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Belobeev for World Chess)

White: Ian Nepomniach­tchi. Black: Teimour Radjabov 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. O-O d6 6. c3 a6 7. a4 O-O 8. h3 h6 9. Re1 Ba7 10. Nbd2 Ne7 11. d4 Ng6 12. Bf1 Re8 13. Qc2 Nh7 14. de5 de5 15. Nc4 Qf6 16. Ne3 Ne7 17. Ng4 Bg4 18. hg4 Ng6 19. Bc4 Rad8 20. a5 Nf4 21. Nh2 Rd7 22. Be3 Be3 23. fe3 Ne6 24. Rf1 Qe7 25. b4 Nhg5 26. Nf3 Nf3 27. gf3 Qg5 28. Rae1 Red8 29. Qh2 Rd2 30. Re2 Rd1 31. Bd5 Rf1 32. Kf1 c6 33. Be6 Rd1 34. Kf2 fe6 35. Qh5 Qh5 36. gh5 Kf7 37. Rb2 Rc1 38. Rd2 Ke7 39. Rd3 Rh1 40. Kg2 Rh5 41. c4 Rg5 42. Kh2 Rh5 43. Kg2 Rg5 44. Kh2 h5 45. b5 h4 46. Kh3 Rg3 47. Kh4 Rf3 48. ba6 ba6 49. c5 Rf1 50. Rd6 Ra1 51. Rc6 Ra5 52. Kg5 Kd7 53. Rd6 Ke7 54. Rc6 Kd7 55. Rd6 Ke7 56. Rc6 Draw.

White: Levon Aronian Black: AR Saleh Salem 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. d4 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5 Ne7 9. Bd2 Nd7 10. Rc1 h6 11. Ne1 f5 12. Nd3 fe4 13. Ne4 Nf5 14. f3 Nf6 15. Ndf2 Nd4 16. Nf6 Qf6 17. Bd3 Bf5 18. Ne4 Qe7 19. Be3 Rae8 20. Qd2 Rf7 21. Rce1 Qf8 22. Bd4 ed4 23. Ng3 Re1 24. Re1 Bd3 25. Qd3 Re7 26. Re7 Qe7 27. Ne2 c6 28. dc6 bc6 29. b3 Kf7 30. g3 Qe3 31. Qe3 de3 32. Nf4 h5 33. Kf1 Bh6 34. Nd3 Ke6 35. Nb4 Kd7 36. Ke2 a5 37. Nc2 Ke6 38. Nd4 Kd7 39. f4 Bg7 40. Ke3 (Photo by Valera Azerbaijan grandmaste­r Teimour Radjabov emerged victorious in the highly contested FIDE Grand Prix Geneva which was played from July 5 - 16, 2017. Here are four games from the tournament.

d5 41. cd5 cd5 42. h3 Bf6 43. g4 hg4 44. hg4 g5 45. f5 Kd6 46. Ne6 Be7 47. Kd4 Bf6 48. Kd3 Be7 49. Nd4 Bf6 50. a3 Kc5 51. Ne6 Kb5 52. Nf8 Be7 53. Nh7 Ba3 54. Ng5 Kb4 55. Ne6 Kb3 56. f6 a4 57. g5 Bf8 58. g6 a3 59. Nd4 Kb2 60. Nc2 1-0.

White: S Mamedyarov Black: Li Chao 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 c6 5. Bg2 d5 6. cd5 cd5 7. Ne5 Ne4 8. Nd2 Nf6 9. Nb1 Ne4 10. Nc3 Nc3 11. bc3 O-O 12. O-O Nc6 13. Nc6 bc6 14. Qa4 Qb6 15. Ba3 Qa6 16. Qa6 Ba6 17. Rfb1 Rfb8 18. Be7 Be2 19. Bd6 Rb1 20. Rb1 Bb5 Draw.

White: Anish Giri Black: Alexander Grishchuk 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 c6 4. O-O Bf5 5. c4 e6 6. Qb3 Qb6 7. d3 Nbd7 8. cd5 ed5 9. Qc2 Qc5 10. Qa4 Qb4 11. Qd1 Be7 12. a3 Qb6 13. Nc3 Bg4 14. b4 OO 15. Be3 Qd8 16. Nd4 Re8 17. h3 Bh5 18. g4 Bg6 19. Qd2 a5 20. Rab1 ab4 21. ab4 h6 22. f4 Bd6 23. f5 Bh7 24. Bf4 Ne5 25. Kh1 Qe7 26. Nc2 Kh8 27. b5 Rad8 28. bc6 bc6 29. Qe1 d4 30. Nd4 Nd3 31. ed3 Qe1 32. Rbe1 Re1 33. Re1 Bf4 34. Nce2 c5 35. Nf4 Rd4 36. Rf1 Bg8 37. Kh2 Kh7 38. Rf3 Nd7 39. Kg3 Ne5 40. Re3 f6 41. Be4 Bf7 42. h4 Kg8 43. Re1 c4 44. dc4 Draw.

 ??  ?? Azerbaijan chess grandmaste­r Teimour Radjabov won the hotly contested FIDE Grand Prix Geneva Tournament recently with a fighting draw against Russia’s Ian Nepomniach­tchi. Nepomniach­tchi required a victory to take sole first place but Radjabov denied...
Azerbaijan chess grandmaste­r Teimour Radjabov won the hotly contested FIDE Grand Prix Geneva Tournament recently with a fighting draw against Russia’s Ian Nepomniach­tchi. Nepomniach­tchi required a victory to take sole first place but Radjabov denied...

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