxb4 10. a6 Ba8 11. Bf4 Ne7 12. Qc2 Bd6 13. Rc1 O-O 14. Nbd2 Bc6 15. e3
Bb5 16. Bxd6 cxd6 17. Qc7 Rb6 18. Bf1 Bxf1 19. Kxf1 Nb8 20. Qxd8 Rxd8 21. Rc7
Nbc6 22. b3 Kf8 23. Rb7 Rxb7 24. axb7 Rb8 25. Ne1 Rxb7 26. Ke2 Ke8 27. Nc2 a5
28. Kd3 Nc8 29. g4 Kd7 30. h4 e5 31. h5 h6 32. f4 N8a7 33. Rf1 e4+ 34. Ke2 Nb4
35. Nxb4 axb4 36. Ra1 Nb5 37. Ra8 Ra7 38. Rxa7+ Nxa7 39. Nf1 Nc6 40. Kd2 f5 41.
g5 Ke6 42. g6 Ne7 43. Ng3 Ng8 44. Ke2 Nf6 45. Kd2 Ng4 46. Ke2 Kf6 47. Nf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.27"]
[Round "9.34"]
[White "Howell, David W L"]
[Black "Malakhov, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2676"]
[BlackElo "2686"]
[ECO "A28"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "four knights, 4.e3"]
[WhiteFideId "410608"]
[BlackFideId "4120787"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bb5 Nxc3 7. bxc3 Bd6 8.
d4 Bd7 9. O-O Qe7 10. e4 O-O 11. Re1 Nxd4 12. Nxd4 exd4 13. Bxd7 Qxd7 14. cxd4
Bb4 15. Re3 Rad8 16. Bb2 Bc5 17. Rd3 Rfe8 18. Qh5 Bf8 19. Qf3 Qa4 20. Re3 c6 21.
h4 Re6 22. h5 Rde8 23. e5 Rd8 24. Rb3 b6 25. Qf5 c5 26. Rf3 Qe8 27. dxc5 Bxc5
28. Bc3 b5 29. Qg4 b4 30. Bxb4 Rd4 31. Rf4 Rxf4 32. Qxf4 Bxb4 33. Qxb4 Rxe5 34.
h6 gxh6 35. Rc1 h5 36. Qc3 h6 37. Qg3+ Rg5 38. Qf3 a5 39. a3 Qe6 40. Kh1 Kg7 41.
Qc3+ Qe5 42. Qxe5+ Rxe5 43. Rc4 Kg6 44. Kh2 Rd5 45. g3 Kg5 46. Kh3 f6 47. Rc8
Kf5 48. Rc4 Kg6 49. Re4 Rf5 50. Kg2 Kf7 51. f4 Rc5 52. Kh3 Kg6 53. Rd4 Rb5 54.
Rc4 Rd5 55. Re4 h4 56. gxh4 Rd3+ 57. Kg2 Rxa3 58. Re8 h5 59. Rh8 a4 60. f5+ Kxf5
61. Rxh5+ Kg4 62. Rh8 Ra2+ 63. Kf1 a3 64. h5 Rb2 65. h6 a2 66. Ra8 Rb1+ 0-1

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.27"]
[Round "9.35"]
[White "Akobian, Varuzhan"]
[Black "Nguyen, Ngoc Truong Son"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2647"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[ECO "D27"]
[Opening "QGA"]
[Variation "classical, 6...a6"]
[WhiteFideId "13300580"]
[BlackFideId "12401110"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e3 Nf6 4. Bxc4 e6 5. Nf3 c5 6. O-O a6 7. dxc5 Qxd1 8.
Rxd1 Bxc5 9. Nbd2 Nbd7 10. Be2 b6 11. Nc4 Bb7 12. b3 O-O 13. Bb2 Rfd8 14. Rac1
Nf8 15. Bd4 Bxd4 16. Nxd4 N8d7 17. Bf3 Bxf3 18. gxf3 Rac8 19. Nd6 Rxc1 20. Rxc1
Nc5 21. Nc4 Nd5 22. Nxb6 Nxb3 23. Nxb3 Nxb6 24. Rc6 Rb8 25. Nc5 a5 26. Na6 Rb7
27. Nc5 Rb8 28. a4 h6 29. Na6 Rb7 30. Nc5 Rb8 31. f4 Nd5 32. Ra6 g5 33. fxg5
hxg5 34. Rxa5 Rb1+ 35. Kg2 Rb2 36. Kg3 Kg7 37. Ne4 Kg6 38. Nxg5 Kxg5 39. e4 Rd2
40. h4+ Kh5 41. exd5 exd5 42. Ra8 Rd4 43. f3 Kg6 44. a5 Ra4 45. a6 Kg7 46. a7
Kh7 47. h5 Kg7 48. h6+ Kh7 49. Kf2 Ra3 50. Ke2 d4 51. Kd2 Ra2+ 52. Kd3 Ra4 53.
Ke4 f6 54. f4 d3+ 55. Kxd3 f5 56. Kc3 Ra1 57. Kb4 Ra2 58. Kc5 Ra1 59. Kd6 Ra6+
60. Ke5 1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.27"]
[Round "9.36"]
[White "Jumabayev, Rinat"]
[Black "Bortnyk, Olexandr"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2612"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[ECO "B04"]
[Opening "Alekhine's defence"]
[Variation "modern, Larsen variation"]
[WhiteFideId "13702661"]
[BlackFideId "14120828"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 dxe5 5. Nxe5 c6 6. Be2 Bf5 7. O-O Nd7 8. Nf3
e6 9. c4 N5f6 10. Nh4 Bg6 11. Nc3 Bd6 12. g3 O-O 13. Nxg6 hxg6 14. Bg5 Qa5 15.
h4 Rfe8 16. a3 Qc7 17. Kg2 e5 18. d5 Bc5 19. Rc1 Bd4 20. h5 gxh5 21. Bxh5 Bxc3
22. d6 Qa5 23. Rxc3 e4 24. c5 Re5 25. b4 Qd8 26. Qd2 e3 27. Rxe3 Rxg5 28. Bxf7+
Kxf7 29. Re7+ Qxe7 30. dxe7 Rd5 31. Qf4 Re8 32. Re1 b6 33. Qc7 bxc5 34. bxc5
Nxc5 35. Qxa7 Nfe4 36. Re2 Rxe7 37. Qb6 Re6 38. Qc7+ Rd7 39. Qf4+ Ke7 40. Qg4 g5
41. Qf5 Rd5 42. Qh7+ Kd6 43. Qf7 Nd7 44. a4 Nec5 45. Ra2 Nd3 46. Qg7 Ne1+ 47.
Kf1 Nf3 48. Kg2 Ne1+ 49. Kf1 Ree5 50. Re2 Nf3 51. Rxe5 Ndxe5 52. Qf8+ Kd7 53.
Ke2 Rd2+ 54. Ke3 Rd3+ 55. Ke4 Rd4+ 56. Kf5 Rxa4 57. Kf6 Rd4 58. Qe7+ Kc8 59. Ke6
Nd7 60. Qa3 Re4+ 61. Kd6 Rd4+ 62. Ke6 g4 63. Qa6+ Kc7 64. Qa7+ Kc8 65. Qa6+ Kb8
66. Qxc6 Rd2 67. Qb5+ Kc7 68. Qa5+ Kb7 69. Qb4+ Kc7 70. Qc3+ Kb6 71. Qb4+ Kc7
72. Qc3+ Kb6 73. Qb4+ Kc6 74. Qa4+ Kc7 75. Qa5+ Nb6 76. Qc3+ Kb8 77. Qh8+ Nc8
78. Qc3 Rd4 79. Qc5 Kb7 80. Qb5+ Nb6 81. Kf6 Rd6+ 82. Kg7 Nd4 83. Qe5 Kc7 84.
Kf7 Nc6 85. Qf4 Nd5 86. Qc1 Kd7 87. Kg7 Nd8 88. Qa1 Nc6 89. Qa4 Nf6 90. Qb5 Ke7
91. Qb7+ Nd7 92. Qb1 Rf6 93. Qc2 Nd4 94. Qd1 Nf5+ 95. Kg8 Rg6+ 0-1

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.27"]
[Round "9.37"]
[White "Alekseev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Ganguly, Surya Shekhar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2616"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[ECO "B47"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Taimanov (Bastrikov) variation"]
[WhiteFideId "4138147"]
[BlackFideId "5002150"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. g3 a6 7. Bg2 Nf6 8. Nb3
d6 9. O-O Be7 10. f4 O-O 11. g4 Re8 12. g5 Nd7 13. Rf3 Bf8 14. Rh3 g6 15. Qe1
Bg7 16. Qh4 Nf8 17. Be3 b5 18. a3 b4 19. axb4 Nxb4 20. e5 d5 21. Nd4 Rb8 22. Nd1
Nc6 23. Nf2 Rxb2 24. Ng4 Nxd4 25. Bxd4 Rxc2 26. Nf6+ Bxf6 27. gxf6 Qc4 28. Bf2
h5 29. Qg5 Rxf2 30. Qh6 1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.27"]
[Round "9.38"]
[White "Bocharov, Dmitry"]
[Black "Malakhatko, Vadim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2583"]
[BlackElo "2542"]
[ECO "A20"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[WhiteFideId "4138716"]
[BlackFideId "14104202"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. c4 e5 2. d3 Nc6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. a3 g6 5. b4 d6 6. Bb2 Bg7 7. g3 O-O 8. Bg2 h6
9. O-O Be6 10. Nc3 Qd7 11. Rc1 Bh3 12. e4 Bxg2 13. Kxg2 Rfe8 14. Re1 Nh7 15. Nd5
Ng5 16. Nxg5 hxg5 17. Qd2 f6 18. c5 Ne7 19. Nxe7+ Rxe7 20. d4 exd4 21. Bxd4 dxc5
22. Rxc5 c6 23. Qb2 Re6 24. b5 Rae8 25. bxc6 Rxc6 26. Rd5 Qf7 27. Bxa7 f5 28.
Qb5 Rxe4 29. Rxe4 fxe4 30. Rd8+ Kh7 31. Qxg5 Bf6 32. Qd5 Qxd5 33. Rxd5 Ra6 34.
Bc5 Bb2 35. Rd7+ Kg8 36. Rxb7 Bxa3 37. Bd4 Bf8 38. h4 Ra4 39. Be3 Ra6 40. Rc7
Re6 41. Kh3 Bd6 42. Rd7 Be7 43. Kg4 Kf8 44. Ra7 Ke8 45. h5 gxh5+ 46. Kxh5 Re5+
47. Kg6 Bc5 48. Ra5 Bd6 49. Rxe5+ Bxe5 50. Kf5 1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.27"]
[Round "9.39"]
[White "Kovalev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Duda, Jan-Krzysztof"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2639"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[ECO "B09"]
[Opening "Pirc"]
[Variation "Austrian attack, dragon formation"]
[WhiteFideId "13504398"]
[BlackFideId "1170546"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 c5 6. Bb5+ Bd7 7. e5 Ng4 8. e6
fxe6 9. Ng5 Bxb5 10. Nxe6 Bxd4 11. Nxb5 Qa5+ 12. c3 Bf2+ 13. Kd2 Be3+ 14. Ke1
Bf2+ 15. Kd2 Be3+ 16. Ke1 Bf2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.27"]
[Round "9.40"]
[White "Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi"]
[Black "Andriasian, Zaven"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[ECO "B91"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Najdorf, Zagreb (fianchetto) variation"]
[WhiteFideId "5029465"]
[BlackFideId "13302000"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. g3 e5 7. Nde2 Be7 8. Bg2
O-O 9. O-O b5 10. Nd5 Nbd7 11. Nec3 Bb7 12. b3 Nxd5 13. Nxd5 Nf6 14. c4 bxc4 15.
bxc4 Rc8 16. Rb1 Bc6 17. Be3 Nxd5 18. exd5 Bd7 19. Qd3 Qc7 20. Rb6 Bg5 21. Rxa6
Bxe3 22. Qxe3 Qxc4 23. Rxd6 Bb5 24. Rb6 Rfe8 25. Rb1 Bd7 26. a3 Bf5 27. Rd1 Qc2
28. Qe1 Bg4 29. Rdb1 e4 30. d6 e3 31. fxe3 Qc5 32. Qf2 Qxa3 33. Rb7 Rf8 34. h3
Be6 35. Rd1 Rfd8 36. d7 Rc1 37. Rxc1 Qxc1+ 38. Kh2 Qd1 39. Qf4 h6 40. Qh4 Rxd7
41. Rb8+ Kh7 42. Qe4+ g6 43. Qe5 Rd8 44. Rxd8 Qxd8 45. h4 h5 46. Qd4 Qa5 47. Qb2
Qe1 48. Qe5 Qe2 49. Qf4 Bd5 50. e4 Be6 51. Qf6 Qa2 52. Kg1 Qb1+ 53. Qf1 Qb2 54.
Qf2 Qc3 55. Kh2 Kg7 56. Qf4 Qb2 57. Kg1 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.27"]
[Round "9.41"]
[White "Mchedlishvili, Mikheil"]
[Black "Demchenko, Anton"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2603"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[ECO "A45"]
[Opening "Trompovsky attack (Ruth, Opovcensky opening)"]
[WhiteFideId "13600966"]
[BlackFideId "4160258"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 g6 3. Bxf6 exf6 4. e3 d5 5. c4 dxc4 6. Bxc4 Bd6 7. Nc3 c6 8.
Nge2 Nd7 9. h4 h5 10. g3 Qe7 11. Nf4 Nb6 12. Bb3 Bg4 13. Qd3 O-O-O 14. Qe4 Qd7
15. Rc1 Rhe8 16. Qd3 Kb8 17. Nfe2 Re7 18. Rf1 Rde8 19. a3 g5 20. Na4 Nxa4 21.
Bxa4 Bc7 22. Qb3 Ba5+ 23. Kd1 Qxd4+ 24. exd4 Rxe2 25. Rc5 Rxf2+ 0-1

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.27"]
[Round "9.42"]
[White "Li, Chao b"]
[Black "Khenkin, Igor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2554"]
[ECO "D20"]
[Opening "Queen's gambit accepted"]
[WhiteFideId "8604436"]
[BlackFideId "4659600"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e3 Be6 4. Nf3 c6 5. a4 Nf6 6. Na3 c5 7. Bd2 Nc6 8. dxc5
Ne4 9. Nxc4 g6 10. Nd4 Nxd4 11. exd4 Qxd4 12. Be3 Qxd1+ 13. Rxd1 Bg7 14. f3 Nf6
15. Na5 O-O 16. Bd4 Rfc8 17. Nxb7 Bb3 18. Ra1 Nd7 19. Be3 Bxb2 20. Rb1 Bc3+ 21.
Kf2 Bxa4 22. Ba6 Rc6 23. Be2 a5 24. Rhc1 Bb4 25. Ra1 Bb3 26. Rcb1 Bc3 27. Ra3
Bc2 28. Rb5 Bf6 29. Rbxa5 Rxa5 30. Rxa5 Rc7 31. Rb5 h5 32. Na5 Ne5 33. c6 Nxc6
34. Rc5 Ba4 35. Rc4 Bb5 36. Rc5 Ba4 37. f4 Rc8 38. f5 Na7 39. fxg6 fxg6 40. Rc4
Rf8 41. Rxa4 Bd4+ 42. Bf3 Bxe3+ 43. Kxe3 Nb5 44. Nc6 Re8 45. Ne5 Kg7 46. Bc6 Rd8
47. Be4 Nc3 48. Ra6 Rd6 49. Rxd6 exd6 50. Nf3 Kf6 51. Kd3 Na4 52. Kd4 g5 53. Bc2
Nb6 54. Nd2 d5 55. Bb3 g4 56. Bxd5 Nd7 57. Ne4+ Kf5 58. Ng3+ Kg5 59. Be6 Nf8 60.
Ne4+ Kg6 61. Ke5 1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.27"]
[Round "9.43"]
[White "Socko, Bartosz"]
[Black "Christiansen, Johan-Sebastian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2593"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[ECO "A57"]
[Opening "Benko gambit half accepted"]
[WhiteFideId "1107038"]
[BlackFideId "1512668"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. e3 Bb7 6. Nc3 e6 7. dxe6 fxe6 8. Nf3
Be7 9. Be2 O-O 10. O-O axb5 11. Bxb5 Qc7 12. h3 d5 13. Re1 Nc6 14. Bf1 Rad8 15.
Qa4 Kh8 16. e4 dxe4 17. Ng5 Nd4 18. Ncxe4 Nxe4 19. Nxe4 Bc6 20. Qd1 Nf3+ 21.
Qxf3 Rxf3 22. gxf3 Qe5 23. Bg2 Bxe4 24. fxe4 c4 25. Rb1 Bb4 26. Rf1 Bc5 27. Be3
Bxe3 28. fxe3 h6 29. Rf2 Rd3 30. Re1 Qg3 31. Rfe2 Kh7 32. a4 h5 33. a5 Qg5 34.
a6 Qa5 35. e5 Kh6 36. Bb7 Rd2 37. Rxd2 Qxd2 38. a7 Qxe1+ 39. Kh2 Qxe3 40. a8=Q
Qxe5+ 41. Kh1 Qxb2 42. Qh8+ Kg5 43. Qd8+ Kh6 44. Qh8+ Kg5 45. Qd8+ Kh6 46. Qh8+
Kg5 47. Qd8+ Kh6 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.27"]
[Round "9.44"]
[White "Moiseenko, Alexander"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2667"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[ECO "D10"]
[Opening "QGD Slav defence"]
[Variation "exchange variation"]
[WhiteFideId "14102560"]
[BlackFideId "14100010"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Bg5 f6 5. Bd2 Nc6 6. Nc3 e5 7. e4 Nxd4 8. Nxd5
Ne7 9. Bc4 Nxd5 10. Bxd5 Be6 11. Bxe6 Nxe6 12. Ne2 Qd3 13. f3 Bc5 14. Qb3 Qxb3
15. axb3 O-O-O 16. O-O-O Rd7 17. Bc3 Rhd8 18. Rxd7 Kxd7 19. Rd1+ Kc6 20. Rxd8
Nxd8 21. Kc2 Ne6 22. Kd3 a6 23. Bd2 Bd4 24. Bc3 Bxc3 25. Kxc3 Kb5 26. g3 a5 27.
h4 b6 28. Nc1 g5 29. h5 g4 30. fxg4 Nc5 31. Ne2 Nxe4+ 32. Kd3 Nf2+ 33. Ke3 Nxg4+
34. Ke4 Kb4 35. Nc1 Nh6 36. Kd5 Nf5 37. g4 Ne3+ 38. Ke6 Nxg4 39. Kf5 Nf2 40.
Kxf6 e4 41. Kg7 Nd3 42. Ne2 Kxb3 43. Kxh7 Ne5 44. Kg7 Ng4 45. Kg6 Kxb2 46. Kg5
Ne5 47. Kf6 Nd7+ 48. Ke7 Ne5 49. Kf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.27"]
[Round "9.45"]
[White "Sethuraman, S.P."]
[Black "Inarkiev, Ernesto"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2646"]
[BlackElo "2689"]
[ECO "C50"]
[Opening "Giuoco Pianissimo"]
[WhiteFideId "5021596"]
[BlackFideId "4162722"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 Nf6 5. c3 O-O 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 Be7 8. Nbd2
d6 9. a4 Nh5 10. g3 Nf6 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. h4 h5 13. Nh2 g6 14. g4 hxg4 15. Nxg4
Bxh4 16. Qf3 Kg7 17. O-O-O Bxg4 18. Qxg4 Bg5 19. Rh3 Qf6 20. Rdh1 Rh8 21. R1h2
Ne7 22. Kc2 c6 23. Nf3 Bh6 24. Qd7 d5 25. Bb3 Rad8 26. Qc7 Bf4 27. Rxh8 Rxh8 28.
Rxh8 Kxh8 29. Qxb7 dxe4 30. dxe4 a5 31. Ne1 Bg5 32. Nd3 Qf3 33. Bc4 Kg7 34. Qb8
Bf6 35. Qe8 Nd5 36. exd5 cxd5 37. Bb5 e4 38. Ne5 Qxf2+ 39. Kb3 Bg5 40. Nd7 Bc1
41. Qe5+ Kh6 42. Qxd5 Qxb2+ 43. Kc4 f5 44. Qd1 Be3 45. Qh1+ Kg7 46. Bc6 Qe2+ 47.
Kb3 Qd3 48. Qh2 Bd4 49. Qb2 e3 50. Bb5 Qd1+ 51. Qc2 Qxc2+ 52. Kxc2 Ba7 53. c4
Kf7 54. Kd3 Ke7 55. c5 f4 56. Nb6 Kd8 57. Ke4 g5 58. Kf3 Kc7 59. Nd5+ Kd8 60. c6
Bb8 61. Kg4 Bd6 62. Be2 Be5 63. Kxg5 Bd6 64. Kf5 Bb8 65. Ke6 Kc8 66. Kf5 Kd8 67.
Ke4 Bd6 68. Bb5 Kc8 69. Nxf4 1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.27"]
[Round "9.46"]
[White "Kryvoruchko, Yuriy"]
[Black "Halkias, Stelios"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2689"]
[BlackElo "2571"]
[ECO "C55"]
[Opening "Two knights defence (Modern bishop's opening)"]
[WhiteFideId "14109182"]
[BlackFideId "4201809"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O d6 6. a4 O-O 7. Re1 Kh8 8. h3
Na5 9. Ba2 c5 10. c3 Nc6 11. Na3 Be6 12. Bxe6 fxe6 13. Rb1 Rc8 14. Qe2 Qe8 15.
Nc2 Nh5 16. b4 cxb4 17. cxb4 Qg6 18. Be3 Nf4 19. Bxf4 exf4 20. d4 Bd8 21. Rbc1
Qe8 22. Na1 Bb6 23. Qd2 e5 24. Nb3 Nxd4 25. Nbxd4 Bxd4 26. Rxc8 Qxc8 27. Nxd4
exd4 28. Qxd4 f3 29. Qxd6 fxg2 30. Kxg2 Rf6 31. Qd4 h6 32. Re3 Qc2 33. Rg3 Qxa4
34. Qd8+ Kh7 35. Qe7 Rg6 36. Rxg6 Kxg6 37. Qxb7 Qc2 38. Qd5 Kh7 39. b5 Qb1 40.
h4 Qc1 41. Qf5+ Kh8 42. h5 Qc4 43. Qd5 Qc1 44. Qe5 Qc4 45. Qe8+ Kh7 46. Qc6 Qe2
47. Qg6+ Kh8 48. Qe8+ Kh7 49. Kg3 Qf1 50. Qg6+ Kh8 51. Qf5 Qg1+ 52. Kf3 Qd1+ 53.
Kf4 Qd6+ 54. Qe5 Qd2+ 55. Kg3 Qd3+ 56. f3 Qe3 57. Kg4 Qe2 58. Qe8+ Kh7 59. Qg6+
Kh8 60. Qf5 Qg2+ 61. Kf4 Qe2 62. Qd5 Qh2+ 63. Ke3 Qg1+ 64. Kd3 Qd1+ 65. Kc4 Qxf3
66. Kc5 Qf8+ 67. Qd6 Qf2+ 68. Qd4 Qf8+ 69. Kc4 Qf7+ 70. Qd5 Qf1+ 71. Kb4 Qe1+
72. Kc5 Qf2+ 73. Kc6 Qb6+ 74. Kd7 a5 75. e5 a4 76. e6 Qa7+ 77. Kc6 Qa8+ 78. Kc5
Qf8+ 79. Qd6 Qf3 80. e7 Qe3+ 81. Kc6 Kh7 82. Qg6+ 1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.27"]
[Round "9.47"]
[White "Zhao, Jun"]
[Black "Anton Guijarro, David"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2604"]
[BlackElo "2666"]
[ECO "C80"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "open, 8...Be6"]
[WhiteFideId "8602522"]
[BlackFideId "2285525"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. Be3 Be7 10. Nbd2 Nc5 11. c3 Nd3 12. Qb1 Ndxe5 13. Nxe5 Nxe5 14. Bd4 Qd6
15. f4 Ng4 16. Nf3 Qxf4 17. h3 Nf6 18. Ne5 Qg5 19. Qd3 c5 20. Nf3 Qg6 21. Qxg6
hxg6 22. Be5 O-O 23. Ng5 Nd7 24. Nxe6 fxe6 25. Rfe1 c4 26. Bc2 Bc5+ 27. Kh1 Rf2
28. Bxg6 Rxb2 29. a4 bxa4 30. Bd4 Bxd4 31. cxd4 Nf8 32. Bh5 Rb4 33. Rf1 c3 34.
Bd1 Rxd4 35. Bxa4 Rc8 36. Rfc1 Rd2 0-1

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.27"]
[Round "9.48"]
[White "Sanal, Vahap"]
[Black "Movsesian, Sergei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2551"]
[BlackElo "2647"]
[ECO "B46"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Taimanov variation"]
[WhiteFideId "6300545"]
[BlackFideId "310204"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 a6 6. g3 d6 7. Bg2 Bd7 8. O-O
Be7 9. Nce2 Qc7 10. b3 b5 11. Bb2 Nf6 12. Rc1 Rd8 13. c4 b4 14. Qd2 O-O 15. f4
Rfe8 16. Kh1 Qb6 17. Rce1 e5 18. Nf5 Bxf5 19. exf5 Ng4 20. Nc1 exf4 21. Qxf4
Nge5 22. Qe4 Bf6 23. Nd3 Re7 24. Nxe5 Nxe5 25. Bd4 Qc7 26. Qd5 h5 27. h3 Rde8
28. Rd1 Nd7 29. Bxf6 Nxf6 30. Qxd6 Qa5 31. Bc6 Qxa2 32. Bxe8 Rxe8 33. Qd2 Qxb3
34. Qd3 Qa4 35. Rfe1 Qc6+ 36. Kh2 Rxe1 37. Rxe1 a5 38. Qd8+ Kh7 39. Qxa5 Qxc4
40. Qe5 b3 41. Qb2 Qd3 42. Qf2 Ne4 43. Qg1 Qd2+ 44. Kh1 Nf2+ 0-1

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.27"]
[Round "9.49"]
[White "Grigoriants, Sergey"]
[Black "Georgiev, Kiril"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2561"]
[BlackElo "2623"]
[ECO "B70"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "dragon variation"]
[WhiteFideId "4130804"]
[BlackFideId "2900017"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 g6 6. Be2 Bg7 7. O-O Nc6 8. Nb3
O-O 9. Bg5 a6 10. Re1 b5 11. Bf1 Bb7 12. Qd2 Re8 13. Nd5 Nd7 14. c3 Nde5 15. a4
Nc4 16. Qc1 Rb8 17. axb5 axb5 18. Nd2 N6e5 19. Nb3 Bxd5 20. exd5 Qb6 21. Nd4 b4
22. Bxc4 bxc3 23. bxc3 Nxc4 24. Nc6 Ra8 25. Nxe7+ Kh8 26. Nc6 Rxe1+ 27. Qxe1
Rxa1 28. Qxa1 h6 29. Bf4 Kh7 30. h4 Qb3 31. Nd8 Qc2 32. Qa7 g5 33. Qxf7 Qg6 34.
hxg5 hxg5 35. Bg3 Kh6 36. Qe6 Bxc3 37. Nf7+ Kg7 38. Nxd6 Qb1+ 39. Kh2 Qh7+ 40.
Kg1 Qb1+ 41. Kh2 Qh7+ 42. Qh3 Nb6 43. Nb5 Bf6 44. d6 Nd7 45. Nc7 Kg6 46. Nd5
Qxh3+ 47. Kxh3 Kf5 48. Nxf6 Nxf6 49. f3 Nd7 50. Be1 Nf6 51. Bc3 Nd7 52. Kg3 Nc5
53. Bb4 Nd7 54. Bd2 Nf6 55. Kh3 Nd7 56. g4+ Kf6 57. Kg3 Nc5 58. Bb4 Nd7 59. Kf2
Nb6 60. Ba5 Nd7 61. Bd8+ Ke6 62. Bxg5 Kxd6 63. Ke3 Ke6 64. f4 Kd5 65. Bh4 Nc5
66. Be1 Ne4 67. f5 Ke5 68. Bb4 Ng5 69. Bc3+ Kd5 70. Bf6 Ne4 71. Bb2 Ng5 72. Kf4
Nh3+ 73. Kg3 Ng5 74. Kh4 Nf7 75. g5 Ke4 76. g6 Nh6 77. f6 1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.27"]
[Round "9.50"]
[White "Volokitin, Andrei"]
[Black "Dzhumagaliev, Yan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2628"]
[BlackElo "2400"]
[ECO "B46"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Taimanov variation"]
[WhiteFideId "14107090"]
[BlackFideId "24100110"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bf4 d6 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8.
Qd2 e5 9. Bg5 Nf6 10. O-O-O h6 11. Bh4 Be6 12. f3 Rb8 13. b3 a5 14. Kb1 Be7 15.
Bxf6 gxf6 16. f4 exf4 17. Qxf4 Qb6 18. Ne2 Qc5 19. Nd4 a4 20. g3 axb3 21. cxb3
Rb4 22. Qd2 Bg4 23. Nxc6 Bxd1 24. Nxb4 Bf3 25. Nd3 Qd4 26. Qf2 Qxf2 27. Nxf2
Bxh1 28. Nxh1 f5 29. exf5 d5 30. Bg2 d4 31. Nf2 Kd7 32. Ne4 Kc7 33. Kc2 Rd8 34.
Bf1 Kb6 35. Bc4 f6 36. Kd3 Ra8 37. a4 Rd8 38. g4 Ka5 39. h4 Kb4 40. g5 hxg5 41.
hxg5 fxg5 42. f6 Bc5 43. Nxg5 Rh8 44. f7 Rh1 45. Ne6 Rf1 46. Nxc5 Kxc5 47. a5
Rf4 48. b4+ Kxb4 49. a6 Rf3+ 50. Kxd4 Rf4+ 51. Ke3 Rf6 52. a7 1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.27"]
[Round "9.51"]
[White "Salgado Lopez, Ivan"]
[Black "Tissir, Mohamed"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2644"]
[BlackElo "2381"]
[ECO "B54"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Prins (Moscow) variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2257327"]
[BlackFideId "9000240"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. f3 e6 6. Be3 Be7 7. Nc3 a6 8. Qd2
O-O 9. O-O-O Nc6 10. g4 Nd7 11. Kb1 Qc7 12. g5 b5 13. Nxc6 Qxc6 14. Ne2 Ne5 15.
Nd4 Qc7 16. h4 Nc4 17. Bxc4 bxc4 18. c3 d5 19. e5 Rb8 20. Ka1 Bd7 21. h5 Rb7 22.
Qh2 Rfb8 23. Rd2 Qa5 24. Rc2 Ba4 25. Rb1 Bb3 26. a3 Bxa3 0-1

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.27"]
[Round "9.52"]
[White "Naiditsch, Arkadij"]
[Black "Omar, Noaman"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2364"]
[ECO "B11"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "two knights, 3...Bg4"]
[WhiteFideId "4650891"]
[BlackFideId "9300244"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. h3 Bh5 5. exd5 cxd5 6. Bb5+ Nc6 7. g4 Bg6 8.
Ne5 Qd6 9. d4 f6 10. Nxg6 hxg6 11. Qd3 O-O-O 12. Bxc6 Qxc6 13. Qxg6 e5 14. Be3
Bb4 15. Qd3 e4 16. Qd2 Nh6 17. O-O-O Nf7 18. a3 Bxc3 19. Qxc3 Qxc3 20. bxc3 Rh4
21. c4 dxc4 22. d5 Rdh8 23. Rd4 Nd6 24. Bf4 Kd7 25. Re1 Rxh3 26. Kb2 c3+ 27. Kb3
Re8 28. a4 Rf3 29. Be3 f5 30. Rb4 f4 31. Bxa7 e3 32. fxe3 fxe3 33. Re2 Re5 34.
Kxc3 Rxd5 35. Rxe3 Rf8 36. Rd3 Rxd3+ 37. cxd3 Kc6 38. Bd4 Rf7 39. Be5 Re7 40.
Kd4 Rd7 41. Ke3 Kd5 42. Bxd6 Kxd6 43. Rd4+ Ke6 44. Rxd7 Kxd7 45. Kd4 Kd6 46. a5
g6 1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.27"]
[Round "9.53"]
[White "Dervishi, Erald"]
[Black "Lam, Daniel King-wai"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2552"]
[BlackElo "2222"]
[ECO "C03"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "Tarrasch"]
[WhiteFideId "4700236"]
[BlackFideId "6001238"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Be7 4. Bd3 c5 5. dxc5 Nf6 6. Qe2 O-O 7. Ngf3 Nc6 8. O-O
Nb4 9. Nb3 a5 10. a4 Nxd3 11. cxd3 b6 12. e5 Nd7 13. cxb6 Qxb6 14. Nbd4 Ba6 15.
Be3 Qb7 16. Rfd1 Nc5 17. Bg5 Bxg5 18. Nxg5 h6 19. Ngf3 Rab8 20. Rd2 Rfc8 21. h4
Qb4 22. Qd1 Rb6 23. g3 Rcb8 24. Kg2 Nb3 25. Nxb3 Qxb3 26. Qe2 Rc8 27. Nd4 Qb4
28. Qe3 Rbb8 29. Ra3 Rc1 30. Rb3 Qf8 31. Rc3 Rxc3 32. bxc3 Rb1 33. Ra2 Qc5 34.
Qd2 Qb6 35. Qc2 Qb7 36. h5 Qb6 37. Nf3 Qb7 38. Nd4 Qb6 39. Qd2 Qb7 40. Rc2 Qb6
41. Qe3 Rd1 42. Rd2 Qb1 43. Rxd1 Qxd1 44. Nb5 Qxa4 45. Nd6 Qc6 46. Qa7 Bxd3 47.
Qxf7+ Kh7 48. Ne8 d4+ 49. Kh2 1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.27"]
[Round "9.54"]
[White "Saeed, Ishaq"]
[Black "Tregubov, Pavel V."]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2434"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[ECO "E10"]
[Opening "Blumenfeld counter-gambit, Dus-Chotimursky variation"]
[WhiteFideId "9301453"]
[BlackFideId "4115341"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 b5 5. Bg5 b4 6. e4 d6 7. Nbd2 Be7 8. Bd3 e5
9. h3 Nxd5 10. exd5 Bxg5 11. Ne4 Be7 12. g4 Nd7 13. g5 Nf8 14. a3 bxa3 15. b4
cxb4 16. c5 Ng6 17. Qa4+ Kf8 18. cxd6 Bxd6 19. Qc6 Bf5 20. Nxd6 Bxd3 21. Qb7 Ne7
22. Nxe5 Bg6 23. Qxb4 Kg8 24. Rxa3 h6 25. Qc5 hxg5 26. Rg1 Rh5 27. Nc6 Nxc6 28.
Qxc6 Rb8 29. Rxa7 Rxh3 30. Rb7 Ra8 31. Kf1 Rh2 32. Nc4 Ra1+ 33. Ke2 Rxg1 34. d6
Kh7 35. Ne5 Qf6 36. Qc5 Bh5+ 37. Kd3 Rd1+ 38. Kc2 Qxf2+ 39. Qxf2 Rxf2+ 40. Kc3
Rxd6 0-1

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.27"]
[Round "9.55"]
[White "Ibrahimov, Rasul"]
[Black "Lodhi, Mahmood"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2518"]
[BlackElo "2347"]
[ECO "E91"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "6.Be2"]
[WhiteFideId "13400495"]
[BlackFideId "7800010"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. d4 O-O 6. Be2 Nc6 7. Be3 e5 8. d5 Ne7
9. Nd2 a5 10. c5 Ne8 11. O-O f5 12. cxd6 Nxd6 13. f3 b6 14. Rc1 Bd7 15. Nc4 Nec8
16. Na3 Na7 17. Nc4 Nac8 18. a4 Nxc4 19. Bxc4 Nd6 20. Bd3 Rf7 21. Bb5 Nxb5 22.
Nxb5 Bxb5 23. axb5 Bf8 24. exf5 gxf5 25. f4 e4 26. Rc6 Bd6 27. Bd4 Qh4 28. Qd2
Rd8 29. Kh1 Rfd7 30. Qe3 Be7 31. Be5 Rxd5 32. Rxc7 Rd1 33. Qb3+ R1d5 34. Rc8
Rxc8 35. Qxd5+ Kf8 36. Qe6 Rc2 37. Qxf5+ Ke8 38. Qxe4 Qf2 39. Rg1 Re2 40. Qc6+
Kf8 41. h3 Bc5 42. Bd6+ Bxd6 43. Qxd6+ Kg7 44. b3 Re4 45. Rc1 Rxf4 46. Qe5+ Rf6
47. Rc6 Qf1+ 48. Kh2 Qf4+ 49. Qxf4 Rxf4 50. Rxb6 Rb4 51. Kg3 Rxb3+ 52. Kh4 a4
53. g4 a3 54. Ra6 Rxb5 55. Rxa3 Rb7 56. Ra5 Rb6 57. Kg5 Rg6+ 58. Kf4 Rf6+ 59.
Rf5 Rh6 60. Kg3 Ra6 61. h4 Ra3+ 62. Rf3 Ra4 63. Rb3 Ra7 64. Rb5 h6 65. h5 Ra3+
66. Kf4 Ra1 67. Rb7+ Kf6 68. Rh7 Rf1+ 69. Kg3 Rg1+ 70. Kf4 Rf1+ 71. Kg3 Rg1+ 72.
Kf3 Kg5 73. Rg7+ Kh4 74. Kf4 Rf1+ 75. Ke5 Rf8 76. Rg6 Rf1 77. Ke6 Rf4 78. Rxh6
Kxg4 79. Rh8 Kg5 80. Ke5 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.27"]
[Round "9.56"]
[White "Al-Saffar, Araz Basim Mohammed S"]
[Black "Al-Hajiri, Bader"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2368"]
[BlackElo "2165"]
[ECO "D36"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "exchange, positional line, 6.Qc2"]
[WhiteFideId "4801040"]
[BlackFideId "10300163"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. Qc2 Be7 7. e3 O-O 8. Bd3
h6 9. Bh4 Nbd7 10. Nge2 Re8 11. O-O Nf8 12. Rab1 a5 13. a3 b5 14. a4 b4 15. Na2
Bd7 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. Nac1 Ne6 18. Nb3 Be7 19. Bf5 c5 20. Bxe6 Bxe6 21. Nxc5 Rc8
22. Rbc1 Qb6 23. Nf4 b3 24. Qc3 Bxc5 25. dxc5 Qb4 26. Qxb4 axb4 27. Ne2 Ra8 28.
Ra1 Ra5 29. Rfc1 Rea8 30. Nd4 Rxa4 31. Nxb3 Kf8 32. Kf1 Ke7 33. Rxa4 Rxa4 34.
Ra1 Rxa1+ 35. Nxa1 Kd7 36. Nb3 Kc6 37. Ke2 Bc8 38. Kd3 Ba6+ 39. Kd4 Bc4 40. Na5+
Kb5 41. Nxc4 dxc4 42. c6 c3 43. bxc3 b3 44. c7 1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.27"]
[Round "9.57"]
[White "Minko, Vladimir"]
[Black "El Adnani, Mokliss"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2381"]
[BlackElo "2448"]
[ECO "D76"]
[Opening "Neo-Gruenfeld, 6.cd Nxd5, 7.O-O Nb6"]
[WhiteFideId "24146706"]
[BlackFideId "9000410"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. O-O Nb6 8. Nc3
Nc6 9. e3 Re8 10. Nh4 e5 11. d5 Na5 12. e4 c6 13. b3 cxd5 14. exd5 e4 15. Bb2 g5
16. Bxe4 gxh4 17. Qd3 f5 18. Bxf5 Bxf5 19. Qxf5 Nac4 20. bxc4 Nxc4 21. Qc2 Nxb2
22. Qxb2 Rc8 23. Rac1 Qa5 24. d6 Rxc3 25. d7 Rd8 26. Qxb7 h3 27. Rce1 Rd3 28.
Re8+ Bf8 29. Qe4 R3xd7 30. Qg4+ Rg7 31. Qe6+ Rf7 32. Rxd8 Qxd8 33. Qxh3 Qd5 34.
Qg4+ Rg7 35. Qa4 h5 36. Rd1 Qf3 37. Rd4 Rc7 38. Rd1 Rf7 39. Rd2 Qf5 40. Qc4 Bc5
41. Qe2 h4 42. Qe8+ Kh7 43. Qe1 Bb4 0-1

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.27"]
[Round "9.58"]
[White "Al Jabri, Mohammed Ali"]
[Black "Dobrov, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2154"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[ECO "B21"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Smith-Morra gambit"]
[WhiteFideId "7604734"]
[BlackFideId "4136594"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. c3 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. cxd4 d6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. exd6 Qxd6 8.
Nc3 Bg4 9. Be2 e6 10. O-O Be7 11. h3 Bh5 12. a3 O-O 13. Nxd5 Qxd5 14. Be3 Rfd8
15. Qd2 Na5 16. Qd3 Nb3 17. Rad1 Rac8 18. Ne5 Bxe2 19. Qxe2 Bf6 20. f4 Qe4 21.
Qd3 Qxd3 22. Rxd3 Na5 23. Rc3 Rxc3 24. bxc3 Be7 25. Rb1 b6 26. a4 f6 27. Nd3 Rc8
28. Bd2 Nc4 29. Bc1 Nd6 30. Bb2 Kf7 31. Kf1 Nc4 32. Bc1 Nd6 33. Rb3 Ne4 34. a5
Bd8 35. a6 Nxc3 36. Ba3 Nd5 37. Rb2 Rc3 38. Bc5 Rxd3 39. Bd6 Rd1+ 40. Ke2 Ra1
41. Rc2 Rxa6 42. Rc8 Be7 0-1

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.27"]
[Round "9.59"]
[White "Al Habeeb, Emad"]
[Black "Khader, Sami"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "1933"]
[BlackElo "2392"]
[ECO "E62"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "fianchetto, Simagin variation"]
[WhiteFideId "21500029"]
[BlackFideId "8100500"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O Nc6 7. Nc3 Bg4 8. e4 e5
9. d5 Nd4 10. Be3 Re8 11. b4 a5 12. b5 Nd7 13. Re1 Nc5 14. h3 Nxf3+ 15. Bxf3
Bxh3 16. Kh2 Bc8 17. Rh1 Nd7 18. Kg2 h5 19. Qd2 b6 20. Rh2 Nf6 21. Bg5 Qe7 22.
Rah1 Qf8 23. Bxf6 Bxf6 24. Nd1 Qg7 25. Kf1 Be7 26. Be2 Rf8 27. Ne3 Bg5 28. Qd3
Bd7 29. Nf5 gxf5 30. Rxh5 fxe4 31. Qxe4 f5 32. Qg2 Be8 33. R5h2 e4 34. Bh5 Qa1+
35. Ke2 Qb2+ 36. Kf1 Qc1+ 37. Ke2 Bxh5+ 0-1

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.27"]
[Round "9.60"]
[White "Amer, Said Salim Al Maashani"]
[Black "Al Ghamdi, Ahmed M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "CM"]
[WhiteElo "2103"]
[BlackElo "2159"]
[ECO "C45"]
[Opening "Scotch"]
[Variation "Mieses variation"]
[WhiteFideId "22000100"]
[BlackFideId "21500150"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8.
c4 Ba6 9. Nd2 g6 10. Nf3 Bg7 11. Bg5 Qb4+ 12. Qd2 Qxd2+ 13. Kxd2 Nb6 14. b3 O-O
15. Re1 Rfe8 16. Bd3 d5 17. exd6 cxd6 18. Bf4 Red8 19. h4 d5 20. c5 Nc4+ 21. Kc1
Bb2+ 22. Kc2 Ba3 23. bxc4 dxc4 24. Be4 Bxc5 25. Rd1 Bb5 26. Rxd8+ Rxd8 27. Be3
Bb4 28. Nd4 Ba4+ 29. Kb1 Rb8 30. Kc1 c3 31. Nc2 c5 32. a3 Bxc2 33. Kxc2 Bxa3 34.
Kxc3 a5 35. Rd1 Bb2+ 36. Kc2 a4 37. Bd5 a3 38. Ba2 Bf6 39. Rb1 Bb2 40. Bd2 Re8
41. Re1 Rc8 42. Bc3 Rb8 43. Rb1 Re8 44. Bd2 Re2 45. Rf1 Bd4 46. f3 Rxg2 47. Re1
Kf8 48. Re4 f5 49. Re6 Bf2 50. Bh6+ Kf7 51. Re2+ Kf6 52. Be3 Bxe3 53. Rxg2 Bd4
54. Kd3 Ke5 55. Bg8 Kf6 56. f4 Kg7 57. Ba2 Kf6 58. Re2 h6 59. Re6+ Kg7 60. Re7+
Kf8 61. Rf7+ Ke8 62. Rh7 Kf8 63. h5 g5 64. fxg5 hxg5 65. Rf7+ Kg8 66. Rxf5+ Kh7
67. Rxg5 Kh6 68. Rd5 Bf2 69. Ke4 Bd4 70. Kf3 Bg1 71. Kg4 Bd4 72. Rd6+ Kg7 73.
h6+ Kf8 74. Kf5 Bb2 75. Kg6 Ke7 76. Ra6 1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.27"]
[Round "9.61"]
[White "Al Saidi, Mohammed Khalfan"]
[Black "Masrahi, Abdulrahman A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackTitle "CM"]
[WhiteElo "1468"]
[BlackElo "1962"]
[ECO "D15"]
[Opening "QGD Slav"]
[Variation "4.Nc3"]
[WhiteFideId "22001271"]
[BlackFideId "21501564"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. Bg5 b5 6. c5 Bf5 7. Bxf6 exf6 8. b4
Be7 9. e3 O-O 10. Bd3 Bxd3 11. Qxd3 Nd7 12. O-O Qc7 13. a4 Ra7 14. Ra3 Rfa8 15.
Rfa1 g6 16. Nd2 f5 17. Nb3 Nf6 18. Na5 f4 19. exf4 Qxf4 20. Nxc6 Rc7 21. axb5 h5
22. Qg3 Qxg3 23. hxg3 1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.27"]
[Round "9.62"]
[White "Alem, Ali Hussien"]
[Black "Abdyjapar, Asyl"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "1745"]
[BlackElo "2382"]
[ECO "B56"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[WhiteFideId "21500088"]
[BlackFideId "13800337"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bb5 Bd7 7. Be3 e6 8. Qe2
Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. f4 Qc7 11. Rad1 Rfd8 12. f5 Nxd4 13. Bxd4 e5 14. Bf2 Bxb5 15.
Qxb5 Qc6 16. Qd3 Rac8 17. Bh4 Qb6+ 18. Kh1 Qxb2 19. Be1 Qb6 20. Rb1 Qc6 21. g4
d5 22. g5 Nxe4 23. Nxe4 dxe4 24. Qg3 e3+ 25. Kg1 e2 26. Rf3 Rd1 27. Rbb3 Bc5+
28. Kg2 e4 29. Rfc3 e3+ 30. Kh3 Qd5 31. Qg4 Rxe1 32. Rd3 Qc6 33. f6 Qe6 34. Rxb7
Qxg4+ 35. Kxg4 Rg1+ 36. Kf4 e1=Q 37. Rc7 Rxc7 0-1

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.27"]
[Round "9.63"]
[White "Alanazy, Mohammed"]
[Black "Bukannan, Ahmed A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1850"]
[BlackElo "1929"]
[ECO "B03"]
[Opening "Alekhine's defence"]
[Variation "exchange variation"]
[WhiteFideId "21508488"]
[BlackFideId "21504164"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. c4 Nb6 4. d4 d6 5. exd6 cxd6 6. Nf3 g6 7. Bd3 Bg7 8. Be3
O-O 9. Nc3 Nc6 10. O-O Bg4 11. Be2 Bxf3 12. Bxf3 Nxc4 13. b3 Nxe3 14. fxe3 Qa5
15. Ne2 Rac8 16. a4 Bh6 17. Nf4 Bxf4 18. exf4 Qb6 19. Bxc6 Rxc6 20. Qd3 Qb4 21.
Rab1 e6 22. h4 Rc3 23. Qd2 a5 24. h5 gxh5 25. f5 Rg3 26. Qf4 Rg4 27. Qe3 Qxd4
28. Qxd4 Rxd4 29. fxe6 fxe6 30. Rfe1 e5 31. Rbc1 Rf7 32. Re3 Kf8 33. Rh3 h4 34.
Rc8+ Ke7 35. Ra8 Rd1+ 36. Kh2 Rff1 37. g4 hxg3+ 38. Kxg3 Rd3+ 39. Kg2 Rxh3 40.
Kxf1 Rxb3 41. Rxa5 Ke6 42. Ra8 Rb2 43. a5 e4 44. Rb8 Ra2 45. Rxb7 Rxa5 46. Rxh7
Ra2 47. Rh5 d5 48. Ke1 Kd6 49. Rh8 Kc5 50. Rc8+ Kd4 51. Rd8 e3 52. Rb8 Ke4 53.
Re8+ Kd3 54. Kf1 Ra1+ 55. Kg2 e2 0-1

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.27"]
[Round "9.64"]
[White "Al Abdali, Zeyad Saleh"]
[Black "Miswadah, Baha"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1801"]
[BlackElo "1877"]
[ECO "D02"]
[Opening "Queen's bishop game"]
[WhiteFideId "21501505"]
[BlackFideId "11502118"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bf4 e6 4. c4 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bxb8 Rxb8 7. Qa4+ Bd7 8.
Qxa7 Nb4 9. Na3 Ra8 10. Qxb7 Bc6 11. Qxa8 Bxa8 12. e3 Bxf3 13. gxf3 Be7 14. Bb5+
Kf8 15. Rd1 cxd4 16. Rxd4 Qa5 17. O-O Nd5 18. Ra4 Qd8 19. Rd1 f5 20. e4 Bxa3 21.
Rxa3 Qg5+ 22. Kf1 fxe4 23. fxe4 Ne3+ 24. Rxe3 Qxb5+ 25. Kg2 Ke7 26. Rdd3 Rd8 27.
Rb3 Qa6 28. Ra3 Qb5 29. Rab3 Qh5 30. Rb7+ Rd7 31. Rbb3 Qg4+ 32. Rg3 Qxe4+ 33.
Kh3 g6 34. Rbe3 Qf5+ 35. Kg2 Qd5+ 36. Kh3 Qxa2 37. b4 Qxf2 38. Rgf3 Qb2 39. Rb3
Qe5 40. b5 Rd2 41. b6 Rxh2+ 42. Kg4 h5# 0-1

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.27"]
[Round "9.65"]
[White "Al Zamel, Khaled"]
[Black "Salama, Taher"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1942"]
[BlackElo "1769"]
[ECO "A08"]
[Opening "Reti"]
[Variation "King's Indian attack, French variation"]
[WhiteFideId "21500967"]
[BlackFideId "11502231"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 c5 2. d3 Nc6 3. Nd2 e6 4. Ngf3 d5 5. g3 Nf6 6. Bg2 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. Re1
Re8 9. c3 b6 10. e5 Nd7 11. d4 f6 12. exf6 Nxf6 13. Nf1 Ne4 14. Bf4 Bf6 15. Ne5
Bb7 16. h4 Rc8 17. Nh2 Ne7 18. Nhg4 Nf5 19. Nxf6+ Nxf6 20. Bg5 cxd4 21. cxd4 Rc7
22. g4 Nd6 23. f3 h6 24. Bxf6 Qxf6 25. b3 Qxh4 26. Qd3 Qf6 27. Rac1 Rec8 28.
Rxc7 Rxc7 29. Re2 Rc1+ 30. Kf2 Ne4+ 31. Rxe4 dxe4 32. Qd2 Qh4+ 33. Ke3 Re1+ 34.
Kf4 Qd8 0-1

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.27"]
[Round "9.66"]
[White "Al Mahmood, Salman"]
[Black "Al Bargi, Hassan M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1593"]
[BlackElo "1579"]
[ECO "E94"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "orthodox, 7...Nbd7"]
[WhiteFideId "11201517"]
[BlackFideId "21501475"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 Nbd7 7. O-O e5 8. d5
Nc5 9. Qc2 a5 10. h3 Ne8 11. Bg5 Qd7 12. Qd2 f5 13. Bh6 f4 14. Bxg7 Nxg7 15. Nh2
g5 16. Bg4 Qf7 17. f3 Bxg4 18. Nxg4 Qg6 19. Nb5 Rf7 20. Qc2 Nh5 21. a3 a4 22.
Rfe1 Nb3 23. Rad1 Nf6 24. Nc3 Nxg4 25. hxg4 h5 26. Nxa4 Nd4 27. Rxd4 exd4 28. c5
hxg4 29. cxd6 cxd6 30. Nb6 Raf8 31. Qd3 gxf3 32. gxf3 Rh7 33. Re2 Qh5 34. Rg2
Qh1+ 35. Kf2 Rh2 36. Qf1 Rxg2+ 37. Qxg2 Qxg2+ 38. Kxg2 d3 39. Kf2 Rf7 40. Ke1
Rc7 41. Kd2 Rc2+ 42. Kxd3 Rxb2 43. Nc4 Rb3+ 44. Ke2 b6 45. Nxd6 Rxa3 46. Nf5
Ra2+ 47. Kd3 b5 48. d6 Kf7 49. e5 Ke6 50. Nd4+ 1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.27"]
[Round "9.67"]
[White "Al Omary, Ahmed"]
[Black "Al Juhani, Bakr"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1875"]
[BlackElo "1854"]
[ECO "C02"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "advance, Paulsen attack"]
[WhiteFideId "21500207"]
[BlackFideId "21500185"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Nge7 6. Bd3 a6 7. O-O b5 8. Bd2 Nf5
9. Bxf5 exf5 10. Bf4 Be7 11. Nbd2 O-O 12. dxc5 Bxc5 13. Nb3 Be7 14. Nbd4 Nxd4
15. Nxd4 Be6 16. Nb3 Rc8 17. Be3 Qc7 18. Bd4 f6 19. exf6 Bxf6 20. Re1 Rce8 21.
Nc5 Qc6 22. Qd3 Bxd4 23. cxd4 Bc8 24. f4 Qf6 25. Re5 Rxe5 26. fxe5 Qg6 27. Qf3
Qc6 28. Rc1 Be6 29. Qc3 f4 30. Nxe6 Qxe6 31. Qc6 Qxc6 32. Rxc6 f3 33. g3 f2+ 34.
Kf1 Rf3 1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.27"]
[Round "10.1"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2837"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[ECO "A04"]
[Opening "Reti opening"]
[WhiteFideId "1503014"]
[BlackFideId "4168119"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. b3 d6 3. e3 e5 4. Bb5+ Nc6 5. O-O a6 6. Bxc6+ bxc6 7. c4 Nf6 8. Nc3
Be7 9. d3 O-O 10. Bb2 h6 11. Nd2 Be6 12. Qe2 Nd7 13. f4 exf4 14. exf4 Bf5 15.
Nde4 Re8 16. Qf3 Nf6 17. Rae1 Qd7 18. Na4 Rab8 19. Nxf6+ Bxf6 20. Bxf6 gxf6 21.
Nc3 Rxe1 22. Rxe1 Re8 23. Rxe8+ Qxe8 24. Kf2 Kg7 25. g4 Bd7 26. Ne4 Qe7 27. Ng3
Kf8 28. f5 Qe5 29. Qe3 Qb2+ 30. Qe2 Qd4+ 31. Kf3 Qa1 32. Nh5 Qh1+ 33. Kg3 Qg1+
34. Kh3 Qd4 35. Kg2 d5 36. Kf3 Qa1 37. Qe3 Kg8 38. Kg3 Kh7 39. h3 Bc8 40. Qe8
Be6 41. Kf2 Qb2+ 42. Kf3 Qa1 43. Ng3 Qd1+ 44. Kf2 Qxd3 45. Ne2 d4 46. fxe6 Qe3+
47. Kf1 Qxh3+ 48. Ke1 Qh4+ 49. Kd1 fxe6 50. Qxe6 d3 51. Qf5+ Kg7 52. Nf4 Qh1+
53. Kd2 Qa1 54. Qd7+ 1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.27"]
[Round "10.2"]
[White "Fedoseev, Vladimir3"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[ECO "E60"]
[Opening "King's Indian, 3.Nf3"]
[WhiteFideId "24130737"]
[BlackFideId "4102142"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 c6 5. Bg2 d5 6. cxd5 cxd5 7. Ne5 Ne4 8. Nc3
Nxc3 9. bxc3 O-O 10. h4 Nc6 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. h5 e5 13. hxg6 fxg6 14. Qa4 Qb6
15. Ba3 Rf7 16. Bc5 Qa6 17. Qxa6 Bxa6 18. Rb1 Re8 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.27"]
[Round "10.3"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Wang, Hao"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[ECO "C67"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Berlin defence, open variation"]
[WhiteFideId "5000017"]
[BlackFideId "8602883"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nxe5 8.
Rxe5 O-O 9. Nc3 Ne8 10. Nd5 Bd6 11. Re1 c6 12. Ne3 Be7 13. c4 Nc7 14. d4 d5 15.
cxd5 Bb4 16. Bd2 Bxd2 17. Qxd2 Nxd5 18. Nxd5 Qxd5 19. Re5 Qd6 20. Bc4 Bd7 21.
Rae1 b5 22. Bb3 a5 23. a3 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.27"]
[Round "10.4"]
[White "Kuzubov, Yuriy"]
[Black "Korobov, Anton"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2699"]
[BlackElo "2652"]
[ECO "D78"]
[Opening "Neo-Gruenfeld, 6.O-O c6"]
[WhiteFideId "14112906"]
[BlackFideId "14105730"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. d4 Bg7 4. c4 c6 5. Bg2 Nf6 6. O-O O-O 7. b3 Bf5 8. Bb2 a5
9. Nc3 Ne4 10. Rc1 Nxc3 11. Rxc3 Be4 12. cxd5 cxd5 13. Ne5 Bxg2 14. Kxg2 Nd7 15.
Nxd7 Qxd7 16. Qc2 Rfc8 17. Rc1 Rxc3 18. Qxc3 Bf6 19. Qc7 Qb5 20. Kf1 Qb4 21. Bc3
Qb5 22. Bd2 Bxd4 23. Qxe7 Re8 24. a4 Rxe7 25. axb5 Bb6 26. Ra1 Re6 27. Bxa5 Bxa5
28. Rxa5 Kf8 29. e3 Ke7 30. Ke2 d4 31. Ra7 Rb6 32. exd4 Rxb5 33. Ra3 Kd6 34. Kd3
Rb6 35. g4 f6 36. h4 h6 37. Kc3 Rc6+ 38. Kd2 Rb6 39. Kd3 Ke6 40. Kc3 Rc6+ 41.
Kd2 Rb6 42. f3 Kd6 43. Kc3 Rc6+ 44. Kd3 Rb6 45. f4 Ke6 46. Ke4 f5+ 47. gxf5+
gxf5+ 48. Kd3 h5 49. Kc3 Rc6+ 50. Kd2 Rb6 51. Kd3 Kd6 52. Ra5 Rxb3+ 53. Kc4 Rh3
54. Rd5+ Ke6 55. Re5+ Kf6 56. Rb5 Rxh4 57. Rb6+ Ke7 58. Rxb7+ Kd6 59. Rb6+ Kc7
60. Rh6 Rxf4 61. Kc5 Re4 62. d5 Kd7 63. Rxh5 f4 64. d6 Re1 65. Rh7+ Kd8 66. Rf7
Rf1 67. Kc6 Rc1+ 68. Kd5 Rf1 69. Ke4 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.27"]
[Round "10.5"]
[White "Yu, Yangyi"]
[Black "Dreev, Aleksey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2653"]
[ECO "D52"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "Cambridge Springs defence, Yugoslav variation"]
[WhiteFideId "8603820"]
[BlackFideId "4100107"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. e3 Qa5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Rc1
Nxc3 9. bxc3 Ba3 10. Rc2 b6 11. Be2 Ba6 12. O-O Bxe2 13. Rxe2 O-O 14. Qc2 Rfe8
15. Rd1 Rac8 16. e4 c5 17. d5 exd5 18. Rxd5 Nf8 19. e5 b5 20. h4 c4 21. Nd4 Rc5
22. Qe4 a6 23. Rxc5 Bxc5 24. Qc6 Qxc3 25. Qxc5 Qd3 26. Re3 Qd1+ 27. Kh2 h6 28.
Bf4 Qg4 29. Bg3 Rc8 30. Qd5 c3 31. Nc6 Rc7 32. Rxc3 Rd7 33. Qf3 Qa4 34. e6 Nxe6
35. Ne5 Ra7 36. Rc8+ Nf8 37. Ng6 Ra8 1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.27"]
[Round "10.6"]
[White "Onischuk, Vladimir"]
[Black "Pantsulaia, Levan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2637"]
[BlackElo "2612"]
[ECO "B12"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "advance variation"]
[WhiteFideId "14114038"]
[BlackFideId "13602071"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. h4 Qb6 5. Nc3 h5 6. Na4 Qa5+ 7. c3 e6 8. Nf3 Nd7
9. b4 Qc7 10. Bd3 Bg4 11. Bd2 Ne7 12. Qc2 Bxf3 13. gxf3 g6 14. Nb2 a5 15. b5 Bh6
16. Bxh6 Rxh6 17. Qd2 Rh8 18. c4 Kf8 19. Rc1 Kg7 20. cxd5 Nxd5 21. Nc4 Rhd8 22.
Nd6 Nf8 23. bxc6 bxc6 24. Bb5 Ne7 25. Qf4 Nd5 26. Rxc6 Qxd6 27. Qxf7+ Kxf7 28.
exd6 Rac8 29. Rxc8 Rxc8 30. Kd2 Rd8 31. Rc1 Rxd6 32. Rc8 Ne7 33. Ra8 Rxd4+ 34.
Ke2 Nd5 35. Ra7+ Kg8 36. Be8 a4 37. Bf7+ Kh8 38. Ra8 Rxh4 39. Kf1 Kg7 40. Ra7
Kh6 0-1

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.27"]
[Round "10.7"]
[White "Quparadze, Giga"]
[Black "Rapport, Richard"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2506"]
[BlackElo "2707"]
[ECO "B44"]
[Opening "Sicilian, Szen ('anti-Taimanov') variation"]
[WhiteFideId "13602250"]
[BlackFideId "738590"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nb5 d6 6. c4 a6 7. N5c3 g6 8. Bf4
Nf6 9. Be2 e5 10. Be3 Be6 11. Nd5 Bxd5 12. exd5 Ne7 13. Nc3 Nf5 14. Bg5 Be7 15.
Bd3 Nd7 16. Bd2 Nd4 17. Be3 Nc5 18. Bb1 Qb6 19. Qd2 Qb4 20. b3 Qa5 21. Qb2 Qb4
22. Qd2 Bd8 23. Ne4 Ba5 24. Qxb4 Bxb4+ 25. Bd2 Bxd2+ 26. Kxd2 Kd7 27. Re1 b6 28.
f4 Ndxb3+ 29. axb3 Nxb3+ 30. Kc3 Nxa1 31. fxe5 dxe5 32. g4 f5 33. gxf5 gxf5 34.
Ng3 e4 35. Nxf5 Rac8 36. Bxe4 b5 37. Rxa1 Rxc4+ 38. Kd3 Re8 39. Ng3 Ra4 40. Rf1
Ra3+ 41. Kd4 Ra4+ 42. Kd3 Ra3+ 43. Kd4 Ra4+ 44. Kd3 Ra3+ 45. Kd2 Ra2+ 46. Kd3
Ra3+ 47. Kd2 Kd6 48. Rf6+ Ke5 49. Rf5+ Kd4 50. d6 Rxg3 51. d7 Rd8 52. hxg3 Kxe4
53. Rf7 h5 54. Kc3 Kd5 55. Kb4 Ke6 56. Rh7 Rxd7 57. Rh6+ Kf5 58. Rxh5+ Kg4 59.
Rh6 Rd4+ 60. Kb3 Ra4 61. Rh4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.27"]
[Round "10.8"]
[White "Ding, Liren"]
[Black "Saric, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2669"]
[ECO "D11"]
[Opening "QGD Slav"]
[Variation "4.e3"]
[WhiteFideId "8603677"]
[BlackFideId "14508150"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bg4 5. h3 Bh5 6. Nc3 e6 7. g4 Bg6 8. Ne5 Nbd7
9. Nxg6 hxg6 10. g5 Ne4 11. Nxe4 dxe4 12. h4 Bb4+ 13. Bd2 Qa5 14. a3 Bxd2+ 15.
Qxd2 Qxd2+ 16. Kxd2 f5 17. c5 Ke7 18. Bc4 Rh7 19. Rh3 Rd8 20. Kc3 e5 21. b4
exd4+ 22. exd4 Nf8 23. f3 Ne6 24. Bxe6 Kxe6 25. fxe4 fxe4 26. Rf1 Re8 27. Kd2
Kd5 28. Ke3 a5 29. Rf7 axb4 30. axb4 Ra8 31. Kf4 Kxd4 32. Rd7+ Kc4 33. Rxb7 e3
34. Re7 Kxb4 35. Rexe3 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.27"]
[Round "10.9"]
[White "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Black "Mamedov, Rauf"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2744"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[ECO "D10"]
[Opening "QGD Slav defence"]
[WhiteFideId "5007003"]
[BlackFideId "13401653"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Qb3 Nc6 7. Qxb7 Bd7 8.
Qb3 Rb8 9. Qd1 e5 10. Nf3 Bd6 11. dxe5 Nxe5 12. Be2 O-O 13. O-O Nxf3+ 14. Bxf3
Qc7 15. h3 Rfd8 16. Ne2 Bb5 17. Bd2 Ne4 18. Rc1 Qe7 19. Ba5 Qe5 20. Nf4 Bxf1 21.
Bxd8 Bc4 22. b3 Rxd8 23. bxc4 Nxf2 24. Kxf2 Bc5 25. Qd3 Qxf4 26. cxd5 Bb6 27.
Rc6 Qe5 28. Qc3 Qg5 29. Ke2 Qf5 30. g4 Qb1 31. a4 Qa2+ 32. Qc2 Qa3 33. Rc3 Qe7
34. Qe4 Qf6 35. Rc2 g6 36. Qf4 Qe7 37. Kf2 Re8 38. Kg2 Bxe3 39. Qc7 Qb4 40. Re2
Qb1 41. Qh2 Qd3 42. Qg3 Rc8 43. Qe1 Rc3 44. Qf1 Rc1 45. Re1 Qd2+ 46. Re2 Qc3 47.
Rxe3 Qxe3 48. Qf2 Qxf2+ 49. Kxf2 Rc4 50. Ke3 Rxa4 51. d6 Kf8 0-1

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.27"]
[Round "10.10"]
[White "Kravtsiv, Martyn"]
[Black "Cheparinov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2672"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[ECO "C50"]
[Opening "Giuoco Piano"]
[WhiteFideId "14113147"]
[BlackFideId "2905540"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 h6 7. b4 Bb6 8. Nbd2
O-O 9. Bb3 Ne7 10. Nc4 Ng6 11. Re1 Re8 12. h3 Be6 13. Bc2 c6 14. Nxb6 axb6 15.
a3 d5 16. Be3 b5 17. Qb1 Qc7 18. a4 bxa4 19. Rxa4 Rxa4 20. Bxa4 Ra8 21. Bc2 b6
22. d4 Nxe4 23. Bxe4 dxe4 24. Nxe5 Nxe5 25. dxe5 Qxe5 26. Bd4 Qd5 27. Qxe4 Ra1
28. Qe3 Rxe1+ 29. Qxe1 c5 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.27"]
[Round "10.11"]
[White "Safarli, Eltaj"]
[Black "Esipenko, Andrey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2639"]
[BlackElo "2564"]
[ECO "B10"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann defence"]
[WhiteFideId "13402129"]
[BlackFideId "24175439"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Ne5 Nf6 5. d4 Nc6 6. Bb5 Bd7 7. Nxd7 Qxd7 8.
c3 e6 9. O-O Bd6 10. Nd2 O-O 11. Re1 a6 12. Bd3 b5 13. Nf3 Qc7 14. Bg5 Nd7 15.
Qc2 h6 16. Be3 Nf6 17. h3 Rfc8 18. Qe2 Qb7 19. g4 b4 20. g5 hxg5 21. Bxg5 bxc3
22. bxc3 Na5 23. Bxf6 gxf6 24. Qd2 Kf8 25. Nh4 Ke8 26. Qh6 Rxc3 27. Nf5 Bf8 28.
Qh5 Qd7 29. Be2 Kd8 30. Qh8 Kc7 31. Rac1 Rc6 32. Ne3 Qd8 33. Qh7 Qd7 34. Ng4 Qe7
35. Rxc6+ Nxc6 36. Rc1 Rb8 37. Qc2 Rb6 38. a4 Qb4 39. Nxf6 Be7 40. Ng4 Kb7 41.
Ne5 Qd6 42. a5 Nxa5 43. Qc8+ Ka7 44. Bxa6 Bd8 45. Nxf7 Qf4 46. Nxd8 Qg5+ 47. Kf1
Nc4 48. Nc6+ Rxc6 49. Qb7# 1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.27"]
[Round "10.12"]
[White "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2691"]
[BlackElo "2805"]
[ECO "A45"]
[Opening "Trompovsky attack (Ruth, Opovcensky opening)"]
[WhiteFideId "24101605"]
[BlackFideId "13300474"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 e6 3. Nd2 c5 4. e3 b6 5. Ngf3 Bb7 6. c3 Be7 7. Bd3 cxd4 8. cxd4
O-O 9. O-O Nd5 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. Re1 Nc6 12. e4 Nf4 13. Bf1 d5 14. e5 f6 15. g3
Ng6 16. h4 fxe5 17. dxe5 Qf7 18. Bg2 Qf5 19. Qe2 Ngxe5 20. Nxe5 Nxe5 21. f4 Nd3
22. g4 Qxf4 23. Qxd3 Qf2+ 24. Kh2 Ba6 25. Qe3 Qxh4+ 26. Kg1 Kh8 27. Nf3 Qg3 28.
Nh2 Qh4 29. Qxe6 Qf2+ 30. Kh1 Qxb2 31. Qxd5 Rac8 32. Qe5 Qc2 33. Be4 Bd3 34.
Bxd3 Qxd3 35. Rad1 Qg6 36. Qe6 Qxe6 37. Rxe6 Rf2 38. Red6 Rcf8 39. Rd8 Kg8 40.
a3 b5 41. R8d7 a6 42. R1d2 Rxd2 43. Rxd2 Rf4 44. Kg2 Ra4 45. Rd3 a5 46. Kg3 h6
47. Nf3 Kh7 48. Rc3 b4 49. axb4 Rxb4 50. Rc5 a4 51. Ra5 Rc4 52. Ra6 Kg8 53. Ra8+
Kh7 54. Ra7 Rb4 55. Ra6 Kg8 56. Ne5 Kh7 57. Nd7 a3 58. Nf8+ Kg8 59. Ne6 Re4 60.
Kf3 Re1 61. Nd4 Rf1+ 62. Ke4 Rg1 63. Kf5 Rf1+ 64. Ke5 Rg1 65. Kf4 Rf1+ 66. Nf3
Ra1 67. Kf5 Kh7 68. Ra7 a2 69. Kf4 Kg8 70. Ke3 Kh7 71. Ke2 Kg6 72. Ra6+ Kh7 73.
Kf2 Kg8 74. Ne1 Kh7 75. Ng2 Kg8 76. Nf4 Kh7 77. Ra7 Kg8 78. Kg2 h5 79. Nxh5 Kh7
80. Ra6 g6 81. Nf4 Re1 82. Rxa2 Kh6 83. Ra5 Rb1 84. g5+ Kg7 85. Ra7+ Kg8 86. Ra6
Rb5 87. Rxg6+ Kf7 88. Rf6+ Ke7 89. Re6+ 1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.27"]
[Round "10.13"]
[White "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2799"]
[ECO "A45"]
[Opening "Trompovsky attack (Ruth, Opovcensky opening)"]
[WhiteFideId "13601520"]
[BlackFideId "13401319"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 3. Bf4 d5 4. f3 Nd6 5. Nc3 e6 6. e3 Be7 7. Qd2 Nd7 8. O-O-O
O-O 9. Kb1 c6 10. Bd3 b5 11. Bxd6 Bxd6 12. f4 b4 13. Nce2 c5 14. dxc5 Nxc5 15.
Nf3 a5 16. Ned4 a4 17. h4 Ba6 18. g4 Qb6 19. Ka1 Bxd3 20. cxd3 Nb3+ 21. Nxb3
axb3 22. a3 bxa3 23. Kb1 Bb4 24. Qe2 axb2 25. Qxb2 Ra2 26. Qxb3 Ra3 27. Qb2 Rb8
28. Rc1 Qa6 29. Rc7 0-1

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.27"]
[Round "10.14"]
[White "Savchenko, Boris"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2566"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[ECO "B40"]
[Opening "Sicilian defence"]
[WhiteFideId "4147332"]
[BlackFideId "4126025"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c3 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. d4 cxd4 6. cxd4 d6 7. Bc4 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Qe2 Nc6 10. Re1 Qb6 11. Qe4 dxe5 12. dxe5 Bc5 13. Rf1 Nd4 14. Nbd2 f5 15.
exf6 Nxf6 16. Qh4 Nf5 17. Qh3 Nd6 18. Bxe6+ Bxe6 19. Qxe6+ Kh8 20. Nc4 Nxc4 21.
Qxc4 Rae8 22. Bg5 Ne4 23. Bh4 Qxb2 24. Rab1 Qc3 25. Qxc3 Nxc3 26. Rxb7 Nxa2 27.
Rd1 Rb8 28. Rxb8 Rxb8 29. Bg3 Nc3 30. Re1 Rb1 31. Rxb1 Nxb1 32. Kf1 Nc3 33. Be5
Ne4 34. Nd4 Bd6 35. Bxd6 Nxd6 36. Nc6 a6 37. Ke2 g5 38. Kd3 Kg7 39. Kd4 Kf6 40.
Kd5 Nf5 41. Nb8 a5 42. Nd7+ Ke7 43. Nc5 Nh4 44. g3 Nf3 45. h3 Kf6 46. Ke4 Ng1
47. h4 g4 48. Nd7+ Kg7 49. Kf4 h5 50. Kg5 Nh3+ 51. Kxh5 Nxf2 52. Kg5 a4 53. Nc5
a3 54. Kf5 a2 55. Nb3 Kh6 56. Kf4 Kg6 57. Ke3 Nh1 58. Kf4 Kh5 59. Na1 Nf2 60.
Ke3 Nh3 61. Kd2 Ng1 62. Nc2 Nf3+ 63. Kc3 Ne1 64. Na1 Ng2 65. Kb2 Nxh4 66. Kxa2
Nf5 67. Nc2 Kg5 68. Kb3 Kf6 69. Kc4 Ke5 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.27"]
[Round "10.15"]
[White "Kokarev, Dmitry"]
[Black "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[ECO "C65"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Berlin defence"]
[WhiteFideId "4132181"]
[BlackFideId "12401137"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Nbd2 Be6 7. O-O Bd6 8.
b3 O-O 9. Bb2 Nd7 10. Nc4 Bxc4 11. bxc4 b5 12. c5 Nxc5 13. Bxe5 Bxe5 14. Nxe5
Qd6 15. Nf3 Ne6 16. d4 Rfd8 17. c3 b4 18. cxb4 Qxb4 19. Rb1 Qa5 20. Rb2 h6 21.
Rc2 Qb6 22. Rc4 Rd6 23. Qa4 Qb5 24. Rfc1 a5 25. Qc2 Rad8 26. Qc3 Qb6 27. Rxc6
Rxc6 28. Qxc6 Nxd4 29. Nxd4 Qxd4 30. g3 Qe5 31. Kg2 Rd4 32. Rc5 Qxe4+ 33. Qxe4
Rxe4 34. Rxa5 Kf8 35. Rc5 Ra4 36. Rxc7 Rxa2 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.27"]
[Round "10.16"]
[White "Bu, Xiangzhi"]
[Black "Sjugirov, Sanan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[ECO "D30"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[WhiteFideId "8601445"]
[BlackFideId "4189302"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Bg5 Nbd7 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Nc3 c6 7. e3 Be7 8. Bd3
Ne4 9. Bxe4 Bxg5 10. Bd3 Be7 11. O-O g6 12. Rb1 O-O 13. b4 a6 14. a4 Nb6 15. a5
Nd7 16. Na4 Bd6 17. Qc2 Nf6 18. Nc5 Qc7 19. h3 Bd7 20. Ne5 Rae8 21. Nexd7 Nxd7
22. Rfc1 Rb8 23. Qa4 Nf6 24. Qc2 Qe7 25. Re1 Rfe8 26. Re2 Bc7 27. Rd1 h5 28. Kf1
Kg7 29. Ke1 Nd7 30. Rb1 Nxc5 31. dxc5 Rbd8 32. Qb2+ Kh7 33. Kd1 Be5 34. Qd2 Kg8
35. Kc2 Bg7 36. Kb3 h4 37. Rg1 Qe6 38. Ka3 Qf6 39. Qc2 Re7 40. g4 Qf3 41. Qd1
Rde8 42. Rc2 Qf6 43. g5 Qe5 44. Qg4 Qc7 45. Qxh4 Re5 46. Qg4 Qd8 47. h4 Kf8 48.
h5 gxh5 49. Qxh5 d4 50. e4 Rxe4 51. Bxe4 Rxe4 52. Qf3 Qd5 53. Qb3 Qf5 54. Rd2
Rf4 55. Rg3 Qe4 56. Qd3 Qe1 57. Re2 Qa1+ 58. Kb3 Rh4 59. Ra2 Qc1 60. g6 Rf4 61.
gxf7 Rxf7 62. Re2 Qh1 63. Rh3 Qd5+ 64. Ka3 Qg2 65. Rg3 Qh1 66. Kb3 Qd5+ 67. Kb2
Qh1 68. Rxg7 Rxg7 69. Qxd4 Qd5 70. Qxd5 cxd5 71. Kc3 Rf7 72. Kd4 Rf4+ 73. Kxd5
Rxb4 74. Kd6 Rb5 75. Re7 Rb2 76. Rh7 Rd2+ 77. Kc7 Rb2 78. f4 Kg8 79. Rd7 Kf8 80.
f5 Ke8 81. Rh7 Kf8 82. Kd6 Rb1 83. Ke6 Kg8 84. Rc7 Re1+ 85. Kf6 Rb1 86. Rc8+ Kh7
87. Ke6 Re1+ 88. Kf7 Re5 89. f6 Re2 90. Rd8 Re5 91. Rd1 Kh6 92. Rh1+ Kg5 93. Kg7
Rxc5 94. f7 1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.27"]
[Round "10.17"]
[White "Fressinet, Laurent"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran L."]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2662"]
[BlackElo "2601"]
[ECO "B06"]
[Opening "Robatsch (modern) defence"]
[WhiteFideId "608742"]
[BlackFideId "13301616"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Be3 a6 5. h4 h6 6. Qd2 b5 7. f3 Bb7 8. O-O-O Nd7
9. Kb1 Nb6 10. Bd3 Nf6 11. Nh3 Nfd7 12. Nf4 e6 13. Nce2 c5 14. c3 e5 15. Nd5
Bxd5 16. exd5 exd4 17. cxd4 c4 18. Be4 Nf6 19. h5 g5 20. Ng3 Nfxd5 21. Nf5 O-O
22. Bf2 Rc8 23. Rc1 b4 24. Qc2 Re8 25. Rhe1 Bf8 26. g4 Qd7 27. Ng3 Qb5 28. Bxd5
Qxd5 29. Qf5 Qxf5+ 30. Nxf5 d5 31. Bg3 Re6 32. Re5 Rce8 33. b3 a5 34. f4 a4 35.
fxg5 hxg5 36. Kb2 axb3 37. axb3 Ra8 38. Rce1 cxb3 39. Rxe6 Nc4+ 40. Kxb3 fxe6
41. Rxe6 Ra3+ 42. Kc2 b3+ 43. Kb1 Ra2 0-1

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.27"]
[Round "10.18"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Laznicka, Viktor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2678"]
[BlackElo "2647"]
[ECO "A11"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "Caro-Kann defensive system"]
[WhiteFideId "400025"]
[BlackFideId "316385"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. c4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. b3 Bg4 6. Be2 Bxf3 7. Bxf3 e5 8. d3
Bb4 9. Bd2 d4 10. Ne2 Bxd2+ 11. Qxd2 dxe3 12. Qxe3 O-O 13. O-O Re8 14. b4 Nbd7
15. a4 a5 16. b5 Qc7 17. Rfb1 Qd6 18. Ng3 g6 19. h4 Nc5 20. bxc6 bxc6 21. h5
Rab8 22. h6 Rb4 23. Qg5 Kf8 24. Re1 Nb3 25. Rad1 Nd4 26. c5 Qe7 27. Be4 Nd7 28.
Qxe7+ Rxe7 29. Ne2 Rxa4 30. Nxd4 Rxd4 31. Rc1 Re6 32. g4 Rb4 33. Rc3 Rb5 34.
Rec1 Ke7 35. g5 f6 36. Bf3 fxg5 37. Bg4 Rf6 38. d4 exd4 39. Re1+ Kd8 40. Rd3 Rf4
41. Bxd7 Kxd7 42. Re5 a4 43. Rxg5 Ra5 44. Ra3 Ke6 45. Kf1 Rf5 46. Rg4 Kd5 47.
Rd3 a3 48. Rdxd4+ Kxc5 49. Rd1 a2 50. Ra1 Kb6 51. Re4 Rfb5 52. Ree1 Rb2 53. Kg2
Rg5+ 54. Kf3 Rf5+ 55. Ke4 Rfxf2 56. Kd3 Rh2 57. Kc3 Rbe2 58. Rf1 Rxh6 59. Rf8
Kc5 60. Kd3 Rb2 61. Ra8 Rh3+ 62. Ke4 Rhh2 63. Ra5+ Kb6 64. Ra8 Kb7 65. Ra5 h5
66. Kf4 Rhg2 67. Ra3 h4 68. Ke5 g5 69. Kf5 g4 0-1

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.27"]
[Round "10.19"]
[White "Wang, Yue"]
[Black "Bosiocic, Marin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2624"]
[ECO "E10"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[WhiteFideId "8601429"]
[BlackFideId "14507927"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O Nbd7 8. Qc2
c6 9. a4 a5 10. Rc1 Ne4 11. Be1 f5 12. Nbd2 Bd6 13. b3 g5 14. Nf1 Qf6 15. Rd1
Ra7 16. N3d2 Nxd2 17. Bxd2 b6 18. Bc3 Ba6 19. Nd2 Rc7 20. e3 Qe7 21. Nf3 g4 22.
Ne5 Bxe5 23. dxe5 Nc5 24. Bd4 Rb8 25. Rac1 Rcc8 26. h3 h5 27. Kh2 gxh3 28. Bxh3
Ne4 29. Qe2 Qh7 30. Qf3 dxc4 31. bxc4 c5 32. Bb2 Bb7 33. Qf4 Qg7 34. Ba1 Rd8 35.
Rd6 Nxd6 36. exd6 Qg6 37. Be5 Bc6 38. Ra1 Rb7 39. Bg2 Be4 40. Qh4 Rf8 41. f3 Bc6
42. Kg1 Kf7 43. Kf2 Ke8 44. Bf1 Rg8 45. Be2 Rh7 46. Rb1 Rb7 47. Rxb6 f4 48. exf4
Bxf3 49. Bxf3 1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.27"]
[Round "10.20"]
[White "Riazantsev, Alexander"]
[Black "Rakhmanov, Aleksandr"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2653"]
[ECO "A54"]
[Opening "Old Indian"]
[Variation "Ukrainian variation"]
[WhiteFideId "4125029"]
[BlackFideId "4173708"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nc3 e5 4. d5 Bf5 5. h3 h5 6. Nf3 Nbd7 7. Ng5 Nc5 8. b4
Nce4 9. Ncxe4 Nxe4 10. Qc2 Nxg5 11. Qxf5 Be7 12. Bd2 h4 13. e3 g6 14. Qc2 f5 15.
f3 Bf6 16. Rc1 e4 17. f4 Nf7 18. c5 O-O 19. c6 b6 20. Ba6 Rb8 21. O-O Kh7 22.
Qd1 Rg8 23. Rb1 Qf8 24. Rb3 Qh6 25. Bc3 Bxc3 26. Rxc3 g5 27. Be2 gxf4 28. exf4
Qg7 29. Bg4 Qxc3 30. Bxf5+ Kh6 31. Kh1 Rg3 32. Bxe4 Re8 33. Bf3 Re3 34. b5 Kg7
35. Bg4 Qb2 36. Rg1 Nh6 37. Be6 Kg6 38. f5+ Kf6 39. Qf1 Qd4 40. Bd7 Nf7 0-1

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.27"]
[Round "10.21"]
[White "Guseinov, Gadir"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2646"]
[BlackElo "2691"]
[ECO "C67"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "open Berlin defence, l'Hermet variation"]
[WhiteFideId "13401378"]
[BlackFideId "703303"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

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. Qd3 c6 11. a5 Qd7 12. Be3 Qf5 13. Qc3 Qg6 14. f4 a6 15.
Nd2 Bf5 16. Nf3 Be7 17. Bc5 Bxc5+ 18. Qxc5 Be4 19. Ra4 Rd8 20. Rf2 Qg4 21. Rb4
Rd7 22. Ng5 Qd1+ 23. Rf1 Qe2 24. Nxe4 dxe4 25. Qf2 Qxf2+ 26. Kxf2 Rd2+ 27. Ke3
Rxc2 28. Rxb7 O-O 29. Rf2 Rc5 30. b4 Rc4 31. Rd2 c5 32. bxc5 Rxc5 33. Rdd7 g5
34. g3 gxf4+ 35. gxf4 Kg7 36. Kxe4 Rxa5 37. e6 Kf6 38. e7 Re8 39. Rd6+ Kg7 40.
Rd5 Ra1 41. Kf5 Re1 42. Re5 Rd1 43. Rc5 Re1 44. Re5 Rd1 45. Rb2 Rd6 46. Rg2+ Rg6
47. Rge2 Rf6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.27"]
[Round "10.22"]
[White "Amonatov, Farrukh"]
[Black "Sargissian, Gabriel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2636"]
[BlackElo "2672"]
[ECO "C46"]
[Opening "Four knights game"]
[WhiteFideId "14700077"]
[BlackFideId "13300881"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. g3 Bc5 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O a6 7. d3 h6 8. h3 Be6
9. Be3 Bxe3 10. fxe3 O-O 11. Nh4 g6 12. d4 Nh5 13. d5 Nxg3 14. Nf3 Nxf1 15. Qxf1
Bd7 16. dxc6 bxc6 17. Rd1 Qe7 18. Kh2 Kh7 19. Qc4 f5 20. exf5 gxf5 21. Ne2 Rg8
22. Ng3 e4 23. Nd4 Qe5 24. Ne2 Rxg3 25. Nxg3 Rg8 26. Kh1 Qxg3 0-1

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.27"]
[Round "10.23"]
[White "Ponkratov, Pavel"]
[Black "McShane, Luke J"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2613"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[ECO "E67"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "fianchetto, classical variation"]
[WhiteFideId "4157800"]
[BlackFideId "404853"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. g3 g6 2. Bg2 Bg7 3. c4 Nf6 4. Nc3 O-O 5. d4 d6 6. Nf3 Nbd7 7. O-O e5 8. b3
Re8 9. e4 exd4 10. Nxd4 c6 11. Re1 Nc5 12. Rb1 Ng4 13. f3 Ne5 14. Re2 a5 15. Be3
a4 16. Rd2 axb3 17. axb3 Qe7 18. Nde2 Bf8 19. h3 Bxh3 20. f4 Bxg2 21. Kxg2 Ng4
22. Bxc5 dxc5 23. Kf3 h5 24. Qc2 Qe6 25. Rbd1 Be7 26. Rd7 Rab8 27. Qd2 Nf6 28.
Rd3 Rbd8 29. e5 Ng4 30. Rxd8 Rxd8 31. Qc2 Ra8 32. Qd3 Rd8 33. Qc2 Rxd1 34. Nxd1
h4 35. gxh4 Bxh4 36. Nec3 Nh6 37. Ne3 Qh3+ 38. Ke4 Nf5 39. Ncd1 Ng3+ 40. Kf3
Nh5+ 41. Ke4 Bg3 42. Qd2 Bxf4 43. Qd8+ Kg7 44. Qe7 Bh6 45. Qxb7 Qh4+ 46. Kf3
Qf4+ 47. Ke2 Ng3+ 48. Ke1 Qf3 0-1

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.27"]
[Round "10.24"]
[White "Malakhov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Adhiban, Baskaran"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2686"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[ECO "B51"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Canal-Sokolsky (Nimzovich-Rossolimo, Moscow) attack"]
[WhiteFideId "4120787"]
[BlackFideId "5018471"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. a4 a6 5. Bc4 Ngf6 6. d3 b6 7. O-O Bb7 8. h3 g6
9. c3 Bg7 10. Re1 O-O 11. Nbd2 e6 12. Bb3 b5 13. Bc2 Qc7 14. Nf1 Rac8 15. Bf4 e5
16. Bg5 h6 17. Bh4 d5 18. Ne3 Rfe8 19. Ng4 Nxg4 20. hxg4 Nf6 21. g5 hxg5 22.
Nxg5 c4 23. axb5 axb5 24. dxc4 bxc4 25. exd5 Bxd5 26. Nf3 Rcd8 27. Qe2 e4 28.
Nd2 e3 29. fxe3 Rb8 30. Ba4 Re6 31. Nf1 Qb7 32. Rad1 Be4 33. Bc2 Bxc2 34. Qxc2
Qxb2 35. Qxb2 Rxb2 36. Rd4 Ne4 37. Rxc4 g5 38. Bg3 Nxc3 39. Nh2 Ne2+ 40. Rxe2
Rxe2 41. Bf2 Ra6 42. Rc5 Ra1+ 43. Nf1 Bf6 44. Rf5 Kg7 45. g4 Ra4 46. Kg2 Kg6 47.
Kf3 Rea2 48. Rb5 Rb2 49. Rc5 Rbb4 50. Nh2 Rc4 51. Rb5 Rab4 52. Rd5 Be7 53. Bg3
f6 54. Be1 Ra4 55. Bg3 Bc5 56. Nf1 Ba7 57. Nh2 Bxe3 0-1

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.27"]
[Round "10.25"]
[White "Demchenko, Anton"]
[Black "Melkumyan, Hrant"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2633"]
[ECO "B13"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "exchange, Rubinstein variation"]
[WhiteFideId "4160258"]
[BlackFideId "13302485"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. c3 Nf6 6. Bf4 g6 7. Nf3 Bf5 8. Bxf5
gxf5 9. Ne5 e6 10. Nd2 Bd6 11. g3 Qc7 12. Qe2 h5 13. Ndf3 Ne4 14. Nxc6 Qxc6 15.
Bxd6 Nxd6 16. Ne5 Qc7 17. O-O-O O-O-O 18. Kb1 Kb8 19. Nd3 h4 20. g4 fxg4 21.
Qxg4 Rdg8 22. Qf4 Ne4 23. Qxc7+ Kxc7 24. f3 Nd6 25. Rhg1 Kd8 26. Kc1 Ke7 27. Kd2
a5 28. Ke2 a4 29. Ne5 b5 30. b3 Ra8 31. Rd2 Rhc8 32. Kd3 axb3 33. axb3 Ra3 34.
Rb1 b4 35. cxb4 Nb5 36. Ke3 Rc3+ 37. Kf4 Raxb3 38. Rxb3 Rxb3 39. Rc2 f6 40. Nc6+
Kd6 41. Kg4 Rd3 42. Kxh4 Nxd4 43. Nxd4 Rxd4+ 44. Kh5 Rxb4 45. h4 Ke5 46. Rh2 Kf5
47. Kh6 Rb7 48. f4 d4 49. h5 d3 50. Rd2 Rd7 0-1

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.27"]
[Round "10.26"]
[White "Bortnyk, Olexandr"]
[Black "Li, Chao b"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[ECO "A45"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[WhiteFideId "14120828"]
[BlackFideId "8604436"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bf4 g6 4. e3 Bg7 5. h4 h5 6. Nf3 Bg4 7. Be2 Bxf3 8. Bxf3
a6 9. Qe2 e6 10. O-O-O Nbd7 11. e4 dxe4 12. Nxe4 Nxe4 13. Bxe4 c6 14. Kb1 Qe7
15. c3 Nf6 16. Bg5 Bh6 17. Bxc6+ bxc6 18. Qf3 Bxg5 19. Qxc6+ Nd7 20. Qxa8+ Qd8
21. Qxd8+ Bxd8 22. d5 e5 23. Kc2 Bb6 24. f3 Ke7 25. b4 Rc8 26. d6+ Ke6 27. Rd3
f5 28. Kb3 Bf2 29. Rd2 Be3 30. Rd3 Bf2 31. Rd2 Bg3 32. c4 e4 33. fxe4 fxe4 34.
c5 e3 35. Re2 Bf2 36. Rd1 Nf6 37. a3 Kd7 38. Kc4 Ne4 39. Rd3 Re8 40. Kd5 Nf6+
41. Kc4 Ng4 42. Rd4 Bxh4 43. Rxg4 hxg4 44. Kd5 Bg3 45. a4 Re5+ 46. Kd4 Rf5 47.
b5 axb5 48. axb5 Be5+ 49. Kc4 Bf4 50. Ra2 Re5 51. Ra7+ Ke6 52. Re7+ Kf6 53. Rxe5
Bxe5 54. Kd3 Bd4 55. c6 Ke6 56. d7 0-1

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.27"]
[Round "10.27"]
[White "Alekseev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Salem, A.R. Saleh"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2616"]
[BlackElo "2638"]
[ECO "B53"]
[Opening "Sicilian, Chekhover variation"]
[WhiteFideId "4138147"]
[BlackFideId "9301348"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nf6 5. Bb5+ Nbd7 6. O-O a6 7. Bxd7+ Bxd7
8. a4 g6 9. c4 Bg7 10. Nc3 O-O 11. Qd3 Rc8 12. Be3 Ng4 13. Bd2 Be6 14. b3 Qb6
15. Rab1 Rfe8 16. h3 Ne5 17. Nxe5 Bxe5 18. Nd5 Qd4 19. Qxd4 Bxd4 20. Rfd1 Ba7
21. a5 f5 22. Nf4 Bf7 23. exf5 gxf5 24. Bc3 Rc6 25. Rd3 e5 26. Nd5 Bxd5 27. Rxd5
Kf7 28. Kf1 Re6 29. f4 Bb8 30. Re1 Kf6 31. g4 b5 32. axb6 Rxb6 33. b4 Kg6 34.
Kg2 Rc6 35. c5 dxc5 36. bxc5 Ba7 37. gxf5+ Kxf5 38. Rdxe5+ Rxe5 39. Rxe5+ Kxf4
40. Bd4 a5 41. Kf2 a4 42. Ke2 a3 43. Kd3 a2 44. Kc4 Bxc5 45. Rxc5 Rxc5+ 46. Kxc5
Kg3 47. Kc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.27"]
[Round "10.28"]
[White "Van Foreest, Jorden"]
[Black "Bocharov, Dmitry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2629"]
[BlackElo "2583"]
[ECO "B00"]
[Opening "King's pawn opening"]
[WhiteFideId "1039784"]
[BlackFideId "4138716"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Bd3 e5 4. Nf3 exd4 5. Nxd4 g6 6. O-O Bg7 7. Nc3 O-O 8. Bg5
c6 9. Qd2 b5 10. a3 Bb7 11. Bh6 Nbd7 12. Rad1 a6 13. Be2 c5 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15.
Nf3 Bxe4 16. Ng5 d5 17. Ncxe4 dxe4 18. Nxe4 Nxe4 19. Qxd7 Qf6 20. Bd3 Rad8 21.
Qa7 Rfe8 22. Bxe4 Rxd1 23. Rxd1 Rxe4 24. c3 Qd6 25. Rf1 Re2 26. b4 c4 27. h3 Qf6
28. Rc1 h5 29. Qc5 h4 30. Kf1 Ra2 31. Qe3 Rxa3 32. Qd2 a5 33. bxa5 Rxa5 34. Qb2
Qf4 35. Re1 Qh2 36. f3 Qd6 37. Qe2 Ra3 38. Rc1 Qf4 39. Qd1 Qe3 40. Qe1 Qf4 41.
Rc2 Qh2 42. Qxh4 Ra1+ 43. Kf2 Qg1+ 44. Kg3 Qe1+ 45. Rf2 Qxc3 46. Re2 Re1 47. Ra2
Qe5+ 48. Kf2 Rb1 49. Re2 Rb2 50. Rxb2 Qxb2+ 51. Kg1 Qc3 52. f4 Qd4+ 53. Kh2 b4
54. Qg3 c3 55. f5 c2 56. fxg6 0-1

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.27"]
[Round "10.29"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Akobian, Varuzhan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2694"]
[BlackElo "2647"]
[ECO "C19"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "Winawer, advance, 6...Ne7"]
[WhiteFideId "14103320"]
[BlackFideId "13300580"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. h4 Qc7 8. h5 h6
9. Bd3 b6 10. Qg4 cxd4 11. Ne2 Qxe5 12. cxd4 Qf6 13. Bf4 Nbc6 14. Qg3 Nf5 15.
Bxf5 exf5 16. Nc3 O-O 17. Nxd5 Qe6+ 18. Ne3 Nxd4 19. Be5 Nxc2+ 20. Nxc2 f6 21.
O-O fxe5 22. Rfe1 f4 23. Qc3 e4 24. Nd4 Qd5 25. Nc6 Qxh5 26. Rxe4 f3 27. Ne7+
Kh7 28. Re5 Qg4 29. Qd3+ Rf5 30. Kf1 Ba6 0-1

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.27"]
[Round "10.30"]
[White "Amin, Bassem"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2689"]
[BlackElo "2789"]
[ECO "B50"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[WhiteFideId "10601457"]
[BlackFideId "623539"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. g3 Nf6 4. d3 b6 5. Bg2 Bb7 6. O-O e6 7. a4 Be7 8. Nfd2 Nc6
9. f4 O-O 10. g4 d5 11. e5 Ne8 12. Nf3 f6 13. c3 fxe5 14. fxe5 d4 15. c4 Nc7 16.
Qe2 Qe8 17. Na3 Qg6 18. g5 Nb4 19. Nh4 Qxd3 20. Qxd3 Nxd3 21. Bxb7 Rxf1+ 22.
Kxf1 Rb8 23. Be4 Nxc1 24. Nf3 Nb3 25. Rd1 Rf8 26. Ke2 Rf4 27. Bc2 Na5 28. Nb5
Nxb5 0-1

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.27"]
[Round "10.31"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Ni, Hua"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2671"]
[ECO "A18"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "Mikenas-Carls, Flohr variation"]
[WhiteFideId "14109603"]
[BlackFideId "8601160"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. e4 d5 4. e5 d4 5. exf6 dxc3 6. bxc3 Qxf6 7. Nf3 Nc6 8.
Bd3 Ne5 9. Be2 Nxf3+ 10. Bxf3 Qe5+ 11. Qe2 Qxe2+ 12. Kxe2 Rb8 13. a4 Bd6 14. d4
b6 15. a5 Ke7 16. axb6 axb6 17. Ra7 Kf6 18. Be3 e5 19. Bc6 Be6 20. Ra4 Rbd8 21.
Rb1 Bd7 22. Bxd7 Rxd7 23. c5 bxc5 24. dxc5 Be7 25. Rb7 Rc8 26. Raa7 Ke6 27. c6
Rdd8 28. Bb6 Bg5 29. Bxc7 Rd2+ 30. Ke1 Rc2 31. Ba5 Rxc6 32. Rxf7 Rd6 33. Rxg7
Bd2+ 34. Kd1 Ra2 35. Bb4 Rxa7 36. Rxa7 Rd8 37. Ke2 h6 1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.27"]
[Round "10.32"]
[White "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Black "Kryvoruchko, Yuriy"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2707"]
[BlackElo "2689"]
[ECO "C65"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Berlin defence"]
[WhiteFideId "2205530"]
[BlackFideId "14109182"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. h3 Ne7 8. d4 Bb6
9. Re1 Ng6 10. Nbd2 c6 11. Bf1 exd4 12. cxd4 Re8 13. b4 h6 14. a4 a6 15. Qc2 Be6
16. Bb2 Qd7 17. b5 axb5 18. d5 cxd5 19. Bxf6 gxf6 20. Bxb5 Qc8 21. Qb2 Rf8 22.
exd5 Bxd5 23. Ne4 Bxe4 24. Rxe4 f5 25. Rc4 Qd8 26. Rd1 Qe7 27. Re1 Qd8 28. Rd1
Qe7 29. Re1 Qd8 30. Qb1 Qf6 31. Bd7 d5 32. Rcc1 f4 33. Rcd1 Qd6 34. Be6 Ne7 35.
Bg4 Rxa4 36. Rxe7 Rb4 37. Qa2 Qxe7 38. Rxd5 Qf6 39. Ne5 Re4 40. Nd7 Qc3 41. Nxb6
Re1+ 42. Kh2 Qc1 43. g3 fxg3+ 44. Kxg3 Qc7+ 45. Kg2 Qxb6 46. Qd2 Qc6 47. Bf3
Qg6+ 48. Bg4 Re6 49. Kh2 Rc6 50. Rd3 Kh8 51. Rf3 Qd6+ 0-1

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.27"]
[Round "10.33"]
[White "Potkin, Vladimir"]
[Black "Anton Guijarro, David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2574"]
[BlackElo "2666"]
[ECO "A80"]
[Opening "Dutch"]
[WhiteFideId "4131061"]
[BlackFideId "2285525"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. d4 f5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bg5 d5 4. e3 Be6 5. Bd3 g6 6. Nf3 Bg7 7. Bf4 c6 8. Ne2
Nbd7 9. h3 O-O 10. Ng5 Bf7 11. O-O Ne4 12. Nxf7 Rxf7 13. c4 e5 14. Bh2 exd4 15.
Nxd4 Ndc5 16. Be2 Qb6 17. Rb1 a6 18. b4 Nd7 19. Rb3 Re8 20. cxd5 cxd5 21. Bf3
Bxd4 22. exd4 f4 23. Qc1 Qf6 24. b5 a5 25. b6 Nb8 26. Rb5 Nc6 27. Rxd5 Nxd4 28.
Re1 Rfe7 29. Bxf4 Nc3 30. Rxe7 Rxe7 31. Rd8+ Kf7 32. Qxc3 Ne2+ 33. Bxe2 Qxc3 34.
Bf3 Kg7 35. Bd5 h6 36. Bd6 Rf7 37. f4 Rxf4 38. Rd7+ Kh8 39. Rd8+ Kg7 40. Rd7+
Kh8 41. Rd8+ Kg7 42. Rd7+ Kh8 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.27"]
[Round "10.34"]
[White "Eljanov, Pavel"]
[Black "Zhigalko, Sergei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2711"]
[BlackElo "2641"]
[ECO "A07"]
[Opening "Reti"]
[Variation "King's Indian attack (Barcza system)"]
[WhiteFideId "14102951"]
[BlackFideId "13502956"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Bg4 4. O-O e6 5. h3 Bh5 6. d4 Nf6 7. c4 Nbd7 8. cxd5
exd5 9. Qb3 Qb6 10. Qe3+ Be7 11. Nc3 Qd8 12. Rd1 O-O 13. Ne5 Nxe5 14. dxe5 Nd7
15. g4 Bg6 16. Qg3 f5 17. gxf5 Bh4 18. Qe3 Rxf5 19. f4 Qe7 20. Rf1 Nc5 21. Qd2
Rh5 22. Bf3 Rh6 23. Bg4 Ne4 24. Nxe4 Bxe4 25. Qc3 Rf8 26. Be3 b6 27. f5 Bg5 28.
e6 Bxe3+ 29. Qxe3 Rhf6 30. Rac1 c5 31. b4 c4 32. Qg5 Qxb4 33. Rf4 h6 34. Qh4 g5 0-1

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.27"]
[Round "10.35"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Socko, Bartosz"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2593"]
[ECO "C01"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "exchange variation"]
[WhiteFideId "605506"]
[BlackFideId "1107038"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Nf3 Bd6 5. c4 Nf6 6. c5 Be7 7. Qa4+ c6 8. Bd3
O-O 9. O-O Re8 10. Nc3 Nbd7 11. Bf4 Nf8 12. h3 Ne6 13. Bh2 Nh5 14. Rfe1 Nhf4 15.
Bf1 Bf6 16. Rad1 Bd7 17. Qc2 b6 18. b4 a5 19. b5 Rc8 20. cxb6 cxb5 21. b7 Rc7
22. Qd2 g5 23. Nxb5 Bxb5 24. Bxb5 Rf8 25. Ba6 Rc6 26. Rb1 Rxa6 27. b8=Q Qxb8 28.
Rxb8 Rxb8 29. h4 h6 30. hxg5 hxg5 31. Bxf4 gxf4 32. a3 Rb3 33. Qc2 Rab6 34. Rxe6
fxe6 35. Qg6+ Bg7 36. Ng5 Rb8 37. Qh7+ Kf8 38. Nxe6+ Ke7 39. Nxg7 f3 40. Nf5+
Kf6 41. g4 Kg5 42. Qh5+ Kf4 43. Ng3 Rf8 44. Qh6+ Kxg4 45. Qh5+ 1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.27"]
[Round "10.36"]
[White "Andriasian, Zaven"]
[Black "Meier, Georg"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[ECO "A07"]
[Opening "Reti"]
[Variation "King's Indian attack (Barcza system)"]
[WhiteFideId "13302000"]
[BlackFideId "4675789"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Bg4 3. Bg2 e6 4. c4 c6 5. cxd5 Bxf3 6. Bxf3 cxd5 7. O-O Nc6 8.
d3 Nf6 9. Nc3 Be7 10. Bd2 O-O 11. a3 Qd7 12. Bg2 Rac8 13. Rc1 h6 14. Re1 Rfd8
15. b4 Ne8 16. Qa4 a6 17. Rb1 Nd6 18. Rec1 Bf6 19. Qd1 b5 20. a4 Be7 21. axb5
axb5 22. Bf4 Nf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.27"]
[Round "10.37"]
[White "Fedorchuk, Sergey A."]
[Black "Miton, Kamil"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2648"]
[BlackElo "2584"]
[ECO "C00"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "Schlechter variation"]
[WhiteFideId "14102536"]
[BlackFideId "1111914"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Bd3 dxe4 4. Bxe4 Nf6 5. Bf3 Nbd7 6. Nc3 c6 7. Bf4 Nd5 8.
Bg3 N7f6 9. Nge2 Bd6 10. Qd2 O-O 11. Nxd5 Nxd5 12. Be4 b6 13. c4 Bb4 14. Nc3
Nxc3 15. bxc3 Bd6 16. Bxc6 Rb8 17. O-O Bxg3 18. hxg3 Ba6 19. Bb5 Bb7 20. Rfd1
Qc7 21. d5 Rfd8 22. d6 Qc5 23. Qd4 Qxd4 24. Rxd4 Rbc8 25. Rb1 Rc5 26. Rb4 Bc6
27. Rb3 e5 28. Rd2 f6 29. Ra3 Bxb5 30. cxb5 Rd7 31. Rxa7 Rxa7 32. d7 Rxd7 33.
Rxd7 Rxb5 34. Rb7 Rb1+ 35. Kh2 Ra1 36. Rxb6 Rxa2 37. f3 Rc2 38. Rc6 Kf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.27"]
[Round "10.38"]
[White "Khismatullin, Denis"]
[Black "Almasi, Zoltan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2632"]
[BlackElo "2682"]
[ECO "A30"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "symmetrical variation"]
[WhiteFideId "4142578"]
[BlackFideId "702293"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. e4 d6 7. Be2 Nxd4 8.
Qxd4 Bg7 9. Be3 O-O 10. Qd2 a5 11. O-O a4 12. Rac1 Qa5 13. f3 Be6 14. Nd5 Qxd2
15. Bxd2 Bxd5 16. cxd5 Nd7 17. Rc2 Bd4+ 18. Kh1 Rfc8 19. Rfc1 Rxc2 20. Rxc2 Nc5
21. g3 Kg7 22. Kg2 h5 23. Bg5 Kf8 24. Kf1 Ke8 25. Kg2 Kf8 26. Bc1 Kg7 27. f4 a3
28. bxa3 Nxe4 29. Rc4 Nc3 30. Bf3 Bf6 31. Bb2 0-1

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.27"]
[Round "10.39"]
[White "Movsesian, Sergei"]
[Black "Kovalev, Vladislav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2647"]
[BlackElo "2639"]
[ECO "C48"]
[Opening "Four knights"]
[Variation "Spanish, classical defence"]
[WhiteFideId "310204"]
[BlackFideId "13504398"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bc5 5. d3 d6 6. h3 O-O 7. O-O Nd4 8. Ba4
c6 9. Nxd4 Bxd4 10. Ne2 Bb6 11. Ng3 h6 12. Qf3 Nh7 13. c3 Ng5 14. Qe2 Qf6 15.
Kh2 Ne6 16. Nh5 Qg6 17. f4 exf4 18. Nxf4 Nxf4 19. Bxf4 f5 20. e5 dxe5 21. Bxe5
Re8 22. d4 Bc7 23. Rad1 Qg5 24. Bb3+ Kh8 25. Qd3 Bxe5+ 26. dxe5 Qe7 27. Qd6
Qxe5+ 28. Qxe5 Rxe5 29. Rd8+ Kh7 30. Rfd1 b5 31. Rf8 Re7 32. Rdd8 Rc7 33. h4 g5
34. Rh8+ Kg7 35. Rdg8+ Kf6 36. Rxh6+ Ke5 37. hxg5 Bb7 38. Re6+ Kf4 39. g3+ Kf3
40. Rxa8 Bxa8 41. g6 c5 42. Rf6 Be4 43. Rf7 Rc6 44. Bd1+ Ke3 45. Bh5 f4 46. g7
Rh6 47. g4 Rd6 48. Kh3 Bh7 49. Re7+ Kf2 50. g5 f3 51. Rf7 Rd3 52. Rf8 b4 53. g6
bxc3 54. bxc3 Bg8 55. Rxg8 Rd7 56. Rf8 1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.27"]
[Round "10.40"]
[White "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"]
[Black "Grigoriants, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2683"]
[BlackElo "2561"]
[ECO "B13"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "exchange variation"]
[WhiteFideId "14200244"]
[BlackFideId "4130804"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. c3 Nf6 6. h3 g6 7. Nf3 Bf5 8. Be2
Qc7 9. Na3 a6 10. Nc2 Bg7 11. Ne3 Bd7 12. O-O O-O 13. Re1 e6 14. Bd3 b5 15. Ne5
b4 16. Bd2 bxc3 17. Bxc3 Qb6 18. Bc2 Rfc8 19. Qd2 Be8 20. Rad1 a5 21. a3 a4 22.
N3g4 Nxe5 23. Nxe5 Nd7 24. Ng4 Nf6 25. Ne5 Nd7 26. f4 f5 27. Nxd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.27"]
[Round "10.41"]
[White "Duda, Jan-Krzysztof"]
[Black "Sethuraman, S.P."]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[BlackElo "2646"]
[ECO "A46"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn"]
[Variation "Torre attack"]
[WhiteFideId "1170546"]
[BlackFideId "5021596"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bg5 h6 4. Bh4 d5 5. e3 Be7 6. Bd3 b6 7. Ne5 Bb7 8. Nd2
Nfd7 9. Bg3 Nxe5 10. Bxe5 Bf6 11. Bxf6 Qxf6 12. O-O Nd7 13. f4 O-O 14. Nf3 Qe7
15. g4 Nf6 16. Ne5 Ne4 17. Rf3 Rfd8 18. g5 hxg5 19. Rh3 g6 20. Bxe4 dxe4 21. Qg4
f5 22. Qxg5 Qxg5+ 23. fxg5 c5 24. c3 cxd4 25. exd4 Rac8 26. Rh6 Rc7 27. h4 Rg7
28. Rf1 Ba6 29. Rf4 Bb5 30. Nxg6 Rh7 31. Rxh7 Kxh7 32. Ne5 Be8 33. h5 b5 34. Kf2
b4 35. Ke3 bxc3 36. bxc3 Rb8 37. Rf1 Rb2 38. g6+ Kh6 39. Rg1 Rb7 40. c4 Rg7 41.
Kf4 e3 42. Kxe3 Rb7 43. Kf4 a5 44. c5 a4 45. c6 Rc7 46. g7 Rxg7 47. Rxg7 Kxg7
48. c7 1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.27"]
[Round "10.42"]
[White "Christiansen, Johan-Sebastian"]
[Black "Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[ECO "C46"]
[Opening "Four knights"]
[Variation "Gunsberg variation"]
[WhiteFideId "1512668"]
[BlackFideId "5029465"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. a3 d5 5. Bb5 d4 6. Ne2 Qd6 7. O-O Bd7 8. d3
Be7 9. Ng3 g6 10. Bh6 Ng4 11. Bd2 h5 12. h3 Nf6 13. c3 h4 14. Ne2 dxc3 15. Bxc3
Rh5 16. Qb3 Be6 17. Qa4 Nd7 18. Qc2 O-O-O 19. Bxc6 Qxc6 20. d4 exd4 21. Nfxd4
Qb6 22. Nxe6 fxe6 23. Nf4 Rg5 24. Rad1 Qc6 25. Rfe1 Rf8 26. Qd2 Nc5 27. Qe3 b6
28. Nd5 exd5 29. exd5 Rxd5 30. Qxe7 Rxd1 31. Rxd1 Rf4 32. b4 Ne6 33. Be5 Re4 34.
Qf6 Kb7 35. Bb2 g5 36. Rc1 Qd5 37. Qf3 Nf4 38. Rd1 Qf5 39. Kh2 Kc8 40. Bf6 Qe6
41. Rd8+ Kb7 42. Rd4 Qxf6 43. Qxe4+ Kb8 44. Qe8+ Kb7 45. Qe4+ Kb8 46. Rc4 Qd6
47. Rc6 Qd2 48. Qe5 Nd5 49. Rg6 Nf4 50. Rg8+ Kb7 51. Qe4+ Nd5 52. Rf8 b5 53. Qe8
Nb6 54. Rf6 Qc3 55. Qe4+ Ka6 56. Rc6 Qd2 57. Qf3 Qd4 58. Qe3 Qd8 59. Qc5 Kb7 60.
Qxb5 Qd2 61. Qc5 Qf4+ 62. Kg1 a6 63. Qc1 Qe5 64. Rc5 Nd5 65. b5 axb5 66. Rxb5+
Kc8 67. Qb1 c6 68. Ra5 Qf6 69. Ra7 Nb6 70. Ra6 Nd5 71. Ra7 Nb6 72. a4 Qd4 73.
Rh7 Nd7 74. a5 Qa4 75. Qf5 Qd1+ 76. Kh2 Qd6+ 77. f4 gxf4 78. Rxd7 Qxd7 79. Qf8+
Kb7 80. Qxf4 Qe7 81. Qa4 Qe5+ 82. Kh1 Qe1+ 83. Kh2 Qg3+ 84. Kh1 Qe1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.27"]
[Round "10.43"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Mchedlishvili, Mikheil"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2603"]
[ECO "A25"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "closed system"]
[WhiteFideId "14100010"]
[BlackFideId "13600966"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. e3 d6 6. Nge2 Nf6 7. d3 O-O 8. O-O
Be6 9. Nd5 Qd7 10. Nec3 Ne8 11. f4 f5 12. Qa4 Kh8 13. Bd2 Nd8 14. Qxd7 Bxd7 15.
Ne2 c6 16. Ndc3 Ne6 17. b4 a6 18. Rab1 b5 19. cxb5 axb5 20. a4 bxa4 21. b5 d5
22. fxe5 Bxe5 23. d4 Bd6 24. bxc6 Bxc6 25. Nxd5 Rd8 26. Rfc1 Bxd5 27. Bxd5 N8c7
28. Ba2 Rb8 29. Kg2 Ng5 30. Nc3 a3 31. Bc4 Rb2 32. Rxb2 axb2 33. Rb1 Rb8 34. Na4
Ne4 35. Ba5 Ra8 36. Bxc7 Bxc7 37. Nxb2 Rb8 38. Bd3 Nc3 0-1

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.27"]
[Round "10.44"]
[White "Nguyen, Ngoc Truong Son"]
[Black "Dervishi, Erald"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2552"]
[ECO "A46"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[WhiteFideId "12401110"]
[BlackFideId "4700236"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bf4 c5 4. e3 b6 5. Nbd2 Bb7 6. Nc4 d5 7. Nce5 Nbd7 8. Bb5
a6 9. Ng5 axb5 10. Nexf7 Qe7 11. Nxh8 e5 12. dxe5 Nxe5 13. Nxh7 O-O-O 14. Nxf8
Rxf8 15. Bxe5 Rxh8 16. Bxf6 Qxf6 17. Qg4+ Kd8 18. Qf4 Qg6 19. Qb8+ Bc8 20. O-O-O
Rh5 21. g4 1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.27"]
[Round "10.45"]
[White "Tregubov, Pavel V."]
[Black "Volokitin, Andrei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2628"]
[ECO "E48"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian"]
[Variation "4.e3 O-O, 5.Bd3 d5"]
[WhiteFideId "4115341"]
[BlackFideId "14107090"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. a3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 Bd6 8. Nf3
Nc6 9. Nb5 Be7 10. O-O a6 11. Nc3 Bd6 12. Re1 e5 13. d5 e4 14. Nxe4 Nxe4 15.
dxc6 bxc6 16. b3 Qf6 17. Qd4 Qg6 18. Bb2 c5 19. Qd3 Bb7 20. Bd5 Rad8 21. Qxe4
Bxd5 22. Qxg6 hxg6 23. Nd2 Rb8 24. Rab1 Bxb3 25. Bxg7 Kxg7 26. Nxb3 c4 27. Nd4
Bxa3 28. Ra1 Bb2 29. Rxa6 c5 30. Nc6 Ra8 31. Rxa8 Rxa8 32. g4 Ra6 33. Ne7 c3 34.
Re2 Rd6 35. f4 Rd2 36. Kf2 c2 0-1

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.27"]
[Round "10.46"]
[White "Malakhatko, Vadim"]
[Black "Naiditsch, Arkadij"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2542"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[ECO "A20"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[WhiteFideId "14104202"]
[BlackFideId "4650891"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. c4 e5 2. e3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nge2 c6 5. a3 Ba5 6. b4 Bc7 7. d4 e4 8. Qc2 d5
9. cxd5 cxd5 10. Nb5 Na6 11. Nxc7+ Nxc7 12. a4 O-O 13. b5 Bd7 14. Nc3 Ng4 15.
Ba3 Re8 16. Bd6 Rc8 17. h3 Nh6 18. Qb3 Nf5 19. Bf4 Ne6 20. Be5 Qa5 21. Ra3 Nc5
22. dxc5 Rxe5 23. g4 d4 24. c6 bxc6 25. gxf5 cxb5 26. exd4 b4 27. dxe5 Rxc3 28.
Bc4 Rxb3 29. Rxb3 Bxa4 30. Re3 b3+ 31. Ke2 b2 32. Rb1 Qxe5 0-1

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.27"]
[Round "10.47"]
[White "Khenkin, Igor"]
[Black "Howell, David W L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2554"]
[BlackElo "2676"]
[ECO "E12"]
[Opening "Queen's Indian"]
[Variation "4.Nc3"]
[WhiteFideId "4659600"]
[BlackFideId "410608"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. e3 Bb7 6. Bd3 O-O 7. O-O c5 8. Bd2
cxd4 9. exd4 d5 10. cxd5 Bxc3 11. bxc3 exd5 12. Ne5 Ne4 13. Qh5 Nd7 14. Bf4 f6
15. Nxd7 Qxd7 16. Rac1 Rac8 17. Rc2 g6 18. Qh6 Rf7 19. h4 b5 20. Re1 Rg7 21. h5
gxh5 22. f3 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.27"]
[Round "10.48"]
[White "Ganguly, Surya Shekhar"]
[Black "Al-Saffar, Araz Basim Mohammed S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2368"]
[ECO "A40"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn"]
[Variation "Keres defence"]
[WhiteFideId "5002150"]
[BlackFideId "4801040"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. c4 b6 2. d4 e6 3. a3 Bb7 4. Nc3 f5 5. Bf4 Nf6 6. e3 d6 7. Nf3 Nbd7 8. Ng5 Qe7
9. Nb5 Kd8 10. h4 h6 11. Nf3 a6 12. Nc3 Ne4 13. h5 Qf7 14. Nh4 Be7 15. Ng6 Re8
16. Nxe7 Nxc3 17. bxc3 Kxe7 18. Rg1 Kf8 19. Be2 e5 20. Bh2 Nf6 21. Rb1 Bc6 22.
Kf1 Rad8 23. Qc1 Kg8 24. a4 Bxa4 25. Qa3 Bc6 26. c5 Bb5 27. Bxb5 axb5 28. cxb6
cxb6 29. Qb3 Nd5 30. g4 fxg4 31. e4 Ne3+ 32. Ke2 Nc4 33. Rxg4 Rf8 34. f4 Qxh5
35. Rg1 Qxh2+ 36. R1g2 Qh5 37. Qxb5 d5 38. Kd3 Rf7 39. Qc6 exf4 40. Qe6 Qh3+ 41.
Kc2 Ne3+ 42. Kb3 Nxg4 43. Rxg4 Qh5 0-1

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.27"]
[Round "10.49"]
[White "El Adnani, Mokliss"]
[Black "Moiseenko, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2448"]
[BlackElo "2667"]
[ECO "A21"]
[Opening "English, Kramnik-Shirov counterattack"]
[WhiteFideId "9000410"]
[BlackFideId "14102560"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Bb4 3. g3 Bxc3 4. dxc3 d6 5. Bg2 Ne7 6. h4 Nbc6 7. b3 Be6 8. h5
h6 9. e4 Qd7 10. f4 f5 11. g4 fxe4 12. f5 Bf7 13. Bxe4 O-O-O 14. Bd5 Nxd5 15.
cxd5 Ne7 16. c4 c6 17. Be3 cxd5 18. Bxa7 d4 19. Rh2 Qc7 0-1

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.27"]
[Round "10.50"]
[White "Tissir, Mohamed"]
[Black "Jumabayev, Rinat"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2381"]
[BlackElo "2612"]
[ECO "B23"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "closed, 2...Nc6"]
[WhiteFideId "9000240"]
[BlackFideId "13702661"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nd4 4. Bc4 e6 5. Nge2 Nf6 6. O-O a6 7. a4 Nxe4 8.
Nxd4 cxd4 9. Nxe4 d5 10. Bd3 dxe4 11. Bxe4 Bd6 12. d3 f5 13. Bf3 O-O 14. Bd2 Qc7
15. h3 Bd7 16. Re1 Kh8 17. c4 a5 18. Qb3 Ra7 19. Re2 b6 20. Rae1 e5 21. Bd5 h6
22. Qd1 Be8 23. f4 e4 24. dxe4 Bh5 25. g4 fxg4 26. Rg2 Bxf4 27. hxg4 Bg6 28.
Bxf4 Qxf4 29. Qxd4 Re7 30. Qe3 Re5 31. Ree2 Qxe3+ 32. Rxe3 Rf4 33. Rb3 Bxe4 34.
Bxe4 Rfxe4 35. Rxb6 Rxc4 36. b3 Rd4 37. Rb7 Rg5 38. Ra7 Rdxg4 39. Rxg4 Rxg4+ 40.
Kf2 Rb4 41. Rxa5 Rxb3 42. Ra7 Kh7 43. a5 h5 44. a6 Ra3 45. Ra8 g6 46. a7 Kg7 47.
Kg2 g5 48. Kh2 Kh7 49. Kg2 Ra6 50. Kf3 Ra4 51. Kg3 Ra3+ 52. Kf2 g4 53. Ke2 h4
54. Kf2 Ra2+ 55. Ke3 h3 56. Rb8 g3 57. Rb1 0-1

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.27"]
[Round "10.51"]
[White "Inarkiev, Ernesto"]
[Black "Dobrov, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2689"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[ECO "B90"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Najdorf, Byrne (English) attack"]
[WhiteFideId "4162722"]
[BlackFideId "4136594"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. f3
h5 9. Qd2 Be7 10. O-O-O Nbd7 11. Kb1 Qc7 12. g3 Rc8 13. f4 b5 14. Nd5 Nxd5 15.
exd5 Bf5 16. Bd3 Bg4 17. Rdf1 Nf6 18. h3 Bd7 19. Qg2 Qb7 20. Be4 Nxe4 21. Qxe4
Be6 22. Rd1 g6 23. Na5 Qa8 24. Rd2 Bf5 25. Qg2 Bd7 26. Re1 O-O 27. g4 hxg4 28.
hxg4 Kg7 29. fxe5 dxe5 30. Qh2 Rh8 31. Qxe5+ Bf6 32. Qd6 Bxg4 33. Rf1 Bf5 34.
Nc6 Rce8 35. Qxf6+ Kxf6 36. Bd4+ Kg5 37. Rg2+ Bg4 38. Bf6+ Kh6 39. Rxg4 1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.27"]
[Round "10.52"]
[White "Dzhumagaliev, Yan"]
[Black "Georgiev, Kiril"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2400"]
[BlackElo "2623"]
[ECO "D29"]
[Opening "QGA"]
[Variation "classical, 8...Bb7"]
[WhiteFideId "24100110"]
[BlackFideId "2900017"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e3 e6 4. Bxc4 Nf6 5. Nf3 c5 6. O-O a6 7. Qe2 b5 8. Bb3
Bb7 9. a4 b4 10. Nbd2 Be7 11. Rd1 Nbd7 12. e4 cxd4 13. e5 d3 14. Qxd3 Nd5 15.
Ne4 Qb8 16. Bf4 Nxf4 17. Qxd7+ Kf8 18. Nd6 Bxf3 19. gxf3 Ra7 20. Qc6 g5 21. Rac1
Ne2+ 22. Kf1 Nxc1 23. Rxc1 Bxd6 24. exd6 Kg7 25. Qc5 h6 26. Qe5+ f6 27. Qxe6 Re8
28. Rc7+ Rxc7 29. dxc7 Qc8 30. Qf7+ Kh8 31. Qxf6+ Kh7 32. Bc2+ Kg8 33. Qg6+ Kf8
34. Qxh6+ Ke7 35. Qxg5+ Kd6 36. Qf4+ Re5 37. Qf6+ 1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.27"]
[Round "10.53"]
[White "Zhao, Jun"]
[Black "Al Saidi, Mohammed Khalfan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2604"]
[BlackElo "1468"]
[ECO "B23"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "closed, 2...Nc6"]
[WhiteFideId "8602522"]
[BlackFideId "22001271"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nd4 4. Bc4 e6 5. Nf3 Nxf3+ 6. Qxf3 d6 7. O-O Nf6 8.
Qg3 Be7 9. Qxg7 Rg8 10. Qh6 Rg6 11. Qe3 Bd7 12. d4 Ng4 13. Qd3 cxd4 14. Qxd4 Bf6
15. Qd3 Ne5 16. Qe2 Nxc4 17. Qxc4 Rc8 18. Qd3 Bxc3 19. bxc3 Ke7 20. Ba3 e5 21.
Qd5 Bh3 22. Qxe5+ Kf8 23. g3 Bxf1 24. Rxf1 Kg8 25. Qd5 Rxc3 26. Bb2 Rxc2 27.
Qxb7 Qc7 28. Qb5 Qc8 29. a4 h5 30. Bd4 h4 31. Qh5 Rg7 32. Bxg7 Kxg7 33. Qg5+ Kf8
34. Qxh4 Qc6 35. Rd1 Rc1 36. Qh6+ Ke7 37. Qxc1 Kd8 1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.27"]
[Round "10.54"]
[White "Halkias, Stelios"]
[Black "Amer, Said Salim Al Maashani"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2571"]
[BlackElo "2103"]
[ECO "A39"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "symmetrical, main line with d4"]
[WhiteFideId "4201809"]
[BlackFideId "22000100"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 Nc6 6. O-O O-O 7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4
Qb6 9. Nb3 d6 10. Be3 Qd8 11. Rc1 Be6 12. Nd5 Ng4 13. Qd2 Nxe3 14. Nxe3 Bh6 15.
f4 Qb6 16. Kh1 Nb4 17. Nd4 Nxa2 18. Rcd1 Bd7 19. Nd5 Qd8 20. b3 e6 21. Qxa2 exd5
22. Bxd5 Bh3 23. Rfe1 Qb6 24. e3 Rae8 25. Qf2 Bg7 26. Nb5 Bg4 27. Rd2 Kh8 28. e4
Qxf2 29. Rxf2 a6 30. Nxd6 Re7 31. e5 f6 32. e6 Rb8 33. Kg2 Rd8 34. Nf7+ Rxf7 35.
exf7 Bf8 36. Re8 1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.27"]
[Round "10.55"]
[White "Khader, Sami"]
[Black "Ibrahimov, Rasul"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2392"]
[BlackElo "2518"]
[ECO "B94"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Najdorf, 6.Bg5"]
[WhiteFideId "8100500"]
[BlackFideId "13400495"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 Nbd7 7. Qe2 h6 8. Bh4
g5 9. Bg3 e6 10. O-O-O Qc7 11. h4 Rg8 12. hxg5 hxg5 13. Kb1 Ne5 14. f3 b5 15.
Bf2 b4 16. Na4 Bd7 17. b3 Bxa4 18. bxa4 Nfd7 19. Nb3 Nb6 20. Bxb6 Qxb6 21. g3
Nd7 22. f4 Nc5 23. Nxc5 Qxc5 24. Qc4 Qxc4 25. Bxc4 gxf4 26. gxf4 Rg4 27. Rdf1
Bg7 28. Rhg1 Rxg1 29. Rxg1 Kf8 30. f5 exf5 31. Rf1 Be5 32. Rxf5 f6 33. Rf1 a5
34. Rg1 Re8 35. Rg8+ Ke7 36. Rg7+ Kd8 37. Ra7 Bd4 38. Ra8+ Ke7 39. Rxe8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.27"]
[Round "10.56"]
[White "Lodhi, Mahmood"]
[Black "Sanal, Vahap"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2347"]
[BlackElo "2551"]
[ECO "E63"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "fianchetto, Panno variation"]
[WhiteFideId "7800010"]
[BlackFideId "6300545"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d6 6. c4 Nc6 7. Nc3 a6 8. e4 Bg4
9. Be3 Nd7 10. Qd2 Bxf3 11. Bxf3 e5 12. d5 Nd4 13. Bg2 c5 14. dxc6 bxc6 15. f4
Rb8 16. f5 Nf6 17. h3 h5 18. Ne2 gxf5 19. exf5 Nxe2+ 20. Qxe2 d5 21. g4 d4 22.
Rad1 Qb6 23. Bf2 hxg4 24. hxg4 Nh7 25. b3 Bf6 26. Rd3 Ng5 27. Bh4 Qc7 28. Bg3
Rfe8 29. Be4 Kg7 30. Kg2 c5 31. Rh1 Rh8 32. Rdd1 Qd6 33. Bd5 Qe7 34. Rde1 Rxh1
35. Rxh1 Re8 36. Be4 Rh8 37. Rh5 Rxh5 38. gxh5 Qd7 39. Qg4 Kh6 40. Be1 Nxe4 41.
Qxe4 Bg5 42. Qxe5 f6 43. Qd5 Qxd5+ 44. cxd5 d3 45. d6 d2 46. Bxd2 Bxd2 47. Kf3
Kxh5 48. Ke4 Kg5 49. d7 Ba5 50. Kd5 Kxf5 51. Kxc5 Ke6 52. Kc6 f5 53. b4 Bd8 54.
a4 f4 55. b5 axb5 56. axb5 f3 0-1

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.27"]
[Round "10.57"]
[White "Lam, Daniel King-wai"]
[Black "Salgado Lopez, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2222"]
[BlackElo "2644"]
[ECO "E00"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[WhiteFideId "6001238"]
[BlackFideId "2257327"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. d5 d6 5. e4 Be7 6. h3 O-O 7. Nf3 e5 8. Be2 Nbd7
9. O-O Re8 10. Re1 Nf8 11. Bf1 Ng6 12. g3 Bd7 13. Rb1 Qc8 14. Kh2 Rf8 15. Be3
Bd8 16. a3 h6 17. b4 b6 18. Nd2 Ne8 19. Bg2 Bg5 20. Bxg5 hxg5 21. Qh5 g4 22.
hxg4 Nf6 23. Qg5 Nxg4+ 24. Kg1 Nf6 25. Rf1 Re8 26. f4 cxb4 27. axb4 a5 28. bxa5
bxa5 29. f5 Nf8 30. Nb5 Qc5+ 31. Kh2 a4 32. Bf3 Reb8 33. Be2 N8h7 34. Qh4 Bxb5
35. cxb5 Qe3 0-1

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.27"]
[Round "10.58"]
[White "Abdyjapar, Asyl"]
[Black "Al-Hajiri, Bader"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2382"]
[BlackElo "2165"]
[ECO "D45"]
[Opening "QGD semi-Slav"]
[Variation "Stoltz variation"]
[WhiteFideId "13800337"]
[BlackFideId "10300163"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. b3 Qe7 8. Bb2
O-O 9. Bd3 b6 10. O-O Bb7 11. Rfe1 c5 12. e4 cxd4 13. Nxd4 dxc4 14. Bxc4 Rac8
15. Nf3 Ne5 16. Nxe5 Bxe5 17. f3 a6 18. a4 Bxc3 19. Bxc3 b5 20. axb5 axb5 21. e5
Ne8 22. Qd2 bxc4 23. Bb4 Qc7 24. Bxf8 c3 25. Qe3 Kxf8 26. Rec1 Bd5 27. b4 Qc4
28. b5 c2 29. b6 Qc5 30. Qxc5+ Rxc5 31. Ra7 Bb3 32. b7 Rb5 33. Kf2 g5 34. h4
gxh4 35. f4 Kg7 36. Ke2 Kg6 37. Kd2 Ng7 38. Kc3 Nf5 39. g4 hxg3 40. Ra8 Rxb7 41.
Rg8+ Ng7 42. Rg1 Rc7+ 43. Kxb3 c1=Q 0-1

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.27"]
[Round "10.59"]
[White "Miswadah, Baha"]
[Black "Saeed, Ishaq"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "1877"]
[BlackElo "2434"]
[ECO "C45"]
[Opening "Scotch game"]
[WhiteFideId "11502118"]
[BlackFideId "9301453"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Qf6 5. Be3 Bc5 6. c3 Nge7 7. Bc4 O-O 8.
O-O b6 9. Nc2 Qg6 10. Bxc5 bxc5 11. Nd2 Rb8 12. Rb1 d6 13. Ne3 Kh8 14. Be2 f5
15. Bh5 Qh6 16. exf5 Nxf5 17. Ndc4 Be6 18. b3 d5 19. Nxd5 Rbd8 20. Bf3 Bxd5 21.
Bxd5 Nce7 22. Ne3 Nxe3 23. fxe3 Qxe3+ 24. Kh1 Rxf1+ 25. Qxf1 Nxd5 26. Rd1 Qg5
27. Qd3 Qxg2+ 28. Kxg2 Nf4+ 29. Kf2 Rxd3 30. Re1 h6 31. Re7 Rxc3 32. Rxc7 a5 33.
h4 Kh7 34. Ke1 Rc2 35. a4 Ng2+ 36. Kd1 Ne3+ 37. Ke1 c4 38. bxc4 Rxc4 39. Rxc4
Nxc4 0-1

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.27"]
[Round "10.60"]
[White "Omar, Noaman"]
[Black "Al Jabri, Mohammed Ali"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2364"]
[BlackElo "2154"]
[ECO "D06"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "Grau (Sahovic) defence"]
[WhiteFideId "9300244"]
[BlackFideId "7604734"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 Bf5 3. Nc3 e6 4. Nf3 c6 5. Qb3 Qb6 6. c5 Qc7 7. Bf4 Qc8 8. e3 Nf6
9. h3 h6 10. Qd1 Be7 11. Be2 O-O 12. O-O Nbd7 13. b4 Bd8 14. b5 Bc7 15. Bd3 Bxd3
16. Qxd3 Re8 17. bxc6 bxc6 18. Bxc7 Qxc7 19. Qa6 Rab8 20. Rfb1 Rxb1+ 21. Rxb1
Rb8 22. Rb3 Rxb3 23. axb3 Nb8 24. Qa4 Nfd7 25. Ne2 Qb7 26. Kf1 Kf8 27. Ke1 Ke7
28. Kd2 Na6 29. Nc3 Nc7 30. b4 f6 31. Kc2 Nb8 32. Nd2 Nba6 33. Kb3 e5 34. Ka3
exd4 35. exd4 Nb5+ 36. Nxb5 Qxb5 37. Qxb5 cxb5 38. Kb3 Ke6 39. Nb1 Nb8 40. Nc3
a6 41. Ne2 g5 42. g4 f5 43. Ng3 fxg4 44. hxg4 Nc6 45. Nf5 Kf6 46. Nxh6 Nxd4+ 47.
Kc3 Nc6 48. Nf5 Ke5 49. f3 d4+ 50. Kd2 Nxb4 51. Ne7 a5 52. c6 Kd6 53. Nf5+ Kxc6
54. Nxd4+ Kc5 55. Ne6+ Kd6 56. Nxg5 a4 57. Kc3 Nd5+ 58. Kb2 b4 59. Ne4+ Ke5 60.
Nc5 a3+ 61. Kb3 Kf4 62. Nd3+ Kxf3 63. g5 Ke4 64. Nxb4 Nxb4 65. g6 a2 66. Kb2 Nd5
67. g7 Ne7 68. Ka1 Kf5 69. Kb2 Kf6 70. Kxa2 Kxg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.27"]
[Round "10.61"]
[White "Bukannan, Ahmed A"]
[Black "Minko, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "1929"]
[BlackElo "2381"]
[ECO "E10"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[WhiteFideId "21504164"]
[BlackFideId "24146706"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 c5 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. Qc2 O-O 7. e3 Nc6 8. Be2
d5 9. O-O Qe7 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Bf3 Rd8 12. Bd2 Ne5 13. Be2 Bd6 14. Nf5 Bxf5 15.
Qxf5 Ng6 16. Rad1 Rac8 17. Bc1 Qe6 18. Qxe6 fxe6 19. Bf3 Ne5 20. Be2 Nc6 21. Bf3
Be5 22. Ne2 Kf7 23. Bd2 Rd7 24. Bc3 Bxc3 25. Nxc3 Ne5 26. Be2 Nc4 27. Bxc4 Rxc4
28. h3 a6 29. Rc1 e5 30. Ne2 Ke6 31. f3 Ne8 32. b3 Rc6 33. Kf2 Nd6 34. Rfd1 Rf7
35. Ke1 Rfc7 36. Kd2 Nf5 37. g4 Nh4 38. Rf1 Rxc1 39. Nxc1 e4 40. fxe4 dxe4 41.
Rf4 Ke5 42. Ne2 Nf3+ 43. Kd1 Rd7+ 44. Kc1 Rd3 45. Rf5+ Kd6 46. Ng3 Rxe3 47.
Nxe4+ Kc6 48. Ng5 Nd4 49. h4 Nxf5 50. gxf5 h6 51. Ne6 Rxe6 52. fxe6 Kd6 53. Kd2
Kxe6 54. Ke3 Kf5 55. Kf3 h5 56. a4 a5 0-1

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.27"]
[Round "10.62"]
[White "Al Ghamdi, Ahmed M"]
[Black "Al Habeeb, Emad"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "CM"]
[WhiteElo "2159"]
[BlackElo "1933"]
[ECO "B09"]
[Opening "Pirc"]
[Variation "Austrian attack, 6.Bd3"]
[WhiteFideId "21500150"]
[BlackFideId "21500029"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Bd3 O-O 6. Nf3 Bg4 7. O-O e5 8. fxe5
dxe5 9. d5 Qd6 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 a6 12. a3 Nbd7 13. b4 b5 14. Be3 Nh5 15. Ne2
Rae8 16. g4 Nhf6 17. Rac1 Nxd5 18. exd5 e4 19. Bxe4 Qe5 20. Ng3 Nf6 21. Bc5 Nxe4
22. Nxe4 Qxe4 23. Qxe4 Rxe4 24. Bxf8 Kxf8 25. Rf3 Bd4+ 26. Kf1 Bb2 27. Rd1 Ke7
28. Re1 Rxe1+ 29. Kxe1 Be5 30. Ke2 f6 31. Kd3 Bb2 32. Ke4 Kd6 33. c3 Ke7 34. Kd4
Bxa3 35. Kc5 Bc1 36. Kc6 g5 37. Kxc7 Bf4+ 38. Kc6 Be5 39. Rd3 1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.27"]
[Round "10.63"]
[White "Salama, Taher"]
[Black "Masrahi, Abdulrahman A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackTitle "CM"]
[WhiteElo "1769"]
[BlackElo "1962"]
[ECO "D11"]
[Opening "QGD Slav"]
[Variation "4.e3"]
[WhiteFideId "11502231"]
[BlackFideId "21501564"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nf3 a6 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Nc3 Nc6 7. Bd3 Bg4 8. O-O
e6 9. Bd2 Be7 10. Rc1 O-O 11. h3 Bh5 12. Be2 Rc8 13. Ne1 Bxe2 14. Qxe2 Qb6 15.
b3 Ba3 16. Rb1 Nb4 17. Nd3 Nd7 18. Na4 Qb5 19. Bxb4 Bxb4 20. Nf4 Qxe2 21. Nxe2
Rc2 22. Rb2 Rfc8 23. Nf4 b5 24. Rxc2 Rxc2 25. Nd3 Ba3 26. Nac5 Nxc5 27. Nxc5
Bxc5 28. dxc5 Rxc5 29. Ra1 a5 30. Kf1 Rc2 31. g3 Kf8 32. a3 Ke7 33. b4 a4 34.
Rd1 Rc3 35. Ra1 Rc2 36. Ke1 Kd6 37. Rd1 Ke5 38. Kf1 Rc3 39. Ra1 Ke4 40. Ke2 Rc2+
41. Ke1 Kf3 0-1

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.27"]
[Round "10.64"]
[White "Al Mahmood, Salman"]
[Black "Alanazy, Mohammed"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1593"]
[BlackElo "1850"]
[ECO "C22"]
[Opening "Centre game"]
[Variation "Paulsen attack"]
[WhiteFideId "11201517"]
[BlackFideId "21508488"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 e5 2. d4 exd4 3. Qxd4 Nc6 4. Qe3 b6 5. Nc3 a5 6. Bd2 Nge7 7. f4 Ng6 8. Nf3
Ba6 9. Bxa6 Rxa6 10. O-O-O Be7 11. g4 Qc8 12. Nd5 Bc5 13. Qe2 O-O 14. Kb1 Ra8
15. h4 Nge7 16. Bc3 Bb4 17. Qd3 Bxc3 18. Qxc3 Nxd5 19. exd5 Na7 20. h5 c6 21. h6
f6 22. hxg7 Kxg7 23. g5 Nb5 24. gxf6+ Rxf6 25. Rdg1+ Kf7 26. Rxh7+ Ke8 27. Qxf6 1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.27"]
[Round "10.65"]
[White "Al Zamel, Khaled"]
[Black "Al Omary, Ahmed"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1942"]
[BlackElo "1875"]
[ECO "B00"]
[Opening "Owen defence"]
[WhiteFideId "21500967"]
[BlackFideId "21500207"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 b6 2. d4 Bb7 3. Nc3 e6 4. Bd3 Nf6 5. Nf3 Bb4 6. Qe2 O-O 7. O-O c5 8. a3
Bxc3 9. bxc3 c4 10. Bxc4 Nxe4 11. Bb2 Qc7 12. Qd3 d5 13. Bb3 b5 14. Ne5 Ba6 15.
Rfe1 Nd6 16. Qe3 Nc4 17. Bxc4 bxc4 18. Bc1 Nd7 19. Nf3 Nf6 20. Ne5 Nd7 21. Qg3
f6 22. Nxd7 Qxd7 23. Bf4 Rae8 24. Rab1 Bb5 25. Rb4 a6 26. Reb1 Rf7 27. h4 Rfe7
28. Bd6 Rf7 29. h5 e5 30. dxe5 fxe5 31. Bxe5 Qf5 32. Bd4 Qxh5 33. a4 Rfe7 34. f3
Bd7 35. Rb7 Qf5 36. Qf2 Re2 37. Qg3 R2e7 38. f4 Qxc2 39. Qf3 Qf5 40. g4 Qxg4+
41. Qxg4 Bxg4 42. Be5 Bd7 43. Kf2 Bxa4 44. Ke3 Bb5 45. Rb6 Kf7 46. Rg1 1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.27"]
[Round "10.66"]
[White "Al Juhani, Bakr"]
[Black "Alem, Ali Hussien"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1854"]
[BlackElo "1745"]
[ECO "C00"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "King's Indian attack"]
[WhiteFideId "21500185"]
[BlackFideId "21500088"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 e6 2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 Nf6 5. g3 Be7 6. Bg2 d4 7. O-O Nc6 8. e5 Nd7
9. Re1 Qc7 10. Qe2 O-O 11. a4 Nb4 12. Nc4 Rb8 13. c3 dxc3 14. bxc3 Nd5 15. Bd2
a6 16. a5 b5 17. axb6 N7xb6 18. Nxb6 Qxb6 19. h4 Rd8 20. Ng5 Qb2 21. Bxd5 Rxd5
22. Reb1 Qxb1+ 23. Rxb1 Rxb1+ 24. Kh2 Bb7 25. Ne4 Rxe5 26. Bf4 Rd5 27. Qc2 Rb6
28. Qa4 Rd8 29. Bc7 Bc6 30. Qc2 Rdb8 31. Bxb8 Rxb8 32. Qa2 h6 33. Qxa6 Bd5 34.
Qa7 Rb7 35. Qa2 Bxa2 0-1

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.27"]
[Round "10.67"]
[White "Al Bargi, Hassan M"]
[Black "Al Abdali, Zeyad Saleh"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1579"]
[BlackElo "1801"]
[ECO "A45"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[WhiteFideId "21501475"]
[BlackFideId "21501505"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 c5 3. d5 d6 4. Nc3 Na6 5. e4 Nc7 6. h3 a6 7. a4 e6 8. Nf3 Be7
9. Bd3 e5 10. Be3 Bd7 11. O-O b5 12. axb5 axb5 13. b3 O-O 14. Nd2 Qc8 15. f4 Qb7
16. f5 g6 17. Bh6 Rfe8 18. Qf3 Kh8 19. fxg6 fxg6 20. Bg5 Rf8 21. Qg3 Rxa1 22.
Rxa1 Qb6 23. Kh1 Nce8 24. Ne2 Ng7 25. Qh4 Bd8 26. c4 b4 27. Rf1 Nge8 28. Bh6 Ng8
29. Bg5 Rxf1+ 30. Nxf1 Nef6 31. Ne3 Kg7 32. Kh2 h6 33. Bxf6+ Bxf6 34. Qf2 Qb8
35. Ng1 Qd8 36. Nf3 Kh7 37. Ng4 Bxg4 38. hxg4 Qd7 39. Qg3 Bg7 40. Nh4 Nf6 41. g5
Nh5 42. Qe3 Qe7 43. g4 Nf4 0-1

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.28"]
[Round "11.1"]
[White "Pantsulaia, Levan"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2612"]
[BlackElo "2837"]
[ECO "A07"]
[Opening "Reti"]
[Variation "King's Indian attack (Barcza system)"]
[WhiteFideId "13602071"]
[BlackFideId "1503014"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Bg4 3. Bg2 e6 4. c4 c6 5. O-O Nf6 6. d3 Bd6 7. Nc3 O-O 8. Be3
Nbd7 9. Qb3 Qb8 10. a3 Re8 11. Rfc1 Bh5 12. Qc2 a5 13. b3 h6 14. Qb2 Ne5 15.
Nxe5 Bxe5 16. d4 Bd6 17. Bd2 Bg6 18. Na4 Qd8 19. Bf4 Bxf4 20. gxf4 Ne4 21. e3
Nd6 22. Nc3 Bd3 23. c5 Nf5 24. Ne2 Nh4 25. Ng3 f5 26. f3 g5 27. Qd2 Ba6 28. Kf2
gxf4 29. exf4 Ng6 30. Kg1 Qh4 31. Qxa5 Nxf4 32. Qd2 Nd3 33. f4 Nxf4 34. Bf1 Qg5
35. Kh1 Nd3 36. Rc2 Qxd2 37. Rxd2 Nf4 38. Rf2 Ng6 39. Bxa6 bxa6 40. b4 a5 41. b5
cxb5 42. Rb1 Reb8 43. Rfb2 b4 44. axb4 Rxb4 45. Rxb4 axb4 46. Rxb4 Nf4 47. Rb1
Ra4 48. Rd1 Kf7 49. Kg1 Kf6 50. Kf2 Ra3 51. Rb1 Rd3 52. Rb4 Kg5 53. Nf1 Rc3 54.
Rb8 Kf6 55. Nd2 Nh3+ 56. Ke2 f4 57. Rf8+ Ke7 58. Rh8 Ng5 59. Rxh6 f3+ 60. Kf2
Rd3 61. Nf1 Ne4+ 62. Kg1 Rxd4 63. Rh7+ Kf6 64. c6 Rc4 65. c7 Rc2 66. Ne3 Rc1+
67. Nf1 Nd2 0-1

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.28"]
[Round "11.2"]
[White "Mamedov, Rauf"]
[Black "Fedoseev, Vladimir3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[ECO "C53"]
[Opening "Giuoco Piano"]
[WhiteFideId "13401653"]
[BlackFideId "24130737"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. a4 a5 8. Bg5 h6
9. Bh4 Be6 10. Nbd2 Qe7 11. Bd5 g5 12. Nxg5 hxg5 13. Bxg5 Kg7 14. Qf3 Rh8 15. d4
Ba7 16. Bxc6 bxc6 17. Qg3 Rag8 18. f4 exd4 19. Bxf6+ Kxf6 20. e5+ Kf5 21. Qd3+
Kg4 22. Qf3+ Kf5 23. Qe4+ Kg4 24. f5+ Kh5 25. fxe6 dxc3+ 26. Kh1 fxe6 27. Qe2+
Kh6 28. bxc3 Rg6 29. Rf3 Kg7 30. Raf1 d5 31. Nb3 Bb6 32. Nd4 Qh4 33. Rf7+ Kh6
34. Nf3 Qe4 35. Qd2+ Be3 36. Qe1 Rhg8 37. Rf6 Kh7 38. Rxg6 Rxg6 39. Qd1 c5 40.
Ne1 Kg7 41. Qb3 Bd2 42. Qb8 Kh7 43. Qf8 Rg7 44. Nf3 Qe2 45. Rg1 Be3 46. Qe8 Qc2
47. Qxe6 Bxg1 48. Qh3+ Kg8 49. Qc8+ Kh7 50. Qh3+ Kg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.28"]
[Round "11.3"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[ECO "B17"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "Steinitz variation"]
[WhiteFideId "4102142"]
[BlackFideId "5000017"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. Bc4 Bf5
8. O-O e6 9. Bf4 Bd6 10. Bxd6 Qxd6 11. c3 O-O 12. Qe2 Rfd8 13. Ne5 Nd7 14. Nxd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.28"]
[Round "11.4"]
[White "Wang, Hao"]
[Black "Safarli, Eltaj"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2639"]
[ECO "B47"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Taimanov (Bastrikov) variation"]
[WhiteFideId "8602883"]
[BlackFideId "13402129"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be2 Nf6 7. O-O Be7 8.
Be3 O-O 9. f4 d6 10. Kh1 Nxd4 11. Qxd4 b6 12. Bf3 Bb7 13. Nb5 Qb8 14. c4 Rd8 15.
Qd3 a6 16. Nc3 Qc7 17. Rac1 Rac8 18. b3 Nd7 19. Rfd1 Nc5 20. Qb1 Qb8 21. Bd4 Nd7
22. Qd3 Bc6 23. Qe2 Bf6 24. Bxf6 Nxf6 25. a4 Nd7 26. h3 Nc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.28"]
[Round "11.5"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Yu, Yangyi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2799"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[ECO "D38"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "Ragozin variation"]
[WhiteFideId "13401319"]
[BlackFideId "8603820"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Qc2 c5 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 O-O 8. e3
Qc7 9. a4 Re8 10. Ba3 b6 11. cxd5 exd5 12. Bb5 Bd7 13. O-O Bxb5 14. axb5 a6 15.
bxa6 Nxa6 16. h3 Ne4 17. Rfc1 Rec8 18. dxc5 Naxc5 19. c4 Qb7 20. cxd5 Qxd5 21.
Nd4 h6 22. Bb2 Rxa1 23. Rxa1 Nd6 24. Qe2 Qe4 25. Rd1 Nf5 26. Nxf5 Qxf5 27. Qb5
Qe6 28. Bd4 Qc6 29. Qb2 Qg6 30. Rc1 Rc6 31. Qb5 Qd6 32. Qb1 Qe6 33. Qa1 Qg6 34.
Bxg7 Kh7 35. Bd4 Rc8 36. Qa7 Rg8 37. g3 Ne4 38. Rc7 Ng5 39. Qb7 Qf5 40. h4 Nh3+
41. Kh2 Rf8 42. g4 Qxf2+ 43. Kxh3 Kg8 44. Qg2 Qe1 45. g5 1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.28"]
[Round "11.6"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Kuzubov, Yuriy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2699"]
[ECO "C42"]
[Opening "Petrov"]
[Variation "classical attack"]
[WhiteFideId "4168119"]
[BlackFideId "14112906"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Be7 7. O-O Nd6 8. Re1
O-O 9. Bf4 Re8 10. b3 Bg4 11. Nbd2 Nc6 12. c3 Qd7 13. Nf1 Rad8 14. Ne3 Be6 15.
Qc2 g6 16. b4 Qc8 17. Ng5 Bf8 18. Nxe6 Qxe6 19. Qb3 Ne7 20. h3 Bg7 21. Nxd5 Qxd5
22. Rxe7 Qxb3 23. Rxe8+ Rxe8 24. axb3 a6 25. Kf1 Kf8 26. Ra5 Ke7 27. b5 axb5 28.
Bxb5 c6 29. Bd3 Kd7 30. Ra7 Rb8 31. g4 Kc7 32. b4 Rd8 33. c4 g5 34. Bg3 Kd7 35.
c5 Nc8 36. Rxb7+ Ke8 37. d5 Rxd5 38. Be4 1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.28"]
[Round "11.7"]
[White "Korobov, Anton"]
[Black "Quparadze, Giga"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2652"]
[BlackElo "2506"]
[ECO "E11"]
[Opening "Bogo-Indian defence, Gruenfeld variation"]
[WhiteFideId "14105730"]
[BlackFideId "13602250"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 b6 5. a3 Bxd2+ 6. Qxd2 Bb7 7. e3 O-O 8.
Bd3 d6 9. Qc2 c5 10. dxc5 bxc5 11. O-O a5 12. b3 Qc7 13. Bb2 Nbd7 14. Nd2 Bc6
15. f3 Rfb8 16. Bc3 h6 17. Rfe1 Qd8 18. Rad1 d5 19. cxd5 exd5 20. Nf1 Qb6 21.
Rb1 Bb5 22. Ng3 d4 23. Bxb5 Qxb5 24. exd4 c4 25. b4 axb4 26. Bxb4 Qa6 27. Rbc1
Nd5 28. Qxc4 Qxc4 29. Rxc4 Ra4 30. Nf5 Nxb4 31. axb4 Raxb4 32. Rc7 Nf6 33. Re2
Nd5 34. Ra7 Nf4 35. Rd2 R4b5 36. Ne7+ Kh7 37. d5 Rb2 38. Rxb2 Rxb2 39. g3 Ne2+
40. Kf2 Nf4+ 41. Ke3 Ng2+ 42. Ke4 Ne1 43. d6 Re2+ 44. Kd5 Rd2+ 45. Kc5 Nxf3 46.
Nc6 Ng5 47. d7 Ne6+ 48. Kb6 Rb2+ 49. Ka5 Rxh2 50. d8=Q Nxd8 51. Nxd8 Ra2+ 52.
Kb6 Rxa7 53. Kxa7 Kg6 54. Kb6 f5 55. Kc5 f4 56. gxf4 Kf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.28"]
[Round "11.8"]
[White "Rapport, Richard"]
[Black "Bu, Xiangzhi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2707"]
[BlackElo "2730"]
[ECO "A01"]
[Opening "Nimzovich-Larsen attack"]
[Variation "Indian variation"]
[WhiteFideId "738590"]
[BlackFideId "8601445"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. b3 Nf6 2. Bb2 e6 3. e3 d5 4. f4 c5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Bb5 Bd7 7. a4 a6 8. Bxc6
Bxc6 9. a5 Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. d3 Nd7 12. c4 Bf6 13. Qe2 Re8 14. Ne5 Bxe5 15.
fxe5 Qg5 16. Nd2 Nxe5 17. h4 Qg4 18. Nf3 Nxf3+ 19. Qxf3 Qxf3 20. gxf3 Rad8 21.
Rad1 b5 22. axb6 Rb8 23. Rc1 Rxb6 24. cxd5 exd5 25. Rxc5 Rxe3 26. Rfc1 Be8 27.
Rxd5 Rxb3 28. Kf2 Re6 29. Rc2 f6 30. f4 Reb6 31. Bd4 Rb7 32. Rc8 Kf7 33. Bc5 Rd7
34. Rxd7+ Bxd7 35. Ra8 Rxd3 36. Rxa6 Kg6 37. Rd6 Rc3 38. Rxd7 Rxc5 39. Kg3 h5
40. Rd3 Rc1 41. Rd5 Rg1+ 42. Kh3 Rg4 43. f5+ Kf7 44. Rd7+ Kg8 45. Rd8+ Kh7 46.
Rd5 Re4 47. Kg3 Kg8 48. Rd8+ Kh7 49. Rd5 Re3+ 50. Kf2 Ra3 51. Kg2 Ra8 52. Kg3
Kg8 53. Rd4 Ra5 54. Rf4 Kf7 55. Rf1 Ke7 56. Kh3 Ra3+ 57. Kh2 Ra4 58. Kh3 Rg4 59.
Re1+ Kd6 60. Re8 Ra4 61. Rh8 Ra3+ 62. Kg2 Ke5 63. Rxh5 Kf4 64. Rh7 Rg3+ 65. Kh2
Rg4 66. Rh5 Kf3 67. Rh7 Ke4 68. Rh5 Kf4 69. Kh3 Rg3+ 70. Kh2 Ra3 71. Rh7 Ra7 72.
h5 Kxf5 73. h6 Ra2+ 74. Kg1 g5 75. Rg7 Kg4 76. Rg6 Ra1+ 77. Kg2 Ra2+ 78. Kg1
Ra1+ 79. Kg2 Ra2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.28"]
[Round "11.9"]
[White "Cheparinov, Ivan"]
[Black "Ding, Liren"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2777"]
[ECO "D78"]
[Opening "Neo-Gruenfeld, 6.O-O c6"]
[WhiteFideId "2905540"]
[BlackFideId "8603677"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. d4 Nf6 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 c6 7. Qb3 a5 8. Rd1 a4
9. Qb4 Re8 10. Na3 e6 11. Bf4 Nbd7 12. Rac1 Ne4 13. Ne5 Bf8 14. Qe1 Nxe5 15.
Bxe5 f6 16. Bf4 Nd6 17. h4 Bd7 18. Qc3 f5 19. Bg5 Qa5 20. Qxa5 Rxa5 21. Bd2 Raa8 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.28"]
[Round "11.10"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran L."]
[Black "Kravtsiv, Martyn"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2601"]
[BlackElo "2672"]
[ECO "A05"]
[Opening "Reti opening"]
[WhiteFideId "13301616"]
[BlackFideId "14113147"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 e6 4. d3 Be7 5. Nbd2 Nc6 6. O-O O-O 7. e4 dxe4 8.
dxe4 e5 9. c3 a5 10. a4 Be6 11. Qe2 Nd7 12. Nc4 f6 13. Rd1 Qe8 14. Ne3 Nc5 15.
Nd5 Bd6 16. Qc4 Ne7 17. Be3 b6 18. Bxc5 Bxc5 19. Bh3 Bf7 20. Nxe7+ Qxe7 21. Qb5
Rfd8 22. Bd7 Rab8 23. Kg2 Kh8 24. Rd2 Qf8 25. Rad1 Qg8 26. Qc6 Bd6 27. Nh4 Bb3
28. Rxd6 cxd6 29. Rxd6 Qc4 30. Qxc4 Bxc4 31. Nf5 g6 32. Ne3 Bb3 33. Nd5 Bxa4 34.
Nxb6 Bxd7 35. Nxd7 Rxb2 36. c4 Rb7 37. Nc5 Rxd6 38. Nxb7 Ra6 39. Nc5 Rc6 40. Nb7
a4 0-1

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.28"]
[Round "11.11"]
[White "Rakhmanov, Aleksandr"]
[Black "Wang, Yue"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2653"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[ECO "E43"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian"]
[Variation "Fischer variation"]
[WhiteFideId "4173708"]
[BlackFideId "8601429"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Bd3 Bb7 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O Bxc3 8. bxc3
Ne4 9. Nd2 Nxd2 10. Bxd2 f5 11. f3 d6 12. Qe2 Nd7 13. e4 fxe4 14. fxe4 Qh4 15.
Rae1 Rxf1+ 16. Rxf1 Rf8 17. Rxf8+ Kxf8 18. Qf2+ Qxf2+ 19. Kxf2 e5 20. Bg5 Nf6
21. Kf3 Kf7 22. h3 Ke6 23. g4 c5 24. Ke3 Ba6 25. Bh4 Ng8 26. Be2 Ne7 27. g5 Kf7
28. d5 Bc8 29. Bf1 Kg6 30. Kf3 Bd7 31. Kg3 Kf7 32. Kf3 Ng6 33. Bg3 Nh8 34. h4
Ke7 35. h5 g6 36. hxg6 hxg6 37. Be2 Nf7 38. Bh4 Nd8 39. Bd1 Nb7 40. Bb3 Na5 41.
Be1 Kd8 42. Bd2 Kc7 43. Bc1 Bc8 44. Ke3 Bg4 45. Kd3 Bh3 46. Ke2 Bg2 47. Ke3 Bf1
48. Ba4 Bxc4 49. Be8 Kd8 50. Bxg6 Ke7 51. Kf3 Bxa2 52. Bf5 Bb3 53. g6 Bd1+ 54.
Kg3 Kf6 55. Kh4 Nc4 56. Bh6 Ne3 57. Bxe3 Kg7 58. Bg5 1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.28"]
[Round "11.12"]
[White "Saric, Ivan"]
[Black "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2669"]
[BlackElo "2691"]
[ECO "B90"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Najdorf"]
[WhiteFideId "14508150"]
[BlackFideId "24101605"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. a3 Qc7 7. Be3 Nc6 8. Be2
e6 9. g4 Ne5 10. g5 Nfd7 11. f4 Nc4 12. Bxc4 Qxc4 13. Qd2 b5 14. O-O-O b4 15.
axb4 Qxb4 16. Kb1 Rb8 17. b3 Bb7 18. Rhe1 Rc8 19. Nd5 Qxd2 20. Bxd2 Nc5 21. Nc3
h6 22. b4 e5 23. Nf5 Ne6 24. gxh6 g6 25. fxe5 gxf5 26. exf5 Nd4 27. exd6+ Kd7
28. Na4 Nf3 29. Nb6+ Kc6 30. Nxc8 Nxd2+ 31. Rxd2 Bxc8 32. Re3 Kd7 33. Rc3 Kd8
34. d7 Bb7 35. Rh3 Be4 36. Rc3 Bb7 37. Rh3 Be4 38. Rd1 Rxh6 39. Re3 Rh4 40. Rd4
Bxc2+ 41. Kxc2 Rxd4 42. Re8+ Kxd7 43. Rxf8 Rxb4 44. Rxf7+ Kd6 45. Kd3 Ke5 46.
Ke3 Re4+ 47. Kd3 Rh4 48. Ra7 Rxh2 49. Rxa6 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.28"]
[Round "11.13"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Bocharov, Dmitry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2583"]
[ECO "B30"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Nimzovich-Rossolimo attack (without ...d6)"]
[WhiteFideId "4126025"]
[BlackFideId "4138716"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. O-O Nge7 5. Re1 a6 6. Bf1 d5 7. d3 d4 8. e5 Nd5
9. c4 dxc3 10. bxc3 Be7 11. c4 Nb6 12. Nc3 O-O 13. Ne4 Nd7 14. Bf4 b6 15. g3 Bb7
16. Bg2 Qc7 17. Nd6 Bxd6 18. exd6 Qb8 19. Rb1 Re8 20. Rxb6 Nxb6 21. d7 Qa7 22.
dxe8=Q+ Rxe8 23. Ng5 Nd8 24. Qh5 h6 25. Ne4 Bxe4 26. Bxe4 Nd7 27. Rb1 Nf6 28.
Qe5 Nxe4 29. Qxe4 Qd7 30. Rb6 e5 31. Be3 Ne6 32. Rxa6 Nf4 33. Bxf4 exf4 34. Ra8
Rxa8 35. Qxa8+ Kh7 36. Qe4+ Kg8 37. Qa8+ Kh7 38. Qd5 Qa4 39. Qf5+ Kg8 40. Qc8+
Kh7 41. Qf5+ Kg8 42. Kg2 Qxa2 43. Qc8+ Kh7 44. Qf5+ Kg8 45. Qc8+ Kh7 46. Qxc5
fxg3 47. Qf5+ Kg8 48. Qc8+ Kh7 49. Qf5+ Kg8 50. hxg3 Qa8+ 51. Qe4 Qc8 52. Qd5 1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.28"]
[Round "11.14"]
[White "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Black "Sargissian, Gabriel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2672"]
[ECO "D37"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "4.Nf3"]
[WhiteFideId "12401137"]
[BlackFideId "13300881"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Qc2 c5 6. dxc5 d4 7. Nb5 e5 8. Nxe5
a6 9. Na3 Bxc5 10. Nd3 O-O 11. Nxc5 Qa5+ 12. Bd2 Qxc5 13. e3 Nc6 14. Bd3 Ne5 15.
O-O dxe3 16. Bxe3 Qd6 17. Rad1 Qc7 18. Qc1 Nxd3 19. Rxd3 Bf5 20. Bf4 Qc8 21. Rd4
Re8 22. h3 Ne4 23. Nc2 Nc5 24. Ne3 Nd3 25. Qc3 Nxf4 26. Rxf4 Be6 27. Rd1 b5 28.
c5 a5 29. a3 a4 30. Rd6 Qc7 31. Rfd4 Rac8 32. c6 Qb6 33. Nd5 Qa7 34. Nb4 Bc4 35.
Qf3 Qc5 36. Qf4 h6 37. Na6 Qa7 38. Rxc4 Qxa6 39. Rc5 Qb6 40. Rd7 Rf8 41. Qd6 b4
42. Rb7 Qa6 43. axb4 Qe2 44. c7 Qe1+ 45. Kh2 Qxf2 46. Rb8 Kh7 47. Ra5 Rce8 48.
Qd3+ g6 49. Rxe8 Rxe8 50. Qf3 1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.28"]
[Round "11.15"]
[White "Li, Chao b"]
[Black "Onischuk, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2637"]
[ECO "A41"]
[Opening "Queen's Pawn"]
[WhiteFideId "8604436"]
[BlackFideId "14114038"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 e5 5. dxe5 dxe5 6. Qxd8+ Kxd8 7. Bg5+ f6 8.
O-O-O+ Nd7 9. Be3 Nh6 10. Bxh6 Bxh6+ 11. e3 c6 12. Ne4 Ke7 13. g4 Bg7 14. Rg1
Nf8 15. h4 h5 16. gxh5 Rxh5 17. Be2 Rh7 18. Nd6 f5 19. e4 fxe4 20. Nxe4 Bf5 21.
Neg5 Rh8 22. Bd3 Rd8 23. Be4 Rxd1+ 24. Rxd1 Bf6 25. Kc2 Nd7 26. Re1 Rh5 27. b4
Bxg5 28. hxg5 Bxe4+ 29. Rxe4 Ke6 30. Nd4+ Kd6 31. Nf3 Rh1 32. Re2 Rh3 33. c5+
Kd5 34. Rd2+ Kc4 35. Rd3 Kxb4 36. Nxe5 Rxd3 37. Nxd3+ Kc4 38. f4 Kd4 39. a4 Ke4
40. a5 a6 41. Kc3 Nf8 42. Kc4 Ne6 43. Ne5 Nxf4 44. Nf7 Ne6 45. Nd6+ Kf4 46. Nxb7
Kxg5 47. Nd6 Kf4 48. Nf7 g5 49. Kd3 Nxc5+ 50. Kd4 0-1

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.28"]
[Round "11.16"]
[White "Adhiban, Baskaran"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2678"]
[ECO "C72"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "modern Steinitz defence, 5.O-O"]
[WhiteFideId "5018471"]
[BlackFideId "400025"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. O-O Bd7 6. d4 exd4 7. Nxd4 Be7 8.
Nxc6 Bxc6 9. Bxc6+ bxc6 10. Qf3 Qd7 11. Rd1 Bf6 12. Nd2 Ne7 13. Nc4 Qe6 14. Ne3
h5 15. Nf5 g6 16. Nxe7 Kxe7 17. e5 dxe5 18. Qa3+ Ke8 19. Qb4 h4 20. h3 Rh5 21.
Qb7 Rc8 22. Qxa6 Kf8 23. a4 Kg7 24. a5 e4 25. Qe2 Rb5 26. Ra4 Rd5 27. Re1 Ra8
28. Rxe4 Qd7 29. b4 c5 30. Qf3 Ra6 31. b5 Rad6 32. a6 Rf5 33. Rf4 Re5 34. Be3
Re8 35. a7 c6 36. b6 Qb7 37. Rb1 Bd4 38. Bxd4+ Rxd4 39. Rxf7+ Qxf7 40. Qxf7+
Kxf7 41. b7 1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.28"]
[Round "11.17"]
[White "McShane, Luke J"]
[Black "Kokarev, Dmitry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[ECO "B50"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[WhiteFideId "404853"]
[BlackFideId "4132181"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 dxe5 5. Nxe5 a6 6. g3 Nbd7 7. Nc4 b5 8. Bg2
Rb8 9. Ne3 g6 10. a4 Bg7 11. axb5 axb5 12. Qe2 c4 13. O-O O-O 14. Rd1 Nc5 15.
Rb1 Bb7 16. d4 cxd3 17. cxd3 Nb3 18. Nc2 Bxg2 19. Kxg2 b4 20. Ne4 Nd5 21. Be3
Rc8 22. Ne1 Qd7 23. Nd2 Nxd2 24. Rxd2 Qa4 25. d4 b3 26. Nf3 Rc7 27. Qd3 Rfc8 28.
Qe4 e6 29. Rdd1 Rc2 30. Kg1 Qc6 31. Bd2 Nb6 32. Qd3 Qc4 33. Ba5 Na4 34. Qxc4
R2xc4 35. Rd3 Rb8 36. Bd2 h5 37. Bf4 Rb5 38. h4 Bf6 39. Kf1 Kg7 40. Ke1 Rc2 41.
Bc1 Bd8 42. Kf1 Ba5 43. Kg2 Nb6 44. d5 Rxd5 45. Rxb3 Nc4 46. Ng1 Bb6 47. Nh3 Bc5
48. Rf3 Ne5 49. Rc3 Rxc3 50. bxc3 Nd3 51. Nf4 Nxf4+ 52. Bxf4 Be7 53. c4 Rc5 54.
Rc1 e5 55. Be3 Rc6 56. Kf3 f5 57. Ke2 Kf7 58. Kd3 Ke6 59. Rc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.28"]
[Round "11.18"]
[White "Melkumyan, Hrant"]
[Black "Dreev, Aleksey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2633"]
[BlackElo "2653"]
[ECO "A07"]
[Opening "Reti"]
[Variation "King's Indian attack (Barcza system)"]
[WhiteFideId "13302485"]
[BlackFideId "4100107"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Bg4 4. O-O e6 5. d3 Bd6 6. h3 Bh5 7. c4 Nf6 8. cxd5
Bxf3 9. Bxf3 cxd5 10. Qb3 Qe7 11. Nc3 Nc6 12. Be3 O-O 13. Nb5 Bc5 14. Bxc5 Qxc5
15. Rfc1 Qe7 16. Qa4 Rfc8 17. Nd4 Nxd4 18. Qxd4 b6 19. Qe3 h6 20. a3 Qd6 21. Qd2
Qd8 22. e3 Rxc1+ 23. Rxc1 Rc8 24. Kg2 Rc7 25. h4 Qc8 26. Rxc7 Qxc7 27. Qd1 Qc6
28. Qd2 Nd7 29. Kg1 Qc5 30. d4 Qc7 31. Kg2 Nf6 32. Qd1 Ne8 33. Be2 Nd6 34. Bd3
Qc6 35. Kf1 Kf8 36. Ke2 Ke7 37. Qd2 a5 38. Kd1 Qa4+ 39. Kc1 Qb3 40. Qc2 Qxc2+
41. Kxc2 g6 42. Kc3 g5 43. hxg5 hxg5 44. b4 axb4+ 45. Kxb4 g4 46. a4 Kd7 47. Kc3
Kc7 48. Kd2 Kc6 49. Be2 Ne4+ 50. Ke1 f5 51. Bb5+ Kc7 52. Kf1 Kd6 53. Kg2 Nd2 54.
Ba6 Ke7 55. Bb5 e5 56. dxe5 Ke6 57. Ba6 Kxe5 58. Bc8 Ne4 59. Bd7 Nd2 60. Bc8 Ke4
61. Bd7 Ke5 62. Bc8 Nb3 63. Bd7 Nd2 64. Bc8 Nb3 65. Ba6 Nd2 66. Bd3 Ke6 67. Ba6
Kf6 68. Bb5 Ke5 69. Ba6 Ne4 70. Bb5 Nd2 71. Ba6 Kf6 72. Bb7 Ke5 73. Ba6 Kf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.28"]
[Round "11.19"]
[White "Laznicka, Viktor"]
[Black "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2647"]
[BlackElo "2744"]
[ECO "A22"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[WhiteFideId "316385"]
[BlackFideId "5007003"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. e3 Bb4 4. Nge2 O-O 5. a3 Be7 6. Nd5 c6 7. Nxe7+ Qxe7 8.
d4 d5 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. dxe5 Qxe5 11. Qd4 Nd7 12. e4 N5f6 13. f3 c5 14. Qf2 Nb6
15. Nc3 Be6 16. Qg3 Qd4 17. Bh6 Nh5 18. Qg5 Bb3 19. Qxh5 gxh6 20. Qxh6 Rad8 21.
Be2 Rd6 22. Qf4 Rfd8 23. Bd1 Rf6 24. Qc1 Rg6 25. g4 Bc4 26. b3 Bd3 27. Ra2 c4
28. b4 f5 29. exf5 Bxf5 30. Ne2 Qf6 31. Qf4 Bd3 32. Qxf6 Rxf6 33. Nc3 Nd5 34.
Nxd5 Rxd5 35. Kf2 Kg7 36. Re1 Rd7 37. Ba4 Rd4 38. Kg3 Ra6 39. Bd1 Kf6 40. h4 h6
41. f4 c3 42. g5+ hxg5 43. fxg5+ Kg6 44. Re3 Bf5 45. Bb3 Rg4+ 46. Kf3 Rxh4 47.
Kg3 Rg4+ 48. Kf3 Rc6 49. Bc2 Rxg5 50. Re2 Kf6 51. Bxf5 Rxf5+ 52. Ke3 Rd5 53.
Rac2 Ke7 54. Kf2+ Kd7 55. Re3 Rd2+ 56. Rxd2+ cxd2 57. Ke2 Rc2 58. Re4 Ra2 59.
Rc4 Rxa3 60. Kxd2 b5 61. Rc5 a6 62. Kc2 Re3 63. Rh5 Kd6 64. Rh6+ Kd5 65. Rxa6
Kc4 66. Rh6 Kxb4 67. Kb2 Ka4 68. Ra6+ Kb4 69. Rh6 Re2+ 70. Kb1 Ka4 71. Rh3 b4
72. Rg3 Rh2 73. Rf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.28"]
[Round "11.20"]
[White "Akobian, Varuzhan"]
[Black "Savchenko, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2647"]
[BlackElo "2566"]
[ECO "D83"]
[Opening "Gruenfeld"]
[Variation "Gruenfeld gambit, Capablanca variation"]
[WhiteFideId "13300580"]
[BlackFideId "4147332"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. e3 O-O 6. Rc1 Be6 7. c5 Nh5 8. Bg5 b6
9. b4 a5 10. a3 h6 11. Bh4 axb4 12. axb4 Nc6 13. b5 Nb4 14. c6 Ra3 15. Be2 Nf6
16. Qd2 Qa8 17. Bxf6 exf6 18. Nf3 Qa5 19. O-O Ra8 20. Rfd1 Bf8 21. e4 Na2 22.
Nxa2 Rxa2 23. Qxa5 R8xa5 24. exd5 Bxd5 25. Bf1 Ba3 26. Ra1 Bb4 27. Rxa2 Rxa2 28.
Rb1 Bc3 29. Rc1 Ra3 30. Be2 Ra2 31. Kf1 Bxf3 32. Bxf3 Bxd4 33. Be2 f5 34. g3 Kg7
35. Rd1 Ra4 36. Rc1 Kf6 37. Rc2 g5 38. Kg2 Be5 39. h3 Rd4 40. Kf1 Bd6 41. Kg2
Ke7 42. Bc4 Bc5 43. Be2 Kd6 44. Rc3 Rb4 45. Rc2 Ke5 46. Rd2 Bd4 47. Rc2 f6 48.
Bd3 Bc5 49. Be2 h5 50. Bxh5 Rxb5 51. Re2+ Kd6 52. Bf7 Bd4 53. h4 f4 54. h5 fxg3
55. fxg3 f5 56. Re6+ Kc5 57. Rg6 Rb2+ 58. Kf1 Rf2+ 59. Ke1 g4 60. h6 Rh2 61. Bg8
Be5 62. h7 Kd4 63. Kf1 Bxg3 64. Be6 Rxh7 65. Bxf5 Rf7 66. Rxg4+ Ke5 67. Rxg3
Rxf5+ 68. Ke2 Kd6 69. Rg6+ Kc5 70. Kd3 Rd5+ 71. Kc3 Rd6 0-1

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.28"]
[Round "11.21"]
[White "Esipenko, Andrey"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2564"]
[BlackElo "2789"]
[ECO "D85"]
[Opening "Gruenfeld"]
[Variation "exchange variation"]
[WhiteFideId "24175439"]
[BlackFideId "623539"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 c5 7. Bb5+ Bd7 8.
Be2 Qa5 9. Bd2 Bg7 10. Nf3 O-O 11. O-O Ba4 12. Qc1 Nd7 13. c4 Qa6 14. d5 e6 15.
Bc3 exd5 16. exd5 Rfe8 17. Bd3 Bxc3 18. Qxc3 b5 19. cxb5 Bxb5 20. Bxb5 Qxb5 21.
Rab1 Qa6 22. h4 Qd6 23. Rbd1 Nf6 24. Rd3 Rab8 25. Rc1 Ne4 26. Qa3 c4 27. Qxd6
Nxd6 28. Ra3 Rb2 29. Ra6 Rd8 30. Rxa7 c3 31. Rc7 Ra8 32. R1xc3 Raxa2 33. Rd7 Nf5
34. Rc8+ Kg7 35. Ng5 Nh6 36. Nh3 Rb1+ 37. Kh2 Ng4+ 38. Kg3 Nf6 39. Rdc7 Rb3+ 40.
f3 Nh5+ 41. Kh2 Rbb2 0-1

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.28"]
[Round "11.22"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Duda, Jan-Krzysztof"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2805"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[ECO "D16"]
[Opening "QGD Slav"]
[Variation "Soultanbeieff variation"]
[WhiteFideId "13300474"]
[BlackFideId "1170546"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 e6 6. e4 Bb4 7. Qc2 b5 8. Be2 Bb7
9. Bg5 h6 10. Bh4 c5 11. d5 exd5 12. exd5 O-O 13. axb5 Nbd7 14. O-O Bxc3 15.
Qxc3 Nxd5 16. Qxc4 Qc8 17. Bg3 Re8 18. Rfe1 N5b6 19. Qc3 a6 20. Nh4 Nf6 21. bxa6
Bxa6 22. Bf3 Bb7 23. Rxe8+ Nxe8 24. Rd1 Bxf3 25. Qxf3 Qe6 26. h3 Ra2 27. Kh2
Rxb2 28. Qc3 Qb3 29. Qxb3 Rxb3 30. Rd8 f6 31. Rxe8+ Kf7 32. Rb8 c4 33. Nf5 c3
34. Rb7+ Kg6 35. Ne3 Rb2 36. Rc7 Na4 37. Nd5 1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.28"]
[Round "11.23"]
[White "Salem, A.R. Saleh"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2638"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[ECO "D55"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "Neo-orthodox variation, 7.Bh4"]
[WhiteFideId "9301348"]
[BlackFideId "14109603"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. e3 Nbd7 8. Bd3
dxc4 9. Bxc4 c5 10. O-O a6 11. a4 cxd4 12. Nxd4 Nb6 13. Bb3 Nbd5 14. Nxd5 Nxd5
15. Bxe7 Nxe7 16. Bc2 Bd7 17. Qd3 g6 18. Rfd1 Rc8 19. Qb3 Qc7 20. Be4 Nc6 21.
Bxc6 Bxc6 22. Rac1 Bxa4 23. Rxc7 Bxb3 24. Rxc8 Bxd1 25. Rc7 e5 26. Nf3 Bxf3 27.
gxf3 b5 28. Re7 Rc8 29. Rxe5 Rc4 30. Re8+ Kg7 31. Ra8 Ra4 32. f4 b4 33. Rb8 a5
34. Kg2 Ra2 35. Rb5 Kf6 36. e4 Ke6 37. b3 Ra3 38. Rb6+ Kd7 39. Rb7+ Kc6 40. Rxf7
Rxb3 41. Rf6+ Kb7 42. Rf7+ Kc8 43. Ra7 Ra3 44. e5 b3 45. e6 Kd8 46. Rb7 a4 47.
h3 h5 48. h4 Ke8 49. Kh2 Ra2 50. Kg3 b2 51. f5 Ra3+ 52. Kh2 Rb3 53. Rh7 gxf5 0-1

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.28"]
[Round "11.24"]
[White "Kryvoruchko, Yuriy"]
[Black "Alekseev, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2689"]
[BlackElo "2616"]
[ECO "C65"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Berlin defence"]
[WhiteFideId "14109182"]
[BlackFideId "4138147"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. O-O Nd7 7. c3 O-O 8. d4
Bd6 9. Bg5 Qe8 10. Re1 f6 11. Bh4 c5 12. Bg3 Kh8 13. Nbd2 Qe6 14. Qa4 Nb6 15.
Qa5 exd4 16. cxd4 Bxg3 17. hxg3 cxd4 18. Nxd4 Qf7 19. Rac1 c6 20. b3 Bg4 21.
N2f3 Rfe8 22. e5 Nd5 23. Re4 Qh5 24. Rce1 f5 25. R4e2 f4 26. gxf4 Nxf4 27. Re4
Nxg2 28. Kxg2 Qh3+ 29. Kg1 Bxf3 30. Nxf3 Qxf3 31. e6 Re7 32. Qg5 Rf8 33. Qxe7
Qxf2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.28"]
[Round "11.25"]
[White "Sjugirov, Sanan"]
[Black "Fressinet, Laurent"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2662"]
[ECO "A07"]
[Opening "Reti"]
[Variation "King's Indian attack"]
[WhiteFideId "4189302"]
[BlackFideId "608742"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. d4 Nd7 5. O-O Ngf6 6. c4 dxc4 7. Na3 Nb6 8. Ne5
Ng4 9. Naxc4 Nxc4 10. Qa4+ c6 11. Qxc4 Be6 12. Qc3 O-O 13. Bf4 Nxe5 14. Bxe5
Bxe5 15. dxe5 Qb6 16. Rfd1 Rfd8 17. Qa3 Kf8 18. Bf3 a5 19. Qc3 Qb4 20. a3 Qxc3
21. bxc3 Rxd1+ 22. Rxd1 a4 23. Rd4 Ra5 24. Rb4 Rxe5 25. Rxb7 Rc5 26. Kg2 Rxc3
27. Ra7 Rxa3 28. Bxc6 Bb3 29. e4 e6 30. Ra8+ Kg7 31. Ra7 Ra1 32. Be8 a3 33.
Rxf7+ Kg8 34. Rf3 Rb1 35. Ba4 a2 0-1

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.28"]
[Round "11.26"]
[White "Bosiocic, Marin"]
[Black "Guseinov, Gadir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2624"]
[BlackElo "2646"]
[ECO "E71"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "Makagonov system (5.h3)"]
[WhiteFideId "14507927"]
[BlackFideId "13401378"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. h3 O-O 6. Be3 a6 7. Nf3 c5 8. Be2 cxd4
9. Nxd4 Nc6 10. O-O Bd7 11. Nb3 a5 12. Nd2 Nb4 13. a3 Na6 14. f4 Bc6 15. Bf3 Nd7
16. Nb3 Nac5 17. Nxc5 Nxc5 18. e5 a4 19. Bxc6 bxc6 20. Bxc5 dxc5 21. Qe2 f6 22.
Rad1 Qc7 23. Qg4 Rad8 24. Qe6+ Kh8 25. Ne4 Rd4 26. Rde1 Qd8 27. Kh1 fxe5 28. Ng5
exf4 29. Nf7+ Rxf7 30. Qxf7 Bf6 31. Qe6 Kg7 32. Re4 Qd6 33. Qxd6 exd6 34. Rexf4
Rxf4 35. Rxf4 Bxb2 36. Rf2 Bxa3 37. Ra2 Bc1 38. Rxa4 Kf6 39. g3 Kf5 40. Kg2 Ke4
41. Ra6 Bb2 42. Rxc6 Be5 43. Ra6 Kd3 44. Ra4 h5 45. Kf3 g5 46. g4 h4 47. Ra3+
Kxc4 48. Ke4 Kb4 49. Ra7 c4 50. Rb7+ Kc3 51. Rc7 Kb3 52. Rb7+ Kc2 53. Ke3 d5 54.
Rb4 Kc3 55. Rb5 Bf4+ 56. Ke2 d4 57. Rd5 Be3 58. Rd7 Bg1 59. Kd1 Kd3 60. Kc1 Be3+
61. Kb1 c3 62. Rc7 Kd2 0-1

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.28"]
[Round "11.27"]
[White "Zhigalko, Sergei"]
[Black "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2641"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[ECO "C42"]
[Opening "Petrov"]
[Variation "Nimzovich attack"]
[WhiteFideId "13502956"]
[BlackFideId "13601520"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Be3 Nc6 8.
Qd2 Bf5 9. O-O-O O-O 10. h3 Re8 11. Rg1 Qd7 12. Kb1 Be4 13. Be2 a5 14. Ng5 Bxg5
15. Bxg5 Qf5 16. Be3 b5 17. f3 Bxc2+ 18. Qxc2 Qxc2+ 19. Kxc2 Rxe3 20. Bxb5 Na7
21. Ba4 Kf8 22. Rge1 Re6 23. f4 Nc8 24. Rxe6 fxe6 25. Re1 Ke7 26. Bb3 Nb6 27.
Bxe6 Kf6 28. g4 h6 29. Bf5 Rb8 30. b3 Nd5 31. Re6+ Kf7 32. Re4 Kf6 33. Bd7 Rd8
34. Bc6 Ne7 35. Bb5 g6 36. Bd3 c6 37. Kd2 Nd5 38. Rd4 g5 39. fxg5+ hxg5 40. Be4
Ne7 41. Ra4 d5 42. Bg2 Ng6 43. Rxa5 Nf4 44. Bf1 Ke5 45. a4 Kd6 46. Ra6 Ne6 47.
Bb5 Rc8 48. b4 d4 49. Bc4 Nc7 50. Rb6 dxc3+ 51. Kxc3 Nd5+ 52. Bxd5 Kxd5 53. Ra6
Rh8 54. Ra5+ Kd6 55. Rxg5 Rxh3+ 56. Kc4 Rh1 57. Rg6+ Kc7 58. b5 Rc1+ 59. Kd4 c5+
60. Kd5 Kb7 61. a5 c4 62. a6+ Ka7 63. Rg7+ 1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.28"]
[Round "11.28"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2691"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[ECO "A14"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "Neo-Catalan declined"]
[WhiteFideId "703303"]
[BlackFideId "605506"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Be7 5. c4 O-O 6. b3 b6 7. Bb2 Bb7 8. cxd5
exd5 9. d4 Nbd7 10. Nc3 Re8 11. Rc1 Bf8 12. Qc2 a6 13. Rfd1 Rc8 14. e3 Qe7 15.
Ne5 Qe6 16. Ne2 c6 17. Nf4 Qd6 18. Bh3 Rc7 19. b4 b5 20. Nfd3 Nb6 21. Nc5 Nc4
22. Bc3 Ra8 23. a4 Bc8 24. Bg2 Ng4 25. Nxc4 bxc4 26. e4 Qh6 27. h3 Nf6 28. Bd2
Qg6 29. Bf4 Rca7 30. Be5 Be6 31. exd5 cxd5 32. Qxg6 hxg6 33. b5 axb5 34. axb5
Nd7 35. Nxd7 Rxd7 36. b6 Bd6 37. Bxd6 Rxd6 38. Rxc4 dxc4 39. Bxa8 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.28"]
[Round "11.29"]
[White "Almasi, Zoltan"]
[Black "Movsesian, Sergei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2682"]
[BlackElo "2647"]
[ECO "A07"]
[Opening "Reti"]
[Variation "King's Indian attack, Keres variation"]
[WhiteFideId "702293"]
[BlackFideId "310204"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Bg4 3. Bg2 Nd7 4. c4 e6 5. Qb3 Nc5 6. Qc2 Nf6 7. O-O c6 8. d4
Ncd7 9. Nc3 Be7 10. Ne5 Bf5 11. Qb3 Qb6 12. Nxd7 Nxd7 13. e4 dxe4 14. Nxe4 O-O
15. Be3 Rfd8 16. h3 Qxb3 17. axb3 a6 18. Rfc1 Bxe4 19. Bxe4 Nf6 20. Bf3 Rd7 21.
g4 Rad8 22. Rd1 h6 23. Kg2 Ne8 24. d5 cxd5 25. cxd5 exd5 26. Bb6 Nc7 27. Rac1
Bd6 28. Rc2 Bf4 29. Rd3 Re8 30. Bxc7 Rxc7 31. Rxc7 Bxc7 32. Bxd5 b6 33. Rc3 Re7
34. Rc6 Kf8 35. Bc4 a5 36. h4 Ke8 37. Kf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.28"]
[Round "11.30"]
[White "Anton Guijarro, David"]
[Black "Andriasian, Zaven"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2666"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[ECO "A06"]
[Opening "Reti"]
[Variation "Nimzovich-Larsen attack"]
[WhiteFideId "2285525"]
[BlackFideId "13302000"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. b3 Nf6 3. Bb2 Bg4 4. g3 Bxf3 5. exf3 e6 6. f4 c5 7. f5 exf5 8. Qe2+
Kd7 9. Qf3 g6 10. Nc3 Bg7 11. Nxd5 Re8+ 12. Ne3 Nc6 13. O-O-O Ke7 14. g4 Nd4 15.
Qxb7+ Kf8 16. gxf5 Ne4 17. fxg6 hxg6 18. Bc4 Re7 19. Qd5 Qe8 20. Ba6 Rd8 21. Qc4
Nxf2 22. Qxc5 Nxd1 23. Rxd1 Kg8 24. Bc4 Re5 25. Qxa7 Re7 26. Qc5 Re5 27. Qb6 Rg5
28. Rf1 Rd7 29. Kb1 Kh7 30. a4 f5 31. Nd5 Qe4 32. d3 Qe2 33. Rc1 Rg4 34. Nf6+
Bxf6 35. Qxf6 Qxh2 36. a5 Qh4 37. Qf8 Rd8 38. Qf7+ Kh6 39. a6 Rg2 40. a7 Qf4 41.
Qb7 Qf3 42. Rh1+ Kg5 43. Qe7+ Kf4 44. Bc1+ 1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.28"]
[Round "11.31"]
[White "Volokitin, Andrei"]
[Black "Riazantsev, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2628"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[ECO "B12"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "advance variation"]
[WhiteFideId "14107090"]
[BlackFideId "4125029"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nd2 e6 5. Nb3 Ne7 6. Nf3 h6 7. Be2 Nd7 8. O-O Bg6
9. a4 Nf5 10. a5 a6 11. Bd2 Be7 12. g4 Nh4 13. Nxh4 Bxh4 14. f4 Be4 15. Bd3 Bxd3
16. cxd3 O-O 17. f5 Re8 18. f6 gxf6 19. Bxh6 Qe7 20. Kh1 Bg5 21. Bxg5 fxg5 22.
Qd2 Kh7 23. Nc5 Nxc5 24. dxc5 Rg8 25. d4 Rg6 26. Ra3 Rh8 27. Raf3 Kg8 28. Rf6
Rg7 29. R1f3 Rh4 30. h3 Rhh7 31. Kg2 Rh8 32. Rb3 Rg6 33. Rbf3 Rg7 34. Qb4 Kh7
35. Rb3 Rb8 36. Qd2 Rg6 37. Qc2 Kg7 38. Rbf3 Rf8 39. Qd2 Qd8 40. Kh2 Kg8 41. Qf2
Qe7 42. Kg2 Kg7 43. Qc2 Qd8 44. Qb3 Qxa5 45. Rxg6+ fxg6 46. Qxb7+ Kg8 47. Rxf8+
Kxf8 48. Kf3 Qe1 49. Qc8+ Kg7 50. Qd7+ Kh6 51. Qe8 Qh1+ 52. Kg3 Qg1+ 53. Kf3
Qf1+ 54. Kg3 Qf4+ 55. Kg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.28"]
[Round "11.32"]
[White "Potkin, Vladimir"]
[Black "Amonatov, Farrukh"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2574"]
[BlackElo "2636"]
[ECO "E90"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "5.Nf3"]
[WhiteFideId "4131061"]
[BlackFideId "14700077"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. h3 Na6 7. Be3 e5 8. d5 Nc5
9. Nd2 a5 10. g4 c6 11. Be2 Bd7 12. g5 Ne8 13. h4 a4 14. h5 Qa5 15. a3 Nc7 16.
Kf1 f5 17. gxf6 Rxf6 18. hxg6 hxg6 19. Kg2 cxd5 20. exd5 Bf5 21. Rh4 Raf8 22.
Qh1 b5 23. cxb5 Qa8 24. Bc4 N7e6 25. Nf3 Bd3 26. Nd2 Nd4 27. Bxd3 Nxd3 28. Nde4
Rf5 29. Rd1 Nxb2 30. Nxd6 Nxd1 31. Qxd1 R5f6 32. Nde4 Rf5 33. Rg4 Nf3 34. Qxa4
Qc8 35. Qa6 Qd7 36. Qxg6 R8f7 37. b6 Ne1+ 38. Kg1 Nf3+ 39. Kg2 Ne1+ 40. Kf1 Nc2
41. Bc5 Rf4 42. Rg3 Nd4 43. d6 Qc6 44. d7 Qxd7 45. Qd6 Qc8 46. Qxe5 Rg4 47. Rxg4
Qxg4 48. Qb8+ Kh7 49. Qh2+ Kg8 50. Qb8+ Kh7 51. Qg3 Qxg3 52. Nxg3 Ne6 53. Nce4
Be5 54. Ke2 Rd7 55. a4 Nf4+ 56. Kf3 Nd3 57. a5 Rd5 58. Be3 Rxa5 59. Nf5 Rb5 60.
Ned6 Rb4 61. b7 Kg6 62. Ba7 Bxd6 63. Nxd6 Ne5+ 64. Ke2 Nc6 65. Bc5 Rb3 66. f4
Kf6 67. Kd2 Ke6 68. Kc2 Rf3 69. Nb5 Rxf4 70. Nd4+ Rxd4 71. Bxd4 Nxd4+ 72. Kd3
Nc6 73. b8=N Nxb8 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.28"]
[Round "11.33"]
[White "Meier, Georg"]
[Black "Christiansen, Johan-Sebastian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[ECO "B29"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Nimzovich-Rubinstein variation"]
[WhiteFideId "4675789"]
[BlackFideId "1512668"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. e4 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. Nc3 e6 5. Ne4 Nc6 6. c4 Nb6 7. a3 Qc7 8. d4
Nxd4 9. Bf4 Qc6 10. Bd3 Nxc4 11. Nxd4 cxd4 12. Qe2 b5 13. O-O Bb7 14. b3 Qd5 15.
Qh5 Nd6 16. Rfe1 Nf5 17. Rad1 Be7 18. g4 Nh4 19. g5 Ng6 20. Bg3 Qxb3 21. Qe2 Qd5
22. f4 h6 23. h4 hxg5 24. hxg5 Nh4 25. Bxh4 Rxh4 26. Qf2 Rh3 27. Kg2 Re3 28.
Rxe3 dxe3 29. Qxe3 Rc8 30. Kg3 Rc3 31. Nxc3 Qg2+ 32. Kh4 f6 33. exf6 Qh2+ 34.
Kg4 gxf6 35. f5 fxg5 36. Qg3 Qh6 37. Re1 Bd6 38. Qh3 Bf3+ 39. Kxf3 Qxh3+ 40. Ke2
Bf4 0-1

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.28"]
[Round "11.34"]
[White "Miton, Kamil"]
[Black "Malakhov, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2584"]
[BlackElo "2686"]
[ECO "C49"]
[Opening "Four knights"]
[WhiteFideId "1111914"]
[BlackFideId "4120787"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 Bxc3 7. bxc3 d6 8.
Nd2 Ne7 9. f4 exf4 10. Rxf4 Ng6 11. Rf1 c6 12. Bc4 d5 13. Bb3 dxe4 14. Ba3 Qb6+
15. Kh1 c5 16. Rb1 Qc6 17. Rxf6 Qxf6 18. Nxe4 Qf4 19. Bxc5 Rd8 20. Qg1 Be6 21.
Bxe6 fxe6 22. Rxb7 a5 23. h3 Qf5 24. Bd6 e5 25. c4 Rd7 26. Rxd7 Qxd7 27. Qc5 Qf7
28. Bxe5 h6 29. Kh2 Kh7 30. Bg3 Rf8 31. Qxa5 Nf4 32. Qd2 Nh5 33. Bd6 Ra8 34. a3
Qe6 35. c5 Rxa3 36. c6 Ra6 37. Qc3 Nf6 38. Nxf6+ gxf6 39. Qc5 Ra8 40. c7 Rg8 41.
Bg3 Qd7 42. Qe3 h5 43. d4 Qc6 44. Qd3+ Kh8 45. d5 Qb7 46. Qf5 Kg7 47. d6 1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.28"]
[Round "11.35"]
[White "Naiditsch, Arkadij"]
[Black "Fedorchuk, Sergey A."]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2648"]
[ECO "B40"]
[Opening "Sicilian defence"]
[WhiteFideId "4650891"]
[BlackFideId "14102536"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d3 b5 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O Nf6 7. a4 b4 8. Nbd2 Nc6
9. Nc4 Qc7 10. Re1 Be7 11. a5 Rd8 12. a6 Ba8 13. Bf4 O-O 14. e5 dxe5 15. Nfxe5
Qc8 16. Nxc6 Bxc6 17. Bxc6 Qxc6 18. b3 Nd7 19. Qe2 Bf6 20. Ra5 Bc3 21. Qe4 Qd5
22. Bd2 Bxd2 23. Qxd5 exd5 24. Nxd2 Rfe8 25. Rxe8+ Rxe8 26. d4 Re2 27. dxc5 Rxd2
28. c6 Nb6 29. Rc5 Kf8 30. Kf1 Ke7 31. Ke1 Rd4 32. c7 Nc8 33. f3 g5 34. Ke2 Kd6
35. Ra5 g4 36. Ke3 Rd1 37. fxg4 Kc6 38. h4 Rg1 39. Ra4 Rxg3+ 40. Kf4 Rc3 41.
Rxb4 Rxc2 42. Rb7 Kd6 43. b4 Rxc7 44. b5 Nb6 45. Rb8 Ke6 46. h5 f6 47. Re8+ Re7
48. Rd8 Nc4 49. Rc8 Ne5 50. Ke3 Nxg4+ 51. Kd4 Ne5 52. Rc1 f5 53. Ra1 Kd6 0-1

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.28"]
[Round "11.36"]
[White "Moiseenko, Alexander"]
[Black "Nguyen, Ngoc Truong Son"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2667"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[ECO "D27"]
[Opening "QGA"]
[Variation "classical, 6...a6"]
[WhiteFideId "14102560"]
[BlackFideId "12401110"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e3 Nf6 4. Bxc4 e6 5. Nf3 c5 6. O-O a6 7. Bb3 b5 8. a4 b4
9. e4 cxd4 10. e5 Nfd7 11. Nbd2 Nc5 12. Nc4 Be7 13. Bg5 Bxg5 14. Nd6+ Kf8 15.
Nxg5 Qxg5 16. Qf3 Ra7 17. Nxc8 Rc7 18. Nb6 g6 19. Rfe1 Kg7 20. Bc4 Nc6 21. Qe2
Rb8 22. a5 Nxa5 23. Rxa5 Rxb6 24. b3 d3 25. Qd1 d2 26. Rf1 Ne4 27. f4 Qd8 0-1

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.28"]
[Round "11.37"]
[White "Mchedlishvili, Mikheil"]
[Black "Bortnyk, Olexandr"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2603"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[ECO "E94"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "orthodox, 7...Nbd7"]
[WhiteFideId "13600966"]
[BlackFideId "14120828"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. d4 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. e4 d6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 Nbd7 7. O-O e5 8. Be3
c6 9. d5 c5 10. Ne1 Ne8 11. g4 f5 12. gxf5 gxf5 13. exf5 Nb6 14. Kh1 Bxf5 15.
Nf3 Nf6 16. Ng5 Qd7 17. Rg1 Rae8 18. Rg3 Kh8 19. Qd2 Na4 20. Nxa4 Qxa4 21. Rag1
h6 22. Bd3 Bxd3 23. Qxd3 hxg5 24. Qg6 Re7 25. Rh3+ Kg8 26. Bxg5 Qe8 27. Qd3 e4
28. Qg3 Qd7 29. Qh4 Qf5 30. Bxf6 Qxf6 31. Qh7+ Kf7 32. Qh5+ Kg8 33. Qh7+ Kf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.28"]
[Round "11.38"]
[White "Jumabayev, Rinat"]
[Black "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2612"]
[BlackElo "2683"]
[ECO "D43"]
[Opening "QGD semi-Slav"]
[WhiteFideId "13702661"]
[BlackFideId "14200244"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. Qb3 Be7 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 O-O 8. e3
Nbd7 9. Rd1 a6 10. Qc2 b5 11. c5 e5 12. dxe5 Ne8 13. Bg3 Nxc5 14. Nd4 Bd7 15.
Be2 b4 16. Nb1 Nc7 17. Nd2 Nb5 18. N4b3 Ne6 19. Nf3 Qb6 20. O-O Rad8 21. Nh4
Rfe8 22. Nf5 Bf8 23. e4 Ng5 24. Bxb5 Nxe4 25. Ba4 Bxf5 26. Qxc6 Qxc6 27. Bxc6
Nxg3 28. hxg3 Rxe5 29. Nd4 Bc8 30. Rd2 g6 31. Rfd1 Kg7 32. Nf3 Re6 33. Nd4 Rf6
34. Rc2 Bg4 35. f3 Bd7 36. Bxd7 Rxd7 37. g4 Rb6 38. Kf1 Be7 39. Nb3 Bg5 40. Nc5
Rc6 41. Nxd7 Rxc2 42. b3 Be3 43. Rxd5 Rf2+ 44. Ke1 Rxa2 45. Ne5 Rxg2 46. Rd7 Kf6
47. Nc4 Bf4 48. Rb7 h5 49. gxh5 gxh5 50. Kf1 Ra2 51. Rxb4 h4 52. Rb6+ Kg5 53.
Rb7 h3 54. Rxf7 Ra1+ 0-1

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.28"]
[Round "11.39"]
[White "Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi"]
[Black "Van Foreest, Jorden"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2629"]
[ECO "B47"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Taimanov (Bastrikov) variation"]
[WhiteFideId "5029465"]
[BlackFideId "1039784"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. g3 a6 7. Bg2 Nf6 8. O-O
Nxd4 9. Qxd4 Bc5 10. Bf4 d6 11. Qd2 h6 12. Rad1 e5 13. Be3 Be6 14. Bxc5 dxc5 15.
Nd5 Bxd5 16. exd5 O-O 17. d6 Qb6 18. c4 Rad8 19. Rfe1 Rfe8 20. Bh3 Nh7 21. f4 e4
22. Re3 g6 23. Rb3 Qc6 24. d7 Re7 25. Qd6 Qxd6 26. Rxd6 e3 27. Kf1 Nf8 28. Rxb7
f5 29. Rc7 Kg7 30. Rxc5 Rdxd7 31. Rxd7 Rxd7 32. Rd5 Re7 33. Ke2 Nd7 34. Rd3 Nc5
35. Rxe3 Rc7 36. Bg2 a5 37. Bd5 g5 38. Kd2 Rc8 39. b3 Kf6 40. Kc3 h5 41. fxg5+
Kxg5 42. Kd4 h4 43. Re7 Kg4 44. Rg7+ Kh3 45. gxh4 Kxh4 46. Ke5 a4 47. bxa4 Rf8
48. Rf7 Rh8 49. a5 Kg5 50. Rxf5+ Kg6 51. Rf6+ Kg5 52. Rc6 Nd3+ 53. Kd4 Nb4 54.
Rb6 Rh4+ 55. Be4 Nc2+ 56. Kd3 Rxh2 57. a6 Ne1+ 58. Kc3 Rxa2 59. Rb1 Ra3+ 60. Kb4 1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.28"]
[Round "11.40"]
[White "Grigoriants, Sergey"]
[Black "Ponkratov, Pavel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2561"]
[BlackElo "2613"]
[ECO "D75"]
[Opening "Neo-Gruenfeld, 6.cd Nxd5, 7.O-O c5, 8.dc"]
[WhiteFideId "4130804"]
[BlackFideId "4157800"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. d4 c5 8. dxc5
Na6 9. c6 bxc6 10. Nbd2 Nc5 11. Qc2 Qb6 12. Nc4 Qb5 13. Na3 Nb4 14. Qd2 Qb7 15.
Qe3 Ne6 16. Rd1 Rb8 17. Qe4 Qa6 18. Bf1 c5 19. Rb1 h6 20. Bd2 Bb7 21. Qc4 Bd5
22. Qxa6 Nxa6 23. Bxh6 Bxa2 24. Bxg7 Kxg7 25. Ra1 Rxb2 26. Rd2 Rxd2 27. Nxd2 Nb4
28. Nc2 Bd5 29. Ne3 Rd8 30. Rxa7 Ba8 31. Ndc4 Nc6 32. Ra2 Nb4 33. Ra7 Nd4 34.
Ra5 Bc6 35. h4 Bb5 36. Ra7 Nbc6 37. Ra2 Nb4 38. Ra7 Kf8 39. g4 f5 40. Ne5 Rd6
41. N3c4 Re6 42. gxf5 gxf5 43. Rc7 Na6 44. Ra7 Nb4 45. Rc7 Nbc6 46. f4 Nxe5 47.
Nxe5 Nc6 48. e4 Nxe5 49. Bxb5 Nf3+ 50. Kf2 Nd4 51. exf5 Re4 52. Rxc5 Rxf4+ 53.
Ke3 Rxh4 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.28"]
[Round "11.41"]
[White "Al-Saffar, Araz Basim Mohammed S"]
[Black "Demchenko, Anton"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2368"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[ECO "A45"]
[Opening "Trompovsky attack (Ruth, Opovcensky opening)"]
[WhiteFideId "4801040"]
[BlackFideId "4160258"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 g6 3. Bxf6 exf6 4. c4 d5 5. cxd5 Qxd5 6. Nc3 Qd8 7. g3 Bd6 8.
Bg2 O-O 9. e3 f5 10. Nge2 Nd7 11. O-O Nf6 12. Rc1 c6 13. d5 c5 14. Nb5 b6 15.
Nxd6 Qxd6 16. Nc3 Bd7 17. Qb3 Rad8 18. Rfd1 Rfe8 19. a4 a6 20. Qc4 Bc8 21. Rb1
a5 22. Rd2 Bd7 23. Rbd1 Re5 24. Qf4 Rde8 25. Qc4 Kg7 26. h4 h6 27. b3 g5 28.
hxg5 hxg5 29. Nb1 Ne4 30. Rd3 Rh8 31. Nc3 Qh6 32. Nxe4 fxe4 33. Bxe4 Bf5 34. Qc3
f6 35. Bg2 Qh2+ 36. Kf1 Bh3 37. Bxh3 Rxh3 38. Ke2 Rxg3 39. Qxe5 fxe5 40. d6 e4
41. Rd5 Rf3 42. Rf1 Qh5 43. Kd2 Qh3 44. Ke2 Qg4 45. Kd2 Qe6 46. Rxg5+ Kf6 47.
Rfg1 Qxd6+ 48. Ke1 Ke7 0-1

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.28"]
[Round "11.42"]
[White "Eljanov, Pavel"]
[Black "Inarkiev, Ernesto"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2711"]
[BlackElo "2689"]
[ECO "B84"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Scheveningen (Paulsen), classical variation"]
[WhiteFideId "14102951"]
[BlackFideId "4162722"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e6 7. Be3 Nbd7 8. g4
h6 9. Qd2 b5 10. a3 Qc7 11. O-O-O Ne5 12. f3 Rb8 13. Ndxb5 axb5 14. Nxb5 Qb7 15.
Ba7 Ra8 16. Nxd6+ Bxd6 17. Qxd6 Nc6 18. Bd4 Qd7 19. Qc5 Qb7 20. Bb5 Bd7 21. Bxf6
gxf6 22. Rd6 Ne5 23. Rb6 Qc8 24. Qb4 Bxb5 25. Qxb5+ Kf8 26. f4 Nd7 27. Rd6 Nb8
28. Rhd1 Kg7 29. e5 Qc7 30. exf6+ Kg6 31. Qd3+ Kxf6 32. Qd4+ Ke7 33. Rxe6+ fxe6
34. Qg7+ Ke8 35. Qxh8+ 1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.28"]
[Round "11.43"]
[White "Kovalev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2639"]
[BlackElo "2694"]
[ECO "B09"]
[Opening "Pirc"]
[Variation "Austrian attack, dragon formation"]
[WhiteFideId "13504398"]
[BlackFideId "14103320"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 c5 6. Bb5+ Bd7 7. e5 Ng4 8. Bxd7+
Qxd7 9. d5 dxe5 10. h3 e4 11. hxg4 exf3 12. Qxf3 Na6 13. Bd2 Nb4 14. O-O-O O-O-O
15. Ne4 Nxd5 16. Nxc5 Qc6 17. Nd3 Kb8 18. Ne5 Bxe5 19. fxe5 Rc8 20. c3 e6 21.
Kb1 Rc7 22. g5 b5 23. Rh4 Rhc8 24. Rc1 Qb6 25. a3 a5 26. Qe4 Rc4 27. Qe1 R8c7
28. Re4 Qc6 29. Rh4 Kb7 30. g3 Rxh4 31. gxh4 Qc4 32. Qf1 Ka6 33. Qxc4 bxc4 34.
Rf1 Kb5 35. Kc2 Rd7 36. h5 gxh5 37. Rh1 Ne7 38. Rxh5 Ng6 39. Be3 Rd5 40. Bd4
Nxe5 41. Rxh7 Nd3 42. Bf6 Rf5 43. Rxf7 Rf2+ 44. Kd1 Nxb2+ 45. Ke1 Nd3+ 46. Kd1
Rg2 47. Rg7 Ka4 48. Rg8 Nf2+ 49. Kc1 Ne4 50. Rc8 Kxa3 51. Be7+ Kb3 52. Kd1 Kxc3
53. Ra8 Kd3 54. Rd8+ Ke3 55. Ra8 Nc3+ 56. Kc1 Kd3 57. Rd8+ Nd5 58. Bf6 c3 59.
Kb1 Rg1+ 60. Ka2 c2 61. Bb2 c1=Q 62. Bxc1 Rxc1 63. Rd6 Kc2 64. Rc6+ Nc3+ 0-1

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.28"]
[Round "11.44"]
[White "Khismatullin, Denis"]
[Black "Zhao, Jun"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2632"]
[BlackElo "2604"]
[ECO "A05"]
[Opening "Reti opening"]
[WhiteFideId "4142578"]
[BlackFideId "8602522"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 b6 3. Bg2 Bb7 4. O-O e6 5. d3 d5 6. c4 Be7 7. cxd5 exd5 8. d4
O-O 9. Nc3 Nbd7 10. b3 Re8 11. Bb2 a6 12. Ne5 Bd6 13. f4 Nf8 14. e3 c5 15. Qd3
cxd4 16. exd4 Rc8 17. a3 b5 18. b4 N8d7 19. g4 Nb6 20. g5 Ne4 21. Nxe4 dxe4 22.
Bxe4 Bxe4 23. Qxe4 Nc4 24. Bc1 Qb6 25. Kh1 Rcd8 26. Ra2 Bb8 27. Qg2 Rxd4 28. Ng4
Red8 29. f5 Rd1 30. Rf2 Ne5 31. Be3 Qd6 32. Bf4 Qd4 33. Bxe5 Rxf1+ 34. Rxf1 Bxe5
35. f6 g6 36. Re1 Bd6 37. Nh6+ Kf8 38. Qb7 Bc7 39. Qc6 Qf4 40. Qg2 Rd2 41. Qa8+
Bb8 42. Ng4 Rxh2+ 0-1

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.28"]
[Round "11.45"]
[White "Sethuraman, S.P."]
[Black "Amin, Bassem"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2646"]
[BlackElo "2689"]
[ECO "A49"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "fianchetto without c4"]
[WhiteFideId "5021596"]
[BlackFideId "10601457"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d6 6. b3 a5 7. Bb2 a4 8. c4 c6
9. Nbd2 Qa5 10. Qc2 Qh5 11. Rfe1 Bh3 12. Bh1 Nbd7 13. e4 e5 14. c5 dxc5 15. dxc5
Bg4 16. b4 a3 17. Bc3 Rfe8 18. Nh4 b5 19. cxb6 Nxb6 20. Nf1 Bh6 21. Bg2 Rad8 22.
h3 Bxh3 23. Bxh3 g5 24. Nf5 Qxh3 25. Bd2 Re6 26. Rad1 Rde8 27. Re3 Bf8 28. Rxa3
Qh5 29. Re1 Nc8 30. N1e3 Nd6 31. Nxd6 Rxd6 32. Kg2 Kh8 33. Nf5 Rdd8 34. Bc3 Qg6
35. Ra5 Nd7 36. Rd1 Qe6 37. Qe2 c5 38. b5 Nb6 39. Ra6 Rxd1 40. Qxd1 Qc4 41. Rxb6
Qxc3 42. Qd5 g4 43. Ne3 Qd4 44. Qxf7 Qxe4+ 45. Kh2 Ra8 46. Qf6+ Bg7 47. Qc6 Qf3
48. Nxg4 Qf8 49. Ra6 Rc8 50. Qg2 c4 51. b6 c3 52. b7 Rb8 53. Ne3 e4 54. Qxe4
Qxf2+ 55. Kh3 c2 56. Ra8 c1=Q 57. Rxb8+ Bf8 58. Qe5+ Kg8 59. Qg5+ Kh8 60. Qe5+
Kg8 61. Rxf8+ Qxf8 62. b8=Q Qh1+ 63. Kg4 Qf3+ 64. Kh4 Qh1+ 65. Kg5 h6+ 66. Kg6
Qc6+ 67. Kh5 Qh1+ 68. Kg4 Qf3+ 69. Kh3 Qh1+ 70. Kg4 Qf3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.28"]
[Round "11.46"]
[White "Ni, Hua"]
[Black "Halkias, Stelios"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2671"]
[BlackElo "2571"]
[ECO "E01"]
[Opening "Catalan"]
[Variation "closed"]
[WhiteFideId "8601160"]
[BlackFideId "4201809"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Bb4+ 5. Nd2 O-O 6. Nf3 dxc4 7. Qc2 Nc6 8.
Qxc4 Bd6 9. O-O Qe7 10. Qc2 e5 11. dxe5 Nxe5 12. Nxe5 Bxe5 13. Nc4 c6 14. Nxe5
Qxe5 15. Bf4 Qh5 16. Rfe1 Bh3 17. Bh1 Rfe8 18. e4 Re6 19. f3 Rae8 20. Rad1 Qg6
21. Qf2 b6 22. g4 Nxg4 23. fxg4 Bxg4 24. Rd2 Qh5 25. e5 f6 26. Rd6 fxe5 27. Rxe6
Rxe6 28. Bg3 h6 29. Qe3 e4 30. Bxe4 Bf5 31. Qb3 Kh8 32. Bg2 Rxe1+ 33. Bxe1 Qe2
34. Qc3 c5 35. Bg3 Bd3 36. Qe5 Qd1+ 37. Be1 Bg6 38. h3 Kh7 39. Kh2 Qd7 40. Bc3
Qf7 41. Kg3 Bf5 42. a3 Qg6+ 43. Kh2 Qf7 44. Bd5 Qd7 45. Bc6 Qf7 46. Be8 Qf8 47.
Kg3 Bc8 48. Bh5 Bb7 49. Bg4 Kh8 50. Qe6 Kh7 51. Bf5+ Kh8 52. Qxh6+ 1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.28"]
[Round "11.47"]
[White "Socko, Bartosz"]
[Black "Khenkin, Igor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2593"]
[BlackElo "2554"]
[ECO "D20"]
[Opening "Queen's gambit accepted"]
[WhiteFideId "1107038"]
[BlackFideId "4659600"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e3 Be6 4. Nc3 c6 5. a4 Nf6 6. Nge2 Nd5 7. e4 Nb4 8. Nf4
Qxd4 9. Nxe6 fxe6 10. Qxd4 Nc2+ 11. Kd1 Nxd4 12. Bxc4 e5 13. Be3 g6 14. Kc1 Nd7
15. Rd1 Nc5 16. Rxd4 exd4 17. Bxd4 e5 18. Bxe5 Bh6+ 19. Kb1 Rf8 20. Bd6 Rxf2 21.
Bxc5 Rxg2 22. Ka2 Bg7 23. e5 Rd8 24. Re1 Rdd2 25. Ba3 Rd4 26. Kb3 Rxh2 27. Ne4
Rh3+ 28. Ka2 Bxe5 29. Nf6+ Kd8 30. Rxe5 Rxc4 31. Bd6 Rxa4+ 32. Kb1 1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.28"]
[Round "11.48"]
[White "Sanal, Vahap"]
[Black "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2551"]
[BlackElo "2707"]
[ECO "C65"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Berlin defence"]
[WhiteFideId "6300545"]
[BlackFideId "2205530"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. b3 O-O 7. Bb2 Ng4 8.
O-O f6 9. h3 Nh6 10. Nbd2 Nf7 11. Nc4 Re8 12. Qd2 Be6 13. Ne3 a5 14. a4 b6 15.
Ba3 Bd6 16. Bxd6 cxd6 17. d4 d5 18. exd5 cxd5 19. Rad1 e4 20. Nh2 Rc8 21. Rfe1
Nd6 22. Qe2 Bf7 23. Qg4 Rc3 24. Nhf1 g6 25. h4 h6 26. Ng3 Kh7 27. Ne2 Be6 28.
Qf4 Rc8 29. Qh2 Nf5 30. Rd2 Nxe3 31. fxe3 Bg4 32. Nf4 Rc3 33. Qg3 h5 34. Ne2
Bxe2 35. Rdxe2 f5 36. Rf1 Qe7 37. Qf4 Rec8 38. Rff2 Kg7 39. Kh1 Qf6 40. Kg1 Kf7
41. Kh1 Ke7 42. Kh2 Kd7 43. Kh1 Kc6 44. Kh2 Kb7 45. Qg5 Qd6+ 46. Qg3 Qe6 47. Qf4
R8c6 48. Qg3 Qe7 49. Qf4 Ka6 50. Kg3 Kb7 51. Kh2 Qd8 52. Qg3 Ka6 53. Qg5 Qd6+
54. Qg3 Qf6 55. Qg5 Qf8 56. Qf4 b5 57. axb5+ Kxb5 58. Kg1 Qd6 59. Qxd6 Rxd6 60.
Kh2 Kc6 61. Rf1 Kd7 62. Ra1 f4 63. exf4 Ra6 64. Ra4 Ke6 65. b4 Rc4 66. c3 Rxc3
67. Rea2 Rd3 68. bxa5 Kf5 69. g3 e3 70. Kg2 Ke4 71. Kf1 Kf3 72. Ke1 Rb3 73. Ra1
Rb2 74. R4a2 Rb4 75. Rd1 Rb3 76. Rc1 Rb4 77. Rd1 Kxg3 78. Ke2 Kxf4 79. Rd3 Kg4
80. Kxe3 Re6+ 81. Kf2 Kxh4 82. a6 Rf6+ 83. Ke3 Rb8 84. Ra5 Ra8 85. a7 Rf7 86.
Rda3 g5 87. Ra1 Re7+ 88. Kf3 g4+ 89. Kg2 Rd7 90. R1a3 Kg5 91. Ra1 h4 92. R5a2
Rb7 93. Ra5 h3+ 94. Kg1 Rd7 95. Ra6 Rb7 96. R1a5 Rb1+ 97. Kh2 Rb2+ 98. Kh1 g3
99. Ra1 Rd2 100. Rg1 Rh2# 0-1

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.28"]
[Round "11.49"]
[White "Howell, David W L"]
[Black "Dzhumagaliev, Yan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2676"]
[BlackElo "2400"]
[ECO "A14"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "Neo-Catalan declined"]
[WhiteFideId "410608"]
[BlackFideId "24100110"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 e6 3. Bg2 d5 4. Nf3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. d4 dxc4 7. Ne5 Nc6 8. Nxc6
bxc6 9. Na3 Bxa3 10. bxa3 Ba6 11. Qd2 Rb8 12. Qa5 Qc8 13. a4 Rd8 14. Ba3 Rxd4
15. Rfb1 Rb6 16. Rd1 Qd7 17. Qe1 c3 18. Rxd4 Qxd4 19. Rd1 Qxd1 20. Qxd1 h6 21.
Qc2 Nd5 22. e4 Nb4 23. Qxc3 Nd3 24. h3 Rb1+ 25. Kh2 c5 26. Qa5 Bb7 27. Bxc5 Ne1
28. Bh1 f5 29. Qxc7 Bxe4 30. Bd4 1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.28"]
[Round "11.50"]
[White "Ibrahimov, Rasul"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2518"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[ECO "B20"]
[Opening "Sicilian defence"]
[WhiteFideId "13400495"]
[BlackFideId "14100010"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Ne2 e6 4. Nbc3 Nf6 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Bb4 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8.
Bd3 e5 9. Qc2 d6 10. O-O Bc5 11. Na4 Bd4 12. c5 d5 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bxf6 Qxf6 15.
exd5 cxd5 16. Nc3 Be6 17. Nb5 e4 18. Nxd4 Qxd4 19. Bb5+ Ke7 20. Rad1 Qb4 21. Bc6
Rac8 22. Bxd5 Rxc5 23. Qxe4 Qxe4 24. Bxe4 Ra5 25. a3 Rb8 26. Rd2 Rb3 27. Rc1 Kf6
28. Bf3 Rab5 29. Rcc2 Bf5 30. Rc6+ Be6 31. h4 a5 32. Bd5 Rxb2 33. Rxb2 Rxb2 34.
Bxe6 fxe6 35. Rc5 e5 36. Rxa5 e4 37. Ra6+ Kf7 38. a4 Rb1+ 39. Kh2 Rb3 40. a5 e3
41. fxe3 Rxe3 42. Rb6 Ra3 43. a6 h5 44. Rb7+ Kf6 45. a7 g5 46. hxg5+ Kxg5 47.
Kg1 Ra2 48. Rg7+ Kf6 49. Rc7 h4 50. Kf1 Kf5 51. Ke1 Kf4 52. Rg7 Ke3 53. Kd1 Kf2
54. Kc1 Kf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.28"]
[Round "11.51"]
[White "Salgado Lopez, Ivan"]
[Black "El Adnani, Mokliss"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2644"]
[BlackElo "2448"]
[ECO "A05"]
[Opening "Reti opening"]
[WhiteFideId "2257327"]
[BlackFideId "9000410"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. b3 g6 3. Bb2 Bg7 4. c4 O-O 5. g3 b6 6. d4 Bb7 7. Bg2 Ne4 8. O-O d5
9. cxd5 Bxd5 10. Nc3 Nxc3 11. Bxc3 c5 12. Rc1 c4 13. bxc4 Bxc4 14. d5 Bxc3 15.
Rxc3 Ba6 16. d6 exd6 17. Nh4 d5 18. Qxd5 Qxd5 19. Bxd5 Nd7 20. Bxa8 Rxa8 21. Rd1
Nc5 22. Re3 Bc4 23. a3 b5 24. Nf3 a5 25. Ne5 Be6 26. Nc6 Ra6 27. Rd8+ Kg7 28.
Nd4 Bc4 29. Rb8 Nd7 30. Rd8 Nf6 31. f3 Nd5 32. Re5 Nc3 33. Rc8 Rd6 34. Nxb5
Nxe2+ 35. Rxe2 Bxb5 36. Re5 Rd1+ 37. Kf2 Rf1+ 38. Kg2 Rb1 39. Rcc5 Rb2+ 40. Kg1
Bd7 41. g4 a4 42. Rc7 Kf6 43. Ra5 Be8 44. Ra8 Re2 45. Rc4 Kg5 46. Kf1 Re7 47.
Kf2 Bb5 48. Rc5+ Kf4 49. Rxb5 g5 50. Rf5# 1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.28"]
[Round "11.52"]
[White "Saeed, Ishaq"]
[Black "Ganguly, Surya Shekhar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2434"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[ECO "E10"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[WhiteFideId "9301453"]
[BlackFideId "5002150"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O Nbd7 8. b3
c6 9. Bc3 a5 10. Nbd2 b5 11. Ne5 Nxe5 12. dxe5 Nd7 13. cxb5 cxb5 14. e4 Nb6 15.
Bd4 Bb7 16. Re1 a4 17. exd5 Bxd5 18. Ne4 Bb4 19. Rf1 Kh8 20. Qe2 axb3 21. axb3
Rxa1 22. Rxa1 Bc6 23. Rd1 Nd5 24. Qh5 Be7 25. h4 Qe8 26. Nd6 Bxd6 27. exd6 Qd7
28. Be4 f5 29. Bxd5 Bxd5 30. b4 Rc8 31. Bc5 Ra8 32. Re1 Bb7 33. Kh2 h6 34. Qg6
Qc6 35. Rg1 Ra1 36. d7 Qh1+ 0-1

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.28"]
[Round "11.53"]
[White "Dervishi, Erald"]
[Black "Tissir, Mohamed"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2552"]
[BlackElo "2381"]
[ECO "B92"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Najdorf, Opovcensky variation"]
[WhiteFideId "4700236"]
[BlackFideId "9000240"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. O-O
Be7 9. Kh1 Nc6 10. f4 exf4 11. Bxf4 O-O 12. Qe1 Ne5 13. Rd1 Qc7 14. Nd4 b5 15.
a3 Kh8 16. Qg3 Rad8 17. Bg5 Ng8 18. Bc1 Bf6 19. Nf5 Nc4 20. Nd5 Bxd5 21. Rxd5
Ne5 22. c3 Ne7 23. Nxe7 Qxe7 24. Bf4 Rfe8 25. a4 bxa4 26. Bxa6 Rb8 27. Bb5 Red8
28. Rfd1 h6 29. h3 Qa7 30. c4 Rbc8 31. Rxd6 Rxd6 32. Rxd6 Nxc4 33. Bxc4 Rxc4 34.
Rxf6 1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.28"]
[Round "11.54"]
[White "Al-Hajiri, Bader"]
[Black "Tregubov, Pavel V."]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2165"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[ECO "C17"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "Winawer, advance, 5.a3"]
[WhiteFideId "10300163"]
[BlackFideId "4115341"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Ba5 6. b4 cxd4 7. Nb5 Bc7 8. f4 Ne7
9. Qg4 O-O 10. Nf3 Nbc6 11. Bd3 Nf5 12. Qh3 f6 13. g4 fxe5 14. gxf5 e4 15. Ng5
h6 16. Nxe4 dxe4 17. Bxe4 exf5 18. Bf3 Bb6 19. Bb2 a6 20. O-O-O axb5 21. Rhg1
Qd6 22. Qg3 Qf6 23. Qf2 Be6 24. Bxc6 bxc6 25. Rxd4 Rad8 26. Rd7 Rxd7 27. Qxb6
Qh4 28. Qxc6 Qxf4+ 29. Kb1 Qe3 30. Qg2 Rfd8 31. Bc1 Qe4 32. Qg3 Qc4 0-1

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.28"]
[Round "11.55"]
[White "Minko, Vladimir"]
[Black "Malakhatko, Vadim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2381"]
[BlackElo "2542"]
[ECO "E11"]
[Opening "Bogo-Indian defence, Gruenfeld variation"]
[WhiteFideId "24146706"]
[BlackFideId "14104202"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Bb4+ 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. Nf3 a5 5. g3 b6 6. Bg2 Bb7 7. O-O O-O 8. Qc2
d5 9. Rd1 Be7 10. Ne5 c5 11. cxd5 exd5 12. Ndc4 cxd4 13. Rxd4 Bc5 14. Rd1 Qe7
15. Bg5 dxc4 16. Bxf6 Qxf6 17. Bxb7 Bxf2+ 18. Kg2 Ra7 19. Ng4 Qe6 20. Bf3 Bc5
21. Rd5 Nc6 22. Rh5 g6 23. Rh6 Nd4 24. Qc3 Rd8 25. Rd1 Rad7 26. e3 Bb4 27. Qc1
Nxf3 0-1

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.28"]
[Round "11.56"]
[White "Georgiev, Kiril"]
[Black "Khader, Sami"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2623"]
[BlackElo "2392"]
[ECO "E61"]
[Opening "King's Indian defence, 3.Nc3"]
[WhiteFideId "2900017"]
[BlackFideId "8100500"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Nf3 O-O 5. Bf4 d6 6. e3 Nh5 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4 g5
9. Nd2 Nf6 10. Bg3 Na6 11. Be2 c5 12. O-O cxd4 13. exd4 Nc7 14. d5 Bf5 15. Re1
Na6 16. Nb3 Qd7 17. Nd4 Bg6 18. Bd3 Bxd3 19. Qxd3 Nc5 20. Qc2 a5 21. Nf5 Rfe8
22. h4 Nh5 23. Bh2 Bf8 24. Rad1 Ra6 25. Nb5 Nf6 26. b3 Nfe4 27. Nbd4 e5 28. dxe6
fxe6 29. Ng3 Nxg3 30. Qg6+ Bg7 31. Bxg3 Qf7 32. Qxf7+ Kxf7 33. Nb5 Bf8 34. Nc7
gxh4 35. Bxh4 Rc8 36. Nxa6 Nxa6 37. Bg3 Rc6 38. Re2 a4 39. bxa4 Nc5 40. a5 e5
41. f4 Na4 42. fxe5 dxe5 43. Bxe5 Rxc4 44. Rd7+ Kg6 45. Rxb7 Nc5 46. Rb6+ Kg5
47. Bd6 Rc1+ 48. Kh2 Bg7 49. Rb5 1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.28"]
[Round "11.57"]
[White "Dobrov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Al Mahmood, Salman"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "1593"]
[ECO "B20"]
[Opening "Sicilian defence"]
[WhiteFideId "4136594"]
[BlackFideId "11201517"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 c5 2. a3 d6 3. b4 Nf6 4. d3 e6 5. f4 Be7 6. Nf3 O-O 7. Be2 Nbd7 8. c3 b5
9. Be3 Bb7 10. Nbd2 Ng4 11. Bg1 f5 12. g3 cxb4 13. axb4 Bf6 14. Qb3 Qe7 15. Nd4
Bxd4 16. Bxd4 Ngf6 17. Bf3 Kh8 18. O-O e5 19. fxe5 dxe5 20. Bxa7 f4 21. gxf4
exf4 22. Bd4 Qe8 23. Rxa8 Bxa8 24. Bg2 Ne5 25. Rxf4 Nxd3 26. Rf1 Ne5 27. Qa2 Ng6
28. Bc5 Rf7 29. Nf3 Rd7 30. e5 Bxf3 31. exf6 Bxg2 32. f7 Qa8 33. Qxa8+ Bxa8 34.
f8=R+ Nxf8 35. Rxf8# 1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.28"]
[Round "11.58"]
[White "Amer, Said Salim Al Maashani"]
[Black "Omar, Noaman"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2103"]
[BlackElo "2364"]
[ECO "B15"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "Gurgenidze system"]
[WhiteFideId "22000100"]
[BlackFideId "9300244"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. exd5 cxd5 6. Bb5+ Nc6 7. O-O Bg4 8. h3
Bxf3 9. Qxf3 e6 10. Re1 Ne7 11. Bg5 O-O 12. Bxc6 bxc6 13. Qf4 f6 14. Bh6 g5 15.
Bxg5 fxg5 16. Qxg5 Nf5 17. Qxd8 Raxd8 18. Rxe6 Nxd4 19. Re7 Rf7 20. Rae1 Nxc2
21. Re8+ Rf8 22. Rxd8 Rxd8 23. Re7 Bxc3 24. bxc3 c5 25. Kf1 a6 26. Ke2 c4 27.
Re6 d4 28. Kd2 d3 29. Rc6 Na3 30. Rxa6 Nb1+ 0-1

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.28"]
[Round "11.59"]
[White "Al Jabri, Mohammed Ali"]
[Black "Lodhi, Mahmood"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2154"]
[BlackElo "2347"]
[ECO "C51"]
[Opening "Evans gambit declined"]
[WhiteFideId "7604734"]
[BlackFideId "7800010"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4 Bb6 5. c3 d6 6. d3 Nf6 7. O-O O-O 8. Bb3 a5
9. b5 Ne7 10. a4 Ng6 11. h3 c6 12. bxc6 bxc6 13. Re1 Re8 14. Na3 d5 15. exd5
Nxd5 16. Bg5 f6 17. Be3 Be6 18. Bxb6 Qxb6 19. Qc2 Rab8 20. Rab1 Qc5 21. Nc4 Ngf4
22. d4 exd4 23. Nxd4 Bf7 24. Rxe8+ Rxe8 25. Qd2 Nxc3 26. Qxc3 Qxd4 27. Qxd4 Ne2+
28. Kh2 Nxd4 29. Nd6 Bxb3 30. Nxe8 Bxa4 31. Ra1 Bb3 32. Rxa5 Kf7 33. Nc7 Kg6 34.
Rc5 Kf7 35. Na6 Ke7 36. Rc3 Kd6 37. Nc5 Bd5 38. Nd3 g5 39. Kh1 h5 40. Nc5 Ne2
41. Re3 Kxc5 42. Rxe2 Kd6 43. Kg1 c5 44. Re8 h4 45. g3 hxg3 46. fxg3 c4 47. Kf2
Kd7 48. Re3 Kd6 49. h4 Bf7 50. Kf3 Bh5+ 51. Ke4 gxh4 52. gxh4 Ke6 53. Kd4+ Kf5
54. Kxc4 Kg4 55. Re4+ Kg3 56. Kd4 f5 57. Re5 Kg4 58. Ra5 f4 59. Rg5+ Kxh4 60.
Rg1 f3 61. Ke3 Bg4 62. Kf4 Kh3 63. Ke3 Kh4 64. Kf2 Kg5 65. Kg3 Bh5 66. Ra1 Kf5
67. Ra5+ Kg6 68. Kh4 f2 69. Ra1 Be2 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.28"]
[Round "11.60"]
[White "Masrahi, Abdulrahman A"]
[Black "Al Ghamdi, Ahmed M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "CM"]
[BlackTitle "CM"]
[WhiteElo "1962"]
[BlackElo "2159"]
[ECO "A45"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[WhiteFideId "21501564"]
[BlackFideId "21500150"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 g6 3. e3 Bg7 4. h3 O-O 5. Nf3 d6 6. Be2 b6 7. O-O Bb7 8. a4 a5
9. c3 Nbd7 10. Bh2 Qe8 11. Na3 e5 12. Nb5 Rc8 13. Nd2 Qe7 14. Bf3 c6 15. Na3 e4
16. Be2 Rfd8 17. Ndc4 Ne8 18. Qb3 Rb8 19. Bg4 Ba6 20. Rfd1 Rb7 21. Bxd7 Qxd7 22.
d5 c5 23. Nb5 Bxb5 24. Qxb5 Qxb5 25. axb5 Bf8 26. f3 exf3 27. gxf3 Nc7 28. Na3
f5 29. c4 Ne8 30. Rd2 Nf6 31. Re1 Re7 32. Nb1 Bh6 33. Rde2 Kf7 34. Nc3 Rb7 35.
e4 fxe4 36. fxe4 Bg7 37. e5 dxe5 38. Rxe5 Re8 39. Re6 Rxe6 40. Rxe6 Nd7 41. Ne4
Nf8 42. Nd6+ Kg8 43. Nxb7 Nxe6 44. dxe6 Bxb2 45. Nxa5 Kg7 46. Nc6 Kf6 47. e7 Kf7
48. Bd6 Bf6 49. Bc7 Bxe7 50. Nxe7 Kxe7 51. Bxb6 Kd6 52. Kf2 g5 53. Kf3 h5 54.
Bd8 1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.28"]
[Round "11.61"]
[White "Al Saidi, Mohammed Khalfan"]
[Black "Abdyjapar, Asyl"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "1468"]
[BlackElo "2382"]
[ECO "E32"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian"]
[Variation "classical variation"]
[WhiteFideId "22001271"]
[BlackFideId "13800337"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 d5 7. Bg5 dxc4 8.
Qxc4 b6 9. Nf3 Ba6 10. Qa4 Qd7 11. Qxd7 Nbxd7 12. Rc1 c5 13. dxc5 Nxc5 14. Bxf6
gxf6 15. b4 Ne4 16. e3 Rac8 17. Ra1 Bxf1 18. Rxf1 Rfd8 19. Nd4 e5 20. Nf5 Rc3
21. f3 Ng5 22. Rf2 h5 23. Rd2 Rdd3 24. Rxd3 Rxd3 25. Ke2 Rb3 26. Ra2 Ne6 27. Kd2
Rb1 28. Kd3 b5 29. Kc2 Rg1 30. Kd3 a6 31. a4 bxa4 32. Rxa4 Rxg2 33. Rxa6 Rxh2
34. b5 Nc5+ 35. Kc4 Nxa6 36. bxa6 h4 37. Kb5 h3 38. a7 Ra2 39. Kb6 h2 40. Ng3 f5
41. f4 exf4 42. exf4 Ra3 43. Nh1 Kg7 44. Kb7 Kg6 45. Ng3 Rxg3 46. a8=Q h1=Q+ 47.
Kb8 Rb3+ 0-1

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.28"]
[Round "11.62"]
[White "Al Abdali, Zeyad Saleh"]
[Black "Lam, Daniel King-wai"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "1801"]
[BlackElo "2222"]
[ECO "E60"]
[Opening "King's Indian, 3.Nf3"]
[WhiteFideId "21501505"]
[BlackFideId "6001238"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. Bg5 Ne4 5. Bf4 c5 6. e3 Qa5+ 7. Nbd2 Nxd2 8.
Qxd2 Qxd2+ 9. Kxd2 O-O 10. Rb1 cxd4 11. exd4 d6 12. Bd3 Nc6 13. Be3 e5 14. dxe5
dxe5 15. Be4 Be6 16. Rhc1 h6 17. Ke1 Rfd8 18. b4 f5 19. Bd5 Bxd5 20. cxd5 Rxd5
21. b5 Nd4 22. a4 Ne6 23. a5 f4 24. Bd2 e4 25. Ng1 Nc5 26. Rc4 b6 27. axb6 axb6
28. Nh3 g5 29. g3 Ra2 30. Bb4 Nd3+ 31. Kf1 Nxb4 32. Rcxb4 e3 33. gxf4 e2+ 34.
Ke1 Bc3# 0-1

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.28"]
[Round "11.63"]
[White "Alem, Ali Hussien"]
[Black "Miswadah, Baha"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1745"]
[BlackElo "1877"]
[ECO "A05"]
[Opening "Reti opening"]
[WhiteFideId "21500088"]
[BlackFideId "11502118"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 e6 3. Bg2 d5 4. O-O b6 5. c4 Bb7 6. Nc3 Be7 7. d3 O-O 8. Ne5
Nbd7 9. Bf4 Nxe5 10. Bxe5 Nd7 11. Bf4 c6 12. cxd5 exd5 13. Rc1 Nf6 14. Qa4 Nh5
15. Bd2 Nf6 16. Rfd1 Qc8 17. Nxd5 Nxd5 18. Bxd5 b5 19. Qe4 cxd5 20. Qxe7 Qb8 21.
Rc7 Bc8 22. Bb4 Be6 23. Rdc1 Re8 24. Rb7 Qe5 25. Rxa7 Rad8 26. Qc5 Qxe2 27. Bc3
Qxd3 28. Qd4 Qxd4 29. Bxd4 Ra8 30. Rcc7 h6 31. a3 Rac8 32. Rxc8 Rxc8 33. Rb7 Rc4
34. Rb8+ Kh7 35. Be3 d4 36. Bf4 g5 37. Be5 Bh3 38. f4 gxf4 39. Rxb5 d3 40. Rd5
Rc1+ 41. Kf2 Rf1# 0-1

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.28"]
[Round "11.64"]
[White "Salama, Taher"]
[Black "Bukannan, Ahmed A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1769"]
[BlackElo "1929"]
[ECO "D20"]
[Opening "QGA"]
[Variation "3.e4"]
[WhiteFideId "11502231"]
[BlackFideId "21504164"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 Nc6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. Bxc4 e6 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Nc3 Bb4 8. Bd3
O-O 9. Bc2 Qd7 10. Qd3 Nxe4 11. O-O Bxc3 12. bxc3 Nf6 13. Qe2 Qd5 14. Rfb1 a6
15. h3 Bxf3 16. Qxf3 Qxf3 17. gxf3 Rab8 18. Kh2 Nd5 19. Bd2 Rfd8 20. Rg1 Nde7
21. Rg4 Ne5 22. Rg3 N5g6 23. Rag1 Nf5 24. Bxf5 exf5 25. h4 f4 26. Rg4 h5 27. Rg5
Nxh4 28. Rxg7+ Kf8 29. Kh3 Ng6 30. Rh7 c5 31. Rxh5 cxd4 32. cxd4 Kg7 33. Bxf4
Rh8 34. Rg5 Rxh5+ 0-1

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.28"]
[Round "11.65"]
[White "Al Habeeb, Emad"]
[Black "Al Zamel, Khaled"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1933"]
[BlackElo "1942"]
[ECO "A41"]
[Opening "Old Indian defence"]
[WhiteFideId "21500029"]
[BlackFideId "21500967"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. d4 d6 2. c4 c6 3. e4 Qc7 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. Be2 Nbd7 7. O-O e5 8. d5
Bh5 9. Be3 Bg6 10. Bd3 Be7 11. Qc2 O-O 12. Rad1 Rfd8 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bc1 Bh5 15.
Qe2 Nf8 16. h3 Qd7 17. Qe3 Ng6 18. g4 Nxg4 19. hxg4 Qxg4+ 20. Kh1 Qxf3+ 21. Qxf3
Bxf3+ 22. Kh2 Bxd1 23. Nxd1 Bg5 24. Ne3 Nf4 25. Bb1 Ne2 26. Bd2 cxd5 27. exd5
Nd4 28. Be4 f5 29. Bg2 Rac8 30. Bc3 Bxe3 31. fxe3 Ne2 32. Rxf5 Nxc3 33. bxc3
Rxc4 34. Rf2 Rxc3 35. e4 Rdc8 0-1

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.28"]
[Round "11.66"]
[White "Al Omary, Ahmed"]
[Black "Al Bargi, Hassan M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1875"]
[BlackElo "1579"]
[ECO "D37"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "4.Nf3"]
[WhiteFideId "21500207"]
[BlackFideId "21501475"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. cxd5 exd5 6. g3 c6 7. Bg2 O-O 8. O-O
Re8 9. Re1 Bf5 10. Qb3 Qb6 11. Bf4 Qxb3 12. axb3 Nbd7 13. h3 Ne4 14. g4 Bg6 15.
Ne5 Nxe5 16. Bxe5 Bh4 17. Nxe4 Bxe4 18. Bxe4 dxe4 19. e3 c5 20. Rec1 cxd4 21.
Bxd4 a6 22. Rc7 b5 23. b4 Rec8 24. Rxa6 h6 25. Rxc8+ Rxc8 26. Bc3 Rd8 27. Rb6
Rd5 28. Bd4 Be7 29. Bc3 h5 30. Kg2 h4 31. f3 exf3+ 32. Kxf3 f5 33. Rg6 fxg4+ 34.
Kxg4 Bf8 35. Kxh4 Kh7 36. Rb6 Be7+ 37. Kg4 Rg5+ 38. Kf4 Rh5 39. Rb7 Bf8 40. Kg4
Rd5 41. e4 Rd1 42. Rxb5 Rg1+ 43. Kf3 Rb1 44. Rb7 Rf1+ 45. Kg2 Rd1 46. b5 Kh6 47.
Rf7 Rd8 48. b6 1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.28"]
[Round "11.67"]
[White "Alanazy, Mohammed"]
[Black "Al Juhani, Bakr"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1850"]
[BlackElo "1854"]
[ECO "B20"]
[Opening "Sicilian defence"]
[WhiteFideId "21508488"]
[BlackFideId "21500185"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 c5 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 d6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. Be2 Nc6 8. Be3
O-O 9. O-O Bd7 10. Rc1 Rc8 11. Qd2 Re8 12. Rfd1 Ne5 13. Nd5 Nxd5 14. cxd5 Ng4
15. Bxg4 Bxg4 16. f3 Bd7 17. Ne2 a6 18. b3 Bb5 19. Ng3 Rxc1 20. Rxc1 e5 21. Kh1
Qe7 22. a4 Bd7 23. Rc7 b5 24. a5 Ra8 25. Bb6 Qe8 26. h3 Bf6 27. Nf1 Bd8 28. Ra7
Rxa7 29. Bxa7 Bc7 30. Bb6 Qd8 31. Qf2 Bc8 32. Nh2 Kg7 33. Qe3 h5 34. b4 Qd7 35.
f4 f6 36. fxe5 fxe5 37. Nf3 Bd8 38. Bxd8 Qxd8 39. Ng5 Qe7 40. h4 Qc7 41. Qf2
Qc1+ 42. Kh2 Qf4+ 43. Qxf4 exf4 44. Kg1 Kf6 45. Kf2 Bg4 46. Ke1 Ke5 47. Kd2 Kd4
48. Kc2 Kc4 49. Nf7 Kxb4 50. Nxd6 Kc5 51. Nf7 Kd4 52. Ng5 Kc5 53. Kb3 Bd1+ 54.
Kb2 Bg4 55. Kc3 b4+ 56. Kb3 Bd1+ 57. Kb2 Ba4 58. Ne6+ Kd6 59. Nxf4 Ke5 60. Nd3+
Kxe4 61. Nc5+ Kxd5 62. Nxa4 Kc4 63. Nb6+ Kb5 64. Kb3 Kxa5 65. Nd5 Kb5 66. Nxb4
a5 67. Nd3 a4+ 68. Ka3 Kc4 69. Ne5+ Kd4 70. Nxg6 Ke4 71. Kxa4 Kf5 72. Ne7+ Kg4
73. Ng6 Kf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.28"]
[Round "12.1"]
[White "Fedoseev, Vladimir3"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2837"]
[ECO "C91"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "closed, Bogolyubov variation"]
[WhiteFideId "24130737"]
[BlackFideId "1503014"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. d4 Bg4 10. Be3 exd4 11. cxd4 Na5 12. Nbd2 Nxb3 13. axb3 c5 14. Qc2 Nd7
15. e5 cxd4 16. Bxd4 dxe5 17. Nxe5 Nxe5 18. Bxe5 Re8 19. Bc3 Bf8 20. h3 Bh5 21.
Qf5 Bg6 22. Qf4 Rxe1+ 23. Rxe1 Qd7 24. Nf3 f6 25. Bb4 Re8 26. Rxe8 Bxe8 27. Bxf8
Kxf8 28. b4 Qe7 29. Nd4 Kf7 30. Qd2 Qd6 31. Qc3 Bd7 32. Qb3+ Be6 33. Qc3 Bd7 34.
Qb3+ Ke7 35. Qc3 Qe5 36. Qd2 g5 37. Ne2 Bc6 38. Nd4 Bd5 39. Qc3 Kf7 40. Qd3 Kf8
41. Qc3 h5 42. f3 h4 43. Kf2 Kf7 44. Qe3 Qxe3+ 45. Kxe3 Ke7 46. Nc2 Bb3 47. Nd4
Bd5 48. Nc2 Ke6 49. Ne1 Bc4 50. f4 Kf5 51. fxg5 fxg5 52. Nf3 Bd5 53. Nd4+ Kf6
54. Nf3 Bb7 55. Kf2 Kf5 56. g3 hxg3+ 57. Kxg3 Bc8 58. Nd2 Bb7 59. Nf3 Bd5 60.
Nd2 Bf7 61. Nf3 Be8 62. Nd2 Bf7 63. Nf3 Bh5 64. Nd4+ Ke5 65. Nf3+ Kd5 66. Nxg5
Kc4 67. Ne4 Kxb4 68. Kf4 a5 69. Nd2 a4 70. Ke4 Kc5 71. Ke3 b4 72. Ne4+ Kd5 73.
Nd2 Bg6 74. Ke2 a3 75. bxa3 bxa3 76. Kd1 a2 77. Nb3 Kc4 78. Na1 Kc3 79. Kc1 Bf5
80. h4 Bg6 81. h5 Bxh5 82. Nc2 Be8 83. Na1 Ba4 84. Nc2 Kb3 0-1

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.28"]
[Round "12.2"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Wang, Hao"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[ECO "D35"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "exchange variation"]
[WhiteFideId "4102142"]
[BlackFideId "8602883"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 c5 7. Rb1 Be7 8.
Nf3 O-O 9. Bc4 Nc6 10. O-O b6 11. d5 Na5 12. Bd3 c4 13. Bc2 exd5 14. exd5 Bg4
15. Re1 Bd6 16. Qd4 Bxf3 17. gxf3 f5 18. Re6 Qc7 19. Kh1 Nb7 20. Bh6 Bc5 21. d6
Nxd6 22. Qd5 Qb7 23. Rxd6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.28"]
[Round "12.3"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[ECO "B90"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Najdorf"]
[WhiteFideId "5000017"]
[BlackFideId "4168119"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. a3 e5 7. Nf3 Be7 8. Bc4
O-O 9. Bg5 Be6 10. Bxf6 Bxc4 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. Nd2 Be6 13. Nf1 Nd7 14. Ne3 Nf6
15. O-O Rac8 16. Qd3 Rc6 17. Rfd1 Rfc8 18. f3 g6 19. Kh1 Kg7 20. Qd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.28"]
[Round "12.4"]
[White "Safarli, Eltaj"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2639"]
[BlackElo "2799"]
[ECO "C67"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "open Berlin defence, l'Hermet variation"]
[WhiteFideId "13402129"]
[BlackFideId "13401319"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

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 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.28"]
[Round "12.5"]
[White "Rakhmanov, Aleksandr"]
[Black "Mamedov, Rauf"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2653"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[ECO "A36"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "ultra-symmetrical variation"]
[WhiteFideId "4173708"]
[BlackFideId "13401653"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. d3 d6 6. e3 Nf6 7. Nge2 Bd7 8. b3 Qc8
9. h3 O-O 10. Bb2 a6 11. Qd2 Rb8 12. Rd1 b5 13. Nf4 Re8 14. Ncd5 e5 15. Nxf6+
Bxf6 16. Nd5 Bg7 17. Ba1 Ne7 18. Nxe7+ Rxe7 19. h4 h5 20. O-O 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.28"]
[Round "12.6"]
[White "Kravtsiv, Martyn"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2672"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[ECO "C50"]
[Opening "Giuoco Piano"]
[WhiteFideId "14113147"]
[BlackFideId "4126025"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 h6 7. b4 Bb6 8. Nbd2
Ne7 9. Bb3 c6 10. d4 Ng6 11. Nc4 O-O 12. dxe5 dxe5 13. Qxd8 Bxd8 14. Ncxe5 Nxe5
15. Nxe5 Nxe4 16. Re1 Nf6 17. Ba3 Bc7 18. Ng6 Rd8 19. Re7 Bd6 20. Bxf7+ Kh7 21.
Ree1 Rd7 22. Be6 Kxg6 23. Bxd7 Bxd7 24. Rad1 Bf8 25. Bb2 Kf7 26. a3 Be6 27. h3
b5 28. Bc1 a5 29. Bf4 Bd5 30. Be5 Nd7 31. Bd4 a4 32. Re3 Re8 33. Rxe8 Kxe8 34.
f3 Kf7 35. Kf2 Be7 36. g3 Nf6 37. Re1 Ne8 38. h4 h5 39. Be5 g6 40. Rd1 Nd6 41.
Bxd6 Bxd6 42. Re1 Be7 43. Ke3 Bf6 44. Rc1 Ke6 45. Rc2 Kf5 46. Rc1 Be5 47. Kf2
Bc7 48. Re1 Kf6 49. Rd1 Be5 50. Rd3 Bc4 51. Re3 Bc7 52. Kg2 Bd6 53. Kf2 c5 54.
Kg2 cxb4 55. cxb4 Be5 56. g4 Bd4 57. Re8 Bb2 58. Re3 Bb3 59. gxh5 gxh5 60. f4
Bxa3 61. Re5 Bb2 62. Rxb5 a3 63. Rxh5 a2 64. Ra5 a1=Q 65. Rxa1 Bxa1 66. Kf3 Bc3
67. b5 Ba4 0-1

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.28"]
[Round "12.7"]
[White "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Korobov, Anton"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2691"]
[BlackElo "2652"]
[ECO "B50"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[WhiteFideId "24101605"]
[BlackFideId "14105730"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Nc3 a6 4. g3 b5 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Bb7 7. Bg2 e6 8. O-O
Nf6 9. Re1 Nbd7 10. e5 Bxg2 11. exf6 Bb7 12. fxg7 Bxg7 13. Nxe6 fxe6 14. Rxe6+
Kf8 15. Rxd6 Qc8 16. Rxd7 Qc6 17. Qd5 Qxd5 18. Nxd5 Bc6 19. Rd6 Rc8 20. Nb6 Rc7
21. Bf4 Bxb2 22. Re1 Kf7 23. Rde6 1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.28"]
[Round "12.8"]
[White "Yu, Yangyi"]
[Black "Savchenko, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2566"]
[ECO "D77"]
[Opening "Neo-Gruenfeld, 6.O-O"]
[WhiteFideId "8603820"]
[BlackFideId "4147332"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 d5 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Na3 c3 8. bxc3
c5 9. Re1 Nc6 10. e4 Bg4 11. Bb2 e5 12. d5 Na5 13. c4 Ne8 14. Qa4 Bxf3 15. Bxf3
Nd6 16. Rac1 a6 17. Qc2 Rb8 18. Be2 Qc7 19. Nb1 b6 20. Nd2 Rbe8 21. Bc3 Bh6 22.
Rb1 f6 23. Bd3 Rb8 24. a4 Nab7 25. Kg2 Nf7 26. Nf3 Nbd6 27. h4 Qd7 28. Rb2 Rb7
29. Reb1 Rfb8 30. Be2 Kg7 31. Nh2 Kf8 32. f4 Bg7 33. fxe5 Nxe5 34. Bxe5 fxe5 35.
Bg4 Qd8 36. Be6 Ke8 37. Rf1 b5 38. cxb5 c4 39. Ng4 axb5 40. axb5 Rxb5 41. Ra2
Qb6 42. Kh3 Rb3 43. Qg2 Qd4 44. Re2 Rb2 45. Rff2 c3 46. Qf3 Rxe2 47. Rxe2 Rb2
48. Rxb2 cxb2 49. Qb3 Ke7 50. Qb8 Qc5 51. Qg8 Qb5 52. Qxg7+ Kd8 53. Qf6+ Kc7 54.
Qe7+ Kb6 55. Qxd6+ Ka7 56. Qe7+ Qb7 57. Qa3+ Kb8 58. Qd6+ Ka7 59. Qa3+ Kb8 60.
Qf8+ Ka7 61. Qc5+ Qb6 62. Qa3+ Kb7 63. Qe7+ Ka8 64. d6 Qb5 1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.28"]
[Round "12.9"]
[White "Quparadze, Giga"]
[Black "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2506"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[ECO "C07"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "Tarrasch, open variation"]
[WhiteFideId "13602250"]
[BlackFideId "12401137"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. Bb5 Bd7 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8.
Bd3 Bd6 9. O-O Qc7 10. h3 Ne7 11. c4 O-O 12. Nf3 h6 13. Qe2 e5 14. c5 Bxc5 15.
exd5 Bd6 16. dxc6 Bxc6 17. Re1 Rae8 18. Bb5 Qb7 19. Bxc6 Nxc6 20. Be3 e4 21. Nd4
Nxd4 22. Bxd4 Re6 23. Rac1 Rfe8 24. a4 a6 25. Qc4 Kh7 26. Kf1 f5 27. Rc3 Rg6 28.
Rb3 Qe7 29. Qd5 Bb4 30. Bc3 Bxc3 31. Rxc3 Qf6 32. Rc5 Qg5 33. g3 Rf6 34. Kg2 Qg6
35. b4 f4 36. g4 f3+ 37. Kg3 e3 38. Qh5 Qxh5 39. gxh5 e2 40. Rc3 Re5 41. h4 Rxh5
42. Rxf3 Rxf3+ 43. Kxf3 Rxh4 44. b5 Rxa4 45. bxa6 Rxa6 46. Rxe2 Rg6 47. Re5 Rg1
48. Re6 h5 49. Ra6 g6 50. Ra5 Kh6 51. Ra4 Kg5 52. Rb4 Kh6 53. Ra4 Rg5 54. Ke2
Rf5 55. Kf1 Kg5 56. Kg2 Rf4 57. Ra5+ Kh4 58. Ra6 g5 59. Ra1 Rf5 60. f3 g4 61.
fxg4 hxg4 62. Kg1 Rb5 63. Rc1 Kh3 64. Ra1 Rb2 65. Rc1 g3 66. Ra1 Rg2+ 67. Kh1
Rf2 68. Kg1 Rf3 69. Rc1 g2 70. Ra1 Kg3 71. Rc1 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.28"]
[Round "12.10"]
[White "Onischuk, Vladimir"]
[Black "Adhiban, Baskaran"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2637"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[ECO "B70"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "dragon variation"]
[WhiteFideId "14114038"]
[BlackFideId "5018471"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. g3 Bg7 7. Bg2 O-O 8. h3
Bd7 9. O-O Nc6 10. Nb3 Rc8 11. Nd5 a5 12. a4 Ne5 13. Re1 Re8 14. c3 Nc4 15. Nd4
e6 16. Nxf6+ Bxf6 17. Qb3 Qb6 18. Qxb6 Nxb6 19. Nb5 Nc4 20. Bf1 Ne5 21. Rd1 Bc6
22. f4 Bxb5 23. Bxb5 Nc6 24. Rxd6 Red8 25. Rxd8+ Rxd8 26. Be3 e5 27. Kf2 Ne7 28.
Ke2 Nc8 29. Rd1 Rxd1 30. Kxd1 Nd6 31. Bd3 exf4 32. gxf4 Bd8 33. Kc2 f5 34. e5
Ne4 35. Kb3 Kf7 36. Bc4+ Ke7 37. Bd5 b6 38. Kc4 Ng3 39. Kb5 Kd7 40. Bf3 Ne4 41.
Bxb6 Bxb6 42. Kxb6 g5 43. fxg5 Nxg5 44. Bc6+ Ke6 45. b4 axb4 46. cxb4 f4 47. a5
f3 48. a6 f2 49. Bg2 Ne4 50. a7 1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.28"]
[Round "12.11"]
[White "Rapport, Richard"]
[Black "Saric, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2707"]
[BlackElo "2669"]
[ECO "A01"]
[Opening "Nimzovich-Larsen attack"]
[Variation "modern variation"]
[WhiteFideId "738590"]
[BlackFideId "14508150"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 Nc6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Bb5 e4 5. Ne2 a6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. Nbc3 Bf5 8.
Ng3 Bg6 9. h4 h5 10. Nce2 Nd5 11. a3 Be7 12. c4 Nf6 13. Nf4 Qd7 14. Qc2 O-O-O
15. O-O-O Rh6 16. Kb1 Bh7 17. Ka2 Bd6 18. Nge2 Bf8 19. Bc3 Ng4 20. Rhf1 Qe7 21.
Qb2 f6 22. Bb4 c5 23. Bc3 Bg8 24. f3 exf3 25. gxf3 Ne5 26. e4 c6 27. Ng3 g6 28.
d3 Bf7 29. Qc2 Rh8 30. Ng2 Bh6 31. f4 Ng4 32. Qe2 Rhg8 33. Kb2 f5 34. e5 Be6 35.
Ba5 Rd7 36. Bb6 Re8 37. Ka2 Bf8 38. Qd2 Red8 39. Ne2 Nh2 40. Rf2 Ng4 41. Rff1
Nh2 42. Rf2 Ng4 43. Rf3 Nh2 44. Rg3 Ng4 45. Nc3 Bh6 46. Qe2 Rd4 47. Rf1 Qd7 48.
Bxd8 Qxd8 49. Nb1 b5 50. Nd2 a5 51. a4 Bf8 52. Rd1 Be7 53. Nf3 Rd7 54. Rd2 Rb7
55. Rb2 Rd7 56. Rd2 Rb7 57. Rh3 bxa4 58. bxa4 Rb4 59. Ka3 Rb1 60. Ka2 Rb4 61.
Ka3 Rb1 62. Rb2 Ra1+ 63. Ra2 Rb1 64. Rb2 Ra1+ 65. Ra2 Rb1 66. Rb2 Ra1+ 67. Ra2 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.28"]
[Round "12.12"]
[White "Ding, Liren"]
[Black "Laznicka, Viktor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2647"]
[WhiteFideId "8603677"]
[BlackFideId "316385"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.28"]
[Round "12.13"]
[White "Bu, Xiangzhi"]
[Black "Cheparinov, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[ECO "D30"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[WhiteFideId "8601445"]
[BlackFideId "2905540"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. Nc3 h6 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7. Qb3 dxc4 8.
Qxc4 O-O 9. e3 b6 10. Be2 Bb7 11. O-O Nd7 12. Rfd1 a6 13. a4 Rc8 14. b4 c5 15.
dxc5 bxc5 16. b5 axb5 17. axb5 Qe7 18. Rac1 Nb6 19. Qa2 Ra8 20. Qc2 Rfc8 21. Ne4
Bd5 22. Nxf6+ Qxf6 23. e4 Ra2 24. Qd3 Bb7 25. Qe3 Qe7 26. Ne5 Qg5 27. f4 Rxe2
28. Qxe2 Qxf4 29. Nd3 Qxe4 30. Qxe4 Bxe4 31. Nxc5 Bd5 32. Na6 Ra8 33. Rd2 Kf8
34. Rc7 Nc4 35. Rf2 f6 36. Nb4 Nb6 37. Rfc2 Ra1+ 38. Kf2 Rb1 39. Nxd5 Nxd5 40.
Rb7 Kg8 41. h4 h5 42. Ra2 Kh7 43. Raa7 Kg6 44. Rxg7+ Kf5 45. Rh7 Rb2+ 46. Kf3
Rb3+ 47. Ke2 Nf4+ 48. Kd2 Rxb5 49. g3 Rd5+ 50. Ke3 Rd3+ 51. Kf2 Nd5 52. Rxh5+
Kg4 53. Rh8 Rf3+ 54. Ke2 Nc3+ 55. Ke1 Ne4 56. Rg7+ Kh3 57. h5 Nxg3 58. h6 Nf5
59. h7 1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.28"]
[Round "12.14"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Pantsulaia, Levan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2612"]
[ECO "B12"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "advance variation"]
[WhiteFideId "14109603"]
[BlackFideId "13602071"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Nd7 6. O-O Bg6 7. a4 a5 8. Nbd2 Nh6
9. Nb3 Be7 10. Bxh6 gxh6 11. c3 Qb6 12. Ra2 O-O 13. g3 f6 14. exf6 Bxf6 15. Nc1
e5 16. dxe5 Nxe5 17. Nxe5 Bxe5 18. Bd3 Bg7 19. Bxg6 hxg6 20. Nd3 Rae8 21. Ra1
Re4 22. Qc2 g5 23. Rae1 Rfe8 24. Rxe4 dxe4 25. Nc1 e3 26. Qb3+ Qxb3 27. Nxb3
exf2+ 28. Kxf2 b6 29. Nd2 Bf8 30. Kf3 Bc5 31. Nc4 h5 32. h3 Kg7 33. Rd1 Rf8+ 34.
Ke4 h4 35. Rd3 hxg3 36. Rxg3 Rf4+ 37. Kd3 Kh6 38. Ne5 Kh5 39. Nf3 Be7 40. b3 b5
41. Ne5 bxa4 42. bxa4 Rxa4 43. Nxc6 Bf6 44. Kc2 Kh4 45. Rd3 Ra3 46. Rf3 Rxc3+
47. Rxc3 Bxc3 48. Kxc3 a4 49. Ne5 Kxh3 50. Kb4 g4 51. Nxg4 Kxg4 52. Kxa4 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.28"]
[Round "12.15"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "McShane, Luke J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2789"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[ECO "C53"]
[Opening "Giuoco Piano"]
[WhiteFideId "623539"]
[BlackFideId "404853"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. O-O O-O 7. Re1 a6 8. a4 Ba7
9. h3 h6 10. Nbd2 Re8 11. b4 Qe7 12. Bb3 Be6 13. Nf1 Qd7 14. Bxe6 Qxe6 15. Ng3
Ne7 16. Qc2 Rad8 17. d4 c6 18. Be3 Bb8 19. b5 Ng6 20. bxc6 bxc6 21. Rab1 Bc7 22.
c4 Ba5 23. d5 Qd7 24. Bd2 Bxd2 25. Nxd2 Rb8 26. Nf5 Nf4 27. Rxb8 Rxb8 28. dxc6
Qc7 29. Rb1 Re8 30. Rb7 Qxc6 31. Ne7+ Rxe7 32. Rxe7 Nd7 33. Re8+ Kh7 34. Qd1 Nc5
35. Rf8 Qc7 36. Qg4 Ng6 37. Qf5 f6 38. h4 Ne6 39. Ra8 Qb7 40. h5 1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.28"]
[Round "12.16"]
[White "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2744"]
[BlackElo "2805"]
[ECO "A10"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "Adorjan defence"]
[WhiteFideId "5007003"]
[BlackFideId "13300474"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. c4 g6 2. e4 e5 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nf3 exd4 5. e5 Ne4 6. Qxd4 Bb4+ 7. Kd1 f5 8. exf6
Nxf6 9. Bh6 Nc6 10. Qe3+ Kf7 11. c5 d5 12. cxd6 cxd6 13. Bb5 Ng4 14. Qf4+ Bf5
15. Bxc6 bxc6 16. Qc4+ Be6 17. Qxb4 Nxh6 18. Qf4+ Kg7 19. Re1 Re8 20. Nd4 Bg4+
21. f3 Rxe1+ 22. Kxe1 Qb6 23. fxg4 Re8+ 24. Kd1 Qxb2 25. Nc2 Qb5 26. Nd2 Qe2+
27. Kc1 Qxg2 28. Rb1 Qg1+ 29. Kb2 Qxg4 30. Qxd6 Re2 31. Re1 Nf7 32. Qd3 Rxe1 33.
Nxe1 Qb4+ 34. Kc2 Qa4+ 35. Qb3 Qf4 36. Nef3 Kh6 37. Qc4 Qf5+ 38. Kc1 Qf6 39. Kc2
Ne5 40. Nxe5 Qxe5 41. Nf3 Qf5+ 42. Qd3 Qc5+ 43. Kd1 Kh5 44. Qd4 Qd5 45. Qxd5+
cxd5 46. h3 g5 47. a4 g4 48. hxg4+ Kxg4 49. Ne5+ Kf4 50. Nc6 h5 51. Ke2 h4 52.
Nxa7 h3 53. Kf2 Ke5 54. Nb5 Ke6 55. Kg3 Kd7 56. Nd4 Kc7 57. Kxh3 Kb6 58. Nb3 d4
59. Kg3 1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.28"]
[Round "12.17"]
[White "Dreev, Aleksey"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran L."]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2653"]
[BlackElo "2601"]
[ECO "A41"]
[Opening "Old Indian"]
[Variation "Tartakower (Wade) variation"]
[WhiteFideId "4100107"]
[BlackFideId "13301616"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 Bg4 3. e4 Nf6 4. Bd3 e6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 Bh5 7. Bg5 O-O 8. Nbd2
Nbd7 9. c3 c5 10. h3 Re8 11. a4 a6 12. a5 cxd4 13. cxd4 e5 14. Qa4 Rc8 15. Qa2
exd4 16. Nxd4 Nc5 17. Bc2 Bg6 18. Nf5 Ne6 19. Bxf6 Bxf6 20. Ba4 Rf8 21. Nc4 Bxf5
22. exf5 Nf4 23. Rad1 Qc7 24. Nb6 Rcd8 25. g3 Nxh3+ 26. Kg2 Qc5 27. Kxh3 Qxf2
28. Qd5 h5 29. Nd7 Rxd7 30. Bxd7 h4 31. Qg2 Qc5 32. gxh4 Qxa5 33. Qd5 Qb4 34.
Re4 Qxb2 35. Qxd6 Kh7 36. Qd2 Qb6 37. Qe2 Rd8 38. Qh5+ Kg8 39. Rde1 Rf8 40. Re8
Qb3+ 41. R1e3 Rxe8 42. Rxb3 1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.28"]
[Round "12.18"]
[White "Guseinov, Gadir"]
[Black "Melkumyan, Hrant"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2646"]
[BlackElo "2633"]
[ECO "C43"]
[Opening "Petrov"]
[Variation "modern attack, Symmetrical variation"]
[WhiteFideId "13401378"]
[BlackFideId "13302485"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 Nxe4 4. Bd3 d5 5. Nxe5 Nd7 6. Nxd7 Bxd7 7. O-O Bd6 8.
Qh5 c6 9. Nc3 Nf6 10. Re1+ Be7 11. Qf3 O-O 12. h3 Re8 13. Bg5 Be6 14. Ne2 Nd7
15. Bd2 Nf8 16. Ng3 Bd6 17. Nf5 Bxf5 18. Qxf5 Qd7 19. Qf3 Rxe1+ 20. Rxe1 Re8 21.
Rxe8 Qxe8 22. g3 g6 23. Kg2 Kg7 24. c4 Qe6 25. cxd5 cxd5 26. Bb5 h5 27. Ba4 Nh7
28. Bb3 Nf6 29. Bf4 Bxf4 30. Qxf4 b6 31. Qe5 a5 32. f3 Kf8 33. g4 hxg4 34. hxg4
Qxe5 35. dxe5 Nd7 36. f4 g5 37. Kf3 d4 38. fxg5 Nxe5+ 39. Ke4 Nxg4 40. Kxd4 Ke7
41. Kc4 f5 42. gxf6+ Nxf6 43. Kb5 Nd7 44. Kc6 Ne5+ 45. Kxb6 Nd3 46. Bc2 Nxb2 47.
Kc5 a4 48. a3 1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.28"]
[Round "12.19"]
[White "Kuzubov, Yuriy"]
[Black "Zhigalko, Sergei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2699"]
[BlackElo "2641"]
[ECO "A07"]
[Opening "Reti"]
[Variation "King's Indian attack (Barcza system)"]
[WhiteFideId "14112906"]
[BlackFideId "13502956"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Bg4 4. b3 e6 5. Bb2 Nf6 6. O-O Be7 7. d3 a5 8. a3 O-O
9. Nbd2 Nbd7 10. e4 Qb6 11. h3 Bh5 12. Qe2 Rfd8 13. g4 Bg6 14. Nh4 Nf8 15. Kh1
dxe4 16. Nxg6 Nxg6 17. Nxe4 Nd5 18. Bc1 Qc7 19. Qf3 Ndf4 20. Be3 Rf8 21. Ng3 Bd6
22. Bxf4 Bxf4 23. Ne2 Bd6 24. Qe3 Nf4 25. Nxf4 Bxf4 26. Qe4 Rfd8 27. d4 Rd5 28.
Rad1 Rad8 29. c3 Rg5 30. Bf3 Rg6 31. Qe2 Qe7 32. Qe4 Bc7 33. b4 Qh4 34. Kg2 f5
35. Qe3 fxg4 36. Be4 Bf4 37. Qd3 gxh3+ 38. Kh1 Rg2 39. Bxg2 hxg2+ 40. Kxg2 Qg4+
41. Kh1 Rd5 0-1

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.28"]
[Round "12.20"]
[White "Wang, Yue"]
[Black "Kokarev, Dmitry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[ECO "E71"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "Makagonov system (5.h3)"]
[WhiteFideId "8601429"]
[BlackFideId "4132181"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. h3 O-O 6. Nf3 Na6 7. Be3 c5 8. d5 e6
9. Nd2 exd5 10. cxd5 Nc7 11. Be2 b5 12. a3 b4 13. axb4 cxb4 14. Nb5 Nxb5 15.
Bxb5 Bd7 16. Bd3 Nh5 17. g4 Nf6 18. Rxa7 Rxa7 19. Bxa7 h5 20. g5 Nh7 21. h4 Bxb2
22. Be3 Bc3 23. f4 Bg4 24. Be2 Bxe2 25. Kxe2 Qd7 26. Qc2 Rc8 27. Nf3 Bg7 28. Qb3
Qb5+ 29. Qd3 Qa4 30. Rc1 Rxc1 31. Bxc1 Nf8 32. Qc4 Bc3 33. Bd2 Qc2 34. Qd3 Qa2
35. Ke3 Bxd2+ 36. Qxd2 b3 37. Qb4 Qc2 38. Qd2 Qb1 39. Qd3 Qc1+ 40. Qd2 0-1

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.28"]
[Round "12.21"]
[White "Fressinet, Laurent"]
[Black "Anton Guijarro, David"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2662"]
[BlackElo "2666"]
[ECO "C50"]
[Opening "Giuoco Piano"]
[WhiteFideId "608742"]
[BlackFideId "2285525"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 h6 6. c3 d6 7. a4 a5 8. Na3 O-O
9. Nc2 Be6 10. Bxe6 fxe6 11. Be3 Bxe3 12. Nxe3 Qe8 13. Nd2 Nd7 14. Ndc4 Nc5 15.
f3 Qf7 16. d4 exd4 17. cxd4 Nd7 18. d5 Nb4 19. dxe6 Qxe6 20. Qd2 b6 21. b3 Nc5
22. Rab1 Rf7 23. Rfd1 Qg6 24. Kh1 Re8 25. Nd5 Rxe4 26. Nxb4 Rh4 27. Qf2 Qh5 28.
g4 Qxg4 29. Nd5 Rxf3 30. Qg2 Ne4 31. Nde3 Qf4 32. Nd5 Qf7 33. Rb2 Nf2+ 34. Rxf2
Rxf2 35. Ne7+ Kh7 0-1

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.28"]
[Round "12.22"]
[White "Sargissian, Gabriel"]
[Black "Kryvoruchko, Yuriy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2672"]
[BlackElo "2689"]
[ECO "A14"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "Neo-Catalan declined"]
[WhiteFideId "13300881"]
[BlackFideId "14109182"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. d4 dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4
Bd7 9. Qxc4 Bc6 10. Bf4 Bd6 11. Qc1 Nbd7 12. Nc3 Nb6 13. Rd1 Nbd5 14. Bg5 h6 15.
Bxf6 Nxf6 16. Ne5 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 a5 18. e4 Bb4 19. Qe3 Qe7 20. Na2 Rfd8 21. Rac1
c6 22. Rd3 Nd7 23. Nf3 Nb8 24. Nxb4 axb4 25. b3 Nd7 26. Qe1 e5 27. Rcd1 exd4 28.
Nxd4 g6 29. Nf3 Nf6 30. Rxd8+ Rxd8 31. Rxd8+ Qxd8 32. Qxb4 Qd7 33. Ne5 Qe6 34.
Qd4 c5 35. Qxc5 Nxe4 36. Qd4 Nd6 37. Nf3 Nf5 38. Qd3 Qc6 39. a5 h5 40. h4 Nd6
41. b4 Nb5 42. Kh2 Nc7 43. Ng5 Nb5 44. Ne4 Kg7 45. Nc5 Nd6 46. Qd4+ Kg8 47. Qe5
Qf3 48. Qf4 Qd5 49. Nd7 Qe6 50. Nc5 Qd5 51. Qe3 Qc4 52. Qd3 Qxd3 53. Nxd3 Kf8
54. Nc5 Ke7 55. Nxb7 Nb5 56. Nc5 Kd6 57. Kg2 Kd5 58. Nb7 Kc4 59. a6 Kxb4 60. Nd6
Nc7 61. a7 f5 62. Ne8 Na8 63. Kf3 Kc5 1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.28"]
[Round "12.23"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Almasi, Zoltan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2682"]
[ECO "C84"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "closed defence"]
[WhiteFideId "605506"]
[BlackFideId "702293"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 d6 7. c3 O-O 8. Re1
Re8 9. Nbd2 Bf8 10. Nf1 h6 11. Ng3 b5 12. Bb3 Na5 13. Bc2 c5 14. d4 exd4 15.
cxd4 Bg4 16. d5 Nc4 17. h3 Bxf3 18. gxf3 Qa5 19. b3 Ne5 20. Kg2 Ng6 21. Bd2 Nh4+
22. Kh1 Qd8 23. Rg1 Kh8 24. f4 g6 25. f3 Bg7 26. Qf1 Nh7 27. Rd1 Bd4 28. Bc1
Bxg1 29. Kxg1 g5 30. Bb2+ f6 31. Nh5 Ng6 32. e5 Nxf4 33. Nxf4 gxf4 34. Bxh7 fxe5
35. Be4 Qh4 36. Kh2 Rg8 37. Bc3 Rg7 38. Be1 Qf6 39. Bf2 Rag8 40. a4 b4 41. Rd2
a5 42. Rc2 Qg5 43. Be1 Qe7 44. Bf2 Qg5 45. Be1 Qe7 46. Re2 Qd7 47. Bh4 Qf7 48.
Rc2 Qf8 49. Rd2 Rf7 50. Rg2 Rfg7 51. Rg4 h5 52. Rxg7 Qxg7 53. Bf5 Rf8 54. Be6 e4
55. fxe4 f3 56. Bf5 Rg8 57. Qf2 Qg2+ 58. Qxg2 Rxg2+ 59. Kh1 Rd2 60. Kg1 Kg7 61.
Be7 c4 62. bxc4 b3 63. Bxd6 Kf6 64. Bh7 Kg7 65. Bf5 Kf6 66. Bh7 Kg7 67. Bf5 Kf6
68. Bh7 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.28"]
[Round "12.24"]
[White "Fedorchuk, Sergey A."]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2648"]
[BlackElo "2691"]
[ECO "C65"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Berlin defence"]
[WhiteFideId "14102536"]
[BlackFideId "703303"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. O-O Nd4 6. Nxd4 Bxd4 7. c3 Bb6 8.
Ba4 c6 9. Na3 d6 10. Nc4 Bc7 11. Ne3 O-O 12. Qf3 g6 13. Bb3 Kg7 14. h3 Qe7 15.
Re1 Be6 16. Ng4 Nxg4 17. hxg4 Bb6 18. Be3 Bxe3 19. Rxe3 Qg5 20. Bxe6 fxe6 21.
Qe2 Rf4 22. Rg3 Raf8 23. Qe3 a6 24. Rf1 h6 25. a4 R8f7 26. b4 Rxg4 27. Qxg5 Rxg5
28. Rxg5 hxg5 29. Kh2 d5 30. Kg3 Rf4 31. Re1 Kf6 32. a5 Rh4 33. c4 Rh7 34. f3
Rd7 35. Rb1 dxc4 36. dxc4 Rd2 37. Rb3 g4 38. b5 cxb5 39. cxb5 gxf3 40. Rxf3+ Kg5
41. Rf7 Rd3+ 42. Kf2 Ra3 43. Rxb7 Rxa5 44. bxa6 Rxa6 45. Rg7 Ra3 46. Rg8 Ra7 47.
Kf3 Rf7+ 48. Ke3 Rf6 49. Ra8 Rf1 50. Re8 Rf6 51. Ra8 Rf7 52. Ra5 Kf6 53. Kf3 Rb7
54. Rc5 Rb3+ 55. Kf2 Ra3 56. Rb5 Ra4 57. Kf3 Rc4 58. Ra5 Rc1 59. Rb5 Rf1+ 60.
Ke3 Rh1 61. Kf3 Rh4 62. Ra5 Rh5 63. Rb5 Rh8 64. Ra5 Rf8 65. Ke3 Rc8 66. Kf3 Rc3+
67. Kf2 Rc1 68. Rb5 Rc6 69. Kf3 Ra6 70. Rc5 Ra4 71. Rb5 Ra1 72. Kf2 Rh1 73. Ra5
Rh4 74. Kf3 Rf4+ 75. Ke3 Rf1 76. Ke2 Rb1 77. Kf3 Rb3+ 78. Kf2 Rb6 79. Kf3 Rc6
80. Rb5 Rc3+ 81. Kf2 Rc7 82. Kf3 Rf7 83. Ke3 Rf8 84. Ra5 Re8 85. Kf3 Re7 86. Rb5
Ra7 87. Rc5 Ra3+ 88. Kf2 Ra8 89. Kf3 Rf8 90. Ke3 Re8 91. Kf3 Re7 92. Ra5 Rh7 93.
Rb5 Rh4 94. Ra5 Rf4+ 95. Ke3 g5 96. Ra8 Rg4 97. Kf3 Rh4 98. g4 Rh3+ 99. Kf2 Rh7
100. Ra5 Rb7 101. Kf3 Rb2 102. Rc5 Rb1 103. Kf2 Rb7 104. Ra5 Rg7 105. Ke3 Rf7
106. Rb5 Rf8 107. Ra5 Rh8 108. Kf3 Rh1 109. Kf2 Rh2+ 110. Kf3 Rd2 111. Rb5 Rd1
112. Kf2 Rd8 113. Kf3 Rf8 114. Ke3 Rf7 115. Ra5 Rh7 116. Kf3 Rh4 117. Rb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.28"]
[Round "12.25"]
[White "Nguyen, Ngoc Truong Son"]
[Black "Li, Chao b"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[ECO "A48"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "Torre attack"]
[WhiteFideId "12401110"]
[BlackFideId "8604436"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. Nbd2 d5 5. e3 O-O 6. Bd3 c5 7. c3 Nbd7 8. O-O
b6 9. a4 a5 10. Re1 Bb7 11. Bb5 h6 12. Bh4 Qc8 13. Qb3 Bc6 14. Rac1 c4 15. Qa3
Bxb5 16. axb5 Re8 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. e4 e6 19. exd5 exd5 20. Qd6 Rd8 21. Re2 Ra7
22. Rf1 Qa8 23. Rfe1 a4 24. Nf1 Ra5 25. Ne5 Qb8 26. Nxf7 Kxf7 27. Re7+ Bxe7 28.
Rxe7+ Kf8 29. Qe6 Qf4 30. Rxd7 Rxd7 31. Qxd7 a3 32. Qd8+ Kg7 33. bxa3 Qf7 34.
Qd6 Rxb5 35. Qe5+ Kh7 36. f3 Rb1 37. Kf2 Rb2+ 38. Kg3 Qg7 39. Qxd5 Qe7 40. Ne3
Qxe3 41. Qf7+ Kh8 42. Qf8+ Kh7 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.28"]
[Round "12.26"]
[White "Movsesian, Sergei"]
[Black "Miton, Kamil"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2647"]
[BlackElo "2584"]
[ECO "B30"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Nimzovich-Rossolimo attack (without ...d6)"]
[WhiteFideId "310204"]
[BlackFideId "1111914"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. O-O Nge7 5. Re1 a6 6. Bf1 d5 7. d3 d4 8. e5 b6
9. g3 Bb7 10. Bg2 Nd5 11. Nbd2 Be7 12. Ne4 h6 13. h4 Qc7 14. c4 dxc3 15. bxc3
Rd8 16. a3 c4 17. d4 Na5 18. Bb2 b5 19. Qc2 Nb3 20. Rad1 Nb6 21. Nfd2 Bd5 22.
Nf1 Na4 23. Ne3 O-O 24. Nxd5 exd5 25. Nd2 Nxd2 26. Qxd2 Qa5 27. Ra1 Nxb2 28.
Qxb2 Qb6 29. h5 Qc6 30. Bh3 a5 31. Bf5 b4 32. axb4 axb4 33. Ra7 bxc3 34. Qxc3
Rde8 35. Rb1 Bc5 36. Bd7 Rb8 37. Rxb8 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.28"]
[Round "12.27"]
[White "Christiansen, Johan-Sebastian"]
[Black "Alekseev, Evgeny"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2616"]
[ECO "B31"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Nimzovich-Rossolimo attack (with ...g6, without ...d6)"]
[WhiteFideId "1512668"]
[BlackFideId "4138147"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. h3 e5 6. a3 Nge7 7. b4 b6 8. d3 O-O
9. Bc4 d5 10. Bb3 c4 11. dxc4 dxe4 12. Qxd8 Rxd8 13. Ng5 Nd4 14. Nxe4 h6 15. c5
bxc5 16. Nxc5 Bf5 17. Ra2 Nxb3 18. Nxb3 Rac8 19. Nc5 Nc6 20. Be3 Nd4 21. c3 Nb5
22. Bd2 e4 23. a4 Nd6 24. g4 Bd7 25. Na3 Bc6 26. Rc1 Nb7 27. Nxb7 Bxb7 28. c4
Rd3 29. Be3 f5 30. Nb5 a6 31. Na7 Ra8 32. Rac2 f4 33. Bb6 Bd4 34. c5 Bd5 35. c6
Bxb6 36. c7 e3 37. c8=Q+ Rxc8 38. Rxc8+ Kg7 39. a5 e2 40. Re1 Rg3+ 41. Kh2 Rg2+
42. Kh1 Rxf2+ 43. Kg1 Rf1+ 44. Kh2 Bg1# 0-1

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.28"]
[Round "12.28"]
[White "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"]
[Black "Akobian, Varuzhan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2683"]
[BlackElo "2647"]
[ECO "A05"]
[Opening "Reti opening"]
[WhiteFideId "14200244"]
[BlackFideId "13300580"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. b3 d5 3. Bb2 c6 4. g3 Bg4 5. Bg2 Nbd7 6. O-O e6 7. c4 Be7 8. d3
O-O 9. Nbd2 a5 10. a3 Re8 11. Rc1 Bd6 12. h3 Bh5 13. Rc2 h6 14. Re1 Qe7 15. Qa1
Rad8 16. Nf1 Bg6 17. cxd5 exd5 18. Qc1 Ne5 19. Nxe5 Bxe5 20. Bxe5 Qxe5 21. Qd2
Ra8 22. Rb1 d4 23. b4 axb4 24. Qxb4 Rab8 25. a4 Nd5 26. Bxd5 Qxd5 27. a5 Qh5 28.
Qxd4 Qxa5 29. Ne3 Qh5 30. Kg2 Rbd8 31. Qg4 Qxg4 32. hxg4 Re7 33. Rb6 f6 34. Rcb2
Rdd7 35. Nc4 Bf7 36. Na5 c5 37. f3 c4 38. dxc4 Rc7 39. R6b4 b6 40. Rxb6 Bxc4 41.
Kf2 Rc5 42. Nb7 Rce5 43. e4 h5 44. Nd6 Be6 45. Nf5 Rd7 46. Nh4 hxg4 47. Ng6 Rg5
48. Rb8+ Kf7 49. Nh8+ Ke7 50. f4 Rh5 51. Ng6+ Kf7 52. Nh8+ Ke7 53. Ke3 Bf7 54.
R2b7 Be8 55. Ng6+ Bxg6 56. Rxd7+ Kxd7 57. Rb7+ Ke8 58. Rxg7 Rh6 59. f5 Bh5 60.
Kf4 Bf7 61. e5 fxe5+ 62. Kxe5 Ke7 63. Rxg4 Ra6 64. Rb4 Ra5+ 65. Kf4 Rc5 66. g4
Rc4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.28"]
[Round "12.29"]
[White "Bocharov, Dmitry"]
[Black "Esipenko, Andrey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2583"]
[BlackElo "2564"]
[ECO "A17"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "Nimzo-English opening"]
[WhiteFideId "4138716"]
[BlackFideId "24175439"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. g3 b6 6. Bg2 Bb7 7. a3 Bxc3 8. Qxc3
d6 9. O-O Nbd7 10. b4 Qe7 11. Bb2 c5 12. d3 e5 13. e4 Nh5 14. Nh4 Nf4 15. Nf5
Ne2+ 16. Kh1 Qf6 17. Qd2 Nd4 18. Bxd4 exd4 19. f4 h5 20. Rf2 g6 21. Nh4 Kg7 22.
Raf1 Rae8 23. Kg1 Ba8 24. Bh3 Re7 25. Nf3 a6 26. Bxd7 Rxd7 27. f5 g5 28. Nxg5
Rg8 29. bxc5 dxc5 30. Qf4 Re7 31. Ne6+ Kh7 32. Qd6 fxe6 33. Qxb6 h4 34. fxe6 Qg5
35. Rf7+ Rg7 36. R7f5 Qe3+ 37. Kg2 Qxd3 38. Rh5+ Kg6 39. Rxh4 Bxe4+ 40. Kg1 Qe3+
41. Rf2 d3 42. Rg4+ Kh6 43. Rh4+ Kg5 44. Qd6 Bf3 45. Rf4 Qe1+ 46. Rf1 Qe3+ 47.
Rf2 Bg4 48. Qd5+ Kh6 49. Re4 Qg5 50. Qxd3 Rxe6 51. h4 Qg6 52. Rff4 Rxe4 53. Rxe4
Bf5 54. Qe3+ Kh7 55. Re5 Qg4 56. Kf2 Rf7 57. Re7 Qxc4 58. Rxf7+ Qxf7 59. Qxc5
Bg4+ 60. Ke1 Qe6+ 61. Kd2 Qe2+ 62. Kc1 Qf1+ 63. Kb2 Qf6+ 64. Qc3 Qb6+ 65. Qb3
Qd4+ 66. Qc3 Qd7 67. Qc5 Bf5 68. Qe3 Qc7 69. Qc3 Qb6+ 70. Kc1 Qg1+ 71. Kd2 Qf2+
72. Kc1 Kg6 73. Kd1 Kh5 74. Kc1 Kg4 75. Kd1 Be4 76. Kc1 Qe2 77. Qd2 Qc4+ 78. Kb2
a5 79. Qc3 Qe2+ 80. Kc1 a4 81. Qc8+ Bf5 82. Qc3 Bd3 83. Qd2 Qe4 84. Qf4+ Qxf4+
85. gxf4 Kxf4 86. Kb2 Kg4 87. h5 Kxh5 88. Ka1 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.28"]
[Round "12.30"]
[White "Demchenko, Anton"]
[Black "Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[ECO "C50"]
[Opening "Giuoco Pianissimo"]
[WhiteFideId "4160258"]
[BlackFideId "5029465"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 Nf6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 Be7 7. a4 d6 8. Nbd2
O-O 9. Bg3 Na5 10. Ba2 Nh5 11. Nf1 g6 12. Qd2 c5 13. Qxh6 c4 14. Ne3 Be6 15.
Bxc4 Nxc4 16. Nxc4 Rc8 17. b3 Bf6 18. O-O d5 19. Ncxe5 dxe4 20. dxe4 Rxc2 21.
Rad1 Qe7 22. Qe3 Rfc8 23. Qxa7 g5 24. Nc4 Bxc4 25. bxc4 Nxg3 26. hxg3 Qxe4 27.
Nd2 Qd3 28. Qxb7 Re8 29. Nf3 Qxc4 30. Qd7 Re4 31. Nd2 Qxa4 32. Nxe4 Qxe4 33. Qd3
Qc6 34. Qd5 Qb6 35. Rd2 Rc3 36. Qf5 Rxg3 37. Rb1 Rb3 38. Rxb3 Qxb3 39. g3 Kg7
40. Qd3 Qb7 41. Qd5 Qb1+ 42. Kg2 Kg6 43. Ra2 Qf5 44. Qxf5+ Kxf5 45. Ra5+ Be5 46.
f3 f6 47. g4+ Kf4 48. Kf2 Bd4+ 49. Ke2 Be5 50. Rb5 Ba1 51. Rb4+ Kg3 52. Ke3 Be5
53. Ke4 Bc3 54. Rb3 Ba1 55. Kf5 Kf2 56. Rd3 Be5 57. Ke4 Ba1 58. Ra3 Be5 59. Rb3
Ba1 60. f4 gxf4 61. Kxf4 Kg2 62. Ke4 Kf2 63. Ra3 Be5 64. g5 1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.28"]
[Round "12.31"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Salem, A.R. Saleh"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2694"]
[BlackElo "2638"]
[ECO "B92"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Najdorf, Opovcensky variation"]
[WhiteFideId "14103320"]
[BlackFideId "9301348"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. Bg5
Be6 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. Qd3 Be7 11. Nd5 Nd7 12. Rd1 Bxd5 13. Qxd5 Qc7 14. c3 Nf6
15. Qd3 O-O 16. O-O Rfd8 17. Bf3 b5 18. Rfe1 g6 19. g3 Bf8 20. Na1 Bh6 21. Nc2
a5 22. Na3 b4 23. Nb5 Qc5 24. a4 bxa3 25. Nxa3 Rab8 26. Re2 a4 27. Qa6 Ra8 28.
Qc4 Qb6 29. Kg2 Kf8 30. Qa2 Qa6 31. Nc2 Qc8 32. Nb4 Qb7 33. Rd3 Kg8 34. Re1 Bf8
35. Bd1 Kg7 36. Nd5 Nxd5 37. Rxd5 Rdb8 38. Re2 Qc6 39. Rd3 Be7 40. Rf3 Rf8 41.
Bc2 Bd8 42. Bd3 Bb6 43. Bc4 Ra7 44. Bd5 Qc5 45. Rd2 f5 46. Qb1 f4 47. Qd3 Rf6
48. Ba2 g5 49. g4 h5 50. h3 hxg4 51. hxg4 Qc8 52. Kf1 Qxg4 53. Ke2 Qc8 54. Rh3
f3+ 55. Rxf3 Qg4 56. Rd1 Bc5 57. Bd5 Ra6 58. Rg1 Qxg1 59. Rxf6 Kxf6 60. Qf3+ Ke7
61. Qf7+ Kd8 62. Qf8+ Kc7 63. Qe7+ Kb6 64. Qd8+ Kb5 65. Qb8+ Rb6 66. Qe8+ Ka5
67. Qa8+ Ra6 68. Qd8+ Bb6 69. Qxd6 Qxf2+ 70. Kd3 Qe3+ 71. Kc2 Qc1+ 0-1

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.28"]
[Round "12.32"]
[White "Ponkratov, Pavel"]
[Black "Sjugirov, Sanan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2613"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[ECO "A21"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[WhiteFideId "4157800"]
[BlackFideId "4189302"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 d6 3. g3 f5 4. d4 Be7 5. Bg2 Nf6 6. d5 O-O 7. Nf3 a5 8. e4 Na6
9. exf5 Bxf5 10. O-O Qd7 11. Ng5 Nc5 12. Be3 Ng4 13. Nge4 Nxe4 14. Nxe4 Qe8 15.
Qe2 Qg6 16. Bd2 b6 17. Rae1 h6 18. f4 exf4 19. Rxf4 Ne5 20. Bc3 Bg4 21. Qf1 Rxf4
22. gxf4 Rf8 23. Ng3 Bg5 24. Bd2 Qc2 25. Bc1 Qd3 26. Rxe5 Qd4+ 27. Be3 Qxb2 28.
Re4 Qxa2 29. f5 Bxe3+ 30. Rxe3 Qb2 31. h3 Qd4 32. Qf2 Bd1 33. Bf1 a4 34. Ra3 Qe5
35. Re3 Qd4 36. Re1 Qxf2+ 37. Kxf2 Bc2 38. Ra1 Kf7 39. Ke3 Re8+ 40. Kd2 Bb3 41.
Bd3 Re5 42. h4 Kf8 43. Ne2 b5 44. cxb5 Rxd5 45. Nf4 Rd4 46. Rf1 Bc4 47. Ne6+
Bxe6 48. fxe6+ Ke7 49. Kc3 Rxh4 50. Bc4 d5 51. Bxd5 Kd6 52. Bc4 Re4 53. Rd1+ Kc5
54. Rd5+ Kb6 55. Rd7 a3 56. e7 c6 57. Bf7 Re3+ 58. Kc2 Re2+ 59. Kb1 1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.28"]
[Round "12.33"]
[White "Riazantsev, Alexander"]
[Black "Potkin, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2574"]
[ECO "D31"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "semi-Slav"]
[WhiteFideId "4125029"]
[BlackFideId "4131061"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Bd3 Nbd7 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Nge2 Be7 8.
O-O O-O 9. f3 c5 10. Bd2 Nb8 11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. Nd4 Nc6 13. Nce2 Re8 14. Kh1 Bd7
15. Rc1 Bb6 16. b3 Qe7 17. Re1 Rac8 18. Bb1 h5 19. Ng3 Nxd4 20. Rxc8 Bxc8 21.
exd4 Qf8 22. Rxe8 Qxe8 23. Bg5 Nh7 24. Bf4 h4 25. Nf5 Bxf5 26. Bxf5 Nf8 27. Qd2
Ne6 28. Be3 g6 29. Bxe6 Qxe6 30. Kg1 Qf5 31. Qd1 Bc7 32. h3 Qe6 33. Qd3 Bd8 34.
a4 a6 35. Kf1 Bf6 36. Bf4 Kg7 37. Bh2 Qb6 38. Bg1 Qb4 39. Be3 Qa3 40. Qd1 Qb2
41. Bf2 Qc3 42. Kg1 b5 43. axb5 axb5 44. Kf1 Bg5 45. Ke2 Qb2+ 46. Kf1 Bf6 47.
Kg1 Qc3 48. Kf1 Bg5 49. Ke2 Qb2+ 50. Kf1 Qc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.28"]
[Round "12.34"]
[White "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2707"]
[BlackElo "2678"]
[ECO "C75"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "modern Steinitz defence"]
[WhiteFideId "2205530"]
[BlackFideId "400025"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. c3 Bd7 6. O-O g6 7. d4 Bg7 8. Re1
Nge7 9. Be3 O-O 10. Nbd2 h6 11. h3 Kh7 12. Bc2 exd4 13. Nxd4 f5 14. exf5 Nxf5
15. N2f3 Qf6 16. Nxf5 Bxf5 17. Nd4 Bxc2 18. Qxc2 Ne7 19. Qb3 Nf5 20. Nxf5 Qxf5
21. Qxb7 c5 22. Re2 Rae8 23. Qxa6 Re6 24. Qb5 g5 25. Rd1 g4 26. Qd3 gxh3 27.
Qxf5+ Rxf5 28. gxh3 Rg6+ 29. Kf1 Rf3 30. Red2 Be5 31. Ke2 Rxh3 32. a4 Re6 33.
Kd3 Rf3 34. Kc4 h5 35. Rh1 Kg6 36. a5 Re8 37. Rdd1 Bf4 38. a6 Ra8 39. Kb5 Rb8+
40. Kc6 Rxb2 41. a7 Ra2 42. Ra1 Rxa7 43. Rxa7 Bxe3 44. fxe3 Rxe3 45. c4 Re4 46.
Rd7 Rxc4 47. Rxd6+ Kg5 48. Rd5+ Kg4 49. Rhxh5 1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.28"]
[Round "12.35"]
[White "Amonatov, Farrukh"]
[Black "Socko, Bartosz"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2636"]
[BlackElo "2593"]
[ECO "C53"]
[Opening "Giuoco Piano"]
[WhiteFideId "14700077"]
[BlackFideId "1107038"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

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 Bg4 10. Be3 O-O 11. h3 Bxf3 12. gxf3 Nxc3 13. bxc3 f5 14. Qd2 Qh4 15.
Bg5 Qh5 16. O-O-O Ba5 17. Rhg1 Kh8 18. Rg3 h6 19. Bf4 Qh4 20. Kb2 g5 21. Rxg5
hxg5 22. Bxg5 Qh5 23. Rg1 Rg8 24. Qf4 Raf8 25. e6 Rg7 26. Rg3 a6 27. Bd3 Qh7 28.
Rg4 Kg8 29. Bh6 Rxg4 30. fxg4 Rf6 31. Qg5+ Qg6 32. Bxf5 Qxg5 33. Bxg5 Kg7 34.
Bf4 Ne7 35. Be5 Nxf5 36. gxf5 c6 37. e7 Kf7 38. Bxf6 Bc7 39. Bg5 Bd6 40. f6 c5
41. h4 b5 42. h5 b4 43. h6 1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.28"]
[Round "12.36"]
[White "Bortnyk, Olexandr"]
[Black "Howell, David W L"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2676"]
[ECO "A45"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[WhiteFideId "14120828"]
[BlackFideId "410608"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bf4 a6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nf3 e6 6. Ne5 Nfd7 7. g4 Bg6 8. h4
Nxe5 9. Bxe5 h5 10. Bd3 Bxd3 11. cxd3 hxg4 12. Qxg4 Nd7 13. h5 Nxe5 14. dxe5 c5
15. O-O-O Qd7 16. d4 cxd4 17. Rxd4 O-O-O 18. Kb1 Kb8 19. Rc1 f6 20. exf6 gxf6
21. e4 Bc5 22. Rd3 d4 23. Ne2 Bb6 24. Qf4+ Ka7 25. Qxf6 Qb5 26. Rb3 Qxe2 27.
Qxe6 Ba5 28. Qe7 Rb8 29. Qc5+ b6 30. Qxd4 Rhd8 31. Qg7+ Rb7 32. Re3 Qxf2 33. Qg3
Qd2 34. a3 b5 35. e5 Bb6 36. Rec3 Qh6 37. Qg4 Re8 38. Rc6 Qh7+ 39. Ka1 Rxe5 40.
h6 Rbe7 41. a4 bxa4 42. Qb4 Rb5 43. Qa3 Rb7 44. Qd6 Qh8 45. R1c3 a3 46. bxa3 Rb3
47. Rc8 Bd4 48. Ka2 Rb2+ 0-1

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.28"]
[Round "12.37"]
[White "Duda, Jan-Krzysztof"]
[Black "Eljanov, Pavel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[BlackElo "2711"]
[ECO "A07"]
[Opening "Reti"]
[Variation "King's Indian attack (Barcza system)"]
[WhiteFideId "1170546"]
[BlackFideId "14102951"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. c4 Bg4 4. Qb3 Qb6 5. Ne5 Be6 6. d3 g6 7. Be3 Qxb3 8. axb3
Bg7 9. Nf3 Bxb2 10. Rxa7 Rxa7 11. Bxa7 Nd7 12. Bd4 Bxd4 13. Nxd4 Ngf6 14. Nc3
O-O 15. Bg2 Ra8 16. Kd2 Nb6 17. f4 Bc8 18. Rc1 e6 19. Bf3 Bd7 20. c5 Nc8 21. e4
dxe4 22. dxe4 Ne7 23. Ke3 h6 24. Na4 g5 25. Nc2 Be8 26. Na3 Ng6 27. Nc4 Kf8 28.
Nd6 Ra7 29. Rc4 gxf4+ 30. gxf4 e5 31. f5 Nf4 32. Rb4 h5 33. Rxb7 Ra8 34. Nc4 1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.28"]
[Round "12.38"]
[White "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Black "Mchedlishvili, Mikheil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2603"]
[ECO "D10"]
[Opening "QGD Slav defence"]
[Variation "exchange variation"]
[WhiteFideId "13601520"]
[BlackFideId "13600966"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. c4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. e4 dxe4 6. d5 Ne5 7. Qd4 Nd3+ 8.
Bxd3 exd3 9. Nf3 Nf6 10. Bg5 Bf5 11. O-O h6 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. Rfe1 Qb6 14. Qf4
Bd7 15. Ne4 Bg7 16. Nd6+ Kf8 17. Nxf7 Kxf7 18. Ne5+ Ke8 19. Nxd7 Kxd7 20. Qg4+
Kd8 21. Qxg7 Re8 22. Rad1 Qxb2 23. d6 Qd4 24. dxe7+ 1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.28"]
[Round "12.39"]
[White "Zhao, Jun"]
[Black "Volokitin, Andrei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2604"]
[BlackElo "2628"]
[ECO "D37"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "4.Nf3"]
[WhiteFideId "8602522"]
[BlackFideId "14107090"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 a6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 Be6 7. e3 Nbd7 8. Bd3
h6 9. Bf4 g5 10. Bg3 Nh5 11. Be5 Ng7 12. O-O g4 13. Bxg7 Bxg7 14. Nd2 h5 15. Ne2
Qg5 16. Qc2 c6 17. Nf4 Bf8 18. Rae1 Bd6 19. Nxe6 fxe6 20. f4 Qf6 21. Nb3 Kd8 22.
a3 Kc7 23. Na5 Rhc8 24. Rc1 Nb8 25. b4 Kb6 26. Rb1 Nd7 27. Rfc1 Ka7 28. Nb3 h4
29. Qe2 g3 30. h3 Nb6 31. Nc5 Rc7 32. Bxa6 Kb8 33. Bd3 Rxa3 34. Ra1 Rxa1 35.
Rxa1 Bxf4 36. Rf1 e5 37. dxe5 Qxe5 38. exf4 Qd4+ 39. Kh1 Qxb4 40. Qe8+ Rc8 41.
Qe5+ Rc7 42. Ne6 Na8 43. Nxc7 Nxc7 44. Qh8+ Ka7 45. Ra1+ Na6 46. Bxa6 bxa6 47.
Qh7+ 1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.28"]
[Round "12.40"]
[White "Ni, Hua"]
[Black "Grigoriants, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2671"]
[BlackElo "2561"]
[ECO "A62"]
[Opening "Benoni"]
[Variation "fianchetto variation"]
[WhiteFideId "8601160"]
[BlackFideId "4130804"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nc3 g6 7. Nf3 Bg7 8. Bg2
O-O 9. O-O Re8 10. Re1 a6 11. a4 Ne4 12. Nxe4 Rxe4 13. Bg5 Qc7 14. Nd2 Rb4 15.
Ne4 Nd7 16. Be7 Rxe4 17. Bxe4 f6 18. b4 Kf7 19. Bxd6 Qxd6 20. bxc5 Nxc5 21. Bg2
f5 22. Rb1 Bd7 23. a5 Bb5 24. Qc2 Re8 25. Rbc1 Bf8 26. Bf1 Qxd5 27. Bg2 Qe5 28.
Bf3 Rd8 29. Red1 Rxd1+ 30. Rxd1 Be7 31. Kg2 Ne4 32. Qa2+ Qe6 33. Qb2 Bf6 34. Qc2
Bc6 35. h4 Kg7 36. Rc1 Qe5 37. Qa2 Qd4 38. e3 Qb2 39. Qxb2 Bxb2 40. Rc2 Bc3 41.
Ra2 Kf6 42. Kg1 Ke5 43. Be2 Bd5 44. Ra3 Be1 45. f3 Nxg3 46. Bd1 Nh5 47. f4+ Kd6
48. Rd3 Kc5 49. Bb3 Bxb3 50. Rxb3 Kc6 51. Rb6+ Kc7 52. Re6 Bxh4 53. Kf1 Bd8 54.
Re8 Kd7 55. Rh8 Nf6 0-1

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.28"]
[Round "12.41"]
[White "Malakhov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Bosiocic, Marin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2686"]
[BlackElo "2624"]
[ECO "C65"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Berlin defence"]
[WhiteFideId "4120787"]
[BlackFideId "14507927"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Qe2 Nd7 7. Be3 Bd6 8.
d4 O-O 9. Nbd2 exd4 10. Nxd4 Re8 11. O-O-O Nc5 12. f3 Ne6 13. Nc4 Nxd4 14. Rxd4
Qe7 15. Nxd6 cxd6 16. Re1 Be6 17. Bf4 Qf6 18. Qe3 d5 19. e5 Qg6 20. Rd2 Rac8 21.
g4 c5 22. h4 d4 23. Qa3 Bc4 24. h5 Qc6 25. h6 g6 26. Bg5 b5 27. f4 b4 28. Qa5
Qf3 29. e6 Bxe6 30. Rde2 Qxg4 31. Qxa7 d3 32. cxd3 c4 33. d4 Qf5 34. Re5 Qd3 35.
R5e3 Qf5 36. Re5 Qd3 37. Rd1 Qh3 38. d5 c3 39. Qe3 Qg2 40. Qe2 Qxe2 41. Rxe2 Bf5
42. Rde1 Rxe2 43. Rxe2 f6 44. Bxf6 Kf7 45. Bg5 Rc5 46. Re7+ Kf8 47. Rxh7 Rxd5
48. bxc3 bxc3 49. Rc7 c2 50. Rxc2 Bxc2 51. Kxc2 Kg8 52. a4 Rd4 53. Kb3 Kh7 54.
a5 Re4 55. Ka3 Rd4 56. Kb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.28"]
[Round "12.42"]
[White "Malakhatko, Vadim"]
[Black "Meier, Georg"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2542"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[ECO "A40"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn"]
[Variation "Keres defence"]
[WhiteFideId "14104202"]
[BlackFideId "4675789"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. c4 b6 2. d4 e6 3. a3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Bb7 5. d5 Bd6 6. Nf3 O-O 7. Bg5 Be7 8. Bf4
Nh5 9. Bd2 f5 10. g3 Nf6 11. Bg2 Ne4 12. O-O Bf6 13. Rc1 Na6 14. b4 Qe7 15. e3
Rad8 16. Nd4 c5 17. Ndb5 exd5 18. cxd5 Nxc3 19. Bxc3 d6 20. Nxa7 Bxc3 21. Rxc3
Qf6 22. Qb3 Rf7 23. Nc6 Ra8 24. Rcc1 g6 25. bxc5 bxc5 26. Rb1 Bc8 27. Rfc1 Nc7
28. a4 Ba6 29. Qc3 Ne8 30. Rb6 Be2 31. Qc2 Ba6 32. Rcb1 Kg7 33. a5 g5 34. f4 h6
35. h3 Nc7 36. Kh2 Re8 37. Qd2 h5 38. Rb8 h4 39. gxh4 gxf4 40. Rxe8 Nxe8 41.
exf4 Qxh4 42. Rb6 Nc7 43. Rb8 Kh7 44. Qe3 Rg7 45. Rf8 Bc4 46. Rxf5 Rxg2+ 47.
Kxg2 Bxd5+ 48. Rxd5 Nxd5 49. Qe4+ Kh8 50. Qxd5 Qxf4 51. Qh5+ 1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.28"]
[Round "12.43"]
[White "Amin, Bassem"]
[Black "Dervishi, Erald"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2689"]
[BlackElo "2552"]
[ECO "A05"]
[Opening "Reti opening"]
[WhiteFideId "10601457"]
[BlackFideId "4700236"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 b6 3. Bg2 Bb7 4. O-O e6 5. d3 d5 6. Nbd2 Nbd7 7. e4 dxe4 8.
dxe4 Nxe4 9. Nxe4 Bxe4 10. Bg5 Nf6 11. Qe2 Bb7 12. Ne5 Bxg2 13. Kxg2 Qd5+ 14. f3
Bd6 15. Bxf6 gxf6 16. Ng4 Be7 17. Rad1 Qc6 18. Rd3 h5 19. Rc3 Qb7 20. Qb5+ Kf8
21. Nf2 Rd8 22. Rd1 Rxd1 23. Nxd1 Kg7 24. Nf2 c5 25. Rd3 Rd8 26. Rxd8 Bxd8 27.
Nd3 Qd5 28. Qa6 Qd7 29. a4 f5 30. h4 Bf6 31. b3 e5 32. Nf2 Qd2 33. Qd3 Qxd3 34.
Nxd3 Kf8 35. Nb2 Ke7 36. Nc4 Ke6 37. Na3 a6 38. c4 f4 39. Nb1 fxg3 40. Kxg3 Bd8
41. Nc3 f5 42. Nd5 b5 43. Nc3 bxc4 44. bxc4 Ba5 45. Nd5 Be1+ 46. Kh3 e4 47. f4
a5 48. Nc7+ Kf7 49. Nd5 Bf2 50. Nc3 Ke6 51. Nd5 Bd4 52. Kg3 Kd6 53. Kg2 Bb2 54.
Kg3 Ke6 55. Nc7+ Kf7 56. Nd5 Bc1 57. Kf2 Ke6 58. Nc7+ Kd6 59. Nd5 Bb2 60. Kg3
Bd4 61. Kg2 Ke6 62. Nc7+ Kd6 63. Nd5 Bb2 64. Kg3 Ke6 65. Nc7+ Kf7 66. Nd5 Bc1
67. Kf2 Ke6 68. Nc7+ Kd6 69. Nd5 Bd2 70. Ke2 Bc1 71. Kf2 Bd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.28"]
[Round "12.44"]
[White "Salgado Lopez, Ivan"]
[Black "Al-Saffar, Araz Basim Mohammed S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2644"]
[BlackElo "2368"]
[ECO "A04"]
[Opening "Reti opening"]
[WhiteFideId "2257327"]
[BlackFideId "4801040"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. Nf3 e6 2. b3 d5 3. Bb2 Nf6 4. e3 Be7 5. c4 O-O 6. Be2 b6 7. O-O Bb7 8. cxd5
Nxd5 9. d4 c5 10. Nc3 cxd4 11. Nxd4 Nxc3 12. Bxc3 Nd7 13. Bf3 Bxf3 14. Qxf3 Bf6
15. Nc6 Qc7 16. Bxf6 Nxf6 17. Rac1 Rac8 18. h3 Nd5 19. Rc4 Ne7 20. Rfc1 Nxc6 21.
Qxc6 Qxc6 22. Rxc6 Rxc6 23. Rxc6 Rb8 24. Kf1 Kf8 25. Rc7 a5 26. Ke2 Ke8 27. f4
Rd8 28. Rb7 Rd6 29. g4 h6 30. h4 g6 31. g5 h5 32. a4 Kf8 33. Kf3 Ke8 34. Ke2 Kf8
35. Kf2 Rc6 36. Kf3 Rd6 37. Ke4 Kg7 38. Rb8 Rc6 39. Kd3 Kh7 40. Kd4 Kg7 41. Rb7
Kf8 42. e4 Kg7 43. Ke5 Rc3 44. Rxb6 Rh3 45. b4 axb4 46. Rxb4 Rxh4 47. a5 Rh1 48.
Ra4 Rd1 49. a6 h4 50. a7 h3 51. a8=Q h2 52. Ra7 h1=Q 53. Qb7 Kh8 54. Qxf7 Rd5+
55. Kf6 Rf5+ 56. exf5 1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.28"]
[Round "12.45"]
[White "Andriasian, Zaven"]
[Black "Naiditsch, Arkadij"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[ECO "C55"]
[Opening "Two knights defence (Modern bishop's opening)"]
[WhiteFideId "13302000"]
[BlackFideId "4650891"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O d6 6. a4 Bg4 7. Nbd2 Qd7 8. c3
Bh5 9. a5 a6 10. b4 Nd8 11. d4 exd4 12. cxd4 Ne6 13. Qb3 Nf4 14. h3 c6 15. Qe3
Ne6 16. Bd3 Rd8 17. Bb2 Bxf3 18. Qxf3 d5 19. e5 Ng8 20. Bc3 h5 21. Nb3 g5 22.
Bf5 Nh6 23. Qxh5 Kf8 24. f4 Kg7 25. Bxe6 Qxe6 26. fxg5 Nf5 27. Qf3 Nh4 28. Qg3
Qg6 29. Rf4 Bxg5 30. Rg4 Nf5 31. Qf3 Rh4 32. Rxg5 Qxg5 33. Rf1 Qe3+ 34. Qxe3
Nxe3 35. Rf3 Nc2 36. g4 Na3 37. Bd2 Rdh8 38. Kg2 f6 39. Nc5 Nc4 40. Ne6+ Kg8 41.
exf6 Kf7 42. Ng5+ Kg6 43. Bc1 Nd6 44. Bf4 Ne4 45. Nxe4 dxe4 46. Re3 R8h7 47. Be5
Kf7 48. Rg3 Kg6 49. Rc3 Kf7 50. Rb3 Kg6 51. Ra3 Kf7 52. Re3 Kg6 53. Rg3 Kf7 54.
Ra3 Kg6 55. Rb3 Kf7 56. Rc3 Kg6 57. Re3 Kf7 58. Rc3 Kg6 59. Ra3 Kf7 60. Rc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.28"]
[Round "12.46"]
[White "Ganguly, Surya Shekhar"]
[Black "Sethuraman, S.P."]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2646"]
[ECO "A27"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "three knights system"]
[WhiteFideId "5002150"]
[BlackFideId "5021596"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 g6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bg7 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. g3 Nf6 8.
Bg2 O-O 9. O-O Rb8 10. Qa4 a6 11. Rd1 Qe7 12. Qc2 Bb7 13. b3 Rfe8 14. Bb2 c5 15.
Bxb7 Rxb7 16. e3 d6 17. Nd5 Nxd5 18. Rxd5 Rbb8 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. Rad1 Qf6 21.
Qd2 Re7 22. Kg2 h5 23. h4 Rbe8 24. Qa5 Ra8 25. Qa4 Ree8 26. Qc6 Qe7 27. Kg1 Rab8
28. Rg5 Rb6 29. Qf3 Rh8 30. e4 Rbb8 31. e5 dxe5 32. Qe4 Rbd8 33. Rxd8 Rxd8 34.
Qxe5+ Qxe5 35. Rxe5 Rd2 36. Rxc5 Rxa2 37. Rxc7 Rb2 38. Rb7 a5 39. Rb5 Ra2 40.
Re5 a4 41. bxa4 Rxa4 42. Re4 Ra3 43. Kf1 Rc3 44. Ke2 Rc2+ 45. Ke3 Kf6 46. Kd4
Kg7 47. f4 Rd2+ 48. Kc3 Rd1 49. c5 Rc1+ 50. Kb4 Rb1+ 51. Ka5 Rb3 52. c6 Rxg3 53.
Rc4 Ra3+ 54. Kb6 Rb3+ 55. Kc5 Rb8 56. c7 Re8 57. Kd5 Kf6 58. c8=Q Rxc8 59. Rxc8
Kf5 60. Rf8 Kxf4 61. Rxf7+ Kg4 62. Rg7 Kxh4 63. Rxg6 Kh3 64. Ke4 h4 65. Kf3 Kh2
66. Kf2 h3 67. Rh6 1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.28"]
[Round "12.47"]
[White "Tregubov, Pavel V."]
[Black "Moiseenko, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2667"]
[ECO "E44"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian"]
[Variation "Fischer variation, 5.Ne2"]
[WhiteFideId "4115341"]
[BlackFideId "14102560"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Ne2 Ne4 6. Qc2 Bb7 7. a3 Bxc3+ 8. Nxc3
Nxc3 9. Qxc3 O-O 10. b4 d6 11. Bb2 Qf6 12. Rd1 a5 13. f3 axb4 14. axb4 Nd7 15.
Be2 Qh4+ 16. g3 Qh3 17. Kf2 f5 18. d5 e5 19. Bf1 Qh6 20. Kg2 f4 21. e4 Nf6 22.
Be2 Bc8 23. g4 Bxg4 24. fxg4 Nxe4 25. Qc1 Qh4 26. Rhf1 Rf6 27. Rd3 Rh6 28. h3
Ng3 29. Rh1 Nxe2 30. Qe1 Ng3 31. Ra3 Rxa3 32. Bxa3 Nxh1 0-1

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.28"]
[Round "12.48"]
[White "Van Foreest, Jorden"]
[Black "Jumabayev, Rinat"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2629"]
[BlackElo "2612"]
[ECO "C46"]
[Opening "Four knights game"]
[WhiteFideId "1039784"]
[BlackFideId "13702661"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. a4 Be7 5. Bb5 d6 6. d4 exd4 7. Nxd4 Bd7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Re1 Re8 10. h3 h6 11. Bf4 Bf8 12. Bxc6 bxc6 13. e5 Nd5 14. Nxd5 dxe5 15.
Bxe5 cxd5 16. Qf3 c6 17. c3 c5 18. Nb5 a6 19. Nd6 Rxe5 20. Qxf7+ Kh8 21. Rxe5
Bxd6 22. Rxd5 Bc6 23. Rd3 Bh2+ 24. Kxh2 Qxd3 25. Qe6 Qd5 26. Qxd5 Bxd5 27. b4
Rb8 28. Rd1 Bc4 29. Rb1 Kh7 30. Kg3 Bd3 31. Rd1 c4 32. Re1 a5 33. bxa5 Rb3 34.
a6 Ra3 35. a7 Rxa4 36. Re7 Ra2 37. f3 Kg6 38. Kf4 Bf1 39. Rb7 Ra3 40. Rb1 Bd3
41. Rb6+ Kh7 42. Rb7 Bf1 43. Kg3 Kg6 44. Kf2 Bd3 45. Ke3 Kf6 46. h4 g6 47. g4
Ke5 48. f4+ Kd5 49. Rd7+ Kc5 50. f5 gxf5 51. g5 hxg5 52. hxg5 f4+ 53. Kxf4 Kb6
54. g6 Rxa7 55. g7 Bh7 56. Rd6+ Kc5 57. Rg6 Bg8 58. Rg5+ Kd6 59. Ke4 Ke6 60. Rb5
Kf6 61. Kd4 Kxg7 62. Rg5+ Kf8 63. Re5 Re7 64. Ra5 Bf7 65. Ra8+ Kg7 66. Ra6 Rd7+
67. Kc5 Rd5+ 68. Kb4 Re5 69. Rd6 Be6 70. Rd1 Kf6 71. Ra1 Re2 72. Ra5 Rb2+ 73.
Kc5 Rb8 74. Ra1 Rc8+ 75. Kd4 Rd8+ 76. Kc5 Rd3 77. Kb4 Ke5 78. Ra8 Rd1 79. Ra2
Re1 80. Kc5 Re3 81. Kb4 Rh3 82. Re2+ Kd6 83. Rd2+ Bd5 84. Ra2 Rh8 85. Ra6+ Ke5
86. Ra1 Rb8+ 87. Kc5 Rc8+ 88. Kb4 Be4 89. Ra7 Bd3 90. Re7+ Kd6 91. Rb7 Ra8 92.
Rb6+ Kd5 93. Rh6 Rb8+ 94. Ka4 Rb3 95. Rh5+ Ke4 96. Rh4+ Ke3 97. Rh3+ Kd2 0-1

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.28"]
[Round "12.49"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Khenkin, Igor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2554"]
[ECO "A11"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "Caro-Kann defensive system"]
[WhiteFideId "14100010"]
[BlackFideId "4659600"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. c4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Qc2 Nbd7 6. b3 Bd6 7. Bb2 Qe7 8. Be2
O-O 9. O-O Re8 10. Rac1 a6 11. d4 e5 12. cxd5 cxd5 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Rfd1 Be6
15. Nd4 g6 16. Nxe6 Qxe6 17. Qd2 Neg4 18. h3 Bh2+ 19. Kh1 Nxf2+ 20. Kxh2 Nxd1
21. Nxd1 Ne4 22. Qd4 f6 23. Nc3 Nxc3 24. Rxc3 Qd6+ 25. Kg1 Re4 26. Qd2 d4 27.
Bf3 Rd8 28. Rd3 Rh4 29. Bxd4 b5 30. Qf2 g5 31. Rc3 1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.28"]
[Round "12.50"]
[White "Inarkiev, Ernesto"]
[Black "Ibrahimov, Rasul"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2689"]
[BlackElo "2518"]
[ECO "B28"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "O'Kelly variation"]
[WhiteFideId "4162722"]
[BlackFideId "13400495"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 a6 3. b3 d6 4. Bb2 Nc6 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Bd7 7. c4 Nf6 8. Nc3
g6 9. Nf3 Bg7 10. Bd3 O-O 11. O-O Bg4 12. h3 Bxf3 13. Qxf3 Ne5 14. Qe3 Nxd3 15.
Qxd3 Qa5 16. Rfe1 Rfe8 17. a4 Rad8 18. Rad1 Rc8 19. Re2 Qb4 20. Na2 Qa5 21. Bc3
Qc7 22. Bd4 Nh5 23. Qe3 Bxd4 24. Rxd4 Qb6 25. g3 Ng7 26. Rd5 Qxe3 27. Rxe3 Ne6
28. a5 Nc5 29. Nc1 f6 30. f4 Red8 31. Ne2 Kf7 32. g4 h6 33. Kg2 g5 34. f5 Nd7
35. Nd4 Rh8 36. Ne6 h5 37. gxh5 Rxh5 38. c5 Nxc5 39. Rc3 Rch8 40. Nxc5 dxc5 41.
Rdxc5 Rh4 42. e5 fxe5 43. Rxe5 g4 44. hxg4 Rxg4+ 45. Kf3 Rh3+ 46. Kxg4 Rxc3 47.
Re6 Rxb3 48. Rh6 Rb5 49. Rh7+ Kf6 50. Rh6+ Kg7 51. Kg5 Rxa5 52. Rg6+ Kf7 53. Rh6
Rb5 54. Rh7+ Ke8 55. Kg6 Rb6+ 56. Kg5 a5 57. Rh8+ Kd7 58. Ra8 Ra6 59. Rb8 Ra7
60. Kg6 a4 61. Kf7 a3 62. Re8 a2 63. Rxe7+ Kd6 64. Re6+ Kd5 0-1

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.28"]
[Round "12.51"]
[White "Dzhumagaliev, Yan"]
[Black "Khismatullin, Denis"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2400"]
[BlackElo "2632"]
[ECO "A04"]
[Opening "Reti opening"]
[WhiteFideId "24100110"]
[BlackFideId "4142578"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. b3 d6 3. e3 e5 4. Bb5+ Bd7 5. Bxd7+ Qxd7 6. O-O f5 7. c4 Nf6 8. Nc3
g6 9. d4 cxd4 10. exd4 e4 11. Re1 Bg7 12. d5 Na6 13. Ba3 O-O 14. Nd4 Nc5 15.
Bxc5 dxc5 16. Ne6 Ng4 17. Nxg7 Kxg7 18. f3 Ne5 19. fxe4 f4 20. Rf1 f3 21. Qe1
fxg2 22. Rxf8 Rxf8 23. Qg3 Qe7 24. d6 Qxd6 25. Rd1 Qf6 26. Kxg2 Nf3 27. Nd5 Qb2+
28. Kh3 Qe2 29. Nc3 Ng5+ 30. Qxg5 Rf3+ 31. Qg3 Rxg3+ 32. hxg3 Qf3 33. Rd7+ Kh6
34. Nd5 Qh1+ 0-1

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.28"]
[Round "12.52"]
[White "Georgiev, Kiril"]
[Black "Dobrov, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2623"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[ECO "E21"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian"]
[Variation "three knights variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2900017"]
[BlackFideId "4136594"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 b6 5. Qc2 Bb7 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. Qxc3 O-O 8.
Bg5 h6 9. Bh4 g5 10. Bg3 Ne4 11. Qc2 d6 12. e3 Nd7 13. Nd2 Nxg3 14. hxg3 Qf6 15.
Bd3 c5 16. Be4 d5 17. Bf3 cxd4 18. exd4 Rac8 19. Rd1 Kg7 20. Qd3 Ba6 21. b3 Rfd8
22. O-O dxc4 23. Qe3 cxb3 24. Rfe1 b2 25. Ne4 Qg6 26. Nd6 Rc7 27. Be4 Qf6 28.
Bb1 Nf8 29. Ne4 Qe7 30. Qb3 Bb7 31. Qxb2 Bxe4 32. Bxe4 Rcd7 33. Rd3 Qf6 34. Red1
Kg8 35. Qb4 Ng6 36. a4 Ne7 37. a5 Rd6 38. axb6 axb6 39. Rf3 Qg7 40. Rfd3 Kf8 41.
Qc4 Nd5 42. Qb5 Nf6 43. Bc6 g4 44. Qxb6 Qg5 45. Qb4 Kg7 46. Ba4 h5 47. Bc2 Nd5
48. Qe1 Ne7 49. Bb3 Qf6 50. Qe4 Qf5 51. Qe3 Qf6 52. Qe4 Qf5 53. Qe3 Nd5 54. Qe5+
Nf6 55. Qe3 Rc8 56. Qe2 Ne4 57. Qe3 Nf6 58. Qe2 Rcd8 59. Bc2 Qg5 60. Bb3 Rc6 61.
Qe5 Qg6 62. d5 Rcd6 63. Rd4 Qf5 64. Qxf5 exf5 65. f3 Kg6 66. Kf2 Kg5 67. R1d2
Rc8 68. Bc4 Rc5 69. Ba2 Ra5 70. Bb3 Rb5 71. R2d3 Nd7 72. Ba4 Rb2+ 73. Rd2 Rxd2+
74. Rxd2 gxf3 75. Bxd7 Rxd7 76. Kxf3 Rd6 77. Rd3 f6 78. Rd4 Kh6 79. Kf4 Kg6 80.
Rd2 Kf7 81. Kxf5 Kg7 82. Ke4 Kf7 83. Kf5 Kg7 84. Rd3 Kf7 85. g4 hxg4 86. Kxg4
Ra6 87. d6 Ra4+ 88. Kf5 Ra5+ 89. Ke4 Ke8 90. d7+ Kd8 91. g4 Ra1 92. Kf5 Rf1+ 93.
Kg6 Rf4 94. Kh5 Rf1 95. Rd4 Rf2 96. Rd5 Rh2+ 97. Kg6 Rg2 98. Rd4 Rf2 99. Kf7 Rf1
100. Ke6 Rf2 101. Ra4 Re2+ 102. Kxf6 Kxd7 103. Ra7+ Ke8 104. Ra8+ Kd7 105. g5 1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.28"]
[Round "12.53"]
[White "Omar, Noaman"]
[Black "Kovalev, Vladislav"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2364"]
[BlackElo "2639"]
[ECO "E70"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "4.e4"]
[WhiteFideId "9300244"]
[BlackFideId "13504398"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 O-O 5. Nf3 d6 6. h3 e5 7. d5 Nh5 8. g3 Na6
9. Be2 Nc5 10. Be3 f5 11. exf5 gxf5 12. Nh4 f4 13. Bxc5 fxg3 14. Bxh5 Qxh4 15.
Be3 gxf2+ 16. Kd2 f1=Q 17. Rxf1 Rxf1 18. Qxf1 Qxh5 19. Qf2 Bf5 20. Nb5 Rf8 21.
Nxc7 Qxh3 22. Rg1 Bg6 23. Qg2 Qf5 24. Qe2 Qc2+ 25. Ke1 Qb1+ 26. Qd1 Qe4 27. Qe2
Rf3 28. Bc1 Qh4+ 29. Kd1 Qd4+ 0-1

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.28"]
[Round "12.54"]
[White "Halkias, Stelios"]
[Black "Sanal, Vahap"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2571"]
[BlackElo "2551"]
[ECO "A15"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[WhiteFideId "4201809"]
[BlackFideId "6300545"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 b6 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O Be7 6. Nc3 O-O 7. Re1 d5 8. cxd5
exd5 9. d4 Nbd7 10. Bf4 c6 11. Rc1 Re8 12. a3 a5 13. Ne5 Nxe5 14. Bxe5 Nd7 15.
Bf4 f5 16. Qb3 Bf6 17. Nxd5 cxd5 18. Rc7 a4 19. Qb5 Ra5 20. Qxd7 Qxd7 21. Rxd7
Ba8 22. Be5 Bxe5 23. dxe5 Rb5 24. Rc1 Rxb2 25. Bf3 d4 26. Rcc7 Bxf3 27. exf3 Rb3
28. Rxg7+ Kh8 29. Rxh7+ Kg8 30. Rhg7+ Kh8 31. Rgd7 Rxa3 32. h4 Rc3 33. Ra7 b5
34. h5 Rc6 35. Rxd4 Rb6 36. f4 Reb8 37. Rb4 R8b7 38. Ra5 Kg7 39. f3 Kf7 40. g4
Ke6 41. g5 Kd7 42. h6 Kc6 43. Rb1 Rb8 44. Kf2 Kd7 45. h7 Rh8 46. Raxb5 Rxb5 47.
Rxb5 Kc6 48. g6 Kxb5 49. g7 Rxh7 50. g8=Q 1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.28"]
[Round "12.55"]
[White "El Adnani, Mokliss"]
[Black "Masrahi, Abdulrahman A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "CM"]
[WhiteElo "2448"]
[BlackElo "1962"]
[ECO "D15"]
[Opening "QGD Slav"]
[Variation "4.Nc3"]
[WhiteFideId "9000410"]
[BlackFideId "21501564"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 a6 5. g3 Bg4 6. Ne5 Bf5 7. Bg2 e6 8. O-O Be7
9. Qb3 b5 10. c5 O-O 11. a4 Nfd7 12. Nf3 Ra7 13. axb5 cxb5 14. Bf4 Nc6 15. Nxd5
exd5 16. Qxd5 Nf6 17. Qxf5 Nxd4 18. Nxd4 Qxd4 19. c6 Qc5 20. Qxc5 Bxc5 21. Rfc1
Bb6 22. c7 Rc8 23. Rc6 1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.28"]
[Round "12.56"]
[White "Abdyjapar, Asyl"]
[Black "Minko, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2382"]
[BlackElo "2381"]
[ECO "E11"]
[Opening "Bogo-Indian defence"]
[WhiteFideId "13800337"]
[BlackFideId "24146706"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 c5 5. dxc5 Bxc5 6. Nc3 O-O 7. Bg5 Qb6 8.
e3 Qxb2 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Ne4 Bb4+ 11. Nfd2 f5 12. Rb1 Bxd2+ 13. Nxd2 Qf6 14. g4
f4 15. Ne4 Qe5 16. Qd4 Qxd4 17. exd4 Nc6 18. Nf6+ Kh8 19. d5 Ne5 20. d6 b6 21.
Rb5 Bb7 22. Rxe5 Bxh1 23. Rh5 Kg7 24. Nxd7 Rfd8 25. Rg5+ Kh6 26. Rh5+ Kg7 27.
Rg5+ Kh6 28. Rh5+ Kg6 29. Bd3+ f5 30. Ne5+ Kf6 31. Bxf5 Kxe5 32. Bxh7+ Kxd6 0-1

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.28"]
[Round "12.57"]
[White "Tissir, Mohamed"]
[Black "Al-Hajiri, Bader"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2381"]
[BlackElo "2165"]
[ECO "C40"]
[Opening "Latvian counter-gambit"]
[WhiteFideId "9000240"]
[BlackFideId "10300163"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 f5 3. Nxe5 Qf6 4. d4 d6 5. Nd3 fxe4 6. Nf4 Qf7 7. d5 Nf6 8. Nc3
Be7 9. Bc4 Nbd7 10. Ne6 Bd8 11. Bf4 Nh5 12. Qxh5 1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.28"]
[Round "12.58"]
[White "Khader, Sami"]
[Black "Al Jabri, Mohammed Ali"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2392"]
[BlackElo "2154"]
[ECO "B40"]
[Opening "Sicilian defence"]
[WhiteFideId "8100500"]
[BlackFideId "7604734"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c3 d5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. d4 Nf6 6. Be3 cxd4 7. cxd4 Nc6 8.
Nc3 Qd6 9. Bd3 Be7 10. a3 O-O 11. Qc2 Re8 12. O-O h6 13. Rad1 b6 14. Nb5 Qd7 15.
Qe2 Bb7 16. Ne5 Qd8 17. Rfe1 Rf8 18. Bb1 Qd5 19. Qf1 Nxe5 20. dxe5 Qxe5 21. Bxh6
Qh5 22. Bf4 Rad8 23. Bg3 Bc5 24. b4 Be7 25. Nc3 Rxd1 26. Rxd1 Rc8 27. Rc1 Qg5
28. Ne2 Qd2 29. Rxc8+ Bxc8 30. Qc1 Qxc1+ 31. Nxc1 Bb7 32. Bb8 a5 33. Nd3 Be4 34.
bxa5 bxa5 35. a4 Bc6 36. Bc2 Nd5 37. Kf1 Kf8 38. Ba7 Ke8 39. Bc5 Bf6 40. g3 Kd7
41. h4 Nc3 42. Bb6 Kd6 43. Bxa5 Nxa4 44. Bb4+ Kd5 45. Bf8 Bb5 46. Kg2 g6 47.
Nf4+ Kd4 48. Ba3 Kc3 49. Bd1 Bc6+ 50. Bf3 Bd7 51. g4 Bxh4 52. Bf8 Bg5 53. Ne2+
Kd3 54. Ng3 Nc3 55. Bg7 f5 56. Bxc3 Kxc3 57. gxf5 gxf5 58. Bh5 Kd3 59. Be2+ Kd2
60. Bf3 e5 61. Bb7 e4 62. Ba8 Kd3 63. Bd5 Kd4 64. Bb7 Be6 65. Bc6 Bf4 66. Ne2+
Ke5 67. Nxf4 Kxf4 68. Bb7 Bc4 69. Bc8 Ke5 70. Bd7 f4 71. Bg4 Bd5 72. Kf1 f3 73.
Bh5 Kf4 74. Ke1 Kg5 75. Be8 Kf4 76. Bh5 Bc6 77. Bf7 e3 78. Bh5 e2 79. Bf7 Kg4
80. Be6+ Kh4 81. Bc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.28"]
[Round "12.59"]
[White "Lam, Daniel King-wai"]
[Black "Saeed, Ishaq"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2222"]
[BlackElo "2434"]
[ECO "C78"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Archangelsk (counterthrust) variation"]
[WhiteFideId "6001238"]
[BlackFideId "9301453"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bb7 7. Re1 Bc5 8. c3
d6 9. d4 Bb6 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bxf6 Qxf6 12. Bd5 Rb8 13. Nbd2 O-O 14. dxe5 Nxe5 15.
Bxb7 Rxb7 16. Qe2 Re8 17. Nxe5 Rxe5 18. Nf3 Re6 19. a4 Rb8 20. axb5 axb5 21. Qd3
b4 22. Nd4 Ree8 23. Re2 Ra8 24. Rae1 bxc3 25. bxc3 Ra4 26. Rd1 Rea8 27. g3 Ra2
28. Red2 h5 29. h4 g6 30. Kg2 Kg7 31. Rxa2 Rxa2 32. Rd2 Ra3 33. Nb5 Ra5 34. Nd4
Rc5 35. Ne2 Re5 36. Nf4 Bc5 37. Nd5 Qd8 38. f3 Re8 39. Nf4 c6 40. c4 Qf6 41. Rc2
Rb8 42. Qc3 Bd4 43. Qd2 Rb1 44. Ne2 Bc5 45. Qc3 Qxc3 46. Rxc3 Re1 47. Rc2 Kf6
48. Nf4 Rg1+ 49. Kh2 Rf1 50. Kg2 Rg1+ 51. Kh2 Rd1 52. Ne2 Ra1 53. Nf4 Ra3 54.
Kg2 Ke5 55. Ne2 Ra1 56. Rd2 Ra3 57. Rc2 Re3 58. Rd2 Rb3 59. Rc2 Rb8 60. Rd2 Ra8
61. Rc2 Ra4 62. Kf1 Ke6 63. Nf4+ Ke7 64. Ne2 f6 65. Nf4 Kf7 66. Ne2 g5 67. hxg5
fxg5 68. Kg2 Kf6 69. f4 g4 0-1

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.28"]
[Round "12.60"]
[White "Lodhi, Mahmood"]
[Black "Bukannan, Ahmed A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2347"]
[BlackElo "1929"]
[ECO "D02"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[WhiteFideId "7800010"]
[BlackFideId "21504164"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. b3 b6 7. c4 Bb7 8. Bb2
dxc4 9. bxc4 Nfd7 10. Qc2 c5 11. d5 Na6 12. e4 Nc7 13. Bxg7 Kxg7 14. Nbd2 e5 15.
Qc3 Qe7 16. Ne1 Ne8 17. Nd3 Nd6 18. f4 f6 19. Bh3 Bc8 20. Bxd7 Bxd7 21. fxe5
fxe5 22. Nxe5 Kg8 23. Nxd7 Qxd7 24. e5 Nf5 25. Ne4 Kh8 26. e6+ Qg7 27. Qxg7+
Kxg7 28. d6 Rfe8 29. e7 Nxe7 30. dxe7 Rxe7 31. Nc3 Rd8 32. Rae1 Rxe1 33. Rxe1
Rd4 34. Re4 Kf6 35. Kf2 Rd2+ 36. Re2 Rd4 37. Nd5+ Kg5 38. Ne3 a6 39. Rb2 b5 40.
cxb5 axb5 41. Rxb5 Rd2+ 42. Kf3 Rxa2 43. Rxc5+ Kh6 44. Ng4+ Kg7 45. Rc7+ Kg8 46.
Nf6+ Kf8 47. Nxh7+ Kg8 48. h4 Ra5 49. Kg4 Rb5 50. Ng5 Rb4+ 51. Kh3 Ra4 52. Ne6
Ra6 53. Rg7+ Kh8 54. Rxg6 Kh7 55. Nf8+ 1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.28"]
[Round "12.61"]
[White "Miswadah, Baha"]
[Black "Amer, Said Salim Al Maashani"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "1877"]
[BlackElo "2103"]
[ECO "B13"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "Panov-Botvinnik attack"]
[WhiteFideId "11502118"]
[BlackFideId "22000100"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 Ne4 7. Nxe4 dxe4 8.
Be3 e5 9. d5 Nd4 10. a3 Qa5+ 11. Bd2 Qb6 12. b4 Qg6 13. Be3 Bg4 14. Qa4+ Bd7 15.
Qd1 Be7 16. Ne2 Nf5 17. Bd2 e3 18. Bxe3 Nxe3 19. fxe3 Bg5 20. Ng3 Bxe3 21. Bd3
Qh6 22. Nf5 Bxf5 23. Bxf5 O-O 24. Qf3 Bd4 25. Rd1 Qa6 26. Bd3 g6 27. Be2 Qa4 28.
c5 a5 29. Rxd4 exd4 30. b5 Rae8 31. O-O Re3 32. Qf2 Qxa3 33. c6 bxc6 34. dxc6
Qc5 35. h3 d3 36. Bxd3 Qd4 37. Bc4 Qxc4 38. Qxe3 Qxb5 39. Qe4 Qc5+ 40. Kh1 Rc8
41. Qf3 Qc4 42. Rd1 Rxc6 43. Rd8+ Kg7 44. Qa3 Qc1+ 45. Qxc1 Rxc1+ 46. Kh2 a4 47.
Ra8 Rc3 48. Ra7 Rc4 49. Ra6 h6 50. Kg1 g5 51. Kh2 f6 52. g4 Kg6 53. Kg2 Rf4 54.
Kh2 h5 55. Kg3 h4+ 56. Kg2 Kf7 57. Kg1 Ke7 58. Kg2 Kd7 59. Kg1 Kc7 60. Kg2 Kb7
61. Ra5 Kb6 62. Rd5 Ka6 63. Kg1 a3 64. Rd2 Ra4 65. Ra2 Kb5 66. Kf2 Kb4 67. Ke3
Kb3 68. Ra1 Kb2 69. Rd1 a2 70. Rd2+ Kc1 71. Rf2 a1=Q 72. Rf1+ Kc2 73. Rxa1 Rxa1 0-1

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.28"]
[Round "12.62"]
[White "Al Ghamdi, Ahmed M"]
[Black "Al Saidi, Mohammed Khalfan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "CM"]
[WhiteElo "2159"]
[BlackElo "1468"]
[ECO "B30"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Nimzovich-Rossolimo attack (without ...d6)"]
[WhiteFideId "21500150"]
[BlackFideId "22001271"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. O-O Bg4 5. h3 Bh5 6. c3 Qb6 7. Be2 Nf6 8. d3 e6
9. Nbd2 Be7 10. Nc4 Qc7 11. Bf4 b5 12. Ne3 O-O 13. Nd2 Bxe2 14. Qxe2 a5 15. a4
b4 16. Ndc4 Nd7 17. Bg3 Nb6 18. f4 Nxc4 19. Nxc4 f5 20. exf5 exf5 21. Ne3 Rae8
22. Nd5 Qd7 23. Qf3 Bd8 24. Rae1 Ne7 25. cxb4 cxb4 26. b3 Nxd5 27. Qxd5+ Kh8 28.
Bf2 Rf6 29. Rxe8+ Qxe8 30. Re1 Qd7 31. Bd4 Rf8 32. Re6 Qf7 33. Rxd6 Qxd5 34.
Rxd5 Kg8 35. Bc5 Re8 36. Rxf5 Bf6 37. Kf2 Kf7 38. Rd5 Ke6 39. Rd6+ Kf5 40. Kf3
h6 41. g4+ Kg6 42. Bd4 Re1 43. h4 Kf7 44. Bxf6 gxf6 45. Rd5 Rb1 46. Rxa5 Rxb3
47. Ke4 Ra3 48. d4 b3 49. Rb5 Rxa4 50. Rxb3 h5 51. Rb7+ Kf8 52. g5 fxg5 53. hxg5
Kg8 54. g6 h4 55. Rh7 Ra6 56. f5 Ra1 57. Rxh4 Re1+ 58. Kf4 Rd1 59. Ke5 1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.28"]
[Round "12.63"]
[White "Al Mahmood, Salman"]
[Black "Al Zamel, Khaled"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1593"]
[BlackElo "1942"]
[ECO "B06"]
[Opening "Robatsch (modern) defence"]
[WhiteFideId "11201517"]
[BlackFideId "21500967"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. Nc3 O-O 6. O-O c6 7. Bf4 Nbd7 8. Re1
Nb6 9. Bb3 Bg4 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 Nfd7 12. Rad1 e5 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Qe2 Qe7
15. Na4 Nbd7 16. Qd2 b5 17. Nc3 a5 18. a3 Rac8 19. Qxd6 Qxd6 20. Rxd6 Rfe8 21.
f3 Nc5 22. Red1 Nxb3 23. cxb3 h6 24. Ne2 g5 25. Bg3 Ng6 26. R1d2 Bf8 27. R6d3
Bc5+ 28. Bf2 Be7 29. Bg3 Nf8 30. Kf1 Ne6 31. Rc3 b4 32. Rcc2 bxa3 33. bxa3 Bxa3
34. Nd4 Nxd4 35. Rxd4 Bb4 36. Be1 c5 37. Rd5 Ra8 38. Bxb4 cxb4 39. Rcc5 a4 40.
bxa4 Rxa4 41. Rb5 Rc8 42. Rb6 Rc2 43. Rd1 Raa2 44. Rxb4 Rf2+ 45. Kg1 Rxg2+ 46.
Kh1 Rh2+ 47. Kg1 Rxh3 48. Rb3 Rhh2 49. Rbd3 h5 50. Re3 h4 51. Rde1 h3 52. e5
Rag2+ 53. Kf1 Rh1# 0-1

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.28"]
[Round "12.64"]
[White "Al Abdali, Zeyad Saleh"]
[Black "Al Omary, Ahmed"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1801"]
[BlackElo "1875"]
[ECO "A57"]
[Opening "Benko gambit"]
[WhiteFideId "21501505"]
[BlackFideId "21500207"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. d4 c5 2. d5 Nf6 3. c4 b5 4. b3 g6 5. Bb2 d6 6. Nf3 Bg7 7. Nbd2 O-O 8. e4 bxc4
9. bxc4 Bg4 10. Be2 Nbd7 11. O-O Rb8 12. Bc3 Qc7 13. Qc2 Rb7 14. h3 Bxf3 15.
Bxf3 Rfb8 16. Rab1 Ne8 17. Rb3 Ne5 18. Be2 Nd7 19. Bxg7 Nxg7 20. f4 f5 21. Bd3
Rxb3 22. axb3 Rf8 23. Qc3 fxe4 24. Nxe4 Nf5 25. Ng5 Rf6 26. Bxf5 gxf5 27. Ne6
Qc8 28. Rf3 Nf8 29. Rg3+ Kh8 30. Ng7 Ng6 31. Nh5 Qf8 32. Nxf6 exf6 33. Qe3 Kg7
34. h4 h5 35. Qe6 Kh6 36. Qxf5 Nxh4 37. Qe4 f5 38. Qe6+ Kh7 39. Rg5 Qd8 40.
Rxh5+ Kg7 41. Qh6+ Kf7 42. Qh7+ 1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.28"]
[Round "12.65"]
[White "Alanazy, Mohammed"]
[Black "Alem, Ali Hussien"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1850"]
[BlackElo "1745"]
[ECO "B90"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Najdorf, Byrne (English) attack"]
[WhiteFideId "21508488"]
[BlackFideId "21500088"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nf3 Be6 8. Be2
Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Ne1 d5 11. exd5 Nxd5 12. Nxd5 Bxd5 13. c3 Nc6 14. Nf3 h6 15.
Qc1 Qc7 16. h3 f5 17. Rd1 Be6 18. Nh2 f4 19. Bd2 e4 20. Bg4 Bc4 21. Re1 Bd3 22.
Be2 Ne5 23. Bxf4 Rxf4 24. Qxf4 Nf3+ 25. Qxf3 exf3 26. Bxd3 fxg2 27. Ng4 Bc5 28.
Re2 Qg3 29. Be4 Qxh3 30. Nh2 Bd6 31. Bxg2 Qxh2+ 32. Kf1 Rf8 33. Rae1 Bc5 34. Rd1
Qg3 35. Rdd2 h5 36. Bd5+ Kh8 37. b4 Ba7 38. c4 h4 39. c5 h3 40. Re8 Qf4 41. Re4
Qf6 42. Re3 Qh4 43. Re4 Qh6 44. Kg1 g5 45. Re6 Qh4 46. Re4 g4 47. Rde2 Bb8 48.
Be6 Bh2+ 49. Kf1 Bg3 50. Rxg4 Rxf2+ 51. Rxf2 Qe7 52. Rf5 Qh7 53. Rf8+ Qg8 54.
Rfxg8+ Kh7 55. Rxg3 1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.28"]
[Round "12.66"]
[White "Al Juhani, Bakr"]
[Black "Salama, Taher"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1854"]
[BlackElo "1769"]
[ECO "B50"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[WhiteFideId "21500185"]
[BlackFideId "11502231"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bd3 Nc6 4. c3 Nf6 5. Bc2 e5 6. h3 Be7 7. O-O Be6 8. Re1
O-O 9. d4 cxd4 10. cxd4 exd4 11. Nxd4 Nxd4 12. Qxd4 Qc7 13. Nc3 a6 14. Be3 Qa5
15. a3 Rac8 16. Rac1 Rc6 17. Bd2 Qh5 18. Bd1 Qg6 19. Qe3 Rfc8 20. Be2 Nd7 21. f4
f5 22. exf5 Bxf5 23. Qxe7 Bxh3 24. Bf3 Rc5 25. Be3 Rf5 26. Nd5 Nc5 27. Bxc5 dxc5
28. Qe4 Rf7 29. Ne7+ Rxe7 30. Qxe7 Bf5 31. Bd5+ Kh8 32. Bf7 Qc6 33. Rxc5 1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.28"]
[Round "12.67"]
[White "Al Bargi, Hassan M"]
[Black "Al Habeeb, Emad"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1579"]
[BlackElo "1933"]
[ECO "A45"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[WhiteFideId "21501475"]
[BlackFideId "21500029"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 c5 3. d5 d6 4. c4 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. e4 O-O 7. Nf3 Qa5 8. Qd2 Bg4
9. Be2 Bxf3 10. Bxf3 Na6 11. Bh6 Qb4 12. Bxg7 Kxg7 13. Be2 Nd7 14. f4 Qb6 15.
Bg4 Nf6 16. h3 Qd8 17. e5 Ng8 18. O-O-O Rb8 19. Rde1 Nc7 20. f5 dxe5 21. Rxe5 b5
22. Be2 Qd6 23. Qe3 bxc4 24. Bxc4 Rb4 25. b3 a6 26. Rf1 Rb7 27. fxg6 hxg6 28. h4
Nb5 29. Kb1 Na3+ 30. Kc1 0-1

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.28"]
[Round "13.1"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Wang, Hao"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2837"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[ECO "C67"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Berlin defence, open variation"]
[WhiteFideId "1503014"]
[BlackFideId "8602883"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nxe5 8.
Rxe5 O-O 9. d4 Bf6 10. Re1 Re8 11. Bf4 Rxe1 12. Qxe1 Ne8 13. Bd3 d5 14. Be5 g6
15. Bxf6 Nxf6 16. Nd2 Qe8 17. Qc1 Bg4 18. Qe1 Qxe1+ 19. Rxe1 Re8 20. Kf1 Kf8 21.
f3 Bc8 22. Kf2 Rxe1 23. Kxe1 Nh5 24. g3 Ng7 25. c3 Bf5 26. Be2 g5 27. Nf1 c6 28.
Kd2 Ke7 29. a3 Be6 30. b3 h6 31. Ne3 Ne8 32. c4 Nd6 33. c5 Nf5 34. Nc2 Ng7 35.
b4 Bf5 36. Ne3 Bg6 37. Kc3 Ne6 38. Ng2 Kd7 39. a4 Kc7 40. Ne3 h5 41. Ng2 b6 42.
a5 b5 43. h4 f6 44. Bf1 Kd8 45. Ne3 gxh4 46. gxh4 Nf4 47. Ng2 Nxg2 48. Bxg2 f5
49. f4 a6 50. Bxd5 cxd5 51. Kd2 Be8 52. Ke3 Bc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.28"]
[Round "13.2"]
[White "Fedoseev, Vladimir3"]
[Black "Yu, Yangyi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[ECO "E04"]
[Opening "Catalan"]
[Variation "open, 5.Nf3"]
[WhiteFideId "24130737"]
[BlackFideId "8603820"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 dxc4 5. Nf3 c5 6. O-O Nc6 7. Qa4 Bd7 8. Qxc4
b5 9. Qd3 c4 10. Qd1 Rc8 11. Ne5 Bd6 12. Nxd7 Qxd7 13. Nc3 a6 14. Bg5 Be7 15. e3
O-O 16. Qe2 Rfd8 17. Rfd1 Nd5 18. Bxe7 Qxe7 19. Rac1 Ncb4 20. Be4 Nf6 21. Bb1 e5
22. dxe5 Qxe5 23. a4 Nbd5 24. Nxd5 Rxd5 25. Rxd5 Nxd5 26. Rd1 g6 27. Qf3 Rc5 28.
e4 Nf6 29. Qa3 Kg7 30. f4 Qc7 31. e5 Nd5 32. Qf3 Qb6 33. Qf2 Qc7 34. Be4 c3 35.
Qd4 cxb2 36. Bxd5 Rc1 37. e6+ f6 38. Ba2 Qc2 39. Rf1 Qe2 40. Qa7+ Kh6 41. Qf2
Rxf1+ 42. Qxf1 Qe3+ 43. Kg2 bxa4 44. g4 a3 45. Qf3 Qe1 46. h4 b1=Q 47. g5+ Kg7
48. Bxb1 Qxb1 49. Qc6 Qb2+ 50. Kg3 Qb3+ 51. Kg2 Qb2+ 52. Kg3 Qb3+ 53. Kg2 Qb2+
54. Kg3 Qb3+ 55. Kg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.28"]
[Round "13.3"]
[White "Onischuk, Vladimir"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2637"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[ECO "C50"]
[Opening "Giuoco Pianissimo"]
[WhiteFideId "14114038"]
[BlackFideId "5000017"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 Nf6 5. O-O O-O 6. Nbd2 d6 7. c3 a6 8. Bb3
Ba7 9. h3 Re8 10. Re1 Be6 11. Bc2 h6 12. Nf1 d5 13. exd5 Bxd5 14. Ng3 Qd7 15.
Ne4 Nxe4 16. dxe4 Be6 17. Qxd7 Bxd7 18. a4 f6 19. Nd2 Be6 20. Bb3 Kf7 21. Bxe6+
Kxe6 22. Nc4 Rad8 23. Kf1 Rd7 24. Ke2 Red8 25. a5 h5 26. b4 Ne7 27. Ra2 Nc8 28.
Rd2 Nd6 29. Nxd6 Rxd6 30. Red1 c6 31. Rxd6+ Rxd6 32. Rxd6+ Kxd6 33. f3 b5 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.28"]
[Round "13.4"]
[White "Ding, Liren"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[ECO "E60"]
[Opening "King's Indian, 3.Nf3"]
[WhiteFideId "8603677"]
[BlackFideId "4102142"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 c6 5. Nc3 d5 6. cxd5 cxd5 7. Ne5 O-O 8. Bg2
e6 9. Bg5 Qb6 10. O-O Nfd7 11. Nd3 Bxd4 12. e4 dxe4 13. Nxe4 Nc6 14. Rc1 Bg7 15.
Re1 h6 16. Be3 Qd8 17. h4 Nf6 18. Qd2 Nxe4 19. Bxe4 h5 20. Bh6 Qd4 21. Bxg7 Kxg7
22. Qg5 Qf6 23. Bxc6 bxc6 24. Ne5 Qxg5 25. hxg5 Bb7 26. Rc3 Rac8 27. Rd1 Rc7 28.
Rc5 Rfc8 29. b4 f6 30. gxf6+ Kxf6 31. f4 Ba6 32. Kf2 Bb5 33. Ke3 a5 34. bxa5 Ra8
35. Rd7 Rxd7 36. Nxd7+ Ke7 37. a4 Rxa5 38. Nb6 Rxa4 39. Nxa4 Bxa4 40. Ra5 Bb3
41. Kd4 Kf6 42. Re5 Bd5 43. Kc5 Ke7 44. Re3 Kf6 45. Re5 Ke7 46. Rg5 Be4 47. Re5 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.28"]
[Round "13.5"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Bu, Xiangzhi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2799"]
[BlackElo "2730"]
[ECO "D38"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "Ragozin variation"]
[WhiteFideId "13401319"]
[BlackFideId "8601445"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. Qc2 c5 8. cxd5
exd5 9. a3 Bf5 10. Qa4+ Bd7 11. Qb3 Bxc3+ 12. Qxc3 cxd4 13. Qxd4 Qxd4 14. Nxd4
Nc6 15. Rd1 Nxd4 16. Rxd4 Rc8 17. Kd2 Bf5 18. Rxd5 Rc2+ 19. Ke3 Bg6 20. f4 O-O
21. Kf3 f5 22. e3 Bh5+ 23. Kg3 Re8 24. Re5 Rxe5 25. fxe5 Rc1 26. h3 Be2 27. Kf2
Bxf1 28. Rxf1 Rxf1+ 29. Kxf1 Kf7 30. Kf2 Ke6 31. Kg3 Kxe5 32. Kf3 a5 33. a4 g6
34. g3 g5 35. g4 Kf6 36. Kg3 Kg6 37. Kf3 fxg4+ 38. hxg4 h5 39. gxh5+ Kxh5 40. e4
g4+ 41. Kg3 Kg5 42. e5 Kf5 43. e6 Kxe6 44. Kxg4 Kd5 45. Kf3 Kc4 46. Ke3 Kb3 47.
Kd4 Kxb2 48. Kc4 Ka3 49. Kd4 0-1

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.28"]
[Round "13.6"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Safarli, Eltaj"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2639"]
[ECO "A04"]
[Opening "Reti opening"]
[WhiteFideId "4126025"]
[BlackFideId "13402129"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. e3 Nf6 5. d4 cxd4 6. exd4 d5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
Qb3 e6 9. Bb5 Bg7 10. Bxc6+ bxc6 11. O-O O-O 12. Na4 Qd6 13. Re1 Rb8 14. Qd1 Ne7
15. Bd2 Nf5 16. Bc3 Rd8 17. Nc5 Nxd4 18. Ne4 Qd5 19. Nxd4 Bxd4 20. Qa4 Qb5 21.
Qxd4 Rxd4 22. Bxd4 f5 23. Nf6+ Kf7 24. Nxh7 c5 25. Bc3 Rb7 26. Re3 Re7 27. Ng5+
Ke8 28. Rae1 e5 29. Bxe5 Bb7 30. a3 Kd7 31. f3 Kc8 32. Nh3 Qa4 33. b4 c4 34. Nf2
g5 35. h3 f4 36. Rc3 Bd5 37. Ng4 Kb7 38. Kh2 Qc6 39. Rd1 Qe6 40. Bf6 Rd7 41.
Bxg5 Bc6 42. Rxd7+ Bxd7 43. Bxf4 Ba4 44. Re3 Qd7 45. Be5 Bc2 46. Bc3 Ka6 47. Ne5
Qf5 48. Kg1 Kb5 49. Kf2 Qg5 50. g3 Qf5 51. Kg2 Bd3 52. h4 Ka4 53. h5 Kb3 54. Bd4
Kc2 55. h6 Qh7 56. Ng4 Kd2 57. Re6 Bf5 58. Be3+ Kd3 59. Nf2+ Kc2 60. Rc6 Kb3 61.
g4 Qd7 62. Ra6 Bb1 63. Rxa7 Qe6 64. Bf4 c3 65. h7 Qf6 66. Kg3 Qh8 67. b5 Bxh7
68. b6 c2 69. b7 Ka2 70. Ra8 Qa1 71. Kg2 1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.28"]
[Round "13.7"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Rakhmanov, Aleksandr"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2653"]
[ECO "A54"]
[Opening "Old Indian"]
[Variation "Ukrainian variation, 4.Nf3"]
[WhiteFideId "4168119"]
[BlackFideId "4173708"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. c4 d6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. d4 e4 5. Nd2 Bf5 6. Qc2 Bg6 7. e3 c6 8. Be2 d5
9. Qb3 Qd7 10. O-O Be7 11. f3 O-O 12. fxe4 dxe4 13. c5 Na6 14. Nc4 Qc7 15. Bd2
Rad8 16. Be1 Qc8 17. Bg3 Nb8 18. Ne5 Nbd7 19. Nxg6 hxg6 20. Qc2 Rde8 21. Bc4 b5
22. Bb3 Bd8 23. Bd6 a5 24. a3 Bc7 25. Bxf8 Kxf8 26. Ba2 Re7 27. g3 b4 28. axb4
axb4 29. Ne2 Ng4 30. Qd2 Ndf6 31. Bc4 g5 32. Ra6 Bb8 33. Ra8 g6 34. h3 Qb7 35.
Rxb8+ Qxb8 36. hxg4 Nxg4 37. d5 cxd5 38. Qxd5 Qc7 39. Qxg5 Ne5 40. Qf6 Rd7 41.
Nf4 Ke8 42. Qh8+ Ke7 43. Nxg6+ 1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.28"]
[Round "13.8"]
[White "Mamedov, Rauf"]
[Black "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2691"]
[ECO "B10"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "two knights variation"]
[WhiteFideId "13401653"]
[BlackFideId "24101605"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Qe2 Nxe4 6. Qxe4 Qd5 7. Qf4 Qf5 8.
Qe3 Qe6 9. b3 Qxe3+ 10. fxe3 a5 11. a4 Bf5 12. d3 f6 13. Bb2 e5 14. O-O-O Na6
15. Be2 Nb4 16. Rhf1 Bg6 17. Nh4 Nd5 18. Kd2 Bc5 19. d4 exd4 20. exd4 Bd6 21. g3
O-O-O 22. Bd3 Nb4 23. Bf5+ Kc7 24. c3 Nd5 25. Rde1 Bf7 26. Bd3 Bg6 27. Re2 Bh5
28. Ree1 Bg4 29. Bf5 h5 30. Bxg4 hxg4 31. Rf2 Rxh4 32. gxh4 Rh8 33. Ree2 Bf4+
34. Kc2 Rxh4 35. c4 Nb4+ 36. Kd1 g3 37. Rxf4 Rxf4 38. hxg3 Rf1+ 39. Kd2 Rg1 40.
Bc3 Rxg3 41. Re7+ Kb6 42. Bxb4 axb4 43. Kc2 g5 44. c5+ Ka7 45. Rf7 Rf3 46. Kd2
Rxb3 47. d5 cxd5 48. c6 Rc3 49. cxb7 Rc6 50. a5 b3 51. a6 Rxa6 52. Kc3 Rb6 53.
Kb2 d4 0-1

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.28"]
[Round "13.9"]
[White "Kokarev, Dmitry"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2789"]
[ECO "B53"]
[Opening "Sicilian, Chekhover variation"]
[WhiteFideId "4132181"]
[BlackFideId "623539"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nf6 5. Bb5+ Bd7 6. c4 g6 7. Nc3 Bg7 8.
Bxd7+ Nbxd7 9. h3 O-O 10. Qd3 a6 11. O-O b5 12. cxb5 Nc5 13. Qe3 axb5 14. e5
Nfd7 15. exd6 exd6 16. Nxb5 Qb8 17. Nbd4 Re8 18. Qd2 Qb7 19. Qd1 Ne5 20. a3 Na4
21. Nxe5 dxe5 22. Qb3 Qa6 23. Nc2 Nc5 24. Qc3 Rec8 25. Nb4 Qe6 26. Rb1 e4 27.
Qg3 Nb3 28. Bf4 Nd4 29. Qe3 Nf5 30. Qe2 Nd4 31. Qe3 Nf5 32. Qe2 Nd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.28"]
[Round "13.10"]
[White "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Black "Kravtsiv, Martyn"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2672"]
[ECO "D41"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "Semi-Tarrasch, 5.cd"]
[WhiteFideId "12401137"]
[BlackFideId "14113147"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 cxd4 8.
cxd4 Bb4+ 9. Bd2 Bxd2+ 10. Qxd2 O-O 11. Bc4 Nd7 12. O-O b6 13. d5 Nc5 14. Rad1
exd5 15. Bxd5 Bb7 16. Qf4 Qe7 17. Rfe1 Rad8 18. h4 Bxd5 19. exd5 Qd6 20. Qe3 Nd7
21. Ng5 Nf6 22. Ne4 Nxe4 23. Qxe4 h6 24. Re3 Rd7 25. Qd4 Qc5 26. Qe5 Qd6 27. Qb2
h5 28. Re5 Qf6 29. Qd4 g6 30. Rd3 Rfd8 31. Rf3 Qd6 32. Rg3 Qc5 33. Qe4 Rxd5 34.
Rxg6+ fxg6 35. Qxg6+ Kf8 36. Qf6+ Kg8 37. Rg5+ Rxg5 38. Qxd8+ Kf7 39. Qxg5 Qxg5
40. hxg5 b5 41. Kf1 a5 42. Ke2 Kg6 43. f4 b4 44. Kd3 a4 45. Kc4 b3 46. axb3 axb3
47. Kxb3 h4 48. Kc3 Kf5 49. Kd3 1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.28"]
[Round "13.11"]
[White "Dreev, Aleksey"]
[Black "Rapport, Richard"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2653"]
[BlackElo "2707"]
[ECO "A40"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn"]
[Variation "Keres defence"]
[WhiteFideId "4100107"]
[BlackFideId "738590"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 b6 3. Nc3 Bb7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. a3 Ne4 6. Nxe4 Bxe4 7. Nd2 Bg6 8. b3
d5 9. Bb2 Be7 10. g3 Nd7 11. Bg2 Nf6 12. O-O O-O 13. Rc1 c6 14. b4 a5 15. Qb3 b5
16. c5 Qc7 17. Bc3 a4 18. Qb2 Ng4 19. Nf3 Be4 20. Bd2 Rae8 21. Bf4 Qc8 22. Qd2
Kh8 23. Bd6 Nh6 24. Bf4 Nf5 25. Bh3 Bxf3 26. exf3 Bf6 27. Bxf5 exf5 28. Rfe1
Rxe1+ 29. Rxe1 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.28"]
[Round "13.12"]
[White "Pantsulaia, Levan"]
[Black "Guseinov, Gadir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2612"]
[BlackElo "2646"]
[ECO "B36"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "accelerated fianchetto, Gurgenidze variation"]
[WhiteFideId "13602071"]
[BlackFideId "13401378"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. e4 c5 3. c4 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Nxd4 7. Qxd4 d6 8.
Be2 Bg7 9. Be3 O-O 10. Qd2 a5 11. Rd1 a4 12. c5 Be6 13. cxd6 Qxd6 14. Qxd6 exd6
15. a3 Rfc8 16. Bd4 Bb3 17. Ra1 d5 18. e5 Nd7 19. f4 f6 20. exf6 Bxf6 21. Bxf6
Nxf6 22. O-O d4 23. Nb5 Rc2 24. Rf2 Rd8 25. Bd3 Rc5 26. Re2 Bc4 27. Bxc4+ Rxc4
28. Rd1 d3 29. Nc3 Rxf4 30. Rf2 Rxf2 31. Kxf2 Ng4+ 32. Kf3 h5 33. h3 Rf8+ 34.
Kg3 Ne5 35. Nxa4 h4+ 36. Kxh4 Rf4+ 37. Kg3 Rxa4 38. Kf2 Re4 39. Re1 Rd4 40. Ke3
Rd6 41. b3 Kf7 42. Kf4 Kf6 43. Ke3 Rb6 44. Rb1 Ke6 45. h4 Kd5 46. g4 Rf6 47. h5
Rf3+ 48. Kd2 gxh5 49. gxh5 Rh3 50. Kc3 Rxh5 51. Rb2 Rh8 0-1

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.28"]
[Round "13.13"]
[White "Zhigalko, Sergei"]
[Black "Quparadze, Giga"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2641"]
[BlackElo "2506"]
[ECO "B40"]
[Opening "Sicilian defence"]
[WhiteFideId "13502956"]
[BlackFideId "13602250"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c3 d5 4. e5 d4 5. Bd3 Bd7 6. O-O Bc6 7. Qe2 Ne7 8. Be4 Ng6
9. d3 Bxe4 10. Qxe4 Nc6 11. h4 h5 12. c4 Be7 13. g3 Qd7 14. Re1 Bd8 15. Bf4 Bc7
16. Nbd2 O-O 17. Re2 Rae8 18. Rae1 Nce7 19. Bg5 Nc6 20. Bf4 a6 21. a3 a5 22. a4
Nb4 23. b3 Qc6 24. Rd1 f5 25. Qxc6 bxc6 26. Ne1 Rb8 27. Ra1 Rb7 28. Ra3 Rfb8 29.
Kg2 Rb6 30. Kh3 R8b7 31. Kg2 Na6 32. Kh3 Nb8 33. Nef3 Nd7 34. Kg2 Rb8 35. Kh3
Re8 36. Ra1 Nb8 37. Ra3 Na6 38. Ra1 Nb4 39. Ne1 Rb7 40. Ra3 Kf7 41. Ndf3 Na6 42.
Nd2 Ke7 43. Bg5+ Kd7 44. f4 Nh8 45. Nef3 Nf7 46. Ne1 Bd8 47. Kg2 Nh6 48. Bxh6
gxh6 49. Kf3 Nb4 50. Rh2 Be7 51. Rh3 Rg8 52. Ra1 Rg7 53. Ra3 Rb8 54. Ra1 Rbg8
55. Nf1 Na6 56. Ra3 Bd8 57. Rh2 Ke8 58. Rh3 Nb8 59. Kf2 Bc7 60. Nf3 Na6 61. Ne1
Kf7 62. Rh1 Rb8 63. Rh3 Rgg8 64. Nd2 Bd8 65. Rh1 Be7 66. Rh3 Rg7 67. Ndf3 Rbg8
68. Ra1 Nb4 69. Ra3 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.28"]
[Round "13.14"]
[White "Saric, Ivan"]
[Black "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2669"]
[BlackElo "2744"]
[ECO "B47"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Taimanov (Bastrikov) variation"]
[WhiteFideId "14508150"]
[BlackFideId "5007003"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. f4 a6 7. Nxc6 Qxc6 8.
Bd3 b5 9. Qe2 Bb7 10. Bd2 Bc5 11. O-O-O Ne7 12. a3 O-O 13. Qh5 f6 14. Rhf1 Rf7
15. g4 b4 16. axb4 Bxb4 17. e5 f5 18. Rg1 Rc8 19. Kb1 Qb6 20. gxf5 exf5 21. Na4
Qa5 22. Bxb4 Qxb4 23. b3 Bd5 24. Qe2 Be6 25. Bxa6 Rb8 26. Nb2 Nd5 27. Rxd5 Bxd5
28. Bc4 Be6 29. Rd1 Ra8 30. Rd6 Qa3 31. Na4 Rxa4 32. bxa4 Qb4+ 33. Bb3 Bxb3 34.
cxb3 Qxb3+ 35. Qb2 Qxa4 36. Rd4 Qc6 37. Qb3 g6 38. Rd6 Qe4+ 39. Ka2 Kg7 40. Qc3
Qg2+ 41. Ka3 Kh6 42. Rd3 Rf8 43. Rh3+ Kg7 44. e6+ Kg8 45. exd7 Ra8+ 46. Kb4 Qb7+
47. Kc4 Ra4+ 48. Kc5 Qc7+ 49. Kb5 Qxd7+ 50. Kc5 Qa7+ 51. Kb5 Qa6+ 52. Kc5 Ra5+
53. Kd4 Qd6+ 0-1

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.28"]
[Round "13.15"]
[White "Korobov, Anton"]
[Black "Sargissian, Gabriel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2652"]
[BlackElo "2672"]
[ECO "D31"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "Charousek (Petrosian) variation"]
[WhiteFideId "14105730"]
[BlackFideId "13300881"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bf4 c6 6. Qc2 Nf6 7. h3 g6 8. e3
Bf5 9. Qc1 Nbd7 10. Nf3 O-O 11. Be2 Ne4 12. O-O Re8 13. a3 a5 14. Re1 a4 15. Qd1
Nxc3 16. bxc3 b5 17. g4 Be6 18. Bd3 Nb6 19. Ne5 Rc8 20. Bg3 Bd6 21. f4 f6 22.
Nf3 Bf7 23. Bh4 Be7 24. Ra2 Qd7 25. Kh2 Ra8 26. Qc1 Nc4 27. Kg2 Kg7 28. Bg3 Bd6
29. g5 fxg5 30. Nxg5 Be6 31. Nxe6+ Rxe6 32. f5 Rf6 33. e4 dxe4 34. Bxc4 Bxg3 35.
Kxg3 bxc4 36. Rxe4 Qxf5 37. Rae2 Raf8 38. Re7+ R8f7 39. Rxf7+ Rxf7 40. Qe3 Rf6
41. Rb2 g5 42. Rb7+ Kg6 43. Rc7 Qd3 44. Re7 h5 45. Qxd3+ cxd3 46. Re3 d2 47. Rd3
Rf1 48. Rxd2 Ra1 49. d5 cxd5 50. Rxd5 Rxa3 51. Rc5 Ra2 52. h4 g4 53. Rg5+ Kh6
54. Ra5 a3 55. c4 Kg6 56. c5 Rc2 57. Rxa3 Rxc5 58. Rb3 Kf5 59. Ra3 Ke4 60. Ra4+
Ke5 61. Ra3 Kd4 62. Ra4+ Rc4 63. Ra5 Rc3+ 64. Kg2 Rc5 65. Ra4+ Ke5 66. Kg3 Rd5
67. Ra3 Ke4 68. Ra4+ Rd4 69. Ra5 Rd3+ 70. Kg2 Kf4 71. Ra4+ Ke5 72. Ra5+ Rd5 73.
Ra3 Ke4 74. Ra2 Rd4 75. Re2+ Kf5 76. Rf2+ Ke4 77. Re2+ Kf4 78. Rf2+ Ke3 79. Rf5
Ke4 80. Rxh5 Kf4 81. Ra5 Rd2+ 82. Kg1 g3 83. h5 Kf3 84. Ra3+ Kg4 85. h6 Kh3 86.
Ra1 Rg2+ 87. Kh1 Rh2+ 88. Kg1 Rg2+ 89. Kh1 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.28"]
[Round "13.16"]
[White "Alekseev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2616"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[ECO "B53"]
[Opening "Sicilian, Chekhover variation"]
[WhiteFideId "4138147"]
[BlackFideId "14109603"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nc6 5. Bb5 Bd7 6. Qd3 Nf6 7. c4 g6 8. Nc3
Bg7 9. h3 O-O 10. O-O Rc8 11. Be3 a6 12. Bxc6 Bxc6 13. Nd4 Nd7 14. Rac1 Qa5 15.
b3 Rfd8 16. Qd2 e6 17. Rfd1 Nf6 18. f3 Be8 19. a4 Nd7 20. Kh1 Ne5 21. Bh6 Bxh6
22. Qxh6 Nc6 23. Nde2 Qc5 24. Qd2 Nb4 25. Nd4 Kg7 26. Re1 h5 27. Red1 Qb6 28.
Nde2 f6 29. Nb5 axb5 30. Qxb4 Qe3 31. Nd4 Bd7 32. axb5 e5 33. Nc2 Qf4 34. Qd2
Qg3 35. Qe1 Qf4 36. Qe3 Qg3 37. Qe1 Qf4 38. Ne3 Be6 39. Nd5 Bxd5 40. Rxd5 Ra8
41. Qd2 Qxd2 42. Rxd2 Kf7 43. b4 b6 44. h4 Ke7 45. c5 dxc5 46. Rxd8 Rxd8 47.
bxc5 bxc5 48. Rxc5 Rd1+ 49. Kh2 Rb1 50. g4 hxg4 51. fxg4 Rb4 52. h5 gxh5 53.
gxh5 Kf7 54. Rc7+ Kg8 55. Kg3 Kh8 56. b6 Rxb6 57. Kg4 Rb1 58. Kf5 Kg8 59. h6 Rh1
60. Kg6 Rg1+ 61. Kxf6 Rh1 62. Kg6 Rg1+ 63. Kf5 Rh1 64. Rc6 Kf7 65. Kxe5 Rh5+ 66.
Kd4 Rh1 67. Ra6 Rh5 68. e5 Rh1 69. Rf6+ Ke7 70. Ke4 Re1+ 71. Kf5 Rf1+ 72. Kg6
Rg1+ 73. Kh7 Rg5 74. Rg6 Rf5 75. e6 Kf8 76. Rg8+ Ke7 77. Kg6 Rf6+ 78. Kg5 1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.28"]
[Round "13.17"]
[White "Anton Guijarro, David"]
[Black "Demchenko, Anton"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2666"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[ECO "E90"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "5.Nf3"]
[WhiteFideId "2285525"]
[BlackFideId "4160258"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. d4 O-O 6. h3 e5 7. d5 a5 8. g4 Na6 9.
Be3 Nc5 10. Nd2 c6 11. Be2 a4 12. Qc2 Bd7 13. a3 cxd5 14. exd5 Rc8 15. f3 e4 16.
fxe4 Qe7 17. O-O h5 18. g5 Nh7 19. h4 f6 20. Nf3 Bh3 21. Bxc5 Rxc5 22. e5 fxg5
23. Qxg6 Bf5 24. Qxd6 Qxd6 25. exd6 g4 26. Nd2 Bd4+ 27. Kg2 Rcc8 28. Nde4 Rce8
29. Ng3 Bg6 30. Rxf8+ Nxf8 31. Nxa4 Bc2 32. Nc3 Ng6 33. d7 Nxh4+ 34. Kh2 Rd8 35.
Nxh5 Be5+ 36. Kg1 Bd4+ 37. Kh1 Rxd7 38. Bxg4 Rh7 39. Re1 Bg6 40. Nb5 Bxh5 41.
Be6+ Bf7 42. Bxf7+ Kxf7 43. Rf1+ Ke7 44. Nxd4 Nf5+ 45. Kg2 Nxd4 46. Rf4 Nb3 47.
Rf3 Nd2 48. Rf4 Kd6 49. b4 Ke5 50. Rg4 Rc7 51. d6 Rf7 52. c5 Ne4 53. Rg8 Kd5 54.
Re8 Nf6 55. Rc8 Kc4 56. Rc7 Rd7 57. Kf3 Kd5 58. Ke2 Ke6 59. Rc8 b6 60. cxb6 Rb7
61. Rc6 Nd7 62. Ke3 Rxb6 63. Rxb6 Nxb6 64. Kd4 Kxd6 65. b5 Nd7 66. Kc4 Ne5+ 67.
Kb4 Nc6+ 68. Kc4 Ke5 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.28"]
[Round "13.18"]
[White "Cheparinov, Ivan"]
[Black "Laznicka, Viktor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2647"]
[ECO "D11"]
[Opening "QGD Slav"]
[Variation "3.Nf3"]
[WhiteFideId "2905540"]
[BlackFideId "316385"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Bg4 7. h3 Bh5 8. Qb3 Qc8
9. g4 Bg6 10. Nxg6 hxg6 11. Bg2 Be7 12. Bd2 Nbd7 13. Rc1 Qb8 14. g5 dxc4 15.
Qxc4 Nd5 16. h4 Nf4 17. Bf3 Nb6 18. Qb3 O-O 19. Ne4 Rd8 20. e3 Nfd5 21. h5 gxh5
22. Bxh5 g6 23. Bg4 e5 24. Qd3 Bf8 25. Nc5 exd4 26. Be6 Ne7 27. Bb3 Bg7 28. e4
Qc8 29. Qf3 Rf8 30. Qf4 a5 31. a4 Nd7 32. Nd3 Qb8 33. Qh4 Re8 34. Qh7+ Kf8 35.
Bf4 Qd8 36. Bd6 Qb6 37. Bc4 c5 38. e5 Qc6 39. Kd2 Nb6 40. Bb5 Qe4 41. Rh4 Qf5
42. Rch1 Qxg5+ 43. Kd1 f5 44. Nf4 Kf7 45. Qxg7+ 1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.28"]
[Round "13.19"]
[White "Adhiban, Baskaran"]
[Black "Movsesian, Sergei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2647"]
[ECO "C24"]
[Opening "Bishop's opening"]
[Variation "Berlin defence"]
[WhiteFideId "5018471"]
[BlackFideId "310204"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 Bc5 4. Nc3 d6 5. f4 O-O 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Na4 Bb6 8. Nxb6
axb6 9. O-O Na5 10. Nd2 exf4 11. Rxf4 Nxc4 12. Nxc4 d5 13. exd5 Nxd5 14. Rf2 Re8
15. Qf3 Re1+ 16. Rf1 Rxf1+ 17. Qxf1 Be6 18. a3 b5 19. Ne3 b4 20. h3 Nxe3 21.
Bxe3 bxa3 22. Rxa3 Rxa3 23. bxa3 Qe7 24. Qf4 h6 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.28"]
[Round "13.20"]
[White "Savchenko, Boris"]
[Black "Amonatov, Farrukh"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2566"]
[BlackElo "2636"]
[ECO "B96"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Najdorf, 7.f4"]
[WhiteFideId "4147332"]
[BlackFideId "14700077"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qc7 8. Qf3
b5 9. a3 Bb7 10. O-O-O Nbd7 11. Kb1 Rc8 12. Bd3 Qb6 13. Bxf6 Nxf6 14. Na2 Be7
15. Rhe1 O-O 16. c3 d5 17. e5 Ne4 18. f5 Bc5 19. f6 g6 20. Qf4 Kh8 21. Nf3 Rfd8
22. Bxe4 dxe4 23. Ng5 Kg8 24. Nxf7 Rd3 25. Nd6 Bxd6 26. f7+ Kf8 27. exd6 Qd8 28.
Rxd3 exd3 29. Rxe6 Qd7 30. Qh6+ Kxf7 31. Re7+ Qxe7 32. Qxh7+ 1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.28"]
[Round "13.21"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2805"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[ECO "D17"]
[Opening "QGD Slav"]
[Variation "Krause attack"]
[WhiteFideId "13300474"]
[BlackFideId "13601520"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Ne5 Na6 7. e3 Nb4 8. Bxc4
e6 9. O-O Bd6 10. Qe2 h6 11. e4 Bh7 12. Rd1 O-O 13. Bf4 Qe7 14. Bg3 Rad8 15. Bh4
g5 16. Bg3 c5 17. dxc5 Bxc5 18. h4 Rxd1+ 19. Rxd1 Rd8 20. Rf1 Bd4 21. Nf3 Bxc3
22. bxc3 Nc6 23. hxg5 Nxe4 24. gxh6 Nxg3 25. fxg3 Qc5+ 26. Rf2 Bf5 27. Nh4 Ne5
28. Nxf5 exf5 29. Qh5 Qe3 30. Qxf5 Rd1+ 31. Bf1 Rd6 32. Qf4 Qc5 33. Be2 Kh7 34.
g4 Rxh6 35. Qd4 Rc6 36. Rf5 f6 37. g5 Kg6 38. Rxf6+ Kxg5 39. Rxc6 Qxd4+ 40. cxd4
Nxc6 41. d5 Nd4 42. Kf2 Kf6 43. Bc4 Nf5 44. g4 Nd6 45. Bd3 Ke5 46. g5 Kxd5 47.
Kg3 Ke6 48. Kf4 b6 49. Ba6 Ke7 50. Be2 Nb7 51. Ke4 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.28"]
[Round "13.22"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran L."]
[Black "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2601"]
[BlackElo "2707"]
[ECO "A07"]
[Opening "Reti"]
[Variation "King's Indian attack (Barcza system)"]
[WhiteFideId "13301616"]
[BlackFideId "2205530"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nd7 3. Bg2 e5 4. O-O Ngf6 5. d3 Bd6 6. c4 d4 7. e3 dxe3 8. Bxe3
O-O 9. Nc3 c6 10. Re1 Ng4 11. Bg5 Qb6 12. Qe2 Bc5 13. Rf1 h6 14. Bc1 Qc7 15. h3
Ngf6 16. Re1 Re8 17. Be3 Bd6 18. Rad1 b6 19. Nh4 Nc5 20. b4 Ne6 21. b5 Bd7 22.
Qb2 Rac8 23. Nf5 c5 24. Nh4 Rcd8 25. Kh2 Bc8 26. Qd2 Nf4 27. Bf1 g5 28. Nf3 Bb7
29. Ng1 Ba8 30. Qc1 Qd7 31. f3 Ne6 32. Ne4 Qe7 33. Ne2 Bc7 34. N2c3 Nh5 35. g4
Nhg7 36. Ng3 Bxf3 37. Be2 Ba8 38. Nce4 Nf4 39. Qc3 Rd7 40. Bf1 Red8 41. Rd2 Qe6
42. a4 f5 43. gxf5 Nxf5 44. Rf2 Nd4 45. a5 Rf8 46. Qa1 Rdf7 47. axb6 axb6 48.
Bxd4 cxd4 49. Qa2 Kh8 50. c5 Bd5 51. Qc2 bxc5 52. Qxc5 Bb6 53. Qd6 Qxd6 54. Nxd6
Rf6 55. Nde4 R6f7 56. Ra1 Rb8 57. Ra6 Ra7 58. Nf6 Be6 59. Rc2 Rxa6 60. bxa6 Rc8
61. Rb2 Rc6 62. Nge4 Bc8 63. Ng4 Bxa6 64. Nxe5 Re6 65. Nd7 Bc7 66. Rc2 Nd5+ 67.
Kg1 Bf4 68. Ndc5 Rc6 69. Ra2 Bc8 70. Ra8 Kg7 71. Kf2 Be3+ 72. Kg3 Bf4+ 73. Kf2
Be3+ 74. Kg3 h5 75. Ra7+ Kh6 76. Bg2 Nf4 77. Bf1 Bf5 78. Rf7 h4+ 79. Kf3 Bxe4+
80. Nxe4 Rc1 81. Be2 Re1 82. Rf6+ Kg7 83. Rf5 Nxe2 84. Rb5 Nc3 85. Rb7+ Kg6 86.
Rb6+ Kf7 87. Nd6+ Ke6 88. Nc4+ Kd7 89. Rb3 Rg1 90. Rxc3 Rg3+ 0-1

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.28"]
[Round "13.23"]
[White "Salem, A.R. Saleh"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2638"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[ECO "D31"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "Charousek (Petrosian) variation"]
[WhiteFideId "9301348"]
[BlackFideId "605506"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7. e3 c6 8. Qc2
Nd7 9. h4 g6 10. O-O-O Bg7 11. e4 dxc4 12. e5 O-O 13. Ne4 c5 14. h5 cxd4 15.
hxg6 fxg6 16. Rxd4 Qa5 17. Nf6+ Nxf6 18. Qxg6 Bd7 19. Bxc4 Rac8 20. Kb1 Rxc4 21.
Rxc4 Be8 22. Qg3 Nh5 23. Qg4 Rxf3 24. Qxf3 Qxe5 25. Qxb7 Kh7 26. Rc7 Bg6+ 27.
Ka1 Qd4 28. Rd7 Qe5 29. f3 Nf4 30. Rc1 a6 31. Rxg7+ Qxg7 32. Rc7 1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.28"]
[Round "13.24"]
[White "Li, Chao b"]
[Black "Wang, Yue"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[ECO "A01"]
[Opening "Nimzovich-Larsen attack"]
[Variation "modern variation"]
[WhiteFideId "8604436"]
[BlackFideId "8601429"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 d6 3. e3 c5 4. d4 cxd4 5. exd4 Nc6 6. Nf3 e4 7. Nfd2 f5 8. d5
Ne5 9. Nxe4 fxe4 10. Bxe5 dxe5 11. Qh5+ g6 12. Qxe5+ Kf7 13. Qxh8 Bg7 14. Qxh7
Qg5 0-1

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.28"]
[Round "13.25"]
[White "McShane, Luke J"]
[Black "Kuzubov, Yuriy"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2699"]
[ECO "B00"]
[Opening "King's pawn opening"]
[WhiteFideId "404853"]
[BlackFideId "14112906"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 d6 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e5 4. Ne2 h5 5. h3 c5 6. d3 Be7 7. Nbc3 Nc6 8. Be3 Nd4
9. f4 b5 10. Qd2 b4 11. Nd1 Nd7 12. Bf2 Nxe2 13. Qxe2 h4 14. g4 exf4 15. e5 Nb6
16. Bxa8 Nxa8 17. a3 Bb7 18. Rf1 b3 19. cxb3 O-O 20. Nc3 dxe5 21. O-O-O f6 22.
g5 fxg5 23. Qxe5 Qd7 24. d4 Bf6 25. Qxc5 Nb6 26. Kb1 Qxh3 27. Rfe1 Qf3 28. Bg1
h3 29. d5 Rc8 30. Qd6 Rxc3 31. Qe6+ Kh7 32. Rf1 Qg2 33. Rf2 Qg3 34. Qf5+ Kh6 35.
bxc3 Qxc3 36. Ka2 Bxd5 37. Qc2 Na4 38. Qb1 Qe5 39. Rc2 Bf3 40. Rdc1 Qe6 41. Rc4
Nb6 42. Re1 Qd7 43. Rcc1 Nd5 44. Rf1 Qb5 45. Rf2 Nb4+ 46. axb4 Qa6# 0-1

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.28"]
[Round "13.26"]
[White "Melkumyan, Hrant"]
[Black "Fressinet, Laurent"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2633"]
[BlackElo "2662"]
[ECO "A11"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "Caro-Kann defensive system"]
[WhiteFideId "13302485"]
[BlackFideId "608742"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. c4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. g3 g6 4. Qa4 d4 5. d3 Bg7 6. Bg2 e5 7. h4 h6 8. Nbd2 Ne7
9. b4 Nd7 10. c5 Nd5 11. Ne4 O-O 12. h5 g5 13. Bd2 a5 14. Rc1 f5 15. Nd6 Qe7 16.
bxa5 Nxc5 17. Nxc8 Nxa4 18. Nxe7+ Nxe7 19. g4 e4 20. Nh2 exd3 21. exd3 Nc3 22.
Rc2 Rxa5 23. O-O Rfa8 24. Re1 Kf8 25. Rb2 R8a7 26. gxf5 Rxa2 27. f6 Bxf6 28. Bc1
Rxb2 29. Bxb2 Ra2 30. Bc1 Ra1 31. Bf1 b5 32. Ng4 Bg7 33. f4 gxf4 34. Kf2 Ned5
35. Bg2 b4 36. Be4 Nxe4+ 37. dxe4 Ne3 38. Nh2 d3 39. Nf3 Ng4+ 40. Kg2 Bc3 41.
Rf1 Ne3+ 42. Bxe3 fxe3 0-1

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.28"]
[Round "13.27"]
[White "Howell, David W L"]
[Black "Fedorchuk, Sergey A."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2676"]
[BlackElo "2648"]
[ECO "A25"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "Sicilian reversed"]
[WhiteFideId "410608"]
[BlackFideId "14102536"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 Bc5 4. Bg2 d6 5. e3 a6 6. Nf3 Nf6 7. O-O Ba7 8. d4
exd4 9. exd4 O-O 10. h3 h6 11. Re1 Re8 12. Be3 Ne7 13. d5 Bxe3 14. Rxe3 Bd7 15.
Qd2 b5 16. cxb5 axb5 17. b4 Ng6 18. Rxe8+ Qxe8 19. Nd4 Ne5 20. Qe2 Rb8 21. Rc1
Qc8 22. Kh2 Qb7 23. f4 Ng6 24. Re1 Qb6 25. Qd3 Kf8 26. Ne6+ Kg8 27. Nd4 h5 28.
Qd2 Kf8 29. Bf3 Ne7 30. Qd3 Ra8 31. Re2 Ra3 32. Nb3 Nf5 33. Qd2 h4 34. g4 Ng3
35. Re1 c5 36. Qe3 Qd8 37. bxc5 b4 38. Nb1 Rxa2+ 39. N1d2 dxc5 40. Qxc5+ Kg8 41.
Qxb4 Ba4 42. Kg1 Nxd5 43. Qd4 Qb6 44. Qxb6 Nxb6 45. Rb1 Nd7 46. Ne4 Nxe4 47.
Bxe4 Ra3 48. Nc5 f5 49. Bd5+ Kh7 50. Nxa4 Rxa4 51. Be6 Nc5 52. Bxf5+ g6 53. Bc2
Rxf4 54. Rb6 Ne4 55. Re6 Ng5 56. Rxg6 Nxh3+ 57. Kg2 Rf2+ 58. Kxh3 Rxc2 59. Ra6
Rc5 60. Kxh4 Kg7 61. Ra7+ Kg6 62. Ra6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.28"]
[Round "13.28"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Nguyen, Ngoc Truong Son"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2691"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[ECO "C42"]
[Opening "Petrov"]
[Variation "Nimzovich attack"]
[WhiteFideId "703303"]
[BlackFideId "12401110"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Nc6 7. Be3 Be7 8.
Qd2 Be6 9. O-O-O Qd7 10. b3 a6 11. h3 Bf6 12. g4 h6 13. Bg2 O-O-O 14. Nd4 Bxd4
15. Bxd4 f5 16. Bxc6 bxc6 17. g5 c5 18. Be3 hxg5 19. Bxg5 Rde8 20. h4 Bf7 21. f3
Bh5 22. Qd5 Kb8 23. Rhf1 Qc8 24. Rd2 Re5 25. Qd3 Rhe8 26. Kb2 Ka7 27. c4 Qe6 28.
Qc3 g6 29. Rff2 Re1 30. Rd5 Rh1 31. Rd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.28"]
[Round "13.29"]
[White "Almasi, Zoltan"]
[Black "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2682"]
[BlackElo "2683"]
[ECO "A34"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "symmetrical, three knights system"]
[WhiteFideId "702293"]
[BlackFideId "14200244"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. g3 Nc6 6. Bg2 Nc7 7. O-O e5 8. a3
Bd7 9. e3 Be7 10. d4 exd4 11. exd4 cxd4 12. Nxd4 O-O 13. Be3 Bf6 14. Rc1 Nxd4
15. Bxd4 Bc6 16. Bxc6 bxc6 17. Bc5 Re8 18. Qxd8 Rexd8 19. Rfd1 Rxd1+ 20. Nxd1
Ne6 21. Be3 Nd8 22. Nc3 Ne6 23. Na4 Rc8 24. Rc4 Rc7 25. b4 Be7 26. Kf1 Kf8 27.
Ke2 Ke8 28. Rc2 Kd7 29. Nb2 h5 30. Nc4 Bf6 31. h4 g6 32. Kd3 Bg7 33. Na5 Bf6 34.
Kc4 Be7 35. Rd2+ Kc8 36. Nb3 a6 37. Rc2 Bf8 38. Kd3 Be7 39. Ke4 Bd8 40. Na5 Kd7
41. Bb6 Rc8 42. Rd2+ Ke7 43. Bxd8+ Nxd8 44. Rc2 Kd6 45. Nc4+ Ke6 46. Nb6 Rc7 47.
Kd4 Nb7 48. Re2+ Kf6 49. Na4 Rd7+ 50. Kc4 Rd5 51. Nb6 Nd6+ 52. Kc3 Nb5+ 53. Kb2
Rd3 54. a4 Nd4 55. Nd7+ Kg7 56. Re4 Rb3+ 57. Ka2 Rxb4 58. Nc5 a5 59. Re5 Rc4 60.
Ka3 Rc3+ 61. Kb2 Rc2+ 62. Kb1 Rxf2 63. Nd3 Rf3 64. Nc1 Rxg3 65. Rxa5 Rg4 66. Ra8
Rxh4 67. a5 Nb5 68. Nb3 Rb4 69. Kc2 h4 0-1

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.28"]
[Round "13.30"]
[White "Grigoriants, Sergey"]
[Black "Bocharov, Dmitry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2561"]
[BlackElo "2583"]
[ECO "B07"]
[Opening "Pirc defence"]
[WhiteFideId "4130804"]
[BlackFideId "4138716"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Be3 a6 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. Qd2 b5 7. Bh6 O-O 8. Bxg7
Kxg7 9. Bd3 Bb7 10. e5 Nfd7 11. Be4 Bxe4 12. Nxe4 d5 13. Ng3 e6 14. a4 Nc6 15.
h4 h6 16. Ne2 Qe7 17. Rh3 f6 18. Qc3 Nb4 19. axb5 fxe5 20. dxe5 axb5 21. Rxa8
Rxa8 22. Qxc7 Ra1+ 23. Kd2 Na6 24. Qd6 Qf7 25. b4 Nab8 26. Nfd4 Ra6 27. Qc7 Qe7
28. c3 Ra2+ 29. Ke3 Na6 30. Qd6 Qxd6 31. exd6 e5 32. Nxb5 Nb6 33. Nc1 Rc2 34.
Nb3 Nb8 35. Na5 N8d7 36. f4 Rxg2 37. fxe5 Nxe5 38. Kd4 Ned7 39. Nc6 Rg4+ 40. Kd3
Nc4 41. Nc7 Kf6 42. Rf3+ 1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.28"]
[Round "13.31"]
[White "Esipenko, Andrey"]
[Black "Duda, Jan-Krzysztof"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2564"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[ECO "A50"]
[Opening "Queen's Indian accelerated"]
[WhiteFideId "24175439"]
[BlackFideId "1170546"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. Nf3 Bb7 4. g3 c5 5. d5 b5 6. Bg2 bxc4 7. Nc3 d6 8. Nd2 g6
9. Nxc4 Bg7 10. Qa4+ Qd7 11. Qc2 O-O 12. Na5 Na6 13. O-O Rab8 14. Bg5 h6 15. Bf4
Ba8 16. Rad1 Nc7 17. Qc1 Kh7 18. e4 Nb5 19. e5 Nh5 20. Be3 Bxe5 21. Bxh6 Bxc3
22. bxc3 Nxc3 23. Rde1 Rfe8 24. Nc6 Rbc8 25. Bg5 Nxd5 26. Bxd5 Bxc6 27. Bxf7 Qh3
28. f3 Nxg3 29. Bxe8 Rxe8 30. Qc4 Kg7 31. Rf2 Nf5 32. Qg4 Qh5 33. h4 e5 34. Qh3
Rf8 35. f4 e4 36. Rd2 Kh7 37. Red1 e3 38. Rxd6 Nxd6 39. Rxd6 e2 40. Kf2 e1=Q+
41. Kxe1 Re8+ 42. Kd2 Qe2+ 43. Kc1 Re3 44. Rd7+ Kg8 45. Rd8+ Kf7 46. Rd7+ Kg8
47. Rd8+ Be8 48. Qh1 Qc4+ 49. Kd1 Qe2+ 50. Kc1 Qc4+ 51. Kd1 Kh7 52. Qb7+ Bf7 53.
Bf6 Qf1+ 54. Kd2 Re2+ 55. Kc3 Qc1+ 0-1

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.28"]
[Round "13.32"]
[White "Akobian, Varuzhan"]
[Black "Ponkratov, Pavel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2647"]
[BlackElo "2613"]
[ECO "A61"]
[Opening "Benoni defence"]
[WhiteFideId "13300580"]
[BlackFideId "4157800"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nc3 g6 7. Bf4 a6 8. a4 Bg7
9. e3 O-O 10. h3 Qe7 11. Bd3 Nbd7 12. O-O Ne8 13. e4 Rb8 14. Re1 Nc7 15. Qd2 Ne5
16. Nxe5 Bxe5 17. Bxe5 Qxe5 18. a5 b5 19. axb6 Rxb6 20. Bc4 Nb5 21. Bxb5 axb5
22. f4 Qe7 23. e5 dxe5 24. fxe5 b4 25. d6 Qe6 26. Nd5 Rb7 27. Rad1 Kg7 28. Nf6
Bd7 29. Ng4 g5 30. Rf1 h6 31. Rf6 Qc4 32. Nxh6 Qd4+ 33. Qxd4 cxd4 34. Rxd4 Rb5
35. Nf5+ Kh7 36. Rg4 Bxf5 37. Rxf5 Kh6 38. Rgxg5 f6 39. exf6 Rb6 40. d7 b3 41.
f7 Rb7 42. Rg8 1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.28"]
[Round "13.33"]
[White "Kryvoruchko, Yuriy"]
[Black "Zhao, Jun"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2689"]
[BlackElo "2604"]
[ECO "C50"]
[Opening "Giuoco Piano"]
[WhiteFideId "14109182"]
[BlackFideId "8602522"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. h3 h6 7. Re1 d6 8. c3 Bb6
9. a4 a6 10. Nbd2 Be6 11. b4 Qd7 12. Bxe6 Qxe6 13. Nc4 Ba7 14. Qc2 Ne7 15. Be3
Bxe3 16. Nxe3 Rfe8 17. c4 c6 18. Nh2 Nh5 19. Rad1 a5 20. Rb1 axb4 21. Rxb4 Ra7
22. Reb1 Rea8 23. Rxb7 Rxa4 24. Rb8+ Kh7 25. Rxa8 Rxa8 26. Nf3 c5 27. Nd5 Nxd5
28. cxd5 Qf6 29. Kh2 Nf4 30. Ne1 Qh4 31. Nf3 Qf6 32. Ng1 Ra3 33. Rb3 Ra1 34. Rb1
Ra3 35. Rb3 Ra1 36. g3 Ng6 37. Qe2 Qg5 38. Rc3 Qd8 39. Rc2 Qa5 40. Nf3 Qa4 41.
Kg2 Ne7 42. Rb2 Qa3 43. Qc2 f5 44. Rb7 fxe4 45. dxe4 Qa6 46. Rb1 Rxb1 47. Qxb1
Qe2 48. Ng1 Qc4 49. h4 Ng8 50. f3 Nf6 51. g4 h5 52. g5 Ng8 53. Qb7 Qc2+ 54. Kh1
Qf2 55. Qd7 Qxh4+ 56. Nh3 Ne7 57. Kg2 Ng6 58. Qxd6 Nf4+ 59. Nxf4 exf4 60. Qe5
Qg3+ 61. Kf1 Qxf3+ 62. Ke1 Qe3+ 63. Kd1 Qd3+ 64. Ke1 Qg3+ 65. Kd2 Qe3+ 66. Kc2
Qe2+ 67. Kc3 Qe1+ 68. Kc2 Qe2+ 69. Kc3 Qe1+ 70. Kc2 Qf2+ 71. Kb3 Qf3+ 72. Kc4
Qg4 73. Kxc5 f3 74. Qh2 Qxg5 75. e5 Qe3+ 76. Kb5 Kh6 77. Qh3 Qe2+ 78. Kc6 f2 79.
Qe6+ g6 80. Qg8 f1=Q 81. Qh8+ Kg5 82. Qd8+ Kg4 83. e6 Qc4+ 84. Kd6 Qxd5+ 0-1

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.28"]
[Round "13.34"]
[White "Moiseenko, Alexander"]
[Black "Riazantsev, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2667"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[ECO "A45"]
[Opening "Trompovsky attack (Ruth, Opovcensky opening)"]
[WhiteFideId "14102560"]
[BlackFideId "4125029"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 3. e3 c5 4. Bxf6 gxf6 5. dxc5 e6 6. c4 Qa5+ 7. Nd2 dxc4 8.
Bxc4 Nd7 9. Nf3 Qxc5 10. Rc1 Qb6 11. O-O Bg7 12. Qc2 O-O 13. Rfd1 f5 14. Bb3 Qb4
15. Nc4 Nc5 16. Nce5 b6 17. Bc4 Bb7 18. a3 Qa4 19. b4 Qxc2 20. Rxc2 Be4 21. Rcc1
Na4 22. Bb3 Bxf3 23. Nxf3 Nc3 24. Rd2 a5 25. g3 Rfc8 26. Kg2 a4 27. Bd1 Ne4 28.
Rxc8+ Rxc8 29. Rd7 b5 30. Nd2 Nf6 31. Rd3 e5 32. Be2 Bf8 33. Nb1 Ne4 34. f3 Nd6
35. Rc3 Rb8 36. Rc7 e4 37. f4 Bg7 38. Kf2 Bb2 39. Rc2 Ba1 40. Rc5 Bb2 41. Ke1
Kf8 42. Kd2 Ke7 43. Kc2 Bf6 44. Nc3 Bxc3 45. Kxc3 Ke6 46. h3 h5 47. Kd4 Rg8 48.
Re5+ Kf6 49. Rd5 Ke6 50. Re5+ Kf6 51. Bxb5 Rxg3 52. Bxa4 Rxh3 53. Kc5 Nb7+ 54.
Kb6 Nd8 55. Bd7 Rxe3 56. a4 Rb3 57. b5 h4 58. Bxf5 e3 59. Bg4 Ne6 60. a5 Nxf4
61. Rf5+ Kg6 62. Rxf4 Kg5 63. Ra4 f5 64. Bf3 h3 65. a6 h2 66. Ra1 Kf4 67. a7
Kxf3 68. a8=Q+ Kf2 69. Qh1 Kg3 70. Qe1+ 1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.28"]
[Round "13.35"]
[White "Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi"]
[Black "Ganguly, Surya Shekhar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[ECO "B47"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Taimanov (Bastrikov) variation"]
[WhiteFideId "5029465"]
[BlackFideId "5002150"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. g3 a6 7. Bg2 Nf6 8. O-O
d6 9. Re1 Nd7 10. b3 Be7 11. Bb2 O-O 12. Nce2 Nce5 13. h3 Nc5 14. f4 Rd8 15. Qd2
b5 16. Kh2 Ned7 17. Qc3 Bf6 18. b4 e5 19. bxc5 exd4 20. Nxd4 b4 21. cxd6 Qxd6
22. Qe3 Bxd4 23. Bxd4 Bb7 24. e5 Qc7 25. e6 Bxg2 26. exf7+ Kh8 27. Kxg2 Qxc2+
28. Kg1 Qg6 29. Qb3 Nf8 30. Rad1 Rd7 31. Bc5 Rxf7 32. Rd6 Rf6 33. Rxf6 Qxf6 34.
Qxb4 Qf5 35. g4 Qf7 36. f5 Rc8 37. Bd4 Rc4 38. Qd6 Kg8 39. Re2 h5 40. Kf2 hxg4
41. hxg4 Ra4 42. a3 Qc4 43. Rd2 Qb3 44. Qe5 Qf7 45. Qd6 Qb3 46. Qc7 Rxd4 47.
Rxd4 Qb2+ 48. Ke3 Qxa3+ 49. Ke4 Qh3 50. Qc4+ Kh7 51. g5 Qg4+ 52. Ke5 Nd7+ 53.
Ke6 Nf8+ 54. Ke5 Nd7+ 55. Ke6 Nf8+ 56. Kd6 Qxf5 57. Rh4+ Kg6 58. Rf4 Qd7+ 59.
Ke5 Qe7+ 60. Kd5 Qe6+ 61. Kd4 Qxc4+ 62. Kxc4 Ne6 63. Rf3 Nxg5 64. Ra3 Kf5 65.
Rxa6 Ne6 66. Ra5+ Ke4 67. Ra6 Nf4 68. Ra7 g5 69. Re7+ Kf3 70. Kd4 Ne2+ 71. Kd3
Nf4+ 72. Kd4 Ne2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.28"]
[Round "13.36"]
[White "Bosiocic, Marin"]
[Black "Salgado Lopez, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2624"]
[BlackElo "2644"]
[ECO "E16"]
[Opening "Queen's Indian"]
[Variation "Yates variation"]
[WhiteFideId "14507927"]
[BlackFideId "2257327"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 a5 7. O-O O-O 8. Bg5
Be7 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. Nc3 d6 11. Qc2 Qc8 12. Rad1 Nd7 13. a3 g6 14. e4 Bg7 15.
Rfe1 c6 16. h4 Qc7 17. Qe2 Ba6 18. h5 d5 19. hxg6 hxg6 20. b3 Rad8 21. Ng5 dxc4
22. bxc4 c5 23. Qg4 Rfe8 24. Qh4 cxd4 25. Rxd4 Nc5 26. Rxd8 Rxd8 27. e5 Nd3 28.
Re4 Nxe5 29. Rf4 Qe7 30. Be4 Rd4 31. Ne2 Rd1+ 32. Kg2 Bxc4 33. Qh7+ Kf8 34. Nxf7
Nxf7 35. Bxg6 Bd5+ 36. f3 e5 37. Bxf7 Bxf7 38. Rg4 Qf6 39. Qc2 Rd8 40. Qc7 Rd2
41. Kf2 Qd8 42. Qc3 Rd3 43. Qc1 Bd5 44. Ng1 Bb7 45. Rg5 Rd2+ 46. Ke1 Qxg5 0-1

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.28"]
[Round "13.37"]
[White "Potkin, Vladimir"]
[Black "Malakhatko, Vadim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2574"]
[BlackElo "2542"]
[ECO "A27"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "three knights system"]
[WhiteFideId "4131061"]
[BlackFideId "14104202"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 g6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bg7 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. g3 Ne7 8.
Bg2 O-O 9. O-O Rb8 10. Qc2 c5 11. b3 d6 12. Bb2 Bf5 13. Ne4 Bxe4 14. Bxe4 Nc8
15. Rad1 Bxb2 16. Qxb2 Qe8 17. Bf3 a5 18. Qc3 a4 19. h4 axb3 20. axb3 Ne7 21. h5
Nf5 22. e3 Qe7 23. Ra1 Rb6 24. Kg2 Re8 25. hxg6 hxg6 26. Ra7 Reb8 27. Rh1 Ng7
28. Bd5 Rxb3 29. Qa5 R3b6 30. Qa1 Nh5 31. Rh4 Rb1 32. Qa5 R1b6 33. Qc3 Rb3 34.
Qa5 R3b6 35. Re4 Qd8 36. Qa1 Rb1 37. Qc3 R1b3 38. Qa1 Rb1 39. Qc3 R1b3 40. Qa1
Rb1 41. Qa5 R1b6 42. Rh4 Nf6 43. Bf3 Kg7 44. Rh1 Qe7 45. Qa1 Rb2 46. Qc1 Ne4 47.
Rf1 Qe5 48. Bxe4 Qxe4+ 49. Kg1 R2b7 50. Qc3+ Qe5 51. Qxe5+ dxe5 52. Ra5 e4 53.
Rxc5 Re8 54. Kg2 Re7 55. g4 Rb6 56. Rd1 Rd6 57. Rdd5 Rxd5 58. Rxd5 f6 59. Kg3 g5
60. Kg2 Kf7 61. Rd4 Re5 62. Kf1 Ke7 63. Ke2 c6 64. Kd1 c5 65. Rd2 Re6 66. Ra2
Rb6 67. Ra7+ Kd6 68. Rf7 Ke6 69. Rc7 Kd6 70. Rf7 Ke6 71. Rc7 Kd6 72. Rf7 Ke5 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.28"]
[Round "13.38"]
[White "Miton, Kamil"]
[Black "Christiansen, Johan-Sebastian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2584"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[ECO "B29"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Nimzovich-Rubinstein variation"]
[WhiteFideId "1111914"]
[BlackFideId "1512668"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. e4 Nf6 3. Nc3 d6 4. e5 dxe5 5. Nxe5 a6 6. a4 e6 7. g3 Qc7 8. Nc4
Qc6 9. f3 h5 10. Bg2 h4 11. O-O hxg3 12. hxg3 Qc7 13. f4 Nc6 14. d3 Nd4 15. Ne4
Nf5 16. Bd2 Qd8 17. Ba5 Qd4+ 18. Rf2 Nxe4 19. dxe4 Nxg3 20. Nb6 Rb8 21. Qf3 Be7
22. Rd1 Qxb2 23. c4 Qf6 24. Qxg3 Qh6 25. Rfd2 Bh4 26. Qf3 Be7 27. e5 Qh2+ 28.
Kf1 Rh4 29. Rf2 Kf8 30. Rd3 Rh6 31. Qg3 Qh5 32. Qf3 Qf5 33. Bh3 Qh7 34. Bd2 Rh4
35. Nxc8 Rxc8 36. f5 f6 37. fxe6 b5 38. axb5 axb5 39. exf6 gxf6 40. Bg5 bxc4 41.
Re3 Rd4 42. Bxf6 Ke8 43. Bxe7 Qxe7 44. Qf7+ Kd8 45. Qf8+ Qe8 46. Qxe8+ Kxe8 47.
e7 1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.28"]
[Round "13.39"]
[White "Jumabayev, Rinat"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2612"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[ECO "E60"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "3.g3"]
[WhiteFideId "13702661"]
[BlackFideId "14100010"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nf3 d6 6. O-O Ne4 7. Qc2 f5 8. Nc3
Nxc3 9. bxc3 Nd7 10. e4 fxe4 11. Qxe4 e5 12. Bg5 Qe8 13. Qh4 Rf5 14. Rae1 h6 15.
Bc1 Qf8 16. Qe4 Qf7 17. Qe2 Rb8 18. Nh4 Nb6 19. c5 Nc4 20. cxd6 cxd6 21. Nxf5
gxf5 22. dxe5 dxe5 23. g4 f4 24. Rd1 Be6 25. Rfe1 Kh8 26. h3 Rg8 27. Be4 Bf6 28.
Bd3 Bd5 29. f3 h5 30. Bxc4 Bxc4 31. Qe4 hxg4 32. hxg4 Qh5 33. Rd2 1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.28"]
[Round "13.40"]
[White "Naiditsch, Arkadij"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2694"]
[ECO "A45"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[WhiteFideId "4650891"]
[BlackFideId "14103320"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 e6 3. e3 b6 4. Nf3 Bb7 5. h3 Be7 6. Nbd2 O-O 7. Bd3 c5 8. O-O
cxd4 9. exd4 d6 10. a4 a6 11. c4 Nc6 12. Qb3 d5 13. c5 Nd7 14. Rfc1 a5 15. cxb6
Nxb6 16. Qb5 Rc8 17. Nb3 Bb4 18. Nc5 Ba8 19. Bxh7+ Kxh7 20. Ng5+ Kg8 21. Qd3 g6
22. Ngxe6 Qf6 23. Nxf8 Qxf4 24. Nfd7 Nxd7 25. Nxd7 Rd8 26. Qa6 Qd6 27. Nb6 Nxd4
28. Rc8 Bc6 29. Rd1 Bc5 30. Na8 Kg7 31. Nc7 Nf3+ 32. Kf1 Nh2+ 33. Kg1 Qg3 34.
Kh1 Bxf2 35. Rxd8 Nf3 36. Ne8+ Kh6 0-1

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.28"]
[Round "13.41"]
[White "Sjugirov, Sanan"]
[Black "Socko, Bartosz"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2593"]
[ECO "A46"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn"]
[Variation "Torre attack"]
[WhiteFideId "4189302"]
[BlackFideId "1107038"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bg5 h6 4. Bh4 c5 5. e3 Qb6 6. Bxf6 gxf6 7. Nbd2 cxd4 8.
exd4 Qxb2 9. Bd3 Nc6 10. Rb1 Qxa2 11. O-O Qa5 12. Ne4 Be7 13. c4 Qc7 14. Re1 d6
15. d5 Ne5 16. Nd4 f5 17. Nb5 Qd8 18. Ng3 a6 19. Nd4 h5 20. f4 Nxd3 21. Qxd3 h4
22. Nf1 Rh6 23. Re2 Kf8 24. dxe6 fxe6 25. Rbe1 Qb6 26. Kh1 h3 27. Nxf5 exf5 28.
Rxe7 hxg2+ 29. Kxg2 Bd7 30. Ng3 Qc6+ 31. Kf1 Rxh2 32. Qd5 Qxd5 33. cxd5 Rd8 34.
Kg1 Rh4 35. Kg2 a5 36. Kf3 a4 37. R7e6 Bxe6 38. dxe6 Rh7 39. Nxf5 Ke8 40. Rg1
Kf8 41. Ke4 Re8 42. Nd4 Ke7 43. Kd5 Rf8 44. f5 Rc8 45. f6+ Kxf6 46. Rf1+ Kg5 47.
Kxd6 Rd8+ 48. Ke5 Rc7 49. Rg1+ Kh5 50. Ke4 1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.28"]
[Round "13.42"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Andriasian, Zaven"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2678"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[ECO "B90"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Najdorf"]
[WhiteFideId "400025"]
[BlackFideId "13302000"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

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 Bd7 10. f4 Nc6 11. Nb3 Rc8 12. Bf3 Qc7 13. a5 e5 14. Bb6 Qb8 15. f5
Ne7 16. g4 h6 17. Kh1 Rxc3 18. bxc3 Bc6 19. Qd3 d5 20. Nd2 Re8 21. c4 dxc4 22.
Qe3 Bb5 23. c3 Nc8 24. fxg6 fxg6 25. g5 hxg5 26. Qxg5 Nxb6 27. axb6 Qd6 28. Rg1
Re7 29. Rad1 Qxb6 30. Qxg6 Be8 31. Qg5 Qe6 32. Nf1 Nh7 33. Qg2 Bc6 34. Ne3 Qf6
35. Nf5 Rf7 36. Rd6 1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.28"]
[Round "13.43"]
[White "Eljanov, Pavel"]
[Black "Malakhov, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2711"]
[BlackElo "2686"]
[ECO "A07"]
[Opening "Reti"]
[Variation "King's Indian attack, Keres variation"]
[WhiteFideId "14102951"]
[BlackFideId "4120787"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Bg4 3. Bg2 Nd7 4. h3 Bh5 5. d4 c6 6. O-O e6 7. c4 Ngf6 8. Nc3
Be7 9. Ne5 O-O 10. g4 Bg6 11. Nxg6 hxg6 12. b3 a6 13. Qd3 Rc8 14. Rd1 b5 15. Bf4
bxc4 16. bxc4 Nb6 17. c5 Nc4 18. Rab1 Qa5 19. e4 Bd8 20. e5 Nd7 21. Ne4 Bc7 22.
Nd6 Bxd6 23. exd6 e5 24. Bxe5 Ncxe5 25. dxe5 Nxe5 26. Qd4 Nd7 27. Rdc1 Rb8 28.
Rxb8 Rxb8 29. Qe3 Nf6 30. g5 Re8 31. Qc3 Qxc3 32. Rxc3 Nd7 33. h4 f5 34. gxf6
gxf6 35. Bh3 f5 36. h5 Kf7 37. f4 Re4 38. Bg2 Rd4 39. h6 Kg8 40. Re3 Nxc5 41.
Re7 Rxf4 42. d7 Nxd7 43. Rxd7 Ra4 44. Rg7+ Kh8 45. Rxg6 Rxa2 46. Rxc6 Ra3 47.
Kh2 Ra2 48. Kh3 Rd2 49. Kg3 f4+ 50. Kf3 d4 51. Bf1 a5 52. Bc4 a4 53. Bd5 Rb2 54.
Be4 Rb8 55. Ra6 Rd8 56. Bd3 Re8 57. Kxf4 Rf8+ 58. Kg5 Rb8 59. Rxa4 Rc8 60. Rxd4
Rb8 61. Rd7 Rg8+ 62. Kh5 Rb8 63. Bc4 Re8 64. Bd3 Rb8 65. Bf5 Ra8 66. Re7 Rb8 67.
Kg6 Rg8+ 68. Rg7 Re8 69. Rh7+ Kg8 70. Rd7 Kh8 71. Bd3 Re6+ 72. Kf7 Rd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.28"]
[Round "13.44"]
[White "Khismatullin, Denis"]
[Black "Georgiev, Kiril"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2632"]
[BlackElo "2623"]
[ECO "A28"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "four knights, Romanishin variation"]
[WhiteFideId "4142578"]
[BlackFideId "2900017"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e3 Bb4 5. Qc2 Bxc3 6. Qxc3 Qe7 7. a3 d5 8. d4
exd4 9. Nxd4 Ne5 10. cxd5 Nxd5 11. Qc2 O-O 12. b4 Bg4 13. Be2 Bxe2 14. Qxe2 c5
15. bxc5 Qxc5 16. O-O Qc4 17. Qh5 Rfe8 18. Bb2 Nf6 19. Qe2 Nd3 20. Rfd1 Nxb2 21.
Qxb2 b6 22. Rac1 Qa4 23. Nb5 Rad8 24. Nd6 Rf8 25. Rd4 Qd7 26. Nb5 Qe7 27. h3
Rxd4 28. Nxd4 Qe5 29. Rc4 Ne4 30. Rc6 g6 31. Qc2 Nc5 32. a4 Re8 33. a5 Ne6 34.
axb6 axb6 35. Nf3 Qb5 36. Qc3 Nc5 37. Rc7 Ne4 38. Qc2 Qd5 39. Nd4 Nc5 40. Qb2
Rb8 41. Ra7 Ne6 42. Nf3 Qd1+ 43. Kh2 Qd6+ 44. g3 Qd5 45. Ne5 Ng5 46. Ng4 Nf3+
47. Kg2 Nh4+ 48. Kf1 Qd1# 0-1

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.28"]
[Round "13.45"]
[White "Kovalev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Bortnyk, Olexandr"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2639"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[ECO "A05"]
[Opening "Reti opening"]
[WhiteFideId "13504398"]
[BlackFideId "14120828"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 b6 3. Bg2 Bb7 4. O-O g6 5. b3 Bg7 6. Bb2 O-O 7. c4 e6 8. Nc3
Re8 9. d4 d5 10. Rc1 Nc6 11. Ne5 Ne7 12. Qc2 c6 13. e4 Rc8 14. Rfd1 Qc7 15. Nd3
dxe4 16. Nxe4 Nxe4 17. Bxe4 Rcd8 18. Nf4 Bh6 19. Nd3 Bxc1 20. Qxc1 Nf5 21. Ne5
c5 22. Bxb7 Qxb7 23. dxc5 bxc5 24. Ng4 Qf3 25. Nf6+ Kf8 26. Nxh7+ Kg8 27. Nf6+
Kf8 28. Re1 Rd3 29. Nxe8 Kxe8 30. Qg5 Ne3 31. Qxe3 Rxe3 32. Rxe3 Qd1+ 33. Kg2
Qd2 34. Bf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.28"]
[Round "13.46"]
[White "Mchedlishvili, Mikheil"]
[Black "Amin, Bassem"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2603"]
[BlackElo "2689"]
[ECO "A45"]
[Opening "Trompovsky attack (Ruth, Opovcensky opening)"]
[WhiteFideId "13600966"]
[BlackFideId "10601457"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 3. Bf4 d5 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. c3 Nc6 7. Nd2 Qb6 8. Rb1
Bg4 9. Ngf3 e6 10. Qa4 Be7 11. Ne5 O-O 12. Bg5 c4 13. Bc2 Bh5 14. Bxf6 gxf6 15.
Nd7 Qc7 16. Nxf8 a6 17. Bd1 Bxd1 18. Qxd1 Rxf8 19. e4 dxe4 20. Nxe4 f5 21. Nd2
b5 22. O-O Bd6 23. Qh5 Ne7 24. Nf3 Kg7 25. Rfe1 Ng6 26. d5 Nf4 27. Qg5+ Kh8 28.
Qf6+ Kg8 29. Ng5 Be7 30. Qh6 Bxg5 31. Qxg5+ Kh8 32. Qf6+ Kg8 33. dxe6 fxe6 34.
Qe5 Qxe5 35. Rxe5 Kf7 36. Rc5 Nd5 37. Re1 Re8 38. g3 Re7 39. Rd1 Ra7 40. Rd4 Ke7
41. Rc8 Kd6 42. Rh8 a5 43. Rb8 Kc5 44. Re8 Kd6 45. Rb8 Kc5 46. a4 bxa4 47. Rc8+
Kb5 48. Rdxc4 Nb6 49. R4c5+ Ka6 50. R8c6 Re7 51. Rd6 Kb7 52. Rb5 1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.28"]
[Round "13.47"]
[White "Volokitin, Andrei"]
[Black "Halkias, Stelios"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2628"]
[BlackElo "2571"]
[ECO "C84"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "closed defence"]
[WhiteFideId "14107090"]
[BlackFideId "4201809"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 d6 7. c3 O-O 8. Re1 b5
9. Bc2 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. a4 Bb7 12. Bd3 c6 13. Nbd2 Re8 14. b4 Bf8 15. Qc2 Qc7
16. Bb2 Nb6 17. axb5 cxb5 18. d5 Rac8 19. Rec1 Nc4 20. Nxc4 bxc4 21. Bf1 Nd7 22.
Ra5 g6 23. Rca1 Be7 24. Bc1 Bd8 25. Be3 Qb8 26. R5a3 Bb6 27. Qd2 Qc7 28. Bxb6
Nxb6 29. Ra5 Ra8 30. h4 Rf8 31. h5 f5 32. Ng5 Rae8 33. Ne6 Rxe6 34. dxe6 fxe4
35. b5 d5 36. bxa6 Ba8 37. hxg6 hxg6 38. Qg5 Kg7 39. Rb5 Nc8 40. Rab1 Nd6 41.
Qxe5+ Kg8 42. Rb7 Bxb7 43. Rxb7 Rf5 44. Rxc7 Rxe5 45. a7 1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.28"]
[Round "13.48"]
[White "Dervishi, Erald"]
[Black "Ni, Hua"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2552"]
[BlackElo "2671"]
[ECO "C42"]
[Opening "Petrov"]
[Variation "classical attack"]
[WhiteFideId "4700236"]
[BlackFideId "8601160"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bf5 7. O-O Be7 8.
Nbd2 Nd6 9. Bxf5 Nxf5 10. Re1 O-O 11. Nf1 c6 12. Qd3 g6 13. Ng3 Nxg3 14. hxg3
Nd7 15. Bf4 Re8 16. Re3 Bf6 17. Rae1 Rxe3 18. Rxe3 Nf8 19. Be5 Be7 20. Qe2 Ne6
21. Nh2 h5 22. g4 h4 23. f4 f6 24. Bc7 Nxd4 25. Qd3 Qxc7 26. Qxg6+ Kf8 27. Qh6+
Ke8 28. Qxf6 Nxc2 29. Qg6+ Kd7 30. Qe6+ Kd8 31. Qg8+ Kd7 32. Qe6+ Kd8 33. Qg8+
Kd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.28"]
[Round "13.49"]
[White "Ibrahimov, Rasul"]
[Black "Tregubov, Pavel V."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2518"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[ECO "A37"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "symmetrical, Botvinnik system reversed"]
[WhiteFideId "13400495"]
[BlackFideId "4115341"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. O-O d6 7. d3 Nge7 8. a3 O-O
9. Rb1 a5 10. b3 h6 11. Nd2 Be6 12. Nd5 Rb8 13. Bb2 b5 14. e3 Qd7 15. Qc2 Bh3
16. Ne4 Nxd5 17. Bxh3 Qxh3 18. cxd5 Ne7 19. Nxd6 Nxd5 20. Qxc5 Nf6 21. Qxe5 Rfd8
22. Ne4 Ne8 23. Qf4 g5 24. Qf3 Bxb2 25. Rxb2 Rxd3 26. Nf6+ Nxf6 27. Qxf6 Rbd8
28. Rbb1 R8d6 29. Qe5 R6d5 30. Qe4 Kg7 31. Qe8 Qd7 32. Qxd7 Rxd7 33. Rfc1 R7d5
34. Kg2 Rd2 35. g4 h5 36. h3 h4 37. Rc7 Kg6 38. Ra7 R5d3 39. Kf3 Rd6 40. Kg2 Rf6
41. Rf1 Rb2 42. Rxa5 Rxb3 43. a4 bxa4 44. Rxa4 Rb2 45. Ra5 Rc2 46. Rb5 Ra2 47.
Rb8 Rc2 48. Rb7 Ra2 49. Rb3 Rc2 50. Rb5 Ra2 51. Rb4 Rc2 52. Ra4 Rb2 53. Ra5 Rc2
54. Rb5 Ra2 55. Rd5 Rb2 56. e4 Re2 57. Rf5 Rxe4 58. Rxf6+ Kxf6 59. Ra1 Rd4 60.
Ra5 Kg6 61. Rb5 Rc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.28"]
[Round "13.50"]
[White "Meier, Georg"]
[Black "Tissir, Mohamed"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2381"]
[ECO "A05"]
[Opening "Reti"]
[Variation "King's Indian attack"]
[WhiteFideId "4675789"]
[BlackFideId "9000240"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O O-O 5. d4 d6 6. b3 a5 7. Bb2 a4 8. b4 d5
9. Na3 Nc6 10. b5 Na5 11. Ne5 c6 12. c4 cxb5 13. cxb5 Bf5 14. Rc1 Qd6 15. Qxa4
Nc4 16. Nexc4 Rxa4 17. Nxd6 exd6 18. Rc7 Rfa8 19. Rxb7 Rxa3 20. Bxa3 Rxa3 21.
Ra1 h5 22. b6 Ra6 23. e3 Nd7 24. Bxd5 Nxb6 25. Bxf7+ Kh7 26. Be8 Nd5 27. a4 Nf6
28. Bb5 Ra8 29. a5 Be4 30. Rb6 Rf8 31. Bc6 d5 32. a6 Ng4 33. Ra2 Bh6 34. Rb7+
Kh8 35. a7 Nxf2 36. Rxf2 Bxe3 37. Rb2 1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.28"]
[Round "13.51"]
[White "Sethuraman, S.P."]
[Black "Lodhi, Mahmood"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2646"]
[BlackElo "2347"]
[ECO "C50"]
[Opening "Giuoco Pianissimo"]
[WhiteFideId "5021596"]
[BlackFideId "7800010"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 d6 5. c3 Nf6 6. a4 a5 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4 Qe7
9. O-O g5 10. Bg3 h5 11. h4 g4 12. Ng5 Nd8 13. d4 Ba7 14. Nd2 Nd7 15. Qb3 Nb6
16. f4 exd4 17. Kh1 f6 18. e5 d5 19. Bb5+ c6 20. exf6 Qxf6 21. Rae1+ Kd7 22. Bd3
Re8 23. Rxe8 Kxe8 24. Re1+ Kd7 25. f5 Nc4 26. Bxc4 dxc4 27. Nxc4 1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.28"]
[Round "13.52"]
[White "Al-Saffar, Araz Basim Mohammed S"]
[Black "Van Foreest, Jorden"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2368"]
[BlackElo "2629"]
[ECO "A40"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn"]
[Variation "Keres defence"]
[WhiteFideId "4801040"]
[BlackFideId "1039784"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 b6 3. e4 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Bxd2+ 5. Nxd2 d5 6. Ngf3 Ne7 7. Bd3 O-O 8.
O-O Nbc6 9. cxd5 exd5 10. e5 Bf5 11. Bxf5 Nxf5 12. Nb3 a5 13. Rc1 Nce7 14. Qd3
Qd7 15. Rc2 Rac8 16. Rfc1 c6 17. h3 Qa7 18. Ng5 a4 19. Nd2 c5 20. g4 c4 21. Nxc4
dxc4 22. Qe4 f6 23. Ne6 fxe5 24. Nxf8 Nxd4 25. Nxh7 Qa8 26. Ng5 Qxe4 27. Nxe4 b5
28. Nd6 Rc5 29. Nxc4 bxc4 30. Rxc4 Rb5 31. Kf1 Rxb2 32. Re1 Nf3 33. Rxa4 Nxe1
34. Kxe1 Nd5 35. h4 Nf4 36. f3 Nd3+ 37. Kd1 Rf2 38. Ra3 Rxf3 39. Kd2 e4 40. Rc3
Rh3 41. h5 e3+ 42. Kd1 Rh1+ 43. Ke2 Nf4+ 0-1

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.28"]
[Round "13.53"]
[White "Saeed, Ishaq"]
[Black "El Adnani, Mokliss"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2434"]
[BlackElo "2448"]
[ECO "D86"]
[Opening "Gruenfeld"]
[Variation "exchange, Simagin's lesser variation"]
[WhiteFideId "9301453"]
[BlackFideId "9000410"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 O-O 8.
Ne2 b6 9. O-O Ba6 10. Bb3 Nc6 11. h4 Na5 12. Bc2 c5 13. h5 cxd4 14. cxd4 Rc8 15.
hxg6 hxg6 16. Bg5 Nc6 17. Bd3 Bxd3 18. Qxd3 Nxd4 19. Nxd4 Qxd4 20. Qxd4 Bxd4 21.
Rad1 e5 22. Rd2 Rc4 23. Kh2 Kg7 24. Rd3 Rh8+ 25. Kg3 Rc2 26. f4 Rh5 27. Be7 Rxa2
28. f5 gxf5 29. exf5 f6 30. Rc1 Rxf5 31. Rc7 Rg5+ 32. Kh3 Kg6 33. Rc6 Rf2 34. g4
Kf7 35. Rc7 Ke6 36. Bb4 a5 37. Rc6+ Kd5 38. Rd6+ Ke4 39. R3xd4+ exd4 40. Be1
Rf3+ 41. Kh2 Rxg4 42. Re6+ Kd5 43. Rxb6 Rf5 44. Bg3 Rh5+ 45. Kg2 Rhg5 46. Rxf6
Rxg3+ 47. Kh2 Rg2+ 48. Kh1 Rg1+ 49. Kh2 R5g2+ 50. Kh3 Rg6 0-1

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.28"]
[Round "13.54"]
[White "Khenkin, Igor"]
[Black "Minko, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2554"]
[BlackElo "2381"]
[ECO "E11"]
[Opening "Bogo-Indian defence, Gruenfeld variation"]
[WhiteFideId "4659600"]
[BlackFideId "24146706"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 O-O 5. a3 Be7 6. e4 d6 7. Be2 c5 8. d5 e5
9. Qc2 Nbd7 10. Nb1 Ne8 11. Nc3 a6 12. Be3 Rb8 13. b4 b6 14. Rb1 Qc7 15. O-O g6
16. Nd2 Ng7 17. bxc5 Nxc5 18. Nb3 Bd7 19. Nxc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.28"]
[Round "13.55"]
[White "Amer, Said Salim Al Maashani"]
[Black "Inarkiev, Ernesto"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2103"]
[BlackElo "2689"]
[ECO "B47"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Taimanov (Bastrikov) variation"]
[WhiteFideId "22000100"]
[BlackFideId "4162722"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. g3 a6 7. Bg2 Nf6 8. O-O
Bc5 9. Nb3 Ba7 10. Bf4 Ne5 11. a4 d6 12. Qe2 O-O 13. h3 h6 14. Rfd1 Bd7 15. g4
Bc6 16. g5 hxg5 17. Bxg5 Nh7 18. Bf4 Qe7 19. Kh2 f5 20. Bxe5 dxe5 21. Na5 Qh4
22. Nxc6 bxc6 23. f3 Nf6 24. Rd6 Qf4+ 25. Kh1 Nh5 26. Qe1 Ng3+ 0-1

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.28"]
[Round "13.56"]
[White "Sanal, Vahap"]
[Black "Khader, Sami"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2551"]
[BlackElo "2392"]
[ECO "C63"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Schliemann defence, Berger variation"]
[WhiteFideId "6300545"]
[BlackFideId "8100500"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 f5 4. Nc3 fxe4 5. Nxe4 Nf6 6. Nxf6+ Qxf6 7. Qe2 Be7
8. Bxc6 bxc6 9. Nxe5 Qe6 10. d4 O-O 11. Nd3 Qg6 12. O-O Bf6 13. Ne5 Qe8 14. Qc4+
d5 15. Qxc6 Qxc6 16. Nxc6 Bd7 17. Ne5 Bxe5 18. dxe5 c5 19. c3 Kf7 20. Be3 c4 21.
Bc5 Rfc8 22. Bd6 Bf5 23. f3 Ke6 24. Kf2 a5 25. Ke3 Ra7 26. Kd4 a4 27. Rf2 Rc6
28. g4 Bd3 29. f4 g6 30. Rg1 Rf7 31. h4 Rc8 32. h5 Be4 33. Rg3 Ra8 34. Rh3 Kd7
35. hxg6 hxg6 36. Rh6 Re8 37. Ba3 Re6 38. Rh8 Re8 39. Rxe8 Kxe8 40. e6 Rh7 41.
f5 gxf5 42. gxf5 Rh4 43. Ke5 Rh5 44. Rf4 Rg5 45. Bc5 Rh5 46. Rg4 Rxf5+ 47. Kd4 1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.28"]
[Round "13.57"]
[White "Dobrov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Omar, Noaman"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2364"]
[ECO "E04"]
[Opening "Catalan"]
[Variation "open, 5.Nf3"]
[WhiteFideId "4136594"]
[BlackFideId "9300244"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 c5 6. O-O Nc6 7. dxc5 Qxd1 8.
Rxd1 Bxc5 9. Nbd2 c3 10. bxc3 O-O 11. Nb3 Be7 12. Nfd4 Rd8 13. Bxc6 bxc6 14. Na5
Bd7 15. Ndxc6 Bxc6 16. Rxd8+ Rxd8 17. Nxc6 Rd1+ 18. Kg2 Bc5 19. Rb1 h5 20. Ne5
Ne4 21. Rb8+ Kh7 22. Be3 Bxe3 23. fxe3 f6 24. Nc6 Nxc3 25. Rb7 Rd2 26. Nd4 Nxe2
27. Nf3 Rxa2 28. Kh3 Kh6 29. Re7 g5 30. Rxe6 0-1

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.28"]
[Round "13.58"]
[White "Masrahi, Abdulrahman A"]
[Black "Dzhumagaliev, Yan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "CM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "1962"]
[BlackElo "2400"]
[ECO "A45"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[WhiteFideId "21501564"]
[BlackFideId "24100110"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 e6 3. e3 c5 4. c3 Qb6 5. Qb3 d5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Nbd2 Be7 8. Be2
O-O 9. O-O Bd7 10. Ne5 Nxe5 11. Bxe5 Bc6 12. Bg3 Rfc8 13. Bh4 h6 14. f4 Re8 15.
Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Nf3 Rec8 17. Ne5 Be8 18. Kh1 Qc7 19. Ng4 Be7 20. f5 exf5 21. Rxf5
Bd7 22. Rxf7 Bxg4 23. Qxd5 Qc6 24. Rf8+ Kxf8 25. Rf1+ Bf6 26. Rxf6+ gxf6 0-1

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.28"]
[Round "13.59"]
[White "Al Zamel, Khaled"]
[Black "Al Ghamdi, Ahmed M"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackTitle "CM"]
[WhiteElo "1942"]
[BlackElo "2159"]
[ECO "C20"]
[Opening "King's pawn game"]
[WhiteFideId "21500967"]
[BlackFideId "21500150"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. d3 d5 4. Nd2 Bg4 5. Ngf3 dxe4 6. dxe4 Nxe4 7. Qe2 Nxd2 8.
Qxe5+ Qe7 9. Qxe7+ Bxe7 10. Nxd2 Nc6 11. c3 O-O-O 12. Bg2 Bg5 13. f4 Rhe8+ 14.
Kf1 Be7 15. h3 Bf5 16. Kg1 Bc5+ 17. Kh2 Re2 18. b4 Rdxd2 19. Bxd2 Be4 20. h4
Rxg2+ 21. Kh3 Rxd2 22. bxc5 Bxh1 23. Rxh1 h5 24. Re1 Kd7 25. Re3 Rxa2 26. g4
hxg4+ 27. Kxg4 Rg2+ 28. Kh5 Ne7 29. Re5 Ng8 0-1

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.28"]
[Round "13.60"]
[White "Al Jabri, Mohammed Ali"]
[Black "Lam, Daniel King-wai"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2154"]
[BlackElo "2222"]
[ECO "B21"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Smith-Morra gambit"]
[WhiteFideId "7604734"]
[BlackFideId "6001238"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. c3 dxc3 4. Nxc3 d6 5. Bc4 Nc6 6. Nf3 e6 7. O-O a6 8. a4
Nf6 9. Qe2 Be7 10. Rd1 Qc7 11. Bf4 O-O 12. Rac1 e5 13. Be3 Be6 14. Nd5 Qd8 15.
Bb6 Qd7 16. b4 Bxd5 17. Bxd5 Qe8 18. b5 Nxd5 19. Rxd5 Nb4 20. Rd2 axb5 21. axb5
Ra4 22. Rb2 Qa8 23. Rcb1 Na2 24. Qd3 Rc8 25. h3 Ra3 26. Qd2 Nc3 27. Re1 Qa4 28.
Qd3 Ra2 29. Rxa2 Qxa2 30. Kh2 Qa4 31. Rc1 h6 32. Rxc3 Rxc3 33. Qxc3 Qxe4 34. Be3
Kh7 35. Qc7 Bf6 36. Qxf7 Kh8 37. Qd7 Qd5 38. Qc8+ Kh7 39. Qf5+ Kh8 40. Bxh6 Qxb5
41. Bg5 1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.28"]
[Round "13.61"]
[White "Al-Hajiri, Bader"]
[Black "Al Abdali, Zeyad Saleh"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2165"]
[BlackElo "1801"]
[ECO "B07"]
[Opening "Pirc defence"]
[WhiteFideId "10300163"]
[BlackFideId "21501505"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nbd7 4. f4 e5 5. Nf3 Qe7 6. Bc4 c6 7. dxe5 dxe5 8. Ng5
Qc5 9. Bxf7+ Ke7 10. Qd3 Ng4 11. Qg3 Nb6 12. h3 Nf6 13. Be3 Qb4 14. fxe5 Na4 15.
a3 Qxb2 16. exf6+ gxf6 17. Qc7+ Bd7 18. Nxa4 Qxa1+ 19. Kd2 fxg5 20. Rxa1 Bg7 21.
Rf1 b6 22. Bxg5+ 1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.28"]
[Round "13.62"]
[White "Bukannan, Ahmed A"]
[Black "Miswadah, Baha"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1929"]
[BlackElo "1877"]
[ECO "E11"]
[Opening "Bogo-Indian defence"]
[WhiteFideId "21504164"]
[BlackFideId "11502118"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Be7 5. Nc3 O-O 6. Bf4 a6 7. e3 d5 8. cxd5
exd5 9. Bd3 c6 10. h3 Re8 11. O-O Nbd7 12. Ne5 Nxe5 13. Bxe5 Nd7 14. Bg3 Nf8 15.
Rc1 Bd6 16. Qf3 Qe7 17. Ne2 Bxg3 18. Nxg3 g6 19. Rfe1 f5 20. Ne2 Ne6 21. Nc3 Ng5
22. Qg3 Ne4 23. Bxe4 fxe4 24. f3 Bf5 25. f4 Kg7 26. Qf2 h5 27. Ne2 Kf7 28. Ng3
Qh4 29. Rf1 Rg8 30. Kh2 Qf6 31. a3 Rh8 32. b4 Qd6 33. Nxf5 gxf5 34. h4 Rag8 35.
Rc5 Rg4 36. g3 Rhg8 37. Rg1 Qe7 38. a4 R8g6 39. b5 cxb5 40. axb5 Qd8 41. bxa6
bxa6 42. Rgc1 Kg7 43. Rc8 Qa5 44. R1c7+ Kf6 45. Qc2 Qb5 46. Rb8 Qd3 47. Qc6# 1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.28"]
[Round "13.63"]
[White "Abdyjapar, Asyl"]
[Black "Al Mahmood, Salman"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2382"]
[BlackElo "1593"]
[ECO "E32"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian"]
[Variation "classical variation"]
[WhiteFideId "13800337"]
[BlackFideId "11201517"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. e4 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 d6 7. f4 b6 8. Nf3
Bb7 9. Bd3 h6 10. O-O Nbd7 11. e5 Ne8 12. Be3 c5 13. Rad1 Qc7 14. Qe2 d5 15.
cxd5 Bxd5 16. f5 c4 17. Bb1 exf5 18. Bxf5 Qc6 19. Bb1 Nc7 20. Qc2 f5 21. exf6
Nxf6 22. Ne5 Qe8 23. Rxf6 Rxf6 24. Qh7+ Kf8 25. Qh8+ Ke7 26. Qxg7+ Rf7 27. Qxh6
Qg8 28. Bg5+ Ke8 29. Nxf7 Qxf7 1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.28"]
[Round "13.64"]
[White "Al Habeeb, Emad"]
[Black "Alem, Ali Hussien"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1933"]
[BlackElo "1745"]
[ECO "A52"]
[Opening "Budapest"]
[Variation "Adler variation"]
[WhiteFideId "21500029"]
[BlackFideId "21500088"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 Ng4 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Bf4 Bb4+ 6. Nbd2 Qe7 7. e3 Ngxe5 8.
Nxe5 Nxe5 9. Be2 O-O 10. O-O d6 11. Nb3 Be6 12. Qc2 Ng6 13. Bg3 f5 14. Nd4 Bd7
15. Bf3 c6 16. Ne2 Ne5 17. Bxe5 dxe5 18. Nc3 Rf6 19. Rfd1 Rh6 20. Qb3 Be6 21. a3
Bd6 22. e4 Bc5 23. exf5 Bxf5 24. g3 Rf8 25. Na4 Bd4 26. Rd2 Qg5 27. Re2 b6 28.
c5+ Be6 29. Qd3 b5 30. Nc3 Bc4 31. Qe4 Rf4 32. Qc2 Rxf3 33. Rd2 0-1

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.28"]
[Round "13.65"]
[White "Al Saidi, Mohammed Khalfan"]
[Black "Al Juhani, Bakr"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1468"]
[BlackElo "1854"]
[ECO "E97"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "orthodox, Aronin-Taimanov, bayonet attack"]
[WhiteFideId "22001271"]
[BlackFideId "21500185"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5 Ne7
9. b4 a5 10. Ba3 Nd7 11. Ne1 f5 12. f3 Nf6 13. c5 axb4 14. Bxb4 Ne8 15. a4 f4
16. a5 g5 17. Ra2 Ng6 18. Qa1 Rf7 19. a6 b6 20. cxb6 cxb6 21. Nb5 Bf8 22. Nd3 h5
23. Bc3 g4 24. Nb4 g3 25. h3 Qh4 26. Bd3 Ne7 27. Nc6 Nxc6 28. dxc6 Rg7 29. Bc4+
Kh7 30. a7 Bxh3 31. gxh3 d5 32. Bxe5 Qxh3 33. Bxg7 Bxg7 34. Qc1 Bf8 35. Rd1 Bc5+
36. Nd4 Nc7 37. exd5 Rxa7 38. Rg2 Ra8 39. Qxf4 1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.28"]
[Round "13.66"]
[White "Al Bargi, Hassan M"]
[Black "Alanazy, Mohammed"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1579"]
[BlackElo "1850"]
[ECO "D00"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn, Mason variation"]
[WhiteFideId "21501475"]
[BlackFideId "21508488"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 c6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nd2 Bf5 5. c3 e6 6. Qb3 Bd6 7. Bxd6 Qxd6 8. Qxb7
O-O 9. Qxa8 Qc7 10. Ngf3 Nfd7 11. Ba6 Nxa6 12. Qxf8+ Kxf8 13. O-O h6 14. Rfe1 g5
15. e4 dxe4 16. Nxe4 Bxe4 17. Rxe4 c5 18. h3 Qb7 19. Re2 Nf6 20. dxc5 Nxc5 21.
Nd4 Nd5 22. g3 Na4 23. c4 Nf6 24. Rc1 Nb6 25. c5 Nbd5 26. c6 Qb6 27. Nf3 Nh5 28.
Ne5 Nxg3 29. Nd7+ Ke7 30. Rec2 Qc7 31. fxg3 Qxg3+ 32. Kh1 Qxh3+ 33. Rh2 Qe3 34.
Rhc2 Nc7 35. a4 g4 36. Rc3 Qe4+ 37. Kg1 h5 38. Nc5 Qxc6 39. Nd3 0-1

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.28"]
[Round "13.67"]
[White "Al Omary, Ahmed"]
[Black "Salama, Taher"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1875"]
[BlackElo "1769"]
[ECO "D37"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "4.Nf3"]
[WhiteFideId "21500207"]
[BlackFideId "11502231"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Be7 5. h3 b6 6. Bf4 O-O 7. e3 Bb7 8. Bd3 c5
9. O-O Nbd7 10. Re1 cxd4 11. exd4 dxc4 12. Bxc4 Rc8 13. Bb3 a6 14. Rc1 b5 15. a3
Nb6 16. Be5 Nc4 17. Qe2 Nd5 18. Red1 Bd6 19. Ne4 Bxe5 20. Nxe5 Nf4 21. Qe1 Nxb2
22. Rxc8 Qxc8 23. Rc1 Qa8 24. f3 Nbd3 25. Nxd3 Nxd3 26. Qd2 Nxc1 27. Qxc1 Bxe4
28. fxe4 Qxe4 29. Qc3 Rd8 30. Bc2 Qxd4+ 31. Qxd4 Rxd4 32. Kf1 Rc4 33. Bd1 f5 34.
Ke2 Kf7 35. Kd3 Rc7 36. Bf3 Kf6 37. g4 g6 38. h4 Ke5 39. g5 Kf4 40. Be2 e5 41.
Kd2 Kg3 42. h5 e4 43. Ke3 Rc3+ 44. Kd2 Rxa3 45. hxg6 hxg6 46. Ke1 Re3 47. Kf1
Rxe2 0-1

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.28"]
[Round "14.1"]
[White "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2691"]
[BlackElo "2837"]
[ECO "C47"]
[Opening "Four knights"]
[Variation "Scotch, 4...exd4"]
[WhiteFideId "24101605"]
[BlackFideId "1503014"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 O-O 8.
O-O d5 9. exd5 cxd5 10. Bg5 c6 11. Na4 h6 12. Bh4 Re8 13. c4 dxc4 14. Bxc4 Qxd1
15. Rfxd1 g5 16. Bg3 Ne4 17. a3 Bf8 18. Rac1 Nxg3 19. hxg3 Rb8 20. b4 Bf5 21.
Bd3 Bxd3 22. Rxd3 a5 23. bxa5 Rb5 24. Nb6 Rxa5 25. Rxc6 Rxa3 26. Rxa3 Re1+ 27.
Kh2 Bxa3 28. Nd5 Re6 29. Rxe6 fxe6 30. Nf6+ Kf7 31. Ne4 g4 32. Kg1 Kg6 33. Kf1
Kf5 34. Nd2 h5 35. Ke2 Bc5 36. f3 Ke5 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.28"]
[Round "14.2"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[ECO "C65"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Berlin defence"]
[WhiteFideId "5000017"]
[BlackFideId "4126025"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Nbd2 d6 6. c3 O-O 7. O-O a6 8. Bxc6
bxc6 9. d4 exd4 10. cxd4 Bb6 11. Qc2 c5 12. d5 Re8 13. b3 Bg4 14. Bb2 Bh5 15.
Rae1 Bg6 16. Bxf6 Qxf6 17. Nc4 Ba7 18. Qd3 h6 19. Re3 Rad8 20. g3 Bh7 21. Rfe1
g5 22. Qe2 Kg7 23. Rd1 Qg6 24. Re1 Qf6 25. Kg2 g4 26. Nh4 Qg5 27. f4 gxf3+ 28.
Qxf3 Qf6 29. Qe2 Qg5 30. Rf1 Kg8 31. Nf5 Rxe4 32. Nxh6+ Qxh6 33. Rxe4 Bxe4+ 34.
Qxe4 Kf8 35. Re1 Qf6 36. Re2 Bb6 37. h4 Kg7 38. Rf2 Qg6 39. Rf5 Kf8 40. h5 Qh7
41. g4 Re8 42. Qf3 Kg8 43. Kh3 Re1 44. Qf4 Kf8 45. Qg5 Qh8 46. Rf3 Qg7 47. Qxg7+
Kxg7 48. g5 Rd1 49. Ne3 Rh1+ 50. Kg4 c4 51. Nf5+ Kf8 52. bxc4 Rg1+ 53. Rg3 Rc1
54. g6 fxg6 55. hxg6 Rxc4+ 56. Kh5 Bd4 57. Rg4 1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.28"]
[Round "14.3"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[ECO "A05"]
[Opening "Reti"]
[Variation "King's Indian attack"]
[WhiteFideId "4102142"]
[BlackFideId "4168119"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. c4 c6 5. d4 d5 6. cxd5 cxd5 7. Ne5 Nfd7 8.
Nxd7 Bxd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.28"]
[Round "14.4"]
[White "Bu, Xiangzhi"]
[Black "Fedoseev, Vladimir3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[ECO "D37"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "4.Nf3"]
[WhiteFideId "8601445"]
[BlackFideId "24130737"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. d4 a6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 Be6 7. e3 Nbd7 8. Bh4
h6 9. Bd3 Bd6 10. Bg3 Bxg3 11. hxg3 O-O 12. Qc2 Re8 13. O-O c5 14. dxc5 Nxc5 15.
Rfd1 Rc8 16. Rac1 Qb6 17. Nd4 Bg4 18. Be2 h5 19. Bxg4 hxg4 20. Nde2 Nce4 21. Qb3
Qxb3 22. axb3 Nc5 23. Nd4 g6 24. Na4 Ncd7 25. Rxc8 Rxc8 26. Nc3 Kf8 27. Kf1 Ke7
28. Ke2 Rh8 29. Nc2 Ke6 30. Nb4 Rh5 31. Nd3 g5 32. b4 Rh2 33. Nc5+ Nxc5 34. bxc5
Rh8 35. Rd4 Rc8 36. Rb4 Rxc5 37. Rxb7 Rc6 38. f3 gxf3+ 39. gxf3 g4 40. fxg4 Nxg4
41. Rb8 Nf6 42. Kd3 Ng4 43. Re8+ Kd7 44. Rb8 Ke6 45. Re8+ Kd7 46. Rg8 Nf6 47.
Rb8 Ke6 48. Ne2 Kd7 49. Nd4 Rc7 50. Rb6 Ne4 51. Nf5 Rc1 52. Kd4 Rd1+ 53. Ke5 f6+
54. Kf4 a5 55. Kg4 a4 56. Ra6 Ra1 57. Kh5 Ra2 58. Kg6 Rxb2 59. Rxa4 Rg2 60. Ra7+
Kc6 61. Rg7 Nd6 62. Nd4+ Kb6 63. Rd7 Rxg3+ 64. Kxf6 Ne4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.28"]
[Round "14.5"]
[White "Wang, Hao"]
[Black "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[ECO "B40"]
[Opening "Sicilian defence"]
[WhiteFideId "8602883"]
[BlackFideId "12401137"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c3 d5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. d4 Nf6 6. Na3 Qd8 7. Nc4 Nc6 8. Nce5
Nxe5 9. Nxe5 a6 10. Qa4+ Nd7 11. Be3 cxd4 12. Bxd4 f6 13. Nf3 Qc7 14. O-O-O Qc6
15. Qxc6 bxc6 16. Nd2 e5 17. Be3 Bc5 18. Nb3 Bxe3+ 19. fxe3 Kd8 20. Rd6 Kc7 21.
Re6 a5 22. Re7 a4 23. Nd2 g6 24. Be2 Ra7 25. Rd1 Kb8 26. Ne4 Rc7 27. a3 Nc5 28.
Rxc7 Nb3+ 29. Kc2 Kxc7 30. Nxf6 Rf8 31. Rf1 Bf5+ 32. e4 Rxf6 33. exf5 gxf5 34.
Bd3 Rg6 35. g3 Rh6 36. h4 f4 37. Rg1 Kb6 38. gxf4 exf4 39. Rg4 Rf6 40. Bxh7 Nc5
41. Bd3 Nxd3 42. Kxd3 f3 43. Rg1 Rf4 44. Rh1 f2 45. Ke2 f1=Q+ 46. Rxf1 Rxh4 47.
Kd1 Rh2 48. Kc1 Kb5 49. Kb1 Rh4 50. Rf2 c5 51. Ka2 Rg4 52. Rf8 Rh4 53. Rb8+ Kc6
54. Kb1 Kd5 55. Ra8 Kc6 56. Kc2 Rh2+ 57. Kd3 Rh3+ 58. Ke4 Rh4+ 59. Ke5 Rh5+ 60.
Ke6 Rh6+ 61. Kf5 Rh5+ 62. Ke4 Rh4+ 63. Kd3 Rh3+ 64. Kc2 Rh2+ 65. Kb1 Rh1+ 66.
Ka2 Rh4 67. Rd8 Kc7 68. Rd2 Kc6 69. b3 axb3+ 70. Kxb3 Kb5 71. Rd5 Rg4 72. Rh5
Rf4 73. Rd5 Rh4 74. Rd8 c4+ 75. Kc2 Rh2+ 76. Kc1 Ka4 77. Rb8 Kxa3 78. Rb4 Rg2
79. Rxc4 Kb3 80. Rc5 Rc2+ 81. Kd1 Rxc3 82. Rxc3+ Kxc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.28"]
[Round "14.6"]
[White "Yu, Yangyi"]
[Black "Ding, Liren"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2777"]
[ECO "D77"]
[Opening "Neo-Gruenfeld, 6.O-O"]
[WhiteFideId "8603820"]
[BlackFideId "8603677"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. d4 Nf6 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 dxc4 7. Na3 c5 8. Nxc4
Be6 9. Nce5 cxd4 10. Qxd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.28"]
[Round "14.7"]
[White "Guseinov, Gadir"]
[Black "Onischuk, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2646"]
[BlackElo "2637"]
[ECO "B08"]
[Opening "Pirc"]
[Variation "classical system, 5.Be2"]
[WhiteFideId "13401378"]
[BlackFideId "14114038"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O c6 7. a4 Nbd7 8. Be3
e5 9. dxe5 dxe5 10. Nd2 Qe7 11. Nc4 Ne8 12. a5 Nc5 13. Nd6 Nxd6 14. Bxc5 Rd8 15.
Qd3 Be6 16. Rfd1 Bf8 17. Qe3 a6 18. Na4 Qf6 19. f3 Nb5 20. Bxf8 Kxf8 21. c3
Rxd1+ 22. Rxd1 Rd8 23. Rd2 Rxd2 24. Qxd2 Qe7 25. b4 Qd6 26. Qe3 Kg7 27. Kf2 f6
28. Ke1 g5 29. Nc5 Bc8 30. Qd2 Qxd2+ 31. Kxd2 Nd6 32. g4 h5 33. h3 h4 34. c4 Kf8
35. Kc3 Ke7 36. b5 cxb5 37. cxb5 axb5 38. Kb4 Kd8 39. Bxb5 Kc7 40. Ba4 b6 41.
axb6+ Kxb6 42. Bb3 Nb7 43. Na4+ Kc7 44. Bd5 Nd8 45. Nc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.28"]
[Round "14.8"]
[White "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2744"]
[BlackElo "2799"]
[ECO "C76"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "modern Steinitz defence, fianchetto (Bronstein) variation"]
[WhiteFideId "5007003"]
[BlackFideId "13401319"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. c3 Bd7 6. d4 g6 7. dxe5 dxe5 8. O-O
Bg7 9. Bg5 f6 10. Be3 Nh6 11. Bc5 Bf8 12. Bxf8 Kxf8 13. Qd2 Nf7 14. Rd1 Be8 15.
Qxd8 Ncxd8 16. Bxe8 Kxe8 17. Nbd2 Nd6 18. Ne1 a5 19. Nc2 Ke7 20. Ne3 c6 21. Nec4
Nxc4 22. Nxc4 b5 23. Nb6 Rb8 24. Nd7 Rb7 25. Nc5 Rc7 26. a4 Nb7 27. Nxb7 Rxb7
28. axb5 Rxb5 29. Ra2 Rhb8 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.28"]
[Round "14.9"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Alekseev, Evgeny"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2789"]
[BlackElo "2616"]
[ECO "C50"]
[Opening "Giuoco Piano"]
[WhiteFideId "623539"]
[BlackFideId "4138147"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 O-O 7. Re1 Bb6 8. a4 a5
9. h3 Ne7 10. d4 Ng6 11. Bd3 c6 12. Be3 h6 13. Nbd2 Be6 14. Qc2 Bc7 15. Rad1 Qe7
16. c4 Rfd8 17. Nf1 Nh5 18. d5 Bd7 19. Ng3 Nhf4 20. Bf1 Qf6 21. Nf5 Ne7 22. Bxf4
Nxf5 23. Bc1 Ne7 24. Qb3 Rab8 25. Nh2 Qg6 26. Nf3 Qf6 27. Nh2 Qg6 28. g3 f5 29.
Bg2 fxe4 30. Bxe4 Bf5 31. Bxf5 Qxf5 32. Kg2 cxd5 33. cxd5 b5 34. axb5 Qd7 35.
Ng4 Rxb5 36. Qc2 Nf5 37. Be3 Bb6 38. Bxb6 Rxb6 39. Rc1 Rdb8 40. Rb1 Qf7 41. Ne3
Nd4 42. Qe4 Rxb2 43. Rxb2 Rxb2 44. Rf1 a4 45. h4 a3 46. Qg4 a2 47. Qc8+ Kh7 48.
Qa6 Qf3+ 49. Kh3 Nf5 50. Nxf5 Qxf5+ 51. Kg2 Qe4+ 52. Kg1 Qxd5 53. Qc8 Qd3 0-1

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.28"]
[Round "14.10"]
[White "Rapport, Richard"]
[Black "Kokarev, Dmitry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2707"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[ECO "B23"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "closed"]
[WhiteFideId "738590"]
[BlackFideId "4132181"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. Nge2 Nf6 4. g3 Nc6 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 g6 7. Nde2 b6 8. Bg2
Bb7 9. b3 Bg7 10. Bb2 O-O 11. O-O Rc8 12. Qd2 Nd7 13. Rab1 Nc5 14. Rfd1 a6 15.
Nd5 Bxb2 16. Rxb2 b5 17. c3 Ne5 18. Qd4 Nc6 19. Qe3 e6 20. Nb4 Qe7 21. Rbd2 Rfd8
22. f4 a5 23. Nd3 b4 24. Nxc5 dxc5 25. e5 Rxd2 26. Rxd2 Rd8 27. Kf2 Rxd2 28.
Qxd2 bxc3 29. Qxc3 Nb4 30. Bxb7 Qxb7 31. a3 Nd5 32. Qxa5 Qxb3 33. Qxc5 h5 34.
Qc1 Kg7 35. Nd4 Qd3 36. Ne2 Qb3 37. Qc5 Qa2 38. Qa5 h4 39. Qc5 h3 40. Qc1 Qb3
41. Qc5 Qd3 42. Qc1 Qb3 43. g4 Qd3 44. Ng3 Qd4+ 45. Kf3 Qd3+ 46. Kf2 Qd4+ 47.
Kf3 Qd3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.28"]
[Round "14.11"]
[White "Safarli, Eltaj"]
[Black "Zhigalko, Sergei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2639"]
[BlackElo "2641"]
[ECO "B30"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Nimzovich-Rossolimo attack (without ...d6)"]
[WhiteFideId "13402129"]
[BlackFideId "13502956"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. d3 Bg4 6. Nbd2 Nd7 7. h3 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.28"]
[Round "14.12"]
[White "Mamedov, Rauf"]
[Black "Dreev, Aleksey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2653"]
[ECO "B11"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "two knights, 3...Bg4"]
[WhiteFideId "13401653"]
[BlackFideId "4100107"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. h3 Bxf3 5. Qxf3 e6 6. d3 Nf6 7. Be2 Nbd7 8. Qg3
g6 9. h4 h5 10. O-O Bg7 11. Bf4 Qb6 12. Rab1 Rc8 13. Bf3 Bh6 14. Bxh6 Rxh6 15.
Rfe1 Kf8 16. Qd6+ Kg7 17. e5 Ng4 18. Bxg4 hxg4 19. Qxd7 g3 20. Nd1 Rch8 21. Ne3
gxf2+ 22. Kxf2 Rxh4 23. Rf1 Qd4 24. Ke2 Rf8 25. Qe7 Rh5 26. Rf3 Rxe5 27. Rbf1
Kg8 28. Rh3 Qg4+ 29. Kf2 Qg5 30. Rh8+ 1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.28"]
[Round "14.13"]
[White "Rakhmanov, Aleksandr"]
[Black "Cheparinov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2653"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[ECO "C00"]
[Opening "French defence, Steiner variation"]
[WhiteFideId "4173708"]
[BlackFideId "2905540"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. c4 e6 2. e4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Be7 6. Bd3 O-O 7. Nge2 Nc6 8. a3
dxc4 9. Bxc4 Bf5 10. O-O Qd7 11. Bf4 Bd6 12. Qd2 a6 13. Rad1 Rfe8 14. f3 Bxf4
15. Nxf4 Rad8 16. Nfd5 Nxd5 17. Bxd5 Qd6 18. Qf2 h6 19. Qg3 Bg6 20. Qxd6 Rxd6
21. Bxc6 Rxc6 22. Rfe1 Rce6 23. Rxe6 Rxe6 24. Kf2 Kf8 25. Rc1 Rd6 26. Ne2 c6 27.
Ke3 Ke7 28. b4 Re6+ 29. Kd2 Rd6 30. Ke3 Re6+ 31. Kd2 Rd6 32. a4 Bf5 33. a5 Bd7
34. h4 Kd8 35. Rc5 Ke7 36. Kd3 Kd8 37. Nf4 Ke7 38. Re5+ Kd8 39. Kc3 Bc8 40. Kc4
f6 41. Re1 g5 42. Kc5 Kd7 43. hxg5 fxg5 44. Nd3 Rd5+ 45. Kc4 Rf5 46. Rh1 Rf6 47.
Kc5 Rd6 48. Ne5+ Kc7 49. Kc4 Bf5 50. Kc3 Rf6 51. Kd2 Be6 52. Ke3 Kd6 53. Nd3 Bc8
54. Nc5 Kc7 55. Ne4 Rg6 56. Rc1 Be6 57. Kf2 Bd5 58. Nc5 g4 59. Re1 gxf3 60. Re7+
Kd8 61. Rd7+ Kc8 62. gxf3 Rf6 63. Rxb7 Rxf3+ 64. Ke1 Rf4 65. Rh7 Bc4 66. Rxh6
Rxd4 67. Rxc6+ Kb8 68. Rb6+ Ka7 69. Rb7+ Ka8 70. Re7 Bb5 71. Re4 Rxe4+ 72. Nxe4
Kb7 73. Kd2 Kc6 74. Nc3 Bf1 75. Ke3 Bc4 76. Kd4 Bf1 77. Ne4 Kb5 78. Kc3 Kc6 79.
Nd2 Be2 80. Nb3 Bf1 81. Nd2 Be2 82. Ne4 Bf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.28"]
[Round "14.14"]
[White "Quparadze, Giga"]
[Black "Savchenko, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2506"]
[BlackElo "2566"]
[ECO "C07"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "Tarrasch, open variation"]
[WhiteFideId "13602250"]
[BlackFideId "4147332"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 Nf6 5. exd5 exd5 6. Bb5+ Bd7 7. Qe2+ Be7 8.
dxc5 O-O 9. O-O Re8 10. Nb3 a6 11. Bxd7 Nbxd7 12. Qd3 h6 13. Be3 Rc8 14. c3 Nxc5
15. Bxc5 Bxc5 16. Nxc5 Rxc5 17. Rfe1 Rc8 18. Rxe8+ Qxe8 19. Nd4 g6 20. Qd2 Kg7
21. Re1 Qd7 22. f3 Qd6 23. Nb3 a5 24. Qd4 Rc4 25. Qe5 Qxe5 26. Rxe5 a4 27. Nd2
Rc6 28. Nb1 d4 29. Re2 Nd5 30. Rc2 dxc3 31. bxc3 b5 32. Kf2 Kf6 33. Nd2 Ke5 34.
Nb1 Kd6 35. Na3 Nc7 36. Rd2+ Kc5 37. Rd7 Nd5 38. Nxb5 Nb6 39. Rxf7 Kxb5 40. g4
Nd5 41. h4 Nxc3 42. a3 Kc4 43. Rh7 g5 44. hxg5 hxg5 45. Rb7 Nb5 46. f4 Nxa3 47.
Ra7 Kb3 48. fxg5 Nb5 49. Rb7 Kb4 50. Rh7 a3 51. Rh1 a2 52. Ke3 Nc3 53. Ra1 Kb3
54. Kf4 Kb2 55. Rh1 a1=Q 0-1

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.28"]
[Round "14.15"]
[White "Fressinet, Laurent"]
[Black "Korobov, Anton"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2662"]
[BlackElo "2652"]
[ECO "B50"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[WhiteFideId "608742"]
[BlackFideId "14105730"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Nc3 a6 4. g3 e5 5. Bg2 Nc6 6. d3 Nge7 7. O-O g6 8. Nh4 Bg7
9. f4 exf4 10. gxf4 Nd4 11. Kh1 Nec6 12. Nf3 Bg4 13. Nd5 O-O 14. c3 Nxf3 15.
Bxf3 Be6 16. Ne3 f5 17. exf5 gxf5 18. Bd5 Qd7 19. Qf3 Rae8 20. Bd2 Bxd5 21.
Qxd5+ Kh8 22. Qf3 Ne7 23. Rg1 Ng6 24. Nd5 Qf7 25. Be1 b5 26. Bf2 Qb7 27. c4 bxc4
28. dxc4 Re4 29. Bg3 Rxc4 30. Rad1 Rd4 31. Rxd4 Bxd4 32. Re1 Qxb2 33. h4 Rf7 34.
Re8+ Nf8 35. Ne7 Qb5 36. Ra8 Rxe7 37. Rxf8+ Kg7 38. Rxf5 Qb1+ 0-1

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.28"]
[Round "14.16"]
[White "Kuzubov, Yuriy"]
[Black "Anton Guijarro, David"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2699"]
[BlackElo "2666"]
[ECO "D37"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "4.Nf3"]
[WhiteFideId "14112906"]
[BlackFideId "2285525"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 e6 3. c4 d5 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e4 Bb4 6. Bxc4 Nxe4 7. O-O Nxc3 8.
bxc3 Bd6 9. Ng5 h6 10. Qh5 O-O 11. Ne4 f5 12. Nxd6 cxd6 13. Re1 Rf6 14. Bf4 d5
15. Bd3 Nc6 16. Re3 Bd7 17. Rae1 Rc8 18. h4 Qf8 19. Rg3 Qf7 20. Qd1 Rg6 21. Rh3
Rg4 22. Bd6 Qf6 23. g3 Qd8 24. h5 Qa5 25. f3 Rg5 26. Bf4 Qxc3 27. Rh2 Nxd4 28.
Kg2 Ba4 29. Qd2 Qxd2+ 30. Bxd2 Bb5 31. Bxg5 Bxd3 32. Rc1 Rc4 33. Be3 Nc6 34. f4
b5 35. Kg1 d4 36. Bd2 Be4 37. Re2 Kf7 38. Kf2 Ke7 39. Ree1 Kd6 40. a3 a5 41. g4
Ra4 42. gxf5 Bxf5 43. Ra1 g6 44. hxg6 Bxg6 45. f5 Bxf5 46. Bxh6 Rc4 47. Rac1 Kd5
48. Rg1 Ne5 49. Rxc4 bxc4 50. Bg7 Nd3+ 51. Ke2 c3 52. Bh6 Nc5 53. Rg8 d3+ 54.
Ke1 Nb3 55. Rc8 d2+ 56. Kf2 Bg4 0-1

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.28"]
[Round "14.17"]
[White "Wang, Yue"]
[Black "Salem, A.R. Saleh"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2638"]
[ECO "A48"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "London system"]
[WhiteFideId "8601429"]
[BlackFideId "9301348"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bf4 Bg7 4. e3 d6 5. h3 O-O 6. Be2 Nc6 7. Bh2 Nd7 8. c3 e5
9. a4 f5 10. b4 Qe7 11. Na3 Nd8 12. Nc4 Nf7 13. Qc2 e4 14. Nfd2 d5 15. Na5 Nb6
16. Nab3 Nd6 17. a5 Nbc4 18. Nxc4 Nxc4 19. Nd2 Be6 20. Nxc4 dxc4 21. b5 Rac8 22.
O-O c5 23. bxc6 Rxc6 24. Rfb1 g5 25. Rb4 Bd5 26. Rab1 f4 27. Rxb7 Qf6 28. Bg4
Qg6 29. Rd7 Be6 30. Bxe6+ Rxe6 31. Rbb7 Bh6 32. Qe2 g4 33. Bxf4 gxh3 34. g3 Rxf4
35. exf4 e3 36. Re7 Rxe7 37. Rxe7 Bxf4 38. Kh2 Kf8 39. Rxe3 Bxe3 40. Qxe3 Qh5
41. Qf4+ Kg8 42. Qb8+ Kf7 43. Qxa7+ Ke6 44. Qb6+ Kd7 45. Qb7+ Kd6 46. Qb4+ Kd7
47. Qxc4 Qf3 48. Qf1 Qxc3 49. Qxh3+ Kd6 50. Qh6+ Kd5 51. Qg5+ Ke6 52. Qe5+ Kf7
53. a6 Qa3 54. Qc7+ Kg6 55. a7 1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.28"]
[Round "14.18"]
[White "Movsesian, Sergei"]
[Black "Akobian, Varuzhan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2647"]
[BlackElo "2647"]
[ECO "A13"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "Neo-Catalan accepted"]
[WhiteFideId "310204"]
[BlackFideId "13300580"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 dxc4 5. Qa4+ Bd7 6. Qxc4 c5 7. Ne5 Qc8 8.
O-O Nc6 9. Nxd7 Qxd7 10. Qa4 Rc8 11. d3 Be7 12. Nd2 Nd4 13. Qd1 h5 14. h4 O-O
15. b3 Rfd8 16. Bb2 g6 17. Rc1 b5 18. a3 a6 19. Re1 Kf8 20. e3 Nc6 21. Bxf6 Bxf6
22. Ne4 Be7 23. Nxc5 Bxc5 24. Rxc5 Ne7 25. Rxc8 Rxc8 26. d4 Rc3 27. e4 Kg8 28.
d5 exd5 29. exd5 Qd6 30. Qe2 Kf8 31. Qb2 Rc7 32. b4 Kg8 33. Bf3 Rc8 34. Kg2 Nf5
35. Re4 Qd8 36. Qe5 Nd6 37. Re2 Nc4 38. Qf4 Nd6 39. Qd4 Rc7 40. Qb6 Rc8 41. Qd4
Nf5 42. Qa7 Qf6 43. Be4 Re8 44. Qd7 Nd6 45. Bf3 Rd8 46. Qe7 Qxe7 47. Rxe7 Nc4
48. Ra7 Rd6 49. Be4 Nxa3 50. Kf3 f5 51. Bd3 Rxd5 52. Ke2 Rd6 53. Rc7 Rd4 54. Rc6
Kg7 55. Rxa6 Nc4 56. Ra7+ Kf6 57. Ra6+ Kg7 58. f4 Nb2 59. Bxb5 Rxb4 60. Bc6 Rd4
61. Rb6 Nc4 62. Rb4 Rd2+ 63. Ke1 Rc2 64. Rb7+ Kf8 65. Bd5 Ne3 66. Bb3 Ng2+ 67.
Kf1 Ne3+ 68. Ke1 Ng2+ 69. Kf1 Ne3+ 70. Ke1 Rg2 71. Rf7+ Ke8 72. Rf6 Ng4 73. Re6+
Kf8 74. Rxg6 Rxg3 75. Be6 Rf3 76. Bxf5 Rxf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.28"]
[Round "14.19"]
[White "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"]
[Black "Pantsulaia, Levan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2683"]
[BlackElo "2612"]
[ECO "B43"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Kan, 5.Nc3"]
[WhiteFideId "14200244"]
[BlackFideId "13602071"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 b5 6. Bd3 Qb6 7. Nf3 Qc7 8. O-O
Bb7 9. Re1 Be7 10. a4 b4 11. Ne2 Nf6 12. Ng3 d6 13. Bd2 Nc6 14. c3 bxc3 15. Bxc3
O-O 16. a5 Rac8 17. Qe2 Nb8 18. Rac1 Qd7 19. Rcd1 Ne8 20. Nh5 g6 21. Ng3 Qd8 22.
Bb1 Rxc3 23. bxc3 Qxa5 24. Bd3 Nc7 25. Rb1 Ba8 26. Qe3 Nd7 27. Ra1 Qxc3 28. Rec1
Qg7 29. Bxa6 Nc5 30. Bf1 f5 31. Ra7 f4 32. Qe1 fxg3 33. Rxc7 gxf2+ 34. Qxf2 Bxe4
35. Be2 Bxf3 36. Bxf3 Kh8 37. Rd1 e5 38. Qe2 Qf6 39. Kh1 e4 40. Bg4 Nd3 41. Kg1
Qd4+ 0-1

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.28"]
[Round "14.20"]
[White "Duda, Jan-Krzysztof"]
[Black "Kravtsiv, Martyn"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[BlackElo "2672"]
[ECO "A05"]
[Opening "Reti opening"]
[WhiteFideId "1170546"]
[BlackFideId "14113147"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O c5 5. c4 d4 6. e3 Nc6 7. d3 Bd6 8. Na3 O-O
9. exd4 cxd4 10. Nc2 e5 11. b4 Re8 12. Rb1 a5 13. a3 axb4 14. axb4 Bf5 15. Bg5
h6 16. Bxf6 Qxf6 17. Nh4 Bh7 18. Re1 Ra2 19. f4 Raa8 20. f5 Be7 21. Bd5 Ra2 22.
c5 Raa8 23. Qf3 Rab8 24. Na3 Bf8 25. Nc4 Re7 26. b5 Nd8 27. Nd6 Rc7 28. Ne8 Qe7
29. Nxc7 Qxc7 30. c6 bxc6 31. bxc6 Bb4 32. Re2 Kf8 33. Ng6+ Bxg6 34. fxg6 f6 35.
Reb2 1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.28"]
[Round "14.21"]
[White "Sargissian, Gabriel"]
[Black "Saric, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2672"]
[BlackElo "2669"]
[ECO "A49"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "fianchetto without c4"]
[WhiteFideId "13300881"]
[BlackFideId "14508150"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 d5 5. O-O c6 6. c3 O-O 7. Bf4 Bf5 8. Nbd2
Nbd7 9. Qb3 Qb6 10. Ne5 Rfe8 11. h3 Nxe5 12. Bxe5 Bh6 13. g4 Be6 14. e3 Nd7 15.
Bg3 f5 16. gxf5 Bxf5 17. e4 Bxd2 18. exf5 Qxb3 19. axb3 Bh6 20. c4 Nb6 21. cxd5
Nxd5 22. Bxd5+ cxd5 23. Ra5 gxf5 24. Rxd5 f4 25. Bh4 Rad8 26. Rh5 Bg7 27. d5
Bxb2 28. Re1 Bf6 29. Bxf6 exf6 30. Rxe8+ Rxe8 31. Rf5 Kf7 32. Rxf4 Rd8 33. Rd4
a5 34. Kf1 Ke7 35. Rh4 Rh8 36. Ke2 Kd6 37. Kd3 b5 38. Kd4 a4 39. bxa4 bxa4 40.
Rh6 Ke7 41. Kc3 a3 42. Kb3 Ra8 43. Ka2 Kd6 44. Rxf6+ Kxd5 45. Rf7 h6 46. Rf6 h5
47. Rf5+ Ke4 48. Rxh5 Rf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.28"]
[Round "14.22"]
[White "Demchenko, Anton"]
[Black "Grigoriants, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2561"]
[ECO "B18"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "classical variation"]
[WhiteFideId "4160258"]
[BlackFideId "4130804"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Qf3 e6 6. Ne2 Be7 7. c3 Qd5 8. N2g3
Bg6 9. Bd3 Nd7 10. h4 h6 11. Qe2 Bh7 12. b4 Ndf6 13. Bc4 Qd8 14. Nc5 Bxc5 15.
dxc5 Nd5 16. Bd2 Ngf6 17. Bb3 a5 18. O-O axb4 19. cxb4 O-O 20. Rad1 Qe7 21. Rfe1
Rfd8 22. a4 Rd7 23. Qc4 Bg6 24. Bc1 Rad8 25. Bb2 h5 26. f3 b6 27. Be5 bxc5 28.
bxc5 Rb7 29. Bd6 Qd7 30. Bc2 Rb4 31. Qe2 Bxc2 32. Qxc2 Qa7 33. Qf2 Rxa4 34. Ne2
Ra2 35. Qd4 Ra4 36. Qf2 Ra2 37. Qd4 Ra8 38. Rd2 Rxd2 39. Qxd2 Ne8 40. Bg3 Qxc5+
41. Bf2 Qb4 42. Qc2 Qa4 43. Qb2 Nef6 44. Rc1 Qb5 45. Qd2 e5 46. Rc5 Qb1+ 47. Rc1
Ra2 48. Rxb1 Rxd2 49. Ng3 g6 50. Rc1 Ne7 51. Be3 Rd3 52. Bg5 Nfd5 53. Ne4 Kg7
54. Ra1 f6 55. Bc1 Nc3 56. Ra7 Nxe4 57. Rxe7+ Kf8 58. Rc7 Rd1+ 59. Kh2 Rxc1 60.
fxe4 Rc4 61. Kg3 Rxe4 62. Rxc6 Ke7 63. Ra6 Rg4+ 64. Kh3 Rd4 65. g3 Rd6 66. Ra5
Ke6 67. Kg2 Kf5 68. Ra4 Rd2+ 69. Kf3 e4+ 70. Ke3 Rg2 71. Ra5+ Kg4 72. Kxe4 Rxg3
73. Ra6 Rf3 74. Rb6 Rf5 75. Ke3 Kxh4 0-1

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.28"]
[Round "14.23"]
[White "Zhao, Jun"]
[Black "Adhiban, Baskaran"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2604"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[ECO "A05"]
[Opening "Reti opening"]
[WhiteFideId "8602522"]
[BlackFideId "5018471"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d6 3. d4 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. a4 c6 7. Nc3 Nbd7 8. e4 e5
9. Re1 Re8 10. h3 Qc7 11. a5 Rb8 12. b3 b5 13. axb6 axb6 14. Ba3 Bf8 15. d5 Bb7
16. dxc6 Bxc6 17. Nd2 b5 18. Bb4 Ra8 19. Qe2 Qb6 20. Qd3 Nc5 21. Qe3 Qb7 22.
Rxa8 Qxa8 23. Qf3 Bh6 24. Nd5 Bxd5 25. exd5 Nfd7 26. Ne4 Nxe4 27. Qxe4 Bf8 28.
Qd3 Qb7 29. Ra1 e4 30. Bxe4 Ne5 31. Qf1 Qb6 32. c3 Nd7 33. Bd3 Ne5 34. Bxb5 Rb8
35. Be2 Qb7 36. Qd1 h5 37. h4 Re8 38. Kh2 Bg7 39. Ra6 Nf3+ 40. Kg2 Nd4 41. Bc4
Nf5 42. Ra2 Be5 43. Re2 Qd7 44. Qd3 Ra8 45. Qf3 Ra1 46. Qe4 Rc1 47. Re1 Rxe1 48.
Qxe1 Qa7 49. Bd3 Ne7 50. c4 Qb7 51. Bc2 Qc7 52. Bc3 Bxc3 53. Qxc3 Nxd5 54. Qd4
Nb4 55. Be4 Qe7 56. Bf3 Nc2 57. Qd1 Nb4 58. Qd2 Na6 59. b4 Qc7 60. Bd5 Qb6 61.
Qh6 Qc7 62. b5 Nc5 63. Qxg6+ Kf8 64. Qxh5 Kg7 65. Qg5+ Kf8 66. h5 Nd3 67. h6 Ne5
68. Qg7+ Ke7 69. h7 1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.28"]
[Round "14.24"]
[White "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2707"]
[BlackElo "2805"]
[ECO "C86"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Worrall attack, sharp line"]
[WhiteFideId "2205530"]
[BlackFideId "13300474"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Qe2 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. d4
Nxd4 9. Nxd4 exd4 10. e5 Ne8 11. c3 c5 12. cxd4 cxd4 13. Rd1 Qb6 14. Nd2 Nc7 15.
Nf3 Ne6 16. Bd5 Rb8 17. Qe4 d6 18. Bxe6 fxe6 19. exd6 Bxd6 20. Ng5 Rf5 21. g4
Rxg5 22. Bxg5 Bb7 23. Qxd4 Qc6 24. Kf1 Bc5 25. Qf4 Rf8 26. Rd8 Rxd8 27. Bxd8
Qh1+ 28. Ke2 Qxa1 29. Qe5 Bd5 30. Ba5 Qxa2 31. Bc3 Bf8 0-1

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.28"]
[Round "14.25"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Miton, Kamil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2584"]
[ECO "C10"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "Fort Knox variation"]
[WhiteFideId "14109603"]
[BlackFideId "1111914"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bd7 5. Nf3 Bc6 6. Bd3 Nd7 7. O-O Ngf6 8.
Ng3 g6 9. c4 Bg7 10. Re1 O-O 11. Bf4 b6 12. b4 Bb7 13. a4 a5 14. b5 c5 15. bxc6
Bxc6 16. Bf1 Re8 17. Qb3 Bf8 18. Red1 Qc8 19. h3 Qb7 20. Rd3 Rac8 21. Rad1 Qa8
22. Qa2 Bb7 23. Re3 Bc6 24. Bd3 Bb7 25. Kh2 Bc6 26. Bb1 Bb7 27. Ne5 Bg7 28. Qe2
Red8 29. d5 Nc5 30. Bg5 Re8 31. Qf3 exd5 32. Bxf6 d4 33. Qf4 Ne6 34. Qh4 dxe3
35. Bxg7 Kxg7 36. Rd7 Nd8 37. Nh5+ gxh5 38. Qg5+ Kh8 39. Nxf7+ Nxf7 40. Qf6+ 1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.28"]
[Round "14.26"]
[White "Fedorchuk, Sergey A."]
[Black "Moiseenko, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2648"]
[BlackElo "2667"]
[ECO "B30"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Nimzovich-Rossolimo attack (without ...d6)"]
[WhiteFideId "14102536"]
[BlackFideId "14102560"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. O-O Nge7 5. c3 a6 6. Ba4 b5 7. Bc2 Bb7 8. Qe2
d5 9. e5 d4 10. Be4 Nd5 11. d3 dxc3 12. bxc3 b4 13. c4 Nb6 14. a3 a5 15. a4 Be7
16. Nbd2 Qc7 17. Nb3 O-O 18. Bb2 h6 19. Qe3 Nd7 20. Rfe1 Rfd8 21. Nbd2 Bf8 22.
h4 Ne7 23. g4 Nb6 24. Bxb7 Qxb7 25. Ne4 Qc6 26. Nf6+ Kh8 27. h5 Nxa4 28. Rxa4
Qxa4 29. Qe4 gxf6 30. exf6 Nf5 31. Ne5 Nd6 32. Ng6+ Kg8 33. Qf4 Qc2 34. Be5 fxg6
35. hxg6 Nf7 36. gxf7+ Kxf7 37. Ba1 Qxd3 38. Qe5 Rd6 39. Qxc5 Qg6 40. f3 Rad8
41. Qxa5 Rd1 42. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 43. Kg2 Qc2+ 44. Kg3 Bd6+ 0-1

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.28"]
[Round "14.27"]
[White "Nguyen, Ngoc Truong Son"]
[Black "Howell, David W L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2676"]
[ECO "A48"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "Torre attack"]
[WhiteFideId "12401110"]
[BlackFideId "410608"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. Nbd2 O-O 5. c3 d6 6. e4 c5 7. dxc5 dxc5 8. Bc4
Nc6 9. O-O Qc7 10. Qc2 Na5 11. Be2 h6 12. Bh4 Nh5 13. Rfe1 Be6 14. Qa4 g5 15.
Bg3 Nxg3 16. hxg3 a6 17. Nf1 b5 18. Qc2 Rfd8 19. Ne3 Rd7 20. Nf5 Bxf5 21. exf5
Rad8 22. Rad1 Nb7 23. Nh2 Rxd1 24. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 25. Qxd1 Qd6 26. Qc2 c4 27. Qe4
Qd7 28. Ng4 Nd6 29. Qa8+ Qc8 30. Qxc8+ Nxc8 31. Ne3 Nb6 32. Bd1 a5 33. a4 bxa4
34. Be2 a3 35. bxa3 Bxc3 36. Nxc4 Nxc4 37. Bxc4 Kg7 38. g4 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.28"]
[Round "14.28"]
[White "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Black "Jumabayev, Rinat"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2612"]
[ECO "B50"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[WhiteFideId "13601520"]
[BlackFideId "13702661"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. Bd3 Bg4 5. Bc2 e6 6. d3 Nc6 7. h3 Bh5 8. Bf4 Be7
9. Nbd2 b5 10. Qe2 O-O 11. g4 Bg6 12. O-O-O e5 13. Bg5 b4 14. c4 Nd7 15. Bxe7
Nxe7 16. Nf1 a5 17. Ba4 Nb6 18. Bb5 a4 19. Ne3 Ra5 20. h4 f6 21. h5 Bf7 22. g5
fxg5 23. Nxg5 h6 24. Rdg1 hxg5 25. Rxg5 Kh8 26. Qg4 Rg8 27. Rg6 Qf8 28. Nf5 Nxf5
29. exf5 1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.28"]
[Round "14.29"]
[White "Salgado Lopez, Ivan"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2644"]
[BlackElo "2691"]
[ECO "A05"]
[Opening "Reti opening"]
[WhiteFideId "2257327"]
[BlackFideId "703303"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. b3 c5 3. Bb2 e6 4. e3 b6 5. Be2 Bb7 6. O-O Be7 7. d4 O-O 8. c4
cxd4 9. Nxd4 a6 10. Nc3 d6 11. Bf3 Qc7 12. Rc1 Nbd7 13. Qe2 Rac8 14. Rfd1 Rfd8
15. h3 Bf8 16. g4 Ne5 17. Bxb7 Qxb7 18. f4 Nc6 19. g5 Ne8 20. Qg2 Rd7 21. Nxc6
Qxc6 22. Ne4 Qb7 23. h4 d5 24. cxd5 Rxd5 25. h5 Qd7 26. Qe2 Rxc1 27. Rxc1 Nd6
28. Nxd6 Rxd6 29. Bd4 b5 30. Qc2 Rd5 31. Qe4 a5 32. Rc2 Qb7 33. Kf2 a4 34. Rc1
axb3 35. axb3 Qd7 36. Kg3 h6 37. gxh6 Rxh5 38. hxg7 Bxg7 39. Qa8+ Kh7 40. Bxg7
Kxg7 41. Rc8 Qd1 42. Rg8+ Kf6 43. Qd8+ Qxd8 44. Rxd8 Rc5 45. Rb8 Rc3 46. Rxb5
Rxe3+ 47. Kg4 Rd3 48. Rb7 Kg6 49. f5+ exf5+ 50. Kf4 f6 51. b4 Rb3 52. b5 Rb4+
53. Kf3 f4 54. b6 Kf5 55. Rb8 Rb3+ 56. Kf2 Ke4 57. Re8+ Kd5 58. Rb8 Kc6 59. Rf8
Rxb6 60. Rxf6+ Kc5 61. Rxb6 Kxb6 62. Kf3 Kc5 63. Kxf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.28"]
[Round "14.30"]
[White "Laznicka, Viktor"]
[Black "Sjugirov, Sanan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2647"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[ECO "A21"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[WhiteFideId "316385"]
[BlackFideId "4189302"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 d6 3. g3 f5 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. d4 Be7 6. Nf3 e4 7. Ng5 c6 8. d5 Nxd5
9. Ngxe4 Nb6 10. Nd2 Bf6 11. Qc2 O-O 12. O-O Be6 13. Rd1 Na6 14. a3 Qe7 15. b3
d5 16. cxd5 cxd5 17. Nf3 Qc5 18. Rd3 d4 19. Nxd4 Bxd4 20. Bxb7 Rad8 21. Bxa6
Bxf2+ 22. Kf1 f4 23. gxf4 Bh4 24. e3 Rxd3 25. Bxd3 Rxf4+ 0-1

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.28"]
[Round "14.31"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Volokitin, Andrei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2694"]
[BlackElo "2628"]
[ECO "B53"]
[Opening "Sicilian, Chekhover variation"]
[WhiteFideId "14103320"]
[BlackFideId "14107090"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nc6 5. Bb5 Bd7 6. Qd3 g6 7. c4 Bg7 8. Nc3
Nf6 9. h3 Nb4 10. Qe2 a6 11. Bxd7+ Nxd7 12. O-O Bxc3 13. bxc3 Nc6 14. Rb1 Qc7
15. Bh6 Rc8 16. Rfd1 f6 17. Nd4 Na5 18. Rb4 Ne5 19. a4 Qd7 20. Qa2 Nf7 21. Be3
O-O 22. Nf3 Nc6 23. Rb2 Qe6 24. Rxb7 Qxe4 25. Rb6 Nb8 26. c5 dxc5 27. Re6 Qb7
28. Qc4 Nc6 29. Qxc5 Nd4 30. Qxe7 Nxf3+ 31. gxf3 Qxf3 32. Rd7 Rb8 33. Bb6 Qxh3
34. Qxf6 Rxb6 0-1

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.28"]
[Round "14.32"]
[White "Ponkratov, Pavel"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran L."]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2613"]
[BlackElo "2601"]
[ECO "B00"]
[Opening "King's pawn opening"]
[WhiteFideId "4157800"]
[BlackFideId "13301616"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 g6 3. h4 Nf6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. f3 c6 6. Be3 b5 7. Qd2 h6 8. g4 Nbd7
9. Nge2 Qa5 10. Ng3 Nb6 11. Nb1 Qa6 12. b3 Qb7 13. a4 bxa4 14. bxa4 Be6 15. Nc3
Nc4 16. Bxc4 Bxc4 17. h5 g5 18. Nf5 Bf8 19. Rb1 Qc7 20. d5 c5 21. Bf2 e6 22. Ne3
Ba6 23. Bg3 e5 24. Nb5 Qd8 25. O-O Be7 26. Nf5 Bc8 27. Ne3 O-O 28. Rb3 Bd7 29.
Rfb1 Ne8 30. Nc4 Rb8 31. Nxa7 Rxb3 32. cxb3 Qa8 33. Nb5 Bxb5 34. axb5 Nc7 35. b6
Nb5 36. Qb2 Bd8 37. b4 Qc8 38. Bf2 Nd4 39. Kg2 f5 40. Nxd6 Qa6 41. Nxf5 Bxb6 42.
bxc5 Bxc5 43. Qb7 Qf6 44. Bxd4 exd4 45. Qc7 d3 46. Qxc5 1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.28"]
[Round "14.33"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Li, Chao b"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2678"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[ECO "B67"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Richter-Rauzer, Rauzer attack, 7...a6 defence, 8...Bd7"]
[WhiteFideId "400025"]
[BlackFideId "8604436"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O Bd7 9. f3 Be7 10. h4 h6 11. Be3 h5 12. Kb1 Qc7 13. Bg5 Ne5 14. Bd3 b5 15.
Rhe1 b4 16. Nce2 a5 17. f4 Neg4 18. Ng1 Qc5 19. Ngf3 a4 20. e5 dxe5 21. fxe5 Nd5
22. Bxe7 Nxe7 23. Be4 Ra7 24. Re2 g6 25. Qg5 O-O 26. Red2 Bb5 27. Bxg6 Nxg6 28.
Nxe6 fxe6 29. Qxg6+ Rg7 30. Qxe6+ Kh8 31. Ng5 Bc4 32. Qd6 Qxd6 33. exd6 b3 34.
axb3 axb3 35. Re1 Rd7 36. Rd4 Bg8 37. cxb3 Bxb3 38. Ne4 Rc8 39. Rc1 Ba2+ 40.
Kxa2 Rxc1 41. b4 Ne5 42. Rd5 Nf7 43. Nf6 Ra7+ 44. Kb3 Rc6 45. b5 Rb6 46. Ne4 Kg7
47. Kb4 Rb8 48. d7 Ra2 49. g3 Re2 50. Nd6 Nxd6 51. Rxd6 Rd8 52. Rd5 Kf6 53. Rxh5
Rxd7 54. Rg5 Rb2+ 55. Kc5 Rd3 56. Kc6 Rc3+ 57. Kb6 Rc4 58. Ka6 Ra2+ 59. Kb7 Ra3
60. Kb6 Rb4 61. Kc6 Rc3+ 62. Kb7 Rbb3 63. Ka6 Ra3+ 64. Kb7 Ke6 65. g4 Rab3 66.
h5 Rf3 67. b6 Kd6 68. Rg6+ Kc5 69. Rg5+ Kc4 70. Rg6 Kb5 71. Rg5+ Ka4 72. Rg6
Rf7+ 73. Kc6 Ka5 74. Kd5 Rb5+ 75. Ke4 Kb4 76. h6 Rc5 77. g5 Kb5 78. Rf6 Re7+ 79.
Kf4 Rc4+ 80. Kf5 Rc5+ 81. Kg4 Re4+ 82. Kh5 Re7 83. Rg6 Ka6 84. Rg7 Re1 85. b7
Rh1+ 86. Kg6 Ka7 87. Kh7 Rh2 88. Kh8 Rh5 89. h7 Rcxg5 90. Rxg5 Rxg5 91. b8=Q+
Kxb8 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.28"]
[Round "14.34"]
[White "Amonatov, Farrukh"]
[Black "Mchedlishvili, Mikheil"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2636"]
[BlackElo "2603"]
[ECO "B07"]
[Opening "Pirc"]
[Variation "Byrne variation"]
[WhiteFideId "14700077"]
[BlackFideId "13600966"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Bg5 Bg7 5. Qd2 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. f4 e5 8. dxe5
Nxe4 9. Bxd8 Nxd2 10. Bxc7 Nxf1 11. Kxf1 dxe5 12. Bxe5 Bxe5 13. fxe5 Nc6 14. Nf3
Bf5 15. Rc1 Rae8 16. Nd5 Kg7 17. Nc7 Re7 18. Nd5 Ree8 19. Nc7 Re7 20. Nd5 Ree8
21. e6 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.28"]
[Round "14.35"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Potkin, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2574"]
[ECO "B52"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Canal-Sokolsky attack, 3...Bd7"]
[WhiteFideId "605506"]
[BlackFideId "4131061"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. O-O Bg7 7. d4 O-O 8. dxc5
dxc5 9. e5 Ng4 10. Bf4 Nc6 11. Re1 a6 12. Ba4 Nh6 13. Ne4 b6 14. e6 fxe6 15.
Bxh6 Bxh6 16. Neg5 Bxg5 17. Nxg5 Nd4 18. Bxd7 Qxd7 19. Nxe6 Rf6 20. Nxd4 cxd4
21. Qd3 Raf8 22. f3 Rc8 23. Re4 Rd6 24. Rae1 e6 25. b4 a5 26. bxa5 bxa5 27. h4
Qc6 28. Rc1 Qc5 29. Kh2 Kg7 30. Kg3 Rc7 31. Qd2 d3 32. Qc3+ Kg8 33. Rd1 Rcd7 34.
Rd2 Rd4 35. Rxe6 Qxc4 36. Qxc4 Rxc4 37. Re3 Rc3 38. Kf4 Kf7 39. Re4 Rc2 40. Ke3
Rc3 41. Ra4 Rd5 42. g3 Ke6 43. Re4+ Kd7 44. Rd4 Rxd4 45. Kxd4 Ra3 46. Ke5 Ke7
47. g4 Rc3 48. f4 Rc2 49. Rxd3 Re2+ 50. Kd5 Rxa2 51. Rb3 Rd2+ 52. Ke4 Rd7 53.
Ra3 Ra7 54. f5 gxf5+ 55. Kxf5 a4 56. Kg5 Ra6 57. Kf5 Ra5+ 58. Ke4 Kd6 59. Kd4
Ra8 60. g5 Ke6 61. Ke4 Ra5 62. Kf4 Kf7 63. h5 Ke6 64. Re3+ Kf7 65. Ra3 Kg7 66.
Kg4 h6 67. gxh6+ Kxh6 68. Kf4 Rxh5 69. Ke4 Kg6 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.28"]
[Round "14.36"]
[White "Ganguly, Surya Shekhar"]
[Black "McShane, Luke J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[ECO "A40"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn"]
[Variation "Keres defence"]
[WhiteFideId "5002150"]
[BlackFideId "404853"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. c4 b6 2. d4 e6 3. a3 f5 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Bf4 g6 6. h4 Bg7 7. h5 Nxh5 8. Rxh5
gxh5 9. e4 O-O 10. e5 Nc6 11. Qxh5 Nxd4 12. O-O-O c5 13. Rd3 d6 14. Rh3 Rf7 15.
Qxh7+ Kf8 16. Qh8+ Bxh8 17. Rxh8+ Kg7 18. Rxd8 Rd7 19. Rxd7+ Bxd7 20. Nce2 Nc6
21. Nf3 d5 22. Ng3 dxc4 23. Bxc4 Na5 24. Be2 Bc6 25. Bg5 Nb3+ 26. Kd1 Bd5 27.
Bf6+ Kg6 28. Ng5 Nd4 29. Bh5+ Kh6 30. Nf7+ Kh7 31. Ng5+ Kh6 32. Bf7 Rc8 33. f4
Rc6 34. Nh5 Bxg2 35. Bg7# 1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.28"]
[Round "14.37"]
[White "Georgiev, Kiril"]
[Black "Melkumyan, Hrant"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2623"]
[BlackElo "2633"]
[ECO "E61"]
[Opening "King's Indian defence, 3.Nc3"]
[WhiteFideId "2900017"]
[BlackFideId "13302485"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Nf3 O-O 5. Bf4 d6 6. e3 Nc6 7. h3 Nd7 8. Be2 h6
9. O-O e5 10. Bh2 Re8 11. Rc1 exd4 12. Nxd4 Nde5 13. Nf3 a5 14. Qd2 Nxf3+ 15.
Bxf3 Ne5 16. Be2 Be6 17. b3 Nd7 18. Rfd1 Nc5 19. Bf3 Bd7 20. Nd5 Bc6 21. Qe2 Qc8
22. Nf4 Qf5 23. Nd5 Qc8 24. Nc3 Qf5 25. Bg4 Qg5 26. Nd5 Bxd5 27. cxd5 h5 28. Bf3
Be5 29. Bxe5 Qxe5 30. Qc4 Reb8 31. a3 b5 32. Qc2 b4 33. a4 Re8 34. Rd4 Re7 35.
h4 Rae8 36. Qd1 Qf6 37. Rcc4 Re5 38. g3 Rf5 39. Rf4 Rxf4 40. Rxf4 Qg7 41. Be2
Re5 42. Bc4 Re4 43. Rxe4 Nxe4 44. Qc2 Nc5 45. Kf1 Qa1+ 46. Ke2 Kf8 47. Qd1 Qe5
48. Qc2 Ke7 49. Kf3 Kd8 50. Ke2 f5 51. Qd1 Ke7 52. Qd4 Ne4 53. Ke1 Kf6 54. Bd3
Nc5 55. Bc4 Qxd4 56. exd4 Ne4 57. Ke2 g5 58. Ke3 Nc3 59. Kf3 Nb1 60. Ke2 f4 61.
Bd3 Nc3+ 62. Kf3 fxg3 63. fxg3 Nxd5 64. Bb5 g4+ 65. Kf2 Nc3 66. Bd3 c5 67. dxc5
dxc5 68. Ke3 Ke5 69. Bg6 c4 70. bxc4 Nxa4 71. Bxh5 Nc5 72. Bxg4 a4 73. Kd2 a3
74. Kc2 Kd4 75. h5 b3+ 76. Kb1 Ne4 77. h6 Nc3+ 78. Kc1 b2+ 0-1

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.28"]
[Round "14.38"]
[White "Bocharov, Dmitry"]
[Black "Almasi, Zoltan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2583"]
[BlackElo "2682"]
[ECO "A37"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "symmetrical variation"]
[WhiteFideId "4138716"]
[BlackFideId "702293"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. c4 c5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. Nf3 d6 6. O-O e6 7. e3 Nge7 8. d4 O-O
9. Re1 b6 10. b3 Bb7 11. Bb2 Rb8 12. d5 exd5 13. cxd5 Nb4 14. e4 b5 15. Qd2 c4
16. Nd1 Nd3 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. Re3 Kg8 19. bxc4 bxc4 20. Qc3 Ba6 21. Nd2 Ne5 22.
f4 Ng4 23. Re2 f5 24. Ne3 Qb6 25. Kh1 Qb2 26. Nd1 Qxc3 27. Nxc3 Rb2 28. e5 Rc2
29. h3 Rxc3 30. hxg4 Rc2 31. Rf2 c3 32. Ne4 Rb2 33. gxf5 gxf5 34. exd6 Nc8 35.
Nf6+ Rxf6 36. d7 Rf8 37. Re1 Nb6 0-1

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.28"]
[Round "14.39"]
[White "Malakhatko, Vadim"]
[Black "Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2542"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[ECO "A20"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[WhiteFideId "14104202"]
[BlackFideId "5029465"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. c4 e5 2. e3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nge2 c6 5. a3 Ba5 6. b4 Bc7 7. d4 O-O 8. d5 d6
9. e4 a5 10. Rb1 axb4 11. axb4 Bb6 12. h3 cxd5 13. cxd5 Nh5 14. Ng1 Qh4 15. Qf3
Bg4 16. hxg4 Qxh1 17. Nh3 Nf4 18. Nxf4 exf4 19. Bxf4 Nd7 20. Bxd6 Rfc8 21. Ne2
Qh6 22. Bf4 Qf6 23. g5 Qe7 24. Ng3 Rc2 25. Be2 Raa2 26. Qb3 Ne5 27. Kf1 g6 28.
Bc1 Bd4 29. Be3 Rab2 30. Qxc2 Rxc2 31. Bxd4 Qxg5 32. Be3 Qe7 33. Kg1 h5 34. Bd1
Rc4 35. Bc5 Qf6 36. Bb3 Rc3 37. Ne2 Rd3 38. Bd4 Qg5 39. Kf1 Qd2 40. Bxe5 Rxb3
41. Re1 Qxb4 42. f3 Rb1 43. Rxb1 Qxb1+ 44. Kf2 Qd3 45. Nd4 Kf8 46. Kg3 Ke8 47.
Bf6 Kd7 48. e5 g5 49. e6+ fxe6 50. dxe6+ Ke8 51. Kh2 b5 52. e7 b4 53. Kg1 Qg6 0-1

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.28"]
[Round "14.40"]
[White "Riazantsev, Alexander"]
[Black "Esipenko, Andrey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2564"]
[ECO "E12"]
[Opening "Queen's Indian"]
[Variation "Petrosian system"]
[WhiteFideId "4125029"]
[BlackFideId "24175439"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. a3 Bb7 5. Nc3 d5 6. Bg5 Be7 7. e3 Nbd7 8. Qc2
O-O 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Bd3 Re8 11. O-O Nf8 12. Ne5 N6d7 13. Bxe7 Rxe7 14. Nxd7
Qxd7 15. b4 a5 16. b5 Qd6 17. Rfc1 h5 18. Nb1 g6 19. a4 Nh7 20. Ra3 Nf6 21. Rc3
Rc8 22. Nd2 Kg7 23. Nf3 Ne4 24. Bxe4 dxe4 25. Ne5 Bd5 26. Nc6 Rd7 27. Ne5 Re7
28. f4 exf3 29. gxf3 Qf6 30. e4 Bb7 31. Qf2 Qg5+ 32. Kh1 Qf4 33. Nd3 Qd6 34. d5
f5 35. Qd4+ Kh7 36. Kg1 fxe4 37. fxe4 Rce8 38. Nf2 Qf4 39. R1c2 Bc8 40. d6 Rf7
41. Rxc7 Bd7 42. Qd2 Rxe4 43. Qxf4 Rexf4 44. R7c4 Rf3 45. Ne4 Kh6 46. h4 Rd3 47.
Rd2 Re3 48. Ng5 Re1+ 49. Kh2 Rg7 50. Re4 Rxe4 51. Nxe4 Rf7 52. Kg3 Rf5 53. Rc2
Rd5 54. Rc7 Be6 55. Rh7+ Kxh7 56. Nf6+ Kg7 57. Nxd5 Kf8 58. Nxb6 Ke8 59. Kf4 Bb3
60. Kg5 Bc2 61. Kf6 Kd8 62. Ke5 Ke8 63. Nc4 Bxa4 64. b6 Bc6 65. Nxa5 1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.28"]
[Round "14.41"]
[White "Sethuraman, S.P."]
[Black "Kryvoruchko, Yuriy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2646"]
[BlackElo "2689"]
[ECO "C65"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Berlin defence"]
[WhiteFideId "5021596"]
[BlackFideId "14109182"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 d6 5. O-O Be7 6. c3 O-O 7. Re1 a6 8. Ba4
Re8 9. Nbd2 Bf8 10. Nf1 b5 11. Bc2 h6 12. Ng3 d5 13. exd5 Qxd5 14. h3 Bb7 15.
Ne4 Nxe4 16. dxe4 Qe6 17. Qe2 Na5 18. Nh2 c5 19. Nf1 Qg6 20. Ng3 Nc4 21. b3 Nd6
22. Ba3 Rac8 23. Rad1 b4 24. Bb2 bxc3 25. Bxc3 Nb5 26. Bb2 Nd4 27. Bxd4 cxd4 28.
Bd3 Rc3 29. Rc1 Rec8 30. Bc4 Rxc1 31. Rxc1 a5 32. Rd1 Rc6 33. Bd5 Rb6 34. Bxb7
Rxb7 35. Rc1 Qd6 36. Nf5 Qd7 37. Qc4 g6 38. Nh4 d3 39. Rd1 Rb4 40. Rxd3 Rxc4 41.
Rxd7 Rxe4 42. Nf3 Re2 43. Rd2 Rxd2 44. Nxd2 Bb4 45. Nc4 e4 46. Kf1 f5 47. Ke2
Kf7 48. f3 exf3+ 49. Kxf3 Ke6 50. a3 Bc5 51. Nxa5 Bxa3 52. Nc4 Bc5 53. g4 fxg4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.28"]
[Round "14.42"]
[White "El Adnani, Mokliss"]
[Black "Meier, Georg"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2448"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[ECO "A40"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn"]
[WhiteFideId "9000410"]
[BlackFideId "4675789"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 b5 4. Bg5 Be7 5. Nbd2 d5 6. Nb3 O-O 7. Bg2 Nbd7 8. O-O
h6 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. c3 a5 11. a4 c6 12. Re1 Ba6 13. Nfd2 bxa4 14. Rxa4 Bb5 15.
Ra2 a4 16. Na1 c5 17. e3 Qb6 18. Nc2 Rfb8 19. Na3 Bc6 20. Qc2 g6 21. Rea1 Rc8
22. Qd1 Kg7 23. Nc2 Rab8 24. Ne1 e5 25. dxe5 Nxe5 26. Nef3 Nd7 27. h4 Qd8 28.
Qc2 Rb6 29. h5 g5 30. Nh2 Ne5 31. Ndf3 Nc4 32. Bf1 Nd6 33. Nd2 Qd7 34. Be2 Rcb8
35. Ng4 Qe6 36. Nxf6 Qxf6 37. Bd1 Bd7 38. e4 dxe4 39. Nxe4 Nxe4 40. Qxe4 Rxb2
41. Rxb2 Rxb2 42. Bc2 Bc6 43. Qh7+ Kf8 44. Rd1 a3 45. Bf5 a2 46. g4 Rd2 47. Re1
Qg7 48. Ra1 Qxh7 49. Bxh7 Bf3 50. Bf5 Rd1+ 0-1

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.28"]
[Round "14.43"]
[White "Malakhov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Ibrahimov, Rasul"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2686"]
[BlackElo "2518"]
[ECO "B04"]
[Opening "Alekhine's defence"]
[Variation "modern, fianchetto variation"]
[WhiteFideId "4120787"]
[BlackFideId "13400495"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 g6 5. exd6 cxd6 6. Be2 Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8. h3
Bf5 9. c4 Nf6 10. Nc3 d5 11. Qb3 Nc6 12. Qxb7 Na5 13. Qb4 Rb8 14. Qc5 Nxc4 15.
Nxd5 Qxd5 16. Qxd5 Nxd5 17. Bxc4 Nb4 18. Bf4 Rbc8 19. b3 Bd3 20. Bxd3 Nxd3 21.
Bg5 e6 22. Rfd1 Rc3 23. Kf1 Rfc8 24. Ke2 Nb4 25. Bd2 Rc2 26. a3 Nc6 27. Kd3 Rb2
28. Rab1 Ra2 29. Ra1 Rb2 30. Rdb1 Nxd4 31. Nxd4 Bxd4 32. Rxb2 Bxb2 33. Ra2 Rd8+
34. Ke2 Bd4 35. Rc2 f6 36. f3 Rd7 37. Rc6 Kf7 38. b4 h5 39. a4 h4 40. b5 g5 41.
Bb4 Rd5 42. Rd6 Re5+ 43. Kd3 Bg1 44. Rd7+ Kg6 45. Bc3 Rc5 46. Rd6 e5 47. Rc6
Rd5+ 48. Kc4 Rd1 49. Bxe5 Kf5 50. Bxf6 Rd2 51. Bc3 Rxg2 52. Rf6# 1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.28"]
[Round "14.44"]
[White "Bortnyk, Olexandr"]
[Black "Dervishi, Erald"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2552"]
[ECO "A45"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[WhiteFideId "14120828"]
[BlackFideId "4700236"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bf4 c6 4. e3 Nbd7 5. Bd3 g6 6. h4 Bg7 7. h5 Nxh5 8. Rxh5
gxh5 9. Qxh5 Nf6 10. Qh2 Bg4 11. Nf3 Bh5 12. Nh4 e6 13. f3 Bg6 14. O-O-O Bxd3
15. Rxd3 Nd7 16. g4 h5 17. g5 f6 18. Ng6 Rh7 19. Bc7 Qc8 20. Qd6 Kf7 21. Ne7 Qf8
22. Qxd7 fxg5 23. Nexd5+ Kg8 24. Ne7+ Kf7 25. Nxc6+ Kg8 26. Ne7+ Kf7 27. Ne4 Bh6
28. Nf5+ Kg8 29. Qxe6+ 1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.28"]
[Round "14.45"]
[White "Ni, Hua"]
[Black "Bosiocic, Marin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2671"]
[BlackElo "2624"]
[ECO "C67"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Berlin defence, open variation"]
[WhiteFideId "8601160"]
[BlackFideId "14507927"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5 8.
Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. h3 Ke8 10. Nc3 h5 11. Ne2 Be6 12. Nf4 Bd5 13. Nxd5 cxd5 14. Bg5
Be7 15. Rad1 c6 16. Rd3 f6 17. Bf4 Kf7 18. Re1 Rae8 19. Bh2 Bc5 20. a4 Re7 21.
Kf1 Rhe8 22. c3 a6 23. b4 Ba7 24. exf6 Rxe1+ 25. Nxe1 gxf6 26. g4 hxg4 27. hxg4
Ng7 28. Rf3 Ne6 29. Be5 Rg8 30. Rxf6+ Ke7 31. Rh6 Kd7 32. Rh7+ Kc8 33. f3 Bb6
34. Kg2 Rf8 35. Nd3 Be3 36. Re7 Ng5 37. f4 Ne4 38. Rc7+ Kd8 39. Rxb7 Re8 40. Kf3
Bd2 41. Nc5 Nxc3 42. Rd7+ Kc8 43. Rc7+ 1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.28"]
[Round "14.46"]
[White "Christiansen, Johan-Sebastian"]
[Black "Eljanov, Pavel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2711"]
[ECO "B18"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "classical, 6.h4"]
[WhiteFideId "1512668"]
[BlackFideId "14102951"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nh3 Nf6 8. Nf4
Bh7 9. Bc4 e6 10. O-O Bd6 11. Nxe6 fxe6 12. Bxe6 Qc7 13. Re1 Nbd7 14. Bh3+ Kd8
15. Nf5 Bxf5 16. Bxf5 Bh2+ 17. Kh1 Bf4 18. Qf3 Bxc1 19. Raxc1 g5 20. g3 gxh4 21.
gxh4 Qd6 22. c4 Qxd4 23. Qh3 Kc7 24. Rcd1 Qf4 25. Bxd7 Ne4 26. Re2 Rad8 27. Kg1
Rhg8+ 28. Kf1 Ng3+ 29. Ke1 Nxe2 30. Kxe2 Rg7 31. Be6 Rxd1 32. Kxd1 Qxf2 0-1

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.28"]
[Round "14.47"]
[White "Van Foreest, Jorden"]
[Black "Kovalev, Vladislav"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2629"]
[BlackElo "2639"]
[ECO "C46"]
[Opening "Four knights game"]
[WhiteFideId "1039784"]
[BlackFideId "13504398"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Be2 d5 5. exd5 Nxd5 6. O-O Nxc3 7. bxc3 Bd6 8.
d4 O-O 9. Re1 h6 10. d5 Ne7 11. c4 Ng6 12. Bb2 Qf6 13. Bd3 Bg4 14. Bxg6 fxg6 15.
Re3 Bc5 16. Rb3 Qf4 17. Qf1 e4 18. Nd4 Rae8 19. Re1 Qf6 20. c3 b6 21. Re3 a5 22.
Ba1 Bc8 23. Rb1 Ba6 24. Rb2 g5 25. Rd2 g4 26. Qe2 h5 27. h3 gxh3 28. Rxh3 h4 29.
Bb2 Bc8 30. Rh1 e3 31. fxe3 Rxe3 32. Qd1 Bg4 33. Qc1 Qe5 0-1

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.28"]
[Round "14.48"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Halkias, Stelios"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2571"]
[ECO "A13"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "Neo-Catalan accepted"]
[WhiteFideId "14100010"]
[BlackFideId "4201809"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 dxc4 5. Qa4+ Bd7 6. Qxc4 c5 7. Ne5 Qc8 8.
Qd3 Nc6 9. Nxd7 Qxd7 10. Qxd7+ Kxd7 11. Nc3 Be7 12. b3 Rac8 13. Bb2 Rhd8 14. e3
Nb4 15. Ke2 Kc7 16. Nb5+ Kb6 17. Na3 Ka6 18. Nc4 Nd3 19. Bc3 b5 20. Ne5 c4 21.
bxc4 b4 22. Nxd3 bxc3 23. dxc3 Rxc4 24. Rhc1 Rdc8 25. Rab1 R8c7 26. Ne5 Ra4 27.
Rc2 Bd6 28. Bf1 Ka5 29. Kf3 a6 30. Nd3 Ba3 31. Rb3 Nd7 32. Kg2 Nc5 33. Ne5 Nxb3
34. axb3 Bd6 35. Nxf7 Rxf7 36. bxa4 Rc7 37. f4 Rc6 38. Kf3 Kxa4 39. Ra2+ Ba3 40.
Rd2 a5 41. Rd7 Rxc3 42. Rxg7 Bc5 43. Rxh7 Rxe3+ 44. Kg4 Kb3 45. Rb7+ Bb4 46. Rc7
a4 47. Bc4+ Kb2 48. Rc6 Rc3 49. h4 a3 50. h5 a2 0-1

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.28"]
[Round "14.49"]
[White "Inarkiev, Ernesto"]
[Black "Tregubov, Pavel V."]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2689"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[ECO "E10"]
[Opening "Blumenfeld counter-gambit"]
[WhiteFideId "4162722"]
[BlackFideId "4115341"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 b5 5. dxe6 fxe6 6. cxb5 a6 7. bxa6 Bxa6 8. g3
Nc6 9. Bg2 Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. Nc3 Qe8 12. Re1 d5 13. Bh3 Bd8 14. Ng5 Bc8 15. e4
d4 16. e5 dxc3 17. exf6 Bxf6 18. bxc3 Qg6 19. Bxe6+ Kh8 20. Qd5 Bxg5 21. Bxg5
Bb7 22. Be3 Nd8 23. Qd7 Qe4 24. Kf1 Nxe6 25. Bd4 Qg2+ 26. Ke2 cxd4 0-1

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.28"]
[Round "14.50"]
[White "Omar, Noaman"]
[Black "Khismatullin, Denis"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2364"]
[BlackElo "2632"]
[ECO "D37"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "4.Nf3"]
[WhiteFideId "9300244"]
[BlackFideId "4142578"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 c6 7. e3 h6 8. Bh4
g5 9. Bg3 Nh5 10. Bd3 Nxg3 11. hxg3 Bg7 12. Rc1 Nb6 13. O-O Be6 14. Nd2 O-O 15.
f4 Qe7 16. Kh2 Rae8 17. Qh5 Nd7 18. f5 Nf6 19. Qf3 Bc8 20. Rce1 Qd6 21. e4 dxe4
22. Ndxe4 Qxd4 23. Nxf6+ Bxf6 24. Bc2 g4 25. Qf4 Qxf4 26. gxf4 Kg7 27. Kg3 h5
28. Rh1 Rxe1 29. Rxe1 Rd8 30. Re2 b5 31. Be4 b4 32. Na4 Rd1 0-1

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.28"]
[Round "14.51"]
[White "Amin, Bassem"]
[Black "Al Ghamdi, Ahmed M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "CM"]
[WhiteElo "2689"]
[BlackElo "2159"]
[ECO "C72"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "modern Steinitz defence, 5.O-O"]
[WhiteFideId "10601457"]
[BlackFideId "21500150"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. O-O Bg4 6. c3 Qf6 7. d3 Bxf3 8. Qxf3
Qxf3 9. gxf3 g6 10. f4 Bh6 11. Bxc6+ bxc6 12. fxe5 Bxc1 13. Rxc1 dxe5 14. Na3
O-O-O 15. Nc4 f6 16. Rd1 c5 17. a3 Ne7 18. b4 cxb4 19. axb4 Kb7 20. Na5+ Kb6 21.
Nb3 Ra8 22. Kf1 Rhd8 23. Ke2 Nc6 24. Rd2 Na7 25. Rda2 Nb5 26. Kd2 c6 27. Nc5 Nc7
28. h4 Rd6 29. f3 Rad8 30. Rxa6+ Nxa6 31. Rxa6+ Kb5 32. Kc2 R8d7 1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.28"]
[Round "14.52"]
[White "Socko, Bartosz"]
[Black "Sanal, Vahap"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2593"]
[BlackElo "2551"]
[ECO "E63"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "fianchetto, Panno variation"]
[WhiteFideId "1107038"]
[BlackFideId "6300545"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O Nc6 7. Nc3 a6 8. Qc2
Rb8 9. Rd1 Bd7 10. e4 e5 11. d5 Ne7 12. c5 Ne8 13. b4 h6 14. a4 f5 15. Ba3 f4
16. b5 g5 17. b6 cxb6 18. cxd6 Nc8 19. gxf4 gxf4 20. Qb3 Nexd6 21. Kh1 Qf6 22.
Rg1 Kh7 23. Bf1 Rf7 24. Bd3 h5 25. Ng5+ Kh6 26. Nxf7+ Nxf7 27. f3 Ng5 28. Be2
Kh7 29. d6 Nh3 30. Rg2 Nxd6 31. Bxd6 Qxd6 32. Qf7 Rg8 33. Rd1 1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.28"]
[Round "14.53"]
[White "Minko, Vladimir"]
[Black "Naiditsch, Arkadij"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2381"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[ECO "E67"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "fianchetto, classical variation"]
[WhiteFideId "24146706"]
[BlackFideId "4650891"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. Nc3 Nbd7 7. O-O e5 8. h3
Re8 9. e4 exd4 10. Nxd4 Nc5 11. Re1 Bd7 12. Bf4 h6 13. g4 h5 14. f3 hxg4 15.
hxg4 Nh7 16. Qd2 Nf8 17. Rad1 Nfe6 18. Be3 Qh4 19. Nd5 Be5 20. f4 Bg7 21. f5
Nxd4 22. Bxd4 Rac8 23. b4 Na6 24. g5 Ba4 25. f6 Bf8 26. Rc1 c5 27. Ba1 Nxb4 28.
Ne7+ Bxe7 29. fxe7 Nc6 30. Bf6 Nd4 31. Re3 Bd7 32. Rcc3 Rc6 33. Qf2 Qxf2+ 34.
Kxf2 Ne6 35. Rh3 Ng7 36. Rh6 Ra6 37. a3 Bg4 38. Bh3 Be6 39. Bxe6 fxe6 40. Rch3
Nh5 41. Rxg6+ Kf7 42. Rh6 1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.28"]
[Round "14.54"]
[White "Andriasian, Zaven"]
[Black "Al Jabri, Mohammed Ali"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2154"]
[ECO "B42"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Kan, 5.Bd3"]
[WhiteFideId "13302000"]
[BlackFideId "7604734"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. O-O Qc7 7. Qe2 d6 8. c4
Be7 9. b3 O-O 10. Bb2 Nbd7 11. Nd2 b6 12. Rae1 Rd8 13. f4 e5 14. Nf5 Bf8 15. Kh1
exf4 16. Rxf4 Ne5 17. Ref1 Be6 18. Bb1 Re8 19. Ng3 Bg4 20. Qf2 Qe7 21. Qxb6 Qa7
22. Qxa7 Rxa7 23. h3 Bd7 24. R4f2 Bc6 25. Nf3 a5 26. Nd4 Bd7 27. a4 Rb7 28. Nb5
Bc6 29. Bc3 Ned7 30. Rf4 Nc5 31. Bxf6 gxf6 32. Nh5 Nd7 33. Rxf6 Bxe4 34. Bxe4
Rxe4 35. Rxf7 Re6 36. Nd4 Re7 37. R7f3 Rb8 38. Nc6 1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.28"]
[Round "14.55"]
[White "Dzhumagaliev, Yan"]
[Black "Abdyjapar, Asyl"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2400"]
[BlackElo "2382"]
[ECO "E00"]
[Opening "Catalan opening"]
[WhiteFideId "24100110"]
[BlackFideId "13800337"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Bg2 g6 7. Nc3 a6 8. Nf3 Bg7
9. O-O O-O 10. a4 Re8 11. Bf4 Ne4 12. Rc1 Nxc3 13. bxc3 b5 14. Nd2 g5 15. Be3
Bf5 16. Nf3 h6 17. h4 g4 18. Nh2 Nd7 19. Bf4 Ne5 20. e4 Bd7 21. f3 gxf3 22. Nxf3
Bg4 23. Qd2 Nc4 24. Qc2 bxa4 25. Qxa4 Rxe4 26. Nh2 Bd7 27. Qa2 Rxf4 28. Rxf4 Ne5
29. Bf1 a5 30. Nf3 Ng6 31. Re4 a4 32. Re3 Qa5 33. Bd3 Nf8 34. Nd2 c4 35. Nxc4
Qc5 36. Qa3 Qxd5 37. Be4 Qxc4 38. Bxa8 d5 39. Rd1 Be6 40. Qb4 Qa6 41. Bxd5 Qa7
42. Kf2 a3 43. Qb7 Qc5 44. Qc6 Qa7 45. Ke2 Bg4+ 46. Bf3 Bd7 47. Qb7 Qa4 48. Qb4
Bb5+ 49. Kf2 Qc2+ 50. Ke1 a2 51. Qxb5 Bxc3+ 52. Kf1 Qxd1+ 53. Bxd1 a1=Q 54. Qd3
Bd4 55. Rf3 Ng6 56. Qe2 Ne5 57. Rb3 Qa8 58. Qg2 Qa6+ 59. Ke1 Nd3+ 60. Kd2 Nc5
61. Rb8+ Kg7 62. Qf3 Qd6 63. Re8 Qd7 64. Qg4+ Qxg4 65. Bxg4 Bf2 66. Ke2 Bxg3 67.
h5 Bh4 68. Re5 Nb7 69. Rd5 Nd8 70. Kf3 Bg5 71. Ke4 Kf8 72. Re5 Nc6 73. Rc5 Ne7
74. Rc7 Kg7 75. Rb7 Bf6 76. Be2 Bg5 77. Bc4 Bf6 78. Rb3 Kf8 79. Rf3 Kg7 80. Rf1
Nc6 81. Bd5 Nd8 82. Kf5 Bg5 83. Re1 Kf8 84. Re4 Be7 85. Ra4 Bg5 86. Ra7 Be7 87.
Ke5 Bg5 88. Kd6 Bf6 89. Kd7 Bh4 90. Ra6 Bg5 91. Ra2 Be7 92. Rf2 Bg5 93. Bxf7
Nxf7 94. Ke6 Kg7 95. Rxf7+ Kg8 96. Rb7 Bh4 97. Kf5 Bg5 98. Kg6 Kf8 99. Rf7+ Ke8
100. Rh7 Be3 101. Kf6 Bg5+ 102. Ke6 Kf8 103. Rf7+ Kg8 104. Rd7 Kf8 105. Kf5 Kg8
106. Kg6 Kf8 107. Rf7+ Ke8 108. Rf1 Ke7 109. Kg7 Ke6 110. Rf7 Kd6 111. Rf5 Be3
112. Kf6 Bd4+ 113. Kf7 Be3 114. Rf6+ Kd7 115. Re6 Bg5 116. Re1 Bf4 117. Rd1+ Kc6
118. Kg6 Bg5 119. Rd3 Kc7 120. Rd5 Be3 121. Kh7 Bg5 122. Kg7 Be3 123. Rd3 Bg5
124. Rg3 Bf4 125. Rg6 Kd7 126. Rxh6 Bxh6+ 127. Kxh6 Ke7 128. Kg7 1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.28"]
[Round "14.56"]
[White "Khenkin, Igor"]
[Black "Al-Hajiri, Bader"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2554"]
[BlackElo "2165"]
[ECO "D44"]
[Opening "QGD semi-Slav"]
[Variation "anti-Meran, Lilienthal variation"]
[WhiteFideId "4659600"]
[BlackFideId "10300163"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 c6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 b5 7. e5 h6 8. Bh4 g5
9. Nxg5 hxg5 10. Bxg5 Nbd7 11. g3 Qb6 12. exf6 Bb7 13. Bg2 c5 14. d5 O-O-O 15.
O-O b4 16. Na4 Qa6 17. a3 Nb6 18. axb4 Bxd5 19. Nc3 Qb7 20. Nxd5 exd5 21. bxc5
Bxc5 22. Ra5 Bb4 23. Rb5 Bf8 24. Be3 Qa6 25. Bxb6 Qxb5 26. Bxd8 Kxd8 27. Qxd5+
Qxd5 28. Bxd5 Rh6 29. Bxf7 Rxf6 30. Bxc4 Bc5 31. Kg2 Rd6 32. h4 Rd2 33. b3 Ke7
34. Re1+ Kf6 35. Re2 1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.28"]
[Round "14.57"]
[White "Lodhi, Mahmood"]
[Black "Al-Saffar, Araz Basim Mohammed S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2347"]
[BlackElo "2368"]
[ECO "A40"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn"]
[WhiteFideId "7800010"]
[BlackFideId "4801040"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 c5 3. g3 b6 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. e3 Nf6 6. O-O Be7 7. c4 cxd4 8. exd4
d5 9. Ne5 O-O 10. Nc3 Nc6 11. cxd5 Nxd5 12. Nxd5 exd5 13. Be3 Rc8 14. f4 f6 15.
Nd3 Re8 16. Bh3 Rc7 17. Be6+ Kh8 18. Bf7 Rf8 19. Qh5 h6 20. Be6 Qe8 21. Qxe8
Rxe8 22. f5 Nd8 23. Nf4 Nxe6 24. Nxe6 Rc2 25. Rf2 Rec8 26. Rxc2 Rxc2 27. Rc1
Rxc1+ 28. Bxc1 Bc8 29. Bf4 Bxe6 30. fxe6 Kg8 31. Kf2 Kf8 32. Kf3 Ke8 33. Kg4 g6
34. Bxh6 f5+ 35. Kf3 Bf6 36. Ke3 Ke7 37. a4 a6 38. h4 Kxe6 39. Bf4 Bg7 40. Kd3
Kd7 41. Be5 Bh6 42. Ke2 Bc1 43. b3 b5 44. axb5 axb5 45. Kf3 Ke6 46. Ke2 Bh6 47.
Kd3 Kd7 48. Kc3 Bf8 49. Kd3 Ke6 50. Ke2 Bh6 51. Kf3 Bd2 52. Kg2 Kf7 53. Kh3 Ke6
54. Kg2 Kf7 55. Kf3 Ke6 56. Bf4 Bc3 57. Be3 Bb4 58. Bf4 Bc3 59. Ke3 Bb2 60. Kd3
Ba3 61. Ke2 Bb2 62. Be3 Ba3 63. Kf3 Kf6 64. g4 Bb4 65. Bf4 Be1 66. g5+ Ke6 67.
Bg3 Bc3 68. Be5 Be1 69. h5 gxh5 70. g6 Bd2 71. Kg3 Bg5 72. Kf3 Ke7 73. Kg3 Kf8
74. Kf3 h4 75. Kg2 f4 76. Bh8 Bh6 77. Be5 Kg8 78. Bf6 Bg7 79. Bxh4 Bxd4 80. Kf3
Be5 81. Bg5 Kg7 82. Bxf4 Bf6 83. Ke3 Kxg6 84. Kd3 Kf5 85. Be3 Bb2 86. Bg1 Ke5
87. Bh2+ Ke6 88. Bg1 Kd6 89. Bf2 Kc6 90. Bg1 Ba3 91. Bd4 Bc5 92. Be5 Kb6 93. Bc3
Kc6 94. Be5 Kd7 95. Bh2 Ke6 96. Bf4 Kf5 97. Bd2 Kg4 98. Bc3 Kf5 99. Be1 Bb6 100.
Bc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.28"]
[Round "14.58"]
[White "Tissir, Mohamed"]
[Black "Saeed, Ishaq"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2381"]
[BlackElo "2434"]
[ECO "C53"]
[Opening "Giuoco Piano"]
[WhiteFideId "9000240"]
[BlackFideId "9301453"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. Bb3 a6 7. Nbd2 O-O 8. Nf1
Ng4 9. d4 exd4 10. cxd4 Bb4+ 11. Bd2 Qe8 12. Ng3 Nf6 13. Bxb4 Nxe4 14. O-O Nxg3
15. Re1 Qd8 16. Bd2 Nf5 17. Bg5 Qd7 18. Ba4 h6 19. d5 hxg5 20. dxc6 Qd8 21. Qd2
g4 22. Ng5 Qf6 23. Rad1 bxc6 24. Bxc6 Rb8 25. b3 Bb7 26. Ne4 Qg6 27. Bxb7 Rxb7
28. Qd3 Rb6 29. Nc3 c6 30. Re4 Qg5 31. Qe2 Qf6 32. Na4 Rb5 33. Rxg4 Re5 34. Re4
Rfe8 35. Rxe5 Rxe5 36. Qxa6 Nd4 37. Nc3 c5 38. Qc8+ Kh7 39. Qh3+ Kg8 40. Qd3 g6
41. h3 d5 42. Rf1 Rg5 43. f4 Rf5 44. g4 Rxf4 45. Nxd5 Rxf1+ 46. Qxf1 Qe5 47. Qg2
Qe1+ 48. Kh2 Qe5+ 49. Kg1 Ne2+ 50. Kf2 Qb2 51. Ke1 Qe5 52. Qxe2 Qxd5 53. Kf2
Qd4+ 54. Kg3 Qc3+ 55. Kg2 Kg7 56. g5 Qd4 57. Qf3 Qb2+ 58. Qf2 Qb1 59. a4 Qxb3
60. Qxc5 Qxa4 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.28"]
[Round "14.59"]
[White "Bukannan, Ahmed A"]
[Black "Al Zamel, Khaled"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1929"]
[BlackElo "1942"]
[ECO "A40"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn"]
[WhiteFideId "21504164"]
[BlackFideId "21500967"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. d4 c6 2. c4 d6 3. Nc3 Qc7 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. e3 Nf6 6. h3 Bh5 7. Be2 Nbd7 8. O-O
e5 9. e4 Bg6 10. Bd3 Be7 11. d5 Nc5 12. Re1 Nxd3 13. Qxd3 O-O 14. Be3 Nd7 15.
Rad1 f5 16. exf5 Rxf5 17. Qe2 Raf8 18. Nd2 Nc5 19. Bxc5 dxc5 20. Nde4 Bd6 21.
dxc6 Rf4 22. f3 Bxe4 23. Nxe4 Rd8 24. Nxd6 Rxd6 25. Qxe5 Rxc6 26. Qxc7 Rxc7 27.
b3 Kf7 28. Kf2 Rf6 29. Rd5 Ra6 30. Re2 Rf6 31. h4 b6 32. g4 h6 33. Kg3 Kg8 34.
Rd8+ Kh7 35. Ree8 Rcf7 36. Rh8+ Kg6 37. h5+ Kg5 38. Rd5+ Rf5 39. f4+ Kf6 40.
Rxf5+ Ke6 41. Rxf7 Kxf7 42. Ra8 1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.28"]
[Round "14.60"]
[White "Dobrov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Al Saidi, Mohammed Khalfan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "1468"]
[ECO "B20"]
[Opening "Sicilian defence"]
[WhiteFideId "4136594"]
[BlackFideId "22001271"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 c5 2. a3 Nc6 3. b4 b6 4. f4 d5 5. d4 cxd4 6. e5 Bf5 7. Nf3 a6 8. Nbd2 e6
9. b5 axb5 10. Bxb5 Ne7 11. Nxd4 Qc7 12. c4 Bd3 13. Qf3 Be4 14. Nxe4 dxe4 15.
Qxe4 Rc8 16. a4 Kd8 17. Ba3 Na5 18. Nxe6+ fxe6 19. Rd1+ Nd5 20. Rxd5+ exd5 21.
Qxd5+ Bd6 22. Bxd6 Qb7 23. Bc7+ Ke7 24. Qd7+ Kf8 25. Bd6+ Kg8 26. Qe6+ 1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.28"]
[Round "14.61"]
[White "Khader, Sami"]
[Black "Amer, Said Salim Al Maashani"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2392"]
[BlackElo "2103"]
[ECO "B30"]
[Opening "Sicilian defence"]
[WhiteFideId "8100500"]
[BlackFideId "22000100"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 d5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. d4 Nf6 6. Be3 cxd4 7. cxd4 e6 8.
Nc3 Qa5 9. Bd3 Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. a3 Nd5 12. Bd2 Qd8 13. Ne4 b6 14. Qc2 Bb7 15.
Neg5 g6 16. Ne4 Rc8 17. Qa4 Nf6 18. Nc3 Na5 19. Ne5 a6 20. Be3 b5 21. Qd1 Nc4
22. Qe2 Qc7 23. Bf4 Qb6 24. Rad1 Nxa3 25. Bg5 Rfd8 26. Ne4 Bxe4 27. Bxe4 Nc4 28.
Ng4 Nxg4 29. Bxe7 Rd7 30. Bc5 Qc7 31. Qxg4 f5 32. Qh3 fxe4 33. Qxe6+ Rf7 34.
Qxe4 Nxb2 35. Rde1 Na4 36. Ba3 Qd7 37. Rc1 Re8 38. Qd3 Nb6 39. Rfe1 Rxe1+ 40.
Rxe1 Nd5 41. g3 Kg7 42. Qe4 Qf5 43. Qe5+ Qxe5 44. dxe5 b4 45. Bb2 Re7 46. e6+
Kf8 47. Bd4 Rc7 48. Be5 Rc6 49. Rd1 Nc3 50. Bd6+ Ke8 51. Rd3 a5 52. f4 Ne4 53.
Be5 Rxe6 54. Kg2 Nc5 55. Rd5 Rc6 56. Bd4 b3 57. Re5+ Kf7 58. Bxc5 b2 59. Re7+
Kf6 60. Rb7 Rxc5 61. Rxb2 a4 62. Rb6+ Kf5 63. Ra6 Rc4 64. Kf3 Rc3+ 65. Kf2 a3
66. Ra4 Rc2+ 67. Kf3 Rc3+ 68. Kg2 Rc2+ 69. Kf3 a2 70. g4+ Kf6 71. Ra6+ Kf7 72.
h4 Rb2 73. Ke4 Ke7 74. f5 gxf5+ 75. gxf5 Rb4+ 76. Ke5 Rxh4 77. Rxa2 Rh6 78. Ra7+
Ke8 79. Rb7 Kf8 80. Rb8+ Kf7 81. Ra8 Rh1 82. Ra7+ Ke8 83. Ke6 Re1+ 84. Kf6 Rh1
85. Re7+ Kf8 86. Rf7+ Ke8 87. Re7+ Kf8 88. Ra7 Rh6+ 89. Ke5 Ke8 90. Ra8+ Kf7 91.
Rb8 Rh1 92. Rb7+ Ke8 93. Ke6 Kf8 94. Rb8+ Kg7 95. f6+ Kh6 96. f7 Re1+ 97. Kd5
Rd1+ 98. Ke4 Re1+ 1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.28"]
[Round "14.62"]
[White "Masrahi, Abdulrahman A"]
[Black "Alanazy, Mohammed"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "CM"]
[WhiteElo "1962"]
[BlackElo "1850"]
[ECO "D00"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn, Mason variation"]
[WhiteFideId "21501564"]
[BlackFideId "21508488"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 c6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nf3 Bf5 5. c4 e6 6. Qb3 Qb6 7. Nc3 Nbd7 8. c5
Qxb3 9. axb3 Nh5 10. Bg3 Nxg3 11. hxg3 Be7 12. b4 O-O 13. b5 Bf6 14. bxc6 bxc6
15. Nh4 Bxh4 16. gxh4 a5 17. Kd2 e5 18. Be2 f6 19. Ra2 Be6 20. Rha1 exd4 21.
exd4 Nxc5 22. dxc5 d4 23. Rxa5 dxc3+ 24. Kxc3 Rxa5 25. Rxa5 g5 26. Bf3 Rc8 27.
Ra6 Bd7 28. Ra7 Be8 29. g3 h5 30. Be4 Bf7 31. b4 Re8 32. Bxc6 Re2 33. b5 Rxf2
34. b6 gxh4 35. gxh4 Rf4 36. Rxf7 Kxf7 37. b7 Rxh4 38. b8=Q Rg4 39. Bf3 Rg5 40.
Qc7+ Ke6 41. Qd6+ Kf5 42. c6 1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.28"]
[Round "14.63"]
[White "Alem, Ali Hussien"]
[Black "Al Abdali, Zeyad Saleh"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1745"]
[BlackElo "1801"]
[ECO "C64"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "classical (Cordel) defence"]
[WhiteFideId "21500088"]
[BlackFideId "21501505"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Bc5 4. O-O d6 5. c3 Bd7 6. d4 exd4 7. cxd4 Bb6 8. Nc3
a6 9. Bc4 Nge7 10. Bg5 h6 11. Be3 Bg4 12. h3 Bh5 13. g4 Bg6 14. Nh4 Qd7 15. a3
h5 16. Nf5 O-O-O 17. b4 hxg4 18. hxg4 Rh7 19. b5 Na5 20. Be2 axb5 21. Bxb5 c6
22. Qc2 Kb8 23. Ba4 Rdh8 24. Bf4 Bxf5 25. gxf5 Bxd4 26. Qd2 Nxf5 27. exf5 Qxf5
28. Bxd6+ Ka8 29. Qxd4 Rh1+ 30. Kg2 Qh3# 0-1

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.28"]
[Round "14.64"]
[White "Miswadah, Baha"]
[Black "Al Juhani, Bakr"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1877"]
[BlackElo "1854"]
[ECO "B70"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "dragon variation"]
[WhiteFideId "11502118"]
[BlackFideId "21500185"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. f3 a6 7. Be3 b5 8. Qd2
Bb7 9. a3 Nbd7 10. g4 h6 11. h4 Rc8 12. O-O-O Nc5 13. Kb1 Nfd7 14. Be2 Bg7 15.
h5 g5 16. Nf5 Be5 17. Rhf1 Ne6 18. Nd5 Bxd5 19. exd5 Nf4 20. Bd3 Nc5 21. Bxc5
Rxc5 22. Be4 Qb6 23. c3 a5 24. Nd4 b4 25. cxb4 axb4 26. axb4 Rc8 27. Nc6 Ra8 28.
Nxe5 dxe5 29. d6 Rd8 30. Qc3 exd6 31. Qc6+ Qxc6 32. Bxc6+ Ke7 33. Kc2 d5 34. b5
d4 35. Ra1 Rb8 36. Ra7+ Kf6 37. Rfa1 Rhc8 38. Kd2 Ne6 39. R1a6 Kg7 40. Ra8 Nc7
41. Rxb8 Rxb8 42. Ra5 Rb6 43. Kd3 Kf6 44. b4 Ke6 45. Ke4 Kf6 46. Kd3 Ke6 47. Kc4
Kd6 48. Ra7 Rb8 49. Ra3 f6 50. Ra7 Rb6 51. Rb7 Rxb7 52. Bxb7 d3 53. Be4 d2 54.
Bc2 Na8 55. Kd3 Kd5 56. Kxd2 Kd4 57. Be4 Nb6 58. Kc2 Kc4 59. Bc6 Kxb4 60. Kd3
Kc5 61. Ke4 Kd6 62. Kf5 Ke7 63. Kg6 Ke6 64. Kxh6 f5 65. Kxg5 fxg4 66. fxg4 Nc8 1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.28"]
[Round "14.65"]
[White "Lam, Daniel King-wai"]
[Black "Al Bargi, Hassan M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2222"]
[BlackElo "1579"]
[ECO "D30"]
[Opening "QGD Slav"]
[WhiteFideId "6001238"]
[BlackFideId "21501475"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nbd2 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. e4
dxe4 9. Nxe4 Re8 10. Qe2 Nf8 11. Rd1 Nxe4 12. Qxe4 Bf6 13. Bf4 Qb6 14. Rab1 Rd8
15. Bc2 Qa5 16. a3 Qa6 17. Bd3 Qa5 18. c5 Re8 19. Bd6 g6 20. h4 Nd7 21. h5 Bg7
22. hxg6 hxg6 23. Qh4 Qd8 24. Ng5 Nf8 25. Bc4 Bf6 26. f4 Bxg5 27. fxg5 Nh7 28.
Bf4 Re7 29. Qh6 Qf8 30. Qh4 Rd7 31. Rd3 Re7 32. Bd6 f5 33. gxf6 Nxf6 34. Rf3 Qg7
35. Bxe7 Qxe7 36. Qxf6 Qxf6 37. Rxf6 Kg7 38. Rbf1 Bd7 39. Rf7+ 1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.28"]
[Round "14.66"]
[White "Salama, Taher"]
[Black "Al Mahmood, Salman"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1769"]
[BlackElo "1593"]
[ECO "E50"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian"]
[Variation "4.e3 e8g8, 5.Nf3, without ...d5"]
[WhiteFideId "11502231"]
[BlackFideId "11201517"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Nf3 b6 6. Bd3 Bb7 7. O-O Bxc3 8. bxc3
d6 9. a4 Nbd7 10. a5 e5 11. Be2 Ne4 12. Qc2 Ng5 13. Nd2 f5 14. f3 Qe7 15. Rf2
Rf6 16. Nf1 Rg6 17. Kh1 Qf6 18. Bd3 e4 19. fxe4 Nxe4 20. Rf4 Qg5 21. a6 Bc8 22.
Bxe4 fxe4 23. Qxe4 Ne5 24. dxe5 Rb8 25. Ng3 Bd7 26. Bd2 Re8 27. Raf1 Rge6 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.28"]
[Round "14.67"]
[White "Al Habeeb, Emad"]
[Black "Al Omary, Ahmed"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1933"]
[BlackElo "1875"]
[ECO "D30"]
[Opening "Queen's gambit declined"]
[WhiteFideId "21500029"]
[BlackFideId "21500207"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 d5 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Qc2 Nc6 7. Nf3 a6 8. Bd3
Ba5 9. a3 b5 10. b4 Bxb4 11. axb4 Ncxb4 12. Qd2 Nxd3+ 13. Qxd3 Bb7 14. Nxd5 Qxd5
15. Ba3 f6 16. Rc1 Bc6 17. Rc5 Qd7 18. Qc3 Bxf3 19. Rxc7 Qd5 20. Re7+ 1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.28"]
[Round "15.1"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2837"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[ECO "A05"]
[Opening "Reti"]
[Variation "King's Indian attack"]
[WhiteFideId "1503014"]
[BlackFideId "4126025"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. b3 Bg7 4. Bb2 d6 5. d4 O-O 6. Bg2 Nbd7 7. O-O Re8 8. c4
c6 9. Nc3 e5 10. d5 cxd5 11. cxd5 e4 12. Nd4 e3 13. f4 Ng4 14. Nc2 Ndf6 15. Qe1
Bf5 16. Nd4 Be4 17. Nxe4 Nxe4 18. Ne6 fxe6 19. Bxg7 Nd2 20. Bb2 Nxf1 21. Qxf1 e5
22. Qf3 h5 23. h3 e4 24. Qf1 Nh6 25. Kh2 Rc8 26. Rc1 Nf5 27. Qe1 Qe7 28. Rc4
Rxc4 29. bxc4 Rc8 30. Qc3 Kh7 31. a4 b6 32. Ba1 a6 33. Qb2 g5 34. Qb1 Rxc4 35.
Qb2 Rc8 36. Bxe4 Qxe4 37. Qf6 Rg8 38. fxg5 h4 39. Kg1 Qb1+ 40. Kg2 Qe4+ 41. Kg1
hxg3 42. h4 Qb1+ 43. Kg2 Qe4+ 44. Kg1 Qb1+ 45. Kg2 Nxh4+ 46. Kxg3 Qe1+ 47. Kh3
Qh1+ 48. Kg4 Qe4+ 49. Kh5 Qg6+ 50. Kxh4 Qxf6 51. Bxf6 Kg6 52. Kg4 b5 53. axb5
axb5 54. Kf4 Re8 55. Bc3 Rc8 56. Bf6 Rc5 57. Kxe3 Rxd5 58. Ke4 Rd1 59. Kf3 b4
60. e4 Re1 0-1

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.28"]
[Round "15.2"]
[White "Bu, Xiangzhi"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[ECO "D55"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "Neo-orthodox variation, 7.Bh4"]
[WhiteFideId "8601445"]
[BlackFideId "5000017"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. e3 Nbd7 8. Rc1
c5 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Bxe7 Nxe7 11. Be2 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.28"]
[Round "15.3"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Wang, Hao"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[ECO "C55"]
[Opening "Two knights defence (Modern bishop's opening)"]
[WhiteFideId "4168119"]
[BlackFideId "8602883"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. Nc3 d6 6. a3 O-O 7. O-O Be6 8. Nd5
h6 9. c3 Qd7 10. Re1 Rae8 11. d4 Bg4 12. Ne3 Bxf3 13. Qxf3 g6 14. Nd5 Kg7 15.
Nxf6 Bxf6 16. Bxh6+ Kxh6 17. Qxf6 Qe7 18. Qxe7 Rxe7 19. dxe5 Nxe5 20. Bf1 Kg7
21. f3 g5 22. h3 a5 23. a4 Nd7 24. Kf2 Ne5 25. Red1 Ra8 26. Rd5 f6 27. Kg3 Ree8
28. b4 Nc6 29. b5 Ne7 30. Rd4 Nc8 31. Bc4 Nb6 32. Bd5 Rab8 33. Rh1 Nd7 34. h4
Rh8 35. h5 b6 36. Rc4 Nc5 37. Kf2 Rbe8 38. g4 Re5 39. Rd1 Rhe8 40. Rcd4 Kh6 41.
Kg2 R8e7 42. Rf1 Kg7 43. Rfd1 Kh6 44. Rc4 Kg7 45. Kg3 Kh6 46. Rxc5 bxc5 47. b6
cxb6 48. Rb1 Rxd5 49. exd5 Re3 50. Rxb6 Rxc3 51. Rxd6 Kg7 52. Rd7+ Kg8 53. Rc7 1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.28"]
[Round "15.4"]
[White "Fedoseev, Vladimir3"]
[Black "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2691"]
[ECO "B41"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Kan, Maroczy bind (Reti variation)"]
[WhiteFideId "24130737"]
[BlackFideId "24101605"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Qc7 7. Qd3 b6 8. Qg3
d6 9. Bd3 Bb7 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Re1 Ne5 12. Bf1 Be7 13. b3 O-O 14. Bb2 Ng6 15.
Rac1 Rac8 16. Kh1 Qb8 17. f3 Bd8 18. Qf2 Rc5 19. b4 Rh5 20. g3 Bc7 21. Kg1 Ne5
22. Be2 Rh6 23. b5 a5 24. Rcd1 g5 25. Bc1 Rg6 26. Be3 Rc8 27. Nb3 Ba8 28. Bd4
Nfd7 29. Qe3 Bd8 30. Nd2 Nc5 31. Kf2 f5 32. exf5 exf5 33. Nd5 Bxd5 34. cxd5 f4
35. Qa3 Bf6 36. Bxc5 Rxc5 37. Ne4 Rh6 38. Kg2 Qc8 39. g4 Rc2 40. Rc1 Nxg4 41.
fxg4 Rxe2+ 42. Rxe2 Qxg4+ 43. Kf1 Bd4 44. Rg2 Qh4 45. Nxg5 Kf8 46. Qd3 Be5 47.
Qf5+ Rf6 48. Nxh7+ 1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.28"]
[Round "15.5"]
[White "Savchenko, Boris"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2566"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[ECO "C53"]
[Opening "Giuoco Piano"]
[WhiteFideId "4147332"]
[BlackFideId "4102142"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. O-O h6 7. Bb3 O-O 8. h3 a5
9. Nbd2 Be6 10. Ba4 Qb8 11. Bb5 Qa7 12. a4 Ne7 13. Bc4 Bd7 14. Nb3 Bb6 15. Qc2
c6 16. d4 d5 17. exd5 cxd5 18. Be2 Bf5 19. Qd2 e4 20. Ne5 Bc7 21. Qf4 Rae8 22.
Bb5 Rd8 23. Qh2 Qb8 24. Bf4 Rc8 25. g4 Bh7 26. Nc5 Bd6 27. Bg3 Qa7 28. Ned7 Bxg3
29. Nxf6+ gxf6 30. fxg3 Rxc5 31. dxc5 Qxc5+ 32. Qf2 Qxf2+ 33. Kxf2 f5 34. gxf5
Bxf5 35. g4 Be6 36. Ke3 Kg7 37. c4 dxc4 38. Kxe4 Rc8 39. Kd4 b6 40. Rad1 Rc5 41.
Rde1 h5 42. Re5 Nc6+ 43. Bxc6 Rxc6 44. Rxh5 Rd6+ 45. Ke4 Bd7 46. Rc1 Rd2 47.
Rxc4 Rxb2 48. Rd4 Bc6+ 49. Kd3 Rb3+ 50. Kd2 Ra3 51. Rd6 Bxa4 52. Rxb6 Bd7 53.
Ra6 a4 54. Rd5 Be6 55. Rd3 Ra2+ 56. Kc3 Bb3 57. Rd2 Ra1 58. Kb4 Rb1 59. Kc5 Rh1
60. Rd3 Rc1+ 61. Kd4 Rh1 62. Re3 Rd1+ 63. Ke5 Rh1 64. Kf4 Rf1+ 65. Kg3 Rb1 66.
h4 Rg1+ 67. Kf4 Rf1+ 68. Rf3 Rh1 69. h5 Rg1 70. Kg5 Rc1 71. Rf4 Rc5+ 72. Kh4 Rc1
73. Rb4 Rc3 74. Ra5 Bc2 75. Rb7 Bb3 76. Ra6 Rd3 77. Raa7 Rd4 78. Rd7 Re4 79. Kg5
Be6 80. h6+ Kg8 81. Rd8+ Kh7 82. Raa8 Rxg4+ 83. Kh5 1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.28"]
[Round "15.6"]
[White "Onischuk, Vladimir"]
[Black "Yu, Yangyi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2637"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[ECO "B30"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Nimzovich-Rossolimo attack (without ...d6)"]
[WhiteFideId "14114038"]
[BlackFideId "8603820"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. Bxc6 bxc6 5. d3 Ne7 6. Qe2 d6 7. e5 dxe5 8.
Qxe5 Ng6 9. Qe4 Qd5 10. Nc3 Qxe4+ 11. Nxe4 f5 12. Ned2 Be7 13. Nc4 Ba6 14. Nfe5
Nxe5 15. Nxe5 Bf6 16. Nc4 Bxc4 17. dxc4 Rb8 18. Rb1 Kf7 19. b3 Rhd8 20. Ke2 Bc3
21. f3 e5 22. g3 Rd6 23. Rd1 Rxd1 24. Kxd1 Kf6 25. Ke2 Rd8 26. Be3 g5 27. Rd1
Rxd1 28. Kxd1 Bd4 29. Bd2 h5 30. h3 f4 31. g4 hxg4 32. hxg4 e4 33. Ke2 e3 34.
Ba5 Ke6 35. Kd3 Bf6 36. Ke4 Bb2 37. Kd3 Bf6 38. Ke4 Bg7 39. Kd3 Be5 40. Ke4 Bf6
41. Kd3 Kd7 42. Ke4 Ke6 43. Kd3 Kd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.28"]
[Round "15.7"]
[White "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Black "Mamedov, Rauf"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[ECO "D11"]
[Opening "QGD Slav"]
[Variation "3.Nf3"]
[WhiteFideId "12401137"]
[BlackFideId "13401653"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Qb3 dxc4 5. Qxc4 Bg4 6. Nbd2 Nbd7 7. g3 e6 8.
Bg2 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. b3 Qa5 11. Bb2 Rac8 12. Rfd1 Rfd8 13. h3 Bh5 14. Qc1 Qa6
15. Nc4 c5 16. dxc5 Nxc5 17. Rxd8+ Rxd8 18. Nd4 Bg6 19. Bf1 Rc8 20. Qe1 Nfd7 21.
Na5 e5 22. Nf3 e4 23. Ne5 Nxe5 24. Bxe5 Qe6 25. Bd4 b6 26. Nc4 h6 27. Rd1 Rd8
28. Bg2 Nd3 29. exd3 Rxd4 30. dxe4 Rxd1 31. Qxd1 Bxe4 32. Bxe4 Qxe4 33. Nd2 Qd3
34. Qe1 Kf8 35. Nc4 Bc5 36. Kg2 Qd5+ 37. f3 Qd3 38. Qd2 Qxd2+ 39. Nxd2 Ke7 40.
Kf1 Ke6 41. Ke2 Kd5 42. Kd3 f5 43. Nb1 Bb4 44. Nc3+ Bxc3 45. Kxc3 g5 46. b4 h5
47. Kd3 b5 48. g4 fxg4 49. fxg4 h4 50. Ke3 Ke5 51. a3 a6 52. Kd3 Kf4 53. Kd4 Kg3
54. Ke4 Kxh3 55. Kf3 Kh2 56. Kf2 h3 0-1

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.28"]
[Round "15.8"]
[White "Ding, Liren"]
[Black "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2744"]
[ECO "A28"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "four knights, 4.e3"]
[WhiteFideId "8603677"]
[BlackFideId "5007003"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e3 Be7 5. d4 exd4 6. exd4 d5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
Bd3 O-O 9. O-O Bg4 10. Be4 Nf6 11. Bxc6 bxc6 12. h3 Bxf3 13. Qxf3 Qxd4 14. Qxc6
Bd6 15. Rd1 Qe5 16. g3 Qf5 17. Kg2 Rab8 18. Qf3 Qxf3+ 19. Kxf3 Be5 20. Rd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.28"]
[Round "15.9"]
[White "Alekseev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Guseinov, Gadir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2616"]
[BlackElo "2646"]
[ECO "B34"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "accelerated fianchetto, modern variation"]
[WhiteFideId "4138147"]
[BlackFideId "13401378"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Be2 O-O 8.
O-O d5 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. e5 Ne8 11. f4 f6 12. exf6 Bxf6 13. Na4 Nd6 14. c3 Qc7
15. Bd3 Rb8 16. Qc2 Bf5 17. Rae1 Qa5 18. Bxf5 gxf5 19. Bd4 Ne4 20. Rd1 e6 21. b3
Rb7 22. Bxf6 Rxf6 23. c4 Rg7 24. cxd5 exd5 25. Rfe1 a6 26. Re2 Rfg6 27. Qd3 h6
28. Qd4 Qc7 29. Rf1 Rg4 30. Qe3 c5 31. Nb2 Qa5 32. Nd3 d4 33. Qc1 Qb5 34. Qc2
Nc3 35. Ref2 Nd5 36. Qxc5 Qxc5 37. Nxc5 Ne3 38. Ne6 Rxg2+ 39. Kh1 R7g6 40. Rxg2
Rxg2 41. Nxd4 Rxa2 42. Rc1 Rd2 43. Nf3 Rf2 44. Ne5 Rxf4 45. Kg1 Kg7 46. h3 Kf6
47. Nd3 Rd4 48. Ne1 Rd6 49. Kf2 Nd5 50. Nf3 Nf4 51. Rh1 Rd3 52. Ra1 Nxh3+ 53.
Ke2 Nf4+ 54. Kf2 Rd6 55. Kg3 Ng6 56. Kf2 Ne5 57. Nxe5 Kxe5 58. Ra5+ Kf4 59. Ra4+
Kg5 60. b4 h5 61. Ra5 Rb6 62. Kf3 h4 63. Kg2 Kg4 64. Ra4 f4 65. Kf2 h3 66. Ra1
Rh6 67. Kg1 Kg3 68. Kh1 f3 69. Rg1+ Kf2 70. Kh2 Ke2 71. Rg7 Re6 0-1

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.28"]
[Round "15.10"]
[White "Kokarev, Dmitry"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2799"]
[ECO "C72"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "modern Steinitz defence, 5.O-O"]
[WhiteFideId "4132181"]
[BlackFideId "13401319"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. O-O Bd7 6. d4 exd4 7. Bxc6 bxc6 8.
Nxd4 c5 9. Nf3 Ne7 10. b3 Ng6 11. Bb2 Be7 12. Bxg7 Rg8 13. Bb2 Bg4 14. Nbd2 Bf6
15. Qb1 Qe7 16. Re1 h5 17. Re3 h4 18. e5 Bxe5 19. Nxe5 dxe5 20. Qf1 f6 21. Ne4
Kf7 22. Qc4+ Be6 23. Qxc5 Qxc5 24. Nxc5 Bf5 25. Nd3 Rad8 26. Rc1 Rg7 27. Kf1 Ne7
28. Rd1 Nc6 29. Bc3 Rdg8 30. Ne1 Ke6 31. Rd2 Rg4 32. Bb2 Bg6 33. h3 Rg5 34. Nf3
Rh5 35. Nd4+ Nxd4 36. Rxd4 Be8 37. Rg4 Rxg4 38. hxg4 Rg5 39. f3 Bc6 40. Bc3 Rg7
41. Kf2 Bd5 42. Ba5 Rh7 43. c4 Bc6 44. Bc3 h3 45. gxh3 Rxh3 46. Kg2 Rh4 47. Kg3
Rh1 48. Ba5 Ra1 49. Bxc7 Kd7 50. Bb6 Rxa2 51. Rd3+ Ke6 52. Bc5 Kf7 53. Rd6 Be8
54. Bb6 Ra3 55. Bd8 Rxb3 56. Rxf6+ Kg8 57. Re6 Bf7 58. Rxe5 Bxc4 59. Kf4 Rd3 60.
Bb6 Bd5 61. Re3 Rxe3 62. Kxe3 Kf7 63. f4 Kg6 64. Bd8 Be6 65. f5+ Bxf5 66. gxf5+
Kxf5 67. Bc7 a5 68. Bxa5 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.28"]
[Round "15.11"]
[White "Korobov, Anton"]
[Black "Safarli, Eltaj"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2652"]
[BlackElo "2639"]
[ECO "A04"]
[Opening "Reti opening"]
[WhiteFideId "14105730"]
[BlackFideId "13402129"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 g6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bg7 6. Nb3 Nf6 7. Nc3 d6 8. O-O
O-O 9. e4 Bg4 10. f3 Be6 11. f4 a5 12. a4 Nb4 13. Kh1 Qb6 14. Ra3 Rac8 15. h3 d5
16. f5 Bd7 17. fxg6 fxg6 18. g4 d4 19. Qxd4 Qxd4 20. Nxd4 Nxg4 21. Rxf8+ Rxf8
22. Nce2 e5 23. Nb5 Nf2+ 24. Kh2 Nxc2 25. Rc3 Nd4 26. Ng3 Nxb5 27. axb5 Bxb5 28.
Rc5 Bc6 29. Rxa5 Nd3 30. Be3 Nxb2 31. Bf1 Rd8 32. Ra2 Na4 33. Bc4+ Kh8 34. Rc2
Bf6 35. Rf2 Kg7 36. h4 b5 37. Be6 Rd6 38. Bh6+ Kxh6 39. Rxf6 Kg7 40. Rf7+ Kg8
41. Rf6+ Kg7 42. Rf7+ Kh6 43. Rf6 Kg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.28"]
[Round "15.12"]
[White "Grigoriants, Sergey"]
[Black "Rapport, Richard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2561"]
[BlackElo "2707"]
[ECO "B67"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Richter-Rauzer, Rauzer attack, 7...a6 defence, 8...Bd7"]
[WhiteFideId "4130804"]
[BlackFideId "738590"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 d6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O Bd7 9. f4 b5 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Kb1 Qb6 12. Nxc6 Bxc6 13. Qe1 Ra7 14. Bd3
Qc5 15. g4 h5 16. h3 Rg8 17. Rg1 hxg4 18. hxg4 b4 19. Ne2 a5 20. Rg3 a4 21. c3
b3 22. a3 Rh8 23. Nd4 Bd7 24. g5 Rh4 25. Qd2 e5 26. Ne2 Qf2 27. gxf6 exf4 28.
Rg8 f3 29. Qg5 Kd8 30. Rxf8+ Kc7 31. Nd4 Rh2 32. Qc1 Ra5 33. Rxf7 Rah5 34. Rg7
Rg2 35. f7 Rhh2 36. f8=Q Qxb2+ 37. Qxb2 Rxb2+ 38. Kc1 Rb1+ 39. Kxb1 1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.28"]
[Round "15.13"]
[White "Anton Guijarro, David"]
[Black "Duda, Jan-Krzysztof"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2666"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[ECO "D16"]
[Opening "QGD Slav"]
[Variation "Soultanbeieff variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2285525"]
[BlackFideId "1170546"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 d5 4. d4 dxc4 5. a4 e6 6. e3 c5 7. Bxc4 Nc6 8. O-O
cxd4 9. exd4 Be7 10. Qe2 O-O 11. Rd1 Nb4 12. Ne5 Bd7 13. a5 Rc8 14. a6 bxa6 15.
Bxa6 Rc7 16. Bf4 Nfd5 17. Nxd5 Nxd5 18. Bg3 Nb4 19. Bc4 Bh4 20. Ra3 Bxg3 21.
Rxg3 Nd5 22. Qg4 g6 23. h4 Bc6 24. h5 Qf6 25. hxg6 fxg6 26. Rf3 Nf4 27. Bxe6+
Kh8 28. Nxc6 Rxc6 29. d5 Rc4 30. Kh1 h5 31. Qg3 a5 32. b3 Re4 33. Bh3 Kh7 34.
Kh2 Qd6 35. Kh1 Kh6 36. Re3 Qe5 37. Rde1 Rxe3 38. fxe3 Re8 39. Be6 Nd3 40. Qxe5
Nxe5 41. Ra1 Rb8 42. d6 Rb6 43. d7 Rd6 44. Rxa5 Nxd7 45. Bd5 Nf6 46. e4 Rb6 47.
Rc5 Nxd5 48. exd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.28"]
[Round "15.14"]
[White "Zhigalko, Sergei"]
[Black "Rakhmanov, Aleksandr"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2641"]
[BlackElo "2653"]
[ECO "B01"]
[Opening "Scandinavian"]
[Variation "Pytel-Wade variation"]
[WhiteFideId "13502956"]
[BlackFideId "4173708"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd6 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 g6 6. Bc4 Bg7 7. h3 O-O 8. O-O
a6 9. a4 c5 10. d5 Nbd7 11. Qe2 Nb6 12. Rd1 Nxc4 13. Qxc4 Bf5 14. Be3 Rfc8 15.
a5 b5 16. axb6 Qxb6 17. Na4 Qb5 18. Qxb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.28"]
[Round "15.15"]
[White "Pantsulaia, Levan"]
[Black "Wang, Yue"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2612"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[ECO "A13"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "Neo-Catalan accepted"]
[WhiteFideId "13602071"]
[BlackFideId "8601429"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 dxc4 5. Qa4+ Bd7 6. Qxc4 c5 7. Ne5 Qc8 8.
Qd3 Nc6 9. Nxd7 Qxd7 10. Qxd7+ Kxd7 11. Nc3 Be7 12. d3 Rac8 13. b3 Rhd8 14. Bb2
Ke8 15. Rc1 b6 16. Nb5 Rd7 17. O-O g6 18. d4 a6 19. dxc5 axb5 20. Bxf6 bxc5 21.
Bxe7 Nxe7 22. a4 bxa4 23. bxa4 c4 24. a5 Ra7 25. a6 Nd5 26. Ra1 Rc5 27. Rfc1 Kd7
28. Ra4 Rc6 29. Raxc4 Rxc4 30. Rxc4 Rxa6 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.28"]
[Round "15.16"]
[White "Cheparinov, Ivan"]
[Black "Zhao, Jun"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2604"]
[ECO "E18"]
[Opening "Queen's Indian"]
[Variation "old main line, 7.Nc3"]
[WhiteFideId "2905540"]
[BlackFideId "8602522"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 b6 3. d4 e6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Nc3 Ne4 8. Bd2
Nxd2 9. Qxd2 d6 10. Rfd1 Nd7 11. Rac1 Re8 12. e3 Bf8 13. b4 g6 14. h4 Bg7 15. a3
Qe7 16. Qc2 a6 17. Ne1 Bxg2 18. Nxg2 c6 19. Qe2 a5 20. b5 c5 21. h5 Rac8 22.
hxg6 hxg6 23. Nf4 cxd4 24. exd4 Bh6 25. Ne4 Bxf4 26. gxf4 d5 27. Ng5 Rxc4 28.
Rxc4 dxc4 29. Qxc4 Nf6 30. Qc3 Qd6 31. Qf3 Kg7 32. Rc1 Re7 33. Rc4 Qd5 34. Qxd5
Nxd5 35. Rc6 Rc7 36. Kf1 Kf8 37. Ke1 Ke7 38. Kd2 Rxc6 39. bxc6 f6 40. Ne4 f5 41.
Ng5 Kd6 42. a4 Nxf4 43. Kc3 Kxc6 44. Kc4 Kd6 45. Kb5 Nd5 46. Kc4 Ke7 0-1

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.28"]
[Round "15.17"]
[White "Dreev, Aleksey"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2653"]
[BlackElo "2789"]
[ECO "D38"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "Ragozin variation"]
[WhiteFideId "4100107"]
[BlackFideId "623539"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bxf6 Qxf6 8.
Qa4+ Nc6 9. e3 O-O 10. Be2 Be6 11. O-O a6 12. Rac1 Bd6 13. Qc2 Rfe8 14. Na4 Ne7
15. Nc5 Bxc5 16. Qxc5 c6 17. Qb6 Rab8 18. Qc7 Bg4 19. Rfe1 Bxf3 20. Bxf3 Nf5 21.
Qf4 g5 22. Qg4 Kg7 23. Qh5 Re7 24. g3 Rbe8 25. Rf1 Nd6 26. Bg2 Qg6 27. Qxg6+
Kxg6 28. Rfe1 f5 29. Kf1 h5 30. Bf3 h4 31. Be2 g4 32. Bd3 Rh8 33. Ke2 hxg3 34.
hxg3 Reh7 35. Kd2 Rh2 36. Re2 Kf6 37. Kc3 Ke6 38. Kb4 Kd7 39. a4 Kc7 40. a5 Rg2
41. Rec2 Kd7 42. Bf1 Rgh2 43. Bd3 R8h5 44. Kc5 Nc8 45. Rf1 Kc7 46. Rfc1 Ne7 47.
b3 Rh6 48. Rg1 Rf6 49. Rf1 Rfh6 50. Rg1 Rh8 51. Rgc1 R8h5 52. Rg1 Nc8 53. Rgc1
Nd6 54. Kb4 Ne4 55. Rf1 Rg2 56. Bxe4 fxe4 57. Kc5 Rhh2 58. Rd2 Rh5 59. Rfd1 Rh8
60. Rf1 Rgh2 61. Ra1 Rf8 62. Rf1 Rb8 63. Kb4 Kd6 64. Rc1 Rf8 65. Rcc2 Rh1 66.
Ka3 Rg1 67. Kb4 Rh8 68. Ka3 Rhh1 69. Kb4 Ra1 70. Ra2 Rxa2 71. Rxa2 Kc7 72. Kc3
b6 73. axb6+ Kxb6 74. b4 Rc1+ 75. Kb3 Rh1 76. Kc3 Rh2 77. Kb3 Rh8 78. Kc3 Ra8
79. Ra5 Rf8 80. Ra2 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.28"]
[Round "15.18"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Quparadze, Giga"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2805"]
[BlackElo "2506"]
[ECO "E11"]
[Opening "Bogo-Indian defence, Gruenfeld variation"]
[WhiteFideId "13300474"]
[BlackFideId "13602250"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 b6 5. a3 Bxd2+ 6. Qxd2 Bb7 7. e3 O-O 8.
Be2 d6 9. O-O Nbd7 10. b3 Ne4 11. Qc2 f5 12. Ne1 Qe7 13. f3 Nef6 14. Bb2 c5 15.
Rd1 Rad8 16. Nd3 e5 17. d5 b5 18. f4 bxc4 19. bxc4 exf4 20. Nxf4 Qxe3+ 21. Kh1
Rde8 22. Bd3 Ng4 23. h3 Nh6 24. Rf3 Qe7 25. Ne6 Ne5 26. Re3 f4 27. Bxh7+ Kh8 28.
Rxe5 dxe5 29. Bxe5 Rf6 30. Bxf6 Qxf6 31. Qg6 Rxe6 32. dxe6 Qh4 33. Kg1 f3 34. g3
f2+ 35. Kxf2 Qe7 36. Rd7 Qf8+ 37. Kg1 Bc6 38. e7 1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.28"]
[Round "15.19"]
[White "Moiseenko, Alexander"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2667"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[ECO "A45"]
[Opening "Trompovsky attack (Ruth, Opovcensky opening)"]
[WhiteFideId "14102560"]
[BlackFideId "14109603"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 3. e3 c5 4. Bxf6 gxf6 5. dxc5 Nc6 6. Nf3 e5 7. Nc3 Be6 8.
Na4 Qa5+ 9. c3 b5 10. cxb6 axb6 11. b4 Nxb4 12. Nd2 Nc6 13. Qb3 Qxa4 14. Qxa4
Rxa4 15. Bb5 Ra3 16. Bxc6+ Kd8 17. Nb1 Ra5 18. a4 Rg8 19. g3 Rc5 20. Bb5 d4 21.
exd4 exd4 22. Kd2 Rd5 23. cxd4 Rxd4+ 24. Kc3 Rd5 25. Bc4 Rc5 26. Nd2 Bh6 27. f4
Ke7 28. Kb3 Rgc8 29. Bxe6 fxe6 30. Ka3 Kf7 31. Nb3 Rc2 32. Rac1 Bf8+ 0-1

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.28"]
[Round "15.20"]
[White "Saric, Ivan"]
[Black "Movsesian, Sergei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2669"]
[BlackElo "2647"]
[ECO "C70"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Cozio defence deferred"]
[WhiteFideId "14508150"]
[BlackFideId "310204"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nge7 5. O-O g6 6. c3 Bg7 7. d4 exd4 8. cxd4
b5 9. Bc2 d6 10. Nc3 Bg4 11. Be3 O-O 12. Qd2 Bxf3 13. gxf3 f5 14. Ne2 Qd7 15.
Kh1 Kh8 16. a4 Rae8 17. axb5 axb5 18. Rg1 Nd8 19. Ra7 Nc8 20. Ra6 Ne7 21. Ng3 f4
22. Bxf4 Rxf4 23. Qxf4 Bxd4 24. Qd2 Bg7 25. f4 Ne6 26. f5 Nd4 27. Bd1 Qc8 28.
Ra3 c5 29. Qg5 h6 30. Qh4 g5 31. Qh3 b4 32. Ra7 Ndc6 33. Ra2 Ng8 34. Nh5 Rxe4
35. Nxg7 Rh4 36. Qg3 Nf6 37. Ne6 Ne5 38. Bf3 Ne4 39. Qxh4 gxh4 40. Bxe4 Nc6 41.
b3 c4 42. bxc4 b3 43. Rb2 Qa6 44. f3 Qxc4 45. Rbg2 Ne7 46. f6 h3 47. Rg7 1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.28"]
[Round "15.21"]
[White "Akobian, Varuzhan"]
[Black "Sargissian, Gabriel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2647"]
[BlackElo "2672"]
[ECO "E15"]
[Opening "Queen's Indian"]
[Variation "Nimzovich variation (exaggerated fianchetto)"]
[WhiteFideId "13300580"]
[BlackFideId "13300881"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Qa4 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. Nc3 d5
9. Ne5 b5 10. cxb5 cxb5 11. Qc2 Qb6 12. Rd1 Rc8 13. a3 Nc6 14. Be3 Qb7 15. Bg5
h6 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. Nxc6 Rxc6 18. e4 Rd8 19. exd5 exd5 20. Qf5 Rcd6 21. Rac1 g6
22. Qf3 Qb6 23. Qe3 Bg5 24. f4 Bf6 25. h4 Kg7 26. Kh2 Bb7 27. Rd2 a6 28. Rf1 Re6
29. Qf2 Re7 30. h5 gxh5 31. Bf3 h4 32. gxh4 Kh8 33. Rg1 Ree8 34. Bh5 Rf8 35. Ne2
Bc8 36. f5 Qd6+ 37. Kh1 Rde8 38. Nc3 Bb7 39. Rg4 Rg8 40. Rxg8+ Rxg8 41. Rd3 Rg7
42. Re3 Kh7 43. Rf3 b4 44. Ne2 bxa3 45. bxa3 Qb6 46. Kh2 Qb2 47. Kh3 Bc8 48. Qe3
Bxd4 49. Qxd4 Qxe2 50. Qxg7+ 1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.28"]
[Round "15.22"]
[White "Melkumyan, Hrant"]
[Black "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2633"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[ECO "D11"]
[Opening "QGD Slav"]
[Variation "4.e3"]
[WhiteFideId "13302485"]
[BlackFideId "13601520"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Bd3 O-O 7. O-O Nbd7 8. cxd5
Nxd5 9. e4 Nc7 10. Be3 Nb6 11. h3 f5 12. e5 h6 13. Qe2 Kh7 14. Rad1 Be6 15. Bc1
Qe8 16. h4 Rd8 17. Qc2 Nbd5 18. a3 Nxc3 19. bxc3 Bd5 20. Qe2 c5 21. h5 gxh5 22.
c4 Bxf3 23. Qxf3 Ne6 24. Bxf5+ Kh8 25. d5 Nd4 26. Rxd4 cxd4 27. Qe4 b5 28. cxb5
Rxf5 29. Qxf5 Rxd5 30. Bxh6 d3 31. Bxg7+ Kxg7 32. Qg5+ Kh7 33. Rd1 e6 34. a4 Qf7
35. Qe3 Qd7 36. Rd2 Kg6 37. f3 1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.28"]
[Round "15.23"]
[White "Sjugirov, Sanan"]
[Black "Kuzubov, Yuriy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2699"]
[ECO "A07"]
[Opening "Reti"]
[Variation "King's Indian attack, Keres variation"]
[WhiteFideId "4189302"]
[BlackFideId "14112906"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Bg4 3. Bg2 Nd7 4. O-O c6 5. d3 e6 6. h3 Bh5 7. e4 Bc5 8. exd5
exd5 9. c4 Ne7 10. Nc3 O-O 11. cxd5 Nxd5 12. Nxd5 cxd5 13. Qb3 Qb6 14. Qxd5 Nf6
15. Qb3 Rfd8 16. Qxb6 Bxb6 17. g4 Bg6 18. Ne5 Bxd3 19. Nxd3 Rxd3 20. Bxb7 Re8
21. Kg2 h5 22. Bf3 hxg4 23. hxg4 Re6 24. g5 Ne4 25. Bg4 Re8 26. Re1 Rdd8 27. Re2
Nxf2 28. Rxf2 Bxf2 29. Kxf2 Re4 30. Bf3 Rc4 31. b3 Rc2+ 32. Kg3 Rd3 33. Bf4 Rcc3
34. Rf1 Rc2 35. Rf2 Rcc3 36. Kg4 a5 37. Be2 Rd4 38. Bb5 g6 39. Re2 Kf8 40. Rd2
Rxd2 41. Bxd2 Rc2 42. Bxa5 Rxa2 43. Bb4+ Kg7 44. Bc3+ Kf8 45. Bf6 Rf2 46. Bc6
Rc2 47. Ba4 Rf2 48. b4 Rf1 49. Bc6 Re1 50. Kf4 Rc1 51. b5 1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.28"]
[Round "15.24"]
[White "Adhiban, Baskaran"]
[Black "Nguyen, Ngoc Truong Son"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[ECO "C24"]
[Opening "Bishop's opening"]
[Variation "Berlin defence"]
[WhiteFideId "5018471"]
[BlackFideId "12401110"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 d5 4. exd5 Nxd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. O-O Bg4 7. h3 Bh5 8. Re1
Be7 9. g4 Bg6 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Rxe5 Nb6 12. Bb3 O-O 13. Nd2 Kh8 14. Nf1 Bd6 15.
Re1 Qh4 16. Qf3 f5 17. g5 Bh5 18. Qg2 f4 19. Re4 Rf5 20. Ne3 Rxg5 21. Ng4 Bxg4
22. Bxf4 Bxf4 23. Rxf4 Qxh3 24. Qxh3 Bxh3+ 25. Kh2 Bd7 26. Re1 Rf5 27. Rxf5 Bxf5
28. Re7 Bd7 29. d4 Rd8 30. c4 Nc8 31. Re5 Re8 32. f4 Rxe5 33. fxe5 Bf5 34. d5 b6
35. Ba4 Kg8 36. b4 Kf8 37. Kg3 g5 38. c5 Ke7 39. Bd1 bxc5 40. bxc5 a5 41. a3 h6
42. Be2 c6 43. d6+ Ke6 44. Bg4 Bxg4 45. Kxg4 a4 46. Kh5 Na7 47. Kg6 g4 48. d7
Kxd7 49. Kf7 Nc8 50. e6+ Kc7 0-1

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.28"]
[Round "15.25"]
[White "Salem, A.R. Saleh"]
[Black "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2638"]
[BlackElo "2683"]
[ECO "D43"]
[Opening "QGD semi-Slav"]
[WhiteFideId "9301348"]
[BlackFideId "14200244"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 Be7 7. e3 Nbd7 8. Qc2
O-O 9. Rd1 a6 10. a3 b6 11. Be2 Bb7 12. O-O Qe8 13. Rfe1 dxc4 14. Bxc4 c5 15. d5
exd5 16. Nxd5 Bxd5 17. Bxd5 Nxd5 18. Rxd5 Bxh4 19. Nxh4 Nf6 20. Rd6 Ne4 21. Rd5
Nf6 22. Rd6 Ne4 23. Rdd1 Qe7 24. Nf5 Qe6 25. Ng3 Nxg3 26. hxg3 Rad8 27. e4 c4
28. f3 b5 29. Qc3 Rd6 30. Rd2 Rxd2 31. Qxd2 Qe5 32. Kf2 Rc8 33. f4 Qc7 34. Rd1
c3 35. bxc3 Qc5+ 36. Qd4 Qxa3 37. Rd3 Qc1 38. e5 a5 39. Qe4 Rf8 40. e6 fxe6 41.
Qxe6+ Kh8 42. Qe7 Qc2+ 43. Ke3 Rg8 44. g4 Qxg2 45. g5 Qc6 46. f5 Re8 47. Kd4 0-1

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.28"]
[Round "15.26"]
[White "Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi"]
[Black "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2707"]
[ECO "D26"]
[Opening "QGA"]
[Variation "classical, Steinitz variation"]
[WhiteFideId "5029465"]
[BlackFideId "2205530"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. O-O cxd4 7. exd4 Be7 8.
Nc3 O-O 9. Qe2 a6 10. Rd1 b5 11. Bb3 Bb7 12. Bg5 Nbd7 13. d5 exd5 14. Nxd5 Bxd5
15. Bxd5 Nxd5 16. Rxd5 Bxg5 17. Nxg5 h6 18. Nf3 Qc7 19. Qe7 Ra7 20. Qe3 Nf6 21.
Rc5 Qb6 22. Re5 Qxe3 23. Rxe3 Rc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.28"]
[Round "15.27"]
[White "Almasi, Zoltan"]
[Black "Ponkratov, Pavel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2682"]
[BlackElo "2613"]
[ECO "A37"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "symmetrical variation"]
[WhiteFideId "702293"]
[BlackFideId "4157800"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 e6 6. O-O Nge7 7. d3 O-O 8. Bg5
h6 9. Bd2 b6 10. a3 Bb7 11. Rb1 a5 12. Nb5 d5 13. Qc1 Kh7 14. Rd1 Qd7 15. e3
Rac8 16. Qc2 e5 17. cxd5 Nxd5 18. Nc3 Nd4 19. exd4 cxd4 20. Qb3 dxc3 21. bxc3
Bc6 22. Re1 Ba4 23. Qxd5 Qxd5 24. Ng5+ hxg5 25. Bxd5 Bc6 26. Bc4 Rb8 27. Bxg5 f6
28. Be3 b5 29. Bb3 f5 30. c4 b4 31. axb4 axb4 32. Bc5 Rfd8 33. Bc2 e4 34. d4
Bxd4 35. Bxb4 Ra8 36. Bb3 g5 37. Be7 Rg8 38. Red1 Be5 39. c5 Rg6 40. Bd5 Ra7 41.
Bxc6 Rxe7 42. Bd7 Rf6 43. c6 f4 44. Rb7 Kg7 45. Rd5 e3 46. fxe3 fxe3 47. Bg4
Rff7 48. Rxe7 Rxe7 49. Kf1 Kf6 50. Ke2 Bc7 51. Rf5+ Kg6 52. Rb5 Kf6 53. Bd7 Rh7
54. h3 Bxg3 55. Kxe3 Re7+ 56. Kf3 Bf4 57. Rf5+ Kg6 58. Rc5 Bc7 59. Rb5 Bf4 60.
Rb3 Re1 61. Rc3 Bc7 62. Bg4 Kf6 63. Rb3 Rc1 64. Bd7 Rc4 65. Rb7 Be5 66. Rb5 Bc7
67. Ke3 Rc1 68. Kd3 Be5 69. Ra5 Bc7 70. Ra7 Be5 71. Ra8 Bc7 72. Re8 Bf4 73. Kd4
Bc7 74. Re6+ Kf7 75. Re2 Kf6 76. Rf2+ Ke7 77. Rf5 Bb6+ 78. Kd3 Rc5 79. Rf1 Kd6
80. Rf7 Rd5+ 81. Kc4 Rc5+ 82. Kd3 Rd5+ 83. Ke4 Rd4+ 84. Kf3 Rf4+ 85. Rxf4 gxf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.28"]
[Round "15.28"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Ganguly, Surya Shekhar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2691"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[ECO "A08"]
[Opening "Reti"]
[Variation "King's Indian attack"]
[WhiteFideId "703303"]
[BlackFideId "5002150"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. d4 e6 5. O-O Nf6 6. c4 dxc4 7. Na3 cxd4 8. Nxc4
Bc5 9. Bf4 O-O 10. Rc1 Nd5 11. Nce5 Nxf4 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. gxf4 Bb6 14. Ne5 Bb7
15. Bxc6 Bxc6 16. Rxc6 Qd5 17. Qb3 Qxb3 18. axb3 Rfc8 19. Rfc1 Rxc6 20. Rxc6 Kf8
21. Nd7+ Ke7 22. Nxb6 axb6 23. Rxb6 Ra2 24. Rb7+ Kf6 25. Kg2 Rxb2 26. Kf3 Kg6
27. b4 f5 28. b5 Rb3+ 29. e3 d3 30. b6 Rb1 31. Rd7 Rxb6 32. Rxd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.28"]
[Round "15.29"]
[White "Howell, David W L"]
[Black "Demchenko, Anton"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2676"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[ECO "A48"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "London system"]
[WhiteFideId "410608"]
[BlackFideId "4160258"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bf4 Bg7 4. e3 d6 5. h3 O-O 6. Be2 b6 7. a4 a6 8. O-O Bb7
9. Nbd2 Nbd7 10. Bh2 Ne4 11. Nxe4 Bxe4 12. c3 e5 13. Nd2 Bb7 14. Bf3 Qc8 15. Qb3
Rb8 16. Rfd1 Re8 17. Qa2 Bxf3 18. Nxf3 Qb7 19. Rac1 Re7 20. Rc2 Rbe8 21. b4 exd4
22. cxd4 Nf6 23. b5 axb5 24. axb5 Ra8 25. Qc4 Qd5 26. Nd2 Ra5 27. Rb1 Qa8 28.
Bg3 h6 29. Qf1 Qd5 30. Qc4 Qa8 31. Qf1 Qd5 32. Qc4 Qa8 33. Qf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.28"]
[Round "15.30"]
[White "Volokitin, Andrei"]
[Black "Fressinet, Laurent"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2628"]
[BlackElo "2662"]
[ECO "C84"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "closed defence"]
[WhiteFideId "14107090"]
[BlackFideId "608742"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a4 Bd7
9. c3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Qb8 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. axb5 axb5 15. dxc5
dxc5 16. Qd5 Qc8 17. b4 Be6 18. Qxc5 Qxc5 19. bxc5 O-O 20. Nbd2 Nb7 21. Rxa8
Rxa8 22. c6 Nc5 23. Rb1 Rc8 24. Rxb5 Rxc6 25. c4 g5 26. h3 h5 27. Nb3 Nxb3 28.
Bxb3 Bxc4 29. Bxc4 Rxc4 30. Nxe5 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.28"]
[Round "15.31"]
[White "Kravtsiv, Martyn"]
[Black "Salgado Lopez, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2672"]
[BlackElo "2644"]
[ECO "C42"]
[Opening "Petrov"]
[Variation "Nimzovich attack"]
[WhiteFideId "14113147"]
[BlackFideId "2257327"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Be3 O-O 8.
Qd2 Nd7 9. O-O-O c6 10. Kb1 d5 11. h3 Nc5 12. c4 Be6 13. Nd4 Ne4 14. Qe1 Bf6 15.
Nxe6 fxe6 16. Bd3 Nd6 17. h4 Qe7 18. c5 Nf5 19. g4 Nxe3 20. Qxe3 Qd7 21. g5 Be7
22. h5 Bd8 23. Rde1 Bc7 24. g6 h6 25. Qxe6+ Qxe6 26. Rxe6 Rfe8 27. Bf5 Bf4 28.
a4 Bg5 29. a5 Kf8 30. Rh3 Rxe6 31. Bxe6 Re8 32. Bg4 Re1+ 33. Ka2 Re4 34. Bc8 Rc4
35. Rb3 Rxc5 36. Rxb7 Rxa5+ 37. Kb1 Bf6 38. Rf7+ Ke8 39. Bd7+ Kd8 40. Be6 1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.28"]
[Round "15.32"]
[White "Miton, Kamil"]
[Black "Riazantsev, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2584"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[ECO "B19"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "classical, Spassky variation"]
[WhiteFideId "1111914"]
[BlackFideId "4125029"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. h5
Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 e6 11. Bd2 Ngf6 12. O-O-O Bd6 13. Ne4 Nxe4 14. Qxe4 Nf6
15. Qe2 Bc7 16. c4 b5 17. cxb5 Qd5 18. Kb1 cxb5 19. Bb4 Qe4+ 20. Qxe4 Nxe4 21.
Rhe1 Nxf2 22. Rd2 Ng4 23. d5 O-O-O 24. dxe6 fxe6 25. Rxe6 Nf6 26. Re7 Nd5 27.
Re4 a5 28. Bc5 Nf6 29. Re7 Rxd2 30. Nxd2 Rd8 31. Nf3 Rd7 32. Nd4 b4 33. Ne6 Rxe7
34. Bxe7 Nxh5 35. Bf8 Be5 36. g4 Nf6 37. g5 hxg5 38. Nxg5 Nd7 39. Be7 Nb8 40.
Bc5 Kd7 41. Kc2 Kc6 42. Be3 Kd5 43. a3 bxa3 44. bxa3 a4 45. Nf3 Bf6 46. Bd2 Nc6
47. Ne1 Kc4 48. Be3 Nd4+ 49. Bxd4 Bxd4 50. Nf3 Bf6 51. Kd2 Kb3 52. Kd3 Kxa3 0-1

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.28"]
[Round "15.33"]
[White "Potkin, Vladimir"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2574"]
[BlackElo "2678"]
[ECO "D37"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "4.Nf3"]
[WhiteFideId "4131061"]
[BlackFideId "400025"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 a6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 Be7 7. e3 O-O 8. Bd3
Be6 9. Ne5 Nfd7 10. Qh5 f5 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. f4 c5 13. O-O-O Nxe5 14. fxe5 Nc6
15. Bc2 Rac8 16. Kb1 Nb4 17. Rhf1 g6 18. Qf3 b5 19. Rf2 f4 20. exf4 Nxc2 21.
Rxc2 Bf5 22. Qxd5+ Kh8 23. Ne4 Rfd8 24. Nd6 Bxc2+ 25. Kxc2 cxd4+ 26. Kb1 Qc7 27.
Qe4 Rb8 28. Qxd4 Kg8 29. Qd5+ Kf8 30. g4 Rbc8 31. a3 Qc2+ 32. Ka2 Rc7 33. Rd2
Qc6 34. Qe6 Rb8 35. Qf6+ Kg8 36. Qe6+ Kf8 37. Qd5 b4 38. Qxc6 b3+ 39. Kb1 Rxc6
40. Rd3 Rc5 41. Re3 Rd5 42. Kc1 Rb6 43. Rc3 g5 44. fxg5 Rxe5 45. Nc4 Re1+ 46.
Kd2 Rbe6 47. Rxb3 R1e2+ 48. Kd3 Rxh2 49. Rb7 Rg6 50. Rb8+ Ke7 51. Rb7+ Ke6 52.
Rb6+ Kd5 53. Ne3+ Ke5 54. Rb7 Rh3 55. Ke2 Re6 56. Kf2 Kf4 57. Rf7+ Kxg5 58. Rf5+
Kg6 59. Nd5 Kg7 60. Nf4 Ree3 61. Nxh3 Rxh3 62. Ra5 Rb3 63. Rxa6 Rxb2+ 64. Kg3
Rc2 65. a4 Rc4 66. Kh4 Rd4 67. Kg5 Rd5+ 68. Kf4 Rc5 69. a5 Rb5 70. Ra8 Rc5 71.
Ke4 Rg5 72. Kf4 Rc5 73. Ra6 Rb5 74. Kg3 Rc5 75. Kh4 Rd5 76. g5 Rd4+ 77. Kh5 Ra4
78. Ra7+ Kg8 79. a6 Ra3 80. Ra8+ Kg7 81. Ra7+ Kg8 82. Kg4 Ra5 83. Kf4 Kh8 84.
Ke4 Kg8 85. Kd4 Kh8 86. Kc4 Kg8 87. Kb4 Ra1 88. Kb5 Rb1+ 89. Kc6 Ra1 90. Kd6 Ra5
91. Kc6 Ra1 92. Kb6 Rb1+ 93. Kc7 Ra1 94. Kb7 Kg7 95. Ra8 Rb1+ 96. Kc6 Rc1+ 97.
Kb7 Rb1+ 98. Ka7 Rb5 99. Rb8 Rxg5 100. Rb6 Rf5 101. Rc6 h5 102. Kb6 h4 103. a7
Rf8 104. Kb7 Rf7+ 1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.28"]
[Round "15.34"]
[White "Eljanov, Pavel"]
[Black "Amonatov, Farrukh"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2711"]
[BlackElo "2636"]
[ECO "A16"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[WhiteFideId "14102951"]
[BlackFideId "14700077"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. e4 c5 6. Nge2 Nc6 7. d3 d6 8. O-O a6
9. Rb1 Rb8 10. a4 Ne8 11. Be3 Nc7 12. d4 cxd4 13. Nxd4 Ne6 14. Nde2 Nc5 15. b4
Nd7 16. f4 a5 17. b5 Nb4 18. Nd5 Nc5 19. Nxb4 axb4 20. Rxb4 Qa5 21. Bd2 f5 22.
e5 dxe5 23. Bc3 Rd8 24. Rb1 Rxd1 25. Bxa5 Rxf1+ 26. Bxf1 exf4 27. gxf4 Nxa4 28.
Bb4 Be6 29. Bxe7 Bxc4 30. Rb4 Nb6 31. Bc5 Bf8 32. Bxf8 Kxf8 33. Kf2 Ra8 34. Rb2
Ke7 35. h4 Kd6 36. Bg2 Bd5 37. Rd2 Kc5 38. Rc2+ Nc4 39. Bxd5 Kxd5 40. h5 Kc5 41.
hxg6 hxg6 42. Rc1 Ra2 43. Rg1 Kxb5 44. Rxg6 Kc5 45. Rf6 Nd6 46. Kf1 b5 47. Rf8
b4 48. Rb8 Kc4 49. Ke1 b3 50. Nc1 Ra1 51. Kd1 Nb5 52. Rc8+ Kd5 53. Rb8 0-1

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.28"]
[Round "15.35"]
[White "Jumabayev, Rinat"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2612"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[ECO "D37"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "4.Nf3"]
[WhiteFideId "13702661"]
[BlackFideId "605506"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. Rc1 Nbd7 8. e3
c6 9. Bd3 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Nd5 11. Bg3 b6 12. O-O Bb7 13. Qe2 c5 14. Nxd5 exd5 15.
Ba6 Qc8 16. Bxb7 Qxb7 17. dxc5 bxc5 18. Rfd1 Rfd8 19. Rc2 Rac8 20. h3 a6 21. Nh4
Nf6 22. Nf5 Bf8 23. Bh4 g5 24. Bg3 Qd7 25. Qf3 Qe6 26. Bh2 h5 27. Ng3 h4 28. Nf1
Bg7 29. Qe2 d4 30. exd4 Qxe2 31. Rxe2 Rxd4 32. Rde1 Nd5 33. Be5 Nf4 34. Bxf4
Rxf4 35. Nh2 c4 36. Nf3 Bf6 37. Rc2 Kh7 38. Kf1 g4 39. hxg4 Rxg4 40. Nd2 c3 41.
bxc3 Rxc3 42. Rxc3 Bxc3 43. Re4 Rxe4 44. Nxe4 Bd4 45. Ke2 Kg6 46. Nd6 Bc5 47.
Ne4 Ba7 48. Nc3 Kf5 49. Nd5 Ke4 50. Nc7 a5 51. Nb5 Bc5 52. f3+ Kf4 53. Nc3 f5
54. Nd5+ Kg3 55. Kf1 h3 56. gxh3 Kxf3 57. Nc7 Bb6 58. Ne6 Kg3 59. Ke2 f4 60. Ng5
Bd8 61. Ne4+ Kg2 62. Nd2 Be7 63. a4 Bb4 64. Nf3 Kxh3 65. Kd3 Kg3 66. Ke2 Bc3 67.
Ng1 Kg4 68. Kd3 Bb4 69. Ke4 Bd6 70. Nf3 Kg3 71. Nd4 Bc7 72. Nf3 Kf2 73. Nd4 Kg2
74. Nf3 Bb8 75. Nd4 Ba7 76. Nf3 Kg3 77. Ne5 Bb6 78. Nf3 Bc5 79. Ne5 Bb4 80. Nf3
Bc3 81. Ng5 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.28"]
[Round "15.36"]
[White "Meier, Georg"]
[Black "Bortnyk, Olexandr"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[ECO "A05"]
[Opening "Reti opening"]
[WhiteFideId "4675789"]
[BlackFideId "14120828"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 b6 3. Bg2 Bb7 4. O-O g6 5. b3 Bg7 6. Bb2 O-O 7. c4 e6 8. d4 d5
9. Nbd2 Nbd7 10. Rc1 Re8 11. b4 a5 12. b5 a4 13. Ba3 Ne4 14. e3 f5 15. Qc2 dxc4
16. Nxc4 Bd5 17. Rfd1 Ra7 18. Ne1 Qa8 19. Qe2 g5 20. f3 Nef6 21. Ne5 Nb8 22.
N1d3 g4 23. fxg4 Bxg2 24. Qxg2 Qxg2+ 25. Kxg2 fxg4 26. Kf2 Ra5 27. Rb1 Ne4+ 28.
Ke1 Nc3 29. Bb4 Nxd1 30. Bxa5 Nxe3 31. Bc3 Rd8 32. Ke2 Nd5 33. Bd2 Nd7 34. Nc6
Re8 35. Rc1 N7f6 36. Nf2 h5 37. Rc4 Ra8 38. Kd3 Ne8 39. Ne4 Bf8 40. Rc1 Nd6 41.
Ng5 Re8 42. Re1 Nxb5 43. Nxe6 Nf6 44. Bg5 Nd7 45. Kc4 Nd6+ 46. Kd5 b5 47. Ncd8
Nf7 48. Nxf7 Kxf7 49. Nd8+ Rxd8 50. Bxd8 Bd6 51. Kc6 Nf8 52. d5 Ng6 53. Bxc7 Bb4
54. Rf1+ Ke8 55. Kxb5 Bd2 56. Kxa4 Ne7 57. Rd1 Nxd5 58. Rxd2 Nxc7 59. Kb4 1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.28"]
[Round "15.37"]
[White "Kovalev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Malakhov, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2639"]
[BlackElo "2686"]
[ECO "C53"]
[Opening "Giuoco Piano"]
[WhiteFideId "13504398"]
[BlackFideId "4120787"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. e5 d5 7. Bb5 Ne4 8. cxd4
Bb6 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Be3 Bg4 11. h3 Bh5 12. Qc2 Bg6 13. Qb3 Ne7 14. O-O c6 15. Bd3
Nd2 16. Nxd2 Bxd3 17. Rfe1 Nf5 18. Na4 Be4 19. Nxb6 axb6 20. f3 Nxe3 21. fxe4
Nxg2 22. Qg3 Nh4 23. exd5 cxd5 24. a3 Re8 25. Rf1 Re6 26. Kh1 Rc8 27. Rac1 Rxc1
28. Rxc1 h6 29. Nb1 Nf5 30. Qf4 Qg5 31. Qxg5 hxg5 32. Rc8+ Kh7 33. Rc7 Re7 34.
Rxe7 Nxe7 35. Nc3 Kg6 36. Kg2 Kf5 37. Kf3 f6 38. Nb5 Ke6 39. exf6 gxf6 40. Kg4
Kd7 41. Kh5 Kc6 42. Na7+ Kd6 43. Nb5+ Kd7 44. Kg4 Ke6 45. Nc7+ Kf7 46. Kh5 Kf8
47. b4 Kf7 48. b5 Nf5 49. Nxd5 Nxd4 50. a4 Ne2 51. Nxb6 Nc3 52. h4 gxh4 53. Kxh4
Ke6 54. Kg4 Kd6 55. Kf5 Kc5 56. Nd7+ Kb4 57. Kxf6 Nxa4 58. b6 Kb5 59. Ke5 Nxb6
60. Nf6 Kc4 61. Ne4 Nc8 62. Nd2+ Kb4 63. Kd4 b5 64. Ne4 Ka3 65. Kc5 b4 66. Nd2
Ka4 67. Kc4 Nb6+ 68. Kd3 Ka3 69. Kd4 Nd7 70. Nb1+ Ka4 71. Nc3+ Ka3 72. Nb1+ Kb3
73. Nd2+ Ka4 74. Kd3 Nc5+ 75. Kc2 Ka3 76. Kb1 Ne6 77. Nc4+ Kb3 78. Na5+ Ka4 79.
Nc6 b3 80. Kb2 Nc5 81. Nd4 Nd3+ 82. Kb1 b2 83. Nf5 Kb3 84. Ne3 Nf2 85. Nd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.28"]
[Round "15.38"]
[White "Mchedlishvili, Mikheil"]
[Black "Fedorchuk, Sergey A."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2603"]
[BlackElo "2648"]
[ECO "A45"]
[Opening "Trompovsky attack (Ruth, Opovcensky opening)"]
[WhiteFideId "13600966"]
[BlackFideId "14102536"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 e6 3. e4 h6 4. Bxf6 Qxf6 5. c3 d5 6. Nd2 Qd8 7. Ngf3 c5 8. Bb5+
Bd7 9. Bxd7+ Nxd7 10. exd5 exd5 11. O-O Be7 12. dxc5 Nxc5 13. Nb3 Ne4 14. Qd3
O-O 15. Rad1 Nf6 16. Nfd4 Re8 17. Nf5 Qc7 18. Qg3 Qxg3 19. hxg3 Bd8 20. Nd6 Re2
21. Rd2 Rxd2 22. Nxd2 Bb6 23. Nb3 Ne4 24. Nxe4 dxe4 25. Rd1 Re8 26. Kf1 f5 27.
Rd7 e3 28. Nd4 exf2 29. Kxf2 Re4 30. Kf3 Bxd4 31. cxd4 b5 32. b4 g5 33. a3 a6
34. Rd6 Kg7 35. d5 a5 36. bxa5 Ra4 37. a6 Rxa3+ 38. Kf2 h5 39. Rb6 Kf7 40. d6
Ke6 41. d7+ Kxd7 42. Rxb5 Ke6 43. Rb6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.28"]
[Round "15.39"]
[White "Li, Chao b"]
[Black "Laznicka, Viktor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2647"]
[ECO "B10"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "anti-anti-Caro-Kann defence"]
[WhiteFideId "8604436"]
[BlackFideId "316385"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 c6 2. c4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. cxd5 Nf6 5. Nf3 Nxd5 6. Nc3 Nc6 7. Bb5 g6 8.
Qa4 Nb6 9. Bxc6+ bxc6 10. Qxc6+ Bd7 11. Qe4 Bg7 12. O-O Rc8 13. Re1 Bc6 14. Qe2
O-O 15. Ne5 Ba8 16. d3 Nd5 17. Bd2 Nb4 18. Bf4 f6 19. Rad1 fxe5 20. Bxe5 Nd5 21.
Bxg7 Kxg7 22. Qe5+ Kg8 23. Ne4 Nf4 24. Qb5 Qd5 25. Qb4 Qd7 26. f3 e6 27. d4 Rc2
28. Rd2 Rxd2 29. Qxd2 e5 30. dxe5 Qxd2 31. Nxd2 Rc8 32. Ne4 Bxe4 33. Rxe4 Rc1+
34. Kf2 Rc2+ 35. Kg3 g5 36. Kg4 Rxg2+ 37. Kf5 Ng6 38. Rb4 Rf2 39. Rb8+ Kg7 40.
Kxg5 Nxe5 41. Rb7+ Nf7+ 42. Kg4 Rxh2 43. Rxa7 Rxb2 44. a4 Rg2+ 45. Kf5 h5 46.
Rb7 h4 47. Rb4 Rg5+ 48. Ke6 Rg6+ 49. Ke7 Nd6 50. Kd7 h3 51. Rh4 Rh6 52. Rg4+ Kf6
53. Rg1 h2 54. Rh1 Nf5 55. a5 Ng3 0-1

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.28"]
[Round "15.40"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Ni, Hua"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2694"]
[BlackElo "2671"]
[ECO "C42"]
[Opening "Petrov"]
[Variation "Nimzovich attack"]
[WhiteFideId "14103320"]
[BlackFideId "8601160"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Be3 O-O 8.
Bd3 Nd7 9. Qe2 Nc5 10. Bc4 d5 11. Bd3 Nxd3+ 12. Qxd3 c5 13. h4 h6 14. O-O-O Be6
15. Rdg1 Qa5 16. a3 Rfc8 17. Bd2 Qa4 18. g4 Qe4 19. h5 Qxd3 20. cxd3 f6 21. Nh4
Kf7 22. f4 d4 23. c4 b5 24. b3 bxc4 25. bxc4 Rab8 26. g5 Rb3 27. gxh6 gxh6 28.
f5 Bd7 29. Bxh6 Rg8 30. Rxg8 Kxg8 31. Bf4 Rxd3 32. Ng6 Rxa3 33. Nxe7+ Kh7 34.
Kb2 Rf3 35. Bd6 Rf2+ 36. Ka1 d3 37. Bxc5 Rc2 38. Rd1 Rxc4 39. Rxd3 Bb5 40. Ba3
Rh4 41. Rd6 Kg7 42. Bb2 Rxh5 43. Rxf6 Rh1+ 44. Ka2 Bc4+ 45. Ka3 Rh3+ 46. Kb4
Rb3+ 47. Kxc4 Rxb2 48. Ra6 Rf2 49. Rxa7 Kf6 50. Nd5+ Ke5 51. Re7+ Kd6 52. Re6+
Kd7 53. Rf6 1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.28"]
[Round "15.41"]
[White "Kryvoruchko, Yuriy"]
[Black "Malakhatko, Vadim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2689"]
[BlackElo "2542"]
[ECO "B47"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Taimanov (Bastrikov) variation"]
[WhiteFideId "14109182"]
[BlackFideId "14104202"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. g3 a6 7. Bg2 h5 8. Be3
h4 9. Qd2 Ne5 10. O-O-O Nc4 11. Qd3 Nxe3 12. Qxe3 h3 13. Bf3 d6 14. Be2 b5 15.
a3 Nf6 16. f4 Bb7 17. g4 Nd7 18. g5 e5 19. fxe5 Nxe5 20. Nf3 Be7 21. Nxe5 dxe5
22. Bg4 Qc5 23. Bd7+ Kf8 24. Qg3 g6 25. Rhf1 Rh5 26. Be6 Bxg5+ 27. Qxg5 Rxg5 28.
Rxf7+ Ke8 29. Rxb7 Rg1 30. Rh7 Qe3+ 31. Kb1 Rxd1+ 32. Nxd1 Qg1 33. Kc1 Rd8 34.
Bf7+ Kf8 35. Bd5 Qxh2 36. c4 bxc4 37. Rh8+ Ke7 38. Rh7+ Kf6 39. Rf7+ Kg5 40. Nf2
Qg3 0-1

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.28"]
[Round "15.42"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran L."]
[Black "Andriasian, Zaven"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2601"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[ECO "A07"]
[Opening "Reti"]
[Variation "King's Indian attack, Keres variation"]
[WhiteFideId "13301616"]
[BlackFideId "13302000"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Bg4 3. Bg2 Nd7 4. O-O c6 5. h3 Bh5 6. d3 Ngf6 7. Nbd2 e5 8. e4
Bd6 9. Qe1 O-O 10. b3 Re8 11. Bb2 a5 12. a3 Qc7 13. Nh4 dxe4 14. dxe4 b5 15. Nf5
Bf8 16. Bf3 Bxf3 17. Nxf3 g6 18. N5h4 a4 19. Nd2 axb3 20. cxb3 Nc5 21. Nhf3 Nd3
22. Qb1 Rad8 23. b4 c5 24. Bc3 cxb4 25. Bxb4 Nxb4 26. axb4 Qc3 27. Rc1 Qxb4 28.
Ra2 Qxb1 29. Rxb1 b4 30. Ra5 Bh6 31. Nc4 Nxe4 32. Rxb4 Bf8 33. Rb2 f6 34. Nfd2
Nxd2 35. Nxd2 Rxd2 36. Rxd2 Bb4 37. Rda2 Bxa5 38. Rxa5 g5 39. Ra7 Rf8 40. f4 Rf7
41. Ra8+ Kg7 42. Re8 exf4 43. gxf4 gxf4 44. Re4 Ra7 45. Rxf4 Ra2 46. Rg4+ Kf7
47. Rh4 Kg6 48. Rg4+ Kh5 49. Rf4 Kg5 50. Rg4+ Kf5 51. Rh4 Ra7 52. Kg2 Ke5 53.
Kf3 f5 54. Rh6 Rg7 55. Ra6 Rd7 56. Rh6 Ra7 57. Rh4 Rb7 58. Rh6 Rb3+ 59. Kf2 Ke4
60. Rxh7 Rb2+ 61. Kg1 Kf3 62. Ra7 Rb3 63. h4 f4 64. h5 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.28"]
[Round "15.43"]
[White "McShane, Luke J"]
[Black "Sethuraman, S.P."]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2646"]
[ECO "C53"]
[Opening "Giuoco Piano"]
[WhiteFideId "404853"]
[BlackFideId "5021596"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. O-O d5 7. exd5 Nxd5 8. Re1
Bg4 9. h3 Bh5 10. g4 Bg6 11. Nxe5 Nxe5 12. Rxe5 c6 13. Qf3 Bd6 14. Re1 Kh8 15.
Bxd5 cxd5 16. Bf4 d4 17. cxd4 Bb4 18. Nc3 Qxd4 19. h4 f5 20. g5 Bh5 21. Qg3 Rad8
22. Re3 Bc5 23. Rae1 Qb4 24. Re6 Rd4 25. a3 Qxb2 26. Ne2 Ra4 27. Be5 Qa2 28. Nf4
Bf7 29. Rh6 Kg8 30. g6 hxg6 31. Nxg6 Bxf2+ 32. Kf1 Bxg6 33. Qxg6 Rg4 34. Qh7+
Kf7 35. Qxf5+ Kg8 36. Rh8+ Kxh8 37. Qxf8+ Kh7 38. Qf5+ 1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.28"]
[Round "15.44"]
[White "Khismatullin, Denis"]
[Black "Minko, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2632"]
[BlackElo "2381"]
[ECO "A04"]
[Opening "Reti opening"]
[WhiteFideId "4142578"]
[BlackFideId "24146706"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Qb6 6. Nb3 e6 7. e4 Bb4 8. Bd3
O-O 9. O-O Bxc3 10. bxc3 d6 11. Be3 Qc7 12. f4 b6 13. g4 Re8 14. g5 Nd7 15. Qh5
Nf8 16. Rf3 Ne7 17. Raf1 Bb7 18. Bd4 Neg6 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. f5 exf5 21. exf5
Bxf3 22. Qh6+ Kh8 23. f6 Ne6 24. Rxf3 Rg8 25. Qxh7+ 1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.28"]
[Round "15.45"]
[White "Halkias, Stelios"]
[Black "Bocharov, Dmitry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2571"]
[BlackElo "2583"]
[ECO "E62"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "fianchetto, Uhlmann (Szabo) variation"]
[WhiteFideId "4201809"]
[BlackFideId "4138716"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. c4 d6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. g3 O-O 6. Bg2 Nc6 7. O-O e5 8. dxe5
dxe5 9. Bg5 Qxd1 10. Rfxd1 h6 11. Be3 Kh7 12. h3 Be6 13. b3 Rfd8 14. Nd2 Nd7 15.
Nb5 Rdc8 16. Bxc6 bxc6 17. Nxa7 Re8 18. Nxc6 f5 19. f3 Bf8 20. b4 Ra3 21. Nb3 f4
22. gxf4 Bxh3 23. Kf2 e4 24. c5 exf3 25. exf3 Nf6 26. Ne5 Be6 27. Nd4 Bg8 28.
Nb5 Ra4 29. a3 c6 30. Nd6 Rea8 31. Ne4 Nd5 32. Nxc6 Nxe3 33. Kxe3 Rxa3+ 34. Rxa3
Rxa3+ 35. Rd3 Ra1 36. Rd7+ Kh8 37. Ne5 Ra3+ 38. Kf2 1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.28"]
[Round "15.46"]
[White "Tregubov, Pavel V."]
[Black "Amin, Bassem"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2689"]
[ECO "E63"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "fianchetto, Panno variation"]
[WhiteFideId "4115341"]
[BlackFideId "10601457"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nc3 d6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O a6 8. Bf4
Rb8 9. Rc1 h6 10. d5 e5 11. Bd2 Ne7 12. e4 Nd7 13. Ne1 f5 14. Nd3 Nf6 15. f4
Nxe4 16. Nxe4 fxe4 17. Bxe4 exf4 18. Nxf4 g5 19. Ne6 Bxe6 20. dxe6 Rxf1+ 21.
Qxf1 Qf8 22. Qe2 Bd4+ 23. Kg2 Qg7 24. Rf1 Rf8 25. Rxf8+ Qxf8 26. Bxb7 Bxb2 27.
Ba5 Bd4 28. Bxc7 Bc5 29. Qf3 Nf5 30. Bd5 Kg7 31. Kh3 Qe8 32. Ba5 Bd4 33. Bb4 Ne3
34. Qf7+ Qxf7 35. exf7 Nxd5 36. Bxd6 g4+ 37. Kh4 Bf6+ 38. Kxg4 Ne7 39. Kh5 a5
40. a4 Kxf7 41. Bxe7 Kxe7 42. Kxh6 Kd6 43. h4 Kc5 44. Kg6 Bd4 45. g4 Kb4 46. c5
Bxc5 47. g5 Kxa4 48. Kf7 Kb4 49. g6 Bd4 50. h5 a4 51. h6 a3 52. g7 a2 53. g8=Q
a1=Q 54. Qb8+ Kc4 55. Qc8+ Kd3 56. Qf5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.28"]
[Round "15.47"]
[White "Socko, Bartosz"]
[Black "Dzhumagaliev, Yan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2593"]
[BlackElo "2400"]
[ECO "E00"]
[Opening "Catalan opening"]
[WhiteFideId "1107038"]
[BlackFideId "24100110"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. Bg2 Nc6 6. e3 e5 7. d5 Nb8 8. Ne2 a5
9. O-O Na6 10. Bc1 O-O 11. a3 Bc5 12. b3 d6 13. Bb2 Bf5 14. Nd2 Qd7 15. Nc3 Ba7
16. Nde4 Nxe4 17. Nxe4 Nc5 18. Nxc5 Bxc5 19. Qd2 b5 20. b4 Bb6 21. c5 dxc5 22.
Bxe5 axb4 23. axb4 c4 24. e4 Bg6 25. Bc3 Rae8 26. e5 Bd3 27. Rfe1 Qf5 28. Qf4
Qxf4 29. gxf4 f6 30. e6 Re7 31. Ra6 Rd8 32. d6 Ree8 33. Bc6 Bg6 34. Bxe8 Bxe8
35. d7 Bxd7 36. exd7 Rxd7 37. Kg2 Kf7 38. Ra2 Rd3 39. Rc1 Rd5 40. Rd2 Rf5 41.
Bd4 c5 42. Be3 Kg6 43. Ra1 Bc7 44. Ra7 c3 45. Rd7 cxb4 46. Rdxc7 Rd5 47. Rab7 h5
48. Kf3 h4 49. Ke4 1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.28"]
[Round "15.48"]
[White "Esipenko, Andrey"]
[Black "Georgiev, Kiril"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2564"]
[BlackElo "2623"]
[ECO "E15"]
[Opening "Queen's Indian"]
[Variation "Nimzovich variation (exaggerated fianchetto)"]
[WhiteFideId "24175439"]
[BlackFideId "2900017"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Qc2 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. e4 d5 8. cxd5
Bxf1 9. Kxf1 exd5 10. e5 Ne4 11. Nc3 Nxd2+ 12. Qxd2 Qd7 13. Kg2 Nc6 14. Rac1 Nd8
15. Nd1 Ne6 16. Ne3 Rd8 17. h4 c5 18. Nf5 O-O 19. h5 Rfe8 20. h6 g6 21. Ng7 Rf8
22. Rcd1 f5 23. exf6 Bxf6 24. Nxe6 Qxe6 25. Rhe1 Qf5 26. Qe3 Rd7 27. dxc5 bxc5
28. b3 g5 29. Qe6+ Qxe6 30. Rxe6 d4 31. Rc6 Rd5 32. Ne1 Kf7 33. Nd3 Re8 34. Kf1
Re6 35. Rxc5 Rd7 36. Rc8 Rde7 37. Re1 Kg6 38. Rxe6 Rxe6 39. Rc7 Ra6 40. Nb4 Ra5
41. Rc6 g4 42. a4 Kf5 43. Nd3 Bg5 44. Ke2 Ke4 45. Rc7 Bxh6 46. Rxh7 Bg5 47. b4
Rf5 48. Rg7 a6 49. Rg6 Kd5 50. Rxa6 Bd8 51. Ra8 Bc7 52. Rg8 Rf7 53. Rxg4 Re7+
54. Kd2 Kc4 55. Rg6 Kd5 56. a5 Kc4 57. Rc6+ Kb5 58. Rc5+ Ka4 59. Rd5 Bb8 60. g4
Rg7 61. g5 Rf7 62. Rxd4 Ba7 63. Rd5 Rf8 64. f4 Bb8 65. g6 Rf6 66. f5 1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.28"]
[Round "15.49"]
[White "Dervishi, Erald"]
[Black "Christiansen, Johan-Sebastian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2552"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[ECO "C03"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "Tarrasch"]
[WhiteFideId "4700236"]
[BlackFideId "1512668"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Be7 4. Ngf3 Nf6 5. Bd3 c5 6. exd5 Qxd5 7. dxc5 Qxc5 8.
O-O O-O 9. Qe2 Qc7 10. Ne4 Nbd7 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bh4 Nd5 13. Bxe7 Nxe7 14. c4 b6
15. Rac1 Bb7 16. Rfd1 Rfd8 17. b4 Ng6 18. Qe3 Nde5 19. Nxe5 Qxe5 20. c5 Rxd3 21.
Rxd3 Bxe4 22. Rd4 Bd5 23. c6 Qc7 24. b5 Ne7 25. Qd2 Nf5 26. Rb4 Rd8 27. Qb2 Qd6
28. h3 e5 29. a4 Nd4 30. f4 Ne2+ 31. Qxe2 Qxb4 32. Rd1 Qc5+ 33. Qf2 Qe7 34. Qe3
e4 35. Rd4 Qc5 36. Kh2 Rc8 37. Qd2 Be6 38. Rxe4 Qe7 39. Rd4 Qc7 40. Kh1 Re8 41.
Qe3 Qe7 42. Re4 Rd8 43. Rd4 Rxd4 44. Qxd4 Qa3 45. Kh2 Qc1 46. Qe5 g6 47. Kg3 Kh7
48. Qc7 Qa3+ 49. Kh2 Qxa4 50. Qe5 Qc4 51. g4 Qc5 52. Qe2 Qd4 53. Kg3 Qc3+ 54.
Kh2 Qc1 55. Qf2 Qc5 56. Qe2 Qd6 57. Qe4 Qc5 58. Qe2 a6 59. bxa6 Qxc6 60. a7 b5
61. f5 Qc7+ 62. Kg2 Bd5+ 63. Kf1 Qxa7 64. fxg6+ fxg6 65. Qxb5 Qf7+ 66. Kg1 Bc4
67. Qc5 Qf1+ 68. Kh2 Qf4+ 69. Kg2 Bf7 70. Qe7 Qd2+ 71. Kg3 Qd3+ 72. Kh2 Qd5 73.
Kg3 Qe6 74. Qc7 Kg8 75. Qd8+ Qe8 76. Qd4 Qb8+ 77. Kg2 Qb7+ 78. Kg3 Qb3+ 79. Kh2
Bd5 80. Qf6 Qa2+ 81. Kg3 Qg2+ 82. Kh4 g5+ 83. Kh5 Qxh3+ 84. Kg6 Be4+ 0-1

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.28"]
[Round "15.50"]
[White "Bosiocic, Marin"]
[Black "El Adnani, Mokliss"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2624"]
[BlackElo "2448"]
[ECO "D85"]
[Opening "Gruenfeld"]
[Variation "modern exchange variation"]
[WhiteFideId "14507927"]
[BlackFideId "9000410"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Nf3 c5 8.
Be3 O-O 9. Be2 cxd4 10. cxd4 Qa5+ 11. Bd2 Qa3 12. Rb1 Qxa2 13. O-O Qe6 14. Bd3
b6 15. Bb4 Ba6 16. Ba3 Rd8 17. d5 Qd7 18. h4 e6 19. d6 e5 20. h5 Bxd3 21. Qxd3
Nc6 22. hxg6 hxg6 23. g3 Rac8 24. Kg2 Na5 25. Rb5 Nc4 26. Rd5 b5 27. Bc5 a5 28.
Rb1 a4 29. Nd2 Qe6 30. Rxb5 Nxd2 31. Qxd2 Rd7 32. Ra5 Bf6 33. Qh6 Bg7 34. Qh3
Qxh3+ 35. Kxh3 f6 36. f4 exf4 37. gxf4 Kf7 38. f5 gxf5 39. exf5 Rh8+ 40. Kg4 Rc8
41. Rxa4 Bf8 42. Ra6 Rb8 43. Kf4 Re8 44. Ra7 Bh6+ 45. Kf3 Rd8 46. Rxd7+ Rxd7 47.
Rd1 Ke8 48. Re1+ Kd8 49. Rh1 Bg7 50. Ke4 Rb7 51. Kd5 Ke8 52. Kc6 Rf7 53. Re1+
Kd8 54. Bb6+ 1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.28"]
[Round "15.51"]
[White "Ibrahimov, Rasul"]
[Black "Bukannan, Ahmed A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2518"]
[BlackElo "1929"]
[ECO "A38"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "symmetrical variation"]
[WhiteFideId "13400495"]
[BlackFideId "21504164"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. d4 cxd4 7. Nxd4 O-O 8. O-O
Nxd4 9. Qxd4 d6 10. Qd3 Bf5 11. e4 Be6 12. Bd2 a6 13. b3 Qc7 14. a4 Nd7 15. Rab1
Rac8 16. Rfc1 Nc5 17. Qe3 Bd7 18. Nd5 Qd8 19. a5 Bc6 20. Nb6 Rb8 21. b4 Ne6 22.
Bc3 Bxc3 23. Rxc3 Nc7 24. Rd1 Na8 25. c5 Nxb6 26. axb6 Re8 27. Rcd3 Ra8 28. e5
Bxg2 29. Kxg2 Qd7 30. exd6 exd6 31. Rxd6 Rxe3 32. Rxd7 Re4 33. Rxb7 Rxb4 34. c6
Kg7 35. c7 1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.28"]
[Round "15.52"]
[White "Van Foreest, Jorden"]
[Black "Khenkin, Igor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2629"]
[BlackElo "2554"]
[ECO "B18"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "classical, 6.h4"]
[WhiteFideId "1039784"]
[BlackFideId "4659600"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nh3 Nf6 8. Bc4
Nbd7 9. Nf4 Bh7 10. O-O e6 11. Re1 Bd6 12. Nxe6 fxe6 13. Rxe6+ Be7 14. Nh5 Nxh5
15. Qxh5+ Kf8 16. Rf6+ 1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.28"]
[Round "15.53"]
[White "Khader, Sami"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2392"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[ECO "B10"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "anti-anti-Caro-Kann defence"]
[WhiteFideId "8100500"]
[BlackFideId "14100010"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 c6 2. c4 d5 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. exd5 Nf6 5. Qa4+ Nbd7 6. Nc3 g6 7. d4 Bg7 8.
Nge2 O-O 9. Nf4 Nb6 10. Qb3 a5 11. a4 Qd6 12. Be2 Rd8 13. O-O Nfxd5 14. Nfxd5
Nxd5 15. Bc4 Be6 16. Ne4 Qb4 17. Nc5 Qxb3 18. Bxb3 Bc8 19. Rd1 b6 20. Ne4 Bb7
21. Nc3 Rac8 22. Nb5 Ba6 23. Be3 Nxe3 24. fxe3 e5 25. d5 Bxb5 26. axb5 Bf8 27.
Rac1 Bc5 28. Kf2 Kf8 29. Ke2 Ke7 30. g4 f6 31. h3 Rh8 32. Bc2 Rcg8 33. Bb3 Kd6
34. Rf1 Rf8 35. Rf2 h5 36. Rcf1 Ke7 37. Bc2 hxg4 38. hxg4 Rh4 39. Rg2 Kf7 40.
Bd3 Kg7 41. Bc2 Rfh8 42. Rgf2 Rf8 43. Rg2 Rh3 44. Rf3 Rxf3 45. Kxf3 Rh8 46. Re2
Rh3+ 47. Kg2 Rh4 48. Kg3 Rh1 49. Be4 Rg1+ 50. Kf3 Rd1 51. Kf2 Kh6 52. Re1 Rxe1
53. Kxe1 Bxe3 54. d6 Bc5 55. d7 Be7 56. Ke2 Kg5 57. Kf3 f5 58. gxf5 gxf5 59. Bd5
a4 60. Be6 e4+ 61. Ke3 Kf6 62. Ba2 Ke5 63. Bb1 Bg5+ 64. Ke2 Ke6 65. Bc2 Kxd7 66.
Bxa4 Kd6 67. Bb3 Bc1 68. Bf7 Bxb2 69. Ke3 Ke5 70. Be8 Bd4+ 71. Ke2 Bc5 72. Bh5
f4 73. Bg4 f3+ 0-1

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.28"]
[Round "15.54"]
[White "Al Ghamdi, Ahmed M"]
[Black "Inarkiev, Ernesto"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "CM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2159"]
[BlackElo "2689"]
[ECO "B44"]
[Opening "Sicilian, Szen ('anti-Taimanov') variation"]
[WhiteFideId "21500150"]
[BlackFideId "4162722"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nb5 d6 6. c4 Nf6 7. N1c3 a6 8. Na3
Be7 9. Nc2 O-O 10. Be2 b6 11. O-O Bb7 12. Be3 Rc8 13. f3 Ne5 14. Na4 Nxc4 15.
Bxc4 Rxc4 16. Bxb6 Qc8 17. Na3 Rc6 18. Be3 Qc7 19. Rc1 d5 20. Qb3 dxe4 21. Rxc6
Bxc6 22. Rc1 exf3 23. gxf3 Nd5 24. Bf2 Bxa4 0-1

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.28"]
[Round "15.55"]
[White "Naiditsch, Arkadij"]
[Black "Lodhi, Mahmood"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2347"]
[ECO "C48"]
[Opening "Four knights"]
[Variation "Rubinstein counter-gambit"]
[WhiteFideId "4650891"]
[BlackFideId "7800010"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. Bc4 c6 6. O-O Bc5 7. Nxe5 O-O 8.
Nxf7 Rxf7 9. Bxf7+ Kxf7 10. e5 Nd5 11. Nxd5 cxd5 12. c3 Ne6 13. d4 Bb6 14. f4
Qh4 15. f5 Nf8 16. Rf4 Qe7 17. Be3 Kg8 18. Qf3 Qf7 19. Rf1 a5 20. e6 Qf6 21. e7
Qxe7 22. f6 gxf6 23. Rxf6 Ng6 24. Bh6 1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.28"]
[Round "15.56"]
[White "Sanal, Vahap"]
[Black "Omar, Noaman"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2551"]
[BlackElo "2364"]
[ECO "B14"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "Panov-Botvinnik attack, 5...g6"]
[WhiteFideId "6300545"]
[BlackFideId "9300244"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Qb3 Bg7 7. cxd5 O-O 8. Be2
Nbd7 9. Bf3 Nb6 10. Nge2 Bf5 11. O-O Bd3 12. Qd1 Bxe2 13. Qxe2 Nbxd5 14. Bd2 e6
15. Rac1 Qd7 16. g3 Rac8 17. Rfd1 a6 18. a3 b5 19. Be1 Rfe8 20. Rc2 Nxc3 21.
bxc3 Rc4 22. Qd2 Rec8 23. Be2 Ra4 24. Qc1 Bf8 25. Rd3 Bxa3 26. Qg5 Be7 27. Qc1
Nd5 28. h4 Rac4 29. Rf3 R4c6 30. h5 Qd8 31. hxg6 hxg6 32. Bd3 Bg5 33. Qa1 Nb4
34. Re2 Nxd3 35. Rxd3 Bf6 36. Ra2 Qd6 37. Bd2 Kg7 38. Rf3 Qd5 39. Kg2 Rh8 40.
Ra3 Qh5 41. Re3 Qh3+ 42. Kf3 Rh5 43. Ke2 Qg4+ 44. Kd3 Qf5+ 45. Ke2 Rh2 46. Qg1
Qg4+ 47. Kd3 Qh3 48. g4 Qh4 49. Rg3 Be7 50. Ra2 Bd6 51. f4 g5 52. d5 Rc4 53.
dxe6 gxf4 54. Bxf4 Qh7+ 55. Ke3 Qe4# 0-1

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.28"]
[Round "15.57"]
[White "Saeed, Ishaq"]
[Black "Dobrov, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2434"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[ECO "A58"]
[Opening "Benko gambit accepted"]
[WhiteFideId "9301453"]
[BlackFideId "4136594"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. bxa6 g6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. e4 O-O 8. e5 Ne8
9. Nf3 d6 10. Bf4 Bg4 11. exd6 Nxd6 12. Be2 Qb6 13. Na4 Qa7 14. O-O Nxa6 15. Rc1
Nb4 16. b3 Bd7 17. a3 Na2 18. Rc2 c4 19. Bxc4 Nxc4 20. Rxc4 Bb5 21. Rc7 Qa5 22.
Rc5 Qa6 23. Re1 Rfe8 24. Rc2 Bxa4 25. Rxa2 Bb5 26. Be5 Bh6 27. a4 Bd7 28. h3 Qb7
29. Rb2 Ra5 30. d6 Rd5 31. Qa1 Rd3 32. Nd4 f6 33. Qb1 Bxh3 34. gxh3 Rxh3 35. Bh2
Bf4 36. f3 Qb4 37. Qe4 Rxh2 38. Rxh2 Bxh2+ 39. Kxh2 Qxd6+ 40. Kg2 Kg7 41. Ne6+
Kh8 42. b4 Rc8 43. Nc5 e5 44. a5 h5 45. Re2 Re8 46. a6 f5 47. Qd3 Qf6 48. Qd2 f4
49. Kg1 Rd8 50. Qc1 Kh7 51. Qe1 e4 52. Rxe4 Qg5+ 53. Kh2 Qf6 54. Ne6 Rc8 55. Nc5
Rd8 56. a7 Kh6 57. Re5 Ra8 58. Re7 Qb2+ 59. Kh1 Rd8 60. Rd7 Rc8 61. Qe7 Qb1+ 62.
Kg2 Qc2+ 63. Kg1 Qb1+ 64. Kf2 Qb2+ 65. Kf1 Qa1+ 66. Qe1 Qa3 67. Kg2 Ra8 68. Qd2
Rf8 69. Ne6 Rf5 70. Nxf4 Rg5+ 71. Kf2 Qa1 72. Nh3 1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.28"]
[Round "15.58"]
[White "Al-Saffar, Araz Basim Mohammed S"]
[Black "Masrahi, Abdulrahman A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "CM"]
[WhiteElo "2368"]
[BlackElo "1962"]
[ECO "D11"]
[Opening "QGD Slav"]
[Variation "4.e3"]
[WhiteFideId "4801040"]
[BlackFideId "21501564"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Bd3 b5 6. b3 Bg4 7. Nbd2 Nbd7 8. O-O e6
9. h3 Bh5 10. Bb2 Be7 11. Qc2 O-O 12. Ne5 Rc8 13. f4 bxc4 14. bxc4 c5 15. Qa4
cxd4 16. exd4 dxc4 17. Ndxc4 Nxe5 18. fxe5 Nd5 19. Rac1 Bg5 20. Rce1 Nf4 21. Bb1
Be2 22. Nd6 Bxf1 23. Rxf1 Ne2+ 24. Kf2 Qb6 25. Qb3 Rb8 26. Kxe2 Qxb3 27. axb3
Rxb3 28. Bc1 Rxb1 29. Bxg5 Rxf1 30. Kxf1 Rb8 31. Bd2 Rb2 32. Ke2 f6 33. g4 Rb3
34. h4 Rg3 35. exf6 gxf6 36. Ne4 Rg2+ 37. Kf3 Rh2 38. Kg3 Re2 39. Kf3 Rh2 40. h5
f5 41. gxf5 exf5 42. Nf2 Rxh5 43. d5 Kf7 44. d6 Ke6 45. Bf4 a5 46. Nd3 Rh3+ 47.
Ke2 Rxd3 48. Kxd3 h5 49. Kc4 Kd7 50. Kb5 h4 51. Kxa5 Kc6 52. Kb4 Kd7 53. Kc5 1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.28"]
[Round "15.59"]
[White "Al Jabri, Mohammed Ali"]
[Black "Tissir, Mohamed"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2154"]
[BlackElo "2381"]
[ECO "B40"]
[Opening "Sicilian defence"]
[WhiteFideId "7604734"]
[BlackFideId "9000240"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 c5 2. d4 e6 3. Nf3 cxd4 4. c3 d3 5. Bxd3 d6 6. O-O Nd7 7. c4 a6 8. Nc3
Ngf6 9. Be3 b6 10. a3 Be7 11. Rc1 Bb7 12. b4 O-O 13. h3 Rc8 14. Qe2 Qc7 15. Rfd1
Qb8 16. Nd2 Rfe8 17. f4 g6 18. Qf2 Bd8 19. Be2 Qa8 20. Bd3 Bc7 21. Re1 Qb8 22.
g4 Qa8 23. Qe2 d5 24. e5 dxc4 25. Nxc4 Nd5 26. Bd2 b5 27. Nd6 Bxd6 28. exd6 Rxc3
29. Rxc3 Qb8 30. Rc2 Qxd6 31. Rf1 e5 32. fxe5 Nxe5 33. Be4 Nc4 34. Qf3 Rxe4 35.
Qxe4 Qg3+ 36. Qg2 Qd3 37. Qf3 Qd4+ 38. Qf2 Qg7 39. Bc1 f5 40. g5 Qc7 41. Re2 Nd6
42. Bb2 Nc3 43. Bxc3 Qxc3 44. Qe3 Qc7 45. Qe6+ Kf8 46. Rfe1 Ne4 47. Re3 Nxg5 48.
Qe8+ Kg7 49. Re7+ 1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.28"]
[Round "15.60"]
[White "Abdyjapar, Asyl"]
[Black "Lam, Daniel King-wai"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2382"]
[BlackElo "2222"]
[ECO "A40"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn"]
[WhiteFideId "13800337"]
[BlackFideId "6001238"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 exd5 4. cxd5 d6 5. Nc3 g6 6. e4 Bg7 7. f4 Ne7 8. Nf3 O-O
9. Bd3 a6 10. a4 Bg4 11. O-O Nd7 12. h3 Bxf3 13. Qxf3 f5 14. Bd2 fxe4 15. Nxe4
Ne5 16. Qe2 Nxd3 17. Qxd3 Bxb2 18. Rab1 Bd4+ 19. Kh1 Qd7 20. Ng5 Nxd5 21. Qc4
Qc6 22. Ne6 Rf7 23. a5 Be3 24. Ng5 b5 25. axb6 Bxd2 26. Nxf7 Kxf7 27. Rfd1 Bxf4
28. Rxd5 Kg7 29. Rf1 Be5 30. Rf7+ Kh8 31. Qh4 Bg7 32. Rd1 Qxb6 33. Re1 Qb2 34.
Ree7 Rg8 35. Qe4 a5 36. h4 Qa1+ 37. Kh2 a4 38. Kh3 a3 39. Re8 Qc3+ 40. g3 Be5
41. Rxg8+ Kxg8 42. Rf3 Qa5 43. Qd5+ Kg7 44. Qf7+ Kh6 45. Qf8+ 1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.28"]
[Round "15.61"]
[White "Al Abdali, Zeyad Saleh"]
[Black "Al Habeeb, Emad"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1801"]
[BlackElo "1933"]
[ECO "A53"]
[Opening "Old Indian defence"]
[WhiteFideId "21501505"]
[BlackFideId "21500029"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. d4 d6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nf3 c6 4. Nc3 Qc7 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. h3 e5 7. e3 Be7 8. Qc2
exd4 9. exd4 O-O 10. Bd3 Re8 11. O-O-O Nf8 12. g4 a6 13. Bf4 Qa5 14. g5 Nh5 15.
Bd2 Qd8 16. Ne4 d5 17. Ng3 Nxg3 18. fxg3 dxc4 19. Bxc4 Be6 20. Rdf1 Bxc4 21.
Qxc4 Ne6 22. h4 b5 23. Qb3 a5 24. Ne5 a4 25. Qf3 Rf8 26. Qg4 Qxd4 27. Bf4 a3 28.
Qe2 axb2+ 29. Qxb2 Ba3 30. Rh2 Nxf4 31. gxf4 Bxb2+ 32. Rxb2 Ra3 33. Kb1 Re8 34.
Nxc6 Qe4+ 35. Rc2 Rc3 36. Rc1 0-1

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.28"]
[Round "15.62"]
[White "Al Omary, Ahmed"]
[Black "Miswadah, Baha"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1875"]
[BlackElo "1877"]
[ECO "E30"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian"]
[Variation "Leningrad variation"]
[WhiteFideId "21500207"]
[BlackFideId "11502118"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bg5 c5 5. Nf3 cxd4 6. Nxd4 O-O 7. e3 Qa5 8.
Bxf6 Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 Qxc3+ 10. Ke2 Qxc4+ 11. Kf3 Qd5+ 12. e4 Qh5+ 13. g4 Qg6 14.
Bh4 d5 15. Bd3 dxe4+ 16. Bxe4 f5 17. gxf5 exf5 18. Bd5+ Kh8 19. Bg3 f4 20. Kg2
fxg3 21. hxg3 Nc6 22. Rh4 Nxd4 23. Qxd4 Bf5 24. Rah1 Qf6 25. Bxb7 Rab8 26. Qxa7
Qe7 27. Rxh7+ Bxh7 0-1

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.28"]
[Round "15.63"]
[White "Al-Hajiri, Bader"]
[Black "Al Bargi, Hassan M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2165"]
[BlackElo "1579"]
[ECO "B01"]
[Opening "Scandinavian (centre counter) defence"]
[WhiteFideId "10300163"]
[BlackFideId "21501475"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd8 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. Nf3 e6 6. O-O a6 7. d4 b5 8. Bb3
Bb7 9. Re1 Be7 10. Bg5 Nbd7 11. d5 Nxd5 12. Bxd5 c6 13. Bxe6 fxe6 14. Rxe6 Nf6
15. Qe2 Bc8 16. Rd1 Qc7 17. Re3 Bg4 18. Re1 O-O 19. Rxe7 Qb6 20. Rxg7+ Kxg7 21.
Qe7+ Kg6 22. Bxf6 Rxf6 23. Nh4+ Kg5 24. Ne4+ 1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.28"]
[Round "15.64"]
[White "Alanazy, Mohammed"]
[Black "Salama, Taher"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1850"]
[BlackElo "1769"]
[ECO "B21"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Grand Prix attack"]
[WhiteFideId "21508488"]
[BlackFideId "11502231"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 c5 2. f4 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qd8 6. d3 Nf6 7. Be3 e6 8. Qd2
Be7 9. O-O-O Nd5 10. Nxd5 exd5 11. Ne5 d4 12. Bxd4 cxd4 13. Nf3 O-O 14. h3 Be6
15. a3 Rc8 16. Qf2 b5 17. g4 b4 18. f5 Bd5 19. a4 b3 20. Bg2 Nb4 21. c4 dxc3 22.
bxc3 Rxc3+ 23. Kb1 Qa5 24. Nd4 Rc2 25. Rd2 Qxa4 26. Rxc2 bxc2+ 27. Nxc2 Qb3+ 28.
Kc1 Nxd3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.28"]
[Round "15.65"]
[White "Al Zamel, Khaled"]
[Black "Alem, Ali Hussien"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1942"]
[BlackElo "1745"]
[ECO "B50"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[WhiteFideId "21500967"]
[BlackFideId "21500088"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d3 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 Nc6 6. O-O Nf6 7. Nbd2 O-O 8. Re1
Be6 9. Nf1 h6 10. h4 Qd7 11. N1h2 Bh3 12. Bh1 e5 13. Be3 Nh5 14. Qd2 Kh7 15. c3
f5 16. exf5 Bxf5 17. Rad1 Nf6 18. d4 cxd4 19. cxd4 e4 20. d5 Ne7 21. Nd4 Nfxd5
22. Nxf5 Qxf5 23. Bd4 e3 24. Bxe3 Nxe3 25. Rxe3 Nc6 26. Be4 Qf6 27. h5 Ne5 28.
Qxd6 Qxf2+ 29. Kh1 Qxe3 30. Bxg6+ Nxg6 31. Qxg6+ Kh8 32. Rd7 Qe1+ 33. Kg2 Qf2+
34. Kh3 Qf5+ 35. Qxf5 Rxf5 36. g4 Rb5 37. b3 Rf8 38. Rd2 Be5 39. Kg2 Bxh2 40.
Kxh2 Kg7 41. Rd7+ Kf6 42. Rh7 Kg5 43. Rg7+ Kh4 44. Kg2 Ra5 45. a4 Rc5 46. Re7
Rc2+ 47. Kg1 Kg3 48. Re3+ Rf3 49. Re1 Rg2+ 50. Kh1 Rgf2 51. Kg1 Kxg4 52. Re4+
Kg3 53. Re1 Rxb3 54. a5 Rfb2 55. a6 Rb1 56. Kf1 Rxe1+ 57. Kxe1 b5 58. Kd1 b4 59.
Kc2 Rc3+ 60. Kb2 Kg4 61. Ka2 Kxh5 62. Kb2 Kg4 0-1

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.28"]
[Round "15.66"]
[White "Al Mahmood, Salman"]
[Black "Al Saidi, Mohammed Khalfan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1593"]
[BlackElo "1468"]
[ECO "B33"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Pelikan (Lasker/Sveshnikov) variation"]
[WhiteFideId "11201517"]
[BlackFideId "22001271"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Nb3 Bb4 7. Bd3 d5 8.
exd5 Nxd5 9. Bd2 Nxc3 10. bxc3 Be7 11. O-O O-O 12. Qe2 Bf6 13. Be3 b6 14. Rad1
Qc7 15. Nd2 g6 16. Bh6 Bg7 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. Ne4 f5 19. Ng5 h6 20. Nh3 Na5 21.
Qe1 Bb7 22. f3 Rac8 23. c4 Rce8 24. Qc3 Kh7 25. Rfe1 Qc5+ 26. Kh1 Re7 27. Bf1
Bc6 28. Rd2 Nb7 29. Rde2 Rfe8 30. Re3 Nd6 31. f4 Ne4 32. Qd3 Rd7 33. Qb3 Rd2 34.
fxe5 Qxe5 35. Bd3 Qh8 36. Qb4 Nf2+ 37. Nxf2 Rxf2 38. Re7+ Rxe7 39. Qxe7+ Qg7 40.
Qxg7+ Kxg7 41. Re7+ Kf6 42. Rxa7 Ke5 43. Re7+ Kd6 44. Rg7 Rxg2 45. Rf7 Rg4+ 46.
Be4 Bxe4# 0-1

[Event "World Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.28"]
[Round "15.67"]
[White "Al Juhani, Bakr"]
[Black "Amer, Said Salim Al Maashani"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "1854"]
[BlackElo "2103"]
[ECO "B13"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "exchange variation"]
[WhiteFideId "21500185"]
[BlackFideId "22000100"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. c3 Qc7 6. h3 Nf6 7. Nf3 e6 8. Bg5
Be7 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. O-O e5 11. dxe5 Nxe5 12. Nxe5 Qxe5 13. Nf3 Qd6 14. Qd2 Ne4
15. Bxe4 dxe4 16. Bxe7 Qxe7 17. Nd4 b6 18. Rfe1 Bb7 19. Qf4 Rae8 20. Re3 Qe5 21.
Qh4 f5 22. f4 Qc5 23. Rae1 a5 24. g4 fxg4 25. hxg4 Rxf4 26. Rh3 h6 27. Ree3 Bc8
28. Rhg3 Ref8 29. Re1 Qc4 30. Ne2 Qc5+ 31. Nd4 e3 32. Ne2 1-0

